[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Hua, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,93,0,0,-22,-16,-25,-25,-18,-27,-34,47,-5,-8,-5,-4,-13,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,10,12,12,11,11,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,0,67,60,60,35,210,202,295,298,784,696,12839,12839,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (9... Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 axb5 12. Qxa8 Bxb4 13. Nxb5 Nxc4 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Rd1 d5 17. Na3 {1-0 (34) Matlakov,M (2694)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 g5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. O-O Ke7 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Ng6 17. h3 b6 18. Kh2 Bb7 19. e4 {½-½ (19) Fillon,D (2306)-Epinoux,J (2081) ICCF email 2007}) 15... b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. f3 d5 (17... d6 $15) 18. cxd5 (18. f4 $1 $14 gxf4 19. cxd5 (19. gxf4 Neg4 $17)) 18... Nxd5 $11 19. Nxd5+ Bxd5 20. Nc2 a5 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Kf2 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Nd7 28. Be4 Nf6 29. Bd3 h6 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Kg3 f5 32. a3 Bd7 33. e4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Nc3 35. Kf3 a4 $1 36. bxa4 Nxa4 37. Ke3 Bb5 38. Ne5 Kf6 ({Black should try} 38... Nc3 $11) 39. Kd4 Nc5 40. Bc2 Be2 $2 {[#]} (40... Ke7 $14) 41. a4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 {[#]} (41... Na6 {was called for.} 42. Nd7+ Ke7) 42. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd7 $2 (42... Bh5 43. axb6 Kd6) (42... bxa5 43. Kxc5) 43. Nxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxd7 44. axb6 Kc6 45. Ke5 Bc4 46. Bd1 Kxb6 47. Kd6 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,0,0,8,10,10,0,0,-8,14,8,46,39,33,-7,-16,-14,-10,-16,-20,-16,17,6,10,7,11,11,15,0,0,-19,-8,-34,0,0,14,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-33,-8,-12,-29,-8,-7,0,8,13,8,17,16,-33,8,1,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,102,96,204,203,217,210,218,206,218,222,235,233,233,239,323,323,319,308,354,332,333,346,335,334]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nb4 (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 {½-½ (6) Ivanisevic,I (2624)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Deizisau 2014}) 6. Qb1 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. Nf3 N4c6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. d3 Na5 12. Nd2 Nb3 13. Nxb3 Bxb3 {1-0 (49) Wirig,A (2477)-Shirazi,K (2448) Metz 2008}) 7. a3 N4c6 8. b4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. g4 Nf6 15. h4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f6 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. h5 Qf7 20. Nh4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 21. b5 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} 22. Nf5 Ne6 23. Qc4 Nc5 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ke2 Na4 26. Bc1 g6 27. Ng3 Rfd8 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. Ra2 Rac8 30. Rc2 c6 31. bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Kd1 c5 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh4 Nb6 36. Kc2 Be7 {[#]} 37. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (37... fxg5 38. Re4) 38. Bb2 Bxg5 (38... Rd5 $1 $11) 39. Bxe5+ $16 Bf6 {[#]} (39... Kf8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Rh8+ Kf7) 40. Nxf5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 (40... gxf5 41. Bxf6+) 41. Nh6+ Ke6 42. Bxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Ng4 Nd7 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Re7 Nb6 47. Re5+ Kc6 48. Rg5 Nc4 49. Ne5+ ({Less strong is} 49. Rxg6+ Kb5 $16) 49... Nxe5 50. Rxe5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis"]
