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22.12.2021 - 23.12.2021

Оглавление: Обзор Мемориал Вугары Гашимовой 2021
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Блиц-турнир выиграл Фабиано Каруана, набрав 10 очков из 14.

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,157,18,22,14,18,24,19,0,0,-14,-7,-22,6,15,17,0,11,-20,-20,-19,-17,-15,
-25,-19,0,-53,-60,-62,-60,-70,-22,-47,-5,-40,-24,-29,-29,-24,-29,-97,0,0,15,0,
0,0,24,12,98,99,92,60,174,183,179,165,558,109,93,35,39,38,43,40,45,45,68,44,97,
28,63,6,114,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,119,102,110,93,93,93,181,181,170,154,150,153,
191,79,137,86,86,86,77,25,90,90,90,94,103,103,131,103,112,119,141,0,0,6,17,27,
145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,413,329,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,
-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Nf3
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nxc5 7. O-O Bd7 {[#]} 8. Nc3 $146 {
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11.
Qxc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. h4 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 {1-0 (21) Dominguez
Perez,L (2758)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 8... Ne7 9. Bf4
a6 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16.
d4 f6 17. exf6 (17. Ne2 $11) 17... gxf6 $15 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. Ng3 Nf4 (19... Kh8
$15) 20. Ba5 Rf7 (20... Bd6 $15 {feels stronger.}) 21. Qc2 Bd6 22. b3 Kh8 23.
Bd2 Ng6 24. Bh6 (24. Kh1 $1 $11) 24... Rg8 (24... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5e4]
Strongly threatening ...e4.} 25. dxe5 fxe5) 25. Rad1 $11 b5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 26.
axb5 Bxb5 27. Qd2 Re8 28. Rc1 Rc8 (28... Bb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29.
Rxc8+ $16 Qxc8 30. Qe3 Re7 (30... Bd7 $14) 31. Nh5 $18 e5 (31... Bb4 $2 32. Rc1
(32. Nxf6 Bxe1 33. Nxe1 e5 $11) 32... Qd8 33. Nxf6 $18) 32. Nxf6 exd4 $2 {[#]}
(32... e4 {is a better chance.} 33. Nxd5 exf3 34. Nxe7 Nxe7) 33. Qd2 $2 (33.
Rc1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Qf5 34. Qxd4) 33... Qc3 $16 34.
Nxd5 ({White should try} 34. Rxe7 $16 Bxe7 35. Qxc3 (35. Nxd5 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Bc5
$16) 35... dxc3 36. Nxd5) 34... Qxd2 $14 35. Bxd2 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Ne5 37. Nf4
Nc6 38. Ne6 Kg8 (38... Be2 $1 $14) 39. f4 (39. Nf3 $16) 39... Kf7 40. f5 (40.
Ng5+ $14 Kg6 41. g4) 40... d3 (40... Be2 $11) 41. Nf3 (41. g4 {with more
complications.} Ne5 42. h3 Be7 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Ke3) 41... Ne5 42. Nxe5+ Bxe5
$16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 43. g4 $1 Bd7 44. Ng5+ Kg7 45. h3 Bd4+ 46.
Kg2 Bc6+ 47. Kg3 {Ne6+ is the strong threat.} Bf6 (47... Be5+ $16 {might work
better.} 48. Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Be3 Bf6) 48. Ne6+ $18 Kf7 49. Kf4 {Inhibits Be5+.}
Bd5 50. Nc5 {[%csl LRa6,LRd3]} h6 {[#]} 51. Ke3 ({But not} 51. Nxa6 $2 Bg5+ 52.
Ke5 Bxd2 $19) (51. Nxd3 Bxb3 52. Ke4 Kg7 $16) (51. Ne4 $1 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.}) 51... Be7 (51... Bg2 $142) 52. b4 (52. Nxd3 $142 {Black must
now prevent Kd4.} Bxb3 53. Kd4) 52... Bg2 $16 53. Nxd3 (53. Kxd3 Bxh3 54. Ke4 (
54. Bxh6 Bxg4 55. Nxa6 Bxf5+ 56. Kd4 Bh3 $11) 54... Bxg4 $11) 53... Bxh3 54.
Kf2 ({White should play} 54. Nf2 $16 Bg2 55. Ne4) 54... Bf6 {[#]} (54... Bd6
$11) 55. Kg3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 55. Bxh6 $6 Bxg4 56. Nc5 Bxf5 $11) 55... Bf1
56. Nc5 Bg7 57. Ne6 Be5+ 58. Bf4 Bc3 59. Bxh6 Bxb4 60. g5 {White is more
active.} (60. Ng5+ $16 Ke8 61. Ne4) 60... Bd3 61. Kg4 Be2+ {This bishop pair
is nice.} 62. Kf4 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Bh5 (62... Bd3 $1 $11 {remains
equal.}) 63. Ng7 ({Better is} 63. Ke4 $16 {aiming for Nf4.} Bc3 64. Bf8) 63...
Bd1 $11 64. g6+ Kf6 65. Ne8+ Ke7 66. f6+ Ke6 67. Ke3 Bc2 68. g7 Kf7 69. Nc7 Bc3
70. Nd5 Bb2 71. Bg5 Bb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Bc1+ $11 {and Black stays safe.
} 72. Kd4 Bxg5) 72. Ne7 $18 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg7g8]} Ke8 73. g8=Q+ $2 (73. Kf4
$18 {Hoping for Kf5.} Be6 74. Bh4) 73... Bxg8 $11 74. Nxg8 Kf7 75. Nh6+ Kg6 76.
f7 Bg7 77. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77. Ke4 $11) 77... Bxh6 78. Bxh6 Kxf7 79. Kd4
{[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.38. An unexpected
result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,110,10,15,16,0,-10,-2,8,7,16,0,25,20,27,24,35,27,25,0,3,5,58,48,52,
56,62,58,95,55,200,77,97,96,96,98,102,99,100,95,94,99,118,98,97,95,97,91,94,97,
131,130,141,126,143,132,133,127,147,116,108,15,15,15,15,15,24,15,15,13,13,13,
13,13,13,13,13,13,30,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,
13,13,52,52,52]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 {
C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6.} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {The position is equal.
} 9. Re1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. h3
Ng6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Kh2 a6 {0-1 (34) Dgebuadze,A (2487)-Geirnaert,
S (2419) Charleroi 2014}) 10. d4 Nbd7 (10... a4 {with more complications.} 11.
Bc2 Nbd7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bg4) 11. exd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 (14. h3 $5 {[%cal Rd2f3]}) 14... Bg4 15.
Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h6 16. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 17. Qxd5
Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Red8 19. Rad1 ({But not} 19. Bxb7 $6 Rab8 20. Be4 Rxb2 $15) 19...
Ra6 {[#]} (19... Rac8 $14) 20. h3 ({Stronger than} 20. Bxb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb6
$11) (20. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (20... Kf8 21. Rxd8+) 21. Rxd8 Bxd8
22. Ne5+ Kf8 23. Nxg4) 20... Bh5 21. g4 ({Of course not} 21. Bxb7 $6 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rb6 $11) 21... Rad6 22. c4 Bg6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf8 25. Rde1 R6d7 26.
b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} f6 27. Re6 Bf7 28. Rb6 {White is much more
active.} Bxd5 29. cxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 30. Rb5 a4 31.
bxa4 Rc2 32. a3 Rc3 33. Re3 Rc4 34. Reb3 Rxa4 35. Rxb7 (35. Kg2 $16) 35... Rxb7
$11 36. Rxb7 {aiming for d6.} Rxa3 $16 {KR-KR} 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Rd7 g5 39. f3
Ke8 40. Rh7 Kf8 41. Rxh6 Kg7 42. Rh5 Rxd5 43. h4 Kg6 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Rh8 Rd6
46. Kf2 Ra6 47. Rb8 Rc6 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kd4 Ra6 50. Rd8 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52.
Ke4 Rb3 53. Rd6+ Kg7 54. Rd3 Rb5 55. Rd5 $1 Rb4+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Re1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. b5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 20. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 22. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 25. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Nb3 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 30. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 35. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qxd6
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 40. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,18,20,7,45,28,39,33,44,12,47,54,57,61,131,117,117,122,120,119,110,
51,151,154,154,41,69,48,74,58,44,50,56,54,60,14,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 {7.Nf3 is
setting a new trend.} O-O {[%cal Oc7c5]} 8. Rc1 {[#] D85: Exchange Grünfeld:
Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Oc7c5]} (8... c5
$5) ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. h4 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Be2 c4 16. Qc2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (37) Nguyen,A 
(2520)-Karttunen,M (2480) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9. Bc4 e5 10. Nf3 {White is
slightly better.} Qe7 11. Bg5 Qd6 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 12. O-O b6 13. Qc2 c5 (13...
h6 $14 14. Bh4 Bb7) 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. dxe5 {White is much more active. Black has
bad knights.} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 17. f4 (17. Rcd1 $1 $16 {Black must now
prevent f4.} Be6 18. f4) 17... Bg7 (17... Bf6 $1 $14) 18. Rcd1 $16 {[%cal
Od5f7] And now Bxf7+! would win.} Be6 {[#]} 19. e5 Qc7 20. c4 Rbe8 21. Bh4 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rde1 (24. Rfe1 $1 $14) 24... Qd7 (24... Kf8 $1
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rxe6 (25. Qe4 $16) 25... Rexe6 $11 {The position
is equal.} 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Kg7 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR}
29. Qc3+ Qd4+ 30. Qxd4+ cxd4 {KR-KR} 31. Rd5 Re2 32. a3 Ra2 33. Rxd4 {Rd7+ is
the strong threat.} Rxa3 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 h5 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. Kf3 Kf5 38.
Rf7+ Ke5 39. Rh7 Rxc4 40. Rxh5+ Kf6 41. Rh7 Ra4 42. Rb7 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Ra4+ 44.
Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Ra4+ 46. Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kf3 $11) 46... Ra2 47. h4
Rxg2 48. Rxa7 {[%mdl 32768] Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise) . An unexpected result.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,12,14,15,29,29,17,17,15,10,29,24,22,23,10,14,15,10,27,6,18,16,19,
21,10,-112,-103,-155,68,75,85,93,84,70,83,92,109,94,126,133,170,129,154,129,
197,186,200,133,262,87,327,199,350,343,328,300]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 {The
position is equal.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. f3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14.
Rae1 {[#]} b5 $146 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15.
Bf2 Nf8 16. Nf4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Kg2 Qd7 {½-½ (32)
Yu,Y (2709)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15. Kh1 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17.
b3 c5 18. Bxf6 (18. Nxc5 $11 Nxc5 19. dxc5) 18... c4 $1 $17 19. bxc4 dxc4 $2 (
19... Bxf6 $17 20. Nb2 Qxa2) 20. Qxc4 $14 {aiming for Bxg7.} Nxf6 {[#]} 21. Qb3
Nd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. e5 Bf8 25. Nc1 Qb5 26. Rf2 (26. f4 $18) 26...
Ra3 27. Qb1 h5 (27... Rc3 $16 {was necessary.} 28. Qe4 Rd8) 28. Nb3 $18 Qd5 29.
h3 Bh6 (29... Rc8 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Rc2 Raa8) 30. Qe4 $2 {[#]} (30. f4
$18) 30... Qc4 $2 (30... Qxe4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 31. fxe4 Rc8) 31. d5 b5 (
31... Qxe4 {might work better.} 32. Rxe4 f5 33. exf6 (33. Rxb4 Rxe5 34. f4 Re1+
35. Kh2 Re4 $11) 33... Kf7) 32. Rc2 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.43} ({Weaker is} 33. fxe4 Bf4 $16) 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,204,22,17,34,33,10,15,12,21,10,30,18,41,18,48,27,29,27,60,56,63,63,69,
59,64,48,78,54,52,20,35,30,18,-7,-11,0,0,-6,-15,0,0,-11,0,0,-5,-31,-17,-22,-15,
-15,-23,-61,-59,-168,-166,-170,-177,-170,127,121,743,229,227,245,227,237,306,
300,451,451,451,451,451,345,451,389,556,545,548,371,368,372,385,347,386,377,
370,357,437,413,535,514,476,434,435,417,435,409,411,403,387,0,447,440,405,355,
431,160,445,445,429,420,454,425,565,556,756,741,839,751,722,675,650,568,498,0,
660,0,512,0,650,650,649,641,622,605,595,623,512,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,
179,179,179,170,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,
179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,12518,12510,12510,12450,12439,12454,12431,
12439,12431,12431,12417,12417,12377,12359,12159,169,11661,169,169,169,11780,
11434,943]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O {C44:
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} d6 7. h3 Re8 8. c4 {[#] The position is
equal.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Nf8 10. a3 a5 11. Nc3 Ne6 12.
Nd5 Bf8 13. Qd2 Ncd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 {½-½ (31) Collins,P (1964)
-MacRae,J (1670) Bournemouth 2016}) 9. Nc3 Nh7 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Kh2
Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c6 15. Nc3 {White is more active.} Nf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17.
Rad1 Qa5 18. Qd2 (18. c5 {is more complex.} exd4 19. Bxd4 Rad8 20. cxd6 Qh5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng1) 18... Qc7 19. Rfe1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5 {
Prevents Bb4.} Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bd2
Bc5 28. Ba5 Rc8 29. Qc2 Bd7 {[%cal Oc5b4]} 30. Qb2 b4 31. Nxe5 (31. Qd2 $15)
31... Nxe5 $19 32. Qxe5 Bxf2 33. Re2 Rc5 $2 {[#]} 34. Qe7 $1 $16 {Black is on
the road to losing.} Rxa5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Bxg3+ $16 35. Kxg3 Qb8+ 36.
e5 Rxa5) 35. Qd8+ $2 (35. Rxf2 Qc8 36. Rxf7) 35... Kh7 $18 36. Qxa5 (36. Rxf2
Qb6 37. Qxb6 axb6 $16) 36... Bb6 37. Qd5 Bc6 38. Qf5+ g6 (38... Kg8 $142 39. e5
Bxg2) 39. Qf6 Qd7 40. e5 Bxg2 41. Rxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qd5 42. e6
fxe6 (42... Qxe6 $142 43. Qxe6 fxe6) 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ ({
Don't take} 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qxg6 Be3) 45... Kg8 46. Qxb4 h5 47. Qc4 Qd6 48. h4
Kh7 49. Qf4 e5 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qg8 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Qf6 {Prevents Qh8+.} 52. Qc4
Bd4 53. Qc1+ Kh7 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qc1+ Kh7 56. Rc2 {aiming for Rc7+.} Bb6 {
Inhibits Rc7+.} 57. Qd1 e4 58. Rg2 $2 (58. Qd7+ $18 Kh6 59. Qe8) 58... e3 $2 (
58... Bf2 $16 {was necessary.} 59. Qd7+ Kh6) 59. Qd7+ Kh6 60. Qe8 {Prevents
Qe5.} Bd4 61. Qe4 Kh7 62. b4 Bb6 63. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc3 64.
Qe7+ Kh6 65. a5 Bd4 66. Qg5+ (66. g4 Be5+ 67. Kh1 Qc1+ 68. Rg1 Qc6+ 69. Rg2
Qc1+ 70. Rg1 Qc6+ 71. Rg2 Qc1+ $11) 66... Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kh6 $1 68. Qg5+ ({
Worse is} 68. g4 Be5+ 69. Kh1 Qc1+ 70. Rg1 Qc6+ 71. Rg2 Qc1+ 72. Rg1 Qc6+ 73.
Rg2 Qc1+ $11) 68... Kh7 69. Qe7+ Kh6 $1 70. Qf8+ ({Stronger than} 70. g4 Be5+
71. Kh1 Qc1+ 72. Rg1 Qc6+ 73. Rg2 Qc1+ 74. Rg1 Qc6+ 75. Rg2 Qc1+ $11) 70... Kh7
71. Qf7+ Bg7 72. Qxa7 Qxb4 73. a6 {Black must now prevent Qb7.} Qc4 74. Qxe3 $2
(74. Qb7 {a7 would kill now.} e2 75. Rg1) 74... Qxa6 75. Qe4 Qf6 76. Rc2 Qe5
77. Qxe5 Bxe5 {KR-KB} 78. Kg2 Kg7 79. Kf3 Bf6 80. Kf4 Kg8 81. Rc6 Kg7 82. Ke4
Kf7 83. Kd5 Kg7 84. Ke6 {White threatens Rc7+ and mate.} Bd4 85. Rc7+ Kg8 86.
Rc2 Kg7 {[#]} 87. Rd2 $1 Bc3 88. Rd3 Bb2 89. Rd7+ Kg8 90. Rd2 Bc3 91. Rg2 Ba1
$2 (91... Kg7 92. Rg1 Bd4) 92. g4 hxg4 93. Rxg4 Kh7 94. Kf7 Kh6 95. Rxg6+ Kh5
96. Rg1 Bd4 97. Rh1 Bc3 98. Ke6 Ba5 99. Kf5 $2 (99. Rh3 {And now Rh2 would win.
} Bb6 100. Rh1) 99... Bd8 $2 (99... Bd2 100. Rh2 Be1) 100. Rd1 $2 (100. Kf4 {
Strongly threatening Rc1.} Ba5 101. Kf3) 100... Bb6 101. Rb1 Bf2 $2 (101... Be3
) 102. Kf4 Bd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,192,7,8,8,8,8,23,25,20,20,21,9,16,11,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-10,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-4,-30,0,0,0,-54,-53,-66,-65,-65,-56,-70,-67,-56,-50,
-118,-118,-118,-114,-107,-20,-66,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-66,-66,-66,-66,
-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,
-32,-32,-19,-19,-19,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-32,-66,-22,-66,-8,-66,-5,-5,-5,-23,
-31,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-695,-680,-625,-548,-486,-486,-11283,-10822,-10121,
-9915,-9138,-9138,-8406,-6096,-29960,-29960,-29963,-29964,-29964,-29964,-29965,
-29966,-29965,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29965,-29963,-29964,
-29963,-29962,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29975,-29976,-29980,-29976,-29976,
-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29977,
-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29983,-29983,
-29984]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 4.
d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without
3...Bd7.} a6 7. Bd3 Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] 7...Nc5 is the recent fashion.} 8. Nc3 {
White has an edge.} g6 9. Nb3 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bg7 11. a4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. f3 Qb6+ 13. d4 Be6 14. Ra3 O-O 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Re1
Bxb3 17. Rxb3 Qa5 {½-½ (32) Tari,A (2625)-Duda,J (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2021})
12. f3 Qb6+ 13. d4 Be6 14. Ra3 {[%cal Ba1a3,Ba3b3,Bb3b7][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 15. a5
Bxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxa5 17. Rxb7 Rcb8 18. Qb3 (18. Rxe7 $2 Qd8 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 $19)
18... Qd8 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Qa2 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl
32]} 22. Ra1 Nc7 23. Qc4 {Prevents Rb4.} Qb7 (23... Rxb2 $2 24. Nd5 Qb8 25.
Nxc7 $18) 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Ra4 Bf6 27. Bg5 (27. Rb4 $11 Nb5 28. Qb3)
27... Ne6 $15 ({Don't take} 27... Qxb2 28. Bxf6 Qb8 29. Bxe7 $16) 28. Qxa6 Qxa6
29. Rxa6 Nxg5 ({Don't play} 29... Bxg5 30. hxg5 Nxd4 31. Nd5 $11) 30. hxg5 Bxg5
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Nd5 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]}
32. f4 exd5 $17 33. fxg5 dxe4 34. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rb8 (34... e3 $17 {( -> ...e2)}
35. Ra6 e2) 35. Kg3 (35. Rd5 $1 $11) 35... Rxb2 (35... e3 $15 36. Rd5 Rxb2) 36.
Rd8+ $1 $11 Kg7 37. Re8 Re2 38. d5 Rd2 39. Re5 (39. Rxe4 $11 Rxd5 40. Kh4)
39... Kf8 $15 {Black is more active.} 40. Rxe4 Rxd5 41. Kh4 Rd1 $1 42. Re5 Rd6
43. Re4 Re6 $1 44. Ra4 Re1 $1 45. Ra8+ Ke7 (45... Kg7 $1 $15) 46. Ra7+ $11 Ke6
47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Rf6 Re4+ 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 Rf4 51. Ra6 Rf1 52. Kg3 Ke4 53.
