[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Lagashin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:22]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:13:32]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 13. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 14. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 16. Kb1 {[%emt 0:08:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 21. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} b3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 24. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. g5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} axb3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 26. a3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 28. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 29. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 31. gxh6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 32. hxg6+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Na4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 35. Rcf1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 36. Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 37. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 39. Rfxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Yangutov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} d6 {[%emt 0:12:56]} 10. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 12. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:32:47]} h6 {[%emt 0:15:15]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:26:58]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:03:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 20. Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 21. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 26. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 28. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 29. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 30. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 31. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 33. Reb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 34. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 35. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 37. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 39. g4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 41. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 42. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 43. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 44. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 46. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 47. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 53. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 54. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 57. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 59. h4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 60. Rbxb3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Stepanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:31]} 8. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} a5 {[%emt 0:20:23]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:08:58]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 13. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} N6d5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:12:10]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:12:58]} 15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 17. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 19. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 20. Qxa2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 22. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} exf2+ {[%emt 0:05:01]} 23. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 24. c7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Ilyuchyk, Yana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,47,50,24,50,45,44,51,69,54,79,79,79,79,71,74,75,76,81,82,81,77,85,87,87,62,60,55,68,49,58,25,34,45,102,48,27,33,35,5,47,0,-34,-35,0,0,51,44,100,98,81,28,33,36,119,0,52,0,35,12,80,43,20,31,29,10,56,57,64,57,59]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Nh5 6. Be3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} e5 7. Bf2 d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. h4 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Nge2 g6 13. g4 {1-0 (64) Aleksandrov,A (2580)-Kosakowski,J (2324) Suwalki 2018}) 11. Qc1 Na6 12. Nge2 Nf4 {[#]} 13. g4 $1 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 15. a4 Qa5 16. Kf1 Qd8 17. Nd1 Nc7 18. c3 b6 19. b4 Qe8 20. Qc2 g6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ne3 Qd8 23. Kg2 h6 (23... Ne8 $14) 24. Bd3 (24. Raf1 $16) 24... Ne8 25. Rab1 Ng7 26. Bb5 f5 27. Rb2 (27. exf5 $14 gxf5 28. Bc6) 27... fxg4 $15 28. fxg4 Kh7 29. Bg3 Qc8 (29... Rb8 $11) 30. Qe2 a6 ({Black should try} 30... Rb8 $14) 31. Bxd7 $16 Qxd7 32. Rhb1 (32. a5 $16) 32... Qxa4 $11 33. Nc4 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} Qe8 {[#]} (33... Ra7 $14) 34. Na5 ({Better is} 34. Rb6 $1 $16) 34... Bf6 (34... Bd8 $11 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Rxb8 Qd7) 35. Nc6 (35. Rb7 $1 $14) 35... Rf7 36. Rb7 a5 (36... Rxb7 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Rxb7 a5) 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38. Rxb8 Qd7 39. Nxa5 Ne8 (39... Bd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8a5]} 40. Nc6 Bc7 $14) 40. Rb7 Nc7 41. Nc6 Qc8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Lugovoy, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 7. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Na6 {[%emt 0:17:23]} 9. h5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:11:49]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:12:48]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 11. hxg6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 12. Rxh8+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bxh8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 14. e3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:13:57]} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 18. fxe3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lepaev, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:25:09]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:09:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 11. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:15:28]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 15. g5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:12:57]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:11:36]} 21. f5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 22. f6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 24. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:05]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. g6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 28. d6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. f7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 13. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:10:26]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 15. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 16. h4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:21:24]} 17. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 20. Bf2 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 22. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 24. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 28. a4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. a5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 30. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 32. e5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 35. Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 37. Rd6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 38. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 39. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 40. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 41. Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khajrutdinov, Ildar"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:02:56]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:05:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Qc1 {[%emt 0:16:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 11. Bh6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 12. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:07:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 15. Ned2 {[%emt 0:13:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:07:35]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 18. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 19. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:06:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 22. Rc3 {[%emt 0:08:25]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 24. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 25. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 27. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. f4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Rcc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martynyuk, Elizaveta"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 13. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:17]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Rh4 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 18. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. h6 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 22. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 24. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:12:34]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:13:01]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:12:05]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 31. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 32. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 34. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:07:52]} 36. c3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 37. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scheglov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,80,17,28,20,23,24,-125,-110,-273,-258,-265,-261,-270,-246,-363,-344,-404,-418,-576,-496,-832,-663,-731,-705,-1092,-1074,-1078,-1079,-1066,-1068,-1036,-1032,-986,-954,-1439,-1450,-1446,-1422,-1357,-1333,-1864,-1773,-29975,-29975,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29971]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2c5][%mdl 32]} Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Bd7 11. Ne4 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bc6 {B25: Sizilianisch (Geschlossenes System)} 14. c3 dxe5 (14... Rc8 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qe2 b6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rcd8 20. Red1 a4 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (51) Rizzo,R (2473)-Joao,N (2617) ICCF email 2005}) 15. Bxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Re8 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 16. fxe5 $1 Bxe5 17. g4 $146 (17. d4 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} Bc7 18. Rad1) ({Vorgänger:} 17. d4 Bg7 18. g4 Qd7 19. Qf2 Nh6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxf6 Nxg4 23. Qg5 f5 24. h3 Qc7 25. hxg4 {½-½ (25) Thomas,N (2252)-Beaumont,C (2329) Birmingham 2006}) 17... Qc7 $17 18. gxf5 $2 {[#]} (18. Bf2 $17) 18... exf5 $19 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. dxe4 Bb5 ({Finger weg von} 20... Bxh2 21. Rae1 $19) 21. Qf2 (21. Bg1 {kämpft weiter.}) 21... Bxf1 (21... Bxh2 $2 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 $19) 22. Bxf1 {[#]} Bxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bc4 (23. Qxh2 Qxc5) 23... Rxe4 24. Bd5 (24. Qxf7+ $142 Qxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kxh2) 24... Rf4 25. Qxh2 {Le3 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qxc5 26. Bxb7 Rf2 27. Bxa8 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxb2 30. Rf1 Qxc3 31. Bd5 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Bg2 Kg7 34. Rb1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 35. Rb7 h4 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 36. Kh2 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 h3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg3g2]} 38. Bc6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qd2+ 40. Kxh3 Qc3+ {Precision: Weiß = 27%, Schwarz = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei V"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Nfe3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:38]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 21. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 22. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 24. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Bb3 {[%emt 0:07:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 27. Bd5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:53]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. g3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 34. gxf4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 35. Qxf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 36. Qg2+ {[%emt 0:02:37]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 38. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 39. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zemnitskiy, Alexander"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:26]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 12. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:12:15]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:16:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:09:55]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 17. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 19. Bh2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:24:24]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 21. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 22. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:02:50]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 24. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 25. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:11:13]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Nxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tsybikov, Tumen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,25,25,-14,-23,-11,-27,-14,-13,-25,-12,-37,0,-15,-4,0,-5,0,0,-34,87,77,110,96,118,16,18,17,16,11,14,-14,72,10,286,249,245,113,200,194,248,246,241,247,229,229,635,521]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qb6 {LiveBook: 37 Games} 9. Bf4 {Threatens to win with c5!} (9. c5 $5 dxc5 10. Bf4 $11) 9... a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} (9... Kf8 10. b4 a6 11. c5 dxc5 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. bxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (37) Aronian,L (2805)-Mchedlishvili,M (2603) Riadh 2017}) 10. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} ({But not} 10. Qa4 Bd7 $17) 10... Qd8 ({Don't go for} 10... Qxc5 $2 11. Rc1 $18) 11. Nxd4 dxc5 12. Nb3 Bxb2 13. Bd3 $146 (13. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Bc3+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 Bc3+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nf6 16. Nxc5 b6 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. Qd4 Nf6 {½-½ (18) Trifunovic,P-Lokvenc,J Marianske Lazne 1960}) 13... Nf6 {Hoping for ...Bc3+.} 14. O-O Bxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O {next ...b6 is good for Black.} 16. Nxc5 Re8 17. Rd1 Nd7 (17... b6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 18. Nb3 Bb7) 18. Bh6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ra1g7][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} f6 19. Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qa5 20. d6 ({White should try} 20. Ng7 $1 $16) 20... Ne5 $11 21. Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e8]} Bg4 22. f3 {Strongly threatening Qb1.} Qc5+ ({Not} 22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 Bd7 24. Nxa8 $18) 23. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Be2.} exd6 (23... Nxd3 $11 24. Rxd3 Bd7) 24. Nd5 {[#]} (24. Rc1 $16 Qa5 25. Nxa8 Nxd3 26. Qxf6) 24... Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 25. Be3 Qa3 26. Bc1 (26. Bc2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 26... Qa4 {[#]} (26... Qc5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Be2 $1 $18 Bh5 (27... f5 {was worth a try.}) 28. Nb6 Qe8 29. Nxa8 Qxa8 30. g4 f5 $2 (30... Bxg4 31. fxg4 b5) 31. exf5 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Salman, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,35,61,32,79,52,53,38,54,44,125,125,122,127,136,114,172,135,146,46,56,-43,95,61,63,82,110,0,168,92,118,0,-9,-150,-59,-33,-23,-56,44,45,45,32,69,72,84,18,203,195,192,181,214,221,269,260,306,324,695,667,514,310,301,266,282,274,273,268,1031,527]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3 {B42: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 11. Bc2 h5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Nde2 Ne5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qb8 {½-½ (26) Motylev,A (2652)-Papin,V (2476) Cheboksary 2016}) 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Nde2 h4 14. h3 g5 (14... Rg8 $14) 15. Qxg5 $16 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Rhg8 17. Rac1 {[#] Und Sd5! würde nun gewinnen.} Nd7 (17... Kb8 $16) 18. Kh1 Kb8 19. Bd1 (19. Ba3 $16) 19... Nc5 $14 20. a3 (20. Rg1 $14) 20... Ne5 (20... f5 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.} 21. b4 Nxe4) 21. Bc2 $16 Bg5 22. f4 Bh6 23. Qd4 (23. Rf2 $16) 23... Rg6 $2 (23... f5 $1 $11) 24. Rcd1 (24. b4 $18) 24... Nc6 25. Qd2 (25. Qf2 $16) 25... Na5 $1 $11 26. Nc1 (26. Nd4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 26... Rdg8 (26... f5 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 27. Rg1 fxe4) 27. Rf2 $15 e5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Besser ist} 28... Qc8 $1 $15 29. Nxb6 Qe6) 29. exd5 $14 ({Finger weg von} 29. Qxd5 Bxf4 30. Ne2 (30. b4 $2 Qd7 $19) 30... Be3 $16) 29... Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxg2 31. Rf2 R2g3 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 32. Qe2 (32. Bf5 $16) 32... Naxb3 $2 (32... Rxh3+ $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.} 33. Rh2 Qc8) 33. Nxb3 $18 Nxb3 34. Bf5 Qc5 35. Bg4 Re3 36. Qf1 Na5 37. Bc1 ({Jedoch nicht} 37. Rxf7 Qxc4 38. Qf5 (38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Qxf8+ Ka7 $16) 38... Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 $18) 37... Nxc4 $2 (37... Rg3 38. Rxf7 Qxc4) 38. Rxf7 Rc3 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Kb7 41. Rf1 {[#] Droht Matt per Tf7+.} Qxd5+ 42. Bf3 e4 $2 (42... Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 44. Rxf3 b5 45. Rf7+ Kc6) 43. Qg7+ {Precision: Weiß = 36%, Schwarz = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Klepikov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,10,5,-1,27,31,67,63,62,67,67,75,61,62,81,77,108,132,183,192,428,417,435,423,505,417,414,414,605,633,628,629,727,714,863,930,942,933,904,879,1058,1037,1529,1484,1939,1912]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Qh5 {LiveBook: 7 Partien. B01: Skandinavische Verteidigung} 9. Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Rfd1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Rxd6 12. Rd2 Rhd8 13. Rad1 g5 14. Qb5 g4 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Ng5 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 {1-0 (46) Darini,P (2423)-Mallahi,A (2376) Tabriz 2011}) 9... O-O-O 10. Ng3 Qd5 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. c4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Bc3 h5 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Be7 15. h4 Ng4 16. Rfd1 Rh6 {[#]} (16... Bd6 $16) 17. a3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} f5 $2 (17... Re8 {war angesagt.} 18. b4 Qa4) (17... Bxa3 18. Bb2) 18. b4 Qa4 {Falls Schwarz jetzt zu ...Ld6 käme, bestünde noch etwas Hoffnung.} 19. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} f4 20. Ne4 ({Schwächer ist} 20. dxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 fxg3 $16) 20... Nb8 21. Neg5 Bxg5 (21... e5 $142 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxh5 Qd7) 22. hxg5 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rg6 23. dxe6 {[#] Txd8+ ist eine echte Drohung.} Re8 24. e7 Qc6 25. b5 Qe6 26. Qd3 {Droht Matt per Dd8+.} Nd7 27. Bb4 h4 28. Ra2 h3 29. Re2 Ne3 30. fxe3 {Precision: Weiß = 89%, Schwarz = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Petrov, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,139,45,45,44,50,52,36,34,28,31,28,26,34,36,35,45,43,45,33,31,28,28,28,46,19,34,29,41,6,6,6,8,8,7,0,0,3,9,3,41,33,47,44,50,50,44,44,52,54,54,53,52,52,51,41,62,20,62,62,92,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,126,75,75,70,131,152,235,235,534,283,257,60,174,177,229,207,316,236,375,222,520,517,467,478,635,548,506,477,575,558,538,507,12839,12840,12840,12840,12840,12837,6632,6130,12841,12842,12843,12843]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 {LiveBook: 22 Games. d5 is the strong threat.} Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 $146 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 15. Bb3 Bd6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. g4 Nb6 18. d5 e5 19. h4 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Re1 Rc7 23. f4 Re7 24. fxe5 (24. f5 {seems wilder.} Rc7 25. h5 Nd7 26. h6 gxh6 27. Bxh6 Nf6 28. Rg1) 24... Rxe5 25. Bf2 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nd7 27. Bd1 Kf8 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 h6 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 31. a5 Be5 32. b3 Nc5+ 33. Ke3 Nd7 34. Ke4 Bh2 35. Bb4+ Bd6 36. Bc3 Nf6+ 37. Kd3 Bg3 38. Bf3 Ne8 39. h5 f6 40. d6+ (40. Be4 $16) 40... Nxd6 41. Bb4 Kd7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Bd5+ Kd7 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Bc5 Be1 46. b4 Kd7 47. Kc2 {And now Kb3 would win.} Kc7 48. Kb3 Ne8 (48... Bg3 $1 $11) 49. Bf3 (49. Be4 $142 $1) 49... Bg3 $16 50. Kc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd6+ (50... Kc8 $14) 51. Kd5 Kd7 (51... Nf7 $16) 52. Bd1 $1 $18 Ke7 $2 (52... Nf7 53. Bf8 Ke8 54. Bxg7 Ke7) 53. Bc2 Kd7 {[#]} 54. Bh7 $2 (54. Ba4+ $1 $18 Kc7 55. Ke6) 54... Bf4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 54... Be5 $14) 55. Bg8 $1 Ne8 (55... Nb5 {is a better defense.}) 56. Be6+ Kd8 (56... Kc7 $142 57. Ke4 Bd6) 57. Ke4 Bd6 (57... Be5 {was necessary.} 58. Kf5 Kc7) 58. Bd5 (58. Kf5 $142 Kc7 59. Bf7) 58... Kc8 $2 (58... Be5 {was worth a try.} 59. Kf5 (59. Bxb7 Nd6+ 60. Bxd6 Bxd6 $14) 59... Kc7) 59. Kf5 {White is clearly winning.} Be5 60. Kg6 Nc7 61. Be4 Ne8 62. Bf5+ Kd8 63. Kf7 Nd6+ 64. Kxg7 {aiming for Bxd6.} Nxf5+ (64... Bf4 $142 65. Bxd6 Bxd6 66. Kxh6 Ke8) 65. gxf5 {KB-KB} Ke8 66. Kg6 Bc3 67. Bd6 Kd7 68. Bf8 Ke8 69. Bxh6 Bxb4 70. Bg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Kolmagorov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,120,183,106,92,31,49,10,44,44,86,81,114,120,109,109,110,122,118,114,117,119,110,81,75,78,117,95,101,107,107,106,92,93,201,181,183,184,186,190,191,196,196,139,234,241,258,241,242,242,235,232,319,270,385,342,407,393,578,488,582,575,4598,905,765,324,4610,243,243,245,245,8,404,368,4686,1510,1837,1755,1456,1406,29965,29965,12798,580,29974,29975,29977,29978,29978,29980,29980,29981,29983,29984,29986,29984,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29995,29996,29998]} 1. e4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8. Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 Be5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (9... Ke7 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 a6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Nb4 Qe8 19. Nd5+ {1-0 (19) Hou,Y (2673)-Cramling,P (2518) Beijing 2014}) 10. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. O-O $18 {Hoping for f4.} Qb6 11. f4 d3+ 12. Kh1) 10... d5 $16 11. cxd4 (11. exd5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening d6.} exd5 12. O-O (12. cxd4 Bb8 $14)) 11... Bb8 $1 $14 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd5 exd5 13. Be2 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. d3 Nf5 16. Bg4 Qb6 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (59) Kulhanek,T (2376)-Jirasek,P (2177) Chrudim 2004}) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qc5 Bd7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxb7 Ra4 17. b3 Ra5 18. Nc3 Ne7 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Na4 Ba7 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Ba3.