[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,19,26,14,12,12,18,7,29,17,23,0,0,0,7,0,0,-11,-6,-21,-18,-34,-4,-15,-2,0,0,0,18,13,25,19,25,20,37,21,24,9,4,11,15,0,4,0,7,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 (6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 f6 {1-0 (102) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Wang,H (2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7. Nc4 f6 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 $146 (12. Qc2 {is more complex.} Nb6 13. Be3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4+ Be6 15. Qc3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Nce5 fxe5 {0-1 (54) Frolov,A (2174)-Pulpan,J (2414) Pardubice 2019}) 12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 (13. Na5 {with more complications.} c5 14. Qb3+ Be6 15. d5 Bf7 16. Qc2) 13... axb6 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 Bf7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re3 b5 20. Rae1 Bg6 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. Qd2 d5 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 23. Nxg6 hxg6 {The position is equal.} 24. e5 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 27. Qe3 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 {KQ-KQ} Kh7 29. h4 b6 30. b4 Qa7 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. g3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qc2 34. g4 Qd1 35. f3 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qb1 37. Kf4 Qb2 38. Kg3 Qc2 39. Qe5 Qc1 40. h5 gxh5 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe5 g5 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qc1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,10,6,6,5,12,8,0,8,0,10,10,9,9,10,0,25,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-4,0,-4,9,-11,0,-8,42,39,54,54,72,71,245,261,255,224,226,225,404,393,376,380,427,415,412,405,527,424,457,456,420,451,451,451,451,450,521,509,507,452]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Be2 Bg4 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2882)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 6... Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 {The position is equal.} Bd4 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Nc3 Ne6 {½-½ (46) Gelfand,B (2655)-Deac,B (2609) Skopje 2019}) 12. Bd2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nc3 c6 16. O-O Ne6 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Kh1 Ndc5 19. Be1 Rac8 20. a4 Qc7 21. Ne2 Ra8 22. f4 exf4 $2 {[#]} (22... Nd7 $16) 23. gxf4 $18 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bh3 Rf6 $2 (25... cxb5 26. Nxd4 (26. Bxf5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qc6+ 27. Be4 Nxe4 $19) (26. Rxb5 Raf8 $16) 26... Nxd4) 26. f5 Raf8 27. fxe6 {Played: Be1-g3} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,42,55,17,14,18,24,11,20,19,15,0,0,-6,-2,-36,-25,-35,-33,-61,-50,-54,-74,-65,-41,-56,-65,-55,-23,-120,-114,-118,-112,-275,-288,-356,-366,-345,-292,-359,-364,-362,-362,-394,-396,-514,-519,-625,-640,-626,-596,-670,-616]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. h3 g6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 Bxb3 9. axb3 Qe6+ 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qf5 {1-0 (24) Dominguez Perez,L (2752)-Andreikin,D (2759) Hengshui 2019}) 6... Bg4 7. Be3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 {0-1 (48) Moraes,F (2245)-Carvalho,L (2116) ICCF email 2007}) 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 $1 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qc7 $1 15. Rhf1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bb3 b4 (16... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 17. f5 exf5 $15) 17. Na4 {[#] And now f5 would win.} O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. h4 {With the idea f5.} Be4 19. g5 (19. Nc5 $1 $11 Bd5 20. g5) 19... Nd5 $17 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. h5 $2 (21. Be5 $17 {was called for.} Bd6 22. Rde1) 21... Nxf4 $19 22. Qe3 Bxg5 23. Kb1 Rfd8 24. Be5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Bxg7 Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. h6 {[#]} c5 {Played: Nd5-c3} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,-1,0,-6,0,4,17,-7,-7,-22,-19,-20,-12,-11,0,-70,-72,-68,-25,-91,-12,-45,-33,-51,-39,-55,-71,-110,-4,-1,-9,-10,-25,-32,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,0,2,0,0,0,41,46,60,66,74,56,64,62,69,63,63,8,88,92,104,95,106,102,127,131,360,360,360,360,356,355,316,311,632,640,618,611,597,583,574,574,481,437,29960,29957,29977,29978,29992,11,29993,29994]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 $1 8. Qf3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 $146 (9... Be7 10. Qg3 g6 11. Bh6 d6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. O-O O-O-O {½-½ (52) Carlsen,M (2861)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Abidjan 2019}) 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Qe3 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7a3] Threatens to win with ...Qa3+.