[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,15,8,26,22,22,15,23,18,49,9,20,12,12,6,33,23,20,0,0,14,11,0,9,-31,13,-18,0,0,0,0,16,7,12,11,23,18,14,13,138,146,216,213,454,454,434,392,485,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O {LiveBook: 44 Partien} a5 {D40: Damengambit (Verbesserte Tarrasch-Verteidigung)} (12... Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc7 Bxc7 18. Rxc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd4 {½-½ (27) Svidler,P (2768)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 13. Nb5 Be7 14. bxa5 Nxa5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Qxa5 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Qb4 17. Bc3 Qg4 18. a5 Ne4 {1-0 (30) Stein,G-Otto,A Schwerin 1951}) 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 {[%cal Bf3e2,Be2d3,Bd3c2,Bc2b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 21. Bc3 Ne4 22. Be1 Bf6 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bc2 g6 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bc3 Rec8 30. Ba1 Na5 (30... Rc5 $11) 31. Bxd5 $16 Nc6 (31... Rc5 $16) 32. Nb5 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (32... Nd8 33. Bxf7+ Nxf7 34. Qxd7 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Bxf6 Rxf6) 33. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 34. Qxd7+ Be7 35. Bd4 $2 (35. Qh3 $18 Nxa2 36. Qxh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Bf8 38. Bd4) 35... Qc6 $11 36. Qh3 Nxa2 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 $1 38. h3 Rxa4 39. Rd1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qe6 ({Und nicht} 39... Qxb5 40. Qxg6+ Kd7 41. Bb6+ Rd4 42. Rxd4+ Qd5 43. Rxd5+ Bd6 44. Rxd6+ Ke7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Qf7#) 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2878"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,77,36,21,12,17,13,12,14,14,16,16,16,27,10,17,8,29,25,60,26,28,37,31,31,41,31,37,4,23,14,35,12,17,16,20,16,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-4,0,-11,-11,-19,0,0,0,-13,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Nf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd7 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qc4 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2764) Stavanger 2018}) 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 (10... Bd6 11. b3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 {1-0 (56) Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Nbd2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. g3 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 Nce7 14. Bd3 c6 {[#]} 15. Ndf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf1) 15... g6 16. Ng2 f6 17. Bf4 Ng7 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxd6.} Rb8 20. Re1 {And now Ne4 would win.} Bf5 21. Bf1 Be6 22. h4 Bf7 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. b4 Nc8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. a4 Bxf4 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxf4 Nd6 28. a5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Ngxe8 {[%cal Bg7e8,Be8c7,Bc7b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} 30. Qd1 Qe7 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Kg2 Ncb5 33. Qc2 Na3 34. Qc1 Nac4 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Ne2 Be6 37. Nf4 Bf7 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Nf4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,-20,-19,-35,1,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,12,-28,-30,-29,-29,-34,-8,-22,-31,-35,-27,-48,-46,-31,-9,0,0,-24,0,-8,-6,-15,-14,-14,-15,-21,-33,-27,-49,-26,0,-75,-68,-75,-70,-134,-121,-213,-129,-212,-213,-219,-222,-298,-279,-382,-370,-362,-324,-753,-712,-974,-955,-1606,-1078,-1838,-329,-329,-332,-322,-257,-254,-257,-300,-247,-575,-199,-284,-240,-435,-27,-35]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b4 (4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9. Qd1 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Nd3 {½-½ (41) Navara,D (2727)-Eljanov,P (2702) Brest 2018}) 4... Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qa4+ {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Bb2 a6 9. Be2 g6 10. Nd3 Bg7 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Nxd5 {1-0 (39) Ornstein,A (2408)-Akesson,J (2301) Sweden 2011}) 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 9. a3 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 10. b5 a4 11. Qd1 Na5 12. Nc3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Be2 Bd6 15. O-O O-O 16. d4 Nce4 17. Nxa4 Qa5 18. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b7]} Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd3 (20. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 21. e4 $15) 20... Bxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Nd4 $1 f5 24. Qh5 Qe7 25. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qf6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. gxf5 (27. Rg1 $11) 27... e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 28. Nc2 $1 Bc5 {White must now prevent ...Rxa1.} 29. Rad1 (29. Rxa8 $15 Rxa8 30. f3) 29... Ra2 {[#] And now ...e4 would win.} 30. f3 (30. Ne1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Rb2 31. Rg1 (31. Rb1 $17 Rxb1 32. Rxb1) 31... Bxb5 $19 32. Bxb5 Rxc2 33. Rde1 Rc3 34. Rg3 Bxe3 35. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 36. Ra1 $2 (36. f4 exf4 37. Qxh6+ Qxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Rd6) 36... Bf4 37. Bf1 Rg8 38. Rd1 d4 39. Bd3 {[#]} Qg5 $2 (39... Rxd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d1]} 40. Rf1 (40. Rxd3 Qa6) 40... Rd2) 40. Qxg5 Bxg5 ({Don't do} 40... Rxg5 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rb6 $19) 41. Rg3 Bf4 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Be4 b5 44. Rb1 $2 (44. f6 {is tougher.}) 44... Rc5 $2 (44... Kg7 45. Kg2 d3) 45. Kg2 (45. f6 $142) 45... Kg7 {aiming for ...Rc3.} 46. h4 $2 (46. Ra1) 46... Kf6 $2 ({Black should try} 46... Rc3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 47. Rxb5 d3) 47. Ra1 $1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,158,0,10,5,15,11,11,7,2,0,0,-1,0,0,0,2,0,-26,-27,-19,0,2,6,6,1,0,0,-5,36,19,23,10,10,8,12,7,8,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-18,-18,-24,-72,-72,-83,-72,-83,-72,-83,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-81,-264,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,0,-72,-72,-80,-80,-80,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,0,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7... Qc7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Rd8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Bc2 f5 14. Qh5 Bf8 15. f4 Ng4 {1-0 (55) Artemiev,V (2691)-Esipenko,A (2564) Riadh 2017}) 8. Bb5 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qe2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Ba4 17. b3 Bc6 18. Qf5 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Qf5 Bd7 21. Qc2 Bc6 {½-½ (21) Van Espen,E (2099)-Bass,J (2073) Bad Salzuflen 2013}) 10... Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 {[%cal Rb3c4]} b5 15. a4 {Threatens to win with Bxd6.} a6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nf7 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Qd1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. b4 g6 27. Ra6 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qa6 Kg7 31. Nd2 Qb7 32. Qa5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 33. f4 g4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Bd1 h5 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Qa1 Be8 38. Ke2 Nd8 39. Qh1 Qa7 40. Qh4+ Kd7 41. Qf6 $2 (41. Nb1 $17) 41... Bf7 $2 (41... Qa3 $1 $19 42. Bxf5 Qxc3) 42. Nb1 Qa2 43. Kd2 Qb2 44. Qg7 Qa2 (44... Qa1 $1 $17) 45. Qf8 {[#]} (45. Qf6 $1 $11) 45... Qa6 $1 $17 46. Kc1 Qd6 47. Qg7 Qe7 (47... Kc8 $17) 48. Na3 $11 Kc6 49. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5b8] aiming for Qb8.} Qa7 50. Kb2 $1 Qb6 51. Qf6 {Bxf5 is the strong threat.} Kc7 $1 52. Qe7+ Kc8 53. Bd1 {[#]} (53. Qc5+ $11 Qxc5 54. dxc5) 53... Qc6 $1 $17 54. Qa7 Be8 55. Qe7 Qd7 56. Qc5+ Qc7 57. Qf8 Qd7 (57... Bc6 $17) 58. Bc2 (58. Qc5+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kb8 59. Qf8) 58... Nb7 59. Qf6 Nd6 60. Qf8 Kc7 61. Kc1 Qf7 62. Qxf7+ Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke2 Nc8 65. Kf2 Ne7 66. Bd1 Be8 67. Bc2 Kd6 68. Bd1 Ng6 69. Nb1 Ke7 70. Nd2 Kf6 71. Nf1 Kg7 72. Nd2 Kh6 73. Nf1 h4 74. gxh4 {Black is slightly better.} Nxh4 75. g3 Ng6 76. Nd2 Nh8 77. Bc2 Nf7 78. Nb1 Nd6 79. Nd2 Kg7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,34,72,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-41,-20,-11,-29,-1,-159,-70,-81,-73,-97,0,-67,-64,-59,-68,-81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O f6 {[%cal Rf6e5] LiveBook: 8 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. c4 $146 (9. Ne1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Na5 Rb8 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Nh4 Bd6 13. Nxf5 exf5 {1-0 (30) Malakhov,V (2697)-Novik,M (2480) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... dxc4 $11 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 {And now Rc1 would win.} (15. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e6]} O-O-O 16. Rxe6 $11) 15... O-O-O $1 ({Don't go for} 15... Qxe6 $2 16. Re1 $18) 16. Re1 Kb8 {White should prevent ...Bb4.} 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Re4 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 18. Rac1 $11) 18... h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bxd7 (19. gxh5 Qg5+) 19... Rxd7 20. Rae1 Qg6 ({Better is} 20... Rdd8 $17 {aiming for ...hxg4.} 21. gxh5 Qg5+ 22. Qg2 Qxh5) 21. h3 (21. Nc5 $11 Rdd8 22. Rxf4) 21... hxg4 $15 22. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 23. hxg4 {[#]} f3 (23... Rh4 $1 $17) 24. Re8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Nd2 Rf4 28. Nxf3 Rxg4+ 29. Kf1 a5 30. a4 Kc7 31. Ke2 b5 32. b3 Rf4 33. Re6 bxa4 34. bxa4 c5 35. Ke3 {Black must now prevent dxc5.} g5 36. Re4 Rf5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Kd3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rxf2 40. Ne6+ Kc6 41. Nxg5 Ra2 42. Rc4+ Kb6 43. Ne4 Bb4 44. Nc3 Ra3 45. Kc2 Bxc3 46. Rxc3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2878"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,13,15,0,11,13,45,16,16,15,15,12,12,6,8,5,6,14,12,12,14,13,10,14,9,7,26,26,19,19,10,10,14,0,0,5,3,-17,10,2,7,0,4,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. Nxd4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Be7 7. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. N2f3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f4 Bf6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (87) Kristovic,M (2296)-Vargic,D (2360) Bizovac 2007}) 7... dxc6 (7... bxc6 {looks sharper.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. c4 Bb7) 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Qa5+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. O-O Be6 $1 11. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 O-O 15. b4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Be2 {The position is equal.} Qe7 20. Rd1 g6 21. Bc4 Rc8 22. a4 Rc7 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qc4 Ne8 32. Qd5 Nf6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,89,2,0,-7,-4,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-59,-63,-143,-52,-118,-68,-70,-79,-97,20,31,99,100,106,121,233,224,225,-365,-372,-468,-87,-343,861,995,1014,1057,1055,1006,1020,938,941,898,29980,29981,29981,29982,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. c4 Ne8 {LiveBook: 26 Games. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (15... g6 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Qd2 Ng7 18. Na5 Nf5 19. Nxb7 Qc7 20. Na5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bg5 22. b4 Qb6 23. Rf3 {½-½ (78) Sethuraman,S (2618)-Giri,A (2772) Tbilisi 2017}) 16. f3 g6 17. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nd2 Ng7 18. b4 Nh5 19. g3 f5 20. Nb3 f4 21. Bf2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rf5 23. Nd2 {1-0 (31) Abreu Delgado,A (2410)-Quesada,R (2200) Holguin 1999}) 17... Ng7 {The position is equal.} 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Rad1 h5 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} f5 $1 21. b4 (21. Qa3 $11) 21... h4 $1 $15 22. c5 (22. Bf2 $15) 22... dxc5 ({Black should try} 22... Nh5 $1 $17 23. c6 Nf4 24. cxd7 Nxd3 25. dxc8=R (25. dxc8=Q Qxc8 26. Bxd3 b5 $14) 25... Qxc8 26. Bxd3 b5) 23. d6 (23. Bxc5 $15 Nxc5 24. bxc5) 23... cxb4 24. Qd5+ Kh7 25. Nc4 Bf4 (25... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Bf6) 26. Qxb7 $11 {Hoping for Nb6.} Rf7 (26... Rb8 $1 $14 27. Qxa6 Nh5) 27. Nb6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb6c8][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rc2 {[#]} 28. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f7]} Nxb6 ({Reject} 28... Rxe2 $6 29. Qxf7 Nxb6 30. d7 $14) (28... Rf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxa6 Rb8) 29. Qxf7 $18 Rxe2 30. Bxb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. d7 $18 {is the narrow road to win.} h3 31. Rf2 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 33. Bxf2) 30... Qxb6 $19 31. Qe7 {[#]} h3 $2 (31... g5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...h3 would win.} 32. d7 h3) 32. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qh4+ $17 Bh6 33. g4 fxg4 34. d7) 32... Qc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qe3 $19 33. Qh4+ Bh6 34. Qxh3 Ne6) 33. gxf4 $18 {[%cal Bg3f4,Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qc2 34. Qh4+ Nh5 35. Qxh3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. fxe5 Qxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 38. d7 {White mates.} Qd5 39. e6 $1 b3 40. Qh4 Qd3 41. Kg2 b2 42. d8=Q Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kh3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,48,24,31,22,19,41,12,12,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,4,6,0,0,0,6,0,0,-7,-7,-14,-14,-15,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. cxd5 (7. g4 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 Nc6 12. Bg2 {½-½ (48) Anand,V (2776)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7... exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2) 12... Be5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. O-O Rc8 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 15. Bf3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 {[#] And now Be2 would win.} exf3 20. gxf3 $11 {KRB-KRB} Rd2 21. Kg2 Rxa2 22. Rc1 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. b4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,108,11,12,15,12,12,15,14,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-13,-12,-35,-20,-20,-11,-26,0,-16,0,0,14,14,26,14,8,9,25,13,18,15,135,117,127,48,42,-34,0,-53,-46,-60,0,-89,-110,-113,-120,-400,-398,-378,-369,-348,-339,-347,-310,-373,-285,-369,-301,-301,-287,-298,-285,-2733,-397,-400,-391,-387,-374,-561,-549,-591,-539,-498,-335,-516,-437,-381,-317,-303,-310,-267,0,0,0,0,89]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bb6 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 {½-½ (47) Inarkiev,E (2694)-Andreikin,D (2708) Sochi 2017}) 10... Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2][%mdl 32]} Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 c6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bxa2 19. b3 $1 a4 20. bxa4 Bc4 21. Qc1 Ne7 22. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be6 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. c4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ng6 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Red1 Ng4 27. Nf5 Rd8 (27... Bxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 28. h3 Nf6) 28. h3 $16 Nf6 {[#]} 29. c5 (29. dxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nxe5) 29... dxc5 $14 30. dxe5 (30. Nxe5 $14 Bxf5 31. exf5) 30... Nd7 (30... Rxd1+ {is interesting.} 31. Rxd1 Nd7 32. h4 Ndxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxf5 34. exf5 Nxe5 35. Re1 f6) 31. Rd2 (31. Qc3 $11) 31... Rb8 32. Nd6 c4 (32... b5 $15 33. axb5 cxb5) 33. Rbd1 (33. Qd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} b6 34. Kh1) 33... b5 $17 34. Nd4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Ndxe5 35. axb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nxe6 $17 {was forced.} fxe6 36. Qd4) 35... Qxd6 $19 36. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rd8+ (37. bxc6 Rxb2) 37... Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qc7 39. Rdd8 c3 40. Qc1 Qc5 41. b6 Ra2 42. b7 Qb6 43. h4 $2 (43. Ra8 Qxb7 44. Rxa2 Bxa2 45. Qa3) 43... Nc6 $2 (43... Ng4 44. Qe1 Rxc2) 44. Ra8 {Hoping for e5!} Qxb7 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 ({Less strong is} 45... Nxd8 46. Ra3 $17) 46. Rd6 (46. Rd3 $142 Qb2 47. Qxb2 cxb2 48. Rd7 b1=Q+ 49. Bxb1 Bxb1 50. Rxf7) 46... Nge5 47. f4 Qb6+ 48. Kh1 Ng4 {White must now prevent ...Qf2.} 49. e5+ {[#]} (49. Qe1 {is the only way for White.} Qb2 50. Rxc6 Qxc2 51. Rxc3) 49... g6 $1 50. Qe1 Be6 51. h5 {Black should prevent hxg6+.} Kg7 52. hxg6 Nf2+ $2 (52... Qb4 $19 53. Qf1 Nd4) 53. Kh2 $11 {Threatens to win with gxf7.} Ng4+ 54. Kg3 {gxf7 is the strong threat.} Qc5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} (54... Qe3+ $11 55. Qxe3 Nxe3 56. Rxc6 Nxc2) 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,12,0,10,-8,0,-16,57,45,52,7,0,0,0,-11,-9,-23,-9,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-124,-124,-124,-125,-147,0,-87,-42,-43,-41,-44,-44,-34,0,0,0,-32,-34,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-201,-191,-203,-200,-5560,-2552]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Rd1 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bh5 18. Rd2 d4 19. Qxa7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qb4 {½-½ (30) Jobava,B (2712)-Lenic,L (2650) Austria 2018}) 9... Nxc5 10. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Be2 Nfe4 $146 (12... dxc4 $11 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bxe7 (14. Nxd5 Bxh4 15. Nc3 Qc7 $11) 14... Qxe7) ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5 14. O-O Be8 15. Rd4 b5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nxb5 Qxe5 18. Bg3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd6 {½-½ (21) Endsley,B (2175)-Jean,P (2128) ICCF email 2015}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxe4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qa5 {aiming for ...Rd8.} 21. Bf3 (21. Qc2 $11) 21... Rd8 $17 22. Qb1 Rd2 23. g3 g5 ({Much less strong is} 23... Rxa2 24. Kg2 $15) ({Better is} 23... Qc3 $17 24. Qe1 e5) 24. h3 ({Don't blunder} 24. Bxb7 $2 Ng4 $19) (24. Kg2 $1 $11) 24... Rxa2 25. Kg2 $1 Qd2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd2f2]} 26. Rf1 $1 b6 27. Qc1 a5 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Kg7 30. Qc1 {[#]} Nd7 ({Black should play} 30... Qb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 31. Qc4 Rb2) 31. Qxd2 $11 Rxd2 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Nc5 34. Bc2 e5 35. f4 exf4 36. exf4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne6 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kg4 $2 (39. Bd3 $11) 39... Nd4 $19 40. Bd1 {[#]} Kg6 $1 41. Kh4 $2 (41. f5+ Kf6 42. h4) 41... Nf5+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,91,14,0,21,12,20,10,6,6,36,35,35,22,58,55,38,26,39,-96,-91,-79,-72,-122,-92,-122,-122,-198,-115,-118,-127,-179,-121,-139,-92,-146,-137,-134,-149,-220,-199,-212,-183,-212,-181,-265,-90,-166,-161,-208,-81,-83,-83,-84,-43,-42,-7,-7,0,-26,-26,-56,-7,-10,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,-18,-19,-8,-9,0,-20]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} O-O (6... d6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nd7 10. Nd5 Bf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Be2 Qg6 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Bf4 Qf6 {½-½ (17) Safarli,E (2639)-Kravtsiv,M (2672) Riadh 2017}) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} d5 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. O-O g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 {1-0 (35) Vavra,P (2346)-Treybal,D (2236) Olomouc 2005}) 10... f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Bxe5 {next Qh5 is good for White.} Bf6 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rae1 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf5 16. Na4 Qh4 17. Bxf5 (17. Nc5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 17... Rxf5 $17 18. Qe6+ Rf7 $1 19. b3 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Nxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rf8 22. Re6 Rf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Re3 (23. Re8+ $17 Kf7 24. Rc8) 23... h6 (23... Qd4 $19 24. c3 Qd2) 24. Nc5 Qg4 25. Nd3 (25. g3 $142) 25... Re6 26. h3 Qf5 27. Rfe1 (27. Rf3 $17 {is a better defense.} Qg5 28. Nc5) 27... Rxe3 $1 $19 28. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Qf6 29. Re5 Kh7 30. b4 {[#]} (30. Kf1 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Qd6 $2 (30... c5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...c4.} 31. bxc5 Qa6) 31. Re3 {[#]} (31. f4 $17) 31... a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. g4 {[#]} (32. bxa5 Qxa3) 32... axb4 (32... Qf6 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 33. bxa5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa3) 33. axb4 $17 Qf6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Re5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re3 {Rf3 is the strong threat.} Qg5 39. Kg3 {The position is equal.} Kg8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Re3 (41. Re6 {seems wilder.} c5 42. f4 Qd8 43. Nxc5 Qa8 44. Ra6) 41... Qh6 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Re2 Qh4 44. f3 Qf6 45. Re5 Qh6 {And now ...Qd2+ would win.} 46. Re2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,7,12,-6,0,-12,-16,-18,-18,-18,-10,-17,0,0,0,-13,-10,-12,-8,-15,-20,-36,-29,-59,-45,-47,-47,-99,-96,-100,-71,-70,-41,-49,-43,-51,-39,-50,-41,-53,-43,-36,-14,-45,-34,-68,-63,-95,-65,-66,-56,-50,-45,-76,-56,-95,-51,-64,-68,-78,-68,-95,-86,-97,-106,-91,-68,-162,-32,-30,-11,-11,-11,-58,-54,-87,-91,-125,-134,-157,-157,-145,-153,-418,-420,-406,-371,-354,-360,-4108,-4133,-4137,-4137,-4133,-4133,-29952,-29953,-12582,-4133,-29967,-11865,-29969,-29967,-29990,-4837,-29972,-29971,-29962,-12582]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 644 Games} 6. h3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 6... b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 c5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Ndf6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1-0 (43) Gajdos,M-Jurcisin,I (2030) Slovakia 1998}) 10... c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 {next e5 is good for White.} cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bg5 b5 15. Nxe6 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Rd4 (18. f3 $15) 18... Ne5 $17 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Na4 Rc6 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rc2 23. f3 $1 Ke8 24. R4d2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc6 26. Ra1 Nfd7 27. Be3 Nd3 28. Nc3 Bb7 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Na4 f6 31. Nb2 Ne5 32. Bd4 Nbc6 33. Bc3 Bc8 34. f4 Nd7 35. Nc4 Nc5 36. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 37. Rxd6 Bb7 38. b4 (38. e5 $15) 38... Na4 ({Black should play} 38... Nxe4 $19 39. Re6+ Ne7) 39. Ba1 $15 Ke7 40. e5 $1 fxe5 41. fxe5 Nb6 42. Rd3 Nxb4 43. Rg3 g6 $1 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 44. Rg4 N6d5 45. Rh4 h5 46. g4 $2 {[#]} (46. Kh2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 46... Nf4 $1 $19 47. gxh5 g5 48. Rg4 Bc8 ({Stronger than} 48... Nxh3+ 49. Kh2 $16) 49. Rxf4 $2 (49. Rg3 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Nxg3 51. Kxg3) 49... gxf4 50. h6 Bf5 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Bc3 Nd3+ 53. Ke2 Ke6 (53... f3+ $142 54. Kf1 Bf5) 54. h4 Nxe5 (54... f3+ $142 55. Kf1 Bf5 56. Bd4 a5 57. Be3 f2 58. Bxf2 Nxf2 59. Ke2 Kxe5 60. Ke1 a4 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Ke2 Nd3 63. Kf3 a3 64. h7 Bxh7 65. Kg4 a2 66. Kg5 a1=Q 67. Kh6 Qa7 68. Kh5 Be4 69. Kh6 Qh7+ 70. Kg5 Qg6#) 55. h5 Ng4 56. Bg7 Kf7 (56... f3+ $142 57. Kd1 f2 58. Ke2 Bg2 59. Kd2 f1=Q 60. Bd4 Be4 61. Kc3 Qd3+ 62. Kb2 Qc2+ 63. Ka3 Bd5 64. Kb4 Qc4+ 65. Ka5 Qb5#) 57. Kf1 f3 58. Bd4 Nxh6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 69%.} (58... a5 $142 59. Ke1 {[#]} f2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Bxf2 Nxf2 61. Kd2 Nd3 62. Kc2 a4 63. h7 Kg7 64. h8=R Kxh8 65. Kc3 Kh7 66. Kc4 Kh6 67. Kc3 Kxh5 68. Kd4 a3 69. Kxe4 Nf2+ 70. Kf3 Ng4 71. Ke4 a2 72. Kd4 a1=Q+ 73. Kd3 Qb2 74. Kc4 Qd2 75. Kc5 Qc3+ 76. Kb5 Ne5 77. Kb6 Qc6+ 78. Ka5 Qb7 79. Ka4 Qb6 80. Ka3 Nd3 81. Ka4 Qb4#) 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,25,21,22,13,41,20,6,6,6,6,18,0,6,-5,0,-29,40,25,93,96,66,75,87,76,83,27,32,32,43,9,127,137,157,148,145,141,155,0,175,178,187,187,249,257,252,254,254,243,251,247,224,226,267,257,291,287,318,213,319,319,319,316,479,525,1785,1697,1076,1485,1054,1033]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Nf6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 10 Games. With the idea Rc1.} O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Nc6 $146 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Qb1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nac5 Bxb3 (17... Bxc5 $1 $11 18. Nxc5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Rxc8) 18. Nxb3 $14 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Qxe2 (18... Be7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 20. Qf5 Ne7 21. Qxf6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 ({Better is} 22. Qg5+ $16 Kh8 23. Qxc1 (23. Nxc1 Qxb2 24. Bxb7 Qd4 $16) (23. Rxc1 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Bf1 Nc6 $14)) 22... Rd6 $11 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. h4 {Hoping for h5.} Be1 {[#]} (24... Kg7 $1 $11) 25. Qf5 $1 $16 {aiming for Rc7.} Nf4 26. gxf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 {And now h5 would win.} Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf2g2]} 28. Rc2 $2 (28. Rc8+ $16 Kg7 29. Rc2 (29. Qxe5+ Kh6 $11) 29... Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 exf4 32. Kf1) 28... Qxh4+ $2 {[#]} (28... Bd2 $1 $11 29. Qc8+ (29. Rxd2 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) (29. Rc8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 29... Kg7 30. Rxd2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qe1+) 29. Kg1 $1 $18 Bg3 30. Qxe5 Qg4 (30... Bh2+ {was necessary.} 31. Kf1 Rf6) 31. Rd2 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Qh4 32. Nd4 {Qe8+ would kill now.} Bh2+ 33. Kf1 {White threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Re2 h5 36. Bxb7 Kf8 37. Bc6 Bc7 38. Be4 Ra6 (38... Rg4 $142 39. Nf5 h4) 39. Nf5 Re6 40. Bd3 Rb6 (40... Rxe2 {is a better defense.} 41. Bxe2 h4) 41. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Bd8 42. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8d8]} Ke8 43. Bb5+ Rxb5 44. Nd6+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,50,8,11,30,23,0,24,-5,50,50,41,-3,4,-29,-35,-29,-19,-24,-27,-64,-81,-76,0,12,12,12,4,-294,-285,-800,-785]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} 12. Ne2 g5 13. b3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. h3 h6 14. Bg2 Ng7 15. Ne5 {½-½ (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Topalov,V (2760) London 2016}) 13... h6 14. h3 Bf6 (14... Qd7 $11) 15. c3 $14 Nd6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Be3 Qd7 18. h4 f6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. Nxg5 {[#]} Bg4 (21... Bh6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 22. Nxe6 Qxe6) 22. Bxd5+ $11 Kh8 $1 {Und weiter mit ...Df5 wäre nett.} 23. Kg2 $1 {Droht stark Th1+.} Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} ({Falsch wäre} 23... Nf5 $2 {[#]} 24. Nf4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rh1 $11 Kg7 25. Rxh6 Kxh6 26. Qd2) 24... Bf5 $19 25. Rh1 $2 (25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Ne6+ (26. Qh5 $2 Bg4 $19) 26... Rxe6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nf4) 25... Bxd3 {Precision: Weiß = 24%, Schwarz = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,0,13,24,26,48,34,39,18,35,35,43,34,41,37,41,3,69,75,63,43,89,85,85,69,73,76,74,41,92,81,85,68,103,103,94,50,52,0,0,0,0,-108,-95,-508,-508,-683,-683,-879,-865,-870,-847,-2621,-2601]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 {B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} (7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3 Qc7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 {½-½ (40) Svidler,P (2760)-Khismatullin,D (2632) Sochi 2018}) 7... h6 8. Bc4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Qc7 9. Bb3 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Be6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Ng6 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. Be3 Na5 {1-0 (51) Mozharov,M (2564)-Ott,F (2254) Pardubice 2015}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Qe2 Nb6 ({Günstiger ist} 15... Rac8 $11) 16. Bxb6 $14 Qxb6 17. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Rfd1 Rfc8 (21... e4 $1 $14) 22. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Rc7 23. Be4 b4 {[#]} 24. c4 $1 b3 25. Ra3 Qc5 26. Bd5 (26. Ra4 $14 Rb4 27. Rxb4 Qxb4 28. Bd5) 26... e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 27. Ra4 Re7 {Droht stark ...e3.} 28. Kf1 (28. Kh2 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 28... e3 $17 29. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. fxe3 $17 {leistet mehr Widerstand.} Rxe3 30. Qd2) 29... Bxb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 30. Ra6 (30. Qxb2 e2+) 30... Bf6 31. g4 b2 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Rxd6 Qxf4+ {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,-32,-46,-24,-31,-23,-38,-47,-41,-47,-43,0,0,0,-13,-12,-29,-33,-29,-25,-75,-85,-95,-62,-64,-72,-51,-56,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,0,53,0,57,34,20,0,93,77,112,0,25,0,13,15,17,17,32,25,33,-207,-199,-199,-197,-260,-221,-628,-621,-1289,-1288]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 {D30: Damengambit (ohne Sc3)} (6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Bxd8 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Kxd8 10. Nxc4 b6 11. h4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. h5 Rc8 {½-½ (49) Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2732) Prague 2018}) 6... b5 7. a4 (7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 c3 10. a3 Be7 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nxc3 a6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... c6 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Schwarz steht etwas besser.} O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. b3 c3 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 {1-0 (35) Taboas Rodriguez,D (2394)-Aranda Marin,C (2352) Madrid 2016}) 10... a5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxc6 Rb8 {Und ...Lb7 würde nun gewinnen.} (12... Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c6]} 13. Qc1 bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Rxa4 Ra8 $15) 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Qd1 b2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht unter Druck.} 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qb3 {[#]} Nb6 $1 18. Rxb2 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21. Bh4 Qc7 (21... Bxf3 $15 22. Nxf3 Qc7) 22. Bxf6 $1 $11 gxf6 23. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Ba8 24. Qa3 Kg7 25. Qe3 Rfd8 (25... Bc6 $11) 26. h3 (26. d5 $1 $14) 26... Qd6 (26... f5 $11) 27. Rb1 (27. d5 $14) 27... Rb8 (27... f5 $1 $11) 28. Re1 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} Rg8 29. Nf1 Kh7 (29... f5 $1 $11) 30. Bd3 $16 {Und weiter mit e5+ wäre nett.} Qf8 31. N3h2 (31. Ng3 $16) 31... Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 32. Ng4 Kh8 {...h5 ist eine echte Drohung.} 33. Ng3 $1 ({Bitte nicht} 33. Qxh6+ Qxh6 34. Nxh6 Rgf8 $15) 33... Qg5 34. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qh4 35. f5 Qg5 36. e5 $2 (36. Nxh6 $14 {behält die Oberhand.} Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3) 36... Qxe3+ $19 ({Minderwertig wäre} 36... Nxa4 37. Nxh6 Rgf8 38. exf6 $11) 37. Rxe3 Nd5 38. Re1 (38. Rf3 $142 fxe5 39. Be4 exd4 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Ne5) 38... Rb3 39. Rd1 $2 (39. Nh5 Rxd3 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. exf6) 39... Nf4 40. Nxf6 Rxg3 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,81,-9,0,-11,-3,-3,-3,-10,-6,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,6,10,7,0,0,0,72,29,31,-6,21,23,166,185,166,155,455,454,431,426,402,223,874,1014,925,959,832,816,1066,925,29988,29989,29989,29974,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (12... a6 13. O-O Ra7 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 {1-0 (36) Hansen,E (2614)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2513) Linares 2017}) 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. O-O Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rb1 {0-1 (32) Ranieri,F (2216)-Sedina,E (2382) Italy 2004}) 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ra1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. g4 Qc6 23. Qd3+ Kh8 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. Bh4 Ng8 (26... Nc6 $11) 27. Kg2 (27. Qb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Qc8 28. Kg2 $14) 27... Qa4 28. g5 Qc4 29. Qd2 {aiming for Qf4.} b5 (29... hxg5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 30. Bxg5 cxd4) 30. Qf4 $18 cxd4 31. Qxf7 d3 $2 {[#]} (31... dxc3 $16 32. Qxd7 Qg4+ 33. Bg3 hxg5) 32. cxd3 Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Nc5 34. gxh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} (34. Nh4 $142 Qxg5 35. Ng6+ Kh7 36. Nf8+ Kh8 37. d4) 34... gxh6 $2 (34... Nxd3 35. hxg7+ Qxg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 35. Nh4 {[#] White wants to mate with Ng6+.} Qg7 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe8 d4 38. cxd4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 {White mates.} Nxd3 40. Qxe6 Qf3 41. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,0,0,-7,-14,21,14,16,11,22,8,27,26,16,19,26,43,55,45,48,0,0,0,31,2,29,29,116,26,43,4,15,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,10,9,7,16,3,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nde2 Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Ra3 Na5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Raa1 Be8 18. Rad1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rc1 Nb7 {0-1 (45) Sveshnikov,E (2525)-Lobron,E (2440) Manila 1982}) 13. Bc1 $1 Rc8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bb2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 e6 (18... Nxd5 $11 19. exd5 Qb6) 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nxb4 $16 {Threatens to win with f4.} Qb6 20. c3) 19... Bxf6 $11 20. Qd2 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Ba8 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Rfd2 Rb6 30. Rc4 d5 31. Rc7 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Rd4 Rb8 34. exd5 exd5 35. g4 ({Don't blunder} 35. Bxd5 $2 Rd8 $19) 35... Kf6 36. Kg3 ({Of course not} 36. Bxd5 Rd8 $17) 36... Ke6 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Rd2 Re8 39. h4 Kc5 40. Bg2 Re3+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,149,37,36,52,29,91,99,133,127,183,12,5,20,20,20,21,20,26,11,117,124,290,295,528,514,528,525,525,524,606,467,423,80,93,36,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-36,-159,-59,-179,-60,-96,-56,-54,-43,-469,-310,-280,-308,-354,-338,-351,-201,-193,-197,-206,-188,-186,-156,-206,-217,-281,-281,-281,-260,-251,-256,-259,-274,-233,-150,-390,-202,-370,-384,-374,-363,-315,-95,-95,-107,-104,-95,-142,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-116,-116,-142,-142,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29974,-29975,-29969,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} Qd7 10. Na5 $1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qa4 (10... Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c4 c6 13. Bd2 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 {1-0 (64) Yu,Y (2751)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 11. Bd2 {White is slightly better.} Nxe4 $146 (11... Be7 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Ne2 Rab8 {½-½ (48) Raja,H (2448)-Triapishko,O (2530) Moscow 2018}) 12. Nc3 $16 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be6 (13... Be7 $16 {was necessary.}) 14. Qf3 $2 (14. f4 $1 $18) 14... d5 $11 15. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} O-O-O 16. b3 Qb5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. c4 Kb8 (18... h5 $11) 19. a3 $1 $16 g5 $2 (19... Kc8 $16) 20. b4 $18 (20. Bxg5 Bg7 $14) 20... g4 $2 (20... cxb4 21. Bxg5 Bg7 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. axb4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Kc8) 21. Qf6 Bd6 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rab1+ Kc8 24. Nb7 Be7 25. Qb2 $2 (25. Nxc5 Bxf6 26. Bf4 (26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 dxc4 $11) (26. Nxa6 dxc4 27. Bf4 Rd4 $11) 26... Bd4 $16) (25. Qh6 $18 {is more deadly.} Qc6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. cxd5 (27. Qxh7 dxc4 28. Bb4 Bxb4 $16) 27... Qxd5 28. Bf4) 25... Qxa3 $16 26. Qc2 ({Reject} 26. Nxd8 $6 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxd8 $15) (26. Qe5 $1 $16 Bd6 27. Qd4 dxc4 28. Qa7 (28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Qa7 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxd2 $11)) 26... dxc4 $14 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Be3 c3 29. Qe4 {Hoping for Qb7+.} Rd5 $1 30. g3 h5 31. Rec1 (31. Qc4 $1 $15) 31... h4 ({Black should try} 31... Qd6 $17 32. Qa4 c2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxc2 Bf5) 32. Ra1 (32. gxh4 $15 Bxh4 33. h3) 32... Qd6 ({Black should play} 32... Qb4 $19 33. Qxb4 Bxb4 34. Rxa6 c2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. gxh4 (35. Ra8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 35... Bf5 36. Ra8+ Kd7) 33. gxh4 Bf5 34. Qc4 c2 {White must now prevent ...Rd1+.} 35. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Rxa6 $15 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38. Kg3) 35... Bd3 36. Qxg4+ Bf5 37. Qf3 Qg6+ ({Weaker is} 37... Bxh4 38. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa6 39. Qxd5 $15) 38. Qg3 Bxh4 (38... Qh5 $142 39. Rf1 Rd1) 39. Qxg6 $19 fxg6 40. Kg2 Kb7 41. Ra2 Bf6 42. Kf3 {[#]} a5 $1 43. Ke2 Bd3+ 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf1 Rb5 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Kd2 $2 {[#]} (48. Rxa5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bb2 49. Rg1) 48... Bc3+ $1 49. Ke2 Bb2 50. Rg1 Bd3+ 51. Kd2 {aiming for Rxb2!} c1=Q+ $2 (51... Bf5 $19 {has better winning chances. Threatens to win with ...Ba3.} 52. Ke2 Ba3) 52. Rxc1 $17 Bxc1+ 53. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ka6 54. Rb2 Rxb2 (54... Rb4 $17 55. Bd2 Rc4+ 56. Kd1 c5) 55. Kxb2 {KB-KB} Kb5 56. Kc3 Bf5 57. Bg5 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 58. Be7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 59. Kb2 Kb4 60. Bf6 a3+ 61. Ka1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Ka2 $17) 61... Kb3 62. Bg5 c4 63. Bc1 c3 64. h4 Be4 65. f4 Bf5 66. Be3 Kc2 $2 (66... Be6 {mates} 67. f5 gxf5 68. h5 Kc2 69. h6 Bg8 70. h7 Bxh7 71. Ka2 Bg8+ 72. Kxa3 Kb1 73. Kb4 c2 74. Kb5 c1=Q 75. Bc5 Qc4+ 76. Kc6 Be6 77. Kb6 Bd5 78. Ba3 Qc6+ 79. Ka5 Bc4 80. Kb4 Kc2 81. Bc1 Qb5+ 82. Ka3 Qb3#) 67. Ka2 $15 Kd1 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 68. Kxa3 Be6 69. f5 gxf5 70. h5 {The position is equal.} Bg8 71. h6 $1 Ke2 (71... Kc2 $5 72. Kb4 $8 Kd3 $11) 72. Bg5 Kf3 73. h7 Bxh7 74. Kb3 Kg4 75. Bc1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,-6,0,0,0,-40,-31,-43,11,-13,7,0,0,0,4,7,14,0,18,0,0,0,49,46,65,60,125,116,143,141,143,147,147,139,178,125,178,181,172,63,68,63,108,97,103,93,108,92,120,102,92,0,103,96,118,117,115,68,505,495,2240,133,175,162,176,176,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} (6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Kd8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd4 a6 13. Re1 axb5 14. Nxb5 {0-1 (22) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Nf6 7. Ngf3 Bg4 8. Nf1 e6 9. Ng3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bxg3 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 f5 {1-0 (32) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2550)-Izeta Txabarri,F (2460) Santa Clara 1994}) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bh5 (12... h5 $15) 13. a4 Bg6 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qg4 f6 19. Nh3 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 19. Nxe6 Nd8 $17) 19... Kf7 20. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Initiative.} Bf8 21. Re2 Ne7 ({Lieber} 21... Rad8 $14) 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. Rae1 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 24. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 25. g5 {Schwarz muss nun gxf6 beachten.} Ne4 26. Qd3 (26. Qg4 $18) 26... Qf7 (26... e5 $16 {war angesagt.}) 27. f3 $18 Nd6 28. Bxd6 ({Besser ist} 28. Bh2 $18) 28... Bxd6 $14 29. f4 Re7 30. g3 Rae8 31. Qd2 a6 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Qd3 Rfe8 34. Qd2 Rf8 $1 35. Re3 Qe8 36. Qd1 Kf7 37. Nf2 fxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rh8 $14) 38. Nh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3g5]} gxf4 {[#]} (38... Qc6 $142 39. Nxg5+ Ke8 40. Nxe6 Rf6) 39. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41. Rxe6 {Beabsichtigt Dh1 und Matt.} Qd7 $2 (41... Qd8 $18 42. Rxg6 f3+ 43. Nxf3 Qe7) 42. Qh1 {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,88,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,37,27,55,22,33,47,37,43,40,19,46,24,45,19,27,18,22,22,83,72,87,81,45,31,44,0,0,-40,-23,-153,-56,-56,-55,-49,-26,-229,-151,-147,-143,-137,-133,-123,-53,-97,-71,-98,-106,-219,-179,-312,-127,-157,-159,-153,-125,-182,-186,-158,506,-179,-171,-943,-928,-828,-580,-1072,-1085]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 (5... Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. dxc3 Bd7 9. Qe3 O-O-O 10. O-O Qxe3 11. Bxe3 a6 12. Bd3 h6 {½-½ (91) Mamedov,R (2709)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 6. Ne2 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Bd6 7. d3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} O-O 8. Bc4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ng3 Na5 9. O-O c6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 {1-0 (31) Durarbayli,V (2630)-Ererdem,G (2164) Konya 2015}) 8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 b5 11. O-O c4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bc7 15. h3 Bd7 16. b4 c3 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. f4 $1 h6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 ({Of course not} 19... hxg5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bd5 $16) 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ (20... Be6 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Rxf3 $16 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qf2 Be5 24. Bb3 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nf5 (25. axb4 Rxa1) 25... Be6 26. Bxh6 (26. Bf4 $11 Bxf4 27. Rxf4) 26... Bxf5 (26... gxh6 $17 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 28. Bxe6 Kxh6) 27. Bxg7 $1 $15 Kxg7 28. Rxf5 {And now Rf1 would win.} Qd6 29. a4 $2 ({Don't go for} 29. Rg5+ $2 Kh8 $19) (29. Rf1 $1 $11) 29... Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Qe5 $1 32. Rf1 Rh8 (32... Bg3 $1 $17 33. Rf3 Rh8) 33. Rf3 Rh5 34. Qc8 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} 35. Qa6 (35. Qxc7 $17 {was the only chance.} Bxc7 36. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35... Be5 36. a5 (36. Qb5 {might work better.}) 36... Rg5 (36... Bd6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 37. g4 Rxa5) 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Kf8 39. b7 (39. g4 $17) 39... Ke7 $19 40. g4 {[#]} Kd8 $2 {[#]} (40... Rg8 $1 $17 {and life is bright.} 41. Bc4 Kd6) 41. Bxf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] was the only winning move.} Kc7 (41... Bxf6 42. b8=Q+) 42. Rxf7+ Kb8 43. Kg2) 41... Kc7 42. Rf5 $2 (42. Rf1) 42... Rxf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. exf5 Nd7 44. g5 {intending Kg2.} Nc5 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,34,18,14,39,30,35,34,77,72,64,73,69,73,108,96,104,109,130,130,130,124,130,127,120,69,60,43,58,61,70,70,61,54,54,54,54,46,42,36,70,11,17,9,19,9,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} 12. Ne4 Ne7 $146 (12... Na7 {seems wilder.} 13. Be3 Nxb5 14. axb5 Nd5 15. h3 Bh5) ({Vorgänger:} 12... Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 {½-½ (88) Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven 2016}) 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd6 ({Bitte nicht} 14. cxd4 Bb4 $15) 14... cxd6 15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {Droht Txe7! und aus.} Nc6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 {und nun wäre ...Se5 stark für Schwarz.} 19. Be3 Nd5 {[#]} 20. Qxg6 $1 hxg6 {[#]} 21. