[Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Be2 Qc7 5. Nc3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} d5 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 ({Inferior is} 19... Qxc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 $18) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 b5 24. Bf1 {[#] Rxc7 is the strong threat.} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {aiming for Nxb5.} Qe5 26. Nb3 Bxb3 27. Qxd7 g6 28. Qd2 Qe3 29. Qb2 Rd8 30. h3 {[#]} (30. Rc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qe1 31. Rc1) 30... Be6 $1 $17 31. Qf6 Qxc1 (31... Rd2 $17 32. Ra1 h5) 32. Qxd8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 33. Qd4+ f6 34. Qa7+ $1 Kh6 35. Kh2 $1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qd6 37. Kf2 g5 38. Be2 Kg6 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Qd7 13. Bc2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bb3 {White is slightly better.} Qd6 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd7 {next ...exd4 is good for Black.} 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Kh8 ( 20... Nc6 $11) 21. Ng3 $14 f6 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 Nf4 25. f3 g6 26. Bc2 Rad8 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Bf2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 (30. Bxd1 $2 {loses. } Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Nd3 $19) 30... Be7 31. Re1 Bf6 32. Ne4 ({White should try} 32. Bd4 $16) 32... Be7 $11 33. Nc5 Bf6 34. a4 Rd8 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Be3 Nd3 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bc5 Bd8 40. Bf2 h5 41. Bg3 Rd5 {The position is equal.} 42. Nf2 Kf6 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Bh4+ Kf5 45. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 46. Re3 c5 47. Ne4 c4 48. Ng3+ Kf4 49. Kf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Re4+.} h4 50. Nh5+ Kf5 {Threatens to win with . ..Rd2+.} 51. g4+ hxg3+ 52. Nxg3+ Kf6 53. Nh5+ Kf5 54. Ng3+ Kf6 55. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. h4 c5 18. a4 Rxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (18... cxd4 $2 19. axb5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 $18 (20. Rxa6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Rxh4 23. Rc6+ Kd7 24. gxh4 Rg8+ 25. Kh2 Qxb5 26. Qxd4+ Kxc6 $11)) 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rad1 { And now Rxd4 would win.} Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 21. Rc1 (21. Ng5 $14) 21... Bd5 (21... Qc6 $1 $17 22. f3 Nc7) 22. Nf6 $11 Bxg2 (22... Qd6 $11) 23. Kxg2 $16 e5 24. Ng4 ({Don't go for} 24. Rxc4 $2 Qc6+ 25. Ne4 f5 $19) 24... Qb7+ 25. Kh2 f5 ({Black should try} 25... Qe4 $14 26. Qxe4 Rxe4) 26. Qxe5 Qh7 27. Qf6 $1 Rxg4 ({Not} 27... fxg4 $2 28. Qxa6+ Qb7 29. Qe6+ Qd7 30. Qe5 $18) 28. Qxa6+ Kb8 {( -> ...Rxh4+!)} 29. Qf6 $1 {Rfe1 is the strong threat.} f4 {[#]} ( 29... Qh6 $16 30. Qxh6 Rxh6) 30. Rfd1 ({Better is} 30. Rcd1 $1 $18 Rc8 31. Rd8) 30... fxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rc8 32. Kh3 Qe4 (32... Re4 $14) 33. Rd8 $36 {White threatens Qd6+ and mate. White is in control.} Rg8 {[#]} (33... Rg6 $16 { was worth a try.} 34. Qf4+ Qxf4 35. Rxc8+ Kxc8 36. gxf4 c3 37. bxc3 Kd7) 34. Qd6+ $1 $18 Ka8 35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rgd8 $2 (36... c3 37. bxc3 b3) 37. Rxd8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd8 38. Rxc4 {KR-KR} Rd5 39. Kg4 Kb7 40. h5 Kc6 41. h6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nc2 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qd4 Re8 16. Re1 Be6 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a4 a5 20. Bb5 Rec8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Re4 Rd8 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 23. Red4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Kf2 Bc4 26. Rd6 Bxb5 27. Rxb6 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Wrong is} 27. axb5 $2 Nc4 28. Rd7 Nxb2 $19) 27... Bc6 28. c4 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Rxc4 30. Ba3 Bc6 31. Rc7 g5 32. Bd6 Kg7 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 {KB-KB} 35. g3 Kf6 36. Bf8 a4 37. f4 g4 38. Kd4 Be6 39. Bxh6 (39. Bd6 $15) 39... a3 $17 40. Kc3 a2 41. Kb2 Kf5 42. Bf8 Ke4 43. f5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nhf4 14. Bf1 Bc7 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Ncd2 Be6 17. Kh1 h6 18. a4 d5 19. a5 a6 ({Better is} 19... exd4 $11 20. Bxd4 Qd8) 20. b4 $14 Bd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. c4 Bb8 23. Qc3 dxe4 $2 ( 23... Nxh3 $1 $14 24. dxe5 Nxe5) 24. Nxe4 $18 Qf5 {[#]} 25. Ng3 $1 Qf6 (25... Qe6 $142 26. dxe5 c5) 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd4 Nfg6 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 ( 29... Nxe5 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. Nc5 $18) 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 (30... Nxe5 31. Nh5 Qe7 32. f4 $18) 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. f4 (32. Ne4 $18) 32... Ng6 $16 33. Ne4 {aiming for Nc5.} Re8 $2 (33... Kf8 $16 {was called for.}) 34. Rxd7 $18 Rxe4 35. Rxb7 Nxf4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kg1 Re1 37. Kf2 Rb1 (37... Ra1 {is a better defense.} 38. c5 g5 39. Bxa6 Kg7) 38. g3 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Ne6 40. Rb6 g5 (40... Rb3+ $142 41. Kd2 Kf8) 41. c5 (41. Rxc6 Rxb4 42. Rxa6 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Kg7 $14) 41... Rb3+ 42. Ke4 Rxg3 43. Rxc6 (43. Rxa6 g4 $18) (43. Bxa6 Rxh3 44. Rxc6 Kf8 $18) 43... g4 44. hxg4 (44. Rxa6 Rg1 $18) (44. Bxa6 gxh3 45. Bb7 h2 $11) 44... Rxg4+ 45. Ke5 Rxb4 {[#]} 46. Rxe6 $1 ({Not} 46. Rxa6 Nxc5 47. Rc6 Rb1 $16) (46. Bxa6 Ra4 $16) 46... fxe6 47. c6 ({Worse is} 47. Kxe6 Rf4 48. Bg2 Ra4 $11) ({And not} 47. Bxa6 Ra4 48. Kd6 Rxa5 $11) 47... Rb1 48. c7 Rc1 49. Kd6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Bd7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} f5 {aiming for ...f4.} 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bg4 Nc7 18. Ne4 h6 19. b4 b6 $1 20. Rb1 Ne8 21. Re1 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. Bh5 Qh7 25. bxc5 (25. Qe4 $1 $15) 25... Nxg3 (25... Nd4 $17 26. Qd1 Bf5) 26. Qxg3 $11 Bf5 ({Don't capture} 26... dxc5 $2 27. Nxe5 Be8 28. Bg4 $16) 27. Rb3 $1 bxc5 28. Nb2 Bc2 29. Rb7 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Nd1 $1 Rb1 32. Qh3 Qf5 33. Bg4 Qd3 {White must now prevent ...Qxh3.} 34. Qh5 $1 Qg6 $36 { Hoping for ...Qxh5. Black has good play.} 35. Qh3 $1 Qd3 (35... Bd3 $17) 36. Qh5 $1 Qd2 37. Rf1 Kh7 ({Black should play} 37... Rb8 $1 $11) 38. Qe8 (38. Qf7 $1 $14 Qf4 39. Qd7) 38... Bg6 $1 39. Qe6 $2 (39. Qd7 $11 {and White stays safe. }) 39... Qd3 $1 $19 40. Ne3 (40. Bf3 $142) 40... Rxf1+ 41. Nxf1 {[#]} h5 $1 42. Bh3 {intending g3.} g4 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Qxg4 Qf5 45. Qh4+ Qh5 46. Qe7 $2 (46. Qxh5+ Bxh5 47. f3) 46... Qd1 47. Qh4+ Kg8 {...Bd3 is the strong threat.} 48. Qd8+ $2 {[#]} (48. Qe7) 48... Bf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bd3.} 49. Qf6 Bd3 $1 50. Qe6+ Kh7 51. Qh3+ Bh6 52. Qd7+ (52. g3 $142) 52... Bg7 53. Qh3+ Kg6 54. Qe6+ Bf6 55. Qg8+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2561"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc7 9. Ba4 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bb3 d6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bg5 Qd7 $1 14. Qd2 Bb7 {aiming for ...Nxd4!} 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nc3 f6 (16... Rfe8 $11) 17. Bf4 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Kh8 18. Ne4 Ncxd5 ({Black should try} 18... Bxd5 $14 19. Nxd6 Rfd8) 19. Nxd6 (19. Bxd6 $18 {And now Rad1 would win.} g5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Qd4) 19... Rad8 $16 20. Bg3 {Rad1 is the strong threat.} Ba8 (20... Nf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 21. Nxf5 Qxf5) 21. Rfd1 $18 g5 (21... Qc6 $16) 22. Qe2 a6 (22... h6 $142 23. Nxb5 Ng6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5) 23. a4 g4 24. Nd4 (24. axb5 gxf3 25. Qxf3 axb5 $11) 24... f5 {White should prevent ...f4.} 25. Ne6 ({Weaker is} 25. axb5 f4 $16) 25... f4 {[#]} 26. Nxf4 $1 (26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Qe6 fxg3 $16) ({Worse is} 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Bh4 Qxd6 28. axb5 Qb4 $11) (26. Qxg4 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bc3 $18) 26... Rxf4 $2 (26... Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Bd5) 27. Bxf4 Ng6 28. Bg3 ({Not} 28. Bxd5 Nxf4 29. Qxg4 Qxg4 $11) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 c4 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Bd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Better is} 11. Rxb7 $14 O-O-O 12. Bd1 (12. Rxf7 Bb4 13. Bd2 Rd7 $11)) 11... Qxb1 $1 $11 12. Nxb1 Bxb1 13. Ba4 {The position is equal.} Bd3 ({Don't take} 13... Bxa2 $2 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa5 $18) 14. Qa5 Kd7 $1 15. Rd1 Nh6 $2 (15... Nge7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 16. Bg5 $18 {White has strong compensation.} Be4 $2 (16... Nf5 { is tougher.}) 17. Rd2 {Threatening mate with Rb2.} b6 18. Qa6 {Qb7+ would kill now.} Kc7 19. Rb2 {White wants to mate with Rxb6!} Nb8 {[#]} (19... Bb4 $142 20. Bxc6 Kxc6 21. Qa4+ Kc7 22. Qxb4 Rhc8) 20. Bd8+ $1 Kxd8 21. Qb7 Ba3 22. Qxa8 Kc8 {[#]} 23. Bc6 $1 ({Worse is} 23. Qxa7 Bxb2 24. Qxb6 Bc3 $11) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 ({ Don't play} 12... bxc5 $6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $16) 13. Qxc3 {[#] Threatens to win with c6.The position is equal.} bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. e3 Bf8 18. h3 h6 19. g4 a5 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Ne5 Ra7 22. Nd3 Qxb3 $1 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Ra1 Rca8 27. Nc1 Nb6 28. Ne2 a4 29. bxa4 Nxa4 30. Rab1 Rd8 31. Ng3 Nxc3 32. bxc3 Ba8 33. Nf5 Ra4 34. Rb6 Rc4 35. Ra1 Rxc3 36. Ra7 {[#] Strongly threatening Rba6.} Rc1+ 37. Kh2 c4 $2 (37... Rc8 $1 $14) 38. Rba6 $18 ({Weaker is} 38. Nxh6+ Bxh6 39. Rxh6 Rb1 $11) 38... d4 { aiming for ...Bxg2.} 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Rxa8 ({And not} 40. Bxa8 d3 41. Bf3 c3 $15) 40... d3 41. Nxh6+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kg8 43. Rd8 Rd1 44. Bf3 Rd2 {intending ... c3.} 45. Rc8 Rxf2+ 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Be4 Rc3 $2 (47... Ra2 48. Rxc4 d2) 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rc3 50. Kf2 Rc2+ $1 51. Ke1 Rc1+ 52. Kd2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 Rc1+ 54. Kd2 Rc2+ $1 55. Kd1 c3 56. Nd4 (56. Ng3 $142) 56... Rf2 57. Rxc3 Rf1+ 58. Kd2 Bb4 59. Kxd3 Bxc3 60. Kxc3 Kg7 $2 (60... f6 61. Nf5 Kf7 62. Bd5+ Ke8) 61. Kd3 (61. Nf5+ $142 Kf6 62. Bd5) 61... Rf2 $2 (61... f6 62. Bd5 Rf2) 62. Nf3 (62. Nf5+ $142 Kf6 63. Kd4) 62... Kh6 (62... f6 {was necessary.} 63. h4 gxh4 64. Nxh4 Ra2 65. Nf5+ Kf8) 63. Bd5 Kg6 $2 (63... f6 64. Ke4 Kg6) 64. Ne5+ Kf6 65. Nxf7 Rh2 66. Kd4 Rxh3 67. Nd6 Rh4 68. Bf3 Rh2 69. Ne4+ Kg6 70. Nc5 {White mates.} Kf6 71. e4 Rd2+ 72. Nd3 Rh2 73. e5+ Ke7 74. Be4 Ra2 75. Bf5 Ra4+ 76. Kc5 Ra5+ 77. Kb6 Rd5 78. Nb4 Rd2 79. Kc6 Kd8 80. e6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. e4 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nxd5 $1 {LiveBook: 35 Games} 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nc3 {White has strong compensation.} h6 {White is better.} 12. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Nh5 {[#]} (12... Nd5 $1 $14 13. Nxd5 Bxd5) 13. Bc7 $1 $16 Bc6 $2 (13... Qe6 $16 { was worth a try.}) 14. O-O-O d6 $2 (14... Qe6 {keeps fighting.} 15. Ne5 Bd6) 15. Nb5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 16. e5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. exd6 {[#] White wants to mate with Qe4+.} Be7 19. dxe7 Nd7 20. Qe4 Rc8 21. Qb7 { A strange result} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Olafsson, Helgi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 {[#]} c3 $1 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. c5 Rac8 15. Nfd2 Be8 16. Nc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Kf8 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. e4 Nb4 20. Be5 Ba4 21. Rd4 Bxb3 $1 22. Rxb4 (22. axb3 Rxc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxb4 Bxd6 25. Rxb7 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Bc5 $15) 22... Rxc5 (22... Bxa2 $2 23. Nxb7 Rc6 24. Rb2 $18) 23. Rxb7 Ba4 $1 24. Rxa7 Bc6 25. Bf4 $36 {White has some pressure.} g5 26. Be3 Rc2 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} (26... Bxd6 $2 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rc7 $18) 27. e5 (27. Bxg5 $2 Bxd6 28. Ra6 Be5 $19) 27... Ng4 (27... Nd5 $11 28. Ra6 f5) 28. Bxc6 $16 Nxe3 29. Ra8+ $1 (29. fxe3 Rxc6 30. Ne4 h5 $14) 29... Kg7 30. Ne8+ (30. fxe3 $6 Rxc6 31. Ne8+ Kg6 $11) 30... Kh6 31. fxe3 {And now Be4 would win.} Rxc6 $18 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Ra7 Bc5 33. Rxf7 {White threatens Rf6+ and mate. } Bxe3+ 34. Kg2 ({White has to play} 34. Kf1 $18 {White wants to mate with g4.} Rc8 35. Re7) 34... g4 $1 $14 35. Rf6+ Kg5 36. Ng7 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Rxa2 (37... Rxh2 $6 38. Nxe6+ Kh5 39. Nf8 $16) 38. Nxe6+ Kh5 39. Rf5+ Kg6 $1 40. Rf6+ Kh5 41. Nf4+ Kg5 42. Rf7 Ra5 (42... Rxh2 $2 43. e6 Bc5 44. e7 Rh1+ 45. Ke2 Rh2+ 46. Kd3 Bxe7 47. Rxe7 $18) (42... Rf2+ $5 43. Ke1 $8 Rb2 $16) 43. Nd3 {White wants to play Ke2.} Ra6 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. Rd7 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kd1 Be3 49. e6 Kf6 50. e7 Kf7 51. Ne5+ Ke8 52. Rb7 Rd2+ (52... Rxh2 53. Nc6 (53. Nxg4 Rh1+ 54. Ke2 Bg5 $11) 53... Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rb2 55. Rxb2 Ba7 56. Rb7 Kf7 57. Rxa7) 53. Ke1 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Rd6 $2 (53... Rxh2 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 54. Nxg4 Rh1+ 55. Ke2 Bg5) 54. Rb8+ $1 $18 ({Don't play} 54. Nxg4 Bd4 $16) 54... Kxe7 55. Rb7+ ({Don't do} 55. Nxg4 $6 Bd4 $16) 55... Kf8 56. Rxh7 Rd4 57. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 {[#]} 58. Rh4 $1 Re4 $2 (58... Rd5 $18) 59. Rxg4+ Rxg4 60. Nxg4 {KB-KN} Bb6 61. Ke2 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kh5 63. Kf4 Bc7+ {[#]} 64. Kf5 $2 (64. Ne5 $1 {mates} Ba5 65. Kf5 Bc3 66. Ng6 Kh6 67. g4 Ba1 68. h4 Bc3 69. Nf4) 64... Bb8 $2 (64... Bxg3 $11 65. hxg3) 65. Ne5 {White mates.} Bd6 66. Nf3 Kh6 67. g4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 {??.} c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 ({Better is} 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 O-O 12. dxe5 Re8 13. f4 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} f6 14. Nc3 fxe5 15. f5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 e4 17. Bf4 $1 e3 {[#] ...e2 is the strong threat.} 18. Rae1 $1 e2 19. Rf2 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 ({Don't go for} 20. gxf4 $2 Qb6 21. Qg3 Qxb2 $19) 20... Qb6+ 21. Qd4 $1 Qa5 22. Qb4 Qxa2 23. Kf2 Rad8 24. g4 {White has compensation.} Bf7 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. Rd4 a5 27. Qc3 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 h6 29. Rxe2 Rxe2+ (29... Qb1 $1 $11) 30. Bxe2 $14 Qd5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. h3 Qc8 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qb3 b5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Qc2 {Hoping for d6.} exd5 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. f4 Qd6 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. f5 Qc7 23. Bf4 $36 {Black must now prevent Nxf7! White has good play.} Qb7 24. g4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 26. g5 $1 f6 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. Kh1 Nd7 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Ng4 Kh8 31. Qg2 Rce8 32. Bd6 Rg8 33. Qg3 Qd5 {[#]} 34. Ne5 $1 Be7 $2 ({Don't capture} 34... Bxe5 $2 35. dxe5 Qc6 36. Qf4) (34... Rd8 $16 35. Qg4 Rge8) (34... Nxe5 35. dxe5) 35. Bxe7 $18 {White threatens Ng6+! and mate.} ({And not} 35. Nxd7 Bxd6 36. Qg4 Be7 $17) 35... Rxe7 {[#]} 36. Ng6+ $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb6 {White has an edge.} 16. f4 b4 17. Bd1 a5 18. Nf3 a4 19. a3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Na5 21. Qa2 ({White should try} 21. c4 $14) 21... c4 22. d4 Nb3 $36 {Black is more active.} 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Be2 e5 25. Rbd1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Ndc5 27. Qc2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nb5.} ({But not} 27. Bxc4 $2 Nxe4 28. Bxb3 Nxc3 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $19) 27... Qe7 28. Bxc4 Nxe4 29. Bxb3 ({ Reject} 29. Nxb3 Rxc4 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 Qc7 $17) 29... axb3 30. Qxb3 Nxc3 31. Bf2 Qc7 32. Rd3 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Ne2 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2519"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Na4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qa4 Bf3 18. Rd1 ({Much worse is} 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. e3 Qd3 $11) 18... Qe7 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. e3 Rad8 21. O-O $36 {White has strong initiative.} Qe6 22. Kh2 f6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Qb5 ({Better is} 25. Qf4) 25... Rf7 (25... Rd8 $142 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 $16 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Kg3 Ke6 30. Rf5 Rd7 31. Kxf3 Rd1 32. h4 b6 33. Rh5 h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rd5 36. e4 $1 Rc5 37. Bd2 ({ White should try} 37. Ke2 $16) 37... Ne5+ $11 38. Kg3 Nc4 39. Bc3 Nd6 40. f3 Nf7 41. f4 g6 $1 42. f5+ (42. Bxf6 $2 gxh5 43. f5+ Kd7 $19) 42... gxf5 43. gxf6 f4+ 44. Kg4 Rxh5 45. Kxh5 {Strongly threatening Kg4. KB-KN} f3 (45... Nd6 $11 46. Kg6 b5) 46. Bd4 $16 Ne5 {[#]} 47. Kh4 $1 Nc6 ({Don't capture} 47... Kxf6 $2 48. Kg3 $18) 48. Be3 Kxf6 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. a4 Ne5 {[#]} 51. b3 (51. Bd4 $1 $16 { Hoping for Bxe5.} Nd3 52. Kxf3) 51... Nc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 52. Kxf3 Ke5 $1 53. Bf2 Na5 $1 54. Bg3+ Kd4 55. b4 Nc4 $1 56. Kf4 {White wants to play Bh4.} a6 57. Kf5 {Bc7 is the strong threat.} Ne3+ 58. Kf4 Nc4 59. Be1 Nb2 { Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 60. Kf5 Nc4 $1 ({Don't take} 60... Nxa4 $2 61. e5 Nb2 62. e6 $18) 61. Bf2+ Kc3 62. Be1+ Kd4 63. Bf2+ Kc3 64. Ke6 Kxb4 65. Kd5 b5 66. axb5 Kxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Pavlovic, Milos"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2512"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Nhf6 ({Reject} 14... cxb4 $6 15. Nb5 Qxc1 16. Qxc1 $16) 15. a5 Qd8 16. Na4 {White has an edge.} Ne4 17. Be1 b5 18. axb6 $1 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 ({ Of course not} 19. bxc5 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Nxc5 $15) 19... Qxb6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. bxc5 ({But not} 21. Bxd2 cxb4 22. Qa4 Bg4 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxe2 $15) 21... dxc5 22. Bxd2 Bg4 23. Re1 a5 24. d6 Rad8 25. Qa4 Qxd6 26. Bxa5 Bd7 $2 ( 26... Qa6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 27. Qc4 $2 (27. Qd1 $18 Qe7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qd5) 27... Rc8 $11 28. Bb7 Be6 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. Red1 Qe7 31. Bc6 Rec8 ( 31... Bb3 $11 32. Qxe7 Rxe7) 32. Bd7 $1 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Qxd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Bc3 Bf5 35. Qf4 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb4 37. Qd6 Bh3 (37... Rd4 $16 {was necessary.} 38. Qa6 Rd2) 38. Rc1 (38. f3 $1 $18) 38... Rb2 39. Qe5 Rd2 40. f3 {aiming for g4.} Be6 (40... h5 $16 41. Kf2 Bd7) 41. Qe3 Ra2 42. g4 c4 43. h4 Ra5 44. Kf2 {And now h5! would win.} h5 45. Qc3 Rb5 46. gxh5 Rxh5 47. Kg3 Rb5 48. e4 Kh7 49. Qf6 Rh5 50. Rc3 Rb8 (50... Ra8 $16 51. Rc2 Rc5) 51. Ra3 $1 $18 Rc8 52. Kf4 (52. f4 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. Ra7 is the strong threat.} Rb5 53. Ra7) 52... c3 (52... Rhc5 $16) 53. Rxc3 Rxc3 54. Qxc3 Rxh4+ {Endgame KQ-KRB} (54... Rb5 $142 55. Qf6 Rh5) 55. Kg5 Rh3 56. Qe3 $1 Rg3+ 57. Kf4 $1 Rh3 {[#]} 58. Ke5 $1 Rh5+ 59. Kf6 g5 60. Qc3 g4 $2 {[#]} (60... Rh6+ $18 61. Kxg5 Rh3) 61. f4 $1 Rh3 62. Qc2 (62. Qe5 $142 Bb3 63. Qf5+ Kh8 64. Ke7 Rh6 65. Kf8 f6 66. e5 Bd1 67. exf6) 62... Bb3 63. Qb2 Rh6+ 64. Ke7 Rb6 65. Qd4 Re6+ 66. Kf8 Rg6 67. f5 $2 (67. Qc3 $18 Rg8+ 68. Ke7) 67... Rg8+ $11 68. Ke7 g3 69. Qd3 Ba2 70. Qe2 {White wants to mate with Qh5+.} Rg7 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 71. f6 Rg5 $2 (71... Rg6 $11 72. Qg2 Be6) 72. Qxa2 g2 73. Qxf7+ Kh6 74. Qf8+ $2 (74. Qe6 {mates} Re5 75. Qxe5 g1=Q 76. Qf4+ Kh5 77. Qf5+ Kh4 78. Qh7+ Kg3 79. Qg8+ Kh2 80. Qxg1+ Kxg1 81. f7) 74... Kh7 75. Qf7+ Kh8 $2 ( 75... Kh6 $11 76. Qe6 Re5 77. Qxe5 g1=Q 78. Qf4+ Kh5 79. Qf5+ Kh6 80. f7 Qa7+ 81. Qd7 Qc5+ 82. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 83. Kxd6 Kh5) 76. Qe6 g1=Q 77. Qh3+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {??.} d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxc4 Ba6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qa4 Be2 {[#] aiming for ...b5.} 15. Rd2 Bxf3 (15... b5 $15 16. Qa3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 a5) 16. Bxf3 $11 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne5 18. Be2 $1 ({Wrong is} 18. Qxb4 $2 Nxf3+ 19. Kf1 Qf6 $19) 18... Nbc6 19. Rd1 g5 20. Nd2 Rad8 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 21. Nc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 ({Reject} 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 Rd4 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxa7 h6 (25... g4 $11) 26. Qa6 (26. Qa4 $1 $14) 26... Kg7 27. Qa3 Qd4 28. Qc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 Qe7 14. Re1 { LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} d4 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Qd2 c5 19. b4 Nc6 20. a3 Nd5 21. e4 dxe3 22. fxe3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Qg4 24. e4 Nc7 25. e5 Ne6 26. Re4 Qg6 27. Rh4 Ned4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Be4 {[#]} Qxe4 $1 30. Rxe4 (30. dxe4 Nf3+) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 $15 {Endgame KRR-KRR} f6 33. bxc5 {The position is equal.} bxc5 34. Rb2 Rxd3 35. Rxb7 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 fxe5 $11 {KR-KR} 37. Rc7 Rxa3 38. Rxc5 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40. Rxe5 Kf7 41. Ra5 Rh6 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bc7 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} g5 ({Black should play} 9... h6 $14) 10. g3 h6 11. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. c4 dxc4 14. a4 O-O-O 15. Nxc4 f6 16. Qb3 Be4 $1 17. Bd2 {With the idea Na5.} Bd5 18. Bb4 Qh7 (18... Qg7 $1 $11) 19. Qc3 g4 20. Nfd2 (20. Bd3 $14 Qg7 21. Nh4) 20... h5 $11 21. Bd6 {aiming for Bd3.} h4 22. Bxc7 ({Not} 22. Bxg4 $2 f5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxc7 Qh3 $19) (22. Bd3 $1 $11 f5 23. Nf1) 22... Kxc7 $17 23. Ne3 {[#]} ({But not} 23. Bxg4 $2 hxg3 24. Qxg3 f5 $19) 23... Ne7 $1 24. Bd3 ({Don't go for} 24. Bxg4 $2 hxg3 25. h3 gxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kb8 $19) (24. exf6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nxf6 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Bxg4) 24... f5 25. Ndf1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Qh6 ({Black should try} 26... Bf3 $19 27. Rec1 Kb8) 27. Qb4 c5 28. Rac1 $2 {[#]} (28. Nxd5+ $17 Nxd5 29. Qb5) 28... Kb8 $19 29. Qa5 $2 (29. Qd2 Bc6 30. Ng2) 29... Nc6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Black "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {??.} b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Re8 14. Nh4 g6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qe3 a5 17. f4 Nfd7 18. f5 Kg7 19. Bh3 Nf6 20. Nhf3 h6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nh4 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 ({Don't capture} 23... Qxc8 $2 {[#]} 24. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 25. Qxh6 $18) 24. b4 (24. Qe2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... axb4 $17 25. Ra7+ Re7 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. Qxh6 (27. Qf3+ {was the only defense.} Kg7 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qg4) 27... Rxa7 $19 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Nf5+ $2 (29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxa7) 29... Kf8 30. Nxd6 Rcc7 31. Nf5 {[#]} Rg7 $1 32. Qh5 (32. Nxg7 Rxg7) 32... Ra1+ 33. Nf1 Qg5 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. h4 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {( -> ...Rxg3+)} 36. Qb8 Nxe4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 {??.} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bh6 {next Bxg7 is good for White.} Bh8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bh3 (16. e5 $11) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Nb5 19. b4 Rac8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bg2 Ba6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Rc6 26. Be3 Rd8 27. e5 Rb6 28. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bf6.} Rdb8 {Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} ({Don't play} 28... Bxe5 $6 29. Rxc5 (29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Kh1 Bd4 $11) 29... Bd6 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Rg5 $14) 29. Bf6 {Intending Qh6 and mate.} Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 30. Rc2 Rb2 {And now ...Rxc2 would win.} 31. Rdc1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Qf4 { [#]} Rb1 ({Better is} 34... Qd5 $1 $17 35. Qc1 a5) 35. Qe4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 {KRB-KRB} 37. Kg2 a5 38. Bg5 a4 39. Bc1 Bxe5 40. Rxc5 Bb2 41. Be3 Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. c4 c5 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bc5 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Qxc6+ bxc6 20. Bg3 Rhe8 21. Rde1 e5 22. Nxe5 Bxf2 23. Bxf2 Nxe5 24. Kc2 Nxc4 25. Bxa7 Kb7 26. Bc5 Ka6 27. a4 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 28. b3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd5 $1 30. Bxb6 Kxb6 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} 31. g4 Rd4 32. Re7 Rf4 33. Kd3 c5 34. Re4 Rf1 35. Rc4 Rf3+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 37. Kc3 Rf3+ 38. Kc2 Rf2+ 39. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 {LiveBook: 527 Games} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bb7 { White has an edge.} 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Rc8 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Bd2 Nf4 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Kh2 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rc7 22. Ba5 Rc5 23. Bb6 Rc3 24. Ba5 Rc5 $1 25. Qd2 Rec8 26. Bb4 $36 {White is really pushing.} R5c7 27. Ba5 Rc5 28. Bb1 h5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rc1 g6 (30... Rxc1 $14 31. Qxc1 Ne8) 31. Rxc5 $18 dxc5 {[#]} 32. Bc3 $1 ({And not} 32. Nxe5 Qe8 33. Bc7 Qc8 $11) 32... Bd6 33. Bxe5 ( 33. Nxe5 Qe8 34. N5c4 bxc4 35. Bxf6 Nxd5+ 36. Kg1 c3 37. Bxc3 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 $11) 33... Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Qd6 $2 (34... Qc7) 35. N3c4 bxc4 36. Qxf4 cxb3 37. axb3 Qb6 $2 (37... a5 38. Bc2 Ba6) 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Qd6 { [#] Threatens to win with ...Qxe5!} 40. Kg2 Qe7 41. Bd3 Nxd5 42. exd5 Bxd5+ 43. Nf3 a5 (43... Kg7 {was necessary.} 44. Bc4 g5) 44. Bc4 Qd7 45. Kg3 Bxc4 46. Qxc4 (46. bxc4 Qe7 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 49. Nxe5 Kf6 50. Nd7+ Ke6 51. Nxc5+ Ke5) 46... Qd6+ 47. Qf4 Qd3 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Kf4 {Black must now prevent Qf8.} Qc2 $2 (49... Qc3 $18 50. Qb7 Qf6+ 51. Ke4 Qe6+ 52. Ne5 Kg8) 50. Ng5+ { White mates.} Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kf8 52. Nh7+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Adhiban, B."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 d3 12. Bxd3 c6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 { LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. h3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Nd4 Ned3 18. Bxd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc2.} Bxd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7+ {The position is equal.} Kxg7 21. b4 Ne6 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Bg4 c5 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb3 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Rd7 27. Rad1 Rc8 28. Rd5 Rdc7 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rdxe5 Qd7 32. R5e4 b6 33. Qf6 Rc6 ({Don't capture} 33... Rxc4 $2 34. Re7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 $18) 34. Qc3 R6c7 35. Qf6 {[#] aiming for Re7.} Rc6 ({Wrong is} 35... Rxc4 $2 36. Re7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 $18) 36. Qc3 R6c7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 {??.} c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nh4 Bc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 15. exf5 Re8 16. Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Idani, Pouya"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Bf4 d5 13. c3 c6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Re1 Be6 20. h3 Qf8 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qg5 Bd7 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 f6 27. Ng4 Kf7 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. h4 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 {??.} Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. b4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a3 e6 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nbd5 15. Ne2 a5 16. O-O Qb6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rc5 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Rc4 c5 (21... Nc8 $11) 22. e5 $14 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Qc6 24. Bb5 Qc8 {[#]} ( 24... Qd5 $14) 25. Rc1 $1 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Nc6 26. Bd3 {Hoping for Be4.} Ra7 27. Rb5 Ndb8 $2 (27... Nf8 $16 28. Be4 Qd7) 28. Be4 $18 Qd7 29. d5 exd5 30. Rxd5 ({Weaker is} 30. Bxd5 Na5 31. Qd3 Nac6 $16) 30... Qe8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rd1 Qe7 {[#]} 33. Nc3 $1 Nd7 34. Nd5 Qd8 $2 {[#]} (34... Qe8 35. Nc7 Qe7) 35. e6 $1 fxe6 {[#]} (35... Nc5 $142 36. e7 Qb8) 36. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (36... Nxf6 37. Qxe6+) 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qxd7 Bxb2 40. Bxc6 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 bxc6 {Endgame KQ-KRB} 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qb7+ Kh6 44. Qxb2 {KQ-KR} Ra5 45. Qc3 Rf5 46. Qxc6 Rxf4 47. Qc1 (47. Qd7 $142 g5 48. Qc6+ Kg7 49. Kg3 h6 50. Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qc6+ Kh7 52. Qc2+ Kg7 53. f3) 47... g5 48. Kg3 Rh4 49. Qc2 Rf4 50. Qc6+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ Kg6 {[#]} 52. Qxf4 $1 (52. Qd6+ $18 Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. f3) 52... gxf4+ $11 53. Kxf4 $18 {KPP-KP} Kf6 54. h4 Ke6 55. Kg5 Kf7 $1 56. Kf5 {And now Kg5 would win.} Ke7 57. Ke5 Kf7 $1 58. f4 Ke7 59. f5 {Black must now prevent h5.The position is equal.} Kf7 $1 60. f6 {Threatens to win with Kf5.} Kf8 $1 61. Ke6 {White threatens h5 and mate.} Ke8 62. f7+ Kf8 63. Kf6 {Intending h5 and mate.} h6 64. Kg6 {Threatening mate with Kf6.} h5 $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Huzman, Alexander"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Re8 8. Na3 Bg4 9. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd7 11. f3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Red8 15. Nc2 Qe8 16. Nb4 c5 (16... b6 $11) 17. dxc5 $16 Rxc5 18. f4 (18. g4 $14) 18... a5 $11 19. Nc2 Rcc8 20. Nd4 Bf8 {[#] aiming for ...Ne4.} 21. Bxf6 $1 exf6 22. Bf3 Bc5 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qe1 b5 25. a3 Rc7 26. Rd3 Re7 27. b4 (27. Qd2 $15) 27... Bb6 (27... Bxd4 $1 $17 28. Rxd4 Bg4 29. Bxg4 hxg4) 28. Ra2 (28. bxa5 $15 Bxa5 29. Rb1) 28... Ra7 29. Rad2 axb4 30. axb4 Kg7 31. Rd1 Ra3 32. Qd2 Rd6 33. Re3 Qa8 34. Bg2 ({White should play} 34. Rd3 Qa4 35. Re1) 34... Ra2 $17 35. Qd3 Bd7 {Black is slightly better. } 36. h3 Ra1 37. Kh2 Rxd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 {??.} e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 h5 6. d3 h4 7. Nxh4 Rxh4 8. gxh4 Qxh4 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Qc1 Nge7 12. h3 (12. Bxg7 $2 Nf5 13. c3 Nxe3 $19) 12... Bh5 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bb6 {And now ...Bxe3 would win.} 15. Nf3 (15. Bxg7 $2 Qg5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxg7 $19) 15... Bxf3 $1 16. Bxf3 d4 { White must now prevent ... dxe3.} 17. e4 Ne5 18. Be2 g5 19. Rg1 f6 20. Rg3 N7g6 21. Qd2 Nf4 22. O-O-O a5 23. Bg4 Kf7 24. Kb1 axb4 25. Qxb4 (25. axb4 $6 Qh8 $14 ) 25... Qh8 26. Rh1 $1 Qh4 (26... Ba5 $16 27. Qb3 Ra6) 27. Bc1 $18 {Strongly threatening Bxf4.} (27. Bxd4 $2 Nc6 28. Qc4 Nxd4 $19) 27... Nfg6 ({Not} 27... Nxg4 $2 28. Rxg4 Qh8 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rhg1 $18) 28. Qb3 Re8 (28... Nxg4 29. Rxg4 Qxf2 {[#]} 30. h4 $1) 29. Bf5 Nf4 30. Bg4 Nfg6 $1 ({But not} 30... Nxg4 $2 31. Rxg4 Qh5 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Rhg1 $18) 31. Bf5 Nf4 {[#]} 32. Bg4 $2 ({ White has to play} 32. Bxf4 $1 $18 Qxf4 33. Bg4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2543"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {??.} a5 4. Ngf3 a4 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. c4 f6 13. b4 Ba7 (13... Nd4 $14 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. bxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Nxc5) 14. exf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 15. Bb2 $36 {White is in control.} Bd7 16. b5 Na5 17. Ng5 Re8 $2 (17... Qe8 $16 ) 18. cxd5 $18 exd5 19. Qf3 $2 (19. Bxf6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} gxf6 20. Qh5) 19... h6 $16 20. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 23. Qxe6+ (23. Qh5 $1 $16) 23... Rxe6 $14 24. Rad1 Rf8 (24... Rd8 $14 25. Nb1 Kf8) 25. Ne4 Re5 26. Rfe1 Ref5 27. Re2 Nb3 28. g3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Kg2 { Black must now prevent Re6.} Rc3 {[#]} (30... Kh8 $16) 31. Be4 (31. Re7 $1 $18) 31... Rxa3 $2 (31... Rc7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 32. Rb1 Bc5) 32. Rd7 $18 ({ Don't do} 32. Bxb7 Kh8 33. Red2 Bb6 $18) 32... Rc3 33. Rxb7 Bd4 34. Rd7 Bb6 35. Rd6 $2 (35. Bd5+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh8 36. Rb7) 35... Rf6 $2 (35... Rb8 $16 36. Bd5+ Kh8) 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37. Rd7 $2 (37. Be6 $18 Bc7 38. Ra6) 37... Rd3 $11 38. Rc2 (38. f4 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Ke8 $17 39. Rxg7 {Hoping for Rc8+.} Rxd5 40. Rc8+ $2 (40. Ra2 $17) 40... Rd8 $19 41. Rc2 a3 42. Rg8+ $2 (42. Ra2 Rd3 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Ra8) 42... Kf7 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Xu, Yinglun"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qe3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Qd3 a5 15. e4 a4 16. Ne3 Ra5 17. b4 axb3 $1 18. axb3 Qa8 19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. Nc2 Qa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc4 14. Qe1 h6 ({Much weaker is} 14... Nxg4 $6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {[#]} 16. Nf5+ $1 exf5 17. exf5+ Kf8 18. Bxb7 Qxf4+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 $16) 15. Rg1 {White is slightly better.} g5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Rxh2 {With the idea ...Nxe4.} 18. Bf1 (18. Qg3 $14 Rh8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6) 18... Qc5 $11 19. Be3 $1 { aiming for Nf3.} Nxe4 (19... b4 $1 $15 20. axb4 Qxb4) 20. Nf3 $36 {[#] White has the initiative.} Nxc3 (20... Re2 $1 $11 21. Qxe2 (21. Nxe2 Qxc2#) 21... Nxc3 22. Bxc5 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Nxc5) 21. Bxc5 $16 Bxf3 22. bxc3 Nxc5 (22... Bxd1 $16 23. Bd4 Bxc2) 23. Qg3 $1 $18 Bg5+ $2 (23... Bxd1 24. Qxh2 Bf3) 24. Kb1 Bxd1 25. Qxh2 Ne4 26. Bd3 Nxc3+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 {[#]} 28. Rf1 $1 Bg7 29. Qh5 Rc7 30. Rxf7 $2 (30. Qg5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} f6 31. Qg6+ Rf7 32. Kb2) 30... Rxf7 $2 {[#]} (30... Bxg4 $16 {was called for.} 31. Rxg7+ Bxh5 32. Rxc7 Na4) 31. Bg6 $1 Kf8 32. Bxf7 Bxc2 $2 (32... Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Kxf7 34. Qf3+ Kg6 35. Qg2+ Kf6) 33. Kb2 Bd3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 34. Be8 ({Weaker is} 34. Bxe6 Ne2+ 35. Kb3 Nd4+ 36. Kb4 Nc6+ 37. Kb3 Nd4+ 38. Kb4 Nc6+ 39. Kb3 Nd4+ $11) 34... Ne2+ 35. Kb3 Kg8 36. Qf7+ Kh8 {intending .. .a5.} 37. g5 $2 (37. Bd7 $18 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Bc4+ 38. Kc2) 37... a5 $16 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ ({White should play} 40. Bxb5 $1 $14 Bxb5 41. g6) 40... Kg8 $11 41. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Paravyan, David"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qh5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 19. Be3 Bh3 20. Qh1 $1 f5 {Hoping for ...f4.White is slightly better.} 21. Bb6 { Threatens to win with Qd5+.} Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 22. Qd5+ Kh8 $1 {...Bxg3! is the strong threat.} 23. Nd2 {aiming for f4.} Bxg3 $1 24. Qxd7 Bf4 {( -> ...Qg6+)} 25. Qc6 Bxd2 26. Bc5 (26. Qd6 $1 $14 Rg8 27. Qe5) 26... Rg8 $11 ({Reject} 26... Bxe1 $6 27. Rxe1 (27. Bxf8 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qe2 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc7+ Kh6 31. Qf4+ Kh5 32. Qxf5+ Bxf5 33. Rxe1 Qxf2 34. h4 Qxe1+ 35. Kg2 Kxh4 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Kh1 Kh3 38. Kg1 Qg2#) 27... Rg8 28. Bd4 $16) 27. Qd5 Bf4 { White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 28. Re3 $1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 (29. Bxe3 $15 Qg4+ 30. Kh1) 29... Qe2 30. Bd4 h6 31. b3 $2 (31. a4 $17) 31... Kh7 $2 ({Weaker is} 31... Qxd3 32. Qf3 Bg4 33. Qg2 $11) (31... Rc8 $19 {has better winning chances. } 32. c4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Rc7) 32. Qb7 $17 {[#]} Kg6 $1 ({But not} 32... Qxd3 $6 33. Qf3 Bg4 34. Qg2 $11) 33. Qxa6+ $2 (33. a4 $17) 33... Kh5 {Black mates.} 34. Qc6 {[#]} Rc8 $3 35. Qb7 (35. Qxc8 Qg2#) 35... Re8 36. Qf7+ g6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {??.} d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 ({Reject} 10. Nxd2 Qxd4 11. Bc4 O-O $15 ) 10... O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. d5 Rc5 17. Qf4 h6 18. h4 exd5 19. e5 Bc8 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {[#]} g6 23. Qg4 {aiming for Bxg6!} Kg7 24. f4 {Black must now prevent f5.The position is equal.} h5 25. Qg3 {Strongly threatening f5.} f5 26. Be2 Kh7 27. Bf3 Re8 28. Re2 Re6 29. Red2 Ne7 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. Rd3 Rec6 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. R1d2 Rc7 34. Bd1 Ng8 35. Bb3 Rd7 36. Qg3 Ne7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qc3 Nd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. Qd2 c5 19. Nxc5 ({ Much worse is} 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc5 $17) 19... Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 20. b3 Ba8 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. Bb2 Ne7 23. Qf4 Nf5 $1 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Rad1 Rbc8 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rc1 (27. g5 $15 Bxe5 28. Qxh4 (28. dxe5 Bxe4 29. Qxh4 Bd5 $15)) 27... f6 (27... h6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc1.} 28. f3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe5 31. dxe5 g5) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nc4 $1 f5 30. g5 $1 {The position is equal.} Bxe4 31. Qxh4 h6 32. Ba3 $36 {White is pushing.} ({But not} 32. Rxe4 hxg5 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxg5 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kh3 Qf3+ 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. hxg3 Rd8 $17) 32... Qxg5+ 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. Nd6 Rc2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bf3.} 35. Nxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ng7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b5 Nd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd2 Ra3 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 c5 23. dxc5 (23. Nxd5 $11 cxd4 24. Rd1) 23... Nb5 $1 $17 24. Ndb1 {[#]} Nxc3 (24... Qb8 $1 $17 25. f4 d4) 25. Nxc3 $11 {And now Rd1 would win.} d4 26. exd4 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 27. Rc1 Qxc5 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 28. Ne4 Qxc2 {[#]} 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Rxc2 {aiming for Rc6.} Kxf6 31. g3 h5 32. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Golubov, Saveliy"] [Black "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 d4 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 {Black has an edge.} a5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Qc7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. Qa4 b6 20. b4 Bd7 21. b5 Re5 22. Qd1 Rbe8 23. f4 {White has an edge.} R5e7 24. Qf3 f5 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Black "Sethuraman, S P."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 {??.} Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e5 6. Bg5 Ngf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 (7... Nxe5 $6 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxf7 $16) 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. O-O $14) 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Qh4 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 (14... fxe6 $6 15. Nd2 $14) 15. Qb5 b6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Qc6 Rd6 19. Qb7 a5 {And now ...a4 would win.} 20. e4 (20. Nxc7 $2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe7 22. Qxb6 Qxc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 $19) 20... a4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rcd8.} 21. Nd2 (21. Nxc7 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe7 $19) 21... Kh8 22. Nc4 Rdd8 ({But not} 22... Qxe4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. c3 $14) 23. Nde3 Rd4 24. Nd2 Qe7 25. c3 Rdd8 26. Qc6 ({White should play} 26. Ndc4 $1 $11) 26... a3 27. b3 Rd6 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Qa4 Bf8 29. Ndc4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 31. Rxd8 ( {Don't capture} 31. Nxe5 $2 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Qd6 $19) 31... Qxd8 32. h3 (32. Nxe5 Bc5 33. Nf1 Qd1 34. Qe8+ Kg7 $19) 32... Qd3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb1+.} 33. Nxa3 Qxc3 34. Nac2 Bc5 (34... Bd6 $17 35. Kh2 Kg7) 35. Qc6 $11 Qd3 36. b4 Bd6 37. a4 Qd2 38. a5 bxa5 39. Qa8+ $2 (39. Nf1 $11 Qd3 40. bxa5) 39... Kg7 $19 40. bxa5 {intending a6.} Bb3 41. a6 (41. Qc6 {was worth a try.}) 41... Bxc2 42. Qc6 $2 (42. Qd5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2) 42... Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qxf2 44. Nxc2 Bc5 45. Qxc7 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2481"] [BlackElo "2604"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Nd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Qc2 b4 {The position is equal.} 15. Nd5 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} (16. c5 $11 Nxc5 17. e5) 16... Re8 (16... Bxd5 $1 $17 17. cxd5 a4) 17. Bd1 Nc5 18. Bf3 (18. f3 $11) 18... Bxd5 $15 19. cxd5 a4 $36 { And now ...a3 would win. Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Rac1 (20. e5 $15 dxe5 21. Be3) 20... a3 $17 21. bxa3 (21. b3 $17 {was necessary.}) 21... Bc3 $1 $19 ({Reject} 21... Rxa3 $6 22. Qxb4 Rxa2 23. Qc4 $11) (21... bxa3 22. e5 dxe5 23. d6 $14 (23. Rxc5 exf4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11)) 22. Rxc3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ra4 ( 23... Qf6 $142 24. Qxf6 gxf6) 24. Qc2 Qa8 25. Be3 Rxa3 ({Much less strong is} 25... Nxe4 26. Rb1 $17 (26. Qxc7 Rxa3 27. Qd7 Qb8 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17)) 26. Re2 Qa5 27. Bd2 (27. Qb1 {keeps fighting.}) 27... Qb5 {Threatens to win with ... Rxf3!} 28. Bc1 Ra4 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 29. h3 Rc4 30. Qd1 Qb1 31. Re1 Qxa2 32. Be3 Nxe4 33. Qd3 Nc5 34. Qf5 Qc2 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. Ra1 h6 37. Ra7 Re7 38. Bg4 Rc4 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Be2 Rc3 41. Bb5 Rexe3 42. fxe3 Rxe3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Rf8 Kg6 44. Kf2 Re5 45. Be8 Nd3+ 46. Kf3 Re7 47. Bb5 Nb4 48. Bc4 Re5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Debashis, Das"] [Black "Rozum, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Rfe1 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 16. Rd2 Nf8 17. Qb1 Ng6 18. Red1 Bc6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Rdd1 Qb8 25. Nd4 Nge5 26. Na4 Ba8 27. f3 h6 28. Qa2 Rc7 29. Qf2 Rdc8 30. Nb2 Be7 31. Nb3 Bc6 32. Nd4 Ba8 33. Kh1 Bf8 34. Qe1 Bb7 35. Qf2 Be7 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 ({Much worse is} 12. fxe5 Rd8 13. Qf4 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 16. Kc1 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Bd7 $15) 12... Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 $1 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Nc7 a5 20. Rd7 Ng6 21. Nb5 Bc8 22. Rd6 Nxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxe5 Ba6 25. a4 Rfd8 26. b3 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. g3 Rd8 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Ng5 Bb7 32. h4 Rd6 33. Nh3 f6 34. Nf4 e5 35. Nd3 Bc8 36. Nf2 Rd4 37. Rc3 Bd7 38. Rc7 f5 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Nb2 f4 41. gxf4 $1 exf4 {And now ...f3 would win.} 42. Nd3 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kg4 {Hoping for ...Kg3.} 44. Kc3 Rd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f3.} 45. Rc4 $1 {The position is equal.} Rf5 46. Rc7 Rd5 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 47. Rc4 $1 Rf5 48. Rc7 Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 {??.} c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qg4 Ng6 12. Ne4 {[#] aiming for Nd6+.} Bxe4 ({Black should try} 12... Nhf4 $15 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nxb7 Nxd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxf2) 13. Qxe4 $11 Nhf4 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. g3 Nd5 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. O-O d6 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Qe2 Re7 21. Qc2 e5 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Rae1 exd4 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxd4 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Bc2 g6 30. Bb3 Qc5 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. Bd1 Kg7 35. Bf3 d5 36. Qa6 g5 37. h3 ({ But not} 37. Qxa7 g4 38. Bxg4 Nxg4 39. Qxb6 Qe4+ 40. Kh3 f6 $17) 37... Qe7 38. Qa4 h6 39. Qd4 Qe6 40. a4 Kf8 41. a5 Kg8 42. b3 Kg7 43. g4 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 44. Qd3+ Kg7 45. Qa6 d4 46. cxd4 (46. Qxa7 Nd5 47. cxd4 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Qe1 $19) 46... Nd5 47. Bxd5 ({Don't capture} 47. Qxa7 $2 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Qe1 $19) 47... Qxd5+ 48. Kg1 Qxd4 ({Don't play} 48... Qxa5 49. Qxa5 bxa5 50. Kg2 $16) 49. Qxa7 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2543"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {??.} Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nxc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qb1 { Threatens to win with b4.} Qb4 14. Be2 O-O 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Na4 17. Ne4 { Rfd1 is the strong threat.} Rac8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qb3 Bd7 $1 22. Rc1 Bb5 {[#]} (22... Qd6 $14) 23. Nd4 $1 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Bxe2 24. Nxe2 (24. Qxa4 Bh5 $11) 24... Qb5 25. Nf4 Kf8 26. h3 Ke7 (26... Qd7 $142) 27. Qc2 f5 {[#]} 28. Qc7+ $1 Qd7 29. Qe5 f6 (29... Qd6 $16 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7) 30. Ng6+ $18 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+!} 31. Qg3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Nf4 Nc3 (33... Qe8 $142 34. e4 fxe4 35. Qg6+ Ke7) 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ ({Weaker is} 35. Qxh6 Qg8 36. Qh5 a6 $18) 35... Kd6 36. Qxf6 Ne4 37. Qd4+ ({Don't take} 37. Qxh6 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc8 $18) 37... Ke7 38. Ng6+ ({ But not} 38. Qxa7 Nd2 39. Ne2 Ne4 $18) 38... Kf7 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40. f3 Qc1+ ( 40... Nf6 $142 41. Qxa7 Nd7) 41. Kh2 {Qd7+ would kill now.} Nd6 $2 (41... Nf6 { was necessary.} 42. Nc4 Nd7) 42. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Adhiban, B."] [Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. e4 Nb6 14. Be5 (14. O-O $14) 14... Bg7 (14... f6 $11) 15. Bxg7 $14 Nxg7 16. h4 g4 {[#] Hoping for ...dxe4.} 17. Ne5 h5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. O-O-O $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Qf6 ({Better is} 19... Rc8) 20. Qd2 $16 c5 21. dxc5 d4 22. Qg5 ({ Not} 22. cxb6 $2 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rac8 $19) 22... Qxg5+ 23. hxg5 Rac8 24. cxb6 { aiming for Bxa6.} Rc5 25. Bc2 (25. Be2 $18) 25... dxc3 26. Nd7 cxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Rb5+ {[#]} 28. Bb3 $1 Rc8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nxh5 $2 ({White should play} 30. f4 $16) 30... Nxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxh5 Rc6 ({But not} 31... Rxb6 $6 32. f4 $16) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rdd8 Rxg5 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rhg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 b5 9. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b4 10. cxb4 cxd4 $1 11. Nexd4 {White has an edge.} Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. g3 Bc5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. a3 Bb7 17. b4 $36 { White is in control.} Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qa4 (18... Qxa3 $14 19. Rc7 Bc8) 19. Rc7 $18 Bc6 20. Bd3 {And now Rc1 would win.} Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 $1 Nf8 { [#]} ({But not} 22... Qxa3 $2 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Nd2 (24. Rxa6 Nf8 $14) 24... Qxd3 25. Qxd3 $18) (22... Nb8 {might work better.} 23. Rc3 g6) 23. b5 $1 axb5 24. Qxa4 bxa4 {[#]} 25. Ba6 $1 Bb7 $2 (25... Rb8 {is a better defense.} 26. Rxc6 Rb3) 26. Rxc8 Bxa6 27. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. f3 b6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Qd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 {White has an edge.} 19. Be2 b4 20. Nd1 Nb5 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Qc1 (23. Bxd8 Nxf4 24. Bc7 Nd3 25. Bxd6 Nxb2 26. Nxb2 Bxb2 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Ne3 {With the idea Nc4.} h6 25. g4 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 {Strongly threatening Bf4.} hxg5 27. Nc4 Qe7 28. Ra6 Be5 29. Kg2 b3 30. Qd2 Rb4 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. Nxb6 f5 34. exf5 $2 (34. gxf5 $11 gxf5 35. Re1 (35. exf5 $2 Bd4 36. Rf1 Qe2+ 37. Rf2 Qxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Re5 $19)) 34... Bd4 $19 35. Kf1 Qe3 $1 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Weaker is} 36... Bxe3 37. Re1 gxf5 38. gxf5 $16) 37. Nc4 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 Rxg3 39. Ra1 (39. Nxd6 $142 Rxg4 40. f6+ Kxf6 41. Nc4) 39... Rxg4 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. fxg6 Kxg6 42. Ra6 {[#]} Bxb2 $1 43. Rxd6+ (43. Nxb2 Rg2+) 43... Kh5 44. Nxb2 {KRN-KR} Rg2+ 45. Kd3 (45. Ke3 $142 Rxb2 46. Rb6) 45... Rxb2 {KR-KR} 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Rd8 Kg6 48. d6 Kf7 49. d7 {[#] Rf8+! is the strong threat.} Rd1 $1 50. Kxb3 Rd4 51. Kc3 {[#]} Kg7 $1 52. Kc2 Kh7 {Black mates.} 53. Kc3 g4 54. Rc8 Rxd7 55. Rxc5 Kh6 56. Kc2 g3 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Idani, Pouya"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. b3 b5 12. Ba3 Bxa3 { The position is equal.} 13. Nxa3 {next cxd5 is good for White.} bxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Qa3 $36 {White has some pressure.} Qxc4 (19... dxc4 $2 20. Qxa7 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rb5 $18) 20. Qxa7 Qa6 21. Qb6 Qxa2 22. e3 Qa6 23. Qb4 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (23... Rfd8 $11) 24. Bf1 $18 Qa7 (24... Bc8 $142 25. Qxb8 Nxb8 26. Bxa6 Bxa6) 25. Qd6 Bc8 26. Nc6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 ({But not} 27. Nxa7 $6 Rxd1 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 $18) 27... Qa4 {If Black can now play ...Qc2 this consolidates a bit.} 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rc1 Qa8 30. Rc7 ({Less strong is} 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 $16) 30... Qb8 $2 {[#]} (30... Re8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxd7 Kg8) 31. Nc6 ({Inferior is} 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qxd7 Rd8 $11) 31... Qb6 32. Rxd7 Rg8 33. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 {??.} b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 { Hoping for e5.