Accentus Biel GM Tournament 2018

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Wins Accentus Biel GM Tournament !

[Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba5 14. a3 Bb6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qd3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 {1-0 (36) Salem,A (2638)-Peralta,F (2556) Sitges 2017}) 14. Be2 e5 15. Nc2 (15. a3 {is more complex.} exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne6 17. axb4 Rd8 18. Bf3) 15... Rd8 16. Nxb4 Rxd1 17. Rfxd1 a5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nxe5 Bb7 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Ng4 Qf8 22. h4 Nd7 {With the idea ...Rxc1.} 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. a3 h5 25. Nh2 g6 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Bxb5 Bb7 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Nf1 Qb3 31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Rd7 {Bxc4 is the strong threat.} Nxb2 33. Rxb7 Qxc3 34. Be8 Kf8 35. Bxf7 Qc6 36. Rxb2 Kxf7 $11 {Endgame KQ-KRN} 37. Rd2 $1 Qa4 38. Rd3 Qxh4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd4 $1 Qe7 41. a4 Qa3 42. g3 Qa1 43. Kg2 g5 44. Nd2 g4 45. Ne4 Qc1 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Nxh5 Qc6+ 48. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Rf4+.} Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Kg6 $1 50. Nf4+ Kf6 51. Ng2 Kg5 52. Rf4 Qd1 53. Nh4 {Hoping for Rf5+.} Qc2 54. Nf5 Qd3 55. e4 Qd7 $2 {[#]} (55... Qd1 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 56. e5 $1 $18 Qh7+ 57. Kg1 {aiming for e6.} Qg6 {[#]} 58. Nd6 $1 Qe6 $2 (58... Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc1) 59. Rf5+ Qxf5 60. Nxf5 Kxf5 61. f4 {Kg2 would kill now.} gxf3 62. Kf2 Kxe5 63. Kxf3 Kf5 64. Ke3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 65%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Be2 d4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2843)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Rc1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bf3 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qd7 18. Qd3 Be5 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 {1/2-1/2 (54) Froewis,G (2439)-Schwabeneder,F (2382) Graz 2017}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Na4 Nd7 $1 11. Be2 b5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. O-O $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Be7 14. a4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nf4 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nb4 19. Ba3 Na6 (19... Qd7 $16) 20. d4 $18 {Threatens to win with dxc5.} b4 21. Bb2 O-O {[#]} 22. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 (22... g5 $16) 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxd5 Rfd8 (24... Rfc8 $142 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Nf6+ (26. Nxb4 h5 $14) 26... Kh8 ) 25. Qg4 $1 Bf8 {[#]} (25... Ne6 $142) 26. Nf6+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 {Now ...Qe6 and Black clings on.} 27. Qf5 g6 28. Ne4+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 {Roiz,M} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Svidler,P (2749) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Roiz,M]}) 15. a4 b4 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Nxf5 22. Bd2 d5 23. Rb1 Nd6 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qb1 Qa7 26. Bb5 $1 Rb8 27. c4 Nxb5 (27... dxc4 $142 28. dxc4 Nxc4) 28. axb5 $11 Qa4 29. Rc1 e4 30. Bf4 Rb7 31. dxe4 dxc4 32. e5 Be7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qe4 $1 Qxb5 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ {White has compensation.} Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2842"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. h3 {LiveBook: 16 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Qa5 8. e5 $146 (8. a3 {keeps more tension.} Nbd7 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O-O b5 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 Qa1+ 11. Nb1 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 Be6 { 1-0 (42) Yemelin,V (2522)-Utkin,A (2345) St Petersburg 2001}) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 cxd5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 e6 14. h4 h6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Rhe1 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Rab8 18. Rde2 b5 19. Nd4 b4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Bb5 22. Kd2 h5 23. f4 Bf8 24. g4 hxg4 25. Rg1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxg4 Kf8 28. Rh2 Bxd3 29. Kxd3 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Ke7 32. Rgh4 (32. Rh6 $11) 32... Rg8 {...Rg3+ is the strong threat.} 33. f5 (33. Rh8 $1 $15 Rg3+ 34. Kd2) 33... Rg3+ $19 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 (35. Kd3 $142 exf5 36. Rxc4 dxc4+ 37. Kxc4) 35... Rcxc2 (35... Rgxc2 36. f6+ Kd7 37. Rxc4 $16) 36. f6+ Kd7 37. Rxb4 a5 (37... Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. Rh7 $16) 38. Rb8 Rcf2 $1 (38... Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Rh7 $14) 39. Ke1 Kc6 (39... Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxb2 41. Rh7 $11) 40. Rc8+ Kb5 41. Rh7 d4 {White must now prevent ...d3.} (41... Rxb2 $6 42. Rb8+ Kc4 43. Rxb2 $11) 42. Rg8 $2 (42. Rxf7 $2 d3 $19) (42. a4+ $17 {was called for.} Kxa4 43. Rg7) 42... Re2+ ({Worse is} 42... Rxb2 43. Rxg2 Rxg2 44. Rxf7 $11) 43. Kf1 Rgf2+ 44. Kg1 {[#]} Rf4 $1 (44... Rxb2 45. Rxf7 Rxa2 46. Rc7 $11) 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. Rc7 $2 (46. Kg2 Ref5 47. Rc8) 46... Rxf6 ( 46... d3 $142 47. a4+ Kxa4) 47. Rb8+ Ka6 48. Rc6+ Ka7 {( -> ...Rg5+)} 49. Rg8 Rf7 50. Rg6 Re1+ 51. Kg2 d3 (51... Re2+ $19 52. Kg3 Rxb2 53. Rgxe6 Rd7) 52. Rd6 $15 Re2+ 53. Kh3 $1 d2 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} ({Resist} 53... Rxb2 54. Rxd3 Rxa2 55. Rxe6 $17) 54. Rg8 Kb7 55. Rgd8 {[#]} d1=Q $1 56. Rxd1 Rxb2 57. Re1 (57. R8d6 $11 {remains equal.