[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,31,16,19,16,21,10,18,20,27,16,23,1,14,20,27,34,46,33,47,47,76,39,93,76,78,75,54,57,72,75,159,158,147,161,182,176,181,127,131,147,220,206,212,213,287,277,263,261,338,352,488,344,589,594,587,585,580,545,1163,1074,1593,1472,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Qg3 h5 $146 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} ({Predecessor:} 7... Nh5 8. Qh2 Bb4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. e5 Nfd7 13. d4 Be7 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (69) Naiditsch,A (2702)-Dautov,R (2596) Germany 2017}) 8. Be2 h4 9. Qg5 d4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} c5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 g6 13. O-O Be7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. c3 Nd7 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bd1 Rc8 (17... O-O-O $14) 18. Qe2 $16 c4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. dxc4 Ne5 (21... Qxc4 $142 22. Qxc4 Rxc4) 22. Ba4+ $1 Kf8 23. b3 d3 {[#]} 24. Qd2 $1 Qb6 25. Kh1 (25. Bb2 $18 Rh5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxd3) 25... Bb4 26. Qb2 Qa5 (26... Rh5 $16) 27. f4 $18 Bc3 28. Qa3+ Kg8 29. fxe5 Bxa1 {[#]} 30. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d2 {[#]} (30... fxe6 31. Qe7) 31. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Ge6,Gf1][%cal Re7f7][%mdl 512]} Bg7 {[#]} 32. Qxf7+ {Played: Bc1-b2} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,149,0,29,26,29,26,41,36,41,32,39,30,46,23,29,13,66,71,80,54,62,58,61,54,54,56,64,65,56,54,50,54,72,62,79,60,82,82,82,82,92,61,55,53,68,61,105,110,100,109,109,99,105,105,134,129,119,99,133,117,135,89,112,0,90,83,83,83,102,51,56,15,15,20,15,16,100,17,17,17,25,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,64,0,8,0,73,19,80,77,74,70,29968,29970,29969,8,8,8,29971,29973,29972,29973,29973,29974,29976,29978,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29984]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. e4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qd7 16. Bf4 Red8 {1-0 (43) Vajda,L (2558)-Vardan,N (2453) Budapest 2018}) 14. a4 a5 15. Qe2 Bd5 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. Bh3 $14 Be4 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nd3 Nd5 20. Qh5 e6 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bh6 f6 24. Nd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qf7 26. Re2 Rad8 27. Rae1 b6 28. h4 Kh8 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. Nxd5 (30. Kh2 {looks sharper.} Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Rd5 32. c4 Rdd8 33. b3) 30... cxd5 31. Qf4 Red8 32. f3 Rc6 33. Kh2 Rg8 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Rf8 36. Rf2 Kg8 37. Re3 Qg7 38. Rfe2 Qd7 39. Rf2 (39. Kh3 $16) 39... Qd6 (39... Qg7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Qxd6 $16 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. Ref3 Kg7 42. Kg3 (42. g5 $16) 42... Rdd8 $14 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 {Hoping for Rxf8.} Rxf3+ 45. Rxf3 $11 {KR-KR} Rb8 (45... b5 $1 $11) 46. Rf6 (46. Kf4 $1 $16) 46... b5 $1 47. axb5 Rxb5 48. Rxe6 Rxb2 49. Ra6 Rc2 50. Rxa5 Rxc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc1 52. Rxd5 Rf1+ 53. Ke4 {With the idea Re5.} Re1+ 54. Kf5 Rf1+ 55. Ke6 Rd1 $1 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. d5 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Re1+ 58. Kd6 {Black must now prevent Re7.} Rg1 59. Rd8 {Re8 is the strong threat.} Kf7 (59... Rh1 $11) 60. Rd7+ (60. Rh8 $1 $14 Kg7 61. Re8 Rxg5 62. Kc6) 60... Kg6 61. Rd8 ({White should play} 61. Re7 $11 Rxg5 62. Re3) 61... Kf7 $16 62. Kc6 ({White should try} 62. Rh8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh8h7]} Kg7 63. Rc8) 62... Rxg5 (62... Rc1+ $11 63. Kd7 Rg1) 63. Rh8 Kg7 64. Rc8 {aiming for d6.} Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Rg2 $14) 65. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Rc1+ 66. Kb7 $2 (66. Kd7 {mates} Rd1 67. Ke7 Re1+ 68. Kd8 Rd1 69. d7 Kf6 70. Rc5 h6 71. Kc8) 66... Rd1 $11 67. Kc7 {Threatens to win with d7.} Rc1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Kf6 $11) 68. Kd8 {White mates.} Rd1 69. d7 $1 Kf6 {[#]} 70. Rc5 $1 Kf7 71. Kc8 Ke7 72. Rc7 Kf6 73. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 74. Kxd8 h5 {[#]} 75. Rc5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-19,-8,-55,-36,-45,-57,-44,0,-9,0,-10,2,17,25,12,3,30,70,67,75,33,29,0,65,72,72,79,77,77,101,101,100,102,121,112,161,162,158,174,157,159,144,148,157,155,217,225,212,224,239,228,468,464,446,386,722,708,708,659,617,616,910,900,1633]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 (4... c6 5. e4 Qa5 6. e5 Ne4 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (36) Kuzubov,Y (2671)-Ivanchuk,V (2684) Konya 2019}) 5. dxc5 Nxc5 6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Ncxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qd5 {Black is slightly better.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O {0-1 (46) Jans,A (1844)-Goebel,K (2215) ICCF email 2010}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxb7 Bxb5 (10... g6 {feels hotter.} 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Rfe1 Rb8) 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Rhe1 $1 Kd7 15. Ne5+ Ke8 16. Nf3 Kd7 $1 17. Ng5 f6 18. Ne6 g5 19. Bd2 g4 20. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rc8 21. c4 Ke8 22. Be3 $1 Kf7 {White should prevent ...Nxc4.} 23. Bxb6 $1 axb6 24. Rd5 $1 Ra8 25. a4 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 $1 Ra5 27. Kd3 Rc8 {[#]} (27... Rb8 $16) 28. Rb5 $1 $18 Rxb5 29. cxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} d5 30. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra8 $2 {[#]} (30... Rb8 31. Nd4 Ra8) 31. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 32. Nc7 $1 {[%csl LRa8,LRd5][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc8 $2 (32... Rb8 33. bxa5 Bf4) 33. bxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc7 34. a6 d4 35. Ra1 e5 {aiming for ...Rc3+.