} d6 ({Not} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. Qe2 $18) 8. a4 bxa3 (8... Nxe4 $15 9. Bc4 Nf6) 9. Rxa3 $11 Rxa3 10. bxa3 e6 11. Qa4 {aiming for Nxd6+.} Qd7 $2 (11... Bd7 $14) 12. dxe6 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 13. Nxd6+ $1 Ke7 (13... Bxd6 14. Bb5) 14. Nxc8+ Qxc8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Qh4+ Kf7 18. Bc4 Be7 19. Qh3 Na5 20. Bd3 Nb3 21. Bg5 Qd8 {[#]} (21... h6 $142) 22. O-O $1 Bxg5 $2 (22... h6 {keeps fighting.}) 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Nxg5+ Ke7 25. Qg4 Nc7 (25... Nd4 $142 26. Bc4 Qf8 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Bxd5 Qf5 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qh4+ Kf8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ Qf7 33. Qxc5 Re8) 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Qh3 h5 {If only Black now had time for ... Qd4... .} 28. Bxg6 Nd2 29. Qh4 Kd7 (29... Qd4 $142 30. Qxd4 cxd4) 30. Qa4+ ({Less strong is} 30. Qxh5 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Qa8 $16) 30... Kc8 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Qd2 (32... Qd4 $142 33. Qc6 Rf4) 33. Qc6 {White is clearly winning.} Qd4 34. Bf3 Qxe5 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Huzman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {??.} d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bf6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rfe1 Rd6 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Qb4 a6 23. Nb3 ({Better is} 23. Bf3 $14) 23... Qc7 $11 { [#] Strongly threatening ...Rb6.} 24. Nd4 h6 25. Bg4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. b4 Rbd6 28. Rc1 Nxd4 29. exd4 h5 30. Bc8 b5 31. Rc7 Bd3 32. Re5 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} g6 33. Re3 Bc4 34. h4 Rf6 35. g3 Kf8 36. f4 Rb6 37. Kf2 Re8 {[#]} (37... Rf6 $142) 38. Re5 (38. Rxe8+ $142 $1 Kxe8 39. Ra7) 38... Rd6 39. Ke3 f6 $2 (39... Red8 $16) 40. Rxe8+ $18 Kxe8 41. f5 g5 42. Ra7 {White is clearly winning.} gxh4 43. gxh4 Kd8 44. Be6 ({Less strong is} 44. Bxa6 Rd7 45. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $16) ({Not} 44. Rxa6 Rxa6 45. Bxa6 Kd7 $16) 44... Bb3 45. Rf7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Cordova, Emilio"] [Black "Kraemer, Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 { LiveBook: 11 Games} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nh4 g6 $1 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. g3 Ng7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Nd8 17. c4 Nf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c5 Be7 20. Bf3 f5 21. Ng2 Bf6 22. Nf4 Rfe8 23. Nb3 a5 24. Bg2 a4 25. Na1 Bg5 26. Qd2 b6 27. b4 {Hoping for c6!} bxc5 28. bxc5 Rb8 29. a3 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nd8 31. Rc3 Nc6 32. Bf1 Qa5 33. Rec1 Rb7 34. Qe3 Reb8 35. Nc2 Qc7 36. Ne1 Rb3 37. Nf3 h6 38. Be2 (38. h3 $16) 38... Rxc3 $11 39. Rxc3 Rb1+ $1 40. Kg2 Qb8 41. Bd3 Rb3 42. Bc2 Rxc3 43. Qxc3 Qxf4 44. Bxa4 Qe4 (44... Qg4+ $11 45. Kh1 Qe4) 45. Bxc6 ({White should play} 45. h3 $14) 45... Bxc6 46. h3 g5 47. Kg1 Bb5 48. Ne5 Qb1+ $1 49. Kh2 {aiming for Qa5.} Qf1 50. Qf3 Be2 $1 51. Qg2 {Threatens to win with Qxf1.} Qc1 52. Qg3 Bb5 {[#]} (52... Qb2 $11 53. c6 f4) 53. Qe3 (53. h4 $1 $16) 53... Qf1 (53... Qb2 $11) 54. f4 Kf6 $1 55. fxg5+ hxg5 56. h4 (56. Nf3 $16 ) 56... f4 {The position is equal.} 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 59. Kxg1 { Endgame And now Kg2 would win. KB-KN} Kf5 {[#]} 60. a4 $1 Bxa4 61. c6 {c7 is the strong threat.} Bb5 {Black wants to play ...Ke4.} 62. c7 Ba6 {White should prevent ...Ke4.} 63. Nd7 Bc8 64. Nb6 Ba6 {White must now prevent . ..Ke4.} 65. Nd7 Bc8 66. Nb6 Ba6 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 67. Nd7 Bc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Black "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 fxe5 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. b4 Ng8 14. Bb3 Bh6 15. Qe2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. a4 Nf6 18. Kh2 Nh5 19. g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Xu, Yinglun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. g5 (11. a3 $14) 11... b4 $11 12. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 13. exd5 e5 (13... exd5 $6 14. Bf3 $16 ( 14. Qxb4 Nc6 15. Qc3 Bd7 $16)) 14. Nf3 Qb7 15. h4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16... Qxd5 $2 17. Bxf5 Qxa2 18. Qd3 $18) 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. h5 Rac8 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Qf5 a5 21. b3 (21. Nh4 $1 $14) 21... Qc7 (21... a4 $15) 22. Nd2 g6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qh3 Rf7 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Rcg1 Rc8 27. Nc4 {Rg4 is the strong threat.} Ne4 (27... a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Qe6 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Rcf8 {[#]} 29. Rg4 ( {Better is} 29. Rh4 $1 Nc3+ 30. Kb2) 29... Nc3+ 30. Kb2 Qc8 {With the idea ... Nxd5!} 31. Rgh4 {White wants to mate with Rxh7.} Qxe6 $1 32. dxe6 Rg7 33. a4 Rf5 (33... Ra8 $1 $14) 34. Nxa5 d5 (34... Bxg5 $2 35. Bxg5 Rxg5 36. Rxb4 $18) 35. Nc6 d4 36. Bc1 Bd6 {[#]} (36... Nd5 $142) 37. f4 $1 $18 exf4 {[#]} 38. Re1 $2 (38. Nxd4 Be5 39. e7 Rxe7 40. Nxf5 Nxa4+ 41. Kb1 Nc3+ 42. Kb2 Ne2+ 43. Kb1 gxf5 $17) (38. Bxf4 $1 $18 Rxf4 (38... Bxf4 39. e7) 39. e7) 38... Nd5 (38... f3 $1 $14) 39. a5 ({Don't play} 39. Nxd4 $6 Be5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 $11) ({White should play} 39. e7 $16 Nxe7 40. Nxe7+ (40. Nxd4 Be5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 $15) 40... Bxe7 41. Bxf4 (41. Rxf4 Bxg5 42. Rxf5 gxf5 $14)) 39... Rc7 40. Nxd4 Be5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Bxf4 Nxf4 43. Rxf4 {aiming for a6.} Rxg5 $15 {Endgame KRR-KRN} (43... Rc8 $1 $15) 44. a6 $11 {And now Re4 would win.} Rgc5 45. Re4 {Strongly threatening e7.} Kf8 {[#]} 46. e7+ $1 Ke8 {Hoping for ...Ra5.} (46... Rxe7 47. Rxe7) 47. a7 (47. Re6 $1 $11) 47... Rc8 $1 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 48. Re6 $1 Ra5 $1 49. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2423"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rb8 11. Nc4 b6 12. Bf4 (12. Nb5 $16) 12... Ba6 13. Ne3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 a6 15. Nc4 f6 16. Bg3 Ne5 (16... f5 $11) 17. Na3 (17. Ne3 $16) 17... Qd7 18. f4 Nf7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3 $36 { White fights for an advantage.} Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f5 b4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Ncd1 Nh6 26. h4 Rf8 ({Better is} 26... Nb5 $11) 27. Bf4 Nf7 28. h5 g5 29. Nf5 Nh6 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bd2 f5 $1 32. Ne3 (32. exf5 $14 Rxf5 33. Ne3) 32... fxe4 $11 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Qc4 Qe8 35. g4 Qf7 36. Qxe4 Qf4 $1 37. Qg2 Qe5 38. c3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Bg7 40. Qf3 Bf6 41. Kg2 Qf4 42. c4 {[#] Qxf4 is the strong threat.} Qd4 $1 {The position is equal.} 43. Bc1 Qc3 44. Qf1 Na8 45. Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Rab1 $1 Nd5 19. Rfc1 $1 $36 { White has some pressure.} f6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rfe8 (22... Rd6 $14) 23. Ra1 $16 Rd6 {[#]} 24. Rxd6 $1 ({Don't take} 24. Rxa7 $6 Rxc6 25. bxc6 Rc8 $11) 24... cxd6 25. Rxa7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne7 26. Rb7 d5 27. Rxb6 Kf7 28. e3 Rc8 29. Bf3 f5 30. h4 Rc2 31. Rb7 Kf6 32. g4 f4 $2 (32... fxg4 $16 33. Bxg4 Rb2) 33. exf4 $18 Rc4 $2 (33... Kf7 34. f5 Rc3) 34. g5+ Kf7 {[#]} 35. f5 $1 Rxd4 (35... exf5 36. Bxd5+) 36. Bh5+ g6 37. f6 gxh5 38. Rxe7+ Kg8 39. b6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Be3 d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 ({Of course not} 9... Nxa7 $6 10. exd5 (10. Nxe5 Qd6 $14) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxe5 $16) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nde7 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Ne3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd7 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rf7 20. Rfd1 Raf8 21. R7d2 Ne5 22. f3 Re8 23. Kf2 Nc6 24. Nf1 e5 25. Ng3 b6 26. Ke3 h6 27. Rd7 g6 28. Ne4 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 $16 {Endgame Black must now prevent Nf6+. KRN-KRN} Re7 30. Rd5 Kf7 {[#]} 31. Nf2 $1 Ke6 32. Ke4 Rf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rf4+.} 33. Rd2 ({Better is } 33. Nd3 $16) 33... Na5 34. Rd8 Nc4 35. b3 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 $14 {KN-KN} 38. Ng4 Nf7 39. a4 Ke6 {The position is equal.} 40. b4 h5 41. Nf2 Nd6 42. Ne4 Nxe4 43. Kxe4 $11 {KP-KP} b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. g3 Kd6 46. g4 {Black should prevent gxh5.} Ke6 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. h4 c6 49. f4 exf4 50. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Black "Golubov, Saveliy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2492"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 {??.} Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {Hoping for h3.} f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 ({But not} 9... Qxf6 10. Qe4+ Kf8 11. Nd4 $16) 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Re8 13. O-O Qxe2 14. Qxe2 Rxe2 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Rab1 Rd8 ({Don't take} 18... Bxc4 $2 {[#]} 19. Ba6 $1 Bxa6 20. Rxb8+ Kf7 21. Ra8 $18) 19. a3 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 d5 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Bf4 Ne4 23. Bc6 Rd8 24. Be3 {And now Rxc4! would win.} Nd2 25. Rb7 Nb3 26. Rb1 Na5 27. Rc7 $36 {Black must now prevent Bd7. White is on the roll.} Nxc6 28. Rxc6 Rd7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Kf7 31. Rc8 Ra2 32. Rbb8 Be2 (32... Rxa3 $142 33. Rg8 a5) 33. Rf8+ $16 Ke6 34. g5 ({White should play} 34. f4 $1 $18 Bxg4 {[#]} 35. f5+ $1 Bxf5 36. Rbe8+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rxf5) 34... hxg5 35. Bxg5 Bh5 36. Rb3 Re2 37. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Rh8.} Re4 {[#]} 38. Rb4 (38. f3 $1 $16 Rxd4 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Bf4+ Kc5 41. Re5 Bxf3 42. Be3) 38... Be2+ 39. Kg2 Bc4 40. Re8+ Kf5 41. Rf8+ Ke6 $1 42. f3 Rxd4 43. Rb1 Rd3 44. Bf4 { White wants to mate with Re1+.} Re7 {The position is equal.} 45. Bg5 {Strongly threatening Re1+.} Rd7 46. Bf4 {Intending Re1+ and mate.} Re7 47. Re1+ Kd7 48. Rd8+ Kxd8 49. Bg5 {[#]} Rd2+ $1 50. Bxd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2507"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 { LiveBook: 2247 Games} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 ({Reject} 12... Qxd4 $6 13. Nb5 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Nc7 $16) 13. O-O-O e5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. f3 Re1 18. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g3 Qb6 22. Bg2 Re8 23. Ne4 {[#] Hoping for Nxf6+.} Rc8 24. Kb1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Be6 26. Rc1 Qd4 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Bf1 h5 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Qd4 Qa4 31. Be2 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 ({Not} 32. Bxh5 $2 Qb3 33. Qc3 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Be6 35. Qxc8+ Bxc8 $19) 32... Rxc4 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rd5 Qc2+ 35. Ka2 Qxh2 36. Qd7 {[#] White wants to mate with Qf5+.} Rc6 (36... Rc2 $1 $11 37. Qf5+ Kh6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh6 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qf5+) 37. Qxf7 {Intending Rg5 and mate.} Qxg3 38. Rxh5+ Rh6 39. Rd5 (39. Ra5 $14) 39... Qg6 {The position is equal.} 40. Qf4 Qe6 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. exf5 Rf6 43. Rd7 Rxf5 44. Rxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Sethuraman, S P."] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 {LiveBook: 253 Games} 14. Qf3 Bg5 15. h4 Bh6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bh3 Be6 17. Rd1 a4 18. Kf1 Qb8 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Qd3 $1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 (22. exd5 Na5 23. Ra1 Rxa1+ 24. Nxa1 Nb7 $17) 22... Na5 {...Qb6 is the strong threat.} 23. Kg2 $1 Qb6 24. Ra1 $1 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Qc5.} 25. Rhb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nb7 27. Qc4 Bd2 28. Qc6 Qc5 29. Ne1 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Na5 31. Qa4 Nb7 32. Qd7 Qb6 $1 33. Qc6 Qa7 34. h5 Qb8 {Black wants to play ...Nc5.} 35. h6 Nc5 $36 {Black has some pressure.} ({Don't capture} 35... gxh6 $2 36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Rh1 $18) 36. hxg7 Kxg7 37. Bf5 Nxb3 38. Qc2 Nd4 39. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (39. Qd1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rg8 40. Rh1) 39... h6 $1 $19 ({Inferior is} 39... Nxf5 40. Qg5+ (40. exf5 f6 $11) 40... Kh8 41. Qxf5 $14) 40. Rh1 {[#]} Rh8 $1 41. Rxh6 $2 (41. Qd1) 41... Rxh6 42. Qg5+ {[#]} Rg6 $1 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qf6 Qe8 46. Qxd6 b3 47. Qb6 Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. d6 Qc6 50. Qd8 Qxe4+ {Black mates.} 51. Kh2 Nf3+ 52. Kh3 Ng5+ 53. Kh2 b2 54. Qf8+ Kh5 55. Qh8+ Kg4 56. Qh4+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {??.} Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Ng3 h6 11. h3 Be6 12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Bb2 Rd7 16. Nf5 Ne8 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Kh7 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Ne3 Kg8 21. Kg1 Kh7 22. Kh2 Kg8 23. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Rozum, Ivan"] [Black "Lomasov, Semen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 c5 { LiveBook: 30 Games} 8. dxc5 d4 9. Bxb4 axb4 {White has an edge.} 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Nd2 Qxc5 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nc4 (14. Bxc6 $14 bxc6 15. Nf3 (15. Nxb4 e5 $11)) 14... e5 $11 {And now ...e4 would win.} 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Ncxe5 Bh3 17. Qc4 (17. Rg1 $11) 17... Rfe8 $17 18. f4 ({Much weaker is} 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. Qc4+ Be6 21. Nxc6 Bxc4) 18... Nd5 {Hoping for ...Ne3.} 19. Kd2 $2 ({Don't capture} 19. Nxb4 $2 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 f6 21. Qc4+ Be6 22. Nxc6 Bxc4 $19) (19. O-O-O $17 Ne3 20. Qxd4 Nxd1 21. Rxd1) 19... f6 $19 20. Nxc6 ({ And not} 20. Nxb4 fxe5 21. Nxc6 Qe6 22. Nxe5 Rab8 $19) (20. Ke1 $142 Qe6 21. a4 ) 20... Qxe2+ 21. Kc1 Qf3 22. Rg1 Bf1 23. Ncxb4 Rad8 24. Kc2 Bxd3+ $1 25. Nxd3 Kh8 {( -> ... Ne3+)} 26. Kb1 Re3 27. a3 {[#]} Rxd3 (27... Nc3+ $142 $1 28. bxc3 Rxd3 29. Ra2 Rb8+ 30. Qb4 Rxb4+ 31. axb4 dxc3 32. Rc1 Qe4 33. Ra4 {[#]} c2+ $1 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Ka2 Qc4+ 36. Ka1 Qc3+ 37. Ka2 Qb3+ 38. Ka1 Qxa4+ 39. Kb2 Qxb4+ 40. Kxc2 Rd2#) 28. Rc1 {[#]} Nc3+ $1 {Black mates.} 29. Kc2 (29. bxc3 Rxc3) 29... Qe2+ 30. Kb3 Rb8+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 {??.} d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f4 b5 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O-O b4 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ngf6 11. Qxb4 Nxd5 12. Qa5 N5f6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f5 Qc8 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. Ne5 $2 (16. fxg6 $11 {and White stays safe.} hxg6 17. c3) 16... dxe5 $19 17. dxe5 Ng4 $1 18. e6 {[#] aiming for exf7+.} Nde5 $1 19. exf7+ Nxf7 20. Bxe7 (20. Bc4 {was called for.}) 20... Qb7 21. b3 Nf2 22. fxg6 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 hxg6 {Threatens to win with ...c5.} 24. Rg3 (24. Qc5 $17) 24... Qc6 25. h4 Rab8 {Strongly threatening ...Rb5.} 26. a4 {White hopes to continue with h5.} Qd7 27. Rd3 Qc6 28. Rg3 $1 Qd7 29. Rd3 $1 Qg4 30. Qxc7 $2 (30. Rde3 { might work better.}) 30... Rbc8 31. Qg3 Qf5 32. Bb4 Ne5 33. Rc3 {and the idea Kb1 leaves White hopeful.} Nc6 $2 ({Better is} 33... Red8 $19 34. Kb1 Nf3 35. Qxf3 Bxc3 36. Bxc3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Rxc3) 34. Rf3 $2 (34. Rxc6 $1 $15 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxc6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxc6 Qf4+ 38. Kd1 Qxb4 39. Qc4) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Qe4 {( -> ... Nb4)} 36. Kb1 $2 {[#]} (36. Re3 $19 Bh6 37. Bd2 Bxe3 38. Qxe3) 36... Nb4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA RC"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bh5 12. g3 Bg6 13. Ne1 {White is slightly better.} Qd7 14. Qg4 Qxg4 15. hxg4 f6 16. Kg2 Rfe8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. g5 Kf7 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 {aiming for gxf6.} Rad8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxe1 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd6 24. Kf3 Nd8 ({Reject} 24... fxg5 25. Nh3 $16) 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rh1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Kg7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Rh1 {Black must now prevent Rh7+.} Kg7 29. Re1 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 $1 8. Qg3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc7+.} d6 $1 {Threatening ...a6.} 9. Be3 $1 {Black must now prevent 0-0-0.} a6 10. Nd4 h5 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $14) 11... h4 $11 12. Qf3 e5 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qf2 b5 15. a3 Be7 16. h3 Be6 17. f5 Bc4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 (19. Kxe2 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $17) 19... b4 20. Nd5 bxa3 ({ But not} 20... Nxe4 $2 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 (22. Bxd4 Ng3 $16) 22... exd4 23. O-O $18 (23. axb4 Ng3 $16) (23. Qxd4 Nf6 $18)) 21. Qc4 ({Better is} 21. Rxa3 $16 Nxd5 22. exd5) 21... Qb7 ({Don't capture} 21... axb2 $2 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Rb1 $18) 22. Rxa3 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 O-O 24. O-O Rfb8 25. Bd2 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {...Qxd5 is the strong threat.} 26. Nxd4 Qxd5 27. exd5 exd4 28. b4 Bf6 29. Rfa1 Rb6 ( 29... d3 $11 30. R1a2 dxc2) 30. R1a2 Kh7 31. Kf2 Rc8 (31... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Ke2 {Hoping for Kd3.} Rb5 33. Ra5 Rxa5 $1 34. Rxa5 {Threatens to win with Kd3.} Rxc2 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Kd3 Rb2 36. Rxa6 Rb3+ (36... Be5 $14) 37. Kc4 (37. Kc2 $16 Rg3 38. Rxd6 d3+ 39. Kb3) 37... Rb2 $11 38. Kd3 (38. Bf4 $11) 38... Rb3+ $16 39. Kc4 (39. Kc2 $16 Rg3 40. Rxd6 d3+ 41. Kb3 Rxg2 42. Rxf6 gxf6 43. d6) 39... Rb2 $11 40. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Bindrich, Falko"] [Black "Debashis, Das"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {??.} Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6 8. Bd2 d5 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O a5 12. Rfd1 Ba6 13. Rab1 Qb6 14. Be1 Rfc8 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Rab8 17. a3 Ncd7 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Qa2 Ne4 20. Rdc1 Qa7 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Nd2 {aiming for Nxe4.} Nef6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Rd1 Ndf6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 27. Bxc3 Ne4 28. Ba1 ({Much worse is} 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Nc3 $15) (28. Bxa5 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxa5 $15) 28... f6 29. Nh4 Qf7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bb7 (31... Ra8 $11 32. Qc2 f5) 32. Bf3 (32. Bg4 $14) 32... Ng5 33. Bg4 Rd8 34. Bf5 (34. Nf5 $11) 34... Ra8 (34... Qh5 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Ra8.} 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxd5+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Nxf7) 35. Qe2 $14 Ba6 36. b5 cxb5 { White must now prevent . ..b4.} 37. cxb5 Bc8 38. Bg6 Qb7 39. Nf5 Bf8 40. f4 exf4 41. exf4 Ne6 42. Qg4 Ra4 43. Rf1 (43. Nxh6+ $1 $16 gxh6 44. Bc2+ Ng5 45. Qg3) 43... Qb8 44. b6 {b7! is the strong threat.} Rxf4 ({But not} 44... Nxf4 $2 {[#]} 45. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 46. Bf5+ Kf7 {[#]} 47. Rxf4 $1 Bxf5 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Rxf5 Rxa1 50. Rxa1 Qxb6+ 51. Kh1 $18) 45. Rxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} (45... Qxf4 $2 { too greedy.} 46. b7 Bd7 47. Qxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} 48. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 49. Bxf6 $18) 46. Bd4 (46. b7 $1 $16 Be6 (46... Bxb7 47. Nxh6+) 47. Bd4) 46... Nxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Qxg6 {Threatens to win with Nxh6+.} Qf4 48. Nxh6+ $1 Qxh6 49. Qxh6 gxh6 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Rxb7 Rd6 52. Kf2 Rc6 53. Rd7 Bc5 54. Rxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nec6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qg3 g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 e5 {aiming for ...Ne7.} 18. c4 (18. Be4 $1 $16) 18... Ne7 (18... O-O-O $11 {remains equal.} 19. Qf2 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5) 19. Qe1 (19. Qf2 $16) 19... Rg8 $14 20. Ng3 $1 Bh4 21. c5 d5 $1 22. Bf2 Nf6 ({Black should play} 22... Bg5 $14) 23. Qxb4 $16 d4 24. Na5 ({Better is} 24. Qb6 $16 Rc8 25. Rde1) 24... Bxg2 (24... Bd5 $14) 25. Kxg2 Rb8 26. Qe1 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Rxb2 {Hoping for ...e4.} 27. Rb1 $1 (27. Bxa6 $6 Bxg3 28. hxg3 e4 $11) 27... Rxb1 28. Bxb1 (28. Qxb1 $6 Qxa5 29. Qb8+ Qd8 30. Qxe5 Ng4 $14) 28... Qxc5 29. Kh3 $1 Nfd5 $2 (29... Bg5 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Qxe5 $18 (30. Kxh4 Nf4 31. Qe4 Qd6 $11) 30... Bf6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 {[#]} 32. Qb7+ $1 Ke8 {[#]} 33. Be1 $1 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Qc1 34. Be4 $2 (34. Qxa6 Qxe1 35. Qb5+ Kd8 $11) (34. Nb3 $18 Qh6+ 35. Kg2) 34... Qxe1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Qb8+ (35. Rxe1 $2 Nf4#) 35... Kd7 36. Qb7+ (36. Rxe1 Rxb8 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 $17) 36... Ke8 37. Qb8+ (37. Rxe1 $2 Nf4#) 37... Kd7 38. Qa7+ ({But not} 38. Rxe1 Rxb8 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 $19) 38... Ke8 39. Qa8+ (39. Rxe1 $2 {leads to mate.} Nf4#) 39... Kd7 {( -> ...Qxf1+!)} 40. Qa7+ (40. Rxe1 $2 {gets mated.} Nf4#) 40... Ke8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 152 Games} h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Bf8 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. h3 c6 16. Ng4 Nd7 17. d4 Ng6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Nf5 c5 23. h4 (23. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 $19) 23... Nxg4 24. Qxg4 h5 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. b3 Rxe4 28. Qxh5 Ne5 29. f3 ({Don't take} 29. Nxd6 $2 Rg4 30. g3 Qf3 31. Qxe5 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Bxd6 $19) (29. f4 $11 {remains equal.} Nc6 30. Qg4) 29... Re2 $17 30. Qg5 ({But not} 30. Nxd6 $2 Qa2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 $19) (30. Ne3 $17 Qa2 31. f4) 30... Qa2 $1 $19 31. f4 Qc2 32. Rf1 f6 33. Nh6+ Kh7 34. Qg3 Qd3 $36 {Black is in control.} 35. Nf5 Qxf5 36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. Bf4 Qe4 38. h5 (38. Qf3 $17) 38... d5 39. h6 gxh6 (39... g6 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 40. Qf3 Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Rb2) 40. Qh3 (40. Ra1 $17 {was worth a try.} Qf5 41. Qf3) 40... d4 41. cxd4 Re1 (41... Qxd4+ $19 42. Kh2 Qe4) 42. Rxe1 ({White should play} 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Qxb5) 42... Qxe1+ $17 43. Kh2 Qe4 44. Qd7+ {[#]} Bg7 $1 45. Bg3 $2 (45. g3 $17) 45... cxd4 $19 46. Qxb5 d3 47. Qd7 Kg6 48. b4 h5 49. b5 {[#]} h4 $1 50. Bc7 Bh6 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 51. b6 d2 52. b7 Qxb7 {( -> ...Bf4+!)} 53. Qd3+ f5 {Black mates.} 54. Qd6+ Kh5 55. Ba5 Qb3 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {??.} c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be7 ({But not} 17... Qxb2 $2 18. Rab1 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rab1 g6 $11) 18... Qd4 19. a6 $18) 18. Nc3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rb8 20. Bf3 g6 21. g3 Kg7 22. Nb5 a6 $1 23. Nd6 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. b3 h5 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 Rxg5 ({Of course not} 28... Bxg5 $6 29. Nd6 ( 29. Bxh5 Bf6 30. Ra5 Bb7 $14) 29... Rc5 30. Ne4 $16) 29. Ra5 Rxa5 30. Nxa5 h4 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. Kf1 e5 33. Nc4 Bf5 34. Ne3 Bg6 35. Ra1 e4 36. Be2 f5 37. Rxa6 f4 38. Ng4 Bf5 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ (41. Ng4+ $1 $11 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Ng4+ Kg6) 41... Bxd7 $1 $17 42. Rxd7 { Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} f3 $1 43. Bb5 Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 44. Rd1 Ra2 45. Re1 (45. Bc6 $1 $11) 45... Rxc2 46. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 47. Kg1 Kg5 48. Bf1 {Threatens to win with Rxh4!} Rb2 49. b4 Bg3 50. b5 $2 {[#]} (50. Bh3 $15) 50... Bh2+ 51. Kh1 Bc7 {Black mates.} 52. Kg1 Bb6+ 53. Kh1 Rb1 54. Re5+ Kf4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bb5 {LiveBook: 56 Games} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 ({Much weaker is} 20. Qxa5 Rxb2 21. O-O Qxh4 $15) 20... axb4 21. cxb4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qb6 23. Rh3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qxb4+ 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. Bxb3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 28. Ra1 g6 29. Ra7 Rf8 30. Rd7 Bc1 31. Rxd6 Kh8 32. g4 h6 33. Ke2 Bb2 34. Rd7 Kg7 35. Kf3 Ba3 36. g5 Bc1 37. Kg4 {White has an edge.} hxg5 38. hxg5 Bf4 39. Re7 Bh2 40. Bd5 Bf4 41. Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Qd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... Qxd5 $14 13. Qxd5 Bxd5) 13. a3 ({Better is} 13. Rd1 ) 13... Nf6 $16 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nc3 a6 (15... Bd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kd7 20. Rd1 Kc8 21. f4 Bc7 22. f5 e5 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. e4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Kf3 Kd7 27. g4 h6 28. Nb4 a5 29. Nd3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Ne8 30. Nb5 f6 31. a4 Bd8 32. Kg3 Nc8 33. Kh4 Ned6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 33... Nc7 $14) 34. Nc3 $2 (34. Nxd6 $1 $18 Nxd6 35. Kh5) 34... Ke8 $11 35. Ba3 Nb7 36. Nd5 Na7 37. Kh5 {Threatens to win with Kg6.} Kf7 $1 38. Nc3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 39. Nb5 Be7 40. Bxe7 Nxe7 41. Nb2 Nc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Olafsson, Helgi"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bh4 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 17. a4 Kg7 {Black is slightly better.} 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. f3 Rd8 20. Re2 Nc8 21. Ra2 (21. Nf1 $15) 21... Nd6 22. Nf1 Rde8 23. Ra1 Nf5 {[#] ...Nxd4! is the strong threat.} 24. Rae1 Ra6 25. Ra1 Rb6 26. Kf2 h5 27. g3 Rf6 28. Kg2 Rfe6 29. Rae1 a6 30. h3 Rf6 (30... b5 $19 31. axb5 axb5) 31. Rd1 $17 {intending e4.} Nd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxc3 34. bxc3 b5 (34... Rfe6 $17 35. Kg1 Rh8) 35. axb5 $15 Nxb5 36. Rc1 $1 Rfe6 37. Qd2 Qd8 $36 {Black is more active.} 38. Ng3 Rh8 39. e4 $1 dxe4 40. Rxe4 Nc7 41. Rh1 (41. Rb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... Rxh1 $17 42. Kxh1 a5 43. Rxe6 Nxe6 44. d5 {Threatening Ne4.} a4 ({Black should play} 44... Qg5 $17 45. Ne4 Qxd2 46. Nxd2 Nf4 47. Nxc4 a4) 45. Ne4 $11 a3 46. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (46. g5 $11 Kg8 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Qc1) 46... Qxd5 $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 {??.} Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. bxa4 Nbd7 15. Ndc4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. a5 Ra6 18. Ne3 Rxa5 19. Nf5 h6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 ({Don't play} 21... gxf6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 $16) 22. Bxd5 Rfa8 (22... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.} 23. Qe1 Ra6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6) 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qd3 c4 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Rfc1 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 $14 {Endgame KR-KR} h5 30. Kg2 g6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Rc6 Rb3 33. e3 Rb2 34. Kf3 Ra2 35. e4 Rb2 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Rd6 Rb2 38. f3 Ra2 39. Rd7 Ra3+ 40. Rd3 Ra2 41. e5 Ra5 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Rd4 Ra3 44. Kf4 Rb3 45. Re4 Ra3 46. Rd4 Rb3 47. Ke4 Ra3 $1 48. Rd3 (48. Rb4 $14) 48... Ra1 49. f4 Ra5 50. Rd4 Ra1 51. Rd3 Ra5 52. Kf3 { White is slightly better.} Ra1 53. Re3 Rb1 54. Re2 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Rf2 Re3 57. Kh3 Kg8 58. Ra2 Kg7 59. Kg2 Rb3 60. Kf2 Rc3 61. Re2 Ra3 62. e6 fxe6 63. Rxe6 Kf7 64. Re5 Kf6 65. Rg5 Ra2+ 66. Kf3 Ra3+ 67. Kg2 Ra2+ 68. Kh3 Rf2 69. Ra5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Bxf6 ({White should try} 15. Qe3 $14) 15... Bxf6 $11 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ ({Of course not} 17. Rxd2 Bxb2 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Rxb2 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 b6 $17) 17... exf6 18. Rxd2 d5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxc2 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. Rb5 b6 22. a4 Rd8 23. Rd5 Rdc8 24. b3 Rb2 {Black wants to play ...Rcc2.} 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Red1 Re8 27. Re3 {The position is equal.} Re6 28. Rd7 a5 (28... Rb1+ $5 29. Kh2 $8 Rb2 $11) 29. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2519"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Ne1 Ng5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 10. e3 e5 11. f4 Nf7 $1 {The position is equal.} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ndf3 e4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qc3 Ba6 20. Rf2 Rad8 $36 {Black has good play.} 21. Ng2 g5 22. Re1 Rd5 23. Rd2 Qxe5 24. Qxe5+ Rxe5 25. c4 Bb7 26. Red1 Bc6 27. h4 h6 28. Kf2 Ree8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 (31. Ke1 {was worth a try.}) 31... Rxd8 $19 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Ke2 a5 33. Ne1 (33. Rf1 $142 Kg6 34. Ne1) 33... a4 34. Nc2 axb3 35. axb3 Rd3 36. Ra1 Be8 37. Ne1 (37. Ke1 {was necessary. } Bh5 38. Ra2) 37... Bh5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Bg4 40. Rc1 Bh3+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Nc2 Kg6 43. b4 cxb4 44. Nxb4 Rxe3 45. Kh2 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "217"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Qc2 Qb8 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng5 g6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 Qe8 15. e4 {Black must now prevent e5.} dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 c6 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Qb3 Qg7 22. Bxe6 (22. Rxe6 $6 Rxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxd4 $11) 22... Bb8 ({Don't capture } 22... Qxd4 $2 23. Rd1 (23. Qxb7 Bc5 24. Qxc6 Rxf2 $11) 23... Qe5 {[#]} 24. Rxd6 $1 $18) 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 ({Much weaker is} 24. Qxd5 $6 Qxb2 25. Qc5 b6 $11) 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Ba7 26. Re2 Qd4 27. Bf3 $1 ({Stronger than} 27. Qxb7 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxe2 $15) 27... b5 28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Qe6 Kg7 30. Qc6 Rf7 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. Qb3 Bc5 33. Bd5 Re7 34. Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. b3 Qe5 37. h4 Qf5 38. Qd1 Qd7 39. h5 Qf5 40. Bf3 Qe6 ({Better is} 40... a5 41. hxg6 hxg6) 41. Qd2 g5 42. Qd3 Kh6 43. Be4 Kxh5 44. Bxh7 Be7 45. Bf5 Qd6 46. Qf3+ Kh6 {[#]} 47. Bc8 ( 47. b4 $1 $18) 47... Kg7 48. Qa8 a5 49. Bg4 Qd8 50. Qe4 {And now Qe5+ would win.} Qd6 51. Be2 b4 52. Bd3 Kf8 (52... Qf6 $16 53. Qd5 Qd6) 53. Bc4 ({White should play} 53. Qf5+ $18 Kg7 54. Qh7+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Bc4+ Kg6 57. Be2) 53... Ke8 (53... Bd8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 54. Qa8 Kg7 55. Qb7+ Be7) 54. Qf5 $18 Qc6+ 55. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Qf6 56. Qxa5 {aiming for Qa8+.} Bd6 57. Qa7 Qe5 58. Qa8+ Ke7 59. Qb7+ Kd8 60. Bb5 Qf5 61. Qa8+ Ke7 62. Qe8+ Kf6 63. Bc4 (63. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 64. Qxd6 Qxb5 65. Kg2) 63... Bc5 $16 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Qd2 {Hoping for Qe2.} Qe5 (65... Kf6 $16 66. Bf1 Kf7) 66. Qd7+ $18 Kh8 67. Qc8+ Kg7 68. Qb7+ Qe7 69. Qf3 $1 Qf6 {[#]} 70. Qe2 $1 Qe7 71. Qd2 Qe5 $1 {[#] intending ...Qxg3+.} 72. Kg2 (72. Kf1 $1 $18) 72... Qe4+ $16 73. f3 Qf5 74. Qb2+ Qf6 75. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Qe8.} Bd6 76. Qe8 {Intending Qg8+ and mate.} Qb2+ 77. Kh3 {White wants to mate with Qf7+.} Qe5 78. Qxe5+ Bxe5 { Endgame KB-KB} 79. Kg2 Bd6 80. Kf2 Kf6 81. Ba6 Ke6 82. Bb7 Be5 83. Be4 Kd6 84. Kg2 Ke7 85. Kh3 Kf6 86. Bd3 Bd6 87. Bc4 Kf5 88. Ba6 Bc7 89. Bc8+ Kf6 90. Kg4 Bd6 91. Ba6 Bc7 92. Kh3 (92. Bb5 $16) 92... Bd6 (92... Kf5 $1 $11) 93. Kg2 Bc7 94. Kf2 Bb6+ 95. Ke2 Bc7 96. g4 Ke5 97. Kd3 Kd5 98. Bb7+ Kc5 99. Be4 Bf4 100. Bg6 Be5 101. Ke4 Bf4 102. Bf7 Bc1 103. Bc4 Bf4 104. Bg8 Bc1 105. Ke5 Bf4+ { White is slightly better.} 106. Ke6 Bc1 107. Kd7 Bf4 108. Bc4 Kb6 109. Kc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {??.} h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. h3 h5 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 Qb6 $1 12. dxc5 (12. Nxg5 $2 cxd4 13. Ndf3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Ndxe5 $17) (12. Qb3 $15) 12... Qc7 $36 {Black is on the roll.} ({ Don't play} 12... Qxc5 $6 13. Qe2 $11) 13. Kg2 (13. Re1 $17) 13... Ndxe5 $19 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne4 {[#]} Be7 $1 18. Bxg5 $2 (18. Ng3) 18... Bxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Nxg5 Rh4 20. f3 Rh2+ 21. Kg3 Rah8 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 22. f4 f6 23. Rf2 fxg5 24. Qa4+ {[#]} Nc6 $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 {??.} Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qe3 Nbd7 8. Be2 g6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rd1 e5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Bf4 Red5 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Qb3 R5d7 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Be3 Nc8 23. Rad1 Red8 24. a4 a6 25. a5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 {[#] Hoping for Qd7.} Qd6 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Bc4 Be5 30. g4 Nd6 31. Bb6 Qe7 32. Bc5 Kg7 33. Kf1 Qc7 34. Bb6 Qe7 35. Bc5 Qc7 36. Bb6 Qc8 37. Bc5 Ne4 38. Be3 Qc7 39. Bd3 Nf6 40. Bc4 h5 41. g5 Ne8 42. Qb4 Kg8 43. Bd3 Ng7 44. Qc4 Kh7 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kg2 Qd7 47. Bc2 Nf5 48. Bc1 Kg8 49. b4 Bf8 50. Qd3 Qe6 51. Bd2 Bg7 52. Qe4 Qa2 53. Qd3 Kh7 54. Kf2 Bf8 55. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Qe6 56. Qe4 Qd7 57. Qd3 Bd6 58. Ba2 Bc5+ 59. Ke2 Qe7+ 60. Kf3 Ba7 61. Bc4 Kg7 62. Qe2 Nh4+ 63. Kg3 Nf5+ 64. Kf3 Nh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA RC"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 {LiveBook: 22 Games} h6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. a4 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 {And now g3 would win.} Be5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Be3 {The position is equal.} Bc5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. a5 Bc6 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Xu, Yi"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {??.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 { And now b4 would win.} a6 8. Na3 h6 9. Nc2 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 Ba7 12. Bf1 Re8 13. d5 c6 14. c4 a5 15. g3 Bc5 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Nh4 Qb6 18. Ne3 N8h7 19. Bg2 Ng5 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. f3 g6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Bd2 Bb4 24. Rad1 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rcd8 26. Nd1 Qb4 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Ne6 31. Rxa5 ({ Much weaker is} 31. Rxd6 Bc6 32. Rdd1 Nc5 $17) 31... Nd4 32. Rb1 g5 ({Better is } 32... Kg7 $11) 33. Nf5 $1 $14 Nxf5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Rc1 Re7 {[#]} 36. f4 $1 gxf4 (36... exf4 37. Rxf5) 37. gxf4 Bg6 38. Rb5 exf4 39. Rxb7 (39. Kg1 $16) 39... Rxb7 $2 (39... Re2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 40. Bf3 Rf2) 40. Bxb7 $16 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 41. Bd5 {aiming for a5.} Rxb3 {[#]} 42. Ra1 $1 f3 {[#]} 43. a5 $2 (43. Kg1 $1 $18 {Hoping for a5.} Bh5 44. Ra2) 43... f2 $11 {...Bd3 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} 44. Kg2 Rb2 $1 {White must now prevent .. .Bd3.} 45. Rf1 Ra2 46. Rxf2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Ndf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nge7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ne2 { The position is equal.} f6 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. a3 Nbc6 16. O-O fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bb5 19. Re1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rac8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 21. Bd3 g5 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 24. Rf1 Nd4 25. Re3 g4 26. h3 Rf3 27. hxg4 Rxe3 $1 28. fxe3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc6 $1 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Be2 ({White should play} 30. e4 $11) 30... Nxe5 $15 31. Rc7+ Rf7 32. Rc8 Kf6 33. b3 Rg7 34. Kh3 Nf7 35. Bd3 Ng5+ 36. Kh4 Nf3+ 37. Kh3 Ke5 38. b4 Ng5+ 39. Kh4 Ne4 40. Rf8 Rc7 41. g5 {[#]} Rg7 $1 42. Rf4 {intending Bxe4.} Nxg5 43. g4 $2 {[#]} (43. a4 $17) 43... d4 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kh5 ( 44. exd4+ Kxf4) 44... dxe3 45. Rc4 Rd7 46. Bf1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Karavade, Eesha"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 d6 10. dxc5 dxe5 ({Much weaker is} 10... dxc5 $6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. h3 $14) (10... Bxe5 $6 11. Qa4 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Bd7 $14) 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 $14 (12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nc3 a5 $14)) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Re1 f6 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. b3 Ne6 15. Be3 Kc7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Na4 g5 18. Bd2 g4 19. Ba5+ Kb7 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4 $15) 20... Nd4 21. Nf1 h5 22. Bc3 Ne6 23. Ng3 h4 24. Nf5 h3 25. Nxg7 Nxg7 26. gxh3 gxh3 (26... Rh8 $17 27. hxg4 Bxg4) 27. f3 $15 Bf5 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Rg1 Rbd8 30. Ba5 Rd4 31. Bc3 Rxd1 $1 32. Rxd1 Kc8 ({Black should play} 32... Rg8 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rg2+.} 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Kxg1 Bb1) 33. Ba5 Rh8 34. Rg1 Kd7 35. Bd2 Rh4 36. Be3 e4 37. Rg8 exf3 38. Kxf3 Nd4+ 39. Kf2 Nc2 40. Nc3 Bh7 41. Rh8 e5 42. Kg3 Rh5 43. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Kg4.} f5 44. Ne2 Bg6 45. Rxh5 Bxh5 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 46. Ng1 $1 f4+ 47. Kh4 Bd1 48. Nxh3 Ke6 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 49. Kg5 $1 Nd4 50. Ng1 $1 Nf5 51. Bc3 a6 52. Nh3 Bc2 53. Nf2 f3 {White should prevent ...e4.} 54. Bd2 e4 { Strongly threatening ...e3.} 55. Kf4 Nh4 56. Kg3 Nf5+ $1 57. Kf4 Nh4 58. Kg3 Ng2 (58... Nf5+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 59. Kf4) 59. Ng4 $16 Bb1 {[#]} 60. a3 $1 Ba2 {[#]} 61. b4 (61. h4 $1 $16) 61... Bxc4 $14 62. Ne3 (62. h4 $1 $14) 62... Nxe3 $11 63. Bxe3 {KB-KB} Ke5 64. h4 Kf5 65. h5 Bb3 66. h6 Kg6 67. Kf4 Kxh6 68. Kxe4+ Kg6 69. Kxf3 Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Rb8 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. a4 d5 15. a5 Bc5 16. Ra4 Bf8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Raa1 Qe6 19. Be3 g6 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. f4 (21. Red1 $11) 21... d4 $15 22. cxd4 exf4 $1 ({Much worse is} 22... exd4 $6 23. Bf2 $14) 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bxf4 Nxd4 25. Bxc7 Rbc8 26. Rac1 $1 Nd7 27. Bd6 Nb5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. e5 Nc5 30. Rc1 Nxd6 31. exd6 Bxb2 32. Rc2 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Rc6 34. Nc4 (34. Nf3 $11 Be3 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. d7 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh1 Ng3+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kh1 Ng3+) 34... Nxd3 (34... Kf7 $17 35. Ne2 Bf6) 35. d7 $11 Bf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bd8.} 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Rc3 Nb4 38. Ned6 $1 {Rb3 is the strong threat.} Rc7 $1 39. Rg3 g5 40. Ne5 Rc1+ $1 41. Kh2 Rd1 $1 42. Nxb7 {[#] aiming for Rb3.} Bf6 43. Ng4 $1 Be7 44. Rb3 Nc6 45. Rb6 Rxd7 46. Rxc6 {Hoping for Nc5.} Rxb7 47. Rxa6 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb5 48. Rxe6 Kf7 49. Ra6 h5 {The position is equal.} 50. Ne3 Ke8 51. Rh6 Rxa5 52. Rxh5 Bd6+ 53. g3 $1 Ra2+ 54. Ng2 Be7 55. Rh6 Rd2 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Bd6+ 58. Kh3 Rd3+ 59. Kg4 Rg3+ 60. Kf5 Rxg2 61. Rxd6 {next Kf6 is good for White.} Kf7 62. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bb2 Qc8 { LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Re1 c5 9. c4 Bh3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Re8 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rac1 Qd8 17. Bc3 {Nxc6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 ({Wrong is} 18... bxc6 $2 19. Ba5 $18) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Red1 Kg8 21. h4 h5 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Rd4 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rc5 25. b4 Rc8 26. Re1 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. g4 hxg4 $2 {[#]} (28... e6 $16 ) 29. Rxg4 $2 ({Less strong is} 29. Qxg4 Rc2 $14) (29. Re6 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Rxg6+!} Rc4 {[#]} 30. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+) 29... Rc4 $1 $14 30. h5 Rxg4+ {The position is equal.} 31. Qxg4 Qc8 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxe7 {With the idea hxg6.} gxh5 $11 { KR-KR} 34. Rd7 Rc4 35. a3 Rd4 36. Rxd6 Kf8 37. Ra6 Rxd5 38. a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2561"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 {LiveBook: 66 Games} Bh5 ( 12... Bxe5 $11 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg7) 13. h3 $14 Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 {White is slightly better.} h6 15. a4 a5 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. c3 Rd8 19. Qe4 $1 Ng5 20. Qe2 Kg8 21. f4 Ne6 22. Qe4 Nf8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. e6 f5 25. Qf3 Nf8 26. Bf2 Bf6 27. Rac1 Rh7 {[#]} (27... Rd5 $16 28. Rcd1 Rh7) 28. Kh1 (28. b4 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 28... Rg7 (28... b5 $142) 29. b4 $1 $16 Rd5 ( 29... g5 $16) 30. b5 $1 $18 g5 31. bxc6 Rd8 $2 (31... Qxc6 $16 32. fxg5 hxg5) 32. fxg5 hxg5 {and the idea ...g4 leaves Black hopeful.} (32... Rxg5 $2 33. Be3 Ng6 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Qxf5 $18) (32... Bxg5 33. Rb1 $18) 33. Bg3 ({Don't do} 33. Qxf5 $6 Qxc6 34. d4 g4 $16) (33. Ne3 $18 g4 34. hxg4 (34. Qxf5 gxh3 35. Qe4 hxg2+ 36. Kg1 Be5 37. Nxg2 Ng6 $11) 34... Nxe6 35. Bg3 (35. Nxf5 Rh7+ 36. Kg1 Ng5 $14) (35. Qxf5 Qxc6 36. Kg1 Rg5 $11) (35. gxf5 Ng5 36. Qe2 Qxc6 $11)) 33... f4 $16 34. Bf2 (34. Bh2 $1 $16) 34... g4 $1 $11 35. hxg4 Nh7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Ng5.} 36. d4 Ng5 37. Qd3 {With the idea Ne5.} f3 {Hoping for ... Rh7+.} 38. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 {Strongly threatening Bh4.} Qxc6 (39... Rf8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. d5 $16 Qxa4 {[#]} 41. c4 $1 $36 {White is in control.} Rf8 {[#]} 42. Qc2 (42. Qe3 $1 $16 fxg2+ 43. Kxg2) 42... Qxc2 $11 43. Rxc2 Rf4 44. d6 $1 Rxg4 45. g3 {And now d7 would win.} Rh7+ 46. Kg1 Nh3+ $2 ( 46... Rh8 $11 47. d7 Kg7) 47. Kf1 $18 {Threatens to win with d7.} Nxf2 $2 ( 47... Rh8) 48. d7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. O-O Ne7 {The position is equal.} 13. b3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qxb7 Qc8 $1 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nd2 Kd7 19. Nc4 {Nb6+ is the strong threat.} Ke6 20. Rad1 Rc6 21. Rd3 Bd8 22. Rfd1 $36 {White is more active.} Bc7 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Ke2 Bb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc3 g6 27. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g5 10. f5 Ne5 11. h3 b5 12. a3 Qe7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ned7 15. Bd3 Bb7 $1 16. Rf1 O-O-O {[#]} (16... Bg7 $11) 17. Qe2 $1 $16 Bg7 18. a4 b4 19. Bxa6 Nc5 ({Don't take} 19... bxc3 $2 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qb5+ (21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qc4+ Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 $17) 21... Kc7 22. Qa5+ ( 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Qc4+ Kd8 $11) 22... Kc8 23. Qa6+ (23. bxc3 Nb8 24. Rb1 Rd7 $15 ) 23... Kc7 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. bxc3 $18) 20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 {[#]} 21. Nb5 $1 Nfxe4 22. O-O-O {Strongly threatening Bxc5.} Nxa4 23. Qc4+ Kb8 24. Nfd4 Nac5 25. Qxb4 Rd7 26. Nb3 Nxb3+ 27. Qxb3 Rc8 28. Kb1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Nxd6 Qxb3 31. cxb3 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Nf5 Be5 34. Nxh6 d4 35. Rf8+ ({Better is} 35. Rf3 $16) 35... Kc7 $14 36. Rf7 {And now Rxd7+ would win.} d3 $1 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {KB-KN. The position is equal.} 38. Kc1 {aiming for Kd2.} Bf4+ 39. Kd1 {Threatening Ng8.} Kc6 40. Nf5 {Threatens to win with b4.} Kc5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nxh4 Kb4 43. Ng2 Bh6 44. Ne1 d2 $1 45. Nf3 Kxb3 46. Nxd2+ Kxb2 47. Ne4 Kb3 48. g5 Bxg5 49. Nxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Karavade, Eesha"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2418"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nf6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Rd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 (18... gxf6 $6 19. Rad1 $16) 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. f3 a5 21. Qc3 Be8 22. Qc7 Rdc8 23. Qe7 Qf6 24. Qxf6 (24. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxc2 $11) 24... gxf6 25. Bh3 Rc5 26. c3 $36 { White is more active.} b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Rxd6 Rc2 $2 {[#]} ({Don't capture} 28... Rxa2 $2 29. Rd8 $18 (29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rb6 Rxb2 $17)) (28... Kh7 $16) 29. Rd8 $18 ({Weaker is} 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rf5 Rxa2 31. Rxe5 Bc6 $15) 29... Rxd8 30. Rxd8 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 31. Rb8 {Bd7 is the strong threat.} Ke7 ({Much worse is} 31... Rxb2 32. Bd7 $18) 32. Rxb4 Bc6 33. a4 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 f5 35. exf5 Bxf3 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. a5 Ra1 38. a6 Kf6 (38... Kd7 {was worth a try.} 39. Bd3 h5 ) 39. g4 Kg5 40. Be2 Rh1 41. Bf3 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Ra1 $2 {[#]} (42... Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Ra1) 43. Rb6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra4 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2604"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ne7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 {White is better.} Ng6 11. e5 d5 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bd2 {Black must now prevent e6!} Qb5 {[#]} (13... Be6 $16 { was called for.}) 14. e6 $1 $18 Bxe6 (14... fxe6 $142 15. Qg4 Ne7) 15. Rxe6+ fxe6 {[#]} 16. Qg4 $1 Ne7 17. Qxe6 Rd8 {[#]} ({But not} 17... Qxa4 $2 18. Ne5 c5 19. b3 $18) 18. Ne5 (18. b3 $1 $18 {aiming for Re1.} Rd6 19. Qh3) 18... Rd6 $11 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxc2 22. Qf4 Rf6 23. Rb8+ Nc8 24. Qg4 { The position is equal.} Qf5 {[#]} 25. Nxc6+ $1 Kd7 $1 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} (25... Rxc6 26. Qxf5) 26. Ne5+ $1 Kd8 $1 {[#]} 27. Nc6+ $1 Kd7 $1 { Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} (27... Rxc6 28. Qxf5) 28. Ne5+ $1 Kd8 $1 {[#]} 29. Nc6+ $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Bg5 $36 {White is pushing.} Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 g5 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Ra3 Ng6 21. e3 Nde5 (21... Ne7 $142 22. Rea1 Nc8) 22. Rea1 g4 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 h5 25. h4 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 gxf3 27. Bh3 Re5 28. Qc4 Re8 29. Qc3 Re5 30. e4 Kg7 31. Ra8 Ne7 32. Ra4 Ng6 33. Kh2 Re8 34. Bd7 ({Better is} 34. Qc2 $16) 34... Rd8 {Hoping for ...Qxc3.} 35. Bf5 Ne5 36. Qe3 Qh6 37. Qf4 Nd3 38. Qxf3 Qd2 (38... Nxb2 $2 39. Ra2 $18) 39. Kg1 ({White should play} 39. Ra3 $16 Nxf2 40. Kg1 (40. Qxh5 $2 Nxe4+ 41. Kh1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxb2+ 43. Kh3 Qxa3 $19 )) 39... Nxf2 $2 (39... Qc1+ $11 40. Kh2 Qd2) 40. Ra7 $18 {Threatening mate with Rxf7+!} ({Less strong is} 40. Qxh5 Nd3 $16) 40... Nd3 {[#]} 41. Rxf7+ $1 { White mates.} ({Worse is} 41. Qxh5 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxb2+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Nf2+ 46. Kh2 Ng4+ 47. Kh3 Nf2+ 48. Kh2 Ng4+ 49. Kh3 Nf2+ $11) 41... Kxf7 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qh7+ {A strange result} 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c5 8. Nbd2 b6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. a4 Nh5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Qa4 Rfc8 13. b4 { Threatening a6.} cxb4 14. a6 Bc6 15. Qxb4 e6 16. Rfc1 b5 17. Ne1 Nb6 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nb3 {[#]} (20. Qb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Bf8 $1 $17 21. Qa5 Ne4 22. Nd3 Na4 (22... g5 $15 23. Bd2 Be8) 23. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Qxd8.} Qxa5 24. Nxa5 Be8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 27. Nexc4 ( 27. Rxc4 Nc3 28. e3 Bb5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 27... Bb5 28. e3 Bb4 (28... Nb6 $15 29. Nd6 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Bxa6) 29. Rcb1 $11 Bc3 (29... Bxc4 $2 30. Nxc4 (30. Rxb4 Nb6 $16) (30. Rxa4 Bxa5 31. Rxa5 Bd3 $11) 30... Nc3 31. Rxb4 $18 ) 30. Nd6 Bxa1 31. Nxc8 (31. Rxb5 $11 Rc1+ 32. Kg2) 31... Bb2 $1 $15 ({Worse is } 31... Rxc8 32. Rxb5 Nb6 33. Rc5 $18) 32. Nd6 (32. Nc6 $15) 32... Bd3 $36 { Black is really pushing.} ({Not} 32... Bxa6 33. Nac4 (33. Nxe4 Bd3 34. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) 33... Rb8 34. Nxe4 $14 (34. Nxb2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxb2 $11)) 33. Nc6 Kg7 34. Re1 f6 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 35. g4 Nc3 36. g5 fxg5 37. Bxg5 h6 38. Bh4 Bxa6 39. Nd8 $2 ({White should try} 39. Ne5 $15) 39... g5 $19 40. Nxe6+ {[#]} Kf6 ({Black should play} 40... Kg6 $1 $17 41. Bg3 Bd3) 41. Nc7 $11 {Hoping for Bg3.The position is equal.} Rd8 42. Bg3 $1 Bd3 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} (42... Ne2+ $5 43. Kg2 $8 Nxg3 44. Nxa6 Rxd6 $11) 43. Nb7 Rc8 {Threatens to win with . ..Ne2+.} 44. Kg2 Bc4 45. Be5+ Ke7 $1 46. Nc5 Kf7 47. Nb7 Ke7 48. Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Rd1 {Black must now prevent dxe5.} exd4 {aiming for ...d3.} 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 (15. Rxd4 Qxc4 16. Rxc4 c6 $15) 15... bxc6 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. exd4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 20. Ba5 Rb8 21. b4 Rb5 (21... Kf8 $11) 22. a3 $16 Kf8 23. Rc1 Ke8 24. Rxc6 Kd7 25. Ra6 Kc8 {[#]} (25... Rd5 $14) 26. a4 $1 (26. Rxa7 Kb8 27. Ra6 Kb7 28. Rxd6 cxd6 $17) 26... Rd5 {[#]} 27. b5 $1 (27. Rxa7 $6 Rxd4 28. Ra8+ Kd7 $11) 27... Rxd4 28. Bc3 ({Much weaker is} 28. Rxa7 $6 Rxa4 29. b6 cxb6 30. Bxb6 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 f6 $11) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Bxg7 Rd2 (30... Rd6 { might work better.}) 31. Rf6 $18 Ra2 32. Rf4 h5 (32... Kd7 $142 33. Rxf7+ Ke6) 33. h4 ({Don't take} 33. Rxf7 Bb6 34. Rf4 Be3 $18) 33... Bb6 34. g4 (34. Rxf7 Rxa4 35. f4 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Rd2 $18) 34... hxg4 (34... Bxf2 $142 35. Rxf2 Rxa4 36. Rxf7 Rxg4+ 37. Kh3 Rg1) 35. h5 ({Less strong is} 35. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 36. Kh3 Rf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Rf1 $14) 35... g3 36. Kxg3 Ra1 37. Kg2 (37. Bxa1 $142 Bc5 38. h6 Kb7 39. h7 Kb6 40. h8=Q Kb7 41. Rxf7 a6 42. Qh1+ Kb6 43. Qc6+ Ka5 44. Qxc5 Kxa4 45. Rf3 axb5 46. Ra3#) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $6 10. Nc3 $16) 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Re1 O-O (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Be4 Qc5 15. Bxa8 $18) 14. Be4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. Ng4 Rad8 $1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qh5 {[#]} f5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 {Und weiter mit ...f6 wäre nett.