[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,41,36,45,30,32,32,44,32,25,39,27,32,32,27,120,19,31,27,118,120,139,143,139,139,165,173,234,220,404,394,383,381,394,381,390,390,412,337,337,322,309,105,105,105,105,105,106,97,96,77,80,66]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 c6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bh3 {½-½ (58) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. c5 Be7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 {1-0 (31) Lupulescu,C (2618)-Pace,C (2172) Baku 2016}) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e3 (14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Bd3 axb4 $15) 14... e5 15. dxe5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Qe6 (16... axb4 $11 17. Bxb4 Qd5) 17. Qc2 (17. Qb1 $16) 17... axb4 $11 18. Bd4 b6 (18... Ra5 $1 $11) 19. cxb6 $16 Ba6 20. Rfc1 ({Reject} 20. Qxe4 $6 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 c5 $11) 20... c5 21. Bxc5 ({Of course not} 21. Qxe4 $6 Qxb6 22. Qc6 Qxc6 $11) ({Much weaker is} 21. Bxe4 $6 cxd4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Qa4 Rxc5 (22... Bxc5 $142 23. Qxa6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Bxe4 g6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8) 23. Qxa6 $18 Qxe5 $2 {[#]} (23... Qc6) 24. b7 g6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. Qb5 Qc7 30. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (30. Rb1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 30... Rb8 $16 {White is better.} 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Qxe4 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. Bb3 Bc3 35. a4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,125,20,31,0,10,0,26,25,69,78,85,92,90,97,89,91,85,107,84,88,94,77,77,84,108,83,63,34,34,43,45,49,37,20,25,22,35,31,49,48,50,56,56,42,54,50,77,33,34,41,61,46,64,41,88,77,125,115,147,150,214,137,231,225,210,167,170,170,171,181,166,173,236,201,260,254,246,235,264,256,254,171,238,170,176,174,235,216,227,171,170,154,155,131,139,0,0,0,0,0,61,0,0,-173,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 (5... h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 {½-½ (49) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 6. Ba4 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} b5 7. Bb3 Na5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 $1 9. Qxd4 O-O (9... Nc6 {feels hotter.} 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. O-O-O h6) 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Be7 11. e5 c5 12. Qf4 c4 13. exf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (50) Kislinsky,A (2489)-Baryshpolets,A (2544) Lutsk 2015}) 10... Be7 11. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qc5 {aiming for 0-0-0.} Bb7 16. O-O-O {Threatens to win with Nd4.} d6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Qe3 Na5 19. Rhe1 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 (20. cxb3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 $11) (20. Qxb3 $5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nf6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nf5 $16) 20... Bxd5 $1 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Rdd1 Re8 23. Qd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Kb1 d5 26. Nd4 g6 27. f3 Qd6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Qd2 h6 30. Re3 b4 31. Qe2 Rc7 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Re2 a5 34. Qb5 $1 Rc5 35. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6d6]} Qc7 36. Qa6 Qd8 (36... Rxc2 $16 37. Nxc2 (37. Rxf6 Rxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 40. Kb2 Qc3+ 41. Kb1 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 Qc3+ 43. Kb1 $11) 37... fxe6) 37. Qa7 Rc7 (37... Qc7 $16 38. Re7 Qxa7 39. Rxa7 Kf8) 38. Qxa5 $18 Qd7 39. Re2 Rb7 40. Qc5 h5 41. Qc6 Qxc6 42. Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h4 (42... Rb6 {was worth a try.