[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,63,28,31,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,-7,-7,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Qe2 Nh5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} (12... a6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Bh6 Bf6 {½-½ (19) Brkic,A (2573)-Mamedov,R (2653) Sarajevo 2010}) 13. Nf5 $146 (13. Nxc6 $14 Bxc6 14. Rad1) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Nf4 14. Qf3 Ne6 15. Nde2 Ne5 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 {½-½ (64) Sapozhnikov,R (2295)-Perelshteyn,E (2534) Toronto 2011}) 13... gxf5 (13... Bxc3 {seems wilder.} 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. f3 Qxc3 17. Qf2 Be6) 14. Qxh5 {The position is equal.} f4 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf4 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. e5 (18. Rad1 {is more complex.} Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Ra1) 18... Bxa1 19. Rxa1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxb3 21. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 22. Bd4 a6 23. f4 Kf7 24. c3 h5 25. Ra5 Kg6 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Kf2 Rxc5 (27... Bc6 {looks sharper.} 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rh8 30. f5+ Kf7) 28. Bxc5 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. g4+ hxg4 32. hxg4+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,0,13,4,10,1,17,18,50,47,32,27,36,36,54,29,20,24,26,31,20,10,11,9,9,5,100,106,106,107,81,92,103,93,91,0,18,8,8,12,8,17,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Bb4 Nd6 14. e3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxe7 Re8 {½-½ (102) Rapport,R (2725)-Jones,G (2677) Douglas 2018}) 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Rfc1 $146 h6 13. Ba5 Rdc8 14. Ne5 e6 15. b4 Bf8 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2] aiming for ...Nc2.} 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc5 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} Bd2 20. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bb4 21. Rac1 Rc7 (21... Kf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Ne4 $16 Ne8 {[#]} 23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc1.} (23... Nxf6 24. Rxc7) 24. Nxe8 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {And now Nf6 would win.} Rxe8 {[#]} 26. Ra1 (26. g4 $1 $16) 26... Re7 {The position is equal.} 27. g4 (27. Ra4 {feels hotter.} Bd6 28. g4 Bc2 29. Rxa7 f6 30. Nf3) 27... Bc2 28. Rxa7 f6 29. Nf3 g5 30. h3 b6 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Ra7 33. Rxb6 Ra2 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 37. Rb6 Kd7 38. Rb7+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,2,30,22,16,22,22,11,24,14,7,25,27,17,26,14,116,112,89,93,228,240,248,249,242,95,104,104,91,104,148,144,195,204,181,192,191,218,253,272,256,258,502,485,476,495,489,488,702,702,675,261,652,669,940,702]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. Ba2 b4 11. d4 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 {½-½ (23) Karjakin,S (2773)-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017}) 12. Be3 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 ({Avoid the trap} 14... Nxe4 $2 15. Bd5 $18) 15. Nc3 Nxa2 16. Rxa2 d5 (16... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bg5 $1 $16 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 (18... Bf5 $16) 19. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 20. Bxf6 {Hoping for Re5.} Qxa2 21. Qc1 {[#]} (21. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c6] is the precise move to win.} Rb6 22. Ng4 Rxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Qh5) 21... Qb1 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bb6 24. Re1 a5 (24... h6 $16 25. Re5 a5) 25. Re3 $18 {Nh4 is the strong threat.} h6 26. Ne5 $1 {Intending Rg3+ and mate.} Kh7 {[#]} 27. Nc6 $1 {And now Rg3 would win.} Kg6 {[#]} 28. Rf3 $1 Bf5 29. Be5 Bd7 $2 (29... Be4 {was necessary.}) 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rg3 {Threatening mate with Rg7+.} h5 (32... Rxe7 $142 33. Rg7+ Kh8) 33. Rg7+ Kh6 34. Ng8+ Rxg8 35. Rxg8 Bxa4 36. f4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kevilshvili, Robby"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,105,22,33,24,30,27,47,13,23,0,39,39,33,33,49,35,42,36,48,22,35,35,35,35,41,35,35,35,35,35,35,6,5,3,3,0,16,0,0,0,4,4,17,16,18,20,25,14,40,27,35,35,37,27,27,27,27,20,20,20,41,37,45,36,38,33,42,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,0,31,0,30,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} 12. dxe5 (12. Bc2 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bf6 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 exd4 19. Bd3 {½-½ (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Svidler,P (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... dxe5 13. h3 Nxb3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 14. axb3 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc8 15. g4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4+ 17. Kh2 Rfd8 18. Rg1 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxf3 {0-1 (63) Van Foreest,J (2640)-Van den Doel,E (2593) Amsterdam 2018}) 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nh2 f6 18. Nhf1 Bf7 19. Nb3 Qe6 20. Ra3 Rfc8 21. Rea1 Bf8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc6 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ne6 27. Na5 Qe8 28. Nb7 Rdb8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qc6 31. f3 Rd8 32. Qf2 Be6 33. Kh2 Bc8 34. Qe2 Bb7 35. c4 Qd7 36. cxb5 Qxb5 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Rc3 Rac8 39. Rc1 Qe6 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Qa4 c6 42. Bb6 h6 43. Rd1 Re8 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Qb3+ (45. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Qf7 46. Rd3 Re7 47. Qd2 Bc8 48. Rd8+) 45... Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 47. Rd3 Bc8 48. Kg3 Re7 49. Rd6 Re6 50. Rd8 Re8 51. Rd6 Re6 52. Rd8 Re8 53. Rd6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,0,0,0,1,41,12,37,54,120,112,97,95,102,103,184,179,177,182,176,49,64,-78,-63,-60,-62,-43,78,97,94,91,91,93,93,103,99,87,103,101,75,0,0,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3f2][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Bh4 exd4 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} g5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (9... Nc6 10. Nc2 g5 11. Bg3 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. Qd2 f5 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Ned5 Qd8 17. Nxe4 {0-1 (58) Peek,M (2291)-Zanan,E (2497) Teplice 2018}) 10. Bg3 Re8 11. f3 Nc6 {And now ...Nxd4 would win.} 12. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a5 15. O-O-O a4 16. f4 a3 17. Nxa3 Rxa3 18. bxa3 {1-0 (69) Maksimovic,B (2375)-Popovic,Z (2255) Niska Banja 1996}) 12... Ne5 (12... Nh5 $14) 13. h4 g4 14. Qd2 $1 a6 15. O-O-O b5 (15... c5 $16) 16. cxb5 $18 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. f4 ({White should try} 18. Bxd7 $18 Qxd7 19. Nf5) 18... c5 $14 19. Nf5 (19. fxe5 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} cxd4 20. Qxd4 (20. exf6 dxc3 21. bxc3 Bxf6 $17) (20. Bxd4 dxe5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 $11) 20... dxe5 21. Qe3) 19... Nxe4 $1 $17 20. Nxe4 Bxf5 21. Nxd6 Qb6 {[#]} (21... Rxa2 $15 {stays ahead.} 22. Nxf5 Qb8) 22. Qd5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxf7+ (24. Nxe8 Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 (25. Kd1 $2 Rd8 $19) 25... Qxb5+ 26. Ka1 Rxe8 $17) (24. Bxd3 Qxb2+ 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Rxa2+ 27. Qxa2 Qxa2+ 28. Kd1 Qa1+ 29. Bb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Re2 32. Bxc5 Qd2#) ({Worse is} 24. Qxd3 Red8 $17) 24... Kh8 {aiming for ...Bxb2+!} 25. Nxe8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf7g7]} Bxb2+ 26. Kxb2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf7g7]} Qxb5+ {[#]} 27. Ka1 $1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf7g7]} Qxe8 28. Qd5 (28. Qxe8+ $16 Rxe8 29. Bxc5) 28... Qe4 29. Qxc5 Qc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ra8a2]} 30. Qe5+ Kh7 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ra8a2] The position is equal.} 31. Qb2 Rxa2+ 32. Qxa2 Qc3+ 33. Qb2 Qa5+ 34. Qa2 Qc3+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,0,14,20,0,7,11,19,0,11,4,15,22,19,19,23,0,0,0,102,113,110,113,104,107,29986,505,522,519,517,495,495,495,986,991,964,739,29992,29993,29997,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bxc5 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qe7 11. Qxc4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Bd6 18. e4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kg7 20. e5 {½-½ (20) Shimanov,A (2626)-Lenderman,A (2626) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. Qc1 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 11. e4 Bf8 12. exd5 Rxd5 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. c4 Rd8 15. Qc3 Qc7 (15... e5 $11 16. c5 Qc7) 16. Nxf6+ $16 Kh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qe7.} 17. Ng5 $1 {Threatening mate with Qc2.} Nd4 {[#]} 18. Qh3 $1 $40 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5][%cal Rh3h7][%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nxe2+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... h6 $16 {is more resistant.} 19. Rfe1 Qe7) 19. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} h6 20. Rad1 {Rxd8+ would kill now.} Bxf6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qxf6 Rf8 (22... Rd4 $142 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 e5) 23. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} e5 24. fxe5 {And now Qh6 would win.} Qb6 25. Rd6 Qa5 26. Nxf7 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,27,30,66,60,45,58,58,64,60,0,35,37,32,33,57,53,42,46,49,42,47,38,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-8,-19,0,-39,0,-2,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,14,6,14,23,59,33,65,72,56,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-24,-33,-136,0,-37,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,-41,-41]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. c3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bf1 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White has an edge.} Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxe5 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne8 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Nd2 b5 {0-1 (24) Vidit,S (2718)-Andriasian,Z (2591) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. d6 ({White should play} 13. Bg5 $14) 13... e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 c4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nb7 18. a4 ({Much weaker is} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. a4 a6 $11) 18... a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bc6 22. Rd4 Bd5 $1 23. d7 Rc7 24. Rxd5 (24. b3 {with more complications.} cxb3 25. Rxd5 b2 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Ra8) 24... exd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxd7 27. Qxb5 Nd6 28. Qd5 (28. Qc6 $5 {[%cal Ra1d1]} Qe7 29. Rd1 $11) 28... Qe7 29. Rd1 {[%cal Rg3d6]} Rfd8 30. Rd4 $1 Ne8 31. Qxc4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Nd6 33. Qc5 Qe6 34. Qb6 Qe7 35. Bd3 h5 36. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} gxh4 37. Be5 (37. Bf4 $1 $14) 37... f6 $11 38. Bf4 {Qc5 is the strong threat.} Nf7 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Bc4 Ng5 41. Bd3 (41. d5 $15 Nf7 42. f3) 41... Nf7 (41... Ne6 $17 42. Be3 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 42. b4 Nh6 (42... h3 $5) 43. f3 Nf7 44. b5 Qd7 45. Be4 h3 46. Qc5 {[#] Strongly threatening b6.