[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,194,23,29,-9,-10,-7,0,-6,0,-12,0,-7,7,20,14,0,16,0,9,8,27,33,30,23,37,28,34,38,53,0,45,37,48,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-13,-13,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-11,-54,-54,-77,-15,-75,0,0,119,129,458,167,164,73,337,318,380,0,1851,429,5261,984,961,960,956,827,827,798,550,242,818,822,754,634,588,513,1047,954,1258,1110,1358,1199,889,511,468,391,1898,1731,29971,5197,29984,29984,29981,29980,29988,0,0,0,1325,0,29984,29985,29992,29986,29986,29987,29988,29981,29981,29982,29982,29981,29981,29981,29982,29979,29981,29979,29979,0,0,0,29940,29948,29958,29957,12850,1889,29953,12835,29947,0,29958,0,29949,29956,29958,29952,29949,9316,9680,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 e5 11. Bh2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (11. Bg5 exd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 d5 16. Bxh6 dxc4 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. h4 b5 {½-½ (60) Khotenashvili,B (2445)-Muzychuk,M (2546) Riga 2017}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rad1 Nce4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nfe4 14. Nd5 a5 15. f3 Ng5 16. e4 Nge6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bd3 Rc8 {½-½ (40) Schulz,K (2283)-Kabisch,T (2309) Luebeck 2016}) 14. Bf3 Qc8 (14... Rb8 {looks sharper.} 15. Nce2 h5 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc1 h4) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Nxe4 {keeps more tension.} 16. b4 a5 17. b5 a4 18. Ne2 f5) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Ne2 Qb7 18. Nf4 a6 19. f3 Nf6 20. e4 b5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Nd5 Nb6 24. c5 (24. Nxb6 $14 Qxb6 25. Rd5) 24... Nxd5 25. Rxd5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 (26. Rxc5 $14 c6 27. Rd1) 26... Bf8 $11 27. Qc3 c6 28. Rd3 Red8 29. Rfd1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 c5 31. Be5 Qe7 32. Rd5 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Qd3 h5 35. Kh2 Bg7 36. Bxg7 (36. Bf4 {is interesting.} Bb2 37. Kh1 Kg7 38. Rd7 Qf6 39. Be3) 36... Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Qe3 Qe6 ({Black should play} 37... Qf6 $17) 38. Qd2 (38. Qg5 $11) 38... b4 (38... Qf6 $17) 39. Qb2+ f6 (39... Kh7 $11) 40. Qd2 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rd7+.} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Rc7 $16 {is a better chance.}) 41. Qd3 $2 (41. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 41... Rc6 {[#]} 42. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... fxe5 $16 {was called for.} 43. Rd7+ Kf8) 43. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for exf6.} g4 (43... gxh4 44. Qd2+) 44. exf6 $2 ({White has to play} 44. Qd2+ $18 Kg7 45. exf6+ Qxf6 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Qxb4+ Qd6+ 49. Qxd6+ Rxd6 50. Rxg4) 44... Qxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... g3+ $11 45. Kxg3 Qe1+ 46. Kh3 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 Qe1+) 45. Qe3+ (45. Rxh5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (45... Kxh5 46. Qh7+) 46. Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 47. Rf5 gxf3 48. Rxf6+ Rxf6 49. gxf3) 45... Kg6 (45... Kg7 $142 46. Qa7+ Kf8 47. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 48. Qb7+ Kf8 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Rg5+ Kf8 52. Qb8+ Ke7) 46. Rg5+ (46. Qe8+ $142 Kh6 47. Rxh5+ Kg7 48. Rg5+ Qxg5 49. hxg5) 46... Kf7 $18 47. Qe4 g3+ 48. Kh3 Qe6+ 49. Qxe6+ Kxe6 50. Kxg3 {KR-KR} (50. Rxh5 $142 Kd7 51. Kxg3) 50... Kd6 $2 (50... Rc2 51. Rg6+ (51. Rxh5 Rxa2 52. Rh6+ Kd5 $14) 51... Kd5) 51. Rxh5 Kc7 52. Ra5 Kb6 53. Re5 Rc2 (53... a5 $142 54. h5 a4) 54. h5 Rxa2 55. h6 {h7 would kill now.} Rc2 56. Re8 {Threatens to win with h7.} Rc7 57. Kf4 a5 {[#]} 58. g4 $1 a4 $2 (58... b3 59. Rb8+ Rb7 60. Rxb7+ Kxb7) 59. Rb8+ Kc5 60. g5 a3 61. g6 a2 62. Ra8 b3 63. g7 $2 (63. h7 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 b2 65. Re1 Rd7 66. h8=Q Rd4+ 67. Kg3 Rd5 68. Qxb2) 63... b2 $11 64. g8=Q b1=Q $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192] KQR-KQR} (64... a1=Q $11 65. Qf8+ Kc4 66. Qg8+ Kc5 67. Qf8+ Kc4 68. Qg8+ Kc5) 65. Qf8+ $2 (65. Ra5+ Kb4 $11) ({White should try} 65. Qxa2 $18 {Threatening mate with Qa5+.} Qxa2 66. Rxa2 Rf7+ 67. Kg4) 65... Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kb5 $11 66. Qe8+ Kb6 67. Qe6+ (67. Qe3+ Rc5 $11) 67... Rc6 68. Qe3+ (68. Qxa2 {leads to mate.} Rf6+ 69. Ke3 Qe1+ 70. Qe2 Re6+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 71. Kd4 Qxe2 72. Rb8+ Kc7 73. Rc8+ Kxc8 74. h7 Rd6+ 75. Kc5 Qe5+ 76. Kc4 Rc6+ 77. Kb4 Qb2+ 78. Ka5 Kb7 79. f4 Ra6#) 68... Rc5 69. Rb8+ Kc7) 66. Qf6+ Kc5 67. Qe5+ Kc6 68. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb5 69. Rb8+ Kc5 70. Qe5+ Kc6 71. Qc3+ Kd7 72. Qd4+ Kc6 73. Qc4+ Kd7 74. Qd5+ Ke7 75. Qd8+ $2 (75. Qe5+ {mates} Kd7 76. Qd5+ Ke7 77. Qe5+ Kd7 78. Qg7+ Ke6 79. Re8+ Kd6 80. Qf6+ Kd5 81. Rd8+ Kc4 82. Qd4+ Kb5 83. Qd5+ Kb4 84. Rb8+ Kc3 85. Qe5+ Kd2 86. Rd8+ Kc1 87. Qxc7+ Qc2 88. Qxc2+ Kxc2 89. Ra8) 75... Ke6 $11 {( -> ...Rf7+)} 76. Rxb1 {White threatens Rb6+ and mate.} axb1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Rf7+ $11 77. Kg5 Rf5+ 78. Kg4 axb1=Q 79. Qe8+ Kf6 80. Qh8+ Ke6 81. Qe8+ Kf6 82. Qh8+ Ke6 83. Qe8+) 77. Qxc7 {KQ-KQ} Qf5+ 78. Ke3 Qg5+ 79. Qf4 Qg1+ 80. Ke2 Qg2+ 81. Ke3 Qg1+ 82. Ke2 Qg2+ 83. Kd3 Qf1+ 84. Kc3 Qa1+ 85. Kb4 (85. Kc2 $142 Qa6 86. Kd2 Qa2+ 87. Ke3 Qa1 88. Qc4+ Kf6 89. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 90. Kxd4) 85... Qb2+ {[#]} 86. Kc5 $2 (86. Kc4 $1 $18 Qc2+ 87. Kd4 Qb2+ 88. Kd3 Qb3+ 89. Ke2 Qb2+ 90. Kf1) 86... Qa3+ {The position is equal.} 87. Kb6 Qb3+ 88. Kc7 Qc3+ $1 89. Kb6 Qb3+ 90. Kc5 Qa3+ 91. Kb5 Qb3+ 92. Qb4 Qxf3 93. Qc4+ Kf6 $1 94. Qh4+ Kg6 95. h7 Qb7+ 96. Kc5 Qxh7 97. Qxh7+ Kxh7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,137,0,2,20,21,16,24,12,12,17,18,17,14,12,4,29,18,37,42,66,38,66,55,66,63,118,54,103,47,96,39,64,12,16,0,0,0,-8,-32,-4,-2,0,-25,-39,-31,-34,-22,-8,-8,-8,-18,0,-90,-40,-40,-40,-41,-43,-87,-93,-87,-87,-168,-12,-17,-25,-15,123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53,46,47,45,84,53,262,262,254,250,295,254,262,96,262,15,255,247,218,218,137,0,407,8,13,63,1323,1171,6729,11745,29962,29966,29962,12662,5897,5081,29970,29971,29972,29973,29974,29971,5089,12839]} 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} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 {White has an edge.} 12. Nxa2 (12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2774)-Svidler,P (2735) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 12... Nc6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rab8 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Rc1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (49) Bellahcene,B (2493)-Krejci,J (2538) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 15. Be3 c5 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 {Threatens to win with Nxd4.} Bd8 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rc1 f5 (20... a5 $14) 21. Qf3 (21. exf5 $16 Qxf5 22. f4) 21... g6 22. h3 (22. c5 $16) 22... Kg7 23. Rfe1 (23. exf5 $16 Qxf5 24. Qe2) 23... Rab8 24. exf5 (24. c5 $14) 24... Qxf5 $11 25. c5 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Kf7 27. cxd6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 29. Nc7+ Kxd6 30. Nxa6 Ra8 31. Nc5 Rxa3 {Hoping for ...Kd5.} 32. Nb7+ Kd7 33. Nc5+ Kd6 34. Kg2 (34. Nb7+ $11 Kd7 35. Nxd8 Kxd8 36. Rc5) 34... Be7 35. f4 $1 exf4 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 36. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e6] Re6+ is the strong threat.} Ra7 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 37. Re4 Kd5 38. Nb3 Bf6 39. Rxf4 (39. Re8 $17) 39... Be5 $2 (39... Ra3 $19 40. Rxf6 Rxb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 40. Rf8 Ra3 41. Rd8+ Ke6 (41... Bd6 $11 42. Nxd4 Kxd4 43. Rxd6+ Kc3) 42. Nxd4+ (42. Nc5+ $1 $16 Kf6 43. Rd5) 42... Bxd4 43. Rxd4 $16 {KR-KR} Rb3 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Ke3 h5 46. h4 Rb1 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 47. Re4+ Kd5 (47... Kf6 $11) 48. Kf4 $14 Rg1 $1 49. f3 Kd6 $1 50. Re5 Kc6 $2 ({Black should play} 50... Rh1 $14 51. Rxb5 Rxh4+ 52. Ke3 Ke6) 51. Rg5 Rb1 52. Rxg6+ Kc7 53. Ke5 Rxb4 54. d4 $2 (54. f4 $18) 54... Rb1 $2 (54... Rb2 $16) 55. d5 $2 (55. Rg7+ $1 $18 Kb6 56. f4) 55... b4 $2 (55... Re1+ $11 56. Kd4 Rc1) 56. Rg7+ $1 $18 Kb6 {[#]} 57. Rg8 $1 Kb7 {[#]} 58. d6 ({Better is} 58. Rg2 $1 $16) 58... Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Re1+ $1 $11 59. Kd4 Kc6) 59. Rg2 $2 (59. f4 $18) 59... b3 $1 $11 60. Rb2 Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Rd3 $14) 61. Rxb3 $18 Rd5+ 62. Ke4 {White threatens Rb6+! and mate.