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[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]

[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,91,24,29,42,31,19,29,46,19,19,19,19,19,21,20,14,20,12,11,9,9,25,10,
23,23,77,68,65,88,83,67,64,61,107,108,103,91,113,112,129,147,138,130,147,139,
135,118,139,142,160,91,131,0,116,133,312,102,101,101,106,108,149,132,152,138,
880,869,1168,1134,29938,5252,5252,5243,29980,29982,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} Qb6 (8... f5 9. c3 Be7 10. Rg1 c4 11. g4
g6 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Kf2 b5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ng3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (49) Anand,V (2782)
-Short,N (2678) Riadh 2017}) 9. Qc1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} g5 10. fxg5 {White is
slightly better.} cxd4 11. Nexd4 Ncxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ndxe5 12. c3
Qc7 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O Bd7 {1-0 (37) Salgado Lopez,I (2618)-Ali
Marandi,C (2476) Gjakova 2016}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3
Bg7 16. O-O e5 17. Nf5 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has
good play.} d4 20. Nf5 Bf8 {[#]} (20... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Bd3
$1 $16 h6 22. g6 ({But not} 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. Rae1 Bf4 $11) 22... fxg6 {[#]}
23. Nh4 $1 g5 24. Ng6 Bg7 25. Nxh8 Bxh8 26. b3 Rd8 27. Be4 b6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29.
Ke2 Kd6 30. Kd3 Bg7 31. Rac1 Rb8 32. Rc2 a5 33. Rfc1 (33. Rb1 $142) 33... Kc7
34. Rf1 Kd6 $1 35. a3 b5 $2 (35... Rc8 $16) 36. c5+ $2 (36. cxb5 $18 {And now
Rc6+ would win.} Rxb5 37. b4 axb4 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Ra1 Rb3+ 41.
Kc2) 36... Kc7 37. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a4 38. Rcf2 {
Threatens to win with Rf7+!} Bc4+ 39. Kd2 Rd8 40. Rc1 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]}
(40... Bb3 $16 41. h3 h5) 41. Rxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} bxc4 42. b5 d3 43. b6+
Kd8 44. c6 {Intending b7 and mate.} c3+ 45. Kxc3 d2 46. Rxd2 {Precision: White
= 76%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,37,81,53,59,52,44,41,62,64,91,79,95,114,138,138,181,170,199,207,
197,204,198,190,177,168,175,181,189,202,232,225]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Bd3 Nb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games.
E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9... exd5 10. cxd5
h6 11. Be3 b5 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 b4 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Bb1
Rac8 18. Nd4 {1-0 (54) Peralta,F (2596)-Grigoryan,K (2592) Barbera del Valles
2014}) 10. Be2 h6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 10... exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15.
Rxa4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 a6 17. Nc4 {1-0 (27) Daverkausen,B (2285)-Khodadadi,F Porz
1991}) 11. Be3 exd5 {White is slightly better.} 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Nd2 Bd7 14.
O-O Rb8 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Re1 {White is clearly better.} b5 17. a3 Na6 18. a4 Nc7
19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 {[#]} 22. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Rb4
23. Qd3 ({Worse is} 23. Bxd6 Qd7 $11) 23... Rd8 24. Bd2 {Precision: White =
100%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Prithu Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,101,34,-10,-7,-31,-18,-35,-31,-51,-43,-62,-58,-55,-12,-6,0,-35,-5,-3,
4,0,0,0,7,-6,-2,-33,-33,-33,-33,-39,-39,-44,-34,-52,-50,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,
-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,
-37,-22,-22,0,-37,-37,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,
-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3
a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9.
Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games} (9. Nbd2 Ne7
10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. d4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Ng3 exd4 16.
cxd4 d5 17. e5 c5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2782)-Leko,P (2691) Riadh
2017}) 9... Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nh4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxh4 12.
Bxh4 h6 13. Nc2 g5 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Ba2 Qd7 16. Ne3 Kg7 17. Qf3 h5 {1/2-1/2 (17)
Kalinitschew,S (2394)-Von Herman,U (2341) Kreuzberg 2016}) 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13.
Nc2 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. d4 Nf4 16. Kh2 (16. f3 {keeps more tension.} Qg5 17.
Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Kh2 exd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. g3) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bxa7 {[#] Black must now prevent Be3.} Bxh3
22. Rh1 $1 {[%cal Bf1h1,Bh1h5,Bh5e5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Kg1.} Bg4+
23. Kg3 Bxf3 $1 24. Rxh5 Bxd1 25. Re5 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 {[#] And now Bc5 would win.
} Rxa7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Re7 b5 28. Rd4 c5 29. Rxa7 cxd4
30. Rxa6 dxc3 31. bxc3 {KR-KR} Rc8 32. Ra3 g5 33. f3 Kh7 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Ra3
Kg6 36. Rb3 Rc8 37. Rxb5 Rxc3 38. Rb6+ Kf5 39. Rb5+ Kg6 40. Rb6+ Kh7 41. Ra6
Rc4 42. Rb6 h5 43. Ra6 g6 44. Ra5 Kh6 45. Rb5 h4+ (45... Rc3 $15) 46. Kh3 $11 {
The position is equal.} Rc1 47. Kh2 Rc2 48. Kh3 Re2 49. g3 Rf2 50. gxh4 Rxf3+
51. Kg2 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,25,20,43,27,35,39,36,32,29,39,43,37,36,23,15,16,41,10,18,1,16,21,
133,131,202,191,171,172,281,273,527,497,1094,1100,1098,1064,1100,1089,1066,
1009,1009,887,867,1044,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]}
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Bxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (10... c6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4
Re8 13. b3 Nf8 14. h3 Ng6 15. Rad1 h5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. e6 Qxe6 {
1-0 (37) Melkumyan,H (2619)-Andreev,E (2438) Karlsruhe 2017}) 11. Rad1 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 12. e4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b3 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rde1 Qe6 16. Qd1 d5
17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf3 {1-0 (73) Gonzalez Perez,A (2474)-Dauletova,G (2283)
Zaragoza 2011}) 12... Nb6 {White has an edge.} 13. b3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. Rfe1 Re7 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5
f5 {[#]} (21... Qf6 $11 22. Bg2 b6) 22. exf5 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 22. Qxa5 $6
f4 $14) 22... Qxe1+ (22... Qxf5 $16 23. Rxe7 Rxe7) 23. Rxe1 $18 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2
Ra1 (24... b6 {was necessary.} 25. Qc3 Nc5) 25. Qxa5 Ree1 $2 (25... Rc1 26. Qb5
Nf6 27. Qxb7 Kf7) 26. Qxc7 Ne5 (26... Nf6 $142 27. a4 h6 28. Qxd6 Rg1+ 29. Kh2
Rgb1 30. Qe6+ Kh7) 27. Qc8+ Kf7 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qxd6+ Kg8 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31.
Qxb7+ Kf6 32. d6 {[#] Intending Qe7+ and mate.} Rh1 33. Qe7+ {White mates.}
Kxf5 34. g4+ Kf4 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qf5+ Kh4 37. Qh5# {Precision: White = 67%,
Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,8,8,0,0,1,18,18,18,24,39,21,22,22,21,14,0,9,11,3,17,0,37,0,0,0,0,
0,122,117,151,160,169,168,148,163,159,71,69,57,14,25,449,466,397,381,2052,2134,
2146,2083,1691,1593]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3
e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qb6 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 {The
position is equal.} Bb4 10. b3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne7 11. Ngf3 Nf5
12. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 (26) Shomoev,A (2562)-Akopian,V (2700) Moscow 2008}) 11.
Ngf3 Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 $1 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more
active.} Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rac8 16. Rc3 b6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Rc7 Nb6 (
19... Nb8 $1 $11) 20. Qb4 $16 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Rc8 22. Qc5 $1 Rxc7 23. Qxc7 Qxa3 {
[#]} 24. Bd2 (24. Qb8+ $142 $1 Qf8 25. Qxa7) 24... f6 25. Qb8+ $1 Kf7 $1 26.
Kh2 Qa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nd7 $1 $11 27. Qxb5 Nb6) 27. exf6 $18 gxf6 28.
Bb4 {[#] Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Qxf2 $2 (28... Ne7 29. Qf4 Nf5 30. Qc7+
Ke8) 29. Qf8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 30. Qg8+ Ng7 31. Bf8 {Precision:
White = 64%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gandrud, Vegar Koi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,147,48,37,47,44,68,41,61,55,48,42,61,70,60,19,18,16,34,29,37,0,8,13,
4,-14,170,162,176,183,150,20,62,50,45,0,210,207,214,204,208,205,203,206,197,
191,204,190,191,128,168,78,55,53,46,55,40,51,66,64,65,58,58,62,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,8,8,0,0,0,99,90,152,150,152,147,145,137,129,128,339,152,397,402,402,
382,277,0,375,358,243,97,29962,95,29950,992,29975,29976,29976,29977,29978,
29979,29975,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]
} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 {B38: Sicilian:
Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (12... a5 13. Rae1 a4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nb4
Bd7 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 e5 19. Bb6 Be6 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huaian 2016}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Rae1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Qb6 15. Re3 Rae8
16. Rh3 Kh8 17. Qh6 Nf6 18. g4 Rg8 19. e5 dxe5 20. g5 {1-0 (51) Seres,L (2448)
-Paschall,W (2389) Hungary 2005}) 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. f4 Qc5 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf6 {next ...Ne4 is good for Black.} 20. Bd3 b5 21. b3 {[%cal
Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rae8 23. a4 e6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 24. Bb5 Re7
25. Bc6 Rc7 $2 (25... Rb8 $11) 26. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qb6 27. a5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ra5b6][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qb8 28. Qd4 (28. b5
$16) 28... exd5 $11 29. b5 {aiming for g4.} a6 $1 30. f5 {Black must now
prevent fxg6.} (30. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]} axb5 31. Bxd5 $11) 30... axb5 $2 (
30... g5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. fxg6 $18 fxg6 32. Bxd5 Qa7 33. Qa1 {
[%mdl 1024] Rxf6! is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} b4 34.
a6 $1 Rc3 35. Bb7 $1 Rf7 36. Qb2 Qc5 37. Ra1 ({White should try} 37. Rf4 $18)
37... Ra3 $16 38. Rac1 (38. h3 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 38... Rc3 39. Qa1 Ng4
$1 {[%cal Rg4f2] Hoping for ...Nf2+.} 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rf1+ Nf2+ $1 42. Rxf2+
$1 ({Not} 42. Kg1 $2 Kg7 $17) 42... Qxf2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 43.
a7 Qf4 44. Bd5+ Kf6 (44... Ke7 $1 $14 45. Qe1+ Re3) 45. Qg1 (45. a8=Q $2 {
gets mated.} Qc1+ 46. Qxc1 Rxc1#) ({White has to play} 45. g3 $1 $16 {[%cal
Rg3f4]} Qc1+ 46. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 47. Kg2) 45... Rc1 {( -> ...Qf1)} 46. a8=Q {
Qf8+ would kill now.} Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 {Black should
prevent Qf8+.} Qg5+ 50. Kf3 {Intending Qd8+ and mate.} Qh5+ 51. Kf2 {Threatens
to win with Qh8+.} Qxh2 52. Qd8+ Ke5 (52... Kf5 $11) 53. Bf3 Qf4 (53... Kf5
$142) 54. Qh8+ $16 Kf5 55. Qxh7 Qd4+ 56. Kg3 $1 Qe5+ 57. Kh3 Qc3 $2 (57... b3
$16 {is a better defense.}) 58. Qh6 (58. Qd7+ $18 {has better winning chances.}
Kg5 59. Qg4+ Kf6 60. Qh4+ Ke6 61. Qg4+ Kf6 62. Qh4+ Ke6 63. Kh2) 58... Kf6 $2 (
58... d5 $16 59. Qf8+ Kg5) 59. g3 $18 Qc8+ 60. Bg4 Qa8 {[%cal Ra8h1]} 61. Bf3
Qc8+ $1 62. Kh4 $1 ({Weaker is} 62. Bg4 Qa8 $18) 62... Qc4+ 63. Bg4 (63. g4 $18
{is the precise move to win.}) 63... Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Kf7 $16) 64.
Qf8+ Ke5 65. Kg5 $1 Qe3+ {[#]} 66. Qf4+ $1 {White mates.} Qxf4+ 67. gxf4+ {
KB-K3P} Ke4 68. Bd1 d5 69. Bc2+ Ke3 70. Bxg6 d4 71. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,
Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} d3 72. f6 b3 73. f7 b2 {[#]} 74. Bxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,36,26,5,8,10,11,14,37,21,23,22,69,51,35,52,56,54,70,71,60,46,101,
60,60,34,61,43,22,0,0,0,0,0,57,50,45,56,44,27,61,69,62,81,62,66,101,105,104,
100,106,92,99,82,84,0,106,87,132,131,132,93,220,216,366,350]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4
Bb4+ 3. Nd2 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. Ngf3 {A90: Holländische Verteidigung
(Klassisches System, Stonewall und Varianten mit Lb4)} b6 (6... O-O 7. O-O b6
8. Ne5 Ra7 9. Nd3 Be7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d5 Na6 14.
Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha
2016}) 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 9. Ndf3 {Weiss will c5
spielen.} Bd6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qe8
13. e3 {1-0 (47) Bizzoco,V (1769)-Sorgo,R (1835) Udine 2007}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1
Qe8 12. Nd3 Be7 13. c5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Nfe5 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Kh7 (18... d6 $14) 19. a4 d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 20. Nc4 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 {
Und weiter mit Sa3 wäre nett.} Bxd4 22. Nxa5 Qd7 23. Nc4 d5 24. Qb4 Bc5 (24...
Re8 $11 25. Nce5 Qxa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4) 25. Nxb6 $1 $14 Bxb4 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rc7
Nf6 {[#] Und ...Ld6 würde nun gewinnen.} 28. Nxb4 Rxa4 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Rfc1 d4
31. R1c6 Nd5 32. Rd7 Raa8 33. Nc5 Nf6 34. Rdc7 Nd5 35. Rd7 Nf6 36. Rxd4 Ra1+
37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Rdd6 Rc2 (38... Rxc5 $16 39. Rxc5 Ne4) 39. Nxe6 $18 Rxe2 {[#]}
(39... Rxb2 $142 40. Rc7 Rg8) 40. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß = 63%,
Schwarz = 53%.} 1-0
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,48,51,77,60,76,39,84,78,69,77,70,75,65,62,68,52,150,152,160,145,
162,171,184,165,167,165,171,175,268,251,264,262,302,295,299,258,385,378,374,
371,410,416,400,400,437,430,510,475,664,656,729,712,732,728,914,927,1279,1229,
1563,1530,1347]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 {
B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (9... e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb5 13. a4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa2 15. O-O c5 16. Rb7 Ne7 17. Bg5 {
1-0 (38) Ni,H (2710)-Leon Hoyos,M (2535) Beijing 2008}) 10. O-O e6 11. Nb3 Ne7
{[#]White is slightly better.} 12. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a5 14.
Qc3 O-O {[#]} 15. Nc5 $146 Ra7 16. a4 Qb4 {[#]} (16... Rb8 $14) 17. Qxb4 $1 $16
axb4 18. g4 Rb8 19. b3 Nc8 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Rfc1 Be7 22. Rc2 Bxc5 (22... Kf8
$142 23. Nd3 Kg7 24. Rxc6 Bd8) 23. Rxc5 $18 ({Weaker is} 23. dxc5 Ne7 $16)
23... Ra6 24. Rac1 Na7 25. Bh6 Rb7 26. Kg2 f6 (26... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 27.
R5c2 Nc8) 27. exf6 Kf7 28. Bg5 Ke8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Kg3 Nc8 31. Rec1 {White is
clearly winning.} Na7 32. Kf4 Rd7 33. Ke5 Rb6 34. Bd2 Rd8 35. h4 Rd7 36. h5 Rb8
37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Rh1 Kg8 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sanchez Jerez, Emilio Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,96,30,39,30,32,37,41,38,29,30,27,28,24,60,49,45,47,33,10,20,18,18,10,
23,18,29,27,18,16,52,20,19,24,25,31,116,96,104,91,185,178,169,167,164,147,357,
309,335,336,334,333,319,331,321,306,400,400,400,400,400,400,389,394,360,369,
361,361,433,429,445,438,750,745,564,536,841,842,811,816,1715]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O
c6 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C45: Scotch Game} Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. Rad1 b5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 b4 15. Ne2 Rxa2 16. Rb1 Be6 17. f4 g6 18.
Nc1 Raa8 19. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Motylev,A (2658)-Hera,I (2608) Zuerich 2017})
11. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Rd8 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} Be6 13. g4 $146
{[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Bc1 {1/2-1/2
(14) Yloenen,O (2489)-Noble,M (2490) ICCF email 2014}) 13... h5 14. g5 Nh7 15.
Qd2 Rd7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. f4 Bc4 18. Rfe1 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 19. exd5 Bb4 20.
Qf2 {Threatens to win with dxc6.} (20. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 b6
$1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} 22. Bf3 Bxd5 23. Bxh5 Bxa2 24. Bd4 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 25.
Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qc6 26. Bf3 Qg6 (26... Qa4 $14) 27.
Rxd7 $16 Rxd7 28. Qe2 {aiming for Bh5.} Bd5 {[#]} (28... Re7 $16) 29. Bh5 $1
$18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qc6 30. c4 Be6 31. Bf3 Qa4 $2 (31... Qc8 $16) 32. Bc3 Qxc4
33. Qe5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5g7]} Rd4 34. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KBN} 36. Kh2 a5 37. Rb1 a4 38. Rxb6 a3 39. Ra6 a2 40. Ra8+ Nf8 {[#]
} 41. f5 $1 Bxf5 42. Rxa2 Ne6 43. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 44. Kg3
Ke7 (44... g6 $142 45. Bg4 Ng7) 45. Bg4 Bh7 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. Rxf7 Bxc2 48. Kf2
Kd5 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,16,8,29,28,22,31,41,28,45,41,68,20,64,37,102,27,79,79,82,79,97,81,
90,81,81,68,73,71,79,57,86,78,81,86,114,110,160,101,104,102,160,81,89,78,137,
128,134,136,160,122,294,286,300,226,200,187,618,601,720,704,640,610]} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3 f6 9. g3
cxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11.
cxd4 Bb4+ {White is slightly better.} (11... fxe5 12. fxe5 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Be7 14.
Kg2 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. Rf2 {1-0 (78) Kosintseva,N (2565)-Edouard,
R (2636) Cap d'Agde 2010}) 12. Kf2 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Kg2
Be7 14. Bd3 Rf7 15. h4 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. h5 {1/2-1/2 (69) Sagafos,M (2397)
-Stillger,B (2255) Novi Sad 2016}) 13. Kg2 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. a3 a5 (15... O-O
$14) 16. Rb1 (16. exf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 17. Qe2) 16... O-O (16... f5 $1 $11) 17.
exf6 $16 gxf6 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nh4 f5 21. Bf2 Rae8 22. Qh5 Re7 23.
Qh6 Qc7 24. Kh1 Nd8 25. Rbc1 Qb8 26. Nf3 Nf7 {[#]} 27. Qh4 (27. Qh3 $142 $1)
27... Nh8 28. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Be8 (28... Qe8 $142)
29. Rc2 (29. Rg1 $142) 29... Ng6 30. Qh6 Bxe5 (30... Rg7 $142) 31. fxe5 Rc7 32.
Rd2 Qc8 33. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rc1 $2 (33... Nh8 $16 34. Kh2 Bg6)
34. Rde2 $18 {[%cal Bd2e2,Be2e1,Be1g1][%mdl 32]} Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 {aiming for h5.
} Rf7 36. h5 {Threatens to win with g4.} Nf8 $2 {[#]} (36... Ne7 37. g4 fxg4)
37. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} fxg4 38. Rg1 Rg7 {[#]} 39. Bh4
$1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 39%.} 1-0
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Garcia Martin, Marta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,13,22,20,16,27,8,14,-21,26,0,15,-11,12,0,0,-6,31,32,35,34,27,31,
54,38,47,14,19,20,24,21,18,15,20,0,0,-7,-1,-7,-8,-68,-57,-52]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3
d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 c5 6. Ne5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Be7
7. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 8. Naxc4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Nd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 11. Ng4 Nc6 12. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Vaganian,R (2645)-Sokolov,A (2595) Minsk 1986}) 9. d3 Nd5 10. Bd2 (10. e4 {
is more complex.} Nb6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Na5 N6d7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc4) 10... Nd7
(10... f6 {is interesting.} 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 a5) 11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. a4 Bc6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rfd1 e5 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Qa3 a5 18. f4 Nd7
19. f5 Be7 20. h4 Rad8 21. Qb3 Bb7 22. Kh2 Ba6 23. Kh3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Nb8 {
[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rg1 Nc6 26. g4 (26. Rgf1 $11) 26... Nd4
$15 27. Rae1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,39,35,29,38,31,29,25,96,95,96,95,95,86,89,89,81,71,337,341,960,939,
982,1021,1001,987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 {D16: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung, Lasker/Smyslow-Variante)
} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 39 Partien} Qc7 $146 {Weiß hat minimalen
Vorteil.} ({Vorgänger:} 9... Bd7 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. e5
Nd7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Yu,Y (2749)-Duda,J (2697) Khanty-Mansiysk
2017}) 10. Ncb5 Qb8 11. e4 Ne5 (11... a6 $11 12. Nxc6 bxc6) 12. Bf4 $16 {
[#] Droht stark Tc1.} a6 13. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss will per K.O. gewinnen.}
axb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 {[#]} 15. Bxd7+ $1 Nfxd7 16. Nb5 Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16...
Bc5 $16 {ist wohl besser.}) 17. Nc7+ $18 Kd8 $2 (17... Ke7 18. b4 Ra7) 18. Qd2
{Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rc5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,2,12,10,12,14,22,33,21,20,17,21,20,25,14,11,44,46,40,32,39,31,39,
14,46,46,48,50,50,41,53,0,0,0,0,-19,-28,-68,0,0,0,-33,-31,-41,62,56,6470,389,
6470,6414,6410,408,6395,5557,29981,29982,29948,5489]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3.
Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca
Systems} e6 7. c4 Bd6 (7... Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
{1/2-1/2 (72) Eljanov,P (2711)-Malakhov,V (2686) Riadh 2017}) 8. Qb3 {The
position is equal.} Rb8 9. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ngf6 10. Nd2 {[%cal Rc4d5]} O-O
11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 $146 13. Nxe4 Bc7 $1 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%cal
Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Rad1 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 e5 20.
Bd5 (20. Ne6 $14 exd4 21. Qd5) 20... a4 $11 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qf3 exd4 23. Ne6
{[%cal Bc5e6,Be6f8,Bf8e6,Be6g5][%mdl 32]} Qc8 ({Black should play} 23... Ne5
$15 24. Qe4 Qd6 25. Nxc7 Rxc7) 24. Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.}
Ne5 25. Bb4 Rd7 26. Qe4 Bb6 ({Black should try} 26... Bd6 $15 27. Bxd6 Rxd6)
27. Nf8 $14 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... g5 $14 28. Nxd7 Qxd7) 28. Qxh7+ $18 Kf7
{[#]} 29. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Re7+ would kill now.} fxe5 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Ne6 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6g7]} Rb7 {[#]} 32. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg6h7]} ({
Less strong is} 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Bd6 Qf6 $16) 32... Bc5 33. Bxc5 {Precision:
White = 76%, Black = 56%.} (33. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 34. Bxc5+ Qxc5 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36.
Nxc5 Re7 37. Ne4 Rdd7 38. Rc1) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,18,1,16,14,48,60,67,56,63,48,46,33,64,63,76,68,92,44,120,127,117,
111,137,129,133,136,188,185,187,166,188,198,256,262,270,265,307,267,313,295,
277,227,214,188,249,275,287,276,252,260,314,283,302,258,287,301,333,336,316,
239,290,243,245,238,534,511,506,507,459,490,450,441,407,423,419,421,391,360,
411,402,396,370,449,358,545,520,485,495,940,810,1571,1573,1537,1305,1393,1399,
29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29979,29958,6183,29981,
29980,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4
O-O 7. d5 Na6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14.
Qxe1 Bxd4 15. Be3 {0-1 (39) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017})
8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Be3 e6 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:}
10... a5 11. Ne1 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Nc2 h5 15. h3 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Timman,J (2573)-Rapport,R (2675) Douglas 2017}) 11. cxd5 d6 12. b4 Nce4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rec8 18. e4 $36 {[%mdl
2048] Black is under pressure.} a6 (18... c5 $14) 19. Nd4 $16 a5 {With the
idea ...axb4.} 20. b5 $1 Re8 21. Rc2 Qd8 22. Rfc1 Nd7 (22... Re7 $16 23. Nc6
Bxc6) 23. Rxc7 $18 Nc5 {[#]} 24. R7xc5 $1 ({Inferior is} 24. R1xc5 dxc5 25.
Rxb7 Bxd4 $11) 24... bxc5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 (25... Qc7 $142 26. a4 Bh8) 26. dxc6 ({
Not} 26. bxc6 Rb8 $14) 26... a4 27. Bh3 Qc7 28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Bd7 Reb8 30. a3 Ra7
31. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd8 {[#]} (31... Qb6 $142
32. Bf4 Rxd7) 32. Bg4 $1 Rb6 33. h4 Qf6 34. Bf4 Qd8 35. Bg5 Qb8 36. Bd2 Qe8 37.
h5 Qe7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bd1 Qe6 40. Be3 Bxe3 41. Qxe3 f6 $2 (41... Qe5 {
might work better.} 42. Bc2 Rc7) 42. Be2 Rh7 43. Rh1 Rxh1 44. Kxh1 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQB} Kg7 45. Kg2 Rb8 {intending ...Rh8.} 46. Qf4 c4 47. Bg4 Qe7 48.
e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 49. Qxc4 {Hoping for c7.} f5 50. Be2 Qa7 51. Qd5 Qc7
(51... Qe7 $142 52. Qc4 Qd6 53. Qxa4 Qd5+ 54. f3 Qd2) 52. Bc4 Kf6 53. Qc5 Kg7 {
[#]} (53... Kg5 $142 54. Bd5 f4 55. gxf4+ exf4 56. Bb3+ Kh6 57. Bxa4 Rd8) 54.
f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 55. Qd4+ Kh7 56. Qxf4 Qa7 57. Qd6 Rc8 {[#]} 58. b6 $1 {
[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 544]} Qg7 (58... Qxb6 59. Qd7+) 59. b7 Qb2+ 60. Kf3 ({
Less strong is} 60. Kh3 Rh8 $18) 60... Rh8 61. Bf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd6g6]}
Qc3+ 62. Kf4 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd6g6]} Qc1+ 63. Ke5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd6g6]}
Qc3+ 64. Ke6 Rf8 65. Ke7 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Merario Alarcon, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,15,19,9,20,20,14,13,0,0,-5,0,-5,5,-2,0,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,49,48,
50,51,60,66,38,51,41,52,43,57,67,49,83,92,145,81,97,0,146,100,184,124,247,188,
205,216,236,225,29974,29974,29994,72,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2
c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. d3 (7. exd4
cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Bd2 {0-1 (47) Wei,Y (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}
) 7... Bd6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 $1 {LiveBook: 17 Games}
Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. c5
Bd7 16. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (65) Chigaev,M (2542)-Alekseev,E (2626) Kolomna 2016})
13... O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 Bd7 17. Qe2 a4 18. Nfd2 f5 {[#]} 19.
Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f5][%mdl 512]} Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 (
22... bxc6 {with more complications.} 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Qc2 Rdb8 25. Re2 Rb3) 23.
Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd5 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxe6+
Qxe6 26. Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra5 27. Rb6 f4 $1 28. Kg2 fxg3
29. hxg3 Rf5 30. Rc4 Re7 ({Black should try} 30... Rdf7) 31. Rc2 (31. Rxa4 $6
Re2 $14) (31. Rxd4 $142 Re2 32. Rf4 (32. Rxb7 Rexf2+ 33. Kh3 Rh5+ 34. Rh4 Ra5
$16) (32. Rxa4 Rfxf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxb2 $11) 32... Rxf4 33. gxf4) 31... Rd7 32. Rc4
Re7 $1 {intending ...Re2.} 33. f4 ({Don't play} 33. Rxa4 $6 Re2 $14) 33... Re2+
{[#]} (33... Rh5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 34. Kh3 (34. Kf3 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rf3e2]} Re3+ 35. Kg4) 34... Rh5+ (34... Rf6 $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Rxf6 (
35. Rxb7 Re3 $16) 35... gxf6) 35. Kg4 $18 Rhh2 36. Rxb7 {Strongly threatening
Rcc7.} Re3 37. Rcc7 ({Don't do} 37. Rxd4 $6 Kh7) 37... h5+ $2 (37... Kh8 $18
38. Rxg7 h5+ 39. Kf5 Rxb2) 38. Kf5 Rxg3 39. Rb8+ Kh7 {[#]} 40. Rcc8 $1 {
Precision: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,101,43,37,36,36,25,23,35,17,26,26,9,8,52,35,59,64,60,4,16,-2,-10,0,
62,12,24,24,24,0,5,0,27,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-8,-15,1,0,0,0,45,29,29,29,29,31,
33,25,45,50,51,52,66,57,68,50,45,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-10,0,-4,-4,-5,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6.
Nc3 c5 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} (6... Be7 7.
h3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Rxd4
Rb8 14. Qa6 {1/2-1/2 (61) Lenic,L (2650)-Huschenbeth,N (2601) Austria 2017}) 7.
Qa4+ Nbd7 $1 8. Ne5 cxd4 {White has an edge.} 9. exd4 {[#] Bb5 is the strong
threat.} a6 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. Be2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Qd1 Ngf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 {1-0 (50) Gusev,A (2412)-Bakutin,A (2220) Donskoj 2002}) 11... Ngf6
12. Bf3 Qb6 13. O-O Bd6 14. d5 (14. Ne4 $14) 14... e5 $11 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Qb4 ({Black should try} 16... Qb5 $11 17. Qxb5 axb5) 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Bf5 h6 19.
Rd1 O-O 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Qb5 23.
Bd3 Qd7 24. Bf5 Qb5 25. a4 Qa5 26. Qc4 Qb4 27. b3 Bf8 28. f3 b5 (28... Qa5 {
is more complex.} 29. Be4 Rd7 30. g3 Bb4 31. Bc5 Bxc5+ 32. Qxc5 Qd8) 29. axb5
axb5 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. Bc5 Bxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Rd6 33. Rxb5 Red8 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 34.
Be4 g6 35. b4 Kg7 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. b5 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 38. Rc7 {
And now d6 would win.} Nf6 39. Rc5 Nd7 40. Rc6 {aiming for Bd3.} Rxb5 41. d6
Nf6 42. Bc2 Rb4 43. Ra6 Rb2 44. Bb1 Rd7 45. Rc6 Ne8 (45... Nd5 {with more
complications.} 46. g3 Rb6 47. Rc5 Ne3 48. Re1 Rdxd6 49. Rxe5 Nc4) 46. Bc2 Rxd6
47. Rdxd6 Nxd6 48. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 49. Rxd6 Rb4 50. Kf2 e4 51. fxe4 {Precision:
White = 46%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Papp, Gabor"]
[Black "Bergstrom, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,40,31,17,28,15,61,48,66,64,96,46,50,61,60,56,64,52,117,73,153,154,
153,153,163,155,225,223,204,210,300,283,559,393,714,475,885,518,518,518,517,
516,495,488,506,509,501,499,518,517,652,638,29986,29987,29997,29998,29999]} 1.
e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]}
5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O exd4 {C41: Philidor Defence} 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Ba2 Nc6
{LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. h3 Nb4 11. Bb3 c6 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... c5 12.
Nde2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Re8 15. f3 {0-1 (43) Bok,B (2599)-Van Foreest,J
(2601) Amsterdam 2016}) 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Bg5 {NOTEXT}
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Nf3) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 a6 17.
Qf3 Qb6 (17... Bc5 $14 18. Rad1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Be6) 18. c3 Bf6 ({Black should
try} 18... Bc5) 19. a5 $16 Qd8 20. Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.}
Be7 21. Qg3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} g6 (21... Bf6 $16 22. Bxf6 Qxf6) 22.
Bc7 $18 Qd7 23. Re3 Bc5 (23... Bh4 {is a better defense.} 24. Qxh4 Qxc7) 24.
Rae1 Qa4 $2 (24... Bxd4 25. cxd4 Qc6) 25. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Qa3
$2 (25... Qd7 26. Bf4 Bxd4) 26. b4 Ba7 (26... Bxd4 $142 27. cxd4 Qa4) 27. Bd6
Bd7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qc7 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qa4 31. Qxb7 Bb5 32. Qe7 Qc2 33. h4 {
[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd2 34. Qf6 {And now h5 would win.} Qxb4 {[#]} 35.
h5 $1 {White mates.} Qxa5 (35... gxh5 36. Rg3#) 36. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]}
Qd8 37. Qg7# {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Heinemann, Josefine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,22,0,58,56,62,59,52,37,33,32,58,72,98,81,92,92,103,95,162,160,225,
232,228,240,235,228,363,367,793,786,758,764]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined:
5 Bf4} Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6
({Better is} 12... Bf6 $11) 13. dxc5 $14 bxc5 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rc2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (51) Rustemov,A (2534)-Tregubov,P (2620)
New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 14... Qb6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nd2 {Nc4 is
the strong threat.} Na5 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4a5][%mdl 2048] White is
in control.} cxb4 {And now ...Rac8 would win.} 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 (20...
Bxc6 $16 21. Bxa5 Rxd3 22. Rxc6 bxa3) 21. Bxd8 $18 Rxd8 (21... Nxd8 $16 22. Rc7
Bd6) 22. Be4 Rc8 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Nb3 a5 (24... Ba3 {is a better defense.})
25. Rd7 f5 $2 {[#]} (25... Ba3 26. Ra1 (26. Rxb7 Bxc1 27. Nxc1 f5 $18) 26... a4
) 26. Rxb7 fxe4 27. Nd4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Schwartz, Ylon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,33,12,41,-30,27,21,32,50,37,20,41,-5,0,-139,-100,-159,209,202,692,
677]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5
8. Bxg5 a6 {LiveBook: 23 Games. B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (8...
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bg3 b5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Qd4 Bb7 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 {
0-1 (62) Ozen,D (2410)-Kanmazalp,O (2452) Suleymanpasa 2017}) 9. f4 (9. Bg2 $14
) 9... Qc7 ({Better is} 9... Qb6) 10. Qd2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11.
O-O-O b5 12. Bg2 {Hoping for e5.} Bb7 13. Rhe1 Rxh2 $146 {Threatens to win
with ...b4.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:}
13... Be7 14. e5 Rxh2 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bxb7 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 {1-0 (44) Suarez
Real,A (2230)-Perez Mauricio,X (2084) Mondariz 2002}) 14. Nd5 (14. a3 $1 $11 {
remains equal.}) 14... Qc4 (14... Bxd5 $2 15. exd5 e5 16. fxe5 $18) 15. Re3 {
[#]} (15. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 16. Kb1) 15... Nxe4 $2 ({And not} 15... exd5 16. exd5+
Be7 17. Nf5 $11) (15... Qxa2 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Ra3 $16) (15... b4 $1 $17 {
[%cal Rf6d5] stays on course.} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxb4 Bh6) 16. Nxe6 $1 $18 {
White wants to mate with Nec7+.} fxe6 $2 (16... Ndf6 17. Nec7+ Kd7 18. Nb6+ (
18. Nxa8 Nxd2 19. Nab6+ Kc6 $16) 18... Kd8 19. Nxc4 Nxd2 20. Bxb7 Nxc4 21. Re8+
Kxc7 22. Rxa8 Kxb7 23. Rxf8 Ne3) 17. Bxe4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 12%.
} 1-0
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Meszaros, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,108,56,36,39,30,30,36,29,38,56,40,65,71,65,63,70,60,68,46,58,35,114,
106,137,125,135,131,144,132,132,141,156,146,162,162,177,173,180,173,171,141,
141,136,154,157,150,145,147,141,145,146,156,156,200,212,208,208,214,211,196,
114,154,154,152,134,125,98,189,149,445,424,530,524,677,664,773,740,689,680,663,
648,575,514,1281,1192,12839,6621,2502,1892,12843,12843,12844]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4
Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 Be6 10. Be2 a6 {C41: Philidor Defence} (10... Nd7 11. Kb1 a6 12. f3 Bf6
13. Qd2 b5 14. g4 Nb6 15. g5 Be5 16. Be3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {0-1 (25)
Karpus,M (2328)-McShane,L (2640) Katowice 2017}) 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. g4 c5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 {0-1 (24) Zude,A
(2398)-Schulz,K (2274) Apolda 2017}) 12... b4 {White is slightly better.} 13.
Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Qxb4 Bf6 {[#] aiming for ...Rb8.} 16. c3 a5 17. Qc4
a4 18. Bd3 Ra5 19. Rhe1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Ne5 (19... Nb6
$1 $14 20. Qe4 g6) 20. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 21. Bh6 Bg5+ 22.
Bxg5 Qxg5+ 23. f4 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qf6 25. g3 Rfa8 26. Qd4 Kg7 27. c4 Rb8 28. Kc2
Ra6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rde3 c6 31. dxc6 Rxc6
{[#]} 32. Rc3 $1 Rbc8 33. Kd3 h5 34. Re2 R6c7 35. Kd4 Kf5 36. b4 axb3 37. axb3
Rb8 38. Kd5 Rb6 39. Re8 ({Better is} 39. Rb2 $18) 39... Rc5+ 40. Kd4 Rc7 41.
Rd8 Ra7 42. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ra2 (42... Rxb4 $16 {was
necessary.} 43. Rxd6 Rb2) 43. h4 Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rxb4 $16 {is a
better defense.} 44. Rxd6 Rba4) 44. b5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg2 45. Rd7
Rd2+ 46. Rd3 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Kxg3 {KR-KR} 48. Ke4 Kxh4 49. Rxf7 g5 50. f5 {
[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} g4 (50... Kg4 $142 51. f6 h4) 51. Rg7 Kg3
52. f6 d5+ 53. Kf5 dxc4 54. f7 Rxb5+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Lercel, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,173,11,5,50,7,42,4,39,-4,25,7,15,10,14,17,18,18,12,13,15,14,28,0,0,
-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,89,84,106,112,3137,147,157,106,320,116,105,103,88,92,66,25,
40,31,112,4,48,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,7,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,
13,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
7,7,7,7,0,7,7,7,7,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,
0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 b5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 e5
12. h3 {1/2-1/2 (12) Kallai,G (2410)-Csom,I (2485) Siofok 1990}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 $146 (11. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rc1 $14
) ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. b4 Bc7 16.
Rfd1 {1-0 (46) Zimmer,G (1944)-Dyga,R (1580) Wiesbaden 2011}) 11... Rc8 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxb4 c5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Qd1 Qb6 16. Qe1 Bd5 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nd6
19. Rd1 Ncb7 20. Bd3 a5 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the
initiative.} Qxd4 23. exd5 Qc3 (23... Qb6 $11) 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxc3 Rc7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rxc3 $16 26. Bxb5 g6) 26. Bxb5 $2 (26. Qxc7 $18 {and White
stays clearly on top. White threatens Bxb5! and mate.} g6 27. Rfe1) 26... Rxc3
$16 27. Rd4 ({White should play} 27. Rd5) 27... Rc2 $2 (27... g6 $16) 28. Rd5
$2 (28. Bc4 $18 Rf6 29. Rfd1 Rfxf2 30. Bf1 (30. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 g6 $18))
28... g6 29. Bd7 Rf6 30. Rxa5 Ne4 31. Bg4 Rb2 32. Re5 Nd2 (32... Rf4 $1 $14)
33. Rd1 (33. Ra1 $16) 33... h5 34. Rd5 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 35. Bf3 Nc3
$1 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Re1 Nxa2 38. Rb8 Re6 {[%cal Re6e1] [#]} 39.
Rf1 Nc3 40. h3 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Nd4 42. Bd5 Re5 43. Bc4 Rc5 {[#] Hoping for ...
Rxc4!} 44. Rd1 Nf3+ (44... Nf5 {feels hotter.} 45. Re8 Rxf2 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Rd7
Nh6) 45. gxf3 {Strongly threatening Bd5.} Rxc4 $1 46. bxc4 Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KR-KR} 47. c5 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. f4 Rc4 50. Rd5 Rc3+ 51. f3 Rc4
52. h4 Ke6 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. Rd5 Ke6 55. Rg5 Kf6 56. Re5 Rc2 57. Rd5 Ke6 58. Rg5
Kf6 59. Kh3 Rc4 60. f5 gxf5 61. Rxh5 Rxc5 62. Rg5 Rc1 63. Rg2 $1 Rh1+ 64. Kg3
Kg6 65. Ra2 f4+ 66. Kg4 f5+ 67. Kxf4 Rxh4+ 68. Ke5 Rh3 69. Ra6+ Kg7 70. f4 Rh5
71. Rf6 Kg8 72. Ke6 Kg7 73. Rf7+ Kg6 74. Rf8 Kg7 75. Rd8 Rh6+ 76. Kxf5 Ra6 77.
Rd7+ Kf8 78. Kg5 Rb6 79. Ra7 Kg8 80. f5 Kf8 81. Kf4 Kg8 82. Ke5 Kf8 83. Rc7 Ra6
84. Rd7 Ke8 85. Rc7 Kf8 86. f6 Ra1 87. Ke4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black =
72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Mifsud, T.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,47,28,22,39,35,83,83,77,29,124,118,160,172,391,408,710,708,672,665,
666,716,709,711,697,652,702,701,704,693,689,681]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6
4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 {A84: Dutch Defence:
2 c4 Miscellaneous} b6 (9... Bd7 10. Nd2 Be8 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Kh1
Rad8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f4 {1-0 (43) Bu,X (2710)-Wei,Y (2734)
Zaozhuang 2015}) 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... g6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13.
Nf4 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Bb1 N6d7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Tregubov,P (2595)
-Galkin,A (2615) Konya 2012}) 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} c5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bc4 Nc7 {[#]} (13... Nxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. Bxc3 (14. Rxc3
Bb7 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 b5) 14. dxc5 $1 $16 Bxe5 15. cxb6 {[%cal Bc5b6,
Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ne8 $2 ({Wrong is} 15... Qh4 $2 16. g3 $18) (15... Bxc3 {
was worth a try.} 16. Rxc3 (16. Bxc3 Nb5 $16) 16... Nb5) 16. Nd5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rd5e7]} Qd6 (16... exd5 $142 17. Bxd5+ (17. Qxd5+ Kh8 $16) 17... Be6) 17.
Bxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxe5 18. Ne7+ {[%cal Bd5e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6,Bb6d7]
[%mdl 32]} Kh8 19. Nxc8 Nc6 20. b7 Rb8 21. Nb6 Qc7 22. Nd7 Rd8 23. Bxe6 Qxb7
24. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,101,37,18,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,5,7,25,27,31,36,37,19,26,17,20,21,
21,21,22,22,15,18,32,8,17,13,10,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,25,14,37,8,8,8,16,8,8,8,8,8,21,
17,19,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4
5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4 h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
{A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} Bxd2+ 12.
Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 (13... Nd7 14. Qe3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. c5 Qc7
18. Rb3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2735)-Aleksandrov,A (2612) Moscow
2012}) 14. Be4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 15. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rab1
Rab8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rb3 b6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (34) Tsapalin,S (1972)
-Yastrebov,A (2127) Volgograd 2017}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Be8 18.
Qe3 Qe7 19. h4 Qc7 20. Bc2 Ne7 21. Qd3 g6 22. h5 Qf4 $1 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Qe3
Qxe3 25. fxe3 Ne7 $1 26. Ne5 b6 27. Be4 bxc5 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxc5 Rc8 30. Kf2
f6 31. Nd3 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 34.
Kg3 Kf7 35. Kg4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 36. Kh5 Ne7 37. e4 f5 $1
{The position is equal.} 38. exf5 {[#] Strongly threatening g4.} e4 39. Nf2 e3
40. Nd3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Nxf5 41. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]}
Ne7 42. Kxh6 Ke6 43. g5 Kd5 44. g6 Kd4 45. Nf4 Kxc5 46. g7 Nf5+ 47. Kg6 Nxg7
48. Kxg7 Kb4 49. Nd5+ Ka3 {[#] ...e2 is the strong threat.} 50. Nxe3 Kxa2 51.
Kf6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Serarols Mabras, Bernat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,32,16,0,25]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6.


Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Ngf6
13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Kb1 {LiveBook: 45 Games. B19:
Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} Qe4 {[#]} {Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Be3 $146 Ng4 18. Nd2 Qf5 19. Nf1
Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Qa5 21. f4 O-O-O 22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Kravtsiv,
M (2597)-Kharitonov,A (2536) Cappelle-la-Grande 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,73,25,13,52,45,49,46,54,30,64,64,60,58,95,80,82,81,86,85,95,64,66,69,
67,40,69,75,96,102,104,64,80,69,73,79,75,62,134,136,277,277,277,277,363,368,
456,461,574,554,564,618,539,605,597,579,782,770,1215,1352,2391,2098,1551,1626,
1896,386]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 {
LiveBook: 3 Partien. B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} (6. c3 g6 7. Re1
Bg7 8. Bf1 b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14.
Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Navara,D (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I
(2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl
32] Weiß steht etwas besser.} g6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. b3
Qc7 11. Bb2 e6 12. Na3 Bc6 {0-1 (38) Baranov,A (2098)-Shchukin,D (2296) St
Petersburg 2017}) 9. a5 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. d3 Nh5 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Qd2 Qd6 14.
Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Be6 15. f3 (15. b3 {feels hotter.} Rac8
16. Na4 Rc7 17. Rfb1 Bd7 18. Nb6) 15... Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfd8 18.
Be3 Ne6 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. c3 Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23.
Rad1 Rd6 {[#]} (23... f6 $1 $14) 24. Rd5 $1 $16 Rxd5 (24... Ne6 $16 {war einen
Versuch wert.}) 25. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KTS} ({Schwächer ist} 25.
cxd5 f6 $16) 25... f6 26. b4 cxb4 27. cxb4 Rd8 28. c5 {Weiß steht klar auf
Gewinn.} Nf7 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. c6 Nd6 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rc5 Ke8 33. b5 axb5 34. Nxc8
Nxc8 35. Rxb5 Kd7 36. Rxb7 Nd6 {[#]} 37. c8=Q+ $1 {Precision: Weiß = 70%,
Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Devereaux, Maxim L"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,126,31,25,38,-9,1,-52,-41,-56,-62,-55,-61,-106,-25,-25,0,0,0,0,125,
117,118,-45,-39,-107,-111,-113,-108,-114,-105,-118,-104,-120,-125,-131,-134,
-156,-130,-278,-291,-351,-344,-337,-325,-399,-220,-220,-204,-266,-241,-242,
-224,-225,-214,-219,-226,-234,-229,-372,-359,-534,-536,-535,-550,-551,-547,
-562,-569,-578,-571,-571,-562,-534,-531,-662,-644,-785,-743,-895,-1265,-1012,
-943,-29959,-29958,-29965,-29966,-29968,-29968,-29961,-29968,-29967,-29964,
-29971,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29973,-29976,-29975,-4794,0,-29974,-29975,
-29972,-29973,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian:
Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. a3 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10.
Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O h5 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qf2 d6 15. e5 {0-1 (61)
Grischuk,A (2772)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. Nxc6 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} bxc6 9. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 d4
15. Nf5 {1-0 (39) Veriguine,V (1497)-Gagnon,C (1324) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 10.
O-O (10. Bf4 $11 e5 11. Bg5) 10... Bd6 11. Qh3 Rxb2 12. Na4 Rb4 13. Nc5 Qa5 (
13... h5 $17 14. a3 Rb8) 14. Nb3 $11 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 {Hoping for e5.}
e5 (16... Bc7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. fxe5 $1 $16 Bxe5 {[#]} 18. Rab1 $2 (
18. c3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3b4][%mdl 512]} Ra4 (18... Bxc3 19. Rac1) 19. Rf5 Bxc3
20. Rc1) 18... Nf6 $15 19. Bc5 {[#]} ({White should play} 19. Nd2 $15 Rxb1 20.
Rxb1) 19... Ra4 $1 $17 20. Nd2 d6 ({Avoid the trap} 20... Rxa2 $2 21. Nc4 $16)
21. Ba7 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Nxe5 dxe5
24. Bc5 Rc8 ({Reject} 24... Bxa2 $6 25. Rb7 $11) 25. Rb4 Rxa2 26. Bd6 {[#]} (
26. Rbb1 $17) 26... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 27. Rb7 c4
28. Be2 Rxc2 29. Bd1 Rc1 (29... Rd2 $142 30. Bxe5 Nxe4) 30. Bxe5 Nxe4 31. Bf4
Ra1 32. Bc2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34. Ra7 h6 35. Be3 Nd3 36. Ke2 (36. Bxd3 $142
cxd3 37. Bd2) 36... Nb4 37. Ba4 (37. Kd1 {was necessary.}) 37... c3 38. Rb7 a5
39. Bc1 c2 40. Bd7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Na2 42. Kd2 Nxc1
43. Kxc1 {KR-KR} Rc5 44. Ra7 f5 45. h4 Kh7 46. h5 f4 47. Rf7 Rxh5 48. Rxf4 Rc5
49. Re4 Kg6 50. Rd4 Kf5 51. Rh4 Kg5 52. Rd4 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]}
53. Re4 h4 54. Rd4 Kh5 55. Re4 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 56. Rd4 Rc3 57.
Re4 Rc5 58. Rd4 g4 {Black mates.} 59. Rd8 Kg5 60. Rf8 Rf5 61. Rg8+ Kf4 62. Kxc2
Kg3 63. Kb3 Rf2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,108,22,13,22,18,25,19,27,16,18,0,0,0,18,4,8,10,2,-24,0,0,0,-5,-14,
-23,0,0,10,0,0,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-25,-27,-45,-28,-33,-28,-39,-41,-173,
-195,-192,-179,-157,-205,-162,-72,-340,-315,-338,-352,-327,-365,-379,-331,-369,
-352,-348,-301,-445,-434,-556,-562,-452,-444,-423,-375,-756,-689,-1396,-1379,
-1661,-1035,-29966,-29968,-29969,-29971,-29965,-29966,-29967,-29969,-29973,
-29973]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 c5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)}
10. Qd2 d6 11. Bh6 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 Nf6 14.
Rfd1 Rb8 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxe5
dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Bu,X (2662)-Yu,Y (2675) China 2013}) 15... Qc7 16. Nh4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Rfc8 18. b3 a6 19. h3 Qb7+ 20. Nf3 Rc7 21. d5 b5 22. Qd3 Re8 23. e4 e6
24. Re1 Rce7 25. Qc3 {With the idea e5.} exd5 26. exd5 h6 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Re1
Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Qe7 30. Nf3 Qe4 31. a3 g5 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. h4 ({Better is} 33. g4
$1 $15) 33... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 34. axb4 cxb4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 $17
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} g4 (36... Ne4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.}
37. hxg5 h5) 37. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Nd2 $17) 37... Ne4 $19 38. Nc6 Nd2+
({Weaker is} 38... Nxg3+ 39. Kg2 $17) 39. Ke2 Nxb3 40. Nxb4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,
Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 41. Na2 a4 42. Nc3 {[#]} a3 $1 43. Kd3 {If White can
now play Kc2 this consolidates a bit.} Kf5 44. Kc2 {[#]} Na5 $1 45. Kd3 Ke5 46.
Na2 f5 47. Nc3 $2 (47. h5 Nb7 48. Nc3) 47... h5 48. Na2 {[#] White hopes to
continue with Nc3.} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Kxc4 {KN-KP} Ke4 50. Kb3 Kxe3 {
Black mates.} 51. Nb4 f4 52. Nc2+ Kf2 53. gxf4 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]}
54. f5 g2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,42,30,50,24,70,77,94,48,70,48,95,69,67,63,63,60,70,60,67,-65,0,12,14,
-100,-109,-258,-249,-245,-249,-412,-373]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 {[%cal
Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 {B07: Pirc Defence:
Miscellaneous Systems} 7. d5 Nb8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 8. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5]
[%mdl 32]} (8. h3 Nbd7 9. c4 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nb5 Qe7
14. b3 {1-0 (46) Grischuk,A (2750)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8...
e5 {White has an edge.} 9. Nc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bf4 Ng4
13. Qd2 Nce5 14. Be2 c6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Nd1 g5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg3 {1/2-1/2
(18) Meier,G (2647)-Chigaev,M (2546) Tallinn 2018}) 9... h6 10. c5 Ne8 11. b4
f5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. dxc6 Ndf6 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Nf3 (16. h3 $14)
16... fxe4 {[#]} (16... Nxe4 $15 17. Bb2 (17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 $11) 17...
N8f6) 17. Nxe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (17... dxe5 18. Qxd8) 18. Nf7 (18. Qd2
$1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... Qe7 $17 19. Qb3 {[#]} (19. Bxh6 $17 {
was necessary.} Bxh6 20. Nxh6 Kxh6 21. f3) 19... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5c4][%mdl
512]} 20. Nxd5 Qxf7 21. Nb6 $2 (21. Nxf6+ {is a better defense.} Qxf6 22. Be3)
21... Nd5 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 26%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gara, Anita"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,15,48,25,29,17,37,12,59,23,33,29,27,0,0,0,0,-38,0,-12,-9,-27,-28,
-22,-35,-14,31,19,20,20,29,20,23,28,89,85,133,130,135,122,182,102,94,89,87,82,
100,68,90,92,120,81,89,86,79,44,41,37,69,69,69,69,67,46,67,59,69,31,31,35,34,
45,65]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bg5 h6
{LiveBook: 6 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9.
Qd2 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rad1 Be6 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxd4+ {1/2-1/2 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Malakhov,
V (2694) Berlin 2015}) 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. h3 e6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc1
$146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 b6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Bf1 d5
15. exd5 Nexd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (44) Fiala,V (2217)-Galyas,M (2459)
Gibraltar 2016}) 10... Kh7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 13. Rd1 Qe7
{[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Qe3 Qc5 15. Qe4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Re1 Ndxe5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc6 21. Bxc7 b5
22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd6 e5 (23... Bxb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25.
Rd7+ Kg8) 24. c4 $16 e4 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Ne5 (26... Nd4 $16 {was called
for.}) 27. Nxc8 (27. b4 $18) 27... Rfxc8 28. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 29. a4 h5 30. g3 Rc5
31. Kg2 Rac8 32. b3 Kh6 {next ...Bc3 is good for Black.} 33. Ree2 h4 34. Bc4
hxg3 {White is slightly better.} 35. fxg3 R8c7 36. Rd8 Bc3 37. Rc2 Ba5 38. Rd6
Re7 39. Re2 Bc7 40. Rd1 g5 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Re5 {Precision: White = 37%,
Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Renman, Nils-Gustaf"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,148,24,0,2,-21,7,-5,0,1,0,-5,-5,-4,6,-42,-17,-49,-66,-67,24,17,14,18,
17,16,20,29,60,45,38,24,91,50,70,17,37,17,52,50,58,52,52,57,56,49,41,53,47,28,
56,42,31,-106,-106,-106,-106,-106,-108,-117,-116,-120,-106,-106,-106,-106,-106,
-107,-107,-124,-90,-138,-138,-134,-117,-177,-135,-201,-201,-488,-481,-481,-483,
-475,-475,-460,-431,-439,-429,-325,-305,-519,-483,-441,-300,-525,-300,-300,
-305,-262,-231,-559,-476,-1179,-478,-607,-383,-1135,-915,-504,-502,-29970,
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-29983,-29984,-29985,-29981,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11.
h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017})
8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c6 11. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bh4 h6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kozak,A (2414)
-Brkic,A (2565) Pardubice 2017}) 11... Re8 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Bg4 16. Nh4 h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qf5 Nf8 (18... Qd6 $15) 19. Nxd5 $1
$11 Nxd5 {[#]} 20. Qxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Qg5.} g6 (20... cxd5 21. Rxc7
) 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rc5 Ne6 23. Re5 Kg7 24. d5 cxd5 (24... Nc7 $11 25. dxc6 bxc6)
25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Rfd1 (26. Qd1 $14) 26... b5 27. e4 b4 28. Qe3 Rb5 29. Qe2 Ng5
{[%cal Be6g5,Bg5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 30. Qxg4 Nxe4 31. Nf5+ Kf8 32. Rxb5 Qxb5
33. Ne3 Qe5 34. Qe2 a5 35. Rd5 (35. Nf1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 35... Nc3 $1 $17 {
[%cal Rc3e2]} 36. bxc3 Qxd5 $1 37. cxb4 axb4 {...Qd4 is the strong threat.} 38.
Nxd5 Rxe2 39. Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Rb2 40. Nd5 Rd2 {[%mdl 1024]
Black has strong compensation.} (40... Rxa2 $2 41. Kf1 $19) 41. Ne3 Ke7 42. g4
Kf6 43. a3 Ra2 44. g3 Rxa3 45. Kg2 Rb3 46. Kf3 (46. Nc4 $17) 46... Ke5 $19 47.
g5 {[#]} (47. Kg2 $17) 47... Kd4 $1 48. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (48. Kg2) 48... Rb5 $1 {
[%cal Rb5g5]} 49. Nc2+ Kc3 50. Ne1 Re5+ 51. Kf1 Rxg5 52. Nf3 Rd5 53. Ke2 Rd7
54. Ng5 $2 (54. Nh2) 54... Re7+ 55. Kf3 Kd3 56. Kg2 $2 (56. Nh7 {was the only
defense.}) 56... Ke2 57. Nf3 Rd7 58. Ng1+ Kd3 59. Kf3 $2 (59. Nh3 {was the
crucial defense.}) 59... Rd5 60. Kg2 (60. Nh3 $142 Ra5 61. Nf4+ Kd2 62. g4)
60... Ke4 (60... g5 $142 61. Nf3 Ke4) 61. Nf3 Rf5 62. Nd2+ $2 (62. Nh2) 62...
Kd3 63. Nf3 g5 64. Ng1 (64. g4 $19 Rc5 65. Ng1) 64... g4 65. f3 Ke3 66. fxg4
Ra5 (66... Rf2+ $142 67. Kh1 Rc2 68. g5 Ra2 69. Nh3 Kf3 70. Nf4 Kxg3 71. Nh5+
Kf2 72. Kh2 Ra8 73. Kh3 Kf3 74. Kh4 Rh8 75. g6 fxg6 76. Kg5 gxh5 77. Kg6 h4 78.
Kg7 Rb8 79. Kf6 h3 80. Ke7 h2 81. Kd6 h1=Q 82. Kc7 Qh2+ 83. Kd7 Rb6 84. Kd8 Rb7
85. Ke8 Qh8#) 67. g5 Ra2+ {Black mates.} 68. Kh3 Kf2 69. Kh2 Kf1+ 70. Kh1 Rg2
71. Nf3 Rxg3 72. Nd2+ Ke2 73. Ne4 Rg4 74. Nd6 Kf2 {Precision: White = 35%,
Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hemant, Sharma (del)"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,176,14,44,-18,26,12,12,19,19,7,8,8,13,10,10,13,5,7,18,6,18,21,21,17,
16,25,27,0,0,-17,-7,-21,-23,-18,-19,-32,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,5,12,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,8,8,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,1,1,6,6,6,6,8,3,3,0,4,0,8,
5,5,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,8,-2,7,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,6,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2.
g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. a3 c6 11. Nf3 N8d7 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 Bf5 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Ne4 Rc8 16. Bc5 Bxe4 17. dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ding,L (2777)-Harikrishna,P (2744)
Huaian 2017}) 4. a3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} d5 7.
cxd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc2 (8. e3 $1 $14) 8... Qb3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Qh5 9. h3 Qg6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (40) Himanshu,S
(2350)-Rahman,Z (2528) Bhubaneswar 2014}) 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. O-O Bc5 11. d4 exd3 $1
12. exd3 O-O 13. Ne3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Rd8 16. b4 Bg4 17. Rd2 Nbd7
18. h3 Be6 19. b5 Ne5 20. bxc6 (20. Rad1 {is interesting.} cxb5 21. Bxb7 Rab8
22. Bg2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bf4) 20... Nxc6 21. Bxc6 (21. Rb2 {is more
complex.} Rac8 22. Nb5 a5 23. d4 Rd7 24. Rc1) 21... bxc6 22. Kh2 Nd7 23. f4 a5
24. g4 a4 25. Kg3 Bb3 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Bd4 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rb2
Rad8 {aiming for ...Bb3.} 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Bc5 h5 34. d4 hxg4 35.
hxg4 f6 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Bxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 38. Bc5 Kg6
39. Rb7 f5 40. gxf5+ (40. g5 {seems wilder.} Rh8 41. Rc7 Rh3 42. Bd6 Rd3 43.
Ke2) 40... Kxf5 {The position is equal.} 41. Rxg7 Kxf4 42. Re7 Rg8 43. Bd6+ Kf5
44. Re5+ Kf6 45. Be7+ Kf7 46. Bc5 Rg2+ 47. Ke1 Kf6 48. Be7+ Kg6 49. Bc5 Bf3 50.
Kf1 Rc2 51. Ke1 Bg4 52. Bb4 Rb2 53. Bc5 Bf5 54. Re2 Rb3 55. Rg2+ Kf6 56. Rg8
Rb2 57. Ra8 Bg4 58. Rxa4 Kf5 59. Rb4 Re2+ 60. Kd1 Ra2+ 61. Kc1 Rxa3 62. Rb6 Ra2
63. Rxc6 Ke4 64. Rb6 Rg2 65. Rb2 Rg3 66. Rd2 Kd5 67. Kb2 Bf5 68. Rd1 Be4 69.
Rc1 Rf3 70. Rc3 Rf2+ 71. Ka3 Rf1 72. Ka2 Bf3 73. Kb2 Be4 74. Ka2 Rb1 75. Ka3
Rd1 76. Kb2 Rd2+ 77. Ka3 Bf5 78. Bb4 Rf2 79. Bc5 Re2 80. Kb3 Re1 81. Kb2 Rb1+
82. Ka2 Rd1 83. Kb2 Be4 84. Rc1 Rd2+ 85. Kc3 Rg2 86. Kb4 Bd3 87. Ba7 Rb2+ 88.
Kc3 Rb1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lombaers, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,0,24,25,0,21,14,21,29,29,27,24,32,25,17,15,25,22,20,12,-13,16,11,
46,29,42,56,38,43,45,21,56,48,91,98,160,0,0,0,33,20,13,14,90,95,93,91,95,64,65,
61,130,72,95,72,85,85,163,154,232,162,339,339,339,245,336,336,329,180,950,247,
329,322,530,518,420,490,475,462,470,374,1371,1245,1341,1324,6195,5406,29976,
29977,29971,11456]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6
{A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Re1 (8. d3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Na3
e5 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Bd2 {0-1 (47)
Wei,Y (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}) 8... Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nb3 Rd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d4,
Bd4g4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 {Strongly threatening
Nc2.} (16. Nf5 Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Kxf2 Qf6 $17) 16... Rxd4 17. Qb3 $146
Rb8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Qc3 Qd8 20. Bd5 Rg4 21. Bf3 Rg5 22. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is pushing.} Bb7 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 25. Qb3 Rd8 26.
Qa4 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Qb8 27. Re7 a6 (27... Rf5 $142 28. Bg2 Qc8)
28. Rde1 $2 (28. Qb3 $16) 28... b5 $11 29. Qb3 Qa8 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 30. R1e5 Rxe5
31. Rxe5 Re8 (31... Kh8 $11) 32. Rxe8+ $1 $16 Qxe8 33. d6 Bc8 34. Bd5 Bf5 35.
Qf3 Qd7 (35... Bd7 $1 $14) 36. Bb3 (36. Qa3 $142) 36... a5 37. a3 a4 38. Bd5 g6
(38... Kf8 $16) 39. Qf4 $18 Qe8 (39... h5 $16 {was necessary.} 40. Qe5 Be6 41.
Bxe6 fxe6) 40. Qd4 ({Stronger than} 40. Qxh6 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qd1 $11) 40... Qd8 $2
{[#]} (40... Bd7) 41. Bc6 $1 Bd7 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Bxd7 Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQ-KQ} 44. Qc5 (44. Qe5 $142 Qc6 45. Qd4) 44... Qe8 $2 (44... Qg4 45.
Qxb5 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qxd6) 45. Qd4 $2 (45. Kf1) 45... Qd7 46. Kf1 Qh3+ $2 (46...
g5 47. Qf6 Qg4) 47. Ke1 {Hoping for d7.} Qd7 48. Kd2 h5 49. Kc3 g5 50. Qd5 Kh7
$2 (50... Kf8 51. Qe5 f5 52. Qf6+ Ke8 53. Qg6+ (53. Qxg5 Qc6+ 54. Kb4 Qxd6+ 55.
Ka5 Qc7+ 56. Kxb5 Qb7+ 57. Kxa4 Qd7+ 58. Kb3 Qd3+ 59. Ka2 Qc4+ 60. Kb1 Qd3+ 61.
Ka2 Qc4+ 62. Kb1 Qd3+ 63. Ka2 $16) 53... Kf8) 51. Qe4+ Kg7 {[#]} 52. Qe7 $1 {
[%cal Re7d7]} Qg4 53. d7 Qc4+ 54. Kd2 Qd5+ 55. Ke1 {Precision: White = 66%,
Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,60,66,22,18,26,21,0,17,20,12,20,21,28,20,10,26,17,6,0,37,14,12,21,
43,45,92,103,129,131,183,227,246,254,261,252,245,239,253,254,247,249,259,247,
971,957,5835,29948,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3.
f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 {B06: Modern Defence} e6 $1 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe1
$146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Nf5 11. Bf2 f6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. g3
fxe5 14. dxe5 {0-1 (55) Ponizil,C (2478)-Petenyi,T (2454) Czech Republic 2017})
8... O-O 9. Bb3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Rd1
Qb6 15. Na4 Qa6 16. Bc1 b5 17. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb6
18. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4]} Nf6 19. g4 $1 Qb7 (19... a5 $16 {might work better.})
20. Rh3 $1 $18 h5 21. gxh5 Nxh5 {[#]} 22. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6][%mdl 512]} exf5
23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Qg5 Ne7 {[#]} 25. Rxh5 $1 ({Inferior is} 25. Nxb5 Bf6 $11) ({
And not} 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nf5 $11) 25... gxh5 26. Rd2 {Rg2 is the strong
threat.} ({Stronger than} 26. Nxb5 Qd7 $11) 26... d5 $2 (26... Qb6) 27. Nxd5 {
White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Rfe8 28. Rg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg5g7]} Ng6 {
White mates.} 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Qxg6 $1 {Precision: White = 82%,
Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gara, Ticia"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,129,39,37,45,32,35,21,30,28,47,47,54,27,43,27,34,24,20,16,27,22,25,
15,28,33,66,1,27,22,13,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-55,-56,-31,-35,0,-56,
13,20,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-15,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-66,-35,-35,-35,
-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-33,-33,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,0,0,0,-14,
-18,-18,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-10,-10,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-25,0,0,0,
0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,
Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Partien. D02: Damenbauernspiele} Nc6 (6...
Nf5 7. c3 Nd6 8. Qb3 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Nd3 Bxd3 12. exd3 e6 13. a4
c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 (47) Tratar,M (2456)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Antalya 2017}
) 7. c3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf5 9. c3 Nd6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11.
d5 Nb8 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Nf6 {0-1 (51) Mastrokoukos,G (2310)-Efimov,I (2470)
Corfu 1991}) 7... f5 8. Nb3 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nf7 9. Nc5 e6 10. h4 h6
11. b4 a6 12. a4 g5 13. Bd2 Bf6 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 14. Nd3 gxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16.
gxh4 Qxh4 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Qc1 (18. f3 $14) 18... Kh7 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. Qf4 Rg8
21. e3 Rg7 22. Kh2 Bd7 23. Bf3 Rag8 24. Bh4 Qg6 25. Rg1 Qf7 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27.
Bg3 Ne7 28. Ne5 Be8 29. a5 Qg5 30. Rg1 (30. Nd3 $11) 30... Bh5 (30... Qxf4 $15
31. Bxf4 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Ng6) 31. Qxg5 $11 Rxg5 32. Bh4 (32. Bh1 {looks sharper.}
Be2 33. Nd7 Rh5+ 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Nc5) 32... Rxg1 33. Kxg1 Bxf3 34. Bxe7 {
[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} Bh5 35. Nd7 Ne4 36. Nf6+ Nxf6 37. Bxf6 $15 {
[#] KL-KL} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. exf4 Kg6 39. Be5 Kf5 40. Bxc7 Ke4 41. Kg2 Kd3
42. Bd6 Bd1 43. Kg3 Kxc3 44. Bc5 Kd3 45. Kg2 Ke4 46. Kg3 Be2 47. Bb6 h5 48. Bc5
h4+ 49. Kxh4 Kxf4 50. Bd6+ Ke4 51. Be5 Kd3 52. Kg5 Kc4 53. Kf4 Kxb4 54. Bc7 Kb5
55. Ke5 Kc6 56. Bb6 Bg4 57. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g4]} Bh3 58. Ke5 Bf5 59. Kf4 Kd6
60. Bc5+ Kd7 61. Bb6 Ke7 62. Ke5 Bd3 63. Bc5+ Kf7 64. Bb6 Bb5 65. Bc5 {
Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-19,-32,-20,-29,-20,-20,
-20,-22,-20,-34,-28,-13,-18,-27,-9,-26,-23,-27,-13,-46,-27,-24,-22,-12,-16,-41,
-41,-41,-22,-41,-41,-72,-72,-62,-67,-64,-67,-66,0,-67,-68,-101,-70,-90,0,-100,
0,-92,-62,-73,0,0,0,-9,-8,-11,0,-14,-11,-33,-34,-34,-33,-35,-37,-33,0,0,0,-1,
-1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 {D90:
Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Be6 8. Qa3 c6 9. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]
} O-O 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. Ng5 Bd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Re8 14.
Nf3 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Jakovenko,D (2709)-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 15. Qb3 ({
Better is} 15. Bxc4 $11 Bxc4 16. Qd6) 15... Ncxe5 (15... Nd2 $1 $15 16. Qxb7
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nxe5) 16. Nxd5 $11 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Ng4 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. g3 h6 20.
Nxf7 Rxe4+ ({Reject} 20... Qxf7 21. Rxd7 Qxb3 22. axb3 $14) 21. Be2 Qe6 22. Rd2
{Hoping for f3.} Rxe2+ $1 23. Rxe2 Qxb3 {[#]} 24. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 (
24... Nxh6 25. axb3) 25. axb3 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rf8 27. f3 Ngf6 28. Rg1 Kf7 29.
Reg2 Re8+ 30. Kd2 Rd8 31. Kc2 Rh8 32. Rxg6 Rxh2+ 33. R6g2 Rh3 {[%mdl 1024]
Black has compensation.} 34. Rg3 Rh4 35. f5 Rf4 36. Rg5 Rxf3 37. b4 Rf2+ 38.
Kb3 Rf3+ 39. Kc2 $1 a6 40. R1g2 Rf4 41. Kb3 Rf3+ 42. Kc2 Rf4 43. Kb3 $1 b5 44.
Rg1 Nb6 (44... Rf3+ $17 45. Kc2 Rf4) 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 Nbd5 {aiming for ...
Rf3+.} 47. Rh1 {Black should prevent Rh8+.} Ne7 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 Nfd5 {
And now ...Rf3+ would win.} 50. Ka3 Rf3+ 51. b3 Rf2 {[#] ( -> ...Nc3)} 52. Rc8
$1 (52. Rxa6 {is a self mate.} Nc3 53. Rxe7+ Kxe7 54. f6+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56.
Re7+ Kd6 57. Re6+ Kxe6 58. f7 Nb1#) 52... Ne3 53. Rcc7 {The position is equal.}
N3d5 54. Rc5 Ke8 55. Ra7 Rf1 56. Ra8+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Kd8 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Ra7+
Ke8 60. Ra8+ Kf7 61. Ra7 {Strongly threatening Rxd5.} Rd1 62. Rc6 Ra1+ 63. Kb2
Rf1 64. Ka3 Ra1+ 65. Kb2 Rf1 66. Ka3 Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ne3) 67. Rc5 (
67. Rcxa6 {leads to mate.} Nc3 68. Rxe7+ Kxe7 69. f6+ Kf7 70. Ra7+ Ke6 71. Re7+
Kd6 72. Rd7+ Kxd7 73. f7 Nb1#) 67... Ne3 68. Rcc7 Nc2+ 69. Rxc2 $1 Rxc2 70. f6
$1 Kxf6 {...Rc6 is the strong threat.} 71. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 {Precision: White =
66%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Papp, Petra"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,124,24,30,19,25,0,0,0,0,-16,-14,-15,-14,-7,-6,-15,-8,-15,-14,-17,-11,
-21,-11,-10,-7,-7,8,0,12,0,35,33,31,0,46,0,12,-39,0,0,0,-39,0,0,12,5,20,-45,0,
0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,11,8,19,11,14,4,32,25,31,31,49,31,
32,33,30,30,29,0,12,19,27,35,45,13,55,11,15,0,49,17,35]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rae1 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange
Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (14. Qc2 b6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. g4 Bd6 17.
Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rfc8 19. Kg2 a6 20. Rh1 Ra7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 {1-0 (76)
Liu,Q (2344)-Prohaszka,P (2506) Zalakaros 2008}) 14... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:}
14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Qd7 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Ndf3 Nf6 19. Re3 Ne4 20. c4
Bf6 21. c5 Ne7 {1-0 (39) Slezak,A (2129)-Blair,M (1820) LSS email 2011}) 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Ra1 Rfc8 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Qc2
a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 22. Ra2 a4 23. Rfa1 {[%cal Ra2a4]} Nb6 24. Bf4
Ra7 25. g3 Rb7 26. Kg2 Qe8 27. h4 f6 28. Re1 Bf8 29. Raa1 Ra8 30. Qe2 Nc4 31.
Rab1 ({Better is} 31. Ra2 $11) 31... Ra5 32. Qc2 ({Wrong is} 32. Qxe6+ $2 Qxe6
33. Rxe6 Rxb2 $19) 32... Ra6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b2,Bb2c2][%mdl 32]} 33. Nd2
Nxd2 34. Qxd2 Rab6 {Threatening ...Ba3!} 35. Qc2 Kf7 36. Kg1 (36. Bc1 $11)
36... Qb5 37. Ra1 Qxb2 (37... Ra6 {is more complex.} 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qh7 Qc4
40. Bc1 h4) 38. Qxb2 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rc2 40. Re3 Be7 {[#] aiming for ...g5.} 41.
Ra6 (41. g4 $11) 41... Rb1+ (41... g5 $15 42. hxg5 fxg5) 42. Kg2 $11 Rbb2 43.
Rf3 Ra2 44. Rc6 Ra7 45. Bb8 Rb7 46. Bf4 Bd8 47. g4 Bb6 {[#] White must now
prevent ...Bxd4!} 48. Rd3 Re2 49. Bg3 Bd8 50. Rd1 Re4 51. Kf3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,
Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 52. g5 Ke8 $1 53. Ra1 f4 $1 {And now ...Kd7 would win.} 54.
Bh2 {Raa6 is the strong threat.} Kd7 55. Rca6 Bc7 56. Ra8 {Hoping for Rg8.} Bb8
57. R1a3 Ke7 58. Ra2 Kf7 59. R2a5 Ke7 60. R5a6 Kd7 61. Ra5 Rb3 62. Ra3 Rb7 {
Precision: White = 49%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,100,2,41,0,21,0,0,0,12,21,20,20,27,28,21,32,27,20,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,-24,-15,-25,-15,-16,-16,-16,0,-6,0,-17,0,0,0,-3,0,-8,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5
5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5
main line} 15. Qd3 (15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Kc2 Rd8
20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nf3 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (23) Mista,A (2606)
-Tomczak,J (2615) Poland 2017}) 15... Qb6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 16. Qe2 a5 $146
({Predecessor:} 16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Bxf2 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 {
0-1 (60) Hambartsumian,Y (2355)-Saltaev,M (2484) Kallithea 2008}) 17. Rh3 a4
18. a3 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Ne5 O-O 21. g4 Ne4 22. Be3 Rd8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Rhh1
f6 25. Ng6 Kf7 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Bb4+ Kf7 29. Rhe1 Raa8 30. Bc3 Rd5
31. Re2 Re8 32. Rde1 Nd6 33. Re3 Nb5 34. Re4 {The position is equal.} b6 35.
R1e2 Rd6 36. Re1 Rd5 37. R1e2 Rd7 38. Re1 Rd6 39. Kb1 Red8 {[%cal Rb5d4]} 40.
Kc1 Nxd4 (40... R8d7 {looks sharper.} 41. R4e3 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 b5 43. Rce3 Rc7)
41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxe6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 44. Kxd1 Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KP-KP} 45. Kd2 f5 {White must now prevent ...Kf6.} 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. b3
b5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b4!} 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. c3 c5 50. c4 Kf6 {
Precision: White = 67%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopez Mulet, Inigo"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,7,33,29,31,26,34,37,42,35,33,11,15,0,22,22,18,14,50,51,47,25,37,
23,14,13,39,10,18,0,27,27,20,9,26,-9,-11,-8,-27,-37,0,-65,0,0,-6,-12,-14,-18,0,
-60,-25,-72,-54,-106,-80,-135,-133,-167,-167,-167,-168,-167,-166,-165,-160,
-226,-163,-280,-194,-168,0,-359,-337,-612,-604,-1388,-1458,-1322,-1301,-29980,
-29980,-29982,-29983,-29991,-29992]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6
5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Bb4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... cxd5) 13. Qc2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nxd5 15. Qc2 Nb4
16. Qc3 {Bb2 is the strong threat.} c5 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Qe5 Be6 19. Bb2 {
[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5g7] [#]} f6 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. e4 Ndb4 22. e5 f5 23. Bc1 {
Strongly threatening Bg5.} Rd7 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. a3 Nd5 27. Bf1 Qf8
28. Bf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Nd4 30. Rd1 (30. Nxd4 $11 Rxd4 31. Qf3) 30... Rcd8 (30...
Bxb3 $15 31. Nxd4 Bxd1 32. Nxf5 Bb3) 31. Nxd4 $11 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qf3 $1
{[%cal Rf3b7]} Qe7 34. Rc1 (34. Qc3 $11) 34... b6 $1 $15 35. h3 h6 36. Bd3 ({
Better is} 36. b4 $15) 36... Qg5 37. Rc3 (37. Rb1 $142) 37... Qd2 $17 38. Bc4
Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe5+ 40. g3 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7
42. h4 (42. a4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 42... Qe4 43. Qc3 {[#]} (43. Rc3 {
might work better.}) 43... Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Qc2 Qe4 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128]
Black mounts an attack.} (44... Qf3 $19 {aiming for ...Rd1.} 45. Rc3 Qd5) 45.
Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Qc3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 45...
Qf3 46. Rxd4 $2 (46. Qe1) 46... Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 cxd4 {[%cal Bc5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2]
[%mdl 32] KQ-KQ} 48. Qd1 Qe3 49. Qc2 d3 {Black mates.} 50. Qc8 Qf3 {[%cal
Rf3h1]} 51. Kh2 d2 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 56%.} 0-1
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goriatchkin, Jouri"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,8,24,12,45,41,70,23,23,26,22,16,27,22,26,18,14,12,16,0,2,0,19,5,
19,8,10,0,0,-4,0,-11,-14,-33,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,28,16,10,27,836,808,1147,
1132,1460,768,6050,5281,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5.
Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. e3
O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:}
8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Lysyj,I (2618)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2643) St Petersburg 2017}) 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qb1 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 Bd7 13. Rfc1 Be8 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 c6 17. Qb6 Kh8 18.
Rc3 Ng8 {[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} 19. Nd3 Nh6 20. Nc5 Nf5 21. a4 Nd6
22. Rb3 f6 23. f3 Bg6 24. Re1 Re8 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rbd8 27. e5 fxe5 28.
Rxe5 Qf6 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Ne6 {g3 is the strong threat.} Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]
} (30... Rc8 $11) 31. Nf8 $1 $18 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe1+ 33. Rf1 Qxd2 34. Nxd7 {
[%cal Rf1f8]} Nf7 {[#]} 35. Qd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 49%, Black
= 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Haan, Eric"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,76,-34,-30,-10,-1,-19,-10,-22,-28,-33,0,0,7,-16,27,38,33,25,18,33,22,
26,28,25,36,21,0,-38,0,-185,-182,-197,-202,-560,-561,-543,-517,-500,-133,-133,
-94,-135,-135,-3672,-3691,-2412,-2197,-2563,-2447]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O
Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. Qd3 {E49: Nimzo-Indian:
Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} (14. Ra2 Nb5 15. Qd3 Nd6 16. Re2 Qd7
17. e4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21. exf6 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxb2 23.
dxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Jones,G (2625)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Gibraltar 2016})
14... Ne6 15. Bb2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Rae1 {Black has an edge.} Qc7 17.
Rf2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Ref1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc4 20. Qf5 h4
21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 {0-1 (43) Ikeda,J (2397)-Kunin,V (2551) Riga 2017}) 18...
g6 19. Rd2 c4 20. Bc1 h4 21. Nh1 Nh5 22. Nf2 f5 23. Rde2 Re7 24. Rf1 Rce8 25.
Ree1 Qd6 26. e4 Nef4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qd2 {[#] Hoping for e5.} (28. e5 $5 {
[%cal Re5d6]} Qe6 29. Qd2 $11) 28... g5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 29. exf5 $2 (29. e5 $11
Qg6 30. Rb1) 29... Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30.
Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qd1 $2 (31. Qc1 {nothing else works.} Qe7 32. a4) 31... Qxa3 32.
Re1 Qb2 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 $2 {[#]} (33... Nxe2+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on
top.} 34. Kf1 Nxc3) 34. g3 $17 Qxd1+ ({Don't play} 34... Nh3+ $6 35. Kg2 $11)
35. Nxd1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 36.
gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Kf1 $17 Nd3 37. Ne3) 36... gxf4 $19 {Black is
clearly winning.} 37. Nf2 a4 38. Ng4 a3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 62%.}
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "de Francesco, Klaus"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,2,-8,13,4,10,-22,-13,-24,-24,-24,-22,-20,-17,-52,-54,-51,-55,-45,
-54,-64,-39,-58,-70,-64,-64,-80,-92,-129,-114,-123,-73,-77,-39,-39,-16,-22,-20,
-31,-9,-13,-15,-16,-16,-17,-7,-24,-12,-54,-45,-77,-77,-77,-79,-73,-68,-86,-86,
-86,-93,-264,-258,-621,-431,-430,-422,-408,-407,-605,-626,-596,-509,-503,-455,
-616,-574,-513,-485,-4480,-4133,-8600,-6179,-29975,-5257]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4
3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,
Bg6e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Ng6 {B21: Sizilianisch (Morra-Gambit 2.
d4 und 2.f4)} (9... b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 Ng6 12. h4 Be7 13. h5 Ne5 14. Nxe5
fxe5 15. Qf3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. a4 {0-1 (45) Cuartas,J (2492)-Bachmann,A
(2653) Medellin 2017}) 10. Bb3 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Bb4 11. Nd4 Na5 {Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 12. f4 Bxc3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Nxb3 13. axb3
O-O 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. Rf3 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Ndb5 Rf8 18. Nc7 {1-0 (62) Zelic,
M (2320)-Farago,I (2515) Bled 1994}) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. f5 Ne5 15. fxe6 Nxb3 16.
Qxb3 dxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Qg4 $1 Qd7
22. Qg3 Qe6 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rfe1 Rfd7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 25. Rb1 Kh8 26. e5 f5 27.
Rb6 Re8 {[%cal Bd8e8,Be8e6,Be6g6][%mdl 32]} 28. Reb1 Qf7 29. h3 h6 30. Kh2 Re6
31. Qf3 Kg8 {[%cal Bh8g8,Bg8h7,Bh7g6][%mdl 32]} 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Qh5 {Weiss
will Txb7! spielen.} Kh7 34. Qf3 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxb7 Qe6 37. R7b6 Qxe5
{Droht stark ...Txb6.} 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} 39.
Rb6+ $2 (39. Qc6+ $17 {kämpft weiter.} Rd6 40. Qb7) 39... Kh7 $19 40. Qh5 $2 (
40. Qf1) 40... Re4 {[%cal Re4e1] [#]} 41. Qg6+ Kh8 {[%cal Re4e1]} 42. Rb1 Rxa4
43. Rc1 (43. Kg1 $142 a5 44. Rf1) 43... Ra1 44. Rxa1 Qxa1+ {KD-KD} 45. Kh2 Qe5+
46. Kh1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 47. Qc6 Kh7 48. Kg1 (48. Qa6 $142 Qe1+
49. Kh2) 48... Qd4+ 49. Kf1 a4 50. Qb5 Qf4+ {Precision: Weiß = 24%, Schwarz =
67%.} (50... Qd1+ $142 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Ke3 a3 53. Qa5 a2 54. Kf4 Qc1+ 55. Kg3
f4+ 56. Kg4 a1=Q 57. Qxa1 Qxa1 58. Kxf4 Qf1+ 59. Ke5 Qxg2 60. h4 Qh2+ 61. Kd4
Qxh4+ 62. Kc3 g5 63. Kd2 Qf4+ 64. Kc3 g4 65. Kb3 g3 66. Kc2 g2 67. Kc3 g1=Q 68.
Kc2 Qc4+ 69. Kd2 Qgc1#) 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,30,5,8,-14,26,30,29,16,16,0,-14,-308,-311,-303,-308,-446,-452,-809,
-805]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4
{LiveBook: 11 Games} 8. Be3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max
Lange Attack} Kh8 (8... Nd4 $5) (8... Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6
12. Bb3 Kh8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. g4 Bg6 {1-0 (68) Fressinet,L (2662)-Bu,
X (2730) Riadh 2017}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 {White has an edge.} Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4
{[#] Threatens to win with ...f5.} 12. Nb1 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. Kg2 $1 $11 {
and White stays safe.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Rh1 f5 14. Qg1 fxe4 15.
Nd2 exd3 16. Bxd3 {1-0 (36) Karklins,A (2304)-Koenig,D (2310) Philadelphia 2000
}) 12... Qd7 $19 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 (14. Qe1 $142) 14... d5 (14... Qxf5 $2
15. Bd5 $17) 15. Bb3 (15. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 16. Qb1) 15... Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bliumberg, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,144,0,-8,0,-2,-6,-6,0,0,6,-32,-27,-25,-26,-34,-25,-44,-45,-63,-56,
-58,-54,-70,-43,-76,-67,-78,-66,-77,-68,-73,-65,-65,-69,-76,-73,-73,-54,-70,
-70,-79,-49,-68,-68,-68,-57,-61,-50,-60,-50,-56,-39,-72,-72,-90,-86,-80,-81,
-92,-87,-83,-41,-41,-25,-25,-24,-70,-24,-24,-24,-20,-21,-24,-24,-31,-31,-58,
-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-40,-42,-42,-69,-57,-63,-39,-38,-20,
-22,-21,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Nf3 f5 9. O-O {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nf6 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rfe1 {LiveBook:
4 Games} g6 12. a3 Qe7 13. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15.
Bf1 c5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. d5 Be8 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bd7 22. Nxc5 Qd8 23. Ne6 {1-0 (23) Georgiev,K (2644)-Enchev,I (2421) Albena
2014}) 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Rxe4 {feels hotter.} Qc7 16. Qc3
Bf5 17. Re3 b5 18. Bd3) 15... Qxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Ree1 Rad8 18. h3 Kg7 19.
Rad1 h6 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Bc2 Bc7 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Nd3 Rxd4 24. Nc5 Rxd1 {[%cal
Rd1e1]} 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 {[%cal Rd1e1]} 26. Rxd1 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB
} Rf7 27. Kf1 Bb6 28. f3 Kf6 29. Ke2 g5 30. Kd3 e5 31. Ke4 Bd4 32. b4 Ke7 33.
Kd3 Kd6 34. Kc4 Rc7 35. a4 {[#]} b5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kd3 (36. axb5 cxb5+)
36... a6 37. Bb3 c5 38. bxc5+ Rxc5 39. Ke4 bxa4 40. Bxa4 Ra5 41. Be8 Ra2 42.
Rc1 Rxg2 43. Rc6+ Ke7 44. Bh5 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 45. Rxh6
a4 46. Ra6 Ra2 47. Bg4 a3 48. Be6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50.
fxe4 Rf2+ 51. Kxg5 Rf6 {White must now prevent ...Be3+.} 52. Rxa3 {Threatens
to win with Bf5.} Rxe6 $15 {KRB-KR} 53. Kf5 Rf6+ 54. Kg5 Rf1 55. Rd3 Be5 56.
Rb3 Ke6 57. Rb6+ Bd6 58. h4 Rg1+ 59. Kh6 Ke5 60. h5 {The position is equal.}
Bf8+ 61. Kh7 Kxe4 62. Rf6 Bc5 63. h6 Bd4 64. Rg6 Ra1 (64... Rd1 {keeps more
tension.} 65. Rg5 Kf4 66. Kg6 Ba1 67. Rf5+ Ke4) 65. Rg4+ Kd5 66. Rxd4+ Kxd4 $11
{KR-KP} 67. Kg7 Rg1+ 68. Kf7 Rh1 69. Kg7 Ke5 70. h7 Rg1+ 71. Kf7 Rh1 72. Kg7 {
[#]} Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Gopal G.N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,68,24,11,15,20,6,22,0,28,26,34,28,48,35,29,8,15,11,18,9,60,0,20,0,6,
14,66,47,83,0,0,0,122,116,96,29,91,91,98,102,95,29,133,128,162]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O
Re8 10. Re1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] D76: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto
HV 7... Sb6)} 11. Nb5 a4 12. Bd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Partien.
Droht ...Lg4 und aus.} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Rc1 {[#] Droht stark Lxe5.
} c6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rd8 18. Qc1 c6 19. Nd4 Be6 20. a3
Rd6 21. Rc5 Nd7 22. Rc3 Nb6 23. Rc5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Cheparinov,
I (2665) Moscow 2011}) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. Qc2 Rd8 21.
Red1 Kg7 22. Rd2 Qf6 ({Besser ist} 22... Qf5 $11) 23. h4 (23. Rcd1 $14) 23...
h5 24. Rcd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Ra5 ({Lieber} 25... Rd8 $11) 26. Rd4 $14 Qe5 27. Re4
(27. Rb4 $16 Rb5 28. Qd2) 27... Rc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5c2]} 28. Qd2 Qf6 {[#]} (
28... Rd5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 29. Qc2 Rc5) 29. Rb4 $1 $36 {
[%cal Rb4b6][%mdl 2048] Weiss ist am Drücker.} Rb5 30. Bf1 (30. Rxb5 $16 Nc4
31. Qd7 cxb5 32. Qxb5 Nxb2 33. Bxb7) 30... Rxb4 (30... Rd5 $11 31. Qc2 c5) 31.
Qxb4 c5 32. Qb5 Qd6 33. Bg2 (33. a3 $16) 33... Qc7 (33... Qd1+ $1 $11 34. Kh2
Nd7) 34. Qa5 c4 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 14%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,17,39,14,33,12,8,-6,0,-8,-12,-8,0,-39,-37,-41,-47,-45,-27,-45,-46,
-95,-47,-47,-45,-58,-17,-31,-25,-200,-200,-310,-307,-452,-443,-452,-446,-443,
-445,-678,-669,-733,-522,-493,-429,-480,-486,-439,-310,-306,-277,-304,-284]} 1.
d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7
9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Ne4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Rac1 {E14: Queen's Indian:
Classical Variation (4 e3)} (11. Bc2 f5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. f3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh5 16. Rae1 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nf6 18. Nh4 Qg5 {1-0 (39) Nyback,T (2445)
-Dautov,R (2617) Bled 2002}) 11... Bd6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Nd2 {[%cal Rd3e4] The
position is equal.} f5 14. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rae8
16. Rf1 Qh4 17. g3 Qg5 18. f4 Qh6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Brumm,C (2210)-Hedke,F (2285)
Germany 1990}) 14... Qh4 15. f3 Ng5 {[%cal Be4g5,Bg5e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Qe1 Qh6 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. Qd2 g6 20. Bc3 Ne6 21. Bb4 c5 22. Ba3 f4
23. exf4 $1 Nxf4 24. Neg3 $2 {[#]} (24. Rc2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 24... Qg5
$19 25. dxc5 (25. Qc2 $142) 25... Nxc5 26. Bc4 (26. Rc4 {keeps fighting.})
26... Re6 (26... dxc4 27. Qxd6 Re6 28. Qd4 $17) 27. Re1 Rfe8 (27... dxc4 28.
Rxe6 Ncxe6 29. Qxd6 $11) 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. b4 (29. Bxc5 $142 Bxc5+ 30. Kh1 dxc4
31. Rxc4) 29... dxc4 30. bxc5 Bxc5+ 31. Bxc5 Qxc5+ ({Inferior is} 31... bxc5
32. Rxc4 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 $14) 32. Kh1 Nd3 {[#] ...Nf2+ is the strong threat.} 33.
Rc2 Qd4 {Hoping for ...c3!} 34. h3 b5 ({Don't take} 34... Re1 35. Qg5 $19) 35.
Qg5 Qf6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 65%.} ({Resist} 35... Re1 36. Re2 $19)
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,148,0,0,0,10,8,10,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-56,-52,-49,-47,
-49,-43,-108,-94,-112,-113,-109,-41,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-62,-62,-58,-39,
-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-87,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-105,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,
-262,-263,-322,-196,-465,-485,-698,-698,-698,-698,-698,-698,-1063,-1071,-1071,
-820,-1275,-783,-675,-628,-4694,-11069,-10754,-1711,-10761,-11359,-5616,-5197,
-5297,-3958,-6005,-12715,-6070,-1775,-6070,-5935,-4627,-4134,-4622,-4614,
-29977,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29986,
-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]}
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 Bg7 13. Na5 Qc7 {[#] LiveBook: 19
Games} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 14. c4 e4 15. O-O exf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. b4 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (37) Caruana,
F (2844)-Gelfand,B (2748) Baku 2014}) 14... b6 15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 {Rd1 is
the strong threat.} Nf6 17. Qb3 {aiming for Nb4.} Qxc6 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6
Ke7 20. Ba5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Kf2 Rhh8 24. Bc4 (24. c4 $11 Nf4
25. c5) 24... Nb6 $15 25. Bd3 Na4 26. b3 Nc3 27. a4 (27. Rce1 $15) 27... f5 $17
28. Rhe1 Kf6 $1 29. Re3 {[#]} d5 (29... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 30. Ree1 h4)
30. Bxf5 d4 31. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. Bd3 a5 33.
Re1 Rhd8 34. Re3 Rd4 35. Ke1 (35. Kg3 $15) 35... Rad8 $17 36. Be2 {[#]} Rc8 $1
37. Bd3 Rh4 38. h3 Rd4 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Ke1 h4 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. g3 $1 Kh5 43.
gxh4 Kxh4 44. Bxg6 $2 (44. Re1 $15) 44... Rd2+ $19 45. Re2 Kxh3 46. Bf5+ $2 (
46. Be4 Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2) 46... Kh4 47. Be4 (47. Ke3 $142 Rxe2+ 48. Kxe2) 47...
Rc8 48. Ke3 Rxe2+ 49. Kxe2 {KR-KB} Rd8 50. Ke3 Kg5 51. Bd3 Kf6 52. Be4 Ke6 53.
Bh7 Rd2 54. b4 axb4 55. Bg8+ Kd6 (55... Kd7 $142 56. Bb3 Rd4) 56. Bb3 Rd4 57.
Ke2 Kc5 58. Ke3 Kb6 59. Ke2 Ka5 60. Ke3 Rd1 61. Ke2 Ra1 62. Ke3 Rxa4 63. Ke4
Ra3 64. Kd3 {[#]} Rxb3 $1 {Black mates.} 65. cxb3 {K3P-KPP} Kb5 66. Kc2 Kc5 67.
Kd3 Kd5 68. Ke3 Ke6 69. Kd3 Kf6 70. Ke3 Kf5 71. Kd3 Kf4 72. Ke2 c2 73. Kd2 Kxf3
74. Kxc2 e4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavilan Diaz, Mario"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,27,21,37,20,26,27,37,43,57,41,51,43,44,38,36,0,11,0,0,0,28,0,0,0,
18,18,30,32,71,31,101,105,90,70,116,62,72,6,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Re8
{C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} (10... h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12.
Ng3 b5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Bf4 {
1-0 (57) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 11. a3 h6 12. Bc2
Nh5 {[%cal Re5d4] White has an edge.} 13. Nf1 Kh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13...
Nf4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 (68) Hou,Y (2683)-Vignesh,N
(2422) Doha 2015}) 14. Ne3 Qc8 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5
Be6 19. Qd1 c5 20. a4 Qc7 21. a5 Re7 22. b4 Rd7 23. Qb1 Nf4 24. Bxc5 Qc8 (24...
Bf8 $1 $14) 25. Re3 $16 f6 26. Bb3 Qg8 {[#]} 27. Bxe6 ({White should try} 27.
Ba4 $1 $16) 27... Qxe6 $14 28. Qa2 ({Better is} 28. Qf1 $16) 28... Qc6 (28...
Qxa2 $11 29. Rxa2 h5) 29. Qa4 ({White should play} 29. Qb3 $14) 29... Qxa4 $11
{The position is equal.} 30. Rxa4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Ra2 h5 34.
Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxc3 {[#] And now ...Bh6 would win.} 36. Nb1 Rb3 {Strongly
threatening ...Bh6.} 37. Nd2 Rc3 {Hoping for ...Bh6.} 38. Nb1 Rb3 {White must
now prevent ...Bh6.} 39. Nd2 Rc3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oglaza, Oskar"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,190,6,9,-21,-14,-34,-39,-95,-84,-106,-66,-66,-55,-90,-79,-79,-88,-67,
-41,-44,-27,-9,-2,-22,-17,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-2,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12848,-12848,-12850,-12851,
-12851,0,0,0,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,
-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,
-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29936,-29937,-29947,-29944,-29956,-29959,-29941,
-29957,-29957,-29967,-29981,-29983,-29982,-29966,-29966,-29968,-29974,-29975,
-29978,-29969,-29958,-12851,-29953,-12851,-29983,-29982,-29981,-29975,-29983,
-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29983,-29983,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29983,
-29982,-29984,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game} (6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb6
10. Rh3 Qe6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. a4 d5 13. a5 Nxc4 14. b3 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Nxa5 16. Bd2
{1/2-1/2 (73) Nakamura,H (2781)-Carlsen,M (2837) London 2017}) 6... Rb8 7. Nc3
Bb4 8. Bd2 (8. e5 $15 Nd5 9. Bd2) 8... O-O $17 9. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9.
e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. f4 d4 13. Qd3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 {1-0 (72)
Vavulin,M (2582)-Nozdrachev,V (2471) Moscow 2016}) 9... Re8 10. f3 d5 11. Qf2
Qe7 12. Re1 {Black should prevent exd5.} Be6 13. Bd3 d4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf2 $1
c4 16. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 (17... Qc5 {feels hotter.} 18.
Qc3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bf5 Qd6) 18. exd5 Qf6 19. c3 cxd3 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxd3 Qxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 23. Qc2 a5 24. Re1 a4
25. Qb1 Qb3 26. Qc2 Qb5 27. Qe2 Qc6 {[#] aiming for ...a3!} 28. Qe4 Qh6+ 29.
Qe3 g5 30. Qa7 g4+ 31. Kb1 Rxb2+ $1 32. Kxb2 Qd2+ 33. Ka3 Qxc3+ 34. Kxa4 Qxe1
35. Qxc7 gxf3 {KQ-KQ} 36. Qc8+ ({White should try} 36. Qd8+ $11 Kg7 37. Qg5+
Kf8 38. gxf3) 36... Kg7 $15 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. gxf3 Qe8+ (38... Qd1+ $15 39. Ka3
Qd3+ 40. Ka4 Qc2+ 41. Kb4 Qxh2) 39. Kb3 Qe3+ 40. Ka4 Qe8+ 41. Kb3 Qe3+ 42. Ka4
h6 43. h4 Qc5 44. Qf4 h5 45. Kb3 Ke7 46. Qe4+ Kf6 47. Qf4+ Ke6 48. Qe4+ Kf6 49.
Qf4+ Qf5 50. Qg3 Qe5 51. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qe6+ 52. Kc3 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4]
[%cal Rg3g5] [#]} Qg4 (52... Qf5 {seems wilder.} 53. Kd2 Qg4 54. Qf2 Qf5 55.
Qb6+ Kg7) 53. Qf2 Qc8+ 54. Kd2 Kf5 {...Qc7 is the strong threat.} 55. Qd4 f6
56. Qd5+ Kg4 {White must now prevent ...Qf5.} 57. Qg2+ $1 Kxh4 {Hoping for ...
Qd7+.} 58. Qf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Qg6 $11) 58... Kg4 $19 59. Qe2+ Kxf4 60.
Qxh5 Qg4 $2 ({Better is} 60... Qd7+ $19 61. Kc1 Qc6+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Ke1 Qe4+
64. Kd2 Kg3) 61. Qf7 $11 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Qg2+ $11 62. Kd1 Qc6) 62.
Qc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Ke1 $11) 62... Kf3 $19 63. Qc3+ Kg2 64. Qc6+ Kh2 65.
Qh6+ Kg3 66. Qb6 Qe4 67. Qb3+ Kg2 68. Qb2 f4 69. Kd1+ Kg1 70. Qb6+ Kg2 71. Qb2+
Kf3 72. Qb3+ Qe3 73. Qd5+ Kf2 74. Qa2+ Kg1 75. Qg8+ Qg3 76. Qd5 f3 {[%cal
Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 77. Qd4+ f2 78. Ke2 Qg2 79. Qa7 Qe4+ 80. Kd2 Kg2 81.
Qg7+ Kf1 82. Qf6 Qe2+ 83. Kc3 Ke1 84. Qh4 Qf3+ (84... Qe5+ $142 85. Kc2 Qf5+
86. Kb2 Kd2 87. Qd4+ Ke2 88. Qc4+ Ke3 89. Qc1+ Kd4 90. Qd2+ Kc4 91. Qe2+ Kb4
92. Qe7+ Qc5 93. Qe4+ Qc4 94. Qe7+ Qc5 95. Qe4+ Ka5 96. Qa8+ Kb5 97. Qe8+ Kb4
98. Qe4+) 85. Kc2 Qf5+ (85... Qc6+ $142 86. Kb2 Qb6+ 87. Kc2 Qc5+ 88. Kb2 Ke2
89. Qe4+ Kd2 90. Qf4+ Qe3 91. Qb4+ Kd1 92. Qa4+ Ke1 93. Qh4 Qf3 94. Kc2 Qc6+
95. Kd3 Qg6+ 96. Kc3 Kf1 97. Qh8 Kg1 98. Qd4 Kg2 99. Qd2 Qg3+ 100. Kb4 Kh3 101.
Kc5 Qc7+ 102. Kb4 Qb6+ 103. Kc3 Qa5+ 104. Kc2 Qa2+ 105. Kc3 Qa5+ 106. Kc2 Qa2+
107. Kc3 Qa5+) 86. Kc3 Ke2 {Black mates.} 87. Qc4+ Kf3 88. Qf1 Qe5+ 89. Kb3
Qe3+ 90. Ka4 Kg3 91. Kb5 Qe5+ 92. Ka6 Qf6+ 93. Ka7 Qf3 94. Kb6 Kh2 95. Kc5 Qg2
{Precision: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, PV."]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,56,43,36,-1543,25,17,33,19,47,19,24,-53,-41,-43,-53,-59,-46,-68,-50,
-82,-64,-74,-65,-141,-113,-124,-93,-87,-89,-84,-88,-110,-113,-164,-171,-160,
-148,-144,-167,-245,-237,-566,-557,-559,-561]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nf6 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Bh6 Bxh6 {LiveBook: 7 Games
} 8. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (8. Qxh6 $14 Nbd7 9. Nh3) 8... Bg5 $2 (8... Bxf4
$19 9. Bd3 c5) 9. Qxg5 $11 e6 10. Qh6 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:}
11... exd4 12. Rxd4 Be6 13. Nge2 Nbd7 14. Rd2 Ne5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Zhigalko,S (2669)-Tarlev,K (2596) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 12.
Nd5 ({White should play} 12. Kb1 $11) 12... Nxd5 $15 13. exd5 Nd7 14. dxe5 dxe5
({Don't play} 14... Qxe5 $6 15. Nh3 $14) 15. f4 e4 16. f5 Bb7 17. fxg6 fxg6 18.
a4 (18. Nh3 $15) 18... bxa4 {aiming for ...a3.} 19. Qe3 O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is really pushing.} 20. Nh3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 21.
c4 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 22. Nf4 Kb8 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 23. Be2 (23. Qg3 $17 Qe5 24.
Ne6 Qxg3 25. hxg3) 23... cxd5 $19 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd4 (26. Qg3+
{is a better defense.} Ka8 27. Kb1) 26... Qb7 {And now ...Rc8+ would win.} 27.
Bc4 $2 {[#]} (27. Kb1) 27... Qc7 28. Kb1 Nb6 {Precision: White = 20%, Black =
72%.} 0-1
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,68,20,16,35,11,31,-41,-63,-65,0,-38,-37,-42,-45,-52,0,-64,-56,-227,
-239,-291,-303,-300,-302,-543,-535,-518,-538,-520,-525,-541,-554,-599,-544,
-575,-607,-652,-632,-1472,-1470,-5257,-1400,-29975,-29956]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+ c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl
32]} 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. O-O c5 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Be3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nf6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4
a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (14... c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qe6 19. f4 f5 20. Rfe1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 {
1/2-1/2 (45) Lupulescu,C (2630)-Sanal,V (2542) Ruma 2017}) 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. f4
(16. a4 $14) 16... cxd4 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 17. cxd4 Qc3 $146 ({
Black should play} 17... Qd7 $15) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 17... Qd7 18. e5 Nd5 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rfd8 21. Nb3 Qd5
22. Qh3 Rc3 23. Rf3 Rxb3 {0-1 (22) Ciortan,M-Santos,P IECG email 2003}) 18.
Rab1 Qa5 ({Reject} 18... Bxa3 $6 19. Rb3 $14) 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qxa3 (20...
Qa4 $1 $15) 21. Rbf1 ({White should try} 21. Rff1 $1 $11) 21... Rc1 $1 22. Rg5
$2 {[#]} ({Better is} 22. Kh1 $15) 22... Rxf1+ $19 23. Nxf1 Bxe4 ({Don't play}
23... Nxe4 24. Re5 $19) 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxg7+ $2 (25. Rg4 Nc3 26. Qe1) 25...
Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qe5+ Bf6 29. Qe6 Qe7 30. Qxf5 Bg7 31. Qd3 a5
{[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 32. Ng3 a4 33. d5 Qb4 34. d6 a3 {Precision:
White = 14%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,269,29,13,19,2,25,12,14,0,57,50,46,31,37,25,53,53,43,40,53,0,0,0,16,
0,0,0,6,0,0,0,14,9,60,114,66,18,14,0,30,0,0,0,83,83,80,68,83,-98,88,90,69,64,
62,0,58,71,70,65,73,62,50,36,36,36,36,36,43,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,
36,36,37,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,37,37,37,37,64,36,36,22,22,22,22,22,29,29,
29,22,29,29,36,36,36,36,37,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,18,25,25,18,20,27,21,0,0,0,12,5,19,0,0,0,0,0,28,18,134,134,135,135,135,135,
135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,112,129,21,23,21,28,18,38,21,37,21,21,21,
21,21,28,18,51,21,21,28,48,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,
18,18,19,25,26,18,59,18,18,18,18,18,29965,72,29968,0,29967,29967,29956,5085,
29971,155,180,116,29981,29977,29985,29967,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,
29989,29975,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6.
Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ (7... Be7 8. Nf3 c5 9.
dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Ne7 12. Nc3 a5 13. Nb5 axb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Laznicka,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nd2 Ne7
9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. O-O Qa6 11. c4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bb4 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rfc1 O-O
{[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 14. Nf1 Ba3 {0-1 (42) Onischuk,V (2614)-Bernadskiy,V (2526) Lvov 2016})
14... Be7 (14... Bxd2 $11 15. Qxd2 Qb6) 15. Bxe7 $14 Nxe7 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3
dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 ({White should try} 20. Qg5 $1 $14 Ng6
21. Qxh5) 20... Ng6 21. Nf3 Qa5 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Qg5
Rxc4 25. Qxh5 Qa4 26. Ne2 $1 Nd5 (26... Qxa3 $6 27. g3 $16) (26... Nf4 $11 27.
Nxf4 Rxf4) 27. g3 $1 Re8 28. Ned4 Nf8 29. Ng5 Re7 (29... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h5]}
30. Qg4 (30. Qf3 Re7 $15) 30... Re7 $11) 30. Nf5 exf5 31. Rxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128]
Black needs to defend precisely.} Rd4 (31... g6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Qh6
Rd4) 32. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6f7]} f6 33. Qf7+ $1 Rxf7 34. exf7+ Kh8 35. Re8 {
[%cal Re8f8]} Rd1+ 36. Kg2 {[%cal Re8f8]} fxg5 37. Rxd1 (37. Rxf8+ $14 Kh7 38.
Rxd1 Qc6+ 39. Kg1) 37... Kh7 (37... Qc6+ $11 38. Kg1 Qc5) 38. Rxf8 $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame White threatens Rh8+! and mate. KQ-KRR} Qc6+ (38... Qxd1 $2
{loses.} 39. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 40. f8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+ Kg8 42. hxg5 $18
(42. Qxg5 Qd7 $16)) 39. Kg1 $1 Kg6 $1 40. hxg5 f4 {Black wants to play ...fxg3.
} 41. gxf4 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6g4]} 42. Rd3 Qg4+ 43. Rg3 Qxf4 44. Rd8 Kxf7 45.
Rd7+ Kg6 46. Rxb7 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4 48. Rb2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qd4 50. Rb1 Qd2 51.
Rbb3 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qe2 54. Rbf3 Qd2 55. Rf8 Qd6 56. Rc8 Qd4 57.
Rc6+ Kf5 58. Rf3+ Kxg5 59. Kg2 Qe4 60. Rc7 Kh6 $1 61. Rcc3 Kh7 62. Rce3 Qd5 63.
Kh2 Qd6+ 64. Rg3 Kg8 65. Rc3 Qf4 66. Kg1 Qe5 67. Rc4 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 Qe5 69. Rcg4
Qd5+ 70. Kg1 Kf8 71. Rxg7 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd2 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. R3g7+ Kf6 75. Rg6+
Kf7 76. R6g7+ Kf6 77. Rg2 Qf4+ 78. R8g3 Qh6+ 79. Rh3 Qf4+ 80. Kh1 Qe4 $1 81.
Re3 Qd5 82. Kh2 Qh5+ 83. Rh3 Qe2 84. Rh4 {Black must now prevent Rf4+.} Qf3 85.
a4 a5 86. Rd4 Qf5 87. Kg3 Qc2 88. Rf4+ Ke6 (88... Ke5 $11) 89. f3 $16 Qg6+ 90.
Rg4 Qb1 91. Re2+ Kf5 {intending ...Qg1+.} 92. Kg2 Qd3 93. Rge4 Qd1 94. Rb2 Qc1
95. Rb5+ Kf6 96. Rd4 Ke6 97. Rdd5 (97. Rb6+ $16 Ke7 98. Re4+ Kf7 99. Rb5) 97...
Qc2+ $11 98. Kg3 Qxa4 99. Re5+ Kf6 100. Rf5+ ({But not} 100. Rxa5 Qd1 $16)
100... Kg6 101. Rfc5 {Intending Rc6+ and mate.} ({Don't do} 101. Rxa5 $6 Qd1
$16) 101... Kf7 $1 102. Rxa5 Qd7 $1 103. Rf5+ Kg6 104. Rfd5 Qe6 105. Re5 Qd6
106. Rad5 Qc7 107. f4 {aiming for Rg5+.} Qc1 108. Re2 Qg1+ 109. Rg2 Qb1 (109...
Qa1 {NOTEXT} 110. Kg4 Kf7 111. Rd7+ Ke6 112. Rd3 Kf7) 110. Kg4 Kf6 111. Rd6+
Kf7 112. Rgd2 {Rd7+ is the strong threat.} Qg1+ 113. Kf5 Qb1+ 114. R2d3 Qc2
115. Rd7+ Kg8 116. Kf6 Qb2+ $1 117. R3d4 {Strongly threatening f5.} Qa1 118.
Rd8+ Kh7 119. f5 {Threatens to win with Kf7.} Qc3 120. Kf7 {[%cal Rd4h4]} (120.
R8d7+ {NOTEXT} Kg8 121. R7d6 Qb2 122. Rd8+ Kh7 123. Kf7) 120... Qh3 $1 121.
R4d5 Qg4 122. R8d7 {Hoping for Ke7.} Qh5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (122... Kh8 $11)
123. Ke7 $2 (123. Kf6+ Kh6 124. R5d6 Qh2 125. Ke7+ Kh5 126. Kf8 Kg5 127. f6 Kh6
128. Rd5 Qb8+ 129. Ke7 Qb4+ 130. Ke8 Qe4+ 131. Kf8 Qb4+ 132. R5d6) 123... Qh4+
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (123... Kg8 $16 124. Rd8+ Kh7) 124. Kf7 Qh5+ $1 125. Kf6+ $1
Kh6 {[#]} 126. R5d6 $1 {Threatening mate with Rd8.} Qe2 127. Kf7+ $2 (127. Rd2
{NOTEXT} Qa6+ 128. R7d6 Qa1+ 129. Kf7+ Kh5 130. f6 Qh1 131. Rd8 Kg4 132. R2d4+
Kf3 133. R8d5) 127... Kg5 $16 {[#]} 128. f6 (128. Rd5 $1 $18 Kh6 129. R7d6+ Kh7
130. f6) 128... Qh5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (128... Kh6 $16 129. Rd5 Qf2) 129. Ke7 {
White mates.} Qe2+ 130. Kf8 Kg6 131. Rg7+ Kf5 132. f7 Qa2 133. Kg8 Ke5 134. Ra6
Qc4 135. Rgg6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,106,14,16,11,22,16,9,14,14,0,2,8,0,8,4,-32,-10,0,0,-91,-122,-125,
-141,-135,-135,-135,-139,-124,-126,-141,-125,-126,-147,-192,-191,-244,-241,
-270,-268,-271,-268,-274,-252,-268,-266,-279,-299,-289,-279,-264,-253,-249,
-217,-388,-364,-588,-492,-459,-353,-668,-483,-456,-442,-412,-426,-416,-351,
-5106,-5090,-2527,-2156,-6099,-5911,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qc8 {LiveBook: 14 Games. C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4
} 16. N3d2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 16... g6 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 g5 21. Bf2
e4 22. Ng3 e3 23. Rxe3 {0-1 (41) Sutovsky,E (2635)-Svidler,P (2727) Skopje 2015
}) 17. d5 c6 {The position is equal.} 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Bg3 Ra6 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qf3 (24. Qd1 $1 $11) 24... Nc5 $17 {
And now ...f5 would win.} 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qxh5 {[%csl Gc2]
[%cal Rh5h7] [#]} Be4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 ({Don't play} 28... Rxe4 $6 29. Nf5 $11)
29. Nf5 Ng5 {Hoping for ...Rxe1+.} 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. h4 Qe4 32. Nd4 (32. Qg4
$142 f3 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. gxf3) 32... Ne6 $19 33. Qxb5 Rd6 34. Nf3 Rd5 35. Qf1
Bc5 36. Re1 Qa4 37. a3 Qb3 38. Qe2 a4 39. Rc1 Rd6 40. Kh2 Qa2 41. Rc2 $2 (41.
Nd4 Bxd4 42. cxd4) 41... Qb1 {[#] ...Rd1 is the strong threat.} 42. Nd4 $2 (42.
Rd2) 42... f3 43. Qxf3 Bxd4 44. Qg3+ $2 (44. cxd4 Qxc2 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46. Qxd6
Qxf2 47. Qg3 Qxd4 48. b4) 44... Kh7 45. Qd3+ Kh6 {( -> ...Be5+)} 46. cxd4 Rxd4
47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Rc7 $2 (48. Qc1 Rxh4+ 49. Kg3 Qxc1 50. Rxc1) 48... Rxh4+ 49.
Kg3 Re4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Qa7 Qd3+ {Black mates.} 52. f3 Qd6+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ {
Precision: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,0,-19,-3,-16,17,8,43,25,73,40,170,167,273,227,381,364,361,369,504,
453,499,491,824,808,29986,29987,29993,29994,29996,29997]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O {A37: Symmetrical English
vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7... b6 8. Qc1 h6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 d6 11. Rb1 Qd7
12. b4 Rd8 13. Nb5 Ba8 14. Rd1 g5 15. bxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (55) Bachmann,A (2642)
-Bologan,V (2654) Philadelphia 2016}) 8. h4 h6 9. Qc1 Kh7 {The position is
equal.} 10. Ne4 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. h5 g5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13.
h6 Bd4 14. e3 Bh8 15. Nexg5+ {1-0 (38) Schnider,G (2419)-Schuh,P (2085) Graz
2017}) 11. Bc3 {Hoping for h5.} e5 ({Black should try} 11... f6 $14) 12. h5 $36
{[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nd4 (12... g5 $142) 13. hxg6+
Nxg6 $2 (13... Qxg6 14. Nxd4 (14. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rb8 $18) 14... exd4) 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Ne5 {[#]} 16. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 17. Qg5 {White
threatens Nf6+ and mate.} ({Weaker is} 17. Qf4 Nxd3+ 18. exd3 Kg7 $18) 17... f5
(17... Ng4 $142 18. Qxg4 f5) 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. Nd6 {White mates.} Rf7 20. Qxe5
Bd2+ 21. Kf1 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 4%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Suarez Gomez, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,65,20,5,0,31,0,13,-8,87,59,42,44,50,58,90,90,86,88,88,86,85,78,99,97,
98,99,116,112,184,174,200,207,206,180,198,197,297,241,249,249,364,355,885,891,
890,889,877,866,865,879]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4
6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (6... Qd8 7.
O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 O-O
14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxc3 {1-0 (51) Mamedov,R (2709)-Le,Q (2737)
Huaian 2017}) 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Bf4
Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc5 11. Nb3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14.
Nd2 Rc8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 {1/2-1/2 (16) Palac,M (2591)-Tratar,M (2477) Bol
2011}) 11. Qd2 Ng6 {...e5 is the strong threat.} 12. O-O-O Bc5 (12... Nxf4 $11
{keeps the balance.} 13. Qxf4 Bd6) 13. Bg3 {And now Qc3 would win.} b5 14. Be2
{Strongly threatening Qc3.} O-O 15. Qc3 Qa7 {[#]} 16. Bf3 $1 Bb7 {[#]} 17. Nxe6
$1 fxe6 18. Rd7 $40 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rc3g7][%mdl 128] White is out for blood.}
Bd4 19. Rxd4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rac8 21. Qe3 Qf7 {...e5 would now be nice for Black.
} 22. Rd6 e5 (22... Nf4 $16 {might work better.}) 23. Rxa6 $18 Ra8 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} b4 26. Qe4 Rc8 (26... Qf8 $142 27. a4
(27. Bxe5 bxa3 28. b3 Nxe5 $14) 27... Rxa4) 27. axb4 Qa2 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.}
28. c3 Qa1+ (28... Rd8 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rg1 Kh8) 29. Qb1 Rxc3+ $2 (29...
Qa8 30. Rd1 Rf8) 30. bxc3 {White is clearly winning.} Qxc3+ 31. Kd1 Qxf3+ 32.
Kd2 Qd5+ 33. Ke2 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P.."]
[Black "Cernousek, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,101,39,12,10,7,8,15,19,13,18,21,11,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,5,18,19,20,
10,40,40,31,35,43,34,33,39,23,25,52,27,27,16,76,74,76,76,77,68,99,78,127,127,
132,131,113,115,246,245,258,253,253,198,264,264,260,259,383,383,391,391,391,
385,414,414,414,399,435,429,421,414,389,271]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff
Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 (10... a6 11. h3
O-O-O 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. g4 f6 16. Rdg1 Na7 17. Rg3 Kb8
18. h4 h6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Be3 Nc8 21. f4 Nd6 22. Qb4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 f5 24. g5 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Li,C (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. h4
h6 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Be5 15. h5
O-O-O 16. f3 a6 17. Bf2 Rde8 18. Qd3 Re7 19. Rde1 Rhe8 20. b3 Bf6 21. Nf4 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2 (22) Sengupta,D-Straka,Z (2577) ICCF email 2016}) 15.
Nf4 Rhe8 16. Nd5 Qf5 17. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {aiming
for ...Nxd5.} 18. Nf4 {[%cal Bd5f4,Bf4e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} (18. Bxa7 $2 Qxd5 19.
Qxd5 Nxd5 $19) 18... h5 19. Ne2 (19. Bxa7 $2 b6 $17) 19... d5 20. Ng3 (20. Bxa7
$2 b6 $19) 20... Qg6 21. Bg5 Be5 22. f4 Bd6 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 23.
f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qh7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 (24... Bxe7 {NOTEXT} 25. Qf2 c6 26. Qxa7
Bd6 27. Rd3 Qh6) 25. Qxd5 Red7 26. Qf3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.}
Bxg3 $1 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxg3 Qxf5 29. Qxg7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR}
Rd2 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Rc1 a5 (31... Rxg2 $11 32. Qb8 Qf3) 32. Qa8 $16 Kc6 33.
Qe8+ Qd7 34. Qe3 b6 35. g3 Kb7 36. Qf3+ Qd5 37. Qxd5+ Rxd5 {KR-KR} 38. Rf1 Rd2
{[#]} (38... Re5 $16) 39. b3 $1 $18 Rg2 {[#]} 40. Rf3 $1 ({Don't do} 40. Rxf7
$6 Rxg3 41. Rf5 Rxc3 $16) 40... a4 {and the idea ...a3 leaves Black hopeful.}
41. bxa4 Kc8 (41... Kc6 $142 42. Kb2 (42. Rxf7 Rxg3 43. Rf6+ Kb7 $16) 42... Kd6
43. Rxf7 Rxg3) 42. Kb2 ({Don't take} 42. Rxf7 $6 Rxg3 43. Rh7 Rxc3 $16) 42...
Kd8 43. c4 Ke7 {[#]} (43... c5 {might work better.} 44. a3 Ke7) 44. c5 $1 Re2 (
44... bxc5 45. a5) 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Rf5 Re3 47. Rb5 Rxg3 48. Rxb6 f5 49. a5 {
[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f4 50. a6 Rg8 51. Rb4 {Precision: White = 77%,
Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,34,43,40,41,30,72,54,85,55,82,60,60,76,70,58,84,66,97,45,48,36,43,
37,58,-7,-6,-154,-143,-148,-143,-153,-118,-291,-251,-256,-249,-234,-260,-245,
-233,-248,-253,-249,-117,-55,-96,-134,0,0,0,0,150,149,4882,4874,3065,2419,4782,
389,4774,4766,2108,2458,2408,1124,2399,1427,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 g5 (
2... b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1
c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 {
0-1 (29) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 3. h3 d6 4. d4 h6 5.
e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Ne7 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7.
Be2 Nd7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Re1 b6 10. Be3 {1-0 (27) Bu,X (2698)-Lu,S (2616)
Shenzhen 2016}) 7... Nd7 8. Be3 {White is better.} b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O a6
11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. f3 c5 14. Nb3 (14. d5 $1 $16) 14... cxd4 $14 15. Bxd4
Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qe3 ({Reject} 17. fxg4 $6 hxg4 18. g3 Rc8 $11) ({Better
is} 17. Bc2 $14) 17... Nxh4 $11 18. Nf5 (18. fxg4 $11 hxg4 19. Bc2) 18... exf5
$17 19. exf5+ Ne5 20. Be4 Nxg2 21. Qd2 $2 (21. Qd4 $17 Bxe4 22. Nxe4) 21...
Nxf3 22. Qxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Bxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Qxf5 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. Rd5 Qf4 (26...
Qh7 $19 {is more deadly. ...h4 is the strong threat.} 27. Rdxh5 Qxh5 28. Rxh5
Rxh5) 27. Nxd6 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 28. Rhd1 {[#]} Rh6 ({Black should try}
28... Rxd6 $1 $17 29. Rxd6 h4) 29. Nf5 $11 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Re8 $1 {aiming for ..
.Rhe6.} 30. Qc3 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc3g7]} Rh7 {[#]} (30... Rg6 $1 $11) 31. Ka1
$1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qc7
$16) 32. Qb4+ Kg8 {[#]} 33. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8][%mdl 512]} Qxf5 (33... Rxe7
34. Rd8+) 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Rxe5 Qf4 36. Re4 Qf6 37. Ree1 g3 38. Qe3 h4 39. Rf1
{Precision: White = 59%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Lou, Yiping"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,110,47,36,64,38,37,36,53,23,85,82,92,86,93,90,149,170,187,177,183,
126,138,143,139,132,99,62,75,31,67,0,85,99,149,136,166,9,0,0,0,0,5,4,31,-18,25,
-10,-14,-134,-116,-103,0,0,44,63,66,33,33,0,0,-10,0,-3,10,10,11,13,14,0,4,7,8,
15,4,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2
c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3
} (10. Qd1 Rc8 11. b3 Na5 12. Ne5 cxb3 13. axb3 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Nxb3 15. Qb2 Nxa1
16. Qxa1 Bd6 17. Qxa7 O-O 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 {1/2-1/2 (77) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,
P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 10... Rc8 11. e4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Ne5 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 17. a4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. a3 Na5 {1-0 (38) Lei,T (2504)-Zatonskih,A (2450) China 2016})
17... bxa4 (17... b4 $11) 18. Nc3 $16 a3 19. bxa3 Na5 20. Bh3 Qb7 (20... Nb3
$142) 21. d5 Bf8 22. Rab1 Nb3 23. Qc2 (23. d6 $18) 23... Bxa3 24. dxe6 fxe6 25.
e5 Nh7 26. Bg2 Qb8 $1 27. Qe4 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} Bb4 28. Ne2 (28. Na4
$14) 28... Bc5 (28... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Rd7 $1 ({
Reject} 30. Qg6+ $6 Kh8 $11) 30... Re7 {[#]} 31. Qg6+ $2 ({Only move:} 31. Rxe7
$1 $18 Bxe7 32. Nf4 (32. Qg6+ Kh8 $11)) 31... Kh8 $11 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qxe6
Rc7 34. Bd5 Qc8 35. Qg6 Bg5 36. h4 {[#]} Bxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly
threatening ...Rg7.} 37. Nf4 ({Don't go for} 37. gxh4 $2 Rg7 $19) (37. Qxh6 $11
Bg5 38. Qg6) 37... Bg5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf4.} 38. Nh5 {[#] Black
must now prevent Bxc4!} Re7 ({Black should try} 38... Qf8 $1 $17 39. Kg2 Nd2)
39. Bf7 $11 Rxf7 40. Qxf7 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rf7g7]} Qg8 41. Qxa7 {And now e6!
would win.} Nf8 $1 {Hoping for ...Qg6.} 42. Nf6 Qg7 {The position is equal.}
43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne4 Nd2 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kg6 $132 {
[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 48. Nc3 {Threatening f4.} Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ne1+
50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Ke2 Nd4+ 52. Kd1 Nf3 53. Rc7 Nxe5 54. f4 Ne6 55. Rc8 Nxf4 {
Precision: White = 48%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,19,-10,19,0,16,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2


Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 {A28: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} 7. e4 O-O 8.
g3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Bg2 {Vorgänger:} g5 $146 11. Nf5
Bxf5 12. exf5 e4 13. O-O Re8 14. Ba3 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)
-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017} *

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:


00:09]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 6. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,26,17,27,22,32,34,34,6,0,0,0,-6,-23,-31,-29,-59,-71,-81,-48,-72,
-73,-109,-110,-101,-114,-105,-106,-101,-86,-142,-116,-125,-94,-94,-103,-110,
-83,-85,-89,-96,-77]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6.
Qxd2 Nc6 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Qe3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2
Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} a5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Nh3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Nf3 b5 14. cxb5 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 (59) Alonso Rosell,A (2536)
-Lysyj,I (2643) Minsk 2017}) 13... a4 14. Nf4 Na5 {And now ...Nb3 would win.}
15. Nd3 Qc7 {Hoping for ...Nb3.} 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5]
[%mdl 32]} 18. c5 d5 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. e3 g6 21. Bf3 f6 22. Nd3 Bd7 23. h4 Bb5
24. Be2 Nb3 {[#] aiming for ...Bxd3.} 25. Rc2 (25. Rd1 $142) 25... Rac8 26. h5
{Black is better.} Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Nxc5 28. Bb5 d4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. O-O d3 {
Precision: White = 46%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,143,15,18,44,23,25,22,23,26,27,23,23,20,29,20,33,17,22,17,10,13,43,
26,41,6,11,0,0,0,7,0,43,35,41,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,31,32,97,102,92,57,66,50,90,98,
89,100,87,53,87,34,41,41,41,41,51,43,50,48,53,52,62,50,110,110,110,110,110,110,
127,124,164,130,122,125,159,159,157,141,141,143,172,174,158,142,157,64,152,153,
136,141,415,418,429,424,431,418,407,419,408,345,404,366,335,423,732,710,718,
608,5759,5710,4133,2054,5440,5147]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 a6 {C49: Four Knights: 4
Bb5 Bb4} (9... Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. d5 Nc7 13. Bf1 Nfe8 14. c4 f5 15.
Rb1 f4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. h3 Qf7 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 {1-0 (50)
Naiditsch,A (2687)-Halkias,S (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Bb3 h6 12.
Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxb3 13. cxb3 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. h3
Bh5 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bg3 {0-1 (36) Hejny,J (2080)-Krca,M (2108) Czechia 2009})
14. Bg3 Bg4 15. d4 Nd7 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe6 18. Rad1 f6 19. h4 a5 20. Qe2
a4 21. b4 a3 22. c4 Ra4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qd3 Rf7 25. Qb3 Ra8 26. Rd3 Nb6 27.
Rc1 Nc8 28. c5 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Rd7 30. Rcc3 Ra4 31. Rxa3 Rxb4 32. Rd3 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rbd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} (33... exd4 $14 34. Kf1 (34. Ra8 $2 d3 $19) 34... Ne7) 34. Ra8
$16 Rd8 35. f3 Kf7 36. Rb8 Ke6 37. Rxb7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Kd7 39. Rb2 Ne7 40. Bf2 (
40. Rb8 $1 $16) 40... Ng6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Be3 Kc6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Bf2 Rh1 45.
Kg4 Ne7 46. Rd2 Rh2 (46... Rb1 $14) 47. a4 Rh8 48. Ra2 Ra8 49. Be3 Ra6 50. a5
Kb5 51. Rd2 Nc6 52. Rd7 $1 Nxa5 53. Rxc7 Nc4 54. Bf2 Ra2 55. Kg3 Nd2 {Hoping
for ...Nf1+.} 56. Rb7+ Kc6 57. Rb6+ Kd7 {White should prevent ...Nf1+.} 58. Bg1
(58. Be1 $1 $16 Nf1+ 59. Kh3) 58... Ke7 (58... g4 $1 $14) 59. Rb7+ Ke6 {[#]}
60. c6 $1 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Nf1+ $16 61.
Kh3 g4+ 62. Kh4 Rc2) 61. c7 $18 Kd7 {[#]} 62. Bb6 $1 Nc4 {[#]} 63. c8=Q+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Kxc8 64. Rc7+ Kb8 65. Rc5 Kb7 66. Bd8 Rd2 67. Rc7+ ({Weaker is} 67.
Rxc4 Rxd8 68. Kg4 Rd2 $16) ({Resist} 67. Bxf6 Ne3 $18) 67... Kb8 (67... Kb6
$142 68. Rd7+ (68. Rxc4+ Rxd8 69. Kg4 Rd2 $16) 68... Kc6 69. Rxd2 Nxd2 70. Bxf6
Kd6 71. Bxg5 Nb3) 68. Rxc4 Rxd8 69. Rc6 g4 70. Kxg4 Rg8+ 71. Kf5 Rxg2 72. Rxf6
{Precision: White = 66%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,29,8,0]} 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. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6
13. Rad1 Na5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. h4 {[%mdl 32768] [#] LiveBook: 3 Games. Loss on Time!?} {Predecessor:}
Rc8 $146 16. h5 h6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. d5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ne5 Rc5 21. d6 {
1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2747)-Lysyj,I (2673) Chita 2015} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Wemmers, Xander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {


[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,120,27,25,39,32,32,48,50,51,45,82,72,98,76,128,128,131,116,141,68,
125,140,137,114,125,84,81,68,127,126,128,122,172,153,166,146,176,169,185,104,
95,83,85,81,68,-68,-63,-56,-57,-45,-14,-137,-136,-156,-156,-156,-156,-160,0,0,
0,-160,-161,-161,-161,-161,-161,-162,-162,-163,-164,-168,-130,-156,-156,-159,
-91,-102,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-167,-160,-164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 {
[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (9.
Ne5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Be8 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e4
dxe4 16. fxe4 f4 {1-0 (43) Bu,X (2710)-Wei,Y (2734) Zaozhuang 2015}) 9... b6
10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Qe2 {
[#]} Bxe5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:
} 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nd7 {0-1 (54) Debashis,D (2505)
-Dziuba,M (2561) Warsaw 2017}) 15. dxe5 Nec5 16. Bb1 Na6 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Qf3
Rfd8 (18... Rcd8 $142) 19. g4 $16 fxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf8 21. a3 (21. cxd5 $16 cxd5
22. a3) 21... Ne8 (21... c5 $14) 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. b4 Bc6 24. h4 Ba4 25. Re1
Rc7 (25... Rxc1 $14 26. Rxc1 Rd7) 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. Kh2 Nb5 28. Rg1 {Strongly
threatening Nh5.} Rd7 29. Nh5 Kh8 30. Bd3 $1 Rc7 31. Rg3 (31. Rg2 $18) 31... a6
32. Qf4 Qf7 33. Qxf7 Rxf7 34. f4 ({White should play} 34. Nf4 $14) 34... Bd1
$15 35. Nf6 gxf6 36. exf6 Nd6 {White should prevent ...Nd7.} 37. Be5 (37. Rg7
$1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Nf5 $17 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Rg7 Bh5 40. Rg5
Bg4 41. Rg7 Bh5 42. Rg5 h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 43. Rg1 ({Don't go for} 43. Rxh5
$2 Kh7) 43... Nd7 44. Rc1 Be2 {And now ...Bc4 would win.} ({Don't do} 44...
Nxf6 45. Rc6 $17) 45. Rc6 Bb5 46. Rd6 Kh7 47. Bd4 Rf8 48. Re6 Kg8 49. Kg3 Nb8 (
{Black should try} 49... h5 $1 50. Kf2 Rf7) 50. Rxb6 {[#]} Nc6 (50... Kf7 $1
$17 {Black wants to play ...Rg8+.} 51. h5 Rg8+ 52. Kf3 Nd7) 51. Be5 $1 $11 Kf7
{[#]} 52. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa4 53. Rxa6 Rg8+ (53... Bb5 $5 54. Rb6 $8 Ba4
$11) 54. Kf3 $2 {[#]} (54. Kf2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 54... Bd1+ $1 $19 55.
Kf2 Nxb4 $2 (55... Nxe5 $19 56. fxe5 Re8 57. Ra7+ Ke6) 56. Ra7+ $11 {The
position is equal.} Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 57. Ke1 Bf3 {Hoping
for ...Nd3+.} 58. f7 Rf8 59. Bd6 Rxf7 60. Rxf7 Kxf7 {Precision: White = 64%,
Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,0,0,0,10,-23,11,0,-2,-28,-20,-31,-39,-44,-33,-61,0,0,1,19,93,36,
25,25,123,137,129,123,140,133,141,126,139,93,209,186,209,199,218,175,336,366,
363,357,369,366,364,351,371,363,372,370,359,367,360,363,630,617,645,615,29965,
29966,29965,29964,6087,12822,5418,5106,29969,29971,29976,29973,29972,29973,
7120,6195]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Nge2 Re8 8. O-O b6 {E48: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} (8... Bd6 9. Bd2 Nbd7
10. Rc1 a6 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 c6 14. f3 Ne6 15. Be1 c5 16. Kh1
cxd4 17. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Navara,D (2739)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2714) Chartres 2017}
) 9. a3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 10. b4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32] Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 11. Ng3 Nbd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... b5 12. a4
Bxb4 13. Nce2 Bd7 14. f3 c5 15. Bxb5 {0-1 (48) Guliev,S (2528)-Thorfinnsson,B
(2292) Ohrid 2001}) 12. Bd2 a5 13. b5 c5 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Qh3 Ne4 (
16... h5 $15) 17. f3 $11 Ng5 ({Schwächer ist} 17... Nxd2 {[#]} 18. Ne7+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Bxe7 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8#) 18. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] zielt
auf f4 ab. Weiss steht aktiver.} f6 (18... g6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.})
19. Nd6 ({Lieber} 19. Bc2 $16) 19... Bxd6 $1 $14 20. Qxd6 Rc8 (20... Nf7 $11
21. Qg3 Qe7) 21. Bf5 $16 cxd4 22. exd4 ({Natürlich nicht} 22. Qxd7 $6 dxc3 23.
Qxd8 Rexd8 $11) 22... Nf8 23. Qxd8 Rcxd8 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Na4 Rd6 (25... g6
$16) 26. Rac1 $18 Re7 27. Rfe1 Rf7 28. Bh3 g6 $2 (28... h5 29. Re8 Rg6) 29. Re8
h5 30. Nb2 Rf4 31. Nd3 Rxd4 32. Ne5 g4 33. fxg4 Re6 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. gxh5 Nc5
36. hxg6 ({Nicht} 36. Nxg6 Re4 $18) 36... Ra4 $2 (36... Re4) 37. Nd7 Nxd7 38.
Bxd7 Rc4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} 40. Be6+ Kg7 41. Bxc4 Kxg6
42. Bd3+ Kg5 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. g3+ Ke5 45. Ke3 Bc8 46. h4 {[%mdl 32768]
Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 36%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,60,47,54,31,57,55,57,47,60,58,58,52,62,53,47,-4,57,52,58,30,70,53,
128,143,177,156,127,0,0,-14,125,131,114,54,188,172,181,185,164,150,1104,1088,
1067,1062,1041,1044,970,983,1470,981,29971,29969,6211,4994,5718,5097,29985,
29986,29986,29987,29986,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4
Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Nc2 Be7 {B41: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} 9.
f4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} d6 10. Qd3 b6 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. O-O Nbd7
12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. a3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qb8 {[#]} 16. Qh3 $146 (16. Nd4 $14
) ({Vorgänger:} 16. Qg3) 16... h6 ({Lieber} 16... Nxe4 $11 17. Bd3 (17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 $17) 17... Ndf6) 17. Bd3 $14 Rfe8 18. Kh1 e5 19. Nd5 exf4 ({
Besser ist} 19... b5 $14) 20. Rxf4 $16 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Rcf1 (22. Nd4 $16)
22... b5 $11 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 23. cxb5 axb5 (23... Nxd3 $11 {hält das
Gleichgewicht.} 24. Qxd3 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 axb5) 24. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Nxd5
{[#]} 25. R4f2 (25. Rf5 $1 $16) 25... Bh4 (25... Bg5 $1 $14) 26. Qxh4 $18 Nxd3
27. Rxf7 Rc7 ({Minderwertig wäre} 27... Nxb2 28. Qg4 g5 29. Qf5 Nf6 30. Qxf6 h5
31. Qg7#) 28. Nf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss will per K.O. gewinnen.} N5f4 $2 (28...
Rxf7 $2 {[#] geht unter.} 29. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qg7+
Ke7 32. Rxf7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Nf6 34. Rxf6+ Kd7 35. Qxd3 $18) (28... Kxf7 $16 29.
Nxg7+ N3f4) 29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Nxh6+ (30. Nxg7 $2 {ist das falsche Schlagen.}
Qa8 $19) 30... Kh7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Bxg7 Ng6 33. Qd4 {Und Dd5+ würde nun
gewinnen.} Nde5 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qd1 Kg8 36. Qb3+ Kh7 37. Bxe5 {Weiß setzt
Matt.} Nxe5 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qg3+ {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,172,22,24,0,55,59,68,70,83,74,76,62,54,19,29,0,0,0,22,-16,-10,-51,8,
5,2,8,6,-44,-39,-42,-3,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-27,-51,0,0,43,0,21,0,13,0,0,-109,
-109,-87,-60,-81,-64,-117,-103,-125,-103,-320,-124,-157,-76,-158,0,0,0,-59,0,
-37,-12,-18,-20,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-49,-66,-133,-359,-385,-342,-279,-238,-267,
-264,-264,-595,-595,-767,-744,-667,-608,-688,-295,-602,-201,-193,-193,-207,0,0,
0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,414,0,155,0,0,9,308,0,49,56,63,63,70,75,82,0,0,0,110,
-8,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4.
Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined:
5 Bf4} b5 (8... Nh5 $11) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. g4 Bd6 12. g5 Ne8
13. h4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd6 15. O-O-O f5 {1/2-1/2 (65) Moiseenko,A (2713)-Dubov,D
(2629) Warsaw 2013}) 9. Qc2 $14 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. g4 Bb4
11. Ke2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. Rhg1 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Qe1 a5 {0-1 (41) Shalimov,
V (2426)-Moiseev,I (2280) Kiev 2005}) 10. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+
11. Kf1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bh7+ $5 Kh8 14. h4 $14) 13... Nbd7 14. Bf5
Qe8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Bg3 Ndf6 17. Be5 Bc8 (17... g6 $15 18. Bh3 a5) 18. Bxc8 $11
Rxc8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc6 Qe6 21. h4 b4 22. g3 Rb8 23. Kg2 Rb6 24. Qc2 Ne4 25.
Qd3 Qf5 26. Rcd1 (26. Qb3 $11) 26... Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.}
27. h5 Re6 (27... a5 $15) 28. Nf4 Rf6 29. Rh4 (29. Ne5 $5) 29... c6 30. Qe2 a5
{[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 31. Rc1 a4 32. g4 (32. Nh2 $11 {remains
equal.}) 32... Qd7 $17 33. Nd3 Qe8 34. Nfe5 a3 35. f3 (35. Rhh1 $15) 35... Ng5
36. f4 Ne4 37. f5 $2 (37. bxa3 $17 bxa3 38. Rhh1) 37... Be7 $2 (37... b3 $19 {
has better winning chances. And now ...c5 would win.} 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. bxa3 c5
) 38. Rhh1 Rd6 ({Black should play} 38... axb2 39. Qxb2 Rb5) 39. Nc5 (39. bxa3
$142 bxa3 40. Rc2) 39... Rb8 $2 (39... axb2 $1 $17 40. Qxb2 Ng5) 40. Nxe4 $11
dxe4 41. Nc4 (41. bxa3 $11 bxa3 42. Rhd1) 41... Rd5 (41... axb2 $15 42. Qxb2
Rdd8) 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Qc2 $1 Bf8 44. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b8]} Rdb5 45. Rhc1 g6
46. Rxb5 Rxb5 47. Rf1 (47. hxg6 $11 fxg6 48. fxg6) 47... gxh5 $15 48. Rf4 h4
49. Rxe4 $2 (49. Qxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 50. Rxe4 Rb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Kh3 Rc2) (49.
Kh3 $17 {might work better.}) 49... Qb8 $19 50. Rf4 Rb2 51. Nxb2 axb2 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 52. Qb1 c5 53. dxc5 $2 (53. Rf2 {nothing else works.}
Qg3+ 54. Kf1) 53... Bxc5 54. Rf3 Qe5 55. Qd3 Bd6 56. Rf4 {[#]} Qc5 (56... b1=R
$142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Qxb1 Qxe3) 57. Rf2 $2 (57. Rf1 h3+ 58. Kf3 (58. Kxh3
$2 Qe5 $19)) 57... Qc1 $2 (57... Qc6+ 58. e4 h3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Kxh3 Qc1)
58. Rf1 {[#]} h3+ $1 {[%mdl 1536] Black has strong compensation.} 59. Kf3 ({
Don't blunder} 59. Kxh3 $2 b1=Q $19) 59... h2 $2 (59... Be7 $1 $19 {...Bh4 is
the strong threat.} 60. Qb1 Qc3) 60. Kg2 $11 Be5 61. Kh1 Qc6+ 62. e4 Qc1 63. a4
Qc5 64. f6 Bd6 65. a5 Qe5 66. a6 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66... Qc5 $11) 67.
Qc2 $2 (67. a7 $1 $18 Bxa7 68. Qd8+ Kh7 69. Qe7) 67... Kh7 $2 {[#]} (67... Qd4
$11 68. Kxh2 Qe3) 68. Qc4 ({White must play} 68. g5 $1 $16) 68... Kg8 $1 69.
Qd3 {Threatens to win with a7!} Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (69... Qb8 $11 {
and Black stays safe.}) 70. Kg2 $2 (70. g5 $1 $18 {aiming for g6!} hxg5 (70...
Qxg5 71. Qxd4) 71. Rf5 b1=Q+ 72. Qxb1) 70... Qc5 71. Kxh2 {Hoping for Kg2.}
Bxf6 72. Kg2 Bd4 73. Qb3 Qc7 74. Qa4 (74. Kh3 $16) 74... Ba7 75. Qb3 (75. Qe8+
$11 Kg7 76. g5) 75... Bd4 $1 $16 76. Qd1 (76. Rf5 $16) 76... Ba7 (76... Qc4 $11
) 77. Qa4 (77. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2b2]} Qc8 78. Rb1 $16) 77... Bb8 {The position
is equal.} 78. Qe8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 79. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 80. Qxb8 $11 {KQ-KQ}
Qa2 81. Qc7+ Kf6 82. Qd6+ Kf7 83. Qd7+ Kf6 84. Qd6+ Kf7 85. Qd7+ Kf6 86. Qd6+
Kf7 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:


00:18]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:25]}
Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,0,13,0,-4,-12,0,-23,-19,-22,0,-23,-6,-16,28,12,27,35,37,-47,-38,
-43,-37,-35,-34,-58,-35,-26,-22,-20,-18,-12,0,0,47,-12,53,47,48,42,68,39,70,88,
114,112,358,332,324,208,570,582,578,574,647,644,588,409,933,938,940,933]} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6 9.
Bg5 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11.
Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2 Nc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. f4 a5 17. b5 Nb4
18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Rxb4 {0-1 (53) Eljanov,P (2711)-Amonatov,F (2636)
Riadh 2017}) 9... Rb8 10. Qd2 b5 11. Rab1 {The position is equal.} Bd7 12. b3
Re8 13. h3 Qc8 14. Kh2 bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Kh8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Ne5 {0-1 (33) Hever,J (2050)-Rat,D (2263) Hajduszoboszlo 2001}) 15. dxc4
Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxf6 (17. Ne2 $14) 17... Bxf6 $15 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Rfc1 e6
20. Nb4 Qb7 21. Nd3 Bc6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. b4 Red8 25. Bf1 ({White
should play} 25. a4 $14) 25... d3 (25... Bb5 $11) 26. Bxd3 $14 Bb5 27. Rb3 Rd4
28. Qe3 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Rbd8 {[#]} 30. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 $2
(30... Qd6 $16) 31. Ne5 $18 R4d6 32. Qf4 Qb7 $2 (32... f5) 33. Rbc3 {Rc7 is
the strong threat.} f5 34. Rc7 Qb6 {intending ...Bh6.} 35. a5 Qd4 {[#]
Threatens to win with ...Bh6.} 36. Nc6 e5 (36... Rxc6 $142 37. R1xc6 (37. R7xc6
Bh6 $16) 37... Bd6 38. Rxd6 Rxd6) 37. Qf3 ({Not} 37. Nxd4 exf4 38. Nc6 Re8 $16)
37... Rxc6 38. R1xc6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Erenberg, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,101,31,32,20,20,16,29,29,31,33,45,7,16,0,0,0,32,13,14,0,0,-7,-2,-8,0,
-2,-3,-68,-8,-64,-19,-24,0,0,14,18,14,12,23,20,19,19,20,19,19,25,49,25,48,39,
145,131,141,141,137,66,91,57,142,88,76,93,164,167,293,312,609,610,689,700,818,
46,830,815,779,769,779,725,697,631]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5.
Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. Rc1 d5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 {
E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 10
Games} 13. Qc2 {White is slightly better.} (13. Qa4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. e3 h6
16. h4 a5 17. h5 Rc8 18. Bh3 Ra8 {0-1 (79) Meskovs,N (2538)-Saric,A (2540)
Katowice 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nf8
{[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8h7,Bh7f6][%mdl 32]} 16. e3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty
and annotate with similar games:} 16. Be5 Ng6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Ne5
Rac8 {1-0 (26) Raptis,N (2312)-Bjorksten,L Portland 2014}) 16... h6 17. h5 Qd7
18. Be5 {White wants to play Bxf6.} Be7 19. Bf1 Nh7 20. Bf4 {aiming for Ne5.} (
20. Bd3 {NOTEXT} Nf6 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qc2) 20... Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Qf5 ({Don't blunder} 23. Nxc6 $2 Rac8 $19) 23... Rac8 24. g4
Rc7 25. f3 (25. g5 $11 Bc8 26. Qf4 hxg5 27. Qxg5) 25... c5 (25... Nh7 $15) 26.
Rc3 (26. Bd3 $11) 26... Ree7 27. Qf4 cxd4 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. exd4 Qc2 30. Qd2
Rc7 31. Bd3 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Re2 Kd6 35. Bf5 a5 36. Re3 {
Hoping for Rb3.} Ba6 ({Better is} 36... Bc6 $1 $14) 37. Rb3 b5 38. Ra3 a4 39.
Re3 ({White should play} 39. b3 $16) 39... Bb7 $14 40. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White fights for an advantage.} Ng8 (40... Ba8 $14) 41. Re1 (41. Bd3 $142)
41... Nf6 $16 42. Bd3 Ba6 (42... Bc6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 43. Ke3 $18
Nd7 (43... Ke7 $142 44. Kd2 Kd6) 44. Nxf7+ Ke6 $2 (44... Ke7) 45. Bg6 Nf8 46.
Kd2+ Kf6 {[#]} 47. g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 48. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6e8] White is
clearly winning.} Re7 49. Ne8+ Rxe8 50. Rxe8 Ne6 51. Rb8 {Precision: White =
63%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,20,35,33,26,34,35,19,39,32,39,46,43,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,27,33,
64,62,67,64,74,71,54,53,61,69,61,53,53,37,49,43,35,34,34,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,29]} 1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 {1-0 (33)
McShane,L (2640)-Rausis,I (2632) Katowice 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 $1 {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.}
f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 {[#] Qh5+ is the strong threat.} Qg5 11. Qg4 $146 (11.
Nxc6 $14 Qxg2 12. Rf1 bxc6 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Nd2) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxc6 Qxg2
12. Rf1 bxc6 {0-1 (50) Lekic,L (2235)-Radeva,V (2042) Paracin 2015}) 11... Qxg4
$11 12. Nxg4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nd2 a5 15. b5 Ne5 16. Be2 Rg8 17. g3 Bd7
18. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ng4 19. Bxg4 $1 Rxg4 20. Bxf6 Rc8
21. a4 Kf7 22. Be5 Rxc2 23. Ke2 Rg8 {next ...Rgc8 is good for Black.} 24. Rhc1
Rgc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. Ra3 Rc1 28. Ra1 Rc8 $1 29. Ra3 Rc1 30. Ra1
Rc8 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,79,46,43,36,23,41,13,12,14,15,-11,19,21,21,20,56,70,61,20,22,18,16,4,
12,10,27,2,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6
10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Bf4 15. Bxf4 {C06:
French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Qxf4 16. Re1 {LiveBook: 5
Games} Rae8 17. Bb5 {White is slightly better.} Nd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17...
Ne4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qe2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qe3 Qh4 22. Nf1 Rf6 {1-0 (40)
Andriuschenko,N (2536)-Vaindl,J (2295) ICCF email 2006}) 18. Qa4 Bxb5 19. Qxb5
Ne4 20. Qd7 (20. Qe2 {seems wilder.} Nd6 21. Rc3 Nc6 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. Qc2) 20...
Nc6 {[#] aiming for ...Re7.} (20... Nd2 {with more complications.} 21. Ne5
Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Nf7 23. b3 Ne4) 21. Qxb7 Nxd4 $1 22. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 {
And now Ng3 would win.} dxe4 24. Qxe4 (24. Rc7 {keeps more tension.} Qg5+ 25.
Kh1 Qf6 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Rg1) 24... Qxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Re4 Re7 27. Rc6 Rf6 (27... Kf7 {is interesting.} 28. b3
Rf5 29. Ra6 Kf6 30. Kg2 h5) 28. Ra6 e5 {The position is equal.} 29. Rxf6 (29.
Ra3 {is more complex.} Rd6 30. Re2 Rd5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Ra6) 29... gxf6 {KR-KR}
30. Ra4 Kf7 31. Ra6 Kg6 32. Kg2 Kg5 33. Kg3 Rb7 34. b3 Rc7 35. h4+ Kf5 36. b4
Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Kg3 {Precision: White = 62%,
Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,62,39,41,41,41,44,39,17,12,15,19,17,17,9,27,25,38,43,35,33,43,35,31,
16,25,24,23,23,20,5,5,6,14,14,27,14,27,14,14]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 11. Nd4 Bb7 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5
Nc3 Nc6} 12. g3 c5 13. Nf3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.}
14. Nb5 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb8 15. Bg2 Ke7 16. Rc1 a6 17.
Nc3 Bd6 18. O-O Rab8 19. b3 {1-0 (63) Pelletier,Y (2563)-Ragger,M (2676)
Zillertal 2015}) 15. exf3 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Be5 17. Kc2 Ke7 18. Bc4 a6 19. Nc3 Kf8
20. Rad1 h5 21. Nd5 Rab8 22. b3 a5 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Re1+ Kf8 27. a4 Bd4 28. Re4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Re8
30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kd3 Bg1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,103,12,26,0,10,0,14,15,25,16,28,18,34,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,16,8,-5,
-5,-26,-21,-45,-39,-38,-26,-77,-68,-74,0,20,143,143,136,135,133,129,151,131,
123,135,125,113,135,117,202,43,37,45,52,52,92,0,59,29,31,24,25,30,198,184,201,
169,125,0,190,203,313,313,291,291,291,291,376,331,312,279]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10.
b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 12. Rb1 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein:
4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} (12. a4 c6 13. a5 b5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Ndxe4 Be7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Re1 h6 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ {1/2-1/2 (64) Debashis,
D (2472)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 12... Nbd7 13. a4 {[#]} Nf8 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Ne4 14. b5
axb5 15. axb5 Nf8 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Ra1 h5 {0-1 (36)
Cooper,J (2310)-Spraggett,K (2525) Dubai 1986}) 14. Ba3 {The position is equal.
} Ne4 15. Rfc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c6 17. Bf1 b5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. a5 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 {
[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 21. Be2 Re6 22. Bd3 g6 23. Bc1 Qe7 24. Ba3 Re8 25.
Bf1 h4 26. Rcb3 Bc8 27. Re1 (27. Be2 $11) 27... Ng4 $17 28. Nf3 $1 Rf6 (28...
h3 $1 $17 29. gxh3 Nh6) 29. h3 $11 Bf5 (29... Rxf3 $11 30. gxf3 Nh2) 30. Qd2 $1
$16 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Bg3 32. Qe2 Be4 {White should prevent ...Bxf3.} 33. Ne5 Rf2
34. Qxf2 $1 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qg5 {aiming for ...Qg3+.} 36. Kg1 Bf5 (36... Rxe5
$16 37. dxe5 Qg3) 37. e4 $2 (37. Nxc6 Qg3 $11) (37. Bc1 $1 $18 Qg3 38. Bd2)
37... Qd2 38. Nf3 (38. exf5 Qxe1 39. fxg6 fxg6 $17) 38... Qa2 39. Rbe3 Rxe4 {
[#]} 40. Bc1 (40. R1e2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2a2]} Qa1 41. Bb2) 40... Kg7 (40... Rxe3
$11 41. Bxe3 (41. Rxe3 Be4 $11) 41... Qb3) 41. Ra3 Qc2 42. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Threatens to win with Rc3. White is more active.} Qb2 43. Rc3 Bd7 $2 {[#]} (
43... Rxe1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 44. Bxe1 Bd7) 44. Rec1 $1 $18 f6 45.
R3c2 Qa3 46. Rc3 (46. Kf2 $16) 46... Qb2 47. Bd3 Rxd4 (47... g5 {keeps
fighting.} 48. Rb1 (48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. R3c2 Qb3 $16) 48... Qa2) 48. R3c2 (48.
Nxd4 Qxd2 49. Kh1 Qf4 $11) 48... Qxc1+ 49. Rxc1 ({But not} 49. Bxc1 $6 Rxd3 50.
Bd2 Bxh3 $18) 49... Rxd3 50. Rc3 Bf5 51. Rxd3 Bxd3 52. Nd4 {Precision: White =
51%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,103,29,34,33,27,28,25,14,16,49,6,89,19,14,16,14,16,18,16,36,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 {E00: Katalanisch}
8. Nf3 dxc4 9. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Partien} e5 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Na3 Be6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... O-O 13. Nxc4 Qe7 14.
Rac1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Carlsen,M (2850)-Papaioannou,I (2638) Reykjavik 2015}) 13.
Rac1 ({Bitte nicht} 13. Bxb7 Rb8 $11) 13... Ne4 (13... c3 $11 {hält das
Gleichgewicht.} 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Rxc3 c6) 14. Qd4 (14. Qb4 $16) 14... Qxd4 $11
15. exd4 Nd6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nxc4 Kd8 {[#] Droht stark ...Sxc4.} 18. Nxd6 cxd6 {
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 19. f4 Re8 20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Kxc8 22. Re1
Rxe1 23. Kxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} Kc7 24. Kd2 Kb6 25. Kc3 Kc5 26. b4+
Kb6 27. Be4 h6 28. Bd3 Kc7 29. Kd4 Kd8 30. h4 Ke7 31. a3 Kf6 32. Ke3 g5 33.
hxg5+ hxg5 34. Bc2 Bf5 35. Bd1 Kg6 36. Be2 Kh6 37. g4 Bc2 38. f5 Kg7 39. Kd4
Bb3 40. Bf3 Kf6 41. Be2 Ke7 42. Bf3 f6 43. Kc3 Ba4 44. Kd2 $1 Kd8 45. Bd1 $1 {
[%cal Rd1a4]} Bb5 46. Be2 Bd7 47. Bd1 Kc7 48. a4 Kb6 49. Kc3 a5 50. Kc4 Ka6 51.
b5+ Kb6 52. Bc2 {Precision: Weiß = 81%, Schwarz = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,123,-4,4,-5,-9,-2,0,0,0,-2,42,33,45,18,30,20,27,38,22,15,20,19,92,84,
94,89,106,75,77,72,88,69,78,77,79,44,84,85,131,118,118,118,120,113,106,94,172,
48,179,0,191,155,214,225,208,212,216,212,376,376,393,323,318,294,331,330,313,
288,390,342,395,388,397,385,396,200,279,221,231,231,228,226,374,387,411,406,
378,351,369,365,428,423,422,402,438,423,407,416,446,462,494,471,502,477,468,
460,523,512,495,490,551,545,649,643,710,710]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4.
Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 467 Partien} 6. Bg3 {D00: Damenbauernspiele} (6.
Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bh4 Be7 13.
Qb1 h6 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 (64) Carlsen,M (2837)-Wang,H (2709)
Riadh 2017}) 6... Be7 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} b5 9.
e4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 {1-0 (44)
Nurmi,R (1651)-McLaughlin,E (1681) ICCF email 2013}) 9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4
g6 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O a5 14. Nf3 b4 15. Qe1 b3 (15... a4 $11) 16. axb3 $16
cxb3 17. Bxb3 Ba6 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Rf3 a4 20. Bd1 ({Doch nicht} 20. Bxa4 $6 Bxe2
21. Bxc6 Rxa1 $11) 20... Bb5 21. Nc1 Na5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. Rh3 Nbc4
25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rb1 ({Bitte nicht} 26. Rxa4 $6 Rxb2 27. Qd1 Qc7 $11) 26...
Nb3 27. Nd3 Ra8 (27... h5 $16) 28. Nb4 ({Lieber} 28. g4 $18) 28... Qb6 (28...
Bxb4 $1 $14 29. cxb4 f5) 29. Nd3 $2 (29. Qe3 $1 $18 h5 30. Qg3) 29... Rfb8 $2 (
29... Qd8 $1 $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.}) 30. Bh4 Qd8 (30... Bxd3 $16 31.
Bxd3 (31. Rxd3 Qd8 $16) 31... Qd8) 31. Bxe7 $18 Qxe7 {[#]} 32. Nf2 $1 {[%cal
Bd3f2,Bf2g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} h5 {[#]} 33. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 $2 (33...
a3) 34. Nxg4 {zielt auf Sf6+ ab.} Kg7 35. Nf6 {Beabsichtigt Th7+ und Matt.} Rh8
36. Rg3 Rh6 37. f5 exf5 38. Bxf5 Ra6 39. Bc2 Rxf6 40. exf6+ Qxf6 41. Qe3 Bb5
42. Bd3 (42. Rf3 $142 Qe6 43. Qxe6 fxe6 44. Re1) 42... Qh4 43. Rg2 Bxd3 44.
Qxd3 Qe4 45. Qf1 Na5 (45... Qe3+ $142 46. Qf2 Qxf2+ 47. Rxf2 Rh4) 46. Re1 Qh4
47. Rf2 Qg4+ 48. Qg2 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTS} Nc4 50. Re7
Nd6 51. Ra7 Rh8 52. Ra5 Ne4 53. Rc2 Rd8 54. Rxa4 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.}
g5 55. Ra7 Kg6 56. b4 Nd6 57. Ra6 Kf5 58. Rf2+ Ke4 59. Rf6 Nb5 60. Rac6 Rd7 61.
Kg3 Ra7 62. Rc5 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,0,28,26,29,27,39,26,21,12,18,3,8,-17,8,0,0,0,14,23,20,0,0,-10,115,
14,14,14,15,12,14,21,22,14,14,0,10,10,36,33,79,99,94,70,69,64,68,55,121,-31,
-38,-175,-167,-268,-288,-271,-279,-243,-271,-449,-454,-438,-443,-441,-435,-418,
-412,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 {E00: Catalan
Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} Ne4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (56) So,W (2788)
-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} f5 9. e3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. d6 Qxd6 13.
dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (38) Inkiov,V (2500)-Clery,N (2319) Le
Touquet 2001}) 9... Nd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rab1 Qe8 12. b4 Nd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
a4 Kh8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. b5 a5 (17... Nbc4 $11) 18. Ne2 (18. bxa6 $1
$16 Rxa6 19. Bf1 (19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bf1 Nbc4 $11)) 18... Ndc4 $11 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. Qa2 Rc8 21. Nf4 b6 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Rc2 Qh5 24. Rbc1 g5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26.
dxe5 Be8 27. Qa1 f4 28. exf4 {Strongly threatening Qd4.} Bg6 29. Rc3 Rcd8 (
29... Rce8 $14 30. Rxc4 dxc4) 30. Be1 $2 ({White has to play} 30. Rd1 $1 $16)
30... gxf4 $15 31. Rb3 {[#]} (31. gxf4 $15 Rxf4 32. f3) 31... Ne3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Re3g2][%mdl 512]} 32. Rxe3 (32. fxe3 {is a better defense.} f3 33. Bf1
f2+ 34. Bxf2) 32... fxe3 33. Qd4 exf2+ 34. Bxf2 {[#]} Be4 $1 35. Rc6 $2 (35.
Rf1 {was worth a try.}) (35. Bxe4 dxe4) 35... Rf3 36. Rxe6 Rd3 37. Qxb6 {[#]}
Rd1+ $1 38. Bf1 Rg8 {( -> ...Qf3)} ({Not} 38... Rf8 39. Rf6 $15) 39. Re7 {[#]}
(39. Rh6 $19 Qxe5 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 41. Rxf6) 39... Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black
mates.} 40. Kxf1 Qd1+ 41. Be1 Rf8+ 42. Qf6+ Rxf6+ 43. exf6 Qd3+ {Precision:
White = 39%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,6,5,12,20,16,12,13,21,22,23,23,23,22,22,25,29,25,23,26,40,40,40,
40,40,40,49,43,64,40,40,40,40,40,41,0,45,-175,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3
Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6... d6 7. h5 e5 8. h6 Bg4 9. hxg7 Bxg7 10. Bh6 Bxh6
11. Rxh6 Ng6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (95) Anton Guijarro,D
(2651)-Lenic,L (2650) Heraklio 2017}) 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games}
9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:}
13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O {0-1 (61) Shabanov,Y (2477)-Arkhipov,S (2527) Smolensk
2000}) 13... e5 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Be6 15. O-O-O
O-O-O 16. Ne4 Kb8 17. g3 Ka8 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Rhe1 Qb7 20. Kb1 Qa6 21. b3 Rb8
22. Qb2 Rhd8 23. Kc1 Bg8 24. Qc2 Nh6 25. Qe2 Ng4 (25... Rxb3 $5 26. axb3 Qa1+
27. Kd2 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 26. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (26.
Kb2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26... Rxb3 $2 (26... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5c4]}
27. Nxe5 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2+ 32. Kc1 Qa1+
) 27. axb3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2
Qa2+ 31. Kc1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,124,2,8,14,18,13,21,0,0,9,21,31,23,22,16,18,20,8,18,26,18,6,18,-10,
-5,-11,-3,-10,-10,-28,-28,-44,-35,-51,-30,-22,0,-51,-33,-29,-38,-41,-19,-38,
-20,-20,-20,-33,-33,-125,-93,-153,-146,-120,-152,-149,-115,-231,-266,-509,-488,
-450,-223,-338,-171,-776,-611,-691,-114,-666,-622,-665,-354,-1206,-1326,-1312,
-1285,-1315,-1329,-1300,-1301,-1293,-866,-933,0,-1261,-1251,-957,-1025,-1008,
-876,-2155,-1487,-879,-652,-12827,-6350,-12429,-6968,-5413,-2395]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3
a5 10. O-O {E46: Nimzoindisch (Rubinstein-System)} Na6 11. f3 (11. Bd2 Bd6 12.
Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. d5 c5 {0-1 (50)
Volkov,S (2604)-Sjugirov,S (2665) Kolomna 2016}) 11... Nc7 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} 14. Kh1 Ra6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... b5 15. e4 dxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Kovalchuk,A (2280)-Tunik,G
(2421) Taganrog 2015}) 15. Rb1 d4 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Nfe2 Ba7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Bf4 Ncd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rbd1 {Droht Sc3 und aus.} Bb6 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bc1 {
zielt auf Txd5! ab.} Be6 24. Bb3 Raa8 25. Nc3 {[%cal Rd1d5] Schwarz muss nun
Txd5 beachten.} Nc7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kg2 Bd4 30.
Nb5 Bb6 31. Nc3 f5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} Bd4
34. Ne3 Bxe3 35. Bxe3 $15 {KL-KS} a4 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. f4 ({Besser ist} 37. Bf4
$15) 37... Ke7 $1 $17 38. Ke2 Kd6 $1 39. Kd3 Kd5 $1 40. Bf2 h5 41. Ba7 {[#]} (
41. Bb6 $17) 41... h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Ke3 $2 (42. gxh4 Nxf4+ 43. Ke3
Ng2+ 44. Kf3 Nxh4+ 45. Kf4) 42... hxg3 43. hxg3 Kc4 (43... Nc5 $142 44. Ke2 Ne4
) 44. Bb8 (44. g4 {einziger Zug.} fxg4 45. f5) 44... g6 (44... Nc5 $142 45. Be5
g6) 45. Be5 $2 (45. g4) 45... Nc5 46. Bg7 Nd7 $2 (46... Kb3 $19 {ist viel
giftiger. Und weiter mit ...Kc2 wäre nett.} 47. Kd2 Ne4+ 48. Kd1 Nxg3) 47. Bd4
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. g4 $17) 47... b5 48. Bg7 Nb6 49. Bh8 $2 {[#]} (49. Kd2
Kb3 50. Kc1) 49... Kb3 $1 50. Kd2 Nc4+ 51. Kc1 {[#]} Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e4]} 52.
Bf6 Ne4 53. Bh4 Nf2 54. Kb1 Ne4 55. Kc1 $1 Kc4 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.}
56. Kc2 Kd4 57. b3 Ke3 58. bxa4 bxa4 59. Bd8 Kd4 60. Be7 Nxg3 61. Bd6 Ke3 62.
Bc7 Ne2 {Precision: Weiß = 34%, Schwarz = 67%.} 0-1
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,112,2,22,20,11,16,3,8,14,0,0,0,11,8,16,16,24,14,12,2,6,0,17,0,9,-11,
-10,-6,0,0,15,-7,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-11,-10,-8,-7,-6,-6,-8,0,-9,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Ne5 Be6 8. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bxg2 10.
Kxg2 Nd5 (10... Na6 11. Nf3 c5 12. d5 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Ne2 c4 15. Qd4 Qb6 16.
Qxc4 {1-0 (33) Wen,Y (2611)-Xu,M (2305) Wuxi 2016}) 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Bb2 {0-1 (31) Daghan,D
(1906)-Omidi,A (2268) Mersin 2016}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd5+ 13. Nf3 Qxb3 14.
axb3 Nd7 15. Ra5 c5 {The position is equal.} 16. Bg5 e6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. c4 {
[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Raa1 Rac8 23. Rac1
Kf8 24. b4 Ne5 25. c5 Ke7 26. f4 Ng4 {[#] And now ...Ne3+ would win.} 27. Rd3
e5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Rdd1 Kf8 30. h3 h5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rb1 Kf8 33. Nf3 Nc6 34.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Rd7 37. g4
hxg4 38. hxg4 Ke7 39. e4 Nd8 40. Ne5 Rc7 (40... Rd2+ {looks sharper.} 41. Ke3
Rc2 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Kd2 Rg1) 41. Ke3 Ne6 42. Nd3 Kf8 43. Ra5 Kg7 44. Rb5 Kh6
45. Ne5 Kh7 46. Nd3 Kg7 47. Ra5 Rc8 48. Rb5 Rc7 49. Ra5 Kh7 50. Rb5 Kh6 51. Ne5
Kg7 52. Nd3 g5 53. Ra5 Rc8 54. Rb5 Rc7 55. Ra5 Rc8 56. Rb5 Rc7 {Precision:
White = 61%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,89,14,15,22,11,18,20,12,30,35,21,31,39,25,44,27,45,36,76,76,121,110,
94,116,108,109,87,102,184,165,219,253,349,345,340,338,345,325,332,314,288,288,
312,309,521,545,536,538,502,460,684,680,598,552,539,543,542,593,675,680,650,
658,661,659,653,649,647,637,598,596]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6
5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4
and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 a4 (9... Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3
13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Carlsen,M (2837)
-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 5 Games}
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb6 14. Ng3 Qb5 15.
Rb1 Ng6 16. Be3 {0-1 (46) Bok,B (2598)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016}) 14. cxd4
Bb6 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Qc2 d5 18. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
pushing.} Nh7 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Qf5 Qb5 21. Bc1 Ne7 {[#]} 22. Qg4 $1 Ba5 23. Rf1
(23. Nh5 Rg6 $17) 23... Rg6 24. Qh5 Rc6 {[#]} (24... Rb6 $16) 25. Nh4 $1 $18
Bb6 (25... Qc4 {was necessary.}) 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qd7 (27. Nh5 Ng6 $16) 27...
Ng6 28. Nhf5 Rf8 29. Nh5 {[%cal Bg3h5,Bh5g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} Rc5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5
31. Nhxg7 f6 32. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 32. Bxh6 $6 fxe5
33. g4 Rf7 $16) 32... Ne7 $2 (32... Ng5 33. Rfe1 Ne7) 33. Bxh6 {White is
clearly winning.} Nxf5 34. Nxf5 Re8 35. Rfe1 Rxb2 (35... Ng5 $142 36. e7 Kh7
37. Bxg5 Kg6) 36. e7 Kg8 37. Ng7 Kf7 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. Rd3 {Strongly
threatening Rg3.} Ba5 40. Re6 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Re1 42.
Rxe1 Bxe1 43. Rg3 Ng5 44. Bxg5 fxg5 45. Rxg5 {Precision: White = 89%, Black =
47%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,112,23,23,16,23,13,27,25,38,25,50,40,37,26,59,27,20,22,20,20,32,34,
25,27,30,31,30,48,48,18,15,8,14,0,20,-10,0,-53,-57,-55,-77,-66,-47,-56,-58,-49,
-53,-74,-39,-95,-90,-156,-166,-188,-164,-182,-181,-207,-192,-220,-212,-261,
-253,-257,-252,-256,-252,-382,-289,-281,-241,-241,-232,-234,-230,-234,-225,
-230,-225,-223,-225,-216,-215,-273,-254,-254,-254,-254,-253,-254,-254,-254,
-254,-785,-666,-499,-312,-311,-291]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5.
Bd2 (5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Bf6 14. Qb3 a5 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 Ne5
18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. a4 Rfd8 {1-0 (43) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian
2017}) 5... Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Qd3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. O-O b6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (47) Pogonina,N (2479)-Kashlinskaya,A (2427)
Sochi 2017}) 10. Bf4 c6 11. O-O b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 {Bc7 is the strong
threat.} Ne8 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Nc7 Rc8 {[%cal Re8c7]} 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Rxc8
Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qa8 $1 19. Rc7 Nb8 20. Ne5 Na6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c7]} 21. Rc3 Rc8 22.
Qf3 {Hoping for Bxh6!} Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qe8 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. h4 Nb8 26. Nc4 (26. c4
$11) 26... Nd7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Nf6 29. Qf4 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Kh2 Qb5
32. Qe3 (32. e3 $15) 32... Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 33.
Bf4 ({Better is} 33. Be5) 33... Qxa2 34. Qd2 Qd5 {White must now prevent ...e3.
} 35. Qb2 Ba6 (35... e3 36. f3 $15) 36. Bb8 Qb7 37. Qa2 Bxe2 $1 ({Don't take}
37... Qxb8 38. Qxa6 f5 39. c4 $17) 38. Qxa7 Qd5 39. Qa1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
} 40. fxe3 Qf3 41. Qe1 (41. Qh1 $142 Qxe3 42. Bf4) 41... Bd3 {aiming for ...
Be4.} 42. Qh1 Qxe3 43. Bf4 Qe2+ 44. Qg2 Qe1 45. Qd2 Qf1 46. Qg2 Qb1 47. Qd2 Be4
{[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb1h1]} 48. Qc1 Qb5 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 49. Qe1 Bb7 {And now ...
Qc6 would win.} 50. Bd2 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 51. Qf1 Qe4 52. Be1 {[#]}
b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kh3 (53. Qxb5 Qh1#) 53... Bc6 54. g4 $2 (54. Bd2) 54...
Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Bf3 56. Qf2 Qxf2+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,29,35,34,31,77,38,122,74,84,66,70,25,53,0,0,0,2,0,31,40,72,76,81,
83,80,79,90,91,84,81,78,86,97,97,99,20,329,322,375,374,370,370,364,0,357,0,0,0,
348,346,304,335,472,463,445,415,847,847,847,847,828,828]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Ne2 {A85: Dutch
Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} Qe7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 {LiveBook: 8 Games}
c5 13. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3 g6 16. f4 Bxe5
17. dxe5 {1-0 (47) Gelfand,B (2743)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 13...
Nf6 14. Qe2 a5 (14... Nbd7 $14) 15. cxd5 {Threatens to win with dxc5.} Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Nh5 (18. Nxd5 $14 exd5 19. f4) 18... Ncb4 $11 19.
Bb1 $1 Qg5 {...Nc3! is the strong threat.} 20. f4 Qg6 {And now ...Nxe3! would
win.} 21. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Na6 22. e4 fxe4
23. Bxe4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe6 Rfe8 27. Rd6 Rab8 28. Ng5
Bg6 29. Rcd1 ({White should play} 29. e6 $16 {Intending Rd7 and mate.} Rb7 30.
Rcd1) 29... Bh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Nc7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.})
30. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with e6!} Bxd1 31. e6 $1 Bc2 32. Rxg7+
Kf8 33. Rf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 34. Rg7+ $2 ({White must play} 34. e7 $1 $18 {Rg7+
would kill now.} Rxe7 35. Rxe7) 34... Kf8 {Hoping for ...Re7.} 35. Rf7+ $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nxh7+ $11 Bxh7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39.
Rg7+ Kf8) 35... Kg8 $18 {[#]} 36. e7 $1 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Bxb3 (37... Bg6 {is a
better defense.} 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Ke8) 38. Nxh7 Bf7 39. Ng5 Rf8 (39... Bc4
$142 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Nh7+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8) 40. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6]
[%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Nb8 {[#]} 41. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White
threatens h6 and mate.} Nc6 {[#]} (41... Bxh5 42. Rg7+) 42. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Precision: White = 62%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,-10,8,12,45,20,13,15,27,19,14,17,78,57,112,96,118,62,72,45,40,43,
43,43,39,47,47,45,47,45,51,43,54,49,61,55,48,56,53,46,63,68,111,27,31,0,82,123,
141,132,282,279,270,264,232,215,603,598,3726,4009,2443,1311,1200,1085,1343,
1343,1253,1205,3673,4095,3356,4770,711,1301,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,
29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2
Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O a6 10. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4.
..0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} c5 11. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3
c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. f3 b5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e4 a5 {1/2-1/2 (52)
Riazantsev,A (2671)-Anton Guijarro,D (2650) Tallinn 2016}) 11... Nc6 12. Qh3 {
The position is equal.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Rad1 Qe7 (14... Qc8 $11 {keeps
the balance.} 15. Qxc8 Raxc8) 15. f3 $16 Ng5 (15... Bxc3 $14 16. Bxc3 (16. bxc3
Bc8 $11) 16... Bc8) 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. e4 (17. a3 $16 Bxc3 18. Bxc3) 17... Ne6 $1
$14 18. Nxd5 (18. exd5 {looks sharper.} Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxd5 20. Be4 Rdd8 21. Bc2
) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Bxb4 Rfd8 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bc3
Nd4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qe4 b5
27. a3 g6 28. f4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Kh1 ({Better is} 30. Bxd4 $16 cxd4 31. Qd3
) 30... a5 $11 31. g4 (31. a4 {is more complex.} bxa4 32. h3 Nb5 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8
34. Be1) 31... b4 (31... Ne6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. exd6 Qxd6
) 32. axb4 $16 axb4 33. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 (33... cxd4 $16 34. Kg2 Qe6) 34. Rxd4 $18
cxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. f5 gxf5 $2 (36... d3) 37.
gxf5 $18 {[%cal Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] [#] Threatening mate with f6+.} Qd8 38.
f6+ Kf8 39. Kf1 {Hoping for Qh7.} Qc8 40. Qxd4 Qh3+ 41. Ke1 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Ke8
42. Qc5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc5e7]} Qh4+ 43. Kd1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc5e7]} Qg4+ 44.
Kc2 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc5e7]} Qg6+ 45. Kb3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc5e7]} Kd7 46. Qd6+
{White mates.} Kc8 47. e6 fxe6 48. Qf8+ Kc7 49. Qg7+ {Precision: White = 70%,
Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 24,110,33,33,62,37,31,6,18,12,18,10,25,10,18,0,0,0,0,-16,-27,-12,-18,
-18,-20,-20,-20,-19,0,-18,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-53,-48,-49,-47,-50,-94,-89,
-218,-215,-229,-243,-209,-198,-243,-233,-367,-358,-331,-200,-218,-185,-204,
-215,-188,-171,-208,-171,-725,-574,-1646,-1635,-1637,-1539,-29983,-29984,
-29984,-29985,-29990,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29992,-29993,-29993,
-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7
11. c4 c6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Nc3 {LiveBook: 40 Games} Rc8 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez:
Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 14. cxb5 {[#]} cxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14...
axb5 15. Ba2 Ne8 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd8
Rcxd8 21. Nxe5 {0-1 (46) Vocaturo,D (2607)-Sanal,V (2549) Antalya 2017}) 15.
Bg5 h6 {The position is equal.} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19.
Nxd5 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc8 25.
Nf3 Rc4 26. Nd2 Qa5 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Nf3 Rc4 29. Nd2 Qa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rc1 Bg5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Nf3 Rxe4 34. Rc6 Bf6
$1 35. b4 (35. Kf1 $17) 35... Re2 $1 $19 36. Nh2 {[#]} e4 $1 37. Ng4 Re1+ 38.
Kh2 Bd4 39. Rd6 {[#]} (39. Rxa6 $142 f5 40. Ne3) 39... Rd1 $1 40. g3 Rd3 41.
Rxa6 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Rxe3 {KR-KR} 44.
Ra5 Kg6 45. h4 $2 (45. Rxb5 Rxa3 46. g4) 45... Kh5 46. Kh3 f4 47. Rxb5+ g5 48.
hxg5 Rxg3+ {Black mates.} 49. Kh2 hxg5 50. a4 Ra3 51. a5 Kg4 52. Re5 e3 53. Re6
Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Kg3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 55. Kf1 Kf3 {Precision: White = 36%, Black =
78%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prasanna Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Papp, Gabor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,86,10,9,0,0,0,0,-82,-70,-85,19,12,20,21,29,33,41,13,28,41,29,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,308,309,281,276,280,273,276,268,256,-106,-85,-278,-276,-627,-704,
-699,-668,-641,-619,-598,-556,-644,-580,-1264,-1166,-2053,-1937,-2166,-1602,
-1513,-1506,-999,-618]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6.
Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13.
Nd2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. a3 d3 16. b4
Nxe5 17. c5 Qa6 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Qc1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (35) Dubov,D
(2660)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Sochi 2017}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bf4 (
15. Nf3 $1 $11) 15... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 16. Re1 gxf4 (16... Be6 $1 $17
17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxg5 Qf5) 17. Rxe7 $11 {With the idea Re4.} fxg3
18. hxg3 Nxf2 19. Qh5 Ng4 {Strongly threatening ...Qf6.} 20. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f7]
[%mdl 1024] [#] White has compensation.} Qg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qh6 21.
Qxh6 Nxh6 22. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 (67) Ider,B (2392)-Greenfeld,A (2559) Metz 2014})
21. Qh4 Bf5 22. Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} h5 23. Be4 Bxe4
24. Nxe4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} f6 25. Re6 {[%cal Re4f6]} (
25. Rxb7 $2 Rae8 $17) 25... Kg7 {Hoping for ...Rae8.} 26. Nd6 $1 Rad8 27. Nf5+
Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kh7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 28. Ne7 $1 $18
{[%cal Re7g6]} Qb1+ 29. Rf1 Qh7 30. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} Kg7 {[%cal Bh8g7,
Bg7f7,Bf7e7][%mdl 32]} 31. Re1 $1 Rh8 {[#] aiming for ...Kf7.} 32. Re4 $2 {[#]}
({Only move:} 32. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qg5+.} Nxf6
33. Rf1) 32... Kf7 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 33. Qh1 $2 (33. Qg5
$17 {was the only defense.} Qh6 34. Qxh6 Nxh6 35. Rc5) 33... Rd7 $19 34. Qf3 $2
(34. Rff4 Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qxb7+ Kf8 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qxa7+ Kg6 39.
Qxh7+ Rxh7 40. Rxd4) 34... Rxe7 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36.
Qxb7+ Kf8 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qe4 Qc7 40. Qf3 Rg8 41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Re4
Qg5 43. Rxd4 Ne5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,233,12,12,19,11,4,2,3,9,14,9,12,-14,-15,-8,-6,-12,-12,-14,-11,-11,
-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-13,-6,-4,-2,-36,-8,-8,-8,-9,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,
0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-6,
-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,
-6,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,
-6,-6,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2
c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 {E01: Catalan:
Early deviations} 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ba6 (
14... Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. a3 a5 19. Qe3 {1/2-1/2
(58) Yuffa,D (2522)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Moscow 2017}) 15. Ne5 Qc7 {[#]} 16.
Qxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfe1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. Rad1 c5 19. b3 {
1-0 (32) Vorobiov,E (2556)-Miedema,D (2387) Cappelle-la-Grande 2011}) 16...
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxc6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Bf3 Rxc4 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Rd1 g6 23. Be2 Ra4 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 {KR-KR} 25.
a3 g5 26. Kg2 Ra5 27. f4 Rc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kf3 Kg6 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. fxg5 hxg5
32. Rf2 a5 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Rf2 $1 Kg6 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rf2 $1 Rc5 37. Kd4 Rc1
38. Ke4 b5 39. Kd4 Rd1+ 40. Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kd4 Rc1 42. Ke4 b4 43. axb4 Rc4+ 44.
Kd3 Rxb4 45. Ke3 Rb5 46. Ke4 a4 47. Kd4 {The position is equal.} Rd5+ 48. Ke4
Rd1 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ke4 Rc5 51. Kd4 Rb5 52. Ke4 Rb7 53. Kd4 Kg6 54. Kc5 Rb3 55.
Kd4 a3 56. bxa3 Rxa3 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rf2 Ra7 59. Ke4 Ra1 60. Ke3 Rb1 61. Ke4
Kg8 62. Kd3 Re1 63. Kd4 Kg7 64. Ra2 Rf1 65. Ke4 Kg6 66. Ra8 Re1+ 67. Kd4 Kg7
68. Ra2 Rf1 69. Ke4 Kh7 70. Rb2 Kh6 71. Rb8 Rf2 72. Rh8+ Kg7 73. Rh5 Kg6 74.
Rh8 Re2+ 75. Kd4 Kf5 {Hoping for ...Re4+.} 76. Rh7 Kg6 77. Rh8 Kf5 78. Rh7 Rd2+
79. Ke3 Rd7 80. Rg7 g4 81. Kf2 Ra7 82. Kg2 Kxe5 83. Rxg4 Ra2+ 84. Kg1 Ra1+ 85.
Kg2 Ra2+ 86. Kg1 f5 (86... Kf5 {is interesting.} 87. Rf4+ Kg6 88. Rg4+ Kh6 89.
Rf4 Kg7) 87. Rf4 Kf6 88. Rf2 Ra1+ 89. Kg2 e5 90. Re2 Ra4 91. Kf3 Ra3+ 92. Re3
Ra2 93. Re2 e4+ 94. Kf2 Ra4 95. Rb2 Ra5 96. Ke3 Ke5 97. Rb3 Ra2 98. Rb5+ Kf6
99. Rb6+ Kf7 100. Kf4 Rf2+ 101. Kg5 e3 {...e2 is the strong threat.} 102. Rb1
Ke6 {And now ...e2 would win.} 103. h4 e2 {White must now prevent ...Rf1.} 104.
Re1 $1 Ke5 (104... Kf7 $5) 105. h5 Ke4 (105... Rg2 $5 106. h6 $8 Rxg3+ 107. Kh4
Rg2 $11) 106. h6 {Threatens to win with h7.} Rh2 {[#]} 107. h7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Kf3 (107... Rxh7 108. Rxe2+) 108. Kxf5 Rxh7 109. g4 Kf2 {[#]} (109... Rf7+ {
keeps more tension.} 110. Ke6 Rf4 111. g5 Rg4 112. Kf5 Rg2) 110. Rxe2+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Kxe2 {KR-KP} 111. g5 Rh5 112. Kf6 Kf3 113. g6 Kf4 114. g7 Rf5+ 115.
Kg6 Rg5+ 116. Kf7 {[#]} Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 117. Kxg7 {Precision: White =
81%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,166,24,39,85,23,31,15,47,6,8,8,18,13,18,19,19,18,17,4,10,14,28,32,27,
39,38,38,20,27,27,28,145,112,112,52,57,10,12,0,0,0,0,-35,-35,-23,-25,-36,-32,
-29,-37,-40,-22,-16,-9,-11,-8,-6,8,7,35,8,37,0,142,20,25,18,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,
-6,-13,-11,-10,-11,-18,-8,-12,-8,-12,0,0,0,-26,-22,-40,-32,-33,-32,-71,-71,-63,
-73,-64,-51,-92,-93,-156,-149,-148,-148,-153,-148,-154,-156,-156,-148,-160,
-156,-166,-148,-148,-148,-146,-130,-128,-125,-149,-138,-187,-206,-221,-221,
-188,-188,-188,-188,-393,-274,-338,-322,-459,-407,-592,-590,-446,-490,-459,
-459,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29967,-6416]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6
Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. a3 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O h5 12.
h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qf2 d6 15. e5 {0-1 (61) Grischuk,A (2772)-Harikrishna,
P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 {LiveBook:
17 Games} d5 11. exd5 $146 (11. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 12. Qxf6) ({Predecessor:} 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxf6 Rg8 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Solodovnichenko,
Y (2615)-Aroshidze,L (2539) Pamplona 2011}) 11... cxd5 $11 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qg3
Qxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 15. Na4 Ke7 16. a3 Bd6 17. b4 a5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. c3 Nd7 (
19... axb4 {looks sharper.} 20. axb4 Ra8 21. Kb2 Rhb8 22. f4 Bb5) 20. Bxg7 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rd2 Rb8 24. Ra2 e5 (24... Ba4 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 25. a4 ({Resist} 25. Rxh7 $6 e4 $14) (25. Bxh7 Bb5 $14) 25... d4 26.
cxd4 ({Reject} 26. Bxh7 $6 dxc3 27. Rh6 Bd5 $15) (26. Rh5 $16 dxc3 27. Rxe5+
Kd6 28. Rf5) 26... Bxd4 27. Bb5 Bxg2 28. Rxh7 Rc8+ 29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Be2 Bd5 31.
Ra3 $1 Bxf2 32. Rh6 Be6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 33. Rh5 Bd4 34.
Kd2 Bb2 35. Rf3 Bc1+ 36. Ke1 e4 37. Rf1 Be3 38. Re5 Rc1+ 39. Bd1 Rc4 (39... f5
$5) 40. Ke2 Bh6 {[#]} (40... Bb6 $11) 41. Rh1 ({Don't do} 41. Rxa5 $6 Rd4 $14)
({White has to play} 41. Bb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Rb4 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Rh1
Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46. Kh3) 41... Bg7 42. Rxa5 Rb4 (42... Bg4+ $11
43. Ke3 Bd7) 43. Ra7+ (43. Kd2 $16) 43... Kd6 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. Ra8
Bd4 47. Rh6 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Rb1 49. Ke2 Kd7 {...Bg4+ is the strong threat.} 50.
Rxe6 $1 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 53. Rb8
Rg2 54. Rb3 Rg1+ 55. Ke2 Kd6 56. a5 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Rf2+ $1 58. Ke1 Ra2 59. Bg4
Rxa5 60. Rb1 ({White should try} 60. Rb8) 60... Rg5 $17 61. Be2 Rxg3 62. Rb8
Ke5 63. Re8 Rg1+ 64. Kd2 Rg2 65. Rh8 Bc5 66. Re8 Bb6 67. Ra8 Rg7 68. Ra6 Rd7+
69. Ke1 Rd6 70. Bb5 Kf4 71. Bf1 e5 72. Bb5 Rh6 73. Bf1 Kf3 {White must now
prevent ...Bf2+.} 74. Be2+ Kg3 75. Ra3+ $2 (75. Bc4) 75... Kf4 76. Ra6 Rh1+ 77.
Bf1 (77. Kd2 $142 Be3+ 78. Kc2) 77... Bc5 78. Rg6 (78. Ke2 $142) 78... Kf3 $19
79. Rf6+ Ke3 80. Rf7 Bb6 81. Rf6 {[#]} (81. Kd1 $19 Bd4 82. Kc1) 81... Bd8 {
Black mates.} 82. Rf5 Bh4+ 83. Kd1 Bf2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 59%.}
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R.."]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,0,-4,0,0,0,-30,0,0,0,0,-11,-12,-4,-16,-12,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-15,
-18,-12,-18,10,10,10,0,10,5,120,115,176,188,169,106,798,781,29993,29994]} 1. e4
c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} e6
7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qc7 11. Re1 Nc6
12. Nef3 Ncb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. Re2 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
{1/2-1/2 (28) Rozentalis,E (2588)-Rublevsky,S (2639) Panormo 2001}) 13. a3 b5
14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Ne5 {next Nd7 is good
for White.} Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Qc7 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb3 a6 22. Qg3 {[#] aiming for
Bh6.} Rc8 23. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Qf8 $2
24. Nd7 $18) 24. h4 f6 25. h5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} fxe5 (25... Ne7
$1 $11 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nxg6 Qxg3 28. Nxe7+ Kf7 29. fxg3 Kxe7) 26. hxg6 $16
Qe7 (26... Kh8 $16) 27. Rxe5 $18 {And now gxh7+ would win.} Kh8 {...hxg6 is
the strong threat.} 28. gxh7 (28. Bg5 $18 Qc7 29. Qg4 hxg6 30. Qxe6) 28... Qf6
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Qf7 $16) 29. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 (29... Qxe6
30. Qg7#) 30. Re5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,27,46,83,34,31,0,65,0,34,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5


