[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "BLR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{[%evp 19,81,8,13,8,4,0,20,18,21,21,34,31,39,31,31,17,22,19,31,25,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,29,25,25,25,22,5,8,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bc1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Bc1 Nhf6 18. Bf4 h6 19. e4 dxc4 20. Nd2 b5 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. a4 g5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. a5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd7 27. Bxc4 Bb5 {0-1 (63) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Karjakin,S (2785) Doha 2016}) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 f5 14. a4 Qe8 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qh5 17. b4 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (41) Li,X (2170)-Nguyen,V (2413) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd6 15. Qc2 f5 16. e3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nd3 Ra8 20. a4 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Rc2 Ba6 23. Rdc1 Nf6 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Nf4 Re8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bf1 {[%cal Bg2f1,Bf1b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 28. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Rec8 29. Bc6 {Nxd5! is the strong threat.} Ba6 30. Qd1 Nf6 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Rc7 33. Bb5 Rbc8 34. Ba6 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qc7 37. Qxc7 Bxc7 38. Ba3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 39. f3 g4 40. Be7 Kf7 41. Bxf6 $1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CHN"]
[BlackTeam "BLR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{[%evp 10,103,12,-14,23,16,22,14,14,6,18,22,33,0,29,6,6,9,17,10,24,9,18,8,11,11,34,8,9,0,0,0,2,0,138,132,126,143,151,149,129,147,132,105,102,95,135,136,135,129,222,213,208,207,206,179,220,205,254,235,243,233,234,240,243,241,235,239,225,230,237,236,252,252,269,275,327,334,322,233,229,221,456,448,739,572,722,577,694,683,883,883,855,845,1711,1689]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 (4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. g3 Nh3+ {1-0 (52) Karjakin,S (2781)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 4... Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 {LiveBook: 13 Games. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bg4 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Bb5 Rb6 14. Qa4 {½-½ (25) Wirthensohn,H (2336)-Lutz,B (2325) Lindau 2012}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 Qb6 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Bg3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rab1 h6 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Qb3 a5 20. Rbc1 Rd8 21. Qb1 Bd6 (21... axb4 $11 22. cxb4 Rdc8) 22. Bxd6 $16 Rxd6 23. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c5] And now c5 would win.} dxc4 {[#]} 24. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 25. Rxd6 Qc7 26. Rcd1 {aiming for Rd7.} axb4 27. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Nf8 {[#]} 28. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Ne7 29. b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qc5 (29... Qc8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 30. Rd8 $18 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Nd5 32. Rb8 c3 33. Nd4 e5 34. Nc2 Qc6 35. Qb3 Nxb6 36. Qb4 Nbd7 37. Rxb7 Qd5 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 38. Qb1 Qd2 {[#]} 39. Rc7 $1 g6 40. Qb3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} (42. Rxc3 $6 Qxf2 43. Rc7 Kg7 $16) 42... e4 43. f4 ({Much less strong is} 43. fxe4 Qd3 $18) 43... g5 44. Qc4 ({Don't do} 44. Qxc3 $6 gxf4 45. Qc4 Qd3 $18) 44... Qf2 45. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Rc8.} g4 $2 (45... Nf6 {keeps fighting.} 46. Qe7 N8d7 47. Rxc3 Kg7 48. fxg5 hxg5) 46. hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 (46... Qh4+ $142 47. Kg1 Qxg4) 47. Qf5 Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Ne6 49. Re7 Kf8 50. Ra7 Nd8 51. Qc5+ Kg8 52. Qe7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "EGY"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 15,85,33,22,24,34,33,39,32,44,38,51,33,57,43,51,36,49,16,16,14,18,11,7,10,28,10,69,76,78,73,103,62,238,230,235,241,227,234,212,235,263,272,266,275,278,281,272,277,269,270,277,277,272,269,262,187,252,249,318,315,488,510,641,545,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Be4 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 12. Nb5 $146 {Threatens to win with Nd2.