}) 57... Rf6 $17 (57... Rxa2 $2 58. Rxe6 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 $19) 58. Rd6 Rxa2 59. Kg3 Rb2 {And now ...Rb3+ would win.} 60. Re5 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 {[#]} a4 $1 62. Ra5 $2 (62. Rg5 $17) 62... a3 $19 63. Rda6 Rff3 64. Ra7+ Kc6 65. R7a6+ Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kd6 67. R7a6+ Ke7 68. Re5 Rfc3 69. Rexe6+ Kd7 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Re2 Rh3 72. Kg2 Rxe2+ 73. Kxh3 {KR-KR. Black mates.} a2 74. Kg3 Kc7 75. Kf3 Kb7 76. Ra4 Rh2 77. Ke3 Kb6 78. Kd3 Kb5 79. Ra8 Kb4 80. Kd4 { Precision: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} (6. c3 b5 7. a4 c4 8. Be2 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 Bxe4 12. Nxb5 d5 {1-0 (28) Svidler,P (2753)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Jerusalem 2018}) 6... e6 7. a4 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Na3 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} Be7 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 $146 Rfe8 14. Rac1 e5 15. Bb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nxc3 (17... Nf4 $5 18. Qf5 $8 Bf6 19. Bxf4 Bxf3 $11) 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qf5+ Kg8 {Weiss muss nun ...Sd5 beachten.} 20. Bxc3 Bf6 21. Nc4 Qc6 22. Ncxe5 Nxe5 (22... Bxe5 {with more complications.} 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Qg5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Re6) 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Re3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27. Qe6+ $40 {Weiss hat einigen Angriff.} Kh8 28. Re1 {Weiss will mit Dxc8+! Matt setzen.} h6 29. h3 b5 30. Ne5 (30. Qg4 $14 Qd6 31. Ne5) 30... Qd5 $11 31. Qg4 { Sg6+ ist eine echte Drohung.} Kh7 (31... Rd8 $1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 32. Qg6+ Kg8 $1 33. f3 Qd2 (33... bxa4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 34. Ng4 Qg5) 34. Qf7+ $16 Kh7 35. Kf1 Qd5 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Ng4 $1 Qg5 38. Qb6 Qd5 {[#]} 39. Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} (39... gxh6 40. Qg6+) 40. Ng4 $1 {Und Te7 würde nun gewinnen.} (40. axb5 $6 Rf8 $11) 40... Rf8 41. Kg1 (41. axb5 $6 Rxf3+ 42. gxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Nf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke2 Qf3+ 45. Kf1 Qg2+ 46. Ke2 Qf3+ 47. Kd2 Qxf2+ 48. Re2 Qd4+ 49. Ke1 Qh4+ 50. Rf2 Qe4+ 51. Re2 Qh4+ 52. Rf2 Qe4+ 53. Re2 Qh4+ $11) 41... Qd4+ {[#]} 42. Kh1 (42. Nf2 $1 $18 Bxf3 43. gxf3) 42... Bxf3 43. gxf3 Rxf3 44. Qe6 Qd3 45. Ne3 bxa4 46. Kg2 Rf6 {( -> ...Dd2+)} 47. Qd5 Qg6+ 48. Kh1 Rf2 49. Rg1 Qh6 50. Rg3 Qf6 51. Qd3+ ({Keinesfalls} 51. Qxc5 $6 Qxb2 52. Kg1 ( 52. Qh5+ Kg8 $16) 52... Re2 $16) 51... Kh8 (51... g6 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 52. Ng4 $18 Qc6+ $2 (52... c4 53. Qd5 (53. Nxf6 cxd3 54. Ng4 Rxb2 $16) 53... Qh4) 53. Kg1 {Weiss droht Dd8+ und Matt.} Rxb2 54. Qd8+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kh7 55. Qh4+ Kg8 56. Nh6+ {Precision: Weiß = 76%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 {Schussler,H} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09] C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and Nbd2} axb5 15. Ne4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Qd5 16. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 {[#]} 17. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Rfd1 O-O {1-0 (40) De Firmian,N (2595)-Abdel Megid,M (2370) Luzern 1989 CBM 016 [Schussler,H]}) 17... g6 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Bg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bf6.} Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qg4 Ne6 (21... Rhe8 $1 $11) 22. Qh4+ g5 23. Qb4+ (23. Nf5+ $142 Ke8 24. Qb4) 23... Qc5 $16 24. Qe4 {[#] Hoping for Nf5+.} Qc4 $1 {Threatening ...Qxe4.} 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Rfc1 Rd2 28. Ra8+ Rd8 29. Rca1 ({Better is} 29. Rxd8+ $16 Kxd8 30. Rxc4) 29... Rf8 $14 30. h4 Rxa8 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxa8+ $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Kd7 32. Ra4 Rb8 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. hxg5 c5 35. Rh4 Nxg5 36. f4 Ne6 37. Nd6 Rb4 38. g3 c4 39. f5 ({Wrong is} 39. Rxh7 $2 c3 $19) 39... Ng5 $1 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 c3 42. Nxf7 c2 43. e6+ Ke7 44. Rc4 Nxf7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 { B94: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante mit 6.Lg5)} (7. Bc4 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 b5 16. g4 {1-0 (61) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Korobov,A (2678) Poikovsky 2018}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 5 Partien} Bg7 11. g4 $146 ({Vorgänger: } 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Nf3 e5 13. f5 b5 14. g4 b4 {1-0 (39) Melia, S (2400) -Travkina,A (2287) Riga 2017}) 11... e5 12. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 13. h3 Be6 (13... b5 $14) 14. Qf2 Nfd7 $1 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 17. Nf5 (17. Bf6 $14) 17... gxf5 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 18. gxf5 Kh7 19. Rhg1 Bh8 20. Bg3 Rac8 {Und weiter mit ...Lc4 wäre nett.} ({Auf keinen Fall} 20... Bc4 21. Bf4 $17) 21. Bf4 Qe7 {...Lc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} ({Vergiftet wäre} 21... Rxc3 $2 22. bxc3 Qe7 23. fxe6 $18) 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg3 {Schwarz sollte Lxe5 verhindern.