[Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,76,-18,-14,0,0,9,4,10,7,4,4,8,8,14,8,8,0,0,0,9,0,5,0,8,0,0,-9,-9,-10,-10,-6,-9,-10,-10,-7,-8,-8,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} (9. g3 Nb4 10. c4 Ba6 11. Bf4 d5 12. a3 Bxc4 13. Qd1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nc5 16. b4 {1-0 (32) Tomczak,J (2614)-Kramnik,V (2779) Batumi 2018}) 9... d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. O-O Ng4 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 {½-½ (77) Perunovic,M (2608)-Fressinet,L (2657) Heraklio 2017}) 15. O-O a5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4c3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bc3 c4 23. Bf1 $1 Na4 24. Bd4 c5 25. Bxc4 Bxe5 $1 26. Bxd5 Bxd4 27. Bc6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Bxa4 Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Ra7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Rxa5 Rxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bxa3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.23"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,170,0,0,0,0,22,16,8,0,0,0,0,2,8,4,7,0,9,0,17,10,0,0,18,4,19,18,21,21,24,15,20,13,20,15,20,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,173,131,131,109,109,109,109,109,129,123,343,322,308,302,508,457,510,501,465,85,90,26,26,26,26,26,56,56,74,76,285,276,275,271,263,270,252,237,225,220,216,219,225,216,410,428,427,415,346,293,400,328,335,264,161,325,161,122,300,54,220,223,260,260,304,180,792,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (11... Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ba5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nbd2 Nbd7 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. Qf4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Bxb6 19. Rac1 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {½-½ (75) Ding,L (2813)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 {[#]} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. e3 Rac8 18. Qb1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21. Ra5 Nxb4 22. Rxb5 Qd8 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Be1 {½-½ (24) Smirin,I (2655)-Lysyj,I (2671) Poikovsky 2015}) 15... Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. Rc1 Nf8 (22... h6 {keeps more tension.} 23. f4 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. e5 Nb6) 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nd7 25. Kg2 h6 26. h4 Nb6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Ne5 Nd7 31. Ng4 Nf6 32. Ne3 Ra3 33. e5 Nd7 34. Ne4 Nb6 35. Qh5 Rxb3 36. Ng4 N4d5 37. Ra1 Ra3 $2 (37... Rd3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 {[#]} 39. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 40. exf6 {[#]} Rxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. fxg3 Qxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 42. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 $2 (42... Qg7 $16 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 43. Ra6 $18 Qd8 44. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7f7]} Qf8 $2 (44... Nc4 {was necessary.} 45. Qf4 Nd6 46. Qxh6+ Kg8) 45. Qf3 Kg8 46. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Qd5+.} 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Qf3 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qd5 48. Rb7 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3) 47... Qf6 $16 48. Qe4 ({Much weaker is} 48. Qxb6 $6 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) (48. Ra2 $16 Qxd4 49. Qxb5) 48... Qf2+ $11 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Qg2 Qf5+ 51. g4 Qd3+ 52. Qg3 Qxd4 $2 (52... Qf1+ $16 {is a better defense.} 53. Kh2 Qf6) 53. g5 $18 h5 {With the idea ...Nd5.} 54. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Nd7 55. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 56. gxf7+ Kxf7 57. Qg8+ $1 Ke7 58. Re8+ Kd6 59. Rxe6+ Kc5 $2 (59... Kd5 {might work better.} 60. Rh6+ Kc5 61. Rxh5+ Ne5 62. Qf8+ Kc4 63. Qf1+ Qd3+ 64. Qxd3+ Nxd3) 60. Qg5+ Kb4 61. Qxh5 Nc5 62. Re7 Nd3 {White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} 63. Qf3 Kc3 64. h5 b4 {intending ...b3.} 65. h6 $1 b3 66. h7 b2 {[#]} 67. Rb7 $2 (67. Qf1 $1 $18 Kb3 68. Rb7+ Kc3 69. Qf5) 67... Kd2 $2 (67... b1=R $14 68. Rxb1 Qd7+ 69. Kg2 Qxh7) 68. Qg2+ Kc1 {[#] Hoping for ...Nf4+.} 69. Rc7+ $1 Kb1 70. Qh1+ (70. Qg7 $142 Qe3+ 71. Qg3 Qe6+ 72. Kh2 Qe2+ 73. Qg2 Qe5+ 74. Kh1 Qxc7 75. h8=Q) 70... Nc1 $2 (70... Ka2 71. Qa8+ Kb1) 71. Qa8 $2 (71. Re7 $18) 71... Qe3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 72. Kg4 Qe6+ 73. Kf3 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} Qe2+ 74. Kg3 Qe5+ 75. Kh3 Qh5+ 76. Kg2 $1 Qe2+ 77. Kh1 Qh5+ 78. Kg1 Qd1+ 79. Kh2 Qh5+ 80. Kg3 Qe5+ 81. Kg4 Qe6+ 82. Kh5 Qf5+ 83. Kh4 Qf4+ 84. Kh5 Qf5+ 85. Kh4 Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.25"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,89,14,30,12,20,18,18,20,24,24,31,0,0,-2,-8,-8,-5,0,0,-27,-7,-8,-10,-41,0,-17,0,0,0,0,42,38,25,32,45,42,43,17,107,99,107,93,122,104,159,93,172,169,184,140,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,223,212,279,272,343,341,869,830,858,838,828,825,784,739]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 $1 12. b4 Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. bxa5 (13. Bb2 {keeps more tension.