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 d6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qe3 Bb7 {½-½ (27) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Tomashevsky,E (2696) Minsk 2017}) 12... Na6 13. Ng5 d5 {[%cal Re4g5]} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rd1 f5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Bd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qe3 Rc8 (19... h6 $5 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 20. a3 b5 (20... h6 $11) 21. Rac1 $14 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 a4 23. f3 Re8 $2 (23... Nc5 $14) 24. Qa7 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Bxa8 26. fxe4 (26. Bxd6 $6 Bxd5 27. fxe4 fxe4 $16) 26... fxe4 27. Bxe4 ({Much less strong is} 27. Bxd6 Bxd5 28. Rd1 Bc4) 27... Rxe4 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 30. Bxd6 Nd7 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. Kf2 Rd4 {[#]} 33. Bb4 $1 ({Resist} 33. Ra8+ $6 Kf7 $18) 33... Rxd5 34. e4 Rh5 35. Kg2 Re5 (35... g5 $142 36. h3 Rh6 37. Ra8+ Kf7) 36. Kf3 Rh5 37. h4 g5 (37... Re5 {keeps fighting.} 38. Rb7 Re6 39. Rxb5 Rf6+ 40. Kg2 Ra6) 38. Kg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf5 gxh4+ {[#]} 40. Ke6 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8] White mates.} Kd8 41. Bd6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Kc8 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. Rb7 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UKR"]
[BlackTeam "TUR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 21,46,19,15,21,18,7,16,8,14,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Rab1 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (12. Rae1 Nb6 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. f3 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Nb3 dxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Ne6 {0-1 (45) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian 2016}) 12... a5 13. Rbe1 Nb6 14. Nc1 Ng7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. f3 Be6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. a3 Kh8 18. Rf2 Qd6 19. Qd1 {½-½ (50) Dao,T (2480)-Ciric,D (2370) Budapest 1995}) 15. f3 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Be6 18. Qf2 {[#] Hoping for d5.} f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nb3 Ng7 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. Nc5 Bf5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Farahat, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "EGY"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 12,125,11,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-25,2,0,16,15,39,33,53,54,41,38,60,54,62,45,58,48,50,0,68,77,89,83,100,103,100,100,108,103,188,140,129,127,127,132,262,257,256,145,157,152,164,158,152,156,180,185,184,180,180,183,172,131,296,294,351,225,358,327,321,8,8,8,8,8,406,428,575,521,628,775,762,731,715,715,653,582,804,776,2018,1835,2060,1559,1740,1496,1993,2010,1754,1752,11728,7492,7818,8153,8153,8153,7102,6093,5421,5409]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 b6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 8. Be2 Ba6 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Ngxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 Rad8 15. Qa4 Nxd4 {0-1 (64) Fier,A (2601)-Eljanov,P (2727) Reykjavik 2015}) 9... Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 10. Qxe2 exd5 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O c6 (13... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) 14. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1f2][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 15. f3 Nf8 16. Be1 Re6 17. Bf2 Rae8 18. Qd3 Ng6 19. Rac1 h5 20. Rfe1 h4 21. Qf5 c5 22. Rcd1 Qc6 23. Re2 cxd4 (23... h3 $11) 24. Rxd4 $14 Re5 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. h3 Nh5 27. Qa4 Re7 28. Re1 Ng3 (28... Nf6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Qd1 {Black must now prevent f4.} Nf5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Ne5 (31... Qxd5 $16 32. Nxd5 Rd7) 32. e4 $18 Ng3 33. Qxe6 ({White should play} 33. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc6 34. Qg5) 33... Rxe6 34. Rd1 Nc4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Nxb2 37. Bxg3 hxg3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 38. Ne2 $1 ({Don't take} 38. Rxf7 Rd6 $16) 38... a5 39. Rxf7 Nc4 40. Nxg3 Nxa3 $2 (40... Kg8 $16 {was called for.