} Rxd6 63. Rc3+ Kb6 64. Kf5 (64. f4 $142 Rd2 65. f5 Rf2 66. Ke5 Re2+ 67. Kf4 Rh2 68. Kg3 Re2 69. f6) 64... Rd5+ 65. Kg6 Kb5 66. f4 Kb4 67. Rc8 Rd4 68. Kg5 Re4 69. f5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,117,23,9,18,1,23,0,60,63,70,55,67,58,62,63,73,0,0,0,23,7,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-27,-28,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,3,98,102,166,175,188,177,187,176,178,137,168,94,93,96,96,100,96,-172,95,93,85,82,91,60,92,32,343,341,340,322,329,329,317,317,366,349,355,226,243,232,230,70,75,2,2,1,8,6,8,7,5,0,62,0,63,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 8. cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 (9... Nbd7 $1 $11) 10. Qg5 $14 O-O {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 (14. Rd1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (25) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 14... Bf5 $11 15. Bd2 Be4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rc5 h6 18. h4 a6 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Rcc1 $1 Nd5 21. Nh2 Re7 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb6 24. Nf3 f6 25. b3 h5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Rc5 Rde8 (27... Rd5 $11 28. Rxd5 Nxd5) 28. Rxh5 $16 Ne5 {[#]} (28... Rd7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Nxe5+ $1 $18 ({Don't do} 29. Nxd4 Rd7 $16) 29... fxe5 30. Rf5+ Ke6 31. Rg5 {Threatens to win with Rg6+.} Nd5 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc5 (33. f4 $18) 33... Nf6 $16 {With the idea ...Ne4.} 34. Rf5 Kg6 35. g4 Ne4 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Rc2 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Kg2 Rh7 40. Kf3 ({Better is} 40. Bc1 $16) 40... Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Nd6 $1 $14 41. Rg5+ Kf6) 41. Rg5+ $18 Kf7 {intending ...Rh3+.} 42. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 43. Rxh7 Nxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. g5 e4+ 46. Kg2 Re7 47. Rh6 Rg7 48. Rh5 $2 (48. Bf4 $18) 48... Nf6 $14 {[#]} 49. Rh3 (49. Rh4 $1 $16) 49... e3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3d2]} 50. fxe3 Rxg5+ 51. Kf1 {aiming for e4+!} Ne4 52. Be1 Rf5+ 53. Rf3 Nd6 (53... Rh5 $11 54. Bb4 Ng5 55. Rf5+ Ke4) 54. exd4 ({White should play} 54. Bb4 $14 d3 55. Ke1 dxe2 56. Kxe2 Rxf3 57. Kxf3) 54... Kxd4 (54... Rxf3+ $1 $11 55. exf3 Nb5) 55. Rxf5 ({White should try} 55. Bf2+ $14 Ke4 56. Rxf5 Kxf5 57. a4) 55... Nxf5 {The position is equal.} 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc3 Ne3 {Hoping for ...Nd1+.} 58. Ke1 Nc2+ 59. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,76,-1,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,-6,-18,-15,-4,-6,-8,-11,-20,-47,-14,-9,-2,-2,-2,-3,-4,-3,-6,-10,-7,-9,-9,-10,-9,-10,-7,-6,-6,-9,0,0,224,224,227,0,0,0,0,-168,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. h3 Bf4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Rac8 18. Ra3 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Rc7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rb1 e5 22. Rxa5 exd4 23. cxd4 Ba8 24. Rba1 Nf8 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Rxd4 27. Nc4 Bd5 28. Ne3 {½-½ (28) Berkes,F (2678)-Predojevic,B (2624) Valjevo 2018}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rac8 19. Re3 g6 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qb2 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rea3 Rcd8 25. Rxa5 a6 $1 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc1 Qe4 30. Rxa6 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Ra1 Rd2 {Strongly threatening ...Qd4!} 32. Rc7 Qd4 $2 (32... R8d7 $11) 33. Rxb7 $18 {And now Qe1 would win.} Qxf2+ {[#]} 34. Kh1 $2 ({White must play} 34. Kh2 $1 $18) 34... R8d3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd3h3] ( -> ...Rxh3+!)} 35. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 36. Rxf7+ $2 (36. Rbb1 $11) 36... Qxf7 $2 ({Black should play} 36... Kxf7 $19 37. Qc4+ Kg7 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Qe3) 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Qc1 Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,8,0,8,3,16,0,67,66,60,63,67,61,63,60,58,0,0,5,9,5,6,0,-4,-18,0,-2,0,0,0,-13,16,14,82,8,8,8,2,-18,-5,-6,-14,-52,-64,-64,0,-17,0,-67,0,0,0,-90,-93,-83,-91,-82,-87,-90,-95,-121,-110,-153,-132,-147,-162,-260,-259,-259,-250,-497,-495,-462,-437,-29997,-857]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 8. cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 (9... Nbd7 $1 $11) 10. Qg5 $14 O-O {aiming for ...Nc6.} 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 (14. Rd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (25) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 14... Bf5 $11 15. Bd2 Be4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rc5 h6 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kh7 20. h3 Nb6 21. b3 g6 22. Nf3 h5 (22... Rd5 $11 23. Rxd5 Nxd5) 23. g4 (23. Ba5 $16) 23... hxg4 24. hxg4 Kg7 25. Bc1 Re4 26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Rg5 Nf6 28. Bb2 Nh7 ({Black should play} 28... Re7 $15 29. Nd2 b6) 29. Rb5 Nf6 30. Rg5 Nh7 (30... Nd5 $15 31. Rd1 f6 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 (33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Kf7 $17) 33... Nb6 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxd8 Rxe2) 31. Rc5 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 32. Nh2 {[#]} (32. Rg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... Rxg4+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Nxg4 Ne4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg2 Nxc5 35. b4 Ne6 36. Rd1 a6 37. Nh2 f6 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ne1 (39. Rd2 $142) 39... Nf4+ $19 40. Kf1 Rh8 {[%cal Rh8h1]} 41. Kg1 $2 (41. Nf3) 41... Nxe2+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 (43. Kg1 $19) 43... f5 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 71%.} (43... Rh3+ $142 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Bxd4 f5#) 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. a4 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Naxc4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qd5+ 15. e4 Qxc6 16. d3 Nd7 17. f4 Raa8 18. f5 b5 19. Ne3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. g4 Rad8 22. g5 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qc3 b4 25. Qb2 Qd6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. dxc4 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Qe5 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Rxb3 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. h4 Rbf3 36. Kh5 b3 37. Qe5 Rf2 38. Qxc5 b2 39. Qb6 Rh2 40. Kg4 Re2 41. Kh5 Rxe4 42. Qxb2 Rxc4 43. Qe5 Rfc8 44. Qb2 Kg8 45. Qf2 Rf8 46. Qe1 Kh8 47. Qe5 Rfc8 48. Qg3 Re8 49. Qf2 Rcc8 50. Qd4 Red8 51. Qe4 Re8 52. Qd4 Rcd8 53. Qc4 Re7 54. Qb4 Rde8 55. Qd4 Re6 56. Qc4 Kg8 57. Qd5 Kh8 58. Qd4 h6 59. Qc4 Kh7 60. Qc7 hxg5 61. hxg5 Re5 62. Qc2+ Kh8 63. Qh2 Kg8 64. Qa2+ R5e6 65. Qd5 Kh7 66. Qb7 R8e7 67. g6+ Kg8 68. Qb3 Kf8 69. Qf3+ Kg8 70. Qb3 Kf8 71. Qf3+ Rf6 72. Qd5 Rfe6 73. Qf3+ Kg8 74. Qd5 Kh8 75. Qb3 Re4 76. Qb8+ Re8 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,49,31,41,31,31,34,30,31,41,39,35,22,17,24,26,28,30,27,42,50,48,56,84,62,52,48,108,29,29,29,106,103,106,106,318,335,485,488]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} b6 9. Bxd6 (9. Qc1 a5 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Ndf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 {½-½ (15) Nguyen,N (2629)-Adhiban,B (2670) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Qxd6 10. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb2 Rae8 15. Rad1 Re7 16. b4 Qf6 {0-1 (44) Townsend,M (2253)-Pavasovic,D (2561) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 14... Rac8 15. Qb2 Rce8 16. b4 b5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qa2 Nb6 {[#]} 19. Rc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh6 ({Black should try} 19... Qe7 $14) (19... Nxc5 20. bxc5) 20. Bxe4 (20. Ra5 $16) 20... fxe4 $11 21. Ne5 Ba6 (21... Re7 $11) 22. Rxc6 $16 Re6 23. Rc5 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (23... Bxe2 $16 24. Qxe2 Re7) 24. b5 $18 Bb7 (24... Bc8 $142 25. Rc7 Ref6 26. Rxa7 Qxe3 27. Nf7+ R8xf7 28. Rxf7 (28. fxe3 $2 {gets mated.} Rxf1#) 28... Qg5 29. Rxf6 Qxf6) 25. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,106,23,64,52,61,55,65,62,71,70,87,90,75,60,84,66,77,46,60,46,90,78,112,89,94,82,112,92,100,94,89,70,108,108,103,74,144,156,143,150,136,67,83,79,82,73,75,80,79,83,72,86,83,58,125,131,123,125,147,156,362,102,117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,672,662,647,0,0,0,0,-1145,-1103,-268,-966,-950,-891,-1044,-1058,-29998,-29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 a6 8. Qc2 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} h6 9. Bh4 Re8 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Rac1 Ne7 {½-½ (53) Indjic,A (2519)-Tosic,M (2412) Vrnjacka Banja 2013}) 10. Rd1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 {½-½ (56) Brienza,A (1920)-Rodrigues,N (2063) Sao Paulo 2016}) 10... Rb8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. O-O Qd5 17. Ned2 Qd7 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 {With the idea ...g6.