} hxg2 47. Kxg2 {aiming for b6.} (47. b6 $5 {[%cal Rh2g2]} Qh3+ 48. Kxh3 $11) 47... Qxd4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Kevilshvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,92,34,18,45,29,47,27,61,58,0,0,117,123,118,123,121,102,88,23,23,17,17,24,50,50,78,74,78,71,80,73,127,127,137,97,132,120,114,95,82,113,168,161,347,340,461,325,401,347,386,387,354,356,547,547,29985,29986,29991,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Qe2 Bd7 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 14. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bc3 Bg7 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Qf4 Ne7 21. Ne5 {0-1 (107) Devereaux,M (2345)-Berkes,F (2687) Reykjavik 2014}) 15... Re8 {White has an edge.} 16. Bb1 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne5 Re7 (18... Bxe5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 19. dxe5 Qxb2) 19. Be3 $1 $16 Qd8 {[#]} 20. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Re8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg4 (22. Qb5 $16) 22... Qe7 $11 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 b6 25. Be4 $36 {[%cal Re4c6][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Na5 26. b3 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 f5 28. Bd3 Bc6 (28... Qh4 $142) 29. Qg3 $16 Bd5 30. h4 Nc6 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bh6 {[%cal Bc1h6,Bh6f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {Black wants to play ...Qxg3.} 33. Bf4 Qf7 (33... Qg7 $16) 34. Rc1 $18 h5 $2 (34... Qb7) 35. Qg5 Kh7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h8]} Qh7 38. Qg5 Qf7 39. f3 Kh7 {[#]} (39... Kf8 {is a better defense.} 40. Qh6+ Ke8) 40. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc6 {[#]} 41. Qd8 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rd8h8] White mates.} g5 42. Bxc6 Bxc6 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. hxg5 Kxg5 {[#]} 45. Bf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf4 46. Qh6+ Kg3 47. Qg5# {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,26,18,56,47,49,57,55,46,67,57,49,34,39,44,85,99,101,25,77,85,97,93,292,0,25,18,30,42,44,43,35,44,33,35,35,30,43,36,196,204,226,196,226,225,239,239,248,229,355,298,286,265,358,356,360,356,405,368,29990,29991,29993,29994,29994,29993,29993,29994,29994,1909,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 {LiveBook: 23 Partien} Nh5 {D13: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung, Abtauschvariante)} (8... O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nd6 13. Na4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nc5 Na5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qh5 Kg8 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Qg4 {½-½ (22) Chigaev,M (2577)-Pridorozhni,A (2564) Ekaterinburg 2018}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Bd7 $146 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} ({Vorgänger:} 10... O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Ng7 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc5 {½-½ (59) Cosma,I (2467)-Vladescu,V (1941) Bucharest 2007}) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g6 $1 13. Be2 Ng7 $1 14. e4 Bc6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bf3 (16. Nxd5 $16 Qxe5 17. Re1) 16... O-O (16... O-O-O $1 $11) 17. Nxd5 $16 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qxb2 $2 (18... Qg5 $16 {ist wohl besser.}) 19. Re2 $2 (19. Rb1 $18 Qa3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bxc6 (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rad8 $11) 21... bxc6 22. Qc2 (22. Nxc6 Qxa2 23. Rb7 Kg8 $11)) 19... Qb5 20. Nc7 Qa5 21. Nxa8 {Lxc6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 {[#] Droht Sc7 und aus.} Rxa8 24. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} b6 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Rc1 Re8 $2 (26... Ne6 $14) 27. Qc3 $18 Qf5 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDS} 29. Qc6 Kf8 30. Qe4 Qb5 31. Qd4 f6 (31... Kg8 $142 32. h4 Qf5) 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Qd5 Qc2 $2 (36... Qxd5 $18 37. Rxd5 g5 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Nd6) 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qh3+ Kg5 {[#]} 39. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf4 40. Rd4+ Kg5 41. Rg4+ Kf5 42. Rc4+ {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,75,0,-12,-23,-24,-18,-16,-10,-1,-10,-3,-3,-2,-8,-5,-29,68,68,64,65,47,47,60,63,82,26,25,25,33,28,29,16,16,16,22,22,22,16,18,9,9,9,10,10,31,31,49,22,22,22,42,0,31,0,40,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a5 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. Ba4 Ng6 15. Bc2 {½-½ (27) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Re1 Nc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (72) Egin,V (2395)-Tokhirjonova,G (2181) Tashkent 2015}) 15. Bb1 Re8 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nb8 18. Bb2 c6 (18... Nbd7 $11) 19. Nc4 $1 $14 cxd5 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Na6 23. Bxg6 (23. Nh4 $16) 23... hxg6 $11 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. Ng5 Re8 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Kg2 b5 29. h4 Qe2 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Rd4 Re2 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Rd3 Re4 36. Rd4 Re2 37. Rd3 Re4 38. Rd4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,80,0,29,7,38,30,60,57,54,58,70,58,83,61,101,85,106,96,98,81,81,87,86,72,78,78,116,77,87,74,97,89,85,100,116,90,108,87,119,118,118,12,126,132,336,195,591,546,539,449,719,719,632,631,607,593,5381]} 1. d4 {CB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rd2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} d6 13. Rad1 a6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 14. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] [#] White has an edge.} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxg4 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. Qe8+ Bf8 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxb7 {½-½ (51) Gelfand,B (2733)-Bacrot,E (2728) Nalchik 2009 CBM 130 [CB]}) 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. g5 Bc6 17. h4 Qb7 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. b3 Ra7 20. Ne1 Qa8 21. f4 g6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. e4 Ng7 24. Ng2 f5 25. Ne3 Rad7 26. Bh2 Kh8 27. Qd3 Re8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. h5 Ba5 31. Rd3 {[#] Strongly threatening h6.} Ree7 32. Na4 Kg8 33. Qg2 (33. Bg3 $16) 33... Qc8 (33... Qxg2+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. Kxg2 Nxh5) 34. Qf3 $16 ({Don't play} 34. Rxd6 Nxh5 35. Qf3 Ng7 $14) 34... e5 $2 (34... Ne8 $16 {was called for.} 35. Bg3 Qb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7) 35. Nd5 (35. Rxd6 $142 e4 36. Qh3) 35... Re6 $2 (35... e4 36. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 36. fxe5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} dxe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...e4.} 37. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nf6+.} Rxe5 (37... Bd8 $142 38. h6 Ne8) 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 f4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,-37,-35,-33,-14,-26,5,5,0,-22,-8,-35,-10,-9,97,118,123,112,120,114,115,108,124,122,122,127,181,183,182,172,177,182,176,182,176,162,213,229,212,214,266,252,258,227,219,181,177,116,139,104,122,74,87,85,108,61,131,66,187,199,268,123,355,334,342,317,388,393,397,389]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Qd2 e5 6. Bg3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Ne5 11. Qe2 b5 12. f4 Nc4 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6+ Kd8 15. d7 Ba3 16. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 17. Kb1 cxd5 18. Re1 Be5 {0-1 (18) Ajay Krishna,S (2200)-Turner,M (2533) Prague 2018}) 5... e5 6. dxe5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} dxe5 7. Bd2 Bg4 8. f3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. g4 Nbd7 10. h4 b5 11. Nd5 b4 (11... Qd8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 12. Qa6 $1 $16 Qxa6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxe6+ (14. Bxa6 $2 Kxc7 15. Nh3 h6 $19) 14... fxe6 15. Bxa6 Nc5 16. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} a5 17. a3 Rb8 (17... bxa3 $16 18. Rxa3 Bd6) 18. axb4 $18 axb4 19. Nh3 Bd6 20. Ra7 Nfd7 21. Ke2 h6 22. g5 Ke7 (22... b3 $142 23. Rc1 Bc7 24. cxb3 Nxb3) 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1 Kf6 25. Nf2 h5 26. Bg5+ Kf7 27. Be3 Rb7 28. Raa1 (28. Rxb7 $18 {Strongly threatening Bxc5.} Nxb7 29. Ra1) 28... Be7 29. Bg5 Nb6 30. Bd3 b3 {[#]} 31. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 32. Rg5 Kf6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 32... Rb7 $1 $14) 33. Rag1 (33. f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Rhh7 ({Black should play} 33... Rf7 $1 $14) 34. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Reg7 (34... Ra7 {is a better defense.} 35. Rxe5 (35. fxe5+ Ke7 $16) 35... Nxd3 36. Nxd3 (36. cxd3 Ra2 $18) 36... bxc2) 35. Nh3 (35. fxe5+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kf7 36. Nh3) 35... Nxd3 $2 (35... Rxg5 $16 {might work better.} 36. hxg5+ Kg7) 36. cxd3 ({Not} 36. Kxd3 Rxg5 37. fxg5+ (37. Rxg5 exf4 38. Nxf4 bxc2 $16) (37. hxg5+ Ke7 $16) 37... Kg6 $16) 36... Rxg5 37. hxg5+ ({Weaker is} 37. fxg5+ Kg6 $18) ({Less strong is} 37. Rxg5 Nd7 $18) (37. Nxg5 Ra7 $16) 37... Kg6 38. fxe5 {aiming for Nf4+.} Rf7 39. Ke3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,41,37,47,48,48,41,43,4,31,12,0,0,3,-8,65,51,88,91,95,85,95,87,83,69,170,175,172,156,172,151,312,-263,270,204,167,101,102,44,37,27,392,405,1875,1792,29989,29990,29990,29991,29996,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. c5 {E62: Königsindisch (6...Sc6)} (8. b3 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ne3 Qb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. bxa4 {½-½ (16) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2506)-Movsziszian,K (2536) San Cristobal de La Laguna 2018}) 8... dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4 Qb6 12. a5 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} Qb5 13. Nxa6 Qxa6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Ne5 $146 Nd7 16. e4 Nxe5 17. exf5 Rad8 $1 18. fxg6 Nxg6 (18... hxg6 $11 19. Be3 c5) 19. Be3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 20. d5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bc3 22. Re2 Qxa5 23. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 (23... e6 $14) 24. h5 $1 $18 Ne5 25. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc4 26. Rxb7 e5 $2 (26... Rfe8 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.}) 27. Be4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bh6 $18 {war der einzige Gewinnzug.} Nd6 28. Rbb2) 27... Nd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... exf4 $19 {und Schwarz kann entspannen.} 28. Bb1 Qc3) 28. Bb1 Qc3 (28... Nxb7 $2 {zu gefräßig.} 29. Qc2 $18) (28... exf4 $2 29. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Rb3 (29. Re3 $18 Qc4 30. Rxe5 (30. Bd3 Qd4 $19) 30... Bxe5 31. Qg4+ Bg7 32. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Qc4 $16 30. Rxe5 ({Besser ist} 30. Bh6 $16) 30... Bxe5 $14 31. Bxe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Droht f4 und aus. Schwarz muss sich nun genau verteidigen.} Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... f5 $1 $11) 32. Bf6 $1 $18 Rb8 (32... Nb5 $142 33. Rxb5 Rxd5) 33. Bd3 Qa4 {[#]} 34. Qd2 $3 {[%mdl 512] Weiß setzt Matt.} Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxb3 36. Qh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd3h7]} Nf5 37. Bxf5 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kevilshvili, Robby"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,130,0,15,9,20,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,12,0,-10,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-23,-19,-18,-18,-20,-22,-17,-17,-17,-10,-12,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-22,-11,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-113,-39,-96,-96,-124,-120,-143,-117,-120,-129,-334,-321,-312,-312,-313,-312,-334,-327,-297,-302,-319,-305,-302,-302,-302,-251,-302,-302,-2983,-2726,-12798,-12801,-12799,-12799,-6177,-6137,-5165,-1159,-4627,-4477,-3250,-2800,-2170,-1690,-1689,-740,-5319,-1194,-5608,-5604,-5708,-5708,-5624,-5608,-5319,-5274]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. d3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nc3 Qb6 {½-½ (17) Gashimov,V (2757)-Karjakin,S (2763) Beijing 2011}) 10... Re8 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Ne5 h6 15. c3 c5 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rd8 {...Nxc4 is the strong threat.} 20. Qe3 (20. Ne5 {feels hotter.} b6 21. a3 a5 22. Ng4 Qg6 23. Qf4) 20... b6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. a3 Be6 23. h3 a5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kf6 28. Re3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 29. f4 b4 30. Re5 c4 31. d4 Bd5+ 32. Kf2 bxa3 33. bxa3 gxf4 34. gxf4 c6 35. Bg2 a4 36. Bxd5 cxd5 {KR-KR} 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Re7 (38. h4 $11) 38... Rb8 ({Black should try} 38... f6 $17) 39. Rd7 (39. f5+ $15 Kf6 40. Ra7) 39... Rb3 $17 40. Rd6+ f6 41. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 42. Ke4 Rxa3 43. Ra5 $2 {[#]} (43. Rc5 $17) 43... Ra1 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra1e1]} ({Not} 43... Rxh3 44. Rxa4 c3 45. Ra2 $17) 44. d5 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 45. d6 a2 46. d7 Re1+ 47. Kf3 Rd1 48. h4 Rxd7 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rxa2 c3 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Ra5 $2 (52. Ra8) 52... Rd2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Ke3 Rd5 54. Ra6+ Rd6 55. Ra2 Rc6 56. Rc2 Kf5 (56... Kd5 $142 57. Kd3 Rc4) 57. Kf3 Rc8 58. Ke3 Kg4 59. Ke4 Re8+ 60. Kd3 Kxf4 61. Rg2 Re3+ 62. Kc2 Rg3 63. Re2 Kg5 64. Re6 Rf3 65. Re8 Kxh5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,88,26,43,41,31,0,0,0,0,-21,-29,-39,-49,-48,-39,-57,-43,-62,-60,-38,-14,-14,-21,-107,-108,-98,-102,-110,-95,-95,-96,-93,0,-94,-83,-93,-88,-87,-83,-74,-74,-72,-69,-65,-69,-101,-60,-196,-190,-252,-252,-764,-758,-764,-732,-754,-748,-1071,-1054,-1458,-1436,-6483,-6374]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Ra3 Qb4 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 14. Be2 Ne5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. O-O Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Bh6 Be7 19. Na2 a5 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Re3 {1-0 (42) Papaioannou,I (2609)-Gagunashvili,M (2585) Budva 2009}) 16. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Na2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 c4 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (66) Vidarte Morales,A (2318)-Fernandez,F (2410) Sitges 2016}) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 18. Be3 Ne5 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Rb8 21. Na4 Bd7 22. b3 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd3 25. Rc2 (25. Rb1 $1 $11) 25... Rxb6 $17 26. Nf1 Rxb3 27. Nd2 Rb5 28. Kf1 Nb4 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rc2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4,Be4f3][%mdl 32]} 31. Ke2 {[#]} Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 32. Rc1 Bb2 33. Rd1 Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 34. Nc4 fxe4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Nxd6 exf3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kf2 $15 Re2+ 38. Kxf3 Re3+ 39. Kg4 Rxd5 40. Rxb4 Rxd6 41. Rbxd4) 37... Nxd5 $19 38. Nxe8 (38. gxf3 $142 Ne3+ 39. Ke1) 38... Ne3+ 39. Kf2 $2 (39. Kg1 f2+ 40. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 41. Ke1) 39... Nxd1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kxf3 Rf5+ 41. Kg3 Nc3 42. Rxa6 d3 43. Nd6 d2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 44. Nxf5 d1=Q {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,125,39,37,86,50,64,34,44,37,104,106,103,105,136,143,131,141,154,153,148,148,148,143,156,155,163,143,142,145,179,180,174,179,198,186,250,200,360,340,350,331,344,338,448,292,422,417,797,529,1610,1523,1102,298,256,122,122,122,122,122,122,35,37,31,120,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,109,109,109,73,73,73,73,73,83,83,106,83,96,133,252,190,382,370,610,395,389,388,387,380,29968,29967,29968,395,354,336,29972,29973,29970,29974,29973,29975,29958,12814]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc4 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 11. b3 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} Re8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe4 12. Bf3 Qg6 13. Re1 Bc5 14. b4 Ba7 15. Nd6 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. N4f5 {1-0 (33) Sermek,D (2520)-Vatter,H (2330) Cattolica 1994}) 12. Bf3 (12. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re2f3]}) 12... Qc5 $1 13. Re1 Nb6 (13... Qc7 $14) 14. Nxe6 $1 $16 Bxe6 15. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qf5 16. Bxb6 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxc5 20. Bxb7 Re8 21. Qf1 Qa3 22. Qc1 Qa5 23. Qd2 g6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. g3 Rb8 26. Bf3 Qa3 (26... Rc8 $142 27. Bd5 Nxd5) 27. Qd4 h6 $2 (27... Rc8 28. Rd3 Rc7) 28. c5 $18 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Qxa2 29. c6 Qa5 30. Kg2 Rb3 31. Rc1 Rb2 (31... Rb8 $142 32. c4 Re8) 32. h4 Rb5 (32... Rb8 $142 33. c4 Rd8) 33. c4 Rc5 34. Rb1 Rf5 35. g4 $2 (35. Bd5 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rb7 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Qxd5+ 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. c7 Nxc7 41. Rxc7) 35... Qc5 36. Qxc5 (36. Qc3 $1 $18 Qe5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rb6) 36... Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rb4 a5 38. Rb5 Rxc4 39. g5 (39. Rxa5 $16 Rc1 40. Ra8) 39... hxg5 $14 40. hxg5 Ng8 (40... Nh5 $14) 41. Bd5 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 ({White should try} 42. Kh3 $16 Rd4 43. Rxa5) 42... Rxg5 $11 43. c7 (43. Rxa5 $6 Ne7 $14) 43... Ne7 44. Rxa5 Rh5 (44... Nc8 $1 $11) 45. Rb5 $1 $16 Rh3 {White should prevent ...Rc3.} 46. Bc4 {aiming for Rb8.} Rc3 47. Rc5 Nc8 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d8] Strongly threatening Rd8.} Ra7 51. Rd7 $1 {Hoping for Ke3.} Nb6 (51... Ke5 $16 52. Kc3 (52. Rxf7 Kd6 $16) (52. Bxf7 Nb6 $16) 52... f5) 52. Rd6+ (52. Rxf7+ $6 Ke5 $16) ({Don't play} 52. Bxf7 $6 Ra8 $16) 52... Kg5 $2 (52... Kg7 53. Rxb6 Rxc7) 53. Rc6 $18 ({Don't take} 53. Rxb6 Rxc7 54. Kd3 f5 $18) 53... f5 $2 (53... Nc8 54. Bxf7 Ne7) 54. Bf7 Nc8 55. Bxg6 Ne7 56. Bf7 Ra8 $2 (56... Kf4 $18 57. Rc5 Ke4) 57. Re6 Ra2+ 58. Ke1 $2 (58. Kc1 {mates} Ra1+ 59. Kb2 Ra5 60. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf4 61. Rxe7 Rc5 62. Be6 Rxc7 63. Rxc7) 58... Ra1+ {[#]} 59. Ke2 $1 Ra2+ $2 (59... Nc8 $18 60. Re8 Nb6) 60. Kf1 {White mates.} Ra1+ 61. Re1 Rxe1+ 62. Kxe1 Kf6 {[#]} 63. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 62%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,99,35,39,8,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,27,22,-26,-19,-19,-30,-20,57,65,54,51,114,106,100,101,108,85,103,44,59,52,53,28,129,110,155,153,159,156,178,178,178,181,214,114,107,125,151,81,83,97,105,70,77,65,75,76,189,190,186,189,188,177,193,184,189,186,244,222,275,269,230,56,58,16,16,18,19,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} (10. c4 Qh5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Rb5 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 {0-1 (29) Eljanov,P (2734)-Carlsen,M (2827) Douglas 2017}) 10... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. c4 Qc6 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. c3 h6 14. Bd2 e5 15. d5 {0-1 (28) Yukhno,A (2123)-Tarlev,K (2486) Berezovskoe 2008}) 11. c4 Qd6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O 15. Ne5 f5 16. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nhf6 17. Bg3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Nxe5 19. Qxa8 $1 Rxa8 (19... Qxc4 $11 20. Rd8 Ng6) 20. Rxd4 $14 Nc6 21. Rdd1 e5 (21... Rc8 $14) 22. f4 $1 $16 e4 23. Bh4 $1 Ne8 24. c5 Kf7 25. g4 (25. Rd7+ $16 Kg6 26. Rb1) 25... bxc5 26. Rd5 Nd4 27. gxf5 {aiming for Bf2.} Nd6 (27... Nf3+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Rxf3 exf3) 28. Bf2 Re8 {White should prevent ...e3.} 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kf6 31. Ra4 e3 32. Kg2 Kxf5 33. Re1 ({White should try} 33. Kf3 $18) 33... Re4 34. Rxa7 Kxf4 35. Rxc7 (35. Rf1+ $142 Kg4 36. h3+ (36. Rxc7 Nf5 $16) 36... Kg5 37. Kf3 (37. Rxc7 Nf5 $16)) 35... Nf5 36. Rf1+ Kg4 37. h3+ Kg5 38. Rc5 g6 $1 39. Kf3 Rh4 (39... Ra4 $16) 40. Rg1+ $1 $18 Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rcxg6 ({Stronger than} 42. Rgxg6 Nd4+ 43. Kxe3 Nxc6 $11) 42... Rxh3+ {[#]} 43. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Rh4 {[#]} 44. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b5] Threatens to win with Rb5+.} Re4 (44... Nd4 {was called for.} 45. c3 Nc2) 45. Rg8 Rc4 46. Rb5+ Ke6 47. Re8+ $2 (47. Rg6+ $18 Kf7 48. Ra6 Rxc2+ 49. Kh3) 47... Kd7 $14 {And now ...Nh4+ would win.} 48. Ree5 Rxc2+ 49. Kh3 e2 50. Rxe2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,155,-6,-7,-4,0,0,0,-2,-8,-29,15,-7,62,67,67,18,22,0,14,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-13,0,-52,-27,-22,-13,-69,0,-50,-45,-46,-33,-36,-41,-80,-83,-100,-100,-88,-89,-86,-89,-98,-101,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. h3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Nd2 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. exd4 Nb4 13. a3 {½-½ (29) Rapport,R (2698)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nc3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 11. Be5 f6 12. Bh2 Qa5 (12... f5 $11) 13. Bc4+ $14 Kh8 14. O-O f5 15. Be5 Rd8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc7 21. Rd8 {[#] Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Be6 22. Rxa8 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxa8 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qd7 Kf7 $1 28. Qxb7 Nc7 29. Qb3+ Ne6 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qd5 ({White should try} 31. Nd5 $11) 31... Qb4 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. Qd5 (33. g4 $11) 33... a6 ({Better is} 33... Qxd5 $15 34. Nxd5 Nd4) 34. a5 e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. fxe3 Nxc2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 37. Nd5 e6 38. Nb6 Nxe3 39. b4 {And now b5! would win.} Nc2 {[#]} 40. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb4 (40... axb5 41. a6) 41. bxa6 Nxa6 42. Kf2 e5 (42... Ke7 $17 43. Nc4 Kd7) 43. Nd7 $11 {The position is equal.} e4 {Threatens to win with ...Ke7.} 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Nf7+ Kd5 47. Ng5 h5 48. g4 Ke5 {aiming for ...f4+.} 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Nf7+ Ke6 51. Ng5+ Ke5 52. Nf7+ Kf6 53. Nd6 $1 Ke6 54. Nc4 Kd5 55. Nb6+ Kc6 56. Nc8 Kd7 57. Nb6+ Kc6 {White must now prevent ...Nc7.} 58. Nc8 Kd7 59. Nb6+ Kd6 60. Nc4+ Kc5 61. Ne5 Nb4 {Hoping for ...Nd5+.} 62. Kf4 Kb5 63. Kxf5 e3 64. Kg5 e2 65. Nf3 {Strongly threatening Nd4+.