Gashimov Memorial - 4th Shamkir Chess 2017 - ALL GAMES

The "Shamkir Chess 2017" international chess tournament is dedicated to the memory of late Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Gashimov. Held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan from April 20th to May 1st, 2017, the tournament is a 10-player round-robin with a total prize fund of €100,000 and €25,000 for first place.

Players receive 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. A tie-break match will be played in case of a tie for first place.

Players Wesley So, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took clear first with 5,5/9 half a point clear of Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So and Veselin Topalov.

[Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. b3 {C45: Scotch Game} (10. Qe4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Be2 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. c5 dxc5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Nf4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. g3 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 (49) Radjabov,T (2744)-Topalov,V (2777) Bilbao 2008} )a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 {Black has an edge.} Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ke2 d6 17. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Bd4.} dxe5 18. Bb2 $146 Qc5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Bxh7 Nd7 21. Bf5 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 g6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Ke2 Kc8 26. Rd1 $132 { White is fighting back (2)} f5 { } 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 g5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Bd2 {[#]} (30. Ra1 $11 {keeps the balance.} )f4 $1 $17 {} 31. Qh3+ Kb7 32. b4 $1 {} Bd4 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 33. Qd3 (33. b5 $11 )Rd8 ({Black should play} 33... Qd7 $17 {Hoping for ...e4.} 34. b5 cxb5 35. Qe4+ Qc6 36. Qxc6+ Kxc6 )34. b5 $15 Qe6 {White should prevent ...cxb5.} 35. bxc6+ Kxc6 36. f3 Rb8 37. Be1 g4 38. Rd2 gxf3+ 39. Qxf3+ $2 { [#]} (39. gxf3 $11 Kd7 40. Bf2 )e4 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Be2 c5 13. 0-0 Qb6 {Threatening ...cxd4.} 14. Rfc1 Rfe8 $146 (14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Wojtaszek,R (2733) -Matlakov,M (2684) Poikovsky 2016} )15. Kf1 Ne4 (15... cxd4 $5 {feels hotter.} 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nf8 )16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nb6 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nd5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 $11 { Endgame KBB-KBN} Nd3 26. c6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Nxb2 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Be7 Ne5 30. Bb5 Bc8 31. Bd6 a6 (31... f6 $5 {is interesting.} 32. Ke3 a6 33. Bf1 Bb7 34. Kd4 Nd3 )32. Bxe5 axb5 33. axb5 $14 {KB-KB} f6 34. Bd6 Kf7 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Kxe4 (36. b6 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Bc6 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. Bf8 Kf7 39. Bb4 )Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 37. Kf3 h5 38. h4 g6 39. g3 Ke6 40. Ba3 Bc6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Be6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe2 0-0 {0-1 (65) Robson,R (2668)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2017} )Nd7 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Bg5 $146 (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ncxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Brkic,A (2584)-Roiz,M (2605) Baku 2016} )f6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bh4 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. dxe5 (14. Nc4 $14 )Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {} 16. Bg3 (16. Nf3 $5 {is interesting.} Qc5 17. Bg3 Rae8 18. Rad1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bc4 20. Qa4 )Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa5 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Nf1 d5 23. exd5 Qc5+ 24. Ne3 Bxd5 25. a3 Rfe8 26. Qb4 Qb6 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Re7 29. Kf2 $36 { White is pushing.} Rae8 30. Rdd1 Bb3 31. Nf5 Rxe1 $1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 $14 { Endgame KB-KN} Be6 $1 {} 34. Nd4 Bd5 (34... Bd7 $1 $14 )35. Kd2 $16 a6 (35... Kg8 $16 )36. Ke3 Kg8 {[#]} 37. Nf5 $1 Kf7 {[#]} 38. Kd4 $1 Be6 39. Ne3 Ke7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb6 f5 (41... h5 {was worth a try.} 42. Kxa6 Kc7 )42. f4 $18 ({Less strong is} 42. Kxa6 f4 43. Nf1 Kc7 $16 )g5 (42... g6 $142 43. Kxa6 Kc7 )43. g3 { White is clearly winning.} ({ Weaker is} 43. fxg5 f4 44. Nc2 Bc4 $18 )(43. Kxa6 gxf4 44. Nc2 Bd5 $11 )gxf4 44. gxf4 Kd6 45. Kxa6 Kc7 46. Ka5 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "165"] 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 0-0 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 (14... Rc8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. a6 Ba8 18. h3 h6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 (143) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016} )15. Rfe1 h6 16. a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 18. Rc1 $146 (18. Rc5 Qe7 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nd2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Rotstein,A (2540)-Remling,C (2345) Germany 2004} )Qd8 19. Re1 Qc7 $1 20. Qb4 Rfb8 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe4.} 21. Rc5 ({ White should play} 21. Qa3 $14 )Qf4 {} 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rd8 24. Nb3 a5 {And now ...a4 would win.} 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Rxd4 27. Nxb7 Rxd3 $11 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. f3 Nh5 29. Nc5 Rc3 30. Na4 Rc2 31. g3 Nf6 32. Re3 Nd7 33. Rc3 Re2 34. Nc5 Ne5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. f4 Ng4 39. fxg5 Kg7 40. Rd3 Kg6 41. Nb3 Ne5 42. Rc3 Kxg5 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. Nd4 Ra4 45. Nc6 Ng4 46. e5+ Kf5 47. Nd8 Kg6 ({But not} 47... Nxe5 $6 48. Nxf7 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1+ $11 )48. Nc6 Ra2 49. Rc3 Kg5 50. Ke1 Ra8 51. Ke2 Ra6 52. Kd2 Rb6 53. Rc4 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Ne3 55. Rc3 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 Ng4 57. Rf3 Rb2+ 58. Ke1 $1 Rb7 59. Rc3 (59. Kd2 $15 )Rb5 $17 60. Ke2 Rd5 61. Rc4 Nh6 (61... Nxe5 $17 62. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 63. Kf3 Rf5+ 64. Ke3 Ra5 )62. Ra4 {[#]} (62. Kf2 $11 )Rc5 $1 {} 63. Ra6 Kg4 64. Kf2 Rc2+ 65. Ke1 Rc5 ({Much less strong is} 65... Kxg3 66. Nd8 $15 )66. Kf2 Kh3 {White must now prevent ...Ng4+.} 67. Kf3 Rc3+ 68. Kf4 Rxg3 69. Nd8 (69. Ra1 $11 Nf5 70. Ra7 )Rg4+ $15 70. Kf3 Rg3+ 71. Kf4 $1 Rg6 (71... Kh4 $15 )72. Ra7 (72. Ra1 $1 $11 )Rg4+ 73. Kf3 Rg8 74. Rd7 Kh4 75. Ke2 ({Don't capture } 75. Nxf7 $2 Rf8 76. Rd4+ Kh5 $19 )Rf8 76. Rd6 Re8 (76... Ng4 $15 )77. Rd7 $11 Rf8 (77... Rh8 $11 )78. Rd6 $15 Nf5 (78... Ng4 $15 )79. Rd7 $11 { The position is equal.} Kg4 80. Nxf7 Kf4 81. Ra7 Nd4+ 82. Kd3 Nc6 83. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 { C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. c3 (13. Nb3 Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nf3 e5 19. Bg5 Qb5 {1-0 (49) So,W (2808)-Gozzoli,Y (2583) chess.com INT 2017} )Qe8 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. dxe5 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 21. Qf5 Nd3 22. Nxd5 Nxe1 23. Qxe4 Bc5 {1-0 (23) Saltaev,M (2495)-Smagin,S (2540) Moscow 1995} )14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rb5 17. Nc4 Qg6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Bc3 Rb3 21. Qc2 Rb5 22. Na3 ({White should try} 22. Rab1 $16 )Rb7 (22... Rh5 $11 { remains equal.} )23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Rac1 Nd8 ({Much worse is} 24... Rb3 $6 25. e5 (25. Qc4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxa3 $16 )dxe5 26. Qc4 (26. dxe5 Be7 27. Nc4 Rb5 $11 )Nxd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qxb3 $16 (28. Rxe6 Qf7 29. Qxb3 dxc3 $16 ))25. Nc4 Rb5 26. e5 Be7 27. exd6 cxd6 28. Bd2 Qf7 29. g3 Rab8 30. Bf4 Qf8 31. h4 h6 $1 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Bd2 Nd5 34. Ne3 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qe8 {The position is equal.} 36. e4 Nb7 37. Qc4 $36 { White has some pressure.} Bd8 38. Qc6 Bxa5 39. Bxa5 Rxa5 40. Re2 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 {Threatening Rb2.} Rf8 42. Rb6 Ra3 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.22"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "146"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8. 0-0 e5 9. Bh4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (9. a4 a5 10. b4 Qe7 11. Qb3 e4 12. Ne1 b6 13. b5 Bb7 14. Nc2 Nf8 15. c4 Rad8 16. Rac1 Ne6 {1-0 (48) Adams,M (2744)-Jones,G (2663) Kilkenny 2016} )c6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 10. Bg3 {} e4 $146 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 {1-0 (37) Gausel,E (2582)-Hermansson,E (2543) Sweden 2007} )11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf8 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Bh4 h6 15. c4 Be6 16. Rc1 Kg7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb1 Qb8 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Bb5 Bxh2 (20... Rc8 $11 )21. g3 g5 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Kxh2 gxh4 24. Nc3 {} Qd6 25. Qh5 hxg3+ 26. fxg3 f5 27. Ne2 Rac8 28. Nf4 b6 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Kh1 Rc6 31. Qh4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Rf2 Rf7 35. Rc2 Rf8 36. Qh5 Rf7 37. a3 Re7 38. b4 Rf7 39. Qh4 Rf8 40. Nh5+ Kg6 41. Nf4+ Kg7 42. Qh5 Rf7 43. Kh2 Re7 44. Qe2 { White has compensation.