[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 32,36,57,0,18,0,72]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 (15... c5 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qe7 Bd7 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Rxa7 Rxd4 {½-½ (35) Stojanovic,M (2591)-Miladinovic,I (2566) Valjevo 2011}) 16. Rc5 Nd7 17. Rc3 Nf6 $146 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} ({Predecessor:} 17... Kh7 18. Nxe4 g6 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nc5 Nf6 21. Rfc1 Qd6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Qe5 Rf7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. h3 {1-0 (32) Araujo,V (2005)-Macedo,A (1884) Natal 2017}) 18. Rc5 (18. Qb1 $11) 18... Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,60,8,11,18,11,16,10,25,3,6,5,6,5,9,17,16,13,2,0,7,-21,-3,-15,33,33,34,33,51,43,58,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kg2 {½-½ (39) Giri,A (2780)-Ding,L (2816) Shenzhen 2018}) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 {[#]} 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Rfb1 {1-0 (41) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Batumi 2018}) 16... Qd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 {And now Nb6 would win.} Rab8 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6] aiming for Bxf6.} e4 ({Don't blunder} 21... Bxb4 $2 {[#]} 22. Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 a5 $17) (22. Bxf6 Bxc3 23. Qg3 g6 $14) 22... Rxb4 23. Bxf6 $18) 22. dxe4 {Black must now prevent Rfd1.} dxe4 23. Qe2 Qd3 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxd3 exd3 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Rfc8 27. Rfd1 Rxc4 28. Rxd3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rdb3 (29. bxa5 Rxb1+) 29... axb4 30. Rxb4 Rcxb4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,71,-4,7,15,37,37,35,33,28,45,42,34,46,28,37,35,42,15,40,41,81,73,78,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-84,-41,-47,93,94,83,93,89,100,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-1117,896,883,855,833]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Be3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 (12... Rc8 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Nb3 h6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Nc5 Nxa2 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nxa6 {½-½ (18) Kovalyov,A (2614)-Bruzon Batista,L (2711) Montreal 2012}) 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Bg5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Bf4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. N2f3 Bxf3 18. exf3 e5 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. fxg4 exf4 21. Re1 fxg3 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. hxg3 Qd7 24. Qd1 {1-0 (24) Zubritskiy,A (2422)-Saveliev,A (2335) St Petersburg 2016}) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {Hoping for Nc6.} Bxg2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Rad1 Qb5 21. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rac8 {[#]} 22. Rh4 (22. Rc1 $1 $16) 22... c3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Rh5 (25. Rf4 $11) 25... Qxe2 26. Re1 Qxe1 (26... Rh8 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 27. Rxe2 Rxh7 28. Rxh7 cxb2 29. Rxb2 (29. Nd2 $2 Rc2 $19) 29... Bxb2) 27. Nxe1 $16 cxb2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rh8!} 28. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b2] Nxb2! is the strong threat.} Rh8 29. Qe4 {White threatens Qb7+ and mate.} Rxh5 ({Don't go for} 29... b1=Q $2 30. Qb7+ Be7 31. Ne5+ Kf6 32. Qf3+ Qf5 33. Nd7+ Kg6 34. Rxf5 $18) 30. Qb7+ (30. Nxb2 $5 {[%cal Re4b7]} Rch8 31. Qb7+ Kg8 32. Nd3 $14) 30... Be7 $1 31. Nxb2 Rc2 32. Nd3 Rxa2 33. g4 Rd5 34. Nxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Nf4 $11 Rd4 35. Kg3) 34... Rb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rb2 $19 35. Qxa6 Rxb4) 35. Qf3+ $18 Kg8 36. Nxa2 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeMode "Bronstein"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 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. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 15. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 16. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 19. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nab6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} N6d7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. e3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 30. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. a4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. gxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Be8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Be8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Be8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,53,10,8,14,16,18,19,29,3,17,6,18,18,29,27,21,19,19,11,20,26,6,1,1,-22,-20,-12,-26,-31,-7,-22,-13,-4,-3,-12,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (10... Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 15. h3 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 {½-½ (54) Sjugirov,S (2662)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc8 15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bh3 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h6 18. Bc3 Bxf3 19. exf3 Nb6 {½-½ (89) Harika,D (2492)-Koneru,H (2597) Dilijan 2013}) 18. exf3 c6 19. f4 Nb6 20. Qc2 {Hoping for f5.