[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.12"] [Round "3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 34,73,19,16,21,16,41,18,27,22,21,26,22,29,31,22,22,20,21,9,10,11,27,24,22,18,22,12,26,26,26,26,31,23,23,34,39,35,35,35,39,26]} 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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Rfd8 (18... Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Be5 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2811)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 19. a4 h6 {[#]} 20. h4 $146 (20. Kg2 {NOTEXT} Rac8 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 20. Kg2 Bf8 21. Re5 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 {½-½ (48) Alekseenko,K (2609)-Matlakov,M (2709) Moscow 2018}) 20... Rac8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Ra5 bxc3 27. Bxc3 Rb8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Raa1 Bc5 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Red1 Rbd8 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Bb3 {White is slightly better.} 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Kf8 37. Kf2 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.15"] [Round "5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 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 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. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qh2 h6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 $1 Ba6 {[%cal Bb7a6,Ba6d3,Bd3c2][%mdl 32] [#] ...Bxd3 is the strong threat.} 25. Qe5 Bxd3 26. Qxh5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rxc8+ (28. Rc6 {is more complex.} Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Rd8 31. h4) 28... Bxc8 {The position is equal.} 29. d6 g5 30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7 h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qc4 Qe8 40. Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1 Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 {White should prevent ...Qa1+.} 46. Bf3 f5 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6 Kf6 51. Qe8 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh8+.} Qa1+ 52. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qh8+.} Qxa3 53. Qd8+ Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.16"] [Round "6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,155,0,5,18,5,13,25,10,14,14,23,17,2,10,20,9,10,19,12,30,28,86,84,93,83,73,45,52,50,52,48,76,54,52,23,104,61,79,69,129,128,81,0,118,113,318,124,212,183,360,366,398,466,526,514,514,519,489,468,510,523,554,554,554,486,512,489,550,545,549,543,550,459,450,0,550,545,720,712,754,566,759,683,773,688,664,570,1542,1307,29970,29966,29966,29955,29956,29949,7204,5102,5102,5102,5102,5102,5102,5102,29960,29961,29961,29951,5302,1064,5102,5097,5061,4257,1991,1811,1888,1908,1737,1234,1889,1755,29971,29973,10457,7120,29977,29979,29984,29985,29985,29977,4133,2319]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Qc8 {[#]} 14. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Qe2 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (43) Caruana,F (2807)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nd8 15. Be3 c5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Ra2 Qb7 22. b3 Kh8 (22... Nd7 $11) 23. Qc2 $16 Nd7 24. Rea1 Bd8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf6 27. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 28. Rad2 Nb6 29. Qc2 {next e5 is good for White.} Qc7 (29... Qc8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. e5 Be7 31. Nd4 Rc8 ({Black should play} 31... Qxe5 $14 32. Nxb5 axb5) 32. Nxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qxe5 {[#]} 33. Nf4 (33. Rd6 $1 $16) 33... Rf8 (33... Kg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Re2 {Threatens to win with Bc1.} Qc3 $2 (34... Bf6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 35. Qb1 $2 (35. Qa2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 35... Qf6 (35... Rg8 $16 {was necessary.} 36. Qa2 Ra8) 36. Bc1 {Hoping for Bb2.} c4 $2 (36... Qf7 {was called for.}) 37. bxc4 $18 Nxc4 38. Re6 Qg5 {[#]} 39. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 (39... hxg6 40. Bxg5) 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Qxc4 b3 43. Ba3 Rfb8 44. Rb1 b2 45. h4 Ra5 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qb3 Rc8 48. Qb7 Rd8 49. Qb3 ({Less strong is} 49. Bxb2 Rb5 $18) 49... Rc8 $1 50. Qb4 Rb5 51. Qg4 Rc3 52. Bxb2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 {White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} Rc1+ 54. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Rb8+.