[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