} Be8 (44... Bc6 $11 )45. Qa6 $14 Bf7 46. Qc8 Qd7 47. Qb8 Qb7 48. Qxb7 Rxb7 { Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. a4 Kf6 50. Rc6+ Kg5 51. Kh3 Rd7 52. a5 (52. Kg2 $14 )bxa5 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. bxa5 Rb7 54. a6 Rb3 55. Rc7 Kf6 56. Rxa7 Rxe3 57. Rc7 Ra3 58. a7 Ra2 $1 59. Rb7 e3 60. g4 fxg4+ 61. Kxg4 h5+ {} 62. Kf3 Ra3 63. Ng2 h4 64. Nxe3 h3 65. Kf4 {Threatening Ng4+.} Be6 66. Nf1 Ra4 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 Ra4 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Ne3 Kg5 71. Rg7+ Kf6 72. Rc7 Kg5 73. Rg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.22"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 { } Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 (10... Bf5 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxc5 Bc7 16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxe5 {1-0 (40) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Onischuk,A (2662) Berlin 2015} )11. h3 Bh5 12. 0-0 {LiveBook: 11 Games. The position is equal.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Be2.} Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 {} Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qf5 16. fxe4 $146 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.22"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. c4 {} Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 8. Ne5 {} h5 9. b3 $146 (9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 h4 11. Ne5 hxg3 12. hxg3 Rc8 13. d4 Bd5 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bg6+ Kg8 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Bf5 g5 21. Bxc8 Kg7 22. Be3 {1-0 (22) Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Leuven 2016} )cxb3 10. axb3 h4 11. Bb2 Qc8 {Threatening ...Bh3.} 12. Rfc1 {} hxg3 13. hxg3 {} Bd5 {[#] And now ...Bxg2 would win.} 14. Nf3 g6 15. Nc4 Bg7 16. Bd4 c5 17. Nxb6 axb6 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 {} c4 (18... Rxa1 $11 19. Rxa1 Rh5 )(18... cxb4 19. Qxc8+ )19. Rxa8 $14 (19. Bxb6 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd7 $17 )Qxa8 20. d3 (20. Bxb6 Nd7 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6+ 24. Nf3 (24. e4 Ne5 25. Nf3 Nd3 26. Qxc4 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qb7 $17 )Ne5 $11 )b5 21. e4 Bc6 22. dxc4 {aiming for Ne5.} (22. Ne5 $5 {is interesting.} 0-0 23. dxc4 Ng4 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Qc3+ )Bxe4 23. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} 0-0 $1 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 $1 25. Bxf3 (25. Qxe7 Re8 26. Qd6 Bxg2 27. Bxg7 (27. Kxg2 bxc4 28. Ra1 Qb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 )b6 $15 )Bxf6 ({Don't play} 25... exf6 $6 26. cxb5 Rc8 27. Rd1 $16 )26. c5 Rd8 27. Kg2 Qa3 28. Rc2 (28. Rb1 $11 )Qxb4 $15 29. Bxb7 {Hoping for c6.} Rd7 (29... Kg7 $5 {feels hotter.} 30. Bf3 Qb1 31. c6 Rh8 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33. Bxd1 Rc8 )30. Bc6 {The position is equal.} Rc7 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Bxb5 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd4 33. c6 Be5 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Ra7 Bd6 36. Kf3 Rb8 37. Rb7 Rxb7 38. cxb7 e6 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. g4 g5 41. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.22"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 exd5 {E50: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3} 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Nxd5 {[#]} (8... Ba6 9. 0-0 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Re8 11. Nb5 d6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 a6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. bxa5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Shimanov,A (2593)-Kamsky,G (2680) Las Vegas 2015} )9. Bxh7+ $1 {} Kxh7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {aiming for Qh5+.} Qf6 12. Bb2 $146 (12. 0-0 Nc6 13. e4 Kg8 14. Qh5 Ba6 15. Re1 {1-0 (60) Geller,E-Smyslov,V Moscow 1965} )Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Kg8 14. h4 $1 {} Ba6 15. h5 $1 {} (15. c4 Qh6 $15 )Qh6 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Qxe6 ({White should play} 17. h6 $14 Bc4 18. Qg5 Qxh6 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. Nf5 )dxe6 $15 18. h6 Bc4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rh4 $15 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bxa2 22. Rg4 )Rxd8 $17 ({Worse is} 20... Nxd8 21. Ne5 b5 22. Rh4 $16 (22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 $16 ))21. Rh4 b5 ({Stronger than} 21... Bxa2 22. c4 f6 23. Rg4 $16 )({Better is} 21... Be2 $1 $17 22. c4 Nb4 23. Bxg7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxa2+ 25. Kc2 Kh7 )22. Ba3 $11 gxh6 23. Bxc5 Bxa2 24. Nd4 Rd5 25. Rg4+ Kh7 26. Bf8 Ne5 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rg3 Nd3+ 29. Kc2 Nxf2 30. Rf3 Ne4 {Hoping for ...e5.} 31. Rxf7 (31. Rf4 $17 f5 32. Rh4 )Rg5 $1 $19 {} 32. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 33. Kc1 Nxc3 (33... h5 $142 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 34. Ra8 Kh7 35. Ra7+ Kg8 )34. Bxh6 $17 b4 { White must now prevent ...Bd5.} 35. Bf4 Bd5 {Threatens to win with ...Be4.} 36. Be5+ Kg8 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 37. Rc7 Na2+ (37... Ne2+ $17 38. Kd1 Nxd4 39. Bxd4 b3 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 )38. Kb1 $15 Nc3+ (38... Rg5 $15 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8 )39. Kc1 $17 Ra2 (39... Ne2+ $17 40. Kd1 Nxd4 41. Bxd4 b3 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rc8+ Ke7 )40. Rc8+ Kf7 { ...Be4 is the strong threat.} 41. Nc2 {White wants to play Rc7+.} Ne2+ 42. Kd1 b3 43. Kxe2 Be4 44. Kd2 Kg6 45. Bd4 bxc2 $15 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 46. Rg8+ Kh5 47. Rh8+ $1 Kg4 48. Rg8+ ({White should try} 48. Bf6 $1 $15 )Kf3 $1 $17 49. Rf8+ {[#]} Bf5 $1 50. Kc1 $2 (50. Bf6 {keeps fighting.} )Ra4 51. Rb8 Ra3 52. Rf8 $2 (52. Rh8 Ra5 53. Rh5 )Ke2 53. Rh8 Rb3 {} 54. Rh2+ {[#]} Kf1 $1 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.22"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 141 Games} c5 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 9. Qb3 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxc5 Nc6 $146 (11... Bxc5 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Kd7 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. a3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Kramnik,V (2744)-Gelfand,B (2724) Saint Vincent 2005} )12. Bd2 Bxc5 13. Rc1 (13. Ne2 $11 )Rd8 {aiming for ...d4.} 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 16. Rxc5 d4 (16... a6 $11 )17. Bb5 ({White should play} 17. e4 $14 )0-0 $15 { White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f3 (19. Qc2 $15 )Qe7 20. Rc2 Nd5 $1 $36 { Black has strong initiative.} 21. Kf2 (21. e4 $17 {was worth a try.} f5 22. 0-0 (22. Ba5 $2 Rb8 23. Qd3 Ne3 $19 )fxe4 23. Rxc6 )Rb8 ({Black should try} 21... dxe3+ $19 22. Bxe3 Rfe8 )22. Qa3 $17 Rxb2 (22... dxe3+ $17 23. Bxe3 Qe5 )23. Qxb2 $15 ({Wrong is} 23. Qxe7 $2 Rxc2 24. Qe5 Rxd2+ 25. Kg3 Nxe3 $19 )dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg3 $2 {} (25. Kf1 $17 )Qf4+ $19 26. Kf2 {[#]} Rb8 $1 { } 27. Qc1 {And now Qxf4 would win.} Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 29. Rc5 Rb2 30. Rg1 {[#]} Rxa2 (30... Rc2 $142 $1 {} 31. Qxe3 (31. Rxc2 Nf5+ )Qxe3 32. Rxc2 Qxg1 33. Rxc6 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 Qa5 )31. h3 {intending Kh2.} Qd6+ 32. f4 Qd3 {( -> ...Nf1+). Black is winning.} 33. Kh2 {Hoping for Rc3.} Qe4 $1 {} 34. Rg5 Rc2 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.23"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bg5 h6 $146 (8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Qxc6+ {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2838)-Finegold, B (2481) chess.com INT 2017} )9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c5 Bf8 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Ke2 g5 15. h3 Bg7 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 0-0 18. g4 e5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 { [#] ...e4 is the strong threat.} 20. Bf5 exd4 21. h4 Ne5 22. Nxd4 {Black must now prevent hxg5.} gxh4 23. Bd3 Qg5 ({Of course not} 23... Nxg4 $6 24. Nf5 Qg5 25. Rxh4 $16 )24. Rdg1 {[#] Hoping for f4.} Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qg7 27. Qd2 Qf6 {The position is equal.} 28. g5 hxg5 {Threatens to win with ... Rae8.} 29. f4 Rg8 $1 30. fxg5 Qe5 $1 (30... Rxg5 31. Rxh4+ Kg8 32. Rxg5+ Qxg5 33. Qd4 Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 (35. Kc3 Qa1+ 36. Kd3 Qd1+ 37. Kc3 Qxd4+ 38. exd4 Re8 $17 )Qf2+ 36. Kc3 Qe1+ 37. Kb2 Qe2+ 38. Ka3 $18 )31. Rxh4+ Kg7 32. g6 Rh8 33. gxf7+ $40 { Black needs to defend precisely.