[Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.20"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,-20,-8,-58,-15,-7,-20,-10,-12,-18,25,-12,-22,-22,0,0,0,-26,25,35,31,0,0,0,28,7,0,0,0,0,4,-45,-52,-50,-52,-40,-28,-100,-97,-135,-125,-272,-259,-283,-280,-319,-256,-620,-615,-564,-399,-441,-439,-807,-807,-2654,-2737,-1010,-876,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Qd6 6. Nf3 e5 7. c5 Qd5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Bg4 10. Bb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd8 {0-1 (61) Adhiban,B (2630)-Naroditsky,D (2622) Caleta 2015}) 6. g4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Be4 7. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Bg6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} dxe3 9. dxe3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nc3 e6 12. c5 c6 13. g5 (13. h4 {seems wilder.} Qc7 14. Kf2 b6 15. Be2 a5 16. a3) 13... Nd5 (13... Nh7 $142 $1) 14. Nxd5 $11 exd5 15. f4 Qe7 {Strongly threatening ...Qe4.} 16. Qd2 Rh4 {...a5 is the strong threat.} 17. Qf2 Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2112] [#] Double Attack. Black has some pressure.} 18. a3 $1 {Black must now prevent Bg2.} Qxh1 19. Qxh4 a5 {Threatens to win with ...Qe4.} 20. Qf2 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Qe4 23. Bc3 (23. Qb2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... b6 $17 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 24. Kd2 bxc5 25. b5 (25. Bd3 $17 Qh1 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5) 25... cxb5 $19 26. Bxb5 {[#]} c4 $1 27. Qe2 Qb1 28. Bxd7+ $2 (28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qxc4) 28... Kxd7 29. Qg4+ Qf5 30. h3 Kc6 31. Ke2 (31. Ke1 $142 Kb5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Kd1) 31... Kb5 32. Bd4 Qxg4+ 33. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kb4 34. e4 dxe4 {Black mates.} 35. Kd2 Bc5 36. Bxg7 Kb3 37. f5 e3+ 38. Ke2 c3 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 66%.} 0-1 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.22"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2637"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,151,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,13,138,0,0,-14,0,11,17,20,18,0,-8,0,-4,-8,-3,-19,-8,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-11,-11,-26,-25,-24,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-46,-35,-50,-44,-115,-115,-145,-143,-155,-107,-97,-85,-152,-152,-149,-147,-151,-125,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-178,-178,-178,-178,-154,-115,-115,-115,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Rad1 Nc4 {1-0 (42) Glenne,B (2235)-Gronn,A (2370) Oslo 2002}) 11. h3 {The position is equal.} h6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Be3 a6 14. a3 Bc7 15. Re1 Nh5 (15... Be6 $11) 16. Qd2 $2 (16. Nxd5 $1 $16 Qxd5 17. Nc3) 16... Qd6 $11 {[#]} 17. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 ({Wrong is} 17... Nxf4 $2 18. Bxf4 Qf8 19. Bxc7 $18) 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nd3 Bb6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qd7 23. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bc3 Bxh3 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Bg2 Bf5 28. Rcd1 Re7 29. Rd5 Bg6 30. Bh3 f6 31. b4 Na7 32. a4 Be8 33. Ra1 e3 34. Rd3 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bc6 36. Bg4 Rf8 37. Bf5 Kf7 38. Rd6 Rfe8 39. Bg4 Kg6 40. Bd2 Re5 41. Ra3 Nc8 42. Rd4 Ne7 43. Bd1 (43. Bf4 $15) 43... Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 44. Rg4+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {...Rd5 is the strong threat.} 45. Rd3 h5 46. Rc4 Nh6 47. Rcd4 {[#]} (47. Rh4 $142) 47... Ng4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Bxg4 hxg4 49. Re3 Rf5+ 50. Ke1 Rxe3+ 51. Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf3 52. Bf2 f5 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 Bxb5 55. Rf4 Rxf4 56. gxf4 {KB-KB. Black is better.} Kg6 57. Bg3 Kf6 58. Bh4+ Ke6 59. Kf2 Kd5 60. Be7 {[#]} g5 $1 61. Kg3 (61. Bxg5 Kxc5) 61... gxf4+ 62. Kxf4 Bd7 63. Bf8 Bc8 64. Be7 Ke6 65. Bf8 Bd7 66. Bh6 Bc6 67. Bf8 Be4 68. Bh6 Kd5 69. Bf8 Kd4 70. Bd6 Kd3 71. Kg3 Bc6 72. Bf8 Ke4 {Threatens to win with ...f4+.} 73. Bd6 Bd7 74. Bf4 Kd4 75. Bd6 Kd5 {Hoping for ...b5.} 76. Bf8 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.24"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,143,0,7,-16,-8,-28,-3,-10,-18,-27,0,4,5,-1,0,0,12,2,24,27,28,28,25,8,18,0,0,-26,-29,-42,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-9,0,-20,25,20,11,17,24,13,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,29,69,75,75,69,75,64,64,56,64,57,212,69,327,69,69,69,391,391,370,69,303,97,556,545,1118,1093,1085,1056,1032,1032,999,992,923,762,593,447,376,302,256,69,69,59,64,56,56,56,56,56,527,19,491,449,29970,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29976,29977,29983,29983]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. a4 Re8 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Ng1 Qd6 14. f4 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 exf4 {0-1 (42) Kramnik,V (2777)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Be7 7. e3 Ndb4 8. Qb1 {The position is equal.} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. a3 Bxf3 10. axb4 Bh5 11. b5 Nb4 {1-0 (38) Cobb,C-Jeran,B Dos Hermanas 2004}) 9. Ne4 O-O 10. a3 Nd5 11. Be2 a5 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bd6 15. O-O a4 16. Qb1 Bg6 17. Qa2 f5 18. Neg5 {White wants to play Ne6.} Qe7 {Hoping for ...e4.} 19. e4 Rae8 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4 Bf7 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Be6 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Bd1 Bg4 27. Nfd2 Bxd1 28. Rcxd1 Bc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Qc2 Ref8 (31... Rd8 {is more complex.} 32. Rb1 Qb5 33. b3 Qxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. bxa4 Rxa3 36. f3 Rxa4 37. Rxb7 Rf7) 32. Qxa4 (32. Kh1 {is interesting.} Ra8 33. f3 Qb5 34. Rc1 Rff8 35. Nc3) 32... Qxb2 33. Rb1 Qxf2+ $1 34. Nxf2 Rxa4 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Rxc7 Nd4 37. Ng4 Ra2 38. Nxe5 Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Re2.} 39. h4 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Nf4 (40... Re8 {seems wilder.} 41. Nf3 h6 42. Rd7 Re6 43. Kh2 Rf6) 41. Rf1 Ng6 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Nxg6+ hxg6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Rf4+ Kg8 46. Rd4 Kh7 $2 (46... Kf7 $14) 47. Kh2 ({White must play} 47. Rd6 $1 $18) 47... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... g5 $1 $14) 48. Rd5 $2 ({Only move:} 48. Rd6 $1 $18) 48... g5 $1 49. hxg5+ Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Kh5 $1 $14) 50. Kg3 $18 Kh5 51. Kh3 $2 (51. Kf3 $18 g6 52. d4) 51... Kg6 $2 {[#]} (51... Rd1 $1 $14) 52. Rd7 $2 (52. g3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 52... Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kh5 $16) 53. g3 Rd2 54. Kg4 Rd1 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rd4 Kg6 57. Rd7 Ra1 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. Rd4 Kg6 60. Re4 Ra5 61. Kf4 $2 ({Better is} 61. Re6+ $18 Kf7 62. Rd6) 61... Rf5+ $14 62. Ke3 Rxg5 63. g4 Ra5 64. d4 Kf6 65. Kd3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 65... Rg5 $14) 66. Kc4 $18 {Black should prevent Re1.} Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ra3 $1 $11) 67. d5 Rc1+ (67... Ra4+ $18 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Ra6) 68. Kb5 {White mates.} Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kd7 Kf7 71. Re5 Kg6 72. Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.27"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "250"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,250,31,32,40,31,30,42,28,33,36,36,29,19,26,40,30,29,41,35,31,35,-4,18,14,4,15,16,15,18,12,33,22,28,35,33,19,21,20,56,18,13,17,33,16,20,18,20,18,20,18,18,18,28,18,21,18,18,18,43,18,20,18,26,0,18,0,27,18,24,20,32,9,9,8,37,19,16,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-26,-26,-23,-18,-22,-18,-22,-25,-20,-61,-57,-144,-155,-141,-147,-161,-80,-75,-79,-79,-8,-9,0,-9,-10,-113,-88,-420,-406,-364,-45,-35,-43,-43,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-42,-27,-42,-20,-20,-20,-35,-20,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-20,-42,-42,-42,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-42,-20,-20,0,-42,-20,-20,-20,-20,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-20,-20,-20,-15,-20,-20,-20,-20,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-15,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,0,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-20,-20,-27,-42,-35,-42,-42,-42,-42,-39,-16,-39,-39,-39,-39,-38,-39,-48,-8,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 16. Kf2 a4 {½-½ (27) Van Wely,L (2663)-Ponomariov,R (2687) Germany 2018}) 9... Ke7 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bc7 $1 15. b3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16. Nce5 Ne4 {1-0 (45) Goryachkina,A (2438)-Wozniak,M (2069) Warsaw 2013}) 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nf4 b5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bc4d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be5 21. Rab1 $1 b4 22. Bb2 Bc3 23. Nf1 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Ne5 25. Ng3 Rac8 26. Rbd2 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rc5 27. Nf5 g6 28. Nd4 a5 29. a3 bxa3 30. Ra2 Nc6 31. h3 Nb4 32. Rxa3 Kd7 33. g4 Kc7 34. Kg2 Kb6 35. h4 Rc3 36. Rda1 Ra8 37. g5 Bc6 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Rda1 Rc5 40. Rd1 Bd7 41. Kg3 Rdc8 42. Raa1 Be6 43. h5 Rc3 44. Rab1 Rg8 45. Rh1 Nc6 46. Nxc6 Rxc6 47. hxg6 Rxg6 48. Kf4 Rc2 49. Rbf1 Rb2 50. Bd1 a4 51. bxa4 (51. Bh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Rg8 52. bxa4 Rb4+ 53. Ke5 Rxg5+ 54. Kf6 Rf5+ 55. Ke7 $11) 51... Rb4+ 52. Kf3 Rxg5 53. Ke2 d4 54. Rfg1 Rd5 55. exd4 Rbxd4 56. f3 h5 57. Kf2 ({Better is} 57. Ke3 $15) 57... Rd2+ $1 $17 58. Ke3 R5d3+ 59. Kf4 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Re1 (60. Rxh4 Rxd1) 60... Rd4+ 61. Ke3 f5 (61... R2d3+ $1 $17 62. Kf2 Ra3) 62. Be2 $11 f4+ 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rb1+ (64. Kg1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 64... Ka7 65. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Rb5 $17 {nothing else works.}) 65... Ra2 $19 66. Bf1 Rd5 $2 ({Inferior is} 66... Raxa4 67. Bxh3 Ba2 68. Rb2 $11) ({Worse is} 66... h2 67. Be2 $15) (66... Rdxa4 $19 67. Bxh3 Ra1 68. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 69. Kd2 Rxh1 70. Bxe6 Kb6) 67. Bxh3 $15 Rh5 68. Bg2 $1 Rxh1+ 69. Bxh1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh2 70. Bg2 Rxg2 $11 {KRB-KR} 71. Rb4 Bd5 72. Rxf4 Kb6 73. a5+ Kc5 74. a6 Ra2 (74... Rc2 {looks sharper.} 75. a7 Ra2 76. Kd1 Bb3+ 77. Kc1 Rxa7 78. Kd2 Rd7+) 75. a7 Rxa7 (75... Bc6 {is interesting.} 76. Rf6 Bb7 77. Rf7 Rxa7 78. Kd2 Ra2+) 76. Kf2 Kd6 77. Kg3 Ke5 78. Rf8 Bf7 79. Rb8 Ra3 80. Rb4 Bd5 81. Rf4 Ra8 82. Rg4 Rf8 83. f4+ Kd4 84. f5+ Ke5 85. Rg5 Be4 (85... Rxf5 $2 86. Rxf5+ Kxf5 $19) 86. f6+ Bf5 (86... Kxf6 $2 87. Kf4 $19) (86... Kd4 {with more complications.} 87. Rb5 Ke3 88. Rb3+ Bd3 89. Kg2 Ra8) 87. Kf2 Rxf6 (87... Kxf6 $2 88. Rh5 $19) 88. Ke3 Ra6 89. Rg3 Ra2 90. Rf3 Be4 91. Rg3 Bf5 92. Rf3 Bg4 93. Rg3 Ra4 (93... Ra3+ {is more complex.} 94. Kf2 Ra4 95. Ke3 Bf5 96. Rg5 Ra8) 94. Kd2 Kf4 95. Rb3 Be6 96. Rb6 Bd5 97. Rb2 Ke4 98. Kc3 Ke3 99. Rb4 Ra3+ 100. Kb2 Ra8 101. Kc3 Rc8+ 102. Kb2 Kd3 {White must now prevent ...Rc2+.