[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Rh3 Nf6 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nf5
Bf6 15. g4 Qd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f4 Rae8 19. g5 Be7 20. Qf2 Qc6 21.
Bg2 Qc4 22. Kb1 c6 23. Bf1 Qa4 24. f5 f6 25. Rd4 Qa5 26. Rg3 Bc8 27. Bd3 c5 28.
Rxd5 Qa4 29. b3 Qxh4 30. Bc4 Kh8 31. Qg2 fxg5 32. Rh3 Qe1+ 33. Kb2 Bf6 34. Bf2
Qe4 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qh2+ Kg8 37. Rd4+ Qe6 38. fxe6 cxd4 39. e7+ Rf7 40. Bxd4
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Ng6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Bc6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rad8 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kh7 23. Rg3 a5 24. Kc2 a4 25. h4 h5 26. e4 f5 27.
Rdg1 fxe4 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. R7g6 Rxf2+ 30. Kc3 Rd7 31. Rh6+ Rh7 32. Rhg6 Rb7 33.
Rh6+ Rh7 34. Rhg6 Rb7 35. Rh6+ Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 f6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O Kh8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe4 Nexd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bd6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. a4 f5 25. Qd3 g6 26. c4 Re8 27. Rd1 Qg7
28. Rd5 Qf6 29. c5 Bf8 30. Rd8 Rb8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qd7 Qe5 33. c6 Bc5 34. Qd2
Bb6 35. Nf1 f4 36. h3 Qe2 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Nh2 Rxf2 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kf8
41. a5 Bc5 42. Rxc7 f3 43. gxf3 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. c7 Kd7 47.
Rh8 Kxc7 48. Rxh7+ Kc6 49. Ng4 Rxa5 50. h4 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Ra3 53.
Rf7 Kd5 54. Rf6 Be7 55. Rxg6 Bxh4 56. Kxh4 Rxf3 57. Kg5 Kd4 58. Rd6+ Ke4 59.
Re6+ Kd5 60. Re8 Kd4 61. Nh6 Rf2 62. Nf5+ Kd5 63. Kf6 Rf1 64. Rd8+ Kc5 65. Ke5
Re1+ 66. Kf4 Rf1+ 67. Ke4 Re1+ 68. Ne3 Re2 69. Rd3 Re1 70. Ke5 Re2 71. Rb3 Rd2
72. Rc3+ Kb4 73. Rc8 Re2 74. Kd4 Rd2+ 75. Ke4 Kb5 76. Nf5 Kb4 77. Nd4 Rh2 78.
Nc6+ Kc5 79. Ne5+ Kb5 80. Kd4 Rh4+ 81. Kd5 Kb4 82. Nd3+ Kb3 83. Nc5+ Kb4 84.
Rb8+ Kc3 85. Ne4+ Kd3 86. Rb3+ Kc2 87. Rc3+ Kb2 88. Re3 Rh8 89. Kc4 Rc8+ 90.
Nc5 Kc2 91. Re2+ Kd1 92. Rh2 Rd8 93. Nb3 Ke1 94. Nd4 Ra8 95. Kd3 Ra3+ 96. Ke4
Kf1 97. Nf5 Ke1 98. Rb2 Rh3 99. Ne3 Rh4+ 100. Kd3 Rd4+ 101. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a3 O-O 8.
d3 Nd7 9. h4 Bf6 10. g4 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. h5 h6 15. b4
Nd7 16. Nf3 g5 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Nxg5 Bxg4 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Nf5 Qe6
22. Rg1 Nxe4 23. Nxg7 Qh3 24. Qc1 Qh2 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Qh2 27. Kf1 Nc3 28.
Nf5+ Kh7 29. Ng3 Rg8 30. Qd2 Ne2 31. Qxe2 Bxe2+ 32. Kxe2 f5 33. Rh1 Qg2 34.
Rag1 Rxg3 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. d4 f4 37. Bd2 exd4 38. Bxf4 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rg7 40.
Rd1 Rd7 41. c3 d3 42. Be3 Re5 43. Kg4 b6 44. Bf4 Re8 45. Be3 Rd5 46. Bf4 Re7
47. Kg3 Red7 48. Kg4 c5 49. Bd2 Rg7+ 50. Kh4 Rg2 51. Be3 cxb4 52. c4 Rd7 53.
Kh3 Rg8 54. axb4 a5 55. bxa5 bxa5 56. Bd2 a4 57. Re1 a3 58. Re6 Rd6 59. Re5 Ra8
60. Re7+ Kg8 61. c5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. h4 Nc6 12. d5 e6 13. h5 exd5 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bxg7 Rxe4+ 17. Be2 Kxg7 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Rh7+ Kg8 20. Rxf7 Bg4
21. f3 Re5 22. fxg4 Qd8 23. Rxb7 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Rc7 Ne5 26. Rb1 Nxg4
27. Rbb7 Ne3 28. Bf3 Nxg2+ 29. Kf2 Nf4 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rbg7+ Kf8
33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Rhg7+ Kh8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rfg7+ Kf8 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rhg7+
Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Kd2 Kf8 19. Rhb1 Ke7 20. a4 Ne5
21. Bd3 Bd7 22. a5 Nc6 23. Ne2 Ne5 24. Rb3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rc4 26. Nc3 Be6 27.
Rc1 Rac8 28. Na2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Rc4 30. Rd4 Rxd4+ 31. exd4 Kd6 32. Kc3 Bd7 33.
Nd3 f6 34. h4 Bb5 35. Nf4 g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Nh3 h6 38. g3 Bf1 39. Nf2 Bg2
40. Ng4 Bxf3 41. Nxh6 Ke6 42. Kd2 Bh5 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Ng8+ Kf7 45. Nh6+ Ke6 46.
Kd2 b6 47. axb6 axb6 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Ng8+ Kf7 50. Nh6+ Ke6 51. Kd2 Kf6 52. Ke3
b5 53. Ng8+ Ke6 54. Nh6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. g5 Ne4 8. h4
Bh5 9. d3 Nd6 10. Be2 h6 11. Nbd2 e6 12. Rg1 hxg5 13. hxg5 Bg6 14. c4 c6 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Bh5 18. Rh1 Rh7 19. Rde1 g6 20. Qa5 Kb8 21. Kb1
Bg7 22. d4 Rhh8 23. Rhg1 Nf5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qc3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Rh3
28. Nd2 c5 29. cxd5 Nb6 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qa5 cxd4 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Rc1 Qd7
