[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,161,1,8,8,8,0,19,0,0,25,16,18,103,110,118,-55,-50,-56,-72,-33,-21,-37,-26,-85,-72,-124,-131,-194,-81,-87,-88,-79,-102,-152,0,-4,46,48,60,32,41,0,0,0,0,-6,122,92,166,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,8,8,0,0,0,44,42,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,75,75,77,77,75,73,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,78,78,78,78,78,77,78,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,75,75,75,77,77,77,77,77,77,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,82,82,82,77,78,77,82,82,82,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rfe8 12. Rac1 Rac8 {LiveBook: 28 Partien} 13. Bf1 {D45: Damengambit (Anti-Meraner Variante)} c5 (13... a6 14. g3 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bb7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Bg2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rcd8 {½-½ (21) Hirneise,T (2459)-Gozzoli,Y (2569) Germany 2017}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 15. g3 Nf8 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nh4 Nc7 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Qb1 g6 {1-0 (49) Kvetny,M (1916)-Knopf,F (1745) Oberhof 2010}) 15... bxc5 16. Qf5 Qe6 17. Bd3 Ne5 (17... g6 $11 18. Qxe6 Rxe6) 18. Ng5 $16 Qe7 19. Bb5 $2 (19. Nxh7 Nfg4 $15) (19. Ba6 $1 $16) 19... h6 $1 $15 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Red8 22. Ne2 {[#]} d4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Schwarz hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} 23. exd4 (23. Bc4 $1 $11) 23... c4 $1 $17 24. Re1 (24. Nc3 $142) 24... g6 25. Qh3 cxb3 (25... Nh7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 26. d5 (26. Bxc4 $2 Ng5 $19) (26. Qxh6 Qg5+ 27. Qxg5 Nxg5 $17) 26... cxb3 27. Qxh6 Qg5+ 28. Qxg5 Nxg5) 26. Nc3 Qf8 $1 27. axb3 Bf4 {Droht ...Db4 und aus.} 28. Rc2 Rxd4 (28... Nh7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 29. d5 Ng5) 29. Bc4 $1 $11 Rd2 ({Ein No Go ist} 29... Rdxc4 $6 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} (31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Rxc4 Ng5 $16)) 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. Re2 Bf4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Re8 34. e5 Bc8 (34... Rd8 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 35. Re1 Kh7) 35. Qf3 $16 Bg5 {[#]} 36. Ba3 $2 (36. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g5][%mdl 512]} Bd8 (36... Bxh4 37. Qe4) 37. h5) 36... Be7 $11 37. Bc1 {Und weiter mit Lxh6! wäre nett.} Be6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Qg4 (39. Qc6 {seems wilder.} Qf7 40. h3 Bf8 41. Be3 Re7 42. Qa8) 39... Qf5 40. Qxf5 exf5 41. Bxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} g5 {...Kh7 ist eine echte Drohung.} 42. Rc2 {Schwarz sollte Tc7 verhindern.} Kh7 43. Rc6 Bd8 44. f4 g4 $1 45. Kg2 Bh4 46. h3 {Droht stark hxg4.} Rb8 47. hxg4 {Weiß steht besser.} fxg4 48. f5 Rxb3 49. Bc1 Rg3+ 50. Kf1 {Und Th6+ würde nun gewinnen.} Rf3+ {[#]} 51. Ke2 $1 {Schwarz muss nun Th6+ beachten.} Rxf5 52. Rh6+ Kg7 53. Rxh4 Rxe5+ $16 {KTL-KT} 54. Kd3 {zielt auf Lb2 ab.} Re6 55. Rxg4+ Kf7 56. Be3 a6 57. Bc5 Kf6 58. Bd4+ Kf5 59. Rg1 (59. Rg8 {is more complex.} Rg6 60. Rf8+ Ke6 61. Kc4 a5 62. Re8+) 59... Rc6 60. Rf1+ Ke6 61. Ke4 Kd6 62. Rh1 Ke6 63. Rh5 Kd6 64. Rd5+ Ke6 65. Bc5 Kf7 66. Ba3 Re6+ 67. Kd4 Kg6 68. Bc1 Kf6 69. Bf4 Kg6 70. Be5 Kf5 71. Rd8 Rg6 72. Kd5 Kg4 73. Ke4 Kg5 74. Rd1 Kg4 75. Rh1 Kg5 76. Rf1 a5 77. Rf5+ Kg4 78. Bf6 a4 79. Rf2 a3 80. Rg2+ Kh5 81. Rxg6 {Precision: Weiß = 69%, Schwarz = 65%.} ({Lieber} 81. Rh2+ $16 Kg4 82. Be5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,14,8,18,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,-3,-11,-2,-31,-14,-12,-24,0,0,-20,-24,-26,-27,-17,-20,-29,-28,-25,-21,-49,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-7,-11,-10,-31,-22,-17,0,-17,-17,-11,-13,-22,-16,-25,-24,-25,-26,-49,-27,-29,-27,-29,-22,-27,0,-29,-18,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 g6 14. h4 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ (26) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} b5 11. a4 c6 $1 12. e4 Nb6 13. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e5 a6 14. a5 Nd5 15. Ne4 {0-1 (58) Ivlev,A (2334)-Oganian,M (2412) Maikop 2018}) 13... N6d7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Bb7 16. a6 Nxa6 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Nxc6 Qe8 19. d5 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nb4 21. Qc5 Nxc6 22. Qxb5 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} 23. Rfc1 Qd7 24. Rc5 Rc7 25. Bf1 {[#] Rac1 is the strong threat.} Nb8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Ne5 Rb7 28. Rca5 Nc8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. f3 g6 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Kf2 Kf6 (32... Re8 {looks sharper.} 33. g4 Ne7 34. Rda2 f6 35. Bb5 Rec8) 33. Rb2 Nd7 34. Nxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rb8 Ke7 36. Ra8 Rfd8 37. Be2 Rc7 38. Ra2 Rd6 39. e5 Rd5 40. f4 Rdc5 41. Kg2 Rd5 42. Kh3 h5 43. Kh4 {The position is equal.} Rdd7 44. Bb5 Nb6 45. Rh8 {[#] And now Rd2! would win.} (45. Rb8 {keeps more tension.} Rd8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Bf1 Nd5 48. Kg5) 45... Rd8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Kg5 Nd5 48. Bf1 Ke7 49. Kh6 h4 50. Kg7 hxg3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,111,25,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,71,65,164,148,203,33,39,-7,0,-7,0,8,18,0,10,0,0,0,32,53,63,68,85,82,79,70,56,22,26,0,79,81,81,14,19,6,5,0,62,77,130,132,129,129,149,143,114,60,60,60,140,138,133,60,83,0,0,0,80,0,0,0,29,9,57,0,64,65,71,66,79,61,86,68,201,193,168,168,530,501,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {LiveBook: 105 Games. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 8. Nfd2 c6 9. Nxc4 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe8 15. Nc3 {0-1 (39) Li,G (1905)-Xu,Y (2534) Hangzhou 2018}) 10... Qc5 11. b3 {Hoping for Ba3.} Na6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. a3 Rad8 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 14. Nbd2 Qh5 15. Bf3 Qg6 (15... Ng4 $1 $11 16. Nf1 Qh3) 16. Ne4 $16 Nc5 (16... Nxe4 $14 17. Ne5 Qh6 18. Bxe4 Nb8) 17. Ne5 $18 Qh6 (17... Qf5 $16) 18. Nxf6+ $2 (18. Nxc5 $1 $18 bxc5 19. Bxc6) 18... gxf6 $14 19. Ng4 Qg6 20. Qc3 $132 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Ne4 21. Bxe4 Qxg4 22. Bf3 Qg6 23. b4 Ba8 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bd4 Kg7 29. e4 Qg4 30. Kg2 Qd1 (30... Qe2 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qd6 $1 $16 e5 32. Bxe5 ({White should play} 32. Bc5 $1 $16 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Qxd6 33. Bxd6) 32... Qe2 33. Bd4 Qxe4+ 34. f3 Qe2+ (34... Qc2+ $11 35. Bf2 Bc7) 35. Bf2 $1 $14 Be7 {[#]} (35... Qe8 $142) 36. Qc7 $1 $16 b5 37. Qxa7 Bd6 {[#]} 38. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} Qc2 39. f4 (39. Qb6 $16 Qd3 40. Qd8) 39... h5 $14 40. Qf3 Kh6 ({Better is} 40... Bb8 $14) 41. Qd5 $16 Bb8 {intending ...Ba7.} 42. Qc5 ({Don't play} 42. Qxf7 $6 Qe4+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 (46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qc2+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ $11) 46... Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) ({White should try} 42. Qxb5 $16 Ba7 43. Qf1) 42... Qe4+ 43. Kg1 {aiming for Qf8+.} Qb1+ 44. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qf8+.