} 13. Kb2 $1 ({Much weaker is} 13. Qxa7 Qa3+ 14. Kb1 d5 $17) 13... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 14. c5 (14. cxb5 $11 a6 15. Bd3) 14... b4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 15. c4 b3 16. a3 (16. axb3 $11 Bb4 17. Bg5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. f3) 16... f6 (16... Bb7 $17 17. Rd3 Bc6) 17. f3 Re8 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Bd3 Bb7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 19. Bf5 Bc6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 20. Qd3 fxe5 (20... Kh8 $1 $17 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7 Qxc5) 21. Bxh7+ $11 Kh8 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qxc5 (23... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 24. Be4 a5 $11) 24. Re1 Re6 {White must now prevent ...Rd6.} 25. Be4 Rd6 26. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Re8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 28. Re4 Kg8 29. Rh4 Rf6 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Rg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh7g7]} Rg8 32. Qh5+ $1 g6 33. Qxe5 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e5]} 34. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qxd4+ 35. Rgxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb6 36. R4d3 (36. Rf4+ $14 Kg7 37. Rc4) 36... Reb8 (36... d6 $11) 37. Rc3 $16 R8b7 38. h4 a5 39. Rd4 Kf6 40. Re3 Rb5 $2 (40... Rd6 $16) 41. Rf4+ $18 Kg7 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Re8+ ({Resist} 43. Rxd7 Rc5 $18) 43... Kg7 44. Ref8 $1 {R4f7+ would kill now.} g5 $2 (44... Rb8 45. R4f7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 46. Rxb8 Rxb8 47. Rxd7 a4 48. Rxc7 Re8) 45. R4f7+ Kg6 46. Rf6+ Kh7 47. R8f7+ Kg8 48. h5 {Intending Rf8+ and mate.} Rb8 49. Rxd7 Re8 (49... Rc5 $18 50. Rc6 Rxc6 51. dxc6 a4 52. Rxc7 Re8) 50. h6 Re2+ {[#]} 51. Kc3 $1 Re8 52. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {[#] aiming for ...b2.} 53. Rff7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,0,0,0,23,0,38,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,-6,-20,-13,54,47,58,18,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,0,55,0,0,0,214,221,199,127,133,106,153,150,182,180,91,19,264,245,475,441,327,0,29976,29977,29977,29978,5310,2099,29980,29981]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 (5... 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}) 6. Nge2 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} Ng4 7. O-O h5 8. Na4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 Nf6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 {1-0 (54) Schaedlich,H (1854)-Roth,M (1620) Worms 2013}) 8... h4 9. Nxc5 {Strongly threatening Na4.} hxg3 {( -> ...Qh4)} 10. hxg3 {And now Nb3 would win.} dxc5 11. f3 Nf6 12. d3 Nbd7 (12... Na6 $11) 13. Be3 $14 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. a3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Rxh3 17. Kg2 Rh8 18. b4 Ne6 19. bxc5 O-O-O 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Qa5 Kb8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Ne5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Rh1 Qe6 27. Bxe5+ fxe5 28. Rbd1 (28. a4 {is interesting.} a6 29. Rbd1 Rdf8 30. Qd3 Ka8 31. g4) 28... Qe7 (28... Rxh1 $1 $11 29. Rxh1 (29. Rxd8+ Kc7 $11) 29... Qe7) 29. Qe3 (29. Rd6 $14) 29... Rxh1 (29... a6 $11) 30. Rxh1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (30. Rxd8+ $1 $14 Qxd8 31. Kxh1) 30... a6 31. Rh5 Rd4 $2 (31... Qd7 $11) 32. Qg5 $18 Qxc5 33. Qxe5+ (33. Qxg7 $18 Rd2+ 34. Kh3) 33... Qxe5 $16 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 $18 {KR-KR} 35. Re8+ Ka7 36. e5 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 ({Better is} 37. Kf1 $16) 37... Rc3 $2 {[#]} (37... b5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 38. f4 $1 Rxa3 $2 (38... Re3 {might work better.} 39. f5 c5) 39. f5 a5 40. Kg4 $2 (40. Re7 $18) 40... a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Re3 $11) 41. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7]} gxf6 42. exf6 Ra1 43. Re4 (43. f7 $142 Rf1 44. f8=Q Rxf8 45. Rxf8) 43... Rf1 44. Rxa4+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,165,8,12,33,34,35,32,27,27,33,36,54,54,49,52,58,58,66,66,71,52,65,30,34,25,41,22,35,31,100,19,29,0,56,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,6,20,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,75,195,197,168,198,297,283,301,287,293,301,288,288,291,283,287,216,224,172,353,299,273,266,237,244,227,147,249,239,448,475,635,605,616,216,241,105,496,528,495,493,467,518,440,519,495,498,495,483,432,423,401,430,817,835,708,477,472,460,419,406,1441,1354,5197,3871,29966,29967,29967,29968,29968,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29968,29967,29968,29969,0,29961,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (7... Bb6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 {1-0 (53) Karjakin,S (2782)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. a4 b6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a5 O-O-O 12. Bxf7 Rhf8 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. g3 {0-1 (26) Aboudi,M (2166)-Khusenkhojaev,M (2416) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qh5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 (20... exd4 $14 21. b4 cxb4) 21. Nh2 (21. Rxa8 $16 Rxa8 22. g4) 21... Nf6 $11 22. Qe2 (22. Qg6 {is more complex.} Qe7 23. Rfb1 Qf7 24. Qg3 Nd7 25. Nf3) 22... c5 (22... Ra3 $11) 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 Rf8 25. f5 exf5 26. Rxf5 g6 27. Rf1 Nh5 28. Qg4 (28. Rxf8+ $14 Qxf8 29. Qd2) 28... Nf4 29. Qd1 Kg7 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Nf3 Nh5 (31... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qa5 $1 $16 b4 (32... Nf4 $16) 33. Qb6 $1 $18 Rf6 34. Qb8 Nf4 (34... Qd6 $142 35. Qxd6 Rxd6) 35. Ra1 Rf7 36. Ra8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb8h8]} ({Much less strong is} 36. Nxe5 $6 Qc7 $16) (36. Qxe5+ $6 Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Re7 $16) 36... Rf8 37. Qxf8+ Qxf8 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 39. Kf2 ({Less strong is} 39. Nxe5 Ke7 $16) 39... Ke7 40. Nxe5 Ke6 41. Nc4 g5 $2 (41... Nh5 42. Kf3 Nf6) 42. Kf3 Nh5 43. Nd2 Nf6 44. Nf1 Nd7 45. Nh2 Ne5+ (45... h5 $16 46. Kg3 Kf6) 46. Kg3 Ng6 $2 (46... h5 {was worth a try.} 47. Nf3 h4+ 48. Kf2 Nf7) 47. Kg4 $1 Nf4 48. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Ne2 49. Nf3 $2 (49. Kh5 Ng1 50. h4) 49... Kf6 50. h4 (50. Nd2 $1 $18) 50... gxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... h5+ $16 {is more resistant.} 51. Kxh5 Nxg3+ 52. Kg4 gxh4) 51. gxh4 Nc3 52. e5+ Kg6 53. h5+ Kf7 54. Kf5 Nd5 55. e6+ $1 Ke7 56. Ke5 Ne3 57. Nh4 Ng4+ 58. Kd5 Ne3+ (58... Nf6+ $142 59. Kxc5 Kxe6 60. Kxd4 Nxh5) 59. Kxc5 Kxe6 60. Kxd4 Nxc2+ 61. Kc4 Ke5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Kf4.} 62. Ng6+ Kf6 (62... Ke6 $142 63. Nf4+ Kd6) 63. d4 Kg5 64. d5 Ne3+ 65. Kc5 Ng4 66. d6 Nf6 67. Ne5 Kxh5 68. d7 Nxd7+ 69. Nxd7 {KN-KPP} Kg5 70. Ne5 h5 71. Kd4 Kf4 {[#]} 72. Kd5 $2 (72. Ng6+ $1 Kf5 73. Ne7+ Kf4 74. Kd3 Kf3 75. Ng6 Kg3 76. Ke3 Kg4 77. Ne5+ Kg5 78. Nc6) 72... Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (72... Ke3 $11) 73. Nd3 $2 (73. Nf3 $1 {mates} Kf4 74. Nh4 Ke3 75. Kc5 Kf4 76. Kd4 (76. Kxb4 Kg4 $11) 76... Kg4 77. Ng6 Kf5 78. Ne7+ Kf4 79. Kd3) 73... h4 $11 {The position is equal.} 74. Kd4 {Black must now prevent Ke3.} h3 75. Ke3 {Kf2 is the strong threat.} h2 $1 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 76. Nf2 Ke6 77. Ke4 $1 Kd6 78. Kd4 Ke6 79. Ke4 Kd6 80. Nh1 Ke6 81. Ng3 Kd6 82. Nh1 Ke6 83. Nf2 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,13,17,20,16,43,16,5,4,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,-23,25,-25,-23,-20,-2,-1,0,-27,-25,-46,-47,-136,-131,-133,-133,-152,-152,-186,-172,-489,-495,-5110,-5094,-4894,-2692,-1529,-1112,-1716,-1558]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Ba4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 {½-½ (60) Alekseenko,K (2671)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 10. Nf1 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ng3 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 14. Bd2 d5 (14... Bxd2 {keeps more tension.} 15. Qxd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re4 Be6) 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5g6]} Ne7 18. Qd2 $11) 17... Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Re3 Qd6 20. Qe1 Nf4 21. Ne5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxf7.} Be6 22. Nc4 (22. Rd1 $15) 22... Qxd4 $17 ({Don't take} 22... Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qg6 24. Rg3 $15) 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Nb6 Rae8 ({Don't play} 24... Bxb3 25. axb3 Qg6 26. Rg3 $17) 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} ({Not} 25... fxe6 26. Nd7 $11) 26. Qxb4 $2 {[#]} (26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Kh2 Qxb2 28. Rd7) 26... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 27. g4 (27. Rg3 $142 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kh2 Nxg3 29. Nd7) 27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ {Played: Nh3-f2} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,4,0,6,15,15,10,0,0,0,7,0,5,0,0,0,2,4,5,6,14,13,10,9,39,31,29,24,31,16,24,0,6,0,36,-9,-16,-100,-120,-108,-100,-112,-60,-56,-52,-66,-38,-89,-67,-150,-102,-231,-193,-193,-194,-223,-208,-209,-213,-171,-110,-210,-163,-279,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-333,-328,-283,-229,-290,-283,-258,-243,-235,-241,-280,-240,-240,-225,-231,-210,-211,0,-1468,-1432,-1264,-923,-1213,-887,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12834]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Be2 Bg4 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2882)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 6... Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 {The position is equal.} Bd4 9. Rb1 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. f3 Nh5 {½-½ (45) Rimsans,A (2120)-Keevil,P ICCF email 2017}) 13. O-O c6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Re1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Qb8 18. h3 h6 19. Rec1 Qb7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Ne2 d5 22. Ng3 (22. Bxh6 $5 Kf8 23. Bg5 $11) 22... Kh7 {Hoping for ...d4.} 23. f3 (23. axb5 $11 axb5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. d4) 23... d4 $17 ({Don't play} 23... bxa4 24. Qa2 $11) 24. Bf2 bxc4 25. dxc4 a5 (25... c5 $1 $17 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Qc6) 26. bxa5 Qc7 27. Be1 Nc5 28. Qd1 ({Better is} 28. f4 $15) 28... Nb7 29. Nf1 (29. c5 $15) 29... Nxa5 30. Bxa5 (30. c5 $17) 30... Qxa5 31. Ra1 Rcb8 32. f4 Rb4 33. f5 Bxc4 {[%cal Rb4a4]} 34. Nd2 Bd3 (34... Qa6 $19 35. a5 Be2) 35. Ra3 (35. Nb3 $17 Qb6 36. Qxd3 Rxb3 37. Qc4) 35... Qa6 {[%cal Rb4a4]} 36. Qh5 (36. f6 {was necessary.}) 36... Rb2 $2 (36... f6 $1 $19 37. Qg6+ Kh8) 37. Nf3 $11 {Ng5+ is the strong threat.} f6 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. f6 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rg8 41. f7) 40... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxg2 (41. Kxg2 Bxe4+) 41... Qxc6 42. Rxd3 Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({But not} 42... Qxa4 43. Kh2 $17) 43. Kh2 Qa6 44. Rd2 Kh7 45. Rc2 Qf6 46. Qg3 Ra1 47. Rg2 Rc1 48. Qb3 Qh4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 48... Rc3 $19 49. Qb7 Re3) 49. Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Rxg7+ $3 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qb3+ Ke8 53. Qb5+ Kd8 54. Qd5+ Ke8 55. Qb5+ Kf8 56. Qb8+ Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kf8 58. Qb8+) 49... Rc3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Qg4 Qxg4 51. Rxg4 Re3 52. Kg2 d3 53. Kf2 d2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel GCT Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,16,16,15,5,8,7,16,12,11,18,15,20,3,18,7,89,89,87,102,80,108,112,106,89,52,52,48,56,53,53,70,85,85,90,88,101,75,107,118,118,111,121,106,140,140,148,119,118,118,120,119,408,403,408,390,560,560,560,556,549,529,553,493,981,875,1493,1104,1787,1766,1647,1526,29981,29982,29980,29981]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Be2 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (8. h4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4 e5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rb5 {½-½ (22) Aronian,L (2794)-Ding,L (2769) Berlin 2018}) 8... Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 $1 10. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Qf5 14. Be3 h6 $146 (14... Bc7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 {½-½ (32) Gschnitzer,A (2380)-Bethke,R (2244) Karlsruhe 2019}) 15. Rxb6 $1 $16 axb6 16. Qxa8 Qd3 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Be7 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nd3 f6 23. f4 Rb8 24. Ra1 Kf7 25. a4 Ke8 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Ke3 Bd8 28. Kd2 Ba5 29. Kc2 Nc7 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Kxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd5 32. Kc2 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Kc8 $16 {was called for.} 33. g3 Bc7) 33. c4 $18 Nxf4 34. Nxf4 e5 (34... gxf4 $142 35. Bxf6 Bb4) 35. Nh5 exd4 36. Nxf6+ {KB-KN} Ke6 37. Ne4 g4 38. Kd3 Ke5 (38... Bb4 $142 39. Kxd4 Be1) 39. Nd2 Bc7 40. Nb3 Kf6 41. g3 h5 42. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} h4 43. a6 Bb8 44. Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