[Black "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,13,20,17,35,0,17,4,58,59,56,35,88,81,83,55,93,84,137,135,139,122,134,111,129,98,97,84,85,48,104,77,118,107,123,117,117,110,131,129,136,104,106,106,130,127,158,154,166,172,219,212,235,292,296,115,128,114,122,143,186,142,123,98,102,70,121,129,268]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bh2 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (10. Re1 Re8 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. a3 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. e4 Nb8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qa8 {1-0 (51) Nguyen,N (2635)-Xu,J (2506) Jakarta 2012}) 10... Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. a3 Bf8 12. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 a6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bc2 e5 15. d5 Nb8 16. c4 Nbd7 17. b4 Qb6 {1-0 (37) Wall,T (2183)-Ledger,A (2377) Reading 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Rc7 (13... d5 $11) 14. dxc5 $14 bxc5 15. e4 e5 (15... Qc8 $14) 16. Nc4 $16 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Rd7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nd2 Nh5 ({Black should play} 18... a6) 19. Bb5 Qc8 20. Nd5 Bg7 21. Qa4 Re6 22. Nb3 {Hoping for Na5.} Rd8 23. Bc4 Ree8 24. Bg3 {[%cal Bh2g3,Bg3f2,Bf2h4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Bh4.} h6 (24... Ne7 $14) 25. Bb5 Re6 26. Be2 Nf6 27. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ree8 28. Ne3 Nh5 29. Bf2 Nf4 30. Bb5 {[%cal Be2b5,Bb5c4,Bc4f1][%mdl 32]} a6 31. Bc4 Rf8 32. Rd2 Qc7 33. Rfd1 Kh8 34. Bh4 f6 {[#]} 35. Bf1 $1 Ne7 36. Qa5 ({Resist} 36. Bxa6 Bxa6 37. Qxa6 Nc6) 36... Qb8 {[#]} 37. Nxc5 $2 (37. Nc4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 37... Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 38. Nxa6 Nxa5 ({Avoid the trap} 38... Qa7 $2 39. Qb5 $18) 39. Nxb8 {Strongly threatening Na6.} Rxb8 40. Rxd6 Nb3 41. Bf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bc8 42. h4 h5 (42... f5 $14) 43. a4 Ne6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 52%, Black = 36%. . An unexpected result.} (43... Kh7 $16 {might work better.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,112,5,1,4,0,20,12,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-7,-2,-25,-5,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-9,-9,-9,-9,-77,0,-29,-18,-27,-15,-16,-17,-18,-15,-16,-15,-15,-15,-20,-20,-35,-35,-37,-8,-8,-8,-23,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} 16. Bc3 O-O 17. b3 Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bf3 Qb5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 20. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Bb2 Nb4 23. Bd1 {½-½ (75) Harikrishna,P (2688)-Najer,E (2664) Germany 2012}) 20... Qxd3 21. cxd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf3.} exd5 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Rac1 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 ({Reject} 25... Bxh2 $6 26. g3 $16) 26. Bd2 h5 ({Worse is} 26... Bxh2 27. g3 $16) 27. Rc2 Rbc6 ({Don't blunder} 27... Bxh2 $2 28. g3 $16) 28. h3 c4 29. dxc4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Rc1 Ra4 33. Rc2 g5 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Kc3 (36. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Ra3+ 37. Kb2 Rd3 38. Bc3 f5 39. Re2 $1 Kc4 40. Bf6 g4 41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Kc2 Ra3 43. Kb2 Ra5 44. Bc3 Rf5 45. Kc2 Bc5 46. f3 gxf3 47. gxf3 Bd6 48. Re4+ {The position is equal.} Kb5 49. a4+ Kc5 (49... Kc6 {looks sharper.} 50. Re6 Kd5 51. Rh6 Bf8 52. Rh8 Kc4) 50. Bb4+ Kd5 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 {KR-KR} 52. Rh4 Ke5 53. Kd2 Kf6 54. Ke3 Rc5 55. Kf2 a5 56. Kg3 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%. . An unexpected result.} (56... Rg5+ $11 57. Kf2 Ke6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sai Krishna G V"]
