[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 21,61,25,12,12,15,10,13,13,13,12,12,0,19,15,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,70,64,2327,2132,29993,29994,29994,385,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 c5 $146 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Rf4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 cxd4 20. Rg4 (20. Nxd4 Ng6 $17) 20... Qd7 21. h3 {[#] aiming for Bxh6.} Qe6 22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Re1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Nf5 24. Bg5 (24. a3 $11) 24... hxg5 $14 25. Nxg5 Qc8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 26. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5,Bg4f4,Bf4f7,Bf7h7][%mdl 32]} g6 {Threatens to win with ...Rde8.} 27. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5] [#]} Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ne3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 28. fxe3 dxe3) 28. Qg3 $18 {White wants to mate with Qh4.} Kg7 29. Qh4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} Rh8 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rh7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 17,44,9,6,0,8,0,36,25,59,43,32,12,27,14,17,24,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... Nd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (146) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Andriasian,Z (2604) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. a4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Nd5 Nb4 13. Nxb4 axb4 {1-0 (34) Kejzar,P (1982)-Skuhala,B (1906) Ljubljana 2015}) 12. Qf4 e5 13. Qg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd5 {Threatening Bg5.} Bb7 17. Ra3 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 18. exd5 Rdc8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Be2 Nd7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 12,62,4,10,15,5,6,24,35,49,25,33,55,56,33,52,51,57,54,44,52,53,65,55,50,53,75,6,7,4,574,539,706,689,506,259,395,377,1959,1931,29990,29991,29993,29994,29994,29994,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (7... h6 8. Nd5 d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 {0-1 (48) Salem,A (2660)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 d6 {White has an edge.} 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Rg1 $1 h5 13. h3 Rae8 14. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 15. hxg4 {[#]} Ne7 $146 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 18. g5 Be6 {[#] aiming for ...Bxd5.} 19. Bb3 (19. Nh4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qh7 20. Rh1 Bxd5 21. Qf3) 19... Qh5 $11 {Hoping for ...Bxb3.} 20. Ke2 Bxb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... f5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxe6+ Rexe6) 21. Qxb3 $18 Qg6 22. Rh1 Re6 23. Rag1 Rfe8 (23... Rd8 $142 24. Qd5 Bb6) 24. Ke1 f6 $2 (24... Kf8 25. Qd5 Bb6) 25. Nh4 Qf7 26. g6 {White mates.} Qd7 27. Nf5 c6 28. Qd1 Qa7 {[#]} 29. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy, Back Rank} Kxh8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8# {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 16,90,16,7,7,-29,0,0,0,-7,0,-4,-6,-4,0,5,1,0,0,-30,-31,-23,-24,-31,-25,-55,-33,-45,-44,-47,-30,-38,-20,-70,-66,-83,-79,-81,-75,-74,-74,-89,-70,-81,-76,-98,-91,-197,-189,-193,-201,-197,-191,-177,-193,-189,-166,-264,-260,-331,-306,-530,-538,-697,-682,-693,-686,-672,-691,-865,-865,-837,-832,-850,-809,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 e6 7. b4 Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O b6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 10. Nb5 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. a4 Qd7 16. Ba3 Ne5 17. d3 {0-1 (40) Durarbayli,V (2597)-Alekseev,E (2700) Legnica 2013}) 11. Bb2 e5 {The position is equal.} 12. d3 a6 13. Nc3 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ba3 Nbc6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Nf3 h6 21. Rfc1 Rd8 22. Ne1 Bb7 23. Rb3 Nc6 24. Nc2 Na5 {And now ...b5 would win.} 25. Rbb1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 {[#]} b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Keeping White busy.} 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Qh4 Qb7+ 29. Kg1 Nc6 30. e4 Qf7 31. Bb2 {[#]} (31. Qh3 $17) 31... Rf8 $1 $19 32. Rf1 g5 33. Qh3 fxe4 34. dxe4 Qc4 35. Ne3 Qxe4 36. Rbd1 (36. Qg2 $142 Rf3 37. Rbd1) 36... Nd4 {( -> ...Ne2#)} 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Ng4 $2 (38. Qg2 {was the only chance.} Qxg2+ 39. Nxg2) 38... Qg6 39. f3 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 40. Qg2 b3 41. Nf2 Rfc8 42. Nd3 {[#]} b2 $1 43. Qe2 (43. Nxb2 Rc2) 43... Rc3 44. Nxb2 Rc2 45. Qd3 {[#]} Rbxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 13,68,0,0,-4,-1,-3,7,-10,-10,-10,0,0,4,1,4,0,0,6,0,14,3,-12,-8,-5,-8,-18,0,-18,-14,-14,-14,-19,-13,-20,-20,-14,-16,-21,-19,-20,-16,-8,-16,-22,-10,-13,-8,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} c6 9. a4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nc3 g5 14. Rb1 g4 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 {0-1 (63) So,W (2780)-Wei,Y (2729) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 Bb7 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. b5 Rc8 19. Rc2 a6 20. bxa6 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxa6 22. e3 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nb1 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nc3 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Bf1 g5 29. Nb2 Bb7 30. Nb5 e5 31. Nd1 {The position is equal.} Ne8 32. Ndc3 Bb4 33. Bd3 h6 34. Bc2 exd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 16,120,18,15,19,21,23,20,30,32,33,18,20,18,34,32,43,41,33,35,41,0,44,35,40,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-8,-8,-8,-19,0,-40,-14,-12,-15,-13,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,19,19,19,19,20,19,19,19,20,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,8,19,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} b6 (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rc1 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Qa4 Nd7 {1-0 (48) Howell,D (2689)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2582) Batumi 2018}) 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {½-½ (58) Wagner,G-Fussnecker,M Gross Gerau 2000}) 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Be2 Rc8 $1 19. Qb2 Qb6 {[#] Hoping for ...d4!} 20. Nf3 Rfd8 21. h3 h6 22. Bd3 a5 23. Bb1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nf6 25. Rdc1 a4 26. Qa3 {[%cal Rc3c5]} axb3 27. axb3 {[%cal Rc3c5]} Ne4 28. Bxe4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 29. Ne1 Ra8 (29... Rd2 {with more complications.} 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Qxb3 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Kf8) 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxb3 32. Nc2 Bxc2 33. R1xc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re8 34. g4 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rc7 Ra6 37. Rb2 Rf6 38. Rc4 g5 39. Rc5 Kg6 40. Ra5 Kg7 41. Rbb5 Rc8 42. Ra2 Re8 43. Rab2 Rfe6 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Rxb8 {KR-KR} Re6 47. Rb5 Kg6 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Rf6 50. Kg3 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 f5 52. Rb6+ Kg5 53. gxf5 Kxf5 54. Rxh6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh3.} Ke5 55. Rh5+ $1 Ke6 56. Rh8 Rf7 57. Re8+ Kd5 58. Kf1 Rf6 59. Rg8 Rf7 60. Kg2 Ke5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-6,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-10,-10,-10,-32,-32,-32,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-5,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Ba6 9. Qa4 Qe8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxe8 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Rxe8 12. a4 (12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Kf8 16. e3 f5 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 a6 19. Ne2 g5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (49) Fridman,D (2604)-Kovalenko,I (2626) Riga 2014}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb5 Bb7 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc3 Bb4 {½-½ (18) Lagowski,P (2415)-Polak,T (2482) Brno 2004}) 15... Rac8 16. Nb5 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Bxb5 19. axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne8 20. e3 f5 21. h4 Nd6 22. Bf1 $1 Ne4 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Kg2 Bd6 25. Bc2 g6 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. Bd3 h6 28. Bc2 Bc7 29. Bd3 g5 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. Ke2 g4 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. Bc3 Ng5 34. Be1 e5 35. dxe5+ {The position is equal.} Bxe5 36. b3 Ke6 37. Bb4 Bg7 38. Bd2 Ne4 39. Bb4 Nc3+ 40. Bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 14,73,35,18,35,5,12,14,27,24,26,27,37,35,43,33,37,43,60,62,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,15,83,97,116,60,60,56,114,49,251,237,246,246,242,227,237,225,439,432,452,323,477,461,502,500,29970,29968,5465,4910]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 b6 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... Re8 9. h3 c6 10. a4 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 {½-½ (80) Kramnik,V (2792)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 a6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. a5 b5 14. Na2 Ng8 15. Nb4 f5 16. Nf3 {0-1 (28) Steinkohl,T (2330)-Slobodjan,R (2520) Dudweiler 1996}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Rac8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6 Rxc6 16. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Qe6 17. Bxh6 (17. Nxh6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 $11) (17. Nxf6+ $14 Nxf6 18. a4) 17... Nxg4 $11 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Nb5 Nf6 21. Nxd6 Ba6 22. Rad1 Rh8 23. b3 Rc7 (23... Qh5 $11 24. c4 Bc8 25. Nxc8 Rhxc8) 24. c4 $16 Rd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rhd8.} 25. Qc3 (25. Re3 $1 $16) 25... Qe6 $1 $14 26. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ng4 ({Better is} 26... Rxd6 $14 27. fxe5 Rxd1 28. exf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. e5+ (30. Rxd1 Bc8 $14) 30... Ke7 31. Rxd1 Rh5) 27. fxe5 ({White should play} 27. Bf3 $16 Nf2 28. Kxf2 Rxd6 29. Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1) 27... Bb7 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 27... Qxe5 $14 28. Qxe5+ Nxe5) 28. Ne8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 ({Much weaker is} 28... Rxe8 29. Rxd7 Re7 30. Red1 $18) (28... Qxe8 29. Rxd7) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. exf6 Qc7 $2 (31... Rh5 32. Qe3 Qd8) 32. Rd1 Rh5 33. Qe3 Qe5 (33... b5 {was worth a try.} 34. c5 (34. Qxa7 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rc5 $18) 34... a5) 34. Qf4 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Bc6 (35... Bc8 $18 36. g4 Bxg4 37. Qxg4 Qe5) 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qb8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 16,66,24,16,31,8,8,1,12,0,4,-6,-8,-6,0,-8,0,0,0,-10,-2,-4,-11,-37,-51,-51,-36,-27,-40,-200,-189,-195,-202,-199,-204,-191,-208,-189,-192,-193,-189,-202,-200,-475,-309,-318,-302,-989,-989,-977,-977,-953,-932]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Be6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be7 16. Bd2 {½-½ (68) Amin,B (2633)-Haddouche,M (2438) Abidjan 2018}) 16. Bd2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Rab8 {...bxc3 is the strong threat.} 19. Qc4 Rb5 20. Ng3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nf6 22. Reb1 $2 ({White should play} 22. Be3 $15) 22... Nxa5 $19 23. Qa2 Qxd3 24. Rxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. Qxa5 e4 26. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nf1.} Qxd2 27. Nf1 Qd3 28. Qxc7 {[#]} b4 $1 29. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (29. Ne3 {might work better.}) 29... e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. fxe3 (30. Nxe3 Rxe3) 30... Rxe3 31. Nc6 $2 (31. Kh1 Re8 32. Qc6) 31... b3 {White must now prevent ...b2.Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qb8 {[#]} b2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxb2 {[#]} Re2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 13,62,21,29,35,27,23,35,12,33,34,37,41,41,26,27,29,42,50,41,32,33,37,14,17,26,10,53,60,49,47,38,0,0,0,62,19,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,4,8,14,13,14,4,5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxd7 Nbxd7 8. d4 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} a6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qc7 11. d5 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. a4 Ne8 15. Ne4 Ndf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ndf6 18. Nd2 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Moiseenko,V (2494)-Rakhmanov,A (2640) Finland 2016}) 12. dxe6 Ne5 13. Qe1 fxe6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Bc4 Kb8 18. Rxd6 ({But not} 18. Bxe6 $2 Re8 $19) 18... Qxd6 19. Qe3 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} (19... Rd8 {seems wilder.} 20. b3 Nd4 21. Ne4 Nxc2 22. Nxd6 Nxe3 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. fxe3 a5) 20. Qh3 h5 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Bd3 Qe5 23. Qg3 h4 (23... Qxg3 $11 24. hxg3 Nb4) 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5 25. Re1 Nxd3 {The position is equal.} 26. cxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 27. Re3 Kc7 28. Kf1 Rd4 29. Rxe6 Rxd3 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. a4 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 15,114,13,12,0,10,0,16,-41,-37,-44,0,-20,-22,-40,-47,-42,-45,-52,-26,-14,-12,-5,-7,-27,-19,-27,-24,-8,-16,-68,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,43,58,48,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ba7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 {½-½ (18) Svidler,P (2741)-Ding,L (2759) Shenzhen 2017}) 9... Rb8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 $146 ({White should play} 11. axb5 $11 axb5 12. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 Bb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 {0-1 (76) Djukic,N (2574)-Moroni,L (2564) Skopje 2018}) 11... Bxe3 $15 12. fxe3 d5 13. axb5 (13. exd5 {feels hotter.} Nxd5 14. Re1 b4 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. c4) 13... dxe4 14. Nfd2 axb5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 (16... Qe7 {with more complications.} 17. Nd2 b4 18. Bd5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd8) 17. Rxd1 Bg4 18. Rf1 Nd8 19. Ra7 Be6 20. Nd2 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 Ne6 22. Rd1 (22. Kf2 $11) 22... Ra8 (22... b4 $15 23. c4 Ra8) 23. Ra5 c5 24. Rd5 c4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Nf3 Rb8 28. Rxe5 b4 29. Nd4 Nxd4 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. exd4 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} (30. cxd4 c3 $19) 30... bxc3 31. bxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc5. KR-KR} Rb3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Kf2 Rxc3 34. Rc8 f6 35. Rc7 h5 36. h4 Kg6 37. Rc5 Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rc5 Kh6 40. Rc6 Kg6 41. d5 Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Ke2 Rg3 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Rc8+ Kf7 $1 46. Rc7+ Kf8 47. Rc5 c3 48. Ke2 Rg3 49. Rc7 Rxg2+ 50. Kd3 c2 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. Kxc2 g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 {[#] White must now prevent ...h4. KPP-KPP} (53... h4 $5 54. g6 $8 (54. gxf6 h3 $19) 54... h3 $11) 54. Kd3 h4 55. Ke3 h3 {( -> ...h2)} 56. Kf2 Ke7 57. Kg3 g4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 9,95,48,74,68,65,59,58,46,37,38,93,91,75,47,92,51,43,43,35,63,95,89,105,96,107,93,80,74,75,64,100,102,120,125,129,136,125,132,406,270,260,277,261,267,252,240,240,241,295,295,295,295,295,295,295,262,262,258,291,283,292,278,354,360,354,167,787,745,745,737,604,604,1641,1492,29963,29965,29964,29964,29960,29957,29960,29960,29961,29961,29961,29964,29944,12823]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 (5... dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Bh2 a6 15. Rad1 {1-0 (62) Tan,Z (2517)-Ding,Y (2424) Riadh 2017}) 6. e5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Ne7 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 {White is slightly better.} Bc7 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 h6 11. Bd3 N7b6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Rc1 Rb8 16. Re1 {½-½ (16) Szeles,K (2252)-Ter,M (2043) Hungary 2009}) 9... f6 (9... a5 $14) 10. exf6 $16 Nxf6 11. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} O-O 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Ng3 a5 14. bxa5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxa5 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Ra7 19. a4 Qe8 20. Rfe1 Qh5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Qf7 $16 24. Re2 b5) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Kxf2 Qf5+ 26. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 27. Re8+ (27. gxf4 Qxe6 28. Re1 Qc6 $11) 27... Kf7 {[#]} 28. Re2 $1 ({Weaker is} 28. gxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 Qg4+ 32. Kd3 Kxe8 $14) 28... Be5+ 29. Ke1 Bf6 30. Qb6 Qc8 {Threatens to win with ...Qc3+.} 31. Qxa7 Qc3+ 32. Rd2 Qxa1+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Qc5 ({Don't take} 34. Qxb7 Bxd4+ 35. Ke2 Bc3 $18) 34... Qxa4 35. Qxd5 b5 36. g4 Kh7 37. Ke2 (37. Qf5+ $142 Kh8 38. d5) 37... Qb4 $2 (37... g6 38. Ra2 Qxd4 39. Qxd4 (39. Qxb5 Qxg4+ 40. Kf2 Bd4+ 41. Ke1 Qh4+ 42. Kd2 h5 $11) 39... Bxd4) 38. Qe4+ g6 39. Rc2 Bg7 40. Rc7 Qb2+ 41. Kf1 b4 42. Qe5 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5g7] White mates.} Qa1+ 43. Ke2 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5g7]} Qa2+ 44. Kd3 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5g7]} Qb3+ 45. Ke4 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5g7]} Qg8 {[#]} 46. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kd3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 17,107,36,29,31,40,16,28,25,24,0,62,53,46,23,45,47,52,11,21,-9,-1,0,41,25,46,46,33,41,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,2,8,24,35,55,18,32,32,32,32,33,42,52,41,63,63,63,63,271,277,279,291,258,246,285,278,258,245,286,287,281,266,279,272,271,234,380,369,375,391,381,375,353,344,6733,6725,6725,5812,5797,5797]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 11. g3 (11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Kb1 a6 15. Ne2 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 O-O {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2746)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata 2018}) 11... Be7 12. Kf2 {White has an edge.} g5 13. Kg2 Rd8 (13... g4 $11) 14. Qxb6 $14 axb6 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a4 Ra8 {1-0 (40) Likavsky,T (2458)-Gbyl,A (2174) Banska Stiavnica 2013}) 15... O-O 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 g4 18. f4 Rfe8 19. h3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Nce4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 gxh3+ 23. Rxh3 (23. Kf3 {seems wilder.} dxe4+ 24. Kxe4 Bb4+ 25. Kd3 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 c5 27. Rxh3 f5 28. Rah1) 23... dxe4 24. g4 f6 25. b4 Rd5 26. Rhh1 Ra8 27. Bc3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Bd6 29. Ke2 Be7 30. Kd2 b5 31. a5 Rdd8 32. Rh5 Ke6 33. Kc2 Rh8 34. Rah1 Rxh5 35. Rxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 36. Kb3 Rd5 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Be1 g5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 38... Rd8 $14) 39. Rh7+ $18 Ke8 40. Bg3 Rd7 41. Bb8 Bf8 42. Rh1 Kf7 {[#]} 43. Ba7 $1 Kg7 44. Bc5 Bd6 45. Ra1 Bg3 46. a6 bxa6 47. Kc3 ({Don't take} 47. Rxa6 $6 Bf2 $16) 47... Rd8 (47... Bb8 $142 48. Rxa6 Rc7) 48. Rxa6 Be1+ 49. Kc2 Rh8 50. Rxc6 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Bd2 $2 (51... Bc3 52. Be7 Kf7 53. Bxf6 (53. Rxc3 Kxe7 54. Rc6 Kf7 $16) 53... Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rg2 55. Bxg5 (55. Rxc3 Kxf6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 $18) 55... Bxb4 56. Rc7+ Kg8) 52. d5 {White is clearly winning.} Bc3 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. d6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 9,183,6,22,23,26,9,3,8,18,2,8,5,14,8,4,4,3,0,19,0,7,0,15,28,37,39,52,52,53,50,52,52,51,50,54,51,52,45,50,39,48,35,35,35,35,35,35,30,29,0,48,29,28,30,60,0,32,0,38,0,43,22,27,0,29,8,33,20,33,0,15,0,33,0,52,20,37,33,39,19,39,43,61,31,39,47,71,44,53,0,76,0,47,34,29,12,46,28,32,34,45,24,34,15,22,0,42,0,36,0,38,0,20,10,39,0,24,30,22,0,0,-8,-4,-4,0,0,0,-27,-23,-28,-33,-25,-29,-16,-12,-22,-14,-54,-47,-58,-34,-37,-25,-33,-31,-49,-42,-57,-60,-47,-50,-72,-52,-56,-59,-57,-44,-103,-103,-94,-85,-110,-81,-100,-88,-190,-181,-197,-185,-196,-190,-178,-158,-176,-177,-571]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Be7 (8... Bd7 9. c3 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 c5 {½-½ (73) Duda,J (2737)-Karjakin,S (2773) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 O-O-O 12. Qc1 Rhe8 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 $146 Qe5 15. Qf4 (15. f4 {keeps more tension.} Qa5 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. b3) 15... Qxf4 16. Nxf4 g6 17. f3 Nc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Kf2 Re7 20. h4 a5 21. b3 Rde8 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Na4 Kb7 24. c4 f6 25. Nc3 Nf7 26. Rd2 Bc8 27. Red1 Nd6 28. Re2 Nf7 29. Red2 Nd6 30. Rd3 Rf8 31. Rh1 Rd8 32. Rhd1 Rf8 33. Kg3 Rg8 (33... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 34. Ng2 gxh4+ 35. Nxh4 (35. Kxh4 Rg8 $11) 35... Rg8 $11) 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Re3 Rfe8 36. Re2 Nf7 37. Rdd2 Nd6 38. Kg3 Rg8 39. Kf2 Nf7 40. Rd1 Rge8 41. Red2 Rg8 ({Black should play} 41... Nd6 $11) 42. Rh1 Nd6 43. Rg1 Nf7 44. Nd1 Nd6 45. Ne3 Rge8 46. Re2 Rd8 47. Rd1 Rg8 48. Red2 Nf7 49. Re2 Nd6 50. Red2 Nf7 51. Re1 Ne5 52. Rg1 Nf7 53. Rdd1 Rge8 54. Rge1 Ne5 55. Re2 (55. c5 $5) 55... Nf7 56. Rdd2 Ne5 57. Nd3 Nf7 58. Nf4 Ne5 59. Rd1 (59. c5 $5) 59... Nf7 60. Ree1 Ne5 61. Nd3 Nf7 62. Nf4 Ne5 63. h5 a4 64. hxg6 (64. Rd2 {looks sharper.} Rd7 65. Rxd7 Bxd7 66. Rd1 g5 67. Nd3) 64... hxg6 65. Nd3 (65. Rh1 {with more complications.} axb3 66. axb3 Rf7 67. Rh6 Rg8 68. Kg3) 65... Nxd3+ 66. Rxd3 f5 67. exf5 gxf5 {White must now prevent ...axb3.} 68. gxf5 Bxf5 69. Rd2 Ka6 70. b4 a3 71. Rdd1 Bh7 72. Rc1 Kb7 73. Rc3 Ra8 74. Rd1 Bg6 75. Rg1 Re6 76. Rd1 Rf6 77. Ng4 Rf5 78. Ne3 Rh5 79. Kg3 Bh7 80. Rd7 Bb1 81. Rd1 Bg6 ({Reject} 81... Bxa2 $6 82. Ra1 $16) 82. Rd7 Rh1 {aiming for ...Rg1+.} 83. b5 (83. Rd1 $1 $15 Rxd1 84. Nxd1) 83... Rg1+ $17 84. Kf2 Ra1 85. bxc6+ Kxc6 86. Rd2 {[#]} Rb1 $1 87. Ng4 (87. Re2 $17) 87... Rb2 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 88. Ne5+ Kb7 89. Ke3 Re8 90. f4 {[#]} Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h3] ...Rh3+ is the strong threat.} 91. Nf3 Rh3 {Hoping for ...Rxf3+!} 92. c5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 64%.} (92. Rf2 {was the crucial defense.}) 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 10,171,10,6,23,12,1,0,26,28,60,56,68,30,31,17,16,14,12,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,43,58,36,74,43,21,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,116,112,117,112,125,62,111,57,63,0,87,101,97,99,120,131,140,0,0,0,92,88,83,90,96,91,228,228,235,220,235,214,214,204,247,220,248,183,189,189,189,191,239,107,114,41,52,14,14,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,0,0,0,20,0,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,20,110,93,2176,1663,29959,29953,29959,29964,29962,29963,29967,29966,7920,7920,29970,29971,29971,29972,29968,29974,29974,29958,6005,231,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 {LiveBook: 174 Games. A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} c4 (6... Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Nd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Be5 Ne4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxd5 {1-0 (20) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 Bd6 9. f4 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bf3 f5 14. a4 Qa5 {1-0 (58) Maravi Ceron,J (1516)-Zubiaga,H Lima 2013}) 8... cxb3 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qxb3 a6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. f4 Na5 13. Qb1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. O-O b4 15. Ne2 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bxb4 O-O 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxb5 Nxe3 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Nc3 g6 23. Qd3 Nf5 24. Nb5 Qa6 25. a4 Rfc8 {Threatening ...Rxc1+.} 26. Qb3 Ne7 27. Qb4 Nf5 28. Qb3 Ne7 29. Qb4 Nf5 30. Nd3 Rc4 (30... h5 $11) 31. Rxc4 $16 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Rc8 33. Qb3 (33. Nb4 $1 $16) 33... Qa5 {White must now prevent ...Qd2.} 34. Qb4 (34. Re1 $16 Nf6 35. Qb4) 34... Qa8 $14 35. Nc5 (35. Qb2 $14) 35... Ne3 {[#]} (35... Nh4 $1 $11 36. Ra2 Qd5) 36. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3e3]} Nc3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ra8g2]} 37. Qb2 Ncd5 38. Re1 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 39. Qc1 (39. Qf2 $16 Nc4 40. f5) 39... Nf5 $11 40. Re5 Qxa4 (40... Nxd4 $1 $11 41. Qd1 (41. Nxd4 Rxc5 42. Re8+ Kg7 $14) 41... Ne2+ 42. Rxe2 (42. Qxe2 Rxc5 43. Qd1 Qb6 $11) 42... Nc3 43. Nxc3 Qxc5+ 44. Kh1 Qxc3) 41. Re8+ $1 $16 (41. Rxd5 Qxb5 42. Re5 Qb4 $17) 41... Kg7 42. Rxc8 ({Weaker is} 42. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Re2 Rc4 $17) 42... Qxb5 {[#]} 43. Ne4 $1 Qe2 (43... Nde3 $16) 44. Nc3 $18 Nxc3 45. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} ({Wrong is} 45. Qxc3 $2 Ne3 $19) 45... Qe4 46. Kh1 Qxd4 47. Rc4 Qf6 48. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nd6 49. g5 Qe6 50. Qc3+ Kg8 51. Rd4 Ne8 52. Kg1 (52. Rd8 $18) 52... h5 53. Rd8 (53. h3 $16) 53... Kh7 $1 $14 54. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Qe3.} Ng7 55. Qd4 Qa2+ 56. Qd2 Qc4 57. Rd4 Qc5 {aiming for ...Nf5.} 58. Qb4 Qc2+ 59. Rd2 Qc1 60. Rd7 Qc2+ 61. Qd2 Qc4 62. Qd4 Qc2+ 63. Kf3 Qb1 64. Kg2 {Hoping for Qc4.} Qa2+ (64... Qc2+ $11 {remains equal.} 65. Qd2 Qe4+ 66. Kg1 Kg8) 65. Kf3 ({White should play} 65. Qf2 $16 Qc4 66. Rd4 Qc6+ 67. Qf3) 65... Qb1 $11 66. Qc4 Qh1+ 67. Ke3 Qe1+ 68. Kf3 Qh1+ 69. Ke2 Qxh2+ 70. Kd1 Qg1+ 71. Kc2 Qf2+ 72. Kb3 Qe3+ (72... f6 $11) 73. Ka4 $16 Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Qb6 $16) 74. Qxe6 $18 fxe6 {KR-KN} 75. Kb4 Kg8 76. Kc4 Nf5 77. Kd3 h4 78. Ke4 h3 79. Rd2 Kf7 80. Rh2 Nd6+ 81. Kd4 Ke7 82. Rxh3 Nf7 83. Rh7 Kf8 84. Kc5 $2 (84. Rh2 Ke7 85. Ra2) 84... Ke7 $2 {[#]} (84... e5 $18 85. Rxf7+ Kxf7 86. fxe5 Ke6) 85. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 86. Kd6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 20,68,30,25,31,29,33,39,36,33,43,33,33,25,29,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-27,-4,-14,-7,-43,-12,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd5 {White is slightly better.} (13... Bd7 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Bg2 {½-½ (46) Grischuk,A (2779)-Carlsen,M (2851) Paris 2017}) 14. Qb3 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Qc2 Be8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nd3 Qc7 19. Ne2 {½-½ (44) Nakamura,H (2729)-Gelfand,B (2739) Moscow 2010}) 15. Qxc3 a5 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 (17. Qc4 {is more complex.} Be8 18. Nd3 Qc8 19. h4 f6 20. Bh3) 17... Rxd7 18. f4 g6 19. h4 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21. Rfd1 Qd8 22. Bf3 h5 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 25. Be2 Qb6 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rdd5 28. Rc3 Be7 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. Be2 Rdd5 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Be2 Rdd5 34. Bc4 {Hoping for b4.} Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 9,100,0,15,12,16,14,16,18,17,14,20,12,33,33,33,34,35,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,5,0,41,41,39,-27,-23,-33,-31,-24,-11,-14,-21,-5,0,0,0,-109,-114,-107,-110,-105,-101,-102,-74,-110,-107,-138,-135,-138,-128,-162,-155,-161,-164,-162,-165,-159,-164,-205,-205,-216,-226,-260,-260,-277,-275,-1486,-1429,-1293,-1390,-1315,-1337,-1065,-1016,-1622,-1448,-1368,-1282,-1375,-1251,-1554,-1435,-1333,-1283,-1422,-1331,-785,-602]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Rad1 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 {1-0 (61) Van Kampen,R (2651)-Tiviakov,S (2591) Netherlands 2018}) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe4 {Hoping for Bf4.} g6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Kg7 16. Qe3 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 17. Be4 f6 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. c3 (19. a3 $1 $14) 19... Na6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. Nf3 $1 ({Not} 20. Bxb7 $2 Nc5 $19) 20... Nc5 21. Qa3 e5 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {Strongly threatening Rd5.} Be6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Re1 {[#]} (25. Rxd8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd8 26. Ba6 Nxa6 27. Qxa6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 25... Qd6 $1 $17 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxa3 28. bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd3 29. Re3 Rd6 30. h4 Ra6 31. c4 Bxc4 32. g4 Bd5 33. g5 {[#]} Ra4 $1 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. Nxe5 Rxh4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh4h1]} 36. f3 Rd4 (36... Bxa2 37. Nd7+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kf8 39. Kf2 $17) 37. Kf2 h5 ({Don't do} 37... Bxa2 38. Ng4+ Kg5 39. Kg3) 38. Kg3 g5 ({But not} 38... Bxa2 39. f4 $17) 39. Nd7+ Kg6 40. Rd3 $2 (40. Kf2) 40... h4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kf2 Rxd3 42. Ne5+ Kf5 43. Nxd3 {KB-KN} Bc4 44. Nb4 Kf4 45. Nc6 Bxa2 46. Nd4 Bc4 47. Nc6 Bd5 48. Nd4 Ke5 49. Nc2 Bb7 50. Ne3 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 13,110,17,17,17,22,10,15,9,27,13,52,22,11,0,0,-8,11,12,8,0,-1,0,37,-29,-21,-48,-39,-56,-21,-12,-18,-32,8,8,7,10,16,10,37,0,0,0,18,18,29,25,212,47,47,47,47,54,54,52,64,54,82,80,94,79,72,87,109,103,103,10,8,11,11,17,18,8,20,20,20,0,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bc2 (10. h3 h6 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 b5 14. Be3 c6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. a3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qc1 Nh5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 {1-0 (61) Carlsen,M (2835)-Andreikin,D (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... h6 11. d4 Be6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a4 c5 14. h3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc8 15. Re1 b5 {0-1 (61) Adams,M (2734)-McShane,L (2671) London 2011}) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bxc5 (18. bxc5 $14 Qa5 19. Qb1) 18... Qc7 $11 19. Qb1 Nf4 {[%cal Bg6f4,Bf4e2,Be2c3][%mdl 32]} 20. Kh2 bxa4 (20... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Re6h3]} 21. Ng1 (21. Nxe5 $2 Bxh3 22. Rd1 Rxd1 $19) 21... Bc4 $15) 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Bxa4 b6 23. Be3 Ne2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} (23... Qxc3 24. Rc1 $16 (24. Bxb6 Nxg2 25. Rd1 Rxd1 $17)) 24. Bb5 Nxc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qb2 {Hoping for Ba6.} Nfxe4 27. Bd3 {aiming for Bxe4.} Nf6 28. Ba6 e4+ 29. g3 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (29... Ra8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Rxc3 Qe7) 30. Rxc3 $2 (30. Nd4 $1 $18) 30... Qa7 $14 31. Nd4 Qxa6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Qb7 34. Rc6 {[%mdl 1088] Double Attack. White has compensation.} Nd5 35. Qe5 Qf7 36. Bd4 (36. Qxe6 $6 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rd2+ $11) 36... Nb4 37. Rc7 ({Don't play} 37. Rxe6 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Qxe6 $11) ({Worse is} 37. Bxb6 Nxc6 38. bxc6 Rd1 $17) (37. Rxb6 Nd3 $11) 37... Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] X-Ray Attack} Qxg7 39. Bxg7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({White should try} 39. Rxg7+ $16 Kf8 40. Bxb6) 39... h5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. Bh6 Nxf2 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rb7 Rd5 43. Rxb6 Kh7 44. Bf4 (44. Bc1 {looks sharper.} Nd3 45. Be3 Ne5 46. Rxe6 Rxb5 47. Kg2) 44... Nd3 45. Rxe6 {next b6 is good for White.} Nxf4 46. gxf4 {Threatens to win with Re5.} Rxb5 {KR-KR} 47. Kg3 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rf3 49. Kg5 ({Much less strong is} 49. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 50. Kg4 Rc3 $16) 49... Rxh3 50. Re7+ Kg8 51. Rxe4 (51. f5 {feels hotter.} Rg3+ 52. Kxh5 Kf8 53. Rxe4 Kf7 54. Rg4) 51... Ra3 52. Re6 h4 53. Kxh4 Kf7 54. Rh6 Ra5 55. Kg4 Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 12,63,22,22,21,16,22,11,19,6,35,30,48,11,11,23,49,26,35,31,42,36,81,43,113,109,95,105,102,82,108,108,110,112,128,122,130,132,176,91,111,87,136,143,166,161,291,299,268,291,262,88,988,964]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd4 Ba7 (10... Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 {1-0 (56) Kosintseva,T (2515)-Lagno,K (2539) Moscow 2010}) 12... Qc8 13. Re1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Qd3 Qg4+ 16. Kf1 Qh3+ 17. Ke2 Rae8 (17... c5 $14) 18. Kd1 $1 $16 c5 19. Kc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Ng4 22. f3 Nf2+ 23. Kc3 $1 f5 24. Nc6 Bb6 25. a4 (25. e5 $18) 25... fxe4 26. fxe4 {a5 is the strong threat.} a5 27. Kc4 d5+ 28. Kxd5 Rf6 (28... Rf7 $142) 29. e5 $18 Nd3 30. exf6 Rxe1 {[#]} 31. Nb3 $2 (31. b4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 31... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... gxf6 $16 32. Bh6 (32. Nbxa5 h5 $14) (32. Ncxa5 h5 $11) 32... Rxa1 33. Nxa1 Kf7) 32. Bxg5 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 10,126,6,10,18,16,28,17,11,14,6,3,27,27,31,15,22,17,30,27,42,24,31,43,38,35,81,66,87,32,34,21,81,21,34,29,43,0,5,7,26,33,55,18,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,22,43,20,78,30,62,72,84,72,68,-36,-42,-47,-63,-50,-25,-317,-301,-380,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-14,-835,-817,-797,-770,-887,-741,-731,-731,-790,-643,-640,-606,-756,-739,-695,-672,-1070,-1086,-1068,-998,-3116,-2827,-2343,-1415,-1902,-1358,-1446,-1098,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. c3 Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (45) Duda,J (2738)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Be3 Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Qg3 {1-0 (35) Wharrier,J (2364)-Vetter,G (2309) ICCF email 2014}) 12... Bh5 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 15. g3 a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Bd5 Ra7 19. Nf5 (19. Nc4 $16) 19... Qd8 $1 $14 20. h3 Nf6 (20... Ng5 $1 $11) 21. Bc4 ({Better is} 21. Qb3 $16) 21... c6 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Nc4 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rff1 Qe7 26. Kg2 Nd7 27. Qa2 Raa8 28. Qa3 c5 29. d5 Ng7 30. b6 f5 31. Qc1 Nf6 (31... Nh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. exf5 Qg5) 32. Qc2 Rad8 33. Kh2 ({Reject} 33. exf5 e4 $15) 33... h5 34. Nxa5 Ra8 35. Nb3 (35. Nc6 $1 $14 Qe8 36. Na7 (36. exf5 bxc6 37. fxg6 cxd5 $11)) 35... h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 36. gxh4 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 37. Bxc4 {[%cal Re4f5]} Nxe4 {White must now prevent ...Rfc8.} 38. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Bd3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxa4 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. h5) 38... Qxh4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Nf2.} 39. Ref1 Ng5 $2 (39... Rxa4 $19 40. Bb5 Ra3 41. Rxg6 Rf6) 40. Qg2 $11 Qxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 41. Qxg5 Qxb3 42. Qxg6 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg6g7]} Rf7 43. Qxd6 Qxc3 44. Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rg2 $11) 44... Qd2+ $19 45. Kh1 Qxe3 {[%cal Re3h3]} 46. Rg6 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 f4 50. Rf2 Qe1+ 51. Rf1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 {intending Rxg7+!} Qe2+ 53. Kg1 f3 54. a5 f2+ 55. Kg2 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg2 Raf8 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 58. d6 Qf3+ {Black mates.} 59. Kh2 Qh5+ 60. Kg2 Kh7 61. Qg4 Qxg6 62. Rh1+ Nh5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Clearance, Promotion} 63. Rxh5+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 19,70,11,23,14,24,0,14,3,16,13,12,21,15,12,15,16,16,20,40,27,48,44,44,39,40,40,47,41,45,39,26,35,42,48,64,62,112,6,8,0,22,22,22,17,24,20,16,14,41,4,4,4,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 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. c3 Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 {[#]} 17. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (37) Grischuk,A (2761)-Ding,L (2759) China 2017}) 17... Nd3 18. Rf1 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Rxg5 22. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qd7 23. e5 {f4 is the strong threat.} Nd5 24. Ne4 Rgf5 25. f4 Qc6 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 26. Rac1 Qa8 {[%cal Rd5f4] Strongly threatening ...Nxf4+!} 27. Qf3 {[%cal Re5d6]} g5 {[#]} 28. exd6 (28. Rxc7 $1 $16 gxf4 29. g4 (29. Bxd6 $2 fxg3 30. Qxg3+ Kh8 $17) (29. exd6 $2 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 fxg3+ 31. Kxe3 Rxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 gxh2 $19)) 28... cxd6 $11 29. Bxd6 gxf4 {And now ...Ne3+ would win.} (29... Bxd6 {looks sharper.} 30. Nxd6 R5f6 31. Kh1 gxf4 32. Rg1 Kh8) 30. Bxe7 ({Don't go for} 30. gxf4 $2 Bxd6 31. Nxd6 Rxf4 $19) 30... Nxe7 31. Nc5 {With the idea Qxa8.} ({Reject} 31. gxf4 Ng6 $15) 31... fxg3 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Nxa6 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc8+.} Rxc1 35. Rxc1 {Black must now prevent Nc5.} Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 18,107,15,15,21,11,32,-10,34,31,44,53,49,54,60,27,37,23,25,21,58,8,39,0,3,0,0,-113,-95,-92,-109,-129,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,10,10,16,17,23,42,37,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 (5... d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 d5 16. Nb3 Nh5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. a3 {½-½ (32) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 33 Games} Re8 11. e4 Nc7 12. f3 b6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 $146 17. Qd2 Qc8 18. Be2 b5 19. Nd1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. f4 (22. axb5 $11 {remains equal.} Nxb5 23. Nc3) 22... Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Nf2 {[#]} Qh5 (24... Qd7 $1 $17 {And now ...Bd4 would win.} 25. e5 dxe5) 25. Bg5 Bd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. g4 {[#]} Qxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. fxg5 bxa4 29. Rfc1 Re7 30. Rxa4 Ne8 31. Rxa6 f6 32. gxf6 Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 33. Rxd6 Nxe4 34. Rdc6 {Strongly threatening Re1.} Nxf2 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Kxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb7 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Ke4 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} (39. Rc7+ {seems wilder.} Kf6 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 Rxh2 42. Kxd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5) 39... Rxh2 40. Kxd4 Ke7 41. Rc6 Kd7 42. Ra6 Rd2+ 43. Ke5 {Ra7+ is the strong threat.} Re2+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. Rxh7 g5 48. Rh6+ Kxd5 49. Rg6 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Rxg5+ Kf4 52. Rg8 Rf3+ 53. Ke2 {Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Re3+ 54. Kf2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 19,142,29,29,18,24,21,34,9,13,20,12,-9,-10,-18,11,-28,-29,-104,-104,-104,-100,-104,-105,-108,-79,-79,-97,-91,-87,-89,-81,-93,-93,-100,-30,-69,0,-23,-25,-10,-15,-49,-8,-8,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-5,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-761,-684,-1061,-1025,-985,-962,-6087,-6041,-1431,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} e5 12. d5 f5 13. Bh6 {White is slightly better.} (13. Qe2 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. d6 Nxe4 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qd5 Qa4 {1-0 (62) Yu,Y (2762)-Vidit,S (2718) Danzhou 2018}) 13... fxe4 {[#]} 14. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. c4 Qa6 17. Bb1 e4 18. Ng5 Bf5 {½-½ (35) Stupak,K (2570)-Zinchenko,Y (2547) Paleochora 2017}) 14... Qa4 15. Bc2 Qg4 16. Qg5 Nf6 17. Bxg7 ({But not} 17. Nxe5 $2 Bxh6 18. Nxg4 Bxg5 $19) 17... Kxg7 18. Rd1 {[#]} (18. O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Qc4 $1 $17 19. Qe3 ({Don't blunder} 19. Qxe5 $2 Re8 $19) 19... Ng4 20. Qd3 Qxa2 21. Qe2 Bf5 (21... e4 {seems wilder.} 22. Bxe4 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Re8 24. Nd2 Bf5) 22. Bxf5 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rxf5 24. h3 Nf6 25. c4 Ne4 26. Ra1 Rf4 (26... a5 $17 27. Rhc1 Nd6) 27. Rhc1 Raf8 (27... Nd6 $15) 28. Ke1 a6 29. Rab1 R8f7 30. Rc2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} (31. Rxf2 e4) 31... Nd3+ $1 32. Kd2 Nb4 33. Ne6+ $1 Kg8 34. Nxf4 Nxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Nd3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Na3 36. Rc1 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. bxa6 cxd3 39. Kxd3 {KRN-KR} Ra7 40. Rc6 Nb5 41. d6 Rd7 42. Kc4 Nxd6+ 43. Kc5 $1 Ne8 44. Kb6 Kf7 45. a7 Rd8 46. Kb7 Ke7 47. a8=Q Nd6+ 48. Ka7 Rxa8+ 49. Kxa8 {KR-KN} e4 50. Kb8 e3 51. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1e1]} Kf6 52. Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Re1 $11 Nc4 53. Rc1) 52... Nf5 $1 $19 53. Re1 Ke5 54. Kd7 Kf4 55. Ke8 Ng3 56. Kf7 g5 $2 (56... e2 $19 57. Kf6 Ke3) 57. Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} h5 {aiming for ...e2.} 58. Kg6 e2 {...Ke3 is the strong threat.