} b5 (25... Nd5 $16) 26. Bc3 Nxa2 27. Bxa5 Nxc1+ 28. Rxc1 bxa4 29. bxa4 Bxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rc4 (30. Bc7 $18) 30... Ra8 {[#]} (30... e5 $16 31. Bb4 Rb8) 31. Bc7 $1 ({Don't take} 31. Rxd4 $6 Rxa5 32. Kd3 e5 $16) 31... Bf6 32. f4 Kf7 33. a5 Ke7 34. Kd3 h5 35. Rc5 g5 (35... Bh4 {keeps fighting.} 36. g3 Bf6) 36. Kc4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 Rd8 (37... h4 {was worth a try.} 38. Kb5 Bb2) 38. Kb5 e5 39. Bxe5 Rxd2 40. a6 (40. Bxf6+ $142 Kxf6 41. a6 Rxg2 42. Kb6) 40... Bxe5 41. Rxe5+ {KR-KR} Kf6 $2 (41... Kd6 42. Rxf5 Rb2+ 43. Ka5 Kc6) 42. Re8 $2 ({Weaker is} 42. a7 Ra2 $11) (42. Rc5 Rxg2 43. a7) 42... Rb2+ 43. Kc4 Ra2 {[#]} 44. Rh8 $2 (44. Ra8 $1 $18) 44... Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Kg7 $1 $11 45. Ra8 (45. Rxh5 Kg6 $16) 45... Rxg2) 45. Kb5 Rb2+ $2 (45... f4 46. Rf8 Ra1) 46. Kc6 Ra2 47. Kb7 Rb2+ 48. Ka8 Kf4 49. a7 Ke4 50. Re8+ (50. Rb8 $142 Rxg2 51. Kb7 Rg7+ 52. Kb6 Rxa7 53. Kxa7) 50... Kf4 51. Rb8 {White mates.} Rxg2 52. Kb7 Rg7+ 53. Kb6 Rxa7 54. Kxa7 {KR-KPP} Kg4 55. Kb6 Kh3 56. Rh8 h4 57. Kc5 f4 58. Kd4 f3 59. Ke3 Kxh2 60. Kxf3 h3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Evdokimov, Alexey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,-12,-15,0,-22,0,-10,3,0,0,0,0,0,1,-15,-14,-19,-15,-32,-18,-35,0,0,0,0,13,14,10,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,10,3,8,6,24,1,10,0,0,0,8,0,22,10,20,10,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-3,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qe2 {LiveBook: 23 Games} a5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 11. Re1 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a4 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nf1 c5 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. c3 d4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxb7 Bxd3 {½-½ (26) Lenic,L (2643)-Firat,B (2487) Slovenia 2016}) 12. Ng4 (12. a3 {with more complications.} Bc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bf4 a4 15. Nd2) 12... Kh8 13. Nxf6 Bxf6 14. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} a4 15. a3 Nc5 16. e5 Be7 17. f4 b5 18. g4 Rb8 19. Ng3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nh5 Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ $1 23. Qxe3 Qd6 24. Rf1 Bg6 25. Ng3 Rbe8 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Rf2 b4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. c3 Qd6 30. d4 c5 {The position is equal.} 31. Ref1 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Qb6 33. Qxa4 {[#] Black must now prevent f5.} Nf6 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 Bf7 36. Qd4 (36. Rd1 {keeps more tension.} Ra8 37. Qd4 Qb3 38. Rb1 Ra2 39. Bf3) 36... Qxd4 37. cxd4 Rb8 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Re1 Rfb8 40. Ree2 Rc4 41. Re3 Rcb4 42. Ree2 Kg8 43. Bf3 Kf8 44. Nf1 Bh5 45. Bxh5 Nxh5 46. Re5 Rxb2 47. Rxd5 Nf4 48. Re5 (48. Rxb2 {is interesting.} Rxb2 49. Ra5 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nxd4+ 51. Ke3) 48... Rxd2 49. Nxd2 $11 {KRN-KRN} Rb2 50. Re4 Nh3+ 51. Kg2 Ng5 52. Re2 Nf7 53. Kf2 Nd6 54. Nf3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,-2,34,15,37,34,37,27,20,0,0,24,104,47,47,0,75,46,45,47,51,39,62,47,74,14,57,53,52,58,55,66,63,0,30,0,2,-33,-15,-24,-22,-22,-32,-55,-30,-72,-46,-98,-36,-33,0,0,4,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-43,-43,-43,-43,-81,-19,-135,-135,-127,0,0,0,-145,-125]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} h4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... dxc6 {looks sharper.} 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. b3 Ba3) 10. Re1 {White is slightly better.} hxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na4 Nf6 13. c4 c5 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bb7 {1-0 (52) Popov,I (2618)-Chigaev,M (2559) Sochi 2017}) 12... Nf6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 c5 (14... d6 $11) 15. Bg5 (15. f3 $16) 15... Nh7 16. Be3 (16. Bc1 {feels hotter.} Be7 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. b3 d6 19. Bg5) 16... d6 (16... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Qd2 Be6 18. b3 Be7 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Ng4 21. Rad1 (21. Bxe7 $16 Kxe7 22. f3) 21... Bxg5 (21... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 22. Be3 Kf7 $11) 22. Qxg5 f6 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. f3 Nh6 $1 25. Nd5 ({White should play} 25. Kf2 $14) 25... Qb7 (25... Bxd5 $5 26. Qxd5 Ng8 $11) 26. Kf2 Bxd5 27. exd5 f5 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Rh5 O-O 30. Rdh1 Rf6 31. Qg5 {[#]} Re8 $1 32. Kg1 (32. Ke2 $15) 32... Kf7 ({Better is} 32... e4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 33. fxe4 fxe4) 33. R1h4 Qf8 34. Qd2 Rg6 35. Rg5 (35. g4 $11 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rxg4 37. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 gxh6 39. Qxh6 (39. Rxh6 Qg7+ 40. Kh1 Rf8 $11)) 35... Qe7 $15 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Bf1 Qg5 38. Qxg5+ Kxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Bd3 a5 40. Bc2 Nf7 41. Kf2 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Nxh8 {KB-KN} 43. Ke3 Ng6 ({Black should try} 43... f4+ $17 44. gxf4+ exf4+ 45. Ke4 Ng6) 44. a3 {[#]} (44. Ke2 $11) 44... Nf8 $1 $17 45. Bd1 f4+ (45... Nd7 $17) 46. gxf4+ $11 exf4+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kd2 $11) 47... Nd7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ioffe, Ilya"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,96,14,18,0,6,3,2,0,0,2,0,7,1,0,0,10,22,14,24,3,20,25,25,41,60,33,36,25,46,36,73,79,53,52,49,0,111,37,33,35,41,28,27,25,27,27,24,14,14,10,8,8,16,15,29,6,7,7,5,1,1,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 (9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 {1-0 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 9... Be6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Bxd7 (13. d4 {with more complications.} exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Ng3) 13... Qxd7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Be3 $146 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. b3 Rb4 21. Rc4 b5 22. Rxb4 axb4 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. d5 Qd8 26. Qd2 Qb8 27. Nd4 Qb6 28. Nc6 Nd7 (28... h5 $1 $11) 29. Qxb4 (29. Kh2 $16) 29... Qxb4 $14 30. Nxb4 Nc5 31. Nc6 Nxb3 32. Rb1 Nc5 33. f3 Ra8 34. Rb8+ Rxb8 35. Nxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Ne7 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Ne2 f5 {The position is equal.} 39. Nd4 g6 40. g3 fxe4 41. fxe4 Kd8 42. h4 Kc8 43. Nbc6 Nxc6 44. Nxc6 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Kd7 45. g4 Ke8 46. e5 Nd7 47. exd6 cxd6 48. g5 hxg5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Danila"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,-5,4,0,0,0,0,2,7,-57,-62,-95,-100,-84,-66,-81,-84,-89,-104,-94,-71,-140,-65,-70,-33,-24,-26,-50,-19,-29,0,-24,-17,-37,-37,-50,0,-36,-22,-101,-102,-119,-128,-76,-84,-97,-69,-143,-147,-454,-454,-474,-470,-463,-432,-1217,-1180,-1356,-1365]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 6. Qe2+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb5+ {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Qxb7 (9. Nc3 $11) 9... Rb8 $15 10. Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxc7 Bg4 11. Qg3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Rxb2 {1-0 (41) Totsky,L (2450)-Alavkin,A (2265) Kazan 1995}) 10... Rxb2 11. Bb5 Bd6 (11... Rxc2 $6 12. O-O $14) 12. O-O O-O (12... Rxc2 $6 13. Qc8+ Qd8 14. Qb7 $11) 13. Nbd2 g5 {aiming for ...g4.} 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Qxa7 ({White should try} 15. Qa5) 15... g4 {[#]} (15... Bc6 $1 $17 16. Qa5 Rxc2) 16. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d7][%mdl 512]} Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc5 Rb5 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qg3 Rc5 22. Nf1 h5 ({Reject} 22... Rxc2 $6 23. Ne3 $14) 23. Re5 Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} ({Don't play} 23... Bxc2 $6 24. Rc1 $14) 24. Ne3 {[#]} (24. c3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Kg7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 25. h4 {[#]} Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxe8 Qxa1+ 27. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Qf4.} d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 28. Re5 {[#]} (28. Nc4 $1 $15 Qxa2 29. Ne5) 28... Qc3 $1 ({And not} 28... Rc3 29. Rd5 $16) 29. Nf5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Rxc5 $17 Qxc5 30. Nf1) 29... Bxf5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxf5 Rxc2 32. Rxh5 (32. Rd5 $142 Rxf2 33. a4) 32... d3 33. Rd5 d2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,70,33,41,55,74,0,12,4,12,-32,-6,-22,-25,-21,-20,-25,-34,-34,-25,-24,0,-96,-114,-380,-347,-358,-230,-238,-229,-443,-457,-841,-822,-883,-877,-1101,-1903,-1543,-994,-1475,-1294,-1883,-1778,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nge2 f5 11. O-O-O Nc5 {E87: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5 7 d5} 12. Bc2 b5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 13. exf5 (13. b4 Nd7 14. c5 a5 15. c6 axb4 16. Nxb5 Ndf6 17. Qxb4 fxe4 18. a4 exf3 19. gxf3 e4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Bd4 Nf2 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Nec3 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 Rf7 25. h4 Nh5 26. e5 {½-½ (26) Simonovic,A (2357)-Popovic,D (2492) Kraljevo 2015}) 13... gxf5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rhg1 (14. cxb5 $16 axb5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxb5) 14... bxc4 $11 15. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. gxh5 dxe2 18. Rde1 Kf7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Rxe2 {0-1 (28) Travnik,P (2305)-Postupa,P (1920) Czechia 2002}) 15... dxc5 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. Qxc4 Bd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb4.} 19. g4 Rb4 20. Qd3 e4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. fxe4 fxg4 {aiming for ...Rf3.} 22. Bb3 (22. a3 $11 Rbb8 23. e5 Qh6+ 24. Kb1 Bxe5 25. Nd4) 22... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Rgf1 $17) 23... a4 $19 24. Bc2 {White wants to play a3.} Nf4 ({Worse is} 24... gxh3 25. a3 $15) 25. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Rd2 $2 (26. Qd2 {was the only defense.} a3 27. Bb3 Qxd2+ 28. Rxd2) 26... Rd4 27. Qe2 (27. Ne2 $142 Rxd3 28. Nxf4 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxf4 30. hxg4) 27... Bh6 {[%cal Rd4d2]} 28. Nb1 Qf2 29. Rg2 Qxe2 30. Rgxe2 gxh3 {[%cal Bg4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 31. Bd1 Bg4 32. Rh2 Rf1 33. Nc3 Rxd2 {Black mates.} 34. Rxd2 Bxd1 35. Nxd1 h2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nebolsina, Vera"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,82,-11,-7,-7,-10,-7,-10,-13,-2,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Qc7 21. Nh4 g6 22. Ra2 {0-1 (40) Vachier Lagrave,M (2811)-Ivanchuk,V (2733) Novi Sad 2016}) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 e6 13. Nc3 Qb4 14. d5 Qxb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 15. axb3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... f5 23. Kf1 {½-½ (23) Lavrov,M (2374)-Bocharov,I (2463) Berdsk 2010}) 23. Bc5 Bxb2 24. Kf1 f5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Kd3 Be5 27. h3 b5 28. Bd4 Bc7 29. Bc5 Ke6 30. Kc3 Ba5+ 31. Kd4 Be1 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. Bb6 Bb4 34. f3 h5 35. Bd4 g6 36. Bf6 Bd6 37. Bb2 Bc5 38. Bf6 Bd6 39. Bb2 Bb4 40. Bf6 Bc5 41. Bb2 Bd6 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shafigullina, Zarina"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,132,0,0,-9,-14,-8,0,0,0,2,12,15,3,-4,25,0,24,0,19,9,10,15,27,-31,20,-28,0,-54,-70,-72,-14,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-12,-13,-32,-30,-52,-42,-50,-16,-78,-32,-94,-92,-68,-98,-157,-39,-39,-39,-44,-38,-39,-6,-6,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-34,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,22,0,0,0,49]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nfd2 {A43: Schmid Benoni} (7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. c4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 Ra6 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qc1 {0-1 (67) Meskovs,N (2536)-Kovalenko,I (2642) Batumi 2018}) 7... O-O 8. c4 bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Nxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nba3 Rb8 12. Bc3 Ba6 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Re1 Na4 15. Nc6 Nxc3 16. Nxb8 Nxd1 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Raxd1 Bxb2 {0-1 (32) Lebredo Zarragoitia,G (2395)-Matamoros Franco,C (2395) Camaguey 1987}) 11... Qxb6 12. Bc3 Ba6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Nf3 Qa5 18. e4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. f4 (20. a3 $11) 20... Qc7 ({Black should play} 20... exf4 $15 21. gxf4 Qb6) 21. Bf1 c4 22. Qc1 (22. Bh3 $11) 22... Qb6+ $15 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ (23... exf4 $1 $17 24. gxf4 c3) 24. Rxe3 $11 cxb3 25. axb3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 exf4 27. gxf4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb7 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. h3 Rb2 30. Rdd3 Rb4 31. Ke1 (31. Rc3 $11) 31... Kf8 32. Rc3 {[#]} (32. e5 $15) 32... a5 $1 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rcc3 {[#]} (34. Ra8 $142) 34... a4 ({Better is} 34... Rh2 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 35. Kd1 a4) 35. bxa4 $15 Rxa4 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 36. Ra3 Rab4 37. Rad3 Kh6 38. Rd2 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rc4 40. Kg3 Rbb4 41. e5 Rxf4 42. Red3 Rfe4 43. d6 exd6 44. exd6 {Hoping for d7.} Rb8 45. Rc2 {d7 is the strong threat.} Ree8 46. Rc7 {The position is equal.} Kg7 47. Rf3 Rf8 48. Re7 Rb6 49. Rd3 Rd8 50. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Rf8 51. Rd3 h6 52. Kg4 Rd8 53. Rf3 Rf8 54. Rd3 Ra6 55. Kg3 Rd8 56. Rf3 Rf8 57. Rd3 h5 58. h4 Rd8 59. Rf3 Rf8 60. Rd3 Rb6 61. Kh3 Rb5 62. d7 {aiming for Re8.} Rbb8 63. Rf3 Ra8 64. Kg3 Rab8 65. Kh3 Ra8 66. Kg3 Rab8 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,26,17,95,86,95,95,97,91,94,88,96,97,96,93,97,99,128,93,104,97,120,107,108,101,108,110,112,110,107,106,130,112,153,144,155,136,150,152,147,152,151,118,120,106,93,102,112,99,121,116,113,75,87,83,86,72,104,100,103,14,15,27,21,20,32,32,32,51,110,110,110,110,110,110,106,98,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 {LiveBook: 46 Games. Hoping for Bxf6. D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bd5 {1-0 (51) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-So,W (2778) Paris 2018}) 7... Nc6 (7... Be7 $11) 8. Bxf6 $1 $16 Nxd4 9. Bxd8 {White is better.} Nxf3+ ({But not} 9... Nc2+ $2 10. Kd2 $16) 10. exf3 Kxd8 11. O-O-O Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Bc4 Kc7 13. Bxd5 Bb4 14. Kc2 Rhd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 {1-0 (44) Baumann,D (2133)-Bertel,M (1855) IECC email 2008}) 12. Bb5 Bc6 13. Bc4 ({Reject} 13. Nxd5 Bxb5 14. Nb6+ Bd6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 13... Kc7 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Be7 16. Rf5 Rhf8 17. Nd5+ Kd7 18. Rd1 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 {Black must now prevent Nb6+.} Bd6 20. Rg5 Rg8 21. Nc3 Kc6 22. Rgd5 Bb4 23. Rd7 Bxc3 24. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rgf8 25. R1d6+ Kc5 26. Rd4 Kc6 27. Re7 Rce8 28. Rdd7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 {KR-KR} a5 30. Kc2 b6 31. f4 g6 32. g4 Kd6 33. Ra7 h5 34. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} hxg4 35. hxg4 Kc5 36. Kb3 (36. g5 $16) 36... f5 $11 37. g5 Re8 38. Rg7 Re4 39. Rxg6 {Rg8 is the strong threat.} Rxf4 40. Rg8 {Threatens to win with g6.} a4+ ({Black should try} 40... Kd5 $14) 41. Ka3 $16 {Strongly threatening g6.} Kd6 {[#]} 42. g6 $1 Ke7 43. Rb8 {And now g7 would win.} Kf6 44. Rxb6+ Kg7 45. Rd6 (45. Rb2 $16) 45... Rxf2 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Kxa4 Rxa2+ 47. Kb5 f4 48. c4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,145,56,38,47,25,42,0,0,-2,12,-17,-18,-22,-27,-30,-29,-29,0,13,31,20,27,0,0,-67,-34,-35,-14,-15,0,0,-11,0,0,-15,0,-26,14,-5,0,-13,12,0,42,36,58,26,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,301,293,320,353,353,353,353,350,353,353,353,353,353,343,353,353,353,353,346,337,541,537,406,394,512,492,650,608,548,387,357,341,1389,569,29965,29967,29962,29948,9793,5963,5929,5700,5575,937,4133,393,383,379,341,354,581,573,447,540,694,658,727,721,701,0,418,0,701,693,660,660,2135,1469,5181,5097,5097,5097]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Be7 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 h5 8. d4 h4 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Ng8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qc2 {0-1 (57) Ponkratov,P (2613)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Ne5 11. d4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 c5 14. d5 Nc4 $146 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 Re8 18. Rad1 a6 19. d6 Bd7 20. Qf2 Rc8 21. Rd5 Bc6 22. Rdd1 (22. Bxe5 $11 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Qe6 Bxg3 26. Rf3) 22... Qd7 (22... c4 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15) 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 c4 25. h4 Rc6 26. Qd2 b5 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh1 Ne5 29. Kh2 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Ne5 31. Rd1 b4 ({But not} 31... Nd3 $6 32. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Qxb4 {Black must now prevent Qa4.} Qa7+ 33. Kh1 Ng4 $1 34. R5d2 ({Better is} 34. Rf1 $1 $14 Qd7 35. Qa3) 34... c3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. d7 Rd8 37. Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Bxd2 $11 38. Qxd8+ Kh7) 38. Qe8+ $1 $18 Kh7 {intending ...Nf2+.} 39. e5 Re6 40. Qxf7 ({Avoid the trap} 40. exf6 $2 Rexe8 41. dxe8=N Rxe8 $19) 40... Re7 41. Qc4 Nxe5 42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43. Qg4 Qe3 44. Rd3 Qh6 45. Be4 Qh5 46. Qxh5+ Rxh5 47. Rd5 Kh6 $2 (47... Rxd5 {was necessary.} 48. Bxd5 g5) 48. Rxh5+ Kxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Kg2 g5 50. Rd5 Kh6 51. hxg5+ Bxg5 52. Rd6+ Bf6 53. Kf3 a5 $2 (53... Kg5 54. Kg2 a5) 54. Kg4 (54. g4 $142 Rf8 55. Kg3) 54... a4 55. a3 Rb8 56. Bd3 Rd8 57. Bc2 Ra8 58. Bf5 Rd8 59. Ra6 (59. Bd3 $142 Rh8 60. Bb1) 59... Rb8 {[#]} 60. Rxa4 $2 (60. Bb1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (60... Rxb1 61. d8=Q) 61. Rd6) 60... g6 61. Ra6 Kg7 62. Be4 Kf7 $2 (62... Rd8 63. Bc6 Kf7) 63. Bd5+ Kg7 64. Re6 Rb5 65. Bc6 Rb8 66. Re8 Rb6 67. Re6 $2 ({Only move:} 67. Rc8 $18 {And now a4 would win.} Rb3 68. d8=Q Bxd8 69. Rxd8) 67... Bd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Rb8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 68. a4 Bd8) 68. Re8 (68. a4 $142) 68... Bf6 69. Rc8 {White is clearly winning.} Kh6 70. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ra6 71. Bb5 Rd6 72. a5 Rd5 73. a6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,18,18,18,18,18,18,19,19,22,6,114,113,132,110,471,475,450,440,434,370,347,339,356,366,646,619,847,893,871,875,866,584,845,821,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. Ne2 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (9. h4 f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qb2 Bd7 13. g3 Nge7 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Bh3 g5 16. exf6 gxf4 17. fxe7 {½-½ (44) Kobalia,M (2599)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 12. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nge7 13. Nh5 Rhg8 14. Bg4 Rdf8 15. Re1 Nd8 16. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bg5 Nec6 {0-1 (51) Zarubitski,V (2321)-Stupak,K (2562) Minsk 2017}) 16... f5 (16... Ndc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. exf6 $1 $16 gxf6 {[#]} 18. Qb4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4e7][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18... Qxb4 $16 {is tougher.} 19. axb4 a6) 19. Bf4 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 19. Qxe7 Qxd2 20. Nxf6 Rxf6 $16) 19... Ng6 20. Qc5+ Nc6 21. Rxe6 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 {And now Rxc6+ would win.} f5 23. Re3 ({Less strong is} 23. Qxd5 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Rf7 $16) 23... Re8 $2 (23... Qb2 24. Rae1 Qb6 25. Qxd5 Qc7) 24. Nxd5 {Threatening mate with Qd6.} Rxe3 25. Qd6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd6c7]} Kd8 26. fxe3 Rg6 27. Qf8+ Be8 {If only Black now had time for ...Qe4....} 28. Nf6 Qxc3 29. Qd6+ {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:59]} 9. a5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 10. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:18:20]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:09:16]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 17. Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 18. c5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 19. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. Qb4 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:13:40]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:09:58]} 22. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 23. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 24. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 25. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 27. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. Re6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 31. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. d7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 33. d8=Q {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-8,0,-12,-5,-24,-7,-27,-22,-16,-24,-24,-13,-29,-2,-21,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. h3 a5 {D76: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto HV 7... Sb6)} 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc4 18. Bf4 {1-0 (53) Pakleza,Z (2517)-Najer,E (2658) Las Vegas 2015}) 14... Qe7 15. e4 Be6 16. Kh2 c6 17. f4 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Ng1 Qb4 21. Nf3 Na4 22. e5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bf5 23. Qf2 Nc5 {zielt auf ...Sd3 ab.} 24. Bd2 Qb5 25. a4 Nxa4 {[#]} 26. b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb2 (26... Qxb3 27. Bxa5) 27. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Nd3 $1 28. Nxb5 Nxf2 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Nxe8 Nxe1 31. Bxe1 Rxe8 32. Rxa5 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 33. g4 Bc2 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 34. Ra2 Bxb3 35. Rb2 Ba4 36. Rxb7 fxe5 37. Bc3 Bh8 38. Bf1 {[#] Und Lc4+ würde nun gewinnen.} Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5f1]} 39. Bxb5 cxb5 40. Rxb5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} exf4 41. Bxh8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel Und weiter mit Le5 wäre nett. KTL-KT} Re2+ 42. Kg1 Kxh8 {KT-KT} 43. g5 Re3 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46. h4 Rh3 47. Kg2 Rxh4 {Droht ...Tg4+ und aus.} 48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Kxf4 Rf1+ 50. Kg4 Rf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 {KBB-KB} 52. Kf4 Ke8 {Weiss muss nun ...Ke7 beachten.} 53. Ke4 Kf8 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Kf3 h6 56. gxh6+ Kxh6 {Precision: Weiß = 80%, Schwarz = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:08:37]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 13. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 20. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 23. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:09:41]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 25. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:11:10]} 26. Nh8+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 29. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 31. Qd4 {[%emt 0:09:41]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Ke3 {[%emt 0:08:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 37. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 39. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 40. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. b3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 42. a3 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 43. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 44. b4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e4+ {[%emt 0:04:44]} 45. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. b5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 47. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 48. b6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 49. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 50. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bachin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. g4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Ne6 Bd4+ 17. Nxd4 Ncxd4 18. Be4 d5 19. Bh1 Rae8 20. Rf2 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Bg2 Nf5 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. a3 Ree8 25. Qf3 Ba8 26. Bh1 Re3 27. Qg4 Rfe8 28. Rbf1 Re1 29. Nd1 R1e7 30. Bf3 Bb7 31. Kh1 Bc8 32. Qg2 d4 33. Be4 Nd6 34. Bd5 Be6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Qd5 Nf5 37. Re2 Kg7 38. Rxe6 Qxe6 39. Qg2 Qe2 40. b4 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Re2+ 42. Rf2 Re1 43. Nb2 cxb4 44. axb4 b5 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,-20,-22,0,-8,-15,-31,1,-42,-40,-51,-47,-38,-11,-15,-18,-21,-23,-32,-24,-24,-22,-55,-54,-115,0,-87,-72,-111,-94,-91,-87,-138,0,0,0,-139,0,0,0,-149,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. f4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (12. Bf4 Be7 13. d5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. d6 fxe5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxe5 Kf7 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qf4+ Kg7 20. Qe5+ Qf6 21. Qc7+ Qf7 22. Qe5+ Qf6 {½-½ (22) Bindrich,F (2594)-Duda,J (2658) Berlin 2015}) 12... Be7 13. Rb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 O-O 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. axb5 axb5 17. h4 c5 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Rb2 cxd4 {1-0 (28) Korley,K (2350)-Enkhbat,T (2364) ICC INT 2011}) 14. Nxd7 {The position is equal.} Qxd7 ({Don't play} 14... Kxd7 15. f5 $14) 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 O-O 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Rf2 Qd8 19. e5 Bd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be4 Rc8 22. Qc2 h6 23. h4 Be6 24. Rbf1 (24. Qd1 $15) 24... Qd7 (24... c5 $17 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Bh7+ Kh8) 25. Qd2 (25. Bxh6 $1 $11 gxh6 26. Qe2) 25... f5 $17 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Bb1 (28. Bxh6 $142 b4 29. Be3) 28... Bd5 ({Black should try} 28... Re8 $1 $17 29. Bxh6 Re7) 29. Bf5 $11 Be6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (29... Qd8 $11) 30. Bb1 $1 $17 {[#]} Bd5 ({Better is} 30... Re8 $1 $17 31. Bxh6 Bd5) 31. Bf5 $11 Be6 (31... Qe8 $11) 32. Bb1 $1 $17 {[#]} Bd5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 31%.} (32... Re8 $1 $17 33. Bxh6 Bd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murtazin, Bulat"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,24,26,0,14,-11,-15,-7,-18,-7,-12,-34,-32,-39,-32,-45,-43,-46,-32,-12,27,29,46,16,37,24,23,12,26,10,26,16,11,0,16,-84,-82,-110,-110,-103,-107,-113,-113,-108,-113,-106,-96,-185,-164,-129,-151,-198,-201,-188,-191,-206,-208,-202,-198,-179,-184,-310,-306,-294,-170,-586,-593,-566,-566,-569,-556,-613,-577]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 240 Games} 6. Qd3 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 c5 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4 Qc8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 {½-½ (43) Vitiugov,N (2722)-Dubov,D (2683) St Petersburg 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Ne1 {The position is equal.} e5 9. d5 $146 {[%cal Rd5c6]} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Re8 10. d5 Nd4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Nd3 f5 {0-1 (50) Myshkin,N-Zakarzhaev,M Serpukhov 2001}) 9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. b4 bxa4 13. bxa5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Qc4 Qc8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. exf5 gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Qe2 Be8 21. Rb4 Bf6 22. Qd3 (22. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 23. Qh3 f4 24. Nxe4 Qxh3 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. gxh3 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 Nxd5 28. Re4 (28. Rd4 $17) 28... Bc6 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 29. f3 Rae8 30. Rfe1 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 {[#]} Rb8 $1 32. c4 Rb1+ 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne3 35. c5 (35. Bd2 $142) 35... dxc5 36. Bd2 a3 (36... Bd5 $142 37. a3 Nc2) 37. Bc1 $2 {[#]} (37. Kg1) 37... Nc2 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Kf2 {If White can now play Ng2 this consolidates a bit.} Bxa2 40. Ke2 Bd5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nba6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 16. Nd6 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 17. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:08:42]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 19. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:35:11]} 21. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:10:18]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:10:37]} 22. Be5 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:09:58]} 24. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:15:34]} Nxe1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 25. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 26. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:04:46]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Apryshko, Gleb"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:09:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 9. c5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 10. cxd6 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 11. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:34]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:17:48]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 15. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:05:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:08:29]} 19. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:28:28]} 20. Nb2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 21. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Na4 {[%emt 0:17:47]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 25. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. a5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:15:22]} 27. Rcb1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxa1 {[%emt 0:12:29]} 28. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 29. a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. a7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 31. a8=Q {[%emt 0:03:27]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 32. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:02:56]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 34. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. h3 {[%emt 0:05:49]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 41. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 42. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 47. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 48. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 52. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 53. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 60. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 61. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 63. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 64. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 65. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} e3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 67. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 68. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 69. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 71. Rxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 73. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 74. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 75. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 76. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yatzenko, Anton"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:09:42]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:31]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 13. Qf3 {[%emt 0:22:02]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 14. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 15. Bf1 {[%emt 0:06:58]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 18. Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 20. g3 {[%emt 0:11:30]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. R6d2 {[%emt 0:02:35]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 22. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:09:46]} 23. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 24. Qe3 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 28. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 29. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 31. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 33. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 34. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. c3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. Rda2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rca8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 37. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 38. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 39. Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 40. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 41. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Savitskiy, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 13. f5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 15. Qe1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 16. Qh4 {[%emt 0:09:29]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:56]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 19. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 20. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:19:51]} 21. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:39:17]} 22. Na2 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 23. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:05:16]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:15:31]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 26. bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nxa3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 28. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Qg4 {[%emt 0:11:50]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 32. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Nxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 36. Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 37. Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 39. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 41. d7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} b1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 42. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxb1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,-37,-35,0,0,6,0,0,0,1,-55,95,86,97,89,164,183,171,156,297,110,125,130,327,329,315,320,395,375,377,356,464,436,537,543,483,445,1460,1460]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 g4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 10. Ne5 {LiveBook: 40 Games} Rg8 (10... Bb7 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Be2 a6 16. O-O Ng4 17. e5 {½-½ (30) Anton Guijarro,D (2627)-Vallejo Pons,F (2713) Linares 2016}) 11. Be2 {[%cal Re5g4]} Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxd7 (12. Nxc6 {is interesting.} Qb6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Ne5) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. O-O Bb7 15. b3 b4 16. Na4 c3 17. a3 Nd7 18. Bg3 a5 19. Qd3 h5 20. Rfd1 Rg6 21. Qc2 {1-0 (21) Mirkowski,P (2383)-Denisov,T (2297) ICCF email 2017}) 14. O-O (14. Qd2 $11) 14... b4 (14... Bb7 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 15. Na4 $16 Nxe4 16. Qc2 c5 (16... f5 $16) 17. Qxe4 $18 Bb7 18. Qh7 (18. Nxc5 Bxe4 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 18... O-O-O (18... Rf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. Rfc1 $2 {[#]} (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfc1 (20. dxc5 $2 Qd5 $19) 20... Bd6 $16) (19. Qxf7 Rdf8 $16) (19. Bxc4 $18 Qc6 20. d5 Qxa4 21. Qxf7) 19... Qxa4 $16 20. Rxc4 {[%cal Bc1c4,Bc4b4,Bb4b3,Bb3f3][%mdl 32]} Qe8 $2 (20... Qc6 $16 {was worth a try.} 21. Bf1 g3 22. Bxg3 (22. fxg3 Bd6 $16) 22... Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 (24. Qxh6 Bd5 $14) 24... Bxe4) 21. Rac1 $18 Rd5 ({Don't blunder} 21... Qc6 $2 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 $18) 22. Rxb4 ({Weaker is} 22. Qxh6 Qc6 $16) 22... Rxe5 23. dxe5 g3 {intending ...gxf2+.} 24. f4 Kb8 25. Rb3 {White is clearly winning.} Ka8 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rg6 (27... Bd8 $142 28. Rcc3 Kb8 29. Rxg3 Rh8) 28. h5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,16,30,19,35,17,25,-8,27,20,15,-20,41,29,17,29,30,0,0,0,-3,-7,10,16,63,56,49,49,70,68,60,52,95,91,99,90,116,116,116,114,114,116,113,119,115,104,114,121,117,106,118,120,162,94,110,102,103,91,93,22,23,22,24,22,22,22,25,20,23,25,28,0,11,7,10,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,491,0,495,487,487,487,487,487,2571,2413,933,11246,12837,12837,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. f3 (5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3 h5 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 a5 11. d5 b4 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2837)-Bologan,V (2732) Astana 2012}) 5... h5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 6. a4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Be7 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. a5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Ng3 g6 9. Bc4 h4 10. Nge2 d5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbxd5 13. Bf2 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 {½-½ (34) Schula,M (2300)-Malaniuk,V (2518) Prague 2011}) 8... Qc7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 (10... exd4 $11 11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 Ne5 $11) 11... Ne5) 11. d5 $14 cxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bg5 Bb7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 16. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nfxd5 17. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 18. Qxd6 Rac8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd6 Ra8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxa6 Ra7 24. Bd3 Ra1+ 25. Nd1 Na4 26. O-O Nd5 27. b3 Nc5 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Ne3 Ra2 30. Bb5 Ne6 31. Rc1 (31. Rd1 $18) 31... Nd4 32. Bf1 Kf8 33. b4 Rb2 34. c4 (34. c3 $16 Ne2+ 35. Bxe2 Rxe2 36. Nf5) 34... Rxb4 $11 35. c5 Nc8 $1 36. Nd5 Rb2 37. c6 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 $1 Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Rc5 f6 40. f4 (40. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1e2]} Rd2 41. f4 $14) 40... h4 41. Kf1 Re4 42. f5 Ke8 43. Kf2 Kd8 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. g4 Rd3+ 46. Kg2 Rb3 47. Ra5 Rd3 48. Rb5 Nd6 49. Rc5 {[#] Strongly threatening c7+.} Nc8 50. Ra5 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Rb3 $11) 51. Ra8+ $18 Nc8 52. Nb6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kc7 53. Nxc8 {KRN-KR} Rd8 54. Ra7+ Kxc8 (54... Kxc6 $142 55. Ne7+ (55. Rxg7 Rxc8 56. Rf7 e4 $16) 55... Kb6) 55. Rxg7 {KR-KR} Rd6 56. c7 (56. Kh3 $142 Rxc6 57. Kxh4) 56... Rd3 57. g5 fxg5 58. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} h3+ 59. Kf2 e4 60. f7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,71,44,44,59,43,41,47,45,41,89,80,86,64,83,75,74,56,72,69,87,35,56,57,63,41,64,54,80,80,80,80,80,79,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,141,142,108,132,131,147,151,248,248,247,237,235,236,241,238,224,223]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 (5... d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8. Nc3 c6 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qe3 Re8 {1-0 (36) Grischuk,A (2766)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 6. Be2 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} d5 7. d4 {LiveBook: 13 Partien} Ne6 8. O-O {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Bd6 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 dxc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... O-O 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. f4 Bc7 13. Be3 {0-1 (29) Eliseev,N (2069)-Mingachev,M (2337) Oktjabrsky 2004}) 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Re1 Na6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Be7 16. a3 (16. Qe2 $16) 16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht aktiver.} b6 20. Rac1 Bb7 21. b4 Rc8 22. h3 Nc7 ({Besser ist} 22... Re8) 23. Nxc7 $16 Bxc7 24. Rd7 Nb8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Ng5 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Re7 29. Bf4 Nc6 30. Bd6 {Weiß steht deutlich besser.} Rd7 31. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e8]} Rd8 {[#]} (31... g6 $16) 32. b5 $1 $18 h6 33. Bc7 ({Keinesfalls} 33. bxc6 $6 Bxc6 34. Re6 hxg5 $16) 33... Rc8 34. bxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 35. Re7 $1 hxg5 36. Be5 {Precision: Weiß = 86%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,45,16,24,15,158,165,162,171,169,183,216,219,331,328,477,470,500,375,791,820,828,566,784,780,783,777,780,783,781,785,791,778,777,782,743,723]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. d4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} e6 {LiveBook: 35 Games} (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ng4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. e6 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 O-O-O+ 12. Ke2 a6 13. Nc3 fxe6 {1-0 (41) Mamedov,R (2688)-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 7. Bf4 Qa5 $146 {[#]} (7... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 a6 13. Be2 b5 {½-½ (40) Jarmula,L (2463)-Mista,A (2587) Krakow 2017}) 8. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4a5] White is clearly better.} Qd8 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Nb5 {dxc5 is the strong threat.} Nd5 (11... c4 {keeps fighting.}) 12. dxc5 $18 Nxc5 (12... Qa5+ $142 13. c3 a6) 13. Qd4 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Na4 $2 {[#]} (14... Ne4 15. Qxe4 Bd7) 15. Qxg7 {White is clearly winning.} a6 16. Qxh8+ Kd7 17. Na3 b5 18. Be5 Bb7 19. Qg7 Ke8 20. Bd3 Qb4 21. Ke2 Nf4+ 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rad1 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,109,20,23,13,27,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,51,61,47,27,27,27,27,-35,94,86,83,87,89,90,90,95,118,117,118,117,259,248,252,247,237,232,190,185,185,185,184,184,581,581,572,544,595,583,929,927,1004,992,927,823,1665,1467,5510,4788,29967,29968,29969,29971,29971,29972,29972,29972,29972,29974,29975,29977,29981,29982,29981,29982,29982,29983,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Ba3 {E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7} (15. Bb2 Qf4 16. Qe3 Nh5 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. a4 Qe4 19. Ra3 Qc2 20. Rd2 Qb1+ 21. Bf1 Nhf6 22. Qe2 Qf5 {0-1 (70) Bu,X (2677)-Xiu,D (2508) Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) 15... Rfd8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nf8 17. Bb2 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Rdc1 Qb7 {½-½ (47) Manolache,M (2513)-Perunovic,M (2407) Belgrade 2007}) 17. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} (19. Qh5 g6 $17) 19... Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 20. f3 {Threatens to win with Be4.} Nc5 21. Bc2 Ba6 22. Rd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nb7 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 23. Be4 Qa4 24. Qd3 (24. Bxb7 $11 Bxb7 25. Qd3) 24... Rxc4 (24... Nxd6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 25. exd6 Rxc4 26. Bxh7+ (26. d7 Rd8 $17) 26... Kf8) 25. Bxb7 $1 $16 {[#] aiming for Rxc4.} ({But not} 25. Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 $11) 25... Rxd4 26. Qxa6 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 g5 30. Ke2 Kg7 (30... Rd8 $16 31. g4 f6) 31. Kd3 $18 f6 32. Kc4 fxe5 33. Bxe5+ Kf7 34. Kb5 {Black must now prevent a4.} Rd8 35. a4 Rd2 36. Ka6 b5 $2 (36... Rc2 {is a better chance.}) 37. Kxb5 Rxg2 38. Ka6 Re2 39. Bb8 Kf6 40. Kxa7 Ra2 41. Bc6 e5 42. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} h5 43. Kb6 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. hxg4 {White mates.} e4 46. a5 e3 47. a6 Kg5 48. Bg3 Kxg4 49. Be1 Kh3 50. a7 Kh2 51. a8=Q ({Not} 51. Ba5 Rxa5 52. Kxa5 e2 $11) 51... Rxa8 52. Bxa8 Kg1 53. Be4 e2 54. Bd3 Kf1 55. Bh4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,57,39,53,11,19,10,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,43,45,38,45,42,54,46,51,50,60,53,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-145,0,-145,0,-145,0,-145]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. b3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Re8 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Qc2 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bg2 Qa5 17. e3 e6 18. Bf1 dxc4 19. bxc4 {½-½ (29) Izsak,G (2400)-Groszpeter,A (2540) Hungary 1997}) 12. Be3 d5 13. cxd5 (13. dxe5 {looks sharper.} Nxe5 14. Rad1 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Rc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 {Hoping for Nb4.} exd4 15. Rad1 dxe3 16. Nxe3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Rd2 h5 20. Qe4 Re8 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Rd6 h4 23. Rxf6 (23. g4 $14) 23... Qxf6 $11 24. Qxh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re5 27. e4 Ra5 28. Kf4 Rxa2 29. Rd7 ({Better is} 29. Rd8+ $11 Kg7 30. e5) 29... b6 ({Black should play} 29... b5 $1 $15) 30. e5 $11 Rxe2 31. Rxa7 Rf2+ 32. Kg4 Rf5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Re8 c5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 b5 37. Rb6 b4 38. Rc6 Rd5 39. Rc7+ Kh6 40. Rc8 Rd4+ 41. Kg3 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Rc3 (42... Rxb3 $2 43. Rxc5 Rb1 44. Rc2 $19) 43. Rc7 Rc1 (43... Rxb3 $2 44. Rxc5 Rb1 45. Rc2 $19) 44. Kf4 Rc2 45. Kg3 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 Rxb3 47. Rxc5 Rb1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b3.} 48. Rb5 b3 (48... Kg7 $11) 49. Kg3 $17 Kg7 (49... b2 $17 {...Rg1+ is the strong threat.} 50. Kh2 Kg7) 50. Rb6 (50. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50... Kh6 51. Rb5 Kg7 52. Rb6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,-45,-46,-54,-44,-62,-49,-62,-42,-47,-43,-62,-53,-68,-69,-66,-44,-48,-44,-45,-44,-45,-45,-73,-52,-51,-59,-46,-41,-35,-35,-42,-29,-46,-28,-20,-25,-22,-14,-66,-45,-106,-102,-119,-126,-113,-64,-99,-107,-142,-148,-145,-153,-182,-220,-202,-210,-166,-166,-323,-202,-208,-213,-168,-170,-222,-229,-588,-588,-580,-580,-544,-556,-481,-420,-1108,-1126,-1053,-679,-1065,-902,-1089,-1081,-1225,-1090,-916,-714,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29960]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 {LiveBook: 51 Games} 9. Qa4 {Black should prevent Nxe5. A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Qh4 Rac8 16. b4 b6 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. bxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (38) Cordova,E (2637)-Zhou,J (2630) Atlantic City 2016}) 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Qd1 {Black is slightly better.} f6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na4 Nd7 14. a3 b5 15. Nc3 {0-1 (28) Radovic,L (1910)-Tomic,S (2082) Paracin 2011}) 13... c4 14. Be3 cxd3 15. exd3 Nd5 {[%cal Bb6d5,Bd5e3,Be3d1][%mdl 32]} 16. Nc5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6 Nxd1 18. Nxd8 Nxb2 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Nh4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 f5 22. Rc7 Bxh4 23. Bd5+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Bd8.} 24. gxh4 Nxd3 25. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf4 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Rxa7 (27. Bf1 $11) 27... g5 $15 28. Ra4 (28. Bf1 $15) 28... gxh4 29. Rb4 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 30. Rb1 Ra8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke1 Kf6 33. Kd2 Ra3 34. Rb6+ Kg5 35. Bb3 Kg4 36. Rb5 e4 37. Kc3 $2 (37. Ke3 Ne6 38. Rd5) 37... Nd3 38. f3+ Kxf3 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 39. Rxf5+ Ke3 $1 40. Rh5 (40. Rf7 $142) 40... Ra7 $19 41. a4 $2 (41. Bc4) 41... Rc7+ 42. Bc4 {[#]} Nb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kxb2 {aiming for Kc3.} Rxc4 {KR-KR} 44. a5 Kf3 45. Kb3 (45. Rf5+ $142 Kg2 46. Kb3) 45... Rc7 46. Rf5+ Kg4 47. Re5 {[#]} Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} 48. Re8 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 49. Rf8+ Ke4 50. Re8+ Kf3 51. Kb4 Rf7 {Black mates.} 52. a6 e2 53. Kc3 Kf2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,34,37,37,28,28,28,47,39,55,44,39,33,31,18,27,30,63,12,25,25,25,0,29,0,36]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nf6 6. h3 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} Na6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (6... O-O 7. Be3 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nc5 10. Ng3 c6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 Ne6 14. O-O-O Nd4 15. h4 Re8 {1-0 (29) Salem,A (2642)-El Taher,F (2483) Sharjah 2018}) 7. b4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. b5 Nc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nh7 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. h4 h5 13. g3 Kf8 {½-½ (55) Bernasek,J (2464)-Hausner,I (2407) Slovakia 2011}) 8. a3 {White has an edge.} c5 9. Rb1 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Rb3 {[#] Black must now prevent g4.} Bd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Bg5 ({White should play} 14. Nge2 $14) 14... Bf6 $11 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Badmatsyrenov, Oleg"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,114,6,0,3,14,20,-8,-7,-19,-7,-21,-14,-34,-30,-63,-13,-98,-82,-82,-83,-124,-105,-95,-98,-102,-103,-114,-109,-177,-189,-262,-251,-366,-361,-375,-345,-365,-339,-428,-276,-280,-268,-255,-260,-243,-243,-341,-332,-337,-252,-306,-297,-299,-290,-301,-284,-360,-340,-318,-332,-363,-342,-738,-751,-747,-741,-737,-720,-715,-683,-678,-671,-707,-698,-697,-687,-1059,-1056,-1018,-1001,-1375,-1334,-1056,-1047,-1021,-1022,-979,-885,-1159,-1153,-1247,-1222,-1795,-1453,-2408,-2613,-1864,-3201,-3173,-3102,-2823,-2779,-2329,-2113]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 7. O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} (7. Nd2 Nf6 8. c3 O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Bg3 {½-½ (71) Kosteniuk,A (2530)-Van Wely,L (2653) Calvi 2015}) 7... Nd7 8. Nd2 Ngf6 {The position is equal.} 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. N2b3 Ba7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. f3 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 {1-0 (82) Babujian,L (2373)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2413) Chalkidiki 2003}) 9... Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. N2b3 {Strongly threatening f4.} Ba4 12. Qc1 Nxe4 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. f4 (14. Nxc5 $11 {remains equal.} dxc5 15. Nb3) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 Nef6 {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6e8,Be8g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 16. g4 O-O 17. g5 Ne8 18. Qd2 Bb6 19. Rac1 g6 20. h4 (20. Nc2 $17) 20... Ng7 $19 21. h5 (21. Rc3 {was necessary.}) 21... e5 ({Resist} 21... Nxh5 22. Kf1 $19) (21... gxh5 22. Qb4 $19) 22. Ne2 (22. hxg6 {was called for.} fxg6 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. fxe5) 22... Nf5 (22... Nxh5 $2 23. Kh2 $19) (22... gxh5 $2 23. Bf2 $19) 23. Bxb6 Qxb6+ ({Less strong is} 23... Nxb6 24. c5 $17) 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Rc3 exf4 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rae8 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. Nxf4 (29. Bxb7 {keeps fighting.} Rb8 30. Bd5) 29... Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Re4 31. Kh2 Rxc4 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. Na5 Re4 ({Don't take} 33... Bxf3 34. Nxc4 Bxh5 35. Nxd6 $19) 34. h6 Rfe8 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Rff2 Kf8 37. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (37. Rd3) 37... Ne3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kg3 Nxc2 39. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} R8e5 40. Rxc6 Rxg5+ 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. Nd3 Rh4 43. Rxd6 Rxh6 44. Rxa6 Rh3+ 45. Kf4 h6 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rd8 Rgg3 {[#] And now ...g5+ would win.} 48. Ne5 g5+ {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 49. Ke4 Rg2 50. Rb8 Re2+ 51. Kd5 Rhe3 52. Nc6 g4 53. Rb4 h5 54. Nd4 Rf2 55. Rc4 g3 56. Rc1 g2 57. Rg1 Kf6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,80,14,8,12,12,43,30,38,26,41,23,41,24,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-13,-11,-48,-47,-70,-55,-126,-128,-143,-141,-143,-127,-137,-131,-403,-395,-390,-393,-491,-452,-536,-535,-29988,-665,-644,-642,-614,-591,-814,-796,-29974,-29974]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bb2 Nc5 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (11... Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Qc2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 {0-1 (33) Gelfand,B (2751)-Kamsky,G (2762) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Ftacnik,L]}) 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rad8 {The position is equal.} 14. e3 h6 15. Ba3 Nce4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf7 16. Ne2 Qe4 17. Qc1 {½-½ (39) Petrosian,T (2610)-Knezevic,M (2500) Banja Luka 1979}) 16. Nd4 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Bc8 17. Bb2 g5 18. Bh3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 {And now Bf3 would win.} Nxc3 $1 20. Bxc3 fxg4 21. e4 Qf7 22. Rd2 Be5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxe5 Bg6 25. Ba1 Kh7 26. Re1 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Ree2 (28. Qc5 $15) 28... Rde8 $17 {[%cal Rg6e4]} ({Much worse is} 28... Bxe4 $6 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4+ Kg8 {[#]} 31. Qe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Don't play} 28... dxe4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc3 $15) 29. Qc5 Rc8 ({Worse is} 29... dxe4 30. Qxa7 Qc7 31. Qd4 $11) 30. Qd4 Bxe4 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 31. Bb2 Kg6 {aiming for ...Qf3.} 32. Rxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Re3 $17) 32... dxe4 $19 33. Qxe4+ Kh5 34. h3 gxh3 35. Kh2 Rce8 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Be5 {[%csl Gf2,Gh2][%cal Re5g3] [#]} Qf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qxf4 (38. Bxf4 Rxe4) 38... gxf4 39. Bd6 Rf6 40. f3 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Apryshko, Gleb"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,74,75,18,96,21,37,31,51,63,53,0,0,0,12,14,11,-6,12,-10,-9,-9,-12,-26,-29,-27,-8,-33,-27,-25,-22,-94,-22,-89,-78,-143,-132,-143,-143,-120,-127,-125,-123,-561,-182,-554,-546,-1803,-1789,-1379,-1277]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. f4 b5 14. b3 Nf8 15. c4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rad8 17. c5 Be7 {½-½ (40) Asis Gargatagli,H (2538)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652) Maia 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. c4 Be6 14. Rad1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (14. c5 $16 Bh2+ 15. Kh1) 14... Rac8 $146 (14... Ng6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb8 15. Rfe1 h5 16. a3 g6 17. Bc1 f5 18. b3 {1-0 (50) Farahat,A (2420)-Douissa,O (2270) Oran 2017}) 15. Rfe1 (15. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Be7 16. Nf4) 15... Qd7 16. Nf4 Bb8 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bf1 (18. Bh7+ $14 Kh8 19. Be4) 18... Ng5 $11 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd3 g4 22. g3 gxh3 23. Qf3 g6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Bxh3 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 26. Kg1 h4 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. b3 (28. Qg4 $11 Qf6 29. Bg2) 28... Kg7 (28... Re4 $1 $17 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bd6) 29. Kf1 {[#]} (29. Bg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Re4 $1 $17 30. d5 ({White should play} 30. Qc3) 30... cxd5 31. Rxd5 {[#]} Be5 $1 32. Rd3 Bd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rf4.} 33. Qg3 {With the idea Bg2.} Qe7 {And now ...Re1+ would win.} 34. Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Kg2 $17) 34... Re1+ $19 35. Kg2 {[#]} Bxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qf3 (36. Kxf2 Qe2#) 36... Rg1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,-7,10,-19,-12,-22,-22,-32,-14,-7,8,14,28,13,22,16,35,9,19,4,50,1,0,0,18,-16,0,-11,46,37,66,19,73,63,62,34,79,64,83,70,83,72,72,70,132,125,127,82,96,111,183,165,182,205,239,119,119,118,329,335,315,320,477,312,303,169,187,183,189,169,149,149,177,162,341,226,317,313,293,277,343,254,224,197,376,359,397,320,616,614,735,730,764,626,581,578,745,709,1031,1018]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. c3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. h4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Bc4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qb3 e6 9. a4 a5 10. Be2 Qe7 {0-1 (38) Dorner,M (2204)-Edouard,R (2659) Wroclaw 2014}) 8... e6 9. Qe2 h6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nh5 12. Be3 dxe5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qc8 15. Qc4 Qb7 16. a4 a6 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Rg1 Ng8 (18... Rd8 $11) 19. h5 {And now g5 would win.} Ne7 20. Ke2 gxh5 (20... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. gxh5 $16 Bf6 22. Rg4 Qc6 23. Rag1 {Hoping for Rg8+!} Qxc4+ 24. Nxc4 O-O-O 25. b4 Rdg8 26. Nh2 (26. R4g3 {feels hotter.} Re8 27. a5 b5 28. Ncd2 Nc6 29. Ne1) 26... Rxg4 ({Black should try} 26... Re8 $14) 27. Nxg4 Bg7 28. a5 b5 29. Nd2 Kb7 {[#]} (29... Rh7 $16 30. Rd1 Rh8) 30. Nb3 $1 $18 f5 31. Nc5+ Kc6 32. Rd1 (32. Nh2 $18 {has better winning chances.} Bf8 33. Nxd7 (33. Nxa6 fxe4 34. Kd2 Nd5 $11) 33... Kxd7 34. exf5) 32... Nxc5 $16 33. Bxc5 Ng6 $2 {[#]} (33... fxg4 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Bxe7 Rg8) 34. exf5 $18 (34. hxg6 fxg4 35. f3 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 h5 $14) 34... Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Nxh5 (35... Nd5 $142 36. Rg1 Re8) 36. Be7 Re8 37. Bh4 ({And not} 37. f6 Bxf6 38. Bxf6 (38. Nxf6 Nxf6 39. Bxf6 Rf8 $11) 38... Nxf6 $11) (37. Rh1 $142) 37... e4+ 38. Ke3 {aiming for f6.} Rf8 39. Kxe4 Re8+ 40. Kf3 Rf8 41. Ne3 Be5 $2 (41... Bh8 {was called for.} 42. Rc1 Kd7) 42. Rh1 {Strongly threatening Be7.} Bd6 (42... Kd7 {was worth a try.} 43. Rd1+ Kc8) 43. Bg3 Nxg3 44. fxg3 {[%cal Bf2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf6 45. Rh4 Kd7 46. Rg4 c5 $2 (46... Rf7 47. Rg6 h5) 47. Rg7+ Ke8 48. g4 Bf8 $2 (48... Be5 49. Ke4 (49. bxc5 Rc6 $18) 49... Bxc3) 49. Ra7 {White is clearly winning.} Rc6 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. Rh7 cxb4 52. cxb4 Rc1 53. Rxh6 Bf8 54. Rxa6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,21,14,4,14,0,18,18,25,31,44,50,33,-37,-35,-42,-44,-43,-44,-38,-35,-37,0,0,0,-28,-32,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,28,110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} O-O 8. Re1 Bf6 9. Nbd2 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne4 Be7 11. c3 h6 12. Ned2 Bf6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Ne4 Be7 {1-0 (45) Zvjaginsev,V (2679)-Ahvenjarvi,J (2317) Tallinn 2016}) 10... a5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. c4 (15. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 16. Rxe5) 15... f6 $1 $15 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Bb2 Bg4 18. Qc1 b6 19. Bc3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 $1 exd4 21. Qb2 a4 22. h3 Bxh3 ({Black should try} 22... Bf5 $15) 23. Bxh3 $11 Qxh3 24. Qb5 Kf8 25. Qxa4 Bd6 {[#] ...Bxg3! is the strong threat.} 26. Qc6 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qf4+ 29. Nf3 g5 {[#]} (29... h5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Kg2 ({Only move:} 30. Kg1 $1 $16) 30... g4 {The position is equal.} 31. Ng1 {And now Rf1 would win.} Qd2+ $1 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Kg2 {aiming for Rf1.} Qd2+ $1 34. Kf1 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rf1.} Qd2+ $1 36. Kf1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 8. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:07]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:08:46]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:15:18]} 13. Qg4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 15. Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 20. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 21. Qf5 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 22. Qxc8 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Raxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 24. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rcf8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 26. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 28. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rff8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 32. c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 33. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 36. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:58]} g4 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 38. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:33]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 39. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 40. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 41. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. d6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 44. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:02:54]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:05:30]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Yashmetov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:09:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 11. e3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:57]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:09:12]} f4 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 16. exf4 {[%emt 0:08:41]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:17:16]} 18. Nce5 {[%emt 0:13:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} f3 {[%emt 0:15:22]} 21. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 23. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 24. g5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:19:11]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:09:14]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:21:19]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 27. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Qf2 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 30. f5 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 31. Bxg7+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:04:33]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 11. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. f5 {[%emt 0:07:27]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 13. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 14. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 19. Qh3 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} 20. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 22. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 23. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 24. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Qa5+ {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 7. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 11. Nec3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 12. Bg2 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 13. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:35]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:22:37]} 17. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 18. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 20. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:51]} 21. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b4 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 22. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:08:55]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 26. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 27. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 28. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 29. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 33. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:04:12]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:04:05]} 6. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 7. Nd4 {[%emt 0:09:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:39]} 8. Nb5 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:27]} 10. c5 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:35]} c6 {[%emt 0:14:31]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Nac7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 16. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exf3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 17. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 18. Bg3 {[%emt 0:08:48]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 19. gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 22. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 23. Rg1 {[%emt 0:06:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 25. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 26. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Be4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 28. h6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. Nb2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 30. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 31. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. exf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Rde1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 34. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. a6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 36. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 37. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} d2+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 40. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 41. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. h7+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,0,-12,6,8,0,-16,-10,-11,-16,-17,-11,-36,-34,-29,-30,-25,-25,-29,-15,-15,0,-14,-12,-21,5,-10,18,-17,1,-14,3,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,4]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Qa5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 d5 12. Qc1 {0-1 (31) Al Huwar,J (2256)-Safarli,E (2628) Sharjah 2014}) 11... Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 d6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} Rac8 16. Nbd4 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 17. Nc2 Qb8 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rd2 a6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd5 Qa7 23. a4 a5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Bh6 26. Rd3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Kf8 28. b3 e5 29. c4 Ke7 30. Rd1 Rcd8 31. Red3 b6 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2 Bb7 34. Ke3 Bc6 35. Bf3 Rg8 36. Bg4 Rge8 37. Bf3 Rg8 38. Bg4 Rge8 39. Bf3 Rg8 40. Bg4 Rge8 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savitskiy, Sergey"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:11:19]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 12. f5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 13. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:15:45]} 15. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:09:44]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 18. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:07:41]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 19. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:21:40]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:12:44]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 22. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 24. Bg4 {[%emt 0:10:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Kg1 {[%emt 0:08:28]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 26. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 30. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 37. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06] Ke4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} exf6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 11. e3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:40]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} exf4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 16. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:02:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 20. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 21. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 22. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 24. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Bc2 {[%emt 0:15:36]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 30. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 31. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 33. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 35. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 37. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 38. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 41. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 7. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:17:06]} 10. Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:15:50]} 12. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 13. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 16. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} 17. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 18. bxa5 {[%emt 0:06:46]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:51]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 21. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 23. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 25. Bd6 {[%emt 0:17:21]} Rca5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} R5a6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 27. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Rha1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 30. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} h4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:09:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 34. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 35. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:10:45]} 36. Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 38. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 40. Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 43. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 44. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 45. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 46. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 47. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 48. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,21,28,23,64,51,65,39,84,53,58,45,44,54,74,44,48,43,62,38,51,44,37,16,21,11,32,29,71,58,56,26,41,56,40,36,88,27,84,86,81,79,83,86,70,30,29,29,35,28,44,51,64,49,43,48,62,11,24,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,5,0,19,0,0,0,19,4,29,11,22,8,8,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nb5 (5. a3 c6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 8. Nge2 Qd7 9. O-O e6 10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qd5 {0-1 (38) Mamedov,R (2709)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Qd8 {LiveBook: 51 Partien} 6. Bf4 {B01: Skandinavische Verteidigung} Na6 7. Nf3 e6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7... Bg4 8. Bc4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 c6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (41) Finster,M (2134)-Hitzler,P (2131) Bayern 2005}) 8. c3 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. Na3 Nc7 12. O-O Ncd5 13. Be5 a5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Nc2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Re8 20. h3 Rc8 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. Rfe1 Bd6 (22... Bb4 $14) 23. Be5 (23. Ng5 $16 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Ng6 24. Bxd6 Qxg5 25. Qb3) 23... f6 (23... Bb4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 24. c5 $16 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Bb8 {[#]} 26. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 27. cxb6 Qxb6 28. b3 Red8 29. Rc3 Rd5 30. g3 Rc8 31. Rc1 {[%cal Rc3c6]} h6 32. Kg2 {[%cal Rc3c6]} Kf7 33. Rc4 (33. Rc5 $14) 33... Ng6 $11 34. Qc3 (34. Qe4 {keeps more tension.} Ne7 35. Re1 c5 36. Rec1 Qxb3 37. dxc5 Qd3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. Nd4) 34... Ne7 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Qa7 37. Qb3 Rc7 38. Rb8 c5 39. dxc5 Rcxc5 40. Rxc5 Qxc5 41. Rb7 Qc6 42. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Initiative.} Qd6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 43. Qxd6 (43. Qc4 {is more complex.} Kg8 44. Qb3 Kf8 45. Qb2 Kg8 46. Rb6) 43... Rxd6 44. a5 e5 45. Nh4 {[#] Und Sf5 würde nun gewinnen.} g6 $1 46. Nxg6 Kxg6 47. Rxe7 {Droht Ta7 und aus.} Ra6 {Precision: Weiß = 26%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:04:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:33:39]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:16:34]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 13. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:24:24]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:09:03]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 17. Rb3 {[%emt 0:19:47]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 20. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 21. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:02:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Bh6+ {[%emt 0:06:26]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 23. g4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 24. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 25. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. h4+ {[%emt 0:02:59]} Kxh4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 27. Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Savitskiy, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,137,0,-1,-25,-25,-29,-31,-45,0,-25,16,15,35,29,25,33,41,52,41,0,0,-100,0,-15,-10,-41,-27,-66,-59,-75,-52,-85,-42,-48,-40,-51,-32,-31,-23,-31,-27,-12,-6,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,181,0,0,0,0,-135,-118,-324,0,0,0,-270,-264,-974,-921,-895,-821,-821,-797,-826,-832,-795,-782,-714,62,71,456,452,442,422,476,468,1251,1177,684,111,162,169,2308,1029,1004,963,921,798,12837,12837,12840,12840,12839,12837,12837,12835,12841,12840,12841,12838,12843,12841,12841,12839,12841,12841]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 {LiveBook: 95 Games} 8. Nf5 {C73: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 Bxc6+} (8. Nc6 Qd7 9. Na5 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c4 c6 13. Bd2 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 {1-0 (64) Yu,Y (2751)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 8... g6 9. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne3 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Ndc4 Qe6 15. f3 Rae8 {1-0 (73) Vavulin,M (2092)-Zhurikhin,A (2214) Rybinsk 2010}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O {Black is slightly better.} h5 11. h3 h4 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nbc3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rh5 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 {[#]} (17. Rad1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... f5 (17... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 18. exd5 (18. Bxc5 d4 $17) 18... Nxd5) 18. b4 fxe4 19. Rfd1 {With the idea bxc5.} Nd5 20. bxc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {[#] Black must now prevent cxd6.} Rxc5 22. Rb3 {Strongly threatening Rdb1.} Qf5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Nd1 $1 a5 27. Ne3 Qe5 28. Rd1 g5 29. Rdb1 Kd7 30. c4 a4 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Qa1+ 33. Nf1 {aiming for Qh5.} e3 34. Qxe3 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Re3e8]} Re5 35. Qd3 Be4 36. Qe2 $1 Bg6 37. Qg4+ Bf5 38. Qf3 Be4 $2 (38... Bg6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 39. c5 (39. Qf6 $2 Re1 $19) 39... Rxc5) 39. Qf8 $2 (39. Qf7+ $18 Re7 40. Qf8) 39... Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 40. Qc8+ Kc6 41. Qa6+ (41. Qb7+ $11 Kd7 42. Qc8+ Kc6 43. Qb7+ Kd7 44. Qc8+) 41... Kc5 $17 42. Qa7+ $2 (42. Rb7 $17 Qxf1+ 43. Kh2) 42... Kc6 $2 (42... Kxc4 $19 43. Qxc7+ (43. Qxa4+ $2 Kd5 $19) 43... Rc5 44. Qf7+ d5) 43. Qxa4+ Kc5 {Hoping for ...Kd4.} 44. Rb5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Qa7+ $11 Kc6 45. Qb7+ Kd7 46. Qc8+ Kc6 47. Qa6+ Kc5 48. Qa7+ Kc6 49. Qb7+ Kd7 50. Qc8+ Kc6 51. Qa6+ Kc5 52. Qa7+) 44... Kd4 $19 45. c5+ $2 (45. Rd5+ Rxd5 46. cxd5+ Bc4 47. Qa7+ Ke5 48. Kh2 Qxf1 49. Qe3+ Kxd5 50. Qxg5+ Kc6 51. Qxh4) 45... Bc4 46. cxd6 Qxf1+ 47. Kh2 Rxb5 48. Qa7+ c5 {( -> ...Rb1)} 49. Qg7+ Kd3 50. d7 Bd5 $2 (50... Rb8 $19 51. Qxg5 Qxf2 52. d8=R+ Rxd8 53. Qxd8+ Qd4) 51. Qxg5 $14 c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rb8 $16 52. Qxd5+ Kc2 53. Qxc5+ Kb1) 52. d8=Q $18 Qxf2 53. a4 Rc5 54. Qg6+ Kd2 (54... Kc3 $142 55. Qb8 Qg3+ 56. Qgxg3+ hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Be4) 55. Qdg5+ Qe3 56. Qc2+ $2 (56. Qxh4 $18 c3 57. Qf5) 56... Kxc2 $16 57. Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Rc6 $2 (57... Ra5 58. Qb6 Ra8) 58. Qd4 (58. Qe2+ $142 Kc1 59. Qf1+ Kb2 60. Qf5) 58... Rd6 $18 59. Qf4 Rd8 60. Qf6 Ra8 61. Qf5+ Kb3 62. Qxd5 Rxa4 {KQ-KR} 63. Qd1+ Kb4 64. Qb1+ Ka3 65. Qc2 Kb4 66. Qb2+ Ka5 67. Kg1 Rb4 68. Qa1+ Kb5 69. Kf2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,29,33,36,39,57,56,64,54,52,41,79,20,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-18,-17,0,-20,-14,-18,-10,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-11,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-25,-25,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 h6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nd5 d6 9. c3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 c6 14. Nd4 Qg5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxe3+ {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bb6 12. Be3 O-O 13. a4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Na5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (56) Wei,Y (2580)-Tin,J (2160) Tagaytay City 2013}) 15. axb5 (15. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Bxd5 16. exd5) 15... axb5 $11 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nh4 Qd8 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. d4 (20. Ng3 {with more complications.} Qd7 21. d4 Na5 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. b3) 20... Na5 21. Qe2 (21. Qd3 {keeps more tension.} c6 22. Ra1 g6 23. Nxd6 Nb3 24. Nb7) 21... g6 22. Ng3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 23. Ra1 Kg7 24. Nf1 Qb6 25. Nd2 c5 26. Nf3 Nc6 27. Qf2 b4 (27... Qb7 {seems wilder.} 28. h3 f6 29. Rf1 c4 30. Nd2 h5) 28. Rf1 bxc3 29. bxc3 cxd4 30. exd4 (30. cxd4 {keeps more tension.} exd4 31. exd4 f5 32. Re1 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf7 34. Qg3) 30... exd4 (30... Qa5 {looks sharper.} 31. Nh4 Qd8 32. h3 Qe7 33. Qg3 Kh7) 31. Nxd4 (31. cxd4 {is interesting.} f5 32. Re1 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf7 34. Qg3) 31... Nxd4 32. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd8 33. h3 Qe7 34. Re1 Rc8 35. e5 dxe5 36. dxe5 Qc5 37. Qxc5 {The position is equal.} Rxc5 38. e6 {[#] aiming for e7.} fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rc2 40. Ra6 h5 41. Ra1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Apryshko, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,70,65,79,75,64,67,66,62,89,84,94,61,74,73,77,25,31,14,54,64,33,26,43,44,56,56,65,76,368,367,352,220,220,225,235,142,335,340,321,307,295,272,585,583,601,593,938,942,1066,648,670,645,870,732]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} e6 7. a4 (7. O-O Ne7 8. Ne2 h6 9. Ng3 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. a4 Kf8 12. Re1 Kg8 13. b4 Kh7 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2750)-Rapport,R (2698) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... b6 8. Qd2 h6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Ne7 11. h3 c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bf1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 e5 {½-½ (42) Kieffer,J (2108)-Manakov,I (2347) Bayern 2015}) 13... g5 14. a5 bxa5 15. d5 e5 16. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat starke Kompensation.} O-O {[#]} 17. g4 (17. Nd2 $1 $16) 17... Ng6 $11 18. Ne2 Nf4 19. Qa3 Nf6 20. Ng3 Rfb8 {[%cal Bf8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4d4][%mdl 32]} 21. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} Bc8 22. Nc4 Rb4 23. Nxa5 Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Bd7 $16 24. b3 h5) 24. Bxf4 $1 $18 Nxf2 25. Bd2 ({Schwächer ist} 25. Kxf2 gxf4 26. Nh5 f5 $16) 25... Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd4 27. Nb3 Bxg4 $2 (27... Rf4 $16) 28. hxg4 Rxg4 29. Nc1 c4 30. Be2 c3 $2 (30... Qd7 31. Rf1 Rd4) 31. Bxg4 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Qb6+ 32. Kg2 cxb2 33. Nb3 e4 34. c3 e3 35. Be1 a5 36. Qxb2 {Precision: Weiß = 79%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,49,22,49,15,29,12,27,40,53,47,100,63,83,80,73,25,31,23,59,79,82,47,33,31,119,115,141,88,92,62,68,68,88,94,93,98,147,146,152,167,331,339,331,123,104,118,149,159,240,233,293,294,283,293,281,284,391,322,473,477,593,405,508,462,708,708,708,547,639,625,795,787,975,988,1234,1216]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. Ne2 h5 (9... g6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c4 Bf7 17. Nc3 a3 18. b3 f5 {0-1 (29) Saric,I (2669)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh 2017}) 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. c4 Na6 12. a3 $1 Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kf1 Bf8 16. h4 Rad8 {0-1 (34) Guliyev,N (2547)-Moussard,J (2570) Orsay 2018}) 13. O-O h4 14. h3 b5 (14... g6 $14) 15. b3 a5 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxb5 {Threatens to win with b6.} (17. c5 {is interesting.} Be5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. c6 Bc8 20. Rfd1) 17... Qd7 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. bxc6 Bc8 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. Rfd1 g6 (21... Ne6 $14) 22. a4 $1 $16 Reb8 23. Rab1 ({Better is} 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rac1) 23... f5 24. Nf3 f4 25. Bd4 Ne6 26. Bf6 Rb6 27. Rbc1 Ba3 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd3.} 28. Rc2 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nc5 $2 (29... Bc5 30. Rxd5 (30. Bxh4 Rxc6 31. Rxd5 Rac8 $16) 30... Rxc6) 30. Rxd5 $18 {And now c7 would win.} Rxc6 31. Bd4 $2 ({Weaker is} 31. Bxh4 f6 $18) (31. Be7 $18 {is more deadly.}) 31... Rac8 $16 32. Ne5 R6c7 {[#]} 33. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4a3][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ne6 {[#]} (33... Bb4 $16 {was called for.}) 34. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c7]} Rc5 35. Nxa3 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 (38... g5 $142 39. Bf6 Rb1 40. Bxg5 Rxb3 41. Ra8+ Kg7) 39. Ra7 Rc5 40. Bd6 Rd5 {[#]} 41. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} g5 (41... Rd3 $142 42. Rxf7+ Kg8) (41... Nxf4 42. Rxf7+) 42. Be3 Kg6 43. Re7 Rd6 44. b4 f5 45. a5 f4 46. Bb6 Ng7 47. Re1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 14. Bb1 {[%emt 0:14:56]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:13:22]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:12:27]} 16. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 17. Ng5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Be8 19. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 20. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 21. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 22. Bxg7+ {[%emt 0:03:45]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} g6 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:17:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:10:31]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:19:51]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:15:37]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:06:27]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:09:13]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 13. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 14. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:15]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 17. Kb2 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:59]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 20. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 21. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 23. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 27. Ka2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 28. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 29. Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 30. Rh6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 32. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 33. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 34. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 36. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 38. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 41. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 42. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 43. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 44. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 46. e6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. e7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 48. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 49. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 52. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 53. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 54. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 55. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 56. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 57. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 58. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. a4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 60. a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 61. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 64. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 65. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 66. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 67. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 68. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 69. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 70. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 71. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 72. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 73. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 74. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 75. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxa5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 76. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 77. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 78. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 79. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 80. Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 81. Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 82. Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 83. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 84. Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 85. Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 86. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 87. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 88. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 89. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 90. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 91. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 92. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 93. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 94. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 95. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 96. Nc2+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 97. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 98. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 99. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 100. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 101. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c1=N {[%emt 0:00:19]} 102. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 103. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,130,32,43,16,16,10,14,27,12,12,33,14,14,14,25,19,45,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,31,31,31,31,31,14,19,0,33,0,0,0,0,-26,-8,-16,-28,-219,-11,-54,0,-237,-222,-227,-216,-234,-236,-302,-300,-285,-285,-286,-286,-285,-303,-702,-701,-648,-638,-770,-760,-833,0,-670,0,-846,-844,-798,-798,-836,-812,-12825,-1379,-1104,-956,-956,-948,-905,-878,-1473,-781,-12838,-1085,-1264,-1343,-5412,-5821,-1406,-1401,-12843,-12843,-12847,-12847,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. Bb3 Na5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bh6 {B75: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, Miscellaneous} (11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. Ng3 h5 18. g5 Nh7 {0-1 (45) Ter Sahakyan,S (2504)-Zhou,Y (2291) Akhisar Manisa 2009}) 11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Rhe1 Qh5 17. Qg7 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (26) Bacon,N (2270)-Laurent,J (2316) France 2008}) 13. Nde2 $1 {The position is equal.} b5 $1 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rd1 a6 18. Rd2 Ke7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Rf1 g5 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rhd8 23. Rfd1 Bb3 24. Re1 Be6 25. Red1 h5 26. Ng3 h4 27. Nf1 g4 28. Ne3 h3 29. g3 gxf3 30. Kxf3 Bb3 31. Re1 Ke6 32. Nf5 Nh7 33. Kg4 f6 34. Kxh3 {Black must now prevent g4.} d5 {...Ng5+ is the strong threat.} 35. g4 Ng5+ 36. Kg3 d4 37. Nd5 $2 {[#]} (37. Nb1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 37... Bc2 $2 ({Black should try} 37... Rc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2d2]} 38. Rxc2 Bxc2) 38. Nc3 $1 $11 Bb3 $2 (38... Rxc3+ $1 $15 39. bxc3 Nxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Bxe4) 39. Nd5 $19 {[#]} Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d2]} 40. Rd3 Rxb2 {Hoping for ...Bc2.} 41. h4 Bc4 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Nxd4+ Kf7 44. hxg5 Bxd5 45. exd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 46. Rd1 $2 (46. Nf3 fxg5 47. Re3) 46... fxg5 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Rd3 Rb1 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 $1 Rb1 51. Ke2 $1 Rg1 52. Rf3+ Ke5 53. Nf5 Rg2+ 54. Ke3 Rxg4 (54... Rgd2 $142 55. Nd4 R5xd4 56. Rf5+ Ke6) 55. Ne7 Re4+ 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Rde2 58. Nc6+ Ke6 59. Nb8 g4 (59... R2e3 $142 60. Nxa6 Rxf3+ 61. Kxf3 Rc4) 60. Rf8 R2e3+ 61. Kh4 g3+ {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 62. Kh3 Rxa3 63. Rg8 Rxb4 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rb6 {[#]} g2+ $1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,84,45,50,47,41,56,49,56,50,-19,-39,-26,-37,-47,6,-63,7,-138,-30,-33,-38,-34,-38,-32,-28,-30,-25,-37,-16,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-248,-183,-203,-218,-291,-286,-280,-264,-538,-525,-525,-517,-627,-619,-676,-639,-861,-849,-1391,-1050,-1607,-1220]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} a4 (12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nxa4 {0-1 (45) Grischuk,A (2751)-Naiditsch,A (2686) Novi Sad 2016 CBM 176 [Szabo,Kr]}) 13. a3 Qa5 14. Kf1 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. h5 b4 17. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a5]} Qc7 18. axb4 Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Ncxe4 19. Nb6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 {1-0 (29) Tomazini,A (2304)-Schreiner,T (2140) Iasi 2011}) 19. Ra3 (19. h6 $14 Bh8 20. Bb6) 19... Bxg4 $1 $11 20. Nb6 Bxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Rab8 ({Black should try} 21... Rae8 $15) 22. h6 (22. Nb5 $1 $11 Qe7 23. h6 (23. Nxa4 Nd4 $14)) 22... Bh8 ({Black should play} 22... Nd4 $1 $15 23. Bxd4 (23. hxg7 Nxe2 24. gxf8=R+ Kxf8 $17) 23... exd4 24. hxg7 Rfe8 25. Ncxa4 Nxe4) 23. Qc4 {[#]} ({But not} 23. Ncxa4 Nd4 $17) (23. Nb5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qe7 24. Nxa4) 23... Qxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rxb3 $1 (24. Bxb6 Nd2+) 24... Qb7 25. Nxa4 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Qb5+ 27. Kg2 {Nc3 is the strong threat.} Qxa4 28. Ra3 Qb5 {Hoping for ...f5.} 29. Rc1 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 30. Qc4 f4 (30... Qxb4 31. Ra7 $17) 31. Ba7 Rb7 {And now ...Qd7 would win.} 32. f3 $2 (32. Qc6 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Qxb4 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Rc2 e4 35. fxe4 Bxb2 ({Much less strong is} 35... Rxe4 36. Rb3 $19) 36. Rd3 $2 (36. Rf3 {was the only defense.}) 36... g5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Bf2 Be5 39. Rc6 Ra4 40. Rb3 Kg6 41. Bc5 Rf6 42. Bf2 Kh5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,165,16,18,22,18,22,22,21,-20,-20,-22,-18,-27,-37,-70,-62,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-25,-43,-11,-19,-4,-6,-6,-4,-8,-16,-16,-39,-16,-16,-17,-16,-16,-19,-1,-13,0,-23,-26,-57,-38,-66,-70,-75,-38,-61,-63,-71,-14,-13,-12,-12,-13,-14,-18,-14,-20,-68,-6,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} c5 (10... c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 {½-½ (35) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rd6 Rae8 {1-0 (40) Lugovskoy,M (2499)-Gevorgyan,D (2346) Moscow 2016}) 17... Qxa2 18. Rb7 e3 19. Qxe3 Qxc2 20. Rd6 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 21. Qxc5 Qf5 ({Black should try} 21... Qe4 $17 22. Rb5 a4) 22. Qxf5 $11 Bxf5 23. Be3 a4 {aiming for ...a3.} 24. Ra7 $1 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 26. Ra6 Bd7 27. Bd4 Kg8 28. Ra7 Bc6 29. c4 h5 30. Kh2 h4 31. g3 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 f6 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5 Rb3+ 35. Kh2 Rb4 36. h6 gxh6 37. Bxf6 Rxc4 38. Kg3 Bd5 39. f4 Re4 40. f5 h5 41. Ra5 Kf7 42. Bd8 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 Bb3 44. Kf3 Bd1+ 45. Ke3 {[#]} h4 (45... a3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...Ra4 is the strong threat.} 46. Ra7+ (46. Rxa3 Rg3+) 46... Ke8) 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. f6 Bb3 48. Bc7 h3 49. Be5 Bf7 50. Kf3 Rg5 (50... Rh4 $15 51. Bh2 (51. Ra8+ $2 Kh7 $19) 51... Rc4) 51. Bg3 Rf5+ 52. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Bb3 53. f7+ Kg7 54. Bd6 Bxf7 55. Rxa4 Rh5 56. Bh2 Be6 57. Re4 Kf6 58. Rf4+ Kg6 59. Re4 Bf5 60. Re8 Rh4 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Rb8 Ra4 63. Rb2 Kg6 64. Bb8 Ra3+ 65. Kf2 Be4 66. Kg1 Kf5 67. Rf2+ Bf3 68. Rb2 Ra4 69. Kh2 Kg4 70. Bd6 Be4 {[#] ( -> ...Ra1)} 71. Bc5 Ra1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra1h1]} 72. Bg1 Re1 73. Rd2 Rc1 74. Rb2 Rd1 75. Ra2 Kf4 76. Rb2 Bd5 77. Rf2+ Kg4 78. Rb2 Bc4 79. Rc2 Bd3 80. Rf2 Bf1 81. Rb2 Kf3 82. Rb3+ Bd3 83. Kxh3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,94,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-23,-17,-54,-31,-97,-87,-89,-106,-98,-88,-160,-168,-162,-174,-131,-147,-137,-153,-150,-157,-148,-104,-88,0,-75,-68,-69,-58,-228,-207,-173,-45,-105,-45,-310,-227,-518,-516,-500,-491,-477,-463,-1240,-1236,-1159,-12836,-1810,-1129,-12833,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12835,-12839,-12839,-12841,-12842,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Kg2 {C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} (14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Na4 Bxd4+ 16. Kg2 Qb4 17. a3 Qc4 18. b3 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bxa1 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 {0-1 (51) Almagro Llamas,P (2466)-Moreno Ruiz,J (2447) Madrid 2017}) 14... Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Na5 17. Bg1 Bb5 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qa6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxb5 {½-½ (45) Rostalski,W (2275)-Peters,C Hamburg 1989}) 17. a3 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 18. Bg1 Rac8 19. Ne5 (19. Re1 $15) 19... Bxe5 $1 $17 20. dxe5 Nc4 21. Re1 Ncd2 22. Rc1 (22. Nd4 $142) 22... Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4d1]} (22... Qd3 23. Nd4 $11) 23. Qxa4 Qxa4 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Qc2 $1 $40 {[%cal Rc2c8][%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 27. Bg4 {aiming for Rc1.} Qxb2 28. Bd4 Qb5 ({Much weaker is} 28... Qxa3 $6 29. Ra1 $16) (28... Qa2 $1 $17 29. e6 Kg8) 29. f5 ({Much worse is} 29. Bxa7 b6 $17) (29. Rc1 $11 Nc4 30. f5) 29... Nb3 30. Bg1 Kg8 31. Rd1 $2 (31. e6 $15) 31... Qc4 $1 $19 32. Nf4 Nbd2 (32... Qc2+ $1 $19 33. Kh3 d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Re1 ({Better is} 33. e6 $1 $15) 33... Qc2 ({Black should try} 33... b6 $17 34. f6 gxf6 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Bxd5 Qc3 37. exf6 (37. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 38. Bf2 Nxf2 $19) 37... Nxf6) 34. Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. f6 $15 gxf6 35. e6) 34... Qc4 35. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (35. Nf4 Qc6 36. Bxa7) 35... Qc6 $1 36. Bf3 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Ng5+ 38. Kg4 (38. Ke2 $142 Qb5+ 39. Kf2) 38... Nf3 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 39. Rd1 Qe4+ 40. Kh5 Nxg1 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 Qxe3 45. Rxh7 Nf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re3g5]} 46. h4 Qe5 47. Kg4 Qe4+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,-10,-6,-22,0,0,14,9,0,0,31,2,10,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,20,30,7,11,14,11,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-16,-2,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. c3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. c4 Nf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 a5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (38) Zvjaginsev,V (2643)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Antalya 2017}) 8... Bb6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nc4 Bf5 11. Re1 $146 {[%cal Rf3e5]} ({Predecessor:} 11. a4) 11... f6 12. a4 a5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qd7 18. f4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 {[#] Hoping for Rxe6!} c6 20. Qc5 Bf7 21. Nf3 {[%cal Bh4f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. b4 Nc4 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. Re1 Nb2 29. bxa5 {Strongly threatening Re7.The position is equal.} Nxa4 30. Rb1 Bg6 (30... Nc5 {is more complex.} 31. a6 bxa6 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Nd4 Ne4) 31. Rb4 $1 Bxf5 (31... Nc5 {with more complications.} 32. Nd4 Bf7 33. a6 bxa6 34. Nxc6 Ra8) 32. Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke7 33. Rb4 Rd7 34. Kf2 Kd8 35. Rd4 Kc7 36. Rxd7+ Bxd7 37. Ke3 b6 38. axb6+ Kxb6 39. Bd3 h6 40. Kd4 Be6 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,3,7,22,4,25,14,75,84,79,14,57,36,58,36,40,14,13,15,240,232,238,235,231,211,372,301,276,318,299,236,510,276,596,444,406,389,486,437,29992,29988,29988,29989,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. c4 {Fridman,D} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Qe7 9. g4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Nd4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. f4 Qb4 {0-1 (40) Gordon,S (2533)-Fridman,D (2667) Caleta 2013 CBM 153 [Fridman,D]}) 10. g5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 11. Nxg5 Ba3 (11... Rd8 $11) 12. Bxa3 $16 Qxa3 13. Rg1 (13. h4 $16) 13... Qd6 14. d4 b6 15. f4 Bb7 16. Bd3 c5 17. Qg2 Ne8 $2 {[#]} (17... Nh5 $11) 18. Bh7+ $1 $18 Kh8 {...cxd4 is the strong threat.} 19. Qg4 cxd4 20. exd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Bc6 $2 (20... Ndf6 21. Qh4 Qe7 22. Bd3+ Kg8) 21. Qh4 {Threatening mate with Bg6+.} Ndf6 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Kf2 Qe7 $2 (23... dxc4 {keeps fighting.} 24. Bb1+ (24. bxc4 Qe7 $16) 24... Kg8) 24. Rg3 Qd6 $2 (24... Rc7 25. Re1 dxc4) 25. Ne2 Rc7 26. Rdg1 Qd8 27. Kf1 Qd6 (27... Qe7 $18 28. Re3 Qb4 29. Bd3+ Kg8) 28. Bb1+ {White mates.} Kg8 29. Nh7 Ne4 {[#]} 30. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg7 31. Nf6+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,131,20,0,0,-76,-2,-2,-2,-6,-11,-6,-4,-9,-12,-12,-12,-12,-2,-12,-12,-11,-14,-10,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,26,33,29,7,7,6,7,7,6,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,7,8,37,8,22,0,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1253,1172,1277,240,166,0,1031,1006,1584,1518,2726,2074,29961,29962,12829,10625,4618,4618,29973,29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Qb5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (12. Rab1 Nc6 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Ne8 15. Rd2 Nf6 16. Rbd1 Rab8 17. b3 a6 18. Qa3 Nb4 19. Qc1 d6 {1-0 (54) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Navara,D (2734) Huaian 2016}) 12... d6 13. Rd2 h6 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ndf6 {[#]} 17. Nh2 $146 (17. g5 $11 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 (18. cxb5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 d5 $15) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. hxg5 Ne4 $11) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2) ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 (53) Vidit,S (2563)-Banikas,H (2618) Vrachati 2013}) 17... Bxg2 ({Black should try} 17... Qxb5 $17 18. cxb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a6 20. bxa6 d5) 18. Qxb6 $1 $11 axb6 19. Kxg2 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. a3 d4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Ne4 26. Rd3 Rd5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 27. Rb3 Bd6 ({Don't go for} 27... Nxg5 $2 28. Bxg5 Bxg5 29. e4 $18 (29. Rxb6 Bf6 $11)) 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. e3 {[%cal Re3d4]} Ra5 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Rb4 Rf5 (31... Nxg5 {keeps more tension.} 32. Rdxd4 Rh6 33. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 34. Kf1 b5) 32. Rdxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 (33. Nxd4 {is more complex.} Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rf4 35. Ne2 Rg4+ 36. Kh2) 33... Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Rxg5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Rf4 Re5 37. Re4 Rf5+ 38. Ke3 g5 39. a4 Kg7 40. b4 Rd5 41. Rd4 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Rf5 $1 43. Ke2 Re5+ 44. Kf1 Rf5 45. Kg2 Re5 46. Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Kh7 48. f3 {Kg4 is the strong threat.} (48. f4 $5 {[%cal Rg3g4]}) 48... Rf6 49. b5 Rf5 {[#]} (49... Kg6 $11) 50. Rb4 (50. f4 $1 $16) 50... Kg6 51. Rc4 {Threatens to win with Rc6+.} f6 52. Kf2 Rd5 53. Ke3 {And now Rc6 would win.} Rd1 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Rc6 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rd1+ $11 57. Kc4 Rc1+ 58. Kb4 Rb1+ 59. Ka3 Ra1+ 60. Kb3 Rb1+ 61. Ka2 Rb4) 57. Rc4 $18 Rf1 58. Rc3 $2 (58. Kc6 Ke6 59. Kxb6) 58... Ra1 59. Rc4 $2 (59. Rc7+ Ke8 60. Ra7) 59... Rf1 $1 60. Kc6 Rxf3 61. Kxb6 f5 62. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} g4 63. a6 g3 64. Rc1 Ra3 65. a7 f4 {[#]} 66. Rf1 $1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 57%.} ({Stronger than} 66. Kb7 f3 $11) 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,43,26,75,63,80,96,86,57,57,57,57,57,57,58,52,38,52,37,41,38,101,-10,-10,-10,-9,-10,-10,-12,-18,-13,-6,-8,-15,-8,0,0,5,0,0,-20,-20,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-52,-52,-53,-53,-55,-53,-63,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. d4 Nc6 {B20: Sizilianisch} 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bg4 $146 {...cxd4 ist eine echte Drohung.} ({Vorgänger:} 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nb5 Qe5 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. Qd5 Qb8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Nc3 e6 14. Bb6 Rc8 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Qd3 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 {1-0 (71) Shubin,K (2375)-Khismatullin,D (2628) Sochi 2017}) 8. dxc5 Qe5 {[#]Weiß steht etwas besser.} 9. c3 $1 e6 10. Qa4 Bxe2 $1 11. Bxe2 {Und Lf3 würde nun gewinnen.} Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bb6 16. Bf3 Ne5 {[#]} ({Lieber} 16... Qc5 $14) 17. Bxb7 (17. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qf6 18. Qc2 (18. Bxb7 Nd3 $16)) 17... Nd3 $11 18. Be4 Nc5 {[%cal Bd3c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Bxf5 Nxa4 20. Bc2 Nxb2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rb1 Nc4 {zielt auf ...Sa3 ab.} 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLL-KLS} Bc5 25. Bc2 Bd6 26. Bb3 Bxg3 27. Bxc4 {KL-KL} Be5 {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} 28. h3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bxc3 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Bb5 Bd4 32. Ba4 g5 33. Bc2 h5 34. Ba4 a5 35. Bb5 f5 36. f3 Bc5 37. a4 Bb6 38. Bc4 Kd6 39. Bb3 Ke5 40. Bc4 h4 41. Bb3 Bc5 {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,170,24,26,31,23,8,39,27,54,34,76,69,70,74,56,55,71,69,108,58,58,61,55,50,109,103,58,33,42,33,42,41,91,92,99,96,94,94,95,57,111,114,228,235,233,235,247,87,160,129,132,124,185,183,172,164,168,168,174,151,206,202,206,203,242,174,306,167,272,182,483,477,590,580,586,386,352,237,570,554,471,238,525,434,380,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,139,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,237,238,246,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Re1 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bb3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. e5 Rad8 18. Qf3 {1-0 (38) Yilmaz,M (2624)-Baryshpolets,A (2603) Ankara 2018}) 8... O-O 9. e4 e5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 10. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Qc7 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re2 Rd8 {½-½ (20) Gleyzer,L (2317)-Lupini,S (2309) ICCF email 2016}) 11... b5 12. Bf1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qc2 c5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. axb5 axb5 20. g3 Rb6 ({Black should play} 20... Qe7 $14) 21. Ra8 $16 c4 22. Bg2 Ra6 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Rb8 g5 25. Be3 Qe5 26. Rb6 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 Rd3 28. Rd1 Qe6 (28... Rd6 $14) 29. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} g4 (29... Rxd1+ $16 {was called for.} 30. Qxd1 h6 31. Qd8+ Ne8) 30. Rxd3 $18 cxd3 31. Qxd3 gxh3 32. Bf3 $2 (32. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 33. Bf3) 32... Qd7 (32... Bd7 $142) 33. Qxd7 Bxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 34. Bd4 Ne8 (34... Bg4 $16) 35. e5 $18 Ng7 36. Bc5 Ne6 37. Be3 Kg7 38. Be4 h6 (38... h5 $16 39. f4 Nd8) 39. f4 Nd8 40. Kh2 h5 41. Bd3 Ne6 (41... f6 {is a better defense.} 42. exf6+ Kxf6) 42. Bf1 (42. f5 $142 Nd8 43. Bf4) 42... Nd8 (42... Nc7 $142 43. Bd3 (43. Bxh3 Bxh3 44. Kxh3 Nd5 $18) 43... Nd5) 43. Bb6 ({Don't take} 43. Bxh3 $6 Bxh3 44. Kxh3 f6 $18) 43... Nc6 $2 (43... Ne6 {is more resistant.} 44. b4 Kh7 45. Bxh3 Kh6) 44. Bxb5 Nxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 45. Bxd7 $1 ({Not} 45. fxe5 Bxb5 46. Kxh3 Kg6 $11) 45... Nxd7 {KB-KN} 46. Bd4+ Kg6 47. Kxh3 Nf8 $2 (47... Nb8 {is a better chance.} 48. b4 Nc6) 48. b4 Ne6 49. Bb6 $1 f5 $2 (49... Nf8 50. b5 Ne6) 50. b5 Kf7 51. Be3 Nd8 52. Bc5 $1 Nb7 53. Bb4 Nd8 54. Bc3 $1 Nb7 {[#]} 55. Be5 $1 Nd8 {[#]} 56. Bb2 $1 Nb7 57. Ba3 Nd8 58. Kh2 Nb7 59. Kg2 Ke6 60. b6 Nd8 61. Bf8 Nb7 62. Kf3 ({Better is} 62. Kh3 $18) 62... Kd5 (62... Kd7 $16 {might work better.} 63. Kg2 Na5) 63. Bb4 Nd8 64. Be7 Nb7 65. Ke3 Kc4 66. Kd2 Na5 67. Kc2 Nb7 68. Bf6 $2 (68. Ba3 $18) 68... Kc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 69. Kd3 {And now Be7+ would win.} Kxb6 70. Kd4 {Strongly threatening Ke5.} Kc6 71. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5f5]} Nd6 72. Bh4 Kd7 73. Kf6 $1 Kc7 74. Ke7 Kc6 75. Ke6 Kc7 $1 76. Be7 Ne4 $1 77. Bh4 Nd6 78. Bd8+ Kc6 79. Be7 Ne4 $1 80. Bh4 Nd6 81. Be7 Ne4 $1 82. Kxf5 Nxg3+ 83. Ke5 Kd7 84. Bh4 Ne2 85. f5 Ke8 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,123,1,24,0,4,-17,10,6,15,11,11,6,0,0,4,0,0,0,13,0,20,25,31,-11,-14,-170,-154,-162,-149,-169,-157,-164,-166,-156,-171,-171,-141,-169,-152,-164,0,-154,-116,-117,-111,-135,-95,-100,0,-59,0,0,0,0,0,-120,-68,-66,-70,-74,-73,-80,-74,-70,-1,-147,0,0,0,0,0,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,572,572,568,558,925,835,1106,1083,12841,12841,12841,12840,12842,12841]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation} 14. a4 (14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nh2 Ng7 22. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh 2017}) 14... Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 16. b4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Rb1 g6 19. Nf1 Bg7 20. Ng3 Qc7 21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Qc1 h5 {1-0 (77) Garcia Pantoja,R (2425)-Ochoa de la Rosa,M (2231) Havana 2013}) 17. Bb2 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qb3 Nfd7 21. Nf1 Qb8 22. Bc1 Bb7 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Ng3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. f4 Nfd5 27. Nh5 $2 (27. exd5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} exf4 28. Bf2 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 fxg3 30. dxc6) 27... Nxe3 $19 28. Rxe3 Qe7 $1 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Ng3 ({Don't go for} 30. Nxg7 $2 Bxg7 31. dxe5 dxe5 $19) 30... exf4 31. Ngf1 Be6 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Nb3 Ra3 34. Bc2 Ra8 $2 (34... Na4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 35. Nfd2 Be7) 35. Na5 $2 (35. Bd3 $1 $11) 35... Rc8 36. Bb3 d5 37. e5 Rc7 38. Bc2 Nc8 (38... f6 $17 {aiming for ...fxe5.} 39. Bf5 Bf7) 39. Bh7+ $11 Kh8 40. Bf5 {Bxe6 is the strong threat.} Ne7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. g4 (42. Nb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42... Kg8 (42... g5 $17 43. Qc2 Qe1) 43. Nb3 $15 h5 $1 44. Nh2 hxg4 $1 45. hxg4 Qh6 46. Nc5 g5 ({Black should try} 46... Ra7 $15) 47. Qf1 {[#]} (47. Rf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 47... Ra7 (47... Ng6 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Bxc5.} 48. Rh3 Nh4) 48. Rh3 $11 Qg6 49. Nf3 Ra3 50. Rh5 {[#]} (50. Qc1 $11 Ra2 51. Qf1) 50... Bh6 (50... Qc2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2c3]} 51. Qe1 (51. Nxe6 $2 Qxc3 52. Kg2 Ng6 $19) (51. Rxg5+ Kf7 $17) 51... Rxc3) 51. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Kf7 {next ...Qxd3 is good for Black.} 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Nxe6 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Rxc3 54. Kf2 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Rc2+ 55. Kf1 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... Rc4 $11) 56. Nxf4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} gxf4 57. Rxf5 {KRB-KRN} Rc3 58. Nh4+ Kh7 59. Rh5 Rg3 60. Nf5 Rxg4 61. Rxh6+ Kg8 62. Rf6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,7,0,8,18,10,16,9,-22,-11,-29,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,-26,-10,-10,-15,-37,-31,-111,0,0,2,-39,-53,-43,-36,-53,0,0,0,0,-4,-20,-15,-29,-20,-115,-120,-120,-56,-102,-30,-32,40,36,58,33,31,0,10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Na3 Be7 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 7. Nc2 Nf5 (7... O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Rac8 12. Kh1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 {0-1 (58) Perelshteyn,E (2524)-Lenderman,A (2623) Manchester 2016}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nh4 $146 ({Wrong is} 10... Ncxd4 $2 11. Ncxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 $18) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. O-O Rc8 {0-1 (70) Vishnu,P (2517)-Omar,N (2353) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 11. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 12. g3 Be7 13. a3 Bd7 14. Be3 a5 15. O-O g6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rab1 Na7 19. a4 Nc6 20. g4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bb5 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. b4 (24. Qe2 $15) 24... Be7 (24... Nxb4 $17 25. Nxb4 Bxb5) 25. bxa5 $11 Qxa5 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Ne1 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 28. Bf2 Nd6 (28... Ra8 $15) 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nd3 Ne4 {[#] aiming for ...Nc3.} 31. Rb6 Bd6 32. a5 Rc2 33. a6 (33. Be1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... bxa6 $17 34. Rxa6 g5 (34... Nxf2 $17 35. Nxf2 Bxf4 36. Rxe6 Ra7) 35. Bg3 $15 Nc3 (35... Rf7 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 36. f5 Bxg3 37. hxg3 exf5) 36. Re1 $11 gxf4 ({Black should play} 36... Ne2+ $15 37. Kf1 Nxd4) 37. Bxf4 $14 Ne4 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Nxd6 {The position is equal.} 40. Rxe6 Nb5 41. Nb4 Rd2 42. Nc6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,75,1,2,-22,6,-17,12,3,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,0,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,19,20,47,52,68,71,77,4,78,71,77,71,85,83,88,83,78,54,106,17,21,26,24,0,22,0,22,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bd2 {A11: Reti-Eröffnung} (10. d4 O-O 11. e3 Rc8 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bg2 Rc7 18. h4 h6 19. Qc2 {½-½ (19) Cordova,E (2655)-Matlakov,M (2701) Moscow 2017}) 10... O-O 11. a3 a6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. b4 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Rac1 h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... Bd6 16. Qb1 Rc7 17. Kh1 Rfc8 {1-0 (33) Movsziszian,K (2493)-Velicka,P (2461) La Pobla de Lillet 2011}) 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. e3 d4 18. Ne2 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Qb7 20. Bc5 Nd5 21. d4 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Qd7 23. Qd3 Nce7 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 {[#]} 28. Nc3 (28. Kf1 $1 $16) 28... Rcd8 (28... Red8 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 29. a4 bxa4 {[#]} 30. Ra1 $1 h5 31. Rxa4 Re6 32. Ra2 g5 33. h3 g4 (33... h4 $14) 34. hxg4 (34. h4 $16) 34... hxg4 $11 35. Ne2 Bg5 36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Ne2 Bg5 38. Nc3 {Precision: Weiß = 52%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,9,0,10,0,11,2,4,0,2,-12,0,-11,0,-41,-8,0,-22,-17,-17,-23,-16,0,27,-2,0,11,6,0,28,18,20,2,37,29,28,20,24,28,56,0,1,10,14,0,8,0,0,0,42,0,8,13,33,30,25,19,37,14,66,74,256,248,643,652,800,783,724,602,578,584,860,512,647,506,695,578,559,568,566,540,752,751,759,745,716,624]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O {LiveBook: 122 Partien} Nfd7 {A48: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} (8... Nbd7 9. Bh2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 a5 14. b5 Kh8 15. Rac1 Rae8 16. Ne1 {1-0 (46) Eljanov,P (2700)-Firouzja,A (2572) Sharjah 2018}) 9. a4 a6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... e5 10. Bh2 Nc6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Rad1 N5f6 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Ncd2 Nef6 19. Nc4 Ne4 20. Ncd2 Nef6 21. Nc4 {½-½ (21) Cruz,F (2407)-Oliva Castaneda,K (2493) Barbera del Valles 2016}) 10. Bh2 e5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 11. Na3 Qe7 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a5 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. e4 Nb8 18. Nd2 Bh6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe4 21. Bd5 Bxc2 (21... Bxd5 {is interesting.} 22. Qxd5 Ra7 23. Rfd1 Rb7 24. Na3 Rd8) 22. Qxc2 Ra7 23. Ra5 Kh8 24. Rfa1 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} Rc8 25. Qe2 Rac7 26. Kh1 Rc5 27. f3 (27. Rxc5 $1 $14 Rxc5 28. c4) 27... Rxa5 $11 28. Rxa5 Kg7 29. Ra3 Qg5 30. Qd1 Rc7 31. Bg1 Qg3 32. Bh2 Qh4 33. Ra4 Qe7 34. Bg1 Bf4 35. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Qd7 36. Qb3 {[#] Txf4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qc8 (36... Qb5 $11 37. Qxb5 axb5) 37. Qb6 $1 $14 Nd7 $2 (37... Re7 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 38. Qxd6 $18 h5 $2 (38... Bg5 39. Rxa6 Qd8) 39. Rxa6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Nb8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Ra8 Rd7 42. c4 ({Weniger gut wäre} 42. Bxf7 Rd1+ 43. Bg1 Qf5 $18) 42... Kh6 43. Bg1 Qf8 44. Qb6 Rd8 45. Bxf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rb6g6] [#]} Rd6 46. Rxb8 Rxb6 47. Rxf8 Rxb2 {beabsichtigt ...Kg7.} 48. Bd5 Rb1 49. Be4 Rc1 50. Rb8 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,18,-8,-8,31]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 e5 9. b4 {LiveBook: 26 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... axb4 10. axb4 Ne7 11. d3 h6 12. b5 Nh7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Ra1 Rb8 17. Ba3 Be6 18. Nd5 {0-1 (39) Hou,Y (2652)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) *

