[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Libersan, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,66,70,64,88,53,71,66,132,142,225,235,304,307,297,211,223,206,249,210,218,225,237,227,275,281,281,288,274,284,275,287,275,214,273,274,382,375,383,385,452,454,595,607,606,592,589,586,638,635,1035]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} b4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. Re1 (8. Nd2 d6 9. a5 Nd7 10. Nc4 Ngf6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Rfe1 Nc5 {½-½ (90) Sai,K (2358)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2509) Mumbai 2014}) 8... Nf6 9. e5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. c3 Nc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. c4 {0-1 (37) Nwachukwu,C (1926)-Campos Calvo,S (2028) Caleta 2012}) 9... Nd5 $1 10. Nd2 Qc7 (10... Nc6 $14 11. Nxc6 Bxc6) 11. Nc4 $16 {aiming for Nf5!} Nc6 {[#]} (11... Be7 $16 {might work better.} 12. Qg4 Kf8) 12. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} O-O-O (12... exf5 13. Nd6+) 13. Nfd6+ Kb8 14. Nxf7 Bc5 15. Nxh8 Rxh8 16. Qh5 Rf8 17. Rf1 g6 18. Qg5 Bd4 19. Qh6 Bc5 20. Nd6 ({Don't take} 20. Qxh7 $6 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 $18) 20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qxh7 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 23. Be2 {[%cal Bd3e2,Be2d1,Bd1f3][%mdl 32]} Rc8 24. Bd1 b3 25. cxb3 Nd3 26. Bf3 Qe5 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 27. Qxg6 {White is clearly winning.} N5f4 28. Bxf4 $1 Nxf4 29. Qg3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Qxh2+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,68,3,10,0,-6,8,4,33,-4,8,-27,-17,-52,-50,-46,-40,-162,-116,-160,-150,-197,-204,-197,-188,-215,-215,-218,-218,-243,-218,-209,-204,-534,-527,-528,-534,-534,-534,-527,-527,-518,-518,-503,-493,-579,-564,-563,-545,-548,-524,-725,-711,-733,-747,-942,-887,-974,-967,-1398,-1424]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. Bd3 {Black should prevent Nf3.} Bxc3+ {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 7. bxc3 f5 $1 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 8. g3 Qh5 {The position is equal.} 9. f3 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ne7 10. Qg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne2 Qxf3 11. Rf1 Qg4 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. fxe6 dxe6 {0-1 (57) Chabanon,J (2485)-Edouard,R (2680) Nimes 2014}) 10... fxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. Ne2 ({White should play} 13. Qe2 $1 $15 Qf7 14. Nh3) 13... Nbc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Bd2 e5 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. Qe2 exd4 {aiming for ...Nxd5.} 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. cxd4 Rae8 20. Bc3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...c5.} 21. cxd5 $2 {[#]} (21. Rf1) 21... Nxd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 22. Rc1 {[#] If only White now had time for Rf1....} (22. exd5 Rxe2+) 22... Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 25. Kd1 Qe4 26. Re1 Ne3+ 27. Ke2 {Now Kf2 and White clings on.} Ng2+ 28. Kd2 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qd5 30. Re2 Qxa2+ 31. Ke1 Qc4 32. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 33. Kd1 a4 34. Re3 b5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Bassel, Charaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,9,11,20,25,19,18,22,18,33,14,29,29,39,38,47,37,37,24,15,17,17,22,124,118,124,122,224,166,166,167,156,161,162,165,164,154,190,183,193,186,189,188,251,250,316,265,260,242,247,233,351,322,469,467,629,595,628,611]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} e6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 32 Games} Bb4 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Qh3 Bd6 {0-1 (26) Leitao,R (2645)-Carlsen,M (2881) Caxias do Sul 2014}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc2 {Black must now prevent Nxd5!} g6 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Be1 Bb6 17. Bb3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Nb2 {[#]} (18... Re8 $11 19. Na4 h5) 19. Rxd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Nc4 {[#]} (20... Qd6 $16) 21. Qxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc8 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Bc3+ f6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 25. Rc1 $1 Ne5 26. Kf1 a5 27. Ke2 ({Worse is} 27. bxa5 Bxa5 28. f4 Rxc3 $11) 27... axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 (28... Rc7 {was necessary.