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2017 Grand Chess Tour, Leuven, dzień czwarty, blitz
Partie
[Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Bxc4 Bb4 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} (8... Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. 0-0 Bb4 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (51) So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017} )9. Qc2 { LiveBook: 30 Games} (9. h3 $5 {} Bh5 10. Bd3 $14 )Bh5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. gxf3 0-0 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 h6 15. f4 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 (60) Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Sergeev, V (2429) Lvov 2016} )10. Ne5 Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. 0-0 ({ Better is} 11. Nd3 $16 )0-0 (11... Nxe5 $11 12. dxe5 Nd7 )12. Nd3 $16 Na6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Na2 {} f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Nxb4 Ra5 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Nc5 Qd5 (19... Rf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Qxf5 b6 )20. Nxb7 $18 Ra7 21. Nc5 Re7 22. a5 Bf3 $2 {[#]} (22... Bg6 23. Qa4 Ra8 )23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Qb3+ Kh8 {intending ...Qg4+.} 25. Bg5 Qh5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kh1 f4 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 f3 30. Rg1 Qh3 31. Qe6 (31. Ne6 $142 Qg2+ 32. Rxg2 fxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rg8+ 34. Kf3 Re8 35. a6 h5 36. a7 )Qh4 32. Qg4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 14%.} (32. Qe7 $142 Qh6 33. a6 Ra8 34. Ne6 Rf8 35. Nxf8 c5 36. dxc5 Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 h6 38. Qxf6# )1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. h3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. c5 $14 Bc7 12. f4 )dxe4 $11 12. Bxe4 0-0 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 0-0-0 14. b4 Rh5 15. Rb1 Bc7 16. Re1 {1-0 (36) Huzman,A (2580)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Skopje 2015} )13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qf3 Bb4 16. Bc2 (16. a3 $5 {} Nxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 (17. Qxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 $11 ))Qa5 17. h4 Rfe8 18. a3 Bf8 (18... Bxc3 $14 19. Qxc3 (19. bxc3 e5 $14 )Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rac8 )19. Rad1 $16 Qb6 20. b4 a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Rac8 23. Bd3 e5 24. c5 Qc6 25. Qh3 {aiming for Na7.} Rcd8 {[#]} (25... exd4 $16 26. Na7 Qxc5 27. Nxc8 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxc8 )26. d5 ({ White should try} 26. Bxf6 $1 $18 Nxf6 27. dxe5 )Qxc5 $14 27. Rc1 Qb6 28. Nc7 $36 { White has good play.} Bc5 29. Nxe8 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 {And now Nxf6+ would win.} Rxe8 31. Rb1 Qa7 $2 {[#]} (31... Qd6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 32. Rf1 Bb6 )32. Rf1 $1 $18 { Threatens to win with Bb5.} e4 33. Bb5 Nh5 $2 (33... e3 {was worth a try.} )34. Qxd7 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Re5 36. Rfc1 {Rc8+ would kill now.} Kh7 37. Rc8 Rxg5 38. Qe8 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 25%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Re1 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3... a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} d4 11. a4 (11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Ra1 Bd6 17. Nbd2 f5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2838)-Ghosh,D (2581) chess.com INT 2017} )Be6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nb3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Na5 Nxa5 16. Bxa5 Qd7 17. b4 Rac8 18. axb5 axb5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Naiditsch,A (2684)-Socko,B (2617) Germany 2016} )12. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} b4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bb3 Ng4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc2 h6 22. Red1 Rc7 (22... c4 $5 23. dxc4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc4 $15 )23. Qc4 Qb6 24. Bd2 Bd6 25. h3 Nf6 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Nh4 Rcc8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Nf5 h5 30. Bg5 {Hoping for Be7.} Re8 31. Ne3 (31. Bd2 {is interesting.} Nb8 32. Ne3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Bg5 )Qc6 32. Qc2 Qe6 33. Nc4 Nb8 34. Be3 Nc6 35. Qe2 g6 36. Rc2 Rcd8 37. Rdc1 Qd7 38. Nb2 (38. Nb6 $11 Qxd3 39. Nd5 Qxe2 40. Rxe2 )Nd4 (38... Na5 $17 39. Nc4 Nxb3 )39. Bxd4 $1 $11 Qxd4 40. Rd1 Re6 41. Nc4 Bh6 42. Na5 Rd7 43. g3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Nc4 {} Qe7 46. h4 Qd8 47. Ne3 Rc7 (47... Bxe3 $11 48. Qxe3 Rd4 )48. Nd5 $14 Rcc6 49. Rc4 Kg8 ({Better is} 49... a5 $14 )50. Qc2 $16 {Threatens to win with Nxb4!} Bf8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} (8. h3 $5 {} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 $11 )Nd7 9. a3 $146 (9. h3 $5 {} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 $11 )({Predecessor:} 9. Ne3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 f6 11. Qe1 0-0-0 12. Bd2 h5 13. Nh4 Rhg8 {0-1 (51) Motylev,A (2663)-Sarana,A (2457) Tallinn 2016} )a5 10. Be3 f6 11. Bxc5 (11. b4 {seems wilder.} Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Bh5 13. h3 0-0 14. g4 )Nxc5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 0-0 14. h4 Ne6 15. h5 a4 16. g3 Qd7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 (20... Kh8 $11 )21. Nxf5 { Threatens to win with c3.} Nd4 {} 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Ng4 Nxc2 (24... Ne2+ $11 25. Kh2 Nxf4 )25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rxc5 Kg8 $2 (26... Ne2+ $1 $11 27. Kh2 Rxd3 )27. Ne5 $2 (27. f5 $1 $16 )Re7 $15 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Ra5 {aiming for f5.} Nxf4+ 30. Kh2 Nxh5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. d4 Nf6 33. Rxa4 Nxe4 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Rb4 g5 {} 36. a4 Kg7 $1 37. a5 Kf6 38. Nd3 g4 39. Nc5 c6 $2 ({Better is } 39... h5 $19 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 40. d5 Nf5 41. Ne4+ Ke5 )40. Rb6 { Threatening a6.} Re2+ 41. Kf1 $1 {} Rc2 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 42. Nxb7 $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 42. a6 $1 $15 bxa6 43. Rxc6 )Nc4 (42... Nf5 $1 $19 {} 43. Nc5 Nxd4 )43. Rxc6+ $15 Kg5 44. Rc5+ $1 Kf4 45. Nd6 $1 {} Ne3+ 46. Ke1 Rxb2 47. Nc4 $2 {} (47. Rc7 $15 )Ra2 $2 (47... Nxc4 $19 48. Rxc4 g3 )48. Nxe3 $1 $11 Kxe3 {KR-KR} 49. Re5+ $2 {} (49. Kf1 $11 )Kf4 $19 50. Rh5 {[#]} Kf3 $2 (50... g3 $1 $19 { ( -> ...g2)} 51. Kf1 Kf3 52. Rf5+ Kg4 )51. Rxh7 $11 g3 ({Don't do} 51... Rxa5 52. Rf7+ Kg2 53. Rg7 $15 )52. Rf7+ Kg2 53. d5 Rxa5 54. d6 $2 {} (54. Rd7 $11 )Re5+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 56%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. c4 { } e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. e3 0-0 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. 0-0 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (11... Bd7 12. b3 Qc8 13. Re1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bb2 Bh3 16. Be4 h6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qd3 {1-0 (41) Romanov,E (2641) -Thakur,A (2345) Zalakaros 2016} )12. Ne2 Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Qc3 f6 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Kh1 {0-1 (35) Engelhardt,G-Falkowski,W DDR 1987} )13. Rb1 a5 {White is slightly better.} 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Qh6 16. e4 Ne7 17. Bd4 b6 18. Qc1 Qh5 (18... Bb5 { seems wilder.} 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rfb8 )19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 Qxg6 (21... hxg6 {is more complex.} 22. f4 Bh3 23. Qd2 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rfe8 )22. a3 {} Bg4 23. f3 Bd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ra7 27. f4 Qf6 28. Rc4 Rc8 (28... Rfa8 {looks sharper.} 29. Qc2 Ra2 30. Qc3 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+ )29. Qb2 (29. Qe3 {with more complications.} Ra2 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Qxa1 h5 33. h4 )Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e5 Rca8 33. Rbc2 Kd8 34. e6 (34. Be4 $11 )fxe6 $15 35. dxe6 ({Better is} 35. R4c3 $15 )Bxe6 $17 36. R4c3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 37. Re2 {And now Rce3 would win.} Ra3 38. Rc1 Ra1 39. Rc3 R8a3 { Precision: White = 41%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nfd2 {1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2808) -Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017} )dxe4 7. dxe4 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a4 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g3 Nd8 15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Nf3 {1-0 (34) Neuman,P (2465) -Netusil,M (2290) Prague 2014} )11. Bd3 h6 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. h3 Rd8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Kh2 Be6 18. Rad1 g5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nfd2 b6 21. g3 Nf4 22. b3 Ng6 23. Be2 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {} 24. cxd4 exd4 25. e5 Qf5 { [#]} (25... Qe7 $11 )26. Qxf5 (26. Ne4 $1 $16 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 )Bxf5 $15 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Bg4 Bxg4 (28... Bd3 {is more complex.