} 36. a7 Rc3+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,105,10,8,8,4,9,6,36,33,35,34,67,67,59,62,66,64,53,64,57,52,65,51,68,47,45,37,44,51,82,60,84,89,89,72,93,94,95,93,89,78,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,108,166,147,212,203,242,217,252,150,234,223,203,163,155,131,160,142,136,115,231,218,262,262,262,262,345,151,476,467,462,452,408,406,1912,1735,1500,1564,1887,1794,1911,1583,1702,1251]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 10. Qb3 (10. Qd3 Na6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb8 15. Qa4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 a5 {1-0 (24) Vidit,S (2711)-Roiz,M (2607) Porto Carras 2018}) 10... Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Na6 12. g4 Nf6 13. h3 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 {½-½ (32) Schmidt,L (2402)-Punzon Moraleda,J (2485) ICCF email 2016}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 {aiming for Bc7.} a6 14. Bc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Qc8 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Qa3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nd6 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Ne8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rfc1 Nhf6 22. Rc6 Nd7 23. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nxe5 24. dxe5 a5 25. Qc3 Rab8 26. e3 b5 27. Bf1 g6 28. b3 h5 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Qxc8 31. Rxc8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 32. Ra8 b4 (32... a4 $16) 33. Rxa5 Nc7 (33... f6 $16) 34. Bd3 Ke7 35. h4 Rb6 36. Rc5 (36. Ra7 $18 Kd7 37. Kg2) 36... Kd8 (36... Na6 $16 {might work better.} 37. Ra5 Nb8) 37. Kg2 $18 Na6 38. Rc2 Nb8 39. e4 Nc6 40. f4 $1 Ne7 41. Kf2 dxe4 (41... Rb7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 42. Rd2 Ra7) 42. Bxe4 Nf5 43. Bxf5 gxf5 {KR-KR} 44. Ke3 Rb8 {[#]} 45. Kd4 (45. Rc4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rb5 46. Kd3) 45... Kd7 $2 {[#]} (45... Ra8 $16 46. Rc4 Rxa2) 46. Rc4 $1 Rb5 47. Rc5 Rb8 48. Kc4 Rg8 (48... Ra8 $142 49. Kb5 (49. Kxb4 Rxa2 50. Kb5 Ra3 $16) 49... Rxa2) 49. Kxb4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg3 50. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rg4 51. Rc4 Rxh4 52. a5 Rh1 53. Kb5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,93,18,30,31,32,25,27,35,29,29,1,6,0,26,20,31,35,38,55,48,32,101,100,81,88,94,76,117,50,43,41,152,116,132,100,91,93,115,124,116,117,163,144,238,192,243,239,357,356,351,334,480,464,559,0,450,437,563,561,623,601,29967,29968,29962,29967,29966,29968,29975,29976,29976,29977]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 {White has an edge.} 16. gxf3 Nh5 {[#]} 17. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Qh4 18. Ra3 d5 19. exd5 f5 20. Qf3 Rbd8 21. Rc3 {1-0 (60) Harikrishna,P (2733)-Erdos,V (2624) Antalya 2017}) 17... Qh4 18. Kh1 (18. Qd2 {looks sharper.} d5 19. exd5 Qxd4 20. Ra4 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Rfd8 22. Bc3) 18... Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 g6 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Rg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ng7 {[#]} (22... c5 $14) 23. f4 $1 $16 d5 24. e5 Qe6 25. Rg5 f5 26. exf6 (26. Rg1 $16) 26... Rxf6 $14 27. Qb1 Qf7 (27... Nf5 $14) 28. a4 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Qd1 Kf7 32. h3 Qe6 33. Qb1 h6 (33... Qe4+ $16 34. Qxe4 dxe4) 34. Rxf5+ $18 Qxf5 {[#]} 35. Qb4 $1 Qe4+ (35... Ba7 {was called for.} 36. Qa5 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 Bxd4) 36. Kh2 Qe7 37. Qb5 Qd6 (37... Qe8 $142 38. Qxd5+ Qe6) 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. Kh2 Qd6 $1 40. Kg1 Qe6 41. a5 Qxh3 42. Qxd5+ ({Worse is} 42. axb6 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 42... Qe6 43. Qxe6+ {White mates.} Kxe6 44. axb6 cxb6 {[#]} 45. f5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} gxf5 (45... Kxf5 46. Bxh6) 46. Bxh6 Kd5 47. Bg7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,69,15,16,11,22,20,39,20,24,2,43,47,47,50,48,49,59,57,48,43,41,84,57,66,47,41,111,0,0,-35,50,72,48,68,350,218,216,180,570,604,2108,2092,1754,1869,1393,1274]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 {1-0 (29) Grigoriants,S (2543)-Janik,I (2454) Skopje 2019}) 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 {[%mdl 1024] White is slightly better. White has compensation.} Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O {[#]} 18. h5 $146 (18. Qd2 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Nc2 {½-½ (33) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 18... Rd8 19. Rg3+ Kf8 20. Qb3 Bd7 ({Don't go for} 20... Qxd4 $2 21. Rd1 $18) 21. Rd1 $1 {aiming for Nc6!} Qc5 $1 22. Qe3 {Threatens to win with Nxe6+!} Rac8 $1 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kg1 {f5 is the strong threat.} Qb4 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 25... Qxa2 $2 26. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (25... Ke7 $1 $14) 26. Kh2 ({White must play} 26. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Qa5 27. Nb3 Qxa3 28. Qb6) 26... Ba4 $11 27. Rd3 Ke7 (27... Rd7 $1 $15 28. f5 e5 29. Ne6+ Ke7 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7) 28. e5 f5 29. a3 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra3b4][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qc4 $1 $14) 30. Rd2 Qc1 31. Qf2 {Strongly threatening Rg7!} Rc4 $2 (31... Rd7) 32. Rgd3 $18 {Intending Nc6+! and mate.White is clearly winning.} Rd7 {intending ...Rc3.} 33. Qh4+ ({Less strong is} 33. Nb3 Qxa3 34. Na5 Rxd3 $16) 33... Ke8 {[#]} 34. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g8][%mdl 512]} Rdxd4 35. Rxd4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,160,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-23,0,0,0,-101,-125,-150,-145,-159,-157,-156,-159,-152,-161,-153,-181,-162,-160,-160,-153,-154,-166,-160,-160,-154,-160,-157,-149,-162,-156,-174,-173,-170,-175,-191,-159,-166,0,-187,0,-169,-156,-169,-173,-177,-164,-188,-148,-152,-154,-157,-157,-157,-157,-151,-149,-151,-154,-156,-158,-158,-154,-154,-154,-195,-195,-308,-308,-308,-295,-294,-153,-153,-153,-157,-181,-181,-175,-181,-17,-385,-370,-547,-547,-539,-16,-16,0,-539,-539,-539,-539,-539,-370,-370,-342,-5110,-1098,-1103,-1099,-1080,-994,-946,-860,-5110,-531,-927,-917,-907,-906,-856,-655,-2393,-2430,-1971,-1649,-1508,-1275,-1179,-866,-854,-844,-5110,-702,-5110,-5110,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29972,-29970,-29972,-29968,-5110,-5110,-5110,-4133,-676]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 (4... d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Ke2 {½-½ (14) Ganguly,S (2621)-Wei,Y (2728) Makati 2018}) 5. Bc4 Nxf2 (5... Bxf2+ $6 6. Kf1 $16) 6. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kg6 8. Qxc5 {The position is equal.} Nxh1 9. Nc3 {aiming for Qc4.} h6 10. Qc4 Kh7 11. Nd5 Re8 $1 12. Bxh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe4+) 12... gxh6 13. Qe4+ Kh8 14. O-O-O (14. Qf4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Re6 15. Nxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 14... Re6 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nf2.} (14... Nf2 $6 15. Qg6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. Rxh1 Nc6 {And now ...d6 would win.} 16. h4 {next Ng5! is good for White.} d6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 17. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} Qg8 $1 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 (18... Qxe6 19. Rf1 $16) 19. Nxc7 Rf8 $1 (19... Nxe5 20. Nxa8 Qxa8 21. Rd1 $14) 20. exd6 Bf5 (20... Bxa2 21. b3 $15) 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rd8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd1 Ne5 ({Inferior is} 24... Bxa2 25. b3 $16) 25. Rd4 Nf7 ({Worse is} 25... Bxa2 26. b3 $16) 26. Re4 Rxd6 27. g4 Kg7 ({Stronger than} 27... Bxa2 28. b3 $14) 28. b3 Bd7 29. Rc4 Rc6 {...Rxc4 is the strong threat.} 30. Rd4 Rd6 31. Rc4 $1 Be6 $2 (31... Kg6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bc6.} 32. Kb2 Bc6) 32. Ra4 $2 (32. Re4 $1 $11) 32... a6 $19 33. Rf4 Ne5 34. Re4 Nd7 35. a4 Nf6 36. Rb4 b6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Nd7 $1 39. Ng2 Nc5 40. Nh4 a5 41. Rf4 Rd5 42. Nf3 Bf7 43. Kb2 Bh5 44. Nh4 Rxg5 45. Rf5 (45. Kc3 $142) 45... Rxf5 46. Nxf5+ Kf6 47. Ne3 Ke6 (47... Bf7 $1 $19 48. Kc3 Ke7) 48. Nc4 $17 Nd7 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. b4 Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4]} 51. Ne3+ {[#]} Kd6 $2 (51... Kc6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kb7.} 52. Kd2 Ba6 53. b5+ {[#]} Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. axb5+ Kxb5) 52. Kb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Nf5+ $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Ke5 53. Ne3) 52... Ne5 53. c3 (53. Kc3 $142) 53... Nc6 54. Nf5+ Kd5 $2 (54... Kc7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bg4.} 55. Ne3 Ne5 56. Nd5+ Kc6) 55. Ne3+ $11 Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Ke4 $11 56. Nc4 Bg4 57. Nxb6 Be6+ 58. Kc2 Bf7) 56. Nf5+ $1 $19 Kc7 57. Ne3 Kb7 58. Ka3 Bd3 59. Kb3 Ne5 60. Kb2 $2 (60. c4) 60... Bc4 (60... Nc4+ $142 61. Nxc4 Bxc4 62. bxa5 Bg8) 61. Kc2 Kc6 62. Kb2 Bf7 63. Kc2 Kc7 64. Kb2 Nc6 (64... Nc4+ $142 65. Nxc4 Bxc4) 65. Ka3 Kd6 66. Nf1 Ke5 67. Nd2 Bg8 68. bxa5 bxa5 69. Kb2 Kd5 70. Kc2 Kc5 71. Ne4+ Kb6 72. Kb2 Ne5 73. Nd2 Nd3+ (73... Nc4+ $142 74. Nxc4+ Bxc4) 74. Ka3 Kc5 75. Ne4+ Kc4 76. Nf6 Bf7 77. Nd7 Be6 78. Nf6 Kxc3 (78... Bd5 $142 79. Ne8 Nc5 80. Ng7 Bc6 81. Nf5 Kxc3 82. Ne7 Bxa4 83. Nf5 Bd7 84. Ng3 Bg4 85. Nf1 Kd3 86. Ng3 Ke3 87. Nf1+ Ke2 88. Ng3+ Kf2 89. Ne4+ Nxe4 90. Ka4 Ke3 91. Kb5 Kd4 92. Kxa5 Nd6 93. Ka4 Kc3 94. Ka3 Be6 95. Ka4 Bd5 96. Ka5 Kc4 97. Kb6 Nb5 98. Ka6 Kc5 99. Ka5 Be4 100. Ka4 Bc2+ 101. Ka5 Bd1 102. Ka6 Nd6 103. Ka5 Nb7+ 104. Ka6 Kc6 105. Ka7 Kc7 106. Ka8 Be2 107. Ka7 Bb5 108. Ka8 Nd6 109. Ka7 Nc8+ 110. Ka8 Bc6#) 79. Ne4+ Kd4 80. Nd6 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,33,8,15,5,0,0,31,29,32,23,45,37,52,62,44,33,78,72,66,65,68,68,78,68,76,80,74,67,78,20,20,25,34,18,96,113,149,152,121,150,135,141,218,224,234,222,29964,29965,29965,29964,6223,6099,5193,2556]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9... Nd7 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. f4 Rc8 14. Qa3 Rc2 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 18. Bxc1 {0-1 (48) Kozul,Z (2609)-Li,C (2757) Karlsruhe 2016}) 10. Rc1 {And now d5 would win.} Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O {[%cal Rc5d4] The position is equal.} 12. d5 Ne5 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 c4 14. f4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qb5 Rc8 {½-½ (28) Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2422)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2420) Barcelona 2011}) 13... Ng4 14. h4 $1 e6 15. dxe6 $1 ({Reject} 15. Bxc5 Qc7 $15) 15... fxe6 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. Qxe6 Nf6 18. h5 Nxh5 19. f5 Re8 20. Qc4 $1 b5 21. Qe2 Rxe4 {[#] ...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 22. fxg6 $1 Rh4 {[#]} 23. Rxh4 ({Better is} 23. Qf3 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Rxh4.} Rb8 24. Bxb5) 23... Qxh4 $11 24. Qxb5 Nf6 25. Bg2 Rf8 (25... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Kf1 (26. Qxc5 Ng4 $15) 26... Bh6) 26. Qxc5 $16 Ng4 27. Bd4 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Re8+ 28. Kf1 hxg6 29. Qxa7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ra7g7]} Bxd4 (29... Re7 $16 30. Qb8+ Kh7) 30. Qxd4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Kg8 31. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Bd5+.} Re5 $2 (31... Rd8 $18 32. Bd5+ Kf8 33. Qf4+ Qf6 34. Qxg4 Rxd5 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg8) 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Rb8+ Re8 34. Qc5+ Qe7 35. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Pin. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,10,0,17,6,26,-10,0,0,17,17,14,10,30,8,9,8,6,0,13,1,2,12,0,-18,-26,-30,23,12,10,-5,7,4,19,21,22,20,35,0,0,0,0,-70,-70,-60,-84,-66,-77,-57,-11,-61,-31,-58,-56,-81,-50,-106,-106,-98,-85,-208,-202,-215,-239,-238,-224,-244,-227,-214,-185,-447,-436,-681,-456,-454,-482,-732,-697,-790,-765]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 10. Nd2 Be6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Qa4 Bh3 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b5 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rad1 {½-½ (45) Gordievsky,D (2615)-Dubov,D (2709) Moscow 2018}) 11... Qd7 {The position is equal.} 12. a5 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qa4 Qe6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Qb5 Qd5 {White must now prevent ...Bxf2+!} 17. e3 {Hoping for d4.} a6 18. Qc4 Rfd8 19. d4 Bf8 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc4 $1 e4 ({Better is} 21... Rb5) 22. Bd2 Rb5 23. f3 f5 24. g4 Re8 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. f4 Rb5 27. Ne5 Nxa5 28. c4 Rbxe5 $1 29. Bxa5 ({White should play} 29. fxe5 $11 Nxc4 30. Ra2) 29... R5e6 $15 30. Bxc7 Rc6 31. Be5 Rxc4 32. f5 Kf7 33. Rf4 Ra8 34. Rxe4 b5 35. Kf2 a5 36. Kf3 (36. Rg1 $15) 36... a4 $17 37. d5 Rc5 38. d6 (38. Rd4 $17) 38... Rd5 39. Rc1 {aiming for Rc7+.} Bxd6 40. Bxd6 Rxd6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. Rc7+ Kf6 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 42. Ree7 {Threatens to win with e4.} a3 $1 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 43. Rf7+ $2 (43. h4 Kxf5 44. e4+ Kg6 45. Rxg7+ Kh5 46. Rxh7+ Rh6 47. Rc5+ Kg6 48. Rhc7) 43... Ke5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Rc5+ Rd5 45. Rc6 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc6e6] [#]} Rdd8 $1 46. Rc5+ {[#]} (46. Re7+ $142 Kd5 47. Rc1) 46... Kd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 47. Rfc7 a2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,60,36,0,35,29,34,33,32,35,37,40,66,31,43,30,59,55,64,43,59,72,58,47,58,31,17,0,0,0,0,0,118,118,106,104,105,116,102,59,177,116,127,106,115,111,95,0,0,0,99,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e5 $146 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} ({Predecessor:} 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 e6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. c4 {½-½ (32) Wang,H (2709)-Esipenko,A (2564) Riadh 2017}) 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bg2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} e4 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qb5+ Nbd7 {[#] aiming for ...Be5.} 12. dxc3 Qc8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. O-O-O a6 15. Qb4 Re8 16. Rhe1 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qf5 18. b3 Rac8 19. Kb2 h5 20. a4 Nf3 (20... Nc6 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Qd2 Ne5) 21. Bxf3 $1 $16 exf3 {[#]} 22. Re5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5f5][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Rxc3 (24... Qg5 $1 $14) 25. Bh6 ({White should try} 25. g4 $18 hxg4 26. hxg4) 25... Qg6 26. Bf4 ({Not} 26. Qxd5 Nxf2 27. Kxc3 Nxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qf6+ 29. Kd2 Qd6+ 30. Kc1 Qxh6+ 31. Qd2 Qf6 $15) 26... Qc6 27. Rc1 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} Qe6 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Qe6 $1 30. Rd1 ({Better is} 30. Qe5 $16) 30... Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,88,33,47,41,52,59,65,66,68,63,87,89,86,83,93,90,78,88,85,68,82,43,75,85,120,113,117,137,137,141,187,218,221,218,253,252,249,250,286,293,277,235,236,265,236,252,268,236,268,270,278,272,239,237,289,290,295,288,298,281,385,393,407,389,464,447,566]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bd7 (13... c6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 {½-½ (15) Andreikin,D (2719)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Be3 c5 {[#]} 15. dxe5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qa5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (75) Savic,M (2511)-Acs,P (2588) Hungary 2017}) 15... dxe5 16. Qd6 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Nd2 {Played: Be3-f4} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,120,19,17,24,18,35,27,38,27,39,1,17,16,30,29,29,26,47,29,59,59,47,18,18,6,48,38,49,50,49,40,37,20,50,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,17,17,13,18,18,41,14,14,13,14,12,18,13,23,0,17,0,22,22,54,12,12,12,33,32,36,28,35,27,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,71,72,45,45,45,51,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,15,0,0,0,15,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 d4 {[#] White must now prevent ...dxe3.} 12. Qc2 h6 {White has an edge.} 13. O-O Nc6 {[#]} 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (33) Radjabov,T (2756)-Anand,V (2779) Shamkir 2019}) 14... Qf6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Bg4 18. Qa4 {[#] Hoping for Bxc6.} Qe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rac8 21. Qd5 Rfd8 22. Qe5 Bxf3 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. gxf3 Bf6 25. Rad1 Bxb2 26. Bxa7 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc4 $1 28. Rd2 Ra4 29. Be3 Be5 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. Bc5 Kg6 32. a3 Rc4 33. Be7 Kf5 34. h3 Ke6 35. Bb4 Rc8 36. Rd3 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Rd3 Rc2 39. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra2 40. a5 {White wants to play Ra3.} Ra4 41. Bd2 Bc7 42. Re3+ Kd7 $1 43. Re4 Ra2 44. Bb4 Bxa5 45. Re7+ Kd8 46. Ra7 Rxf2+ 47. Kg3 Bxb4 $16 {KRB-KR} 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Kxf2 {KR-KB} Kf6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Rc8 Bd6 52. Rc6 Bf4+ 53. Kd4 Be5+ {The position is equal.