Ra4+ (53. Ra7 $11 {was preferrable.}) 53... Kf5 $15 54. Ra5+ Ke6 $1 55. Ra6+
Kd5 56. Ra5+ Kc6 (56... Kd6 $1 $15) 57. Ra6+ (57. Kh2 $1 $11 {feels stronger.})
57... Kc5 (57... Kd7 $15) 58. Ra5+ ({Better is} 58. Ra7 $11) 58... Kb6 ({
Black should play} 58... Kd6 $1 $15) 59. Rd5 $11 Kc7 60. Kh3 Rf4 61. g3 (61.
Rd1 $15) 61... Rg4 $17 62. Kg2 Kc6 63. Ra5 Kd6 64. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This
costs White the game.} (64. Kh3 $17) 64... Rd4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent .
..Rd5.} 65. Ra6+ Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 66. Ra7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 67.
Ra6+ (67. g4 $142 Rxg4 68. Ra6+ Ke7 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Ra6+ Ke7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 72.
Ra5) 67... Rd6 68. Ra7 Rd5 69. Ra6+ Ke7 70. Ra7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 71. g4 Rxg5 {
Black mates.} ({Weaker is} 71... h4 72. Ra2 $17) 72. gxh5 Rxh5 73. Kg4 Re5 74.
Kf4 Re7 75. Ra6 Kg7 76. Kg5 Rc7 77. Rd6 f6+ 78. Kf4 Rc4+ 79. Kf3 g5 {[%cal
Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 80. Kg3 Kg6 81. Rd8 Rc3+ 82. Kg2 g4 83. Rd5 f5 84. Ra5
Kg5 85. Rb5 Rd3 86. Rc5 Kf4 87. Rc4+ Ke5 88. Rc5+ Ke4 89. Rc4+ Rd4 90. Rc8 Kf4
91. Rc2 Rd5 92. Rc4+ Kg5 93. Rc2 f4 94. Ra2 Kh4 95. Kh2 g3+ 96. Kg2 Kg4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,88,9,6,5,-14,-9,-17,-27,-14,-22,-24,0,0,-12,-14,9,0,-3,-79,-65,-70,
-52,-54,-59,-126,-83,-115,-112,-124,-110,-157,-104,-112,-107,-125,-99,-156,
-154,-159,-21,-27,-18,-19,-22,-31,-35,-100,-74,-105,-93,-89,-97,-150,-135,-140,
-115,-121,-113,-262,-243,-242,-236,-394,-394,-432,-443,-529,-512,-481,-399,
-421,-418,-593,-591,-575,-560,-1479,-1458,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6
3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines
without early Be3.} 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 {[#]} O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({
Predecessor:} 8... Nd4 9. Nd2 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd5 cxb4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. axb4 a6 {1-0 (47) Mamedov,R (2645)-Sebenik,M (2519) Batumi 2019}) 9.
Rb1 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. bxc5 Nxd5 {...Nc3 is the
strong threat.} 14. Bd2 {Prevents Nc3.} (14. Bb2 $11 {keeps the balance.})
14... dxc5 $17 15. Re1 $1 Re8 (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $11) 16. Qc1 Kh7
17. h4 (17. c4 $15 Nc7 18. Bc3) 17... Bg4 (17... Bf5 $142 18. h5 g5) 18. Nh2
Bf5 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. h5 ({Better is} 20. Nf1) 20... g5 (20... c4 $142 21. Be4
cxd3 22. cxd3 Nf6 23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Bxf5 gxf5) 21. a4 Qd7 22. a5 b5 {Black is
much more active.} 23. c4 (23. g4 $142 Be6 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4) 23... Nc7 24.
Be3 bxc4 (24... Bxd3 $2 25. Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 26. Bxd3 $18) (24... Red8
$17 25. Bxc5 bxc4 26. dxc4 Ne8) 25. dxc4 $11 Qxd1 26. Rbxd1 Bf8 27. g4 Be6 28.
Rc1 (28. Bc6 $15) 28... Rb8 29. Be4+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 30. f3 Rb4 31. Bd3 ({White
should play} 31. Nf1) 31... Rd8 $17 32. Be2 Ne8 {[%cal Bc7e8,Be8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e5,
Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 33. Nf1 e4 34. Ng3 {Now White is beyond hope.} (34. Bd2
$17 {might work better.}) 34... exf3 $19 35. Bxf3 Nf6 ({Stronger than} 35...
Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxc4 37. Ne4 $17) ({And not} 35... Bxc4 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Rb1 $17)
36. a6 $2 (36. Red1 {was worth a try.} Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1) 36... Nxg4 37. Nf1 Ne5
38. Bg2 Nxc4 39. Bf2 Bd6 40. Ng3 Bf4 41. Rcd1 (41. Ra1 $142) 41... Rxd1 42.
Rxd1 Ne3 43. Rd8 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.
15 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,103,37,33,43,23,39,25,24,20,39,11,28,25,34,-27,-4,-56,-18,-25,-18,
-16,-31,-39,-25,-20,-3,0,0,0,0,0,208,219,211,204,219,196,272,268,287,273,348,
342,362,345,344,257,250,261,264,260,251,225,226,218,177,0,0,-47,266,272,264,
276,264,-434,0,-41,-41,-418,-187,-121,-97,-847,-840,-29972,-29973,-29985,-606,
-584,0,-29956,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Be7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 6...
0-0. A92: Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall (with ...Be7): Early deviations.
} 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Nd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. Bf4 g5 {
[#]} 12. Bd2 $146 (12. Be3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Nd6 13. b3 dxc4 14. Ne5
cxb3 15. Qxb3 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nxd7 {0-1 (88) Gasanov,E 
(2500)-Sedlak,N (2605) Prague 2019}) 12... Bf6 (12... g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 13.
Ne5 (13. Nxe4 gxf3 14. exf3 fxe4 $17) 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bg5 $11
) 13. e3 (13. Be3 $11) 13... Rf7 (13... g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 14. Ne1 (14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Ne1 c5 $15) 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 $15) 14. Rfc1 h5 15. cxd5 exd5
16. b4 Nb6 {With the idea ...Nc4.} 17. Bf1 $1 axb4 18. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5,
Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} h4 19. b5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh7 $2 (20... Nd6 $11 {and Black is
okay.}) 21. bxc6 $1 $18 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 {[%cal Ob1b6] Threatens to win with Rxb6!
} bxc6 23. Bd3 Rf7 (23... Raa7 $142 24. Ne2 (24. Bxf5 Rh6 $16) 24... Rh6 25.
Qxc6 (25. Bxf5 Rf7 $16) 25... Rah7) 24. Ne2 (24. Bxf5 $6 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Bxd4 26.
Qg6+ Bg7 $16) 24... f4 25. exf4 (25. Qxc6 $6 fxe3 26. fxe3 (26. Rxb6 exd2 27.
Rd1 Bg4 $11) 26... Ba6 $18) (25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Bg5 $16) 25... Bg4 26. Qxc6
Rb8 27. Kg2 Bd7 28. Qc5 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Bg5 30. Rh1 (30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Nf3 (31.
Qxd5 $2 Bxf4 32. Bh7+ Kg7 $19) 31... Bxf4 32. gxf4 Rc6 $17) 30... Bxf4 31. gxf4
{The board is on fire.} Rg7+ 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Qb4 ({Avoid the trap} 33. Rxb6 $2
Rxc5 34. dxc5 Qc7 $19) (33. Qxb6 Qxb6 34. Rxb6 (34. Bh7+ $2 Rxh7 35. Rxb6 Rxh1+
$19) 34... Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Rxh1 36. Rb8+ Kf7 $11) (33. Qa5 $1 $18 Qf6 34. Rxb6 (
34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rxh1 $11) 34... Qxd4 35. Bg6) 33... Qf6 $1
$11 {[%cal Of6f4]} 34. Ke1 {[#]} (34. Re1 $11) 34... Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
34... Bg4 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 35. Nf1 Nc4) 35. Nxc4 $18 dxc4 36.
Bxc4+ Be6 {[#]} 37. Be2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qd6 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to
win.} Re7 38. Be2) 37... Bd5 ({Better is} 37... Qxf4 $19 {Strongly threatening
...Bd5.} 38. Rd1 Bd5) 38. f3 (38. Rh3 $11 {was preferrable.}) 38... Qxf4 $15
39. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qb5 $1 $15 Qg3+ 40. Kd1) 39... Qg3+ $19 40. Kd1
Bxf3 {( -> ...Re7)} 41. Qa2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rf1 $17 Bd5 42. Qd3) 41...
Rf7 42. Re1 Bg4 43. Qd2 Bxe2+ (43... Rf4 $142 44. Rb2 Bxe2+ 45. Qxe2 Rxd4+ 46.
Qd2 Rxd2+ 47. Rxd2 Qb3+ 48. Ke2 Re8+ 49. Kf2 Qf7+ 50. Kg3 Rxe1 51. Rg2 Rf1 52.
Kh3+ Kh7 53. Rd2 Qf3+ 54. Kh4 Rh1+ 55. Rh2 Qf4+ 56. Kh5 Rxh2#) 44. Qxe2 {[#]}
Rd8 $2 ({Worse is} 44... Rc3 45. Qe8+ Rf8 46. Qe6+ Rf7 47. Qe8+ Rf8 48. Qe6+
Rf7 49. Qe8+ $11) ({Black should try} 44... Re7 $1 $19 {[%cal Re7e2][%mdl 512]}
45. Qa2+ Rf7) 45. Qe4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Rb4 $11) 45... Qf3+ $2 ({Stronger
than} 45... Rf4 46. Qe6+ Rf7 47. Kc2 $11) (45... Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} 46.
Re3 Qxe3 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Rb4 Re4 49. Rb7 Rdxd4+ 50. Kc1 Re2 51. Rb6 Rh4 52.
Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rg1 Rhh2 54. Kb1 Rhg2 55. Rh1 Rb2+ 56. Ka1 Ra2+ 57. Kb1 Rgb2+ 58.
Kc1 Rc2+ 59. Kb1 Rcb2+ 60. Kc1 Rh2 61. Kb1 Ke6 62. Rg1 Rab2+ 63. Ka1 Rbd2 64.
Kb1 Rdg2 65. Rd1 Rd2 66. Rg1 Kd5 67. Kc1 Rdg2 68. Rf1 Kc4 69. Kb1 Rh3 70. Ka1
Kb3 71. Kb1 Rc3 72. Re1 Ka3 73. Rh1 Rb2+ 74. Ka1 Rcb3 75. Rh8 Rb1#) 46. Qxf3
$11 {The position is equal.} Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 47. Ke2 Rf4 48.
Rg1+ Kf7 49. Rbf1 Rdxd4 50. Rxf4+ Rxf4 51. Rf1 Rxf1 52. Kxf1 {Whites escaped
into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.84/Black=0.87} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,0,15,0,44,6,8,0,0,0,0,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,13,20,21,9,21,22,9,0,
14,12,0,6,10,7,7,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7
4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. c4 {[#] B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation 
(3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b5 $146 (7... g6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. h3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Rfc8 {
0-1 (32) Paehtz,T (2356)-Perez Ponsa,F (2553) Caleta 2018}) 8. d3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7
10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bf4 {[%cal Oe5g6] [#] Hoping for Nxg6!}
Qb7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. b3 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6
20. e5 a4 21. Rd3 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qd3 h6 {The position is
equal.} 25. h4 axb3 26. axb3 e6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Rd6 Bf8 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 {
An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,13,7,14,6,17,24,23,12,9,0,33,24,37,32,46,30,44,34,33,41,40,19,19,
25,27,14,27,-8,52,57,54,11,14,14,12,4,2,0,0,6,8,15,11,0,66,59,105,78,86,91,89,
37,94,93,100,81,77,88,112,29,29,0,0,0,0,-503,-483,-634,-604,-1027,-952,-2181,
-1437,-2069,-1536,-29970,-29969,-29974,-29975,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4
c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 {White has an
edge.} 10. Ng3 c6 11. h3 Re8 12. d4 Bb6 13. Bd3 Be6 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rad1 Kg8 19.
b3 Kh7 20. Qb2 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2750)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Saint Louis 2019
}) 14... a5 15. Qc2 Bc7 16. Be3 Nf4 {[%cal Bg6f4,Bf4h5,Bh5f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]}
17. Bf1 N4h5 18. Ne2 d5 19. Nxe5 {Black must now prevent g4.} Nxe4 20. f3 {[#]}
(20. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]}) 20... Nd6 ({Black should try} 20... f6 $1 $11) 21.
g4 $1 $14 Nf6 22. Nf4 (22. b3 $14 {was preferrable.}) 22... Nc4 $11 23. Nxc4
dxc4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxc4 Nd5 26. Qf2 b5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up
resistance} 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bd3 (28. Bxb5 Qb8 29. Bc4 Bg3 30. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 31.
Bxf2 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ra7 $15) 28... Qd6 (28... Qb8 $11 29. Kg2 Bf4) 29. Bd2 $14
{This bishop pair is nice.} ({Don't go for} 29. Bxb5 $2 Nxe3 30. f4 Qxf4 31.
Qxf4 Bxf4 $19) 29... Rf6 (29... Rxe1+ $14 30. Rxe1 Rb8) 30. Re5 {Be4 is the
strong threat.} Qc6 31. Re4 (31. Rh5 {is more complex.} Re8 32. g5 Nf4 33. gxf6
Nxh5 34. fxg7 Kxg7 35. Qh4) 31... Bf4 32. Rae1 (32. Qe2 $16) 32... g6 {[#]} ({
Not} 32... Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rf8 34. Bf1 $16) ({Better is} 32... Rf8 $1 $14) 33.
Bxf4 $1 $16 Nxf4 {[#]} 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Be4 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Rxe4 36. Rxe4 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (36. fxe4 $16 {Hoping for d5.} b4 37. d5) 36... b4
$11 37. Re3 b3 38. Kg2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 39. Kg3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qe2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 39... Rb8 $19 ({And not} 
39... a3 40. bxa3 Qd6+ 41. Kg2 $17) 40. d5 Qxd5 {[%cal Oa4a3] Threatens to win
with ...a3!} 41. Qe2 a3 42. Re8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...axb2.} 43. Rxb8 Qd6+ 44. f4
Qxb8 {Black mates.} 45. h4 a2 46. Qd1 Qa7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.79/
Black=0.27 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,127,33,0,0,0,0,-69,-58,-66,-61,-58,-55,-64,-49,-65,-66,-74,-73,-83,
-91,-150,-141,-145,-125,-126,-117,-128,-109,-151,-39,-42,-52,-79,-79,-79,-79,
-79,-86,-92,-85,-170,-154,-246,-245,-306,-264,-291,-190,-227,-152,-281,-297,
-375,-309,-304,-242,-242,-242,-242,-242,-412,-397,-390,-372,-533,-506,-483,
-461,-1699,-872,-1595,-1772,-2470,-2081,-1132,-829,-2965,-2357,-2784,-2301,
-2654,-2491,-1466,0,-1457,-1589,-794,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12841,12842,12845,12845,
12845,12846,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849,12849]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. h3 Rc8
11. Nd5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a
later Be3).} 13. b3 Nc6 {[#]} 14. c3 $146 (14. Nxf6+ $11 Bxf6 15. c3) ({
Predecessor:} 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rc1 c5 18. c4 Bc6
19. Bd2 Qd7 20. h4 {1-0 (73) Gundavaa,B (2320)-Akhanov,D (2135) Novokuznetsk
2008}) 14... Nxd5 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5
17. Be3 Qb4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Re1 Rc3 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Rb2 (21. Rc1 $142 Rd3 22.
Qe2 Rxb3 23. g4) 21... Rd3 22. Qe2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. g4 Bd7 25. Rc2 (25.
Rbb1 $142) 25... e5 ({Black should try} 25... Rxb3 $17 {Threatens to win with .
..Bb5.} 26. Rc7 Rd8) 26. Rc4 {[#]} Rd2 27. Rxd4 (27. Qf3 Qb6) 27... Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Rxd4 Rc3 31. b4 (31.
Rb4 $17 b5 32. Re4) 31... Bb5 (31... Rxa3 32. Rc4 $17) 32. g5 (32. Re4 $17)
32... Rxa3 $19 33. Rf4 Kf8 34. h4 Ke7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rh4 (36. Bf3 $17) 36...
Ra4 (36... Ra1+ 37. Kh2 $17) 37. Bf3 Bd3 {Hoping for ...a5.} ({Weaker is} 37...
Ra1+ 38. Kg2 $17) 38. Bxh5 a5 39. Rh3 Bg6 40. bxa5 Rxa5 41. Bxg6 $2 (41. Kf1)
41... hxg6 {KR-KR} ({Stronger than} 41... fxg6 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 43. f4 $11) 42.
Rd3 Ra4 {Prevents Rd4.} 43. f3 (43. Re3+ $142 Kf8 44. Rb3) 43... b5 44. Kf2 Rc4
45. Re3+ (45. Ke2 $142 Rc5 46. Rd4) 45... Kd7 46. Ra3 b4 47. Ra4 Kc7 {...Kb6
is the strong threat.} 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Kd3 Rc3+ 50. Kd4 Kb5 51. Ra7 Rxf3 {
White must now prevent ...Rf4+.} 52. Rb7+ Ka4 $2 ({Better is} 52... Ka5 $19 53.
Ra7+ Kb6) 53. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Ra7+ $11 Kb5 54. Rb7+ Ka5 55. Ra7+ Kb6
56. Rd7 Rf4+ 57. Ke3) 53... b3 54. Kc4 Ka5 $2 (54... Rf4+ $1 $19 55. Kc3 Rf2
56. Rb4+ Ka5) 55. Rxd6 $11 b2 56. Rd8 $1 Rf4+ (56... Rf1 $5 57. Ra8+ Kb6 58.
Rb8+ Kc7 59. Rxb2 Kd6 $11) 57. Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rd8a8]} Ka4 (57... Rc4+ {is a
self mate.} 58. Kxc4 b1=Q 59. Ra8+ Kb6 60. Rb8+ Kc7 61. Rxb1 Kd6 62. Re1) 58.
Rb8 {To avoid Rb4} Ka3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Rf2 $11 59. Kc4 Rc2+ 60. Kd3 Rh2
) 59. d6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rf1 {[#]} 60. d7 $1 Rc1+ 61. Kd6 b1=Q
62. Rxb1 Rxb1 {[#]} 63. d8=Q $1 Rd1+ 64. Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.95/
Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,45,24,29,32,27,24,135,137,139,132,153,147,146,141,184,199,148,125,
113,120,562,567,875,860,2176,1193,1646,1637,1637,1628,1511,1456,29987,634]} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7.} 11.
Nxd5 $1 {Hoping for Bf4. 11.Nxd5 scores better than 11.Qc2.} Be6 12. Ne3 $5 {
[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} Qb6 $146 {[#]} (12... Rc8 $11)
({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nc2 Bb3 16. b5 Na5 17.
Nb4 Bc4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 {0-1 (37) Akhvlediani,I (2358)-Kacharava,N (2437)
Tbilisi 2020}) 13. b4 $1 $16 Be7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc3 16. Qd3 {Strongly
threatening Be3.} Rfd8 (16... Rad8 $16 {might work better.} 17. Qc2 (17. Qxc3
Bf6 $16) 17... Bf6) 17. Qxc3 $18 Bf6 {[#]} 18. Qc2 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa1 {[#]} 19.