} Rg8 24. Qf2 Rgf8 25. Qg3 {Weiss will Lxe5 spielen.} Rg8 26. Qf2 Rgf8 {Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 {A34: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien } 9. h3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 {0-1 (46) Movsesian,S (2699)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013} ) 9... Qe7 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxe5 (11... O-O $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite. }) 12. dxe5 $16 Qxe5 13. Bb2 d5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. cxd5 O-O 16. O-O ({ Minderwertig wäre} 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 16... Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 ({Besser ist} 21... b6 $14) 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. h4 Rac8 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 {Endspiel Schwarz muss nun Te7 beachten. KTL-KTL} Kf6 26. d6 b6 27. Re7 {Weiß steht deutlich besser.} Rd8 (27... Bc6 $16) 28. Bxh5 $18 Be6 29. Rxa7 Rxd6 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Bf3 Ke5 32. Ra4 {Precision: Weiß = 91%, Schwarz = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 {E62: Königsindisch (6...Sc6)} 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} e4 {Schwarz hat minimalen Vorteil.} 13. Ne1 Nb6 {[#]} (13... Bxb2 $6 14. Rab1 $14) 14. Qb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd2 Kh8 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. b3 c6 18. Nf4 {1-0 (38) Akopian,V (2615)-Nijboer,F (2505) Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 14... Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nc4 (16... h6 $1 $15 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 hxg5) 17. Qxe4 $11 Re8 18. Rxd4 (18. Be7 $2 Nd6 $19) (18. Qh4 $1 $11 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1) 18... Rxe4 $17 19. Rxe4 Nd6 $36 {Schwarz ist am Drücker.} ({Bitte nicht} 19... Bxb2 $6 20. Rb1 $11) (19... Nxb2 $6 20. Rc1 $11 ) 20. Re3 Bxb2 21. Rd1 a5 22. Rb3 Bg7 23. Bf4 b5 24. Rc1 {[#] Schwarz muss nun Lxd6 beachten.} Qd7 25. Nd3 b4 26. e4 Nb5 27. e5 Rd8 (27... Re8 $17 28. Rc5 Nd4 ) 28. Nc5 (28. d6 $1 $11 {war der einzige Weg, das Gleichgewicht zu behalten.}) 28... Qe8 (28... Qf5 $17 29. Be4 Qc8) 29. Nb7 $1 $11 {[#] Und weiter mit d6 wäre nett.} Rb8 ({Lieber} 29... Nc3 $1 $11 30. Rbxc3 bxc3 31. Nxd8 Qxd8 32. Rxc3 g5) 30. d6 cxd6 31. Bc6 (31. Nxd6 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} Qe6 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. Bf1 Rxe5 34. Rd3 (34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Re3 Qf6 $15)) 31... Qe6 $17 32. exd6 (32. Bxb5 $17 dxe5 33. Nc5) 32... Nc3 $19 {Droht ...g5 und aus.} 33. Rb2 $2 (33. Kg2) 33... g5 34. Be3 Nxa2 35. Rxa2 Qxa2 36. d7 {und die Idee Lf3 ließe Weiss weiter hoffen.} Bf6 37. Ba7 (37. Bf3 $142 Qe6 38. Nc5) 37... Rf8 { Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 38. Re1 Qd2 39. Kf1 b3 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 48%.} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. Nc3 Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10... Nb6 11. Qc2 Bc4 12. Rd1 Nfd5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc8 15. a4 h6 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. Bf4 {1-0 (36) Dreev,A (2653)-Izzat, K (2484) chess.com INT 2018 }) 11. Rd1 N7f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd5 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Qd3 Be4 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Bf1 {1-0 (72) Ushenina,A (2443)-Bodnaruk, A (2446) Sochi 2018}) 12. h3 Qb6 13. Ne1 Rfd8 ({Better is} 13... Nxc3 $11 14. bxc3 Bd5) 14. e4 $14 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 (16. Qc2 {is interesting.} Bc4 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Bg5) 16... cxb5 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. d5 Bc8 19. Rac1 e6 20. d6 e5 21. Nd3 Ne8 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rcd1 Bc7 25. Nd7 Nd6 { [#] ...Nc4 is the strong threat.} 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 ({Much weaker is} 28. exd5 Nc4 $15) 28... Nc4 29. Bc5 a6 30. f4 Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxd5 Bb6 32. e5 Rc8 33. Bxb6 Nxb6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd6 Na4 $1 35. Bxb7 Rxc3 36. Bxa6 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Ra3 38. Bxb5 Rxa2+ 39. Kg3 Nc5 { [#] Strongly threatening ...Ne4+.} 40. Rd4 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ne6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:07] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Bd7 10. Rb1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Ba4 (10... Qxc3 11. d5 b6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qe2 e6 15. e5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (79) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 11. Qxa4+ {White is slightly better.} Qxa4 12. Bb5+ {[#]} Qxb5 $1 13. Rxb5 b6 14. dxc5 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Bxc3 15. Ke2 Bxd2 16. Kxd2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Melkumyan,H (2620)-Khalifman,A (2632) Moscow 2012}) 15. Ke2 Bxc3 16. Nb3 O-O 17. c6 ({ Reject} 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Rxa2+ 19. Kf1 Ra7 $15) (17. Rd1 $14 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Rxc5 Bb4 $14)) 17... Nf6 $11 18. Kd3 $36 {White has some pressure.} Bb2 $1 19. Nd2 (19. Na5 $5 Rad8+ 20. Kc2 $14) 19... Rfd8+ $1 20. Kc4 Ba3 21. e5 (21. Kb3 $1 $11 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Rxd2 23. Bxe7 Nxe4 24. f3) 21... Rac8 ( {Black should play} 21... Ng4 $17 22. Nb1 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bc5) 22. exf6 { [#] aiming for Kb3.} Rxc6+ 23. Kb3 Rd3+ 24. Ka4 {Hoping for Rb3.