} 20. Be4 {[%cal Re4c6]} Ne7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 b4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Nd5 (24... bxa3 $142 25. Ne5 (25. bxa3 Qd5 $14) (25. Qxa3 f6 $14) 25... Qb5 26. Qxa3 (26. Nxf7+ Kg8 $17) 26... Kg8) 25. Ne5 $16 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rc4 ({White should try} 27. a4 $16) 27... bxa3 $14 28. bxa3 Kh7 29. g3 f6 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Rfc1 Rb3 32. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 33. Rb4 Ra3 (33... Rxb4 $14 34. Nxb4 a5) 34. a5 $16 Nd5 35. Rb7 h5 36. h4 Ra2 $2 (36... Kh6 $16 {was called for.} 37. Ra7 Rd6) 37. e4 $2 (37. Nb8 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Re7 38. e4 (38. Nxa6 Rxa5 39. Rc6 e5 $16)) 37... Ne7 38. Nb8 (38. Nb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4a2]} Rxa5 39. Rcxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2) 38... Rxd4 $11 39. Rcxc7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Rdd2 41. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kf1 Rxg3 44. Nd7 Kh6 45. Rb8 {White wants to mate with Rh8+.} Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rf3+ $11 46. Ke1 Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kd1 Rxe4 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Nf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf5 50. Rxh5+ g5 51. hxg5 fxg5) 46. Nxf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 {[#] aiming for ...Rc3.} 47. Ne8 $2 ({White must play} 47. Rxg7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 48. Nxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 49. Nxg3) 47... Rf3+ $11 48. Ke1 Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Kf1 $11 Rf3+ 50. Kg1 Rg3+ 51. Kh1 (51. Kf1 Rf3+ $11) 51... Rh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kg1 Rg3+ 53. Kh1 (53. Kf1 Rf3+ $11) 53... Rh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kg1 Rg3+) 49... Rh3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3h1]} 50. Rxg7+ {[#]} Kh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rh1+)} 51. Rg1 Ra1+ 52. Kd2 Rxg1 53. Rb6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,129,10,4,9,0,4,0,19,-6,19,0,7,21,32,0,29,27,35,14,31,4,36,44,43,50,47,18,34,16,37,25,60,26,83,44,54,46,185,190,182,164,164,187,257,261,230,64,87,68,75,40,53,0,73,69,68,75,81,89,116,116,111,116,145,152,134,131,167,162,344,337,321,295,298,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 c5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (9... Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bg5 Ne6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Qg6 20. b4 Bd4 {1-0 (29) Kempinski,R (2586)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2703) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014}) 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Rc1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba3 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ndc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Be7 {0-1 (42) Fuhrmann,M (2059)-Friedman,J (2195) Parsippany 2004}) 13. e3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bf8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. a3 Na6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. b4 Nc7 22. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 23. Ba1 Qe6 24. a4 Na6 (24... Qf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc3 (26... f6 $14) 27. Bxc3 $1 $18 Rxc3 28. Nd4 Qf6 {White must now prevent ...Qxd4!} 29. Nb5 $1 Rc4 (29... Rcc8 $142 30. Nxa7 Rc4) 30. Nxd6 (30. Nxa7 Nc7 $14) 30... Qxd6 {[#]} 31. Qd2 $2 (31. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b7][%mdl 512]} bxc5 (31... Nxc5 32. Qxc4) 32. Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb4 33. Rbc1) 31... Rd8 32. h4 Qe7 33. Qb2 h6 34. Rd2 ({White should play} 34. a5 $14) 34... Rcc8 (34... d4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. Bxb7 Qxb7) 35. b5 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Rbd1 Rdc8 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc2 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra2 42. Re4 g6 $2 {[#]} (42... Rc7 {might work better.} 43. Rd8+ Kh7) 43. Rd7 $1 $18 g5 44. hxg5 ({Not} 44. Rxa7 Rcc2 $11) 44... hxg5 {intending ...Rcc2.} 45. Kg2 $2 ({Weaker is} 45. Rxa7 Rcc2 $16) (45. Re5 $18) 45... Rcc2 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Kh3 {Strongly threatening f4.} Rxf2 47. Re5 (47. Re8+ {seems wilder.} Kg7 48. Rxa7 Kg6 49. e4 Kh5 50. Rh8+) 47... Rxa4 48. Rxg5+ Kf8 49. Rh5 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Rg4 Raa2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rf2h2]} 52. Rf4+ Rxf4 53. exf4 {KR-KR} Ke6 54. Rb7 f5 55. Kh4 Kf6 {[%cal Ra2h2]} 56. Kh3 Ra5 57. Kh4 Rxb5 58. Rxa7 Rb1 {[%cal Rb1h1]} 59. Kh3 Kg6 60. g4 fxg4+ 61. Kxg4 b5 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Rb6 b4 64. Kg3 b3 65. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,-19,-27,-11,-11,-12,-23,-37,-26,-4,-22,0,116,116,91,103,76,77,95,100,94,38,50,-20,243,153,185,0,0,-123,-30,-60,-8,-387,-54,-106,-105,-124,-119,-119,-123,-118,-108,-113,-121,-177,-185,-192,-184,-198,-195,-221,-224,-226,-193,-185,-191,-191,-197,-208,-166,-162,-145,-146,-39,-39,0,-39,-19,-19,-19,-65,0,-80,-80,-152,-152,-152,-108,-108,-108,-133,-97,-126,-126,-122,0,-55,-41,-70,-28,-27,-8,-32,-8,-8,-8,-19,-15,-16,-16,-39,-35,-35,-35,-35,-36,-35,-16,-28,0,-39,-39,-41,-9,-12,-9,-41,-41,-45,0,-45,-45,-31,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $1 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} e6 7. O-O Bb7 (7... Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 {½-½ (39) Salem,A (2672)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Rb1 {Black has an edge.} Nbd7 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 Be7 10. b3 b4 11. bxc4 bxc3 12. Rxb7 Qa5 13. e5 Ng8 14. Rb3 Bd8 15. Rxc3 Ne7 16. Rb3 O-O 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rb7 Nb6 20. c5 {1-0 (20) Lacunza,M (1780)-Stadler,P (1341) LSS email 2012}) 9... Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O (10... Bxc3 $11 11. Qxc3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nxe4) 11. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Bxc3 12. exf6 b4 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. bxc4 c5 15. d5 (15. Ng5 $16 Nf6 16. dxc5) 15... exd5 $14 16. Qf5 (16. cxd5 $14 Qf6 17. Rd1) 16... h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... Re8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 17. Bd3 Nf8) 17. Bd3 {White wants to mate with Bxh6+!} ({Don't play} 17. cxd5 $6 Nf6 $16) 17... Rh8 18. cxd5 $2 (18. Bf4 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Qg4+.} Nf6 19. Qh3) 18... Nf6 $11 19. Bc4 (19. Qh3 $11 Qxd5 20. Rd1) 19... Qd7 (19... Bxd5 $17 20. Bxd5 Qxd5) 20. Qf4 Qg4 (20... Bxd5 $15 21. Rd1 Qe6) 21. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Qxg4+ $11 Nxg4 22. Be3) 21... Rad8 $2 (21... Bxf3 $1 $19 22. Qxf3 Qxc4) 22. Qxg4+ (22. Nh4 $15) 22... Nxg4 $17 23. Bf4 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 25. Bxe5+ Bxe5 26. Rfe1 Kf6 27. a3 (27. Rbd1 $17 {was called for.}) 27... a5 $19 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Don't take} 27... bxa3 28. Rb7 $15) 28. axb4 axb4 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Re4 Bxd6 31. Rb3 Rhg8+ 32. Kf1 {intending Rf3+.} Rg5 33. Rh3 Kg7 34. Rf3 Rd7 35. h4 Rg6 36. Rf5 Bf8 (36... Kf8 $17 {...Kg7 is the strong threat.} 37. f3 Rc7) 37. Ref4 $15 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Bd6 38. Rxf7+ (38. Re4 {seems wilder.}) 38... Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Rg4.} 40. Rd7 Be5 ({Black should try} 40... Rf6 $15) 41. Rd5 (41. Rd8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kh8) 41... Bd4 $17 42. Ke2 (42. Rf5 $142) 42... Re6+ 43. Kf3 Rf6+ 44. Kg4 Kg7 $1 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46. f4 {[#]} Rb6 $1 47. Bb3 {[#]} Ke8 (47... Rg6+ $1 $17 48. Kf3 Ra6) 48. Ra7 (48. Ba4 $11 Kf8 49. Bb3) 48... Rg6+ $15 49. Kf5 Rf6+ (49... Rg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3b3]} 50. Bf7+ Kd8 $15) 50. Ke4 Kd8 51. Bc4 Bf2 52. h5 Bd4 53. f5 Rb6 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 54. Bb3 Rd6 55. Be6 Bf6 {Hoping for ...Rd4+.} 56. Rf7 Rd4+ 57. Kf3 Bg5 {And now ...b3! would win.