[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,10,9,3,13,16,0,0,-3,-6,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,12,11,7,6,14,-5,-8,-3,-16,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,27,24,198,212,166,191,300,305,293,276,368,415,422,407,413,418,474,474,471,464,543,537]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 {LiveBook: 178 Games} h5 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (7... O-O 8. h3 e6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 d5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nd4 13. exd5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 exd5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. g4 {0-1 (57) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. d4 Ne7 14. f4 Bc6 15. Qb3 {1-0 (30) Rozsa,S (2022)-Fekete,I (2091) Hungary 2007}) 10. exd5 Nd4 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Kh2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. d4 b5 21. Rad1 {[#] dxc5 is the strong threat.} Qc7 22. b3 a5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Qe3 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bg5 Rb8 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Rd6. White has some pressure.} Bg7 $2 {[#]} (29... Rd8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 30. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6b6]} Qa7 31. Bc6 Re7 (31... Rf8 $142 32. Bxb5 Kh7) 32. Rd8+ ({Less strong is} 32. Bxb5 Bc4 $16) 32... Kh7 33. Bd6 ({Worse is} 33. Bxb5 Bxh3 34. Qf3 Bg4 $11) 33... c4 34. bxc4 bxc4 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe3.} 35. Ra8 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Bd7 37. Bxe7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc6 38. Rxa5 Be4 39. Bb4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,6,10,18,19,20,20,17,12,18,18,19,11,35,34,38,6,10,10,10,5,10,12,13,12,15,4,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxd5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} exd5 10. d4 {LiveBook: 21 Games} b6 (10... Bf6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 d4 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. f4 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nb4 {1-0 (49) Ding,L (2791)-Cheparinov,I (2702) China 2018}) 11. Ba3 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rac1 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Ne1 Bf6 {0-1 (40) Ivanka Budinsky,M (2320)-Semenova,L (2230) Tuzla 1987}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qxd5 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qxa3 15. Qxc6 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Qa4 (17. Qe4 {is more complex.} Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bf6 19. Rc2 Qa5 20. h4) 17... Qxa4 {The position is equal.} 18. bxa4 Bxf3 $1 19. Rxe7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a6 21. Rc4 Rc6 $1 22. a5 Rb8 23. Ra7 (23. Re5 {keeps more tension.} Rbc8 24. Kf3 Kf8 25. Ke3 g6 26. Kd3) 23... h5 24. h4 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 {KR-KR} 26. Rb7 Rc2 27. Rb6 Rxa2 28. Rxa6 b3 29. Rb6 g6 30. Rxb3 Rxa5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,114,29,58,65,13,16,22,17,6,13,12,4,9,8,6,18,0,20,12,32,0,7,0,0,0,12,-13,0,0,0,-37,-37,-136,-134,-136,-130,-118,-128,-127,-137,-162,-160,-349,-348,-339,-347,-347,-341,-340,-312,-564,-548,-588,-284,-233,-161,-160,-149,-141,-150,-157,-120,-127,-67,-87,-78,-79,-43,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,136,136,129,129,129,0,181,181,181,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} ({Don't blunder} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 (16. Ncxe4 $14 dxe4 17. Qxe4) (16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bh4 {½-½ (66) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 16... Nxg5 $11 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 {[#]} Qd8 $146 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. a4 Rac8 23. a5 Kh8 24. g3 Qc6 25. Rc1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfe1 Rcd8 28. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Qb7 29. h4 Bc5 30. Qb1 (30. Kg2 $15) 30... Nc7 $1 $17 31. Rcd1 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 Red8 34. Kg2 Qd7 35. Ra1 $2 (35. Rxd5 $17 {was necessary.} Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Ra1) 35... f5 $19 36. Qc4 e4 37. Ng5 {intending Red1!} h6 38. Nh3 Rd4 39. Qb3 $2 (39. Qf1) 39... Rd3 40. Qc4 Qb7 (40... Qd6 $142 {White must now prevent ...Bxf2.} 41. Nf4 Rf3) 41. Qe6 R3d6 42. Qxf5 e3+ $1 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 exf2 45. Re2 Rd2 ({Black should play} 45... Rd3+ $17 46. Kg2 Bd6) 46. Rxd2 $15 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 47. Rf1 {[%cal Rh3f2]} Kg8 48. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Kxf2 {K3P-K3P} Kf7 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Ke4 {And now h5 would win.} Kd6 (52... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 53. Kf5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening g4.} Kc5 54. Kg6 Kxb5 {[#]} 55. Kxg7 ({White must play} 55. g4 $1 $16) 55... Kc6 $2 (55... h5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 56. Kg6 Ka4 57. Kxh5 b5) 56. Kxh6 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] [#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 57. Kg7 $2 (57. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4g5] Threatens to win with g5.} b4 58. g5) 57... b4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,133,11,20,32,14,12,9,8,-8,22,22,37,28,29,30,17,19,28,17,27,17,25,21,30,0,0,0,33,29,74,75,106,82,143,130,169,169,169,167,197,202,189,160,135,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,102,102,98,102,101,100,102,93,137,118,129,137,127,138,200,191,312,327,320,321,374,293,351,351,333,336,271,106,318,231,197,19,19,0,178,0,20,33,347,335,334,334,284,8,182,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,90,93,287,287,280,254,29976,29977,29975,29951]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 {D02: Damenbauernspiele} 8. dxc5 (8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Re1 b6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {1-0 (55) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Bd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qc2 {½-½ (38) Artemiev,V (2663)-Fedoseev,V (2665) Sochi 2016}) 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rad1 (16. Rfe1 {keeps more tension.} Be8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rad1) 16... Be8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. h4 g6 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 b6 21. Qg3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Re3 Kg8 25. Bb3 {[%cal Rg5e6] Und weiter mit Sxe6! wäre nett.} Kh8 ({Günstiger ist} 25... Kg7) 26. Ba4 $16 Qe7 27. Qf3 $1 Rc8 28. g4 $1 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rd5 31. Rg3 f6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rxh5 34. Nf4 Ra5 35. Nxg6+ Bxg6 36. Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Kh7 37. a3 Rc5 38. Bb7 Kg7 39. b4 Re5 40. f4 Re7 41. Bd5 {Schwarz muss nun f5 beachten.} f5 (41... Kh6 $16 {war angesagt.}) 42. Kf2 $18 Rc7 (42... Kf6 {kämpft weiter.} 43. Re3 Rc7 44. Re6+ Kg7) 43. c4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rh7 46. Re3 Bf7 47. Bxf7 Kxf7 {KT-KT} 48. Rd3 $2 (48. Kd3 $18 {und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.}) 48... Ke6 $2 (48... Rh2+ $16 49. Kc3 Rf2) 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Rd4 $2 (50. Re3+ $18 Kd6 51. Rf3) 50... Rh3+ $1 $11 51. Rd3 $2 (51. Kb2 $11) 51... Rh4 $18 52. Rd4 $2 ({Lieber} 52. Re3+ $1 $18 Kd6 53. Rf3) 52... Rh3+ $1 $11 53. Kb2 a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rh2+ $1 $14 54. Kc3 Rh3+) 54. bxa5 $18 bxa5 55. c5 Ke7 56. Rd5 $2 (56. a4 $18) 56... a4 $2 (56... Rf3 $1 $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.}) 57. Rxf5 $2 (57. c6 $18) 57... Rb3+ $11 58. Ka2 {Te5+ ist eine echte Drohung.} Rf3 59. Re5+ Kd7 60. Re4 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Kc6 62. Rc4 ({Keinesfalls} 62. Rxa4 $6 Kxc5 63. Kc1 Kd5 $16) 62... Re2 (62... Rf3 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 63. Kc1 $1 $16 Rf2 $2 {[#]} (63... Ra2 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 64. Kd1 $1 $18 ({Weniger gut wäre} 64. Rxa4 Kxc5 65. Kd1 Kd5 $16) 64... Kb5 65. Ke1 Rb2 $2 {[#]} (65... Rh2 $18 66. Rc3 Kc6) 66. c6 $1 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 544]} Kxc4 67. c7 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,120,13,13,12,13,13,13,13,13,4,8,4,18,10,3,17,18,0,8,12,6,17,18,9,26,16,12,15,23,6,17,0,11,0,12,0,0,-32,-31,-32,-12,-13,-5,-6,-13,-15,-31,-8,-10,-30,-38,-41,0,-9,0,-2,-11,-12,0,-52,-56,-68,-55,-105,-89,-93,-40,-44,-45,-45,-47,-56,-44,-44,-45,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 101 Games} 10. Qe2 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Na4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Bxb6 17. Rd3 Be6 {½-½ (27) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Jakovenko,D (2735) Poikovsky 2018}) 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qf4 17. Bb5 (17. Bc2 {feels hotter.} Bg4 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bd1) 17... Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Nc3 Rfc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc3!} 21. a4 Bc5 22. Rae1 Bh5 23. h3 Bg6 24. g4 Rd8 {Threatening ...a6!} 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Kg2 a6 27. Bc6 Rb4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. a5 h5 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Na4 Be7 31. Rc1 hxg4 32. hxg4 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxf5 (33. gxf5 Bh4+) 33... Bxf5 34. gxf5 Kf7 35. Nb6 Rxb2 36. Nc4 Rb4 37. Nxe5+ Kf6 38. Nd3 (38. Nc4 $11) 38... Rb3 $15 39. Rd1 Bd6+ 40. Kg4 Rg8 41. e4 g6 (41... Rgb8 $17) 42. fxg6 Rxg6+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 {Threatens to win with ...Rg3+.} 44. Ke3 Be5 $1 {Hoping for ...Rg3+.} 45. Rf1+ Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Rg3+.} 46. Rf3 Bg7 (46... Rh6 $15) 47. Rh3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 48. Kf4 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Rf7 50. Rg3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Rg6+ is the strong threat. White is not keeping still} Be5 51. Rg6+ Rf6 (51... Kc7 $5 52. Re6 $8 Bc3 $11) 52. Rxf6+ $1 Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 53. Bb7 Bg5+ 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. Bxa6 Rxa5 56. Bc4 Ra4 57. Nc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6+ Kd6 59. Nxg5 {[#]} Rxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Nxe4+ Kxd5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,27,0,1,-15,-3,-15,-10,-29,-26,-34,-29,-45,-42,-35,-17,-19,-24,-20,-15,-26,-15,-16,0,-16,27,30,29,24,8,-56,-61,-52,-49,-50,-41,-43,-37,-35,-39,-50,22,31,23,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,37,36,43,145,116,418,412,562,545,752,323,312,306,327,322,307,307,381,139,854,845]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} Be6 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 8. Ng5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nf8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qg6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 {½-½ (49) Anand,V (2779)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 9. O-O Qe7 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 $1 ({Aber nicht} 14. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 14... exf4 15. e5 Bb4 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. c3 f5 19. Neg5 Bd5 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Qa4 (21. cxb4 $11 h6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Qd2) 21... Bd6 $1 $15 {zielt auf ...Tdg8 ab.} 22. c4 Bxf3 $1 23. Nxf3 Rhg8 24. Kh1 ({Vergiftet wäre} 24. Qxa7 $2 Qg7 $19) 24... Qxb2 {Und ...Lc5 würde nun gewinnen.} 25. Qxa7 {Tab1 ist eine echte Drohung.} b6 26. Rf1 Kd7 (26... Qa3 $15 27. Qxa3 Bxa3) 27. Qa4 $1 $11 Ra8 28. Qb3 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 29. Rg1 Ra3 30. Qb1 Qf7 31. Qc2 Qh5 32. Rae1 Kc8 33. Rb1 Bc5 (33... c5 $14) 34. Rb3 $16 Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxb3 $16 {ist eine bessere Chance.} 35. axb3 Kb7) 35. d4 $18 Bd6 {[#]} 36. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 37. Qc4 (37. Qc3 $142) 37... Re8 38. Rgb1 Kd7 {[#]} 39. Ne5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qg6 41. Qxf4 $2 (41. Rb8 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg. Droht stark Td1+.} Rxe5 42. Rd1+ (42. Qxf4 c4 $16) 42... Rd5 43. Rxd5+ cxd5 44. Qxd5+ Qd6 45. Qxf5+ Kc6 46. Re8 Qd1+ 47. Kh2) 41... Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... c4 $16 42. Qxc4 Rexe5) 42. Qd2+ {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,4,21,-8,17,0,32,0,12,-6,12,5,10,-19,-10,-46,-46,-46,-41,-41,-37,-46,-31,-70,-42,-54,-51,-61,-47,-59,-25,-72,-72,-62,-53,-61,-57,-61,0,0,0,-45,-29,-43,-29,-31,-31,-41,-26,-39,-46,-49,-48,-51,-45,-87,-10,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Besenthal,K} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Be6 7. Nc3 Qd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Na4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2855)-Aronian,L (2792) Paris 2016 CBM 173 [Besenthal,K]}) 8... Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Ng3 f6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Qxe3 {is interesting.} Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. Rdb1 a4 17. a3) 14... g6 15. Nf3 a4 16. Qf2 c5 17. a3 Ra6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c3 Bb3 20. Rc1 Rd6 21. d4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 22. h4 Bc4 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2 b5 25. Nf1 Re6 ({Better is} 25... Bf7 $15) 26. N1d2 $11 Nb6 27. b3 (27. Nxc4 {seems wilder.} Nxc4 28. b3 axb3 29. Qxb3 cxd4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. exd4 c6 32. a4) 27... axb3 28. Nxb3 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 c6 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Ng5 c4 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4 Rd6 $1 34. Red1 Rd3 (34... Rfd8 $17 35. Rxd6 Rxd6) 35. Ne6 {[#] And now Rxd3 would win.} Rf6 36. Nc5 {The position is equal.} Rxe3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rcd1 Re2 $1 39. Rb8 {[#] Threatens to win with Rb7+.} Rff2 $1 40. Rxb6 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,48,73,115,108,123,64,67,43,42,40,34,18,29,29,31,14,34,16,9,13,13,11,11,12,10,10,8,12,20,20,26,10,9,8,3,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 a6 6. Nxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} b5 7. Nce5 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. d4 {White is better.} Be7 9. a4 $146 (9. O-O $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Rxc6 {½-½ (38) Pelletier,Y (2594)-Sokolov,A (2565) Switzerland 2011}) 9... Bb7 $14 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7a8,Ba8d5][%mdl 32]} 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qb3 Nb4 $1 13. Nxf7 Bd5 14. Nxd8 Bxb3 15. Nb7 Bd5 16. Nc5 {next e4 is good for White.} Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nxd4 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Be3 Nbc6 21. f4 Nb4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 23. Ke2 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,74,11,20,10,13,11,16,26,18,5,26,9,9,6,10,-5,7,13,4,6,8,0,2,0,0,2,15,20,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bd3 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} (12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 {½-½ (40) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018}) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. g3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. c4 Nc5 15. Qb1 Ne6 16. Qxb7 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Ra4 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 {½-½ (37) Sebag,M (2495)-Kosteniuk,A (2552) Monaco 2017}) 14... Re8 15. Kg2 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. a4 h6 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. d5 Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. a5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 {[#] Und weiter mit Td1 wäre nett.} Qe7 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rd5 f6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe2 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Qb5 Rc8 34. Qd5 Qxd5+ 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Rxb6 Rxd5 {Precision: Weiß = 63%, Schwarz = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,101,20,24,20,20,24,22,21,19,22,25,59,60,64,62,80,80,77,79,89,55,81,81,82,79,106,97,97,92,110,97,120,120,120,120,116,114,107,85,84,91,119,119,121,127,145,134,141,152,159,147,147,147,167,162,162,150,178,183,262,264,656,2060,1890,1979,1589,1492,1235,660,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12845,12846,12847]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 {LiveBook: 31 Games} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 {[#]} 14. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Nc5 Nd4 16. Nxe6 {½-½ (16) Bluebaum,M (2646)-So,W (2810) Tbilisi 2017}) 14... bxc6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bc5+ Kd7 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb4 Rae8 19. f3 Re2 20. Rf2 Rhe8 21. b3 f5 22. Rd1 a6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. Rh4 Bf7 28. Bxf6 c5 29. Ra4 Kc6 30. Bc3 Kb5 31. h4 Be6 32. Ra5+ Kb6 33. b4 cxb4 34. Bxb4 Rc8 35. a3 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Re2 37. Rc5 Bd7 38. Rd5 Kc7 39. Rd4 Re6 40. Rd2 Bb5 (40... Rh6 {was called for.} 41. Kf4 Rg6) 41. Kf4 $18 Re2 $2 {[#]} (41... Kc8 42. Kxf5 Bd7) 42. Rxe2 {White is clearly winning.} Bxe2 {KB-KB} 43. Kg5 Bf1 44. Kxh5 f4 45. Kg4 Bxg2 {[#]} 46. h5 $1 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bf1 47. h6 Bd3 48. Kg5 Kc6 49. Kf6 Kd5 50. Kg7 Bf5 51. Bd2 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,12,12,12,15,0,0,-2,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-7,-16,-13,-23,41,41,31,22,30,20,20,18,23,10,10,10,10,10,18,8,10,0,10,0,0,0,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. O-O d6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Ne2 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 (9... O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Re1 b5 12. c3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 {½-½ (32) Zvjaginsev,V (2643)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Antalya 2017}) 10. axb3 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Nhf5 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (30) Immisch-Gruenberg,H DDR 1989}) 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bd2 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxc5.} Bd6 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Nc4 Bf5 (20... Bf8 $11) 21. Nxd6 $14 cxd6 22. Re2 Rac8 23. c3 Be6 24. b4 Bc4 25. Red2 Bb3 {The position is equal.} 26. Ra1 Rc6 27. Ra5 Bc4 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rf4 d5 30. h4 Rce6 31. Kh2 Re4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,98,19,14,15,22,20,15,0,0,0,0,-12,-5,-7,0,-7,0,-10,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,17,13,38,38,68,61,60,54,54,54,78,74,95,96,107,47,37,38,39,32,50,5,5,10,56,38,38,40,92,63,62,53,177,165,206,197,331,328,328,327,928,787,1063,1053,985,724,29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 {A14: Reti-Eröffnung} 12. Qd2 Nf4 (12... Bd7 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxd5 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {½-½ (40) Kramnik,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2015 CBM 165 [Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro]}) 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 15. Rab1 Bf6 {[#]} 16. Rbc1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. Rfc1 Rb8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. b4 f5 19. Nc5 {½-½ (33) Brunello,S (2557)-Moroni,L (2478) Rome 2016}) 16... Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc7 Kf8 19. Rfc1 Rb8 20. e3 h6 21. Bf3 a5 22. Kg2 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. h3 f5 25. Nc5 $36 {[%cal Rf3b7][%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} b6 26. Na4 Bd6 27. Rh7 Kg8 28. Ra7 Be5 29. Rc6 $1 Rd6 $1 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Nc3 b5 32. Rxa5 b4 33. Nb5 Bc5 34. Nd4 (34. Na7 $1 $16 Bb6 35. Ra4) 34... Bxd4 $14 35. exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel Droht Ta7 und aus. KTL-KTL} Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rc7 Ba6 38. d5 Bb7 39. d6 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3 {KT-KT} Rd8 (40... Rb5 $14) 41. Rb7 (41. d7 {seems wilder.} e5 42. Rb7 Ke6 43. Rxb4 Rxd7 44. Rb6+) 41... Rxd6 42. Rxb4 e5 ({Günstiger ist} 42... Rd2 $14) 43. a4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} e4+ 44. Ke2 Ke5 {[#]} (44... Ra6 {war nötig.} 45. f3 exf3+ 46. Kxf3 Rc6) 45. a5 $1 f4 {[#]} 46. Ra4 $1 f3+ $2 (46... Kd5 47. a6 Rd8 48. Ra5+ Kc6 49. Rxg5 Rh8 50. Rg6+ Kc7) 47. Ke1 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rc6 48. a6 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rf1 {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,8,16,3,3,4,0,0,6,0,9,16,22,22,22,22,23,18,27,27,27,18,40,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,64,64,64,64,14,83,81,111,112,155,155,141,0,0,0,147,147,147,147,147,138,391,391,508,489,485,455,658,657]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (5... e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 {½-½ (31) So,W (2788)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 6. Bxf6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} exf6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. exf3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bg2 Nd4 {½-½ (36) Garcia Corada,P-Arranz Calvo,A Valladolid 1986}) 9... Bg7 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. O-O f5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kg7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Re3 Nd4 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 d6 (20... Qc7 $11) 21. Qe7 $14 Bf6 22. Qb7 a5 23. Bd5 Rc7 (23... Qc7 $11) 24. Qxb6 $16 Re7 25. Rxe7 (25. Qxd8 $2 {perishes.