} 41. Rd7 Nxa3) 41. Nf5 $18 b5 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. g4 Nc4 44. Rb7 $2 ({White should try} 44. g5 $18 Nd6 45. Ra7 Nxf5 46. exf5) 44... Rb6 $11 45. Rxb6 Nxb6 {KN-KN} 46. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... b4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 47. Ke2 a4) 47. Ne3 $18 a4 {And now ...Nxe3 would win.White is clearly winning.} 48. Nc2 a3 49. Ke2 a2 50. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} b4 51. Na1 Na5 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Kf7 54. f5 Ke7 55. e6 Kd6 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. g5 b3 58. Kc3 b2 59. Kxb2 Nc4+ 60. Kxa2 Nd6 {[#]} 61. f6+ $1 Kxe6 62. Nc2 Kf5 63. h4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Adhiban, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "POL"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 23,131,0,12,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-10,25,12,25,6,25,25,26,18,26,19,35,28,35,35,35,35,35,35,47,35,40,39,47,39,46,39,39,33,22,19,47,21,34,33,20,20,34,33,62,70,68,65,70,55,73,50,54,54,85,107,111,112,111,72,67,47,96,66,80,50,149,150,143,143,182,188,194,191,192,187,417,404,415,392,392,389,816,799,709,575,575,588,805,775,665,660,1359,1154,5214,1038,29962,10060,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29982,29983]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Bb3 Bc7 12. Bd2 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} h6 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 13. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Rad1 exd4 17. exd4 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qd6 {½-½ (34) Kraemer,M (2520)-Buhmann,R (2594) Austria 2013}) 13... Re8 14. Nh4 {The position is equal.} Nf8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 e4 17. h4 Rad8 18. a3 Qd7 (18... N8d7 {is interesting.} 19. g3 Nb6 20. f3 Qd6 21. Be1 Nbd5) 19. Qxd7 N8xd7 20. g3 Nb6 21. Kg2 h5 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rc2 Re7 24. Ba2 Bd6 25. Rb1 Red7 26. b4 Bf8 27. Kf1 a6 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Be1 Re8 30. Rbb2 Ng4 31. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} f5 32. Bb3 Nf6 33. Nd2 Nfd5 34. Rb1 Kf6 35. Ba2 g5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Nb3 Nf6 38. Bd2 Rh7 39. Na5 Ree7 40. Rh1 h4 41. gxh4+ Rxh4 42. Rxh4 Kxh4 43. Rc1 Kg5 44. Rh1 {Threatens to win with Rh8.} Bg7 45. Nb3 Nbd5 46. Nc5 f4 ({Black should try} 46... Bh6 $14) 47. Rg1+ $16 Kf5 48. exf4 {[%csl Gd2,Gf4][%cal Rg1g5]} Bh6 49. Bb1 $1 b6 50. Nxe4 $1 {Hoping for Kd1.} (50. Nxa6 Bxf4 51. f3 Bxd2 $11) 50... Bxf4 ({Of course not} 50... Rxe4+ 51. Kd1 $18) 51. Kd1 Bxd2 $2 {[#]} (51... Nxe4 {was worth a try.} 52. f3 Bxd2 53. fxe4+ (53. Bxe4+ Ke6 $16) 53... Kf4) 52. Ng5+ $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 52. Nxd2+ Kf4 $16) 52... Ne4 53. Bxe4+ Rxe4 54. Nxe4 Kxe4 $2 (54... Bf4 55. Ng3+ Ke6) 55. Kxd2 Kxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 56. Rg4+ Ke5 57. Rg6 Nf6 58. Kd3 Kf5 59. Rg7 Ng4 60. Kd4 Ne5 {[#]} 61. Ra7 (61. Rg5+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg5 62. Kxe5) 61... c5+ 62. bxc5 Nc6+ 63. Kd5 {White mates.} Nxa7 64. cxb6 {[%cal Bc5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nc8 65. b7 Ne7+ 66. Kc5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IND"]
[BlackTeam "POL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,53,12,5,-1,0,0,0,-2,11,11,37,40,31,33,38,31,37,33,39,34,34,17,31,12,37,33,41,37,149,138,195,188,222,234,274,268,275,274,308,299,285,298,410,381,405,354]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Ne5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. d3 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. f5 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (49) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 6... c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 e3 17. h4 Qc6+ 18. Qg2 Qa6 19. Qc2 Qxf1+ {0-1 (19) Kucera,B-Kulhanek,T Cesky Brod 1996}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be6 11. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bc8 {[#]} (18... Bg4 $14 19. f3 Bc8) 19. Qa4 $1 $16 Bd7 (19... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 20. Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 21. Re2 ({Worse is} 21. Rxc6 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd7 $11) 21... g5 22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Qxc6 {[#] aiming for Rce1.} Rc8 24. Qh6 {Hoping for Rce1.} Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 f6 26. Bh3 {Intending Bf5 and mate.