} 29. h3 Nf7) 29. Bd5 $18 Ra7 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 {KBB-KBN} Nc6 32. Bc3 Nd8 (32... Bd8 {is a better defense.} 33. g4 Kf8) 33. f4 Bc7 (33... h6 {was worth a try.} 34. b5 g5) 34. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bd6 35. g5 Be7 36. b5 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Drolet, Stephane"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,8,17,6,43,34,68,37,35,0,15,15,19,17,17,17,17,17,23,23,23,23,23,0,20,25,11,19,24,19,14,18,8,23,39,29,50,52,50,51,50,49,47,32,41,27,33,22,22,31,36,23,24,31,46,46,46,46,50,40,117,117,183,95]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Qc7 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 6. Nbd2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nc6 7. e3 e6 (7... Bf5 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 e6 10. Bg3 Qd8 11. Bb5 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (73) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2016}) 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. O-O b6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (34) Kohtz,A (2129)-Hoffman,A (2454) playchess.com INT 2004}) 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4 c5 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd7 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qb4+ 21. Qc3 Qb5 22. O-O-O Bd7 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Nc5 Be8 25. h4 Bh5 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Rc2 Bg6 28. b3 a5 29. a4 Qb6 30. Kb2 Rc6 31. Rec1 Qd8 32. Qe1 h6 33. Rc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Kh7 34. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} f4 (34... Rcb6 $14) 35. g4 $16 Kh8 (35... h5 $16) 36. Rh3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 55%.} (36. Qf2 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis"]
[Black "Robichaud, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,35,-6,39,40,110,102,124,114,101,100,137,137,137,135,135,137,135,137,150,94,216,222,380,379,547,370,327,226,257,241,258,258,254,247,254,199,201,162,135,124,170,125,223,222,360,362,338,347,581,567,1060,1047,1044,1022]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 Re8 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. E61: Königsindisch (Abweichungen der Hauptvariante)} (10. Bh2 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Qc1 Nfe4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Ne1 f5 18. f3 {½-½ (72) Nakamura,H (2793)-Caruana,F (2787) Saint Louis 2015}) 10... e5 11. Bg5 e4 $146 ({Günstiger ist} 11... a5 $14) ({Vorgänger:} 11... h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. a3 Qb8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Nd2 N6d7 16. e4 g5 17. Bg3 Ng6 {1-0 (28) Gvanceladze,A (2183)-Suslova,A (2194) Loo 2013}) 12. Nd4 $16 {Weiß steht besser.} h6 {[#]} 13. Bh4 $1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 g4 17. hxg4 Nexg4 18. b4 a6 19. Bf4 ({Besser ist} 19. Bh4) 19... Re7 {[#]} (19... Bc8 $16) 20. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 $2 (20... dxc5 {ist wohl besser.} 21. bxc5 bxc5) 21. c6 Nxb4 (21... Bxc6 $142 22. Bxg4 Qxg4) 22. cxd7 Nxc2 23. Nxc2 ({Bloß nicht} 23. Bxg4 Nxd4 24. exd4 Bc6) 23... Ne5 24. Nd4 Rxd7 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Nd5 Re6 27. Nb4 b5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd5 f5 30. f3 c6 (30... exf3 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.} 31. Bxf3 (31. gxf3 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 c6 $16) 31... Rf7) 31. Nb6 Rd8 (31... Rde7 $142 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxe5+ Rxe5 34. Rxd6 R5e6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6) 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bh5 Nd3 $2 (33... Ng6 34. Bg3 d5) 34. Bg3 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Rf1+ {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Zotkin, Daniel"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,28,1,54,-22,-24,-22,0,0,0,-7,5,4,2,11,4,4,12,-14,-7,-13,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,26,0,0,-40,5,-21,-24,-19,-19,-39,-48,-45,-34,-77,-63,-166,-169,-164,-164,-169,-168,-167,-161,-167,-169,-160,-160,-156,-159,-317,-317,-345,-350,-344,-308,-362,-351,-363,-362,-430,-422,-439,-422,-520,-553,-531,-528,-750,-746,-865,-845,-801,-824,-839,-825,-1287,-1226,-1243,-1212]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 {Threatens to win with N1c3.