[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,63,7,-7,0,22,-3,0,-3,0,0,0,-2,-5,-11,-5,-12,91,50,111,104,97,104,102,110,100,100,105,100,107,102,108,111,177,137,179,175,357,357,357,357,356,354,398,412,512,508,885,841,1496,1430]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} Re8 {[#] 9...Be7 is the modern continuation.} 10. Nb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 c5 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Qb3 {0-1 (36) Gupta,A (2581)-Meskovs,N (2557) chess.com INT 2019}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O {[#] And now Rxc6! would win.The position is equal.} Bf8 12. a3 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. b4 Nb8 15. Qb3 c6 (15... Nbd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Qb1 Bc8 ({Black should try} 16... Nbd7 $14) 17. e4 $16 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Rfd1 Ra7 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. h3 (22. Nxc6 $6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 (23. Bxc6 Bxh2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kg1 Rxc6 $11) 23... Rxc6 $11) 22... Qh4 23. Re1 {Strongly threatening Nc4.} Rce7 (23... Be6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Bh7+ $18 Kf8 25. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qf6 $2 {[#]} (25... Qh5 {was worth a try.} 26. Bf4 (26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf5 $11) 26... Bf5 27. Nd7+ Nxd7 28. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qg5 30. Bxc6 (30. Rxc6 Kg8 $16) (30. Bxe7+ Rxe7 31. Bxc6 Nf6 $16) 30... Kg8) 26. Rf4 Bxe5 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bd6 ({Less strong is} 29. Bxb8 Bxc1 30. Bd6 Bf4 $16) 29... g6 30. Bxg6 {White is clearly winning.} fxg6 (30... Bxc1 $142 31. Qxc1 Kg7) 31. Qxg6 Nd7 32. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.14"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Ragger, Markus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,91,5,6,0,0,-7,20,7,16,20,26,12,13,10,22,11,12,0,42,46,31,41,32,45,57,0,52,52,55,42,44,47,48,41,43,27,25,25,47,24,24,0,8,4,16,16,12,26,46,31,34,34,54,40,98,96,200,200,200,186,212,186,186,186,186,186,725,710]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} O-O 15. h4 h6 {scores much better than the old 15...Rd8.} 16. Rc5 {The position is equal.} Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 17. Rb1 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Ke3 Rd8 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. a4 Bxa4 23. Rxb7 a5 {½-½ (35) Kermer,W (2398)-Meyer,F (2130) ICCF email 2018}) 18. Rc4 Bd7 19. Rb6 Be8 20. Rc1 Bg7 21. e5 Bf8 22. Rxb7 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Rc7 Bb5 25. Bb3 (25. Rb1 $14) 25... Nd5 (25... Nd3 $11) 26. Bxd5 $1 $14 Rxd5 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. Rc7 Bb4+ 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. g4 Rd7 33. Rc8 a5 34. Bg3 Ba6 35. Rc2 Bb7 36. Ng1 g5 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Be7 39. h5 Ba6 (39... a4 $14) 40. Nf3 $16 Bb4 (40... Rb7 $16) 41. g5 $18 hxg5 42. Nxg5 Bb7 {[#]} 43. Ne4 $1 Be7 44. Nd6 Bd5 {[#]} 45. h6+ $1 Kg6 $2 (45... Kh7 46. Nxf7 Bh4) 46. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 74%.} 1-0 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,47,22,24,12,47,33,87,83,76,68,310,304,309,309,302,303,289,297,299,301,437,371,361,366,363,368,369,360,363,366,485,489,488,470]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} Qb6 10. O-O Qxb2 ({Black should try} 10... Be7 $14) 11. Na4 $16 {White is better.} Qb4 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 Be4 13. f3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rxb7 Na5 17. Rc7 g5 18. Rc3 Qxa2 {0-1 (46) Meier,G (2560)-Gurevich,M (2611) Evry 2008}) 12... Qa5 $2 (12... Qxa3 $14 13. Nb6 Rd8) 13. Qb3 $18 b5 14. Rxc6 Qxa4 {[#]} 15. Qc3 $1 {Rc8+ would kill now.} e5 16. Nxe5 (16. Bxe5 Qxa3 17. Qxa3 Bxa3 $16) 16... b4 17. axb4 Ne4 (17... Bxb4 {keeps fighting.} 18. Qb2 Qa3 19. Qxa3 Bxa3) 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 {[#] aiming for Bb5!