5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (6... O-O 7.
Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2
Rac8 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bh4 h6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Ivanchuk,V (2726)
-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6
Rg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qh4 Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. b4 a5 13.
b5 Ne7 14. Bg5 {1-0 (40) Olszewski,M (2498)-Zhigalko,S (2592) Warsaw 2008}) 12.
Qh6 Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h6]} 13. Qh4 Rg4 14. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,27,23,50,36,52,0,60,0,37,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5


5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (6... O-O 7.
Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2
Rac8 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bh4 h6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Ivanchuk,V (2726)
-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6
Rg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qh4 Rg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. b4 a5 13.
b5 Ne7 14. Bg5 {1-0 (40) Olszewski,M (2498)-Zhigalko,S (2592) Warsaw 2008}) 12.
Qh6 Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h6]} 13. Qh4 Rg4 14. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,73,0,18,21,25,20,26,15,34,35,39,31,36,15,22,24,25,9,6,0,60,0,0,0,19,
12,11,0,14,18,11,8,23,7,15,14,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,
Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with
5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 (8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Qe2 Re8
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rd1 h6 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Nf3 {0-1 (35) Onischuk,V (2637)-Ding,L
(2777) Riadh 2017}) 8... Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nf1
h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 Bd7 14. Bc2 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c6 15. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 (51) Varacalli,F (2303)-Zarubitski,V (2330) Ahmedabad 2017}) 15. Be3 b5
16. Qd2 c5 17. Nf5 (17. Red1 {is more complex.} cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Bb6
20. b3) 17... exd4 (17... cxd4 $11 18. cxd4 exd4 19. N3xd4 (19. Bxd4 Bxf5 20.
exf5 Ne5 $11) 19... Bc5) 18. cxd4 (18. Bxh6 $1 $14 gxh6 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. cxd4)
18... Bxf5 $11 19. exf5 Nf8 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. b4 axb3 23. Bxb3
N8d7 24. Bd4 Rad8 25. Qf4 d5 26. Bxc5 Rxe1+ {The position is equal.} 27. Rxe1
Nxc5 28. Qd4 Qd6 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Re8 31. Qd3 b4 32. Qb5 Qf4 33. Rxd5 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 $1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 $1 {Precision: White = 65%,
Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,0,-3,-12,8,0,14,0,16,11,14,0,0,0,9,0,10,0,0,0,-13,-14,-1,-10,15,
-8,31,-39,0,-12,-5,-23,-11,-59,7,14,12,0,4,0,20,0,29,0,20,0,29,0,37]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 {
E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3}
Bf8 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Qf3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6
13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc7 15. Bc2 Bd6 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2832)-Karjakin,S
(2781) Stavanger 2017}) 13. Rfd1 Ra7 {[%cal Ba8a7,Ba7d7,Bd7d6,Bd6e6,Be6e7]
[%mdl 32]} 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Nce2 Rd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nd3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rd6 19. Bc3
Rde6 20. Ne2 (20. Qf4 $14) 20... Bg7 21. Nd3 R6e7 22. Ndf4 Rd7 23. Qh3 Qe7 (
23... c4 $15) 24. dxc5 $11 bxc5 25. Bc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.}
Red8 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Bc3 Rcd8 28. Ba5 Rc8 29. Bc3 Rcd8 30. Ba5 Rc8 {Precision:
White = 38%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,-3,0,0,-1,-25,-23,-20,0,-4,-12,-9,-3,-33,-8,-1,-7,-14,-18,-19,-25,
-43,-54,-46,9,-15,-23,-58,-62,-59,-44,-70,-72,-66,-67,-110,-102,-111,-101,-100,
-107,-114,-105,-130,-134,-129,-97,-145,-132,-132,-132,-131,-132,-132,-122,-135,
-99,-99,-97,-138,-141,-145,-19,-8,-8,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,-224,-261,-404,-66,
-203,-82,-82,-82,-82,-83,-82,-82,-82,-83,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Qd2 c5 5. Nc3 (5. c3 Nf6 6. f3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nc6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nbc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 {1-0 (58)
Shankland,S (2674)-Stefanova,A (2512) Caleta 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. Bxd4 {B06:
Modern Defence} Nf6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 {Black has an edge.} a6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bh6 Bd7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. a3
a5 {1-0 (25) Tembo,E-Ahbabi,S Singapore 2007}) 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bh6
Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 b4 15. Kh1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4,Be4e3]
[%mdl 32]} 16. e5 Ne4 (16... Nd7 $15) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Bc4 {And now ...
Rad8 would win.} 19. b3 e3 20. Qe1 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong
initiative.} 21. Nf3 Bd5 22. Neg1 exf2 23. Rxf2 a5 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Rfd2 Qc5
26. Qg3 Be4 27. e6 fxe6 ({Of course not} 27... Bxc2 $6 28. Rc1 $15) 28. Ne2 e5
29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Nxe5 Qxc2 32. Qe3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd5 34. Ng4 Nf7
35. Ng3 h5 (35... Bxg2 $17 36. Qxe7 Qd2) 36. Qxe4 $11 Qxe4 37. Nxe4 hxg4 38.
hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nd6 39. Nc5 $1 Kf6 40. Kg3 $2 (40. Nd7+ $1 $11
{and White has nothing to worry.} Ke6 41. Nf8+ Kf7 42. Nd7) 40... Ke5 $1 $19
41. Kh4 (41. Nd7+ $142 Kd4 42. Nf8) 41... Kd5 $2 (41... Kd4 $19 42. Ne6+ Kc3)
42. Nd3 (42. Nd7 $1 $15) 42... e5 (42... Ke4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3] and Black
stays clearly on top.} 43. Nc5+ Kd4 44. Ne6+ Kc3) 43. Kg5 $17 Kd4 44. Ne1 Kc3
$1 {[%cal Rc3b2]} 45. Kxg6 {[#] Threatening Kf6.} Kb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2a2]} 46. Kf6
Kxa2 47. Kxe5 {[#]} Ne8 ({Better is} 47... Nf7+ $1 $17 48. Kf6 Nh8) 48. Kd4 $11
{The position is equal.} Kxb3 49. g5 a4 50. Nd3 a3 {Hoping for ...a2.} 51. Nc5+
$1 Kb2 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 52. Nd3+ Kb3 {White must now prevent ...
a2.} 53. Nc5+ $1 Kb2 54. Nd3+ Kb3 {aiming for ...a2.} 55. Nc5+ $1 Kb2 56. Nd3+
{Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 27,91,17,17,19,17,0,0,0,0,0,12,-14,-18,-76,-74,-89,-43,-46,-49,-43,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-6,-6,-6,-4,-4,-4,-4,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-6,-2,0,
0,0,0,0,0,18,-8,10,12,12,12,12,14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5]
[%mdl 32]} e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Ng3 g6 12. Nd5 Bg7 {B81: Sicilian
Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15.
O-O-O (15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nce2 Nxe2 18. Nxe2 Rh3 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Qb3
Qg4 21. Rd1 Be5 22. Rd2 Rxg3 {0-1 (22) Lintchevski,D (2539)-Kurnosov,I (2653)
Olginka 2011}) 15... Nxd5 16. Rxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Ne4
Rc8 18. Bg5 f5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Poetsch,H (2403)-Luther,T
(2515) Wiesbaden 2011}) 16... Nb4 {...Qa4 is the strong threat.} 17. Rd2 Qe6
18. c3 Rc8 ({Much weaker is} 18... Qxa2 $6 19. cxb4 Rc8+ 20. Kd1 $16) 19. Kd1
Nc6 20. Qe2 (20. h4 $11) 20... Qxa2 $17 {[%cal Ra2b1]} 21. Qb5 O-O {Threatens
to win with ...Na5.} 22. Ke1 b6 {Hoping for ...Na5.} 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. h4 Na5 25.
h5 Nc4 26. Rd5 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rc5 28. Qd3 Rxd5 29. exd5 Qg4 30. Ne4 {[#]} (30.
Kf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Qg2 (30... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 31. Nd2
gxh5) 31. Ng3 $11 {[#]The position is equal.} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qe3 (32.
Qxe4 Qxe4+) 32... Re8 33. hxg6 $1 fxg6 34. Rh4 $1 Qg1+ 35. Nf1 Qg2 36. Ng3 {
[%cal Rh4e4]} Qg1+ 37. Nf1 Re5 38. c4 Qg2 39. Ng3 Qg1+ 40. Nf1 Qg5 (40... b5 {
is interesting.} 41. Rxe4 Qh1 42. Rxe5 Bxe5 43. Qxa7 Qe4+) 41. Qxg5 Rxg5 42. b3
Re5 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. Rg4 Kf7 45. Nd2 e3 46. fxe3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black
= 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4.


Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6
Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8g5] LiveBook: 44 Games. The position is
equal.} 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 22.
Qf5+ {[#]} Ke7 $146 23. Qe6+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1+.} 24. Qf5+ Ke7
25. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wallace, John Paul"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,23,11,50,4,36,29,24,35,24,0,8,0,0,-10,-13,-24,0,-20,0,-12,0,-32,0,
-31,10,0,38,-13,7,-39,8,-31,-21,-87,-89,-110,-107,-121,-66,-80,-90,-86,-82,-94,
-98,-491,-372,-491,-467,-477,-472,-1010,-1010]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6
4. O-O b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. c4 c6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6... a6 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. a4 Nd7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 c6 13. h3 Be7 14.
Be3 {1-0 (69) Sjugirov,S (2652)-Esipenko,A (2571) Taganrog 2018}) 7. Nc3 bxc4
8. dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. e4 Nb6 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... dxe4 10.
Ng5 Nc5 11. Be3 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 a5 13. Rab1 Be7 14. Ngxe4 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Ghasi,A (2452)-Arkell,K (2472) Buxton 2013}) 10. e5 Nfd7
$1 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. b3 Ba3 17.
Rc2 Bb4 18. Re3 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qc8 20. Ned4 Nc5 21. Bh3 (21. Ng5 $14) 21... Re8
22. h5 h6 23. g4 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. g5 {[#]} (24.
Rxc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc7 25. g5) 24... Rxc2 $1 $17 25. Nxc2 Bc5 26.
Ncd4 {[#]} hxg5 (26... Bxd4 $1 $17 27. Nxd4 hxg5) 27. Nxg5 Bxd4 $1 28. Qxd4 {
Black must now prevent Rxe4.} Qc1+ 29. Kh2 {And now Rxe4 would win.} Nxf2 {
[%cal Be4f2,Bf2h3,Bh3g5][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...Qh1+.} 30. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(30. Kg3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Nxh3 31. Nxh3) 30... Qh1+ $19 31. Kg3
Qg1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Kh4 Nxh3 33. Be3 {[#]} (33. Qxg1 $142 Nxg1
34. Rf2) 33... Nxg5 $1 {Precision: White = 16%, Black = 29%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melia, Salome"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,114,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-33,0,-22,0,-31,-20,-26,-25,-48,
-31,-47,-24,-20,-24,-44,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,65,-23,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-317,-317,-319,-293,-523,-441,-843,-808,-964,-985,
-1241,-1181,-1175,-1164,-1347,-1343,-1199,-862,-777,-1227,-1109,-845,-745,-833,
-839,-839,-763,-773,-2194,-2008,-2979,-2695,-29983,-29984,-29989,-29990,-29990,
-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc5
5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {LiveBook: 35 Partien. C54:
Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} 9. d4 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Ba7 10. Bb3 Re8 {
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 11. Bc2 Bd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... b5 12. Be3
exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nbd2 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bb7 16. d5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Melia,S
(2394)-Stefanova,A (2512) Teheran 2017}) 12. a3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13.
Be3 (13. Bxa4 exd4) 13... b5 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Kh2 Qb8 16. Nh4 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]}
17. d5 Qd8 18. g3 c4 19. Nf1 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. f3 Bc8 22. Ng2 Nfd7 23. g4 Nb3
24. Ng3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 g6 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Qf2 Nf6 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Re2 Rh8 (29...
Rf8 $11) 30. Kg1 (30. f4 $14) 30... h5 $11 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 31. g5 Nh7 32. h4 $1
f6 33. f4 fxg5 34. fxg5 Rf8 (34... Bg4 $11 35. Ne3 Raf8 36. Nef5+ gxf5 37.
Nxf5+ Bxf5 38. exf5 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Qe3 ({Besser ist} 35. Nf5+
$1 $14 gxf5 36. exf5) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bg4 37. Rf2 Rf8 38. Bxb3 {Und Lc2
würde nun gewinnen.} axb3 39. Rxf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kg1 $11 {und Weiss
steht sicher.}) 39... Nxf8 $19 40. Qf2 Nd7 41. Ne3 $2 (41. a4 {ist eine
bessere Verteidigung.} bxa4 42. Ne3) 41... Nc5 42. Kg2 (42. Kg1 $142 Nd3 43.
Qg2) 42... Nd3 43. Qd2 Qf7 44. a4 bxa4 45. Nxc4 Qf3+ 46. Kh2 Nf2 47. Qe1 Bh3 {
[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf3g2]} 48. Qg1 Bd7 49. Qe1 Ng4+ 50. Kg1 Bb5 51. Nd2 Qe3+ 52.
Qxe3 Nxe3 {KLS-KSS} 53. Nb1 Bd3 54. Nd2 Nc4 55. Ngf1 Bxf1 {Schwarz setzt Matt.}
56. Nxf1 a3 57. bxa3 b2 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,0,33,12,17,17,8,-14,4,-7,37,22,35,31,79,90,104,105,111,123,119,
119,108,78,85,96,90,83,62,24,17,0,23,-8,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,96,0,68,96,89,79,86,
91,201,146,147,133,599,583,1419,1231,29995,29989,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 6. Qd3 {
B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} b6 7. Nge2 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7... Ba6
8. Qe3 Nd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 O-O 12. Kf2 dxe4 13. fxe4 {
1/2-1/2 (54) Kuzmicz,K (2460)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017}) 8. a3 {
White is slightly better.} Ba6 9. Qe3 Bd6 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O
b5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qg5 b4 13. e5 {1/2-1/2 (49) Alonso Alvarez,A (2196)-Diaz
Velandia,J (2261) Benidorm 2012}) 10... Nf5 11. Qf2 Be7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Bg3 $1
c5 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O-O h5 16. h3 g6 17. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc8
18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bd3 a4 $1 22. Kd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,
Bd2e2,Be2f3][%mdl 32]} (22. Qxd4 Bc5 $15) 22... g5 23. f5 Kd7 24. Bxh4 gxh4 25.
f6 Bb4+ 26. Ke2 $1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qg8 (27... h3 $11) 28. Qxd4 (28. Qf4 $1 $16)
28... Bc5 (28... Qg5 $1 $11 29. Qxb4 Qxe5+ 30. Kf1 Rc4 31. Qe7+ (31. Bxc4 Qf4+
32. Ke2 Qxg4+ 33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+ 37. Kd3 Qf5+
38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39. Kd3 Qf5+ 40. Kd2 Qg5+ 41. Ke1 Qg3+ $11) 31... Kc8 32. Bxc4
Qf4+ 33. Kg1 (33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Ke2 Qxg4+ 35. Ke3 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+
38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qxh1+ 40. Bf1 Qe4+ 41. Be2 h3 $11) 33... Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qf4+
35. Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+ 37. Ke2 (37. Ke1 Qg3+ 38. Ke2 Qxg4+ 39. Ke1 Qg3+ 40.
Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Ke3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxc4+ 44. Ke3 Qe4+ 45. Kd2 Qf4+ 46.
Ke2 Qc4+ 47. Ke3 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Qf4+ 49. Kd3 Rg8 $11) 37... Qxc4+ 38. Kf3 Qe4+
39. Kf2 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qxg4+ 41. Kd3 Qf3+ 42. Kd2 Qf4+ 43. Kd3 Qf3+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+
45. Kd3 Qf3+) 29. Qf4 $14 h3 30. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]
Strongly threatening cxd5.} Rh4 {[#]} 31. Kf3 $1 Be3 {[#]} (31... d4 $16) 32.
Qg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3h4]} ({Weaker is} 32. Kxe3 Rxg4 33. Qh6 Rg2 $11) 32... Qg5
{White must now prevent ...Rg8.} 33. cxd5 Rch8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bd4 $16
{is a better chance.} 34. dxe6+ (34. Rxh3 Rxh3 35. Qxh3 Rc1 $11) 34... fxe6)
34. dxe6+ Ke8 35. exf7+ Kf8 36. Bf5 Bd2 37. Ke2 {Precision: White = 68%, Black
= 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,22,43,40,36,38,41,34,45,33,30,16,36,28,28,38,56,58,48,8,8,8,8,9,8,
-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,9,7,16,22,23,0,0,0,6,7,4,-21,-17,-118,-120,-122,-121,
-122,-117,-111,-125,-91,-100,-241,-235,-239,-229]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and
Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bh5 10. O-O
Be7 11. Rae1 a6 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 b5
17. Qd1 Qd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 {1-0 (84) Nakamura,H (2780)-Topalov,V (2749)
Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 {
LiveBook: 15 Games} 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 O-O 13. Be2 $146 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. O-O
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. c4 {Strongly threatening Ba5.} Nb6 $1 19.
Be3 Qc6 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Ne3 Bc5 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Kg2 Qf5 24.
Rf1 Nc6 25. Rad1 Qe5 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. a3 Rd6 28. Qc3 Bd4 29. Qd2 Red8 30. f4
Qe6 31. Qc2 f5 32. b4 {With the idea b5.} Bf6 $1 33. Qa2 {Black must now
prevent c5.} Kf8 34. Nxb6 (34. Nc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf7 35. Rxd6 Rxd6
36. Nd5) 34... Rxd1 $1 $17 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Nd4 37. Nd5 e3 $36 {[%mdl
2048] Black is really pushing.} 38. Nc3 {[#]} e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Nxe2 {[#]}
(39. Bxe2 $17 Qe3 40. Nd5 Qxe2+ 41. Qxe2 Nxe2 42. Kf2) 39... Qe4+ $1 $19 40.
Kh3 {[#] Nxd4 is the strong threat.} Ne6 $1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black =
68%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stark, Lars"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,30,27,11,23,21,14,14,21,0,0,14,27,23,35,8,23,25,31,34,55,0,3,0,
-19,-18,33,29,151,145,266,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,0,-14,-11,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33]} 1. c4
Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...
e5} a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. cxd5 exd3 10. O-O cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11.
exd3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 13. Re1+) 13... Be7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Re1 Re8 16. d4 Bf5 17.
Ne5 Bf8 18. Bf4 h6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qd3 ({Better is} 20. Re2 $14) 20... Qb6 $11
21. Nb5 Rac8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 (22... bxc6 $11 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxb2) 23. Nc7
$14 Rc8 (23... Re7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 fxe6) 24. Rxc6 $16 bxc6 (24... Qxc6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 25. Nxe6 fxe6)
25. Qa6 $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 25. Nxe6 $18 Re8 26. Bh3) 25... Qxa6 $11
26. Nxa6 g5 27. Bd2 Nd7 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Nc5 Nc4 30. Bc3 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rb8 32.
Bf1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,16,11,3,23]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3


Ne4 {A80: Holländische Verteidigung} 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Partien}
O-O {[%mdl 32768] Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} {Vorgänger:} 9. Ne2 $146 Nd6
10. Rc1 Nd7 11. c4 c6 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Qa3 a5 14. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (45) So,W (2770)
-Carlsen,M (2855) Leuven 2016} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,-11,0,0,22,14,22,26,29,20,55,30,37,10,37,-20,-11,-10,-19,-17,2,2,
2,-41,-33,-42,-18,-31,-31,-27,-20,-27,-4,-24,0,0,45,41,36,29,82,81,81,69,94,92,
77,83,77,81,72,70,209,206,252,280,29992,29993,29993,29992]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 {D78:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. Bg5 {is interesting.} dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qxb2 11.
Rfb1 Qa3 12. Bc1) (9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 {0-1 (68) Li,C
(2732)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 {
The position is equal.} Na6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Ra5 $146 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({
Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ra5 Nb4 15. Rb5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na2 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Tkachiev,V (2629)-Bai,J (2444) London 2014}) 13... e6 14. e3 h6 15. h3 (15. h4
$14) 15... g5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 16. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} gxf4 17. gxf5 Nd6
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} fxe3 20. fxe3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nc7 21. Ng2
Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Raa1 Nf5 24. Bg4 Rad8 25. Na4 h5 26. Bxh5 e5 27. dxe5 d4 (
27... Bxe5 $11 28. Nc5 Ng3) 28. exd4 $16 Nxd4 29. Nc5 Bxe5 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Nc5
Nxb3 32. Nd7 {aiming for Ra2.} Nxa1 33. Nxe5 Nc2 {[#]} ({Better is} 33... Nb3
$14) 34. Bg6 $1 $18 {Hoping for Rd7.} Rxb2 35. Rd7 {Threatening mate with Bh7+.
} Rc8 $2 (35... Rf6 $18 36. Rxc7 Nd4 37. Bh7+ Kf8 38. Nd7+ Kg7) 36. Nf4 Rb1+
37. Kf2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,6,3,28,41,43,27,29,32,25,0,5,0,6,13,20,0,16,-31,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,
14,0,0,-123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,15,8,0,6,0,0,0,66,54,68,70,72,58,182,174,
162,164,159,123,145,139,248,175,152,153,425,425,456,446,1687,1662,2174,1772,
29984,29985]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne4 {
D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Nb5 Bb8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Nd4 Rc8
17. Qb2 {1-0 (72) Kovalenko,I (2684)-Muzychuk,A (2558) Caleta 2017}) 7. Nxe4
dxe4 8. Nd2 f5 {White has an edge.} 9. c5 Be7 10. Qh5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10.
Bb2 O-O 11. f3 b6 12. cxb6 exf3 13. Qxf3 axb6 14. a3 {0-1 (37) Galliamova,A
(2478)-Guseva,M (2391) Chakvi 2015}) 10... g6 11. Qh6 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. Nc4 {
next Nd6+ is good for White.} O-O 14. Qd6 Nd7 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bd2 Nxc5 ({
Much weaker is} 16... Rf6 $6 17. Nd6 $16 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 f4 $11)) 17.
Qd6 Ne6 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. Bb4 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Bf8.} 20. a3 {[#]} (
20. Qe5 $11) 20... Bf8 (20... c5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxc5 (21. dxc5 Rd8 $17
) 21... Bf8) 21. Qe5 $11 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxb4+ 23. axb4 a6 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 Nf8
26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bc4 Be6 28. g4 (28. f4 {seems wilder.} exf3 29. gxf3 f4 30.
Ke2 fxe3 31. Bd3) 28... Nd7 29. gxf5 Nxe5 (29... Bxf5 $11 30. Nxd7 Bxd7) 30.
fxe6 $14 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Ke2 Rh8 (
32... b6 $14) 33. Rxh8 $18 Kxh8 {KR-KR} 34. f3 Kg7 {[#]} 35. fxe4 $1 Rxe4 36.
Kd3 Re7 (36... Rh4 $16 {was necessary.}) 37. Rf1 g5 38. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5]
[%mdl 32]} Kg6 $2 (38... Kg8 $16 39. d5 g4) 39. e5 g4 {[#]} 40. Ke4 $1 Kg5 (
40... Rh7 $142 41. Rg1 Rh4) 41. d5 cxd5+ 42. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]}
Rc7 43. d6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,73,42,43,36,43,44,43,62,62,72,85,87,85,83,80,127,117,125,129,141,130,
157,155,121,101,109,108,139,111,107,118,104,108,203,124,128,126,133,143,135,
136,190,205,253,252,347,347,464,466,567,527]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. c4 Be7 11.
Nc3 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} b6 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} Bb7 14. Qd3 d6 {[#]} 15. b4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Rfe8 16. f5 Rac8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Qg3
Ne5 20. Na4 Bxe4 21. Nxb6 {1-0 (35) Kotronias,V (2602)-Kogan,A (2534) Port
Erin 2003}) 15... Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 18. a3
Rfe8 19. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd8 20. h5 $1 Bg5 21. Be3 ({Much
weaker is} 21. Qxd6 $6 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Qc7 $11) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qd4
Rc6 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Rc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Nf6 (28...
Rd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Rxb6 Bxe4 30. f3 Ba8 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 31.
Na2 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Nd5 {[#]} (32... Rc8 $16) 33. Ra6 $1 $18 Nc3 34. a4 Rc8 {[#]
} 35. Bf1 $1 Bb7 36. Ra7 Nxa4 37. Nd3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 40%.} ({
Not} 37. Rxb7 Rxc1 38. Kf2 Rb1 $11) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,58,14,0,35,40,34,45,45,35,91,81,95,95,94,91,96,95,95,76,92,43,92,81,
87,45,73,46,48,39,42,24,68,63,81,80,97,85,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 30
Games} dxc4 $146 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} ({
Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Rc1 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Be6 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. a4
Nxc5 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Stocek,J (2560)
-Moiseenko,A (2670) Karlsruhe 2017}) 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 {White is
slightly better.} 11. e4 e5 (11... b6 $14) 12. d5 $16 ({Much worse is} 12. dxc5
Nd7 $15) 12... Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. O-O f6 16. a4 Nd6 17. Ra3 Bd7 18.
Re1 Rae8 19. Bc2 Qc8 20. Rae3 Nf4 21. h4 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. g3 Qh3 $1 {[%csl
Gf4][%cal Rh3g2]} 24. gxf4 {And now R1e2 would win.} Qg3+ 25. Kf1 {aiming for
fxe5.} exf4 {[#]} 26. Rb3 (26. R3e2 $1 $16) 26... Qh2 $11 {The position is
equal.} 27. Re2 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black
= 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,14,8,18,14,7,0,52,42,57,53,46,52,55,49,60,76,58,63,75,66,52,50,45,
52,47,42,50,48,56,12,27,9,95,107,107,104,102,42,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nd4 {A16: English Opening:
1...Nf6 with ...d5} Qd7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxc6 9. Qxc6+
bxc6 10. g3 Rb8 $146 (10... Be6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Bg2 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Kramnik,V (2759)-Kamsky,G (2725) Nice 2009}) 11. Bg2 $14 c5 12. d3
Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. b3 c4 15. dxc4 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Rc1 Bd3 19.
f4 ({But not} 19. Bxa7 Ra8 $15) 19... Bb2 20. Rc6 e5 21. Kf2 (21. Bxa7 Rb7 $11)
21... Rfe8 22. Rxc7 ({Of course not} 22. Bxa7 Ra8 $15) 22... exf4 23. Bxf4 {
With the idea Rd1.} Bxe4 (23... Rbc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bxe4 $16
Rxe4 25. Kf3 Re6 26. Rd1 ({White should try} 26. Rxa7 $16 Rd8 27. Rf1) 26... a6
27. Rxf7 {[#] Rdd7 is the strong threat.} Rxb3+ $1 {The position is equal.} 28.
axb3 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rd7+ Re7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black
= 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,73,0,17,4,59,54,54,56,51,46,53,51,82,58,88,55,64,54,82,76,113,84,98,
105,108,52,88,101,100,34,35,25,241,236,509,511,534,371,370,369,362,366,457,478,
468,473,504,499,478,464,558,552,816,817,831,823,1795,1506]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 $1 10.
Qe2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early
deviations} (10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
cxd5 Bb4 16. dxe6 Bxg2 17. Nxf7 Qe7 18. Kxg2 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 {0-1 (31)
Navara,D (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Prague 2017}) 10... Nbd7 (10... b5 $11) 11.
O-O Rc8 12. e5 {White is slightly better.} Ne8 $1 13. a4 Nc7 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15.
Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 h6 16. Be1 Qe7 17. Qa2 Rfd8 {1-0 (80)
Gorshkov,Y (2393)-Shefer,A (2105) Voronezh 2008}) 15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 c5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nd4 h6 20. Bf4 dxc4 21. Qg4 f5 22. exf6 $1 $40 {
[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Rxf6 23. Bc6 (23. bxc4 $16 {Threatens to win
with Nc6.} Rg6 24. Qe2) 23... Qf7 $14 {[#] And now ...Nd5 would win.} 24. bxc4
Rd8 $2 (24... Rf8 $1 $11) 25. Be5 $18 Rg6 $2 (25... Ne8 {is a better defense.}
26. Bxe8 Rxe8) 26. Qh4 Rf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rcc1 e5 30. Nb5 {
White is clearly winning.} Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxb5 32. axb5 {[%cal Ba4b5,Bb5a6]
[%mdl 32] KRB-KNN} Kf8 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rh8 Kd6 35. Rxh6 a5 36. bxa6 Kxc6 37.
Rxf6+ {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,14,25,19,25,18,32,34,40,33,39,41,43,38,47,42,46,48,51,33,70,43,40,
26,29,27,32,28,30,18,24,17,16,0,0,-12,10,0,35,33,79,83,149,140,150,104,118,94,
125,124,156,141,146,143,334,326,432,405,540,510,532,529,477,515,570,478,605,
604,656,666,666,666,628,640,759,714,681,668]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4.
g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights
Variation with 4 g3} Ba7 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15.
Rxd7 Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Howell,D (2676)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 12...
Rd3 13. Ne1 Rd8 14. b3 Ne7 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. Ne7+ Nxe7 18. Bxe7 Rd7
19. Ba3 c6 20. Nf3 Bb8 {[%cal Ba7b8,Bb8d6,Bd6e7][%mdl 32]} 21. Nh4 Bd6 22. Bb2
Rd8 23. f4 Be7 24. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} e4 25. Nd4 $36 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4e2,
Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 2080] White has some pressure.} c5 (25... h5 $5) 26. Ba3 Bf8
{[#]} 27. Ne2 $1 f5 {[#]} (27... h5 $142) 28. gxf5 $1 $16 Rd3 29. Rad1 ({
But not} 29. Bxe4 $6 Rxe3 30. Bd5+ Kh7 $14) 29... Rxe3 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Ng3 Rb8
32. Bxe4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 {aiming for Bd5+.} Nf6 $2 (33... Be7 $16 34. Bb2 b5) 34.
Rd8 $18 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} b6 35. Bb2 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.}
Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 37. f6 gxf6 38. Bxf6 Ra8 39. Bh4
Rb8 {[#]} 40. f5 $1 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 544]} Ra8 (40... Bxf5 41. Rxb8)
41. f6 b5 42. Bg3 bxc4 43. bxc4 a5 44. Bd6 Bb7 45. Rd7+ {Precision: White =
59%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,30,0,0,-23,-22,-35,-33,-70,-15,-90,-25,-48,-24,-20,0,0,0,0,45,0,0,
-12,-11,-65,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-5,6,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. a4
{LiveBook: 4 Games. B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O-O h6
11. Be3 Nc5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. f3 Qc7 14. g4 b5 15. a3 Qb7 16. h4 a5 {1-0 (34)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Korobov,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9... h6 10.
Bxf6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10.
Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. f4 Rac8
{1/2-1/2 (47) Lewicki,M (2200)-Krzyzanowski,M (2352) Krakow 2013}) 10... Nxf6
11. f4 Be7 12. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} exf5 (12... d5 $15 13. exd5 Qb4) 13. exf5 (13.
Nxf5 $11 Bxf5 14. exf5) 13... O-O (13... Qe5+ $17 14. Kd1 Qc5) 14. Nd5 $11
Qxd2+ (14... Qd8 {NOTEXT} 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. c3 Qc7) 15. Kxd2 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Kd3 Bd7 18. g4 Rab8 19. Rhe1 Rfc8 20. c3 ({White should play}
20. Bb3 $11) 20... Bc6 (20... b5 $1 $15) 21. Bb3 Kf8 22. h3 a5 23. Bc4 Bg2 24.
Bb5 d5 25. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Rc7 26. Kf2 Be4 27. Nf3 Re7 28. Re2
Bxf3 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Kxf3 Kd6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Re1 {Precision: White = 32%,
Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,22,14,0,0,0,0,0,8,-13,15,13,56,54,240,234,212,206,
204,212,198,56,48,48,53,0,114,102,75,39,52,34,38,34,29,55,139,135,133,132,207,
209,324,326,310,314,324,308,308,278,287,278,568,450,453,469,465,467,446,401,
339,327,455,457,528,466,448,442,588,488,452,438,732,722,731,716,710,704,745,
646,1172,1062,1790,1772,2059,1812,3761,3560]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4.
Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Be2 a5 (7... c5 8. d5 e5 9.
Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4
{LiveBook: 4 Games} Nfd7 11. O-O Bf6 {Threatens to win with ...c5.} 12. Qc2 Re8
13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Bf1 {1-0 (53) Volkov,S (2638)
-Kobo,O (2460) St Petersburg 2017}) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf3 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rfe1 g5
19. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6] And now exd6 would win.} gxf4 $2 (19... d5 $14) 20.
exd6 $18 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kf2 Rae8 23. Ne4 ({Better is} 23. Qd4 $18)
23... R1xe4 $14 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. dxc7 ({White should try} 25. Qc2 $14 f5 26.
Qd2 (26. dxc7 Kf7 $16)) 25... Bc8 (25... Ne5 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Qd2 Re3
27. Qd8+ (27. Qxa5 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Re1+ 29. Qxe1 Nxe1 $19) 27... Kg7 28. Qg5+ Ng6)
26. Qd2 Kg7 27. g3 fxg3+ 28. hxg3 Re5 $1 29. Qd6 Re6 30. Qd4+ Kg8 (30... Nf6
$14) 31. Qa7 $16 Ne5 32. Qxa5 Nd3+ (32... Re8 $16) 33. Kg2 $18 {[%mdl 1024]
White has strong compensation.} Re2+ {[#]} (33... f6 $142 34. Qc3 Ne5) 34. Kf3
$1 {[%cal Rf3e2]} Re8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qd6 ({Don't play} 37. Qg5+
$6 Kf8 $18) 37... Ne5+ 38. Kg2 Bg4 $2 (38... Kg7 39. Qd8 Rf8) 39. a4 f6 40.
Qxf6 Nf3 {intending ...Re2+.} 41. Kf2 Ne5 {...Rf8 is the strong threat.} 42.
Qd8 Kf7 43. c5 Bc8 44. b4 {White is clearly winning.} Ng4+ 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. Kg2
Ne4 47. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nf6 48. Qd3 Bd7 (48... Re7 $142
49. a6 Rxc7) 49. a6 Ra8 {[#]} 50. a7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc8 (50... Rxa7 51. Qxd7+)
51. Qd8 h5 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Ke5 Nd5 {[#]} 55. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,
Bb5b6][%mdl 544]} Nb4 (55... cxb5 56. Qxd5+) 56. b6 {Precision: White = 78%,
Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,-18,-24,-45,-33,-25,-11,-26,-16,-14,0,-24,-16,-22,0,-18,17,0,34,38,
24,31,27,34,28,33,252,249,233,242,245,250,202,39,35,46,39,36,100,108,112,41,
242,213,253,252,245,247,210,213,222,186,800,29,17,22,323,328,587,587,587,587,
587,587,570,556]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 d4 5. e3 dxe3 6. fxe3 $146
{A11: English Opening: 1...c6} ({Predecessor:} 6. dxe3 Na6 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. Qc2
Bg7 9. h3 Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Bd2 {0-1 (52) Hou,Y (2663)-Mamedov,R
(2655) Shamkir 2016}) 6... Bg7 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. c5 e5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. b4 Re8 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. e4 $36
{[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} dxe4 16. Ng5 e3 17. Qb3 {[%cal Rf1f7]}
Bf6 $2 ({Black should try} 17... Nxc5 $14 18. bxc5 exd2 19. Rxf7 Be6 20. Rxe7
Bxb3 21. Rxg7+ (21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. axb3 e4 $17) 21... Kxg7 22. axb3 exd4) 18.
Bxe3 $18 {Strongly threatening Nxf7!} exd4 19. Bf4 $1 {Black must now prevent
Rae1!} Ne5 20. Rae1 $1 {[%cal Re1e5]} Bf5 {[#]} 21. Bd5 $2 ({White must play}
21. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5][%mdl 512]} Bd3 (21... Nxg4 22. Rxe7) 22. Bxe5 Bxf1
23. Bf4) 21... Qd7 $14 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxg5.} 22. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe5
23. Bxf7+ Kh8 ({Black should play} 23... Kg7 $1 $14 24. Bxe5 Bxe5) 24. Bxe5 $16
Bxe5 25. Bd5 ({Better is} 25. Qd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e5]} Qxd5 26. Bxd5) 25...
Re8 $2 {[#]} (25... Rf8 $1 $14) 26. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5][%mdl 512]} Bc2 (
26... Bxg4 $2 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxe5 $18) 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Nf7+ Kg7 {[#]} 29. Qh3
$1 {[%cal Rh3h6]} ({Worse is} 29. Bxb7 Rf8 $11) 29... h5 30. gxh5 Bc7 $2 {[#]}
(30... Bf6 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. h6+ (32. Bxb7 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 dxe3 $16) 32... Kh7) 31.
Qg4 $2 (31. Be4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with hxg6.} Bd8 (31...
Bxe4 32. hxg6) 32. Bxc2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 dxe3 34. Nxd8) 31... Qe3+ $11 32. Kh1 {
And now h6+ would win.} Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bf5 $1 $11 {and Black is
okay.} 33. Qh4 (33. Rxf5 $2 Qe1+ 34. Qg1 Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 gxf5 $19) 33... d3) 33.
Qxd4+ $18 Be5 $2 (33... Kh7 {was called for.} 34. Rf2 Qd1+ 35. Qxd1 Bxd1) 34.
h6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re2h2]} 35. Ng5+ Kxh6 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Re2h2]} 36. Qh4+ Qh5 37. Nf7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black =
39%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,50,45,67,77,73,89,77,74,175,166,154,100,105,105,105,110,172,175,
174,191,193,181,198,172,150,128,127,118,204,220,227,220,201,190,146,144,355,
353,346,346,358,346,363,356,349,349,349,320,349,328,380,399,365,256,365,325,
689,677,581,479,2370,2271,6616,6436,6412,6405,6211,5726,6111,5800]} 1. d4 d5 {
[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O
Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (10.
Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd7 Nxf4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nde5 Ng6 14. Nxc6 Qd5 15. N4a5 Bf6 16.
Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 d3 18. exd3 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (110) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P
(2744) Huaian 2017}) 10... Rc8 11. Qxb7 {[%cal Re5c6] LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxe5
12. Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} Rc7 13. Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3
O-O 14. Bf4 Rc5 15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. e3 Qa5 17. exd4 Ba4 {1-0 (26) Akesson,R (2466)
-Andreasson,I (2341) Gothenburg 2005}) 13... O-O 14. Bf4 Rc2 (14... Nh5 $16)
15. Rfc1 $18 Rxb2 16. Nxd7 (16. Qxa7 $142 Rxe2 17. Qxd4) 16... Qxd7 $16 17. Bc6
$1 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Qd8 18. Qxa7 Nd5 (18... Bb4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. Bxd5
$1 $18 exd5 {[#]} 20. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Bf6 22. Rb8 Qe7 23.
Qxe7 Bxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. a4 g5 (24... Rxb8 $16 25. Bxb8
Bd8) 25. Be5 {Threatens to win with a5.} Rxb8 26. Bxb8 $18 {Black must now
prevent a5. KB-KB} Bd8 27. Ba7 d3 28. exd3 Kf8 $2 (28... f5 $16 29. Be3 Kf7)
29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg2 Kd6 31. Bd4 Kc6 32. Kf3 Kb7 33. Ke2 Ka6 {[#]} 34. Bc3 $1 Be7
35. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Kb6 36. Ke3 Kc6 37. Bd4 Bd8 (37... Ba3
$142 38. Kd2 Be7) 38. f4 f6 $2 (38... Kd6 39. Kf3 Kc6 40. fxg5 Bxg5) 39. Kf3 {
White is clearly winning.} Be7 {[#]} 40. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 (40... gxh4 $142
41. Kg2 Kb7) 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. h5 Bf8 43. Ke2 Kb7 44. Kd2 Ka6 45. Kc3 {
Precision: White = 95%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,41,58,83,18,21,-5,17,2,31,30,31,8,12,-20,-10,-17,0,-11,39,13,12,0,
29,32,287,68,263,88,88,87,87,88,57,66,64,0,152,35,179,-1218,260,-1793,641,613,
1172,911,871,528,458,197,1929,968,1097,1020,29991,1585]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3.
f4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc5 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Qf3 (7.
Qxd8+ $16 Kxd8 8. Nf3) 7... Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. h3 Qb6 9. e5
Nh5 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Ne2 Bc6 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 {1-0 (35)
Markovic,Z (2408)-Gigov,P Dimitrovgrad 2003}) 8. Bc4 Na5 {The position is
equal.} 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 {feels hotter.} Nf6 10. e5 Bg4 11. Qe3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nd5
13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qb5+) 9... b6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qe2 {
aiming for Bxa5.} Nh5 14. Nh3 e6 15. Qf2 Nc6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. g4 Nb4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (17... Ng7 $14) 18. gxh5 $2 (18. Bxb4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Rhf1.}
Nxf4 19. Qxf4 (19. Nxf4 Bxh1 20. Bc3 Bb7 $16) 19... Bxh1 20. Rxh1 cxb4 21. Rf1)
18... Bxh1 $2 ({Better is} 18... Nxd3+ $14 19. cxd3 Bxh1) 19. Rxh1 $2 (19. Bxb4
$1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qb7 20. Bc3) 19... Nxd3+ $16 20. cxd3 b5
21. Ng5 bxc4 22. dxc4 Rab8 {Strongly threatening ...Qb7.} 23. Qg2 (23. Qf3 $1
$14) 23... Rb6 $2 ({Black should try} 23... Qd7 $11 24. Bc3 (24. hxg6 $2 Qd3
$19) 24... Qd3) 24. Bc3 (24. Ba5 $16 Ra6 25. Bc3) 24... Rfb8 (24... Qd7 $1 $14)
25. Kd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Kc2 $18) 25... Qb7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25...
Rb2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 27. Ke3 Rxg2) 26. Ne4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
[#]} (26. Qxb7 $18 R8xb7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Ne4) 26... Rd8+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (
26... Rb2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qxg2) 27. Ke3 $18 Qa6 28.
Rd1 Rbb8 29. Nd6 Qa3 30. Rd3 (30. Qc2 $142) 30... Qa6 $2 (30... Qc1+ 31. Kf3
Rb6) 31. h4 Qb6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Rg1 {Precision: White = 14%, Black = 24%.} (33.
Qg5 $142 Kf8 34. Qf6 Qb7 35. Nxb7 Rxd1 36. Nd6 Kg8 37. h6 Re1+ 38. Bxe1 Rb3+
39. axb3 Kf8 40. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papp, Gabor"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,52,27,44,54,50,44,69,35,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-37,-33,-37,-30,-34,
-27,-27,-33,-38,-26,-31,-47,-29,-37,0,-43,0,-39,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O {
LiveBook: 26 Games} 10. Kb1 {B98: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7,
sidelines} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Be2 {
White is slightly better.} Rfc8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 $1 {[%cal
Rf4e5]} Bd6 16. Rhf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf3 Nc4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nxe6
Bxe6 19. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Stocek,J (2496)-Zvjaginsev,V (2641) Ubeda 2000})
16... Nc4 17. Bxd6 ({Reject} 17. Bxc4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 (18. Rxf4 Nh5 $17) 18...
Qxf4 $17) (17. Nxe6 {keeps more tension.} Bxe6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Qxd6 Qa5 20.
Qd4) 17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nxe6 Rxc3 20. Rxd6 Rc6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Nf4
Re8 23. Bc4 Ng4 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne3.} 24. Ng6 $1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rc4f7]}
Nf6 25. Nf4 Ng4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3.} 26. Ng6 $1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal
Rc4f7]} Nf6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,45,16,14,16,12,20,15,0,0,7,0,1,120,143,233,222,250,244,687,756,671,
300,746,758,645,203,829,818,964,783,1039,464,1074,858]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 {LiveBook: 29 Games. E04:
Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 {
And now Ne5 would win.} c6 11. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 {[#]} (
{Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Na6 14. O-O Ndc5 15. Rfd1 {
1/2-1/2 (23) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Ding,L (2774) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 12. g4
$1 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 544]} Nbd7 (12... Nxg4 $6 13. e5 $16) (12... e5 $11
13. dxe5 Nfd7) 13. g5 $1 $16 hxg5 {[#]} (13... Nh5 $16 {might work better.})
14. e5 $1 $18 Nh7 {[#]} 15. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Ra6 $2 (15... Qb6 16. axb5 (
16. hxg5 g6 $16) (16. Nxg5 f5 $16) 16... Qxb5) 16. hxg5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rc2h7]
} g6 17. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Qh4.} Re8 $2 (17... Kg7 18. Ke2 Rh8) 18.
Qh4 Ndf8 19. Qh2 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} (19. Nh2) 19...
f5 $2 (19... Bb7 20. Be3 c5) 20. gxf6 {White is clearly winning.} bxa4 21. Bf4
Qc7 22. f7+ (22. Ng5 $142) 22... Kxf7 {[#]} (22... Qxf7 $142 23. Ng5 (23. Rxa4
Rb6 $18) 23... Qb7) 23. Qxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 80%, Black =
27%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,28,17,23,29,22,27,27,13,31,5,24,0,10,5,0,-13,-13,-59,0,-22,0,-22,
0,0,19,0,32,0,279,259,245,256,420,447,452,455,402,393,659,654,886,883,845,851,
970,809,3278,2912,29990,29991,29996,29997,29997,29997,29998,29998,29998,29999]
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nf6 (4... Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 e5 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bb5 Nd3+ 11. Ke2 Nc5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+
Kxd7 {1/2-1/2 (46) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh 2017}) 5. Bxf6
gxf6 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3)
and 3 Nc3} f5 7. e3 e6 8. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. f4 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
Be2 Rc8 12. O-O {1/2-1/2 (22) Eiber,M (2339)-Wild,R (2265) Bayern 1999}) 8...
Bd6 9. a3 a6 10. h3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. g4 Nf6 $1 12.
Ne5 Ne4 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Qb3 Be6 (14... O-O $15) 15. Rg1 b5 {[#] White must
now prevent ...Bxe5.} 16. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d8]} Qc8 17. Nb4 f4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. d5 Bxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bd7 $11) 20. Bxh3 $18 Qxh3 21. Qc3 Rf8 $2 (
21... Ke7 22. Nc6+ Kd7) 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Qb7+ Kf6 24. Qb6 Qd7 $2 (24... Ke7 25.
O-O-O Qf5 26. Nc6+ Ke8) 25. Nc6 {Threatening mate with Qd4+.} Rg8 26. Qd4+ Kf5
27. O-O-O Rac8 28. Kb1 f3 29. Rg7 {Rh1 would kill now.} h6 30. Rh1 {[%cal
Rh1h5] White mates.} Bf4 31. Rh5+ Bg5 32. Qe5+ Kg4 {[#]} 33. Rhxg5+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} hxg5 34. Qxg5+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,29,27,31,24,32,0,24,6,27,28,35,25,22,24,23,28,51,21,41,8,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,9,5,11,2,4,0,0,0,4,6,6,2,7,3,3,5,25,14,13,2,21,19,17,18,42,43,26,13,50,
22,58,8,32,8,8,8,8,8,36,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London
and Colle Systems} Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 30
Games} Nbd7 11. Bh2 Re8 12. c4 $146 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} ({
Predecessor:} 12. c3 a6 13. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (50) Grischuk,A (2810)-Aronian,L
(2797) Beijing 2014}) 12... Bf8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. b4 e5 16. c5 e4
17. Nh4 {[#] And now c6! would win.} Qd8 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 18. Nc4 {Threatens to
win with Nf5.} (18. Bxd6 {looks sharper.} Bxd6 19. cxd6 g6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Bc4) 18... e3 19. Rxe3 (19. Nxe3 {feels hotter.} dxc5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nhf5 g6
22. Nd6) 19... Rxe3 20. Nxe3 dxc5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Nhf5 cxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Qxd4 Qc5 25. Qd1 Be4 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Bxf5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxf5 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf8 30. f3 Nd5 31. Kf2 a5 32. a3 g6 33. Nd4 f6 34.
Bc4 Nb6 35. Ba2 a4 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Nb5 g5 38. g3 h5 39. h4 Ncd7 40. Ke4 gxh4
41. gxh4 {Threatening f4.} Ne5 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Nc3 Nbc4 44. Kf5 Nd6+ {The
position is equal.} 45. Kxf6 Nxf3 46. Bd5 Nxh4 47. Nxa4 Kc7 48. Nc5 Nhf5 49.
Ne6+ Kb6 50. Ke5 Kb5 51. Nf4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,12,19,16]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3