} 54. Kd5 h5 55. Rc4 g5 56. Re4 f6 57. Ra4 Bf4 58. Ra6 Be5 59. Ra4 Bf4 60. Ra6 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,10,32,30,37,22,33,26,21,29,35,16,17,12,10,12,25,24,21,35,33,20,20,26,29,34,35,46,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,21,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Bf5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. Bc4 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Bd5 Rae8 16. Qc4 {½-½ (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 10... O-O 11. h4 Rfe8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxc6 14. Nd4 Qd5 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Rdg1 h5 17. Qd1 {½-½ (27) Gerola,G (2495)-Palladino,M (2163) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Ne5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rxd7 Bd6 17. c4 Kf8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re6.} 18. c5 Re7 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 20. g4 (20. c3 $14) 20... h5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5g4] The position is equal.} 21. f3 g6 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Rg1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bh6+.} Bxh4 (23... Rd8 {with more complications.} 24. a4 Bf6 25. Re1 Re8 26. c3 e4) 24. Rh1 Bf6 25. Rxh5 Ke7 26. Kc1 Ke6 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Bxh8 {KB-KB} 30. b4 f5 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. Bd2 Kd5 {White should prevent ...e4+.} 33. c4+ Ke6 34. a4 Kd7 35. Bc3 e4+ 36. fxe4 fxe4+ 37. Kd2 Bg5+ $1 ({Much worse is} 37... e3+ $6 38. Kd3 $16) 38. Ke2 Kc8 39. Bd2 Bf6 40. Ke3 Bg5+ 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,29,22,19,22,47,29,43,29,29,27,22,26,59,62,53,42,226,229,218,173,168,177,171,174,170,136,133,126,153,142,151,139,137,141,141,126,168,165,170,149,230,220,280,264,668,654,604,527,475,257,429,425,869,812,858,748,6395,6302]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 14. Na4 Ne4 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Rfd8 17. Nde5 f6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxa6 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Bf7 23. Nc6 {1-0 (23) Matlakov,M (2676)-Martynov,P (2303) St Petersburg 2013}) 15... Bd7 {White has an edge.} 16. Nc5 Bxc5 (16... Qh4 $2 17. Nf3 $18) 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. bxc5 (18. Qxd5 Rg6 $15) 18... Rg6 19. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} (19. Qxd5 $2 Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Kxg2 Bh3+ 21. Kxh3 Qxd5 $19) 19... Rh6 20. Qd4 {Played: Qd1xd5} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,127,8,8,7,22,9,15,17,22,11,17,15,16,17,16,2,14,7,13,8,29,24,28,24,40,42,38,12,44,42,60,48,52,50,82,82,100,95,129,122,113,132,172,169,211,196,179,187,363,368,491,483,586,472,536,372,438,444,441,433,369,345,367,361,379,377,377,365,345,125,272,122,128,0,283,285,278,272,202,150,211,150,318,287,263,244,254,252,247,249,236,244,234,125,225,0,179,0,224,219,204,200,508,488,478,468,2387,2338,2060,1756,1284,1202,12840,12837,12837,12832]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Be7 11. a4 Be6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 Qc4 14. Ne3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 {[#]} Rc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Kd7) 16. Bd2 Kd7 17. f3 Rb8 18. b3 Bd8 19. a5 b6 20. Ncd1 b5 21. Bb4 Nh5 22. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} g6 23. Nc3 Be7 24. Rad1 Bf8 25. Ncd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Ke6 27. f4 f6 28. c3 $1 exf4 29. g4 {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} ({Don't do} 29. gxf4 $6 Re8 $16) (29. Nxf4+ Nxf4 30. gxf4 f5 $14) 29... Ng7 30. Nxf4+ Kd7 $2 (30... Kf7 31. Bxd6 Rbc8) 31. Rh3 $18 g5 32. Nd5 Be7 33. Rh6 Re8 34. Kg2 Bd8 35. Rxh7 Rg8 36. Ne3 Kc8 37. Nf5 Nxf5 38. exf5 (38. gxf5 Re8 $18) 38... Re8 39. Kf3 Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 41. Rd4 $2 ({Weaker is} 41. Bxd6 Rd8 $15) (41. c4 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 41... Rh8 (41... Kd7 $16) 42. Kg2 (42. Bxd6 $18 {is more deadly.} Bxa5 43. c4) 42... Re8 $16 43. Kf3 $2 (43. Kf2 $16) 43... Rh8 $1 $18 44. Bxd6 Bxa5 45. c4 bxc4 46. Rxc4+ Kd7 47. Bg3 Ra8 $2 (47... Bb6 $16 48. Rc3 Rd8) 48. Ke4 Re8+ 49. Kd5 Re3 50. Ra4 Bb6 51. Rb4 ({But not} 51. Rxa6 $6 Rxb3 52. Be1 Rb5+ 53. Kc4 Rc5+ 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Kc4 Rc5+ 56. Kd3 Rd5+ 57. Kc2 Bd4 $16) 51... Bd8 52. Rb7+ Kc8 53. Rb8+ Kd7 54. Rb7+ Kc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8b7]} 55. Rb8+ Kd7 {[#]} 56. b4 $1 Rd3+ {[#]} 57. Kc4 $1 Re3 $2 (57... Rd2 {is a better chance.} 58. Ra8 Rc2+ 59. Kb3 Rc6 60. Ra7+ Ke8) 58. Ra8 {White is clearly winning.} Re4+ 59. Kc5 Rxg4 (59... Be7+ $142 60. Kd5 Rxg4 61. Rxa6 Kc8 62. Ra8+ Kb7 63. Rb8+ Ka7) 60. Rxa6 Re4 61. Ra7+ Ke8 62. Bd6 Re1 63. Kc6 g4 64. Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,23,29,0,12,10,27,20,22,3,2,7,20,35,48,31,34,33,59,37,48,38,64,68,50,44,65,25,35,26,62,59,68,66,82,76,85,89,119,119,116,107,107,108,119,119,120,117,118,118,129,138,129,123,120,116,167,143,139,143,145,162,152,130,165,165,185,184,563,575,622,623,620,602,677,535,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,6123,5189,4133,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Bxc5 12. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Nb3 e4 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (62) Wang,H (2709)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 12... O-O 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Nce7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Nd4 {Hoping for Ncxe6!} Qa5 19. Qd2 Ba8 20. Ndb3 Qb5 21. e4 Nf6 22. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} e5 23. f3 Nc6 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Bh3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Bf1 Qb6 29. Nd3 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nc6 31. Ndc5 g5 32. Ke3 g4 {[#]} 33. f4 $1 Nh5 34. Be2 exf4+ 35. gxf4 Nf6 (35... f5 $16) 36. f5 Kf8 37. Kf4 h5 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Nd3 Nd7 40. Bd5 Nf6 41. Kg5 Ne5 $2 (41... Nxd5 {is a better chance.