} Kxf7 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 $11 { Endgame With the idea Rf4+. KRR-KRR} Rag8 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Rdf4 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. e4 dxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.23"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. e3 { The position is equal.} Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Bxf2+ $1 { } 11. Kxf2 Nbd7 12. Nxd5 Be4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $17 )Nc6 11. Be2 $146 ({Reject} 11. Qxb7 Qd6 12. Qb3 Rab8 $17 )(11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. 0-0 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (32) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Adams,M (2751) Caleta 2017} )Qd6 12. 0-0 Ne7 13. Ne5 h5 14. Rfc1 Ng4 15. Na4 ({Don't consider} 15. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 16. Ne4 Rxb7 $19 )b6 16. Qc3 Rfc8 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. b3 Ng6 19. Qb4 { Threatens to win with Qxd6.} Qf6 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. a4 a5 22. Qa3 Nf6 23. Ra2 Qg5 24. Ne1 c5 25. Nf3 Qh6 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Nb5 Rac8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Ne4 {aiming for ...h4.} 31. Bf1 h4 32. gxh4 Bxb5 ({Better is} 32... Nxh4 $15 33. Nxh4 Qxh4 )33. axb5 $11 {Black should prevent g3.} Nxh4 34. Nxh4 Qxh4 35. Qd4 Rc1 36. Qe5 {Intending Ra8+ and mate.} Qd8 37. Qf5 g6 38. Qe5 Qc8 { ...Rxf1+! is the strong threat.} 39. g3 $2 {[#]} (39. Qb2 $11 {and White is okay.} )Rxf1+ $1 {} 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.23"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "132"] 1. Nf3 {} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. b3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} 12. a4 $146 (12. f3 Ne5 13. a4 Bd7 14. h3 Qc8 15. Kh2 c5 16. Nde2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxd6 b4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rxb5 {0-1 (36) Rodshtein,M (2678) -Adhiban,B (2627) Benasque 2015} )a5 13. Ndb5 b6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Bb7 {} 16. f3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 18. Bf2 c6 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g4 Nfd7 21. Bh4 Bf6 22. Bg3 Na6 23. Na2 Ndc5 24. f4 Qe7 25. g5 Bg7 26. h4 f6 27. gxf6 Bxf6 (27... Qxf6 $6 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 $16 )28. h5 Qg7 29. Bf2 Nc7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nc3 {} N7e6 (31... Rd7 $11 )32. Nce2 $14 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Rd7 34. Nf3 Bc8 {[#]} 35. e5 $1 {} dxe5 36. fxe5 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Be7 38. Nd4 $36 { White fights for an advantage.} Bg5 (38... Qh6 $11 )39. Bxc6 $16 Rf8 (39... Rxe5 $2 40. Rxe5 Qxe5 41. Nf3 $18 (41. Bd5+ Kh7 $11 ))40. Nf3 Qh6 41. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 42. Qd5+ Kg7 {[#]} 43. e6 $1 {} (43. Qxc5 Qh5 44. Re2 (44. Nxg5 $2 Qxg5+ 45. Bg2 Bb7 46. Qc7+ Rf7 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19 )Rxf3 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Qc7+ Kh6 47. Qxc8 Be3+ 48. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 49. Kh1 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 (51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52. Kg4 Qe2+ 53. Kh4 Qh2+ 54. Qh3 Qf4+ 55. Qg4 Qh2+ 56. Qh3 Qf4+ 57. Qg4 Qh2+ 58. Qh3 $11 )Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kg3 Qe3+ 54. Kh4 Qg5+ 55. Kh3 Qe3+ 56. Kh4 Qg5+ 57. Kh3 Qe3+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ $11 )Qf3+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ $11 )Rf5 $2 (43... Be3+ $2 44. Kg2 Rf5 45. Qd6 Bxe6 46. Qxe6 $18 )(43... Be7 )44. Re5 $2 (44. Qd6 Qh3 $18 )({White must play} 44. e7 $18 Rxd5 45. e8=Q )Qh3 $11 {Hoping for ...Qg3+.} 45. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent Rxf5.} Qg3+ 46. Kf1 $1 Rxf3+ 47. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Qf2 Qd1+ 49. Qe1 $1 {} (49. Re1 Qd3+ 50. Kg1 Bf6 $17 )Qd3+ (49... Qf3+ $5 50. Qf2 $8 Qh1+ 51. Qg1 (51. Ke2 Qh5+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Qg2 Qd3+ 54. Qe2 Qh3+ 55. Qg2 Qd3+ 56. Qe2 Qc3 $11 )Qh3+ 52. Qg2 (52. Ke2 Bf6 53. Qa7+ Kh8 $17 )Qd3+ 53. Qe2 Qh3+ 54. Qg2 Qd3+ 55. Qe2 Qb1+ 56. Qe1 Qd3+ 57. Qe2 $11 )50. Qe2 Qg3 (50... Qh3+ $5 51. Qg2 $8 Qd3+ 52. Qe2 Qh3+ 53. Qg2 Qd3+ 54. Qe2 $11 )51. Qe4 (51. Rxa5 $11 Qh3+ 52. Qg2 Qd3+ 53. Qe2 Qh3+ 54. Qg2 Qd3+ 55. Qe2 Qh3+ )Qh3+ (51... Bf6 $15 52. Rb5 (52. Rxa5 Bxe6 53. Qxe6 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kg3 Qxa5 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. Qd6+ Kf7 59. Qd7+ Be7 60. Qd5+ Qxd5 61. cxd5 Bb4 $19 )Qh3+ 53. Kg1 Bxe6 54. Rb7+ Bf7 )52. Qg2 Qd3+ 53. Qe2 Qg3 (53... Qc3 $11 54. Rc5 (54. e7 $2 Qg3 55. Re6 Bxe6 56. Qxe6 Bh4 57. e8=N+ Kf8 $19 )Qh3+ 55. Qg2 Qd3+ 56. Qe2 Qb1+ 57. Qe1 Qd3+ 58. Qe2 Qb1+ 59. Qe1 Qd3+ 60. Qe2 )54. Qe4 $15 Bh4 { Black has compensation. } 55. Qe3 {Threatens to win with Qxg3.} Qh2 56. Rd5 (56. Rb5 $17 {was worth a try.} Qh1+ 57. Ke2 )Qh1+ $19 57. Ke2 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 {Qxe1 is the strong threat.} Qg3+ $2 ({Black should try} 58... Bxe6 $19 {aiming for ...Qf1+.} 59. Qe5+ Kf7 60. Qc7+ Be7 61. Rxa5 Qf1+ 62. Ke3 Qe1+ 63. Kf3 Qf1+ 64. Ke3 Qg1+ 65. Kd2 Qd4+ 66. Kc2 Qe4+ 67. Kd2 Bf5 )59. Ke2 $11 {Strongly threatening Qxg3.} Qe1+ 60. Kd3 $2 (60. Kf3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe6 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. Qc7+ Be7 63. Rxa5 )Qd1+ $19 ({Don't play} 60... Bxe6 61. Qxe1 Bxe1 62. Rb5 $15 )61. Ke4 {[#]} (61. Qd2 $142 Qxb3+ 62. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 63. Kxc3 )Bb7 $1 (61... Qg4+ 62. Qf4 Qe2+ 63. Qe3 Qc2+ 64. Kf3 Bxe6 65. Rxa5 Qd1+ 66. Kg2 Qg4+ 67. Kh2 $17 )62. Ke5 Bxd5 ({And not} 62... Qa1+ 63. Kd6 Bxd5 64. cxd5 Qa3+ 65. Kc6 $14 )63. cxd5 Be7 64. Qa7 (64. Qf2 $19 Qa1+ 65. Ke4 )Qe2+ {Black mates.} 65. Kf4 g5+ 66. Kg3 Kf6 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.23"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. c4 {} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 {} 0-0 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qxd5 (12... exd5 $5 {seems wilder.} 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Qxa2 15. h4 g4 )13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Bd7 $146 (14... Ne4 15. Nd4 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wojtaszek,R (2741)-Lupulescu,C (2626) Germany 2016} )15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Be5 g4 17. Nd4 h5 18. Nb5 f6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Bc3 Kf7 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. f3 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 25. Kh1 Bxe3 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 26. Nd6+ Kg8 {next ...Bc5 is good for Black.} 27. fxg4 Nf4 28. Nf5 {aiming for Bf3.} Nxe2 29. Nxe3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 hxg4 31. Rd4 (31. Nxg4 $2 d4 $1 {} 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Nxf2 dxc3 $19 )f5 32. Kg1 ({Much weaker is} 32. Nxd5 Re8 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nxe8 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 (36. Nd6 $2 Bh3 37. Nb5 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Ra2 $19 )Kxe8 $17 )({Don't take} 32. Nxf5 $2 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {} 33. Rxg4+ Kh7 $19 )Bb5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Rf1 Bb5 35. Rb1 Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.23"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Rc7 Rfd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 16. Nxa5 $146 (16. a3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Ba5 18. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (40) Gelfand,B (2744)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015} )Bxa5 17. Rxb7 {Black should prevent Bb5.} Qf8 $1 { [#] aiming for ...Bc6.} 18. Qh5 Bb6 $1 19. Ng5 $1 f5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Nxe6 Be8 22. Qf3 (22. Nxf8 $2 {loses.} Bxh5 23. Ne6 Rd2 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19 )Qf6 23. Rxg7+ ({Don't play} 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf4 Bb5 $19 )Kh8 24. Qb7 Rab8 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ $1 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 {} Nb8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3... a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Sharjah 2017} )10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bb7 $146 {White is slightly better.} (11... Nb6 12. Ng3 c5 13. d4 Qc7 14. Re1 a5 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bd2 a4 17. Bc2 {0-1 (71) Kobalia,M (2646)-Kovalev,V (2562) Gjakova 2016} )12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nf5 (14. Ba2 $5 {with more complications.} Nb6 15. Nf5 c4 16. Qd2 Nfd7 17. d4 )c4 15. dxc4 Bxe4 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nc5 $15 )Qxe7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bg5 { [#] Hoping for Rxe4!} Nc5 19. Ba2 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bh7 22. Qe2 Kg7 $36 { Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Rad1 (23. Qxb5 Nd3 24. Re3 Rb8 $17 )Nfe4 $1 24. Rd5 (24. Qxb5 f5 25. b4 Nxc3 $17 )(24. h3 $11 )f5 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} ({Don't play} 24... Nxg3 $6 25. hxg3 f5 26. Rdd1 $11 (26. Qxb5 Bg8 $17 ))25. Rxe5 ({White should try} 25. Rxd6 $1 $15 Nxd6 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. Bxe5+ Rf6 28. Rd1 )dxe5 $19 26. Bxe5+ Nf6 27. Qxb5 Nce4 28. Bd4 Rfd8 29. h3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Bg8 (30... Re8 $17 {White must now prevent ... Qd6.