34. Nc4 Qxd5 35. Nxb6 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 axb6 37. Qxb6 Rh1 38. Qc7+ Ka7 39. a4 Rxc1+
40. Qxc1 Qd5 41. Ka2 f4 42. exd4 Qxg5 43. Qc4 Qf6 44. Qc7 Qf5 45. d5 Bxb2 46.
Qc5+ Kb8 47. Qd6+ Ka7 48. Kxb2 g5 49. a5 g4 50. Qb6+ Kb8 51. d6 Qe5+ 52. Ka2
Qc3 53. a6 Qd2+ 54. Ka3 Qc1+ 55. Kb4 Qe1+ 56. Kc4 Qe4+ 57. Kc3 Qe5+ 58. Kd2
Qd5+ 59. Kc2 Qe4+ 60. Kc3 Qe5+ 61. Kc4 Qe4+ 62. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 c6 6. c4 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qb4 14. Qa3 Bd7 15.
e4 Qxa3 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Bh3 Rfe8 21. Rd2
Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Nb5 Rec8 24. Rc3 Ra6 25. Re2 Kf7 26. Nc7 Rc6 27. Bxe6+
Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rxc3 29. bxc3 h6 30. Nxg7 hxg5 31. cxb4 Kxg7 32. bxa5 Rc4 33. Re5
Rxd4 34. Rxg5 Kf6 35. h4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 d4 37. Rb5 Ra1 38. Kf3 Rxa4 39. Ke4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ne4
Qe5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Qf5 17. Qg3 Qg6 18. Qc7 Bd5 19. Qxe7 Rae8 20. Qg5 Bxe4
21. Qxg6 Bxg6 22. Bb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. c4 Bc2 25. a5 f6 26. f3 Rd1 27.
Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Kf2 Bb3 29. c5 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kd4 Kf5 32. Be1 h5 33. Bg3 Ba4
34. Bb8 a6 35. h4 Bb5 36. b4 Bf1 37. g3 Be2 38. Ke3 Bd1 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Bf8 Kf7
41. Bd6 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nb8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb2 h6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21.
f3 Qe7 22. e3 Qe8 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Ne8 30. h3 Bb7 31. Kh2 Nc8 32. a4 Qe7 33. a5 Ncd6 34.
e5 Nf5 35. d5 exd5 36. Qd3 Qd7 37. a6 Bc6 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40. Bxd5
Nc7 41. Be4 Ne3 42. Bd3 Kf8 43. Ba3+ Ke8 44. Kg1 Ned5 45. Kf2 Ne6 46. Bd6 Ndc7
47. Ke3 Kd7 48. h4 Nd5+ 49. Kd2 Ndc7 50. g4 Nd4 51. Bc4 Nce6 52. Ke3 Kc6 53. b4
h5 54. gxh5 Nf5+ 55. Ke4 Nxd6+ 56. exd6 Kxd6 57. Kf5 Nd4+ 58. Ke4 Ne6 59. Kf5
Nd4+ 60. Ke4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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18,-10,48,51,29,19,27,31,40,54,54,26,39,21,38,28,46,46,46,46,42,51,54,54,54,52,
47,50,34,39,66,63,56,62,56,56,57,25,27,21,49,28,101,90,93,40,77,52,100,100,100,
100,108,106,142,142,134,148,134,113,134,100,105,100,100,105,98,81,90,63,70,74,
99,73,117,86,112,154,163,160,172,159,160,177,175,168,171,174,201,201,201,201,
201,169,164,173,169,145,169,137,112,133,140,133,140,133,134,132,134,134,134,
132,134,134,134,134,134,127,134,134,134,91,132,134,184,188,200,149,146,157,148,
134,134,102,103,96,120,126,146,146,146,154]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 (7. c3 {is the most popular move here.}) 7...
a6 {Black uses the opportunity to force the exchange of White's bishop.} ({
In case of} 7... Bd7 {White can play} 8. c3 {after all.}) 8. Bxc6 (8. Ba4 b5 9.
Bb3 Na5) 8... bxc6 9. d4 exd4 (9... Nd7 $6 {is risky as Black's pawn structure
gets compromised:} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 $5 $14) 12...
f5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 Bxc2 16. Rec1 Bd3 17. Rxc6 Bd6 18. f3
Rab8 19. b3 Bb5 20. Rc2 Bd3 21. Rc6 Bb5 22. Rc2 Bd3 {1/2 (22) Harikrishna,P 
(2729)-Naiditsch,A (2736) Hungary 2019}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bf4 h6
13. Qd3 Nh7 (13... Bf8 {is more consistent.}) 14. e5 (14. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4]}
) 14... Ng5 $6 {This move is inaccurate.} (14... d5 {is possible but then
White can play} 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6
cxd6 20. Ne2 $14 {keeping a small edge due to his better pawn structure.}) (
14... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8g6,Yf8e6] is probably the most appropriate.}) 15. Qg3 $1
{[%cal Re5d6,Rh3h4][%mdl 64] Black suddenly gets into trouble.} c5 {Weakening
the d5 square, which is a serious concession.} (15... d5 {is too late as White
wins a pawn after} 16. h4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxh6) (15... Bf8 $5 {is tricky
but here, too, White gets an advantage by means of} 16. exd6 $1 ({but not} 16.
h4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6) 16... Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 cxd6 18. Bxd6 ({or} 18. h4 Ne6 19.
Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxh6 {- Black has some compensation for the pawn due to his
bishop pair but it is insufficient for equality}) 18... Bxh3 (18... Bxd6 $2 19.
Qxd6 Bxh3 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxc6) 19. Bxf8 Qxd4 $1 20. Rd1 $1 Qg4 21. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 (21... Qxg3 22. fxg3 Bg4 23. Rd4) 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 24. Kf1 $16
{- the endgame is clearly better for White, his rook is ready to attack
Black's weak pawns.}) 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Nd5 $1 (17. h4 $2 {doesn't work here due
to} Ne6 18. Bxh6 Bxh4) 17... Bxc2 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bxg5 (19. Re2 $142 $1 Bf5 (
19... Bxb3 20. axb3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 20. Rae1 Ne6 (20... Be6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7
22. h4 Nh7 23. Bxd6 $18) 21. Bxh6 Bh4 22. Qf3 Bg6 23. Bd2 $16) 19... hxg5 20.