} Rxe1+ 26. Kg2 Bxd8 $19) 25... Qxb6 26. Rxf7+ Kh8 {[#] And now ...Bb2 would win.} 27. Rf8+ Kg7 28. Rf7+ Kh8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bb2.} 29. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qb4 30. Rxd6 Qxd2 31. Rc6 Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Qxa2 $16 32. Rxc5 Qxb3) 32. Kg2 $18 Kg7 33. Rc7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 34. h4 h5 (34... h6 $142 35. a4 h5) 35. a4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,16,25,-9,-11,-17,-10,-12,-14,-12,-12,-7,40,43,28,38,66,11,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-109,-102,-96,-104,-98,-104,-101,-98,-1478,-1470,-1843,-1426,-5385,-4736,-12839,-5118,-1577,-1691,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 Qc7 15. g5 O-O-O 16. gxh6 gxh6 {½-½ (101) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 9. Bg3 Bxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a4 h6 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 {½-½ (56) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Riazantsev,A (2650) Riadh 2017}) 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 {Hoping for Bb5.} O-O 13. Nb3 Bc2 14. Rc1 Bxb3 15. axb3 Ne4 16. Qa4 (16. Bd3 $1 $14) 16... e5 $1 $11 17. Be2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb6 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Rfe1 g6 21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Bf1 ({Don't play} 22. Bxe4 Ra6 $17) 22... Nc6 23. Re2 Kg7 24. Rec2 {[%cal Rc2c6]} Nd8 25. Rc7 Rxb3 26. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d6]} Qf6 27. Rxd5 {[#]} (27. Qa5 $11 {remains equal.} Rxb2 28. Qxd5 Nxf2 29. Ra1) 27... Rxf3 $1 $17 ({Much worse is} 27... Rxb2 $6 28. Rc2 $15) 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Qc2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 ({Reject} 29... Nxg3 $6 30. Bg2 $11) 30. Bg2 Qe3 31. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Re5 $17 Ne4+ 32. Kh2 Qxg3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1) 31... Ng4 $19 {[%cal Rg4h2]} 32. Be4 Qxg3 33. Re1 Ne6 34. Qg2 Ne3+ (34... Nh2+ $142 35. Kg1 Qxe1+ 36. Kxh2 Nf4) 35. Rxe3 Qxe3 36. Qf3 Qc1+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,162,20,18,29,27,20,30,30,22,33,30,30,28,27,21,30,11,23,7,11,4,20,0,0,0,2,0,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,10,0,24,0,18,0,11,9,12,0,0,0,11,0,14,11,51,0,7,0,29,0,43,8,89,4,129,47,48,33,41,31,27,0,27,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,147,141,203,200,172,197,168,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,-30,0,-8,-8,-59,-87,-108,-108,-94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-28,-56,-101,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 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)} (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 O-O 9. d4 d5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 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 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 f6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Be3 Qf6 {½-½ (16) Sanders,C (1846)-Blagojevic,T (2307) Porec 2015}) 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Qc1 Qf7 17. Bf4 Nce7 18. Ng3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Nd6 $1 20. Re1 Re8 21. h3 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Bc2 a5 25. b3 b6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Bd3 Bb7 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Qc2 g6 31. g3 c5 32. h4 Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe6 34. Bf1 Qe7 35. Ng2 Ne6 36. Ne3 Ng7 37. Bh3 Nge8 38. Ne1 c4 (38... cxd4 $11 39. cxd4 f5) 39. Qa3 (39. N1g2 $16) 39... cxb3 (39... Kf8 $1 $11) 40. Qxb3 ({Besser ist} 40. N1g2 $1 $16) 40... Nc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 41. N1g2 Ned6 42. Nxc4 Nxc4 43. Qb5 g5 44. Bg4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7 46. Be2 Bc6 47. Qb3 Qd7 (47... Qe7 {keeps more tension.} 48. Qd1 gxh4 49. Nxh4 Bxa4 50. Qxa4 Qxe2 51. Qd7+ Kh6) 48. Qb1 Bxa4 (48... Qe6 $11 49. Qc2 Qe8) 49. hxg5 $1 $16 fxg5 (49... Qf7 $16) 50. Bxc4 $1 $18 dxc4 51. Qxb6 Qf5 {[#]} 52. Qc7+ $2 ({Der einzige Zug:} 52. Kg1 $1 $18) 52... Bd7 $11 53. Qxc4 Qxf2 54. Qc5 Qf5 55. d5 a4 56. c4 h5 57. Qd4+ Qf6 58. Qa7 Qf5 59. Qe3 Kf7 60. Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Kh2 $1 Qf5 62. Qa7 Kg6 (62... h4 $5 63. gxh4 gxh4 64. Nxh4 Qe5+ 65. Kh1 Qe1+ 66. Kg2 Qe7 67. Qf2+ Qf6 $11) 63. Qb6+ Qf6 64. Qa7 (64. Qb1+ $11 Kh6 65. Qb4) 64... Qd6 $15 65. Kh1 a3 66. Ne3 a2 (66... Qe7 $17 {Und weiter mit ...a2! wäre nett.} 67. Ng2 h4 68. gxh4 gxh4) 67. Qxa2 $11 Qxg3 68. Qc2+ Kf6 69. Qe4 Qe5 70. Qf3+ Kg6 71. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} g4 72. Qf2 {[#]} Qe4+ (72... g3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg3f2]} 73. Qc2+ Kf6) 73. Kg1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} h4 74. c6 g3 75. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e4]} Qxc2 76. Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KS} Bf5 77. Ne3 Bh3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz is fighting back} 78. Ng2 Kf6 79. d6 Ke6 80. d7 Ke7 81. Nxh4 Bxd7 {Precision: Weiß = 52%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,15,11,21,14,8,10,7,6,30,22,16,13,25,10,35,38,27,24,23,37,37,28,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,55,62,56,54,60,45,0,72,58,72,63,72,72,84,79,109,120,102,85,77,82,85,41,38,25,18,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} Re8 11. Nb3 $146 {[#] Dxd8 ist eine echte Drohung.} ({Vorgänger:} 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Rc2 Ra6 20. Rd2 {½-½ (20) Karjakin,S (2763)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Kf2 c5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss kämpft um Vorteil.} h6 24. Be3 Re6 ({Günstiger ist} 24... a4 $11) 25. Rad1 $14 Nxb5 26. Rxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 27. Rd7 $1 Rc8 28. Bf4 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} (28. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Nc7 29. Bf4 $14) 28... c4 (28... Rf8 $1 $11 29. Ke3 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8) 29. Be5 $16 g5 {[#]} 30. Rg7+ $1 Kf8 {zielt auf ...c3 ab.} 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Bg7+ Ke8 33. Rxb6 Kf7 34. Bxh6 c3 35. bxc3 {Und Tb7+ würde nun gewinnen.} Nxa3 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Rxc3 38. Bxa3 {Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,245,7,10,0,9,8,4,3,15,0,14,7,20,0,0,-6,0,4,22,2,26,23,22,4,14,6,58,18,13,5,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,6,0,8,2,2,2,10,0,26,25,24,7,7,7,7,6,6,3,12,5,8,0,0,0,7,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,43,43,43,0,8,0,43,8,43,8,43,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,46,46,41,46,41,57,46,46,43,44,44,69,69,69,69,81,21,55,55,102,102,103,102,102,102,211,211,207,204,204,106,204,204,263,262,263,262,261,249,259,244,299,295,420,419,412,411,389,364,1112,1097,1071,946,1159,1686,3907,3907,954,827,4149,4149,4116,4116,11733,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,29959,29962,29970,29971,29969,29971,29955,4156,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O h6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (10... Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. h4 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bc1 Nf8 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Sulskis,S (2541)-Zhigalko,A (2584) Belgium 2014}) 11. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Qb6 12. c5 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Na4 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bg6 17. Qf4 e5 18. dxe5 {½-½ (40) Rajlich,I (2389)-Kiolbasa,O (2348) Poznan 2016}) 11... Qb6 12. Qe2 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 13. Rfc1 Rad8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qf1 Bg6 16. h3 Qa7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qb8 19. b5 e5 20. c5 h5 21. Na4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bf5 (22... Ne4 $11 23. Nxe4 dxe4) 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qc7 $1 27. Nd4 Be4 28. Ra6 Qb7 29. Na4 {[%cal Bb6a4,Ba4b2,Bb2d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} Ra8 30. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Qd7 31. Nb2 Rec8 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Nb4 {[%cal Rb6c6]} Ra5 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Nbxc6 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Qc1 Bd6 38. Nb5 Bf8 39. Ncd4 Qa8 40. Nc3 Bb4 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qb1 Bc3 43. Nb3 Qd5 44. Qc2 Qe5 45. Nc1 Bb4 46. Ne2 g6 47. Nd4 Kg7 48. Qc4 Bd6 (48... Qc5 {seems wilder.} 49. Qxc5 Bxc5 50. h4 Bb4 51. Kf1 Kh6) 49. h4 Qc5 (49... Ng4 {is more complex.} 50. Qc3 Kh6 51. Qd2 Bc5 52. Qc3 Qf6) 50. Qxc5 Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. Nf4 Kg8 53. Nh3 Bf8 54. Nf4 Bd6 55. Nh3 Bf8 56. Kf1 Bg7 57. Ke2 Kf8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc2 Bh6 60. Kc3 Ke6 $1 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Nf4 Bg7 {aiming for ...Ng4+.} 63. Nh3 Bh6 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc3 Ng4 66. Kd2 f5 67. Bf1 Kf6 68. Bb5 Bf8 69. Ke2 Bd6 70. Kf1 Be5 71. Kg2 Bd6 72. Ng1 Be5 73. Ne2 Ke7 74. Nc1 Nf6 75. Nb3 Ng4 76. Be2 Nf6 77. Na5 Bd6 78. Nc6+ Kf7 79. Bc4+ Kg7 80. Nd4 Ng4 81. Be2 Ne5 {[#]} 82. Bxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (82... gxh5 83. Nxf5+) 83. Be2 Bc5 84. Nb5 Bb6 85. Nc3 {Nd5+ is the strong threat.} Bc5 86. g4 Ke6 87. g5 Be7 88. Bd1 Kf7 89. Nd5 Bd6 90. h5 (90. Nf4 $16) 90... gxh5 91. Bxh5+ Kg7 92. Nf4 Nd3 93. Ne6+ Kh7 94. Be8 Ne5 (94... Be5 $16 95. f4 Bb2) 95. Nd4 $18 Be7 96. Nxf5 Bxg5 97. Ng3 (97. Kg3 $18) 97... Ng4 {[#]} (97... Nc4 $16) 98. Nf1 $1 ({Stronger than} 98. Nxe4 Bxe3 99. fxe3 Nxe3+ 100. Kf3 Nd5 $11) 98... Kg7 99. Bc6 Nf6 100. Ng3 Ng4 101. Bxe4 Kf6 102. Kf3 Ne5+ 103. Ke2 Nf7 (103... Bh6 {was necessary.} 104. f4 Nd7) 104. f4 Bh6 105. Kf3 Nd6 106. Bd3 Nb7 $2 (106... Ke6 107. Bc2 Bg7) 107. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 108. e5+ Kf7 109. Bc4+ Kg6 110. Kg4 Nd7 111. Bb5 Nc5 112. f5+ Kf7 113. Bc4+ Kg7 114. Nh5+ (114. e6 $142 Kf8 115. f6 Nxe6 116. Bxe6) 114... Kf8 115. Nf4 Nd7 116. Ng6+ Kg7 117. Bb5 Nf8 118. Ne7 Bc1 119. f6+ Kf7 120. Kf5 Bb2 121. Bc4+ Ke8 122. Nd5 (122. e6 $142 Nd7 123. exd7+ Kxd7 124. Be6+ Kc7 125. f7 Bg7 126. Ng6 Bh6 127. f8=Q Bxf8 128. Nxf8) 122... Nd7 123. Bb5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,21,16,22,17,14,15,16,87,68,63,67,69,76,79,56,64,63,86,90,64,51,44,39,81,71,74,76,62,89,72,62,55,61,111,64,72,54,416,415,418,397,519,508,525,567,572,567,567,563,527,556,595,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 {0-1 (44) Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 12... Nb4 13. f3 Nd7 {[#]} (13... Nh5 $1 $11 14. Nc4 Bd4+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Nxe3 a6) 14. Nb5 $1 $16 Ne5 15. Nxa7 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Ne4 fxe4 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nc6 25. Rg3 {aiming for f5.} Nb4 26. Qd1 {Bh5 is the strong threat.} Kh8 27. Bh5 Rf8 28. Re1 {Hoping for Rge3.} d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 28... Qd7 $1 $14) 29. Rxg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg7 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 32. Bf3 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Nd6 Re6 35. Nc4 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf2+.} 36. Kg2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,11,6,-13,3,-4,31,26,36,33,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,-5,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-18,-9,-4,-4,-4,-4,-10,-93,-93,-243,-235,-288,-207,-208,-202,-200,-199,-199,-202,-204,-177,-172,-179,-29992]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 {LiveBook: 532 Games} 6. b3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nge7 8. d5 Ne5 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nf3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxc1+ 13. Raxc1 {0-1 (92) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 6... Nge7 7. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nge2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qd7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nf4 Be6 {1-0 (41) Sahidi,S (1864)-Palka,M (1929) Senica 2014}) 7... b6 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ba6 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 {[#] Strongly threatening Qe2.} O-O $1 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Kg2 Re8 17. Re1 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 18. Qf3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxd4 20. Qxd5 Nc2 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. Nb5 {[#]} (22. Ne4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Qe2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Ne3+ would win. Black is in control.} ({Much weaker is} 22... Nxa3 $6 23. Nxa3 Bf6 24. Qf3 $11) 23. Bc1 (23. Kg1 $17) 23... Bf8 $19 24. Nxa7 Rc5 25. Qf3 {Black is clearly better.} Ne1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27. Be3 Rf5 28. Qa8 {White wants to play Nc6.} Qa5 29. a4 Re5 30. Nc6 $2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 76%.} (30. h4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,102,29,12,9,14,10,45,39,40,40,66,0,37,-37,6,17,29,30,99,27,30,29,48,14,26,37,32,29,34,10,98,62,110,65,94,0,59,19,29,19,14,0,0,0,0,-728,-718,-694,-682,-906,-906,-981,-981,-644,-469,-1285,-1293,-1288,-1270,-1214,-1198,-1191,-837,-3403,-3537,-2299,-1095,-3537,-3027,-5273,-1171,-6095,-5704,-5214,-1072,-1058,-1050,-5076,-5161,-29966,-29966,-12847,-11996,-29973,-29970,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White has an edge.} 10. h4 $146 (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}) ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (65) Yu,Y (2751)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 10... dxc4 11. g4 Qe7 12. g5 h5 $1 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. e3 (14. Bh3 $14) 14... c5 15. Be2 ({White should try} 15. dxc5 $14 Nxc5 16. b4) 15... b6 (15... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 16. Qxb5 Rb8 $11) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 (17... Ba6 $11 18. Qc2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Nb7) 18. Rd1 (18. O-O $16) 18... a5 19. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} axb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. Qxb6 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb5 Rfa8 (23... Rxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Rd2 Ne4) 24. Rc1 $16 Ra5 25. Qc6 e5 26. g6 (26. Rfd1 $16) 26... Ne6 (26... f6 $1 $11) 27. Nxe5 fxg6 28. Rfd1 Kh7 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Rd6 R8a6 31. Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Qxa6 $11 Rxa6 32. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (32. Rxa6 $2 {loses.} Qxf3 33. Rcc6 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Nc5 $19) 32... Qxg5+ 33. hxg5 Rxd6 34. f4) 31... Rxd6 $1 $19 (31... Qxf3 32. Qxe6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 $17) 32. Qxd6 Qxf3 33. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf5 34. Qa2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 (36. Kg1 $142 Qxh4 37. Qd2) 36... Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Rxf2+ 38. Kd3 Qxh4 ({Not} 38... Rxa2 39. Rxh1 g5 40. hxg5 $15) (38... Qxc1 $2 39. Qxf2 Qxa3+ 40. Kc4 $19) 39. Qd5 Qa4 40. Rc3 Qd1+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 {( -> ...Qa4+)} 42. Qc6 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 43. e4 Qf1+ (43... Rd6 $142 44. Qe8 Rd7) 44. Kb3 h3 45. Qc4 Qxc4+ 46. Kxc4 {KR-KR} h2 47. Rh3+ Kg8 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. Kb3 Rf2 50. a4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 51. a5 g4 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,84,11,8,38,20,31,25,28,27,39,15,15,15,26,13,49,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} (10. Re1 Bxb3 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. b4 d5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exd5 Nf4 {1-0 (42) Mamedov,R (2709)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Riadh 2017}) 10... d5 11. Ng5 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Qe8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Bc8 12. Re1 h6 13. Ngf3 Re8 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qe2 Bf5 {0-1 (42) Nevednichy,V (2574)-Dumitrache,D (2431) Eforie Nord 2015}) 12. Ndf3 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Rd8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Kh2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Ba4 {Schwarz muss nun Lxc6 beachten.} (18. d4 $5) 18... b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4] Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 19. Bb3 h6 20. a4 Kh8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bc2 Rf8 23. d4 exd4 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 24. exd5 ({Aber nicht} 24. Qxb5 $2 Rxf3 25. Qxc6 Rxf2 $19) 24... exd5 25. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} g6 $1 26. Re2 ({Bitte nicht} 26. Qxb5 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qf4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... dxc3 27. bxc3 Bc5 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 28. Rfe1 Bd6 29. Kg1 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Dh2+). Schwarz puts up resistance} 31. Kf1 Qxf3 {[%cal Rf3h1]} 32. Qxg6 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rg6h7]} Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qxh3+ 34. Qg2 Qxc3 {Droht stark ...Se5.} 35. Re6 {[%cal Re6h6]} Qd2 36. Rd1 Qf4 37. Rd3 {zielt auf Txh6+! ab.} Bc5 {Und weiter mit ...Sb4 wäre nett.} 38. Rxc6 Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Ke1 Rxc2 41. Kd1 Rc4 42. Rxc7 Rd4 {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,12,12,0,0,0,4,0,0,-2,-7,-6,0,0,0,-25,3,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-21,-31,-14,-10,-12,0,-29,10,0,21,16,42,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,12,12,8,0,13,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 11. Re2 (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}) 11... Qa7 12. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Ba4 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. dxe5 {0-1 (40) Kozionov,K (2423)-Moskalenko,A (2533) Moscow 2018}) 12... Rab8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 d5 18. Ng3 b4 {Black wants to play ...a3.} 19. Re2 bxc3 20. bxc3 a3 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Rb8 23. Qc1 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4 (27. Re2 {looks sharper.} Qa4 28. d4 e4 29. Ne5 Rb6 30. Nf5) 27... Ne4 {The position is equal.} 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Rd4 Re8 32. Qe3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe6 34. c4 Qb6 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Rd2 Qb4 39. Rd4 Qb2 40. Rd2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,16,31,10,12,0,31,14,16,0,22,36,29,0,0,-18,0,0,4,6,146,157,155,150,173,172,167,178,171,171,171,171,169,167,169,168,208,218,244,234,294,200,194,199,187,189,177,183,174,195,185,178,179,171,234,238,225,235,359,374,392,388,402,402,402,402,402,402,402,402,401,399,379,376,377,278,770,706,706,684,691,684,5165,5165,29958,29958,29953,29957,29957,29959,29957,29955,29956,12833,29965,29965,12446,12446]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 7. Nxd5 c5 8. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Nd2 e6 14. e4 {½-½ (37) Gelfand,B (2759)-Grischuk,A (2795) Sochi 2014}) 8... f5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bc7 Qd7 10. Be5 cxd4 (10... e6 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 11. Bxg7 Qxg7 $14) 11. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nxd4 e6 14. Nxc6 exd5 15. Qd4+ $1 Rf6 (15... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Ne5 Qa4) 16. Nb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4d5]} dxc4 17. Nd5 Qd8 {...Be6 is the strong threat.} 18. O-O-O {Strongly threatening f3.} Be6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd5.} 19. Nxf6 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxf2 {[#]} 21. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 22. Rg1 Kf6 23. g3 Ke5 24. Rf4 Ng4 25. Bg2 Ne3 26. Kd2 Nxg2 27. Rxg2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} b5 28. Rh4 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Bf7 30. Rf2 Rd7 31. e3 a5 32. Rd4 Re7 (32... Bd5 $142 33. Rh4 Bf7) 33. Rdf4 Be6 34. Rh4 Bf7 {[#]} (34... Kf6 $142 35. Rxh5 Kg6) 35. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 {[#]} 36. Rxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe4 {KRB-KR} 37. Re2+ Kf3 38. Rxe7 {KR-KB} Bg6 39. Re5 Kg2 40. Rxb5 Kxh2 41. Rg5 a4 42. Kd2 Kh3 43. Kc3 h4 $2 (43... Bf7 44. Kd4 h6) 44. gxh4 Kxh4 45. Rg1 Kh3 46. Kxc4 Kh2 47. Rg5 Be8 48. Kb4 h5 49. Re5 Bf7 50. Rf5 Be8 {[#]} 51. Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8e8]} Bd7 52. Rh8 Bg4 53. Kxa4 Kg3 54. b4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,5,14,8,-16,8,8,8,6,28,12,26,18,20,9,8,6,5,5,5,5,14,0,2,4,22,0,0,0,18,16,11,0,0,0,4,8,15,6,6,6,6,0,10,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. 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. d5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} b6 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. g3 Bb7 15. Nc4 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. c3 {0-1 (66) Mammadzada,G (2355)-Abdumalik,Z (2380) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 d6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Qf3 Qf5 {The position is equal.} 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. f3 ({Much weaker is} 23. Bxh7 g6 $17) 23... h6 24. g4 f5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qf7 27. Kg2 fxg4 28. hxg4 Qe7 29. Qf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Ke8 31. Qf4 Kd8 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 Be8 34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Bf5 Ne5 36. Be6 g5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kg2 Bg6 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxg6 {[#] White threatens Qg8+ and mate.} Qe2+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,21,35,20,25,18,45,43,45,37,43,60,84,76,75,58,74,19,100,97,104,111,116,89,110,76,102,71,87,59,55,64,67,60,120,60,65,59,65,59,72,43,54,83,200,206,302,275,297,225,235,41,36,31,441,428,1152,810,791,770,29983,637,637,637,637,637,1112,1076,1659,1435,29991,29992,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. a4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Re1 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. c4 Qd6 {0-1 (37) Al Jabri,M (2154)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017}) 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 $1 cxb6 15. b4 ({White should play} 15. Bxf4 $16 gxf4 16. b4) 15... Ne7 (15... Ra7 $11) 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qe2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. Rac1 {aiming for Bd5.} Qd8 21. Qd2 Nxd4 22. Qxf4 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nxf3+ $1 23. Qxf3 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Bb7 (23... Ra7 $14) 24. Qf5 (24. Rcd1 $16 Qe7 25. Qg4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4) 24... Bxe4 $14 25. Qxe4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Re3 {[%cal Be1e3,Be3g3,Bg3g4,Bg4f4][%mdl 32] And now Rg3 would win.} Rc8 28. Qf5 Rc7 (28... Rc6 $16 {was called for.}) 29. Rg3 $18 {Qe5 is the strong threat.} Qd6 (29... Re8 $142 30. Kh2 Kf8) 30. Kh2 $1 ({Less strong is} 30. Qxa5 Kh8 $14) 30... Rd8 31. Rcc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (31. Qxa5 Kh8 $16) 31... Kf8 {[#]} 32. Qh7 $2 (32. Rcf3 $1 $18 Qe5 33. Qg6) 32... Qe5 $14 ({Weaker is} 32... Bxc3 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxf7#) 33. Rce3 Qa1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rxc4 $14 34. Rxe5 Bxe5) 34. Rg4 $18 Be5+ (34... Rb8 $142 35. Ra3 Rxc4) 35. g3 {Threatening mate with Rg8+.} Bg7 36. Rf4 Rd1 {[#]} 37. Qe4 (37. Re8+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 38. Qg8+ Bf8 39. Bb5+ Ke7 40. Rxf7+ Kd6 41. Qg6+ Kd5 42. Rf5+ Qe5 43. Rxe5+ Kxe5 44. Qh5+ Ke6 45. Qxd1) 37... Bf6 38. h4 h5 39. Qa8+ Rd8 40. Qf3 Rd6 41. Qxh5 {White wants to mate with Qh6+.} Rd2 {[#]} 42. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 43. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,116,2,15,8,11,26,8,13,8,8,8,8,8,25,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-3,-11,-16,-21,-10,-17,-30,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-9,-15,-17,-13,-24,0,0,0,-59,-16,-13,-11,-21,-20,-28,-19,-22,-9,-14,-10,-75,-75,-71,-71,-72,-78,-91,-59,-99,-83,-43,-48,-40,-15,-35,-35,-52,-52,-52,-52,-59,-68,-90,-104,-102,-11,-11,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (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... Nbd7 8. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 {1-0 (54) Veszpremi,A (2269)-Dankovics,A (1998) Miskolc 2010}) 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. O-O Qc6 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qe4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Re1 Qc6 22. Ra4 {[%cal Ba1a4,Ba4b4,Bb4b6][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 23. Rb4 Rd5 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rb6 Be7 27. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 28. Qe2 (28. Qc3 $11) 28... Rd7 {aiming for ...Nf4.} 29. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxa5 {White should prevent ...b5.} 33. Nxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bb4 34. Bb6 (34. Kf1 $1 $11) 34... Kf8 $17 35. Nd8 Nf4 36. Nc6 Bc3 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Bc5 Ne6 39. Be3 f5 40. Kg2 g5 41. Kf1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 42. Ke2 h4 $1 43. Kd3 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. fxg4 ({Don't go for} 44. hxg4 $2 h3 $19) 44... fxg4 45. Ke2 $1 gxh3 {Threatens to win with ...h2.} 46. Kf1 {[#]} a5 ({Better is} 46... Nc7 $1 $17 {...Kd7 is the strong threat.} 47. Nb8 Kd8) 47. Bb6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd7 48. Nxa5 Bxa5 49. Bxa5 {KB-KN} Nd4 50. Kg1 Nxc2 51. Kh2 e4 52. Kxh3 e3 53. fxe3 Nxe3 54. Be1 Nf5 55. Bxh4 Nxh4 56. Kxh4 Kc6 57. b4 Kb5 58. Kh5 Kxb4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,104,-12,-15,-14,-18,-8,-17,-41,-45,-46,-66,-54,-73,-64,-80,8,-165,-167,-181,-198,-168,-131,-135,-90,-104,-102,-95,-89,-105,-30,-123,31,37,30,18,15,13,16,19,14,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-8,0,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 Rfc8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (14... Rac8 15. a3 Nb8 16. Rd3 Qb5 17. Rb3 Qc6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nd7 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qh4 Rfe8 22. Bf6 {1-0 (46) Jones,G (2654)-Gelfand,B (2777) London 2013}) 15. h4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd8 16. Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h5 b5 17. h6 g6 18. Rd3 Bb6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 {1-0 (44) Kuderinov,K (2465)-Khamdamov,S (2292) Dushanbe 2013}) 16... Qc7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 {next Qg4 is good for White.} Ne7 $1 (18... Bxh4 $2 19. Qg4 $18) 19. Bc3 b5 20. Nf4 Nf5 21. Qg4 Bxh4 (21... Qc6 $17 22. g3 a5) 22. Nh5 $2 (22. Nxd5 $11 Qc4 23. Nf4) 22... g6 $1 $19 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qd8 25. Qf4 Qxf6 {And now ...g5 would win.} 26. g4 Qh4 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 27. Bd2 {[#]} Ng7 $1 28. Kg2 {[#] Threatening Rh1.} f5 (28... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 29. Qf3 h5) 29. Rg3 (29. Qxh6 $11 {remains equal.} Qxh6 30. Bxh6) 29... Rc2 $2 ({Black should try} 29... g5 $17 30. Qe5 f4) 30. Rh1 $1 $14 {[%cal Rh1h4]} Qg5 $1 31. Rxh6 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 fxg4 $1 ({Don't blunder} 32... Rxb2 $2 33. Be5 $18) 33. Rxg4 Nf5 34. Rh3 Rf8 35. Be5 Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rh3 Kf7 38. Rg5 (38. Rh7+ $11 Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+) 38... Ke7 (38... Ne7 $15 39. Ra3 Nc6) 39. Rxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf7 40. Rg8 {aiming for Ra8.} Rf8 (40... Rxb2 41. Rc3) 41. Rh7+ Rf7 42. Rhh8 Ne3+ $1 ({Wrong is} 42... Rxb2 $2 43. Ra8 $18) 43. Kh3 Rcxf2 44. Re8+ Kd7 45. Rd8+ Kc6 46. Rd6+ Kb7 {Threatens to win with ...R2f3+.} 47. Rxe6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh8b8]} Rf8 48. Re7+ Ka8 $1 49. Rhh7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Re7a7]} R2f3+ 50. Kh2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Re7a7]} Rf2+ 51. Kh3 $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Re7a7]} R2f3+ 52. Kh2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Re7a7]} Rf2+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,76,33,25,26,36,21,28,21,38,49,33,40,41,33,52,39,42,36,52,37,31,18,32,30,46,25,26,24,58,69,66,41,45,37,50,46,52,40,44,29,36,37,37,17,17,16,26,17,31,28,29,31,31,24,30,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O {C10: Französische Verteidigung (Rubinstein-Variante)} 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 12. Be3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 {½-½ (31) Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2705) Tbilisi 2015}) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Nd2 Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Nxd4 Rb8 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qa4 {Droht c5 und aus.} a6 21. Qa3 Qc5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Rb1 b5 24. Qb2 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qe6 30. Qd2 {[#] Und Dd8+ würde nun gewinnen.} g5 31. Bf1 Re5 32. Qb2 a5 $1 33. Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Qf5 34. Qd4 {[#] Ld3 ist eine echte Drohung.} Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 36. Bxf5 Rxd4 37. Bc2 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 {Precision: Weiß = 81%, Schwarz = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,13,-9,8,-14,11,-9,0,-22,-25,-56,-60,-57,-35,-36,-36,-37,-33,-34,-29,-30,-32,-26,-26,-47,-47,-65,-58,-55,-69,-76,-70,-79,-83,-75,-84,-158,-156,-159,-154,-166,-143,-187,-197,-201,-181,-183,-182,-178,-187,-208,-197,-748,-739,-802,-827,-810,-789,-755,-728,-29989,-29990,-29994,-29979,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Bd2 Rfd8 12. Na4 f6 13. Rfc1 Kh8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 a4 16. Be1 Nde7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Be2 {½-½ (22) Zhou,J (2612)-Zhao,J (2634) China 2016}) 10... Kh8 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Qc2 a4 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bc3 Bf5 {½-½ (17) Visser,D (2126)-Seidel,J (2010) Niederrhein 2003}) 11... Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 12. Rxc3 f6 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. e4 c5 15. Be3 b6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. a4 Be6 19. Bg4 Bg8 20. Nc4 Bd6 21. g3 Bc7 22. Na3 Qe7 23. Nb5 Rad8 24. h4 Bb8 25. h5 Qe8 26. Kg2 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 27. Qe2 (27. h6 $142 g6 28. Ra3) 27... f5 $17 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bg5 Nd4 30. Qd1 Nxb5 31. axb5 Rd4 32. Be3 Bd5+ ({Don't play} 32... Qxb5 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rc1 $15) 33. Kg1 Rb4 ({But not} 33... Qxb5 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Rc1 $11) 34. h6 gxh6 ({Resist} 34... Rxb5 35. hxg7+ Kxg7 36. b3) 35. Bxh6 $2 {[#]} (35. Rc4) 35... Qg6 $1 $19 36. Bxf8 Rxg4 37. Qe1 Rh4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh4h1,Bg4h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 38. f3 Rh3 39. Kg2 Qh5 {Black mates.