} 31. b4 Qd6 )31. Bb1 $15 Qb7 32. b4 {} Re8 { aiming for ...Nxc3!} 33. c4 {[#]} Qc6 (33... Qa6 $1 $17 34. b5 Qd6 )34. Qb2 $11 Rbd8 (34... Kh7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} )35. c5 ({White should play} 35. b5 $16 Qe6 36. b6 )Qe6 $14 36. b5 Kf8 $2 {} (36... Qb3 $1 $11 37. Qa1 Kg6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40. Bxf5+ Kg7 )37. c6 $18 g4 $2 (37... Bf7 { keeps fighting.} 38. c7 (38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. c7 Rc8 $16 )Rc8 )38. hxg4 { White is clearly winning.} fxg4 39. Bxe4 gxf3 40. Bxf6 {} Rd6 41. Bg7+ Kf7 42. Be5 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 { LiveBook: 18 Games} Qg5 19. Rac1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 (19... Re7 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (24) Ragger,M (2655)-Rapport,R (2621) Austria 2013} )20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Na3 h6 9. Nc2 0-0 (9... Qe7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. d4 Ne7 14. Nd2 0-0 {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2808) -Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. a5 d5 14. Qb3 $146 (14. Qe2 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (89) Vazquez,G (2437)-Baryshpolets,A (2584) Kenner 2016} )Qd6 15. exd5 exd5 16. c4 Kh7 17. Nxd5 Rad8 {} 18. Qxb7 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Rac1 {} (20. Qxa6 $2 Rxf3 21. Qc4 (21. gxf3 $2 Qxf3 22. h3 Rd6 $19 )Rxd3 22. Qxd5 R3xd5 $19 )Rd6 { [#] And now ...Rxf3 would win.} 21. Nd2 Rg6 {} 22. Ne4 $1 Qxd3 23. Ng3 Nd4 {aiming for ...Rxg3!} ({Don't go for} 23... Nxa5 $2 24. Qb4 (24. Qxc7 Nb3 $14 )Rf7 25. Qxa5 $18 )24. Rc3 Ne2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxe2 26. Re3 Qd2 {Black wants to play ...Rxf2!} 27. Qe4 Qxb2 28. Rg3 Rff6 29. Rxg6 Rxg6 $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. g3 Qd4 31. Qf5 Qd5 32. Re1 Qxa5 33. Rxe5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qc1 $2 {[#]} (34... Qa4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} )35. h4 $2 ({White should try} 35. Re6 $1 $18 Qg5 36. Qd3 )Qc6+ {The position is equal.} 36. Kg1 Qf6 37. Qe4 {h5 is the strong threat.} Qc6 38. Qd3 Kh8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3 {Strongly threatening h5.} Kh8 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} Rb8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Ba3 (13. a5 Bd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Rb1 Bb5 16. d5 Bc7 17. Ra1 exd5 18. Bxd5 0-0 19. 0-0 Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 (34) Wang,Y (2730)-Leko,P (2712) Danzhou 2016} )Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. a5 $146 (17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxb7 Rc4 19. a5 Rxd4+ {0-1 (40) Alekhine,A-Euwe,M Netherlands 1937} )Rxc1 18. Rxc1 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra1 Rb2+ {[#]} (20... a6 $11 {remains equal.} )21. Kd1 (21. Kd3 $1 $16 )Rb4 {The position is equal.} ({Reject} 21... Bb5 $6 22. Rxa7 g5 23. Rxf7 $16 )22. Ra6+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 24. Ke1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "128"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 {LiveBook: 40 Games} d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[#]} c6 $146 (15... Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (54) Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2016} )16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Qe2 (17. Bh6 $5 {with more complications.} Qc7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Re1 )Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $11 { Endgame KB-KN} 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 h5 27. a4 g5 28. Bb8 a6 29. h3 Ng7 30. a5 Kg6 31. g4 f5 32. f3 Ne6 33. b4 Nd8 34. Bc7 Nf7 35. Kf2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Bb8 Nh6 39. Kh3 fxg4+ 40. fxg4 Ng8 41. Ba7 (41. Be5 $11 )Nf6 $17 42. Bc5 Ne4 43. Kg2 Nxc3 44. Kf3 Ne4 45. Kg2 Nf6 ({But not} 45... Nxc5 $6 46. bxc5 Kf6 47. Kf3 $11 )46. Kf3 Kd7 47. Kg3 Kc7 48. Kf3 Ne4 49. Bb6+ Kd7 50. Bc5 Nd6 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Bb6+ Kc8 53. Bc5 Nc4+ 54. Ke2 Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke2 Ne4 59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Ke2 Nf6 ({Reject} 60... Nxc5 $6 61. bxc5 Kg7 62. Ke3 $11 )61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Kg3 Ke6 63. Kf3 Kf7 64. Kg3 $1 Ke6 (64... Ke8 $17 )1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.25"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "129"] 1. c4 {} e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (10... Bd6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {1-0 (44) Ding,L (2760)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah 2017} )11. Nc3 { LiveBook: 216 Games} Nbd7 12. Qd3 Bb4 {The position is equal.} 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Red1 $146 (16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. h3 h6 19. Bc1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. e4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (24) King,D (2505)-Ryan,J (2300) Dublin 1992} )Qe7 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc1 Nd5 20. e4 Nb4 21. Qc3 e5 22. Nb3 Qe7 23. Bg2 exd4 24. Rxd4 Nf8 25. Rad1 Red8 26. R1d2 Ne6 (26... b6 $11 )27. Rxd8+ $16 Rxd8 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Nc4 Rxa4 30. Nd6 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Na6 32. Kg2 Nac7 33. Nf5 $36 { Black is under strong pressure.} Qe8 34. Bc4 Ra8 35. Rd6 {Threatens to win with Bxe6. } Qf8 36. Rd7 Re8 37. Qe5 b5 (37... g6 $142 )38. Ba2 $18 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Qxc7 bxc4 40. Qxc6 Rb8 $15 )g6 {[#]} 39. Ne3 ({Stronger than} 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. Nh6+ (40. Qxc7 gxf5 41. Qxc6 Qe7 42. Qxb5 Qxe4+ 43. Kh3 Kg7 $17 )Qxh6 $15 )(39. Rxf7 $1 $18 { and the rest is easy.} Kxf7 (39... Qxf7 40. Nh6+ )40. Qxc7+ Kf6 41. Qxc6 gxf5 42. exf5 )Re7 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Ng4 {Threatening mate with Nh6+.} Qg5 42. Nf6+ Kh8 {[#]} 43. Nd7+ $1 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 $16 { Endgame KBN-KNN} Nd4 (44... Kg7 $16 )45. Bxf7 $18 ({Resist} 45. Nxf7+ $6 Kg7 46. f4 Nde6 )c5 46. f4 c4 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. g4 Nc5 50. h4 Na4 51. b3 cxb3 52. Bxb3 Nc5 53. Bd1 h6 $2 (53... b4 54. Nd3 Nxd3 )54. Nc6 N7a6 (54... Nd7 {was necessary.} 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kf8 )55. Kd4 Ne6+ 56. Ke5 Nec5 57. Bc2 b4 58. Nd4 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. f5 { } Nd7+ 61. Kd6 Nf6 62. e5 Nxg4 63. Ne6+ Kh6 64. f6 Nb8 65. Ba4 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.25"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (5. Qg4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Ng6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c3 Qb8 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. Qd4 Ne7 13. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Fontaine,R (2549) chess.com INT 2017} )Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 (10. Bg5 Qc7 $15 )Nf4 11. c4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {[#]} Ne7 $146 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qg4 Bc6 16. Rad1 (16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qf6 Nf5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $17 )Qc7 17. Ng5 (17. Qxg7 $6 Rg8 18. Qf6 Nf5 $11 )Qxe5 {[#]} 18. b5 $1 {} h5 { [#]} (18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 )19. Qh4 $1 $40 { aiming for Nce4. White wants a kill.} ({Inferior is} 19. Qh3 Qxg5 20. bxc6 bxc6 $11 )Bxb5 {[#]} (19... Ng6 $16 20. Qg3 Bd7 )20. Rfe1 $1 $18 {} Qf5 21. Nxb5 ({ Less strong is} 21. Nge4 Kf8 $16 )Qxb5 $2 (21... 0-0 22. Nd6 (22. Qxh5 $2 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 f6 $19 )Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Qxg5 )22. Bxg7 { Hoping for Ne4.} Nf5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bxh8 { Threatening mate with Re7!} Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 {Intending Re7! and mate.} Qa4 28. Red6 (28. Rd8+ $142 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Be5 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bc5 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qe8# )Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kxh8 30. Rd7 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.25"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. Nf3 {} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d4 0-0 6. Nbd2 a5 7. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 $146 (8... Nxd5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. e4 N7b6 11. Nxb6 Nxb6 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Be3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Giorgadze,G (2584)-Fedoseev,V (2670) Liepaja 2016} )9. Nb1 {White has an edge.} Rd8 {} 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rxd4 14. Qxc7 (14. Bxc7 $11 {remains equal.