Na5 (20. Re2 $5 {was still possible although less clear than on the previous
move:} Bf5 (20... Bxb3 21. axb3 $16) 21. Na5 $5 Bf6 $1 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nxf6+
gxf6 24. Qxd6 Kg7 25. Qxc5 Be6 {[%cal Ya8c8] - White's knight is out of play,
and Black keeps good drawing chances.}) 20... Rc8 $6 (20... Qxa5 {was quite
possible:} 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Qxd6 Rad8 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne7+ Kh8
$14) (20... Bf6 $5 {was probably even better:} 21. Rxe8+ (21. Nc4 $5) 21...
Qxe8 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nc7 $2 Qe2 23. Nxa8 Bxb2 24. Rf1 Bd3 $19) (22. Rc1 Qb5 $1)
22... gxf6 $13 23. Rc1 $140 (23. Qxd6 Qb5) 23... Qb5 $1) 21. Nb7 (21. Qg4 $142
$1 {[%cal Ra5b7,Rd5e7]} Bf6 $8 22. Nb7 $1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. Qd7 $16 {
, and White obtains a favorable N vs B endgame, e.g.} c4 (24... Kh7 $6 25.
Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re7) 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. Qxd8 Qxd8 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29.
Nxe8 f5 30. f4 $1 gxf4 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ {, and White should win.}) 21...
Qd7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Rce8 (24... Rcc7 25. Rc1 Bd3 26. b3
$14) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] White has a superior pawn structure but
that advantage is hardly enough to win.} 26. Ne3 Bd3 27. b3 Re5 28. Rd1 Bb5 29.
Rd8+ Kh7 30. a4 Bc6 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rd3 f5 33. f3 f4 (33... Re5 $1 34. Kf2 (34.
Rd6 Bxa4 35. Nc4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1) 34... f4 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. Rc3 Kg6 {, and
Black should not lose.}) 34. Nc4 {[%csl Re6]} Re1+ {Otherwise, after Kg1-f2,
Black's rook remains passive.} 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Ne5 c4 (36... Be8 37. Rd8 Bh5
38. Ra8 Rc2+ (38... Rc3 39. Nd7 Rxb3 $140 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nxc5)
39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc2 (40... Rc3 41. Nd7) 41. Rxa6 Re2 42. Ng4 $16) 37. bxc4
Bxa4 38. Ra3 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ (39... Be8 $142 40. Rxa6 Kg8 {keeping White's
king cut off along the 2nd rank. However, White doesn't exploit Black's
mistake.}) 40. Ke2 Be8 41. Rxa6 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kd3 $1 Rxg2 43. Ke4 Rg3 (
43... g6 44. Ra8 {[%csl Re8]}) 44. Kf5 Rxh3 45. Kxg5 $18) 42... Rc1+ (42... Kg8
43. Ra8 Kf8) 43. Kf2 (43. Ke2 $1 Rc2+ 44. Kd3) 43... Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg8 45. Ra1
Kf8 46. Re1 Ba4 47. Kh2 Ke7 48. Re4 Ra2 $2 {Unnecessarily removing his rook
from an active position.} (48... Kf6 $5 49. Ng4+ Kg6 50. h4 Kh5 51. hxg5 Kxg5 {
keeping some drawing chances}) 49. h4 $1 (49. c5 Bb5 50. c6 Kd6) 49... gxh4 (
49... Kf6 50. c5 Bb5 51. Ng4+ Kg6 52. c6 Rc2 53. Re5 Bxc6 54. Rxg5+ Kh7 55. Ne5
Bb7 (55... Bd5 56. Rf5) 56. Rg4 Re2 57. Nf7 $18) 50. Nd3+ Kd8 51. Rxf4 g5 52.
Rg4 h3 53. Rxg5 hxg2 54. Rxg2 {Two extra pawns are a decisive material
advantage. Still, White must overcome some technical problems.} Ra3 55. Rd2 Ke7
56. Kg3 Rc3 57. Ne5 Bb3 58. Kf4 Ke6 (58... Bxc4 59. Rd7+ Ke6 60. Rc7 $18) 59.
Rd4 Rc2 60. Re4 Rc3 61. Ng4+ Kd6 62. Ne3 Ba2 63. Rd4+ Ke6 64. Rd8 Bb1 65. Re8+
Kd6 66. Rd8+ Ke6 67. Rb8 Bd3 68. Rb6+ Kd7 69. Rb4 Kd6 70. Ra4 Rc1 $6 {Black
voluntarily worsens the position of his own rook once again.} (70... Kc5 {
was more stubborn}) 71. Ra8 (71. Ra6+ Kc5 72. Ra5+ Kc6 73. Ke5 Bxc4 74. Nxc4
Rxc4 75. Ra7 $18) 71... Kd7 (71... Rc3 $1) 72. Ra5 Kc6 73. Re5 (73. Ke5 $1 {
was very strong as the rook endgame after} Bxc4 74. Nxc4 Rxc4 75. Ra7 $1 {
is winning for White.}) 73... Be2 (73... Bxc4 74. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 75. Kf5 Kd6 76. f4
Rc8 77. Kg6 Rf8 78. Re4 Kd5 79. Ra4 $18) (73... Rc3 $142 $1) 74. Re4 Kc5 (74...
Bd3 $142 75. Rd4 Rc3) 75. Re8 Kc6 76. Kg3 Bd3 77. Rd8 Rc3 78. Nd5 Rb3 79. Nb4+
Rxb4 80. Rxd3 Rxc4 81. f4 Re4 82. Kg4 Re8 83. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O 14. e4 e5
15. Nh4 exd4 16. Nf5 f6 17. Bf4 d3 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd3 Rf6 21.
Rd7 Bf8 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rfd1 Qb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 Rc6 26. R1d3 a5 27. Rd8
Rcc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ne3 b4 30. Nd5 Rc6 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Ke2 Kg8 33. Rd2 b5
34. Rb2 Rc4 35. f3 Bc5 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Kc1 Kd6 39. Kb2 Rd4 40. Kc1
Rc4 41. h3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 O-O 11. c3 Qc7 12. h4 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. Nf4
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 f6 17. exf6 Qxf4 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc1 e5 20. c4 Be6 21. c5 a6
22. dxe5 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 Rf4 24. Rfd1 Nxe5 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Nd4 Rff8
28. Bd3 Kf6 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Kg3 Rfe8 31. Bc2 Nd7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. b4 Nf8 34.
