[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 14,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,6,12,10,12,8,-8,9,0,11,0,2,0,14,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,47,53,88,55,120,114,120,28,30,51,54,39,82,31,56,33,55,51,52,53,54,46,104,80,87,24,32,45,42,24,88,95,100,97,113,110,113,112,110,113,210,211,232,226,215,210,326,314,319,296,475,466]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bb2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. c4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 {1-0 (94) Grachev,B (2655)-Chatalbashev,B (2552) Astana 2017}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Rc2 Qb8 15. Qa1 a6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} Rc5 19. Nh3 b5 20. Nf4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rg5 22. Ncd5 Ne5 23. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne4 24. Rd4 Nc5 (24... Nf6 $1 $14) 25. h4 $16 Rf5 26. e4 (26. g4 $16 Rxf4 27. exf4 (27. Rxf4 e6 $16)) 26... Rxf4 $1 $11 ({Don't go for} 26... Nxe4 $2 27. Rxe4 Bh6 28. Rb4 $18 (28. Bxa6 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Bxd5 $16)) 27. Nxf4 Nxe4 28. Nd5 ({Reject} 28. Bxa6 Ng4 $11) 28... Nc5 29. Rb4 ({White should play} 29. h5 $16) 29... Qa7 $14 30. Ne3 a5 31. Rb5 {Hoping for Bd4.} Ne6 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Qc5 ({Black should try} 33... Bxe5 $14 34. Qxe5 Qc5) 34. Bxg7 $16 Nxg7 35. Qd4 (35. Rc1 $16 Qd6 36. Qc3) 35... Qxd4 $11 36. Rxd4 Bc6 $1 37. Rd2 Rb8 (37... Ne6 $11) 38. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2c6]} Be8 39. Rc7 Kf8 {[#]} 40. Ra7 $1 a4 41. bxa4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb4 (42... Rb2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 43. Bc4 Rxf2) 43. a5 $18 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rxh4+ {[#]} 44. Kg1 $1 Ra4 45. Bc4 Bc6 (45... Ne6 {was worth a try.} 46. Bb3 Rd4) 46. Rc7 Be8 47. a6 Nh5 $2 (47... Ra5 48. a7 Ne6 49. Bxe6 fxe6) 48. Nd5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 27,109,14,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,21,21,28,14,29,23,27,24,22,19,30,26,34,0,0,0,0,5,7,9,30,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,8,8,12,-17,0,0,0,-15,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-6,-6,-41,-6,-6,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 {[#]} Rh8 $146 18. Bg5 c5 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf1 Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 Re8 29. f4 (29. Bd8 {seems wilder.} Rh6 30. Bxc7 Kg8 31. Bd6 b6 32. f4) 29... b6 30. f5 Ba4 31. Rc1 Kg8 32. c4 Bc6 33. Rcd1 Ba4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. Bh4 Ba4 36. Rc3 Bc6 37. Rce3 Rh6 38. Bg5 Rh7 39. R3e2 Ba4 40. Re3 Rh8 41. Bh4 Rh6 42. e6 fxe6 43. g5 Rh8 44. Rxe6 Rf8 45. R6e5 Bc2 46. f6 gxf6 47. gxf6 {[#] Threatening mate with Rg5+.} Rh7 48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. Re7 Rg8 50. Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Kf2 Bb3 {...Kf7 is the strong threat.} 53. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Bxc4 54. Bxc7 Bd5 55. Bb8 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,132,8,15,0,15,15,21,12,27,0,14,0,6,4,8,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-18,13,-27,-7,-55,-60,-52,-61,-47,-41,-164,-156,-170,-163,-156,-159,-202,-198,-191,-202,-196,-199,-198,-199,-194,-196,-201,-44,-214,-209,-189,-81,-66,0,0,0,-8,45,27,25,30,166,112,127,108,107,116,350,322,319,164,150,76,64,57,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,100,107,105,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-66,-75,-12831,-12832,-12832,-2593,-12842,-12841,-12843,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12845,-12840,-12844,-12845,-12846,-12845]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2f3,Bf3d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O {[%cal Be8g8,Bg8f8,Bf8g7][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 11. Rhe1 (11. Rhg1 a6 12. g4 Re8 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. h5 {½-½ (31) Artemiev,V (2697)-Khalifman,A (2614) Moscow 2018}) 11... Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Bf3 a6 15. Bf2 g6 16. g4 {½-½ (35) Lehtinen,P (2180)-Halme,O (2316) ICCF email 2005}) 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5 18. Bh2 Kg7 19. c4 g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 21. Rxe4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 gxh3 23. c5 (23. gxh3 $15 f5 24. Ree1) 23... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} (23... hxg2 24. cxd6 Nf3 25. Rg4 $11) 24. Rb4 hxg2 25. Rxb7+ Kh8 $1 26. cxd6 Nf3 27. Ba4 Nxh2 28. Bxc6 Rad8 {aiming for ...Rxd6!} 29. d7 Re2 30. Bxg2 Rxf2 31. Bc6 Ng4 $2 (31... Nf1 $19 32. a3 a6) 32. Rxa7 $2 (32. c4 $1 $15) 32... Ne3 33. Rg1 h6 (33... Rxc2 $19 {has better winning chances.} 34. Ba4 Rf2) 34. Rc7 $17 Kg7 ({Not} 34... Nxc2 $2 35. Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb4 36. Rg1 $18) (34... Kh7 $1 $15 35. Rc8 Bf6) 35. a4 $11 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kf7 ({Of course not} 35... Nxc2 $6 36. Rc8 $16) 36. Bb5 Ke7 (36... Rd2 $11) 37. a5 $1 $14 {[%cal Ra5a6][%mdl 1024] Hoping for a6. White has compensation.} Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b4]} 38. c3 Kd6 (38... Nd5 $11 39. Rc5 Kd6) 39. Rb7 (39. Rc6+ $18 Ke7 40. a6 Rxd7 41. Rc8) 39... Rg4 40. Re1 f4 41. a6 $1 h5 $2 (41... f3 $16 {was worth a try.} 42. a7 f2 43. Rxe3 Rg1+ 44. Kc2 Bxe3) 42. a7 $18 Ra8 43. b4 (43. c4 $142) 43... h4 {[#]} 44. c4 (44. d8=R+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd8 (44... Rxd8 45. Rb8) 45. Rd7+ Ke5 46. Bc6 Rxa7 47. Rxa7) 44... h3 $16 {And now ...h2 would win.} 45. c5+ Ke5 46. Rb8 (46. Bc6 $1 $14 h2 47. d8=R Bxd8 48. Rd7 Rxa7 49. Rxa7) 46... Rxa7 $11 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 47. Rg8 Bf6 48. d8=Q Bxd8 49. Rxg4 Bf6 50. Rg6 Rb7 51. Be2 Rxb4+ 52. Ka2 {Strongly threatening c6.} Nc2 {[#]} (52... Ke6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 53. Rb1 Ra4+ 54. Kb3 Ra8) 53. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Nd4 54. Bd3 ({Better is} 54. Bg4 $16 {Black must now prevent Re1+.} Ra4+ 55. Kb2) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kb1 {Threatens to win with Re1+.} Nb3 56. Re1+ Kd5 57. Kc2 Nd4+ 58. Kb1 ({White should play} 58. Kc1 $1 $11 Be5 59. Rh6) 58... Nf3 $1 $15 ({But not} 58... Ra1+ $6 59. Kxa1 Nc2+ 60. Kb1 $16) 59. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Rxf6 $17 Nxe1 60. Bf1) 59... Ra1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Kc2 Rxd1 61. Ba6 Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Bb2+ 63. Kb1 Kxc5 64. Bb7 Ne5 65. Rf6 f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 66. Rf5 f2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 0-1 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 19,147,8,0,0,14,1,22,0,8,0,0,0,16,0,18,11,39,0,0,-41,-27,-47,-34,-85,0,-65,-70,-77,-62,-72,-71,-64,-72,-69,-61,-94,-59,-62,-69,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-15,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-12,-42,-44,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-110,0,0,0,-111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qa5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Qd2 Nc5 {½-½ (30) Malakhov,V (2694)-Ding,L (2710) China 2014}) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 b5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. N4f3 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 (21. Nxe1 $15 cxd5 22. cxd5) 21... cxd5 (21... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 22. Qd1 Nd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6) 22. cxb5 (22. Ne5 $11) 22... Bf5 $15 23. Qd1 Nd3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRe1]} 24. Bd4 {[#]} Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 25. Qxc1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 27. Nf1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 {With the idea Ne3.