} Bd6 {The position is equal.} 25. Rb3 Rd5 26. Rb5 Rd3 27. Rb3 Rd5 28. Rb5 Rd3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2842"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 {[%emt 0: 00:07] C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: h4 and 7 Qg4} 8. Nb5 Bc7 9. Qxd4 (9. Qg3 Nc6 10. f4 a6 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Bb2 Nge7 13. Bd3 Nf5 14. Qf2 Bd7 15. Nf3 { 1-0 (29) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. Qc5+ Nge7 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Nf3 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. And now b5 would win.} b6 13. Qd6 $146 ({White should try} 13. Qc3 $1 $14 Qd8 14. Bd3) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc3 a6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Van Haastert, E (2440) -Berelowitsch,A (2549) Belgium 2014}) 13... Qxd6 $1 $11 14. exd6 Nf5 15. Bf4 f6 {With the idea ...e5.} 16. g4 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O $1 e5 19. Rxd4 exd4 20. Bb5 Bxg4 21. Re1 g5 22. Bg3 $1 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Bd7.} 23. Re7 h5 24. h4 ( 24. f4 $1 $15) 24... gxh4 $17 25. Bf4 Bf5 26. Rxa7 Rh7 27. Rc7 Bd7 (27... Kg8 $17 {aiming for ...Rg7.} 28. Bc6 Rg7 29. Bxd5+ Kh8) 28. Bc6 $15 h3 29. Kd2 Rg7 30. Bh6 {[#]The position is equal.} Bxc6 $1 31. Rxg7 ({Reject} 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 $17) (31. Rxc6 Ke8) 31... Rxd6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} (31... Bb5 $2 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rxd8+ $18) 32. Rg5+ $1 ({But not} 32. Rd7+ Kg8 $17) 32... Kf7 33. Rxh5 Bb5 34. Rxh3 Re6 35. Rf3 Kg6 36. Bf4 Rc6 37. Bg3 Rc4 38. Rd3 Kf5 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Rd3 f5 41. f3 f4 42. Bf2 Ke5 43. c3 Rc6 44. Rxd4 Rh6 45. Kc1 Rh3 46. Rd2 Rxf3 47. Bd4+ Ke4 48. Kb2 Rd3 49. Rxd3 Kxd3 50. Bxb6 {KB-KB} Ba4 51. Ba7 f3 52. Bg1 Kd2 53. Ba7 $1 Bd1 54. Bc5 Ba4 55. Ba7 Ke2 56. c4 d4 (56... dxc4 $5 57. Kc3 $8 Bb5 $11) 57. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Kc3.} Kd3 58. Ba7 $1 Kxc4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 { C77: Ruy Lopez: 3... a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. O-O Bb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Re1 Bxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh7 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Re8 {0-1 (33) Grischuk,A (2761)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 13. Nxb3 Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 15. a4 Re8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. h3 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 Bxa5 $1 20. Rxa5 c6 21. Ra7 {[#] Threatens to win with dxe5.} Qe6 22. Rd1 Nf8 23. Rc7 Rec8 $1 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. d5 Qc8 26. dxc6 Ne8 $1 27. Be7 Qxc6 28. Nh4 Ng6 29. Nf5 Rb7 $1 30. Bxd6 {Black should prevent Bb4.} Rd7 31. Ba3 {Strongly threatening Rxd7.} Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 {Hoping for Qd8.} Qxe4 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. g3 h5 35. h4 Qc6 36. Bb4 Kh7 37. b3 Qa8 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Qc6 40. Bd6 Kg8 41. c5 Qe4 (41... Ne4 $11) 42. Qf1 ({Better is} 42. Qb3 $16) 42... Nd5 {The position is equal.} 43. Nxd5 Qxd5 44. Qc1 f6 45. Qc2 e4 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. Qa4 Qd3+ 48. Kg1 {[#] aiming for Qa2+.} Kg8 49. Qa2+ Kh7 50. Kh2 Qd1 51. Qa3 Qd2 52. Qe3 Qd5 53. Qc1 Kg8 54. Kg1 Kf7 55. Qa1 Kg8 56. Qc1 Kf7 57. Qb1 Ne7 58. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} 59. Qb6 Qd1+ 60. Kh2 Qd4 61. Qb7+ Ke6 62. Qc6+ Ke7 63. Kg2 e3 64. Qb7+ Ke6 65. Qc8+ Kd5 66. fxe3 Qg4 67. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 { A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 8. d4 e5 9. Be2 exd4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O { Bd3 is the strong threat.} Be7 (11... dxc3 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. c5 Qxc5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 {1-0 (36) Dubov,D (2701) -Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rab1 {0-1 (36) Foglieni,M (2021)-Fantinel, T (2429) Bratto 2016}) 12... Qd6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Re1 b6 16. c5 Qf6 17. Be4 c6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb1 Bf5 20. Qxb6 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. a4 g6 25. g3 Rfb8 26. Rc4 Ra6 27. Nd4 Rb2 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. Rd3 (29. h3 $16) 29... Ne7 30. Nf3 Nd5 (30... Rb7 $142) 31. Ne5 $16 Rb4 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Rd7 Kg8 34. Nxf7 ({ Resist} 34. Rxf7 $6 Nd3 $16) 34... Ra5 35. Ng5 Rxc5 $2 {[#]} (35... h6) 36. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 { A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d5 (7... O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O (11... g5 $11 12. Qxg5 Rg8) 12. Bb2 $14 { Strongly threatening Bxf6.} d4 13. O-O-O dxe3 $1 14. Re1 Qe4 $1 15. Qxe3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 {[#]} 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bc2 f6 {The position is equal.} 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bd1 b6 21. Bc3 Nf7 22. g4 Bd7 23. f4 Bc6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 27. Bc2 h6 28. Kd2 Bf3 29. h3 Bg2 30. h4 Bf3 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. fxg5 Nxg5 34. Ke3 {[#] Black must now prevent Kf4.} Bc6 35. Bxg7 Kd7 36. Be5 Kc8 37. Bf5+ Bd7 38. Bc2 Kb7 39. Bc3 Ne6 40. Bf5 Nf8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. d3 (9. h4 Nd4 10. d3 e6 11. Bf4 a6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 { 0-1 (34) Svidler,P (2751)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Nc6 10. h4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} g6 (10... h5 $11) 11. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Ned4 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. h5 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 {1-0 (41) Krassowizkij,J (2452)-Clitan,Z (2115) Ditzingen 2017}) 11... Bg7 12. Be3 Ned4 13. h6 Bf6 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. e5 (20. Ke2 $14) 20... fxe5 $15 21. Re1 $1 f6 $36 {Black is pushing.} 22. f4 $1 Rf8 {next ...Ke7 is good for Black.} 23. Kg1 $1 Ke7 {And now ...Kd6 would win.} 24. fxe5 f5 25. Rh4 f4 26. Re4 g5 27. Rh5 Rf5 28. g4 (28. Kf2 $15) 28... fxg3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 29. Rg4 $2 {[#]} (29. Rxd4 Rxe5 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. dxe4) 29... Raf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rhxg5 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 {Black should prevent Rg7+.} Bc6+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 63%. } 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2842"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 {[%emt 0:00:05] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with cxd5} 12. Bd3 Ba6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 {White is slightly better.} 14. O-O {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. h4 Nb8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (61) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qc4 a5 $1 19. a3 b5 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd3 22. g3 Rb8 23. Rc3 Nb2 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 $1 Ra8 26. Rb3 Nc4 { The position is equal.} 27. Rxb5 a4 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Nxa3 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Nd4 {[#] And now d6 would win.} Ke7 32. Rc3 $1 Nb1 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Nb5+ Kxd5 35. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Nc7+.} a3 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 36. Rxb1 {KRN-KR} a2 37. Nc3+ Kd4 {[#]} 38. Nxa2 $1 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 39. Rb7 Ke4 40. Kg2 g5 41. Rxh7 Kf5 42. Rg7 g4 43. Rh7 Kg6 44. Rh4 f5 45. h3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 {Roiz,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 { [%emt 0:00:06] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: Be2} 14. Qd2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} b6 15. Rac1 a5 {The position is equal.} 16. Na1 {[#]} f5 $146 {White must now prevent ...f4.} ({Predecessor:} 16... g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Rb1 {0-1 (66) Carlsen,M (2853)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015 CBM 168 [Roiz,M]}) 17. f3 f4 18. Bf2 Bh4 19. Bd3 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Nc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. Rfe1 Ng7 23. Be4 Qd7 24. Nc2 Nf5 25. b3 Kh8 26. Rb1 Ng7 27. Na3 Nf5 28. Nb5 Rf6 29. a3 (29. Bc2 $11) 29... g5 (29... a4 $15 30. bxa4 Ne3) 30. Nc3 (30. Bc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Nd4 $1 $17 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 {[#]} (32. axb4 $17 Nxe4 33. Nxe4) 32... g4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...gxf3.} 33. Qh4 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rg6 35. fxg4 {[#]} Nc2 $1 36. Rxb6 $2 (36. Rc1 $17 Nxb4 37. axb4) 36... Nxe1 37. Nf6 $2 (37. Qxe1 Qxg4 38. Rb2) 37... Qg7 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rxd6 Rh6 39. Qxe1 Rxf6 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 (12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 O-O {1-0 (57) Vidit,S (2707)-Korobov,A (2678) Poikovsky 2018}) 12... Bg7 13. O-O {LiveBook: 59 Games} a5 14. a4 O-O 15. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. c3 Qc7 17. Rd1 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Palekha, A (2421)-Kovchan,A (2536) Serpukhov 2003}) 15... Qc7 16. c4 b6 17. h3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Ra3 Nh7 20. Rb3 f5 21. Bc6 Rab8 {[#]} (21... Ra7 $11) 22. Rb5 $1 $36 {White is really pushing.} f4 23. Bf2 e4 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Ng5 {[#]} 27. Re1 $1 ({Not} 27. Rxa5 Rxb2 28. Rb5 Rc2 $17) 27... Nf7 28. Rb1 ({ Reject} 28. Rxa5 Rxb2 29. Rb5 Ra2 $15) (28. b3 $16) 28... Ng5 $1 $14 29. Rxa5 Rb3 $1 30. Rb5 (30. e5 $5 Bxe5 31. Rb5 $14) 30... Rd3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...f3. Black has compensation.} 31. Re1 {And now h4 would win.} f3 32. h4 Nf7 $1 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 33. a5 Ne5 $1 34. a6 Rd2 35. a7 fxg2 $1 {( -> ... Nf3+)} 36. a8=Q Nf3+ 37. Kxg2 {Black must now prevent Qxf8+!} Nxe1+ 38. Kf1 Rdxf2+ 39. Kxe1 {Strongly threatening Rb8.} Rxa8 40. Kxf2 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Rf4 42. b4 cxb4 ({Better is} 42... Rxe4+ $15 43. Kf3 Rxc4 44. bxc5 dxc5) 43. c5 Be5 44. cxd6 Bxd6 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Rb6 {The position is equal.} Bc5 47. Rb5 Bd6 48. Rb6 Bc5 49. Rb5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 10. b3 {LiveBook: 20 Games} (10. Nf3 O-O 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Qd4 Nfg4 16. g3 Nc6 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qd3 {0-1 (41) Grigoriants,S (2563)-Matlakov,M (2694) Tallinn 2016}) 10... Be5 11. Nxc6 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 11. Ba3 Nxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf3 O-O 15. Re1 Be6 16. Na4 Nd7 {1-0 (70) Biljanic,L (2322) -Todorovic,N (2100) Nis 2013}) 11... bxc6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bb2 h5 {White should prevent ...Bxh2+!