} 59. Ra1 h4 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 60. Re1 g4 61. hxg4 Kxg4 62. Kf6 Nh5+ 63. Ke5 Nf4 {( -> ...Nd3+)} 64. Ke4 Kg3 {Strongly threatening ...Kf2.} 65. Kf5 Nxg2 66. Rxe2 h3 67. Ra2 Ne1 {Threatens to win with ...h2.} 68. Ke4 Nf3 {And now ...h2 would win.} (68... h2 $2 69. Rxh2 Kxh2 $19) 69. Ra1 $1 ({Wrong is} 69. Ra3 $2 h2 $19) 69... h2 70. Rh1 Kg2 71. Rxh2+ Nxh2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 16,124,11,8,17,3,13,13,13,2,13,10,2,3,18,11,12,12,14,16,23,21,13,0,8,0,20,23,22,24,36,18,35,10,53,50,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-113,-106,-115,-119,-121,-120,-111,-116,-113,-113,-120,-112,-121,-57,-92,-81,-95,-82,-104,-100,-107,-82,-80,-88,-193,-204,-200,-195,-197,-200,-191,-190,-194,-187,-228,-220,-248,-241,-304,-277,-322,-268,-359,-314,-314,-297,-403,-368,-1125,-1101,-1418,-1386,-1114,-1063,-801,-455,-677,-681,-689,-670,-809,-799,-29971,-29943,-29979,-29980,-29979,-12168]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 10. Qxc4 (10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb5 Bb7 12. Nxc4 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nce5 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bg5 {½-½ (49) Yu,Y (2765)-So,W (2776) Batumi 2018}) 10... b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 $1 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc2 {[#]} Nd5 $146 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bd6 21. Qe4 Rb6 22. Nd3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Ra7 Be7 25. Nbc5 {Threatens to win with Nd7.} Rc6 26. Nd7 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. N7e5 {[#]} (29. Nb6 $11 {remains equal.} Qb8 30. Nd7) 29... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 30. Nf3 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 31. Qh4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Qe4 Qe6 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Re8 (35... Rd6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Re6.} 36. Nd3 Kf8) 36. Rd7 Nf6 37. Rb7 b4 38. Nd3 Bf8 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. Rb5 h6 41. h4 (41. e3 $17) 41... gxh4 $19 42. gxh4 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Rxe2 44. Nxb4 Re4 45. Nd5 {Black should prevent Nf6+.} Rxh4 46. f4 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rg1 48. Rb7 {Threatening mate with Nf6+.} Ne4 49. b4 Bd6 50. b5 Rd1 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nc6+ Ke6 53. Nd8+ $2 (53. Kg2) 53... Kf5 54. Rf7+ Nf6 55. Kg2 Bxf4 56. Nc6 Rb1 57. Kf3 (57. Nd4+ $142 Kg6 58. Rb7) 57... Rb3+ 58. Ke2 {intending Nd4+.} Kg6 59. Rb7 h5 60. Nd4 Re3+ {Black mates.} 61. Kf1 h4 62. Ne2 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 22,61,31,28,49,8,2,5,9,8,51,39,39,45,58,-25,12,-2,39,41,41,20,54,48,196,168,194,186,891,891,980,979,975,973,962,928,1194,1170,1122,1112,1025,987]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Re1 h6 {C09: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6} (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 a6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4 Bg6 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nf3 b5 20. Nbd4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 {½-½ (21) Azarov,S (2596)-Fridman,D (2645) Bad Wiessee 2010}) 13. Bh4 (13. Bxe7 $5 Nxe7 14. Bd3 $14) 13... Nf5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 {The position is equal.} 15. hxg3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Be5 19. Qh5 Bf6 20. Re2 {0-1 (35) Rogers,I (1865)-Chandler,M Wattignies 1976}) 16. Nfd4 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. c4 (18. Be2 $14) 18... dxc4 19. Rac1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} c3 20. Rxc3 Qb6 {Threatening ...Nd5.} 21. Rd3 a6 22. Nc2 $1 Bb8 (22... Rd8 $14 23. Bc4 Bf5 24. Qc3+ f6) 23. Rxe7 {Strongly threatening Bc4.} axb5 {[#]} 24. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3d5]} Rxa2 $2 (24... b4 25. Rd4 Qf6) 25. Nd5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qc6 26. Rc3 Qd6 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kh8 {[#]} 29. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxf7 30. Rxc8+ Rf8 31. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 14,65,-14,-31,-10,-40,-22,-45,-43,-27,-29,-53,-18,-33,-37,-41,-41,-46,-22,-19,-28,-28,-26,-17,0,0,0,0,8,0,85,83,113,102,141,132,93,105,180,174,207,201,214,213,213,218,204,177,297,286,333,283,683,654]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. g3 d6 10. c4 Nb6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Bh3 Qe5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (53) Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 11... dxe5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 f6 15. O-O-O a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 16. f4 a4 17. Bh3 Qf7 {aiming for ...Bxh3.} 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rhf1 Qg6 21. Qxe5 Bb4 (21... Rxf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Rxf1 Bb4) 22. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qh6 {Hoping for ...Rxf1.} 23. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 24. Qxc7 a3 25. Ba1 $1 Nc8 {[#]} (25... Rf2 $16 26. Qd8+ Kf7) 26. g4 $1 $18 Nd6 27. Qxc6 Qe3 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 28. Qd5+ Nf7 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 29. Qd4 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rd4g7]} Qg5 {intending ...Rd8.} 30. Qe4 Rd8 {[#]} (30... Nh6 $142 31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32. cxd5 Rf2) 31. Bd4 $1 Nh6 32. Kc2 Nxg4 $2 (32... Qxg4 33. Qxg4 Nxg4) 33. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 23,116,39,38,30,25,31,30,-12,-21,-17,36,9,14,0,0,-8,69,0,0,0,10,-11,260,254,271,271,261,258,263,262,273,245,175,123,119,105,152,150,183,59,52,25,134,142,142,143,141,137,132,85,85,85,85,85,85,25,25,17,17,17,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} (13. Kb1 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. g5 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Rh3 Nc4 18. Qe1 e5 19. Nc1 Na3+ 20. bxa3 exd4 21. axb4 {1-0 (33) Leko,P (2693)-Kozul,Z (2613) Doha 2016}) 13... Nd7 14. h4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Qg2 {White has an edge.} b4 16. Ne2 a5 ({Black should try} 16... Qc7 $11) 17. Kb1 $14 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... b3 18. cxb3 a4 19. b4 a3 20. b3 Qb8 {1-0 (51) Spraggett,K (2588)-Bernard,C (2364) France 2008}) 18. g6 {Intending gxh7+ and mate.} Bf6 (18... hxg6 $6 19. h5 $16) 19. h5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qe7 (19... h6 $11) 20. h6 (20. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6 21. Nd4 (21. Rxd6 Ne5 $15)) 20... fxg6 $11 21. hxg7 Qxg7 22. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Bc4.} Rae8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Of course not} 22... Bxd4 $6 23. Nxe6 Qf6 24. Nxd4 $16) (22... Rfe8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 23. Qg4 (23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh2 Nf8 $11) 23... Qf7) 23. Bc4 $1 $18 d5 {[#]} 24. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 25. exd5 Ne5 ({Much weaker is} 25... Bxd4 26. dxc6 Nc5 27. Qg4 $18) 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. dxc6+ Kh8 28. Rd7 (28. f4 $18 Ree8 29. Bd3) 28... Re7 $16 29. Bd3 Rfe8 {( -> ...Re1+)} 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Be4 ({White must play} 31. a3 $1 $18 Kg8 32. axb4) 31... Kg8 $1 $14 32. Qg3 Qe5 (32... a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Qxe5 $16 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. c3 {Rxe5! is the strong threat.} Bd6 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. cxb4 Bxb4 {KB-KB} 39. a3 (39. Bg8 $16) 39... Bd6 $11 40. Be4 Kd8 41. Bc2 Kc7 (41... h5 $1 $11) 42. Bxa4 $16 h5 43. Bb3 Kxc6 {[#]} 44. Bf7 $1 h4 {[#] Hoping for ...h3.} 45. Bxg6 (45. Be6 $1 $16) 45... h3 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Be4+ Kb6 47. f4 $1 Bxf4 48. Kc2 h2 49. b4 Bd6 50. Kb3 Ka7 51. a4 Kb6 52. Kc4 Be7 53. a5+ Ka7 54. Kb5 Bd6 55. Kc4 Be7 56. b5 Bd8 57. b6+ Bxb6 58. axb6+ Kxb6 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 13,77,19,21,8,16,13,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,25,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-4,0,6,26,11,37,55,62,57,42,28,37,19,12,24,21,0,0,0,0,6,9,9,9,0,0,-3,7,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 Bb6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 {½-½ (46) Giri,A (2783)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nc4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba7 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. d4 f6 15. Bb3 {1-0 (29) Hansen,S (2250)-Bronstein,D (2460) Denmark 1991}) 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Ne7 16. Nh4 c6 17. Nc4 {And now Nb6 would win.} Qc7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Re5 g5 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Re6 24. Re5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 (25... R6e7 {is interesting.} 26. Qa3 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Re6 28. h4 Nf4) 26. dxe5 b6 {[#]} 27. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re6 (27... gxh4 28. Re4) 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Re4 Rg6 31. e6 {The position is equal.} Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxg5+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Ne7 35. Ng4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Nd5 36. f4 Qg6 37. Ne5 Qxg5 38. fxg5 b5 39. b3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 17,71,0,6,5,20,12,12,12,22,14,25,25,21,21,14,14,38,25,51,28,32,32,27,30,32,23,32,16,16,16,16,27,30,22,32,32,138,117,122,116,115,117,117,137,650,515,717,629,1270,1065,29974,29973,29977,29978,29977,29976]} 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 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qf3 c5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. h3 Be7 15. Qg3 {½-½ (53) Naiditsch,A (2736)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2698) Hungary 2018}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Rxe5+ Be6 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Nc3 Bd6 {[#]} 14. Re2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 {½-½ (60) Vocaturo,D (2616)-Basso,P (2459) Gallipoli 2018}) 14... O-O {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg4.} 15. h3 Bc4 16. Re1 Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qf4 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxd1 24. Qxc4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd5 25. Qa6 Qe5+ 26. g3 Qc5 (26... Qd4 $1 $14) 27. Qc8+ $16 Kf7 28. Qxc7+ Kg6 {[#]} 29. Kg1 $1 Qxc2 30. Qxa7 {And now a5 would win.} Qxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... c5 $16) 31. a5 $18 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. a6 c5 34. Qa8 {White mates.} c4 35. Qe8+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 29,101,2,79,85,81,83,66,59,73,70,76,62,74,53,63,49,76,63,104,56,75,75,87,86,59,15,18,8,23,32,8,10,34,39,140,105,98,44,44,45,45,45,45,77,200,93,96,92,85,93,85,107,192,165,192,186,600,590,554,554,3056,3062,3047,2235,1550,1427,29964,29964,29960,29962,29973,29973,29946,29941]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O (12... a5 13. g3 {½-½ (13) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (15... Be6 $11) 16. Bxc8 $16 Rxc8 17. b3 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne7 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (52) Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)-Polytech. Lille I (2158) Neuilly 2007}) 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3h3][%mdl 32]} Qe6 20. Kf1 g6 21. h5 Kg7 22. Rd3 f5 $1 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. g4 Rf7 26. Rdh3 Rcf8 27. R1h2 Bg5 28. Rxh7+ Qxh7 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. f3 Nd4 ({Black should play} 31... Bh4 $14) 32. Nxd4 exd4 {[#]} 33. Qe4 (33. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5c6] Threatens to win with c6.} d3 34. Qxd3 dxc5 35. Qe4 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3) 33... Rxf3 $14 34. Qxd4+ Kh6 35. Qe4 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 {Strongly threatening Ne3.} Rxa2 {[#]} (36... Rf1 $16 {was worth a try.}) 37. Ne7 (37. c5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 37... Bxe7 $16 38. Qxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Raf2 {( -> ...R8f3+)} 39. Qxd6+ R8f6 40. Qe5 Kg6 (40... R6f3+ $16 41. Kh4 a4) 41. c5 {Qe4+ is the strong threat.} R2f3+ 42. Kh4 Kf7 $2 (42... Rc3 43. g5 Rf1 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qd6+ Kf7 47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg6) 43. Qc7+ $18 Kg6 44. Qxa5 Rxb3 {If Black can now play ...Rb2 this consolidates a bit.} 45. Qa2 Rff3 46. Qa6+ Kg7 47. Kg5 Rbe3 48. Qg6+ {White mates.} Kf8 49. Qd6+ Re7 50. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Ke8 51. c7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 24,47,14,21,41,20,19,25,47,48,69,39,45,4,27,31,32,8,12,0,30,0,12,0,36,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. b3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Rd8 14. Be3 h5 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Rad1 a6 17. Ne4 Nh4 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Bg3 h4 {1-0 (76) Vachier Lagrave,M (2794)-Howell,D (2698) Germany 2018}) 12... Be7 13. Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 14. Bb2 {[%cal Re5f6]} Kf7 15. Re1 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. a4 Rd8 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ng3 Rd5 19. c4 Rd8 {½-½ (53) Cernovsky,K (2344)-Nowak,I (2298) ICCF email 2013}) 16. Re3 h4 17. Rae1 {[#] Black must now prevent exf6.} Rh5 18. c4 b6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Rde1 Bd7 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Rde1 {[#] aiming for Bxf6!} Bd7 24. Rd1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 24,131,58,67,55,36,37,50,38,37,42,29,47,42,52,27,22,27,35,33,64,57,68,70,68,36,64,64,69,69,205,118,123,105,105,106,119,80,95,90,80,33,200,55,191,202,201,160,166,160,170,170,170,166,170,170,234,247,302,302,570,643,611,480,596,539,431,213,429,359,429,359,305,145,199,195,302,287,651,462,651,582,582,575,575,540,531,528,528,500,484,484,462,462,530,508,816,799,645,637,1098,1199,776,701,2112,1556,29978,29979,29980,29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 12. Qd2 Bxb2 (12... Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Rbc1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc7 Kf8 19. Rfc1 {1-0 (49) Kramnik,V (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 13. Qxb2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rd1 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6b2] [#]} 15. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Na3 b5 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rc5 {½-½ (70) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2480) Martuni 2008}) 15... Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf6 17. Na3 b6 18. Nb5 a5 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. a4 e5 21. Rd6 Bxb5 22. axb5 e4 23. Rc6 h5 24. e3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxb6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Bf1 is the strong threat. KRB-KRN} Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Rb1 28. Ra6 Rxb3 29. Rxa5 Ng4 30. Ra4 Rb2 31. Rxe4 Nxf2 32. Re5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Ng4 $2 ({Black should play} 32... f6 $1 $14 33. Rxh5 Ng4) 33. Re8+ $18 ({Inferior is} 33. Rxh5 Rb1 $11) 33... Kh7 {[#]} 34. h3 $1 Nf2 35. Re5 {Hoping for b6.} Nd1 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Re5 Kf6 38. Re4 g5 39. h4 Nc3 (39... Kg6 {was worth a try.} 40. Re5 f6 41. Bd3+ Kf7 42. Bc4+ Kg6) 40. Rc4 Nd1 41. Rc6+ Kg7 $2 (41... Ke7 {was necessary.} 42. Rc1 (42. hxg5 Nxe3 43. Bd3 Rb3 $16) 42... Nf2 43. Rc7+ (43. hxg5 Ne4 $18) 43... Kf6) 42. h5 f6 43. Bd3 {[#] Rc7+ would kill now.} g4 44. h6+ Kxh6 45. Rxf6+ (45. b6 $142) 45... Kg5 $2 (45... Kg7 {is a better defense.} 46. Rg6+ Kf7 47. Rxg4 Nxe3) 46. Rg6+ Kh5 47. Re6 Nf2 48. Re5+ Kh6 49. Bf5 Nh3+ (49... Kg7 $142 50. Bc8 Nd3) 50. Kf1 Kh5 $2 (50... Kg5 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. Bxg4 Ng5 53. Rf5+ Kg6) 51. Rc5 Ng5 (51... Kg5 $142 52. Ke1 Kf6 53. Bxg4 Ng5 54. Rf5+ Kg6) 52. Bc2 Kh6 53. Ke1 Nf3+ 54. Kd1 Kg7 55. Kc1 Rb4 56. Bd3 Kf6 57. Kc2 Ne5 58. Kc3 Ra4 {Black wants to play ...Ra3+.} 59. Bc2 Ra3+ (59... Ra8 $142 60. b6 Nf7) 60. Kd4 Nf3+ 61. Kd5 Rxe3 62. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Re5+ 63. Kc4 Re2 64. Kb4 Nd4 65. b7 Nxc2+ 66. Kc3 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 23,93,54,68,58,75,45,77,64,80,61,80,84,110,107,117,123,125,95,139,97,100,92,138,152,146,146,163,122,126,126,105,107,147,77,83,0,139,120,178,193,187,185,160,160,173,144,397,387,476,460,439,436,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,560,431,560,560,1141,1141,1088,1088]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 g5 13. Be1 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} (13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nb5 Rf7 16. Ba5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be1 g4 19. fxg4 Nxe4 20. Nb4 a6 21. Bf3 Ng3 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rc6 Qf8 24. hxg3 fxg3 25. d6 e4 {½-½ (39) Ragger,M (2689)-Nakamura,H (2787) Caleta 2016}) 13... h5 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Bf2 Nf6 16. c5 g4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Rf7 19. Rc4 g3 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Bxg3 {0-1 (40) Bubir,A (2604)-Hefka,V (2555) ICCF email 2010}) 14... Ng6 15. a5 {White is better.} Rf7 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Nb5 a6 {[#]} 18. Na7 $1 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Nf6 20. c5 g4 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Nc5 b5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rg7 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Qa8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne7.} 27. Bf2 {Hoping for Bf3.} Qxe4 28. Re1 (28. Bh3 $142) 28... Qb4 $16 29. Bf5 (29. Bh3 $16) 29... Ne7 (29... e4 $1 $11 30. Bxg6 Rxg6) 30. Qd3 ({Wrong is} 30. Rxe5 $2 Nxf5 31. Re1 (31. Rxf5 $2 Qe4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31... Ne3 $19) 30... Qxb2 (30... Nxf5 $16 31. Qxf5 Ng4) 31. Reb1 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} e4 32. Bxe4 Qe5 33. Re1 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qxe4 $16 35. Rxe4 Kf8) 35. Rad1 Qg6 36. Bd4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 36. Qa8+ Kh7 $18) 36... Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rg5 38. Bf6 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40. e7 Nxf6 41. e8=Q+ Nxe8 42. Rxe8+ {KR-KB} Kf7 43. Ra8 b4 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd5 46. Rxa6 Be5 47. Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,22,14,0,9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 Nf6 $146 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 {½-½ (28) Aronian,L (2799)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Ng5 {LiveBook: 30 Games. D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 19,67,62,66,68,75,46,81,69,70,72,68,50,42,53,54,48,53,37,45,37,37,37,38,38,66,35,49,22,22,20,26,20,20,23,21,21,23,17,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-10,-14,-26,-20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 11. Bf4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} c6 (11... Nh5 12. Be3 Nhf6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bd4 Re8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 {1-0 (54) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Geivondian,A (2380) Serpukhov 2018}) 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qa4 a5 18. Red1 b5 {0-1 (46) Horvath,D (2202)-Martinovici,I (1993) Porec 2015}) 12... Re8 13. e5 {White is better.} Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ng5 Nf8 $1 16. Qh5 {[#] And now e6 would win.} Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Be3 c5 19. f4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Qd1 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. f5 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. g4 Kf8 29. Bf3 Bc8 30. h5 g6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. h6 Ke7 33. Kf2 d4 34. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 22,72,16,0,22,22,18,26,20,26,32,28,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-8,-31,-44,-47,-27,-54,-31,-16,33,-70,-66,-92,-78,-124,-124,-111,-118,-234,-234,-228,-227,-217,-224,-232,-222,-219,-90,-1993,-1877,-1750,-1425]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne5 Bd5 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} (12... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c3]}) (12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. e4 Nb4 18. cxb4 Qxd2 19. Qxc5 Qd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (50) Donchenko,A (2587)-Miton,K (2604) Brest 2018}) 13. Ba3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ {White has an edge.} 15. f3 cxd4 16. cxd4 {Threatens to win with e4.} Nd7 17. Bxe7 $146 {e4 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. e3 e5 20. dxe5 {½-½ (45) Harika,D (2391)-Koneru,H (2503) Visakhapatnam 2004}) 17... Rfe8 18. e4 Qe6 19. Nxd7 Qxe7 20. Nc5 Red8 21. Nb3 a5 22. a4 Qb4 23. Qc2 c5 24. Rab1 ({Don't go for} 24. Nxc5 $2 Rxd4 25. Nd3 Rxd3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Qxa4 25. dxc5 Qc6 26. Nc1 (26. Rfd1 $1 $14) 26... a4 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 27. Na2 {Strongly threatening Nb4.} a3 28. Nb4 Qa4 $1 29. Qa2 {[#]} Rdb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b4]} 30. Nd5 (30. Nd3 $17) 30... Rb2+ $19 31. Rxb2 axb2 32. Qxa4 Rxa4 {KRB-KRN} 33. c6 Rc4 34. c7 {[#]} Rc2+ (34... Kf8 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. White must now prevent ...Rc1.} 35. Kf2 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 Rc1) 35. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Kh3 $17 Kf8 36. f4) 35... b1=Q 36. Kh3 Bf8 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 11,77,34,46,39,44,15,27,35,34,22,18,20,21,15,23,29,40,21,29,13,63,66,75,65,96,99,103,98,111,108,141,148,174,175,120,97,101,45,73,58,53,53,41,41,54,52,50,49,70,51,47,28,12,0,0,0,0,-23,-23,-23,-23,-24,-21,-21,-27,-29,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} exd4 (7... b5 8. Bb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 {1-0 (59) Sasikiran,K (2672)-Van Foreest,J (2624) Batumi 2018}) 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. a4 O-O 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {½-½ (49) Komarkova,M (2125)-Rustamov,Z Pardubice 2006}) 9... Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 c5 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. e5 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rbd8 19. h3 Qc6 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Qf4 Qe6 {[#]} 22. Bf6 $1 h6 (22... Nc6 $18 23. Ng5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5) 23. b4 g5 24. Qd2 ({Better is} 24. Qg3 $16) 24... Bxf6 $14 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. bxc5 Rdd8 27. Ne5 Nc6 28. Ng4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qg6 30. f4 {fxg5 is the strong threat.} d4 31. f5 Qg7 32. cxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. f6 Kh7 $1 35. Re7 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne5.} Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne6.} 36. Rxc7 Ne6 37. Rc6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd5 39. Rxa6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 12,64,26,0,0,0,125,124,200,206,243,244,339,336,520,359,344,340,576,589,616,589,597,339,725,739,722,735,727,723,705,714,705,560,811,811,804,803,790,794,854,841,841,820,1709,1699,1695,1677,1632,1616,1603,1597,1511,1454,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 8. Bg5 {aiming for Rd1.} (8. c3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Rd1 {½-½ (30) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 8... f5 (8... Nd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 9. c3 Qe5) 9. Nd2 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nf6 {[#]} (9... Be7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 10. O-O-O $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Bc4.} Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Nd5 12. Rhe1 Kf7 (12... Ne5 {keeps fighting.} 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bxd5 cxd5) 13. Re4 (13. Qe2 Re8 $16) 13... Qc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Rde1 Be7 15. Rxe6 Bxg5 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxg5 h6 18. Re8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Nf8 20. Qxf5 {1-0 (20) Thorgeirsson,J (2298)-Halldorsson,B (2126) Reykjavik 2018}) 14. Rde1 h6 $2 (14... Be7 {was necessary.}) 15. Bh4 N7b6 16. Bb3 Qd6 {If Black can now play ...Re8 this consolidates a bit.} 17. g4 g6 $2 (17... Kg8) 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. gxf5+ gxf5 21. c4 Ne7 22. Bc2 Rg8 {[#]} 23. Bxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Nxf5 24. Qe4+ Kd6 25. Qxf5 Nd7 26. Qf4+ Ke6 27. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bc5 28. Qxh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30. Qe4+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke6 {[#]} 32. b4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Bxb4 33. Nd4# {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 14,76,0,-3,-6,-7,0,-83,-88,-78,-80,-80,-82,-73,-72,-70,-70,-66,-75,-80,-77,-97,-92,-90,-74,-88,-85,-122,-120,-155,-108,-107,-89,-95,-74,-90,-89,-97,-108,-117,-87,-111,-119,-160,-168,-173,-154,-147,-122,-241,-235,-262,-256,-322,-329,-321,-314,-314,-306,-299,-293,-542,-527,-1021,-1012]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 (10. Bg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 10... hxg5 $17 {Black is better.} 11. Bxg5 Qd6 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 12. Qf3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qg6 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Nc3 $146 f6 ({Don't blunder} 16... Qxc2 $2 17. Ne4 $18) 17. Bf4 b6 18. Rad1 {aiming for Rd3.} Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg6g2]} 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rd4 Rh7 22. Qf4 Qg5 (22... f5 {keeps more tension.} 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nf4 Qf7) 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Rfd1 Re8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 25. h3 Nf6 26. a4 Nh5 27. Bh2 Rg7 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxc2 31. h4 (31. Rf5 $17) 31... Bxb4 $19 32. hxg5 {intending g6!} Bc5 33. Rf5 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Be5+ Kg6 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. g4 $2 {[#]} (37. Bd6) 37... Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Ke1 (38. Bxf4 Rxf2+) 38... Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 10,72,10,0,0,5,9,14,11,7,14,14,20,0,13,0,-1,-3,17,8,17,14,22,22,29,24,24,18,24,23,25,12,47,50,41,26,30,21,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb6 (10... b5 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Qb6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (63) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Gozzoli,Y (2630) chess.com INT 2019}) 11. e3 a5 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 a4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 {0-1 (62) Gritsak,O (2474)-Rosberg,S (2318) Gothenburg 2017}) 12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 17. Ne4 exd4 18. exd4 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Nc3 N7f6 (20... Nb4 {keeps more tension.} 21. Na2 Na6 22. d5 Qf6 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 Rfd8) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Rac1 b5 {The position is equal.} 25. Rc5 bxa4 26. Rxd5 Rxb2 27. Rxa5 Rb4 28. d5 Rd8 29. Ra7 g6 30. Rd3 Rb5 31. d6 Rb6 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. d7 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxf7!} Rd8 34. Re3 {Black must now prevent Re8+.} Re6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Rxa4 Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 23,95,0,0,-16,8,2,8,4,26,0,11,7,15,15,12,14,17,12,12,18,28,22,29,27,21,19,22,20,85,83,98,98,98,94,107,76,65,71,69,61,49,31,24,29,27,22,70,70,73,30,30,19,19,19,16,16,84,75,69,62,85,19,25,8,8,8,14,0,14,0,22,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 $146 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. a4 Na6 16. Qb3 Nxc7 17. Nxa7 Nd7 18. a5 Ra8 19. Rxc7 Rxa7 20. Rac1 Bd8 21. axb6 Bxc7 22. bxa7 {0-1 (40) Hernandez Carmenates,H (2543)-Quesada Perez,Y (2582) Havana 2010}) 13... Nb8 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Na6 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rac1 {[#] Hoping for Rc7!} Rac8 20. Ne5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bd6 22. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bxc6 $1 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 (25... Re8 $11) 26. Bf1 $16 Kf8 {[#]} 27. e3 $1 Nb4 28. Rc7 a6 29. g4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Kg2 b5 32. b3 e5 $1 33. dxe5 d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bxb5 {Threatens to win with Rc4.} Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rg5 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Rxh4 Ne7 (39... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Rxh7 Rxe5 41. Bc4 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 (42. Ke3 $16) 42... Rxf2 $11 43. b4 Ke8 {The position is equal.} 44. b5 Nc8 45. Kd4 Rf6 46. Bd3 Nb6 47. Be4 Kd7 48. Bc6+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 17,87,0,0,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,28,31,38,36,86,91,128,77,138,130,232,242,250,250,245,241,231,233,298,299,290,291,291,291,297,304,548,536,554,555,1323,1347,1524,691,676,672,672,672,639,621,712,704,687,289,745,744,761,760,3032,1958,1647,1620,1211,1109]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} f5 $1 11. Re1 c6 (11... Qf6 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bf4 Rf7 14. h4 Ba3 15. Rab1 b5 16. g3 a5 17. Re2 Bf8 {1-0 (40) Zhigalko,S (2604)-Fridman,D (2633) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Qc7 13. Re3 g6 14. Qh4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Re8 17. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Be7 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Qxe7 {½-½ (49) Fercec,N (2495)-Doric,N (2303) Pula 2014}) 17... Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Be8 19. c5 Qe7 20. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Qe1+ 21. Bf1 Bf8 ({Black should play} 21... Bc7) 22. Be3 $1 $16 Qa5 {[#]} (22... b6 $16) 23. Bf4 $1 $18 Bf7 24. Qf6 Bg7 25. Qd6 {White wants to mate with Qb8+.} Qe1 ({Not} 25... Bxd4 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Bd6 $14) 26. Be3 Bf8 27. Qb8 b6 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Qxb6 Qa1 30. Qa7 ({Don't take} 30. Qxc6 $6 Qxa2 31. Bf4 Qa3 $16) 30... c5 $2 (30... Qb2 31. a4 Bd6) 31. Qa8 {Threatening mate with Bh6.} Qe1 32. dxc5 d4 33. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ra8f8]} Be8 34. Qd5+ (34. c6 $142 Bd6 {[#]} 35. c7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc7 36. Qa3 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh3 Qf6 39. Bc4+ Kh8 40. f4) 34... Bf7 35. Qd8 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd8f8]} Qe7 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 37. c6 Bd6 38. g3 Bd5 39. a4 (39. Bb5 $142 Bxa2 40. Bf4 Bxf4 41. gxf4) 39... Kf7 $2 (39... Bxc6 40. Bc4+ Kh8) 40. Bb5 {White is clearly winning.} Bc7 41. Bf4 Bxf4 42. gxf4 Ke7 43. c7 Bb7 44. a5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,148,28,10,20,0,7,0,0,0,18,-8,9,13,9,7,12,18,32,6,5,8,10,8,25,24,30,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,7,-77,-76,-73,-67,-73,-67,-135,-55,-47,-63,-102,-96,-125,-125,-131,-133,-132,-128,-150,-143,-140,-137,-132,-59,-147,-66,-74,-61,-61,-52,-92,-61,-61,-61,-61,-29,-54,-19,-22,-26,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 8. c3 Ba7 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Be6 13. b4 g4 {0-1 (42) Topalov,V (2761)-So,W (2770) Leuven 2016}) 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ng6 13. Ne1 O-O 14. f3 Nf6 15. Bf2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Nd2 c6 19. Qe1 Re8 20. dxe5 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Nxe5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nxd5 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 25. Qb6 cxd5 26. Qb5 Re3 27. Nb3 Nxb2 28. Nxa5 (28. Nd4 $11 Nc4 29. Rfb1) 28... Rxa5 $17 29. Qxb2 Qc7 $1 30. Ra3 Qc4 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 31. Rg1 {[#]} (31. Rc1 $15) 31... Qc5 (31... d4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 32. cxd4 Rxa3 33. Qxa3 Qxd4) 32. Rb3 Rxa4 33. Rxb7 Qxc3 ({Reject} 33... Rxc3 34. Rd7 $11) 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb3 Qxb2 36. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd4 37. Rgb1 h5 38. Kg1 Red3 39. Kf1 g4 ({Black should play} 39... Rd2 $17 40. Ke1 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Kf6) 40. Ke2 (40. fxg4 $15 hxg4 41. Rf2) 40... Ra3 (40... gxf3+ $17 41. gxf3 f6) 41. Rb3 Ra2+ 42. R1b2 Rda4 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Rxa2 Rxa2+ $15 {KR-KR} 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Re3+ Kd6 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Re8 {[#]} (48. Re1 $11) 48... f5 ({Better is} 48... d4 $1 $17 49. Re4 Kd5 50. Rxg4 d3) 49. Rf8 {The position is equal.} Ke5 {Hoping for ...Ra3+.} 50. Re8+ Kd6 51. Rf8 Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd4 53. Rf8 $1 Ke4 54. Re8+ Kd4 55. Rf8 $1 Ke4 56. Re8+ Kd3 57. Rf8 d4 58. Rxf5 Ke4 59. Rf4+ Ke3 {( -> ...Rxg2+!)} 60. Rf8 d3 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 61. Re8+ $1 Kd4 62. Rd8+ Ke3 63. Re8+ $1 Kd4 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 64. Rd8+ Kc3 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 65. Rc8+ Kb3 {White must now prevent ...Re2.} 66. Rd8 Kc3 67. Rc8+ Kb3 68. Rd8 d2 {Threatens to win with ...Kc3.} 69. Kxg4 Kc3 {aiming for ...Ra8!} ({Don't play} 69... Kc2 70. h4 $17) 70. h4 {[#]} Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 71. Rd7 (71. Rxa8 d1=Q+) 71... Ra7 72. Rd8 Ra8 73. Rd7 Ra7 74. Rd8 Ra8 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 18,109,3,1,0,0,0,7,9,-1,4,2,0,-14,2,5,25,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-32,-32,-32,-33,-43,-75,-68,-97,-111,-94,-70,-101,-106,-131,-131,-129,-115,-124,-47,-33,-43,-96,-103,-108,-107,-114,-107,-114,-114,-115,-114,-114,-116,-116,-112,-125,-76,-83,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. d3 (7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. d3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Bf5 10. Qb3 Bc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Nd4 {1-0 (44) Svidler,P (2760)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 7... Nbd7 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qa3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Ncd7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Rc2 Rfe8 14. Rac1 {1-0 (45) Marin,M (2579)-Tan,J (2417) Helsingor 2015}) 11... a5 12. Rac1 {Strongly threatening cxd5.} Ncd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qb4 15. Rc3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Ne8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rb1 Nd6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. a4 Ra6 21. e3 Rb6 22. Rbb3 Kf8 23. h4 Rb4 24. a3 Rxa4 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nf5 27. Bxd5 Ne7 28. Rc7 Nxd5 29. Rxd7 Nf6 30. Ra7 {next Rbb7 is good for White.} Re7 (30... Kg8 $17) 31. Ra8+ $1 $15 Ne8 32. h5 (32. d4 $15) 32... g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Nd6 36. Ra6 Rb7 37. Rbb6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Nf5 39. Rb3 Kf6 40. Kd2 {[#]} Kg5 (40... Nd6 $1 $17) 41. Rc3 {The position is equal.} Kg4 42. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b3] aiming for Kb3.} Kh3 43. d4 $1 {[#]} Nxd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. exd4 Rxd4 $11 {KR-KR} 45. Rc6 Rd5 {White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 46. Rf6 $1 Rf5 47. Rxf5 gxf5 {K3P-K3P} 48. Kd3 Kg4 49. a4 f4 (49... Kf3 $5 50. Kd4 $8 Kxf2 $11) 50. gxf4 Kxf4 51. Kc4 Kf3 52. Kb5 Kxf2 53. Kxa5 f5 54. Kb6 {a5 is the strong threat.} f4 55. a5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 16,61,10,0,8,6,11,10,14,15,34,14,20,16,24,2,34,25,37,21,35,30,40,34,49,12,16,0,0,7,0,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Nb8 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. d4 Bb7 15. Bc2 g6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 {½-½ (55) Movsesian,S (2629)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bg5 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 g6 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 {½-½ (26) Predke,A (2533)-Motylev,A (2648) Sochi 2015}) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. c3 Nxf3+ (15... Ne6 {keeps more tension.} 16. a4 c6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. b4 Rfd8) 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Qg4 h6 18. a4 {Strongly threatening axb5.} c6 19. Nb4 Qc7 $1 20. axb5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 21. Rfa1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 {Black should prevent Ra6.} Qb7 $1 23. g3 Bd8 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 c5 26. dxc5 dxc5 27. Nd5 c4 28. Qf3 Re8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Rb2 Qc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 31. Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 15,74,59,54,12,44,36,36,34,36,37,48,47,39,31,52,24,132,27,29,0,61,51,60,70,136,142,134,136,158,142,143,141,145,92,90,91,90,88,106,27,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. f4 {A56: Czech Benoni} Nd7 10. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Bf6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. Rfb1 Re8 15. Ra3 g6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 {1-0 (30) Berkovich,D (2455)-Tregubov,A (2325) Budapest 1992}) 10... b5 11. cxb5 {White is slightly better.} a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. h4 Rb8 14. O-O Rb4 15. Rb1 Rd4 (15... Qa8 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Qe1 ({Better is} 16. Nxd4 $16 cxd4 17. Ne2) 16... Bd3 17. Ra1 Na6 (17... Rb4 $11) 18. a3 $14 c4 19. Be3 Nac5 (19... Bf6 $14) 20. Bxd4 $16 ({Don't take} 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxf1 $14) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Bf6 22. Nc6 Qb6 23. Rf2 Ne5 {[#]} 24. Nxe5 (24. a4 $142 $1) 24... Bxe5 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Bf1 Qd8 27. f6 (27. a4 $16) 27... Bxf6 $11 28. Rd1 (28. a4 {with more complications.} Nb3 29. Rd1 Bd4 30. Qf3 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 f6 33. Nb5) 28... Rb3 $1 29. Bxd3 (29. Rdd2 {is more complex.} Be5 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Qb8 33. Kh2) 29... Nxd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxc3 ({Black should play} 31... Qb6 $11 32. Kg2 Rxb2) 32. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (32. e5 $5) 32... Qc8 {The position is equal.} 33. Qf3 f6 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. exf5 Rxc3 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rb2 Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 19,20,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 $146 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f4 Ng6 14. N2f3 Bf6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. a5 Qc8 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nxb4 {1-0 (28) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 17,94,15,22,-4,25,17,12,17,25,15,0,1,18,6,7,4,29,2,14,16,14,10,10,10,8,3,14,0,6,0,11,0,0,-10,-9,-9,-9,-10,-9,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nb6 11. Qa3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qe5 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Qe6 {[#] The position is equal.} 18. e5 $146 Bxe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Qb3 Rbc8 23. Rd3 h5 24. h3 Rc5 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb4 28. Qb3 Qd2 29. g3 Rd8 30. h4 a5 31. Qc4 Rb8 32. a3 Rd8 33. Qc5 Rd5 34. Qe7 Rf5 35. Qe4 Kg7 36. a4 Kh7 37. Kg2 Qb2 38. Kg1 Qb6 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. Rd1 Rxf2 ({Don't go for} 42... Qxa4 $2 43. Qb2+ f6 44. Qb7+ Kh6 45. Rd7 $18) (42... Qf6 {keeps more tension.} 43. Rc1 Qe5 44. Qd2 Qe4 45. Qb2+ Qe5) 43. Rxd4 Rxe2 44. Rd5 Ra2 45. Rxa5 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ke6 47. Kg1 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,100,26,15,22,16,19,7,10,9,18,-44,-52,-70,-62,-46,-54,-45,-41,-65,-58,-64,-20,-27,-31,-14,-14,-17,-29,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-84,-89,-86,-87,-86,-201,-209,-193,-207,-186,-147,-142,-138,-127,-89,-200,-172,-285,-277,-321,-310,-360,-239,-347,-319,-335,-324,-384,-373,-368,-361,-409,-402,-549,-549,-513,-511,-441,-410,-583,-568,-533,-541,-734,-732,-732,-722]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 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 {LiveBook: 44 Games} Nd7 (10... Nd5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 {1-0 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018 CBM 184 [Krasenkow,M]}) 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 {[#]} 14. d5 $146 (14. dxc5 $11 Nd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3) ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc8 16. Bg2 e6 17. dxc5 {0-1 (67) Dreev,A (2652)-Puranik,A (2509) Bastia 2017}) 14... Ne5 $15 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 (15... Bxe5 $6 16. Rb1 $16) 16. Rxd1 {Black must now prevent c4.} Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5 Qd7 19. c4 Qa4 {And now ...Qxc2 would win.} 20. Qc1 f6 21. Re1 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd7 24. Re3 a6 25. Bh3 Rae8 26. Be6+ Kg7 27. Qb2+ (27. Nb1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nf6 28. Nd2) 27... Nf6 $17 28. Kg2 {g4 would now be nice for White.} Qd1 29. Nb1 Qd4 30. Qe2 {[#]} (30. Qxd4 $17 cxd4 31. Rd3) 30... b5 $1 $19 31. cxb5 axb5 ({Not} 31... Nxd5 32. Rd3 $14) 32. Nc3 Qc4 33. Nxb5 {[#]} Qxe2+ $1 ({Don't play} 33... Nxd5 34. Re5 $15) 34. Rxe2 Ra8 35. Nc3 (35. d6 $17) 35... Ra3 36. Rc2 (36. Nb5 $142 Ra5 37. Nc3) 36... Rb8 37. Nd1 Ne4 38. Bg4 Rd3 39. Re2 (39. Be2 {only move.