Ng5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black
cannot hold the game after this.} (19... h6 $16 {is tougher.}) 20. Qa2 $1 {
[%csl LRa1,LRf7]} Bg7 21. Nxf7 {Threatening mate with Nh6+.} Kf8 22. Be3 Nd4
23. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Ra2f7]} Rd7 {To avoid Qf7+} 24. Nxh7+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ Kd6
26. Qd5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=1.59} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,209,16,16,18,20,21,29,14,29,13,28,17,16,25,21,24,26,31,33,13,15,11,36,
35,41,41,41,34,42,16,40,18,18,18,18,18,25,0,0,0,34,30,39,30,49,49,50,50,50,46,
50,50,50,53,53,50,76,50,50,50,50,43,79,83,86,80,64,54,85,106,427,377,396,377,
661,732,690,685,632,620,814,791,965,783,980,776,823,754,743,742,720,556,407,
288,289,272,253,228,141,257,417,408,1879,822,3519,3519,3193,3193,3193,30,30,30,
30,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,266,403,261,407,456,371,406,410,1327,
434,2285,2718,8872,830,1069,1096,1103,12823,12820,12791,12789,10263,12799,5397,
8699,8058,7528,1422,2689,631,70,70,6502,2415,1324,1854,2293,1661,1375,1291,
12820,12818,6498,2182,12832,12833,12831,12831,12828,2148,12834,12835,12835,
12835,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12843,12843,12844,12844,
12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and
3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qd3 {White has an edge.}
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. c3 O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bc4 {[#]}
Qxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. h3 h6 17. Bd2 g5 18. a4 Qc7
19. Bf1 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb6 {1-0 (57) Erdos,V (2614)-Ohler,J (2014) Biel 2021})
15. axb3 a6 16. b4 h5 17. h3 Nd5 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 (20. h4 {
feels hotter.} Kg7 21. g3 Be6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Bc2) 20... cxd5 21. Bxf6 exf6 22.
Nd2 Kf8 23. Nb3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KB-KN} 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. h4 Ke7 28. Kf1 Kd6 29. Ke2 b6 30. Nd3 Bf5 31. Ke3 Kc6
32. Nf4 Bc2 33. g3 Kd6 34. f3 Bd1 35. Ng2 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Nf4 Kc6 38. Kf2
a4 39. Ng2 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... f5 $16 {is more resistant.}) 40. Ne3 Bd3
41. g4 Kd6 $2 (41... hxg4 42. fxg4 Kd6) 42. gxh5 $18 gxh5 43. Ng2 Kc6 44. Nf4 {
[%csl LRd3,LRh5]} Bg6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd2 Kc6 47. Ke2 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Kd2
Kd6 50. Nd3 Kc6 51. Nb4+ Kd6 52. Na6 Kc6 53. Nc5 Kb5 54. Nd7 f5 (54... Kc4 {
was worth a try.} 55. f4 (55. Nxf6 Kb3 $16) 55... Be4) 55. f4 Kc4 (55... f6
$142 56. Kc1 (56. Nxf6 Kc6 $14) 56... Kc4) 56. Kc2 Kb5 57. b3 axb3+ 58. Kxb3 {
And now Nf8 would win.} f6 59. Nc5 $2 ({White should play} 59. Nxf6 $18 Bf7 60.
Nd7) 59... Be8 $1 $11 60. Ne6 {Intending Nc7+ and mate.} Bf7 $1 61. Nc5 {
Threatens to win with Nd7.} Be8 {Inhibits Nd7.} 62. Nd3 Bd7 63. Nb4 Be6 64. Nc2
Bf7 65. Ne3 Be6 66. Ka3 {Hoping for Kb3.} Ka5 $1 67. Kb2 {Ka3 is the strong
threat.} Kb5 $2 (67... Kb6 $11) 68. Kb3 $18 Ka5 69. Nf1 $1 {aiming for Ng3.}
Bf7 70. Ng3 $1 Bg6 71. c4 Bf7 (71... Kb6 $142 72. cxd5 Kb5) 72. c5 (72. Nxf5
$142 {Strongly threatening c5.} dxc4+ 73. Kc3) 72... Bg6 73. Kc3 Kb5 74. Nf1 (
74. Kc2 $142 Ka6 75. Kc3) 74... Bf7 75. Ne3 Be6 76. Kb3 (76. Kc2 $142 Kc6 77.
Kd2) 76... Ka5 77. Nc2 Kb5 78. Nb4 Bf7 79. Kc3 (79. Na2 $142 Be6 80. Nc3+ Ka5
81. Kc2) 79... Be6 80. Nd3 Bf7 81. Nf2 (81. Nb2 $142 Be8 82. Nd1) 81... Be8 82.
Kb3 (82. Nd1 $142 Bf7 83. Ne3) 82... Bf7 83. Nd1 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83...
Ka5 $14) 84. Nc3+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Ka5 85. Ka3 Bf7 86. Na4 Kb5
87. Kb3 Be6 88. Nb6 $1 Ka5 89. Na8 $1 Bd7 90. Nc7 Ba4+ 91. Kc3 Bc6 92. Ne6 (92.
Kd2 $142 Bb7 93. Ne8) 92... Be8 93. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Kb6 {[#]}
94. c7 $1 Kb7 95. Kb4 Bd7 96. Nc5+ Kxc7 97. Nxd7 Kxd7 {KP-KP} 98. Kc5 Ke6 99.
Kc6 Ke7 100. Kc7 Ke6 {[#]} 101. Kd8 $1 Kd6 102. Ke8 Kc6 103. Kf7 Kb5 104. Kxf6
Kc4 105. Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,133,4,14,13,22,0,19,0,12,7,0,0,7,-14,6,0,18,10,22,14,14,14,11,15,16,
13,13,13,41,6,38,44,45,38,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,45,51,0,136,133,143,144,161,161,
161,151,151,160,163,151,183,150,160,120,123,120,129,129,129,124,149,149,170,
170,188,86,193,106,106,106,106,106,106,97,98,97,100,97,97,96,96,96,89,82,82,82,
82,82,82,74,74,74,104,74,97,74,74,64,64,64,57,57,57,0,56,0,57,57,57,57,57,50,
71,50,50,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7.
c3 (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Bb6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13.
d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Qxh5 f5 {1-0 (35)
Karjakin,S (2782)-Anand,V (2759) Paris 2018}) 7... Bb6 8. Nc4 {8.Bxc6 is a
critical line. C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4
0-0 Bc5.} Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Bc2 Bxc4 12.
dxc4 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nh2 Rfe8
16. Qf3 Nh4 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. Kh1 Rad8 {½-½ (41) Ilyasov,A (2385)-Simal
Moreira,L (2384) GER email 2018}) 13. Re1 c6 14. Nh2 Rfd8 15. Qf3 h6 16. Ng4
Nxg4 17. hxg4 Nf8 18. a4 a5 19. g3 Nh7 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Qe2 g5 22. Rh1 Kg7 23.
f3 Qf6 24. Rh5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Rah1 Rh8 27. Qd1 Qe7 28. Qe2 (28. Kf1 $14)
28... c5 (28... Qf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Kf2 f6 30. Ke1 Bc7 31. Qh2 {
[%cal Rh5h6]} Rag8 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Qxh6+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qf5 Qf7 36. Rh7
Rg7 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38. Rh1 {White is more active.} Ke7 39. Bd3 b6 40. f4 Ng7 41.
Qh7 Ne6 42. Qh2 (42. Qxf7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kxf7 43. f5)
42... Qg7 (42... gxf4 $16 {was called for.} 43. gxf4 Rxg4) 43. fxe5 (43. f5 $18
Nd8 44. Be3) 43... dxe5 $16 44. Kd1 Bd6 45. Kc2 Kd7 46. Qf2 Rh8 47. Rh5 Rg8 48.
Qh2 {[#] aiming for Rh7.} Qf7 49. Rh6 Bf8 50. Rh7 Rg7 51. Rh3 Kc7 52. Kb1 Be7
53. Be3 Bf8 54. Ka2 {[%cal Bb1a2,Ba2b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} Qd7 {[%csl LRa4,LRd3]}
55. Bc2 Be7 56. Rh8 Nf8 57. Qh6 Rf7 58. Qh5 Bd6 59. Kb3 Rh7 60. Rxh7 Qxh7 61.
Qe8 (61. Bc1 $14) 61... Qd7 (61... Qh3 $11) 62. Qh5 ({Of course not} 62. Qa8
Qxg4 63. Bf2 (63. Qa7+ Kc6 $11) 63... Qf3 $11) 62... Qh7 $1 63. Bd3 Kd7 64. Kc2
Ke7 65. b4 Kd8 66. bxa5 bxa5 67. Kb3 {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,31,44,43,37,49,56,5,20,5,33,24,31,12,33,54,82,85,83,80,89,72,112,
106,100,108,139,129,127,102,168,156,249,220,239,243,298,205,214,186,190,94,519,
487,703,676,727,704,1188,1149,1114,1071,1198,1178,1225,1201,1227,1241,1001,0,
3378,2829,3506,2627,29976,29977,29989,29990,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf1 Re8 {
is now more promising than 9...Nh7.} 10. Rb1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]}
11. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32] E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8
Re1.} b6 12. d5 {[#]} Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf8 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd3 g5
15. g3 Bh3 16. Nd1 Ng6 17. a3 Qd7 18. Ne3 Ne7 {1-0 (41) Tejkal,J (2033)-Baran,
P (2173) Prague 2005}) 13. g3 (13. Bd3 $14) 13... Nc5 $11 14. a3 a4 (14... f5
$5 {[%cal Rf5e4]}) 15. b4 Nb3 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd2 f5 {[%cal Of5f4]} 18. Nxb3
axb3 19. Rxb3 f4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. Qf3 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Qg3 g5 24. c5 {
[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rf8 (24... bxc5 $16 25. bxc5 dxc5) 25. c6 $18 Be8
(25... Bc8 $16 26. Nb5 Ba6) 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bh5 {aiming for ..
.Bxe2.} 29. Bc1 ({Resist} 29. e5 $6 dxe5 30. Bc1 Rad8 $16) 29... Ng5 {[#]} 30.
Nf4 ({Worse is} 30. Bb2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 $11) (30. Bg2 $1 $18 {and White
stays clearly on top.} Bxe2 31. Rxe2 (31. Bb2 $2 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 $19) 31...
Qd4+ 32. Kh1) 30... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qd4+ $16 {is more resistant.}
31. Kg2 Nxe4) 31. h4 Nf3+ (31... Be5 $142 32. hxg5 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4 34. gxh6+
Qxg3+ 35. Rxg3+ Kh7) 32. Rxf3 {[%cal Of4h5]} Bxf3 33. Bh3 {Threatens to win
with Be6.} Rae8 34. Be6 Rxe6 35. dxe6 Qf6 36. Qxf3 Qxh4 37. Re2 Kh7 38. Be3 Be5
{[#]} 39. Rh2 $2 Qe1+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rg8+ $11 40. Rg2 Qe1+ 41. Kh2
Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1) 40. Kg2 {[%cal Oh2h6] Threatening mate
with Rxh6+!} Rg8+ 41. Kh3 Qc3 42. Rg2 {White mates.} Rf8 {[#]} 43. Qg3 $1 Kh8 (
43... Bxf4 44. e7) 44. Ng6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.57} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,97,-4,-1,0,0,8,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-19,-51,-47,-63,-37,
-42,-31,-65,-70,-55,-74,-70,-16,-13,-18,-65,-19,-95,-95,-97,-93,-101,-67,-62,
-49,-52,-43,-75,-81,-111,-55,-65,-18,-23,0,-40,-40,-55,-7,-6,-12,-46,-38,-77,
-13,-62,-43,-40,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,9,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch
Gambit.} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 {8.a4 is the recent fashion.} a5 {[#]} 9. Nc3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. c4 Nde7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. b3 Nfd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14.
Qd2 c6 15. Ne4 {0-1 (36) Nunes,A (1544)-Guerreiro,N (2071) Lisbon 2020}) 9...
Nxc3 10. bxc3 a4 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c4 Qd7 16.
Be3 Nd4 ({But not} 16... Bxa3 17. Bc5 Bg4 18. Qd2 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 $11) 17. Qc1
Bg4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rb5 c6 {To avoid Rd5} 20. c3 Qxd3 21. Rxe5 Be6 (21... Qd7
$15) 22. Bf1 $11 Qd7 23. Qc2 (23. Nc5 $11 {is more appropriate.} Bxc5 24. Rxc5)
23... Qc7 (23... Ra8 $15 24. c5 Rfd8) 24. Rxe6 fxe6 $17 25. Qxa4 Ra8 26. Qd1
Rxa3 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxe6 Ra5 29. Bh3 Bc5 30. Qd2 Qb6 (30... Ba7 $17 {And now .
..Re5 would win.} 31. Kh1 Qf7) 31. Kg2 $15 Qa7 (31... Qd8 $15 {might be
stronger.} 32. Qxd8 Rxd8) 32. Re2 $1 $11 b6 33. Bg4 Qf7 34. Qd3 Ra4 (34... Raa8
$15 35. Nxc5 bxc5) 35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Be6 Qf6 37. f4 Ra3 ({Better is} 37... g5
$17 38. f5 h5) 38. Re5 (38. Qd6 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 38... Ra2+ 39.
Kh3 $1 Rd8 40. Qe4 Rdd2 41. Bf7 {[%cal Re5e8] [#]} Rxh2+ 42. Kg4 {[%cal Re5e8]
Dancing on a razor blade.} Qxf7 43. Re8+ Qxe8 44. Qxe8+ {KQ-KRR} Kh7 45. Qxc6
Rhc2 (45... Rac2 $11 {is superior.}) 46. Qxc5 (46. f5 $14 Rf2 47. Qxc5) 46...
Rxc3 {The position is equal.} 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,48,9,16,16,15,2,11,2,10,9,23,0,48,7,8,-22,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,
-47,-30,-33,-6,-23,0,-20,-23,-26,-23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,
Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is
currently scoring better than 7.0-0.} d6 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10.
Nbd2 d6 11. Bg3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nb6
17. Ne3 Re8 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (36) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2817) Kolkata 2018}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]
C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 {
The position is equal.} Bb6 12. Ng3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32] [#]}
13. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Rb8 14. h3 Ng6 15. d4 c5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. a5
Bc7 18. b4 Rc8 19. d5 {1-0 (42) Lagarde,M (2648)-Rodshtein,M (2614) Chalons en
Champagne 2021}) 13... d5 (13... Bg4 $11 {was preferrable.} 14. Nf3 c5) 14. h3
(14. exd5 $14 {might be stronger.} Ng4 15. Rf1) 14... dxe4 $11 15. dxe4 {
[#] Qf3 is the strong threat.} Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bb7 17. Nf3 Nc8 18. Bc2 Nd6 19.
Nh2 Rad8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Kh7 22. Kf1 g6 23. f3 a5 24. Ke2 Kg7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,122,50,48,28,38,0,2,0,18,19,50,34,37,13,40,32,29,18,13,11,25,26,27,
28,37,30,39,-103,-103,-167,-139,-143,237,235,214,222,290,159,172,172,180,-147,
-164,-169,-172,-425,-407,-813,-806,-779,-787,-1268,-1141,-1336,-1331,-1242,
-1093,-1179,-583,-578,-575,-589,-566,-559,29997,-584,-531,-1054,-1038,-763,
-729,-1036,0,-615,0,-733,-527,-543,-530,-504,-510,-551,-552,-533,-524,-631,
-646,-775,-506,-534,-541,-533,-525,-602,-580,-725,-694,-5002,-1041,-718,-618,
-677,-671,-29963,-29962,-29973,-29974,-29958,-4786,-29979,-29980]} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Ned2 {
C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} Be7 9. b3 {[#]}
Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. c4 a4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c6
14. Bc3 axb3 15. axb3 Qc7 {0-1 (67) Mamedov,R (2654)-Medvegy,Z (2524) Europe
Echecs INT 2020}) 10. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $1 O-O 12. c4
N5f6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. h4 (14. Nxf6+ {is interesting.} Bxf6 15. h4 Re8 16. Rd1 h6
17. Be3) 14... Nxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. g3 h6 {[#]} 18. Kg2 $1 {
[%cal Og3g4]} Re8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg5 f5 $17 21. Qe2 (21. Bxd8 $2 fxe4 22. Nd2
Rbxd8 $19) (21. Qe3 $17 hxg5 22. hxg5) 21... hxg5 $19 22. hxg5 g6 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (22... e5 23. c5 Qe7 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rh5 $16) (22... c6 $17 {keeps
the pressure on. Threatens to win with ...b5.} 23. Rh3 Nf8) 23. Rh6 $18 {
[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nf8 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 24. Rah1 e5 {
White must now prevent ...e4.} 25. c5 (25. dxe5 Re6 $14) (25. Rh8+ $1 $18 Kf7
26. dxe5) 25... e4 $16 26. Qc4+ Kg7 {[#]} 27. Nd2 {[#]} (27. Nh4 $1 $18 Bxg3
28. Nxf5+ (28. Nxg6 Qxg5 29. R1h5 Qxh6 $15) 28... gxf5 29. Rh8 (29. Rf6 $2 Qe7
$17)) 27... Bxg3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. fxg3 Qxg5 {Really sharp!} 29. Nf1 (29.
Qc3 Qf6 30. Nc4) 29... f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} ({Inferior is} 
29... Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Kxh6 31. Ne3 $11) 30. Rh8 (30. Qc3 $142 e3 31. d5+ Qe5 32.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 33. Nh2) 30... f3+ $19 31. Kg1 e3 32. Rg8+ Kf6 33. d5 e2 (33... f2+
34. Kg2 e2 35. Qd4+ Ke7 36. d6+ Ke6 37. Qxf2 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+ 40.
Kh2 $19) 34. Rh4 f2+ 35. Kh2 exf1=N+ (35... e1=Q $142 36. Rf4+ Ke7) 36. Qxf1
Kf7 37. Rgh8 Kg7 38. Qxf2 Re5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Qxd5 $19 39. Qb2+ Re5
) 39. Qd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] is the narrow road to win.
} Rxf8 40. R4h7+ Kf6 41. Rxf8#) 39... Qf6 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3
Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Rbe8 (43... Qe1 $19 44. b4 Rd8) 44. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qe2+ 45.
Rf2 {[#]} Qxf2+ {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qxf2 {[%cal Oh8f8]} Kxh8 47. Qf7 R5e7 48. Qf6+
Kg8 49. b4 Rf7 50. Qd4 Rf5 {And now ...Nd7 would win.} 51. d6 cxd6 52. cxd6 Nd7
{aiming for ...Re2+.} 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qc7 Rf7 {Hoping for ...Re2+.} 55. Qxb7
Nf6 (55... Re2+ $142 56. Kg1 Ne5) 56. Qc6 Rd8 57. b5 Rfd7 58. a4 Rxd6 59. Qc3
Rd2+ 60. Kg1 Rd1+ (60... Ra2 $142 61. Qe1 Rd7 62. g4 Rxa4 63. Qc3 Rxg4+ 64. Kf2
g5 65. Kf1 Rf4+ 66. Ke2 g4 67. Qc5 Kg6 68. Qc2+ Kg5 69. Qc5+ Kh4 70. Qc1 Re7+
71. Kd3 Rf3+ 72. Kd4 Rd7+ 73. Ke5 g3 74. Qh1+ Kg4 75. Ke6 Rd2 76. Qb1 g2 77.
Qe1 Rff2 78. Qb1 Rde2+ 79. Kd6 Rf1 80. Qg6+ Kh4 81. b6 axb6 82. Kc6 g1=Q 83.
Qh6+ Nh5 84. Qd6 Rc2+ 85. Kd7 Qg4+ 86. Ke8 Ng7+ 87. Ke7 Qe4+ 88. Qe6 Qxe6+ 89.
Kd8 Rf8#) 61. Kg2 R8d2+ {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=1.