} 103. Ka3 Bc4 {...Ra8+ is the strong threat.} 104. Rb2 Ra8+ 105. Kb4 Kd4 106. Rd2+ Bd3 107. Rb2 Ra7 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 108. Rb3 Ra8 {Strongly threatening ...Bc4.} 109. Rb2 $1 Ra1 110. Rb3 Bc4 111. Rb2 Rd1 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} 112. Ka3 Kc5 (112... Kc3 $2 113. Rb3+ Kd4 114. Rb6 $19) 113. Rb7 Rd2 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rd2a2]} 114. Rc7+ $1 Kd4 115. Kb4 Rb2+ 116. Ka5 Kd5 {aiming for ...Bf1.} 117. Rc8 Rb5+ 118. Ka4 Kd4 119. Rh8 Rb1 {And now ...Bb5+ would win.} 120. Rh3 Bd3 121. Ka5 Kc3 {( -> ...Rb5+)} 122. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (122. Rh5 $11 Bc4 123. Rc5) 122... Rb5+ $1 {Black mates.} 123. Ka4 Rh5 124. Rf3 Rh1 {[%cal Rh1a1]} 125. Ka5 {[#]} Rh6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.28"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,127,2,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,9,1,0,8,-4,18,-5,-5,-10,-13,-14,-7,-6,-14,-5,0,-4,0,0,0,-22,-29,-28,-14,-31,-16,-33,-19,-86,-87,-77,-85,-79,-84,-70,-72,-68,-3,-5,-8,-8,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-5,-6,-24,-25,-16,-8,-23,-14,-15,0,-33,-20,-15,0,-37,-31,-32,-24,-29,-10,-15,0,-44,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. Rhg1 Bxf3 $146 15. gxf3 Qf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Qd3 gxf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Bg3 Qf3 20. c5 Qc6 21. Qf5 exd4 22. exd4 bxc5 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. f3 Rde8 25. Qxf7 (25. dxc5 $11 Nxc5 26. Bf2) 25... c4 $17 26. Rge1 Ref8 27. Qh5 Nb6 28. Qxa5 Rxf3 29. d5 Qa4 (29... Qd7 $15) 30. Qxa4 $11 Nxa4 31. Re4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Nb6 32. Bf4 Rf8 33. Bxh6 R8f5 34. h4 Rh3 35. Bg7 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Kc1 c3 38. bxc3 Nxc3 39. Rb4+ Kc8 40. Kb2 Nd5 41. Re4 Kb7 42. Bh6 Nb6 43. Bg5 c5 44. Bd8 Rh2+ 45. Kb3 Rh3+ 46. Kb2 Nd5 47. a4 Kc6 48. Bg5 Rh2+ 49. Kb3 Rh3+ 50. Kb2 Nc3 51. Rg4 {The position is equal.} Nd1+ 52. Kc2 Ne3+ 53. Bxe3 $1 Rxe3 {KR-KR} 54. h5 Rh3 55. Rg5 Rh4 56. Kb3 Rh3+ 57. Kc2 Kb6 58. Rg6 Rxh5 59. Rxd6+ Ka5 60. Kc3 Kxa4 61. Kc4 {[%cal Rd6a6] [#]} Ka3 62. Rc6 Kb2 63. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 64. Kxc5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "US-ch Open 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.03.30"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,53,22,18,16,22,-2,-25,-25,-25,-9,-12,38,39,39,17,14,0,27,37,45,46,53,53,112,114,165,159,149,142,418,425,29996,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Qb6 7. f3 (7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. g3 c5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 O-O-O {1-0 (49) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-So,W (2778) Leuven 2018}) 7... Qxb3 8. Nxb3 Bc2 9. Bd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 10. g4 e6 11. Rc1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7) 13. Ng2 Nbd7 14. e3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Kf2 Ned7 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. h4 {Strongly threatening g5.} Ne6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 19... d4 $14 20. exd4 Nxb3) 20. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6][%mdl 512]} hxg5 (20... Ne8 $16) 21. hxg5 $18 Nxg5 22. Bd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rfd8 $16 {might work better.} 23. Rcg1 dxc4 24. bxc4 (24. Bxc4 Nd5 $14) 24... Ne8) 23. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (23... Bxf6 $18 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 fxe6) 24. Bh7+ {White mates.} Kg7 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rcg1+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 22%.} 1-0