} 58. Rb7 Ke8 59. Ke2 Kd8 60. Kf3 Rf4+ 61. Ke2 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Rd4+ 63. Ke2 Be7 64. Kf3 Bg5 65. Ke2 Rd2+ 66. Kf3 Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Bf6 15. Nc2 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Kh1 a5 20. Nc6 b4 21. Rac1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. e5 Qc7 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. exf6 Qc5 28. Qg3 g6 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. fxg5 d3 31. Kg1 Re2 32. Rd1 Rxb2 33. Rxd3 Rxa2 34. h4 a4 35. Kh2 b3 36. Rxd6 b2 37. Rb6 a3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Ra1 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. h5 b1=Q 43. hxg6 Qg1+ 44. Kg3 Qe3+ 45. Kg4 Qe4+ 46. Kg3 Qe5+ 47. Kg4 Qe4+ 48. Kg3 Rf1 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Re7+ Qxe7 51. fxe7 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,10,18,2,8,-1,-3,-72,-81,-74,-75,-74,-68,-95,-44,-27,-6,-6,-6,-10,-8,-8,-6,-9,-13,-14,-12,-14,0,0,0,4,105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,55,30,33,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nxd4 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} Na5 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. f3 Nb3 {1-0 (44) Baryshpolets,A (2592)-Matsenko,S (2546) Costa Mesa 2017}) 9... d5 10. cxd5 (10. c5 $11) 10... Qxd5 $17 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 11. Nf3 Nb3 12. Rb1 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 13. Bd2 Nxd2 ({Better is} 13... Bc6 $17 {Hoping for ...Qe4.} 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxh1 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6) 14. Qxd2 $15 Bc6 {Black wants to play ...Qxd2+.} 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. O-O Ke7 18. Rbc1 Rhd8 19. Rfe1 Be4 20. Ne5 Rxc1 (20... Bxg2 {is interesting.} 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. Nc4 Rd7 23. Ne3 Rdc7) 21. Rxc1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd2 (22... Ne8 $11) 23. Nc4 (23. Nd3 $16) 23... Rd5 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Kf1 Ne4 26. Ke1 Nd6 27. f3 g5 28. Ng4 f6 29. e4 h5 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. Rc8 Rd8 33. Rxd8 (33. Rc5 {is more complex.} Rd7 34. Rc8) 33... Kxd8 {KN-KN} 34. f4 Nc6 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. h4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kf7 38. Nc4 Ke7 39. b4 b5 (39... Kd7 $11) 40. Nd2 e5 41. Ke3 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Kd3 a6 44. Kc3 Ne2+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc3 Ne2+ 47. Kd3 Nf4+ 48. Kc3 Ne2+ 49. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,11,27,17,9,9,12,11,22,8,27,8,25,21,39,0,66,0,0,0,0,-52,-43,-185,-183,-205,-221,-197,-203,-192,-150,-105,-107,-160,-118,-216,-195,-188,-208,-224,-22,-222,-208,-193,-180,-328,-323,-310,-402,-358,-273,-274,-271,-617,-567,-548,-547,-494,-543,-784,-592,-1142,-1103,-1272,-1157,-1719,-1680,-3078,-3107]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Bb2 c6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. a4 Ne4 9. cxd5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 cxd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rfc1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (47) Sargissian,G (2689)-Kovalev,V (2683) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... a5 7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 {The position is equal.} Nxc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 a4 11. Ba3 Qa5 {0-1 (12) Morovic Fernandez,I (2535)-Aguero Jimenez,L (2457) Matanzas 2017}) 10... a4 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. c4 Nb4 ({Black should play} 12... Rfc8 $11) 13. cxd5 ({White should try} 13. Nh4 $14) 13... Nbxd5 $11 14. Nc4 Qa7 15. Rc1 (15. Qe1 $11) 15... Ne4 16. Bd3 (16. Bb2 $15) 16... Nec3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Qd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nab4 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 (21. Rac1 $142 Qa6 22. Nce5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5) 21... Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 22. Nb2 (22. Nce5 $17 Nc6 23. e4 Nxe5 24. Nxe5) 22... Nc6 $19 23. Nd3 Na5 24. Nc5 {[#]} Qa7 $2 ({Better is} 24... Rxc5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxc5 (25. Bxc5 Nb3) 25... Nb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 25. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (25. Qd3 $11) 25... b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 26. e4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 27. Bb4 (27. Rcb1 {was worth a try.}) 27... Nc6 28. Bc3 b4 29. Be1 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 30. Rcb1 Na4 31. Nb3 $2 (31. Bxb4 Nxb4 32. Rxa3 Bxd4 33. Rxa4 Qxc5 34. Raxb4 Bxf2+ 35. Kh1) 31... Nc3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Bxc3 bxc3 33. Rc1 Nb4 34. e5 a2 {White must now prevent ...Bh6.} 35. Qe2 Qa3 36. Nc5 Qb2 37. Qc4 Nc2 38. Nd3 Rxc4 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,12,7,16,0,14,12,16,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,9,-67,-66,-66,-64,-59,-16,-14,-15,-22,-8,-8,-17,0,-5,-4,0,-14,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-29,-16,-16,-45,-45,-102,-41,-45,-45,-42,-44,-55,0,0,0,-45,-50,-129,-129,-129,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (10... a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Rad1 b6 18. Nh2 {1-0 (36) Andreikin,D (2722)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 b6 14. b4 Bf8 15. b5 c5 16. d5 a5 {½-½ (16) Willemze,T (2405)-Ris,R (2423) Haarlem 2010}) 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Ne2 (17. Kh2 $1 $11) 17... Nxe2+ $1 $15 18. Qxe2 exd4 $1 19. Rxd4 d5 20. e5 Qg6 21. Kh2 Bf5 {White should prevent ...Be4.} (21... Be6 {looks sharper.} 22. c3 c5 23. Rd2 Qe4 24. a5 Rad8) 22. Nh4 Qg5 (22... Qh7 {feels hotter.} 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Re1 Rad8 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Qd3) 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Re1 Re7 25. f4 Rae8 26. g4 Qd7 27. c4 f6 {...fxe5 is the strong threat.} 28. cxd5 fxe5 29. d6 {[%cal Rf4e5]} ({Don't go for} 29. fxe5 $2 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 $19) 29... exd4 30. dxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} d3 31. Qd2 Qd4 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 {KR-KR} d2 35. Rd3 Rxe7 {White must now prevent ...Re3+!} 36. Rxd2 a5 37. f5 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Rd6 Rxb2 43. h4 (43. Rd8 $15) 43... Rb4+ (43... Ke8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rb4+.} 44. Rg6 Rb4+ 45. Ke5 Kf7) 44. Kg3 Rxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Re4.} 45. Rd7+ Kf6 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 46. Rxb7 {[#]} Ra3+ (46... h5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 47. gxh5 Rb4) 47. Kf4 {White wants to mate with g5+.} Ra4+ 48. Kg3 $1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. g5+ (49. gxh5 $15 Rc4 50. Rd7) 49... Kxf5 $17 50. Rxg7 Ra3+ ({Better is} 50... Rg4+ $17 51. Kh3 Rc4 52. Rf7+ Kg6 53. Rf6+ Kg7) 51. Kf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg4 52. Rc7 Rf3+ ({Resist} 52... Kxh4 53. g6 $17) 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Rxc6 Kxh4 55. g6 $1 a4 56. Ra6 a3 57. Kf2 Kh3 58. g7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,52,32,0,16,21,28,13,20,9,16,8,14,22,22,0,12,0,0,0,0,-29,-4,-24,14,0,13,-49,-59,-94,-93,-274,-267,-512,-485,-571,-555,-535,-514,-733,-716,-785,-780]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. a4 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. O-O Nc5 9. a5 Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 e5 12. Nde2 Ng4 13. Bc1 b5 14. Ng3 Nf6 {½-½ (54) Dragicevic,D (2204)-Stocek,J (2557) Canberra 2013}) 11... e5 {Threatens to win with ...d5.} 12. Nb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. h3 h6 17. Nc1 Rc4 18. N1e2 Rfc8 19. Rd2 ({Better is} 19. b3 $11 R4c6 20. Rac1) 19... Rb4 $15 {Hoping for ...Bc4.} 20. b3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 21. exd5 $2 (21. Na2 $17) (21. Nxd5 Nxd5) 21... Bf5 $19 22. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Qxe5) 22... Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 23. Na4 (23. axb6 Bc5) 23... Rb5 24. c4 Rxa5 25. Qxe5 b5 26. d6 Bd8 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,139,16,4,41,-2,27,-4,-6,-4,-1,-5,0,0,0,-24,-1,-22,-10,-14,-11,-12,-15,-19,-24,-26,-28,-18,-14,-47,-11,-54,-53,-58,-43,-43,-47,-56,-47,-56,-36,-70,-80,-91,-89,-105,-104,-127,-94,-82,-70,-76,-67,-69,-75,-83,-70,-111,-112,-117,-119,-140,-8,-8,-8,-8,-5,-44,-51,-59,-57,-57,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-98,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-35,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-30,-14,-17,-3,-3,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... Be6 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bh6 Qxb3 16. axb3 {0-1 (62) Artemiev,V (2709)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. h3 (9. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Be6 10. e4 $11) 9... Bc8 10. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nhf3 Nbd7 11. c4 e6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 {0-1 (49) Anurag,M (2487)-Zubov,A (2623) Bastia 2017}) 10... Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Bg2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. c4 Nd3 22. Nf3 b6 23. Be3 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 24. Rd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rfd1.