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rfd8 23. f4 (23. Red3 $16) 23... Kf8 $14 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Red3 Nf5 26. Rd5 b6 27. Be2 Rac8 28. Rb5 Rc6 29. Bg4 Rc4 30. Bxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 31. Kg3 ({Besser ist} 31. Rd4 $14 Rxd4 32. cxd4) 31... Rxa4 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 32. Rxb6 Ra2 33. Rd5 g6 34. c4 Rc8 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. h3 Ra4 37. b3 Ra3 38. f3 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4 40. Rbxd6 Raxc4 41. Rxc4 {Precision: Weiß = 62%, Schwarz = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,30,29,-8,6,2,18,12,16,8,13,14,18,0,14,-1,0,0,21,14,12,8,72,37,53,31,39,23,27,18,39,6,21,-2,0,0,6,-7,0,-258,-246,-241,-81,-306,-318,-317,-312,-332,-310,-322,-264,-282,-291,-285,-275,-277,-235,-368,-335,-357,-354,-481,-480,-406,-418,-623,-625,-618,-617,-661,-638]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O {LiveBook: 5687 Games} 6. Re1 $146 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} ({Predecessor:} 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. a3 a5 16. h4 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Ne4 {½-½ (28) Kramnik,V (2787)-So,W (2792) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Na5 Bc8 (15... Rac8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Rac1 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7b5,Bb5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. a3 Bb5 18. e4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. b3 Bd3 20. Qc3 {aiming for Nc6.} Rac8 21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. Red1 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 23. bxc4 Na4 24. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Qb3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nc5 25. Qb5) 24... Nb2 $19 25. e5 {Threatening Bb7.} Rc7 $2 (25... Nxd1 $19 26. Rxd1 Rc7) 26. Qc3 $2 (26. Bd2 $17) 26... Nxd1 27. Rxd1 {intending Nc6.} Bxc4 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4d8] [#]} Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 ({Weaker is} 30... Qxa5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxd8+ Kf7 33. Qd1 $17) 31. Qxd5 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Qc8 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Nd4 (33. a4 $142) 33... Qd7 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 {KRB-KBN} 35. Nc6 Bxa3 36. Be3 a6 37. Kg2 (37. Kf1 $142 Rc7 38. Nd4) 37... Rc7 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Nd4 Bc5 39. e6 Bxd4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,102,15,41,16,34,16,34,34,34,34,28,-44,-35,-114,-120,-116,-61,-60,-53,-58,-52,-64,-36,-64,-63,-70,-50,-106,-86,-87,-71,-102,-100,-101,-85,-106,-109,-124,-94,-266,-244,-237,-216,-222,-214,-227,-223,-253,-218,-267,-200,-317,-277,-835,-302,-899,-902,-883,-866,-869,-847,-853,-847,-1307,-1297,-1447,-1407,-1709,-1666,-2024,-1987]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nb5 b6 {E99: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} (16... Bd7 17. a4 h5 18. Nd3 Rf7 19. Rc4 Bf8 20. Kh1 Rg7 21. Rg1 Nh8 22. g3 fxg3 23. Rxg3 Nf7 24. Qc1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nxc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 {1-0 (50) So,W (2812)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 17. Nd3 Rf7 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 18. Rc3 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} h5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 19. h3 Bf6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 19... Nf8 20. Be1 Nh7 21. Ra3 Nf6 22. Nf2 Bf8 23. Qb3 Qe8 {0-1 (63) Bennborn,J (2274)-Doroshenko,A (2223) ICCF email 2013}) 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Nf2 Bd8 22. Qb3 (22. Ra3 $1 $11) 22... Nb8 $1 $15 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32]} 23. Bd2 {[#]} (23. a4 $15) 23... a6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 24. Na3 Qe7 (24... b5 $17 25. Be1 Bb7) 25. Rfc1 Nd7 26. Nc4 Bb7 27. a4 Nf6 28. Qc2 Rg7 29. Be1 Rb8 30. Na3 (30. Nd2 $15) 30... Bc8 31. Qd1 Ra8 32. Nc4 {Mit der Idee Sxb6!} Bd7 33. Nd2 Qe8 34. Ra1 Nh8 35. Qc2 Nf7 36. Rxc7 $2 {[#]} (36. Nf1 $17 {ist wohl besser.}) 36... Bxc7 $19 37. Qxc7 b5 ({Auf keinen Fall} 37... Bxa4 38. Qxb6 Bb5 39. Bxb5 $17) 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. Qa5 Qe8 41. Kf1 Rg6 42. Nb1 (42. Qa7 $142) 42... g4 {zielt auf ...gxh3 ab.} 43. Nc3 $2 (43. h4) 43... gxf3 $2 (43... gxh3 44. Nxb5 hxg2+ 45. Kg1 h4) 44. gxf3 $2 (44. Bxf3 Ng5 45. Bd1) 44... Qc8 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 45. Bxb5 Bxh3+ 46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Bc6 Bf1+ 48. Kd2 Ng5 {[%cal Bf7g5,Bg5f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} 49. Kc2 Nxf3 50. Bd2 Rg2 51. Qa7 Nd4+ {Precision: Weiß = 24%, Schwarz = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,37,79,40,34,22,45,33,34,38,40,39,39,33,42,0,8,-9,10,12,12,18,58,58,82,60,134,87,144,90,280,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 d6 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Qh4 f6 {LiveBook: 11 Games. B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (11... Bxd6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. O-O Nxd3 14. Qa4+ Qc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. cxd3 O-O 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Be3 Rfb8 19. b3 {1-0 (86) David,A (2602)-Magem Badals,J (2522) France 2009}) 12. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rxd6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 h5 16. Qg3 Rd7 17. b3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Rae1 {½-½ (34) Moura,A (2437)-Finnie,D (2426) ICCF email 1999}) 12... Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Bxc4 14. b3 {[#] Hoping for Qxb6.} Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bf7 16. c4 Kd7 17. Ba3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Nd2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Ne5 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 20. Kg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} a4 21. Ne4 b6 22. Nc3 $1 Ra6 23. Nb5 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Rc8 (23... axb3 $14 24. axb3 Nc6) 24. Bb2 Nc6 {[#]} (24... axb3 $142 25. axb3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc6) 25. Rad1 (25. Nc7 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc7a6]} Ra7 26. Rad1) 25... Bg6 $2 (25... axb3 $16 26. axb3 Re8) 26. Re7+ $2 ({Better is} 26. Nc7 $18 Rxc7 27. dxc7+ Kxc7 28. b4) 26... Nxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. dxe7+ Kxe7 {Strongly threatening ...axb3.} 28. Ba3+ $1 Ke8 29. Re1+ Kd8 $1 30. Rd1+ Ke8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,0,-3,0,8,5,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,8,32,83,21,29,-10,0,0,0,0,606,614,572,445,968,971,922,914,957,947,923,877,1083,1083,1083,1068,988,988,6119,5273,4049,1918,1790,1736,29955,12595,7534,7269,6714,5704,1760,1394,1236,1191,29974,29973,29974,29946,29976,1011,29978,29977,29979,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 {A48: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bc4 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {0-1 (81) Gelfand,B (2743)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2740) Moscow 2016}) 14. h3 a6 15. a4 g5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Bg3 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rad1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb3 b4 22. Qa4 Qb7 23. Nc4 bxc3 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 (24... Qa8 $1 $14 25. Qxa8 Rxa8) 25. Rxd6 (25. Bxd6 $16 {Droht e5 und aus.} Ra8 26. Qc4 cxb2 27. e5 (27. Qxc5 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 b1=Q $11) (27. Bxc5 Nd7 $11)) 25... cxb2 $11 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...Txe4! beachten.} 26. Rb1 Nxe4 27. Rxc6 {Und weiter mit Tc7 wäre nett.} Nc3 28. Rc7 Qb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Nxa4 $11 29. Rxb7 c4) 29. Qd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 30. Rb7 Qxb7 (30... Ne2+ $142 31. Kh2 Qe8) 31. Qxb7 Nxb1 32. Be5 Nd2 33. Bxb2 ({Schwächer ist} 33. Nxd2 Bxe5 34. Kf1 c4 $16) 33... Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Bxb2 35. Qxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KT} Re8 36. Qb5 Re6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxf4 Rg6+ 40. Kf1 Re6 41. Qf5 (41. Qg3+ $142 Kh7 42. Qc7 Kg6 43. Qxc5 Re4 44. Kg2 Re2 45. h4 Re4 46. Qf8 Rg4+ 47. Kh3) 41... c4 42. Qc5 Kg8 43. Qxc4 Kg7 44. Kg2 Rg6+ 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46. Kg4 Rg6+ 47. Kh5 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rg6 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. f4 {Precision: Weiß = 75%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,11,0,6,-4,-10,-20,-15,-54,-54,-50,-52,-52,-63,-55,-42,-134,-134,-134,-141,-155,-116,-135,-129,-126,-80,-116,-119,-110,-79,-85,-87,-115,-129,-125,-100,-111,-120,-106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,12,12,14,14,14,14,12,14,22,13,13,13,13,17,13,16,18,17,17,16,0,26,15,121,0,0,0,3,4,9,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Bb3 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Re1 {½-½ (28) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 9... Be6 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (10. Ba4 {is interesting.} Ba7 11. d4 Bd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. d5) 10... Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Nf5 {½-½ (33) Sudnitsyn,A (2422)-Bukarin,M (2310) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd3 17. Be3 (17. Qg3 $15) 17... Qxe4 $17 ({Weaker is} 17... Nxe4 18. Red1 $16) 18. Bxc5 Qxh4 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Rad1 e4 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Nd5 24. Bc1 Kh7 25. Kh2 g5 26. f3 exf3 {aiming for ...Nxc3!} 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxd5 {[#]} Re1 ({Better is} 28... Re2 $1 $17 29. Bd2 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Kg6) 29. Be3 $11 {Hoping for g4.} Ne7 30. Bf2 Re2 31. Nxe7 {Threatens to win with Kg3.} Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 32. Rf5 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxb2 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Kg1 Rxb3 36. Kf2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 37. Nd5 {[#] Intending Nf6 and mate.} Kg8 38. Rxc7 a3 39. Kxf3 a2 40. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. Ke4 Rb2 43. Nb4 Rh2 44. Rxa2 Rxh3 45. Re2 Kd6 46. Nd3 h5 47. Rb2 Kc7 48. Rb5 g4 (48... Rg3 $11) 49. Nf4 (49. Rc5+ $16 Kd6 50. Rg5) 49... Kc6 {The position is equal.} 50. c4 ({Don't play} 50. Rxh5 Rxc3 51. Ne2 Rc4+ 52. Nd4+ Kd6 $16) 50... Rh4 $1 51. Ng6 Rh1 $1 52. Ne5+ Kc7 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 g3 {Strongly threatening ...g2.} 55. Rb2 $1 Rf2 56. Rb1 g2 57. Rg1 Rc2 58. Kxh5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,0,0,20,0,22,20,20,12,22,27,24,22,22,11,12,0,11,8,32,29,29,32,110,97,108,92,105,100,105,100,102,100,106,77,93,83,84,82,189,190,186,192,193,199,229,225,221,219,221,218,242,206,210,228,360,341]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Qe1 h6 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Rf2 Be6 15. Nf1 Bxb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (58) Fedorchuk,S (2648)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 {LiveBook: 18 Games. The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Re1 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne8 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 f5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. exf5 h6 15. Bh4 Bxf5 {½-½ (54) Milliet,S (2379)-Olsarova,K (2224) Germany 2014}) 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Qxh5 f5 ({Black should try} 18... Bg6 $14 19. Qe2 Qh4) 19. f3 $16 Nf6 20. Qg6 f4 21. fxe4 fxe3 22. Bxe3 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Bxf6 Rf8 (26... gxf6 $16 27. Ke3 Red8) 27. Ke3 $1 $18 Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Rd8 {[#]} 29. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rdf8 30. Rd5 Rg6 {[#]} 31. Re2 $1 ({Weaker is} 31. Rxe5 Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Rf2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 35. Kd3 Rxb2 $14) 31... Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Rd6 Rb8 34. Kc2 Kh7 (34... b5 {might work better.} 35. axb5 Rxb5) 35. Kb3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,69,15,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,10,8,-33,-10,-59,-47,-53,-33,-81,-73,-96,-97,-91,-84,-84,-92,-68,-101,-75,-61,-65,-7,-7,-7,-15,-15,-15,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nd2 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2760)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 13. Bxd5 Rc8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bh5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. h3 g5 19. g3 h6 20. Kg2 Rc7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Nh2 Bg6 23. Ra6 Bg7 24. g4 {½-½ (24) Pivinsky,E (2499)-Schoen,A (2490) ICCF email 2015}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 c5 $1 18. h3 Bh5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Ra6 Qf6 21. Rc6 Rce8 $1 {[%cal Re8e1][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. g4 {Hoping for Rxe8.} Bg6 $1 23. Kg2 h5 {aiming for ...hxg4.} 24. g5 {[#]} Qd8 $1 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bf5 28. Bc2 Qd7 29. Ng1 g6 30. d4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf5.} Bxc2 (30... Bf8 $1 $15 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. dxc5 Re5) 31. Qxc2 $11 {The position is equal.} Bf8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Rd8 34. dxc5 Qxd5+ 35. Qxd5 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,10,15,6,10,8,19,1,20,6,25,1,20,12,35,32,21,14,55,43,68,68,79,84,76,46,81,90,112,120,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,43,80,6,58,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,39,47,56,56,72,52,86,109,124,128,250,250,250,250,250,242,242,238,286,266,266,258,891,766,875,856,1008,908,1514,1175,6049,1875,2081,1325,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 bxa4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bb1 Bb5 13. Bc2 Nb7 14. c4 Bd7 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nc5 {½-½ (53) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. h3 b4 11. a5 {The position is equal.} Rb8 12. c3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. Re1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qa4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 {1-0 (47) Naiditsch,A (2716)-Sanikidze,T (2524) Mulhouse 2011}) 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bf8 15. d5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 17. Ba4 g5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Nf4 21. Reb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nd1 (24. Ne1 $16) 24... Ne2+ $1 $11 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. f3 Ne5 28. Nf2 h5 29. Nd3 (29. c5 $16) 29... Qe7 (29... Qf6 $11) 30. Nxe5 ({White should play} 30. c5 $1 $14) 30... Qxe5 31. Qd3 Re8 32. Kf2 (32. Rb7 {feels hotter.} Bf6 33. Rxc7 Qh2 34. Rb7 g4 35. fxg4 Qh1+ 36. Kf2) 32... g4 (32... Qh2 {is more complex.} 33. Bxg5 Be5 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh2) 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rb7 $1 Kh7 {[#]} 38. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 512] Black must now prevent cxd6.} Re5 ({Don't blunder} 38... dxc5 $2 39. d6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (38... Be5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. Rxc7 $18 Rxd5 {[#]} 40. cxd6 $1 ({Don't do} 40. Rxf7 $6 Rxc5 41. Re7 Rc4 $16) 40... Rxd6 41. Rxf7 Kg6 42. Rb7 Rf6+ 43. Ke2 d3+ 44. Kxd3 {aiming for Rxg7+.} Rf2 $2 (44... Rd6+ 45. Ke2 Bd4) 45. Rb6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 46. Rxa6 Rxg2 47. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rg3+ 48. Ke4 Rg2 {[#]} 49. Bf4 (49. g6+ $142 $1 Ke8 (49... Rxg6 50. Rxg6) 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kc6 52. Rxg7 Rxd2 53. a6 Re2+ 54. Kd3) 49... Bc3 50. Kf5 Ra2 51. g6+ Ke8 52. Ra8+ Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kc6 54. Rc7+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,110,0,0,-27,-18,-37,0,-49,-38,-64,-31,-22,-5,-79,-79,-183,-42,-51,-43,-41,31,29,17,22,37,31,54,24,64,66,132,84,217,196,213,209,212,197,195,199,220,205,200,212,223,212,259,202,269,261,307,307,307,300,299,254,265,252,252,235,247,231,192,195,303,231,241,150,262,0,57,33,489,-126,-25,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-109,-118,-112,-123,-121,-695,-976,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Qd6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. d3 (9. d4 $5) 9... O-O-O 10. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Re1 e4 13. dxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (48) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 11. Qe2 Qg6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Ba4 (14. Bxc6 $1 $11 Bxc6 15. f3) 14... f5 15. f3 (15. Bxc6 $17 Bxc6 16. f3) 15... h5 (15... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 16. Bb3 f4) 16. Kh1 $15 h4 17. h3 $1 Nd4 (17... Qf6 $15) 18. Bxd7+ $14 Kxd7 19. Qd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. c3 Kc8 22. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 (22... Nf4 $14) 23. Qb3 Be7 (23... Rhe8 $16) 24. b5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5a6] Hoping for bxa6.} Nc5 25. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 26. bxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxe5 Rhe8 28. d4 Bd6 29. f4 Re7 30. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rde8 31. Qb5 g5 32. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e7]} (32. fxg5 $6 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 $16) 32... Qxb5 33. Nxe7+ (33. axb5 Re6 $18) 33... Rxe7 34. axb5 Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 35. Rae1 Rf7 36. Re6 Kd7 37. d5 b6 38. c4 Rf8 39. Ra1 Bd6 (39... Rg8 {keeps fighting.} 40. Ra2 Bd6) 40. Kg1 g4 41. Rf1 {hxg4 is the strong threat.} g3 (41... Bc5+ $16 {was worth a try.} 42. Kh1 g3) 42. Rf3 $2 (42. Ra1 $1 $18) 42... f4 (42... Ra8 $1 $11 43. Re1 f4) 43. Rh6 $14 {aiming for Kf1.} Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Ke7 $1 $14) 44. Rf1 $2 {[#]} ({White must play} 44. Rh7+ $18 Kc8 45. Rh8+ Kb7 46. Rxa8 Kxa8 47. Kf1) 44... Ra2 (44... f3 $1 $17 45. Rxd6+ (45. gxf3 {leads to mate.} Bc5+ 46. Kh1 Ra2 47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Rf2 Rxf2 49. Rxc7+ Kxc7 50. d6+ Kxd6 51. Kg1 Ke6 52. f4 Kf5 53. Kh1 Rh2#) (45. Rxh4 Ra2 $19) (45. Rh7+ $2 Kc8 $19) 45... Kxd6 46. gxf3 Ra4) 45. Rf6 (45. Rxh4 Bc5+ 46. Kh1 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Rxc7+ Kxc7 49. d6+ Kd8 50. Rg1 fxg2+ 51. Rxg2 Ra1+ 52. Rg1 Rxg1#) 45... Be5 46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Re1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Be3 49. Rf6+ Kc5 50. Rc6+ (50. Rf7 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kxc4 51. Rxc7+ Kxd5 52. Rd1+ Ke6 53. Rc8) 50... Kd4 $17 51. Rd1+ Kc3 {( -> ...f3!)} 52. Rf6 Kxc4 53. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Rb1 $17) 53... cxd6 $19 {[%cal Bc7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 54. Rf5 d5 55. Rb1 d4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 27%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,163,13,13,15,14,10,9,14,15,0,20,0,0,0,20,8,15,0,0,0,23,20,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,103,107,103,104,147,91,76,68,106,106,103,106,106,106,106,106,100,103,115,112,120,120,116,79,86,81,84,68,158,164,169,154,153,134,206,206,212,212,326,294,212,212,374,357,325,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,212,0,212,0,212,212,212,212,212,212,213,213,213,212,212,212,5405,122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 110 Games} 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {[#]} 16. h4 $146 Rfa8 {aiming for ...axb4.} 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 h5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. cxb6 {Black must now prevent Qxf6.} Qd6 ({Much weaker is} 22... gxf5 $6 23. bxc7 Rxc7 24. b5 $16) 23. Qd3 Nxb6 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Rb3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Ra3 28. Qc2 {And now Nxg6! would win.} Kg7 29. Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qd7 30. Ne5 Qa7 31. Nxc6 Ra2 (31... Qa8 $1 $11) 32. Nxa7 Rxc2 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Nxd5 (34. Nb5 $142 $1) 34... Bxd4 $16 35. Nc6 Nb6 36. Nxd4 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Rb2 $1 Rc4 38. Nc2 $1 Nb6 39. Ne3 Rd4 40. b5 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke8 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Rc6 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Na4 {[#]} ({Better is} 45... Nd7 $14) 46. b6 $1 Kf8 {[#]} 47. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b2]} Rb4 48. Ke2 Kg7 (48... Rb3 $16 {was worth a try.} 49. Rc7 Nxb6) 49. Kd3 $18 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rb1 (50... Rb5 {was called for.} 51. Rc7 Nxb6) 51. Ke5 Rb4 52. Kd6 Nxb6 $2 (52... Rb3 {is a better defense.} 53. Kd7 Rb4) 53. Nxb6 {KRN-KR} Rb2 54. Nd5 Rxf2 55. Rc3 Re2 56. Re3 Ra2 57. Nf4 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra7 61. Rc3 Rb7 62. Rc6 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb7 65. Nd5 Rb5 66. Rd6 Rc5 67. Rd7 Ra5 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Ne3 Ra6 71. Rb7 Rf6+ 72. Ke4 Re6+ 73. Kd4 Rf6 74. Ke4 Re6+ $1 75. Kf3 Rf6+ $1 76. Kg2 Ra6 77. Nc4 Rf6 78. Rd7 Kf8 79. Nd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kg1 {Hoping for Kg2.} Kh6 $2 (81... Rf3 82. Kg2 Rf6) 82. Rh8+ $2 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 57%.} (82. Rd7 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh7 83. Nxf7) 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,35,52,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2] LiveBook: 25 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Qc1 (13. Qb1 $1 $14 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3) 13... Bf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxf6 $1 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 {[#] Threatens to win with b4.} Nd4+ $1 16. Ke1 $1 {Strongly threatening b4.} Nc2+ {[#]} 17. Ke2 $146 Nd4+ $1 18. Ke1 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,126,44,32,27,20,16,12,6,13,35,0,0,-6,0,0,-8,-4,8,2,19,14,17,20,28,30,33,28,64,52,187,118,118,103,113,115,159,160,256,144,157,163,179,133,129,122,129,116,120,117,134,123,146,151,183,84,97,75,83,80,108,48,48,55,143,143,142,133,136,82,77,77,80,58,53,39,39,37,34,37,33,29,28,28,28,12,30,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 {1-0 (42) Karjakin,S (2760)-Short,N (2678) Riadh 2017}) 6... Na5 7. Bb3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. Be3 c5 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 b6 12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Kh2 f5 {0-1 (52) Gaedeken,A (1188)-Gawollek,H (1410) Verden 2016}) 8. d4 Qc7 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 (10. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 11. b4 $14) 10... O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] next Bxa5 is good for White. White has the initiative.