} Bxb4 20. Rcxa6 ({Weaker is} 20. Raxa6 O-O $16) 20... Rxa6 21. Rxa6 O-O 22. Nc6 Rc8 23. g4 ({Don't take} 23. Nxb4 Rc1+ 24. Bf1 g5 $18) 23... Nc3 24. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 44%.} ({Less strong is} 24. gxf5 Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Nxf4+ 26. exf4 Bf8 $16) 1-0 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.19"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,57,22,20,17,20,39,39,12,21,23,42,29,19,70,13,21,19,11,16,10,21,22,18,15,15,11,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O a6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Rac1 {[#]} Nxe5 $146 ({Black should play} 14... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Rc6 18. dxc5 e5 19. Bg3 Nxc5 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 {1-0 (35) Esen,B (2528)-Singer,C (2330) Lienz 2017}) 15. Bxe5 (15. dxe5 $14 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb1) 15... c5 $11 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxc1 f5 21. Rc7 Bd5 22. Qh5 Qd8 23. Bxf5 exf5 {[#]} 24. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d8][%mdl 512]} Qxd7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 29. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.20"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2717"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,128,5,12,11,18,15,25,18,29,12,49,44,49,31,51,42,87,90,87,75,155,163,187,183,158,145,278,288,324,305,297,239,219,85,76,85,124,115,119,117,161,120,407,402,474,477,466,462,478,467,465,444,438,433,556,567,527,64,64,64,74,67,85,29,56,30,29,21,21,18,18,19,43,0,19,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-128,-122,-268,-291,-564,-552,-2197,-4598,-2674,-2171,-29968,-29968,-29980,-29980,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d5 6. cxd5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Nxd5 7. Bg3 Nd7 {[#]} 8. e4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 N5f6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {½-½ (74) Sakaev,K (2596)-Zhigalko,S (2571) Moscow 2019}) 8... N5f6 9. e5 Nh5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bc4 a6 12. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c6 (14... Nc5 $142) 15. Bxf7+ $1 $16 Kxf7 {[#]} 16. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxe6 17. Qe2+ Kf7 (17... Kd6 $16 {might work better.}) 18. O-O-O $1 $18 {And now Rxd7! would win.} Bf6 19. Ne4 $1 Qe7 ({But not} 19... Kf8 $6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Qe6 $18) 20. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 21. Qxe7+ (21. Qc2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. aiming for Rhe1.} Qe6 22. Nxb7) 21... Bxe7 $16 22. Nxb7 Nf6 23. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Ng6+!} Nd5 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Rhe1 Bxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... g5 $16 {was called for.} 26. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxc6) 26. Nxc6 $18 ({Not} 26. bxa3 Nc3+ 27. Kc2 Nxd1 $18) 26... Bb4 27. Nxb4 Nxb4 28. Rd7 h5 29. Nd6 Ra8 30. Ree7 Rh7 31. Ne4 Rh6 32. Rxg7 {Intending Ng5 and mate.} Rd8 33. b3 $2 ({Less strong is} 33. Rxd8+ Kxg7 34. Kc1 Re6 $16) (33. Rdf7+ $18 Ke8 34. b3 Rd1+ 35. Kb2) 33... Rxd7 $14 34. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 35. f3 Rc6 36. Rd2 (36. Rh7 $16) 36... Kf7 37. Kb2 Ke6 38. Nc3 Rd6 39. Re2+ Kf5 40. Ne4 Rd1 41. Nc3 Rd3 42. Nb1 Nd5 43. Kc2 Nb4+ 44. Kb2 Nd5 45. Na3 Ne3 46. Nc4 Nxc4+ 47. bxc4 $11 {KR-KR} a4 48. Kc2 Rb3 49. Rd2 Rb4 50. Kc3 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 {With the idea Rd5+.} Rb4 52. Kc3 Rb3+ 53. Kd4 a3 54. Ra2 Ke6 55. c5 (55. Ra1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...b4.} 56. g4 {[#]} (56. Ra1 $17) 56... hxg4 $1 $19 57. fxg4 $2 {[#]} (57. Ra1 gxf3 58. gxf3) 57... b4 $1 58. g5 Rb2 59. Ra1 a2 60. g6 b3 {Black mates.} 61. c6 Rc2 62. Rf1 b2 63. g7 Rxg2 64. c7 Kd7 {Black used his chance. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 77%.} 0-1