} Qh5 15. e3 )Nd5 (14... Qxc7 $17 15. Bxc7 Ne8 )15. Qxa5 $1 $15 Rxa5 16. Bc1 Be6 17. Nc2 Rc4 18. Na3 Rd4 19. Nc2 $1 {} Rc4 20. Na3 $1 {} Rc8 21. Bd2 Ra6 22. e4 Nb6 23. e5 Nd5 ({Much weaker is} 23... Bxe5 $6 24. Bxb7 Raa8 25. Bxa8 Nxa8 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 $16 )24. f4 Rb6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 ({Much worse is} 25... Rxb2 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bc1 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 $11 )26. Bxc1 f6 27. Rd1 Nc7 28. Rd4 fxe5 29. Rxa4 Rd6 30. Bf3 Bxa2 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Ra6 33. Rb4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 b5 35. Rc2 Kg7 36. Kg2 Ne6 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 { Endgame KBB-KBN} Nd4 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. b4 e6 41. Be3 { The position is equal.} Nc2 42. Bd2 Nd4 43. Be3 Nf5 44. Bb6 Bc3 45. g4 Nh4+ 46. Kg3 g5 47. Bd8+ Kg6 48. Be7 Be1+ 49. Kh3 Kf7 50. Bxg5 Ng6 51. Bxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.25"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Rfb8 {[#]} 16. f3 $146 (16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Rac1 a5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Be3 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Roiz,M (2668)-Naiditsch,A (2707) Germany 2012} )Kf8 17. Bd2 Ke8 18. Bc3 g6 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Ba5 Rb7 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. Nd4 $1 Rc8 23. Rb1 e5 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Nb3 Nxa5 26. Nxa5 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Bb4 28. Nb3 Ke7 29. e4 f5 30. Ke2 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rb8 32. Rb1 {[#]} Bc5 $1 { } 33. Rd1 (33. Nxc5 Rxb1 )Bb4 34. Rc1 (34. Rb1 $11 )Rb6 $1 $15 35. c5 Ra6 $1 {} 36. Rc2 $1 Ra4 37. Kd3 Ba5 (37... Ra3 $15 )38. Rb2 Ke6 39. Rf2 Bd8 40. Rf8 Be7 41. Rf2 h5 42. Rc2 Ra3 43. Kc3 Ra4 44. Kd3 Ra3 45. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.25"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 14. Qh4 Qb7 15. Nc3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bg5 {[#]} (16. e4 $5 {seems wilder.} Rac8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. Rfd1 )Nd5 $146 (16... Ng4 17. h3 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Qe3 Bxg4 {0-1 (41) So,W (2770)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016} )17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. b3 f6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Rfe1 a5 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Kf2 a4 23. Qe4 axb3 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxb3 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ Kf7 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qe4 Kg8 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.27"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "127"] 1. Nf3 {} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 0-0 {LiveBook: 305 Games} 10. h3 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} (10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 d4 14. exd4 Bg4 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qb1 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Be2 {1-0 (74) So,W (2770)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016} )h6 11. Rc1 Re8 $146 (11... d4 12. exd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 e5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. 0-0 Re8 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Ng3 Be6 {1-0 (33) Martys,M (2239) -Zacharov,O (2208) LSS email 2008} )12. Bd3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ke2 Kf8 17. Rhg1 Rad8 18. Bb1 Ne7 19. Nd2 Bb6 20. g4 Ned5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nb3 f6 23. Bg6 Re7 24. Rc1 Red7 25. Rgd1 (25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Ne7 $15 )Ne7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb1 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Nc5 Bc8 $1 (29... Bd5 $6 30. Bd3 $16 (30. Nxa6 Bc4+ 31. Bd3 Bxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Bd6 $16 ))30. Ba2 Nd5 31. f4 Bd6 32. Bd4 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ne7 34. Ne4 Bc7 (34... Bb8 $1 $14 )35. f5 $1 $16 Nc6 36. fxe6+ Bxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 { Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Nc5+ Ke7 (38... Kd5 $16 {might work better.} )39. Nxa6 $18 Bd6 40. Bc5 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 Nc4 42. Kd5 {Strongly threatening a4!} Bxc5 43. Kxc5 ({Don't take} 43. bxc5 $6 Nxa3 44. Nb4 Nc4 $16 )Nxa3 $16 {KN-KN} 44. Nc7 Kd7 $2 (44... Nc2 {is tougher.} 45. Nxb5 Nxe3 )45. Nxb5 $18 Nc2 46. Nd4 $1 { } Nxe3 47. Nf5 $1 {} ({Not} 47. b5 g6 48. b6 Kc8 $16 )Nd1 48. Kb6 $2 (48. Nxg7 $18 {has better winning chances. Hoping for Nh5. } Nf2 49. Nh5 )g6 $16 49. Nxh6 {And now h4 would win.} Ne3 $2 {} (49... Ke6 $16 )50. b5 {} f5 $2 (50... Nc4+ 51. Kc5 Nb2 )51. Ka6 $18 fxg4 52. hxg4 Nd5 53. b6 Kc6 54. b7 Nc7+ 55. Ka7 Nb5+ 56. Ka8 Nc7+ 57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Ka8 $2 (58. Nf7 {mates} g5 59. Nd8+ (59. Nxg5 Nd6 $11 )Kd7 60. Ka8 Nc7+ 61. Ka7 Kxd8 62. b8=Q+ Kd7 63. Qb7 )Nc7+ $11 59. Kb8 $2 {} (59. Ka7 $11 Nb5+ 60. Ka8 )Nb5 $1 60. Nf7 { White mates.} Kb6 61. g5 Ka6 62. Nd8 Kb6 {[#]} 63. Kc8 $1 Nd6+ {[#]} 64. Kd7 $1 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.27"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "138"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3 h6 9. Nc2 Qe7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. d4 Ne7 14. Nd2 0-0 {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2808)-Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )Ba7 8. a4 h6 9. Be3 {White has an edge.} (9. b4 $5 { with more complications.} 0-0 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Rf1 Ne7 12. h3 )Bxe3 10. Rxe3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Re8 $146 (11... Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. b4 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. d5 {1-0 (90) Padmini,R (2387)-Tan,Z (2502) Teheran 2017} )12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bd3 d5 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 16. e5 (16. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 17. Bxa6 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 $19 )Nh5 17. g3 (17. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 $19 )f5 {} 18. Ree1 (18. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 19. Bxa6 Nb4 $19 )a5 (18... Nd8 $14 )19. Rac1 (19. Bb5 $1 $16 )Nb4 $14 20. Bf1 (20. Kg2 $14 )f4 $11 21. e6 Bxe6 ({Much worse is} 21... Rxe6 $6 22. Ne5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 $16 (23. dxe5 Rf8 $14 ))22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Qxf4 c6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Nb3 Rf8 27. Qe3 (27. Qd2 $5 {feels hotter.} b6 28. f4 Bf5 29. Bg2 Nf6 30. Bf3 )Bf5 28. Qd2 Na2 29. Ra1 Nb4 $36 { White is under pressure.} 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 (30... Qxd7 $5 {is more complex.} 31. Re5 b6 32. Rae1 Rae8 33. Nc1 Nc2 )31. Qc3 b6 32. Re5 Rae8 33. Rae1 Qg6 34. Nd2 Qc2 35. f4 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Be6 ({But not} 36... Qxa4 $6 37. e6 Bc8 38. Nf3 $14 )(36... c5 $5 {is interesting.} 37. e6 Bxa4 38. e7 Re8 39. Bh3 Nc6 )37. Qxc2 Nxc2 38. Rc1 Nb4 39. Nf3 c5 {And now ...g5! would win.} 40. h4 Kf7 41. h5 (41. Be2 $15 )Bg4 $17 42. Nh4 ({White should try} 42. Nh2 Bxh5 43. g4 )Bxh5 43. Nf5 Bg4 44. Ne3 Bd7 45. Bg2 d4 46. Nc4 Bxa4 47. Nxb6 Bc2 $1 48. Nc4 d3 ({Black should play} 48... a4 $17 49. Na3 d3 )49. Nd2 a4 50. Kf2 c4 51. Ke3 Rc8 52. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Kf8 53. Nc3 Rb8 54. Rf1 Na6 55. f5 (55. Bc6 $17 )Rxb2 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 56. f6 {[#]} (56. Bd5 {might work better.} )Nc7 $1 $19 57. Bh3 {[#]} d2 $1 58. Bg4 (58. Kxd2 Bf5+ )a3 {} 59. e6 $2 (59. Ra1 a2 60. Nxa2 gxf6 61. Nc3 )gxf6 60. Rxf6+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 61. e7 {intending Rf8+.} a2 62. Ra6 {Now Ra7 and White clings on.} d1=Q 63. Nxd1 Bxd1 64. Ra8+ $2 (64. Bxd1 Kf7 65. Ra5 )Kg7 (64... Kf7 $142 65. e8=Q+ Nxe8 66. Bxd1 Nc7 )65. Bxd1 Rb1 ({Worse is} 65... Nxa8 66. e8=Q a1=Q 67. Qd7+ Kh8 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qxc4+ Kg7 70. Qd4+ Kf8 71. Qd6+ Kg7 72. Qe7+ Kh8 73. Qe8+ Kh7 74. Qf7+ Kh8 75. Qf8+ Kh7 76. Qf7+ Kh8 77. Qf8+ Kh7 78. Qf7+ $11 )66. Rxa2 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Rxd1 67. Ra7 $2 (67. Rc2 )Ne8 68. Ra4 Rd3+ 69. Kf4 (69. Ke2 $142 )c3 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.27"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 {} Nb8 { C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Sharjah 2017} )10. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 11. Ne2 $146 (11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Ne2 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Ba2 Bf8 15. b4 c5 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 cxb4 18. axb4 {1-0 (36) Firman,N (2571)-Stern,R (2501) Germany 2009} )Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Ng3 g6 15. c3 {} c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bh6 Re8 20. dxc5 Nxg3 21. hxg3 {aiming for b4.} Bxc5 22. Rc1 d4 {The position is equal.} 23. Ng5 Qd5 24. Ne4 {[#] Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Be7 25. Qf3 {And now Nf6+ would win.} Qxe5 26. Nc5 Qf6 {Strongly threatening .. .Qxf3.