} Nxb3 14. axb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf8 (19... Be6 $14) 20. Nf5 (20. h3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Be6 21. Nf5 Bxc4 22. Qg3 (22. bxc4 Ne6 $14)) 20... Bxf5 $16 21. exf5 f6 22. Qe4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Qc8 {[#]} (23... Re8 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Nxe5 Bd6) 24. Ne3 (24. f4 $1 $18) 24... Rd7 25. f4 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Nd7 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. g4 Nf6 {[#]} 32. Bxf6 (32. Nf4 $1 $18) 32... Bxf6 33. Nxf6+ (33. Rad1 {feels hotter.} h5 34. h3 Bxb2 35. Re6 b5 36. Kg2) 33... Rxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rae1 (35. Rd1 $16) 35... h5 $14 36. h3 Rd7 ({Black should play} 36... hxg4 $14 37. hxg4 g6) 37. Kg2 $16 hxg4 38. hxg4 g6 39. R1e7+ (39. R1e6 $142 Rdf7 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Kg3 (42. Rxa7 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rxf5 $16)) 39... Rf7 40. f6 {Threatens to win with Rxd7.} Kh6 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 {KR-KR} 42. Re5 {Black must now prevent g5+.} g5 $1 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Rf5 Kf7 45. Rxg5 Kxf6 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. c3 Rg1 {The position is equal.} 49. Rf8 Rg2 50. Kd3 Rxb2 51. Kc4 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf4 53. g5 {Strongly threatening g6.} Kf5 54. Rg7 Ra2 55. Rg8 Ra3 56. Rg7 a6 57. b4 cxb4 58. cxb4 Re3 59. Ra7 b5+ 60. Kd5 Re5+ 61. Kc6 Re6+ 62. Kb7 Kxg5 63. Rxa6 Re4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,33,23,40,41,43,42,49,46,54,52,66,41,46,25,25,0,25,25,44,25,31,22,17,22,27,14,27,35,96,94,183,180,265,253,494,595,664,657,782,788,1047,1032,1030,966,29976,29977,29976,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. a5 (15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 {½-½ (38) Hou,Y (2649)-Carlsen,M (2838) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017 CBM 178 [Moradiabadi,E]}) 15... Nd7 16. c3 Qc4 $146 17. Nd2 Qxe2+ (17... Qc6 {keeps more tension.} 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. Nf1 g6) 18. Kxe2 Nc5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Nc4 Rc6 21. Ne3 g6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. c4 f5 26. Kd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rcc8 27. Rhf1 (27. Kc3 {is more complex.} fxe4 28. fxe4 Rhf8 29. Rhf1 Nb8 30. Nb6) 27... Nf6 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rfd1 Ke6 30. Ke3 Rh7 31. Rd5 f4+ ({Black should play} 31... Rd7 $14) 32. Kd3 $16 g5 (32... Rd7 $16 {was called for.}) 33. c5 $1 $18 Rd7 {[#]} (33... Rc6 $142 34. Kc4 g4) 34. Kc4 $1 g4 $2 (34... dxc5 {might work better.} 35. bxc5 Re7) 35. Rcd1 Rc6 36. h4 gxf3 37. gxf3 Ke7 38. Rxd6 Rdxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. cxd6+ Kxd6 {[#]} 41. b5 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,26,20,21,23,16,16,35,38,36,22,63,64,85,88,87,80,97,93,224,217,235,226,194,152,206,198,187,83,81,84,102,81,86,87,133,119,93,80,198,126,161,177,123,108,120,99,156,81,79,78,75,87,77,27,76,34,57,20,18,-255,0,-20,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 (10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Qd6 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Re1 f6 14. Qe6+ Qxe6 15. Rxe6 Bh8 16. Bb5 Kf7 17. Re2 a6 18. Ba4 b5 {1-0 (50) Gonzalez Gonzalez,A (2154)-Larino Nieto,D (2495) Sanxenxo 2017}) 10... Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Nb3 {½-½ (26) Hirschmann,J (1678)-Richter,L (1553) Willingen 2009}) 11. b4 O-O 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rfe8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... e5 $16 {was worth a try.} 17. Bh2 a6) 17. b5 $18 Nb8 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 Nf8 (19... e5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 (21. Be5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 21... Nxf4 $16 22. Qxf4 Nh5 23. Qf3 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. b6 Nf4 (26... axb6 $16 27. cxb6 Qb8) 27. Bf1 ({White should try} 27. bxa7 $18 Qa8 28. Re1 Nxd3 29. Qxd3) 27... Ne6 28. bxa7 Qa8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Qg4 h5 (30... Qxa7 $142 31. Rxe6 fxe6) 31. Qb4 (31. Qh4 $142) 31... Qxa7 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 Bc3 34. Rd1 d4 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Bf7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 37. Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Rb1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rc6 38. Kf1) 37... Bxa5 $2 (37... Rd8 $19 {And now ...e5 would win.} 38. a6 e5) 38. Rb1 e5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,93,8,20,9,10,5,16,9,14,9,7,0,7,-36,-37,-24,20,12,42,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,22,22,30,22,30,30,49,30,87,92,102,58,71,4,128,127,140,110,483,470,490,487,480,480,465,437,422,420,487,476,458,443,1514,1311,3295,3094,3314,2009,2595,2195,12838,12839]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nd2 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2760)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 13. Bxd5 Rc8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bh5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. h3 g5 19. g3 h6 20. Kg2 Rc7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Nh2 Bg6 23. Ra6 Bg7 24. g4 {½-½ (24) Pivinsky,E (2499)-Schoen,A (2490) ICCF email 2015}) 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd5 c5 $1 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bd6 21. c4 bxc4 (21... b4 {is interesting.} 22. Ra6 Qe7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Re1 Qf6) 22. dxc4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Ra8 26. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g6 27. Ba4 Rfd8 28. Bb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be5 30. Ra7 Rd6 (30... Kg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Rc7 $16 Bd4 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. f4 (33. Rc8+ $16 Kg7 34. Rd8) 33... h6 (33... Rxf4 $11 34. f3 Kg7) 34. Rc6 {[#] Hoping for d6.} Rxf4 35. f3 {Strongly threatening d6.} Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Bf6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 36. d6 $18 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Rd4 37. d7 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bg5 39. Rxc5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Bh4 41. Rc8 {White is clearly winning.} Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf3 (42... Rb2 $142 43. d8=Q Bxd8 44. Rxd8 g5) 43. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rc3 44. c6 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. c7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,133,18,1,6,0,0,0,5,-23,0,-9,3,-10,-6,-35,-30,-22,-26,-35,-6,-41,0,0,7,-14,0,0,0,0,3,0,3,0,0,-116,0,-56,-65,-61,-68,-52,-42,-97,-93,-82,-87,-111,-90,-108,-106,-110,-91,-83,-47,-45,-28,-36,-29,-97,0,0,0,-118,-4,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-218,0,-15,0,-181,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (6... Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Qa4 Bd6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Qc4 Qe7 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Ne4 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2760)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Rxe4 {1-0 (48) Kupfner,F (2125)-Vasic,D (1630) Wattens 1997}) 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nd2 {feels hotter.} c6 14. a4 Bh5 15. h3 Bc7 16. b4) 13... exd4 14. a3 c6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qa4 Bc7 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc4 Red8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qh5 24. b5 (24. Kg2 $11) 24... Ba5 (24... cxb5 $1 $17 25. Qxb5 b6) 25. Rf1 (25. bxc6 $1 $11 bxc6 26. Rf1) 25... cxb5 $15 26. Qxb5 b6 27. Qa4 $1 Qxe2 28. Na6 (28. Nd7 $15 Rbc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qb5) 28... Ra8 $17 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Qb5 Bc3 31. Nd5 Qe6 $1 32. Nf4 Qd6 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Rfc1 h6 35. Rc2 Rdc8 36. Re2 (36. Qd5 $11 Qf8 37. Qd7) 36... Qc6 (36... Rc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5b5]} 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. Rxb8 Bd2) 37. Nd5 $11 Kh7 38. Qb3 (38. Re7 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Re8 (38... b5 $17 39. Re7 Rf8) 39. Rc2 {[%cal Rd5c3]} Re5 (39... Rbc8 $15) 40. Nxc3 Rc5 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 41. Qxf7 dxc3 42. d4 Rc4 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 43. d5 Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 45. Rb3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...b4.} 46. Rcxc3 Rxc3 47. Rxc3 {KR-KR} b4 48. Rb3 Kf5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kxd5 {...Kc4 is the strong threat.} 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2 Rf8 53. f4 Re8 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 54. Rd3 $1 Kc4 {Threatens to win with ...Re2+.} 55. Rd7 Re2+ 56. Kb1 $2 {[#]} (56. Kd1 $1 $11 Rxh2 57. Rxg7) 56... Kb3 $2 ({But not} 56... Rxh2 57. Rxg7 Rg2 58. Kc1 $15) (56... g5 $1 $19 57. fxg5 hxg5) 57. Rd3+ $1 Kc4 $2 (57... Ka4 $11 58. h3 Re1+ 59. Kb2 Re2+ 60. Kc1 Re1+ 61. Kb2 Re2+ 62. Kc1 Re1+ 63. Kb2) 58. Rd7 $19 {[#]} Rxh2 $2 (58... g5 $1 $19 59. fxg5 hxg5) 59. Rxg7 $11 {The position is equal.} Kb3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 60. Kc1 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Kb2 62. f5 {aiming for Rg4.} Rf1 63. g4 b3 64. Ke2 Rf4 65. Ke3 Rf1 66. Ke2 Rf4 67. Ke3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,114,27,31,10,33,24,26,18,40,7,7,7,7,-18,-13,-13,-18,-29,-33,-60,-60,-60,-66,-53,-62,-54,-55,-56,-54,-54,-49,-90,-74,-81,-67,-82,-82,-82,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-83,-83,-82,-82,-89,-89,-81,-85,-86,-82,-78,-74,-74,-74,-77,-80,-80,-96,-143,-64,-70,-70,-77,-73,-584,-580,-580,-519,-823,-690,-5804,-4083,-29968,-29969,-29967,-29965,-29951,-6083,-29978,-29973,-29972,-29967,-29975,-29974,-29977,-29969,-29976,-29977,-29975,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29977,-29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 {D04: Colle System} c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. a3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. O-O {1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2786)-Grigoriants,S (2576) chess.com INT 2017}) 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxa3 {Strongly threatening ...cxb3.} 15. Nxc4 Qb4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rc4 Qd6 18. Qa1 Be6 19. Ra4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 $1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxb6 22. Bxe6 {aiming for Bd7.} fxe6 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rb1 Rbd8 25. h3 Qc7 26. b4 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Qc2 {White must now prevent ...Rd1+.} 27. Qa2 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 axb4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Rb2 Rd5 32. Rxb4 b5 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Rh4 h5 36. Re4 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 {[#]} g5 (39... Kc5 $1 $17 40. Rxg6 b4) 40. f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 {[#]} Kc5 $1 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 42. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Rf7 $17 {keeps some hope.}) 42... e5 $19 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 43. Rg4 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 44. Rg8 (44. Rg7 $142 b3 45. Rxe7) 44... b3 45. h4 e4 46. Rc8+ Kb4 47. Rb8+ Kc3 48. Rc8+ Kb2 49. Rh8 Kc2 {Black mates.} 50. Rc8+ Kb1 51. Kf2 b2 52. Kg3 Rd3 53. h5 Ka2 54. Ra8+ Ra3 55. Rb8 Rxe3+ 56. Kf4 Rb3 57. Ra8+ Ra3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,87,40,55,39,39,31,45,42,40,33,45,46,43,39,49,42,75,68,79,78,85,68,68,74,77,46,76,39,66,41,102,95,116,73,91,88,113,109,106,108,112,106,112,108,97,98,107,119,122,118,115,128,141,136,121,11,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Re8 {E60: Königsindisch (ohne Sc3)} 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} (13... Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rfe1 b6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 {1-0 (37) Nakamura,H (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2819) chess.com INT 2016}) 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 a6 $146 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Red8 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 24. cxd5 Rbc8 25. b4 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. a4 Kg7 ({Günstiger ist} 27... a5 $14) 28. a5 Qe8 29. Qd4 Qe5 30. Qd3 h6 31. Rc4 Rd7 32. Rdc1 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Bg4 f5 35. Bf3 b5 36. axb6 $1 Nxb6 {[#]} 37. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b6] Droht Txb6! und aus.} Rb8 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ $16 {KTL-KTS} Kf6 40. Ra7 ({Lieber} 40. Rb7 $16 Rxb7 41. Bxb7) 40... Nc4 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 a5 43. Ba6 d5 44. bxa5 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,98,25,28,56,24,24,23,75,75,80,85,123,131,123,57,61,56,66,55,60,53,57,43,98,98,94,69,79,45,59,64,57,47,73,68,68,72,66,66,68,68,70,43,85,85,77,55,68,38,35,31,35,10,23,8,4,-4,0,0,-3,-43,-41,-88,0,0,0,0,5,0,99,71,168,0,0,0,0,-419,-419,-419,-419,-419,-419,-416,-395,-427,-418,-418,-418,-407,-403]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Qb6 {A43: Schmid Benoni} (6... O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Na6 10. Qd1 Nc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Re1 a5 14. Qd2 {1-0 (55) Grischuk,A (2795)-Kramnik,V (2760) Sochi 2014}) 7. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 {0-1 (40) Riedel,B (1879)-Schmidt,J (2003) Leipzig 2018}) 7... Bd7 8. a4 a6 (8... Bxb5 $11 {remains equal.} 9. axb5 Nbd7) 9. a5 $16 Qd8 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 $1 Qxb6 12. Rb1 (12. Ra2 $16) 12... Bb5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 O-O 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rab8 (16... Rdb8 $14) 17. Nc4 ({Of course not} 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Be3 Qb7 $14) 17... Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bf1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Qd3 Nc7 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Na4 $1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 25. c3 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qc8 27. f4 Bg7 28. Rae1 Qd7 29. b3 Nb5 30. Ra1 Kh8 31. Ra2 e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. f5 exf5 34. exf5 d5 35. f6 Bf8 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 ({Black should play} 36... axb5 $17 37. Nb2 Qe6) 37. Qg3 $1 $11 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 38. Qf2 Bf8 39. f7 Qc6 {[#]} (39... d4 $1 $11) 40. Re2 $1 $16 {aiming for Rfe1.} d4 {[#]} (40... c4 $16 {was necessary.}) 41. Qe1 $2 (41. Rfe1 $1 $18 dxc3 42. Nxc3) 41... d3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 42. Re6 Qd5 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 43. Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Nb2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} d2 44. Qe3) 43... d2 $19 44. Nxd5 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} dxe1=Q ({Inferior is} 44... dxe1=N 45. Nc7 $15) (44... dxe1=B $2 45. c4 $19) 45. Rfxe1 {Strongly threatening Re8.} Rxd5 46. Re8 Rdd8 47. R1e6 Kg7 48. Rxd8 Rxd8 49. Rxa6 Rd3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,145,24,-31,-5,-31,0,-6,-27,-21,-18,-60,-73,-66,-42,-47,-29,-32,-21,-25,-5,-57,-62,-27,-8,-58,13,0,57,-8,-4,-18,-18,-19,-12,-14,-25,-19,-10,-9,127,108,321,315,289,260,267,266,203,180,192,183,173,171,225,77,83,84,239,132,136,132,131,63,71,71,417,417,417,395,310,15,14,8,8,-103,11,10,11,12,12,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-174,0,0,230,230,495,484,421,322,430,426,400,397,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29979,29980,29979,29982,29983,29985,29986]} 1. d4 {Moradiabadi,E} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. Qc2 $11) 7... dxc4 $15 8. Bxc4 c5 9. g5 {The position is equal.} Nh5 10. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be5 a6 11. Bd3 g6 12. h4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 b5 14. Nh2 Ra7 {0-1 (40) Mamedyarov,S (2746)-Anand,V (2817) Bastia 2011 EXT 2012 [Moradiabadi,E]}) 10... g6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bb4 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O (16. Be5 $11) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Rfd8 (18... Bxf3 $15 19. Qxf3 Qxg5) 19. Nbd4 Be4 (19... Be8 $11) 20. Bc2 (20. Ne5 $14) 20... Bd5 $11 21. e4 Bxa2 22. b3 e5 {[#]} 23. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7][%mdl 512]} gxf5 24. exf5 {[#] Threatens to win with f6.} e4 $1 25. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e7]} (25. Bxe4 Bxb3) 25... Qe6 (25... Qe8 $11 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxb3) 26. Nd4 $16 Qh3 $2 (26... Qe5 $16 27. Bxe4 Re8 28. Bxb7 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rab8) 27. Bxe4 $18 {And now Bf5 would win.} Re8 28. Qf3 $1 Nd7 29. Bf5 Ne5 30. Qe2 ({But not} 30. Bxh3 $6 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Bxb3 $14) 30... Ng4 31. Bxg4 ({Don't play} 31. Qxg4 $6 Qxg4 32. Bxg4 Rad8 $16) 31... Rxe2 32. Bxh3 Re5 (32... Rb2 $142) 33. Rd3 (33. Nf5 $18) 33... Rd8 $16 34. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bc5 $2 (34... Re1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rxe1 Bxe1) 35. Rxa2 (35. Nf3 $18 Rxd3 36. Nxe5 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Rxg5 38. f4 Rxe5 39. fxe5 Bxb3 40. Rb1) 35... Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 37. Rd2 ({White should play} 37. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2c8] Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Bc5 38. Kf1) 37... Bb6 $14 38. Rc2 {Threatening mate with Rc8+.} Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... h6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 39. Re2 $18 {[%cal Re2e8]} h5 40. Bg2 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Kf8 41. Bh3 $2 (41. Bxb7 $18 Ba5 42. Kg2) 41... Rxg5 $11 42. Bd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re2e8]} Kg8 43. Re7 (43. Kg2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Rd5 (43... Rxg3+ $1 $17 44. Kh2 Rf3) 44. Be8 Rf5 45. Bxf7+ Kf8 46. Bc4 Rxf6 47. Re2 Bc5 48. Kg2 b6 49. f3 Rg6 50. Re5 Bd6 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. f4 h4 $1 53. Rf7+ Kh6 54. Kh3 {aiming for g4.} hxg3 {( -> ...g2)} 55. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} Rg4 56. Rf6+ Rg6 57. Rf7 {Hoping for Bd3.} Rg4 58. f5 $2 {[#]} (58. Rf6+ $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rg6 59. Rf7) 58... Be5 $2 (58... Rd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4d2] Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 59. Be2 a5) 59. Re7 Re4 $2 (59... Bf6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 60. Rxa7 Kg5) 60. f6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7]} ({Stronger than} 60. Rxa7 Rh4 $17) 60... Rf4 $2 (60... Rxc4 {was necessary.} 61. bxc4 Bxf6 62. Rxa7 Kg5) 61. Rxe5 Rxf6 {KRB-KR} 62. Re7 a5 63. Kxg3 Kg5 64. Re5+ Rf5 $2 (64... Kg6 $18 65. Rd5 Kg7 66. Rd7+ Kf8) 65. Rxf5+ {White mates.} Kxf5 {KB-KPP} 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Kd4 Kc6 69. Be2 b5 70. Bf3+ Kb6 71. Bg2 a4 72. b4 Ka6 73. Kc5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,14,15,20,20,20,20,13,20,10,13,18,8,11,38,37,28,42,62,46,55,45,72,73,77,60,63,21,20,0,44,53,114,95,202,202,385,376,396,235,248,235,243,226,458,235,348,321,348,335,722,617,617,617,824,800,1209,1205,4185,1183,29984,1170,932,873,29953,29952,29942,5832,6087,5869,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 11. b4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Ba7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 {½-½ (54) Topalov,V (2761)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016}) 13... d5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Qd7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nxe5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Ng6 22. Rb1 Qa6 23. Bd4 Nh5 24. Be3 Ngf4 25. Kh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for g4. White has some pressure.} Qc6 (25... b5 $14 26. Nd2 Qd6) 26. g4 b5 {[#]} (26... Ne6 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Na3 $1 $18 ({Much less strong is} 27. gxh5 $6 Ne6 $16) 27... Qd6 $2 (27... Qxc2 28. Nxc2 Nxd3) 28. Nxb5 Qe5 {Black wants to play ...Nxd3+.} 29. gxh5 (29. Qxc7 $142 Nxd3+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. gxh5) 29... Nxd3+ 30. Kg1 Qxe4 31. Rb3 Rd8 $2 (31... Nf4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Nxc7 Nxh5) 32. Nd4 (32. Qxc7 $142 Qa8 33. Nd4) 32... c5 (32... Ra8 $142 33. Qb1 (33. Rxd3 Ra1+ 34. Bc1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Rxc1 $16) 33... c5 34. Rxd3 cxd4 35. Bxh6 Ra5) 33. Qxd3 Qd5 34. Rb5 Qxh5 $2 (34... Qd6 35. Qa3 cxd4 36. Qxd6 Rxd6) 35. Qc2 Qxh3 {With the idea ...Qg4+.} 36. Qf5 Qh4 37. Rxc5 g6 38. Qf3 Rb8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qd5 (40. Nc6 $142 Qb7 41. Nxb8 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 g5 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. Bd4+ f6 46. Kg4) 40... Re8 41. Rc6 {[#] White threatens Rxg6+ and mate.} Kh7 42. Nf3 Rd8 43. Qe5 (43. Qc4 $142 Ra8 44. Qf4 Qf8 45. Bd4 Ra4 46. Rc7 Kg8 47. Ne5 Rxd4 48. Qxd4) 43... Qd7 44. Rc4 {White wants to mate with Bxh6!} Kg8 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,-8,-24,51,0,2,-6,14,16,6,16,34,27,55,27,29,31,95,56,65,27,35,38,54,53,57,0,4,-77,0,7,33,4,8,9,20,0,0,-21,-14,-20,-20,-20,-20,-15,-16,-8,-7,-39,-6,-6,-6,-6,-8,-25,-25,-31,-27,-31,-25,-26,-25,-25,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxd6 Ne6 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 {½-½ (16) Verducci Silvelo,S (2518)-Hotting,A (2566) ICCF email 2004}) 6... O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} b5 ({Black should try} 8... d5 $11) 9. Nf1 $146 (9. d4 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf1 Qb6 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (66) Mantler,H-Goebel,V Sauerland 2002}) 9... b4 10. Ng3 h6 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ng4 (15... Be6 $14) 16. Qd1 (16. Rb1 {is more complex.} Re8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Be3) 16... Nf6 17. Be3 (17. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 17... Be6 18. Bf3 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. Nh5 (20. Qd3 $14) 20... Ng5 21. Nf4 {[#]} (21. Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Nxf3+ (21... Bb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 22. Rf1 Bc3) 22. Qxf3 $11 Qd7 23. Qg3 {next Nh5 is good for White.} Kh7 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rad1 Rc3 26. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} Rg8 27. Qf4 Rc4 28. Rd4 Qa4 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 30. exf6 g5 31. Rxc4 (31. Qe5 {seems wilder.