[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/bY3bzWXO"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,118,29,19,7,7,7,7,6,15,15,15,14,15,15,58,48,48,48,51,46,48,23,50,14,4,-16,-16,-24,-24,-28,-17,-32,-32,-113,-124,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-158,-132,-136,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-81,-81,-75,-89,-171,-162,-239,-239,-239,-235,-235,-228,-254,-196,-229,-219,-218,-198,-292,-269,-347,-337,-368,-362,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-368,-362,-365,-317,-304,-322,-266,-442,-419,-384,-339,-597,-597,-979,-976,-881,-846,-1036,-1036,-1036,-1021]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 (2... d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Be4 12. f3 c4 13. Qd1 Nh5 14. gxh5 Bxh4+ {½-½ (32) Firouzja,A (2737)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2024}) 3. c4 ({RR} 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. g4 e6 7. e3 c6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Qe7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. h4 h6 17. Bh3 hxg5 {Carlsen,M (2830)-Mitrabha,G (2526) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 3... Bb7 4. Nc3 d6 $146 ({RR} 4... g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Bf1 a5 14. h3 Qd7 15. Be3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nf6 19. b3 {Deac,B (2690)-Poormosavi,S (2384) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 4... e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. d6 cxd6 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Ndxb5 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15. b4 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. Nb5 Qf6 18. Rc1 a5 19. Nxd6 {Amin-Erdene,B (1966)-Munguntuul,B (2381) Choibalsan MGL 2024 ½-½ (76)}) 5. Nf3 g6 6. d5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Rc1 Nc5 11. Bb1 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qd2 exd5 15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 {½-½ (23) Bindl,R (2054)-Schmid,P (2074) Mittelfranken 2023}) 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nc7 14. h3 Bc8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 b5 19. h4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} Bg4 (19... bxc4 20. h5 $14) 20. Bd1 Qd7 (20... bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. hxg5+ Bh5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. f4 $16 (25. Rxh5+ Kg7 $18)) 21. h5 {[%eval -113,18]} (21. Bxf6 $15 {[%eval -32,17]} Bxf6 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. hxg5+ Kg7 24. f3) 21... Nxh5 $17 22. Nh4 Bxd1 (22... bxc4 23. f3 Bh3 24. Qh2 $16) 23. Qxd1 {[%cal Oh4f5]} Rh8 (23... bxc4 24. Nf5 f6 25. Rxh5+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh7 29. Nf5+ $11) 24. Nf5 gxf5 (24... bxc4 $2 25. Ne7 Bh6 26. Rxh5 $18) 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qf3 Rxh1+ (26... bxc4 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. O-O-O $11) 27. Qxh1 f6 28. Bd2 b4 {[%eval -75,22]} (28... bxc4 $142 {[%eval -136,17]} 29. O-O-O Ne8) 29. axb4 axb4 (29... Rxb4 30. Rxa5 f4 31. Ra7 $11) (29... cxb4 30. Nd1 $11) 30. Ne2 f4 31. Ng1 Qg4 {[%cal Of4f3] Hoping for ...f3!} 32. Kf1 Ra8 33. Rxa8+ Nxa8 {[%cal Bc7a8,Ba8b6,Bb6d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3,Be3c2,Bc2a1][%mdl 32]} 34. Qf3 {[%eval -171,23] Against Qd1+} (34. f3 $17 {[%eval -89,22]} Qd7 35. b3) 34... f5 $19 35. Qxg4 {[%eval -239,28]} (35. b3 {[%eval -162,21] might work better.}) 35... fxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 36. f3 Nb6 37. b3 Nd7 38. Be1 gxf3 39. Nxf3 Nf6 40. Nd2 Kf7 41. Kg2 {[%eval -292,25]} (41. Ke2 $142 {[%eval -198,26]}) 41... Ng4 42. Kf3 Ne3 43. Bf2 Nc2 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Nf3 Na1 46. Nd2 Bf6 47. Bg1 Be7 48. Bf2 Bg5 49. Be1 Bd8 50. Bf2 Be7 51. Bg1 Bg5 52. Bf2 Bh6 53. Bh4 $2 {[%eval -442,23] [#]} (53. Kf3 {[%eval -266,23] keeps fighting.}) 53... f3 54. Nxf3 Kf7 ({But not} 54... Nxb3 $2 55. Be7 Na5 56. Bxd6 Nxc4 57. Bxe5 $19 (57. Nxe5+ Nxe5+ 58. Bxe5 Bg7 $19)) 55. Bg3 $2 {[%eval -597,21]} (55. Bg5 {[%eval -339,20]} Bxg5 56. Kxg5 (56. Nxg5+ $2 Kf6 $19) 56... Nxb3 57. Kg4) 55... Nxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Bxe5 dxe5 57. Nxe5+ Ke7 58. Nd3 Be3 59. e5 Nd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/bY3bzWXO"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 14,127,5,2,52,51,64,64,80,73,73,-9,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,0,-6,0,-51,-20,-20,-12,-22,0,-37,-30,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-60,-60,-60,-60,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-93,-91,-91,-59,-59,-59,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-98,-89,-120,-90,-150,-92,-153,-134,-178,-178,-182,-167,-178,0,-182,0,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,-178,0,-178,0,-178,0,-188]} 1. e4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/9Cp5zgLQ} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Ne7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. h3 d5 17. Qc2 Bb6 18. Nh2 c5 19. exd5 Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 20. Nf3 Ndf4 $17) 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf3 Ndf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Kh2 {Sjugirov,S (2689)-Deac,B (2692) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (60)}) (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Bxe4 $18) 9. d4 $146 ({RR} 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 Ba7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 {[%eval -106,17]} (12. Re1 $11 {[%eval -15,17] remains equal.}) 12... exd4 {[%eval 4,20]} (12... bxc3 $17 {[%eval -106,17]} 13. bxc3 Nxe4) 13. cxd4 $11 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Qc2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Nf5 20. Nxe4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nc5 Bd5 {[%eval 102,21]} (22... Ba8 $11 {[%eval 20,17]}) 23. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5 {Frank,A (2284)-Koellner,R (2453) Karlsruhe GER 2024 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 Ba7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Qc2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rfc1 {Hoping for Nxe4.} Rc8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 {Black must now prevent e6.} Nf5 20. Nxe4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Frank,A (2284)-Koellner,R (2453) Karlsruhe, Germany 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/9Cp5zgLQ] ½-½ (32)}) 9... Ba7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 $146 {[%eval -9,17]} ({Don't play} 12. cxb4 Qxd1 13. Bxd1 (13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Be3 Bxe3 $11) 13... Rb8 $11) ({Better is} 12. Qxd8+ $16 {[%eval 73,17]} Kxd8 13. Bg5 (13. cxb4 Rb8 $14) (13. Bxf7 Rf8 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. cxb4 Rb8 14. b5 Ke7 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Bc4 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Nxc7 {0-1 (38) Kraemer,M (2574)-Kollars,D (2598) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 12... O-O 13. cxb4 Rb8 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Bd4 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Bc4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxb5 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Bb3 Bd7 {[%cal Bb5d7,Bd7c6,Bc6e4][%mdl 32]} 21. Ra5 Qb7 {[%csl LRb3,LRe4]} 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Bf1 {[%eval -51,21]} ({Much worse is} 23. Rxe5 Bxe4 24. Qa2 Bxg2 $15) (23. Bd5 $11 {[%eval 0,19]}) 23... Bxe4 24. Qe2 Rfe8 25. Bg5 Qc6 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 cxb6 28. Ra7 h6 29. Bh4 Rbd8 30. Re1 Bd3 31. Rb7 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Rd6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. h4 g6 35. g3 Rc6 36. Re3 Ree6 37. Rf3 Rf6 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Re7 Rfe6 40. Rxe5 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 42. Rb7 Rb3 43. Kg2 h5 44. Rc7 Kf6 45. f3 {[%eval -150,24]} ({White should play} 45. Kf1 {[%eval -90,23]}) 45... Rb4 {[%eval -92,23]} (45... b5 $142 {[%eval -150,24]} 46. g4 b4) 46. Kh3 {[%eval -153,25]} (46. Kf2 $142 {[%eval -92,23]}) 46... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 47. Rb7 Rb3 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rb3 50. Kg2 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 b4 52. g4 b3 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Rb5 Rb1 55. Kg3 Ke6 56. Kf4 b2 57. Rb6+ Kd5 58. Kf5 Kd4 59. f4 Kc3 60. Rc6+ Kd2 61. Rb6 Kc3 {[#] ...Rg1 is the strong threat.} 62. Rc6+ Kd2 63. Rb6 Kc3 64. Rc6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.23 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/bY3bzWXO"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,74,36,-26,33,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,7,21,12,12,12,12,12,7,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 {[%eval -26,18]} ({White should play} 10. Qc2 $14 {[%eval 36,18]}) 10... Qd7 {[%eval 33,18] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} (10... Na6 $1 $11 {[%eval -26,18]}) 11. c5 Bc7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc2 Na6 15. a3 {Against Nb4} (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Rxe4 Nb4 $17) 16... f5 $15) 15... Bg4 16. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 16. Re3 Bd8 17. Nhf3 Bf6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Ne5 Rxe5 {[%eval 92,22]} (19... Bxe5 $14 {[%eval 36,18]} 20. dxe5 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 g6) 20. dxe5 $16 Bxe5 21. Bb2 Bf4 22. Nxe4 Bxe3 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. fxe3 Qe7 25. Qf2 f5 {[%eval 211,21]} (25... Bh5 $16 {[%eval 111,19] is a better defense.}) 26. Qg3 $18 h5 $2 {[%eval 391,18]} (26... Kf8 {[%eval 217,18]} 27. Rf1 Ne6) 27. h3 $18 h4 28. Qf4 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} Ne6 29. Qh6 {1-0 (29) Vidit,S (2722)-Samunenkov,I (2547) chess.com INT 2024}) 16... dxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd4 {White must now prevent ...Bd1.} 19. Be3 Qf6 (19... Qe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. g3 $16) 20. Bxh7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxb2 24. Qd7 Qb1+ 25. Bd1 h5 26. g3 {1-0 (65) Wei,Y (2727)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) chess24.com INT 2022}) 20... Kh8 {[%cal Bg8h8,Bh8g7,Bg7f7][%mdl 32]} 21. g3 g6 {Inhibits Bf5.} 22. Qe4 Qe6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Nxg6+ Kg7 (24... Kg8 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Bd4+ Kh6 27. Re1 (27. Be3+ Kg7 $16) 27... Qxe4 28. Rxe4 $16) 25. Bd4+ Kf7 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Bf5 {Prevents Qh7+.} ({Don't take} 27... Nxc5 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ $16) 28. Qf4 Nxc5 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 29. Rd1 {Against Nd3. Threatens to win with Rd6.} Re8 30. Bc3 {Rd6 is the strong threat.} Ne4 {Prevents Rd6.} 31. g4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Nxc3 32. bxc3 Rg8 33. h3 Qf6 34. Qc7+ ({But not} 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Qb4 Rh8 36. Qxb7+ Qe7 37. Qxc6 Rxh3 $17) 34... Qe7 35. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Qf6 36. Qc7+ ({Of course not} 36. Rd6 Be6 37. Qb4 Rh8 38. Qxb7+ Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7 40. Rxc6 Rxh3 $17) 36... Qe7 37. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/bY3bzWXO"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,99,3,3,-20,-20,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-23,-65,-65,-84,-76,-86,-69,-99,-89,-97,-87,-87,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-106,-80,-90,-89,-110,-94,-115,-65,-73,-73,-73,-75,-140,-140,-133,-4,-4,0,0,119,119,119,119,119,93,268,234,256,171,171,171,171,171,169,86,160,148,199,192,252,228,228,228,254,256,306,303,378,378,425,440,499,465,549,500]} 1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. d5 $146 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} ({RR} 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 d6 ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. b3 Nc6 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Qg5 {And now Nf5 would win.} h6 16. Qf4 d5 17. Nf5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxh6+ $2 {[%eval -220,23][%mdl 8192]} (19. Bxg7 $16 {[%eval 76,19]} Rfe8 20. Bxh6) 19... gxh6 $19 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 22. cxd5 Bxf1 23. dxe6 Bd3 24. Rh3) 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. Bd3 f5 13. h4 a6 14. Qc2 h6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rdg1 b5 17. g4 {[%cal Rd3f5]} b4 18. Nb1 bxa3 19. bxa3 e4 20. Be2 {[%eval -64,22]} (20. fxe4 $14 {[%eval 44,18]} fxg4 21. e5) 20... exf3 $15 21. Bxf3 fxg4 22. Bxg4 Qe7 23. Qc3 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 Nd7) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. Be2 f5 13. f4 Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bd3 e4 18. Be2 a6 19. b4 Rfc8 20. bxc5 Rxc5 {Oro,F (2351)-Ghazarian,K (2459) Medellin, Hotel Dorado de la 2024 [Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase] ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 ({RR} 13. Nxc3 b4 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 d6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ra4 Rfb8 19. Rfa1 a5 20. h3 h6 21. R1a3 Ra7 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. e4 Rba8 24. f4 Ra6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg1 Kg8 27. Kh1 Kh8) 13... d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 {Against b4} Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 {[%eval 50,20]} ({RR} 19... bxa4 20. bxa4) (19... bxa4 $11 {[%eval -20,21]} 20. bxa4 Bd7) 20. axb5 $14 Bxb5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa R (2747) Stavanger, Norway 2024 [Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase] 1-0 (86)}) ({RR} 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 d5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nexc5 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bc3 Nb6 15. Be2 Re8 16. Rd1 {[%cal Oc3e5]} Bd7 17. Bb4 Rec8 18. O-O a5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Bf3 Bc6 {Bluebaum,M (2655)-Deac,B (2690) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 d6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. Bd3 f5 13. h4 a6 14. Qc2 h6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rdg1 b5 17. g4 {[%cal Rd3f5]} b4 18. Nb1 bxa3 19. bxa3 e4 {[%eval 35,18]} (19... f4 $11 {[%eval -25,18]}) 20. Be2 {[%eval -59,20]} (20. fxe4 $14 {[%eval 35,18]} fxg4 21. e5) 20... exf3 {Zherebtsova,A (2302)-Kirtadze,A (2044) Rhodes GRE 2024 0-1 (39)}) 6... d6 7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5 {Black has an edge.} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nf4 Na4 {1-0 (54) Abdukhakimov,A (1791)-Sharifov,M (2097) Moscow 2022}) 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. Bc2 Rb8 (10... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b2]}) 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qe5 19. e4 h5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 {Rd3 is the strong threat.} Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qh7 26. Re7 Rd8 27. a4 Kf8 28. Qe2 Nb6 29. axb5 {[%eval -140,21]} (29. f5 $142 {[%eval -75,17]} Nxd5 30. Bg5) 29... Nxd5 $17 30. Re4 {[%cal Be7e4,Be4a4,Ba4a7][%mdl 32] [#]} Qf5 {[%eval -4,20]} ({Black should try} 30... Bxb5 $1 $17 {[%eval -133,19][%mdl 512]} 31. Qe1 (31. Rxb5 $2 Nc3 $19) 31... a6) 31. Ra4 $11 Re8 32. Qd1 Nb4 {[%eval 119,20]} (32... Kg8 $11 {[%eval 0,17]}) 33. Rxa7 $16 Bxb5 {[%cal Ob4d3] White must now prevent ...Nd3!} 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 {aiming for Rc7.} Bd3 $2 {[%eval 268,22]} (35... Qc2 $2 36. Rg3 h4 37. Rg5 $18) (35... Bc6 $16 {[%eval 93,17]}) 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Be3 Nd5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Be4 40. Ra4 {[%eval 86,19]} ({Better is} 40. Ra3 $18 {[%eval 169,21]}) 40... Kh7 {[%eval 160,19]} (40... Bxg2 $142 {[%eval 86,19]} 41. Ra8+ (41. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 42. Qxe3 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Qxa4 $17) 41... Kh7 42. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 43. Kf3 Nd5+ 44. Ke2 Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Nd5+ 46. Ke2 Nf4+ 47. Kf3) 41. Ra2 Qg6 {[%eval 199,22]} (41... Qe6 $16 {[%eval 148,19]}) 42. Bc1 $18 Nf6 {[%eval 252,23]} (42... f6 $142 {[%eval 192,20]} 43. Qd4 f5) 43. Qf2 Nd5 44. Qg3 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 {KRB-KBN} Ne7 46. Kh4 Bd5 47. Rd2 ({Much less strong is} 47. Re2 Nf5+ 48. Kg5 Be6 $18) 47... g6 48. Kg5 {Hoping for Ba3. White is clearly winning.} Be6 49. Bb2 Ng8 50. Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/bY3bzWXO"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,60,3,0,5,5,7,3,14,0,6,6,6,6,7,6,7,7,7,7,19,19,19,17,28,28,28,28,28,21,21,18,43,33,43,43,43,38,46,0,33,0,50,0,68]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 $146 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nc3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Rad1 ({RR} 18. Re1 Rad8 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Qh4 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd6 Nd3 26. Re2 b6 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Nxb6 g6 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Kf8 {[#]} 32. Ra7 $1 Rxb2) 18... Rad8 19. g4 Kh8 20. h4 Ng8 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 exd5 {[%eval 92,22]} ({Better is} 22... Ne7 $14 {[%eval 41,20]}) 23. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 {Yan Liu (2575)-Tarhan,A (2457) Dubai Police Officers Club, AE 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nc3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. g4 Kh8 20. h4 Ng8 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 exd5 {[%eval 111,24]} (22... Na6 $14 {[%eval 36,17]}) 23. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 {Yan Liu (2575)-Tarhan,A (2457) Dubai Police Officers Club, A 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Nc3 a5 12. Bg5 Bb4 13. Ne5 {[%cal Re5c6]} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. e4 Nfd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 Na6 19. Rac1 Nb4 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. b3 Rac8 22. Na2 Nxa2 23. Qxa2 Nb8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. d5 {Malakhov,V (2648)-Svane,R (2632) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Rfe1 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. e4 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (60) McKenzie,C (2362)-Carapinha,F (2354) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h6 17. Nf3 b6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. e4 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. b3 c5 {[%cal Oc5c4]} 23. Rc1 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Rc4 Rfd8 26. Rb1 Rac8 27. Rbc1 {[#] And now a5 would win.} Ra8 28. Rb1 Rac8 29. Rbc1 {Black must now prevent a5.} Ra8 {[%cal Od8d4] Hoping for ...Rxd4!} 30. Rb1 Rd6 {[%eval 68,18] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} (30... Rac8 $11 {[%eval 0,24]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/B7ZJuJWG"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,179,24,24,28,29,29,23,23,26,26,15,15,15,26,26,26,23,34,34,46,46,46,54,65,60,65,46,46,46,46,19,26,26,26,26,26,20,39,39,39,18,18,18,18,8,18,18,10,10,10,11,26,26,26,26,26,26,19,11,11,11,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,10,10,47,47,47,47,50,46,46,43,67,67,66,40,65,23,25,20,24,0,0,0,17,0,6,0,15,0,28,28,28,28,28,33,55,33,33,33,33,33,34,21,34,34,34,20,20,16,16,7,20,17,17,7,7,7,20,7,7,7,8,8,8,7,19,20,20,20,19,14,14,14,14,14,18,14,16,16,16,16,16,14,14,11,25,0,14,0,16,0,9,0,14,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ng6 {C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6.} 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 f6 {White has an edge.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 Kh8 11. h3 Nce7 12. Bb3 d6 13. Nbd2 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. a4 Rc8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bc4 Rcd8 19. N1d2 h6 {0-1 (36) Hou,Y (2658)-Indjic,A (2607) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 14. Nxd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} d5 $146 {Hoping for ...c5.} ({RR} 14... f5 15. N2f3 {[%eval 1,20]} (15. Bg5 $14 {[%eval 58,18]}) 15... f4 $11 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Qe2 {[%eval -32,19]} (17. Nxc6 $11 {[%eval 28,18]} bxc6 18. c4) 17... Nce5 $15 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Bc1 {[%eval -111,18] [#]} (19. Nxe5 $11 {[%eval -20,16] keeps the balance.} Nxe5 20. Nf3) 19... Bd7 {[%eval -51,17]} (19... Nh4 $1 $17 {[%eval -111,18] And now ...Bxd4 would win.} 20. a3 Bxd4 21. Nxh4 f3 22. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxf3+ 27. Kg2 Rf6) 20. Kh2 {[%eval -104,18]} ({White should try} 20. Rd2 $15 {[%eval -51,17]}) 20... Rae8 $17 21. Bc2 {[%eval -177,17]} (21. Rf1 $17 {[%eval -94,16] might work better.