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,206,6,35,3,29,27,21,27,31,18,40,30,43,45,55,35,37,39,25,0,42,31,58,18,18,16,18,7,6,14,14,10,24,-23,-4,-4,-6,-27,-18,-24,-23,-20,-18,-68,-65,-75,-42,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-136,-136,-136,-135,-136,-136,-136,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-31,-53,0,-129,-129,-129,-129,-500,-432,-429,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-8,-301,-301,-301,-301,-300,-276,-141,-74,-74,-74,-75,-8,-249,-241,-236,-236,-236,-236,-236,-236,-249,-249,-249,-249,-263,-263,-263,-241,-29979,-29980,-29979,-248,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. a3 Re8 {LiveBook: 21 Partien. E43: Nimzoindisch (Rubinstein-System)} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bf4 a6 15. h3 Bf8 16. Bh2 g6 17. Bf1 Nh5 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Rc1 h6 20. Qd3 {1-0 (79) Matlakov,M (2668)-Yu,Y (2656) St Petersburg 2012}) 13... Rc8 14. Nc3 a6 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 15. Rc1 g6 16. h3 Rc7 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. Bf1 Rcc8 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. Rcd1 h6 22. Bf4 d5 23. c5 (23. Rc1 {seems wilder.} Nh5 24. Bh2 Nhf6 25. b5 a5 26. Na4) 23... bxc5 24. bxc5 e5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Nd7 28. c6 Rxc6 29. Nf3 Rc5 30. Qe3 Qe8 31. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} 32. Nexd4 Nxe5 33. Ne6 Nxf3+ ({Viel schlechter ist} 33... Qxe6 $6 34. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 $14) 34. gxf3 Re5 (34... Rc3 {is more complex.} 35. Qb6 Qxe6 36. Qxb7 Rxa3 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. fxe4 a5) 35. Rd8 (35. Nxg7 $15 Kxg7 36. Qc3) 35... Qxd8 $1 $17 36. Nxd8 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Bxf3 38. Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLL-KLS} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d8]} 39. Bb7 Bd1 ({Jedoch nicht} 39... Bxd8 40. Bxf3 Kg7 41. Kf2 $11) 40. Nc6 Bb2 41. Nd4 Bxa3 42. Bf3 Ba4 43. Bc6 Bxc6 44. Nxc6 {KL-KS} Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Kf3 Bc5 47. e4 Bd6 $1 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kf3 Bc7 50. Nb4 Ke5 51. Nc6+ Kd6 52. Nb4 Kc5 53. Na6+ Kc6 54. Nb4+ Kb5 55. Nd5 Be5 56. Ne3 Kc5 57. Nd5 Kd4 58. Ne7 {Und Sc6+ würde nun gewinnen.} Bf6 59. Nd5 Bd8 60. Nf4 Bc7 61. Nd5 Bd6 62. Nb6 Kd3 (62... g5 $17 63. Nd7 Be7) 63. Nd7 $1 $15 Kd4 (63... Bc7 $15 64. Nf6 Kd4) 64. Nb6 $1 $17 Bc5 65. Nd7 Be7 66. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Nb8 $17 {ist eine bessere Chance.} Bf6 67. Nd7) 66... Bd8 67. Kf3 Bc7 $2 (67... g5 $1 $19 68. Nb8 Kc5 69. Na6+ Kb5) 68. Nf6 Ke5 69. Nd5 Bd6 70. Nb6 Kf6 71. Nc4 Bc7 72. Ne3 Kg5 73. Ng2 Be5 74. Ke3 Bb2 75. Ke2 Ba3 76. Kf2 Bc1 77. Kf3 Kf6 {Droht stark ...Ke5.} 78. Ne1 Ba3 79. Nd3 Bd6 80. Nb2 Kg5 81. Nc4 Bc7 82. Nd2 Bb8 83. Nc4 Kh4 84. Kg2 Bf4 (84... f6 $1 $17 {zielt auf ...Lc7 ab.} 85. Nb6 Be5) 85. Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85. e5 $1 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.}) 85... g5 $1 $19 86. Nd5 Be5 87. Ne7 {[%cal Re7f5]} g4 88. hxg4 Kxg4 ({Besser ist} 88... hxg4 {Weiss muss nun ...Kg5 beachten.} 89. Nc6 Bc7) 89. Nc6 {[#]} Bc7 $1 {Und weiter mit ...Kf4 wäre nett.} 90. Nb4 h4 ({Lieber} 90... Bb6 $17 {Droht ...Ld8 und aus.} 91. Nd5 Bd4) 91. Nd3 $2 (91. Nc6 $1 $11 {und Weiss muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} h3+ 92. Kh1) 91... h3+ 92. Kh1 Bg3 93. Kg1 Kf3 94. e5 Ke2 95. Nb4 {beabsichtigt Sc6.} Bxe5 96. Nc6 Bc7 97. Nd4+ Kd3 98. Nf5 Bf4 99. Kf2 $2 (99. Kh1 $19) 99... Ke4 100. Ne7 Bg5 $2 (100... Bd6 {setzt Matt} 101. Nc8 Bh2 102. Nb6 Bc7 103. Nd7 Kf4 104. Kg1 f5 105. Nf8 Kg3 106. Ne6 Bb6+ 107. Kh1 Kg4 108. Kh2 Bf2 109. Kh1 Bg3 110. Kg1 Be5 111. Kh1 Bf6 112. Kh2 Bc3 113. Kh1 Be5 114. Kg1 Bg3 115. Kh1 Be5 116. Kg1 Ba1 117. Kh1 Bb2 118. Kh2 Be5+ 119. Kg1) 101. Nc8 $2 {[#]} (101. Nc6 $19) 101... Be3+ $1 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 102. Kg3 Bc5 103. Kxh3 f5 {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vlasenko, Miroslav"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,-6,-14,0,-7,0,-15,-14,-7,-15,-30,0,-32,-27,-28,-31,-38,-32,-41,-42,-38,-36,-36,-31,-72,-27,-25,-28,-28,-30,-56,-59,-72,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,12,9,41,37,47,47,65,66,56,-524,-517]} 1. d4 {Stohl,I} d6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qe2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qc7 10. h3 (10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qe3 Bg7 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qe3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Nf1 a6 18. h4 b5 19. N1h2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {1-0 (35) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Duda,J (2717) Riadh 2017}) 10... h6 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Nh5 12. Bd5 $146 ({Reject} 12. Bxc5 Nf4 $17) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh2 b5 13. Bxb5 Nd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. O-O dxe3 16. Qxe3 {0-1 (71) Zhu,C (2490)-Kudrin,S (2565) Beijing 1998 CBM 066 [Stohl,I]}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. Qf3 $1 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe6 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 19. Bxh6 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 f6 21. Bf4 {[#] And now Bc7 would win.} Be8 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. g4 Nc6 26. Qe4 Bd7 (26... g5 $17 27. Bg3 Kg7) 27. Nd2 $11 e5 28. Be3 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Qg2+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...f4.} 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. b3 Kd8 33. Nc4 Kc7 34. Bg7 Qe6 {[#]} 35. Bxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 36. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qh2 $1 $14 {was the only good move.}) 36... Qh6+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,6,19,-19,5,-11,24,20,25,33,36,22,20,17,20,0,0,0,34,21,64,56,55,50,52,60,63,17,17,16,16,18,15,10,30,31,27,41,44,22,27,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,60,68,44,0,0,0,8,1,10,-41,27,37,489,472]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Nd4 $146 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 g6 8. Nb3 Ne6 9. Be3 c5 10. Ng5 b6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a4 Bb7 13. O-O {0-1 (40) Vitiugov,N (2735)-Caruana,F (2784) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6... Nxd2 7. Qxd2 c5 8. Nb5 {Qxd5! is the strong threat.White has an edge.} a6 9. Qa5 $1 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} Nc6 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Ne6+ Ke8 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Ne6+ Ke8 14. Nxf8 Qe7 15. Bb5 $1 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Kxf8 18. b3 Qxe5 19. Qxc5+ Kg8 20. Be3 h6 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. Rae1 Kh7 23. f4 Qh4 24. Qc3 Bb5 25. Rf3 {[#] And now Rh3 would win.} ({Reject} 25. Bxg7 Rhc8 $17) 25... Rhe8 26. Rg3 f6 27. a4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Bc6 28. Rf1 Re4 (28... Qh5 $11) 29. Qf3 $1 $14 Bd7 30. c3 Rae8 31. h3 Bf5 32. Kh2 R8e7 33. Qd1 (33. Bc5 $11 Rc7 34. Bg1) 33... Be6 ({Black should try} 33... Rxf4 $15 34. Bc5 Rf7) 34. Bf2 $11 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qxf4 $14 35. Bc5 Qc7 36. Bxe7 Qxe7) 35. Rd3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,77,8,0,14,-4,10,-12,59,-1,66,56,78,75,89,72,84,63,104,143,152,160,147,126,121,120,129,121,133,127,122,132,227,221,354,343,552,502,516,519,772,780,759,755,993,950,969,954,962,951,979,960,949,934,893,834,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bxb5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nh6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nge7 12. O-O Bb6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Ba7 17. Bxf5 exf5 {1-0 (50) Nakamura,H (2787)-Akobian,V (2647) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. O-O Bb6 13. Ng5 Qe7 (13... Nf5 $1 $11) 14. Kh1 (14. Qh5 $14) 14... O-O-O (14... Nf5 $11) 15. Qh5 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rdf8 16. Qh3 Kb8 17. Bd2 Ka8 18. Rab1 Nd8 19. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f6 20. exf6 ({Reject} 20. Nxh7 $6 Rfg8 $11) 20... Rxf6 21. a5 Bc7 22. b5 Bd6 23. a6 b6 24. Rbe1 {[%cal Bb1e1,Be1e6,Be6c6][%mdl 32] Hoping for f5.} Nhf7 {[#]} 25. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 {[#]} (25... Qxf7 $16 {is a better defense.} 26. f5 e5) 26. f5 $1 $18 Ne5 (26... Kb8 $142) 27. Bg5 Nxd3 $2 (27... exf5 {keeps fighting.} 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf5 (29. Bxf5 Kb8 $18) 29... Rf8) 28. Bxf6 ({Weaker is} 28. cxd3 e5 $16) 28... gxf6 29. Rxe6 ({Less strong is} 29. cxd3 e5 $16) 29... Qd7 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 30. cxd3 Be5 31. Rc6 Qg7 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. Qh5 Kb8 34. g3 Rg8 35. Rfc1 Rf8 36. Qh6 Rd8 37. Re6 Qxb5 38. Qxh7 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rh7b7]} Qxa6 39. Rxe5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,153,1,4,4,12,16,16,10,12,17,23,23,26,0,0,-18,-18,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,4,8,4,4,4,32,0,0,0,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12836,12836,12837,12837,12839,12839,12840,12840,12842,12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Qxc6 Qc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxc8 Rfxc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {1-0 (55) Santos Latasa,J (2542)-Anand,V (2783) Leon 2017}) 13... Qc2 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rfc8 17. Bf4 h6 18. h4 b5 19. Bd2 b4 20. Na2 Rc2 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Nxb4 Rxb2 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 a5 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. dxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb8 29. c6 Kf8 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Rc5 Rc8 32. Kf1 f5 33. h5 Kd6 34. Rxa5 Kxc6 35. Ra7 Rg8 36. Ke1 e3 37. fxe3 g6 38. hxg6 Rxg6 39. Kf2 Rg8 40. Ra6+ Kd5 41. Ra5+ Kd6 42. Rb5 Rg4 43. Rb6+ Kd5 44. Rb8 Ke5 45. Kf3 h5 46. Kf2 h4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Ke1 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rb1 50. Rb4 Kd5 51. Rd4+ Kc5 52. Kc3 (52. b4+ $5 Rxb4 53. Rxb4 Kxb4 54. e4 $11) 52... Rc1+ 53. Kd2 Rb1 54. Kc2 Re1 55. Rd2 Rh1 56. Rd1 Rh3 57. Rd3 Rh2 58. Rc3+ Kd5 59. Kd2 Rh1 60. Rc1 Rh4 61. Kd3 Rh3 62. Rc4 e5 63. Kd2 f4 64. Rc3 {[#] And now e4+ would win.} f3 65. exf3 Rxf3 66. Rc4 e4 67. Rc3 Rf2+ 68. Kc1 Re2 69. b4 Ra2 70. Rc5+ Kd6 71. Rc4 Kd5 72. Rc3 (72. Rd4+ {keeps more tension.} Kc6 73. Rd2 Ra3 74. Kb2 Rxe3) 72... Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (72... Kd6 $11) 73. Rc5+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 74. Rc4 Kf5 75. Kb2 Ra8 76. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Re8 77. b6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 78%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,6,7,33,28,21,-49,-33,-52,-41,-83,-84,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-90,-90,-95,-93,-94,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-104,-93,-108,-27,-18,-18,-18,-20,-35,-22,-75,-80,-79,-72,-71,-67,-80,-74,-83,-77,-136,-81,-81,-85,-139,-121,-233,-150,-158,-128,-181,-189,-169,-156,-218,-101,-228,-201,-218,-176,-192,-60,-75,-78,-63,-64,-193,-186,-1431,-1601,-1484,-1393,-1462,-1375,-3334,-2553,-2329,-189,-403,-403,-533,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-410,-410,-4636,-4629,-4622,-4614,-3447,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 (5... Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 h5 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Ng5 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 e5 9. g3 O-O 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. Rf1 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. h3 Be6 15. Nge2 {½-½ (15) Sindarov,J (2488)-Andersen,M (2601) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Re1 (12. Be2 $11) 12... Rc8 $15 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd3 Qa5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nh5.} 15. Rd1 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 16. Qe1 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Qxg3 Rxc3 ({Worse is} 17... Bxf4 18. Qe1 $16) 18. Qe1 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. cxd3 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxf4 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Rxe2 d5 23. Bc1 dxe4 24. dxe4 Rd8 (24... f5 $17 25. exf5 Bxf5+ 26. Kb2 Bg3) 25. Bxf4 $11 exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 26. Rf2 Rd4 27. Rxf4 Bf5 28. Re1 (28. Kc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Bxh3 $17 29. Kc2 Be6 30. Rd1 Rb4 31. Kc3 Rb5 32. Rb1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 33. a4 (33. Rh1 $142) 33... Rc5+ ({Better is} 33... Ra5 34. Rh4 b6) 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. b4 (35. Rff1 $142) 35... Rc8 36. Rb2 (36. Rh4 $17) 36... Rh8 37. Rf1 h4 38. Rc2 (38. b5 $17 {was necessary.}) 38... g5 $19 39. Ke3 g4 40. Rc5 (40. Kf4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 40... b6 (40... h3 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 41. Re1 b6) 41. Re5 (41. Rg5+ $17 {was the only defense.} Kh6 42. Kf4) 41... Rc8 42. a5 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 {[#]} Kh6 (43... h3 $1 $19 44. Rf2 Kf6) 44. Rxe6+ $1 $15 fxe6 45. Kxg4 {KR-KR} Kg6 46. axb6 (46. Kxh4 $15 Rc4 47. Rg1+ Kf6 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Rg1+ Kf6 50. Rf1+ Ke7 51. Re1) 46... axb6 $19 47. e5 $2 (47. b5) 47... Rc4+ 48. Kh3 Rxb4 49. Rf6+ Kg5 50. Rxe6 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Kg4 $2 (51... h3+ 52. Kh2 b5) 52. Rf6 $2 (52. Kf2) 52... h3+ 53. Kg1 Kg5 $2 (53... b5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rb1+.} 54. e6 Re3) 54. Rf8 $11 Rb5 55. Rf6 Rb2 56. Rf8 Kg4 57. Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. e6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Re2 58. Re8) 57... b5 $19 58. Rb6 (58. Ra6 $142 Kf5 59. Rh6 h2+ 60. Kh1 Kxe5 61. Rc6) 58... Kg3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 59. Rg6+ Kf4 60. e6 {[#]} Re2 $2 (60... h2+ $1 $19 61. Kh1 Re2) 61. Rh6 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg4 {Hoping for ...b4.} 62. Rg6+ Kf5 63. Rh6 $1 b4 64. Rh4 {[#]} h2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 65. Kh1 $1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} (65. Rxh2 Rxh2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,67,84,64,93,52,52,48,54,48,53,52,59,42,70,71,81,72,71,2,14,18,16,0,-18,-35,-45,-55,-29,-32,0,0,0,-7,0,0,8,18,13,7,78,105,69,42,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 a5 (4... Bg7 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Nc5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. Nh4 Bxf4 15. Bxg4 Ne3 {1-0 (52) Duda,J (2693)-Jobava,B (2713) Chartres 2017}) 5. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qd2 Nc7 9. g3 Bg4 10. Nh4 a4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bg2 {1-0 (62) Bragin,A (2385)-Chuvilo,K Briansk 1995}) 5... Na6 6. Be3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Nh6 7. f4 Nf5 8. Bf2 {White is slightly better.} h5 9. g3 e6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Rg1 (11. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 12. O-O $11) 11... c5 12. Bxa6 $1 cxd4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Ba6 (14. Nxd4 $16 Rxb7 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bd4) 14... dxc3 $11 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd3 h4 17. gxh4 Bc5 18. Nd4 Rb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qa7.} 19. a4 $1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rc6 22. Ra2 Rc3 23. Qe2 Rxh3 24. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h3]} R3xh4 (24... Ra3 $11 25. Rxa3 Bxa3) 25. Bxh4 $16 Rxh4 26. Rf1 g5 27. Qe3 Rg4+ {The position is equal.} 28. Kh3 Rh4+ 29. Kg2 Rg4+ 30. Kh3 f5 31. exf6 ({Don't go for} 31. fxg5 $2 {[#]} Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh2 Qh7+ 33. Qh3 Rh4 $19) 31... Rh4+ 32. Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kh3 Rh4+ 34. Kg2 Rg4+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Apryshko, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,51,46,50,49,52,49,54,49,52,52,57,58,79,69,68,64,69,55,79,48,57,7,18,5,38,46,46,37,48,46,50,52,49,51,41,56,29,46,46,9,33,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O a6 (5... Ne7 6. Bb3 h6 7. c3 Nd7 8. a4 a5 9. Ne1 b6 10. f4 Ba6 11. Rf2 d5 12. e5 h5 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {½-½ (94) Bosiocic,M (2610)-Rapport,R (2696) Karlsruhe 2017}) 6. Bb3 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} Nd7 7. Re1 Ne7 8. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} b6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 c5 12. Be3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 {½-½ (38) Epishin,V (2567)-Foisor,O (2381) Vaujany 2012}) 12... Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 b5 15. a4 d5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. h4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 20. Rc1 {Schwarz muss nun Lc7 beachten.} Nc6 ({Nur nicht} 20... Nxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bc7 $18) 21. e5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 22. Qd1 Nb4 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bd2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 25. Be3 Na5 26. Bc2 Nc4 27. Bb1 Rc8 28. Bf4 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Be3 Nxg3 $1 31. fxg3 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxf3 {zielt auf Kh2 ab.} Nxe3 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Bxg6 {Droht Matt per Df7+.} Qa7 $1 ({Nicht} 34... Nf5 $2 35. Bxf5 Qxd4+ 36. Kh2 $18) 35. Kh2 Bxd4 {Und ...Dg7 würde nun gewinnen.} 36. Ra1 {[#]} (36. Rc1 $11 {war der einzige Weg, das Gleichgewicht zu behalten.} Nc4 37. b3) 36... Qg7 ({Besser ist} 36... Qe7 $1 $17 37. Ra8 Kg7) 37. Ra8 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qxg6 38. Rxc8+ Kh7 {Und weiter mit ...Sg4+ wäre nett.} (38... Kg7 $5 39. Rc7+ $8 Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Rc8+ $11) 39. Rc7+ Kg8 {...Sg4+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 40. Rc8+ Kh7 {Precision: Weiß = 78%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,23,45,14,52,40,41,37,34,34,52,60,71,70,66,66,93,83,80,84,83,77,93,90,162,164,150,89,99,92,103,79,86,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-18,-18,-18,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 {LiveBook: 28 Games. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10... c6 11. c5 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6 Ne5 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. f4 {½-½ (42) Bogner,S (2527)-Nisipeanu,L (2668) Ortisei 2016}) 11. h3 Nf7 12. Qd2 c6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rad1 Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxe5 Nc7 16. Qe3 b6 {1-0 (42) Hillarp Persson,T (2513)-Kavutskiy,K (2332) Douglas 2016}) 14. Qc2 {Black must now prevent dxe5.} Qe7 15. c5 exd4 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd4 {Hoping for Ndb5.} Qe7 18. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. f5 Bd7 21. Bc4 Be8 {[#]} (21... Kh8 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Ne2 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening fxg6.} Kh8 23. a3 ({White should try} 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nf4) 23... Rd8 $16 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. b4 Ng5 26. Bxg5 (26. Bd3 $16) 26... fxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Ne6 Bxe6 $1 28. fxe6 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qf6+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Qxd4 Bxd4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 33. Kf1 {[#] Threatens to win with e7.} Bf6 34. b5 Kg7 35. e5 Be7 36. a4 Kf8 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Bb6 40. Kd3 Bc5 41. Ke4 Bg1 42. Kd3 Bf2 43. Ke4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,23,64,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Qf2 Nxc4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. h4 h5 15. O-O-O c6 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Nh3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Ng5 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Qb5 {½-½ (24) Khenkin,I (2624)-Jakubiec,A (2528) Bad Wiessee 2011}) 9... Qf4 10. Be3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf4 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 40 Games} (12. g4 $14 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,25,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,4,0,-16,-15,-22,-14,-16,0,0,15,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O {LiveBook: 16 Partien} Nd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen. B77: Sizilianisch (Moderne Drachen-Variante)} 13. Rad1 (13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. f4 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (38) Fedorchuk,S (2653)-Benidze,D (2469) Kocaeli 2015}) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Qc5 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd4 Rac8 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Rb4 b6 {0-1 (37) Hansen,E (2268)-Khachiyan,M (2504) Philadelphia 2008}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb7 Rxc2 19. Rf2 Rc5 20. b3 f5 21. exf5 Rb8 22. Ba6 {Weiss will fxg6 spielen.} gxf5 23. f4 Kf8 24. b4 Rc3 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} e6 27. a3 Ke7 28. Rc2 {Schwarz sollte Tc7+ verhindern.} Nd5 29. g3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 30. Kf2 h4 31. Rc6 a5 32. bxa5 {Droht a6.} Rb3 33. Bc4 Rxa3 34. Bxd5 {[#] Und Lf3 würde nun gewinnen.} (34. a6 {with more complications.} Kd7 35. Bb5 hxg3+ 36. hxg3 Ra5 37. Rb6+) 34... exd5 35. gxh4 {KT-KT} Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kg3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ra3+ {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,104,16,43,15,10,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-11,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-8,-11,-2,-1,-3,-25,-13,-17,-10,-29,0,-8,-8,-31,-26,-29,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-87,-289,-295,-295,-265,-288,-297,-307,-307,-305,-303,-300,-294,-335,-323,-482,-487,-485,-479,-472,-447,-493,-476,-29961,-29961,-29962,-29962,-12847,-12257,-29970,-29970,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} cxd4 (9... Bd7 10. Rb1 Qxc3 11. d5 b6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qe2 e6 15. e5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 {½-½ (79) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rc1 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Nf6 16. d5 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (40) Chojnacki,K (2404)-Krzyzanowski,M (2417) Poland 2015}) 15... Bxc6 $1 16. Rxc6 Nb8 17. Rc5 Bxd4 18. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Qa5+ 19. Bd2 Bc3 20. Rxb5 Qc7 21. O-O {aiming for Qc2.} Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 (23. Qe3 {looks sharper.} e6 24. Rfb1 Nc6 25. Rc1 Rab8 26. Rbc5) 23... Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Nc6 25. Bb3 e6 26. Rc5 Nd4 27. Ra5 Rd7 28. g3 Rc8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 Rc3 31. Rb1 Nc6 32. Ba4 Nxa5 (32... Rxg3+ $5 33. Kxg3 Rd3+ 34. f3 Nxa5 $15) 33. Bxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc2 34. a4 h5 35. Kf3 (35. e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... a6 $17 36. Ke3 $2 (36. Rb8 $17) 36... Rc7 $19 37. Be8 {intending Rb8.} Rc8 38. Bd7 Rd8 39. Bxe6 fxe6 {KRN-KR} 40. Rc1 Kf6 41. Rc5 Nb3 42. Rc6 Rd1 43. f3 (43. Rc3 $142 Re1+ 44. Kd3) 43... Re1+ 44. Kf4 a5 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 {[#]} (47. Kg3 $19) 47... Rf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxf3 Nd4+ 49. Kf4 Nxc6 50. e5+ Kf7 {Black mates.} 51. Ke4 {[#]} g5 $1 52. h5 (52. hxg5 Kg6) 52... Kg7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-29,-33,-58,-22,-69,-62,-57,-45,-62,-32,-69,-68,-49,-50,-73,-77,-75,-87,-170,-181,-240,-258,-233,-173,-187,-184,-402,-387,-841,-746,-1323,-578,-567,-556,-553,-446,-524,-523,-514,-485,-501,-339,-314,-291,-263,-253,-240,-251,-294,-289,-370,-360,-502,-486,-541,-529,-591,-583,-581,-580,-1112,-1103,-948,-903,-5309,-5309,-5297,-5289,-5524,-5517,-5350,-5363,-2623,-2346,-1711,-1698,-29994,-29995]} 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} (6... a5 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. b3 Be6 {1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Svidler,P (2745) Moscow 2016}) 7. b4 {b5 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qa4 Qd6 10. Na3 {Hoping for Rb1.} O-O 11. Rb1 $146 {aiming for Bxc6.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. Bxc6 Bc3 {0-1 (13) Legahn,D-Paust,W (2215) Bargteheide 1988}) 11... a5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Bg5 Ra6 {And now ...Nd8 would win.} 14. e3 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 15. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 16. Kg2 Qd8 17. exd4 exd4 18. Na3 {[#]} (18. Bxc6 $17 Rxc6 19. a3) 18... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f3]} 19. Bxb7 (19. Nc2 $142) 19... Rb6 ({Inferior is} 19... Nxd3 20. Bxa6 Qa8+ 21. Kg1 $11) 20. Be4 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rbd1 $2 (22. Nc2 {was the only defense.} c6 23. Bf3) 22... c6 23. Bf3 $2 (23. f4 Nd7 24. Bxc6) 23... f4 (23... Nxf3 24. Kxf3 f4 25. Kg2 $17) 24. c5 Rb8 (24... Nxf3 $142 25. cxb6 Qd5) 25. Nc4 Nxf3 26. Qxc6 Ng5 27. Ne5 {and the idea Ng6+ leaves White hopeful.} Rf6 28. Qd7 Qg8 29. h4 Nf7 30. Ng4 Ra6 ({Less strong is} 30... Bxc5 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Qf5 $17) 31. Qxd4 {[#]} f3+ $1 32. Kg1 (32. Kxf3 Rd8) 32... Rc6 33. Qe4 Rxc5 34. d4 Rc3 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. Qxf3 Nc4 37. a4 Re8 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 38. Rfe1 Nxe3 39. Rxe3 Rcxe3 40. fxe3 Qb3 41. Kg2 Rxe3 42. Qg4 Qd5+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qc2+ Kg8 46. Qc8+ Bf8 {( -> ...Qa2+)} 47. Qe6+ Qxe6 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,68,14,28,18,26,-16,-10,-33,-33,-42,-33,-47,-23,-53,-15,-75,0,-14,2,-8,5,0,10,0,0,8,8,8,10,-6,-6,-47,-58,-92,-94,-228,-227,-230,-163,-180,-156,-159,-149,-403,-410,-573,-573,-567,-521,-5406,-2622,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 Nbd7 12. b5 Ne4 13. a4 Ndf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (73) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 7... a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 {With the idea e4.} (11. Ne5 $5) 11... Bb7 $1 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. a3 Qe7 14. Na2 {0-1 (42) Schmalzried,V (1901)-Glantz,R (2310) Berlin 2013}) 12... Nbd7 13. b4 Ne4 14. Qb3 Ndf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Bf1 {[#]} (16. Be2 $11) 16... Nxd2 ({Better is} 16... Ng4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4h2] ...Nxh2! is the strong threat.} 17. Bc1 a5 18. bxa5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa5) 17. Rxd2 Rad8 18. g3 g6 19. Rc2 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8f5,Bf5d7][%mdl 32]} 20. Bg2 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne2 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Rb8. Black fights for an advantage.} 24. Rcc1 Rb8 25. Qa4 Bxa3 26. Nfd4 (26. Ra1 $17 Bb2 27. Ra2) 26... Bxc1 $19 27. Rxc1 Bd7 28. Qxa6 Rec8 {aiming for ...Rxc1+.