} 29. Nf3 Bc2 30. Rc1 d3 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bxe6+ Kg7 )29. hxg4 Bb4 {...c6 is the strong threat.} 30. Rd1 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Nxe5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc4 35. bxc4 $11 {KR-KR} Rc5 36. Rxd4 Kf6 37. f4 Ke6 38. Kd3 c6 39. Re4+ Kd6 40. Rd4+ Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Rd4+ Ke6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Qb6 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.The position is equal.} 11. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Be5 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Na3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (45) So, W (2770)-Giri,A (2782) Leuven 2016} )bxc6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1 $40 { White attacks.} Rc7 $2 {[#]} (20... Ba6 $11 )21. Bc3 $1 $18 d4 (21... Rdc8 $142 )22. exd4 {Black must now prevent Ba5.} cxd4 $2 {[#]} (22... Qc6 {is a better defense.} 23. Bb4 Rdc8 24. Bxc5 Bf6 )23. Ba5 $1 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 38%.} ({Weaker is} 23. Bxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qb5 $16 )1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. c4 {} e5 {} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 d6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nd4 Nf6 8. Bh3 g6 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 Bg7 11. f4 Neg4 12. 0-0 0-0 {0-1 (40) Izoria,Z (2610)-Short,N (2642) Dresden 2008} )dxe5 8. g4 {White is slightly better.} g6 (8... Qh4 $11 )9. gxf5 $14 gxf5 10. Rg1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 {[#]} (11... Kf7 $16 )12. e3 ({White should play} 12. Bxf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 13. e3 )Rg8 $16 13. Rg3 $36 { Bxf6 is the strong threat. White is really pushing.} Rg6 {[#]} (13... Ng4 $142 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 )14. Be2 (14. Bxf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 15. Qh5 )Qd6 (14... Ng4 $14 15. Bxe7 (15. Bxg4 Rxg5 16. Bh5+ Kf8 $11 )Qxe7 )15. Bh5 Kf7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qb3 b6 18. 0-0-0 ({Don't take} 18. Bxg6+ $6 hxg6 19. Kd2 Bh4 $16 )Bd7 19. Rdg1 ({Don't play} 19. Bxg6+ hxg6 20. Nb5 Qc5 $16 )Rag8 20. Qd1 Be8 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Rh3 Ke7 (22... Kg7 $16 {was called for.} 23. Qh5 Kf8 )23. Rh7+ $18 Kd8 $2 (23... Rg7 )24. Nb5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb5 25. cxb5 Kc8 26. Qc2 Bd8 27. Qc6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 23%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "134"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 {D84: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5} 13. Rg1 Rf7 14. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf8 {White has an edge.} 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Ke2 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... e6 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Nc4 Rd5 19. f3 Rfd7 20. Rgd1 {1/2-1/2 (73) Lysyj,I (2668)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Sochi 2016} )17. f3 e5 18. dxe5 Bb4 19. Ne4 (19. f4 $14 )fxe5 $11 20. Ng5 $132 { White puts up resistance} Rfe7 {[#] aiming for ...Rc8.} 21. Rgd1 {Black must now prevent Bd8.} Rc8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Rd7 24. Rd1 (24. Rc7 {is interesting.} Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Bxf3 26. Bf6 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 )Rxd1 25. Kxd1 { Endgame KBB-KBN} h6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 {KB-KB} Kf7 28. Bc7 Ke6 29. Ke2 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ba5 Kd7 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. Ba5 Bc7 35. Bb4 a5 36. Bc3 a4 37. bxa4 Kc6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd3 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Be1 Bd6 42. a3 Kc6 43. Bg3 a6 44. Bh2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Kg5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Kh5 50. Kg2 Kg5 51. Bg3 Kf6 52. Bh4+ Kg6 53. Kg3 Bxa3 54. Kxg4 Bc5 55. Bg3 Bd6 56. Be1 Bc5 57. Bc3 Kf6 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kd3 Bb6 61. Bb4+ Kd7 62. Kc4 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} Kc6 63. Bc3 Bc7 64. Be1 Bb6 65. Bg3 Bc7 66. Be1 Bb6 67. Bc3 Bc7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "92"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nb3 (5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Qa5 8. 0-0-0 Qxa2 9. Qb5+ Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bb7 12. Qxb7 {0-1 (28) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-So,W (2808) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )Nbd7 6. e4 $146 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} ({Predecessor:} 6. e3 Nxc5 7. Nxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Bd3 e5 10. c3 Be6 11. Ne2 h5 {0-1 (43) Horvath,A (2497)-Siefring,C (2479) ICCF email 2012} )dxe4 7. Ne2 h6 8. Bxf6 { The position is equal.} gxf6 (8... Qxf6 {is interesting.} 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. 0-0 a6 )9. Qd4 {[#]} (9. Nc3 $11 )Nxc5 $1 $17 {} 10. Qxd8+ (10. Nxc5 Qxd4 )Kxd8 11. 0-0-0+ Nd7 12. Nf4 (12. Nc3 $15 )Kc7 13. g4 Ne5 14. h3 h5 15. Nxh5 f5 {} 16. Be2 { [#]} f4 $1 {} 17. Nf6 ({Not} 17. Nxf4 $2 Bh6 $19 )f3 18. Bf1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 e3 20. fxe3 b6 (20... Bg5 $17 21. Ne4 Bxe3 )21. Nd4 $1 $15 { White wants to play Nxf3!} a6 $2 {[#]} (21... Bg5 $15 22. Ne4 Bxe3 23. Nb5+ Kb8 )22. Nxf3 $1 $18 {} Nxf3 23. Bg2 Bxe3 24. Bxf3 Ra7 25. h4 Kb8 26. g5 Rc7 27. Rd3 Bf4 28. c3 Be5 29. Ng4 Bf4 30. Nf6 Be5 $1 31. Ne4 Bf4 32. Kc2 Bb7 {[#]} 33. Nf6 (33. Ng3 $1 $16 {} )Bxg5 (33... Bxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. Rxf3 Bxg5 )34. hxg5 $16 Rxh1 35. Bxh1 Bxh1 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. Rf8 Bc6 (37... Kc6 $14 )38. Kd3 a5 {[#]} (38... Bg2 $142 )39. Kd4 ({Better is} 39. Ke3 $1 )a4 {[#]} (39... b5 $16 )40. a3 (40. Ng4 $1 $18 {is more deadly.} )Bb5 41. Ke5 ({ White should play} 41. Ke4 $16 )Bd3 42. Kd4 Bg6 43. Ne4 (43. Re8 $11 )Rd7+ $17 44. Ke3 Rd5 45. Kf4 Rf5+ (45... Rd1 $17 {Threatens to win with . ..Rf1+.} 46. Nf6 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rf5 )46. Ke3 $2 {} (46. Kg4 $11 Rd5 47. Kf4 )Re5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 48%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 Re8 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 17. Qh5 $146 g6 18. Qxh6 {next Bf4 is good for White.} Rxe5 { [#] Threatens to win with ...Rh5.} 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe7 24. g3 Re6 25. h4 a5 26. Kg2 b6 27. Re3 Rd6 (27... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Qd5 Kg7 )28. Rxe4 $16 Rxd4 29. Rxe7 {KR-KR} Rd2 30. b4 Rxa2 31. Rxc7 {Hoping for Rb7.} Rc2 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. g4 a4 34. Kg3 (34. Ra7 $16 )a3 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. f3 Rc1 36. Ra7 Rxc3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2850"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Re1 Nd6 {} 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bg5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10. h3 $11 )Bxg5 $15 11. Nxg5 Nd4 12. Na3 $1 {Black is slightly better.} h6 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. c3 Ne6 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 Bh7 16. Nc4 0-0-0 17. Rad1 Rd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (53) Gobet,F (2355)-Spassky,B (2605) Fribourg 1987} )Ke7 16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Na5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Ne2 c5 21. f3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11 { Endgame KBN-KNN} 23. Kf2 Bb1 24. a3 Ke6 25. Nc4 g5 26. Ke3 Nc6 (26... Kd5 $5 {} 27. Nd2 Bc2 $15 )27. f4 Ba2 28. Nd2 $1 Bd5 29. g3 b6 30. Ne4 Ne7 {Threatens to win with ...Nf5+.} 31. g4 Bc6 32. fxg5 (32. c4 $15 )Kxe5 $17 33. N2g3 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 Nf4 $1 35. Ke3 Ng2+ 36. Kd3 Bxe4+ 37. Nxe4 {[#]} c4+ $1 {} 38. Kxc4 Kxe4 39. gxh6 {KN-KP} Nf4 40. h4 $2 {} (40. h7 $11 Ng6 41. h3 )Ng6 $19 41. h5 Nf8 42. g5 c6 43. b4 $2 (43. g6 fxg6 44. hxg6 Nxg6 45. h7 )Kf5 44. g6 fxg6 45. hxg6 Nxg6 46. b5 Ne5+ $2 (46... c5 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kg5.} 47. h7 Ke4 )47. Kd4 $11 Ke6 48. bxc6 Nxc6+ {KN-K3P} 49. Kc4 a6 {White must now prevent ...Ne5+.} 50. h7 Ne5+ 51. Kd4 Nf7 52. a4 Kd6 53. c4 a5 54. Kd3 Kc5 {...Kb4 is the strong threat.} 55. Kc3 $2 { [#]} (55. Ke3 $11 )Nh8 $1 { Black mates.} 56. Kd3 {[#]} Kb4 $1 {} 57. Kd4 Kxa4 58. Ke5 Kb3 59. Kf6 a4 {} 60. Kg7 a3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 75%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. 0-0 Bg6 7. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a5 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. Nb3 Nf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. g4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 Be4 14. Be3 h6 { 1-0 (40) Van der Hoeven,D (2639)-Rattinger,F (2644) ICCF email 2010} )Ne7 11. Ne1 h5 12. gxh5 Bh7 13. Ng2 Nf5 14. Bg4 c5 15. c3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Ne3 (17. Be2 $14 )Nh6 (17... Nxe3 $1 $15 18. fxe3 Be7 )18. Be2 $36 { White fights for an advantage.} f6 (18... c4 $14 )19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb5 c4 21. Nd2 {} Rc6 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Ndf1 Qc7 24. Ng3 Bd3 25. Ng2 e5 26. Ne3 ({Don't do} 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qf3 Kc7 $18 )Nb6 (26... Rd6 {was called for.} 27. b3 Nb6 28. dxe5 fxe5 )27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 {aiming for dxe5.} Qd7 $2 {[#]} (29... Nd7 30. f4 e4 )30. Qh4 $18 Be7 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Bg5 e4 33. Bxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. f3 {} e3 (35... Rb8 {is a better defense.} 36. fxe4 Kd6 37. exd5 cxd5 )36. Rxe3+ Kd6 37. f4 Nd7 38. f5 Nc5 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rae1 Ke5 (40... Nxg3 $142 41. Rxg3 Bxf5 )41. b3 {White is clearly winning.} Rg8 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Rxe4+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "51"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 Re8 $1 8. Qf4 {C22: Centre Game} (8. Qg3 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. f3 Rb8 12. Ne2 b5 13. Nf4 a5 14. Nd5 Nh5 15. Qe1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nxb4 {1-0 (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Li,C (2687) St Petersburg 2012} )(8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Rg4 10. Qe3 Bf8 11. f3 Rg6 12. Qf2 d5 13. Bd3 d4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb5 Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 (25) Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)-Aronian,L (2768) Mainz 2009} )Ne5 (8... Bxc3 $5 9. Bxc3 Rxe4 $15 )9. f3 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Qa5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bxd4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxa5 {1-0 (34) Susak,Z (2196)-Loncar,R (2439) Omis 2003} )10. Qg3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 11. Qf2 Be5 12. h4 {} d5 13. h5 Nf8 14. h6 g6 15. Be3 (15. exd5 $14 Nxd5 16. Nge2 )Bxc3 $11 16. bxc3 c6 17. Ne2 {} Qa5 18. Qh4 N6d7 19. Kb1 dxe4 (19... Re5 $5 { } 20. Nf4 dxe4 $17 )20. fxe4 Ne6 21. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Qxc3 22. Nxe6 $1 Qb4+ ({Much worse is} 22... Qxe3 $6 23. Rh3 $16 )({Don't play } 22... fxe6 23. Bd4 $16 )23. Ka1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd2.} Qc3+ 24. Kb1 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} Qb4+ ({Reject} 24... Qxe3 $6 25. Rh3 $16 )25. Ka1 {Hoping for Bd2.} Qc3+ 26. Kb1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "112"] 1. c4 {} g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ... g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} Nd4 11. Qd2 Be6 (11... Rb8 12. Rae1 a6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 {1-0 (32) Zlatanovic,B (2378)-Tasic,V (2274) Kraljevo 2015} )12. b3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12. fxe5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxe5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Bh3 fxe4 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (45) Jobst,T (1756)-Ott,I (1747) Regensburg 2017} )Rb8 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Nd5 (14. fxe5 {is more complex.} dxe5 15. Nd5 fxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe4 Rbe8 18. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 exd4 20. Bf4 )b5 (14... fxe4 { seems wilder.} 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxe4 Rbe8 17. fxe5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bg2 Bc3 )15. Bxd4 cxd4 (15... exd4 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Nc1 Nxd5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 )16. Nxe7+ $1 $16 Qxe7 17. exf5 gxf5 {[#]} (17... Rxf5 $16 18. Bh3 Rf6 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 )18. Nxd4 $1 $18 {} Bd7 ({ Wrong is} 18... exd4 $2 {[#]} 19. Rxe6 $1 {} Qd7 20. Bd5 $18 )19. Nc6 (19. cxb5 $18 Qf6 20. Bc6 )Bxc6 $16 20. Bxc6 bxc4 21. dxc4 Kh8 22. Kg2 Qc7 23. Bd5 a5 24. Re2 Qc5 25. Be6 a4 (25... Qc6+ $16 {might work better.} 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. fxe5 dxe5 )26. bxa4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rb2 28. Qd3 {Hoping for Rxb2.} Qc6+ 29. Kh3 {aiming for Rxb2.} Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe8 {White must now prevent ... Rf6.} 31. Rf1 ({White should play} 31. Rh4 $18 )Rf6 (31... Rf7 $16 )32. Re1 $18 f4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 33. Bd5 Qc8+ 34. g4 Qc5 35. Kg2 f3+ (35... Qb4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 36. Qd1 Rf8 )36. Bxf3 Rf8 37. Rb1 Qa3 38. Bc6 Be5 39. Rb7 Qc5 $2 (39... Qc1 {was called for.} 40. Be4 Qf4 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 )40. Be4 Bg7 41. Rb5 Qd4 42. Rd5 Qc3 (42... Qf6 $142 43. Rh5 h6 )43. Rh5 h6 44. g5 { } Qa5 $2 (44... Rf4 {is a better defense.} 45. Bd3 Be5 46. Rxh6+ Kg8 )45. gxh6 Be5 46. Rg5 Qd8 47. Rg4 Qf6 $2 (47... Qe7 48. a5 Qe6 )48. h7 {White is clearly winning.} Qh6 {} 49. h3 Bd4 50. Bf3 Bg7 51. a5 {} Rb8 52. Be4 Qc1 53. Bc2 Qb2 54. a6 Ra8 55. Qe4 d5 56. cxd5 Rc8 { Precision: White = 62%, Black = 39%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2850"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 (3... d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 Na6 8. h4 h5 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. Ng5 0-0 {1-0 (38) Naiditsch,A (2700)-Areshchenko,A (2677) Chartres 2017} )4. c4 g6 5. cxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. e3 d6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nce2 Nh5 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 0-0 11. Bd3 {0-1 (29) Martin Consuegra,B (1906)-Perez Cameselle,F (1904) Madrid 2011} )a6 6. e3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} (6. Nc3 $14 )Bg7 $11 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Ne8 11. a4 $36 { Black is under pressure.} Nc7 12. Be2 (12. Nc4 {is interesting.} axb5 13. axb5 Bb7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxd5 18. Ne3 )axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 {Strongly threatening Qa7.} f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 Nb6 {[#]} 17. Qa5 $1 {} Bxc3 18. Qxb6 Bxb2 19. 0-0 Rf8 {[#] } (19... Qd7 $16 )20. Qa7 $1 $18 {aiming for b6.} Bf5 $2 (20... Bg7 $16 { keeps fighting.} )21. b6 Nxd5 22. Qa2 $1 { Precision: White = 63%, Black = 28%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. Nf3 { } Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} (10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Qb1 g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6+ Kg7 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (52) Grachev,B (2658)-Kveinys,A (2520) Minsk 2017} )Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qa5 13. a3 $146 Ne5 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe5 (15... Qc7 $14 )16. Bf4 $16 Qd4 {intending ...e5.} 17. Rfd1 $36 { Keeping Black busy.} g6 18. Bf1 Qg7 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bc7 b6 21. Rac1 Bb7 $2 (21... e5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 )22. Rd7 $18 Rfe8 {[#]} 23. Bxb6 (23. Bg3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bc8 24. Rdc7 )axb6 $16 24. Rxb7 { aiming for Rcc7.} Bd6 {With the idea ...Bf4.} 25. Rxb6 $2 ({White should play} 25. Qxb6 $16 Red8 26. Rc6 )Bf4 $15 26. Qc3 {Strongly threatening Rc2.} Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Rec8 28. Qd2 (28. Rc6 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxa3 30. Qc8+ Qf8 31. Qc1 Qxb4 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 )Rxa3 $17 29. b5 (29. Rc6 $17 {might work better.} Rca8 30. b5 )Qe5 $19 30. Rb7 $2 {[#]} (30. Rd6 )Ra1 31. h4 gxh4 32. f4 Qc5+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 46%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "139"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 { C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 { 1/2-1/2 (33) Karjakin,S (2781)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017} )11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2 a5 16. g3 Be7 17. c4 Qb8 18. Bc3 Qa7 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Nc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf5 { 1-0 (22) Palac,M (2571)-Neubauer,M (2442) Zadar 2005} )Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. Bf2 b5 21. dxc6 bxc4 22. cxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd5 { Black should prevent Nd2.} Rab8 (23... Qg4 $5 {} 24. Be3 (24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 )(24. Qxc4 d5 $11 )Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 $14 )24. b4 $36 { White is pushing.