} Qe4+ 45. Kf1 (45. Kh3 $16 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Qe6+ 46. f5) 45... Qd3+ $11 46. Ke1 Kg6 47. Qe3 Qd5 48. Kf1 (48. h4 $14) 48... Qd1+ (48... Ba7 $11 49. Qxa7 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qb1+ 51. Kd2 Qb2+ 52. Kd3 Qb3+ 53. Ke4 Qe6+ 54. Kd3 Qb3+ 55. Ke2 Qc4+ 56. Ke1 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Qc4+ 58. Kd2 Qa2+ 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Kd3 Qc4+ 61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf3 Qc6+ 63. Ke3 Qe6+) 49. Kg2 $14 Qd5+ 50. Qf3 Qc4 51. f5+ Kg7 52. Qxh5 {Black must now prevent Qf3.} Be5 (52... Qc2 $1 $14 53. Qg4+ Kh6 54. Qh3+ Kg7 55. Qg4+ Kh6) 53. Qf3 Bb2 54. Bc5 Qa2 $2 (54... Qc2+ 55. Kh3 Qc4) 55. Kh3 {Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Be5 (55... Bc1 $18 56. Qg4+ Kh7 57. Qh4+ Kg8 58. Qxf6 Qe2 59. Qd8+ Kh7) 56. Qg4+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 14,66,14,0,0,-20,12,22,42,0,0,0,0,-23,-27,-76,-95,-163,-66,-149,-149,-170,-150,-170,-172,-233,-232,-240,-242,-227,-242,-356,-356,-354,-337,-345,-237,-422,-410,-458,-447,-506,-508,-467,-408,-566,-452,-447,-439,-775,-767,-716,-739,-708,-697]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bf5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 9. dxe5 (9. h3 h6 10. a3 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. b4 a5 16. Bc3 {1-0 (25) Karjakin,S (2763)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018}) 9... Nd7 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nc2 f5 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Nd5 Re8 15. h3 Nb8 16. Nd4 {1-0 (90) Igambergenov,A (2131)-Shestakov,D (2279) Izhevsk 2009}) 10... dxe5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nde4 Be6 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nec3 {[#]} (15. Ng3 $17) 15... e4 (15... c6 $1 $19 16. Bxb4 (16. Nxb4 $2 axb4 17. Bxb4 c5 $19) 16... axb4 17. Nxb4 e4) 16. Rc1 {[#]} (16. Nb5 $1 $15 Bxd5 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxd5+ Rf7 19. Qxb7) 16... c6 $1 $17 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. g4 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 19. Ng2 (19. Nh3 {was called for.} Be6 20. Qd6) 19... Be6 $19 20. Qd6 Qe8 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. f4 (22. Qg3 $142 h6 23. h4) 22... exf3 23. Rxf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Rf6 25. Qc7 $2 (25. Qxf6 {was necessary.} Bxf6 26. Rxf5) 25... Rf7 26. Qd6 Rd8 27. Bxb4 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Nd3 29. Rcd1 {intending Rxf5.} Bxc3 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bxd3 Bxd3 31. Rxf7 (31. Rxd3 $142 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1) 31... Kxf7 32. Rxd3 Qe4 33. Rd1 Qc2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,18,18,18,10,14,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,14,14,15,14,41,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 {½-½ (28) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Leko,P (2723) Beijing 2014}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Re8+ (15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 $8 Re8+ 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Kc2 Bf5 $14) 16. Kd1 g5 17. Bg3 Bf5 {[#] And now ...Rad8 would win.} 18. f3 Rad8 19. Bf2 Rb8 20. Kc1 Nd5 21. Bc4 Nf4 {...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 22. b4 a5 23. Re1 axb4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. axb4 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 27. Kd2 Nxb4 28. Rb1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,33,25,22,27,22,30,19,27,19,22,17,26,23,20,14,31,0,33,44,33,43,54,18,17,12,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,29,49,18,17,7,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 (5... Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a3 Bxe4 13. fxe4 Bg5 14. Bf2 O-O 15. Qc2 f5 {½-½ (39) Grischuk,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Qb3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} c6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Qf3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Qxb3 9. Bxb3 Na6 10. Nbc3 Nac7 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Ne4 {½-½ (64) Halliwell,T (2310)-Hofer,R (2365) ICCF email 2014}) 8... Bxb1 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Rxb1 e6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nf4 g6 ({Not} 13... Nxd4 $2 14. Qd1 $18) 14. Rfc1 a5 15. g3 Qb5 16. h4 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qd1 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. a4 (19. Nh5 {looks sharper.