} Rxd5 40. Kf3) 39... Rd2 ({Much less strong is} 39... Rxd1 40. Rxe4 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 $19) 40. Rxd2 Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 41. a4 Rb3 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Ke1 Ra3 44. Bd7 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 45. Bb5 c3 46. Ne3 Ra2 47. Kd1 (47. Bd3 {was forced.} Nc5 48. Bc2) 47... Rd2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Kc1 Nc5 {( -> ...Nb3+)} 49. Nc2 Nb3+ 50. Kb1 Rxh2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 10,201,53,61,54,47,60,12,26,17,28,6,5,0,0,0,19,25,16,30,12,7,63,29,85,0,72,72,64,67,87,84,196,172,165,180,178,177,190,196,167,107,107,104,100,96,107,96,138,133,276,263,352,341,400,390,331,0,338,97,144,98,101,144,121,97,86,89,96,113,83,79,112,77,74,83,65,35,165,14,64,14,43,0,0,0,9,0,0,-85,-31,-29971,-29972,-29969,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29973,-6238,-1069,-1281,-981,-975,-752,-473,-430,-430,-429,-754,-573,-531,-276,-985,-5712,-4618,-2011,-929,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-8,-8,-8,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-17,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-28,-28,-28,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qc7 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (6... e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 a6 9. h5 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc7 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {1-0 (77) Carlsen,M (2835)-Popov,I (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 (8. h4 {with more complications.} b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O-O) 8... Na5 {The position is equal.} 9. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Ng5 Qc6 13. f3 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 {0-1 (29) Mandery,M (1989)-Otterstaetter,S (2159) Germany 2004}) 9... Nxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qc6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Rh4 a4 ({Better is} 15... c4 $11) 16. Bg3 b4 (16... Be7 $11) 17. c4 (17. Qd3 $16) 17... Qc7 (17... Be7 $11) 18. Rg4 $16 Bc6 19. f4 O-O-O 20. f5 Qb7 (20... Re8 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. Bh4 $18 Re8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Be7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qf2 (25. Rg7 $1 $18) 25... Qc7 $16 26. Qf6 Ree8 27. Rg7 a3 28. b3 Rhg8 29. g4 $1 (29. Rxf7 $6 Rg5 $11) (29. Qxf7 $2 Rgf8 $19) 29... Kb7 (29... Rxg7 $16 30. Qxg7 Kb7) 30. Rxf7 $18 Rg5 31. Rd6 Kc8 32. Rh7 Rgg8 33. Rf7 $2 (33. Rxh6 Rgf8 $18) (33. Qxh6 $18 Qd8 34. Qf6) 33... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rg5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 34. Qf4 $2 (34. Kd2 $18) 34... Qd8 $16 35. Rf6 Ref8 36. Rd1 Rxf6 37. exf6 Qc7 38. Rf1 Qxf4 39. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd8 40. c3 bxc3 41. Kc2 Ke8 42. Kxc3 Kf7 43. b4 Rb8 (43... cxb4+ $14 44. Kxb4 Rb8+ 45. Kxa3 Ra8+ 46. Kb2 Rb8+ 47. Ka3 Ra8+ 48. Kb3 Rb8+ 49. Kc2 Ra8) 44. Nc2 $2 (44. bxc5 $6 Rb1 $16) (44. b5 $18 Bb7 45. Rf1) 44... e5 45. Rf1 d5 46. cxd5 Bxd5 47. bxc5 Rb5 48. Ne3 Bxa2 49. c6 {[#]} (49. Nf5 $11 {remains equal.} Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Rb2+ 51. Kc3 Rb3+ 52. Kd2 Rb2+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 (54. Ke4 $2 Bb1+ 55. Kd5 a2 $19) 54... Rb2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 (56. Ke4 $2 Bb1+ 57. Kd5 a2 $19) 56... Rb2+ 57. Ke3) 49... Bb1 ({Black should try} 49... Be6 $1 $17 50. g5 hxg5) 50. Rxb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Kc4 $15 a2 51. Kxb5 Bd3+ 52. Kb4 Bxf1 53. Nc2) 50... Rxb1 $15 {KR-KN} 51. c7 a2 52. c8=Q a1=Q+ {KQR-KQN} 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Ke2 Rb2+ 55. Nc2 e4 (55... Qd5 $142 56. Qc3 Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kd3 e4+ 58. Kd4 Rxc2 59. Qb3+ Kxf6 60. Qb6+ Kg5 61. Qd8+ Kxg4 62. Qd7+ Kh4) 56. Qc7+ $19 Kxf6 57. Qf4+ Ke7 58. Qc7+ Ke6 59. Qc8+ {[#]} Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c8]} ({Don't play} 59... Ke7 60. Qc7+ Kf6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. Qc7+ Kf6 $19) 60. Qg8+ (60. Qc4+ $142 Ke7 61. Ke3) 60... Kd6 61. Kd2 Rb6 62. Ke3 $2 (62. Qh8) 62... Kc5 63. Qf8+ Kc4 64. Kf4 Kd3 $2 (64... Rb3 $19 {( -> ...Rf3+)} 65. Ne3+ Kd3) 65. Qa3+ $11 Kc4 ({Much worse is} 65... Kxc2 $6 66. Qc5+ Kd3 67. Qe3+ Kc4 68. Qxb6 $16) (65... Kxc2 $5 66. Qc5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd3 67. Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc4 68. Qxb6 Qe7 $16) 66. Ne3+ Kb5 67. Qb3+ Ka6 68. Qc4+ Ka7 69. Nf5 Qd2+ 70. Ke5 e3 71. Nd4 Qg2 72. Qa4+ Ra6 73. Qd7+ Qb7 74. Qxb7+ Kxb7 {KR-KN} 75. Ke4 Kc7 76. Kxe3 Kd6 77. Nf3 Ke6 78. g5 hxg5 79. Nxg5+ Kf5 80. Nf3 Ra3+ 81. Ke2 Kg4 (81... Ke4 {is interesting.} 82. Nd2+ Kf4 83. h6 Re3+ 84. Kf2 Rh3) 82. Nd4 Kxh5 {aiming for ...Kg5.} 83. Nc2 Rh3 {Black has an edge.} 84. Nd4 Kg5 85. Kd2 Kf4 86. Ne2+ Ke4 87. Nc3+ Kd4 88. Ne2+ Kc4 89. Nf4 Rg3 {Strongly threatening ...Rf3.} 90. Ke2 Kd4 {...Ke4 is the strong threat.} 91. Kf2 Ra3 {And now ...Ke4 would win.} (91... Re3 {keeps more tension.} 92. Ne2+ Ke4 93. Ng3+ Kd3 94. Kg2 Re6) 92. Ne2+ Ke5 93. Ng3 Kf4 94. Ne2+ Kg4 95. Ng1 Rb3 96. Ne2 Rf3+ 97. Ke1 Rd3 {Threatens to win with ...Kf3.} 98. Kf2 Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 99. Ng3+ Kf4 100. Ne2+ Kg4 {Hoping for ...Ra3.} 101. Ng1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 14,96,18,17,20,27,27,17,13,0,0,0,0,-69,-72,-125,-118,-177,-196,-186,-150,-136,-142,-146,-141,-243,-239,-295,-298,-285,-210,-313,-325,-329,-320,-316,-321,-281,-282,-333,-339,-427,-429,-445,-454,-457,-452,-503,-459,-596,-628,-592,-592,-618,-647,-611,-531,-501,0,-652,-631,-643,-629,-589,-573,-583,-567,-762,-737,-827,-726,-1093,-828,-755,-506,-820,-674,-664,-665,-1179,-1176,-914,-835,-753,-566]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. e5 $146 (13. Kb1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. c3 O-O 15. Bh3 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qxd7 Rxf3 19. Qxe6+ {1-0 (30) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Quesada Perez,Y (2627) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... Rc8 {And now ...b4 would win.} 14. Kb1 (14. Rg1 $142) 14... Bxf3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 15. Be2 (15. Bg2 $17 Bxd1 16. Rxd1) 15... Bxh1 $19 16. Rxh1 Qc6 17. Rf1 b4 18. Bxh5 g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 19. Ne2 (19. Bd1 $17 {was worth a try.} bxc3 20. Bxc3) 19... gxh5 20. Ng3 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 21. Nh5 Qe4 22. Ng7+ (22. Be3 $142) 22... Kf8 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. Nf6 Bxf6 $1 25. exf6 Rg6 26. Bc5+ Kg8 27. Bxb4 {[#]} h6 $1 28. Bc3 (28. gxh6 Rg2) 28... d5 29. Re1 Qf5 30. gxh6 Kh7 31. Qd4 Rg2 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Qa7 Qg6 34. h3 Rg3 35. Bd4 Rg2 {[%cal Rc4c2]} 36. Bc3 Rh2 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. a3 {Hoping for Rg1.} Rxh3 38. Be5 Rg4 39. Ka2 Rg2 40. c4 dxc4 41. Rxc4 Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg6b1]} 42. Bc3 Rc1 43. Qd4 a5 44. a4 (44. Qg4 $142 Qxg4 45. Rxg4) 44... Qb1+ 45. Ka3 {Now Qg4 and White clings on.} Qc2 {[%cal Rc1a1]} 46. Qe4+ Qxe4 47. Rxe4 Rhxc3+ 48. bxc3 h3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 26,163,8,0,24,18,18,15,6,10,27,9,10,6,10,0,0,0,0,-77,-70,-96,-81,-107,-94,-112,-104,-108,-95,-146,-118,-95,-70,-158,-130,-142,-125,-213,-224,-219,-227,-249,-229,-304,-251,-236,-238,-192,-31,-45,-52,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,96,114,107,109,128,68,68,66,1687,1743,1465,1381,1381,1055,6083,5467,6079,0,1711,0,5754,4604,29973,29974,29974,29975,29974,1164,29975,29975,29981,29982,29977,29978,29987,29986]} 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 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Bc2 Bg7 14. Nf1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc8 17. d5 Ne7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Na5 Ba8 20. b4 Kg7 21. Bb3 Rd8 {0-1 (37) David,A (2571)-Gareyev,T (2606) Bhopal 2017}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. Ng3 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bb2 c5 19. h4 Nbd7 20. h5 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 {1-0 (36) Sadeghi,B-Schiffer,S (2100) Wiesbaden 1996}) 17. d5 Nd7 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. b3 Nce5 {[%cal Bc4e5,Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f2][%mdl 32]} 20. Nh2 Nb6 21. a4 b4 22. Be3 (22. a5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc8 23. Bb2) 22... a5 $1 $17 23. Ne2 Ba6 24. f4 Ned7 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Ng3 (27. Rc1 $142) 27... c4 28. Nd4 Nc5 29. Nc6 (29. Rc1 $15) 29... cxb3 30. Bxb3 Nd3 31. Re3 (31. Qf3 $17) 31... Nxf2 $19 ({Stronger than} 31... Nxf4 32. Rf3 $11) 32. Kxf2 Nd7 33. Rc1 {With the idea Ne7+!} Qb6 34. Bc4 Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Nc5 36. Kf3 {[#]} b3 $2 {[#]} (36... f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Bf6.} 37. Qe1 (37. exf5 Rxe3+) 37... Rxc6 38. dxc6 b3) 37. Rxc5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 38. Rxb3 Qc4 (38... h5 $1 $15 39. Qd3 Qc1) 39. Qd3 $11 Qxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Qa1.} 40. Ra3 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Rxa4 (41. dxc6 Qxc6) 41... Rc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Ne2 Rc8 44. Ra2 {aiming for Rc2.} Bb4 45. e5 Kf8 46. Ke4 Ke8 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. g4 h6 49. h4 Bc5+ 50. Ke4 Bb4 51. h5 (51. Nd4 {is more complex.} Rc4 52. Kd3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Rc4) 51... dxe5 52. hxg6 exf4 53. gxf7 Ke7 54. Nxf4 Kxf7 55. Nd3 Rc4+ 56. Kf5 {Ne5+ is the strong threat.} Ke7 57. Ne5 Rc1 58. Nd3 Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Bc3+ 60. Ke4 Rg1 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. Rc2 Bd4 63. Nf4 Bc5 64. Rh2 a4 (64... Rf1 $11 {remains equal.} 65. Rxh6+ Kd7) 65. Rxh6+ $16 Kd7 {[#]} 66. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c5]} Bd6 67. Rh7+ Kc8 $1 68. Ke6 a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Bc7 $14) 69. Kxd6 $18 {White wants to mate with Rc7+. KRN-KR} a2 70. Rh8+ Kb7 71. Nc5+ Ka7 72. Rh7+ Ka8 73. Rh8+ Ka7 74. Rh7+ Ka8 $1 75. Nb3 Rxg4 76. Rh2 Ra4 77. Na1 Kb7 78. Ke7 (78. Kd7 $142 Kb6 79. d6 Ra3 80. Ke7 Re3+ 81. Kd8 Re1 82. Rxa2 Rh1 83. Re2 Rxa1 84. d7) 78... Re4+ {[#]} 79. Kd7 $1 {White mates.} Ra4 80. Rb2+ Ka6 81. d6 Ka5 82. Kc7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 20,95,15,20,11,14,11,14,20,7,20,13,19,10,20,18,28,8,24,19,33,32,32,22,20,7,8,8,17,0,0,0,34,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-20,-17,-30,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 12. Nfd4 (12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rc1 g5 20. c5 Kf8 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2780)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. a4 b6 16. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e3 Bb7 17. Rdc1 Rfc8 18. a5 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 {½-½ (36) Ryska,J (1979)-Latal,F (2089) ICCF email 2013}) 16... Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Ba6 18. e3 Rac8 19. a5 {[#] And now Bxd5 would win.} Nc3 20. Rda1 Bc4 {Hoping for ...Nb5.} 21. axb6 axb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nb5.} 22. Nc1 Nb5 23. Ra4 Nc3 24. R4a3 Nb5 25. Ra4 Nd6 26. Na2 Bb5 27. Ra7 (27. Ra3 {feels hotter.} Rc2 28. Rb3 Rfc8 29. Rbb1 R2c7 30. Nb4) 27... Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nb4 Kf6 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. h4 h6 32. Bf1 Bc4 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Ra1 g5 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36. Rd1 Rb3 37. Nc6 Rc3 38. d5 {[#] Threatens to win with d6.The position is equal.} exd5 39. Rxd5 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. Nd4 Ne5 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rd6+ Kg5 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Nd4+ Kg5 47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Nd4+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 12,174,20,0,19,0,18,6,14,12,14,9,13,0,11,8,44,25,40,32,36,9,27,8,51,35,45,62,67,64,67,32,67,25,41,43,41,-26,45,0,0,-31,-28,-29,-23,-48,-24,-24,-13,-11,-18,-83,0,0,0,-89,-2,-11,0,0,0,0,55,55,60,0,0,-103,-107,-120,-128,-103,0,-183,-166,-185,-185,-316,-339,-343,-345,-488,-478,-497,-480,-525,-525,-748,-755,-714,-708,-606,-354,-336,-333,-343,-354,-354,-354,-354,-309,-308,-285,-364,-346,-400,-385,-378,-331,-440,-497,-467,-433,-497,-491,-699,-672,-785,-749,-1574,-1314,-1902,-995,-968,-826,-875,-849,-805,-706,-715,-623,-954,-883,-995,-988,-988,-988,-980,-980,-967,-953,-945,-935,-929,-929,-1500,-904,-4884,-1269,-1693,-884,-876,-833,-29967,-29970,-29970,-5089,-29958,-4710,-29973,-29973,-29986,-29987,-29989,-87]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. a4 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. a5 Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Be3 Bxb3 10. cxb3 Bg7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (12) Iordachescu,V (2632)-Brodsky,M (2549) Bad Wiessee 2010}) 9. Be3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Bb6 Qe8 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Bf3 e5 16. Nde2 Qe6 17. Nc1 Rc4 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 R4c6 $1 21. d4 Qe8 22. h3 Qf8 23. Bd1 Rc4 24. d5 (24. dxe5 $14 dxe5 25. Bb3) 24... Ne8 (24... Bh6 $11 25. Qe2 Rb4) 25. Bb3 Rb4 26. Ba4 Nf6 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Na4 Rbc4 29. Qd3 f5 30. Qb3 Bh6 31. Ba7 (31. Be3 $11 Bxe3 32. Rxe3) 31... R4c7 ({Worse is} 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qxb7 $16) (31... Bd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 32. Rf1 R8c7 33. exf5 Qxf5) 32. Bb6 $11 Rc4 ({Black should try} 32... Nxb6 $11 33. Nxb6 Rd8) 33. Ba7 $17 fxe4 ({Inferior is} 33... Rxe4 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxb7 $16) (33... Bd2 $17 34. Rf1 R8c7 35. exf5 Qxf5) 34. Nc3 $11 Nf6 {...Bd2 is the strong threat.} 35. Qxb7 Bd2 36. Qxa6 Bxc3 (36... Bxe1 $11 37. Rxe1 Rb4) 37. bxc3 $14 Nxd5 38. Rad1 (38. Be3 $1 $14) 38... R4c6 39. Bb6 (39. Qf1 $1 $11) 39... Nxc3 $17 40. Rd2 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 41. Qb7 Qb4 ({Better is} 41... Qe8 $17 {aiming for ...Rb8.} 42. a6 Rb8) 42. Qd7 $2 (42. Ra1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... d4 $19 43. Kh2 Qf8 {White must now prevent ...Qf4+.} 44. Rxe4 (44. Rb2 $142) 44... Nxe4 45. Qd5+ Kg7 46. Qxe4 (46. Qxe5+ $142 Nf6 47. Qxd4) 46... Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 47. Qxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 48. f4 {[#]} Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d2]} 49. Rd1 Rc1 50. Rd2 {[#]} R8c2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d2]} 51. Rd3 Rc3 52. Rd2 R1c2 53. Rd1 d3 54. fxe5 Kf7 55. a6 Ra2 56. a7 Ke6 57. Bd4 Rb3 58. Rd2 Ra4 59. Kg3 Kd5 60. e6 Kxe6 61. Kf3 Kd5 62. Be3 {[#]} f4 $1 63. Bf2 (63. a8=R $142 Rxa8 64. Bxf4) (63. Bxf4 Rxa7) 63... Kc4 64. Kxf4 Rb7 {Strongly threatening ...Kc3+.} 65. Be3 Kc3+ 66. Kg5 Raxa7 67. Rd1 Ra5+ 68. Kh6 Ra6+ 69. Kh5 Rb5+ 70. Kh4 Ra2 71. g4 Re2 72. Rc1+ Kb2 73. Bh6 Rb6 74. Bf4 d2 75. Bxd2 Rxd2 76. Rh1 Kc3 77. Kh5 Kd4 78. g5 Re6 79. h4 Kd5 80. Rf1 Rh2 81. Rd1+ Ke5 82. Rd7 Kf4 83. Ra7 Re1 (83... Re5 $142 84. Ra4+ Re4 85. Ra5 Ke3 86. Ra3+ Kd4 87. Ra4+ Kd5 88. Ra5+ Kc6 89. Kh6 Rexh4+ 90. Kg7 Rg4 91. Ra6+ Kb5 92. Ra1 Rxg5+ 93. Kf6 Rg3 94. Rb1+ Kc4 95. Rc1+ Rc3 96. Re1 h5 97. Re8 h4 98. Kg5 Rg3+ 99. Kh6 h3 100. Rc8+ Kd4 101. Rd8+ Ke4 102. Re8+ Kf3 103. Rf8+ Kg2 104. Ra8 Rf3 105. Re8 Rh1 106. Kh5 Rhf1 107. Re2+ Kg1 108. Re6 h2 109. Rg6+ Kf2 110. Rg4 h1=Q+ 111. Kg5 Ke3 112. Rc4 Rf5+ 113. Kg6 Qh5+ 114. Kg7 Rg5#) 84. Ra3 Re4 85. Ra7 Kf5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh2h4] Black mates.} 86. Rf7+ Ke6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh2h4]} 87. Rxh7 Rhxh4+ {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 22,63,50,52,62,57,60,0,14,8,7,11,7,0,0,0,52,43,47,43,50,52,46,23,23,36,117,18,24,14,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qd2 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} e4 (12... Ng6 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Bd7 17. Rae1 a6 {1-0 (39) Brunello,S (2555)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Antalya 2017}) 13. Bc2 Nf6 {[#]} 14. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Ng6 15. c5 Qe7 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. cxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (72) Cornette,M (2559)-Ginsburg,G (2510) Germany 2014}) 14... Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 dxc5 17. Qxc5 {Strongly threatening Bb3.} Qd6 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} a5 (18... Bd7 $11) 19. Nb5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qxc5+ 20. bxc5 Nxd5 21. Bb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxc7.} c6 $1 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nc3 Kg7 ({Black should try} 23... Nge3 $14) 24. N3xd5 ({White must play} 24. Bxd5 $16 Ne3 25. Bb3 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 (26. Kxf1 b5 $16)) 24... cxd5 $11 25. Nxd5 Be6 {[#] ...Bxd5 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 27. h3 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Ne3 30. Bb3 {And now Re1 would win.} Rd8 $1 31. Kf2 Nc2 32. Bxc2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 9,155,31,40,37,36,38,47,54,48,47,80,33,29,0,64,52,64,0,-5,-51,-22,-30,-33,-77,-39,-37,-18,-20,0,-27,0,-13,-19,-73,-25,-39,0,-39,0,0,18,9,42,44,55,0,37,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-9,0,-72,-73,-68,0,0,82,82,86,90,94,93,74,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,60,43,35,27,41,33,45,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,103,70,70,70,70,70,181,168,238,237,425,423,330,403,368,330,278,244,409,398,354,221,211,8,211,211,563,450,636,636,1720,1601,2647,2347,5373,5373,5373,5373,5373,5373,29971,29972,29975,1135,29976,29977,29975,29977,29977,29978,29986,29987,29986,29987,29986,29987]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 Bd6 6. O-O {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Nd2 Bxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. Qc2 {1-0 (44) Le,Q (2737)-Korobov,A (2652) Huaian 2017}) 10. gxf4 Na5 11. Qa4 c6 (11... c5 $11) 12. b4 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} c3 13. Nb1 (13. bxa5 $14 cxd2 14. Rfd1) 13... Nc4 $11 14. b5 Nb6 15. Qb3 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Nfd5 {aiming for ...Bd7.} 17. Qb3 Bd7 (17... Qc7 18. Rc1 $14) 18. Nxc3 Bc6 19. Rac1 Rf6 {...Rg6 is the strong threat.} 20. Ne2 h6 21. Ng3 (21. Kh1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Qe7 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Ng1 $1 Rg8 24. Nf3 g5 25. Ne5 Ba4 26. Qb2 Be8 27. Qd2 (27. fxg5 $14 hxg5 28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 (29. Nxe4 Rh6 $14)) 27... Rff8 28. Rfe1 Rg7 29. Rc5 h5 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe7 32. Bf3 Qh4 {And now ...Rxg3 would win.} 33. Qf2 Rfg8 {[%cal Rg7g3]} 34. Bxd5 (34. Rg1 $11) 34... Nxd5 $17 35. Nf3 Qf6 (35... Qg4 $1 $15 36. Ne2 Nf6) 36. Ng5 $1 $11 h4 {[#]} (36... Qe7 $11) 37. N3e4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qh6 (37... fxe4 38. Qxh4+) 38. Nd6 Qh5 {With the idea ...Bc6.} 39. Nxe8 (39. Nxe6 $2 Rg2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Rxe8 40. Rec1 ({Better is} 40. Rg1 $16) 40... Nf6 $11 41. Rc8 Rxc8 $1 42. Rxc8+ Rg8 43. Qc2 Re8 (43... h3 $11) 44. h3 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} (44. Kg1 {feels hotter.} h3 45. Rxe8+ Nxe8 46. Kf1 b5 47. Qe2) 44... Nh7 45. Rxe8+ Qxe8 46. Nf3 Nf6 47. Qc7 Qc6 (47... Ne4 $11) 48. Qxc6 $14 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 49. Kg2 Nd5 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Nxh4 Nc3 52. a3 a5 53. Nf3 $1 a4 (53... Nb1 $14) 54. Ne5 $18 Nb5 (54... Kh6 $142 55. Nd7 (55. Nxc6 Nb5 $16) 55... Kh5) 55. Nc4 ({Weaker is} 55. Nxc6 Nxa3 56. Ke2 Nc4 $14) 55... Kh6 $2 (55... Kg6 {was worth a try.} 56. Ke2 Kf7) 56. Nb6 Nxa3 57. Nxa4 Nb5 58. Nc5 Nc7 59. Nd7 Kh5 $2 (59... Nd5 {is a better defense.} 60. Nc5 Nc7) 60. Ne5 Kh4 61. Kg2 Nd5 {[#]} 62. Nf3+ $1 ({Don't take} 62. Nxc6 $6 Nxe3+ 63. Kf3 Nc2 $14) 62... Kh5 63. Kf2 Ne7 $2 (63... Kg6 64. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 65. Nxc6 Kg6) 64. Ng5 Kh4 (64... Nc8 $142 65. Nxe6 Kh6) 65. Kf3 Nd5 66. Nxe6 Kxh3 67. Ng7 Ne7 68. e4 fxe4+ 69. Kxe4 Kg4 70. f5 Ng8 71. Ke5 Nh6 72. f6 Kg5 73. Ke6 {White mates.} Kg6 74. Ne8 Nf5 {[#]} 75. Nd6 $1 Nxd4+ 76. Ke7 c5 77. f7 Nc6+ 78. Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 14,73,0,-8,4,0,8,0,0,2,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-5,-22,-25,-26,0,0,0,-10,-9,-15,-16,-6,14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,21,17,293,286,273,261,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29982,29981,29982]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 a5 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 9. a4 d5 10. Na3 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Na3 h6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 {½-½ (62) Shankland,S (2662)-Salem,A (2638) Sitges 2017}) 10... d4 {The position is equal.} 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 f6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Rfc1 {1-0 (62) Olafsson,F-Ree,H Wijk aan Zee 1971}) 13... b5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. Ba3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Ra6 Bc8 19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Ra8 Qc7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Be6 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qf3 Na5 25. e5 Be7 26. Qg3 f5 27. h4 Qd8 28. h5 Kg7 $1 29. Bf3 g5 30. fxg5 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Bxg5 31. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Nd6. White is more active.} fxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... f4 $1 $11 32. Rxf4 Kh8) 32. Nxe4 $18 ({Stronger than} 32. Rf6 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Nxe4 Nxc4 $17) 32... Kh6 {[#] And now ...Nxc4 would win.} 33. Ncd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b5]} Rb6 $2 {[#]} (33... Bh4 $18 34. Qf4+ Bg5 35. Qxg5+ (35. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 36. Qxg5+ Kxg5 $18) 35... Qxg5+ 36. Nxg5 Kxg5 37. Nxb5 Nxb3) 34. Rf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Bxf6 35. exf6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg3g5]} Qg8 {[#]} 36. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} Bxf5 37. Qxg8 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 13,96,5,5,0,11,-52,-47,-39,-38,-58,0,20,10,13,20,29,41,25,37,16,24,-2,66,64,56,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,9,8,13,12,12,2,35,31,39,37,44,28,98,37,37,50,42,20,37,37,37,37,33,8,37,44,51,0,0,6,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,15,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (8. Rb1 c6 9. a3 Na6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nc7 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. b5 c5 14. Ra1 Rb8 15. Ra7 Qe8 16. b6 Ne6 {0-1 (41) Almasi,Z (2682)-Adhiban,B (2655) Riadh 2017}) 8... Qe8 9. Nd5 $146 (9. Bd2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. b4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. c5 c6 15. bxa5 cxd5 {0-1 (25) Martinez Perez,D (1402)-Gil Perez,G (1837) Pontevedra 2018}) 9... Nxd5 $15 10. cxd5 {Black is slightly better.} a4 11. b4 c6 (11... axb3 $1 $15 12. Qxb3 Na6) 12. Nd2 $11 b5 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Na6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Rc8 17. Bb2 Qf7 (17... Bg5 $11) 18. Nxe7+ $14 Qxe7 19. Rc1 ({White should play} 19. e4 $14) 19... Bxg2 $11 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 f4 23. e4 fxe3 24. Qxe3 Nc7 25. d4 Nd5 26. Qd3 exd4 27. Bxd4 Ne7 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Bf2 h5 (29... Nh6 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Rd1 (30. Re6 $16) 30... Ne7 $14 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Qxb5 {[#] Kg1 is the strong threat.} Re3 36. Qd5 Rxa3 37. Qa8+ Kh7 $1 38. Qe4 {Hoping for g4.} Qg6 39. Rd5 Ne3+ $1 {The position is equal.} 40. Bxe3 {[#] Rxh5+ would kill now.} Qxe4 41. fxe4 Rxe3 42. Rxh5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg6 43. Ra5 Rxe4 44. Rxa4 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Rxh2 46. Ra3 Rb2 47. Rd3 Rxb4 48. Rxd6+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 15,121,27,41,42,52,45,60,56,45,43,28,51,48,43,62,57,50,28,54,53,48,43,49,47,54,55,78,85,105,108,182,177,175,126,186,177,180,172,188,181,167,136,150,150,150,147,211,221,206,184,183,183,218,218,210,210,210,210,210,210,246,241,283,283,288,205,247,186,230,225,224,223,220,191,369,369,375,370,357,332,422,397,472,472,570,559,850,845,817,831,738,633,2092,644,572,561,527,481,595,589,29975,920,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Nc3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Rc8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4+ {White is slightly better.} Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Bg5 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (70) Bok,B (2643)-Hong,A (2390) chess.com INT 2019}) 16. Be3 Rc7 17. Bd4 Rb8 18. e3 Ke7 19. Nc3 Ne8 20. Bf1 Rcb7 21. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f6 22. a5 Nc7 (22... Ra8 $16) 23. a6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Rxb2 24. Na4 ({Don't take} 24. Bxa7 $6 Ra8 $16) 24... R2b4 (24... Rc2 $16) 25. Bxa7 Ra8 {[#]} 26. Bd4 $1 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Rdb1 h6 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Rb1 Nc6 (30... Bc8 $16 31. Kg2 Nd3) 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Bh3 34. Rb6 Ne7 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Na6 Bc8 37. Nc7 Bb7 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ke1 h5 40. Nb5 Bc8 41. Nd4 Kg6 42. Kd2 Bh3 43. Rd8 Kg7 44. Kc3 Ng6 $2 {[#]} (44... Ng8 {is a better defense.} 45. Ra8 (45. Rxd5 Nh6 $18) 45... Nh6 46. Ra7+ Kf8) 45. Nc6 $1 Be6 46. Rd6 Bf7 47. Kd4 h4 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. Rc7 hxg3 50. hxg3 Ke8 51. Kc5 Kf8 52. Kd6 Bg8 53. Rb7 f5 54. Ne5 (54. Nd4 $142 f4 55. Ne6+ Bxe6 56. Kxe6) 54... Nh8 55. Ra7 f4 56. Rc7 fxe3 57. fxe3 g4 58. Ra7 (58. Re7 $142 Nf7+ 59. Nxf7 Bxf7 60. Re5 Bg8 61. Rg5 Bf7 62. Rxg4 Bh5 63. Rf4+ Kg7 64. Kxd5) 58... Nf7+ 59. Nxf7 {White mates.} Bxf7 {[#]} 60. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 61. Kxd5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 18,84,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-72,-106,-97,-94,-62,-73,-55,-64,-58,-50,-27,-47,-40,-49,-54,-52,-56,-55,-52,-47,-64,-62,-5,-18,-6,-127,-110,-146,-102,-163,-156,-143,-120,-202,-206,-414,-416,-403,-395,-354,-354,-353,-354,-396,-404,-518,-498,-613,-587,-973,-953,-944,-924,-861,-718,-1125,-1122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 11. Qa4 (11. a3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. c5 Nf4 16. Na5 Be6 17. b4 {½-½ (73) Jovanic,O (2527)-Jovanovic,Z (2558) Rijeka 2009}) 11... Re8 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Nh5 13. g3 Bf8 14. Rfd1 Ng7 15. Rd2 Ne6 16. Rad1 h5 17. Na5 Ndc5 18. Qc2 {0-1 (50) Aliakbarov,A (2182)-Rojicek,V (2396) Pardubice 2011}) 12... Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. g3 (14. Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... h5 $17 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Ng4 17. Bc1 Nd4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Kf2 Nb6 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Na5 Bf8 23. Nxb7 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Be3 Ba6 ({Better is} 25... Be6 $15) 26. Na4 $1 $11 Be2 27. Rd2 (27. Re1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Bxf3 $17 28. Nbc5 Bg4 29. Bxd4 (29. Kg2 $17) 29... exd4 $19 30. Rxd4 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 31. Rxd8 (31. Rbb4 $17) 31... Rxd8 32. Rb2 $2 (32. Nb3 {was the only defense.}) 32... Rd4 33. Ke3 {[#]} Rc4 $1 34. Kd3 Rxc5 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Rc2 Bg1 37. h4 c5 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kc4 Be6+ 39. Kb5 c4 40. a4 Bd4 41. Rd2 Be5 42. Ka6 c3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 13,61,12,28,10,14,15,10,7,7,3,12,4,10,10,14,10,6,-8,0,0,0,0,11,-4,-4,-12,-2,-22,0,0,0,-1,8,8,8,10,33,11,30,14,14,-48,-31,-42,-31,-72,-58,-53,-47,-134]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 (8... O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. d4 Bb7 15. Bc2 g6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 {½-½ (55) Movsesian,S (2629)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Bg5 {[#]} Bxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Nd5 Bxe3 17. Nfxe3 Nf6 {½-½ (17) Hovhannisyan,R (2632)-Piorun,K (2681) Gjakova 2016}) 14. exf5 Qd7 15. g4 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. c3 Bg5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Kg2 c4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rfe1 Rc7 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. h3 Bf4 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Re4 g6 27. fxg6 (27. Qe2 $11) 27... hxg6 $15 28. Rd5 Kg7 29. Qe2 {[%cal Re4c4] [#]} Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 30. Qd1 Rc6 31. Bb1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} (31. Rdd4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,82,18,24,14,32,12,13,9,13,9,5,0,15,0,12,-10,-4,-29,-29,-29,-18,-25,-18,-31,-31,-31,-38,-52,-41,-61,-37,-101,-60,-77,-14,-40,-35,-33,-39,-32,-30,-34,-21,-34,-39,-39,-37,-66,-62,-81,-81,-81,-81,-147,-138,-171,-164,-130,-81,-78,-87,-149,-111,-187,-91,-100,0,-181,0,-104,-74,-76,-50,-52,-52]} 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 7. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qd6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ne6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (56) McShane,L (2640)-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ncd2 a5 12. h3 (12. a4 {with more complications.} O-O 13. O-O Bh5 14. h3 Bb6 15. c3) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 (13. Qxf3 {keeps more tension.} O-O 14. O-O a4 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 a4 15. O-O O-O 16. Nh2 c5 17. Rf2 Ra6 18. Raf1 Rd6 19. Ng4 c4 20. Rf5 (20. dxc4 $15 h5 21. Nh2) 20... cxd3 21. cxd3 c6 ({Better is} 21... c5 $17) 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 c5 25. Ra1 Ra6 26. Rff1 Rfa8 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Qb2 b4 29. Nf2 Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Qc1 {[#]} (31. Qc2 $142) 31... Ra2 $1 $17 32. Qd1 Nf8 33. Rc1 Ne6 34. Ng4 f6 35. Qf1 ({White should try} 35. Nh2) 35... Nf8 36. Kh2 {[#]} (36. Qd1 $17) 36... Qd6 (36... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 37. Nf2 Qa3) 37. Kg1 Qa6 (37... h5 $17 38. Nh2 Qa6) 38. Kh2 $1 $19 Qd6 (38... h5 $19 39. Nf2 Qa3) 39. Kg1 $17 Ra3 40. Qd1 Ne6 41. Nh2 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 22,63,11,0,2,11,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 13. Bc3 Qd5 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. d4 Bb6 18. d5 Ne7 19. dxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Ne4 Nd5 {[#]} 21. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. g4 Rac8+ 24. Kd2 Rc6 25. Rc1 Rhc8 {½-½ (25) Kononenko,D (2501)-Orzech,D (2394) Pardubice 2007}) 21... O-O-O 22. g4 Rhf8 23. Kb1 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Ng3 Bxf2 26. Ngxf5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd5!} Bxh4 27. Nxh4 Nf4 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Ng6 Rf6 30. Rcf1 Nxh5 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 24,25,27,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. e4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. h4 Rad8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rac1 Be8 {0-1 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Artemiev,V (2691) Moscow 2017}) 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 26,100,20,10,20,0,0,0,1,2,14,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,8,8,0,8,0,5,4,4,4,25,32,26,25,25,30,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-30,-29,-31,-30,-31,-30,-30,-30,-30,-31,-32,-50,-16,-19,-19,-30,-30,-29,-29,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-38]} 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 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. h4 {[#]} (19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 19... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Nf6 20. d5 exd5 {0-1 (58) Gozzoli,Y (2598)-Bogner,S (2588) Le Castella 2018}) 20. g4 Nf6 21. Qf4 b5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 22. Ne5 Rc7 {And now ...a4 would win.} 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 {Black must now prevent g5.} Rf8 25. f3 Qd6 {next ...Rc4! is good for Black.} 26. Ng6 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Rc4 28. Bb3 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rfc8 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Kf2 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Nxe6 Bd3 35. Rb2 a4 36. Bxa4 fxe6 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Bb3 Bc4 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Rc6 45. Rb5 Nh7 46. d5 exd5 47. Rxd5 Kg7 48. f4 gxf4 {[#] ...Rc3 is the strong threat.Black is slightly better.} 49. Kf3 Nf6 50. Rg5+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 25,132,-8,-9,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,24,19,10,18,10,14,20,-54,-60,-463,-432,-436,-224,-225,-214,-210,0,-70,0,-231,-169,-217,-204,-228,-201,-194,0,-184,0,-192,-187,-150,-68,-173,-55,-59,0,-159,-66,-283,0,0,0,-245,-264,-347,-191,-202,-202,-188,-205,-217,-207,-210,-205,-283,-259,-357,-348,-482,-479,-475,-466,-541,-531,-543,-528,-589,-587,-579,-557,-818,-817,-810,-804,-772,-761,-689,-675,-1175,-1114,-1118,-1139,-1340,-1179,-1154,-1152,-2337,-2325,-2109,-2054,-4133,-2626,-2141,-1913,-4606,-4553]} 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. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2d3][%mdl 32] D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} b6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 {The position is equal.} g5 17. Nb2 Ng6 18. Nd3 {[#]} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rfe8 19. Rc3 h5 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (33) Roiz,M (2668)-Tomashevsky,E (2710) Saratov 2011}) 19. Nfe1 h5 20. Bxh5 Kg7 21. h3 Rh8 22. Bg4 (22. Rc3 $11) 22... Bxg4 $15 23. hxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Qxg4 $15 Re4 24. Qd7) 23... Rxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rc6 {Now Rxd6 and White clings on.} (24. fxe3 Bh2+) 24... Bh2+ (24... Re4 $142 25. Qf3 Qe6) 25. Kf1 Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rh8h1]} 26. Kg1 Bh2+ (26... Qxd4 $19 27. Nc2 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Qxd3 29. Nxe3 Qe4 30. Nf5+ Kf8) 27. Kf1 $15 Bg3 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} (27... Be5 $15 28. g3 Bd6) 28. Kg1 $19 Qxd4 29. Nc2 Bh2+ (29... Qxd3 30. fxe3 Qe4 31. Qd4+ Ne5 32. Qxe4 $15) 30. Kh1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Bf4+ 33. Kg1 Qxd3 34. Nxe3 Bh2+ 35. Kh1 Be5+ ({Don't do} 35... Qxb5 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Rac1 $15) (35... Qe4 $1 $19 36. Nf5+ Kf8) 36. Kg1 $15 Bh2+ (36... Qxb5 $15 37. Nf5+ Kg8) 37. Kh1 $17 Qxb5 (37... Qe4 $1 $17 38. Nf5+ Kf8) 38. Rac1 $2 (38. Nf5+ $15 Kg8 39. Rac1) 38... Bg3+ 39. Kg1 Bh2+ 40. Kh1 Ne7 41. g3 Nxc6 (41... Bxg3+ $142 42. Kg2 Qb2 43. Kxg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf3 Rh2) 42. Nf5+ $19 {[#]} Kf8 $1 {...Bxg3+ is the strong threat.} 43. Kg2 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 44. Nxg3 {[#]} (44. fxg3 d4) 44... Rh6 $1 45. Nf5 Re6 46. Qf3 Qb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Rh1 Ne7 48. Qg3 Nxf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re2 50. Qf3 {aiming for f6.} Qe5 51. f6 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Ke8 52. Rh8+ Kd7 53. Rf8 Qe6 54. Qh5 Qe4+ 55. Qf3 Qxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Rxa2 57. Rxf7+ {KR-KR} Ke6 58. Rxc7 {Strongly threatening f7.} Kxf6 59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Rxb6 Ra3+ 61. Ke2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 62. Rd6 Ke4 63. Re6+ Kd4 64. Rg6 Ra2+ 65. Kf3 a3 66. Rxg5 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 19,49,2,7,28,17,0,0,0,12,12,13,13,11,12,15,14,22,10,8,22,16,10,13,12,13,13,6,0,14,0,14,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. h4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc5 12. Ng5 {The position is equal.} h6 13. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 {½-½ (16) Kryvoruchko,Y (2711)-Banusz,T (2612) Linares 2018}) 13... Nxd3 (13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $17) 14. Qxd3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7]} hxg5 15. hxg5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 (15... g6 $2 16. Bd4 $18) 16. g6 $1 {Threatening mate with Qe2.} (16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. g4 Kf7 $17) 16... Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8g6] [#]} 17. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Rh8+! and mate.} f4 ({Inferior is} 17... Bxc5 18. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Qh7#) 18. Rde1 Bf5 ({Of course not} 18... Bxc5 $6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qf3 $16) 19. Qd1 {White wants to mate with Rh8+!} Qxg6 ({Worse is} 19... Be4 {[#]} 20. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh7#) 20. Rxe7 b6 21. Bd4 Rf7 22. Ree1 Rff8 23. Re7 {White threatens Qh5 and mate.} Rf7 24. Ree1 Rff8 25. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 14,127,50,22,18,15,1,-6,-16,-19,-8,-7,-7,0,0,-2,0,-12,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,5,13,0,22,16,12,8,54,50,50,37,25,41,63,57,81,68,53,56,47,68,56,44,44,54,45,43,34,58,48,25,50,10,47,16,53,56,53,57,47,25,125,126,108,133,118,115,120,131,132,114,144,97,95,99,192,222,204,185,171,171,173,174,165,190,421,416,416,416,416,406,506,493,402,324,2333,1959,1383,568,527,527,29977,29977,29977,29978,29984,29985,29987,29986,29988,29982]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 d5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 9. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. b3 {0-1 (39) Drygalov,S (2446)-Zvjaginsev,V (2642) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Qd7 10. Ne3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Na6 16. Nc2 Nc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $1 Qc8 22. Ne1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nb5 26. Bb4 Bf6 27. a4 Nd6 28. Ng2 Kg7 29. Rf3 Kg6 30. h4 Ne4 31. g4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} fxg4 32. Rf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd6 33. Rxg4+ Kh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 34. f3 {With the idea Bd2.} Rg8 $1 35. Nf4+ Kh6 36. Bd2 (36. Kg2 $5) 36... Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Rxg4+ 38. fxg4 Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kg6 (39... Kg8 $1 $11) 40. Bg5 $1 $16 f6 41. Nf4+ Kf7 42. Ne6 Rc8 43. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Bf4.} fxg5 44. Nxg5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg6 45. Rd3 h5 46. Kg3 b5 (46... Rc1 $16) 47. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3e6]} bxa4 48. Rxe7 axb3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 49. Re6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 50. Rxd6 {KRN-KR} Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...b2.} 51. Rd7+ ({Stronger than} 51. gxh5 b2 $11) 51... Kg6 $2 {[#]} (51... Kg8 {was called for.} 52. Ne4 b2) 52. gxh5+ $1 Kxh5 {[#]} 53. Kf4 $1 {Intending Rh7+ and mate.} Kg6 54. Nf3 Kf6 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Re6+ Kd7 $2 (56... Kd8 57. Nd2 b2) 57. Ne5+ Kc7 58. Rc6+ Kd8 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 59. Rc1 {Nc6+ would kill now.} Rb6 {[#]} 60. d6 $1 {White mates.} b2 (60... Rxd6 61. Nf7+) 61. Rb1 Ke8 62. d7+ Ke7 63. h5 a5 64. h6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 13,109,17,17,23,18,17,27,18,26,13,28,21,22,21,25,12,9,0,0,-4,0,0,7,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,35,42,18,22,35,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,39,39,39,0,0,0,40,40,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 {[#]} 16. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 16... b5 17. Qb3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rd6 {aiming for ...Rd3.} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf5 Rd3 {Hoping for ...Bxf2+!} 21. Rxa7 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nxa7 23. c4 $1 Qd2 24. Qc3 bxc4 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. Bxe5 Nc6 {[#]} (26... Nh5 $14) 27. Bxf6 (27. Nxh6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 28. Bxf6) 27... gxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Rc1 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 29. Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxf5 30. exf5 $11 {KR-KR} Rb2 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Kg3 Rb3 33. Kg4 Kg7 34. Kf4 Kf8 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Kg4 Kf8 37. Kf4 Ke8 38. Re4+ Kf8 39. Rc4 Ke8 40. Re4+ Kf8 41. Rd4 Ke7 42. Kg4 Kf8 43. Kg3 Rc3 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd5 Rc4 46. Rb5 Kf8 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. b5 Kh7 49. Rb7 {Black must now prevent b6.} Kg7 50. f4 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 h5 {The position is equal.} 52. h4 Kf8 53. b6 cxb6 54. Rxb6 Kg7 55. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,90,14,-3,11,0,0,-8,-5,-9,-4,-8,-10,-13,-8,-14,-14,-11,-27,-26,-29,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,-56,0,-8,0,-68,-40,-54,-56,-81,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,-65,-63,-64,-43,-202,-35,-50,-17,-21,-9,-129,-128,-125,-130,-126,-15,-15,-8,-9,0,0,8,8,8,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 {½-½ (37) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxa5 {[#]} 16. Re2 $146 d5 17. Bg5 {e5 is the strong threat.