} f6 14. Nh4 a4 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. f4) 13... Bxa5 14. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 15. Nxa5 Rxa5 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Kh2 c5 19. h4 c4 20. h5 Bf7 21. Rg1 cxd3 22. cxd3 Rb5 23. Bc1 {[%cal Bb2c1,Bc1e3,Be3h6][%mdl 32]} Kh8 24. Be3 Rb3 25. Rg3 c5 26. Qe2 g5 (26... Rg8 $11) 27. hxg6 $1 $16 Bxg6 ({Wrong is} 27... hxg6 $2 28. Rh3+ Kg8 29. Rh1 $18) 28. a4 Qa6 29. Bh6 {And now Qa2 would win.} Rg8 (29... Ra8 $142) 30. Rag1 (30. Ne7 $142 $1) 30... Qxa4 (30... Qe6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Ne7 Qd4 32. Qd1 c4 (32... Ra3 $16) 33. Nxg8 $18 Kxg8 34. dxc4 $1 Rxg3 35. Qxd4 ({Don't do} 35. fxg3 $6 Bxe4 36. Qxd4 exd4 $16) 35... exd4 36. Kxg3 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 37. Rd1 d3 38. f3 Bg6 39. Ra1 Kf7 40. Ra7 Nc5 41. Be3 Ke8 $2 (41... Nd7 42. Rxb7 Ke8) 42. Bxc5 {White is clearly winning.} d2 {[#]} 43. Ra8+ $1 Kd7 {[#]} 44. Bb6 $1 ({Not} 44. Ra1 Bc2 $11) 44... Kc6 45. Ba5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,70,23,39,0,12,0,12,-39,0,0,0,-19,5,3,3,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-21,-57,-35,-27,-34,-94,7,7,7,6,4,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (13... Bc8 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Bc5 Nf5 16. e4 dxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Ba3 e5 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. Bxd6 Nd8 21. Kh1 {0-1 (42) Gelfand,B (2691)-Karpov,A (2710) Monte Carlo 1999}) 14. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc8 15. Qa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Qa3 Re8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rd2 Rc7 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Qd6 Re6 25. Qxc7 Qxc7 26. Rxd7 {1-0 (26) Krasenkow,M-Shestakov,S Moscow 1987}) 15... b5 16. Nd2 ({Better is} 16. Ne5 $11) 16... b4 17. Qa6 e5 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxa7 Nd5 21. Rc5 Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rb5 Rc2 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Rxb4 Bxa2 26. Re1 Be6 27. h3 f6 28. e3 d3 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 29. Rd1 {[#]} (29. Bf1 $1 $15) 29... Rb8 (29... Rfc8 $1 $17 {...Rc1 is the strong threat.} 30. Rxd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxe4 Nc5) 30. Rxb8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Nxb8 31. Ne1 Rxb2 32. Nxd3 Rb5 33. Nc5 Rxc5 34. Rd8+ Kf7 {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 35. Rxb8 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2637"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,93,32,33,33,38,17,23,32,27,27,32,22,50,58,50,27,46,38,52,28,28,27,27,20,12,20,20,17,17,20,16,14,29,22,36,28,34,34,38,25,61,50,69,68,104,97,109,110,127,119,166,172,237,232,230,216,264,200,277,277,277,277,334,348,362,348,471,454,534,535,537,541,627,617,604,602,902,908,2300,2264,2304,1885]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc6 9. d5 (9. Re1 Nb4 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. c3 Na6 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. Bc2 Nc7 {½-½ (33) Giri,A (2780)-Yu,Y (2764) Shenzhen 2018}) 9... Nb4 10. Be2 {White has an edge.} c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nbd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Re1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {1-0 (46) Cook,P-D'Emilia,J LSS email 2006}) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. c3 Qb7 22. Nf3 Re6 23. Bd4 {And now Rxe6 would win.} Be7 24. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a6 25. a4 Re8 26. Kh2 Re4 27. Reb1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Bd8 {[#]} 28. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a5 (28... axb5 29. axb5) 29. Rb2 Qa8 30. Qd3 Qb7 {[#]} 31. Nd2 $1 Rf4 32. Nb3 Bf5 (32... Qa8 $142 33. Qg3 Bg5) 33. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} g5 {[#]} 34. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qa6 (34... Bxb6 35. Nxa5) 35. Nd2 {aiming for Be3.} Bd7 36. Rab1 {Threatens to win with b7.} Qb7 {[#]} 37. Nb3 $1 Qa6 ({Much worse is} 37... Bxb6 38. Nd2 $18) 38. Nc1 {Hoping for b7.} Qb7 39. Nd3 Rxd4 40. cxd4 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 41. Nf4 Re4 42. Ne2 Bxa4 43. Nc3 Rxd4 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bc6.} 44. Qxd6 Be7 45. Qe5 Re4 46. Nxe4 dxe4 47. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 30%.} 1-0