} Bf8 27. Rxe8 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "NOR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 11,39,19,16,18,18,16,28,8,13,0,8,5,9,5,25,-12,-16,-16,-15,-15,-15,-25,-17,-16,-18,-28,-9,-6,-6,-13]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 8. Re1 O-O (8... h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qd7 {0-1 (69) Kramnik,V (2811)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Shamkir 2017}) 9. h3 {White has an edge.} b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Rb8 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Ba2 Qe7 {1-0 (24) Salati,P (2222)-Zholob,A (2265) ICCF email 2013}) 11... Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc4 (13. Ba4 {is more complex.} Bd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nc4 Qe8 16. Be3) 13... Qc8 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Nc4 Rb5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Qa4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "NOR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 19,135,5,11,0,30,19,23,23,37,31,33,31,29,29,33,18,26,21,25,24,28,14,12,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-16,-6,-15,0,-23,0,-10,0,-22,-14,-23,-21,-27,21,21,21,21,21,0,21,0,21,16,21,15,21,15,40,22,22,22,22,22,23,23,24,22,24,17,18,10,78,78,78,78,97,77,97,97,97,97,98,90,152,112,142,100,100,81,91,89,93,93,93,91,102,85,82,73,151,88,168,156,205,208,230,104,291,107,175,164,1024,356,339,306]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qg6 11. Qd1 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. h3 a6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. e4 Bxc5 {1-0 (35) Bologan,V (2640)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha 2016}) 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 {White has an edge.} Bd7 14. h3 Qd6 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qc2 c6 18. O-O f6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Rc1 Bf5 21. Ne1 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Nc8 {[%cal Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 23. b4 Nd6 24. a4 a6 25. Rb3 (25. Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Qf7 26. Qe2 $11) 25... Qf7 26. Qb1 Re7 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Rc5 Ne4 29. Rc2 $1 Nd6 30. Qd1 Rde8 31. Qf3 Rd7 (31... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 32. Nd3 Kg7 $11) 32. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Red8 33. h5 Re8 34. Qg4 Rdd8 35. Qf3 Rd7 36. Qg4 Rdd8 37. Qd1 Rd7 38. Qd3 Rdd8 39. Rc5 Rd7 40. Rb1 Ne4 41. Rc2 Nd6 42. Qe2 Rdd8 43. Qf3 Rd7 44. Ne2 Rde7 45. Nc3 Nc4 46. Ra1 b5 (46... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 47. axb5 $16 axb5 48. Ne2 Rc7 49. Ng3 Nd6 50. Ra6 Rec8 51. Qg4 Qe7 52. Rca2 Kh8 (52... Qd7 $142 53. Qg6 Qe7) 53. Ra8 Re8 54. Qg6 Rec8 55. R2a6 Qd8 56. R8a7 Rxa7 57. Rxa7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rg6g7]} Rc7 58. Ra2 Qb8 59. Qc2 Nc4 60. Ra6 Qf8 (60... Qc8 $142 61. Ra2 Qb8) 61. Nf5 ({White should play} 61. Qf5) 61... Qe8 (61... Qc8 $16 {was necessary.} 62. Ra1 Kg8) 62. g4 Qf8 63. Kg2 Qe8 {[#]} 64. f3 (64. Qa2 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Qe4+ 65. Kg3) 64... Kg8 $2 (64... g6 $16 65. hxg6 Nxe3+ 66. Nxe3 Qxe3) 65. Kf2 $2 (65. Kh3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 65... Qb8 {[#]} (65... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 66. Qb1 Qc8) 66. Qa2 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} Ra7 $2 (66... Rc8) 67. f4 $2 (67. Rxa7 {White wants to mate with Ra8.} Qh2+ 68. Ke1 Qg1+ 69. Ke2) 67... Rxa6 68. Qxa6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UKR"]
[BlackTeam "TUR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 30,61,55,51,50,47,43,27,27,30,27,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-14,-5,7,10,0,0,4,0,0,-7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nf3 b4 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Rfb8 {[#]} 17. Rec1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rab1 Na7 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Qc2 {½-½ (54) Efimenko,Z (2649)-Markos,J (2590) Slovakia 2014}) 17... e6 18. Qd1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. Nd2 d5 {The position is equal.} 21. Qc2 (21. e5 {seems wilder.