} dxe4 {[#]} 18. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb6 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxd8) 19. Rh4 $1 Qd6 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Bg5 (22. Ra4 $11) 22... Qd6 23. Bf4 Qd5 (23... Qe7 $11) 24. Bg5 $15 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} 25. Be3 Nb4 26. Bf1 {White wants to play Ne5.} c6 (26... Nd6 $17) 27. Ne5 $1 $11 Rxe5 $1 28. dxe5 Bxe3 29. fxe3 {Threatens to win with Qh5.} Qxe5 {Threatening ...g5.} 30. Qb3 ({Better is} 30. Bc4 $11) 30... g5 $15 31. Qxb4 gxh4 32. Bd3 $2 (32. Qxb7 $15 Rb8 33. Qxa6) 32... Ng3 $2 (32... Nc5 $19 33. Qg4+ Kh8) 33. Re1 $1 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 34. Qxb7 Rd8 35. Qxa6 (35. Bxa6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rd2 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Qg6 38. b3) 35... Qxb2 $17 36. Qc4 {aiming for Bxh7+!} Qd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Bxh7+ {[#]} Kh8 (37... Kg7 $1 $17 38. Qg4+ Kh8) 38. Rb1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxe3+ 39. Kh2 Qf2 40. Bc2 Ne2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black is not holding back} 41. Rf1 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxf1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf1g1]} 42. Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf1g1]} 43. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf1g1]} 44. Qxd8+ Kg7 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf1g1]} 45. Qg5+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 22,179,24,21,46,35,48,59,94,67,78,75,84,90,88,71,72,60,47,44,85,67,80,25,20,27,35,26,48,39,41,35,38,41,45,30,30,30,25,21,35,21,120,120,123,116,116,122,119,117,117,118,118,122,119,125,166,166,164,174,163,160,152,74,86,93,93,83,93,93,93,93,177,110,176,176,176,176,162,43,44,44,86,100,212,212,212,212,284,275,270,284,364,363,361,361,447,447,410,445,409,350,435,428,420,406,417,417,417,416,408,390,366,297,297,297,488,481,481,410,1036,1018,836,665,1060,1015,846,694,1447,1447,1447,1447,29963,29967,29962,640,29961,29962,29962,29964,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29974,29974,29975,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29976,29977,29975,29971,29991,29990]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. O-O {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Ne7 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} (11. Na3 c5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne1 a6 14. Be2 Rb8 15. a4 Nc8 16. a5 Re8 17. Qc2 Qe7 {1-0 (54) Van Wely,L (2695)-Degraeve,J (2591) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} c5 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qc7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qd3 g5 17. Bh5 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (60) Deglmann,L (2402)-Medvegy,Z (2522) Austria 2011}) 13... f5 14. Bd3 f4 15. Nf3 Nc8 16. Re1 Qe7 17. b4 cxb4 18. e5 dxe5 {[#]} 19. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb6 (19... exd4 20. Rxe7) 20. Ne6 {aiming for Qb3.} Rfc8 21. Qb3 {Threatens to win with c5.} Nd7 $1 22. Qxb4 (22. Be4 $16) 22... Qxb4 $11 23. Rxb4 b6 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rb3 Bf8 26. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bd6 27. Kg2 Rab8 28. Kf3 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nf6 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Kg2 Rfe8 (31... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Rf1 $16 Kg7 33. Be4 Re7 34. Bc2 e4 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. dxe6 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Bc5 37. g4 {Hoping for g5.} h6 38. h4 {Black must now prevent g5.} Rd8 {And now ...Rd2+ would win.} 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Bxd1 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Be2 (42. Rh3 $142) 42... Kf8 {[#]} 43. Rb1 $1 Ke7 44. Rf1 Kxe6 45. Rf5 Be3 46. c5 b5 (46... bxc5 $16 {might work better.} 47. Bc4+ (47. Bxa6 Nxg4 48. Bc8+ Kd6 $16) 47... Ke7) 47. c6 (47. Bd1 $18) 47... Bf4 (47... Ne8 $16 48. Bd1 Kd6) 48. Bd1 Ne8 49. Bc2 e3 {[#]} 50. Kf3 ({White should play} 50. Rf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8e8]} Ke7 51. Rg8) 50... Kd6 $1 $14 51. Be4 Nc7 52. Ke2 Ne6 (52... Ke6 $16 53. Kd3 Kd6) 53. Rd5+ $18 Ke7 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Bc2 Nc7 56. Bb3 a5 57. Rf7+ Kg6 {and if ...a4 works, Black does fine.} 58. Rf5 a4 59. Bc2 Kg7 60. Bd3 Ne6 {With the idea ...Nd4+.} 61. Rd5 b4 62. Bc4 Nc7 63. Ra5 b3 64. axb3 axb3 65. Bxb3 Kf6 66. Bd5 Ke7 67. Bf3 Kd6 68. Kd3 Ke6 $2 (68... Ne6 69. Rd5+ Kc7 70. Rd7+ Kb6) 69. Kc4 Kd6 70. Ra3 Ke6 (70... Ne6 $142 71. Rd3+ Ke5 72. Rd5+ Kf6) 71. Rd3 Kf6 72. Rd1 Ke5 73. Rd7 Kf6 74. Kc5 Ne6+ 75. Kb6 Be5 76. c7 Bxc7+ 77. Rxc7 Nd4 78. Rc5 (78. Rc8 $142 Nxf3 79. Rf8+ Ke5 80. Rxf3 Kd4 81. Rf1 Kd5 82. Kc7 Ke4 83. Kd6) 78... e2 {[#]} 79. Bxe2 $1 {White mates.} Nxe2 {KR-KN} 80. Rf5+ Kg6 81. Kc5 Nf4 82. Kd4 Ng2 83. Ke4 Nh4 84. Rf2 Kg7 85. Ke5 Kg6 86. Ke6 Kg7 87. Rf7+ Kg6 88. Rf8 Kg7 89. Ra8 Kh6 90. Kf6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 10,69,24,31,41,43,42,49,57,65,55,55,63,51,64,19,29,34,35,44,107,41,56,53,78,0,70,77,75,63,63,57,77,73,159,150,160,172,165,166,166,138,122,83,560,556,605,605,605,600,591,591,760,766,747,744,2131,2077,1927,1668,1319,1301]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 {A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences} (6... g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bd2 h6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Bf1 g5 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. b4 Ng6 19. b5 a5 {0-1 (49) Ni,H (2683)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) Makati 2018}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 9. O-O Bf8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. Nc4 b6 14. e4 Ba6 $146 {[#]} (14... a6 $14) 15. b3 ({Better is} 15. Nb5 $1 $16) 15... Bxc4 $14 16. bxc4 Nd7 17. Bb2 (17. Ra3 $16) 17... g6 ({Black should play} 17... Ne5 $11) 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Bh3 Rbd8 {[#]} (21... Nf8 $142) 22. e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Keeping Black busy.} dxe5 23. Ne4 Qg7 {aiming for ...Bxb2.} 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Bxd7 $1 Rxd7 {[#]} 26. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe1+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rde7 $16 {is tougher.} 27. Rxe7 (27. Qxb4 bxc5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 $16) 27... Rxe7) (26... bxc5 27. Rxe8+) 27. Rxe1 $18 {Re8+ is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} bxc5 28. Re8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQ-KRN} 30. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 {[#]} (30... gxf5 31. Qh6+) 31. f6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxf6 32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. Qe5+ Kd8 34. d6 {[%cal Re5h8]} Rb7 35. Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 17,39,19,29,30,27,16,26,0,1,0,0,0,0,-9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} d6 {LiveBook: 64 Games} 10. a3 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. Nc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. b3 Qb8 17. Nf1 Ba6 18. Nfe3 {½-½ (44) Rodshtein,M (2678)-Fedorchuk,S (2637) Brest 2018}) 10... bxa3 11. Nxa3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rxa3 a5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. e4 Rc8 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. b3 Qe7 {1-0 (50) Fischer,J (2310)-Csonkics,T (2145) Berlin West 1986}) 11... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 12. Nb5 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qe3 Ba6 14. Na3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Rac1 Na2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rac1 Na2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rac1 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 18,207,31,27,30,11,3,-10,0,-20,-8,-24,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-45,-21,-31,-20,-14,-14,-14,-18,-18,-20,-24,0,0,0,-40,-18,-25,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,47,47,39,35,27,76,64,36,-36,-50,-75,-39,-95,-39,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,90,86,147,152,129,122,121,119,122,64,133,59,200,139,173,11,676,658,656,612,5421,689,451,74,59,63,151,9,8,8,10,8,9,8,63,10,33,0,0,0,49,51,57,34,58,14,13,10,389,362,265,369,219,238,265,328,340,17,18,18,25,25,1457,1471,3689,1345,3908,2369,1452,1487,4137,4137,4137,4137,4084,2706,1460,1092,1024,1031,1115,1106,936,690,628,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,13,13,13,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (10... Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Nd2 {½-½ (32) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2855) Bilbao 2016}) 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bf4 cxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. h4 Re8 14. Bh3 Qb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qc1 {0-1 (30) Ragger,M (2651)-Grigoriants,S (2570) Wroclaw 2014}) 13. axb3 Bb7 14. h3 Bb4 15. Na2 Be7 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Na2 Be7 18. Nh2 c5 19. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6]} e5 20. Bc1 Ne8 21. Bb2 Nd6 22. Ng4 f6 23. h4 Nb5 24. Qc4 $1 Nd6 25. Qe2 a5 26. Ne3 a4 (26... Ba6 $142 27. Qg4 c4 28. bxc4 Nc5) 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Nc3 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 29. Qg4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bc8 (30... Nb8 $11) 31. Nf5 (31. Ra7 b5 $17) 31... Nxf5 32. exf5 Bd6 $1 33. Nb5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nb8 34. h5 (34. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 35. h5 Rf7 $11) 34... Na6 35. Na7 (35. Nxd6 $14 Qxd6 36. h6) 35... Nc7 $15 36. Bc1 Qd7 37. Be4 ({White should try} 37. h6 $15) 37... Bb7 (37... Ba6 $17 38. Nc6 Kh8) 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. Rxa8+ Bxa8 40. h6 Bf8 41. hxg7 Qxg7 42. Qd1 Nb5 (42... Qd7 $11) 43. Qa4 $16 Nc3 ({Black should play} 43... Nc7) 44. Qxa8 Nxe4 45. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e6]} Qe7 {With the idea ...Qe8.} (45... Nxg3 $2 46. Ne6 $18) 46. Ne6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Kf7 47. g4 (47. Nxf8 $6 Qxf8 48. Qa4 c4 $11) (47. Qa6 $16) 47... Qd6 (47... Qe8 $1 $14 48. Qa7+ Be7) 48. f4 ({Much less strong is} 48. f3 Nc3 $14) (48. Nxf8 $16 Qxf8 49. Qa4) 48... h6 (48... Nc3 $14) 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Bb2 $2 ({Better is} 50. Nxf8 $18 Qxf8 51. Qc6) 50... Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... c4 $11) 51. Qh8 $1 $18 {[%csl LRe5,LRh6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf6 52. Qxh6 c4 {[#]} 53. g5 (53. Bxe5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qa3 (53... Qxe5 54. Qf8#) 54. Qg6+ Ke7 55. Bxf6+ Nxf6 56. Qg7+ Ke8 57. Qh8+ Kf7 58. Nd8+ Ke7 59. Nc6+ Kf7 60. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 61. Qg7+ Kd6 62. Nxc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxd5 63. Nxa3) 53... Qb4 54. Qh5+ $2 (54. Kf1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bxg5 55. Nxg5+ Nxg5 56. Bc1) 54... Ke7 $16 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 55. gxf6+ Nxf6 56. Qe2 ({White must play} 56. d6+ $1 $16 Qxd6 57. Qe2) 56... c3 $11 57. Bc1 Kd6 58. Ng5 Kxd5 59. Qa2+ Qc4 60. Qa8+ $1 Qc6 61. Qa2+ Qc4 62. Qg2+ e4 63. Ne6 Qb3 {White should prevent ...Qd1+.} 64. Qf1 c2 65. Qf2 Qc3 66. Kg2 Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Kc4 $11) 67. Qe2 $18 {Threatens to win with Qb5+.} Qf3+ 68. Qxf3 exf3+ 69. Kxf3 Ne5+ 70. Ke3 Nc4+ {[#]} 71. Kd3 $2 (71. Kf4 $1 $18) 71... b5 $1 $11 72. Nc7+ ({Not} 72. Kxc2 Ke5 $18) 72... Kc6 73. Ne8 Ne5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Kd5 $11 74. Kxc2 Ke5) 74. Kxc2 $18 Nf3 75. Kd3 Kd5 76. Bb2 Ne5+ 77. Ke2 Nc4 78. Nc7+ Kc6 79. f6 Kd7 80. Bc3 Nd6 81. Nd5 Ke6 82. Nf4+ Kf5 83. Kf3 Ne4 84. Nd5 {Intending Ne3+ and mate.} b4 85. Ne3+ $2 (85. Ke3 $18 {Threatening mate with f7.} Nd6 86. Nxb4) 85... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 86. Bxb4 ({Less strong is} 86. Kxe4 bxc3 87. Kd4 c2 $18) 86... Nxf6 87. Be1 Nd5 88. Nc2 Nf6 89. Bg3 Kd5 90. Ke3 Ke6 91. Kd4 Nh5 92. Be5 Nf6 93. Ne3 Nd7 94. Bh2 Nf6 95. Ng2 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Kf5 96. Bb8 {Strongly threatening Nf4.} Ke6 97. Nh4 {Black must now prevent Ng2.} Nd7 98. Bc7 {Hoping for Ng2.} Nf6 99. Nf3 Kf5 100. Kd3 {And now Nd4+ would win.} Ke6 101. Bd8 Ne8 102. Kd4 {aiming for Bb6.} Nf6 103. Bxf6 Kxf6 104. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 26,59,24,8,8,0,6,0,29,20,22,17,20,10,39,0,0,0,-7,-28,318,326,323,323,310,302,438,437,432,426,422,421,499,285,499,487]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Qf6 (15... Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 16. d5 e5 {The position is equal.} 17. h3 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc5 18. Re3 Rfc8 19. Ne1 Ba6 20. Ba4 Qd6 21. Bc6 Nb8 22. Ba4 Nd7 23. Bc6 Nb8 24. Ba4 {½-½ (24) Sochacki,W (2281)-Dal Borgo,A (2182) Paris 2014}) 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Re3 Rc7 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Rf3 Qd6 22. Nf1 Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Bd7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 23. dxe6 $18 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 ({Weaker is} 24. Nxd2 Rxc2 25. e7 Re8 $11) 24... Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rxc2 {KRB-KRN} (25... Bxe6 $142 26. Bb3 Bxb3) 26. e7 {[%cal Re7e8] [#]} Bd7 27. Rd3 Be8 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 28. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} f6 {And now ...Kf7 would win.} 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 24,78,-13,-14,-8,-53,-54,-61,-66,-48,-43,-87,-25,-37,-16,-56,-52,-59,-51,-43,-45,-70,-70,-87,-98,-93,-62,-68,-70,-79,-89,-86,-87,-83,-35,-50,-45,-39,-13,-39,-13,-27,-27,-27,-49,-32,-33,-318,-287,-282,-260,-651,-620,-8755,-10993,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. g4 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Bb7 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (13... c4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. b3 cxb3 16. cxb3 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qd2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {1-0 (30) Cubas,J (2472)-Matsuura,E (2492) Florianopolis 2018}) 14. Qe1 c4 15. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Ra8 16. Ned4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qa8 19. Nb5 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {½-½ (21) Iturbide Arnedo,O (2125)-Perez Toledo,A (1553) Las Palmas 2017}) 15... cxd3 {Black is slightly better.} 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nc5 ({Better is} 17... b3 $17) 18. Be3 $11 Nb3 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qf2 e5 24. Nf1 Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 25. Kh2 Rfc8 26. Ne3 {[#]} Nc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. d4 (27. Nxc2 Qxf2) 27... Nxe3 ({Don't play} 27... Nxd4 $6 28. Nd5 $11) 28. Qxe3 Rc4 29. f5 $1 exd4 30. Qh6 {[#] White wants to mate with f6.} Qd8 31. Rd2 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] next ...Rbc8 is good for Black. Black has some pressure.} 32. Rbd1 Rbc8 33. g5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 {f6 would kill now.} Kh8 {And now ...Rc1 would win.} 35. f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 35. Rf2 $1 $15 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 38. Bxf1 Qxe4+ 39. Bg2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1) 35... Rg8 $19 36. b3 Rcc8 37. Rxd4 $2 (37. Ra2 Rc6 38. Qh4) 37... Be2 38. Rd5 Qg3 39. Rg1 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 15,89,35,27,16,32,29,18,23,37,33,41,31,32,14,25,21,18,18,18,22,22,13,10,18,32,0,0,0,0,-20,-17,-48,-62,-92,-75,-85,-72,-106,-100,-89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,159,114,116,117,29976,119,100,100,77,0,0,0,29976,1422,1322,1287,1039,1057,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. h3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 9... Bf8 10. c4 Bd7 11. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Nbd7 {[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4) 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. b4 Ne6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nd7 20. Nce2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 b5 22. Ng3 c5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Ba1 Nb6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Nc4 $1 ({Weaker is} 26... Rxa3 27. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 28. Nxg7 $16) 27. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Bxg7!} Rxa3 (27... f6 $17 28. Qd1 Ra7) 28. Rxa3 $11 Nxa3 29. Qb2 {[%cal Rf5g7]} c4 {And now ...f6 would win.} 30. Nxg7 Rc8 31. Nf5 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rb2h8]} c3 32. Qc1 {Strongly threatening Qg5+.} Kh8 33. Qg5 Qe5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 34. Re3 {aiming for Rg3.} b4 $1 {...f6 is the strong threat.} 35. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg5g8]} Bc5 $2 ({Better is} 35... Bg7 $1 $11) 36. Nh6 $40 {[%cal Rh6f7][%mdl 192] Discovered Attack. White wants a kill.} Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Qd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qxg5 $16 38. Rxg5 Rf8) 38. Kf3 $2 (38. Ke2 {mates} Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Qd4+ 40. Re3 Rf8 41. Qe7 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd8 43. Qxd8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd8 44. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 45. Nxd8) 38... Qd1+ $16 {[#]} 39. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Qd2+ 40. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Kg4 $16 Qxg5+ 41. Kxg5) 40... Qd1+ 41. Kf2 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Qd4+ 42. Qe3 (42. Ke2 $142 Qc4+ 43. Kf2 Qd4+) 42... Qxe3+ $18 43. Kxe3 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Rf8 44. Kd4 {Intending Ke5 and mate.} f6 45. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 23,67,-2,0,-10,0,-22,-25,-35,-20,-34,0,0,0,7,14,11,116,145,224,229,338,318,388,383,381,373,338,367,347,339,343,285,507,495,482,477,541,534,770,764,960,960,29968,29969,6283,5916]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Re8 9. Qc2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} h5 10. Be3 Nd7 (10... Qa5 11. O-O h4 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 {½-½ (121) Savchenko,B (2562)-Nakamura,H (2746) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. O-O-O g6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Kb1 f5 15. Nd2 Be6 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf3) 16... b5 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bf4 Bg5 (19... Bd6 $11 20. Bxd6 Qxd6) 20. Be5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh1h8]} f6 {[#]} (20... f5 $16) 21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g5]} (21. Bxg6 fxe5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 $11) 21... gxf3 (21... fxe5 $142 22. fxg5 Qd5) 22. Nxf3 fxe5 23. Bxg6 Qf6 {[#]} 24. Be4 $1 {[%cal Bg6e4,Be4f3,Bf3c6][%mdl 32]} Bg4 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 ({And not} 25... Bxd1 26. Qxd1 Re7 27. Rf1 $18) 26. Rdg1 Kf7 {[#]} 27. Bf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf5 $2 (27... Qf5 {might work better.} 28. Bxg4 Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2 exd4 30. Bh5+ Ke7 31. Re1+ Ne6) (27... Bxf3 28. Rxg5) 28. Rxg5 Bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 exd4 30. Bxc6 Re2+ 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. Bxa8 dxc3 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Rg7+ {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 18,77,58,42,104,107,108,123,129,141,141,148,156,164,133,120,117,119,179,179,191,187,187,187,388,379,406,335,399,402,433,431,424,266,572,572,736,643,627,868,792,865,828,844,855,828,760,632,840,821,1484,1455,1371,1059,1145,1143,1100,1124,1124,1100,1598,1405]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 a5 {[#] B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (10... Nxd4 $14 11. Bxd4 Bc6) (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 {1-0 (43) Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 11. Ndb5 $1 $16 a4 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Qa5 13. f4 Rfc8 14. Qe1 Qd8 15. Qf2 Qf8 16. Rad1 Na5 17. e5 Ne8 18. c5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 dxe5 20. Nxa4 exf4 21. Bxf4 {1-0 (32) Vega Gutierrez,S (2390)-Chernyak,V (2186) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Qa5 {White is better.} 13. f4 Rfc8 14. Qe1 Be8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Bg4 {And now Bxd7 would win.} Nb4 17. Qe2 Ra6 (17... Rc6 $16) 18. Rfd1 $18 Qd8 19. e5 h5 20. Bf3 Rb8 $2 (20... dxe5 {keeps fighting.} 21. Bxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re6) 21. exd6 exd6 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nxd6 Qe7 24. c5 Nf6 25. Bf2 Bf8 $2 (25... Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Raa8) 26. Bh4 {White is clearly winning.} Raa8 27. Nde4 Nxe4 28. Bxe7 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxe7 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bc6 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Re3 Ra5 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Rd7 Nd5 36. Rxd5 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 {Intending Rd8 and mate.} cxd5 38. c6 Rc5 {[#]} 39. Qxc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 26,82,32,28,22,7,34,10,14,15,52,65,48,48,27,42,29,-36,-36,-40,-56,-80,-66,-75,-60,-62,-62,-77,-24,-72,-62,-64,0,0,0,-13,0,0,56,-98,-65,-383,-420,-1035,-740,-958,-943,-1685,-1656,-2634,-2509,-2860,-2711,-1910,-1331,-1388,-1227,-1308,-1180]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 h6 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (14... Bd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. a3 Kh8 18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb1 Bc6 22. Qd3 {1-0 (42) Spraggett,K (2595)-Oms Pallisse,J (2461) Barcelona 2012}) 15. a3 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Kh8 16. Bc2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Be3 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf2 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxf2 {1-0 (23) Benitez Galeano,A (1871)-De Araujo,M (1661) Cali 2015}) 16. Bc2 Qg7 {The position is equal.} 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. b3 Ndxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nf3+!} 20. Bb2 $1 d4 21. Ne4 ({White should play} 21. Na4 $1 $11) 21... Ng6 $15 22. Nd6 e5 23. Be4 {[#]} (23. Qd3 $2 Nf4 $19) 23... Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d6]} 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. Rac1 Rcd8 (26... b6 $17) 27. a4 Qd6 28. Rc4 d3 (28... Rd7 $15) 29. f3 Rfe8 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Rec1 Ne2 ({Better is} 31... Nd4 $11 32. Rc7 Qd6 33. Rxb7 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8) 32. Rxc6 $2 (32. Rd1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 32... bxc6 $17 33. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Rd1 $1 $15) 33... Qa7 $19 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Ra7g1]} 34. Qd1 (34. Rc1 $142 Nxc1 35. Bxc1) 34... Qe3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. Rxh6 d2 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Bc2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qe1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,135,12,17,8,13,3,8,1,16,12,39,16,40,37,39,37,37,37,34,36,43,36,41,42,68,52,61,61,63,62,60,54,54,58,61,59,55,37,44,19,64,17,17,10,22,0,4,4,24,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,47,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,8,22,29,47,47,72,48,49,46,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,12,12,12,13,0,13,13,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Nde3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} 18. a3 $146 h5 19. b4 h4 20. gxh4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 22. e3 Rd8 23. Bxb7 Bxh4 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. Rc5 Kf8 26. Be4 a6 27. f4 Bb5 28. Rc7 (28. Bc6 {is more complex.} Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Be2+ 31. Kg3) 28... Bxe5 29. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. Rc3 Rd1 33. Bf3 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Bh5 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Ra1 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Ra1 42. h3 Ra2 43. Kg4 Rg2+ 44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Bg4 Be2+ 46. Ke4 {Threatens to win with Bxe2.} Bf1 47. Kf3 Bg2+ 48. Kg3 Bf1 (48... Kg6 {looks sharper.} 49. h4 Bd5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Bd1 Rg2+) 49. Bf3 Bb5 50. h4 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 f6 52. Be4 {Strongly threatening Rc7+.} fxe5 53. Kg5 {aiming for Rc7+.} Kf7 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Kf6 Rxa3 56. Kxe6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Kd8 57. Kd6 {Hoping for Rg7.} Rxe3 58. Bd5 (58. Ra7 $5 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rc3 59. Bb7 (59. Kxe5 Rh3 $11) 59... Rd3+ 60. Bd5 $14 (60. Kxe5 Rd7 $11)) 58... Re1 59. Rg7 Rd1 60. Kxe5 Rb1 61. Kd6 {Black must now prevent Rg8+.} Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rf1 $11) 62. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8] White mates.} Bd7 63. Rxd7+ Ke8 {[#]} 64. Re7+ $1 Kf8 65. Rf7+ Ke8 66. Rf3 Rd4 67. Rb3 {[%cal Rb3b8]} Kf8 {[#]} 68. Rg3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 13,163,1,16,25,26,24,27,22,31,17,19,22,37,19,22,22,16,9,15,0,7,2,17,17,43,43,44,39,51,44,51,51,43,45,51,46,52,52,52,52,52,51,53,43,52,52,52,52,52,51,60,51,51,0,59,51,51,51,60,62,73,73,73,73,81,75,81,81,127,81,127,118,127,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,85,98,84,105,98,98,98,98,0,103,98,98,98,102,102,103,0,98,0,111,98,99,99,111,111,111,111,118,109,112,80,80,73,102,62,67,45,45,45,81,81,90,90,136,136,143,143,149,81,81,81,91,91,94,76,98,98,98,98,99,0,99,99,141,148,5057,1885,1660,1238]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Re1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Nh4 Be6 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bh6 Qxb3 16. axb3 {0-1 (62) Artemiev,V (2709)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Qc8 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qc2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bh3 11. Bh1 Nbd7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 {½-½ (17) Petersen,T (2301)-Brinck Claussen,B (2262) Denmark 2010}) 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 f6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Kg2 Qf7 21. Be4 Bh6 22. Rf3 Qe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bg5 26. h4 Be7 27. a3 Kg7 28. h5 Bg5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. b4 Be7 31. a4 Bg5 32. Qd3 Be7 33. Qd1 Bg5 34. Qe2 Be7 35. Qd3 Qd6 36. Qe3 b6 37. Qf3 c5 38. b5 Bg5 39. Qg4 Qe7 40. c4 Qf6 41. Qc8 Qf7 {[#]} 42. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 43. Qxc5 a4 44. Qb4 Be7 45. Qxa4 Bc5 46. Qc2 Qf6 47. Qd2 Bd4 48. Bf3 Qe7 49. Qe2 Qc5 50. Be4 Qf8 51. Qc2 Qd6 52. Qd2 Qf6 $1 53. Qe1 Qd6 54. Bf3 Qe6 55. Bd5 Qf6 56. Be4 Qd6 $1 57. Qe2 Qf8 $1 58. Bd3 Qf6 59. Bc2 Bb6 60. Qd2 Bd4 61. Be4 Qf8 62. f3 Qe7 63. Qc1 Bb6 64. Qd1 Bd4 65. f4 Qf6 66. Qg4 {aiming for f5.} exf4 $1 67. gxf4 Kh6 68. Kf3 Bb6 69. Bd3 Qd6 70. Qg5+ Kg7 71. Qe5+ Qf6 {[#]} 72. Be4 (72. Ke4 $142 $1) 72... Bd4 $16 73. Qc7+ Kh6 74. Qc6 Kg7 75. c5 Be5 76. Qd7+ Kh6 77. Qh3+ Kg7 78. Qd7+ Kh6 79. Qg4 {And now Bxg6! would win.} Bb8 80. Bd3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (80... Kg7 $16 81. f5 g5) 81. Qh3+ $18 Kg7 82. Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 13,158,14,22,-9,-10,-10,-2,-8,-18,-14,-12,-22,-19,-39,-36,-45,-48,-52,-53,-45,-39,-35,-34,-65,-64,-70,-69,-65,-57,-96,-96,-96,-90,-96,-81,-79,-79,-86,-84,-131,-131,-131,-131,-155,-131,-126,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,0,-116,-116,-116,-66,-133,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-137,-142,-141,-114,-131,-129,-143,-27,-27,-27,-27,-28,-33,-27,-27,-27,-137,-100,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-138,-1212,-1205,-933,-837,-2445,-2345,-5591,-5034,-29958,-29960,-29958,-29961,-29966,-29962,-29964,-29965,-29964,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29969,-29966,-29968,-29968,-29958,-29965,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29969,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29977,-29974,-29982,-29983,-29986,-263]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. e4 {½-½ (45) Yu,Y (2751)-Sargissian,G (2672) Riadh 2017}) 8... cxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. Qd1 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 {½-½ (25) Marszalek,M (2402)-Grabarczyk,M (2462) Wroclaw 2007}) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Qb1 Qc6 20. e3 Ra4 21. Bf1 {And now Bb5 would win.} Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qc2 Qc4 24. e4 b5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Be3 h6 27. Qe2 Ra3 28. Qc2 Ra4 29. Bc1 a6 30. a3 h5 31. h4 Qf3 32. Bb2 g6 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Bb2 Be7 35. Bc1 $1 Rc4 36. Bb2 Qg4 37. Qd1 (37. a4 $15) 37... Qe4 38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Ra1 Qd5 40. Qc2 Kf8 41. Qd1 Ke8 42. Qc2 Bd6 43. Qd1 Kd7 44. Qc2 Qf3 45. Bc1 f5 46. Bb2 f4 47. Qxg6 fxg3 48. Rf1 gxf2+ ({Better is} 48... Qe2 $17 49. Qf7+ Be7) 49. Rxf2 $11 Qg3+ 50. Qxg3 Bxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 51. Rf7+ Kc6 52. Rh7 Bxh4 53. Rxh5 (53. Kf1 $11) 53... Be7 $17 54. Kf2 Bxa3 55. Bxa3 Rxa3 {KR-KR} 56. Rc5+ Kb6 $1 57. Rc8 {[#]} Kb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7c8]} 58. Rc5 {[#]} Ra4 $1 59. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Re5 $17) 59... Rf4+ $19 60. Ke3 Rf5 61. c4 bxc4 62. Rxc4 Rxd5 63. Rb4+ Kc6 {Black mates.} 64. Rb8 a5 65. Re8 e5 66. Ke4 Rc5 67. Kd3 Kb5 68. Rb8+ Ka4 69. Rb1 Ka3 70. Rb8 a4 71. Rb7 Ka2 72. Kd2 Rc4 73. Rb8 e4 74. Rb7 Ka3 75. Rb8 Rb4 76. Rc8 Ka2 77. Kc2 Rb2+ 78. Kc1 e3 79. Rc3 Rb1+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 9,111,25,46,58,63,36,51,41,44,39,42,39,39,52,49,45,52,50,75,42,55,23,29,29,29,24,39,25,30,32,25,32,38,29,25,28,39,11,17,15,16,16,31,25,26,19,16,4,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1214,1020,29946,11196,29953,10947,29976,29978,29976,12531,29981,29982,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29987,29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bh3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Na6 6. a3 c6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qc2 e4 9. f3 Nf6 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 {½-½ (23) Giri,A (2762)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 6. dxe5 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} dxe5 7. Qxd8+ (7. e4 {looks sharper.} Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bb4 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Kc2) 7... Bxd8 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 9. Bg5 fxe4 10. Bxc8 Nxc8 11. Bxd8 Kxd8 12. Nxe4 Nb6 13. b3 N8d7 14. Nf3 Kc7 15. O-O-O {aiming for Nfg5.} Rae8 16. Rhe1 Rhf8 17. Re3 Re7 18. Rde1 a5 19. R1e2 Nc8 20. Rd3 Nf6 21. Nfd2 Nb6 22. Kc2 Nbd7 23. f3 Nxe4 (23... Nh5 {seems wilder.} 24. a3 g6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ng7) 24. Nxe4 Nf6 25. Nd2 g5 26. Rde3 Nd7 27. a3 h6 28. c5 Rfe8 29. Nc4 Nxc5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Ne6 33. Kd3 b5 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kd6 36. Nf7+ Kd5 37. Nxh6 Nd4 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Nf3 40. Ng4 {Hoping for Ne3+.} c5 $1 41. bxc5 Kxc5 42. Ke4 Nh4 43. Ne5 Kd6 44. Nf3 Ng6 45. h4 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} b4 46. h5 Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Ne7 $11) 47. Nd4 $18 Kc5 {[#]} 48. h6 $1 Kd6 {[#]} 49. Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Kd5 50. Nb3 Kc4 51. Nc1 (51. Na1 $142 Kc3 52. Kf6 Kb2 53. Kg7 Ne6+ 54. Kf7 Nxf4 55. h7 Kxa1 56. h8=Q+ Kb1 57. Qh1+ Ka2 58. Qh2+ Ng2 59. Qxg2+ Ka1 60. Qf1+ Kb2 61. Qc4) 51... Kd4 52. Kf6 {White mates.} Ke3 53. Kf7 Nh7 54. Kg7 Kd2 55. Nb3+ Kc3 56. Na5 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 22,60,18,6,6,0,0,0,14,10,18,9,23,22,19,20,19,0,12,10,12,21,12,10,25,0,19,0,18,18,17,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. d3 Ne6 (11... h6 12. b3 Ne6 13. Ng3 Nd4 14. Bb2 Be6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 a5 19. Qe2 Ra6 20. a4 {½-½ (22) Ghaem Maghami,E (2557)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2679) Germany 2012}) 12. Neg5 Nd4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 13. Bf4 h6 14. Ne4 Kh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. a4 a5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. f3 c5 18. b3 Qd5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qf2 {½-½ (30) Vecek,M (2331)-Isigkeit,H (2383) ICCF email 2012}) 15. b3 Be6 16. a4 a5 (16... Qd7 {feels hotter.} 17. a5 Kg8 18. Nfd2 Rad8 19. Nc3 Ra8) 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qf3 Bd5 19. h4 Qd7 20. Qg3 Qf5 21. f3 Qd7 22. Re2 c5 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Nc4 Rc6 25. Rae1 Qf5 26. Qh2 Qd7 27. Qg3 Qf5 {The position is equal.} 28. Qh2 Qd7 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. Qh2 Qd7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 14,66,31,12,19,14,17,0,11,0,37,44,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,-18,-20,-18,-17,-17,-17,-18,-15,-45,-49,-84,-86,-114,-103,-143,-145,-546,-543,-565,-565,-565,-560]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. b4 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 {½-½ (38) Aronian,L (2767)-Carlsen,M (2842) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd4 Ng6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Qf3 Ne5 {½-½ (18) Golubev,R (2340)-Simantsev,M (2465) Kolomna 2016}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Be6 16. Qb3 Bb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bd2 Ba5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Re8 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. Re5 {[%cal Re5d5]} Qd7 23. Ne1 Nb6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Nd3 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Qc2 Nc4 ({Reject} 28... Qxb5 $6 29. Qxc7 Qxd3 30. Qxb6 $11) 29. b6 c5 ({Don't play} 29... cxb6 $6 30. Nb4 $11) (29... Nxb6 $6 30. Qxc7 Nc4 31. Nf4 $11) 30. e6 Qxe6 ({But not} 30... fxe6 $6 31. Nf4 $11) 31. Bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Qc1 $17 {is tougher.} Nxe3 32. Qxe3) 31... Nxc5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nxc5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 23,59,24,26,20,26,17,6,7,49,0,0,0,18,6,14,7,6,10,27,24,7,0,0,-1,0,-23,13,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 h6 13. b4 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} Ne6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd5 a5 16. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxb7 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxa2 19. Bb2 Qa8 20. Rb5 Rb8 {½-½ (116) Visakh,N (2303)-Ganguly,S (2646) Kolkata 2013}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qf6 21. Qd2 h5 22. h4 Bb5 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Rb3 Rae8 25. Rbe3 {The position is equal.} c6 26. Kg1 Kg7 27. Rd1 Ba4 28. Rde1 Bb5 29. Rd1 Ba4 30. Rde1 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 23,113,33,64,49,69,54,53,56,52,17,64,13,24,-4,15,3,56,56,53,47,55,48,52,52,48,44,68,48,82,69,71,89,97,43,44,43,52,59,50,52,59,58,72,58,57,41,43,42,50,52,60,54,69,38,51,0,56,47,67,56,60,35,66,35,54,55,89,91,105,110,107,120,112,111,176,204,187,181,277,279,297,266,962,908,1542,1394,2448,2166,5001,937,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Nf7 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Bc2 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} Ncd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Qd2 {[#] White is slightly better.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Kh8 16. N3h2 Rg8 17. Ng3 h5 18. Ne2 Raf8 19. f4 Bh6 20. Nf3 g5 21. fxg5 fxg5 {0-1 (33) Sokolov,A (2645)-Salov,V (2550) Leningrad 1987}) 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Nh2 (17. h4 $14) 17... a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Qf8 ({Black should play} 19... c5 $11 20. d5 Nf4) 20. d5 $14 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bb3 Qe8 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Nf3 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Nxh6 28. Nf1 (28. h4 $16) 28... Rdc8 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Ra5 Kg7 31. Rea1 Nf7 32. Nd2 Qe8 33. Ra7 Qd8 34. R1a5 {Rxa8 is the strong threat.} Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Bd7 36. Qc3 Kf8 37. Kh2 Bb5 38. Ra5 Bd7 39. Ra7 Bb5 $1 40. Qc2 Bd7 41. Ndc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ra8 42. Ra5 Rb8 43. Qc3 Nxc4 44. Bxc4 Rb7 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Qa3 $1 f5 47. exf5 Qh4 48. Kg1 $1 Qd4 {[#]} (48... Qxb4 $16 49. Qxb4 Rxb4) 49. fxg6 $1 $18 hxg6 {[#]} 50. b5 $1 e4 (50... Qc5 {is a better defense.} 51. Qb2 Ra7) 51. Bf1 Ne5 52. Ra4 Qd2 $2 (52... Qc5 53. Qxc5 dxc5 54. Rxe4 Kf6) 53. Rxe4 Bxb5 {[#]} 54. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Bxb5 (56. Ng4 $142 Qf4 57. Nf6+ Qxf6 58. Qxf6 Bxf1 59. Qxg6+ Kf8 60. Qf6+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 62. Qxb7) 56... Qd4 57. Ng4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 18,87,14,20,17,8,4,0,5,6,1,9,20,20,25,15,56,64,90,94,112,25,21,0,46,0,12,-19,-42,-51,-41,-177,17,21,25,20,68,31,36,36,46,41,35,34,77,67,125,122,121,112,395,393,1178,1041,1027,983,1148,912,896,869,2613,2613,1383,572,1186,1168,7512,7512,29990,29979,5318,5306]} 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. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 c6 15. c3 Be4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... d5 18. Nd2 {½-½ (90) Harikrishna,P (2733)-Balogh,C (2625) Czech Republic 2019}) 18. Bf4 d5 {[#]} 19. Nd2 (19. Rd1 $1 $16) 19... Bf5 $11 20. Bb5 {Hoping for Bc6.} Qe7 (20... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 21. Bg3 Nd6 $11) 21. Nb3 c4 22. Na5 Qe2 23. Bc6 Rd8 $1 24. Qb5 {[#]} (24. Nb7 $15 Rc8 25. Bxd5) 24... Nd6 $2 (24... Bh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f2]} 25. Bg3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Nf6) 25. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 26. Bxd5 Rb6 27. Qxc4 (27. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 28. Qxf5 $16) 27... Rxb2 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 29. Qc5+ Kxf7 30. Qxf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qc2 31. Qd7+ Kf8 ({Better is} 31... Kg6 $14 32. Rf1 Rb1) 32. Qc8+ $16 Kf7 33. Rf1 Qxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rb1 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. Qc4+ Kg6) 34. Nc4 $18 Rc2 $2 (34... Rb4) 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Nd6 {Intending Qf5+ and mate.} Kh6 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Ne3 Rc1 39. Qe8+ Kh6 40. g3 ({Weaker is} 40. Nf5+ Kg5 $16) (40. Ng4+ $142 Kg5 41. f4+ Kf5 42. Ne3+ Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 43. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1) 40... Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 g6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. g4+ Kg5 {[#]} 44. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 24,64,24,25,36,36,54,21,31,34,39,1,7,0,57,24,14,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-18,-8,-14,-27,-10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} Qb6 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. f3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Rc6 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 h6 {0-1 (29) Svane,R (2595)-Vidit,S (2711) Douglas 2018}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {LiveBook: 30 Games} Be7 14. c4 g5 {[#]} 15. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bb4+ {1-0 (59) Paravyan,D (2603)-Smirnov,T (2324) Kolomna 2018}) 15... f6 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 (17. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qxb3 18. axb3 $11) 17... gxh4 18. Rxh4 Qb4+ (18... Qxb3 $11 19. axb3 a5) 19. Kf2 a5 20. Rc1 Qxb3 21. axb3 Ba3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. e4 Bg6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bb5+ Ke7 26. Bc6 Rac8 27. exd5 Rhd8 28. Rhh1 exd5 29. Rhc1 Bd2 30. Rc5 Bb4 {The position is equal.} 31. Rcc1 Bd2 32. Rc5 Bb4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 21,105,10,24,21,26,26,29,25,23,24,19,22,27,16,19,13,13,13,16,16,25,0,24,20,20,28,17,25,27,29,22,0,6,9,14,0,8,6,36,40,35,30,66,66,61,61,74,54,47,18,64,58,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,39,61,13,19,15,14,0,0,0,68,18,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-154]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 {C69: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation with 5 0-0 f6} Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. a4 {White has an edge.} Ne7 15. a5 Kb7 (15... Ng6 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. b3 g6 19. h3 Be7 {½-½ (32) Nakamura,H (2746)-Anand,V (2773) Kolkata 2018}) 16. axb6 cxb6 17. f3 f5 18. Rd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8 {Threatening Bg5.} Kc7 20. Rd1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nc8 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Ne6+ Kb7 24. Rf1 Bd7 25. Nxg7 {½-½ (25) Gomila Marti,S (2273)-Nenciulescu,S (2263) ICCF email 2013}) 22. Nf4 Be7 23. Ncd5+ Bxd5 $1 24. Nxd5+ Kc6 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Bf4 Ng6 27. Rd6+ Kb5 28. Bg5 Re8 29. Bd8 Rxe4 30. Rxb6+ Kc4 31. Kf2 Rd4 32. Bg5 Rd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Rf5+.} 33. Be3 Ne5 34. h3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. Re6 h5 36. Ke2 a4 37. Bd2 (37. Bf4 $1 $14 Nd7 38. Ra6) 37... Kb5 $1 38. Bc3 Nc4 39. Rg6 a3 40. b3 Nb2 41. Rxg7 Rd1 42. Ra7 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra5+.