} Nb4 25. Rfd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bf5 27. Nh4 Bb1 $1 28. Rd7 {With the idea a3.} Bxa2 29. Rxa7 Bxb3 30. Rb7 Re6 31. Bf1 Ba4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Be8 34. Ng2 Nc2 35. Bd3 Nxe3 36. Nxe3 Bd4 37. Nd5 Kg7 (37... Bxf2 $17 {Hoping for ...h5.} 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Nxb6 h5) 38. Nc7 $11 Re7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc6.} 39. Nxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Kg2 Ra8 41. Re7 Ra3 42. Be2 Ra2 {...Kf8 is the strong threat.} 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Rb7 Rb2 45. h4 h5 46. Re7 Kf6 47. Rd7 Ke6 48. Rb7 f6 49. Rg7 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Re7 g5 52. hxg5 Kxg5 53. Rh7 Rb2 54. Kf3 f5 55. Rf7 Ra2 56. Rf8 Rb2 57. Rf7 Kg6 58. Rf8 Rd2 59. Rb8 Rb2 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Rb8 f4 62. Rd8 fxg3 63. fxg3 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rb2 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Rd5 {The position is equal.} Rb3+ 67. Kg2 Rb2 68. Kf3 Rb3+ 69. Kg2 Rb2 70. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 b5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Qxa8 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. h4 Nd5 14. Rh3 f5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Ke1 Bb7 18. Kf1 Rg8 19. a4 c6 20. b3 c3 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Qf8 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Ra4 Nb4 25. Qe2 c2 26. Ra1 Be4 27. Ng5 Qc7 28. Bc4 Bd5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nf3 Rc8 31. Ne1 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Ke2 Bc7 35. h5 Kg7 36. Rh1 e5 37. Nxc2 Na2 38. dxe5 Nxc1+ 39. Rxc1 fxe5 40. Kd1 Kh6 41. Ne1 Rxc1+ 42. Kxc1 e4 43. Kd2 Ba5+ 44. Ke2 Kxh5 45. Nc2 Kg5 46. Nd4 Bb6 47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Nf4 Ba5 49. g3 Ke5 50. Kf1 Bb4 51. Kg2 Be1 52. Ne2 Kf6 53. Nd4 Kg6 54. Ne6 Kf6 55. Nf4 Kg5 56. Kf1 Ba5 57. Ke2 Kg4 58. Nd5 Bd8 59. Nf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,4,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,27,33,-10,5,5,0,0,0,-4,-10,-16,-13,-47,-52,-61,-37,-145,-95,-154,-161,-210,-111,-103,-58,-58,-54,-60,-54,-53,-24,-24,-26,-53,-42,-54,-50,-112,-120,-136,-121,-125,-102,-170,-170,-292,-274,-274,-88,-89,-80,-77,-48,-46,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. a4 a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Na3 Qe7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Ne3 f6 18. a5 {½-½ (27) Yermolinsky,A (2660)-Anand,V (2770) Madrid 1998}) 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe1 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf5 Qd7 15. g4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Nxg4 17. Qg3 Nh6 18. h4 {0-1 (25) Bueno Abalo,M (2247)-Korneev,O (2583) Ferrol 2002}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb3 a5 13. b5 c6 14. c4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. Qf2 {And now exd5 would win.} h6 19. Ngf3 Be6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. d4 Rad8 23. Rac1 (23. Qg3 $15) 23... exd4 24. Nxd4 {[#]} (24. exd4 $142 Ng4 25. Qg3) 24... Ng4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 25. Qf3 {[#]} Nxe3 (25... Qe5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2][%mdl 512]} 26. Qxg4 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Rf2 Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26. Qxe3 {N2b3 is the strong threat.} Qxd4 (26... Rfe8 {seems wilder.} 27. Qf2 Qxd4 28. Rc7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Nb3 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 b6) 27. Nc4 Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3 Ne5 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Rc1 Nb6 32. Rc7 Rb8 33. Nf5 ({White should play} 33. Nc4 $15 Nxc4 34. Rxc4) 33... Nxa4 $17 34. Nd6 b6 35. Nxf7 Nc5 {aiming for ...a4.} 36. Ne5 (36. Nd6 $17) 36... Re8 $19 37. Nc4 (37. Ng6 $142) 37... Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 $2 (38... Nd3+ $19 39. Kg3 Rb1 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Nxb6 Rxb5) 39. Nxb6 $17 Rxb5 40. Nc4 Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Rc5 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Nxa5 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,159,0,15,6,15,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-12,9,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-5,-15,16,6,11,7,33,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,-26,-15,-18,-7,-24,-19,-19,-25,-26,-25,-26,-8,-43,0,-31,0,-43,-12,-12,0,-27,-23,-45,-20,-57,-52,-108,-124,-108,-45,-178,-194,-290,-270,-243,-225,-414,-221,-341,-339,-330,-256,-414,-352,-503,-535,-501,-280,-273,-276,-251,-269,-475,-453,-432,-426,-867,-862,-832,-816,-774,-624,-633,0,-759,-529,-927,-929,-889,-856,-3074,-4922,-1740,-1310,-1241,0,-1291,0,-1135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} c6 (7... Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. d3 c6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. d4 Bd6 12. Bf3 h6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 {½-½ (43) Olszewski,M (2548)-Piorun,K (2676) Poland 2016}) 8. O-O (8. d3 {feels hotter.} e5 9. Be3 Qd8 10. d4 Bd6 11. O-O) 8... e5 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 {1-0 (25) Jovanovic,D (2387)-Zentai,P (2239) Budapest 2015}) 13... exd4 14. Rxd4 Be6 15. Rfd1 (15. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bd6 $11) 15... Bc5 16. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. R4d2 Rfe8 19. a3 h6 20. h3 Bf5 21. Bf1 g5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kg7 24. R6d4 Re7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Kf2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Be6 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Ne4 Kf8 30. Nc3 Ke7 31. Rd2 Ne5 32. Rd4 f5 33. f4 Ng6 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rd2 Ne5 36. Rd4 Kf6 37. Bf1 Ke7 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Bf1 Ra5 40. Be2 Ra7 41. Bf1 Ra8 42. Be2 Rh8 43. Bf1 g4 44. b3 (44. Nb1 $15) 44... gxh3 $17 45. gxh3 Nf7 (45... Nd7 $17 46. Na4 Ke5) 46. Kg3 ({White should play} 46. Bg2 $15) 46... Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4]} 47. Rd2 (47. Rh4 $142) 47... f4+ 48. Kf2 Ng5 49. Re2+ $2 (49. Rd1 {was the only defense.}) 49... Kf5 (49... Kd4 $142 50. Nb1 Bxh3 51. Rd2+ Ke5) 50. Ke1 (50. Re1 $142) 50... f3 51. Rd2 Kf4 ({Don't do} 51... Nxh3 52. Bxh3+ Rxh3 53. Nd1 $19) 52. Rd4+ $2 (52. h4 {was worth a try.} Rxh4 53. Rd4+ Kg3 54. Rxh4 Kxh4 55. Kf2) 52... Kg3 53. Rd6 (53. h4 {was necessary.} c5 54. Rd6 Rxh4 55. Nd1) 53... Bxh3 54. Bxh3 Nxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Less strong is} 54... Kxh3 55. Rg6 $17) 55. Rg6+ Kf4 56. Rf6+ Kg4 57. Rg6+ $2 (57. Nd1 {only move.} Re8+ 58. Kd2) 57... Kf5 58. Rg7 Re8+ 59. Kd2 (59. Kf1 $142 Re3 60. Nd1 Rxb3 61. a4) 59... f2 {And now ...Ke6 would win.} 60. Rf7+ Kg4 {White must now prevent ...Nf4.} 61. Ne2 Rd8+ 62. Ke3 {If White can now play Rg7+ this consolidates a bit.} Re8+ 63. Kd2 $1 Re6 64. a4 c5 65. Rf8 Re4 66. Rf7 Nf4 67. Rg7+ Kh4 68. Rh7+ Kg4 69. Rg7+ Kh4 70. Rh7+ {[#]} Nh5 $2 ({Better is} 70... Kg5 $1 $19 71. Ng3 {[#]} Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 72. Nxe2 f1=Q) 71. Rf7 $11 {[#]The position is equal.} f1=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} 72. Rxf1 Rxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 73. Kxe2 {KR-KN} Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 74. Ke1 $1 Nxf1 75. Kxf1 {K3P-K3P} Kg3 {Strongly threatening ...Kf3.} 76. Ke2 {Ke3 is the strong threat.} Kf4 77. Kf2 Ke4 78. Ke2 $1 Kd4 {Threatens to win with ...Kc3.} 79. Kd2 $1 Ke4 80. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,160,8,2,9,0,9,5,16,18,14,16,19,12,22,10,10,16,10,4,9,0,0,0,35,33,27,33,28,26,25,19,19,18,18,19,19,19,19,18,18,17,18,19,17,18,66,66,105,66,66,53,54,40,42,42,53,42,42,42,53,42,42,0,53,50,63,42,42,30,42,30,42,30,50,0,50,0,37,0,93,93,93,93,93,0,93,0,105,105,105,105,105,105,105,0,105,105,105,105,105,105,105,0,105,0,105,105,105,0,105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,43,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nh5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Be4 (9. Qc2 h6 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Rfe1 Ndf6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. h3 Nxf4 15. exf4 {1-0 (51) Navara,D (2734)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015}) 9... Bxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 f5 12. Neg5 Rf6 13. Nh3 h6 14. Qe2 {0-1 (82) Van Tricht,M (2435)-Demetrio,A (2528) ICCF email 2007}) 11... Re8 12. h3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bf6 14. Re1 g6 15. g3 Bg7 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. d5 Qd7 18. Kg2 exd5 19. cxd5 c6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 {And now Rd8+ would win.} Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rd7 Bf6 28. Rxa7 b5 29. Ra5 Re2 30. a3 Rb2 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 $14 {KR-KR} b4 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Ra7 Kg8 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. Ra3 Kg7 38. f4 h5 39. Kf3 Rc4 40. Rb3 Ra4 41. Rc3 Rb4 42. Ra3 Rc4 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Rc1 (44... g5 $1 $11) 45. Ra7 Rf1+ 46. Ke4 Rg1 47. Kf3 Rf1+ $1 48. Kg3 (48. Ke3 $16) 48... Rg1+ {[#]} (48... g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Kh4 $1 $16 Re1 50. Kg5 Re2 51. Re7 Re4 52. Ra7 ({White should try} 52. Rc7 $16) 52... Re1 (52... Re2 $1 $11) 53. Ra6 Re2 54. Ra1 Re3 {[#]} 55. Ra5 $1 Re1 56. Ra7 Re2 $1 57. Ra5 Re1 58. Rb5 Re2 59. Kh4 (59. Rb8 $16) 59... Re1 (59... Re4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 60. f5 (60. Rb7 $16) 60... gxf5 $11 61. gxf5 Rf1 62. Kg5 {Hoping for f6+.} Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd5 Rf1 66. f6+ Kg6 67. Kd6 Ra1 {The position is equal.} 68. Rb7 Ra6+ 69. Kd5 Ra5+ 70. Ke4 Ra4+ 71. Kd5 Ra5+ 72. Kd4 Ra4+ 73. Kc5 Ra5+ 74. Kd6 Ra6+ 75. Ke7 Re6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 76. Kf8 Rxe5 77. Rxf7 Re6 78. Kg8 Re8+ 79. Rf8 Rxf8+ 80. Kxf8 {Intending Ke7 and mate.} Kxf6 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,16,10,14,10,15,17,28,22,30,33,27,30,27,37,47,8,15,0,35,25,63,25,72,57,55,58,56,50,49,26,36,24,31,23,153,150,278,265,221,44,95,79,81,60,111,104,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,13,18,18,21,18,42,13,27,18,18,5,5,8,8,0,97,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,73,58,143,41,286,309,293,295,754,345,318,309,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 O-O {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 9. d4 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Qxd2 16. Nbxd2 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne6 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Rcd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. h4 {½-½ (23) Cifuentes Parada,R (2490)-Tal,M (2625) Rio Hondo 1987}) 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Rac1 Na6 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. f3 Kf8 23. N4e5 Rec8 24. g4 g5 (24... Rc7 $1 $11) 25. h4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4g5][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} h6 (25... gxh4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 26. g5 Ng8) 26. hxg5 $18 hxg5 27. Kf2 $2 ({Only move:} 27. f4 $1 $18) 27... Rc7 (27... e6 $1 $14) 28. Rh1 Rac8 29. b5 Kg7 (29... Nc5 $1 $14) 30. Nd3 $1 $16 e6 31. Rc4 (31. Nxa7 $1 $16 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1) 31... a6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 32. Rxa4 axb5 33. Rb4 {aiming for Nd4.} Rxc6 34. Rxb5 Nd5 35. Rh5 f6 36. Rb1 Rc2 37. Rbh1 Rg8 38. Rh7+ Kf8 39. Rb7 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 41. Rc1 Nd5 42. e4 Ne7 $1 43. Rb1 Kf7 44. Rxb6 Ra8 45. Nb4 Ra3 {[#]} (45... Ra4 $1 $11) 46. Rb7 (46. Ra6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra6a3]} Rc3 47. Ra7) 46... Kf8 47. Ke2 Ng6 48. Nc6 Nf4+ 49. Kd2 Rd3+ (49... Rxa2+ {is more complex.} 50. Ke1 Nd3+ 51. Kd1 Ra3 52. Ke2 Nf4+) 50. Kc2 Rxf3 (50... Ra3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. a4 $16 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rf2+ (51... Ne2 $14) 52. Kc3 ({White has to play} 52. Kb3 $16) 52... Rf3+ $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 52... Rf1 $14 53. Kc2 Rf2+ 54. Kb3 Rf1 55. Rb8+ Kf7) 53. Kc4 $1 $18 Rf1 54. a5 {And now a6 would win.} Rd1 $2 (54... Ra1 55. Kb5 Ne2) 55. Kb5 (55. a6 $142 Ra1 56. a7) 55... Rb1+ 56. Nb4 {a6 is the strong threat.} Rxb4+ $2 (56... Nd3 $18) 57. Kxb4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,10,18,12,18,0,12,7,12,0,0,4,20,-27,26,23,14,22,16,5,25,17,52,29,41,30,29,10,20,22,103,80,79,70,72,79,144,139,227,228,229,175,342,329,433,433,416,277,360,293,281,280,315,305,345,298,478,487,472,488,472,432]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 g6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. d4 a6 8. Be2 e6 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O {0-1 (51) Duda,J (2737)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. d4 Bg7 6. c3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 {½-½ (20) Martens,M (2409)-Willemze,J (2413) Netherlands 2007}) 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nd2 Bxe5 (11... Nc5 $142) 12. Nxe4 $11 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. g3 Bh3 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Be3 a6 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd8.} Rxd1+ $1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 (19... Qxa5 $11 20. Bxb7 Rd8) 20. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc8 21. Qd3 Bb5 22. Qf3 Qe6 (22... Bc6 $142) 23. Kg2 Kh8 (23... h5 $16) 24. Bd5 $18 Qe5 {[#] aiming for ...Be2.} 25. Qe4 Qh5 $2 (25... Qd6) 26. Re1 e6 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bc6 h6 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qe2 Qd5+ 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Rd1 Qe7 $2 (32... Qe8 {might work better.} 33. b4 Kg8) 33. Qc6 {White is clearly winning.} Qg5 34. Rd7 Qf5 35. Qf3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,-20,-25,-245,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,6,-37,-40,-52,0,0,7,2,0,12,22,22,35,39,42,35,38,13,12,0,0,-22,62,67,89,-3,-4,-5,-8,-35,0,-7,-4,-20,-20,-336,-353,-629,-620,-547,-39,-66,-36,-67,-20,-31,-31,-31,-19,-22,-22,-85,-8,-12,0,-74,0,-13,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Qe2 $146 {[#] A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. exd4 $11 {and White is okay.} cxd4 7. Bg2) ({Predecessor:} 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nbd2 Bf8 16. c5 Qe7 17. Rac1 {½-½ (57) Sargissian,G (2691)-Mastrovasilis,D (2594) Batumi 2018}) 6... Nf6 $2 (6... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3e2][%mdl 512]} 7. Qxd3 Qf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 7. Bg2 $11 Nb4 8. d3 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qxd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 11. Ke2 Nb4 $1 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2 {Black should prevent Ne5.} Nc6 15. Na4 Ne4 ({Black should try} 15... Re8 $15) 16. Rdd1 f5 17. Rhe1 e5 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rad8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc5 Bf6 24. Bxa7 f4 (24... Ra8 $11 25. Bc5 Bxc4+ 26. Kg2 Bb5) 25. Nc3 $14 Rd2 26. Kg1 (26. Re2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2d2]} Rd7 27. Bc5) 26... Rc2 $11 27. Ne4 Rxa2 28. Bb8 fxg3 29. hxg3 Bg4 30. Nc5 Bf3 31. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Bc7 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 31... e4 $19 32. Ne5 $2 (32. Nc5 Bc3 33. Rf1) 32... Bxe5 $1 33. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} Kf7 $2 (33... Ra5 $1 $19 34. Ra1 Rxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7) 34. Bd4 g5 (34... Ra5 $5 {[%cal Ra5h5]} 35. g4 c5 $15) 35. Kh2 h6 36. g4 Rd2 37. Be3 Rb2 38. Ra1 Rxb3 39. Ra7+ {[#]} (39. Kg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... Ke8 ({Black should play} 39... Kg6 $1 $17) 40. Ra8+ $11 Kf7 (40... Kd7 $11) 41. Ra7+ $17 Ke8 (41... Kg6 $17) 42. Ra8+ $11 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,67,0,6,7,0,0,7,11,7,4,6,7,20,10,42,41,50,40,40,38,51,51,65,63,58,41,41,39,44,29,32,0,0,0,28,14,20,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,13,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 Bd6 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. Bg5 {½-½ (45) Antal,G (2505)-Stopa,J (2540) Forni di Sopra 2015}) 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. b3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Be5 14. Bf4 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 (14... Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Rfe1 c5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rb4 {½-½ (37) Nisipeanu,L (2657)-Demchenko,A (2670) Barcelona 2018}) 15. Bxb8 {Bxh7+! is the strong threat.} Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qf4 h6 21. g3 Qd8 22. b4 g6 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. c3 Kg7 27. a4 Qe1 $1 28. a5 Qd2 29. a6 g5 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. Kf3 {aiming for Kg2.} Qd1+ $1 31. Kg2 {[#] And now Qe3 would win.} Qd2 32. Kf3 Qd1+ $1 33. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qe3.} Qd2 34. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,68,16,15,8,24,11,12,8,10,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5 {[#] The position is equal.} 15. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. cxd5 Na7 16. g3 Rc8 17. Ne3 O-O 18. h4 Rc5 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. O-O Qc7 {½-½ (31) Nakamura,H (2746)-Caruana,F (2828) Saint Louis 2019}) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. g3 g6 19. h4 h5 20. O-O Kg7 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Rc1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. b3 Qe5 27. Qe2 (27. Kg2 {looks sharper.} Bd8 28. Kf1 Qe7 29. Qb1 Qd7 30. Kg2) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bd8 29. Kg2 f5 30. f4 Bb6 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Kf3 Bc5 33. Kg2 Bb6 34. Kf3 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,6,21,5,9,8,21,8,8,0,17,21,21,16,30,13,16,14,25,9,22,9,10,-8,4,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8,0,0,0,-18,-17,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-19,-18,-20,-10,-10,-10,-25,0,-6,-6,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,16,43,43,43]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 {[#] ...Bxf2+! is the strong threat.} 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 {And now d4 would win.The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 {[#]} Nd8 $146 14. h4 Ne6 15. g3 a4 16. Bd2 c6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Bd3 $1 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Kf8 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Kd1 Nb7 25. Ke2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8+ 27. Ke3 Nd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc4+.} 28. Bd3 Rb8 29. f4 f6 30. h5 b4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. h6 gxh6 33. Rxh6 Rxb2 34. Rxh7+ Kd8 35. Rh5 Rxa2 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 38. Ra5 Nb5 39. Bxb5 (39. g4 {seems wilder.} Kc7 40. g5 Rg2 41. Kf4 Kb6 42. Ra4) 39... cxb5 40. Rxb5 {KR-KR} Rg2 (40... Ra1 $5 41. Rd5+ $8 Ke7 $11) 41. Kf4 a2 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. g4 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ke5 Rxg4 46. Rxa2 Rg6 47. Ra7+ Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,13,27,8,10,0,11,21,24,18,14,0,41,27,28,14,11,20,78,57,83,83,77,85,59,59,101,88,133,98,145,95,140,154,149,155,148,154,157,156,198,201,186,86,83,73,69,0,0,17,28,-53,144,141,191,196,252,245,285,103,115,5,15,12,8,8,14,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-18,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-81,-35,-81,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-96,-89,-96,-89,-96,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. c4 $5) (6. Nbd2 a5 7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc3 14. Qe3 Nb5 15. exf5 Nxa3 16. fxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 6... a5 7. b3 c6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Ba3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e3 Rfd8 14. c3 e5 15. Qc2 {½-½ (15) Fauland,A (2439)-Mahdy,K (2393) Vienna 2013}) 10. e3 Qc8 11. c4 Bh3 12. cxd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $11 14. Qe2 Nc6) 14. Rc1 (14. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]}) 14... Nd7 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qe1 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 20. d5 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. e5 Red8 24. Bxb4 $1 axb4 25. Rc4 Qc7 26. Qf4 (26. h4 $18) 26... b6 $16 27. Ng5 Rf8 ({Wrong is} 27... Qxe5 $2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Nxh7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Re1 (28. Re4 $14) 28... Qb7 29. Qe4 Rcd8 30. a5 (30. Rd1 $11) 30... bxa5 $2 (30... Qxd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 31. axb6 Bxe5) 31. Rxc5 Rc8 {[%cal Bd8c8,Bc8c3,Bc3b3][%mdl 32]} 32. Rxa5 h6 (32... Ra8 $142 33. Rc5 Rfd8) 33. Nf3 $18 Rfd8 34. e6 $2 (34. Nd4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 34... f5 $16 {[#]} 35. Qd3 ({White must play} 35. Qe3 $1 $16) 35... Rc3 $11 36. Qb5 Qxb5 37. Rxb5 Rxb3 38. Ne5 (38. Rd1 $11) 38... Bxe5 $1 $15 39. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 40. Re2 Kf6 41. Rc2 Rc3 42. Rxc3 bxc3 {KR-KR} 43. Rc5 {[#]} c2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rxc2 Rxd5 45. h4 Kxe6 46. Rc8 Kf6 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Re8 Rd7 49. Ra8 g5 (49... e5 $17) 50. hxg5 $11 hxg5 51. Ra5 Kf6 52. Ra6+ (52. g4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52... e6 53. Rb6 Rd3 54. Ra6 f4 ({Better is} 54... g4 $17 55. Kf1 Rd2) 55. gxf4 {The position is equal.} gxf4 56. f3 Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 40%.} (58. Ra5 $11) 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,15,16,-20,-31,-21,20,18,24,-12,-19,-14,-20,-10,0,-12,-20,-14,-19,-33,-37,-29,-29,-22,-10,-37,-40,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,45,50,48,54,59,162,158,245,235,228,228,307,289,296,287,257]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 b5 6. f4 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. g4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. a4 b4 9. Nce2 a5 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. b3 Nf6 12. N1e2 Nfd7 13. Qd2 {½-½ (37) Dragun,K (2625)-Gordievsky,D (2613) Greensboro 2017}) 6... Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. g4 Ngf6 9. Qf3 Nb6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Ng3 a4 {0-1 (25) Koltai,A (1662)-Egyed,J (1731) Balatonlelle 2009}) 8. dxc5 {The position is equal.} dxc5 9. Bxc5 Qc7 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bd4 Nc6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Na5 16. O-O $1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. e5 Rac8 19. exf6 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Ne5 Rxc2 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 24. a3 Rc8 25. Rd1 Be6 $1 26. Rd6 Ra8 {[#]} ({Better is} 26... Rc2+ $14 27. Kg1 h6) 27. Rb6 $1 $18 Kf8 (27... h6 $16 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Rxe6 Kf7) 28. g4 Ke8 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Re7+ Kf8 {[#]} 31. Ra7 $1 Ke8 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 36%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,119,14,14,0,0,0,6,11,0,0,12,0,0,0,48,42,48,31,71,35,43,46,60,31,36,33,36,36,36,31,36,0,41,37,44,23,36,27,49,49,58,42,68,75,72,74,87,76,92,43,46,41,56,0,0,0,272,266,431,310,375,209,380,385,363,351,562,501,417,359,483,471,473,0,815,0,283,269,269,164,168,147,129,8,9,0,145,0,14,8,141,8,210,204,213,16,16,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qd7 15. Rad1 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. b4 Kf7 19. a4 Ke7 20. Nd2 Kd7 21. f3 Rf8 {½-½ (21) Vocaturo,D (2630)-Laznicka,V (2668) Germany 2019}) 15... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... c5) 18. f3 Rab8 19. Ndf5 Qb5 20. c4 Qe5 21. Qc2 Nf4 22. Qf2 h5 23. Kh1 g6 24. Nd4 c6 25. h4 Rbd8 26. g3 Ne6 (26... Nxe4 $5 27. fxe4 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 28. Rxd3 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kh2 (29. Nf3 Qxd3 30. Ng5 Re7 $15) 29... Qxd3 $11) 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd4 Qf6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf3.} 31. Red1 Re6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Nxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 34. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (34... dxe5 35. Rxd8+) 35. Qd2 f6 $1 36. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Kg7 $1 37. Rxd6 (37. Re1 $14) 37... Rexd6 $11 38. exd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rxd6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 39. Qxd6 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+) 39. d7 Kf7 $2 (39... b6 40. Kf1 f5) 40. Kf2 f5 41. Qd4 (41. c5 $142) 41... Qe7 $2 (41... b6 42. Qd3 c5) 42. c5 $18 Qe6 43. Rd2 Kg8 $2 (43... a5 {was necessary.} 44. Rd1 a4) 44. b4 Kf7 45. a4 Qe7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Qd4+ $2 (47. Qd3 $18 {Strongly threatening h5.} Kh7 48. Qd6) 47... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Kf7 $11 48. Rd1 Kg8) 48. Qe5 $2 (48. Qd6 $18 Qg7 49. Rd4) 48... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Rxd7 $11 49. Rd6 Qxe5 50. fxe5 Re7) 49. Qd6 {And now h5! would win.} Qb3 50. Qd3 Qxb4 51. Qd4 Qb3 52. Rd3 (52. Kg2 $1 $16) 52... Qa2+ 53. Rd2 ({White should try} 53. Ke1 $11) 53... Qb3 $16 {[#]} 54. Rd3 (54. Kg2 $1 $16) 54... Qa2+ $11 55. Kg1 Qb1+ (55... a5 $11) 56. Kg2 (56. Rd1 $16 Qb3 57. Rd3 Qb1+ 58. Rd1) 56... Qa2+ $2 {[#]} (56... a5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 57. Rd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2a2]} Qb3 58. Qf6 $2 (58. Kh2 $18) 58... Qe3 $11 59. Qxd8 {[%cal Rd8h8]} Qxd2+ 60. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,0,10,-11,-11,-6,0,0,-5,-5,0,-4,-2,-7,-7,-20,-2,-8,0,0,11,14,10,14,17,26,72,58,68,53,84,92,100,79,187,189,182,177,221,218,223,218,207,214,279,263,267,255,254,254,514,175,170,144,485,481,554,546,528,504,487,487,477,356]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rad1 $146 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Bxd8 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rab1 Kf8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {½-½ (30) Michalik,P (2564)-Ragger,M (2701) Austria 2019}) 12... Bg4 13. Qxg4 $1 Nxg4 14. Bxd8 {The position is equal.