} Nd7 22. Be2 c4 23. Rcb1 Rb5 24. a4) 21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qa4 Qd6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 26. Rc4 Ne7 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb1 Ne7 31. Rb4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BLR"]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 22,78,27,15,44,15,20,18,11,16,34,19,21,6,14,13,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-21,-20,-29,-17,-27,-27,-37,-65,-68,-79,-36,-59,-75,-67,-54,-191,-191,-191,-175,-177,-173,-182,-141,-220,-210,-241,-230,-234,-234,-252,-254,-248,-214,-606,-598]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Be6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 13. Ne4 (13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Bg6 Qd7 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Qb5 Nd8 21. Qb3 {½-½ (46) Cheparinov,I (2688)-Fridman,D (2605) Minsk 2017}) 13... h6 14. a3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 15. b4 a6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nf4 21. Qc3 {1-0 (47) Khlopov,S (2146)-Korchut,A (1813) LSS email 2011}) 17... Bd6 18. Rad1 Bf4 19. Nc5 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qc8 22. Ne5 Nce7 23. Qf3 b6 24. Ncd3 Qf5 25. g4 Qf6 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. a4 Ng6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Qe6 30. Qf5 ({White should try} 30. f3 $15) 30... Qxf5 $19 31. gxf5 Nge7 32. Nc6 Nxc6 33. bxc6 Rd6 34. Ne5 (34. Kg2 $17) 34... Ne7 {Hoping for ...Bxe5.} 35. Ra1 Bxe5 ({Don't play} 35... Rxd4 36. Nd7) ({Much less strong is} 35... Nxc6 36. Ra8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. Nd3) 36. dxe5 Rxc6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Rc1 39. Rxf7 $2 {[#]} (39. Kf1 Nxf5 40. Rxf7) 39... Rxe1+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "TUR"]
[BlackTeam "UKR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 13,145,0,25,1,8,-1,6,-16,-11,-14,-8,-14,-12,-4,-17,-32,-19,-40,-19,-24,-19,-39,-23,-41,-39,-35,0,-30,-28,-31,-31,-31,-29,-31,-31,-31,-31,-41,-28,-36,-31,-33,-20,-40,-16,-25,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,-1,-2,0,-4,0,-55,-50,-51,-52,-245,-245,-245,-245,-238,-231,-350,-343,-451,-331,-787,-787,-788,-776,-775,-766,-773,-776,-711,-759,-776,-773,-760,-755,-755,-729,-754,-746,-744,-735,-713,-713,-685,-609,-609,-594,-588,-580,-527,-512,-438,-41,-41,-41,-41,-18,-18,-18,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} (7... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 8. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nd2 Bxb2 {0-1 (38) Glek,I (2377)-Artemiev,V (2663) Sochi 2016}) 12... Nd7 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. b3 Rc8 16. Bb2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 20. Bxe5 (20. Rfb1 {looks sharper.} Re8 21. Ra7 Bxd5 22. exd5 e6 23. Qe4) 20... Bxe5 21. Ra7 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. g3 Qc5 27. Kg2 Qa3 (27... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 28. Qe2 Qa3 $15) 28. Qd2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ra8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Kf4 (35. c5 $1 $11 dxc5 36. Kf4) 35... Bb2 $15 36. Rb1 Rc2 37. Nd4 $2 (37. Ne1 $15 Rxc4+ 38. Kf3) 37... Bxd4 $1 $19 38. exd4 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Rb7 (40. Kd3 $142 Rc7 41. Ra1) 40... Rc1 41. Ra7 Re1+ 42. Kf3 $2 (42. Kd3) 42... f5 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ra8 Rf1+ 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Ra7 Rf7 47. Ra1 g5 48. Rh1 Kg6 49. Rg1 Rf5 50. Ke4 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Rh1 g4 53. Rh5+ Kg6 54. Rh4 {[#]} Kg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 55. Rh7 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 {[#]} Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d5]} 57. Ke3 g3 $2 (57... Rxd5 $19 {aiming for ...e5.} 58. Rg7+ Kh4 59. Rxe7 Rf5 60. Rh7+ Kg3) 58. Rxe7 $15 Kg4 59. Re4+ Kh3 60. Re6 Rxd5 61. Rh6+ Kg4 62. Rg6+ Kh4 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh3 $1 Kg4 65. Rh6 Rg5 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 66. Rxd6 {The position is equal.} Kh5 {( -> ...g2)} 67. Rd8 $1 g2 (67... Kh6 $5 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 68. Rh8+ Kg7 $11) 68. Rh8+ Kg6 (68... Kg4 $5 69. Kf2 $8 Kf5 $11) 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Rxg5+ Kxg5 71. Kf2 Kf4 (71... g1=Q+ $5 72. Kxg1 Kh6 $11) 72. Kxg2 Ke4 73. d5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "POL"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 11,161,13,25,25,27,24,23,27,22,16,19,13,16,18,31,27,40,29,45,40,40,41,41,41,42,5,13,16,17,0,38,37,36,27,32,30,64,50,129,115,123,47,70,41,67,64,80,72,68,0,67,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-58,-46,-93,-93,-93,-93,-100,-101,-101,-86,-77,-39,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-12,-23,-46,-67,0,0,0,-170,-190,-252,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bg4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 9. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. f4 Nh5 12. Rf1 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rxf4 {½-½ (45) Yu,Y (2738)-Andreikin,D (2736) China 2016}) 9... O-O 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} f6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Na5 Qc8 14. Nc4 (14. Bh6 {with more complications.} Re7 15. Nc4 a5 16. a4 Qd8 17. Bd2) 14... Nf8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Kh8 18. e5 f5 19. Rf2 Ng6 20. Qf3 f4 21. d4 Qe6 22. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rad8 23. c3 b6 24. Ne4 Qf5 (24... c5 $14) 25. b4 $1 $16 Rf8 26. Re1 (26. Raf1 $16) 26... h6 27. Nd2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 cxd4 30. e6 (30. Nxd4 $6 Nxe5 31. Qe4 (31. Qe2 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Nd3 $17) 31... Qxe4 $11) (30. cxd4 $14 c5 31. Qc3 (31. Nxc5 Rxd4 32. Rfe2 Kh7 $15)) 30... Qf6 (30... Rf6 $11) 31. cxd4 ({Better is} 31. Nxd4 $14 Ne7 32. Qb7) 31... Rfe8 32. d5 Rd6 33. Rc2 Qg5 34. Rxc7 Rxd5 35. Re4 Re5 36. Nd4 ({Don't go for} 36. Rxa7 $2 Nh4 $19) 36... Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 37. Rxe5 ({Not} 37. Qe2 $2 f3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 37... Nxf3+ ({Of course not} 37... Qxe5 $6 38. Qc3 $11) 38. Nxf3 Qd8 39. Rd7 Qb6+ 40. Nd4 Qb1+ (40... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8e5]} 41. Rb5 Qc8 $17) 41. Kh2 Qxa2 42. e7 {[#]} f3 $1 43. Nxf3 Kg8 44. Nd4 Qd2 {And now ...Qf4+ would win.} 45. Re2 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qf6 {aiming for ...a5.} 47. Kg2 a5 (47... Qa6 $15) 48. Re6 $11 Qg5 49. h4 $2 {[#]} (49. Nc6 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 49... Qg4 $1 $19 50. Rdd6 {[#]} (50. Rd5 {keeps fighting.}) 50... Kf7 $2 ({Black should play} 50... a4 $1 $19 51. Kh2 a3) 51. Nc6 $11 {Ne5+ would kill now.The position is equal.} Qxe6 (51... Qf5 {seems wilder.} 52. Ne5+ Kg8 53. Rd8 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qf5+) 52. Nd8+ Kxe7 53. Rxe6+ Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 54. Ra6 Re5 55. Kf3 Kc8 56. Rg6 Kb8 57. Rxg7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 58. Rg4 Ra5 59. Rb4+ Kc7 60. Rb1 a3 61. g4 Kd6 62. Ke4 a2 63. Ra1 Ke6 64. Kd3 Ra4 65. Kc3 Ke5 66. Kb3 Rxg4 67. Rxa2 Rxh4 {Hoping for ...Rh3+.} 68. Ra5+ Kf4 69. Kc3 Rh2 70. Kd3 h5 71. Ra8 h4 72. Rf8+ Kg3 73. Ke3 Ra2 {Threatens to win with ...Ra3+.} (73... Rh1 $5 74. Rf3+ $8 Kg4 $11) 74. Rg8+ Kh2 75. Kf3 h3 76. Rh8 Ra5 77. Rg8 $1 Rf5+ 78. Ke2 Kh1 {...Rf7 is the strong threat.} 79. Rh8 h2 {Strongly threatening ...Kg2.} 80. Rg8 $1 Ra5 {White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 81. Kf1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "TUR"]
[BlackTeam "UKR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 14,36,27,20,20,21,21,27,20,22,22,21,16,15,24,20,19,31,32,31,19,20,17,7,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 {White has an edge.} 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qc4 Bd6 15. exd4 O-O 16. Nc3 {[#]} h6 $146 17. Be3 Ne7 18. a4 Rfe8 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IND"]
[BlackTeam "POL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,78,9,11,12,16,22,33,0,25,16,14,17,29,8,11,0,6,4,30,14,22,13,22,0,41,41,46,36,64,29,24,22,47,24,45,0,26,21,43,40,54,29,56,0,0,0,42,18,24,30,9,-132,-83,-352,-356,-343,-361,-312,-232,-202,-198,-1668,-1624,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 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} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. Bg3 Bd7 10. h3 Nh7 11. Nbd2 Ng5 12. Re1 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bf6 {½-½ (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Malakhov,V (2712) Chartres 2017}) 6... Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 {White is slightly better.} (8. Bxc6 $5 dxc6 9. Nc4 $11) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nf1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Nd7 {1-0 (21) Ma,Q (2584)-Nanjo,R (2299) Kazan 2013}) 12. a4 b4 13. a5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Be3 Ng6 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 20. Qc2 f5 21. N3d2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} c6 22. Ba4 Re6 23. Nb3 Nf8 24. Nc5 Rf6 25. Qb3 Re7 26. c4 (26. Ne3 $14) 26... Nc7 $11 27. d5 Qd6 28. Qa3 cxd5 29. cxd5 Kh8 30. Ne3 (30. Rac1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... f4 $17 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 31. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Nf1 $17) 31... Qxd5 $19 32. Nb6 Qf5 $1 33. Nxc8 f3 34. Kh1 {[#]} (34. Nxe7 {is a self mate.} Qh3 35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. Qxf3 exf3 37. Kh1 Qg2#) 34... Re5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] ( -> ...Qh3). Black has strong attack.} ({And not} 34... Qxc8 35. Rxe4 Qh3 36. Rg1 $11) 35. Rxe4 $2 {[#]} (35. Rg1 Rxc5 36. Ne7) 35... Qh3 $3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2][%mdl 512]} 36. Rg1 Rh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh3h2] Black mates.} 37. Rh4 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Rg6 39. Qa1 Rg2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BLR"]
[BlackTeam "CHN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 19,58,-6,-6,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-18,-11,-14,-16,-41,-37,-47,-3,-47,-57,-110,-107,-99,-97,-104,-111,-132,-56,-73,-29,-68,-64,-310,-308,-508,-427,-1101,-1097,-1100,-1086]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. Rc1 e6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Be1 Bd6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bf3 c4 {½-½ (66) Gschnitzer,O (2458)-Roos,D (2354) Baden 2013}) 11... Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nfd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rh3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nxg6# {1-0 (20) Hubmann,G-Masumi,H Vienna 2003}) 12. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 13. Nxd7 {The position is equal.} Qxd7 14. b5 Nd6 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 15. Qb3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Be3 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 20. Bf1 ({White should play} 20. Na4 $1 $15) 20... Bxe3 $17 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Qb2 Nf5 (23... Rad8 $17 {Hoping for ...Nf5.} 24. Qd2 Qf5) 24. Rd7 $15 Rfb8 25. Re1 Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 26. Qb3 $2 {[#]} (26. Rc1 $15) 26... Rf8 $19 27. Qd1 $2 (27. Red1 {keeps fighting.} Bc8 28. Rc7) 27... Rad8 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Re5 (28. Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 29. Qc1) 28... Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf1 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "NOR"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 21,107,20,24,24,27,22,55,59,53,56,65,54,39,54,46,42,39,45,37,43,70,63,56,53,91,91,87,79,91,92,91,91,90,90,90,91,91,91,181,186,170,191,196,189,171,165,163,86,108,84,84,84,84,73,80,80,265,268,289,280,297,297,297,39,83,0,297,297,313,328,328,20,20,20,33,21,22,22,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bxb4 cxb4 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Rfd1 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Qe7 13. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32] [#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rfd8 15. Ne3 Qe8 16. Qd3 e5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exd4 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxd4 Rad8 21. Rad1 Re6 22. Kf1 {1-0 (37) Karpov,A (2710)-Kortschnoj,V (2625) Amsterdam 1987}) 14. Bxb7 {White is slightly better.} Qxb7 15. Nc2 {[%cal Ra3b4]} bxa3 16. bxa3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Ncxd4 d5 20. cxd5 {Hoping for Nc6.} Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nb5 Nac7 23. Nxc7 Nxc7 24. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ne6 25. Rd6 b5 26. Rd5 Nc7 27. Rc5 Rb7 28. Nd4 g6 29. a4 Ne6 (29... Kg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 30. Nxe6 $18 ({Don't take} 30. Rcxb5 $6 Rxb5 31. Nxb5 Rd8 $16) 30... Rxe6 31. Rbxb5 ({Don't play} 31. Rcxb5 Ra7 $16) 31... Rxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxe2 33. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra2 34. g4 (34. Kg2 $18) 34... Kg7 35. g5 h6 36. h4 Rc2 37. Kg2 Rc4 38. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} Rd4 $2 (38... Rc3+ $16 {was necessary.} 39. f3 hxg5) 39. Ra7 Rc4 40. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rd4 41. a5 Rd5 42. Kf4 $2 (42. f4 $1 $18) 42... Rd4+ $14 {[#]} 43. Kg3 $2 (43. Ke3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4]} Rxh4 44. gxh6+ Rxh6 45. a6) 43... Rd5 $1 $18 {[#]} 44. f4 $1 Rd3+ 45. Kg2 h5 46. Rc7 $2 (46. a6 $18 Ra3 47. Ra8) 46... Ra3 $11 47. Rc5 Kf8 48. Re5 f6 49. Rb5 {Black should prevent Rb8+.