} 42. exd5 f6+ 43. Kxh5 Ne5 44. Nxe5 (44. Nxb4 Kd6 $16) 44... fxe5) 42. Nxe5 $18 ({Weaker is} 42. Bxa8 Nxd3 43. Nd4 Nd7 $16) 42... Nxd5 43. exd5 f6+ 44. Kf4 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 h4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...g3.} 46. d6+ Ke8 47. Nc5 Bc6 48. d7+ (48. Ke6 $142 Kd8 49. f6 Bb5 50. d7 Kc7 51. f7 Bc4+ 52. Ke7 Bxf7 53. d8=Q+ Kc6 54. Qd6+ Kb5 55. Kxf7) 48... Bxd7 49. Nxd7 g3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,22,10,3,16,9,29,26,29,29,30,20,18,10,18,14,12,0,15,25,52,27,38,39,44,41,44,45,45,48,45,45,50,45,61,56,55,49,43,40,55,50,53,21,52,21,21,22,22,20,20,20,41,16,15,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,8,14,12,14,16,14,14,16,10,12,11,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Nc5 (6... d5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nd5 Nf5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Qxf7 Nd5 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. h3 {1-0 (17) Guseinov,G (2654)-Popov,I (2599) Riga 2019}) 7. Bc4 d6 8. Qf3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3f7] [#] White has an edge.} Ne6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Be5 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 {½-½ (51) Zunkovic,S (2177)-Cavalcanti,B (2150) ICCF email 2015}) 12... Qh4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 c6 15. g3 Qe7 16. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 17. Kb2 Re8 18. Rhe1 Nc7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Bd4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 {And now Re7 would win.} Be6 22. c4 Na6 23. a3 b6 24. Kc3 Kf8 25. Be4 Rc8 26. h4 (26. Rb1 {feels hotter.} Bd5 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Be2) 26... Nc5 27. Bxc5+ (27. Bf3 {with more complications.} Ke7 28. Be3 Nd7 29. h5 f6 30. Be2) 27... bxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rb1 {White wants to play Rb7.} Rc7 $1 29. Rb8+ Bc8 30. g4 h6 31. f4 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Kd6 34. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 35. a5 Kd6 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kf3 Be6 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Rb7 Rc7 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Ke3 Re8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Re1 Rd8 45. Re5 Kd6 46. Re1 Rh8 47. Rb1 Kc7 48. Ke3 Rh2 49. Kf3 Rh3+ 50. Kg2 {f5! is the strong threat.} Rh4 51. Kg3 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rh8 53. Kf3 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 {Hoping for f5!} Rh8 55. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,3,22,12,21,0,14,23,11,16,23,20,56,66,87,79,78,102,127,118,170,179,232,222,196,97,117,113,120,108,114,24,23,36,52,71,57,66,53,53,63,58,136,0,0,-167,-158,-137,-99,-92,-97,-162,-164,-166,-162,-210,-212,-160,-212,-200,-183,-204,-185,-230,-244,-236,-234,-333,-322,-336,-334,-310,-323,-316,-302,-397,-391,-456,-360,-439,-445,-458,-450,-574,-451,-591,-596,-582,-569,-566,-561,-470,-351,-5118,-765,-5118,-5118,-5118,-5083]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 g6 (5... Nf6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf3 O-O {0-1 (40) Shirov,A (2658)-Kovalenko,I (2654) Riga 2019}) 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bh6 7. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxh6 Nxh6 8. h4 Qd6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Ngf3 O-O-O 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {0-1 (27) Ladva,O (2498)-Sulskis,S (2507) Liepaja 2018}) 7... f6 8. Bxh6 {The position is equal.} Nxh6 9. g3 e5 10. Bg2 e4 11. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f5 12. Nf4 Ne7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 ({But not} 14. Qxc4 $6 Ng4 $11) 14... g5 (14... Rb8 $16) 15. Nh5 $1 $18 Kf8 (15... Nf7 $142) 16. d5 $1 Nxd5 17. O-O-O (17. O-O $18) 17... Be6 $16 18. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3d5]} ({Inferior is} 18. Qxb7 Nf7 $11) 18... Rc8+ 19. Kb1 {[%cal Re3d5]} Rc5 20. Qxb7 ({White should try} 20. Qa4 $16) 20... Nf7 $1 $11 21. Qxa7 Qa5 22. Qxa5 $1 Rxa5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. a3 {Black must now prevent b4.} Ke7 25. h4 $1 h6 (25... Rb8 $14) 26. Rhe1 (26. b4 $16 Rb8 27. Kc2) 26... Ne5 {...Rb8 is the strong threat.} 27. f3 $2 {[#]} (27. b4 $11 Rb8 28. Kc1 Rc8+ 29. Kb1) 27... Bf7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf7h5][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. g4 f4 29. Ng7 {Threatens to win with Nf5+.} Bg6 30. h5 (30. fxe4 $17 Nxg4 31. Rd4) 30... Bh7 31. fxe4 Nxg4 32. Bh3 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3d1]} 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. exf5 Ra6 35. Rd3 Kf6 36. Rdxe3 fxe3 37. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd8 38. Bg4 (38. b4 {was worth a try.}) 38... Rd4 39. Rg3 Rad6 40. Kc2 Rc6+ 41. Kb1 Rf4 42. b4 Rf2 43. b5 Rd6 44. Kc1 Rd5 45. Rb3 {Now b6 and White clings on.} Rd4 46. Bf3 g4 {Played: Rd4-f4} 0-1