Qa5 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} {Vorgänger:} 7. cxd5 $146 Nxd5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rd1
Rac8 {1-0 (37) Yu,Y (2751)-Dreev,A (2653) Riadh 2017} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Raja Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,31,29,25,24,21,65,66,59,62,59,52,47,53,37,31,54,50,131,27,27,24,54,
26,13,20,14,27,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7
4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without
3...Bd7} b5 (6... g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5
12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Navara,
D (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. a4 c4 8. Be2 $146 {
White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8
Bxa8 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nfxe4 {1-0 (33) Aleskerov,F (2312)
-Kovalyov,A (2619) South Padre Island 2014}) 8... Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8
Bxa8 11. Na3 Qb8 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bxd3 Bxe4 (13... b4 $14 14. cxb4 e6) 14. Nxb5
(14. Bxe4 $16 Nxe4 15. Qd5) 14... d5 $11 15. Bg5 e5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qa4 exf3 19. Nc7+ {The position is equal.} Kd8 20. Rd1+ $1 Kxc7 21. Qc4+
Kb6 {[#] And now ...Bc5 would win.} 22. Qb3+ Kc7 23. Qc4+ $1 Kb6 {...Bc5 is
the strong threat.} 24. Qb3+ Kc7 25. Qc4+ $1 Kb6 {Precision: White = 56%,
Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,18,27,31,35,30,37,54,60,74,76,116,112,112,123,115,115,112,112,122,
144,144,137,148,158,293,285,364,362,579,589,601,584,589,583,590,590,608,608,
589,590,714,602,602,598,573,579,587,556,579,576,560,565,812,789,754,557,641,
449,632,592,2497,1695,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5 {
LiveBook: 6 Partien. B91: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante mit 6.g3)} (8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O {1/2-1/2 (24) Dragun,K (2599)-Xiong,J (2627) Varadero
2016}) 8... Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Ra7 10. Be3 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Be6 11. Qd2
Rd7 {[#]} 12. Nc3 $1 d5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Nc6 13. Bg2 g6 14. a4 Bg7 15.
Nd5 O-O {1/2-1/2 (54) Carrasco Rodriguez,J (2172)-Aloma Vidal,R (2416)
Catalunya 2014}) 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rxd5 15. Qc3 Be7 16. Bg2 Rd6 17. O-O
O-O 18. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 19. axb5 Rc8 (19... Qxb5 $16 {
ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd6 Rxd6) 20. Qxe5 $18 Bf6
21. Qf4 Rxc2 {[#]} (21... g5 {war nötig.} 22. Qf3 Qxb5) 22. Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Qd8 (22... Qxh3 23. Qxd6) 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 ({Nicht} 24. Bxc1 axb5 25. Qe4
g5 $16) 24... g5 25. Qe4 Kg7 26. Rc8 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2f3,Bf3g4,
Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 28. Rxb8 Qe1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re1h1]} 29. Kf3 {Und De8
würde nun gewinnen.} Rd6 30. Qa8 {Droht Matt per Tg8+.} Qh1+ 31. Kg4 {jetzt
Tg8+ und aus.} Qd1+ 32. f3 {Beabsichtigt Tg8+ und Matt.} Bd8 {( -> ...h5+!)}
33. Qe4 Rd5 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Kxg5 Qd6 {beabsichtigt ...Dh6+.} 36. Kh5 axb5 (
36... Qg6+ $142 37. Qxg6+ hxg6+ 38. Kg4 axb5) 37. Bf5 Qf6 38. Bg5 Qg6+ 39. Bxg6
{Weiß setzt Matt.} hxg6+ 40. Kg4 f5+ 41. Kf4 fxe4 42. Bxd8 {Precision: Weiß =
87%, Schwarz = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,106,27,25,-16,0,0,89,79,84,82,77,95,86,73,87,18,22,23,22,0,22,17,22,
19,23,33,27,27,24,13,16,-12,3,0,18,5,10,11,13,22,84,78,72,61,97,100,91,92,95,
95,78,86,87,92,163,104,106,114,91,96,124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9..
.Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (11... Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14.
b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6
21. Nh2 Ng7 22. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh
2017}) 12. cxd4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 97 Games} 13. Bc2 Bf6 14. Nb3 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Ng3 g6
16. Bf4 c5 17. b4 Nc4 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 {0-1 (50) Nayhebaver,M (2409)
-Meszaros,M (2388) Slovakia 2016}) 14... Nb4 (14... a5 $1 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 15. Na5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Rb8 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18.
Bf4 Nf8 19. e5 ({Better is} 19. Bg3 $16) 19... dxe5 $11 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Qe4
Qa8 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nf5 Ra7 24. a4 {Hoping for axb5.} Qxe4 25. Rxe4 {Black must
now prevent axb5.} Rb7 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 Ne6 28. Be3 Bf8 29. Ra6 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rd8 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Rc8 {[#]} (
31... Rbd7 $11) 32. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} g6 33. g4 c4 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. f5 Nf8 36. Ra4 c3 37. Rac4 Rbb8 38. Rc7 c2 (38... Rd8 $16) 39.
Rec4 ({White should play} 39. Kg2 $18) 39... Rd8 40. Bf4 gxf5 41. gxf5 Rb5 {[#]
} 42. Rc8 (42. R7c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b5]} Rxc5 43. Rxc5) 42... Rxc8 $11 {
The position is equal.} 43. Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 {[#]} 44.
f6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 $1 (44... Kxf6 45. Rxf8) 45. Rxf8 {Strongly
threatening d7. KRB-KR} Rb4 46. Rg8+ Kh5 $1 47. Rg5+ Kh6 $1 48. Bd2 Rd4 49. Be3
{White wants to mate with Rd5+.} Rd3 50. Bf4 {Intending Rg3+ and mate.} Rd4 51.
Be3 Rd3 52. Bf4 {Rg3+ would kill now.} Rd4 53. Be3 {White threatens Rd5+ and
mate.} Rd3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,16,10,53,44,57,22,25,21,30,17,20,10,31,12,36,24,39,13,6,25,43,17,
20,0,13,-68,0,-10,-22,-8,-15,-78,-71,-82,-82,-112,-118,-152,-165,-171,-135,
-153,-82,-203,-188,-248,-238,-234,-224,-254,-234,-249,-247,-318,-299,-339,-300,
-464,-249,-267,-275,-238,-203,-210,-199,-196,-176,-307,-260,-259,-227,-231,
-228,-213,-202,-609,-550,-529,-383,-652,-642,-667,-669,-460,-638,-598,-595,
-1065,-1047,-1904,-3181,-2235,-2167,-29989,-29990,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 c6 2.
Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 g6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights
Variation} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 $146 (8. d4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 Nd7 9. Qg3
Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qh4 f5 12. Bg5 Rf7 13. exf5 exf5 14. Rfe1 {0-1 (92) Jones,
G (2575)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Warsaw 2010}) 8... d4 {The position is equal.} 9.
Nb1 $1 Ne7 10. d3 c5 11. a4 Nbc6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Qg3 a6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Rb8
16. Rf1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 ({White should play} 18. c4 $11) 18... Bh6 ({
Better is} 18... f5 $15) 19. Qh4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 {[#]} (21. Qxf4
$11 {remains equal.} f5 22. Bf3) 21... Ne5 $1 $17 22. Raf1 N7c6 {[%cal Be7c6,
Bc6b4,Bb4c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qf2 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 24. Nb1
b3 25. c4 Nb4 26. Qg3 f6 (26... Ra8 $142 {Hoping for ...Ra2.} 27. Nd2 Ra2 28.
Nxb3 Rxb2) 27. Kh2 (27. Nd2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 27... Qd6 28. Na3 (28.
Nd2 $142) 28... Nc2 $19 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. R4f2 Ra8 31. Rb1 Ne3 32. Na3 {[%cal
Bb5a3,Ba3b1,Bb1d2][%mdl 32]} Rf7 33. Re1 Kh8 34. Bf1 (34. Kg1 $142) 34... Re8 (
34... f5 $142 35. Be2 fxe4 36. Rxf7 Nxf7 37. dxe4 Kg7) 35. Nb1 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,
Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 36. Nd2 Qc7 37. Kg1 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g3][%mdl 512]} 38.
Qh4 (38. Rxf4 Nxd3) 38... Ref8 39. Be2 (39. Nf3 $142) 39... Qa5 40. Qg5 Qxd2
41. Qxe5+ Kg8 42. Rb1 Qc2 43. Rbf1 $2 (43. Re1 Qxb2 44. Bg4) 43... Nxf1 44.
Bxf1 Qc1 45. Qxc5 $2 (45. Qe6) 45... f3 46. g3 Qe3 47. Qd5 h5 48. h4 Kh7 49.
Qg5 Ra7 50. Qc5 Ra1 51. Qe7+ Kg8 {( -> ...Rxf1+!)} 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Rf7 {
Precision: White = 32%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Martinez Martin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,20,26,26,16,25,22,13,6,19,58,44,52,58,70,63,67,70,69,67,87,71,243,
246,341,337,330,334,311,115,339,333,363,358,358,360,336,352,344,350,625,612,
29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {
C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 7.
Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Bb6 9.
a4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Kc2 Bf5 13.
Nh4 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 10. b5
e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 11. dxe4 {aiming for Qxd6.} Qc5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rc5f2]
[#]} 12. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rc5f2]} 13. Be3 Qe7 {
Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} 14. bxc6 {Hoping for Qb3+.} Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rd8
$2 (15... bxc6 $16 {was called for.} 16. O-O Re8) 16. Qb3+ $18 Kg6 17. e5 bxc6
18. Qc2+ Kh6 19. O-O $2 (19. exf6 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qxe3+ 20. Qe2 (
20. Kf1 {is a self mate.} Ba6+ 21. c4 Bxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Rd1+ 23. Ne1 Rxe1#) 20...
Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2) 19... Ng4 $2 (19... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 20. Qe4 Re8 21.
Qxc6+ Be6 22. Qe4 Bd7 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 23. e6 Bxe6 24. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4]
[%mdl 32]} Qc5 $2 (24... Bf5 25. Qxe7 (25. Qxf5 Nxe3 26. Qb5 Nxf1 $16) 25...
Rxe7 26. hxg4 Bxg4) 25. hxg4 {[#] White wants to mate with Qf4+.} Bc4 26. Qf4+
g5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Stark, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,23,23,20,20,20,22,27,21,30,67,47,58,62,65,54,98,88,83,42,31,61,
60,51,122,81,135,133,137,128,118,106,115,37,37,27,35,33,48,60,70,54,64,53,64,
66,77,78,70,62,83,81,109,109,129,126,124,118,141,138,141,148,195,195,303,315,
309,299,376,404,501,476,476,483,406,264,260,271,542,520,579,580,754,748,735,
713,822,822]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qd3 Rc8 {E07: Katalanisch} 11. Rfd1 Qc7 {
LiveBook: 3 Partien} 12. Rac1 Qb8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 13. Nd2 Rfd8
{[#]} 14. e3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Qb1 Qa8 15. Nf1 Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 {
1-0 (33) Kovalyov,A (2612)-Jiang,L (2348) Montreal 2011}) 14... c5 15. cxd5
cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 {Und dxe6 würde nun gewinnen.} exd5 18. Nf3 Re8 19.
Nd4 Qe5 20. Qh3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rdd1 Qe6 (22... Ne6 $14) 23. Nb5 {
Droht stark Dxe6.} Qe7 (23... Ng4 $142) 24. Qh4 $16 Nce4 25. Rxc8 ({Natürlich
nicht} 25. Nxa7 $6 Nxf2 26. Nxc8 Qxe3 $11) 25... Rxc8 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 ({
Vergiftet wäre} 27. Nxa7 $2 Qf3 $19) ({Lieber} 27. Bxf6 $16 Qf3 28. Re1) 27...
Nxe4 $14 28. Nd4 g6 29. f3 Ng5 30. Rd2 a6 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Ne2 Kf8 33. g4 Ke8
34. h4 b5 35. Bc3 Nd8 36. Kg3 Ne6 37. Ba5 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nf4 Kf7 40. Nxd5
Bxd5 41. Rxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Kf6 42. Rd6 f4+ (42... Rc2
$142 43. Rxa6 f4+ 44. exf4 Kf5) 43. exf4 $18 Rg8+ 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Ke3 Rc2 46.
a3 Kf5 47. Rd5+ Kf6 {und die Idee ...Te2+ ließe Schwarz weiter hoffen.} 48. Bd2
Nc5 49. Rd6+ Ne6 $2 {[#]} (49... Ke7 50. Rh6 Nxb3) 50. Rxa6 {Weiß steht klar
auf Gewinn.} Kf5 {Wenn Schwarz jetzt Zeit für ...Tb2 hätte...} 51. Rb6 Rc5 52.
Bb4 Rd5 53. Be7 h5 54. b4 {Precision: Weiß = 73%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,136,3,0,5,4,8,13,12,0,17,8,6,-10,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,1,0,16,-8,0,7,7,7,9,20,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-9,-20,-20,
-20,-20,-40,-39,-38,-37,-35,-39,-36,-35,-36,-44,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-92,0,-112,-105,
-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-580,-580,-580,-580,-576,-522,-7052,-1503,-1503,-1246,-1077,
-1076,-29966,-29967,-29966,-29967,-29966,-29967,-29966,-29963,-29963,-6629,
-29972,-29973,-29973,-29969,-29961,-29963]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. h3 O-O
9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. c3 {1/2-1/2 (55) Aronian,L (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017})
9... Nce8 10. a4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 10. O-O Nd6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Be5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Keitlinghaus,
L (2515)-Kalod,R (2380) Pardubice 1996}) 10... a5 11. Be5 Nd6 12. Qe2 b6 13.
O-O Bb7 14. b3 e6 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5
cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qc7 21. c4 e5 22. Bb2 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Rab8
26. Rc7 Ba8 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Bc5 30. Bc1 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 (31.
Ra7 {NOTEXT} Nh5 32. Bg5 Ra8 33. Rb7 Rab8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Ke2) 31... Rxc8 32.
Ke2 Rc7 33. Kd3 Re7 34. Bd2 Re5 35. Rb1 Rf5 36. Bc6 Nh5 $1 37. b4 axb4 38. Bxb4
Nf4+ 39. Ke4 Nxh3 {[%cal Rh3f2] [#]} 40. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%cal Rh3f2][%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Rb2 Ng5+ 42. Kd3 Nxf3 43. Bxf3 Rxf3+ $15 {KR-KR} 44. Ke4
Ra3 45. Kd5 Rxa4 46. Kxc5 d3 47. Rd2 Kg7 48. Rxd3 Ra2 49. f3 (49. Kd6 $11)
49... Rc2 ({Black should try} 49... h5 $17 {aiming for ...g5.} 50. Kd6 h4) 50.
Kd5 (50. Kb5 $11) 50... h5 $17 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 51. c5
{[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] [#]} g5 (51... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4h3]
Threatens to win with ...h3.} 52. c6 h3) 52. c6 $11 h4 {Hoping for ...h3.} 53.
Kd6 h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 54. c7 f5 {And now ...h2 would win.} (
54... h2 $5 55. Rd1 $8 Kf6 $11) 55. Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Rd1 $11) 55... h2
$19 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Rd6+ Kh5 58. Rd8 Rxc7 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rxh2 Rc3 61. Rf2
Re3+ 62. Kd5 f4 63. Rf1 Kf5 64. Kd4 Ra3 65. Kd5 g4 66. fxg4+ Kxg4 {Black mates.
} 67. Ke4 Re3+ 68. Kd4 Kg3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,-19,-33,-37,-32,-40,-34,-41,-34,-46,-17,-16,-24,-27,-27,-29,-3,
-32,-10,-14,-9,-11,-9,-15,-4,-22,-13,-26,-6,-6,-8,-4,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 b5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} 10. Qb3 (10. Qd3
Bb7 11. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 (11) Bauer,C (2607)-Sokolov,A (2585) Guingamp 2010})
10... Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nh4 Bxg2 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nxg2
O-O 13. Nc3 Be7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 13... Qb6 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne3 Ne5 18.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (19) Damjanovic,M-Jansa,V Sarajevo 1966}) 14. Be3
Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nf4 Rc8 17. Nd3 Bd4 {White should prevent ...Bxc3.} 18.
Rfc1 Qb6 19. a4 Ng4 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb4 Rfc8 23.
e3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 25. Rfd1 Qb7 26. Ra5 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 h6 28. Rb1 Qc6 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Qxb5 Qxb5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black
= 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,40,40,55,35,33,0,50,6,23,-23,-8,-31,-2,0,11,18,45,33,40,4,16,14,5,
0,0,0,0,0,16,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,29,-13,-7,-7,0,-41,2,-36,-36,-36,-45,-42,0,0,
0,-78,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7.
Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. a3 Be7 8. f4
b5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O h5 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qf2 d6 15. e5
{0-1 (61) Grischuk,A (2772)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7... Nf6 {
[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O-O h5 9. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 6
Games. White is slightly better.} dxc6 10. h3 b5 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:}
11. e5 Nd5 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Nxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Santos Latasa,J
(2536)-Shankland,S (2662) Sitges 2017}) 11... Nd7 12. e5 Bb7 13. Bf4 c5 14. Qe3
Nb6 15. Be2 h4 (15... Bxg2 {keeps more tension.} 16. Rhg1 Bc6 17. Bf3 Qb7 18.
Ne4 Nd5) 16. Bf3 Be7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1
21. exd6 Rd7 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Rhe1 Qc6 24. Qe4 g5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Kb7 27.
Rd2 Nb6 (27... Qb5 {is interesting.} 28. Qg4 c4 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. Red1 Kb8) 28.
Qe4 (28. Qg4 {is more complex.} c4 29. Rc2 Qd5 30. Kb1 f5 31. Qh5) 28... Qxe4
29. Rxe4 Nd5 30. Rc4 Rc8 31. Kb1 f6 32. Bh2 Nb6 33. Rc3 Nd5 34. Rc4 Nb6 (34...
Kc6 $11) 35. Rc3 $17 Nd5 (35... c4 $17) 36. Rc4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black
= 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,188,54,58,28,61,56,128,123,142,138,243,235,231,214,224,199,250,89,
169,170,156,162,144,150,177,151,227,187,213,216,218,219,218,212,253,248,251,
250,208,217,194,172,178,168,187,0,161,0,172,131,161,167,175,175,171,181,169,
169,162,136,136,137,137,136,157,157,170,160,170,164,164,166,184,142,139,136,
136,129,168,158,187,186,186,179,193,191,191,174,181,162,233,232,225,225,229,
229,427,427,378,411,525,509,507,490,432,452,430,439,372,275,502,488,747,744,
707,707,707,696,681,681,622,593,607,593,593,593,593,592,592,591,591,591,591,
591,584,30,30,30,30,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9.
h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3
Nbd7 12. O-O Ne8 13. e4 Rb8 14. Re1 Nc7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5
18. a5 {1-0 (42) Akobian,V (2647)-Ponkratov,P (2613) Riadh 2017}) 11... Nfd7
12. O-O Ne5 13. Nd2 f5 14. Bh2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. Ra3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15. Re1 g5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Viterbo
Ferreira,J (2468)-Rocha,S (2396) Lisbon 2015}) 15... Nf7 16. a5 g5 (16... Rb8
$14) 17. Rb3 Kh8 18. Qc2 g4 (18... Qd8 $16) 19. hxg4 $18 fxg4 20. Bxg4 Nde5 21.
Be2 Rg8 (21... Rb8 $142 22. Bxa6 Ng4) 22. e4 $2 (22. Nce4 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.}) 22... Bh6 (22... Ng4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 23. Bg3 Bd4) 23.
Nd1 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Bg3 Rae8 26. Nc4 Nfe5 (26... Nf6 $16 27. Rb6 Rg6 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Reg8) 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 28. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3f5]} Bxe3 29.
Rxe3 Ng4 30. Qc3+ Rg7 31. Rf3 Qxe4 32. Bxd6 Kg8 33. Bxc5 Qxd5 34. Rd3 Qh5 {
[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2] [#]} 35. Rh3 Qd5 36. Rd3 Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]}
37. Rh3 Qd5 $1 38. Qd4 Re5 39. Qxd5+ Rxd5 40. Bb4 h5 41. Re1 Rf5 42. f3 Nf6 43.
Bc3 Rgg5 44. Bd2 Rg6 45. Kh2 Rb5 46. b4 Rd5 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. Rh4 Rdg5 49. Re2
Nd5 50. Bd2 Rf5 51. Rc4 Re6 52. Ree4 Rfe5 53. Red4 Rc6 54. Rxc6 bxc6 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 55. Kg1 Ke6 56. Kf2 Kd7 57. Rc4 Ne7 58. Be3 Nf5 (58...
Nd5 {is a better defense.}) 59. Bc5 Rd5 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Nh4 $2 (61... Ng7
62. Rf4 Ne6 63. Rf7+ Kd8) 62. Rf4 Ng6 63. Rf7+ Ke6 64. Ra7 Ne5 65. Rxa6 Rd8 66.
g5 Rg8 67. Rb6 Kd5 68. a6 Nd3+ $2 (68... Ra8 {was necessary.} 69. Be3 Ng4+ 70.
Kf3 Ne5+ 71. Ke2 Nc4) 69. Kf3 Nxc5 (69... Ra8 $142 70. Bg1 Ne5+ 71. Kf4 Rf8+
72. Kg3 Rf3+ 73. Kg2 Ra3) 70. bxc5 {KR-KR} Ra8 71. Rb1 Rxa6 72. Rc1 Ra3+ 73.
Kg4 Ra4+ 74. Kf5 Ra2 75. g6 Rf2+ 76. Kg5 Rg2+ 77. Kf6 Rf2+ 78. Ke7 Rg2 79. Kf7
Rf2+ 80. Kg8 Rg2 81. g7 $2 (81. Kg7 $18 Kd4 82. Kf7) 81... Rg3 $1 $11 82. Kf7
Rf3+ 83. Kg8 Rg3 84. Rh1 {Hoping for Rh5+.} Kxc5 {The position is equal.} 85.
Rh6 {Threatens to win with Kf7.} (85. Kf7 {is more complex.} Kd4 86. Rh4+ Kd5
87. Rh3 Rg2 88. Kf6) 85... Kd5 $1 86. Kf7 {Black must now prevent Rg6.} (86.
Rh5+ {seems wilder.} Kd4 87. Rh4+ Kd5 88. Ra4 c5 89. Kh7) 86... Rxg7+ $1 87.
Kxg7 {aiming for Kf6. KR-KP} c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 88.
Kf6 c4 $1 89. Kf5 {White wants to mate with Kf4.} c3 $1 90. Rh8 Kd4 91. Kf4 {
Intending Rd8+ and mate.} c2 92. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2]} Kd3 93. Kf3 Kd2 94. Rd8+
Kc3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,21,21,25,28,27,31,32,31,31,31,26,24,0,8,15,11,10,19,7,13,9,15,3,3,
4,3,7,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,4,20,57,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {B11:
Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qf4 Qf5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. d3 Qxf4 {
White has an edge.} 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:}
11... Bh5 12. d4 e6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nxg6
hxg6 18. g5 b5 19. h4 Nb6 20. Bf3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Antoniewski,R (2552)
-Khenkin,I (2655) Germany 2012}) 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Bg3 f5 14. O-O-O f4 15. Bh2 $1
Bc5 16. Rd2 g5 17. Re1 {aiming for d4.} O-O-O 18. Bg4 {[#] Threatens to win
with Rxe5.} Bd6 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Kc7 21. Re6 Bc5 22. Rd2 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24.
Bg4 {With the idea Rg6.} Nb6 25. Rg6 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Bxf2 27. Rxg5 Be3+ 28. Ke2
Nc4 29. b3 Nd2 30. Rg7+ (30. g3 $5 hxg3 {[#]} 31. Bxg3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]})
30... Kb6 {The position is equal.} 31. a4 Re8 32. Bd7 Re4 33. Bf5 Re8 34. Bd7
Re4 35. Bf5 Re8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,134,-7,7,4,-13,-28,-15,-39,15,-10,21,-46,-31,-34,21,12,14,-8,56,41,
64,74,75,68,80,89,91,64,98,74,124,124,127,108,123,123,133,131,321,318,308,254,
245,215,255,210,202,168,268,261,251,221,206,183,264,241,320,0,228,115,107,129,
142,92,110,74,83,29,28,33,28,20,70,20,28,27,22,20,20,20,32,21,34,25,25,25,29,
21,21,21,27,26,30,47,40,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,1097,902,666,2438,2331,2149,
1304,635,1816,1792,1554,1531,29953,5081,29976,29975,29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5
3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. a3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines,
including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 Bb6 12. a4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nb3 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Rfe1
dxe4 17. Nfd2 e3 18. fxe3 e5 {0-1 (34) Morris,J (2377)-Vajda,L (2597) Canberra
2014}) 7... O-O 8. b4 b6 9. Be3 $146 {[%cal Rd4c5] The position is equal.} ({
Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Re1 e5 11. Qa4 e4 12. Qxa6 exf3 13. Nxf3 Ne4 14.
Bb2 cxd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Petrovic,L (2113)-Milovic,N (1967) Vrbas 2011})
9... Ne4 (9... cxd4 $15 10. cxd4 a5) 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nfd2 (11. dxc5 $11 bxc5
12. c4) 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 (12... cxd4
$15 13. cxd4 Bb7) 13. dxc5 $11 bxc5 14. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} cxb4 (14... c4 $11
15. Nc5 Rfb8) 15. axb4 $14 a6 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Rfc8 18. Rfb1 Ra7 19. Qd1
Nb8 20. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. e3 h6 24. Bf1 f6 $2
(24... Bd7 $16) 25. Nxa6 $18 Nxa6 26. Rxa6 (26. Bxa6 $6 Raa8 $18) 26... Rxa6
27. Bxa6 Bb7 28. Bd3 Qe5 29. Rc1 Rd7 (29... Qxd4 {is a better defense.} 30.
exd4 Bc8) 30. b5 Rc7 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. h4 Ke7 (32... Qxd4 $142 33. exd4 Ke6) 33.
Qb4+ Kf7 34. Qd4 Ke7 $1 35. Rd1 ({Better is} 35. Qa7 $18) 35... Qxd4 $16 36.
exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd6 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Be2 Rb3 39. h5 (39. Bg4
$16) 39... Rb4 $11 40. Kf3 Bc8 41. Ke3 Bd7 42. Rd2 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb4 $1 44. g4
Ke6 45. f3 Kd6 46. Rd1 Ke6 47. Bd3 {[#] Bf5+ is the strong threat.} Kd6 48. Ke3
{next Ra1 is good for White.} Rb3 49. Kd2 {White wants to play Ra1.} Bxb5 50.
Bxb5 Rxb5 {KR-KR} 51. Ra1 Rb7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Kf4 {aiming for Ra6+.} Rb4 $1 54.
Ra6+ Kf7 55. Kf5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra7+.} Rxd4 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Kg6
Rf4 $1 58. Ra3 d4 59. Rb3 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... f5 $11 60. g5 (60. gxf5
Ke7 $11) 60... Rh4) 60. Kxg7 $18 Ke6 61. Kxh6 Kd5 62. Kg6 Kc4 63. Ra3 (63. Rb8
$142 d3 64. Rc8+ Kb5 65. h6) 63... d3 64. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} ({
Not} 64. Ra4+ Kc3 $18) 64... d2 65. Ra1 Rxf3 66. h7 Ra3 67. Rd1 ({Stronger than
} 67. Rxa3 d1=Q $11) 67... Kd5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,18,23,10,12,0,8,-8,-8,-14,0,-12,-12,-11,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,37,
29,38,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-28,-22,-30,-24,-14,-21,-14,-18,-16,-14,-23,-15,-25,-25,-24,
-24,-15,-16,-14,-15,-22,-28,-28,-20,-25,0,-27,-8,-59,-67,-70,-16,-21,-9,-7,0,
-16,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 {
C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 7. Bxc3 b6 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bd2 Bb7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Bf4 c6
13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. c4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Van de Oudeweetering,A (2368)-Spence,D
(2218) Amsterdam 2005}) 9. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Qe2
O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc4 Qf5 14. Nd4 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Ncxe4 16. Bb4
Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Be2 Na4 19. Ba3 Nd5 20. Bf3 a6 21. Rfd1 b5 22. c3 g6 23.
Rab1 Ra7 24. Ne2 h5 25. Rbc1 Nf6 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. b3 Nb6 28. Bd6 Nfd5 29. Be5
f6 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. f4 Nd7 32. c4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Ne7 35. Nc3 f5 36.
Ne2 Nc6 37. Bc3 (37. Kf1 $11) 37... Nc5 $15 38. Kf2 Ne4+ (38... Nb4 $15 39. Ke3
Nxa2) 39. Ke3 $11 {The position is equal.} Ke8 40. g3 Rc7 41. Be1 Nf6 {
Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,1,-16,68,41,44,35,42,33,23,17,18,9,8,8,19,12,36,24,29,0,24,18,10,
0,86,41,50,-109,-107,-103,-110,-99,-91,-97,-91,-702,-696,-651,-173,-182,-168,
-173,-180,-168,-192,-139,-34,-357,-356,-249,0,-29983,-2585,-1717,-1695]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. h3 e5 11. d5 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6}
Na5 12. Qc2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nac4 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. Rd1 $18) ({Black
should play} 12... c6 $11) (12... c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16.
Nd2 Bf5 17. Nce4 Rad8 18. a3 h5 19. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Kramnik,V (2810)-Grischuk,A (2764) London 2013}) 13. e4 $146 {White is
slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Nd6 14. e4 Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Qc8
17. Kh2 f5 18. Be3 Rf8 {1-0 (55) Delorme,A (2484)-Olofsson Dolk,M (2253)
Helsingor 2015}) 13... Nd6 {[%cal Bc4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 14. b3 f5 15.
Rd1 fxe4 16. Ng5 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 $15) 16... Nf5 $1 17. Ngxe4 Nd4
18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Be3 Kh8 20. g4 Bxe4 $1 21. Bxe4 Qh4 22. Kg2 Rad8 23. Nb5 c5 (
23... Nxb5 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Qxb5 Bh6) 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nxa7 $2 {[#]} (
25. Nxd4 $14 {was the only good move.} exd4 26. Bd2) 25... Ne6 $1 $36 {[%mdl
2048] Black is really pushing.} 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nc6 Rd6 {
Threatens to win with ...d4.} 29. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Rac1 $17) 29... Rf8
$19 {aiming for ...d4.} 30. Rxd5 Rxf2+ $2 (30... Nc7 31. Rxd6 Nxb5) 31. Bxf2
Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Nxh3+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg1 Qxg4+ 35. Kf1 Qg2+ 36. Ke1
Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Bg1 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Qxg1+ 40. Kd2 Qf2+ 41. Kc1 Nxd5 42. Qb8+
Bf8 43. Na5 Qe1+ 44. Kc2 Ne3+ 45. Kb2 Rd2+ 46. Kc3 Rd1+ 47. Kb2 Qd2#) 33...
Nxf2+ 34. Kg2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qb8+.} Qxg4+ (34... Rf6 $1 $17 {
( -> ...Qh3+)} 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Qxe5+ Rf6) 35. Kxf2 $4 {[%mdl
8192]} ({White must play} 35. Kf1 $15 Qf4 36. Qb8+ Bf8 37. Rxd6 Ne4+ 38. Ke2
Qf2+ 39. Kd3 Nxd6 40. Nxe5) 35... Rf6+ 36. Ke1 {Strongly threatening Rd8+.} ({
Don't go for} 36. Ke3 $2 Qg3+ 37. Kd2 Rf2+ 38. Qe2 Bh6+ 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 40. Kc2
Rxe2+ $19) 36... h5 $2 (36... Qe4+ $19 37. Kd1 Qh1+ 38. Kc2 Rf2+ 39. Rd2 Qxa1
40. Rxf2 Qxa2+ 41. Kd3 Qxf2 42. Qb8+ Bf8 43. Qxe5+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qd7+
Qf7 46. Qd4+ Kg8) 37. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kd2 $11 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Qh3+ 39.
Kb4 Rf4+ 40. Nd4 (40. Ka3 Bf8+ 41. Nb4 Bxb4+ 42. Qxb4 Rxb4 $17)) 37... Qe4+ (
37... Qg3+ $142 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Qe2 Bh6+ 40. Kc2 Rxe2+ 41. Kb1 Qc3 42. Rd8+
Kh7 43. R1d7+ Bg7 44. Rd2 Re1+ 45. Rd1 e4 46. Ne5 Qxe5 47. Rh8+ Bxh8 48. Rxe1
Qb2#) 38. Qe2 Qh1+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,13,14,30,29,35,35,35,31,36,27,37,39,100,91,91,104,104,95,102,100,
98,97,127,122,122,122,123,120,111,90,135,135,140,152,152,109,115,116,122,54,68,
80,276,247,249,237,226,83,143,126,137,135,131,130,122,119,131,116,120,120,244,
243,246,240,264,248,275,257,291,210,245,264,297,214,260,253,239,246,244,241,
251,251,473,460,447,432,464,464,461,439,446,425,406,403]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 {A84: Dutch
Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} 9. Rc1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} c5 (9... d6 10. d5 e5
11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc5 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4 hxg5 16. bxc5 {1-0 (39)
Riazantsev,A (2666)-Predke,A (2601) Cheliabinsk 2017}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {White
has an edge.} 11. a3 a5 12. Na4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 12. Bf4 d6 13. Ne1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Bxb7 Qxb7
16. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 (49) Blagojevic,D (2400)-Basagic,Z (2395) Pula 1988}) 12...
Ne4 13. Bf4 d6 14. Ng5 e5 {[#]} (14... Nxg5 $14 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxb7 Ra7) 15.
Nxe4 $1 $16 fxe4 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. e3 Nd7 {[#]} 19. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl
512]} Bxd5 20. cxd5 {And now b4 would win.} a4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bg2 Qd7 23. Rc4
Rf7 24. Bb4 Kh8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. f4 {Threatens to win with fxe5.}
Qe8 28. Kh1 (28. f5 $16) 28... Kg7 29. Qc3 Re7 $2 (29... Rb8 $16) 30. fxe5 $18
Rxe5 31. Rcf4 Ng8 32. Re4 (32. Bh3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 32... Rb8 ({Black
should play} 32... Nf6 33. Ref4 Ng8) 33. Rxe5 $16 Qxe5 34. Qxe5+ dxe5 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Rxb2 36. Rd1 Nh6
37. Bc6 Nf7 {Threatening ...Rb6.} 38. Bxa4 c4 (38... Nd8 $16 {was called for.}
39. d7 Kf6) 39. d7 $18 Nd8 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. Rc3 ({Resist} 41. Rxc4 $6 Rxa3 42.
Rc8 Rxa4 $18) 41... Kf6 {[#]} 42. Bb5 $1 ({Not} 42. Rxc4 Rxa3 43. e4 Ke6 $14)
42... Rb2 43. Bxc4 Ke7 44. Rd3 e4 45. Rd4 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Ra1 47. Rxe4+ Kxd7 48.
Bb5+ Kd6 49. Rd4+ Kc7 $2 (49... Kc5 {is a better defense.} 50. a4 Ne6) 50. Rd7+
Kc8 51. Rxh7 Rxa3 52. Kf3 Nb7 53. Rg7 Nd6 54. Bd7+ Kd8 55. Be6 {Precision:
White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,3,0,13,26,18,0,8,-7,12,-13,0,-11,-2,-37,0,-46,0,-143,-113,-140,
-147,-144,-145,-112,-156,-378,-365,-358,-369,-630,-603,-541,-412,-823,-428,
-427,-422,-429,-426,-435,-436,-434,-160,-434,-433,-416,-403,-423,-182,-428,
-416,-404,-419,-447,-429,-489,-497,-496,-68,-75,0,-493,-507,-497,-489,-452,
-234,-205,0,-339,-340,-342,-353,-433,-422,-1273,-1266,-1180,-1121,-973,-965]}
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Bc5 {
B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7... g6 8. h4 h5 9. g3 Bh6 10. Bxh6
Nxh6 11. Bh3 d4 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Qf4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Kg2 {0-1 (60)
Kuzubov,Y (2643)-Jobava,B (2701) Moscow 2017}) 8. O-O-O Ne7 9. g4 a5 {The
position is equal.} 10. Qg3 a4 11. a3 b5 12. Na2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12...
e5 13. Bg2 d4 14. f4 Bd6 15. Rdf1 {0-1 (39) Zervos,L (1799)-Soors,S (2364)
Athens 2012}) 13. h4 Qb6 14. f4 Bd4 15. Kb1 {[#]} (15. c3 $1 $11 Bf2 16. Qf3)
15... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4a3][%mdl 512]} 16. axb4 (16. Nxb4 c5) 16... c5 $1 {
[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} ({Reject} 16... a3 $6 17. b3 $15) 17. c3
cxb4 $1 18. cxd4 b3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rb3a2][%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 19.
Nc1 $2 (19. Nc3 $17 a3 20. Bc1) 19... a3 $19 20. Bc3 Rfc8 {Hoping for ...axb2.}
21. Qe1 $2 (21. Rh2 a2+ 22. Ka1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 b2+ 24. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 a1=Q+
26. Kc2) 21... axb2 22. Bxb2 Rc2 23. Rd2 (23. Rh2 $142 Rxh2 24. Rd2) 23... Qa5
{( -> ...Rxb2+!)} 24. Nxb3 {[#]} Rxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kxb2 Qa2+ $1 26. Kc3
{[#]} Rc8+ $1 27. Nc5 Qa3+ 28. Kc2 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Rxc5+ 30. Kd1 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 {
Strongly threatening Qg3.} Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Nc6 {aiming for ...Nd4+.
} 34. Bg2 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ $2 (35... Qc5 $19 {And now ...Nf5+ would win.} 36.
Rb1 Nc2+ 37. Ke2 g6) 36. Ke2 $15 {[#]} Nd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qb2 $1 $17
37. Rhd1 (37. exd5 $2 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 Qb6 $19) 37... dxe4 38. dxe4 h5 39. gxh5 e5
40. fxe5 Qb5+ 41. Kf2 Qc5+ 42. Ke2 Ne3 43. Rd8+ Kh7) 37. Ke3 $19 Qc5 38. Rb2 {
[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. gxh5 Nb3+ (39... Nf5+ $142 40. Kd2 Qe3+ 41. Kc3
Qd4+ 42. Kb3 Qxd3+ 43. Ka2 dxe4) 40. Ke2 Nd4+ $2 (40... Qc3 $19 41. Ra2 dxe4
42. Bxe4 f5) 41. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Ke3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.})
41... Nb5 42. Ke2 Nc3+ 43. Kd2 dxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Bxe4 (44.
dxe4 $142 Qd4+ 45. Kc1) 44... Nxe4+ 45. dxe4 Qd4+ 46. Kc1 Qe3+ {Precision:
White = 29%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,27,22,22,14,14,0,20,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6


4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 8. Qb3
{D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Qb6 9. a3 Ba5 10.
Qc2 {Threatens to win with b4.} Bf5 11. Qa4+ $146 Bd7 12. Qc2 {[#] Hoping for
b4.} Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Qa4+ (13. Qxf5 Qxb2) 13... Bd7 14. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,75,19,4,21,22,22,22,22,25,27,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,10,0,0,-11,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. Re1 h6 8. c3 d6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1
Re8 12. Bc2 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 (13...
Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. a4 f6 19. Nd2 Be6
{1/2-1/2 (33) Onischuk,V (2637)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 14. Ng3 Rad8 15.
Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. a4 b5 18. Qe2 $146 ({Vorgänger:}
18. Qb1 Bc8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (55) Bulmaga,I (2293)-Makropoulou,M
(2282) Braila 2011}) 18... Qd7 19. axb5 ({Doch nicht} 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5
Bb3 $17) 19... axb5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 20. Ra6 ({Ein No Go ist}
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bb3 $17) 20... Bd5 21. Be3 Re6 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...
Lxf3 beachten.} 22. Raa1 Qc8 23. Red1 Ree8 24. Ne4 Qe6 25. Nfd2 Ra8 26. Nc5
Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Nd7 28. Be3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. c4
bxc4 33. dxc4 Rb8 34. b5 Nc5 35. Bd1 Kf8 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Bf3 Ke8 38. Bc6+ {
Precision: Weiß = 65%, Schwarz = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,15,15,2,26,20,23,0,21,25,18,13,23,14,28,3,5,13,18,9,35,40,43,43,
33,41,49,52,57,53,56,50,100,92,100,94,113,110,125,125,127,137,127,128,125,86,
86,89,97,86,101,58,85,96,121,106,100,11,11,0,0,0,11,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Qxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4}
(11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Rc8 14. Qf4 Rxc3 15. Bb2 Rc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 (45) Bu,X (2710)-Bacrot,E
(2715) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Qc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bf4 {White has an edge.} Nd5
14. dxc5 bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxc5 15. Ne4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 {1/2-1/2 (58) Denes,J-Rehorek,R Izola 1999}
) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. b3 Qb7 18. Be5 Rfc8 19. Ne1 a5 (19... Nd7 {
looks sharper.} 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 a5) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Rc2 a4 25. Nd3 axb3 26. axb3 {[#]} c4 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 27. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} (27. bxc4 dxc4) 27... Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4
29. b4 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. Nxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re5 32. Nc3
Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxe2 34. Rxc4 {KR-KR} Rb2 35. g4 g5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 {[#]} 37. Rb8 $1
h5 {[#]} 38. gxh5 (38. Rb5 $1 $16) 38... Kh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 39.
Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rb8 {And now Rb6 would win.} Kh6 41. h3 Kxh5 42. b5 Kg6 43. Kg2
Kf5 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. f3 Rb2 46. b6 f6 47. b7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black =
62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,135,12,0,12,9,20,0,21,33,38,39,45,37,56,61,55,54,25,24,24,24,24,16,
18,19,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-22,-20,-23,-15,-13,-18,-16,-9,-16,-18,-12,
-28,-21,0,-2,-2,-5,-4,-6,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-16,-16,-16,-16,-9,-16,
-16,-17,-22,-22,-18,-21,-21,-16,-26,-34,-8,-8,-8,-17,-20,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,
-28,-8,-22,-30,-133,-8,-8,-48,-52,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,
0,-5,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 {LiveBook:
173 Games} a6 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} (6... b6 7. Rc1
Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4
14. f4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Riazantsev,A (2650)-Leko,P (2691) Riadh 2017
}) 7. a3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Ndxe2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (14) Medic,M (2299)
-Kovacevic,V (2510) Pula 2002}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Na4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bc3 Qh5 16. Nxc8 (16. O-O {looks sharper.} Re8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Bd4 Bd8 19. f3) 16... Rbxc8 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
Qxe4 Bxc5 20. g4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bc3 Rfd8 23. Ke2 d4 24. exd4 Bxd4 25.
Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rac1 Re8+ 27. Kf3 {[#]} h5 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 28. gxh5 Rd2 29. b4 Re5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc5 Rd3+ 32. Kg2 Re4 33.
Ra1 Rg4+ 34. Kf1 Rh3 35. Rc7 Rxh2 36. Ra2 b5 37. Rxf7 Rxh5 38. Ra7 Rg6 39. a4
Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. axb5 Re6+ 42. Kf3 axb5 43. Rd2 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Rg6+ 45. Kf1
Rxb4 46. Rd5 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rf6+ 49. Kg3 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Rg6+ 51. Kf1
Rg4 52. Rb7 b4 53. Ke2 Kh6 54. Rb6+ g6 55. Rdb5 Rf4 56. f3 (56. Kf1 $11) 56...
Rfxf3 (56... Rbxf3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rb3.} 57. Rxb4 Kh5 58. Rxf4
Rxf4) 57. Rxb4 Rbe3+ 58. Kd2 Rg3 59. Rg4 {The position is equal.} Rd3+ 60. Ke2
{[#] Threatens to win with Rbxg6+.} Rxg4 61. Kxd3 {KR-KR} Rf4 62. Ke3 Rf1 {
aiming for ...Kh5.} 63. Ke2 Rf5 64. Rb1 Rf6 65. Rh1+ Kg7 66. Rg1 Rf5 67. Rg2 g5
68. Rf2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lou, Yiping"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,26,10,12,9,10,10,17,16,36,30,24,0,49,39,41]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4


Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4
g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Nb1 Bd6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nh4 Bb4 {1-0 (43) Ding,L (2777)
-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 11. a3 Ba5 12. Ne5 Rb8 13. Ndf3 Qe7 *

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,120,31,25,32,16,25,13,14,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,
35,60,57,47,35,56,47,44,18,31,17,40,14,16,16,19,13,13,13,24,5,12,12,12,12,14,
14,27,20,15,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,60,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,57,41,79,33,50,60,68,70,116,
124,208,221,320,322,258,251,280,266,240,244,407,392,404,399,550,100,102,8,43,8,
8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7.
O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 (11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5
15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxc3 {1-0 (51) Mamedov,R (2709)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017})
11... Bd6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf3 Ng6 $146 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ng5 {White
wants to play Qh5.} Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 $1 18. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Bxg5
$1 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qg4 f5 (20... Ne5 {is interesting.} 21. Qg3 Qc8 22. Kg1 Nxd3
23. cxd3 Qc5) 21. Qc4 Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Kg1 Kf7 25. Ba3 Bc6
26. Rad1 b5 27. c4 Rd7 28. Bf1 Rcd8 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bb4 Nf4 31. Bc3 g5 32.
g3 Nd3 33. Rd1 b4 34. Ba1 Nc5 35. Rxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN}
36. Bb2 a5 37. Be2 Be4 38. Bd1 Nc5 39. Bd4 Nd3 (39... Nd7 $11) 40. Bb6 Nc1 41.
Bxa5 Nxa2 42. Kf1 e5 43. Ke1 Ke6 44. Kd2 h6 45. Bb6 Kd6 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 {
[%cal Bg3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f4 48. Bg4 Bg6 (48... Nc3 $16 {keeps fighting.})
49. h5 $18 Be8 (49... Bb1 $142 50. Ba7 Nc3 51. Bb8+ Ke7) 50. Ba7 Ke7 51. Bc5+
Kf6 52. Bf8 Kg5 53. f3 {[%cal Rf8e7]} Kh4 $2 (53... Bxh5 54. Bxh5 Kxh5) 54. Bd6
Nc3 55. Bxb4 Ne4+ {[#]} 56. Ke1 $2 ({Weaker is} 56. fxe4 Kxg4 57. Bd6 Bxh5 $15)
(56. Ke2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2f1] Strongly threatening Kf1.} Bf7 57. Ba5) 56... Kg3
$16 {[#]} 57. Be7 (57. Kf1 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Be1+.} Nf6 58. Be1+
Kh2 59. Bc8) 57... Bf7 58. c5 {And now c6 would win.} (58. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]
}) 58... Be8 {The position is equal.} 59. b4 Nc3 {...e4 is the strong threat.}
60. Bf6 {Black must now prevent Be6.} e4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 61%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R.."]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,66,17,10,19,15,15,17,36,14,25,23,16,8,18,6,14,18,18,0,19,10,25,-15,2,
6,18,6,0,-13,0,-23,-19,-32,-27,-52,-57,-54,-37,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,
-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-56,-57,-56,-57,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7
4. Na3 a6 5. c4 c6 (5... b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Be4 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3
O-O 11. Bxa3 d6 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Qxb3 16. Ne5 dxe5
17. Bxe7 exd4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (21)
Nakamura,H (2793)-Oparin,G (2604) Zuerich 2017}) 6. d4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A05:
Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} d5 7. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. b3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
Bb2 Be7 10. c5 h5 11. Nc2 Ne4 12. a4 h4 13. b4 hxg3 14. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (46)
Friedel,J (2490)-Ipatov,A (2615) Santa Clara 2014}) 7... g6 8. Nc2 {The
position is equal.} a5 9. a3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nce1 Bc8 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Nh4
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. f4 e6 16. Rd1 a4 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Nf3 f5 19. Ne5 Qc7 20.
Bb4 Nef6 21. e3 Ne4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 {Black is slightly better.} 23. Qe2 h5 24.
Bxe4 dxe4 25. h4 Qd5 26. Kf2 Bf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6d8,Bd8a5][%mdl 32]} 27. Qc2
Rf7 28. Rd2 Bd8 29. Qc3 Rfa7 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kh3 Ba5 32. Rc2 Ra6 33. Kh2 R6a7 {
Precision: White = 52%, Black = 56%.} (33... Bd8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Gopal G.N."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,6,8,6,0,3,0,0,0,18,11,14,14,25,14,9,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,9,8,12,0,0,0,0,
0,80,0,80,0,0,0,81,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5
sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} (9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Rc1 c4 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Kh1 e6 16. Bg5 Rd6 17. e4 exd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19.
Re1 Rd7 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Be3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2
(24) Li,C (2720)-Volokitin,A (2649) Doha 2016}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Rb1
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bxd4 13. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qa4 Bg7
14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Rb5 Qf6 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 {1-0 (41)
Nakhbayeva,G (2329)-Padmini,R (2454) Chengdu 2015}) 13... Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qa4 Qd2 16. e3 Bd7 17. Qa3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Qe2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe7 Qxa2 21. Ra1
Qb2 (21... Qe2 {feels hotter.} 22. Qc5 a5 23. Rdc1 Rfd8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5
Rd1+) 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 24. Kg2 Rd8
25. Rxd8 Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 26. Qc5 Qd1 (26... Qc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Qe5+ (
27. Qc3+ $16 Kf8 28. Qxc6) 27... Kg8 (27... Kf8 $11) 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8
30. Qb8+ (30. Qe8+ $16 Kg7 31. Qxc6) 30... Kg7 31. Qe5+ {Precision: White =
50%, Black = 59%.} *