} 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Re3 Ne2+ $1 ({Jedoch nicht} 21... fxe4 $2 22. Rg3+ (22. Rxe4 Rfe8 23. Rg4+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ $11) 22... Qxg3 23. hxg3 $18 (23. fxg3 Rd5 $16)) 22. Rxe2 {[#] Und Lf3 würde nun gewinnen.} fxe4 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 {??.} Bf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. e4 Bd7 9. d5 Bg7 10. Be2 a5 11. Rb1 a4 12. O-O Na6 13. b4 axb3 $1 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Qd2 f6 20. Qh6 { Qg7 is the strong threat.} Kf7 21. Rd2 Ra7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nh4 $1 {Threatens to win with Nxg6!} Qd8 24. Bh5 (24. Rfd1 $14 Qe8 25. Kh2) 24... Qg8 25. Rfd1 $1 $36 {White has compensation. White is pushing.} Be8 (25... Bxh3 $14 26. Rd8 Qg7 27. Bxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxh8 Qxh6 29. Rxh6 Bf5) 26. Rd8 ({White has to play} 26. Qe3 $1 $16 Ra3 27. Be2) 26... Qg7 $2 (26... gxh5 $11 27. Qxh5+ Ke6 28. Qf5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke6 30. Qf5+ Kf7 31. Qh5+) 27. Qe3 $18 Rb7 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 $1 31. Ra8 Nc2 32. Qe2 Nd4 (32... gxh5 $2 33. Qxh5+ Ke6 {[#]} 34. Rxe8 $1 $18) 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 (34. Bf3 $1 $16) 34... e5 $1 $14 35. Rdd8 Qc5 $2 (35... Rxb3 $2 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Bf3 $18) (35... Re7 $1 $14) 36. Qd1 (36. Bf3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 36... Re7 (36... gxh5 $2 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 $18 (39. Rxe8 Qd4 $16)) (36... Qe7 $16) 37. Be2 $18 e4 38. Rab8 (38. Qd2 $18) 38... e3 39. f4 Rf8 (39... Qf5 $16) 40. b4 Qf5 {[#]} 41. Qd4 $2 ({White should play} 41. Qf1 $1 $16) 41... Qb1+ $1 $11 42. Kh2 {And now b5 would win.} Qe1 $1 43. Qd3 {next b5 is good for White.} Qf2 44. f5 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Ra7 ({Much worse is} 45... Qxf5 $6 46. Qxf5 gxf5 47. b5 cxb5 48. cxb5 $16) (45... Qf2 $11) 46. Ra8 Rxa8 47. Rxa8 Kg7 {[#]} 48. b5 $1 cxb5 49. cxb5 Qf2 50. Ra7+ Rf7 {The position is equal.} 51. Ra3 Re7 (51... Qe1+ $5 52. Kh2 $8 Qb4 53. fxg6 hxg6 $11) 52. Qd8 Rd7 53. Qxe8 Rd1+ $1 ({But not} 53... Qxf5 $2 54. Rxe3 Rd4 55. Re7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kg5 57. Rxh7 $18) 54. Bxd1 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 {Intending Ra7+ and mate.} Qf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 h6 {The position is equal.} 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... hxg5 $6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxc6 $16 (14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 g4 $16)) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... gxf6 $2 14. Nh4 $18) 14. e4 Re8 15. e5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Nf1 (17. Rxc6 $2 Qd7 18. e6 fxe6 $19) 17... Ne6 18. Ne3 a5 19. Nf5 (19. Rxc6 $2 Qd7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Qxa4 $19) 19... Bf8 20. Bf1 ( 20. Rxc6 $2 Qd7 21. Rb1 Bxc6 $19) 20... b5 21. Qb3 g6 (21... Qb6 $11) 22. Ne3 $14 h5 23. Bh3 Qb6 ({Better is} 23... Qe7 $14) 24. Bxe6 $16 Rxe6 25. Ng5 Ree8 26. Qc2 Be7 27. Ne6 Rac8 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 ({Much weaker is} 29. dxc5 $6 Qc7 $11) 29... Qxc5 30. Rxc5 f6 {[#]} 31. f4 $1 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ng2 g5 {[#] } 34. Re1 $1 Kf5 35. Kf3 fxe5 (35... Ra8 $16 {might work better.} 36. Ne3+ Ke6 37. f5+ Kd7) 36. dxe5 $18 ({But not} 36. fxe5 $6 Ke6 $14) ({Don't do} 36. Rxe5+ $6 Rxe5 37. fxe5 Rf8 $14) 36... gxf4 (36... Rg8 $142 37. Ne3+ Ke6) 37. gxf4 Rg8 38. Nh4+ Ke6 39. f5+ Kd7 {intending ...Rg4.} 40. Ng6 Rg7 41. Kf4 Kc7 42. Kg5 Kb6 43. Rcc1 Rcg8 44. e6 c5 45. e7 Bc6 46. Re6 c4 47. Kh6 Kc5 {[#]} 48. Rxc6+ $1 Kxc6 {[#]} 49. e8=Q+ $1 Rxe8 50. Kxg7 {Endgame KRN-KR} d4 51. f6 d3 52. f7 Rd8 53. Nf4 Kd6 54. Rd1 Ke5 {[#]} 55. Nxd3+ $1 cxd3 {[#]} 56. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 57. f8=Q {KQ-KR} Rd2 58. Qc5+ Ke4 59. Kf6 h4 60. Qxb5 Rf2+ 61. Kg5 Rxh2 62. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 Qa6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 13. Be3 b6 14. e6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 15. Re1 Qb7 16. e5 Nc7 ({Much weaker is } 16... Nxe5 $6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxe5 $16) 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bh6 Rxf3 19. Bxg7 Rf5 20. g4 $1 Rf7 21. Bh6 {White has compensation.} Qc7 (21... b5 $5 22. Nc3 $8 Qb6 $14) 22. f4 (22. Nc3 $16) 22... Ba6 (22... c4 $1 $11 { remains equal.}) 23. Rad1 c4 {[#]} 24. Kh1 ({White should try} 24. f5 $1 $16 Nxe5 25. Qd4) 24... Kh8 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Rg1 Nd3 { aiming for ...Nf2+.} 29. Rdf1 {Threatens to win with Rxf5.} Qf7 $2 (29... Ne7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 30. Ne4 $18 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Ne7 $2 (30... Rxf1 {is a better chance.} 31. Rxf1 c3 32. bxc3 Qh5) 31. Bg5 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Nf5 33. Bf6+ Kg8 34. Rg1 Kf8 35. Ng5 Qd7 36. Be4 h6 (36... c3 $142 37. bxc3 Nxe5) 37. Nf3 {And now Bxf5 would win.} Qh7 38. Qe2 (38. Bxc6 Rc8 39. Be4 Bb7 $14) 38... Kf7 $2 {[#]} (38... c3 39. bxc3 Nc5 40. Bxf5 exf5) 39. Nh4 ({Inferior is} 39. Bxc6 Rg8 40. Nh4 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Nxh4 42. Bxh4 Qg7+ 43. Kh2 Qxe5+ 44. Qxe5 Nxe5 $17) (39. Nd4 $142 $1 {Qh5+ would kill now.} Nf4 (39... Nxd4 40. Qh5+) 40. Qd2) 39... Rg8 (39... Ng3+ $18 40. Rxg3 Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Nf2+ 42. Kg2 Nxe4) 40. Qh5+ {White mates.} Kf8 41. Nxf5 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 exf5 43. Bxc6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5+ {The position is equal.} 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 12. Be3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. f3 Nb4 16. Be2 {The position is equal.} d5 17. exd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 {Strongly threatening ...e4!} 12. Qd2 {[#]} (12. Bg5 $11 {remains equal.} Qd6 {[#]} 13. d4 $1) 12... e4 $1 $17 13. Nh2 {Black is slightly better.} (13. dxe4 fxe4) 13... Ne5 (13... Qe8 $17) 14. d4 Nc4 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Bd6 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nf1 $1 Na3 20. Rb2 Nc4 21. Rbb1 $1 Rbe8 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne3 Rxg5 24. Nxc4 Bf4 25. h4 ({Better is} 25. a4 $15) 25... Rg4 26. Ne3 Bxe3 $1 ({Don't play} 26... Rxh4 $6 27. Rxb7 Bh2+ 28. Kf1 $15) 27. Rxe3 b6 28. a4 Rxh4 29. a5 Rf4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra1 Ref8 32. Ra7 R8f7 33. Ra8+ Rf8 34. Ra7 c5 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Rb7 cxd4 37. cxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxb6 Bf5 39. Rb1 h5 40. c3 Rd3 (40... Rd6 $19 41. c4 Kh7) 41. Rbe1 Rxc3 {...Rc4 is the strong threat.} 42. Bxe4 Rc5 43. Bg2 Kf7 44. Re5 Rc2 45. R1e2 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 47. Ra2 Rb4 48. Ra5 g6 49. Kh2 Kg5 50. Bc6 Kf6 $2 (50... Kf4 $17 {Hoping for ...Rc4.} 51. Ra6 h4) 51. Ra6 (51. Bg2 $1 $11) 51... Kg7 52. Ra5 Kh6 53. Bf3 h4 54. Bc6 Rd4 55. Ra4 Rxa4 56. Bxa4 $19 {KB-KB} Kg5 57. Kg1 Kf4 58. Bc6 g5 59. Bb7 Be4 60. Bc8 Kf3 61. Bd7 Ke2 62. Bg4+ Bf3 63. Bd7 Kd3 64. Bb5+ Ke4 65. Bc6+ Kf4 66. Bd7 Bg4 67. Bc6 Bf5 68. Bb7 $1 Be4 69. Bc8 $1 Kf3 70. Bd7 $1 g4 71. Bc8 h3 72. Bd7 Bg6 73. Bc8 Bh5 $2 (73... Bf7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Bg8.} 74. Bb7+ Kf4) 74. Bd7 $2 (74. Bb7+ $11 {and White is okay.} Ke2 75. Ba6+ Kd2 76. Bb7) 74... h2+ $2 (74... Bf7 $19 {aiming for ...Kf4.} 75. Bc6+ Kf4) 75. Kxh2 $11 Kxf2 {[#] ( -> ...g3+)} 76. Bxg4 $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} dxe4 15. dxe4 Nh5 16. Kh2 {White is slightly better.} Nf4 17. b5 Qd3 18. Ra2 {Threatens to win with Bxf4.} Ne7 ({Reject} 18... axb5 $6 19. axb5 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 $16) 19. Rd1 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd6 21. Rdd2 Neg6 {[#]} ({Black should play } 21... Rxd2 $11 22. Rxd2 Neg6) 22. Nxe5 $1 $14 Rxd2 (22... Nxe5 23. Rxd6) 23. Bxd2 axb5 24. axb5 {Hoping for Nxg6.} Nxe5 25. Bxf4 Re8 (25... Nd3 $16) 26. c4 $18 c6 (26... g5 $16) 27. Ra2 $1 Bb8 28. Ra8 f6 {[#]} 29. g3 $1 Kf7 30. Kg2 cxb5 31. cxb5 b6 32. Nd4 Bd6 (32... g5 $142) 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 {KB-KN} 36. Ne3 Bc5 $2 (36... Bd6 37. Nc4 Bc7) 37. Nc4 Bd4 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Ke7 40. Kf3 g6 41. e5 Ke6 42. Ke4 Bc5 43. Nd2 h5 44. Nf3 Bf2 45. Nd4+ (45. Ng5+ $142 Ke7 46. f5 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 h4 48. Ne4 Be3 49. Nf6 Bd4 50. Nd5+ Kf7 51. e6+ Kf8 52. Kg5) 45... Kf7 46. Kd5 Be3 47. Ke4 $2 (47. Ne6 $18 Ke7 {[#]} 48. f5 $1 gxf5 49. Ng7) 47... Bd2 $2 (47... Bf2 $11 48. f5 Bh4 49. e6+ Kf6 50. fxg6 Bf2) 48. Nc2 Ke6 49. Ne3 Be1 50. f5+ gxf5+ 51. Nxf5 h4 52. Nd4+ Kd7 53. Kd5 Bf2 54. Nf5 Be1 55. e6+ Kc7 56. Nd6 Kd8 57. Nc4 Bf2 58. Ne5 Ke7 59. Nc6+ Ke8 60. Nd4 Ke7 61. Nf5+ Kd8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Black "Xu, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2444"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. g4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} d6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Bd5 {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. Be3 Qc8 11. h4 Na5 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nc3 c6 14. d4 Qc7 15. h5 Rf8 16. a4 {And now axb5 would win.} b4 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 a5 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. b3 O-O-O 21. d5 Qd7 22. Qd3 { cxb4 is the strong threat.} Kb8 23. Ng3 g6 24. Qa6 Kc7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Qf1 Kb8 27. Be3 f5 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 28. gxf6 $1 Bxf6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh3 Rh8 31. Qxd7 Rxh1+ 32. Nxh1 Nxd7 {[#]} 33. Nd2 $1 Kc7 34. Ke2 Rg8 35. Ng3 Nb6 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Nc4 Nxc4 38. Kxc4 Rh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Nxh1 bxc3 (40... Bh4 $16 {might work better.}) 41. Kxc3 $16 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Kc7 42. Ng3 Nd8 43. Nf1 Nf7 44. Nd2 Bd8 45. Nc4 Kb7 46. Kd3 Bc7 47. Ke2 Ka6 48. Kf3 Kb7 49. Kg4 Bd8 50. Bd2 Ka6 51. Kh3 Bc7 52. Kh4 Bd8+ 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. Bg5 Kb7 ({Don't capture} 54... Nxg5 $2 55. Kxg5 Kb7 56. Kf6 $18) 55. Be7 Kc8 56. Kh4 Kb7 57. Kg3 Kc8 58. Kf3 Kb7 {[#]} 59. Ke2 $1 Kc8 60. Kd3 Kb7 61. Nd2 Nh6 62. Nf3 Ng4 63. Ke2 c4 ( 63... Kc8 $142 64. Nh4 Bd8) 64. bxc4 $18 Kb6 65. Ng5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2429"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Be1 f5 13. Na3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 {The position is equal.} bxc5 16. Rab1 Qc8 17. Rdc1 cxd4 18. Qa2 Bc5 19. Nb5 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 e5 {And now ...Qc6 would win.} 22. e3 Ba2 {Hoping for ...dxe3.} 23. exd4 exd4 24. Rb2 ({Much weaker is} 24. Nfxd4 $6 Bxb1 25. Qxb1 Kh8 $14) 24... Bf7 25. Nbxd4 g6 {[#]} 26. Rbc2 (26. Nd2 $142 $1) 26... Qd8 (26... Qb7 $16) 27. Nc6 $18 Qe8 {[#]} 28. Nd2 $1 Ndf6 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 (29... fxe4 30. Qd2 Bb6) 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Qd6 Nb3 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Qxe7 Nxc1 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Bd2 Re8 36. Qf6 {White threatens Bh6 and mate.} Re6 37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qc7 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. Qc3 ({Weaker is} 40. Qxa7 Bc4+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxd2 $16) 40... Ne6 41. Qf6 Rc8 42. Bc3 Kf8 43. Qh8+ Bg8 44. Bb4+ Kf7 45. Qe5 Rc7 46. h4 Rb7 47. Bc3 Kf8 {[#]} 48. h5 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Bf7 (48... gxh5 49. Qxf5+) 49. a5 Ke7 50. a6 Rb6 51. Qf6+ Kf8 52. Qh8+ Bg8 53. Qe5 Bf7 54. h6 Ke7 55. Kg1 Kf8 56. Qd5 Be8 {[#]} 57. Qb7 $3 Bc6 ( 57... Rxb7 58. axb7) 58. Bb4+ Kg8 59. Qe7 Ba4 60. Kh2 g5 61. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Lalith Babu M R"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Qe2 Ba6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nxc4 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5 {[#] aiming for ...cxd4. } 16. e5 (16. Rac1 $1 $11) 16... Nd5 $17 17. Rdc1 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qh4 {And now .. .Red8 would win.} 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxc4 $1 ({Much less strong is} 20... Qxf4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 $11) 21. Qxc4 Qxf4 22. Rd1 {[#]} (22. Re1 $17) 22... Nxe5 $1 $19 23. Qe2 (23. dxe5 Qxc4) 23... Ng6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qg5 26. c6 Nf4 27. Qf3 (27. Qe4 $17 {keeps fighting.} f5 28. h4 Qxh4 29. Qf3) 27... Nxg2 28. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 {Endgame KR-KR} Kf8 30. c7 Ke7 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Rxa7 Kd7 33. Kf3 (33. c4 $17) 33... Rxc7 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. Rb3 Ke7 36. Kg2 h5 37. f3 $2 ( 37. Rb7+ {was called for.} Kf6 38. Rb3) 37... g5 38. h3 (38. Kf1 $142 f5 39. Kg2) 38... Kf6 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Ra3 (40. Rb4 {was necessary.} Rxc3 41. Kg2) 40... f6 41. Rb3 Kf5 42. Ra3 e5 43. Rb3 g4 44. hxg4+ hxg4 45. fxg4+ Rxg4 46. Ke2 Rg3 47. Kd2 Kf4 48. Rb8 Rg2+ {Black mates.} 49. Kd1 e4 50. c4 e3 (50... f5 $142 51. Rb5 e3 52. c5 Ke4 53. Rb7 Kf3 54. Rb3 Rg1+ 55. Kc2 Kf2 56. Rd3 e2 57. Rd2 Kf3 58. Rd3+ Kf4 59. Rd4+ Kg5 60. Rd8 e1=Q 61. Rg8+ Kf4 62. Rxg1 Qxg1 63. c6 Qg2+ 64. Kc3 Qxc6+ 65. Kb3 Ke4 66. Kb4 Kd3 67. Kb3 Qb5+ 68. Ka3 Kc2 69. Ka2 Qb2#) 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {??.} d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. Be2 Re8 11. h4 Qd7 12. h5 Bf6 13. Kb1 a5 14. Nh2 (14. h6 $14) 14... Qe6 $15 15. Bf3 Ne5 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 16. Be2 ({Don't go for} 16. Bxb7 $2 Nc4 17. Qd5 Rab8 $19) (16. Bd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Nc4 $17 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nf3 Be6 19. b3 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Nd4 {White wants to play Nb5.} Bd7 22. a4 h6 23. Rh4 (23. Nb5 $142 Bxb5 24. axb5) 23... c6 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Re1+ 26. Kb2 Rae8 27. Nf3 R1e2 28. Rxd6 Be6 29. Rd2 Bd5 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 30. Kc3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 $15 {Endgame KRR-KRR} R8e5 32. b4 (32. Rxe2 $15 Rxe2 33. Rh2) 32... axb4+ $17 33. Rxb4 {Rxe2 is the strong threat.} Rc5+ 34. Kd3 Re7 35. Re4 Kf8 ({Black should play} 35... Rc7 $17 36. Rh4 b5) 36. c4 $1 $15 Rxh5 ({Better is} 36... Rc7 $17 37. Kc3 Kg8) 37. Rxe7 $1 $11 Kxe7 $17 {KR-KR} 38. Rb2 Rf5 39. Rxb7+ Ke6 40. Ke3 h5 41. Rc7 Kd6 42. Rb7 (42. Rc8 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 42... h4 $19 43. Rb1 h3 44. Rh1 {[#]} Rh5 $1 45. f4 Kc5 46. a5 Kxc4 47. a6 Ra5 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 Ra1+ 50. Kb2 Rxa6 51. Rxh3 c5 52. Rh7 $2 (52. f5 Rf6 53. Rf3) 52... Rf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Rxg7 Rxf4 54. Rg2 Kd3 55. Rh2 c4 56. Kc1 Ke2 57. Kc2 Rf3 58. Rg2 f5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 {??.} g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. c4 c5 13. Bc3 Ng4 14. b3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Qd2 f6 19. Rab1 Be6 20. Qf2 a5 21. h3 h5 22. Rbd1 Bf7 23. Rd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 19. Rxd5 $1 exd5 20. b4 Be7 21. Bh3 Nf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc3.} 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Rd3 ({Much weaker is} 24. Rxd5 Rxa3 25. Kg2 Bxb4 $17) 24... Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qc4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 28. Nc6 Bg5 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Bxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 {KN-KN} 31. Nb8 Nc7 32. Nd7 g4 33. Ke2 $1 Kh7 34. f3 gxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Kg6 36. Ke4 Kg5 {With the idea ... Kg4.} 37. h3 $1 c3 38. Kd3 Kf5 39. Nc5 Kxe5 40. Kxc3 Kd5 41. Kd3 a5 42. Ne4 a4 43. Ng5 f5 44. h4 Ne8 45. Nf3 Nd6 46. Nd4 Ke5 47. Nf3+ Ke6 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49. Ne2 Ne4 50. Nf4+ Ke5 51. Nh5 g5 (51... g6 $5 52. Nf4 $8 g5 53. hxg5 Nxg5 $11) 52. hxg5 Nxg5 {aiming for ...Nf7.} 53. Nf4 Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Adhiban, B."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 ( 7... O-O $11) 8. O-O $14 O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 d6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bd4 b5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bc3 (18. Bxa6 $6 Bxa6 19. Rxa6 Qb7 $11) 18... Qb6 19. Rea1 Ra8 20. Rb4 Qc7 21. Bd4 e6 22. f4 ( 22. dxe6 $16 {Black must now prevent f4.} Bxe6 23. Rba4 (23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 $14) (23. Bxa6 $2 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Nc6 25. Bxg7 Nxb4 $19)) 22... Ng4 $1 $11 23. dxe6 fxe6 (23... Bxe6 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Bxg7 Kxg7) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc4 Qa7+ 26. Qd4+ e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Qxa7+ Rxa7 29. Be2 Ne3 30. Rc3 Nd5 31. Rc5 Nf4 32. Bc4 e4 ({Better is} 32... Bf5 $11) 33. Rf1 $14 Nh5 34. Nd4 $36 { White has the initiative.} e3 35. Rc6 Rae7 36. Bxa6 Rd8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxa6.} 37. Nf3 ({White should try} 37. Rxc8 $14 Rxd4 38. Re1) 37... Bxa6 (37... Bg4 $11 38. Re1 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Nf4) 38. Rxa6 Nf4 39. Re1 Rb8 40. g3 Nd5 41. Rd6 Nf6 42. b3 Rc8 43. Re2 Ng4 (43... Ne4 $142 44. Rxe3 Rxc2) 44. Nd4 $16 Rc3 45. Kg2 Nf6 (45... h5 {was called for.} 46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. Nxc6 Rd7) 46. Re6 $18 Rd7 47. Nb5 Rc5 48. c4 Ng4 49. h3 Rd2 50. Nc3 ({Worse is} 50. hxg4 Rxe2+ 51. Kf3 Re1 $11) 50... Re5 {[#]} (50... Ne5 $142 51. Rxd2 exd2) 51. Rxd2 $3 exd2 52. Rxe5 Nxe5 {Endgame KN-KN} 53. Kf2 Nc6 54. c5 (54. Ke3 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 54... Nd4 $2 (54... Kf6 $16 {might work better.} 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Kxd2 Kd4) 55. b4 Kf7 56. Ke3 Nc2+ 57. Kxd2 Nxb4 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. Ke4 Na6 60. Kd4 Nc7 61. Ne2 Kf5 $2 (61... Kd7 {is a better defense.} 62. Kc4 Ne6) 62. c6 Ke6 63. Kc5 Ke5 64. Nc3 g5 65. Kb6 Ne8 66. c7 Nd6 67. Nb5 {White mates.} Nc8+ 68. Kb7 Ne7 69. g4 h6 70. Na7 Kd6 71. Nc8+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 {[#]} 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. h3 Rd8 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qh5 21. Bb2 c5 22. Nd2 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Qg6 {[#]} 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Qxg6 {White is slightly better.} hxg6 25. Re3 f5 26. f4 Bd6 27. Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {??.} Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. d4 b5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3 h6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Qd3 Ndf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Nf5 Bc6 21. Rad1 Re6 22. h4 $36 {White has the initiative.} Qf6 23. h5 $1 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 24. Nh2 $1 Rae8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bxg4 (14. a4 $142) 14... cxd4 $17 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {[#]} Qd5 $1 17. Ne4 Be7 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Rd1 c3 (19... Rd8 $17 20. Qe3 b4) 20. O-O {[#]} ({ White should play} 20. Nxc3 $15 Bb4 21. Rd3) 20... Rc8 (20... b4 $1 $17 21. Nd6+ Bxd6) 21. Nxc3 $11 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc3 24. Rfd1 $1 Rc7 25. h5 a5 26. Kf1 O-O 27. Bf4 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rg4 Kh7 30. Rxg5 Kh6 (30... Rc2 $17 31. a3 Rc3) 31. Rg4 {The position is equal.} Rc2 ({Not} 31... Kxh5 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Rh8 34. Rh1#) 32. Rf4 Rxa2 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 33. Rf6+ $1 Kh7 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. f4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Rb7 b4 38. Rb5 Ra8 39. Rb7 Rf8 $1 40. Rb5 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Black "Rozum, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bg6 { LiveBook: 4 Games} ({Black should try} 7... e5 $11) 8. Ne2 Ngf6 9. Be3 e6 (9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. Rxb7 $16) 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. h4 Be7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bf4 Qc6 {[#] Hoping for ...c4.} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. c4 Bb6 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bf2 22. Qd3 Nd7 ({ Of course not} 22... Bxh4 $6 23. g3 e5 24. Bxe5 $14 (24. gxh4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Qb6 $11)) 23. Nc3 Nc5 (23... Kd8 $11) 24. Qd2 $16 Qd7 25. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd6+.} Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Kd7 27. Nxa7 Na4 28. Be3 (28. b3 $14) 28... Bxe3+ $11 {The position is equal.} ({Wrong is} 28... Bxh4 $2 29. b3 $18) 29. Kxe3 Nxb2 {KN-KN} 30. Kd4 f6 31. Kc5 e5 32. Nb5 Na4+ 33. Kb4 Nb2 34. Kc5 Na4+ 35. Kb4 Nb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Xu, Yinglun"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bxf3 7. exf3 d5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 O-O 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Nbc6 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. f4 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Bg2 h5 17. h4 g6 18. Qd3 Kg7 19. Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {??.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Kh1 (9. a4 $14) 9... g5 $15 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. a4 Nh5 13. Ng1 Nxg3+ 14. fxg3 g4 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nf4 (17. cxd4 $11 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd5) 17... dxc3 18. bxc3 Ne5 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 19. Ba2 Bd7 20. Nc4 Rae8 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd5 Bc8 23. Rf4 ({Don't go for} 23. Nxc7 $2 Qh5 24. h4 gxh3 25. Qxh5 Rxh5 $19) 23... Qg6 24. Nf6 Be3 25. Rf1 Bc5 26. Rf4 h5 27. Qd3 c6 (27... Qxf6 $15 28. Rxf6 Kxf6) 28. Raf1 $11 d5 (28... a5 $15) 29. Qd2 dxe4 {[#]} 30. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qxc5 Be6 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Rf6 Bxa2 (35... Qh7 $11 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Qe5+ Qg7 39. Qxh5+ Qh7 40. Qe5+ Qg7 41. Qh5+ Qh7 42. Qe5+ Qg7 43. Qh5+) 36. Rxg6+ $16 fxg6 {[#]} 37. h4 (37. h3 $16) 37... Bd5 38. Kg1 Rf7 39. a5 {White has compensation.} Kh7 40. Qe3 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O a5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} g6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 {White has an edge.} Ne6 16. Be3 a4 17. Nbd4 Nexd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 ({Black should play} 19... Bc5 $11 20. Nf3 Qb6) 20. Bxa4 $14 Rd8 21. Re2 Bc5 22. Nf3 d4 23. Bc2 d3 (23... Qxb2 $6 {[#]} 24. Bxg6 $1 Qb6 25. Bd3 $18) 24. Bxd3 Bf5 25. Ne1 Rd5 26. Qb1 Rxd3 (26... Bxd3 $1 $14 27. Nxd3 Qb5) 27. Nxd3 $18 {g4 is the strong threat.} Rd8 28. Rd2 Qb5 29. a4 Qd7 30. b4 (30. Nxc5 $6 Qxd2 31. Qc1 Qd5) 30... Bd4 $2 {[#]} (30... Be7) 31. Ra3 (31. Nc5 $142 Bxb1 32. Nxd7 Bxa1 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 Bxe5 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Rd5) 31... Bxe5 32. Qe1 Bc7 33. Rc3 Qd6 (33... Bb8 {might work better.} 34. a5 Qd6) 34. Ne5 Qxd2 35. Qxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxc7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 37. Ng4 ({Worse is} 37. Rxb7 fxe5 38. a5 Ra2 $15) 37... Bxg4 38. hxg4 b6 39. Rc6 b5 $2 (39... Ra2 { keeps fighting.} 40. Rxf6 Rxa4 41. Rxb6 Kf8) 40. a5 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 40. Rxf6 bxa4 41. Ra6 Ra2 $16) 40... Rb2 41. Rc7 ({Not} 41. Rxf6 Rxb4 42. g5 Ra4 $16) 41... Rxb4 (41... Rb1+ $5 42. Kh2 $8 Ra1 $18) 42. a6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. b3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. h3 b5 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 12. c5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 $1 {next ...b4 is good for Black.The position is equal.} ({But not} 13... dxc5 $6 14. Nxc6 Qc7 {[#]} 15. e5 $1 $18) 14. cxd6 c5 15. Nde2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Rc1 $11) 16... Bxa1 $15 ({Much weaker is} 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rc1 $11) 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {[#] Nxd7 is the strong threat.} Be5 ({Black should try } 18... Nxc5 $1 $17 19. Bxc5 Qc8) 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra1 $36 { Black is in control.} 22. Qxa1 $4 (22. Nc1 $17 {is tougher.}) 22... Bxa1 $19 23. Rxa1 Qc8 $2 (23... Nb6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 24. Rd1 Qa8+ 25. Kf1 Qf3) 24. Ra7 (24. Kh2 $17) 24... Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Ne5 26. d7 {[#]} Rd8 $1 27. Nd4 Qd6 28. Ne4 $2 (28. Kh2) 28... Qb8 $2 (28... Qxb4 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...Qb1+ would win.} 29. Kg2 Nxd7) 29. Nb3 $2 (29. Nf6+ $17 Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kh8 31. Bf4 Nf3+ 32. Nxf3 Qxa7 33. Be5+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Bd6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kg8 37. Ne5 Qa1+ 38. Kh2) 29... f5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. f4 $2 (31. Ra6 Nxd7 32. Nxh7) 31... Nc4 32. Bd4 {[#]} Qxa7 $1 33. Bxa7 {Black must now prevent Bd4.} Kxf6 {Endgame KRN-KBN} 34. Bd4+ Ke7 35. Nc5 Nb6 36. Na6 Nxd7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nc7 Rb8 38. Nd5+ Kd6 39. Nf6 h6 40. g4 Rc8 41. gxf5 Nxf6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Black "Sethuraman, S P."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 e6 3. g4 {??.} d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nxg4 6. Nxg4 fxg4 7. h3 gxh3 8. Rxh3 Nc6 9. Bf4 (9. Rxh7 $11 {remains equal.} Rxh7 10. Qg6+ (10. Qxh7 Qf6 $11) 10... Kd7 11. Qxh7) 9... Qf6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Nc3 (11. Rxh7 $2 Nb4 12. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 O-O-O $17) 11... O-O-O $1 12. Nb5 ({Don't take} 12. Rxh7 $2 Nb4 13. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bd6 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 $19) 12... Bb4+ 13. c3 Ba5 14. a4 ({Don't play} 14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Qxh7 a6 $17) 14... a6 $36 { Black is pushing.} 15. b4 Bb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e5.} 16. a5 $1 Nxa5 17. bxa5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 $4 (18. Qc2 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxf1 19. Kxf1) 18... axb5 (18... Bxd4 $142 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. cxd4 Qe7) 19. axb6 $19 c6 20. Rg3 {Be5 is the strong threat.} Rhf8 {aiming for ...Rf7.} 21. Bd3 g6 22. Ra7 e5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rh3 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. exf4 Kb8 26. Ke2 Rf8 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Golubov, Saveliy"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2598"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Red1 Bg4 17. a4 c4 {Black is slightly better.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg3 Nb7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Nf1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} exf4 23. e5 {[#]} (23. Rxa8 $142 Rxa8 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3) 23... Rxa1 $1 $17 24. Rxa1 Re8 25. Qe4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxe5 27. Re1 Nd6 28. Rd1 (28. g3 $17) 28... Qa6 $19 29. g3 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd5 Re8 32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Ne3 Re6 34. Kg2 (34. Rd1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 34... Kf8 35. Kf3 Be5 36. Rc5 Bxc3 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. h3 h5 40. Rc7 Re5 41. Nf4 Nf5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Black "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bg3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Be7 13. f4 f5 14. Nf3 {The position is equal.} O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bf2 Nf6 18. Bh4 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Be8 23. Qe1 h6 24. b4 Na7 25. Ne5 a5 26. Na2 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 (27... Bxc6 28. b5 (28. bxa5 Qxa3 29. Bxe4 fxe4 $14) 28... Be8 29. Rxc7 (29. Qxa5 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 b6 $11) 29... Rxc7 30. Bxe4 (30. Qxa5 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 b6 32. Qxb6 Qxa3 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. Qxf5+ Bg6 $11) 30... Rxc1 31. Nxc1 (31. Qxc1 dxe4 32. b6 Qd7 $11)) 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 ( 28... Bxc6 $6 29. b5 (29. bxa5 Qxa3 30. Bxe4 fxe4 $15) 29... Bd7 30. Rxc8+ (30. Qxa5 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Kh7 $16) 30... Bxc8 31. Qxa5 $16) 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Qc1 axb4 31. Nxb4 Ba4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. h3 Bb3 34. Qc8+ Kh7 $1 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Qb8 Bb3 37. Kg3 g5 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Kg1 Qf7 41. Qg3 Kh6 42. Qd6 Kg7 43. Qd8 Kg6 44. Qb6 Kh5 45. Nc6 bxc6 46. Qxb3 $11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} Qa7 {[#]} ( 46... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47. Qb4 (47. a4 $1 $16) 47... e5 $2 ({ Black should play} 47... g4 $1 $14) 48. g4+ $18 Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qxc6 { White is clearly winning.} Qa5 (50... exd4 $142 51. Qxd5+ Kg6 52. Qxe4+ Kh6 53. Qxd4 Qxa3 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qh5+ Kg8 57. Qxg5+ Kf7) 51. Qd7+ ({ Inferior is} 51. dxe5 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kh1 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 51... Kg6 52. Qe8+ ({Stronger than} 52. dxe5 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe2+ 54. Kh1 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 56. Kh1 Qf3+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 52... Kg7 53. Qxe5+ Kh6 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ ({Not} 55. Qxg5 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ 59. Kh1 Qf1+ 60. Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh1 Qf1+ 62. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 55... Kh6 56. Qh5+ Kg7 57. Qxg5+ Kf7 58. Qf5+ Kg7 59. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Debashis, Das"] [Black "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {??.} Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Kg7 18. h3 Qg6 19. Qb5 Ne7 20. O-O b6 21. c4 c6 22. Qa4 Qf5 (22... dxc4 $14 23. Qxc4 f6) 23. Rac1 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Rac8 25. Ne5 c5 26. f4 {[#] Threatens to win with fxg5.} cxd4 27. Qxd4 f6 (27... Rxc1 $16 28. Nf3+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. fxg5+ Kg6 31. Rxc1 Nf5) 28. Rxc8 $18 fxe5 29. Rxe8 exd4 30. Rxe7+ {Endgame KQ-KRR} Kg6 31. Re5 ({Stronger than} 31. Rxa7 dxe3 32. fxg5 Qxg5 $11) 31... Qd3 32. fxg5 dxe3 33. Rf6+ Kg7 $1 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Re8+ (35. Rfe6 $1 $14) 35... Kg7 $11 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rc6 {[#] Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Kf8 $1 38. Rxa7 {White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} Qd1+ 39. Kh2 {Rc8+ would kill now.} Qd8 40. Rf6+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qb8+.} 41. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Bindrich, Falko"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 11. a4 Bb6 12. O-O {The position is equal.} Nf8 13. Rfd1 Ng6 14. g3 Be6 15. h4 f6 16. Qe1 b4 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Be1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Bf7 20. Kh2 Nf8 21. Ndc4 Ne6 22. c3 c5 (22... bxc3 $15 23. bxc3 Nc5) 23. f3 Qc6 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Bf2 Nf8 26. Nfe3 Qc6 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Qd7 (28... Bxc4 $11 29. Nxc4 f5) 29. Qf3 $16 Kh8 30. f5 Qe7 31. Bg3 Nd7 32. Rg1 ({White should play} 32. Bf4 $16) 32... Rg8 33. Kh3 Nb8 34. Nd5 Qd7 35. Nce3 (35. Ndxb6 cxb6 36. Nxb6 Qb7 $11) 35... Nc6 36. h5 Ne7 (36... h6 $11) 37. c4 h6 38. b3 Nc6 39. Qg4 Qe8 40. Qf4 ({Much worse is} 40. Bxc7 Bxc7 41. Nxc7 Bxh5 $15) (40. Nf4 $1 $14) 40... Kh7 (40... Bxd5 $11 41. Nxd5 Qxh5+ 42. Qh4 Qg5 ) 41. Bh4 {[#] White wants to mate with Rxg7+!} Bxd5 42. Nxd5 {Hoping for Rxg7+!} Qxh5 43. Ra2 Rdf8 (43... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 44. Rag2 Kh8) 44. Rag2 Rf7 $2 (44... Ne5 $14) 45. Qg3 {aiming for Nxf6+!} Rff8 $2 {[#]} (45... Ne7 46. Nf4 Nxf5 47. Nxh5 Nxg3 48. Bxg3 Rd8) 46. Nxb6 ({Not} 46. Nxc7 Nd4 $16) (46. Qxg7+ $142 $1 Rxg7 47. Nxf6+ Kh8 48. Nxh5 Rxg2 49. Rxg2) 46... Ne5 47. Nd5 g5 48. fxg6+ $1 Rxg6 49. Qf4 Rg5 {Now ...Nf3 and Black clings on.} 50. Nxf6+ ({ Weaker is} 50. Rxg5 fxg5 51. Qxf8 Qxh4+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kf2 Nxd3+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qg4+ 56. Kf1 Qd1+ 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf1 $11) 50... Rxf6 51. Qxf6 Nf3 52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Rxg5 hxg5 56. Rg4 Nxh4 57. Qxg5 (57. Rxg5 $142 Nxf5+ 58. Rxh5+ Nh6 59. Rxh6+ Kg7 60. Rc6 Kf7 61. Rxc7+ Ke6 62. Rxc5) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Lomasov, Semen"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd8 13. Bd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 15. Nh2 Nd8 16. Ng4 Bg5 $1 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. d4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Qd5 Ne6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. g3 c6 24. Qd3 Qc8 25. Qe3 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 26. Qf3 Nf8 27. Re3 Ng6 28. Rc3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Qg4 Rde8 32. Rd4 R8e6 33. Rcd3 c5 34. Rd5 $1 Qc6 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 36. Qf3 f6 37. Rd5 c4 38. Qd1 Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qd1 Kf7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qd1 Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2423"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Rad1 Nd7 10. Ne1 Bxe2 {White has an edge.} 11. Nxe2 e5 12. dxe5 Ncxe5 13. b3 Re8 14. f3 b5 15. Nf4 a5 16. Ned3 a4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd5 axb3 19. axb3 c6 20. Nf4 Ra2 21. Rf2 Bf8 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qc8 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ra4 26. Rc2 Qe6 27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Bg3 h5 29. h3 Be7 30. Qb3 Rda8 31. Qb7 h4 32. Bf2 Ra1 33. Rcc1 R1a6 34. Rb1 Bf6 35. Rb6 (35. Qb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Qxc4 $17 36. Rxa6 Qxa6 37. Qc7 (37. Qxa6 $17 Rxa6 38. g3) 37... c5 (37... Be5 $19 {aiming for ...Qa1!} 38. Re1 Qc4) 38. f4 {[#]} Qe2 ({ Black should try} 38... Bd4 $1 $17 {... Qe2 is the strong threat.} 39. Bxd4 Qe2 ) 39. Qxd6 $2 (39. Re1 $11 Qd2 40. e5) 39... Bd4 $19 40. Rxd4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Rd1 Rxd1 43. Qxd1 Qxf4+ {Endgame KQ-KQ} 44. Kh1 (44. Kg1 $19 Qxe4 45. Kf1) 44... Qxe4 {Black mates.} 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qa5 Kg7 47. Qb6 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 c4 50. Qc6 c3 51. Qc4 Qe3 52. Kh2 g5 53. Qc6 {[#]} g4 $1 54. hxg4 Qg3+ 55. Kh1 h3 56. gxh3 Qxh3+ 57. Kg1 Qxg4+ 58. Kf2 Qf4+ 59. Ke2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 c2 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 b4 7. Ne2 d5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 8. e5 (8. O-O $11) 8... Nc6 $15 9. f4 Nh6 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Nf2 Nf5 $1 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bh1 h5 15. g5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 fxg5 18. fxg5 O-O-O $1 19. Qe2 e5 ({Better is} 19... Kb8 $1 $17) 20. Nxh5 {Strongly threatening Qg4+.} Kb8 21. Qg4 (21. a3 $11) 21... Ng6 $1 $17 22. Nf6 {[#]} (22. Bg2 $17) 22... e4 $1 $19 23. dxe4 Nce5 24. Qg3 Bd6 $1 (24... Bxf6 25. gxf6 dxe4 26. Be3 $18 (26. Nxe4 Rh4 27. Bf4 c4+ 28. Be3 Qc7 $16) (26. Bxe4 Ka8 $16)) 25. h3 Qc7 {...Nf3+! is the strong threat.} 26. Rd1 ({But not} 26. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 27. Bg2 Bc4 $19) (26. Re1 {keeps fighting.} c4 27. Be3 (27. exd5 $2 Nd3 28. Qg4 Nxe1 $19) (27. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 28. exd5 Nd3 $19)) 26... Nd7 $1 27. Qf3 Nxf6 28. gxf6 dxe4 29. Qg4 Rhg8 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Qf5 {[#]} (31. Bxf4 $142 Rxg4 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Nxg4) 31... e3 $1 32. Bxe3 {[#]} Bxh1 $2 (32... Rg1+ $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 33. Kxg1 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nxf5 36. Bxb7 Nxe3) 33. f7 $2 (33. Rxd6 $17 Bg2+ 34. Ke1 Qxd6 35. Qxf4 Qxf4 36. Bxf4+ Kb7 37. Be3) 33... Bg2+ 34. Ke1 Qe7 35. Ng4 {[#]} Rxg4 $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 {??.} d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 {And now ...c4 would win.} 9. dxc5 Nc6 {Hoping for ...e5.} 10. Ned4 Bxc5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. c4 Bf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bh2 Be6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 ({Of course not} 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Nd2 $17) 21... f4 22. h4 h6 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Rc1 Rac8 (24... Qxb2 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 {[#]} 27. Bxf4 $1 $18) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe4 (26. g3 $15) 26... dxe4 $17 ({Not} 26... Bxe4 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. hxg5 $16) 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. d5 Rd8 29. Qd2 e3 30. Qe2 Rxd5 31. fxe3 fxe3 $2 ({Black should play} 31... Bd3 $19 32. Qf3 Rf5) 32. Re1 $1 $15 Rd3 33. Qh5 {[#]} (33. Bg3 $1 $15) 33... Qg6 $1 $17 34. Qe2 Be4 35. Rd1 {[#]} Qb6 $1 {( -> ...Rxd1+)} 36. Kh1 Qd4 ({Black should try} 36... Rxd1+ $17 37. Qxd1 Qe6) 37. Rxd3 $11 Bxd3 38. Qh5 Qd5 39. Qe8+ {The position is equal.} Kh7 40. Be5 e2 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 Na6 8. dxc5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxc5 10. Nxd7 {White is slightly better.} Qxd7 11. Rd1 Qa4 12. b3 Qa6 13. cxd5 Rac8 14. Nc3 b5 {Black wants to play ...b4.} 15. dxe6 ({Better is} 15. a3 $14) 15... Nxe6 $11 {...b4 is the strong threat.} ({But not} 15... fxe6 16. Rd4 $14) ({Of course not} 15... Qxe6 $6 16. Bf4 $16 ( 16. Nxb5 Nce4 17. Nc7 Nxf2 18. Nxe6 Rxc2 $11)) 16. Qb2 b4 $1 {Black has compensation.} 17. Na4 $1 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {And now ...Bf6 would win.} 18. Rb1 $1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Qe1 Nd4 21. Rd2 Re8 (21... Nc2 $14 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 22. e3 $16 Nb5 (22... Nc2 $16 23. Qd1 Ngxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe3) 23. Qe2 $18 h5 24. h3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bc3 (25... Bg5 {keeps fighting.}) 26. Rd5 (26. Qxh5 Bxd2 27. Bxd2 Nc3 $18) 26... Qg6 27. Qd3 ({Not} 27. Qxb5 Qxb1 28. Qf1 Bf6 $14) 27... Qxg3 $2 {[#] } (27... Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Be5) 28. Qxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rcd8 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 f5 32. Ba3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Lomasov, Semen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 a6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bxd4 16. cxd4 Nd5 $1 17. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} Qd7 18. Qg4 b6 19. Qe4 {[#]} f5 20. Qe5 h6 21. Bf4 Rf6 22. Bc4 { Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Bb7 ({Reject} 22... Nxf4 23. Qxf4 (23. gxf4 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 Kh7 $14) 23... Bb7 24. Qe5 $14) 23. Qd6 Rd8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Bb3 Kf7 27. a3 g5 28. h3 Rg8 29. Ba4 Rdd8 30. Bd1 Rc8 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. Bf3 Kf7 33. g4 fxg4 34. Bxg4 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Bd1 h5 39. Bc2+ Kf7 40. h4 g4 41. Kg3 Bd7 42. Be4 Bc6 43. f3 gxf3 $1 44. Bxf3 Kg6 45. Bd6 b5 46. Bg2 Bb7 47. Bf4 Bc6 48. Bg5 Bb7 49. Bf1 Bc6 50. a4 Kf7 51. a5 Nb4 52. Bd2 Nd5 53. Kf3 Ne7+ 54. Kf4 Nf5 55. Be2 {Threatens to win with Ke5.} Nxh4 {The position is equal.} ({Of course not} 55... Nxd4 56. Bxh5+ Kf6 57. Kg3 $16) 56. Bxh5+ Ke7 57. Bg4 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Adhiban, B."] [Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 {??.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. f3 e6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Qb8 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nge7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Ndb5 d6 12. Nxd6 {next Bxc5 is good for White.} Rd8 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Qf4 f6 15. Qg3 a6 16. Be2 Nd4 17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxb7 Nef5 $1 19. Qf2 Qxb7 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. g4 Nd6 23. Re3 Rb4 $36 {Black is in control.} 24. Qh4 {[#]} h6 $1 25. Rxe5 $2 (25. Qg3 $17 {is a better chance.}) 25... Rdb8 $19 26. Rxe6 (26. g5 $142 Nxc4 27. Rxe6 Nxb2 28. Qe1 Qf4+ 29. Re3) 26... Rxb2 {Hoping for ...Qa5.} 27. Nd5 Qa5 28. Qh5 Nxe6 { Black mates.} 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Qe5 Qa3 32. Nh8+ Kg8 33. Qxe6+ Kxh8 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6 9. dxc5 d4 10. Qa4 Ng6 11. Rd1 Bxc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. c5 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nc4 d3 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd4.} 15. Bg5 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 16. Nb2 h6 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Nxd3 Qe4 19. Nd2 Qd5 20. Nb2 {And now Ndc4 would win.} Qxe5 21. Qa3 (21. Nbc4 $14 Qc3 22. Rdc1) 21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxe2 ({Reject} 22... Qxd4 $6 23. Ndc4 Qf4 24. g3 $16) 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 ({But not} 24. gxf3 Rad8 25. Be3 Bb8 $17) 24... Be4 25. Nc4 Rad8 26. Nd6 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4 7. Nbd2 Ba5 8. c3 h6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. b4 Bc7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 {The position is equal.} 14. Qxd3 Qe8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bd2 f6 17. exf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 Qe8 8. Bc4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rd7 17. a4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5 Qe6 20. Qxf4 Qb3 21. Rab1 Re8 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Re2 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Re1 Qb3 {[#]} (25... Qd5 $16 {was called for.}) 26. Ng5 $1 $18 {aiming for e6!} Rf8 {[#]} 27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. Qh4 h6 29. Nxe6 $40 {Qe7 is the strong threat. White goes for the king.} Rf7 (29... Rf6 $16 {might work better.}) 30. Qd8+ Bf8 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Qd6 Qc2 (32... Qf7 {was necessary.} 33. f3 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxc5 b6 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kf7) 33. Qd5+ ({Weaker is} 33. Qxc5 Qxb2 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Qd4+ Kg8 $18 ) 33... Rf7 $2 (33... Kh8 $18) 34. Re8+ ({Less strong is} 34. Qxc5 Qxa4 35. Re6 Kh7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a6 { The position is equal.} 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. g4 (16. Nxc6 $6 Rxc6 17. Be2 Qc7 $11) 16... d5 17. f4 Nc5 18. e5 (18. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 19. Bg2 Rb8 $11) 18... Be7 19. Qe3 (19. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 20. Bg2 Rb8 $11) 19... f6 20. Nxe6 d4 {[#]} 21. Nxd8 $1 dxe3 (21... Rcxd8 22. Bc4+) 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. exf6 $1 Bxf6 ({ Don't go for} 23... gxf6 $2 24. Bh6) 24. Re1 ({White should try} 24. Bc4+ $18 Kh8 25. Rhe1) 24... Re8 (24... Bxg5 $14 25. fxg5 Ne4) 25. Rh3 $16 Ne4 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({Wrong is} 26... gxf6 $2 27. Kc1 Nf2 28. Rhxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 $18) 27. Kc1 Nf2 28. Rhxe3 ({Inferior is} 28. Rexe3 Rd8 29. Be2 Nxh3 30. Rxh3 Rxf4 $17) 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Nxg4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Re4 Rh6 31. Rb4 b5 32. a4 Ne3 ( 32... Rxh4 $142 33. axb5 axb5) 33. axb5 Nxf1 $2 {KRN-KR} (33... axb5 $16 34. Bxb5 Rxh4) 34. b6 $18 {Hoping for b7.} Re6 35. c4 $1 Re1+ (35... Re8 $142 36. c5 Ne3) 36. Kc2 Re8 37. b7 Rb8 38. c5 Ne3+ 39. Kb3 Nd5 40. c6 Kf7 {[#]} 41. Kc4 $1 Ke6 {[#]} 42. Kc5 $1 Nxb4 43. c7 Nd3+ 44. Kb6 Rxb7+ 45. Kxb7 Nc5+ 46. Kc6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Kraemer, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. b3 Rd8 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Qa5 Rac8 21. Rc1 ({Don't take} 21. Qxa7 $2 Re8 22. Nd2 Rxe2 $19) 21... a6 22. Nd2 Bd4 23. Nc4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Bf3 Bb5 (25... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Ne3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 h5) 26. Rfd1 $16 Bc5 27. Na5 Qb6 $2 {[#]} (27... Bd6 $16 28. Nxb7 Bf4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8) 28. Rxc5 $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Cordova, Emilio"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 118 Games. The position is equal.} 10. d4 O-O 11. e3 Rc8 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bg2 Rc7 18. h4 h6 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 175 Games} Qb8 12. Bc4 Qb7 13. h3 { The position is equal.} Rae8 14. Nf1 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Nd8 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf5 g6 19. Qd5 Ndc5 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Rad1 f6 23. h4 Kf7 24. g3 $1 Rd7 25. Kg2 Red8 {next ...c6 is good for Black.} 26. Qxb7 $1 Nxb7 27. Bd2 c5 28. h5 g5 29. g4 Re7 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ra2 Nbd8 32. Nh2 Nc6 33. f3 Nf4+ 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. Nf1 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kf2 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kf2 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bc4 c6 8. O-O d6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Na4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 { [#] f3 is the strong threat.} Nxc1 14. Nxc5 ({Don't play} 14. Qxc1 $6 Bb4 $11) 14... dxc5 15. Qxc1 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qd4 16. Qf4 Kg8 17. Qg3 Rf8 18. c3 Qd7 19. Qe3 b6 20. f3 Bh5 21. a4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 c4 23. d4 Bf7 24. a5 b5 $1 25. a6 Re8 26. Qg5 Qc7 27. Rf1 h6 28. Qh4 Nh5 29. g3 Qc8 30. g4 (30. Kg2 $11 { remains equal.}) 30... g5 {Black has strong compensation.} 31. Qf2 Nf4 32. Qd2 Bg6 33. Rfe1 Rf8 34. Re3 Re8 ({Black should try} 34... Qc7 $17 35. Ree1 c5) 35. h4 (35. Ree1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 35... Bf7 36. h5 (36. Rd1 $17) 36... Rd8 37. Qc2 Re8 38. Qd2 $1 Rd8 39. Qc2 $1 Re8 ({Black should play} 39... Qc7 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. c4 {White is slightly better.} c6 18. c5 Bb8 19. Nf5 Bc7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. g4 ({White should try} 21. Nxe7+ $14 Rxe7 22. Nh4) 21... Ng6 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Rbd1 h5 24. g5 Nh7 25. Qb2 Ree8 26. Kg2 (26. Qe2 $1 $15) 26... Nhf8 27. Ng1 (27. a5 $17) 27... Ne6 $19 28. Ne2 d4 29. Bc1 Ngf4+ 30. Nxf4 (30. Bxf4 $17 exf4 31. Qd2) 30... exf4 31. h4 g6 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. e5 { [#]} (33. Rh1 {might work better.}) 33... f6 $1 34. exf6 $2 (34. gxf6 Kxh6 35. f3) 34... f3+ 35. Kg1 {[#]} Nxg5 $1 {Black mates.} 36. Qa2 (36. Bxg5 Qh3) 36... Qh3 37. Qg8+ Rxg8 38. Re7+ Kh8 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nh5 12. Qxd8 Rexd8 13. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} Rd7 14. Ng5 Rad8 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Rad1 Nd4 ( 16... a5 $14) 17. Bxd4 $1 $16 Bxd5 18. exd5 exd4 19. Ne4 {Hoping for Nc5.} Re7 20. Nc5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {Endgame KRB-KRN} b5 22. Nb7 Rd7 23. Re8+ (23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. Na5 Kf8 $15) (23. b3 $1 $16) 23... Bf8 $14 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 24. b3 $1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Kg7 {Threatening ...d3.} (25... d3 $5 26. Kf1 $8 Kg7 $14) 26. Kf1 d3 27. Ke1 Bb4+ 28. Kd1 c6 29. dxc6 Rc7 30. Nd8 Kf6 (30... Be7 $14 ) 31. Re3 $16 Be7 32. Rf3+ Kg6 (32... Ke5 $142) 33. Nxf7 $18 {aiming for Ne5+.} Bf6 34. Nd6 (34. Rxd3 Kxf7 35. Rd6 Bg7 $17) 34... Be5 (34... Rxc6 35. Rg3+ (35. Rxd3 Be5 $16) 35... Bg5 36. h4 (36. Rxd3 Bf4 $16) 36... Rxd6 37. Rxg5+ Kh6 38. c5) 35. Nf5 ({Less strong is} 35. Rxd3 Rxc6 36. Nb5 Rxc4 37. Nxa7 Bd4 $16) 35... Bf6 36. Nd6 Be5 ({Don't take} 36... Rxc6 $2 37. Rg3+ (37. Rxd3 Be5 $16) 37... Bg5 38. h4 (38. Rxd3 Bf4 $16) 38... Rxd6 39. Rxg5+ Kh6 40. c5 $18) 37. Rxd3 (37. Re3 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rxc6 38. Rxe5 Rxd6 39. Kd2) 37... Rxc6 $16 38. Nb5 Rxc4 39. Nxa7 h4 40. Nb5 Kf6 41. Na3 Ra4 42. Kc2 Ra8 43. Rf3+ Ke6 44. Nc4 {Re3 is the strong threat.} Rxa2+ 45. Kb3 Re2 {[#]} 46. Re3 $1 Rxe3+ 47. fxe3 {KB-KN} Bf6 48. Kc2 Bg7 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Ke2 h5 $2 (50... Ke4 $16 {was necessary.}) 51. Kf3 $18 Bh6 $2 (51... Bc3 $16 52. Nb6 Be5) 52. Nb2 Bf8 { [#]} 53. Nd3 $1 Ba3 54. Nf4 (54. e4+ $142 Kg5 55. Ke3) 54... Kg5 55. Ke4 Bc1 56. Nd3 Ba3 57. Ne5 (57. Ke5 $142 Kg6 58. Ke6 Bf8 59. Ne5+ Kh6 60. Nf3 Bc5 61. Nxh4 Bb6 62. e4) 57... Be7 58. Nf3+ Kg6 59. Ke5 {White mates.} Kf7 60. Kf5 Bf6 61. e4 Bd8 62. Ng5+ Ke7 63. Ne6 Ba5 64. e5 Bc3 65. Nf4 Be1 66. Nxh5 Bf2 67. Nf4 Be1 68. Nd5+ Ke8 69. Ke6 Bg3 70. Ne3 Bf2 71. Nf5 Be1 72. Kf6 Kf8 73. e6 Bc3+ 74. Kg5 Be1 75. Nxh4 Ke7 76. Nf3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 {??.} d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. O-O-O c6 6. f3 b5 7. Kb1 Nbd7 8. e3 Nb6 9. Bd3 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 b4 (11... Qxd4 $2 {[#]} 12. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Nfd7 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 $16) 12. Nce2 Ng4 13. Rf1 $36 { White is pushing.} e5 (13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nf3 $16) 14. h3 exf4 15. hxg4 g5 16. Nf3 Bxg4 17. e5 Be6 18. Be4 Bd5 (18... Nd5 $11) 19. Qd3 $16 (19. Rxh7 $2 Bxe4 20. Rxg7 Bxf3 21. Nxf4 Nc4 $19) 19... h6 20. g3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Nd2 Nc4 $2 {[#]} (22... f3 $1 $14 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 O-O) 23. Nxc4 $1 $18 Qxc4 (23... Qxe4 $2 {too greedy.} 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Nxe4 $18) 24. gxf4 O-O-O 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Qg4+ Kb8 (27... Kb7 $142 28. Rf5 Rg8) 28. b3 ({ Much less strong is} 28. Qxg5 $6 f6 29. Qe3 Re8 $18) 28... Qd5 29. Qh5 c5 30. Rxf7 {Threatens to win with Qg6.} cxd4 {[#] ...d3 is the strong threat.} 31. Qg6 $2 ({But not} 31. Qxg5 $2 d3 32. Qg6 dxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxf7 $19) (31. Nc1 $1 $18) 31... Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Qb6+ Kc8 33. Qa6+ Kb8 34. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d3 {LiveBook: 25 Games} a5 8. a4 Bc5 9. Nd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 Ba7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb1 e4 15. d4 $1 h6 16. Na3 Bb8 17. Be3 Ra6 18. b4 (18. h4 $11) 18... axb4 19. cxb4 Nf8 20. Qb3 h5 21. Bg5 (21. b5 $11 Ra8 22. h4) 21... N8h7 $17 22. Bd2 (22. b5 $17 {was called for.} Ra8 23. Bd2) 22... h4 $1 $19 23. g4 $2 (23. Nb5) 23... Qd6 24. Rfc1 $2 (24. Rfe1 Nf8 25. Kf1) 24... Qh2+ 25. Kf1 {[#]} Bg3 $1 26. g5 {[#]} (26. fxg3 e3) 26... Bxf2 $1 27. Kxf2 {[#]} e3+ $1 28. Bxe3 {[#]} Nxg5 $1 29. Kf1 (29. Bxg5 Ne4+) 29... Nh5 30. Ra2 Ng3+ 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Black "Xu, Yinglun"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qf3 Bg6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 13. f4 f5 ({Black should play} 13... Bh7 $11) 14. Bd3 $14 {White is slightly better.} Nc4 15. Bxf5 (15. Bxc4 $14 dxc4 16. Kf2 (16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Kf2 Kd7 $11 )) 15... Bxf5 $11 16. Nxf5 Nxb2 {[#] ...Bb4 is the strong threat.} 17. Ke2 Rg8 18. g3 {aiming for Rab1.} Nc4 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 O-O-O 21. Kf3 Rg6 22. g4 $36 {White has good play.} Re6 23. Rac1 b5 24. h4 Bb4 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 ({ But not} 26. Nxg5 $2 Rf6 27. Kg4 Rd5 $19) ({Much weaker is} 26. fxg5 $6 Rd5 27. Neg3 Kc7 $11) 26... Rd5 27. Neg3 c5 28. dxc5 Bd2 $2 (28... Bxc5 $16 29. Rh7 Rd7 ) 29. Rh8+ $18 Kc7 {[#]} 30. Rch1 $1 Ra6 $2 (30... Rd3+ 31. Kg4 Ne3+ 32. Nxe3 Rexe3) 31. R1h7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra3+ 32. Kg4 {Black must now prevent g6.