[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