} Qg4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxf4.} 25. Qd1 Qf5 26. Qd4 (26. Nxd6 $16 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 )a5 (26... d5 $11 27. Nd2 Be7 )27. a3 (27. Nxd6 $16 Bxd6 28. Rxe8+ (28. Qxd6 Red8 $11 )Rxe8 29. Qxd6 )Re6 (27... d5 $11 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 axb4 30. axb4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ra8 )28. Nd2 $14 {} axb4 29. axb4 d5 30. Nf1 Ne7 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Nc2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Ra5 f5 37. Nd4 Rd8 (37... Bg7 $16 )38. Nxf5 $18 Rd1+ (38... Rd3 $142 39. Ne3 Rxc3 40. Rxg5+ Kf7 )39. Kg2 Rd2 $2 (39... Rd3 40. Ne3 Rxc3 41. Rxg5+ Kf7 )40. Ne3 Bg7 41. Rxg5 Kf7 {With the idea ...Bh6.} 42. Nxc4 Rc2 43. Nd6+ Kf8 44. Nxe4 Bh6 45. Re5 Kf7 46. Kf3 Ng6 47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. h4 Bg7 49. Bd4 Ne7 50. Rc5 Bxd4 51. cxd4 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb2 52. d5 Nf5 53. d6 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxb4 55. Nf6+ Kf7 56. Nd5 Ra4 57. Nb6 Rb4 58. Nc4 Ne6 59. Rf5+ Ke8 60. Ne5 Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Rxg3 62. Rf6 Nc5+ 63. Kd5 Nd7 64. Re6+ Kd8 65. Nc6+ (65. Nxd7 $142 Kxd7 66. Re7+ Kd8 67. h5 Rd3+ 68. Ke6 Re3+ 69. Kf6 Rf3+ 70. Kg7 Rg3+ 71. Kf6 Rf3+ 72. Kg5 Rg3+ 73. Kh4 )Kc8 66. Re8+ Kb7 67. Ne5 $2 ({Better is} 67. Nd8+ $18 Kb6 68. Nf7 Nf6+ 69. Ke5 Nd7+ 70. Ke6 Nc5+ 71. Kf6 )Nf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} 68. Kd4 Nxe8 69. d7 Nc7 {[#] aiming for ...Ne6+.} 70. d8=N+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 a5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Ne5 $146 {D84: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxa5 Bb7 14. Ke2 Ba6+ 15. Kd2 Bb7 16. Ke2 Ba6+ 17. Kd2 Bb7 18. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Lysyj,I (2668)-Grischuk,A (2752) Sochi 2016} )a4 (13... Bxe5 $5 14. Bxe5 Be6 $11 )14. a3 f6 15. Nc6 Bb7 (15... Kf7 $11 )16. 0-0 (16. Nxe7+ $14 Kf7 17. Nc6 )Kf7 $11 17. Rc3 Rfc8 18. Na5 Bf3 19. Re1 e5 (19... g5 $15 )20. dxe5 $1 $14 fxe5 21. e4 Bg4 22. Nc4 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Kg8 23. Bxe5 Bf8 24. Kg2 Rc5 {[#] And now ...Be6 would win.} 25. Ne3 (25. Bd4 {with more complications.} Rh5 26. Ne5 Be6 27. f4 Bh6 28. Nd3 )Rxe5 26. Nxg4 Rg5 27. Rg3 Rb5 28. Re2 Rab8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nd7 Rxb2 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11 { Endgame KR-KR} 33. Rc3 Rb3 34. Rc7 h5 35. Rxa7 Rxa3 36. h4 Ra1 37. Kf3 Rh1 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kh3 Rh1+ (39... a3 $5 )40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 54%.} (41. Kh2 $5 {} Rg4 42. Ra8+ (42. Rxa4 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rf4 $11 )Ke7 43. Rxa4 $11 )1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Rg8 12. Ne5 h5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Yakubboev,N (2427)-Sargissian, G (2666) Sharjah 2017} )exf6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 6. g3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bd6 7. Bg2 Qd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 0-0 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne2 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Klawa,P (2289)-Darr,S (2218) Germany 2007} )7. Bg2 Nb6 8. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. a4 a5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. e4 Bg4 12. Re1 Re8 13. c3 Qc7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nc1 f5 17. Nd3 g6 18. Kg2 Nf6 19. Qc2 f4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bg4 23. f4 f6 {} 24. Nf2 Be6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Bd5+ $1 27. Be4 $2 { [#]} (27. Ne4 $17 Bxg3 28. Re3 )Rxe4 $1 $19 { } 28. Nxe4 {Hoping for c4.} (28. Rxe4 f5 )f5 29. Kh1 { Precision: White = 54%, Black = 65%.} (29. Kg1 $142 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 )0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "131"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 (5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {1-0 (67) Harikrishna,P (2758)-Adams,M (2761) Shenzhen 2017} )Bd6 6. h3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bh5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} 0-0 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 Rc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bb8 14. Qe2 0-0 15. f4 f6 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qf2 {0-1 (64) Rombaldoni,D (2479)-Brunello,S (2563) Gallipoli 2017} )9. Qb3 Nd7 10. d4 ({ Much weaker is} 10. Qxb7 Nc5 $17 )Qb6 11. Rd1 Qxb3 (11... f5 {keeps more tension.} 12. Ng5 Rf6 13. c5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bc7 )12. axb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. e3 (14. c5 $5 {} Bc7 15. Bg5 $14 )a6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Be1 g5 17. Be2 h5 18. f3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Kg2 Nf5 22. Bf2 Kg7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Bd3 Rxh1 (24... Nh5 $5 {} 25. cxd5 cxd5 $11 )25. Rxh1 Bb4 26. Ne2 (26. e4 $11 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 )Ne4 $15 27. Nf4 Re8 28. Rh5 Bd6 $2 (28... Kf6 $17 )29. Bxe4 $1 $16 dxe4 30. Nxe6+ (30. Rg5+ $1 $16 Kf7 31. Rxg4 )Kg6 (30... Rxe6 $11 31. Rxf5 Kg6 )31. Rg5+ $1 Kh6 32. Rxf5 Rxe6 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Rf7 Be7 34. d5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Re5 36. d6 $1 Bg5 37. Rxb7 Rd5 38. d7 Kg6 39. Kf1 Kf5 40. Ke2 Ke6 {[#]} (40... Rd3 $14 )41. Rb4 $1 $18 Kf5 {[#]} 42. Rb7 (42. Rd4 $1 $18 { is the precise move to win.} Ke5 43. Be1 )Ke6 $1 $16 43. Ra7 Rxd7 44. Rxa6+ Rd6 45. Ra4 Rb6 (45... Kf5 $16 {was called for.} 46. Ra5+ Kg6 )46. Be1 $18 ({Resist} 46. Rxe4+ Kf5 $18 )Rxb3 (46... Kf5 {might work better.} 47. Ra5+ Kg6 )47. Bc3 ({Less strong is} 47. Rxe4+ Kf5 $16 )Kf5 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. Re5 Rb7 { Black hopes to continue with ...Re7.} 50. Rxe4 Kh5 51. b4 { } Rc7 $2 (51... Be7 52. Re5+ Kg6 )52. Kd3 Rd7+ 53. Rd4 Rf7 54. Re4 $2 (54. Rd5 $18 Rf1 55. Bd4 )Rf3 $2 {} (54... Rd7+ $11 55. Rd4 Rb7 )55. Be5 Rf1 56. b5 Rb1 57. Kc4 Bd8 58. Rd4 Bb6 {Now ...Rc1+ and Black clings on.} 59. Rd5 Rc1+ (59... Kg6 $18 60. Bf4 Rc1+ 61. Kd3 Kf7 62. Rd7+ Ke8 )60. Kd3 (60. Bc3+ $142 Kg6 61. Rd6+ Kf7 62. Rxb6 Ke7 63. Rg6 Kd7 64. Rxg4 Kc8 65. Rg7 )Kg6 61. Bd4 {And now Rd6+ would win.} Bxd4 (61... Bc7 $18 62. Be5 Ba5 )62. Rxd4 Kf5 63. Rb4 Rd1+ 64. Ke2 Rd7 65. b6 Rb7 66. Kd3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. e4 {} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 (5... Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 h6 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017} )6. Nxf6+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. d4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Nxf5 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 {1/2-1/2 (39) Puranik,A (2459) -Prohaszka,P (2596) Zalakaros 2017} )9. Nxe5 {aiming for Nc4.} Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 f6 13. 0-0 Bg6 14. Rae1 Kf7 15. f4 exf4 $1 16. Rxf4 Bh6 17. Bb4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Bf5 19. g4 (19. Bf3 $14 { keeps the upper hand.} )e5 $17 20. Rc4 Be6 21. Rce4 Bf4 22. h3 h5 $1 ({ Much worse is} 22... Bxa2 $6 23. b3 $11 )23. gxh5 Rg8 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. Be4 f5 27. Bf3 {[#]} Bd5 ({Resist} 27... Bxa2 28. Ra1 $11 )(27... Rg3 $1 $19 28. Bd6 Rxh3 29. Bxf4 Bd5 30. Bxd5+ cxd5 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 )28. Rxe8 Rxe8 { Endgame KRB-KB} 29. Be2 f3 ({Don't play} 29... Bxa2 30. Bd2 $15 )30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 {KR-KB} Rh8 32. Be1 Rxh5 33. h4 Ke6 34. Bf2 a6 {} 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. b3 Rg8 37. Kf3 {[#]} b5 $1 38. Be3 Rg4 39. Bf2 a5 40. a3 (40. Bg3 $142 )a4 $19 41. b4 Kf6 42. Bg3 Rg8 43. Bf2 Re8 44. Bd4+ $2 (44. Bg3 )Kg6 45. Bf2 $2 {[#]} (45. Be3 Re5 46. Kf4 )f4 $1 { Black is clearly winning.} 46. c4 (46. Kxf4 Re2 )Kf5 47. c5 Re7 48. d4 Re6 49. d5 cxd5 50. Bd4 Re4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 88%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 {} e5 12. dxe5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Nxe5 13. Nh4 (13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Kg2 g6 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (32) Nakamura, H (2790)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016} )Bc8 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Re8 16. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Grigoriants,S (2564)-Sasikiran,K (2674) Moscow 2017} )Ng6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Be3 $36 { White has good play.} Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be5 {[#]} 21. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 22. Qxc6 Bxb2 { [#]} (22... Nxe4 $16 23. Qxe4 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Bxe2 $2 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxe4 $19 )Nd4 )23. Rb1 (23. Re1 $1 $18 N4d5 24. Bc5 (24. Qxb5 Nxe4 25. Qxb2 Nxe3 $16 ))Nd3 (23... Nxe4 $16 24. Bxf4 (24. Rxb2 Nd5 $16 )Nd2 25. Bxd2 (25. Rxb2 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Nf1+ 27. Kh1 Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Nf1+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nf1+ $11 )Rxd2 )24. Nxf6+ $18 Bxf6 25. Qxb5 Ne5 26. Be2 h6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Qa4 Rc7 29. Bf1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qe4 Qe8 32. a4 Re7 33. Bb5 Qc8 34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Qd2 f6 36. Qd8+ Qxd8 37. Rxd8+ $16 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Re8+ Kd6 40. Kg3 Kd5 41. f3 Kc5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Nc4 $2 { } (43... Rb7 $16 44. Rc8+ Kd4 )44. Bxc4 $18 Kxc4 {KR-KR} 45. Kh5 Kb3 46. a5 Rc5 47. Kg6 Rxa5 48. Re7 Ra2 49. g4 { } a5 50. Kxg7 Rf2 51. Kxf6 Rxf3 52. g5 {White mates.} a4 53. g6 a3 54. g7 Rg3 55. Kf7 a2 56. Ra7 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2850"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 Re8 8. Qf4 {C22: Centre Game} (8. Qg3 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. f3 Rb8 12. Ne2 b5 13. Nf4 a5 14. Nd5 Nh5 15. Qe1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nxb4 {1-0 (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Li, C (2687) St Petersburg 2012} )Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Rxe4 10. Qg3 {Black is slightly better.} d5 $146 {aiming for ...Rg4.} ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. h4 a5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qe7 {0-1 (39) Popovic,D (2574) -Schnider,G (2311) Lienz 2013} )11. f3 Re8 12. Ne2 a5 {} 13. Nf4 {Strongly threatening Rxd5!} Nb4 14. Bxf6 (14. Bc4 $1 $15 c6 15. Bb3 )Qxf6 $17 15. a3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 $40 { Black has strong attack.} 16. axb4 $2 (16. Bb5 c6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 )axb4 $19 { ( -> ...Ra1+)} 17. Nxd5 Ra1+ {Black mates.} 18. Kd2 Qxb2 {} 19. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 {E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7} 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Qb7 {[#] And now ...Ne5 would win.} 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 {[#]} Nc5 $146 21. Ba3 Rxf3 {The position is equal.} 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRR} Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 { [#] KR-KR} Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. Ra6+ Kh5 32. Ra7 h6 33. Rxg7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rxa2 36. Rg2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2850"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "119"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 Be7 (5... g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 Na6 8. h4 h5 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. Ng5 0-0 {1-0 (38) Naiditsch,A (2700)-Areshchenko,A (2677) Chartres 2017} )6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} 0-0 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. a4 Ne8 8. Be2 Bg5 9. Nf3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (68) Martinovic, S (2560)-Tomazini,A (2365) Split 2016} )Nbd7 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Ne8 9. a4 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 Nfxh5 14. Bxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. Nc4 b6 19. a5 (19. f3 $16 )Ba6 (19... Bd7 $14 )20. axb6 $16 axb6 {...Bxc4 is the strong threat.} 21. 0-0 h5 {[#]} 22. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 {[#]} 23. Nxd6 $1 {} Ra8 (23... Bxd6 24. Qxa6 )24. Nc4 Qb8 25. Rd1 (25. Nb5 $16 )b5 $1 $11 {} 26. d6 bxc4 27. dxe7 {aiming for Rd8.} Qc7 28. Qxc4 Qxe7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 { Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 (30... Ra1+ $11 31. Kg2 Qg5 )31. Qc3 $1 $14 h4 32. Qxe5 hxg3 33. fxg3 ({Better is} 33. Qxf6+ $16 Kxf6 34. f3 (34. Rxc5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 gxf2 $16 )(34. fxg3 c4 $14 ))Ra2 $11 34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rxc5 { And now b3 would win.} Rxb2 {KR-KR} 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 f5 $2 {} (37... Rb1 $11 )38. Kd4 $2 ({White has to play} 38. exf5+ $18 gxf5 39. Kf4 )fxe4 39. Kxe4 Rb4+ $2 {} (39... Kf6 $16 )40. c4 $18 {} Rb3 $2 (40... Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 )41. g4 Rg3 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Kf4 Ra3 44. Kg5 Ra5+ 45. c5 Ra4 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxg6 Rc4 48. Rc6 Kd7 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Rd5 Ke6 51. Rf5 Ke7 52. Kh4 Ke6 53. Kh5 Rd4 54. Rf1 Rd5+ 55. g5 { } Rxc5 56. Kh6 Rc2 57. g6 Rh2+ 58. Kg7 Rg2 59. Kh7 Rh2+ 60. Kg8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 27%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 d5 {LiveBook: 49 Games} 9. h3 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a6 Bc6 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (57) Kramnik,V (2808)-Li,C (2746) Moscow 2016} )10. Qe2 Re8 11. dxc5 {The position is equal.} bxc5 12. e4 h6 13. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 {0-1 (47) Samhouri,A (2365)-Andriasian,Z (2616) Dubai 2016} )g5 14. Bg3 e6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Bh2 (17. e5 $5 {} Nd7 18. b4 $11 )a5 18. a4 c4 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Ne5 Nxe4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxa4 24. Ra1 $36 { White is on the roll.} Qb5 (24... Qd7 $16 )25. Bc7 $18 Rc8 26. Rxa5 Qd7 (26... Rxc7 $142 27. Rxb5 Bxb5 )27. Be5 $2 ({Less strong is} 27. Rxa6 Rxc7 28. Rd1 Qb5 $14 )(27. Bg3 $18 {is more deadly.} f5 28. Rd1 )Bxe5 (27... Bb7 $16 {was called for.} )28. Rxe5 ({But not} 28. Rxa6 $6 Red8 $11 )Qc7 $2 (28... Bb7 {was worth a try.} 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 )29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Bc2 Qb6 (30... Rcd8 $142 31. h4 Rd2 32. Rxg5+ (32. hxg5 Rxc2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 $18 )hxg5 33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qxd2 Bb7 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 )31. h4 Qxb2 32. hxg5 Qxc2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 {...Qh7 is the strong threat.} 34. R1e4 Qd1+ {[#]} 35. Kh2 $1 Qd6 36. g6 Rc7 37. g7 (37. gxf7+ $142 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Rf4+ Rf7 40. Rxf7# )f5 38. Qh8+ Kf7 {[#]} 39. Qxe8+ $1 {} Kxg7 (39... Kxe8 40. g8=Q+ )40. Re3 {Threatening mate with Rg3+.} Rc8 41. Qxe6 (41. Rg3+ $142 Kf6 {[#]} 42. Rxe6+ $1 {} Qxe6 43. Rg6+ Ke5 44. Qxe6+ Kf4 45. Qe3# )Qxe6 42. Rxe6 Bb5 43. R6e5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "115"] 1. Nf3 {} g6 2. e4 {} Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 {B06: Modern Defence} Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8. Bg5 Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 {1-0 (74) Aronian,L (2815)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Dubai 2014} )h6 10. Be3 (10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Nd5 $14 )0-0 11. h3 Ne7 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nh4 20. Nh2 (20. Nxh4 $1 $14 Qxh4 21. Re4 )Nxh2 $1 $11 21. Kxh2 Ng6 {[#] Hoping for ...Qh4+.} 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Kg1 f5 24. Ne2 h5 25. Bf4 h4 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bxf6 (27. Bh6 $1 $14 )Qxf6 28. Qf4 (28. f4 $11 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 )Rae8 $15 {} 29. Nd4 Re7 30. Nf3 Rfe8 31. Re3 (31. Kh1 $15 )Rg7 $17 32. Nh2 $2 {[#]} (32. Rfe1 $17 {was worth a try.} )Rf8 (32... Qg6 $1 $19 { and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. g3 Nxd3 34. cxd3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 hxg3 )33. Kh1 Ng6 34. Qb4 f4 35. Ree1 Ne5 36. Be4 h3 { Threatens to win with ...hxg2+.} 37. g3 Qh6 38. Qxb7 Bc8 $2 ({Black should play } 38... fxg3 $17 {( -> ...g2+)} 39. fxg3 Qd2 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qb8+ Ke7 )39. Qxa7 $14 Bf5 ({Better is} 39... c5 $14 40. Qa3 Kh8 )40. Bxf5 $16 Rxf5 41. g4 $1 {} Nxg4 $2 (41... Qg6 $16 )42. Nxg4 $2 (42. Re8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Nxg4 Rxg4 46. Qxc7+ Kf6 47. Qxd6+ Kg5 48. Qxh6+ Kxh6 49. Rg1 )Rxg4 $18 43. Qxc7 {And now Qc8+ would win.} Rf8 44. Qd7 Rg6 $2 (44... Rg2 45. Qe6+ Qxe6 46. Rxe6 (46. dxe6 Rc8 $18 )Ra8 )45. Rg1 {White is clearly winning.} Rg2 46. Qe6+ Qxe6 (46... Kg7 $142 47. Qxh6+ Kxh6 48. Re6+ Kg5 49. Rxg2+ hxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Rc8 )47. dxe6 { Endgame KRR-KRR} f3 48. Re3 Kh7 49. Re4 Kg6 {intending ...Kf5.} 50. e7 Re8 51. Re3 Kg5 52. Rxf3 Rxg1+ 53. Kxg1 Rxe7 54. Rxh3 {KR-KR} Re1+ 55. Kg2 Rb1 56. Rb3 Kf4 (56... Rc1 $142 57. c3 Ra1 )57. a4 Ra1 58. Ra3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 { C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 (7... 0-0 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. h3 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. a3 {0-1 (70) Polivanov,A (2391) -Shilin,D (2407) Donetsk 2008} )8. c4 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 0-0 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c5 Ne8 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Rf2 Bh4 16. Re2 Rf6 17. Nf1 Rg6 18. Bd2 h5 19. Kh1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (19) Kosak,R (2225)-Schoenberger,P (2097) Germany 2000} )Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. b4 (13. Nb3 $11 )f5 14. Ba3 {[#]} (14. exf5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxf5 15. Nde4 )Bg5 $2 (14... f4 $1 $19 {Threatening ...Bh3.