} Rc1 43. Kd2 Rd1+ 44. Ke3 {Strongly threatening Ra5+.} Rc1 $1 45. Kd2 Rd1+ 46. Ke2 ({White should play} 46. Ke3 $11 Rc1 47. Kd2 (47. Rxa3 Rxc2 48. Bf6 Nd1+ 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Ke5 Re2+ 51. Kd6 Nf2 $11)) 46... Rc1 $14 47. Ra5+ Kb6 48. Kd2 Rd1+ $1 {The position is equal.} 49. Ke2 $1 Rg1 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Ke2 Rg1 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Ke4 $2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 79%.} ({Better is} 53. Ke2 $11 Rg1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 25,112,8,14,0,12,0,16,0,13,0,8,1,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-22,26,18,17,14,36,6,39,0,0,0,0,-29,-34,-59,-53,-64,-61,-93,-91,-229,-117,-245,-247,-241,-211,-224,-245,-196,-243,-233,-232,-229,-238,-229,-222,-371,-353,-357,-359,-507,-496,-496,-487,-581,-547,-1290,-1244,-1302,-1354,-1231,-1007,-2608,-2062,-1745,-1540]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 b5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11... O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 Qe7 18. f4 Rfe8 19. hxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (33) Wojtaszek,R (2738)-Yilmaz,M (2619) Batumi 2018 CBM 184 [Wojtaszek,R]}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 {LiveBook: 16 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bf2 Rc8 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Bd6 18. f5 Nh5 19. Ne2 Qf6 {½-½ (30) Arounopoulos,S (2345)-Woznica,M (2342) ICCF email 2015}) 14... a5 15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Na4 c5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Bf1 h5 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Bh4 Nh7 26. Qf2 Bf8 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bc7 Qa7 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bd6 Qb6 31. Bc5 Qb8 32. Bd3 Qe5 33. Nb3 Qxb2 34. Qxb2 Bxb2 35. Rc2 Bc3 36. Nxa5 Nf8 37. Nb3 Ne6 38. Bd6 Ba4 39. Re2 {[#]} (39. h4 $17) 39... Rd8 ({Black should try} 39... Bxb3 $1 $19 40. axb3 Rd8) 40. Bg3 (40. Be7 $17 {was the only defense.} Re8 41. Bd6) 40... h4 $19 41. Be1 Bxb3 42. axb3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3,Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...dxe3.} 43. Kf1 Nc5 44. Bc4 d3 45. Rd2 Bxd2 46. Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Nd7 47. Bd5 (47. Ke1 $142 h3 48. gxh3) 47... Ne5 48. Be4 Kg7 49. h3 (49. Kf2 {is a better defense.} Nd7 50. Bd5) 49... Nd7 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Bd5 Nb6 51. Be4 Nd5 52. Bxd3 Nc3 53. Bxc3+ bxc3 54. Ke2 Kf6 55. b4 Ke5 56. b5 Rd6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 17,108,25,39,0,0,0,46,41,33,25,24,26,35,21,34,-1,11,-40,-25,-45,-10,-10,-10,-28,-20,-27,-21,-16,-33,-31,-22,-16,-49,-68,-26,-65,-72,-48,-14,-34,0,0,0,0,-8,-18,0,0,0,0,22,14,14,14,14,16,43,43,43,30,43,43,43,10,43,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 b4 8. Na4 O-O 9. d4 d6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 10. d5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nf5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Ba1 a5 {1-0 (44) Erdos,V (2658)-Zhigalko,S (2694) Warsaw 2013}) 12... Re8 13. cxd5 Bf8 14. Re1 a5 15. e4 Nbd7 16. Nb2 Nb6 17. Bf4 ({White should try} 17. f3 $11) 17... Bc8 $15 18. Qc2 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. h3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Kf1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rd2 Kh7 (27... a4 $5) 28. Nd1 $1 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Ne3 Kg6 31. g4 Kf6 32. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ke5 33. h5 Rg8 34. Ke2 f5 35. gxf5 Rh8 {[#]} 36. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf4 (36... Rxh6 37. Ng4+) 37. Rd1 Rxh6 38. Rg1 Rf6 39. Rg6 Nd7 40. Rg4+ Ke5 41. Rg7 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Re6 Nd7 $1 ({Wrong is} 43... Nxd5 $2 44. Nxd5 Rxf5 45. Ne3 $18) 44. Kd2 c4 $1 45. bxc4 a4 46. Kc2 Kc5 47. Rxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Re7.} Rh6 48. Ng4 Rh3 $1 49. Re7 b3+ $1 50. axb3 axb3+ 51. Kb2 Nb6 52. Ne3 Nxc4+ 53. Kxb3 {Black must now prevent Rc7+.} Nxe3 54. fxe3 {aiming for Ka4.} Rf3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 17,76,-15,-15,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-118,-118,-118,-118,-121,-70,-225,-223,-294,-316,-321,-317,-288,-303,-303,-254,-458,-506,-510,-483,-499,-445,-515,-501,-658,-639,-900,-838,-920,-819,-1479,-1544,-1248,-1210,-4718,-4906,-4614,-4514,-1807,-1658]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 {C45: Scotch Game} (10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qf3 f5 15. Nc3 exf4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4+ fxe4 18. Rxf4 {½-½ (35) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... d6 (10... Nb4 {is more complex.} 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nd2 O-O) 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 {The position is equal.} Bg7 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4.} 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} (14. dxc6 $2 Bb5 $19) 14... Bxa1 15. Rc1 (15. dxc7 cxd5 16. Rd1 Kd7 $17) 15... O-O-O {[#]} 16. Rxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 c5 17. Bxc5 Kb7 {½-½ (43) Jones,G (2665)-L'Ami,E (2605) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 16... Rd7 17. Bc5 Re8+ 18. Kd3 $1 Re5 19. Na3 (19. Kc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Rxd5+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Nb5 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Be5 ({Black should play} 21... Rc2+ $17 22. Kb4 Be5 23. dxc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. Nxc7 Kxc7) 22. a4 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 22. b4 $1 $15) 22... Kb7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb7c6]} ({Weaker is} 22... Bxh2 23. g3 $16) 23. dxc7 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rc2+ ({Not} 23... Bxc7 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. Nxc7 $14) 24. Kb4 {[%cal Rc7c8] [#]} a5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kxa5 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Bxc7+ 26. Rxc7+ Rxc7 27. Nxc7 $2 (27. Be3 Re7 28. g3) 27... Rxc5+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KR-KN. Black is clearly winning.} 28. Nb5 Rc2 29. Nd6+ Kc6 30. Nxf7 Rxf2 31. Ne5+ Kb7 32. Nd3 Rxg2 33. b4 Rxh2 34. b5 Rh5 35. Kb4 Rh4+ 36. Ka5 Rc4 37. Ne5 Rd4 38. Nc6 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 15,121,0,0,0,14,17,22,12,8,8,12,12,6,13,14,0,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,11,14,17,29,28,27,20,43,18,19,18,18,15,27,13,19,19,26,26,43,50,43,33,47,45,49,49,62,49,49,49,48,35,45,36,67,67,67,49,67,67,68,75,110,0,76,77,76,77,103,94,93,72,75,44,64,0,75,0,99,91,214,221,229,252,217,218,439,451,454,443,545,549,645,610,697,692,973,948,879,737,743,743]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 {LiveBook: 138 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Na2 Bd6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Na2 Bd6 14. Nc3 {½-½ (14) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 9... Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 {½-½ (44) Haug,J (2328)-Schroeder,J (2539) Helsingor 2017}) 10. Rd1 O-O 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. d5 Nc5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 14. dxe6 $1 Nxe6 15. Qf5 Bd6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 c6 19. Rdd1 f6 20. g3 a5 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Nd2 Ng5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 h5 26. Bd4 c5 27. Bb2 Be5 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Kf1 Nf7 31. Nb5 Rbc8 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Na3 Ke7 35. Nc4 Rb8 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. e4 g6 39. f4 Nf7 40. Kc3 Rb7 41. Rd2 Rb8 42. Rd1 Rb7 $1 43. Re1 Rb8 44. Re3 Nh6 45. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Rd6+.} Nf7 46. Kd2 Rb7 47. Ke3 Rb8 48. Kd2 Rb7 $1 49. Kc3 Rb8 50. e5 Ke7 (50... fxe5 $16 51. fxe5 Ke7) 51. exf6+ $18 Kxf6 52. Rd7 Ke6 53. Rc7 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (53... Nd8 {is a better defense.} 54. Rg7 Kf6) 54. Rc6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf5 55. Rxb6 Nh6 56. Nxa5 Ng4 57. Nb7 Rd1 58. a5 Rg1 59. Nd6+ Ke6 60. Kc4 Ne3+ 61. Kxc5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 13,111,22,15,2,27,29,28,22,25,16,33,0,26,0,65,38,62,65,73,67,63,53,68,89,104,108,104,106,109,109,112,96,121,105,105,80,118,115,110,84,84,75,75,50,47,25,232,365,331,334,383,364,383,388,388,371,383,382,374,372,365,347,266,261,261,248,323,306,285,290,535,529,527,509,791,776,981,895,1003,960,1894,1777,1436,1056,1487,1629,1457,928,928,928,928,928,904,768,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 {White has an edge.} d5 11. h4 (11. Bd3 Nc5 12. h4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd6 14. c4 Rd8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Nd4 {½-½ (21) Aronian,L (2765)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 11... Nf6 12. Ng5 Ne4 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Be2 h6 {0-1 (34) Fedorchuk,S (2641)-Kuzubov,Y (2640) Lvov 2015}) 13... Qc7 (13... Nf6 $11) 14. g3 Bf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 Re8 17. g4 Be6 18. a3 Qc8 19. g5 ({Much weaker is} 19. Bxe4 $6 Bxg4 20. Bf3 Bf5 $11) 19... Bg4 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Be5 23. Rd3 Qe6 24. Rhd1 a6 25. Bb6 f6 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qg4 Re8 $1 29. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent g6. Black is under pressure.} Qe6 $2 (29... fxg5 $11 30. Re1 Qf8) 30. Qxe6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rd8f8]} Re7 {[#]} 33. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 34. hxg6+ Ke6 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 {KR-KB} 36. Ra8 f5 {[#]} 37. Kc1 $1 Kf6 38. Kd2 Kxg6 {[#]} 39. Ke3 $1 Kh5 40. Re8 Bd6 41. Re6 Bb8 $2 (41... Bf8 42. Kf3 g6) 42. Re7 g5 43. Rxb7 Bf4+ (43... Bg3 $142 44. Kf3 Bd6) 44. Kf2 g4 45. Rb6 Bg5 46. Rxa6 Bh4+ 47. Kf1 f4 48. Ra8 f3 49. Rf8 Be7 50. Rf7 Bg5 51. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg6 52. Rf8 Bh6 53. Re8 {Threatens to win with Re6+.} Kf5 54. a5 {White mates.} g3 55. a6 g2+ 56. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 11,73,-3,15,6,15,-1,27,-10,0,-20,-28,-25,-35,-39,57,33,47,41,35,35,62,38,65,25,75,73,82,76,79,85,71,98,94,31,23,12,12,9,75,60,226,215,306,295,293,285,287,297,301,300,849,838,1072,1064,1044,987,1147,1029,1085,1064,29988,29989,29977,803]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 {C45: Scotch Game} f6 8. Bh4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 d6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. f4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nd4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 {½-½ (41) Mastrovasilis,D (2594)-Georgiev,V (2479) Batumi 2018}) 9. Bb5 {White has an edge.} Ne5 10. f4 N5g6 11. Bg3 c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 12. Bc4 Bc7 (12... h5 $15) 13. Qf3 b5 14. Bd3 a4 15. Nd4 a3 16. b4 O-O 17. Nce2 Qe8 18. O-O Bb6 19. Kh1 d6 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Rad1 ({White should play} 22. Ne6 $16) 22... f5 $14 {[#] Hoping for ...fxe4.} 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf2 Rb8 (24... Bc8 $11) 25. Qxa3 $16 (25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 $15) 25... Be4 $2 (25... Bd7 $14) 26. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd6,LRf8][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rf6 (26... Bxf2 $142 27. Nxf8 (27. Rxf2 Ne5 $14) 27... Qxf8) 27. Bxb6 ({Stronger than} 27. Rxd6 Nf5 $15) 27... Nh4 28. Rf2 ({Not} 28. Qg3 $2 Nef5 $19) 28... Rxb6 29. Rxd6 {And now Rd8 would win.} Rb8 30. Ng3 Qg6 $2 (30... Bd5) 31. Qa7 Re8 32. Nxe4 Nc8 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Qd7 Nxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxg2 36. f5 ({Inferior is} 36. Rxg2 Qb1+ 37. Bf1 Qxf1+ 38. Rg1 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 Qf1+ 40. Rg1 Qf3+ 41. Rg2 Qf1+ $11) 36... Qg4 37. Qg3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 38%.} (37. Qxc6 $142 Rg8 38. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxg5 39. Bxg8 Ne3 40. Be6 Kg7 41. b5 Qh4 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Qxf4 44. Rxf4) 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "288"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 9,288,47,50,52,59,65,79,68,64,62,59,37,44,53,47,16,59,41,52,55,68,81,68,50,57,13,67,19,39,30,37,33,47,9,14,0,55,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-48,-72,-77,-77,-77,-62,-69,-126,-130,-118,-63,-66,-69,-69,-63,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Nd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 {White is better.} Ne7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. d5 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. b4 c5 12. Nb5 Nc8 13. a3 g5 14. h3 a6 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Bb1 exd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (17) Gleizerov,E (2557)-McShane,L (2480) Stockholm 2001}) 11. Bb1 a5 12. b3 Qd7 13. Re1 exd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Bd4 f6 (17... Bh6 $11) 18. Bb2 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nc3 f5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 Ba8 (22... Be4 $11) 23. Rcd1 (23. Ndb5 $14) 23... f4 24. Nd5 (24. f3 {is interesting.} Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 d5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nde2) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxd5 $1 26. cxd5 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qe4 30. h4 Qxd5 31. Qf6 Ne6 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. hxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe5 34. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf7 35. Qc7+ Qe7 36. Qxb6 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Ke6 38. Qd8 Qxf2 39. Qf6+ Kd5 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qe8+ Kc5 42. Qa4 ({Better is} 42. Qe7 $15 Qd2 43. Qxh7) 42... Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ (43... Qc3 $17 44. Kh2 Qd2) 44. Kh2 $15 Qc3 45. a3 $1 Qd2 46. Qd7 Kb6 (46... f3 $1 $15 47. Qc7+ Kd5 48. Qf7+ Kd4 49. Qf6+ Kc5 50. Qxf3 Qxg5 51. Qc3+ Kb6) 47. Qd8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kc6 48. Qa8+ Kc5 49. Qa7+ Kd5 50. Qxh7 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd2g2]} 51. Qf7+ Kd4 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd2g2]} 52. Qf6+ Kc5 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd2g2]} 53. Qxf3 Qxg5 54. Qc3+ Kb6 55. b4 Qf4+ 56. g3 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 a4 58. Qc1 d5 59. Qc3 Qf1+ 60. Kh2 Qc4 61. Qf6+ Kb5 62. Qxg6 Qa2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 63. Kh3 Qxa3 64. Qd6 {Intending Qc5+ and mate.} Qe3 65. Qxd5+ Kxb4 66. Qd6+ Kb3 67. Qd5+ Kb2 68. Qb5+ Ka3 69. Qb1 Qe6+ 70. Kh4 Qh6+ 71. Kg4 Qg7+ 72. Kh4 Qh8+ 73. Kg4 Qb2 74. Qd1 Qb3 75. Qa1+ Kb4 76. Qe1+ Qc3 77. Qb1+ Kc5 78. Qf5+ Kc4 79. Qf7+ Kb4 80. Qb7+ Ka3 81. Kh3 Qh8+ 82. Kg4 Qb2 83. Qd5 Qb3 84. Qe5 Ka2 85. Qe2+ Kb1 86. Qe1+ Kb2 87. Qe5+ Kc2 88. Qe2+ Kc1 89. Kh3 a3 90. Qe1+ Kb2 91. Qd2+ Qc2 92. Qd4+ Qc3 93. Qf2+ Kb3 94. Qb6+ Kc2 95. Qf2+ Qd2 96. Qc5+ Kb3 97. Qb6+ Ka2 98. Qe6+ Kb2 99. Qe5+ Kb1 100. Qe4+ Kc1 101. Qc4+ Qc2 102. Qf1+ Kb2 103. Qb5+ Qb3 104. Qe2+ Kc3 105. Qe3+ Kb2 106. Qe2+ Qc2 107. Qb5+ Kc1 108. Qf1+ Qd1 109. Qc4+ Kb2 110. Qb5+ Kc3 111. Qc5+ Kb3 112. Qb5+ Ka2 113. Qc4+ Kb2 114. Qb5+ Ka1 115. Qe5+ Kb1 116. Qb5+ Kc1 117. Qc5+ Kb2 118. Qb5+ Qb3 119. Qe2+ Qc2 120. Qb5+ Kc1 121. Qf1+ Kd2 122. Qf4+ Kc3 123. Qe5+ Kb4 124. Qb8+ Ka4 125. Qa8+ Kb3 126. Qb7+ Kc3 127. Qc6+ Kd2 128. Qg2+ Kc1 129. Qf1+ Qd1 130. Qc4+ $1 Kb2 {Hoping for ...Qd7+.} 131. Qb5+ Ka1 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 132. Qe5+ Ka2 133. Qe6+ Kb1 {aiming for ...Qh5+.} 134. Qb6+ Ka2 135. Qf2+ Kb3 136. Qb6+ Kc2 137. Qc5+ Kb2 138. Qb5+ Ka1 139. Qe5+ Ka2 140. Qe6+ Kb1 {...Qh5+ is the strong threat.} 141. Qb6+ Ka1 {Threatens to win with ...Qh1+.} 142. Qf6+ Ka2 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5+.} 143. Qf2+ Kb1 {And now ...Qh5+ would win.} 144. Qb6+ Ka2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 9,154,6,27,11,15,0,0,-12,-8,-8,-8,-14,-12,-8,-5,-25,-4,0,0,-12,-10,-10,-10,-33,-12,-24,0,0,-2,-16,-13,-7,-12,-54,-42,-74,-59,-89,-76,-75,-88,-131,-64,-62,-59,-62,-22,-22,-36,-318,-308,-305,-305,-295,-283,-312,-297,-845,-850,-855,-858,-818,-825,-747,-666,-656,-656,-769,-741,-892,-849,-583,-489,-1364,-1395,-1429,-464,-4104,-2263,-5273,-879,-4134,-2523,-1073,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,0,-153,0,-153,-153,-29945,-29959,-29970,-29971,-5222,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-475,-641,-502,-215,-4133,-1499,-29971,-29966,-5210,-1035,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} (6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 Be6 8. d3 Qc5 9. Be3 Qxc2 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qxb2 12. Rfc1 Qa3 13. Rab1 Bd6 {½-½ (57) Nakamura,H (2777)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... Bf6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ne2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 g5 10. d4 g4 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bg7 13. hxg4 Bxg4 {0-1 (40) Licznerski,L (2267)-Trent,L (2436) Katowice 2017}) 8... c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Bh6 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Ng4 Rd6 20. Ne3 Nd8 21. a3 Ne6 22. b4 Red8 23. Kh2 Nf4 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nc4 {[#]} Rxd3 (25... R6d7 $1 $17 26. f3 Nxd3) 26. Rxd3 $15 Rxd3 27. Qb3 h5 28. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} h4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4g3][%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White has to play} 29. Qa8+ $1 $15 Kh7 30. Ne3 (30. Re3 $2 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 Ne2 $19) 30... hxg3+ 31. fxg3) 29... hxg3+ $19 30. fxg3 {[#]} Nxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qc8+ (31. gxh3 Rxe3) 31... Kg7 32. Ng4 {[#] intending Rf1.} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (33. Qxc7 Rd2 34. Qxe5+ Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rxg3 37. Rf1 Rh3+ 38. Kg1) (33. gxf4 Qh4+) 33... Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 34. Rxe2 Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qh3 Qxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 36. Ng4 Rd6 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5 Qxe4 39. Nf6+ {[#]} Rxf6 $1 40. Qxf6 {KQ-KQ} Qe3 41. Qxa6 (41. c4 $142 e4 42. Qxa6) 41... Qxc3 42. a4 Kg7 43. Qa8 (43. Qb5 $142 e4 44. a5) 43... c4 44. a5 Qa1 (44... Qd2 $142 45. Qe4 Qxa5 46. Qxc4 c5) 45. a6 c3 46. Qc6 Qb2 $2 (46... Qc1 $19 {is more deadly.} 47. a7 c2) 47. a7 $17 c2 48. Qxc7 c1=Q 49. Qxc1 Qxc1 50. a8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qh6+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qh6+ 53. Kg1 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 $1 Qd4 55. Qe8 $2 (55. Qf3 $17) 55... e4 56. Qe7 e3 57. Qe8 Qd2 $2 (57... f6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Kh7.} 58. Qb5 Kh6) 58. Qe5+ $11 Kh7 {And now ...e2 would win.} 59. Qe7 Kg8 60. Qe8+ Kg7 {( -> ...e2)} 61. Qe5+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...e2.} 62. Qb8+ Ke7 63. Qe5+ Kd7 64. Qb5+ Kd6 65. Qb8+ Kc5 {White must now prevent ...e2.} 66. Qc7+ Kd4 67. Qd8+ Kc4 68. Qc8+ Kb3 {Hoping for ...e2.} 69. Qb7+ Kc2 {aiming for ...e2.} 70. Qc6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (70. Qxf7 $11 Qd3 71. Qa2+ Kc3 72. Qa3+ Kc2 73. Qa4+ Qb3 74. Qe4+ Qd3 75. Qa4+ Kb2 76. Qb4+ Qb3 77. Qg4) 70... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3c6]} 71. Qa4+ Kc1 (71... Kd2 $142 72. Qa2+ Kc1) 72. Qf4 $2 (72. Qa6) 72... f5 (72... f6 $142 73. Qe4 Kd2) 73. Qf1+ Kd2 74. Qf4 Ke1 (74... Qc5 $142 75. Kh1 Ke1) 75. Qf3 Qh8+ {Black mates.} 76. Kg1 Qd4 77. Kh2 Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 9. dxe6 {[%emt 0:10:10]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:06:41]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:29:28]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 14. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 15. Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 19. cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 20. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:09:08]} 21. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:06:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 24. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:09:50]} 25. Be5 {[%emt 0:14:57]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 26. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 29. Ra1 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 30. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 36. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 42. h5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 43. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 44. Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 16,128,52,41,33,20,29,20,34,35,39,44,36,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-8,-8,-8,-8,-57,-29,-22,-26,-120,-110,-156,-145,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-210,-268,-262,-236,-250,-387,-417,-440,-435,-556,-811,-795,-796,-769,-241,-758,-763,-1316,-139,-1433,-506,-1429,-960,-961,-934,-934,-426,-881,-841,-1429,-1409,-1360,-1326,-1264,-1223,-1256,-1151,-2145,-2388,-2275,-2204,-2411,-2197]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nc2 Bd7 {[#]} 16. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Ne1 {0-1 (59) Korneev,O (2557)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 18. h3 a4 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Rc3 23. Kh2 Qd8 24. b4 Qf6 25. Ng1 g5 26. Ne2 Qxf2 27. Qxg5 {Rf1 is the strong threat.} h6 ({Of course not} 27... Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Kh8 29. Qd2 $16) 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Rxe4 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Rc7 $11) 30. Nxc3 $2 (30. Kf2 $1 $16 Rxd3 31. Rxd3) 30... Be5+ $11 31. Kf2 Rf4+ 32. Ke2 dxc3 33. Rb1 Rd4 34. Rb3 Rxd5 35. Rd1 Be6 $1 {aiming for ...Rxd3!} 36. Rxa3 Bf6 $1 37. Bc2 Rg5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Kf2 d5 39. Ra8+ (39. Ra6 $11) 39... Kg7 $17 40. a4 d4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Bd5. Black is really pushing.} 41. g4 (41. Ra6 $17) 41... Bc4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Re5.} 42. axb5 {[#]} Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5e2]} (42... Bxb5 43. Bd3 $11) 43. Rc8 {[#]} Re2+ $1 ({Not} 43... Bxb5 44. Bd3 $15) 44. Kf3 Re3+ ({Resist} 44... Bxb5 45. Rc5 $17) 45. Kf2 Bxb5 46. Bf5 (46. Rc5 {is a better defense.} Bh4+ 47. Kg1) 46... Be2 47. Rb1 {Now b5 and White clings on.} Bh4+ 48. Kg2 Bf3+ 49. Kg1 Re2 {And now ...Bg3 would win.} 50. Rf1 Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Bf2 52. Bd3 Rxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 53. Kh2 Rg2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Kh1 Rg5+ 55. Kh2 Bg3+ 56. Kg1 Bf4+ 57. Kf2 Bb7 58. Rc5 Rg2+ 59. Ke1 Bg3+ 60. Kd1 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kc1 Rxd3 62. Rcf5 Be4 63. Rxf7+ Kg6 64. R1f6+ Kh5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,62,3,19,11,11,2,26,24,41,32,32,-20,68,12,13,18,0,11,17,0,53,29,23,0,20,0,0,0,0,-47,-26,-143,-133,-170,-178,-259,-257,-285,-289,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. d4 (8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (45) Quesada Perez,Y (2612)-Xiong,J (2675) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. gxf3 Nd5 13. e6 N7f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... fxe6 14. Qxe6 N7b6 15. c4 bxc4 {0-1 (49) Ginovart,A (2112)-Rakotomaharo,F (2438) Gonfreville 2016}) 14. c4 bxc4 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Nd2 (16. Re1 $14) 16... Bh6 (16... c3 $11 17. Nc4 cxb2 18. Nxb2 (18. Bxb2 Nf4 $15) 18... Nc3 19. Qc4+ Nfd5) 17. Ne4 (17. Re1 $14) 17... Bxc1 $11 18. Raxc1 {aiming for Ng5+.} Nxe4 19. Bxe4 e6 20. Qxc4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Rab8 23. b3 Nf4 $40 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 24. Rg1 Qe5 25. Rce1 {Black must now prevent Bxg6+!} Qd6 26. Rg4 {[#]} (26. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Rb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c4]} 27. Rxf4+ Qxf4 28. Qxc5 (28. Qxa6 {is a better defense.} Qd6 29. Qe2) 28... Rb5 $19 29. Qa7+ Kf8 30. Rg1 $2 {[#]} (30. h3 $19 Rh5 31. Qe3 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1) 30... Rh5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh5h2]} 31. Rg3 Qh6 {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 18,135,30,22,26,34,26,20,30,13,18,17,19,25,22,19,34,13,21,16,28,14,38,0,0,1,8,1,9,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,20,10,17,0,0,3,3,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-77,-66,-77,-64,-61,-58,-54,-61,-61,-20,-20,-16,-16,-17,-16,-10,-10,-10,-16,-17,-17,-16,-16,-16,-27,-26,-24,-24,-37,-24,-24,-24,-70,-70,-70,-70,-71,-71,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-71,-71,-71,-71]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 Qd7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qxb7 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b7]} 14. Qxd7 $1 (14. Qxa8 $2 {loses.} Na4 $19) 14... Nxd7 15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Ne4 {[#]} 17. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 Rfc8 18. f3 {½-½ (34) Anand,V (2773)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 17... Rfe8 18. f3 (18. b4 {keeps more tension.} Nf8 19. a4 Rab8 20. b5 Ne6 21. f3) 18... Nef6 19. Rxe8+ (19. Bg5 {is interesting.} h6 20. Bh4 Kh7 21. Bg3 a5 22. Bd6) 19... Rxe8 20. Bd2 Nf8 21. Ne3 Ne6 22. Nc2 h5 23. Re1 g5 24. a4 Kh7 25. Nb4 Rc8 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. b4 a6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Ndf8 $1 30. Nxh5 Nxd4 31. Re7 Nfe6 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg6 34. Kf2 a5 35. bxa5 Ne6 36. Bd6 {Black must now prevent a6.} Ra8 37. Rb7 (37. Bc7 $1 $11) 37... Rxa5 $15 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 38. Rb6 Nxc5 39. Rxc6 Ne4+ 40. Kf3 Rxa4 41. Bf4+ f6 42. Be3 Ra3 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Rc8 Nd6 45. Rd8 Ke6 46. Bc5 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Nc4 {With the idea ...Rc2.} 48. Re8+ $1 Kf5 49. g4+ Kg6 {Threatening ...Ne5+.} 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. Rd8 Ne5+ 53. Ke3 Ra5 54. Rxd5 Kg6 55. Kd4 Ra4+ 56. Kc3 Rxg4 57. Be7 Rg3+ 58. Kc2 Kf7 59. Bxf6 Kxf6 $11 {KRN-KR} 60. Rd8 Kf5 61. Kd1 Ke4 {[#] aiming for ...Nc6.Black is better.} 62. Re8 Rg2 63. Ke1 Ra2 {Strongly threatening ...Kd4.} 64. Kd1 Kd4 {And now ...Rh2 would win.} 65. Rd8+ Ke3 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3.} 66. Re8 Rd2+ 67. Kc1 Rd5 {Hoping for ...Kd3.} 68. Kc2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,51,26,18,29,6,3,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,39,55,56,55,47,14,0,26,0,14,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} (11... Bxf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. a3 Na5 15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rc6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Nc5 Rc7 {½-½ (39) Adianto,U (2591)-Akopian,V (2689) Tripoli 2004}) 12. Rfc1 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Rc8 14. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf1 Na5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bd3 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Nd6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Qe2 g6 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Qc5 Ne7 24. Nb6 Nac6 25. b4 Nb8 {½-½ (25) Bakalarz,M (2378)-Dovzik,J (2421) Nancy 2007}) 14... Nb4 15. Bf1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nxa2 17. Rc7 b5 18. Nc5 Nb4 19. Rb7 h6 20. Qe5 Qa5 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Qxb8+ Kh7 23. Qb7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg8 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qb7 Kg8 $1 26. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 26,140,33,16,16,16,12,12,28,13,35,16,14,29,32,19,36,20,20,15,15,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,18,7,5,7,12,12,12,12,12,21,20,12,12,13,13,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,20,20,32,12,12,12,12,0,60,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 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. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qd2 h6 16. c4 c6 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. cxd5 {1-0 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 c6 14. d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d6 15. Bd3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Bc4 c5 18. Ne4 {½-½ (71) Osmanodja,F (2300)-Szczepkowska,K (2403) Stary Smokovec 2018}) 16. h3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bc4 Rc8 {[#] Hoping for ...cxd5.} 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd5 Nc7 24. Rd1 h5 25. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qf6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe4 a6 29. a4 Bf8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rc5 32. c4 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 36. Rd7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. g4 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 b6 40. Rb7 Rc3+ 41. f3 Rc4 42. Rxb6 Rb4 43. Kf2 Rb3 (43... g5 $11) 44. Ke2 (44. Rb8+ $14 Kg7 45. b6) 44... Kg7 {The position is equal.} 45. Kf2 Kh6 46. h4 Kh5 47. Kg3 g5 48. hxg5 Kxg5 49. Rb8 Kf5 50. Rb6 Rb2 51. Rh6 Kg5 52. Rb6 Kf5 53. Rb7 f6 54. Rh7 Kg6 55. Rb7 Kf5 56. Rb8 Kg5 57. b6 Kf5 58. b7 Rb3 59. Kh4 Rb1 60. Kg3 Rb2 61. Kh3 Rb3 62. Kg2 Rb2+ 63. Kg3 Rb3 64. Kf2 Rb1 65. Ke3 Re1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Rc1+ 68. Kd6 Rd1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kd6 Rd1+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,102,10,12,8,2,22,1,11,10,25,6,10,14,14,11,10,-12,0,0,0,-29,-20,-8,-11,-48,-45,-42,-49,-54,-40,-56,-42,-108,-58,-52,-78,-66,-9,-79,-62,-89,-78,-50,-44,-155,-95,-110,-78,-84,-72,-325,-314,-508,-396,-599,-472,-473,-176,-168,-172,-423,-434,-434,-425,-418,-424,-522,-521,-583,-523,-29988,-29987,-29987,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29974,-29974,-29974,-2431,-29960,-2000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Nc4 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 13. h3 Re8 {[#]} 14. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nfd2 Bf8 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Bb3 {½-½ (30) Safarli,E (2649)-Tkachiev,V (2624) Tromsoe 2014}) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf8 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Nfd2 Re6 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 {aiming for d5.} d5 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Rab1 Rd8 24. exd5 Nfxd5 25. Ndc4 (25. Nb3 $15) 25... f6 26. Nd3 Ng6 27. g3 Rc6 ({Black should try} 27... Nc3 $1 $15 28. Rbe1 Qb5) 28. Ndb2 (28. Rbc1 $11) 28... Qd7 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Rbc1 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qe2 ({Better is} 31. Nxa3 $15 Rxb2 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Kh2) 31... Bxb2 (31... Qe6 $142 32. Rfe1 Rb3) 32. Nxb2 $17 Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 33. Nd3 Rbe8 34. Qa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qh5 $17 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3) 34... Kh8 $19 35. Bd2 $2 ({Don't play} 35. Nc5 Qc6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (35. Nf4 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 36. fxe3 Nxf4+ 37. Rxf4) 35... Re2 {Threatens to win with ...R8e3!} 36. Rfe1 (36. Nc5 $142 Qf5 37. Qb1 Qxb1 38. Rxb1 Rxd2 39. Rfe1 Rxe1 40. Rxe1) 36... Qf5 {Hoping for ...Ne3+.} 37. Qc4 {[#]} Kh7 $2 (37... Nh4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. gxh4 R8e3 39. Qxc7 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg1 Rxe1+ 41. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 Nxc7 43. Rxc7 Qxh4) 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Rd1 $2 (39. Rc2) 39... Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qf3 41. Bc1 Re4 42. Rf1 {[#]} Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qg2#)} 43. gxh4 Qxh3 {[%cal Re4g4]} 44. f4 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Ne3 46. Bxe3 Rxe3 47. Ne1 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Qh2+ 50. Ng2 Qxg2+ 51. Ke1 Qb2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 68%.} (51... Ra3 $142 52. Rf2 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Qe4+ 54. Kd2 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kd3 Rd1+ 56. Kc2 Rc1+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 57. Kb3 Rxc4 58. Kxc4 Qxf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. h5 Qxf4 60. Kd5 f5 61. Kc5 Qe4 62. d5 f4 63. d6 cxd6+ 64. Kb6 f3 65. Ka7 f2 66. Kxa6 f1=Q+ 67. Kb6 Qg1+ 68. Kb5 Qf2 69. Ka6 Qc6#) 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 13,75,30,50,39,47,26,33,35,41,45,39,27,44,33,85,71,54,24,35,33,52,52,54,47,49,58,66,66,66,61,89,63,91,105,94,106,95,92,116,122,197,199,195,160,573,578,555,556,543,535,579,614,581,573,783,794,777,774,723,698,768,830,745,717]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. a5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} a6 9. Nc3 Ng8 10. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} f5 11. h3 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nf6 13. c3 (13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 {½-½ (67) Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 13... Nxd5 $146 (13... Bd7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Ba2 Bg8 15. b4 Nxd5 16. exd5 {½-½ (33) Eife,G (1896)-Forsti,E ICCF email 2012}) 14. exd5 $16 Nb8 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Be2 Qe7 22. c4 Rg8 23. Ra3 Bh4 24. Be3 Bc8 25. Rf1 Rgf8 26. b4 h6 (26... Qe8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Bxh6 $18 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rg8 $2 {[#]} (28... Re8 $16) 29. Bg5 {White is clearly winning.} Qf8 30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Bxf3 ({Not} 31. gxf3 Bd4 $11) 31... Bd4 32. Be2 Bf5 33. g4 Be4+ 34. Kh2 Qe8 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5h4] [#]} Qf8 37. Be7 Be3 38. Qxe3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 39%.} ({Weaker is} 38. Bxf8 Bxg5 39. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 $16) 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 18,87,18,8,22,0,0,-20,-13,-35,-26,-54,-54,-53,-41,-50,-56,-41,-56,-42,-10,-27,-3,0,0,-26,-23,-61,-61,-122,-123,-110,-110,-123,-137,-129,-128,-121,-108,-132,-125,-136,-69,-118,-76,-243,-214,-211,-171,-211,-207,-274,-256,-356,-351,-295,-216,-253,-183,-395,-214,-851,-806,-3960,-3230,-4133,-3252,-1684,-1043,-775,-772,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} 11. Nd2 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Nc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 {½-½ (29) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11... Nh5 12. e4 Nxf4 {The position is equal.} 13. gxf4 Bd7 14. Nc4 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Bb5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. Qd3 {[#]} Qf6 $146 19. Qg3 c4 20. Rfe1 Qg7 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Rb4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. Reb1 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. Rbb1 $15) 23... a6 $1 $17 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Bxc4 Qf6 29. Qe3 a5 (29... a3 $17 30. Ba2 h6) 30. Kf1 h6 31. Ke1 $2 (31. Bb5 $17 {was called for.}) 31... g5 $19 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Kd1 Nc5 34. f3 Qe5 35. Qg1 Qf4 36. Kc2 Kf8 ({Not} 36... Qxf3 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. exf5 $15) 37. Qg2 f5 38. Qh3 $2 (38. Kb2) 38... Kg7 (38... fxe4 $142 39. fxe4 Kg7) 39. Qh5 $2 (39. Qxf5 Qxh2+ 40. Kd1) 39... fxe4 40. fxe4 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 41. Kb2 Qxc4 42. Qxg5+ Kf7 {( -> ...a3+!)} 43. Qh5+ Ke7 {Hoping for ...a3+!} 44. Ka3 Qb3# {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 13,138,5,24,21,24,16,19,19,23,23,23,17,35,42,45,33,50,0,30,18,28,28,29,33,32,23,33,32,23,20,27,26,28,33,25,31,43,21,51,21,45,0,23,8,7,-37,-38,-25,-18,-28,-26,-20,0,0,0,-14,-12,-11,-35,-80,0,0,0,-13,0,-14,0,-253,-257,-357,-355,-529,-258,-250,-189,-384,-384,-457,-425,-434,-451,-583,-480,-480,-478,-614,-587,-502,-509,-480,-494,-476,-401,-576,-511,-989,-908,-1200,-1080,-6407,-1242,-3735,-3022,-29967,-29964,-29963,-29967,-29971,-29966,-29959,-29964,-29960,-29962,-29972,-29973,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29982,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} Na6 9. e3 Nxc5 10. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 {White must now prevent ...Nb4.} 11. Bxe7 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Rad8 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qf6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rc2 Ne4 {1-0 (39) Riazantsev,A (2649)-Miton,K (2588) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... Nxe7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 a6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bxa6 {1-0 (41) Beltz,M-Wagner Michel,A Suhl 1979}) 13... Na6 {[%cal Bc5a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32]} 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nc7 18. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Nc4.} Ncd5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Ne4 {And now Ncd6 would win.} Qb8 21. b5 Be8 22. a4 b6 23. g3 Nf5 24. Ned2 {aiming for e4.} Nf6 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Ne5 Nde4 27. Ndc4 Nd5 28. f3 Nc5 29. e4 Nxa4 30. Qa3 Ndc3 31. Rxc3 Nxc3 32. Qxc3 Rc5 {Threatens to win with ...Qc7.} 33. Nd3 Rxb5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Qa3 a5 36. Qa2 Bd7 (36... Rh5 $17) 37. Rd1 $11 Rd8 38. Na3 Rh5 39. g4 Rg5 40. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. e5 $11) 40... Qg3+ $1 $19 41. Bg2 Ba4 (41... Qxh4 42. Qb3 $17) 42. Nc2 (42. Rc1 $142 Rxg4 43. fxg4 Rxd3 44. Nc4) 42... Bxc2 (42... Rb5 $142 43. Qc4 Rb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 43. Qxc2 Qxh4 44. Rb1 $2 (44. e5) 44... h5 45. gxh5 Qxh5 46. Kf1 b5 ({Less strong is} 46... Qh2 47. Ne1 $19) 47. Rc1 Rxg2 48. Kxg2 {[#]} Qg5+ $1 49. Kh3 Rxd3 50. Qxd3 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Qxc1 51. Qxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qf4 52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kg3 {was necessary.} g5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qa4) 53... Qd8 54. Qc6 (54. Kg3 $142 g5 55. Kg4) 54... g6 55. Kg4 Qd2 56. Qb5 Qc3 (56... Qb4 $142 57. Qd7 a4) 57. f4 Kg7 58. e5 Qd2 {Black mates.} 59. Qa4 Qb4 60. Qd1 a4 61. Qd8 Qf8 62. Qa5 Qe8 63. Qa7 Qc6 64. Kh4 Qe4 65. Kg4 Qf5+ 66. Kg3 Qd3+ 67. Kh4 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 68. Qe7 a2 69. Qa7 Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Mcshane, Luke J"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 18,115,0,0,4,0,-2,-18,0,-8,26,31,58,52,54,36,53,9,8,15,19,27,66,52,52,56,75,78,77,73,85,73,78,83,88,89,108,89,91,77,77,77,87,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,107,77,77,76,76,76,76,76,76,0,76,60,76,76,76,76,76,76,83,83,83,0,87,35,83,83,83,83,83,83,106,83,130,127,372,367,345,337,592,585,577,577,570,570,555,555,555,530,550,462]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nc3 (8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. d3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be3 Rhd8 {½-½ (115) Howell,D (2696)-Adams,M (2703) London 2018}) 8... Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 47 Games} Be7 11. d3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. a4 O-O {[#]} (13... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 14. Bf4 g5 $11) 14. e3 $146 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (70) Ladva,O (2510)-Blomqvist,E (2567) Puhajarve 2016}) 14... Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Na5 18. Nxc5 Qd6 19. Qb4 Bc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc5 21. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc7 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qd7 24. Qb4 b6 25. Qb5 Qe7 26. d4 Rd8 27. h4 Nb7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. a5 g6 30. Rc6 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qxb6 {KQ-KQ} Qa8 34. Qb5 h5 35. Qe5 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qc3 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. e4 Qb2 40. Qd6 Qe2 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qf4 Qd3 43. Qe3 Qc4 44. Qd2 ({White should play} 44. Kh2 $16) 44... Kf8 (44... e5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 45. Kh2 (45. Kf3 $16) 45... Ke8 46. Qb2 Qc6 47. Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qe5 Kd7 49. Kg2 f6 50. Qf4 f5 $2 {[#]} (50... Ke7 $16 {was necessary.} 51. Qe3 Kf7) 51. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c6]} exd5 52. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} d4+ $2 (52... gxf5 {might work better.} 53. Qxf5+ Kc7 54. Qxh5 d4+ 55. Qf3 Qd7 56. Qf4+ Kc8) 53. Kh2 {White is clearly winning.} d3 54. Qd4+ Qd6 55. Qg7+ Kc6 56. fxg6 d2 {[#]} 57. Qc3+ $1 Kb5 58. g7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.Amin"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 18,117,8,5,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-20,0,-12,0,0,15,4,12,0,0,-54,-55,-65,-41,-58,-58,-78,-13,-112,-112,-141,-116,-171,-183,-176,-155,-164,-150,-183,-180,-190,-87,-174,-184,-183,-184,-177,-174,-190,-183,-183,-152,-153,-156,-196,-196,-231,-212,-252,-261,-267,-263,-443,-431,-420,-418,-602,-368,-327,-327,-595,-345,-325,-299,-350,-333,-365,-359,-369,-366,-370,-370,-362,-358,-403,-385,-439,-430,-562,-547,-730,-698,-1056,-1057,-1004,-988,-880]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 11. Rd1 {[%cal Re3d4]} b4 12. exd4 {And now d5 would win.} bxc3 {The position is equal.} 13. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6] [#]} Nxd5 $1 {[#]} 14. Rxd5 $146 (14. Bxd5 Nd4) ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxd5 Nd4 15. Rxd4 Bxd5 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. Rg4 Qf6 18. Ne5 {½-½ (47) Gelfand,B (2703)-Leko,P (2690) Batumi 2018}) 14... Qc7 $1 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Rh5 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 17. Be3 g6 18. Rh3 h5 (18... Bxa3 19. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 20. Rxa3 $14) 19. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Bb6.} Rd7 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Nf3 (21. Qc2 $11) 21... Be4 $1 $15 {[%cal Re4b1]} ({Weaker is} 21... Bxa3 22. Bd4 $16) 22. Bb6 Qf4 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Be3 Qa4 ({Better is} 24... Qd6 $17 25. Bd4 Rh7) 25. Bd4 (25. Ne5 $11 Bxh3 26. Nxd7 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qxd7 28. Qxa6) 25... O-O $17 ({Reject} 25... Bxh3 $6 26. Bxh8 Qg4 27. g3 $15) 26. Qe5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8]} Rxd4 27. Nxd4 (27. cxd4 $17 Nc6 28. Qe3 Bxh3 29. gxh3) 27... Bxh3 $19 28. gxh3 Qxa3 ({Much less strong is} 28... Bxa3 29. Bb3 $17) 29. Bb3 a5 30. Qb5 Bf6 31. Kg2 Qb2 (31... Bxd4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 32. cxd4 {[#]} Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 33. Qxc6 Qxb3) 32. Re3 (32. Nxe6 $17 {was called for.} Nxe6 33. Rxe6) 32... Bxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxa5 Nb7 35. Qg5 Nc5 36. Bc2 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 exd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Re5 Rd8 39. Bd1 Kg7 40. Bf3 Ne6 41. Kg3 d4 42. Be2 $2 (42. Ra5) 42... Kf6 $19 43. Ra5 Rc8 44. h4 (44. Ra1 $142) 44... Rc2 45. Bf1 Rc1 46. Be2 $2 (46. Ba6) 46... Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Ra6 Rxh4 49. Kg3 Re4 50. Bc4 Rg4+ 51. Kf3 Rf4+ 52. Kg2 Rf5 53. Kg3 {[#]} h4+ $1 54. Kg2 (54. Kxh4 Rxf2) 54... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Rb6 Rc5 56. Rb4 Nf4+ 57. Kf3 Kf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g4]} 58. h3 Nxh3 59. Bd3+ {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Speelman, Jon S"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 12,64,0,-7,0,0,0,6,4,-14,-14,-12,-2,-83,-85,-93,-97,-114,-104,-126,-123,-164,-142,-156,-160,-149,-135,-145,-137,-228,-223,-235,-229,-376,-381,-381,-377,-364,-373,-414,-404,-749,-738,-685,-670,-908,-858,-991,-988,-988,-977,-1514,-1527,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 {LiveBook: 23 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. c4 d4 8. b4 Nfd7 9. a3 e5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Ne4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 cxb4 15. e3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 {0-1 (50) Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Moscow 2018}) 7... Re8 8. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nc6 10. Ne5 Na5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rd1 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxb2 {0-1 (33) Karas,M (2224)-Pechac,J (2449) Slovakia 2018}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 {The position is equal.} Bf5 {[%cal Bc8f5,Bf5d3,Bd3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Qb3 (12. Na3 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... Na5 $17 13. Qb4 Bd3 14. Rc1 Bxc4 $1 15. Nbd2 ({But not} 15. Rxc4 $2 Nd5 $19) 15... Bd5 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Nc5 {[#]} (20. Ne5 $17) 20... e5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qc2 (21. dxe5 Qxc5) 21... exd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 22. Nxd4 {[#]} (22. Bc1 {might work better.} Bf8 23. Nd3) 22... Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 {And now Ne4 would win.} Qc6+ 25. Kg1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5] ...Ng5 is the strong threat.} 26. Nxe4 (26. f4 $142 Bf8 27. Nxe4 Qxc2 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+ Kh6 30. Nf6) 26... Qxc2 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Bc5+ Ke6 30. Rd6+ Kf5 31. Rd5+ Kg4 32. Rad1 Kh3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 9,64,9,13,10,20,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,4,7,14,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 (4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5 Be7 11. c4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Qb7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfb1 a5 18. b3 Ra6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Rba1 {½-½ (20) Wang,H (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Ngf6 5. O-O e6 {The position is equal.} 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} a6 {[#] ...b5 is the strong threat.} 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nc6 Nc5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {1-0 (29) Bergstrom,P (2270)-Degerhammar,T Lindesberg 1993}) 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. a3 Rd8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Rec1 Nh5 17. g3 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2h5]} Nf6 21. b4 b6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Nxd5 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. cxd5 Qb3 27. Bxc5 Bg5 28. Be3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Bxf4 {[#] And now Qe6+ would win.} Qxd5 31. Rc4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Qxd3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 16,83,28,28,33,29,27,26,27,22,12,21,21,16,20,19,10,0,32,47,40,49,42,47,45,21,68,58,74,77,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,13,13,18,12,13,13,17,14,110,121,212,219,202,196,215,216,742,783,747,739]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 {White has an edge.} 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 Qb8 {[#]} 14. Qb4 $146 a5 15. Qa3 Ba6 16. Rc6 b5 17. Rac1 b4 18. Qe3 {Hoping for Ng5.} Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 Rab8 23. Qd3 (23. b3 $16) 23... Qxd3 $11 24. exd3 b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a2]} 25. Ra1 bxa2 26. Rxa2 Rb5 27. Bf1 Rfb8 28. d4 Rxb2 29. Rxa5 g6 30. Rc7 R2b7 31. Ra7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf8 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ke3 Kg7 35. Bd3 Rb2 36. Bc2 Nd7 {[#]} (36... Ra2 $11) 37. Ba4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4d7]} Nb6 (37... Nf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Be8 $18 Nc4+ {[#]} 39. Kd3 $1 Rxh2 40. Bxf7 Rg2 $2 (40... Nb2+ 41. Kc3 Nd1+ 42. Kb4 Rb2+ 43. Ka3 Kf8 44. Bxe6 Rd2 45. Rf7+ (45. Bxd5 Rxd4 46. Bb3 Ne3 $18) 45... Ke8) 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Smith, Axel"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 12,92,41,0,15,7,15,12,12,0,0,0,19,10,12,0,-9,0,-4,-3,0,0,8,0,0,-10,-12,-22,-35,-102,-81,-127,-127,-123,-118,-134,-105,-171,-144,-161,-146,-138,-141,-279,-292,-310,-306,-296,-268,-252,-239,-238,-235,-306,-262,-260,-254,-315,-315,-304,-264,-300,-294,-309,-255,-420,-422,-575,-568,-554,-537,-544,-498,-988,-1038,-5297,-5293,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-5783,-5736]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 g6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bc4 {½-½ (40) Dreev,A (2649)-Fedoseev,V (2661) Moscow 2014}) 10... Bc6 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Bg5 (13. Rb1 {seems wilder.} Nb6 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bg5) 13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. O-O Qe7 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. a4 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Rfd1 $15) 20... a5 $1 $17 21. d5 exd5 22. Qd4 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 23. e5 {[#]} Ng7 $1 24. Qxb6 (24. Rfc1 $17 {might work better.}) 24... Rdb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qd3 Bxa4 27. Nc5 (27. Nd4 $17) 27... Qa7 $19 28. Rxa4 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Rb4 30. Qa3 Nd4 31. Bd3 Ne6 32. h3 Rxa4 33. Qxa4 Qc3 34. Rd1 Qxe5 35. Bf1 Qd6 36. Rd2 Qc5 37. Rd1 Ng7 38. g4 $2 (38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Bxb5) 38... Ne6 39. Qa2 Nf4 40. Qd2 Qd6 41. Bc4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 42. Qh2 (42. Bxd5 $142 Nxd5 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. Rxd5) 42... a3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. Qxf4 Qxf4 45. Rxf4 dxc4 46. Rxc4 a2 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 20,47,46,39,38,37,43,22,30,34,36,31,39,38,34,31,487,457,581,574,560,556,575,569,591,572,663,652,689,640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Qd7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (11... Nce4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 Qa6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. a4 {1-0 (60) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015}) 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Qe2 a6 {The position is equal.} 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Qf3 Nce4 17. Na4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 {½-½ (20) Eliet,N (2380)-Fiebig,T (2429) Belgium 2018}) 14... Rac8 15. Rc2 Nce4 16. Rfc1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Ba3 $14) 18. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%csl LRc6,LRd7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Qe8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxa6 h5 22. Qxc6 Qe4 23. Qb7 h4 24. h3 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 24,128,21,6,5,5,21,2,8,28,18,0,4,0,29,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-4,-14,0,-15,-12,-27,-24,-29,-29,-28,-31,-51,-38,-42,-44,-75,-75,-75,-85,-75,-75,-141,-75,-98,-102,-233,-102,-161,-142,-147,-135,-104,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,0,0,0,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%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. c3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 {[#]} 17. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (37) Grischuk,A (2761)-Ding,L (2759) China 2017}) 17... Ng4 ({Of course not} 17... exd5 18. Nd4 $16) 18. Rf1 {And now Nd4 would win.} c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Ra4 Qd7 22. Ba3 Nge5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Rb7 25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 Rc8 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rc4 29. Bd2 $1 d5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Qb3 Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 32. Qb8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Bb4 Rb3 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. g3 Bxa5 38. Bxa5 Rxa5 $17 {KR-KR} 39. Rc1 (39. h4 $142) 39... Kf7 (39... Ra2 $142 40. Rc7 Kf8) 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Ra7 (41. Kg2 $17) 41... h5 (41... Ra1+ $19 42. Kg2 a5) 42. h4 (42. Ra8 $17 {might work better.}) 42... Ra2 43. Kg2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 44. Kf3 a4 45. Ra5 g6 46. Ke3 a3 47. Kf3 {[#]} Ra1 (47... Ke7 $1 $17 48. Ra6 Kd7) 48. Kf4 $11 Ra2 (48... a2 $11 49. Ra6 Kf7) 49. Kf3 $1 $17 {[#]} Ra1 ({Black should try} 49... Ke7 $1 $17) 50. Kf4 $11 {[#]The position is equal.} e5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Ke4 (51. Rxe5 Ra2) 51... Re1+ 52. Kf3 Ra1 53. Ke4 a2 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. Kg2 Kc7 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 57. Ra8 Kb6 58. Ra3 Kc5 {Hoping for ...Kb4.} 59. Ra8 Kd4 60. Ra7 e4 61. Ra8 e3 62. fxe3+ $1 Kxe3 {aiming for ...Kd3.} 63. Re8+ Kd3 64. Rd8+ Ke3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 24,96,89,73,95,90,54,45,95,104,115,121,237,226,220,224,237,212,193,138,150,45,35,41,14,-54,-40,-35,-28,-54,-59,-99,-105,-210,-199,-198,-197,-195,-150,-245,-224,-347,-341,-368,-221,-513,-472,-489,-494,-626,-618,-593,-551,-551,-472,-462,-459,-450,-442,-443,-452,-508,-526,-483,-471,-958,-954,-869,-840,-804,-725,-742,-664,-725,-663]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 {B61: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...Bd7 7 Qd2} 14. exf6 Bc6 15. h4 $1 Bc5 {White is slightly better.} 16. Qe5 g6 17. h5 Bb6 (17... gxh5 $16 18. Rxh5 Bb6 19. Qxa5 (19. Qd6 Bc5 $11) 19... Bxa5) 18. Qxa5 $18 Bxa5 19. hxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 20. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bd3 O-O 21. Bc4 Rce8 22. Rd6 Bxg2 23. Rh2 Bd5 24. Rd7 Bxc4 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rhxh7# {1-0 (26) Navara,D (2732)-Kraus,T (2427) Czech Republic 2018}) 20... Kf7 21. Rh6 ({White should play} 21. Rd6 $18 Rce8 22. Rhd1) 21... Be8 $16 22. Bb3 (22. Bd3 $16) 22... Rc5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc5g5]} 23. Be3 Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5e3]} 24. Bd4 ({Better is} 24. Bxa7 $11 Bc6 25. c3) 24... Re4 $1 $15 25. Bxa7 Bc7 {Hoping for ...Bf4+.} 26. Rh3 Bc6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 27. Bc5 h5 28. Rhd3 (28. g3 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Bf4+ $1 $19 29. Kb1 {[#]} h4 $1 30. Be7 Be5 31. a3 {[#]} (31. R3d2 $17) 31... g5 $1 32. Bb4 (32. R3d2 $142 g4 33. c3) 32... g4 33. Rf1 Bb8 34. Bc3 $2 (34. Rg1) 34... h3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. gxh3 gxh3 36. Rg1 {Intending Rg7+ and mate.} Be5 37. Rh1 h2 38. Rd2 {With the idea Bxe5.} Bxc3 39. Rdxh2 Rxh2 40. Rxh2 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Bxf6 42. c3 Ke7 43. Bc4 Rh1 44. Rxh1 (44. Rf2 $142) 44... Bxh1 45. Kb1 Be4+ 46. Kc1 Bg5+ 47. Kd1 Kd6 48. a4 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 11,75,22,27,20,25,30,47,41,52,18,34,21,37,0,81,79,79,65,74,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-6,-8,-5,-3,-3,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-12,-13,-14,-18,-24,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} Qa5 (7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. g4 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qf2 Nfd7 {½-½ (26) Carlsen,M (2842)-Svidler,P (2753) Biel 2018}) 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. g4 {White is slightly better.} h6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 Nb6 11. f5 e5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. h4 h5 15. gxh5 {1-0 (31) Yeletsky,I (2350)-Aivazian,G (2297) Voronezh 2016}) 10... b5 11. Bg2 {aiming for e5.} Bb7 12. a4 bxa4 {[#]} (12... b4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Nd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc5) 13. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Nc6 ({White should play} 15. Ba5 $16) 15... Bxc6 16. dxc6 {Threatens to win with c4.} d5 17. Ba5 Qxc6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. O-O e6 20. c4 Bb4 21. cxd5 Rd8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rac1 O-O 24. Rc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd4 25. Rxa6 Bc5 26. Kh1 e5 27. Bc6 a3 28. bxa3 Qc3 29. Bg2 $1 Rd2 30. Qe1 {The position is equal.} Bxf2 31. Qe4 {And now Ra8 would win.} Rd3 32. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 33. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 34. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Rf6!} 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 17,138,29,39,29,48,43,52,51,47,63,72,59,72,42,90,84,107,97,109,115,106,108,104,97,109,100,106,101,106,95,103,91,94,96,102,85,150,101,108,104,151,141,146,150,151,151,151,151,138,151,372,338,338,379,336,315,326,325,244,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,27,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,99,89,100,6,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,120,112,120,120,120,120,132,120,120,0,134,14,14,18,684,660,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. a4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 {1-0 (36) Kryvoruchko,Y (2697)-Brunello,S (2548) Porto Carras 2018}) 10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 12. b4 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 {1-0 (34) Popovic,D (2555)-Lukacs,P (2423) Hungary 2008}) 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Ng6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. Na5 d5 17. e5 Bxb4 18. Nxb7 ({Much worse is} 18. exf6 $6 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Bxa5 $11) 18... Rxb7 19. exf6 {Rxe8+ is the strong threat.} Bxe1 20. Nxe1 {aiming for fxg7.} Qxf6 21. Be3 Ne7 22. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nf5 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Bf4 g6 25. h4 Nd6 26. Ne5 Ne4 (26... Nc4 $142) 27. Qf3 f6 28. Nd3 c6 29. a5 b4 {[#]} 30. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Nxc5 31. dxc5 b3 32. Bxb3 Qe4 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf3.} 33. Ba4 Qd4 $2 (33... Qxf3 $16 {was necessary.} 34. gxf3 Rc8) 34. Bxc6 $18 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Rbe7 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQB} 38. c6 $2 ({White has to play} 38. Qf7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf7e8]} Ra8 39. c6) 38... Qa4 $11 39. Qd6 Qxa5 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qd8.} 41. c7 Qf5 42. Qd4 {Black should prevent Qc4+.} Kf7 43. Bg5 Rc8 $1 44. Qd6 {And now Qe7+ would win.} Qe6 45. Qc5 Ke8 46. Bf4 Kd7 47. f3 h5 48. Bg3 Qc6 (48... Re8 $11) 49. Qd4+ $16 Ke6 50. Qd8 ({Better is} 50. Qg7 $16 Qe8 51. Bf4) 50... Qe8 (50... Qd7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 51. Qg5 Kf7) 51. Qd6+ Kf7 52. Qxa6 Qe6 53. Qd3 Qe7 54. Qd2 Qe6 55. Qd8 Qe8 56. Qg5 Qe6 57. Be5 Ke8 58. Kg3 Kd7 59. Qd2+ Kc6 60. Qc2+ Kb7 61. Qe4+ Qc6 {Black wants to play ...Qxe4.} 62. Qb4+ Ka6 63. Qa3+ Kb7 64. Qb4+ Ka6 $1 65. Kf4 (65. Qb8 $16 Qe6 66. Bf4) 65... Qc1+ $1 $11 66. Ke4 {Black must now prevent Kd5.} ({But not} 66. Kg3 $6 Rxc7 67. Qa4+ Kb6 $16) 66... Qc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Qc6+ $11 67. Kf4 Qc1+ 68. Kg3 Rxc7) 67. Kd5 $18 Qf5 {and the idea ...Qf7+ leaves Black hopeful.} 68. Qa4+ Kb6 69. Qb3+ Ka5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,68,8,17,18,17,12,14,15,10,8,30,15,30,0,3,0,35,25,30,31,25,23,25,25,29,9,33,17,27,23,26,26,37,30,41,6,21,5,12,0,2,0,28,20,16,23,27,29,22,21,16,16,22,13,26,19,31,0,0,6,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} cxd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa3 Nc6 (10... Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. O-O Bd7 {½-½ (74) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Carlsen,M (2835) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11. Qb3 $146 Na5 12. Qa3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O a6 15. Be2 b5 {[#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e6 20. Nd3 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Nc5 Nc4 24. Rc2 Qe8 25. Rfc1 Nd7 26. Nd3 Ndb6 27. Bf4 h6 28. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nd2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc8 32. Qd1 Qd8 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Nf3 Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 25,155,13,22,30,33,18,33,29,46,25,17,7,16,10,16,9,16,13,14,0,20,0,0,0,0,5,8,8,13,13,17,14,38,37,31,29,43,44,80,37,38,38,70,63,65,64,66,64,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,25,25,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,25,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,2,3,0,7,3,7,7,3,0,0,0,6,0,3,2,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. e4 e5 (12... Qe7 13. e5 b6 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. h4 a6 17. a3 a5 18. Ba2 Rac8 19. Bb1 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 {1-0 (52) Le,Q (2739)-Wang,Y (2699) Ashkhabad 2017}) 13. d5 Nb6 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Red1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nh2 Bb4 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. dxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (52) Al Sayed,M (2470)-Burnier,D (2343) Biel 2008}) 17... Rac8 18. a4 a5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Bc4 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 b6 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. g3 Rc7 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. b3 Na6 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Qc3 Nc5 31. h4 Qd6 32. Qc4 Qe7 33. h5 Bd8 34. Qc3 Nd7 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Bc6 Qc5 37. Qc4 ({White should play} 37. Qxc5 $1 $14 Nxc5 38. Nxe5) 37... Qxc4 $11 38. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8c6]} 39. Bb5 Kf6 40. Ne1 Bc7 41. Nd3 g5 42. c5 bxc5 43. Nxc5 Bb6 44. Nd3 g4 45. Nb2 h5 46. Nc4 Bc7 47. Ne3 Kg5 48. f3 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Bb6 50. Nc4 Bc7 $1 {The position is equal.} 51. Ne3 Bb6 52. Nc4 Bc7 $1 53. Kg2 h4 54. gxh4+ Kxh4 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. Ne3 Bb6 57. Nd5 Bc5 58. Ke2 {next Kd3 is good for White.} Kg4 59. Nc7 Bg1 60. Ne6 Bb6 61. Kd3 Kf3 62. Nf8 Bd8 63. Ne6 Bb6 64. Ng7 Ba7 65. Nf5 {aiming for Nd6.} Bf2 66. Nd6 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc4.} Be1 $1 67. Ne8 Bb4 68. Ng7 Be1 69. Nf5 Bf2 70. Nd6 Be1 $1 71. Nc4 Kf4 $1 72. Nb6 Kf3 73. Nd5 Bh4 74. Ne3 Be1 75. Nc2 Bf2 76. Na3 {[#] Nc4 is the strong threat.} Be1 77. Nc4 Kf4 $1 78. Nd6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,60,16,10,31,23,16,23,10,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,4,0,6,0,0,-21,-29,-18,-14,-18,-18,-40,-36,-30,-22,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (7... Qc8 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Rc1 d6 11. d5 e5 12. Bh3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 g5 14. f3 g4 15. fxg4 fxg4 {½-½ (26) Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Andreikin,D (2719) Sitges 2018}) 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nd2 b5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. b3 c5 {0-1 (27) Bodiroga,P (2420)-Zakhartsov,V (2562) Prague 2010}) 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. e4 Na6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Rd7 Nb4 20. Nc5 Rfb8 21. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Nc2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rb1 Na3 24. Ra1 Nc2 25. Rb1 Na3 26. Ra1 Nc2 27. Rb1 Na3 28. Ra1 Nc2 29. Rb1 Na3 30. Ra1 Nc2 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 24,89,6,7,12,15,12,12,74,70,90,85,113,113,113,113,113,113,107,113,113,113,113,112,110,102,135,128,121,107,108,114,116,116,116,120,210,205,191,172,233,233,231,233,233,231,292,247,256,256,250,268,244,216,279,273,264,269,256,262,320,313,829,695,821,492,821,492]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. e4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bc5+ 14. Kf1 Ke7 {[#]} 15. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bg5+ f6 17. exf6+ gxf6 {1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2675)-Lesiege,A (2512) Baku 2016}) 15... Rhd8 (15... Rac8 $11) 16. Bg5 $16 {Rdc1 is the strong threat.} Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 {And now Rc1 would win.} Bd6 {[#]} 18. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 {[#]} 19. e5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe5 20. Bf4+ Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 21. Bc2+ {[#]} Ne4 $1 22. fxe4+ (22. Bxe4+ Bxe4) 22... Kf6 23. Kf2 e5 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. Bb4+ Ke8 26. Ba5 Bd7 27. Bb3 Rc8 28. Nc3 Rc6 29. Nd5 Rh6 {[#]} (29... Bc8 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Kf3 f6) 30. Bc3 $1 $18 Kf8 31. h3 f5 (31... Rc6 {might work better.} 32. Nb4 Rf6+ 33. Kg3 Rg6+ 34. Kh2 Be6) 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Bxe5 a5 34. Ke3 Rc6 35. Nc3 b4 36. Bd5 Rc8 37. Nb5 Rc1 38. Nd6 Bb1 39. Nb7 Re1+ 40. Kd4 Re2 41. a4 Rxb2 42. Nxa5 Bc2 $2 (42... Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Re2 44. Bd6+ Ke8) 43. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra2 44. Bd6+ Ke8 45. Bxb4 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,109,11,20,18,20,18,13,11,13,12,14,11,16,25,18,16,20,0,0,-39,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-10,-4,-10,-6,-11,10,10,11,12,35,0,0,0,37,44,52,51,52,52,52,27,58,60,85,85,224,221,173,210,297,291,276,276,247,247,207,15,15,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 (9. c3 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 c5 {½-½ (73) Duda,J (2737)-Karjakin,S (2773) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Ne7 10. Be3 c5 11. Nde2 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ng6 13. Rd5 Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nec3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bc6 19. Rad1 Kb7 {0-1 (19) Lahdenmaeki,L (1882)-Herzog,K (1828) LSS email 2013}) 14. Rh5 (14. Rd2 {is more complex.} Bd6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Rad1 b6 17. Nd5) 14... O-O-O 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rd2 17. Rc1 Bxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Rxe2 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Nf5 Nf4 21. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Rc4.} Rd2 22. Nxg7 Rg8 23. Rc4 Ne2 24. Re1 Rxg7 25. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Rxg2 $14 {KR-KR} 28. Rh4 Rg7 29. Ke2 Kc8 30. Kf3 $1 Kd7 (30... f6 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Rg6 32. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 {[#] KP-KP} (32... hxg6 $142 33. Ke4 Ke6) 33. Kf4 $1 Ke6 {[#]} 34. Kg5 $1 Kf7 35. Kh6 Kg8 36. c4 $2 (36. b4 $18) 36... a5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. b3 Kh8 $1 38. c5 Kg8 39. a3 Kh8 $1 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Kg8 42. f4 Kh8 $1 43. b5 Kg8 44. h3 Kh8 45. f5 gxf5 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Kxf5 {K3P-K3P} Kf7 48. Ke5 (48. b6 {with more complications.} cxb6 49. cxb6 Ke7 50. Kg5 Kd6 51. h4) 48... Ke7 $1 49. h4 b6 50. Kd5 {cxb6 would kill now.} bxc5 51. Kxc5 h5 52. Kc6 Kd8 53. Kd5 Kc8 54. Kc6 Kb8 55. b6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 25,109,39,38,25,34,33,39,23,30,24,40,26,73,65,50,45,73,65,35,0,81,63,66,73,60,54,60,57,52,43,54,23,81,73,81,77,85,91,76,83,86,79,97,57,60,70,129,129,133,132,132,129,127,122,124,124,117,86,110,107,137,129,122,47,47,47,70,47,52,0,70,26,33,0,16,0,96,96,95,95,88,88,96,88,89,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. O-O a4 12. Rab1 Qa5 13. Rfc1 Be6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 14. h3 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 {[#]} Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h5 17. b4 Qd8 18. c5 {½-½ (26) Zhigalko,S (2669)-Azarov,S (2577) Bad Wiessee 2016}) 17. Qe1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Ra3 {[#]} 19. Bd2 $1 Qb6 ({Avoid the trap} 19... Rxb3 $2 20. Nd5 $18) 20. Qd1 h6 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Bd2 Qb6 {[#]} 23. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 (23... Qxc5 24. Nd5) 24. e5 {Hoping for Be3.} Ne8 25. Be3 Be6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 27. Qxd5 {[%cal Re3c5]} e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 28. Qd7 Rd8 (28... Qc7 $11 29. Qxc7 Rxc7) 29. Qe7 $16 Bf8 30. Bxc5 Bxe7 31. Bxb6 Rb8 32. b4 Ra6 33. Bc5 Bg5 34. Rc4 b6 35. Bd4 Ra7 (35... b5 $14 36. Rc6 Ra4) 36. b5 Kf8 37. g3 $36 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 2080] Keeping Black busy.} Ng7 38. Rc6 Bd8 {[#]} 39. g4 $1 Ne8 40. Be3 g5 41. Rd1 Ra5 42. Be2 Ra4 43. Bc4 Bc7 44. Rc1 (44. f4 $16) 44... Bxe5 $14 45. Bxb6 Kg7 46. Bc5 Nf6 47. Bf1 ({Better is} 47. Ra6 $14 Rxc4 48. Rxc4 Rxb5 49. Rb6) 47... Nd5 (47... Nd7 $11) 48. Ra6 Rf4 49. Rc2 Nb4 50. Rc4 Rxb5 (50... Rxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 51. Bxc4 Rc8 52. Bxb4 Rxc4) 51. Rxf4 $16 {White is better.} Nxa6 52. Bxb5 Nxc5 53. Rc4 Bd6 54. Rd4 Be5 55. Rc4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 72%.} (55. Rd8 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 12,100,-12,-10,0,8,12,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,21,21,13,10,16,10,10,12,8,9,18,8,21,43,50,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-9,-9,0,-36,-23,-36,0,0,0,0,57,49,104,96,103,103,112,103,120,94,97,80,90,90,90,57,88,36,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,36,103,14,14,8,8,8,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qf3 c5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. h3 Be7 15. Qg3 {½-½ (53) Naiditsch,A (2736)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2698) Hungary 2018}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Rxe5+ Be6 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Nc3 Bd6 {[#]} 14. Re2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 {½-½ (60) Vocaturo,D (2616)-Basso,P (2459) Gallipoli 2018}) 14... O-O {[#] Hoping for ...Bg4.} 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Rab8 17. Rae1 Rxb2 18. Ne4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rbb8 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Nc5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qd6 23. Na6 Rf8 24. c3 h6 25. a5 Rd8 26. Nc5 {aiming for Nb7.} Rb8 27. a6 Rb6 28. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Be6 29. c4 Kh8 (29... Bc8 $11) 30. Kg2 $14 Rb2 (30... Kh7 $14) 31. Nxe6 $16 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb6 34. c5 Rxa6 35. f4 Ra1 36. Rxc6 a5 37. Rxc7 a4 38. Kg3 (38. c6 $16) 38... a3 39. Ra7 a2 40. Kh4 Rc1 41. Rxa2 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Rxc5 42. f5 Rc3 {[#]} ({Black should try} 42... Kh7 $14) 43. Rg2 (43. Kh5 $1 $16) 43... g6 $11 44. Ra2 {Strongly threatening Ra8+.} gxf5 45. gxf5 Kg7 (45... Rc4+ $11 46. Kh5 Kg7) 46. Kg4 ({White should play} 46. Ra6 $14) 46... Rc4+ {The position is equal.} 47. Kh5 Kf6 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. h4 Rc4 50. Rb5 Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 10,61,6,-3,12,5,6,8,14,7,34,-10,75,80,80,77,120,124,79,27,20,20,24,16,30,27,73,5,9,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,22,0,0,0,0,-13,-8,-8,-13,-5,-12,-15,-6,-19]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 {And now Nd5 would win.} Be6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (6... c6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 Na6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. c4 Nf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qxa1 {0-1 (29) Robson,R (2682)-Kuzubov,Y (2655) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nf6 9. Ncd5 Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd4 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {½-½ (56) Fluvia Poyatos,J (2454)-Mellado Trivino,J (2436) Catalunya 2009}) 10. b3 Be7 (10... g6 $11) 11. Bb2 $16 O-O 12. g3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bf6 14. dxc6 (14. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6 15. Qd1 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Rfe8+ 17. Ne3) 14... Bxb2 $11 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 Qd7 {[#]} 18. O-O ({Better is} 18. Qa6 $1 $16) 18... d5 $1 {The position is equal.} 19. Qa6 c5 20. Nc2 Bf6 $1 21. d4 cxd4 22. Rbd1 Rxb7 23. Nxd4 Rb6 24. Qd3 Bg4 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Rfe1 g6 27. Ne2 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nf4 (28. Nxd4 Rd6) 28... Bf5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Rd6 31. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 28,134,25,0,26,16,8,18,13,6,14,8,4,0,30,16,22,28,51,0,0,0,0,-49,7,12,60,68,64,62,59,-97,-103,-102,-89,-112,-96,-89,-104,-129,-89,-113,-118,-113,-120,-113,-125,-163,-164,-163,-164,-159,-159,-164,-162,-183,-179,-162,-80,-95,-97,-92,-103,-94,-95,-101,-99,-440,-121,-427,-108,-113,-99,-227,-237,-362,-335,-379,-379,-508,-497,-560,-541,-620,-622,-622,-622,-729,-622,-6049,-6526,-29961,-29964,-12834,-11884,-4149,-4137,-8012,-4149,-29984,-29985,-29989,-29990,-29989,-29990,-29992,-29990,-29990,-4116]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 a5 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 {The position is equal.} 18. Bb2 Bh6 19. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 20. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bb5 c6 22. Bc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 {1-0 (58) Zhigalko,S (2661)-Eljanov,P (2707) Kiev 2013}) 20... Qe7 21. Bd3 Bf4 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Rad1 (23. a5 $1 $14) 23... Nc5 $11 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. Nf1 {aiming for g3.} Nfd7 ({Stronger than} 25... Bxe4 26. g3 $18) (25... Ncxe4 $15 26. g3 Qd7 27. gxf4 Qxh3) 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Nxe4 28. Rc1 c5 29. Qh6 $2 (29. Bd3 $14 Nc3 30. Bxc3 bxc3 31. Rxc3) 29... g5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30. Qh5 {Threatens to win with Bxe5!} Ndf6 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxe5+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} 34. Nc4 Rd3 35. f3 Nc3 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Nc4 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Bxc3 bxc3 40. Rxc3 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Nd5 42. Rc2 Ba6 (42... Nf4 $19 43. a5 Rd3) 43. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Ke7 44. Ne4 Nb4 45. Rc3 {[#]} Rd5 $1 46. Ke3 Nd3 {And now ...Nb2 would win.} 47. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47. Rc2 $17 {nothing else works.}) 47... h6 $2 (47... Nb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb2d1]} 48. Rc1 Nd1+ 49. Rxd1 Rxd1 50. Nxc5 Bc8) 48. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rc2 $17 {is a better chance.}) 48... gxh4 $2 (48... Nb2 $19 {[%cal Rb2d1] is more deadly.} 49. Rc1 Nd1+ 50. Rxd1 Rxd1 51. Nxc5 gxh4 52. gxh4 Bc8) 49. gxh4 Rf5 50. b4 (50. Rc2 $17 {was called for.}) 50... cxb4 $19 51. Rc6 (51. Rc7+ {was the only chance.} Kf8 52. Rc6) 51... Ra5 52. Rxh6 b3 53. Rb6 b2 54. Nc3 Kd7 55. Kd4 Kc7 56. Rb3 Kc6 57. Nd1 Rd5+ 58. Kc3 Nc5 59. Rb4 Rxd1 60. Kxb2 Rd2+ 61. Kc3 Rd3+ 62. Kc2 Rxf3 63. a5 Kd5 {Black mates.} 64. Rg4 Bd3+ 65. Kb2 Bf5 66. Rg8 Rb3+ 67. Kc1 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 57%.} (67... Kd4 $142 68. Kd1 Bd3 69. Rd8+ Ke3 70. Rxd3+ Nxd3 71. Kc2 Rb5 72. Kc3 Rc5+ 73. Kb3 Kd4 74. h5 Rc3+ 75. Ka2 Kc4 76. h6 Rc2+ 77. Ka3 Nc1 78. h7 Ra2#) 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 16,161,18,7,19,5,40,18,26,14,27,20,13,20,33,23,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-16,-12,-7,0,0,0,-6,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-21,0,-16,-15,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,3,11,11,18,13,14,12,9,10,18,18,18,7,11,11,18,0,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,19,19,19,42,0,10,0,42,33,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,35,35,35,35,35,42,42,42,42,42,8,42,7,13,13,21,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,10,13,33,13,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nf6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 10. Nb3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Bg5 e6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Rac1 Qb4 15. Na1 a4 16. Nc2 Qa5 17. f3 {1-0 (44) Fominyh,A (2515)-Glek,I (2580) Elista 1995}) 11. Bg5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bf5 $1 14. e4 Be6 15. e5 f6 16. exf6 (16. Be3 {feels hotter.} b6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bf2) 16... exf6 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qd2 b6 19. Bh6 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Bf1 Nd8 23. Ba6 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nf7 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Qc6 Qe7 27. Re1 Rd6 {[%cal Bd8d6,Bd6c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} 28. Qb5 Qd8 29. Re3 Bd7 30. Qe2 Rc6 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. Kg2 Bc8 33. Nd2 Qd7 34. Qd1 Qd6 35. a3 Re7 36. Qe1 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Qe6 (37... Bd7 {is interesting.} 38. h4 h5 39. Nb1 Nh6 40. Nc3 Bf5) 38. Qxe6 Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 39. Nb1 Nd6 40. Nc3 g5 (40... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 41. Bb5 Be6 $11) 41. Kf2 h6 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Ke7 44. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kd7 45. b5 Ne8 46. Ke1 Kd6 47. Kd2 Bd7 48. Kc3 Ng7 49. a4 Be6 50. Kb4 Bd7 51. Kc3 Be6 52. f4 Bd7 53. f5 h5 54. h3 Be8 55. Kd2 Bf7 56. Ke2 Ne8 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. Nc2 Nc7 59. Nb4 Be8 60. Ke3 Kd6 61. h4 g4 62. Be2 Bf7 63. Kf4 Ne8 64. Bd1 Kd7 65. Bb3 Kd6 66. Ke3 Ng7 67. Bc2 Be8 68. Kf4 Bf7 69. Bd1 Be8 70. Bb3 Bf7 $1 71. Nd3 Be8 {The position is equal.} 72. Ne5 fxe5+ 73. dxe5+ Kc5 74. Kg5 {Strongly threatening Bc2.} Nxf5 75. Kxf5 {KB-KB} d4 76. Kf6 d3 77. Ke7 Bg6 {aiming for ...Be4.} (77... Kb4 $5 78. Bd1 $8 Bg6 $11) 78. e6 Kb4 79. Bd1 Kc3 80. Kf6 Be8 81. Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 9,57,46,46,45,79,71,112,52,68,63,172,127,182,156,227,235,315,325,314,300,302,315,341,178,545,537,535,491,1156,1091,991,978,1742,784,1557,558,1540,1549,1186,690,674,668,645,649,1212,1168,1533,1335,2653,2589]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 (5... Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. e4 Nh5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nh4 {1-0 (30) Khalifman,A (2632)-Volodin,A (2495) Puhajarve 2011}) 6. exd4 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Bg4 7. Be2 f5 8. d5 $146 (8. Qa4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. d5 Nd4 11. g4 Qc8 12. g5 Nd7 13. b3 {1-0 (36) Peptan,C (2399)-Aciu,M (2002) Baile Govora 2017}) 8... Bxf3 $1 $14 9. gxf3 Nce7 ({Black should play} 9... Nd4 $14) 10. h4 g6 (10... Nf6 $16) 11. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bh6 (11... Bg7 $16 12. c5 a6) 12. f4 $18 Nf6 13. hxg6 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. gxh7 ({Resist} 15. g7 $6 Rg8 $18) 15... Qb6 16. Qb3 (16. Rh6 $142) 16... Qd4 $2 {[#]} (16... Rxh7 {is more resistant.} 17. Qxb6 axb6) 17. Nb5 {White is clearly winning.} Qb6 18. Qc3 Kf7 (18... Rxh7 $142 19. Rxh7 Nxh7) 19. Bh5+ Nxh5 20. Rxh5 Raf8 21. O-O-O (21. Rh6 $142 Ke8 22. O-O-O) 21... Qxf2 22. Nxd6+ Kg6 23. Rhh1 {[#] White threatens Rdg1+ and mate.} Qe3+ 24. Kc2 {Rdg1+ would kill now.} Qxc3+ 25. Kxc3 {Intending Rdg1+ and mate.} Kg7 26. Nxb7 Ng6 27. d6 Ne5 28. d7 Nf7 29. c5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 16,98,39,28,36,30,45,8,11,20,14,17,14,8,22,12,10,0,0,19,8,-13,0,-19,-20,-30,-32,-73,-63,-61,-67,-81,-47,-47,-37,-35,-47,-33,-26,-35,-41,-173,-170,-178,-160,-178,-178,-166,-157,-176,-176,-161,-163,-162,-172,-147,-161,-154,-126,-340,-323,-365,-363,-358,-355,-857,-2677,-2451,-2266,-2221,-1887,-2891,-2223,-2439,-1340,-5110,-4631,-29980,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29983,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O $1 Qd6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nf3.} f6 15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 {[#]} Qd6 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Kb1 Be6 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qg3 Qf2 24. Qg5 Nb4 25. Rhf1 Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5g5]} 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qg3 b5 28. Nd5 ({Better is} 28. h4 $15) 28... Bxd5 $19 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. b3 {Black should prevent Bc4.} Nxd3 31. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe4 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 32. Kb2 Qe2+ 33. Ka3 a5 34. Qd6 b4+ 35. Ka4 Qxa2+ 36. Kb5 Qxg2 37. Qe6+ $2 {[#]} (37. Kxa5 $17 Qe4 38. Ka4) 37... Rf7 $1 38. Kxa5 Qxh2 39. Rd7 Qf4 40. Rxb7 $2 (40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Rxf7+ Qxf7 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Qxb7) 40... Qf5+ 41. Qxf5 Rxf5+ 42. Kxb4 {KR-KR} h5 43. Kc4 h4 44. Re7 g5 45. b4 h3 46. Re2 g4 {Black mates.} 47. b5 g3 48. b6 Rf7 49. Re8+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 15,61,20,38,32,36,32,35,38,34,33,41,41,41,29,52,21,27,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,12,20,11,16,16,13,14,17,15,15,15,0,0,0,3,0,0,-5,-5,-5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qe2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (9. Qd2 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 d5 12. a3 d4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (60) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Moscow 2018}) 9... Rc8 10. O-O-O Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb4 11. Kb1 b5 12. Rd2 Be7 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qd1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 {1-0 (65) Stancik,J (1864)-Havelka,J (2034) Frydek Mistek 2014}) 11. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} b5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 14. Nc1 Rb8 15. N1e2 Qc8 16. Ka1 Qb7 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb7b2] [#] The position is equal.} 17. Rb1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Rhd1 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. b3 cxb3 25. cxb3 O-O 26. Rbc1 Bb7 27. Bc5 Re8 $1 28. Bd6 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Nc7 Bxc7 $1 31. Bxc7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 11,39,14,33,24,22,38,20,21,42,20,17,10,25,11,21,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 (9... Qc7 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. g4 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qf2 Nfd7 {½-½ (26) Carlsen,M (2842)-Svidler,P (2753) Biel 2018}) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 {The position is equal.} 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c7] [#]} Qb8 $1 15. Bf6 Nxf6 (15... Rh7 {with more complications.} 16. Na5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Qd3 Qc6) 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 {[#]} 17. Nd5+ $146 Ke8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Ke8 20. Nf6+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 31,115,44,50,45,46,49,45,33,36,19,49,34,88,88,89,84,84,84,84,84,85,85,85,91,92,88,92,93,99,103,108,92,92,62,97,63,62,62,81,70,70,79,102,103,87,77,80,77,94,97,102,94,125,122,126,115,122,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,19,56,19,19,19,19,19,19,8]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 {White is slightly better.} Rad8 20. g5 Nc5 21. Nc3 {[#]} Bxc3+ $146 (21... Bf7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 21... Ne4+ 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Bb6 Rde8 {½-½ (46) Nijboer,F (2562)-Tiviakov,S (2623) Leeuwarden 2003}) 22. Kxc3 $16 Ne4+ 23. Kb4 Ng3 24. Rhe1 Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Rd7 26. Bd4 Bf7 27. h4 Re8 28. Rce1 Rc7 29. a4 Rd7 30. Ka5 Rc7 31. Kb6 Rd7 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Rh3 e5 34. fxe5 Re6 {[#] ...dxe5+ is the strong threat.