Kf4 Re5 35. f3 Ne6+ 36. Nxe6 Bxe6 37. Bg6 gxf3 38. gxf3 Bf5 39. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 40.
Ke3 Ke5 41. Rg1 d4+ 42. Kf2 Kd5 43. Rg7 Kc4 44. Rxb7 d3 45. Rd7 Kc3 46. Ke3
Re5+ 47. Kf4 Re1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nc5 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Ncb5 Ne8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Nf3
Bf5 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5
21. Qc2 a6 22. Nc3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Nc3 Qc7 27.
Bd3 Rc8 28. h4 Nc5 29. Bf1 Ne6 30. Qb3 Nc5 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Nd5 Qf8 33. Rc1 Kh8
34. Qd1 Nf5 35. b4 Ne6 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qd3 Qd8 38. Nc3 Qe7 39. Nd5 Qd6 40.
Kg2 h5 41. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Qd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bd2
Ne6 15. Qc3 Nf4 16. exf4 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qg4 18. f3 Qf5 19. Re5 Qf6 20. Qd3 Rae8
21. Bc3 Qxf4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxd7 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qe2 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe2
27. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 b5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfc1 Nd5 14. Qd1 Qb6
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Qb2 f6 19. Nf1 Qd6 20. a4 b4 21. Rc4
Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxa7 Ndc3 24. Be3 e5 25. N1d2 Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 N4c3 27. Nc4
Qd3 28. Ne1 Qf5 29. a5 e4 30. a6 Bc5 31. Qd2 Nd5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. a7 h6 34.
a8=Q+ Kh7 35. Qe8 Qxf2 36. Nd3 exd3 37. Qxd3+ f5 38. Rf1 Nxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qa2 40.
Rxf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg4 b4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Na4 Nxe4 15.
Be5 Rg8 16. Bxc4 Bd6 17. Qh5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 c5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Qc7 22. Bb5+ Bc6 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rc1 Rxg2 26. Rc4 a5 27.
Ke2 Ke7 28. Rh3 Rg8 29. a3 Rgc8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rb3 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33.
Rxb4 Kd6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Kg3 Ke5 36. Rb8 f5 37. Rh8 Rb5 38. Rxh5 Rb3+ 39. Kg2
Kf4 40. Rg5 Rxb2 41. Rg3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. O-O h6 18. a4 Be4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bg4
Na5 22. Qd1 c6 23. g3 Qg6 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qg4 Bc7 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Kg2 Re8
28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Rec1 Ree7 30. h4 Bd6 31. Rc2 Kf8 32. Kh3 Ke8 33. Kg4 Kd8 34.
Kh3 Ke8 35. Kg4 Kd8 36. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. O-O
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 Nd7 11. Kh1 Bc5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. Be3 a5 15.
Qd2 c6 16. Qf2 Qf6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Rg1 Rf7 19. Bh3 Nf8 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Qxc5 Ne6 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. d4 Rxf4 26. d5 Nc5 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Rgd1 h6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Rd6 Ne4 33. Nxe4
Rxe4 34. b3 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 37. Rxc6 Rb2 38. Rc5 Rxb3 39. Rxa5
Rc3 40. Rc5 Rc2 41. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Re1 d6 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nd2 Re8 15. f4
Ng6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. a4 c5 19. Nf5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re3 d5 22.
e5 d4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Rea3 cxd4 25. Qg4 Ne3 26. Nxe3 dxe3 27. Ne4 Qd4 28. Nf6+
gxf6 29. Bxg6 Kf8 30. Qh4 fxg6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34.
Qg6+ Kf8 35. Ra6 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Bd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. exd6 e2 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40.
d7 Re7 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Nh5 Ngf6 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+
fxe6 15. Bd2 Rh7 16. Rh3 c5 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. Rg3 Nc5 19. Qg6 Qc7 20. Re1 Rc8
21. c4 dxc3 22. Rxc3 Rg7 23. Qxh6 Ng8 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nh8+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Kf7
27. Nh8+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Matlakov,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 {Another of Aleksey's favorite lines is 8...Bd6. The move in the game is
quite forcing and concrete, and practice shows that it's not easy to pose
problems to Black.} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 ({The main tabia comes
about after} 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 (13. Nd2 O-O 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bxa3
Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 $44 {1/2 (43) Oparin,G (2543)-Dreev,A 
(2649) Moscow 2014}) 13... Nf6 14. Nd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.
Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Bxa3 h5 $13 {1/2 (28) Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)
Miskolc 2009 CBM 130 Extra [Meszaros/Berkes]}) 11... Rc8 $1 {The most exact
move order, but it cost Aleksey 15 minutes to remember his analyses. I've
never played this Meran line before, so perhaps the effect of surprise worked
well. Black has a huge choice of continuations, but everywhere White is able
to maintain the initiative:} (11... Bd6 12. Nc4 $14) (11... Be7 12. b3 O-O 13.
O-O Qc7 (13... Nf6 $5 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ne4 {with initiative.}) 14.
Bb2 c5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qf3 $36) (11... Qc7 $5 12. b3 c5 13. O-O $1 {Very
principal and critical.} ({less exact is} 13. Bb2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 c4 $1 15. bxc4
Qxc4 $11 {1-0 (50) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Vaibhav,S (2597) Douglas 2018}) 13...
cxd4 $5 ({not good here is} 13... Bxe4 $6 14. Nxe4 c4 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bb2 $16
{and compared with Vaibhav's game above, White managed to castle.}) 14. Bb2 $1
Be7 (14... dxe3 $2 15. fxe3 $16) (14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. f4 $1
dxe3 18. Qe2 $36 {with a strong attack}) 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc4 O-O
(17... dxe3 $6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.
Qxb4 $16) 18. Na5 $1 Qd5 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 {with a pleasant endgame.}) 12.
b3 ({Nothing is yielded by the natural} 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Be7 14. a3 Bb5 $1
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa7 O-O {Next c5 - Black is completely fine.}) 12... Ba6 13.