}) 43. gxh4 Nh5 44. Rd2 Rb6 45. Ne5 $1 f6 {[#]} 46. Nd3 $1 ({Worse is} 46. Rxd5 fxe5 47. Rxe5 Rd6 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Re2 Rb5 (47... Ng7 $142 48. Nf4 Rd6) 48. Kc1 Ng7 49. Rg2 Nf5 (49... d4 $142 50. Kd2 Ne6) 50. Rg4 d4 51. Kd2 Rb8 52. Rf4 Rh8 53. Nxb4 Nxh4 {With the idea ...g5.} 54. Nc6 (54. Ke2 $16) 54... g5 $11 55. Re4 Nxf3+ 56. Ke2 Rc8 (56... Rh3 $11) 57. Re7+ (57. Na7 $14 Rxc2+ 58. Kxf3) 57... Kg6 58. Re6 $2 {[#]} (58. Kxf3 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxc6 59. Re2) 58... Kf7 $2 (58... d3+ $1 $19 59. Kxd3 Rxc6 60. Rxc6 Ne5+ 61. Kd4 Nxc6+ 62. Kc5 f5) 59. Rd6 {The position is equal.} d3+ 60. Rxd3 {Strongly threatening Nd8+.} Rxc6 61. Kxf3 {And now Rc3 would win.} Rxc2 62. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Rxb2 63. h4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,20,13,20,19,26,23,29,35,26,7,49,45,58,19,23,19,27,14,22,15,15,0,0,0,25,32,23,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 c6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bh3 {½-½ (58) So,W (2778)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. c5 Be7 9. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 c6 12. Rad1 Bf6 {0-1 (43) Temirbayev,S (2428)-Kazakov,K (2322) Pavlodar 2010}) 11... g5 12. Be3 c6 13. Rad1 Rf7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. Bh5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 {[#] Intending Rf7 and mate.} Rf8 ({But not} 20... Qxe5 $6 21. Rf7 $16) 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Qb3 Be8 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qxb7 Qg6 $1 26. Qxc6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd4.} Qb1+ 27. Kf2 Qf5+ 28. Ke1 {aiming for Bd4.} Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qf5+ 30. Ke1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,11,0,18,37,28,2,3,-21,-24,-25,-25,-27,-3,0,0,-49,-48,-60,-58,-60,-61,-68,-65,-68,-65,-67,-44,-67,-49,-58,-24,-26,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 10. Ba4 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} Rb8 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Na5 14. d4 Bc6 15. Qd3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rfe8 17. h3 Rbd8 {1-0 (30) Wang,H (2710)-Bai,J (2594) Tianjin 2018}) 11... Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Nh4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf4 14. h3 Ne6 15. Bc1 Nc5 16. Qf3 Nxb3 17. axb3 {½-½ (48) Kulish,I (2250)-Foisor,C (2405) Moscow 1994}) 14. Qd2 h6 15. Nxg6+ fxg6 16. Be3 g5 17. f3 Qe7 18. d4 g4 19. fxg4 Nxg4 (19... Nxe4 $6 20. Qd3 $11) 20. h3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 b6 22. Bc4 a5 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Qg3 Bc6 ({Reject} 24... exd4 $6 25. cxd4 Be6 26. d5 $11) 25. Bd5 Bxd5 (25... Ba4 {feels hotter.} 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Bc4 Rbe8 28. Ba6 Rf4) 26. exd5 e4 27. Qe3 Rbe8 28. Rbe1 Rf6 29. Rxf6 {The position is equal.} Qxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Rf1 Qg6 31. c4 Re7 32. Rf4 Re8 33. Rg4 Qf5 34. Rf4 Qg6 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Rf4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,29,34,22,23,16,35,48,37,26,33,29,39,55,45,46,46,13,26,8,8,8,14,8,8,6,3,7,0,8,20,16,20,21,22,22,28,29,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Rd1 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 {½-½ (27) Vitiugov,N (2722)-Riazantsev,A (2650) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... Qb6 12. Nc3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Rac1 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. e3 c4 17. Qc2 Qb7 {½-½ (59) Reyes Capellan,E (2046)-Mendez Ramirez,V (1863) Santo Domingo 2017}) 13. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qd3 {[#] Qd8+! would kill now.} h6 22. Nxb5 Rb8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Qd6 Qb6 {aiming for ...Rd8.} 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nxc5 {Hoping for Rc1.} Qxe2 27. Rf1 Qf3 28. Nd7 Rd8 ({Wrong is} 28... Rxb2 $2 29. Qf8+ Kh7 {[#]} 30. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. exf6 $18) (28... Re8 $11) 29. Qc7 (29. Rc1 $16 Na7 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1) 29... Kh7 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. h4 Qd5 31. Nb6 Qe4 32. Nd7 {Strongly threatening Nf6+!} ({Don't play} 32. Rc1 Rd3 $17) 32... Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 34. Qd1 {And now Qb1 would win.} Nf3+ $1 35. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Qb1.} Qg4 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 36. Kg2 Nxh4+ $1 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nh4+ $1 39. Kh2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,118,27,32,32,32,32,32,30,35,39,34,35,23,15,8,11,7,10,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,44,45,45,45,55,55,55,54,84,40,40,39,45,45,47,45,45,40,40,40,40,40,54,30,30,30,38,31,32,31,31,31,33,33,46,40,40,33,40,40,52,40,38,32,40,8,47,17,18,16,24,5,8,6,5,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxc5 $1 16. Qxc5 b6 17. Qa3 c5 18. a5 O-O 19. axb6 Qxb6 {[#]} 20. Bf4 $146 Rfe8 21. Re5 c4 22. h3 a6 23. Rae1 f6 24. R5e4 Bf7 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 (26. Qxe7 $2 {too greedy.} Re8 $19) 26... Re8 27. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qc6 28. Ra7 Qe4 {[#] ...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 29. Qd6 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4g2]} 30. Qg3 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rg3g7]} Qg6 (30... Bb7 {is interesting.} 31. Bh6 g6 32. f3 Qc6 33. Qf2 Re7) 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Rxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be4 33. Ra4 Rc8 34. c3 Bd3 35. Rb4 g5 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Bd4 Bf1 39. b3 cxb3 40. Rxb3 Kg6 41. Rb1 Bc4 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Re7 44. g4 Bd5 45. Rb5 Re4+ 46. Kg3 Bc4 47. Rc5 Bf1 48. Rc7 Be2 49. Ra7 Re8 50. Kf2 Bd3 51. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bc4 52. h5+ Kh6 53. Be3+ Kh7 54. h6 Rg8 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Rc7 Be2 {The position is equal.} 57. hxg7 Rxg7 58. Rc6 {aiming for g5.} Kf7 59. Rc7+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,14,34,-9,-9,-17,0,0,0,0,-4,0,11,13,29,28,46,45,59,60,56,47,57,35,84,70,83,83,83,83,83,86,81,83,83,84,81,33,99,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Lutz,C} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 (10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 {1-0 (27) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfd1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Ng5 c5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxc5 {0-1 (57) Adianto,U (2583)-Dreev,A (2676) Beijing 2000 CBM 078 [Lutz,C]}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. a4 Bxc5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxa1.} 18. Nbd4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. e3 h6 22. b3 Rd8 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {aiming for Ndc6.} Bxd4 25. exd4 Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 Rb4 28. Ra3 Nd7 29. h4 Kg6 {[#]} (29... Nc5 $14) 30. Nd6 (30. Nd8 $1 $16) 30... Nc5 31. h5+ Kh7 $1 32. Ra7 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rxb3 33. Rc7 Rd3 34. Nc8 (34. Ne8 {feels hotter.} Nd7 35. Rc6 Nf8 36. Nc7 e5 37. Ne8) 34... Ne4 {The position is equal.} 35. Ne7 Nf6 36. Ng6 Nxh5 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nxe6 Rd6 39. Re7 g5 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. Nc5 Rc6 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Re5 Nxe4 44. Kxe4 Kf7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,76,15,8,2,8,6,6,13,9,0,10,0,0,0,14,0,15,8,27,16,20,0,0,-8,22,22,23,0,0,-96,-81,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (78) Caruana,F (2816)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 7... Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 Be6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4] [#]} 14. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 O-O {½-½ (40) Efimenko,Z (2641)-Fressinet,L (2712) Bilbao 2014}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. d4 Re7 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bc2 Nd7 $1 21. Qe4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 $1 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qh4 Nf6 24. Ng5 Bd5 25. b3 (25. Rxe7 $11 Qxe7 26. Re1) 25... Rfe8 $17 26. c4 {[#]} Rxe1 (26... Ng4 $1 $17 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. cxd5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nxg5 32. dxc6 bxc6) 27. Rxe1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 h6 29. Ne6 Bxe6 $1 30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. Bd3 h4 33. Qe1 Qf4 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qxf6 {Qh8+ is the strong threat.} Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (10... Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. a3 a5 16. h4 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Ne4 {½-½ (28) Kramnik,V (2787)-So,W (2792) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxd2 f5 18. e4 {½-½ (37) Biedermann,K (2152)-Willow,M (2251) ICCF email 2013}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. e4 f4 20. e5 Be7 21. Qe4 Qe8 22. Rac1 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Rec1 Qf7 26. g4 {[#]} f3+ $1 27. Kh1 Bg5 (27... Nd5 $17 28. Nxd5 exd5) 28. Nxb5 Bxd2 29. Rxc7 Qe8 30. Nxa3 Nd5 31. Nc4 Rf4 $18 (31... Bf4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 32. Ra7 Nc3) 32. Qc2 Nxc7 33. Qxd2 Rxg4 34. Qe3 Qg6 35. Qxf3 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,171,5,4,0,3,-37,-12,-16,52,44,39,45,35,50,14,12,34,0,0,-10,-31,-22,-6,-26,-29,-30,-20,-31,-27,-44,-39,-40,-40,-47,-49,-45,-52,-56,-47,-75,-52,-79,0,0,0,-12,30,24,24,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,100,100,116,116,116,116,175,176,172,120,120,81,82,90,78,86,116,95,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,95,93,20,20,22,120,120,120,117,120,85,102,85,85,75,79,60,95,95,92,92,92,92,92,92,1013,954,933,855,645,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,0,116,116,147,116,116,0,116,116,116,116,116,116,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,147,115,147,0,147,147]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 {[#]} Bxd4 $146 (14... Bxf3 $11 15. Nxf3 Bxa5) ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba7 15. Ra4 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2804)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016}) 15. g4 $1 $14 Bg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. f4 $1 h6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qb3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re8 $36 {[%cal Rg6e4][%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. f5 Bh7 $1 21. Bb2 Ne5 22. Rad1 Nfd7 23. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Ne3 f6 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Qe3 Bg8 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. Rd2 Nf8 (31... b5 $17) 32. h4 $11 Rad8 33. Be2 Nc4 (33... Nfd7 {looks sharper.} 34. Nh3 c5 35. g5 Kh8 36. Nf2 cxb4 37. Bxb4 Nc5) 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. g5 fxg5 ({But not} 35... hxg5 $2 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Nh5 $18) 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Nh5 Rd7 39. f6 Ng6 (39... g6 $11 {remains equal.} 40. f7+ Rxf7 41. Nf6+ {[#]} Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Bxf6 Bb5) 40. fxg7 $16 Nf4+ 41. Nxf4 gxf4 42. Kf3 Kf7 (42... Bb5 $16 {might work better.}) 43. Kxf4 $18 Rg8 44. Rf2 (44. Kg5 $18) 44... Ke6 45. Rg1 Rf7+ 46. Ke3 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb5 48. Ke3 Bc6 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. Bf6+ Kf7 51. Bd4+ Ke7 52. Rh1 Kf7 53. Rh6 ({Better is} 53. Rc1 $16) 53... Re8 $11 54. Rh4 Rg8 (54... d5 $11) 55. Rf4+ $16 Ke7 56. Kd3 Be8 57. Bc3 Bf7 58. Rh4 Be6 59. Rh8 Kf7 60. Ke3 Bd7 61. Kf4 Bc6 62. Kf5 Bd7+ 63. Kg5 Bc6 64. Rh4 Rxg7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Re8 $16) 65. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 $16 {KR-KB} 66. Kf4 Bd7 67. Ke3 $2 (67. Rh1 $18 {has better winning chances. Rc1 is the strong threat.} Kf6 68. Rc1) 67... Kf7 68. Rh7+ Ke8 69. Kd4 Kd8 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. Rh7+ Kd8 $1 72. Kd5 Ke8 73. Rh8+ Ke7 74. Rh7+ (74. Kd4 $16) 74... Kd8 (74... Ke8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 75. e5 dxe5 76. Kxe5 Ba4 77. Kd5 Bb3+ 78. Kc5 {Hoping for Rh8+.} Bc2 79. Rh8+ Kd7 80. Rh4 Ba4 81. Rh7+ Kd8 82. Rh8+ Kd7 83. Rb8 Bc6 84. Kd4 Bg2 85. Kc5 ({White should try} 85. Rg8 $16 Bh3 86. Kc5) 85... Bf3 (85... Bc6 $1 $11) 86. Rf8 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Bd6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7... Nd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qh5 f5 10. Ndf3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rf2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (38) Adhiban,B (2653)-Aronian,L (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Ndf3 h6 10. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. b4 Qa6 15. Nd2 {1-0 (64) Feibert,F-Zwick,R Speyer 1986}) 10... Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 (18... b5 $1 $15 19. Qxb5+ Qxb5 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nxb5 Ba6) 19. Qb4 a5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qa3 b5 $16 (21... Kg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Ke7 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nc3 Rhc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kd2 b4 28. Ne2 e5 29. f3 Be6 30. Ra1 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Rd3 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Re3 34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. a3 Bc4 36. Ng3 Rd4+ 37. Ke1 Be6 38. axb4 axb4 39. Ra7+ Rd7 40. Ra5 Bd5 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Ne3 Be6 43. Ra6 Rd4 44. Rb6 b3 45. Ke2 h5 46. g3 g6 47. Rb8 Ra4 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. Rf8+ Ke7 50. Rf2 Rb1 51. Kd3 Rc1 52. Ke4 Rc5 53. Kd3 Bd7 54. Nd1 Bf5+ 55. Ke3 Rc2 56. Nc3 Kd6 57. Rd2+ Kc5 58. Ne2 Rxd2 59. Kxd2 Kd5 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Nc3 g5 62. Nd1 Bc2 63. Nc3 Bd3 64. Nd1 Bf5 65. Nc3 h4 66. Ne2 Bd3 67. Nc3 hxg3 68. hxg3 Bf5 69. Ne2 Kd5 70. Nc3+ Ke6 71. Na4 Bc2 72. Nc3 Kf5 73. Nd5 Ke6 74. Nc3 Kf5 75. Nd5 e4 76. Kf2 Ke5 77. Ne3 Kd4 78. Ke2 Bd3+ 79. Kd2 Bb5 80. Nf5+ Ke5 81. Ne3 Kd4 82. Nf5+ Ke5 83. Ne3 Bd7 84. Kc3 Be6 85. Kd2 Kd4 86. Nd1 Bc4 87. Ne3 Be6 88. Nd1 Bg4 89. Ne3 Bf3 90. Nf5+ Ke5 91. Ne3 Bh5 92. Kc3 Bf7 93. Kd2 Be6 94. Kc3 Bf7 95. Kd2 Kd4 96. Nf5+ Ke5 97. Ne3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. d5 bxa4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Qxa4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Rxb2 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rb5 19. f4 d6 20. Qc4+ Kg7 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Nb4 c6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qxd6 Qxe4 26. Qxd7 Rxb4 27. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,175,0,11,-5,10,2,6,0,6,2,17,14,14,18,11,14,12,9,30,19,33,24,31,28,24,22,21,25,23,25,34,23,14,20,34,25,23,4,91,108,150,32,58,6,9,0,28,14,61,33,60,57,53,49,62,79,53,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,49,49,49,49,56,28,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,0,0,0,56,56,56,56,56,0,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,3,10,0,77,0,77,77,77,77,77,77,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12481,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 25 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Qe2 {1-0 (67) So,W (2778)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qa4 Bxf4 11. exf4 Qb6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd4 Qd6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Ne5 h6 18. a3 Rfb8 19. b4 a6 20. Ndc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} Qc7 21. Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra7 (25... Bb5 $11) 26. Nb3 Ne4 27. Rc1 ({White should try} 27. Nxd7 $16 {Hoping for Rc8+.} Rxd7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. f3) 27... Ba4 28. Nd4 (28. Rc8+ $14 Kh7 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5) 28... Nd6 $11 29. f3 f6 30. Nd3 Kf7 (30... Bb5 $5 31. Nc5 e5 $11) 31. Nc5 Bd7 32. Re1 Nb5 33. Ndxe6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for a4. KRN-KRN} a5 35. Ra6 Rxa6 36. Nxa6 Nxa3 37. bxa5 {KN-KN} Nc4 38. Nb4 {And now a6 would win.} Nxa5 39. Nxd5 Ke6 40. Ne3 f5 41. Kf2 Nb3 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Nc2 Kd5 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Nb4+ Kc5 46. Nd3+ Kd6 47. g3 Kd5 48. h4 h5 49. Ne5 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Ng6 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Nd7 53. Ne7+ Ke6 54. Nc6 Kd5 55. Nd4 (55. Nb4+ $14 Kc5 56. Nd3+ Kd5 57. Kd2) 55... g6 $11 56. Ne2 Nb8 (56... Kc4 $11) 57. Kd3 Nc6 58. Nc3+ Kc5 59. Na2 (59. Na4+ $14 Kb5 60. Nc3+ Kb4 61. Nd1) 59... Kd5 (59... Nd4 $11) 60. Nc1 ({White should play} 60. Kc3 $1 $14) 60... Nd4 61. Ke3 Nc2+ 62. Kf2 Kd4 63. Nb3+ Kc4 (63... Kd5 $11) 64. Na5+ $1 $14 Kd5 65. Nb7 $1 Nd4 66. Nd8 $1 Kd6 67. Nf7+ $1 Ke7 68. Ne5 Kf6 69. Ke3 Ne6 70. Kd3 Nd8 71. Kc4 Ne6 72. Kd5 {Nxg6! is the strong threat.} Nc7+ 73. Kc6 (73. Kd4 $16) 73... Ne6 $11 74. Kd5 (74. Kd6 $11 Nd4 75. Kd5) 74... Nc7+ $1 $16 75. Kc4 Ne6 76. Nc6 Nc7 77. Nd4 Ke7 78. Kc5 Ne6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... Kd7 $16) 79. Nxe6 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kxe6 {KP-KP} 80. Kc6 $1 Ke7 81. Kc7 $1 Ke6 82. Kd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e8]} Kf7 83. Kd7 Kf6 {[#]} 84. Ke8 $1 {[%cal Re8f8]} Kg7 85. Ke7 Kg8 86. Kf6 Kh7 {[#]} 87. Kf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e7]} Kh6 88. Kg8 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,20,12,37,9,10,14,25,0,13,0,0,0,0,-6,46,-18,-16,-10,27,0,57,54,50,20,10,0,97,35,58,52,137,120,145,143,145,137,279,231,265,255,273,247,340,341,389,264,251,241,233,233,244,244,241,218,218,208,260,204,224,211,224,224,224,224,219,207,214,204,211,200,333]} 1. e4 {Gutman,L} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. Bg5 (7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bf8 11. a4 b5 12. Na5 Qf6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. axb5 cxb5 {1-0 (58) Caruana,F (2816)-Nakamura,H (2769) Leuven 2018}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Bg3 g6 13. Re1 Bf6 {1-0 (46) Gopal,G (2560)-Buhmann,R (2633) Bad Wiessee 2016 CBM 176 [Gutman,L]}) 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 {aiming for Bxf6.} a6 13. Bd3 {[#] And now Bxf6 would win.} d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nb3 Qb4 (16... f6 $11) 17. Bc2 (17. Ne1 $14) 17... Bg4 $11 18. Qd3 {Black must now prevent Qh7+.} Nf8 19. Nfd2 Qb6 (19... Ne6 $11) 20. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qb5 21. Qg3 Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2f1]} 22. Rfe1 Bc4 {[#]} (22... Ne6 $11) 23. Qc3 (23. f4 $1 $16) 23... Qb4 24. f4 Bxb3 ({Black should try} 24... Ne6 $14) 25. Nxb3 $16 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c5,Bc5a6][%mdl 32]} Rad8 26. Red1 g6 27. Nc5 Rb8 (27... Ne6 $16) 28. Ba4 Red8 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxa6 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rb7 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. a6 Ne6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Ra5 Rb8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 h5 38. g3 Rb3 {White is clearly better.} 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc2 Rb6 41. Rda1 Kd7 42. h3 Ke7 43. R5a2 Kd7 44. g4 hxg4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 25%.} (44... h4 $142 45. Ra5 Rb8) 1-0

