[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 17,48,13,21,18,10,2,26,22,23,37,20,12,12,12,7,5,3,11,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (65) Yu,Y (2751)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14. O-O {The position is equal.} Rd8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bc4 $1 17. Qa4 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Qxa5 Bxb3 20. Rc7 Bc4 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rab8 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,62,26,24,37,40,23,10,15,27,21,20,12,6,24,20,24,16,22,24,17,18,15,13,19,18,16,18,15,10,3,4,4,4,2,12,1,7,5,13,4,8,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bd2 d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 {[#]} 16. Rxd2 $146 {[%cal Rf3d4]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxd2) 16... dxe3 {The position is equal.} 17. Rd6 Re6 18. fxe3 {[#] And now Nd4 would win.} Rxd6 19. cxd6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Bd5 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Nd8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 $11 {KR-KR} Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,127,15,3,8,6,12,12,21,22,8,8,0,8,0,6,9,8,8,7,14,14,16,0,14,0,0,0,2,0,8,0,21,10,45,4,14,8,8,0,0,0,8,13,35,36,25,18,79,30,41,15,11,0,343,327,338,325,275,332,401,416,432,416,394,326,309,325,318,325,318,300,350,341,425,425,389,305,346,344,323,207,230,229,217,230,214,235,392,392,615,615,732,729,782,770,679,623,1625,1700,1413,1617,1418,1673,1656,1365,1684,1208,1581,1602,1712,1540,4134,2971]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Bb5+ (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Re1 {½-½ (23) Svidler,P (2765)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 8... Bd7 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Ne5 bxc4 15. Rxb4 Bxe4 {½-½ (31) Naroditsky,D (2626)-Shimanov,A (2646) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf3 $1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Rb2 {next Bxb4 is good for White.} Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5 17. Rbb1 Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 19. h4 Rhd8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5 22. g4 Be8 23. Ng1 Nc6 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rcd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 28. Bc2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30. e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 h4 (31... Na5 $11) 32. g6 Na5 33. Rbc1 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} Rc7 34. Bd3 Rdc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxc1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 35. Rxc1 Nc4+ 36. Bxc4 bxc4) 35. Rxc7+ $18 Rxc7 36. Rh1 Nc4+ {[#]} 37. Kf4 $1 Nb2 38. Be4 b4 {intending ...Bb5.} 39. Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5 44. f4 Bc4 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. a3 a5 47. Bc2 Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Kd4 {f5 is the strong threat.} Ba2 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51. Rh2 Kc5 $2 (51... Rc8 {keeps fighting.} 52. Kd4 Rd8+ 53. Ke3 Kc7) 52. Rd2 Rh8 (52... Bd5 $142 53. f5 exf5 54. Rxd5+ (54. Bxf5 Rf8 $11) 54... Kxd5 55. Bb3+ Ke4 56. Bxg8 Kxe5) 53. Rd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56. Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2 {[#]} 58. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g2]} Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q {White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 Rc3+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 ({Not} 63. Qd8+ $2 Kc4 $19) 63... Bf3 64. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,60,13,15,13,0,0,-3,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,22,11,15,17,23,23,25,15,27,33,36,8,18,12,24,27,31,16,23,35,19,6,7,8,7,7,10,7,10,0,0,0,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4 14. Qxc7 Nc6 15. Qxb7 Na5 16. Qc7 Qd8 17. Qf4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (33) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nfe5 Nd5 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. e4 N5f6 15. Bg5 {0-1 (29) Poulopoulos,I (2212)-Erenberg,A (2359) Pardubice 2016}) 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. f3 Rfc8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Be7 26. Ne5 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,115,3,6,22,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,28,0,60,41,66,47,66,50,48,37,60,13,7,7,7,7,22,23,17,16,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,5,5,5,5,6,7,6,6,7,0,6,0,0,0,0,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (7... b5 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne1 Nb4 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa6 {½-½ (48) Radjabov,T (2722)-Cheparinov,I (2677) Monzon 2016}) 8. Nfd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 $1 {[#] ...Qxd1 is the strong threat.