} fxg5 50. fxg5 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 51. Rb6 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 {Strongly threatening a6.} Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Ra2+ 54. Kg3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} (54. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Ra3+ 55. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "NOR"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 29,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Na5 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. b3 Nc6 20. R3e2 {½-½ (52) Harikrishna,P (2762)-Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2017}) 12... Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. hxg4 d5 17. d4 exd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd4 {½-½ (27) Spasov,V (2546)-Kuljasevic,D (2550) Sunny Beach 2014}) 16... Qxe6 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Rad8 19. d4 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. c4 c5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KR-KR} 25. Ke2 b5 26. Kd3 Kd7 27. a3 Kd6 28. Re1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 29. b3 a4 30. Rb1 Rb8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ameir, Moheb"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "EGY"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 26,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-6,14,7,33,21,30,30,37,14,37,0,0,-66,-70,-60,0,-62,-75,-461,-431,-693,-708]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. h3 (11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nb3 Nf7 14. Nc5 Bg4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe1+ {0-1 (51) Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qb6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rf4 15. Nf3 Bg7 {[%cal Rf4d4] [#]} 16. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rxe7 Bf5 17. Nbd2 Rf8 {½-½ (33) Ovetchkin,R (2524)-Vokarev,S (2437) Nizhny Tagil 2014}) 16... Bf5 17. Rxe7 Rf8 18. Ne2 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxh3 (19... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8e7]} 20. Rxa7 Bxh3 $11) 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Re1 Bd7 23. f4 Bg7 24. Qb4 Rf7 25. Ng3 (25. Kg2 $11) 25... Bf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf8b4]} 26. Qd2 Qh4 (26... Rxf4 $15 27. Re8 Qh4) 27. f5 ({White should try} 27. Ne2 $11) 27... gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...f4.} 28. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. f4 $17) 28... Rg7 29. Kf1 (29. R1e3 $142 f4 30. Rf3 fxg3 31. fxg3) 29... f4 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "EGY"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 24,75,25,14,28,-14,-11,-6,-10,-17,-35,-35,28,20,26,16,14,17,19,19,26,12,12,18,27,33,81,0,60,52,48,27,48,60,60,60,60,60,46,53,60,60,60,52,66,75,70,13,30,0,0,0,33,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 exd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. Be2 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 14. f4 b5 15. e5 bxa4 {The position is equal.} 16. Nce4 (16. Nge4 dxe5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Nb6 19. Rg5 f5 20. Qe1 fxe4 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {½-½ (40) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Radjabov,T (2738) Skopje 2015}) 16... Rb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... dxe5 17. f5 Bb7 18. f6 Bh8 19. Bc4 Ne8 20. Bg5 Nb6 21. Ra3 {0-1 (43) Bargan,S (2331)-Dochev,D (2430) Paracin 2010}) 17. Ra3 Bb7 ({Black should try} 17... Rxa3 $15 18. bxa3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5) 18. Nxd6 Bxd5 19. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rxa3 20. bxa3 Qa8 21. Qxa4 Nb6 22. Bxd5 Ncxd5 23. Qe4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qc6 25. f5 (25. Nge4 $16) 25... Nd5 (25... Nc8 $11) 26. Qe4 $14 {[#] Rd1 is the strong threat.} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 27. Nxc4 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nc3 29. Qd3 $1 {And now f6 would win.} Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxa6 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qf6 Qc4 {[%cal Rc4f1] [#]} 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. h4 ({White should play} 35. h3 $14) 35... Ra8 36. Rf4 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 Qc4 38. Rf4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