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 12. g3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:15:04]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:11:38]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 16. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 18. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:14:18]} 19. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 21. e3 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 22. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:05:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:18:14]} 23. Bc4 {[%emt 0:20:08]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 24. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 26. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:16:13]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 27. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:06:17]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 28. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 31. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} exf4 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 34. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. exf5 {[%emt 0:09:56]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 37. h5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Be2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 40. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:07:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 42. f5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 44. f6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 46. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 47. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,5,14,14,14,-11,11,0,22,17,18,20,22,14,24,17,37,38,43,39,37,39,33,52,56,56,56,56,92,69,69,59,64,64,79,66,69,50,41,54,112,98,85,30,47,56,61,59,66,71,59,0,50,50,50,50,50,50,56,56,56,50,53,59,51,39,50,46,54,61,61,0,61,0,435]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 (5... b5 $5 6. Bb3 $8 Bc5 $11) (5... Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a3 O-O 8. d3 Nd7 9. h4 Bf6 10. g4 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Qd2 {0-1 (61) Motylev,A (2668)-Inarkiev,E (2682) Izhevsk 2019}) 6. d3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} O-O 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Na5 14. Ba2 {0-1 (47) Puigserver,P-Alluch Abdellach,N Palma de Mallorca 2000}) 11. h3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd8 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. b4 f5 17. c4 Nd8 18. a4 Ne6 19. cxb5 f4 20. Bd2 axb5 21. a5 Ra8 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Qd5 {Hoping for Nxe5!} Bf6 24. Rac1 Ra6 (24... Rfc8 $14) 25. Qb7 $16 Rfa8 {[#]} 26. Rc2 ({White should try} 26. d4 $1 $16) 26... R8a7 27. Qd5 c6 28. Qb3 g5 29. Bc3 Qf7 30. g4 (30. Bb2 $14) 30... Nd4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33. Bd2 Be5 34. Rec1 Rc7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. h4 h6 $1 37. Rh1 Kg6 38. Kf3 Rc8 39. Ke2 Rf8 40. Kf3 Rc8 $1 41. Ke2 (41. Ra2 $14) 41... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 53%. . An unexpected result.} (41... Rf8 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,51,37,0,0,-7,52,10,5,0,0,0,31,0,7,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-23,-9,0,0,-14,0,-16,21,11,22,29,18,2,75,77,67,61,66,71,84,70,69,22,26,34,25,25,22,29,79,60,118,14,26,9,19,2,22,10,2,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Ba7 $1 11. Be3 (11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Re1 c5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 c4 {1-0 (74) Jakovenko,D (2681)-Jones,G (2688) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11... Ra8 (11... Bg4 $11) 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 h6 {½-½ (31) Matanovic,L (2251)-Vidarte Morales,A (2380) Sant Adria de Besos 2018}) 13... h6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 17. c4 c6 18. b3 Ng6 19. Bd3 cxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...bxc4.} 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. exd5 Nf4 22. Bf1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Bc8 24. Qa4 Bf5 25. Qa3 Qc7 (25... Rc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Rac1 $16 Rd8 27. c5 {Strongly threatening cxd6.} N6xd5 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxe5 (30. Nc4 {looks sharper.} Rd8 31. Nfxe5 Ne7 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Red1) 30... Ne7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Ne6 33. Ne5 Rd5 34. Rb1 {Hoping for Bc4.} Rc7 (34... Rxa5 $14 35. Bc4 Ng5 36. Nxf7 Nxf7 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Bxf7 Rc5) 35. Rbe1 ({Avoid the trap} 35. Bxa6 $2 Nc5 $19) (35. Rb8+ $16 Kh7 36. Nxf7) 35... Nd8 36. Rc4 Ra7 {The position is equal.} 37. Ra4 Nec6 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. g3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,121,39,33,23,62,49,64,56,70,70,67,61,72,81,85,86,83,86,101,78,78,73,75,80,94,92,92,81,77,89,87,83,84,72,68,66,83,66,84,84,85,84,91,58,85,85,88,88,88,87,89,87,88,88,118,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,10,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,0,17,1,1,1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. e4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} e5 (11... Nb6 12. Qd3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qxc6 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (62) Shankland,S (2705)-Safarli,E (2593) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 12. d5 $1 cxd5 13. Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} Nb6 14. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Rd5f6]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Qc6 16. Re1 b5 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Bg5 a6 {1-0 (45) Sarakauskas,G (2402)-Molofej,D (2062) Ascot 2014}) 14... Nbxd5 $1 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bd5 Rxb2 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. Rfc1 Kg7 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Rc6 Be7 23. Qc3 Bd6 24. Qb2 Bc7 25. Qb5 Qe7 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. Qc3 Kh7 28. Rc8 Qf6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Qc6 Kg7 32. Kg2 g5 33. hxg5 Qxg5 {[#]} 34. Qd7 $1 Qe7 35. Rc7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 h4 37. Bxf7 (37. f4 $16) 37... Rxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxd8 hxg3 39. Kxg3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra7 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rd2 Kf6 42. Kg4 Rg7+ 43. Kf3 {[#] Rd6+ is the strong threat.