} Qb6 29. Bxe4 (29. Rd1 $15) 29... dxe4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 31. a4 Qe6 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Rc4 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rd4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb3 41. Rd4 Kf7 42. Rd5 Qxa4 {aiming for ...Qb3.} 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. b6 Qb3 45. Rxa5 Qxb6 46. Rd5 Qb2 47. Rf5 Qa2 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc4 Qa2 50. Rb4 Qa5 51. Rb8 Qa2 52. Rd8 Qa5 53. Rd5 Qa2 54. Rf5 Qe6 55. Rd5 Qa6 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Qe2 60. h6 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 {[#]} g3 $1 62. Rxg3 (62. fxg3 Qxe3+) 62... Qh5 63. Rg7 $1 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 64. h7 f4 65. Ng4 {[#]} (65. Ng2 $1 $11 Kf6 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Rg7) 65... Qh3 (65... Kf5 $1 $17 66. Nh2 Kf6) 66. Rg6+ $11 Kf5 67. Rg7 (67. Nh6+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kxg6 68. h8=Q Qxh6 69. Qe8+ Kg5 70. Qe5+ Kg4 71. Qxe4) 67... Ke6 (67... Qh5 $17 68. Kg2 Qh4) 68. Rg6+ {The position is equal.} Kf5 69. Nh6+ Kxg6 70. h8=Q Qxh6 71. Qe8+ Kf5 72. Qb5+ Kg4 73. Qe2+ Kf5 {Hoping for ...Qg7+.} 74. Qb5+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,73,25,12,13,18,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-14,-8,-14,-12,-4,0,-12,-14,-14,0,-23,-22,-56,-48,-55,-46,-44,-29,-34,-31,-56,0,0,0,0,0,-6,32,0,1,0,2,-4,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-6,-2,-4,-4,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. a3 h6 7. h3 Qe7 8. Ne2 d6 9. c3 Ba7 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. b4 O-O-O 12. a4 d5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 {0-1 (59) Godena,M (2513)-Carlstedt,J (2442) Berlin 2015}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h4 d6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. c3 Qd7 12. O-O-O Nd8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 {½-½ (52) Benda,H (2274)-Kilgus,G (2354) Austria 2007}) 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} (8. c3 {is more complex.} O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. O-O h6 11. a4) 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32]} 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bb3 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 14. a3 Nf6 15. h3 h6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nh4 c5 21. Ref1 cxb4 22. Qe1 d5 (22... bxa3 $2 23. Rxf6 Be6 24. Qg3 $18) (22... a4 $15 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 f6 25. Qxb4 Qxe3 26. Qxd6 Rad8) 23. axb4 $11 dxe4 {[%cal Bd5e4,Be4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Ng6 Be6 26. Nxe5 (26. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 27. Nh4 $17) 26... exd3 ({Much worse is} 26... Bxb3 $6 27. Rxf6 Qc7 28. cxb3 $16) 27. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Rxf6 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 29. Qg3+ (29. Qxd2 Ra1+) 29... Kf8 $1 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8g7,Bg7h8][%mdl 32]} (29... Kh7 30. c4 $18) 30. Rf1 {Hoping for Nd7+!} Ra7 {...Bxb3 is the strong threat.} (30... Rd8 $5 31. Qf4 $8 Ke8 32. Qxh6 Qd6 33. Nxf7 Bxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kd7 $15) 31. Ng6+ $1 {[%cal Be5g6,Bg6f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f6,Bf6e8][%mdl 32]} Kg7 32. Nf4+ Kh8 $1 33. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} f6 $1 34. Nxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} (34. Rxf6 d1=Q+) 34... Rf8 35. Qf4 Rh7 $1 {And now ...Bxb3 would win.} 36. Qe5 {Intending Nh5+ and mate.} Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rg7 $11 37. Bxe6 Rg5) 37. Ne8+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 1-0 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.24"] [Round "12"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,84,14,25,-5,22,14,15,17,20,10,16,12,21,12,11,11,29,34,39,33,43,43,125,102,120,125,85,58,55,64,75,76,52,48,48,40,61,50,34,48,96,92,97,97,94,94,92,90,81,81,79,18,19,14,14,14,16,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 {LiveBook: 281 Games} 8. Qb3 $146 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} ({Predecessor:} 8. h4 Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 {0-1 (47) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Qb6 9. f3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Bd3 Kf7 15. h4 f5 16. Nh3 f4 17. exf4 {[%cal Rh3g5]} Bxh3 ({Better is} 17... gxh4 $14 18. Ng5+ Rxg5 19. fxg5 hxg3) 18. fxg5 $16 {Strongly threatening g6+.} ({Don't play} 18. Rxh3 $6 gxh4 19. Kd2 Nd7 $14) (18. hxg5 $6 Bd6 $11) 18... Bd7 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 18... Bg2 $2 19. Rh2 $18) 19. Kf2 $1 Na6 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. Be5 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for Nf4. White has strong compensation.} Ne7 23. Nf4 ({Weaker is} 23. Rxa6 Ng6 $17) 23... Rh7 24. h5 Kg8 $1 25. Rag1 Nf5 {next ...Bb6 is good for Black.} 26. h6 Be8 27. g6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nxh6 29. Rh1 Bg5 30. Ne6 Bxg6 31. Nxg5 Nf7 32. Ne6 (32. f4 $16) 32... Nxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Rc1. KRB-KRN} Re8 34. Nf4 Bc2 $1 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. e6+ Kf6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 37. Nh5+ Ke5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. Ng7 Rf8 40. Ke3 {[#]} d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Kf3 (41. Kxd4 Rxf4+) 41... Ke7 42. b4 Kf6 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.27"] [Round "14"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2809"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,108,43,57,25,39,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,28,2,9,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-18,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rd8 9. Naxc4 Qa6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Rxd4 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 c6 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 h6 15. e4 Nb6 {½-½ (67) So,W (2674)-Ljubojevic,L (2572) Amsterdam 2010}) 10... Rxd4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxd7.} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qa5 15. Bf4 Nd5 $1 16. Be4 g6 17. Bh6 Qc5 ({Don't go for} 17... Qxa2 $2 18. Bxd5 Qa5 19. Nc4 $18) 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Qf3 {With the idea Ne5.} c6 (22... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 23. Bd3 Bd7 $11) 23. Bd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (23. Ne5 f5 $17) ({But not} 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne3 Qd6 $17) 23... Nf6 24. e4 e5 25. Be3 Qb4 {[#] ...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 26. Nxe5 Qxb2 27. Bf4 $1 Be6 {Hoping for ...g5.} 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb7 Bc5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4!} 30. Kg2 Re8 (30... Bd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. h3 (31. Bg5 $16 Nh5 32. Nxc6) 31... Bxf2 $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Qxf2 Bxh3+ $1 33. Kg1 $1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxe5 $1 35. Bxe5 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 {[%cal Rb7b8]} (36. Ke2 {feels hotter.} Nxe5 37. Rxa7 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Bc2) 36... Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rxa7 Kf6 39. Ra5 Bd7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ra1 h5 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Kd4 f6 45. Kc5 Bh3 46. Ra1 Bg2 47. Ra4 Ke6 48. Rd4 Nf3 49. Rd8 Ng5 50. Bc4+ ({Reject} 50. Kxc6 Nxe4 51. Bc4+ Kf5 $17) 50... Ke7 51. Rg8 Nxe4+ 52. Kxc6 Nd6+ 53. Kc5 Nxc4 54. Kxc4 Kf7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2