} 15. Kh1 a5 )15. c5 $2 (15. exf5 $1 $11 Bxf5 16. Nde4 )Bxd2 $17 16. Qxd2 {[#]} fxe4 (16... f4 $1 $17 17. Qe2 Bh3 )17. Nxe4 $11 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 g5 {} 21. f5 h5 (21... Qg7 $15 )22. Bc1 Bxf5 23. Qxg5+ Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rae8 ({Better is} 24... Bh3 $11 )25. Raf1 (25. cxd6 $14 cxd6 26. Bh6 )Be4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {KB-KB} 28. Bd8 $1 dxc5 29. bxc5 Bxd5 30. a3 c6 31. Bc7 e4 32. Kf2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... h6 6. Bh4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Qa5 8. 0-0-0 Qxa2 9. Qb5+ Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bb7 12. Qxb7 { 0-1 (28) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-So,W (2808) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )6. Qe2 { D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nxe4 (6... 0-0 {with more complications.} 7. 0-0-0 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Ngf3 b6 )7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 9. Qe3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. c6 Nf6 12. Bb5 (12. f3 $142 )a6 (12... bxc6 $142 13. Bc4 e5 )13. Be2 bxc6 14. Nh3 (14. f3 $17 {keeps fighting.} )Rb8 15. Rd2 e5 16. c4 Qb4 17. Rhd1 Be6 18. Rc2 (18. Ng5 $17 )h6 $19 19. Qc3 Qc5 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. Kb1 Rfd8 22. Rcd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qb6 24. Bf1 $2 {[#]} (24. Qc3 {was necessary.} )e3 $1 {} 25. fxe3 (25. Qxe3 Qxb2# )Ne4 26. Qc2 Qxe3 27. Ka1 Bg4 28. Rc1 (28. Rd3 $142 Qe1+ 29. Qb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kxb1 )Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. c5 (29. Ng1 $142 Rd2 30. Qb1 )Be6 30. Bxa6 Rd2 31. Qb1 Nxc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxa2.} 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Nd3 34. Rc2 e4 35. a3 c5 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 82%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d5 (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Ne4 14. Qxa8 Qd7 15. cxd5 Nf6 16. Re3 Nxd5 17. Rb3 Nb4 18. Rxb4 Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 (73) Karjakin,S (2781)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017} )4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Nxc6 { C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (6. Nf3 $16 )Qxc6 $14 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Qb5 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 9. Qxc6 $1 Bxc6 10. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nc3 {1-0 (39) Blom,L (1496)-Trevis,R (1461) IECG email 2006} )0-0-0 11. c3 h5 12. h4 Nd5 13. Kf2 Bd7 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 (16. Bc4 $16 Nb6 17. Bxf7 )b6 17. Bd2 Kb7 18. Bd3 Be6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Rhe1 Rhd8 21. Rac1 Nc7 22. Be4+ Bd5 23. Bf5 ({White should try} 23. Bf4 $14 Bf6 24. Be5 )Ne6 $11 24. Re5 g6 (24... Bxb3 $5 25. axb3 Bf6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Be4+ Ka6 $11 )25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Be4 $36 { White is more active.} a5 27. Bc3 Ka6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rd1 Kb5 30. Na1 Nc7 31. Nc2 Rd7 32. Ne3 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 $16 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Ke3 Bd6 (34... Rd8 $16 )35. Ke4 $18 Kc6 {[#]} 36. Rc1 $1 f5+ {[#]} 37. Kd3 $1 Kd7 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. f4 b5+ 40. Kd3 Kb6 $2 (40... a4 {is a better defense.} 41. Ba5+ Kb7 )41. Re1 Bc7 42. b3 Kc6 43. Re7 Bb6 44. a4 b4 $2 (44... Rd6 { keeps fighting.} 45. Bb2 Bd8 )45. Bb2 Rd7 46. Re2 (46. Rxd7 $142 Kxd7 47. Kc4 )Bc7 $2 (46... Kd6 47. Re5 Bd8 )47. Kc4 Rd6 48. Re5 Kd7 (48... Rd8 $142 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. Rxg6 Rc8 51. Rg7+ Kd6 )49. Rd5 Ke6 50. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {KB-KB} 51. d5 Bd8 52. Be5+ Kd7 53. Kb5 Be7 54. Kxa5 {White mates.} Bc5 55. Kb5 Bf2 56. a5 {} Bxg3 57. a6 Bf2 58. Kxb4 Kc8 59. Kb5 Bxh4 60. Kc6 Bf2 61. d6 Kd8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 0-0 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rd1 (9. Rc1 Rd8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 e5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Rc5 Bg4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Ding,L (2759)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017} )Rd8 10. Qc2 Bf8 {Black has an edge.} 11. a3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Qc2 exd5 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bd3 {1-0 (38) Fridman,D (2639)-Aleksandrov,A (2619) Liepaja 2015} )12. Be2 Bg7 13. 0-0 a5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Rc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Nxc7 Rac8 18. Nb5 e5 19. Qb3 (19. Rfd1 $14 )a4 $11 20. Qa2 ({Better is} 20. Qxa4 $11 exd4 21. exd4 )Na5 (20... Bg4 $1 $15 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 )21. Be2 $2 (21. Bxf7+ $1 $11 Kf8 22. Rxc8 (22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17 )(22. Bxg6 Bxb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 )Rxc8 23. Na7 )Rxc1 (21... Nb3 $19 22. Rcd1 Be6 )22. Rxc1 $15 Nb3 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Qb1 Bf5 25. e4 $1 {} exd4 26. exf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc4.} Qxe2 27. Nc3 $1 { } Qe7 28. Na2 gxf5 29. Nb4 Qe4 { White must now prevent ...Qxb1.} 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Re1 Qd5 (31... Rc1 $5 32. Qxc1 Nxc1 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Nxc1 exf3 $15 )32. Nh4 Qd7 33. Qd1 {[#]} (33. g3 $15 )Bf6 (33... Nc5 $1 $17 34. Qe2 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Rc5 )34. Qh5 Bxh4 ({Black should play} 34... Nc5 $1 $15 35. Nxc5 Rxc5 36. Qxh6 Qd8 )35. Qxh4 $11 Re8 { Precision: White = 39%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 (5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Nf3 d4 13. Ne4 Bb5 14. Qd2 Nbc6 15. a3 Ng6 16. b4 Be7 17. Bb2 Rfd8 { 0-1 (17) Shirov,A (2709)-Anand,V (2817) Leon 2011} )e6 6. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Qd2 h5 8. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. gxh5 Nf5 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. Nf3 c4 12. Ng5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (69) Zermiche,C (2033)-Laurens,J (2058) France 2006} )g6 (8... c5 $5 )9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nge2 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nf4 Be7 14. h4 Ne6 15. Nce2 a5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nf4 Qb6 18. 0-0 0-0 19. a4 Qa6 20. b3 b5 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. axb5 (22. Rfc1 {keeps more tension.} b4 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Nd3 Raa8 25. Kg2 )cxb5 {The position is equal.} 23. Ra2 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Rb5 a3 28. Rb3 Ke8 29. Bc1 Ra4 30. c3 Rca8 31. Nd3 Kd7 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 {} Kc6 34. b5+ Kb7 {[#] And now ...Rc4 would win.} 35. Rbxa3 Rxa3 36. Bxa3 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} f4 37. Kg2 Bg4 38. Ra1 (38. f3 $5 {} Bd7 39. Kf2 $11 )Ra5 39. b6 Ra4 40. Bb2 Rxa1 41. Bxa1 Kxb6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2850"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} g5 11. Be3 (11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nxg5 Nf6 15. f3 Qh5 16. Nh3 e5 17. Nf2 exd4 18. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (59) Cheparinov, I (2689)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016} )f5 12. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f4 13. gxf4 gxf4 14. Bc1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 (55) Cusicanqui,M (2361)-Loeschnauer,R (2468) ICCF email 2012} )13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 {} h6 15. h4 {} Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 {} Qe7 18. Nb2 b6 19. Nd3 $36 { White is pushing.} Bb7 20. Rb1 a5 (20... Rac8 {feels hotter.} 21. Nde5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 c5 )21. Nde5 Ndxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qe3 Kf7 (26... f4 $14 27. Qxb6 (27. gxf4 Qg7 $11 )fxg3 )27. Qxb6 $16 Ra6 28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Rd4 Rh8 30. cxd5 cxd5 (30... exd5 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qd3 f4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 )31. Rc1 Rfh6 32. Qe5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc7.} Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Rd3 Bd7 35. Rc3 Rh8 $2 {[#]} (35... Rh7 36. Rc7 Kg6 )36. Qxh8 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 35%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nfd2 {1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2808)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017} )Nd4 6. Ba4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qe7 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Bc2 c6 {1/2-1/2 (46) Bartel,M (2644)-Shankland,S (2632) Biel 2014} )7. Nxd4 bxa4 8. N4f3 {The position is equal.} d6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Nc4 0-0 11. Be3 Bb6 12. h3 Re8 13. 0-0 h6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Nfd2 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. b3 Bc6 18. Qg3 Rad8 (18... Nh5 $5 {} 19. Qf3 Nf6 $11 )19. Nxb6 axb6 20. c4 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Bxh6 $2 Nh5 $19 )axb3 21. axb3 Ra8 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Qh4 Qg6 24. Qg4 (24. Rxa8 {keeps more tension.} Bxa8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Qg3 Nh7 27. Ra1 )Qxg4 25. hxg4 Nf6 26. Nh2 Nd7 27. Nf1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. c3 {LiveBook: 280 Games} Bf5 { A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rad8 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Qb8 14. a3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (46) Kramnik,V (2801)-Grandelius,N (2649) Stavanger 2016} )(6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. e4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 a5 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. f3 {1-0 (58) Kramnik,V (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Sochi 2015} )7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe8 10. Bg3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qb4 Nfd7 14. Nb3 b6 {1/2-1/2 (65) Dreev,A (2520)-Seirawan,Y (2610) New York 1989} )10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Rfe1 e5 { aiming for ...e4.} 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 $1 {} (14. Qxd5 $2 e4 $19 )N7b6 15. exf5 (15. dxe5 $16 g5 16. Bg3 )Qxf5 $11 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bg3 Nf4 19. Nf3 Ne2+ 20. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 21. Nd4 {[#]} Rae8 $1 { ( -> ...Re1+)} 22. Nxe2 Rxe2 23. Rd1 Nd5 {[#]} (23... c6 $11 {keeps the balance.} )24. Qxb7 (24. Kf1 $1 $16 {} Qe6 25. Qb5 (25. Qxb7 Nf6 $16 )(25. Qxd5 $2 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd5 $19 ))Rd2 $14 {} 25. Rf1 (25. Ra1 {feels hotter.} a5 26. Qb5 Qe4 27. f3 Qc2 28. Re1 )Nf4 $1 {Hoping for ...Qd3.} 26. Bxf4 (26. Kh1 {with more complications.} Qd3 27. Rg1 Rd1 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. h4 )Qxf4 $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. g3 Qe5 28. a4 a5 29. b4 Qxc3 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa5 Rb2 32. Qc5 Qxb4 33. Qxc7 (33. Qe5+ $14 Kf8 34. Qh8+ (34. Qxc7 Qd4 $16 )Ke7 35. Qxh6 (35. Qe5+ Kf8 $16 ))Qd4 34. a5 Ra2 35. Qb6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. e4 {} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 h6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Nxd8 13. Rd1 Ne6 14. Nd5 h5 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. f3 a6 {1-0 (60) Gustafsson,J (2628)-Kollars,D (2491) Germany 2017 } )a5 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (33) Roos,D (2430)-Glavina,P (2425) France 1998} )b6 11. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Nb4 {} 14. Rad1 {} c6 (14... Nxa2 {with more complications.} 15. c3 a4 16. b4 Ba6 17. Ba3 Bc4 )15. Ne3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bh6 (16... Nxa2 $14 17. Nc4 Ba6 )17. a3 $16 Na6 18. Rd6 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 (19... Nh5 $142 )20. Nc1 $1 $36 { White is in control.} Nc5 21. h3 Nh6 22. g4 (22. Nd3 $142 )f6 23. Rxf6 Rad8 24. Ref1 {Black must now prevent g5.} Rd2 {[#]} (24... Re7 $16 {is a better defense.} )25. g5 $1 $18 {} Rxc2 (25... Nd7 $142 )26. Bxe5 $2 (26. gxh6 $18 Rxb2 27. Rf7 )Ba6 $11 27. Rd1 Nf7 (27... Rxe5 28. gxh6 Nb7 29. Nd3 $16 )28. Bf4 Ne5 ({Black should play} 28... Ne6 $11 )29. b4 ({Better is} 29. h4 $14 )axb4 30. axb4 Ncd7 31. Rfd6 {With the idea Nb3.} Bc4 32. R6d2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Ra8 34. Ne2 Ra2 (34... Bxe2 {is interesting.} 35. Rxe2 Ra4 36. b5 c5 37. Rd2 c4 )35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. h4 Kf7 37. Nd4 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Nb5 Ke7 40. Nc3 Be6 41. Kf2 c4 42. Bf1 Nd3+ 43. Kf3 (43. Ke2 {keeps more tension.} N7c5 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Be2 Nf2 46. e5 )N7e5+ 44. Bxe5 (44. Ke2 {seems wilder.} Bg4+ 45. Kd2 Nf3+ 46. Kc2 Nfe1+ 47. Kb1 )Nxe5+ { Endgame KBN-KBN} 45. Kf4 Nd7 (45... Nd3+ $11 {remains equal.} 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47. Ke2 Kd6 )46. e5 Nc5 {[#]} 47. e4 $1 Kd8 $2 (47... Nb3 $16 48. Ke3 Na5 )48. Ke3 Nb3 49. Be2 Kd7 50. Nd5 Na5 51. Bd1 Kc6 $2 (51... Kd8 52. Kd4 Nc6+ 53. Kxc4 Nxe5+ 54. Kd4 Nd7 )52. Kd4 Bf7 $2 (52... Kd7 53. Kc5 Bh3 )53. Ba4+ $18 Kb7 54. Bd7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. h4 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qc4 e6 {1-0 (47) Navara,D (2737) -Ivanchuk,V (2738) Prague 2017} )e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 {The position is equal.} Bh7 $1 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bf2 0-0 15. Qb3 Qe7 {[#]} 16. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be2 Kh8 {1-0 (49) Zhou,J (2620)-Yu,L (2321) Wuxi 2016} )Kh8 17. Be2 (17. g5 $5 )f5 18. gxf5 (18. e5 $5 {} Bb4 19. g5 $11 )exf5 19. e5 Bb4 20. Kf1 (20. Nf4 $11 )f4 $15 21. Nxb4 (21. Ne4 $142 )axb4 $17 (21... Qxb4 22. Qa3 $11 )22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qe6 (23... Bg8 $1 $19 24. Qd3 c5 $1 {} 25. dxc5 Nxe5 )24. Kg1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {} 25. dxe5 $11 Qxe5 26. Ne4 $1 Rae8 (26... Ne3 $11 )27. Re1 (27. Bd3 $6 Qh5 $11 )(27. Rh2 $16 )Re6 (27... Ne3 $14 28. Bxe3 (28. Qxb4 Nc2 $15 )fxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxb2 )28. Bd3 (28. Bf1 $16 {Threatens to win with Ng5. } Ne3 29. Qxb4 )Ne3 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 28... Qh5 $14 29. Qd1 Ne3 30. Bxe3 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 )29. Rh2 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxb4 Rg6+ 30. Ng3 c5 $11 )Rg6+ (29... Rfe8 $142 )30. Kh1 (30. Ng5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} )Qh5 31. Rh3 $2 {[#]} (31. Nd2 $16 Rd6 32. Bxe3 (32. Qxb4 $2 c5 $19 )fxe3 33. Rxe3 )Rg3 $1 $19 {} 32. Rxg3 (32. Nxg3 Qxf3+ )fxg3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 38%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} d4 11. Nb3 Bg4 (11... a5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Ra1 Bd6 17. Nbd2 f5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2838)-Ghosh,D (2581) chess.com INT 2017} )12. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 13. cxd4 {And now d5 would win.} exd4 14. Bf4 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb4 17. Rf1 Re8 {0-1 (65) Mehar,C (2373)-Vishnu, P (2512) Noida 2016} )15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. a3 $36 { Black is under pressure.} Be7 ({Black should play} 16... Bd6 $14 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 )17. g4 $16 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Bg3 f5 (19... Nd8 {was necessary.} 20. Qe2 (20. Nxd4 Qh3 $16 )Ne6 )20. Bb3+ $18 Kh8 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 21. Be6 Bd6 22. Kg2 ({Weaker is} 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Bxg3 $11 )({Stronger than} 22. exf5 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Ne7 $17 )Ne7 23. Rh1 {Hoping for e5.} ({ Much less strong is} 23. Nxd4 $6 Qg6 $14 )Rf6 $2 {[#]} (23... Qg6 )24. Ng5 $1 {} Qxg5 25. Rxh5 Qg6 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Bxd6 {White is clearly winning.} cxd6 {[#]} 31. Rc1 $1 { } Qe8 (31... Qxc1 32. Qxa8+ )32. Ne4 d5 33. Ng3 Qe6 34. Qf5 Qg8 35. Rc7 Re8 (35... Rf8 $142 )36. Nh5 Re6 37. Nxg7 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 23%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2850"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 {} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 e5 9. f4 { B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} Nd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... exf4 10. Nxf4 Be6 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nb6 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. a4 a5 15. h4 Qd7 16. Be3 Be5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Rf2 fxg5 19. hxg5 {1-0 (42) Dzhumaev,M (2516)-Sitanggang,S (2367) Jakarta 2012} )10. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Ncd5 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Rf2 Bxd5 17. exd5 {0-1 (59) Pamungkas,J (2221) -Sukandar,I (2362) Jakarta 2012} )b5 11. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 12. Ne2 (12. Nxb5 $14 Rb8 13. Na3 (13. Nxa7 Bd7 $17 ))d5 $11 { } 13. g4 dxe4 $1 14. Ng3 Rb8 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 15. g5 e3 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 Bg5 { Black has strong compensation.