} Ra7 44. Rb2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 45. Rc2 b4 46. Rb2 Kg5 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Rg7+ 49. Kf3 Ra7 50. Rxb4 {Black must now prevent a4.} Rxa2 51. Rb6+ Ke7 52. Kg3 Ra8 53. f3 Rg8+ 54. Kh4 Rg1 55. Rh6 Kf7 56. Rh5 Kf6 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. Kh5 Rg3 59. Kh4 Rg1 60. Rg5 Rh1+ 61. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,29,25,28,27,9,11,6,0,13,16,23,16,18,23,18,16,26,64,29,40,50,36,0,154,164,158,133,139,110,114,106,110,120,116,113,114,112,103,100,209,217,351,329,345,183,175,156,146,186,199,64,62,47,179,0,39,0,0,0,39,44,106,99,97,86,109,103,109,109,105,104,100,41,239,238,231,231]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} a6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 {The position is equal.} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 10. Bd3 $1 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... exd5 11. e4 d4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Ra7 {1-0 (31) Gelfand,B (2673)-Inarkiev,E (2693) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Rad1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ne7 $2 ({Better is} 17... Qh4 $1 $11) 18. Kh1 $1 $16 (18. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $19) (18. Bxh7 Qc8 $15) 18... f6 19. Rg1 ({Much weaker is} 19. Bxh7 $6 Qd7 $11) 19... Kf7 {[#]} 20. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kf8 22. Qe6 {White threatens Rxg7! and mate.} Qc8 23. Qxd6 Qb7+ 24. Rg2 {Hoping for Bxf6!} Kf7 25. Qxc5 Rhd8 (25... Qc6 $16 26. Qxc6 (26. Qxb4 Rab8 $14) 26... Nxc6) 26. Qh5+ $1 $18 Ke6 (26... g6 {was called for.} 27. Qxh7+ Ke6) 27. Qh3+ ({Less strong is} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qg4+ Nf5 $14) 27... Kf7 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 28. Bd4 (28. Rdg1 $142) 28... Qe4 29. Rdg1 {Black must now prevent f3.} Rg8 30. Qh5+ Ke6 31. Qc5 (31. f3 $18 Qf5 32. Qh4) 31... Rgc8 $14 32. Qxb4 Nf5 (32... g6 $1 $14) 33. Qb6+ $2 (33. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qxf3 34. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Kf7 (33... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b6]} 34. Qb7 Rac8 $14) 34. Qa5 {aiming for f3!} Rc2 35. h3 {Strongly threatening f3!} Rxf2 36. Qc7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8 $14 37. Kh2 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qe6) 37. Kh2 $1 $16 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Qe6 39. e4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxe4 40. Bxf6 $1 {[%cal Rg2g7] Intending Rxg7+ and mate.} g6 41. Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Re8 {[#]} 42. Rd2 (42. a5 $1 $16) 42... g5 $2 {[#]} (42... Qb4 $14 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kf7) 43. Rg2 $1 $18 h6 {[#]} 44. Bf6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,108,7,9,6,0,15,13,6,4,36,3,16,0,-2,-10,-9,-14,-16,-23,-21,-18,-18,-18,-17,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-15,-13,0,0,0,-13,-12,-22,-4,-11,-8,-26,-15,-35,-25,-28,-39,-100,-89,-89,-89,-131,-131,-131,-125,-228,-216,-221,-210,-245,-254,-251,-243,-279,-277,-314,-294,-285,-173,-326,-326,-322,-309,-402,-475,-464,-463,-402,-408,-299,-368,-727,-706,-636,-427,-1512,-1655,-4134,-3901,-29967,-29968,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (7... Qa5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Rd8 11. Qxd8+ Qxd8 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O Nxc5 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Bc3 Qb6 18. Bd4 Qa5 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Bd4 {½-½ (20) Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Gelfand,B (2764) Elancourt 2013}) 8. O-O Qc7 9. e4 Rd8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nfd7 15. Be3 {0-1 (56) Stern,R (2501)-Rodshtein,M (2609) Rijeka 2010}) 10. Qa4 Qxc5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qxc4 Ne8 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bd7 16. Bc5 Nd6 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. Rfd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxb5 21. Rd5 Be2 22. Nd3 (22. Re1 {seems wilder.} dxe5 23. Rxe2 f6 24. c4 b6 25. Red2) 22... Bxd3 23. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb4 Rac8 26. Rbd4 Ke7 27. f4 Rc6 28. e5 Rdc8 29. Ra4 R8c7 30. exd6+ Rxd6 31. Re3+ (31. Rxd6 $15 Kxd6 32. Kf2) 31... Re6 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $17 {KR-KR} 33. Kf2 a5 ({Reject} 33... Rxc3 $6 34. Rxa7 b5 35. Rb7 $11) 34. Ra3 Kd5 35. Ke3 {[#]} (35. Rb3 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... Rc4 $1 $19 36. Rb3 {[#]} Kc5 $1 37. Kd3 Rxf4 38. Rb2 h5 39. Re2 Rf5 40. Kc2 Rg5 41. a4 b5 42. h4 $2 (42. axb5 Kxb5 43. Kd3) 42... Rg3 {Played: Rg5-g4} 0-1

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} *

[Event "Russia-China Match 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:09:33]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 17. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:12:04]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 20. Rab1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:16:07]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 22. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 23. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:18:23]} 24. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 30. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:13:07]} Red8 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 32. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. Ref2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rcc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 35. Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 36. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 37. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:14:45]} 38. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 39. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 1/2-1/2