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,5,6,-1,3,-75,-67,-65,-62,-77,-116,-230,-122,-152,-165,-154,-150,-167,346,345,732,710,996,996,983,951,975,977,932,801,954,947,942,914,894,813,906,893,1318,1315,1259,1171,1233,1218,2019,1910]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 9. Nef3 $146 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qh5 f5 10. Ndf3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rf2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (38) Adhiban,B (2653)-Aronian,L (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9... f5 10. O-O (10. h3 $11) 10... g5 $17 11. Bg3 {Black is slightly better.} f4 12. exf4 gxf4 13. Qe2 (13. Nh4 $17 {might work better.} fxg3 14. Qg4+ Kh8 {[#]} 15. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 16. Qxg6 gxh2+ 17. Kh1) 13... e5 (13... fxg3 $19 14. Qxe6+ Kh8) 14. Nxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 {Strongly threatening Qh5.} fxg3 16. fxg3 Bg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... c4 $19 {and all is fine.} 17. Bc2 Qe8) 17. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} Rxf1+ $2 (17... Bf5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxf5 Qe7) 18. Rxf1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] White is clearly winning.} Qe7 {[#]} 19. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh7 20. Qe8+ ({Not} 20. Qxg5+ Qg7 $11) 20... Kg7 21. Rf7+ Kh6 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Bh6 24. Qf7+ Bg7 25. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Ne5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 b6 30. e7 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,80,61,114,103,120,128,145,47,47,44,40,32,50,47,46,46,50,48,66,25,19,22,23,20,16,-1,-9,-30,10,-46,-58,-92,-3,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-13,-1,-20,0,-20,-10,-37,-37,-27,-27,-66,-102,-77,-20,-20,-14,-25,-25,-33,-30,-301,-276,-656,-644,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (6... Nb4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. d3 f6 9. a3 N4c6 10. Ne4 e5 11. c3 Na6 12. b4 Nc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (32) Fedorchuk,S (2619)-Sokolov,I (2652) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Ftacnik,L]}) 7. dxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 (7... f6 $14) 8. Be3 $16 e6 {White is better.} 9. O-O-O Qc7 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Rxd7 Kxd7 11. Ne5+ Ke7 12. Bg5+ f6 13. Nxc6+ Kf7 14. Re1 {1-0 (14) Perez,G (2002)-Zamudio,J (2214) SEMI email 2000}) 10. Qc4 (10. Rd2 $1 $16 Be7 11. Rhd1) 10... a6 $14 11. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Ne5 Be7 14. Qd3 f6 15. Nc4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Bb5 $1 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 17. Qxd6 Kf7 18. Be3 c4 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. Qd4 Rhe8 21. b3 (21. Rhg1 $11) 21... e5 22. Qe3 Qe6 (22... Re6 $17 23. Bc5 Rc8) 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Rhd1 Kg8 25. Rd6 Qg4 26. g3 Bc6 27. Kb2 Qf3 28. Qd2 h6 29. Be3 Kh7 30. h4 Qf5 31. Bb6 Bf3 32. Re1 Re6 33. Re3 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Bc6 ({Black should try} 34... Rc6 $17 35. Qd8 Bh5) 35. Qd2 Re8 {[%cal Bc8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7,Bd7d2][%mdl 32]} 36. a4 Re7 37. a5 Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 38. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Qe2 $11) 38... Bf3 $1 $19 39. Qa1 $2 (39. g4 Bxg4 40. f3 Bxf3 41. Qf2) 39... Rd2 40. Rxf3 Qxc2+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,60,63,65,58,83,64,98,93,77,83,161,27,109,87,106,94,98,108,111,86,148,154,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,10,103,-1068,0,0,246,252,557,554,548,547,525,500,495,462,449,456,389,32,492,474,597,539,501,423,389,375,547,499,1065,1015,911,625,634,575,12843,12843,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (8. Bf4 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Bc1 Rfe8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (68) Wang,Y (2690)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ndb5 