Nc4 c5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Be7 (16... Qxd4 $5 17. Bb2 Qd5 18. Qe2
$44) 17. a3 bxa3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 $6 {The first step
to difficulties. I analysed this position before the game and, surprisingly,
despite it seems harmless, Black still needs to make a few precise moves.} ({
For instance, the first Stockfish line} 20... O-O $1 {from a human point is
far from obvious:} 21. Rxa7 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Ra6 Qb7 {and it
looks like White has a healthy extra pawn, but due to his good coordination of
pieces, Black position is not even worse. The move in the game seems natural
and to be leading to equality at once, but...}) 21. Qa1 Rc7 22. d5 $1 {That's
the point! Now the position becomes very sharp and White gets a strong clear
initiative.} exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 $1 {The best.} ({Losing is} 23... Kf8 $2 24. Bd3
h5 25. Qd4 Rh6 (25... Kg8 26. Rea1 $18) 26. Qb4+ $1 Kg8 27. Rxa7 $18) 24. Rd1
Re8 25. Ra5 $1 ({Unfortunately,} 25. Bxd5 $2 {doesn't work due to} Nxd5 26. Ra5
Nc3 $1 $11) 25... Re6 26. h3 Rd6 27. Bf1 $6 {The wrong decision. At that
moment I spent a lot of time. I understood that I had a strong initiative and
needed to find the exact solution to maintain it, but couldn't find a concrete
way - by transferring the rook to d6 Black has consolidated and defended
against direct threats.} ({For instance, nothing is yielded by} 27. Bb5 Qe7 28.
Re1 Re6 $11) ({or} 27. Qd4 Qe7 28. Bxd5 Rcd7 29. Qb4 Rb6 30. Qd4 Rbd6 $11) ({
Of course I saw the right idea} 27. Bd3 $1 {with a strong threat - the idea g4
followed by Bf5! It required accurate calculation, but with bishop on d3 I was
bothered by different sacrifices with ...Nxg4, however, a brief analysis shows
that it is an illusion and White gets a huge advantage. After the logical} h6 (
27... Rb6 28. g4 $1 {and now} Nxg4 $2 {is not working due to} 29. Bf5 $1 Qxf5
30. Raxd5+ $18) (27... Qe7 28. Bf5 $1 $16 {taking the key e6 square}) 28. g4
Rb6 ({the nice looking} 28... Nxg4 {loses to} 29. Re1 $3 {- a superhuman
refutation!} Nf6 30. Bb5 Qxh3 31. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 32. Re8#) 29. Bf5 Qd6 30. Rxa7
$16 {and White breaks the blockade.}) 27... h6 $5 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. f3 $5 {
The key moment of the game} Re6 $2 {A big blunder. Aleksey defended well and
there was only one move left to reach comfortable equality, but in this moment
time trouble made itself felt.} ({The easiest way to equalize was} 29... Ke8 $1
{transferring the king to the safe zone on the kingside. After} 30. b4 Kf8 31.
Rda1 Rb6 32. b5 Kg8 $11 {White still has compensation, but nothing more.}) 30.
Rxd5+ $1 Rd7 ({Losing immediately is} 30... Nxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rd7 32. Qa8+) 31.
Rxd7+ (31. Qxa7 $2 {looks tempting, but does not work:} Rxd5 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33.
Bb5+ Rc6 {and somehow Black holds.} 34. Qb7+ Kd8 35. Rxd5+ Nxd5 36. Qxc6 Qe1+
37. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Qa1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qxa7 {This position
should be technically winning. Further, Aleksey defended persistently and
stubbornly, but step by step I managed to convert the advantage} Nd7 35. Qe3
Nb6 ({Another plan was} 35... g5 {, controlling black squares and with the
idea to put the knight on e5.}) 36. Qe4 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Bb5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2
Qd6+ 40. f4 Nd5 41. g3 Qc5 42. Bc4 Ne3 $5 43. Bxf7 $1 Qc1 44. Qd3+ Kc7 45. Qe2
Kb6 46. b4 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Be8 Kc7 49. Bg6 Kd6 50. Bd3 Ke5 51. b5 Kd6 52.
Qf3 Qb2+ 53. Be2 Nf5 54. Kg1 Qe5 55. Kf2 Qc5+ 56. Kg2 Ke5 57. Qc6 Qa3 58. Qc7+
Kf6 59. Qd8+ Ke6 60. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. a3 $5 {A rare line, used by Russian GM Alexey
Pridorozhny.} Bd6 $1 {The best reaction.} 11. Nb5 Be5 $1 12. f4 Bd6 {Black has
lost two tempi with his dark-squared bishop only to provoke f2-f4. But this
advance weakens White's position badly and Black is totally fine here.} 13. b4
c5 (13... Be7 14. Nd4 $13) 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Kh1 d4 ({Worse was} 15... Bg4 $143
{in view of} 16. Qd2 $1) ({The simpest decision would be} 15... Re8 $5 16. Bb2
Bg4 17. Qd2 Ne4 $11) 16. bxc5 (16. Qf3 Bd7 17. f5 Rfe8 $11) 16... Qxc5 17. Rb1
Re8 18. Rb5 $5 {An interesting way to fight for the e-file.} Qc6 19. Re5 Bb7 (
19... Ba6 $5 {was enough for equality too.}) 20. Qe2 Rxe5 $1 21. fxe5 Re8 $1
22. Bf4 $5 ({I spent a lot of time here, trying to make Rf6 work, but did not
succeed:} 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Bg7 $1 {Stockfish thinks
that White is still ok here, but it looks dubious from the human view.} (25.
exf6+ Qxf6 $3 {- a nice refutation!} 26. Bg5 Kf8 $3 $19) 25... fxe5 (25... Kd8
26. Bxf6+ Kc7 27. Qg7 $1 $13) 26. Bxe5 Kd8 27. Qg5+ f6 28. Bxf6+ Kc8 29. Bxd4
$13) ({Best was probably} 22. Bb5 d3 $1 {The point of Black's play.} 23. Bxd3
Rxe5 24. Qf3 {and the position is about equal.} ({or} 24. Qf2 $11)) 22... Nh5 (
{There was nothing wrong with} 22... Re7 $5 23. h3 Nd7 24. Qf2 Qd5 {and Black
could even be slightly better, but the move in the game is more direct.}) 23.
Bc4 $2 {Going for an advantage, White forgets about safety.} (23. Bxh7+ {
has to be played. After} Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Rf2 Qc3 (25... d3 26. cxd3) 26.
Qd1 {despite of his extra pawn it is White who has to be careful, the position
is about equal.}) 23... d3 $1 ({White's idea lies in the line} 23... Nxf4 $6
24. Rxf4 Rxe5 $2 (24... Re7 $8) 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Bd5 $1 {, winning}) 24. Bxd3
({Now after} 24. cxd3 $2 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe5 {White is forced to go into the
endgame with a pawn less:} 26. Re4 ({The idea from above is no longer working:
} 26. Bxf7+ $2 Kh8 27. Bd5 Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Rxe2 29. Rxc1 Bxd5 $19) 26... Rxe4 27.
dxe4 Qxe4 $17) 24... Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe5 $15 {White is slightly worse here.