} 40. Qe3 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Qh3 {[%cal Rh3g3]} 42. Bg7+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,59,28,6,40,16,20,23,43,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Partien} Qe7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. h4 Nd7 16. Rh3 Kh8 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. h5 {½-½ (18) Riazantsev,A (2651)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 14. g3 Bb7 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ng5 fxg5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. Rxd4 {[#] Und Dc7 würde nun gewinnen.} Ne5 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23. Qd2 (23. Rxd8+ {keeps more tension.} Qxd8 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Be4 Kg7 26. Kg2) 23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. h3 h6 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Ng6 28. e3 $1 Nh4 29. Be4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 {Precision: Weiß = 52%, Schwarz = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,26,16,6,10,3,15,20,57,70,64,71,70,68,68,68,68,68,68,58,68,68,75,52,74,71,106,102,106,105,106,103,112,108,145,110,158,65,75,33,33,50,56,46,43,33,39,44,50,39,100,100,88,89,106,66,32,31,33,33,33,13,15,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,13]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} d5 (6... d6 7. h3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Bb3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2760)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 7. exd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 20 Games. ...Bxf2+! is the strong threat.} 8. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf5 {½-½ (30) Leko,P (2679)-Harikrishna,P (2733) Germany 2018}) 8... Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Rad8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nc4 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 14. Nxb6 Rxf3 $1 15. gxf3 cxb6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. Re3 h6 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. Be1 Be6 21. b5 Ne7 22. Rxe5 Ng6 23. Re3 Nh7 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Rd4 (25. f4 $16) 25... Ng5 $14 26. Be2 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 27. Bd1 {And now h4 would win.} Ngh3+ 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Bc2 Bc4+ 30. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 31. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] [#]} g6 ({Better is} 31... Kf8 $14) 32. Rd8+ $16 Kg7 33. Bd2 Ne6 34. Rb8 Nhg5 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. Bb3 Rh4 37. Be3 Nge6 {The position is equal.} 38. Ra8 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe6.} a6 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Bxc5 (41. Bd4+ {looks sharper.} Kf7 42. a4 Rh5 43. Bxc5 bxc5 44. Rxa6 Rxh2 45. a5) 41... bxc5 42. Rxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf6 43. Ra5 Rxh2 44. Rxc5 Rh1 45. a4 Ra1 46. a5 g5 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. c4 Ra3+ 49. Ke4 Ra2 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra2 52. Ke3 Ra3+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,27,42,29,25,20,64,41,35,29,48,0,21,0,17,6,14,7,0,12,22,19,27,0,1,12,52,50,96,93,88,100,82,81,91,85,93,111,128,129,127,141,139,141,177,191,335,325,526,516,690,682,1287,1250,5273,3304,29988,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 6. a4 {[#] Schwarz muss nun axb5 beachten. C70: Spanische Partie (Abweichung im 4. Zug)} b4 7. h4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Na5 9. Bd5 c6 10. Ba2 Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bf4 {0-1 (48) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Van Foreest,J (2609) Germany 2018}) 7... d6 8. Ng5 {Und weiter mit Ld5 wäre nett.Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nh6 9. Bd5 Bd7 10. d4 Nxd4 11. c3 bxc3 (11... c6 {is more complex.} 12. Bxf7+ Nxf7 13. cxd4 Bg7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd2 Re8) 12. bxc3 c6 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Nxe5+ dxe5 21. Rd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Weiss.} Qe7 {[#] Droht stark ...Db4+.} 22. Ba3 c5 23. h5 {Und hxg6+ würde nun gewinnen.} g5 24. O-O Red8 {Droht ...Txd3.} 25. Rf3+ Kg8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Bb2 Rd4 (27... Rf8 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.}) 28. Bxd4 $18 exd4 $2 (28... cxd4 29. Qd2 Qd8) 29. Rg3 g4 30. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qh4 31. f5 Bf7 32. Qf4 Bxh5 33. Rh3 {Precision: Weiß = 81%, Schwarz = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,44,-30,-22,-21,-22,-20,-16,-16,-17,-31,-6,-20,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,4,0,0,0,2]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} (9... b6 10. Ke2 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rhd1 Rfc8 14. Bb5 Rc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nb1 a6 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 {0-1 (43) Dizdarevic,E (2499)-Zhigalko,A (2582) Istanbul 2012}) 10. b4 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 14. Rhd1 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rac8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Na4 17. Bd4 {½-½ (57) Barrett,S (2226)-Berzinsh,R (2420) Coulsdon 2008}) 15. Rac1 {The position is equal.} Nb6 16. Nb1 Nfd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Nfd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. Bxb5 {next e4 is good for White.} axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,16,0,15,11,24,11,15,16,14,0,12,0,6,0,4,10,6,0,0,-11,63,38,32,54,87,93,161,158,155,154,172,160,158,153,164,130,197,0,107,70,139,133,109,72,170,160,154,134,189,180,447,130,156,67,82,-25,-17,-101,-107,-349,95,83,83,93,348,160,1069,1065,1033,1020,985,981,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... exd4 9. e5 Nd5 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Ne4 Bf5 {½-½ (23) Anand,V (2782)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Riadh 2017}) 9. dxe5 {And now Be2 would win.} cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6f2]} 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Bc7 14. Ne3 b5 15. Nd5 Qd8 $1 16. Qg4 Be5 17. f4 Bb8 (17... Bd6 $11) 18. Be3 $14 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for Bd4. White has compensation.} Bb7 $1 19. Rad1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} a5 20. Nb6 $1 h5 (20... Qe8 $16) 21. Qe2 $18 (21. Qxh5 Ba7 $11) (21. Qxd7 $6 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Bc6 $11) 21... Qe7 22. e5 ({Don't do} 22. Rxd7 $6 Qxe4 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 $14) 22... d6 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Qxb5 {Rfe1 is the strong threat.} dxe5 25. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Qh4 (25... a3 $16) 26. Qe2 $2 ({Resist} 26. Qxa5 e4 $16) (26. f6 $1 $18) 26... Bc6 (26... e4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 27. g3 Bxg3) 27. Qf2 Qc4 (27... Qf6 $14) 28. f6 $16 g6 29. Qg3 Bc7 (29... Qg4 $16) 30. h3 $1 $18 Rb8 31. Rd2 Qe6 (31... a3 $16 32. bxa3 Qb3) 32. Qg5 {Black must now prevent Qh6.} Qe8 $2 (32... Bd6 33. Rfd1 (33. Qh6 Bf8 $14) 33... Bc7) 33. Re1 $2 (33. g4 $18 Bb5 34. c4 Bxc4 35. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Qf8 {[#]} 34. Bf2 (34. g4 $1 $16) 34... Kh7 $14 35. Kh2 (35. Red1 $16) 35... e4+ $11 36. Bg3 (36. Kg1 $11) 36... Rb5 $17 37. Qh4 $2 (37. Qe3 $17 {was the only defense.} Bb6 38. Qf4) 37... Qb8 $2 (37... Qh6 $19 38. Bxc7 Qxd2) 38. Bxc7 $16 Qxc7+ 39. Qg3 Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qxg3+ $16 40. Kxg3 Rc5) 40. Qd6 (40. Rd8 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rd5 41. Rf8) 40... Rf5 $2 (40... Qb8 $16) 41. Qf8 $18 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf8g7]} Qc7+ 42. Kh1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf8g7]} Rxf6 43. Rd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rf8h8]} g5 44. Qh8+ {White mates.} Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf5 46. Rf1+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,119,25,20,36,37,35,17,25,26,26,4,34,30,20,8,47,6,6,0,8,10,4,-6,-6,-9,-11,-10,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,-8,0,-13,-11,-12,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,12,12,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,22,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Rac8 {[#]} 22. Kg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 (23. Nxe1 {feels hotter.} Bg6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Ng2) 23... Bg6 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 f6 26. Ra1 Bf7 27. Ra7 Bf8 28. Nd2 Rc7 29. Kf1 c5 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd5 34. h5 c4 35. g4 Ne6 36. f3 Bd6 37. Ne4 Be5 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Ng3 Ne6 40. Nf5 Bd6 41. Kc2 b4 42. b3 {[#] bxc4+ is the strong threat.} cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 bxc3 44. Kxc3 Bf8 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. Ke2 Ne6 47. f4 Nd8 48. Kf3 Nc6 49. Bb6 Ne7 50. Ne3+ Kc6 51. Bd4 Nc8 52. g5 fxg5 {The position is equal.} 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. Kg4 Kd7 55. Kxg5 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Ke6 56. Kg6 {[#] And now Nf5 would win.} Ne7+ 57. Kh7 g6 58. hxg6 Nxg6 59. Kxg6 Bd6 60. Be5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,17,35,-2,5,5,0,0,20,22,28,26,25,0,37,32,29,4,39,33,17,18,31,44,60,24,52,25,46,26,14,0,78,87,78,79,66,44,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,79,84,152,147,135,127,69,16,10,21,18,23,16,0,0,0,0,0,177,0,262,-40,-47,-115,-100,-100,-84,-246,0,-246,-224,-329,-275,-660,-660,-660,-660,-954,-941,-29975,-29974,-2786,-1179,-1121,-1102]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. d5 (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Bb5 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5 e4 16. f6 Rxf6 {0-1 (61) Bacrot,E (2718)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 10... Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Qd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Nc3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 {½-½ (37) Nightingale,D (2506)-Alonso Gonzalez,C (2497) ICCF email 2009}) 13... c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Kh8 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rc2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Rfc1 Ng8 22. f3 Ngf6 23. Nd1 a5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. Bb5 Qb6 (25... a4 $1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 26. Rxc5 $1 $16 dxc5 27. a4 $1 c4 28. Qc3 Qd6 $1 29. Qxc4 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat Druck.} 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Nh5 33. Kf1 Qb6 {Und ...De3 würde nun gewinnen.