10/Black=0.59} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,101,-8,-5,-9,-31,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,48,45,-62,-52,
-52,-45,-48,25,23,56,-19,-27,-22,-35,-28,-21,-47,-31,-83,191,197,189,174,193,
206,185,210,212,212,235,146,193,167,197,190,189,181,198,186,377,336,387,351,
538,512,1311,1294,1234,1204,29975,29976,29976,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,
29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,
29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Rg1 b5 {[%cal
Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. a4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves,
6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} (7. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 7... b4 8. Nd5 e6 (8... Nxe4
$15 9. Bc4 e6) 9. Nxf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Qxf6 10. Be3 Bb7 {[#]} 11.
f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Bxe4 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qxb4 Qe7 14. Qb6 Qd7 15.
O-O-O Qc8 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. Bd4 {1-0 (76) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Giri,A (2764)
chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qd2 $1 Be7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent g5.} Nc5 (15... Bc5 $11)
16. g5 (16. h4 $5) 16... Qg6 (16... Qe5 $2 17. Bf4 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 $18) 17. Bd3 (
{Better is} 17. h4 $1 $14 O-O 18. Bc4) 17... Nxd3+ $15 18. Qxd3 {[%cal Od4f5]}
O-O 19. Nf5 Bd8 {[#]} (19... exf5 $15 20. Qxd5 Rfd8) 20. Bc5 $1 $36 {[%csl
LRb4,LRf8][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Re8 {[#] aiming for ...Rc8.} (
20... Bxg5+ 21. Kb1) 21. Nd6 {Prevents Rc8.} (21. Nh6+ $1 $14 Kh8 22. Qxg6 fxg6
23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxd8) 21... Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Be7 $1 {Threatens to
win with ...Reb8. A strong pair of Bishops.} 24. Nxe8 (24. Bd4 {feels hotter.}
Bxd6 25. Bxg7 Bxh2 26. Rg2 h5 27. Bd4+) 24... Bxc5 25. Nc7 (25. Nf6+ $15 Kh8
26. Nxd5 Bxg1 27. Nc7) 25... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game
after this.} (25... Bxg1 $17 26. Nxa8 Kf8) 26. Nxd5 $18 Bxg1 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 27. Ne7+ {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 28. Nc8 {[%cal Rd3d8]} Re7 29.
Nxe7 Kxe7 {KR-KB} 30. h3 g5 31. Kc1 h5 (31... a5 $16 {was necessary.} 32. c3
Bc5) 32. Kd1 f5 33. c3 Bc5 34. Ke2 a5 35. Rd1 h4 $2 (35... Bd6 {keeps fighting.
} 36. Ke3 bxc3 37. bxc3 Bc7) 36. Kd3 bxc3 37. bxc3 e5 (37... Bf2 $142 38. Rf1
Bg3) 38. Rb1 e4+ (38... Bd6 $142 39. Rb7+ (39. Rb5 Bc7 $18) 39... Ke6) 39. fxe4
{[%cal Bf3e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} g4 40. exf5 gxh3 41. Rh1 {White
mates.} Kf6 42. Rxh3 Kg5 43. Ke4 Kg4 44. Rh1 h3 45. f6 Kg3 46. f7 Kg2 {[#]} 47.
Rxh3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh3 48. Kd5 Be7 49. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]
} Kg4 50. c5 Kf5 51. c6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /
Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,51,20,22,0,49,12,8,10,47,58,75,52,413,416,429,422,429,431,525,521,
786,780,771,770,837,834,960,955,970,934,1166,1200,1223,1202,1304,1228,1519,
1500]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal
Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O a6 {7...e5 might become the main line.} 8.
e4 Rb8 9. c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths. E63: King's Indian:
Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} b5 $146 (9... Bg4 $11) ({Predecessor:
} 9... dxc5 10. dxc5 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nxc5 15.
Qc4 Nce6 16. Be3 b5 {0-1 (26) Manger,E (1310)-Rauhut,F (1906) Finsterbergen
2000}) 10. d5 (10. cxb6 $5 cxb6 11. Bg5 $11) 10... Na5 11. b4 {The position is
equal.} Nc4 {[%cal Of6e4]} 12. Nd4 {[#] aiming for Nc6.} Qe8 13. a4 {Black
must now prevent axb5.} e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after
this.} ({Better is} 13... dxc5 $1 $14 14. bxc5 b4) 14. Nc6 $18 Rb7 15. axb5 {
White is clearly winning.} axb5 16. Ra8 {[%cal Oa8c8] [#] Strongly threatening
Rxc8!} Qd7 17. Qd3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5 e4 20. Qe2 dxc5 21. bxc5 Re8 22.
Rd1 Bh6 23. Na7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 e3 25. Ne6 exf2+ 26. Qxf2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.94} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,35,35,20,30,28,26,4,24,24,39,39,62,43,62,57,92,47,57,43,49,0,0,0,
-14,36,48,30,87,68,130,38,45,-5,39,0,25,0,37,-110,10,-129,-106,-675,-687,-1217,
-259,-29988,-29989,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5.
O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful
than 8...Nge7.} 9. h3 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4
Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d5 {White has an edge.} Ne7 12. c4 h6 13.
Nc3 Nh7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qc1 f4
17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. b4 Kh8 20. Kh2 {0-1 (32) Kinez,I (2086)-Mihalincic,
T (2249) Zagreb 2012}) 14... f5 15. c5 f4 16. Nd2 ({White should try} 16. a4
$16) 16... Rf8 $14 17. Ba4 {[%cal Bc2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5e2][%mdl 32]} Bc8 18. cxd6 (
18. Rb1 $14) 18... cxd6 $11 19. b5 g5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 {[%cal Og5g4]} 21. Bb5 Ra8
(21... Ng6 $1 $11) 22. Be2 Ng6 (22... Nf6 $14) 23. Rb1 (23. a4 $16) 23... Nh4 {
[%cal Og5g4]} 24. a4 (24. Bg4 $14) 24... Nf6 (24... g4 $11 25. hxg4 (25. Bxg4
Ng5 $14) 25... h5) 25. Ba3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Rf7 {[%cal Og5g4]} (25...
g4 $5) 26. Nc4 Bf8 {[%cal Og5g4] Threatens to win with ...g4!} 27. Nb6 {[#]} (
27. Nb5 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rg7 28. Bg4 (28. Nbxd6 g4 $14)) 27...
Rg7 (27... g4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nxa8 (28. g3 fxg3) 28... gxh3) 28. Nxa8 (
28. g4 $1 $11 Ra7 29. f3) 28... g4 $1 $17 29. hxg4 {[%mdl 8192] This move
loses the game for White.} (29. g3 $17 gxh3 30. Qc1) 29... Nxg4 $19 30. Bf3 {
[#]} Qg5 $2 (30... Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Nxg2)} 31. Bh5 {[#]} (31. Kxh2
Nxg2) 31... Qg5 $1) 31. Nb6 $2 {[#]} (31. Kf1 $19 Nxf3 32. gxf3 Nxf2 33. Qc2
Qg2+ 34. Ke2) 31... Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxh2 {[#]} (32. Nd7 N4xf3+) 32...
Nxg2 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.33} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,31,43,31,34,36,35,22,106,79,80,
71,89,39,154,158,150,86,132,131,120,99,96,76,260,252,352,380,368,354,1519,1502,
1512,1511,1287,1290,852,851,826,237,193,150,1357,1281,1276,0,56,0]} 1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6.
Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 {The position is
equal.} Bd7 9. h4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. h5
Ne7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. O-O a6 14. Be3 g6 15. Qh2 Rg8 16. Nce2 g5 {0-1 (46)
Shankland,S (2709)-Svidler,P (2714) Saint Louis 2021}) 11. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Rf4f7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} Nf5 {[#]} 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. g4 {[%mdl
64] Pin} Rc8 {[%cal Od8b6]} 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Be3 {To avoid Qb6} Be6 {[%cal
Of8a3]} 16. Ne2 (16. Bxa7 b6 17. Rg1 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Qc7 $15) 16... d4 (16...
Be7 $11) 17. Nxd4 $16 Qd5 18. O-O {Strongly threatening Rac1.} g6 19. Nxe6 ({
Better is} 19. Rfe1 $16) 19... Qxe6 ({Black should try} 19... Kxe6 $14 20. d4 (
20. Bxa7 Qxd3 21. Rac1 Be7 $11) 20... Be7) 20. Rfc1 {Black must now prevent
Rxc8.} Be7 21. Qf3 ({White should play} 21. d4) 21... Rc6 (21... Qxe5 $142 22.
Qxb7 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rb8) 22. Rxc6 ({Much less strong is} 22. Bxa7 Qxe5 23. Rxc6
bxc6 $16) 22... bxc6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. d4 Ke8 $2 (24... Bxh4 $16 25. Qh1 g5) 25.
d5 $18 cxd5 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qxd5 {Hoping for Qg8+.} Kf8 {Inhibits Qg8+.} (
27... Qc7 28. Qg8+ Bf8) 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. e6+ Kc7 31. Bf4+ Kb7 32.
Qxc8+ $2 (32. Qxh7 Qxe6 33. Bg5) 32... Kxc8 33. Bg5 Kd8 (33... Bc5 $16) 34. f4
h6 {[#]} 35. Bxh6 $2 (35. Bxe7+ $1 $18 Kxe7 36. Kf2) 35... Bxh4 (35... Bc5+ $1
$11 36. Kg2 Ke7) 36. Kg2 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/
Black=0.41. Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (36. Bf8 $14) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,73,16,10,22,16,33,18,23,20,39,20,25,35,38,10,14,14,23,19,32,21,27,13,
41,37,109,114,125,109,210,200,257,262,251,247,378,362,464,464,485,474,540,539,
533,524,712,435,542,542,542,522,625,626,610,606,2586,2285,29986,29986]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 10. Qd3 Rc8 11.
Bd2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 12. Rac1 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. b3 {[#]} a6 $146
{[%cal Ob7b5]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc5 15. Qb1 a5 16. Be3 b6 17. a3 Qc7 18.
Nd5 Qb7 19. h3 Kf8 20. Qc2 Nd7 {1-0 (119) Kasparov,S (2478)-Alonso Moyano,J 
(2409) Llucmajor 2013}) 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8
19. Be3 Bf8 20. Bb6 Rdc8 {[#] Black is on the road to losing.} (20... Rxd1+ $14
21. Rxd1 Bb4) 21. Rd7 $1 $16 Rab8 22. Na4 {White is much more active.} Nd4 (
22... Re8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Kf1 $18 ({Inferior is} 23. Bxd4 exd4
24. Rd1 b5 $11) 23... Rc6 24. Bc7 {Prevents Rd6.} Rxc7 25. Rxc7 b5 (25... Bd6
$142) 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nc5 Bd6 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Nd3 f6 30. f4 Bh6 31. Rdc7 exf4
32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl
32]} f5 36. a5 {a6 would kill now.} fxe4 {[#]} 37. a6 $1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.65} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,20,14,30,0,37,38,35,36,32,33,47,33,36,12,16,20,8,0,0,14,23,0,0,0,
-8,-12,18,17,14,17,12,10,22,13,13,8,18,-14,0,0,0,-50,-50,-52,-43,-40,0,0,70,0,
0,-69,-8,-8,-8,-21,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,555,544,542,545,506,535,540,533,497,461,
436,357,769,1052,1059,925,1122,543,1354,525,5916,5916,1168,929,12798,6942,
29978,29979,29981,29982,29986,29985,29988,29989,29989,29984,29984,29985,29985,
29986]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 {
A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 7. Be2
Bg4 (7... d4 $5 8. Nxe4 d3 $11) 8. O-O Be7 {White is slightly better.} 9. d4
O-O {[#]} 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Na5 14. Qa4 c6 15. Rae1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {1-0 (59) L'Ami,E (2611)-Brown,M 
(2499) Douglas 2017}) 10... Bh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd8 14. Rac1
Ne6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. b4 (16. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 17. Ng5 $11) 16... a5 17.
b5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} c5 19. bxc6 ({But not} 19.
dxc5 d4 20. Rfd1 (20. c6 $2 Qc7 $19) 20... Qd5 $17) 19... bxc6 20. f4 c5 21. f5
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3 {[%cal Of5f6]} f6 24. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has
compensation.} (24. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6d7]} Qd6 25. Rb1 $11) 24... Rdc8 25. Kh1
Kh8 26. Qg2 (26. Rxc8+ $11 Qxc8 27. Rc1) 26... Rc3 $15 27. Rcd1 Rb8 28. Rf3
Rbc8 29. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7] [#]} Bd8 (29... Rg8 $11) 30. h4 $40 {
[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack. White is more active.} (30. Rg3 $14 Rc1 31.
Bf1) 30... Rc1 31. h5 (31. e6 $11 Qe7 32. Rff1) 31... h6 ({Better is} 31...
Rxg1+ $15 32. Kxg1 Qe8) 32. Qg6 $11 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qb7 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Rb1 Kg8
(35... fxe5 36. f6 gxf6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Kf2 $18) 36. e6 Bc7 (36... Rc3 $2 37.
Rb8 $18) 37. Rb7 Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White leaves nothing to chance now.} (
37... a4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Qf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Qxf7
39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kf8 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Rc2
Rb4 43. Kf3 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} a4 $2 (43... Ra4 44. Ke2 Ke7) 44. Rc5 {
Threatens to win with Rb5.} Rb2 45. Rxd5 Rxa2 46. Rd7 (46. Rxd4 $142 {aiming
for Ke4.} Ra1 47. Bb5) 46... a3 47. Ra7 (47. Ke4 $142 {Ra7 would kill now.} Rh2
48. Bc4) 47... Ra1 48. Ke4 a2 49. Kxd4 {White threatens Be2 and mate.} Ke8 50.
Bc2 {Intending Bb3 and mate.} Kd8 51. Bb3 {White mates.} Rf1 52. Bxa2 Rxf4+ 53.
Kd5 Rxf5+ 54. Kd6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Kc8 55. Be6+ Kb8 56. Bxf5 Kxa7 57. Ke7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.46} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,122,0,0,23,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-10,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-9,0,0,0,-8,-2,-2,0,0,37,16,14,23,16,15,18,18,18,16,20,-8,-8,
-8,0,-8,-3,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-362,-90,-389,-8,-101,-68,-130,-18,-18,
-18,-86,-81,-153,-101,-385,-358,-385,-373,-354,-339,-325,-300,-362,-8,-405,
-370,-597,-578,-718,-712,-728,-715,-672,-631,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,
-29988,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6
{C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 {[#] 8.a4 is
setting a new trend.} a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bf5
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5 h6 {
1-0 (50) Pedersen,J-Socko,S Tromsoe 2009}) 9. a4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nc4 Bf5
12. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 13. d4 (13. Ne3 {keeps more tension.} Nxe3 14. Bxe3
Qxd3 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qxb7 Ne7 17. Qxc7 Nd5 18. Qc6) 13... exd4 14. Rxe8 Qxe8
15. Nxd4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. Bf4 Qd5
21. Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. h4 h5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Be1 Re8+ 27.
Kf1 c6 28. Nd2 g5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nb3 {[%csl LRa5,LRc5]} Bb6 31. c4 {[%csl
LRa5,LRd5]} Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. a5 Bd8 34.
a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Bf6 36. Rxc6 Bxb2 37. Rb6 Bc3 38. c5 h4 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. c6 Ke6
41. Na5 Kd6 42. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Rb7 $11) 42... hxg3 $2 (42... Kc5
$1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b5] and Black stays clearly on top.} 43. Nb3+ Kc4) 43. Kxg3 $2
{[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. c7+ $17 Kd5 44. Rg6) 43... Bd4 $2 (43... Kc5 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rc5b5] ...Kb5 is the strong threat.} 44. Nb3+ Kc4) 44. f3 (44. Nb3 $11 {
remains equal.} Kd5 45. Nxd4 Kxd4 46. Kg4) 44... Kc7 45. Nb3 (45. f4 $15) 45...
Bb6 (45... Be3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 46. Kg2 Rh8) 46. Ra4 Rb8 47.
Kg4 (47. Rxb4 $11 Bf2+ 48. Kxf2 Rxb4 49. Nc5 Kxc6 50. Ne6) 47... Be3 $17 ({
Reject} 47... Kxc6 $6 48. Rxb4 Rf8 49. Nd4+ Kc5 50. Ne6+ Kxb4 51. Nxf8 $11) 48.
Ra6 ({Only move:} 48. Kf5) 48... Rb6 ({Black should play} 48... Rf8 49. Ra1
Kxc6) 49. Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Rxb6 $17 {is a better defense.} Kxb6 50.
Kf5) 49... Rxc6 $19 50. Ra4 Rc4+ 51. Kf5 Kb6 52. Ra8 Rf4+ 53. Ke5 Rxf3 $2 (
53... Kc6 $19 54. Rb8 Bb6 55. Rc8+ Kb7) 54. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Rb8+ $11
{and White is okay.} Kc6 55. Rxb4) 54... Rh3 55. Rb8+ $2 (55. Kd5 Bf4 56. Nd4)
55... Kc7 56. Rb5 Kc6 57. Rb8 Bb6 58. Nd2 b3 59. Nc4 {Prevents Re3+.} Rh4+ {
Black mates.} 60. Kd3 {[#]} Rxc4 $1 61. Rc8+ (61. Rh8 b2) 61... Bc7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.44} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,135,25,25,44,22,46,16,7,19,28,25,23,12,13,12,34,20,60,45,83,78,108,
72,60,31,35,-18,-21,-12,-9,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-13,-20,-16,-12,-14,-95,-88,-111,
-118,-168,-175,-203,-193,-197,-193,-189,-181,-204,-96,-122,-114,-120,-83,-137,
-24,-135,-85,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-120,-135,-135,-135,-130,-130,-130,-175,
-109,-108,-108,-171,-40,-51,-8,-8,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-2,0,
0,0,0,30,30,30,30,40,41,45,48,29966,29967,29966,29966,29967,29967,29968,29967,
29968,29970,29970,29971,29964,11010]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,
Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 {
is currently scoring better than 7...h6. B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5
sidelines.} 8. Ne2 {has lost popularity (8.Nxh5).} Nd7 {[%cal Oe7e5]} 9. Nf4
Nxf4 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxf4 Bh5 11. Be2 e6 {[#]} 12. Qd3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd5
17. Qf3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bf6 19. Nc4 {1-0 (31) Aulia,M (2360)-Fronda Pascua,J 
(2152) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Be7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bg3 Bf6
16. Qe3 Rhe8 17. Nd2 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Bxe2 18. Ne4 {Nd6+ is the
strong threat.} (18. Qxe2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Be7 19. Nc4 $14) 18... Nc5 (18...
Bxd1 $2 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Nc4+ Qc7 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Rxd1 $18) 19. Qxe2 (19.
Nxf6 $14 gxf6 20. Qxe2) 19... Nxe4 $11 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21. Qe3 (21. Rhe1 $11)
21... b6 (21... Rd5 $1 $15) 22. Qe2 Kb7 {To avoid Qa6+} 23. Be5 $1 Bxe5 24.
Qxe5 h5 ({Much less strong is} 24... Qxf2 25. Qxg7 Re7 26. a3 $11 (26. Qxh7
Qxg2 27. Rdg1 Qd5 $11) (26. Rhf1 Qxh4 27. Rxf7 Rdd7 $11)) 25. f3 Qxe5 26. dxe5
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b5 27. c4 (27. g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27...
bxc4 $17 28. Kc2 Rd5 29. Rde1 (29. g4 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Red8 $19 30.