} 27. Nxe6 Qxf3 28. gxf3 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Bf8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 { Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf1 d3 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Ke1 Re8+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Ke1 Re8+ 37. Kf1 $1 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.27"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. c4 Qc7 14. Re1 Rac8 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} ({Relevant:} 14... Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 {1-0 (42) Ponomariov,R (2733)-Kamsky,G (2741) Zug 2013} )15. Qe2 h6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 16. Bd2 { } Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bc3 Qf4 19. Qe3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qxe3 20. fxe3 Ne4 21. Bb4 Rc7 22. c5 {0-1 (67) Lesiege,A (2460)-Rozentalis,E (2595) North Bay 1994} )20. h3 Ba8 21. Bb2 Qb7 22. Bf1 Qb8 23. a4 Re8 24. Nd2 Bc6 25. Ra1 Nf8 26. Qb3 Qf4 27. Qe3 (27. Re3 $14 )Qc7 (27... Qb8 $11 )28. Bd3 (28. Qa3 $5 {is more complex.} Rb8 29. Re3 Ng6 30. g3 a6 31. Rae1 )Ng6 29. Bxg6 (29. Qg3 $5 {seems wilder.} Nf4 30. Bf1 Qb8 31. Qh2 Rcd8 32. Bc3 )fxg6 30. f3 g5 31. Qe5 Qd7 32. a5 b5 33. Ba3 a6 34. cxb5 Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Qf7 37. Rac1 Red8 38. Bc5 Qf6 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.27"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "119"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 {LiveBook: 112 Games} (9. Kxd2 Bxd4 10. e3 Bf6 $17 )d6 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} 10. h4 (10. d5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 0-0 12. Nd2 Re8 13. e3 c5 14. 0-0 exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. a4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 { 1/2-1/2 (74) Topalov,V (2784)-Grischuk,A (2789) Bilbao 2014} )Nd7 11. Rd1 0-0 {The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 c6 $146 (12... Re8 13. 0-0 g6 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Neg5 d5 16. b3 Rc8 17. e4 h6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nh3 c5 20. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Romanishin,O (2567)-Naumkin,I (2489) Arco 1999} )13. e4 Qc7 14. Ng5 e5 15. d5 h6 16. Nf3 a6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. a4 Nc5 {} 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. Qb1 Nd4 22. Bh3 Rf8 23. Rc1 Bd8 $36 { Black fights for an advantage.} 24. 0-0 f5 25. Kh2 {} f4 26. Qd3 Kh8 (26... Bc8 $17 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 )27. b3 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 (28... Rxc8 $6 29. Nd5 $11 )29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Ra7 31. Rc3 ({Better is} 31. Qd3 )b5 $17 32. Rd3 bxa4 33. bxa4 Raf7 34. Rxd6 {[#]} Bxh4 $1 35. Rd5 (35. gxh4 $2 f3 36. Nxf3 (36. Qe3 $2 Rf4 37. Nxf3 Rxf3 38. Rxh6+ Kg8 $19 )Rxf3 $19 )f3 (35... Qe6 $17 36. c5 (36. gxh4 $2 f3 37. Qe3 Qg4 38. Nxf3 Rxf3 $19 )Be7 )36. Qd3 $1 $11 Qg4 37. Rh1 Bg5 38. c5 Rb8 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 39. Nc4 Rfb7 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5+.} 40. Nb6 Rxb6 $2 (40... Rf7 $11 )41. cxb6 $18 Rxb6 {aiming for ...Rb2.} 42. Rxe5 {Hoping for Re8+.} Bh4 43. Qc3 ({Don't go for} 43. Re8+ $2 Kh7 44. Qc2 (44. e5+ $2 Rg6 45. Kg1 Bxg3 46. Rxh6+ gxh6 $19 )Bxg3+ 45. fxg3 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Qxe8 47. e5+ Kg8 $19 )(43. Qc2 $18 )Rg6 $16 { [#] ( -> ...Bxg3+!)} 44. Qe1 $1 ({Wrong is} 44. Re8+ $2 Kh7 45. Qc7 Bxg3+ 46. fxg3 Qh5+ 47. Kg1 f2+ 48. Kxf2 Qxh1 $19 )Bg5 (44... Rc6 $16 {is a better defense.} 45. Qb1 (45. Re8+ $2 Kh7 46. Qd1 Rb6 $19 )Rg6 )45. Rf5 Rd6 $2 (45... Rc6 {was called for.} )46. Rf8+ $18 Kh7 47. e5 {} Rd3 48. e6 Be7 49. Rf4 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qd5 51. Qe4+ Qxe4 52. Rxe4 { Endgame KRR-KRB} Kg6 53. Kh2 Rd2 54. Rf1 Kf5 55. Re3 Kg4 (55... a5 $142 56. Rxf3+ Kxe6 57. Re1+ Kd6 )56. Kg1 {White is clearly winning.} g5 57. Rc1 Ra2 (57... Rd8 $142 58. Rc7 Re8 59. Rc4+ Kf5 60. Rxf3+ Ke5 61. Re3+ Kd5 )58. Kf1 Rxa4 59. Rc7 Bb4 60. Rc4+ 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.28"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. a4 { C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Be6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 f6 11. d4 Bf7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Be3 Bc6 {1-0 (58) Karjakin,S (2785)-Aronian,L (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )h6 7. c3 a5 8. h3 d6 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Ba7 10. Nbd2 {} Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 $146 (12... Nh7 13. d4 Qf6 {1-0 (45) Hadzimanolis,A (2225)-Kesidis,O (2247) Thessaloniki 2016} )13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Bd2 d5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 Bd7 22. Nbd4 Re8 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bc1 g5 26. b3 Nd6 27. Ba3 Ne4 28. Rd1 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Ng3 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f4 32. Ne2 b5 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. c4 Ba6 {With the idea ...Re3.} 35. Nc3 a4 36. Kf2 axb3 37. cxd5 Rc8 38. Bb2 Nd7 {...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 39. d6 Rc6 40. g3 fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Kf7 42. f4 Kg6 43. fxg5 hxg5 ({Reject} 43... Kxg5 $6 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Nd5 $16 )44. h4 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 Rc4 46. Rxc4 Bxc4 47. Ne4 Kf5 48. Nd2 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.28"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Qa4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Bxf4 (12... Qf6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. 0-0 Qf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Be6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. f4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Kempinski,R (2615)-Heberla,B (2541) Poland 2016} )13. Qxf4 d4 14. 0-0 { White is slightly better.} dxe3 15. Rad1 {[#] aiming for Bxh7+!} ({Much worse is} 15. Qxe3 Re8 16. Be4 Bf5 $15 )Qf6 16. fxe3 Qxf4 17. exf4 Re8 $146 (17... Bg4 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (49) Williams,S (2466)-Lanzani,M (2356) Warsaw 2005 } )18. Bb5 Be6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. b4 Re7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 23. Ba6 Rce8 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Re1+ Kd7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KB-KB} 28. g3 Kd7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Kd4 f6 31. Bd3 h6 32. Bc4 {[#] And now Bxd5 would win.} Bf3 33. Bd3 Bd5 34. Bc4 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.} Bf3 35. Bd3 Bd5 36. Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.28"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0)} (7... Nxd5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qe2 {1-0 (23) Ivanchuk,V (2747)-Anand, V (2779) Doha 2016} )8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nxc5 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. Nfd4 $146 (11. Ned4 Rc8 12. Be2 Nce4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. a3 {1-0 (42) Ju,W (2559)-Tan, Z (2509) Yangzhou 2016} )Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Bd6 14. Bd2 Be5 15. Bc3 Qd6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 (17. Qc3 $5 {seems wilder.} Qe6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 )Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Kf8 20. f3 h5 21. Rfd1 a6 22. Kf2 g6 23. Ne2 Ke7 24. Nc3 b5 25. Rd4 ({Of course not} 25. Nxd5+ Nxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 $15 )Rc5 26. Rcd1 {} Rac8 27. Ke1 Ke6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 a5 30. Ne2 Ke7 31. Nd4 Nd7 $1 32. Rda1 Ne5 $1 33. Rxa5 {White wants to play Ke2.} Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nxb2 35. Ra7+ R8c7 36. R1a5 Rxa7 37. Rxc5 $11 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd7 38. f4 Na4 39. Ra5 Nb6 40. Nc6+ Kd6 41. Ne5 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 42. Ra6 Kc5 43. Kd3 Nc4 $1 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke6 46. Nf3 Nb2+ 47. Kd2 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Re7 49. Nd4+ Kf6 50. Nc2 Rb7 51. Kd3 ({ Don't capture} 51. Rxd5 $2 Rb2 52. e4 Rxc2+ $19 )Rb3+ 52. Kd4 Rb2 53. Kc3 Rxc2+ 54. Kxc2 {[#] aiming for Kd3.} Nxe3+ 55. Kd2 Nxg2 56. Rxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.28"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. Nf3 {} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. h3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 $146 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 0-0 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2785)-Gunina,V (2496) Gibraltar 2016} )dxc4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Ngf6 11. Qxb7 0-0 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. g4 Bg6 $1 14. g5 Nh5 $1 {} 15. Bd2 (15. Bh2 $5 {is more complex.} Rad8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nh4 )Rfd8 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 $1 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Na7 Rc7 20. Ba5 Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfc1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rc8.} Kf8 ({Wrong is} 22... Nf4 $2 23. Rc8 $18 )23. e3 Be4 24. Rc8 $36 { White is more active.