} Qxa2 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Bxa7 Rc8 34. Qb2) 31... Qxc4 (31... Qa5 {with more complications.} 32. Bd2 gxf4 33. Bxa5 dxc4 34. Kh2 Rc8) 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 34. Bd4 Rxa2 35. Re3 Kg6 36. g4 Ra6 37. f3 Rd6 38. Bc3 Rd3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,55,8,0,16,13,10,10,12,-6,-9,-13,-6,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,6,7,11,15,16,8,14,0,0,0,18,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Nf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd7 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qc4 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2764) Stavanger 2018}) 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 {LiveBook: 15 Games. The position is equal.} g6 14. Nd2 Ng7 15. Nf3 c6 16. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. g4 {0-1 (57) Moen,A (2330)-Arvola,B (2435) Stavanger 2017}) 16... Bg4 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bg5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Re3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Qe8 28. Qxe8 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,160,48,52,58,56,50,54,41,49,68,89,79,115,47,117,102,95,69,75,75,75,66,74,73,65,68,75,64,81,82,79,84,110,85,88,77,165,118,159,116,104,83,83,74,116,67,61,55,218,216,225,222,223,219,222,200,200,209,228,187,262,261,247,228,228,228,227,227,218,0,180,154,191,172,357,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,344,291,266,75,75,30,30,30,30,8,75,75,75,75,75,8,75,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b5 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} e6 7. Nc3 (7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg3 {1-0 (37) Gulamali,K (2397)-Ardaman,M (2398) Hendersonville 2007}) 7... d5 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Ne2 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Nf6 13. Qa4+ {1-0 (36) Sanchez Quiles,B (1915)-Garcia Gonzalez,G (1820) Terrassa 1996}) 10... c5 11. Nxc5 (11. Qb3 $16 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11... Nxc5 (11... Bxc5 $14 12. dxc5 Nxc5) 12. dxc5 $16 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rhc8 18. f3 Ne8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h4 $1 Nd6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Kf2 Nc4 (22... f5 $16) 23. Bc3 Rc7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Be5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a5 27. Rh1 a4 $1 28. Rxh5 a3 $2 ({Black should play} 28... axb3 $14 29. axb3 Ra2+ 30. Kg3 Ra3) 29. Rh4 Bc6 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. Ke2 Rc8 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 32. Bxb5+ Nxb5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Kd2 Rg8 34. Rg4 Rxg4 (34... Re8 {might work better.} 35. Rf4 Ke7) 35. fxg4 {KB-KN} Kc6 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Bg7 Kd6 38. Bf8+ Kc6 39. Bg7 Kd6 $1 40. e4 e5 41. Bf8+ Ke6 $2 (41... Kc6 {was worth a try.} 42. exd5+ Kxd5) 42. exd5+ $2 (42. Bb4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 42... Kxd5 $16 43. Bb4 e4+ 44. Ke3 Nd4 {aiming for ...Nc2+.} 45. Bf8 Nb5 46. g5 Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Nd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 47. Kd2 Nb5) 47. Bxa3 $18 Nxa2 {[#] and the idea ...Nc3 leaves Black hopeful.} 48. Bf8 $2 (48. Kd2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 48... Nc3 $16 49. b4 Nb5 $1 50. Bc5 Ke5 51. g4 Nc7 (51... Kd5 $11) 52. Bd4+ Kd5 53. Bf6 Nb5 {[#]} 54. Kf4 (54. Bb2 $1 $16) 54... Nd6 (54... Nd4 $11) 55. Be7 (55. Bb2 $16) 55... Nb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Bc5 Nd4 57. Bb6 Ne6+ 58. Kf5 {Black must now prevent Kf6.} Nd4+ $1 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kf5 {And now Kf6 would win.} Nd4+ $1 61. Kf6 e3 62. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e2 63. Ba5 Nf3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 64. Kxf7 Nxg5+ 65. Kf6 Nh3 66. Kf5 Kc5 67. b6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Kc6 68. Ke5 Ng5 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Ke3 e1=Q+ 71. Bxe1 {Threatens to win with Ba5.} Kxb6 72. Ke4 {Black should prevent Kd5.} Kc6 73. Bd2 Kd7 74. Kf5 Ke8 75. Kf6 Kf8 76. Bb4+ Kg8 77. Be7 Nh6 78. g5 Nf7 79. g6 Nh8 80. g7 Ng6 81. Kxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} (81. Bd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,23,37,25,18,32,32,0,-1,-28,27,28,31,28,19,20,20,35,33,27,45,39,67,38,67,15,16,12,12,15,20,10,166,150,166,150,175,178,125,77,99,13,15,5,11,0,7,-55,-59,-591,-589]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 (5... Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7 8. d4 d6 9. Nd3 Kf7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 {½-½ (61) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017}) 6. d4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. O-O {Black should prevent Nxb5.White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Nc3 h6 {½-½ (34) Santos Latasa,J (2569)-Magem Badals,J (2543) Monzon 2016}) 10... O-O {Threatens to win with ...c5.} 11. Bg5 c5 (11... Bb7 $142 12. a4 c5 13. axb5 cxd4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rxa5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8) 12. Bd5 $11 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Rb8 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 h6 15. Bh4 Rb6 16. Nc3 g5 17. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nf5 18. Ne4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 (19. Nxg3 $14 d6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. c3) 19... Bxe5 20. c3 d6 21. Qh5 Bg7 22. Rad1 b4 $2 {[#]} (22... Qd7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g5]} gxf4 24. gxf4 {aiming for f5.} bxc3 25. bxc3 {Black must now prevent f5.} Qd7 26. Rd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qf5 {[#]} 27. Qf3 (27. Rg3 $1 $16 {White threatens Qxh6 and mate.} Kh8 28. Rg5) 27... Be6 28. Ng3 Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Nf5 ({Better is} 30. Rde3 $11) 30... Rbb8 $1 $15 31. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Nxd6 $15 Bxd5 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Rxd5) 31... Qxf5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,23,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7... Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Nc5 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nxa3 {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-23,66,56,68,77,70,69,69,69,80,68,293,95,209,72,69,26,82,78,95,47,54,0,90,75,98,55,98,77,75,75,73,72,159,128,263,264,257,243,274,274,274,274,274,274,274,274,274,274,274,177,274,274,274,219,274,35,35,35,35,8,8]} 1. d4 {CB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 15. g3 bxc5 16. bxc5 {[#]} f6 $146 17. Re1 e5 18. Bd3 g5 (18... g6 $11) 19. Qb1 $14 (19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qa2 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 $11) 20... Nxc5 $11) 19... Rf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Ne2 Bf6 $2 {[#]} (23... Qc8 $14) 24. Re3 $2 (24. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (24... Rxh7 25. Qg6+) 25. Qg6) 24... Qc8 {[#]} (24... Be7 $16) 25. Bc2 (25. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (25... Rxh7 26. Qg6+) 26. Bg6) 25... Qf8 $16 26. Qe1 Kg7 (26... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Qd2 Kg8 28. Nc1 Qg7 29. Ne2 Qf8 $1 30. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bg4 31. Nc1 {[%cal Be2c1,Bc1b3,Bb3d2][%mdl 32]} Re7 32. Nb3 (32. Kg2 {looks sharper.} Bd7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe3 Qg7 35. Ne2) 32... Qf7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe3 Bd7 ({Black should play} 34... Qd7) 35. Nd2 g4 (35... Kf8 $16) 36. Qxe7 $18 Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBB-KBN} 37. f4 $1 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Bf6 39. Kf2 h6 40. Ne5 Be8 41. h4 Kf8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kf4 Kd8 (43... Bh8 {was worth a try.} 44. g4 Bg7) 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Ba4 Bg7 46. Nxc6+ $2 (46. g4 $18) 46... Bxc6 $14 47. Bxc6 Bxd4 48. Kg6 Bxc5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,41,32,38,16,29,25,36,19,29,30,24,4,52,12,2,0,-3,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-120,-118,-108,-141,-212,-212,-229,-219,-205,-135,-350,-350,-350,-339,-342,-341,-327,-325,-334,-326,-387,-378,-395,-328,-387,-387,-380,-371,-414,-408]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1 c6 9. h3 {LiveBook: 38 Partien} b6 {B08: Pirc-Ufimzew-Verteidigung} 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32] Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 12. a4 a6 13. dxc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Rad1 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. Nd4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 {0-1 (34) Van Mil,J (2422)-Piket,J (2632) Netherlands 2001}) 13... Bxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bh6 Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re8 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qe3 Rc4 {...Dc7 ist eine echte Drohung.} 22. b5 (22. Nd2 $11 Rxb4 23. Reb1) 22... Qc7 $17 23. Rac1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 24. bxa6 (24. Ne2 $17 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.}) 24... Bxa6 $19 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 25. Na2 Nxe4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Nxe5 $2 {[#]} (27. Qxb6 $17 {war einen Versuch wert.} Rc5 28. Qb1) 27... dxe5 ({Schwächer ist} 27... Qxa2 28. Nc6 $19) 28. Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qd4 Qc4 31. Qxb6 Qxa4 32. d6 {beabsichtigt d7!} Bb5 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Rc1 Bd7 {Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.} 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rc7 Be6 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,6,8,13,0,6,0,16,8,14,6,14,12,20,22,40,37,26,30,37,34,37,26,38,36,38,38,39,29,35,20,21,21,29,21,28,0,14,16,45,47,47,12,100,64,65,66,67,8,41,41,41,43,43,45,71,8,72,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e4 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Rd1 Ba4 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Rg3 g6 {½-½ (28) Nikolic,P (2669)-Ernst,S (2581) Netherlands 2009}) 13. f3 b6 (13... Nc6 {is interesting.} 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Rhd1 Be8 16. a3 b6) 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ba6 16. a3 Kf8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. h4 h5 (18... Bb7 {looks sharper.} 19. Kc2 a6 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Kd2 Rc8) 19. e5 Bxe5 {[#]} 20. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 21. Bxe5 Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. g4 Kf7 25. gxh5 Nd4+ 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. Rg1 Rh8 28. Rg5 Rh7 29. a4 Nxh4 30. Ke3 Nf5+ 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Kc4 a6 33. Kb3 b5 (33... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. axb5 Rb8 35. Rg4 Rxb5+ 36. Rb4 (36. Ka4 $14) 36... Ng3 37. Rxb5 axb5 $14 {KB-KN} 38. Kb4 Nxh5 39. Kxb5 Nf4 40. Kc6 (40. Kc4 $16) 40... Nd5 (40... Nd3 $1 $11) 41. Bd2 (41. Kc5 $16) 41... Kf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. b4 (42. Kd6 {keeps more tension.} g5 43. b3 Kf5 44. Kc6 Kg6 45. Be1) 42... Nxb4+ 43. Bxb4 {KB-KPP} Kf5 44. Bd6 g5 45. Bg3 e5 46. Kd5 g4 47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Bxe5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,114,-47,-58,-57,-59,-52,-65,-60,-65,-52,-76,-38,-84,-69,-73,-86,-72,-86,-94,-9,-12,-9,-12,0,0,58,26,101,58,264,248,152,0,0,-74,-70,-91,-91,-102,-102,-100,-99,-99,-96,-102,-91,-91,-79,-102,-102,-100,0,-95,-95,-133,-133,-133,0,-95,-91,-91,-91,-95,-97,-121,-95,-104,-108,-107,-104,-109,-102,-112,-102,-102,-89,-91,-79,-101,-91,-91,-91,-96,-98,-129,-126,-128,-119,-126,-119,-122,-98,-181,-136,-144,-91,-181,-87]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 {C45: Scotch Game} (9... f6 10. e6 Bxe6 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qxe5 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Rab1 {1-0 (38) Kuderinov,K (2482)-Makhnyov,D (2379) Almaty 2017}) 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O 11. Nc3 Nxe5 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Qh5 $146 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Qh5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6 15. d4 Qe8 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. b3 {0-1 (39) Carrettoni,A (2175)-Rau,J (2245) ICCF email 2015}) 12... Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qh3 Bg6 17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qxc6 Bb6 (18... Qd6 $17 19. Qxd6 Bxd6) 19. Na4 $11 d4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. h4 Bd5 (21... Rc8 $11 22. Qb7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa2) 22. Qa4 $14 gxh4 (22... Rf7 $11) 23. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Bxg2 $2 {[#]} (23... Bb7 $14 24. Rc4 (24. Qg4+ Kh8 $17) 24... Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rfd8 26. Rg4+ Kf7) 24. Qf4 $1 $18 ({And not} 24. Qg4+ Kh8 $17) 24... Bd5 {[#]} 25. Rc7 $2 (25. Kh2 $1 $16 Qb8 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rc7) 25... Rf7 $11 26. Rxf7 (26. Rec1 $11) 26... Kxf7 $17 27. Kh2 {Qh6 is the strong threat.} Qb8 ({Wrong is} 27... Bxa2 $2 28. Bb4 $18 (28. Qxh4 Kg8 $16)) 28. a3 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg8 30. Be3 Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc8 Rd1 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8 $1 Kg6 36. Rc6 Bd5 37. Rc2 Be6 38. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e6]} Bf5 39. Rc4 h3 40. Rd4 Rc7 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Bd4 Be6 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Rc8 45. Rd1 Rg8 46. Rg1 Rd8 47. Rc1 Rd7 48. Rc6 h5 49. a4 Bd5 50. Rc1 Bg2 51. b4 Kg6 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 a6 54. Bb6 h4 55. Re1 (55. Rc4 $17) 55... Rd5 56. Rc1 Kf5 (56... Rd3 $142 57. Rc4 Kh5 58. Rc5+ Bd5) 57. Re1 (57. Rc5 $17) 57... Re5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 44%.} (57... Kg4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 58. Rc1 f5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,137,32,31,32,29,35,37,48,11,17,10,56,56,57,58,70,58,68,53,73,46,71,64,68,61,65,52,41,35,38,7,94,103,121,125,128,123,231,226,214,220,257,182,185,156,162,119,213,195,206,128,193,197,184,199,256,265,248,241,257,237,245,270,299,284,329,304,371,233,224,250,385,0,446,456,421,412,504,493,981,674,674,672,661,619,571,424,379,153,199,203,487,477,414,449,948,934,904,612,551,426,445,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,1099,0,5160,5143,29987,29986,29986,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29984,29984,29983,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 (5... Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (42) Caruana,F (2784)-Naiditsch,A (2701) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6. Bxc6+ {C66: Spanische Partie (Verbesserte Steinitz-Verteidigung)} bxc6 7. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bg4 8. Nbd2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf1 (10. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 11. d4 $11) 10... Nd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... h6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. c3 O-O 13. d4 {½-½ (67) Fridthjofsdottir,S (1810)-Leosson,A Mosfellsbaer 2010}) 11. Ng3 Bg6 (11... Bxf3 $5 12. Qxf3 g6 $11) 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. b3 a4 18. Nh4 axb3 19. cxb3 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rc1 (21. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 $11) 21... Na6 (21... Ne6 $11) 22. h4 $16 Qb5 {[#]} 23. Rc4 $1 Nb8 24. h5 Nd7 (24... c5 $16 {war nötig.}) 25. hxg6 $18 fxg6 26. Qg4 Rf7 27. Re2 Nf8 28. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1h2,Bh2f3][%mdl 32]} c5 29. Nh2 Qe8 (29... Qd7 $16) 30. Nf3 ({Keinesfalls} 30. Bxc5 Ne6) 30... Ne6 31. Qxg6 Rf6 (31... Rf8 $16 32. Qg4 Nd4) 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Ne1 Kf7 (33... Ra8 $142 34. Nd3 Ra5) 34. Nd3 Rh8 35. f3 (35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Nf4 $14) 35... g5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5 Rfh6 38. Be3 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. a4 Rb1 41. Bxc5 Rhh1 (41... g4 {war einen Versuch wert.} 42. fxg4 Rxb3) 42. Be3 $2 (42. Rd2 $18) 42... Rhf1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Nf4 $1 $11 {und Schwarz ist OK.} 43. Rec2 Rbf1+ 44. Kg3 Rh4 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. R8c7+ (47. R2c7+ Kf6 $11) 47... Ke8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. R8c7+ (49. R2c7+ Kf6 $11)) 43. Kg3 Rxb3 44. a5 Ra3 45. Bb6 Nf4 (45... Rd1 $142 46. Rb2 Rd6) 46. Rc7+ Kg6 47. Rec2 {Weiss droht T2c6+ und Matt.} Nh5+ 48. Kh2 g4 {Droht stark ...g3+.} 49. fxg4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 50. g3 (50. R2c6 $18) 50... Nxg4+ {[#]} 51. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Rff3 $2 (51... Rd1 {war angesagt.} 52. R7c3 Rda1) 52. R2c6+ Nf6 53. Bf2 Kg5 (53... Kh5 $142 54. a6 Ng4 55. Rh7+ Kg5 56. Rg7+ Kh5) 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rf7 Kg6 56. Rb7 Kg5 57. Rb5 $2 (57. Be1 $18) 57... Ng4 $11 58. Be1 {Schwarz muss nun Ld2+ beachten.} Rfd3 59. Rb2 {Droht Te6 und aus.} Ne3+ 60. Kh3 Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Rd8 $11 61. Kh2 Rd1) 61. a6 $2 (61. Rb7 $18 {Weiss will mit Tf7 Matt setzen.} Nf6 62. Rg7+ Kh6 63. Rf7) 61... Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Ra1 $11 62. Rc3 Rxa6 63. Rxd3 Rh6+ 64. Kg2 Rh2+ 65. Kf3 Rxb2) 62. Rb8 $18 {jetzt Th8+ und aus.} Re3 63. Rh8+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kg5 64. Bd2 Nf2+ 65. Kg2 Nxe4 66. Bxe3+ Rxe3 67. a7 Rxg3+ 68. Kf1 Ra3 69. a8=Q {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,0,4,-5,0,0,10,0,1,0,8,8,10,0,0,0,27,8,8,16,43,35,37,29,34,40,43,41,41,33,45,29,30,27,22,14,38,17,17,7,22,17,27,0,31,7,6,0,15,9,0,6,12,-10,55,55,66,22,31,0,0,0,0,0,199,179,188,116,99,26,10,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Rg1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (44) Neagu,L (2546)-Mueller,G (2582) ICCF email 2013}) 5... Nc6 6. d4 {B50: Sizilianisch (Verschiedenes mit 2...d6)} cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nxc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qb6 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Be2 Qd4 18. Rfd1 Qb4 19. Qe3 {0-1 (48) Balazs,T (2051)-Andor,L (2123) Hungary 2008}) 8... bxc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. a5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa7 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Ne5 17. Be2 $1 Be6 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. Na4 Kg7 21. Bd3 Bf7 22. Qe2 Ra8 (22... Qc7 {is interesting.} 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. g3 Rfb8 25. Kg2 e6) 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qc7 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e3,Be3e7,Be7e6][%mdl 32]} Rf7 27. Ne2 Qb5 28. Qc3 c5 29. Qa1 Qc6 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Re3 Rb4 (31... c4 $11) 32. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss drückt.} Rd4 33. Qe1 {[#] Und weiter mit c3 wäre nett.} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 34. Nc3 {Schwarz muss nun exf5 beachten.} e6 $1 35. exf5 exf5 36. Re7 {Und De6 würde nun gewinnen.} d5 $2 (36... Kf8 $11 37. Re8+ Kg7) 37. Re6 $18 Qb7 38. Qa1 (38. Rd6 $18) 38... Nf6 $16 39. Na4 (39. Rb6 $16 Qc8 40. Re1) 39... Qc7 $11 40. Qe1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rxf4 41. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne4 {[#]} 43. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc5 44. Qc3+ Kh6 45. Qxc5 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,39,40,21,7,5,21,23,23,23,22,8,28,0,0,-45,0,-47,-47,-45,-32,-64,-56,-79,-65,-53,-35,-41,-1,-64,23,-14,-17,-11,-35,-20,0,0,0,0,-5,-10,-11,-37,0,0,0,-10,21,11,168,0,0,0,38,42,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,209,65,80,0,0,0,0,0,12838,12839,12839,12839]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 9. a4 (9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Ngf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. f4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (32) Leko,P (2691)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 {LiveBook: 67 Games. White is slightly better.} 11. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Bh6 Nh5 15. Qe3 g5 16. Be2 {1-0 (48) Hamdouchi,H (2580)-Fedorchuk,S (2637) Brest 2018}) 11... Nf6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. Be3 b5 16. a5 Bc6 17. Rf3 Re8 18. Rh3 Bf8 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. Na2 Bb7 21. Nb4 Rc8 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Bc3 h5 24. Qe1 ({Better is} 24. Rg3 $11) 24... e5 (24... Ng4 $1 $15) 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rhf3 Qe6 27. Na1 {[%cal Bb3a1,Ba1c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Rc7 28. Nac2 Rd7 29. Ne3 Ng4 30. Ned5 f5 31. h3 Nh6 32. Qf2 f4 33. d4 g5 {And now ...exd4 would win.} 34. dxe5 Bxe5 $2 (34... Rf7 $1 $11) 35. Bxe5 $2 (35. Nd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Bxc3 36. Nc5) 35... Qxe5 $11 36. Nd3 Qd6 37. Nc5 Bxd5 38. Nxd7 Bxe4 39. Qb6 Qxd7 40. Qxh6 Bxf3 41. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Qg6+. KQR-KQR} Qg7 42. Qxh5 Re6 $2 {[#]} (42... Re1+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 43. Kh2 Re3) 43. Rd3 (43. Rc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3c8] White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} Qe7 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Qc3) 43... Qe7 $1 $14 {[#]} 44. Rd5 (44. Kh2 $1 $16 Kg7 45. Rc3) 44... Re5 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Rd6 Qf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Re1+ $11 47. Kh2 Rh1+ 48. Kxh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+) 47. Qh5+ $18 Kg8 48. Rg6+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,12,59,28,50,42,52,50,52,-47,9,31,61,6,17,15,7,13,12,0,208,70,125,-48,-40,-50,29,-67,156,-157,-156,-135,-23,-40,262,-511,-161,-158,-153,-148,-148,-273,-225,-378,-268,-269,-207,-284,-276,-272,-276,-262,-206,-221,-177,-236,-235,-232,-227,-225,-222,-255,-236,-294,-253,-341,-318,-316,-318,-498,-333,-484,-475,-776,-768,-634,-587,-1283,-1274,-1117,-1067,-1033,-1025,-970,-878,-870,-830,-679,-643]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 (5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Ng4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. h3 Ngf6 15. a4 a6 16. c3 Rfe8 {1-0 (48) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Duda,J (2717) Riadh 2017}) 5... b5 6. Bd3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 c5 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Qc7 {1-0 (37) Nebolsina,V (2310)-Skripchenko,A (2456) Moscow 2010}) 7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 9. Qf3 (9. f5 $14 Nf6 10. Nf3) 9... exf4 (9... Bc5 $15 10. Nh3 Qh4+ 11. Qg3 Qxg3+ 12. hxg3 O-O) 10. Bxf4 $11 Bg7 11. O-O-O (11. Qg3 $14) 11... O-O 12. Bxb5 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 $2 (14... Ne5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 15. Bxe5 Qxe5) 15. Ne2 (15. Bd6 $18 Qg5+ 16. Kb1) 15... Nc5 ({Black should try} 15... Ne5 $1 $14 16. Bxe5 Qxe5) 16. Rhf1 $2 (16. Bd6 $16 Qa3+ 17. Kb1) 16... Qa3+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 17. Kd2 Qa4 (17... Nf6 $1 $15 18. Be5 Ncxe4+ 19. Ke1 Bf5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxc6 Ng4 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 18. Bd3 (18. Bb3 $1 $11 Qxe4 19. Nd4) 18... Nf6 $2 (18... f5 $1 $15 19. Bd6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 (20. Qxd3 $2 Rd8 $19) 20... Rf6 21. Qxg4 Qxa2+ 22. Ke3 f4+ 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxf4 (24. Rxf4 Bg4 $15) 24... Bg4) 19. Ke1 $2 (19. Bh6 $1 $16 Ncxe4+ 20. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 21. Ke1) 19... Bg4 $17 20. Qe3 Ncxe4 (20... Nfxe4 $17 21. Bxe4 Qxe4) 21. Qd4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd4a4]} Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qxd4 $15 22. cxd4 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nd5) 22. Qb4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bxe4 $18 Rfe8 23. Bf3 (23. Qxf6 Rxe4 24. Rf2 Re6 $16)) 22... Qxb4 $2 (22... Qh5 23. Qc4 Rfe8) 23. cxb4 $19 {[#]} Rfe8 $1 24. h3 Bxe2 $1 25. Bxe2 (25. Kxe2 $17 Nc3+ 26. Kf3) 25... Nd5 26. Rd3 $2 (26. Rxd5 {is a better defense.} cxd5 27. Rf3) 26... Nxb4 27. Rb3 Nxc2+ 28. Kd1 Nd4 29. Re3 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa2 32. Kc4 (32. Rxe8+ $142 Rxe8 33. Bd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kd3) 32... a5 33. Ra1 Rxe3 34. Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb4 {aiming for ...Nc2.} 35. Bh6 f6 36. Kc5 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 37. h4 Nd3+ 38. Kxc6 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 39. Kb5 (39. Kb7 $142 Ra5 40. Bd2 Rb5+ 41. Kc7) 39... a3 40. Kc4 (40. Bd2 $142) 40... Ne5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kb3 {[#]} (41. Kd4 $142 Ra4+ 42. Kc3) 41... g5 $1 42. hxg5 {[#]} Kg6 $1 43. gxf6 Kxh6 {KRN-KR} 44. Ka2 Kg6 45. Rf1 Nf7 46. Rf3 Ra6 47. Rg3+ Kxf6 48. Rh3 h6 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,163,4,6,15,7,8,0,0,7,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-24,-78,-40,-183,-95,-395,0,-174,0,-378,-108,-279,0,0,0,0,0,8,13,0,0,-91,-91,-80,-77,-77,-87,-168,-160,-147,-170,-148,-41,-41,-41,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-59,-33,-67,-33,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-40,-67,-67,-67,-40,-48,-41,-48,-48,-48,-41,-47,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-8,-16,-16,-16,-13,-16,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-4,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 (12. b3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Rac1 Nb6 {½-½ (64) Ding,L (2781)-Wei,Y (2738) Danzhou 2017}) 12... Qh5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15. Nfxe3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ba6) 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. b3 Bf6 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. Rd6 c5 22. Bf3 Bd4 23. Rb6 (23. Kg2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Nd7 24. Rd6 {[#]} ({White should play} 24. Rxa6 $1 $15 Rxa6 25. Qb7) 24... Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qxe5 $17 Bxe5 26. Nxe5) (25. Nxe5 Qxd6) 25... Nd7 (25... Bxc4 $142 26. bxc4 h6 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 29. exf3 Rb7) 26. Rd6 $19 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rb6 $1 (27. Nxe5 Qxd6) 27... Qc7 $2 (27... Bxc4 $19 28. bxc4 Rd7) 28. Rxd4 $2 (28. Qf4 $17) 28... cxd4 $2 (28... Nxf3+ $19 29. exf3 cxd4 30. Qxd4 Rd8) 29. Qxe5 $11 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe3 31. Nc6 Raa8 $1 32. fxe3 Rfe8 33. Ne7+ (33. Kf2 $11) 33... Kf8 $17 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Nc6 Bxe2 {And now ...Bd1 would win.} 36. Kf2 (36. Ne5 $17) 36... Bd1 $19 37. Nd4 e5 38. Ke1 {[#]} exd4 ({Black should try} 38... Bg4 $1 $17 39. Nb5 Rc8) 39. Kxd1 $15 dxe3 $17 {KR-KR} 40. Ke2 Rc8 41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. Rb5 g6 44. a5 Kg7 45. a6 {Ra5 is the strong threat.} Ra3 46. Rxb4 Rxa6 47. Kxe3 Rf6 48. Rb5 Rf5 49. Rb6 Kh6 50. Rb4 Rf6 51. Rb5 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rf5 (52... Rh1 {keeps more tension.} 53. Kf2 Rh2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. Kg1 Rd2) 53. Rb4 f6 54. g4 {The position is equal.} Ra5 {White should prevent ...Ra3.} 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 $1 f5 57. Rf4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. gxf5 gxf5 60. Rb4 Kg6 61. Rb7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 h6 63. Rb5 Rc3 64. Ra5 Rd3 65. Rb5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 66. Ra5 Rg3+ 67. Kh2 h5 68. Rb5 Rg4 69. Kh3 f3 70. Rb3 Rf4 {Threatens to win with ...f2.} (70... f2 $5 71. Rf3 $8 Rb4 72. Rxf2 Re4 $11) 71. Rb1 Kf5 72. Kg3 {Hoping for Rb5+.} f2 73. Rf1 Rg4+ (73... Ke4 {with more complications.} 74. Rxf2 Rxf2 75. Kxf2 Kf5 76. Kg2 Kf4) 74. Kxf2 Rf4+ 75. Kg2 Rxf1 76. Kxf1 $11 {KP-KP} Kg4 77. Kg2 Kxh4 78. Kh2 Kg4 79. Kg2 h4 80. Kh2 {[%cal Bg2h2,Bh2g1,Bg1h1][%mdl 32]} h3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 h2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 47%, Black = 47%.} (82... Kf4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,160,0,0,0,26,0,13,12,14,0,0,-14,-7,0,11,11,17,6,27,11,28,14,19,25,27,0,0,0,42,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-4,-8,0,0,0,-6,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-2,0,-26,-27,-27,-29,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-24,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. h3 c6 10. a4 b6 {LiveBook: 5 Partien. B07: Pirc-Ufimzew-Verteidigung} (10... Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bg5 a6 15. h4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Qb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bh3 {½-½ (102) Hou,Y (2680)-Adhiban,B (2655) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 a6 14. dxe5 (14. h4 {with more complications.} exd4 15. Nxd4 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bf8 17. Nh2) 14... dxe5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16... Bf8 17. Rd3 Kg7 18. Red1 {½-½ (36) Kuznetsov,M (2179)-Bykov,E (2062) Moscow 2007}) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 Rxd6 20. Nxd6 Re7 $1 21. Rd1 Bf8 $1 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd8 Rc7 24. Bf1 a5 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Ra8 Nd7 28. Bc4 Nc5 29. b3 Nb7 30. Ra7 (30. Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra8a7]} Nc5 31. Bc4 $11) 30... Bd6 31. Ba6 Nc5 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} 33. Bc8 Kf6 34. h4 h5 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Nd1 $1 Kd8 37. Bh3 Bd6 38. Nb2 b5 39. Ke3 bxa4 40. bxa4 Bc7 41. Bf1 Bb6 {[#] Droht stark ...Sxa4+.} 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Bc4 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Be2 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg6 $1 47. Bf3 e4 48. Be2 Ne6 49. c3 f4 {[#] Und weiter mit ...f3+ wäre nett.} 50. f3 fxg3 51. Kxg3 Bc7+ 52. Kf2 Bb6+ 53. Kf1 Nc5 54. fxe4 Bd8 ({Falsch wäre} 54... Nxe4 $2 55. Bd3 $18) 55. e5 Bxh4 56. Bf3 Bg3 57. Nc4 Nxa4 58. Bxc6 Nxc3 59. e6 {e7 ist eine echte Drohung.} Kf6 60. Nxa5 Kxe6 61. Kg2 Bc7 62. Nc4 Kf6 63. Ne3 Ke5 64. Be8 Ke4 65. Nf1 h4 66. Kh3 Bd8 67. Bg6+ Kf4 68. Bd3 Nd5 69. Bc4 Nc3 70. Kg2 Ne4 71. Be6 Ng5 72. Bd7 Ba5 73. Nh2 Be1 74. Nf1 Bc3 75. Bc8 Ke4 {Weiss muss nun ...Kf4 beachten.} 76. Bb7+ {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Kf5 {zielt auf ...Kf4 ab.} 77. Ne3+ Ke5 78. Bc8 Ke4 79. Nd1 Bd4 80. Nf2+ Ke5 {Precision: Weiß = 66%, Schwarz = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,8,5,20,12,18,14,13,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,6,18,21,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Besenthal,K/Primel,D} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} O-O (7... c6 8. c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 Be6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Kh1 g5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 d5 {1-0 (48) Caruana,F (2822)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 8. c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {LiveBook: 6 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} c6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... d6 11. Kh1 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. d4 Nh5 {1-0 (60) Edouard,R (2647)-Gharamian,T (2637) Agen 2016 CBM 174 [Besenthal,K/Primel,D]}) 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {[#] Droht Df3 und aus.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} a5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be1 Bc5 31. Kd3 b5 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Bd4 34. Bc3 Bb6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Bd2 Bb6 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Kf2 Bb8 41. Kg3 Bc7 42. Kg4 Bb8 43. Be7 Bc7 44. Bc5 {Precision: Weiß = 86%, Schwarz = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,58,-10,-9,-10,-5,-10,-3,-12,0,-10,-14,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,20,6,14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. c3 c6 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {½-½ (36) Ni,H (2703)-Ding,L (2749) Danzhou 2015}) 13... c6 14. c3 Bf5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 24. Kf2 Bc2 25. Be2 Kd7 26. h4 Kc7 27. Nf1 Kb6 28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Ke1 Nf5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,112,10,18,11,20,14,35,21,16,7,47,36,55,0,90,95,83,81,121,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-60,-245,-240,-222,-241,-264,-251,-248,-259,-220,-22,0,30,36,300,105,152,132,116,120,151,165,156,0,0,0,-3,-37,-44,-38,-56,-110,-42,-29,-11,-9,-14,-9,-15,-147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} Qxf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 {½-½ (24) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 10... Nd7 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 12. g5 h5 $1 13. e3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O-O (15. g6 $1 $14) 15... Bb7 (15... b5 $11 16. Bd3 Bb7) 16. g6 $1 $16 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. f4 (18. e4 $1 $16) 18... b5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 19. Ba2 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. d5 {[%cal Rg5e6]} c4 21. Nxe6 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe6 23. Rxb5 Rxe3 24. Bxc4+ (24. Qxc4+ $11 Kh7 25. Kb1) 24... Kh8 $1 $15 25. Qd4 $2 (25. Bd3 $15 Rd8 26. Rd5) 25... Re4 $19 26. Qd5 {Threatening mate with Qxh5+!} Qe8 27. Bd3 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} (27... Rxf4 28. Kb1 $15) 28. Qb7 Re7 ({Weaker is} 28... Rxf4 29. Kb1 $17) 29. Qa6 {intending Kb1.} Rc8+ $2 ({Black should play} 29... Rd8 $19 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5) 30. Kb1 $11 Re6 31. Qa5 ({Don't play} 31. Qxa7 Rd6 $17) 31... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Ng4 $14) 32. Bc2 $2 (32. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qf8 (32... Qxg6+ 33. f5) 33. Rxh5+ Kg8 34. Re5) 32... Re2 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qc6 35. Rg1 $1 Ng4 36. Qe4 $2 (36. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Rd6 37. f5) 36... Qxe4 $1 37. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kh7 {Black wants to play ...Rd4.} 38. f5 Rd4 39. fxg6+ Kh6 40. Bb7 ({White should try} 40. Ba8 $15) 40... Ne5 (40... Ne3 $17 41. Re1 Nc4) 41. Re1 $15 Nxg6 42. Re6 {Strongly threatening Be4.} Rxh4 43. b4 $1 Rf4 {aiming for ...h4.} 44. b5 {[#]} (44. Be4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rf6 45. Rxf6 gxf6 46. b5) 44... Rf6 (44... h4 $1 $17 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 45. Ra6 h3) 45. Rxf6 $11 {The position is equal.} gxf6 {KB-KN} 46. a4 Ne5 47. Bd5 Nd7 48. a5 Kg5 49. Kc2 Kf4 50. Bc6 ({Reject} 50. b6 {[#]} Nxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. axb6 axb6 $17) 50... Nc5 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Bf3 h4 {And now ...h3 would win.} 54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 f5 56. Kd4 Ne4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,230,40,20,77,64,77,58,64,9,78,35,45,63,70,70,78,45,108,64,107,43,84,-16,95,35,105,9,35,-21,-21,-21,-21,-18,-9,-6,-15,-129,-16,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-20,-20,-7,-164,0,16,42,0,0,-48,-22,-182,-135,-245,-240,-372,-234,-304,-142,-368,-364,-867,0,0,0,-133,35,-233,-235,-347,-347,-298,-218,-207,-196,-185,-182,-458,-399,-331,-162,-168,-147,-195,-194,-187,-165,-153,-84,-86,-92,-89,-85,-86,-83,-83,-43,-64,-49,-49,-49,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-185,-178,-179,-49,-173,-45,-45,-45,-49,-49,-47,-49,-49,-47,-100,-81,-84,-114,-222,-222,-226,-226,-226,-226,-226,-226,-232,-211,-258,-247,-247,-247,-395,-382,-409,-410,-382,-382,-271,-194,-402,-402,-394,-380,-469,-469,-469,-466,-1352,-1139,-29961,-29958,-5325,-390,-292,-277,-29978,-212,-29978,-29980,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29969,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29972,-29975,-29974,-29965,-1285,-1123,-927,-766,-689,-1225,-914,-734,-718,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29967,2,2,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Qc7 (7... O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc5 12. f3 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 e5 {0-1 (45) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Andreikin,D (2708) Sochi 2017}) 8. Nc2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bc5 (8... Bxc3+ $11 9. Qxc3 O-O) 9. Be2 {White is better.} O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 $146 (11. Bg5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qd1 d6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. b4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 {1-0 (64) Molner,M (2450)-Wang,J (2006) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... d6 (11... b5 $11) 12. f4 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Ba7 15. Bb2 Rfe8 (15... Ne7 $14) 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Bf3 (17. g4 $16) 17... Ne7 18. g3 (18. Ne2 $16) 18... b6 (18... d5 $11 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bf5 $11) 19... exd5 20. Nxd5 (20. exd5 Bf5 $11) 20... Nfxd5 21. exd5 Bf5) 19. Ne2 (19. b5 $16) 19... e5 (19... d5 $14) 20. Ne3 (20. fxe5 $16 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxd3 22. Bxc7 Rxf3 23. Rxf3) 20... b5 $11 21. cxb5 (21. fxe5 $14 dxe5 22. Nd5 Nexd5 23. cxd5) 21... axb5 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qb7 24. Qe2 Bc6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. Qd3 (25. Ned5 $1 $11 Bxd5 26. exd5) 25... exf4 (25... Bd4 $17 26. Qe2 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Nxe4) 26. Rxf4 Bxe3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qxe3 {And now Qh6 would win.} Ng6 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Qe7 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Ne2 Qg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White should prevent ...Nc4. Black fights for an advantage.} 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf3 $2 (34. h3 $11) 34... Bg4 $2 (34... Nc4 $19 35. Bd4 Rxe4) 35. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qh5 36. Rd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be6 37. Rd2 h6 38. Ba1 $2 (38. Qf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 38... Qg5 39. Qf2 (39. Nf3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qxf4 40. gxf4) 39... Rc8 $19 {aiming for ...Rc1+.} 40. Rd1 (40. Bb2 $142 Nc4 41. Nf3) 40... Rc4 41. Nf3 Qh5 (41... Nxf3 $19 {is more deadly.} 42. Bxf3 Bg4) 42. Bb2 $2 (42. Rf1 $17) 42... Rec8 43. Rxd6 $2 {[#]} (43. Bxe5 dxe5 44. Qf1) 43... Ng4 $2 (43... Rc1+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 45. Ng1 Ng4 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Rh8+ Kxh8 48. Qd4+ Kg8) 44. Qd2 $11 Kh7 45. Kg1 ({But not} 45. Rxe6 $2 Rc2 $19) (45. Qe1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45... Qg6 $2 (45... Nxh2 $17 46. Ne1 (46. Nxh2 $2 Rc2 $19) 46... R4c7) 46. Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rd8 $14 {stays ahead.}) 46... Qg5 $19 47. Nf3 (47. Qxg5 $142 hxg5 48. Nf3) 47... Qxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc2 49. Bd4 Rxd2 50. Nxd2 Rc1+ 51. Bf1 $2 (51. Nf1) 51... Bc4 52. h3 {[#]} Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kxh2 Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 54. g4 Rc2 55. Be3 Ra2 56. Kg3 {[#]} Bd3 (56... Be2 $142 $1 57. e5 Rxa3) 57. Kf4 $17 Rxa3 {...Be2 is the strong threat.} 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Bc5 Bc4 60. h4 f6 61. Nd4 Rh3 62. h5 Rh1 63. Be7 (63. Nf5 $15) 63... Rf1+ $19 64. Ke3 {[#]} Re1+ $1 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Bxf6 Rxe4+ 67. Kf3 Re1 (67... Kg8 $19 68. Nf5 Rxb4 69. Nxh6+ Kh7) 68. Kf4 (68. Bh4 $15 Rf1+ 69. Kg3) 68... Rb1 ({Black should play} 68... Kg8 $19 69. Kf3 Re8) 69. Be7 $1 $15 Kg7 70. Bc5 Kf6 71. Nf3 Rf1 72. Ke3 Bc4 73. Bf8 ({White should try} 73. Bd4+ $15 Ke7 74. Bc5+ Ke8 75. Nd4) 73... Bd5 74. Nd2 Rg1 75. Bxh6 (75. Kd4 $17 Ba8 76. Kc5) 75... Rxg4 $19 76. Bf4 Kf5 77. Bd6 Rh4 78. Bc5 Rxh5 79. Kd4 Ke6 80. Nf1 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 Ke5 82. Ne3 (82. Kc2 $142) 82... Ke4 83. Kd2 Rh2+ 84. Kc3 Rh3 85. Kd2 Bc4 86. Nd1 $2 (86. Nxc4 bxc4 87. Kc2) 86... Rh2+ 87. Kc3 Re2 88. Nf2+ Kf3 89. Nd1 Bd5 90. Nb2 (90. Bf8 $142) 90... Be4 91. Nd1 Rc2+ 92. Kb3 Rc1 $2 (92... Rd2 93. Nc3 Bd3) 93. Nc3 Bd3 94. Kb2 $2 (94. Bd4 $19) 94... Rh1 $2 (94... Rc2+ 95. Kb3 Rd2 96. Ka3 Bc4 97. Bf8 Rc2 98. Bg7 Be6 99. Bd4 Kf4 100. Bg7 Ke3 101. Bf6 Kd3 102. Bg7 Rg2 103. Bf6 Bc4 104. Be5 Kc2 105. Na4 Rg8 106. Nb6 Be6 107. Bf4 Rh8 108. Bg3 Rh1 109. Be5 Rh3+ 110. Bg3 Rxg3#) 95. Kb3 $2 (95. Nd5 $19) 95... Rh2 96. Ka3 Bc4 97. Bd4 Rc2 98. Bf6 Ke3 99. Be5 Kd3 100. Bf6 Bf7 101. Bg7 Rg2 102. Bf6 Kc4 103. Ne4 Bg8 104. Nc3 Rg3 105. Be5 Re3 106. Bf6 Re6 (106... Rf3 $142 107. Be5 Bh7 108. Kb2 Kxb4 109. Nd1 Kc4 110. Bh8 Bg6 111. Be5 b4 112. Bg7 Kd3 113. Kb3 Kd2+ 114. Kxb4 Kxd1 115. Kc4 Rd3 116. Bd4 Be4 117. Be5 Ke2 118. Bd4 Bh7 119. Kd5 Rf3 120. Bh8 Kd3 121. Kd6 Rf5 122. Be5 Bg8 123. Bg3 Kd4 124. Bh2 Rf6+ 125. Ke7 Re6+ 126. Kf8 Rg6 127. Ke7 Ke4 128. Bc7 Kf5 129. Kd7 Bb3 130. Bb8 Re6 131. Kd8 Ba4 132. Kc7 Rh6 133. Kd8 Rh7 134. Kc8 Ke6 135. Bc7 Bc6 136. Ba5 Bb5 137. Kd8 Ba6 138. Be1 Rh1 139. Bd2 Rd1 140. Kc7 Rxd2 141. Kc6 Rc2+ 142. Kb6 Kd6 143. Ka5 Bc4 144. Kb4 Kc6 145. Ka3 Kc5 146. Ka4 Ra2#) 107. Bg7 Ra6+ 108. Kb2 Kxb4 109. Bf8+ Kc4 110. Ne4 b4 111. Nd6+ Kd3 112. Nb7 Ra2+ 113. Kb1 Kc3 114. Bg7+ Kc4 $2 (114... Kd2 {mates} 115. Bh6+ Ke2 116. Nc5 b3 117. Nxb3 Bxb3 118. Bg7 Be6 119. Bh6 Kd1 120. Bf8 Rf2 121. Bc5 Rf3 122. Bd4 Rb3+ 123. Ka2 Kc2 124. Bb2 Rf3+ 125. Ka1 Rf1+ 126. Bc1 Rxc1#) 115. Kxa2 $11 Kb5+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,37,-18,-11,-17,-29,-24,-18,-20,-8,-2,1,-29,22,22,19,18,447,438]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. c4 Ba6 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. e4 Ne7 17. Nc6 Naxc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (44) Le,Q (2703)-Wang,Y (2723) Beijing 2013}) 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nd2 cxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bxd4 Rc7 $146 {[%cal Rd5c4]} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Qc1 {0-1 (51) Pasztor,F (2093)-Halmi,S (2083) Hungary 2008}) 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Bxd2 ({Better is} 16... Bd6) 17. Qxd2 $11 dxc4 18. Be5 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18... c3 $1 $11 19. Qc2 (19. Bxc3 Rfc8 $11) 19... Rfc8) 19. Bxf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,-10,-10,-47,-19,-32,-20,-21,-13,-27,-17,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,112,-10,-12,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-16,0,-8,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (9... Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. a4 Qb4 12. b3 Nxc6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Bf8 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. a5 {½-½ (40) Fressinet,L (2709)-Fedoseev,V (2641) Yerevan 2014}) 10. Nd6+ Kf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Nge7 13. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bf4 Nd8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Ne6 17. Bd2 {½-½ (36) Williamson,D (2310)-Verhaeren,G (2310) ICCF email 2016}) 13... h6 14. h4 Bf6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 Kg7 ({Don't blunder} 16... Nxb4 $2 17. Rb1 $18) 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. a4 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 h5 20. Re1 Rhe8 21. Bf1 Nf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd3 Ne3 (23... Qe6 $11) 24. Qb3 (24. fxe3 $2 dxe3 25. Kg2 (25. a5 $2 Qd4 $19) 25... exd2 $17) ({Better is} 24. Qe2 $16) 24... Qd6 $11 25. Re1 Re6 (25... Rc8 $15) 26. b5 {[#]The position is equal.} Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 d3 {And now ...d2 would win.} 30. Bd2 Qd4 31. Qb3 $1 Qb2 32. Qxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa4 34. Be3 a6 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Qd6 Qa1 37. Bc5 Kh7 38. Qd5 Kg7 39. Qd6 {Strongly threatening Qf8+.} Kh7 40. Qd5 Kg7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,10,0,22,34,43,28,31,28,32,14,30,18,16,27,20,20,24,14,3,0,4,8,10,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,19,0,0,5,19,19,19,0,20,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,16,57,0,0,0,11,0,8,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Ne8 12. Qf3 f6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 d4 15. a4 Qd7 16. Rae1 b6 17. Bc1 a6 18. f5 Nd6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. e5 Nf7 21. exf6 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. f7+ {1-0 (23) Horton,A (2397)-Polzin,R (2404) Katowice 2017}) 10. Nxc6 Rxc6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f4 Bd6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Qe8 17. Qh4 Qb8 18. Qf4 f6 19. exf6 {[#] Threatens to win with Qg5.} Qxf4 20. exf4 Nxf6 21. Rae1 d4 22. a4 Nd5 23. Bc1 b6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Re4 Nf6 26. Re5 Kf7 27. h3 Rd8 28. f5 Re8 29. g4 h6 30. Kg2 exf5 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Rxf5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf6 33. Kf3 g6 34. Re5 g5 35. Be1 ({White should try} 35. Rf5 $14) 35... Nd7 {The position is equal.