} Rfxd8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bf1 Re8 19. b3 Bb4 20. c3 Ba5 21. b4 Bc7 22. Nc5 {Threatens to win with Na6.} Bd6 23. Nb3 Bc7 24. a4 g5 25. a5 h6 26. Nd4 Bd6 27. Re3 c5 (27... f6 $16) 28. Nf5 $18 Bf8 29. Rxd5 f6 30. b5 Red8 {[#]} 31. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 32. Re1 c4 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Bc5 35. b7 (35. Nxh6+ Kg7 $16) 35... Nd3 $2 (35... Rb8 {is a better defense.} 36. Rb1 (36. Nxh6+ Kg7 $14) 36... Kf7 37. Nxh6+ Ke6) 36. Bxd3 $2 (36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nc6 Nxe1 38. Nxd8) 36... cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rd1 {And now Rxd3! would win.} Ba7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rb8 $16) 38. Ne7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 39. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRd8][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rd7 40. Nxa7 Rxb7 41. Nc6 {aiming for Nd8+.} Rc7 42. Nb4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,16,16,0,0,0,15,-6,-11,-4,18,15,33,27,25,17,17,15,9,2,15,5,4,10,47,53,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxc3.} 15. Bd3 Nd2 16. Bxd2 (16. Nxd2 {feels hotter.} Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Na4 Nf5 19. Qc3) 16... Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 {[#]} 18. Na4 $146 h6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. e6 f6 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. a3 g5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Bxe7 (26. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Rf8 27. Nf3 $11) 26... Rxe7 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 $1 28. Qxf5 Qe8 29. Re3 Qg6 30. g4 h5 31. f4 hxg4 32. hxg4 gxf4 33. Qxf4 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 34. Rae1 Qg5 35. Qf5 Qh4 36. Kf1 Rh8 37. Ke2 Qh2+ 38. Kd1 Qxb2 {...Rh2 is the strong threat.} 39. g5 Qxd4+ 40. Kc1 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. R1e2 {gxf6+ would kill now.} Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame White threatens gxf6+ and mate. KQR-KQR} Qa2+ {[#]} 44. Kd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb3+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 46. Kd1 Qd4+ 47. Kc2 {aiming for gxf6+.} Qc4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ 49. Kc2 {Strongly threatening gxf6+.} Qc4+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,95,0,0,0,16,0,18,15,22,14,82,28,30,22,23,0,0,0,47,49,83,91,141,129,165,141,144,85,83,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,11,6,14,14,13,14,14,7,7,0,40,40,40,40,72,52,107,88,102,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,1,1,8,11,18,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Be6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. Ba2 Nc6 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qe6 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Rd2 Rc5 {1-0 (101) Fedorov,A (2566)-Lashkin,J (2313) Kishinev 2019}) 12... Ng4 (12... Ne8 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bxe7 ({White should try} 13. Bxe6 $16 fxe6 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rad1) 13... Nxe7 $11 14. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxa2 15. Rxa2 (15. Nxa2 {keeps more tension.} Qc6 16. Nb4 Qc5 17. c3 Nf6 18. a5) 15... Rd8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qc6 {[#]} 18. a5 $1 d5 {[#]} 19. Nb6 $1 {Ncxd5 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 19. Nxe5 $6 Qe6 $11) 19... Rab8 20. exd5 Nexd5 21. Nbxd5 (21. Ncxd5 $142 Nxd5 22. Qd3) 21... Nxd5 $16 22. Nxd5 (22. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nf6 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ne8 25. Nd5) 22... Rxd5 $11 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. g3 f6 26. h4 g6 27. Ra3 Kg7 28. Rb3 Rd7 $1 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Rxd7+ (30. b3 {with more complications.} Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Kf7 32. c4 Ke7 33. Qd2) 30... Qxd7 $11 {KQ-KQ} 31. Qc4 h5 32. b4 f5 33. Qc5 e4 34. c4 Qd1+ (34... Kg8 $14) 35. Kh2 Qe2 36. b5 (36. Qe5+ $16 Kf7 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Kg2) 36... axb5 {The position is equal.} 37. cxb5 e3 $1 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 42. Qxe3 Qxb5 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qc7 Qd5 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qa7 {And now a6 would win.} Qc6 47. Qd4 Ke6 48. Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Na4 Bf5 19. Rac1 h6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rb8 22. Nf1 Ne7 23. Qa3 b6 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Rec1 Rfc8 26. Bf4 Be6 27. Ne3 c5 28. dxc5 d4 29. Rd3 Nc6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. b3 b5 32. Qb2 Qe7 33. Nf1 Bf5 34. Rdd1 Qe6 35. Ng3 Bg6 36. Rc5 d3 37. Rdc1 Nb4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Qc4 42. Bd2 Nc6 43. a5 Qa4 44. Qc3 h5 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Qc5 Nd4 47. Qd6 Nb3 48. Bc3 Nxa5 49. Qa6 Qf4 50. Qxa5 h4 51. Bd2 hxg3+ 52. fxg3 Qe4 53. Bc3 Qe2 54. e6 Be4 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,52,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,8,8,10,-37,-22,-27,-34,-42,-42,-30,-29,-162,0,-76,-74,-532,-370,-529,-343,-814,-742]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 (15... Rae8 {keeps more tension.} 16. O-O h6 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rfe1 Re6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Rae8 16. O-O Kh8 17. a4 Bg6 {1-0 (41) Jones,G (2682)-Jakovenko,D (2735) St Petersburg 2018}) 16. Bxf3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} 17. O-O c6 18. Qb3 Nf5 {...Bc7 is the strong threat.} 19. Bd2 Bc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qd6.} 20. Rae1 ({Don't blunder} 20. Qxb7 $2 Qd6 $19) 20... Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 21. Re5 Qg6 22. Re2 (22. Ree1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 22... h5 $2 (22... Nh4 $19 23. Bxd5+ cxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8) 23. Qxb7 (23. Qb1 $11) 23... Nh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 24. Qxc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Bxd5+ $17 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh7 26. Qg5) 24... Nxf3+ $19 25. Kh1 Rf7 {Played: Qg6-d3} 0-1

[Event "Worldchess Armageddon 2019"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,1,8,5,15,-1,0,0,5,-10,-12,-19,-11,-50,-56,-46,-41,-89,-40,-60,-52,-66,-59,-145,-149,-256,-250,-248,-245,-228,-236,-238,-215,-230,-226,-228,-184,-267,-266,-280,-252,-264,-254,-250,-196,-226,-213,-203,-215,-190,-155,-150,-144,-129,-90,-108,0,-4,-19,-81,-82,-114,-8,-8,-12,-13,-3,-15,-8,-59,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,56,56,73,73,95,68,266,265]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7. Nc3 Rc8 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 f6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Be3 e5 13. f4 Nh6 14. O-O-O+ Kc6 15. Rhf1 {1-0 (47) Jones,G (2702)-Saric,I (2694) Malmo 2019}) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. h3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Be3 (12. cxb5 axb5) 12... bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb8 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Rfc1 Qb7 {½-½ (48) Piesik,P (2353)-Sadzikowski,D (2576) Poland 2018}) 13. Qxc4 Qb8 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Bg5 Qb7 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 17. Nd4 (17. Re1 $15) 17... Bxe4 $17 18. Re1 (18. f3 $17 {was necessary.} h6 19. Be3) 18... Bxg2 $19 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Bxh3 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Rd3 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 ({Don't take} 23... Rxb2 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Re2 $17) 24. Re2 (24. Rd2 {was called for.}) 24... Nd7 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 ({Resist} 28... Bxe5 29. Nf5) 29. Nf5 Rc4 {Hoping for ...Rf4.} 30. Ne4 Bg6 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Rd7 {[#]} Rcb4 ({Better is} 33... Rf8 $1 $17 34. Kg3 Rd4) 34. b3 $11 R4b7 35. Rd6 (35. Red2 $11) 35... Ra7 36. Red2 a5 (36... Rf8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 37. Kg3 Rf4) 37. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a7]} Rxd7 38. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 39. a4 Kg8 40. Kg3 (40. Ke2 $11) 40... Rb8 ({Black should try} 40... Rf8 $1 $15) 41. Ra7 Rxb3 42. Rxa5 h5 43. Ra8+ Bf8 {And now ...g4 would win.} 44. Nxg5 Kg7 ({Black should play} 44... e4 $1 $11) 45. Ne6+ $14 Kf6 {...Bd6 is the strong threat.} 46. Nxf8 {aiming for Ra6+.} e4 47. Nh7+ Ke5 $2 (47... Ke7 $14) 48. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