[Black "Ruiz Sanchez, Orlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Be2 Rc7 18. Rhd1 Rhc8 19. R1d2 g5 20. Kb2 h5 21. Rd4 Kf6 22. a4 Rc5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rd8 Rxc3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxb5 g4 27. c4 Ke5 28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Rxf7 Ba6 30. Rh7 Kd4 31. Rxh5 gxf3 32. gxf3 e5 33. h4 Bxb5 34. cxb5 Rxb5+ 35. Ka3 Rb6 36. Rf5 Rh6 37. h5 Rb6 38. Ka4 Ra6+ 39. Kb3 Rc6 40. Kb2 Ke3 41. Kb3 Kd4 42. Kb4 Rb6+ 43. Ka5 Rc6 44. Rg5 Rf6 45. Rf5 Rc6 46. Kb5 Re6 47. Rg5 Rh6 48. Kb4 Rb6+ 49. Ka4 Rf6 50. Rf5 Rb6 51. Ka3 Kc3 52. Ka4 Kd4 53. Ka5 Rc6 54. Rg5 Rf6 55. Rg3 Rh6 56. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,0,48,35,26,18,16,28,33,0,0,0,3,-9,-16,-12,38,46,52,39,36,33,54,53,42,41,69,43,37,13,20,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,5,-12,-11,-13,-16,-14,-5,-7,0,-4,0,-17,0,-7,0,-14,-14,-15,-6,-7,0,-29,-36,-28,-27,-28,-28,-36,-35,-24,-29,-54,-8,-8,-6,-6,-6,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 e6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 5... c6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 Be6 8. e5 Nd5 9. h5 Nd7 10. h6 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bd2 b5 {0-1 (37) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Bg5 {D90: Grünfeldindisch (Flohr-Variante)} h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 13. Qxh6 {[#] Weiss droht Sg5 und Matt.} Bg7 14. Qe3 {Und weiter mit 0-0-0 wäre nett.} Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 {[#] Beabsichtigt Tg5+ und Matt.} Rd8 20. Rdh1 Kf8 21. R1h4 b6 22. Rh7 Ne5 23. Re4 Ng6 24. g3 Kg8 25. Rh5 Bb7 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Bd3 Rh8 28. Rg5 Kf6 29. f4 Rhg8 30. Kc2 Rac8 31. b4 Ne7 {...Sd5 ist eine echte Drohung.} 32. Rxg8 Nxg8 33. Kb3 Ne7 34. g4 Nd5 35. Nxd5+ Bxd5+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 36. Kb2 Rh8 37. g5+ Ke7 38. f5 Rh2+ 39. Bc2 Rg2 40. g6 $1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} fxg6 41. fxg6 Kf6 42. Kc3 Rf2 43. Kb2 Bxa2 44. Ra3 Bd5 {Und ...Le4 würde nun gewinnen.} 45. Rxa7 {Droht Tf7+ und aus.} e5 46. Kc3 Rf3+ 47. Kd2 Rf2+ 48. Kd1 Rf4 49. b5 Rb4 50. g7 Rg4 51. Rd7 Bf3+ 52. Kd2 Rxg7 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. Rxb6 Kd7 55. Ke3 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rg2+ 57. Kxf3 Rxc2 58. Ke4 {Precision: Weiß = 52%, Schwarz = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,6,-31,-29,-31,-32,-36,-28,-31,-28,-52,-55,-72,0,-41,-40,-72,-68,-80,-52,-169,-155,-170,-173,-207,-212,-393,-397,-599,-578,-604,-618,-611,-612,-591,-474,-559,-530,-537,-518,-485,402]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 {A64: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7 10 Nd2 a6 11 a4 Re8} (12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 b5 19. fxe5 b4 20. Nc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe5 22. Qf3 f5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (60) So,W (2812)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 12... Ne5 13. Ne3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nfg4 14. Nxg4 {Black has an edge.} Bxg4 15. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 {0-1 (36) Dancevski,O (2395)-Dvirnyy,D (2530) Skopje 2013}) 15... Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ra3 f5 18. h3 h5 (18... g5 $17) 19. f4 Nf7 20. e3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 21. Rf3 g5 {Hoping for ...g4.} 22. fxg5 ({White should try} 22. Ne2 $1 $15) 22... Nxg5 $19 23. Rf4 hxg3 24. Qd1 Be5 25. Qh5 $2 (25. e4 {might work better.