} 13. f4 Bb8 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Bd4 Bg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. exd4 O-O $1 20. Qxc6 Qa3 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Qb2 $36 {White has some pressure.} Qxb2 23. Nxb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $14 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 25. Kf1 Re4 26. g3 Rxd4 { next ...Rd2 is good for Black.} 27. Ke2 g5 (27... Kh7 $142) 28. fxg5 $16 Ne4 { Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 29. Nd3 Nxg5 30. Nf2 $1 Rb4 31. Rc5 Ne4 32. Ra5 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 $18 {KR-KR} Rb6 34. Rxd5 Rh6 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Ra5 f5 $2 (36... Rh6 $16 37. Kf4 Rd6 38. Kxg4 Kg7) 37. Rxa6 Rg2 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Kg5 Rf3 40. Kh4 Kf7 41. b4 Ke7 42. b5 Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Rf7 ({Not} 44. b6 Kc6 $11) 44... Rf2 45. b6 Rxa2 46. Rxf5 Rb2 47. Rh5 Rb4 48. Rh8 Ke5 49. Rb8 Kf6 50. Kh5 $1 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Rb7+ $1 Ke8 53. Kh4 Kf8 54. Kh5 Ke8 55. Rb8+ Kf7 {[#]} 56. Kg5 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 57. Rb7+ $1 Kf8 58. Kf6 Ke8 59. Rb8+ Kd7 60. Kg5 Kc6 61. Kh5 Re4 62. Rg8 Kxb6 63. Rxg4 Re3 {White mates.} 64. Rg7 Kc6 65. g4 Kd6 66. g5 Ke6 67. Kg6 Rg3 68. Ra7 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 54%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 e5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 9. Nf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 (9... Nc6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 h5 12. gxh5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. h6 Qxf5 15. hxg7 Bxg7 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (25) Kobalia,M (2677)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Konya 2012}) 10. Nxh6 $1 Bxh6 {[#]White is slightly better.} 11. Bxh6 (11. g5 $1 $16) 11... Bxg4 $11 12. f3 Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 Rxh6 14. O-O-O Nc6 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 15. Bxa6 $146 (15. Qf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qf2 Nd4 16. Bh3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Boemelburg,H-Kosmol,H Germany 1996}) 15... Rxa6 $17 ({ Much weaker is} 15... bxa6 $6 16. Rdf1 $11) 16. Rhf1 Nd4 17. Rxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Rxa2 {...Ra1+ is the strong threat.} 19. Nxf6+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ... Ra1+.} 20. Kb1 Ra5 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. b4 Rb5 23. Nd5 $2 (23. Kc1 $17) 23... f5 $1 $19 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Rxh4 $2 24. Qxf7+ Kh6 25. Rg1 $18) 24. exf5 $2 (24. Qg3 Rxd5 25. exd5) 24... Rxd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. f6+ Kh7 26. Qe4 { [#]} Rhh5 $1 27. Qe6 Qf8 28. Qd7+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 {LiveBook: 149 Games} 13. Nf1 {C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9... Be7} (13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Kg1 Rae8 16. h3 Bxh3 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. N1h2 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Bg5 h5 22. Qd3 Re4 23. b4 Qd6 24. Qh3 Qe5 25. Bxe4 Qxg5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Ne6 Qf6 28. Bf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf8 {1-0 (29) Amonatov,F (2610)-Hansen,S (2595) Baku 2016}) 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 15. Kg1 Qd6 16. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a4 b4 17. Be3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Bg5 Rae8 {0-1 (29) Zamora,S (1840) -Pecotic,K (1894) IECG email 2004}) 16... h6 17. Qe1 {[#]} (17. Be3 $11) 17... Bg4 (17... e4 $1 $17 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 ) 18. Nh4 $11 e4 19. h3 $1 Bd7 $132 {...Rf7 is the strong threat. Black has counterplay} 20. Be3 Qf6 ({Much weaker is} 20... g5 $6 {[#]} 21. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 22. Rd1 $16) 21. Nh5 Qe5 22. Nf4 Rxf4 23. Ng6 {[#]} Rf1+ $1 24. Kxf1 (24. Qxf1 Qg3) 24... Qf5+ 25. Nf4 {And now Kg1 would win.} g5 26. Qg3 {Black must now prevent Kg1.} Kh7 {Hoping for ...Rf8.} 27. Ke2 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Ke3 Ne7 (31... Na5 $15 32. b3 c5) 32. Bxc7 {The position is equal.} Nf5+ 33. Ke2 $1 b4 34. Bf4 bxc3 35. bxc3 Nh4 36. g3 Ng2 37. c4 Nxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rc8 39. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Bxe4+!} Rxc4 40. Bb3 Ba4 41. Rxd5 Bxb3 42. axb3 Rc3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2842"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} Nf8 10. Be3 $146 (10. Qh5 {is more complex.} Qd6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O g6 13. Qd1) ({Vorgänger:} 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Kh1 Qd7 { 0-1 (45) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 10... Qe7 11. g3 Bxb3 12. axb3 f6 13. Nf3 Ne6 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. O-O a6 16. c3 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Kb8 18. Qe3 Ka7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 h5 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. cxd4 $11 {Endspiel KDT-KDT} h4 24. d5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qe5 {[#] ( -> ...Dh5)} 26. Qf3 cxd5 27. exd5 Qxb2 28. d6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rd8 29. d7 Qc2 30. Rd6 Qc5 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Rd5 Qe4 33. Rd4 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qe4 35. Rd4 Qc6 36. Rd6 Qe4 {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Ne2 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} cxd4 (11... c4 12. Bf5 g6 13. Qa4 gxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. a4 f6 16. Nf3 Nb8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Bd2 Kh8 {1-0 (64) Caruana,F (2787)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2016 CBM 171 [Krasenkow, M]}) 12. exd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bd6 13. Ng3 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 14. Nf5 {Black must now prevent Nxd7.