Re2 Kb6 31. g4 {[#]} g6 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rg1 Rd3 (33... Rd4 $19 {and Black
stays clearly on top.} 34. Rh2 Rf4) 34. Rg5 Rxf3 {And now ...Rh8 would win.}
35. Rxh5 Rd4 36. Rh8 (36. Rh2 $142) 36... Rdf4 (36... Kc5 $17 {Threatening ...
Rf1.} 37. h5 Rh4) 37. h5 (37. Rh2 $1 $11) 37... Kc5 (37... Rh4 $142 38. h6 Kc5)
38. h6 (38. Rh2 $142) 38... Rh3 39. Ra8 Rxh6 40. Rxa7 Rh3 41. Ra5+ Kb6 42. Ra8
Rhf3 43. Rb8+ Kc5 44. a4 (44. Rd8 $17) 44... Rf2 ({Black should try} 44... Rf1
$19 45. Ra8 Ra1) 45. Rxf2 $17 Rxf2+ {KR-KR} 46. Kb1 {[#]} (46. Kc3 $17) 46...
Rd2 (46... Rf1+ $1 $19 47. Kc2 Kd5) 47. Rb7 $1 $15 Rd8 (47... Rd1+ $15 {
should be considered.} 48. Kc2 Rf1) 48. Rxf7 $11 Kd5 49. Ra7 {Prevents Ra8.}
Kxe5 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kc5 52. Re7 Kd6 53.
Ra7 Rb8 54. a6 Rb6 55. Ra8 {White wants to mate with a7.} Ke5 56. a7 Ra6 57.
Kc3 Ke4 58. Kxc4 e5 59. b4 {Intending Kc5 and mate.} ({Don't take} 59. Kc5 Ke3
$16) 59... Ke3 60. Re8 Rxa7 61. Rxe5+ Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Kd2 $14) 62.
Re6 {White mates.} Ra1 63. Rxc6 Ke5 64. Kb5 Kd5 65. Rc2 Kd6 66. Kb6 Kd7 67. b5
Rb1 68. Ka6 {White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very
precise) /Black=0.20 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,16,7,28,10,21,16,55,45,87,85,85,56,76,70,69,80,110,131,185,182,
180,169,191,187,180,173,170,138,138,35,36,29,25,48,407,398,509,463,410,234,235,
236,234,237,224,227,399,406,407,373,357,31,37,42,31,-59,0,-156,-163,-158,-145,
-150,-161,-204,-72,-69,-66,-69,-69,-69,-42,-43,-7,-7,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {
B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} 9. f3 b5 $1 {9...b5
is better than 9...0-0.} 10. g4 {10.Kb1 is vanishing.} h6 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,
Bh4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 (11... Bb7 $14) 12. Rg1 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... d6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17.
g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxe6 {1-0 (27) Eynullayev,A (2227)-Martins,C (2231)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
really pushing.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc4 (16... Ng6 $16 {might work better.}) 17.
Bxc4 $18 bxc4 18. g6 f6 19. Rh1 {aiming for Qe2.} Bb7 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. f5 {
[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} (21. Qxc4 $6 Bxe4 22. Nb3 Qf5 $14) (21. Nxe6
dxe6 22. Qxc4 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. exd5 Rb8+ 25. Qb3 Rxb3+ 26.
axb3 Kd7 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 $15) 21... Qxc3 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 22. Rxh5 {White is more
active.} (22. Kb1 $2 Bxe4 $1 23. fxe6 Rb8+ 24. Kc1 dxe6 $1 25. Nxe6 Qb2+ 26.
Kd2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke1 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Ng3+ 29. Kd2 Bxh1 $19) (22. fxe6 $16 dxe6 23.
Nxe6 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+) 22... Rxh5 $14
23. Qxh5 {Threatening mate with Qh8+. Dancing on a razor blade.} Qxe3+ 24. Kb2
O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... c3+ $2 25. Ka1 O-O-O 26. fxe6 $18) (24... Qh6 $1
$14 25. Qxh6 gxh6) 25. fxe6 $18 c3+ 26. Ka1 {White wants to mate with Qc5+.}
Qg5 {Prevents Qc5+.} 27. Qxg5 (27. exd7+ $142 Rxd7 28. Qh8+ Rd8 29. Qh3+ (29.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 30. Nf3+ Ke7 $18) 29... Rd7 30. Rb1 Qxg6 31. Ne6) 27... fxg5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. e7 {Strongly threatening Rf1.} Re8 29. Nf5 {
Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Kc7 30. e5 Bf3 $2 (30... Be4 31. Nd6 Rxe7) 31. Rd3
Bg4 32. Rxc3+ Kb8 {[#]} 33. Rb3+ $2 ({Inferior is} 33. Nxg7 Rxe7 34. Rg3 Rxg7
$11) ({Only move:} 33. Nd6 $1 $18 Rxe7 34. Rc8+ Ka7 35. Rc4 (35. Rg8 Rxe5 36.
Rxg7 Rd5 $14) 35... Rxe5 36. Rxg4) 33... Ka8 $1 $14 34. Nd6 Rxe7 35. Nc4 ({
Better is} 35. Rg3 $14 Bd1 36. Rxg5) 35... Ka7 (35... Re8 $15) 36. Rg3 $2 (36.
Nd6 $1 $11 Rxe5 37. Nc8+ Ka8 38. Nb6+ Ka7 39. Nc8+ Ka8 40. Nb6+ Ka7 41. Nc8+)
36... Be2 $17 37. Nd6 {Threatens to win with Nc8+.} Rxe5 38. Nf7 Rc5 39. Kb2 (
39. Nxg5 $142 Rxc2 40. Nf7) 39... Bh5 (39... g4 $19 {and Black stays clearly
on top. Hoping for ...Bf3.} 40. Kc1 Bf3) 40. Nxg5 Bxg6 41. Ne6 Rxc2+ ({Much
weaker is} 41... dxe6 42. Rxg6 Kb6 43. Rxg7 $11) 42. Kb3 dxe6 (42... Be4 $5 {
[%cal Rd7e6]} 43. Rxg7 Rd2 $17) 43. Rxg6 Rc7 44. Rxe6 {The position is equal.}
Rf7 45. Rg6 Kb7 46. Kb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-4,0,-16,0,0,58,28,29,31,47,-30,-34,-86,-84,-79,-10,-97,-99,-95,
-99,-276,-289,-256,-220,-233,-200,-237,-203,-221,-199,-200,-195,-214,-204,-212,
-207,-182,-177,-192,-176,-269,-266,-252,-203,-177,-158,-234,-230,-376,-376,
-376,-376,-321,-204,-212,-205,-959,-941,-1116,-822,-1650,-1555,-4598,-4598]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4
Bxc5 {White should prevent ...Qb6.} 6. Qe2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} h6 7.
Bh4 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Black should play} 7... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7
8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. Ngf3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 {
1-0 (38) Najer,E (2654)-Karjakin,S (2757) Moscow 2021}) 8. Bg3 $14 {White is
slightly better.} Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 ({White should try} 10. h4 $14)
10... Nc6 $11 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 11. Nf3 (11. Qd3 $15) 11... f5
$17 12. Qc4 {[#]} Qd5 (12... Qa5+ $1 $17 13. c3 f4 14. Bxf4 gxf4) 13. h4 (13.
Be5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxe5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Nxe5) 13... f4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 14. Bh2 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32] Black
is more active.} 15. Nd2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (15. Qxd5 $17
{was the only chance.} exd5 16. Nd2) 15... Bxf2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Kd1 g3
({Wrong is} 16... Qe5 $2 17. Be2 g3 18. Bg1 $19) 17. Bg1 Bxg1 ({Weaker is} 
17... Qe5 18. Bxf2 gxf2 19. Bd3 $17) 18. Rxg1 O-O 19. c3 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Bd7 22. Kc2 Bc6 23. Rae1 Rf6 24. Bd1 Ng6 25. h5 (25. Nf3 $142) 25... Nh4
26. Ne4 Bxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Nf5 28. Rf1 {[#]} (28. Bf3 $17 {was necessary.}) 28...
Raf8 $1 {And now ...Ne3+ would win.} 29. Rfxf4 {[#]} (29. Kc1 $142 Ne3 30.
Rfxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxe3) 29... Nd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. cxd4 Rxf4 31. Rxe6 Rxd4 {
KRR-KRB} 32. Bf3 Rc8+ 33. Kb3 $2 (33. Kb1) 33... Rd3+ {Black is clearly
winning.} 34. Ka4 Kf7 ({But not} 34... Rc2 $2 35. Rg6+ Kf8 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37.
Rg6+ Kf8 38. Rf6+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40. Rxg3 $19) 35. Rxh6 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 36. gxf3 (36. Rh7+ Kg8) 36... g2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.87/
Black=0.28 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,125,0,-14,-5,-16,-10,-13,-11,-5,-9,-10,-5,0,0,0,0,19,18,19,27,16,11,
13,0,45,11,22,11,49,0,0,0,0,8,0,-5,0,0,0,-44,-21,-21,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,7,0,0,0,0,0,180,32,41,43,117,14,429,429,367,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,29999,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 {is cutting edge theory.} Ne4
8. Nxd4 Nc5 (8... Nxe5 $2 9. Re1 $18) 9. Bxc6 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual
White 6th moves.} dxc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nf5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf8 13. Nc3 Bd7 {[#]}
14. Rd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Nfg3 h6 16. f4 g6 17. Rd2 Ng7
18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxf5 {½-½ (27) Motwani,P (2260)-Lapan,D
Groningen 1981}) 14... O-O-O 15. Rad1 g6 16. Nh6 Bxh6 17. Bxh6 c5 18. Nd5 {
Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Bb5 19. b3 Kb8 (19... b6 $11 {was preferrable.})
20. c4 Bc6 21. h4 b5 22. Ne7 (22. Be3 $14) 22... Kb7 $11 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8
Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. f3 {Inhibits Be4.} bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd7 27.
Be3 (27. Nd5 $11) 27... Be6 28. Bxc5 Bxc4 29. a3 $1 Ne6 30. Be3 c5 31. Kf2 Kb6
32. Nc8+ Ka5 33. Nd6 {[%csl LRc4,LRf7]} Bd5 34. Nxf7 c4 35. g4 Ka4 36. Nd6 $1
c3 37. f4 c2 $2 (37... Kxa3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 38. f5 Nc7) 38. f5 (38.
Bc1 $1 $18) 38... gxf5 $1 $14 39. gxf5 Nd4 {[%cal Oa4a3] [#]} 40. e6 ({White
must play} 40. Bc1 $1 $16) 40... Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Bxe6 $1 $11 {
and Black is okay.} 41. fxe6 Nxe6) 41. Bc1 $1 $18 Kb3 42. f6 $2 (42. Ke3 $18)
42... Bxe6 $11 43. f7 Bxf7 44. Nxf7 {Hoping for Ng5.} Ka2 45. Ng5 h5 46. Ne4 {
Strongly threatening Ke3.} Kb1 47. Bh6 Ne5 {And now ...Ng4+ would win.} 48. Ke2
Ng6 49. Nd2+ Kb2 50. Nc4+ Kc3 51. Nd2 {Threatening mate with Bg7+.} Nxh4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (51... Nf4+ $2 52. Bxf4 c1=N+ 53. Ke3 $18) (51... c1=R $11 52.
Ne4+ Kd4 53. Bxc1 Kxe4) 52. Ne4+ $2 (52. Bg7# {mates}) 52... Kb2 {The position
is equal.} 53. Bg7+ Kb1 54. Nc3+ Kb2 55. Ne4+ Kxa3 56. Kd2 Nf5 57. Be5 Kb3 58.
Nc5+ Kc4 59. Nxa6 Kd5 60. Bb8 Nd4 61. Nb4+ Ke4 62. Nxc2 Nxc2 63. Kxc2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.26 (precise) /Black=0.37} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,60,19,14,14,6,3,0,8,11,27,15,24,13,19,31,13,27,96,28,22,20,25,24,24,
25,47,19,47,61,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] 6...a5 is
setting a new trend. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5
d3.} 7. Nf1 h6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3
{[#]} c5 $146 {[#]} (13... exd4 $11 14. cxd4 d5) ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14.
Bd3 a4 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qc2 b5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Qc7 19. Ra6 Qb7 {1-0 (93)
So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2862) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. dxe5 ({White should
play} 14. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Bd7 15. Qa4) 14... dxe5 $11 15. Be3 c4 16.
Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Red1 (18. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Raa8 19. Rd2 $11)
18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a4 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Ra5.} 20. Rd8+ (20. Nd2 $1 $16)
20... Kh7 {And now ...Ra5 would win. The position is equal.} 21. Nd2 $1 a3 22.
bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bxc4 Rxc3 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rb8 Rc2 {[%csl LRa2,LRd2]} 26. Nf3
Rxa2 27. Rxb7 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Ra2 29. Kg1 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Ra2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,62,-7,-1,5,30,25,37,26,26,25,23,16,9,0,43,34,47,47,56,0,0,0,6,14,0,
12,0,-33,-33,-87,-98,-88,-78,-72,-59,-245,-256,-300,-300,-289,-284,-621,-604,
-511,-508,-29954,-6302,-29985,-29986,-29990,-29983,-29990,-808]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} h5 {Inhibits g4.} 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4
Qc7 (12... O-O $11 {was preferrable.}) 13. Kb1 $1 $14 Rb8 14. h3 h4 15. Qe1 (
15. Rge1 $14) 15... b4 $11 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 {[#]} 19.
Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. g3 g6 20. gxh4 Be6 21. Rg5 a5 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5
Rh6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rf5 {0-1 (75) Giri,A (2777)-Duda,J (2756) chess24.com
INT 2021}) 19... Nf6 20. Rge1 (20. fxe5 $15 dxe5 21. Qe3) 20... Kf8 {Black is
more active.} 21. fxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxa6 Rh6 {
[%cal Bh8h6,Bh6g6,Bg6g2][%mdl 32]} 23. Rf1 $2 {[#] This move loses the game
for White.} (23. Bf1 $15) 23... Rg6 $1 $19 24. Bd3 Rxg2 25. Rf2 Rg3 26. Rdf1 $2
(26. Rf5) 26... e4 27. Rxf6 {[%cal Od3e4] Strongly threatening Bxe4!} exd3 28.
Nd4 (28. R6f4 $19 Qxc2+ 29. Qxc2 dxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rxh3 31. Rd4) 28... gxf6 29.
Qh6+ Kg8 {Black mates.} 30. cxd3 Rg6 31. Qxh4 Qg3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.78/Black=0.05 (flawless)} (31... Rg2 $142 32. Qe1 {[#]} Bxa2+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 33. Kxa2 b3+ 34. Nxb3 Qc2 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Qg1+ Kh8 37. Qxf2 Ra8+
38. Qa7 Rxa7+ 39. Na5 Rxa5#) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,45,34,18,40,43,43,47,40,43,49,44,40,44,64,61,56,53,92,12,9,8,49,
45,51,48,43,43,53,40,63,41,33,38,67,51,48,52,68,66,72,66,58,43,54,38,29,31,33,
26,81,91,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5.
Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 {D32: Tarrasch
Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} O-O 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bb2 {White is
slightly better.} Re8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Bb1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Qd7 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Rad8 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. Nxf5 Nxf5
20. Qg4 Nce7 21. Rfe1 d4 {½-½ (29) Koneru,H (2589)-Hou,Y (2623) Kazan 2012})
16. Nf4 ({Wrong is} 16. Qxd5 $2 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19)
16... Bxf4 17. exf4 Qd6 18. Ne5 (18. g4 $16) 18... f6 $11 19. Nf3 Rcd8 (19...
Bg6 $11) 20. Nd4 $1 $14 Bg6 (20... Qxf4 $2 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. f3 $18) 21. Qg4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf7 {[%cal Bg6f7,Bf7e6,Be6f5][%mdl 32]} 23. Rcd1 Be6 24. Qf3 (24.
Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 24... Bf5 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. Rfe1 Bg6 27. Re3 Qb5 28. Qg4 {
Threatens to win with f5.} Qc6 {[%cal Oe4f2]} 29. f5 Bf7 30. Rde1 h5 31. Qd1
Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 32. Bd3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 d4 (33... Qc5 $11
{keeps the balance.}) 34. Bxd4 $16 Qd5 {[%csl LRd4,LRf5]} 35. Bb2 {This bishop
pair is nice.} (35. Bb6 $16 Rc8 36. Re1) 35... Nxf5 $11 {The position is equal.
} 36. Rf3 Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 37. Rg3 {[#] Strongly
threatening Bxf6.} Nf5 $1 38. Rf3 (38. Bxf6 Rd6 39. Qc2 Rxf6 $17) 38... Nh4 39.
Rg3 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Nf5 $1 40. Rf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very
precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} (40. Bxf6 Rd6 41. Qc2 Rxf6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,30,40,25,35,20,55,56,49,14,72,40,74,66,72,27,32,31,58,20,11,16,
30,29,39,45,37,35,47,31,50,41,56,20,25,28,39,33,54,56,58,52,56,48,48,48,48,21,
19,19,19,25,19,24,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]}
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10.
Re1 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} a5 11. a4
Re8 12. Nc4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Nd5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
1-0 (49) De Firmian,N (2537)-Holst,A (2358) Copenhagen 2004}) 13. Bf4 b6 (13...
c5 $11) 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 ({Much worse is} 15. Rxe5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd6 $15)
15... Bb7 16. Bb5 (16. Re3 $16) 16... Qd5 $11 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 17.
f3 {Active counter play!} Rf8 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Bg3 Nd5 20. Bb5 (20. Qe2 {
keeps more tension.} Bg5 21. Qf2 Bf4 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. Rad1) 20... Bh4 21. Qd2
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qd6 23. Qf2 Ne7 24. g4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qh4 Qf4 27. Kf2 g5
28. Qh5 Rfd8 $1 29. Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h8] [#]} Kf8 $1 30. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 31.
Qxg7 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 32. Rad1 (32. Rh6 {feels hotter.} Rg8 33. Qe5 cxd4 34.
Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35. cxd4 Rac8 36. Bd3) 32... cxd4 $1 33. Rxd4 {Really sharp!} Rxd4
34. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 36. Kg3 Rc2 {The
position is equal.} 37. Rh8 Rxb2 38. Rb8 Bd5 39. Rxb6 Bc4 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ba6
Rxb7 42. Bxb7 {KB-KB} e5 43. d5 Ke7 (43... Bb3 $5 44. Bc6 Ke7 $11) 44. Kf2 $1
Kd6 (44... Bb3 $5 45. Bc6 f6 $11) 45. Ke3 Bxd5 (45... Bb3 $5 46. Bc6 f6 $11)
46. Bxd5 Kxd5 {KP-KP} 47. Kd3 Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Kd5.} (47... Kc5 $5
48. Kc3 Kd5 $11) 48. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd3
Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Kd5.} 51. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08
(flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,0,0,7,0,0,-5,28,0,0,-12,-11,-22,18,12,19,27,19,16,20,6,5,-19,-22,
-75,-74,-83,-89,-88,-89,-88,311,312,317,300,313,331,531,547,575,568,619,604,
710,739,729,704,697,682,793,779,1074,1074,1074,1011,766,739,1074,1074,1230,
1208,1159,1117,868,540,2041,1766,29963,29967,29967,29965,29984,29985]} 1. b3 d5
2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. d3 Bh7 {
A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nc6 {
The position is equal.} 11. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 12. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12.
Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Bc3 Na7 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. Nh4 {
½-½ (31) Mihok,O (2550)-Sadzikowski,D (2567) Rio Achaea 2018}) 12... Re8 13.
Qa1 Bf8 (13... Qd7 {feels hotter.} 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. e5 Nh7) 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nb1 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nh4 c6
18. Bh3 Ne6 19. Bf5 (19. Rb2 $11) 19... Nd4 $17 {[%csl LRb3,LRe2,LRf5]} 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nc3 {[#]} b5 $1 22. Rb1 Bxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black
the game.} 23. Rxa3 $18 b4 24. Ra4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4d4,Bd4f4,Bf4f6,Bf6c6][%mdl
32]} bxc3 25. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Rxe2 $2 (25... Rab8 {keeps
fighting.} 26. e3 Rb4) 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rxc3 Rb6 28. Rf4 Rb2 29. Rxf6 R2xb3 30.
Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxc6 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 32. Nf5 a4 33. Rxh6+ Kg8
34. Ra6 a3 35. Ne7+ Kf8 {[#]} 36. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 (36... f6 37. Nxf6) 37. Rxa3 {
KR-KR} Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. g4 f5 40. h3 Kg6 41. Ra6+ {White mates.} Kg5 42. Ra5
Kh4 43. Rxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,14,1,-6,-9,-29,-6,0,15,18,8,0,26,21,47,0,30,0,20,-20,-15,-25,-15,
-23,-18,-130,-135,-355,-357,-440,-408,-424,-273,-343,-351,-361,-117,-131,-113,
-106,-136,-127,-99,-127,-85,-172,-134,-125,-122,-181,-175,-265,-164,-137,-79,
-204,-209,-178,-149,-156,-127,-141,-131,-145,-142,-264,-252,-249,-253,-272,
-193,-12835,-12836,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12837,-1994,-685]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5
Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. g4 Be6 $1 8. h3 {B01:
Scandinavian Defence.} Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bg2 {The position is equal.} e6
11. O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. a3 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. h4
Be8 15. Be3 Qf5 16. Qe1 f6 17. f4 Qg4 {½-½ (39) Bohlin,I-Karlsson,A Sweden
1990}) 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. c3 e5 14. Qc2 h5 15. b4 (15. dxe5 {seems wilder.} Qxe5
16. Bf4 Qc5 17. b4 Qc4 18. Qa4) 15... Qc7 16. dxe5 (16. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]}
Nd5 17. b5 $11) 16... Nd5 17. g5 Qxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 18. f4 Qf5
$36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} (18... Nxb4 $2 19. cxb4 $1 Qxa1 20.
Be3 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 $18) 19. Qa4 (19. Qd2 $11) 19... Qd3 $17 {[%csl LRc3,LRe2,
LRh3]} 20. Rf2 (20. Qd1 $17 {was the only chance.} Qxd1 21. Rxd1) 20... Bxh3
$19 ({And not} 20... Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qxc3 22. Bb2 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. Bxg7 $17
) 21. Qxa7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Kh2 h4 24. a4 {[#]} Nc7 {To avoid b5} (24...
c5 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc7.} 25. Ng1 Bd6) 25. Qe3 $17 Qxe3 {Black is much
more active. White has bad knights.} 26. Bxe3 Rd3 27. Bb6 Nd5 28. Bd4 f6 (28...
Re8 $142 29. Bxg7 Bd6) 29. Re1 (29. a5 $17) 29... Bd6 30. gxf6 gxf6 {[%cal
Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 31. Rg1 (31. Ref1 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Rd2
$19 32. Rgg2 (32. Kg2 {was worth a try.}) 32... h3 33. Rg4 Re8 ({Black should
try} 33... Bc7 {White must now prevent ...Bb6.} 34. a5 Bb8) 34. Ng1 (34. Ng3
$17 {was the only defense.} Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2 f5 ({Not} 
35... Nxf4 36. Bg3 Re4 37. Nxh3 Re2+ 38. Nf2 $15) 36. Rh4 Bxf4+ 37. Kxh3 Be3
38. Kg2 Nxc3 39. Nf3 (39. a5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 39... Bxf2 ({But not} 
39... Nxa4 $2 40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Kf2 $19) 40. Kxf2 Nxa4 {KRN-KRN} 41. Rf4 Re4
42. Rxe4 (42. Rxf5 Rxb4 43. Ke3) 42... fxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Nd2
Nc3 44. Nc4 Kc7 45. Ke3 Nd5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.26 
(precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,14,13,1,0,0,-11,0,16,-3,24,27,29,19,28,-8,-13,-8,-7,-7,0,0,7,12,0,
0,15,7,10,8,0,0,0,0,139,139,205,213,208,208,178,0,255,273,258,258,264,195,272,
276,341,353,354,363,470,470,856,836,821,806,652,624]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 a5
10. a3 a4 11. Qc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Qxc7 Nxf3+
16. gxf3 Nc5 17. e4 Qh5 18. f4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qxg4 21. Qc3 Qf3 {
0-1 (21) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Karjakin,S (2754) Bucharest 2019}) 6. Bf4 {
E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5.} c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 {
The position is equal.} Qa5 9. Nge2 {Inhibits d4.} Ne4 10. a3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Nxc5
{[#] aiming for ...Nd3+.} 12. Ng3 $146 (12. axb4 {keeps more tension.} Nd3+ 13.
Kd2 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Nxc1 15. Rxb4 Nxe2 16. Rxb7 Nxf4 17. Bb5) ({Predecessor:} 12.
axb4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Qb3 15. Qb1 Nxb2 16. Qxf5 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18.
Nc3 {1-0 (43) Girya,O (2442)-Danielian,E (2445) Batumi 2016}) 12... Bxc3+ 13.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. h4 h5 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. O-O f6 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Ra2
{White wants to play Rad2.} Nc4 {Inhibits Rad2.} 20. a4 b6 21. Rd4 {[%cal
Oe3e4]} a5 (21... Ne6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Be3e4,
Be4d5][%mdl 32]} ({Much weaker is} 22. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Kb7 $11) 22... Ne6
(22... Nd6 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. exd5 $18 (23. Rxd5 Nxf4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14
) 23... Nxd4 24. Bxc4 {This bishop pair is nice.} ({Stronger than} 24. cxd4 Nd6
$11) 24... Nf5 25. Rb2 $2 ({White should play} 25. Ba6+ $18 Kd7 26. Rb2 (26.
Bb5+ Ke7 $16)) 25... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Kb7 $1 $11) 26. Ba6+ Kc7 {[#]}
27. c4 $1 {[%cal Oc4c5] Strongly threatening c5!} Rb8 28. Ne2 {Threatens to
win with Nd4.} Rhe8 (28... Bf5 $142 29. Ng3 (29. Nd4 Bd7 $16) 29... g6) 29. Nd4
{Hoping for Nb5+.} Kd7 30. Nc6 Ra8 31. Rxb6 {Really sharp!} Re1+ 32. Kh2 {
White is clearly winning.} Rb1 {[#]} (32... Bd3 $142 33. Nxa5 Rxa6 34. Rxa6
Nxc4 35. Ra7+ Ke8) 33. Nb8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb8 34. Rxd6+ Ke7 35. Re6+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,54,16,22,13,25,35,26,16,19,4,29,25,23,22,29,28,27,20,38,37,39,39,38,
33,37,0,0,0,35]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Rad1 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with
4 g3.} Rb8 16. b3 Re8 17. Ng3 {[#] White has an edge.} (17. Nd4 {with more
complications.} Rb6 18. Bf5 Be6 19. Rfe1 Be5 20. f4) 17... a5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Be5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rbd8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. g3 Re7 22.
Re3 Bd6 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 {1-0 (62) Gadimbayli,A (2470)-Barp,A (2361) Chess.com
INT 2021}) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. f4 Re3 22. g3 Bb4 23. Kg2
Kf8 24. Rf3 Re2+ 25. Rf2 Re3 26. Rf3 Re2+ 27. Rf2 Re3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,140,0,0,6,14,0,7,0,0,0,7,0,7,-2,17,1,12,0,0,0,23,8,15,13,20,7,8,0,12,
7,25,24,48,24,49,24,31,30,46,31,29,13,41,39,25,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-36,-172,
-172,-179,-175,-212,-205,-243,-184,-187,-189,-184,-181,-288,-169,-175,-169,
-169,-169,-169,-176,-176,-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-176,-169,-176,
-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-169,-190,-187,-187,-169,-239,-239,-231,-203,
-1065,-1004,-764,-714,-29960,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29968,
-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29965,-29967,-29965,-29965,-29968,-29969,-29968,
-29969,-29967,-29967,-29955,-29956,-10256,-5087,-5065,-5061]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3
Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...
Bb4.} a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1
O-O 11. Re1 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. Bf1 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14.
d3 Ne6 15. Nb1 c5 16. Nbd2 Bc7 17. g3 b5 {1-0 (58) Peralta,F (2505)-Fluvia
Poyatos,J (2321) Barcelona 2003}) 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Ne2 c6 15. Nf4 a5
16. Nd3 f6 17. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2c2,Bc2c1][%mdl 32]} a4 18. Rec2 axb3 19.
axb3 Rfc8 20. g3 g6 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Ra1 Rcc8 23. Rcc1 Rcb8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25.
Ra1 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Qa1 Bb7 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Na6 30. Bd4 Naxc5 31. Qa3 (31. Bxc5 $11 Qxc5 32. Qa5) 31...
Kf7 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 32. Ne1 {[#] To avoid Nd3. Loses the game.} (32. Bxc5
$15 Qxc5 33. Qa5) 32... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Pair of Knights!} 33. Bg2 (33.
Qxc5 Nxh3+) 33... Nce4 34. b4 Bc8 35. Nc2 Nh3+ 36. Bxh3 Bxh3 37. Qa8 Qe6 {
[#] ( -> ...g5)} 38. Qb7+ (38. Qh8 {was the only defense.}) 38... Qd7 (38...
Kg8 $142 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ g5)
39. Qa8 Qf5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5f1]} 40. Qb7+ Kg8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5f1]} 41.
Qb8+ Kg7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5f1]} 42. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5f1]} 43.
Qf4+ g5 44. Qxf5 Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 45. Bb6 Bd7 46. Nd4 Kg6 47.
Kg2 h5 48. Nb3 Nd6 49. Bc5 Nc4 50. Bd4 Bf5 51. Nc5 Be4+ 52. Kf2 Nd2 53. Nd7 (
53. Bc3 $142 Nf3 54. h3) 53... Nf3 54. Bxf6 Nxh2 55. Bd4 $2 (55. Bd8) 55...
Ng4+ 56. Kg1 Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 57. Nb8 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Bb6
h3 60. Bc7 d4 61. exd4 Bd5 62. Nd7 h2+ 63. Bxh2 Nxh2 64. Kxh2 {KB-KN} Ke4 65.
Nc5+ Kxd4 66. Kg3 Kc4 67. Na6 Be6 68. Nb8 Kd5 69. Na6 Bc8 70. Nc5 Kc4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.08 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,135,-12,0,-22,-12,-14,-17,-33,-20,-22,-14,-20,0,-22,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,
0,0,66,50,93,85,82,93,93,95,78,83,89,87,116,96,96,96,141,146,151,19,22,0,160,
139,145,144,137,96,170,145,148,143,123,79,77,19,108,108,152,151,211,200,207,
183,170,116,187,96,78,92,210,199,401,203,398,391,601,577,663,688,793,779,1126,
1111,650,540,1087,1430,5185,3792,2427,1857,5539,5057,6544,482,1268,1120,6412,
5547,5097,2266,4596,2157,1139,164,6111,6103,6103,6079,29967,29968,29966,29967,
29964,29962,29979,29980]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Ne7 6.
exd5 Nxd5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.
A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} a5 10. Re1 h6 11. Rb1 {
The position is equal.} a4 12. Ne4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4c3,Bc3a4][%mdl 32]} Re8 {[#]
} 13. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Nb5 Bf7 16. c4 Nb6 17.
Bc3 Re7 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. Nd2 {0-1 (67) Valles Moreno,I (2398)-Svane,R (2625)
Ciudad Real 2021}) 13... Nb6 14. Be3 Bf5 {[%cal Ob6c4]} 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Nc3 g5
17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Re3 Bf8 (19... Re7 $11) 20. Nxa4 $14 e4 (20...
Kg7 $14 {was preferrable.}) 21. dxe4 $16 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxa4 23. exf5 {[%mdl
64] Discovered Attack} Rxe3 24. fxe3 Rxc4 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Bf1 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc1
({Black should play} 27... Rxd2+ 28. Nxd2 Kf6) 28. g4 Kf6 29. Rd7 (29. h3 $16)
29... Rc2+ $11 30. Rd2 (30. Ke1 $11) 30... Rc1 $1 $16 31. Bb5 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Kxe5
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. b4 (33. Be2 $142) 33... Bd6 (33... Rc3 $16)
34. Be8 Rc7 35. Kf3 Bf8 36. Ba4 {White is more active.} (36. Rd8 $142) 36...
Rc3 37. Rd8 (37. Ra2 $16) 37... Bd6 (37... Be7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 38.
Rd7 Bd6) 38. Be8 $1 Rc7 (38... Rxa3 $142 39. Bxf7 Bxb4 40. Re8+ Kf6) 39. h3 Be7
(39... Kd5 $16 40. Ke2 Ke5) 40. Rd3 $18 Bf8 41. Ba4 Kf6 42. Bb3 (42. e4 $18)
42... Be7 (42... Ke7 $16 {was called for.} 43. Bd5 Bg7) 43. Ba2 ({Better is} 
43. e4 $18) 43... Rc2 $16 {[#]} 44. Bd5 Rc7 (44... Rh2 $16) 45. Be4 $18 Ke5 $2
(45... Rc1 46. Bxb7 Rh1) 46. Rd5+ Kf6 47. Rb5 Rc3 (47... Bd6 $142 48. Rxb6 Ke7)
48. Rxb6+ Ke5 49. Rxb7 Kf6 50. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] aiming
for a5.} Rb3 51. a5 {Strongly threatening a6.} Rxb4 52. Rxb4 Bxb4 {KB-KB} 53.
a6 {Intending a7 and mate.} Bc5 54. Bd5 Ke7 55. Ke2 f6 56. Kd3 Kd6 57. Bb7 (57.
e4 $142 {Threatens to win with Kc3.} Bf2 58. Bb3) 57... Ba7 (57... Kc7 $142 58.
e4 Kd6) 58. e4 Bg1 59. Kc4 Ke5 60. Kb5 (60. Bd5 $142 Bd4 61. Bf7) 60... Kd6 61.
Bc8 (61. Bd5 $142 Bd4 62. e5+ fxe5 {[#]} 63. f6 $1) 61... Bd4 62. Be6 $2 (62.
Kc4 Ke5 63. Be6) 62... Bg1 $2 (62... Kc7 63. Bd5 Kb8) 63. Bb3 Bf2 64. e5+ fxe5
65. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32] White mates.} e4 66. f7 Ke7 67. Kc6 Be3 68.
Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,19,29,0,4,0,0,-3,41,24,31,21,45,41,69,61,128,121,140,140,113,84,
157,135,360,29,12,15,267,74,186,169,278,277,277,267,485,268,475,52,162,160,130,
84,90,84,166,136,124,117,167,73,86,81,140,107,100,112,110,56,65,35,307,292,266,
271,278,266,506,495,510,504,502,491,447,402,660,1153,1412,1359,29964,29964,
29964,29965,29964,29966,29966,29967,29976,29977,29978,29979,29979,29979,29978,
29976,29988,29981,29986,29987,29990,29988,29987,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6)
, unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O {The position is equal.}
O-O-O (8... Nd7 $11) 9. Qe2 {[#]} Rdg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 {1-0 (36) Kachev,
T-Couspeyre,T IECG email 2003}) 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. d4 Bxb3 (12... Bg4
$14) 13. dxe5 $16 (13. axb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qg6 $14) 13... Qe6 {...Bc4 is the
strong threat.} 14. axb3 (14. cxb3 f6 $14) 14... f6 15. Be3 Qg4 (15... fxe5
$142 16. c4 (16. Ng5 Qg6 $14) 16... a6) 16. Rfe1 {White is more active.} Qxe4
$2 (16... Re8 $16) 17. Bxb6 $2 ({Weaker is} 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qc1 Rxd1 19. Qxd1
Rd8 $14) ({White must play} 17. Nd2 $18 Qf5 18. g4) 17... Qxe2 $11 18. Rxe2
axb6 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... cxb6 $11 19. e6 Nf4) 19. g3 $2 (19. Re4 $1 $18 {
and the rest is easy.}) 19... fxe5 (19... Rd8 $16 20. Ra1 Kd7) 20. Nxe5 $18 {
Strongly threatening Ra1.} ({Don't do} 20. Rxe5 $6 Nf6 $14) 20... Rd8 (20...
Nf6 $142 21. Ra1 Kb8) 21. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a8]} Kb8 {Prevents Ra8+.} 22. b4 Rd4 $2
(22... Rhg8 {might work better.} 23. Re3 c5) 23. Kg2 (23. Re3 $142 {Intending
Rea3 and mate.} Rhd8 24. Kg2) 23... Rhd8 $2 {[#]} (23... c5 24. c3 Rd5) 24. c3
$2 (24. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3a3] White threatens Rea3 and mate.} Rd1 25. Ra2)
24... Rd1 ({Better is} 24... Rd2 $1 $14 25. Rae1 Nf6) 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Nf3 (26. Ng4 $142) 26... Kc8 27. Nd4 Kd7 {Inhibits
Re7+.} (27... Nf6 $16) 28. f4 g6 29. Nf3 Ng7 (29... Rd5 $16) 30. g4 (30. Ng5
$18 {has better winning chances.}) 30... Ne6 $16 31. Kg3 c5 (31... Rd3 $142)
32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Ng7 34. Kf4 (34. Kg4 $16 {aiming for f6.} Rd5 35. f6)
34... cxb4 35. f6 (35. cxb4 $5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Rf1 36. Re3 $14) 35... Nh5+ {
[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} ({Black should try} 35... Ne6+ $14
36. Kg4 bxc3) 36. Kg5 $18 Nxf6 (36... Rd5+ $2 37. Ne5+ Ke6 {[#]} 38. f7 $1 $18
(38. Kxh5 Kxf6 39. cxb4 Rxe5+ 40. Rxe5 Kxe5 $18)) 37. Kxf6 {Hoping for Rd2+.
KRN-KR} Rf1 {White must now prevent ...bxc3.} 38. Re3 bxc3 $2 (38... b3 39. c4
Rf2 40. Rxb3 Kc6) 39. bxc3 c5 40. Kg7 h5 41. h4 b5 42. Kg6 Kc6 (42... Ra1 $142
43. Kxh5 Ra3 44. Ne5+ Kc7) 43. Kxh5 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Kg6 {White mates.} Rd1
46. h5 Rd6+ 47. Kg5 Kb5 48. h6 Ka4 49. h7 Rd8 {[#]} 50. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Rd5+ (50... Ka5 51. Re5+) 51. Kg6 Rd8 {[#]} 52. Kf7 $1 b5 (52... b3 53. Nxb3)
53. Nb3 Ka3 54. Nc5+ Ka2 55. Kg7 Rc8 56. h8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
53/Black=0.76} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,236,35,37,33,19,31,25,33,27,31,18,31,26,25,20,25,19,23,16,23,0,22,12,
35,33,40,29,54,26,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,14,34,34,28,5,31,0,18,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-125,
-111,-117,-82,-105,-105,-106,-91,-100,-95,-106,-92,-434,-81,-90,-51,-45,-41,
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-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,0,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-96,-96,-96,-96,
-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-57,-57,-57,-57,-77,-111,-111,-111,-57,-57,-75,-96,-96,
-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,
-91,-91,-91,-91,-8,-91,-91,-91,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-9,-9,
-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-9,-8,-9,-8,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4
d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} 7. O-O (
7. a3 {with more complications.} Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nh4) 7... Nd7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 {White has an edge.} 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. c4 N5f6 {[#]} 12. Nc3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Rad1
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. b3 {1-0 (50) Ostrovskiy,A (2470)-Plichta,K (2425) Chess.
com INT 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rad8 (15... Qf5 $5 {
[%cal Rf5f4]} 16. Bg3 Nh5 $11) 16. a3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. c5 Bxe5
20. dxe5 (20. Bxe5 {seems wilder.} Nd5 21. Ne4 f6 22. Bd6 Nh4 23. Qc2) 20...