}) 25... Bxf4 26. Qg6+ {[#]} (26. exf4 $142 Re1+ 27. Bf1) 26... Kf8 $1 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7g7][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 27. Qh6+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. exf4 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Re1+ 30. Bf1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd2.} Be8 31. Qxg5+ Qxg5 32. fxg5 {And now Bd2 would win.} f4 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 20%, Black = 67%. . Loss on Time!?} (32... Rxc1 $19 33. Ne2 Rb1 34. Nxg3 Bb5) 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bolduc, Steve"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,16,23,12,12,13,9,24,29,36,25,-2,0,-26,0,-52,-33,-49,-24,-102,-49,-68,-70,-70,-69,-89,-71,-124,-112,-172,-160,-310,-301,-306,-332,-295,-291,-402,-330,-312,-375,-616,-594,-614,-531,-644,-657,-649,-646,-936,-943,-919,-929,-927,-927]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 (4... h6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 g4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Qe2 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. O-O-O {½-½ (41) Rapport,R (2691)-Aronian,L (2812) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} O-O 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. Bh4 e5 13. Nc2 {1-0 (48) Stiller,J (2167)-Miller,E (2145) Buechenbach/Roth 2011}) 10... b5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 (12. Ba2 $11) 12... b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bxf6 $11 {remains equal.} exf6 15. Nd6) 14... Nxf6 (14... exf6 $17 15. Bh4 b3) 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. e4 a5 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. e5 (18. Bf4 $142) 18... Bd5 19. Nd2 (19. h4 $17) 19... f6 $19 20. exf6 (20. Bh4 $17) 20... exf6 {[%cal Be7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 21. Bh4 Re8 22. Qg4 Qc7 23. Nf1 f5 24. Qg5 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bb1 $2 {[#]} (25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Ne3 Rxe3 27. fxe3) 25... c3 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Bd3 b2 28. Rab1 Ba2 29. Qg3 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxd4 31. Bg5 Rc3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomb, Maroun"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,100,45,47,37,31,31,29,-23,-43,-96,-46,-114,-110,-100,-110,-175,-160,-145,-149,-180,-186,-168,-175,-180,-170,-172,-156,-182,-179,-171,-168,-364,-116,-206,-196,-159,-105,-104,-114,-102,-94,-195,-75,-230,-208,-292,-290,-292,-288,-461,-470,-435,-295,-639,-386,-453,-463,-451,-431,-414,-430,-408,-398,-385,-286,-500,-409,-518,-509,-564,-386,-372,-379,-361,-291,-276,-131,-243,-210,-440,-397,-639,-554,-1329,-1202,-953,-945,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Bxf3 $1 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Be2 (10. Ne2 $142) 10... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. O-O c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. dxc5 Bf8 14. Na4 Qa5 15. c4 Nxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Nd5 O-O-O 19. Bd2 d3 20. Bg4+ {1-0 (20) Repkova,E (2434)-Khotenashvili,B (2461) Bucharest 2010}) 11. f4 ({White should try} 11. dxc5 $15 Bxe5 12. Nb5) 11... Qh4+ $17 12. Bf2 (12. Kf1 $15) 12... Qxf4 13. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Nc7+.} O-O {aiming for ...a6.} 14. Nc7 (14. c3 $17 {keeps fighting.} a6 15. g3) 14... cxd4 $19 15. Nxa8 {Black should prevent Nc7.} Qxe5 16. Qd3 Nc6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 17. Bg3 Qg5 {...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 18. h4 {[#]} Qe7 $1 19. Qb5 Nde5 20. Nb6 axb6 21. Qxb6 Nb4 22. O-O $2 (22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. O-O-O) 22... Rc8 $2 (22... Nxc2 $19 23. Rac1 Ne3) 23. c3 (23. Rac1 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 23... dxc3 24. bxc3 Nc2 (24... Rxc3 $142 25. Rab1 Nec6) 25. Rab1 $17 Rxc3 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. a4 (27. Rfc1 $17) 27... h5 (27... Na3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 28. Rb3 Nac4) 28. a5 $2 (28. Rfc1 $17) 28... Na3 $19 29. Rbc1 (29. Rb3 $142 Nac4 30. Qb4) 29... Nac4 30. Qa7 Kh7 31. Qa8 $2 (31. a6 {was worth a try.