} O-O-O 20. a3 Kb8 21. Rc3 Rh7 22. g4) 19... Qb6 20. Nh5 Kd7 21. Kg2 Qd8 22. g4 Ra6 23. Rc3 Rb6 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Nb4 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Qe2 {Hoping for Qb5+.} Nc6 {The position is equal.} 30. Qb5 Qc7 31. Qd3 Rh8 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. Bc3 Qb3 34. Qf3 Rh7 35. Qd3 Rh8 36. Qf3 Rh7 37. Qd3 Rh8 38. Qf3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,51,70,72,87,100,78,87,165,156,144,143,137,124,201,197,217,213,254,206,265,260,335,294,283,284,354,335,433,428,903,848]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} Bg4 (11... Qd7 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. d5 c6 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Bg5 cxd5 18. Bxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (56) Gelfand,B (2703)-Muzychuk,A (2564) Jerusalem 2018}) 12. c3 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd7 13. Qb3+ {White is better.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf7+ Kh7 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxf7 {1-0 (54) Thorfinnsson,B (2404)-Tristan,L (2458) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Bf4 Bxf3 (14... Rae8 $16 {was necessary.}) 15. Bxf3 $18 Rad8 {With the idea ...g5.} 16. Bg2 ({And not} 16. Qxb7 g5 $15) 16... b6 17. Qb5 Rf6 (17... Bf6 $16 18. Rad1 e6) 18. a4 h6 {[#]} 19. h4 $1 Kh8 20. Re2 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qg4 22. f3 Qd7 23. Rae1 a6 24. Qd3 Rf8 25. Qxg6 {[#] Hoping for Re6.} Rxf4 (25... Rf6 $142 26. Qg4 Qd8) 26. Re6 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Novoborska Sachova Corrida 2018-A"]
[Site "Novoborsky"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,72,14,0,0,-15,-5,-14,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,32,3,0,0,0,0,-11,2,-17,-6,-32,-20,-71,-56,-14,62,61,55,57,61,0,0,0,0,-133,-137,-725,-709,-943,-504,-1088,-1108,-1098,-1089,-2195,-2074,-1627,-731,-1984,-1951,-1949,-1871]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6... b5 7. Qxb5 Rb8 8. Qxc4 Rxb2 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qb8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qc6+ {½-½ (28) Andreikin,D (2712)-Anand,V (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bh4 c5 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (35) Smejkal,J (2515)-Tukmakov,V (2590) Moscow 1989}) 10... a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Qb2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rfc8 21. Ne1 a5 22. b5 (22. a3 $11) 22... a4 23. f3 a3 ({Black should try} 23... Qc5 $1 $11) 24. Qd2 $14 Qc5 25. Kf1 $1 Qc7 26. e4 (26. g3 $1 $14) 26... Bxa2 $1 $11 27. Qxa2 {And now g3 would win.} Qxh2 28. g4 {[#]} (28. R4d3 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...hxg4. Black is in control.} 29. Ng2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. g5 $17 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kf1 Qxg5 32. Rc4) 29... hxg4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. fxg4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 31. g5 (31. Rc4 $142 Rxc4 32. Qxc4) 31... exd4 32. gxf6 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rc3 34. Kf2 {[#]} Qe5 (34... Rxf3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kxf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 Qxd1 37. fxg7 Qd3+ 38. Kg4 Qxe4+ 39. Kg5 d3) 35. fxg7 {[#]} Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kxf3 Qh5+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