} 34. Nc5 Kh6 35. Ke1 Ng3 (35... Kg5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 36. Kd1 $1 Kh5 (36... Nh1 $142) 37. Kc2 Kh4 38. Kb1 Nh5 39. Ka2 (39. Nb3 $14) 39... Kg3 $11 40. Nd3 Qd4 41. Rc2 Nf6 42. Nc5 Qd1 43. Kb3 g5 44. Nd3 Nd7 $2 (44... h5 $11) 45. Kc3 $2 (45. d6 $1 $18) 45... Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qg1 $1 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.}) 46. Nxe5 $2 (46. d6 $18) 46... Qe1+ $15 47. Kb3 {[#]} ({Günstiger ist} 47. Rd2 $1 $15 Nxd5+ 48. exd5 Qxe5+ 49. Kb3) 47... Qb4+ $1 $17 48. Ka2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 $2 (49. Be8 $17) 49... Qxa4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTS} 50. Kb1 {Droht d6 und aus.} Qd4 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat starke Kompensation.} 51. Nc4 (51. Nc6 {war erzwungen.} Qd1+ 52. Rc1 Qd3+ 53. Rc2) 51... a4 $19 52. d6 $2 {[#]} (52. Rd2 Qxc4 53. d6) 52... Qd1+ $1 53. Rc1 Qd3+ 54. Rc2 {beabsichtigt e5.} b5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc1 b3 (56... Qe2 $142 57. Rc6 b3 58. Kb1 a3 59. bxa3 Qxd2 60. d7 Qa2+ 61. Kc1 b2+ 62. Kd1 b1=Q+ 63. Rc1 Qac2+ 64. Ke1 Qbxc1#) 57. Rc3 Qxd6 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,128,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-14,-10,-12,-12,22,10,11,17,36,18,27,0,37,29,45,28,63,20,45,17,30,27,57,60,60,18,17,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-189,-185,-166,-185,-179,-181,-237,-243,-277,-256,-262,-254,-259,-257,-265,-264,-271,-268,-311,-308,-501,-543,-535,-531,-464,-480,-559,-458,-615,-574,-562,-518,-512,-506,-29961,-29962,-29959,-29963,-29962,-29962,-29962,-29965,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29965,-29962,-29965,-29970,-29972,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29971,-29973,-29972,-29973,-29976,-29977]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 {C24: Läuferspiel} 8. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} (8. c3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Ne3 {1-0 (77) Carlsen,M (2843)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger 2018}) 8... Nbd7 (8... a4 $5 9. Ba2 $8 Bg4 $11) 9. O-O a4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. Ba2 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 exd4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 {[#]} 15. Rb1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Nb1) 15... Qb6 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nfxd4 h6 21. c3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. f3 g6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Qc1 b6 26. Bb1 Re5 27. Bc2 Ne8 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. f4 Re7 30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qe3 Qd6 $1 33. f5 ({Falsch wäre} 33. Nxe4 $2 Qd5 $19) 33... Nf6 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Nge2 $2 {[#]} (35. h3 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.}) 35... Qxh2+ $1 $19 36. Kxh2 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 {Weiss droht Df4 und Matt.} Nxe3 38. Re1 (38. Rb1 $142) 38... Nc4 39. Nf4 Re5 (39... Nxb2 40. Nd5 $17) 40. b3 axb3 ({Finger weg von} 40... Nxa3 41. Ra1 $17) 41. Nxb3 g5 42. Ne2 e3 43. Ned4 Nxa3 44. Ra1 Nb5 45. c4 $2 (45. Rc1 {war nötig.}) 45... Nxd4 46. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Re4 47. Nc2 {Weiss hofft, mit Ta7 fortzusetzen.} Be6 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Rb7 e2 50. Kf2 Bxc4 51. Rxb6+ Kf5 52. Rxh6 {[#]} (52. Ke1 $19 Kg4 53. Rxh6) 52... e1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Schwarz setzt Matt.} 53. Nxe1 Re2+ 54. Kf3 {[#]} g4+ $1 ({Schwächer ist} 54... Rxe1 55. g4+ Ke5 56. Rg6 $15) 55. Kg3 Rxe1 {KTL-KT} 56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Rc5 Re4 58. Ra5 Be6 59. Ra3 Kg5 60. Ra5+ Bf5 61. Ra8 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Rb3 63. g3 Rb2+ 64. Kg1 Rg2+ {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,117,14,36,19,24,25,22,12,19,7,22,20,52,2,0,0,0,0,33,12,7,7,10,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,8,0,5,0,0,7,8,8,7,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bb2 Nc6 {[%cal Rg4e5] LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Nc3 (9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nc3 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}) 9... Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Qc1 Bc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 {½-½ (60) Kholmov,R-Szekely,P Kecskemet 1975}) 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 b5 17. Ba1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} bxc4 {The position is equal.} 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe5.} Bb5 21. Nxc5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Red8 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Rc6 {[#] And now ...Bxe2 would win.} 26. Rfc1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Bd6 (27... Rd5 $5 28. Rec2 $8 Rb6 $11) 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Ke2 {Nb7 is the strong threat.} Rc6 34. f3 Be7 35. Nb3 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 {KB-KN} Ke6 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Nb3 Bb4 39. e4+ fxe4+ 40. fxe4+ Ke5 41. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Nc6+.} Bc5 42. Nf3+ Kd6 43. Ng5 Bg1 44. Nf3 Bb6 45. Kc4 h5 46. Kb4 Ke6 47. a4 Bf2 48. Kc4 Bb6 49. h3 Bf2 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kd6 52. Kb4 Ke6 53. Kc3 Bc5 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Ke2 Bc5 56. Kd3 Bf2 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Ke6 59. Kc4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,129,0,0,3,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,5,0,81,92,118,106,140,121,138,60,69,64,66,22,60,0,29,-44,11,18,16,13,15,-34,13,25,16,21,31,5,5,11,31,33,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-87,11,8,0,6,41,10,108,102,99,0,0,-150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,143,17,118,97,188,208,375,354,311,300,739,143,772,771,758,49,49,54,768,728,670,647,1451,1452,1370,1292,1275,1136,874,711]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1 {LiveBook: 78 Games} h6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 9. Bh4 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be5 Nf6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Be5 Nf6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 {½-½ (16) Nguyen,N (2630)-Salem,A (2638) Riadh 2017}) 10. exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 {½-½ (28) Bendig,F (2296)-Laghetti,G (2270) LSS email 2009}) 10... Qe6+ {The position is equal.} 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Qe6+ 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. f4 g5 (15... Nxe5 $11 16. fxe5 (16. dxe5 Qe3 $15) 16... g5) 16. Nxd7 $16 ({Don't play} 16. fxg5 $6 Nxe5 17. dxe5 hxg5 $11) 16... Bxd7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bf5 19. Nf3 ({Don't blunder} 19. Bxe7 $2 Re8 $19) (19. Rc1 $1 $16) 19... Bxb1 20. Qxb1 e5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Bf4 (22. Qf5 $14 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Be7) 22... Rae8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 23. Ng5 (23. Qf5 $11 Qe6 24. Nd4 Qxf5 25. Nxf5) 23... Qg6 (23... f5 $15 24. Qd1 Nxe5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8) 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. e6 Ne5 26. Bb5 Re7 (26... Nc6 {is interesting.} 27. g3 Bf6 28. h4 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rxe6+ 30. Kf2 Rd8) 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd7 $1 Rf4 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Ke2 Rh7 31. Rd1 Rh5 32. h3 (32. Bc8 $14) 32... Kf8 $11 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Kd2 a5 35. a4 b6 36. Kc2 Re4 37. Kd1 Rf4 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kf2 Rf5 40. g3 {[#]} (40. Bc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... g5 (40... d4 $1 $17 {And now ...dxc3 would win.} 41. c4 Bg7) 41. g4 Rff4 42. Rxd5 Re5 43. Rd3 Rc5 (43... Kf8 $11) 44. Ke3 Rcc4 45. Nd4 (45. Kd2 $16) 45... Bxd4+ $1 46. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} ({Only move:} 46. Rxd4 $11 Rcxd4 47. cxd4) 46... Rf1 (46... Rc2 $17 47. d5 Kd6) 47. Bb5 Rc2 48. d5 Kd6 49. Rb3 Re1+ 50. Kd4 Rc5 ({Black should try} 50... Rf2 $11) 51. Bc6 $1 $16 Rd1+ (51... Rf1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52. Ke4 Rf1 (52... Re1+ $16 53. Kd4 Rd1+ 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kd4) 53. Rxb6 $18 {Black must now prevent Bb5+.} Rf4+ $2 (53... Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Rcc1) 54. Ke3 Rc1 55. Kd2 Rh1 $2 {[#]} (55... Rc5 56. Ba8+ Ke7) 56. Kc2 $2 (56. Bb5+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kc5 57. e7 Rh2+ 58. Kd1 Rh1+ 59. Kc2 Rf2+ 60. Kb3 Rxh3+ 61. Ka2) 56... Rxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Re4 $16 57. Kd3 Rhe1) 57. Bb5+ Kc5 58. Rc6+ $2 ({White has to play} 58. e7 $18 Rh2+ 59. Kb1) 58... Kxd5 $14 59. e7 Rf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Re3 $14) 60. Kb1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Re3 61. Rc7 Rfe2 62. Bxe2 Rxe2 63. Ka2 Re4 64. Ka3 Kd6 65. Ra7 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,0,15,15,15,15,15,12,13,15,12,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,19,35,24,27,22,37,36,25,37,45,35,31,15,20,18,37,9,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Bb3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2760)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (46) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2770) Bilbao 2016}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nf3 Bf5 {[#]} 14. Nc5 $146 {And now Bxf5 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 c6 15. Nc5 {½-½ (25) Moura,A (2504)-Reinhart,K (2466) ICCF email 2016}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {Hoping for Ne6.} Re8 16. Bf4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. b4 Ng6 19. Bh2 a5 20. a3 c6 21. c4 axb4 22. axb4 {[#] Rxa8 is the strong threat.} Rxa1 23. Rxa1 dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bd6 Ne5 28. Qc2 Nef7 {The position is equal.} 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 g6 31. Ng3 Nxd6 32. cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd7 34. h4 Nf7 35. Ne4 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Rd4 38. Rb6 f5 39. Rxc6 Rxb4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,128,26,24,32,10,32,26,43,31,58,46,60,29,25,5,17,0,16,-15,-4,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,-10,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-78,-83,-99,-101,-83,-92,0,-10,0,-28,-10,-53,0,-33,-9,-33,0,-30,-31,-41,9,6,25,24,50,45,42,37,66,28,28,28,58,58,82,60,79,37,47,37,74,37,47,46,54,52,73,73,73,73,84,84,84,84,84,4,4,4,8,8,4,4,22,22,29,36,36,36,36,0,37,0,37,37,44,44,63,44,44]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 (5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 h6 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}) 5... Nc6 6. Bb2 {B29: Sizilianisch (Rubinstein-Variante)} Nxc3 7. dxc3 {[%cal Bd2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Partien} d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 Ne5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Be7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h4 h6 {1-0 (41) Velez Betancourt,N (2265)-Lopez Hernandez,C (2330) Guines 1994}) 10. Be2 (10. Nxe5 {looks sharper.} Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Be4 f5 13. Bf3) 10... Bd7 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. c4 (12. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Bc7 13. c4 $14) 12... Nc6 $1 13. O-O-O Bf4+ 14. Kb1 f6 $1 15. g3 Bc7 16. Nd2 b6 17. Ne4 {[#] Und Lxf6! würde nun gewinnen.} Ke7 18. f4 Rad8 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Rhf1 h5 22. Rde1 Kf7 23. Be4 h4 24. g4 h3 25. Bc1 (25. Rf2 $11) 25... Rh4 $17 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Rg1 Nd4 {Droht ...Sf3 und aus.} 28. Ref1 {[#]} Nc6 (28... g5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...Lxf4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 29. fxg5 Bxh2) 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Rhh8 31. Bg3 f5 (31... Rd2 $1 $15) 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rf3 Rd7 34. Bf2 Ng8 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Be1 Bf6 37. Kc1 Rh6 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. Rgg3 Nf6 40. Nxf6 (40. c3 {with more complications.} Nxd5 41. cxd5 Bf6 42. c4 Rd8 43. Rxh3 Rdh8 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Rf2) 40... Bxf6 41. Rxh3 Rxh3 42. Rxh3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Rd4 43. Kd1 Re4 44. a4 Be7 45. Rf3 a5 46. Be3 Re6 47. Ke2 Rh6 48. h3 Rg6 49. Bf2 Re6+ 50. Re3 Bd6 51. Rxe6 Kxe6 $16 {KL-KL} 52. Bh4 Kd7 53. Bg5 (53. Kf3 $16) 53... Be7 $1 $11 54. h4 g6 $1 55. Kf3 Ke6 $1 56. Kg3 {Schwarz muss nun Lxe7 beachten.} Bf6 $1 57. Bh6 Kf7 58. Kh3 Be7 59. Bg5 {zielt auf Lxe7 ab.} Bf6 60. Kg3 Ke6 61. Kf3 Be7 62. Kg2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Bf6 63. Kg3 Kf7 64. c3 Kg7 {Precision: Weiß = 49%, Schwarz = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,118,13,10,27,16,22,18,31,32,31,26,22,25,23,3,20,19,22,22,26,7,4,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,12,-10,5,0,9,16,10,14,14,19,129,95,115,23,13,-111,-107,-116,-110,-125,-121,-111,-113,-151,-149,-162,-156,-157,-152,-231,-175,-222,-122,-270,-138,-389,-389,-382,-370,-491,-485,-589,-576,-562,-554,-535,0,-519,-510,-493,-492,-483,-471,-802,-869,-971,-911,-845,-837,-749,-720,-684,-618,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12831,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12847]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 349 Games} a5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Bg6 14. a5 Ba7 15. Ra4 {1-0 (48) Saric,I (2662)-Bacrot,E (2723) Germany 2018}) 8. h3 Bd7 9. Re1 a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Bc4 c6 12. Bg5 Ng6 {0-1 (31) Urbanic,M (1912)-Juhar,R (2213) Banska Stiavnica 2013}) 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. d4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Neg6 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Nef4 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Re3 Qe6 22. c4 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf5.} Nf4+ 24. Kg1 $1 Qxh3 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh3g2]} 25. Ne1 Qg4 (25... Re6 $11 26. Rf3 Qg4) 26. Ng2 $16 g5 27. Rd2 ({Better is} 27. Rd5 $16) 27... f5 $1 $11 28. Qd1 (28. Rd5 $11 Nxg2 29. Kxg2) 28... Qxd1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 29. Rxd1 {[#]} Nxg2 $1 30. Kxg2 f4 31. Re2 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} fxg3 32. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re5 33. Rd5 Rae8 34. f3 Kg7 35. b3 (35. Rd3 $17) 35... axb3 36. axb3 h5 (36... Rxd5 $19 37. cxd5 h5) 37. Ra2 (37. Rxe5 $17 Rxe5 38. Ra2) 37... Kf6 (37... Rxd5 $19 38. cxd5 h4+ 39. Kg2 Kf6) 38. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rd3 $17) 38... Rxd5 $19 39. cxd5 {KR-KR} Ke5 40. b5 b6 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Ra4 Rf8 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Ra4 $1 Rh8 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Rc4 Rh7 46. Ra4 h4+ 47. Kg4 (47. Kh3 $142 Kf4 48. Ra3) 47... h3 {And now ...h2 would win.} 48. Ra1 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 h2 50. Rh1 Rh8 51. Kg4 Kd4 52. Kxg5 Ke3 53. f4 Kxe4 54. f5 Kf3 55. f6 Kg2 56. Rc1 h1=Q 57. Rxh1 Rxh1 58. Kf5 Kf3 59. f7 Rh8 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,121,7,19,0,4,1,24,0,33,16,40,7,7,3,30,27,21,23,44,22,27,27,20,8,49,14,23,16,20,14,18,15,18,22,20,15,16,15,16,0,47,32,37,37,55,52,45,37,88,8,25,11,52,51,63,50,58,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,50,44,53,52,53,44,66,66,58,58,75,75,74,66,678,678,677,82,29969,29971,29971,29972,12824,1284,29988,29989,29989,29983,29983,29983,29983,29984,29983,29984,29984,29983]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {A28: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bb5+ $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 {½-½ (18) Giri,A (2775)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneva 2017}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be2 a5 18. Bc3 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. O-O-O b6 21. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be6 22. a3 Rad8 23. g5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. Rg1 hxg5 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 29. g6 Nf5 30. Kd2 Rh8 31. Be5 Rd8+ 32. Ke1 Nxe3 33. Bxg7 Nc2+ 34. Kf2 Nd4 (34... Rd5 $14) 35. Bh5 ({Besser ist} 35. Bg4 $16) 35... Rd5 36. Bd1 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. Bh8 b5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Nf5+ 41. Kf4 {[#] Droht Lf3 und aus.} Nd6 42. Bg4 Bxg4 43. Kxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Ne8 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. bxc5 Rxc5 46. Be5 Rc2 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rg1 Nf6 49. g7 {zielt auf Lxf6 ab.} Ng8 50. Ke4 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... Rc2 $14) 51. Rf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Re8 52. Rf7+ $2 (52. Rf8 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg. Und Kf5 würde nun gewinnen.} b4 53. Kd5) 52... Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Re7 $16 53. Rf4 Nf6+ 54. Rxf6 Rxg7) 53. Rf8 Kd7 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Bd6 (55. Rxc8 $142 Ne7+ 56. Ke4 Kxc8 57. Bd6) 55... Re8 56. Rf7+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kd8 57. Ra7 Re1 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rxg8 Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rg1 61. Ra8 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,7,6,0,8,0,0,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,14,-17,13,13,34,10,20,23,31,30,26,22,29,13,14,9,14,4,4,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-10,0,-10,0,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. cxd5 (8. Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Rfe8 {0-1 (54) Georgiev,K (2623)-Short,N (2678) Riadh 2017}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. e4 Nf4 11. Bc4 Ng6 12. e5 Bb4 13. h4 {0-1 (39) Nikcevic,N (2440)-Stefanovski,D (2300) Kladovo 1991}) 9... Bxd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. a3 h6 12. e4 {[#] Hoping for Bxd6.} Bb7 $1 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Nf6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Qd1 e5 {The position is equal.} 22. d5 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke7 25. Bd3 Ne8 26. Nf1 g6 27. Ne3 Ng7 28. Kg2 f5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 {KB-KN} 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. h4 Bd7 35. Ke4 b5 36. Nd1 Bf5+ 37. Kf3 Bd7 38. Nc3 a6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Ke3 Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4.} 41. Ng3 Bh3 42. Kf3 Bf5 43. Nf1 Kf6 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. h5 Kf6 46. hxg6 $1 Kxg6 47. Kg3 Be4 48. Kg4 {[#]} Bf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Kg3 (49. Nxf5 h5+) 49... Be4 50. Kg4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT 2018-Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,155,4,9,0,0,-7,12,12,17,10,28,22,30,1,31,13,34,22,21,0,0,0,19,12,26,22,39,44,57,29,49,35,40,36,82,35,79,32,37,25,29,20,54,31,89,68,66,54,56,57,60,49,66,53,54,51,75,72,91,72,79,79,71,63,62,61,82,82,86,67,68,68,110,85,81,81,102,50,64,77,54,9,10,10,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,8,3,24,0,0,0,28,8,8,8,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 {LiveBook: 272 Games} 7. Ba4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 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. Nd2 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bc2 Rxa2 14. Rxa2 Bxa2 {1-0 (48) Dreisch,J (2031)-Hackenberg,T (1924) ICCF email 2017}) 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. c3 Bb6 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc2 (20. Rxe5 {feels hotter.} Rxd3 21. Be3 g6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rxb5 Nh5 24. Rxb6 Nf4 25. Ra4) 20... Nd7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Rd1 f6 23. Be3 Rd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27. Re1 Kf8 (27... b4 $14) 28. Re5 Nd7 29. Rxb5 (29. Rf5+ {is more complex.} Nf6 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rxb5 Rd2 32. Bb1) 29... Bxd4 30. cxd4 a6 31. Rb3 Nf6 32. Bd3 Rxd4 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34. Raa3 g6 35. Be2 Rxa3 36. bxa3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Reject} 36. Rxa3 Rd2 $11) 36... Rd2 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Kh6 40. Ra7 Kg5 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bd5 Ra1 43. a4 Nd6 {[#]} 44. Bc6 (44. Ra8 $1 $16) 44... h5 $14 45. a5 Nf5 46. a6 {Black should prevent Ra8.} Nh4+ 47. Kh2 {next f4+ is good for White.} Ra2 $1 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Bc6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf8+.} Ne5 53. Bd5 Ra5 54. Bb7 Kg3 55. Re8 Nc4 56. Re6 g5 57. Ke2 {With the idea Kd3.} Ra3 (57... g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 58. Re4 (58. Bd5 $16 Ne5 59. Rxe5 Rxa6 60. Re3+ Kh4 61. Kf2) 58... Ra2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Kd3 Nd6 60. Re3+ Kh4 61. Re2 Ra3+ 62. Kc2 Ra5 63. Re3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 {Hoping for ...Nc4+.} 65. Rb3 g4 66. hxg4 hxg4 67. Rb4 Kh3 68. Kb3 g3 69. Ra4 Rb5+ 70. Rb4 Ra5 71. Rb6 Ne8 72. Rh6+ Kg4 73. Rg6+ Kf4 74. Kb4 Ra1 75. Kc5 Nc7 76. Kb6 Nxa6 77. Bxa6 Rxa6+ 78. Kxa6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