} 35. Ka5 dxe5 36. Bxe5 f4 {Threatening ...Rde7.} 37. Bc3 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bh5 39. Rc3 Ke8 40. Kb6 Kd8 41. c5 Kc8 42. Rc4 Re7 43. Bf2 Re6+ 44. Ka7 ({Better is} 44. Ka5 $16) 44... a5 $14 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re6a6] [#]} 45. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Rxc6 46. Rxc6+ bxc6 {KB-KB} 47. Kb6 Bf7 48. Kxc6 Bxb3 49. Kb5 Kb7 50. Kxa5 Bd1 51. Kb5 Be2+ 52. Kc5 Ka6 53. Be1 f3 54. Bf2 {next Kd4 is good for White.} Bd3 55. h5 Ka5 {The position is equal.} 56. Kd4 Bb1 57. Ke3 Bc2 58. g6 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 26,100,54,25,30,31,39,20,56,16,17,0,25,0,0,0,2,6,13,0,0,-62,-48,-54,-48,-50,16,-52,-49,-75,-77,-94,-71,-129,-121,-200,-204,-208,-223,-180,-177,-165,-140,-375,-380,-342,-260,-498,-483,-452,-313,-534,-401,-525,-464,-964,-923,-991,-995,-968,-975,-959,-937,-856,-769,-1347,-805,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29995,-29996,-29996,-1617,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 Qe7 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (14... b6 15. Rae1 Nef6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Bh6 e4 21. Bd1 a6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 {½-½ (63) Schekachikhin,M (2368)-Matsenko,A (2318) St Petersburg 2018}) 15. Nf2 Ndf6 16. Kh1 h5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16... b6 17. Rg1 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 fxg4 20. Bd2 Bf5 21. Rae1 Nf6 22. Re2 {1-0 (34) Ohlin,J-Schlachetka,W ICCF corr 1983}) 17. h3 h4 18. Rg1 Kf7 19. g4 {Strongly threatening gxf5.} hxg3 $1 20. Rxg3 Rh8 21. Rag1 Bd7 22. Qd1 Bh6 23. a3 (23. Bh5+ $11 Nxh5 24. Qxh5+ Kf8 25. Rg8+ Rxg8 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+) 23... Ng7 $1 $15 24. b4 b6 $1 25. Kg2 Kf8 (25... Rag8 $15 26. Kf1 Kf8) 26. h4 ({Better is} 26. Kf1 $11) 26... Be8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Qb3 Bh5 29. Rb1 (29. Kf1 $142) 29... Kf7 $17 30. Qb7 (30. Kf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... Rab8 $19 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Bxe2 33. Nxe2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rh8.} Ngh5 34. Rh3 $2 (34. Rg5 $17 Bxg5 35. fxg5) 34... Qc7 35. Rb5 Qc8 36. Kf1 $2 (36. Nh1) 36... Qa6 37. Bc1 Qa4 38. Rc3 $2 (38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Rb7+ Nd7 41. Ke1 (41. Rc3 $2 Bg7 $19)) 38... Bg7 39. Bb2 Ng4 40. Rc1 (40. Rb7+ $142 Kg6 41. Rxg7+ Nxg7 42. Ke1) 40... Bxb2 41. Rxb2 Qxa3 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Rc3 Qa1+ 44. Rc1 Qf6 45. Nh3 Qxh4 {( -> ...Ne3+)} 46. Kg2 Ne3+ 47. Kh2 Nf6 48. Neg1 Nfg4+ 49. Kh1 Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Kh2 Qg4 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 9,89,30,35,17,17,16,18,10,35,33,33,36,42,16,37,13,11,11,15,22,18,0,4,-10,-11,-12,-1,-10,0,-9,0,-34,-41,-45,-47,-37,-38,-52,-56,-54,-46,-45,-40,-40,-30,-44,-51,-41,-10,-21,0,-153,-146,-222,-212,-167,-206,-390,-383,-437,-308,-442,-442,-433,-433,-798,-789,-636,-515,-1379,-850,-799,-183,-183,-102,-160,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 (4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 Na6 9. Re1 Kh8 10. e4 e5 11. exf5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qd1 gxf5 14. Bf4 Nce4 15. Rc1 d5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1-0 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Anton Guijarro,D (2642) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... d6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. b4 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Qd2 Ngxe5 10. b5 Qf6 11. Nc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 {½-½ (30) Mons,L (2504)-Yankelevich,L (2440) Austria 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. Bb2 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Nb5 {And now f4 would win.} O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Nd4 Bf7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nb3 c5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. b5 a6 19. b6 a5 20. g3 Ra6 21. Rb1 Rxb6 22. Nxa5 Qc7 {...Rxb1 is the strong threat.} 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Rfd1 Rb4 25. Nc1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Ra6 27. Qc2 Qa5 28. Rd3 Qa4 29. Rb3 Ra8 {Threatens to win with ...b5!} 30. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (30. Qd2 $11) 30... d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c4][%mdl 2560] Black has strong initiative.} 31. Rxb7 (31. cxd5 $17 c4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4) 31... dxc4 $19 32. Qb1 Bd5 {Hoping for ...c3.} 33. Rb6 $2 (33. Qb6 {was necessary.} Qe8 34. Qb1) 33... Rd8 34. f3 Bc7 35. Rb5 (35. Rb7 $142 Qc6 36. Ra7) 35... Qa3 36. Kf2 Re8 {[#]} 37. e4 (37. Nd3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd3 38. Qxd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Bxa2 40. Rxc5) 37... fxe4 38. f4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rb7 (39. Qb2 $142 e3+ 40. Kg1 Qxb2 41. Rxb2) (39. fxg5 Rf8+) 39... Bxb7 40. Qxb7 Bxf4 $2 ({Worse is} 40... Qxc1 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qf7 $11) (40... gxf4 {White must now prevent ...Qe3+.} 41. Qd5+ Kh8) 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qf7 {[#] White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Rg8 $2 (42... e3+ $1 $17 43. Kg2 Qa8+ 44. Bf3 Qd8 45. gxf4 gxf4) 43. Qf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Rg7 44. Qf8+ Rg8 45. Qf6+ {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 16,90,21,21,22,23,33,27,29,26,19,12,35,11,0,0,0,4,39,0,0,-2,53,36,66,0,70,16,31,-11,-5,-4,-23,0,0,-33,-12,-95,-82,-81,-68,-169,-170,-152,-71,-82,-79,-87,-82,-120,-77,-85,-100,-135,-100,-104,-59,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 10. O-O b6 11. a4 (11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rb1 e4 17. dxe4 {0-1 (36) Wang,H (2730)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... a5 {White has an edge.} 12. Nh2 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ne6 15. Rf2 {1-0 (52) Liang,A (2572)-Cordova,E (2609) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Ne2 g5 15. Qc3 Rg8 16. Ng3 ({Don't blunder} 16. Qxe5 $2 Nh5 $19) 16... Qc7 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Ng4 Nd7 (18... Ne8 $11) 19. Bf2 Bf8 20. Nh5 (20. b3 $14) 20... Rg6 (20... c4 $1 $11 21. dxc4 Bb4) 21. Bg3 ({Better is} 21. Rd1 $14) 21... Bd6 $11 22. Ne3 c4 $1 23. Qd2 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qe2 Nxa4 26. Rd1 (26. Ra1 $11 b5 27. Rfb1) 26... b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 27. c4 Bc5 28. cxb5 (28. Bf2 $1 $15) 28... Rxd1 $19 29. Rxd1 {[#]} Qb6 (29... Bc4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc4e2][%mdl 512]} 30. Qd2 (30. Qxc4 Bxe3+) 30... cxb5) 30. Bf2 $17 Qxb5 (30... cxb5 $6 31. Kh1 $11) 31. Qd2 Bd4 ({Of course not} 31... Nxb2 $6 32. Qd8+ Kb7 33. Rb1 $11) 32. Nc2 c5 ({Don't play} 32... Nxb2 $6 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Rb1 $11) 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Rc1 Kb7 35. e5 Rg8 36. Nf6 Rb8 ({Black should play} 36... Rd8 $15 37. Ne4 Qb4) 37. Ne4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4d6] Nd6+ is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Qb4 38. Qxb4+ axb4 39. Nxc5+ Nxc5 40. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 {aiming for ...d3.} 41. Be1 d3 {Threatens to win with ...Kb6.} 42. Bd2 Kb6 43. Be3 Kb7 {Hoping for ...d2.} 44. Bd2 $1 Kb6 45. Be3 Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 9,104,40,37,13,12,17,11,16,19,-31,-16,-24,-17,-43,-14,-41,-31,-32,-18,-24,22,14,12,44,45,-43,-6,-8,-6,-13,-4,-2,-11,0,0,-56,-13,-32,-24,-39,-27,-33,-64,-122,-31,-70,0,0,0,0,21,-40,-28,-123,-126,-136,-120,-530,-530,-513,-341,-318,-214,-195,-185,-147,-35,-35,-35,-42,-28,-35,-38,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 a5 6. b3 $146 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} ({Predecessor:} 6. Be2 Na6 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5 Nc5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qc2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 {0-1 (41) Gareyev,T (2611)-Cheng,B (2496) Gold Coast 2018}) 6... f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. Bb2 (9. g3 {keeps more tension.} Na6 10. Nh3 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Qe2) 9... Nf6 10. Qd1 Na6 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. O-O Rg8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. g3 e4 16. Ne1 $1 Nf4 17. Ng2 (17. Kh1 $1 $14 Nxe2 18. Nxe2) 17... Nfd3 (17... Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 b5 19. Ngf4 $14) 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Rad1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf6 21. Rc1 h5 22. Qe2 (22. Kh1 $11) 22... h4 23. Kh1 Bh6 24. Rc2 h3 25. Ne3 Re8 26. Nb5 (26. c5 $15) 26... c6 ({Better is} 26... f4 $17 27. Nxc7 Re5 28. gxf4 Bxf4) 27. Nc7 $15 Rc8 (27... Re5 $15 28. c5 dxc5) 28. Ne6+ $1 $11 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Ke7 30. Qh5 (30. f4 $11) 30... Rcf8 $15 31. Qxh3 (31. f4 $11) 31... Rh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 32. Qg2 f4 (32... Kxe6 33. f4 $14) 33. gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qxe4 $17 {was the crucial defense.} fxe3 34. f4) 33... Bxf4 $19 34. Ng4 Qh4 ({Weaker is} 34... Qxe6 35. Re1 $17) 35. f3 exf3 ({Worse is} 35... Kxe6 36. Qe2 $11) 36. Rxf3 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 36. Qxf3 $2 Bxh2 37. Rxh2 Rxf3 $19) 36... Bxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Nxh2 {[#] White threatens Qg7+ and mate.} (37. Qxh2 Qxg4) 37... Qxh2+ (37... Qe1+ $1 $17 38. Qg1 Qe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Qg5+ Ke8) 38. Qxh2 $15 Rxh2+ 39. Rxh2 Rxf3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 40. Rh7+ Kxe6 41. Rxb7 d5 42. cxd5+ {The position is equal.} cxd5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Rb5 d4 45. Rxa5 d3 {( -> ...d2)} 46. Rh5 Rd8 (46... d2 $5 47. Rh1 $8 Ra8 $11) 47. Rh1 $1 Kd5 48. Kf2 $1 Kd4 49. Ke1 {Kd2 is the strong threat.} Re8+ 50. Kd1 Rg8 51. Rh4+ Ke3 {[%cal Rg8g1]} 52. Rh3+ Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 16,61,14,0,6,0,9,14,35,36,29,13,6,18,9,7,54,52,32,50,50,51,51,49,51,57,48,45,111,94,103,89,248,257,244,233,380,347,1054,1044,912,912,1427,1289,1465,1410,1233,1183]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4] C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. Qf2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} (11... Bc5 {with more complications.} 12. Nce2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxe3 16. Nxe3 O-O) 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 {[#]} Nxd3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. a4 Qc7 16. Qd4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 {½-½ (88) Solodovnichenko,Y (2531)-Sumets,A (2575) Cesme 2018}) 15. cxd3 d4 16. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 2080] White fights for an advantage.} O-O $1 17. O-O Bb7 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Qg6 {[#]} (21... a5 $14) 22. Re2 $1 $16 Rad8 23. Qxd4 f6 $2 (23... h6 $16) 24. Qb6 $18 {Hoping for Ne7+!} Kh8 {[#]} 25. Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf7 (25... Qxd3 {is a better defense.} 26. exf6 Rf8 27. fxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxg7 28. Nf5+ Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5) (25... Rxe7 26. Qxd8+) 26. exf6 Ba8 $2 (26... Rf8 27. Qxa6 gxf6 28. Qxb5 Bxa2) 27. fxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece. White is clearly winning.} Qxg7 28. Nf5 Qg5 {[#]} 29. Qd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 {[#]} (29... Rxd4 30. Rxe8+) 30. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 (30... Rxe7 31. Qxd8+) 31. Rxe7 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 13,60,11,12,12,14,12,10,15,12,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,23,0,0,0,23,12,15,6,5,0,1,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-12,-10,-17,0,0,0,-17,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10... Na7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 {[#] And now Bxb4 would win.} Bd7 15. Qb3 Bxb5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb4 Qa4 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Nc3 Qa8 21. d5 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Re3 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nf3 Qb8 26. Qe2 c5 27. e5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Be6 30. Nf3 Qb4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 18,71,11,21,18,15,28,27,48,38,14,30,33,0,73,66,110,115,116,120,143,147,153,154,131,124,142,133,165,159,214,206,204,209,285,275,318,314,359,366,614,600,607,588,819,812,753,507,487,454,488,479,484,469,513,504]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} Nc6 10. h5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qxc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 g5 14. hxg6 Qe4+ 15. Be2 Qxg6 16. Qd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 Qxg2 18. Ke2 Qg4 19. Rh4 Qg7 20. Rg1 Ng6 21. Rf4 Nce7 22. Bb4 a5 23. Rxg6 {1-0 (23) Caruana,F (2804)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Ne2 f5 14. g4 Nge7 15. gxf5 Nxf5 (15... exf5 $11 16. Nf4 cxd4) 16. Bg2 $16 h6 17. Bxe4 Kf7 18. Rg1 Rd8 19. Bxf5 $1 exf5 20. Be3 $1 Be6 21. Nf4 Bc4 {[#]} 22. e6+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 23. f3 $1 Kh7 (23... Rac8 $16 24. Kf2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Ne7) 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. dxc5 Rc7 26. Rcd1 Re8 27. Rd6 (27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. exd7 Rd8 $16) 27... Rce7 {[%cal Rc4e6]} 28. Bd4 $1 Nxd4 $2 (28... Nd8 29. Ng6 Nxe6 30. Nxe7 Rxe7) 29. cxd4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 29. Rxd4 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11) 29... Bxe6 30. Ng6 ({Less strong is} 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 $18) 30... Bf7 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Re5 Bxh5 34. Rxf5 Be8 35. Rf8 Bb5 36. f4 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 11,78,17,12,12,23,13,23,17,25,14,25,18,26,29,69,64,89,31,31,32,38,37,31,0,12,-12,-10,-28,-19,-31,6,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-13,-20,-220,-201,-269,-264,-269,-272,-370,-366,-497,-382,-1081,-1057,-1313,-1287,-1285,-1043,-1250,-1226]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 8. Qe1 Be7 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Nf3 b5 14. a3 Ne7 {½-½ (52) Le,Q (2715)-Nisipeanu,L (2661) Batumi 2018}) 9. Bf4 {White has an edge.} Qb6 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 Bh5 11. a4 Bg6 12. a5 Qd8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 (47) Connell,B (2234)-Admiraal,M (2453) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Nf6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Ng3 g6 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 ({White should try} 14. Bxf5 $16 exf5 15. Bh6) 14... exf5 $14 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qh4 Nd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxg5.} 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. a3 Qa4 21. Qf2 Nb6 22. Bd3 Na5 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bb5 Nc6 26. Kf1 Qd6 27. Kg1 a6 28. Bd3 Na4 29. Bc2 b5 30. Bxa4 bxa4 31. b4 $2 (31. Nf1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... axb3 $1 $19 32. Rxb3 {[#]} Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 33. Rb4 Qc7 34. Nb3 {Now Nc5 and White clings on.} Nc6 (34... Qxc3 $2 35. Qd2 $17) 35. Ra4 Qb6 36. Qc2 $2 (36. Rb4 Nxb4 37. axb4) 36... Qb5 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nc5 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 Re2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 20,67,13,14,27,33,43,40,48,35,38,10,32,17,20,0,19,18,82,79,79,77,88,73,141,139,122,70,72,80,79,51,101,94,199,225,244,247,270,273,625,609,551,635,740,724,777,762,973,937]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. d6 exd6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Bf5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 12. Re1 Qd7 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. h3 g5 16. Bg3 Rc4 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Qe7 R4c6 19. Nb5 {0-1 (38) Schneider,D (2487)-Mahjoob,M (2507) Beijing 2008}) 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Ng5 d5 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qxf7+ Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ {½-½ (56) Gulie,C (2057)-Ursan,P (2155) Calimanesti Caciulata 2017}) 13... a5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Nb5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf8 17. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Rc7. White has good play.} Nbd5 18. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 (18... Re8 $1 $11 19. Qd2 (19. Qxa5 Bh3 $11) 19... Ne4) 19. Rxc8 $16 Qxc8 20. Qxa5 Be4 21. Nc3 Bxf3 (21... Nxc3 $142 22. bxc3 (22. Qxc3 Qf5 $14) 22... b6) 22. gxf3 ({Don't do} 22. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 (23. Bxf6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Qe6+ 27. Be5 dxe5 $11) 23... Nxd5 $11) 22... Nxc3 23. Qxc3 ({White should try} 23. bxc3 $16 Kg7 24. Qb5) 23... Qf5 $14 24. Bd2 d5 25. Bc2 Qh5 26. Bf4 Bh6 {[#]} (26... Ne8 $16) 27. Qe3 $1 $18 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Kg7 29. Kg2 g5 $2 (29... Nd7 30. Kg3 Nf8) 30. Qe5 {White is clearly winning.} Qh4 31. Bf5 Qh6 32. a5 g4 33. fxg4 {Threatens to win with f4.} Qd2 34. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 18,117,20,14,27,27,27,21,30,29,28,13,46,45,36,16,52,45,62,54,52,21,21,18,21,11,3,0,0,2,2,0,2,2,14,10,7,8,26,0,6,16,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78,70,70,72,85,83,83,86,85,82,131,127,189,80,85,80,80,62,83,80,120,107,87,99,294,295,369,368,4578,4013,1463,1962,1347,474,29949,29954,29960,29963,11866,12504,5608,4627]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} Nc6 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 e5 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg2 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Be6 {1-0 (35) Karjakin,S (2767)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Tashkent 2014 CBM 163 [Ftacnik,L]}) 10. exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} exd5 11. Bg5 {[%cal Rc3d5] White has an edge.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nc5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Qf7 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Nd1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 {1-0 (24) Beshukov,S (2461)-Eraschenkov,D (2388) Belorechensk 2007}) 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bc5 Be6 15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. c4 Rac8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Be3 g4 22. Bg2 gxh3 23. Bxh3 Rc7 24. Kg2 Ne5 25. c5 Kg7 26. Bf4 Rce7 27. Rd2 Ba3 $1 28. Rd4 Nc6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 29. Ra4 Bb4 30. Bd6 Re2 {[#]} 31. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 32. Rxb4 Nc2 33. Rxb7 Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Nxf1 35. Bxf1 Rc2 {With the idea ...Ne4.} 36. Bb5 Re6 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 37. Rxa7 Ne4 38. Bd7 Rxf2+ (38... Nd2+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 39. Kg4 Re4+ 40. f4 Nc4) 39. Ke3 $16 Rff6 40. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Bc7 {Strongly threatening Kd4.} Nxc5+ 42. Kd4 Na6 43. Be5+ Kf8 44. a3 $1 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ke8 (44... Nc5 $16 45. a4 (45. Kxc5 Rxe5+ 46. Kc6 Rg5 $11) 45... Na6) 45. Kd5 (45. Bf4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 45... Nc5 $16 46. a4 {Hoping for a5.} ({Much worse is} 46. Kxc5 $6 Rxe5+ 47. Kd6 Re6+ 48. Kd5 Re3 $11) 46... Nd7 47. Bc7 {Black must now prevent Ra8+.} Nf6+ 48. Kc4 Rc6+ 49. Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rc2 50. a5 {aiming for Bd6.} Kd7 $2 {[#]} (50... Nd5 $16 51. Bd6 Nc3+ 52. Kc4 Ne4+ 53. Kd3 Rd2+ 54. Kxe4 Rxd6) 51. Be5+ $1 $18 Ke6 {[#]} 52. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c2]} Ra2 $2 (52... Rxc7 53. Bxc7 Kd7) 53. Bxf6 $1 Kxf6 {KR-KR} 54. a6 Rb2+ 55. Kc6 Ra2 (55... Kf5 $18 56. Rxf7+ Kg4) 56. a7 Kg5 57. Rxf7 Kg4 58. Rg7 g5 59. Kb7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 15,107,17,21,32,23,22,30,18,24,18,20,6,16,10,20,18,18,16,16,22,21,13,14,0,39,18,25,18,26,27,25,34,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,25,29,30,29,29,55,43,53,24,34,1,6,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,75,72,84,35,35,18,18,8,23,0,20,0,5,0,22,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 ({Don't blunder} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. Kb1 (10. a3 a6 11. h4 Bf6 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 d5 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 {0-1 (35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Duda,J (2738) chess.com INT 2019}) 10... Bf6 11. h4 {White has an edge.} O-O-O 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Qf4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rd2 $146 Rhg8 18. Ne2 Rde8 19. b3 Ng6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Nh5 Re1+ 22. Kb2 f5 23. Nf6 Rd8 24. f3 Bc6 25. Re2 Rd1 26. Rf2 Rh8 27. Rh2 Ne5 28. Nh5 Rg8 29. Be2 Re1 $1 30. Nf4 Kd8 31. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rxf1 32. Bxf1 Bd7 33. Kc1 Be6 34. Kd2 a5 35. a4 Ng6 36. Nh5 Ne7 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. Bc4 Nb6 39. Bf1 Ke7 40. Rh1 c5 41. c4 d5 42. cxd5 Nxd5 43. Rg1 Rd8 {[#] ...Nf6+ is the strong threat.} 44. Bd3 Nb4 45. Nf4 c4 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 (46... fxe6 $11 47. bxc4 Na6) 47. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b6 48. Ke3 Na6 49. Rb1 Rd6 $1 50. Kf4 Rd4+ $1 51. Ke3 Rd6 {The position is equal.} 52. Kf4 Rd4+ $1 53. Ke3 Rd6 54. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 10,117,23,21,15,12,39,28,39,33,44,37,60,60,60,62,69,62,56,66,66,62,69,64,62,55,58,57,49,28,62,29,50,48,63,55,58,52,47,55,47,10,9,0,0,0,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,70,83,25,59,0,55,23,16,17,31,37,354,352,318,308,428,432,535,518,522,530,527,530,483,522,561,529,534,492,537,0,0,0,474,476,2888,2860,4994,4918,29977,29977,29977,12189,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29989,29985,29994,29995]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (6... O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb5 d6 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. Qxc7 {1-0 (54) So,W (2765)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 7. Bf4 d6 8. Qc2 O-O {White has an edge.} 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. e4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rae8 14. h3 {1-0 (41) Sebenik,M (2512)-Shengelia,D (2573) Zillertal 2015}) 12. Nxd4 ({Much weaker is} 12. Rxd4 e5 $11) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} e5 14. Be3 {aiming for Nc6.} exd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. e4 Nd7 19. b3 Nc5 20. h4 h5 21. Qe3 Rcd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 Nd7 24. b5 Rc8 25. bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Qc3+ f6 (27... Kh7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} a5 29. Rd4 Ne5 30. Qb3 Rec8 {[%cal Re5c4]} 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Qb5 Rc5 33. Qa6 (33. Qb2 $16) 33... Qf7 34. Nf4 ({White should try} 34. Rb1 $14) 34... R5c6 (34... R8c6 $11) 35. Rxd6 Nc5 36. Rxc6 Nxa6 37. Rxc8 Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... g5 $1 $14 38. Nd5 Qe6) 38. Re8 $18 Kf7 39. Rd8 Qxe4+ 40. f3 Qe7 41. Rcd1 Nc5 42. Rh8 Ne6 43. Rh7+ $1 Ng7 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 44. Rd2 Qe8 {[#]} 45. Rd8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qa4 (45... Qxd8 46. Rxg7+) 46. Kh3 Qc6 47. Rhh8 {And now Rhf8+ would win.} Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f4]} 48. Rh7+ Ng7 {[#]} 49. Kh2 $1 g5 {[#]} (49... Qb7 $142 50. Rd6 Kg8) 50. hxg5 $1 fxg5 51. Nxh5 Qxf3 52. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 53. Rxg5 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 {White mates.} Qf1+ 55. Kh4 Qxc4+ 56. Nf4+ Ke7 57. Rgd5 Qxa2 58. Kg5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rd5d7]} Qa4 59. Ng6+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 24,62,9,7,14,2,16,10,18,4,6,0,8,0,0,0,53,39,41,0,0,0,34,0,13,0,8,25,14,7,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,7,13,12,22]} 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 e6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 10. d3 (10. Qg3 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Be2 c4 15. Nd2 cxd3 16. Bxd3 b5 17. Rad1 {½-½ (31) Tari,A (2618)-Safarli,E (2676) Porto Carras 2018}) 10... Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. g3 d5 13. Qe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 14. Bg2 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Nf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 17. Nd2 {½-½ (31) Suarez Gomez,J (2487)-Pulvett Marin,D (2455) Sanxenxo 2018}) 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bh4 b4 (19... Rfe8 $11) 20. Qg4 $1 $14 Kh8 21. Rac1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nde7 23. d4 cxd4 (23... Rbc8 {is interesting.} 24. a4 Qa5 25. Qh5 Ng6 26. d5 c4) 24. cxd4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Be7 {The position is equal.} Nxe7 27. Rxe7 Qf6 28. Re5 Rb2 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxa2 31. Rxd5 Rb2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 16,175,0,6,15,15,26,17,22,20,22,-14,-16,-11,-26,-16,0,-110,-36,-39,-31,-42,0,-41,-28,-60,-60,-67,-66,-54,-53,-58,-47,-49,-43,-45,-64,-61,-54,-53,-54,-57,-61,-89,-43,-123,-127,-140,-128,-140,-135,-145,-119,-170,-152,-184,-200,-282,-120,-186,-172,-172,-147,-170,-162,-163,-145,-130,-134,-139,-115,-113,-123,-162,-153,-153,-147,-156,-155,-148,-154,-142,-144,-226,-181,-179,-156,-182,-182,-176,-177,-171,-125,-141,-159,-239,-169,-380,-299,-365,-364,-426,-455,-455,-449,-447,-358,-346,-365,-378,-378,-350,-340,-467,-424,-625,-614,-4141,-4141,-4141,-924,-3669,-1084,-507,-386,-259,-259,-4141,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Be7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 10. Nd6+ Kf8 {aiming for ...e5.} 11. Nxb7 Qb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 12. Nd6 Qc5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. a3 Qc5 15. Qb3 {With the idea Rc1.} Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({Of course not} 15... Bxd6 $6 16. Rc1 $16) 16. Qc4 $146 (16. Nc4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. Rc1 g5 17. Bxc6 {0-1 (26) Arnaudov,P (2459)-Fridman,D (2633) Germany 2019}) 16... Nd5 (16... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 17. Bxc6 gxf4 18. Bxa8 Ng4) 17. Bf3 $15 Qh3 18. Bg2 Qh5 (18... Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 19. h3 Qh5 $15) 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Rc1 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 24. Nd2 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxd4 Bxd6 27. Bxf6 Rg8 28. Ne4 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Nb3.} 29. Rc3 Nc4 {[#]} (29... Bb8 {feels hotter.} 30. Rf1 h6 31. Bd4 Bd5 32. Nf6 Rd8) 30. Nxd6+ (30. Rxc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc4 31. Nxd6+ Kxf6 32. Nxc4) 30... Nxd6 $17 31. Be5 Nc4 32. Rf3+ Ke8 $1 33. Bd4 a5 34. a4 (34. Rb3 $17) 34... Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Ra1 (36. Bc5 $142 Rxa4 37. Rf6) 36... Rb7 (36... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2f3] and Black stays clearly on top.} 37. Rd3 Nb3) 37. Bc3 (37. Rc1 $17) 37... Rf8 $19 38. Rd3 Rff7 39. f3 Rfd7 40. g4 Kf7 41. Rxd7+ Bxd7 42. Rd1 Be6 43. Kf2 Rb3 44. Be1 Ra3 45. Rd8 Rxa4 46. Rh8 Kg6 $1 47. Re8 {[#]} Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e8]} 48. Rc8 Ra3 49. Ra8 (49. Rc6+ $17 Kg7 50. Rc7) 49... Kf6 50. Kg3 a4 51. h4 gxh4+ 52. Kxh4 Ke6 53. f4 Ra1 54. f5+ Kd5 55. Bb4 (55. Bc3 $17 Rc1 56. Bg7) 55... h6 56. Rf8 $2 (56. Bf8 {is a better defense.}) 56... Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. Be7 Rb7 ({Weaker is} 58... Ne5 59. Ra8 $19) 59. Bf6 Nd6 60. Rd8 Kc6 61. Be5 Rb3+ 62. Kh4 Nc4 63. Bg7 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 64. Bxh6 a2 65. Bg7 (65. Ra8 $142 Rb2 66. Bg7 Rxe2 67. Kg5) 65... Ne3 66. Rd3 Rxd3 67. exd3 Kd5 (67... Bd5 $142 68. Kg3 Kc5) 68. Bb2 Kd6 69. Kg5 Ke7 70. Kf4 {[#]} Nd5+ $1 71. Kg5 $2 (71. Ke4) 71... Nb4 $2 (71... Be8 $19 72. Kh6 Kf8 73. Bg7+ Kf7) 72. Kh6 $1 $11 Nxd3 73. Ba1 $1 Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Bd5.} 74. g5 $1 Kg8 75. g6 {The position is equal.} Be8 {Strongly threatening ...Ne1.} 76. f6 Nb4 77. Kg5 Nc2 78. Bb2 Ne3 {And now ...Nc2 would win.} 79. f7+ {[#]} Bxf7 $1 80. gxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for ...Nc2. KB-KN} 81. Kf4 Nc4 82. Ba1 Ke6 83. Ke4 Nd2+ 84. Kd3 Nb3 85. Kc3 Nxa1 86. Kb2 Ke5 {...Nb3! is the strong threat.} (86... Nc2 $5 87. Kxa2 $19) 87. Kxa1 Kd4 88. Kxa2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 19,63,8,29,24,17,16,12,19,22,23,24,16,27,25,39,21,81,79,88,77,92,110,108,104,292,344,294,336,344,300,385,360,623,632,622,613,583,544,715,672,930,943,1001,983,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Qe8 13. c3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rb5 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Nxa5 {0-1 (40) Motylev,A (2668)-Tomashevsky,E (2710) Sochi 2017}) 17. Qb3 Nh5 (17... d5 $11) 18. Qxe6+ $16 Kh8 19. Rb1 Nf4 20. Qc4 $1 (20. Qg4 $2 h5 $19) 20... Qg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2]} 21. g3 d5 $2 {[#]} (21... c5 $16) 22. exd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ({Inferior is} 22. Qxc7 Bd6 $17) 22... Bd6 {[#]} 23. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Qh5 25. Rb3 {[%cal Ra3b4]} ({Not} 25. Bxb4 Rxf3 26. Re2 Rbf8 $15) 25... Nxd5 $2 (25... Ng5 26. Nxg5 (26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Nxf3 $17) 26... Qxg5) 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. Qxa6 Rd8 29. Qc6 Nhf4 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Re4 Qf5 32. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 25,106,15,9,0,32,34,31,34,24,25,17,12,7,7,11,0,53,63,75,74,72,79,81,81,81,73,64,70,85,79,87,79,123,108,147,140,141,147,166,157,158,154,178,175,183,169,252,262,259,238,225,248,185,217,206,210,254,257,253,255,275,239,352,346,327,336,348,303,417,264,463,469,495,487,454,445,487,487,487,487,466,466,440]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Nxf6 13. a5 (13. b4 Qd6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nc4 Bb4 21. Rfc1 {½-½ (33) Sargissian,G (2689)-Wang,H (2714) chess.com INT 2019}) 13... Qd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. e3 Rab8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qd3 h5 19. e4 Qb4 {½-½ (19) Armani,G (1907)-Hrubcik,M (2286) ICCF email 2016}) 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. e4 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qb8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 (20... Rd8 $1 $11) 21. Qxa6 $14 Rd8 22. Ne1 $1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc7 24. Qe2 Qc6+ 25. Qf3 Qb5 26. b3 Qa5 27. h4 Bf8 28. Qe4 Bb4 29. Nc2 $1 Bc3 30. Rd3 Bd2 31. Qc6 Bc1 32. Rd1 Bb2 33. h5 Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Ne3 Rd8 {[#]} (35... b5 {is a better defense.} 36. f4 Rc8) 36. d5 $1 Bxe5 {[#]} 37. dxe6 $1 Re8 38. f4 Bf6 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Nc4 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Ke4 (42. Nxb6 $6 Rc3+ 43. Kg4 Rxb3 $16) 42... Rh2 43. Rd5 (43. Nxb6 $6 Rxh5 44. b4 Rb5 $16) 43... g5 (43... Rg2 $142 44. Rd3 (44. Nxb6 Rxg3 45. b4 Rg2 $16) 44... Ke6 45. Nxb6 Rh2) 44. Rd7+ (44. Nxb6 Rxh5 45. Rd7+ Ke8 $18) 44... Ke8 45. Rd6 ({Don't take} 45. Nxb6 $6 gxf4 46. gxf4 Bd8 $18) 45... Bg7 46. Re6+ ({Weaker is} 46. Nxb6 gxf4 47. gxf4 Rxh5 $18) 46... Kf7 47. Rxb6 gxf4 $2 (47... Rxh5 {was worth a try.} 48. Nd6+ Kg8) 48. g4 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. Kxf4 Bg5+ 51. Kg3 Rd2 {intending ...Bd8.} 52. Nf5 Rd3+ 53. Kg2 Rc3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,62,10,9,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,3,3,10,0,22,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-14,-11,-35,-25,-48,-50,-148,-60,-98,-16,-21,-18,-21,-19,-25,-7,-14,0,-7,0,-16,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 dxc4 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. h4 a6 9. Qb1 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rc8 14. Ne2 {0-1 (59) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. Bxc4 a6 6. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bb2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. Qc2 {0-1 (44) George,M (2013)-Luch,M (2398) Katowice 2017}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Qa1 Rfd8 15. a4 Bc6 16. Qa2 Qb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra1 (18. Qb1 $15) 18... Ra8 (18... b4 $17 19. Na4 Ra8) 19. Qb1 $15 Nd5 ({Black should play} 19... b4 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rxa1.} 20. Na2 h6) 20. Nxd5 $11 Bxd5 21. Qc2 h6 22. h3 Rdc8 23. Rdc1 {The position is equal.} c4 24. bxc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} bxc4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Be4.} 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Ne1 Rd8 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Rxd2 31. Nf3 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 9,111,8,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,0,0,11,0,0,0,9,12,70,75,82,55,90,87,108,95,110,89,89,80,108,110,94,91,80,76,140,86,115,88,85,74,77,48,102,116,118,105,99,98,104,99,95,96,110,87,87,77,72,64,80,76,91,56,56,56,57,56,72,69,70,67,67,67,123,129,138,144,145,147,162,161,275,270,362,400,568,275,259,248,243,227,475,473,471,437,656,457,547,522,1133,1098,931,927]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bc6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rac1 Qb6 {½-½ (23) Movsesian,S (2705)-Grachev,B (2672) Sibenik 2012}) 12... Ng4 13. h3 Bf6 (13... b5 $11 14. Qc2 Ngf6) 14. d4 $14 Nh6 15. Qe2 Nb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nc4 {And now Rad1 would win.} fxe4 22. Rad1 (22. Nxb6 Nf5 $11) 22... Qf8 (22... Qf6 $142) 23. Bxe4 (23. g4 $142) 23... Nf5 $16 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Qg5 h6 (26... Ra8 $14) 27. Qg6 Be8 28. Qxf5 (28. Nxe8 {feels hotter.} Rcxe8 29. Qxb6 Re2 30. a4 Qf7 31. Rd4) 28... Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Re5 30. Nd4 Ra5 31. Rd2 Rca8 32. Re1 Bd7 33. a4 Rd5 34. g4 h5 35. f3 hxg4 36. fxg4 (36. hxg4 {is more complex.} b5 37. axb5 Rd8 38. Red1 Bxb5 39. f4) 36... b5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Red1 Ra3 39. Kf2 ({Much weaker is} 39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. Rb1 Rbxb3 $11) 39... Be8 40. h4 Bf7 41. b4 Rd6 ({Better is} 41... g6 $14) 42. Nf3 Rxd2+ 43. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Rd8+. KRB-KRN} ({Reject} 43. Nxd2 $6 Rd3 $14) 43... Kf8 44. Kg3 Rb3 {[#]} 45. Rd4 $1 b5 (45... Rb1 $142 46. Ne5 Be8) 46. Kf4 $18 Bc4 47. Ne5 Kg8 (47... Be6 $142 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Nc6+ Kf7) 48. Nc6 (48. g5 $142 g6 49. Nxg6 (49. Nxc4 Rxb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 50. Rd8+ Kf7 $14)) 48... Kh7 49. h5 Rb1 50. Rd7 Be2 $2 (50... Be6 {was worth a try.} 51. Rd6 Bc4) 51. Kg5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg1 52. Ne5 {[#] White wants to mate with h6.} Rh1 (52... Rd1 $142 53. Re7 Rd6) 53. Re7 Bd1 54. Ng6 {Intending Re8 and mate.} Bb3 55. Nh4 Kh8 56. Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 9,87,12,12,16,18,8,10,8,16,13,14,5,17,12,8,7,31,28,26,20,23,0,8,-18,0,-25,-22,-30,-18,-13,16,0,79,103,143,160,170,106,125,105,164,147,290,283,290,282,287,291,289,219,196,146,145,0,207,198,334,241,235,218,298,280,348,351,329,262,497,477,459,466,800,756,1119,1091,1091,1097,1177,1147,1090,1196]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Qe2 e6 8. Nb5 Qb8 9. Qd3 Ke7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 b5 {0-1 (27) Shimanov,A (2620)-Xiong,J (2675) Saint Louis 2018}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (53) Zelcic,R (2531)-Brunner,N (2426) Germany 2014}) 12. Bc1 Qd8 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Qa3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Ne3 e6 18. b4 a5 19. b5 d5 20. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc5 (20... a4 $11 21. Qb2 Bg7) 21. Qb1 $16 Nxe4 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc1 (23. Ng4 $18) 23... h5 24. Nf1 Bg7 {[#]} (24... e5 $16) 25. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Nc3 (25... Qb6 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rd3 Qf6 28. Ng5 Rc7 29. Qd2 Nb5 30. Rf3 Qd4 31. Rd3 ({But not} 31. Qxa5 $6 Ra7 $14) (31. Rb3 $16) 31... Qb4 $2 {[#]} (31... Qf6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 32. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Qc5 (32... Qe7 $142 33. Rf3 Nd6) 33. Ng3 {Nxh5+! is the strong threat.} h4 34. Nf1 e5 35. Rh3 {[%cal Bd3h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} f6 36. Rxh4 fxg5 37. Qxg5 Qd6 $2 (37... Qe7 {was called for.} 38. Qh6+ Kf7) 38. Ng3 {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 39. Rh6 {Strongly threatening Nh5+.} Re6 (39... Rg8 $142 40. c4 (40. Rxe5 Kf8 $16) 40... dxc4) 40. f4 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 e4 42. f5 ({Less strong is} 42. Rxe4 Qxc3 43. Nh5+ Kg8 $14) 42... Qxc3 43. Rf1 Qe5 {[#]} 44. Rh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 20,85,73,47,62,17,2,0,-13,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,35,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Na6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (11... c5 12. a3 Nh6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. b4 b6 15. Bd3 Nf7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Qc1 {0-1 (49) Smirnov,A (2452)-Chigaev,M (2593) Cheliabinsk 2018}) 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nc5 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bg4 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Qb1 a5 19. Be3 {1-0 (40) Lukacs,P (2460)-Thorsteins,K (2480) Borsodtavho 1991}) 17. Rc1 Rc8 {[#] aiming for ...Ncxe4!} 18. Qb1 Qb6 19. Kh1 Na4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Nf3 $1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Qc2 Qe2 25. Re1 Qf2 26. Qc4 Ng4 27. Rf1 Qb6 28. h3 Ne3 29. Bxe3 $1 Qxe3 30. Qc2 Bh6 31. Re1 Qb6 32. Kh2 Bf4+ 33. g3 {The position is equal.} Bd2 34. Rf1 Qe3 35. Kg2 Bb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 36. Nh2 $1 Rxf1 37. Nxf1 Qe1 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qg4 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 41. Qd7+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 42. Qg4 Kg7 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 43. Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 17,64,16,27,11,13,8,10,18,37,37,43,0,14,2,39,39,36,37,50,56,59,14,21,23,89,45,48,3,34,0,0,-12,-14,-14,-14,-4,-7,-12,-14,-22,-20,-20,-2,-3,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 10. d5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} Na5 11. Nd2 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Rb1 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 {1-0 (47) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Salem,A (2564) Caleta 2014}) 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 b6 14. Qe2 Nb7 15. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd6 16. c5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 a5 18. Rfc1 Bh6 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qe1 Rb8 (20... Nxe4 $11 21. Bxe4 fxe4) 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rcb1 Rxb1 23. Nxb1 e4 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxa5 Qf6 25. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3f6]} Bg7 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. Ra2 $1 Bc4 28. Rd2 Ra8 29. Na3 Bd3 30. Bf1 Bxf1 ({Don't play} 30... Rxa4 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Bxd6 $16) 31. Kxf1 Rxa4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nb7.} 32. Rc2 Nb7 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 13,126,0,0,0,11,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,12,0,0,-25,36,35,91,95,104,94,100,97,95,85,89,89,141,139,143,142,140,118,128,131,139,132,141,109,132,130,187,154,188,132,138,145,151,131,175,120,117,94,126,112,96,0,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,110,0,20,57,101,102,102,101,108,101,101,82,152,151,148,110,138,139,170,150,211,206,190,203,262,261,249,249,238,237,248,240,349,188,568,563,29966,29966,12831,10350,1620]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Nde7 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. c4 b6 13. Rb5 Bb7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {0-1 (39) Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Van Foreest,J (2614) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf5 13. Nb5 a4 14. Nc3 axb3 15. axb3 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (36) Ilzig,G-Jamka Pietron,B (1972) ICCF email 2016}) 13. a3 Nc8 14. Ne4 Nd6 15. Nc5 Qc8 (15... e4 $11 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7) 16. Qd2 $14 b6 (16... Bh3 $14) 17. Nh4 $16 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qd2 $1 c5 ({Black should try} 21... N6f5 22. Bxd4 Nxh4) 22. Qd1 Re8 23. c3 Nc6 24. Ng2 Rd8 25. Ne3 Qe6 26. Qc2 h5 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Rd6 (28... Qf5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Bc1 $18 Ne7 30. d4 (30. f4 $18) 30... cxd4 $16 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. c5 Rc4 33. Qd3 (33. Qb2 $18 bxc5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qe8) 33... Rxc5 34. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 35. Rxb6 Nc6 36. Qd3 (36. Qd1 $1 $16) 36... e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4d3]} 37. Qa6 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Bd4 {aiming for ...Bxf2+!} 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Qd5 40. Rb1 Nd4 41. Qb7 {Qxd5 is the strong threat.} Rc6 42. h4 Kg7 43. a4 Qc4 (43... Kh7 $11) 44. Qb2 (44. Qe7 $1 $16 Re6 45. Qa3) 44... Kh7 45. Rd1 Nf5 46. Re2 $1 e3 {next ...Qg4 is good for Black.