[Event "Prague Festival Challengers 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,5,19,9,6,4,0,6,22,25,31,27,31,29,37,27,27,24,27,17,27,29,21,13,25,39,58,54,56,54,50,43,84,82,74,51,97,79,94,89,108,108,93,0,130,130,139,106,109,97,97,90,90,90]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} dxc6 7. a3 O-O 8. d3 {[#] The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. h4 Bf6 10. g4 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. h5 h6 {0-1 (61) Motylev,A (2668)-Inarkiev,E (2682) Izhevsk 2019}) 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qg3 f6 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. O-O-O Qxg4 15. hxg4 Ne6 16. g3 Rad8 17. f4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rdf1 Ne6 20. Nd1 g6 21. Ne3 b5 22. Rh6 Nd4 23. Kd1 a5 24. Rfh1 Rd7 25. f5 g5 26. b4 ({Better is} 26. b3 $16) 26... a4 (26... axb4 $11 27. axb4 Ra8) 27. Kc1 $16 Rff7 28. Kb2 Rd6 {White is better.} 29. Rd1 Rfd7 30. Rh2 Kh8 31. Kb1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Challengers 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.14"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,91,-10,10,8,9,9,7,9,19,19,14,14,19,-22,-23,-21,-18,-21,-23,-23,-23,-12,-25,-18,-17,-16,-16,-32,-10,-14,-2,-15,-7,-7,-13,-46,0,0,0,-7,12,8,8,8,8,8,13,15,18,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,6,10,8,17,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Bxc4 O-O {[#]} 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nde2 Rc8 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Be8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Na2 {½-½ (30) Diermair,A (2508)-Schnider,G (2422) Vienna 2018}) 11... Rc8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxc3.} 12. Be2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rxc3+ 14. Kb2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nc6 17. Nb5 Kf8 18. g4 h6 19. Be3 b6 20. h4 Ke7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Kf8 (22... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 23. Nc3 b5 $11) 23. Rd1 {[#] Hoping for Bxf6.The position is equal.} Be8 24. Nd6 e5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bb5 Nd4 27. Nxe8 Nxb5 28. Nxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kf8 $1 30. h5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Nf6 Nd4 33. Ng4+ Kxh5 34. Nxe5 f6 35. Nd7 Nxf3 36. Nxf6+ Kh6 37. Rg3 Nd4 38. Rd3 Kg6 39. Nd7 Ne6 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Ne5+ Ke7 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Nc6 Nc5 44. e5+ Kf5 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Challengers 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,24,28,0,0,8,30,36,73,82,72,48,34,37,75,0,0,0,44,42,70,72,67,62,91,77,135,135,183,172,185,186,176,154,237,222,235,221,235,257,343,344,29988,29989,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29978,29970,12086]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. Nxc4 {8.0-0 is the hot move.} Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 9. b3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 Bb4 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc6 14. e3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Re1 {½-½ (27) Vrolijk,L (2467)-Davtyan,A (2437) Groningen 2019}) 11... Rxd4 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Be3 Nc6 (13... Rxc4 $5 14. bxc4 Qxc4 $11) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qb2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rg4 18. Rad1 (18. Qc3 $16) 18... Be8 $1 $11 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa3 {Threatens to win with Qe7.} Qb7 21. Rd3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rg5 22. Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} h6 23. e4 {And now h4 would win.} Kh7 (23... c5 $142) 24. Rf4 $1 $16 {Hoping for h4.} Rg6 {[#]} 25. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5g6]} Rg5 26. Nf3 ({Resist} 26. Nxf7 Bxf7 27. Rxf7 Rg6 $16) 26... Rg6 27. e5 {aiming for Rfd4.} Qb6+ (27... c5 $16 28. Qxc5 Qb6) 28. Kg2 $18 c5 {[#]} 29. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] Strongly threatening h5.} Bc6 30. Qxf7 Bxf3+ 31. exf3 {Rf6 is the strong threat.} ({Weaker is} 31. Rfxf3 c4 $16) 31... Qa5 $2 {[#]} (31... Qa6 $18 32. Rc4 Rb8) 32. Rf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qe1+ {[#]} 34. Kg4 $1 Qxe5 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 57%.} 1-0 [Event "Prague Festival Challengers 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.18"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Stefansson, Hannes"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,67,3,9,0,0,2,18,18,20,3,1,-19,0,-4,-5,-8,7,0,0,0,9,7,16,12,19,7,22,11,51,0,0,0,16,4,5,8,22,22,15,17,16,20,16,0,0,0,23,0,1,0,0,0,15,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rc1 b6 15. Nc3 Bc5 {[#]} 16. Ne3 $146 {[%cal Re3d5]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Bxa5 Rd7 19. O-O Ba6 20. Rfe1 g6 21. e3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 bxa5 23. Rc5 Bb7 24. Rxa5 {½-½ (33) Sarana,A (2618)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) 16... Nde7 17. Na4 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Ba6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kf2 Nb4 21. a3 Nc2 {next ...Nf5 is good for Black.} 22. Be4 (22. Bc5 $14 bxc5 23. Rxc2) 22... Nxe3 $11 23. Kxe3 Bc4 (23... Nf5+ {is interesting.} 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc3 Kf8) 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5+ 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Rd4 b5 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. e4 Ke7 31. e5 a5 {The position is equal.} 32. Rd6 f6 33. Ne2 Bd7 34. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Challengers 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.20"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,96,31,31,15,22,25,37,21,22,23,23,6,37,35,31,39,38,17,41,42,48,24,41,19,35,37,25,58,34,-28,0,0,0,0,17,13,16,17,52,58,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,31,21,0,0,0,0,0,31,54,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba3 14. Ba1 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Bg2 e5 17. cxd5 Bxc3 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Bxc3 e4 {1-0 (76) Wang,H (2737)-Artemiev,V (2761) Danzhou 2019}) 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Qe2 Ba3 16. Ba1 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. dxc6 {Strongly threatening c7.} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 19. Qd1 {aiming for c7.} (19. Qxd3 $2 Ne5 $19) 19... bxc6 20. Na4 ({But not} 20. Qxd3 $2 Ne5 $19) ({White should play} 20. Bxc6 $14 d2 21. Bg2 (21. Qxd2 $2 Ne5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack})) 20... Ne5 21. Bg2 g5 22. Bc3 Rb5 23. Nb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nd5 25. Bd4 Rb4 26. Rd2 (26. Bxe5 $14 Qxe5 27. Rd2) 26... Rxd4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 27. exd4 Nc3 28. Qe1 Rxd4 29. Qe3 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 dxe2 31. Qxe2 (31. Qxd4 {is more complex.} Qf6 32. Qc3 exf1=R+ 33. Kxf1 Qd6 34. Be4) 31... Qd6 32. Qa6 Qd8 33. Re1 ({Wrong is} 33. Bxc6 $2 Rd6 $19) 33... f6 34. Bxc6 Kh7 35. Qe2 ({Better is} 35. h3 $16) 35... Kh6 {The position is equal.} 36. Be4 Rd2 37. Qf1 {[%cal Rf1h3]} g4 38. h3 Qd4 39. hxg4 {Intending Qh3+ and mate.} Kg5 40. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Re2.} Nxg4 {[%cal Rd2f2]} 41. Re2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Rd1 42. f4+ Kh6 43. Qf3 Rd2 {With the idea ...f5.} 44. Qxg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} Qxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 45. Kf2 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2