} Nc2 66. Kxh5 Kxa5 67. Kg4 Ne3+ (67... Nd4 $5 68. Ne1 $8 Kb4 $11) 68. Kg3 Kb6 69. Kf2 $1 {[%csl LRe2,LRe3]} Nf5 70. Kxe2 Kc5 71. Ng5 Kd6 72. Kf3 Ke5 73. Kg4 Kf6 74. Kf4 Kg6 75. Ne4 Ng7 76. Kg4 Nf5 77. Kf4 Ng7 78. Kg4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kevilshvili, Robby"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,6,2,0,0,10,22,-11,16,16,27,24,75,60,102,43,42,30,22,19,12,18,33,12,7,0,17,27,10,-13,-14,-31,-14,-25,-14,-14,-20,-59,-30,-56,-29,-69,-82,-125,-118,-119,-105,-128,-123,-113,-104,-173,-154,-173,-130,-137,-133,-203,-194,-255,-272,-314,-311,-303,-249,-296,-232,-378,-365,-389,-369,-385,-406,-610,-600,-29967,-29969,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nf6 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O e6 12. Na4 d5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. c4 Bb7 15. e5 Nd7 {0-1 (45) Grischuk,A (2766)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... e6 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 10. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 12. Bb3 Be7 13. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qf3 Na5 14. O-O b5 15. f5 e5 {1-0 (25) Buhmann,R (2564)-Zeller,F (2371) Germany 2017}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 (14... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Qd3 b5 16. a3 ({Better is} 16. fxe6 $16 fxe6 17. O-O) 16... e5 $14 17. Bf2 Bc6 18. Bh4 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg3 Rhg8 21. O-O-O Nf6 22. Rd3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qh4+ Nf6 $1 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. g4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. h3 Qb6 28. Qe1 Rd7 29. Rg3 Rb8 30. c3 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. a4 Qc6+ $1 33. Kb1 {[#]} Qe4+ $1 34. Rgd3 {[#]} (34. Ka2 $17) 34... Qxe1 $1 $19 35. Rxe1 Rc7 36. Rg3 Nd7 37. g5 (37. h4 $17 {was called for.}) 37... hxg5 38. Rxg5 (38. h4 {was necessary.}) 38... Nc5 39. Bd5 Kf6 ({Weaker is} 39... Nxa4 40. Rxg7 Kf6 41. Rg4 $17) 40. Reg1 Rg8 41. h4 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} ({Don't play} 41... Nxa4 42. Rd1 $19) 42. h5 (42. R5g4 $142 Re7 43. Rd1) 42... Rh8 43. a5 e3 44. Rxg7 {If White can now play R7g3 this consolidates a bit.} Rxh5 45. R7g3 (45. R7g2 $142) 45... Rxf5 46. Bg2 Nb3 {Black mates.} 47. a6 Nd2+ 48. Ka2 Ra5# {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,23,24,23,24,16,18,15,24,18,4,9,24,7,22,30,28,16,45,53,41,39,39,36,35,45,93,95,69,83,93,60,83,70,72,43,58,45,45,50,81,31,54,14,10,14,16,0,0,0,16,20]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. a4 Rad8 19. a5 g5 {0-1 (101) Onischuk,V (2637)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nc4 h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 bxc4 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. Nf5 d5 16. exd5 Qxf5 17. dxc6 {½-½ (30) Korneev,O (2651)-Cornette,M (2496) La Laguna 2008}) 10... O-O {White has an edge.} 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Ng4 Qh4 17. Rg3 Na5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc6 20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Re1 Kh8 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qe7 24. Nh2 Nc6 25. Nf3 Rab8 26. Rg4 Qf7 27. Qc2 Rbc8 28. Re3 e5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rb3 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Qc5 Qf6 $1 33. Rd3 Rf7 34. Rd5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,43,39,34,34,47,47,54,47,50,35,70,41,37,28,25,24,38,0,0,0,0,0,25,-74,-70,-83,-82,-81,-62,-154,-170,-169,-154,-154,-154,-148,-141,-144,-140,-137,-139,-139,-133,-139,-130,-143,-133,-172,-153,-154,-152,-164,-159,-134,-138,-158,-175,-175,-184,-185,-128,-109,-66,-160,-136,-312,-251,-252,-252,-260,-260,-239,-218,-433,-426,-611,-611]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bg4 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} c6 9. e4 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 a6 $146 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhg1 Nb6 14. Be5 Bh6 15. Qe1 Rg8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. f4 Kf8 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8g7,Bg7h7][%mdl 32]} 18. f3 Nfd7 19. Bd6+ (19. Ne2 $11) 19... Kg7 $17 20. b3 Kh7 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Bb4 {[#]} (22. bxc4 $15 bxc4 23. Bxg6+ Rxg6 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Ka1) 22... a5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra5b4][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 23. Bc3 b4 24. bxc4 bxc3 25. Qxc3 dxc4 ({Weaker is} 25... Qxh4 26. Rh1 $11) 26. Bxc4 Nb6 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} ({Don't play} 26... Qxh4 27. f5 $15) 27. Bb5 Nd5 28. Qd3 Rb8 {And now ...Nb4 would win.} 29. c4 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. a4 Qf6 32. Qc3 Rgd8 33. Rge1 Qxh4 34. Qxa5 Qf6 35. Qc3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 36. Kc2 h3 37. d5 Qxc3+ (37... Qg5 $19 {[%cal Re6d5]} 38. Rg1 Qf5+ 39. Qd3 Qf6) 38. Kxc3 exd5 39. cxd5 (39. Rd4 $1 $15 Bg3 40. Rh1) 39... h2 40. Re4 $2 {[#]} (40. Bc6 $17) 40... Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rxf4 {Strongly threatening Rh4+.} (41. Rxd5 h1=Q) 41... Rxd1 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Rxh2 Rc8+ 44. Kb4 $2 (44. Kb2 {might work better.}) 44... Rb1+ $19 45. Ka5 (45. Ka3 $142 Rc3+ 46. Ka2) 45... Ra8+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,107,5,8,5,41,44,53,39,62,59,59,-15,-21,-30,-32,-36,-30,-113,-101,-106,-101,-149,-154,-145,-145,-146,-141,-133,-137,-145,-146,-244,-225,-239,-130,-156,-161,-204,-191,-186,-164,-277,-282,-281,-261,-278,-223,-215,-220,-207,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,8,8,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 g6 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bg5 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxg6 Nb4 14. Qa4 fxg6 15. Qxb4 Bxd4 16. cxd5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 exd5 {1-0 (47) Zhigalko,A (2572)-Kali,O (2089) Jerusalem 2015}) 12. Ng4 h5 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. e4 c5 15. exd5 (15. dxc5 $1 $14 Nxc5 16. exd5) 15... cxd4 $11 16. Nb5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxg6 (18. Nd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxe5 19. Nxb7) 18... d3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} (18... fxg6 $6 19. Nd6 $14) 19. Qxd3 dxc4 $1 (19... fxg6 20. Nd6 $16) 20. Nd6 (20. Qxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 $17) 20... cxd3 21. Nxe8 Rfxe8 22. Bxb7 fxg6 23. Bxa6 {[#]} Rad8 $1 ({Don't play} 23... Bxb2 $6 24. Rad1 $11) 24. Rab1 d2 25. h4 (25. Bb5 $17 Re7 26. Ba4) 25... Kg7 26. Rfd1 {[#]} Re4 (26... Bxb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kf1 (27. Rxb2 Re1+) 27... Bc3) 27. Bf1 Rb4 28. b3 Bc3 29. Bc4 b5 30. a3 (30. Bf1 {was worth a try.}) 30... Rxc4 $19 ({Weaker is} 30... bxc4 31. axb4 cxb3 32. Rxb3 $11) 31. bxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. Re7 Bb2 $2 (34... Bg7 $19 35. Rc7 c3) 35. Rxa7 $11 {The position is equal.} c3 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 36. Rc7 Ra8 37. Kf1 Rxa3 38. Ke2 Ra6 39. Kd3 Rd6+ 40. Kc2 g5 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 {aiming for f5.} Rf6 43. Rf1 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6e1]} 44. Kd1 Ra6 45. Kc2 {f5 is the strong threat.} Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6e1] White must now prevent ...Re1.} 46. Rd1 Re4 47. Rf7 Kg6 48. Rf8 {And now Rg1+ would win.} Kg7 49. Rf5 Kh6 50. Rf7 Kg6 51. Rf8 {Threatens to win with Rg1+.} Kg7 52. Rf5 {Hoping for Rg1+.} Kh6 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rf5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Kevilshvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,93,0,-7,-15,-14,0,-14,-12,-8,-20,-16,-22,-13,0,0,0,-25,48,48,27,40,30,30,41,-30,-28,-24,-29,-29,-21,-19,-10,-87,-10,-13,-2,-100,-94,-94,-112,-116,-111,-104,-111,-120,-35,-43,0,-107,-113,-212,-89,-89,-96,-85,-12,-391,-391,-395,-212,-242,-247,-203,-206,-194,-197,-673,-664,-29985,-29986,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. b3 b4 (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 Ra7 13. Rac1 a5 {½-½ (41) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh 2017}) 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c3 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxb4 14. Qd3 f5 15. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ba3 {½-½ (43) Zhukova,N (2448)-Galliamova,A (2434) Novi Sad 2016}) 15... O-O 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qc4 Qf6 (20... Re8 $11 21. Qb5 Re7) 21. Qb5 $1 $14 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 22. Qa4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 23. Qxb4 Nd5 24. Qa5 ({Better is} 24. Qd6 $14) 24... Nb4 $11 25. Bd7 Nc2 26. Qxc3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Rbd8 28. Qc7 (28. Qc6 $11) 28... Qxd4 (28... Kh8 $17 29. Bb5 Rxd4) 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Ra4 (30. Rf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Qd1+ $17 31. Kg2 Qxe2 32. Bxf5 {And now Rh4 would win.} Rd1 33. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Qf1+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 34. Kf3 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Qd3+ (34... Rd3+ $17 35. Kf4 Rdd8) 35. Kg2 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Qf1+ (35... Qd5+ $15 36. Qxd5 Rxd5) 36. Kf3 $17 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Rdd8 {White must now prevent ...g6.} 37. Rf4 (37. Kg4 $17 {was the only defense.}) 37... Qh1+ (37... h5 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. Bc2 Qh1+ 39. Ke3 Qc1+ 40. Kf3 Rxf4+ 41. gxf4 Qh1+ 42. Ke3 Re8+ 43. Kd4 Qf3) 38. Kg4 Qxh2 39. b4 Rf6 (39... Qh1 $17 40. Be4 Qd1+ 41. f3 Qd7+ 42. Rf5 h6) 40. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Be4 $11) 40... Rdf8 $19 {...g6 is the strong threat.} 41. Qe5 Rh6 (41... Qg1 $142 42. Qd4 Qg2) 42. Kf3 Qh1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 43. Ke2 {[#]} Qh5+ $1 44. g4 {[#]} Qf7 $1 45. Kf1 $2 (45. Qd4) 45... Qb3 46. Bc2 Rh1+ 47. Kg2 Qh3# {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,50,-41,-60,-28,-46,-19,-22,-31,-42,0,-12,0,-9,-3,-5,0,0,315,307,289,287,349,341,683,718,704,697,659,650,1044,1044,1031,1002,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} a6 (9... Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 a6 13. d5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nb3 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. h3 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (45) Onischuk,A (2662)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b5 11. Qc2 {Black has an edge.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 g5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 gxf4 15. dxc6 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qd6 {0-1 (72) Metpally,J (2053)-Nakar,E (2476) Madison 2017}) 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 {aiming for dxe6.} exd5 14. exd5 Nb3 ({Avoid the trap} 14... Nxd5 $2 15. Nxd5 Rb8 16. Nb6 $18) 15. Ne5 Bc5 {With the idea ...Bxe3.} 16. Bg5 Re8 {[#]} 17. Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Nxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Bc8 $1 $11 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh6+ Kg7) 18. Bxd8 $18 Raxd8 {[#]} 19. d6 $1 Bxg2 20. dxc7 ({Not} 20. Kxg2 Bxd6 21. Ne4 h6 $16) 20... Rxd1 $2 (20... Rc8) 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. Rd8 Rf8 {[#]} 23. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2+ (23... Bxe4 24. Nxe4) 24. Kg2 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Rxd8 26. cxd8=R# {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,60,35,45,47,52,35,49,47,65,60,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-12,-55,-58,-60,-29,-23,-18,-13,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-19,-2,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 4. Nf3 (4. Ne2 Nb4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. e5 f6 9. f4 Nh6 10. Ng3 f5 11. Nd2 Nf7 {½-½ (41) Alekseev,E (2627)-Shaposhnikov,E (2572) Yaroslavl 2018}) 4... Nb4 5. Nc3 Nxd3+ 6. Qxd3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O b6 11. Qe3 Qd5 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf4 Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 {½-½ (45) Zorr,S (2144)-Andersen,J (2043) GER email 2012}) 12... Qd7 13. Qh6 (13. Qe4 $14 c6 14. Qg4) 13... Bb7 $11 14. Qg7 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Rhg8 16. Rhg1 Bb4 17. Qxd7+ (17. Qxf6 {feels hotter.} Rgf8 18. Qe5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxf3 21. Rge1) 17... Rxd7 18. Rd3 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...e4 would win.} 19. d5 (19. dxe5 Rxd3) 19... Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxd5 21. g3 {The position is equal.} Rgd8 ({Reject} 21... Bxa2 $6 22. b3 $16) 22. Rd1 (22. b3 {seems wilder.} Bb7 23. Re1 c5 24. b4 Kb8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nh4) 22... Bxf3 {[%csl Gd8,Gf3][%cal Rd7d1] [#]} ({Much worse is} 22... Bxa2 $6 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. b3 $16) (22... Rd6 {is interesting.} 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. b3 Kd7) 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke6 25. Rc3 c5 26. Ra3 Rd7 27. Ra4 Kf5 28. Rh4 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,155,20,30,18,65,27,24,26,44,44,44,41,37,39,43,43,42,39,47,32,27,27,36,0,49,32,52,36,88,33,29,39,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,89,89,89,89,89,59,60,61,92,59,92,92,92,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,0,74,74,74,74,74,74,83,8,46,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,8,8,8,180,172,163,4,20,0,133,0,20,4,11,4,4,4,69,4,11,4,4,4,8,4,8,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (13... Bd7 14. Rfc1 Rfb8 15. Ne1 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nc2 Nc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qd3 {½-½ (52) Beliavsky,A (2654)-Hertneck,G (2541) Saint Vincent 2000}) 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Ne1 (15. c5 $5) 15... axb4 {White has an edge.} 16. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ra4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 h5 20. Nef3 {½-½ (20) Lukey,S (2236)-Smith,R (2214) Dunedin 2012}) 18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfb8 20. Ra3 Qd8 21. Rca1 Ne8 22. f4 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Ra8 24. Qc3 f6 25. Qa1 Nc7 26. Nb3 b6 (26... Rxa3 $14 27. Qxa3 Na8) 27. Nd2 (27. Rxa8 $16 Qxa8 28. Qxa8+ Nxa8 29. Nc1) 27... Rxa3 $14 28. Qxa3 Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Nxa8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Nb1 Ke7 32. Nc3 Kd8 33. Bf3 Kc8 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. h4 Ke7 36. g4 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bh3 39. Be2 Nc7 40. Na4 {Hoping for gxf6+.} Na8 41. Kf3 Bd7 42. Kg3 g6 43. Bf1 Kf7 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Bd1 Kf7 48. Bf3 Ke7 49. Nb2 Nc7 50. Be2 Kf7 51. Na4 Na8 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Bf3 Ke7 55. Bd1 Kf7 56. Be2 Ke7 $1 57. Bf3 Kf7 58. Nb2 Nc7 59. Nd3 Ne8 60. Nf2 (60. Bg2 $16) 60... Ng7 61. gxf6 Kxf6 62. Bg4 exf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nh5+ 64. Kf3 Be8 65. Nd3 {Strongly threatening Nb2.} Ke7 $1 66. Nb2 {Threatens to win with Na4.} Kd8 $2 {[#]} (66... Nf6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 67. Na4 $1 $18 Kc7 68. Nc3 $2 ({White has to play} 68. Be6 $18) 68... Kd8 69. Na4 (69. Be6 $11) 69... Kc7 $1 $16 70. Nc3 (70. Be6 $16) 70... Kd8 $11 71. Ke3 Kc7 72. Be6 g5 73. e5 dxe5 ({Better is} 73... Bg6 $11) 74. Ne4 (74. Ke4 $1 $14) 74... Nf4 {The position is equal.} 75. Nxg5 Bg6 76. Bg4 Kd6 77. Bf3 Ke7 78. Be4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,54,14,11,46,39,24,27,56,22,12,29,28,14,12,13,6,19,34,46,39,21,49,29,33,20,58,55,59,45,58,45,43,30,45,38,38,-18,0,-22,0,0,0,-21,-29,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O {LiveBook: 25 Games} d6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. d4 {0-1 (60) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017 CBM 179 [Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro]}) 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qf3 Bd4 12. Ne2 Be5 13. c3 O-O 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Bf4 {1-0 (43) Fischer,G (2175)-Strozewski,G (1852) Hockenheim 2007}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Qg3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} f6 16. Rae1 Re6 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qa5 Be3 22. Nc3 f5 23. exf5 (23. Rde1 $14 f4 24. Nd1) 23... Rh6 $11 24. Ne4 {Qc3 is the strong threat.} Qxf5 25. Qxc7 Bf4 26. g3 (26. Rxd6 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Qh5 $19) 26... Bxg3 $1 27. Nxg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Rd2 $11 Bf4 28. Rg2) 27... Qxc2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,112,7,17,-13,7,3,17,6,23,25,10,0,12,10,7,-43,0,-73,-48,-56,-56,-56,-56,-58,-58,-55,-50,-52,-49,-66,-17,-27,-14,-22,-22,-26,-19,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-11,-20,-3,-27,-35,-43,-34,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-37,-41,-69,-13,-49,-55,-66,-74,-70,-48,-70,-57,-70,0,-66,-58,-74,-69,-74,-60,-68,-44,-202,-188,-1012,-950,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29975]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 c5 {LiveBook: 23 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 7. dxc5 (7. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 $14) 7... Qa5 (7... Nxc5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 Nce4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nd2 {½-½ (71) Nakamura,H (2793)-Kramnik,V (2811) Zuerich 2017}) 8. Be2 Bxc3+ {The position is equal.} 9. bxc3 Nxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 e5 13. fxe4 exf4 14. O-O Qxc5 15. cxd5 Qxe3+ {½-½ (24) Knoll,H (2309)-Plachetka,J (2371) Austria 2016}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd6 Re8 $1 12. Qd4 b6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 (13... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. f3 Rac8 $15) 14. Nc6 (14. cxd5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nxd6 15. dxe6) 14... Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] ...Ba6 is the strong threat.} 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 18. Qd3 $1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Rc2 Red8 22. Rd1 Nb5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. a4 Na3 25. Rb2 g6 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke1 Rd7 28. f3 f5 29. Bf1 Kf6 30. Be2 h6 31. Bf1 g5 32. Be2 $1 h5 33. g3 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. f4 Rg7 36. Kf2 Rd7 37. Ke1 e5 38. Rd2 Re7 39. Rd6+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...exf4.} 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Kf2 Nb1 (41... Nc2 $15 42. Bxc4 Nxe3) 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Bxc4 Nxc3 44. a5 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Re7 46. Rd5 Re5 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd5.} 47. Rd7 Ng5+ 48. Kf2 $1 Re4 49. Bd3 Ra4 50. Rxa7 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 51. Be2 $2 ({White has to play} 51. Bb1 $15) 51... c3 52. a6 $2 (52. Rc7) 52... Ne4+ $19 53. Kf3 c2 {Black mates.} 54. Rc7 Nd2+ 55. Kf2 {[#]} Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Rc6+ (56. Rxc4 Rxc4) 56... Kg5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,40,31,44,21,24,33,78,76,76,67,71,62,59,49,63,54,74,39,38,40,41,37,39,28,29,7,12,14,27,26,26,24,25,26,29,25,46,33,43,37,32,27,31,30,29,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Partien} Qf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf1 {[#]} Nh4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Be6 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Qc2 {½-½ (70) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016}) 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. g3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 (16. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Ne7 17. Ne3 Qf3 18. Be2 Qe4 19. Bf1) 16... Bxg4 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Ng2 Ne7 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. f3 Ne7 27. Kf2 a5 28. h4 Bd7 29. g4 g6 30. Kg3 b6 31. Bc2 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Nd3 c4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 34. Ne5 Be6 35. b3 cxb3 36. Bxb3 Rd8 37. Nd3 Rc8 38. Nf4 Bd7 39. Nxd5 ({Nur nicht} 39. Bxd5 $2 g5 $17) 39... Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxc3 41. Rd1 {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,115,43,29,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,9,38,0,57,33,42,18,17,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,9,8,10,4,7,0,3,0,5,0,49,54,70,69,62,80,85,58,83,73,124,124,139,131,131,131,131,131,235,167,164,164,170,169,168,168,107,102,106,8,8,8,11,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 bxc5 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. b4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd5 12. Qxc7 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. O-O Nc3 16. Qb2 Qb5 17. Bd2 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Qd3 19. Qb1 {½-½ (19) Grigore,G (2532)-Brunello,S (2488) Bratto 2010}) 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qf4 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qf3 Ne7 17. Re1 Na4 18. Nf1 Nf5 ({Black should play} 18... Qxf3 $11 19. gxf3 Ng6) 19. Qd1 (19. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qxd4 20. Bg5 $14) 19... b5 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Qb1 Nc4 23. Re2 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Be1 Qe5 27. f4 Qd5 28. Nf5 {aiming for Ne7+.} Qd7 29. h3 Nd6 (29... a6 {is more complex.} 30. e4 g6 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 h5) 30. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qxf5 {[#]} 31. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb1 (31... Rxd6 32. Qxf5) 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxb1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f5 34. Rc1 Nb6 (34... g6 $142) 35. Rc5 $16 Rd5 36. Bc3 Rxc5 37. bxc5 {KB-KN} Nd5 38. Bd4 h5 (38... Kf7 $16 {might work better.} 39. g4 g6) 39. Kf2 Ne7 40. e4 {And now exf5 would win.} g6 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf7 43. exf5 gxf5 {[#]} 44. gxf5 ({Better is} 44. g5 $1 $16) 44... Nxf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. c6 Ke6 46. Bc5 {Hoping for Ke2.} ({Not} 46. Bxa7 Kd6 $18) 46... a5 $1 47. Ke2 {Kd3 is the strong threat.} Nd6 48. Bb6 Nc4 49. Bd8 Kd6 50. c7 Kd7 51. f5 Nd6 52. f6 Kc8 53. Kd3 Nf7 54. Kd4 Nxd8 55. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 56. Kc5 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 57. axb4 axb4 58. Kxb4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,146,19,2,35,18,35,42,46,41,55,31,35,35,59,0,0,-15,10,-60,-1,-12,8,0,35,33,21,16,46,48,50,47,52,51,60,0,48,27,35,39,31,21,9,27,19,33,24,12,32,0,0,0,2,-18,-20,-25,-27,-20,-25,-59,-58,-103,-105,-123,-117,-106,-85,-75,-85,-97,-61,-141,-108,-118,-115,-141,-97,-83,-52,-75,-15,-15,-18,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,-12,-12,0,-8,-8,-19,0,-243,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 dxc4 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (6... O-O 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. e3 Be4 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bf1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd8 {½-½ (42) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 7. a4 {LiveBook: 99 Games} a5 8. Na3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. Rfc1 Bd5 14. e3 {½-½ (70) Wallner,J (2332)-Koop,T (2396) Austria 2015}) 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. e3 (13. Bf4 $14) 13... Ne4 $11 14. Be1 Qc7 15. d5 (15. Rc1 $11) 15... e6 (15... Bxa1 $15 16. Qxa1 Nd6) 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nd2 $1 Nd6 19. e4 e5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nb1 f4 22. Bc3 Rf8 23. Rfe1 ({Better is} 23. Nd2 $1 $14) 23... Bf5 24. Qb2 Nxc4 25. Qb3 Nd6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Na3 b6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Qd6 32. gxf4 Bg6 33. Rc3 Re1+ 34. Bf1 {Strongly threatening Rg3.