}) 21... Bc8 {[%eval -50,19]} (21... Nh4 $19 {[%eval -177,17]} 22. Nxe5 Rxe5) 22. Nxe5 $15 Nxe5 23. Qh5 {[%eval -94,20] [#]} (23. f3 $1 $15 {[%eval -41,18]}) 23... g6 {[%eval -43,20]} ({Better is} 23... c5 $1 $17 {[%eval -94,20] Strongly threatening ...g6.} 24. Nf3 g6) 24. Qh6 $15 Bg4 25. f3 Bd7 26. h4 Rf7 27. Ne2 Rg8 {[%eval 84,19]} (27... Qe6 $11 {[%eval -11,18]} 28. Kh1 Qxa2) 28. Nxf4 $16 Qe7 {[%eval 187,18]} (28... Rgf8 $16 {[%eval 84,18]}) 29. Nd5 $2 {[%eval -76,18] Firouzja,A (2738)-Le Tuan Minh (2567) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)} (29. Bb3 $18 {[%eval 187,18]})) 15. Nc2 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {[%cal Re4d5]} ({Much worse is} 16. fxe3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 $11) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Qc2 (18. Qh5 {keeps more tension.} Bb7 19. Ng3 f5 20. Rad1) 18... Bb7 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. c4 Qc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Rad8 24. d6 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. Rxe4 $5 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Rxd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Ra4 $14) 25... Rxd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Rc6 {[%csl LRb6,LRd6][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} d5 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. Rd6 a5 31. b3 f5 32. h4 g6 33. g3 Nd3 34. Rxd5 Nb4 {[%csl LRa2,LRd5]} 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. a3 Nc2 37. Rd6 Rc3 38. Bd1 Nxa3 39. Rxb6 Rc1 40. Rd6 Nb5 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Kg2 Nc3 43. Bf3 a4 44. Rd7+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} (44... Kh6 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 45. bxa4 Nxa4 $11) 45. bxa4 Nxa4 46. h5 Nc5 47. Re7 gxh5 48. Bxh5 Nb3 49. Rd7 Rc4 50. Bf7 Rb4 51. Kh3 f4 52. g4 Nc5 53. Rd8+ Kg7 54. Bd5 h6 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rf8 Rd4 57. Rf5 Nd3 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Kf3 Ne1+ 60. Ke2 Nc2 61. Bb3 Nb4 62. Bf7 Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Ne7.} 63. Bh5 Nd8 64. Kf1 Rb4 65. Kg2 Rd4 66. Ra5 Ne6 67. Ra7+ Kf6 68. Ra6 Ke5 69. Ra5+ Rd5 70. Ra8 Kf6 {Against Bf7} 71. Ra6 Ke7 72. Bg6 Rg5 {[%csl LRg4,LRg6]} 73. Bf5 Nd4 74. Bc8 h5 75. Ra4 Nc6 76. Kf3 hxg4+ 77. Kxf4 Rb5 78. Ra6 Nb4 79. Ra7+ Kf6 80. Bxg4 Nd3+ 81. Kg3 Rb3 82. Ra6+ Kg5 83. f3 Ne5 84. Ra5 Kf6 85. Bh5 Kf5 86. Bg4+ Kf6 {The position is equal.} 87. Ra6+ Kg5 88. Ra5 Kf6 89. Ra6+ Kg5 90. Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/B7ZJuJWG"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 23,110,4,5,5,6,3,3,3,3,0,3,3,20,1,0,0,15,14,15,15,15,29,10,10,10,7,12,0,0,0,1,0,0,-5,15,15,15,5,15,15,15,15,18,15,18,18,17,17,22,0,1,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,4,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 {D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2.} Rad8 $146 ({RR} 13... a5 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Ba2 Nb6 16. h3 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Be1 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rc4 Qa5 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. b3 Rd6 {[%eval 117,22]} ({Better is} 25... Qb6 $14 {[%eval 44,20]}) 26. Qe4 $16 Qd8 {Against Qe8+} 27. Rxb4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 {Urkedal,F (2536)-Sidhant,M (2379) Fagernes NOR 2024 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 13... a5 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Nb6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bb3 Nbd7 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb3 Nbd7 20. Bc4 Nb6 {½-½ (20) Martynkova,O (2202)-Kakulidis,E (2063) Fredericia DEN 2024}) 14. h3 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be1 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 {½-½ (20) Naumkin,I (2397)-Velten,P (2456) Agneaux 2017}) 16... Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. Nb1 g5 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Nd2 g4 {Against Nf3} 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qc5 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Ra8 25. Kf1 g6 26. Ke2 Kg7 27. Rg5 Nf6 28. Nf3 {[%cal Ob3e6]} Ne4 29. Rg4 Nf6 30. Rh4 Rdd8 31. Ng5 Rh8 32. Rdh1 {[%cal Bd1h1,Bh1h4,Bh4f4][%mdl 32]} Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Nbd7 34. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with e5.} Nf8 35. e5 Ng8 36. Rf4 Nh6 37. Bc2 Rd8 38. g4 Nh7 39. Nf3 Ng8 40. Re4 Ne7 41. Bb3 b5 42. Re3 Rb8 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Kd1 a4 45. Bxa4 Rxb2 46. Bc2 Rb7 47. Rc3 Kh6 48. Ke2 Rb2 49. Kd1 Rb7 50. Ke2 Rb2 51. Kd1 Rb7 52. Ke2 Rb2 53. Kd1 Rb7 54. Ke2 Rb2 55. Kd1 Rb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/B7ZJuJWG"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,114,0,0,-15,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,14,26,22,22,15,11,1,10,-2,4,4,4,4,17,17,91,86,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,214,205,279,269,269,263,338,156,210,210,210,213,213,164,171,132,132,140,140,113,139,92,92,62,66,86,113,104,113,113,113,113,113,78,139,0,35,35,35,35,35,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-23,-14,-15,-15,2,6,19,19,19,19,19,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,19]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 ({RR} 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 h6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 {Erigaisi,A (2738)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (41)}) 5. g3 $146 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. h3 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O g5 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Nd5 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 {Erigaisi,A (2738)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 d5 16. c5 Bc8 17. a4 Qd8 18. Rc1 h6 19. cxb6 cxb6 {Korobov,A (2651)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 Ne8 10. Qc2 f5 11. h4 h6 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. N2b3 a5 17. b5 a4 18. Nxc6 axb3 19. Qxb3 bxc6 {Vykouk,J (2509)-Xiong,J (2646) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 5... Bg7 6. Bg2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} d5 (6... e4 {is more complex.} 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Qc2 Qe7) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nc3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb6 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd2 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Qc2 {½-½ (19) Ponizil,C (2226)-Krcal,M (2217) Czech Republic 2006}) 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nb5 h6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nb8 15. e4 Nf6 16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Na6 {[%eval 91,20]} (17... c5 $11 {[%eval 17,18] keeps the balance.}) 18. d4 $16 Bb7 19. Nxe5 (19. dxe5 Nd7 $14) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Qb3 $6 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $14) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxf7 Qd5 (21... Kxf7 $2 22. Qb3+ Re6 23. Rfe1 $18) 22. Ne5 Ng5 {[%eval 214,20]} (22... Bxe5 $16 {[%eval 112,18]} 23. dxe5 Qxe5) 23. h4 $18 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Qb7 {[#]} 26. Rc3 {[%eval 156,18]} (26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Qc3 Nc5 $16) (26. Nxc7 $1 $18 {[%eval 338,17] is the precise move to win.} Nxc7 27. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc7 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Qxa8 Nxe5 30. Qe4) 26... Nd2+ {[%eval 210,23]} (26... Nxh4+ $16 {[%eval 156,18]} 27. f3 Nf5) 27. Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Qxf1 {Qd3 is the strong threat.} Qe4 29. f4 (29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 Bxe5) 29... Rd8 30. Qc4+ ({Inferior is} 30. Nxc7 Rd2+ 31. Kh3 Nxc7 32. Qc4+ (32. Rxc7 $2 Re2 $19) 32... Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Nd5 $17) 30... Qxc4 31. Rxc4 c5 32. h5 gxh5 33. Re4 Bf8 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. f5 Be7 36. b3 Nb4 37. Bc1 {Against Rd2+} Bg5 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Bf4 Nc6 {[%eval 139,19] [#]} (39... Nc2 $142 {[%eval 78,19]}) 40. Nb5 {[%eval 0,19]} ({Don't play} 40. f6+ $6 Ke6 $14) (40. Re1 $1 $16 {[%eval 139,19]}) 40... Nd4 41. f6+ Kf7 42. Nxd4 cxd4 $14 {[%cal Bc5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. e6+ (43. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2e2]}) 43... Kxf6 44. Bc7 {[%csl LRb6,LRd8]} Re8 45. Bxb6 d3 46. Bxa5 {Black must now prevent Rd4.} d2 47. Rd4 Rxe6 48. Kf3 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxb3 {The position is equal.} 50. Bxd2 Bxd2 51. Rxd2 $11 {KR-KR} Ra3 52. Rd4 Kg5 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Rd5+ Kg4 55. Rd4+ Kg5 56. Rd5+ Kg4 57. Rd4+ Kg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/B7ZJuJWG"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,98,0,-6,3,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,24,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,16,44,17,17,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,16,12,17,17,17,11,17,17,16,4,29,16,35,35,34,29,29,24,24,18,24,18,18,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,15,0,15,0,19]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Qc7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 7. d3 e5 8. c3 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rc1 d6 {[%eval 91,21]} (14... Qa5 $11 {[%eval -21,16] keeps the balance.} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6) 15. Bxf6 $16 Bxf6 16. Nd5 {Prevents Qb6.} Qd8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Bxb2 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. Qd4 Rb5 {[%eval 146,23]} (21... Rxa2 $11 {[%eval 29,18] remains equal.} 22. Nf6+ Kf8) 22. Nf6+ $16 Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Ke7 {[#]} 24. e5 $2 {[%eval 0,19]} (24. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%eval 199,17]} Qc7 25. Qf6+ Kd7 26. Qxf7+ Re7 27. Qxg6) 24... Rxe5 {[%cal Re5e1]} 25. Rb1 $2 {[%eval -265,20][%mdl 8192]} (25. Rxe5+ $11 {[%eval 0,19]} dxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kd7 27. Qd5+ Kc7 28. Qc4+ Kb8 29. Qb5+ Ka8 30. Qc6+ Kb8 31. Qb5+ Ka8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+) 25... Qb6 {Fromm,M (2454)-Hercegovac,N (2344) Orosei ITA 2024 0-1 (36)}) 11... O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 d5 15. h3 {Prevents Bg4.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 {½-½ (20) Korolev,D (2399)-Eremin,V (2402) ICCF email 2021}) 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nb3 d4 20. Nxd4 Bxa2 21. Nxc6 {[%cal Oc6e7] Threatens to win with Ne7+!} Be6 ({But not} 21... Bd5 {[#]} 22. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 23. Qxc8 $16) 22. Red1 Bf8 23. Qf3 {[%cal Ob2b4]} Qxb2 24. Nxa7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qa3 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Qc7 Rb4 28. Be3 Rb3 29. Re1 Rc3 30. Qb6 Rb3 31. Qc7 Rc3 32. Qb6 Rb3 33. Qd4 Rd3 34. Qa1 Qxa1 35. Rxa1 h6 36. Nc6 Bd5 37. Ra6 Ra3 38. Rb6 {[%cal Oe3h6]} Rb3 39. Rxb3 Bxb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 40. Nd4 Bc4 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kg2 Kh7 {The position is equal.} 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. f4 Be6 {Against f5+} 46. Kg2 Bd7 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Kg2 Bd7 49. Kg3 Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/B7ZJuJWG"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,15,0,6,6,18,0,6,1,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,9,15,0,0,0,7,0,0,-16,-12,-5,46,-17,21,23,79,79,87,77,87,60,149,130,162,162,162,136,136,130,119,106,196,184,184,184,184,184,171,163,236,236,236,213,338,328,332,322,378,366,588,534]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 $146 ({RR} 7... Rc8 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. a3 h6 16. Bh4 Na5 17. Na4 Nb3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qd1 {Inhibits Nd2.} Na5 20. Qd2 Nb3 21. Qd1 Na5 22. Nc5 {Zakhartsov,V (2508)-Krzesaj,R (2391) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 7... e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bb1 Na5 14. Qd3 Nc4 15. Bg5 g6 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nd1 Rc6 19. Bd3 Na3 $2 {[%eval 343,21][%mdl 8192]} (19... Rfc8 $11 {[%eval 0,21] and Black stays safe.}) 20. Rxc6 {1-0 (20) Zakhartsov,V (2508)-Toniutti,E (2204) chess.com INT 2024}) 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. Qb3 b5 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Qd8 16. Nbd2 h6 17. Qd1 Be8 {1-0 (38) Lenderman,A (2566)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2503) Toronto 2023}) 12. a3 Rfc8 (12... Qxb2 $2 13. Na4 Qxa1 14. Qxa1 $18) 13. Na4 Qa7 14. b4 b6 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 b5 {[%eval 46,19]} ({Black should try} 18... Na7 $11 {[%eval -5,19]}) 19. Nc3 {[%eval -17,17]} ({Better is} 19. Nc5 $14 {[%eval 46,19]} Bxc5 20. bxc5) 19... a5 20. Ncxe4 Ra6 {[%eval 79,21]} (20... axb4 $11 {[%eval 23,18] keeps the balance.} 21. Bd6 bxa3) 21. Nc5 $16 Bxc5 22. bxc5 e5 23. dxe5 Be6 {[%eval 149,18]} (23... Nd8 $1 $14 {[%eval 60,18]}) 24. Qb2 b4 25. Ne4 {[#] Nd6 is the strong threat.} Rb8 26. a4 b3 27. Nd6 Qa7 28. Rfc1 Rb4 {[%eval 196,20]} (28... Nb4 $16 {[%eval 106,19] was worth a try.}) 29. e4 Nd4 30. Be3 Nc2 31. Rxc2 bxc2 32. Qxc2 Qd7 {[%eval 236,23]} (32... Rc6 $142 {[%eval 163,18]} 33. f4 Bb3) 33. Bd2 $18 Rb8 34. f4 Bxh3 {[%eval 338,22]} (34... Bb3 $142 {[%eval 213,17]} 35. Qd3 Raa8) 35. gxh3 Qxh3 36. Qc3 {Against Qg3+} Qg4+ 37. Kf2 {[#] aiming for Nf5.} Rc6 $2 {[%eval 588,19]} (37... Qh5 {[%eval 366,16]} 38. Qc4 Rb2) 38. Nf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.27 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/gYn1MIa3"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 11,161,-2,2,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-14,-14,-14,-14,-18,-20,-20,-24,30,-11,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,0,0,-26,-26,-25,-8,-8,5,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,14,15,21,16,16,16,21,-16,-16,-20,-20,-20,-17,-17,-21,-25,-23,-50,-57,-74,-74,-82,-82,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-98,-102,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-77,-97,-97,-104,-103,-109,-109,-110,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-117,-117,-256,-256,-256,-256,-256,-97,-256,-256,-256,-246,-370,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-97,-97,0,0,0,0,0,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} e5 {[%eval 30,20]} ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. e4 N5b6 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 16. e5 Na4 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Nd3 h6 20. Rab1 Qa7 21. Qe2 Ndb6 22. Ndc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Nd5 24. h4 Rab8 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. g4 Ng6 28. f4 Nxh4 29. Bxc6) ({RR} 14... Qb6 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Rc2 Nd5 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rc7 20. e3 Bc8 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Nd3 Rdc8 23. Rc5 Be8 24. h4 Nf6 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. h5 h6 28. Be4 b4 29. Bb1) ({Black should try} 14... Nd5 {[%eval -24,20]}) 15. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd3 exd4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Nd5 18. Qxd4 N7f6 19. Rc5 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Ra3 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 a4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra5 g6 27. Nc4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Re1 29. Kf3 Ra1 {Mishra,A (2634)-Bharath Subramaniyam H (2544) Shsrjah - Abu Dhabi 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 15. Nd3 exd4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Nd5 18. Qxd4 N7f6 19. Rc5 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Ra3 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 a4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra5 g6 27. Nc4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Re1 29. Kf3 Ra1 {Mishra,A (2634)-Bharath,S (2545) Sharjah UAE 2024 ½-½ (32)}) 15... Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxd2 17. Rd1 Qh6 {[%cal Oh6h2] ...Qxh2+! is the strong threat.} 18. Qc7 {[%csl LRb7,LRc6][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rab8 19. Nd3 Qh5 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Rac1 b4 22. Nc5 Ba8 23. Qxa5 bxa3 24. Qxa3 h6 {0-1 (41) Erigaisi,A (2718)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess24.com INT 2022}) 19. Nd3 Nd5 (19... Ng4 $2 20. h3 Ne3 21. fxe3 $18) 20. Qe5 Re8 21. Qb2 Qd6 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Nc5 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8e6,Be6g4,Bg4f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} 24. e3 b4 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Be6 28. Qd4 Red8 29. Nd3 h6 30. Nf4 Bg4 31. Rd2 ({Reject} 31. Nxd5 Qe6 32. e4 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Rac8 $17) 31... Bf3 32. Rdc2 Qd7 33. Nd3 Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2] [#]} 34. Ne1 {Prevents Qg2+.} Be4 35. Rd2 Qh5 36. Qc5 Rd7 {[%cal Bd8d7,Bd7a7,Ba7a5][%mdl 32]} 37. Rcd1 Rda7 38. f3 Ra5 39. Qd4 Bxf3 40. Nxf3 Qxf3 41. Qf4 Qh5 42. e4 dxe4 {Strongly threatening ...f5.} 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 45. Qxe4+ g6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ra1+.} 46. Rd2 (46. Qe8 {is a self mate.} Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Qxh2+ 48. Kf3 Ra3+) 46... Qh3 47. Qe1 {Inhibits Ra1.} Qc8 48. Rf2 {[%csl LRa5,LRf7]} Qc5 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kg1 Qb6 {And now ...Ra2 would win.} 51. Kf1 Qa6+ 52. Qe2 Qb7 {[%cal Rb7h1]} 53. Qf3 {[%eval -256,26] Inhibits Qh1+.} (53. Kg1 $17 {[%eval -117,20] is a better defense.}) 53... Qxf3 $19 54. Rxf3 Rf5 55. Rxf5 gxf5 {K3P-KPP} 56. Kf2 $2 {[%eval -256,35]} (56. Kg2 $17 {[%eval -97,32]}) 56... Kg6 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. h3 {[%eval -370,28]} (58. Kf2 {[%eval -246,31] was worth a try.} Kg4 59. Kg2) 58... Kf6 $2 {[%eval -97,36]} (58... h5 $19 {[%eval -370,28] is more deadly.} 59. h4+ Kg6) 59. Kf4 $17 Ke6 60. g4 fxg4 61. hxg4 {KPP-KP} Kf6 62. Kf3 Ke5 {[%eval -1,39]} (62... Kg5 $17 {[%eval -97,41]} 63. Kg3 Kg6) 63. Ke3 $11 Kd5 64. Kd3 Kd6 (64... f6 $5) 65. Kd4 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kf6 67. Kf4 Kg6 {[%eval -97,41]} (67... Ke7 $11 {[%eval 0,38]}) 68. Kf3 $17 Kg7 {[%eval 0,34]} (68... h5 $17 {[%eval -97,40] aiming for ...h4.} 69. gxh5+ Kxh5) 69. Ke4 $11 Kf6 70. Kf4 Kg6 {[%eval -97,39]} (70... Ke7 $11 {[%eval 0,34]}) 71. Kf3 $17 Kg5 72. Kg3 f6 73. Kf3 Kh4 {[%eval 0,36]} (73... h5 $17 {[%eval -97,35]} 74. gxh5 Kxh5) 74. Kf4 $11 {The position is equal.} Kh3 75. Kf3 Kh2 (75... Kh4 $5 76. Kf4 $8 h5 77. gxh5 Kxh5 $11) 76. Kf2 Kh3 77. Kf3 Kh4 {Hoping for ...Kh3.} 78. Kf4 h5 79. gxh5 Kxh5 80. Kf5 Kh6 81. Kxf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/gYn1MIa3"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 16,112,45,32,32,32,46,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,11,0,3,-6,-6,-6,-10,-59,-59,-59,-59,-64,0,0,65,65,65,74,88,78,90,80,80,86,76,89,64,53,136,136,136,136,136,97,120,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,93,46,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Be7 $146 ({RR} 10... Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 (13. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6f7]}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 b6 15. Nc3 c5 16. f5 Nc6 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ne2 c5 20. c3 Bb5 21. Ng3 Kb7 22. Kf2 {[%eval -47,19]} (22. cxd4 $11 {[%eval 9,19]} cxd4 23. Ne4) 22... Be7 {[%eval 40,19]} (22... dxc3 $15 {[%eval -47,19]} 23. bxc3 Ba4) 23. cxd4 $14 cxd4 24. Ne4 Rhd8 {[%eval 72,19]} (24... Rac8 $11 {[%eval 16,18]}) 25. Rac1 {Ivic,V (2596)-Yeritsyan,H (2203) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 10... Kc8 11. Nc3 h6 12. b3 c5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 a5 16. Re1 Ra6 {Prevents e6.} 17. Bb2 Rg8 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Ne4 {[%cal Od5d6]} Rg6 20. Kh2 b6 21. f4 f5 22. Nd2 c6 23. e6 Be8 24. Nc4 {And now d6 would win.} b5 $2 {[%eval 408,19][%mdl 8192]} (24... cxd5 $16 {[%eval 82,18]} 25. Nxb6+ Kb7 26. Nxd5 Bc6) 25. d6 {Liu,E (1967)-King,A (2302) Charlotte USA 2024 1-0 (31)}) 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Bd8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 a5 18. Rd2 c5 19. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nh4 a4 20. a3 Ra6 21. Rad1 Be6 22. f4 Rb6 23. Ng2 Re8 24. Bg7 Be7 25. Re1 {½-½ (49) Kovac,S (2437)-Pessoa,F (2527) ICCF email 2021}) 19... Be6 20. a3 Ra6 21. Kh2 {[%cal Bg1h2,Bh2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Rb6 22. Kg3 Rg8 23. Re1 f5 24. g5 Ba2 {[%eval 0,21]} (24... Bf7 $15 {[%eval -64,19]} 25. Ne5 Bh5) 25. Kf4 $11 Rxb2 {[%eval 65,24]} (25... Be6 $11 {[%eval 0,21]}) 26. c4 $14 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 a4 28. Ra1 Bb3 29. Nxb3 axb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rb1 Re8 31. Rxb3 Re2 32. f3 Rh2 {[%eval 136,24]} ({Black should try} 32... Rc2 $14 {[%eval 53,21]}) 33. Kxf5 Rxh3 34. Bg7 {Strongly threatening Bf6.} c6 35. Be5 b5 36. cxb5 {[%eval 52,24]} (36. Kg4 $16 {[%eval 120,20]} Rh1 37. f4 (37. cxb5 Rg1+ 38. Kf5 Rxg5+ 39. Ke4 Kb7 $16)) 36... c4 $14 37. Rb4 {[#] aiming for Kg4.} Rxf3+ 38. Ke4 Rxa3 39. bxc6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rb4b8]} Bc7 {Prevents Rb8+.} 40. Rxc4 Rh3 41. Rc5 Bxe5 42. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Kc7 {The position is equal.} 43. Re6 (43. Kd5 $5 {[%cal Re5e7]}) 43... Rh1 44. Ke5 Rh2 45. Kf6 Rh5 46. Kf5 Rh1 47. Rf6 Rh2 48. Ke6 Rh5 49. Rf7+ Kxc6 50. Kf6 Kd6 51. Ra7 Kc6 52. Ra6+ Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/gYn1MIa3"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,81,0,0,9,1,0,12,25,28,33,0,18,14,20,14,36,38,47,21,25,19,19,29,21,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Nxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Rfb1 Ra6 18. Rb4 e5 19. Ne7+ Kf7 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Rxb6 (21. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a6]} Ra3 22. Nb5 $14) 21... Ra7 22. Nb4 Ra3 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. f3 e4 25. Kf2 {[%eval 0,20] Artemiev,V (2711)-Nakamura,H (2788) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (32)} (25. Rb7+ $16 {[%eval 81,20]} Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Kf2)) 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nde3 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Be3.} Bb5 17. Nd3 Be7 {Prevents Bg5.} 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. exd3 Bf6 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rac1 Rd6 23. Rc5 Rad8 24. a3 Nd4 25. Rc7 R6d7 26. Rdc1 Ne6 {Shimanov,A (2578)-Lysyj,I (2589) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rfd8 15. Na5 Rab8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Rac1 Be7 20. f4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Ke8 22. e4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bb4 24. Bd4 Ba5 {[%cal Oc6c5]} 25. b3 Rd8 {Hoping for ...c5.} 26. Ke2 a6 {Stefansson,V (2459)-Domalchuk-Jonasson,A (2368) Mosfellsbaer ISL 2024 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 12. Nde3 Nxe3 {[%eval 43,23]} ({Better is} 12... Nd4 $11 {[%eval -26,20]}) 13. Bxe3 $14 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rb8 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 15. Rac1 b5 16. Nd6 Ne5 17. Rc7 Bd7 {[%eval 110,20]} (17... a5 $1 $14 {[%eval 39,18]}) 18. Rxa7 $16 h6 19. Rc7 Rb6 20. Rd1 Bc6 $2 {[%eval 399,21][%mdl 8192]} (20... b4 $16 {[%eval 108,18]}) 21. Bxc6 $2 {[%eval 86,22]} (21. Nc8 $18 {[%eval 399,21] is the precise move to win.} Bxg2 22. Nxb6) 21... Nxc6 $16 22. Nc8 Rb8 23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Rxe7 Rbc8 25. Rd2 {Against Rc2} Rc5 26. Rb7 Rf5 {Southcott-Moyers,I (2123)-Brewer,C (2129) England ENG 2024 ½-½ (64)}) 12... Nd4 13. Bd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Bb4 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Bb5 {½-½ (105) Banusz,T (2580)-Zilka,S (2529) Austria 2013}) 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Red1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4b4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bf4 {With the idea Nd6.} Nf5 19. e4 Bb4 20. exf5 Rxc4 21. fxe6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 22. Bd6 Rfc8 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Rd3 e5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc2 27. Rxe5 Rbxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Re7 a5 30. a4 Rb4 31. f4 b6 32. Rb7 Rxa4 33. Rxb6 Ra2+ 34. Kh3 Kf7 35. Ra6 h6 36. Kg4 Rxh2 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/gYn1MIa3"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,54,-15,-14,-14,-14,-14,-16,-16,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,-90,-90,-90,-92,-93,-93,-87,-77,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-93,-67,-62,-55,-55,-45,-60,0,-55,0,-61,0,-61,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. e3 Nh5 ({RR} 4... O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rad8 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. g3 {Llano Colorado,K-Narvaez Hurtado,M (1513) Medellin COL 2024 0-1 (58)}) 5. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nxf4 7. exf4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O h6 10. Qe2 d5 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. c3 Qf6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. h4 Rac8 19. h5 a5 {Aradhya,G (2371)-Svane,F (2639) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 5. Be5 d6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nxf4 11. exf4 g6 12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Rxh5 gxh5 15. Bxh7+ Kg7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Rh8 18. O-O-O d5 19. Ng3 Bd6 {Gubajdullin,A (2253)-Moiseenko,A (2570) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (55)}) 5... d6 6. c4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... f5 9. Bd3 Nb6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Ne2 g6 14. Nf4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 e5 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. e4 Nf6 19. exf5 {½-½ (19) Dreiseitel,W (1355)-Schwegler,B (1482) Nuremberg 2008}) 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Nb6 13. d5 {[%eval -90,20]} (13. Bc6 $11 {[%eval 18,18] remains equal.} Rb8 14. b3) 13... Nxd5 $17 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nc6 {[%csl LRd5,LRd8]} Qc7 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} 17. Rxd5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bb7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rhd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfb8 22. a4 Rb6 23. e4 Qb7 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Rd5 Qb7 26. Rd2 Qe7 27. Rd5 Qb7 {[%eval 0,26] Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} (27... Ra7 $15 {[%eval -61,16]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/gYn1MIa3"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 12,135,9,9,3,0,35,39,39,8,8,8,8,8,8,3,3,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-4,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,76,74,60,64,28,28,28,28,0,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O ({Much weaker is} 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ne4 $17) 7... Nc6 $146 {[%cal Rc5d4] D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3 .} ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. Qh4 Qd5 11. Nfe5 Qb5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Rac1 Qh5 {[%eval 153,21]} (15... Bc8 $11 {[%eval 28,17]}) 16. Qxh5 $16 Nxh5 17. Be3 Bd4 18. Bf3 {[%eval 67,20]} ({White should try} 18. Bxd4 $16 {[%eval 123,21]} Rxd4 19. e3) 18... Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. Rxc6 Rd7 {Against Rc7} 22. Rfc1 {Warmerdam,M (2628)-Saya,E (2212) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Rc8 15. Bxa7 Rc2 16. Bxb7 O-O 17. Bd4 {½-½ (17) Bok,B (2598)-Aravindh,C (2566) London 2016}) 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O-O 14. Nxc4 Nxc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Na5 Rd7 17. Rc1 {[#]} Kb8 $1 18. b3 (18. Rxc5 {leads to mate.} Rd1+ 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Nc6+ bxc6) 18... Na6 19. a3 Bd5 20. Rd1 Nc7 21. f4 Kc8 22. e4 b6 23. exd5 bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Rc1 Rd6 25. Rc5 Rb6 26. Rxa5 Rxb3 27. Rxa7 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Rb2+ 29. Kg1 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Nxd5 31. Kf2 {Inhibits Ne3.} Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Nc7 33. Be2 h5 34. Ra4 e6 35. Rb4 Ra2 36. Rb3 Nd5 37. h4 Kc7 38. Bc4 {[%cal Of4f5]} Rc2 39. Bd3 Ra2 40. Bc4 {[%cal Of4f5]} Rc2 41. Bd3 Ra2 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Kd4 Rd2 44. Kc4 Kc6 45. Be4 Re2 46. Bf3 Re1 47. Kd4 Kd6 {[%eval 66,27]} (47... Ra1 $11 {[%eval 0,24]}) 48. Bxd5 $14 exd5 {KR-KR} 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kxd5 Re3 {[%csl LRa3,LRg3]} 51. a4 Ra3 52. Rb4 Rxg3 53. a5 {[#] Strongly threatening Kc6.} Ra3 54. Rb5 Ra4 55. Kc5 Kd7 {[%eval 79,24]} (55... Kd8 $11 {[%eval 0,25] keeps the balance.}) 56. Kb6 {[%eval 0,27]} ({White should play} 56. Rb7+ $16 {[%eval 79,24]} Kc8 57. Rxf7) 56... Kc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. a6 Kb8 {Against a7+} 58. f5 Rxh4 59. Re5 {[%cal Re5e8]} Rb4+ 60. Ka5 Rf4 61. Re8+ Ka7 62. Re7+ Ka8 63. Re8+ Ka7 64. Re7+ Ka8 65. Re8+ Ka7 66. Re7+ Ka8 67. Re8+ Ka7 68. Re7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Qof1Yryi"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 12,110,0,-1,0,-11,-11,-11,0,-2,-2,-12,-3,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-15,18,0,0,4,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-29,-34,-74,-74,-74,-74,-75,-72,-116,-116,-116,-122,-122,-53,-46,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-20,-30,-7,-7,4,4,4,4,11,12,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,2,2,2,11,0,14,14,14,0,12,0,12,0,14]} 1. e4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/0Oz1gAg2} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 8. Ba4 h6 9. Re1 Re8 ({RR} 9... Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 c6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 a5 18. Qc1 (18. Nf5 $5 {[%cal Re3h6]}) 18... Bb8 19. a4 Kh7 20. b3 Bc8 21. d5 Ne7 22. Nd2 b5 {[%eval 91,21]} (22... Kg8 $11 {[%eval 18,18]}) 23. axb5 $16 cxb5 24. Bd3 {Suleymanli,A (2621)-Aaryan Varshney (2364) Dubai Police Officers Club, AE 2024 1-0 (69)}) 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} b5 11. Bc2 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bd2 b4 14. Ng3 a5 15. Rc1 bxc3 16. Bxc3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 a4 19. a3 Re6 20. Nf5 Bb6 21. Re1 Nd7 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]}) 23... exd4 24. Nc4 c5 25. e5 Ba5 26. Bxa4 {Michael Adams (2670)-Hannes Stefansson (2529) lichess.org 2023 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/0Oz1gAg2] ½-½ (98)}) 12. Nf1 d5 13. d4 dxe4 14. dxc5 {[#] N3d2 is the strong threat.} Qxd1 15. Bxd1 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a4 b4 18. Bd2 bxc3 19. Bxc3 e4 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Red1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Rab1 {½-½ (34) Ozols,A (2333)-Voveris,G (2407) ICCF email 2021}) 17... a4 18. Nc2 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Be2 Be4 20. Nb4 c6 21. Bf1 Rac8 22. Be3 Bd5 23. g4 Nc4 24. Rab1 Be4 ({Of course not} 24... Nxe3 25. Rxe3 e4 26. Rd1 $11) 25. Rbd1 Nxb2 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Bf5 {[%eval -53,21]} ({Black should play} 29... Bd5 $17 {[%eval -122,19] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 30. Rxe5 Nd1) 30. Rxe5 $15 Ne4 31. Be3 Nc4 ({But not} 31... Nxc3 32. Bd4 Nbd1 33. Bg2 $16) 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Bd4 Ng5 34. Kg2 {Against Nf3} Bxh3+ 35. Kg3 Bf5 36. f3 {Prevents Ne4+.} Kf7 37. Re2 Nh7 38. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Nf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Rd6 a3 41. Nxc6 Bb1 42. Nd4 Rxc5 43. Rxe6+ Kf7 44. Ra6 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Bxa2 46. Rxa3 Bb1 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. f4 Rg4 50. Kf3 Rg1 51. Ke3 g5 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Qof1Yryi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,67,0,1,-5,-18,-38,1,0,8,-8,-4,-24,-3,-10,7,4,12,-14,0,0,9,7,39,24,37,41,47,45,57,57,57,57,57,62,62,40,40,38,59,59,60,60,60,60,60,58,60,58,123,120,125,125,125,125,407,379]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Rb1 {E29: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3 c5 7 Bd3 Nc6.} d6 ({RR} 8... b6 9. e4 d6 {Inhibits e5.} 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Be1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 {[%eval -68,20]} ({Better is} 18. Bxa5 $11 {[%eval 25,18]} bxa5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd3) 18... Nxc4 $15 19. Rb3 {Against Ne3} f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Rh3 Qe8 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Bd2 {Grischuk,A (2732)-Sadhwani,R (2654) Moscow RUS 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Ne2 e5 ({RR} 9... b6 10. e4 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 Ne8 13. g4 g6 {[%eval 35,19]} ({Black should play} 13... Ng6 $11 {[%eval -23,20]}) 14. Ng3 $14 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Ng7 17. Qc2 {And now gxf5 would win.} Qe8 18. O-O Qf7 19. Bxe7 {[%eval 0,19]} (19. Qd2 $16 {[%eval 86,17]}) 19... Qxe7 $11 20. gxf5 h5 {1-0 (20) Laurent-Paoli,P (2537)-Mekhane,A (2300) Rochefort FRA 2024} (20... Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rg7h5]})) 10. O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({RR} 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bc2 Nde5 14. Nxd4 Nxc4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 Be6 17. Rb3 f6 (17... c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 18. Qc3 f6 $15) 18. Rc3 c5 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. f4 Nd4 22. Bd1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qf2 Qf6 {Yordanov,L (2312)-Romanishin,O (2384) Stockholm SWE 2023 1-0 (41)}) 10... Re8 (10... e4 $5 11. Bc2 $8 b6 $11) 11. f3 b6 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rbe1 a6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be2 {½-½ (20) Karsa,L (2383)-Dory,J (2296) Hungary 2004}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bg5 Re5 16. Bh4 Qe7 17. Be2 Ra5 18. Rb3 Ba6 19. Qxd4 Qe5 20. Rd1 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Ne8 22. Be1 Rc5 23. Bb4 Rc6 24. f4 Rac8 25. Rc3 R8c7 26. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e3,Be3f4][%mdl 32]} h5 27. h3 g6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Ke3 Bb7 30. f5 gxf5 {[%eval 123,18]} (30... Nf6 $14 {[%eval 58,16]}) 31. exf5 $16 Nf6 32. Kf4 ({Don't go for} 32. Bxd6 $2 Re8+ 33. Kd3 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxd6 Ne4 $19) 32... d5 33. Be7 Re8 $2 {[%eval 407,17][%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Ba6 $16 {[%eval 125,19] was necessary.} 34. Bxf6 (34. cxd5 Nxd5+ 35. Rxd5 Bxe2 $16) 34... Rxf6 35. Rxd5 h4) 34. Re3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.20 (precise)} ({Don't play} 34. Rg3+ Kh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Qof1Yryi"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,94,7,6,0,0,0,7,15,15,15,25,25,20,-40,-10,-52,0,-39,-33,-91,-91,-91,-76,-90,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-25,-36,-29,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-145,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-102,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-155,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 ({RR} 7... g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bh4 (17. Bxf6 $5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 (18. Qxe2 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bxb2 $11) 18... Bxf6 19. c3 $11 (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 $11)) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qh5 19. Qe1 Ng4 20. Rd5 (20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. h3 $14) 20... g5 21. Bg3 e6 {[%eval 58,17]} (21... Bxc3 $11 {[%eval 0,17]} 22. bxc3 Qg6) 22. Rxd6 {[%eval -15,17] Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Donchenko,A (2643) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1-0 (66)} (22. Rd3 $1 $14 {[%eval 58,17]})) 8. O-O $146 ({RR} 8. a4 Nc5 9. Qe3 b4 10. Nd5 $1 Bb7 {Against Nc6} 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. f3 h5 13. Qf2 d5 14. O-O {[%cal Od4c6]} dxe4 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 e6 17. Be3 Bd6 18. fxe4 Be5 {[%eval 81,21]} (18... Bxe4 $11 {[%eval 0,18] remains equal.} 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc8) 19. Rad1 $16 Qb8 20. Bg5 Qa7 21. Be3 {[%eval 164,19]} (21. Qxa7 $14 {[%eval 69,20]} Rxa7 22. Rxf6) 21... Qb8 $18 22. Bg5 {[%eval 72,18]} (22. Qh4 $18 {[%eval 164,19] has better winning chances.}) 22... Qa7 $1 {Schmitz,T (2242)-Iniyan,P (2515) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. b4 Bb7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Na5 O-O 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. f4 Ned7 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Ra3 Bd7 19. Qf2 e5 20. Be3 Rfb8 21. h3 h6 22. Bd3 exf4 {Zhao,C (2419)-Wang,S (2428) Xinghua CHN 2024 1-0 (41)}) 8... Bb7 9. b4 {Against Nc5} e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 10. a4 bxa4 11. Qg3 $146 {[%eval -40,18]} (11. Rxa4 $11 {[%eval 20,17]} Qb6 12. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 11. Rxa4 Rc8 12. Qg3 e5 13. Nb3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. c4 Be7 16. Qxg7 Bf6 17. Qg3 {½-½ (35) Kuipers,S (2390)-Sutovsky,E (2637) Caleta 2015}) 11... Qc8 (11... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 12. Nf5 g6 $11) 12. Ra3 h5 {[%eval 0,17]} ({Better is} 12... Bxe4 $15 {[%eval -52,17]} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4) 13. h4 (13. Nxa4 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Be7 $15) 13... e5 14. Nf3 {[%eval -91,18]} (14. Nf5 $15 {[%eval -33,19]}) 14... Bxe4 $17 15. Ng5 Bc6 16. Nxa4 Be7 17. c4 Rb8 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Qd3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 22. Bf3 Qxc4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 {[%cal Bb7d5,Bd5c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Qc2 g6 26. Be3 Bb5 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Ne6 Rfb8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} (28... fxe6 $2 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bd1 $18) 29. Nc7 Kg7 ({Much worse is} 29... Rc8 30. Rc3 Rf8 31. Nxb5 Rxb5 32. Rc7 $14) (29... Rc8 $5 30. Rc3 $8 Rf8 $11) 30. Nd5 {[%eval -145,19]} (30. Nxb5 $15 {[%eval -39,20]} Rxb5 31. Rxa6) 30... Rc6 31. Qd2 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rc7 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Bxh4 {Strongly threatening ...Bd8.} 35. Qc7 {[%csl LRb8,LRd6,LRf7]} Rf8 36. g3 Bf6 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 Bxh4 39. f3 Bg5 40. Kf2 {[%eval -155,22]} (40. Bb3 $142 {[%eval -79,21]}) 40... Bf4 $2 {[%eval 0,20]} ({Weaker is} 40... Bh4+ 41. Kg2 $15) ({Black should try} 40... Bd8 $17 {[%eval -155,22]} 41. Qxd6 Re8) 41. Qxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc8 (41... g5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 42. Qe7 Ba4 $11) 42. Qe7 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Qof1Yryi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,62,32,32,23,16,16,16,16,16,20,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-14,-11,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Qd5 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} ({Relevant:} 10... Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nfxd4 Bd5 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qxg7 O-O-O {...Rhg8 is the strong threat.} 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qf6 Bxg2 19. Nc5 {[%eval -81,18]} (19. Kxg2 $11 {[%eval -21,17] keeps the balance.} Nd5 20. Nc5) 19... Qb5 $17 20. Rfc1 {[%eval -131,21]} ({Better is} 20. Kxg2 $15 {[%eval -59,16]} Qxc5 21. Kh1) 20... Rhg8 $17 21. Ng3 Bd5 22. a4 Qb4 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 23. Qf5+ Nd7 24. a5 $2 {[%eval -338,20]} (24. Nxd7 $17 {[%eval -131,18] keeps fighting.} Rxd7 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26. Qxh5) 24... h4 $19 25. Ra4 $2 {[%eval -574,21]} (25. Nxd7 {[%eval -335,18]} Rxd7 26. Rd1) 25... Qd2 $19 {[%cal Rd2c1]} 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Nxe5 {0-1 (27) Tabatabaei,M (2642)-Xiong,J (2707) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11. Nbxd4 O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf5 (14. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qc6 15. a3 $11 (15. Ng5 g6 $11)) 14... c4 {[#]} 15. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 $2 {[%eval -476,20][%mdl 8192] 15.a3 0.00} Bxf5 {0-1 (15) Von Mettenheim,J (2181)-Lammers,M (2297) Bremen 2022}) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 Bxf5 {0-1 (15) Von Mettenheim,J (2181)-Lammers,M (2297) Bremen 2022}) 15... Bc5 16. Be3 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. Rfe1 (21. Nxe6 {is interesting.} Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. e4) 21... Rfb8 22. Rac1 Rxb2 23. Rxc4 Rf8 24. Nxe6 Nxe3 25. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rff2 27. Rxe3 {[#] And now Rg3 would win.} Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rhg2+ 29. Kh1 {[%cal Oe6f4] Black must now prevent Nf4!} Rh2+ 30. Kg1 Rhg2+ 31. Kh1 {[%cal Oe6f4] [#] Strongly threatening Nf4!