[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