} Ndf6 {[#]} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g4 Bc8 16. Ne3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. b3 Ng5 20. Qg2 f6 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. e6 Qc7 24. Rac1 { 1-0 (24) Vaisser,A (2540)-Hohler,P (2218) Kamena Vourla 2012}) 15... Bc7 (15... Bc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Ne3 Bb7) 16. Be3 (16. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 17. Qg3) 16... Nd6 17. Rac1 Nfe4 (17... Nxf5 $14 18. Bxf5 Bd6) 18. Nxd6 (18. Nxg7 $1 $16 {Hoping for f5.} Kxg7 19. f5) 18... Bxd6 $11 19. f5 Rc8 20. Rce1 f6 {[#]} 21. Ng6 $1 Re8 (21... hxg6 22. fxg6) 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qd7 24. Qd1 Qxf5 25. Bb8 Qe6 $36 {Black is pushing.} 26. Bxa7 (26. Qb3 $15) 26... Ra8 (26... Qd6 $1 $17 27. Qb3 Nd2 28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Ra8) 27. Qb3 $1 $15 Qf7 ({But not} 27... Rxa7 $2 28. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 29. Bc4 $18) 28. Qxb6 Re6 29. Qa5 Bc6 30. Rxe4 $4 (30. Bxe4 $17 dxe4 31. d5) 30... dxe4 $19 31. Bc4 Rxa7 32. Qc5 Rc7 $2 ({Black should play} 32... Rd7 $19 33. Re1 Bb7) 33. Rc1 $11 e3 { And now ...e2 would win.} 34. b4 $2 ({Don't play} 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. d5 Qe4 $17) (34. d5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxd5 35. Qxd5) 34... e2 $19 35. Re1 Kh8 $2 (35... Rc8 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 36. Rxe2 Bd7 37. Rxe6 Rxc5 38. Re8+ Bxe8 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. dxc5 Ke6) 36. b5 {[#]} (36. Rxe2 $17 Be8 37. Bxe6 Rxc5 38. Bxf7 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Bxf7 40. a4) 36... Qe7 $2 (36... Bxb5 $1 $19 37. Qxb5 (37. Bxb5 Rxc5) 37... Qe8) 37. Bxe6 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 38. dxc5 Bxb5 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Bg4 Rxc5 40. Bxe2 Ba4 41. Rb1 {White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} g6 42. Rb4 Rc2 43. Bd1 Rc1 44. Rxa4 {Rd4 is the strong threat.} Rxd1+ {KR-KR} 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. a4 Ra2 49. a5 Kg5 50. a6 {Black should prevent Ra8.} h5 51. Ra8 Kf5 52. h4 Ke5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2842"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 { LiveBook: 52 Games} d5 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (8... Bd7 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Re1 d5 13. c5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Rb1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 {1-0 (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) -Wang,H (2735) Beijing 2013}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qf3 Ba6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. e4 {0-1 (39) Mader,L (1880)-Caliebe,N (1427) Erfurt 2017}) 12... Qc7 13. d5 Rd8 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 (15. e4 $14) 15... cxb4 $11 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 bxa3 18. bxa3 a4 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. Qe3 Ra6 $1 22. e5 b5 23. d6 Qb8 24. dxe7 Re8 25. Rfd1 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Rxe7 26. Qc5 Qf8 (26... Bf8 $1 $11 27. Nd6 Re8) 27. Ne3 $16 Be6 28. Qxb5 Raa7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Reb7 31. Qd3 Rb8 32. h4 Qe8 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. f4 ({Better is} 34. Rc4) 34... Bf8 35. Kh2 Rab7 {[#] } (35... Rc7 $16 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qxa4 Qc3) 36. Qxa4 ({White should play} 36. Rd6 $1 $18) 36... Qxa3 37. Qxa3 Bxa3 38. Rcd1 Be7 39. Kh3 Rc7 40. h5 gxh5 41. f5 {Hoping for f6.} f6 42. e6 Rb3 43. Rd7 Rbc3 44. Ra1 {[#] Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Kg7 45. Ra8 Kh6 46. Re8 Bb4 47. Rb8 Be7 48. Be4 R3c4 49. Bd5 R4c5 { aiming for ...Rxd7.} 50. Be4 (50. Rb7 $16 Rxd7 51. Rxd7) 50... Rc4 $1 $11 51. Bd5 (51. Rxc7 $11 Rxc7 52. Kg2) 51... R4c5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening ... Rxd7.} 52. Rb7 Rxd7 53. Rxd7 {And now Bb7 would win.} Ra5 (53... Bf8 $16 { might work better.}) 54. Bc6 ({Worse is} 54. Rxe7 Rxd5 55. g4 Rd3+ 56. Kh4 Rd4 $11) (54. Bc4 $18 Ra4 55. Bb5 (55. Rxe7 Rxc4 56. Re8 Kg7 $16)) 54... Ba3 55. Rf7 {Black must now prevent e7.} Re5 $1 56. Kh4 Bc1 $2 (56... Bb4 $14) 57. Kh3 $2 (57. e7 $18 Re2 58. Kh3) 57... Rxf5 $2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 57%. } (57... Ba3 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 { LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Be2 Be5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rc1 Ne7 {1-0 (41) Zubov,A (2600)-Boruchovsky, A (2517) Israel 2015}) 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxf6 {[#] And now Qg4 would win.} Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 {Bh4 is the strong threat.} gxf6 15. Nb5 Be5 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Rd2 a6 18. Nc7 Ra7 $1 19. Rxb2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc2.} b6 20. Nb5 (20. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 21. Be2) 20... axb5 $11 21. Bxb5 Ne7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rda7 26. Nd2 Nd5 27. Nc4 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 {The position is equal.} Rxa4 29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6 {Endgame KR-KR} Kg7 31. Kf3 f5 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Kg6 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Rb5 f5 38. Re5 Kf6 39. e4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 fxe4+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.07.