} Re4 35. Qb5 Rxf4 36. Qc6 {[#]} Rf6 $1 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Bc4 Bf7 39. Rd3 Be8 40. Bb3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Re3 ({White should play} 41. Bxc4 $15 Bxa4 42. Kf1) 41... Kf8 42. Bxc4 Bxa4 43. Kg2 Be8 44. Rb3 Rf6 45. Kg3 Ba4 (45... a4 $17 46. Rb1 Ke7) 46. Rb1 $1 $11 Ke7 47. f4 Bc2 48. Rb2 Bf5 49. Kf3 Kd8 50. Ke3 Kc7 51. Bb5 Rf7 52. Kd4 Bg6 53. Rf2 Kd6 54. Be8 Rf5 55. Bxg6 $1 Rxd5+ 56. Ke4 hxg6 {KR-KR} 57. Rg2 Kc5 58. Rxg6 $2 {[#]} (58. Rc2+ $1 $11 Kd6 59. Rg2) 58... Rd2 $2 (58... Rd8 $1 $19 {Black wants to play ...a4.} 59. f5 a4) 59. f5 {The position is equal.} Rxh2 {Hoping for ...a4.} 60. f6 $1 Rf2 61. Rg5+ Kc4 62. Rg4 Rxf6 63. Ke5+ Kb3 64. Kxf6 {KR-KPP} a4 65. Rg3+ Kb2 66. Rg2+ Kb3 67. Rg3+ Kb2 68. Rg5 a3 69. Rb5+ Kc2 {And now ...a2 would win.} 70. Rxb6 a2 71. Ra6 Kb2 72. Ke5 a1=Q 73. Rxa1 Kxa1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,-21,31,20,32,42,44,33,28,25,27,22,75,54,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Bf4 f6 (4... c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. exd4 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 b4 {0-1 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. h3 e5 $146 (5... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 5... Nc6 6. e3 g5 7. Bh2 h5 8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Nc3 {0-1 (31) Svaljek,R (1967)-Raguz,I (1812) Mali Losinj 2017}) 6. dxe5 $14 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} fxe5 7. Bxe5 Nc6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 9. Nxe5 {Strongly threatening Qh5+.} Qh4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4f2]} 10. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nd6 {[#]} 12. Bb5+ (12. Nc3 $1 $16) 12... Nxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 13. Qxb5+ c6 {[#]} 14. Nxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg2 (14... bxc6 15. Qxc6+) 15. Ne5+ Ke7 $1 16. Rf1 {Rf7+ would kill now.} Bxh3 17. Rf7+ Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8+.} 18. Qd7+ Kxe5 19. Qd4+ Ke6 20. Qd7+ Ke5 21. Qd4+ Ke6 22. Qd7+ Ke5 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,38,40,9,42,41,30,38,41,29,37,29,41,38,35,29,40,34,31,14,46,0,31,0,45,0,44,0,0,-18,0,-45,0,-7,18,15,59,33,12,-38,-34,-58,-46,-67,-54,-77,-59,-78,-88,-95,-103,-193,-175,-136,-22,-377,-378,-518,-495,-1043,-991,-2088,-962,-29993,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29996,-33]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bxf3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Qxf3 (11. Nxf3 e6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Re3 e5 20. dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (56) Bacrot,E (2692)-Gelfand,B (2731) Ashdod 2015}) 11... a6 12. Rfe1 {White is slightly better.} Re8 13. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Qd7 14. Qg3 Nd8 15. Nf3 Ne6 {1-0 (59) Kalnins,K (2269)-Gumpo,T (2015) Kazan 2013}) 13... e6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Qg3 Rc8 16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 (19... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 20. Bg3 Nb6 $11) 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Qd8 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Rb1 e5 25. Qh3 Rcd8 26. Nb3 e4 27. Be2 Nf8 28. Be3 Ne7 29. g4 hxg4 30. Bxg4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 31. Be2 Ne6 32. Nc5 {[#]} Nxc5 $1 33. dxc5 Qc7 34. h5 f4 35. hxg6 (35. Bd2 $17) 35... Nxg6 $19 ({Worse is} 35... fxe3 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qh3+ Kg8 $11) 36. Bh5 {[#]} Re5 ({Reject} 36... fxe3 $6 37. Bxg6 exf2+ 38. Kxf2 $11) (36... Qc6 $1 $17 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Kg7) 37. Bxg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bd4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rg5+ 38. Kh1 Bxd4 39. Rg1) 37... Rg5+ {[%cal Be5g5,Bg5g6,Bg6h6][%mdl 32]} 38. Kf1 Rxg6 39. Bd4 (39. Qf5 $142 Rf6 40. Bxf4 Qxf4 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. Rbd1) 39... Bxd4 40. cxd4 f3 (40... Qg7 $142 41. Rbd1 f3 42. Qh2 Rh6 43. Re2 Rxh2 44. Ke1 Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Qxd4+ 46. Kc2 Qc4+ 47. Kd2 Qd3+ 48. Kc1 Rxd1#) 41. Rec1 Qg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg6g1] Black mates.} 42. Qh2 Rh6 43. Qg1 Qxg1+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,64,76,86,87,83,52,52,54,129,129,150,155,154,134,156,166,119,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-2,-7,-7,-14,-19,-2,-22,-16,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,14,14,25,25,31,31,49,13,13,0,41,0,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nc6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 8. Be3 Bg7 9. d5 (9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 d5 11. Kb1 Na5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h4 Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 c5 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 {0-1 (39) Grachev,B (2693)-Shirov,A (2709) Jurmala 2013}) 9... Ne7 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Nxd6 15. Rxd6 {½-½ (40) Saravana,K (2345)-Karthikeyan,P (2502) Mumbai 2017}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. g4 c6 $1 13. h4 d5 (13... b5 $1 $14) 14. h5 $16 Qe8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 Qf7 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd3 ({White should play} 18. Ne4 $16) 18... Nxc3+ $11 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for Rd7.} Nd5 22. Bd2 Qf6 23. Ka2 b5 24. Bxg6 Qxf3 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4 Qxg4 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4]} Qg2 30. Rh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2g2]} Qg4 (30... Qxh2 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Rf7 33. Bg5+ Kd6 34. Qxf7 $18) 31. Rh4 Qxh4 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Bg5+ {[#]} Qxg5 $1 34. Qxg5+ Bf6 35. Qg3 Bxc3 {aiming for ...Be1.} 36. Be4 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.} Bd4 37. f3 Kd7 {And now ...Nc3+ would win.} 38. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 39. Qg4 Be5 40. Qb4 Rb8 41. Qa5 Rb7 42. Qa6 Rc7 43. Qxb5+ Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2+.} 44. Qb4+ Kf7 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 45. Qh4 Rc2+ 46. Kb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc7 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kf6 50. Qh4+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,187,0,0,0,0,7,-9,-21,-17,-14,-23,-16,-24,-24,-24,-18,-25,-27,-40,-37,-48,-37,-37,-37,-70,-71,-73,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-82,-82,-82,-87,-93,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,0,-63,-63,-70,-54,-70,-60,-76,-70,-70,-47,-61,-44,-123,-68,-68,-76,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-73,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-37,-37,-37,-123,-51,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,0,-123,0,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-62,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,0,-123,-123,-123,0,-123,0,-123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 22 Games. B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (48) Volchok,A (2602)-Veinger,I (2597) Argentina 1996}) 11. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Bc3.} d5 12. Nf6+ exf6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Kg7 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 {[%cal Rb3d5] [#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxd4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2 21. Rc4 Rd8 22. Rc7 b6 23. b4 Rdd2 24. c3 Rxb2 25. Rxa7 Rec2 26. Rb7 Rxc3 27. Rxb6 f5 28. Rb7 Rcc2 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Rc4 31. Rd1 Rcc2 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Kf3 Red2 34. Kg2 Rdc2 35. Kf3 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. gxf4 h4 38. Re7 (38. Re1 $1 $15) 38... Rg3+ ({Better is} 38... Rc4 $17 39. f5 g5) 39. Kh2 $15 Rf3 40. Kg2 Rxf4 41. Re3 f5 42. b5 Rc4 43. b6 Kh6 44. b7 Rxb7 45. Rfe1 Kg5 46. Re6 Rb2 47. R1e2 Rxe2 48. Rxe2 $17 {KR-KR} Rc3 49. Re8 Kf6 50. Rh8 {[#]} Rc4 $1 51. Rh7 Rf4 52. Ra7 Re4 53. Ra8 Kf7 (53... g5 $17 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Rc4 56. Rf8+ Ke6) 54. Ra7+ $1 $15 Re7 55. Ra8 (55. Ra4 $1 $15) 55... Re8 (55... Rd7 $17 56. Ra2 g5) 56. Ra7+ (56. Ra4 $1 $15) 56... Kf6 $17 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Rb6 Ra8 59. Rb7 Kh6 60. Rf7 Rb8 61. Kf3 Rb5 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Kh2 Kg5 64. Kg2 Kh6 65. Kh2 $1 Rb5 66. Kg2 Ra5 67. Kh2 g5 68. Rf6+ Kh5 (68... Kg7 $17 69. Rc6 Ra3) 69. f3 (69. Kg2 $15) 69... f4 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Re6 Rc2 73. Rf6 Rd2 74. Re6 Rb2 75. Rf6 Re2 76. Rd6 Re8 77. Kf2 Re7 78. Rc6 Ra7 79. Re6 Ra2+ 80. Kg1 Ra8 81. Kf2 Rg8 82. Ke2 Rg7 ({Black should try} 82... Rd8 $17 83. Re5 Rc8) 83. Rd6 (83. Kd3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 83... Ra7 84. Kf2 Ra8 85. Re6 $1 Rg8 86. Ke2 $1 Rg6 (86... Rd8 $17 87. Rc6 Rd5) 87. Rxg6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kxg6 {K3P-KPP} 88. Kd3 Kf7 89. Kd4 Ke7 90. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5] Kf5 is the strong threat.} Kf6 91. Kd4 Kf5 92. Kd5 Kf6 {( -> ...g4!)} (92... Kg6 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 93. Ke4 Kf6 $11) 93. Kd4 Ke6 94. Ke4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,65,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,22,-12,33,37,42,-36,54,53,107,104,108,114,112,112,110,105,105,107,152,160,142,146,176,170,164,185,167,170,349,355,481,486,479,456,485,483,468,472]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bg5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ra7 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Rc7 12. Ncb5 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 d5 14. a3 Rxc4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Qd3 e5 {½-½ (25) Nielsen,P (2681)-Postny,E (2618) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 13... Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bd2 {And now Bxb4 would win.} (15. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 16. a3 $11) 15... Bxd2 16. Rxd2 d5 $1 17. Qa3 (17. cxd5 $14 exd5 18. Qa3) 17... Rc5 (17... Rxc4 $15 18. Nd6 Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxd4 Re7) 18. Nb3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb3c5][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rc6 (18... Rxc4 $14 19. Nd6 Rc7) 19. cxd5 $16 exd5 20. Nc3 $1 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. e4 Rde6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 24. Nd4 R6e7 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 25. Nf5 Re6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 26. Nxd5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Nfe3 $1 Bb7 $2 {[#]} (28... Rd8 29. Nxb6 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re8) 29. Nc7 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 29. Nxb6 R4e6 $16) 29... Rc8 {[#]} 30. Rd8+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 31. Nf5+ ({Not} 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Ned5+ Kd8 $18) 31... Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd8.} 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Nd6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,60,24,25,24,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-7,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 {[%cal Bc1a3,Ba3e7,Be7d6][%mdl 32]} Qa6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rdc8 19. Bd6 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 20. Bc5 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb7 Rdb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rd8 {[#]} 25. Rc7 $146 Rdc8 26. Rb7 Rcb8 27. Rc7 Rc8 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rdc8 30. Rd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,66,81,56,98,46,49,49,74,81,85,91,102,88,81,75,75,91,119,92,100,85,102,95,102,101,108,91,76,91,126,131,136,134,277,141,279,269,332,310,453,444,441,431,422,431,467,452,429,399,421,405,391,389,381,376,489,425,585,578,584,578]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O d5 6. Bb3 {B06: Modern Defence} Bg4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 7. Nc3 {[%cal Re4d5]} (7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 dxe4 10. Ng5 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxe4 Be5 13. Nc5 b6 {0-1 (42) Mchedlishvili,M (2632)-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Dubai 2014}) 7... e6 8. h3 (8. Re1 $16) 8... Bxf3 $1 $14 9. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Ne7 10. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening exd5.} O-O 11. Rfe1 {exd5 is the strong threat.} f6 12. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rad1 Qd7 {1-0 (30) Hauser,S (2281)-Van der Veen,J ICCF email 2005}) 12... Na6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} g5 15. Nc1 f5 16. exd5 exd5 {[#]} 17. c3 $1 Ng6 18. Nd3 f4 19. Bh2 Rae8 20. Bc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Qh5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe8 {[#]} (23... Qe7 $16 {is a better defense.} 24. Kf1 Nc7) 24. Kf1 $1 $18 Bf6 25. Nf3 c5 (25... Qf7 {was necessary.} 26. Nxg5 Bxg5) 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qb5+ 28. Ke1 ({Don't play} 28. Kg1 Qxb2 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 $18) 28... Qxb2 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Kd2 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Qxf4+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,32,20,33,27,30,27,52,37,42,14,96,93,104,112,114,73,123,106,120,113,110,102,133,115,142,133,97,37,39,-6,-25,-35,-34,-17,-31,-244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,132,-105,-122,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,551,628,1492,1500]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Na5 11. Nd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} Qd7 12. f3 Nc5 $1 13. f4 $146 {Hoping for f5.White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Naxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. b4 Na4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nd2 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (41) Kholmov,R (2445)-Spesny,J (2295) Decin 1995}) 13... g6 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bg4 (15... Ne4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Qe1 $1 $16 Ne6 17. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nb6 18. f5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Nc3 c5 22. Ne2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rg8 23. Be3 c4 24. Ng3 (24. Qd1 $16) 24... Bh4 $14 25. Qa5 Bxg3 26. Qxb6 Rg6 $1 27. Qa5 Bh4 28. Rf3 $2 {[#]} (28. Qc3 $15) 28... Rc8 $2 (28... f4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxf4 (29. Bxf4 Qg4) 29... Bg5) 29. Qd2 $11 cxb3 30. axb3 Rcc6 31. Raf1 Qc8 32. g3 Rc2 33. Qe1 Qc3 ({Don't play} 33... f4 34. Bxf4 (34. Rxf4 $2 Qh3 $19) 34... Be7 35. Bd2 $16) 34. Qd1 ({Much weaker is} 34. Rxf5 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxh2 $17) 34... Qxb3 {[#]} (34... Qb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. R3f2 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Qc3) 35. Bf2 $2 (35. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] is necessary to keep the advantage.} Rc3 (35... Rxg5 36. Rxb3) 36. Qxb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 (37. Bxh4 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 b4 $14) 37... Bxg5 38. Rxf5) 35... Qc4 $17 36. Rxf5 {[#]} Bg5 (36... Qe2 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Qxd1.} 37. Qxe2 Rxe2) 37. Qf3 $11 Rc3 38. Qh5 Bh6 {[#]} 39. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 40. Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e6] Strongly threatening Rxe6+.} Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rc1 $11 41. Rxe6+ Kd7 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Re1 Qc6) 41. Rf7+ $18 Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1.} 42. Qe5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,105,23,0,18,21,12,0,0,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,8,0,24,0,4,0,0,0,3,8,8,3,8,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,0,0,3,5,0,-15,-19,-18,-22,-47,-41,-30,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. f3 Rc8 {D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3} (11... Qb6 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. a5 Bxa5 14. Qa4 Bb4 15. Qxa7 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Qa2 f4 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Ne4 {½-½ (72) Pelletier,Y (2578)-Ivanchuk,V (2733) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 12. Qd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nb6 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f4 15. exf4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Bb2 Nxa4 19. Bxd4 {1-0 (47) Vasquez Schroder,R (2521)-Sundararajan,K (2446) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. a5 Nbd5 {White must now prevent ...Qxb5.} 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8 22. Rxc5 Rxe3 23. Bc4 Ree7 24. d5 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rd6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Re1 Red7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 27. Re5 b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rc6 Kf8 30. b4 Rd8 31. b5 Ng8 32. Ke3 Ne7 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Kd4 Rd8 35. Re2 Nc8 36. Ra2 Ke7 37. g4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Rd7 39. Re2+ Kf8 ({Black should try} 39... Kd8 $11) 40. Ra2 (40. Bd3 $14) 40... Ke7 41. g5 Ra7 42. Rc2 Ra4 43. Kc3 Nd6 44. Kb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Ra1 45. Be2 $1 Rb1+ 46. Kc3 Nxb5+ 47. Bxb5 {The position is equal.} Rxb5 {KR-KR} 48. Kd4 Rb1 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52. Rc6+ Ke7 53. Ke4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,28,23,87,76,132,136,144,95,95,92,90,79,104,87,116,111,114,111,107,97,127,108,164,130,135,130,171,164,341,329,372,366,565,574]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Bg7 8. Nh3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. b4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qe8 (10... c6 $11) 11. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 h6 12. e4 g5 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bb2 {1-0 (35) Kotanjian,T (2515)-Halkias,S (2551) Kavala 2006}) 11... h6 ({Black should try} 11... Qc8) 12. e4 $16 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 exd5 15. Bg2 c6 16. cxd5 Nc7 {[%cal Rc7d5]} 17. Nf4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rd2 Rf5 20. Rxd5 Rf7 (20... Bxd5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8) 21. Rd6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. f3 Qf5 $2 {[#]} (23... Qb1) 24. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qb1 25. Qd5 Raf8 {[#]} (25... Re8 $142 26. Rxd7 Ref8) 26. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 96%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,0,14,8,29,-16,-6,-35,-22,-78,-75,-101,-38,-49,-56,-43,-46,-64,-68,-58,-40,-57,0,-125,-131,-113,0,-2,-6,0,0,-47,-52,-132,-126,-214,0,0,0,0,0,-42,4,-16,-6,-8,-8,-22,74,68,63,64,62,70,208,213,214,207,223,222,213,203,212,228,197,212,218,195,175,129,150,15,15,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 h6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. h4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c5 7. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. g5 cxd4 11. exd4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Qxh1 {0-1 (49) Alekseenko,K (2563)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Sochi 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 b5 9. Ng3 (9. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 10. a3) 9... Nd7 $17 10. Bg2 Nb6 ({Black should try} 10... cxd4 $17 11. exd4 Be7) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} e5 13. exd5 exf4 14. Nge4 Ne5 15. Nxc5 Bxg4 (15... Nbc4 $15 16. Qd4 Bxg4) 16. Qd4 (16. f3 $1 $11 b4 17. N3e4 (17. fxg4 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O $17)) 16... Qf6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 17. Kf1 f3 (17... Nbc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4e3] aiming for ...Ne3+!} 18. N3e4 Qg6) 18. Bh3 $11 Bxh3+ 19. Rxh3 O-O 20. Rg3 Rfe8 21. Re1 (21. Kg1 $15) 21... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. Nd1 {[#]} (22. Qxb4 $17 {was worth a try.} Nbc4 23. Kg1) 22... Nbc4 $2 ({Better is} 22... Nxd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nf4 would win.} 23. Qxd5 Rad8) 23. Ne3 $11 Nd6 24. Nd3 a5 25. Kg1 Re7 26. Kh2 Rae8 27. Reg1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} g6 28. h5 {Strongly threatening hxg6.} g5 (28... Nb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Nxf4 g5) 29. Nxe5 $1 $16 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Ng4 Re2 (31... Ne4 $1 $14) 32. Nf6+ $18 ({Worse is} 32. Rxf3 Kg7 $11) 32... Kf8 33. Nxe8 Rxf2+ 34. R3g2 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Nf5 36. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f5]} Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KN} 37. Rg3 $1 f2 38. Rf3 Ne4 39. Kg2 Ke7 {[#]} 40. c4 (40. d6+ $1 $16 Nxd6 41. Re3+ (41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke3 Nd6 $16) 41... Kf6 42. Kxf2) 40... bxc3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. bxc3 f6 $1 42. c4 {Hoping for c5.} Kd6 43. Rb3 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} f1=B+ 44. Kxf1 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxb3 46. axb3 Ke5 47. Kf3 f5 48. Kg3 g4 49. Kh4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,120,117,104,119,112,113,107,108,108,109,115,101,109,153,124,117,122,104,112,105,100,141,136,92,0,14,0,0,0,68,56,168,153,187,190,170,176,172,191,195,191,260,264,264,228,250,240,233,178,308,244,252,244,244,240,222,246,235,223,229,214,320,312,294,286,332,249,292,294,795,795,792,790,777,767,687,686,633,454,387,0,731,320,695,684,643,626,533,353,1228,1201,1801,1433,849,0,1264,1204,29983]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Bd6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (9... h6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Re1 Qh4 13. h3 c5 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 {½-½ (26) Radjabov,T (2751)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Batumi 2018}) 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 14. Rg3 Qe7 15. Rxg7 Nd7 16. Bxc7 Nc5 17. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 {1-0 (51) Ermenkov,E (2463)-Orev,P (2228) Sofia 2008}) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe7 21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. a4 {And now a5 would win.