Rxd1+ $1 ({Resist} 20... Nd5 21. Ne4 $14) 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Qc2 h6
24. Nd6 b6 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. b4 Nge7 27. Rc1 Qa6 28. Qb2 Rb8 29. Qb3 {Prevents
Qa4.} Qe2 {[%cal Oa7a5]} 30. Qd1 Nc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.}
31. Qb3 (31. Qd4 $11 Ned5 32. Qxa7) 31... Ned5 $17 {[%cal Oc6c5]} 32. h3 a5 33.
Kh2 axb4 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Qa3 {[#]} Qb2 36. Qa8+ {[#]} Rb8 $1 ({Of course not
} 36... Kh7 $6 37. Re1 $11) 37. Qa7 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qa1 $17 {nothing else
works.}) 37... Rf8 $2 (37... Qxc1 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. Qxb8+ Kh7) 38. Ra1
Ne2 {Pair of Knights!} (38... c5 {is interesting.} 39. Ra5 Qb1 40. Ra1 Qb4 41.
Qd7 Nb6) 39. Ra2 {[#]} Qd4 40. Qxd4 Nxd4 {[%cal Be2d4,Bd4c6,Bc6e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4]
[%mdl 32]} 41. Ra4 c5 42. f3 (42. Ra5 $11 {remains equal.}) 42... Rb8 {
Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} 43. Bf2 Nc6 44. Bxc5 Nxe5 45. Ra2 h5 46. Ne4 Rc8
47. Bd6 Ng6 48. Rb2 h4 49. Rb8 Rxb8 50. Bxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} f6
51. Kg1 e5 52. Ba7 Ngf4 53. Nd6 g5 54. Kh2 Ne2 {Prevents g3.} 55. Bc5 Kg7 56.
Nf5+ Kg6 57. Nd6 Ndf4 58. Be3 Nh5 59. Bb6 Nhg3 60. Bd8 Nh5 (60... Nf1+ $17 61.
Kh1 Ne3) 61. Ne4 (61. Bb6 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 61...
Neg3 {Hoping for ...Nxe4.} 62. Nc3 Nf4 63. Kg1 Nfe2+ 64. Nxe2 Nxe2+ {KB-KN} 65.
Kf2 Nf4 66. Bc7 Kf7 67. Bd8 Nd5 68. Ba5 Ke7 69. g3 Kf7 70. Bd2 Kg6 71. Ba5
hxg3+ 72. Kxg3 Kh5 {Prevents h4.} (72... Ne7 $17 73. Bd2 Nf5+ 74. Kf2 Nd4) 73.
Bd8 $1 $15 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 74. Ba5 f4+ 75. Kg2 Kg6 76. Bd8 Kf5
77. Kf2 Nc3 78. Ba5 Nb5 79. Bd8 Nd6 80. Be7 Nf7 81. Ba3 e4 82. fxe4+ Kxe4 83.
Be7 Kf5 84. Kg2 Ne5 85. Kf2 Kg6 86. Bd8 Kh5 (86... Nd7 $17) 87. Bf6 (87. Bc7
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 87... Nc4 $17 88. Bd8 Kh4 ({Black should play} 88...
Kg6 $17) 89. Be7 {The position is equal.} Nd2 90. Kg2 Ne4 91. Bd8 Nc3 92. Be7
Nd5 93. Bd8 Ne3+ 94. Kf3 Nf5 95. Kg2 Kh5 96. Kf3 Nh4+ 97. Ke4 Ng6 98. Bf6 Kh4
99. Kf5 {[%csl LRg5,LRg6] [#]} f3 $1 100. Bxg5+ Kxh3 {( -> ...f2)} (100... Kg3
$5 101. Be3 Nh8 $11) 101. Be3 Nh4+ 102. Ke4 Kg2 103. Bd4 Ng6 104. Bc5 Nf8 105.
Ba7 Ne6 106. Bb6 Ng5+ 107. Kf4 Nh3+ 108. Ke4 Nf2+ 109. Kf4 Nd3+ 110. Ke4 Nb2
111. Bd4 Nc4 112. Ba7 Nd2+ 113. Kd3 Nf1 114. Ke4 Nh2 115. Kf4 Kf1 116. Kg3 Ke2
117. Kxh2 f2 118. Bxf2 $1 Kxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /
Black=0.24 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,17,15,-10,0,-10,-4,-22,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,41,56,-62,-62,-77,
-70,-86,-86,-89,-81,-86,-113,-177,-184,-182,-179,-459,8,8,33,44,166,163,366,
335,582,500,442,411,420,269,278,290,430,418,602,525,525,514,510,182,167,17,15,
0,29989,960,5710,5248,4132,751,785,52,877,183,1625,0,0,0,1175,-230,-230,-256,
-256,-256,-256,-256,-228,-228,-220,-256,-256,-256]} 1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3
e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 {A25: English Opening vs
King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 {
The position is equal.} a5 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Nd2 Qf7 13. Nd5 Ba7 14. b4 axb4 (
14... f4 $11 {was preferrable.}) 15. axb4 $14 {[#]} f4 $146 {aiming for ...
fxg3.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4 16. e3 Nb5 17. Ra1 c6 18. Ra5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5
cxd5 20. Rxb5 dxc4 21. dxc4 {½-½ (39) Schibuola,F (1623)-Sulis,G (1741) IECG
email 2006}) 16. Kh1 (16. e3 $1 $14) 16... Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under
pressure.} 17. b5 c6 18. Nc3 Qh5 19. b6 Bb8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Ne4 (21. Rb2 $17)
21... d5 $19 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc5 (23. Nc3) 23... e4 $2 24. dxe4 $11 (24. Nxd4
$2 fxg3 25. fxg3 Bxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 24... fxg3 25. fxg3 Bxg3 26. Qxd4 $18
Rad8 (26... Rxf3 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Be5) 27. Qg1 (27. h3 $2
Bxh3 28. Kg1 Qg6 29. Bxh3 (29. Ng5 $2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Bf2+ 32. Qxf2
Qxg5 $19) 29... Be5+ 30. Bg2 Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 dxe4 $19) 27... Bb8
$2 (27... dxe4 {is a better defense.} 28. Nxe4 (28. Nxb7 Rd5 $18) 28... Bb8)
28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Rbc1 Re8 30. Rfd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe2 (31... Bf4 $142) 32.
Rd8+ Kh7 (32... Kf7 $142 33. Qf1 (33. Rxb8 Bxf3 34. Rxb7+ Bxb7 $11) (33. Ng5+
hxg5 34. Rxb8 Bf3 $11) 33... Bxf3 34. Qxf3+ Qxf3 35. Bxf3 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Bg3 37.
Bxb7 Rb2 38. Bd5+ Kf6) 33. Qb1+ (33. Rxb8 $2 Bxf3 34. Qb1+ (34. Nxb7 Bxg2+ 35.
Qxg2 Re1+) 34... g6 $19) 33... Bf5 34. Qd1 (34. Qb3 $2 Re1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]})
34... Rb2 {And now ...Rb1 would win.} 35. Rxb8 $2 (35. Nd3 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qh3+
37. Kf2 Bxh2 38. Ke3) 35... Rb1 {[#]} 36. Qxb1 (36. Qg1 $1 $18) 36... Bxb1 $11
37. Ne6 (37. Nxb7 Be4 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Bxe4+ Kxg5 $19) 37... Qc5 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} 38. Rxb7 (38. Nxc5 $142 g5 39. Rxb7+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Kxe5 42.
b7 Bg6 43. b8=Q+ Kd4 44. Qb4+ Ke3 45. Re7+ Be4 46. Rxe4+ Kf2 47. Qe1#) 38...
Qc1+ 39. Ng1 Kg6 40. Bd5 (40. Rxg7+ $142 Kf6 41. b7 $1) 40... Kf6 41. Ra7 $2 (
41. Rc7 $18 Qb2 42. Nc5) 41... Qd2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Qe3 $14 42. Nf3
Qxb6) 42. Bg2 $2 ({Less strong is} 42. Nc7 Qb4 $18) (42. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Rf7+ would kill now.} Bg6 (42... Be4+ 43. Bxe4) 43. b7 $1 Qxf4 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45.
Ra8) 42... Bf5 $2 (42... Kxe6 $2 43. b7 Qb2 44. Bf3 $18) (42... Qe3 43. Nc5
Qxc5) 43. Nf3 $2 Qd1+ 44. Ng1 Bxe6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qd2 $11) 45. Ra3 $4
{[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. b7 $18 {was the only winning move.} Qb3 46. Ra8) 45...
Bd5 $1 $19 46. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 47. Rf3+ Kg6 48. Kg2 Qb7 49. h3 Qxb6 50. Ne2 Qb2 51.
Kf1 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.73/Black=0.85. An unexpected
result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,34,22,40,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-17,-19,-21,0,-19,0,-1,0,-12,0,-46,
-36,-52,-22,-78,-83,-77,31,24,85,75,103,61,62,63,61,61,61,56,56,45,45,45,45,45,
45,45,45,45,45,45,56,56,56,56,59,59]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9.
Bd3 (9. g3 $14) 9... Qc7 {[#]} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14. h4 Qb6 15. Rab1 h6 16. a3 {0-1 (44)
Baumgartl,H (1908)-Urankar,H (2167) Bayern 2010}) 10... cxd4 {The position is
equal.} 11. cxd4 Nb4 $1 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. g3 Qb6 15. Rab1 Rc8 16. h4
Bd8 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. b4 (18. Nb3 $11) 18... Nf5 $15 19. Rec1 O-O 20. b5 (20. Nb3
$11) 20... Be7 $17 21. a4 a5 (21... a6 $17) 22. Ne2 $14 f6 (22... Rc7 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 23. Nf3 $16 Nxe3 {[#]} 24. Qxe3 (24. exf6 $1 $16 {
Strongly threatening Ne5.} Bxf6 25. Qxe3) 24... f5 {White is slightly better.}
25. Nf4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 {Threatens to win with Ng6.} ({Much weaker is} 26. Qxc1
Rc8 27. Qd1 Qc7 $11) 26... Rc8 $1 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qc3 {To avoid Qc7} Bd7 29.
Nd3 {Pair of Knights!} Kf7 30. Kf1 Qd8 31. h5 b6 32. Nf4 $1 Bb4 33. Qc2 {
[%cal Og3g4]} Kg8 34. Nh4 Qc8 35. Qxc8+ Bxc8 36. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,37,21,22,15,14,11,14,15,14,12,50,42,32,34,37,35,102,39,41,35,25,30,
47,54,51,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 {The main line 7.Bh4 scores better than 7.Bxf6.} O-O 8. e3 {E35:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5.} c5 (8... Re8 9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc5
Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. h4 g4 14. Bf4 Nce4 15. Ng3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Nxg3 17. fxg3 Bd7 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qa5 {0-1 (27) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Anand,
V (2757) Bucharest 2019}) 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c2][%mdl
32] The position is equal.} Nbd7 11. Be2 Qa5 {[%cal Oe6f5]} 12. O-O Bxc3 13.
bxc3 {[%cal Oc5c6,Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32] [#]} Qxc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfc8 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Rxc5 16.
c4 Nd6 17. Nd4 dxc4 18. Be7 Qc7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (54) Le,Q (2697)-Lenderman,
A (2623) Las Vegas 2015}) 14. Nd4 Rac8 (14... Qe7 $14) 15. Rfc1 {White is more
active.} (15. Rfb1 $16) 15... Ne4 $14 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 16. c4 Nb6 {Inhibits Qa4.}
17. f3 Ng5 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,-17,-1,0,0,-12,-6,-3,-11,-5,0,-8,-4,-17,-16,-11,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,-6,-14,-23,-683,-605,-1166,-1065,-1371,-1299,-2436,-966,
-770,-616,-915,-837,-904,-886,-828,-833,-914,-997,-1184,-1187,-1032,-897,-854,
-892,-12840,-12841,-12843,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12847,-12847,-12850,-12850,
-12850,-27999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. d3 {
B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Ba2 {
The position is equal.} Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Nd7 {[#]} 11. Nd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 c4 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd5 b3 14. cxb3 cxd3 15. b4 e6 16. Bg5
f6 17. Nf4 fxg5 18. Nxe6 {0-1 (31) Ansell,S (2381)-Shulman,Y (2624) Reykjavik
2010}) 11... e6 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. c3 Ne5 16. Nh2 c4
17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 d5 19. Qg3 Bd7 (19... Bb7 $11) 20. Qc7 $14 {[%csl LRa7,
LRd7]} Rfd8 21. e5 Qg5 {[%cal Od5d4]} 22. Qxa7 Qd2 23. Rab1 Qxd3 ({Don't play} 
23... cxd3 24. Red1 Qe2 25. Qd4 $16) 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 f6 26. exf6 Kf7 27.
Rf1 e5 28. Rbd1 Bf5 29. Bb1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb6
31. b3 Ra8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rbd1 Rxf6 34. Rd7+ $1 Ke6 35. Rfd1 Kf5 {Threatens
to win with ...Ke4.} (35... Rxa3 $2 36. R1d6+ Kf5 37. e4+ Kxe4 38. Rxf6 $18)
36. Rf1+ Ke6 37. Rfd1 Kf5 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} (37... Rxa3 $2 38. R1d6+ Kf5 39.
e4+ Kxe4 40. Rxf6 $18) 38. Re7 Raa6 (38... Rxa3 $2 39. Rf1+ Ke4 40. Rxf6 $18)
39. Kf2 $1 Rxa3 {[#] aiming for ...Ke4+.} 40. g4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does
not recover from this.} (40. Kf3 $11) 40... Ke4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.
} 41. Kg3 {White threatens Rd4+ and mate.} Rxc3 42. Kh4 Rxe3 {...h6 is the
strong threat.} 43. Rb1 Rb3 44. Re1+ Kd4 {And now ...h6 would win.} 45. R7xe5
h6 {Strongly threatening ...g5+.} 46. R5e4+ Kc5 {( -> ...g5+)} 47. g5 hxg5+ 48.
Kxg5 Rf2 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 49. h4 Rg3+ 50. Kh6 Rfg2 51. Re5+ Kb4
52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. hxg5 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 54. Re6 c2 55. Rc6 Kb3
56. Kxg6 Kb2 57. Rb6 {[#]} Rxg5+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.
55/Black=0.15 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18.
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Kxg2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 23. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28.
Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rab8 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 33. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 35. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,133,13,24,15,25,25,25,15,13,8,5,-2,-9,0,18,3,50,53,50,52,54,48,50,62,
118,108,110,110,120,94,131,125,135,126,125,104,125,144,150,155,171,133,148,145,
156,0,102,-89,77,69,77,63,178,0,0,-57,-45,-131,-109,-122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,834,851,697,644,595,275,1357,808,669,191,612,0,354,260,294,0,0,0,0,0,310,358,
487,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2.
Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights
Variation.} Nd7 7. Qe2 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qc7 {To avoid Nd6+} 8. g4 {White has an
edge.} Bg6 9. Bg2 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Rde1 Rhg8 15. Be5 Nd5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
{1-0 (95) Badzgaradze,E (1639)-Nguyen,D Maribor 2012}) 10. Nh4 Bxe4 11. dxe4 e5
12. Bd2 Bc5 (12... Nc5 $11) 13. b4 $14 Be7 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. O-O g5
({Better is} 16... Kb8 $14) 17. Bxg5 $16 f6 18. Bh6 Ng6 19. Qe3 Nb6 20. a4 {
[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb8 21. a5 Nc4 22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Rfd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4
exf4 25. a6 Ne5 {Inhibits Qf3.} 26. axb7 Qxb7 27. Ra5 $2 (27. Rdb1 $1 $16)
27... Qb6 (27... Qxb4 $11 28. Rda1 Rd7) 28. g5 $2 (28. Ra3 $1 $16 {and life is
bright.}) 28... Rxd1+ $2 (28... f3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3e2] keeps the pressure on.}
29. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8) 29. Qxd1 Rd8 $1 30. Qc1 (30. Qe1 Rg8 $11) 30...
Qxb4 (30... f3 $14 31. gxf6 Rg8) 31. Ra3 $2 (31. Qa1 $18) 31... Qe7 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} (31... fxg5 $2 32. Rb3 Qxb3 33. cxb3 $18)
32. Qb2+ (32. Ra5 $11 Re8 33. Qxf4 fxg5 34. Qe3) 32... Ka8 $1 $15 33. Qa1 (33.
Qc3 $1 $15) 33... fxg5 $17 34. Ra5 c5 (34... Re8 $1 $17 35. Qd1 h6) 35. Rxa7+
$11 Qxa7 36. Qxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8 38. Qf6 {
Hoping for Bf3.} f3+ 39. e5 {The board is on fire.} fxg2 {[%csl Gd1][%cal
Rg2g1]} 40. Qf3+ Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Ka7 $11 41. Qxd1 Qxe5+ 42. Kxg2
Kb6) 41. Qxd1 $18 {KQ-KQ} Qe4 42. Qd8+ Kb7 43. Qxg5 (43. Qe7+ $142 Kb6 44. Qd6+
(44. Qxg5 Qxc2 45. Qf6+ Kb5 $16) 44... Qc6 45. Qd8+ Kb5 46. Qd3+ (46. Qxg5 Qe4
$18) 46... c4 47. Qxh7) 43... Kb6 $2 (43... Qxc2 44. Qxg2+ Kb6) 44. c3 {
aiming for Qf6+.} Kb5 45. h4 $2 (45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kxg2 Qxc3 47. Qe7) 45... h5
$2 (45... Ka4 46. Qe3 Qg4) 46. Qg3 $2 ({White should try} 46. Qxh5 $18 Kb6 47.
Qg5) 46... Ka4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... Kc4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 47.
Qe3 $1 Qg4 {[%cal Rg2g1] [#]} 48. Qg3 $2 ({Only move:} 48. Kg1 $1 $18) 48...
Qe4 $11 49. f3 Qe2 50. f4 Qe4 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qf1 $11 51. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 52.
Qg3 Qd2+ 53. Kg1 Qe2) 51. Kg1 ({Stronger than} 51. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 52. Qg3 Qd2+ 53.
Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kh3 Kb3 $11) 51... Kb3 52. Qxg2 $2 (52. Qf2 $18 {
Strongly threatening f5.} Kxc3 53. f5) 52... Qe1+ {The position is equal.} 53.
Qf1 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Qxh4+ 55. Kg2 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qh4+ 57. Qh3 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qe1+ 59.
Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg3 {And now Kh4 would win.} Qe3+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63.
Qf1 Qg3+ 64. Qg2 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qd5+.} Qh4+ 66. Qh3 Qf2+
67. Kh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.48} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,137,18,15,11,12,10,16,12,17,0,0,0,0,-1,-14,0,0,-8,0,-18,-13,-19,0,0,
0,0,0,-18,0,-35,0,-60,-50,-129,-130,-136,-104,-135,-105,-112,-99,-115,-86,-109,
-35,-72,-72,-60,-44,-27,-29,-102,-25,-33,-30,-94,-26,-67,-19,-79,-71,-88,-74,
-76,-46,-50,-52,-62,-33,-54,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-55,-55,-45,0,0,0,0,0,-27,110,101,
82,0,0,0,1,8,72,72,72,72,72,70,86,0,73,73,479,72,70,41,45,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,18,18,
601,600,510,479,1198,1136,1058,801]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5
5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller
Defences.} b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} h6 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146
({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Be3 c5 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. a3 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 {0-1 (41) Shahade,G (2306)-Nakamura,H (2854) Chess.com INT
2015}) 11... Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 13. d4 Ng6
14. Nbd2 c5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ne1
c4 21. Nc2 a5 22. Re1 (22. a4 $11) 22... h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 23.