} Ne5 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} ({Black should try} 6... e5 $11 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Kxe7) (6... e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. c4 Be7 10. N1c3 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. Na3 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxd1 15. Bc7 Nxb2 16. Bxd6 Rfd8 {0-1 (27) Leko,P (2730)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 7. Qd4 ({White should play} 7. N1a3 $14) 7... a6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 8. N5c3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 Nf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na3 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Qe3 {0-1 (28) Zubov,A (2586)-Dubov,D (2416) Voronezh 2010}) 9... Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 ({Don't blunder} 12. Bxc4 $2 e5 $19) 12... Qxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 Nd7 16. a3 Rc8 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Kb1 g5 19. Bg3 Rg8 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Bd3 Ng6 22. Ne2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Nb3 h4 25. Bf2 h3 26. g3 Ne5 27. Be2 (27. Nd4 $1 $15) 27... g4 $19 28. Na5 {[#]} Ba8 $1 ({Much less strong is} 28... gxf3 29. Nxb7 fxe2 30. Rxe2 $15) 29. f4 Bxe4 30. Re1 Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 31. Bxf3 Bxf3 32. Nb3 d5 33. Bd4 Be4 34. Bc3 $2 {[#]} (34. Ka1 $17) 34... Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. bxa3 {Black must now prevent Bb4.} Rxc3 36. Kb2 Rc4 37. Na5 Rc7 38. Nb3 Ke7 39. Nd4 Rgc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Ree2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 41. Rf2 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Nf5+ Ke6 44. Ne3 Bf3 45. Nd1 d4 46. Kb1 Rc4 47. Nb2 e4 48. Nxc4 Rxc4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Durette, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,65,37,39,52,36,39,36,39,37,34,22,58,23,27,18,57,69,54,58,113,54,72,46,27,21,23,19,54,0,0,5,182,184,1218,1218,1152,1156,1052,1051,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Rfd1 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qf8 19. Bf4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 {1-0 (53) Arsovic,Z (2577)-Smolovic,M (2418) Belgrade 2016}) 12... Nf4 13. Bf1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. aiming for Nxc6.} Ne6 14. Nxe6 {White is slightly better.} Bxe6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bh6 Be6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Qc3 {1-0 (40) Spiess,G (2410)-Hoffmann,H (2300) Germany 1997}) 17... Ne7 18. Bd4 {Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Nxd5 $1 19. cxd5 {Threatens to win with g4.} Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qc3 Qh6 (21... Re7 $14) 22. Re1 ({Better is} 22. Qb3 $16) 22... Rac8 23. Bb5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {And now Re7 would win.} a6 25. Ba4 Qh4 26. Bb3 ({White should play} 26. g4 $14 b5 27. gxf5 bxa4 28. fxg6 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 hxg6 30. Re6) 26... Kf7 $11 27. Re6 {Hoping for g4.} Qg5 $2 {[#]} (27... h5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 28. g4 $1 $18 Bxe6 $2 (28... Bxg4 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf5) 29. dxe6+ {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Kg8 30. e7+ $1 d5 {[#]} 31. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5][%mdl 512]} Qf4 (31... Qxh4 32. Bxd5#) 32. Bxd5+ Qf7 33. Qb3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Ruiz Sanchez, Orlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,114,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-248,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,14,23,0,23,23,117,114,143,0,23,23,23,0,23,0,23,23,23,0,43,23,23,0,23,0,23,0,42,0,47,0,23,0,23,23,49,23,67,31,58,58,58,42,77,35,62,47,47,35,42,41,170,0,60,-284,-315,-367,-361,-726,-682,-785,-753,-1706,-1076,-29977,-29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. h4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. g4 O-O 14. Qd2 {B63: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...Be7 and unusual Black 7th moves} (14. Bd3 Nd7 15. a3 Rc5 16. Be2 Rc6 17. Na2 f6 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. c3 Qxd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (80) Morozevich,A (2774)-Timofeev,A (2664) Sarajevo 2008}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b4 16. Ne2 {The position is equal.