} 29. Ra1 Rb2 30. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Rf1 $17) 30... Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxf2 Ng4+ 32. Ke1 Qb4+ 33. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Qa3.} Qb2+ 34. Ke1 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,156,12,9,10,18,31,25,25,37,45,55,35,47,37,43,55,46,54,44,50,51,46,83,91,93,66,68,66,60,57,63,59,52,46,64,71,92,91,96,91,185,178,184,177,176,172,147,114,114,116,117,102,104,86,148,74,65,73,59,47,70,73,103,73,134,140,130,113,127,25,159,147,145,149,134,106,116,28,145,27,28,24,39,4,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,77,95,79,94,72,70,66,87,76,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O Nh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 c6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Rae1 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} f5 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Be6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. N2c3 Rad8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Nf2 Bd6 21. Nce4 Bc7 22. Ng5 {½-½ (22) Priehoda,V (2414)-Haba,P (2463) Czechia 2012}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 {White has an edge.} Qc7 14. exf5 $1 Bxf5 15. h3 {Black must now prevent g4.} Be6 16. b3 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rf7 19. Ne4 b6 20. Bh6 Rff8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. d4 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Ng5 e4 25. f3 exf3 26. Nxf3 Qd6 27. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 28. Re5 Bc6 29. h4 h6 (29... Rf6 $16) 30. Nh3 $18 Kh7 31. Nf4 Rf5 {[%cal Re8e5]} 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Bh3 Rf6 34. Re5 Bf7 35. Bg4 Qd8 36. Qe3 Rc6 ({Black should play} 36... h5 37. Bf3 Rc6) 37. Re7 (37. Be2 $142 $1) 37... Rc7 $16 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Qd3 Qe7 40. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qg5 41. Kh3 Nf5 (41... a6 $142) 42. Bxf5 $1 ({Of course not} 42. Nxg6 $6 Bxg6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11) 42... gxf5 43. Qe2 Kg8 {[#]} 44. Kg2 (44. Qe5 $1 $16) 44... Qg4 (44... Qd8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45. Qe5 Bxh5 46. Qb8+ ({Don't play} 46. Nxd5 $6 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 46... Kg7 47. Qxa7+ Bf7 48. Qe7 (48. a4 $16) 48... Kg8 (48... Qd1 $11) 49. Qe5 (49. Qe1 $16) 49... Qd1 $11 50. Qe3 Qc2+ 51. Qe2 (51. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2c2]} Qd1 52. Kh2 $11) 51... Qc3 52. Qe5 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qxa2 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kg8 56. Qb8+ Kg7 57. Qxb6 Qc2 58. Qb4 Qe4+ 59. Kf2 h5 {[#]} (59... Qc2+ $11 60. Ne2 Bh5 61. Qe7+ Kg8) 60. Qd2 $1 $16 Qh1 61. Ng2 Qb1 62. Qe3 Qc2+ 63. Kg1 Qb1+ 64. Kh2 Qb2 65. Kh3 (65. Qe5+ $16 Kg8 66. Qb8+ (66. Qxf5 Qxd4 67. Nf4 Qf2+ 68. Kh3 Qg1 $11) 66... Kh7 67. b4) 65... Qb1 $11 {[%cal Rb1h1] The position is equal.} 66. Qe1 Qxb3 67. Qe5+ Kg8 68. Ne3 Qb1 {[%cal Rb1h1]} 69. Kh4 Qe4+ $1 70. Qf4 Kg7 71. Nxf5+ Kf6 {[%cal Re4h1]} 72. Ne3+ Qxf4+ 73. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 74. Kh3 Kf6 75. Kg3 Be6 76. Kh4 Bf7 77. f5 Be8 78. Nxd5+ Kxf5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Kozionov, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,0,5,0,0,-10,0,-30,0,5,20,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,26,-76,-66,-72,-81,-113,-102,-101,-90,-128,-12,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-71,28,22,270,270,571,555,858,868,1125,1129,1074,1084,1055,1045,1016,1011,29987,29988,29989,29990,29997,29998,29998,29998]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nf5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} (11... a4 12. Re4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6 f6 17. Ne4 {½-½ (63) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Caruana,F (2799) London 2017}) 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 {½-½ (56) Zvjaginsev,V (2660)-Bacrot,E (2697) Skopje 2015}) 14. Ne4 Nd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 Be6 17. Bc3 d5 18. Nd2 Rf7 19. b4 dxc4 20. dxc4 Rd7 21. Bxc6 (21. Qc1 $11) 21... bxc6 $17 22. Qc2 Rd3 23. b5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Rc8 25. Qb2 Bh6 (25... Bf5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bf8.} 26. Rb7 Bf8) 26. Ne4 $1 $11 Bxc4 27. Ba5 Qf8 28. Bb4 Qd8 $1 29. Rb7 {[#]} (29. Ba5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf8 30. Bb4) 29... Rb3 (29... Rd4 $1 $17 {...Bf8 is the strong threat.} 30. Ra7 Bg7) 30. Qc2 Bg7 $2 (30... Kh8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Qd1 (31. Be7 Qa5 $11) 31... Bd5) 31. Nd6 $18 Rc6 $2 (31... Bd5 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qxc8 Qxc8 34. Nxc8 Rd3) 32. Nxc4 Qc8 33. Qe4 Rxc4 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Rd1 {[#] Intending Qd8+ and mate.} Rd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Ra7 Bf8 38. Ra8 {White mates.} Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Qc1 40. Rxf8+ Kg7 41. Rf7+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,83,13,6,33,12,22,-23,-19,-22,-26,-24,-23,-19,-26,-42,-24,-79,-31,-48,0,0,0,-87,-112,-125,-125,-137,-129,-125,-137,-153,-124,-137,-25,-35,0,0,0,-12,-12,-4,-5,-21,-26,-33,0,-27,0,-43,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Qf2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (13. g5 Nh5 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Kb1 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Rhg1 d5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Qg5 Ng4 20. Qh5 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2759)-Gao,R (2561) Tianjin 2018}) 13... Qc8 14. g5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nh5 15. Kb1 {White is slightly better.} f5 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4.} 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Rg1 {[#]} Ng4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 17... Rf7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Rg2 Rc8 20. Qa7 Nc6 {0-1 (32) Todorovic,G (2511)-Kovacevic,A (2550) Kopaonik 2005}) 18. Qe2 (18. fxg4 Rxf2) 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Kh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Rg2 Qe8 21. Nb5 (21. Nd2 $11) 21... Qf7 22. Nc7 Bg5 (22... Nxc2 $5 23. Rxc2 (23. Kxc2 $2 Rac8 $19) 23... Bxb3 24. Nxa8 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rxa8 $17) 23. Qxg5 Qxc7 24. Nc1 (24. Rxd6 $11 Rf6 25. c3 (25. Bc4 $2 Rg6 $19)) 24... Rxf3 $17 25. c3 Nc6 26. Be2 Rf6 {[#] ...Rg6 is the strong threat.} 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. Rxg4 Rg6 29. Qh4 {Hoping for Rxg6.} Rxg4 (29... Rh6 $17 30. Qg3 Rf8) 30. Qxg4 $11 Qe7 31. Nb3 Rd8 32. Nd2 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Ne4 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 h6 36. Qg4 Qf8 37. h3 Qf1+ 38. Kc2 {The position is equal.} Qc4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4+.} 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,98,33,31,31,33,31,33,34,33,20,27,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,-2,-12,-12,-12,-16,-29,-24,-24,-18,-16,-17,-22,-16,-24,-25,-66,-79,-57,-63,-44,-41,-118,-111,-195,-194,-197,-188,-188,-194,-194,-187,-184,-170,-181,-109,-218,-143,-142,-142,-142,-141,-134,-131,-125,-108,-154,-145,-184,-183,-264,-264,-441,-243,-493,-420,-491,-493,-508,-508,-501,-494,-620,-620,-783,-774]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (6... d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Qe4 a4 15. Bxh6 axb3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ {½-½ (21) Vitiugov,N (2740)-Tomashevsky,E (2714) Sochi 2018}) 7. Bd3 Nfd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 c6 11. Rb1 Na6 12. b4 cxd5 13. cxd5 axb4 14. axb4 {0-1 (55) Noe,C (2451)-Jumabayev,R (2620) Warsaw 2017}) 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Qb1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qh5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne4 {Threatening Nxc5.} Qg6 {And now ...Rxf3 would win.} 20. Re2 {White wants to play Nxc5.} Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Ra5 23. Rc1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. c5 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Rxe5 Bf6 27. Re2 Rb5 28. Rcc2 ({White should try} 28. Ne5 $15) 28... Rfb8 $17 {[%cal Rb5b2]} 29. Re6 (29. Ne5 $17) 29... Rxb2 $19 ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxb2 30. Rxc6 Bxa3 31. g3 $15) 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 ({Stronger than} 30... Rxb2 31. Kf1 $11) 31. Rxc6 Bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame ( -> ...Rb1+). KRB-KRN} 32. g3 {[#]} Ra8 $1 {aiming for ...Bb4.} 33. Ne1 Bb2 34. Nc2 d4 ({Better is} 34... a3 $19 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 35. Rb6 Kf7) 35. Rd6 (35. Nb4 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... Rc8 36. c6 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rxd3 Rxc6 38. Nb4 Rc4 39. Na2 Bd4 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Rf3+ Ke6 42. Rf4 (42. Rd3 $142) 42... Kd5 43. h4 $2 (43. Kf1 {only move.}) 43... Bc5 (43... a3 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 44. Rf5+ Kc6) 44. Rf3 $2 (44. Nc3+ Rxc3 45. Rxa4) 44... a3 45. Rd3+ Rd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rf3 Kc4 47. Rc3+ Kb5 48. Rb3+ Ka4 49. Rb7 {Hoping for Nc3+.} Rc4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,30,23,22,23,27,17,35,31,14,13,56,54,66,48,72,67,94,92,86,92,87,84,74,83,85,56,103,109,168,167,170,99,106,98,103,98,99,99,100,99,102,105,108,100,97,87,87,87,87,87,83,74,85,0,113,113,113,113,5110,-4132]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 {D02: Damenbauernspiele} 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Re8 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Bg3 a6 14. Nb3 e6 15. Bf1 b5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Qd3 {1-0 (41) Agrest,E (2592)-Von Bahr,O (2362) Sweden 2016}) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Bb5 {Schwarz muss nun Lxe5 beachten.} Re6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} a6 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. dxe5 d4 20. Nf3 d3 21. b4 Qd5 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Qc3 f6 24. Rac1 Rc6 {[#]} (24... Rc8 $16) 25. exf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 26. Be5 (26. Ne5 $18 Rcc8 27. Qd2) 26... Bb5 $16 {[#]} 27. Qd2 $1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 d2 29. Nxd2 Bxe5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Qf4 Rf8 {Mit der Idee ...Lc3.} 33. Re6 Bc3 34. Qe3 Qxb4 35. Rxb6 Qc4 36. Rb7 {Und Dh6 würde nun gewinnen.} Bg7 37. Ng5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss hat einigen Angriff.} (37. Qd2 $16) 37... Bh6 (37... Bd4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 38. Qe6+ Qxe6 39. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 40. Kf1 Rf6 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kh6) 38. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32] Droht De7 und aus.} Bxg5 39. hxg5 Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd8 $16 40. f4 Rf8) 40. Rb5 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: Weiß = 66%, Schwarz = 62%. . Loss on Time!?} (40. Qe7 $18 Rf7 41. Qxf7+ Qxf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. f4) 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,112,0,25,29,59,50,49,0,59,0,10,0,60,0,6,0,16,0,39,34,36,36,36,39,35,40,31,35,36,36,75,68,87,87,102,63,63,63,63,63,64,49,39,54,56,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,-16,-22,-16,-13,-13,-15,-7,-7,-212,-229,-221,-204,-216,-209,-176,-167,-250,-227,-247,-180,-167,0,-147,-139,-854,-840,-667,-612,-1280,-1233,-962,-863]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 h6 12. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games. C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 13. c4 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na3 {½-½ (15) Ilincic,Z (2471)-Sax,G (2525) Kecskemet 2011}) 13... b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Be3 Na6 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. Nd2 Kh7 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Qb3 {1-0 (58) Vulicevic,N (2320)-Shapiro,D (2320) New York 1993}) 14. Nbd2 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nf1 Bf8 ({Black should try} 15... a5 $11) 16. Ng3 (16. a5 $14) 16... Nc5 17. Bc2 g6 (17... a5 $11) 18. Be3 (18. a5 $1 $14) 18... a5 $11 19. b3 Bc8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bg7 22. Rf1 Nfd7 23. Nh2 Qh4 24. Qe1 Kg8 25. Ng4 Nf6 26. f3 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Nfd7 28. Kf2 {Hoping for g5!} Qe7 29. Rh1 Bf6 30. Rxh6 {aiming for Qh1.} Bg5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Kg7 34. Rh3 (34. Rh1 $14) 34... Rh8 (34... Nxb3 $11 35. Bxb3 Nc5) 35. Rd1 (35. Rxh8 $14 Rxh8 36. Rd1) 35... Rxh3 36. gxh3 Rh8 37. Rh1 g5 $1 38. h4 gxh4 39. Nf5+ Kf6 $1 40. Nxh4 Rh6 $1 41. f4 exf4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 42. g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg5 43. Nf3+ Kg6 44. e5+ Kg7 45. Rxh6 $2 (45. Nh4 $1 $11 Kf8 46. exd6 cxd6 47. Kf3) 45... Kxh6 $19 46. exd6 cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 47. Nd4 Kg5 48. Nc6 Nb7 49. Nd4 (49. Bd1 {was worth a try.}) 49... Ne5 $1 $19 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Bf5+ Kg5 52. Bc2 $1 Kf6 53. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Bd1 $17) 53... Ng4 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Kf3 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Nd4 (55. Nxe3 fxe3) 55... Nxc2 56. Nxc2 Ke5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,73,34,41,42,47,25,29,26,29,26,31,30,34,16,34,31,31,25,44,43,36,29,32,30,43,31,45,19,33,0,10,10,10,10,18,16,19,19,48,54,55,0,32,0,58,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 {D17: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} Bc2 11. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} (11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 Be4 13. Rd1 O-O 14. b3 Qc7 15. f3 Bd5 16. e4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 {½-½ (61) Kovalenko,I (2639)-Demidov,M (2523) Katowice 2017}) 11... Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na2 Bg6 {[#] zielt auf ...Sc2 ab.} 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Bd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Bb2 O-O 16. e4 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qe7 {½-½ (48) Alet,J (2206)-Levasseur,P (2163) France 2005}) 15... Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Qc3 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Be2 Be4 20. f3 Bg6 21. e4 h6 22. b4 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Bf1 Rd8 25. g3 Rcd7 26. Be2 Qf6 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 27. e5 Qg5 28. f4 Qf5 29. Rd2 Bh5 30. Bd3 Qg4 31. Be2 Qf5 {Weiss sollte ...Lxe2 verhindern.} 32. Bd3 Qg4 $1 33. Be2 {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 53%.} ({Günstiger ist} 33. Be4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,67,-17,-53,-16,-25,-25,-20,-11,-104,-55,-62,-66,-79,-79,-93,-94,-81,-94,-66,-87,-266,-262,-285,-284,-271,-269,-383,-365,-371,-358,-349,-337,-469,-465,-597,-595,-681,-570,-1075,-559,-660,-663,-633,-636,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nc5 Nc6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c6 {[%cal Rc6d5] Black is slightly better.} 12. Nxb7 Qb8 13. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba6 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bc8 16. Nc5 Qe5 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 {0-1 (27) Groffen,H (2220)-Van Wely,L (2605) Vlissingen 1998}) 13... Nxc6 14. Nc5 (14. Bb5 $11 {remains equal.} Ne5 15. Ba6) 14... Rd8 15. Qb3 Bxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 17. Qd1 Nd7 {[%mdl 1024] [#] And now ...Nxc5 would win. Black has strong compensation.} 18. Nb3 Ne6 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 19. Qc2 a5 20. a4 $2 {[#]} (20. Bc4 $17) 20... Qb4+ $1 $19 21. Bd2 Qxa4 22. Ra1 Rac8 23. Qd1 (23. Qxc8 $142 Qxa1+ 24. Nxa1 Rxc8 25. Bb5) 23... Qc6 24. Nxa5 Qb6 25. Nc4 Qb8 26. Ra3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Ba6 Qc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Ke2 Rxh1 32. Qb6 Nf4+ {Black mates.} 33. Ke3 Ng2+ 34. Ke2 Re1# {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,100,18,16,5,16,0,12,-21,-26,-48,-41,-130,-134,-141,-135,-291,-294,-270,-211,-209,-212,-190,-192,-209,-209,-244,-201,-244,-180,-224,-210,-202,-144,-144,-151,-169,-149,-168,-136,-133,-129,-179,-186,-186,-183,-187,-189,-179,-162,-156,-165,-153,-146,-231,-231,-242,-218,-259,-258,-361,-345,-458,-458,-464,-437,-574,-564,-879,-857,-960,-966,-1402,-1185,-2288,-2079,-2054,-2862,-12842,-1881]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qb1 Be7 12. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} 13. a4 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (13. Be3 e5 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. a4 exd4 17. cxd4 Qb8 18. d5 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6 {0-1 (45) Esen,B (2571)-Korobov,A (2687) Jerusalem 2015 CBM 166 [Krasenkow,M]}) 13... h6 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. e5 {The position is equal.} Rac8 16. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 Bd5 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf8 20. Qd3 Ng6 {½-½ (53) Van Bommel,T (1978)-Kriksciunas,B (2078) IECG email 2005}) 16... Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. f4 (17. a5 $15) 17... cxd4 $17 18. cxd4 {[#]} Nc6 $1 19. f5 $2 (19. Nf3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 19... Nxd4 $19 20. f6 Qxe5 21. Nc4 {[#]} Rxc4 $1 22. fxe7 {[%cal Re7d8]} (22. Bxc4 Qxe3+) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 {[%cal Re7d8]} Rcc8 24. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 25. Bf1 Rc8 26. Qe1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Bd5 28. Rf4 Nb3 29. Be2 Rc3 30. Rb4 Nc5 31. Ra1 g6 32. Rbb1 Nb3 33. Ra2 Nc1 34. Rd2 Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ra3 36. Rb4 Bc6 37. Rc2 Bxa4 38. Rc7 {[#]} (38. Rc8+ $17 Kg7 39. Rb1) 38... Bb3 $1 39. h4 Bd5 40. Rb2 h5 41. Rd7 {intending Rf2.} Bc4 42. Rb7 b5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rd2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 44. Rdd7 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 a4 46. Ke3 e5 47. g4 hxg4 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Ke4 Rf1 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,38,0,7,7,20,14,41,41,88,99,73,82,102,101,100,100,118,105,118,96,164,157,178,191,189,93,149,143,161,146,153,152,164,150,155,129,150,145,170,0,0,0,156,75,204,222,201,213,222,212,240,223,402,214,243,196,254,223,260,0,177,188,297,262,252,208,318,251,235,0,303,229,587,580]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 dxe5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 9. Nxe5 (9. dxe5 Nc7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bd3 Nba6 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bxe6 N7xe6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (46) Dragnev,V (2458)-Neiksans,A (2590) Katowice 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. Nxd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} e6 11. a4 h6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nb3) 10... Bxd7 {The position is equal.} 11. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Be6 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Nc2 a5 15. a4 Nc7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 {0-1 (28) Cop,J (1729)-Kolsek,J (1641) Verzej 2013}) 12... Rc8 13. Bb3 h6 14. Nf3 c5 15. c4 Nb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 16. d5 Bf5 17. a4 a5 18. Bd2 Ra8 19. Qc1 Kh7 (19... h5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Bc3 $18 Nc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bc2 (22. g4 $18 Bd7 23. Qc3+ Kh7 24. Qe3) 22... Bxc2 (22... e6 $142) 23. Qxc2 $16 Ra6 24. Ra3 Rf6 25. Rae3 Re8 26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Nd2 Kg8 28. Ne4 Rf4 29. Qe5 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e5]} 30. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rf4 $1 31. Qc1 (31. Nxd6 $142 Qxd6 32. Qxa5) 31... b6 (31... Rxe4 $16 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Qb6) 32. Nxd6 $18 Qxd6 {[#]} 33. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 (33... Qxe7 34. Rxe7) 34. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 35. Re2 Rd4 $2 (35... Kg7 {is a better defense.} 36. b3 h5) 36. b3 (36. Qxh6 $142 {[%cal Re2e8]} Qd8 37. Qc1) 36... g5 37. Qe3 Rd1+ (37... Qf5 {was called for.} 38. Qc1 Kg7) 38. Re1 Rd4 39. Re2 Rd1+ {[#]} 40. Kh2 $1 Qa1 (40... Rd4 $142 41. Qc3 Kg7) 41. Qf3 ({Weaker is} 41. Qe8+ Kg7 $16) 41... Kf8 42. Re3 Qd4 (42... Rh1+ $142 43. Kg3 Rc1) 43. Re4 Qa1 44. Re3 Qd4 45. Qf5 {Rf3 is the strong threat.} Rd2 $2 (45... Qf4+ {is tougher.} 46. Qxf4 gxf4) 46. Rf3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,24,38,24,33,8,18,4,9,0,3,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,12,3,23,23,22,9,38,13,19,14,11,0,24,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 a5 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 b5 {0-1 (42) Howell,D (2676)-Laznicka,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. c4 {½-½ (37) Golubov,S (2467)-Chigaev,M (2542) Loo 2016}) 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. c4 Rad8 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Rd3 Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 19. Rad1 g6 20. Bc3 Qc7 (20... Qf5 {looks sharper.} 21. Bg4 Qf4 22. g3 Qh6 23. Ba5 b6) 21. Bf3 Bg7 22. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 23. a5 Qc8 24. Kh1 Qc7 25. Kg1 Qc8 26. Kh1 Qc7 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "V. Korchnoy Memorial 2018"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murtazin, Bulat"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,67,75,0,15,-11,-6,-2,-15,-62,-49,-115,-108,-87,-71,-60,114,98,194,194,167,162,164,94,84,112,91,33,30,18,36,41,31,26,95,119,68,86,67,97,144,-186,-162,-29982,-29983,-29989,-29990,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 68 Partien} 7. bxa6 {A57: Wolga/Benkö-Gambit} ({Lieber} 7. Nc3 $16) (7. Nc3 O-O 8. bxa6 e6 9. Bc4 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Ne5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Bxa6 14. O-O Rab8 {0-1 (28) Vocaturo,D (2579)-Ivanisevic,I (2638) Dubai 2015}) 7... O-O $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7... d6 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Ne2 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nec3 Nb4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Qc8 {0-1 (36) Lentrodt,T (2295)-Lazarev,V (2445) Passau 1994}) 8. a7 Rxa7 9. Nc3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} e6 10. Bf4 Rb7 {Droht ...exd5 und aus.} (10... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]}) 11. Bd6 (11. dxe6 $1 $15 dxe6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1) 11... exd5 $17 {...Te8 ist eine echte Drohung.} 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. exd5 c4 $2 (13... Rxb2 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.} 14. Nge2 d6) 14. Bxc4 $16 Qc5 (14... Rxb2 $16 15. Rb1 Ng4 16. fxg4 (16. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 17. Rd2 Ne3 $14) 16... Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Rd2) 15. b3 $18 d6 16. Nge2 Re7 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...Sg4 beachten.} 17. Qd2 (17. Kf1 $18) 17... Nbd7 $16 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Nd1 (19. Kf1 $16) 19... Bh3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 20. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Be1f1,Bf1g2,Bg2f3][%mdl 32]} ({Minderwertig wäre} 20. Ba6 Qb6 $17) 20... Nxf3 $1 21. Qf4 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 22. gxh3 {zielt auf Tc2 ab.} g5 (22... Ned2+ $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 23. Kg2 Be5 24. Qxf3 Nxf3 25. Kxf3 Bd4) 23. Qxf3 $16 (23. Qg4 Ned2+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Qxh4 gxh4 $19) 23... Nd2+ 24. Kg2 Nxf3 25. Kxf3 h5 {Droht stark ...g4+!} 26. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Nf2 $16 {hält den Druck.}) 26... Qc8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc8f5]} 27. Bd3 $2 (27. Kg2 $19 Qf5 28. Rd2) 27... Qxh3+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 28. Ng3 g4+ 29. Kf4 Bh6+ 30. Kf5 Re5+ 31. Kf6 Qh4# {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 68%.} ({Günstiger ist} 31... Bg7#) 0-1