} Ke7 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f6 27. h4 g6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rc7 { [#]} 31. Ra8 $1 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 31. Rxc7+ $6 Bxc7 32. Rd1 e5 $11 )Rxc5 32. Rd1 ({White should try} 32. Rxa6 $16 f4 33. a4 )Bc7 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. Rh8 Be5 34. Rhd8 {} ({But not} 34. Rxh7+ Bg7 35. a4 Rc4 $17 )Rc7 35. Ra8 f4 36. e4 Rc3 37. f3 Ng3 38. Rxa6 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Rc3 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.28"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "56"] 1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 {B87: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, with early ...b5} Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. 0-0-0 Nc6 {} 14. Bxf6 (14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Kd7 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Karjakin,S (2725)-Gashimov,V (2740) Nice 2010} )gxf6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 {[#] Black must now prevent Nc7.} Bxg2 19. Rhe1 $146 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Bxd4 20. Rxd4 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Nf3 ({ Of course not} 20... Rxa8 21. Re3 $14 )21. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 22. Rg4 Rxa8 23. Rxg2 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 24. Rg3 Nd4 {[#] And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 25. Rh3 Kg6 26. Rg3+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Ne2+.} 27. Rh3 Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. c4 {} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 0-0 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 11. Nd2 { A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. N2f3 Rac8 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. f3 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 {1-0 (50) Karpov,A (2628)-Sveshnikov,E (2508) Riga 2015} )Re8 12. Rc1 { } Rc8 13. N2f3 $146 (13. Be2 Qe7 14. N2f3 a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 c5 17. Qh4 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 (49) Kahl,F (2272)-Pepermans,T (2370) LSS email 2014 } )Qe7 14. Qe2 Bb8 (14... Ne4 $5 {with more complications.} 15. Rfd1 Bb8 16. h3 Qd6 17. Bd3 Qg6 )15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc2 Rde8 21. g3 Bg4 (21... Qg6 $11 )22. Ng5 $16 Bxd1 23. Nxe4 (23. Qxd1 R4e7 $15 )(23. Rxd1 $5 {feels hotter.} f5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. b4 Qd7 26. Rc1 )Bxc2 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxc2 $14 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 $1 26. Kf1 f5 27. f3 Kf7 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rc4 c5 31. Rxe4 Rc6 32. Ra4 a6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Bc1 h6 35. Re4 Be7 36. Be3 Re6 37. Rc4 g4 38. Kd2 Rd6+ 39. Kc1 h5 40. Rxc5 Re6 41. Rc3 Bb4 42. Rd3 Rd6 43. Kc2 Ke6 44. Bd4 Kd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 45. Ba7+ Kc6 46. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {KB-KB} 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. a4 Be7 49. Bf2 Bb4 50. Bb6 Be7 51. Kc3 h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Bc7 Be1+ 54. Kd3 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Bf2 55. b4 Bd4 56. Ke2 Kc4 {The position is equal.} 57. Bd6 Bg1 ({Reject} 57... Bc3 $6 58. Ke3 $16 )58. a5 Bxh2 59. Bxh2 { [#] aiming for Bd6.} Kxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 0-0 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 ({Relevant:} 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Qd7 16. a3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Aronian,L (2785)-Adams,M (2751) Sharjah 2017} )a6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. a4 Ba7 { LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... fxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nh5 {1-0 (27) Galinsky,T (2427)-Mihajlov,S (2197) Fagernes 2014} )13. Be3 Qd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rab1 Ng6 19. g3 a5 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Nc4 Kh7 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Ne3 d5 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. h4 Rd7 26. c4 Red8 (26... dxe4 $11 27. dxe4 Nf4+ 28. gxf4 exf4 )27. cxd5 $14 cxd5 28. Rb5 Ne7 ({Black should play} 28... dxe4 $14 29. dxe4 Qa6 )29. Rc5 $16 (29. Rxa5 $6 dxe4 30. dxe4 Nc6 $11 )Rd6 30. Rc1 (30. Rxa5 $6 dxe4 31. dxe4 Nc6 $14 )Ra6 31. Qb2 Ng6 {[#]} (31... dxe4 $16 32. dxe4 Ng6 )32. Qb7 (32. exd5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qe2 )Ne7 {[#]} (32... Rad6 $16 {was worth a try.} )33. Nf5 $1 $18 {} (33. Nxe5 Rb6 34. Qc7 Rbd6 )Rd7 $2 (33... Re8 34. Nxe7+ Rxe7 35. exd5 Rxb7 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Nxe5 (37. Rxe5 Rb2 $16 )Kh7 )(33... Nxf5 34. exf5 )34. Rc7 $2 (34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qb8 (35. R8c7 Rb6 36. Qa7 Ra6 $11 ))Rb6 35. Qa7 ({Much less strong is} 35. Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Rxb7 37. Rxe6 (37. Rxb7 dxe4 38. dxe4 Nxe4 $11 )fxe6 $16 )Ra6 $2 (35... dxe4 36. dxe4 Rb3 )36. Qb8+ (36. Nxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Rxa7 38. Rxe6 (38. Rxa7 dxe4 39. dxe4 Nxe4 $11 )fxe6 39. exd5 (39. Nxe5 dxe4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 $16 )Nxd5 $16 )Kh7 37. Rc8 {Threatening mate with Rh8+.} ({Less strong is} 37. Nxe7 dxe4 38. dxe4 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 $18 )Ng6 38. Rh1 Nh5 {[#]} 39. Ng5+ $1 { White mates.} hxg5 40. hxg5 {} Ngf4+ 41. gxf4 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "115"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 13. Bd3 {[#]} Qh4 $146 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 {1/2-1/2 (38) Karjakin,S (2782)-Carlsen,M (2864) Moscow 2013} )14. g3 (14. Bxf5 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 Qxf5 $17 )Qh3 (14... Bxf2+ $2 15. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 16. Kf3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $18 )15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {} 17. Kxf2 {Rh4 is the strong threat.} Qxh2+ 18. Kf3 { Black must now prevent Rh4.} Qh5+ 19. g4 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 { } Qg2+ 21. Ke1 Nf6 22. Qe2 Qg3+ 23. Qf2 $1 {} Nxe4 24. Qxg3 $1 Nxg3 25. Kf2 Rfe8 {And now ...Ne4+ would win.} 26. Kxg3 Re5 27. Bc4 Re1 28. b3 f6 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Kf7 31. Bd4 a6 32. a4 {} Rh8 33. Be2 Re8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. a5 { White has compensation.} Rf8 36. Kg3 Kd7 (36... g6 $14 )37. b4 Re8 38. Bd3 Ke7 (38... Rh8 $16 {was worth a try.} )39. Bxh7 $18 Kd8 40. g5 fxg5 41. Bxg7 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. Bd4 c5 44. dxc6 $1 bxc6 {[#]} 45. Bb6+ $1 Kc8 46. Be4 Ra4 47. c3 {} c5 $2 {} (47... Ra3 $16 )48. Bc2 {White is clearly winning.} (48. Kxg5 cxb4 49. Bc6 Ra2 $18 )Ra3 (48... Ra2 $142 )49. bxc5 dxc5 50. c4 (50. Kxg5 Rxc3 51. Bf5+ Kb8 $16 )Ra2 51. Bf5+ Kb7 52. Be4+ (52. Bxc5 Rxa5 53. Bd4 (53. Be4+ Kc7 54. Bf8 Ra1 $14 )Kc6 $16 )Kc8 53. Bc6 (53. Bxc5 Rxa5 54. Be3 Re5 $16 )Rc2 54. Bd5 ({Not} 54. Kxg5 Rxc4 55. Kf6 Rh4 $16 )Ra2 55. Kxg5 ({Less strong is} 55. Bxc5 Rxa5 56. Bd6 Kd7 $18 )Kd7 56. Bb7 ({Weaker is} 56. Bxc5 Rxa5 57. Bb4 Ra4 $16 )Rb2 57. Bxa6 Kc6 58. Kf6 (58. Kg6 $142 Rb3 59. Kg5 )1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. Nf3 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 0-0 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Qh3 { LiveBook: 15 Games} h6 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rg1 Nb4 $146 (14... Nd7 $11 )(14... Qd7 15. g4 {1-0 (28) Lupulescu,C (2634)-Nedilko,V (2396) Legnica 2013} )15. g4 $16 {} Qd7 {aiming for ... Nc2+.} ({Less strong is} 15... Nc2+ 16. Kf1 Nxa1 17. gxh5 $17 )16. Qh4 $1 Nc2+ {[#]} (16... Bf6 $16 17. Bg5 Nc2+ 18. Kf1 Nxa1 19. gxh5 Bg7 )17. Kf1 $1 $18 Nxd4 (17... Bf6 $1 $14 18. Ng5 Nxa1 19. gxh5 e5 )18. Nexd4 Bxd4 19. gxh5 Bf6 { [#]} 20. Bg5 $1 {} Bxb2 $2 (20... Qd6 $16 {was necessary.} 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 )21. Re1 {} Qd3+ 22. Kg2 f6 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf3+!} 23. Bh6 g5 24. Nxg5 Rf7 $2 (24... fxg5 $2 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Bxf8 $18 )(24... Kh8 )25. Nxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 26. Re3 ({Don't take} 26. Qg4 $2 Rg8 27. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19 )Qc2 (26... Rg8+ $142 27. Kf3 Qd8 28. Rxg8 Qxg8 )27. Rg3 Bd4 28. Rg7+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kd6 {[#] } 30. Be3 $1 {} Bxe3 31. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "109"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { } a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 10. Ba2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} bxa4 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Re1 $146 (12. Bb1 c5 13. Bc2 Bb5 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bxa4 Qb6 16. Nb1 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Grandelius,N (2643)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016} )c5 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 c4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxa4 Be6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rfb8 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Nc4 Rc8 24. Ne3 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 g6 26. Ra4 Rc5 27. Rc2 Rac8 28. Kf1 a5 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Rd1 Ke8 31. f3 h5 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Ke6 34. Be1 Rb8 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Rc6 37. Rda1 d5 38. Ra6 Rd6 39. R1a5 dxe4 40. Nc4 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Rxa6 42. Rxa6+ Kf5 $1 43. Ra5 Ke6 {White should prevent ...Nd5.