} Qd7 23. Kd2 Qc6 24. Qf4 (24. a5 $16) 24... Qxc4 25. a5 Qb3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb2+.} ({Much worse is} 25... Ba6 $6 26. Qf3 $16) 26. Rc1 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} Qa2+ (26... Rd7 $11) 27. Rc2 $14 Qxa5 ({Better is} 27... Qd5 $1 $14) 28. Bd6 $18 ({And not} 28. Rxh7 Qd5 $11) 28... Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Qf4 e5 {[#]} 31. Qg4+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} ({Not} 31. Qxf7 Rxd4+ 32. Ke3 Re4+ 33. Kd2 Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rd4+ $11) 31... Kb8 {Hoping for ...Rxd4+.} 32. Rg8 Rxg8 (32... Qd5 {was worth a try.} 33. c4 Qd6) 33. Qxg8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Bc8 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qxf6 exd4 36. Qxd4 Bf5 (36... Qg5+ $142 37. Ke2 Bg4+ 38. Ke1 Qg6) 37. Rc1 Qa2+ 38. Ke1 Qe6+ 39. Qe3 Qd5 40. Qf4+ Kb7 41. c4 Qc5 42. Qf3+ Kb8 (42... Kc7 $142 43. Qg3+ Kc6 44. Qg2+ Kc7 45. Qg7+ Kc6) 43. Qe3 Qb4+ 44. Kf1 Bc8 45. Kg1 a5 46. h3 a4 $2 (46... Bb7 47. c5 Qe4 48. Qxe4 Bxe4 49. cxb6 Kb7) 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Bb7 49. Qe5+ Ka7 50. Rb5 Qc4 51. Qe3+ Kb8 52. Rc5 $2 (52. Rg5) 52... Qb4 $1 53. Rc3 (53. Kh2 $142 Qe4 54. Qxe4 Bxe4 55. Rc4) 53... Qb1+ $2 (53... Bd5 54. Rc5 Qe4 55. Qxe4 Bxe4) 54. Kh2 Qb4 55. Kg3 Ka8 56. Rd3 Qa5 $2 (56... Bc6 57. f4 Kb7) 57. f4 h6 58. Qe8+ Ka7 59. Qe3+ Ka8 $1 60. Qe5 Qb4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,102,-10,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-21,-25,-27,-29,-31,-5,-5,0,-15,27,28,14,10,10,4,2,-74,-74,-74,-68,-78,-69,-63,-70,-60,-50,-118,-124,-108,-98,-89,-3,-108,-33,-71,-49,-47,-54,-36,4,4,6,0,17,-45,-39,-42,-40,-40,-47,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-16,-19,-7,-912,-907,-839,-833,-860,-799,-1500,-1093,-1057,-981,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} dxe4 7. a3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} h6 (7... Qd5 8. Bh4 e3 9. fxe3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. g4 Bxg4 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Qe1 f6 15. Rc1 e6 16. Bh3 Bf5 17. Bg2 Be4 18. Bh3 Bf5 19. Bg2 Be4 20. Bh3 {½-½ (20) Ivanisevic,I (2650)-Giri,A (2755) Baku 2016}) 8. Bd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. d5 e5 10. dxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 exf4 12. cxb7 Bxb7 13. e3 a6 14. exf4 {0-1 (43) Kraus,O (2337)-Huzman,A (2548) Israel 2017}) 8... Qxd4 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Bc3 (10. e3 {looks sharper.} Qa4 11. b3 Qc6 12. Qb2 Qg6 13. Ne2) 10... Qa4 11. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Qc6 12. Qb2 Qg6 13. e3 Nc6 14. b4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 15. Ne2 f6 16. Nf4 Qf7 $1 17. Be2 h5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. O-O-O (18. Bd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... e5 $17 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Bc4 O-O-O 21. Qb3 {Nb6+! is the strong threat.} Kb8 22. b5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b3][%mdl 512]} 23. Bxd4 (23. exd4 $15 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Kb2) 23... exd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Kb1 Bc5 (25... Bd6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rc5.} 26. b6 a6) 26. Rd2 (26. Nc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rhe8 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4) 26... Rhd8 (26... Bd6 $1 $17 27. Rc1 Rc5) 27. Rhd1 Rd6 28. a4 Rcd8 29. a5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc7 31. Rc1 Rc8 (31... b6 {keeps more tension.} 32. a6 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 f5 34. g3 Qe5) 32. Rxh5 (32. a6 $11) 32... Qxa5 $15 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} 33. Be6 Rxe6 34. Rhxc5 (34. Qxe6 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qxb5+ 35. Ka2 (35. Ka1 {leads to mate.} Bd4+ 36. exd4 Rxc1+ 37. Ka2 Rc2+ 38. Ka3 Rc3+ 39. Ka2 Qe2+ 40. Kb1 Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+ 42. Kb1 Rc1#) 35... Qe2+ 36. Kb1 Qxh5 $19) 34... Rxc5 35. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 ({Black should play} 35... Rd6 $1 $15) 36. Kb2 $11 Rd8 37. Rc2 Qb6 38. h4 a6 39. bxa6 Qxa6 40. Qa3 Qb5+ 41. Qb3 Qe5+ 42. Ka2 Rd3 43. Qb4 Rd6 {White must now prevent ...Ra6+.} 44. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rb2 $11 Qd5+ 45. Qb3) 44... Rd1+ $1 $19 45. Rc1 {[#]} Rd5 $1 46. Qf8+ Ka7 47. Rc4 Rb5+ 48. Rb4 {[#]} Ra5 $1 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 49. Kc2 Ra2+ {Black mates.} 50. Kb3 Qb2+ 51. Kc4 Qc2+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,120,19,-15,28,36,30,4,10,0,2,0,0,1,0,0,0,-10,-6,0,0,-31,-43,-83,0,-64,0,-51,21,27,30,11,43,17,29,0,0,0,87,105,120,129,219,132,156,153,183,171,155,114,148,117,109,15,61,20,181,0,112,-326,-341,-257,0,0,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,13,0,34,0,7,-348,-322,-430,-379,-572,-505,-638,-636,-627,-618,-581,-476,-489,-489,-618,-620,-1122,-1062,-1191,-1125,-1127,-1126,-1064,-1049,-2704,-2609,-29975,-29977,-29985,-29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 21 Games} Nd4 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (8... h5 9. f4 Nd4 10. Nd1 d5 11. c3 Ne6 12. Nf3 d4 13. Bg1 Nc6 14. c4 f6 15. Nf2 Bh6 16. Nh3 {½-½ (57) Granda Zuniga,J (2667)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Baku 2015}) 9. h5 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nce2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd1 Qd7 12. h6 Bf6 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nf2 Rhf8 16. O-O {1-0 (48) Solak,D (2504)-Csiszar,C (2370) Interlaken 2001}) 11... d5 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Ng8.} 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bf3 Be7 18. O-O f6 (18... Rg8 $1 $17) 19. Rac1 (19. Bg7 $1 $11 Rg8 20. h6) 19... Qd7 (19... Rg8 $1 $15) 20. a3 (20. Rxc6 $11 bxc6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Bg7) 20... a5 (20... Rg8 $15) 21. Bg7 $11 Rg8 22. h6 $1 a4 23. Bg2 Na5 {And now ...Nb3 would win.} 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Qe1 Bg5 (25... Qb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bxe5 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Nc6 (27... Rc8 $16 28. Qd2 Qb5 29. Bxd4 (29. Nxd4 Qxe5 30. Nxe6 Nb3 $15) 29... Nb3) 28. Bf6 Rf8 29. e5 $1 Bd5 30. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 31. Nf4 Qb5 32. Qe1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kd7 33. Qe2 (33. Qe4 $1 $16 Rae8 34. e6+ Kd6 35. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (35. Bg7 Rf5 $11) 35... Rxf6 36. Rxf6) 33... Rfe8 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 34. e6+ Kc7 $2 (34... Kd6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 35. Kh2 $2 ({White should play} 35. e7 $18) 35... Qf5 (35... Rf8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Bg7 Rfe8) 36. Nh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. e7 $16 {stays on course. Strongly threatening Ne6+.} Kd7 37. Nh3) 36... Rxe6 $19 ({Less strong is} 36... Qxe6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Ng5 $17) 37. Qd1 Qh5 $2 ({Weaker is} 37... Rxf6 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. g4 $15) (37... Qb5 $19 38. Rf2 Rae8) 38. Qxh5 $11 gxh5 39. Ng5 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Ne5 41. Bxe5+ $1 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Kh4 Rg8 44. Rg7 Rf8 {...Rf2 is the strong threat.} 45. Nxh7 Rf1 {[%cal Rf1h1]} 46. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Ng5 $11 Rh1+ 47. Nh3) 46... Re6 $1 $19 47. Ng5 ({Don't play} 47. Kg2 Rf5) 47... Rxh6 48. Ne4 (48. Nf7 $142 Rhf6 49. Nd8+ Kc5 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rc4) 48... Rb1 49. Rg8 Rxb2 50. Rc8+ Kb6 51. Rc4 Rb3 52. Rxa4 Rxd3 53. Rb4+ Kc6 54. a4 Re6 55. Ng5 Ree3 56. Kh4 Rxg3 57. Nf7 Rge3 58. Kxh5 Rd1 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kh4 d3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,-8,-9,0,0,0,21,-52,40,15,16,12,24,27,40,45,39,39,47,61,93,83,100,67,91,69,74,68,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-56,-43,-34,-71,-21,-69,-68,-97,-92,-93,-88,-98,-82,-155,-79,-68,-78,-82,-75,-82,-62,-114,-105,-120,0,-85,0,-117,-114,-116,-115,-214,-202,-805,-802,-800,-784,-785,-777,-1035,-1035,-1008,-1008]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 c6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. e4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Qc2 (12. Re1 $11) 12... Qe7 (12... Nxe4 $15 13. Bxe5 Nxd2 14. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Kxg7) 13. Rfe1 Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. h3 Bb7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 {1-0 (33) Rondon Chacon,R-Marichal Gonzalez,A (2288) Porlamar 2011}) 14. Rad1 a5 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Ned3 17. Re3 Ne5 18. h3 h5 19. f4 Ned7 20. N4f3 Qf8 21. Rde1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qg7 23. e5 (23. Qc2 $16) 23... dxe5 $11 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Be6 26. Nb1 (26. Qe3 $11 Nd7 27. Re4) 26... Nd7 $15 27. R5e3 Red8 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Bf1 Rd2 31. R1e2 Rad8 32. Rf2 R2d4 33. Re5 {[#]} (33. Kg2 $142) 33... b6 (33... Nd3 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 34. Bxd3 Rxd3) 34. Re3 $17 R8d7 35. Bg2 R7d6 36. Bf1 Bf5 37. Rff3 ({White should try} 37. h4 $15) 37... Rd2 38. Rf2 R2d4 39. Rff3 $1 Rd2 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Rd2+ 42. Re2 (42. Ke1 $17 Rc2 43. Be2) 42... Rd3 $19 43. Re3 $2 {[#]} (43. Na4 Nxa4 44. bxa4) 43... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 44. Rxc3 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Nxc3 46. a4 c5 47. Bg2 Na2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-B 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,96,33,22,33,33,39,35,37,41,37,38,41,33,39,28,35,10,29,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,14,12,14,14,14,0,14,10,14,14,14,14,21,14,21,21,30,0,27,0,17,11,20,-33,0,-2,6,0,6,0,12,0,0,0,0,-26,-20,-25,0,-20,0,0,0,9,24,0,16,-22,0,-321,-300,-313,-308,-429,-327,-598,-609,-612,-610]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 h6 (4... Nf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 f5 9. h3 h5 10. h4 Nf6 11. Nge2 Bd6 {0-1 (32) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris 2018}) 5. Bh4 Nc6 6. Nc3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Nf6 7. Bxf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} gxf6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Be2 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O {½-½ (27) Abasov,N (2575)-Rasulov,V (2504) Istanbul 2017}) 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. a3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Na5 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Bf3 b5 18. Ne2 a5 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Nef4 Rg8 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Nb4 Rbc8 25. Nfd3 Qg5 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Na6 Qe7 28. Nac5 Rb8 29. Rg2 Rg7 30. Rcg1 Rbg8 31. Qe1 ({White should try} 31. Na6 $11) 31... Be8 (31... Bxc5 $5 32. dxc5 Bc6 $11) 32. Qc3 Qf6 33. Qc2 Kh8 34. Nb7 Bb8 35. Qc3 Qe7 36. Nbc5 Bd6 37. Be2 Bc6 38. Bf3 Be8 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Na6 Be8 41. Nab4 Bd7 42. Rdg1 Rc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxe3!} 43. Nc5 Rcg8 44. Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Ncd3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 44... Bxc5 $19 ({Not} 44... exd5 45. Nxd5 Qd8 46. Nxd7 $15) 45. dxc5 exd5 46. Nxd5 Qe5 47. Nf6 $2 {[#]} (47. Qxe5 Nxe5 48. Rd1) 47... Qxc3 48. bxc3 Bc6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