} 36. Rf5+ Ke6 37. Bg3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Rf1 Ra6 41. Kd2 Ra8 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Rf1+ Ke6 44. Re1+ Kf6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,81,0,4,0,22,-23,0,-10,0,-47,-46,-88,104,-135,-148,-188,-189,-164,-184,-171,-185,-165,0,0,0,-4,28,37,81,26,68,59,66,54,42,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Ng4 {E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} 13. h3 (13. b4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Na2 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 {0-1 (16) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 13... Ne5 14. Re3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 15. Nc2 a5 16. Bf1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. Rb1 Be6 17. Ba1 f5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Kh2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rb2 Kg8 25. Qd4 Qc7 {½-½ (25) Duong,T (2101)-Fominykh,M (2265) Moscow 2012}) 16... Be6 17. Rb1 a4 18. b4 Ncd7 $1 19. Na3 Qxb4 $2 {[#]} (19... h5 $17 {und es läuft.} 20. Bc1 Qa7) 20. Bc1 $2 (20. Ncb5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] ist nötig, um Vorteil zu sichern.} cxb5 21. Bxe5) 20... Qa5 $17 21. f4 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 d5 $2 ({Lieber} 24... Ra7 $19 25. Rxa7 Qxa7) 25. Rxd7 $11 {Und Dd3 würde nun gewinnen.} dxc4 26. Qc2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss is not keeping still} Bf6 27. Qxc4 Re7 28. Rd1 ({Vergiftet wäre} 28. Qxc6 $2 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc5 $19) ({Besser ist} 28. Rd6 $16 Ba1 29. Rxc6) 28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. e5 Bg7 31. Rd3 Rd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa4 Qxh3 34. Qb3 h5 35. Qf3 h4 36. Qg2 Qg4 {Weiss muss nun ...h3 beachten.} 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qxa2 41. Be3 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,0,-10,-25,-27,-10,-7,-44,-49,-39,-47,-62,-70,-125,-68,-108,-102,-73,-91,-139,-139,-129,-110,-112,-118,-110,-37,-51,-24,-38,-28,-23,0,0,8,8,22,12,81,83,66,70,101,94,195,190,198,202,426,410,405,428,401,419,462,450]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. f4 c5 15. c4 d4 {0-1 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 8... Nc6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 $1 {Black has an edge.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Re1 b4 12. Nf1 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Ba3 15. Nh4 Bb2 16. Nxf5 exf5 {1-0 (39) Cao,S (2480)-Nguyen Tran Ngoc,T (1887) Ho Chi Minh City 2015}) 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 $15) 14... O-O (14... bxc3 $17 15. bxc3 Qa5) 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Nc2 {Hoping for ...Rfb8.} 19. Rac1 Nxe3 (19... Nxe1 $6 20. Bg5 $11) 20. Qxe3 f6 ({Black should try} 20... Rfb8 $17 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rb4) 21. exf6 $15 Rxf6 {And now ...Raf8 would win.} 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Raf8 24. Rc7 Nb6 25. Bf3 Nc8 26. Qe5 {Threatening Rec1.} Qf4 (26... Bf7 $11) 27. Qxf4 $16 Rxf4 28. Rxe6 Rxd4 29. Rec6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nb6 (29... Be8 $16 30. Rxc8 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 g6) 30. Rxa7 $18 Rf6 {[#]} 31. Rcc7 $1 Rf7 $2 (31... Rb4 32. Nh5 (32. Rxg7+ Kf8 $16) 32... Rf5) 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33. Rb7 Nc8 {[#]} 34. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d4]} Rf4 35. Rb8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,89,-1,19,20,16,12,7,2,5,-21,-8,-35,-20,-37,-40,-27,-16,-20,-33,-89,-80,-108,0,0,0,0,3,0,10,14,11,6,6,10,10,8,33,25,62,61,154,141,173,15,37,39,33,6,6,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. e3 Ba6 17. Re1 a4 18. bxa4 Bd3 {½-½ (47) Giri,A (2771)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 11... Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Ba8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Qe2 a5 19. f4 Nc6 {½-½ (19) Trevelyan,J (2178)-Cast,J Swansea 2002}) 14. Rad1 {Threatening e4.} Rfd8 15. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} Nf6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Kxg2 Bf8 20. Nf3 (20. Rc1 $15) 20... Rc2 $17 21. Rb1 Qd5 (21... Qa8 $17 22. a4 Ne4) 22. Qxd5 $11 Nxd5 23. Kf1 Nb4 24. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rc8 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} a6 28. e4 Nc3 29. f3 Bc5 30. Nc6 $1 b5 {[#]} (30... a5 $14) 31. Ke1 $1 $16 f5 {[#]} 32. b4 $2 ({White should play} 32. Bb2 $1 $18) 32... Bd6 33. Bb2 Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 34. Bd4 fxe4 {The position is equal.} 35. fxe4 Kf7 36. Kd2 g6 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Na5 e5 39. Ba7 Kd7 40. Kd2 Bc7 41. Nb3 Nb2 42. Bf2 Nc4+ 43. Kc3 $1 Kc6 44. Nd2 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,44,15,2,37,33,36,30,29,26,26,7,38,34,43,0,26,25,58,54,52,52,50,-5,-5,-5,-6,-6,-6,-5,0,-3,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 72 Games. B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} c4 (8... O-O 9. d4 Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e6 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nd2 c4 16. Qc2 f5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 {0-1 (34) Akopian,V (2675)-Bok,B (2598) Doha 2016}) 9. Na3 Rc8 10. b3 {White is slightly better.} cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. d3 a6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. c4 {½-½ (15) Shabanov,Y (2427)-Dvoirys,S (2551) Moscow 2006}) 12... Qb6 13. d4 e5 14. Bb2 d5 15. exd5 exd4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Bxd4 {Hoping for Nbd2.} Qxb3 18. Bxc5 (18. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 19. Qxb3 (19. Rxa7 Qxc4 20. Na3 Qd3 $11) 19... Nxb3 20. Rxa7) 18... Qxd1 $11 {The position is equal.} 19. Rxd1 Rxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxc4 21. Rxb7 Nxd5 22. g3 Rc7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,9,0,63,63,98,100,97,91,160,59,96,98,664,653,687,680,793,778,935,756,933,918,1237,1195,1437,1314,1437,1276]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 (11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 {½-½ (17) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 12. Nd5 Nd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nxf6+ (13. Nxe7+ {with more complications.} Qxe7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 c5 17. c3) 13... Bxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a4 Qd7 17. Bd2 {½-½ (43) Andreikin,D (2737)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650) Tallinn 2016}) 16... e5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a5 ({Black should play} 18... Qe7 $11) 19. Qh5 $14 c6 {[#]} 20. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} axb4 21. axb5 Be7 (21... Rxa1 $142 22. Rxa1 Be7) 22. Bg3 ({White should try} 22. Rxa8 $16 Qxa8 23. b6) 22... Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... cxb5 $16 24. Qxb5 Qc7) 24. Qg4 {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 25. Qd7 Bg5 26. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6f8] [#]} Rc8 27. bxc6 h6 28. c7 Qb7 29. h4 Be3+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Qa6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,64,29,30,28,16,51,20,28,0,13,-11,0,-15,-9,-17,-8,-10,-16,-38,-12,-12,-8,-16,-17,-24,-25,-22,-9,-20,-31,-272,-283,-503,-504,-477,-484,-483,-483,-444,-468,-597,-578,-599,-584,-583,-561,-713,-714,-639,-475,-29985,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 (4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Nc5 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nxa3 {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nc3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} f5 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 a6 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. g3 Bd7 {0-1 (38) Iturbide Arnedo,O (2113)-Lalith,B (2529) Leiden 2012}) 9... h5 10. h4 Nf6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Bd7 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. b3 Ne4 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. f3 Nf6 {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 20. Kf2 Qb6 21. Nd2 {[#]} f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black is more active.} 22. e4 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 22. Nf1 $15) (22. Nxf4 Bxf4) 22... Be5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 23. exd5 $2 (23. Kf1 Bxd4 24. Nxf4) 23... Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Nxd5 25. Nc4 Ne3+ 26. Nxe3 Bxe3 ({Not} 26... fxe3 27. Be4 $11) 27. Rc4 Rac8 28. g3 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Bc6 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Qe3 32. Rh3 (32. Qe2 $19 Qxf4 33. Qf2) 32... Rg8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,17,18,22,20,30,20,30,31,43,43,43,43,58,28,41,41,42,12,27,-6,37,0,28,33,38,36,48,38,47,37,52,31,33,25,43,9,57,28,23,22,27,29,32,25,42,25,23,6,8,-8,-20,-17,-30,-41,10,-32,-31,-29,0,-4,-9,-130,-65,-89,-102,-137,-141,-223,-213,-252,-215,-285,-285,-408,-345,-1503,-1437,-29978,-29979,-29963,-12778]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Ne5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O a6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 b5 {1-0 (32) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Laznicka,V (2654) Germany 2018}) 6... a6 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} g6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg7 {Black wants to play ...Nxe5.} 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qd4 Bxf3 15. Qxc5 Bg4 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bg5 {0-1 (60) Fegan,C (2128)-Schulz,M (2243) Mallorca 2004}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Bh4 b5 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 Qb7 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 (22. Nc2 {feels hotter.} Qb8 23. f4 Bh6 24. g3 Nc5 25. Ne3) 22... Bxe6 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. b4 Ra8 25. Bc5 axb4 26. Bxb4 Rab8 27. Qd4 Red8 28. Qh4 Rd7 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Qg3 Bf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} 31. Re3 Bc2 32. Qe1 e6 33. h4 Bf8 (33... h5 $15) 34. Qf2 Bb3 35. h5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5 37. Qh4 (37. hxg6 $11 {remains equal.} fxg6 38. Rb4) 37... Qxa3 ({Better is} 37... Bc4 $17 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. hxg6 fxg6) 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kh2 Qc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 40. Re1 (40. Qe1 $17 Qxe1 41. Rxe1) 40... Qxc3 $19 41. Rd3 Qc2 42. Qf6 Re8 43. Ra1 (43. Qg5 {only move.}) 43... Bc4 44. Ra6 $2 {[#]} (44. Rda3 Rf7 45. Qh4) 44... Rf7 45. Rxe6 Rxf6 46. Rxe8+ Rf8 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,162,18,22,-15,13,7,24,0,20,8,7,0,0,-17,-7,-10,0,0,0,-8,33,33,43,30,46,47,56,48,61,62,61,62,53,22,44,36,24,0,18,22,22,4,24,8,13,0,9,-13,5,14,6,-1,-2,-16,0,-43,-47,-44,-53,-73,-79,-113,-113,-122,-125,-122,-128,-355,-341,-455,-456,-469,-437,-433,-427,-437,-363,-359,-312,-272,-227,-385,-356,-284,-277,-652,-637,-720,-681,-1381,-1043,-5585,-2352,-1951,-1649,-12836,-12836,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29971,-12851,-29979,-12851,-29982,-12851,-29985,-12851,-29986,-12851,-29987,-12851,-29992,-12851,-29991,-12851,-29990,-12851,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. c4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bb7 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 7. a3 (7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rfd1 {½-½ (63) Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Stavanger 2017}) 7... e6 8. b4 {The position is equal.} c5 9. Bb2 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne7 13. Rb1 {0-1 (59) Natacheev,P (2243)-Iljin,A (2528) Sochi 2018}) 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ba8 15. Bc3 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. Bd4 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Ra1 Ne8 23. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Rc7 24. Nd3 (24. e4 {feels hotter.} Ba8 25. f3 f5 26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Qe5) 24... Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Ndb3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nfd5 29. b5 Kf8 30. Bf1 Ke7 31. Rd2 Nc3 32. f3 Bd5 33. e4 Bxb3 34. Nxb3 Nc4 35. Rd4 {[#]} Na3 $1 36. Rb4 Nc2 37. b6 Nxb4 38. bxc7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd7 39. e5 $2 (39. Kf2 $17) 39... Kxc7 $19 40. f4 Kb6 41. Nd2 Nbd5 42. Nc4+ Kc5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Kg2 Kd4 45. Kf3 g5 46. h4 $2 (46. Be2) 46... gxf4 47. gxf4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Nxa5 $2 (48. Be2) 48... Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Nxf1 50. Kxf1 {KN-KN} Ke4 51. Nb7 Kxf4 52. Nd8 Kxe5 53. Nxf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Ne3+ 55. Kf2 Nf5 56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Ng5 h6 58. Nf3+ Kf4 59. h5 Kg4 60. Ne5+ Kxh5 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Nf7+ Kf6 63. Nd8 e5 64. Kg4 Ng7 65. Nb7 h5+ 66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Nd6+ Ke6 68. Ne4 Kd5 69. Nf6+ Kd4 70. Ne4 Ne8 71. Ng3 Nf6 72. Ke2 e4 73. Kd2 Ke5 74. Ke3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 75. Nf1 Ng4+ (75... h3 $19 76. Ke2 Kf4) 76. Ke2 Kf4 (76... h3 $19 77. Ng3 h2) 77. Nd2 h3 78. Kf1 e3 79. Nb3 Kg3 (79... e2+ $19 80. Kxe2 h2) 80. Nd4 h2 81. Ne2+ Kf3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,52,-6,-13,-18,-20,-32,-19,-15,0,-10,4,4,2,2,4,6,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,-33,-14,-16,0,-11,-12,-15,0,-19,-19,-25,-4,-4,-4]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. e3 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Qh5 Bf6 {1-0 (62) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Wang,Y (2718) Huaian 2016}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Bd6 14. h3 Bf5 {0-1 (44) Olsson,B (2115)-Jepson,C (2417) Tylosand 2015}) 11... Ba5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Bd4 Bxd1 20. Bxf6 Bb3 21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,117,6,2,12,12,5,5,5,5,5,10,14,5,8,10,10,10,10,10,12,-11,-13,-10,-8,-12,7,8,7,0,0,0,0,-14,10,14,20,15,33,8,12,10,18,15,14,20,49,44,91,91,91,93,187,187,196,184,194,165,140,0,188,131,198,222,258,258,254,264,279,264,408,350,339,339,318,291,1900,1721,29973,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29981,29982,29977,29975,29976,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29985]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 {A37: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} (7. h3 Qd7 8. Kh2 Nf6 9. d3 h6 10. e4 Be6 11. Be3 g5 12. Ng1 g4 13. h4 O-O 14. Nge2 Qd8 {0-1 (55) Caruana,F (2822)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 7... Qd7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} O-O 10. Bc3 Nxd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... e5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Re1 Rab8 14. Nf1 Bg5 {0-1 (49) Mirzoev,A (2558)-Benidze,D (2469) Malatya 2015}) 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. f4 Rac8 22. f5 c4 23. d4 Qc7 24. a4 b4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rb3 27. a5 Qb7 28. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Qb4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rc1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd3 32. Rxd3 cxd3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KT-KT} 33. Kf2 {Ke3 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rb8 (33... d2 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.} 34. Rd1 Rb8) 34. Ke3 $18 Rxb2 35. Kxd3 Rb3+ 36. Kc4 Rb2 37. Kd3 Rb3+ $1 38. Kd2 (38. Rc3 $18 Rxc3+ 39. Kxc3) 38... Rb2+ {[#]} (38... Rb5 $16) 39. Ke3 $1 Rxh2 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. Rxa7 Ra2 42. a6 f6 (42... Ra3+ {war nötig.} 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7) 43. g4 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Ra8 f5 $2 (45... Kg7 46. a7 Kf7) 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. exf5 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Ra5 48. a7 Kg7 49. Kc3 Ra1 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb5 Rb1+ 53. Kc6 Ra1 54. Kc7 Ra2 55. Kd8 Kf7 56. Kd7 Ra1 {[#]} 57. f6 $1 exf6 58. Kxd6 Kg7 59. Ke6 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,-10,0,-8,-5,-20,-24,-22,-19,-8,-9,-18,-19,-10,-20,-12,-17,-17,-21,-40,-22,-28,-29,-36,-22,-24,-18,-27,-13,-25,-18,-23,-20,-31,-6,-9,-10,-11,-8,-5,-8,-11,-16,-19,0,-14,25,-10,-10,-12,-8,-15,0,-6,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Ne4 Be7 {LiveBook: 12 Games. C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4e5,Be5c3][%mdl 32]} Nd4 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be5 Qd5 15. Bc3 $1 f5 16. Nd2 $1 Bf6 $146 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 g6 21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. a4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd8 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Ke4 g5 31. a5 Re8+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kf3 $1 Re3+ 33. Kf2 $1 h5 ({Don't play} 33... bxa5 34. Rb5 $14) 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. c3 g4 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rf8+ Kg5 41. Rg8+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,0,10,0,0,0,9,0,4,22,39,0,48,60,82,-7,98,114,107,111,140,110,98,-243,-235,-235,-240,-631,-414,-412,-252,-237,-240,-385,-370,-883,-384,-387,-376,-597,-240,-794,-775,-729,-353,-329,-164]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} 11. Rac1 (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rc2 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 d4 17. e4 Bf8 18. Qf1 {½-½ (31) Markowski,T (2566)-Vorobiov,E (2581) Czech Republic 2016}) 11... Rac8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. c4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bb1 Rcd8 17. Qd3 Qf4 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. Rcd1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 {½-½ (44) Reefschlaeger,H (2328)-Braun,C (2203) Bad Wiessee 2001}) 16... Na5 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4.} 17. Neg5 {aiming for Ne5.} Qf4 18. Nxe6 (18. h3 $16) 18... fxe6 (18... Qh6 $1 $11 19. Neg5 Bd6) 19. Qxe6+ $16 Kh8 20. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Qh3 is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} Bf8 21. Qh3 $1 Kg8 22. Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bf5 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} h6 23. g3) 22... Ne4 $19 23. f3 {[#]} Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 24. Qh5 $2 (24. Qg3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxg3 26. hxg3) 24... Re3 25. Ne5 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxd3 Qf5 27. d5 (27. Qg4 {might work better.} Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxd3 29. d5) 27... Nxc4 ({Weaker is} 27... Qxd3 28. Qxg5 Nxc4 29. Bc3 $17) 28. Ba1 $2 (28. Bc3 Bxd5 29. Qg4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxd3 31. Bb4 Bxf3 32. Rc3 Bxg4 33. Rxd3) 28... Bxd5 (28... Nd2 $142 29. Kh1 Ndxf3) 29. Kh1 Rc6 {White must now prevent ...Rh6.} 30. Nf2 (30. Qg4 {was necessary.} Qxg4 31. fxg4) 30... Qg6 (30... Rh6 $142 31. Qg4 {[#]} Nxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Qg4 $2 {[#]} (31. Qxg6 Rxg6 32. Re8) 31... Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxc6 (32. Rxe3 Rxc1+) 32... Nxg4 (32... Bxc6 $142 33. Qg3 Bd6) 33. Rxg6 Nxf2+ {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,111,14,14,10,46,39,43,34,51,49,41,40,45,40,41,35,55,51,54,19,10,22,22,0,0,0,0,-76,-73,-98,-71,-115,-116,-117,-110,-206,-163,-138,-94,-105,-91,-125,0,-11,7,0,0,-130,0,0,0,-145,-154,-164,0,0,0,-75,0,-52,0,0,0,-47,0,0,0,0,0,-55,-54,-56,0,-37,-10,-18,0,-175,-37,-166,-134,-152,0,-90,0,-9,0,-9,0,-110,-102,-158,0,-147,0,0,0,0,0,-128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (8. a3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 f5 15. Bd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 {½-½ (78) Balogh,C (2635)-Shyam,S (2526) Biel 2016}) 8... h6 9. h5 g5 10. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nh2 Nd4 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nec6 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (23) Lendwai,R (2383)-Sandhoefner,F (2251) Austria 2016}) 10... Bg7 11. g4 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Be5 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. a3 {[#]} (20. Kf1 $11) 20... a5 $1 $17 21. a4 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 22. b3 Rb6 23. Qc2 Rb4 24. Ke2 (24. O-O $17) 24... Ra8 25. Ra3 Ra6 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qd1 Qf6 (27... b5 $17) 28. Rc4 $1 $11 Rab6 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Ra1 (30. Kd2 $11) 30... Bf4 (30... Qd8 $17) 31. Qc2 Qe5 32. Kf1 {[#]} (32. Qa2 $1 $11) 32... Qe8 $1 $17 33. Ke2 Qe5 $2 (33... b5 $19) 34. Kf1 Qe8 35. Re1 (35. Ke2 $1 $11) 35... Qe5 (35... Be5 $17) 36. Kg2 (36. Ra1 $1 $11) 36... Rb6 (36... Qh8 $15) 37. Re2 Rb4 38. Qa2 Rb6 39. Rc2 Qe8 40. Re2 Be5 41. Re1 ({White should play} 41. Rc2 $11) 41... Rb4 $1 $15 42. Ra1 Qd8 (42... Qb8 $15) 43. Qc2 Qb6 44. Rb1 Qd8 45. Qd1 $2 (45. Ra1 $11) 45... Qe8 ({Black should try} 45... b5 $19 46. axb5 Qb6) 46. Ra1 ({Better is} 46. Qc2 $15) 46... Qd7 47. Qc2 Qe8 $2 (47... b5 $17) 48. Re1 (48. Qa2 $11) 48... Qd8 (48... b5 $17) 49. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qb6 50. Ra3 Qd8 51. Kf1 (51. Ra1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51... Qe8 $17 52. Ke2 (52. Qd1 $142) 52... Bf4 $2 (52... b5 $17) 53. Kd1 (53. Ra1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 53... Be5 (53... b5 $17) 54. Kc1 {The position is equal.} Qd8 55. Kd1 (55. Kb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 55... Qe8 56. Ke2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,120,20,0,19,6,11,18,19,22,47,20,58,39,29,22,29,35,25,37,26,47,59,75,57,55,69,47,68,69,69,63,58,58,67,48,48,48,66,35,62,58,74,52,52,62,62,47,65,65,71,15,65,65,114,122,151,149,183,175,174,147,120,0,152,125,132,115,120,133,133,72,166,93,64,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,15,15,14,14,10,8,20,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} (7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bd2 Rae8 {1-0 (26) Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 7... h6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 {LiveBook: 44 Partien} d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. b4 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Ba7 14. a3 Bf5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 {0-1 (51) Lagarde,M (2594)-Matlakov,M (2701) Caleta 2017}) 14. a4 b5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. axb5 (16. Ne4 {feels hotter.} Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. Be3) 16... axb5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Red1 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. Ra3 f6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 h5 28. h4 Ke8 29. f3 Bf7 30. Kd1 (30. Ra6 {looks sharper.