} Rh2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Qof1Yryi"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 11,159,17,26,6,23,23,20,16,23,20,25,20,35,11,11,11,12,12,11,11,11,11,19,11,11,11,75,75,75,65,92,92,92,92,92,88,80,15,49,49,49,26,26,26,17,26,26,0,19,0,46,46,46,43,54,54,54,54,142,133,181,149,149,149,251,250,250,0,151,141,253,113,197,133,133,133,164,153,167,167,181,181,181,181,171,181,181,181,181,181,199,181,199,153,144,144,147,131,137,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,206,206,267,251,245,175,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,309,318,291,406,381,594,594,594,593,581,570,570,536,524,492]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bf1 Ndc5 19. f3 Nc3 20. Rdc1 Nd5 21. Kf2 g6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Ne2 {Wagner,D (2613)-Kurmangaliyeva,L (2281) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (42)}) 9. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc5 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ba5 Re8 14. Nb6 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 {1-0 (37) Keymer,V (2686)-Baburin,A (2400) Chennai 2022}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b3 b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8 15. Bb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Bb7 16. Qf4 {[%cal Ob3b4] White wants to play b4!} Rbd8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rd5 {[%eval 75,20]} (18... Nd5 $11 {[%eval 11,18] keeps the balance.} 19. Qg3 f6) 19. b4 $16 Bd6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. e4 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxb4 24. Rc4 {[%eval 15,20]} ({Better is} 24. Rc7 $16 {[%eval 80,21]} Ba8 25. h3) 24... a5 25. Rd7 Bc8 26. Ra7 e5 27. h3 Be6 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. g4 Bc5 30. Kg2 Kg7 {[%cal Oh7h5]} (30... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]}) 31. Nh4 h5 32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd4 34. Re2 Rd3 {[%eval 142,27]} ({Black should try} 34... h4 $14 {[%eval 54,25]}) 35. h4 $16 Rd1 36. Rc2 Rd4 37. f3 {Black must now prevent Ra8.} Kf8 {[%eval 251,25]} (37... Rd8 $16 {[%eval 149,24]} 38. Kh3 Kg8 39. Rg2+ Kf8) 38. Ra8+ $18 Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Kg3 a4 {[%eval 253,19]} (40... Rd8 $16 {[%eval 141,24]} 41. Rc7 Kg7) 41. Rg2 {[%eval 113,20]} (41. Ra8+ $1 $18 {[%eval 253,19]} Ke7 42. Rh8) 41... a3 {[%eval 197,22] [#]} (41... Rc4 $16 {[%eval 113,20] keeps fighting.} 42. Ra8+ Ke7) 42. Kh2 {[%eval 133,28]} (42. Ra8+ $1 $18 {[%eval 197,22]} Ke7 43. Rh8) 42... Rd8 $16 43. Kh3 Bb4 44. Rb7 Bc5 45. Rc7 Be3 46. Rgc2 Bc5 47. Rc4 Ra8 48. Rb7 Ke8 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. Kf1 Ra5 51. Ke2 Ra8 52. Kd3 Rd8+ 53. Kc2 Kg7 54. Rc3 Bf2 55. Rcc7 Rf8 56. Kd3 Bxh4 57. Ke2 Bg3 58. Kf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h4 {[%eval 206,27]} (58... Bf4 $16 {[%eval 104,24] was called for.} 59. Kg2 (59. Rxb6 Rd8 $16) 59... Bd2) 59. Kg2 $18 ({Inferior is} 59. Rxb6 h3 $11) 59... Bf4 60. Kh3 ({But not} 60. Rxb6 $6 h3+ 61. Kxh3 Rh8+ 62. Kg2 (62. Kg4 Rh2 $11) 62... Rh2+ 63. Kf1 Bg3 $18) 60... Be3 61. Rd7 Bc5 {[%eval 309,24]} (61... Bf2 {[%eval 175,23] is a better defense.} 62. Re7 Kg8) 62. Kxh4 Rh8+ 63. Kg3 Rf8 64. Kg2 Be3 65. Kf1 Bd4 66. Ke2 Bc5 67. Kd3 Bd4 68. Kc4 Rc8+ 69. Rbc7 Rf8 70. Kb5 Kg8 71. Ra7 Bc5 72. Rab7 Kg7 73. Kc6 Be3 74. Rdc7 Bd4 75. Kd7 {And now Rc8 would win.} Kh6 {[%eval 594,30]} (75... Rh8 {[%eval 381,20] might work better.} 76. Rc8 Rxc8) 76. Rc8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc8 77. Kxc8 Kg5 78. Kd7 Kf4 79. Kc6 Kxf3 {[#]} 80. Kd5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/cwVutO5x"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,56,39,59,52,62,62,65,65,62,25,25,6,1,2,22,22,75,14,15,15,15,6,75,25,73,16,68,7,7,1,1,-7,-11,-11,0,0,-9,-19,-11,-11,0,-19,0,-9,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 8. Rxe4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 {White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. Qe2 Be6 12. f4 (12. Rxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd6 $17 (13... Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nc3 $17)) 12... g6 $146 {Against f5} ({RR} 12... Kf8 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Nxa4 (14. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bxe5 15. Qxe5 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4 16. Be3 Qg4 17. Qd2 h5 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. b3 h4 20. h3 Qg6 21. Ne2 Qe4 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Nd3 Kg8 24. Re1 Be6 25. Qc3 Qg6 {[%eval 123,23]} (25... c6 $14 {[%eval 66,19]}) 26. Nf4 $16 Qf5 27. Rf1 {Madaminov,M (2506)-Banusz,T (2623) Sharjah UAE 2024 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 12... Kf8 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Nxa4 (14. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bxe5 15. Qxe5 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4 16. Be3 Qg4 17. Qd2 h5 18. Nc3 h4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Rf1 Rh5 {[%eval 58,23]} (20... Kg8 $11 {[%eval 6,19]}) 21. Ne2 $14 Rf5 22. Nf4 Qh7 $1 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Qa5 c6 25. Qa4 Rc8 26. Nxe6 {[%eval -16,19]} ({Better is} 26. c3 $14 {[%eval 48,18]}) 26... fxe6 $11 27. Qxa6 {Brkic,A (2606)-Pavlidis,A (2566) Kirchweyhe GER 2024 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 12... Kf8 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. f5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd7 16. f6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bh6+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 19. Nxd5+ Kd6 20. Nxf6 Be6 21. Re1 c6 22. c4 {[%cal Od4d5]} Rhd8 23. Ne4+ Kc7 24. Bf4+ Kc8 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. Bxd6 Kd7 27. c5 {Grandelius,N (2689)-Jurcik,M (2398) Czech Republic CZE 2024 ½-½ (42)}) 13. Nc3 (13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 $17) 13... a3 14. b3 ({Of course not} 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd5 axb2 18. Bxb2 Rb8 $17) 14... Bb4 {[%eval 75,18]} (14... O-O $11 {[%eval 22,17]}) 15. Na4 {[%eval 14,20]} (15. Nxd5 $16 {[%eval 75,18]} O-O 16. c3 Bxd5 17. cxb4) 15... O-O 16. c3 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bf5 {[%eval 75,18]} (17... Bxe5 $11 {[%eval 6,20] remains equal.} 18. fxe5 Re8) 18. Bxa3 $146 {Hoping for Nb7.} ({Predecessor:} 18. Rxd5 Re8 19. Re5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 f6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Be3 {½-½ (40) Areshchenko,A (2670)-Moroni,L (2588) Terme Catez 2022}) 18... Qh4 19. Rf1 {[%eval 16,17]} (19. g3 $16 {[%eval 73,20]} Qg4 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxd5) 19... c6 {[%eval 68,19]} ({Black should play} 19... Bxe5 $11 {[%eval 16,17]} 20. fxe5 a5) 20. Qe1 {[%eval 7,25]} (20. g3 $14 {[%eval 68,19]} Qg4 21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. Re3) 20... Qxe1 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. Rexe1 Rfe8 22. Bc1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Bd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd1 Bc2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 26. Rf1 Bd3 27. Rd1 Bc2 28. Rf1 Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.22 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/cwVutO5x"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,8,14,14,14,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,3,7,1,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,15,21,36,19,19,19,19,19,28,8,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,11,44,44,44,44,44,44,48,58,58,19,19,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 $146 ({RR} 5... Bc8 6. c4 dxc4 {[%cal Oe7e5]} 7. Na3 g6 (7... e5 $5) 8. Nxc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Ne5 {[%eval 3,20]} ({White should play} 16. Nf3 $16 {[%eval 73,18]}) 16... c5 {[%eval 79,16]} (16... Nxe5 $11 {[%eval 3,20]} 17. dxe5 Nd7) 17. f4 {[%eval 0,17]} ({Better is} 17. Nxf7 $1 $16 {[%eval 79,16]} Kxf7 18. e5) 17... Nxe5 $11 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nf3 {Eilers,S (2275)-Laddha,S (2324) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 5... Bc8 6. O-O h6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 (7... g5 $5 8. Nhf3 $8 Bf5 $11) 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 Be7 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Bf6 $2 {[%eval 267,21]} (14... O-O $14 {[%eval 55,19]}) 15. Nd6+ $18 Kf8 16. f4 Nd3 17. e5 Be7 18. N2e4 Nxc1 {[%eval 300,20]} (18... N3c5 {[%eval 190,18] is a better defense.} 19. Nxc5 Nxc5) 19. Qxc1 $18 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 {Eilers,S (2275)-Perez Cruz,A (1984) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bd5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. h4 c5 16. h5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. hxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (64) Alonso Rosell,A (2548)-Fressinet,L (2633) chess24.com INT 2019}) 14... Qd7 15. Ng2 {[%cal Bh4g2,Bg2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Be6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Nd3 Nd5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. h4 h5 20. Ne5 e6 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Rad8 23. Nc4 Bg4 24. Qc2 Qxc5 25. Qb3 b6 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Bg5 Rb8 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qc7 30. Qb5 e5 {Prevents Bf4.} 31. Red1 Kh7 {[%cal Bg8h7,Bh7h6,Bh6g7,Bg7f8,Bf8e7][%mdl 32]} 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Bxc6 Bh6 34. Bxh6 Kxh6 35. Rd6 Rfd8 36. Rad1 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 38. Bb5 Be6 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Ba6 Ra7 43. Bb5 ({Wrong is} 43. Rxb6 $2 Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rxa6 Bc4+ 45. Ke3 Bxa6 $19) 43... Rb7 44. Ba6 Ra7 45. Bc8 ({Don't blunder} 45. Rxb6 $2 {[#]} Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Rxa6 Bc4+ 47. Ke3 Bxa6 $19) 45... Bxc8 46. Rxc8 {KR-KR} Rb7 {Prevents Rb8.} 47. Kd3 Rd7+ 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Rc7+ Ke6 50. b4 axb4 51. cxb4 b5 52. axb5 {[%cal Ba4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rc6.} Rd4 53. b6 {Threatens to win with b5.} Rxb4 54. b7 f6 55. Kd3 g5 56. hxg5 (56. Kc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Rb1 57. Kc4 gxh4 58. gxh4 $11) 56... fxg5 {The position is equal.} 57. Rh7 h4 58. gxh4 (58. Kc3 {keeps more tension.} Rb1 59. Kc4 Kf5 60. gxh4 gxh4 61. Kd5) 58... gxh4 59. Rxh4 Rxb7 60. f4 Rb3+ 61. Ke2 exf4 62. Rxf4 Rb5 63. Re4+ Re5 64. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/cwVutO5x"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,97,7,7,25,25,25,25,24,11,24,14,2,-2,-2,-2,-3,-15,7,-25,-29,-29,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-26,-6,-6,0,-10,-8,-9,-1,-6,-1,-12,0,0,0,-15,2,5,10,30,30,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,0,11,11,77,77,77,77,77,66,72,28,28,33,23,-254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 a5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} ({RR} 6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Qxb7 Na5 9. Qb5 c5 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qd1 Nxc4 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qc2 (14. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nh5 15. bxc4 Bxc3 16. Bh6 $11) 14... Qa5 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Re1 Be6 17. e4 Ng4 18. Nf3 Bd4 19. Nd1 Ne5 20. Bd2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 {Keymer,V (2743)-Piorun,K (2597) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (51)}) 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nh4 Bc8 {White has an edge.} 9. b3 $146 Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nfd7 13. Qd2 a4 14. Nb5 axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 {1-0 (54) Artemiev,V (2708)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10. Ba3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. h3 Re8 15. Kh2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Bb2 Na6 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 a4 23. Nf3 axb3 24. axb3 Ne4 25. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 (25... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3]}) 26. Qc2 c5 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nd4 {[%csl LRc6,LRe4]} Qe7 29. f3 {[%cal Rc2e4]} Nc5 30. e4 Reb8 31. f4 Rb4 32. Re3 Rab8 33. e5 d5 {[%eval 77,23]} (33... dxe5 $11 {[%eval 11,18]} 34. Rxe5 Ne6) 34. Rc3 $16 Ne6 35. Nxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxb3 37. Rc8+ ({But not} 37. Bxd5 $2 Rb2 38. Rd2 (38. Rc8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 38... Rxc2 $19) 37... Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kg7 39. Rxd5 $2 {[%eval -254,17][%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Bxd5 $11 {[%eval 23,20] and White is okay.} Rb2+ 40. Bg2 (40. Kh1 $2 Qa7 $19)) 39... Qb4 $2 {[%eval 0,20]} ({Black should play} 39... Qa7 $1 $19 {[%eval -254,17][%cal Ra7f2]} 40. Rd1 Qf2) 40. Qc1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb2 {Inhibits Qd2.} 41. Rd3 (41. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Rd5d1]}) 41... Re2 42. Re3 {Prevents Qe4.} Nxf4 43. Rxe2 Nxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN} 44. Qf1 Nd4 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/cwVutO5x"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 23,120,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-18,-30,-30,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-47,0,0,0,0,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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.} e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Nf5 Qe6 {[%cal Oe5d3] White must now prevent ...Nd3!} 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 cxb3 20. axb3 Qe7 ({RR} 20... Qb8 {Hoping for ...Nfg4.} 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 c5 23. Qf5 Bc6 24. h4 {Threatens to win with f4.} Qc7 25. h5 Qe7 26. h6 gxh6 27. Qh3 Qf6 {[%eval 51,21]} (27... f6 $11 {[%eval 0,20]}) 28. Be2 $14 Qe7 29. Qxh6 {Strongly threatening Bxe5.} f6 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Bf7 Rc8 33. Bg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh6h7]} Qe7 34. Bf5 Rg8 35. e4) ({RR} 20... Qb8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 c5 23. Qf5 Bc6 24. h4 Qc7 25. h5 Qe7 26. h6 gxh6 27. Qh3 Qf6 28. Be2 {Against Nf3+} Qe7 29. Qxh6 f6 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Bf7 Rc8 33. Bg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh6h7]} Qe7 34. Bf5 Rg8 35. e4) 21. Ne4 Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 21... Nd5 22. Ng3 {Black should prevent e4.} Bc8 23. e4 {[%eval -45,22]} ({RR} 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 Nf6 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Nf1 Ra5 32. Rc2 {Against Ra2} Ra1 33. h4 Ne4 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Kxd2 Rb1 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. b4 a5) ({RR} 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 Nf6 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Nf1 Ra5 32. Rc2 {Prevents Ra2.} Ra1 33. h4 Ne4 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Kxd2 Rb1 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. b4 a5) (23. Bxe5 $11 {[%eval 10,23]} Qxe5 24. Qxc6) 23... Nb4 $15 24. Qc3 f6 25. h3 c5 26. f4 Nec6 27. Qe3 {Against Nd4} Nc2 28. Qf2 N2d4 29. f5 Rd8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd5 Ne5 {[%eval 0,20]} (31... Nb4 $15 {[%eval -68,18]} 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Nxd5) 32. Bxd4 $11 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Bb7 34. Nf1 Qd6 35. Ne3 h6 36. Nc4 {Giri,A (2687)-Erigaisi Arjun (2671) Warsaw, Poland 2024 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 21... Nd5 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. e4 Nb4 24. Qc3 f6 25. h3 c5 26. f4 Nec6 27. Qe3 {Prevents Nd4.} Nc2 28. Qf2 {Bc4+ is the strong threat.} N2d4 29. f5 Rd8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd5 Ne5 {[%eval -1,20]} ({Black should try} 31... Qc7 $17 {[%eval -82,17][%cal Oc7g3] And now ...Qxg3! would win.} 32. Ne2 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2 Bb7) 32. Bxd4 $11 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Bb7 34. Nf1 Qd6 35. Ne3 h6 36. Nc4 {Giri,A (2745)-Erigaisi,A (2762) Warsaw POL 2024 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 21... Nd5 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. e4 Nb4 24. Qc3 f6 25. h3 c5 26. f4 Nec6 27. Qe3 Nc2 28. Qf2 N2d4 29. f5 Rd8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd5 Ne5 {[%eval 0,20]} (31... a5 $17 {[%eval -88,18]}) 32. Bxd4 $11 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Bb7 34. Nf1 Qd6 35. Ne3 h6 36. Nc4 {Giri,A (2687)-Erigaisi Arjun (2671) Warsaw, Poland 2024 ½-½ (73)}) 22. Qxe4 f6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (24... Rxe5 $2 25. Rd7 $18) 25. Rd7 Rb8 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 27. Re7 c5 28. Rxe5 Bc6 29. f4 a5 30. Bd5 Be8 31. Re7 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rc7 {1-0 (56) Parligras,M (2583)-Csonka,B (2496) Douglas 2021}) 27... a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Re7 a4 30. Rxe5 a3 {[%cal Ob7a6]} 31. Ba2 g6 32. h4 Rd8 {[%cal Oc6c5]} 33. Re7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 {[%csl LRa2,LRf2]} 35. Bb3 a2 36. Bxa2 Rxa2 37. Rxb7 Rxf2 {KR-KR} 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 40. Rc7 h5 41. e5 Rf5 42. Rxc6 Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Kh3 Ke6 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc5 Kf7 49. g3 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. Rc5 Kf7 53. Rc7+ Kf8 {The position is equal.} 54. e6 Re5 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Re7 Kf8 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Re7 Kf8 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Re7 Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/cwVutO5x"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,218,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,9,9,9,10,14,9,26,26,26,26,26,26,34,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,32,32,22,0,0,9,9,9,14,0,15,0,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-40,-38,-11,-26,-26,-29,-30,-32,-24,-44,-26,-26,-26,-25,-8,-8,0,-36,-36,-54,-54,-57,-12,-14,-14,-38,-36,-38,-38,-39,-37,-69,-38,-38,-38,-40,-29,-29,-29,-29,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-25,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-24,-22,-29,-28,-29,-22,-22,-22,-24,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-30,-23,-29,-15,-30,-17,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-19,-19,-20,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-11,-12,-12,-12,-10,-11,-10,-10,-9,-10,-9,-9,-9,-8,-6,-6,-5,-8,-5,-5,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 Qd6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 $146 ({RR} 14... Bd5 15. Qc3 {Strongly threatening e4.} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Rfc8 {½-½ (19) Uskov,A (2392)-Makarian,R (2525) Moscow RUS 2024}) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd5 15. Qc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Rfc8 {½-½ (19) Uskov,A (2392)-Makarian,R (2525) Moscow 2024}) 15. Kxg2 Rac8 16. Ndf3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Nxc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rf8 Rc2 {[%csl LRb2,LRe2]} 24. Rxf7 Rxe2 25. Rxb7 {And now Kf1 would win.} Ne4 26. Nd4 {[%csl LRe2,LRe6]} Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 e5 28. Ne6 Kg6 29. Rb6 Rd2 30. Rxa6 Kf5 {[%eval 88,19]} (30... Rxb2 $11 {[%eval 0,20]} 31. Nc5+ Nf6) 31. Nxg7+ {[%eval 0,21]} (31. Rb6 $16 {[%eval 88,19]}) 31... Kg4 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kf3.} 32. Rb6 (32. Rxh6 $2 Kf3 33. h3 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 $19) 32... Ng5 33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. a5 e4 {aiming for ...e3.} 35. Ne6 (35. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Nf3 36. a6 Nd2+ 37. Kg1 $11) 35... Nf3 36. Nf4 e3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh2f2]} 37. Ng2 ({Avoid the trap} 37. Rg6+ $2 Kf5 38. Ng2 Kxg6 $19) 37... Kxg3 38. Rg6+ Ng5 39. Nxe3 {Hoping for Nd1.} (39. Ke2 $5) 39... Kf3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 40. Kg1 {Inhibits Rh1+.} Rxb2 (40... Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rf3e3]} 41. Ng4 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxg4 43. Rxh6 Rd4 44. Rf6+ Ke3 $11) 41. Nd1 Rb1 42. Rd6 Ra1 43. a6 h5 44. Rd5 Kf4 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 h4 47. Nf2 Nf3 48. Rd8 Ra1+ 49. Rd1 (49. Kg2 $2 {gets mated.} Rg1+ 50. Kh3 Rg3#) 49... Rxa6 50. Rc1 Rg6 51. Rc4+ Kg3 52. Ne4+ Kh2 53. Rc2+ Kh3 54. Rc3 Kg4 55. Kf2 Rb6 56. Rc4 (56. Rxf3 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Rxf3+ $19) 56... Ne5 57. Ra4 Rb2+ 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Ke2 Rb2+ 60. Ke3 h3 61. Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kg3 62. Nxh3 Kxh3 {KRN-KR} 63. Ke4 Nd7 64. Rd4 Nf6+ 65. Kf5 Ng4 66. Rd3+ Kh4 67. Rd4 Rb5+ 68. Kf4 Kh5 69. Ra4 Nf6 70. Rc4 Kg6 71. Rc6 Rb4+ 72. Ke3 Kf5 73. Rc5+ Ke6 74. Kd3 Nd7 75. Rc8 Ne5+ 76. Ke3 Nc4+ 77. Kd3 Kd5 78. Kc3 Rb1 79. Rd8+ Nd6 80. Rd7 Rh1 81. Rd8 Kc5 82. Kc2 Rh3 83. Kd2 {The position is equal.} Ne4+ 84. Ke2 Kc4 85. Rc8+ Nc5 86. Kd2 Rh7 87. Ke2 Kd4 88. Rd8+ Nd7 89. Kf2 Ke4 90. Ra8 Rh2+ 91. Kg3 Rc2 92. Ra4+ Kf5 93. Rf4+ Ke5 94. Rh4 Nf6 95. Kf3 Rc3+ 96. Ke2 Ra3 97. Rb4 Nd5 98. Rb8 Nc3+ 99. Kf2 Kd4 100. Rd8+ Nd5 101. Rd6 Ke4 102. Re6+ Kf4 103. Re8 Ra2+ 104. Re2 Ra8 105. Re6 Rd8 106. Rh6 Ne3 {( -> ...Ng4+)} (106... Rf8 $5 {[%cal Rf4g5]} 107. Ke2 Ke4 $15) 107. Ke2 Nf5 108. Rf6 Rd6 109. Rxd6 Nxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/tKIB0yBx"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,61,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-15,-12,-21,-21,-11,16,16,16,16,35,35,44,44,44,47,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,73,111,111,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,225,226,216,251,251,249,245,400,400,400,400,400,400,400,376]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4c5][%mdl 32]} b6 6. f3 Nc6 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} 7. e4 Na5 8. c5 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Ba6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdg8 {[%eval 14,18]} (14... Qa4 $1 $15 {[%eval -51,18]}) 15. d5 Bb7 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Rab1 {[%cal Oc4c5]} Nf4 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Bf2 h5 21. Bh4 Rg6 22. Kh1 Rhg8 {Kashlinskaya,A (2468)-Kosteniuk,A (2501) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb3 12. e5 {[%cal Oe5f6]} Ng8 13. Rb1 Nxd4 14. Qf2 Nc6 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. f4 Nge7 17. O-O Ng6 18. Ng5 {[%cal Og5f7]} Nce7 19. Bd2 Nf5 20. Qh3 Bxc4 21. Rfc1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 b5 {Shankland,S (2674)-Dominguez Perez,L (2749) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Qe2 c5 11. f4 {[#]} Rc8 {[%eval -18,20]} ({Black should try} 11... cxd4 $1 $17 {[%eval -86,18]} 12. cxd4 Rc8) 12. d5 $11 Ne7 13. d6 Ng6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. h4 f6 16. h5 Nh8 17. Be3 fxe5 {[%eval 101,18]} (17... Nf7 $11 {[%eval 12,17] remains equal.}) 18. Nxe5 {[%eval 0,18]} (18. Qc2 $16 {[%eval 101,18]} e4 19. Bxe4) 18... Nf7 $11 19. Qg4 Nh6 20. Qf3 {[%eval -54,18]} (20. Qh3 $11 {[%eval 0,18]}) 20... Nf5 $15 21. g4 $2 {[%eval -212,21]} (21. h6 $15 {[%eval -59,16]} g6 22. Qh3) 21... Bb7 $19 22. Qh3 $2 {[%eval -399,20]} (22. Be4 {[%eval -212,20]} Bxe4 23. Qxe4) 22... Nxe3 {Olhovik,A (2283)-Mahdavi,R (2312) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 8... bxc5 {The position is equal.} 9. Rb1 $146 {Against Rb8} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4 Nb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 {½-½ (21) Aberbach Peltzman,A (2281)-Kazimierski,T (2156) LSS email 2021}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nb7 13. Qd4 $1 Re8 ({Don't take} 13... Qa5+ 14. Qb4 $16) 14. Ne2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 a6 16. Be3 Qxa3 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Kf2 Nd8 20. Qxd5 Bb7 {[%eval 225,22]} 21. Rxb7 $18 Nxb7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qd5 Qb2+ 24. Be2 Rxe5 25. Qd4 ({Resist} 25. Qd2 $6 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Rxc5 $16) 25... a5 26. Rb1 Qxb1 27. Qxe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Hoping for Bd4. White is out for blood.} Kh8 $2 {[%eval 400,23]} (27... Rc8 {[%eval 245,19]} 28. Qd5 Qb4 29. Qxd7 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Rd8) 28. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5g7] White is winning.} f6 29. Qd6 Qb7 30. Bxf6 Re8 (30... gxf6 {gets mated.} 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Bc4+ d5 33. cxd6+) 31. Bc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/tKIB0yBx"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,77,0,0,0,0,0,5,-1,-1,-1,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,4,4,22,19,21,-9,-9,-9,0,-4,-4,-4,-1,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-19,-19,-20,-53,-54,-64,-64,-66,-58,-69,-66,-77,-64,-82,-82,-82,-58,-58,-58,-58,-47,-52,-52,-52,0,-52,0,-51,-43,-43,0,-52]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3 {E44: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2.} Be7 9. d5 a5 10. Nf4 $146 ({RR} 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 e5 12. Qc2 d6 13. h4 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. g4 a4 16. g5 f5 17. f4 Ra5 18. Kb1 Qe8 19. Nb5 Bd8 20. Ng3 Ba6 21. Bf1 {[%eval 24,16]} (21. Nxf5 $16 {[%eval 99,17]} Qg6 22. e4) 21... Bc8 22. Bh3 g6 23. h5 exf4 {[%eval 117,19]} (23... Qe7 $14 {[%eval 60,18]}) 24. exf4 $16 {Strongly threatening hxg6.} Qe3 {Bronstein,O (2458)-Chigaev,M (2621) Orosei ITA 2024 0-1 (75)}) ({RR} 10. g3 Na6 11. Bg2 Nc5 12. Qc2 {Inhibits Nb3.} O-O 13. O-O Qc8 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nd4 Ra5 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. Ndb5 Bf6 18. Bf1 g6 19. h4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 d6 21. e4 e5 22. Kh2 Qd8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Qe3 Ra8 {Petrov,N (2561)-Duda,J (2732) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (43)}) ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 Na6 11. Bg2 Nc5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O Qc8 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nd4 Ra5 16. Rfe1 {0-1 (43) Petrov,N (2561)-Duda,J (2732) Samarkand 2023}) 10... e5 11. Nd3 d6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nc1 Bc8 15. Bd1 Nc5 16. Nd3 O-O 17. e4 Bg5 18. Qe2 g6 19. Rb1 f5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Bf5 25. Rb2 Bc1 {[%cal Bg5c1,Bc1a3,Ba3c5][%mdl 32]} 26. Rb1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Ba3 28. g3 Bc5 29. Rb2 {Inhibits Ra2.} Ra1 30. Bf3 Qa8 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kg2 h5 34. Re2 Qc3 35. Rc2 Qa1 36. Re2 Qc3 {Inhibits Qd3.} 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Rd2 Qc3 39. Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/tKIB0yBx"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 14,38,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,-8,-9,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,0,-7,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} a5 8. b3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 $146 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} ({RR} 8... a4 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Nhf3 Ne4 {[%eval 80,21]} (11... Nbd7 $11 {[%eval -14,17]}) 12. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Nd7 15. e3 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qb6 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Rc1 c5 $2 {[%eval 322,24]} (19... Rb8 $16 {[%eval 130,18] was necessary.} 20. Bc3 Rc8) 20. dxc5 $18 Bxb2 21. cxb6 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nxb6 23. Bxb7 {Leenhouts,K (2446)-Padalka,A (2177) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 8... a4 9. Qc2 axb3 (9... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 10. Qb2 Nbd7 $11) 10. Qxb3 Na6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rfc1 Nc7 13. Bc5 Nd7 14. Bb4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne6 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rxa2 22. Bc5 {[%eval -222,20]} (22. Kf1 $17 {[%eval -154,17]}) 22... Ne2+ $19 23. Kf1 {Matthes,A (2203)-Assaubayeva,B (2481) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Nc5 11. a5 Qxa5 12. Nb3 Qb4 {Threatens to win with ...Na4.} 13. Nxc5 {[#] aiming for Qd2.} Qxb2 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. e3 {½-½ (16) Vinchev,S (2507)-Krivic,D (2508) GER email 2017}) 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 Qa2 19. Ra1 Qb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/tKIB0yBx"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 26,119,7,3,48,48,44,44,44,19,16,23,23,23,23,23,11,11,11,10,22,0,0,0,12,12,35,35,35,21,43,41,43,43,73,73,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,78,66,66,66,66,57,57,57,57,48,48,40,48,35,52,62,62,38,38,39,39,34,34,29,34,24,34,14,14,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack.} 15. g3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 15. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Bg4 $17) 15... Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 {White is slightly better.} ({Less strong is} 16... Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rac8 18. Nd2 $16) 17. Nd2 Qf5 $146 ({RR} 17... Bf5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 Rad8 20. Re3 Bg4 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 f5 23. f4 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Kf7 26. a3 Re8 {[%eval 107,21]} (26... Rd7 $11 {[%eval 18,21] remains equal.}) 27. Kf2 {[%eval 8,25]} (27. Rxe8 $16 {[%eval 107,21]} Kxe8 28. Bxg7) 27... Rxe3 $11 28. Kxe3 g6 29. Nb3 Bd1 30. Na5 Bc2 31. Nb7 Be7 32. Bc5 {Zhu,J (2467)-Mohammadi,M (2173) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (59)}) ({Don't take} 17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bg6 19. Qxc6 $16) 18. a4 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 {with more complications.} 19. Bd4 Bf8 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf3 f6) 19. Bd4 Bf8 (19... Rad8 {is more complex.} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Ra6 Ne7) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. Nf3 Be6 27. Be3 c5 28. Ng5 c4 29. Bc2 {½-½ (42) Schulz,G (2410)-Pecka,J (2390) ICCF email 2017}) 23... cxd5 24. b4 Bd3 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Bc4 27. f3 Bh6 28. Kf2 Bxe3+ 29. Bxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} d4 30. cxd4 Bd5 31. Ra5 Ra8 32. Rxb5 Ra2+ 33. Kg1 Bxf3 34. d5 f6 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 37. Rxh7 Bxd5 38. b5 Re2 39. Ba7 Rb2 40. b6 g5 41. g4 Bf7 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Rh6 Ke7 44. Ke1 Bd5 45. Kd1 Be4 46. Rh3 {[#] aiming for Re3.} Ke6 47. Rc3 Ke5 (47... Rxh2 48. Re3 f5 49. b7 Rh1+ 50. Kd2 $18) 48. h3 Kd4 {The position is equal.} 49. Rc1 Ke5 50. Ra1 Rb3 51. Ra4 Bd5 52. Ra5 Ke6 53. Kc2 {[%cal Oa5d5] [#] Rxd5! is the strong threat.} Rxh3 54. Rxd5 Kxd5 $11 {KR-KB} 55. b7 Rh8 56. Kd3 Rh3+ 57. Be3 Rh8 58. Ba7 {Prevents Rb8.} Rh3+ 59. Be3 Rh8 {Hoping for ...Rb8.} 60. Ba7 {Inhibits Rb8.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/tKIB0yBx"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,190,4,4,-2,0,-11,-5,-5,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,16,18,5,3,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-53,-50,-77,-21,-22,-17,-21,-20,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-9,-6,-6,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-2,-10,-10,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 7. a4 ({RR} 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bh4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {Threatens to win with e5.} Qh5 19. Qe1 Ng4 {Prevents e5.} 20. Rd5 (20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. h3 $14) 20... g5 21. Bg3 e6 {[%eval 58,15] Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Donchenko,A (2643) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1-0 (66)} (21... Bxc3 $11 {[%eval -10,17]} 22. bxc3 Qg6)) 7... g6 $146 ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Nb3 Rc6 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Qe1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rd3 h6 19. Bh4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Nd2 Rc6 22. Nb3 {Xiao,T (2484)-Murzin,V (2632) Ciutadella de Menorca ESP 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 7... e6 8. f3 Be7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Qe3 O-O 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. O-O Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nce2 {[%eval -131,19]} (16. h3 $15 {[%eval -54,16]}) 16... b5 {[%eval -78,19]} (16... e5 $142 {[%eval -131,19]} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qxc2) 17. a5 {[%eval -182,21]} (17. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -78,19]}) 17... Bb7 $19 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. h3 {[%eval -235,17] [#]} (19. Rad1 $142 {[%eval -173,17]}) 19... Rfe8 {[%eval -137,18]} (19... h5 $1 $19 {[%eval -235,17]} 20. e5 Nd5) 20. Rfe1 {[%eval -209,20]} (20. Rad1 $17 {[%eval -137,18]}) 20... Bf8 21. Rad1 e5 22. Ndf5 {Kuznecova,M (2052)-Spitzl,V (2365) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O b6 10. Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Nc5 14. Qc4 Nxb7 15. Nc6 Na5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. fxe5 {0-1 (58) Gutenev,A (2455)-Bocharov,D (2517) Sochi 2021}) 10... Qc7 11. Nb4 Bb7 12. Nbd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. c3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. Be3 b5 ({Don't do} 17... Qxd5 18. Bf3 Qc4 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rfe1 $14) 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 b4 23. g3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bf6 25. Kg2 Rb6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Rb1 Qc7 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. d6 {[%eval -53,25]} ({Better is} 29. Rxb8+ $11 {[%eval 0,21]} Qxb8 30. Qe2) 29... exd6 $15 30. Ra1 c4 {[%eval -21,24]} (30... Rb2 $17 {[%eval -77,21]}) 31. Qe3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Ra7 Re8 34. Bd5 {[%csl LRc4,LRf7]} Re7 35. Ra3 h5 36. Bxc4 Kg7 37. h3 h4 38. g4 Be5 39. Bd5 c4 40. g5 Bf4 41. Bxc4 Re5 42. Bd3 Bxg5 43. c4 Be7 44. Ra7 Bc5 45. Rc7 Bb6 46. Rc6 Bd4 47. Kf3 Re6 48. Rxe6 fxe6 {KB-KB} 49. Kg4 Bxf2 50. Kg5 Be3+ 51. Kxh4 g5+ 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. Bc2 Bc5 54. Bd3 Bb6 55. Bc2 Ba7 56. Bd3 Bc5 57. Bc2 Bg1 58. Bd3 Bc5 59. Bc2 Be7 60. Bd3 Ke5 61. c5 Kd5 62. c6 Kxc6 63. Bc4 e5 64. Kf5 Kd6 65. Bb3 Bd8 66. Ba2 Be7 67. Bb3 Bd8 68. Ba2 e4 69. Kxe4 Ba5 70. Kf5 Bd8 71. Bb3 Kc5 72. Kg4 Kd4 73. Ba2 Kc3 74. Be6 Kd2 75. Ba2 Kc1 76. Bd5 Kb2 77. Be6 Kc3 78. Ba2 Kc2 79. Be6 Kc1 80. Ba2 Be7 81. Be6 Kb1 82. Bd5 Kb2 83. Be6 Kc2 84. Bd5 Kc3 85. Ba2 Kd2 86. Be6 Kc1 87. Bd5 Kd1 88. Be6 Ke1 89. Bd5 Kf2 90. Be6 Ke3 91. Bd5 Kd4 92. Be6 Ke5 93. Ba2 Kf6 94. h4 gxh4 95. Kxh4 Ke5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/WKMpi06X"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,48,4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} O-O $146 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} ({RR} 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 d4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb3 d3 15. Bb1 Bg6 16. Be3 {[%eval -5,19]} (16. Nxc5 $14 {[%eval 68,18]} Bxc5 17. Ne1) 16... Nxb3 (16... Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b2]}) 17. axb3 Qd5 18. Bd4 d2 {[%eval 74,22]} (18... O-O $11 {[%eval 16,19]}) 19. Bxg6 $16 hxg6 20. Qxd2 Qxb3 21. e6 O-O 22. Rfe1 fxe6 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 {Laurent-Paoli,P (2529)-Seel,C (2479) Belgium BEL 2024 ½-½ (36)}) 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Bc2 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. f3 Nc5 14. Re1 Na4 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. Nd2 a3 18. bxa3 g5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 {½-½ (21) Hatzl,J (2505)-Novikovas,V (2517) ICCF email 2021}) 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. exf6 {[#] aiming for Re1.} Bc5 {...Nxf2 is the strong threat.} 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Nxf2 16. Qh5 Rxf6 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Nb3 Rxf4 ({Much less strong is} 18... Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ {[#]} 20. Rxf2 $1 (20. Kg1 Bb6 $11) 20... Bxf2 21. Bg5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Qe3 20. Qh8+ ({Wrong is} 20. Nd7+ $2 Ke8 21. Qg8+ (21. Rfe1 {is a self mate.} Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Rf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qg1+ 24. Rxg1 Nf2#) 21... Kxd7 $19) 20... Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/WKMpi06X"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,74,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-25,-25,-25,-25,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-29,-32,-29,-30,-29,-35,-35,-36,-30,-30,-28,-36,-26,-37,-25,-25,-12,-25,0,-72,-72,-78,-43,-43,-45,-72,-38,-38,-36,-51,-51,-49,-40,-61,-61,-70,0,-50,0,-61,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. h3 O-O {½-½ (7) Boehm,E (2172)-Pape,M (2115) Berlin 2015}) 7. Be2 d6 $146 ({RR} 7... Bc5 8. O-O (8. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 9. d4 $14) 8... d6 9. Rb1 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. b4 {[%eval -23,21]} (12. Bxd4 $14 {[%eval 35,18]} exd4 13. Nb5) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 c6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Kh2 Ra3 18. Bd1 Rfa8 19. Bc2 d5 {[%eval -7,21]} (19... Nd7 $15 {[%eval -62,18]}) 20. exd5 $11 cxd5 21. c5 Qc7 $2 {[%eval 224,20]} (21... Qa6 $11 {[%eval -9,19] and Black is okay.}) 22. Nb5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Kandil,A (2201) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (54)}) 8. Rb1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a4 12. Bg4 Nc5 13. O-O (13. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 14. Nc3 $11) 13... Nd4 14. f4 c6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb4 Bf6 17. Qf3 g6 18. Rbe1 Qe7 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. g3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bh3 Qd8 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Bg2 h4 25. Bh3 Rh8 26. Rf1 Kg8 27. Rg2 {[%eval -72,21]} (27. g4 $1 $11 {[%eval 0,19] keeps the balance.}) 27... hxg3 $17 28. Rxg3 Qh4 29. Qg2 Rh6 30. Bg4 Kh7 31. Rh3 Qf6 32. Qg3 Rxh3 33. Qxh3+ Bh6 34. Qg3 Bg5 35. Qh3+ Bh6 36. Qg3 Bg5 37. Qh3+ Bh6 {[%eval 0,22] Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} (37... Bh4 $15 {[%eval -61,17]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/WKMpi06X"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 11,172,23,32,12,22,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,-9,-9,-6,0,-9,-9,0,18,1,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,29,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,29,29,29,29,33,32,69,69,111,69,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,72,83,90,0,72,0,90,96,122,122,155,111,111,111,111,111,103,103,140,134,310,119,135,123,145,126,117,117,160,168,177,152,296,102,102,102,113,108,250,49,99,0,220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nbd7 8. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 {Prevents Nc6.} 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qa1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qa8 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb1 h6 {Toktomushev,T (2266)-Rustemov,A (2525) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. a3 a5 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 b5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. h3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxa3 {Teclaf,P (2585)-Kraemer,M (2579) Hamburg GER 2024 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qc2 Rac8 {And now ...b4 would win.} 14. Qb1 $1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Ba3 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qa1 Ng6 19. Bf3 {[%eval -98,21]} (19. Bxa3 $11 {[%eval -21,20]} Qxa3 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3) 19... Bxb2 $17 20. Qxb2 Nh4 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rb7g2]} 22. f3 {[%eval -218,19]} (22. f4 $17 {[%eval -89,19]}) 22... e5 {Kolmagorov,A (2125)-Paravyan,D (2612) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (48)}) 8... b5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 h6 (13... Bxe4 $2 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 $18) 14. Qc2 {[%cal Oe4e5]} Bd6 {Prevents e5.} 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nd2 Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be5 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb3 Nb6 22. a5 Na4 23. Bd3 Rfe8 {1-0 (60) Xiang,Z (2407)-Stoyanov,T (2465) Prague 2024}) 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. a5 Qe7 21. Rc1 f5 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Bc8 24. exf5 {[%eval -40,22]} (24. Nb3 $11 {[%eval 29,19]}) 24... Ne5 $15 {[%csl LRd5,LRf5]} 25. Be4 (25. Qxc5 $2 Qf6 26. Ne4 (26. f4 $2 Nd3 $19) 26... Qxf5 $17) 25... Bxf5 26. Qxc5 (26. Bxf5 $2 Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qe4 Rd4 $19) 26... Qe8 {[%eval 29,23]} ({Black should play} 26... Qxc5 $15 {[%eval -40,21]} 27. Rxc5 Rxd2 28. Rxe5 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxb2) 27. f4 $11 (27. Qxb4 $2 Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bg2 Qd8 $19) 27... Bxe4 28. fxe5 (28. Nxe4 $2 Nd3 29. Qc4 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bd3 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qb6 Qd5 32. e6 {[%eval 0,20]} ({Better is} 32. Qxb4 $16 {[%eval 72,20]} Bb5 33. e6 (33. Ne4 Qxe5 34. Nf2 Qf5 $11)) 32... Bb5 33. e7 (33. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Re6e7]}) 33... Re8 34. Qf2 Bc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5h1]} 35. Ne4 Qd7 36. Qf8+ {[%eval 72,21]} (36. Nc5 $11 {[%eval 0,22]} Qd5 37. Re4 Qd1+ 38. Re1) 36... Kh7 $16 37. Qf7 Kh8 (37... Qxe7 $2 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 40. Rxe7 $18) 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Kh8 (39... Qxe7 $2 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 42. Rxe7 $18) 40. Nf2 Bb7 41. h4 Bc6 42. Qe6 Qc7 {[%csl LRa5,LRg3]} 43. Kh2 Bb5 44. Qe5 Qc2 45. Kg1 Qb3 46. Re3 Qc4 {[%eval 310,19] [#]} (46... Qf7 $16 {[%eval 134,21]} 47. g4 Qc4) 47. Kh2 $2 {[%eval 119,21]} ({Weaker is} 47. Re1 Kg8 48. g4 Kh8 $18) (47. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%eval 310,19][%cal Rf3f8]} Kg8 48. Rf4 Qc1+ 49. Kh2) 47... Qf7 48. Nh3 Qf1 49. Re1 Qd3 50. Nf4 Qd2+ 51. Kg1 {[%cal Bh2g1,Bg1f2,Bf2e3,Be3d4,Bd4c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 52. h5 {Black must now prevent Rf1.} b3 {[%eval 296,18]} (52... Qc2 $16 {[%eval 152,21]} 53. Qd4 b3 54. Ng6+ Kg8) 53. Re2 $2 {[%eval 102,23]} (53. Rf1 $18 {[%eval 296,18] is the precise move to win.}) 53... Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qh1 55. Ng6+ Kh7 {[%eval 250,19]} (55... Kg8 $16 {[%eval 108,20]}) 56. Nf8+ $2 {[%eval 49,19]} ({White must play} 56. Nh4 $18 {[%eval 250,19]}) 56... Kh8 {[#]} 57. Ng6+ {[%eval 220,18]} ({Much worse is} 57. Qf5 $6 Qg2+ 58. Ke1 Qg1+ 59. Kd2 Qd4+ 60. Ke1 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Qd4+ 62. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) (57. Re3 $1 $16 {[%eval 99,18]}) 57... Kh7 $18 58. Qf5 $2 {[%eval 0,22]} (58. Nh4 $18 {[%eval 220,18]}) 58... Qh2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Ke3 Qxg3+ 60. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Nf8+.} Qd6+ 61. Kc3 Qg3+ 62. Kb4 Qd6+ 63. Kc3 {Hoping for Nf8+.} Qg3+ 64. Kd2 Qd6+ 65. Kc1 Bb5 66. Nf8+ Kg8 67. Qh7+ Kf7 68. Qf5+ Kg8 69. Qh7+ Kf7 {( -> ...Rc8+)} 70. Rf2+ Kxe7 71. Qe4+ ({Don't go for} 71. Qxg7+ $2 Kd8 72. Qf6+ Qxf6 73. Rxf6 Ke7 $19) 71... Kd8 72. Qa8+ Kc7 {[%cal Re8e1]} 73. Rf7+ Re7 74. Qa7+ Kd8 {[%cal Re7e1]} 75. Qa8+ Kc7 76. Qa7+ Kd8 {[%cal Re7e1]} 77. Rxe7 Qc6+ 78. Kd2 Qc2+ 79. Ke3 Qe2+ $1 80. Kf4 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra7c7]} Qh2+ 81. Ke3 Qg3+ 82. Kd2 Qd3+ 83. Ke1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra7c7]} Qf1+ 84. Kd2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra7c7]} Qd3+ 85. Ke1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra7c7]} Qf1+ 86. Kd2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra7c7]} Qd3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/WKMpi06X"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 19,89,2,2,2,6,0,10,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-12,-9,-6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-5,-5,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} d6 12. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Bc6 f6 25. h4 Qc7 26. b5 Bd6 {Brunner,N (2416)-Kienboeck,B (2233) Bregenz AUT 2024 1-0 (42)}) 12... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. f4 a6 15. Bb2 h6 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Qc7 {0-1 (53) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2447)-Lopez Martinez,J (2481) Mataro 2004}) 13. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2c2][%mdl 32]} axb4 14. axb4 e5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rb2 ({Don't blunder} 17. Bd3 $2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e4 $19) 17... Nc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 {[#] Black must now prevent exd6.} Nxe5 21. Bd5 Nxc4 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 27. Qb3 Qb5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bd2 d4 30. h3 Qe2 31. Qf3 (31. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Rc8 32. Bf4 $15) 31... d3 32. b5 {The position is equal.} Rb8 33. Qxe2 dxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Re1 Rxb5 35. Rxe2 f6 36. g3 Kf7 37. Be3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 39. h4 h5 40. Kg2 Ra5 41. Rd2 Rc5 42. Re2 Ra5 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Re2 Ra5 45. Rd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.03"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/WKMpi06X"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,124,0,37,2,4,0,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-2,0,-7,0,0,2,7,2,0,10,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-10,-11,0,-14,-10,-18,0,-39,-34,-45,-35,-59,-59,-59,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-40,-50,-69,-69,-69,-62,-123,-113,-113,-113,-109,-99,-106,-62,-89,-82,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. a4 ({RR} 5. a3 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. h3 g5 9. Nh2 Rg8 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Nc3 g4 12. h4 Be6 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. g3 Qf6 16. Re1 d5 17. Qe2 d4 18. Nb1 h5 19. Nd2 Nf8 {Alekseenko,K (2679)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (44)}) 5... a5 6. Nc3 $146 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} ({RR} 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qe1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Qg3 Qe7 13. d4 Be6 14. c4 exd4 15. exd4 Nh5 16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Nhf4 18. Rfe1 {Against Ne2+} c5 19. g3 Nd3 20. Re3 Nb4 $1 {Garcia Martin,M (2342)-Savina,A (2331) Chartres FRA 2024 0-1 (54)}) 6... h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng4 11. Qe2 Qh4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Rf3 Be6 15. Raf1 Qe7 16. Bd5 Qd7 {0-1 (36) Najer,E (2654)-Grischuk,A (2778) Moscow 2021}) 11. f4 Be6 12. Bb5 Ng4 13. Qe1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Ne5 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rf2 Qg5 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. Rb1 b6 20. g3 Ne7 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Ne3 Bh3 24. Qd2 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Re1 c5 {[%cal Od5c3]} 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Rf4 Qd6 29. Qf2 Be6 30. Bd3 Rfe8 31. Rfe4 Rf8 32. Rf4 Rde8 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Rf1 {[%cal Of4f6]} cxd4 35. cxd4 Bc4 36. Qe3 {[%cal Of4f6]} f6 37. Rb1 Bxd3 {[%eval 0,22]} ({Better is} 37... Qa3 $1 $15 {[%eval -59,19]}) 38. Qxd3 $11 Qc6 39. d5 Qc5+ 40. Rf2 Rfe8 (40... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 41. Rd1 (41. Rb5 Qc4 $15) 41... Qb4 $11) 41. Rb5 Qd6 42. Qd4 Rc5 43. Rxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 44. Qd3 Qd7 45. Rf4 Re5 46. c4 Qxa4 47. Rf1 Qd7 48. Rb1 Re8 49. Qa3 Qe7 50. Rf1 Ra8 51. Qa4 {[%eval -123,24]} (51. Qd3 $15 {[%eval -62,19]}) 51... Qe3+ $17 52. Kg2 Rb8 53. Rf2 {Inhibits Rb2.} Qe4+ 54. Kh3 Rb4 55. Rf4 Qe2 ({Reject} 55... Rxa4 $6 56. Rxe4 Ra2 57. Rd4 $11) 56. Qd7 Rb2 {[%eval 0,28]} ({Of course not} 56... Rxc4 $6 57. Qc8+ Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kh8 59. Qc8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kh8 61. Qc8+ $11) (56... Rb8 $17 {[%eval -92,20][%cal Oa5a4] And now ...a4! would win.} 57. Qf5 a4) 57. Qc8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kg8 59. Qc8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kg8 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qf5+ Kg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Y29OFq4c"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,106,9,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-36,-36,-36,-26,-37,-12,-23,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,8,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,23,23,23,23,23,12,11,8,6,0,0,4,17,22,22,22,22,22,23,1,10,12,19,19,19,19,19,19,16,6,29,29,29,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,0,6,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Nh4 exd4 14. Ng6 Qd8 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bc6 21. Qc2 Ra5 22. Rd1 Rc5 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Ng6 25. Qb4 Qe8 26. Bf1 Nf4 {0-1 (26) Zhigalko,S (2572)-Lin,B (2111) chess.com INT 2024}) 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf1 Ng6 16. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc2 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ra5 18. Qd4 Rae5 19. Rae1 Bc6 20. Nb4 Bd7 21. Qa7 b5 22. Qb7 {0-1 (39) Antipov,M (2591)-Chigaev,M (2598) Sochi 2020}) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxb6 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 cxb6 20. Qxd6 Bc6 21. Rd1 Qg5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. g3 Ne6 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. h4 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rd6 Bc6 28. Bg2 Rc8 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Rd4 b5 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Bf5 Re8 34. Bd3 Kf8 35. h5 Re5 36. Be2 Bg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 38. Rb4 Re5 39. g4 Rc5 40. f3 f5 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Rd4 fxg4 {The position is equal.} 43. fxg4 Re5 44. Kf4 Rg5 45. Rd1 Rc5 46. Rd4 Rg5 47. Rd1 Rc5 48. Rd4 Rg5 49. Re4+ Kd7 50. Re5 Rxe5 51. Kxe5 Ke7 52. Kd5 Kf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kg5.} 53. Kc5 Kg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Y29OFq4c"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,89,-22,0,0,3,-2,22,5,5,5,5,8,8,8,7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-1,-1,-1,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-18,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-19,-19,-22,-16,-50,-50,-50,-41,-76,-10,-10,-3,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nxf4 7. exf4 a5 8. Bb5 e6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 $146 ({RR} 10. Nd3 Nb4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nxb4 {[%eval -43,23]} (12. Ne5 $11 {[%eval 19,19]} Qb5 13. a4 Qxc5 14. c3) 12... axb4 $15 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Nd4 O-O 16. O-O Rfc8 17. b3 {[%eval -132,23]} (17. Qxb4 $15 {[%eval -43,21]} Qa4 18. Qxa4 Rxa4 19. c3) 17... Qc7 $17 18. Qxb4 Qxc5 {[%eval -58,24]} (18... Qxf4 $17 {[%eval -133,19]} 19. Rad1 Qc7) 19. Qxc5 $15 Rxc5 20. Rfd1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxc2 22. a4 {½-½ (22) Rios,C (2472)-Sahakyan,A (2334) Sharjah UAE 2024}) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd3 Nb4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nxb4 axb4 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Nd4 O-O 16. O-O {½-½ (22) Rios Gomez,C (2472)-Sahakyan,A (2334) Sharjah 2024}) 10... Qxd7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. f5 O-O {Hoping for ...Nd4.} 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. fxg3 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. g4 Rf2 20. c3 Nc6 21. Nf3 g6 {Against Bf5} 22. Ng5 Bd6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Nxe6 Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Nf3 ({But not} 26. Nxh7+ Kg7 27. h4 Kxh7 $19) 26... Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Rxg2 28. Bb5 Ne7 29. h3 Rg3 {[%csl LRf3,LRh3]} 30. Rf1 g5 31. Nd4 {[%cal Oh3h4]} Ng6 {[%eval -10,22]} (31... Rxh3 $17 {[%eval -76,20]} 32. Re1 Be3) 32. Rh1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rg2 33. Nb3 b6 34. Rd1 Ne7 35. Nd4 Be3 36. Nc6 Rg1 37. Rxg1 Bxg1 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 39. Kc2 Kd6 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Bc6 Kd6 42. Bb5 Ke5 43. Bc6 Kd6 44. Bb5 Ke5 45. Bc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Y29OFq4c"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 19,60,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-4,-20,0,-72,-72,-72,-61,-72,-72,-72,-72,-73,0,-68,-67,-64,-64,-72,-55,-74,-74,-74,-73,-73,-73,-73,-75,-89,-73,-73,-72,-69,0,-72,0,-87,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 14. e4 $146 {[%eval -72,21]} ({RR} 14. Qe2 Ned5 15. Bb2 {With the idea c4.} c4 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. h3 b5 18. Qf2 a5 19. e4 Ne7 20. Rae1 b4 21. Qd2 {[%eval -51,21]} (21. axb4 $11 {[%eval 0,17]} axb4 22. Bb1) 21... b3 $15 22. Bb1 Rad8 23. Qe3 Ng6 24. Qf2 Qb8 {[%eval 15,22]} (24... Rf8 $15 {[%eval -40,18]}) 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nh5 Qc7 27. g4 Qe7 28. Kh2 Qh4 {Bilovil,B (2407)-Karacsonyi,K (2137) Basel SUI 2024 1-0 (45)} (28... f5 $5)) (14. Qe2 $11 {[%eval 0,21] keeps the balance.}) 14... cxd4 $17 15. cxd4 Qc3 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRd4] Against Bb2} 16. Ra2 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} Rad8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Rd2 $8 Qd7 $15) 18. Rd2 {aiming for Bc2.} Qe3 $146 {[%eval 0,20]} (18... Qd7 $17 {[%eval -73,17]}) ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc5 19. Bb2 Ng6 20. h3 e5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. e6 Qxg3 24. Rxf7 {1-0 (24) Matviishen,V (2539)-Raja,H (2509) Sunnyvale 2023}) 19. Rf3 {[%eval -68,23]} (19. e5 $11 {[%eval 0,20]} Ng4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Ng6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. Qc7 Bxg2+ 25. Kg1) 19... Qc5 $15 20. Bb2 Ng6 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Rc2 Qe7 {[%cal Of6e4] [#] Hoping for ...Nxe4!} 23. Qe1 Nh4 24. Re3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bf1 h6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rc8 {[%eval 0,23] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} ({Black should play} 30... Kh7 $17 {[%eval -87,14]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Y29OFq4c"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,62,-8,-11,-20,-20,-18,-2,-2,0,-2,0,-3,0,0,0,8,7,8,12,6,36,35,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,12,18,10,14,5,5,5,4,4,4,4,6,0,9,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. e3 Rc8 12. exd4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd5 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. exd4 c4 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. Qf3 cxb3 19. axb3 a6 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Rac1 Qb5 22. Nc4 Qd5 23. Nb6 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba5 26. Na4 Bxd2 {Bluebaum,M (2668)-Petkidis,A (2429) Dresden GER 2024 1-0 (42)}) 12... cxd4 13. Re1 Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Nce5 Bc5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rc1 Bb6 17. Ne5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (55) Artemiev,V (2711)-Karjakin,S (2750) Moscow 2023}) 14. Nfe5 Bxc4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Bxb3 17. Qxc5 ({But not} 17. axb3 Bb6 $11) 17... Bd5 18. Bxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a6 20. Qc4 c5 {The position is equal.} 21. Bxc5 Qxd2 22. Qd4 Rfd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Be3 Rdc2 25. a3 h6 26. Bd4 R8c6 27. Rad1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rd2 29. Rad1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rd2 31. Rad1 Ra2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.04"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/Y29OFq4c"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 19,167,-5,-5,-14,0,0,11,-2,-2,-32,0,-3,0,0,0,0,5,5,6,0,7,-2,-2,-2,0,-15,-15,-15,-15,-37,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-4,-5,5,4,4,0,0,-4,-3,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,29,29,29,9,6,6,21,21,21,21,21,21,34,34,35,35,35,35,45,45,66,33,44,44,54,52,52,30,81,39,49,0,81,54,54,54,67,53,81,81,81,55,77,54,60,60,60,60,60,45,55,55,68,39,39,36,89,0,89,0,54,54,54,39,53,33,49,52,52,30,60,60,61,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 (12... Rxf6 13. Nbd2 $14) 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Bc2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. b3 Ncd6 20. f3 Ng3 21. Qxg3 Bxc2 {0-1 (33) Solino Nebot,L (1723)-D'Ettorre,R (1978) FICGS email 2010}) 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 {[%cal Oe3c5,Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Qf3 Be5 19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Nc5 (21. Qd3 g6 22. Qf1 Nxb2 $17) 21... g6 22. Rb1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 c6 (23... Bh4 24. g3 Bg5 25. Rxe6 (25. f4 Bf6 $16) 25... Rxe6 26. Qxd5 (26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. h4 Be7 $11) 26... Re1+ 27. Rxe1 $16) 24. a4 Bg5 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Ra1 Be7 28. Nb3 b4 29. Nd4 {[%csl LRc6,LRf5]} Qd7 30. Qd3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bf6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. g3 c5 34. Nb3 Qc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...c4.} 35. Qf3 Rf8 {aiming for ...c4.} 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Nxc5 Bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rd1 d4 40. Nxa6 Ra8 (40... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c6]}) 41. Nc5 Ra5 42. Nd3 Rxa4 43. Rb1 Ra2 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46. Kg2 Rd2 47. Nc5 Rd1 48. Ne4 h6 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. h4 Ba5 51. Rb5 Ra1 52. Nc5 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Be1 54. Nd3 Ra2 {[%eval 81,23]} 55. Kf3 (55. Kxd4 Bxf2+ 56. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 55... Ra3 56. Ke4 {[%csl LRd4,LRe1]} Ra2 57. Rb1 (57. Kxd4 Bxf2+ 58. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 57... Bc3 58. Rb6 Kg7 59. g4 Be1 60. Rb7+ (60. Kxd4 $6 Bxf2+ 61. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 60... Kg8 61. Kf3 ({Reject} 61. Kxd4 $6 Bxf2+ 62. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 61... Ra3 62. Ke2 Ba5 63. Rd7 Ra2+ 64. Kf3 Bc3 65. Rb7 Ra3 66. Ke4 Ra2 67. Rb8+ (67. Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6g6]}) 67... Kh7 68. Rb6 Be1 {[%eval 89,23]} 69. Rb7+ ({Of course not} 69. Kxd4 $6 Bxf2+ 70. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 69... Kg8 70. Kf3 {[%eval 0,28]} ({Don't play} 70. Kxd4 $6 Bxf2+ 71. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) (70. Nxe1 $16 {[%eval 89,21]} Re2+ 71. Kxd4 Rxe1 72. Rb5) 70... Bc3 {[%eval 54,24]} (70... Ra3 $11 {[%eval 0,28]}) 71. Rb6 $14 Kh7 72. Re6 Ra3 73. Kg2 Bd2 74. Ne5 g5 75. h5 Bf4 76. Ng6 Bc1 77. Ne7 {[%eval 5,23]} (77. Re7+ $14 {[%eval 61,21]} Kg8 78. Rd7) 77... d3 $11 {The position is equal.} 78. Nf5 Bf4 79. Rxh6+ Kg8 80. Rg6+ Kh8 81. Rh6+ Kg8 82. Rg6+ Kh8 83. Rh6+ Kg8 84. Rg6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/zLS5ROEt"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,61,25,25,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,4,10,-6,0,0,0,0,3,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-3,-6,-3,-9,-4,-4,-4,-4,-2,-2,0,-5,0,-2,0,-3]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4a6,Ba6b8,Bb8c6][%mdl 32]} 6. Nf3 $146 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences.} ({RR} 6. Nc3 {[%eval -76,21] 6.e4 0.30} Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Nb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bf5 10. f3 e4 {[%eval -26,21]} (10... Nd7 $17 {[%eval -96,21]}) 11. Nd4 $11 Bg6 12. Nb5 Na6 {Prevents Nc7+.} 13. e3 O-O-O+ 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. f4 Bh5+ 17. Kc2 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Be2 19. Ba3 Kd7 20. Kd2 Bd3 {Pang,Q (2195)-Gandhi,S (1908) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (34)}) 6... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 7. e4 Ndb4 8. a3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Na6 10. Be3 $146 {Inhibits Nc5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be3 g6 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. Kc2 Bg7 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Bd7 16. Kb1 {½-½ (22) Cyborowski,L (2490)-Cernousek,L (2433) Czech Republic 2022}) 10... g6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bb5 Nb8 15. Rc1 O-O ({Don't play} 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. b4 $16) 16. Kc2 Rc8 {[%csl LRb5,LRe4]} 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Kb1 Bd4 19. Nd5 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 f6 21. Rhd1 Kf7 22. Rc3 Rd8 23. Kc1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8+ 25. Ke1 Rd7 26. f3 h5 27. Ke2 Nd4+ 28. Kf1 Nc6 29. Ke2 Nd4+ 30. Kf1 Nc6 31. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/zLS5ROEt"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,75,-3,-3,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-2,-10,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-22,-14,-23,-21,-32,-5,-7,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,0,5,0,16,20,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,38,0,0,0,28,0,0,0,24,0,0,29]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2 $146 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. g3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ra7 15. Rfb1 Qa8 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rb8 19. Kg2 Rab7 20. f4 Qa6 21. Qf1 {[%eval -35,23]} (21. b5 $11 {[%eval 20,18]} cxb5 22. c6) 21... Qxf1+ $15 22. Kxf1 bxc5 {Sultan,I (2171)-Mammadova,G (2359) Dubai UAE 2024 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Ra2 Ra7 18. Rfa1 Rfa8 19. Kg2 h5 20. Ne5 g6 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Nf3 Ra6 {Yakubboev,N (2661)-Abdusattorov,N (2727) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 8. Be5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 c6 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 14. O-O h6 15. Qe2 Nf6 {[%eval 68,21]} (15... e5 $15 {[%eval -33,18]} 16. dxe5 bxc5) 16. Ne5 $14 Bb7 17. b5 {[%eval 33,19]} (17. Na4 $16 {[%eval 86,19]}) 17... bxc5 18. bxc6 Bc8 19. Nb5 c4 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 {[%eval -54,18]} (21. Rfb1 $11 {[%eval 0,18]}) 21... Ne4 (21... Bxb5 $5 22. Bxb5 Bd6 $15) 22. Qc2 Bd6 {[%eval 66,16] Kim,S (2295)-Zacurdajev,D (2239) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (50)} (22... Bxb5 $11 {[%eval -4,19]} 23. Bxb5 Nf6)) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 15. b5 cxb5 16. c6 {[%eval -49,23]} (16. Qxb5 $11 {[%eval 15,19]} Ra7 17. c6) 16... Qxc6 $15 17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. Rab1 {[%eval -104,21]} ({White should try} 18. Nd6 $15 {[%eval -51,20]}) 18... Raa8 $17 19. f5 Bf6 {[%eval -18,22]} (19... Qc2 $17 {[%eval -112,21]} 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. fxe6 fxe6) 20. fxe6 $11 Qxe6 21. Qd3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 {Gunina,V (2437)-Mammadova,G (2351) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 1-0 (84)}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 ({Don't take} 10... bxc5 11. bxc5 Bf6 12. Qc2 $14) 11. a3 c6 ({Much less strong is} 11... bxc5 12. bxc5 Bb7 13. Rb1 $14) 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Rab1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Kg2 Rfa8 19. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nc1 R8a4 20. Nd3 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 g6 23. Rb6 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Qb2 Rad3 26. Rb7 Qa5 27. Ra1 Qxc5 28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. Raa7 Qf8 30. Qe2 {1-0 (30) Zhao,Z (2537)-Akesson,R (2462) Pattaya 2013}) 19... b5 20. h4 h5 21. Ne5 Nf8 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra1 Nb8 24. Ng1 {[%cal Be2g1,Bg1f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} g6 25. Ngf3 R3a4 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Ng5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nd7 29. Rxa4 bxa4 30. Rc3 a3 31. Qc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf3.} Qa7 {[%cal Od7e5]} (31... a2 $2 32. Ra3 Rxa3 33. Qxa3 $18) 32. Rf3 Nf8 $1 33. Qf4 Qe7 (33... a2 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Nxf7 Qxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Rf7) 34. Qc1 (34. Qxf7+ $2 Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 $19) 34... Qa7 35. Qf4 Qe7 (35... a2 $2 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Nxf7 $18) 36. Qc1 ({Not} 36. Qxf7+ $2 Qxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 $19) 36... Qa7 37. Qf4 {[#] And now Qf6+ would win.} Qe7 (37... a2 $2 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Nxf7 Qxf7 40. Qxf7+ $18) 38. Nxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/zLS5ROEt"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,111,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-20,34,29,34,34,34,34,66,66,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,82,97,88,130,130,135,124,124,132,139,149,184,184,184,177,242,240,262,262,261,261,296,291,305,305,305,307,349,311,311,321,354,354,354,347,364,349,364,364,364,357,535,517,507,495,513,493,546,426,653,618,1811,1563,29996,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nbd7 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Bf8 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Qg5 15. a3 Red8 {[%cal Od5e3] ...Ne3! is the strong threat.} 16. Qc2 Ba8 17. e4 Ne7 18. f4 Qh6 19. b4 g5 {[%eval 76,18]} (19... Nc6 $11 {[%eval 20,19] remains equal.}) 20. Kh1 {[%eval 0,18]} ({White should try} 20. f5 $16 {[%eval 76,18]} exf5 21. exf5 Bxg2 22. Qxg2) 20... gxf4 $11 21. Rxf4 Ng6 22. Rf2 {[%eval -77,18] [#]} (22. Rf3 $11 {[%eval 0,18]}) 22... Rd7 {[%eval 6,18]} ({Better is} 22... b5 $1 $17 {[%eval -77,18][%cal Rb5c4]} 23. Nd2 c5) 23. Rcf1 {Tabatabaei,M (2696)-Sjugirov,S (2695) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (51)}) 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 11. Nh4 $146 ({RR} 11. b4 {Strongly threatening c5.} c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 d4 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. a4 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Qd7 17. a5 Rad8 18. Qd3 e5 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 h6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Rfe1 f4 24. Rab1 Rf8 25. a6 Bc8 {Yilmaz,M (2633)-Ilkhomi,J (2166) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (35)}) 11... g6 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc4 Rfe8 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Ne5 h5 18. f3 {0-1 (40) Sadzikowski,D (2588)-Socko,B (2593) Warsaw 2018}) 12... c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb3 Nfe4 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4h8] [#]} f6 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qd1 Qxb2 {[%eval 34,19]} (20... Be5 $11 {[%eval -20,17]} 21. Bxe4 Nxe4) 21. Qxd5+ $14 Kg7 22. Bxe4 Rbd8 23. Ra2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Bg2 f5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Rc2 Ne4 28. Rfc1 Rf7 29. Ne1 Re7 30. Nd3 Rdd7 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. e3 Rc6 34. a4 Kh6 35. Nb3 Rb6 36. Nd2 Rbe6 {[%eval 242,24]} (36... Rb4 {[%eval 177,19] is a better defense.} 37. Rc6 Bb2) 37. Rc6 $18 a5 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rc4 Rb6 40. Nxe4 Be7 41. Rc7 Re6 42. Nd2 g5 43. Nb3 {aiming for Nd4.} Bb4 44. Nd4 Re5 45. g4 Kg6 46. Kg2 Rd5 47. Kf3 Rd8 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Ne6 Rd5 {[%eval 535,19]} (49... Rg8 {[%eval 357,21] keeps fighting.} 50. Ke4 Kf6) 50. Ke4 Rd2 51. Nxg5+ Ke7 52. f4 Ra2 53. Kd5 Rxa4 {[%eval 653,15]} (53... Rd2+ $142 {[%eval 426,14]} 54. Ke4 Rxh2 55. Nxh7 Kd7) 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Ke6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Kd8 {Inhibits Rc8+.} 56. Rc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/zLS5ROEt"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 13,136,0,0,-22,0,-9,-3,-16,-16,-22,0,-9,11,11,18,-11,-11,-11,-11,-39,-17,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-53,-53,-104,-38,-74,-50,-107,-92,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-135,-154,-141,-184,-184,-169,-149,-149,-150,-155,-124,-193,-137,-156,-105,-206,-202,-202,-202,-206,-206,-206,-206,-203,-150,-150,-160,-170,-146,-146,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-72,-61,-69,-48,-91,-48,-91,-91,-108,-82,-145,0,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-30,-34,-9,-6,0,-9,-9,-47,-47,-47,-47,-48,-48,-47,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Stockfish 16.1} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} h6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Qd2 d5 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Qe3 Qc8 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Ne8 16. Nxe4 {[%eval -214,16]} (16. h5 $17 {[%eval -74,18]}) 16... Kh8 $2 {[%eval 15,19]} (16... Bxb3 $19 {[%eval -214,16]} 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qxb3 Qe6 19. Qxe6 Nxe6) 17. Bg5 $11 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rc8c2]} 18. Nc3 f6 19. Bf4 Bf5 {[%eval 113,22]} (19... Bxb3 $14 {[%eval 32,19]} 20. axb3 Qf5) 20. Nd4 $16 Bc5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rf5c2]} 22. Bd3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qe6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Kb1) 11... Nb4 12. Qd2 d5 13. a3 d4 14. axb4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe3) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nxd5 Bxh4+ ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd6 Bxb3 15. axb3 Ndxe5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. O-O-O Rhd8 18. c3) 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg4 {Threatens to win with Bxe6.} Nc6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 exd5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Rxh7 Qb6 {And now ...Qg1+ would win.} 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. O-O-O Nb4 {[%eval 233,21]} (20... Kc7 $142 {[%eval 178,15]} 21. Qh6 Rae8) 21. Qxb6+ {[%eval 87,21]} ({RR} 21. Qg7 Re8 22. a3 Nxc2 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.} 23. Bg5 Bxg5+ 24. Qxg5+ Kc8 {White must now prevent ...Nxa3.} 25. Kxc2 Kb8 26. Rxd7 Rc8+) (21. Qg7 $18 {[%eval 233,21]} Re8 22. Kb1) 21... Nxb6 $16 22. Na5 {[%eval 24,20]} ({RR} 22. Nd4) (22. Nd4 $16 {[%eval 97,20]}) 22... Rc8 23. c3 {Aditya,M (2608)-Cardoso Cardoso,J (2497) Sharjah UAE 2024 ½-½ (36)} (23. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Ra5b7]})) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Qe3 Qc8 14. Qg3 {[%eval -62,19]} (14. Bg5 $11 {[%eval -3,18]}) 14... O-O $15 15. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Ne8 16. Nxe4 {[%eval -204,15]} (16. h5 $15 {[%eval -57,18]}) 16... Kh8 $2 {[%eval 16,20]} (16... Bxb3 $19 {[%eval -204,15]} 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Bxg7 Nxg7) 17. Bg5 $11 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rc8c2]} 18. Nc3 (18. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 19. Bf4 $11) 18... f6 19. Bf4 Bf5 {[%eval 106,19]} (19... Bxb3 $14 {[%eval 49,17]} 20. axb3 Qf5) 20. Nd4 $16 Bc5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bd3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 {Gryshko,V (2283)-Kocharin,T (2216) Meurthe et Moselle FRA 2024 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nxd5 Bxh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg4 Nc6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 exd5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Rxh7 Qb6 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. O-O-O Nb4 {[%eval 211,17] [#]} (20... Kc7 $16 {[%eval 136,15] was necessary.}) 21. Qxb6+ {[%eval 93,19]} (21. Qg7 $1 $18 {[%eval 211,17][%cal Rg7e7] and the rest is easy.} Re8 22. Kb1) 21... Nxb6 $16 22. Na5 {[%eval 20,20]} ({White should try} 22. Nd4 $16 {[%eval 93,19]}) 22... Rc8 23. c3 {Aditya Mittal (2607)-Cardoso Cardoso,J (2496) Shsrjah - Abu Dhabi 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] ½-½ (36)} (23. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Ra5b7]})) 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Nfg4 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (51) Wieczorek,O (2500)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Chess.com INT 2022}) 10... Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. Nde4 Rc8 (16... O-O $5 {[%cal Rf7f5]} 17. g4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 $15) 17... Rad8 $11) 17. g4 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. f4 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 exf4 21. g5 {[%eval -104,17]} (21. Nd5 $15 {[%eval -53,17]} Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rhe1) 21... Kf8 {[%eval -38,17]} ({Better is} 21... Rd8 $17 {[%eval -104,17]} 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+ (23. gxh6 Rxh6 24. Ng5 Kc8 $17) 23... Kc8) 22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Rdf1 {[%eval -107,18]} ({White should play} 23. Ne2 $15 {[%eval -50,18]}) 23... Bf5 24. Rhg1 g6 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rd4 28. Rgf1 Rh2 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg2 31. Re5 Rg4 32. Ka2 b6 33. b4 {[%eval -193,21]} (33. Nf6 $17 {[%eval -124,21] might work better.} Bxf6 34. gxf6) 33... Rc4 {[%eval -137,22]} (33... Rf4 $19 {[%eval -193,21]} 34. Kb2 Bd8) 34. Kb2 {[#]} b5 {[%eval -105,20]} (34... Rc6 $142 $1 {[%eval -156,19]} 35. Na4 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5) 35. Nf6 {[%eval -206,24]} (35. Kb3 $17 {[%eval -105,20] is a better defense.}) 35... Bxf6 $19 36. gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rgf4 37. Nd5 Rf2 38. Ne3 Rc6 39. Rh5 {[%cal Rh5h8]} Rfxf6 40. Nf5 {[%cal Rh5h8]} Ke8 41. Nd4 Rc4 42. c3 Rg6 43. Rh3 Rc7 44. Kb3 Re7 45. a4 Re5 {[%eval -65,26]} (45... bxa4+ $17 {[%eval -140,18]} 46. Kxa4 Re4) 46. axb5 $15 axb5 47. Rh8+ Ke7 48. Rb8 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Nxb5 f4 51. Nd4 Rg3 (51... Re4 $5 {[%cal Rg6g3]} 52. Rb8 Kf7 $17) 52. Rb8 Kf7 {Inhibits Rf8+.} 53. Rb7+ Re7 54. Rb5 Kg6 55. Rb6+ {[%eval -145,18]} (55. Rb8 $142 {[%eval -82,19]}) 55... Kf7 {[%eval 0,24]} (55... Kg5 $17 {[%eval -145,18] Hoping for ...f3.} 56. Rb5+ Kg4) 56. Rh6 ({Reject} 56. Nf5 Re1 57. Nh6+ Ke8 $17) 56... Ree3 57. Rh4 Rxc3+ 58. Kb2 Kf6 59. Rxf4+ Ke5 60. Rh4 Rc8 61. Nb5 Rb8 62. Nc3 Rc8 63. Rh5+ Ke6 64. Rc5 Rxc5 65. bxc5 Rg5 66. Kb3 Rxc5 67. Kb4 Rxc3 68. Kxc3 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/zLS5ROEt"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 18,43,5,5,15,15,15,15,15,15,8,8,9,0,6,6,6,6,24,24,24,24,24,0,11,0,18,0]} 1. d4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/ebhz9euB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 $146 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} ({RR} 10... c5 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. f3 Bc6 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 16. Ba2 b5 17. e4 c4 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Nf1 Na4 20. Bb1 Qe7 21. Ne3 g6 22. Re1 a5 23. Rcd1 Rac8 24. Qc2 exd4 25. cxd4 {Sarana,A (2703)-Yoo,C (2583) Karlsruhe, Germany 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/ebhz9euB] ½-½ (80)}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. e4 e5 15. d5 c4 16. Bc2 Ne8 17. a4 Nd6 18. Ba3 {[%cal Oa4a5]} f6 19. a5 Nc5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qe2 Ra8 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. Bb4 Rca8 25. Rxa7 {Korshunov,S (2245)-Buckley,G (2332) England ENG 2024 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne1 Ng6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qf2 cxd4 20. exd4 Nf4 21. Bf1 N6h5 22. Nd3 Qg5 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Qg3 {Prevents Nh3+.} Qxg3 25. hxg3 {Unzicker,F (2310)-Apel,L (1503) Germany GER 2024 1-0 (66)}) 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 c5 12. Ba2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe1 Rd7 17. c4 Rcd8 18. Qc3 {1-0 (55) Davtyan,D (1907)-Hallaeva,B (2073) Poti 2017}) 11... c5 12. a5 Qc7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Ba6 Qc7 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Ba6 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. Ba6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,193,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,5,17,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,9,9,9,6,22,22,22,22,22,25,44,44,51,52,60,60,68,73,80,87,101,65,91,0,80,52,87,78,104,77,79,79,79,79,59,45,45,26,32,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,5,5,14,14,16,16,46,46,51,51,69,51,51,51,46,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,66,45,68,69,66,73,73,74,86,76,92,92,92,90,109,109,109,109,141,120,147,147,147,147,164,150,184,188,195,195,299,290,279,290,279,279,298,289,289,289,289,289,289,289,336,269,569,540,29978,648,2490,629,600,585,551,534,698,698,695,675,716,529,711,711,711,704,711,711,711,711,711,711,711,681,726,716,716,685,1173,1150,1130,1095,933,798]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 ({RR} 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 h6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 {Erigaisi,A (2738)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (41)}) 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nxd5 7. b3 $146 ({RR} 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Qf7 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Rac1 Red8 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Ba1 Ne7 21. Qb1 Nbd5 {Korobov,A (2666)-Finek,V (2429) Prague CZE 2024 1-0 (81)}) ({RR} 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. b3 f5 {[%cal Oa5a4]} 10. Bb2 Bf6 {[%cal Oe5e4]} 11. O-O Kh8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 e4 14. dxe4 fxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxb2.} 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nf4 {[%cal Oc8h3] Hoping for ...Bh3!} 17. Ne3 Qg5 {And now ...Nh3+ would win.} 18. Kh1 Ne7 {Prevents d5.} 19. d5 {[%eval -62,17]} (19. Rae1 $11 {[%eval 0,17]}) 19... Nexd5 {[%eval 5,18]} ({Black should try} 19... Nxe2 $15 {[%eval -62,17]} 20. Qxe2 Nxd5) 20. Qxe4 $11 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Rae8.} 21. Bf3 Bc6 {Bilych,O (2441)-Alsina Leal,D (2494) Donostia ESP 2024 ½-½}) 7... Bd6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12. Qc2 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Rfe1 g5 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Ndc4 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rf6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (67) Valido Bouza,C (2211)-Calvo Quinteiro,J (2160) Havana 2009}) 13. Rfe1 f6 14. Ne4 Qf7 15. Nfd2 Bf8 16. Rab1 Rd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. dxe4 Rd2 22. Qc1 R2d6 ({Weaker is} 22... Qxb3 23. Bc3 Qc2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rbc1 $18) 23. Bc3 Kh8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Rec1 Ra8 27. Be1 Rdd8 28. Qc5 Nd7 29. Qc2 Nb6 30. Qb2 h6 31. Rc2 Nc8 32. Bc4 Qd7 33. Rbc1 N6e7 34. Be2 c6 35. b4 axb4 36. Bxb4 Qc7 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 b6 39. Qa2 c5 40. Be1 Nd6 {[%cal Bc8d6,Bd6b7,Bb7d8,Bd8c6,Bc6e7][%mdl 32]} 41. Rd1 Rd8 ({Much less strong is} 41... Nxe4 42. Bf3 f5 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Qe6 $14) 42. f3 Nb7 43. Rb1 Nc8 44. a4 Rd6 45. Ba6 Nd8 46. Qb3 Kh7 47. Bc4 {[%cal Ba6c4,Bc4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 48. Bd5 N6e7 49. Be6 Qd8 50. Bc4 Nc6 51. Qc2 N8e7 52. Kh2 Nc8 53. Qb3 N6e7 54. a5 bxa5 55. Qa3 {[%csl LRa5,LRc5]} Nb6 56. Be2 ({Wrong is} 56. Bxa5 $2 Nxc4 57. Bxd8 Nxa3 $19) (56. Qxc5 $5 {[%cal Re1a5]} Nxc4 57. Qxc4 $16) 56... Nd7 57. Bxa5 Qc8 58. Be1 Nc6 59. Bc4 Nb4 60. Bxb4 Rb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 61. Rb3 cxb4 62. Rxb4 Rxb4 63. Qxb4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN} Qc5 64. Qb3 Qd6 65. Be6 Nf8 66. Bf5+ Kh8 67. Qf7 {Against g6} Nh7 68. Be6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf7g8] [#]} Qf8 {Inhibits Qg8+.} 69. Qd7 Ng5 70. Bd5 g6 {[%eval 299,26]} (70... Qb8 $142 {[%eval 195,21]} 71. h4 Nh7) 71. h4 $18 Nh7 72. Bf7 Qg7 73. Qe8+ Nf8 74. Bxg6 Kg8 75. Bf5 Qc7 76. Be6+ Kg7 77. Bd5 Qa7 78. Qd8 h5 $2 {[%eval 569,21]} (78... Qd7 {[%eval 269,23]} 79. Qa8 h5) 79. Qe8 Ng6 80. Qe6 {[%eval 648,19]} (80. Qg8+ $142 {[%eval 32724,18]} Kh6 81. Bf7 Qxf7 82. Qxf7 Nxh4 83. Qxf6+ Ng6 84. f4 exf4 85. exf4) 80... Qxe3 {White is clearly winning.} 81. Qf7+ {[%eval 629,23]} (81. Qg8+ $142 {[%eval 2490,17]} Kh6 82. Bf7 Qf4+ 83. g3 Qd2+ 84. Kh3 Qd7+ 85. g4 hxg4+ 86. Kg3) 81... Kh6 82. Qxf6 Qf4+ 83. Qxf4+ Nxf4 {KB-KN} 84. g3 Nd3 85. Kg2 Kg6 86. Kf1 Nb4 87. Ke2 Nc2 88. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Kf6 89. Bc4 Nd4+ 90. Ke3 Nc2+ 91. Kf2 Nd4 92. Be2 Kg6 93. fxe5 Nc6 94. e6 Ne7 95. Ke3 Nc6 96. Bb5 Ne7 97. Be8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 10,177,0,-14,-3,-5,-5,-15,0,0,0,0,16,15,44,14,23,0,0,-35,5,5,5,5,9,3,3,-9,-15,-9,17,17,37,37,37,37,35,45,72,72,72,62,112,109,109,109,105,28,34,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,47,0,0,0,0,0,41,41,41,25,25,25,30,30,30,30,29,28,40,40,61,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,37,43,59,39,242,242,242,241,232,232,232,220,315,320,314,279,245,235,330,344,330,308,315,290,382,382,382,382,1249,1249,1249,1249,1249,1249,1249,950,1203,896,1189,1099,1203,896,1099,896,1304,1338,1344,1322,1381,1322,1312,1283,1263,1165,1077,915,1360,896,29981,896,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29992,29993,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. c3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} (6... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 7. Bh4 g5 $11) 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Kh1 Nf8 13. Ng1 Ng6 14. b4 O-O 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. f3 exd4 19. Rc1 axb5 20. axb5 Bd7 21. Nb3 d3 22. Bxd3 Be3 23. Rb1 Nef4 24. Nbd4 Ne5 25. Bc2 Ra3 26. Bb3 Ra5 27. c4 Rfa8 28. Be1 R5a7 29. Nc2 Bc5 30. Bc3 Be6 31. g3 Nh3 32. Ncd4 Qg6 33. Qc2 Ra3 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Bb2 R3a7 36. Qc3 Rf8 37. Bc2 Qh5 38. Nd4 Bxd4 {Aronian,L (2782)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (94)}) 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Na5 11. Bd5 c6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. b4 Kg7 (13... Be6 $5) 14. bxa5 Nh5 15. d4 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qxa5 {[%eval 132,17] [#]} (16... Rf8 $11 {[%eval 19,16]}) 17. Nc4 {[%eval 0,17]} (17. Nxg5 $1 $16 {[%eval 132,17][%cal Od1h5] Qh5! would kill now.