} 47. Rd8 $40 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd8h8][%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} ({Wrong is} 47. fxe3 $2 Qg4 $19) 47... Qc1+ 48. Kg2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd8h8]} Qxb2 49. Rxb2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc4 ({Black should play} 49... exf2 50. Kxf2 (50. Rxf2 Rc4 $16) 50... Rf6) 50. Ra2 Re4 {Hoping for ...e2.} 51. Rd1 Rg4 52. Rd5 $1 Nxh4+ 53. Kf1 $1 Nf5 (53... Nf3 $16) 54. Rxa5 $18 exf2 55. Kxf2 Nxg3 56. Ra7 Ne4+ {[#]} 57. Ke3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nc3 {[#]} 58. Ra1 $1 Kg7 59. a5 h4 (59... Nd5+ $142 60. Ke2 Re4+ 61. Kd3 Rf4) 60. a6 (60. Rb7 $142 {And now a6 would win.} h3 61. Kf3) 60... h3 $2 (60... Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Ne4+ 62. Ke2 h3) 61. Kf3 Rg5 {[#]} 62. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance, Promotion} Kxf7 63. a7 Rf5+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 9,109,30,56,57,75,64,70,58,68,54,45,12,34,18,14,13,8,8,12,2,6,0,6,10,10,16,21,4,14,3,19,0,33,33,45,39,69,68,49,20,37,20,19,29,15,16,50,46,49,46,56,58,118,71,68,79,66,75,139,133,133,124,126,112,114,112,120,79,75,77,79,79,77,86,126,101,101,41,86,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nh3 (5. a3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Qc4 Rc8 {1-0 (50) Hou,Y (2663)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2551) Almaty 2016}) 5... c5 6. d5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. f4 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Nd1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 {0-1 (68) Torok,S (2271)-Krizsany,L (2439) Hungary 2015}) 7. exd5 d6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nb5 (11. Ng5 {feels hotter.} Ne5 12. a4 h6 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nh5 15. Bd2) 11... Bxd5 12. Nxd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bc6 17. f3 Re8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Bg3 Nd5 20. c3 b5 21. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Nxd5.} N5b6 22. Rd1 c4 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Rd2 Nba4 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Bf2 a5 28. g4 f6 29. h4 h5 30. gxh5 Kh7 (30... Nd3 $14) 31. Be3 Re8 32. Kf2 Re5 33. h6 g5 ({Better is} 33... gxh6 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Na6) 34. hxg5 $16 fxg5 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Nd3+ 37. Bxd3+ cxd3 38. Rxd3 Rd5 39. Rd2 Kxh6 40. Nf5+ Rxf5 41. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc3 42. Kg3 Kh5 43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rc7 (44. Ra7 {is interesting.} Kh5 45. Ra8 Rd5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rg8+) 44... Nd5 45. Rc6+ Rf6 46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 $14 {KB-KN} 47. Bd2 Kf5 48. Be1 Nf4 49. Kf2 Nd3+ {The position is equal.} 50. Ke2 Nc1+ 51. Ke3 {[#] And now a3 would win.} Nxa2 52. Bd2 g4 53. fxg4+ Kxg4 54. Kd4 Nxb4 55. Bxb4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 17,75,0,0,-46,-18,-40,14,0,29,-27,-26,-30,12,19,16,-19,27,19,8,7,2,-31,0,0,0,-50,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-6,0,-12,-9,43,-178,-185,-178,-168,-170,0,0,0,0,550,545,992,978,877,616,2020,1957,29978,29978,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 8. Bh4 Re8 9. O-O c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} 10. f4 (10. f3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd6 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (39) Aronian,L (2767)-Caruana,F (2822) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bf5 Qc7 {0-1 (117) Bueno,A (2306)-Cubas,J (2537) Blumenau 2013}) 11. Re1 b5 (11... Nbd7 $15) 12. Ng3 $11 Na6 13. Nh5 (13. h3 $142) 13... Nxh5 $1 14. Qxh5 Nc7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re5 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rxe5 18. Qxe5 Ne8 19. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} a6 20. Qe7 Qc8 21. a5 Nf6 ({Black should try} 21... Qc7 $1 $15) 22. Qd6 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxc6 Rf8 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Qxa6 b4 27. Nb5 $1 Qe4 (27... Qxc2 $11 28. Nd6 Rf8) 28. h3 $2 (28. Nd6 $14 {stays ahead.} Qxd4+ 29. Kh1) 28... Qe3+ $1 $19 29. Kh2 {[#] And now Nd6 would win.} Qd2 $1 {( -> ...Re2)} 30. Rf3 {[#] Nd6 is the strong threat.} Re2 $2 ({Better is} 30... Re6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6a6]} 31. Nd6 Kh7) 31. Rg3 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening Qxf6.} Qxf4 32. Nd6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} ({Don't blunder} 32. Qd6 $2 Qf1 $19) 32... Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Re6 $11 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Nxf7 Re8) 33. Qc8+ $18 Ne8 34. Nf5 Re2 35. a6 Kh7 36. a7 Re1 37. a8=Q Qf2 {[#]} 38. Rxg7+ $1 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 22,125,33,33,42,36,31,27,50,55,65,67,83,44,56,43,41,33,42,22,45,0,0,0,0,0,37,25,70,63,135,133,132,80,80,80,160,159,147,152,150,155,156,157,162,154,310,254,425,425,426,426,426,424,424,422,422,419,428,418,439,439,439,436,431,436,485,496,471,438,514,511,515,511,560,554,624,624,1167,1141,1083,1062,1060,937,1762,1434,1956,1679,2130,2027,6448,4779,4779,4779,6111,6373,5525,4779,3134,2070,29983,29983,29983,29974,29969,29969]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (12... Nh5 13. Bd2 a6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 c5 17. d5 c4 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 {½-½ (54) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 {White has an edge.} 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Qd2.} Bc5 17. Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rd2 Bc6 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. a3 a5 20. Qh5 {½-½ (58) Milchev,N (2356)-Vidal del Rio,D (2146) Ourense 2008}) 17... Bc6 18. Qe2 b5 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 19. a3 a5 20. Rd2 Qb6 21. a4 (21. Na2 {is more complex.} b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nc1 Bb5 24. Qe1) 21... bxa4 $1 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nb8 (23... Bxf2+ $5 24. Kh1 (24. Qxf2 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Rxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 26. Kxf1 Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kg2 Qxa4 $11) 24... Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Qb7 $11) 24. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc6 25. Qb5 Rfd8 ({Black should play} 25... Qxb5 $14 26. Bxb5 Ne7) 26. Qxb6 $16 Bxb6 27. Rc4 ({White should try} 27. Rd6) 27... Nd4 {[#]} 28. Kg2 $1 {Hoping for Bg5.} Nb3 (28... Rxc4 $142 29. Bxc4 Rc8) 29. Rd6 Bc5 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Rb8 32. Bc2 Bf8 33. Be3 Na1 $2 (33... Nc5 $16 34. Bd4 (34. Bxc5 Rc8 $16) 34... Rb4 35. Rxb4 axb4) 34. Bd1 g6 $2 {[#]} (34... Nb3 {was worth a try.} 35. f4 a4) 35. b4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} axb4 36. Rc1 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} b3 {next ...b2 is good for Black.} 37. Rxa1 b2 38. Rb1 Ba3 39. Kf3 Rc8 40. Bb3 Rc1 41. Ba2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Kd3 Kf8 44. Bd2 Kg7 45. Bc3 Kh6 46. Kc4 Kh5 47. f3 g5 48. h3 h6 49. Kb3 Bc5 50. Bxb2 Rxb1 51. Bxb1 Bf2 52. g4+ Kh4 53. Bc2 Kxh3 54. Kc4 Kg3 55. Bd1 Kf4 56. Kd3 Bb6 57. Ke2 Bc7 58. Kf2 Bb6+ 59. Kg2 Be3 60. Ba4 h5 61. gxh5 {White mates.} g4 62. fxg4 Kxg4 63. Be8 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 9,77,19,13,10,18,0,22,22,29,28,19,27,25,25,25,24,18,25,18,18,26,29,35,50,47,35,41,49,55,3,18,5,11,0,0,0,8,0,18,22,14,14,14,14,14,15,86,89,79,75,71,68,75,80,81,52,52,52,60,22,22,21,22,22,22,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 (7... Qc7 {with more complications.} 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nc3 Ng6) 8. b4 Bb6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Kg7 $146 16. Nc3 e5 17. Nd5 Bg4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 ({White should try} 19. h3 $14 Bxf3 20. Rd7+ (20. gxf3 Rfd8 $11) 20... Kh8 21. gxf3) 19... Rfd8 20. Be4 Nge7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Rc1 Bd5 24. Nf5+ Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Bc4 26. f4 Nd4 27. Bg4 Be2 (27... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Rc8 $16 Rd5 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Bb5 32. Bxd4 (32. Bxb5 {feels hotter.} Nxb5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. a4 Na7 35. Bxe5 b5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Kf2) 32... Bxd7 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Bxb6 {KB-KB} Kf5 {The position is equal.} 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. Ke2 Bb5+ 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. g3+ Kf3 39. Bc7 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 11,121,12,19,0,60,59,141,79,66,97,92,72,85,69,93,79,126,125,117,119,127,120,147,25,23,25,17,18,23,23,23,22,22,18,197,201,202,215,214,216,206,202,195,0,199,198,176,179,177,208,202,212,200,198,218,224,212,210,212,0,203,0,213,210,194,211,202,194,210,0,0,0,212,204,209,191,208,186,199,202,192,175,177,180,171,172,212,131,128,87,127,66,64,0,87,0,53,39,32,36,49,42,50,27,22,24,34,0,0,0,31,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (7. Nc2 Bc5 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bf6 15. Rb1 {0-1 (25) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Ng4 ({Black should try} 7... Ne5 $11) 8. e3 $14 Nge5 $146 ({Better is} 8... Nf6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... h5 9. Bg2 Nce5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. b3 d5 13. h3 Nf6 14. f4 Ned7 {1-0 (48) Agrest,E (2588)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2517) Ourense 2009}) 9. Nd6+ (9. f4 $142) 9... Bxd6 $16 10. Qxd6 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ned3+ 13. Ke2 $1 d5 14. a3 Nc2 15. Rb1 $1 dxc4 16. Bg2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. Be4 (17. b3 $16) 17... Bd7 $11 18. Bxd3 cxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Nb4+ $1 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd1 Bb5+ 22. Kd4 O-O-O+ $2 (22... O-O $11 {and Black is okay.} 23. Nf2 Rfd8+ 24. Kc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc6) 23. Kc5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be2 24. Nf2 Rd5+ 25. Kxb4 Rb5+ 26. Kc3 Rc5+ 27. Kb4 Rb5+ 28. Ka4 $1 Kc7 {[%cal Rh8a8]} 29. b4 {And now Kb3 would win.} Bc4 {[%cal Rh8a8]} 30. Ka3 Bd5 {Strongly threatening ...Ra8+.} 31. Rf1 $1 Ra8+ 32. Kb2 Ba2 33. Ra1 Rxb4+ 34. Kc3 Rc4+ 35. Kb2 Rb4+ 36. Kc3 Rc4+ 37. Kd2 Rd8+ 38. Ke1 Rc2 39. Ng4 $1 Rg2 {[#]} 40. Rf2 $2 ({Only move:} 40. Nf2 $1 $18 Bc4 41. Rh1) 40... Rg1+ $11 41. Rf1 $2 (41. Ke2 $11 Bb3 42. Bb2 Rxa1 43. Bxa1 Bd1+ 44. Kf1 Bxg4 45. Rc2+ Kd7 46. Bxg7) 41... Rg2 $1 $18 {[#] intending ...Bc4.} 42. Nf2 $1 Bc4 43. Rh1 b5 44. Bb2 f6 {If Black can now play ...Rxf2 this consolidates a bit.} 45. Bd4 h5 46. Rd1 Kb7 {and if ...e5 works, Black does fine.} 47. Rc1 h4 48. gxh4 Rd5 49. h5 Rxh5 50. Ne4 Rd5 {With the idea ...Re2+.} 51. Nc3 (51. Nc5+ $16 Kb8 52. Na6+ (52. Nxe6 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxe3 $14) 52... Kb7 53. Nb4 Re2+ 54. Kd1) 51... Rh5 $14 52. Ne4 Rd5 $1 {next ...Re2+ is good for Black.} 53. Nc3 Rh5 54. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd2.} e5 55. fxe5 fxe5 56. Bc5 {Black must now prevent Rd2.} Kc6 57. Bb4 {Rd2 is the strong threat.} Rb2 58. Rb1 Rg2 59. Rd1 {aiming for Rd6+.} Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} 60. Rb1 Rg2 61. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 12,169,14,6,18,26,20,16,17,23,25,20,22,29,51,51,70,52,58,58,58,56,62,50,53,47,52,49,70,45,44,41,66,78,70,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,90,79,92,92,92,92,92,75,92,75,92,75,92,70,92,66,85,62,62,62,62,63,64,64,64,58,56,0,64,64,64,50,64,56,64,64,64,43,64,65,66,57,67,56,70,70,75,62,87,74,72,42,42,42,42,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,85,84,84,54,61,57,305,304,293,295,295,293,270,158,159,163,242,242,242,235,371,368,353,346,371,335,583,566,566,566,1848,1848,1848,1848,1848,1841,1841,1841,1841,1841,1833,1826,1819,1819,1812,1797,1797,1797,1797,1790,1790,1783,1772,1735,8323,4448]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {The position is equal.} 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qxc7 Qxc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O h5 16. h4 g4 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Bf4 f6 19. Nd3 Nc3 20. bxc3 {½-½ (20) Ding,L (2774)-Aronian,L (2801) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13. Bxc7 Nc6 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Ba5 Rab8 17. b4 Nd6 18. Nd2 Nb7 19. Nb3 Bc2 20. Nc5 (20. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c2]} Be4 21. f3 $14) 20... Nxc5 21. dxc5 Re8 22. a4 Bf5 23. O-O-O Re4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd7 26. Kd2 Re8 27. Bc7 f6 28. f3 a6 29. g4 Kg7 30. Rc1 Re6 31. h3 Kf7 32. Bg3 Be8 33. Bf2 Bd7 34. Be3 Kg7 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Kg6 37. Be3 Kg7 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kf2 Be8 40. Ke2 Bd7 $1 41. Kf3 Be8 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Ke2 Be8 44. Kd3 Bd7 45. Bd2 Kg7 46. Bf4 Kg6 47. Bg3 Kg5 48. Be1 Be8 49. Bd2+ Kg6 50. Rf1 Kg7 51. h4 Bd7 52. g5 fxg5 53. hxg5 h5 $1 54. Bf4 Kg6 55. Be5 Be8 56. Ke3 Kxg5 57. Rg1+ Kh6 (57... Kf5 $11) 58. Rg8 Re7 59. Kf4 {Hoping for Kf5.} Rf7+ 60. Kg3 $1 Re7 $2 (60... Bd7 $14) 61. Kh4 $18 Re6 62. Rh8+ Kg6 63. Rxh5 Re7 {[#]} 64. Rg5+ (64. Rh8 $1 $18) 64... Kf7 $16 65. Kg4 Ke6 {[#]} (65... Bd7+ $142 66. Kf4 Be8) 66. Rg8 $1 $18 Kf7 67. Rh8 Kg6 (67... Bd7+ $142 68. Kf3 Re8 69. Rh7+ Ke6) 68. Rf8 Bd7+ 69. Kg3 Be8 {[#]} 70. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb5 $2 (70... cxb5 {keeps fighting.} 71. axb5 axb5) 71. axb5 {White is clearly winning.} cxb5 {[#]} 72. c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b4 (72... Bxc6 73. Rf6+) 73. c7 Bd7 74. c8=Q Bxc8 75. Rxc8 {KRB-KR} Rb7 76. Kf4 b3 77. Rg8+ Kh7 78. Rg1 {White threatens Kf5 and mate.} b2 79. Rb1 Kg6 80. Ke3 Kf5 81. Kd3 Rb5 82. Kc3 Rb7 83. Rxb2 Rh7 84. Re2 Re7 85. Kb4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 26,60,28,17,15,25,22,0,6,6,8,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,6,145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rab8 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (13... Qc7 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qe2 a6 16. g3 b5 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Kg2 Rb8 19. h4 h6 20. Rh1 Nd7 21. Bb1 {0-1 (51) Kovalev,V (2636)-Riazantsev,A (2666) Sochi 2017}) 14. Ne5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Qc7 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} b5 {White has an edge.} 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Re3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Rh3 {½-½ (46) Peycheva,G (1676)-Asadi,M (1657) Al Ain 2013}) 17... Rfc8 18. Qf2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. f5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Re8 22. Qg3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nh5 (23... Qc5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Kh1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4) 24. Qe3 (24. Qg5 $16 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} exf5 25. Qxh5) 24... exf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxf5 g6 26. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Rg8.} 28. Qf6+ Kg8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qb6+.} 29. Qg5+ Kh8 {...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 30. Qf6+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 9,93,16,15,15,27,27,18,18,23,34,31,15,18,0,2,2,20,20,20,18,15,20,22,18,19,18,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,31,33,23,27,16,15,16,17,25,73,33,33,41,34,27,45,33,62,0,11,10,59,45,129,85,70,72,87,64,90,88,148,85,157,150,324,325,597,582,832,356,1210,1009,29978,29979,29979,29979,29982,29983,29980,29981,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Rd1 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b4 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2783)-Tsydypov,Z (2529) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exd6 ({Much weaker is} 13. gxf3 dxe5 14. Qc4 Qb8 $17) 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd5 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Rdb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b6]} 21. Qd4 Rb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d4]} 22. Qe5 Qc8 $1 23. Rd2 f6 24. Qe2 {Black must now prevent b3.} Rxb2 25. Rad1 Kh8 26. h3 (26. Rd7 {seems wilder.} h6 27. Qg4 Qg8 28. h3 Rxc2 29. R1d6) 26... h6 $1 27. Rd6 Rab8 28. R1d2 R2b6 29. Rd7 R6b7 30. R7d6 (30. Qxe6 $14 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 (31. Qxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Rb4 $11)) 30... Rb6 $1 $11 31. c4 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} e5 ({Black should try} 32... Rb1+ $14 33. Kh2 Rb6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Rxb6 Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 Qxb6) 33. Qe4 a5 34. Rd5 Qc7 35. g3 Rc8 36. c5 Qb8 (36... Qe7 $142) 37. Qf5 (37. h4 $142) 37... Qb7 (37... Qa8 $142) 38. Rd6 $16 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (38... Qa8 $16 {was called for.}) 39. c6 $18 Qb8 $2 (39... Re8 40. Qg6 Rg8) 40. h4 Qc7 41. Qe6 (41. Qg4 $142 Rg8 42. Qd7) 41... Kh7 $2 (41... Qb8 42. Qg4 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 f5) 42. h5 Qb8 43. Rd7 {White mates.} Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Rf8 45. Qg4 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 46. c7 Qb6 {[#]} 47. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 12,135,23,22,36,34,39,37,25,27,35,33,36,20,26,12,44,37,41,4,19,12,8,12,40,9,16,14,12,4,4,4,10,4,5,8,14,13,14,14,10,8,12,12,11,15,8,5,7,0,0,0,2,0,2,2,8,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-4,-23,-28,-8,-55,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nfe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 f6 15. Bf4 {0-1 (34) Hansen,E (2615)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Nbd2 (13. Bg5 {feels hotter.} Qd7 14. h3 h6 15. Bd2 a6 16. a3) 13... Re8 (13... Qf6 {looks sharper.} 14. Nf1 h6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. N3d2 Be6) 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. h3 Nce7 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Ng3 Qc8 18. Be3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bf5 20. g4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Bf2 Re8 23. Re1 Nc8 24. Qf5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nf8 26. Nd3 Ne7 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 28. Bg3 c6 29. a4 f6 30. a5 Kf7 31. Kf2 g5 32. Ke3 a6 33. Bc7 Ng6 34. b3 Ke6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ke3 Ngf8 37. c4 Ng6 38. Bg3 Ke6 39. Bc7 Nh8 40. Bg3 Nf7 41. Bc7 Nh6 42. Ne1 Ke7 43. Nf3 Nf8 44. Kd3 Kd7 45. Bb8 Ng8 46. Bg3 Ne7 47. Be1 Ne6 48. g3 Ng7 49. Bb4 Ng6 50. Bd2 Nf8 51. h4 h6 52. Ne1 Ke6 53. Ke3 Nd7 54. Nd3 Kf7 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. cxd5 cxd5 57. Nb4 Ne6 58. Nxd5 (58. h5+ {with more complications.} Kf7 59. Ke3 Nc7 60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Nc2) 58... Nxd4+ 59. Ke4 $1 Nxb3 60. Bb4 Ne5 61. Ne7+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kf7 62. Nf5 $1 Nxg4 63. h5 $1 Ke6 64. Ng7+ Kf7 65. Nf5 Ke6 {[#] Hoping for ...Nf2+.} 66. Ng7+ Kf7 67. Nf5 Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf2+.} 68. Ng7+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 16,80,26,0,10,0,27,22,30,35,32,31,32,25,28,26,41,26,52,47,46,47,57,48,53,46,66,61,77,63,77,71,95,94,88,88,96,94,133,80,156,116,114,113,112,19,152,164,254,264,218,226,401,398,580,555,505,503,1561,921,2476,2444,2296,1953,29993,29994,29999]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Be7 7. Bg5 Ng8 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ng8 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nd5 a4 {0-1 (107) Shchekachev,A (2531)-Bogdanovich,S (2590) Berlin 2015}) 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 16. Bc3 Bh3 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. b5 Ne7 19. e4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 a6 21. a4 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ng6 24. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 25. f5 Ne7 26. h4 Nc8 27. Qd1 (27. Ne3 $142) 27... Kh7 (27... d5 $142) 28. Bd2 d5 29. cxd5 Qxb5 30. Qf3 (30. Be3 $16) 30... Qb2 (30... c4 $11) 31. Be3 $16 {Hoping for g4.} Qc3 (31... c4 $142) 32. g4 $18 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5f6][%mdl 32]} Qxd3 33. g5 ({Stronger than} 33. Bxc5 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 Be7 $11) 33... Nd6 $2 (33... hxg5 34. hxg5 Bxg5) 34. gxf6 Qxe4 (34... Nxe4 $142 35. Rd1 Qb3) 35. Qh5 {[#] Black must now prevent fxg7.} Rg8 36. Rf2 Nc4 (36... Ne8 $142 37. fxg7 (37. Bxc5 Qxd5 38. Be7 Nxf6 $11) 37... Rxg7 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Bxc5 f6) 37. Bc1 Qxd5 38. fxg7 Rxg7 39. Bxh6 e4 40. Bxg7+ Kg8 41. Qh8# {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 18,118,15,0,14,-45,-50,-50,-45,-50,-49,-42,-47,-35,-41,-62,-56,-65,-64,-77,-83,-96,-88,-99,-86,-95,-93,-87,-82,-82,-85,-93,-72,-73,-69,-72,-69,-69,-69,-69,-66,-72,-69,-66,-72,-75,-68,-85,-78,-77,-76,-77,-70,-83,-71,-88,-88,-93,-72,-98,-98,-98,-72,-98,-98,-98,-77,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-103,-96,-242,-235,-506,-359,-294,-178,-1398,-1356,-1968,-1889,-1902,-1397,-29953,-29943,-12841,-6079,-29967,-29967,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29969,-29966,-29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nb6 10. Qa5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. Qb4 Qd6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 Nc8 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rd8 {1-0 (29) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Li,C (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 10... Bg4 11. Qg5 $146 ({White should try} 11. Bg5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Rb1 e5 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxe5 16. Kd2 Rab8 {½-½ (70) Johansson,L (2468)-Heimann,A (2578) Germany 2018}) 11... Bxf3 $15 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bg5 Rd6 15. d5 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. O-O Na4 18. Rfb1 b6 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Be1 Bf8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Bb3 Bc5 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rd2 Rc7 29. Rc2 Bc3 30. Kd3 b4 31. Bd5 Kh6 32. f3 Kg5 33. g3 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 34. Ke2 Rc5 35. Kf1 f5 36. Kg2 f4 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Bb3 Rd7 39. Rd1 Bd4 40. Rc1 Be3 41. Rd1 Rd4 (41... Rxd1 {keeps more tension.} 42. Bxd1 fxg3 43. Kxg3 a5 44. Bb3 Bf4+) 42. Kf1 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 fxg3 44. hxg3 {KB-KB} h5 45. Ba4 Kh6 46. Ke2 Bc1 47. Kd1 Bb2 48. f4 (48. Ke1 $17) 48... h4 $19 49. gxh4 $2 {[#]} (49. Ke2 {was forced.}) 49... exf4 {[%cal Be5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 50. Ke2 Kh5 51. Be8 $2 (51. Kf3) 51... Kxh4 52. Bxg6 Kg3 53. Bh5 a5 54. Kd3 f3 55. Kc4 Kf4 56. Kb5 f2 {Black mates.} 57. Be2 Kxe4 58. Kxa5 Ke3 59. Ba6 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 15,68,16,20,13,15,20,17,0,11,6,4,8,16,2,0,-28,-25,-30,-22,-33,-18,-31,-18,-34,-39,-35,-36,-35,-29,-33,-29,-110,-102,-130,-33,-19,-16,-22,-18,-20,-18,-28,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-10,-8,-14,-5,-5,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Re1 Rc8 {½-½ (56) Karjakin,S (2753)-Aronian,L (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 9... b4 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (50) Guseinov,G (2654)-Saurabh,A (2258) Sitges 2018}) 15... d5 16. Nbd2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rb5 18. Ng5 Qd7 19. c4 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Qa1 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 22. Qxa6 Nd4 23. Ndf3 {[#]} (23. Bxd4 $11 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Ndf3) 23... Nc2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2e1]} 24. Nxe5 {[#]} Qd6 (24... Qe8 $1 $17 25. Re2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bd6) 25. Qxd6 $15 Bxd6 26. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Nxe3 27. Nd3 $1 h6 28. fxe3 hxg5 29. e5 {[#]The position is equal.} Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxe5 Re8 31. Nc6 Rxe3 32. Nxb4 Rb3 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. cxd5 Rxb2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 13,67,-25,4,4,8,5,3,7,5,0,0,14,39,25,52,45,38,61,170,166,167,165,166,162,155,163,186,186,182,178,168,169,178,178,178,178,195,171,287,297,275,281,288,275,239,238,303,290,623,615,623,525,639,629,615,597]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 8. axb4 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxh7+ Nxh7 10. axb4 Nc6 11. b5 Ne7 12. O-O a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rxa6 bxa6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Qxc4 {1-0 (74) L'Ami,E (2605)-Schenk,A (2463) Germany 2017}) 8... dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 10. b5 {The position is equal.} Ne5 11. c5 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 e5 13. O-O Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. b4 e4 {0-1 (28) Wicklund Hansen,G-Gislason,B ICCF corr 1984}) 14. f3 Bh5 15. e4 Qc8 ({Black should try} 15... dxe4 $14 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 16. Nxd5 $18 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ ({Resist} 18. Bxa7 $6 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Nxd5 $14) 18... Qxf6 19. Qd7 Qd8 20. Qxb7 {Rfd1 is the strong threat.} Rb8 21. Qxa7 {Threatens to win with Rfd1.} Rxb5 22. b4 $36 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 2080] White is in control.} Qb8 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Qxb8 Rbxb8 25. Rfb1 f6 {[#]} (25... Rb5 $142 26. Be7 Re8) 26. b5 $1 Be8 27. b6 Rd7 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Ra7 Ke6 30. Be3 Rdb7 $2 (30... Kd6 31. Kf2 Rxa7 32. bxa7 Ra8) 31. Rc7 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc7 32. Rxc7 ({Not} 32. bxc7 Rc8 $16) 32... Bd7 33. Bc5 h5 34. b7 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 18,85,33,18,18,18,11,16,13,12,16,12,16,6,18,5,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,7,1,4,41,10,4,6,16,0,44,0,27,25,25,22,40,31,33,50,40,31,31,31,28,27,69,45,64,65,66,60,79,80,73,80,70,76,68,64,80,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 (10. Nd2 {feels hotter.} Qc8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rad1 Nd4 13. Qb4) 10... Bxd5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. e4 Qd7 14. Qb3 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5] [#]} 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. dxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (15) Berkes,F (2648)-Naiditsch,A (2689) Hungary 2016}) 15... cxd5 16. exd5 Nc8 17. d6 Nxd6 18. Qd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rad8 19. Nxe5 Qa4 20. Nd3 b6 21. b3 Qb5 ({But not} 21... Qxa2 22. Nb4 $16) 22. Nf4 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd3 Qe5 (25... Bf6 {with more complications.} 26. Nd5 Qe5 27. f4 Qb2 28. Qd2 Kg7) 26. h4 (26. Qa6 {looks sharper.} Qc5 27. Qa4 a5 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Kg2) 26... Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Nd5 Bg7 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. a4 a5 $1 32. b4 axb4 33. Nxb4 f5 34. Bf3 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rd7 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. Nb8 Rd8 38. Bc6+ Kf7 39. Nd7 Nc8 40. Bb5 {Threatens to win with Ne5+!} Na7 {[#]} 41. Ne5+ ({Better is} 41. Be2 $1 $16) 41... Ke7 $11 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Nc6+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 9,197,21,30,12,22,12,12,15,10,0,16,9,39,28,35,35,29,15,29,29,30,25,39,34,38,25,25,25,27,24,24,28,15,10,23,22,37,3,10,0,0,0,16,16,16,16,16,16,22,18,24,23,31,10,15,10,19,14,41,35,42,39,37,49,56,50,66,62,150,154,212,197,184,196,310,298,254,68,51,30,33,33,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,0,0,-17,-17,-62,-51,-78,-78,-78,-78,-91,-126,-126,-145,-94,-158,-152,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-27,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,-17,-17,-17,-17,-23,0,-24,0,-31,-31,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O {keeps more tension.} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Re1) 6... Be6 7. Qe2 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 b6 {½-½ (52) Caruana,F (2828)-Nakamura,H (2749) chess.com INT 2019}) 7... Nd7 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Ng5 Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. h4 h5 12. Be3 c5 13. g3 Nb8 {1-0 (26) Czarnota,P (2540)-Codenotti,M (2471) Achaea 2016}) 10. O-O h6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Be3 c5 13. Na5 b6 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. a4 Rd8 16. g3 Qg6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Qf5 Qxf5 19. exf5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nd2 f6 22. g4 Kf7 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 g6 25. Kf3 hxg4+ 26. hxg4 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rh8 28. Rh1 Rdg8 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. a5 b5 32. a6 c6 33. Rg1 Rb8 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Ng3 Rb6 36. Ra1 Kf7 37. Ke4 Bd6 38. Nh5 c5 (38... b4 $1 $14) 39. b3 $1 $16 c4 (39... Rc6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Kd5 Rb6) 40. bxc4 $18 bxc4 41. dxc4 Rb2 (41... Be7 $142 42. f4 Rc6 43. Nxf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} (43. fxe5 fxe5 44. Kxe5 Rh6 $16) 43... Rxf6) 42. Kd5 Be7 {[#]} 43. Rg1 $2 ({White must play} 43. Ng3 $1 $18) 43... Ra2 $1 $14 ({But not} 43... Rxc2 $2 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Ke6 $18) 44. Rg7+ Kf8 $1 45. Rh7 Ra5+ 46. Ke6 (46. Ke4 $14) 46... Rxa6+ $11 47. Kd7 Rd6+ 48. Kc7 Rb6 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Bd6+.} 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. Ng3 Rb4 53. Kd7 {Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Rb7+ 54. Kc6 Rb6+ 55. Kd5 Rd6+ $1 56. Ke4 Ra6 57. Rb8 Ra3 58. Kd5 d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 59. cxd3 Rxd3+ 60. Kc6 Rd6+ 61. Kb5 a6+ 62. Ka5 Rc6 63. Rb7 Rxc4 64. Kxa6 Rf4 65. Kb5 Ke8 66. Kc6 Rxf2 67. Rb8+ Kf7 {...Rf3 is the strong threat.} 68. Rb7 Rf4 69. Ra7 Rg4 70. Nf1 Rc4+ 71. Kd5 Rd4+ 72. Kc6 Rd6+ 73. Kb5 Rd3 74. Nh2 {[#]} Rd4 (74... Rb3+ $1 $17 75. Kc6 Rc3+ 76. Kb5 e4) 75. Ra4 Rd1 76. Ng4 Rd3 77. Kc4 Rd4+ 78. Kb3 Rd7 79. Kc2 Rd6 80. Nf2 Rd7 81. Ng4 Bd8 82. Nf2 Kg7 83. Rg4+ Kf7 84. Ra4 Kg7 85. Rg4+ Kf8 86. Ra4 Rh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2.} 87. Ra8 {The position is equal.} Rc7+ 88. Kd3 Ke7 89. Ne4 Rd7+ 90. Ke2 Rd4 91. Ra7+ Ke8 92. Kf3 Rd3+ 93. Ke2 Rd4 94. Kf3 Be7 95. Ra6 Kf7 96. Ra7 Kf8 97. Ra6 Kf7 98. Ra7 Kf8 99. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 14,113,16,16,22,24,31,27,43,0,29,27,39,37,39,41,41,0,37,0,34,7,27,29,39,29,75,67,86,81,81,75,116,113,132,140,133,122,151,107,110,110,135,123,125,127,112,125,164,70,93,49,56,50,69,69,111,84,271,80,69,62,90,80,73,69,183,54,47,53,48,52,66,0,166,154,160,162,209,202,278,259,485,550,541,541,530,525,995,1137,1137,1137,1151,1116,29976,29972,29971,29969,29975,29976,5691,1083]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qf6 {White has an edge.} 11. Ne3 Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Be3 {½-½ (101) Amin,B (2689)-Bu,X (2730) Riadh 2017}) 12. fxe3 Qg6 13. Rf1 {aiming for Nh4.} Nf6 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... h5 {is more complex.} 18. Bd2 h4 19. h3 Be6 20. Bc2 O-O-O) 18. Rxf5 Qg6 19. Rf3 O-O 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Rg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qh7 22. Qg4 Nc5 23. Bc2 $1 Rae8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rf1 Ncd8 26. Bb3 Kh8 27. Be1 c6 28. Rgf3 f6 29. Rf5 Nc7 30. Bg3 Re7 31. h4 (31. c4 $18) 31... Nf7 32. Qf3 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Rfe8 33. c4 c5 34. Be1 Ne6 35. a3 Rf8 $2 {[#]} (35... Qg6 $16) 36. Bd1 $2 (36. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win. Hoping for Bc3.} Nf4 (36... gxf6 37. Qxf6+) 37. bxc5 (37. exf4 gxf6 38. Bd2 Qg7 $14) 37... gxf6 38. cxd6 (38. exf4 dxc5 39. Bd2 b6 $11) 38... Nxd6 39. exf4) 36... Nfd8 $16 37. Qg3 b5 38. Bb3 Rfe8 39. Qg4 Nf8 (39... Ra7 $14) 40. Qe2 ({White should try} 40. cxb5 $18 axb5 41. a4) 40... Nd7 41. a4 a5 42. cxb5 cxb4 43. Qc2 Ne6 $2 (43... Nb7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 44. Bxe6 $1 $18 Rxe6 {[#]} 45. Qc7 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRd7][%cal Rc7d7]} Nc5 {And now ...g6 would win.} 46. Qxa5 Nxd3 {[#]} 47. b6 $1 ({Weaker is} 47. Bxb4 Qg6 $14) 47... g6 $2 (47... b3 {might work better.} 48. Qb5 Nc5) 48. Rxf6 Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Nxe1 50. Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb7 51. Qxe1 Qxb6 52. Rxg6 {Threatening mate with Qf2. KQR-KQR} Kh7 53. h5 Rf8 54. Kh2 Qb7 55. Qh4 Qa7 56. Qg4 Qf7 57. Rxd6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 41%.} (57. a5 $142 Rb8 58. Rxd6) 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 17,96,-14,-15,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,8,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-74,-56,-52,-50,-52,-45,-48,-48,-45,-25,-19,-18,-58,-70,-69,-56,-106,-99,-100,-113,-153,-153,-151,-151,-139,0,-70,0,-132,-133,-86,-109,-166,-152,-234,-219,-324,-321,-386,-372,-372,-366,-529,-529,-519,-516,-646,-639,-629,-617]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 {C45: Scotch Game} d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 {Strongly threatening Bb2.The position is equal.} Bg7 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 (14. dxc6 $2 Bb5 $19) 14... Bxa1 15. Rc1 (15. dxc7 cxd5 16. Rd1 Be5 $17) 15... O-O-O {[#]} 16. Rxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 c5 17. Bxc5 Kb7 {½-½ (43) Jones,G (2665)-L'Ami,E (2605) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 16... Rd7 17. f4 g5 18. g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Rg8 20. Kf3 Rg1 {...Rf1+ is the strong threat.} 21. Nd2 $1 Rh1 22. Kg2 Rd1 23. Bb4 Bg7 24. Ba5 (24. Nc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kb8 26. Rxf7 {aiming for Bc7+.} Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Nc4 ({Reject} 27. Rxg7 Rxa5 28. Nf3 Rxa2+ 29. Kg3 Rd3 $19) 27... Rd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 29. Kf3 Rd1 30. Bb4 Kc7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 31. Bc5 a6 32. h4 Ra1 33. a3 Kc6 34. Be3 Kd5 35. Nb6+ Ke6 36. Nc4 Kd5 (36... Kf5 $17 37. Nd6+ Kg6) 37. Nb6+ $1 Ke6 (37... Kd6 $1 $15) 38. Nc4 $17 Kf5 39. Nd6+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 40. f5+ (40. Bc5 $17) 40... Kh5 $19 41. Bg5 (41. Bc5 $17) 41... Rxa3 42. Be7 (42. Ne4 {might work better.} Be5 43. Nc5) 42... Be5 ({Not} 42... Rxb3+ 43. Ke4 $17) 43. Nc4 Rxb3+ 44. Ke4 Bg3 45. f6 (45. Kd5 $142 Rc3 46. Bf6) 45... Kg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. h5+ Kf7 47. Ne3 Bh4 48. Ng4 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 14,117,8,-22,20,0,0,0,0,-3,23,0,6,0,15,0,0,0,39,38,61,-28,-39,-11,-12,-10,-13,-20,0,0,0,0,66,65,56,64,93,100,154,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,46,58,54,69,64,82,64,124,123,136,133,143,140,133,131,143,146,206,206,206,206,206,206,206,203,212,210,387,258,258,258,416,402,445,408,426,412,439,421,617,569,706,706,698,698,691,690,691,684,652,622]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 7. Nf3 (7. e4 e5 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qd2 {0-1 (37) Lampert,J (2544)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2575) chess.com INT 2019}) 7... Nc6 8. c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Ba3 Nd7 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc5 e5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rfd1 {½-½ (27) Schrancz,I-Kahn,P ICCF corr 1984}) 10... Re8 11. Rb1 Qf6 12. e3 e5 13. Re1 h6 14. Qc2 b6 15. Qa4 {Nxe5 is the strong threat.} Bb7 (15... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 16. Nd2 Qg6 $11) 16. d5 Rad8 17. dxc6 ({White should play} 17. Nd2 $1 $14 Ne7 18. Ne4) 17... Bxc6 $11 18. Qh4 e4 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Nh4 Rd2 (20... g5 $5 21. Nf5 $8 Bd7 $11) 21. Rb2 Rd3 22. Bf1 Red8 (22... Rxc3 $11 23. Rb3 Rc2) 23. Bxd3 $14 exd3 24. c4 g5 25. Nf5 Bf3 {[#]} (25... Rd7 $142) 26. Rd2 ({But not} 26. Nxh6+ $6 Kf8 $14) ({Only move:} 26. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4f3]} cxd4 27. Be7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Ne4 $11 27. Bc1 ({Don't blunder} 27. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 $19) 27... Kh7 28. g4 (28. Ne7 {keeps more tension.} Rd7 29. Nd5 c6 30. Rxd3 cxd5 31. Bb2) 28... Bxg4 29. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Nxd2 30. Bxd2 Kg6 31. Kg2 h5 32. f3 Be6 33. Rc1 f6 34. Ne4 Bf5 35. Nf2 a5 36. Rc3 h4 37. Kf1 Be6 {[#]} (37... Kf7 $14) 38. Ke1 $1 $16 Kh5 39. a3 f5 40. Nxd3 Bxc4 41. Nxc5 $1 Bd5 42. e4 Re8 (42... Bg8 $16) 43. Kf2 $18 fxe4 44. Nxe4 Bxe4 45. fxe4 Rxe4 46. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kg4 47. Rc3 Re6 $2 (47... a4 48. h3+ Kf5 49. Rf3+ Kg6) 48. Rb3 Rf6+ 49. Kg2 Re6 $2 (49... Rf5 50. a4 h3+ 51. Rxh3 b5 52. Rg3+ (52. Bxa5 bxa4 53. Rg3+ Kh5 $18) 52... Kh5 53. axb5 Rxb5) 50. h3+ Kh5 {aiming for ...Re2+.} 51. Kf2 Rf6+ 52. Ke2 Re6+ 53. Be3 {White is clearly winning.} Re4 (53... g4 $142 54. Rb5+ (54. Rxb6 gxh3 55. Rb5+ Kg6 $16) 54... Kg6 55. Rg5+ (55. Rxb6 Rxb6 56. Bxb6 gxh3 $16) 55... Kf7 56. Rxg4 Re5 57. Rxh4 b5) 54. Rb5 Kh6 55. Kf3 Ra4 56. Bxg5+ Kh7 57. Be7 Rd4 58. Rxb6 a4 59. Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 25,67,41,43,41,45,49,43,41,41,42,63,68,66,62,56,22,22,13,29,0,44,47,67,61,64,88,95,95,93,94,85,61,317,234,244,236,226,226,460,346,746,740,698,460]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 13. Bf4 (13. Re2 a6 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. f4 g6 20. Rd1 {½-½ (42) Li,C (2725)-Bu,X (2718) Ningbo 2018}) 13... Rfe8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Re2 Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Kf1 f6 20. Nf3 {½-½ (37) Csepregi,L-Rietz,A DDR 1984}) 15... Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxd6 17. Re1 g6 18. h4 h5 19. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rf8 20. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} a5 21. b5 Na7 22. g3 Nc8 23. Nh3 Qf6 24. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nb6 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Re5 Kf8 27. Qe2 a4 28. Re3 {Strongly threatening Ne6+!} Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 28... Rc8 $14) 29. Re7 {Hoping for Ne6+.} Kf8 30. Rxc7 Re8 {[#]} 31. Qf3 $1 Re4 $2 (31... Rb8 32. Qe3 a3) 32. Kg2 Qf5 $2 (32... Qd6) 33. Rxb7 $18 Nc4 34. Nd3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,37]} 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 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Nb8 13. Ng5 Re7 14. Ndf3 Nbd7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Ng5 d5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. f4 exd4 19. e5 dxc3 20. bxc3 Kg8 21. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (39) Topalov,V (2740)-Karpov,A (2623) Salamanca 2018}) 11... Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 22,23,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh3 e6 14. f3 g5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. fxe4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 c5 {0-1 (52) Adly,A (2599)-Mamedov,R (2688) Doha 2016}) 9. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e3 e6 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Reb1 Reb8 21. Rb3 {½-½ (29) Zhao,J (2610)-Robson,R (2667) chess.com INT 2019}) 9... Nf6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 9,81,21,44,40,38,46,71,75,79,69,79,82,142,143,185,189,199,188,204,206,266,264,254,219,232,223,211,204,223,199,339,263,326,265,264,255,331,328,326,329,429,432,426,422,404,381,381,403,391,389,406,410,395,306,349,341,344,308,358,357,356,339,514,514,514,495,521,516,642,633,874,601,873,873]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. h3 d6 (5... Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nh6 9. g4 O-O 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 f5 13. g5 {½-½ (45) Adams,M (2706)-Pert,N (2544) Hull 2018}) 6. e5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d3 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng5 e5 13. Ne6 {½-½ (43) Popelka,M (2457)-Nedoma,P (2351) ICCF email 2008}) 8. Nxc6 {White is better.} bxc6 9. Qf3 Qe6+ 10. Kd1 Bd7 (10... cxb5 $142 11. Qxa8 Bg7) 11. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qd6 12. d3 Nd5 13. Bc4 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Be6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxc4.} 15. Bf4 Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Bxc4.} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be5 Rg8 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qe4 Kf7 (19... Qd5 {was worth a try.} 20. Rb1 c4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. dxc4 Bh6) 20. Qf4+ $18 Ke8 21. c4 Bg7 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rf8 24. Qh6 ({Not} 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kf7 $16) 24... Rxf6 25. Qh8+ Rf8 26. Qg7 Rxf2 27. Qg8+ Rf8 28. Qxg6+ Kd8 29. Qxh5 Qd6 30. Qh6 Kc7 31. Qxe6 Rae8 32. Qxd6+ Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Rb7 a5 34. Ra7 e5 35. Rxa5 e4 (35... Rf7 {keeps fighting.} 36. Re2 Rg7) 36. Rxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe4 37. dxe4 Rf2 38. g4 Rh2 39. Ra3 Ke5 40. Rd3 Kxe4 41. Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "World Team-ch Open 2019"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Hesham, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 19,22,0,20,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 $146 Nf6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Ng5 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} Nf6 1/2-1/2