Kh2 (23. h4 $15) 23... h4 $17 24. Nh1 Qc5 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 {
[%cal Oa2a4]} Ng5 28. f3 {[%cal Oa2a4]} Rab8 (28... a4 $17) 29. Nf2 Rdc8 30. b3
cxb3 31. axb3 a4 32. b4 (32. bxa4 $11 {remains equal.} bxa4 33. Nb4) 32... g6 (
32... Nh5 $17) 33. Na3 $11 f5 34. Rc1 (34. Rb1 $11) 34... Kg7 (34... Nh5 $17)
35. Kg1 (35. Rb1 $11) 35... Nf7 (35... fxe4 $15 36. fxe4 Nh5) 36. Nd3 (36. Ree1
$11) 36... Nh5 $17 37. Ree1 Ng3 38. Nf2 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. fxe4 Ng5 41. Bd3
Rf8 (41... Nh7 $15) 42. Re2 $11 Nf7 43. Rf2 Rfc8 44. Rfc2 g5 45. c4 (45. Be2
$11) 45... bxc4 $15 46. Rxc4 {[#]} Rxc4 (46... Rxb4 $1 $15 {deserves
consideration.} 47. Rxc8 Bxc8 48. Rxc8 Rb3) 47. Rxc4 $11 Kf6 48. Be2 {[%cal
Ob4b5]} g4 49. hxg4 Nh6 (49... Bb5 $11 50. Nxb5 Rxb5) 50. b5 $1 $16 Bxg4 51.
Bxg4 (51. Bd3 $16) 51... Nxg4 $11 52. Rxa4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN}
Kg5 $1 53. Rb4 {[#] Hoping for Nc4.} Ne3 (53... Ra8 $11 {keeps the balance.}
54. Nc2 Ra2) 54. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kf4 {[%cal Oh4h3]} 55. b7 Kg3
56. Rb3 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Kf4 57. Rb4 Kg3 $1 58. Nb1 Nc2 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (58... Nxg2 $16 59. Rb3+ Ne3) 59. Rb3+ $2 (59. Rb2 $18 {is more
deadly.}) 59... Kf4 60. Nd2 (60. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rg1f2]} Ne1 61. Nd1 Kxe4 62.
Re3+ Kxd5 63. Rxe1 Rxb7 64. Ne3+ Ke4 65. Nc4+ Kd5 66. Ne3+ Ke4 67. Nc4+ Kd5 68.
Ne3+ $14) 60... Nd4 61. Rb1 {aiming for Kf2.} (61. Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rg1f2]} Ke3
62. Nc4+ (62. Rxd6 $2 Kxd2 63. Rh6 Kd3 $19) (62. Rb2 Kd3 $11) 62... Kxe4 63.
Na5 (63. Nxd6+ Kxd5 64. Nf7 Kc5 $14) 63... Kxd5 64. Ra6 $16) 61... Ke3 62. Nc4+
Kxe4 63. Nxd6+ Kxd5 64. Nf7 e4 65. Kf2 Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Ke6 $11) 66.
Rb5+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 67. Ng5+ Kf6 (67... Kd6 $142 68. Nxe4+
Kc6) 68. Nxe4+ Kg6 69. Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.27 
(precise)} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 4. d4 exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nxd4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,0,2,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,-8,0,0,4,0,3,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,2,14,
16,39,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-100,-106,-169,-158,-147,-135,-148,-141,-127,-148,-148,
-93,-262,-260,-267,-185,-192,-189,-178,-193,-182,-162,-203,-172,-172,-172,-170,
-172,-233,-230,-229,-38,-38,-7,-22,-8,-9,-18,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,8,
0,22,27,173,161,141,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 {
C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} d6 $1 {6...d6 scores better
than 6...b5.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 {[%csl LRc7,LRf6][%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,
Be3f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} Qd8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. h3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. O-O a5 14. a4 Na7 15. axb5 Nxb5 16. Ba4 c6 17. c4
Bd7 18. Nc3 Nd4 {½-½ (35) Streitz,A-Schwieger,S Germany 1999}) 13. O-O c6 14.
Ne3 Bb6 15. d4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd6 {[%cal Of5h6] To avoid
Bc5. With the idea Nxh6+!} Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4 Bxb3 22. axb3
f6 23. h5 Nf4 24. g3 (24. Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Nh3+ $17 ({
Of course not} 24... Nxh5 $6 25. Nf5 $11) 25. Kg2 (25. Kf1 $17) 25... Nxf2 $19
26. Rd2 Be3 27. Re2 Rxd6 28. Rxe3 Nd3 29. Re2 Nc5 (29... a5 $142 30. Rd2 f5)
30. Nh4 $2 (30. b4 $17 Na4 31. Rc1) 30... Nxb3 31. Ra3 Nc5 {[%cal Bb3c5,Bc5a4,
Ba4b6][%mdl 32]} 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. b4 Na4 34. c4 Rad8 35. Kh3 (35. Rc2 $142)
35... Kf7 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Rc2 Rc7 38. Ra1 (38. Kg4 {was worth a try.}) 38...
Nb6 39. Rc5 Nd7 $2 (39... Nc4 $19 {aiming for ...Rd3.} 40. Ra6 Rdc8) 40. Rc2
$15 Nf8 41. Ra6 Ne6 {[#] Hoping for ...g6.} 42. Rcxc6 Ng5+ 43. Kg4 Rxc6 44.
Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd7 45. Nd6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kd8 47. Nd6
Ne6 48. Nxb5 Nd4 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Nc3 Kf7 51. b5 Rc7 52. Nd5 Rc4 (52... Rc2 $11
{and Black stays safe.}) 53. Rb7+ $18 Ke6 54. Rb6+ (54. Rxg7 $16 f5+ 55. Kh3
fxe4 56. Nc7+ Kd6 57. Ne8+ (57. b6 Kc6 $16) 57... Ke6 58. Nc7+ Kd6 59. Ne8+ (
59. b6 Kc6 $16) 59... Ke6 60. Nc7+) 54... Kd7 (54... Kf7 $11) 55. Rxf6 gxf6 $11
{The position is equal.} 56. Nb6+ Ke6 {[#] ( -> ...Rc1)} 57. Nxc4 {Strongly
threatening b6.} Nxb5 {KN-KN} 58. Ne3 Nd6 59. Kf3 f5 60. exf5+ Nxf5 61. Ng4 Kd5
62. Nf6+ Kd4 63. g4 Nd6 64. g5 hxg5 65. h6 Nf7 66. h7 Kd3 67. Kg4 e4 68. Nxe4
Kxe4 69. h8=Q Nxh8 70. Kxg5 {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,27,39,23,36,13,26,33,38,-4,0,0,27,-39,105,104,122,120,129,120,125,
109,107,100,100,109,100,79,91,91,81,88,103,100,124,72,65,54,46,24,41,46,54,22,
92,46,85,30,37,43,106,48,89,72,63,63,67,51,78,8,8,8,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. a4 {White has an edge.} g5 10.
Ne1 (10. Bd2 $14 {feels stronger.}) 10... O-O-O 11. f4 {[#]} f6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Ng6 13. Nd4 Bxc5 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxf4 16.
Bxf4 gxf4 17. Qxa7 Be4 {½-½ (37) Weiner,J (2157)-Deskin,G (2189) ICCF email
2017}) 12. Bd3 (12. Nd3 $11) 12... gxf4 (12... fxe5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}
13. fxe5 c5) 13. exf6 $16 Ng6 (13... Nxf6 $2 14. Bxf4 Rd6 15. Qe2 $18) 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. Qh5 {[%csl LRf5,LRg6]} Rg8 16. Qxf5 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 {
[#] And now f7 would win.} Rdf8 19. Bxf4 {White is more active.} (19. f7 {
feels hotter.} Rg7 20. Nd3 Rfxf7 21. Qh3 h5 22. Rf2) 19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 ({
Wrong is} 20. Rxf4 $2 Rg5 21. Nd3 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 $19) 20...
Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Nxc5 {[#]} 22. Nd3 $1 ({But not} 22. f7 $6 Rg7 $11) 22... Nd7 23.
Raf1 (23. f7 $142 Rg7 24. Raf1) 23... Rf7 24. h3 Kc7 25. g4 Kd6 26. Kg2 Rg6 27.
Kg3 c5 (27... h5 $1 $11) 28. b3 (28. Rf5 $16) 28... a6 29. c4 ({Better is} 29.
a5 $16) 29... dxc4 $11 30. bxc4 Rgxf6 (30... Rfxf6 $14 31. a5 Rxf4 32. Nxf4 Rg5
) 31. h4 (31. Rxf6+ $16 Rxf6 32. Rxf6+ Nxf6 33. Kf4) 31... b5 (31... Rxf4 $14
32. Rxf4 Re7) 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 {Black must now prevent Rxf6+.} Rxf4 34.
Rxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re7 35. g5 (35. h5 $16) 35... hxg5 $11
36. hxg5 Kd5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 38. Kg4 Re1 39. Kf5 Ne6 40.
Rf2 Kd6 41. Kf6 Nxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.20 
(precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,32,32,31,18,18,18,34,0,0,4,13,10,11,2,26,20,20,13,7,9,10,12,59,10,
27,29,26,25,54,20,123,109,107,84,159,162,136,185,151,104,227,150,564,557,768,
777,690,56,56,64,459,444,440,443,579,332,631,-350,-342,-339,-300,-513,-507,
-29970,-29973,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl
32]} 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 {D32: Tarrasch
Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. a3 {To avoid Bb4+} Be7 {[#]} 9. e3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nfd2
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. f3 {0-1 (46) Loiret,M (1700)-Genzling,S (1924) Aix les
Bains 2006}) 9... Bg4 {The position is equal.} 10. exd4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {Bb5 is
the strong threat.} Nxd4 12. Qd1 {To avoid Nc2+} Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Be3 Nf5 {
Pair of Knights!} 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {[%cal Bf2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5]
[%mdl 32]} Nf6 (17... Qc7 $11) 18. O-O (18. Qxb7 $14 Bd6 19. Rd1) 18... Qb6 19.
Kh1 h5 20. e4 Qe6 21. e5 Ng4 (21... Qxe5 $11 22. Rae1 Qc7) 22. Rae1 $16 {
Threatens to win with Re4.} g6 23. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening
Bc4. White has strong initiative.} Kg7 ({Black should try} 23... Rh7) 24. Bc4
$1 Qf5 25. Qe2 Qg5 {[#]} 26. Ref4 (26. Bxf7 $2 Rd2 27. Qf3 Qh4 $19) (26. Nd5
$142 $1) 26... Kh6 (26... Bc5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 27. h3 (27. Rxf7 Rd2 28.
Ne4 Rxe2 $15) 27... Qh4 $2 {[#]} (27... Nxe5 $2 28. h4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 $18) (
27... Qxe5 $16 28. hxg4 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 hxg4 30. Bxg4 (30. Rxf7 Kg5+ 31. Kg1 Bc5+
32. R1f2 Rde8 $14) 30... f5) 28. Ne4 $1 $18 Rhf8 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Be6 $2 ({Not
} 30. Kg1 g5 31. Rf5 (31. hxg4 gxf4 32. Bxh5 Rd5 $15) 31... Nh6 $14) (30. e6
$18) 30... Rxf4 $14 31. Rxf4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black
should play} 31... Rf8 $1 $14 32. Rxf8 (32. Bxg4 Rxf4 33. g3 Rxe4 $11) 32...
Bxf8) 32. Bxg4 $18 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Qh6 34. Qf2 Qh5 $2 (34... Rf8 35. Nf6 Bxf6)
35. Nf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qf4 $18 {and life is good for White. Black must
now prevent Nf6.} Rd1+ 36. Kh2) 35... Rd1+ $19 36. Kh2 Qxe5+ 37. g3 $2 (37. Qg3
{is the only way for White.} Bxf6 38. Rxg6 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 Bxb2 41.
a4) 37... Bxf6 38. Rxg6 (38. h4 $19 Re1 39. Qf3) 38... Bg7 39. h4 Qe4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.87/Black=0.70} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,23,27,26,15,25,17,33,35,36,33,52,0,23,25,25,19,33,17,27,26,33,8,
23,0,43,52,49,27,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-84,-84,-84]} 1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h5 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5
Nxf6+ exf6.} 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O h4 {Prevents Ng3. The position is equal.} 12.
h3 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Be6 {[%cal Of8g6]} 14. Bf4 ({White should play} 14. Rad1 $14)
14... Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 {[#]} Re7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
17... Bd7 18. Qb3 b6 19. Bb1 Re7 20. Qf3 Rce8 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Nc3
Ne6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {1-0 (70) Argote Heredia,V (2192)-Moncada Correa,S (1897)
Fusagasuga 2020}) 18. Nc3 Rce8 {[%cal Oe6c4]} 19. d5 cxd5 {[%cal Oe6g4]} (19...
Bg4 {with more complications.} 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Qe5) 20.
cxd5 Bd7 (20... Bg4 $1 $11 21. Be2 (21. Rxe7 Bxd1 22. Bh7+ Kh8 $17) 21... Bd7)
21. Rxe7 $14 Rxe7 22. Qb3 (22. Ne4 {is more complex.} Qe5 23. Nc5 g6 24. Be4
Re8 25. b4) 22... Ng6 (22... b6 $11) 23. Bxg6 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxb7 Ba4 $1
24. Qxe7 Nxe7 $15) (23. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Nc3)
23... fxg6 $11 24. Qc4 ({Don't play} 24. Qxb7 Ba4 $1 25. Qxe7 Qxe7 $15) 24...
g5 25. Ne4 Qf4 26. d6+ Re6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e4,Be4e2,Be2d2][%mdl 32]} 27. Qc7
Rxe4 28. Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Qb5 is the strong threat. KQR-KQR} Re2 {
[%csl LRb2,LRf2]} 29. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Qc8+.} Rd2 30. Qxb7 Qxd6 31.
Qxa7 Rxb2 32. a4 Ra2 33. Re1 {[#]} (33. Qa8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kh7 34. Qe8)
33... Qd2 $1 $17 34. Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /
Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,62,6,11,8,13,14,0,3,29,28,33,25,33,15,39,0,50,19,58,25,36,24,47,23,
24,25,18,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,14,0,29,29,30,28,37,-14,-26,-14,-14,-9,-9,-117,47,0,92,
-604,-601]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bh4
{A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O
{The position is equal.} Bf5 {[#]} 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg3 cxd4 11.
exd4 Nh5 12. Nh4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 14. Nhf3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 {0-1 (38)
Lesnik,M (1982)-Pesec,F (2176) Celje 2008}) 10... Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7e5,
Be5f3][%mdl 32]} (10... Nxd5 11. e4 $16) 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,
Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re8 {To avoid e4} 13. a5 Bg4 (13... Na6 $11) 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Bb5 Nd7 16. Qa4 h5 17. h3 (17. a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b7]}) 17... a6 18. Be2 ({Reject
} 18. hxg4 axb5 19. Qxb5 hxg4 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 f5 20. h4 Ne5 21. g3
Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Re4 23. Qb3 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8e8,Be8e3][%mdl 32]} 24. Nd2 Ree8
25. Ra4 Qd7 26. Ra3 ({White should play} 26. Nc4 $14) 26... f4 $11 27. exf4 Re2
$1 28. Nc4 Rbe8 {White should prevent ...Bh6.} 29. Qd1 (29. f5 $1 $11 {was the
only way to keep the balance.}) 29... Bh6 $2 {[#] Black is more active.} ({
Black should try} 29... Qg4 $1 $17) 30. Qd3 (30. Ne5 $1 $14 {feels stronger.}
Qb5 {[#]} (30... dxe5 31. Qxe2) 31. Rb3 $1) 30... Qh3 (30... Qg4 $11 {remains
equal.} 31. Ra4 (31. Nxd6 $2 R8e3 $19) 31... Bxf4) 31. Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]
} (31. Qf3 $16) 31... R8e3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/
Black=0.24 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,114,59,12,0,6,1,16,14,-20,-10,-27,-10,-22,0,-16,0,-12,0,0,0,0,14,
-500,-105,-98,-40,-66,-58,-90,-99,-86,4,-108,-117,-119,-119,-114,-26,-27,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-19,-8,-8,-70,0,-57,-41,-237,-227,-226,-237,-226,-229,-323,-327,-317,
-316,-278,0,-225,0,-274,-208,-256,-247,-380,-378,-368,-366,-373,-380,-560,-541,
-614,-618,-615,0,-593,-592,-620,-605,-599,-589,-661,-662,-752,-733,-795,-809,
-1037,-1024,-1004,-907,-2216,-2214,-29985,-29975,-29971,-29974,-29987,-29988]} 
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 (7. Bd3 $14 {
was preferrable.}) 7... Bxc3+ $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. A43:
Schmid Benoni.} 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Ne2 (10.
Nf3 $5 {[%cal Re1g1]}) 10... Re8 {[%cal Oc5c4] [#] White should prevent ...c4!}
11. c4 $146 (11. O-O $5 {[%cal Re2g3]}) ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O c4 12. Bxc4
Nxe4 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. f5 Qb6 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bb5 {0-1 (24)
Kretov,E (2219)-Dubov,D (2703) Sochi 2018}) 11... b5 12. cxb5 c4 (12... Bg4 $5
{[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. O-O c4 14. Bxc4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxe4 $11) 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Bb2
Nxe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb6f2]} 15. Qd4 {Prevents Qf2+.} Qxd4 16. Bxd4 {This
bishop pair is nice.} (16. Nxd4 Ng3+ 17. Kf2 Nxh1+ 18. Rxh1 a6 $15) 16... Bg4
17. O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. Kd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 17... Nd7 $2 (
17... Rc8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 18. Rhe1 Rxc4+ 19. Kb2 Nd7) 18.
h3 Bf5 (18... Bxe2 $17 19. Bxe2 Rac8+ 20. Kb2 Ng3) 19. Kb2 Rac8 20. g4 Rxc4 21.
gxf5 Nf2 {[#]} 22. Bxf2 (22. Kb3 $1 $11 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5+ 24. Kc3) 22... Rxe2+
$17 23. Kb3 Rxf4 {And now ...Rf3+ would win. Black is more active.} 24. Bd4
Rf3+ (24... Rxf5 25. Rhe1 Nc5+ 26. Kc4 (26. Bxc5 Rf3+ 27. Kb4 Rb2+ 28. Ka5
Rxa2+ 29. Kb4 dxc5+ 30. Kxc5 Rf5 $11) 26... Rc2+ 27. Kb4 $11) (24... Ree4 $1
$17 {[%cal Re4d4]} 25. Kc3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rc4+ 27. Kb3 Rxc5) 25. Kb4 $11 {
Rhe1 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 26. Ra1 Rd2 27. Rhd1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White
has counterplay} Rxd1 28. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb6 ({Don't take} 
28... gxf5 29. Bxa7 Kf8 30. Bd4 $14) 29. Re1 ({White should play} 29. fxg6 $11
hxg6 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rc1) 29... Nxd5+ ({Black should try} 29... Kf8 $1 $15
30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bxb6 axb6) 30. Ka4 ({White must play} 30. Kc4 $11 Nb6+ 31.
Bxb6 axb6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. fxg6) 30... Nb6+ $15 31. Ka5 $2 (31. Bxb6 $15 axb6
32. Re8+ Kg7 33. fxg6) 31... Ra3+ $19 32. Kb4 {[%cal Re1e8]} Ra4+ 33. Kc3 {
[%cal Re1e8]} Kf8 {Prevents Re8+.} 34. f6 {[#]} (34. fxg6 $142 hxg6 35. Kd3)
34... Nd5+ $1 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Nd5+ ({Worse is} 36... Nxh3 37. Rd1 $11) 37.
Kd3 Nf4+ 38. Kc3 Ne6 ({Not} 38... Nxh3 39. Rd1 $11) 39. Be3 {[#]} Ke8 $1 40.
Rd1 (40. Bg1 $142) 40... Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Rc1 Nc7 43. Bh6 (43. Rb1 $142)
43... Rxh3 44. Bg7 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 Rh3+ $2 ({Better is} 45... Rh5 $19 46. Ra1 Nxb5
) 46. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kd2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}
Rh5 47. Kd3) 46... Rh5 {White must now prevent ...Rc5+.} 47. Ra1 Rc5+ 48. Kd3
Nxb5 49. Rh1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 50. Rg1 Ke6 51. Re1+ Re5 52. Rc1
h4 53. Rc8 d5 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Re7 Rxe7 {Black mates.} 56. fxe7 Nc7 57. Kd4
Ne6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.48} 0-1

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