Both players were in time trouble already.} 26. Qd2 ({Worse was} 26. Qf2 {
in view of} Re1+ 27. Bf1 Ra1 $17 28. Rxf7 $4 Qxg2+) 26... g6 27. Bf1 $6 {
Too passive.} ({Better was} 27. h3 {and if} Qd6 {then White has} (27... Re1+
28. Rf1) 28. Qb4) 27... Rd5 $5 ({Black had an interesting possibility here -} 
27... Qc7 $5 28. h3 Be4 $15) 28. Qf2 Rd1 29. Kg1 {White seems to hold here,
but not without difficulties.} Qd6 ({A better try was} 29... Rc1 $5 30. c4 ({
with a small trap -} 30. Rxf7 $4 Qxg2+ $1 $19) 30... Qc7 31. Qe3 $1 Qb6 32.
Qxb6 axb6 33. Rd4 Kg7 {and the engame is slightly better for Black.}) (29...
Qc7 30. Rd4 $1) (29... Ba6 30. Qxa7 $1) 30. c4 $4 {A terrible move.} ({In time
trouble White missed the simple} 30. Rxf7 $1 Bxg2 $1 (30... Ba6 31. Qxa7 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 Bxf1 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Kxf1 $14) (30... Bd5 {is also
possible, but White is slightly better after} 31. Rf4 Qxa3 32. c4 Bc6 33. h4)
31. Kxg2 (31. Qxa7 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Bxf1 $11) 31... Rd2 32. Rf8+ (32. Be2) 32...
Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kg8 (33... Kh6 $4 34. Be2)) 30... Bxg2 $5 {Tempting.} ({But
better was} 30... f5 $1 31. Qe3 Be4 32. Rf2 a5 $17 {with a huge positional
advantage.}) 31. Kxg2 Rd2 32. Be2 Rxe2 $1 ({After} 32... Qe5 33. Kf3 g5 34. Re4
{Black has to force the draw} Qf5+ 35. Ke3 Qc5+ 36. Kf3 $11) 33. Qxe2 Qxf4 34.
Qe7 $1 {Thanks to this resource White is holding the endgame.} Qg4+ ({Another
try was} 34... Qxc4 35. Qxa7 h5 (35... Kg7 36. a4 h5 37. a5 h4 38. a6 $11) {
but after} 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb2+ $1 f6 (37... Kh7 38. Qb4 $1) 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39.
Qb4 $1 {White's counterplay is enough for a draw.}) 35. Kf2 Qd4+ ({More
problems White could face after the trickier} 35... Qf4+ $5 36. Kg2 a6 $1 {
although here not only} 37. Qd8+ $1 ({but also} 37. c5 Kg7 38. Qb7 {should be
enough for a draw}) 37... Kg7 38. Qd5 $1 Qg4+ 39. Kf2 Qe6 {Here suddenly
\White can go into a pawn endgame:} 40. Qxe6 $1 fxe6 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd4 Ke7
43. Kc5 $1 {=}) 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kg1 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 a5 (38... Qg4+ $5 39. Kf2
Qf4+ {transposes to the 35...Qf4 line.}) 39. c5 $1 Qb2+ 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kg2
Qb2+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Qc7 $1 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 ({Maybe slightly better
was} 45. Kf1 {(or even 45.Kh1). The difference is that after} Qxa3 46. Qe5+ f6
47. Qc7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kh5 {White has} 49. c6 $1 $11 {It's not that important,
though, because in the 45.Kg1 line White has the 49.Qc4! resource which is
enough for a draw.}) 45... Qd4+ {Black couldn't find any resources and just
offered a draw here.} (45... Qxa3 46. Qe5+ f6 47. Qc7+ Kh6 {Only try.} 48. Qf4+
$1 ({less clear is} 48. c6 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 a4 50. Qd7 a3 51. c7 a2 52. c8=Q Qxc8
53. Qxc8 a1=Q 54. Qh3+ Kg5 $17) 48... Kh5 49. Qc4 $1 $11 (49. c6 $4 Qc5+))
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. b3 Re8 15.
Ra2 Qe7 16. f3 Rad8 17. a4 Na8 18. Re2 Nc7 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Be1 Ne6 21. Bf2 c5
22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rc6 24. Ne2 Rec8 25. Bh3 Ba3 26. Rd1 cxd4 27. Bxe6 Rxc2
28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxd4 Bc5 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qb5 b6 33. Qc6 Qe5 34.
Rd1 Qb8 35. g4 Rc8 36. Bg3 Rxc6 37. Bxb8 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. Rd3
Nd7 41. Ba7 Nc5 42. Rxd5 Rxb3 43. Bxb6 Nxa4 44. Bd4 Nc3 45. Rxa5 Ne2+ 46. Kf2
Nxd4 47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. exd4 g5 49. Ke2 Kg6 50. Re8 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rf2 52. d5 Rxf3+
53. Kc4 Rf2 54. d6 Rc2+ 55. Kb5 Rb2+ 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kb7 Rb2+ 58. Kc7 Rc2+ 59.
Kd8 f5 60. d7 Rxh2 61. Re6+ Kf7 62. gxf5 Rc2 63. Rg6 Rc1 64. Rxg5 Rc5 65. Rg1
Rc2 66. Rg6 Rc1 67. Ra6 Rc2 68. Ra8 Kf6 69. Ke8 Rd2 70. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 71. Rxd8
Kxf5 72. Kf7 g5 73. Rd5+ Kf4 74. Kg6 g4 75. Kh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8. a4
a6 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nb4 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb6
Nxb6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bb7 20. Be6 fxe4 21. Nxe4 d5
22. Ng3 Bd6 23. Qg4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe7 26. Qg4 Nxc2 27. Nf5 Qf6
28. Rc1 g6 29. Rxc2 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Rf8 31. Be6 Bc6 32. h4 Ba4 33. Rd2 Qh6 34.
Rf2 Qe3 35. Qe2 Qd4 36. Bxd5 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qxd5 38. Qf8+ Qg8 39. Qf6+ Qg7 40.