} hxg5 18. Qf3) 17... Qc7 $11 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Qd3 Rhf8 20. Ne3 Rae8 21. g4 Rf4 22. g3 Rf6 23. Nf5+ Kh8 24. h3 b5 25. Nd2 {[%eval -68,13] Dominguez Perez,L (2748)-Kollars,D (2648) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)} ({White should try} 25. dxe5 $11 {[%eval 8,17]} dxe5 26. Rfd1)) 11. b4 Nf8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. b5 Na5 14. Qb4 axb5 15. Bxb5+ (15. Qxb5+ c6 16. Qb2 Ng6 $17) 15... c6 16. d4 Bb8 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. h3 h5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Nxg5 h4 23. Bh2 f6 24. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Be6 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. Nd4 Rhd8 27. Nf5+ Ke8 28. Bh5 {[%eval 28,18]} (28. Rfd1 $16 {[%eval 105,15]}) 28... Bb6 $11 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Bxg6+ Bf7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kh1 Nc4 $1 33. f4 (33. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b4]} Ra4 34. f3 $11) 33... Nd2 {[%csl LRe4,LRf1]} 34. Rfe1 Ra4 35. fxe5 fxe5 (35... Nxe4 $5 {[%cal Re4f2]} 36. Nd6+ Rxd6 37. exd6 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Ng4+ 41. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 36. Bxe5 Nxe4 37. Bd4 (37. Rab1 Bf2 38. Bc7 (38. Rxb7+ $2 Ke6 $19) 38... Rd7 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Nd6+ Rxd6 41. Bxd6 Ke6 $15) 37... Bxd4 38. cxd4 Ng3+ 39. Nxg3 hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Re3 Rdxd4 {[%cal Oa4a2]} 41. Rxg3 Rd2 42. a3 b5 43. Re1 Rc4 44. Rf3+ Kg6 45. Re6+ Kg7 46. Re7+ Kg6 47. Re8 Kg7 48. Re5 Kg6 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Re6+ Kg7 51. Ree3 c5 52. Rf1 Rd4 $2 {[%eval 242,27]} (52... b4 $14 {[%eval 39,21]}) 53. Rg3+ $18 Kh6 54. Rf6+ Kh7 55. Rf5 {[%cal Rf5h5] [#] Against Rd5} Kh6 {Prevents Rh5+.} 56. Rxc5 b4 {[%eval 315,23]} (56... Rb2 $142 {[%eval 220,21]} 57. Rc6+ Kh7) 57. Rc6+ Kh7 58. axb4 Rxb4 59. Rcg6 Rb5 {[%eval 330,27]} (59... Rba4 $142 {[%eval 235,21]} 60. Rg7+ Kh6) 60. R6g5 Rxg5 61. Rxg5 {KR-KR} Kh6 62. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ra1 63. Rb5 (63. g4 Ra4 64. Kg2 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Ra3+ 66. Kh2 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. Kh2 Ra2+ 69. Kh3 Ra3+ 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kh3 $11) 63... Rc1 64. Kh3 {And now Rb6+ would win.} (64. g4 Kg7 65. Kg3 Kh7 66. Rb7+ Kh6 67. Rb6+ Kh7 $18) 64... Rg1 $2 {[%eval 1249,25]} (64... Kg7 {[%eval 382,18]} 65. h5 Kh6) 65. Rb6+ Kg7 66. g3 Ra1 67. h5 ({Stronger than} 67. g4 Ra3+ 68. Kh2 Ra2+ 69. Kh1 Ra1+ 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg3 Ra3+ 72. Kf4 Ra4+ 73. Kg3 Ra3+ 74. Kf4 Ra4+ 75. Kg3 Ra3+ $11) 67... Rh1+ 68. Kg4 Ra1 69. Kh4 Ra3 70. g4 Ra5 71. Rg6+ Kh7 72. Rf6 Kg7 73. Rf5 Ra7 74. Kg5 Rb7 75. h6+ Kh7 76. Kh5 Rb1 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78. Ra7 Rb8 79. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32] Ra5 is the strong threat.} Kh8 80. Rc7 {[%eval 896,22]} (80. g6 $142 {[%eval 32730,18]} Rb5+ 81. Kg4 Rb4+ 82. Kg5 Rb5+ 83. Kf6 Rb6+ 84. Kf7 Rb7+ 85. Kf8) 80... Ra8 81. g6 {White mates.} Ra5+ 82. Kg4 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra4+ 83. Kf5 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra5+ 84. Ke4 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra4+ 85. Kd5 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ra8 86. Kc5 Rd8 87. Kc6 Rb8 88. Kd7 Rg8 89. Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 12,121,-19,-26,-17,-34,-30,-43,-43,-43,-17,-21,-21,-46,-46,-50,-39,-39,-20,-10,0,0,23,23,35,12,19,23,19,18,19,11,39,39,51,51,51,46,46,48,51,58,64,38,38,35,35,35,35,33,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-14,0,0,0,0,21,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-82,-94,-147,-117,-107,75,75,88,116,151,0,1175,1145,1175,1133,1186,1141,1175,1107,1175,800,1003,652,1621,1418,2009,1862,29985,29985,29986,29984,29996,29996]} 1. e4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/4jjSMvbK rafael} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 ({RR} 4... d5) 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. c3) 7... a5 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} 8. h3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Na4 ({RR} 10. Be3 Bxe3 ({RR} 10... a4 11. d4) 11. fxe3 Ne7) ({RR} 10. Nh4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qg4 Kh7 15. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8) 10... Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nb5 ({RR} 14. Be3) 14... Bb6 15. Be3 ({RR} 15. d4 Nb4) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bh7 17. d4 ({RR} 17. Nh4 Rxf1 18. Qxf1 Nf6) 17... Nb4 {Black wants to play ...Nc2.} 18. Qd2 Bd3 ({RR} 18... e4 19. Ng1 Nf6) 19. Rfc1 exd4 {[%eval 106,18]} ({RR} 19... Be4 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Kxg2 Rae8) ({RR} 19... Nf6 20. a3 Ne4 21. Qd1 Nf2 22. Qg1 ({RR} 22. Qe1 {[%eval -28,18] 22.g1 0.41} e4) 22... Nxh3 ({RR} 22... e4 {[%eval 98,17] 22...xh3 0.41 [#]} 23. Ne1 $1) 23. Kxh3 Nc2) ({RR} 19... Bh7 $1 20. a3) (19... Bh7 $11 {[%eval 0,21]}) 20. exd4 {[%eval 16,19]} ({RR} 20. a3 {[%eval 39,16] 20.fxd4 0.99} Be4 {[%eval 110,17]} (20... dxe3 $14 {[%eval 39,16]} 21. Qxe3 Re8) 21. axb4 {[%eval 29,19]} ({Better is} 21. Nfxd4 $16 {[%eval 110,17]} Nd3 22. Bxe4 Rf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Bxb7) 21... Bxf3 $11 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Ne6 Bc6 {[%eval 84,22]} ({RR} 23... Qe7 24. Nxf8 Bxh3) (23... Qe7 $11 {[%eval 29,21]} 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Kxg2 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qg6) 24. Nxd8 $16 Ne5 25. Rf1 Raxd8 26. b5 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Bxf3) ({RR} 20. Nbxd4 Be4 21. Ne6 Qf6 {[%eval 102,20]} (21... Qe7 $11 {[%eval 29,19] keeps the balance.} 22. Nxf8 Rxf8) 22. Nxf8 $16 Rxf8 23. Nh4) ({RR} 20. Nbxd4 Bh7 {[%eval 107,22]} (20... Be4 $11 {[%eval 29,20]}) 21. Ne6 $16 Qf6 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Nh4 {Black must now prevent Rf1.} Qf2 24. Qc3 (24. Qd4 $5 {[%cal Rc1f1]}) 24... Nf6 25. Rf1 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Nxc2) (20. Nfxd4 $16 {[%eval 106,18] Threatens to win with a3.} Nc5 21. a3) 20... Be4 $11 21. Nh4 Nf6 22. d5 {[%eval -20,16]} ({White should play} 22. a3 $14 {[%eval 33,18]} Nc6 23. Rf1) 22... Bxg2 23. Qxg2 {Abdusattorov,N (2765)-Grandelius,N (2664) Elite Plaza Hotel, Gustav Adol 2024 1-0 (39)} {RR} Nd3 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Nd4 Nc5 26. g4) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bh7 17. d4 Nb4 {And now ...Nc2 would win.} 18. Qd2 Bd3 19. Rfc1 exd4 20. exd4 Be4 21. Nh4 Nf6 22. d5 (22. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nc6 23. Rf1 $14) 22... Bxg2 23. Qxg2 {Abdusattorov,N (2765)-Grandelius,N (2664) Malmo, Sweden 2024 [rafael] 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bh7 17. d4 Nb4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc2.} 18. Qd2 Bd3 19. Rfc1 exd4 20. exd4 Be4 21. Nh4 Nf6 22. d5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 {Abdusattorov,N (2765)-Grandelius,N (2664) lichess.org 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/4jjSMvbK] 1-0 (39)}) 9. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Na4 Ba7 10. c4 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Be6 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Kh2 Ng6 15. Qd2 {0-1 (42) Martinez Alcantara,J (2612)-Paravyan,D (2610) Chess.com INT 2024}) 9... a4 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rb1 c6 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rbe1 Rc8 19. c3 Qd7 20. Re2 Bc7 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Bd4 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Ne8 28. Qe3 f6 29. Bb8 g6 30. Qd4 Be6 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33. Bxd5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 34. d4 Ke7 35. Bc6 Bd7 36. Bf3 Be6 37. d5 Bf7 38. b3 axb3 39. axb3 Nd6 {Against c4} 40. Ba7 g5 41. Bc5 Kd7 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kf2 Bg6 44. Ke3 h4 45. Bxd6 {[%eval -82,24]} (45. Bg4+ $11 {[%eval 0,21] remains equal.} Bf5 46. Bxf5+ Nxf5+ 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Bxd6 Kxd6 49. c4 bxc4 50. bxc4) 45... Kxd6 {KB-KB} 46. Kd4 {[%eval -147,23]} (46. c4 $142 {[%eval -94,22]}) 46... Bf5 $17 47. Bg2 Bc2 $2 {[%eval 75,24] [#]} (47... g4 $17 {[%eval -107,20] keeps the pressure on.} 48. hxg4 Bxg4) 48. c4 $16 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bxb3 49. cxb5 Ba4 50. Kc4 {[%eval 0,23]} (50. b6 $16 {[%eval 151,22]} Bd7 51. b7) 50... f5 $2 {[%eval 1175,20][%mdl 8192]} (50... Bd1 $11 {[%eval 0,23]}) 51. b6 $18 g4 52. b7 Kc7 53. d6+ Kb8 54. Kd4 Be8 55. Ke5 Bd7 56. Bh1 Ka7 57. Kf6 f4 58. Ke7 Bf5 59. d7 {White mates.} Bxd7 60. Kxd7 f3 61. Kc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,155,-6,0,0,0,0,1,-7,-9,-7,-7,-7,0,0,7,0,9,5,0,0,36,33,43,-21,144,142,152,152,207,137,227,206,266,257,257,240,266,266,267,251,251,196,199,165,165,147,145,135,207,219,219,206,242,235,263,247,267,198,198,198,268,268,322,240,293,282,529,529,529,529,529,529,529,529,529,530,521,510,523,497,966,956,956,161,161,161,161,158,158,158,158,0,0,0,158,158,158,158,409,153,153,153,153,153,140,130,130,130,149,139,130,146,161,161,29979,148,1465,206,1291,158,158,158,158,158,158,0,158,0,158,0,158,163,163,0,1158,0,3224,3057,29987,29984,29993,29993,29993,29993,29993,29993,29993,29992]} 1. c4 {https://lichess.org/@/Arihol https://lichess.org/@/Arihol} e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 {[%eval -5,19]} (9. Bxd2 $14 {[%eval 48,17]} f6 10. Qb3) 9... O-O $11 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 f6 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qf7 18. Ba1 h6 19. a3 Qh5 20. e4 {Garcia Palermo,C (2407)-Sedina,E (2190) Vasto ITA 2024 1-0 (44)}) 6. Bg2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nge7 7. O-O Ba5 $146 ({RR} 7... Bxd2 8. Bxd2 h6 9. a3 a5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 ({RR} 11... Ra5 $2 {[%eval 547,18][%mdl 8192] 11...xa1 0.24} 12. Ra2 $4 {[%eval -448,19][%mdl 8192]} (12. bxa5 $18 {[%eval 547,18] avoids the disaster.} O-O 13. Qb3) 12... Rxa2 $19 13. Qa1 {[%eval -1179,15]} (13. Qb3 $142 {[%eval -448,19]} Ra7 14. bxc5)) ({RR} 11... Ra5 12. Ra2 Rxa2 13. Qa1) 12. Qxa1 Nxb4 13. Bxb4 cxb4 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bf5 16. Rc1 {[%eval -67,22]} ({RR} 16. Rb3 O-O 17. d5 Nb8 18. Rxb4 Qc7 19. Nd2 Na6 20. Rb2 Nc5 21. Qa7 g5 22. h3 Bg6) ({RR} 16. Rb3 O-O 17. d5 Nb8 18. Rxb4 Qc7 19. Nd2 Na6 20. Rb2 Nc5 21. Qa7 g5 22. h3 Bg6) (16. Rb3 $11 {[%eval 0,21]}) 16... O-O $15 {Hoping for ...Qa8.} ({RR} 16... Kf8 $2 {[%eval 97,14] 16...0-0 -0.57}) ({RR} 16... Kf8) 17. d5 Nb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. d6 {Tan Zhongyi-Lei Tingjie ChongQing, China 2023 [https://lichess.org/@/Arihol] 1-0 (38)} ({RR} 22. Qa4 f5 23. d6 Rf6 24. Qb5 Rxd6 {[%eval 0,21]} (24... Kh7 $15 {[%eval -64,18]}) 25. Nc4 $11 Rd4 26. e3 Rd3 27. Nb2 Rc3 {[%eval 92,19]} (27... Rd6 $11 {[%eval -17,19] remains equal.}) 28. Rd1 $16 Be8) ({RR} 22. Qa4 f5 23. d6 Rf6 24. Qb5 Rxd6 25. Nc4 {Against Qb6} Rd4 {And now ...Bf7 would win.} 26. e3 Rd3 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 27. Nb2 Rc3 (27... Rd2 $5 28. Nc4 $8 Rd3 $11) 28. Rd1 Be8) {RR} 22... Qb6 ({RR} 22... Qb6)) ({RR} 7... Bxd2 8. Bxd2 h6 9. a3 a5 {Prevents b4.} 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nxb4 13. Bxb4 cxb4 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bf5 16. Rc1 O-O {Threatens to win with ...Qa8.} 17. d5 Nb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. d6 {Tan Zhongyi-Lei Tingjie ChongQing, China 2023 [https://lichess.org/@/Arihol] 1-0 (38)}) 8. b3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bb2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. e3 Ng6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. dxe5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 {1-0 (47) Bu,X (2677)-Cheparinov,I (2649) Danzhou 2023}) 10. e3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 {[%eval -21,18]} (16. Qg4 $14 {[%eval 43,18]} Ng6 17. Rad1) 16... Nc6 $2 {[%eval 144,21] [#]} (16... f5 $11 {[%eval -21,18]} 17. Nc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Bb6) 17. Bf6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 18. Qxd5 Qe7 {[%eval 207,17]} (18... Qxd5 $16 {[%eval 152,18]} 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxd5 $2 {loses.} Kxf6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $19) 20... Rad8) 19. Rac1 Rad8 {[%eval 227,21]} (19... Qe5 $16 {[%eval 137,17] keeps fighting.} 20. Nc5 Nd4) 20. Qf5 $18 Kg7 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qxa5 Rd5 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. g4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Bf3 Ra5 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Rxc6 Rb2 {[%eval 207,21]} (28... Rd3 $16 {[%eval 135,19] was necessary.}) 29. Kg2 Rxb3 30. Ng3 Rb6 31. Rc7 a6 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Ra7 Rf6 34. Be4 Rg6 {[%eval 268,18]} (34... Ke8 $142 {[%eval 198,20]} 35. Re7+ Kf8) 35. Kf3 Rb6 36. h4 {[%cal Oe4d5]} Ke8 37. h5 Rd7 $2 {[%eval 529,23]} (37... Rd2 {[%eval 282,17]} 38. g5 Rb3+ 39. Kg4 Rb6 40. gxh6 Rxh6 41. Nxh6 Rd6 42. Nxf7 Re6) 38. Ra8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. g5 Kd7 41. Nxh6 Ke6 42. Bf5+ Ke7 43. Ng4 a5 44. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} a4 {[%eval 966,21]} (44... Rb3+ $142 {[%eval 497,17]} 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Nxe5 Rb7) 45. h7 Rb8 46. Nf6 $2 {[%eval 161,25]} (46. Nxe5 {[%eval 956,19]} Re8 47. Bd7) 46... Rh8 47. Bb1 a3 48. Ke4 Kf8 49. Kxe5 Kg7 50. Nh5+ $2 {[%eval 0,20]} (50. f4 $1 $16 {[%eval 158,24]}) 50... Kf8 $11 51. Nf6 $2 {[%eval 158,23]} (51. Ng3 $11 {[%eval 0,20]}) 51... Kg7 $16 52. Ba2 Rb8 53. f4 Rc8 $2 {[%eval 409,19]} (53... Rb5+ $16 {[%eval 158,20] is a better defense.} 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Ke5 Rb5+ 56. Kd4 Rb2 57. Bxf7 a2 58. Bxa2 Rxa2) 54. Kd4 $2 {[%eval 153,27]} (54. Nh5+ $18 {[%eval 409,19] and White stays clearly on top.} Kg6 55. Kd6 $1) 54... Rc2 {[#]} 55. Bxf7 a2 {[#]} 56. Bxa2 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 57. Ke4 {[%cal Og5g6] g6! is the strong threat.} Ra4+ 58. Kf5 Ra5+ 59. Kg4 Ra6 60. Kh5 Rc6 61. f5 {White threatens Nd7 and mate.} Ra6 $2 {[%eval 32726,17]} (61... Rc5 $18 {[%eval 161,25]}) 62. Kg4 $2 {[%eval 148,26]} (62. Nd7 {[%eval 32726,17] mates} Kxh7 63. f6 Kg8 64. g6 Ra5+ 65. Kg4 Ra8 66. Kf5 Ra5+ 67. Ke6) 62... Rc6 $2 {[%eval 1465,21][%mdl 8192]} (62... Ra4+ $16 {[%eval 148,26]} 63. Kh5 Ra5) 63. Kf4 $2 {[%eval 206,25]} (63. g6 {[%eval 1465,21]}) 63... Ra6 $2 {[%eval 1291,22]} (63... Kh8 {[%eval 206,25]} 64. Ke5 Rc5+ 65. Nd5 Kxh7) 64. Ke5 $2 {[%eval 158,29]} (64. g6 $18 {[%eval 1291,22]} Rxf6 65. Kg5) 64... Ra5+ 65. Ke6 Ra6+ 66. Ke7 Ra7+ 67. Ke6 Ra6+ 68. Ke5 {[%cal Og5g6]} Ra5+ 69. Kf4 $2 {[%eval 0,29]} (69. Ke4 $16 {[%eval 158,27]} Ra4+ 70. Kd5 Ra5+ 71. Ke4 Ra4+ 72. Ke5 Ra5+) 69... Ra4+ $2 {[%eval 158,27]} (69... Ra6 $11 {[%eval 0,29]}) 70. Kg3 Ra6 71. Kg4 $2 {[%eval 1158,21]} (71. Kf3 {[%eval 163,21]}) 71... Rc6 $18 {[#]} 72. Kh5 {[%eval 3224,16]} (72. g6 $142 $1 {[%eval 1158,21]} Rxf6 73. Kg5) 72... Ra6 73. Nd7 Kxh7 74. f6 {White mates.} Ra5 75. f7 Rf5 76. f8=Q Rxg5+ 77. Kh4 Rh5+ 78. Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,104,-9,0,-47,-17,-39,12,9,12,-1,7,7,7,7,37,19,23,19,19,19,25,2,2,0,18,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,6,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,-6,0,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-9,-9,-32,-29,-32,-14,-35,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,81,81,81,81,145,145,145,110,110,-34,-23,-221,-219,-310,-291,-488,-497,-488,-468,-453,-433,-621,-600,-746,-701,-1243,-1179]} 1. d4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/o18eyc6o} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be7 7. Bd3 b6 {[%eval 12,19]} ({Black should play} 7... Qb6 $15 {[%eval -39,16]}) 8. Ngf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qh5 Bd6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 f5 15. a5 c4 16. Be2 b5 17. a6 Bc6 18. b3 f6 19. Bf3 Kc7 20. Ra2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Qe8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. bxc4 bxc4 {Babiy,O (2306)-Javakhishvili,L (2447) Rhodes GRE 2024 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qh5 Bd6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 f5 15. a5 c4 16. Be2 b5 17. a6 Bc6 18. b3 f6 19. Bf3 Kc7 20. Ra2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Qe8 22. Qh4 Be7 (22... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 23. Rc1 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bb4 $11) 23. bxc4 bxc4 {Babiy,O (2306)-Javakhishvili,L (2447) lichess.org 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/o18eyc6o] ½-½ (60)}) 9... gxf6 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f5 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. e4 Kb8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rae1 c4 15. Bc2 Rde8 16. Qf2 {1-0 (49) Bukhman,E (2430)-Szymanski,A (2210) Warsaw 1991}) 10... f5 11. Bb5 Bf6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} a5 16. Ng5 h5 17. Nh3 h4 18. Nf4 O-O-O 19. Rb1 Kb8 20. Rf2 Rc8 21. Nh5 Ba6 22. Rd2 Ka7 23. Qf3 Qa4 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. Nf6 a4 26. a3 Bc4 27. Qf4 Qc7 28. h3 Qe7 29. Kh2 Qf8 30. Rg1 Rh6 31. g4 hxg3+ 32. Rxg3 {Black must now prevent Rg8.} Qh8 {Prevents Rg8.} 33. Qg5 Bf1 34. Kg1 Rg6 ({Much less strong is} 34... Bxh3 35. Rh2 $16) 35. Qf4 Rxg3+ (35... Bc4 {is interesting.} 36. h4 Rxg3+ 37. Qxg3 cxd4 38. exd4 Qh6) 36. Qxg3 Qxh3 37. Qxh3 Bxh3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Rh2 Bg4 39. Rh7 Ka6 {[%eval 81,23]} (39... Rc7 $11 {[%eval 7,21]}) 40. Rxf7 $16 Kb5 41. Re7 cxd4 {[%eval 145,24]} ({Better is} 41... f4 {[%eval 81,20]}) 42. exd4 Rc6 43. Rh7 Kc4 44. Rh2 {[%eval -34,24]} (44. Rd7 $1 $16 {[%eval 110,21]}) 44... Kb3 {Strongly threatening ...Bd1.} 45. Rg2 $2 {[%eval -221,20] [#]} (45. Nxg4 $11 {[%eval -23,22] and White stays safe.} fxg4 46. Re2) 45... Bd1 $1 $19 46. Ne8 {[%eval -310,21] [#]} (46. Nd7 $142 {[%eval -219,18]}) 46... Bc2 $1 47. Ng7 $2 {[%eval -488,18]} (47. Nd6 {[%eval -291,20] was worth a try.}) 47... Kxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. c4 Rxc4 49. Nxe6 Kxa3 {Hoping for ...Kb3.} 50. Ng7 {[%eval -621,18]} (50. Nd8 $142 {[%eval -433,16]} Kb4 51. Kf2) 50... Kb3 {And now ...a3 would win.} 51. e6 Rc7 52. Re2 Rxg7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.10 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2024.07.05"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/QC9QC8Lr"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 17,69,11,11,11,61,50,67,77,167,167,167,167,167,177,171,88,88,88,88,88,78,98,98,108,86,106,99,26,124,124,388,388,388,388,388,386,366,333,333,333,326,311,426,416,691,673,691,672,1109,1104,1084,1061,1024,962]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bxf6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} gxf6 11. Ne3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd4 12. Bd3 h5 13. a4 b4 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. O-O Be7 {[%eval 236,18]} (16... Bg7 $142 {[%eval 181,17]} 17. a5 Kf8) 17. c3 $18 Qa5 {[%eval 367,20]} (17... bxc3 $142 {[%eval 219,16]} 18. bxc3 Kf8) 18. cxb4 $18 Nxb4 19. Qe1 Rb8 $2 {[%eval 550,19]} (19... Nc6 {[%eval 340,18]} 20. b4 Qd8) 20. Bxa6 $18 Qxd5 21. exd5 Nxa6 22. Qa5 Nc5 23. Qc7 Rb7 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. a5 Kg7 26. a6 {Zampronha,W (2121)-Marques,E (1863) Florianopolis BRA 2024 1-0 (32)}) 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Bh6 $146 {[%eval 167,20]} (12... b4 $16 {[%eval 77,17]} 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rg8) ({Predecessor:} 12... b4 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Bxa6 Qb6 17. Bb5+ Ke7 {1-0 (29) Cieslak,W (1824)-Krzyzanowska Zadlo,L (1842) Szklarska Poreba 2017}) 13. axb5 $18 Bxe3 14. fxe3 O-O 15. bxa6 Qb6 16. Qd2 {[%eval 88,21]} (16. Bd3 $18 {[%eval 171,16]}) 16... Qxb2 $16 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. Ne2 f5 20. Ng3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 {0-0 is the strong threat.} f5 22. Ng5 {[%eval 26,15]} (22. Nf6+ $16 {[%eval 99,16]} Kg7 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. O-O) 22... e4 {[%eval 124,19]} (22... Bc4 $1 $11 {[%eval 26,15] keeps the balance.}) 23. Nxe6 {[%cal Od3e4] [#] Threatens to win with Bxe4!} Qa2 $2 {[%eval 388,20][%mdl 8192]} (23... exd3 $16 {[%eval 124,18] might work better.} 24. cxd3 Rxa6) 24. c4 $18 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 exd3 26. Rb7 {Hoping for Nc7.} Kf7 27. Nc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxa6 29. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Ra2 30. Rb1 Kf6 {[%eval 691,19]} (30... Ke6 $142 {[%eval 416,20]} 31. Rbb7 Ng8) 31. Rb6 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 32. c5 Nd5 33. Rxd6+ Ke5 34. Rcd7 Ra3+ 35. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.52} 1-0