d6 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 13. a4 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bf4 Bf8 {½-½ (18) Paehtz,E (2447)-Jones,G (2623) Douglas 2015}) 14. Na3 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. e4 Ne5 (16... Ng7 $16) 17. Qe2 (17. f4 $18 Nd7 18. Nc4) 17... Nf6 (17... Bc8 $1 $11) 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qf3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Naxb5 Rxa1 (21... Ba6 $142) 22. Rxa1 $16 Qb6 23. Bf1 (23. Ra4 $16) 23... Nxe4 $1 $11 24. Nxe4 c4+ $1 25. Qe3 Qxb5 26. Nxd6 $1 Qxd5 27. Qxe8 (27. Nxe8 $2 {too greedy.} Bc5 $19) 27... Qxd6 (27... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Qxf7+ Qxf7 29. Bxc4 Bxd6 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 28. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 28. Bxc4 $2 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Qxc4 $19) (28. Qe2 $16) 28... Nf6 $2 ({Better is} 28... Qd5 $19 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 29. Ra7 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Rxb7 Nxe8) 29. Qb5 Qe7 $2 (29... Qe6 $1 $11 30. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 Ng4) 30. Qe5 $18 Qd7 $2 (30... Qxe5 31. fxe5 Ng4) 31. Qxf6 {[#] Bd4 is the strong threat.} Qd5 32. Qd4 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qxh2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg3+ 35. Bf2 Bb4+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qb3+ $14 37. Kc1 c3) 37. Kc1 h5 38. Ra4 Bf8 39. Rxc4 Bg7 40. Qe3 Qd5 (40... Qxe3+ $142 41. Bxe3 Ba6) 41. Rc7 {[#] Hoping for Qe8+.} Kh7 (41... Qh1 $142 42. Qe1 Bd5) 42. Bc4 Qh1+ 43. Kc2 Be4+ 44. Bd3 Bd5 45. f5 {fxg6+ would kill now.} Qg2 46. fxg6+ fxg6 47. Qd4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "World Chess King Summit 2018"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,128,11,13,5,11,1,14,-15,-12,-40,0,0,-6,-4,15,-52,-11,-25,-22,-37,-23,-29,-44,-43,24,0,0,-14,-13,-15,14,14,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-188,-173,-322,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. b4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bd6 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Nd8 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1 Bc7 13. g3 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Ne6 16. Bb2 Rd8 {½-½ (25) Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Paris 2016}) 10... Nd8 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ba4 Ne6 13. g3 $1 Bc7 14. Bb3 h6 15. h4 (15. Nc4 $11) 15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a3 b5 18. Nf1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g6 (19... Nd8 $15) 20. Bc1 h5 21. Ng5 axb4 22. axb4 Nh7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Ne3 Ng7 25. Kg2 Be6 26. Qc2 Rd8 27. Nf1 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 Qe6 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe7 31. Bg5 f6 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Nd2 Qd7 34. Qe2 Kg7 35. Nb3 Bd8 36. c4 Be7 37. c5 Nd8 38. Na5 Kf7 39. Qa2+ Qe6 40. Qd2 Ke8 41. Qd3 (41. Qe2 {seems wilder.} Kf8 42. Bh6+ Kf7 43. Bd2 Qd7 44. Nb3) 41... Qa2 42. Qb3 (42. Qd1 {with more complications.} Qb2 43. Bd2 Qd4 44. Qe2 Qd7 45. Nb3) 42... Qxb3 43. Nxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne6 44. Kf3 f5 45. Bd2 Bd8 46. Bc3 Bc7 47. Nc1 Nd8 48. Nd3 Nf7 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. exf5 gxf5 51. f4 {[%cal Rc3e5] Threatens to win with Bxe5.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 52. Nc1 Nd8 53. Ne2 {[#] Nd4 is the strong threat.} Ne6 54. Bb2 Kf7 55. Bc3 Bd8 56. Nc1 $2 (56. Be5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 56... Nc7 $19 57. Nb3 (57. Be1 {keeps fighting.}) 57... Ne6 $2 {[#]} (57... Nd5+ $19 58. Kd2 Nxc3 59. Kxc3 Bf6+ 60. Kc2 Ke6) 58. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Ke7 59. Be5 Kd7 60. Ke2 Ke8 61. Ke3 Kd7 62. Ke2 Ke8 63. Ke3 Kd7 64. Ke2 Ke8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