Qd8+ Qg8 41. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Nb6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxb7 O-O 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bh3
15. e4 Bxd4 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Nb5 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Rxe7 20. Nc3 Re5
21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Rd4 c6 23. Rxc4 Re6 24. Nd5 Qa6 25. Ne3 Rf6 26. Qc2 Ne5 27.
Rd1 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qb6 29. Qc3 Rf3 30. Re1 h5 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Qe2 Rf6 33. Qd2
Qg5 34. Nc4 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Kh7 36. Qc3 Qg5 37. Ng2 Bxg2 38. h4 Qg4 39. Qxf6 Qh3
40. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 20. Bd1 Qd3
21. Bf3 Qd4 22. Ncb5 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Bxd2 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Rb7 h5 26. Rd1 Bf4 27.
Re1 Nc8 28. N6b5 Bd2 29. Rd1 Ba5 30. Nc6 Bb6 31. a4 a6 32. Nc7 Bxc7 33. Rxc7
Nb6 34. Rd4 Kg8 35. Rh4 Kh7 36. Bxh5 Bxh5 37. g4 Kg8 38. gxh5 Nc4 39. Kf1 g5
40. Rh3 Rh6 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Rhh8 43. Kg4 Rhc8 44. h6+ Kh8 45. Rxc8+ Rxc8
46. Nd4 Nxe5+ 47. Kxg5 Rc4 48. f4 Nd7 49. Ne2 Re4 50. Nc3 Re1 51. a5 d4 52. Na4
Ra1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14.
c4 Be6 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. e4 Nf6 20. Bd3
Rac8 21. Ke2 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. f4 Kf7 24. Rb1 b6 25. a4 Ke7 26. Ke3 e5 27.
fxe5 Ng4+ 28. Kd4 Nxe5 29. Bb5 Nc6+ 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. a5 Rd6+ 32. Ke5 Re6+ 33.
Kd5 Rd6+ 34. Ke5 Re6+ 35. Kd5 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nb6 13. e4 Be6 14. Ra3 Nfd7
15. Be3 Rfd8 16. h3 h6 17. Rd1 f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Bf7 20. Ra5 Nc8 21. Nd4
Nf8 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Ncb5 a6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Nc3 e5 27. Na4 Rad8
28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. d6 Rcc8 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. Ra3 Rb4 34.
Na5 Rxb2 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Rea1 f4 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rb6 39. Bc8 Rxa3 40.
Rxa3 Be8 41. Ra8 Bf8 42. Bxd7 Bxd7 43. Ne5 Rxd6 44. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7
15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Qb5 Nc4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Ba1 Bg5 22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Nf3 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qe7 25. Qxd5 Qxb4 26. Ra7 Rcd8 27.
Qf5 Nd2 28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. e3 Rd6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Qe4 Re6 32. Qf3 Rf6 33. Qe4
Re6 34. Qf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
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{This game was played in the sixth round. In the previous game, Vladislav
dramatically lost to Dreev, having blundered a rook in a very good position.
Looking back, it seems that this game was one of the crucial ones in the
tournament. But this is just hindsight. Before this very game, Artemiev hadn't
lost with white more that a year.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {
The main answer. In general, the line is considered to be harmless for Black.}
5. Bc4 Bc5 6. O-O ({Vladislav is used to play} 6. d3 d6 7. h3 ({the main
position arises after} 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11.
Nxc5 dxc5 {etc.}) 7... h6 (7... c6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3
Qd7 12. Bg5 Bd8 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Bxb6 axb6
18. Qe3 c5 19. f4 $14 {1-0 (42) Artemiev,V (2703)-Bocharov,I (2565)
Cheliabinsk 2018}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Qe7 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 c6 12. O-O g6
13. c3 Be6 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Be3 h5 16. d4 {1-0 (36) Artemiev,V (2706)-Oparin,G 
(2624) Sochi RUS 2018}) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. d3 Be6 {The most natural.} (
8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Qf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c4 Qd7
15. a4 Rf7 16. a5 {and despite white eventually won,I don't think black is in
troubles Kryvoruchko,Y (2678)-Adams,M (2740) Tromsoe 2013}) 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3
O-O (10... h5 $5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. h3 $13) 11. Bb3 a5 $6 {Wrong move order.} ({
Better was} 11... h6 12. c3 ({and if} 12. h3 a5) 12... d5) 12. c3 h6 13. h3 ({
White had an extra option:} 13. d4 $5 Bxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Re1 {
with some chances for pressure.}) (13. Bc2 d5) (13. Be3 $6 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7 $1
15. Nf5 $2 a4 16. Bc2 g6 $1 {and Black is better.}) 13... d5 14. Qf3 a4 15. Bc2
Re8 16. Rd1 $6 ({I think the logical} 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 c6 {led to a
balanced position.}) (16. d4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 exd4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
20. Bxh6 a3 $17) 16... d4 {Now White is obviously worse.} 17. c4 $2 {I don't
like this move at all.} ({Better was} 17. Bd2) ({Or even} 17. Rf1 $5) 17... c6
{More flexible than ...c5 - now the knight may come to c5 and there is an
option with ...b5.} 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Ba5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Qb6 {Preparing to conquer the line by ...Ra6.} ({Another way was} 22... b5 23.
cxb5 cxb5 24. b4 Qc7) 23. Qe1 $1 {Not so difficult, but good.} c5 24. Rdb1 Qd6
25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Ra3 Reb8 ({During the game I wasn't sure what was better - the
way I played or trying to create some pressure on the kingside with more
pieces on the board. But after for example} 26... g6 $5 27. Rba1 Rab8 28. Bd1
Rg8 29. Nf1 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Bf3 {Black has nothing special.})
27. Rba1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 g6 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. Kh2 Nf6 {A good manoeuvre - the
knight is going to c6.} 31. Bd1 Ng8 32. Be2 ({White could have swapped bishops,
but I am not sure it gives any relief:} 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qe6 34. f3 Ne7
$15) 32... Ne7 33. h4 $6 {Probably not so bad, but not necessary.} Nc6 34. Ra3
Qd8 35. h5 Ra8 {Now Black has two ways to disturb the opponent - the a-file
and some squares on the kingside.} 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Kg1 Qa5 $1
39. f4 $6 {An active move, but now definitely the wrong one.} exf4 40. Qxf4 Qd8
{Just in time - Black controls all the black squares!} 41. Nf1 Qb8 42. Qh4 Qe5
43. Nh2 Qf6 44. Qg3 Qe5 45. Qh4 h5 {Now Black's got two options to improve the
position - the bishop goes to g4 and the king to h6.} ({Another way was also
good, but h5 is just stronger:} 45... g5 46. Qf2 Qf4 47. Qxf4 gxf4 $15) 46. Nf3
Qf6 47. Qg3 Bg4 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Qc7 h4 50. Qxb7 Bxf3 $6 ({Stronger was} 50...