} Rd7 33. Ne4 Ra4 34. Nfd6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Bc4 a5 {The position is equal.} 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Bc2 Qg4 (22... Rab8 $11) 23. Qxg4 $14 Nxg4 24. c4 $1 Bd7 25. c5 Ba7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Bf2 Be6 28. Nxa5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa5 30. Bb4 $36 {White is in control.} Ra7 31. Bc5 Ra5 $1 32. Bb4 Ra7 $1 33. a5 Nd7 34. Reb1 c5 35. Bc3 Bc4 (35... Rc8 $16 {might work better.} 36. Ba4 f6) 36. Ba4 $1 $18 Bd3 37. Rb6 Nxb6 38. Bxe8 (38. axb6 $18 Rxa4 39. Rxa4) 38... Nc8 39. Ra2 ({Better is} 39. Rd1 $18 c4 40. Ra1) 39... Nd6 {[#]} 40. Bc6 $1 f6 $2 {[#]} (40... Ra6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 41. Rd2 $1 c4 42. Rb2 Kg7 43. Rb8 Rc7 44. Bd5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Sethuraman, S P."] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nc6 19. Bb2 Qd3 20. Qc3 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Bc3 $1 $11 Bd4 21. Rac1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3) 20... a5 $1 21. bxa5 Bc5 22. Rab1 Bb4 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Bxe5!} Nd7 {Black has strong compensation.} 27. Nf5 f6 ({Reject} 27... Nxa5 $6 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxb4 $11) 28. Ne3 Bd6 ({Don't play} 28... Nxa5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxb4 $11) (28... Ra8 $17 29. Bc1 Bxa5) 29. Nd2 Ra8 30. Nb3 ({White should try} 30. Bc3 $15) 30... Nxa5 $17 31. Nxa5 Rxa5 32. Bc3 Rxa4 33. Rxb7 Nc5 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. f3 Nd7 36. Rd8 Ke7 $36 {Keeping White busy.} 37. Rg8 $2 {[#]} (37. Rh8 $17) 37... Kf7 $2 (37... Bc5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 38. Rxg7+ Ke6) 38. Rd8 Ke7 $2 (38... Nf8 $17 39. Nf5 Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Rxc4) 39. Rg8 $19 {[#]} Bc5 $1 40. Rxg7+ Ke6 41. Bd2 Ra2 42. Kh2 Rxd2 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. c5 $2 (44. Rh7) 44... Nxc5 45. Nxc7+ Bxc7 46. Rxc7 Nd3 47. Rg7 Nf4 48. Kh1 $2 (48. Kg1) 48... Rd7 49. Rxd7 Kxd7 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 a4 14. Bd5 b4 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 {The position is equal.} Re8 21. Nxg6 Qc7 22. Nf4 a3 23. Kd1 $1 ({ Don't go for} 23. Qxb4 $2 axb2 24. Rb1 f5 $19) 23... axb2 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. Nd3 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 {[#]} f5 $1 $36 {Black is pushing.} 27. gxf5 (27. exf5 exf5) 27... exf5 28. exf5 (28. Nxb2 $11 fxe4 29. fxe4) 28... Bc3+ $1 $15 29. Kd1 Ra8 30. Nxb2 Rxa2 31. Nd3 Kf7 {Black has compensation.} 32. Kc1 $2 {[#]} (32. Nc1 $15 Ra5 33. f4) 32... b3 $1 $19 33. Rh2 $2 ({But not} 33. cxb3 $2 Ree2 34. Nb2 Bxb2+ 35. Rxb2 Rexb2 $19) (33. Rxb3 $19 Ra1+ 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kxb1) (33. Rxb3 Ra1+) 33... Rg8 34. Rh7+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Rozum, Ivan"] [Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. e4 Nbd7 11. h3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rb4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Kg2 Qa6 17. Na2 Rbb8 (17... Qxa4 $6 {[#]} 18. Nxb4 $1 Qxa1 19. Bg5 $16) 18. Rb1 c4 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rec1 Qb7 21. Nc3 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nfd7 23. Nb5 Qa6 24. Nbd4 Kf8 (24... Qxa4 $6 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Nc6 $16) 25. Nc6 Rb7 (25... Qxa4 $6 26. Qxa4 Nxa4 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Rdc1 $16 (28. Bxa7 Rxb2 29. Rdc1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Bc3 $16)) 26. Nd2 Qxa4 27. Qxa4 (27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Nxe4 $15) 27... Nxa4 28. Nxc4 Nb8 (28... Nxb2 $6 29. Rdc1 $16) 29. N4a5 Rxb2 { The position is equal.} 30. Bxa7 Nxc6 31. Nxc6 ({Much worse is} 31. dxc6 Bc3 32. Rxb2 Nxb2 $17) 31... Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nc3 33. Rb4 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 e6 36. Bb8 exd5 37. Bxd6+ Ke8 38. Na7 Rd8 39. e5 Ne4 40. Rb7 Rd7 ({Reject} 40... Nxd6 $6 41. Rxg7 Nf5 42. Rxh7 $16) 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Nb5 {Hoping for Nc7.} Nxd6 43. exd6 ({Much weaker is} 43. Nxd6+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Re7 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $17) 43... Be5 44. Rb6 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 f6 {White has an edge.} 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nh4 Nxh4 19. Bxh4 Kf7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rd7 {Hoping for Re1.} Rhd8 22. Rxb7 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Rdb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Bg3 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} a6 26. Rc1 Ra7 $1 27. Bb6 Rb7 28. Bd4 c5 29. Bc3 Rd7 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Be1 Rd4 34. Ke2 Re4+ 35. Kf1 Rd4 36. Bc3 Rd8 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. Rg1 Rd7 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Re1 Kf7 42. Ra1 Rd8 43. Rh1 Kg6 44. Re1 {aiming for Re6+.} Kf7 45. Re3 Rd1 46. Be5 Ba5 47. Bc3 Bc7 48. Ke2 Rd5 49. g3 Rd7 50. Kf3 Rd1 51. g4 Rh1 (51... fxg4+ $14 52. hxg4 h4) 52. gxf5 $16 Rxh3+ 53. Kg2 Rh2+ {[#]} 54. Kg1 $1 Rh4 55. Re6 Rg4+ 56. Kf1 h4 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 57. Rxa6 ({White should play} 57. Rh6 $16 Bf4 58. Rh7+ (58. Rxa6 $2 h3 59. Ke2 h2 60. Ra7+ Ke8 $19) 58... Kf8 59. f6) 57... h3 $1 $11 { Threatens to win with ...h2.} 58. Ra7 h2 59. Rxc7+ {KRB-KR} Kg8 60. Rc8+ Kf7 61. Rh8 Rg1+ 62. Ke2 h1=Q 63. Rxh1 Rxh1 {KR-KB} 64. Ke3 Rd1 65. Ke4 Rd7 66. a4 Ke7 67. Ke5 Rd3 68. a5 Rd1 69. f4 Rd3 70. Ke4 Rd1 71. Be5 Kd7 $2 {[#]} (71... Ra1 $11) 72. a6 $1 $18 Ra1 73. Kd5 Rxa6 74. Kxc5 ({Worse is} 74. Kxc4 Kc6 $11) 74... Ra4 75. Bc3 Ra1 76. Kxc4 Rf1 77. Be5 Kc6 78. b4 {White mates.} Rc1+ 79. Bc3 Rf1 80. b5+ Kd7 81. Be5 Rc1+ 82. Kd5 Rb1 83. Kc5 Rc1+ 84. Kb6 Rh1 85. f6 Rh7 86. Kc5 Rh1 87. b6 Rc1+ 88. Kb5 Rb1+ 89. Ka5 Rb3 90. f7 Ke7 91. Ka6 Ra3+ 92. Kb5 Rb3+ 93. Kc6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be3 Nd7 9. c4 Qd6 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Be7 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 Nb6 16. c5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 20. Nxd4 O-O 21. Nb3 Rad8 22. g3 Rd7 23. Na5 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Nc6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR } 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 {KQ-KQ} 30. b5 axb5 $1 31. Qxb5 {[#]} g5 32. a4 { Hoping for c6!} Qd1+ $1 33. Kg2 {aiming for c6.} Qd5+ 34. Kg1 {c6! is the strong threat.} Qd1+ $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Bindrich, Falko"] [Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2519"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qa4 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. c4 f6 $2 (15... Nxc4 $11 { and Black is okay.} 16. Qxa7 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6) 16. Bd2 $2 (16. cxd5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 fxe5 18. dxe5 a6 $14) (16. Bxd5+ $18 e6 17. Bf3) 16... fxe5 $14 17. Bxa5 b6 {Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 18. Be1 {And now dxe5 would win.} exd4 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Rc6 e5 21. e4 (21. Rdc1 $14) 21... dxe3 $1 $11 22. fxe3 Bh6 23. Bf2 e4 24. Bf1 Bg4 25. Rdc1 Kh8 (25... Rf8 $11) 26. Qd4+ ({White should try} 26. h3 $1 $16 Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxe4 (30. Qxa7 Qg4 $11)) 26... Bg7 27. Qc4 {Black must now prevent h3!} Rcd8 28. d6 Re6 29. h3 Bf3 30. Qa6 Rxd6 31. Rc7 Qe6 $2 (31... Qf5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe. }) 32. Qxa7 $18 ({Weaker is} 32. Rxa7 h5 33. Be1 R8d7 $11) 32... Qe5 {[#]} ( 32... Qg8 $142 33. Be1 b5) 33. Be1 $1 {Hoping for Re7.} Rd3 $2 (33... Rd2 34. Qxb6 h5 35. Qxg6 R2d6) 34. Rxg7 ({Less strong is} 34. Bxd3 exd3 35. Rc8 Qxe3+ 36. Bf2 Qe8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qxb6 Qxb6 39. Rc8+ {[#]} Bf8 $1 40. Bxb6 d2 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 $14) 34... Qxg7 35. Rc7 $2 $40 {Black is in trouble.} (35. Qxb6 $18 { is the precise move to win.} h5 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. Rc7) 35... Qf6 $2 (35... R3d7 $16 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Bc3+ Kg8 38. Qxb6 Rc8) 36. Bxd3 {White mates.} exd3 37. Bc3 Qxc3 38. Rxh7+ (38. Rxc3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} d2 39. Qa4 d1=Q+ $19) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Debashis, Das"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nde2 b5 13. Rad1 Ne5 {White has an edge.} 14. b3 $1 Bc6 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. Qe3 (19. e5 $11 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2) 19... Ba8 20. Re2 Qa5 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxa2 23. e5 Ncxe5 {And now ...Bxd5 would win.} 24. Be4 { White threatens Nh5! and mate.} Nf8 {White must now prevent ...Bxd5.} 25. f4 $1 Bxd5 $1 26. Rxd5 ({White has to play} 26. Bxd5 $15 Rxc2 27. fxe5 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qxe2 29. Rf1) 26... Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Ned7 28. Nh5 (28. f5 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Qh8 $19 29. f5 $2 (29. Ng3 {is tougher.}) 29... gxh5 30. Rg2 Qf6 31. Qxh5 Qc3 32. g5 Ng6 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Qe2 Rc5 35. Rg3 Qh8 36. Rxc5 Nxc5 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Qxe7 Qe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Bd5 Rc7 (40... Rd8 $19 41. c4 e4) 41. Re3 (41. b4 $1 $15) 41... Nd7 $17 42. Rf3 Nb6 43. Be4 {[#]} a5 $1 44. Rf6 Nd7 45. Ra6 ({White should try} 45. Rd6) 45... Nc5 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Bd5 Rd7 48. Bg2 {[#]} a4 $1 49. Ra5 axb3 (49... Ne6 $17 50. bxa4 bxa4) 50. Rxb5 b2 51. Rxb2 Rd2 {aiming for ...Nd3!} 52. Kg3 e4 53. Rb1 Rxc2 {Black is slightly better.} 54. Re1 Rc3+ 55. Kg4 Rc4 56. Re3 f5+ 57. gxf6+ $1 Kxf6 58. h4 Ke5 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Rc2 {[#]} 61. Bxe4 $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2423"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 { LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Bc4 Kh7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nd5 f6 11. c3 d6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Kg2 Rc8 $17) 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Rc8 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qa4 a6 {And now .. .b5 would win.} 20. Bd3 (20. Bd5 $11) 20... Rfd8 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 21. Rfd1 Rd6 22. Bf1 Rdc6 23. Rab1 Bf8 24. Kh1 Qd8 25. b4 (25. Rd3 $15) 25... b5 $17 26. Qa3 g5 27. Bg3 Rc3 ({Black should try} 27... Qd6 $17 28. Bd3 {[#]} a5 $1) 28. Qxa6 $11 Ra8 29. Qb7+ Rc7 30. Qd5 Rd7 31. Rxd4 $1 Rxd5 (31... exd4 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 32. Qf5+ (32. Qxb5 d3 $11) 32... Kh8 33. Bxb5 $18) 32. Rxd5 Qc8 33. Bxb5 Qc3 34. Bd7 Rxa2 (34... Bxb4 35. Bf5+ Kh8 36. Rd7 $18) 35. Bf5+ Kh8 36. Rd8 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Bxb4 41. Rxf6 Bd2 42. Rxh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Re6 Bf4 45. Bxf4 exf4 {Endgame KQ-KRB} ({Reject} 45... gxf4 $6 46. Rg6 $16) 46. Rg6 Qe1 47. Rxg5 Qxf2 48. e5 f3 49. Be4 Qe3 50. Bd5+ Ke7 {aiming for ...Qf4+.} 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rg8+ Ke7 53. Bxf3 Qf4+ (53... Qxe5+ $6 54. g3 $16) 54. Rg3 Ke6 ({Much worse is} 54... Qxe5 $6 55. h4 $16) 55. Bg4+ Kxe5 56. h4 Kf6 57. Kh3 Qc1 58. Rf3+ Kg7 59. Bf5 Qh1+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kg4 Qe2 62. Kh3 Qe1 63. Rf4 Qh1+ 64. Kg3 Qc1 65. Rg4+ Kf6 66. Be4 Qh1 67. Bf3 Qe1+ 68. Kh2 Kf5 69. h5 {Hoping for h6.} Qe5+ 70. Kh3 { Threatens to win with h6.} Qe1 71. Re4 Qa1 72. Kh2 Kg5 73. Re6 Kf5 74. Rg6 Qe5+ (74... Qe1 $11 {remains equal.}) 75. g3 $16 Qb2+ 76. Kh3 {Bg4+ is the strong threat.} Qc1 $2 (76... Qf2 $16 77. Bg4+ Ke5) 77. Bg4+ $18 Ke5 78. Re6+ Kd5 {[#] } 79. Bf5 $1 Qd1 80. Kh4 Qd4+ 81. g4 Qg7 82. h6 Qf7 83. h7 Qg7 84. Re8 { White mates.} Qh6+ 85. Kg3 Qd6+ 86. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 {White is slightly better.} 18. Nf5 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 gxf5 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. Kf2 ({ Don't capture} 22. Rxb7 $2 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 23. Rxe3 Bd4 $19) 22... Rac8 23. Rxb7 Be5 24. Rxf5 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 $36 {White has some pressure.} Bd6 $1 26. Rd7 Rxe3 27. Rxd6 {next h3 is good for White.} Re1+ $1 ({But not} 27... Rxb3 $6 28. Rg5+ (28. Rxa6 Rb1+ 29. Rf1 Rbb2 30. Ra8+ Kg7 $11) 28... Kf8 29. h3 $16) 28. Rf1 Ree2 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne7 19. Rad1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} Be5 21. f4 exf3 22. gxf3 ({White should play} 22. Rxf3 $14 Qc8 23. Qh6) 22... Bf7 $11 {The position is equal.} ( 22... Rg7+ $5 23. Kh1 $8 Rg6 $11) 23. Qh3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 {Threatening f4.} Qg5+ 25. Qg2 Rg7 {[#]} 26. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 27. Kh1 {Hoping for f4.} Re8 28. Re1 {f4! is the strong threat.} Kf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rb8 31. Rd2 Rh5 32. Bc6 Rh4 33. Ra1 Rb6 34. Bd7 Rf4 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Bc6 Rb6 37. Bd7 Ke7 38. Bc8 Rb8 39. Bxa6 Rg8+ 40. Kh1 Rxf3 41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2507"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. Qd3 Be7 16. h4 Bf6 17. Bd4 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 18. g3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 ({Much weaker is} 19. exd4 Rc6 $11) 19... Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 20. Kg2 Rc2 21. Rhc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. b4 Qa3 24. Bxd5 Bxd5+ (24... Qb2 $11 25. Qxb2 Bxd5+ 26. Kg1 Rxb2) 25. Qxd5 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 ({Not} 25... Qxb4 $2 {[#]} 26. Rb1 $1 Qf8 27. Rxb7 $18) 26. Qxb7 ({White should try} 26. Qd8+ $16 Kh7 27. Qd4) 26... Qxe3 {[#]} 27. Qc8+ $1 Rxc8 28. fxe3 $16 {KR-KR} Rc3 29. Kf3 Ra3 $1 30. h5 Kf8 31. Ke4 Ke7 32. Kd4 f6 33. g4 (33. Rc1 $14) 33... Kd6 $11 34. Ke4 Ke6 ({Black should play} 34... Ra4 $1 $11) 35. Rc1 (35. b5 $14) 35... Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 36. Rc7 Ra4 37. Kf3 f5 ({Much worse is} 37... Rxb4 $6 38. Rxa7 f5 39. Rxg7 $16) 38. Rxg7 {Black must now prevent Rg6+.} Rxb4 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Rxa7 Kg5 41. Ra5+ Kh4 42. Rf5 {Intending Rf4+ and mate. } Rg4 43. e4 Rg5 44. Kf4 Kxh5 45. Rf6 Rg1 46. Kf5 Rf1+ 47. Ke6 Re1 48. e5 Kg5 49. Rf5+ Kg6 50. Rf2 h5 51. Rg2+ Kh6 52. Kf6 Rf1+ 53. Ke7 Re1 54. e6 h4 55. Kf7 Kh5 56. e7 h3 57. Rg8 Kh4 58. e8=Q Rxe8 59. Rxe8 h2 60. Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Qf5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rad8 { LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Qb1 Nd3 16. Ba3 a5 17. Bg2 {[#] aiming for e4.} Nb4 18. Be4 Qh5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. a3 Nd5 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nf6 23. Bg2 {Threatens to win with c6.} Qxc5 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 Nd5 27. b5 g6 28. Ra6 Rd6 29. Rd1 {[#] And now e4 would win.} Rfd8 30. Bxd5 exd5 $14 {Endgame KRR-KRR } ({Don't play} 30... Rxd5 $6 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxb6 $16) 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rc7 d4 33. exd4 Rf6 34. Ra4 Rd5 35. Rb4 h5 36. h4 g5 {The position is equal.} 37. hxg5 Rxg5 38. Rc6 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Rxc6 40. Rxh5 Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 c5 8. e4 O-O 9. d5 Bc8 10. Bg5 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be3 e6 12. Bxc5 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 13. d6 b6 14. Ba3 (14. Be3 $16) 14... Nc6 (14... a6 $14) 15. Be2 a5 16. O-O Nb4 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 {[#]} 20. Nd4 (20. e5 $1 $16 Nd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rac1) 20... Ng4 ({Black should try} 20... Rc5 $14) 21. Nf3 $2 (21. d7 $18 Rc7 22. Nb3) 21... Rc5 (21... Nf6 $1 $11) 22. Rad1 $16 { Black must now prevent d7.} Qa8 ({Black should play} 22... f5 $14) 23. d7 (23. Nd4 $16) 23... Rd8 $1 $14 24. Qd6 $36 {White has strong initiative.} Bc6 {[#]} (24... Bxc3 $2 25. bxc3 Rxb5 26. Nd4 $18 (26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Nd4 Re5 $11) (26. cxb4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 $18)) 25. Bxc6 (25. h3 $1 $16 Rxb5 26. Nxb5 (26. hxg4 Rc5 $11) 26... Rxd7 27. Qg3 (27. hxg4 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Nc2 $15)) 25... Qxc6 (25... Rxc6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Qd2 Rc5) 26. Na4 (26. Qxc6 $18 Rxc6 27. e5) 26... Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc2 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Nxb6 Nxf2 (29... Bf8 $14 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bc5) 30. Kf1 $2 (30. Nd4 $18 Be5 31. Nxc2 Bxd6 32. Kxf2 Bc5+ 33. Kf3 Bxb6 34. Rd1 (34. Nxb4 Rxd7 35. Rc1 Rd4 $14)) 30... Ng4 $11 ({ But not} 30... Rxb2 $6 31. Rc6 $16) 31. Re2 Rc1+ {The position is equal.} 32. Re1 Rc2 ({Wrong is} 32... Bxb2 $2 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. h3 $18) 33. Re2 Rc1+ 34. Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Be2 c5 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 {White has an edge.} cxd4 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. Bc5 f6 18. Rfb1 Rd7 19. Rb3 Ba6 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Rcc3 Kf7 22. Rb2 Bb5 23. g3 e5 24. h4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 25. Nxd4 a6 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Bb6 Re8 28. Re2 Re6 29. Ba5 $1 Bf8 30. Rc8 Rb7 31. Ra8 b4 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Kg2 Rc6 34. Bd8 Bd6 35. Ba5 Be7 36. Bd8 Bd6 37. Ba5 Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Black "Lalith Babu M R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ncxe5 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 {aiming for dxe6. The position is equal.} O-O 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Qb3 {[#]} Qb6 {[#]} (18... c4 $1 $11 19. Qxb7 (19. Bxc4 Nxf3+) 19... Nc5) 19. Qxb6 $1 $16 axb6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc4 Bd6 {[#]} 23. Rad1 $1 $36 {White has strong initiative.} ({But not} 23. Bxe6 b5 $16 ) 23... Rad8 24. Rxe6 (24. Bxe6 b5 $14) 24... Bc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. a4 g6 27. Rd6 Kg7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 (28... Kh8 $16 29. Rxb7 Re8) 29. Rxh7 $18 Be7 (29... Re8 $142 30. Rd7 Be7 31. Rxb7 Bd8 32. Rf7+ Ke5) 30. Kg2 b5 (30... Bd8 {keeps fighting.} 31. Rxb7 g5) 31. axb5 ({Much less strong is} 31. Bxb5 Rf7 32. Rh4 Kg7 $18) 31... b6 32. h4 Bd8 33. Rd7 Ke5 34. Rd5+ Ke4 35. Rd6 g5 $2 (35... Kf5 {is a better defense.} 36. Bd3+ Ke5) 36. h5 {White is clearly winning.} Rh8 37. h6 Ke5 38. Re6+ Kf5 {[#]} 39. h7 $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 { LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. b3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. h3 Kf8 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Ne1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc1 Nf5 22. c4 Nh4 23. g3 Ng6 24. Bf3 Qa8 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. f4 Ne7 27. Qg2 Qc8 28. Nd3 Qd8 29. Nf2 g5 30. Kf1 gxf4 31. exf4 {[#]} (31. gxf4 $11 {remains equal.} Nf5 32. Qf3) 31... Qd4 $1 $17 32. Qe4 Qc3 33. Qe3 $1 Qa1 {Strongly threatening ...Nf5.} 34. Qd2 $1 Bc3 35. Qc2 $1 Nf5 $36 {And now ... Ne3+ would win. Black has some pressure.} 36. Nd1 $1 Nxg3+ 37. Kg2 {[#]} Ne2 $1 {Hoping for ...Bg7.} 38. Nxc3 (38. Qxe2 Qxc1) 38... Qxc3 39. Qxe2 (39. Qxc3 $17 {only move.} Nxc3 40. a3) 39... Qxc1 $15 { Endgame KQ-KQ} 40. Kg3 Qc3+ 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Qe1 Qd3+ 44. Kg4 f6 45. Qh1 $2 (45. Kh4 {is a better chance.}) 45... Qe2+ 46. Kh4 Kf7 47. Qa8 Kg6 { ( -> ... Qf2+)} 48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qh7+ Kxf4 50. Qxh6+ Ke5 51. Qg7 $2 (51. Kg3 Qd3+ 52. Kg2) 51... Qf2+ $19 52. Kh5 Qf3+ $2 (52... Qf5+ 53. Kh4 Qf2+ 54. Kh5 Qxa2 55. Qg3+ Kd4) 53. Kh4 $2 (53. Qg4 Qd3 54. Kh4) 53... Ke4 (53... Kf5 $142 54. Qh7+ Kf4) 54. Qg6+ Ke3 55. Qg1+ Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 e5 13. f3 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bd6 16. Bc4 Ke7 17. Bh4+ f6 18. b4 a6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20. Ke2 Rac8 21. Bf2 g6 22. Rad1 Rhg8 23. g4 Rh8 24. Rhg1 Be7 25. Nf1 Nf8 26. Ng3 Kf7 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Rgf1 Rcd8 29. Rd5 Bd6 30. Rfd1 Ke7 31. Kf3 Bc7 32. c4 Ke8 33. h4 Rf8 34. h5 Ng5+ 35. Ke2 Ne6 36. Kf3 Ng5+ 37. Kf2 {White is slightly better.} Ne6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh1 Bd6 40. c5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Ra7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd3 Rb7 13. Bg2 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Ng3 g6 15. O-O Qc7 {The position is equal.} 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bh6 Rc8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qe3 (19. Nxd6 $2 Bxh6 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 $19) 19... Rb6 (19... gxf5 $2 20. exf5 Ra7 21. Qg5+ (21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qg5+ Bg7 $18) 21... Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ $18) (19... Qxc2 $2 20. Rdc1 (20. Nxd6 Rd7 21. Rdc1 Bxh6 $11) 20... Qxb2 {[#]} 21. Rxc8 $1 Bxc8 22. Rc1 Bxf5 23. exf5 $18) 20. Rd2 f6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Ng3 Nd7 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. b3 Nc5 26. Ne2 Bf7 27. h4 Rc6 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4 ({But not} 29. Qxf4 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 30. Qh6 Bc4 $15) 29... Re8 30. Qd4 Qb6 31. Kh1 (31. Nd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 32. exd5 ( 32. Qxd5+ Ne6+ 33. Kh1 Rcc8 $11)) 31... Re5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. g5 fxg5 34. Nd5 Bxd5 (34... Qb7 $11 {remains equal.} 35. Rd8 Ne6) 35. exd5 $16 Rc7 {[#]} 36. Re8 $1 $36 {White is on the roll.} Nd7 $2 (36... Rf7 $16 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qf6 39. Qxg5 Qc3) 37. Re7+ $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 38. Qxb6 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxh7 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Re2 $11) 38... Nxb6 39. Rxc7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 {?ev?.} Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Nc6 8. c4 Bxa3 9. bxa3 dxc4 10. Qa4 Be4 {Threatening ...Qd5.} 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qa4 Nge7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Qd1 O-O 15. e3 Na5 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. a4 a6 18. Ne1 Rfb8 19. a3 (19. Bxe4 $11 Qxe4 20. Nd3) 19... Bxg2 $15 20. Nxg2 Qc6 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 21. Bb4 Nd5 22. a5 Rd8 23. Qb3 e5 24. Rfd1 exd4 25. Rxd4 Nxb4 26. Rxd8+ $2 ({Don't take} 26. axb4 $2 Nd2 27. Qb2 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxd4 29. exd4 Rd6 $19) (26. Qxb4 {was the only chance.} Qf6 27. Rad1) 26... Rxd8 $19 27. Qxb4 Qf3 28. Qb3 Nd2 29. Qc2 Qe2 30. Kh1 $2 (30. Qxc7 {was forced.} Nf3+ 31. Kh1) 30... c5 31. f4 c4 32. Rd1 Rd3 33. Re1 Qh5 {[#] And now ...Nf3 would win.} 34. Nh4 Qd5+ 35. e4 Nxe4 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 36. Qg2 c3 (36... Rd1 $142 37. Nf3 c3) 37. Nf3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 38. Nxd2 cxd2 39. Rd1 Nf2+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Xu, Yi"] [Black "Idani, Pouya"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bc2 {LiveBook: 25 Games} b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {White has an edge.} Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 ({Much worse is} 14. Rxe6 Nc5 15. Re2 O-O $17) 14... Nc5 $1 {[#]} 15. Nxh7 $1 Qd6 {...0-0-0 is the strong threat.} (15... Rxh7 16. Bxg6+) 16. Bxg6+ Kd7 $1 {aiming for ...Rag8.} 17. h3 $2 {[#]} (17. Nd2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 17... Rag8 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Be5.} 18. Ng5 $2 (18. Nd2 {was the only chance.} Bc3 19. bxc3 Rxg6 20. Nf3 Nxc3 21. Qxd6+ exd6 22. Nhg5) 18... Bf6 19. Nf7 {[#]} Rxg6 $1 20. Nxd6 exd6 21. g3 {White wants to play Kh2.} Rxh3 {( -> ...Ne3!)} 22. Kf1 Nb4 23. Ke2 Nbd3 24. Rf1 {[#]} Rgxg3 $1 25. fxg3 Rh2+ 26. Ke3 Bg5+ 27. Rf4 {If only White now had time for Qg4....} Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rh3+ 29. Kf2 Bh4+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 {[#]} Bf3+ $1 32. Kxf3 Rxd1 33. Nc3 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Ke3 Rc2 36. Rb1 Bf2+ 37. Kf3 Nd3 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {??.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O-O c5 ({Don't go for} 12... Bxg2 $2 13. Rhg1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 $18) 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rhe1 Rfd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. g4 Qb4 (17... Rd4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Rf1 { [#] Threatens to win with g5.} Nd5 19. c4 Qc5 $1 20. g5 $1 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Qe3+ 21. Rd2 {Strongly threatening gxh6.} Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nb4 23. Bb1 {Black must now prevent gxh6.} Rac8 24. gxh6 {[#] h7+ is the strong threat.} gxh6 ({Better is} 24... Rc7 $14) 25. f5 $16 exf5 $2 (25... Nc6 $16 {might work better.}) 26. Rg1+ ({Weaker is} 26. Rxf5 Rc7 $16) 26... Kf8 27. Bxf5 Nxa2+ 28. Kb1 Nb4 29. Bh7 {White wants to mate with Nd7+!} ({Not} 29. Bxc8 Bxc8 30. Rf1 f5 $18) 29... f5 (29... Ke7 $142 30. Nc6+ Kd7) 30. Rg8+ $18 Ke7 31. Nc6+ $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 25 Games. The position is equal.} Qc7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Ne4 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb1 Ng6 18. Qd4 {[#]} e5 19. Qd3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 g6 7. Bd2 g5 8. Nh2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Qe4 Nf6 (12... Bg7 $1 $11 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 c6) 13. Qxb7 $16 (13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qa5 Bxc4 15. dxc4 O-O $11) 13... Rb8 14. Qa6 $1 (14. Qxa7 $6 Ra8 15. Qb7 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Rb8 $11) 14... Rb6 15. Qxa7 Bd7 ({Don't go for} 15... Rxb2 $2 16. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 17. Rxb1 $18) ({ Better is} 15... Bd6) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb5 ({Don't take} 17... Nxc2 $2 18. Rac1 Rb5 {[#]} 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20. Rxc2 $18) 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Ng4 (21. Bc3 $142 Rb6 22. Qa5) 21... Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rxc2 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24. Be3 Rb2 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. g3 h5 (26... Kg7 $14) 27. gxh5 (27. Bb3 $18 c5 28. gxh5) 27... Rxh5 28. Qd1 Rh6 29. Qg4 $36 {White is more active.} Qf6 30. Rb1 Rb6 31. Rxb6 cxb6 32. Re1 Rh8 33. Bd5 Kg7 34. a4 Bc5 $2 ({Black should play } 34... Rd8 $14) 35. Rc1 $2 (35. f4 $18 {Hoping for Re5.} Qg6 36. Qxg5) 35... Rd8 36. Be4 Bb4 (36... Be7 $16) 37. Rc6 $18 Rd6 38. Rc7 Be1 (38... Re6 { is a better defense.} 39. Kg2 Re5) 39. Qe2 (39. f4 $18) 39... Bb4 40. Qh5 Be1 41. Qe2 (41. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 42. Bf5) 41... Bb4 $1 $16 42. Kf1 Qd8 (42... Re6 $16 ) 43. Ra7 Rh6 44. Qg4 Qf6 45. Kg1 {aiming for f4.} Rh8 (45... Qe5 $16 {might work better.}) 46. Rc7 $18 Rd8 47. Kf1 Be7 48. Kg2 (48. Qh3 $142 {Rxe7! is the strong threat.} Kf8 49. Qh7) 48... Qe5 49. Rb7 {Strongly threatening Qh3.} Qf6 50. Bf3 Bc5 (50... Rd6 $142) 51. Qe4 $16 Qg6 52. Qe5+ Qf6 53. Qe2 Qf5 54. Be4 Qf6 55. Qc2 {Threatens to win with a5!} Qd6 56. Qc1 Kf6 {[#]} (56... Rd7 $16 57. Rxd7 Qxd7 58. Qxg5+ Kf8) 57. Qh1 ({White must play} 57. a5 $1 $18 {And now Qh1 would win.} Rb8 (57... bxa5 58. Qh1) 58. a6 Rxb7 59. axb7 (59. Bxb7 b5 60. Qh1 Ke7 $16)) 57... Rd7 58. Qh6+ Ke7 59. Qxg5+ Ke8 $2 (59... Kf8 60. Rxd7 Qxd7) 60. Qg8+ $18 Ke7 61. Rb8 Rd8 {[#]} 62. Qg5+ $1 {White mates.} Ke8 63. Rxd8+ Qxd8 64. Bc6+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Be2 h5 11. f4 a6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Kb8 14. Rf3 Be7 15. Kb1 h4 16. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 17. Qe1 Na5 18. Ka2 {White is slightly better.} Nxb3 19. cxb3 Bc6 20. Rfd3 Qc5 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. h3 b5 23. Ne2 Bb7 24. Nd4 Rcc8 25. Rc3 Qb6 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. f5 e5 28. Nc2 Kd7 29. Ne3 Bd8 30. Qd2 Ke7 (30... Qd4 $16) 31. Nd5+ $18 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 ({Reject} 32. exd5 $6 a5 $11) 32... b4 {[#]} 33. a4 $1 a5 34. Rc1 Qb8 35. Rc6 Bb6 36. Be2 Bc5 37. Bc4 Rf8 38. Ra6 ({But not} 38. Rxc5 $6 dxc5 39. Qxc5+ Qd6 40. Qa7+ Qd7 41. Qxa5 Rg8 42. Qxb4+ Qd6 43. Qb7+ Qd7 $18) 38... Qc7 39. Rc6 $2 ({White should try} 39. Qd1 $18) 39... Qa7 $2 (39... Qb8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 40. Kb1 Kd7 $2 (40... Qd7 41. Ka2 Qa7) 41. Ra6 Qc7 {and the idea .. .Ke7 leaves Black hopeful.} 42. Bb5+ Ke7 {[#]} 43. Rxa5 $3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Ne1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. Bd5+ Kh8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 { LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxd2 15. Rxd2 e4 16. Bxg7+ $1 {White is better.} Kxg7 17. f3 Re8 18. Ng2 g5 19. h4 h6 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rf3 $1 Be6 ({Black should play} 22... Kf6 $14) 23. Rc3 $1 $16 Bd5 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nf1 Bd5 26. Rc5 $1 Re7 27. c4 Be4 {[#]} 28. g4 $1 f4 (28... fxg4 29. Rxg5+) 29. Rxg5+ Kf6 30. Rh5 a5 31. Kf2 a4 32. Rd4 axb3 33. axb3 {Threatens to win with Nd2.} Rae8 34. Rc5 Rh8 35. b4 Rh4 36. Rxe4 (36. Rh5 $14 Rxh5 37. gxh5) 36... Rxe4 $11 37. Rxc6+ $14 {Endgame KRR-KRN} Ke7 38. Rxc7+ Kd6 39. Rc8 {Black should prevent b5. } Rh3 ({Don't go for} 39... Rxg4 $2 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. Kxe4 $18) 40. b5 {Black must now prevent b6.} Kd7 41. Rc5 {Strongly threatening Nd2.} Rd4 $1 42. g5 { g6 is the strong threat.} Rd1 43. Kg2 Rh8 $2 {[#]} (43... Rc3 $11) 44. Nh2 $1 $18 Rd2 (44... Re8 $142) 45. Ng4 Rxe2+ 46. Kf3 Re1 {[#]} 47. g6 $1 ({Less strong is} 47. Kxf4 Rf1+ 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Ke2 Rb1 50. Rd5+ Kc7 $14) 47... Rf1+ (47... Rhh1 $142 48. Kxf4 Rhf1+ 49. Kg5 Rg1) 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Kf3 (49. g7 $142 Rb8 50. Rg5) 49... Rf1+ 50. Ke2 $2 (50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kxf4 Rf8+ 52. Kg5) 50... Ra1 $1 {aiming for ...Rh3.} 51. g7 {White is clearly winning.} Rh3 52. Rd5+ Kc7 53. g8=Q {Qd8+ would kill now.} Ra2+ 54. Rd2 f3+ 55. Ke1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. d5 g6 17. Bg5 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qa5 21. Bh6 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxh6 23. b3 Na3 24. Bd3 $1 $36 {Strongly threatening Qa5. White has some pressure.} c4 (24... a5 $14) 25. bxc4 $16 bxc4 {[#]} 26. Bxc4 $1 Nxc4 27. Qb4 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 28. exd5 Rac8 29. Qb7 a5 30. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Bf4 {[#]} (31... Rc5 $16 32. f3 Nd2) 32. Ne4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Kg7 (32... Rxe4 33. Qxc8+) 33. Rb1 Rcd8 34. f3 $1 h6 35. Qb3 Rc8 36. a4 Rc7 37. Qc3+ (37. g3 $1 $18 Be5 38. Qd3) 37... Be5 $16 38. Qd3 Rec8 {intending ...Nb2.} 39. Qe2 Na3 {[#]} (39... Kh7 $16 40. g3 Bg7) 40. Rd1 ( 40. Rf1 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 40... Nc2 {[#]} 41. Qd2 ({ Better is} 41. g3 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Ba2 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Nb8 11. h3 Na6 12. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 13. Re1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ndc5 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Nb4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 ({But not} 21... fxe6 $6 22. Nc4 $16) 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Qg4 Be7 ({Black should play} 23... Bd6 $11 ) 24. f4 $1 $14 Rd4 25. b3 (25. Ne3 $16) 25... Rg6 $11 26. Qf3 Bh4 27. Re3 $1 Rg3 28. Qf2 $1 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 29. g3 (29. Rxh3 Bxf2+) 29... Qc8 ({Black should try} 29... Be7 $11) 30. Kg2 $1 $36 {White is really pushing.} ({Reject} 30. gxh4 Rxc4 31. Rxh3 Qxh3 32. bxc4 Qxc3 $15) 30... Bd8 31. Ne2 Rh5 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 32. Nxd4 cxd4 (32... Qh3+ $5 33. Kf3 $8 cxd4 $14) 33. Ree1 b5 34. Ne5 bxa4 (34... Bc7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Qxd4 $16 axb3 36. cxb3 Qh3+ $2 (36... Bf6 $16 {was called for.}) 37. Kf3 $18 Bh4 38. Rg1 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 {[#]} 39. Rh1 $1 Qxh1+ 40. Rxh1 Rxh1 41. Qd6 Bxe5 42. Qxe5 Nd3 43. Qe8+ Kh7 {Now ...Rb1 and Black clings on.} 44. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} cxd4 8. exd4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 {White is slightly better.} Qxe7 10. g3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. a4 Nc6 14. c3 d6 15. Ne4 Rac8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Qh5 Ne7 19. a5 Nd5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Rc7 22. Rea1 Bc6 23. Ne4 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Qb8 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Qd1 Ne7 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa3 Bxe4 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. Bxe4 g5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 d5 33. Bd3 e5 34. dxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Kd1 d4 36. Qb4 dxc3 37. Qxc3 Qxc3 38. bxc3 $11 {Endgame KB-KN} Kf6 39. Bc4 Nf5 40. Ke2 Nd6 41. Bd3 Ke5 42. Ke3 g4 43. f4+ gxf3 44. Kxf3 f5 45. Ke3 Ne8 46. Be2 Nd6 47. Bf3 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Bc6 Nc8 50. Ke3 Nd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bg4 11. Ba3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 (12... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Rc1 ({White should play} 13. Qe2 $16) 13... Re8 14. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 {??.} c5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Ne4 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. c4 {[#] Black must now prevent c5.} Qc7 13. Nc5 Nf6 $1 14. Rc1 $1 dxc4 15. Rxc4 O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. b4 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {[#] Hoping for b5.} Qd6 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nce7 21. Rfc1 Nf5 22. Nf3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 {??.} Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. a5 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Bd6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Bd2 b5 (14... Ndf6 $16 {was called for.}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. e5 Bb4 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Nd5 Bxd2 21. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] And now ...c3 would win.} 22. Rxd2 Rbe8 23. Nc6 Nb8 24. Nb4 Re7 25. h4 f6 26. Re1 Rd8 27. f4 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Nf8 29. d5 Red7 $2 {[#]} (29... Rd6 {was worth a try.} 30. Ree2 Kg8 31. dxe6 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nxe6) 30. Rde2 $18 exd5 31. Bxd5 ({Weaker is} 31. Rxd5 Kh7 32. Bf3 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Nfd7 $16) ({Not} 31. Nxd5 Nc6 $14) 31... Kh7 32. h5 { White is clearly winning.} gxh5 33. Rxh5+ Kg6 34. Ree5 Rc7 35. Be4+ Kf7 36. Rhf5+ Kg8 37. Nd5 Rcd7 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Nbd7 41. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b6 { LiveBook: 86 Games} 8. a4 a5 9. Ne5 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf6 (15... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Nxf6+ $1 $16 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bh3 Ra8 21. Bg2 Rc8 $1 (21... Bxd4 $2 22. Be3 $18 (22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Re2 $11)) 22. Be5 (22. h4 $16) 22... Bg5 (22... Bxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 23. dxe5 Qc7) 23. Rc3 Qd7 24. h4 Bd8 25. Kh2 Qe7 (25... Ra8 $16) 26. Re3 $18 { And now Bxg7! would win.} Qb4 27. Qc2 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Rxe3 29. fxe3 gxf6 30. Qf5 Qd6 ({Don't go for} 30... Qxa4 $2 31. Rf1 Qb3 32. Qg4+ (32. Qxf6 Ba6 $16) 32... Kf8 33. Qd7 $18) (30... Re8 $16) 31. Be4 $1 Kf8 32. Qh7 f5 33. Qxf5 ({But not} 33. Bxf5 $6 Re8 $16) 33... Re8 (33... Qe6 $142 34. Rd3 Qxf5 35. Bxf5 Rb8) 34. Rf1 Qe6 35. Qf4 (35. Qh7 $142 Bc8 36. Rf5) 35... Re7 36. Bg2 $1 Qxe3 37. Qf6 Kg8 {[#]} 38. Rf4 (38. Qd6 $1 $18) 38... Qe6 $16 {[#]} 39. Rg4+ $1 Qxg4 40. Qxe7 Qc8 41. Qf6 Qd7 {[#]} 42. d5 $1 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} cxd5 43. Qxb6 Bc8 44. Qxh6 {aiming for Qb6.} d4 (44... Qd8 $16 {might work better.} 45. b3 Be6) 45. Qg5+ $18 Kf8 {intending ...d3.} 46. h5 (46. Qxa5 $18 {Strongly threatening Qc5+.} d3 47. Qd2) 46... Qg4 (46... Qf5 $16 47. Qd8+ Kg7) 47. Qxa5 Bf5 48. h6 Kg8 (48... f6 $142 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Bd7) 49. Qe5 d3 {[#]} 50. Bf3 $1 Qh3+ (50... Qg6 {was necessary.} 51. Kg2 d2) (50... Qxf3 51. Qg7#) 51. Kg1 f6 52. Qc7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. Bf4 {LiveBook: 31 Games. Hoping for Rc1.} Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Rc1 {Nxd5 is the strong threat. The position is equal.} Qb4 11. O-O Be7 $1 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bc7 { [#]} Nd5 $1 14. a3 {[#]} (14. Nxd5 exd5) 14... Nxc3 $1 15. Rxc3 ({Don't play} 15. axb4 Nxd1 16. Rfxd1 f5 $17) (15. bxc3 Qa4) 15... Qb5 16. Bxe4 {aiming for Qc2.} O-O 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Rxc6. White has compensation.} Qh5 19. Bf3 $36 {White has good play.} Qh3 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nc3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Nc6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bd8 14. Kh1 (14. Nxd6 Bb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 $17) 14... Bb6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Nb1 ({Much worse is} 16. Nxd6 h6 17. Bh4 Be3 $17) 16... Bc5 17. N1c3 ({Much weaker is} 17. Nxd6 a3 18. b4 Bxb4 $19) 17... a3 18. b3 h6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Rc4 Rfc8 25. g3 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 (26. bxc4 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qb2 27. c5 Qxa2 28. cxd6 Qb2 $19) 26... Nf6 27. Qe2 Bb2 28. Be3 Qb4 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 Kf8 31. Bb4 Ke7 32. Rf2 Nd7 33. Rc2 Nc5 34. Bb5 b6 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. Bc4 Rb7 37. Bb5 Ra7 $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rb1 {White has an edge.} Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qd3 a6 20. b3 Qa8 21. Bxd6 Nxd5 22. Qc4 Nb6 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. a4 Nxa4 $1 ({Don't play} 24... Qxd6 $6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rfd1 $16) 25. bxa4 ({White should try} 25. Bg3 $15 Nc3 26. Rbe1) 25... Rxb1 $17 26. Rxb1 Qxd6 27. Qc4 Bd4 28. Rb7 Qf4 29. Kf1 $2 {[#]} (29. Kh1 $17) 29... Re1+ $1 $19 30. Kxe1 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 12. O-O-O g6 13. Nec3 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. g3 a5 18. Bh3 {[#] Bxd7+ is the strong threat.} Bc6 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 19. b4 $1 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nd4 21. f4 Ra8 22. Rhf1 Bh6 23. Kb2 O-O 24. f5 Ra7 25. Ra1 Kh7 26. g4 Qxh4 (26... Bxd5 $14 27. Nxd5 hxg4 28. Bxg4 axb4) 27. fxg6+ $16 fxg6 28. Rxf8 Bxf8 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Rh1 Qg5 31. Qd1 axb4 32. Nxb4 Be8 33. Nbd5 (33. Ncd5 $14) 33... Bh6 34. Rg1 Qh4 $36 {Black has good play.} 35. Qf1 Rf7 36. Bf5+ $1 Nxf5 37. exf5 Rg7 38. Rh1 {White has compensation.} Qd4 39. f6 (39. Nf6+ $14 Kh8 40. Nxe8) 39... Rb7 $11 40. Qf5+ Bg6 41. Qc8 Rf7 42. Ne7 $1 Rxe7 43. fxe7 b4 44. axb4 Qxb4+ 45. Ka1 {[#] aiming for Rg1.} Bg7 (45... Qa5+ $15 46. Na2 e4) 46. Na2 { The position is equal.} Qa4 {And now ...Qa7 would win.} (46... e4+ $5 47. c3 $8 Qa5 $11) 47. c3 Bf7 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 {LiveBook: 45 Games} Qb6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qa3 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd5 $1 Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ (18. Rxd3 $2 {perishes.} cxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 $19) 18... Kh8 19. Rxd3 Ne5 $1 20. Rxd6 {Hoping for Rc1.} Rae8 21. Nxc6 {[#] Na5 is the strong threat.} Nxc4 22. Rd3 {Black must now prevent Bc5.} Rxe4 23. Ba7 h5 24. g3 Re6 25. Nd4 Re4 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Rb7 Re6 28. Rd5 Nd6 29. Rd7 Ne4 {aiming for ...Nf6. } 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Ra5 Bf6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rc2 (34... Re6 $11) 35. g5 $14 Bc3 $2 ({Black should try} 35... Ba1 $14) 36. Ra4 $18 Nd2 $2 (36... Re2 37. Re7 Ng3) 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Nd4 (38. Rc8 $142) 38... Rb2 {[#]} 39. Rc8 $1 Rb7 $2 (39... Rb4 40. Rxb4 Bxb4) 40. Bc5 {White is clearly winning.} Rd5 41. Bf8+ Kh7 42. Ne6 {White wants to mate with Rh4+.} fxe6 43. Rh4+ ({Stronger than } 43. Rxc3 Rxg5+ 44. Rg3 Rxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Rc7 $11) 43... Kg8 44. Bb4+ Kg7 45. Bxc3+ e5 46. Rch8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 g6 13. Bc2 Bg7 14. Nf1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na5 {Black wants to play ...exd4.} 15. Ng3 c5 16. d5 {White has an edge.} c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Bc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. a4 Bd7 21. Ra3 Qc7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Rec8 24. Qd1 Qd8 25. R1a2 Nb7 26. Ba7 Ne8 27. Qa1 Qf6 28. Bd1 Qe7 29. h4 h5 30. b4 cxb3 $1 31. Bxb3 Bf6 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. hxg5 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Nc5 35. Bc2 {aiming for Qc1.} Qxg5 36. Ne2 Nf6 {[#]} (36... h4 $11 {remains equal.} ) 37. Qc1 $1 $16 Qh4 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 38. f3 Ne8 39. g3 (39. Qd2 $16) 39... Qd8 $14 40. Qe3 Nf6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Ra1 Rb8 43. Rb1 Bc8 { Threatening ...Ba6.} 44. Ra2 Nfd7 45. Bd3 Nxd3 46. Qxd3 Nc5 47. Qe3 Bd7 48. Raa1 Rb7 49. Rb4 Rb8 50. Qd2 Rc8 51. Rh1 Ra8 52. Rb2 Ra4 53. Ra2 Nb3 54. Qb2 Nc5 55. Rxa4 bxa4 56. c4 Qa5 57. Qc3 Qd8 58. Qe3 Nb3 59. Kf2 Qf6 60. Kg1 Qd8 61. Kg2 Nc5 62. Nc1 Qe7 63. Kg1 Bc8 64. Kg2 Bd7 65. Nd3 {Nxc5 is the strong threat.} Nb3 66. Nf2 Nd4 {[#]} 67. f4 $1 Nc2 (67... Nb3 $14) 68. Qc3 $16 Nd4 69. fxe5 dxe5 (69... Qxe5 $16 70. Rd1 Nc6) 70. c5 $18 Bc8 71. c6 Qf6 72. Qa3 Nc2 $2 (72... Qg5 73. Qc1 Qf6) 73. Qd3 {White is clearly winning.} (73. Qxa4 { is a self mate.} Ne3+ 74. Kg1 Qf3 75. Rh2 Qxg3+ 76. Kh1 Bg4 77. Qd1 Bxd1 78. Nh3 Qf3+ 79. Kg1 Qf1#) 73... Nd4 74. Ra1 Nb3 75. Ra3 ({Not} 75. Rxa4 Nc5 76. Qd1 Nxa4 $18) 75... h4 (75... Qg5 $142 76. Qc3 h4 77. Rxa4 Nd4) 76. gxh4 Nd4 77. Rxa4 Qxh4 78. Qg3 Qh5 79. Ra2 Nb5 80. Ra1 {And now Rh1 would win.} f6 81. Rh1 Qe2 82. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. dxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nxc5 11. Qf2 b6 12. b4 {White is slightly better.} f6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qa5 15. Bd4 $1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. fxe5 Bc5 17. Qd2 Rxf3 18. Bxc5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 $15) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 { [#] aiming for g3.} Rxf4 $1 18. Nc6 $1 ({Not} 18. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Bf6 $17) 18... Bc5 19. Qe5 (19. Nxa5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Bxd4 20. Ne2 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 21. Rxf1 Bxa1 $19) 19... Bd6 20. Qxg7+ $1 ({Much weaker is} 20. Nxa5 Bxe5 21. Kd2 Rf2+ 22. Kd3 Bd7 $17) 20... Kxg7 21. Nxa5 {And now Nb3 would win.} Be5 22. Kd2 {Hoping for Re1.} Rf2+ 23. Kd3 Bf4 24. Ne2 Bg5 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Bf3 b5 {The position is equal.} 13. Re1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Qc1 Qb6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. c5 a5 20. Bd1 e5 21. a3 exd4 (21... Rb7 $11) 22. Nxd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 23. axb4 dxe3 24. fxe3 Nxb4 (24... axb4 $14 25. Nb3 Be4) 25. Rxa5 Nd3 26. Rf1 N3xc5 27. Bf3 Bd3 28. Rc1 ({Weaker is} 28. Bxc6 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rc8 $11) 28... Bb5 29. Rc3 g6 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Nc4 Ne6 32. Bg4 Nef8 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Nd6 Ne5 35. Nxb5 cxb5 $18 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 36. Rc5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. e4 Rf1 $2 (38... Re1 39. Rxb5 Rxe4) 39. Rxb5 Kg7 40. Rc5 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 {[#]} 41. e5 $1 Rf5 42. Ra4 Nb7 43. Rd5 Rf1 44. Rb4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {??.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Rc8 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 a6 9. b3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Nd5 Rfe8 14. Bc3 Qc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rac1 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Nxd5 ({Weaker is} 16... bxc4 { [#]} 17. Nxe7+ $1 Rxe7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 $16) 17. Bxg7 N5f6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. b4 Qa7 20. c5 dxc5 21. e5 Nh5 (21... Nd7 $11) 22. e6 (22. Qh6 $1 $14 f6 23. Qe3) 22... f5 23. bxc5 Red8 24. Qc3 Nf6 {With the idea ...Ne4.} 25. Ne5 {[#]} (25. Re5 $11) 25... Rd5 $1 $36 {White is under strong pressure.} 26. Qe3 Ng4 ({Worse is} 26... Rcxc5 27. Nc6 Ng4 28. Nxa7 $16) 27. Nxg4 fxg4 28. Red1 (28. g3 $17) 28... Rxd1+ $19 29. Rxd1 Qxc5 30. Qe2 Qc4 31. Qe3 (31. Qd2 { was worth a try.}) 31... Qxa2 32. g3 b4 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 33. Qc5 $2 (33. Qb6 $19 Rf8 34. Rd8 Qa1+ 35. Kg2) 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 19. e3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe7 21. Rb1 $36 {White is more active.} Rac8 22. Rb3 Rc7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf4 Rd8 25. Rfb1 Rd5 26. Qh6 { Threatens to win with Rxb7!} Na5 (26... Rdd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Nxa5 $16 Rxa5 28. Rd1 (28. Rb4 $16 {Intending Rh4 and mate.} Rg5 29. Rh4) 28... Rxa4 $11 29. Rb6 Rg4 30. Rbd6 Rg8 (30... Rxc3 $2 31. Rd8+ Rg8 32. R1d7 Rxd8 33. Rxe7 $18 ) 31. e4 a5 32. h4 Rg6 33. Qf4 Kg7 $2 (33... Rxc3 $2 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. h5 $18) ( 33... h6 $1 $11) 34. Rd8 $2 (34. h5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rg5 35. Rd8 Rxh5 36. Ra8) 34... h5 $2 {[#]} ({But not} 34... Rxc3 $2 35. h5 Rc7 36. hxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 37. Re8 $3 $18) (34... e5 $16 35. Qf3 a4) 35. Ra8 $1 $18 Rg4 36. Qe3 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 38. Qc5 $1 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} ({Stronger than} 38. Rxa5 Qc6 $11) 38... f5 39. Qf8+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ ({Less strong is} 40. Rxa5 Rxe4 41. Qh6+ Ke7 $16) 40... Ke7 41. e5 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Qe1 b6 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nc3 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Rc4 21. Rxa6 Rh4 22. Ne4 Kh8 ({Much worse is} 22... Bxh3 $6 23. Bxh3 Rxh3 24. Be3 Nxd5 25. Qc4 $11) 23. c4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qc8 (24... Rxh3 25. Kg2 Qc8 26. Rxb6 $14) 25. Rxb6 {Hoping for Rb3.} Qxh3 26. f4 $1 exf4 27. Bf3 {Black must now prevent Qg2.} Rh6 (27... Bf6 $11 28. Rd1 Qg3+ 29. Qg2 {[#]} Bd4+ $1 30. Rxd4 Qe1+ 31. Qf1 Qg3+ 32. Qg2 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 Qg3+ 34. Qg2) 28. Rf2 (28. c5 $1 $14 Bf6 29. Rb4) 28... Bf6 $2 (28... Rg6+ $1 $11 29. Rg2 Bf6 ) 29. Qe4 $2 ({But not} 29. Rxd6 $2 Rg6+ 30. Bg2 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 31. Rxg2 f3 32. Rxf6 gxf6 $19) (29. Bg2 $18 Qh2+ 30. Kf1) 29... Rg6+ 30. Rg2 $1 Rg3 31. Rxd6 Rxf3 {[#]} 32. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. Qe8+) 33. Qe7 $1 Qh6 34. Bd2 $2 ( 34. Rg4 $11) 34... Ra8 {And now ...Rh3 would win.} 35. d6 {[#]} Re3 $1 { ( -> ...Ra1+)} 36. Bxe3 fxe3 $19 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Rg4 {[#]} Ra1+ $1 38. Kg2 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf4 Qh6+ 41. Ke4 Rxg4+ 42. Kd3 e2 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe2 e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. f3 Bc5 12. Be3 O-O { White has an edge.} 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Bd3 Nc7 15. b4 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qg5 18. O-O $36 {White has some pressure.} Ne6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qe3+ 21. Qf2 Qg5 $1 22. Qg3 Qe3+ 23. Qf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. O-O ({Much worse is} 10. Bxb5 Qa5 11. Rb1 cxd4 $17) 10... b4 11. cxb4 cxb4 (11... cxd4 $11 12. e5 Nc6) 12. Be3 Nd7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qb1 a5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 (16... Qxa8 $11 17. Qxb4 Bxe4 ) 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Qb3 {White wants to play Bd2.} e6 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qxa3 bxa3 21. Ra1 Nc5 $1 22. Rxa3 (22. Be2 $11) 22... Nxd3 $15 23. Rxd3 Bxe4 24. Ra3 f6 25. Ra6 Bd5 26. Rb6 Ra8 27. Kh2 g5 28. h4 h6 29. Rb2 Bf8 30. Rb6 Be7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Kg1 Kg6 34. Rc1 Ra2 35. Ne1 Kf5 36. Rc2 (36. Nd3 $142) 36... Ra3 ({Better is} 36... Rxc2 37. Nxc2 Bb3) 37. Rc1 $17 Bd6 38. Kf1 g4 39. Bd2 Ra2 40. Nc2 Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 41. Be3 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Ne1 Bxe1 44. Kxe1 Bxg2 $19 {Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Black should play} 44... Rxg2 45. Bf2 Kf5) 45. Bd2 {[#]} Kf5 $1 46. Rc3 (46. Rc8 $17) 46... Bd5 47. Rg3 Ra4 48. Be3 Ke4 49. Bf2 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 Bc4 52. Re3+ {[#]} Kf4 $1 53. Rc3 $2 (53. d5 Bxd5 54. Rd3) 53... Re2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Kd1 Rxf2 55. Rxc4 {KR-KR} Ke4 56. Ra4 Kd5 57. Ra6 Rf4 58. Ke2 Rxd4 59. Ke3 Re4+ 60. Kf3 f5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Idani, Pouya"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 12. Bg2 Rxe1+ 13. Nxe1 Nce7 14. Nd3 c6 15. Bf4 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Ne1 Re8 20. Ng2 Bh3 21. Ne3 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Qb6 23. b3 Nf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Huzman, Alexander"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 1567 Games} Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qb4 d5 14. Rfc1 a5 15. Qa3 Rc8 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 b6 18. e3 Ba8 19. Rcb1 Rc7 20. Bf1 Ra7 21. Bb5 Qb8 22. Ne1 Rc8 23. Nd3 Bc6 24. Nf3 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qa8 26. Rxa7 (26. Qb2 $1 $16) 26... Qxa7 $11 27. Nfe5 Nb8 (27... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Nxe5 Ne4) 28. Qb2 $16 Nfd7 29. Ra1 $36 {White has strong initiative.} Qc7 30. Rc1 Qb7 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qa3 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 {Threatens to win with Qa7.} f6 34. Nd3 {Black must now prevent Qd6.} Qc2 $2 {[#]} (34... Kf7 $16) 35. Qe7 $1 $18 g5 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ ({Not} 37. Qxd5 Qd1+ 38. Ne1 Qxe1+ 39. Kg2 Qb1 $18) 37... Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxb8 { Qb7+ is the strong threat.} Qxd3 {Endgame [#] KQ-KQ} 40. Qb7+ $1 (40. Qxb6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. f3 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 40... Kg6 41. Qxd5 ({Stronger than} 41. Qxb6 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Qb1+ 46. Kg2 $11) 41... h5 42. h3 g4 (42... Qf5 $142 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kg7) 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Kg2 f5 45. Qc6+ Kg5 46. Qd5 Kg6 $1 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48. Qe5 ({And not} 48. Qxb6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qc2 $11) 48... Kg6 49. Qd6+ $2 (49. Qe6+ $18 Kg5 50. Qxb6 Qe4+ 51. Kh2) 49... Kg5 $2 (49... Kh5 $11) 50. Qf4+ (50. Qxb6 $142 Qe4+ 51. Kh2) 50... Kg6 {[#]} 51. e4 $1 Qxb5 (51... Qxe4+ 52. Qxe4) 52. Qd6+ Kh5 53. exf5 Qxf5 54. Qxb6 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Qc5+ Kg6 58. Qe5 Qf3 59. Qf4 Qd1 60. Kg2 Kg7 61. Qe4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2429"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 Qb4 11. Bf1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. a3 { White is slightly better.} Qb6 14. Be3 {aiming for Ndb5.