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,84,-15,-25,-25,-10,-10,-10,-11,-9,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-10,-6,-6,
-10,-37,-31,-25,-21,-22,-22,-31,-28,-24,-24,-34,-24,-24,-20,-20,-20,-20,-22,
-23,-23,-27,-12,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7]
} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 11. b4 Be7
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 {D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Ne5 15. Rfd1 {[#] aiming for Bxh7+!} Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Ne4 $146
({Predecessor:} 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 {1/2-1/2 (35) Karpov,A (2682)-Kasparov,G (2831) Reykjavik 2004}) 17...
Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rfd8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bf8 21. Qd1
(21. Rd4 {feels hotter.} h6 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rxc8
Qxc8 26. Bd4) 21... Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Kg2 Be7 26.
f4 g6 27. Bb2 Qc6 28. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4h8]} f6 {next ...Qc2+ is good
for Black.} 29. Kg3 Kf7 {And now ...Qc2 would win.} 30. Qd3 h5 31. Bd4 f5 32.
exf5 {The position is equal.} gxf5 33. Qd1 Kg6 34. Kh3 Kh6 35. Qe2 Qe8 36. Qg2
{[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg2g7]} Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $11 {KB-KB} 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke8
40. Bc3 Kd7 41. e4 Kc6 42. h3 Bd8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 76%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,0,0,0,17,7,3,8,27,22,42,31,31,31,31,39,39,39,49,34,58,13,81,82,92,
92,79,90,85,84,121,121,112,75,105,113,106,98,108,90,113,127,172,168,154,161,
241,233,407,403,536,375,343,335,679,677,728,704,766,660,775,825,1195,1133,1419,
1428,1782,1680,2264,2240,3461,3402,29992,29993,29993,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre,
London and Colle Systems} Nc6 7. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 b6 9.
a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 {0-1 (26) Georgiev,V (2532)
-Ivanchuk,V (2741) Merida 2006}) 7... d5 8. e5 {The position is equal.} Ne4 9.
Bd3 g5 10. Be3 g4 11. Ng1 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 h5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Qd2
O-O-O (15... Nb4 $11) 16. a3 $16 Rdg8 17. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]
Strongly threatening b5.} Bg5 18. Qb2 h4 19. a4 a5 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 20. b5 Ne7
21. Qa3 Ng6 22. Bd2 Bd8 23. Qc3+ Kb8 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Qb3 Be7 {[#]} 26. b6 $1 {
[%cal Rb6c7]} Qd8 {[#]} 27. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 (
27... g3 $142) 28. Bxa5 $18 Bg5 $2 (28... f6 {was called for.}) 29. Bb4 g3 30.
Bxg6 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxg6 $2 (31... fxg6 32. Bd6+ Kc8) 32. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,
Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kc8 33. a6 Kd7 34. a7 Qa8 35. Rhf1 f5 36. exf6 Bxf6 37.
Qd3 Rhg8 38. Nf4 Rg4 39. Kg1 R8g5 40. Kh1 e5 41. Qh7+ Bg7 42. Nh5 {Precision:
White = 87%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,0,0,29,24,26,19,88,-35,-31,-28,-39,-41,-53,-50,-41,-44,-25,-38,13,
14,42,43,50,55,57,50,45,52,97,76,147,143,135,143,174,181,230,216,239,241,398,
402,389,378]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 h6 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf:
6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} (11... Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. f5 b4 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nb3 h5 16. Kb1 Be7 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4
Bxe4 20. Qb3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Gelfand,B (2731) Ashdod 2015}
) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qh3 {Threatens to win with e5.} b4 (13... O-O-O $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 14. Na4 $146 (14. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+
Bxe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5) ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 bxc3 15. Nxe6 Qb6 16. Bb5+
axb5 17. exf6 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ {1-0 (19) Paveto,K (2454)-Lagar,V
(2158) Mar del Plata 2016}) 14... e5 $15 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 {[%cal Bd4f5,
Bf5e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 g6 19. Qh4 Nd7 (19... Qc6 $15
20. Ne3 Bg7) 20. Ne3 $11 Be7 {[#]} 21. Qxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 22. Nd5+ Kd8
23. Nxc7 Kxc7 24. Bc4 Rhf8 25. a5 $1 Nb8 (25... f6 $142) 26. Rf1 $16 Nc6 {[#]}
27. Rf6 $1 {Strongly threatening Bd5.} (27. Rxf7+ $6 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Nxa5 $14)
27... Nxa5 28. Bd5 (28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxf7 Rf8 $11) (28. Bxa6 Nc6 $16) (28.
Bxf7 $6 Rad8 $16) 28... Ra7 {[#]} 29. Rdf1 $1 (29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Ra8 $14)
({Don't play} 29. Bxf7 $6 Nc4 $16) 29... Kd8 {[#]} 30. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
fxg6 $2 (30... Rc7 {was worth a try.} 31. Rxa6 Nc4) 31. Rxf8+ $18 Kc7 32. Rf6 {
Precision: White = 70%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,63,0,12,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,20,11,17,0,32,33,44,0,16,10,34,21,37,0,0,0,-3,
-8,24,-7,2,-13,0,-24,-35,-57,-32,-16,0,-34,0,-20,0,-19]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3
Bg7 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 31 Games} 12. Rac1 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (12.
Rab1 a5 13. h3 Qd6 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Na4 Bf8
19. Nf3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Stern,R (2521)-Rodshtein,M (2687) Germany 2016})
12... Qd6 13. Rfe1 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ng3 Rae8
16. a3 {1/2-1/2 (58) Holtorp,K-Schuster,B (2085) Bensheim 2001}) 14. Nd2 {
[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Be6 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,
Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 17. Nb3 f5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qb3 Re7 20. a4 Na8 {[%cal
Bb6a8,Ba8c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32]} 21. a5 a6 22. Bb1 Rfe8 23. Qb4 Qf6 24. Nf4 Nc7 25.
h4 Nb5 26. Ba2 Kh7 27. h5 (27. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 28. h5 $11) 27... gxh5 28. Ncd3 Qg5
(28... Bf8 $5 {[%cal Re7e3]} 29. Qa4 (29. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 $17) 29... Re4 $11) 29.
Nh3 Qf6 30. Nhf4 Qg5 31. Nh3 Qf6 32. Nhf4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 35%.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,18,20,12,21,0,0,0,15,17,12,0,8,0,12,19,16,12,13,12,23,9,18,17,41,
34,37,24,27,24,35,15,53,56,67,31,36,33,45,45,45,45,45,45,42,42,34,32,37,35,118,
23,22,0,34,41,40,40,40,41,41,38,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,
46]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Bd7 (4... Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7.
Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 12. d3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Qd2
a5 15. Kh2 g6 16. Ne1 Nxd5 17. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Salgado Lopez,I (2644)-Ding,
L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 5. e5 Nc6 6. exd6 $146 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6,
Miscellaneous} ({Predecessor:} 6. Na3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 a6 9. Nc4 Bc6
10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Be7 12. Bd3 Nd7 {1-0 (65) Kharlov,A (2555)-Rotstein,A (2515)
Helsinki 1992}) 6... Nf6 7. g3 Bxd6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O
e5 10. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Rb8 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Re1 Re8 13. c3 Nc6
14. Nc4 Bc7 15. d4 e4 {[#] And now ...Bg4 would win.} 16. Nfe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White fights for an advantage.} Be6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 h5 20.
Rad1 Qc8 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. d5 Rbd8 23. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} cxd5 24.
cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxc3 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qg6 {
[#]} (29... Ne2+ $1 $14 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6) 30. Qxg6+ ({Don't do} 30.
Qxc7 $6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qd3 $14) (30. Qe7 $1 $16) 30... Kxg6 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBB-KBN} 31. h4 Kh7 32. a3 {White is slightly better.} Be5 33. Bf1 Bd4
34. Bd3+ g6 35. Kf1 Nd1 36. f3 c4 37. Bxc4 {Black must now prevent Ke2.} Ne3+
38. Bxe3 Bxe3 39. Ke2 Bc5 40. a4 Kg7 41. f4 Kf6 42. Kf3 Bb4 43. Bd3 {Precision:
White = 80%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,71,0,0,14,0,27,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,7,25,26,54,12,12,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,8,0,24,0,4,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 Nf6 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2
} (12... h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Bf4 Rh5 16. Rad1 g6 17. Rd3 e5 18. Be3
Kf8 19. Bf3 Rh7 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Red1 Rah8 22. Bxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (70) Sychev,
K (2510)-Dubov,D (2677) Moscow 2017}) 13. a4 b6 14. Bf4 h4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14... Qb7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Nd5 e5 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bg5 Bxa4 19. f4 {1-0 (39)
Browne,W-Brond,V Mar del Plata (Hotel Nogaró) 1971}) 15. Rad1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bb7
17. Qd2 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Rd8 18. Bf3 Qc8 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 bxc5 21. Kg2 Ng8 {
[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8h6,Bh6f7][%mdl 32]} 22. g4 g5 23. Bg3 f6 24. Rd2 Nh6 25. Nd1 {
[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Nf7 26. Ne3 Kd7 27. Nc4 Kc7 28. Red1 Bc6 29.
b3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Kg3 Rd7 32. Bg2 Bf8 33. Na5 Ba8 34. Nc4 Bc6 35. Na5
Ba8 36. Nc4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,81,33,21,25,34,34,36,14,15,0,0,0,20,12,18,13,24,10,8,14,22,22,16,19,
45,25,30,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-6,0,0,36,36,35,0,41,42,60,50,73,56,63,50,41,55,74,74,
68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 {E97: King's
Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1}
f5 (12... Ra8 13. Ba3 Nf4 14. Bf1 b6 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Nb5 f5 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. g3
Nh5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bxa5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 (39) Radjabov,T (2713)
-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Beijing 2013}) 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Ba3 {White is slightly
better.} b6 15. Bf1 Ra8 16. Bb4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bh6 17. Nb3 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 {0-1 (47) Kozak,M (2148)-Moehn,H (2358) Teplice 2015
}) 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Ra3 (18. Bd3 {is interesting.} Kg8 19. a5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 bxa5
21. Bxa5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2) 18... Bxb5 19.
axb5 Rxa3 20. Bxa3 Bh6 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Bb2 Qa8 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Qa1 Qd8 25. g3
Nc5 26. Qa3 Kg8 27. Bg2 Qd7 28. Re2 Bg7 29. Ng5 Kh8 30. Bh3 h6 31. Ne4 Qf7 32.
Bg2 g5 33. h3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 $1 exd4 35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Be4 Be5 37. Bb1 (37. Ra2
$14) 37... Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. Black fights for an
advantage.} 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Ra8 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Rd2 {Precision: White =
53%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,131,15,21,20,27,28,13,23,19,12,-45,-31,-40,-28,-99,-76,-52,-79,-83,
-81,-77,-59,-56,-48,-41,-42,-52,-44,-48,-39,-39,-42,-56,-60,-62,-58,-66,-22,
-46,-45,-40,-23,-66,-47,-45,-43,-31,-21,-17,-16,-27,-27,-58,-7,-64,-4,-16,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-10,-2,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O
e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 {A07: Barcza-System (Königsfianchetto mit möglichen
Übergängen in andere Systeme)} Nd7 7. e4 Bd6 8. exd5 exd5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 {
LiveBook: 6 Partien} Nb6 11. Qb3 f6 12. cxd5 {Und Sd4 würde nun gewinnen.} Bf7
$146 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd1 (14. Ne4 $11 Bxd5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne6
) 14... Nbxd5 $15 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nb3 (16. Qg4 $11 Qxg4 17. hxg4) 16... b6 (
16... Bc7 {is more complex.} 17. Nbc5 Qc8 18. Re1 b6 19. Nb3 Qd7) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6
18. d4 Qd7 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Nf3 Bd5 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Bb2 a5 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Qd3
Nd6 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nd5 27. Qf3 h6 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. a4 g6 30. Rad1 Re6 31.
Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Re1 Qd7 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Kf1 Qe6 ({Günstiger ist}
35... Nxc3 $15 36. Qxc3 Qe4) 36. Qd3 ({Lieber} 36. g4 $11 Nh4 37. Qd3) 36...
Kg7 ({Besser ist} 36... Nxc3 $15 37. Qxc3 Qe4) 37. Bd2 {Die Stellung ist
ausgeglichen.} h5 38. g4 Nfe7 39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Qe4 g5 41. Ne3 h4 42. Nxd5 Nxd5
43. Ke2 Qd6 44. Qe8 Nc7 45. Qe4 Ne6 46. Be3 Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qb7 Nxd4+ 49.
Bxd4 Qxd4 50. Qxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KD} Ke7 51. Qc7+ Ke6 52. Qc6+
Ke5 53. Qc7+ Kd5 54. Qd7+ Kc5 55. Qe7+ Qd6 56. Qxd6+ Kxd6 {KB-KB} 57. f3 f5 58.
gxf5 Ke5 59. Ke3 Kxf5 60. Ke2 $1 Ke6 (60... Kf4 $5 61. Kf2 $8 Kf5 $11) 61. Ke3
Ke5 62. Ke2 $1 Kd4 (62... Kf4 $5 63. Kf2 $8 Kf5 $11) 63. Kd2 Kc5 64. Kc3 Kd5
65. Kd3 $1 Ke5 {[#] Und weiter mit ...Kf4 wäre nett.} 66. Ke3 {Precision: Weiß
= 71%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,55,29,23,66,16,33,15,15,17,49,49,74,87,93,79,214,188,155,79,73,80,74,
67,229,242,366,359,350,358,862,860,896,840,1167,1150,1332,1287]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Bb3 {
C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (9. h3 Nf7 10. dxe5 Ncxe5
11. Bb3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Kh8 17.
Qd1 b5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bd4 f4 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. e5 {
1/2-1/2 (23) Ter Sahakyan,S (2577)-Short,N (2688) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 9... Bg7 10.
a4 Qe7 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Nd8 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nf7 12. Nbd2 O-O
13. Bd5 Kh8 14. b4 Ncd8 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Bb3 Ne6 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19.
dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (46) Habu,Y (2404)-Malaniuk,V (2545) Krakow 2013}) 12. c4 Ng4
13. Bc1 exd4 {aiming for ...c5.} 14. Nxd4 Nc6 {White should prevent ...Nxd4.}
15. Nc3 $1 Qe5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2]} 16. Nf3 Qh5 {[#]} 17. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]
} Qxc5 (17... Nge5 $16) (17... dxc5 18. Nd5) 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. h3 (19. Nf4 $142)
19... Nxd5 $16 20. Bxd5 (20. hxg4 Ne7 $11) 20... c6 21. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is more active.} Qb6 $2 (21... Qc3 $1 $14 22. Bd2 Qd3) 22. Bb3 $18 Ne5 (
22... h5 $142 23. Qxd6 (23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Nh2 g3 $16) 23... Bf8) 23. Nxe5 $1 ({
Stronger than} 23. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxh3 $11) 23... fxe5 ({Not} 23... dxe5
24. Bf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd8 25. Qb3 $18) 24. Qxd6 {Hoping for Bg5.} Qd4 $2 {
[#]} (24... Qd8 25. Rd1 Rf8) 25. Qc7 $1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less
strong is} 25. Rd1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bf8 $16) 25... Rf8 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6
28. Rad1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,57,12,38,42,79,31,12,25,35,27,77,71,121,129,135,131,133,139,141,
141,141,141,135,128,351,354,346,335,328,326,347,350,420,425,419,411,564,572,
654,566,561,556,549,562,560,559,562,547,665,656,633,605,758,558]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4]
[%mdl 32]} 8. Qd2 b4 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including
English Attack} (8... Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. b3
Bxa4 14. bxa4 Qc7 15. Be2 Be7 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 {1-0 (49)
Caruana,F (2802)-Hou,Y (2652) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O {
LiveBook: 49 Games} Qa5 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 $1 13.
axb4 d5 14. Bf2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... dxe4 15. Bg3 Qc8 16. Bc4 {
1-0 (32) Yoo,C (2242)-Preotu,R (2501) Calgary 2017}) 15. exd5 Nxd5 {[#] aiming
for ...Bf4.} 16. Bg3 $1 Rc8 17. c4 Bxb4 18. Qg5 ({Resist} 18. Bxc7 $6 Bxd2+ 19.
Rxd2 (19. Kxd2 Nxc7 20. Bd3 a5 $11) 19... Rxc7 $14) 18... Qa5 19. Qxg7 Rf8 {
White must now prevent ...Ba3+.} 20. Nc2 Bc6 {[#]} 21. Qa1 $1 ({Weaker is} 21.
Qxh7 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Qxa4 $17) 21... Nc5 $2 (21... N7b6 $16 {keeps fighting.})
22. Nxc5 $18 {And now Qxa5 would win.} Qxa1+ 23. Nxa1 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 {[%cal
Bc1d2,Bd2d3,Bd3c2,Bc2c3][%mdl 32]} Bb4+ 25. Kd3 Nc3 26. Nxa6 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Rxd1
28. Nxb4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa1 29. Kxc3 Kd7 30. Nc2 Rb1 31. Ne1 Ra8
32. Bd3 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Raa1 34. Be5 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rac1 36. Bb2 {Precision: White
= 75%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,123,14,25,9,10,14,8,0,15,4,10,12,11,12,25,12,17,7,61,53,61,52,62,68,
140,126,118,99,139,118,143,113,116,124,122,122,120,125,114,114,120,109,117,69,
73,69,69,70,93,76,66,0,93,84,101,84,89,64,70,55,112,79,71,83,72,78,116,116,116,
116,116,116,116,116,116,116,483,445,242,0,401,386,395,381,316,304,284,216,207,
198,318,337,413,135,501,494,970,962,29973,29974,29970,29964,29983,29984,29983,
29984,29993,10781]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...
dxe4} 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. Rhe1 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Bg5 Bb6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. f3 Be6 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (21) Duda,J (2707)-Ivanchuk,V (2728)
Tbilisi 2017}) 8... exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.
} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Qe3 Bd6 13. Bxd6
cxd6 14. f3 Re8 15. Qd2 {1-0 (26) Kovacevic,A (2550)-Teofilovic,V (2285)
Djakovo 2005}) 11... c6 12. a4 Bg4 13. Rfe1 Qa5 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 a5 16.
Nd4 Bc5 17. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bh5 (17... Bd7 $11)
18. Nb3 $14 Bb6 $1 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Bf4 Bg6 ({Black should play} 20... Re8 $14)
21. Re7 $16 Ra7 22. Rae1 h6 23. Be3 c5 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Rc7 26. Bf3 Bc2
27. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c2]} Bd3 28. Nd2 Re7 29. Bf3 Nd7 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. Bg2 Bf5
32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Ra1 Bf5 34. Rc1 Bd7 $1 35. b3 Bf5 36. Rc3 h5 37. Kg2 Rd7 38.
Be2 g6 ({Better is} 38... Bd8 $14) 39. f4 Nc6 40. g4 Nd4 41. Bd1 Bd8 42. gxf5
Nxf5 {And now ...Bf6 would win.} 43. Kf2 $1 {Bc2 is the strong threat.} Bh4+
44. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Bf6 45. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Bxc3 46. Nxc3
{Hoping for Nd5.} Ng3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Re7 $16 47. Nd5 Re6) 47. Ke1 $18
Nf5 48. Ke2 $2 (48. Bxc5 Rd3 49. Nd5) 48... Ng3+ $1 49. Kf3 Rd3 50. Nd5 Rxd1
51. Kxg3 Rd3 52. Kg2 Rxb3 53. Bxc5 Rb2+ (53... f6 {was necessary.} 54. Nxf6+
Kf7) 54. Kf3 Rh2 55. Be3 $2 (55. Bd4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 55...
Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... f5 $16 56. h4 Kf7) 56. c5 $1 {[%cal Bc4c5,
Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rc2 (56... Ke8 $142 57. c6 Rc2) 57. Ke4 Rc4+ 58. Kd3 {White
mates.} Rxa4 59. c6 Ke8 60. Nf6+ Kd8 {[#]} 61. Bb6+ $1 Kc8 62. Nd5 {Precision:
White = 66%, Black = 46%.} (62. Ne8 $142 Ra3+ 63. Kc4 Ra4+ 64. Kc5 Rd4 65. Kxd4
Kb8 66. Nd6 h4 67. c7+ Ka8 68. c8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Cernousek, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,91,25,28,29,8,8,8,8,18,8,2,12,9,10,14,18,18,12,19,7,2,17,15,6,0,0,0,
0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,29,29,35,33,27,27,29,37,29,35,121,97,
299,289,289,124,279,279,285,92,236,243,335,343,370,185]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 {D27: Angenommenes Damengambit
(Hauptvariante 7.e4, 7.a4)} Nc6 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7
11. Be3 Bc5 12. f3 O-O 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Qf2 b5 {1/2-1/2 (54) Carlsen,M (2837)
-Caruana,F (2799) London 2017}) 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {
LiveBook: 6 Partien} Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne1 $146 ({Vorgänger:}
14. Nc4 Be8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. Nd2 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Nb1 Be7 21. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Horvath,J (2500)-Horvath,A (2536) Hungary 2013})
14... Be8 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Nc4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Nd3 Be7 20.
Na5 Nd5 21. Bd4 Bb5 22. Bxd5 {Und Lc4 würde nun gewinnen.} Bxd3 23. Bf3 Bb1 24.
a4 Bc2 25. Bb6 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Bxb7 Bxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endspiel KLL-KLL} 29. Bc6+ Kf8 30. Ke2 Bc4+ 31. Kf3 f5 32. e4 Bg5 33. Be3 Be7
34. exf5 exf5 35. Kf4 g6 36. Ke5 Bb4 37. Bd5 Bd3 38. Ke6 Ke8 (38... Bc3 $14)
39. Bg5 $16 Bc5 $2 (39... a5 $16 {war nötig.}) 40. Bc6+ $1 $18 Kf8 41. Bh6+ Kg8
{[#]} 42. Bd5 $1 {Droht Matt per Kf6+.} Bd4 43. Ke7+ Kh8 {[#]} 44. Kf7 $1 Bc2
45. a5 Bd3 46. Bg5 {Precision: Weiß = 76%, Schwarz = 69%.} (46. g3 $142) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,66,36,34,35,36,24,13,32,14,22,23,5,0,-19,-8,-28,-21,12,-14,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-27,0,-56,-52,-45,-66,-79,-12,-30,24]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {
[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...
Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6
15. Rb1 c5 16. d5 {LiveBook: 38 Games} Nc4 {[#]} 17. N3h2 $146 ({Predecessor:}
17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Bc8 19. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Kovalev,V
(2639) Riadh 2017}) 17... Nde5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. g3 a5 21. Kg2 a4 22.
f4 axb3 23. axb3 Ng6 24. Bd2 (24. Re2 {keeps more tension.} b4 25. Bd3 h5 26.
Nf3 Bc3 27. h4) 24... b4 25. Neg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 h6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black
is more active.} 27. Re2 Ra2 {...Nxd5! is the strong threat.} 28. Bd3 Qa8 29.
Kh3 Qc8 30. Be3 (30. Rc1 $11) 30... Rxe2 $15 31. Qxe2 Bc3 32. Bc2 Bd4 (32...
Nd7 $17) 33. Nf1 h5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 70%.} ({Better is} 33...
Nf8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,77,13,0,1,5,13,0,14,13,10,11,24,16,50,68,60,62,129,129,275,254,255,
132,120,136,171,186,175,36,39,39,47,44,37,15,19,-8,-8,-8,-16,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7.
Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+)
without 3...Bd7} 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qe2 (12. Qd1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nf3
b5 15. g3 c4 16. d4 b4 17. Qa4 {0-1 (42) Artemiev,V (2691)-Moiseenko,A (2667)
Riadh 2017}) 12... b5 13. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 14. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. h4 a5 17. g3 {1-0 (36) Eminov,O (2316)-Atakisi,U
(2335) Adana 2015}) 14... Qb6 15. Bg2 Rfd8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,
Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} a5 18. Nf3 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. f5 Nc5 {[#]} (20... Re8
$14) 21. f6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 (21... Bf8 $16 {might work better.}) 22.
exf6 $18 Bxf6 23. Bg5 (23. Ng5 $18) 23... Bg7 $16 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} 25. Ng5
$1 h6 26. Ne4 (26. Nxf7 $1 $18 Kxf7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rac1 (28. b4 Nb3 $17))
26... Nb3 $14 27. Rad1 {Rf1 is the strong threat.} Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7d5,
Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Nd5 29. Qh5 Qc7 {
The position is equal.} 30. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ne3 31. g5 $132 {
[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Rd5 $1 ({Don't blunder} 31... Nxd1 $2
32. gxh6 Be5 33. h7+ (33. Qxd1 Nc5 $16) (33. Rxd1 Kh8 $11) 33... Kh8 34. Rxf7
$18 (34. Qxd1 f5 $14)) 32. h4 Rf5 (32... a4 {is interesting.} 33. Rde1 Nxf1 34.
Rxf1 Rf5 35. Rxf5 exf5 36. gxh6 Qc1+) 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. gxh6 fxe4 35. hxg7 Kxg7
{aiming for ...Qg3.} 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Re1 exd3 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 38. Qh6+
Kg8 39. Qg5+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lou, Yiping"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,17,7,21,-22,-21,-23,-31,-93,0,0,0,0,11,0,29,0,0,0,5,0,0,-2,0,0,0,
0,20,14,29,14,21,33,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-18,-4,-30,0,0,
56,68,68,69,63,87,294,302,315,314,303,310,311,301,295,282,301,292,328,306]} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4 Qc7
{C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 9. Bd2 (9. Qd1 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Bc3 Ng6 15. O-O Nf4 16.
Bd3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 {1-0 (38) Naiditsch,A (2727)-Socko,B (2661) Warsaw 2013})
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxc2 {Black has an edge.} 11. Rc1 (11. Bb5 $15) 11... Qe4+ (
{Black should play} 11... Qxa4 $17 12. Nf3 Nbc6) 12. Qxe4 $11 dxe4 13. Ne2 $146
({Predecessor:} 13. Bb5 Nbc6 14. Ne2 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. O-O {0-1 (44)
Martinez Villar,F-Ballester Sanz,J (2195) Spain 1997}) 13... Nbc6 14. Ng3 Nd5
15. Be3 f5 16. exf6 $1 Nxf6 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Nb4 19. Rh4 Bc6 20. h6 Kf7 21.
hxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Be5 {Strongly threatening Nh5+.} Kg6 24. Rc4 a5 25.
Bxf6 (25. Kd2 {keeps more tension.} h5 26. Be2 b6 27. Rf4 Nbd5 28. Rh4) 25...
Kxf6 26. Nxe4+ Ke7 27. Kd2 Rcd8 28. Nc3 h6 29. Rc5 Rhf8 30. f3 Rf5 31. Rxf5
exf5 32. Nb5 Rh8 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. Rh1 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 35. Re1
h4 36. Nd6 {Threatens to win with Re6+.} Bd7 (36... Nd5 $11) 37. Nxb7 $14 Bxa4
38. Nxa5 h3 39. gxh3 {Hoping for Ra1.} Rxh3 $2 {[#]} (39... Nc2 $16 {keeps
fighting.}) 40. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra1a4] White has a decisive advantage.} Nc2
41. Rxa4 Nxd4 {[#]} 42. f4 $1 Nf3+ 43. Kd1 Nh4 44. Be2 Rh2 45. Nb3 Rf2 46. Nc1
{Precision: White = 67%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,21,10,26,13,32,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,-7,-4,7,8,15,16,24,0,0,0,12,0,0,
0,8,0,105,32,44,0,0,0,4,2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+
6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 {E15:
Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} Bb7 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 {
LiveBook: 5 Partien} c6 14. e4 Nf8 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Rfe1
Ne6 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 (43) Matlakov,M
(2701)-Bosiocic,M (2602) Moscow 2017}) 15... Ne6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qb2 Rc8 18.
Rc1 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Bf6 {Weiss muss nun ...Lxe5
beachten.} 22. f4 g6 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. b4 Be7 27. b5
a6 {[#]} (27... Nc7 $11) 28. Qc3 (28. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 512]} Ng7 (
28... gxf5 29. Qc2) 29. Qc3) 28... Bb7 29. a4 axb5 30. axb5 Nc7 31. Bf1 {
Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,26,33,12,22,15,32,32,37,36,32,32,24,20,41,54,43,39,45,52,64,62,54,
68,131,100,106,92,135,104,270,260,415,403,482,485,497,498,494,490,489,493,481,
489,491,491,790,803,802,791]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6.
cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nxd5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:}
10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qh5 {0-1 (35) Meier,G (2648)-Le,Q
(2717) Lubbock 2011}) 10... Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qe2
Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 {[#] b4 is the strong threat.} Qb8 ({Black should try
} 16... Nd5 $14) 17. Qg4 {Nf5! would kill now.} g6 18. N4f3 $40 {[%cal Bd4f3,
Bf3h4,Bh4g6][%mdl 160] White attacks with force.} Nd5 19. Nc4 (19. Qd4 $6 Bf6
$11) 19... h5 $2 (19... f5 $16 20. Qh3 (20. Qd4 Bf6 $11) 20... Bf6) 20. Qh3 $18
({Much less strong is} 20. Qd4 $6 Bf6 $16) 20... e5 (20... f5 {might work
better.} 21. Be5 Qa8) 21. Qg3 Nf4 22. Rd2 {White is clearly winning.} ({
Worse is} 22. exf4 exf4 23. Rxd7 fxg3 $11) 22... h4 23. Nxh4 Nh5 {[#]} 24. Nxg6
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg3 (24... fxg6 25. Qxg6+) 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Bxe5+ ({Not} 26.
fxg3 f6 $18) 26... Qxe5 27. Nxe5 Nge4 (27... Rce8 $142 28. Nxd7 Nxd7) 28. Bxe4
Nxe4 29. Nxc8 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,12,10,12,8,28,0,77,53,47,43,51,0,7,-41,52,56,89,87,118,45,33,-23,
793,806,793,786,760,766,761,748]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4
(5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nf3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Rapport,R (2707)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 5... O-O 6. h5 {
A45: Trompowsky Attack} c5 7. hxg6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} hxg6 8. Qd2 {The
position is equal.} Nc6 9. Nge2 Re8 $146 (9... b5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... b5
10. f3 b4 11. Na4 cxd4 12. exd4 {1-0 (25) Kleinert,S (2525)-Class,W (2448)
Remote email 2013}) 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nxb5 {aiming for Nec3.} e5 12. Bg5 Rb8 13.
Nbc3 Bf5 ({Much worse is} 13... Qb6 $6 14. Na4 $16) (13... cxd4 $1 $15 14. exd4
Qb6) 14. dxc5 $14 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Qa5 {And now ...Qb4 would
win.} 15. Bxf6 $1 Qb4 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb4b2]} 16. Na4 ({White should play} 16.
b3 $16 Bxf6 17. Kb1 (17. Nxd5 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Rxb3+ 19. axb3 Qxb3+ 20. Kc1 Qa3+
21. Kb1 Rb8+ 22. Nb6 axb6 $19)) 16... Qxa4 17. Bxg7 (17. Nc3 $14 Qb4 {[#]} 18.
Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2) 17... Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
17... Qxa2 $11 18. Qc3 (18. Qxd5 $2 Qxb2+ 19. Kd2 Red8 $19) 18... Kxg7) 18.
Kxb2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8+ 19. Ka1 {White threatens Bf6 and
mate.} Kxg7 20. Nc3 Qa3 21. Rb1 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,0,0,-28,14,19,59,45,51,40,45,42,42,42,106,70,67,81,79,82,76,63,50,
51,71,77,87,24,152,-37,97,100,327,332,336,332,325,318,318,318,312,332,332,334,
391,391,385,385,385,385,407,392,479,493,493,491,479,480,572,569,561,557,599,
579,574,533,764,744]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 {B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoß-Variante)} Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 {
LiveBook: 14 Partien} 10. Rc1 $146 (10. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qd8 11. Nc3 $11)
({Vorgänger:} 10. Qd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Ned5
{1-0 (40) Popov,I (2627)-Motylev,A (2686) Moscow 2014}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf5
12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. O-O Be7 14. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 15. Qd2 Rhd8 (15... g6 $14) 16. Na4
Qc7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. Qxh5 Kg8 19. Rfd1 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 20. Nc5 Nxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rd5 22. Qg5 ({Besser ist} 22. Qf3 $16) 22... f6 (22... Rad8 $11 {hält das
Gleichgewicht.}) 23. Qh5 $2 (23. exf6 $16 Bd3 24. Rxd3 Rxg5 25. hxg5) 23... Qe7
{[#]} (23... fxe5 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.} 24. b4 b5) 24. g4 $1 $36 {[%cal
Rg4f5][%mdl 2048] Schwarz muss aufpassen.} g6 $2 (24... Bh7 $16) 25. Qh6 $18
Bxg4 {[#]} 26. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} (26. Qxg6+ Qg7 $16) 26... Rf8 (26... Bxd1
$2 {verliert.} 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. exf6 $18) 27. Qxg6+ ({Schwächer ist} 27.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 27... Qg7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. exf6+
Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel [#] KTT-KTL} 31. f3 $1 Bf5 (31... Bxf3 32. Rf1) 32.
Kf2 Bg6 33. Rc5 Rd6 34. h5 b6 35. Re5 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} ({Weniger
gut wäre} 35. hxg6 bxc5 36. Rg1 Kg7 $16) 35... Bc2 36. Rd2 Bf5 37. Re1 Kg5 38.
Ke3 Kh6 39. Rg1 Rd5 40. Rg8 Bb1 41. Re8 Rd6 42. Rg2 {Precision: Weiß = 66%,
Schwarz = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,77,38,22,28,26,24,33,29,20,33,20,17,29,32,25,47,41,37,46,36,39,52,27,
47,52,85,81,87,80,80,89,81,75,108,106,94,94,94,91,91,91,91,90,131,36,44,-245,
55,46,202,198,438,437,12837,5685]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.
d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Rb8 11. Be3 {A05:
Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nd7 12. a4 (12. Rd1 b5 13. a3 a5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
Nb6 16. e5 d5 17. Nc3 e6 18. Nxb5 Nc4 {1-0 (35) Amin,B (2662)-Flores,D (2579)
Doha 2016}) 12... a6 13. Qd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Qc7
14. Nd2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf3 b4 17. d4 Ra8 18.
Qe2 e6 {1-0 (37) Volovici,D (2481)-Taras,I (2261) ICCF email 2008}) 16... b4
17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Na5 20. Qa4 Ra8 21. Ra1 Qd8 22. Qb5 Rcb8 23.
Qd3 cxd4 24. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc1 Rc8
27. Qa6 Rc7 28. d5 (28. Rxc6 Nb8 $11) 28... Nd4 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qa4 e5 31.
Bxd4 exd4 32. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qa7 33.
Qxd6 d3 34. Kg2 (34. Bxd3 $16 {Hoping for Bb5.} Be5 35. Qa6 Qxa6 36. Bxa6)
34... Bc3 $14 35. Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Qf4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}
) 35... d2 $2 (35... Be1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kh1 (36. Nxe1 $2 d2 $19) 36...
Qxf2) 36. Be2 {aiming for Qe7.} Qa4 $2 {[#]} (36... Nc5 $14 37. Qc6 (37. Qd8+
$2 Kg7 $19) 37... h6) 37. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7c3]} Qxe4 $2 (37... Ba1 38. Nxd2
Qa2) 38. Qxd7 ({Less strong is} 38. Qxc3 Qxe2 39. Nxd2 Qe7 $16) 38... Qxe2 (
38... Bb4 $142) 39. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 36%.} (39. Ng5 $142
Bg7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Ne6 Qf1+ 42. Kxf1 d1=Q+ 43. Kg2 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Qxe6 45.
Qxe6) 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S. P.."]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,36,30,30,52,55,30,33,33,25,33,22,33,30,8,39,21,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
10,3,50,31,24,26,45,0,0,0,35,27,40,39,31,-55,20,9,11,20,9,16,14,20,32,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-10,0,-14,-15,-15,-10,-11,-11,-24,-22,-64,-63,-74,-74,-74,-83,-70,-56,
-72,-74,-84,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-41,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sizilianisch
(Paulsen-Variante)} (7. a3 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O h5 12.
h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qf2 d6 15. e5 {0-1 (61) Grischuk,A (2772)-Harikrishna,
P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 7... Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. f4 h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 {
LiveBook: 4 Partien} Qxc4 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Bc1 $146
Qc7 16. e5 Bc5 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 21. Rxe4
O-O 22. c3 Qc6 23. g4 Rd8 24. Rd4 Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g4]} 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rd2 Qh1
27. Rd1 Qg2 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Rdc8 30. Be1 {[#]} (30. f5 $14) 30... Rc4 (
30... b4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 31. cxb4 Ne3) 31. f5 $11 Ne3 32. R1d3 Rxd4 33.
cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Nd5 34. Bxh4 Nf4 35. Rd1 (35. Ra3 {with
more complications.} Ne2 36. Bg5 Nxd4 37. fxe6 dxe6 38. Rxa6 Nf3 39. Be3) 35...
Nxh3 36. Bg3 Ng5 37. Bf4 Ne4 38. Be3 d5 39. Rf1 Rc4 40. Rd1 exf5 41. gxf5 Ng3
42. f6 $1 Nf5 43. Bg1 gxf6 44. exf6 Kh7 45. Re1 Kg6 46. Re5 Nxd4 {Und ...Sf3
würde nun gewinnen.} 47. Rxd5 Nf5 48. Bc5 Kxf6 49. b4 Re4 ({Besser ist} 49...
Ke6 $17 50. Rd3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 50. Kb2 Re6 51. a4 bxa4 {Und weiter
mit ...Se3 wäre nett.} 52. Ka3 Ne3 53. Rd8 Kg5 {Droht ...f5 und aus.} 54. Kxa4
{Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} f5 {Weiss sollte ...f4 verhindern.} 55. Rd6 $1
{[%cal Rd6e6]} Rxd6 56. Bxd6 f4 {[#]} 57. Bxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß
= 51%, Schwarz = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,37,59,75,87,65,177,160,172,173,233,216,372,347]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4
11. Ne5 Nbd7 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Bg7
14. Bxg4 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ne2 f5 18. b3 fxe4 19. bxc4 Nf5
20. O-O Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Li,C (2741)-Gelfand,B (2719) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13. Bxg4 Rg8 14. O-O {
LiveBook: 18 Games} b4 15. Na4 c5 $146 (15... Nf6 $14 16. Bf3 Qa5) ({
Predecessor:} 15... Ba6 16. Bh5 Nf6 17. Qf3 Bb5 18. Nc5 Rxg3 19. fxg3 Qxd4+ {
1/2-1/2 (34) Rogetzer,K (2455)-Pellen,M (2468) ICCF email 2010}) 16. d5 $18 Nf6
17. Bf3 Rxg3 (17... Rc8 {was called for.} 18. Re1 Ba6) 18. fxg3 {Hoping for e5.
} exd5 $2 {[#]} (18... Qc7 19. dxe6 Qe5 20. exf7+ Kxf7) 19. e5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,43,42,44,50,66,70,79,44,52,38,47,46,41,48,60,35,41,61,48,40,57,43,
45,56,53,61,93,89,108,108,126,47,113,105,141,95,117,111,115,96,119,105,98,77,
97,100,138,108,125,119,127,119,195,125,208,213,235,229,209,220,379,397,627,628]
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6
8. Ng3 (8. Nc3 {is interesting.} Be7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qe2) 8... g6 {
C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 9. c4 (9. Qe2 Bg7
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16.
Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (64) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Bxf3
10. Qxf3 c6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2
Bg7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Webster,R (1973)-Sully,D (2076) England 2012}) 11... Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1
Re8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Qa5 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,
Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 17. Bd6 Rc8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
pushing.} a6 20. a5 Nf8 21. Bf4 N8d7 22. h3 Bf8 23. Nf1 (23. Rb1 $16) 23... Nh5
({Black should try} 23... b6 $14) 24. Bh2 $16 Nb8 25. Ne3 Bd6 26. Be5 Bf8 27.
Be4 Nd7 28. Bh2 Qe7 29. Rb1 {[%cal Bd1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2a2][%mdl 32]} Nhf6 30. Bf3
Qd8 31. Red1 Bh6 32. Rb2 Bg7 33. Ra2 Ra8 (33... Bf8 $16) 34. Bg3 (34. d5 $18)
34... Bf8 {[#]} (34... Bh6 $16 35. Re2 Bg5) 35. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c6]} cxd5
36. cxd5 e5 37. d6 Rb8 $2 (37... Re6 38. Rad2 (38. Bxb7 Ra7 $16) 38... Rb8) 38.
Bh4 b6 (38... Re6 $142 39. Bg4 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Bxd6 41. Bxd7 Be7 42. Bxf6 Bxf6)
39. Bd5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,59,15,22,122,106,148,131,172,175,159,152,143,161,180,165,235,233,241,
222,490,493,490,492,709,516,503,422,508,509,29992,948,29993,29994]} 1. c4 e6 2.
d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1
b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (10... Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Qb7 Nb8 18.
Na3 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Kuzubov,Y (2699) Riadh
2017}) 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 {LiveBook:
19 Games} g5 (15... d4 $1 $11 16. Rxd4 Qc7) 16. Be3 $16 Nxe5 17. exd5 Qd7 $146
{[#]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17...
Qd6 18. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Carbone,D (2074)-Lopez Azambuja,N (2173) Montevideo
2013}) 18. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ng6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Qg4 21. Rad1 Rc4 (
21... Rc7 $142 22. Qb1 Bb7) 22. h3 $18 Qc8 23. Qd2 {[#] And now Nd5 would win.}
Rd8 $2 (23... Bb7 {was called for.}) 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Bb4 (25... Rc2 $142)
26. Qe3 Bxe1 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Rxe1 Qxh3 (28... Qf5 $18 29. Qe8+ Nf8) 29. Qe8+
Nf8 30. Qe5 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,6,14,20,30,30,7,1,1,0,3,0,-10,14,12,20,14,33,25,57,57,60,57,70,62,
191,184,229,228,223,221,199,213,195,206,195,166,358,363,749,724]} 1. Nf3 d5 2.
g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Na4 {
D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 {
0-1 (68) Li,C (2732)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3
Na6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ne4 13. Rfc1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... e6 14. h3 h5 15. c5 g5 16. Nxg5 Bxd4 17. Ngxe4 Bxe4 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (52) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2475)-Swiercz,D (2634) Warsaw 2015}) 14.
Ra5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e6 15. h4 f6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Rca1 g5 19. c5 g4
20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Nc2 h5 23. b4 Rdb8 (23... Nc7 $1 $14) 24. b5 $18
cxb5 25. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7] And now cxb7 would win.} (25. Rxb5 Nc7 $14) 25...
Nc7 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Ke6 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Bb6 ({Don't play} 29. cxb7 $6
Bf8 $16) (29. Rxb7 Rc8) 29... Kd6 $2 {[#]} (29... Ne8 {was necessary.}) 30. Nb4
({Not} 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. cxb7 Na6 $18) (30. cxb7 Kc6 $16) 30... Na6 $2 (30...
Ne8 31. cxb7 (31. Rxb7 Rc8 $18) 31... Nc7 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7) 31. Nxa6 {Precision:
White = 89%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gopal G. N."]
[Black "Wemmers, Xander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,81,20,20,22,15,26,21,41,35,41,39,66,67,71,66,66,72,72,67,68,42,78,78,
78,68,68,34,77,75,69,68,134,137,152,152,149,27,87,95,212,198,192,0,41,0,104,44,
344,308,547,510]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8
14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Nc5 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer
Variation with 10 d4} (17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7
22. Bh6 Bf8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rea1 Qf6 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Zherebukh,Y (2621)
-Swiercz,D (2638) Saint Louis 2017}) 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bh6 Nfd7 {The position is
equal.} 20. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4h6][%mdl 32]} Bf8 21. Ng4 Qe7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 21... Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qe7 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 f6 25. Nh6+ {
1-0 (50) Hevia Alejano,C (2491)-Sturt,R (2432) Forth Worth 2017}) 22. f4 {
[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. f5 Rf8 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Rf3
{Black must now prevent fxg6.} g5 27. Ng4 {Strongly threatening f6.} f6 28. Qe3
Kg7 29. Ne2 Rfc8 30. Rff1 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a4]} ({Avoid the trap} 30... h5 $2 31.
g3 $18) 31. a5 Nba4 (31... Nbd7 $14) 32. Bxa4 $16 bxa4 33. Kh2 $1 Rab8 {[#]}
34. Rad1 (34. Ng1 $1 $16) 34... Re8 (34... Rc7 $11) 35. Ng1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White has strong initiative.} Bc8 (35... Qh5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. Nf3
$18 Qh5 {[#]} 37. Rd2 $2 (37. Nd2 $1 $18) 37... Rb7 38. Rh1 h6 (38... Rh8 $11 {
remains equal.}) 39. Kg3 $16 {aiming for h4.} Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rh8
$14) 40. h4 $18 {Nxf6! is the strong threat.} a3 $2 {[#]} (40... Rf8 {keeps
fighting.} 41. Rh3 gxh4+ 42. Rxh4 Nxe4+ 43. Qxe4 Qxf5 44. Qxc4 Qd7 45. Nxh6 Rh8
) 41. Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,-4,1,-43,-29,-75,-53,-60,-66,-69,-37,-37,-37,-37,-40,-40,-37,-52,
-54,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,16,11,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,11,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,
0,0,4,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,18,15,10,16,81,27,27,0,72,7,18,18,25,22,134,137,148,139,
141,116,121,121,124,122,124,0,124,124,124,124,168,139,149,120,122,0,149,149,
149,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,135,124,124,80,80,80,95,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qd1 Bc8 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h4 {D90:
Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 $146 {
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 Nd5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qa5 12.
Qd2 Nd7 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc4 b5 {1-0 (50) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Grischuk,A (2783)
Beijing 2013}) 9... b5 10. a3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxe5 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Rxc4 O-O-O {aiming
for ...Nb6+.} 20. Rxc6+ Kb7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 21. Rc1
Nc5+ 22. Kc2 Rc8 23. Bc4 Nxa4 24. Kb3 Nb6 25. Bxb6 Kxb6 26. Ne3 f6 27. Nd5+ Ka7
28. Bb5 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} Nf4 29. Ne7 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kb7 31. Rd1 Ne6
32. Rd7+ Kb6 33. Kc4 {[%cal Re7d5] [#]} Nc7 34. Ba4 Rf8 35. b3 Rh8 36. Nc6 Rc8
$1 37. Ne7 Rh8 38. Kd3 Bf4 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40. Kc4 {[#] Threatening mate with
Nd5+.} Nc7 (40... Rb8 $11) 41. Nc6 (41. Nd5+ $16 Nxd5 42. Kxd5) 41... Rc8 $11
42. Ne7 Rh8 $1 43. Bc6 (43. Nd5+ $16 Nxd5 44. Kxd5) 43... Rf8 44. Bd5 Bh2 45.
Bg8 h5 (45... h6 $11) 46. Bf7 $16 g5 47. hxg5 ({But not} 47. Bxh5 $6 gxh4 48.
Bg4 Rh8 $14) 47... fxg5 48. Bxh5 Rh8 49. Bg4 Re8 50. Bf5 Bf4 51. Bg4 Bh2 $1 52.
Nd5+ Nxd5 53. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Much worse is} 53. exd5 $6
Rc8+ 54. Kd4 Rc3 $11) 53... Bf4 54. Rb5+ Ka6 55. Rc5 Kb6 56. Rb5+ Ka6 57. Bd7
Rd8 58. Bc6 Rc8 59. Kc5 Rb8 60. Rxb8 Bxb8 {KB-KB} 61. Ba4 Kb7 62. Kd5 Kc8 63.
Ke6 Kd8 64. e5 Ba7 {White is better.} 65. Kf6 Bd4 66. Bc6 Kc7 67. Ba4 {
Precision: White = 55%, Black = 66%.} ({White should try} 67. Bb5 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,159,37,0,38,38,40,38,53,31,27,30,34,41,90,82,50,22,26,26,24,12,15,14,
8,8,24,0,17,10,6,-25,7,11,121,117,118,105,151,119,116,127,132,106,324,129,126,
87,125,102,100,93,95,77,84,33,51,32,32,17,64,0,53,46,44,49,71,95,164,178,248,
235,232,237,248,233,217,206,225,214,413,397,564,562,556,546,523,478,478,478,
478,478,9417,10416,6432,7358,6432,6027,3122,4489,1710,478,478,478,478,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5435,0,-8,-8,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,0,0,0,-97,-97,-97,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O
Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 Qc7 11. b4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E43:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Re1
Rac8 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qd8 17. Bb1 Rxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf6 19. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Arnaudov,P (2468)-Parligras,M (2616) Skopje 2013}) 11... Ng4 {Hoping for ...
Bxf3.} 12. g3 d6 13. Bb2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13.
Nc3 Nd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Ne4 Ngf6 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Milanovic,D (2495)-Savic,M (2514) Herceg Novi 2007}) 13... Nd7 14.
Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc3 Qb8 16. Re1 Qa8 17. Nd2 $1 Ngf6 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. Bh3 Bf8 20.
Ne2 Rc7 21. Nf4 e5 22. Nd3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} a5 23. Qb3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ne4 24.
Nxe4 Bxe4 25. f4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} a4 26. Qd1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 (26... Bxd3 $11
27. Qxd3 exf4) 27. Nf2 $16 Bb7 28. Qxd4 d5 29. cxd5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxd5 31. Ng4
Qc6 $2 (31... b5 $16 32. Bf1 h5) 32. Ne3 $2 (32. Re8 $18 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Rd4g7]} Nf6 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Rd8 (34. Qxf6 Qxf6 35. Bxf6 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+
37. Ke3 Rxh2 $18)) 32... Be6 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qe4
Qd6 37. Bd4 (37. Kf1 $16) 37... b5 $14 38. f5 e5 39. Bc3 Be7 40. h4 (40. Qd5+
$14 Qxd5 41. Nxd5) 40... Bf6 (40... Bd8 $11) 41. Qd5+ $1 Qxd5 42. Nxd5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bd8 43. Kf2 Bb6+ (43... h5 $16) 44. Kf3 $18 h5 (
44... Kf7 $142 45. Bd2 g6) 45. Bd2 Kf7 {[#]} 46. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3b6]} Bd4 {
[#] Black wants to play ...Bb2.} 47. Nc7 $1 Bb2 48. Nxb5 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kf6 $2 (
49... Nf6 50. Kd3 Kd7) 50. Nd6 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Re3g5]} g6 (50... Ke7 $142) 51.
Nc4 Ba1 52. fxg6 Kxg6 53. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kf5 54. Nb6 Nxb6 55.
Bxb6 {KB-KB} Ke4 (55... e4 $142 56. g4+ Kxg4) 56. Bc5 Kd5 57. b6 Kc6 58. Kd3
Bb2 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. g4 (60. Kf5 $142 Bb2 61. g4 hxg4 62. Kxg4) 60... hxg4 61.
h5 {aiming for h6.} g3 62. Kf3 $2 ({White should play} 62. Be3 $18 g2 63. Bg1)
62... e4+ $1 $11 63. Kxe4 g2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 64.
b7 Kxb7 {White must now prevent ...Bb2.} 65. h6 Kc6 (65... Bb2 $5 66. h7 $8 Kc6
$11) 66. Be3 Bd2 67. h7 $1 Bxe3 68. h8=Q g1=Q {Strongly threatening ...Qe1.}
69. Qa8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Qe8+ $11 Kc5 70. Qe5+ Kc6 71. Qd5+ Kc7 72. Qe5+
Kb6 73. Qd6+ Kb7 74. Qd7+ Kb6 75. Qd6+ Kb7 76. Qd7+ Kb8 77. Qd6+ Kc8 78. Qc6+
Kb8 79. Qd6+ Kc8 80. Qc6+ Kd8 81. Qd6+ Ke8 82. Qe5+ Kd7 83. Qb5+ Kc7 84. Qe5+
Kb6 85. Qd6+) 69... Kb5 $2 (69... Kc7 $19 70. Qa5+ Bb6 71. Qe5+ Kb7 72. Qd5+
Kb8 73. Qd6+ Bc7 74. Qb4+ Kc8 75. Qf8+ Kb7 76. Qb4+ Bb6) 70. Qe8+ Ka5 71. Qd8+
(71. Qe5+ $1 $11 Bc5 72. Qc7+ Kb5 73. Qb7+ Ka5 74. Qc7+ Kb5 75. Qb7+ Bb6 76.
Qd7+ Ka5 77. Qd2+ Ka6 78. Qd3+ Ka7 79. Qd7+ Kb8 80. Qe8+ Kc7 81. Qe7+ Kc8 82.
Qe8+ Bd8 83. Qc6+ Kb8 84. Qb5+ Bb6 85. Qe8+ Kc7 86. Qf7+ Kd6 87. Qf6+ Kd7 88.
Qf7+ Kc8 89. Qe8+ Bd8 90. Qc6+ Kb8 91. Qb5+ Bb6 92. Qe8+) 71... Bb6 $17 72.
Qd2+ Ka6 73. Qd3+ Ka5 (73... Kb7 $17 74. Qd7+ Bc7 75. Qb5+ Kc8 76. Qe8+ Kb7 77.
Qb5+ Kc8 78. Qe8+ Bd8 79. Qc6+ Kb8 80. Qb5+ Bb6 81. Qe8+ Kc7 82. Qf7+ Kd6 83.
Qf6+ Kd7 84. Qf7+ Kd6 85. Qf6+ Kd7 86. Qf7+ Kd6) 74. Qd2+ Ka6 ({Better is}
74... Kb5 $11 75. Qb4+ Kc6 76. Qxa4+ Kc7 77. Qc4+ Kb8) 75. Qd3+ Kb7 76. Qd7+
Kb8 (76... Bc7 $17 77. Qb5+ Bb6 78. Qd7+ Bc7 79. Qb5+ Kc8 80. Qe8+ Bd8 81. Qc6+
Kb8 82. Qb5+ Bb6 83. Qe8+ Kc7 84. Qe7+ Kc8 85. Qe8+ Bd8 86. Qc6+ Kb8 87. Qb5+
Bb6 88. Qe8+ Kc7 89. Qf7+ Kd6 90. Qf6+ Kd7 91. Qf5+ Ke7 92. Qe5+ Kf7 93. Qd5+
Ke7 94. Qe5+ Kd7 95. Qd5+ Ke7 96. Qe5+) 77. Qe8+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.
} Kc7 78. Qe7+ Kc6 79. Qe6+ Kb5 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 80. Qd7+ {Precision: White =
53%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,158,41,30,64,62,65,51,56,31,32,33,35,35,24,24,31,29,22,27,20,28,29,
25,29,38,46,46,68,67,60,60,98,32,98,0,89,102,118,80,78,35,132,147,95,37,129,
132,132,132,126,125,116,142,129,135,127,123,174,118,123,131,118,125,136,125,
115,117,137,105,131,64,90,56,57,65,68,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,15,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,15,8,
15,8,8,8,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,20,0,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd
moves} (6... Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qf4 Bg6 11. h4 Re8 12.
g4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. h5 Bh7 {1-0 (24) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788)
Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} b6 10. Re1
Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 c4 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Veress,R (2235)-Katona,F (2253) Hungary 2010}) 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bg5
cxd4 13. Nb5 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 (14. Qh5 $2 g6 $19) 14... Nc6 $15) 13...
Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nbxd4 Ne5 18. c3 Ng6 19. Qa4 Rfd8
20. Re3 h5 21. Rae1 h4 22. Nb3 Ne7 23. Ba6 Bc6 24. Bb5 (24. Qd4 $16) 24... Bb7
({Black should play} 24... Bxb5 $14 25. Qxb5 Ng6) 25. Ba6 Bc6 26. Qd4 {Hoping
for Qxf6.} Qh6 27. Qd1 Nf5 28. Rd3 {aiming for Rxe4!} Nc5 ({Better is} 28...
Re8 $14) 29. Nxc5 $16 bxc5 {[#]} 30. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 {[#]} (30... Nd4
$1 $14 31. Bxd5 (31. cxd4 dxc4 32. Rc3 Qf4 $11) 31... Bxd5 32. cxd4 c4) (30...
dxc4 31. Rxd8+) 31. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 {[#]} 32. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Qxd5 {[#]} 33. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (33... Rxe8 34. Qxd5) 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35.
Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 (36... Rb1 $16) 37. Ng5+ ({
White should try} 37. Rxa7 $18 f6 38. Rb7) 37... Kg6 38. Ne4 Rb1 39. b3 ({
But not} 39. Nxc5 $6 Rxb2 40. Rxa7 Rxf2 $11) 39... Re1 40. Nxc5 Re2 41. Rxa7
Rxf2 42. Nd3 Rc2 43. Nf4+ (43. c4 $16) 43... Kh6 44. Rxf7 Ng3 $1 {( -> ...Rc1)}
45. Nd3 Rxa2 46. Ne1 (46. Re7 $14) 46... Kg6 {The position is equal.} 47. Rf4
Ra1 48. Rxh4 Nf1+ 49. Kg1 Rxe1 $11 {KRN-KR} 50. Rg4+ Kh7 51. Rd4 {Black should
prevent Kf2.} (51. Kf2 {looks sharper.} Rb1 52. b4 Nd2 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. h4)
51... Rc1 52. Kf2 {Threatens to win with b4.} Rxc3 53. Kxf1 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 54.
Kf2 Ra3 55. Re4 Rb3 56. Re3 Rb4 57. Kf3 Ra4 58. Re4 Ra7 59. Kg4 Rb7 60. Re5 Ra7
61. Kh5 Ra6 62. h4 Rb6 63. g4 Rh6+ 64. Kg5 Rg6+ 65. Kf4 Rf6+ 66. Rf5 Ra6 67. h5
g6 68. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 69. hxg6 Rxg6 70. Re7 Ra6 71. Kf5 Rb6 72. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,
Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Ra6 73. Re6 Rxe6 74. Kxe6 {Kf6 is the strong threat.
KP-K} Kg7 75. Kf5 Kf7 76. g6+ Kg7 77. Kg5 Kg8 78. Kh6 {White wants to mate
with g7.} Kh8 79. g7+ Kg8 80. Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 57%,
Black = 55%.} (80. Kh5 Kxg7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,70,0,0,0,0,0,-34,0,-22,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4.
exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 {C07: Französische Verteidigung
(Tarrasch-Variante)} Qxc5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bc4 {LiveBook:
4 Partien} a6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Bd6 11. b3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bb2 {
0-1 (28) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Akobian,V (2645) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. a4 b6 12.
b3 Be7 13. Bb2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} O-O 14. Qe5 Bd6 15. Qg5 h6 16.
Qh4 Ncd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {[#] Droht Tfd1 und aus.} Bb7 19. Qg4 {[%csl
Gb2][%cal Rg4g7]} Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qc5 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24.
Rad1 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 25. f3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.
Kf1 Kf8 29. Bxa6 Bxa6 30. Qxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KD} Qd1+ 31. Kf2
Qxc2+ 32. Kg3 Qxb3 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ Kf6 {[#]} 35. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe3 {
Precision: Weiß = 87%, Schwarz = 81%.} (35... bxa5 36. Qxb3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Venkatesh, M. R.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,43,10,20,4,5,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal. E11: Bogo-Indian} 10.
a4 a5 11. Qb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14.
e3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Arutinian,D (2561)
-Shanava,K (2589) Tbilisi 2012}) 11... Ba6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1
c5 15. e3 Rc7 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Bg2 Ba6 20. Bf1 Bb7
21. Bg2 Ba6 22. Bf1 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,43,45,-4,14,22,19,0,0,0,0,6,16,4,41,20,44,13,42,17,126,116,114,116,
112,67,235,227,222,222,408,391,604,628,599,592]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4.
Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 12 Games. D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted:
3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} (6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd2 {1-0 (32) Lalith,B (2587)-Zhigalko,S
(2671) Doha 2016}) 6... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 c5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nb6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg2 Nfd7 11. O-O Qc7 12.
a4 a5 13. b3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (27) Khan,R (1861)-Duben,I (1773) IECC email 2000})
8. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12.
Ne5 Nbd5 13. Qb3 a5 14. a4 Qd6 (14... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Nxd7 Bxd7)
15. Ndc4 $36 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4b6,Bb6c8][%mdl 2080] Black is under strong
pressure.} Qa6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Be3 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} Nd7 $2 ({
Black should play} 17... b5 $1 $14 18. Nb6 bxa4 19. Rxa4 (19. Qxa4 Rb8 $16)
19... Rb8) 18. Nxd7 $1 $18 Bxd7 19. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d7]} Rad8 $2 {[#]} (19...
Bc6 {was worth a try.}) 20. Rfd1 $1 Bc6 {[#]} (20... Bb5 $142 21. axb5 Qxb5)
21. Bf1 $1 Qa7 {[#]} 22. Nc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 75%, Black =
30%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,135,43,18,23,18,35,18,32,16,24,10,13,0,3,0,5,15,16,0,-3,-10,-19,-15,
-10,-8,-23,-47,-10,-18,-18,-21,-18,-18,-22,-18,-13,-14,-25,-47,0,-40,-39,-44,0,
0,0,0,0,0,290,290,283,254,285,279,275,192,192,237,231,213,204,204,204,204,204,
196,185,104,107,0,298,168,483,485,441,441,960,962,756,933,798,787,713,780,750,
750,761,725,1192,481,433,426,354,165,473,458,558,441,372,271,441,369,341,318,
489,489,10003,459,441,441,29986,29987,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,
29991,29984,29983,29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 b6
6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. A47: Damenindisch (ohne
c2-c4)} (8. Qe2 g6 9. a4 a6 10. O-O Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nc4 a5 14. b5
Nb8 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qc2 Qf8 20. Nh2 Nf6
{1/2-1/2 (20) Tregubov,P (2597)-Bauer,C (2625) Germany 2015}) 8... Qd8 9. O-O
Nd7 10. Qe2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} g6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... a6 11. a4
Be7 12. e5 O-O {1/2-1/2 (35) Gugulashvili,T (2087)-Javakhishvili,L (2463)
Tbilisi 2009}) 11. h4 Bg7 12. h5 {Droht hxg6.} gxh5 13. e5 Qe7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rad8 19. Nf3 Rd5 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. Rxd5 (21. Rb1 {with more complications.} Qc5 22. Qh4 a5 23. Rbc1 Rd3 24. a3
) 21... Rxd5 22. c4 Rd8 23. g3 Qb4 24. b3 a5 25. Qc2 Qc5 26. Qe2 Qb4 27. Kg2
Qc3 28. Qe4 Qb2 (28... a4 $5) 29. Qc6 Qxa2 30. Qxc7 Rd3 31. Re4 Rxf3 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Vergiftet wäre} 31... Rxb3 $2 32. Rf4 $18) (31... Rd1 $1 $11)
32. Kxf3 $18 Qxb3+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDL} 33. Kg2 $1 Qb1 34. Rf4
Qg6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxb6 Bxe5 37. Rf3 h4 38. Qxa5 Qe4 39. Qa3 $1 Qxc4 40. Qe7
({Bloß nicht} 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 $16) 40... Bg7 {beabsichtigt ...hxg3.} 41. Rxf7 ({
Günstiger ist} 41. Qxf7 $18 {Droht gxh4 und aus.} hxg3 42. Rxg3 Qe4+ 43. Kg1)
41... Qe4+ 42. f3 (42. Kh3 $16 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qe4+ 44. Rf4) 42... Qg6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qe5 $1 $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.}) 43. g4 $18 Kg8 $2 (
43... Qg5 {leistet mehr Widerstand.} 44. Qxe6 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+
47. Qe2 Qd6) 44. Qe8+ Kh7 {[#]} 45. Qd7 $1 h5 (45... Qg5 $142 46. Re7 Qe5 47.
Qd3+ (47. Qxe6 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qxf3+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qf3+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52.
Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 47... Kg8 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxe6+ Qxe6
52. Rxe6+ Kg5) 46. Kh3 hxg4+ 47. fxg4 Qh6 48. Rf3 Qc1 49. Qd3+ Kh6 50. Rf1 Qg5
51. Qe4 Qe7 52. Rf5 (52. Qe3+ $142 Kh7 53. g5) 52... Qa3+ 53. Rf3 Qe7 54. Re3 (
54. Qf4+ $142 Qg5 55. Qe3) 54... Qf6 $2 (54... Bf6 {ist eine bessere Chance.}
55. Qxe6 Qxe6 56. Rxe6 Kg7) 55. Qd3 Qg6 {Schwarz hofft, mit ...Dxd3
fortzusetzen.} 56. Qe2 e5 57. Kxh4 Qg5+ $2 (57... Bf6+ {war angesagt.} 58. Kg3
Kg7) 58. Kh3 Bf6 59. Kg2 Qf4 (59... Kg7 {kämpft weiter.} 60. Rc3 Be7) 60. Rh3+
Kg6 {[#]} (60... Kg7 $142 61. Qd3 Qd4 62. Rh7+ Kf8 63. Qxd4 exd4) 61. Qd3+ (61.
g5 $142 $1 Bxg5 (61... Qxg5+ 62. Rg3) 62. Qh5+ Kg7 63. Qh7+ Kf6 64. Rf3) 61...
e4 62. Qd7 {Weiss will mit Dh7+ Matt setzen.} Bg7 (62... Bg5 $18 63. Qe6+ Kg7)
63. Qe6+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Bf6 64. Qe8+ Kg7 65. Qh8+ Kf7 66. Rh7+ Ke6 67. Qc8+
Kd5 68. Rd7+ {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,34,43,33,62,64,66,56,71]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.


O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7
12. d4 Bf6 {C89: Spanische Partie (Marshall-Angriff)} 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 (14.
Be3 c5 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nf4 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20.
Rxd4 Re8 21. f3 Kh8 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Rd8 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 {1-0 (25)
Ivanchuk,V (2738)-Aronian,L (2793) Leuven 2017}) 14... Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 {
LiveBook: 6 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} Qd7 16. Na3 Re8 17. Qf1 Ne7 {
Vorgänger:} 18. Be3 $146 Nd5 19. Nc2 Be7 20. a4 {1/2-1/2 (66) Pyrich,G (2373)
-MacKintosh,I (2328) Scotland 2004} *

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,86,43,39,48,47,69,74,79,29,22,7,0,7,15,8,52,52,50,60,62,53,68,35,35,
35,35,35,35,35,42,24,42,19,42,19,42,23,42,23,42,24,35,24,43,23,24,24,24,23,23,
23,24,23,23,23,30,23,23,23,23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12.
d4 Bf6 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 c5
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nf4 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rxd4 Re8
21. f3 Kh8 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Rd8 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 {1-0 (25) Ivanchuk,V
(2738)-Aronian,L (2793) Leuven 2017}) 14... Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 {LiveBook: 6 Games}
Qd7 16. Na3 Re8 17. Qf1 Ne7 18. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nc2 Be7 20. a4 {1/2-1/2 (66)
Pyrich,G (2373)-MacKintosh,I (2328) Scotland 2004}) 18... c5 $1 19. Be3 cxd4
20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. Nc2 Bd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxb3.} 23. Qd3 g6 24.
h3 {Rxe7! is the strong threat.} ({Not} 24. Rxe7 $2 Qxe7 25. h3 Bxb3 $19) 24...
Bxb3 25. axb3 (25. Qxb3 {NOTEXT} Rc6 26. Qd3 Rd6 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. b3) 25... Rd8
26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Ne3 Qe6 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Qe3
Qd7 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. h4 h5 32. g3 Qd6 33. Rd3 Qd8 34. Kg2 Qd6 35. Rd1 Qd8 36.
Kh2 Qd6 {White has an edge.} 37. Kg1 a5 38. Kg2 Qd7 39. Rd2 Qd6 40. Rd3 Qd7 41.
Qe1 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Qe4 Qd6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,4,27,6,9,8,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,14,24,21,19,30,26,30,9,39,25,48,47,48,
31,29,15,25,4,8,10,17,3,30,16,19,13,36,16,22,29,28,12,63,63,65,0,27,18,16,0,0,
0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,72,72,88,89,89,83,83,71,452,446,1692,1629,1447,1538,1477,
1509,1031,1185,29969,29970,29968,29967,29971,29972,29971,29973,29968,29968,
29985,29986,29987,29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,
Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 48 Partien} 6. Be2 {D30:
Damengambit (ohne Sc3)} (6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. f3
Bc5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Nakamura,H (2787)-So,W
(2770) Leuven 2016}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nb5 {[#] zielt auf Dxd5! ab.Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Be6 9. N1c3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. O-O a6 10. N5c3
Nc6 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O {1-0 (63) Deepthamsh,R (2071)-Patil,P
(2231) Pune 2014}) 9... Nxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. a3
Bxc3 14. Bxc3 f6 15. b4 a6 16. f4 exf4 17. exf4 Ke7 18. Kf2 Rhd8 19. Rhe1 {
Droht Lg4 und aus.} Kf7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bf3 Rd6 22. a4 Bd5 23. Bh5+ g6 $1 {
[%cal Rg6h5]} 24. Be2 Nd8 25. f5 Be4 26. fxg6+ hxg6 27. Bg4 f5 {[#]} (27... Rc4
$11) 28. Rxe4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Rdc6 (28... fxe4 29. Bxc8) 29. Rd1 (29. Re3
$14 fxg4 30. Kg1) 29... fxe4 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS}
31. Ba1 Rc2+ $1 32. Ke3 Nc6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Ne7 35. g4 Rxh2 36. Kxe4 Re2+
37. Kf4 Ra2 (37... Ke6 $11) 38. Ke5 $16 Ra5 39. Rb1 Nc8 40. Bc3 Ra4 41. Bd4 Ke7
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... b6 $16) 42. Rh1 $18 b6 (42... Kd8 $142 43. Rh8+ Kc7 44.
Rh7+ Kd8 45. Rxb7 Rb4) 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. g5 Rb4 45. Rg7 Ra4 46. Rxg6 Kd7 47.
Rg7+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Ne7 48. Kf6 Rxd4 49. Rxe7+ Kd6 50. Re5 Rg4 51. Rf5 Kd7
52. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Ke8 53. g7 {Precision: Weiß = 55%,
Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,54,-14,0,12,0,0,26,20,49,49,41,27,42,41,31,43,36,29,36,62,49,64,39,
27,26,10,14,18,24,17,27,15,33,0,35,0,63,0,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O b6 9. f3 Bb7 10. a3 {E48:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} Bf8 11.
e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Qa2
Nbd7 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Bd2 Rb6 {1-0 (44) Aleksandrov,A (2578)-Smirnov,V (2327)
Minsk 2014}) 11... c5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 12. Bg5 {White has an edge.} cxd4 13. Nxd5
(13. Nxd4 Bc5 $17) 13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3]
[%mdl 32]} 15. Bb5 Re5 16. f4 Rxd5 17. Bc6 Rd6 18. Bxa8 (18. Nxd4 $2 Rxd4 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 19. Qxd4 Bc5 $19) 18... Qxa8 19. Bxf6 ({Don't blunder} 19. Nxd4 $2
Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qf3 (20. Qxd4 $2 Bc5 $19) 20... Qxf3 $19) 19... Nxf6
20. Qd3 Ng4 21. Ng3 ({But not} 21. Nxd4 $2 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qe2 (
22. Qxd4 $2 {too greedy.} Bc5 $19) 22... Nf6 $19) 21... Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Ra8g2]} 22. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qc8 23. Nf1 g6 24.
Re2 Qg4 25. Rf2 Qc8 26. Re2 Qg4 27. Rf2 Qc8 {Precision: White = 48%, Black =
70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,3,20,13,35,58,58,67,74,70,74,68,65,81,72,110,81,100,95,95,95,95,
95,98,95,95,95,95,94,95,92,96,92,95,92,92,92,92,92,94,92,131,131,131,116,122,
124,180,195,197,191,207,204,270,274,295,295,295,293,294,294,294,293,445,428,
631,627,608,605,1281,1162,1211,1147]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} (6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7
14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 {
0-1 (59) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 6... e5 7.
Nb3 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} d5 11. O-O-O {
[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} d4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Bb4 12. Qe3 d4
13. Nxd4 Bc5 {1-0 (41) Tsydypov,Z (2528)-Oganian,M (2462) Sochi 2017}) 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Rf1 Rfe8 18. Bf3 f6
19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nc7 Bc4 22. Rfd1 {Tc3 ist eine echte Drohung.}
Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 25. a4 a5
26. Rd5 b6 27. c3 g6 28. Kc2 Bf2 29. h5 gxh5 30. Bxh5 Re7 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. Bg4
Kf7 (32... Bc5 $16 33. Rc6 Rf7) 33. Bf5 $18 Kg7 34. g4 Rb7 35. Kd3 Bh4 36. Kc4
Bg5 37. Kb5 Be3 38. Re6 Kf7 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40. Rd5 h6 (40... Ke7 {ist wohl
besser.} 41. Bxh7 Rd7) 41. e5+ {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Ke7 (41... Kg5
$142 42. e6 Kf6) 42. Kc6 Ra7 43. Rd3 Bc1 44. Kxb6 Ra8 45. Kb7 {Precision: Weiß
= 86%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,-3,0,14,0,7,4,2,6,6,-13,-13,-49,-51,-70,-66,-77,-50,-50,-53,-65,
-61,-56,-52,-72,-65,-73,-59,-75,-61,-87,-39,-38,-44,-46,-47,-41,-46,-59,-56,
-74,-16,-55,-51,-53,-53,-45,-40,-49,-46,-53,-53,-67,-55,-77,-36,-34,0,0,-1,-88,
-59,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems
without Nc3} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8...
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Radjabov,T (2741)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 9. Qc2
b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 Na6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb1 dxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nh4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 ({Much worse is} 16... Rxd4 $6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nf5 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 512]}) 17. Qxe4 cxd4 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 $1 {[#]} Rac8 $1 20. Nf3 Nb8 21.
Rac1 a5 22. b5 Nd7 23. Nxd4 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Qxa3 24. Nc6 Re8 25.
Qd4 Rc7 26. Qf4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qd2 (27. Nxe5 Nxe5) 27... Qc5 (
27... f6 $17) 28. Re3 e4 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]
Strongly threatening Ne7+!} Kf8 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 31. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]}
Rb7 32. Ne7 Nc5 33. Nd5 Re5 34. Nc7 $1 g5 35. f3 a4 36. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Threatens to win with d7. Black is under pressure.} Rb8 37. Rd4 (37. Nd5 $1 $11
) 37... Rd8 $17 38. fxe4 f5 (38... g4 $15 39. Na6 Ne6) 39. Rf3 $11 {The
position is equal.} Nxe4 {[#]} 40. Rxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf5 41. Ne6+ Ke8 42.
Rxe4 {And now Ng7+ would win.} Kd7 43. Nxd8 Kxd8 44. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Kd7 45. Ra7+
Kxd6 46. Rxh7 Rxb5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. gxh4 {Precision: White = 59%,
Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Erenberg, Ariel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-10,-9,-16,-20,-6,-16,-21,-49,-52,-75,-79,-97,
-116,-110,-115,-112,-95,-154,-147,-148,-145,-154,-154,-148,-145,-214,-185,-217,
-222,-222,-213,-210,-193,-179,-129,-136,-117,-170,-165,-165,-135,-128,-135,
-155,-145,-217,-216,-208,-200,-202,-194,-232,-219,-230,-202,-285,-277,-351,
-352,-405,-408,-389,-374,-395,-387,-395,-253,-467,-447,-629,-641,-628,-612,
-3360,-3265,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,
-29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7
8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Qc8 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (9... dxc4
10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16.
d3 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. f5 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (49) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812)
Stavanger 2017}) 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. d3 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3
Games} 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb5 Bc5 17.
b4 Bxb4 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Eckert,D (2191)-Adamson,R (2247) Saint Louis
2016}) 16... Qc7 17. Nd2 e5 18. Re1 Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under
pressure.} 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Rf1 Re8 21. f4 exf4 22. Qf3 Nc5 $1 23. gxf4 Rad8
24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxc5 (25. Ng3 $142) 25... bxc5 $17 26. Bc1 Re6 27. Rf2 Qe7 28.
Rdf1 g6 29. h3 (29. Kh1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 29... Kg7 $19 30. Kh2 Re8 31.
Kg1 Qh4 32. Kh2 Kh6 {aiming for ...Be1.} 33. Qg2 Re1 34. Rxe1 Bxe1 35. Rf1 (35.
Rc2 $17) 35... Qh5 36. Rf3 Bb4 37. Qg5+ Qxg5 38. fxg5+ $17 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} Kh5 $1 39. Kg2 {[#]} (39. Rf2 $17 {was necessary.}) 39... Be1
$1 $19 40. Bf4 Re6 41. a3 {[#]} a5 $1 42. Kf1 Bh4 43. Bc7 Ra6 ({Less strong is
} 43... Bxg5 44. Bxa5 Ra6 45. b4 $15) 44. Ke2 (44. a4 $142) 44... Bxg5 45. Rf1
Re6+ 46. Kd1 Re3 47. Bxa5 Rxd3+ 48. Kc2 Rxh3 49. a4 d3+ 50. Kb1 $2 (50. Kc3)
50... Bf6 51. Rd1 (51. Bc7 $142 Re3 52. Kc1) 51... f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2]
[%mdl 32]} 52. Bd2 f3 53. a5 {a6 is the strong threat.} f2 54. a6 Rg3 {Black
mates.} 55. Rh1+ Kg4 56. Rc1 Rg1 57. a7 Rxc1+ 58. Bxc1 d2 {Precision: White =
44%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,210,46,4,21,12,12,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,20,11,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,27,47,113,102,105,117,205,200,199,141,206,201,187,21,61,54,181,167,184,172,
216,143,268,101,95,79,86,73,75,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,25,25,28,30,30,0,16,0,28,28,
28,28,28,30,22,29,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,16,15,15,323,322,
300,300,493,493,29939,29941,29942,29941,29941,12841,4702,9768,29939,1204,29954,
29953,29952,29951,29953,29958,29958,29962,29961,29962,29961,29958,29936,29948,
12834,11913,12754,12754,6956,2405,687,485,485,464,517,516,516,0,478,478,478,
478,478,414,428,331,309,308,308,20,20,16,20,20,20,20,20,28,32,32,32,20,77,16,
16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,0,16,16,16,16,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. b3 Bb7
4. e3 c5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 d5 11.
Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 cxd4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 13.
Nxd4 Nc5 (13... Bd6 14. cxd5 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ba6 Qa8 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nc6 Rc8 20. Qg4 {1-0 (31) Vidit,S (2689)-Gholami,A (2422) Doha
2016}) 14. Bb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 15. N4f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h3
Rfd8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Qe8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc4 Qf7 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Nguyen,A (2479)-Goh,W (2449) Yangon 2011}) 15... Rfd8 {[#]} 16. e4
$1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 (16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4) 17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.
Nce5 {And now b4 would win.} Qd6 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Rd1 Qc7 $1 22.
Rc1 {Threatens to win with b4.} a5 23. Nexf7 Rxf7 24. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#]
White has the initiative.} Qc6 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 25. f3 Nd5 26. Bxh7+
Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Kxh7 28. Qc2+ g6 29. Qd2 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Kg7 (29...
Bf8 $14) 30. Nd6 $1 $16 Ba6 31. Bd4 Qa8 (31... Bh4 $16 {is a better defense.})
32. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 33. Qxa5 ({Don't do} 33. Rxc5 $6 Qa7 $16) 33... Bg5 {[#]} (
33... Nf4 $16 {was called for.}) 34. Rc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc6 (34... Bxc4 35.
Qxa8) 35. Qa4 $2 (35. Re4 $18) 35... Be3+ 36. Kh1 Qxa4 (36... Ne7 $1 $14 37.
Qxc6 Nxc6) 37. Rxa4 Bf1 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. g3 Bh3 (39... g5 $16 40. a4 g4) 40.
Ne4 $2 (40. a4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 40... Nb4 $16 41. Rd7 Nxa2
42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd3 (43. f4 $1 $16) 43... Bd4 $11 44. Rd2 Nc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1b3]
} 45. Ng5 Nxb3 46. Ra2 Bf5 47. g4 Be3 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ (50.
gxf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Bxg5 51. fxe6 $14) 50... Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. gxf5 {
White wants to mate with f6+.} Bxg5 53. fxe6 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6] [#]} 54. f4
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh4 (54... Bxf4 55. e7) 55. Re8 g5 (55... Ne2 $11) 56. f5 $1
$16 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Nxf5 57. e7 Kf7 58. Rf8+ Kxe7 59. Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KR-KB} Ke6 60. Rf8 $1 Kxe5 61. Kg2 ({White should play} 61. Re8+ $16 Kd4 62.
Kg2) 61... g4 $1 $11 62. Rc8 Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Be7 $1 $11) 63. Rg8
$18 c4 {[#]} 64. Kf1 $1 (64. Rxg4 c3 $11) 64... c3 $2 {[#]} (64... g3 65. hxg3
Bf6) 65. Ke2 $1 Bf6 (65... g3 $18 66. hxg3 Be7) 66. Rxg4 Ke5 67. Kf3 Kf5 68.
Rf4+ (68. Rc4 $142 Kg5 69. Ke4 Bg7 70. Rc6 Bh8 71. Rc5+ Kg4 72. Rc8 Bf6 73. Rc6
) 68... Ke6 69. Ra4 (69. Ke2 $142 Be5 70. Rh4) 69... Bg5 70. Ra6+ (70. Rc4 $142
Bd2 71. Ke4 Kf6 72. Rc5 Be1 73. Ra5 Bd2 74. Kd3 Bf4 75. h3 (75. Kxc3 Bxh2 76.
Kd3 Bd6 $11)) 70... Kf5 71. Ra5+ Kg6 72. Kg4 Bd2 73. Ra6+ Kg7 74. Rc6 Kf7 75.
Kf5 Kg7 76. Rc8 Kh7 77. Kf6 Be1 78. Rc4 Bd2 79. h3 Be1 80. Rg4 (80. Rc8 $142
Bd2 81. h4) 80... Bd2 81. Rg7+ Kh6 82. Rc7 Bg5+ 83. Kf5 Bd2 84. Kf6 $2 (84. Kg4
$18) 84... Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (84... Bg5+ $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.} 85. Kf5 Bd2) 85. Rc4 Be1 86. Ke6 Kg5 87. Rg4+ Kh5 {If only Black now
had time for ...Bf2....} 88. Kf5 Bd2 {intending ...c2.} 89. Rc4 Be1 90. Rc8 $2
(90. Kf6 $18) 90... Kh4 $11 91. Rh8+ Kg3 92. Ke4 {aiming for Kd3.} Bd2 93. Kd3
{Black must now prevent Rh5.} Kh2 94. Ke2 Kg3 95. Rh7 {Rh5 is the strong
threat.} Kh2 96. Rh4 {Hoping for Rh7.} Kg3 (96... Bg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}
97. Rc4 Kxh3) 97. Rc4 ({White should try} 97. Rh5 $16) 97... Kxh3 {The
position is equal.} 98. Kf2 Bg5 99. Kf3 Bd2 100. Rc8 {White threatens Rh8+ and
mate.} Kh2 101. Kf2 {Intending Rh8+ and mate.} (101. Rc7 {seems wilder.} Kg1
102. Ke2 Kh2 103. Rg7 Kh3 104. Rg8) 101... Kh3 102. Rc4 Bg5 103. Rxc3+ Kg4 104.
Rg3+ Kf4 105. Rxg5 Kxg5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,33,33,77,65,77,74,85,67,139,145,133,112,118,127,141,123,118,100,
151,136,190,189,300,326,399,202,381,371,520,498,980,955,2664,2532,2384,2233]}
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2 {
LiveBook: 28 Games. A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} a6 (8... Qe7 9. O-O
Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. b3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Bb2 Nc7 {
1-0 (53) Illescas Cordoba,M (2609)-Neiksans,A (2502) Porto Carras 2011}) 9. O-O
Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe8 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. a3 Qh5 13. g3 Ne7
14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (57) Danelia,M (2228)-Girish,A (2412)
Richardson 2014}) 10. a3 {White is better.} Bd6 11. Bd2 Ne7 {[#]} (11... Nh5
$14) 12. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4e5] e5 is the strong threat.} fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5
14. Nxd6 Nxd6 15. Ng3 Nf7 16. Rae1 Kh8 (16... Re8 $142 17. Re2 d6) 17. Bc3 a5 (
17... d5 $16 {is a better defense.} 18. Rxe6 dxc4) 18. d5 $18 exd5 {[#]} (18...
e5 $142 19. Bxe5 b5 20. Bxf6 (20. cxb5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 d6 $18) 20... Qxf6 21.
cxb5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7 Rab8) 19. Bxh7 $1 Ng5 20. Qg6 (20. Bg6 $142) 20... Rf7 $2 ({
Don't play} 20... Ngxh7 $6 21. Nf5 $16) (20... Ne6) 21. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5]
[%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 21. Qxg5 Nxh7 22. Qg6 Qf8 $18) 21... Nfxh7 (21...
Ngxh7 {was called for.} 22. Qxf7 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8) 22. hxg5 {White is
clearly winning.} Qf8 (22... Kg8 $142 23. f4 Nf8) 23. Qh5 Qc5+ 24. Rf2 {
White wants to mate with g6.} d4 25. Bxd4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 17%.
} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,57,47,37,49,60,60,50,12,55,38,136,142,147,112,136,100,158,153,154,
170,285,193,482,471,454,439,754,794,793,793,769,772,738,728,706,708]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3
h5 10. Be2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3
c6)} h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. gxh3 {And now f4 would
win.} (13. Ne3 hxg2 14. Nxg2 exd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Ngf4 Re8 17. h4 Ned7 {
1-0 (37) Matlakov,M (2730)-Can,E (2604) Heraklio 2017}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5
Bxh3 15. Ng3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 15. Rg1 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Qd2 Kh7 {1-0 (26) Laghetti,G (2294)-Seifert,
H (2112) ICCF email 2011}) 15... Nc6 16. Qd2 $1 Be6 (16... Nb4 $14) 17. h4 $16
{[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. h5 {[#] aiming for h6.} Qd7
({Black should play} 19... Qb6) 20. O-O-O Nh7 {Hoping for ...Qa4.} 21. Be3 a5 (
21... g5 $142 22. Bxd4 Bxd4) 22. Rdg1 {Bxd4 is the strong threat.} a4 $2 (22...
g5 23. h6 Bf6) 23. Bxd4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd4 24. Nf5 Bxg1 (
24... g5 $142 25. Rxg5+ Kh8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qxd4+ f6) 25. Rxg1 {White wants
to mate with Qh6.} g5 26. Rxg5+ $1 Kh8 27. Rg7 Qxf5 28. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,
Bf5f6][%mdl 32] White threatens Qh6 and mate.} Kxg7 {[#]} 29. f6+ $1 {[%mdl
512] Precision: White = 80%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,0,47,6,1,0,10,0,5,8,6,2,0,-1,17,0,36,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,9,
11,41,26,61,64,38,70,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-10,-18,0,-38,-47,-40,0,-40,0,-12,6,0,
11,0,12,0,0,0,4,0,39,35,38,28,53,50,54,54,93,92,90,68,58,0,87,0,61,0,92,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 (4. e4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
f4 c5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxd5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (49) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2618) Baku
2016}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 b6)} Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. Nge2 c5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
exd4 {0-1 (30) Holt,C (2417)-Simonian,H (2468) ICC INT 2011}) 10. O-O Nc6 11.
Kh1 Re8 12. Rc1 g6 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qd6 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3
Rac8 18. Rcd1 Kg7 19. Nfe2 Nh5 20. Be3 Kg8 21. g4 Ng7 22. Nf4 Nb4 23. Qd2 $1 g5
24. a3 ({White should try} 24. Ng2 $16) 24... gxf4 $11 25. Bxf4 Qg6 {[#] White
must now prevent ...Nc6.} 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Be5 f6 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Be1 Rc4 30.
Bf2 Ng5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxc3.} 31. Bg1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rc6 33. h4 Nf7
34. Rfe1 Nd6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Re1 Qf7 37. Re2 Ne8 38. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is more active.} Kf8 39. Bh2 Ng7 40. h5 Ne6 41. Kg2 Qd7 42. Qb1 Nd8 43.
Qb4+ Kf7 $1 44. Qb1 Kf8 $1 45. Qb4+ Kf7 $1 46. Qb1 Kf8 47. Qb4+ {Precision:
White = 42%, Black = 43%.} ({Better is} 47. Kf2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Papp, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,75,12,-7,6,-16,12,8,17,6,6,4,13,0,23,12,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,0,0,0,3,0,
7,0,10,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7
4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. e3 Bd7 10. b3 Qa5 11.
Bb2 Rfc8 12. h3 a6 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation
without Nc3} 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. Rac1 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} e6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Kf8 15. Rfe1 Na7 16. e4 Ne8 17. Nd5 e6 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Ne3
b5 {1-0 (35) Morozevich,A (2678)-Loginov,V (2540) Togliatti 2003}) 15. Rfd1 (
15. Ne4 {feels hotter.} Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qa3 19. Qd2)
15... b5 (15... Nxd4 {keeps more tension.} 16. Rxd4 Ne8 17. Rd2 b5 18. Ne4 Bxb2
19. Rxb2 Qa3) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Qxa2 {And now ...Nd5 would win.} 21. Nxd6 Nd5 22. Rc2 {Bxg7 is the strong
threat.} Qxb3 {[%cal Rg7b2]} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e4 Ne7 {[#]} (24... Qb6 $11) 25.
Qd2 (25. Rc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7e7]} Qb6 26. Rd7) 25... e5 $11 {The position is
equal.} 26. Kg2 Qb6 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 27. Nc4 Qc6 28. Nd6 Qb6 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...Rd8.} 29. Nc4 Qe6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} Rd8 32. Rc7 Rxd6 33. Rxe7 {KR-KR} Kf6 34. Rb7 Rd4 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke2
Ra3 37. h4 h5 38. Rb6+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,60,-25,-21,-33,-35,-35,-5,-2,-14,-48,-40,-88,-72,-137,-95,-93,-87,
-103,-95,-345,-241,-448,-431,-558,-556,-703,-672,-660,-610,-2418,-2275,-2100,
-2051,-1929,-1625]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3
Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines,
including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qb1 Qc8
13. Bh4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nef3 Qe6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nh4 cxd4
19. exd4 {1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2692)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 10...
Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 Nfe4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Qh3
Rc8 16. Rd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 16. Rg1 b5 17. dxc5 Nf5 {0-1 (41) Sridhar,R (1985)-Klein,F (2323)
Maastricht 2017}) 16... c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. Rg1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Nxe4
(19. cxb4 c3) 19... dxe4 20. Ng4 (20. Kf1 $142) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 22. Kd2
Bd5 ({Not} 22... Qxa2 $2 23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 24. gxf6 $18) 23. a4 $2
{[#]} (23. Rb1 $17) 23... Rb8 $1 $19 24. Rb1 $2 {[#]} (24. Nf6+ {was worth a
try.} Bxf6 25. gxf6) 24... Rb3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 25.
Bxb3 cxb3 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 g6 28. Rg5 {intending Qh6.} Qxa4 {( -> ...
Qa2+)} ({Less strong is} 28... Nc4+ 29. Ke1 $17) 29. Ke1 Qa2 30. Rd1 Bc4 {
Precision: White = 23%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,64,5,0,30,22,34,22,12,20,20,29,26,23,17,8,8,3,5,-25,-18,-18,-15,-39,
-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-47,-43,-36,-43,-54,-61,-149,-155,-161,-160,-161,-161,-155,
-83,-284,-289,-270,-258,-563,-545,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29978,-6783,-9641]} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 {B30: Sizilianisch
(Rossolimo-Variante)} (6... d6 7. h5 e5 8. h6 Bg4 9. hxg7 Bxg7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11.
Rxh6 Ng6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (95) Anton Guijarro,D
(2651)-Lenic,L (2650) Heraklio 2017}) 7. e5 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Nf5 8. Nbd2
f6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Nc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. b3 a5 10. a4
Be7 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf6 13. g4 Qc7 14. Qe2 hxg4 {1-0 (39) Henri,C (2239)
-Rosenova Marinova,K (2203) ICCF email 2013}) 9... d5 10. exd6 $1 Bxd6 11.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. b3 Qd5 13. Ba3 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] zielt auf ...Da5+ ab.
Schwarz steht aktiver.} 14. O-O cxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,
Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. d4 a4 18. Bc5 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. g3 Bb5 21. b4 Bc4 22.
Nd2 Bd5 23. Nf1 ({Besser ist} 23. Ne4 $15) 23... g5 $17 24. hxg5 {[#]} Rag8 $1
25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 {[#]} Rxg5 (26... Be4 $142 $1 27. Kf2 Rxg5) 27. Bd6 $2 (
27. e4 $17 {ist der einzige Weg für Weiss..} Bc4 28. Rac1 Bxa2 29. Bd6) 27...
Rg4 $19 28. Bf4 Be4 {Droht ...h4 und aus.} 29. Kf1 $2 (29. Re2 {ist zäher.})
29... h4 30. gxh4 Rhxh4 31. Ke2 Rg2+ 32. Kd1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision:
Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,152,6,26,0,0,0,17,18,13,10,20,18,21,24,29,24,24,23,24,29,33,8,12,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,-20,0,-3,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,
0,0,0,0,0,-85,-85,-90,-79,-116,-104,-137,-104,-101,-114,-120,-120,-127,-112,
-114,-135,-142,-140,-122,-123,-173,-158,-131,-131,-131,-134,-127,-127,-127,
-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-133,-131,
-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-658,-253,-1128,-1128,-1470,-1107,-1560,-1570,
-1417,-1214,-894,-880,-29968,-29969,-29967,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29975,-29976,
-29977,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29984]} 1. e3
c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 (5. Bb5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c4 Be7 12. Nc3 c5 13. e4 d6 {1/2-1/2
(39) Anton Guijarro,D (2666)-Potkin,V (2574) Riadh 2017}) 5... b6 6. O-O {
A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.}
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Duval,J
(1757)-Maccagnan,T (1822) Salon de Provence 2015}) 9... Bc5 10. Qf4 Be7 11. c4
Qb8 12. Qxb8+ Rxb8 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Be5 Rbd8 15. Nc3 d6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1
Be7 18. Rc2 Rd7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc8 21. Rcd2 a6 22. a4 Kf8 23. Ne4 {
[%cal Re4d6]} Rc6 24. Rd3 Ke8 25. f4 g6 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Kf1 Rd7 28. Ke2 Rc8 29.
Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Rc6 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Rcd8 32. Nc3 f5 33.
Na2 Rc7 34. R1d2 Ra8 35. Rd4 Rb7 36. Nb4 b5 37. Nc6 (37. cxb5 $11 axb5 38. Nc6)
37... bxa4 $1 $17 38. bxa4 Bf8 $1 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRN} Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d6]} 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 42. Re5 Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] Black
has strong compensation.} 43. Na5 Rb8 44. c5 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. c6 Rxa4 47.
Nb7 Kf6 48. Nc5 Rc4 49. Nd7+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 ({Don't do} 49... Kf7 50. Ra5 $15)
50. Nb8 Kh6 51. Rd5 Rc8 52. Nxa6 R8xc6 53. Nb8 Rb6 54. Nd7 Rb2 {And now ...
Rcc2 would win.} 55. Ne5 Rcc2 56. Nd3 Ra2 57. Rd7 Re2 58. Kg3 Rad2 59. h3 {[#]}
(59. Rd6 $17) 59... Rxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Rxh7+ (60. Nxf2 Rxd7) 60...
Kxh7 61. Nxf2 {KR-KN} Kh6 62. e4 $2 (62. h4) 62... Kh5 63. Kf3 $2 (63. e5)
63... Kh4 64. Ke3 Ra2 65. Nd3 Kxh3 66. e5 Ra4 67. Kf3 Rc4 68. e6 {[#]} Rc6 $1 {
[%cal Rc6e6] Black mates.} 69. e7 Re6 70. Ne5 Rxe7 71. Nxg6 Ra7 72. Ne5 Ra3+
73. Kf2 Rb3 74. Nc6 Kg4 75. Nd4 Rb4 76. Ne2 Rxf4+ {Precision: White = 46%,
Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,27,32,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl


32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4
Re8 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7
15. Bb2 c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nh2
Ng7 22. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh 2017})
11... Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prasanna Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,135,14,14,12,12,25,18,42,42,27,29,59,33,28,31,17,3,27,31,55,29,44,31,
60,52,45,59,47,27,87,87,73,40,53,34,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-8,11,0,22,0,
0,0,0,2,27,11,34,15,71,93,103,12,0,0,147,39,49,32,106,106,110,106,100,113,103,
116,96,103,170,145,225,211,283,275,276,268,280,223,126,72,267,237,244,234,225,
227,224,220,1031,1029,887,867,2050,415,367,363,1006,867,6399,6399,6165,6079,
4496,612,29983,29983,29983,29984,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 a5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3
Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8... Qc8 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Ndc4 cxd4 13.
Bd2 Be7 14. Qd3 Na6 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Rfe1 d3 18. f3 b5 19. b4 bxc4
20. bxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Ba6 22. Nxd3 Ba3 23. Rc3 Be7 {0-1 (23) Dobrov,V (2515)
-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ndf3
Bd6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qf5 Qc8 14. Qf4 Qe6 15. Qh4 Bc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6
{1/2-1/2 (60) Romanov,E (2636)-Studer,N (2395) Doha 2014}) 10... Bd6 {The
position is equal.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ndc4 c5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Nf3
Ne4 16. dxc5 {aiming for Nd4.} bxc5 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Re7 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20.
Bxg5 Rd7 21. Rac1 d4 (21... Qc6 $11) 22. Qxe6 $16 fxe6 23. Bf4 (23. Bf1 {
is more complex.} Kf7 24. Bf4 Kf6 25. Bd2 a4 26. e3) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd5
25. e4 (25. Rc4 $14) 25... Rd7 $11 26. Rc4 Rb7 27. Rd2 Kf7 28. Be5 g5 29. h3 h5
30. Kf1 g4 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Rcc2 Rb3 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Rd1 Kd7 35. Rh1 d3 $1 {
[%cal Rd3c2]} 36. Rcc1 {Threatening Rh7+.} Kc6 37. Rh7 {next Re7 is good for
White.} Rc8 (37... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Keeping Black busy.} Nc7 39. Kf1 (39. Rh1 $16) 39... a4 $11 40. Ke1 Nb5 (40...
Na8 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Rc4 ({Better is} 41. Rxe6+ $16 Kd7 42. Rg6) 41...
Nd6 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd6c4]} 42. Rxa4 {Strongly threatening Ra6+.} Nxe4 (42... Kb5
$1 $14 43. Raa7 (43. Rxe6 Kxa4 44. Rxd6 Re8 $17) 43... Rd8) 43. Rxe4 $16 Kd5
44. Re3 ({But not} 44. Rxg4 $6 Kxe5 45. Rd7 c4 $11) 44... d2+ 45. Kxd2 Rxe3 46.
Kxe3 Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 47. Rb7 $1 Rf8 (47... Ra8 $16 {was worth
a try.} 48. Rb3 Ra7) 48. Rb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c5]} Rf3+ (48... Kd5 $16 49. a4
Ra8) 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. a4 $1 Rf8 51. a5 Ra8 {intending ...Kc4.} 52. b3 {[%cal
Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 53. Ke1 (53. Kd1 $142) 53... Ra7 $2 (53... Rh8
$16 {might work better.}) 54. Kd2 Ra8 55. Ke2 Ra7 56. b4 $1 c4 {[#]} 57. Rb6 $1
Kc3 $2 {[#]} (57... c3 58. a6 Kc4) 58. a6 $1 Ra8 59. b5 Kb4 60. Kd2 (60. Rb7
$142 {Hoping for a7.} c3 61. a7) 60... c3+ 61. Kc2 Rf8 $2 (61... e4 62. Re6 (
62. Rb7 Rf8 $11) 62... Kxb5 63. Kxc3 (63. Rxe4 Rxa6 64. Kxc3 Rg6 $16) 63... Kc5
64. Rxe4 Rxa6 65. Rxg4 Ra3+ 66. Kd2 Kd6) 62. a7 e4 {[#]} 63. Rf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
} Rxf6 64. a8=Q Rxf2+ 65. Kd1 Kb3 {White must now prevent ...c2+.} 66. Qd5+ {
White mates.} Kb2 67. Qd4 Rf3 68. Qb4+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 38%.}
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,153,16,16,20,11,11,4,8,0,9,0,9,9,12,10,14,16,29,31,27,32,36,0,0,0,0,
-8,13,0,0,0,16,16,54,42,314,290,357,307,511,171,165,165,171,162,192,192,192,
192,190,188,187,182,179,168,192,173,176,168,168,170,168,175,174,136,162,160,
163,163,171,162,176,161,157,156,155,155,183,179,182,185,181,185,185,165,177,
171,190,179,177,152,169,141,141,0,150,141,215,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,
177,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,143,29966,29967,29968,29971,29970,
29971,29971,29972,29971,29970,29969,29973,29973,29973,29982,29983]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10:
Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7
11. h3 Ne4 12. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Nc6
{[#]} 16. Qe2 $146 ({Don't play} 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) ({
Predecessor:} 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qe2 a6 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 b5 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Jobava,B (2687)-Salgado Lopez,I (2627) Tbilisi 2017}) 16... Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc2 b5 20. a3 Qb6 21. Rfc1 Qb7
22. Na2 {[%cal Bc3a2,Ba2c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rc7.} (22. d5 {is
interesting.} Rfd8 23. d6 Bf8 24. b4 Rc4 25. Qd1) 22... Rxc2 23. Rxc2 {aiming
for Rc7.} Rc8 24. Qd2 Bd8 25. Nc1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Nb3 Bh4 $2
{[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Qb7 $14) 29. Qc7 $1 $18 f4 30. Bxf4 ({Weaker is} 30.
Qxd7 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Bg3+ 32. fxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qe1+
36. Kh2 Qg3+ $11) 30... h6 $2 (30... Be8 31. Qc8 Kf7) 31. Qb8+ $2 (31. Qxd7
Qxb3 32. Be5) 31... Qxb8 32. Bxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Be7 33. Bxa7
Ba4 34. Nd2 Bc2 35. Bc5 Bd8 36. Nc4 Bd3 37. b3 Bc7 38. f3 Kf7 39. fxe4 Bxe4 40.
Bd6 Bd8 41. b4 Ke8 42. Be5 Bd5 43. Nb2 Kf7 44. Bd6 Ke8 45. Nd3 Bc4 46. Nc5 Bb6
47. Ne4 Bd3 48. Nc3 Bd8 49. Kf2 Kd7 50. Bf8 Bf6 51. Na4 Ke8 52. Bd6 Bd8 53. Nc5
Bc4 54. Be5 g6 55. Bd6 h5 56. Kf3 Bb6 57. Na4 Bd8 58. Nc5 Bb6 $1 59. e4 Bxc5 (
59... Bd8 $16 60. Ke3 Kf7) 60. bxc5 $16 {KB-KB} Kd7 61. h4 Kc6 62. Kf4 Bf1 63.
Kg5 Bxg2 64. Kxg6 Bf3 65. Kg5 Be2 66. Bg3 Bf3 67. Bh2 Be2 68. Bg1 Bf3 69. Bf2
Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Kd7 $16 70. Kf4 Bg2) 70. Kf6 {White mates.} Bf3 {
[#]} 71. d5+ $1 exd5 72. e5 d4 73. Bxd4 Kd5 74. Bf2 Bg4 {[#]} 75. c6 $1 {
[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bh3 (75... Kxc6 76. e6) 76. c7 Bg4 77. Bg3 {
Precision: White = 67%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,36,47,41,54,0,0,0,0,0,1,-44,-6,0,0,0,18,0,13,1,52,-22,20,-4,0,0,
346,346,345,345,345,345,379,373,364,344,343,336,336,326,321,320,402,390,443,
400,587,575,1622,1627,1464,1405]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5.
Bg5 Nc6 (5... e6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nc3
Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Xiong,J (2652)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2795) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. Bb5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines
with Qxd4} Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 Kd8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10.
Nc3 h6 11. Bh4 $146 (11. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 12. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Rc8 17. Rd3 Rc5 18. Ra3
a6 19. Rb3 Bc6 20. Nb4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Palac,M (2572)-Atakisi,U (2328) Skopje
2013}) 11... g5 $11 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Rhe1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. f4
Rc8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nf5 Bf8 (18... Rg8 $11) 19. fxe5 ({White should play} 19.
Rxe5 $14 e6 20. Nb5) 19... e6 20. Ne3 Bg7 21. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
fights for an advantage.} Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Rf8 $11 {and Black
stays safe.}) 22. Rxd7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd7 23. Rxf7+ Kc6 24. Rxg7 Rcg8
25. Re7 Re8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Rd4
29. Nf2 b5 30. c3 Rf4 31. Nd3 Re4 (31... Rf8 {is a better defense.} 32. Kd2 a6)
32. Kd2 {White is clearly winning.} h5 33. gxh5 Rh4 34. g4 {Precision: White =
67%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-36,-46,-46,-24,-42,-8,-8,-12,-37,-7,-7,
-15,-7,-17,-11,0,-9,4,0,15,-32,-29,-30,-25,-45,-34,-93,-94,-115,-115,-115,-111,
-112,-117,-118,-107,-107,-107,-107,-107,-114,-107,-115,-113,-114,-114,-577,
-572,-643]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5
{B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qf4 Qf5 8. Qe3 Qxc2 9. Bd3 Qa4 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. O-O f6 13. Bc4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Nc7 14. b4 Qh5 15. b5 Nxb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {
1/2-1/2 (17) Giri,A (2762)-Riazantsev,A (2651) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13...
Bd7 14. Rac1 Nc7 15. Bc3 Qh5 16. Nd4 e5 17. f4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is
fighting back} O-O-O 18. fxe5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Qxe5 (18... Bc5 {
keeps more tension.} 19. e6 Be8 20. b4 Bb6 21. a4 Nd5) 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Nf3 $1
Be6 21. Bxe5 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Ne6 23. Re1 Bc5+ 24. d4 Bb6 25. Re4 Rhe8 26. Rg4 Rd5
27. Kf1 {[#]} (27. h4 $15) 27... g5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rg3 (28. Nxg5 h5)
28... h5 {aiming for ...g4.} 29. h3 Rf8 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 30. Ke2 Rf5 31.
Kd3 {[#]} Rfxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Nxe5 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4+ {KRN-KRN} 34. Kc3
{With the idea Rxg5!} Rd5 35. Re3 Nf4 36. g4 Ra5 {White must now prevent ...
Nd5+.} 37. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kd4 $17 {is a better chance.}) 37... Rxe5
$19 38. Kd4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 69%.} 0-1
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,149,0,-9,6,0,0,0,15,21,28,25,45,44,61,60,61,77,75,68,77,83,85,73,89,
104,94,95,101,96,96,98,76,70,106,107,114,73,83,0,83,40,41,20,53,51,59,56,54,57,
105,76,89,57,63,41,77,35,35,12,27,27,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,85,76,
76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,0,76,0,76,76,76,64,57,57,57,57,57,57,85,
85,85,85,85,85,118,118,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,
152,152,152,18,72,72,72,72]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7
6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Bd7 {A37:
Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 12. Rfc1 b6 (12... Na7 13. Qc2
b5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 bxc4 16. bxa5 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Qxa5 18. dxc4 Nac8 19. Qb3
{1/2-1/2 (74) Banusz,T (2621)-Bartel,M (2653) Katowice 2016}) 13. Qd1 h6 {
The position is equal.} 14. Ne1 f5 15. Nc2 f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nexc6 19. Nd5 {0-1 (39) Mandekic,I (2258)
-Saric,I (2415) Zadar 2003}) 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. b4 $1 axb4 18. axb4 Qe7 19. bxc5
bxc5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 g5 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qb7 Nd8 25. Qb8
Bf8 26. Nc3 {[#] And now Nd5 would win.} Kg7 27. Nd5 Qe8 28. Nc7 Qe7 29. Nd5
Qe8 $1 30. Qc7 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Ne6 31. Qb7 Qf7 32. Bc3 Nfd4 33.
Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Nc7 Bf5 36. Bd5 {White wants to mate with Ne8+.}
Qe7 37. Qb8 Bd7 38. Nb5 h5 39. Na7 h4 40. Nc6 Bxc6 41. Bxc6 hxg3 42. hxg3 fxg3
43. fxg3 Qf6 44. Bd5 Kh6 45. Qc8 Kg7 46. Kg2 Kh6 47. Qd7 Be7 48. Be4 Kg7 49.
Qc8 Qf8 50. Qh3 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Qf6 51. Qh7+ Kf8 52. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Rh7g8]} Qg7 53. Qf5+ Qf6 54. Qh7 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rh7g8]} Qg7 $1 {
[%cal Rg7h7]} 55. Qf5+ (55. Qh3 {seems wilder.} Qf6 56. Qc8+ Bd8 57. Kh3 Qe7
58. Be4) 55... Qf6 56. Qc8+ Bd8 57. Be4 Kg7 58. Bf5 Be7 59. Kf3 Qf8 60. Qd7
Qa8+ 61. Be4 Qf8+ {[#]} 62. Kg4 $1 Qf6 63. Qf5 Qxf5+ 64. Kxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KB-KB} Kf7 65. Bd5+ Kf8 66. Ke6 Ke8 67. Bc6+ Kd8 68. g4 Bf8 69. Kf7 Be7
70. Ba4 d5 71. cxd5 Bb4 72. Bd1 Bd2 73. e4 ({White should try} 73. Ke6 $16)
73... Kd7 (73... dxe3 $11 {remains equal.} 74. Kf6 Kd7) 74. Kf6 Kd6 75. Bb3 {
Precision: White = 65%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wallace, John Paul"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,0,0,2,12,2,-2,0,0,6,-8,0,0,-5,-14,-8,0,0,4,5,-33,21,25,34,16,10,
-62,-51,-51,-62,-57,-63,-127,-133,-121,-168,-142,-135,-125,-134,-158,-159,-226,
-146,-307,-256,-482,-472,-1288,-1288,-1209,-1194]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2
Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qc7 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2
d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (70)
Vidit,S (2715)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 41 Games} Rfd8 12. Rc1 Rac8
13. Bh4 Qb8 14. Bg3 d6 {[#]} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2) 15... Ne5 16.
Nd2 Qa8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. f4 Ned7 $36 {[%cal Rb7e4][%mdl 2048] Black has some
pressure.} 18. Bf3 $1 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 19. Qe2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 ({Black
should try} 20... Ba6 $15 21. Qd1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 exd5 23. exd5 Nb7) 21. Nxd5 $11
Nxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Qc4 ({White should play} 23. b4 $11) 23... Ba6 24. Qa2 $1
Bxf1 25. Rxf1 {Hoping for d6!} Qb8 26. Nc4 {[#]} (26. Bg4 $15) 26... Ne4 $1 $17
{[%cal Re4g3][%mdl 512]} 27. Bxe4 {Strongly threatening Kh1.} Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Rxe4
29. Ne5 Qb7 30. b4 Bd6 31. Rd1 (31. Qb3 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Qa6 32.
Rd2 $2 (32. Qb1 $17 Re2 33. Rc1) 32... Re3 33. a4 $2 (33. Qb1) 33... Qf1 $19 {
( -> ...Rc1). Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rc2 (34. Rf2 $142 Qc1 35. Nf3)
34... Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Re2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melia, Salome"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,52,33,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,6,0,0,0,0,-55,-66,-50,-34,-77,-78,-110,-84,
-258,-74,-112,-24,-99,-94,-102,-28,-33,-20,-182,0,-37,37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,
Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 8. f4 {B48: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} (8. O-O-O Be7 9.
f3 h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Bc4 a4 14. a3 d6 15. f4 O-O 16.
Rhf1 {1/2-1/2 (44) Grischuk,A (2783)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Tbilisi 2017}) 8...
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 {LiveBook: 67 Partien} 10. e5 $146 {Die Stellung ist
ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4
14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 {1-0 (35) Kokarev,D (2615)-Malakhatko,V (2542) Riadh
2017}) 10... Nd5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 11. O-O {[#] zielt auf Sxd5 ab.} Bxc3 12. bxc3
Nc4 13. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 14. f5 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Rae1 (16. a4 $11) 16... b5
$15 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Nb3 exf5 19. Rf2 f4 20. Rxf4 $2 {[#]} (20. Nc5 $17) 20...
O-O $2 (20... Nxf4 $19 21. Bxf4 Bb7) 21. Rf5 Nc7 (21... Bb7 $17 {Und weiter
mit ...Tac8 wäre nett.} 22. Nc5 Bc6) 22. Rg5 (22. Bb4 $11 {bleibt in der
Remisbreite.} Re8 23. Bd6) 22... Ne6 $17 23. Rg3 Ra7 (23... Bb7 $17 24. Rd3 Bc6
) 24. Na5 $11 Rc7 25. Be3 $2 (25. c4 $11) 25... Nc5 $2 (25... Rxc2 $19 26. a3
f6 27. exf6 Rxf6) 26. c4 Ne6 {Precision: Weiß = 16%, Schwarz = 29%.} ({
Günstiger ist} 26... bxc4 $15 27. Bf2 Nd3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,29,33,12,14,15,5,-23,-28,-31,-38,-46,-52,-48,-47,-111,-66,-68,-69,
-84,-74,-111,-82,-76,-61,-74,-65,-74,-73,-59,-70,-60,-64,-81,-81,-107,-103,
-105,-105,-105,-105,-238,-230,-248,-241,-233,-245,-231,-223,-217,-231,-212,
-214,-346,-279,-844,-820,-1104,-1050]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5.
Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ng6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (6...
Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. b4 a5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. b5 Ncxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. c6
bxc6 14. bxc6 Nf6 15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Na3 {0-1 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W
(2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Be3 Nd7 8. h4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Nbd2 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 Rac8 {0-1 (43) Youness,
S (897)-Kieckbusch,L (749) Willingen 2015}) 8... Qb6 9. Qb3 h5 10. Nbd2 f6 11.
Qxb6 axb6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 ({White should play} 13. a4 $15) 13... Bd6 14.
g3 Kf7 15. a3 Ne7 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. Bd2 b5 19. Ne3 Be4 20. O-O Nb6
21. Bb4 Nbd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe3.} 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24.
Rc3 Bb6 25. Rd1 Ra4 26. b4 (26. Rcd3 $17 {was called for.}) 26... Rha8 $19 27.
Ne1 {Now Nc2 and White clings on.} Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Bxh5 Rb3 30. Nd3 Be4
31. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 32. bxc5 (32. dxc5 $142 Rxb4 33. Be2) 32... b4 33. f3 $2 {[#]}
(33. Re1 Bf5 34. Rc1) 33... Bc2 34. Rd2 Rc3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black =
86%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,169,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-2,-11,-6,-15,-6,-30,-24,-27,-20,-41,-41,
-32,-37,-42,-38,-50,-37,-47,-22,-22,-24,-49,-16,-12,0,0,0,-25,-18,-28,-40,-30,
-44,-32,-39,-77,-64,-43,0,0,49,18,24,10,103,99,102,84,97,78,84,108,95,80,32,31,
37,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,18,12,11,20,25,27,78,90,138,122,124,0,165,156,160,113,111,14,
162,97,163,130,132,131,119,135,126,149,147,0,0,0,133,135,246,255,277,258,280,
311,293,272,284,294,331,331,333,265,327,293,404,200,597,579,1844,1937,1499,
1364,29964,29965,29961,29963,29975,4602,29969,29965,29955,29956,12663,12793,
12663,4929]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6,
main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Kd8 {
LiveBook: 10 Games} 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Rfe1 d6 16. Ng5 Rf8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Re3 h6 18.
Nge4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re3 Kd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Pert,N (2570)
-Adams,M (2727) Bournemouth 2016}) 17... h6 18. Nge4 Ng8 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Re3
Ne7 21. Ng3 a5 22. Rce1 Rf7 23. f3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. Rd3 b4
25. Nd1 Nd5 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Rd2 Bb5 28. Nef5 h5 29. d5 $1 Bd7 30. Ne3 Bb5 31.
h4 Kd7 32. Ne4 Re8 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3 Re5 35. Ng5 Rfe7 36. Ne4 Ba6 37. g3 Ng6
38. Rc1 Re8 39. Kf2 Rb8 (39... Rf8 $11 {remains equal.} 40. Rd4 Ree8) 40. Rc6
$16 Bb5 41. Rc3 $1 Rb7 42. Ng5 {Black must now prevent f4.} Nf8 43. f4 Re8 44.
Nf5 g6 45. Nd4 Ba4 46. Nge6 Nxe6 47. Nxe6 Rc8 48. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
has some pressure.} Re8 49. Ne6 Rc8 50. f5 gxf5 51. Rf3 c5 52. Rxf5 Re8 (52...
Rh8 $11) 53. Rxh5 c4 54. Rh7+ Re7 55. Rh8 ({White has to play} 55. Rxe7+ $1 $16
Kxe7 56. Re2) 55... Re8 $2 (55... Rf7+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 56. Ke3 c3) 56.
Rxe8 $18 Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 57. Re2 {Nc5+ is the strong threat.
} Kd7 {White should prevent ...c3.} 58. Nd4 (58. Re3 $16) 58... Rb1 (58... c3
$1 $11) 59. Re3 ({White should play} 59. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1b1]} Rb2+ 60. Ke3
) 59... Rb2+ (59... Rd1 $16 60. Ne2 Rd2) 60. Ke1 Rb1+ 61. Kd2 Rd1+ 62. Kc3 Rc1+
63. Kb2 Rd1 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kb2 Rd1 {[#]} 66. Nf3 $1 Bb3 (66... Rxd5 $16 67.
Kc3 Rd1) 67. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rxd5 68. g5 a4 69.
Kc3 Rd1 70. g6 Rc1+ 71. Kb4 c3 72. Rxc3 Rb1 73. g7 Bf7+ 74. Kxa4 Rb8 75. Ng5 (
75. Nd4 $142) 75... Bg6 $2 (75... Bd5) 76. Ka5 d5 {[#]} 77. h5 $1 {[%cal Bh4h5,
Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} Ra8+ (77... Bxh5 78. Rh3) 78. Kb6 Rb8+ 79. Ka7 Rg8 80. hxg6
Rxg7 {[#]} 81. Nf7 (81. Rc7+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc7 82. Ne6+ Kd6+ 83. Nxg7
Kd7 84. Nf5 Ke6 85. a4 Kf6 86. g7) 81... d4 82. Rc4 d3 83. Rd4+ Ke7 84. Rxd3
Rxg6 85. Nd8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,-31,22,28,14,25,10,17,42,42,45,49,81,38,37,42,37,45,38,33,46,32,26,
25,43,17,47,39,59,61,67,42,41,41,47,41,59,52,79,58,58,62,76,82,56,64,56,31,29,
0,7,0,0,3,24,35]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 (4. g3 Ngf6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6.
b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nbxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nbd2
b6 13. Rac1 {0-1 (58) Feller,S (2597)-Epishin,V (2609) Schifflange 2017}) 4...
Ngf6 5. g3 c5 ({Better is} 5... dxc4 $15 6. Bg2 b5) 6. cxd5 $11 {D30: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {The position
is equal.} Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 N7f6 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ {0-1 (52) Mammadov,M (1982)-Charkhalashvili,I
(2317) Cubuk 2017}) 11... Bd7 12. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 13. Qd1
$1 Bxd2 14. N1xd2 Ne7 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Ne4 {[#] Nd6+ is the strong threat.} O-O
17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rb6 20. b3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Rfc1 a5 23.
Rc5 Ra8 24. Nc4 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. Bxd5 exd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} 27. Nd6 Bc6 28. Nf5 a4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...axb3.} 29. b4 Bd7
30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxd5 Be6 32. Nc7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 67%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e6 {[%emt 0:


00:14]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bb4+
{[%emt 0:01:09]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:17]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Ne5
{[%emt 0:02:57]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,14,11,22,18,24,0,0,0,9,0,0,-16,-9,-4,0,0,0,-25,-43,-45,-35,-21,
-12,-76,-75,-73,-68,-89,-89,-87,-83,-69,-46,-84,-68,-114,0,-76,0,-99]} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 {[%cal
Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 8. d3 Nc7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Ned4 {A36:
Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 11. Bh6 d6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 {
[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Games} Rb8 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. f5 b5 16.
cxb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16.
Nd5 f6 17. Rae1 e5 18. Ne3 bxc4 19. dxc4 {0-1 (31) Aguirre Izaguirre,P (2247)
-Baron Rodriguez,J (2345) Aragon 2003}) 16... Nxb5 17. g4 Nd4 18. Rf2 f6 19. h4
h6 20. Re1 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. e5 $1 dxe5 {[#]} 23. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7
$36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} ({Not} 23... fxe5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bd5+ Rf7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rh2+ Rh7 29. Rxh7#) 24. Re3 (24. Re1 $1
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Bb7 $1 $17 ({And not} 24... Rh8 25. Nd5 $16)
25. Qe1 {[#]} Rbe8 $1 {aiming for ...Rh8.} 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Qf1 {[#]} Rh8 $1 {
[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh8h1]} 28. Qg2 Qc7 29. Qg3 Qc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh8h1]} 30.
Qg2 Qc7 31. Qg3 Qc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh8h1]} 32. Qg2 $1 {Precision: White =
46%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,0,0,-12,-31,-20,33,30,54,63,61,58,67,65,71,47,80,78,63,65,65,55,
84,62,58,58,81,81,161,149,153,143,153,38,45,68,48,50,35,25,299,59,59,63,268,
254,247,275,275,84,86,86,86,85,85,83,81,83,82,82,82,79,107,143,186,176,5056,
5056,29988,29989,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5
6. Be3 Qb6 7. c4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9.
Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 {1/2-1/2 (55) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Riazantsev,A (2650) St
Petersburg 2017}) 7... Qxb2 8. O-O Ne7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8... Qxa1 $6 9. Qb3
$18) 9. Qb3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Nbc6 10. Nb3
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Nxc5 Nd5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Shvayger,Y (2408)-Nomin Erdene,D (2422) Baku 2016}) 9... Qxb3 $1 (9... Qxa1 $2
10. Qxb7 Nec6 11. cxd5 $18 (11. Qxa8 Qb2 $16)) 10. axb3 Bxb1 (10... Nbc6 $11)
11. Rfxb1 $14 Nf5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Rc1 Be7 15. dxc5 a6 16. Bxc6+
bxc6 17. Bd2 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Ra5 Kd7 20. Rca1 Kc7 21. R1a4 Rhb8 (21... Rhe8
$16) 22. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} Rxb3 23. exf7 Rf8 24. Bb4 (24.
Rxa6 Rb1+ 25. Kh2 Bxc5 $15) (24. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Bxg5 25. Bxg5) 24...
Bf6 $14 25. Rxa6 Kd7 26. Rb6 Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 {White wants to mate with Ra7+.}
Bxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rb1+ $11 28. Kh2 Bxd4) 28. Ba3 $2 (28. Ra7+ Ke6
$16) (28. Kf1 $1 $18) 28... Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d1]} 29. Kf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is more active.} ({Less strong is} 29. Ra7+ Ke6 $18) 29... Rd2 $2 (29...
Bc3 $1 $14) 30. Ra7+ $18 Ke6 31. Rxc6+ Kf5 32. Rd6 $2 (32. Rcc7 $18 {is the
precise move to win.} Ke4 33. Ra4 Rxf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxg2 35. Rxd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
(35. c6 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 37. Kd1 Rg1+ 38. Kc2 Rg2+ 39. Kd1 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+
41. Kb3 Rg3+ 42. Kb4 Ke5 $16) 35... Kxd4 36. c6) 32... Ke4 33. Re7+ Kd3 {
Strongly threatening ...Rxf7.} 34. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 Ra2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 36.
Bc1 {Red7 is the strong threat.} Rxg2 {[%cal Rg2g1] [#]} 37. Rxd4+ $1 (37. Kf1
$2 {gets mated.} Rg1#) 37... Kxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} 38. c6
$1 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rg1+ 39. Kd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black must now
prevent c7. White has strong compensation.} Rg2+ 40. Kd1 {aiming for c7.} Kc3
$2 (40... Rg1+ 41. Kc2 Rf1) 41. c7 $18 Rf2 42. Re8 Kd3 43. Rd8+ {Precision:
White = 62%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,88,31,39,21,52,31,23,23,31,26,33,33,30,22,27,23,23,27,32,20,34,6,25,
23,28,27,31,27,36,24,41,8,27,28,22,22,22,22,23,23,37,37,37,27,33,0,33,27,55,51,
52,52,43,63,47,35,33,40,66,57,81,77,74]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 {
C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} (10... Bd7 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1
b6 13. Bh2 g5 14. Ne4 c5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nf6 Bc6 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. c4 Kb7 19. Rd3
Rd8 20. Rfd1 {1-0 (53) Dervishi,E (2552)-Fressinet,L (2667) Paris 2017}) 11.
Be3 Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 15. Nd4 h4
16. Bc1 Rh5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16... a6 17. e6 Rh5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 {
1-0 (46) Oliynyk,V (2039)-Elwood,D ICCF email 2012}) 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Ree1 (20. Re3 {feels hotter.} Rd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd3 Re5
23. Kf1) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Ke8 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bd4 Rf5 25. Kf1
Be5 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Re4 Bd6 28. Ne2 c5 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ng1 Nf4 31. Bd2 Ne6 32.
Nf3 g5 33. c4 c6 34. b3 a6 35. Be3 Bc7 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. Ke2 Bc7 38. Rg4 Bf4 39.
Bxf4 Nxf4+ $14 {KTS-KTS} 40. Ke3 Ne6 $1 41. g3 hxg3 42. fxg3 Ke7 43. Ke4 Rf8
44. Nxg5 Nd4 {Precision: Weiß = 54%, Schwarz = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,88,29,21,48,26,25,25,29,28,28,33,27,25,31,30,18,22,29,20,33,22,19,20,
23,24,33,27,29,20,36,8,18,18,17,17,18,25,25,17,27,31,50,45,53,0,47,45,50,45,59,
55,52,53,51,39,31,45,80,50,66,62,53]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 {
C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Bd7 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6
13. Bh2 g5 14. Ne4 c5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nf6 Bc6 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. c4 Kb7 19. Rd3 Rd8
20. Rfd1 {1-0 (53) Dervishi,E (2552)-Fressinet,L (2667) Paris 2017}) 11. Be3
Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 15. Nd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h4 16. Bc1
Rh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a6 17. e6 Rh5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 {1-0 (46)
Oliynyk,V (2039)-Elwood,D ICCF email 2012}) 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6
Kf7 20. Ree1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Ke8 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bd4 Rf5 25. Kf1 Be5
26. Re1 Kf7 27. Re4 Bd6 28. Ne2 c5 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ng1 Nf4 31. Bd2 Ne6 32. Nf3
g5 33. c4 c6 34. b3 a6 35. Be3 Bc7 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. Ke2 Bc7 38. Rg4 Bf4 39. Bxf4
Nxf4+ $14 {KRN-KRN} 40. Ke3 Ne6 $1 41. g3 hxg3 42. fxg3 Ke7 43. Ke4 Rf8 44.
Nxg5 Nd4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 63%.} *

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,9,16,14,29,9,30,25,29,25,32,8,21,27,24,16,21,35,12,29,59,4,55,41,
50,48,52,62,46,62,64,23,27,25,52,44,91,52,32,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,8,10,15,-22,0,-45,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,11,12,12,12,9,12,8,0,8,5,23,8,10,8,5,8,15,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4
} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 c6
10. O-O Qc7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nb6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... h6) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bf1 Rad8
18. Rad1 b5 19. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 20. g3 ({White should try
} 20. f4 $14) 20... Bc8 (20... Nd7 $11) 21. e5 $14 Nd5 22. Ne4 Be6 23. b3 cxb3
24. axb3 a5 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Bg2 Ra8 28. Rc5 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30.
Nc4 Qb4 31. Rxc6 Qxd2 32. Nxd2 Rfd8 33. Ra1 Ra7 34. Be4 g6 35. Ra3 Ne7 36. Rd6
Rxd6 37. exd6 Nc8 38. Bc6 Nxd6 39. g4 Ra6 40. d5 ({Don't blunder} 40. Bxa4 $2 {
[#]} Bd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 40... Kf8 41. dxe6 {[#] Threatens to win with
Bd7.} Rxc6 42. Rxa4 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Ra7 Nf7 44. Ne4
e5 45. h4 h6 {The position is equal.} 46. Kg2 Nd6 47. Nf6 {Black must now
prevent Nd7+.} Nf7 48. Nd5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,55,12,20,-2,21,7,39,48,71,66,49,62,78,63,60,58,68,65,147,133,131,120,
125,118,126,101,95,71,103,93,152,129,154,159,351,343,497,380,962,945,1143,1128]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Bd2 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Rb8 $146
({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. h3 Rab8 12. a4 a6 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Ncd5
b5 15. cxb5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 axb5 {0-1 (49) Bartholomew,J (2451)-Stukopin,A (2558)
Brownsville 2016}) 10. b3 Qd7 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} b6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. e4 a6 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Ba8 16. h3 Na7 (16... Qd8 $14) 17. Nb4 a5
18. Nbd5 Re8 19. Be3 Qd8 20. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 21. Bf2
Bc6 22. Kh2 Nc5 ({Black should play} 22... e6) 23. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
is in control.} dxe5 24. fxe5 Ba8 $2 {[#]} (24... Qc8 $16 {is a better defense.
} 25. Nxb6 Rxb6) 25. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 (25... f5 $142 26. Nf6+ Bxf6) (
25... Nxe6 26. Nxb6) 26. Rxd5 ({Less strong is} 26. Nxd5 Nxe6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 $16
) 26... Qc7 $2 (26... Qc8 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxc5 bxc5) 27. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 28.
Rd7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,77,47,22,31,33,36,21,29,28,23,25,32,28,22,25,24,32,89,94,84,57,64,0,
10,-145,-137,-142,-141,-169,-155,-165,-168,-523,-528,-471,-493,-436,-288,-804,
-790,-5310,-5197,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack,
9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} Rb8 (14... Re8 15. h4 Qc7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 e4 19. fxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 Qb7+ {1/2-1/2 (54) Navara,D (2735)
-Edouard,R (2641) Drancy 2016}) 15. Ne4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4g3,Bg3e2][%mdl 32]} Qc7
16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 Qf7
21. Bb3 Rd7 {[#]} 22. Ne2 $146 Rbd8 23. h5 Kh7 24. Qa5 Nf4 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 (25...
Qxd7 $14 26. Nc3 Bf6) 26. Nxf4 $16 exf4 27. Qe1 Bd5 28. Bb4 (28. Qh4 $14) 28...
c5 $11 29. Bxd5 $2 ({Better is} 29. Bxc5 $11 Qf6 30. c3 Bxf3 31. Rg1) 29...
Qxd5 $17 30. Ba3 Qxf3 31. Bxc5 Rb7 32. b3 Qd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in
trouble.} 33. Ba3 $2 (33. Bf2 {was the crucial defense.}) 33... Qd4 $19 {
[%csl Gg7][%cal Rd4a1]} 34. c3 Qd3+ 35. Kb2 f3 36. Bc5 $2 {[#]} (36. Rh2) 36...
f2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Bxf2 {[#]} Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Re2+)} 38. Qxe7
Qxc3+ 39. Ka3 Qa5# {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,6,9,25,18,23,20,21,24,10,39,42,41,45,42,44,44,42,42,35,42,42,43,
43,61,61,59,61,57,50,64,52,50,22,62,8,106,102,112,111,139,134,127,127,136,143,
147,141,204,197,206,204,222,222,233,228,216,213,261,256,285,249,1181,1250,1286,
1286,1266,1133,924,774,4552,4059,29955,29963,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,
29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4
{D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Be6 8. Qa3 c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e4 {[%cal
Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 {[%cal Rc6d4] LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qa3 {And now
d5 would win.} Nxd4 {( -> ...Nc2+)} 12. O-O-O $146 {Strongly threatening Nxd4.}
({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Lalith,B (2573)-Jumabayev,R (2607) Moscow 2016}) 12... O-O 13. e5 Nc4 14. Qxa7
{[#]} Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Rxd8 ({Much worse is} 15. Qxb7 Nbd6 $17) (15.
Nxb5 Nxb2+) 15... Nxa7 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Kb1 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Bd2 Bd4 22. f3 Nc8 23. Re1 e5 24. b3 Rc6 25. Nb5 Kf7 26. Re4 Re6
27. Kc2 ({Better is} 27. Bb4 $14) 27... Nd6 (27... Ra6 $11 {remains equal.})
28. Nxd4 $16 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rf4+ Ke8 {Black wants to
play ...Re2.} 30. Rxd4 Nf5 31. Re4 Rc6+ 32. Bc3 Nd6 33. Re5 h5 (33... Nf5 $16 {
was called for.} 34. Kd3 Rd6+ 35. Ke2 e6) 34. a4 $18 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,
Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kd7 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rg5 Kf7 37. Re5 Nf5 38. b4 Rc8 39. a5 h4
40. Rc5 Rxc5 $2 (40... Rd8 41. b5 Nd6) 41. bxc5 {KB-KN} Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 {[#]}
43. c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 44. a6 Nc7 45. a7 h3 46. gxh3 {White mates.} Ke8
47. Kc4 Kd7 48. Be5 Na8 49. Kc5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,29,46,4,12,13,26,21,19,8,25,10,41,53,52,32,17,-4,10,0,0,0,7,-16,0,
0,64,30,120,119,108,87,100,104,103,96,96,107,365,311,347,303,290,292,525,529,
524,525,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6.
g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3
Nf6 sidelines} 10. Rd1 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
e4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Yu,Y (2743)-Wang,H (2680) Chengdu 2017}) 10...
h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. Bd2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bh3 Nf6 17. Nd2 {
0-1 (44) Dlugy,M (2518)-Swiercz,D (2620) Berlin 2015}) 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be1
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Be4 17. Bf1 c5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Nb3 b6 20. e4 Bg5 21. f4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Be7 22. Bg2 Ba4 23. Kh1 c4 24. Bd2 {
[%cal Bc3d2,Bd2e3,Be3g1][%mdl 32]} b5 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. Rf1 Bxb3 (25... b4
$11 {remains equal.}) 26. axb3 $16 Nb6 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Be3 Qd7 29. g4 {
[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5h6][%mdl 32]} Rb8 30. g5 Na4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30...
g6 $16 {was called for.}) 31. gxh6 $1 $18 (31. Qxc4 Rec8 $14) (31. Rxc4 Rxb2
32. Qg4 hxg5 $14) 31... g6 32. Qg4 ({Weaker is} 32. Rxc4 Rxb2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 $18)
({Less strong is} 32. Qxc4 Nxb2 33. Qc7 Qxc7 $18) 32... Rb3 {[#]} 33. Bg1 $1
Bf8 $2 (33... Nb6 34. d5 exd5) 34. f5 exf5 35. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl
32]} Nxb2 36. fxg6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,20,18,28,28,30,22,29,29,26,29,50,29,39,29,58,38,65,54,56,39,40,35,
39,34,45,31,48,43,66,62,73,65,65,41,52,42,51,50,47,39,66,77,145,160,177,50,72,
53,64,65,65,68,550,365,411,418,413,415,393,393,667,650,584,443,810,666,628,556]
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be7 {C01:
French: Exchange Variation} (6... Be6 7. c4 O-O 8. c5 Be7 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bf5 g6 14. a3 {1/2-1/2 (109) Andreikin,D
(2712)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 {
The position is equal.} 9. c3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11.
Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qf1 Qd6 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Mchedlishvili,M
(2609)-Peralta,F (2587) Linares 2016}) 11... Bh5 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Qf1 Bg6 14.
Re3 Nh5 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Ndf3 Nf4 20.
Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bc2 Qf6 22. h4 Nf5 23. g3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf5.} Ne6
24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Ne5 Nf8 26. Ng4 Qd8 $1 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is really pushing.} Re8 {[#]} (28... c6 $142) 29. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal
Re5d7]} Qb5 30. b3 (30. b4 $18) 30... Qa5 $1 $14 31. a4 c6 $1 32. h5 gxh5 $1
33. Qxh5 {Strongly threatening Rh1.} f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Re6 $1 $14) 34.
Nc4 Qc7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Qxe8 dxc4 37. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Qd7
$2 (37... Qd6 38. Bf5 g6) 38. Qxd7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxd7 39. c5
b5 (39... a5 $142 40. Bf5 Nb8) 40. Bf5 Nb8 41. a5 {Precision: White = 69%,
Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,113,25,28,18,7,44,34,33,0,0,0,0,0,93,93,93,89,115,112,120,93,106,109,
358,200,206,233,218,243,214,196,262,279,270,250,466,474,474,481,662,504,628,
618,690,670,715,618,639,633,608,583,575,568,645,627,654,654,653,653,646,647,
668,633,633,627,627,609,711,668,661,675,763,754,870,870,849,820,841,828,1021,
1019,1002,998,991,996,852,854,982,971,1012,1012,1029,1027,2265,2227,5643,5642]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O O-O {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 11. Bg5 {
[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5e7,Be7d6][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 (11... Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14.
Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 12. bxc3 Qe5 {
White is slightly better.} 13. f4 Qxe4 14. Qg3 Qf5 ({But not} 14... Qxe2 $6 15.
Bxf6 g6 16. Qg5 $16) 15. Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17.
f5 exf5 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Re7 b5 21. Rd4 h6 22. Bf4 Qxg3 23. Bxg3 Be6
{0-1 (23) Zhivodov,G-Sergievsky,V Grozny 1968}) 15... Ne4 (15... a5 $11) 16.
Be7 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re8 17. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl
2048] White is in control.} f6 {[#]} 18. Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Rae1.}
Rd8 {[#]} (18... Nxd6 19. Bxf5) 19. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now Rae1 would win.}
h6 (19... Nxc5 20. Bxf5) 20. Rad1 Qd5 $2 (20... Rxd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 21.
cxd6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nxc3) 21. Bb1 (21. Bc2 $142) 21... Qc4 $18 22. Rd4 Nxd6 {
[%cal Be4d6,Bd6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qg3 Nd2 (24... f5 $142 25.
Bd3 b5 26. cxb6 Nxb6) 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Bc2 Bd7 $2 (26... f5 27. Qe1 Ne4 28. Bxe4
fxe4) 27. Qe1 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4 28. Bb3 Nb2 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Qb1
Rc8 {If Black can now play ...Na4 this consolidates a bit.} 31. Qxb2 Rxc5 32.
Qd2 a5 {[#]} 33. f5 $1 Kf7 (33... exf5 34. Bxd5+) 34. fxe6+ Bxe6 35. Qd4 b6 36.
h3 h5 37. Bd1 g6 38. Bf3 Rb5 39. Kh2 Rc5 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Qe3 Bf7 42. h4 a4 43.
a3 Rc4 44. Kh3 Rc5 45. Kh2 Rc4 46. Qe7 Rc5 47. Kg1 Rb5 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 {
White wants to mate with Bxd5.} Rb5 50. Kd2 Rb2+ 51. Kc1 Rb5 52. Qd7 Rc5 53.
Kd2 Ra5 54. Qc6 Rc5 55. Qxb6 Rc4 56. Qa7 {Bxd5 would kill now.} Kg8 57. Qxf7+ {
Precision: White = 88%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,18,22,0,0,-12,-4,-19,-11,-12,-14,-15,-14,-15,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-56,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-60,-62,-70,
-70,-58,-43,-54,0,0,0,-2341,-2281,-1991,-2086,-1837,-1837,-1402,-1082,-12846,
-29937,-5695,-5064]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
b6 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 10. a5 {C16: French:
3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} Ne7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. axb6 {The position
is equal.} cxb6 13. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Na5 14. Ba3 Nc4 15. Nd2
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 {0-1 (43) Erski,D (2167)-Topalov,A (2254) Vrbas 2011}) 13... Na5
14. Nd2 Rc8 15. O-O Nf5 16. g4 Nh4 17. Qg3 Qd8 18. f4 {Threatening f5.} h5 $1 {
[%cal Rh5g4]} 19. h3 $1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. f5 Qc8 23. fxe6
Qxe6 24. Bd6 a5 25. Rab1 Rc6 26. c4 Qh6 $1 27. Qf4 (27. cxd5 {[#]} Nf5 $1 $19 {
[%mdl 512]}) 27... Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Ng6 29. Rf2 {[#] Strongly threatening c5.}
Rxc4 30. c3 Rh4 (30... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rh8h4]} 31. Rfb2 Rh4 32. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 33.
Kf1 Rxc3 $17) 31. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 32. Kh2 $1 Rh4+ 33. Kg2 Rg4+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh2 $11)
34... Rxc3 $15 35. Rb8+ Kd7 {White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 36. Rxf7+ Ke6 37.
Rxg7 Kf5 ({Black should try} 37... a4 $15 38. Rbb7 Kf5) 38. Rf7+ $1 $11 Ke4 {
( -> ...Rc1+)} 39. Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. e6 $11) 39... Rc1+ $19 40. Kf2 Nf4
41. Rxf4+ Rxf4+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 Rcg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg4g2]} 44. Re2+
Kxd4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,26,11,2,3,14,0,2,-27,-30,-54,-17,-9,-16,-17,0,0,0,-8,0,-33,-32,
-33,-36,-116,-108,-109,-123,-122,-116,-110,-108,-109,-114,-156,-60,-62,-87,-79,
-74,-75,-77,-82,-82,-82,-82,-81,-67,-72,-66,-82,-82,-82,-82,-105,-94,-125,-89,
-88,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32] E40: Nimzoindisch
(Rubinstein-System)} (6... O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 Nc6 {1-0 (52) Radjabov,T
(2741)-Movsesian,S (2671) Heraklio 2017}) 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien}
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Re8 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. cxd5 {1-0 (61) Aleksandrov,A (2607)-Smirnov,A (2448)
Viljandi 2015}) 10. Qa4 Bd7 {Weiss muss nun ...Sxd4 beachten.} 11. Qa3 b6 {
[%cal Rc6a5]} 12. a6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 {Schwarz will ...dxc4 spielen.} 14. cxd5
Nxd5 {Droht stark ...Scb4.} 15. Bd2 $1 Qf6 16. e4 Nde7 {[%cal Bd5e7,Be7f5,
Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 18. d5 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz
hat Initiative.} 19. Bd3 {[#]} (19. Nxd4 $15 exd4 20. Qb3) 19... Nef5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Rf5e3][%mdl 512]} 20. Qg5 (20. exf5 Nxf3+) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 {Dxf6
ist eine echte Drohung.} Qxg5 22. Bxg5 Nd4 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Nxf3+ (24...
Bh3 $17 {Droht ...Lg2 und aus.} 25. Kd2 f5) 25. Ke2 $15 Nd4+ 26. Ke3 f5 27.
Bxe5 fxe4 {zielt auf ...Sb3 ab.} 28. Bxe4 Nf5+ ({Ein No Go ist} 28... Rxe5 $6
29. Kxd4 Rh5 30. Rac1 $11) 29. Bxf5 Rxe5+ 30. Be4 Rce8 31. f3 Rxd5 32. Rhc1 {
[#] Und Tc7 würde nun gewinnen.} Bb5 $1 33. Kf4 Rd7 34. Rcb1 Bc4 35. Kg3 Bd5
36. Rd1 {[#]} Red8 ({Lieber} 36... Be6 $1 $17 37. Rxd7 Bxd7) 37. Rac1 $1 $11
Bxe4 (37... Be6 {with more complications.} 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Bxh7
Ke7) 38. Rxd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rxd7 39. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096]
Endspiel KT-KT} Kf7 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. Rc6+ Rd6 42. Rc7 Rd7 43. Rc6+ Rd6 44. Rc7
Rd7 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,
-6,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 {B92: Sicilian
Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nd7 12. Bc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} b5 $146
({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxb3 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. axb3 Nxe4 18. Rfe1 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 (62) Rogic,D (2511)-Saric,I (2662)
Mali Losinj 2017}) 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nb6 16. Bb3 a4 17. Nxb6 Qxb6
18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Bxa4 Qb4 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qxe4 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qe2
24. Re1 Qxb2 25. b4 Rb8 (25... h6 {with more complications.} 26. g3 Rb8 27.
Nxe5 Qxb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Nd7 Bd4) 26. h3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4
28. Nxe5 {[#] Hoping for Nc6.} Bxe5 29. Rxe5 {[%cal Re5e8]} Rb1+ 30. Kh2 {
[%cal Re5e8]} f6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,44,14,10,34,29,36,35,47,59,50,45,86,66,78,19,31,28,33,31,41,32,56,36,
44,21,30,0,0,-293,-292,-439,-445,-441,-428]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 d5 4.
Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 {LiveBook: 51 Games. A11: English Opening:
1...c6} Na6 (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Qc5 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Be3
Qa5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Vallejo Pons,F
(2717) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. Qc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4
Nb4 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Rd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Tate,A (2358)-Stenner,P (2248)
Katowice 2017}) 8... Nb4 9. Qc3 {White is slightly better.} a5 10. a3 Na6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 (13. Bd4 $16) 13... Nxc5 $11 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Rfc1 Nfd7 16. Qd4 a4 17. Rc2 Ra5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Qb4 {[#] And now Qxb6 would
win.} Rb5 20. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qd4 $11) 20... Nb3 $19 21. Qc7 (21.
Nxb3 $142 axb3 22. Nd4 bxc2 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Rxc2) 21... Qxc7 22. Rxc7 {
Strongly threatening Nxb3.} Nxc1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,62,-9,7,-3,-12,-13,-10,-27,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-7,0,-26,-15,-26,-22,-59,-65,-66,-44,-41,-27,-18,-10,-29,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4
Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10.
Bd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4
Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 12. Nb5 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nc3 {[#]}
Be6 $146 (14... Bxf3 $5 15. Bxf3 Nd4 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 b5 17. Qd1 b4 18.
Ne4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Nxe2+ {0-1 (41) Socko,B (2591)-Gershon,A (2533)
Athens 2005}) 15. Ng5 {Black must now prevent Qh4.} Bf5 16. Nge4 b6 17. Nxc5
bxc5 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxc6 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 20. Qf3 c4 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 21.
e4 Be6 22. Rfd1 ({Much weaker is} 22. Nd5 f5 $15) 22... cxd3 23. Be1 Bc4 24. b3
Ba6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 {Threatening b5.} Bc4 $1 27. Nd5 f5 28. Rxd3 fxe4 29.
Qxe4 {[#] And now Rd2 would win.} Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rf7 31. Qb3 Kh8 {Precision:
White = 68%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Prasanna Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,124,21,14,29,18,18,0,0,7,6,13,41,30,44,35,20,19,54,0,5,-74,-22,-26,
-26,-58,-38,-43,-35,-45,-30,-91,-97,-76,-53,-49,-45,-84,-82,-80,-73,-73,-81,
-72,-64,-75,-19,-16,0,-31,0,0,-26,-122,-128,-218,-200,-195,0,-228,-157,-475,71,
66,165,66,64,78,315,79,75,78,56,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,40,0,74,69,29971,0,29971,29973,
29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29977,29977,
29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 {
C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (9... Re8 10. Re1
Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6
17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. a4 f6 19. Nd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Onischuk,V (2637)-Anand,V
(2782) Riadh 2017}) 10. Nc4 Qf6 11. Ne3 Nf4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd8 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 Qg6 16. Kh1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16...
f5 17. f3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Friedel,M (2134)-Petermann,M (2186) Germany 2011}) 17.
Be3 f5 18. f4 (18. Qd2 $11) 18... Nf7 ({Black should play} 18... b5 $17 {
White must now prevent ...c4.} 19. dxc5 Nb7) 19. a4 $11 Bd7 20. a5 Qf6 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 (23. Rf2 $11) 23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc5 25. Nf1 {
[%cal Bh2f1,Bf1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Qd8 26. Ba2 Rxa5 27. Nd2 Rc5 28. b4
Rc7 29. c4 g5 30. g3 gxf4 (30... Qf6 $17 31. Bb3 Qh6) 31. gxf4 Qf6 32. Nb3 Nh6
33. Nd4 Kh8 34. c5 (34. Rc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Rg8 $17 {aiming for ...
Qh4.} 35. Rg1 (35. Qc3 $17) 35... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4e3]} ({Don't take} 35...
dxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxg8+ Nxg8 38. Rg1) 36. Qc3 a5 $2 (36... e3 $19 37. Ne2
Qxc3 38. Nxc3 Nf2+ 39. Kh2 Re8) 37. c6 $2 (37. Qb2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.})
37... bxc6 38. hxg4 $2 (38. bxa5 $17 c5 39. Ne2 Qxc3 40. Nxc3 Nf2+ 41. Kh2)
38... axb4 $2 (38... Qh4+ $19 39. Kg2 cxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. g5 $16 Qf7 ({
Black should try} 39... Qg6 $1 $14 40. Qh3 c5) 40. Qb2 (40. Qh3 $1 $18 cxd5 41.
Bb3) 40... Qh5+ $14 41. Qh2 Qxh2+ 42. Kxh2 c5 {[#]} 43. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6
(43... Bxc6 44. dxc6) 44. gxh6 Rxg1 45. Rxg1 Bxc6 46. dxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame Threatens to win with ...c4. KRB-KR} 47. Bd5 Rc7 48. Rg5 e3 {[#]} (
48... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Kg2 $1 $16 c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
49... Kh7 $14) 50. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 51. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.}
Rxg7+ 52. hxg7 Kxg7 53. Bxc4 {KB-KP} Kg6 54. Kf3 Kh5 55. Kxe3 {KB-K3P} Kh4 56.
Kf3 Kh5 57. Be6 Kg6 58. Ke3 Kf6 59. Bb3 Kg6 60. Bd1 Kf6 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. Bb3+
Kf6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Papp, Gabor"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,11,15,16,23,14,46,43,46,43,37,37,35,30,14,0,32,21,38,0,25,0,45,29,
37,14,12,-38,0,-52,-58,-131,-133,-149,-147,-162,-165,-252,-128,-227,-229,-221,
-198,-212,-208,-333,-334,-434,-431,-393,-419,-789,-758]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10.
Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Bd2 {E12: Queen's Indian:
Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Rfd8 15. Rfb1 (15.
h3 e5 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. d5 Ra8 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nf6 {1-0 (42)
Wang,Y (2726)-Zhou,W (2627) China 2015}) 15... e5 16. d5 {White is slightly
better.} c4 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3]
[%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. Rd1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Van Tienhoven,R (2417)-Teichmann,C (2386) ICCF email 2014}) 19... Nd3 20. Nf1
g6 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Be3 Be7 23. Bd2 Bc5 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Rf1 Kh8 26. Qg4 (26. a5
$5) 26... Rce8 27. Bxd3 (27. a5 $11) 27... cxd3 $15 28. Rae1 {[#]} (28. a5 $15)
28... f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Keeping White busy.} 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qh5 ({
But not} 30. Nxf5 $2 Bc8 $19) 30... Qf7 31. Qh4 (31. Qxf7 {is a better defense.
} Rxf7 32. g3) 31... Qf6 ({Better is} 31... f4 $19 32. Ng4 Qf5) 32. Qh5 (32.
Qxf6+ $17 Rxf6 33. a5) 32... Qg6 $19 33. Qxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]
} 34. g3 g5 35. a5 (35. Ng2 {was called for.}) 35... f4 (35... bxa5 $2 36. Ng2
$19) 36. Ng4 e4 37. axb6 axb6 38. h4 (38. Kg2 $142) 38... Bc8 {Precision:
White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,0,-7,3,0,0,-49,-38,-35,0,-46,-40,-50,-44,-40,-54,-31,-47,-52,-27,
-24,-22,-35,24,25,9,20,28,0,34,38,37,39,54,-15,-6,-20,0,0,87,83,166,164,221,
189,282,268,267,267,304,159,162,67,47,60,109,97,188,184,203,196,224,222,216,
207,215,215,224,215,216,214,230,216,290,295,550,566,1093,1093,5583,1021,6037,
4842,5708,5591]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {LiveBook: 9 Games. E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5
Nf3 d5} (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4
14. Nb5 Be7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Rc7 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bc8 {0-1 (43) Esipenko,A (2564)
-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 8... Re8 9. Bd3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10.
Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be1 Nbd7 14. Bh4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (57) Cuellar
Gacharna,M-Kaplan,J Skopje 1972}) 10. Nb1 {The position is equal.} Bxd2+ $1 11.
Nbxd2 Bg4 12. h3 (12. dxc5 {feels hotter.} bxc5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. h3
) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 14. Bb1 Nbd7 15. O-O b5 16. Nd2 a5
17. Qf3 Ra6 18. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf8 (18... h6 $15) 19. g5 $11
Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qf5 h6 (21... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 22.
Qxb5 Ra8 $16) 22. Bxe4 (22. Qxb5 Rg6 $15) 22... Rg6 23. h4 hxg5 24. Qg4 (24. h5
$1 $14 Rf6 25. Qg4) 24... Rh6 25. Qxg5 ({Avoid the trap} 25. hxg5 $2 Rxe4 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 27. Qg2 Qh5 $19) 25... Qd6 26. Bg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is more active.} Ree6 (26... Qd7 $1 $11) 27. h5 $16 Qb4 {[#]} (27... Qb8
$16 {was worth a try.}) 28. b3 $1 $18 cxb3 (28... Nh7 $142 29. Qd8+ Nf8) 29.
axb3 a4 (29... Re8 $142 30. Rc5 Nh7) 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Rc8 a3 32. Qc5 (32. Bd5
$18) 32... Qxc5 $16 33. dxc5 (33. Rxc5 $18 Ra6 34. Ra1) 33... Rxh5 $14 34. c6
Rc5 35. Ra1 Rc3 (35... Rd6 $16 {is a better defense.} 36. Ra8 (36. Rxa3 Rc1+
37. Kh2 Rh6+ 38. Bh3 Rcxc6 $14) 36... g6 37. R1xa3 (37. R8xa3 Ne6 $16) 37...
Kg7) 36. Ra8 $18 g6 37. R8xa3 Rexc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN}
39. Ra6 Rc5 40. R1a5 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Ne6 42. Ra7 Rc2 43. Rb7 {Hoping for Raa7.}
Kg7 44. Raa7 Ng5 $2 (44... Nd8 45. Rd7 Rc8) 45. Re7 {White is clearly winning.}
Kh6 {Now ...f5 and Black clings on.} 46. Kg3 f5 47. f3 (47. f4 $142 Ne4+ 48.
Kh3 Ng5+ 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. Re6) 47... Rc6 48. Re8 {White threatens Rh8+ and
mate.} Ne6 49. Rf7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,77,-19,-4,0,2,-22,-7,-17,-16,-15,3,-15,0,0,-2,-9,-7,6,22,16,55,38,45,
20,18,-21,-6,-75,-53,-64,-63,-198,-99,-93,-96,-97,-31,-37,-41,-106,-100,-102,0,
0,38,0,58,55,77,68,70,0,5,0,5,8,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 d5 2.
Bg2 c6 3. f4 h5 (3... Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O h5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 h4 8. e4 Bg4 9.
d4 hxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Qe1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 {0-1 (46) Bartel,M (2641)-Aronian,L
(2815) Dubai 2014}) 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d3 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...
d5} Nbd7 7. Nd2 $146 (7. h3 {with more complications.} Bf5 8. Nd2 Nxe5 9. fxe5
Nd7 10. d4) ({Predecessor:} 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. d4 Qb6 11. c3
f6 12. O-O {1/2-1/2 (43) Telljohann,S (2406)-Nagel,B (2233) Germany 2003}) 7...
Qc7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. c3 e6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Be8
14. Kb1 Rd6 15. e4 {aiming for e5.} Ra6 16. c4 d4 17. f5 Ng4 18. Rde1 (18. fxe6
$11 fxe6 19. Rde1) 18... exf5 $1 $17 19. exf5 Bf6 20. h3 ({White should try}
20. b3 $15) 20... Ne3 (20... Qxg3 21. hxg4 Qxg2 22. Nh4 $17) (20... Ba4 $1 $19
{[%cal Ra4c2]} 21. b3 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. bxa4 Rb6+ 24. Kc1 Rd8 25. Rxe3 Rb2
26. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxg3) 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Ba4 (22... Rb6 $17 23. b3
Qxg3) 23. Qe2 $1 $15 Bc6 24. Re1 (24. Rd1 $15) 24... Qa5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5a2]}
25. b3 {[#]} (25. a3 $2 Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxb2 Rb6 $19) 25... Bxf3 (
25... Ba4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 26. Qd2 (26. bxa4 {is a self mate.}
Rb6+ 27. Qb2 Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Qxa4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. d4 Rxg2 32.
Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Ka1 Qxf3 34. h4 Qf1#) 26... Bc3) 26. Bxf3 $11 {And now Re8+ would
win.} Rd8 27. Qc2 ({Not} 27. Bxh5 $2 Qc3 $19) 27... Rb6 (27... Rxd3 $11 28.
R1e2 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd6 30. Re8+ Rd8) 28. Re8 Qa3 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Bd1 (30.
Re2 $14) 30... a5 {The position is equal.} 31. Re2 (31. Bxh5 a4 $19) 31... a4
32. Qc1 Qb4 33. Qd2 axb3 34. axb3 Ra6 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 35. Qxb4 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 {
White threatens Qb6+ and mate.} cxb4 37. Re4 Ra2+ 38. Kc1 Ra1+ 39. Kc2 {
Precision: White = 43%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Prithu Gupta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,27,13,10,12,10,0,14,14,40,20,15,0,0,0,12,6,0,0,12,12,10,10,30,25,
33,33,33,34,62,62,61,60,57,51,51,51,51,46,53,53,54,54,54,47,46,47,50,39,40,38,
36,37,37,37,40,40,37,27,27,0,35,18,25,23,25,10,10,0,25,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 {LiveBook: 25 Games. B91:
Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (7. Nde2 {feels hotter.} Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10.
Nec3) (7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bb7
13. Qd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Qc4 Rfc8 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rfd1 {0-1 (51) Dominguez
Perez,L (2739)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9.
O-O {The position is equal.} Nbd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bg5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h3 Rc8 {0-1 (40) Pyatin,A (2146)
-Kokarev,D (2611) St Petersburg 2013}) 12... Rc8 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,
Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf1 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Ncd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rd1 Rc4 23. b3 Rc3 24. Rxd4
Rdc8 25. Bh3 R8c5 26. a4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. axb5 axb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. Rb4 d5 31. Rxb5 dxe4 32. Bc4 g6 33. Rb7 Bc5
34. Rxf7 Kh8 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Rf7+ Kh8 37. h4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Kf1 Rb1+ 40.
Kg2 Rb2 41. Kf1 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,9,5,13,6,42,33,47,40,36,35,26,8,7,0,4,-14,12,-19,-5,-53,-24,-32,
-16,-10,-8,-30,-12,-38,28,-52,-49,-85,-77,-84,-113,-91,-108,-105,-127,-142,
-131,-137,-127,-101,-129,-82,-35,-33,-10,-112,-112,-248,-257,-257,-250,-272,
-262,-247,-240,-513,-543,-505,-494,-534,-526,-640,-656,-644,-586,-714,-714,
-714,-714,-714,-687,-665,-658]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3
c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 h6 {E50: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3} 8. e4 exd5
9. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O {White wants
to play e5.} d6 $146 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxe4 $14) ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6
13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Bxh6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6
19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {1/2-1/2 (21) Timman,J (2665)-Gelfand,B
(2685) Moscow 1992}) 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,
Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. Qd1 a6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Re3 Ne5 17. Bc2 b5 18. Ne2 Nc4 19.
Rg3 Nh5 20. Rf3 Ne5 21. Rf5 Nf6 22. Ng3 g6 ({Black should try} 22... c4 $15)
23. Rf4 (23. Bxh6 $11 gxf5 24. Nxf5) 23... Nfd7 $15 24. a4 c4 25. Ra3 b4 {
[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 26. Re3 Bb6 27. Nf5 {Rg3 is the strong threat.}
Bxe3 ({Stronger than} 27... gxf5 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Qh5 $14) 28. Nxh6+ {[#]} Kg7
$1 29. Bxe3 Rh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} ({But not}
29... Kxh6 $6 30. Rxf7+ g5 31. Rf5 $14) 30. Ng4 b3 31. Bb1 Rh4 32. Bd4 f6 33.
Qd2 (33. Bc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... Nxg4 $17 34. Rxg4 (34. f3 $17 {
was the only defense.}) 34... Rxg4 $19 35. hxg4 {[#] Hoping for g5.} Ne5 36. f4
{aiming for g5.} Nxg4 {Strongly threatening ...Qh8.} 37. Qe2 Qd7 38. e5 $2 (38.
a5) 38... dxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Bxe5 {And now Bc3
would win.} Qe7 ({Less strong is} 40... fxe5 41. Qxe5+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Kg8 43.
Qxc4 $17) 41. Qg4 Qxe5 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. d6 {intending Qh6+.} Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+
45. Kg1 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 46. g3 Qg5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 72%.}
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:


00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} 8. cxd5
{[%emt 0:05:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 9. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 10. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:39]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:38]
} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:11:39]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 13. Qa4 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:46]} 14. Ba6 {[%emt 0:08:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:
09]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 16. Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:11]}
Ne4 {[%emt 0:21:35]} 17. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. dxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:
04:53]} 20. Qb3 {[%emt 0:07:35]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:18:44]} 21. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:06:27]}
cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 23. Rxc2
{[%emt 0:02:20]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:21:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Kf1 {[%emt 0:04:13]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:
40]} 30. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} f5
{[%emt 0:01:40]} 32. gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. h5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 34. b3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
35. f4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:10] Ke4 [%clk 00:05:42] [%emt 00:00:18]
Kd6+ [%clk 00:10:46]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,32,32,30,31,31,32,30,21,25,12,39,31,40,34,35,43,93,8,8,22,38,27,
20,18,38,21,18,18,18,18,19,14,19,6,19,10,14,6,7,0,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Bg7 10. Nbd2 {
[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C79: Ruy
Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} (11. Nf1 exd4 12.
Nxd4 Re8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Ne2 Bc6 15. f3 Nh5 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 a5
19. a3 Be6 20. Ne3 Bxb3 {0-1 (20) Tiglon,B (2388)-Tang,A (2496) Charlotte 2017}
) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 14. Be3 Rfd8
15. Qf3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. Nc5 Ng4 17. Nxd7 Nxe3 18. Qxe3
Rxd7 19. a4 Rad8 20. Red1 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qd7 24.
Qe2 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (24) Sherwood,R (2201)-Burkett,M (2139) LSS email 2011}) 16.
h3 Nh7 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Bb3 Bf6 19. Bd5 (19. a4 $16) 19... Bxd5 $11 20. exd5 Ng5
21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Nxe5 ({Reject} 23. Rxe5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bf6 $17)
23... Qxf3 {The position is equal.} 24. Nxf3 Rxd5 25. Nxg5 Rxg5 $14 {KRR-KRR}
26. Rad1 c5 27. Re7 c4 28. Rdd7 Rf5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. h4 a5 {Precision: White =
57%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,56,0,0,-11,-18,0,-47,0,-43,0,-385,-334,-477,-475,-465,-461,-499,-452,
-675,-648,-662,-633,-656,-631,-2318,-2229,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1
Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 g5 (12... Nfd7
13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19.
Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Radjabov,T (2696)-Giri,A (2767) Novi Sad 2016}) 13. exf6
gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O h3 16. Bf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,
Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 17. Kh1 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qg5 18. Qe2 Qe5 19. Qc4
{0-1 (60) Lampert,J (2442)-Scholz,C (2344) Germany 2014}) 18. Rfe1 Nxf3 (18...
Rg8 {keeps more tension.} 19. gxh3 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 b5 21. Rbd1 Ra7) 19. gxf3 Rg8
20. Nxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qd3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 20... fxe6
$19 21. Rxb7 {[#]} (21. Qf4 $142 Kf7 22. Qe4) 21... Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22.
Kxg1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rf6f7] [#]} (22. Rxg1 Bxb7) 22... Qc5+ $1 23. Kh1 {
[%csl Gb7][%cal Rf6f7]} Bxb7 24. Rxe6+ (24. Ne4 $142 Qf5 25. Qd3 Bxe4 26. fxe4
Qxf6 27. Qxh3) 24... Kf7 25. Qd7+ Kg8 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 26. f7+ Kg7 {[%cal Rb7f3]}
27. Qd3 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Qg5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2]} 28. Qd4+
Kxf7 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,8,16,-3,7,-23,-12,-12,39,-27,-27,-46,-29,-44,-16,-43,-52,-52,-41,
-56,-43,-76,-63,-93,-97,-112,-111,-197,-211,-441,-420,-384,-389,-932,-923,
-1086,-1054,-1800,-1825,-1710,-1800]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6... c5 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 Rad8 13. c4 Bd6
14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Re1 f6 16. Bc3 b6 17. Rb1 {0-1 (44) Xiong,J (2647)-Zhou,J
(2630) Atlantic City 2016}) 7. d3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. e3 O-O {The
position is equal.} 9. Ne2 Qf6 10. O-O Re8 $146 (10... Qg6 $11) ({Predecessor:
} 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 {0-1 (36) Pajukari,S
(1789)-Salonen,J (2094) ICCF email 2014}) 11. d4 (11. f4 $14) 11... Bb6 $11 12.
h3 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Nc1 Na5 15. Nb3 Ba4 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qg6 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 18. Bb2 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qc1 (
19. Nxc5 Bxd1) 19... h5 20. h4 ({Don't blunder} 20. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rd2
$19) (20. dxc5 $17 Bc7 21. Bxb7) 20... Bc6 $19 21. Ba3 $2 (21. Bxc6 {was
necessary.} Qxc6 22. Ba1) 21... exd4 22. cxd4 {[#]} Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23.
fxe3 $2 (23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc5 Nxf1 25. Qxf1) 23... Qxg3 {[%csl Gc6][%cal
Rg3g2] Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rf2 Bc7 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Rxg2 Qxe3+ {
Precision: White = 10%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,129,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,0,21,13,20,17,21,7,8,-14,0,-28,0,-40,0,13,
38,34,59,45,89,80,75,53,100,88,85,77,91,87,84,86,185,185,179,181,182,119,154,
133,139,139,139,139,173,168,163,139,177,144,131,98,134,114,116,46,166,164,178,
165,212,175,222,154,212,202,359,239,261,208,252,191,395,406,465,466,535,375,
479,495,483,475,461,452,445,426,772,759,552,723,673,584]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4
Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (15... a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Qb7
Nb8 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Kuzubov,Y
(2699) Riadh 2017}) 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qd3 b5 {[#]} 18. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:}
18. Be1 Nb6 19. e3 {1-0 (116) Ovetchkin,R (2529)-Oparin,G (2497) Ekaterinburg
2013}) 18... Bd6 (18... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. Be3 Nhf6 21. Bf4)
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. e4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qe7 22. e5 Nfd7 23.
Rdc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2f2][%mdl 32]} Rac8 24. a3 Nc4 25. Rc2 g6 26. f4 Ndb6
(26... Nxd2 $15 27. Qxd2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Nb6) 27. Nf3 $11 Nd7 28. h4 Ncb6 29. Rf2
Rc7 30. Bh3 Rfc8 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 {[#]} 33. g4 $1 f5 34. exf6 Nxf6 {
[#]} 35. Ng5 $1 Ne4 (35... Nbd7 $16) 36. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 37. Qxe4 {aiming for g5.
} Qd7 38. f5 (38. g5 $18 Rc6 39. Kg3) 38... exf5 39. gxf5 Qc6 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 $16
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Ke5 Rc1
45. Bg2 Nd7+ 46. Kf4 Rd1 47. Re2+ ({White should play} 47. Ke3 $16) 47... Kf6 (
47... Kd6 $14) 48. Ke4 $18 Nb6 49. b3 Ke7 50. Re3 a5 51. Rc3 Re1+ (51... Rg1
$16) 52. Kf4 Nd7 $2 (52... Rg1) 53. Rc7 Kd6 54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. Rxg6 {Black must
now prevent Rg7+.} Rd1 $2 (55... Nf8 {was called for.} 56. Ra6 Ne6+ 57. Kg4 Rg1
) 56. d5 Nf8 57. Rb6 Rd4+ 58. Be4 Nd7 59. Re6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7
60. Ke3 Rd1 61. Ke2 Rd4 62. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nc5 (62... Nf6
$142 63. Bg6+ Kg7) 63. Bg6+ Kg7 64. Rc6 Nxb3 {[#]} 65. h6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]
Precision: White = 61%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melia, Salome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,119,20,17,0,10,10,12,4,0,0,16,0,6,0,34,34,35,18,12,12,28,20,22,16,15,
9,36,14,14,16,16,20,16,20,21,9,16,14,14,10,33,14,20,19,20,24,29,16,89,79,80,94,
96,100,105,112,101,114,110,114,173,149,177,176,211,210,244,248,313,274,304,260,
346,336,311,281,373,392,371,391,383,370,411,398,348,238,479,482,496,468,554,
538,717,654,787,741,713,766,774,754,1101,1065,1175,1141]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6
3. c4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6
3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} 7. O-O Bd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10.
Ba3 Ne4 11. Bf3 {White wants to play Bxe4.} Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rc1 Nf6 {0-1 (46) Petursson,M
(2540)-Garcia Gonzales,G (2485) New York 1988}) 12. Nxc6 (12. Kh1 {keeps more
tension.} Be6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Ncb5) 12... bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} Ba6 15. Re1 Bd3 16. Rc1 a5
17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rfe8 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Rd2 Red8 21. Ng3 Rac8 22. h3 g6 23.
Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc3 Qg5 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Rcd1 h5 28. Na4 Qe5 29. Qe1 Qb8
30. Rd3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3c3,Bc3c5][%mdl 32]} Qb5 31. Qd2 Re8 32. Qc1 Qb4 {[#]} (
32... Red8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Rc3 $1 $16 Qd6 34. Nc5 Ng5 35. Rd4 Rb8
36. Ra4 Rb5 37. Nd3 Rc8 38. Rc5 Rbb8 (38... Rxc5 $16 39. Qxc5 (39. Nxc5 Qd8 $16
) 39... Qf6) 39. Raxa5 Ne4 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. b4 g5 42. Qd1 Nf6 43. Qf3 Qe6 44. a3
{[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} g4 45. hxg4 Nxg4 46. Qf4 Rbb8 47.
Qg5+ Qg6 48. Qxg6+ fxg6 49. a4 Kh7 50. Rac5 Re8 51. g3 d4 $2 {[#]} (51... Ne5 {
might work better.}) 52. exd4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rbd8 53. d5 cxd5
54. a5 Nf6 55. a6 Ra8 56. b5 Reb8 57. Rc7+ Kh6 58. R2c6 Kg5 59. Ne5 Kf5 60. Nf3
{Precision: White = 75%, Black = 40%.} 1-0
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Stark, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,100,28,27,23,41,15,16,17,51,25,15,4,31,12,15,0,6,7,5,0,5,0,0,-25,9,0,
25,0,0,0,0,-2,27,18,22,22,60,30,24,23,66,54,65,37,38,47,35,8,18,0,29,26,61,51,
44,30,52,0,0,-13,-16,-12,-38,-102,-91,-95,-102,-106,-96,-101,-48,-71,-60,-62,
-44,-56,-25,-97,-95,-103,-112,-96,-31,-31,-64,-58,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3.
Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,
Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Ne4 10. e3 Nd7 11.
Rc1 {The position is equal.} (11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qa6 14. Rfe1
dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Bu,X (2681)-Li,C (2619) Xinghua 2010}
) 11... Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bh3 16. Re1 e5 {0-1 (59) Niemi,M (2224)-Smith,A (2426)
Norrkoeping 2009}) 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. b4 Qd8 16. h3 Bxf3
$1 17. Bxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3e2,Be2d3,Bd3b1][%mdl 32]} e6 18. Be2 a6 19. Kg2 Nd7
20. Bd3 Nef6 21. Ne2 e5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 N5f6 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bb1 Qe7 26.
Qb3 Ned7 27. Rfe1 Rcd8 28. Rcd1 Nf8 29. f3 Ne6 30. Bc1 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. f4
Rd8 33. e5 Nb6 34. g4 Qh4 35. Rf1 Nd5 36. f5 (36. Ba2 $14) 36... Nf8 37. f6 {
[#] aiming for Nd4.} Bh6 38. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qxg3+ 39. Nxg3 ({White
should try} 39. Kxg3 $15 Bxc1 40. Nxc1) 39... Bxc1 $17 40. Rxc1 Nd7 41. Ne4
Nxe5 42. Kg3 Nd7 (42... h6 $17 43. Rd1 Nc4) 43. g5 {[#]} h6 $1 {[%mdl 512] And
now ...hxg5 would win.} 44. h4 (44. gxh6 N7xf6) 44... hxg5 45. hxg5 Re8 46. Kf2
(46. Kf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 46... Re5 47. Nd6 Rxg5 48. Nxb7 Ne5 ({Of course
not} 48... N5xf6 $6 49. Rxc6 Ng4+ 50. Ke2 $11) (48... N7xf6 $17 49. Rxc6 Ng4+
50. Ke2 Ne5 51. Rc8+ Kg7) 49. Na5 $15 Ng4+ 50. Kf3 $1 Ne5+ {Precision: White =
40%, Black = 53%.} (50... Kf8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,120,0,0,25,21,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-5,-6,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,
-4,-5,-6,-6,0,0,0,-12,-12,-18,-16,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10.
Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (13. e4 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20.
Bc3 a5 21. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 (21) Radjabov,T (2741)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca
2017}) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. cxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qc5 {
[%cal Rc6d5]} 17. Qd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 17. Rc1 cxd5 18. Nb5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 d4 21. Nxa7
dxe3 22. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 (33) Bjuhr,A (2493)-Mendl,M (2525) ICCF email 2015})
17... h6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} ({Reject} 17... Nxd5 $6 18. Na4 $16) 18. Rc1 (18. g3 {
NOTEXT} Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qe2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rdd8 22. Bg2) 18... Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxe5 Rexe5 22. Red1 Kf8 23. g3 c5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Bg2 Rd7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 {KR-KR} 27. Kf1 Ke7 28.
Ke2 Kd6 29. a4 Kc6 30. Kd3 Rd7+ 31. Kc3 g5 32. f4 gxf4 33. exf4 Re7 34. Kd3 f5
35. h3 (35. b4 $11) 35... h5 (35... Re4 $15) 36. g4 {The position is equal.}
hxg4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Rg1 Rd7+ 39. Ke4 Rd4+ 40. Ke5 Rd3 {Threatens to win
with ...g3.} 41. f5 $1 Re3+ (41... g3 {NOTEXT} 42. Ke6 Re3+ 43. Kf6 Rxb3 44.
Kg7 Kd5) 42. Kf6 Rxb3 43. Kg7 $1 Rf3 44. f6 c4 {...Kc5 is the strong threat.}
45. f7 Kd5 {[#]} 46. Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf4 (46... Rxg3 47. f8=Q) 47. f8=Q
Rxf8 48. Kxf8 a6 49. Rxg4 {KR-K3P} c3 {[#] aiming for ...b5.} 50. Ke7 b5 51.
axb5 axb5 {KR-KPP} 52. Rg5+ Kc4 53. Kd6 b4 54. Rg4+ Kb5 55. Rg5+ Ka4 56. Rc5
Kb3 57. Kd5 Kb2 {Hoping for ...c2.} 58. Kc4 c2 59. Kxb4 c1=Q 60. Rxc1 Kxc1 {
Precision: White = 82%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,144,27,39,41,36,27,16,25,19,16,21,0,6,7,17,57,72,60,70,130,68,55,62,
62,30,31,31,31,28,32,23,22,22,30,23,35,14,31,6,32,33,29,30,28,30,39,23,31,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-25,0,-12,-9,-13,-11,-16,-13,-11,-14,-30,-35,-79,-69,-66,-67,-81,-2,-2,
-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-2,-2,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-14,-16,-7,
-6,0,-16,-14,-16,0,-17,-17,-17,-16,-17,-15,-15,-12,-12,0,-8,7]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,
Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3
Nd6 13. Nc5 {C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} Qc7 14. Nd3
O-O 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bf2 a6 17. Re1 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Bf8 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qc3 Rec8 20. b3 Na3 {1-0 (45) Potkin,V
(2621)-Savchenko,B (2581) Dubai 2014}) 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. Nxf4 Nxb2 {[#]} 22. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 23. Bh4 Rce8 24. Bxf6 Re1+
25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Ra1 $1 27. Nxd5 {Hoping for Nb3.} Rxa2 28. Ne3 {
Strongly threatening Ne2.} Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Nc5 30. Kd2 Nd7 31. Be7 f5 32. Bd6 Ra1
33. Nb3 Rg1 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Bg3 b5 36. Be1 f4 37. Bf2 Rh1 38. Nf1 Ke6 39. Be1
Kd5 40. Kf2 Ne5 41. Bd2 g5 42. Bc3 Nc4 43. Bf6 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5g4]
[%mdl 32]} 44. Bg7 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Nxe3+ fxe3+ 46. Kxe3 Rxh2 47.
Kf2 Rh1 48. Ke3 h5 49. Bf6 g4 50. fxg4 $1 hxg4 51. Bc3 Rf1 ({Black should try}
51... Kc4 $17 52. Bd2 Rg1) 52. Ke2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf7 (52... Rf5
{feels hotter.} 53. Bd2 g3 54. Be1 Re5+ 55. Kd1 Rh5) 53. Ba5 Rf6 54. Ke3 Rc6
55. Kd3 Rc4 56. Nd2 Rd4+ 57. Ke3 Ra4 58. Nb3 Rc4 59. Kd3 b4 60. Nd2 Rc3+ 61.
Ke2 Rxc2 {And now ...Kc5 would win.} 62. Bxb4 Kd4 63. Ba5 Rc6 64. Nf1 Re6+ 65.
Kf2 Rf6+ 66. Ke2 Rg6 67. Kf2 Rg5 68. Bb6+ Ke4 69. Kg3 Rg8 70. Nd2+ Kf5 71. Nc4
Rb8 72. Kh4 Rh8+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 56%, Black = 60%. . Loss on
Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,110,12,12,25,18,16,15,21,0,21,0,20,22,28,16,15,16,72,35,65,71,94,92,
88,90,83,78,133,89,99,70,79,64,107,83,110,106,176,137,141,113,120,96,96,96,96,
96,143,41,91,31,35,47,45,47,45,0,36,0,54,0,19,0,51,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,126,137,122,
0,28,8,47,20,23,15,17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4
4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 (5. d3 e6 6. e4 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Qe1+ Ne7 10. Nh4
O-O 11. g4 Re8 12. gxh5 Nc8 13. Qd1 Qxh4 14. Qg4 {0-1 (31) Grischuk,A (2750)
-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti Opening:
New York and Capablanca Systems} e5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty
and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c3 {0-1 (34)
Illescas Cordoba,M (2602)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2545) Madrid 2015}) 12... Qc7 13. Bg2
Rfe8 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. h4 Ne6 16. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32]} Bf8 17. Rd1
Rad8 (17... Reb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. b4
axb4 21. cxb4 Ncd7 22. Rb1 Ne8 (22... b6 $142) 23. Qc2 Nd6 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Bf1
Nb6 26. Ra1 Qd8 27. a5 Nbc8 (27... Nd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 28. Rd1 Qe8 29.
Nb3 Na7 30. Nc5 Nab5 31. Qb3 Qc8 32. f3 Qc7 33. Na4 (33. Bxb5 $16 cxb5 34. Qd5)
33... g6 34. Nb6 (34. Kg2 $16) 34... Rd8 $1 $14 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37.
Na4 Bg7 38. Rc1 {[#]} Kh8 (38... d3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Bd3 (39. Nc5 $14)
39... f5 40. Nc5 fxe4 (40... Re8 $11) 41. fxe4 ({Better is} 41. Nxe4 $14 Nf5
42. Qe6) 41... Re8 $11 42. Rf1 Qe7 43. Qd1 Nf7 44. h5 gxh5 (44... Ne5 $11) 45.
Qxh5 $16 Ne5 {[#]} 46. Rf4 (46. Bc2 $1 $16) 46... Rb8 47. Bc2 d3 48. Nxd3 $40 {
[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nxd3 49. Bxd3 {aiming for e5.}
Qxb4 {The position is equal.} 50. Rf3 {Threatens to win with e5.} Qd2+ 51. Kh3
{e5 is the strong threat.} Qc1 52. Rf1 Qc3 53. Bb1 {e5 would kill now.} Qe5 54.
Qxe5 Bxe5 55. Rf7 Ra8 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,94,-19,-20,-29,-17,-19,-18,-26,0,-13,-17,-23,-1,-29,0,-32,-7,0,-21,
-82,-74,-95,-102,-109,-76,-76,-75,-57,-69,-68,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,122,122,122,122,
120,107,120,112,122,120,207,207,205,204,207,203,412,414,392,346,341,318,517,
497,500,485,690,620,1193,1033,1244,1193,946,1039,891,876,758,553,2561,3627,
3804,2095,1404,1492,1321,1301,29985]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4
5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and
Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 h6 {The position is
equal.} 10. Bd2 Nd7 (10... Be7 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Ba5 Qd7 14. Nc5
Bxc5 15. dxc5 {0-1 (67) Batsiashvili,N (2472)-Zawadzka,J (2422) Heraklio 2017})
11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 a6 12. b3 c5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc4 {1-0 (39) Schuld,H-Kase,O DDR 1981}) 11... cxb3 12. axb3 a5
13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qe2 b4 $1 16. dxc5 (16. Bb5 $1 $11) 16... Bxc5 $17
17. Rec1 Be7 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd5 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb5+ Kd8 ({Better is}
21... Kf8 $15 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nd5) 22. Nd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd6f7]} Bxd6 23.
exd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Nd5 (24... Rc8 $11 {remains
equal.}) 25. Bc6 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 26. Rc5 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 $16
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kd7 28. Ra6 Rc8 {[#]} 29. h4 $1 ({But not} 29.
R1xa5 $6 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 Ne2+ 32. Kh4 Rh1 $11) ({Don't play} 29.
R6xa5 $6 Kxd6 30. Ra7 Rc3 $14) 29... Rc5 (29... a4 $16) 30. R1xa5 $18 Rxa5 31.
Rxa5 Kxd6 {KR-KN} 32. Ra7 g5 $2 (32... Ne7 33. Rb7 Nc6) 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rxf7
Ke5 {[#]} 35. Rf8 $1 Nf4 $2 (35... Kd4 36. Rc8 Kd3) 36. Rb8 {White is clearly
winning.} Nd3 37. Rc8 Ne1 (37... Nf4 $142 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Re4+ Kf5) 38. Rc4
Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 Ne1 40. Rxb4 Nd3 41. Rb5+ Kd4 42. Kg2 e5 43. Rb8 Kc3 44. f3 Nb4
45. Rb5 Nd3 46. Kg3 Kd4 47. Rb8 Kd5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,74,-3,4,-21,-22,-18,-23,-33,-21,-22,-26,-24,-27,-39,-40,-52,-33,-18,
-21,-70,-32,-33,-15,-125,-114,-122,-135,-160,-137,-148,-126,-139,-134,-138,
-129,-191,-203,-230,-216,-212,-166,-297,-293,-426,-425,-527,-477,-598,-598,
-583,-576,-29980,-5514,-5494,-5231,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5
exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 {C01: French:
Exchange Variation} 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is
equal.} 11. Nbd2 (11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nfd2 f5 13. Qh5 Kh7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Rd1 Qe8
16. Qxe8 Rxe8 {0-1 (92) Lugovskoy,M (2489)-Volkov,S (2601) Taganrog 2016})
11... f5 {White must now prevent ...Nxd2.} 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4
Qf6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Qc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 16. Bb5) 16... Rbe8 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Kh1 a6 19. Be2 Kh8 20. Bh5
Re7 21. Rde1 (21. f3 $11 Nd6 22. Rde1) 21... Bc7 $1 $17 {aiming for ...g4.} 22.
f3 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nc1 Qf6 {...Qh4 is the
strong threat.} 25. Nd3 Qh4 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Kg1 {[#]} (27. a4 $17) 27... Bb5 $1
$19 28. a4 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. b3 (30. Qc1 $142) 30... Bxd3 $1 31. Rxd3 (31.
Qxd3 $142 Rg8 32. a5) 31... Rc8 32. Qb2 Kh7 33. h3 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
34. Bxe4 (34. Rxc3 Bxd4+) 34... dxe4 {[%cal Bd5e4,Be4d3][%mdl 32]} 35. Rd2 Rd3
(35... Bxd4+ $142 36. Rxd4 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. gxh3 Rg7+ 38. Qg2
Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qxd4 43. Rxf4 Qd1+ 44.
Kg2 e3 45. Rf2 Qd2 46. Rxd2 exd2 47. Kf1 d1=Q+ 48. Kf2 f4 49. a5 Qd3 50. b4
Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 f3 53. b5 Qg2+ 54. Ke1 Qe2#) 36. Rxd3 exd3 37. Kh1
Re1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,0,0,-6,-5,-3,2,17,11,6,7,-1,0,13,0,-35,-38,-17,8,0,8,0,0,-8,-9,-9,
0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 e5 {LiveBook: 16 Games. B31: Sicilian: 2..
.Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (6... d6 7. h3 e5 8. c3 Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4
O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. b3 {1-0 (43) Tomashevsky,E (2716)
-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 7. b4 cxb4 8. a3 b3 9. cxb3 d6 10. Bb2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. d4 exd4 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Re1 O-O 14. b4 {0-1 (64)
Celis Sanchez,C (2321)-Echavarria,J (2351) Medellin 2003}) 10... Nf6 11. Qc2
Bb7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 c5 14. b4 cxb4 {The position is equal.} 15. axb4 d5
16. Na5 Rc8 17. Nxb7 Rxc2 18. Nxd8 Rxb2 19. Nc6 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Nfxe5
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxb4 23. Rxa7 Rb5 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 h5 27. h4
Rfb8 28. g3 R8b7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Kg2 Kg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black =
63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,-8,-8,24,0,0,0,0,-17,-10,0,0,-49,0,0,4,7,50,54,64,30,88,65,63,58,
114,108,164,154,156,150,157,151,148,160,194,195,192,175,168,174,180,175,187,
184,218,197,205,201,269,280,322,317,391,389,388,370,510,510,593,577,647,620,
583,544,643,626]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5]
[%mdl 32]} O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 {LiveBook: 198 Games} a5 {E46:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (7... d5 8. Be2 b6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bf3 a6 14. Rd1 b5 15. e4
Nb6 {0-1 (51) Gupta,A (2627)-Wei,Y (2725) Liaocheng 2017}) 8. e4 $146 {[#]
aiming for e5.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Bd2 g6 11. Rb1 d5 12.
Qc2 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bc4 {1-0 (38) Hohler,P (2214)
-Korenevski,O (1954) Queenstown 2009}) 8... d5 9. e5 Nfd7 $1 {The position is
equal.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 c5 $1 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White has the initiative.} Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 14. Qxd5 Be6 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Kf2 Nb3 (16... g5 $11) 17. Rd1 Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Rd8 ({Black should
play} 18... g5 $1 $14) 19. Nc3 $16 Bc5 {[#]} (19... Be7 $16 {might work better.
}) 20. Nge4 $1 $18 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Ncd4 22. Be2 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Bc4 24. Nd6 Bd5
25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Rd1 Bb3 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Ke3 g6 29. Ne4 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Be6 31. Kd4 b6 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Nc3 Ke7 34. g3 Kd8 35.
Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd5 36. Kxd5 Kc7 37. Nd6 Nc5 38. Nxf7 Nd3 39.
b3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,97,34,33,35,33,38,20,28,24,19,15,20,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,4,6,0,0,5,0,
0,0,0,0,0,6,6,4,0,8,5,6,0,0,-17,59,41,50,54,39,27,87,18,232,235,260,234,283,
310,329,329,942,940,786,350,389,367,527,504,1089,1061,1057,1037,29991,29992,
29992,29993,29993,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5.
O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qb3 {A11:
Reti-Eröffnung} Bb6 11. Na4 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {Weiß steht
etwas besser.} O-O 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Be3 Ra6 15. Bd4
Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rfa8 {0-1 (58) Sundararajan,K (2428)-Haslinger,S
(2553) Haarlem 2013}) 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bg2 Rfe8 17. b3 Qf5 18. Rd1 Ne6
19. Kh2 h5 20. Bb2 Qg6 21. Qd2 Qh6 22. b4 h4 23. g4 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 {
g5 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Red8 {[#]} 27. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
cxb5 28. Bxb7 Ra7 29. Bc6 b4 30. Rc1 Rxd4 31. Bg2 Nd5 (31... g5 $11) 32. Rc8+
$1 $14 Kh7 33. Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Initiative.} Ra5 34. f4 {[%cal
Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kg6 {[#]} (34... g6 $11) 35. Rc2 (35. Rd6+ $1 $16 Kh7
36. Rb2) 35... f6 $2 (35... Kh7 $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.}) 36. Be4+ $18
Rxe4 37. f5+ ({Minderwertig wäre} 37. dxe4 Nxf4 38. e5 fxe5 $11) 37... Kg5 38.
dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTS} Nf4 39. Rd7 Ra3 $2 (39... g6 40. fxg6 Kxg6)
40. Rxg7+ Kh6 41. Rg8 (41. Rcc7 $142) 41... Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Rg3+ (42... Rc3 $142)
43. Kf1 h3 (43... Kh7 $142) 44. Rc7 {Droht stark g5+!} Rf3+ 45. Ke1 {Und g5+!
würde nun gewinnen.} Nd3+ 46. Ke2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg8g6] Weiß setzt Matt.} Ne5
47. g5+ {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5f6][%mdl 32]} Kh5 48. Rh7+ Kg4 49. gxf6+ {Precision:
Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,60,0,0,10,9,31,16,14,5,18,29,17,17,23,0,0,0,31,24,40,33,40,43,42,26,
37,35,32,31,34,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5
c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 8. h3 O-O 9. Qc2
Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 12. Bf4 {D36: Damengambit (Abtauschvariante)} (12.
Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rab1 Ng7 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. Ne2
Ne4 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (63) Aczel,G (2549)-Berkes,F (2658)
Budapest 2017}) 12... Ne6 13. Be5 Ng7 14. Rab1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bf5 15. b4
Rc8 16. Rfd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. b5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 cxb5 19. Rxb5
f6 {1-0 (44) Kamanel Zamora,J (2333)-Garcia,H (2088) ICCF email 2011}) 16... a6
17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. a4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Ne6 22. Rdc1 Qd6 23.
Qd2 Kg7 24. Ned3 Rec8 25. b5 {Und weiter mit Sxe6+ wäre nett.} cxb5 26. axb5
Ne4 27. Qb2 {[#] Und b6 würde nun gewinnen.} axb5 28. Qxb5 N6xc5 {Die Stellung
ist ausgeglichen.} 29. dxc5 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 {Precision: Weiß = 65%, Schwarz
= 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Gopal G.N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,154,0,0,0,0,6,16,23,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,22,16,16,21,16,12,14,85,
93,86,88,91,60,132,72,92,21,21,23,18,18,20,18,25,32,36,35,42,9,92,0,57,18,18,
-32,-14,-308,-295,-454,164,8,209,209,209,209,209,209,209,209,271,209,209,209,
223,223,253,235,253,275,443,247,389,389,362,253,241,287,278,264,235,241,545,
559,559,535,422,41,43,41,48,24,30,14,14,14,14,-2,-2,-2,-2,-8,-2,-3,-3,-22,-3,
-22,-2,-3,0,0,12,12,16,16,16,16,16,0,16,0,16,16,16,16,16,16,16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 (5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 c5
9. d5 b5 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 {0-1 (32)
Volkov,S (2645)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 5... dxc4 6. e4 {D90:
Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 Bg4 10. Bxc4 O-O
{LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qc2 a6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 13. gxf3 {[#]} Qd6 $146 14. Ne2
Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. e5 Qd7 17. Be3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rfb8 19. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is pushing.} ({Don't play} 19. Bxc5 Rxb2 20. Rc1 Rc8 $17) 19... Rb4 20.
Qxc5 Rb5 21. Qc6 Qxd5 22. Rc1 h6 (22... Ra5 $11) 23. Nd4 $16 Qxc6 24. Nxc6 e6
25. Ke2 Rb7 ({Black should try} 25... Bf8 $14) 26. Rc4 (26. Rhd1 $142) 26...
Bf8 27. b4 (27. Rd1 $16) 27... Ng7 $11 28. a4 Nf5 29. Rb1 h5 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. b5
axb5 32. axb5 Ra3 33. Nd8 Rb8 (33... Rd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Nc6 Rb7
35. Ke4 h4 36. Ba7 h3 37. b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rcc1 $1 $11) 37... h2 38.
Rh1 {[#]} (38. Nd8 $142 Rd7 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Rc7 Rxc7 41. bxc7) 38... Rb3 $4
{[%mdl 8192]} ({And not} 38... Rh3 39. Na5 $11) (38... Rd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd7d5]
avoids the disaster. ( -> ...Rd5)} 39. b7 Rxb7) 39. Rxh2 $2 (39. Na5 $18 R3xb6
40. Nxb7 (40. Bxb6 Rxb6 41. Nc6 Be7 $18) 40... Rxb7 41. Bd4) 39... R3xb6 $2 (
39... Rd7 $11 40. Nd4 Rb1) 40. Bxb6 $18 Rxb6 41. Nd4 Nxd4 42. Kxd4 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRB} Rb2 43. Rc8 Re2 44. Rc1 Kg8 45. Kd3 Ra2 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kf3
Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Ra2 $2 (48... Kg7 49. Rc7 Bb4) 49. Rg2 (49. Rc8 $142) 49... Rb2 (
49... Kg7 {is a better defense.} 50. Rh2 Kg8) 50. Rc8 Kg7 51. Re8 Bc5 52. Rh2
Rxf2 {[#]} 53. Rhh8 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Re8g8]} f5+ 54. Kg3 {Reg8+ is the
strong threat.} Be3 $2 (54... Rc2 55. Reg8+ Kf7) 55. Reg8+ Kf7 56. Rc8 {
[%cal Rh8h7]} Kg7 57. Rhg8+ $2 ({White has to play} 57. Rh1 $18 Rb2 58. Rc7+
Kg8 59. Rh6) 57... Kh7 $1 $14 58. Rge8 {Intending Rc7+ and mate.} Rxf4 59. Rxe6
Re4 60. Re7+ Kh6 {The position is equal.} 61. e6 Kg5 62. Rg8 Bc5 63. Ree8 Kf6
64. Rh8 Be7 65. Kf3 Rxe6 66. Rh2 Ra6 67. Re2 Ra7 68. Rb8 g5 69. Rb6+ Kf7 70.
Re5 Ra3+ 71. Kg2 Ra2+ 72. Kf1 {Hoping for Rb7.} Ra1+ 73. Kg2 {Strongly
threatening Rb7.} Ra2+ 74. Kf1 Ra1+ 75. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Ra2+
76. Kd1 {And now Rb7 would win.} Ra1+ 77. Kc2 {Black must now prevent Rb7.}
Ra2+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Venkatesh, M.R.."]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,91,0,0,10,0,55,24,19,15,14,14,33,36,28,19,22,23,18,20,18,18,37,22,31,
0,39,40,43,43,35,29,33,40,41,33,43,48,14,0,16,0,20,25,119,115,115,99,106,39,92,
20,47,10,14,13,30,16,24,10,16,17,15,16,11,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (11. c3
Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4
Qxd4 24. cxd4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2015})
11... O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a6 14. Rad1 Re8 (14... Bc5
$11) 15. a4 Bd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 15... Qc7 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Rd4 Nd5 {1-0 (28)
Praggnanandhaa,R (2455)-Yashas,D (2284) Sharjah 2017}) 16. Nf3 {[#] Bxf6 is
the strong threat.} Bc6 17. Ne5 Qe4 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re4g2]} 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19.
h3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ne4 23. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Rg4g7]} Bf6 24. Qf4 {White threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Qc8 (24... g5 {NOTEXT} 25.
Qb8+ Kg7 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Qe5 h6) 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Nf6 27. Be2 h6 28. c4
Nd7 29. Qd6 Nc5 30. Qb6 Nd7 31. Qd6 Nc5 32. Qb6 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b6]} 33. Qb4
Ne5 (33... Qc7 $11) 34. Qd6 $16 f6 {[#]} 35. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc6 36. Bg4 (
36. b4 $16) 36... Kf7 $14 37. c5 (37. b4 $16) 37... g6 $11 38. Kf2 Ne7 39. b4
h5 40. Bf3 h4 41. Kg1 Qe8 {The position is equal.} 42. Qd1 Qb8 43. Qd4 Qc7 44.
b5 axb5 45. axb5 Qa5 $1 46. b6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,47,8,14,8,0,0,-1,0,0,0,16,7,0,0,0,25,0,37,18,16,14,76,34,56,0,58,0,
50,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 {
D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 g6 {1-0 (104) Vidit,S (2715)-Aronian,L (2805) Riadh 2017}) 9... g6 10.
g4 Ng7 11. h4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} h5 12. Bg5 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 13. Bf6 Rg8
{[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 hxg4 16. Qxg4 {
0-1 (35) Sedlak,N (2523)-Shimanov,A (2642) Minsk 2017}) 14... hxg4 15. Nxg4 {
Strongly threatening Nh6.} Nh5 16. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.}
a5 17. a4 Rf8 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Be7 (20... Bd7 $11 {remains
equal.}) 21. Be5 Bd6 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Bf6 {Precision: White = 53%,
Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarjan, James"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,34,20,8,52,31,57,26,87,87,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,
17,14,14,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-21,-21,-21,0,-21,-21,
-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,
-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 Nh6
7. fxe6 Nf5 8. Bf4 dxe6 {LiveBook: 18 Partien. A40: Verschiedene (seltene)
Antworten auf 1.d4} 9. Qd3 (9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nh3 Na5
13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Qf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. g4 {1-0 (25) Inarkiev,E (2660)
-Morozevich,A (2711) Poikovsky 2015}) 9... Nxd4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Qxd4
10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf5 13. Nh3 Na6 14. Be2 O-O 15. Rhe1 Rae8
16. Bf1 {1-0 (84) Morley,P (2391)-Gaujens,A (2265) ICCF email 2013}) 10. O-O-O
Nbc6 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Nge2 {[%cal Re2d4]} Bc5 {[#]} (11... Nf5
$11) 12. Nxd4 $1 $16 Bxd4 13. Nb5 (13. Qe4 $16) 13... Qf6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6f4]
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 14. Nxd4 ({Doch nicht} 14. Nxc7+ Kf7 $17) 14...
Qxf4+ 15. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8
{[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 19. Bd3 Ke7 20. Re1 h6 21. Be4 Ba6 22. b3 Rd8
23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 (24. Rg1 {feels hotter.} Kf6 25. h4 Bc8 26. Kc2 e5 27. g4)
24... Kxd6 {KL-KL} 25. Kd2 Kc5 26. Kc3 Bc8 27. f4 Kd6 28. Kd4 c5+ 29. Ke3 e5
30. h4 Bg4 31. g3 Ke6 32. Bd3 Kf6 33. Be4 Be6 34. Kf3 a5 35. a4 exf4 36. Kxf4
g5+ 37. hxg5+ hxg5+ 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Bc6 $1 Bf5 40. Kd2 $1 Be4 41. Bd7 Bb1 42.
Bc8 Kd4 43. Bd7 Ke4 {[#] Und weiter mit ...Kf3 wäre nett.} 44. Bc6+ Kf5 {
...Kg4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 45. Bd7+ Ke5 46. Bc8 Bf5 47. Bxf5 Kxf5 48. Ke3
$1 g4 (48... Kg4 $5 49. Kf2 $8 Kf5 $11) 49. Kd3 Ke5 {Precision: Weiß = 70%,
Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:


00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 8. dxc5
{[%emt 0:18:02]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:
25]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 11. Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Ne5
{[%emt 0:05:53]} 12. cxd6 {[%emt 0:15:46]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 14. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:15:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:13:49]} 16. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 17. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 18. Qxb7 {
[%emt 0:10:55]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:
16:26]} 20. Qxc8 {[%emt 0:10:10]} Rfxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:
31]} e4 {[%emt 0:11:23]} 22. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23.
Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 26. Rd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 28. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 29. Bc3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,89,0,0,-12,-12,-27,-30,-19,0,0,0,-23,-11,-13,-10,-37,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,
0,-32,-15,-22,-34,-41,-41,-40,-40,-39,-21,-25,-26,-39,-35,-50,-30,-65,0,-63,
-59,-63,-67,-85,-70,-157,-45,-61,0,-37,-14,-158,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-21,80,0,0,
-15]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 14 Games} 13. O-O-O
b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Be4 Bh4 {[#]} 17. Rhg1 $146 ({Predecessor:}
17. Rdg1) 17... Bg5 18. Kb1 a5 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qg2 {
[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7] [#]} Ra7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rdf1 Rg5 25. Qf3 Rxg1 26.
Rxg1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf7 27. Qg4 Qf8 {Threatens to win with .
..Rf1+.} 28. b3 Rf3 29. e4 Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 30.
Qg2 Qf6 31. Kb2 Rf2 (31... Kh7 $15) 32. Qg4 (32. Qg6 $11) 32... Kh7 33. Kb1 Rf4
34. Qg2 h5 35. Kb2 ({Better is} 35. Qe2 $15) 35... Kh6 ({Black should try}
35... Rf2 $17 36. Qg3 Rf3) 36. Qe2 $1 g5 (36... h4 $15) 37. Re1 Rf3 38. a3 (38.
Rh1 $11) 38... h4 $2 ({But not} 38... Rxh3 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rf1 $17) (38...
bxa3+ $17 39. Kxa3 Rxh3) 39. axb4 $11 axb4 40. Qa6 Qf8 41. Rh1 Rf4 42. Qc4 Qb8
43. Qc6 Qf8 {[#]} ({Don't play} 43... Rxe4 $6 44. Ra1 $16) (43... Rf7 $11) 44.
Qc4 (44. Ra1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra1a8] Hoping for Ra8.} g4 45. hxg4 Rxg4 46. Ra8)
44... Qb8 45. Qc6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,10,13,4,0,-11,-9,-57,-46,-78,-65,-61,-57,-57,-30,-53,-42,-48,-28,
-37,-23,-48,-44,-44,-36,-51,-20,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,102,0,0,-297,
-305,-551,-427,-429,-433,-847,-847,-833,-830,-827,-812,-805,-795,-765,-758,
-690,-602]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1
O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games. B50:
Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 10. b3 (10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5
13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Bologan,V (2640)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Tallinn 2016}) 10... a5 11. a4 b4 {
The position is equal.} 12. c4 Ng4 13. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty
and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Nge5 16.
Ne3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 {0-1 (67) Ferguson,M (2412)-Hennigan,M (2378) Sunningdale
2008}) 13... Bf6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf2.} 14. Ra2 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Nf3 Bc3 17. Rf1 Ra7 18. Be3 e5 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Kh2 Rc7 21. Bf3 g6 22. Bh6
Re8 23. Bg4 Kh8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 {Threatening Bg5.} Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is more active.} 26. Nf3 Nd4 27. Ng5 Rf6 $1 28. f4 {Strongly threatening
Raf2.} Nxb3 29. Qh4 {White threatens Bg7+! and mate.} Kg8 {[#]} (29... Qe7 $1
$11 {remains equal.}) 30. Raf2 ({White should try} 30. Nxh7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}
Rxf4 (30... Kxh7 31. Bg5+) 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxf6) 30... Nd2 (
30... exf4 {NOTEXT} 31. Bg7 fxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Be5+ 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxg5+
35. Qxg5 Kxg7 36. Rf1 Nd4) 31. Rxd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Rd1 $11) 31... Bxd2
$19 32. Nxh7 $2 (32. Nf3 Bc3 33. Bg5 exf4 34. gxf4) 32... Rxf4 {Black is
clearly winning.} 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. gxf4 (34. Bxf4 $142 exf4 35. Rd1) 34...
Kxh7 35. Bg5 Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4 $11 {KRB-KR} Rf8 37. Kg2 exf4 38. Kf3 g5 {[%cal
Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 39. h4 {[#]} g4+ $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black =
68%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,128,-8,0,0,0,0,-13,-6,-22,-20,-15,-9,-17,-5,-25,-19,-41,-15,-40,-22,
-16,-20,-18,0,0,-8,0,0,-18,0,-19,11,-32,0,13,12,-2,-6,-14,0,-13,-26,-9,-16,-12,
-8,-50,-50,-61,-61,-124,-80,-95,-60,-90,-92,-91,-64,-102,-99,-229,-128,-116,
-45,-47,-51,-69,-58,-76,-39,-41,-17,-68,-68,-65,-50,-50,-43,-42,-47,-50,-33,
-33,-33,-33,-33,-35,-28,-39,-43,-103,-114,-118,-120,-118,-97,-731,-722,-2544,
-1972,-1786,-1373,-1464,-2230,-1987,-1750,-5310,-5197,-5097,-4445]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nc3
b5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 76 Games} Rc8 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted:
Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (11... Be7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14.
f4 Bc5 15. Be3 Qb6 16. Rad1 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 {1-0 (26)
Moiseenko,A (2657)-Halkias,S (2585) Doha 2016}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bd6 $146 {
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb8 14. h3 Bd6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
b4 Ncd7 {1/2-1/2 (16) Teofilovic,V (2225)-Kutuzovic,B (2398) Medulin 2002}) 14.
h3 O-O 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb1 Ne4 19. Be1 Ne5 (19...
Nb6 {with more complications.} 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. Bb3 Be5) 20. Nd4
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Rc1 g6 26. Rc2 Nc4 27.
Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 28. Nd1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qd8 30. Bf2 e5 $36 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl
2080] Black has good play.} 31. Nb3 e4 32. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4]
[%mdl 32]} 33. Nc3 Nb6 34. Nd4 Qc8 35. Qd2 (35. Be1 $15) 35... f5 36. Nde2 Kf7
37. Be1 Bf6 38. Kf2 Nc4 39. Qa2 Qd7 40. Nc1 (40. a4 $17 {might work better.})
40... Bc6 (40... Qd6 $19 41. N3e2 Bd5) 41. a4 $17 Kg7 (41... g5 $17 {White
must now prevent ...gxf4.} 42. axb5 axb5) 42. axb5 $15 axb5 43. Qc2 g5 44. N3e2
$1 Qa7 45. Bd2 $1 Be8 46. g3 (46. Nb3 $11) 46... gxf4 47. Nxf4 Qa4 48. Nb3 Bf7
49. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3f6] Black should prevent Bxf6+.} Ne5 50. Nd4 $1 {[%cal
Rd4f5]} Qxc2+ 51. Nxc2 Nd3+ 52. Nxd3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 53. Nf4
Bc4 54. Ne2 Bb2 {And now ...Bxe2 would win.} 55. Ned4 (55. Nf4 $15) 55... Kf6
$17 56. Nc6 {[#]} Ke6 $1 57. N2d4+ Kd6 58. Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. h4 $17)
58... Bxd4 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 59. exd4 {KB-KN} Bd5 60. Ke3 Ke6
61. Kf4 Kf6 62. h4 Kg6 63. Ke3 Kh5 64. Kf4 h6 {Precision: White = 37%, Black =
57%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenberg, Ariel"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,85,20,27,-15,-15,-45,-32,-41,-23,-31,-51,-105,-105,-111,-111,-113,
-106,-107,-122,-120,-97,-121,-118,-112,-83,-80,-39,-42,-56,-42,-32,-102,-99,
-238,-233,-231,-234,-234,-227,-226,-224,-256,-249,-405,-403,-389,-395,-455,
-431,-689,-689,-648,-405,-573,-573,-558,-558,-558,-558,-689,-689,-681,-673,
-673,-657,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} g6 8. Be2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5
Bg5 h6} Bg7 9. O-O dxc4 (9... O-O 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd8 12. e5 c5 13. dxc5
Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 {1-0 (75) Lenic,L (2650)-Giri,A (2762) Heraklio
2017}) 10. e4 Nd7 11. e5 Qe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:}
12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Nb6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 a6 18.
h4 Rac8 19. h5 g5 20. Nh2 b4 {0-1 (40) Moiseenko,A (2657)-Dreev,A (2652) Doha
2016}) 12... O-O 13. Qc2 (13. Bxc4 c5) 13... b5 14. Nd6 c5 15. Qe4 Rb8 {
[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b7,Bb7c7][%mdl 32]} 16. b3 (16. a4 $15) 16... cxd4 $1 $17 17.
Qxd4 Bb7 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. bxc4 b4 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Qe4 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a4,
Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 22. Qe3 Na4 23. Nd4 Rc7 24. a3 Nc3 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Nb3 (26.
axb4 $15 axb4 27. Nb3) 26... a4 27. Nd4 {[#]} (27. axb4 $17 Qxb4 28. Nd4) 27...
Qc5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 28. Nf3 {[#] Hoping for Qxc5.} Qxe3 $1 29. Rxe3 Bf8 {
White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Ne1 Rd1 32. Nc2 $2 (32. Rxd1
{only move.} Nxd1 33. Rd3 Bxe1 34. Rxd1) 32... Rxa1 33. Nxa1 a3 34. Rd3 a2 35.
Rd8+ (35. g3 $142) 35... Kg7 36. g3 Ba3 37. Ra8 (37. Kg2 {was worth a try.})
37... Bb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Nc2 Rd7 39. c5 {intending c6.} Rd2
40. c6 {Threatens to win with Ne3.} Rxc2 41. c7 Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 a1=Q+ 43. Bf1 {
Precision: White = 30%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,90,14,19,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-11,-10,-10,0,-10,0,0,6,
-7,0,-9,-13,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,38,40,39,40,222,222,222,222,222,222,250,
240,250,243,688,690,687,687,679,676,670,666,642,609,589,566,416]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bf4
Ndf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Qc2 g6
12. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 13. Rab1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... a5 14. Rfc1 Re8 15.
a3 Bf8 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Ra1
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 (23) Khenkin,I (2655)-Adams,M (2720)
Germany 2013}) 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b5 18. a4 a6 {
[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Nd7 21. Ra6 Nxe5 22. Bxe5
Qd7 23. Rda1 Qe6 24. e4 Bf8 25. Re1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. h4 Ra3 28. exd5 Qxd5
29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Qf4 Rxc3 31. Bf6 Qc8 32. Be5 {White threatens Qf6 and mate.}
Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Bf6 $1 {Threatens to
win with Re8.} f4 $2 {[#]} (34... b4 $14) 35. d5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rc5 (35...
cxd5 36. Bxc3) 36. Re8 Rxd5 {[#]} 37. Be7 $1 Re5 38. Rxf8+ {KRB-KR} Kg7 39. Bb4
c5 $2 (39... Re2 40. Rd8 Kf6 41. Rd6+ Re6) 40. Bc3 {White is clearly winning.}
Kxf8 41. Bxe5 Ke7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Bxf4 Kd5 44. Ke3 Kc4 45. Bd6 Kd5 {Precision:
White = 70%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,53,45,45,45,50,44,44,44,44,58,44,54,54,50,43,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-5,0,
0,0,5,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,53,58,51,56,44,106,77,153,73,155,158,150,149,152,
151,183,186,221,217,224,221,217,217,216,187,204,195,270,267,266,272,779,779,
666,668,841,800]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6
7. Nbd2 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3
Bf4} (7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12. bxc4 h6 13.
Nh3 Nd7 14. Rc1 a3 15. Bc3 Na5 16. c5 c6 17. Bb4 e5 18. e3 Re8 19. Bxa3 exd4
20. exd4 {1-0 (41) Wen,Y (2602)-Li,C (2744) Huocheng County 2017}) 8. b3 a4 9.
Bb2 a3 10. Bc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bf5 14. Qc1 {1-0 (39) Demidov,M (2485)-Savenkov,K
(2325) Minsk 2015}) 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Ne4 14. Be1 e6 15. Rc1 Qe7
16. Nd2 f5 17. Nxe4 (17. b4 {keeps more tension.} Nxb4 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bf8
20. Ne5) 17... dxe4 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Qc3 Bf8 20. Qa1 Nb4 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Rfd1
c6 23. Bf1 h5 24. h4 Kh7 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. c5 Qa5 27. b4 Qc7 ({Better is} 27...
Qxb4 $11 28. Rb1 Qa5) 28. Bc4 $14 Qe7 29. Qc3 g5 30. hxg5 Kg6 (30... e5 $14)
31. Kg2 Kxg5 (31... h4 $142) 32. Rh1 (32. Qb3 $142) 32... Rh8 ({Black should
play} 32... e5) 33. Rh3 $16 Kg6 34. Rch1 Bf6 35. Qb3 e5 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. Be2
Bb2 38. Rxh5 Rxh5 39. Rxh5 Rd8 40. Rh1 Kg7 41. b5 cxb5 (41... Rh8 $142 42. Rxh8
Kxh8 43. bxc6 bxc6) 42. Qxb5 $18 Rd5 43. Qb6 {[#] Hoping for Bc4.} Rxc5 $2 (
43... Bf6 44. c6 bxc6 45. Qxc6 Rd8) 44. Qh6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg8
45. Bd1 {Bb3+ would kill now.} Rb5 46. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black =
49%.} 1-0
[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,-32,-22,-35,-37,-33,-27,-45,-35,-40,-28,-89,-89,-102,-97,-91,-89,
-114,-115,-108,-113,-101,-54,-106,-102,-116,-129,-124,-117,-126,-129,-174,-167,
-227,-232,-229,-218,-228,-229,-227,-233,-220,-217,-375,-375,-564,-591,-563,
-588,-710,-726,-714,-672,-874,-766,-1140,-1050,-1345,-1193,-29985,-29986,
-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Bf4 (5. O-O e6 6.
Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. N1d2 Be7 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nc3 Ndb4
13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (63) Berkes,F (2648)-Perunovic,M
(2611) Zuerich 2017}) 5... g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nc6 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. b3 e6 9. O-O Bc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be5 Be7 {0-1 (39) Banat,R (1542)
-Iasman,I (1885) Massy 2009}) 6. Bxb8 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including
2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 {Threatens to win with Be5.} Rxb8
8. O-O {Black has an edge.} Bg7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Nbxd4 (10. Qxd4 $11 Bf5 11. Qxa7
) 10... O-O $17 11. c3 a6 12. Nc2 Rd8 13. Ne3 b5 14. Ne1 e6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. h3
(16. a3 $15) 16... a5 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. e3 h5 19. a3 e5 20. Kh2 Bf5 21. f4 {[#]}
(21. Rc1 {was worth a try.}) 21... Nxc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23.
Nde1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 24. axb4 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl
32]} 25. fxe5 b3 ({And not} 25... Bxe5 26. Nd4 $15) 26. Nd4 $2 (26. Rxf5 {
keeps fighting.} bxc2 27. Qd4) 26... b2 27. Rb1 (27. Nef3 $142 b1=Q 28. Rxb1
Rxb1 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rxf1 31. Nxf1) 27... Bxb1 28. Qxb1 Bxe5 29. Nef3
Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Rd7 31. Nc2 Rc7 32. Ne1 Qd2 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 33.
Nd3 Rc3 34. Nf4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2018"]


[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hemant, Sharma (del)"]
[Black "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,110,16,20,20,41,4,30,1,10,-10,-4,-43,-10,-43,9,-33,-32,-29,-23,-31,0,
-57,-52,-62,-62,-75,-5,-20,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,-31,0,0,10,0,12,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,50,51,82,54,46,41,139,138,170,81,79,76,69,80,92,78,65,73,87,78,91,75,
81,47,54,25,45,28,52,52,52,52,52,52,70,95,128,128,128,126,238,238,322]} 1. e4
c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Nge2 {A36: Englische
Eröffnung (Botwinnik-Variante)} a6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} (7... Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. Rb1 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. f4 f5 15. Qd2 Kh7
16. Rbe1 Rae8 17. Bf2 Nec6 18. b5 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (30) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Wojtaszek,R (2727)
Huaian 2016}) 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Rb8 10. Rc1 $146 ({
Vorgänger:} 10. O-O b5 11. Rae1 Ne7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b4 14. Nxd4 bxc3 {
0-1 (37) Llanos Lopez,W (2156)-Hungaski,R (2399) Callao 2007}) 10... Bd7 11. f4
Ne7 12. Bf2 O-O 13. O-O (13. b4 $5) 13... b5 (13... Qa5 $15) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Ne2 bxc4 16. Nxd4 cxd3 17. Rfd1 (17. Be3 $1 $11) 17... e5 $15 18. fxe5 dxe5 19.
Nf3 Bb5 ({Besser ist} 19... Bc6 $17 20. Ne1 f5 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Nxd3 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 fxe4) 20. b3 $11 a5 21. Rc5 a4 22. Nxe5 axb3 23. axb3 Qd6 24. Nf3 Rfd8 25.
e5 Qd7 26. Nd4 {Schwarz muss nun Da5 beachten.} Ba6 27. Qa5 Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8
29. Be3 {Droht stark Tc1.} Bb7 $1 30. Rxd3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Ra8 32. Qb5 Rb8 33.
Qa5 Ra8 34. Qb5 Qg4 35. Nf3 h5 36. h3 Qe4 37. Qc4 Qb7 {[#]} (37... Qxc4 $14 38.
bxc4 Bf8) 38. e6 $1 $16 {zielt auf Td7 ab.} Nf5 {[#] Und ...Ta2+ würde nun
gewinnen.} 39. exf7+ (39. Bf2 $1 $18 Ra2 40. exf7+ Qxf7 41. Rd2 Qxc4 42. bxc4
Rxd2 43. Nxd2) 39... Qxf7 40. Bf2 Qxc4 41. bxc4 Ra2 42. Rd2 Ra3 43. Rc2 Ra6 44.
c5 {c6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Ne7 45. Rd2 Bf6 46. Rd7 Kf7 47. Bd4 Ra2+ 48.
Kg1 Rc2 49. Bxf6 Kxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KTS} 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. Nd4
Rc3 52. Kf2 Nf5 53. Nxf5+ gxf5 54. c6 h4 (54... f4 $16) 55. gxh4 $18 f4 {
Precision: Weiß = 37%, Schwarz = 41%.} *

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