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 {CB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Na6 9. O-O Bf5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nf3 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Nc7 15. Qa5 Ne8 16. e3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {1-0 (54) Carlsen,M (2826)-Anand,V (2800) Kristiansund 2010 CBM 138 Extra [CB]}) 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. cxd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 17. dxe5) 16... dxc4 $11 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rd4 Kf8 21. f4 Ke8 22. Ra4 Rc7 23. Kf2 Bc8 24. Rc4 c5 25. a3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 26. Rc3 b5 27. Ke3 Nb8 28. b4 Nd7 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Be4 Bc4 31. Bc2 Nd7 32. Be4 a5 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Bf3 Nb3 35. Rc2 { And now a4! would win.} Kd8 36. Bd4 Nxd4 37. Kxd4 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Be6 38. Be4 Bc4 39. e3 f5 40. exf6 exf6 41. Rc3 f5 42. Bf3 Ke7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.08.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. Bc4 { [%emt 0:07:19]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 7. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 8. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:09:50]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:26:17]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Bxc4+ {[%emt 0:07:09]} 11. Qxc4 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:15:01]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} e6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 13. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 14. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:07:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 16. Qc4 { [%emt 0:01:26]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 18. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 20. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. h4 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 22. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 23. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 25. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 26. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} h6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. a3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 31. Re1 { [%emt 0:01:19]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. Rf3 { [%emt 0:00:39]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 38. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 39. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 40. Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:50:03]} 41. Nf3 { [%emt 0:50:17]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 43. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. a4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.08.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 h6 { [%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (9... Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 {1-0 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) -Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 a4 12. Bxa4 Bg4 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Re3 { 1-0 (33) Sethuraman,S (2631) -Naiditsch,A (2701) Sharjah 2018}) 11... Ba7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng3 a4 14. Bc2 Nh7 15. Nf5 Ng5 (15... Bb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Nxg5 $1 $16 hxg5 17. Qh5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 $1 exf4 19. h4 $40 {White wants a kill.} g6 $2 (19... gxh4 $16 20. Nxh4 Qf6) 20. Qh6 $1 $18 gxf5 21. exf5 { Threatening mate with f6.} f6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. hxg5 Bc6 {intending ...Qd7.} 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. Rd3 $1 Qg7 26. Rh3+ Kg8 {[#]} 27. Re7 $1 Qxg6 28. fxg6 {White threatens Rhh7 and mate.} f5 $2 (28... Rfe8) 29. Rhh7 Rfe8 30. Reg7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Bxf5 {White wants to mate with g7.} Bb6 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 35. d5 $1 Bxd5 36. Rfg7+ Kf8 {[#]} 37. Rd7 $1 {White mates.} Kg8 38. g7 Bf7 39. g6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2018.08.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 { LiveBook: 68 Games. The position is equal. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (7... e5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Anand,V (2782)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 8. Bd3 Bb7 $1 9. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. d4 h6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. a4 {1/2-1/2 (43) Heinz,T (2279) -Grandelius,N (2515) Pardubice 2009}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. d4 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rb1 O-O 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Be3 g6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a4 Nb8 21. Be2 Rc7 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 { [#] And now Rxd8+ would win.} Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Na6 25. c6 Rxc6 26. Bxa7 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Be2 Ra5 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 {KR-KR} 30. Rb4 Rc6 31. Kg2 Rc3 32. a5 Ra3 33. Rb5 Kg7 34. Rc5 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc5 Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Kg8 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2