} Qc7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bg2 a4 18. f4 Ra5 19. Bf2 Nfd7 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Qc2 Nfd7 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Nb1 Ra5 26. Nd2 Bg7 27. N2f3 Ncd7 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. e5 ({White should try} 29. g4 $14) 29... dxe5 $11 30. Nxe5 Ne6 (30... Bxe5 $11 31. Rxe5 Rexe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5) 31. Qd2 Nd7 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 {[#]} (32... fxe6 $16 33. Nd3 Rd8) 33. Rcd1 $2 ({White must play} 33. Nxd7 $1 $18 Bxd7 34. Rcd1) 33... Bxe5 34. fxe5 Raxe5 ({Don't capture} 34... Rexe5 $2 35. Bd4 Re6 36. Bc3 $18) 35. Bd4 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Qd6 {And now ...Rxe1 would win.} 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Qe3 e5 39. Bc3 Qe6 40. Qg5 {next Qd8+ is good for White. White has compensation.} Qe8 41. Bf3 Qf8 {The position is equal.} 42. Kg2 Qe8 43. h4 Kg7 44. Bg4 Kg8 45. h5 Kf7 46. Qe3 Kg8 47. Bd1 Qe6 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Bxa4 Qxc4 50. Bc2 Kh7 51. Qf3 Qe6 52. Qh5+ Kg7 53. Qg5 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Qe6 55. Bd2 Nf8 56. Qh6+ Kg8 $1 57. Bb4 Qf6 58. Qxf8+ Qxf8 59. Bxf8 Kxf8 60. Bxg6 {Endgame KB-KB} c5 61. Kg2 b5 62. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Ke4.} Ke7 63. g4 Kf6 $1 64. Be8 b4 65. a4 c4 66. Bb5 c3 67. bxc3 $1 bxc3 68. Bd3 e4+ 69. Kxe4 {Hoping for Kf4.} Bxg4 70. a5 Bf5+ 71. Kd4 {White wants to mate with Bxf5.} c2 {[#]} 72. Bxc2 $1 Bxc2 { KB-KP} 73. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Ba4 74. Kd5 {Intending a7 and mate.} Bb5 75. a7 Bf1 $1 76. a8=Q {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Bg2+ 77. Kd6 Bxa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Black "Bindrich, Falko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 Nb6 { White has an edge.} 13. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Bg4 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Bxf3 $1 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bc1 h6 19. Bg2 Qc5 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Qc2 Nc4 {[#] And now ...Rxd1 would win.} 22. Bc1 ({Of course not} 22. Bxa7 Nxb2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 22... Na3 23. Qe2 Nc4 24. Qc2 {[#]} Na3 $1 25. Qe2 (25. bxa3 Qxc3) 25... Nc4 26. Qc2 Na3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Black "Rozum, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nec6 8. Be3 { LiveBook: 14 Games} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Bb5 Nec6 $1 13. c4 {[#] And now cxd5 would win.} Be7 14. cxd5 exd5 ({But not} 14... Qxd5 $2 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rbc1 $18) 15. Rbc1 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc6 Qe6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Bd4 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} Rc8 {[#] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 25. g3 Rc2 (25... Rc1+ $5 26. Kg2 $8 Rc2 $11) 26. Rxd5 Rxb2 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. h4 g6 { The position is equal.} 29. Kg2 h5 30. Kf3 Re7 31. Kf4 f6 32. f3 Kg7 33. a4 Kh6 34. g4 hxg4 $1 35. fxg4 Rb7 36. Ra6 Rb4+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. g4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 9. Ng3 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 {The position is equal.} ({ Reject} 10... gxh5 $6 11. Rg1 $16) 11. Nxh5 Rxh5 ({But not} 11... gxh5 $6 12. Rg1 Bf6 13. Bg5 $16) 12. Qf2 (12. b3 $11) 12... Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. c3 a3 16. b3 ({Don't capture} 16. bxa3 $2 Qa5 17. Rd2 Qxa3+ 18. Rb2 Qxc3+ 19. Rc2 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Rb1 $19) 16... Be6 17. Kc2 $2 {[#]} (17. Qc2 $1 $15) 17... a5 $1 $19 18. Rb1 {[#]} (18. Ra1 $142) 18... a4 $1 19. Bc4 {Black should prevent Bxe6.} (19. bxa4 Bxa2) 19... d5 20. Bd3 (20. Be2 $142 axb3+ 21. Rxb3) 20... axb3+ 21. Rxb3 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bxb3+ 23. axb3 e6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. b4 $2 (25. h4) 25... a2 26. Kb3 Ra8 27. Ra1 Qa7 {aiming for ...Qa4+.Black is clearly winning.} 28. Bc4 {[#]} c5 $1 29. e5 (29. Rxa2 $142 Qxa2+ 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Kxa2 Rxh2+ 32. Kb1 cxd4 33. Bb5+ Kf8 34. Bf4) (29. bxc5 Qa4+) 29... Qa3+ 30. Kc2 cxb4 31. Bb3 bxc3 {Threatens to win with ...Qb2+.} 32. Bc1 Qb4 {Hoping for ...Rb8.} 33. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 34. Bxa2 Bh6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {??.} d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Bg6 13. O-O a5 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bc7 Nfd7 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Bg3 Re8 18. a3 Bf8 19. Bf1 a4 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ndxe4 Re6 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Nc4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 b5 26. Be2 b4 27. axb4 Bxb4 {[#] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 28. Rc1 a3 29. bxa3 $1 Rxa3 30. Nd1 Be4 31. Bf4 Nb6 32. Ne3 Bd2 33. Rd1 Ra2 {White must now prevent .. .Bxe3.} 34. Bf1 h6 35. f3 Bg6 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Bxd2 Ra4 38. Be1 Ne3 39. Rc1 Nxf1 40. Kxf1 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd3+ 41. Kg1 Bc4 42. Bf2 Bd5 43. h4 Ra2 44. Re1 f6 45. Re7 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Re3 Kf7 48. g4 Rd2 49. Ra3 { [#]} f5 $1 50. gxf5 Kf6 51. Re3 Ra2 52. Bg3 Kxf5 53. Be5 Rc2 54. Bd6 Rd2 55. Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2561"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} a6 8. a4 Nf8 9. h4 {White is slightly better.} h5 10. f3 Rb8 11. Nh3 Bd7 12. g3 Qc8 13. Nf2 Bd8 14. a5 Bc7 15. f4 (15. Qb3 $16) 15... exf4 $14 16. gxf4 Ng6 17. Nd3 Ng4 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. f5 {Strongly threatening Bxg4.} N6e5 $1 ({ Not} 19... Nxh4 $2 20. Bg5 Ng2+ 21. Kd1 N4e3+ 22. Bxe3 $18) ({Of course not} 19... Nxe3 $6 20. Qxe3 Ne7 21. Nf4 $16) 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd1 Qe7 22. Nf2 g6 $1 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. O-O $36 {Qc3 is the strong threat. White is pushing.} Qxh4 27. Bf2 Qe7 $1 {White must now prevent ...0-0.} 28. Bg3 {aiming for e5!} Kd7 $2 {[#]} (28... h4 $14 29. Bxd6 Bxd6) 29. Nxc5+ $1 $18 dxc5 $2 {[#]} (29... Kc8 30. e5 dxc5) 30. d6 $1 Bxd6 {[#]} 31. Rf7 $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Golubov, Saveliy"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 f5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bxc5 11. O-O b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Na4 d6 {The position is equal.} 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Qc3 e5 $1 $36 {Black has strong initiative.} 18. dxe5 dxe5 ({But not} 18... Nxe5 $6 19. f4 Qg6 20. Qg3 $11) 19. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (19. Qh3 $17 {was necessary.}) 19... Nd4 $1 $19 20. Bxb7 {Threatens to win with Qd3.} Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Rad8 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rd2 e4 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rde2 Re5 27. a4 Qe7 28. f4 {[#]} Re6 $1 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Nd5 h5 31. Re3 Rd6 32. Rh3 Qf7 33. Rb3 Qd7 34. Rh3 Rh6 35. b3 Qd6 36. Rd1 Qa3 37. Re1 Kg8 38. Rc3 Kf7 39. Rec1 Rd6 40. h4 a6 41. Kh2 { [#]} b5 $1 42. axb5 axb5 43. b4 Qa7 44. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (44. cxb5 Qf2 45. R1c2 Qxh4+ 46. Rh3) 44... Rd3 $1 {Hoping for ... Qxe3.Black is clearly winning.} 45. c5 g6 46. Rxd3 exd3 47. Rc3 d2 48. Rd3 Qe7 49. c6 Qxh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Kf1 Be7 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Be3 $18) 13. a3 Na5 {The position is equal.} ({Wrong is} 13... Nxd4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14. Rb1 Bb5 15. b3 Rc8 {aiming for ...Rc3.} 16. a4 Bxd3+ 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 20. axb5 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Kd7 22. Ke2 $1 Kc7 23. b4 Nc4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 $15 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Kd2 Kb6 26. Kc3 Rhd8 27. f4 Rd5 28. f5 exf5 29. Rbf1 Rcd8 ({Better is} 29... Kxb5 $17 {Threatening ...Rcd8. } 30. Rh5 g6 31. Rxh6 Rc7) 30. Rxf5 (30. Rf4 $11) 30... Rxd4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rd3+.} 31. Rh4 R4d7 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 32. Rhf4 {[#]} Rc8 (32... Rc7 $1 $17 {...Rd3+ is the strong threat.} 33. Rxf7 Rd3+ 34. Kc2 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Rxg3) 33. Rxc4 (33. Rxf7 $15 Rd3+ 34. Kc2) 33... Rdc7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7+ $19 {KR-KR} 35. Kb3 (35. Kd4 $17) 35... g6 36. Rf6+ Kxb5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Rc6 39. Re7 Kb6 40. g4 {[#]} (40. Re1 {keeps fighting.}) 40... g5 $1 41. Rh7 a6 42. Ka4 Ka7 43. b5 Rc4+ 44. Ka5 (44. Kb3 $142 axb5 45. Rxh6) 44... Rc5 45. Rxh6 Rxb5+ 46. Ka4 Rd5 47. g3 Rd4+ 48. Ka5 b6+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Debashis, Das"] [Black "Sethuraman, S P."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. e3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. b4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxc4 Nd5 17. Rab1 g5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b6 21. fxg5 Qxe5 (21... Qxg5+ 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. Qc3) 22. gxh6 Rd6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 f4 25. f3 Rxh6 26. Rf2 Re6 27. Rg2+ Kh7 28. Kf2 Bh5 29. Rg5 Kh6 30. Rbg1 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Rg8 Ree8 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rc1 Be8 $1 35. Rc5 Kg5 36. Rxa5 {[#] Hoping for Ra8.} Rh8 37. Kg2 {And now Ra8 would win.} Bg6 38. Ra3 Re8 39. Kf2 Rh8 40. Kg2 Re8 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2604"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Na5 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3 f6 {LiveBook: 42 Games} 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qe2 g6 {White is slightly better.} 11. c4 b4 12. Rd1 (12. c5 $16) 12... Qe7 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Nbd2 Nf6 16. Nc4 {Hoping for Na5.} Bg7 (16... Nxe4 $2 17. Na5 (17. Ncxe5 Qe6 $11) 17... Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Nxb7 $18) 17. Ncxe5 (17. Ng5 $16) 17... Qe6 $1 $14 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Rd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 $18) 18. Nd3 Nxe4 19. Nf4 Qe7 $1 (19... Qxb3 $2 20. Rd3 Qf7 21. Ng5 $18) 20. Re1 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} O-O 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ne6 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rfe8 23. Neg5 h6 $2 (23... Nxg5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 24. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe7 ) 24. Nxe4 $1 $18 Bxe4 {[#]} 25. Nd2 $1 (25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Qd7 $15) 25... Bd5 26. Rxe7 Bxc4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. bxc4 (28. Nxc4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Kg8 $18) 28... Re1+ {[#]} 29. Kh2 $1 Be5+ 30. g3 Re2 31. Kg1 (31. Rxa6 Rxf2+ 32. Kh1 Kh7 $18) 31... Bd4 32. Nf3 ({Stronger than} 32. Rxa6 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rxc1 $11) 32... Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Bf4 ({Weaker is} 34. Rxa6 Bxg3 35. Be3 Kh7 $18) 34... Kh7 35. Rd1 ({But not} 35. Bxc7 Be3 36. Ne5 Bd4 37. Rxa6 Rxb2 $18) 35... g5 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Rd2 Rxd2 $2 (37... b3 38. Kxf2 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf6) 38. Nxd2 Bd4 39. Bxc7 Bxb2 40. g4 Bd4 41. Nb3 Be3 42. Ke2 Bg1 43. Bd6 h5 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. Nxc5 hxg4 46. hxg4 {White mates.} a5 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Lomasov, Semen"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 O-O 7. d3 { LiveBook: 5 Games} c6 8. d4 b5 9. Nf3 {The position is equal.} a5 {[#] ...a4 is the strong threat.} 10. a3 Ba6 (10... a4 $5 11. Ba2 $8 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 $11 ) 11. O-O Nc8 12. Ne4 d5 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Qf4 Bd6 $36 {White is under pressure.} 15. Qg4 {[#] And now Nh5 would win.} Nf6 16. Qh4 (16. Qg5 $11) 16... Ne7 $15 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qh4 a4 20. Ba2 f6 21. c3 Nf5 22. Qg4 Bc8 {aiming for . ..Ng3.} 23. Qe4 {Hoping for Bxd5+!} Ra7 24. Qd3 Re7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Re8 27. Bd2 Qc7 28. g3 {Black is slightly better.} Ng7 29. Ng2 Bf5 30. Qf1 Bh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2423"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Nbc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. a4 Qb4 15. Nb5 Bf6 {[#]} (15... Nc4 $11 16. Bxc4 Qxc4) 16. g4 $1 $36 {White is in control.} Na5 17. Ra3 ({Inferior is} 17. gxf5 Qxb3 18. Qxb3 Nxb3 $15) 17... Nac4 18. Bxc4 $1 Nxc4 19. gxf5 {aiming for Rb3.} Nxa3 20. bxa3 Qc4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nbc3 (22. Nxa7 $16 O-O 23. Nb5) 22... O-O $14 23. Qb1 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxb7 Rd3 26. Qe4 Rxc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxe6+ $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh8 29. Qe7 {[#]} Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Qc7 Re8 32. Qf7 Qxa4 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Qe7 h6 35. Rg4 Qb3 36. Kg2 a6 37. Rf4 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 Qb8 39. Rg4 a5 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Rc8 42. a4 Qc3 43. Rf4 Qc6 44. Kg3 Qa8 45. Rg4 Qb8+ 46. Kh3 Qb2 47. Rf4 Qb8 48. Rg4 Rg8 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qc3 51. Kg3 Qa1 52. Rf4 Qd1 (52... Qg1+ $5 53. Kh3 $8 Qh1 $11) 53. Rg4 Qb3 (53... Qg1+ $5 54. Kh3 $8 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qf2 $11) 54. Kg2 Qb1 55. Kg3 Qf5 56. Rf4 Qg6+ 57. Rg4 Qb6 58. Kh3 Qb2 59. Rf4 Qb3 60. Kg2 Qd5 61. Kg3 Qc6 62. Rg4 Qc8 63. Kg2 Qc3 64. Kg3 Rb8 65. Rf4 Qc8 66. Rf7 Qg8 67. Rf5 Re8 68. Qf7 Qxf7 69. Rxf7 Re5 70. Rb7 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rg5+ 71. Kf2 Rh5 72. Kg3 {Hoping for Rb5.} Rg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 {LiveBook: 69 Games. With the idea Nd4.} Rh6 14. dxe6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Bxe5 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Nd2 $1 18. Bg3 $1 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 {Strongly threatening c5.} Rxe6 20. Bxc7 Rc8 {[#]} 21. Bg3 $1 Qf6 22. Rd1 g5 (22... h6 $16) 23. Rd7 $18 Be4 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Rd4 Bc6 (25... g4 $142 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 h5) 26. c5 b5 27. h4 h6 28. Rd6 Re6 29. Qa2 Kf7 30. Rxc6 (30. h5 $142) 30... Rcxc6 31. Bxb5 Rc8 32. Bc4 Rce8 {intending ...f4.} 33. Bd6 (33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 34. Qc2 Kg6 $18) 33... Kg6 $2 (33... gxh4 $6 34. Kh2 $18 (34. Bxe6+ Qxe6 35. Qe2 Rg8 $18)) (33... f4 34. exf4 gxf4) 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 {Endgame KQR-KQB} 35. b5 Re8 ({But not} 35... gxh4 36. Bf4 $18) ({Of course not} 35... Rxd6 36. cxd6 Qxd6 37. Qg8+ Kf6 38. Qh7 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 $18) 36. Qd5 Qa1+ ({Much weaker is } 36... gxh4 37. b6 axb6 38. cxb6) (36... Re6 $142 37. Bc7 gxh4) 37. Kh2 Qxa3 { [#]} 38. h5+ $1 Kf6 (38... Kxh5 39. Qf7+) 39. b6 axb6 40. cxb6 {White mates.} Qb2 41. b7 Qxf2 42. Qd4+ Kf7 43. b8=Q Rxb8 44. Bxb8 f4 45. Qd5+ Kf6 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qf5+ Ke7 48. exf4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} d5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 {White has an edge.} ({ But not} 11. Qxc3 c5 12. Qe3 dxc4 $17) 11... Nd7 ({Don't take} 11... dxc4 $2 { [#]} 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 $16) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3 Rfd8 17. bxc5 Rac8 18. Qa4 Nxc5 19. Qxa7 Rc6 20. Rab1 { Strongly threatening Rfc1.} Qd6 21. Qa3 d4 22. Bg2 (22. Qb4 $16) 22... Ra6 $11 23. Qb2 Bxf3 (23... Be4 $11) 24. Bxf3 $14 Na4 25. Qd2 Nc3 26. Rb2 g6 27. Rc1 Ra3 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rcc2 Qe6 30. Qg5 Rc8 31. Qf4 Ra4 32. Qd2 Rc5 33. h4 h6 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Rb7 Qe6 36. e3 Qf6 (36... Qc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 37. Qxc4 Raxc4 ) 37. Rd7 dxe3 38. Qxe3 Rac4 39. Rcd2 ({Better is} 39. a4 $1 $18) 39... Re5 $2 {[#]} (39... Qe5 $16) 40. Qd3 (40. Qa7 $1 $18) 40... Rcc5 {[#]} (40... Rec5 $16 41. Rd8 Nb5) 41. Rb2 $1 $18 Nb5 42. a4 Rc3 43. Qd1 ({Worse is} 43. axb5 Rxd3 44. Rxd3 Rf5 $11) 43... Rf5 $2 (43... Rxf3 {is a better chance.} 44. Qxf3 Rf5) 44. axb5 Rfxf3 45. Qd4 Kf8 $2 (45... Rb3 46. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 46. Qxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf6 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 47. b6 Rc8 48. b7 Rb8 49. Rc7 (49. Rc2 $142 Rxb7 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Rxb7) 49... Re6 50. Rc8+ Re8 51. Rxb8 Rxb8 {KR-KR} 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 h5 55. Ke4 f6 56. Rb6+ Kc5 57. Rxf6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 {??.} g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} 11. Nh3 $1 Re8 12. Ng5 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} h6 13. h4 Na6 (13... hxg5 $2 14. hxg5+ Nh5 15. Bf7 $18) (13... Nc6 $16 {was called for.}) 14. O-O-O $18 Nh5 (14... hxg5 $2 15. hxg5+ Nh5 16. Bf7 $18) 15. Bf7 Rf8 16. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Ne7.} Ng3 {[#]} 17. Ne7 $1 (17. Bxg6 $6 c6 $18) 17... Bf6 18. Nxg6+ Kg7 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 (19... Nxh1 {keeps fighting.} 20. Nfh7 Nf2) 20. Bc4 Nxh1 (20... hxg5 $2 {[#]} 21. hxg5 $1 Be6 22. Bxe6 $18) 21. Nh7+ (21. Rxh1 hxg5 22. hxg5 Bxg5 $11) 21... Kg7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Rxh1 Be6 24. Be2 Rg8 {[#]} 25. g4 $1 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (25... fxg4 $16 26. fxg4 Nc5 27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Bxe5 Bxg4) 26. g5+ $1 hxg5 27. hxg5+ Rxg5 {[#]} 28. Bxe5+ $1 Kg6 (28... Kxe5 29. f4+) 29. f4 (29. Bxc7 Rg2 $18) 29... Bd5 ( 29... Nxa2+ $2 30. Kb2 Bd5 31. Rh8 $18 (31. Bxc7 Bxh1 32. fxg5 Nb4 $16)) 30. Rh3 ({Less strong is} 30. Bxc7 Rg2 31. Bh5+ Kf6 $16) 30... Rg1+ ({Don't go for } 30... Nxa2+ $2 31. Kb2 Nc1 32. Kxc1 $18) 31. Kb2 {Intending Bh5+ and mate.} Rh1 32. Rxh1 Bxh1 33. Bxc7 Be4 34. Ba5 Nc6 ({Much worse is} 34... Nxc2 35. Bd2 $18) 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Bd4 Ke6 37. c4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 17 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Be2 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Qa2 Na5 18. Rfd1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc5 20. Qb5 Nab3 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. c4 Ra5 23. Qb2 Ra4 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. Rd4 h6 26. Nf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Adhiban, B."] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6 Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nh6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nc3 g6 13. Ne2 Nf5 14. Nf4 Bh6 15. Nh3 Bg7 16. Nhg5+ Kg8 17. Ne6 Bf6 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Neg5+ Kg8 20. Be5 Nh6 21. O-O Nf7 22. Rae1 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 26. Rfe1 Rhe8 $1 27. R1e3 a5 {The position is equal.} 28. Rf3+ Kg7 29. Rfe3 Kf7 30. Rf3+ Kg7 31. Kf1 Ra6 32. a3 a4 33. Rfe3 Kf7 34. Rf3+ Kg7 35. Rfe3 Kf7 36. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 17 Games} b5 12. a3 Rc8 13. O-O { The position is equal.} O-O 14. b3 Nh7 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. f4 ({ Better is} 17. f3 $1 $14) 17... a5 $11 18. fxe5 (18. Qe1 $11 Qe8 19. f5) 18... dxe5 $17 19. Qe1 (19. Qc1 $142 Qe8 20. Bg5) 19... Ncd7 $36 {Keeping White busy. } 20. Rd2 b4 21. Na4 (21. axb4 $17 {was called for.} Bxb4 22. Rd3) 21... bxa3 $19 22. c4 (22. Kh2 {was worth a try.}) 22... Rb8 23. Qd1 Qc8 24. Nec3 {[#]} Nc5 $1 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27. Nb5 {[#]} (27. Ra2 {is a better defense.} ) 27... Rxb5 $1 28. cxb5 Qb8 29. b6 Bxb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Qc1 Qb4 32. Ra2 a4 33. Qxa3 Qxa3 34. Rxa3 axb3 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rb2 ({White should play} 36. Ra5) 36... Rb4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra5 Nd7 39. Bf1 g6 (39... Kh6 $142 40. h4 Rxe4) 40. Rb5 $2 (40. Ba6 $17) 40... Rxe4 41. Rd2 (41. Bg2 $142 Rd4 42. Bc6) 41... Re3 42. Rd6 Kh6 43. Rxe6 fxe6 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Bc4 Rc3 45. Bxb3 Nc5 46. Bd1 Rc1 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Be2 Rc2 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Rb4 Ra2 51. Bc4 $2 (51. h4) 51... Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Rb5 Ne4 54. Rb3 (54. Rb4 $142 Rxg3+ 55. Kh2) 54... Rxb3 55. Bxb3 {KB-KN} Nc3 56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd2 Nb5 59. Ba4 Nd6 60. Bd7 g5 61. h4 g4 {Black mates.} 62. Ke2 Nf5 63. Kf2 e3+ 64. Kg2 e2 65. Kf2 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 66. Be8 (66. Kxg3 e1=Q+) 66... Kd4 67. Bg6 e5 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Bxh5 Nf5 70. Bxg4 Nd4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. b3 { LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe4 15. Qd2 Rg8 16. Rg1 {The position is equal.} Bd6 {[#]} ( 16... Rd8 $11) 17. Bc4 $1 $16 Qg4 18. h3 Qg7 19. d5 e5 20. g4 $1 $36 {White is really pushing.} f4 21. Nh4 Qf6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Bd3 (23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c3 bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nc5 $14) 23... h6 24. Be4 ({Don't play} 24. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 25. Rge1 Nf6 $14) 24... Rd8 25. f3 (25. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 26. Bf3 Nf6 $11) 25... Rg5 (25... Bc8 $16) 26. Qf2 ({Less strong is} 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. c4 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Kg8 $14) 26... Rxf5 (26... Bc8 $16 27. h4 Rg8) 27. Bxf5 $18 ({But not} 27. gxf5 $6 Ra8 28. Rg2 Qh8 $18) 27... Qe7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. h4 Kg7 30. g5 h5 31. Rge1 Rd8 32. c4 c5 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Qe2 e4 35. fxe4 {And now Nb6 would win.} Re8 $2 (35... Be5 {is a better defense.} 36. Rd5 Re8 37. Qxh5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Qd7) 36. Nb6 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Nd5 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 {Endgame KRN-KB} Kg6 40. Kc2 Bxd5 41. cxd5 {KR-KB} Kf5 42. Kd3 f3 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Rf1 Bc5+ 45. Ke4 f2 46. Ke5 Kxh4 47. Kf4 {[#]} Kh3 {...Kg2 is the strong threat.} 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Kg2 Kxg5 50. Rc1 Bd6 (50... Be3 $142 51. d6 h4) 51. Kxf2 Kf5 52. Rh1 Kg4 53. Rg1+ Kf4 { Threatens to win with ...Bc5+.} 54. Rg7 f5 $2 (54... Ke4 55. Rxf7 Kxd5 56. Rf5+ Be5) 55. Rh7 Ke4 56. Rxh5 f4 $2 (56... Bc5+ 57. Kg2 a5) 57. Rh6 {White is clearly winning.} Bc5+ 58. Kf1 Kxd5 59. Ke2 a5 60. Rh5+ Kd4 61. Kf3 Bb6 62. Rb5 Bc7 63. Rb7 Be5 64. Ra7 Kc3 65. Rxa5 Bb8 66. Ra8 Bd6 67. Rd8 Be5 68. Ke4 Bg7 69. Kxf4 Kb2 70. Ra8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 {??.} Nc6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bg3 Nge7 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. a4 h5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Nf4 15. Rfe1 h4 16. Bf1 f6 17. c4 Kf7 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 dxc4 ( 20... g5 $15 21. cxd5 exd5) 21. Nxc4 (21. Bxc4 $11 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg6 25. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 26. Nxe4 (26. Rxe4 Ng5 27. Re2 Rbc8 $11)) 21... Qd5 $15 22. Ncd2 {White wants to play Bc4.} Qxb3 23. Nxb3 g5 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25. Bc4 Nb4 26. Nc5 Nd5 27. Bb3 Rd6 28. Nd2 b6 29. Nce4 Rd7 30. Rc6 Rbd8 31. Nc3 {aiming for Nxd5.} Ndf4+ 32. gxf4 Nxf4+ 33. Kg1 Rxd4 34. Nde4 Rb4 35. Bc4 Rxb2 {And now ...Rg2+ would win.} 36. Rd6 $2 (36. Nd6+ $11 Kg6 37. Ne2 (37. Nxf5 exf5 38. Bf1 Rh8 $17)) 36... Rg2+ $1 $19 37. Kf1 Rh8 $1 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Rxh2 40. Nde4 Bh3+ 41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. Kg1 (43. Nd6+ {is a better defense.} Ke7 44. Ncb5) 43... Bg2 (43... Kg6 $19 44. Re3 e5) 44. Bb3 $17 Rb2 45. Nd6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kd7 47. Rd1+ Ke8 48. Nd6+ Kf8 49. Rb1 Rxb1+ 50. Nxb1 f5 51. Nc3 Ke7 52. Nc8+ Kf6 53. Nxa7 Bb7 54. Nab5 g4 {Black has strong compensation.} 55. Nd6 Bc6 {Threatens to win with ...g3.} 56. Kf2 Ke5 ({ Black should try} 56... Nd3+ $17 57. Kf1 g3) 57. Nc8 (57. Nf7+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf6 58. Nd8) 57... Nd3+ 58. Kg3 $2 (58. Kg1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 58... Bf3 $19 59. Nxb6 $2 (59. Kh2 f4 60. Kg1) 59... f4+ 60. Kh4 g3 {Hoping for ...g2.} 61. Nc4+ Kd4 62. Nd2 Ne5 (62... Ne1 $142 63. Nxf3+ Nxf3+ 64. Kg4 Ne5+ 65. Kh3 Kxc3 66. Bxe6 Kb4) 63. Nxf3+ Nxf3+ 64. Kh3 Kxc3 {Endgame KB-KN} 65. a5 Ne1 $1 66. Bxe6 g2 {Black mates.} 67. Kh2 {[#]} Kd4 $1 68. a6 f3 69. Bh3 Ke3 70. Bxg2 fxg2 71. Kg1 {[#]} Kf3 $1 72. a7 Kg3 73. a8=B Nf3+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2598"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 {[#] LiveBook: 41 Games} Nxe4 $1 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 12. Bd5 $1 {[#]} (12. Rxe4 $2 d5 13. Rxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 $17 ) 12... Nxf2 $1 13. Kxf2 Nxa5 $1 14. cxb4 c6 15. Ba2 Rxb4 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Kg1 d5 18. Bd2 {Black must now prevent Rxe7.} (18. Nxd4 $2 Qb6 19. Be3 Bc5 $19) 18... Be6 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Nxd4 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qb6 22. Qf2 c5 $1 23. Nf3 ({Much weaker is} 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe1 Nb7 $17) 23... Rb8 24. Nc3 c4 25. Nd4 Qxb2 {The position is equal.} 26. Rb1 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 ({Of course not} 28. Nxb1 g6 29. Nd2 Kf8 $17) 28... g6 29. Na2 Nb7 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Nc6 Ke8 32. Kd4 Kd7 $1 33. Ncb4 Kd6 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 34. Nc3 ({Don't go for} 34. Nxa6 $2 Na5 35. Ke3 Nb3 $19) 34... Nd8 35. Bc2 Bh3 {Strongly threatening ...Ne6+.} 36. Nbxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nh4 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 137 Games} 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 g5 { The position is equal.} 13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O 15. f3 Ne8 16. Kc2 Nc7 17. Ra1 a6 18. Nd1 (18. Raf1 $11) 18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nf2 Ne5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Rh4 23. Bf1 dxc4 24. bxc4 (24. Bxc4 Rdh8 $15) 24... e5 (24... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Bd3 $16 Rdh8 26. b4 $36 {White is more active.} Bd6 27. Bf1 e4 28. Be1 ({Don't play} 28. fxe4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 Rxh1 $11) 28... exf3 {[#] aiming for ...Rxg4!} 29. Bxh4 gxh4 30. c5 Bg3 31. Bc4 Re8 32. Kd3 ({ But not} 32. Bxf7 $6 Rxe3 33. Kd2 Bf4 $11) 32... Ne6 33. Bd5 f2 (33... Rd8 $16 34. Kc4 f2) 34. c6 $18 b6 35. Bxe6+ $1 Rxe6 {Endgame KRR-KRB} 36. Rhc1 Kc7 {[#] } 37. b5 $1 ({Don't do} 37. Rxa6 $6 Rxc6 38. Ra7+ Kb8 $16) 37... a5 38. Ke2 Re5 39. Rab1 Re7 $2 (39... g6 40. Rc4 f5) 40. Rc4 Bd6 $2 (40... Kc8 41. Rd4 Re5) 41. Kxf2 Bc5 42. Rb3 f6 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rd3 Be5 45. Rc2 Bd6 46. Rcd2 Re6 47. Rd4 g6 48. e4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Cordova, Emilio"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 d5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Nf1 Nb8 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Bf8 20. h4 Bg7 21. Rac1 h6 22. Bxd6 hxg5 (22... Qxd6 $11 { remains equal.} 23. Nxf7 Kxf7) 23. hxg5 $16 Ng4 24. Bf4 {aiming for Bxg6!} Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 e5 27. dxe5 {And now f3 would win.} d4 (27... b5 $1 $14) 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 {Black must now prevent Rc4.} Qd5 30. Rc4 $36 {Strongly threatening f3. White is really pushing.} Rd8 31. Bg3 b5 {[#]} 32. Rc1 $1 ({ And not} 32. Rcxd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxb5 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Ra1 $11) ({Not} 32. Rexd4 bxc4 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Bxc4 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Ra1 $11) 32... Qb3 {[#]} (32... Qe6 $16) 33. Be2 $1 $18 ({Stronger than} 33. Bxb5 d3 34. e6 d2 $17) 33... Ne3 $2 (33... Qb2 34. Rd1 Ne3 35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Rxd8+ Kh7) 34. fxe3 {White is clearly winning.} d3 35. Bf3 Qxa3 36. Rd1 a5 (36... Qb3 $142 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Kf8) 37. e6 axb4 38. e7 Re8 39. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Nf5 9. d3 c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. a4 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. a5 Rd6 {...Rg6 is the strong threat.} 20. axb6 axb6 {White must now prevent ...Rg6.} (20... Rg6 $5 21. g3 $8 axb6 $11) 21. Ra7 Qe6 22. Qa4 Rfd8 23. Ra8 h6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc2 Rd6 26. f3 f5 27. Kf1 Qd7 28. Ke2 Bg5 29. Bf2 Bf4 30. h3 Qd8 31. Qb3 Qg5 32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 {[#]} h5 ( 33... Qf6 $1 $17) 34. gxh5 {The position is equal.} Qxh5 35. Qa4 $1 Rd8 36. Qc6 {[#]} e4 $1 {( -> ...exf3+)} 37. Qe6+ (37. Qxe4 Re8) 37... Kh8 38. dxe4 Rxd1 39. Kxd1 {Threatens to win with Ke2.} Qxf3+ 40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Qc8+.} Qh5+ 42. Ke1 Be5 43. Qf5 Qe8 44. b3 g6 45. Qh3+ Kg7 46. Ke2 Bf6 47. Qg4 b5 48. Bxc5 bxc4 49. bxc4 Qc6 50. e5 Qxc5 51. exf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 11. a3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Ne5 c5 ({Better is} 13... Bd6 $15) 14. O-O Be6 15. dxc5 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Rfe1 Qxc5 ({Don't go for} 17... Bxc5 $2 18. Nb5 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 $18) 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Na2 (21. Nf3 $11) 21... Qd8 22. Nc4 Bf8 23. Nc3 Rc7 24. Nb5 Re7 25. Ne3 a5 26. bxa5 (26. Rcd1 $11) 26... Qxa5 $17 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Bf1 Bd5 29. Qf4 Re4 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Bc6 {[#] Threatens to win with ... Nd5.} 32. Na7 Rd7 33. Rc8 Ba4 34. Bb5 Rd2 35. Bxa4 Rxa4 36. Nb5 Rd7 37. Nc4 { [#] Black must now prevent Nb6.The position is equal.} Ra6 $1 38. Ne5 Re7 39. f4 Ra5 40. Nd6 Rxa3 41. Rec1 g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Idani, Pouya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {??.} Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 14. fxe4 Be6 15. Be2 O-O 16. Rdd1 a5 17. Bd4 a4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 Ra5 20. e5 Rc5 21. Rhe1 Rb8 22. c3 Rbb5 23. Rd4 Bb3 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc3 Bf6 (14... Qc7 $14) 15. Bb4 $1 $16 b5 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qxb5 $18) 16. Qxb5 ({White should try} 16. Qa3 $1 $16) 16... Qb8 ({Wrong is} 16... Bxb2 $2 17. Rab1 (17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Ba3 a6 $18) 17... Rb8 18. Qa4 $18) (16... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. Qa4 Nb6) 17. Qxb8 ({Inferior is} 17. Qxd7 Qxb4 18. Ne1 Rfd8 $15) 17... Rfxb8 (17... Nxb8 $2 {perishes.} 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nd4 $18) 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 22. Rac1 $36 {Black is under pressure.} f6 23. Nf3 e5 24. Nd2 Na4 25. Ne4 Rc4 26. f3 Nb6 27. Nd6 Ra4 { [#]} (27... Rc5 $16 {might work better.}) 28. c4 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with c5.} Rxa2 29. Kf1 Nc8 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $1 {And now c5 would win.} Kf7 $2 (30... g6 ) 31. Rb1 Nb6 32. c5 Na4 (32... Ra6 $18 33. cxb6 axb6) 33. Rb7+ Kg6 34. Rxg7+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Ne2 b5 {[#]} (16... Qb6 $11) 17. e4 ({ White must play} 17. a4 $1 $16) 17... Nb6 $15 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ba5 Nxa5 {[#]} 20. Rxc7 $1 Nxb3 (20... Rxc7 21. Qd1) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 12. exd5 exd4 (12... Bxd5 $6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 $16 (14. dxe5 Nd7 $16)) 13. Rxe8+ {Black is slightly better.} Qxe8 14. c4 b5 ({Better is} 14... Nc5 $15) 15. b3 $11 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc5 17. Bb2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 $1 19. dxc6 Qxc6 ({Reject} 19... Bxc6 $6 20. Re1 (20. Bxd4 Rc8 $16) (20. Nxd4 Rb8 21. Nxc6 Rxb2 22. Nxa7 h5 $14) (20. Qxd4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nh5 $11) 20... Qf8 21. Ne5 $16 (21. Bxd4 Rd8 $16) (21. Qxd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rc8 $11)) 20. Qxd4 Nh5 21. Qd2 {Nxh5 is the strong threat.} Bxb2 22. Qxb2 {Strongly threatening Nxh5.} Nf4 (22... Nxg3 $11 {remains equal.} 23. fxg3 Qc5+ 24. Qd4 Rc8) 23. Rb1 $16 Ba6 {[#]} 24. Qd4 (24. Qd2 $1 $16 Ne6 25. Re1) 24... Qxc4 $14 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 {The position is equal.} 26. Rb4 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Rc8 28. Ne4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd6.} Bxa2 29. Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Lomasov, Semen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 (13... Nb6 $11 14. Qc2 a6) 14. Bc2 $16 ({Reject} 14. Nbxd4 $6 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 $11) ({And not} 14. Nfxd4 Ncxe5 15. Qc2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a4 $19) 14... Re8 15. Nbxd4 {White is better.} Nxd4 (15... Qb6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 16. Qxd4 $18 Qc7 17. Ba4 (17. Qe4 $16 {White threatens Qh7+ and mate.} Nf8 18. Be3) 17... Rd8 (17... b5 $1 $14 18. Bxb5 Rd8) 18. Qg4 {Bxh6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 { [#]} 19. Qh5 $2 (19. Qe4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Qh7.} Kg8 20. Be3) 19... Qc4 $11 20. Bxh6 gxh6 ({Wrong is} 20... Qxa4 $2 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 $18) 21. Qxh6+ Ke8 22. b3 Qg4 23. h3 ({Better is} 23. Rad1 $11) 23... Qg6 $1 $15 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25. Nd4 {[#] Black should prevent Nb5.} Qh6 $1 26. Qg8 (26. Qf6 $17) 26... Qg7 $19 27. Qxg7 Bxg7 28. f4 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Nxe5.} 29. Rac1 Nb6 30. Rc7+ (30. Nb5 $142) 30... Kf8 31. Nb5 Nd5 32. Rc4 Nb6 33. Rc7 Nd5 34. Rc4 $1 Bd7 {Black is clearly better.} 35. Nd6 Bxa4 36. bxa4 (36. Rxa4 $17 Rd7 37. Rae4 ) 36... b6 37. f5 {[#]} Bxe5 $1 38. Nxf7 (38. Rxe5 Rxd6) 38... Kxf7 39. Rxe5 exf5 {And now ...Kf6 would win.} 40. Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Rh5 Rh8 42. Re4+ Kd6 43. Rhe5 Rac8 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. R6e5 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Kd6 47. Rg5 Kc5 48. h4 Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nd8 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 9. f4 h5 10. e4 c6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Ne3 Ne7 (11... h4 $11) 12. d4 $14 exd4 13. Nxd4 f5 14. O-O (14. exf5 $14 Nxf5 15. Nexf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Kf2) 14... fxe4 $1 $11 15. Bxe4 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} Bh3 16. Re1 Nf7 (16... Ne6 $17 17. Nxe6 Bxe6) 17. Rb1 $1 $36 { White is more active.} O-O 18. b3 Rae8 19. Bb2 Nh6 20. Qd3 Nef5 21. Ndxf5 gxf5 22. Bf3 h4 23. Kf2 Re6 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Ng2 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rfe8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Ne3 Bg4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4+ {The position is equal.} 30. Nxg4 fxg4 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 $11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} Kf7 33. a4 a5 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. Qxa5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc7+.} Kd7 $1 36. Qf5+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kc7 39. Qd3 Qh8 40. Kd1 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Qa2+ 42. Kc3 Qa1+ 43. Kd2 Qb2+ 44. Qc2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qh8 46. Qd3 Qh2+ 47. Ke1 Qg1+ 48. Kd2 Qf2+ 49. Kc1 Qe1+ 50. Kb2 Qf2+ 51. Ka3 Qf3 52. Qh7+ Kb6 53. a5+ Ka7 54. Qc7 Qd1 ({Don't take} 54... Qxg3 $2 55. Qb6+ (55. Qxd6 $2 Qe3 56. a6 Kxa6 $19) 55... Ka8 56. a6 bxa6 57. Qxa6+ Kb8 58. Qb6+ (58. Qxc6 Qxf4 59. Ka4 g3 $11) 58... Kc8 59. Qxc6+ Kb8 60. Qxd6+ Kc8 61. Qc6+ Kd8 62. Qd6+ Kc8 63. Qf8+ Kd7 64. Qf7+ Kc6 65. Qd5+ Kc7 66. Qc5+ Kd7 67. Qd4+ Ke6 68. c5 $18) 55. Qb6+ Kb8 56. Qd8+ Ka7 57. Qf6 Qd2 58. Qd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Sethuraman, S P."] [Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bg4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 g6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. c4 Nc7 11. Nd2 (11. Nf3 $14) 11... Bg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 12. Ndf3 Qc8 13. Qh4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qf5 15. Bg5 $1 f6 ({Don't capture} 15... Bxe5 $2 16. Bxe7 (16. Nxe5 f6 $16) 16... g5 17. Bxg5 $18 (17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Bg7 $16)) 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rfe1+ Kf7 $1 18. Be3 Ne6 19. c5 {With the idea Rad1.} Rhd8 20. Qb4 Rd7 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Ne4 b5 { aiming for ...a5.} 23. f3 a5 24. Qc3 a4 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Be7 29. b4 Qd5 30. h4 Qd3 31. Qa1 Qc4 32. Qa8 Qxb4 33. Bf2 Nd8 34. Qc8 Rd5 $2 {[#]} (34... Ra7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 35. Qc7 $1 $18 { Ng5+! would kill now.} Ne6 36. Qxc6 Re5 37. Rc1 $2 (37. Qd7 $18 {White threatens Nd6+ and mate.} Nxc5 38. Nd6+ Kg7 {[#]} 39. Rxe5 $1 Nxd7 40. Rxe7+ Kg8 41. Rxd7) 37... Nd4 $17 38. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 39. Kh1 f5 40. Nd6+ $2 (40. Ng5+ $17 Kg7 41. Qxb5) 40... Kg7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nd6 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Bg5 {A strange result} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Qh5 Qc7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. c3 O-O 13. Nh5 ( 13. O-O $11) 13... Nxh5 $17 {Black is better.} 14. Qxh5 c5 {aiming for ...cxd4. } 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Be2 e5 19. Be3 f5 20. Rd1 (20. f4 $15) 20... Bc7 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 21. Qf3 e4 $1 22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd4 Rae8 $1 {Hoping for ... f3.} 24. Bg4 {[#]} (24. Bxa7 $2 f3 25. Rd2 fxe2 $19) ( 24. a4 $17) 24... Qa6 $2 (24... e3 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...e2!} 25. Bf3 (25. fxe3 fxe3) 25... Qb5) 25. Be2 $11 Qc6 $2 ({Don't take} 25... Qxa2 $2 26. Qd7 Be5 27. Qb5 $18 (27. Qxb7 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Kh8 $11)) (25... Qa4 $15) 26. Bg4 $1 $19 {[#] Threatening Bd7.} ({Not} 26. Bxa7 $2 f3 27. Rd2 fxe2 $19) 26... Qa6 $2 (26... e3 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...e2!} 27. Bd7 {[#]} (27. fxe3 fxe3) 27... Qe4 $1) 27. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4 Nb8 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Rac1 b5 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Qd6 23. Qf3 a6 24. Rd3 Kg7 25. h4 gxh4 26. e4 (26. gxh4 $15 Kh8 27. e3 (27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Rd8 $15)) 26... e5 (26... hxg3 $17 27. fxg3 Qa3) 27. Rc5 $15 Qf6 ({Better is} 27... exd4 $15 28. Rh5 Rcd8) 28. Qxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bh3 Rcd8 30. Rxc6 Rxd4 31. Rf3 Bd8 32. Bf5 h6 33. Rxa6 Rd2 34. gxh4 Bxh4 35. Ra7 Rg8 36. Bd7 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 {The position is equal. } Bg5 {Hoping for ...Bf4+.} 38. Bg4 ({Much worse is} 38. Bxb5 Bf4+ 39. Rxf4 exf4 $17) 38... Rf8 39. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Bxd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bh2 {White is slightly better.} Bg5 13. Na3 Bf4 14. d4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Nf4 16. Nc2 Kg7 17. Re1 f5 18. dxe5 $1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 {[#]} 20. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4 21. Qxd5 (21. Bxd5 $16 Nxe5 22. Nxe5) 21... Qxd5 $11 22. Bxd5 Bf5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ncd4 c5 25. Kg3 Re4 26. Nb3 Rb8 $36 {White is under pressure.} 27. Nxc5 Rc4 28. b4 (28. Nxa6 $11 Rxb2 29. Nb4) 28... a5 $1 $17 ({Weaker is} 28... Rxc3 29. Nxa6 Ra8 30. Nc5 $11) 29. Na6 Rb6 30. b5 Rxc3 31. Rd1 Bc8 $1 32. Kf4 Kf7 33. Ke4 Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Rxa4 35. Nxc7 {[#]} Bf5+ $1 36. Ke2 (36. Kc3 $17 {was the only defense.} Rb7 37. e6+ Bxe6 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nd7+ Bxd7 40. Rxd7) 36... Rb7 (36... Re4+ $19 { has better winning chances.} 37. Kf1 Rb7 38. e6+ Bxe6 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40. Nd4+ Kf6) 37. Rc1 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} Rc2 39. e6+ $1 Ke7 40. Nd5+ Kxe6 41. Nd4+ Kxd5 42. Nxc2 Bxc2 43. Rxc2 Rxb5 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} 44. Rd2+ {[#]} (44. Rc3 $11) 44... Kc5 (44... Kc4 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ... Re5+.} 45. Rd4+ Kb3 46. Rd3+ Ka2 47. Rd2+ Rb2) 45. Kd3 {The position is equal.} a4 46. Kc3 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Rb4 48. Kc3 Re4 49. Kb2 Kb4 50. Rd6 Re2+ 51. Kb1 g5 52. Rxh6 Rxf2 53. g4 Rh2 54. Rg6 Kb3 55. Rb6+ Ka3 56. Rb5 Rh1+ 57. Kc2 Rh2+ 58. Kb1 Rh1+ 59. Kc2 Rxh3 60. Rxg5 Rg3 61. Rg8 Rg2+ 62. Kb1 Rg1+ 63. Kc2 Rg2+ 64. Kb1 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bc2 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Qe2 Be8 15. a4 Nh5 (15... Nd7 $142) 16. Bd3 bxa4 17. Bxa6 Qb8 18. Bb5 $2 {[#]} (18. b4 $16) 18... a3 19. Na6 axb2 (19... Qb7 $11 20. Nc5 Qb6) 20. Qxb2 ({Weaker is} 20. Nxb8 bxa1=Q 21. Nxc6 {[#]} Bxc6 $1 22. Bxc6 Qa2 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Bindrich, Falko"] [Black "Xu, Yinglun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. cxd5 $1 Bxd3 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxd3 Nb4 (11... exd5 12. Qb5 Na5 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O $16) 12. Qd2 { [#] Hoping for d6.} Nfxd5 ({Reject} 12... Bxc5 13. d6 $14) ({Much weaker is} 12... exd5 $6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. axb4 $16) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd6 bxc5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O c4 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Nf3 $1 e5 21. h3 Qe8 22. Qe2 Qa4 23. a3 c3 24. bxc3 Qxa3 {The position is equal.} 25. c4 Rc7 26. c5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qa2+ Qc4 29. Qxa7 Qa4 30. Ra1 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Rf7 32. Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. O-O-O {White has an edge.} Nf6 12. f3 c5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Nb1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxd6 Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rxa6 $6 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Bc4 $11) 20... Rxd8 21. Rd1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 ({White has to play} 22. Rd2 $1 $16) 22... Rxd1+ $1 $11 23. Qxd1 h6 24. g3 Qe3 $1 25. a4 Qf2 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Qxh2 28. Qe1 h5 $1 29. Nc7 Bc4 (29... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. b3 (30. Nd5 $16) 30... Be2 ({Black should play} 30... h4 $11 31. gxh4 Qxc7 32. bxc4 Qb8+ 33. Kc1 Qf4+ 34. Kd1 Qxf3+ 35. Kd2 Qf6) 31. f4 $36 {White has good play.} Qg2 32. e5 Bg4 {[#]} 33. Nb5 $1 Bf5 34. Na3 Qf3 {[#]} 35. Kb2 $1 Kh7 36. Qc3 (36. Nb5 $16) 36... Qf2 $2 ({Black should try} 36... Qxc3+ $1 $14 37. Kxc3 g5 38. fxg5 Kg6) 37. Nc4 Be4 38. Nd6 Bg6 39. Nb7 c4 40. b4 ({Stronger than} 40. bxc4 Qb6+ 41. Qb3 Qd4+ 42. Ka2 Qa7+ 43. Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Ka2 Qa7+ 45. Kb2 Qd4+ $11) (40. Qxc4 $6 Qxg3 41. Nd8 f6 $18) 40... Bd3 41. Nc5 Bf5 42. Nb7 Bd3 $1 43. Nd6 Qxg3 $2 ( 43... Kg8 44. b5 g6 45. Nxc4 Bf5) 44. cxd3 $18 ({Inferior is} 44. Nxc4 h4 $11) 44... cxd3 45. Qd2 Kg8 46. b5 h4 47. b6 Qg1 48. b7 ({Weaker is} 48. Qxd3 Qxb6+ 49. Kc3 Qc6+ 50. Kd4 Qc1 $18) 48... Qb6+ 49. Kc3 h3 50. Qb2 Qc6+ 51. Nc4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2 Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 h6 {The position is equal.} 12. Be3 Nf5 13. h5 Bh7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 ({Not} 14... exf5 $2 15. O-O $18) 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g4 Bh7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. a4 ({White should play} 19. f5 $14) 19... Bb4 20. Kf2 Kb8 21. Qf3 Ba5 22. f5 Qe7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb4.} 23. Ne2 (23. Bc1 $11) 23... Nd5 $1 $36 {Black has good play.} 24. Bc1 f6 {...fxe5 is the strong threat.} 25. Nf4 exf5 26. gxf5 ({Wrong is} 26. Bxd5 $2 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Qe6 $19) 26... fxe5 27. Ne6 $2 (27. Bxd5 $17 {nothing else works.} cxd5 28. Nxd5) 27... Rd6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. dxe5 (28. Qe2 $142 Bxf5 29. Nf4) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxd5 {[#]} cxd5 $1 30. fxe6 (30. Rxd5 Bb6+) 30... Rf8 {aiming for ...Bb6+.} 31. Bf4 Be4 32. Qg4 Bxh1 33. Rxh1 Bd2 $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Black "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qg4 13. Bg3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. f3 Qe6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bf2 c6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. b3 Qc8 19. Kf1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qb6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qe3 {[#] And now Qe8+ would win.} Qd7 26. g4 Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2429"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {??.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 $1 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 a6 (15... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. f4 (16. Nxd6 $16 Qxd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe4 exd4 19. a3 Rfe8 $14) 18... Qxe5 19. Bxe4) 16... exd4 $15 17. exd4 c5 18. Ng3 {aiming for Nf5.} Qd8 ({Black should play} 18... Rfe8 $17 19. Rfe1 Qf8) 19. Nce4 $11 Be7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rfd1 {Hoping for Be3.} Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Qxb2 25. Be3 Na4 {And now ... Rae8 would win.} 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Rfe8 (27... Rae8 $17 28. Nxf6 Qxf6) 28. Qc6 $14 Rad8 (28... Red8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Nd6 $2 (29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11) (29. Rb1 $1 $18 Qa3 30. Nxf6 Qxe3 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Qc7) 29... Rxe3 $11 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 $1 31. Nxd8 {Qd7 is the strong threat.} Nc3 (31... Qxa2 $6 {[#]} 32. Rd3 $1 (32. Qxa6 Qf2 33. Kh1 Rxh3+ 34. gxh3 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 $19) 32... Qf2 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34. Ne6 $18) 32. Rd7 {Qxf6! would kill now.} Ne4 ({Much worse is} 32... Nxa2 $6 33. Rf1 $16) (32... Bh4 $11 33. Rf1 Bg3+ 34. Kh1 Qe2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh8) 33. Ne6 (33. Qc2 $14) 33... Qf2 {The position is equal.} ({But not} 33... Qxa2 $2 {[#]} 34. Nxg7 $1 Rxh3+ 35. Kxh3 $18) 34. Nf8+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rxh3+!)} 36. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2423"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb7 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 19. Ng5 {[#]} Qg6 20. Qxh7+ Qxh7 {White is better.} 21. Nxh7 Rfe8 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $16 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Rd1 Nb6 {[#]} 26. b3 $1 f6 27. Nf3 Re6 (27... a5 $16 {might work better.} 28. Rd6 Rb8) 28. Kf1 $18 Kf7 29. h4 a5 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Ke2 Nd5 {aiming for ...Nc3+.} 32. Rd2 ({But not} 32. Nxb5 $6 Nf4+ 33. Ke1 Nxg2+ 34. Ke2 Nf4+ 35. Ke1 Ng2+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke1 Ng2+ $11) 32... b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. g3 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nb1 (35... g5 $16 {was necessary.} 36. hxg5 fxg5) 36. Rc2 Rd7 37. Rc4 Rb7 38. h5 Nc3 39. Nc6 Rd7+ 40. Rd4 Nd5 $2 ( 40... Rc7) 41. Kc4 Ke6 42. Nxb4 (42. g4 $142) 42... Rc7+ 43. Kd3 Rc3+ $2 (43... Ne7 44. Rc4 Rd7+ 45. Kc2 Ra7) 44. Kd2 {White is clearly winning.} Rxb3 45. Nxd5 Ke5 46. Rb4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Debashis, Das"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b3 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Qe3 {White wants to play Bxf6.} e5 16. Rc1 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne6 19. Bh3 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21. Bg2 Qc7 22. Bh3 Qc6 23. Rd2 h6 24. Bg2 Qc7 25. Bh3 Qc6 26. Bf5 Qc7 27. Nh4 Ra4 28. Qb3 $1 Raa8 29. Qe3 Ra4 30. Qb3 Raa8 31. f3 Rad8 32. Qe3 Qc6 33. Bb1 b5 34. cxb5 Qxb5 35. Nf5 Nd5 36. Qd3 Qxb4 37. Kh1 {[#]} e4 $1 38. fxe4 (38. Qxe4 Qxd2) 38... Nc5 39. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 ({Of course not} 40. Bxd4 Nb3 41. Rb2 Nxc1 $17) 40... Nxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Kg1.} Nc3 43. Ne7+ ({Much weaker is} 43. Bxc3 Bxe4+ 44. Kg1 Bxf5 $17) 43... Kf8 {The position is equal.} 44. Bxc3 Bxe4+ 45. Kg1 {And now Nc8! would win.} Kxe7 46. Bxg7 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} h5 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Rc4 Bg6 49. Bh6 d5 50. Rc6+ Rd6 51. Rxd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 {??.} Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bc7 Re8 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rac8 13. Be5 Red8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nfd2 Ne5 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Kf2 Na5 $36 { Black has good play.} 20. Nxa5 {And now Nac4 would win.} Bc8 21. Be2 ({White should play} 21. Nab3 $15 Bxa6 22. a5) 21... Rxd2 22. Nc4 Bh4+ 23. g3 {[#]} Bxg3+ $1 24. Kf3 {[#]} (24. Kxg3 Rxe2) 24... Bb7+ $1 25. e4 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 26. Kxe2 Bxf4 27. Rhf1 g5 28. a5 (28. h4 $17) 28... Bxe4 $19 29. a6 (29. axb6 $142 axb6 30. Nxb6) 29... Rc6 30. Rfd1 b5 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nd2 Bf5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Nxc4 Bc8 35. Rxc8 $2 (35. Re8 {was worth a try.}) 35... Rxc8 {KRB-KRN} 36. Na5 Bc7 37. Nb7 (37. Nc6 $142 Bb8 38. Na5) 37... Bb6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Kc3 h5 40. Re1 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Black "Rozum, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ndb5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 { LiveBook: 4 Games} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Black "Lalith Babu M R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2519"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 {White has an edge.} 21. g3 f6 (21... c5 $14 22. Nf5 Qe6) 22. f4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with e6.} c5 23. Nc2 ({Much weaker is} 23. fxg5 $6 cxd4 24. gxf6 dxc3 25. bxc3 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Rad8 $11) 23... Bh6 $1 24. Rxd2 ({ Worse is} 24. Qxd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 fxe5 $17) 24... Qxb3 {Threatening ...fxe5.} 25. exf6 gxf6 (25... b4 $142) 26. Qh5 Rad8 27. Re2 Bg7 28. Ne3 Rfe8 29. Rbe1 Qf7 30. Qxc5 Bf8 31. Qf5 Qg6 32. h4 Rxe3 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. Rxe3 $14 {Endgame KRR-KRB} Bc5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Kf3 {Hoping for Re6.} Bxe3 37. Kxe3 $16 {KR-KR} Ke6 ({Better is} 37... a5) 38. g4 f5 39. Kf3+ Kf7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Ke3 Rd1 (42... Rh8 $14) 43. Rc5 Re1+ 44. Kd4 (44. Kf2 $16 Rh1 45. Rc6+ Kg7 46. Rxa6) 44... Re4+ 45. Kd5 {Black should prevent Rc6+.} Rxf4 46. Rc6+ Ke7 {[#]} ( 46... Kf7 $11) 47. h5 $1 ({Much less strong is} 47. Rxa6 $6 Rxh4 48. Re6+ Kd7 $14) 47... a5 48. h6 Kf7 {[#]} 49. h7 (49. Rb6 $1 $16) 49... Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. Rh6 Kh8 51. Kc5 b4 $1 52. Kb5 bxc3 53. bxc3 a4 54. c4 a3 55. c5 a2 56. Ra6 Rf2 57. c6 Rb2+ 58. Kc4 Rc2+ 59. Kd5 f4 60. Ke4 Rxc6 61. Rxa2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. d6 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8 {LiveBook: 4 Games. aiming for . ..Bxc3.} 19. Nf3 $1 Rf7 20. Be7 Rxc3 $1 (20... Rxe7 $6 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd6 $16) 21. bxc3 {Threatens to win with Be2.} Qc8 {And now ...Nf2 would win.} ({ Don't go for} 21... Rxe7 $2 22. dxe7 Qxe7 {[#]} 23. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 24. Qd6 $18) 22. Rc1 {Rh4 is the strong threat.} Na4 $1 23. Ng5 Qc5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rf2.The position is equal.} ({But not} 23... Nxc3+ $2 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 $18) 24. Rh3 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 {Black must now prevent Qc2.} Qb5+ 26. Kc2 Qb2+ 27. Kd1 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qxa2+ (28... Qb2+ $5 29. Kd1 $8 Qa1+ 30. Qc1 Qxa2 $11) 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 {White wants to mate with Qd5+.} Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ ({Don't capture} 31... Nxc3+ $2 32. Rxc3 Qa1+ 33. Rc1 Qa4+ 34. Ke2 $18) 32. Ke2 {White threatens Qd5+ and mate.} Bb5+ 33. Kf3 Qxf1+ ( 33... Ne5+ $5 34. Kg3 $8 Qxf1 $11) 34. Kxg4 Bd7+ 35. Kh4 {Threatening mate with Qa2+.} Bxc3 36. Qd5+ Kg7 {[#] ( -> ...Qf4+)} 37. Bf6+ $1 Qxf6 (37... Bxf6 38. Qf7+) 38. Rf3 Bc6 (38... Be1+ $5 39. g3 $8 Bc6 40. Rxf6 Bxd5 $14) 39. Qd1 Nb2 40. Qb3 Be1+ 41. Kh3 Qxg5 42. Rf7+ $1 Kh6 {[#]} 43. Rxh7+ $3 Kxh7 44. Qf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. e4 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. b3 Nd7 15. a3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. b4 Nb7 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Rcc1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Ra7 21. Nb1 Rfa8 22. Nc3 Nd8 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 axb4 26. axb4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Ra2 28. Qh5 R8a7 29. Qh3 Qxh3 $1 (29... Qxb5 30. Bf1 Qe8 31. Qc8 $16) 30. Bxh3 R2a4 31. Bf1 Rxb4 32. Rc2 Rba4 33. Rec1 Nb7 34. Rxc7 Nc5 ( 34... Rxe4 35. Bh3 Rea4 36. Be6+ Kf8 37. Rc8+ Nd8 38. Rxd8+ Ke7 39. Rcc8 Ra1+ 40. Kg2) 35. Rc6 Nb3 (35... Rxe4 $2 36. Rxb6 (36. Rxd6 Rb7 $16) 36... Rd7 37. Rb1 $18) 36. Rd1 Rd4 $2 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. Rxd6 (37. Rxb6 Rb4 38. Rxd6 Nd4 $18) 37... Rd4 38. Rxd4 Nxd4 39. Rxb6 $18) (36... Ra1 $1 $14 37. Rxa1 Rxa1) 37. Re1 $2 ({White must play} 37. Rxd4 $18 exd4 38. Rxd6 (38. Rxb6 Ra1 $16)) 37... Rd2 $1 $11 38. Rxb6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rb8+.} Nd4 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 39. Rb8+ Kf7 {Black has compensation.} 40. Rc1 $2 (40. Bg2 $1 $11) 40... Kg6 $2 ( 40... Raa2 $19 41. Rc7+ Kg6) 41. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Rc7 {[#] ...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 42. b6 Rc5 43. Kf1 Rb2 {Hoping for ...Nb3.} 44. Rc3 Rb4 45. b7 Rc7 ({Not} 45... Rbxc4 $2 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Rc8 $18) (45... Rb1+ $5 46. Kg2 $8 Rc7 $11) 46. Kg2 Rcxb7 ({Don't go for} 46... Rbxc4 $2 47. Rxc4 Rxc4 48. Rc8 $18) 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 48. Bf1 Kf7 49. Rc8 Nb3 50. Be2 Nc5 51. f3 Rb2 52. Kf2 Rb7 53. Rd8 Rd7 54. Rxd7+ Nxd7 {KB-KN} 55. Bf1 g6 56. Bh3 Nc5 57. Ke3 Nb3 58. Bc8 Nd4 59. Bd7 f5 60. Bc8 Kf6 61. Bd7 Nb3 62. Ba4 Nc5 63. Bc2 fxe4 64. fxe4 g5 65. Bd1 h6 66. Bh5 Ke7 67. Bg6 Nd7 68. Bf5 Nf6 69. Kd3 Kd8 70. Kc4 Kc7 71. Kb5 Kb7 72. Ka5 Ne8 73. Kb5 Nc7+ 74. Ka5 Ne8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Qe7 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Rhe1 Qf6 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... Bxf5 $6 16. Bd5 $16) 16. d4 {Strongly threatening dxe5.} e4 17. g3 Be6 18. Nh4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 {Threatening Qb5.} O-O-O 20. Ng2 d5 21. Qa4 Kb8 22. c3 Ne7 23. Qc2 Rhe8 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. b4 Ne7 26. Bf4 Nc8 27. Ne3 Qf7 28. a4 Re6 29. Kc2 a5 30. bxa5 {Black should prevent Rb1.} Ra6 31. Ra1 Rxa5 32. Reb1 Na7 33. Kd1 Kc8 34. Ke1 b6 35. Kf1 Kb7 36. c4 $1 Nc6 37. cxd5 Rdxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Qa2 $1 Qxd4 $2 (39... Nxd4 $16 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5) 40. Rd1 $18 Qc3 41. Rac1 Qf3 42. Kg1 $1 Rc5 43. Rd7 (43. Rf1 $1 $18 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 (44. Bxc1 Nd4 45. Re1 Qd3 $11)) 43... Rxc1+ $16 44. Bxc1 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bd4 45. Qd2 (45. Bxh6 $6 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 $11) 45... h5 46. Qf4 (46. Qc2 $1 $16 Kc8 47. Rh7) 46... Qd1+ $1 $11 47. Kg2 Ne5 48. Re7 $40 {White is up to no good.} Ka6 $2 (48... Qc2 $11 49. Be3 Ng6 50. Rxc7+ Qxc7 51. Qxc7+ Kxc7 52. Bxd4 Nf8) 49. Qxf5 $18 ({Worse is} 49. Rxe5 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Bxe5 51. Qxe5 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qf3+ 53. Kh3 Qg4+ 54. Kg2 Qf3+ 55. Kh3 Qg4+ 56. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 49... Nf3 ({Reject} 49... Qxc1 50. Qxe4 (50. Rxe5 Bxe5 51. Qxe5 Qc4 $16) 50... Ka5 51. Qxd4 $18) 50. Qb5+ Ka7 51. Rxc7+ Kb8 52. Qe8+ Kxc7 53. Bf4+ Kb7 54. Qxe4+ Ka7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 55. Qxf3 Qxa4 56. Qxh5 Qc2 57. Qf7+ Ka6 58. Bb8 (58. Bg5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 58... b5 $16 59. Qf4 $1 Qc4 $2 (59... Qb2 $16) 60. Qe4 $1 $18 Kb6 {[#]} 61. Qa8 $2 (61. h4 $1 $18) 61... Qc6+ $14 62. Qxc6+ Kxc6 {Endgame KB-KB} 63. Kf3 {And now Ke4 would win.} b4 64. Ke4 b3 $1 65. Kd3 $1 Bxf2 {[#]} ({Better is} 65... b2 $1 $14 66. Kc2 Bxf2 67. Kxb2 Kd5) 66. Kc3 ({White must play} 66. Be5 $1 $18) 66... Kd5 67. Kxb3 Ke4 68. Kc4 {h3 is the strong threat.} Bg1 $2 (68... Kf3 $16) 69. h4 $18 {Black must now prevent h5.} Kf5 70. Kd5 {aiming for Kd6.} Kg4 $2 (70... Bb6 $16) 71. Bc7 { White mates.} Kf5 72. Kd6 Bf2 73. Ke7 Kg6 74. Ke6 Be1 75. Bf4 Bf2 76. Ke5 Be1 77. Ke4 Kh5 78. Kf3 Ba5 79. Bg5 Be1 80. g4+ Kg6 81. Bd8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Black "Kraemer, Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "218"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4 Nb8 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qb3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nxf4 {Black is slightly better.} 15. gxf4 g6 16. e3 Rc7 17. Rac1 Qc8 18. Rc2 b5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rdc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qb7 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. Nd3 b4 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nef3 Bb7 26. Qd3 Ba6 27. Qb3 Bb7 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc2 Qc6 31. Qb1 a5 32. h4 Nd7 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Qf1 Nb6 35. h5 Bd7 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Nh4 Be8 38. Qb1 f5 39. Nhf3 Bd6 40. Ng5 Be7 41. Ndf3 Nd7 42. Kg2 Nf8 43. Qh1 Qc8 44. Qf1 Qc6 45. Ne5 Qb6 46. Kg3 Nh7 47. Nxh7 Kxh7 48. Nf3 Qb8 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Qc1 Bd6 51. Ng5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh1.} Bd7 52. Qh1 Qg8 53. Qf1 Qb8 54. Bc2 Qc8 55. Qh1 {[#] Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Qg8 56. Qd1 Qe8 57. Qh1 {next Qh7+ is good for White.} Qg8 58. Bd3 Be7 59. Nf3 Qc8 60. Qf1 Qb7 61. Ba6 Qb6 62. Ne5 Be8 63. Bc8 Bd6 64. Nf3 Qc6 65. Ba6 Kg8 66. Bd3 Be7 67. Qh1 Qc7 68. Qd1 Kg7 69. Kf1 Qc6 70. Ke2 Qa4 71. Qb1 Qc6 72. Kd2 Qc7 73. Qf1 Qb7 74. Qh3 Qc7 75. Qh2 Bf6 76. Qg1 Be7 77. Ne5 Qb7 78. Be2 Bd6 79. Qg5 Be7 80. Qg3 { Bh5 is the strong threat.} Bd6 81. Qg1 Qe7 82. Nf3 Qd7 83. Bd1 Qc8 84. Ng5 { And now Qh2 would win.} Be7 85. Qh2 {White threatens Qh7+ and mate.} Bxg5 $1 86. fxg5 Qd8 $1 87. Qe5+ Kf7 88. Be2 (88. f4 $1 $14) 88... Qxg5 89. Qc7+ Qe7 90. Qxa5 Kf6 91. f4 g5 92. fxg5+ Kxg5 93. Qa8 f4 94. Qb8 fxe3+ 95. Kxe3 Kg6 96. Kd2 Kg7 97. Kc2 Ba4+ $1 98. b3 {The position is equal.} Be8 99. Kb2 Bg6 100. Qe5+ Qf6 101. a3 bxa3+ 102. Kxa3 Qxe5 103. dxe5 $11 {Endgame KB-KB} d4 104. Kb4 {Threatens to win with Kc4.} Be4 105. Kc5 d3 106. Bd1 {Black must now prevent Kd4.} Kg6 107. Kd4 Kf5 108. b4 Bc6 109. Kxd3 {Hoping for Kd4.} Kxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. h4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nxd4 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ {White is slightly better.} Kh8 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. c5 Bd7 18. Rh5 $36 {White is pushing.} (18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxc7 Rxb2 $17) 18... Qg6 19. cxd6 Bc6 20. Qd2 fxe4 (20... cxd6 $1 $14 21. Qxd6 fxe4) 21. dxc7 $18 { Threatens to win with Bf4.} e3 $2 (21... Nf5 22. Bf4 Nd4) 22. Qxe3 Rae8 {[#]} 23. Qg5 $1 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Nf5 {[#]} 25. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 26. O-O-O Rff8 27. Bh5 Ra8 28. Nd5 Rf5 29. Bf3 Be5 {White should prevent ...Bxg3.} 30. Bg4 Rg5 {next ... Bxg3 is good for Black.} 31. Bxe5+ Rxe5 32. Nf6 (32. Ne3 $142) 32... Rc5+ 33. Kb1 {And now Rd8+ would win.} Kg7 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 {Hoping for Nh5+.} Kxf6 ({Wrong is} 35... Bxg2 $2 36. Nh5+ Kg6 37. Ng3 $18) 36. g3 Ke5 37. a3 a5 ( 37... Ke4 $16) 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Bxc8 {Endgame KB-KB} h6 (40... Bf3 $142 41. Bd7 h6) 41. Be6 Ke5 (41... Bf3 $16 42. Bh3 Be4) 42. Bh3 Kd4 43. f4 b6 44. Be6 Be8 45. Ke2 Bc6 46. Kf2 Bb7 $2 (46... Ba4 47. g4 Kc5) 47. g4 {White is clearly winning.} Kc5 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Bf5 Ke7 50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Bd5 52. Kd4 Kd6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Rbc1 { LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd6 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxd5 {White has an edge.} Nxd5 17. Qb5 Bf8 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. e4 Nf6 21. Rc6 Nd7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 ({ Much weaker is} 23. Qxb4+ Kg8 24. a4 Nc5 $15) 23... Nb8 24. Rc3 c6 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qb3 Ra4 27. Nf3 Qf6 28. Kg2 Na6 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Ng5 {And now Rxc6! would win.} bxc4 31. Qxa4 Nxb4 {[#] ...h6 is the strong threat.} 32. dxc4 h6 33. Nf3 Qc5 34. Rb1 $36 {White has the initiative.} Rb8 35. Qa1 f6 36. Qc3 Na6 37. Rd1 (37. Rxb8+ $14 Nxb8 38. Qd3) 37... Nc7 38. Nh4 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Ne6 39. Nf5 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (39... Ra8 $14) 40. Rxd8+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxd8 41. Qd3 Nf7 (41... Ke8 $142 42. Nxg7+ Kf8) 42. Qd7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2 { LiveBook: 20 Games} h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} O-O 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. b3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bd3 (15. Ba3 $16) 15... Bxd3 $11 16. Qxd3 Bc7 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. c4 a6 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Rac1 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 21. Nh5 Rf5 22. Ng3 ({Much weaker is} 22. Qxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Ndf8 24. Rxg6 Nxg6 $17) 22... Rf6 $1 23. Nh5 Rf5 24. Ng3 ({Much worse is} 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Ndf8 26. Rxg6 Nxg6 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 {??.} e5 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Na2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c6 13. c3 Re8 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. Qb3 Nfd5 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. Re1 h6 19. Bd2 Bf8 {And now ...f5 would win.} 20. g4 $1 Qc7 21. Re2 Nd7 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd3.} Bxc5 27. Qc4 Bb6 28. Qh4 Nf6 29. Qf4 Qd7 30. Qf3 Qd6 31. Kf1 Bc7 32. Ke1 {[#]} ({White should try} 32. c4 $15) 32... Nd7 (32... Qc5 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qc4.} 33. Be3 Qc4) 33. Kf1 $15 Qf6 34. Qg4 Nc5 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Be3 Ne5 37. Qe4 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 g6 40. Bg4 Nxg4 41. hxg4 ({ Of course not} 41. Qxg4 h5 42. Qe4 Qxf5 43. Qe8+ Kh7 $17) 41... gxf5 42. gxf5 Be5 43. Kf1 Qd6 {The position is equal.} 44. Bb6 Bf6 45. Kg2 Qd2 46. Be3 Qxb2 47. Qg4+ Kh7 48. Qh5 Kg8 49. Qg4+ ({Much worse is} 49. Bxh6 Qxc3 50. Qe2 Qe5 51. Qg4+ Bg7 $17) 49... Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be5 17. c3 $1 Kh8 18. Re3 {White is slightly better.} Rg8 19. Rae1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 21. d5 $1 ({But not} 21. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Qxh2 $15) 21... Qd6 22. Qh4 Qxd5 23. Qf6+ Rg7 24. Rg3 Rag8 {[#]} 25. Ree3 $1 {White wants to mate with Rxg7.} f4 $1 26. Qxf4 $40 { Qf6 is the strong threat. White is up to no good.} f5 (26... Qxa2 $2 27. Rxg7 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Rxg7 29. Qb8+ Be8 30. Qxe8+ $18) 27. Qh4 (27. Qb4 $16 {Hoping for Rxg7.} h6 28. Qc3) 27... Rg6 (27... Bc6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Qb4 $16 h6 29. Bf1 {Black must now prevent Rd3.} Bb5 (29... Rg4 $14 30. Qa3 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Rg7) 30. Rxg6 Rxg6 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Rg7 33. Qxe6 Bc4 34. Qxd5 Bxd5 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. f3 f4 36. Re8 Rc7 37. Rf8 Bf7 38. a3 (38. b3 $14) 38... Kg7 $11 39. Rd8 Rc1 {aiming for ...Bc4.} 40. Rd7 b5 41. g3 Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...fxg3.} 42. Rd2 ({Don't take} 42. gxf4 $2 Bc4 43. Rd6+ Kf5 44. Rxh6 Kxf4 $19) 42... Bc4 43. Rf2 Rb1 {Black has compensation.} 44. b4 ({Don't play} 44. gxf4 Bxf1 45. Rxf1 Rxb2 $17) 44... Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Qc8 10. Rd1 Ng6 11. Nxd4 {White has an edge.} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Bxc5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Na4 Nxe5 17. Nxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne4.} ({Of course not} 17. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bc2 19. Nxc5 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qxc5 $15) ({Much worse is} 17. Bxb7 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 18. Kxf2 Ng4+ 19. Kf1 Rab8 $17) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxc5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. h4 h6 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Bd6 $36 { White is more active.} Qf6 25. Be5 Qg6 {The position is equal.} 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 ({Don't play} 26... fxg6 $6 27. f3 $16) 27. Bc7 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Be4 29. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 9. g3 Nge7 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rb8 14. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} b4 15. Na4 a5 16. Rc4 Qa7 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6 19. Rd2 Ke7 20. e5 $36 {White has good play.} Rd8 21. Bg2 Na7 $1 22. Rhd1 Nb5 {[#]} 23. Bc6 (23. Nc5 $1 $16) 23... d5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Re1 c5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Re2 Ne5 15. Na4 Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Qe1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd7 23. Bc3 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Nd4 25. f3 Nd7 26. Kf2 f6 27. Ke3 e5 28. Bh3 Nc5 29. Bc3 Nxa4 30. bxa4 $11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} Nc6 $1 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. f4 g5 33. Bb2 Ke7 { aiming for ...gxf4+.} 34. Bg8 gxf4+ 35. gxf4 exf4+ (35... h5 $14) 36. Kxf4 $16 Nb4 {Hoping for ...Nd3+.} 37. Ba3 a5 38. Bxh7 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (38... Kf7 $16) 39. Bg8 $1 $18 Bxa4 {[#]} 40. Kf5 $1 Bc2 $2 (40... Be8 {was called for.} 41. Bc4 Bc6) 41. Bb3 Bd3 42. h4 Kf8 $2 (42... Be2 43. Bb2 Na6 44. Bxf6+ Ke8) 43. Kxf6 Bxe4 44. h5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5 { LiveBook: 7 Games} Qb6 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bxg7 (11. Qxd5 $2 Qxb2 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 11... Kxg7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Nf3 ({Not} 16. Qxe7 $2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxb2 $19) 16... Bg4 17. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2 12. Ra1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Qc4 b6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Bc6 (19... Bxc3 $6 20. Rbc1 Bc6 21. Qb3 $16) 20. Bb5 a6 ({Of course not} 20... Bxc3 $6 21. Rdc1 (21. Bxc5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rc8 $11) 21... Bg7 22. Rxc5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 $14 (23. Rxc7 $2 Bxa4 24. Bxa7 Nc6 $19)) 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd5 Rfc8 24. Rxc5 ({Much worse is} 24. Bxc5 Bxc3 25. Be3 a5 $17) 24... a5 25. Rb6 Nd8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nd4 Ra8 28. Nb5 Ne6 29. f4 a4 {And now ...a3 would win.} 30. Bc1 Nc5 31. e5 Nd3 32. Nc7 $1 Rc8 $36 {White is under strong pressure.} 33. Nd5 Bf8 $1 34. Be3 a3 (34... Ra8 $17 {Strongly threatening ... a3.} 35. Kf1 {[#]} g5 $1) 35. Ra6 $11 e6 36. Nb6 $2 (36. Nf6+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Kg7 37. Ne4) 36... Rxc3 $19 37. Ra8 {Black should prevent Nd7.} Kg7 38. Nd7 {[#]} a2 $2 (38... Nb4 $1 $19 39. Kf2 Nd5) 39. Nxf8 a1=Q+ (39... Nc1 $1 $15 40. Bf2 {[#]} Rc8 $3 41. Nxe6+ fxe6 42. Ra7+ Kf8) 40. Rxa1 $11 { Black must now prevent Nd7.The position is equal.} Kxf8 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Kf1 Rc4 43. g3 Nb4 44. Bb6 Nd5 45. Bd8 h6 46. Ke1 Rc3 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 g6 8. h4 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. g3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bh3 d4 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Qf4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Kg2 (15. b4 $11 Qc7 16. f3) 15... Neg4 $15 16. Qg5 Qb4 (16... e5 $15) 17. Rab1 $11 f6 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. c3 e5 ( 19... dxc3 $15 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qxc3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3) 20. cxd4 $14 exd4 21. b4 Kb8 22. Qc5 Rhe8 23. Qxd6+ Rxd6 24. Rb2 Ne5 25. Nc1 g5 $1 {... g4 is the strong threat.} 26. hxg5 fxg5 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 27. Bf5 h4 $36 { Black fights for an advantage.} 28. gxh4 Rf8 29. h5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Re2 Rh6 32. Nb3 (32. Rhe1 $14 Nd7 33. Re7) 32... Nxd3 $11 {Hoping for ...Nf4+.} 33. Nxd4 (33. Kg3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kf3 $15 Rf8 35. Re5) 34... Rd5 $17 35. Re4 Nxh5 {And now ...Ng3+! would win.} 36. Ke1 Nf6 37. Rxh6 Nxe4 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Ne6 {Threatening mate with Rh8+.} a5 39. f3 Nc3 40. a3 (40. bxa5 $142 Rxa5 41. a3) 40... a4 41. Rh8+ Ka7 42. Nc5 Nb5 43. Rh7 (43. Rh2 $17 {was necessary.}) 43... Nxa3 $19 44. Rxb7+ Ka8 45. Rb6 Nc2+ 46. Ke2 {intending Ra6+.} a3 $1 47. Nb3 {[#]} Rb5 $1 48. Rxc6 Rxb4 $2 (48... Nxb4 $19 49. Rc8+ Kb7) 49. Ra6+ $15 Kb8 50. Nc1 Kb7 51. Ra5 Nd4+ 52. Kd1 {[#]} ({White should play} 52. Ke3) 52... Nb5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 53. Nd3 Kb6 54. Nxb4 $4 (54. Ra8 $17 Rb1+ 55. Kd2) 54... Kxa5 {KN-KN} 55. Nc2 a2 {Black mates.} 56. Kc1 {[#]} Nd4 $1 57. Na1 (57. Nxd4 a1=Q+) 57... Nxf3 58. Nb3+ Kb4 59. Kb2 {[#]} a1=Q+ $1 60. Nxa1 (60. Kxa1 Kxb3) 60... Nd4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 {??.} dxc4 4. Bg2 h6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Qd4 {[#]} 8. Nexc4 $1 Nxc4 9. Qa4 $1 Qd7 10. Qxc4 Nf6 11. d4 e6 12. Rd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 O-O 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Rac1 f5 16. a4 a5 17. e3 Qd8 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Qb3 h5 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Bc5 h4 22. Bb6 Qe7 23. Bc5 (23. Rc5 $16) 23... Qc7 (23... Qd8 $1 $11) 24. Bb6 Qe7 $1 25. Rc5 Ne4 26. Re5 Qb4 {[#]} 27. Bxa5 $1 Qxb3 (27... Rxa5 28. Qxb4) 28. axb3 b5 29. b4 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} (29. gxh4 Rxa5 30. Rc1 Bd7 $17) 29... bxa4 30. Ra1 Bd7 31. gxh4 Nd2 32. Ra2 Nb3 (32... Ne4 $142 33. Rxa4 c5) 33. Rxa4 $18 f4 34. Ra3 Nd2 ({Not} 34... Nxa5 $2 35. Be4 $18) 35. Ra2 Nc4 36. Rc5 Nd6 37. Bxc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 Nf5 39. Rxe6 Rc8 40. Kg2 Rc3 (40... Nxh4+ {keeps fighting.} 41. Kf1 fxe3 42. Rxe3 Nf5) 41. b5 Rb3 42. Bd2 Nxh4+ 43. Kh3 Nf3 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5+.} 44. Re8+ Kh7 {[#]} 45. d5 $2 (45. Kg2 $1 $16) 45... Rd3 ({Don't go for} 45... Rxb5 $2 46. exf4 Rxd5 47. Be3 $18) 46. Bc1 Rd1 $1 47. Bb2 {Hoping for e4.} Rg1 {( -> ...Rf5)} 48. e4 {Threatens to win with Ra3.} Rb7 49. Raa8 {Rh8+ is the strong threat.} Kg6 $2 {[#]} (49... Ng5+ $11 50. Kh4 Nf3+ 51. Kh3 Ng5+ 52. Kh4 Nf3+ 53. Kh3) 50. Rh8 $2 (50. Ra3 $1 $18 Kf7 51. Rh8 (51. Rxf3 Kxe8 52. Ra3 Rxb5 53. Ra8+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 $11) 51... Ng5+ 52. Kh4 Nxe4 53. b6) 50... Ng5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Kh4 Nf3+ 52. Kh3 {And now Ra6+ would win.} Ng5+ 53. Kh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Black "Huzman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 {??.} Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nd7 9. f3 Nec5 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nd3 Qf6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rae8 15. g3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. f5 Ng7 19. Bh6 c5 20. fxg6 Qxg6 21. Qh3 Nd5 22. c4 Nf6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qf5 Ng4 25. c3 Qg6 26. Qf3 h5 27. Re2 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 ({But not} 28... dxe5 $6 29. Rae1 $16) 29. Rxe5 dxe5 $14 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Rd1 h4 31. Qe3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 32. Rd2 Re6 33. Kg2 (33. Qxc5 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 h3+ 35. Kf3 Rf6+ 36. Ke3 Qg1+ 37. Ke4 Qxc5 38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Kc2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Qf2+ 41. Kc1 Qxh2 42. a4 Qe2 43. Kb1 h2 44. Ka2 h1=Q 45. a5 Qxc4+ 46. b3 Qxc3 47. g4 Qha1#) 33... Qf5 34. Rf2 (34. Qxc5 h3+ 35. Kg1 Rf6 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qh8+ Kxh8 41. Kh1 Qg2#) 34... h3+ 35. Kg1 $1 Qb1+ 36. Rf1 Qxb2 {[#]} 37. Qf3 Qg2+ 38. Qxg2 hxg2 39. Rd1 Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4 { LiveBook: 683 Games} h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 {White is better.} Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Qd2 Ne5 (12... Qc7 $14) 13. Be2 $16 Bd7 (13... Nc6 $142) 14. O-O-O Qc7 ({ Reject} 14... Qxf2 $6 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Na5 $11) 15. f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6 $16) 16. Bxc4 $1 $18 Qxc4 17. f5 $1 Rc8 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Kb1 g6 20. Rgf1 Bg4 $2 {[#]} ( 20... Rc7 21. Rde1 Be7) 21. Rde1 (21. e5 $142 $1 Bxd1 (21... dxe5 22. Qd8+) 22. Rxd1) 21... Bg7 22. Qxd6 Qe6 (22... Qc7 {keeps fighting.} 23. Qxc7 Rxc7) 23. e5 Qxd6 24. exd6+ Be6 25. Nd5 Kd7 26. Nb6+ Kxd6 27. Nxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rd1+ Ke5 $2 ( 28... Kc6 {was worth a try.} 29. Nd4+ Bxd4) 29. Rfe1+ Kf5 30. Nd4+ (30. Rd3 $142) 30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 {Endgame KRB-KBN} 33. b3 Bd5 34. c4 Bf3 35. Re7 f6 36. Bd2 Kg4 37. Be1 Nf4 38. Kc2 Ng2 39. Bf2 Nxh4 40. Re6 Kf5 41. Rd6 $1 Be4+ 42. Kc3 Nf3 {[#]} 43. b4 $1 g5 (43... Ng5 $142 44. Bg1 Nf7) 44. a4 g4 45. b5 axb5 46. cxb5 ({Don't do} 46. axb5 $6 Ng5 $16) 46... Kg5 47. Be3+ Kf5 48. Bf2 (48. Rd8 $142) 48... Kg5 $1 49. Bg3 f5 {[#]} 50. Rd8 $1 Nh4 {intending ...f4.} 51. Kd4 Ng6 52. a5 Bf3 53. Rg8 Kf6 54. Ke3 Ne7 55. Bh4+ Kf7 56. Rd8 { And now Rd7 would win.} Nd5+ 57. Kd4 Nf4 58. Rd6 Be4 59. a6 bxa6 60. bxa6 g3 $2 (60... Ng6) 61. Rd7+ $2 ({Only move:} 61. Bxg3 $18 Ne2+ 62. Ke5) 61... Ke6 $14 62. Re7+ Kd6 {The position is equal.} 63. Rxe4 fxe4 64. a7 Ne6+ (64... g2 $5 65. Bf2 $8 Ne6+ 66. Kxe4 Nc7 $11) 65. Kxe4 Nc7 66. Bxg3+ Kc6 67. Bxc7 Kb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 {??.} e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Be3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bh6 10. Nc3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nf6 12. h4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Qe2 h5 15. f3 Nf6 16. Kb1 a6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Qc2 Kf8 19. Nd1 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rcd1 Ne6 23. Qc3 Kg7 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Nc4 Rhd8 26. Rd2 Rab8 27. Rhd1 Nb7 ({Of course not} 27... Qxh4 $6 28. Nxd6 Nb7 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Nxf7 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 $14) 28. g3 Qe6 29. f4 f6 {White must now prevent ...exf4.} 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ne3 fxe4 32. Qxc6 Qe8 33. Qxa6 Nc5 34. Qe2 Qg6 {Threatening ...Nd3. } 35. Rf1 d5 {[#] ...d4 is the strong threat.} 36. Rxd5 (36. Rc2 $11 Nd3 37. Rc7+ Kh8 38. b3) 36... Rxd5 $17 37. Nxd5 e3+ $1 38. Qc2 {[#]} Qd3 (38... Nd3 $1 $17 39. Qc7+ Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. Nxe3 Rxb2+ 42. Ka1 Rh2) 39. Rd1 $11 { The position is equal.} Qxc2+ 40. Kxc2 {Endgame KRN-KRN} e2 {( -> ...Rxb2+!)} 41. Re1 Na4 42. b3 Rc8+ $1 43. Kd2 Rd8 44. bxa4 Rxd5+ {KR-KR} 45. Kc3 Rd4 46. a5 Ra4 47. Rxe2 Kf7 48. Kb3 Rxa5 49. a4 Ke6 50. Kb4 Ra8 51. a5 Kd5 52. Rf2 e4 { aiming for ...e3.} 53. Rxf6 Rc8 54. Rf7 e3 55. a6 Ke4 56. a7 e2 57. Kb5 Ke3 58. Re7+ Kf2 59. Rf7+ Kxg3 60. Re7 Kf2 61. Rf7+ Ke1 62. Rb7 Kf2 63. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Rozum, Ivan"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Nd2 Rxf4 15. gxf4 Bxb2 {The position is equal.} 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Qb3 b6 18. e4 Bh6 19. Qg3 $1 Ne8 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. f5 Bd7 (21... Bg5 $14) 22. a5 b5 23. e5 $1 Qxf5 24. e6 $36 {Black must now prevent Bh3. White has good play.} ({ Not} 24. Nxd6 $2 Nxd6 25. exd6 c4 $19) 24... bxc4 25. Bh3 ({Of course not} 25. exd7 Qxd7 26. a6 Ng7 $11) 25... Qg5 $2 ({Wrong is} 25... Qxd5 $2 26. exd7 Qc6 27. Qh4 $18) ({Black should try} 25... Qf6 $1 $14 26. exd7 Ng7) 26. exd7 $18 Nf6 27. Rb7 (27. Qxg5 $18 Bxg5 28. Rb7) 27... c3 $2 {[#]} (27... Qd2 $16 { keeps fighting.} 28. Reb1 Bf8) 28. Rxa7 $1 Rf8 $2 (28... Rb8) (28... Rxa7 29. d8=Q+) 29. Qxg5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg5 30. Rc7 Nxd5 31. Rc8 Nb4 {[#]} 32. Rc1 $3 Bxc1 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. d8=Q+ Kg7 35. Bd7 Bg5 (35... c2 $5) 36. Qxg5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Rb8 14. O-O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Rhe1 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Lalith Babu M R"] [Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 {??.} e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be5 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. a3 Nfe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2519"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc8 12. Bg5 d6 13. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 d5 19. e4 Bc5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Qd3 Rf6 22. Rad1 Raf8 23. Rd2 Qc8 24. Nb3 Rf5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. b3 Qd8 27. Rfd1 Qh4 28. Qc2 Kh8 29. Re2 {Hoping for Nb5!} h6 30. Na4 c4 31. Nc5 Rg5 $1 32. Qc3 (32. Rde1 $11) 32... Nb5 (32... d4 $17 33. Rxd4 Qh5) 33. Qe3 $2 (33. Qd2 $11 Qh5 34. Ne6) 33... d4 $19 34. Qe7 { [#]} (34. Qe4 $142 Qh5 35. Qe7) 34... Rg8 $2 (34... Rxg2+ $1 $19 35. Kxg2 {[#]} Rxf2+ $3 36. Rxf2 Qxe7 37. bxc4 Nc3 38. Rxd4 Qxc5) 35. f4 $11 Nc3 (35... d3 $11 {remains equal.} 36. Ree1 d2 37. fxg5 dxe1=N 38. Rxe1 c3) 36. fxg5 $16 Nxd1 37. bxc4 Ne3 (37... hxg5 $2 38. Nd3 (38. Qxa7 Ne3 39. Nb3 Qe4 40. Nxd4 Rd8 $16) 38... Kh7 39. Re4 $18 (39. Qxa7 Ne3 $14)) ({Black should try} 37... Qxg5 $14 38. Qxg5 hxg5) 38. Ne6 ({Inferior is} 38. Qxa7 Rf8 39. Rxe3 dxe3 $19) (38. Nb3 $16) 38... d3 ({Not} 38... Nxc4 $2 39. Nd8 (39. Qxa7 d3 40. Rf2 d2 $17) 39... d3 40. Nf7+ Kh7 {[#]} 41. g6+ $1 Kxg6 42. Qxh4 $18) 39. Rxe3 d2 40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 {aiming for Qd6.} Qe5+ 44. Nf4 Qxf4+ $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 45. Kg1 {Threatens to win with gxh6.} hxg5 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8.} 46. Rd7 g4 $2 (46... Kh7 $11) 47. Qh4+ $18 Qh6 48. Qxg4 Re8 49. Kh2 Rf8 50. c5 Qf4+ $2 (50... Rf4 51. Rd8+ Kh7) 51. Qxf4 Rxf4 52. Rxd2 {KR-KR} Rc4 53. Rd8+ Kh7 54. Ra8 Rxc5 55. Rxa7 Rc3 56. Ra4 g6 57. Rh4+ Kg7 { [#] and the idea ...Ra3 leaves Black hopeful.} 58. a4 $1 Kf6 (58... Ra3 $142 59. Rg4 Kh7) 59. Rf4+ Kg5 60. Rf3 Rc5 61. Ra3 Ra5 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kf3 g5 64. Ra1 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. Ra2 Kd6 (66... Kf7 $142 67. Kd4 Ke6) 67. g3 (67. Kf3 $142 Ke6 68. Ke4) 67... Ke6 68. Ra3 Kd6 $2 (68... Ke7 69. Kd4 Kd6) 69. Kf3 { White is clearly winning.} Ke6 70. Kg4 Kf6 71. Kh5 Kf7 72. g4 Kg7 73. Rf3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nf3 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 f6 17. Nf3 d5 18. exd5 Nb4 (18... exd5 $2 19. Nh4 d4 20. Ng6 $18) 19. dxe6 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nxe6 21. Nh4 Re8 (21... f5 $142 22. Ng6 Bh4) 22. Ngf5 (22. Nh5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 22... Bb4 $2 (22... Bc5+ $16 23. Kh2 Rb8) 23. c3 $2 (23. Bxb4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qb6+ 24. Rf2 Nxb4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qh5 Nxc2 {[#]} 27. Ng6 $1) 23... Bc5+ $16 24. Kh1 ({Better is} 24. Kh2 $18) 24... Qc7 25. Qg4 $36 {b4 is the strong threat. White is on the roll.} Nf8 $2 (25... Ne7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. Rae1 Nb6 $2 (26... Rad8 {is tougher.} 27. Rxe8 Rxe8) 27. b4 $18 Bd6 28. Rg1 ({Not} 28. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Qxd6 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 28... Nc4 {[#]} 29. Nxg7 $1 Qxg7 30. Bxb7 Qxg4 31. Rxg4+ ({Weaker is} 31. hxg4 Nxd2 32. Bd5+ Kh7 $16) 31... Kh7 32. Reg1 Ne6 33. Nf5 (33. Be4+ $142 Kh8 34. Nf5 Re7 35. Rh4+ Rh7 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Nxd6+ f5 38. Bxf5+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kh5 40. Be1 Ne5 41. Rg4 Nxg4 42. hxg4#) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Bc5 10. e3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. c4 {The position is equal.} d4 13. Nb3 a5 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. b3 Nfd7 17. f4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Bd2 Nf8 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg3 Qe2 {Hoping for ...Nf8.} 24. Rf2 Qh5 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Be2 Re8 27. Kf1 (27. Bxa5 Re3 28. Qg5 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxh6 gxh6 $17) 27... b6 {[#]} 28. h4 $1 Nf8 (28... Nxh4 29. Rh2) 29. h5 Nh7 30. Rg2 Re6 31. Qh3 Qf6 32. Rg6 (32. Bd1 $16) 32... Qf7 33. Qg2 Nf8 34. Rg3 Qe7 35. Ke1 (35. Bd1 $14) 35... Rf6 (35... Na6 $1 $11) 36. Kd1 $14 Nfe6 37. Kc2 Na6 {White should prevent ...Qa3.} 38. Bf3 (38. Qxc6 Nb4+ 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 $11) ({Better is} 38. Bd1 $16) 38... Nb4+ $11 (38... Qa3 $5 39. Kb1 $8 a4 $14) 39. Kb1 $1 Nc5 40. a3 Nbxd3 {White must now prevent . ..Ne4.} 41. Bxc6 Kh8 42. Bd5 Nxb3 43. Rxd3 Qxa3 44. Qf3 a4 {aiming for ...Re6!} 45. Kc2 {And now Rxb3 would win.} Qa2+ 46. Kd1 Rf8 (46... Qb1+ $5 47. Ke2 $8 Rf8 $11) 47. h6 $1 {Threatening mate with hxg7+.} Qb1+ (47... gxh6 $2 48. Qh5 Kh7 49. Be6 Qb1+ 50. Ke2 $18) 48. Ke2 {hxg7+ would kill now.} Re8+ ({Not} 48... gxh6 $2 49. Qh5 Qxd3+ 50. Kxd3 $18) 49. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (49. Re3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxe3+ 50. Bxe3) 49... g6 $1 $19 ({But not} 49... Nxd2 $2 50. hxg7+ Kxg7 51. Qg3+ Kf8 52. Qg8+ Ke7 53. Qe6+ Kd8 54. Qd6+ Kc8 55. Be6+ Rxe6 56. Qxe6+ Kc7 57. Qe5+ Kb7 58. Qd5+ (58. Qxf5 Qf1+ 59. Kg3 Qe1+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh4 Qh1+ 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kh5 Qh1+ 64. Kg6 Qc6+ 65. Kg7 Nxc4 $11) 58... Ka7 59. Rxd2 $18) 50. Rxb3 $2 (50. Kg2 Qc2 51. Be6 Nxd2 52. Qe2) 50... axb3 51. Bc6 {[#]} Qc2 $1 52. Bxe8 Qxd2+ 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qxe8 55. Qf2 Qe4+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 {??.} e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d4.} 8. Bxf6 dxc4 9. Qxc4 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qh4 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qb4 13. Qxf6 Rf8 14. Ng5 Qxb2 {...h6 is the strong threat.} 15. f3 Qb1+ $1 (15... Qxa2 $6 16. Kf2 $16) 16. Kf2 $36 {And now Rd3 would win. White is pushing.} Qg6 $1 17. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Qh4.} Qxf6 18. Nxf6+ Ke7 19. Nxh7 Rg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rg7.} 20. h4 f6 $1 21. e3 Ne5 $2 ({ Black should try} 21... Bd7 $14) 22. Rc7+ $18 Bd7 {[#]} 23. Be2 $1 (23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $14) 23... Rac8 24. Rxb7 Rc2 {Hoping for .. .Nd3+.} 25. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} ({And not} 25. Rxa7 Nd3+ 26. Kg1 Ne5 $11) 25... Rxg2+ ({Inferior is} 25... Rxa2 26. f4 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Rxe2 28. Rbxd7+ Ke8 29. Rxa7) 26. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 27. Kg1 Rxa2 (27... Nxf3+ $5 28. Kf1 $8 Rd2 $18) 28. Kf1 Ra3 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Ke2 ({Weaker is} 31. Nxf6+ Ke7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2507"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. c3 c5 { LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Nb6 19. Be6 Bh4 ( 19... f4 $5 20. Bf2 $8 Bf6 $11) 20. Bf2 (20. exf5 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Nd5 $17) 20... f4 21. Nc4 {[#] Hoping for Bxh4.} Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Re8 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Bd7 Reb8 25. d4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bc6 (26... Ba6 $11) 27. dxc5 $14 dxc5 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Red1 Rd8 30. Qh4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 32. Rd8 Qxa4 33. Qe7 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 {[#]} Qa2+ 35. Ke1 Rg8 36. Rxg8+ Qxg8 37. Qxc5 {KQ-KQ} Qd8 ({ Better is} 37... a4 $11) 38. c4 (38. Qd5 $1 $14 Qb8 39. Qxa5) 38... h6 { The position is equal.} 39. Qxe5 a4 {aiming for ...a3.} 40. Qc3 (40. Qxf4 $2 a3 41. Qe5 a2 $19) 40... Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qf6 (41... Qxh2 $6 42. c5 a3 43. Qxa3 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Ke2 $18) 42. Qa3 Qa6 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ (44. Qxf4 $2 a3 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Kh8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 $19) 44... Kg8 (44... Kh8 $5 45. Qf8+ $8 Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ $11) 45. Qd5+ (45. Qxf4 $2 a3 46. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 45... Kh8 46. e5 a3 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kf7 (49... Kh7 $5 50. Qd3+ $8 Kh8 51. Qd8+ Kh7 $11) 50. Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qd3+ $1 Kg5 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 52. g4 {Qf5+ would kill now.} Kh4 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 53. Kg2 { Intending Qf5 and mate.} Qa5 $1 54. e6 a2 55. e7 Qe1 56. Qd4 $1 a1=Q ({Much worse is} 56... Qxe7 $6 57. Qf2+ Kg5 58. Qxa2 $16) 57. Qxa1 Qe2+ $1 ({Worse is } 57... Qxa1 58. e8=Q Qa2+ 59. Kg1 Qa1+ 60. Kf2 Qd4+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kf1 $18) 58. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Qc1.} Qe3+ ({Reject} 58... Qxe7 $6 59. Qa2 $16) 59. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qf1.} Qe2+ 60. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+ 14. Kg1 {LiveBook: 123 Games} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Sethuraman, S P."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rf7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Nh5 Qd8 16. Ne5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Nf4 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Rc1 Ng6 22. Qh5 Nce7 (22... Nf8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Nc5 $18 (23. Bxa7 b6 24. Nb4 Nf4 $19) 23... Nf4 {[#]} 24. Qg4 (24. Bh7+ $1 $18 Kf8 (24... Kxh7 25. Qxf7) 25. Qh4 (25. Nxb7 $2 Nxh5 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17) 25... Rxc5 26. Bxc5) 24... d4 $16 25. Bxf4 Rxc5 {[#] } 26. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Rxc5 Qb6 28. Rc2 $1 Nc6 29. Bg3 Rf5 30. Qe4 Be8 31. Rd2 ({Better is} 31. Rd1 $16) 31... Qa5 $14 32. Qe2 Qxa2 33. b4 Qd5 34. b5 Nb4 35. Qg4 h5 (35... Qxb5 $6 36. Qxd4 a5 37. Qd6 $16) 36. Qe4 Bxb5 37. Qxd5 (37. Qxd4 $2 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Nc2 $19) 37... Nxd5 38. Rxd4 a5 39. Rc1 Bc6 40. Rc5 a4 41. f3 Bd7 42. Rc7 Bc6 43. Rc8 Kg6 44. Rd8 Rf7 45. h4 Rc7 46. Be1 Bb5 47. g4 ({ White should try} 47. Ra8 $15) 47... Rc1 $17 48. Kf2 a3 49. gxh5+ Kf7 $2 (49... Kh7 $1 $17 50. Rd2 Rb1) 50. Ra8 (50. Bb4 $1 $18 Nxb4 51. Rxb4) 50... Rc2+ $16 { [#]} 51. Rd2 (51. Kg3 $1 $16) 51... Rxd2+ $14 52. Bxd2 {Endgame KRB-KBN} Ba6 53. Bc1 $1 Nb6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 53... a2 $14 54. Bb2 Nf4) 54. Rd8 $1 $16 Nc4 55. Be3 Nxe5 56. Bd4 (56. Bd2 $16) 56... Nc6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Rd7+ Ke8 58. Rxg7 Nxd4 59. h6 {White wants to mate with h7.} Bd3 $1 60. h7 {[#]} Bxh7 $1 61. Rxh7 {KR-KN} b5 {...Nc2 is the strong threat.} 62. h5 $1 {Hoping for Ra7.} Kf8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 63. h6 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Kg8 $1 64. Rb7 $1 Kh8 {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 65. Kg3 Nc6 66. Rb6 b4 67. Ra6 $1 (67. Rxc6 $2 a2 68. Ra6 b3 $19) 67... Kh7 68. Kf4 { Strongly threatening Kg5.} ({Wrong is} 68. Rxc6 $2 a2 69. Ra6 b3 $19) 68... Kxh6 69. Ke4 ({But not} 69. Rxc6 $2 b3 70. Rxe6+ Kg7 $19) 69... Kg5 70. Kd3 ({ Don't take} 70. Rxc6 $2 b3 71. f4+ Kf6 $19) 70... Ne5+ 71. Kd4 Nxf3+ 72. Kc4 e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 a6 10. N5c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bf5 13. Qb3 Nd4 14. Qxb7 {The position is equal.} Rb8 15. Qxa6 Rxb2 16. Rad1 { And now Qa3 would win.} e5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Rd2 Rbb8 19. f4 Bh3 20. fxe5 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Ra8 ({Black should try} 21... Bxe5 $14 22. Bxd4 Bxd4) 22. Qd6 $16 ({ Don't play} 22. Rxd4 $6 Qxd4 23. Qxa8 Qxe3 $14) 22... Qb7+ 23. Qd5 Qxd5+ 24. Nxd5 Ne6 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 h5 27. Rb1 Ra5 28. Rb7 Rfa8 29. Rdd7 Re5 (29... Rxa2 $142 30. Rxf7 Rxe2+ 31. Kf3 Rb2) 30. Kf2 $1 Rf5+ 31. Ke1 Rxf6 32. Ra7 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Re8 {[#]} (32... Rb8 $16 33. Rab7 Ra8) 33. a4 $1 $18 Rf5 34. a5 Re5 35. Kd2 (35. Bd2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 35... Ng7 $2 (35... Nc5 $16 36. Bxc5 Rxc5) 36. Rxf7 Nf5 {[#]} 37. Bb6 $1 Rxe2+ 38. Kd3 R2e6 39. Rfd7 Re1 40. Kc4 Rc1+ 41. Kb5 Rh1 42. Rd2 Ng7 $2 (42... Rc8 43. Ka6 Re1) 43. Rad7 Rb1+ 44. Ka6 Ra8+ 45. Ra7 Re8 46. Rdd7 Nf5 $2 (46... Ne6 47. Re7 Kf8) 47. h3 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4 48. Rac7 g5 49. Rd5 Rf8 50. Bc5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Idani, Pouya"] [Black "Bindrich, Falko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. e5 Qxc6 11. O-O ({Don't play} 11. exd6 Re8+ 12. Be3 Ng4 $17) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 $1 ({Reject} 12. exf6 Bxf1 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxf1 Rfe8 $11) 12... Rfe8 13. exf6 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Re8 {[#]} 15. Be3 Bf4 16. Na3 Qxf6 17. Nc2 h5 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Ne1 h4 20. h3 Re4 21. Nf3 Bc8 { Black wants to play ...Bxh3!} 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Re1 (23. b3 $16) 23... Qf5 24. f4 (24. b3 $16) 24... f6 $1 $11 25. Nf3 Qh5 26. Bf2 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qh6 28. Be3 Bf5 29. Nf3 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Be4 30. Qf2 Qh5 (30... Bxf4 $11 31. Bxf4 Qxf4) 31. Nxh4 $14 g5 32. Nf3 $1 gxf4 33. Bd2 Kf7 34. Qf1 Qf5 35. Ne1 Bb1 36. a4 Be4 37. b4 Ke7 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. a5 Qg6 40. Nf3 Bd3 41. Qf2 Be4 42. Nh2 Qf5 43. Qe2 Bd3 44. Qg4 Qxg4 45. hxg4 {Endgame KBB-KBN} Kg6 46. Nf3 c6 47. Kf2 a6 48. Kg1 Bc7 49. Kh2 Be2 50. Kh3 Bd1 51. Be1 Be2 52. Kh2 Bd1 53. Kg1 Bc2 54. Bh4 Be4 55. Kf2 Bd6 56. Nd2 Bc2 57. Nf3 Be4 58. Ke2 Bc7 59. Be1 Bd6 60. Bd2 Bc7 61. Kf2 Bc2 62. Kg1 Bd1 63. Be1 Bc2 64. Kh2 Bd1 65. Kh3 Be2 66. Kh4 Bf1 67. Kh3 $1 Be2 68. Bd2 Bd1 69. Kh2 Be2 70. Kg1 Bd1 71. Be1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c5 (12... Nc6 $15) 13. dxc5 $14 Nc6 $1 14. Be2 {White has an edge.} Qc7 $1 15. Ng5 Qe5 (15... Na5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Qc2 Nd5) 16. O-O-O {[#] Hoping for Bf3.} Na5 17. Qa3 $36 {White is more active.} Nc4 (17... Nc6 $14 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Qxa8 Bd7) 18. Bxc4 $1 $16 bxc4 19. c6 Rb8 (19... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Ba7 Nd5 {...Qf4+ is the strong threat.} 21. Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Nge4 (22. Nxd5 $6 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 $16) 22... Nb4 23. h5 Nxc6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qc5 (25. f3 $142 ) 25... Ne5 26. Qxe7 {White wants to mate with Nf6+!} Nd3+ 27. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 28. Qh4 (28. Kb1 $16) 28... Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 {[#]} 30. f3 $1 a5 31. Kd2 Bf8 32. Kxd3 Be7 33. Ke3 Rf8 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Nb5 Rh8 (35... Rd8 {is a better defense.} 36. Rc1 e5) 36. Rc1 $18 Bd8 (36... Rd8 $142 37. Rc7 Kf8) 37. Rxc8 Bb6+ 38. Rc5 $1 Rh2 ({Reject} 38... Bxc5+ 39. Nxc5 Rh2 40. Kf2 $18) 39. Nd4 Bxc5 40. Nxc5 e5 41. Nc6 Rxg2 42. Nd3 ({Less strong is} 42. Nxe5 Rxb2 43. a4 g5 $16) 42... a4 43. a3 ({But not} 43. Ncxe5 a3 $18) 43... Kf6 44. Ncxe5 Rc2 45. Nd7+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {??.} g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qb3 e4 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. f3 Qf6 (14... Nc6 $1 $17 15. fxe4 f4) 15. Rb1 Qxc3 (15... e3 $1 $15 16. Nf1 f4) 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Rb3 Bg7 18. fxe4 Nc6 19. exf5 Nd4 (19... Bxf5 20. Bd5+ (20. Rxb7 Nb4 $16) 20... Kh8 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 {And now fxg6 would win.} Rae8 (21... gxf5 22. Nf3 $16) 22. Bb2 (22. Rxa7 $2 Nxe2+ 23. Kg2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Re2+ 25. Kh3 Rxd2 26. fxg6 hxg6 $19) 22... Rxf5 (22... Nxf5 $6 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rxa7 $16) (22... gxf5 $6 23. Nb3 (23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $16) 23... Rf7 24. Rxf7 (24. Nxc5 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxe1 26. Bxg7 Rxb7 27. Nxb7 Kxg7 $19) 24... Kxf7 25. Bxd4 (25. Nxc5 $2 Nf3+ 26. exf3 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rh1 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 25... Bxd4+ 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Kf2 $16) 23. e4 Bh6 24. Bc3 Rf6 25. Kg2 Ref8 26. Rf1 {Strongly threatening Rxf6.} Be3 {aiming for ... Rxf1.} 27. Bxd4 Rf2+ ( 27... Bxd4 $6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Nf3 $16) 28. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kh3 cxd4 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nb3 $2 (30. c5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxd2 31. c6) 30... h5 $1 $19 ({Worse is} 30... Rxa2 31. c5 Rc2 32. Rd7 $11 (32. Rxa7 h5 33. Rd7 g5 $11)) 31. Rb8+ ({But not} 31. Rxa7 d3 32. Ra8+ Kf7) 31... Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...d3. Black has strong compensation.} 32. Rb7+ Kg8 (32... Ke8 $17 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Kf6) 33. Rb8+ $1 {[#]} (33. Rxa7 d3 34. Ra8+ Kf7 $19) 33... Kh7 $1 34. Rb7+ Kh6 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 35. Rd7 $2 (35. Nc5) 35... Rxa2 36. c5 g5 37. g4 Ra3 (37... Bf4 $142 38. gxh5 Kxh5 39. Rh7+ Kg6) 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ $2 (39. gxh5 $17 Rxb3 40. Kg4) 39... Kh6 40. Rd6+ {[#]} Kg7 (40... Kh7 $142 $1 41. gxh5 Rxb3) 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rb7 $2 (42. gxh5 Rxb3 43. Kg4) 42... h4 43. e5+ Kxe5 44. c6 {Intending c7 and mate.} Ra2 { ( -> ...Bg1)} 45. c7 Bf4 {Black mates.} 46. Rb5+ Kd6 47. c8=N+ Kd7 48. Nb6+ axb6 49. Nd2 Bxd2 (49... Rxd2 $142 50. Rd5+ Kc7 51. Rc5+ Kb7 52. Rc7+ Ka6 53. Ra7+ Kb5 54. Ra5+ Kc4 55. Ra4+ Kd5 56. Ra5+ Ke4 57. Re5+ Kf3 58. Re3+ Kf2 59. Rf3+ Ke2 60. Rf2+ Ke3 61. Rf3+ Ke4 62. Re3+ Kd5 63. Re2 Kc4 64. Rf2 d3 65. Rxf4+ gxf4 66. g5 f3 67. Kg4 f2 68. Kh5 f1=Q 69. Kh6 Rg2 70. Kg6 d2 71. Kh6 Qf7 72. h3 d1=Q 73. g6 Rxg6#) 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d3 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. e4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bc5 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Kh1 a5 15. g4 {g5 would now be nice for White. } h6 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Rd1 b5 19. Nf3 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb8 21. Rg1 Bf8 22. Bc3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 ({Wrong is} 23. exf5 $2 Bb4 24. Ba1 e4 $19) 23... dxe4 ({ Better is} 23... Bb4 $17 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Rb2) 24. dxe4 $15 Nc5 25. Nh2 ( 25. Nd2 $1 $15) 25... Nxa4 $17 26. Ba1 Nc5 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Nd7 29. Bf1 Nf6 $36 {Keeping White busy.} 30. Qh4 {[#]} Kh7 {[#]} ({Black should try} 30... Qe7 $1 $17 31. Bd3 Kh8) 31. Bc3 (31. f4 $1 $11) 31... Bb4 32. Qg3 Bf8 33. Qh4 Qe7 {aiming for ...Qc5.} 34. Bc4 $2 (34. Bxa5 $15 Qc5 35. Bd2 Qxc2 36. Bxh6 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Be3) 34... Qc5 $19 35. Bxf7 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Qxc3 36. Bxe8 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Rxe8 38. Rge1 Bc5 39. Kg1 Qc3 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Re2 a4 41. Rd3 (41. Kh2 $142 Qf3 42. Rdd2) 41... Qc4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Xu, Yinglun"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Nd7 { The position is equal.} 13. e4 Rac8 14. d5 Ba4 15. Qa3 (15. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 16. c4 Rxb7 $19) 15... Bxc3 (15... Qxc3 $2 16. Qxa4 (16. Rxb7 c4 17. Qxc3 Bxc3 $14) 16... Qxd3 17. Rb3 $18 (17. Rxb7 Ne5 $14)) (15... c4 $1 $11 16. Bc2 Nc5) 16. Bh6 $14 c4 {[#]} 17. Be2 $1 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} ({Don't capture} 17. Qxe7 $2 Rfe8 18. Qa3 cxd3 $19) ({Of course not} 17. Bxf8 $6 Kxf8 18. Be2 b5 $11) 17... Rfe8 (17... b5 $16) 18. Rfc1 $18 ({Don't take} 18. Rxb7 $6 Nc5 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 $14) 18... Bf6 19. Rxb7 Nb6 {Black wants to play ...Qa6.} 20. Bd1 {aiming for Rxb6!} c3 {[#]} (20... Rb8 $16 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Rxb6 axb6) 21. Rxb6 $1 c2 (21... Qxb6 22. Qxa4) 22. Rxc2 axb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxa4 Qxa4 25. Bxa4 Rc4 26. Bb3 Rxe4 27. Kf1 Bc3 28. Be3 Rb4 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Kd3 Bf6 31. Bd4 Rb5 (31... Rxd4+ $142 32. Nxd4 Be5) 32. Kc4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Black "Adhiban, B."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 112 Games} Nxd5 11. exd5 ({Worse is} 11. Bxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 $17) 11... Nf5 12. cxb5 {The position is equal. } Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qe4 15. Qc2 Qxe3+ 16. Be2 {And now Qc6+ would win.} Bd7 {Hoping for ...axb5.} 17. bxa6 Be7 18. Qd2 Qe4 19. O-O O-O 20. Nc4 (20. Rf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Rxa6 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 {next Nxe5! is good for White.} Ra7 23. b4 Rb8 24. a3 Bb5 {Strongly threatening ...e4!} 25. Rfc1 Rba8 (25... Bg5 $17 26. Rc2 g6) 26. Bf1 {With the idea Nb6.} Bxc4 27. Rxc4 ({ Don't play} 27. Bxc4 Bg5 28. Rc2 Be3+ 29. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 27... Rxa3 $2 (27... g6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 28. Rxa3 $18 Rxa3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. b5 Rb3 {[#]} 31. Rb8 $1 e4 {[#]} 32. b6 $1 e3 {Threatening ...Rb1.} 33. b7 f5 34. Ba6 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 35. Kf1 Be7 36. Rc8 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kxe3 Bg5+ 39. Kd3 Rb3+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 a5 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Ba6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxb4 axb4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. Nd2 d6 11. Nd3 c5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Rd7 ({Much weaker is} 13... cxd4 $6 14. Nb4 $16) 14. b4 cxd4 15. Qa1 Bb7 16. Qxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Qb2 h5 19. Rfa1 Qb8 20. Kg1 Rc8 21. R1a2 Rdd8 22. c5 {Black must now prevent b5.} dxc5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qxb8 Nxb8 25. Rc3 Nbd7 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rac2 Rdc8 28. Nb3 Ne4 29. Nd4 R6c7 30. Nb5 $1 Rb7 31. Na3 Ra7 32. Nc4 Nef6 33. Nd2 Rac7 34. Nc4 Kf8 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Nb5 Rb7 37. Nd6 Rbb8 38. Nc4 Rdc8 39. f3 Ke7 40. Kf2 Rc7 41. e4 g5 42. Ne3 Rb5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 {The position is equal.} Ra7 45. Ke2 Rc7 46. Kf2 Nh7 47. Nc4 Nhf8 48. Nf4 Rb3 49. Nd2 Rb8 50. Nc4 Rb3 51. Nd2 Ra3 52. Nc4 Ra4 53. Nxh5 Ng6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2481"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxf6 {??.} exf6 4. c4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nge2 h5 8. Nf4 h4 9. Be2 h3 10. Bf3 hxg2 11. Bxg2 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Bg7 (12... c6 $15) 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. d4 Qg5 15. Kf1 O-O-O 16. c5 {[#]} ({White should play} 16. Nd5 $11) 16... Kb7 (16... f4 $1 $15 17. Nxf4 (17. exf4 Qf5) 17... Bxd4) 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 (18. cxb6 $1 $11 Qf6 19. bxc7 (19. dxc6+ dxc6 20. Qc2 Ba5 $17) 19... Kxc7 20. Qe2) 18... Ne5 $17 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. d6 {next Rc7+ is good for White.} Nc6 $36 {Black has strong initiative.} 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Rc4 g5 23. Nd3 Rh6 (23... Rh3 $142 24. Nb4 f4 25. exf4 gxf4) 24. Qf3 Re8 25. h3 (25. Nb4 $142 Qxd6 26. h4 ) 25... Re6 ({Resist} 25... Qxd6 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. Rd5 $15) 26. Kg2 Rxd6 27. Rd1 Qe6 $1 28. Qg3 {[#]} (28. Kg1 $142) 28... Rg6 (28... Ne5 $1 $19 29. Nxe5 Rxd1 30. Qf3+ Qd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxf7 Rg6) 29. Kh2 {[#]} (29. Qf3 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Rd5 $1 $19 30. Rc3 Qd6 31. Kg2 g4 {White must now prevent . ..gxh3+.} 32. h4 Ne5 33. e4 {[#]} f4 $1 34. Nxe5 $2 (34. Qxf4 Rxd3 35. Rcxd3 Nxd3 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Kg3) (34. Nxf4 Rxd1) 34... Qxe5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 15. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Rb8 16. Rab1 c5 17. Ng3 c4 18. Bf5 Be6 19. Bg4 Kf8 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Nf5 Be5 {[#] ...h5 is the strong threat.} 22. Nd4 Rb6 23. b3 Reb8 24. g3 Ra6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. bxc4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 dxc4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rb4 Rxa2 29. Rxc4 Ke7 30. Re4 Ra5 { [#] Strongly threatening ...f5.} 31. f4 f5 32. Bxf5 ({Don't go for} 32. Rxe5 $2 Rxe5 33. Bh5 Rc5 $19) 32... exf5 {KRB-KR} 33. Re3 $1 ({Wrong is} 33. Rxe5+ $2 Rxe5 34. Kf2 Rb5 $19) 33... Rc5 34. fxe5 {KR-KR} ({But not} 34. Rxe5+ $2 Rxe5 35. fxe5 a5 $19) 34... a5 35. Ra3 Ke6 36. c3 Kxe5 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Ra4 Ke5 39. Ke2 Rxc3 40. Rxa5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Debashis, Das"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h4 Na6 9. g4 Nc5 10. f3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 f6 { White is better.} 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15. Qd2 a4 16. O-O-O Rf4 17. Rdh1 Nf8 18. Bd1 Bf6 19. Qh2 c6 20. Kb1 (20. Bxf4 $6 exf4 21. Qd2 Qa5 $14) 20... a3 21. b3 $1 ( 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. b3 Bxc3 23. Qxf4 cxd5 24. cxd5 Nd3 $19) 21... Bg7 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Be2 cxd5 (23... Qa5 $16 24. Rg1 Rf6) 24. Nxd5 (24. cxd5 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rf7 25. Nb5) 24... Rf7 25. Rg3 Nce6 26. Bd3 Nf4 $1 27. Rhg1 ( 27. Nxf4 $2 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qf6 $19) 27... Qxh4 {[#]} (27... Nxd3 $2 28. Bg5 (28. Qxd3 Qe8 29. Qe2 Qe6 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Qxd3 $18) (27... Bh6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Bxf4 $1 $16 exf4 {[#]} 29. Rxg6 $1 Nxg6 {[#]} 30. e5 $1 Kh8 (30... dxe5 31. Bxg6+) 31. Bxg6 Re7 $2 (31... Rff8 $16) 32. Nxe7 $18 Qxe7 33. Rh1 (33. Qxf4 Rf8 34. Qh2 Qxe5 35. Qxh5+ Qxh5 36. Bxh5 Be5 $16) (33. exd6 Qf6 34. Kc1 Rg8 $11) (33. Qxd6 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 $16) 33... h4 $2 (33... dxe5 $2 34. Rxh5+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. Bh7 $18) (33... Bxe5 34. Rxh5+ Kg8) 34. Qxf4 {White threatens Bf7 and mate.} Bxe5 35. Qh6+ ({Not} 35. Qxh4+ Qxh4 36. Rxh4+ Kg7 $18) 35... Kg8 36. Be4 $2 $40 {Black is in trouble.} ({Less strong is} 36. Qxh4 Qxh4 37. Rxh4 Rb8 $16) (36. Rxh4 $18 {White wants to mate with Bh7+.} Qg7 37. Qh5) 36... Bg7 $16 37. Qxh4 (37. Bd5+ $16 Kf8 38. Qf4+ (38. Qxh4 $2 Qe5 39. Kc1 Re8 $19) 38... Qf6 39. Rxh4) 37... Qe5 $14 {White is slightly better.} 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Qxf5 40. Bxf5 Ra5 41. Be4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {??.} Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Be2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. Ng5 f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Nh3 Kd7 ({Reject} 10... Nxh4 $6 11. Nf4 $16 (11. Bxh5+ Kd7 $11)) 11. Nf4 Nxf4 $1 12. Bxf4 Qe8 (12... Qb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qg6 15. Qb3 b5 16. O-O (16. Nc3 $1 $14) 16... Rg8 $11 17. g3 Qg4 $1 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 18. Re1 {White wants to play Nc3.} Bb4 $2 (18... a5 $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on. Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 19. Bxb8 Bb4) 19. Bxe6+ ({Better is} 19. Qxb4 Qxf4 20. Bf1) 19... Bxe6 $16 20. Rxe6 ({ Weaker is} 20. Qxb4 Qxf4 21. Rxe6 Rxg3+ 22. Kf1 Kxe6 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxb4 Na6 {[#]} 22. Qd2 ({White should play} 22. Qa3 $1 $16 Nc7 23. Nc3) 22... Rae8 $11 {aiming for ...Qe1+.} 23. Nc3 Nc7 $1 24. d5 Nxd5 ({But not} 24... cxd5 $2 25. Rc1 $18) 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qc2 $1 {Hoping for Rd1.} Kc8 {White must now prevent ...Re4.} 27. Rd1 Qf3 $2 (27... Qe4 $11 28. Qc5 Qxf4 29. Qxc6+ Qc7 30. Qa8+ Qb8 31. Qc6+ Qc7 32. Qa8+ Qb8 33. Qc6+ Qc7) 28. Qf5+ $18 Kb7 {[#]} 29. Rd7+ $1 Ka8 {[#] ( -> ...Re1+)} 30. Rxa7+ $1 Kxa7 {[#]} 31. Bb8+ $1 Kxb8 32. Qxf3 {Endgame KQ-KRR} Re6 33. Qxh5 Rge8 34. Qf7 {White is clearly winning.} R8e7 35. Qg6 Kb7 36. h5 Kb6 37. g4 c5 (37... Re8 $142 38. h6 Rf8) 38. h6 f5 { [#]} 39. gxf5 $1 Rxg6+ 40. fxg6 Re6 41. g7 Rg6+ 42. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Lomasov, Semen"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {aiming for axb5.} b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. h3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Be3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rab8 21. Ra1 Rb5 22. Red1 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2604"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {??.} a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. O-O-O Nf7 11. h4 Bg4 12. h5 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} gxh5 13. Qc4 Qd7 14. Rd2 a5 ({Better is} 14... Rb8 $14) 15. d5 $16 c5 16. Nh2 Qc8 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Nb5 Kd8 20. Qa4 Ra6 (20... Bh6 $1 $14 21. Bxh6 Qxh6) 21. Rd3 (21. Kb1 $16) 21... Bh6 $14 (21... Qxg2 $2 22. Rg1 Qh3 23. Rxg7 $18) 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 (22... Qxg2 $2 23. Rdd1 (23. Rxh5 Nxh6 24. b3 Nf7 $11) 23... Rg8 24. Bd2 $18 (24. Rxh5 Nxh6 25. Qa3 Nf7 $14)) 23. Rb3 { Threatens to win with Nxd6!} Qxg2 24. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Nxd6!} Qg7 ( 24... Rg8 $1 $11) 25. Na3 {White has compensation.} Rg8 (25... Rb6 $16) 26. Rb8+ $1 $18 Ke7 27. Rb7 Rc8 $2 (27... Kd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 28. Nb5 Rb6 29. Nxc7 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Rxb7 31. Ne6+ Ke7 32. Nxg5 fxg5) 28. Qb5 Raa8 29. Nc4 $2 (29. Qc6 $1 $18 Kf8 30. Nb5) 29... Kf8 $1 $11 30. Nxd6 Qg5+ 31. f4 $1 Qxf4+ 32. Kb1 $2 {[#]} (32. Rd2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} cxd6 33. Qd7 ) 32... Qg4 $1 $19 ({Inferior is} 32... cxd6 33. Qd7 Qg5 34. Qe7+ (34. Qxd6+ $2 Kg8 35. Qe7 Qg6 $19) (34. Qxh7 f5 $11) 34... Kg8 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ $11) 33. Rf1 cxd6 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. a3 {[#]} Qg5 $1 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Re6 Nf7 {And now ...Nd6 would win.} 38. Qxc5 Rac8 (38... h4 $19 {aiming for ...h3.} 39. Ree7 Rf8) 39. Rc6 $2 (39. Qb6 $17 Rf8 40. Rf6) 39... Qg4 40. Qe7 Rf8 41. Ka2 (41. Rxc8 $142 Qxc8 42. d6) 41... Rce8 42. Qc7 h4 43. Rb3 $2 (43. Rf6 Qxe4 44. Qxa5) 43... a4 44. Rd3 Rc8 45. Qe7 (45. Qa5 { might work better.}) 45... h3 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rf6 h2 47. Rf1 Ng5 48. Rh1 Rce8 49. Qb4 Qg2 50. Rdd1 Nh3 51. d6 Nf2 52. d7 Rd8 53. Qd2 Kh8 54. Ka1 Qg3 55. Rdf1 Rf6 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nc8 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ne1 a4 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nd7 13. Qg4 {Hoping for Bh6.} f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. Nf3 Nd6 17. Ne5 $40 {Threatens to win with Nh5. White mounts an attack.} Rf5 18. Nh5 {[#]} Bf6 19. Ng3 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc5 g6 (21... b6 $14 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 c5) 22. Rfe1 Bg7 23. Qb4 Nb5 24. c4 dxc4 (24... b6 $16) 25. Rad1 $18 ({Weaker is} 25. Qxc4 Qd5 26. Rac1 Bxb2 $14 ) 25... Qf6 26. Qxc4 Qxb2 27. Ne4 Nc3 $2 {[#]} (27... Na3 28. Qd3 Nb5) 28. Bxf8 $1 Rxf8 (28... Kxf8 $142 29. Ng5 Nd5) 29. Rd2 ({Not} 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 $18) 29... Qa3 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nd6 {aiming for Nf7+.} Bf6 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33. Rd7 { Threatening mate with Nd6+.} Qxa2 34. Ng5+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} h6 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 {Strongly threatening e5!The position is equal.} Ne5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxb2 (13... hxg5 $15 14. fxg5 Nxb2) 14. e5 ({Better is} 14. g6 $1 $11) 14... Rb8 (14... d5 $15 15. g6 Bb4) 15. g6 $11 Nc4 (15... dxe5 $11 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. fxe5 Kg8) 16. gxf7+ $14 Kxf7 17. Ba7 $36 {Hoping for f5. White fights for an advantage.} Rb7 18. Bd4 ({ Of course not} 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rh3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ba3 $15) 18... Ndb6 19. O-O (19. Bxb7 $16 Bxb7 20. Rh3) 19... d5 $11 20. Rae1 ({White should try} 20. f5 $11) 20... b4 (20... Qxh4 $15 21. Bf2 Qe7) 21. Nxd5 $1 $14 Nxd5 22. Qxc4 { f5 is the strong threat.} Rc7 23. Qe2 {Threatens to win with f5!} g6 {[#]} ({ Much weaker is} 23... Qxh4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. e6+ Kg8 26. Rf2 $16) 24. h5 (24. Rd1 $1 $16) 24... Rg8 $11 25. Rf2 Nc3 26. hxg6+ Rxg6 (26... Kxg6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Qd3+ Kg7) 27. Qh5 $16 Kg7 {[#]} (27... Qe8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 28. Bb6 $1 $18 Bb7 {and if ...Ne4 works, Black does fine.} ({Don't go for} 28... Nxa2 $2 29. Kh2 Nc3 30. Bf1 $18) 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Kh2 Bxg2 (30... Qb6 $142 31. Rd2 Nd5) 31. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nd5 33. Qg4+ Kh7 $2 (33... Kh8 34. Kh1 Qb7) 34. Kh1 Qxc2 $2 (34... Qf7 35. Nd4 Nc7) 35. Qxe6 Qd3 36. Qg4 h5 37. Qxh5+ Bh6 38. Nc5 Qc4 (38... Qg6 $18 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6) 39. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "189"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {??.} d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. O-O Rc8 15. Ne2 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nc5 17. Bb1 a5 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Rd1 Qb8 20. Qc2 { [#]} g6 21. f4 Ne4 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Qc3 Qf8 26. a3 Qc8 27. Bc2 Nd7 (27... a4 $11) 28. Qxc8+ $14 Bxc8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. h4 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. Kg3 Nc5 33. Kxg4 a4 34. Ne2 Bd7 35. Nd4 Be8 36. Kg5 Kg7 37. Ne2 Bd7 38. Nd4 Be8 39. Bb1 Bd7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Kxh5 Bc8 42. Kg5 Ba6 43. f5 Bf1 44. Bc2 Bc4 45. Bd1 Ne4+ 46. Kf4 Nc5 47. Bh5 Bd3 48. fxe6 fxe6 49. Bg4 Kf7 50. Kg5 Be4 51. Be2 Bd3 {next ...Bxe2 is good for Black.} 52. Bd1 Be4 53. Nc6 Bf5 54. Bh5+ Kg7 55. Nd4 Bd3 56. Bg4 Kf7 57. Kh6 Be4 58. Be2 Nd7 59. Bh5+ Kf8 60. Kg5 Nxe5 {With the idea ...Ke7.} 61. Kf6 ({Much weaker is} 61. Nxe6+ Ke7 62. Nd4 Nc4 $17) 61... Nd7+ (61... Nd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 62. Kxe6 $16 Nc5+ 63. Ke5 (63. Kd6 $14 Nd3 64. Ne6+ Kg8 65. Ng5) 63... Nd3+ $11 64. Kf6 Kg8 $1 ( 64... Nxb2 65. Bf7 Bf5 66. Nxf5 $18) 65. b4 {And now Ne2 would win.} axb3 $1 { ...b2 is the strong threat.} 66. Nxb3 Nb2 67. Nd2 Kf8 68. Be2 Bg2 69. Ke6 Ke8 70. Nb1 Kd8 71. Nc3 Kc7 72. Nxd5+ Kc6 73. Nb4+ Kc5 74. Na6+ Kc6 75. Ke5 b5 76. Kd4 Kb6 {[#]} 77. Nb4 (77. Nc5 $1 $16) 77... Ka5 $14 78. Nc2 {Black must now prevent e4.} Na4 79. Bh5 Kb6 (79... Nb6 $11) 80. Bf7 $16 {Strongly threatening e4.} Nc5 81. Bd5 ({White should play} 81. Nb4 $16) 81... Bxd5 $11 82. Kxd5 { Hoping for e4. KN-KN} Nd3 (82... Na4 $1 $14) 83. e4 $2 (83. Nd4 $18) 83... Ka5 {The position is equal.} 84. Kd4 Nf4 85. e5 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Ka4 $1 86. Ke4 Ne6 $1 87. Kd5 Nf4+ 88. Kc6 Ne6 89. Kd5 Nf4+ 90. Ke4 Ne6 $1 91. Kd3 Nf4+ 92. Kd2 Kb3 93. Ke3 Ng6 94. Nd4+ Kxa3 95. Nxb5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {??.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qa4+.} Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 Rc8 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 13. Qd3 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} f6 14. Kg1 Na5 15. Kh2 Nc4 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Bc1 b5 18. Rd1 $1 a5 19. e4 Ba3 20. Qe2 Bxc1 21. Rbxc1 a4 22. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Adhiban, B."] [Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e5 Bc6 10. Nb5 Bxb5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxb5+ Nc6 $1 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d3 Ne7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kh1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qb8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Rd8 {[#]} 19. g4 $1 a5 20. a4 Ra7 21. Qe2 h6 22. Qe3 Kh7 (22... d5 $14) 23. Rad1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Kraemer, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "183"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 {LiveBook: 209 Games} Nb6 17. Rb1 c6 18. c4 $1 {The position is equal.} Qc7 19. Bd3 Nbd7 20. Bg5 Nc5 21. Rc1 b4 22. Bc2 a5 23. Qd2 cxd5 24. cxd5 Ba6 25. Be3 Nfd7 26. Nh2 h5 27. Ngf1 Qd8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rc8 30. Ng3 Qe7 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Rh1 Rec8 33. Bb1 a4 34. bxa4 (34. Qxb4 axb3 35. axb3 Rb7 $15) 34... b3 35. Nf3 Rb8 36. Bh6 Qf8 37. Bxg7 Qxg7 38. Rh4 $2 (38. Rc3 $1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 38... b2 $2 ({Black should try} 38... Rcb7 $1 $17 39. a3 b2) 39. Rch1 $14 Nf8 40. a5 Na4 41. g5 $1 f6 42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. Rg4 $1 {Hoping for Nh5.} Rh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 (44... Nxh7 $2 45. Qh6 g5 46. Rxg5+ Kh8 47. Rg6 $18) 45. Ng5+ Kg8 {[#]} 46. Ne6 $1 {Threatens to win with Qh6.} Bc8 (46... Nxe6 $2 47. dxe6 Qxe6 48. Nf5 $18) 47. a6 (47. Nh5 $1 $16 Qe7 48. Qh6 Bxe6 49. dxe6) 47... Bxe6 (47... Nxe6 $2 48. a7 Ra8 49. dxe6 Bxe6 50. Qxd6 $18) (47... Bxa6 $2 48. Qh6 Bc8 49. Nh5 $18) 48. dxe6 Qxe6 (48... Nxe6 $2 49. Nh5 Qf8 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Rf6 (51. Rxe6 Qg8+ 52. Ng7 Qxg7+ 53. Kf1 Rc8 $11) 51... Qg8+ 52. Ng3 $18) 49. Nf5 $1 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Kf7 (49... Nc5 $16) 50. Qa5 ( 50. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 51. Nxd6+ Ke7 $16) ({Better is} 50. Nxd6+ $18 Ke7 51. Nf5+ Kf7 52. Qa5) 50... Nc5 $1 (50... gxf5 $2 51. exf5 Qd7 52. a7 (52. Qxa4 Qxa4 53. Rxa4 Nd7 $16) 52... Qb7+ 53. Be4 $18) 51. Qc7+ Nfd7 52. a7 Ra8 53. Ne3 $1 d5 $2 (53... Qe8 $16) 54. exd5 $18 Qb6 {[#]} 55. Qc6 $1 (55. Bxg6+ Qxg6 56. Rxg6 b1=Q $11) 55... Qxc6 (55... Rxa7 $2 56. Bxg6+ Ke7 57. Qc8 $18) 56. dxc6 Nb6 $2 ( 56... Rxa7 $2 57. cxd7 Rxd7 58. Nc4 $18) (56... Nf6 {is a better defense.}) 57. Nc4 $2 ({Not} 57. Bxg6+ Ke6 $16) ({Weaker is} 57. Rxg6 Rxa7 58. Rh6 Ra8 $16) ( 57. Rb4 Nca4 58. Nd1) 57... Nc8 58. Nxb2 Rxa7 59. Nc4 Ne7 60. Nxe5+ Ke6 61. Nd3 Nxd3 62. Bxd3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd6 63. a4 Kxc6 64. Bxg6 Kc5 ({Don't play} 64... Nxg6 65. Rxg6+ Kc5 {[#]} 66. a5 $1 $18) 65. Bd3 Nd5 66. Bb5 Kd6 67. Kg3 Ke5 68. f3 Nc3 69. Kf2 Nd5 70. Rc4 Nb6 71. Re4+ Kd6 72. f4 Nd5 73. Kf3 Rh7 74. Rd4 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Kc5 75. Rc4+ Kb6 76. Rc6+ Ka5 77. Ke4 Nxf4 ( 77... Ne7 $18 78. Ra6+ Kb4) 78. Kxf4 {KRB-KR. White mates.} Rh4+ 79. Ke5 Rh5+ 80. Kd6 Rh6+ 81. Kc7 Rh7+ 82. Kb8 Rh8+ 83. Kb7 Rh7+ 84. Rc7 Rh5 85. Bd7 Rg5 86. Rc1 Rh5 87. Kc7 Re5 88. Rb1 Rc5+ 89. Bc6 Rc3 90. Rb8 Ra3 91. Ra8+ Kb4 92. Kb6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. f4 (10. O-O $11) 10... h6 $15 11. h4 hxg5 {Black is slightly better.} 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. g6 Qe3 ({Better is} 17... Nc6 $15 18. Qd2 a4) 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. cxd3 a4 21. Nbd4 Na6 22. Kd2 {The position is equal.} Nc5 23. e5 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rd8 26. Rh3 Be7 27. Rf3+ Ke8 28. Rg3 Kf7 29. Nc6 Ne4+ 30. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 Qc7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nb5 Qb6 $1 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Na3 Be6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 ({Better is} 14... Bxe5 $11 15. Nc2 Qc6) 15. axb3 $14 Nxe5 16. Nb5 $36 {White has some pressure.} Nc6 17. Bf4 a6 18. Nc7 $1 Rad8 19. Be3 d4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bd2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rc8 23. Be4 Kf7 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. h4 Bf6 26. c4 Kd7 27. Rh1 b6 28. h5 Rg8 29. Rf1 Be5 $2 {[#]} (29... Be7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 30. Rf7+ $18 Kd6 31. h6 ({Weaker is} 31. Rxh7 gxh5 32. Rb7 Bxg3 $16) 31... Ne7 (31... Rh8 {was worth a try.} 32. Rb7 Nb4 33. Rxb6+ Kd7 34. Rb7+ Kd6) 32. Bg5 Nf5 33. g4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. Nxd4 { LiveBook: 5 Games} Qxd4 ({Of course not} 14... Nxd4 $6 15. axb5 a5 16. Nf3 $16) 15. axb5 O-O 16. Nf3 ({Don't play} 16. Rxa6 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bxd2 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "248"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 {White is better.} Rd8 15. c4 Bh3 16. Bh1 e5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Bf3 {White has compensation.} Qc7 20. Be2 a5 21. Bc1 Be6 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rac1 Bf8 24. Red1 Rb4 25. Bd2 Rd4 26. Be3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Bg5 Rb8 29. Bd2 Rd8 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Bc4 ({Don't play} 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Rd2 $11) 33... Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Nb6 35. Nxb6 Qxb6 36. Bxc5 Bxc5 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 $16 {Endgame KR-KR} a4 $1 39. Rxc6 axb3 40. axb3 Rd3 (40... Rb8 $142) 41. Rb6 Kg7 42. g4 h5 43. g5 Rd4 {[#]} 44. f3 $1 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 (45... h4+ $16 46. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 47. Kg3 Rh1) 46. h3 (46. Rb5 $18 { and White stays clearly on top.}) 46... Rc2 47. Rb4 Rb2 48. Rb5 Kf8 49. Kh4 Rf2 {[#]} 50. Rb8+ $1 ({Much weaker is} 50. Rxe5 $6 Rxf3 51. b4 Re3 $11) 50... Kg7 51. Kg3 Rb2 52. h4 Rc2 53. Rb5 Rb2 54. b4 Kf8 55. Rxe5 (55. Rb8+ $18 Ke7 56. b5 ) 55... Rxb4 56. Rd5 Rb1 57. Rd8+ Kg7 58. Rd3 Re1 59. Rd2 Kf8 60. Rd4 Kg7 61. Kf2 Rh1 62. Kg2 Ra1 63. f4 ({Better is} 63. Rd7 $16) 63... Ra2+ $11 64. Kf3 Ra3+ 65. Kf2 Ra2+ 66. Ke3 Ra3+ $1 67. Rd3 Ra4 68. Rc3 Rb4 69. Kd3 Ra4 70. Rc7 Kg8 71. Rc4 Ra3+ 72. Rc3 Ra4 73. Rc7 Rb4 74. Rc4 Rb3+ 75. Rc3 Rb4 76. Ra3 Kh7 77. Ke3 Kg7 78. Kf3 Rc4 79. Re3 Rc1 80. Kg2 Rc5 81. Kg3 Ra5 82. Rd3 Ra4 83. Kf3 Rb4 84. Ke3 Ra4 85. Rd7 {Black should prevent f5.} Kg8 86. Rb7 Rc4 87. Ra7 Rb4 88. Kd3 Kf8 89. Rc7 Kg8 90. Re7 Kf8 91. Re5 Kg7 92. f5 gxf5 $1 93. Rxf5 Rb6 94. Rf4 Ra6 95. e5 Ra1 96. Ke4 Rh1 97. Kf5 Re1 98. Rc4 Rh1 99. e6 {Hoping for e7.} Rf1+ 100. Ke5 fxe6 $1 101. Rf4 (101. Kxe6 $14 Kg6 102. Ke5) 101... Re1+ 102. Re4 Ra1 103. Kxe6 Kg6 104. Rf4 Ra6+ 105. Ke5 {Rf6+ would kill now.} Ra5+ 106. Ke4 Ra4+ 107. Kf3 Ra3+ 108. Kg2 Ra6 109. Kg3 Rb6 110. Re4 Ra6 111. Kf4 Rb6 112. Rd4 Ra6 113. Ke5 Ra5+ 114. Rd5 Ra4 115. Rd6+ Kg7 116. Rd4 Ra5+ 117. Rd5 Ra1 118. Rd7+ Kg6 119. Rd6+ Kg7 120. Rh6 ({White should play} 120. Rd2 $14) 120... Ra5+ {The position is equal.} 121. Kf4 Ra4+ 122. Kg3 Ra3+ 123. Kf2 Ra4 124. Rxh5 {And now Rh6 would win.} Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 { LiveBook: 8 Games} O-O 8. O-O Bb6 9. a4 {The position is equal.} a5 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 ({But not} 11. fxe3 Qg6 $15) 11... d6 12. f4 Qh6 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qf3 Nd8 ({Black should play} 16... g5) 17. Bd7 (17. Rae1 $142 {Qd5+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 18. Bd7) 17... Rf7 (17... c6 $16 { keeps fighting.}) 18. Rae1 $1 $18 Rxd7 19. Qd5+ $1 Kf8 {White must now prevent ... Qg6.} 20. Qxf5+ Rf7 21. Qb5 $1 c6 22. Qe2 Kg8 {[#]} 23. Nc4 $1 d5 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Nc8 Rf8 26. Qe7 Qf6 {[#]} 27. Qd7 $1 c5 28. Re8 (28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Ne7+ Kh8 $18) 28... Ne6 (28... Re6 $142) 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 Qg6 31. Rxf8+ ({Not} 31. Qxb7 Rxe8 32. Qxa6 Nxf4 33. Qxg6 Nxg6 $16) 31... Nxf8 32. Qxb7 Qd3 $2 ( 32... Qc6 33. Qf7 Ra8) 33. Qc8 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 34. f5 Ra7 35. f6 {Threatening mate with f7+!} Rf7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Bc1 { LiveBook: 6 Games} Nc5 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nc4 {The position is equal.} e5 16. f3 Ke7 17. e4 Nf4 18. Be3 Ncd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Ke2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Na5 b6 23. Nc6+ Kd6 (23... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Rbc1 $36 {White is really pushing.} Ba6+ 25. Kf2 Rhc8 26. Rhd1+ Ke6 {[#]} 27. g3 $1 fxg3+ 28. hxg3 ({Resist} 28. Kxg3 $6 h5 $16) 28... g6 {[#]} 29. f4 $1 Bb7 $2 {[#]} (29... h5 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Ke8) 30. f5+ $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Cordova, Emilio"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 Rc8 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bxg3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. hxg3 h6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 Nd6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. a3 b6 18. Na6 Nb8 19. Nxb8 {The position is equal.} Rxb8 20. Rc3 Rbc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 ({Don't play } 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Qb1 g6 $17) 22... Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Black "Idani, Pouya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. c4 Re8 14. Bf4 { LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd7 17. d5 Bf6 18. h3 h6 19. Rbd1 Nb4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb3 Na6 22. Qb5 Qc8 ({Black should try} 22... Qxb5 $11 23. cxb5 Re4) 23. a4 Re7 24. a5 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Nb7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Qa6 Bd6 30. Bxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Debashis, Das"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 {??.} e6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qc2 c6 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 e5 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. b4 Bg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. e4 Ng6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rad8 19. Rae1 Bc8 $1 20. N2b3 Nh5 21. Re3 Qd6 ({Black should try} 21... Qg5 $14) 22. Rfe1 $1 $16 Nf6 {[#]} ( 22... h6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. f4 (23. Nxc6 $1 $18 Qxc6 (23... bxc6 24. e5) 24. Rc3) 23... Qf8 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Qc3 h5 26. Nc5 (26. Rf1 $14) 26... h4 $11 27. f5 Ne5 28. gxh4 Bc7 29. Nf3 Nh5 30. Nxe5 (30. Qc2 $11) 30... Bxe5 $15 31. Qc2 Bg3 {And now ...b6 would win.} 32. Rg1 {Bf3 is the strong threat.} Bf4 33. Rf3 $1 Rd2 34. Qc3 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxf4!} Rxb2 $1 35. Qxb2 {aiming for Bf1.} Ng3+ 36. Rxg3 $1 Bxg3 37. h5 Qd6 38. Bf3 Be5 {Black has compensation.} 39. Qg2 Rd8 40. Be2 Qh6 {Threatens to win with ...Qe3.} 41. Nd3 Bc7 42. Rf1 b6 43. f6 g6 44. e5 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Qxh5 46. Be2 Qxe5 47. Bc4 (47. Bd3 $15 Kf8 48. Rf2) 47... Bf5 $36 {Black is really pushing.} 48. Be2 {[#]} c5 $1 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Bg4 (50. Rf2 {was necessary.}) 50... Bd3 $19 51. Rf2 c4 52. Be2 Be4 53. Bf3 Bb6 54. Rf1 $2 (54. Bxe4 Bxf2 55. Bd5 Qxf6 56. Bxc4) 54... Bd3 55. Rd1 c3 56. h4 c2 57. Rc1 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nd6 10. Nf1 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. c3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf6 { White is slightly better.} 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. h4 g6 15. h5 c6 16. Bf4 Nef5 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Qh3 Bxe5 20. hxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 $11 21. Bxe5 h5) 21. dxe5 $16 Kg7 22. g4 ({Better is} 22. Qg4 $16 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Nh6 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Re3) 22... Rh8 $11 23. Qf3 Nh4 24. Qd3 g5 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. e6 f6 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Qe3 a5 29. b3 Rh6 (29... Ng6 $11) 30. Rd3 (30. Rd4 $16) 30... Rdh8 31. c4 Ng6 32. Kg2 ({Don't go for} 32. cxd5 $2 Qb4 33. f3 Rh3 $19) 32... Rh3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf4+!} 33. Qe2 (33. Qd4 $14) 33... Kf8 $1 {The position is equal.} 34. cxd5 {Black must now prevent d6.} Qh7 35. e7+ Ke8 $1 ({Don't take} 35... Qxe7 $2 36. Qxe7+ Nxe7 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7 Rxg3+ 40. Kxg3 $18) 36. Qe6 $1 {[#] aiming for Qc8+.} Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 {Qc8+ would kill now.} Ne5 $1 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qe6+ Ke8 $1 40. Qc8+ Kf7 { ( -> ...Qh2+)} 41. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Xu, Yinglun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rc1 O-O $1 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. Rc1 Qa8 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 Rc8 18. Nxb7 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 {[#] aiming for Na5.} Qxb7 20. Qc2 Nb8 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. b3 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. e3 Bd6 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Kf1 f5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd1 g5 30. Bf1 g4 31. h3 h5 32. Kc2 Ke7 33. Be1 Kd8 34. h4 Kc7 35. Bc3 a5 36. Nb2 Kb6 37. a4 { The position is equal.} b4 38. Be1 Nf6 39. Nd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2571"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 {??.} Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. h3 d5 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc8 13. a4 b6 14. e3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qc7 {And now ...e5 would win.} 17. f4 Qc4 18. Rf2 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd4.} 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd2 Rc4 23. g4 h4 24. Kg1 Rdc8 25. Kf2 Rb4 26. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Rxe4 27. c3 ({But not} 27. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 28. Kf3 Rb4 $17) 27... e6 28. Rd4 f5 29. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Rab1 h5 16. Rfc1 h4 17. Nh1 Nh5 18. Nf2 f5 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. b3 Nf7 21. Ne2 h3 22. Nxh3 ({But not} 22. gxh3 Qh4 23. f4 fxe4 $17) 22... fxe4 23. f4 Nf6 24. Nf2 (24. Re1 $11) 24... Nh6 $1 $15 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. h3 Nf5 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Kh2 ({White should try} 28. Nd1 $15) 28... Qf7 $36 {Black is in control.} 29. Rd1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 (32. Rg1 $17 { was called for.}) 32... Ra3 $1 $19 33. g5 Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Ng4 35. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 c4 38. Bd4 $2 (38. Kf2 cxb3 39. f5) 38... c3 39. Rbc1 $2 ( 39. Bxg7 c2 40. Bf6 Rxb3 41. Rbc1 cxd1=N 42. Rxd1) 39... Ra2+ 40. Kg3 c2 41. Rd2 {Strongly threatening Bxg7.} e3 42. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 43. Kg4 Rc3 44. Kf5 b4 ( 44... Kf7 $142 45. Kg4 Rb2) 45. Kg6 Rxb3 $2 (45... Rc8 $19 {...Bh8 is the strong threat.} 46. Re2 Bh8) 46. Re2 $2 (46. Rcxc2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxc2 47. Rxc2) 46... Rf3 $2 {[#]} (46... Rb1 $19 47. Rexc2 {[#]} Rxc2 $1 48. Rxb1 Bc3) 47. Re8+ (47. Re7 $1 $16 Bf8 48. Rh7) 47... Bf8 $11 48. Rh1 $1 {White threatens Rh8+! and mate.The position is equal.} Rxf4 49. Rh7 $1 c1=Q 50. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 {[#] ( -> ...Qb1+)} 51. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 52. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Lomasov, Semen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Qc2 h6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 13. b3 cxd4 14. Bb2 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Be3 Ra6 19. Nf3 Rg6 {...Qg4 is the strong threat.} 20. Nd4 Qg4 21. g3 Bc5 22. Qd1 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd1 24. Raxd1 Bg4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rc1 Bg4 28. Kg2 a4 29. f3 Bf5 30. Rc3 axb3 31. Rxb3 Ra6 32. g4 Bc8 33. Kf2 h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. Bb4 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...d4+!} 39. Kf4 f6 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Rb2 Ra6 42. Rc2 Rc6 (42... Bd7 $14) 43. Rxc6 $1 $18 bxc6 {KB-KB} 44. Bc5 $1 Bc8 (44... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 45. Kg3 Ba6 46. a4 $1 Kd7 47. f4 Bc4 48. f5 d4 $2 (48... Ke8 {was worth a try.} 49. a5 Bd3) 49. Bxd4 Ke7 50. a5 Bd3 51. Kf3 Bb5 52. Ke3 Bf1 53. Bc5+ Kd7 54. Bb4 Kd8 55. Kf2 Bc4 56. Kg3 Kd7 57. Kh4 Ke8 58. Kh5 {And now Kg6 would win.} Kf7 59. Bc5 Bd3 60. Bb6 Be2 61. Bd4 Bd3 62. Kh4 Ke7 63. Bc5+ Ke8 64. Kg3 Kd7 65. Kf4 Be2 66. Bd4 Ke7 67. Ke3 Bf1 $1 68. Bb6 Kd7 69. Bc5 Kd8 70. Bb4 Kd7 71. Bc3 Ke7 72. Kd4 Kd6 73. Bb4+ Kd7 74. Ke4 Be2 75. Kf4 Bf1 $2 ( 75... Bb5 $18 76. Ke3 Ba6) 76. Bc3 Ke7 77. Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 {KB-K3P} 78. g5+ Ke7 79. Ke5 {White mates.} Bd3 80. g6 Kf8 {[#]} 81. f6 $1 c5 {[#]} 82. g7+ $1 Kf7 83. Kd6 Bh7 84. a6 c4 85. a7 Be4 {[#]} 86. g8=Q+ $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Sethuraman, S P."] [Black "Paravyan, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Neg5 Bd6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nh3 {LiveBook: 41 Games} Be7 11. c4 g5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd4 Nc5 (13... dxc4 $11 14. Bxc4 Nb6) 14. b3 $14 ({Of course not} 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf5 dxc4 $11) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {Hoping for Nf5.} dxc4 $1 16. Qxc4 Be4 ( 16... Bd5 $14 17. Qb5+ Qd7) 17. Bb2 $1 $18 O-O 18. Rad1 Re8 (18... Bg6 $142 19. Ne6 fxe6) 19. Ne6 Qb8 $2 (19... Qc8) 20. Nexg5 (20. Nxc7 Rc8 $16) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 Bg6 {[#]} 22. Qc3 $2 (22. Rxe7 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rxe7 23. Bxf6) 22... Rd8 $16 23. Rc1 Rd3 24. Qe5 Qd8 25. Qxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Nd5 27. Ree1 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rd2 28. Ba1 Rxa2 29. h4 Ra3 30. Rc4 f6 31. Rg4 Rxb3 $2 (31... Re8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8) 32. Ne6 $18 Kf7 {[#]} 33. h5 $1 Rg8 (33... Bxh5 34. Rg7+) 34. hxg6+ Rxg6 35. Nd8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Rh4 Kg8 38. Nd4 Rb4 39. Rhe4 Kf7 40. g4 $2 (40. f3 $18) 40... c5 $11 41. Nf5 Rxg4+ 42. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Rb4 44. Nd6+ Kg6 45. Rd1 Nf4 46. Bc3 Rb3 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Re1 Nd4 49. Re7 Rd3 50. Bf4 b5 51. Rxa7 c4 { ...c3 is the strong threat.} 52. Nc8 c3 {And now ...c2 would win.} 53. Ne7+ Kh5 54. Be3 Rd1+ {Black has compensation.} 55. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Ra8.} Nc2 56. Nf5 b4 (56... Kg4 $5 57. Nh6+ $8 Kh5 $11) 57. Rb7 Kg4 58. Nh6+ Kh5 59. Nf5 Rd5 60. Ng3+ Kg6 61. Nf1 (61. Bc1 $11) 61... Rd1 62. Bf4 Rb1 {White must now prevent ...Ne1+.} 63. Ng3 ({White should play} 63. Bd2 Na3 64. Rb8) 63... Ne1+ (63... Nd4 $142 $1 64. Be3 c2) 64. Kh3 $17 Nd3 (64... c2 $17 65. Be3 Nf3) 65. Be3 $15 c2 66. Kg4 $2 (66. f4 $15 f5 67. Rb6+ Kf7 68. Rb7+ (68. Nxf5 $2 Re1 69. Nd6+ Ke7 70. Nf5+ Kf7 71. Nd6+ Ke7 72. Nf5+ Ke8 $19) 68... Ke6 69. Ne2) 66... Nxf2+ $2 (66... Ne5+ 67. Kf4 Nd3+ 68. Kg4 b3) 67. Kf3 $19 Nd1 68. Bd2 {[#]} b3 $2 (68... Rb3+ $1 $19 69. Kf4 {[#]} Ne3 $1) 69. Ne2 $1 $11 {Threatens to win with Nf4+.The position is equal.} f5 70. Nd4 c1=Q 71. Bxc1 Rxc1 72. Rxb3 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc3 73. Rb6+ Kg5 74. Ne6+ Kf6 75. Nf4+ Ke7 76. Ng6+ Kf7 77. Ne5+ Kg7 78. Rg6+ Kh7 79. Rc6 Na2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Black "Huzman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne7 10. e5 Bc7 11. O-O {The position is equal.} c5 12. c4 Bc6 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rd1 Qb8 17. Be3 Bb6 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Ba6 Qe7 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. Ne1 Rfd8 23. Nc2 Bb7 24. Ne3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Ne7 29. Bb5 Nc6 30. Kf1 Bc7 31. f4 g5 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Nf6 { Black must now prevent Ne8+.} Bb6 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Nd7 Nd4 36. Bc4 Bc6 37. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 38. Bf2 Nf5 39. a3 Ne7 40. Be3 Ng6 41. Bxg5 Nxe5 42. Be2 f6 43. Bf4 Ng6 44. Bc7 b5 45. Kf2 c4 46. Bf3 Bxf3 47. Kxf3 {KB-KN} Nh4+ (47... f5 $11) 48. Kg3 ({White has to play} 48. Ke4 $1 $16) 48... Ng6 $1 49. Kg4 Ne7 50. h4 Nd5 51. Ba5 e5 52. Bd2 Kf7 (52... e4 $16) 53. h5 $1 $18 e4 54. Kf5 $1 e3 55. Be1 $1 Nb6 56. Ke4 (56. Kf4 $18) 56... Na4 (56... e2 $16 { is a better defense.}) 57. Kxe3 {And now Bc3 would win.} Nxb2 58. Kd4 Na4 $2 ( 58... Nd3 59. Ba5 Ke6) 59. g4 Kg7 60. Bd2 Kf7 61. Be3 Ke6 62. Bc1 Kf7 63. Be3 Ke6 $1 64. Bd2 (64. Bf4 $142 Kf7 65. Bh6) 64... Kf7 65. Kd5 c3 66. Bc1 Nb2 67. Kd4 Nd1 68. Kc5 c2 69. Kxb5 Nc3+ 70. Kc4 Ne2 71. Be3 f5 72. gxf5 Ng3 73. h6 $1 Nxf5 74. Bc1 $2 (74. Bf4 {a4 is the strong threat.} Kg6 75. Kd3) 74... Nd6+ $2 (74... Kg6 $18 75. Kd3 Kf6) 75. Kb4 Nf5 76. a4 Nxh6 77. Bxh6 {White mates.} Ke6 78. Kc5 Kd7 {[#]} 79. Kb6 $1 Kc8 {[#]} 80. Ka7 $1 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 Ng6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 { LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Qd3 Qa4 16. O-O Rc8 {The position is equal.} 17. Rfd1 c6 18. f3 Kd7 19. g4 ({White should play} 19. Bg5 $14) 19... hxg4 20. fxg4 Nc5 $1 21. dxc5 Qxf4 22. Qd4 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 $1 Qf3+ (23... Qh3+ $11 24. Kf2 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 Rb8) 24. Ke1 $1 $15 bxc5 (24... Rc7 $1 $15) 25. Qxc5 $11 Qe4+ 26. Kd2 Qf4+ 27. Ke1 Qe4+ 28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Qe3 Qxg4 30. Rab1 d4 (30... Nf5 $5 31. Rb7+ $8 Ke8 $11) 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. cxd4 Rb8 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Rb4 Rgd8 {...Rxb4 is the strong threat.} 35. Kc3 a5 36. Rc4 Rb6 37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Rc5 Rxh4 39. Rxa5 {Threatens to win with Ra7+.} Rb7 40. Kc4 Rh8 41. Ra6 (41. a4 $16) 41... g5 (41... c5 $11) 42. a4 g4 43. a5 g3 44. Rxc6 Rh2 45. Kd3 g2 46. Rg1 Rh3+ ({Black should try} 46... Rb4 $14) 47. Ke4 $16 Rg3 48. Kf4 Rg8 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Rc4 Rb5 51. Ra4 Rb2 (51... Ra8 $18 52. Rxg2 Rbxa5 53. Rxa5 Rxa5) 52. Rc4 ({ White must play} 52. Rxg2 $16 Rxg2 53. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 54. Kf3) 52... f6 $2 (52... Rb5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 53. Rxg2 $18 Rxg2 54. Kxg2 fxe5 (54... Ra2 $142 55. exf6 Rxa5) 55. dxe5 {KR-KR} Rb5 56. Ra4 Kc7 57. a6 $1 {Hoping for a7.} Kb8 58. Re4 $1 Rb2 59. Re2 $2 (59. Kf3 $18 {has better winning chances. aiming for Rd4.} Ra2 60. Rc4 Rxa6 61. Kf4) 59... Ra2 $16 60. Kf3 Rxa6 61. Rd2 $1 Kc7 { [#]} 62. Kf4 $1 Ra1 $2 (62... Ra3 $16 63. Rd6 Rc3) 63. Rd6 $18 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 ( 64. Ke4 $142 Rc1 65. Rxe6) 64... Re1+ 65. Kd4 Rc1 66. c4 (66. Rxe6 Rxc2 67. Re7+ Kd8 $11) 66... Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Re1 68. Rxe6 Kd7 69. Rd6+ Ke7 70. Kd5 Rd1+ { [#]} 71. Kc6 $1 Re1 72. Rd5 Ke6 73. c5 Re2 74. Rd6+ Ke7 {[#]} 75. e6 $1 Re5 ( 75... Rxe6 76. Rxe6+) 76. Rd7+ Ke8 77. Kd6 Re1 78. Rh7 Rd1+ 79. Kc7 Re1 80. c6 Rb1 81. Rh8+ Ke7 82. Rb8 Rc1 83. Rb2 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Rozum, Ivan"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2507"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Be4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nd2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 c5 {White is slightly better.} 11. e4 {e5 is the strong threat.} O-O 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 (13. cxd5 $16 d6 14. a3) 13... Re8 14. b3 a5 15. a4 d6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bb2 Nbd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rae1 Bg7 20. f4 Re7 21. Nd1 Qf8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Nf2 Nh5 27. Bc1 f5 28. h3 {next g4 is good for White.} Bc3 29. g4 Ng7 30. Kf1 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Ng5 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Ne6 Nf5 {And now ... Ng3+ would win.} 36. Qd3 (36. Qf3 $11) 36... Qh7 $17 37. Ng5 Qg6 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. Ke1 Ng4 (39... Kg7 $17 40. Nfh3 h4) 40. Nfe4 $1 $15 {Hoping for Nxd6!} Kh8 $2 {[#]} (40... Qh6 $11) 41. Nxd6 $1 $18 Ngh6 (41... Nxd6 42. Qxg6) 42. Nb5 Ng4 $2 (42... Kg7 43. d6 Nf7) 43. Nxd4 {White is clearly winning.} cxd4 44. c5 Qe8+ 45. Ne6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Ndf3 f6 8. Ne2 { LiveBook: 4 Games} fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 ({Black should play} 9... Bd6 $11) 10. dxe5 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. c4 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qh5 ( 13... Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. cxd5 $16 (15. Rxb7 d4 $18)) 14. Qb3 Nf6 (14... b5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Ng3 Qf7 16. cxd5 c4 17. dxe6 Qxe6) 15. Qxb7 $16 O-O 16. Bg3 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Nh3 {Black must now prevent Ng5+.} Nh5 21. Be5 h6 22. f4 Nf6 23. f5 exf5 24. cxd5 {next Bc4 is good for White.} c4 $1 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Kg6 27. Rf3 {Threatens to win with Nf4+.} Nxd5 ({Black should try} 27... Bc5+ $14 28. Kh1 Kh7) 28. Rg3+ Bg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 30. Bxg7 $1 Rf5 (30... Kxg7 31. Rxg5+) 31. Bd4 Nf4 32. h4 ( 32. Bxa7 $6 Rd8 33. Rf3 Rb5 $14) 32... Kh5 (32... Rd8 $16 33. Bc3 Rd3) 33. hxg5 ({But not} 33. Bxa7 $6 gxh4 34. Rg7 Rg5 35. Rxg5+ Kxg5 $16) 33... Rxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 $18 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Re7 a6 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nb4 (37... Rb8 $142 38. Rg7+ Kh6) 38. Re5+ Kg4 39. a3 Nd3 40. Re6 Rb8 41. Rg6+ Kf5 42. Rxa6 Nxb2 {[#]} 43. Ra5+ (43. Rf6+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kg4 44. Bxb2 Rxb2 45. Kd4) 43... Kg4 $2 {[#]} (43... Ke6 $16 44. Ke4 Nd1 45. Ra6+ Kd7) 44. Bf6 (44. Bxb2 $1 $18 Rxb2 45. Kd4) 44... Rb3+ $2 (44... Re8+ $16 45. Kd2 Nd3) 45. Ke4 Kg3 46. Rg5+ Kf2 47. Bd4+ Ke1 $2 (47... Ke2 48. Bxb2 Rxb2) 48. Rc5 Rxa3 49. g4 ({Weaker is} 49. Bxb2 Rg3 $14) 49... Ra4 50. g5 Nd3 51. Rc8 Nf2+ 52. Bxf2+ {White mates.} Kxf2 {KR-KR} 53. g6 Ke2 54. g7 c3+ 55. Kf5 Ra5+ 56. Kf4 Ra4+ 57. Kg3 Ra1 58. Kg2 ({Worse is} 58. Rxc3 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Rxg7 $11) 58... c2 59. Rxc2+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 14. f4 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Bf3 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qc7 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Bd4 ({Don't play} 19. Qxa6 Nc4 20. f5 Nxe3 $17) 19... Bc4 20. Nxc4 Bxd4+ ({Don't take} 20... Qxc4 $2 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. b4 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxc4 ({Don't go for} 21... Nxc4 $2 22. Rfc1 $18) 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Rfc1 Nxb2 24. Be2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc2.} Rfc8 { ...Rxc1+ is the strong threat.} 25. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Nxa4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Bb5 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Bc6 Ra6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Nc3 32. Rxe7 {[#]} b5 $1 33. d5 $2 (33. Bd5 $17) 33... Kf6 $2 (33... Rb6 $19 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 b4) 34. Rd7 $2 (34. Re8 $11 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxf4 36. Bxb5) 34... Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Nxe4+ 36. Kf3 $2 (36. Ke2) 36... Nc5 $19 37. Rc7 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 $2 (38. Ke2 Rxf4 39. Bxb5) 38... b4 39. Bb5 Re1+ 40. Kf2 $2 (40. Kd2 Re4 41. g3) 40... Rc1 {Hoping for ...b3.Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Ne6 43. Rxc3 (43. Rb7 $142 Nxf4+ 44. Kd2) 43... Nxf4+ 44. Kd2 {aiming for Rf3.} bxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Nxg2 46. Kd4 Nh4 47. Ke4 Kg5 48. Kd4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Bindrich, Falko"] [Black "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 {??.} Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. a3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bd7 13. a4 $36 {White has good play.} Nbc8 ({Better is} 13... c6 $11) 14. a5 a6 15. b3 Nd6 16. Re1 Nb5 17. Na4 Bg4 18. Bb2 Nc8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ncd6 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. h4 Rcd8 24. Bh3 h5 25. b4 Rf8 26. Qb3 Kh7 27. Rcd1 Kh8 28. Nd3 b6 (28... Kh7 $14) 29. Rc1 $16 Rfe8 30. Rc6 Na7 31. Rcc1 ({Stronger than} 31. axb6 Nxc6 32. dxc6 cxb6 $15) 31... Nab5 32. Qa2 Ra8 (32... bxa5 $16 33. bxa5 g5) 33. Qa1 $18 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (33... bxa5 34. Qxa5 Kh7) 34. Bxd4 $1 exd4 35. axb6 cxb6 36. e5 Nb5 37. d6 Qa7 38. Bg2 Rad8 39. Bc6 Nxd6 40. exd6 Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 {[#] And now Re7 would win.} ({Weaker is} 41. Nxe1 d3 42. Qa2 Rxd6 $18) 41... Rxd6 42. Bg2 Rd8 43. Qa2 a5 44. Ra1 Rb8 45. Kh2 ({Don't play} 45. bxa5 Qxa5 46. Qxa5 bxa5 $18) 45... Qe7 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Qxa5 Rb3 48. Bf1 Rc3 49. Qd5 Kh7 50. Kg1 Rc7 51. Re1 Qf6 52. Qe4 Qb6 53. Qd5 $2 (53. Nf4 $18 Qb7 54. Nd5) 53... Bf6 $2 ( 53... Qf6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 54. Ne5 Qe7 55. Qxd4 Qe8) 54. Qa2 Ra7 55. Qb2 Qd8 56. Rb1 Kg7 57. Qb8 Qd7 58. Bh3 Qe7 59. Re1 Qa3 60. Bf1 Ra8 61. Qf4 Ra5 62. Rb1 Qe7 63. Rb6 Rd5 64. Bg2 Rd7 65. Qe4 Qd8 66. Ra6 Kh7 ( 66... Rd6 {is a better defense.}) 67. Qf4 {White is clearly winning.} Bg7 68. Be4 Qc8 69. Ra8 Qc2 70. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} b6 12. b4 f6 13. bxc5 { White is slightly better.} bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qa5 15. Bd4 $1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. fxe5 Bc5 17. Qd2 Rxf3 18. Bxc5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 $17) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 {aiming for g3.} Rxf4 $1 18. Nc6 $1 ({And not} 18. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Bf6 $17) 18... Bc5 19. Qe5 $1 (19. Nxa5 $2 {loses.} Bxd4 20. Ne2 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 21. Rxf1 Bxa1 $19) 19... Bd6 20. Nxa5 ({White should play} 20. Qxg7+ $1 $14 Kxg7 21. Nxa5) 20... Bxe5 $15 21. Kd2 Rf2+ {Black has compensation.} 22. Kd3 Bf4 (22... Bd7 $15 23. Re1 Bf6) 23. Rd1 Bd7 24. Be2 {And now Rhf1 would win.} Rc8 25. Bg4 { Threatens to win with Rhf1.} Be5 26. Ne2 Rxg2 27. h3 {[#]} h5 $1 28. Bf3 (28. Bxh5 Rc5) 28... Rf2 ({Better is} 28... Bb5+ $11 29. c4 dxc4+ 30. Ke3 Rg5) 29. Ke3 $14 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxc2 31. Nb3 Ra2 {[#]} (31... Bf6 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Ned4 $1 $18 Ba4 (32... Bd6 $16) 33. Rde1 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...e5. } 34. Rxe6 Rxa3 35. Re3 ({Not} 35. Rxa6 Bxd4 36. Kf4 Bf6 $11) 35... Ra2 36. Rhe1 Bd7 {[#]} 37. R3e2 $2 (37. Ne6 $1 $18) 37... Ra3 $14 {...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 38. Kg2 a5 39. Rd2 {Hoping for Ra1.} a4 40. Nc5 Bxh3+ 41. Kh2 { Strongly threatening Nc2.} Bg4 42. Nb5 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 a3 44. Re8+ Kh7 $1 45. Ra8 Be5 46. Rxd5 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 Bf3 {( -> ...Bg3)} 48. Rxe5 Rh1+ (48... Rg2+ $5 49. Kf1 $8 Bxa8 50. Nxa3 g5 $14) 49. Kf2 Bxa8 50. Nxa3 h4 51. Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 {??.} d5 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. c3 d4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5 dxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {[#]} (9... Nd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. Nxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. h3 Rd8 13. Be3 Ba6 14. g4 h5 (14... Nd7 $11) 15. g5 (15. Nd2 $14) 15... Ne8 $11 16. Rc1 ({White should try} 16. Rf3 $11) 16... Qc7 $1 $15 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rd1 e5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd2 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Nc4 Rad8 (23... Rxc3 $17 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bd4) 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxe5 Rxe3 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Rd1 (26. Nxc6 $15 a6 27. Rd1) 26... Rxe4 $17 27. Nxc6 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxa2 (28... Rh2 $17 29. Kg3 Rc2) 29. Rd7 (29. Ne5 $1 $15) 29... Ra3 30. Ne5 (30. Ne7+ $15 Kg7 31. Nd5) 30... Rxc3+ 31. Kf2 f6 (31... Rxh3 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rh2+.} 32. Rd8 Kf8) 32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Rxa7 Ne4+ 34. Ke2 g5 35. Ra4 Nd6 36. Ra6 Nf5 37. Kf2 Ng3 {White must now prevent ...Ne4+. } 38. Ra4 Nf5 ({Black should play} 38... Kg7 $15 39. Nf3 Nf5 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Nxg5 Nd6) 39. Nf3 (39. Ra6 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... Rc2+ 40. Ke1 Rg2 {[#] And now ...h4 would win.} 41. Rc4 g4 42. hxg4 {The position is equal.} hxg4 43. Rxc5 Ne3 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Nf5 Nxf5 46. Rxf5+ $11 {KR-KR} Kg6 47. Ra5 Rh2 48. Kf1 Rh5 49. Rxh5 Kxh5 {KP-K} 50. Kg2 Kh4 51. Kh2 g3+ 52. Kg2 Kg4 53. Kg1 Kh3 {( -> ...g2)} 54. Kh1 g2+ 55. Kg1 Kg3 $2 (55... Kh4 56. Kxg2) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2474"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nc2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Kh1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 { White has an edge.} 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Qb3 Qe7 {aiming for ...Bxc3. } 16. Bd3 {next Bg5 is good for White.} h6 (16... Rfd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. a3 (17. Bf4 $16) 17... Bxc3 $11 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. c4 Nc7 20. Bb2 Ne6 21. Rae1 Rfd8 22. Bb1 {Black must now prevent Qc2.} Qg5 23. Bc1 Qc5 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rfe1 Ba6 28. Ba2 Ne6 29. Qf5 Qd7 30. Bb1 {Threatens to win with Qh7+.} Nf8 ({But not} 30... Rxc4 31. Qh7+ Kf8 {[#]} 32. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Kf8 37. Qxc4 $14) 31. c5 bxc5 32. Bxc5 Bd3 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Ba2 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rdc7 35. Be3 Ne6 36. h3 Bc2 37. Re2 Rc3 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Bxa7 Rxa3 40. Bd4 Rc4 ({Better is} 40... Ra2 $14) 41. Bxg7 $1 $16 ({Don't take} 41. Rexc2 $6 Rxd4 42. Re2 Rd6 $14) 41... Kxg7 42. Rcxc2 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 {Endgame KR-KR} Ra4 (43... e5 $16 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rc6+ Kg5) 44. Rc5 $18 Kg6 45. Kh2 Ra2 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Rc4 Ra2 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Kh4 Ra5 50. Re4 Kf6 51. Re3 Rb5 52. g4 Ra5 53. Kg3 h5 54. Kh4 hxg4 55. fxg4 ({Much less strong is} 55. hxg4 $6 e5 56. Rc3 Ra4 $16) 55... Rb5 56. Kg3 Rb1 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. Rf8 Rb3+ {[#]} 59. Kh4 $1 Re3 60. Rf4 Re5 61. Kg3 Re3+ 62. Rf3 Re1 63. Kf4 e5+ 64. Kg3 e4 65. Ra3 e3 66. Kf4 (66. Ra6+ $18 { and the rest is easy.} Kg7 67. Re6) 66... e2 $16 {And now ...Rf1+ would win.} 67. Kf3 Rh1 68. Kxe2 {Strongly threatening Kf2.} Rh2+ 69. Kd1 Rh1+ 70. Ke2 Rh2+ 71. Ke1 Kg5 72. Ra5+ Kf4 73. Ra3 Kg5 74. Ra5+ Kf4 $1 {[#]} 75. Rh5 (75. Ra4+ $1 $16 Kg3 76. Ra3+ Kh4 77. Rf3) 75... Ke3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 76. Kd1 Kd3 $1 77. Ke1 {Kf1 is the strong threat.} Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 Nbd7 8. h4 e5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bc5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O-O 15. Rd1 Rde8 16. Kf1 Ne5 17. Rh3 Nd5 18. Bc1 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. h5 (20. b4 $11 Bb6 21. c4) 20... Neg4 $36 {Black has good play.} 21. hxg6 Nh2+ 22. Rxh2 Rxh2 23. Bf3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 {Endgame KRB-KBN} Rh1+ 27. Ke2 Bxf2 28. Bf4 Bb6 29. Nd6+ (29. Ng3 $17 Rb1 30. Nf5) 29... Kd7 $19 30. Nxb7 Rg1 31. Kf3 Rf1+ 32. Kg4 Rf2 33. g3 Ke6 ({Black should try} 33... Rxb2 $19 {And now ...Ke6 would win.} 34. a4 Bf2) 34. b4 (34. a4 $17 Rxb2 35. a5) 34... Rxa2 {...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 35. c4 $2 {[#]} (35. Nd6 {only move.}) 35... Bd4 36. b5 $2 (36. Nd8+ Kd7 37. Nf7) 36... cxb5 37. cxb5 Kf6 38. Kf3 Kxg6 39. Ke4 Bf2 40. Nd6 Ra3 41. g4 Rb3 42. Be5 Rb4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Kf3 (43. Kd5 $142) 43... Bd4 44. Bf4 Bc5 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {??.} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 (9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 (10. Qxh5 Bf6 $11) 10... g6 11. f4 $16 ) 10. Be2 Ng7 $1 ({Of course not} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 $14) 11. f4 f6 12. Nd3 Nf5 13. Bf2 h5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Nh4 Nce7 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. g3 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Kb1 Ba6 22. c4 (22. Rhe1 $11) 22... Bc7 $2 (22... Bxc4 $17 {and life is bright. White must now prevent ...Kb8.} 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Rxc4 dxc4) 23. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Nb4. } Nd6 {[#]} (23... dxc4 $2 24. Nb4 Bb5 {[#]} 25. a4 $1 $18) (23... Bxc4 $14 24. Rxc4 dxc4) 24. b3 $1 $18 dxc4 (24... Nf5 $142 25. Nb4 Bb7) 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Bxb7+ ({Don't do} 26. bxc4 $6 f5 $14) 26... Nxb7 $2 (26... Kxb7 27. Qf3+ Kc8) 27. Rxc4 ({But not} 27. Qxc4 Na5 28. Qd3 Qd6 $18) 27... b5 $2 (27... Nd6 28. Rc6 a5) 28. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Rh7 29. Rhc1 Qd6 30. Qxb5 Qb6 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Na6 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bb3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qc7 10. Bd2 e5 11. Rc1 exd4 12. exd4 Qd6 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rae8 17. Bf4 Qd8 ({Of course not} 17... Qxd4 $6 18. Red1 Qc5 19. Nd5 $16) 18. Be5 Nfd5 19. Re2 Re7 20. Ne4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Rfe8 25. Rd1 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. g3 Na5 14. b3 { LiveBook: 9 Games} b4 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Rhe1 {The position is equal.} Na7 (16... h5 $11) 17. c4 bxc3 $1 18. Nxc3 Be7 19. Re3 Qb4 20. Qb2 Nb5 21. Ncxb5 axb5 22. f5 O-O 23. Bh3 e5 $1 24. Nc2 Qc5 25. Bf1 Qa7 {And now ...Rxc2! would win.} 26. Red3 {[#]} (26. Ree1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... d5 $1 $17 27. g4 (27. Ne3 $17 d4 28. Nd5) (27. Rxd5 Bc6) 27... d4 $19 28. Rh3 (28. Ne1 $17) 28... Rc7 29. Bd3 Rc3 30. Ne1 (30. Re1 $142) 30... Ra8 31. Bf1 Bc6 32. Bd3 $2 (32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. Qc2) 32... Ba3 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Qe2 {[#]} Rxb3+ $1 34. axb3 Bb4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Vakhidov, Jahongir"] [Black "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2561"] [BlackElo "2519"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 {??.} d6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. e3 e4 9. Nd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. b4 Nd3 15. Nf4 Nxf4 ({Much weaker is} 15... Nxb4 $6 16. a3 Na6 17. Nde6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 $16) ({But not} 15... Bxb4 $6 16. Nxd3 Bxc3 17. dxc3 $16) 16. gxf4 Qe8 17. a4 h6 18. Bh3 g6 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. Rg1 Bd6 21. Rg2 Rc8 22. Qb3 Rc4 23. Rag1 Ng4 $1 24. b5 Rg8 25. Ba1 ({Reject} 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Rd1 Qe7 $17) 25... Qe7 $36 { Black has good play.} 26. Qd1 a6 27. Bc3 a5 ({Black should try} 27... axb5 $15 28. Nxb5 Bb4) 28. Ne2 Bb4 29. Bd4 h5 30. Ba1 Rgc8 31. Rf1 Qh4 32. Rg3 Be6 33. Kg1 Qe7 34. Bg2 Bg8 35. Rh3 Qc7 36. Bb2 Rc2 37. Bc3 $1 Ra2 38. Bxb4 $2 {[#]} ( 38. Nc1 $11 Bxc3 39. Nxa2) 38... axb4 $19 39. Nd4 Qc4 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Rxh5+ Nh6 {[#] aiming for ...Qc2.} 42. Bh3 Rf8 (42... Be6 $19 43. Rg5 Qc7) 43. Rg5 $2 ({White must play} 43. Kh1 $1 $15 Be6 44. Rg5) 43... Rf6 44. Kh1 $2 (44. Qh5 Be6 45. a5) 44... Bf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Rfg1 d4 46. Qe1 { intending f3!} Bg6 47. f3 (47. Bf1 $142 d3 48. f3 exf3 49. h3) 47... exf3 48. Qg3 Qd5 49. Bf1 Ra1 {White must now prevent ...f2+.} 50. Qf2 dxe3 51. dxe3 b3 52. h4 b2 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. Nc3 c6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nc5 {White is slightly better.} 11. d3 a4 12. b4 a3 13. Bc1 (13. bxc5 axb2 14. Rab1 Bxc5 $15) 13... Na6 14. b5 ({ Of course not} 14. Bxa3 Nxb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 $15) 14... Nc5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. d4 Bd6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. c5 Bc7 20. h3 Nf6 21. b6 Bb8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 $1 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. f4 exf3 26. exf3 Qe7 27. Qc3 Ra4 { Threatening ...Rc4.} 28. Rb4 Ra5 29. Rc1 Rfa8 30. f4 Be8 {The position is equal.} 31. Qe3 Bg6 32. Rc3 h6 33. Kh2 Ra4 34. Qd4 R4a5 35. Bf3 Bf5 36. h4 Kh8 37. h5 Rd8 38. Rbb3 Rda8 39. Kg2 Bh7 40. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Black "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Bd7 { White is slightly better.} 13. Nc3 a5 14. h3 a4 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Ng3 d5 (18... Qa6 $11) 19. e5 $1 $14 h6 20. Bc1 ({Better is} 20. Nd2 $14) 20... Ra5 ({Black should play} 20... Nc4 $11) 21. Nh4 c5 22. Bxh6 cxd4 $2 {[#]} (22... Nc4 $14) 23. Nh5 $1 $18 Nc4 $2 (23... Re6 24. Bxg7 Bxg7) 24. Qd3 (24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 $14) 24... Nxe5 {[#]} 25. Qg3 $1 ({Inferior is } 25. Qxd4 Nc6 26. Qf4 d4 27. Nxg7 Bxg7 $17) 25... Ng6 $2 {[#]} (25... Ng4) 26. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg6 $2 (31... Bf5) 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bxf8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"] [Black "Lalith Babu M R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2584"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. f3 c5 8. fxe4 cxd4 9. exf5 {aiming for Nd5.} dxc3 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 $14 g6 11. g3) 10... g6 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Qe3 Ne4 14. Ng5 $36 {White is more active.} d5 ( 14... Nc5 $14) 15. cxd5 $16 Qb4+ 16. Kd1 $1 Rh4 {White must now prevent ...Bh6. } 17. g3 Rg4 18. Nxe4 (18. a3 $142 $1 Qe7 19. Nf3) 18... Rxe4 19. Bd2 {Qd3 is the strong threat.} Qe7 (19... Bxb2 $2 20. Bxb4 Rxe3 21. Rb1 $18) (19... Qa4+ $16 20. b3 Rxe3 21. bxa4 Ra3) 20. Qb3 $1 $18 {And now Bg2 would win.} Nd7 21. Bg2 {Strongly threatening d6.} (21. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 22. d6 Rxb7 $11) 21... Rxe2 22. Bf3 Rf2 23. d6 (23. Rc1 $16) 23... Qe6 (23... Nc5 $1 $11 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. Re1+ Kf8) 24. Qxe6+ $1 $16 ({Much worse is} 24. Qxb7 $6 Rd8 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Ne5 $11) 24... fxe6 {[#]} 25. Be4 $1 Ne5 26. Ke1 Rf7 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Bc3 ({ Don't take} 28. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 $16) (28. Rac1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28... Raf8 ( 28... Ng4 $16) 29. Rhf1 b6 30. h4 a5 (30... Rxf1 {was worth a try.} 31. Rxf1 Rg8) 31. Rxf7+ $18 Rxf7 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 {Endgame KBB-KBN} g5 34. hxg5 Kxd6 35. a4 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Bd4 Nc4 38. Bf2 Bxb2 39. Bd3 Ne5 {and the idea ...Nd7 leaves Black hopeful.} 40. Bxb6 Bc3 ({Not} 40... Nxd3 $2 41. Kxd3 Be5 42. Bxa5 $18) 41. Be4 Kf7 42. Bc7 Ke7 43. Bc2 Kd7 44. Bb6 Ke7 45. Bc5+ Kf7 46. Ke3 Be1 47. Ke4 Nc6 48. Bd6 Kg6 (48... Bd2 $142 49. Bf4 Bc3) 49. Kf4+ Kf7 50. Be4 Ne7 51. Kg4 Bc3 52. Kh5 Nd5 $2 (52... Nc8) 53. g6+ Kg7 {[#]} 54. Bxd5 $1 exd5 {KB-KB} 55. Kg5 d4 56. Be5+ Kg8 57. Kf4 {White mates.