} 18. b4 {[#]} Rb6 ({ Black should play} 18... Bh4 $1 $17 {} 19. Rf3 Kh8 )19. a4 $2 (19. Kh1 $11 )Kh8 (19... Bf4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Rxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 gxf5 )20. Bb2 Bf4 (20... Bh4 $17 21. Qf3 Qg5 )21. Qg4 $2 {} (21. Rxf4 $11 exf4 22. Ne2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 )h5 22. Qf3 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qg5+ 24. Qg2 $2 (24. Kh1 {was the only defense.} Bxf5 {[#]} 25. Bxd4 $1 {} Bxe4 26. Qxe4 )Rg8 $19 25. Nxd4 (25. Qxg5 $19 Rxg5+ 26. Kh1 Bxf5 27. Rxf4 exf4 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxd4+ Kh7 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. a5 )Qxg2+ 26. Bxg2 {aiming for Kh1.} Rbg6 {Black mates.} 27. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 exf4 29. axb5 Kh7 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 57%.} 0-1 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2850"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c4 (6... g6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bc7 Nd7 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Ngf3 0-0 11. 0-0 e6 12. a4 h6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Kovalev,V (2598) -Kovalenko,I (2684) Lisbon 2017} )7. Qc2 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 { LiveBook: 9 Games} Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Qc1 (12. e4 $5 {} Bg6 13. b3 $14 )e6 13. Ngf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Ngf3 Be7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 Kf7 19. e4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Karlik,V (2332) -Pokorny,T (2255) Czechia 2004} )Qa5 {[#]} 14. e4 $1 {} Bh7 (14... dxe4 15. Nxc4 )15. 0-0 (15. Ne5 $14 )Be7 (15... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.} )16. Re1 0-0 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. h4 b5 21. b4 Qd8 22. a4 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bf3 {aiming for hxg5.} Qd8 ({Black should play} 26... Bd3 )27. hxg5 hxg5 28. b6 $1 { Threatens to win with b7.} bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxb6 30. Bxd5+ Kf8 31. Nxc4 Qb5 32. Ne3 Rd8 {[#]} 33. Qc7 (33. Ba2 $1 $16 )Qd7 (33... Qb4 $14 34. Ra1 Nf5 )34. Qa5 $36 { White is in control.} Nh5 (34... Nf5 $16 )35. Bc7 $18 Rc8 36. Bh2 {Hoping for Nc4.} Nf4 37. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 38. Nc4 {And now Be6 would win.} Qf5 $2 (38... Qd8 39. Qa6 Bf5 )39. Qa7 { White is clearly winning.} Qxd5 40. Qxe7+ Kg8 41. Nb6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "161"] 1. c4 {} e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 12. a5 (12. e3 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd5 17. Rg1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Qc4 {0-1 (63) Eljanov,P (2751)-Kramnik,V (2811) Shamkir 2017} )Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Kh1 $146 (17. Qb4 $5 { } Rb8 18. Qd6 $11 )({Predecessor:} 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Zhao,Y (2305)-Zhang,X (2320) Shenzhen 2016} )Qe7 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rg5 Rad8 (19... h6 $5 {} 20. Rg3 Nf6 $11 )20. Rag1 Nf6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Qc5 {Threatens to win with Rxd5!} Qf6 23. Be4 Kh8 24. R1g3 Rfe8 25. Re5 (25. Rg1 $11 )Ne7 (25... Qe7 $1 $17 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 )26. Reg5 { } h6 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Rg1 $36 { White has some pressure.} Nf5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Nxd4 (30... Rb8 $11 )31. exd4 $16 Rxd4 32. Re3 $1 Red8 33. Rb1 Rc4 {[#]} 34. Rd3 (34. f3 $1 $16 )Rxd3 $1 $14 35. Bxd3 { Endgame KRB-KR} Rd4 36. Rb3 Rd5 $1 37. Kg2 Rxe5 38. Kf3 f5 (38... Rh5 $11 )39. Bc2 ({White should try} 39. Be2 $14 )Kf6 $11 40. Rd3 Rb5 41. Rd4 c5 42. bxc5 Rxc5 43. Ba4 Rxa5 44. Be8 g5 (44... Rc5 $17 {With the idea ...Rc8.} 45. Rd8 Ke7 )45. Rd7 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Rb3 47. Rh7 b5 { } 48. Bd7 (48. Rf7+ $11 Ke5 49. Ra7 )Rd3 $15 49. Bc8 Rd6 50. Ra7 b4 51. Rxa6 $2 {} (51. Bxa6 $17 b3 52. Bc4 )Rxa6 $19 52. Bxa6 $17 {KB-KP} b3 53. Kf3 g4+ 54. Ke3 {[#]} b2 $1 55. Bd3 Kg5 56. f4+ gxf3 57. Kxf3 e5 {( -> ...e4+)} 58. Ke3 e4 59. Bc2 Kg4 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Ke2 Ke5 62. Kd2 Kd4 63. Bb1 f4 64. Ke2 Ke5 65. Bc2 Kd4 66. Bb1 $1 e3 $2 ({Black should play} 66... h5 $19 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 67. h4 Ke5 )67. Bh7 {The position is equal.} Kc3 68. Bb1 $1 Kb3 69. Kf3 Kc4 70. Ke2 Kc3 71. Bh7 Kd4 72. Bb1 Ke5 73. Kf3 $1 Kf6 74. h4 $1 Ke5 75. Bc2 Kd4 {White must now prevent ...Kc3.} 76. Bb1 Kc4 77. Ke2 Kc3 78. Bh7 Kb4 79. Bb1 Kb3 80. Kf3 Kc3 { Hoping for ...Kd2.} 81. Ke4 $2 { Precision: White = 46%, Black = 54%. . An unexpected result.} (81. Ke2 $11 )1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "131"] 1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 {1-0 (59) Caruana,F (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017} )e5 7. Nb3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Be7 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Na5 Be6 {0-1 (33) Kostenko,P (2440)-Jumabayev,R (2614) Almaty 2017} )b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. f3 Nh5 ({Better is} 12... Rc8 $11 13. Qd3 d5 14. Bxd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 $11 )(14. exd5 e4 $11 )Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh4+ 16. Kf1 0-0 )13. Bf2 $14 Ndf6 14. g3 Qc7 15. Qe2 0-0 16. 0-0-0 Rfc8 17. Nd2 {[#]} (17. Bd3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} )b5 $1 $36 { Black is in control.} 18. Bb3 (18. axb5 axb5 )b4 (18... Qa5 $17 {And now ...Rxc3 would win.} 19. Qe3 {[#]} d5 $1 {} 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5 bxa4 22. Qb6 Qxb6 $17 )Bc5 )19. Nd5 (19. Na2 $1 $15 )Nxd5 20. exd5 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 {} 21. Kb1 (21. Bxd5 Qxc2# )Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Qc4 (22... Nf6 $17 23. g4 Nd7 )23. Qd2 (23. Qxc4 $15 Rxc4 24. Na5 )Qc6 24. Qe2 (24. g4 $17 {might work better.} Nf4 25. g5 )Rc7 (24... Qxa4 $19 25. f4 Qc6 26. fxe5 dxe5 )25. a5 Rac8 {} 26. Rd2 Qc4 27. Qd1 Qe6 ({Black should play} 27... Qb5 $17 28. Re1 f5 )28. Re1 $15 Rc4 29. g4 Nf4 {[#]} 30. Nd4 $1 {} Qd7 ({Much worse is} 30... Rxd4 31. Rxd4 b3 32. Rd2 $11 )31. Nf5 Qb7 32. Bg3 {Threatens to win with b3.} Ne6 33. Bxe5 (33. Rxd6 $11 Bf8 34. Rb6 )dxe5 (33... b3 $5 34. c3 dxe5 $11 )34. Rd7 R8c7 35. Nxe7+ Kh7 $2 {} (35... Kh8 $1 $15 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 )36. Qd3+ $18 e4 37. Rxc7 ({White has to play} 37. Rxe4 $18 Rxe4 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Qxe4+ (39. fxe4 Ne6 $16 )Qxe4 40. fxe4 )Rxc7 $2 (37... exd3 $16 38. Rxb7 dxc2+ 39. Ka2 (39. Kc1 Nc5 $17 )Nc5 )38. Rxe4 g6 $2 {[#]} (38... Qb5 {was called for.} )39. Rxe6 $1 { Hoping for h5!} Rxe7 (39... fxe6 40. Qxg6+ )40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Qxa6 Qxh4 { Endgame KQ-KQ} 42. Qc4 Qe1+ 43. Ka2 b3+ 44. Kxb3 Qxa5 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qxg6 Qd5+ 47. Kb4 Qd4+ 48. Ka3 Qa7+ 49. Kb3 Qb7+ 50. Kc4 Qxb2 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qe4 Qa2+ 54. Kd4 Qa7+ 55. Ke5 Qe7+ 56. Kd4 (56. Kf4 $142 Qf6+ 57. Kg3 Qa1 58. f4 Kg8 59. c4 Kf7 60. Qe5 Qa6 61. c5 )Qa7+ $1 57. Kd3 Qa6+ 58. Qc4 {White mates.} Qg6+ 59. Ke2 Qf7 60. Qd4+ Kg8 61. c4 {} Qe6+ 62. Kd2 Qa6 63. c5 Qa2+ 64. Ke3 Qe6+ 65. Kf4 Qf7+ 66. Kg3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qd7 {0-1 (69) Kramnik,V (2811)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Shamkir 2017} )0-0 10. Nf1 Re8 { LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 a5 $146 { The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14... d5 )15. Rb1 axb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Re4 Qd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 $11 {KQR-KQR} 25. h3 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Qe2 f6 29. Qa2+ Qd5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Your Next Move GCT 2017-Blitz"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Site "Leuven"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. 0-0 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} Bd6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Rfc1 (11. h3 Rc8 12. Rac1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rfd1 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Tran,T (2342)-Nguyen,D (2494) Ho Chi Minh City 2013} )Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 e5 15. Be1 Nxf2 16. Bxf2 e4 17. Qd1 exf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qf5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Rudenok,T (2008) -Bivol,A (2171) Dmitrov 2011} )12. h3 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Rxc8+ Rxc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1 Qc8 17. Qc3 {The position is equal.} Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd7 19. Kf1 f6 20. Ne1 Kf7 21. Nc2 Nc8 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 $11 { Endgame KNN-KNN} Nd6 24. Nbd3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Nb8 26. Ne1 Nd7 27. Nc2 Nb8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nc1 Nb8 30. Nd3 Nd7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2
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