}) 31... Bh6 32. Rc3 Qb4 33. Rg3 $2 (33. Qb8 Qxa5 34. Be1 Qc5+ 35. Bf2) 33... Bg7 34. a6 bxa6 35. Qxa6 Nd2 36. Rd1 Ne4 37. Qa3 Qb8 {White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 38. Rb3 Qd8 39. Be1 $2 (39. Bb6) 39... Bf8 40. Qb2 Qf6 41. Kh1 Bg7 42. Rc1 Rxc1 43. Qxc1 Nf2+ 44. Kg1 {[#]} Nfg4 (44... Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6c1] is more deadly.} 45. Qb2 Ne4) 45. Bg3 (45. Qg5 $17 {was the only defense.}) 45... Bh6 46. Qb2 $2 {[#]} (46. Qf1 Qe7 47. Qe1) 46... d4 $1 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3e2][%mdl 32]} 47. Kh1 $2 (47. Bxg4 Nxg4 48. Rf3 Be3+ 49. Kh1) (47. Qxd4 Nf3+) 47... Be3 48. Qb1 Nf2+ 49. Kh2 d3 50. Rb5 dxe2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Varennes Open-ch 2017"]
[Site "Varennes"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luksza, Arkadiusz"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,135,-14,0,-1,30,11,15,0,7,0,0,-8,0,-2,31,6,17,-13,0,-2,-6,-2,18,0,41,12,34,34,26,24,26,27,39,40,70,30,30,33,33,30,31,35,39,35,52,12,14,0,45,41,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,7,0,52,58,20,21,162,158,168,127,129,128,129,140,135,123,131,110,140,107,124,99,93,67,221,221,222,222,218,225,225,225,222,218,279,296,293,278,270,248,244,244,238,214,236,237,244,244,243,236,229,222,222,0,221,196,435,444,29989,266,2331,512,2049,1566,5712,4358]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 Re8 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd8 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. dxc5 Rxd2 14. cxb6 Rxb2 15. bxa7 Nc6 {1-0 (81) Usmanov,V (2459)-Inarkiev,E (2694) Sochi 2017}) 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. f3 {0-1 (44) Mokin,N-Romanov,E (2329) Kazan 2003}) 10... dxe4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc3 b6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qb3 ({Of course not} 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 $15) 20... bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd5 22. Ne4 Red8 23. b4 a5 24. Nc5 (24. bxa5 {keeps more tension.} Bxa3 25. Ra1 Be7 26. a6 Bc8 27. Qxc6 Rc7 28. Qa4) 24... Bxc5 $1 25. bxc5 Qa8 26. Bg5 Ba6 27. Qc2 Rb8 28. Rb1 Rdb7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bf4 Re8 31. Rb6 Rbe7 {[#] ( -> ...Re1+)} 32. Qc3 (32. h3 {is more complex.} Re4 33. Bd6 Re2 34. Qb3 a4 35. Qxa4 Bb5 36. Qb4) 32... Bb5 33. h3 a4 34. Qg3 f6 35. Qc3 Bc4 36. Qb4 Kf7 (36... h6 $11) 37. Bd6 $14 Rd7 $1 38. Re1 {[#] Hoping for Rxe8.} Rxe1+ (38... Bb5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 39. Qxe1 $18 Qe8 40. Qxe8+ Kxe8 41. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb7 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Ra8 Bb5 44. f3 Bc6 {aiming for ...Rb1+.} 45. Rg8 g6 46. Rh8 Ke6 47. Kf2 Ra7 $2 (47... Rb2+ $14 48. Kg1 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 h5) 48. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rb7 49. Kg3 Bb5 50. h4 Bc6 51. Kf4 Bb5 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Bc6 54. h6 Bb5 55. Kg3 Bc6 56. Bf4 Bb5 57. Bd2 Bc6 58. Kf4 Bb5 59. Ba5 Bc6 60. Bb6 Bb5 61. Rg8 Bc6 62. Rh8 Bb5 63. Kg4 Bc6 $2 (63... Re7 64. Kf4 Rd7) 64. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with f5+.} Re7 (64... f5+ $18 65. Kg5 Rf7) 65. Rg8 $2 (65. f5+ {mates} Kf7 66. Rxh7+ Kf8 67. Rxe7 Kxe7 68. h7 Bb5 69. h8=Q Be2+ 70. Kf4) 65... Rb7 $2 (65... Kf7 66. Rg7+ Kf8) 66. Rd8 (66. f5+ $142 Ke7 67. Kf4) 66... Bd7 (66... Kf7 $142 67. f5 Re7) 67. f5+ Ke7 68. Rh8 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