} g6 21. Bf1 Ra7 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Rc2 {The position is equal.} Rfc8 25. Rec1 Be7 26. Be3 Bf6 27. h4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,58,0,13,-4,3,-2,7,0,0,0,10,10,9,9,11,0,2,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-22,-87,0,-14,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,73,63,86,94,92]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nde2 Bb7 18. Be3 c4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (68) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Carlsen,M (2882) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] The position is equal.} O-O 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 h6 17. Be3 {0-1 (61) Kalamoukou,G (1346)-Tran,A (1735) Bratislava 2019}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. f3 Rc8 {[#] Hoping for ...c4!} 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. a5 Bb8 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rd2 (22. Rac1 $11) 22... Qf6 (22... Nxc4 $17 23. Qxc4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Qg5) 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rad1 h4 25. Bh2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 {Bxb8 is the strong threat.} Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Bc6 (27... Rfd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Qxa6 $16 c4 29. Kh1 ({Much weaker is} 29. Qxc4 Ba4 $11) 29... c3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "13"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,50,9,9,0,2,7,20,0,5,9,11,9,13,14,6,-1,0,-3,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-4,-4,-4,-5]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Nxc5 (14. dxc5 Bd7) 14... Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 15. Nxd4 {Strongly threatening Qa3.} Qxc5 16. Nf3 Qb6 {[#]} 17. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bd2 f6 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nc2 Bb7 21. Nb4 Rfc8 {½-½ (21) Malakhov,V (2654)-Cheparinov,I (2711) Zagreb 2018}) 17... Bb7 18. Ne5 {Nd7 is the strong threat.} Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rd1 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 21. Bg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 f6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "15"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,88,10,12,10,10,0,24,0,0,3,0,-12,-14,-10,-12,-29,-17,-17,-12,-26,0,-30,11,10,22,23,10,0,0,0,6,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,-14,0,0,-450,-426,-423,-415,-377,-346,-368,-375,-357,-366,-353,-337,-452,-429,-537,-543,-547,-516,-564,-554,-515,-541,-528,-429,-515,-497,-590,-589,-513,-454,-505,-408,-383,-297,-296,-245,-278,-257]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 (4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. O-O Ncxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Be3 Qb6 {0-1 (16) Shankland,S (2705)-Ding,L (2811) chess.com INT 2019}) 4... c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Ba7 10. a3 {½-½ (39) Haase,E-Bockelmann,F Schleswig Holstein 1991}) 8... Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. Kh2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Ng1 a4 16. b4 a3 17. Bc1 $1 Ne6 18. Nge2 Nd4 19. Rb1 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} e3 24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Qd1 Bd4 26. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Rb3 $11) 26... Ba4 $19 27. Qd2 Be3 28. Qe1 {With the idea Bxe3.} Bc2 29. Ra1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe3.} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxd4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Bxd3 32. Re3 Bg6 33. Re5 Qb6 34. Nb3 Rc8 35. Be3 Qxb4 36. Bd2 Qd6 37. Bf4 Kh7 38. Re8 Qd7 (38... Nxe8 $2 39. Bxd6 Nxd6 40. g4 $19) 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Rc1 Qd8 41. Be5 Nd7 42. Bd4 Bd3 43. Rc3 Bb1 44. Nd2 Bxa2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 84%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "17"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2722"] [Annotator "TA RC"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,81,9,9,17,20,9,9,9,10,18,14,12,15,5,8,10,10,10,25,12,29,29,29,20,28,20,20,29,47,31,34,41,194,194,199,197,192,205,202,193,330,223,343,240,338,332,733,719,702,691,764,772,661,590,1203,1203,12841,12841,12843,12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e3 Na6 18. h4 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nb4 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 {½-½ (30) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Swiercz,D (2645) Saint Louis 2017}) 19. h5 g5 20. Qc4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Nb4 22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. e4 Rac8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Be4 b5 $2 (27... Rd7 $14) 28. axb5 $18 cxb5 29. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Qxb5 Nb6 (31... Nf6 $142) 32. Qxa5 Rc4 (32... Nc4 {was worth a try.} 33. Qc3 Qb8) 33. Kg2 Bxd4 (33... Bf8 {is a better defense.} 34. Bf3 Rb4) 34. b3 Rb4 $2 {[#]} (34... Rc5 35. Qb4 (35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qa8+ Nxa8 $11) 35... e5) 35. Qa3 {White is clearly winning.} e5 36. Rc2 Kg7 37. Rc6 Qe7 38. Rdc1 Qf8 39. R1c2 {Played: Rc6-c7} 1-0