} Bxb2 55. Qxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Ra1 56. g4 a5 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qb5 Ba3 59. Qe5 Rd1 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63. Qxa5 Bd6+ 64. Kg2 Rd4 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. g5 Kf8 68. Qg6 Be7 69. Qf5+ Ke8 70. Kh3 Rd6 71. Qh7 Kf7 72. f4 Rd4 73. Qf5+ Ke8 74. Qe5 Rb4 75. Kg4 Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke8 77. Qe6 Rd4 78. Qe5 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,129,17,11,14,10,-10,24,-8,0,-12,-14,-31,0,-32,18,-37,-31,-37,-34,-61,-58,-48,-58,-65,-59,-69,-51,-58,-62,-57,-32,-34,-28,-22,-35,-21,-28,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-30,-22,-22,-25,-31,-18,-16,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-18,-18,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-34,-36,-36,-36,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. Bg5 (9. Nd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Rhe1 {½-½ (41) Carlsen,M (2834)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rde1 O-O 13. Bd1 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nc6 16. h3 {½-½ (34) Foisor,C (2427)-Foisor,M (2217) Warsaw 2011}) 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Nd5 $11) 14... Bd7 (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 15. Bg3 Re8 $11) 15. d5 ({White should play} 15. Bxf6 $11 Bxf6 16. Nd5) 15... Na7 $1 $15 16. Nd4 Nc8 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 $1 Nb6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 ({Much weaker is} 23... Bxe8 $6 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Nb7 $14) 24. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26. Ne4 Rb8 27. Nexd6 Ng6 28. g3 Ne7 29. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Nf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Re1 f6 32. Rxe5 fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 {KR-KN} Rf8 37. Kd2 Rxf3 38. Ke2 g4 {And now ...Rf5 would win.} 39. Nd6 $1 h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5 42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 hxg3 45. hxg3 Rf3 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 bxc4 48. d6 Ke6 49. Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rf8 51. Ne3 $1 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53. Kf3 Rd3 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2 $1 Kd5 {Threatens to win with ...Kd4.} 56. Nh4 Kc4 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 57. Kg4 Rd3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb3.} 58. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb3 {[#]} (58... Kxb4 59. Kh3) 59. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd5 {[#]} (59... Rxb5 60. Kxg3) 60. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke4 {[#]} (60... Rxb6 61. Kxg3) 61. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb7 {Hoping for ...Rg7+.} 62. Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 $1 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.20"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,68,6,9,5,8,4,8,2,4,6,2,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 (11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 g6 15. Bd3 Ng7 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 {½-½ (47) Anand,V (2776)-Grischuk,A (2767) Moscow 2018}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 {[#] LiveBook: 41 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 {½-½ (31) Motylev,A (2658)-Potkin,V (2594) Fufeng 2017}) 15... c6 16. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. g3 Ng7 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Qd1 Qe7 26. Nd3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxe1 28. Nxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nf5 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. g4 Nd6 31. h4 h6 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kf2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.23"] [Round "11"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2809"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,81,23,18,15,21,27,28,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-2,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,46,53,53,53,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,41,44,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10. Nbd2 c5 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (31) Caruana,F (2784)-Karjakin,S (2763) Berlin 2018}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 $146 {Threatens to win with Nxc6.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. a4 a5 15. e4 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. d5 exd5 {0-1 (45) Bazeev,G (2285)-Koryakin,E (2369) Peterhof 2009}) 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 {[#] And now Nc6 would win.} Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc8+ Rd8 (21... Bf8 {with more complications.} 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qc4 g6 24. Bf3 Rd2) 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 Be3 27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Bd2 31. e3 Be1 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 g6 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Kf4 Be1 36. Bc4 Bf2 37. Bd5 Be1 38. g4 hxg4 {The position is equal.} 39. Kxg4 Bc3 40. Kf4 Be1 41. Kg4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.26"] [Round "13"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,77,14,52,13,14,6,10,7,14,4,0,0,4,0,0,0,9,0,2,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qc3 a6 17. O-O Bd7 {½-½ (26) Giri,A (2784)-Adams,M (2737) London 2015}) 13... Qf5 {The position is equal.} 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. e4 Kf6 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. f3 gxf3 28. Kxf3 Ke5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 {KR-KR} Rd8 33. Rc7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36. Rb5 a5 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rf5+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2