} Bb2 58. Kf3 Kf8 59. Bf6 Kg8 60. Kf2 Bc3 61. g4 Kf8 62. Kf3 Bb2 63. g5 Bc1 64. Ke4 Be3 65. Bxd4 Bxg5 66. Bc3 Bd8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 b5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 17. c3 Nd5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Kf7 20. Nf4 Nc7 21. Nd3 Be7 22. a4 Rhd8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Be1 e5 27. f3 Na4 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Rac1 h5 30. h4 Nb6 31. Ke2 Nd5 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Bf2 Rdc8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc5+ Bxc5 36. Bxc5 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2 37. Rd2 Nf4+ 38. Kd1 Ra4 39. Rd6+ Kf5 40. g3 Ne6 41. Bb4 {[#] Strongly threatening g4+!} Nd4 $1 42. cxd4 Rxb4 43. dxe5 Kxe5 $11 {KR-KR} 44. Rc6 $1 Rxb2 {Threatens to win with ...Kd4.} 45. Rc5+ {The position is equal.} Kd4 46. Rxh5 b4 47. Rh7 Kd3 48. Kc1 Rc2+ 49. Kb1 Rg2 50. Rxg7 Kc3 51. Rc7+ Kb3 52. Rc1 Rxg3 53. Rh1 $1 Rg6 54. h5 Rh6 55. Kc1 Kc3 56. Rh3 f5 {aiming for ...f4.} 57. f4+ Kd4 58. Kd2 Ke4 59. Ke2 Rh7 60. Rb3 Rb7 61. h6 Kxf4 62. Kf2 Kg4 {[#]} ( 62... Kg5 $5 63. h7 $8 Rxh7 64. Rxb4 Rh3 $11) 63. h7 $1 Rxh7 64. Rxb4+ f4 65. Kg2 Re7 66. Rb2 Re3 67. Ra2 Rg3+ 68. Kf2 Rh3 69. Ra4 Rh2+ 70. Kg1 $1 Re2 (70... Rb2 $5 71. Ra3 $8 Kf5 $11) 71. Kf1 Re3 {Threatening ...Kg3.} 72. Kf2 Rf3+ 73. Kg2 $1 Rb3 {White must now prevent ...Rb2+.} 74. Ra2 Rc3 75. Kf2 Rh3 76. Ra4 Rh2+ 77. Kg1 $1 Re2 {And now ...Kg3 would win.} (77... Rc2 $5 78. Ra3 $8 Rb2 $11) 78. Kf1 $1 Re3 {next ...Kg3 is good for Black.} 79. Kf2 Rf3+ 80. Kg2 Rc3 81. Ra2 Rd3 {With the idea ...Rc3.} 82. Kf2 Rd8 83. Kg2 Re8 84. Kf2 $1 Rh8 { ( -> ...Rh2+)} 85. Ra4 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Re1 c5 10. d5 e6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. g3 Ng8 15. Nh4 h5 (15... Ndf6 $16) 16. Nb5 ({ White should play} 16. Nf5 $1 $18) 16... Ndf6 $16 17. b4 (17. Qc1 $16) 17... a6 $11 18. bxc5 axb5 19. c6 Bc8 (19... Bxc6 $1 $11 20. dxc6 b4) 20. cxb5 $16 Bh6 21. Bc3 Nh7 22. Bf1 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 24. exf5 g4 25. a4 {White has compensation.} Ng5 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 26. Bg2 Nf6 27. Qd3 Re8 28. Qc4 (28. Reb1 $16) 28... Qc7 29. Ra2 Ra7 (29... Kg8 $14) 30. Rd1 (30. Rea1 $16) 30... Kh7 $14 31. Qb4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 gxf3 33. a5 Qc8 34. Qb1 $1 e4 $1 35. Bxf6 { Strongly threatening Kh1.} ({But not} 35. axb6 $2 Rxa2 36. Qxa2 Qxf5 $19) 35... Qxf5 36. Rd4 $2 (36. Kh1 $1 $11 Qxf6 37. axb6 Rxa2 38. Qxa2) 36... Qxf6 $19 37. Rxe4 {[#]} Rxe4 $2 (37... Qf5 $1 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Re7) 38. Qxe4+ $18 Kg7 39. Ra3 Rxa5 {( -> ...Qa1+!)} 40. Rxf3 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Ra7 {[#]} (41... Qd1 $142) 42. Qf5 $2 (42. Qc4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with c7.} Rc7 43. Qh4) 42... Qb2 $2 (42... Qd4 $16) 43. Qxh5 Qxb5 $2 (43... Qd4 44. Qf5 Rc7) 44. Qg4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. c7 Qc4 47. Rxf7+ (47. Qd7 $142 Kh8 48. c8=Q+ Qxc8 49. Qxc8+ Kg7 50. Qd8) 47... Kxf7 48. Qe6+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Ra4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rfa1 Rb8 $1 21. R1a3 c5 22. h3 Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 23. f4 Rb5 24. Kh2 Qb6 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Ra2 Kh8 27. Qg4 Rxb3 (27... c4 $11 28. bxc4 dxc4) 28. Rxa5 $16 d4 ({Don't take} 28... Rxc3 $2 29. Ra7 Rg8 30. R2a6 $18) 29. Ra7 Rb7 {[#]} 30. cxd4 $1 cxd4 31. Qg6 (31. Ra8 $16 Rbf7 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Ra7 ) 31... Rxa7 $11 32. Rxa7 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg8 33. Re7 Qc1 34. Rf7 Qc6 35. Ra7 Qc1 36. Rf7 Qc6 37. Re7 Qc1 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxe6 Qxf4+ 39. Qg3 Qf5 40. Rd6 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Qd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Ned2 bxc4 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxc4 c5 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 {With the idea Nc6.} Ne5 17. Qe3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxe6.} Qb6 19. Rab1 $1 {And now Ba3 would win.} Rxc4 ({But not} 19... Bxc4 $2 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Rb7 $18) 20. Ba3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. b4 exd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bb2 axb4 18. axb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ra4 19. Bc3 Nh5 20. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Nf4 22. Bc3 d5 23. e5 Ne7 24. Qd1 Qc6 25. Qc1 Bc8 26. Nb3 $36 {White has the initiative.} Qc4 (26... Bh6 $14 27. Bd2 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Nc6) 27. Qb2 $1 $16 (27. Qxf4 $6 Qxc3 28. Nc5 Qxb4 $11) 27... Nd3 (27... Qc6 $16 28. Bd2 Ne6) 28. Bxd3 $1 $18 Qxd3 29. Nc5 Qf5 30. Qe2 $1 g5 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qxb5 c6 33. Qd3 ({Better is} 33. Qe2) 33... f5 (33... Qxd3 $16 34. Nxd3 h5) 34. exf6 $1 Qxf6 35. Bd2 Rf8 36. Bxg5 (36. Nxg5 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Ng6 $11) 36... Qxf3 37. Qxf3 (37. Rxe7 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Rf3 $15) 37... Rxf3 38. Kg2 (38. Bxe7 Rxh3 39. Ne6 Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Kf7 $15) 38... Rf7 {aiming for ...Ng6. } 39. Bxe7 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} (39. Rxe7 $6 Rxe7 40. Bxe7 h5 $16) 39... Bxd4 40. Re2 h5 41. f3 (41. gxh5 $6 Bf5 $16) 41... Bc3 42. Bd6 (42. gxh5 Rg7+ 43. Kh2 Bxb4 $11) 42... Bd7 43. Nd3 (43. gxh5 $6 Bxb4 44. Rb2 Bc3 45. Rb8+ Kh7 $14) (43. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7 44. Bc5 d4 $14) 43... c5 (43... hxg4 {was worth a try.} 44. hxg4 Rg7) 44. bxc5 (44. Bxc5 Bb5 $16) (44. Nxc5 $6 hxg4 45. hxg4 Bb5 $18) 44... Bb5 45. Re6 Ra7 46. Be5 Ra2+ 47. Nf2 Bb4 48. c6 (48. gxh5 Bxc5 49. Bg3 Rc2 $11) 48... hxg4 49. hxg4 (49. fxg4 Be1) 49... Rc2 $2 (49... Be1) 50. c7 $2 (50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rb8) 50... Bd7 $2 (50... Be1 {is a better defense.}) 51. Ra6 Be1 52. Bg3 (52. Rd6 $142 Rxc7 53. Nd3 (53. Rxd5 Rc2 $18)) 52... Kf7 53. Ra1 Bb4 (53... Bxf2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 54. Bxf2 Rxc7) 54. Rd1 Ke6 (54... Bc5 { was necessary.} 55. Rxd5 Ke6) 55. Kh3 Ba5 56. Nd3 {Strongly threatening Nf4+.} Bxc7 57. Nb4 Rc4 {And now ...Bxg3 would win.} 58. Re1+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Bxg3. } 59. Nxd5 Bd8 60. Bh4 Bc6 61. Ne3 ({Much less strong is} 61. Bxd8 $6 Bxd5 62. Re7+ Kg6 $18) 61... Bxh4 $2 (61... Rd4 $18 62. Rc1 Be8) 62. Nxc4 ({Less strong is} 62. Kxh4 Rf4 63. Rc1 Ba8 $18) 62... Bxe1 63. Ne5+ Ke6 64. Nxc6 {Endgame KB-KN} Bc3 65. f4 Kd5 66. Ne7+ Ke4 67. Ng6 Bf6 68. Kg3 Bd8 69. Nf8 Bf6 70. Ng6 Bd8 $1 71. Nh4 {White mates.} Bc7 {[#]} 72. Ng2 $1 Bd6 {[#]} 73. Kh4 $1 Kf3 74. g5 Kxg2 75. Kg4 Kf2 76. g6 Bf8 77. f5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Bosiocic, Marin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rad1 c6 14. e4 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nf3 c5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 19. dxc5 Rxc5 {Strongly threatening ...dxe4.} ( {Worse is} 19... bxc5 20. Nxd5 (20. exd5 Nd4 21. Qb1 Qb6 $16) 20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 $18) 20. b4 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Qc8.} 21. Qb3 dxe4 22. Ng5 {[#]} e3 $1 23. Bxe3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qa8+ 25. Kg1 Be5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc3 28. Qd1 Nxg5 (28... Nf8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Bxg5 $16 f6 30. Bf4 Qc6 (30... Rxa3 $14 31. Bxe5 fxe5) 31. Bxe5 ( 31. Rd7 $16) 31... fxe5 $14 32. Rd7 ({Not} 32. Rexe5 $2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Rc1 $19) 32... Rxa3 33. Qg4 Qf6 34. Qc4+ {White has compensation.} Kh8 35. Rf7 Qd6 36. Qg4 Rg8 37. Qf5 Qxb4 38. Rxe5 {Rxg7! is the strong threat.} Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Qb1 ({ Black should try} 39... Qd6 $11) 40. Qxb1 Rxb1 41. Rxa7 Rb2 42. h4 (42. Rf5 $14 ) 42... Rf8 $11 43. Rf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} ({Wrong is} 18. Bxg5 $2 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Rf7 $19) 18... g4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8+ {White is slightly better.} Bxf8 21. Qxg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5.} Qe8 (21... Qd7 $5 22. Nd5 $8 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 $14) 22. Nd5 {White wants to mate with Nf6+.} Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nc7 Ra7 $1 25. Nxe6 {[#] Threatens to win with Be3.} b5 26. a4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Ra4 29. Ng5 Be7 ( 29... Ra1+ $5 30. Kf2 $8 Ra2 $14) 30. h4 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rxe4+ $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Kf2 Ne5 33. Rd5 Rc4 34. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Bxd2 Ng6 37. Kg3 Nxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 { LiveBook: 54 Games} a5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. h3 e4 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. a3 d5 15. f4 (15. c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Be6 16. c5 h6 17. Qd2 g5 18. b4 Ne7 19. b5 Ng6 20. Ne2 Bf8 21. Bc3 b6 22. Qd1 gxf4 (22... bxc5 23. fxg5 Nh5 24. gxh6 $11) 23. exf4 Bd7 24. a4 h5 25. Ne3 h4 ( 25... Rc8 $11) 26. Kh1 (26. g4 $16) 26... Bh6 $11 ({Don't go for} 26... bxc5 $2 27. dxc5 Bg7 28. Nd4 $18 (28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qxd8 Raxd8 31. Bxa5 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 hxg3 $11)) 27. Bd2 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (27... Ne7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 28. g4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening g5.} fxg4 29. f5 Ne7 { aiming for ...Bxe3.} 30. Nxg4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Ng8 $2 (31... e3) 32. c6 Bc8 33. Bf4 Bg5 34. Be5+ Kh7 35. Nf4 Nh6 36. Ng6 (36. Qb3 $142) 36... Rg8 37. Nf4 $2 ( 37. Qe2 $18) 37... Nf7 $2 (37... Re8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 38. Qb3 Bxf4 (38... Nxe5 $142 39. dxe5 Bxf5) 39. Rxf4 {White is clearly winning.} ({ Less strong is} 39. Bxf4 Nh6 $18) 39... Re8 {[#]} ({But not} 39... Nxe5 40. dxe5 Qg5 41. Raf1 $18) (39... Nh6 $142 40. Rg1 Rg5) 40. Rxe4 $1 Nh6 (40... dxe4 41. Qxf7+) 41. Rf4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Rozum, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "192"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. b4 {White is slightly better.} O-O ({Wrong is} 9... Bxb4 $2 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ne5 $18) 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. b5 c5 12. a4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bf4 a6 15. e4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Rfe1 axb5 18. axb5 Ra7 19. Nd2 Ne5 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Re2 Rfa8 23. Bf3 Ra4 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qh5 Rb4 28. Rxb4 (28. Nxe5 $15 fxe5 29. Reb2) 28... cxb4 $17 29. Bg4 (29. Nxe5 $17 fxe5 30. Bg4) 29... b3 $19 30. Nxe5 fxe5 ({Not} 30... Qxe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Rb2 $11) 31. Qg5 {[#] Threatening Qe7.} Qc3 (31... Qc5 $1 $17 32. h4 Kf8) 32. Qe7 $11 Bxb5 33. Bxe6+ ({Don't play} 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qxb6 Qxd3 $17) 33... Kh8 34. Bd5 Re8 35. Qa3 Qxd3 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Rb1 Qe2 {[#] And now ...Bd3 would win.} 38. Qb2 Qh5 (38... Qxb2 $11 {remains equal.} 39. Rxb2 Ba4) 39. Qxb3 $16 Rf8 {( -> ...Rxf2+!)} 40. h4 Be2 (40... Qe2 $1 $14 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. fxe3 Be2) 41. Qa3 (41. Qxb6 $16 Qf3+ 42. Kg1) 41... Qf3+ $14 42. Qxf3 Bxf3+ {Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Kf1 Rb8 44. Ke1 b5 45. Rb4 h6 46. Kd2 g5 47. Rb3 Bg2 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. g4 b4 50. Ke2 Kg7 51. Rg3 b3 52. Rxg2 {aiming for Rg1. KRB-KR} b2 53. Ba2 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} b1=Q 54. Bxb1 Rxb1 {KR-KR} 55. Rg3 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 ({White should try} 56. Kf1 $1 $14) 56... Rb3+ $1 $11 57. Kg2 Rb4 (57... Rxg3+ $1 $11 58. Kxg3 Kf6) 58. Re3 $14 Ra4 59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Ra3 Kf6 61. Ke3 Rc4 62. f3 Rd4 63. Rd3 Ra4 64. Kd2 Rc4 65. Rc3 Rd4+ 66. Kc2 Rb4 67. Rc6+ Kf7 $1 68. Kc3 Ra4 69. Kb3 Rd4 70. Rc4 { Strongly threatening Rxd4.} Rd3+ 71. Rc3 Rd4 72. Kc2 Rb4 73. Rd3 Ke6 74. Kc3 Ra4 75. Kb3 Ra1 76. Kc4 Rc1+ 77. Rc3 Rb1 78. Kc5 Rf1 79. Kc6 Rf2 80. Kc7 Ke7 81. Kc8 Rf1 82. Rc7+ (82. Kb7 $14) 82... Ke6 $11 83. Rc6+ Ke7 (83... Kf7 $1 $11 ) 84. Rc3 $1 $14 Rf2 85. Kb7 Rf1 86. Kc6 Ke6 87. Kc7 Ke7 88. Kc8 Rf2 $1 89. Rc7+ (89. Rd3 $14) 89... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 90. Kd8 {Threatens to win with Ke8.} Rxf3 91. Ke8 $1 Kd6 92. Rd7+ Kc6 93. Rd5 Rf4 94. Rxe5 Rxg4 95. Ke7 Rf4 96. Rxg5 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Nc1 f5 (17... h6 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 18. exf5 $16 Qf6 19. b3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Nd3 Bb8 23. Rac1 Qxd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe2 {aiming for Qg4.} h6 (25... h5 $14) 26. Qg4 $1 $18 Qd8 27. Re4 Qf8 28. g3 Rd8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qe7 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Nc5 Ba7 33. Ne4 ({Inferior is} 33. Nxb7 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Qg2 Qd3 $11) 33... Bb8 34. Kg2 b6 35. h4 a5 36. Qc6 Bc7 37. Nc3 Qe5 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qf3 Bd6 40. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 41. Nxe4 $16 {Endgame KB-KN} Bc7 $2 (41... Bb4 42. Kf3 Kg6) 42. h5 $18 Kg8 43. f4 Kf7 44. f5 Ke7 45. Kf3 Be5 46. g4 (46. a4 $142 $1 Kd7 47. Nf2) 46... Bb2 (46... b5 {was necessary.} 47. a4 bxa4 48. bxa4 Kd7 49. Nc5+ Ke8) 47. Kf4 Bf6 (47... b5 {keeps fighting.} 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Bc1+ 50. Ke5 Bb2+ 51. Kd5 Kf7) 48. g5 ({Less strong is} 48. Nxf6 gxf6 49. Ke4 Kd6 $16) 48... hxg5+ 49. Nxg5 Bd4 50. Ne6 Bb2 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Nc7 Be5 53. Nd5 b5 54. Kg4 (54. h6 $1 $18 gxh6+ 55. Kxh6) 54... a4 $16 55. b4 {Strongly threatening Kf3.} Kg8 $2 (55... Bb2 $16) 56. Kg5 $1 $18 Kf7 57. h6 $1 gxh6+ 58. Kxh6 Bd6 59. Kg5 a3 60. Kg4 Kg7 61. Kh5 (61. Kf3 $142 Kh6 62. Ke3) 61... Kf7 62. Kg5 Be5 $2 (62... Bf8 63. f6 Ke6 64. Nf4+ Kf7) 63. Ne3 Bc3 {[#]} 64. Nc2 $1 Bd2+ 65. Kg4 Kf6 {and the idea ...Bc1 leaves Black hopeful.} 66. Nxa3 Bxb4 67. Nxb5 Ke5 68. a4 Be7 69. a5 Kd5 70. a6 $2 (70. Nc3+ Kc6 71. Ne2) 70... Kc6 71. Nc3 {And now Na4 would win.} Bf8 {[#]} 72. Na4 $2 (72. a7 $1 $18 Kb7 73. Nb5) 72... Kc7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. f6 Kb8 74. Nb6 {White threatens Nd7+ and mate.} Ka7 $1 75. Nd7 Ba3 76. Kf5 Kxa6 77. Ke6 {Hoping for Ne5.} Kb7 $1 78. f7 Kc7 79. Ne5 Bb4 80. Nd3 Bf8 81. Nf4 {Ng6 is the strong threat.} Ba3 82. Nd5+ $1 Kd8 83. Ne3 Bb4 84. Nc4 Kc7 85. Ne3 {Threatening mate with Nd5+.} Kd8 86. Nf5 {White wants to mate with Nd6.} Bf8 $1 87. Nd6 Kc7 88. Nc4 Bb4 89. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Bindrich, Falko"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bg6 16. Rd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf8 17. Bg5 N6d7 18. Nf5 {The position is equal.} Ne6 19. Ncd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Reb8 21. Be7 Ndc5 22. Nf5 {White wants to play Bd6.} Nb7 $1 23. Qc3 Nec5 24. Bg5 Re8 (24... Nxa4 $15 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc6 Re8) 25. b3 $11 f6 26. Be3 Rad8 27. f4 Kh8 28. fxe5 fxe5 ({ But not} 28... Qxe5 $2 29. Bd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 $16 (30. Rxd4 Nd8 $16)) ({Don't capture} 28... Rxe5 $2 29. Bf4 $18) 29. Qc4 Bh5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bg5 Rb8 $2 { [#]} (31... Rf8 $16) 32. Nxg7 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nd6 {[#]} ( 32... Qxg7 33. Bf6) 33. Ne8 $1 Bf7 (33... Rxe8 $5 34. Bf6+ $8 Qg7 $18) 34. Nxc7 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Rc8 36. Bf6+ Kg8 37. Bxe5 Nxc4 38. Bf4 Nxa4 39. h4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 {[#]} (11... c5 $11) 12. h5 $1 $16 gxh5 (12... Nxh5 13. Ng5) 13. Ne4 $1 {White is better.} Nb4 14. Nfg5 $1 {aiming for Nxf6+.} h6 ({Black should play} 14... Ng4) 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Nh7 f5 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Qxh5 (18. Rxh5 $6 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qf7 $14) 18... Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 f4 20. Bd2 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. O-O Bf5 23. Rfe1 Rd8 (23... Qf7 $16 { was necessary.} 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 24. a5 Bxd3 ({Wrong is} 24... Rxd3 $2 {[#]} 25. Bxf4 $1 Rd5 26. Rac1 $18) 25. Rxe5 (25. Bc3 $18) 25... Bxe5 26. Qxe5 {Hoping for Bc3.} Qd6 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 bxa5 29. Bxh6 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 30. Ra3 Be2 31. Bf4 Rxb2 32. Bxc7 Bc4 33. Rc3 Bd5 34. Bxa5 Kf7 35. Re3 Rb3 36. Re1 Rb5 37. Bd8 a5 {[#]} (37... Rb8 $14 38. Ba5 Rg8) 38. Ra1 (38. Re7+ $1 $16 Kg6 39. Ra7) 38... Bc6 (38... Rb8 $1 $14) 39. Rc1 ({Don't play} 39. Bxa5 $6 Rg5 $11) (39. Rxa5 $16 Rxa5 40. Bxa5) 39... Bd5 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Re7+ Kf5 42. Bc7 ( {White should try} 42. Ra7 $16) 42... Kf6 43. Rh7 a4 44. Rh6+ Kf7 45. Ra6 Rc5 46. Bf4 Rc4 47. Be5 Re4 48. Bg3 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Ra1 50. Bd6 Bc4 51. Ra5 Ke6 52. Bf8 Ra2 53. Kg3 Kd7 (53... Bd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 54. Kf3 Bf1 55. g3 Kc6 56. Rc5+ Kd7 57. Re5 Rb2 58. Re7+ Kd8 59. Ra7 Bb5 60. Bc5 Rc2 61. Bd4 Kc8 62. Kf4 Re2 (62... Bd7 $142) 63. Be3 Ra2 (63... Rb2 $16 64. Ke5 Rb4) 64. g4 $18 a3 (64... Bd3 $142 65. Ke5 Bc2) 65. g5 Bd3 66. Bc5 Rc2 $2 (66... Kd8 {might work better.} 67. Ke3 Bc2) 67. Rxa3 Rc4+ 68. Bd4 Rxd4+ {KRB-KR} (68... Bb1 $142 69. Ke5 Kd7) 69. Ke3 Rg4 70. Rxd3 ({Not} 70. Kxd3 Rxg5 71. Ke4 Kd7 $16) 70... Rxg5 {KR-KR} 71. Ke4 Rg8 72. f4 Re8+ 73. Kf5 Rf8+ 74. Kg5 Rg8+ 75. Kh6 Rf8 76. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {??.} Nc6 4. Bg2 Rb8 5. d5 Na5 6. Qc2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 ({Reject} 8. Kxd2 b6 9. b4 Nb7 10. dxe6 dxe6+ 11. Ke1 O-O $17) 8... b5 9. cxb5 Rxb5 10. a4 Rb8 {[#]} 11. b4 $1 {Threatens to win with Qc5.} Nb7 ({But not} 11... Rxb4 12. Qc5 Nb3 13. Qxb4 $16) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e4 O-O 14. Ngf3 Ne8 15. O-O $36 {White is on the roll.} Nbd6 16. Rab1 Bb7 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. N4b3 Nf7 19. Na5 ({Better is} 19. Qc5) 19... Ba8 $16 20. Qc5 Qh6 21. Qxa7 Nf6 22. Qd4 Rbd8 23. Rbc1 d5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Rxc7 Neg4 26. h3 e5 27. Qb2 e4 {With the idea ...e3.} 28. Qd4 Rde8 $2 ( 28... e3 $16) 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 e3 $2 (30... Ne5 31. Rb6 Ned7) 31. hxg4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 32. hxg4 exd2 $16) 31... exd2 32. f4 Re2 33. g5 Qg6 34. Bxd5+ Kh8 35. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 {??.} e5 4. d5 Nd7 5. Nc3 h5 6. h4 Nc5 7. Nf3 Bh6 (7... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 8. Bg5 (8. b4 $16 Nd7 9. c5) 8... f6 ({Black should try} 8... Bxg5 $11 9. hxg5 Bg4) 9. Bxh6 $14 Nxh6 10. Qd2 (10. b4 $14 Nd7 11. Bd3) 10... a5 $11 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Ka1 a4 14. g3 Ng4 15. Ne1 f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nd3 fxe4 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. fxe4 a3 20. b3 O-O 21. Qg5 Rf7 22. Be2 Kg7 23. Rdf1 Raf8 24. Qc1 Bg4 {And now ...Bxe2 would win.} 25. Bd3 Ne8 ( 25... Nh7 $11) 26. Rxf7+ $14 Rxf7 27. Rf1 Nd6 28. Kb1 ({Stronger than} 28. Qxa3 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qf7 $19) 28... Rxf1 29. Qxf1 ({Much weaker is} 29. Bxf1 Qf6 30. Qe1 Qf3 $17) 29... g5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 {[#] aiming for ...Qd2.} 31. Qf2 b6 32. Kc2 Bd7 33. Nb1 Be8 (33... Qg4 $1 $11) 34. Nxa3 Bg6 35. Qf3 h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Nge2 { LiveBook: 40 Games} h5 8. a3 g6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bh6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Na4 b6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nac3 O-O 14. Qc2 c6 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 h4 18. h3 g5 19. d5 c5 20. Rcd1 g4 (20... Rae8 $14) 21. Nf4 (21. d6 $142 Nc6 22. hxg4) 21... Bxf4 $16 22. exf4 gxh3 $1 23. g3 ({Better is} 23. gxh3 $14 Ng6 24. Kh2) 23... Nc8 (23... hxg3 $1 $15 24. fxg3 Rae8) 24. Rfe1 $14 { White has compensation.} Nd6 25. Re6 Rf7 26. Rde1 (26. gxh4 $16 Re8 27. Qd3) 26... Kh8 (26... b5 $11) 27. Kh2 $16 (27. gxh4 Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Rh7 $15) 27... Rg8 28. Rxd6 ({And not} 28. gxh4 Rh7 29. R1e3 Rxh4 $15) (28. Kxh3 $2 hxg3 29. fxg3 Rh7+ 30. Kg2 {[#]} Rxg3+ $1 31. Kxg3 Qg7+ 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+ 34. Kd2 Qxf4+ 35. Kd1 Qd4+ 36. Qd2 Rd3 $19) 28... Qxd6 29. Qxf5 hxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qf8 {[#] } 31. Ne4 $1 Qg7 32. Re3 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} ({Don't play} 32. Qxh3+ $6 Qh7 33. Nd6 Qxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Rh7+ 35. Kg2 Rd7 $11) 32... Qh7 $2 {[#]} (32... Qg6 $16 33. Qe6 f5) 33. Qe6 $1 $18 ({But not} 33. Qxh3 $2 Qxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Re7 $19) 33... Re7 34. Qxf6+ Rgg7 (34... Qg7 $142 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Rxh7) 35. d6 Rxe4 {[#]} 36. d7 $1 {White mates.} Rxe3 37. d8=Q+ Qg8 38. Qh6+ 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 {Black has an edge.} 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 (12. Nxd4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 $17) 12... Nd5 13. O-O ({Reject} 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 13... Nb4 14. Qe4 Nc5 15. Qg4 ({Much worse is} 15. Qxd4 Nc2 16. Qf4 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 b6 $17) 15... Nc6 16. a3 ({But not} 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Qf6 $17) 16... a5 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 a4 20. Bd3 Ra5 21. Rae1 b6 22. h4 h6 23. Qg3 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rg4 Qf8 $1 $36 { [#] White is under pressure.} 26. Qf4 {[#]} ({Better is} 26. Nxd4 $1 $15 Nxd4 27. Qd3) 26... Kh8 $1 $17 27. Rc1 b5 28. Qe4 Rd5 29. Rd1 Qg8 30. Qf4 Ra8 31. Rc1 Ne7 (31... Rc8 $19 32. Qd2 d3) 32. Rc7 (32. Nxd4 $17 Ng6 33. Qg3) 32... Nf5 $19 33. Qc1 d3 34. Re4 Rad8 35. Qd2 Rc8 36. Rc3 Qd8 37. h5 Kg8 38. g4 $2 (38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. g4) 38... Rxc3 39. bxc3 {[#]} Nh4 $1 40. Nh2 $2 (40. Nxh4 Qxh4 41. Kg2) 40... Qg5 41. f4 {[#]} Qxg4+ $1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2598"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Rb8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Rc1 b5 11. Nd5 bxc4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxf6+ ({Much worse is} 12. Rxc4 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 $17) 12... Bxf6 13. Rxc4 Na5 14. Rc2 c5 (14... Bb5 $14) 15. dxc5 $16 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Nc4 17. Rc2 Qa5+ 18. Rc3 (18. Kf1 $16) 18... Bg4 $36 { And now ...Bxe2 would win. Black is more active.} 19. bxc4 {aiming for Qc2.} Bxe2 $1 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. O-O dxc5 22. Qc1 Rb4 23. a3 Rb6 24. h3 (24. Qa1 $15) 24... Be2 $1 $17 {Hoping for . ..Rfb8.} 25. Re1 Rfb8 $1 26. Be4 {[#]} (26. Qa1 $17) 26... Bf3 $1 $19 27. Bd3 (27. Bxf3 Rb1) 27... Rb3 $1 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Bf1 {[#]} Be4 $1 30. Qa1 Rxa3 31. Qb2 $2 (31. Qc1) 31... Qxe1 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 {( -> ...Ra1)} 34. Qxe7 Ra1 {Black mates.} 35. Qf8+ {[#]} Kg5 $1 36. Qxc5+ Bf5 37. Qe7+ f6 38. f4+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. g4+ Kh4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 Ke8 9. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 10. Nd3 Na6 (10... Nd7 $14) 11. Bg2 $16 {White is better.} Rb8 12. a4 e6 13. a5 Ne7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. O-O {aiming for Rfb1.} Rc8 $2 {[#]} (19... Rf8 $16 {was necessary.} 20. Rfb1 Rc8 21. Rxb6 Rxc4) 20. c5 $1 $18 bxc5 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne4 ({Resist} 24. Nxe6 Kf7 $18) 24... Kf8 25. Ra7 ({But not} 25. Nxf6 Kf7 $18) 25... Ne7 26. Rb1 ({Don't play} 26. Nxf6 Kf7 $18) 26... f5 27. Nd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 28. Rbb7 Rxd6 29. Rxe7 Rc6 30. Rec7 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... gxf6 10. a3 $16) 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O {White has an edge.} 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Rd8 17. Rc1 $36 {White is really pushing.} f6 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Nh4 Rd7 21. Re3 Kf7 22. a3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Rec3 g6 25. Ne3 Bh6 26. Rc8 Bxe3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. fxe3 $16 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd7 29. Rc8 Re7 30. Rh8 Ke6 31. Kc2 Kf5 32. h3 ({White should try} 32. Ra8 $16) 32... Nc7 $11 { The position is equal.} ({Reject} 32... Rxe3 $6 33. g4+ (33. Nxa7 Nc7 $11) (33. Rxh7 Rxg3 34. Rxa7 Nb8 $16) 33... Ke4 34. Rxh7 $16) 33. Nd6+ Ke6 $1 34. Nc8 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Nxa7 {aiming for Nc8. KN-KN} Nd6 37. a4 Kd7 38. Kd3 h5 39. Ke2 Kc7 40. Kf3 Kb7 $1 41. Nb5 Nxb5 $1 42. axb5 {KP-KP} Kc7 43. h4 Kd6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. g4 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Ke6 47. b3 Kf7 $1 48. h5 gxh5+ 49. Kxh5 Kg7 $1 50. Kg4 {[#] And now Kf4 would win.} Kf8 $1 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Kf4 Ke7 $1 53. Kg4 Kf8 54. Kf5 Kf7 $1 55. Kf4 Ke7 $1 56. Kf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Kf4.} Kf7 57. Kg3 Ke8 $1 58. Kh4 {Hoping for Kh5.} Kf7 $1 59. Kh5 {Threatens to win with Kh6.} Kg7 $1 60. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bf4 h6 {White has an edge.} 13. h4 c4 (13... d5 $14) 14. dxc4 (14. bxc4 $16 Nd8 15. Qc1) 14... c5 $1 $11 15. Qd2 e6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Nbd2 a5 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Kf1 (19. b4 $14) 19... d6 20. Ke2 (20. exd6 $15 e5 21. Bh2 (21. Nxe5 $2 Qxg2+ 22. Ke2 Bxe5 $19) (21. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 22. b4 cxb4 23. cxb4 Nxf3 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25. Nxf3 Rf6 $19) ) 20... Rbd8 $17 21. g3 (21. Rbd1 $17) 21... Qd7 {[#] Hoping for ...dxe5.} 22. Kf1 $2 (22. Red1 $17) 22... dxe5 $19 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxd2 25. Nxg6 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rfe8 27. Rbe1 Kf7 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29. Nd3 Bf8 30. f3 Bd6 31. g4 $2 (31. f4) 31... f4 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Re4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 {[#]} h5 $1 34. g5+ (34. gxh5 Kf5) 34... Kf5 35. Ke2 Rd7 36. Kd1 Bb8 37. Kc1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc5 Be6 12. h3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rad1 Bxc4 14. Nd4 Nd5 {White has an edge.} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b3 { Black should prevent e4.} Bxg2 (17... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Kxg2 $16 Bf8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 20. Rc1 Rd2 21. a4 ({Don't take} 21. Bxa7 $6 Rxa2 22. Be3 Rxe2 $11) 21... Rd7 22. Be3 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Rd1 a5 25. Rd7 e6 26. Kf3 Bb4 27. Ke4 (27. Be5 $16) 27... Kf8 $14 28. Bg5 Ke8 29. Rb7 Be1 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Rb6 Rd6 32. Rb8+ Rd8 33. Rb6 Rd6 $1 34. Ra6 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bb4 37. Bg5 Bc3 38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Rf8 f5+ $1 {The position is equal.} 42. Kf3 c5 43. gxf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 g5 11. Ne1 c5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. c3 Bg7 (12... c4 $11 13. Nc1 f6) 13. Bb5 $14 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nc2 (14. dxc5 Ncxe5 15. f4 Nc4 $15) 14... c4 15. Nc1 Na7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Ne2 Bd3 ( 18... Nc6 $14) 19. f4 $1 $16 gxf4 20. Rxf4 h5 21. Rf2 $1 Bh6 22. Nf1 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 h4 24. Nf4 Bf5 25. Nh5 {And now Nf6+ would win.} O-O-O 26. Nf6 Qc7 27. h3 (27. Rxf5 $16 exf5 28. Qf3) 27... Nc6 ({Black should play} 27... Kb8 $1 $14) 28. b3 $18 cxb3 29. Nxb3 ({But not} 29. Qxb3 Bd3 $16) 29... b6 30. Rb2 Kb8 {[#] } 31. Nd2 (31. Rc1 $142 $1) 31... Ka7 $16 32. Nb1 (32. Qf1 $16) 32... Bxb1 $1 $11 33. Raxb1 Rb8 34. Rb5 {Threatens to win with c4.} Ne7 35. R1b3 Rb7 36. Qb1 Rhb8 37. Qf1 {[#]} Rc8 (37... Qc8 $1 $17) 38. Qb1 Rcb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. Nh4 e6 10. Ndf3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qa6 15. a3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qa4 17. h4 Qb3 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 f5 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. f3 {The position is equal.} Rxh1 23. Rxh1 g5 24. Qc2 b6 25. Rh6 Qf7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Kb7 28. Qc3 Qg7 29. Rh1 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 31. Rd1 Kc8 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 34. b4 cxb4 35. axb4 Re8 36. Bf2 Rh8 37. Bd4 Rh3 38. Bxf6 Rxf3 ({ Don't capture} 38... Nxf6 $2 39. Rxf6 Kd7 40. Rf5 $18) 39. Bxg5 Rb3+ 40. Kc2 Rxb4 41. Rc6+ Kb7 42. Re6 Nc5 43. Re7+ Kc6 44. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Paravyan, David"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nb3 h6 11. Nfd2 Bg4 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nf6 $1 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Nf3 Rad8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 b6 18. Ree1 Nh5 19. Nh4 (19. Rad1 $11) 19... Nf4 $17 20. Rad1 d4 21. Nc1 Qe7 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Ng1 Qf6 25. g3 Ne6 $40 {Black goes for the king.} 26. Nb3 Red8 27. Kg2 Qg6 {White must now prevent ...dxc3.} 28. Kh2 f5 29. Nf3 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rf7 ({Black should play} 30... Qf5 $17 31. Nh4 Qf6) 31. Nxe5 $11 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Rdf8 33. f4 $2 {[#]} (33. Rf1 $11) 33... Nxf4 $1 $19 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rd2 Rf1 36. Rg2 Qf6 37. Ree2 h5 {( -> ...Qd6+)} 38. Rg3 h4 39. Rg4 Qc6 40. Rge4 Qd6+ 41. Re5 R8f2+ (41... Qg6 $142 42. Rg2 Qf6 43. Reg5 Qd6+ 44. R2g3 hxg3+ 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Rd5 Qxd5+ 47. Kxg3 Qg5+ 48. Kh2 Qg1#) 42. Rxf2 {Black is clearly winning.} Qxe5+ 43. Kg2 Re1 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Qf2 Re2 46. Nxd4 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Rxf2+ 48. Rxf2 Qxd3+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Qb2 Bd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 18. Ba5 Rab8 19. Rac1 Ng4 { Threatening ...Bxf3.White is slightly better.} 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 ({Don't play} 21. hxg4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qa3 $15) 21... Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Ngf6 23. Ke2 Qd6 $1 24. g3 Qe7 25. Kf1 e5 26. Kg2 e4 27. Be2 Nd5 $1 28. Rc2 N7b6 29. Rb1 g6 (29... cxb3 $11 30. axb3 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Rc8) 30. Qc1 (30. bxc4 $16 bxc4 31. Qc1) 30... c3 $11 31. a3 (31. Bxc3 $2 Qc7 32. a4 Nxc3 $19) (31. a4 $11 {keeps the balance. }) 31... Rc6 $1 $17 32. Ra1 ({Not} 32. Bxc3 $2 Rbc8 33. Qd2 Nxc3 $19) 32... h5 33. h4 Rbc8 34. Qb1 Nd7 35. b4 (35. Qh1 $17) 35... Rb8 (35... N7f6 $19 36. a4 Rb8) 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 N7b6 38. Bxb6 Rbxb6 39. Qb3 Nxb4 40. Rxc3 $2 (40. Qa3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Qb7 41. Rxc3) 40... Nd5 $2 (40... Nd3 $1 $19 41. Rxd3 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Rc2 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rxa6 Rxe2) 41. Qxd5 Rxc3 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 {Endgame KQR-KQB} Qf6 44. Be2 Rc2 45. Qb5 (45. Kf1 $17) 45... Qe6 { Threatens to win with ...Qa2.} 46. Bd1 Rd2 47. Bb3 Qf6 48. Qb8+ Kg7 $36 { Black has strong initiative.} 49. Qf4 Qxf4 50. gxf4 {KR-KB} f5 51. Bd5 Kf6 52. Bg8 Ke7 53. d5 (53. Kg3 $17) 53... Rb2 54. Be6 Kd6 55. Bf7 Rb7 56. Be6 Kc5 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Rb6 59. Kf1 Kb4 (59... Rb2 $19 60. Bf7 Rb1+ 61. Kg2 Rb7) 60. Bf7 $15 Ra6 61. Ke2 Kc5 62. Kf1 ({White must play} 62. f3 $1 $15) 62... Ra1+ $19 63. Kg2 {[#]} Ra7 $1 64. Be6 Ra6 65. Kf1 Kb4 (65... Ra1+ $19 66. Kg2 Kd6) 66. Bf7 {[#]} (66. Ke2 $17) 66... Rb6 (66... Kb5 $1 $19 67. f3 Kc5 68. fxe4 fxe4) 67. Ke2 Kc3 68. Be8 Rf6 69. Bc6 $2 (69. Bb5 $17 {was necessary.}) 69... Kc4 70. Kd2 Rf8 71. Ke2 $2 (71. d6) 71... Rb8 72. Kf1 Rb1+ 73. Kg2 Rb8 $2 ( 73... Rb6 74. Kg3 Kc5) 74. Kf1 $1 Kd3 75. d6 Kc4 76. d7 Rd8 77. Ba4 Kb4 78. Bc6 Kc5 79. Ba4 Kd6 80. Bb5 Kc7 81. Ba4 Rb8 82. Kg1 Rb6 83. Kf1 Rd6 84. Kg1 Kb6 85. Kf1 Kc7 $2 ({Black should play} 85... Rd3 $19 {And now ...Kc7 would win.} 86. Kg2 Kc7) 86. Bb5 $2 (86. Kg1 $1 $11 Ra6 87. Bb5) 86... Rd5 87. Ba4 Ra5 88. Bc6 Ra1+ 89. Kg2 Rd1 90. Ba4 Rd6 $2 (90... Rd3 $19 {...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 91. Kg3 Kd8) 91. Kf1 $2 (91. Kg1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ra6 92. Bb5) 91... Kb6 92. Ke2 Kc7 93. Kf1 $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. Ne3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 $6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rd1 $16) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Be6 $1 16. Bf4 {Hoping for Ne5.} Bf6 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rad1 Ra7 19. Ne5 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qc8 (20... Bxa2 $2 21. b3 $18) 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Bg4 ({Don't go for} 22... Bxa2 $2 23. b3 $18 (23. Rxb6 Qg4 24. h3 Qg6 25. Qxc5 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxg6 Nxc5 $16)) 23. Re1 ({Not} 23. Rxb6 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 $17) 23... Bh3 24. Bxh3 ({Reject} 24. Rxb6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd5 $15) 24... Qxh3 25. Rxb6 Raa8 26. Rd6 Rfe8 {[#]} 27. Rdd1 h6 28. f3 Nd5 (28... Rxe1+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Rxe1 Qc8) 29. Bd2 (29. Be5 $16 Nb4 30. Qxc5) 29... Rac8 $11 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {The position is equal.} 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Qe6 33. Bf2 Nb4 34. Qxc5 Nxa2 35. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Idani, Pouya"] [Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qe7 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e4 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 16. Ba3 Qf4 17. Bb5+ (17. Qe1 $11 {remains equal.} Be6 18. Qa5) 17... axb5 $17 18. Qxb5+ Nd7 $1 19. Qb4 {[#]} (19. Re1 $17 {might work better.} Kd8 20. Rd1) 19... Kd8 $1 $19 20. Qe7+ Kc7 21. Rd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd6+.} Ra6 $1 22. Ne5 { Bd6+ is the strong threat.} Qf6 23. Nxf7 {[#]} Qxe7 $3 24. Bxe7 Re6 25. Bd6+ Kc6 26. Nxh8 (26. Bg3 {was called for.} Rg8 27. b4) 26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6+ Kxd6 28. Nf7+ Ke7 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. f3 e3 31. a5 $2 (31. Kf1) 31... Bf5 32. c4 Bc2 33. b4 $2 (33. Kf1) 33... Bd3 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 g6 3. c3 {??.} Bg7 4. Qa4+ c6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. g3 f5 (10... a5 $15) 11. exd5 (11. Bxa7 $2 b5 12. Qa3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. exd5 Rxa7 $19) 11... f4 (11... cxd5 $15 12. Qb5 Nhf6) 12. gxf4 $1 $11 (12. Bxa7 fxg3 13. dxc6 gxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Kh8 15. cxd7 Bxd7 $19) 12... exf4 13. Bd4 Re8+ 14. Kd1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 $1 16. Qc4 b5 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qc2 c4 {Black wants to play ...Nc5.} 20. Qxa4 ({But not} 20. Nxc4 Bb7 21. Ncd2 Bxd5 $11) 20... Rxb2 21. Qxc4 Ndf6 ({Better is} 21... Ng7 $14) 22. Qd4 ({Reject} 22. Rxa7 $6 Bb7 23. d6+ Bd5 $11) ({White should play} 22. Bg2 $1 $16) 22... Qxd5 $14 {...Rxd2+! is the strong threat.} 23. Qxd5+ Nxd5 24. c4 Nb4 $36 {Black is more active.} 25. Rxa7 Bf5 26. Ra3 Rd8 27. Ne1 Nc6 28. Be2 (28. Bg2 $11 Nd4 29. Kc1) 28... Nf6 (28... Ne5 $15 29. Rc3 Ra8) 29. Kc1 $11 Rb6 30. Nb3 (30. Nc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Rdb8 (30... Nb4 $17 31. Nc5 Rc8) 31. Bd1 Ne5 32. Nd4 (32. Bc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Rb1+ $17 33. Kd2 {[#]} Bxd3 $1 34. Rxd3 Ne4+ 35. Ke2 Nxd3 (35... R8b2+ $19 36. Ndc2 Nxd3 37. Nxd3 {[#] } Rxc2+ $1 38. Bxc2 Rxh1) 36. Nxd3 Nc3+ $1 37. Kd2 Nxd1 38. Nc6 R8b3 ({Black should try} 38... R8b6 $1 $17 39. Ne7+ Kf7) 39. Nce5 $15 Nc3 40. Rxb1 Nxb1+ { Endgame KRN-KNN} 41. Kc2 Rb8 42. Nxf4 Na3+ 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. Ne6 Re1 45. f4 Re3+ 46. Kb4 $1 Nc2+ 47. Kb5 Rxh3 48. c5 Rc3 49. c6 Ne3 50. c7 Nd5 51. Nc6 $1 {[#]} Nxc7+ $1 52. Nxc7 h5 53. Nd5 (53. f5 $1 $11) 53... Rg3 $1 $19 54. f5 $2 (54. Ne5) 54... h4 {aiming for ...h3.} ({Worse is} 54... gxf5 55. Nf6+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 $11) 55. Nce7+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...h3.} 56. Nxg6 h3 {And now ...h2 would win.} 57. Ne5+ Kf8 $1 {Strongly threatening .. .h2.} 58. Nf4 { Threatening f6.} h2 59. f6 {[#] Hoping for Ne6+.} Rb3+ $1 60. Ka6 {[#] White wants to mate with Nfg6+.} Rb8 $2 (60... Ra3+ $1 $19 61. Kb6 Ra8 62. Ne6+ Kg8 63. f7+ Kh8 64. f8=Q+ Rxf8 65. Nxf8 h1=Q) 61. Ka7 $1 $11 {[#]} Ra8+ $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Huzman, Alexander"] [Black "Adhiban, B."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c5 Bg7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (11... dxc5 $142 12. Nd5 Bd8) 12. Bxa6 $16 bxa6 13. dxe5 (13. Nd5 $16 Rb8 14. Nxc7) 13... dxe5 $14 { White is slightly better.} 14. Nd5 Rb8 $1 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rad1 (16. Nxc7 Qf7 17. Nh4 fxe4 18. Nxg6 Qxg6 $19) 16... Qf7 17. b3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qc4 Be6 { [#] aiming for ...Rbd8.} 20. Qe4 Bf5 21. Qc4 Be6 {Threatens to win with ... Rbd8.} 22. Qe4 Rbd8 (22... Bf5 $11 23. Qh4 Rbe8) 23. Ne3 Bf5 24. Qc4 (24. Nxf5 $16 gxf5 25. Qc6) 24... Be6 25. Qe4 ({Not} 25. Qxa6 e4 26. Nd2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bc8 28. Qc4+ Kh7 $17) 25... Bf5 $1 26. Qc4 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"] [Black "Sethuraman, S P."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2543"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 e6 8. Bf4 { LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 9. h3 b5 10. e5 {White has an edge.} dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rad8 16. c4 Ba8 ({Reject} 16... bxc4 17. Rc1 $14) 17. Rc1 {Black should prevent cxb5.} Nb4 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rxc7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd3 21. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Rd5 ({Of course not } 21... Nxb2 $6 22. Rb4 Na4 23. Rxb5 $16) 22. b3 h6 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Ra8 25. h4 Rc5 26. Rc4 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxa4 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Rd8 Nc5 30. Rd4 Rxd4 ( 30... Ra1+ $5 31. Kh2 $8 Kg7 $11) 31. Nxd4 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne4 32. Kf1 Bc5 33. Nf3 Kg7 34. Ke2 Bb6 35. Nd2 Nc3+ 36. Kd3 Nd5 37. Ne4 Bd8 38. Nd6 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ke4 Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Xu, Yinglun"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rb8 ({Don't play} 13... Bxb2 14. Rab1 Be5 15. f4 Ne4+ 16. Ke1 $14) 14. Rhb1 Bf5 15. f3 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Na4 17. b3 Nb6 18. e4 {[#]} e6 $1 19. Nbc3 (19. dxe6 Nxc4+) 19... exd5 20. Bxd5 Rfd8 21. Kd3 Kg7 {Black has compensation.} 22. g3 Rbc8 23. b4 Nc4 24. Rb3 h5 25. h4 Rd7 26. b5 Ne5+ 27. Ke3 Bd8 {Black wants to play ...Bb6+.} 28. Nd4 $1 {The position is equal.} Bb6 {And now ...Rc4! would win.} 29. Na4 $1 Nc4+ 30. Kd3 Ne5+ 31. Ke3 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Ne5+ 33. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Gabrielian, Artur"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. Ne1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Rg8 11. Nd3 Ng6 12. a4 {White has an edge.} f6 13. exf6 Bd6 14. f7+ Kxf7 15. g3 Kg7 16. Rc1 Rae8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Nb6 19. Ba5 Qf7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nd2 (21. Rc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Rd8 $36 {Keeping White busy.} 22. Qb3 Bc7 23. Qc3 $1 Qf6 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Ne4 Qg7 26. Re1 Rgf8 27. Bg2 Rf7 28. Nb4 (28. h3 $15) 28... Rfd7 29. Nc2 e5 30. Qd3 (30. Qf3 $15 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. Rxe4 exd4 32. Qd3 c5 $17)) 30... Be6 (30... Kh8 $19 31. Ne3 Be6) 31. Rc3 $2 {[#]} (31. Rb4 $17) 31... exd4 $19 32. Ra3 { White wants to play Nxg5+!} Qf7 33. Nd2 Kh8 34. Qf1 Ne5 35. Raa1 Rf8 36. Rad1 Bg4 37. Rc1 d3 38. Ne3 Be2 39. Rxe2 dxe2 40. Qxe2 {[#]} Qxf2+ $1 41. Qxf2 Rxf2 42. Ne4 Rf8 43. Bf1 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Black "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2604"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 cxd5 9. e5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Ng8 10. Kg2 Ne7 11. Nc3 {White is better.} a6 12. Bd2 Nec6 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. h4 Rc7 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Nf4 g6 18. a3 h5 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rhc1 Qb7 (20... Bd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. b4 Rc7) 21. Nh3 $18 Kf8 (21... Na7 $142 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8) 22. Nfg5 Qd7 23. Qf3 {[#]} Bd8 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Bb4 {Strongly threatening Bd6.} f5 $2 (25... Rc7 26. Bd6 Rb7) 26. exf6+ Bxf6 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Rce8 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Bxd4 31. Nf4 Bf6 32. Rxb6 a5 33. Ngxe6+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Nxd5 {[#]} Rxe6 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Be5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"] [Black "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2519"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Ne5 Qa5 15. Nd3 Be8 {The position is equal.} 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qh5 18. Qe1 a5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rc4 (20. Nf3 $11) 20... axb4 $15 21. axb4 Qb5 22. Qa1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne4 b6 26. g4 Qxe2 27. g5 Qb5 28. Qa3 ( 28. Nf6+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kh8 29. Rc1 (29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1 Bd6 $17)) 28... Qxb4 $17 29. Qg3 Qd4 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Be4 Bc6 32. Qf3 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Kg7 34. h4 (34. Rd1 {was called for.} Qa4 35. Nd6) 34... b5 (34... Rc4 $19 { is more deadly.} 35. Re1 Qd5) 35. h5 (35. Rd1 $17 Qa7 36. Qg3) 35... Rc4 $1 $19 36. Re1 Bxg5 $2 (36... Qd5 $1 $19 37. h6+ Kf8) 37. Nxg5 $11 Qg4+ 38. Qg3 Qxh5 { Strongly threatening .. .Rg4.} 39. Ne4+ (39. Qxe5+ Kg6 40. f4 Qg4+ 41. Kh1 Qh4+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qh4+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kh1 $17) 39... Qg6 40. Qxg6+ hxg6 { Endgame KRN-KR} 41. Nd6 Rc5 42. Rb1 f5 43. Nxb5 Kf6 44. f3 Rc2 45. Re1 Rc5 46. Rb1 Kg5 47. Rb4 Rc2 48. Kf1 Kh5 49. Nd6 g5 50. Nc4 e4 51. fxe4 f4 52. Ne5 g4 53. Rb8 Kh4 (53... f3 $11) 54. Rh8+ $1 $14 Kg3 55. Rg8 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 f3+ 57. Nxf3 $1 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Kf4 58. Nd2 {aiming for Rf8+.} g3 $2 ( 58... Rc3 $14) 59. Rf8+ $1 $18 Kg4 {[#]} 60. Nf1 $1 Rc2+ {[#]} 61. Kd3 (61. Ke3 $1 $18 Kh3 62. Rg8 Rc3+ 63. Ke2) 61... Ra2 $14 62. Ne3+ Kg5 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rf8+ Kg5 65. Kd4 {And now Ke5 would win.} Ra5 66. e5 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Ra4+ $1 67. Kd3 {Hoping for Rg8+.} Ra3+ $2 (67... Ra5 $14) 68. Ke4 $18 { White is clearly winning.} Ra4+ 69. Kf3 Ra5 (69... Kh5 $142 70. Rg8 Ra5) 70. Rg8+ Kh5 71. Kf4 Ra4+ 72. Kxg3 Ra5 73. Kf4 Ra4+ 74. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Tabatabaei, M amin"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qa4 Ng6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Nxd4.} Bxc5 { [#] Hoping for ...0-0.} 11. b4 $1 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 12. g4 Bxb1 $1 13. Rxb1 Bc3 (13... Be7 $11) 14. Rxb7 $16 Qc8 15. Rb5 {Black must now prevent Rc5.} O-O 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Qa6 Nf4 19. Bf1 Qe8 20. Rb7 Na5 21. Rxa7 ({White should try} 21. Rbb1 $1 $16) 21... Rxa7 $11 22. Qxa7 Ra8 $1 23. Qb6 Qa4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Ng6 26. h4 Qc6 27. Be2 Nb7 28. h5 $40 {White is up to no good.} Rxa2 (28... Nxd6 $2 29. hxg6 (29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 Nf8 $11) (29. exd6 e5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Rd8 $14) 29... Ne4 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bd3 $18) ( 28... Nf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. hxg6 $16 Rxe2 (29... hxg6 $2 30. Bd1 $18) 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qxg7+ Kc8 {[#]} 34. Qf8+ ({ Reject} 34. Qxh7 Nxd6 35. exd6 Qxd6 $11) (34. Qg8+ $1 $16 Nd8 35. Be7 (35. Qxh7 Re4 36. Qh3 Qxc4 $17)) 34... Nd8 $11 35. Be7 Qc7 (35... Qd7 $1 $11) 36. Ng5 ( 36. Bf6 $16) 36... Re1+ ({Not} 36... Rxe5 $2 37. Nf7 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Qb7+ 39. f3 Qb2+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42. Kg5 Qd2+ 43. Kh5 Rh1+ 44. Bh4 Qa5+ 45. c5 $18) 37. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Nf7.} Rd1 38. Nf7 ({White should play} 38. Bxd8 $1 $16 Rxd8 39. Qf4) 38... Qb7+ $2 {[#]} (38... Qxc4 $11 39. Nd6+ Rxd6 40. exd6 Qxg4+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg3 Qg6+ 43. Kh4 Qe4+ 44. f4 Qh1+ 45. Kg5 Qg2+ 46. Kh5 Qh1+ 47. Bh4 Qd5+ 48. Kh6 Qxd6 49. Qxd6 Nf7+ 50. Kxh7 Nxd6) 39. Kg3 $2 (39. f3 $1 $18 Qb2+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42. Kg5 Qd2+ 43. Kh5 Rh1+ 44. Bh4) 39... Rd3+ $2 (39... Rg1+ $11 40. Kf4 Rxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qh2+ 43. Kg5 Qg2+ 44. Kf4 Qxf2+ 45. Ke4 Qe2+ 46. Kf4 Qf2+ 47. Ke4 Qe2+ 48. Kf4 Qf2+) 40. Kh2 $18 Qd7 41. Bxd8 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Tran, Tuan Minh"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 {The position is equal.} 13. Rab1 b6 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. b4 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Qe7 18. Rbe1 (18. Bg5 $16) 18... Nd7 $1 $11 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. a4 Nb7 21. Bg1 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qh4 25. Qb1 Qh5 (25... Rxc4 $14 26. Bxf5 Nc5 ) 26. g4 $1 $16 fxg4 (26... Qh3 $16 {was called for.}) 27. fxg4 $18 Qh3 $2 ( 27... Qh4 {might work better.}) 28. Bf5 $1 Rxc4 29. Re3 {Be6+ would kill now.} Qh4 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Rf3 Bg7 33. Qf1 $2 (33. Qf5 $1 $18 { is the precise move to win.} Nd8 34. Bf2) 33... Rf4 $16 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qxf4 $40 {Threatens to win with Qf7. Black needs to defend precisely.} Qf6 (35... Qe7 $1 $14) 36. Qxf6 Bxf6 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. g5 Be5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. h4 Nc5 40. Bf5 Na4 41. Bd3 $1 Nc3 {[#]} 42. Bc4 $1 h6 43. Kf3 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf7 45. Kg4 Ne4 {[#]} (45... Kg6 $16 46. Be3 Nd1) 46. Be3 $1 $18 Nc5 47. Kf5 Nd7 48. Be2 Nf8 $2 (48... Nc5 49. Bh5+ Kg7) 49. Bh5+ Kg7 (49... Ke7 $142 50. g6 Kd7) 50. Be8 Bc3 51. g6 Be5 52. Bg5 Bc3 53. Be7 Be5 54. Kg5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Narayanan, Srinath"] [Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 {LiveBook: 37 Games} (10. Qd3 $14) 10... Nxd4 $1 $11 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 {The position is equal.} b5 13. f4 b4 $1 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 {Black should prevent fxe5.} exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O {Strongly threatening ...Bh4+.} 17. O-O-O a5 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bf1 Be5 21. Rg1 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Re5 23. Bc4 Qe7 24. Qf2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rge1 Ra8 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 $15 {KQR-KQR} 28. Qb6 h5 29. Qc6 Rf8 30. Qb5 Ra8 31. Qc6 Rf8 32. Qb5 Ra8 (32... f5 $15 33. gxf5 Qxf5) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Debashis, Das"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 951 Games} 11. Rd1 Rc8 (11... Qc7 $11) 12. e4 $16 {Hoping for e5.} b4 {White is better.} 13. e5 {Na4 is the strong threat.} bxc3 14. bxc3 ({Much weaker is} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Qc7 $15) 14... Be7 {White must now prevent ...Nd5.} 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Rxb7 Rc7 19. g3 Qd6 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. c4 Rd8 22. Kg2 c5 23. dxc5 Rc8 24. Nd4 Qxc5 25. Nb3 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 h5 27. c5 h4 28. Bf1 Qe4 29. Rc1 Qe5 30. Bg2 Nd5 31. Qc4 Bg5 32. Rd1 Nc3 33. Rd7 a5 34. c6 Bf6 ({Wrong is} 34... Nxa2 $2 35. c7 (35. gxh4 Bf4 $11) 35... Nc3 36. gxh4 Qe1+ 37. Bf1 $18) 35. Nd4 (35. Bf1 $16) 35... Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qe5 {The position is equal.} 37. Qc4 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qe5 39. Qc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Bf3 e5 12. Nb3 Bb7 { White has an edge.} 13. O-O Rc8 14. a3 Nb6 15. Na5 Ba8 $1 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Rfe1 Qc7 {[#]} (18... O-O $11) 19. Rad1 ({White should try} 19. Qh6 $1 $16 {aiming for Qg7.} Rf8 20. Qg5) 19... Ke7 20. Qh6 b4 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. Rb1 Rhb8 23. Nd1 $1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. c4 Rb3 27. h3 Qd4 28. Rbd1 Rd3 29. Qg5 $36 {Nd5+ is the strong threat. White has some pressure.} h6 (29... Rexe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 30. fxe3 Rxd1 31. exd4 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Re4) 30. Qxh6 $16 Rf4 {[#]} 31. Qg5 (31. g3 $1 $16 Rf3 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33. Kg2) 31... Kf8 ({Better is} 31... Ke6 $15 32. Rxd3 Qxd3) 32. Qh6+ Kg8 $2 (32... Ke7 $11) 33. Rxd3 $18 Qxd3 34. Rd1 Qe2 35. Rxd6 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Qxf2+ ( 35... Qe1+ $142 36. Kh2 Qa5) 36. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} Rd4 37. Nd5 ({Less strong is} 37. Rxa6 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 $16) 37... Rxd5 38. cxd5 1-0 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Lomasov, Semen"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} ({Of course not} 13... Qxc5 $6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxf5 $16) 14. Nxd4 Nxc5 15. Qa3 a6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. f3 b5 18. Kb1 Qb7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Qa3 Na4 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxa3.} 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Ne2 Nb6 23. Rhe1 Rcg8 24. Nf4 g5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Re2 Nd7 27. Rde1 h4 28. Nd3 Rhg8 29. Nf4 Rf5 30. Nd3 {[#]} h3 $1 31. gxh3 Rxf3 32. a4 (32. Re3 $17 Rxe3 33. Rxe3) 32... bxa4 $19 33. h4 Rh3 34. Rf2 Rxh4 35. Ref1 Rg7 36. Rf4 Rgh7 37. Ka2 a5 38. Ka3 Nb6 39. R1f2 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Rh2 41. Nf2 Nc4+ 42. Kxa4 Nxb2+ 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open 2017"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nh2 Ng6 16. Ndf1 Bg5 17. Ne3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nde5 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 { Black has an edge.} Ne5 20. Nf5 {Black must now prevent f4.} Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qg5 22. f3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qf4 24. Qe2 g5 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Kg7 27. Bd1 h5 28. g3 Kf6 $1 29. Be2 Rh8 30. f4 Nd7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Ra1 h4 $1 33. Rxa4 hxg3 $1 34. fxg5+ ({Don't capture} 34. Rxg3 $2 gxf4 35. Rg2 Ne5 $19) 34... Kxg5 35. Rxg3+ Kf4 $1 36. Rf3+ Ke5 37. f6 Rhg8+ 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. b4 (39. Rb3 {was necessary.}) 39... cxb4 40. Rxb4 Nc5 $1 41. Rb6 a5 42. Rc6 $2 (42. Rb2 {keeps fighting.}) 42... a4 $19 43. Ra3 Rg6 44. Bf3 (44. Rc7 $142 Rxf6+ 45. Ke1) 44... Rxf6 45. Ke2 (45. Rc7 $142) 45... Nb3 46. Bg4 Rf4 47. Bd7 Rxe4+ 48. Kf2 Rf4+ 49. Ke1 Rh8 50. Rc3 Rh1+ {Black mates.} 51. Ke2 Nd4+ 52. Kd3 Rd1+ (52... Kxd5 $142 53. Bc6+ Nxc6 54. Ke3 Rhh4 55. Rxc6 Kxc6 56. Ra1 f5 57. Ke2 {[#]} a3 $1 58. Kd2 Rh3 59. Ke2 {[#]} a2 $1 60. Rg1 Rb4 61. Rc1+ Kb5 62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Kg2 Rxc1 64. Kxh3 Rg1 65. Kh4 a1=Q 66. Kh5 Qh8#) 0-1