} Nd8 31. g3 Be6 32. f4 Bc8 33. Ra5) 30... Nd8 31. Nb3 (31. Ra6 {keeps more tension.} Kd7 32. Kc2 Nc6 33. Kb2 Be6 34. g3) 31... Bxb3+ 32. Rxb3 Ne6 33. Kc2 Rb7 34. Bf1 Ke7 35. g3 (35. Ra3 $16) 35... g6 36. Bh3 c6 37. Ra3 Nc7 38. Kb3 Ke8 39. Ra1 {Schwarz muss nun Td1 beachten.} Ke7 40. Ba7 Ne6 41. Be3 Nc7 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Nf4 (45... Rc7 $16) 46. Bc8 (46. Bg4 $18) 46... Rc7 $16 47. Ra8 (47. Ba6 $14) 47... c5 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 48. Ba6 cxb4 49. cxb4 Rc4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 $1 51. Bd2 Rxe4 52. Bxb5 Ne6 53. Bc4 Nd4+ 54. Kb2 Nc6 55. Bd5 Rd4 56. Bxc6 Rxd2+ 57. Kc3 Rd4 58. b5 Bb4+ 59. Kb3 {Droht b6 und aus.} Bc5 60. Rd7 Rxd7 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,74,17,14,14,23,17,12,25,19,17,16,17,15,20,20,20,7,30,10,4,-9,-10,-15,-13,-14,-5,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} (9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Be3 {½-½ (70) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 9... Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 {LiveBook: 92 Partien} d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...Le6 beachten.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {[#]} 17. Bd2 $146 Nf6 {Droht ...Sg4 und aus.} 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ng4 20. Bh3 h5 21. Bf4 Bb6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qe2 Rce8 24. Qd2 Bd4 25. c3 Bf6 26. Bg5 Be5 (26... Kh7 {is more complex.} 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Kg7) 27. Re2 Bd6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. Be7 Bxe7 33. Qxe7 Qxd3 34. Qxb7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ {Precision: Weiß = 69%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,15,2,13,17,22,20,36,27,45,25,25,49,73,61,62,45,41,43,59,44,74,47,61,60,58,57,67,61,70,75,72,62,64,72,61,17,31,14,163,178,193,200,185,194,283,282,277,265,267,270,393,396,580,572,595,577,577,546,705,705,689]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} (9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Be6 12. a3 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Qc1 Bd5 15. Re1 {½-½ (42) David,A (2563)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2705) Brest 2018}) 9... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. e4 c6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Be6 {1-0 (25) Lagarde,M (2452)-Crouan,S (2227) Sautron 2011}) 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. b5 Nb8 16. a4 c6 17. Qb2 {Ng3 is the strong threat.} Qc7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ng3 (19. b6 $5 Qe7 20. Bxa5 $16) 19... Bg4 20. b6 Qe7 21. Bxa5 Nd7 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ra8 24. Be1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 25. Qxa3 Bxa3 26. Bxd5 (26. Rc2 {keeps more tension.} Rxa4 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rc7 Nxb6 29. Rxb7 Nc8 30. Ra1) 26... Bxc1 ({Much worse is} 26... cxd5 $6 27. Rc7 $16) 27. Bc4 Bxe3 (27... Ba3 $11 28. a5 g6) 28. fxe3 $18 {Strongly threatening a5.} Nxb6 {[#]} 29. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nxc4 30. dxc4 Red8 (30... Re7 $142 31. Rb1 h6) 31. Rb1 Rd3 32. Kf2 ({Much less strong is} 32. Rxb7 $6 Rxe3 33. Kf2 Ra3 $16) 32... Rd7 33. Ne4 Ra7 (33... c5 {was called for.} 34. Nxc5 Rc7) 34. Nc5 Re7 {[#]} (34... Rc7 $142 35. a6 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5) 35. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} b5 (35... bxa6 36. Rb8+) 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Rxb5 {White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} Ra8 38. Rb7 Ree8 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,27,8,16,14,12,19,12,9]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 d6 9. exd6 O-O 10. O-O Qxd6 11. Re1 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Be3 (12. h3 Bd7 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. a3 Qd5 16. b4 Bd6 17. c4 dxc3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxc3 {½-½ (29) So,W (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12... Bg4 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h3 {Predecessor:} Bh5 $146 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. c3 Rad8 17. Rc1 Re4 18. Nd2 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 d4 21. Nb3 Qg5 22. Rd1 dxc3 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. bxc3 Qd5 25. Qd2 {½-½ (25) Mirabile,T (2262)-Karell,L (2123) Philadelphia 2002} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,70,10,6,4,24,24,31,31,31,33,53,14,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,0,15,0,15,7,7,0,0,0,6,6,12,7,5,6,8,6,8,8,8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 {Ribli,Z} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 {A38: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Rxc5 (15. Qb3 b6 16. Rc4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qc3 {½-½ (21) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Sutovsky,E (2646) Minsk 2017}) 15... b6 16. Rc2 Qxa2 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] [#]} Qa4 $146 (17... Qd5 {is interesting.} 18. Rc4 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Qc2 b5) ({Vorgänger:} 17... Qd5 18. Rc4 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Qb3 Qa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Bxb6 Rxe2 {½-½ (22) Gausel,E (2445)-Hellers,F (2510) Oslo 1992 CBM 030 [Ribli,Z]}) 18. Rc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfc8 20. b5 Be5 21. Rd2 Rxc4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Rc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 {KL-KL} 25. Kg2 f5 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Kf3 Bd6 28. h3 e6 29. e4 Ke7 30. g4 fxg4+ 31. hxg4 h5 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Be3 e5 34. Kg3 {Droht gxh5.} Be7 35. f3 h4+ {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,243,32,0,14,-12,-22,-15,-10,-38,-35,-35,-35,-36,-36,-38,-36,-32,-26,-23,-16,-23,-16,-19,-10,-16,-14,-15,-10,-26,-25,-31,-18,-52,-52,-56,-53,-50,-42,-54,-54,-56,-56,-72,-69,-79,-79,-91,-95,-135,-141,-162,-158,-172,-159,-171,-160,-193,-195,-327,-327,-304,-324,-320,-321,-380,-393,-437,-416,-431,-430,-467,-439,-372,-431,-413,-356,-350,-358,-358,-212,-306,-157,-162,-130,-148,-149,-235,-216,-256,-244,-162,-46,-67,-49,-206,-12,-13,-12,-17,-12,-21,-12,-13,-15,-16,0,-39,-74,-225,-47,-206,-200,-199,-191,-193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,4,4,12827,12829,12829,12829,12830,12829,1943,130,131,131,123,74,98,53,53,23,23,0,52,0,29,29,122,21,102,68,68,14,14,14,19,19,37,0,6,0,131,131,183,183,453,440,620,608,493,427,510,194,438,345,346,254,441,403,356,183,1406,862,12837,12838,12842,12842,12842,12841,12841,12841,12841,12842,12843,12843,12845,12845,12845,12840,12844,0,0,0,12844,0,12845,12846,12847,12847,12848,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Bb1 Qd8 {1-0 (40) Matlakov,M (2707)-Nabaty,T (2690) Batumi 2018}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c6 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (69) Teplyi,I (2412)-Hansen,S (2580) Denmark 2017}) 11... Bxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8 15. g3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Qd3 Re7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 20. Rc2 Qb4 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Kf8 27. h5 Ne4 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Kf1 Re8 30. a4 a5 31. Nc1 Ne6 32. Ne2 Ra8 33. Bg4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 34. Bf3 Ra6 $1 35. Rc3 Rb6 36. Ke1 Rb4 37. Rd3 b5 38. Rc3 (38. axb5 $142 Nxb5 39. Kd2) 38... bxa4 $19 39. bxa4 Nc4 ({Inferior is} 39... Rxa4 40. Rxc6 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 $11) 40. Rc1 Rxa4 41. Nc3 Ra3 42. Be2 Nd6 43. Bd1 Nxd4 44. Ne2 N6b5 45. Nxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 46. Rb1 Nb5 47. Be2 Nd6 48. Rb6 Rc3 (48... Ra1+ $142 49. Bd1 Ne4 50. Rxc6 d4) 49. Ra6 (49. f3 $142) 49... Rc5 (49... Ne4 $1 $19 50. Kf1 d4 51. Rxa5 c5 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kd6) 50. f3 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. h6 (52. Bd3 $17) 52... gxh6 53. Bd3 Rc3 54. Kd2 Ra3 (54... d4 $1 $19 55. Rxa5 c5) 55. Ra6 $15 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 $2 (56. Kc3 $15) 56... Rg2 $2 (56... Ke7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ra3.} 57. Rxc6 a4 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 a3) 57. Rxc6 $11 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 Nf7 60. Bb5 Rxg3 61. Be8 Nd6 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Bc6 $2 (63. Kg2 $17 Rh4 64. Kg3) 63... d4 $2 (63... Nc4 $1 $19 64. Bd7+ Kf6) 64. Kg2 $2 (64. Ke2 $15) 64... Rh4 $1 $19 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Ra1 $2 (66... Rc1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc1c6]} 67. Rxh6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf8) 67. Rxh6+ $11 Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...d3.} 69. Rd7 Nc4 70. Rxd4 Rc1 71. Bb5 Nb6 72. Rd6 Nc4 73. Ra6 Ke7 74. Kf2 Rc2+ 75. Kg3 Ne3 76. Rxa5 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} Rg2+ 77. Kh4 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Rg1 78. Ra6 Kf7 79. Ra3 Ng2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79... Nc2 $11 80. Rd3 Ne1) 80. Kg3 $18 Ne1+ 81. Kf2 Rh1 82. Bc4+ Kf6 {[#]} 83. Ra6+ $2 (83. Rc3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nc2 84. Kg2) 83... Kg7 $16 84. Ra7+ Kf6 85. Rf7+ Kg6 86. Rc7 {And now Bf1 would win.} Nc2 $1 87. Rc6+ Kg7 88. Rc7+ Kf6 ({Black should play} 88... Kg6 $1 $11) 89. Rc6+ Kg7 $1 90. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Rd7+.} Nb4 (90... Na3 $11 91. Bd3 Rh2+ 92. Kg3 Rd2 93. Rd7+ Kf6 94. Bxf5 Rxd7 95. Bxd7 Nc4) 91. Be6 (91. Rb6 $16 Nc2 92. Bd3) 91... Kf6 (91... Rh6 $11) 92. Bc8+ Ke7 93. Rd7+ ({Better is} 93. Rd4 $14 Nc2 94. Rd5) 93... Kf6 $11 94. Rd4 Rb1 95. Rd6+ Ke7 96. Rh6 Nd3+ 97. Ke3 Nc5 (97... Rb3 $11 {remains equal.}) 98. Bxf5 $16 Rb3+ (98... Re1+ $16 {might work better.} 99. Kd4 Nb3+ 100. Kd3 Rd1+ 101. Ke3 Rc1) 99. Kf2 $18 Kf7 $2 (99... Rb4 {was worth a try.} 100. Kg3 Rd4) 100. Kg3 Rb2 (100... Ke8 $142 101. Rh7 Rb7) 101. Rc6 Rb5 102. Kg4 Ra5 103. Rb6 $2 (103. Be4 Ke7 104. f5) 103... Na4 $2 (103... Ra6 {is a better defense.} 104. Rxa6 Nxa6) 104. Rb7+ Kf6 105. Rb8 Nc3 $2 (105... Nc5 106. Rb6+ Ke7) 106. Rb6+ Ke7 107. Be4 (107. Kg5 $142) 107... Ra1 $2 (107... Nd5 108. Rb7+ Kf6) 108. f5 Rg1+ 109. Kf4 Kf7 110. Ke5 Ra1 111. Rb7+ Kf8 112. Rc7 Ra5+ 113. Kf6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra6+ 114. Kg5 Ne2 115. f6 Ra5+ 116. Kg4 {Intending Bg6 and mate.} Ra6 {[#]} 117. Kf5 $2 (117. Bd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3a6]} Rxf6 118. Bxe2) 117... Ra5+ $11 118. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (118. Ke6 $11 Nd4+ 119. Kd7) 118... Ra6 $1 $18 119. Kg5 Ra5+ 120. Kh6 {White is clearly winning.} Nf4 121. Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra8 122. Rh7 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,46,21,27,0,0,0,37,31,37,37,15,14,12,10,13,18,27,9,43,42,37,42,50,28,27,27,24,26,24,16,16,16,20,16,35,20,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 {[#] LiveBook: 20 Games. aiming for ...Bxf2+!} 7. Qb3 $146 (7. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qd7 8. b4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 {0-1 (53) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Qxb3 9. axb3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bf4 Bb6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Rfd8 (14... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 $14) 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. b4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rd2 19. Bxb6 Rxb2 20. h3 Ra2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Rd1 Bc4 23. Rd7 Re8 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,14,0,28,22,44,40,98,95,101,0,0,0,119,114,133,139,129,144,123,103,198,192,248,170,176,175,186,174,256,185,325,293,402,189,301,300,334,244,531,548,487,301,275,264,359,330,316,328,362,361,356,356,332,296,401,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,401,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Ne4 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bb5 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd4 18. exd4 {½-½ (27) Rapport,R (2698)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Nbd7 8. b4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 9. Nd4 {White has an edge.} h6 10. Bh4 Ne4 $146 (10... axb4 $14 11. cxb4 Ne5) ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. Nb5 g5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Nd6 Qe6 14. Be2 b6 {0-1 (32) Sergeev,V (2325)-Odeev,H (2315) Moscow 1991}) 11. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 {[#]} 12. Be2 ({White should play} 12. Bg3 $1 $16) 12... Ne5 $11 13. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd3 {[#]} (13... axb4 $11 {remains equal.} 14. cxb4 Nd3) 14. a3 $1 $16 ({Much worse is} 14. Bxd3 $6 exd3 15. f4 (15. Qxd3 g5 $15) 15... Bf5 $11) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 g5 17. Bg3 f5 (17... e5 $16) 18. f3 f4 (18... Qd5 $142 19. Qb1 Qc4) 19. fxe4 fxg3 20. Bxd3 gxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qc7+ (21... Bf6 $142 22. Kg1 Kg7) 22. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Qa2+.} Qg3 (22... Bf6 $142 23. Qe1 Kg7) 23. Qa2+ $18 e6 24. Rxf8+ (24. Nf5 $142 Rxf5 25. exf5 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2 Qxd3 27. fxe6) 24... Bxf8 (24... Kxf8 $142 25. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 h5) 25. Qf2 Qe5 26. Be2 Kg7 $2 (26... Qxe4 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. Bxf3 (28. Nxf3 Kf7 $16) 28... Kf7) 27. Bh5 {Intending Qf7+ and mate.} Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 29. Bg4 Ke5 30. Kf2 Be7 31. Ke2 Kxe4 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6 {KB-KN} h5 34. Nd4 h4 {Now ...g4 and Black clings on.} 35. c6 $2 (35. Nb5 $18) 35... bxc6 $11 36. Nxc6 Bd6 37. Nd4 g4 38. Nb3 Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... h3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 39. Nd2+ Kf5 40. gxh3 gxh3) 39. Nd2+ $2 (39. c4 $18) 39... Kf5 $1 {The position is equal.} 40. b5 {c4 is the strong threat.} Bxc3 41. Nc4 {aiming for b6.} Bf6 42. b6 Bd8 $1 43. b7 Bc7 44. Nd2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. e4+ Kc6 47. Kd4 h3 48. gxh3 gxh3 49. Nf3 Kxb7 50. e5 h2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,116,10,11,8,16,12,12,8,16,17,16,14,14,15,15,15,4,5,12,6,8,0,0,-41,-43,-43,-15,-15,-27,-41,-18,-18,-18,-22,-14,0,0,0,0,-56,-54,-73,-54,-63,-62,-109,-59,-55,-43,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-74,-64,-141,-141,-141,-141,-132,-123,-130,-118,-139,-149,-391,-393,-408,-408,-372,-363,-321,-150,-1007,-826,-1031,-975,-992,-504,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} (8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (25) Kramnik,V (2800)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 8... a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. g4 $146 Bg6 {Und weiter mit ...Lxe4 wäre nett.} 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 a4 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21. Rad1 Nc4 22. Re2 Re8 23. Bc1 Kf8 24. f4 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 {Droht stark f5.} f6 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rd4 Bf7 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Re4+ Kf8 30. f5 (30. Rd4 $1 $11) 30... Rd8 $15 31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Re2 Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} (33... Nxe5 {with more complications.} 34. Ke2 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Bf1 36. h4 Nxg4 37. Bf4 Ne5) 34. Nc2 Be8 35. Ne3 Bxb5 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 $17 {KL-KL} 37. Bg5 {[#]} Ke8 $1 38. Bh4 Kd7 39. f6 (39. Bg5 $15) 39... gxf6 40. Bxf6 Ke6 41. Bd8 c6 42. h4 Bb3 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. g5 $2 {[#]} (44. Kd3 $17 {kämpft weiter.}) 44... Kd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 45. Bf6 Bh5 46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47. Ke3 Kc4 (47... b5 $19 {und Schwarz behält klar die Oberhand.} 48. Kd2 e4) 48. Bxe5 $2 (48. Kd2 $17) 48... Kb3 49. c4 Kxc4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. Kc1 (51. Bd4 $19 c5 52. Bxc5) 51... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] Schwarz setzt Matt.} 52. Bd6 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 53. Be7 c4 54. Bf6 b5 55. Kd2 b4 56. Be7 c3+ 57. bxc3 bxc3+ 58. Kc1 a3 {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,96,5,10,10,10,9,9,6,23,23,23,23,31,23,29,23,23,23,23,21,21,17,17,18,18,18,18,16,32,16,16,16,11,14,18,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-55,-80,-68,-196,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 110 Games} 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 {[#] Hoping for ...axb4.} 16. b5 $146 cxb5 $1 {[#]} 17. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 {White wants to play Ne5.} Re6 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 23. Qc4 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} cxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxa5 d3 {Threatening ...d2.} 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rb5 Rc2 28. Rb4 Nc5 29. Rd4 (29. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Rc3 30. a4 Ra3 31. Nd2 Ra2 32. Kf3) 29... Rxd4 $1 30. Nxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra2 31. Nb5 Kg6 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf3 Ne4 34. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. g4 ({White should try} 36. a4 $11) 36... Rh3+ $15 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 {KN-KN} Nc5+ $1 39. Kd4 {[#]} Nb3+ $1 40. Kc3 (40. Ke3 $1 $15) 40... Na5 $2 (40... fxg4 $19 41. Kxb3 h5) 41. gxf5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kxf5 42. Nd4+ $1 Kg4 43. Kd3 h5 44. f5 h4 {aiming for ...h3.} 45. Ke2 Nc4 46. a4 Kg3 {Strongly threatening ...h3.} 47. Kf1 h3 {...h2 is the strong threat.} 48. Kg1 Kf4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,131,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-31,-33,-35,-46,-46,-46,-46,-48,-38,-54,-49,-87,-14,-14,-10,-16,-8,-7,-9,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-146,-125,-119,-131,-108,-81,-82,115,126,144,0,2,0,0,-16,-22,-833,-768,-551,-324,-283,0,0,0,0,0,-327,-327,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29975,-5089,0,0,29988,29989,29991,29992,29993,29993,29993,29993,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 Qf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c3 Bf4 16. g3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 {0-1 (37) Duda,J (2534)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. Rhf1 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Kb1 O-O 23. Rf5 Rab8 (23... Rad8 $17 24. Rc1 Rd4 25. Rfxc5 Rxe4) 24. Rxc5 $11 Rb4 25. Qc2 $1 Rfb8 26. b3 Rxe4 27. Rxc6 Qe8 28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qc5 Qe4+ 32. Rc2 a6 33. Kb2 Rd8 34. g3 g6 35. Qc3 Qe6 36. Qc6 Qe5+ 37. Qc3 Rd4 38. a4 h5 39. Ka2 Qd5 40. Ka3 Rd3 41. Qc4 Qd6+ 42. Ka2 Kg7 43. Qc6 (43. Rf2 $11) 43... Qxc6 $1 $17 44. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd2+ $1 45. Ka3 Rxh2 46. Rxa6 h4 $2 (46... Rh3 $17 {keeps the pressure on.}) 47. gxh4 $16 Rxh4 {[#]} 48. a5 (48. Rd6 $1 $16) 48... g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 49. Rb6 g4 {White must now prevent ...g3.} 50. Rb4 {aiming for a6.} f5 {Threatens to win with ...g3.} 51. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rf4 $11 Kf6 52. Rf1) 51... Rh8 $19 52. Rf4 Kf6 53. b4 {[#]} Kg5 $2 ({Black should try} 53... Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f4]} 54. Rf1 f4) 54. Rf1 $1 $11 {Hoping for b5.} g3 (54... f4 $5 55. b5 $8 g3 $15) 55. b5 Ra8 56. Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Ra1 $11 {and White is okay.} f4 57. Kb2) 56... f4 $19 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 57. Ka5 $2 (57. Rg1 $19 Kg4 58. Ra1) 57... g2 58. Rg1 f3 59. b6 Kf4 $2 ({Black should play} 59... Kf5 $19 {And now ...f2 would win.} 60. b7 Re8) 60. b7 $11 Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... f2 $11 61. bxa8=Q fxg1=Q 62. Qf8+ Ke4 63. Qe7+ Kf5 64. Qf7+ Kg5 65. Qg7+ Kh4 66. Qe7+ Kh5 67. Qe8+ Kg5 68. Qe5+ Kg6) 61. a7 {White mates.} Ke3 62. b8=Q Rh5+ 63. Ka4 Rh4+ 64. Ka3 f2 65. Qg3+ Ke2 66. Rxg2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,103,20,10,25,0,11,18,7,21,12,14,4,23,38,34,34,34,58,58,46,39,37,35,28,10,17,16,14,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-5,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-839,-742,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-29989,-269,-269,-269,-263,-158,-158,-169,-2026,-2186,-12835,-12835,-12836,12844,12844]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 {½-½ (17) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf8 {The position is equal.} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Be6 13. Re1 Na5 14. Ba2 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. b4 Nb7 17. d4 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 exd4 19. cxd4 {½-½ (26) Patel,A (2449)-Gareyev,T (2615) Dallas 2017}) 12... Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. Rxc4 Nb8 $1 18. b4 Bb5 19. Rc3 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Bb3 Rd7 22. Bd5 (22. Be3 {is more complex.} Red8 23. Ne1 a5 24. Bxc5 Nc6 25. Bd5) 22... Rxd5 $1 23. exd5 {aiming for Re1.} e4 24. dxe4 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Nd7 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Qb7 {With the idea Nc4.} Nf6 31. Nc4 Qxd5 32. Qxa6 Ne4 33. Kh2 Qd3 34. Qa4 $1 h5 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. f4 Nd6 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. Bd2 Qd4 39. Nf3 Qd3 40. a4 $1 c4 $36 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 2080] Hoping for ...c3. Black is more active.} 41. Bb4 c3 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 42. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Ng5 $11 h4 43. Bxd6 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qg3+) 42... Qd4 43. Bxd6 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 c2 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 45. Nd3 Qxd6 $2 (45... Qf1+ {mates} 46. Kh2 Qxd3 47. Bxf8 Qxd7 48. Ba3 Qxa4 49. Bc1 Qd4 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kf3 Qd1+ 52. Ke3 Qxc1+ 53. Kd3 Qb1 54. Ke4 c1=Q+ 55. Kd5 Qd3+ 56. Ke5 Qg5#) 46. Qxd6 $19 Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 47. a5 Kf8 48. a6 {[#] Strongly threatening a7.} Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...h4 would win.} 49. g4 $2 (49. Kh2) (49. Nxc5 c1=Q+) 49... hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kd7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kd6 $19 52. Kf3 Kc7) 52. Nxc5+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