} (43... Nd7 $5 {with more complications.} 44. Ra7 Rd8 45. Ne3+ Kg5 46. Ra6 Nf6 )44. Rxe5+ Kd7 45. b5 Bd8 46. Bh4 (46. Bg3 $14 )Bc7 $1 $11 { The position is equal.} 47. Bxf6 {[#] And now Re7+ would win. } Bxe5 48. Nxe5+ Kd6 $1 ({Don't capture} 48... Ke6 $2 49. Nc6 Rc8 50. Bd4 $18 )49. Bh4 Rb7 ({Much weaker is} 49... Rxb5 50. Nxf7+ Ke6 51. Ng5+ Kf5 52. Ne4 Rb2+ 53. Nd2 $16 )({But not} 49... Ke6 $2 50. Nc6 Ra8 51. b6 $18 )50. Bg3 { Black must now prevent Nxf7+.} Ke6 51. Nc6 {[#] Hoping for Nd8+.} Kd5 52. Nd8 Rxb5 53. Nxf7 Ke6 $1 {} 54. Nd8+ Kd7 55. Nf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 { } 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 { LiveBook: 11 Games} (18. Bd3 $5 {is interesting.} b6 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rd1 )b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Be3 {[#]} Be7 $146 22. Rd3 Nxd5 23. Rad1 {} Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 {Black should prevent Rd7.} Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxf7 $14 { Endgame KB-KB} g5 29. f4 ({White should try} 29. h4 $14 )gxf4 {The position is equal.} 30. exf4 Kg7 31. Bd5 Bc7 32. Kg2 Bxf4 33. h3 Kf6 34. Kf3 Be5 35. b3 a5 36. a4 Bd6 37. Ke4 Be5 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. Ke4 Be5 40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { } a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. c3 {White has an edge.} (13. Nb3 Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nf3 e5 19. Bg5 Qb5 {1-0 (49) So,W (2808)-Gozzoli,Y (2583) chess.com INT 2017} )Rb5 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. dxe5 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 21. Qf5 Nd3 22. Nxd5 Nxe1 23. Qxe4 Bc5 {1-0 (23) Saltaev,M (2495)-Smagin, S (2540) Moscow 1995} )14. c4 Rb8 15. Nb3 Qc8 16. Qe2 Nd7 {} 17. d4 exd4 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. f4 {} c5 21. Nb3 Nc6 22. Be3 e5 23. f5 $1 Bf6 24. Qd3 Nd4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Nd2 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Nf3 Qf6 (28... Qh6 $5 {is more complex.} 29. Rf2 Rbe8 30. Nd2 g6 31. Raf1 Qg5 )29. b3 Rbe8 30. Ra2 g5 31. Qd1 Kf7 32. h3 Rh8 {} 33. g3 {} h5 34. Ne1 h4 {[#] White must now prevent ...g4.} 35. g4 Rh6 36. Ng2 Qd8 37. Ne3 Rf6 38. Nd5 Kg7 ({Black should play} 38... Rh6 )39. Kg2 ({White should try} 39. Nxf6 Qxf6 40. Re1 )Kh6 (39... Rf7 $142 )40. Rff2 (40. Nxf6 $142 Qxf6 41. Qd3 )Ref8 (40... Rf7 $142 )41. Qd3 (41. Nxf6 $142 Qxf6 42. Qd3 )R8f7 (41... R6f7 $142 )42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Ne3 (43. Nxf6 $142 Qxf6 44. Qe3 )Rg8 $16 44. Nd5 (44. Kg1 $16 )1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. Nf3 {} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 c5 15. dxc5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Qc7 16. Rd1 a5 { LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. c6 $146 (17. Qf4 a4 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nbd4 Rxc5 20. Ne1 Rd8 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Ndf3 g5 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {1/2-1/2 (63) Paunovic,D (2480)-Savic,M (2523) Palic 2014} )Bxc6 18. Nfd4 Bxg2 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Kxg2 a4 $1 {} 21. Nxb5 Rb7 22. N3d4 Bc5 {With the idea ...e5.} 23. Nc3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 Rc2 26. Ne4 Rxe2 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Rc1 f5 31. Rf4 Rbb2 32. g4 Kg7 33. Rc3 Kf6 34. Kg3 Rbc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. gxf5 {KR-KR} e5 37. Rh4 Ra2 38. Rh6+ Kxf5 39. Rxh7 Ke6 40. Rh8 Rxa4 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. f3 Ra6 43. Re7 Rg6+ 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Rxf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "RC"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "126"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 6. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:0]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 9. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:0:0] } Bxf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 14. gxf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:53]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 16. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 17. Rg1 {[%emt 0:15:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:14:14]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:5:31] } Nb4 {[%emt 0:2:39]} 19. Qc4 {[%emt 0:9:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 20. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:2:39]} c6 {[%emt 0:8:6]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:2:4]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:4:8]} 22. Nc4 {[%emt 0:10:35]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:7:22]} 23. Qf3 {[%emt 0:2:34] } Nbd5 {[%emt 0:2:24]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:8:52]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:8:12]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:4:55]} 26. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:5:5]} 27. Ne5 {[%emt 0:4:40]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:8:23]} 28. Kh3 {[%emt 0:7:11] } c5 {[%emt 0:6:7]} 29. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:4:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 30. dxc5 {[%emt 0:6:52]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:9:44]} 31. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:1:12]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 32. Nc6 {[%emt 0:4:55]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:1:17]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:36] } Rd5 {[%emt 0:1:36]} 34. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 35. Nc4 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 36. a5 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:5:11]} 37. Kf1 {[%emt 0:0:42]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:4:39]} 38. Qe2 {[%emt 0:1:55] } Qb3 {[%emt 0:2:29]} 39. Qc2 {[%emt 0:3:21]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 40. Qb2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 42. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:3:49]} 43. Ne5 {[%emt 0:7:38] } c4 {[%emt 0:14:41]} 44. Qd4 {[%emt 0:6:14]} c3 {[%emt 0:5:41] } 45. a6 {[%emt 0:7:45]} c2 {[%emt 0:2:2]} 46. Rc1 {[%emt 0:9:55]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:1:59] } 47. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:2:4]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:2:12]} 48. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:34] } Qd1+ {[%emt 0:3:23]} 49. Kc3 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 50. Kb3 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:1:41]} 51. Nc4 {[%emt 0:1:3]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:2:16]} 52. Nb2 {[%emt 0:0:42]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:1:3]} 53. Rc5 {[%emt 0:1:27] } Ra3+ {[%emt 0:1:8]} 54. Kb4 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 55. Qc3 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:1:16]} 56. Rb5 {[%emt 0:0:41]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:0:39]} 57. Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:1:56]} 58. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:47] } Rb8+ {[%emt 0:1:24]} 59. Ka4 {[%emt 0:0:45]} Qa6+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 60. Ra5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 61. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 62. Ka3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 63. Nb3 {[%emt 0:0:0] } Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 0-1 [Event "4th Shamkir Chess 2017"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 { White has an edge.} (14. Bd3 e5 15. Qe3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re8 18. f3 Qf6 19. a5 Rad8 {1-0 (63) Carlsen,M (2855)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016} )Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 {[#]} 18. Rc1 $146 (18. Rc5 Qe7 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nd2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Rotstein,A (2540)-Remling,C (2345) Germany 2004} )Qd8 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qb4 Rfb8 {Hoping for ...Bxe4.} 21. Qa3 Rc8 22. h3 Qf4 {} 23. d5 ({Reject} 23. Rxa7 Nxe4 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 $15 )exd5 24. e5 {[#] Qe7 is the strong threat.} Ne4 25. Qe7 Bc6 26. e6 Rf8 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. Qd4 Ng5 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Rxd5 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} g4 34. Rd8 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 35. Ra8 gxh3 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. gxh3 Bf7 38. Be2 Be6 39. Ra6 {[#] Black must now prevent Bg4.} Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 {Strongly threatening Bg4.} Ke5 1/2-1/2