} 12. Nbd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nbd2 Bb4 14. e4 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxe5 16. f4 Nd3 17. f5 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rxd2 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21. Rfc1 {½-½ (21) Van der Stricht,G (2424)-Hausrath,D (2507) Belgium 2008}) 12... h5 13. f3 Qd3 (13... h4 $11) 14. fxg4 $14 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. gxh5 Qe6 17. Qf3 (17. Bd2 {NOTEXT} Rxb2 18. Bc3 Rb5 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rf2) 17... Rb5 18. Qf5 (18. Bd2 {NOTEXT} Rxe5 19. Bc3 Rxe3 20. Qf5 f6 21. h6) 18... Rxe5 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rf5 Rd6 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. b3 g6 23. Re5 (23. Rf2 $5 {[%cal Rc1b2]} Rxh5 24. Bb2 $14) 23... c5 {The position is equal.} 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh7 $1 26. h4 Rf7 27. Kh3 Rff1 28. Bg5 Rxa1 29. Rxe7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kf8 $1 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. e5 Rd1 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Bd6 Re3 {aiming for ...Rdd3.} 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. b4 Rdd3 41. Kg4 {[#] Black must now prevent Kg5.} Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rgf3+ 43. Ke4 Rfe3+ 44. Kf4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 Rf7 {And now ...Rxe7 would win.} 46. e6 Rd5+ 47. Kxg6 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Rxd6 48. Rxf7 {Rf6 would kill now.} Rxe6+ {KR-KR} 49. Rf6 Re4 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh7 52. b6 (52. Rc6 {NOTEXT} Rg7+ 53. Kf6 Rb7 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. Rc5) 52... Rg7+ 53. Kh6 Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf5 axb6 56. Rxb6 Rf7+ 57. Rf6 Rxf6+ 58. Kxf6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.24"] [Round "12"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,86,0,0,0,0,11,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,-36,-32,-72,-52,-70,-60,-107,-93,-155,-140,-143,-145,-253,-250,-234,-225,-268,-259,-437,-415,-779,-775,-768,-742,-1453,-1395,-1584,-1608,-6099,-6070]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qxb5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. h4 {½-½ (35) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 16... Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qf4 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Re3 b5 20. Ne5 a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 {½-½ (49) Epishin,V (2574)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2489) Calvia 2005}) 18. Qh2 h6 19. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 20. Qf4 b5 21. Re3 Rc7 22. Nd3 Rc3 23. Nc5 Rxe3 $1 24. Qxe3 Bc6 25. Rc1 {With the idea Nxe6.} Qb6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Kf2 a5 28. g4 (28. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. d5 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Bxd5 32. Rd1 $14 (32. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 33. exd5 Rxd5 $11)) 28... a4 29. Bc2 (29. Bd1 {is interesting.} Nd7 30. d5 exd5 31. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 d4+ 33. Kxd4 Bxd7 34. Ke3) 29... Nd7 30. Bd3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 b4 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. g5 (33. h4 $142) 33... hxg5 $17 34. Qxg5 Be8 ({Don't take} 34... b3 35. axb3 a3 36. Qd2 $15) 35. Qe7 (35. Kg2 $17 {might work better.}) 35... b3 $19 36. axb3 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a2] ...a2 is the strong threat.} 37. b4 Ra8 38. d5 $2 (38. b5) 38... a2 39. dxe6 (39. Bxa2 $142 Qxb4 40. Bc4) 39... a1=Q {Black is clearly winning.} 40. exf7+ {[#]} Bxf7 $1 41. Bxf7+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qd4+)} 42. Qh4+ Qh6 43. Rh5 {[#]} Qa7+ $1 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 87%.} 0-1 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.26"] [Round "13"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D77"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,77,34,46,21,11,20,33,0,3,0,0,-20,27,-12,7,0,0,8,26,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,439,421,421,411,29962,29960,5377,733,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nb6 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc8 16. Bg2 e6 17. dxc5 {0-1 (67) Dreev,A (2652)-Puranik,A (2509) Bastia 2017}) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxc6 (13. e4 {NOTEXT} Nd7 14. Rad1 Na5 15. c4 Qb6 16. Bc3) 13... bxc6 14. c4 Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne8 19. h4 c5 20. Red1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Qe3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxb8.} (26. Kf1 {NOTEXT} Nd6 27. Rb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 e6 29. Kg2) 26... Rxb5 27. cxb5 Nd6 28. a4 c4 29. Kg2 c3 {[#] aiming for ...c2.} 30. Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qa5 31. Qc5 a6 32. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} axb5 33. axb5 Kh7 34. e5 Nxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Nf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 35. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7]} ({Not} 35. Bxb5 c2 $11) 35... Qa3 36. Qxb5 c2 (36... f5 $18 37. Qc4 Qa5) 37. exf7 Kg7 38. Be4 {Threatening mate with Qe8.} c1=Q 39. Qe8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 65%.} 1-0