} d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 18. Qe1 $1 Nc5 $146 ({But not} 18... Nxg5 $2 19. hxg5 h6 20. gxh6 $18) 19. Bxe7 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qd2 $11 Qxe7 21. Qxd3) 20... Qxe7 $2 (20... Qxc2+ $19 21. Ka1 Qxd3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8) 21. Nd4 $11 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 22. f4 Ba6 23. Rd2 a4 24. Qe3 a3 {aiming for ...axb2.} 25. b3 $1 Rc3 26. Qf2 Rfc8 27. g5 Qc5 (27... R3c7 $11) 28. h5 $1 $16 Re8 {[#]} 29. Rh4 ({Only move:} 29. g6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Bc8 30. Rh2 Bd7 31. Rh4 Bc8 32. Rh2 Rf8 33. Rh1 Bd7 34. Rh2 Qe7 35. Qg1 Rfc8 36. Qf2 Qc5 37. Rh1 Rf8 38. Rh2 Qe7 39. Rh1 (39. Rd1 {feels hotter.} Rc7 40. Qd2 Qc5 41. Rh3 Rfc8 42. Re1) 39... Rfc8 40. Rh2 Re8 41. Rh1 Rf8 42. Ne2 Rc7 43. Rh3 Kh8 44. Rg3 Bc8 45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Rd1 Rfc8 47. Rdd3 Rc5 48. Qd2 R5c7 $1 49. Rh3 Kg8 50. Rdg3 Qc5 (50... Be8 $14) 51. Rg2 $2 (51. g6 $18) 51... Bb5 (51... Qb6 $11) 52. g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Re3 $14) 52... Bf1 $1 $19 {[%cal Bb5f1,Bf1g2,Bg2e4][%mdl 32]} 53. gxf7+ Rxf7 54. Nxe6 $2 (54. Rhg3 Bxg2 55. Rxg2) 54... Qe7 55. Ng5 Bxg2 56. Rg3 {[#]} Be4 $1 57. Nxf7 Qxf7 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 31%.} 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Saha, Ananda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,25,30,32,59,24,66,60,72,66,88,77,84,69,104,87,181,133,190,175,191,194,207,233,218,184,214,232,211,218,210,189,180,177,183,183,180,153,169,151,167,165,146,106,99,47,354,347,329,314,273,239,480,468,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} Qc7 (7... Nf6 8. N1d2 d6 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qe2 Bg5 12. Nc4 Nf4 13. Qg4 Rh4 14. Qg3 Rh3 15. Bxf4 Rxg3 16. hxg3 {0-1 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2798)-Svidler,P (2759) Biel 2016}) 8. N1d2 d6 9. f4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. g4 $146 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O e5 12. h3 a5 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Na3 a4 15. Nd2 {0-1 (70) Socko,B (2647)-Nikolov,M (2550) Plovdiv 2012}) 10... Nc6 11. c3 b6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. h5 Kd8 (16... d5 $16) 17. Nf3 Qa5 (17... Kc8 $16 18. O-O-O Kb8) 18. O-O $18 h6 19. g6 c4 20. Bxc4 Qxh5 21. Ne5 Qxe2 22. Nxf7+ Kc7 23. Bxe2 Rhf8 24. Bg4 Nd8 25. Nxd8 Raxd8 26. Bxe6 Bxe4 27. Bf7 Bf6 28. Rad1 Rb8 29. b4 Rb5 30. Bd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Rf5 31. c4 (31. Kh2 $16) 31... Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 31... Bc2 $1 $14) 32. Rfe1 Bf3 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. Rd4 {Black must now prevent Re7.} Bh5 $2 (34... a5) 35. Re7 {[#] Intending Bd5+ and mate.} Bxg6 (35... R8xf7 $18 36. gxf7 Bxf7) 36. Bd5+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,68,30,23,66,43,46,22,51,45,46,0,0,0,0,-48,-63,-53,-65,-92,-77,-97,-76,-122,-108,-106,-98,-102,-103,-102,-112,-104,-93,-112,-112,-146,-136,-267,-266,-366,-339,-591,-591,-581,-583]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. f3 Ned7 {B44: Sizilianisch (Paulsen/Taimanow-Variante)} (13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 h6 17. Kh1 Ba8 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. h3 h5 20. Rc2 h4 21. Bg5 Ng6 22. Rcd2 Red8 23. Nc2 {0-1 (49) Henriquez Villagra,C (2517)-Matlakov,M (2694) Doha 2016}) 14. Nc2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Qb8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Qc7 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bf2 Qb8 18. Nb3 Bd8 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Nd2 Bc7 21. f4 {½-½ (21) Bagonyai,A (2371)-Kallai,G (2464) Hungary 2007}) 15. a3 Re8 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 16. Qd2 Bd8 {[%cal Be7d8,Bd8c7,Bc7g3,Bg3d6][%mdl 32]} 17. b4 Bc7 18. g3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxg3 $1 22. Bc4 Bd6 23. Rce1 Re5 24. Rf2 Qc7 25. Bb3 Rae8 26. Bd4 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Bf4 28. Qd1 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Schwarz.} 29. Rg2 g6 (29... Bxd5 30. Bxg7 Bxb3 31. Be5+ Qg6 32. Qxd7 $18 (32. Qxb3 Bxe5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 $16)) 30. Bb2 Nf6 31. Bxf6 (31. Re2 $17) 31... Qxf6 $19 32. Nc2 Qc3 33. Rg4 $2 {[#]} (33. Ba2 {ist der einzige Weg für Weiss..}) 33... Be3+ 34. Nxe3 Rxe3 {Precision: Weiß = 11%, Schwarz = 70%.} 0-1