Ne5 $1 51. Qb8 Bxf3 52. gxf3 h3 {and the winning way being simple but nice:}
53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Qc8 Qf4+ 55. Kxh3 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Kf4 57. Qh3 Qxh3+ 58. Kxh3 Ke3
$19) 51. gxf3 Qd6 ({Now after} 51... Ne5 {White has} 52. Qc8) 52. e5 $1 Nxe5
53. f4 (53. Qe4 g5 54. f4 Ng6 {The queens' exchange is coming with an easily
winning endgame for Black.}) 53... Nd7 54. Bf3 Nf6 {We were playing mainly on
the increment. Of course, it was very difficult for White to find the toughest
defensive moves.} 55. Qf7 ({After the game Vladislav suggested that} 55. Qc8 {
was the way, but after} g5 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. fxg5 Qg3+ 58. Ke2 Qxg5 59. Be4+
Nxe4 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. dxe4 {White is lost.}) 55... h3 56. Kg3 h2 57. Kxh2 $2 {
Loses on the spot.} ({However, the only path to continue the game was} 57. Kh3
$1 Nh5 58. Kg4 $1 {which is almost impossible to find on seconds.}) 57... Qxf4+
58. Kg2 Nh5 $1 59. Qd5 ({Not helping was} 59. Qxf4+ Nxf4+ 60. Kg3 Kg5 ({
Some chances might be there after} 60... Nxd3 61. Be4 Nb4 62. Kf4 {but even
here Black is winning.}) 61. Be4 Ne2+ 62. Kf3 Nc1 63. Bc6 Nxd3 $19) 59... Qd2+
60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Bg2 Nf4 {The pawn endgame is coming, White is
lost.} 63. Qa8 Qxg2+ 64. Qxg2 Nxg2 65. Kxg2 Kg5 66. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nc2 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Bf5 16. Ra1 Ne8 17. Rd1 Bc2 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qa3 b5 21. Bxb5
Nxb5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Bd2 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Bd3 27. h4 h5
28. f3 a4 29. Kf2 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd5 31. Bg5 Bf5 32. Kg3 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34.
Rc1 Bf5 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Bf6 Be6 38. Ke3 Bxa2 39. Kf4 Kh7 40. Be5
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,78,37,37,46,46,41,52,49,39,36,38,65,11,6,22,32,15,23,19,20,8,41,19,16,
6,33,45,40,40,49,31,20,14,10,5,24,0,15,-27,-27,-32,-7,-17,-3,-15,-3,-9,-7,-19,
6,-1,-1,-7,-17,-3,-3,-3,-3,-86,-44,-44,-36,-28,-28,-41,-30,-30,-20,-94,-96,
-261,-261,-261,-182,-177,-177,-758,-559,-561,-554]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
e5 4. Bc4 Be7 $5 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 $5 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 $5 axb6 {
This idea was introduced by Vasyl Ivanchuk in his FIDE World Championship game
against Vishy Anand in 2001.} 10. Ne3 (10. c3 {, preventing ...b6-b5, is more
accurate. Here are some examples:} O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 $5 (12... Bxe3
$5 13. Bxe3 Qe7 (13... Be6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Kh8 17. Qb5 Ra6 18.
d4 Qe7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b4 $14 {1/2 (94) Kurnosov,I (2527)-Smirnov,P (2629)
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 14. f4 exf4 $1 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 (16. Bd5 Qd7 17. a3 Ne7
18. Qb3 Bxd5 19. exd5 b5 $11 {1/2 (48) Illescas Cordoba,M (2626)-Nataf,I (2565)
Mallorca 2004}) 16... Qxe6 $1 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rad8 19. Bg3 Rd7 20. Rf5
Rfd8 21. b4 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Yd6d5] 1/2 (21) Leko,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2785)
Dortmund 2003 CBM 097 [Erenburg,S]}) 13. a3 $6 (13. Bd2 {0-1 (42) Anand,V 
(2770)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Moscow 2001 CBM 086 [Ftacnik,L]} f5 $11) 13... f5 $1
14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $1 17. Ba2 (17. Bb5 $5 Rxf5 18. Bxc6
$11) 17... Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 $11 {0-1 (33) Svidler,P (2735)-Carlsen,M (2845)
Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019 CBM 190 [Nielsen,Peter Heine]}) (10. a4 O-O 11. Ne3
Bg5 {was played in the below-mentioned game Timofeev-Jakovenko and led to the
position from the present game after} 12. O-O) 10... Bg5 ({Black misses an
opportunity to improve his pawn structure by means of} 10... b5 $1 11. Bb3 (11.
Bxb5 $4 Qa5+) 11... O-O $11 {After the text move he must work harder to
equalize.}) 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (12... Bxe3 $5 {is another
plan:} 13. Bxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 d5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rad1 h6 18. h3 Rf7
19. exd5 exd5 20. f4 Qd6 21. Qxb6 exf4 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxa4 $11 {
1/2 (64) Timofeev,A (2611)-Jakovenko,D (2596) Izmir 2004}) 13. Nd5 (13. c3 f5
14. Nxf5 {1-0 (25) Babault,P (2320)-Meynard,T (2288) France 2008} Bxc1 15. Rxc1
Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $11) 13... Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. f4 Be6 {Black
keeps control of the d5 square.} 17. Qd2 Bg8 {Setting up a subtle trap.} 18. f5
{This obvious move is actually a tactical oversight!} (18. c3 $11) 18... Nd4 $1
{[%mdl 64]} 19. c3 ({Surprisingly, White can't protect his f5 pawn as} 19. g4
$2 {loses in view of} b5 $1 20. axb5 (20. Ba2 Rxa4 {is hopeless, too}) 20...
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nf3+) ({, and} 19. Ne3 $6 d5 {is clearly favorable for Black.})
19... Nxf5 20. Qe2 {Fortunately for White, he has a decent compensation for
the pawn (control of light squares). Sooner or later, Black has to exchange
White's d5 knight, otherwise he can't remove his queen from d8. He takes the
knight at once.} Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rf6 23. Bxb7 Raf8 {Black has given
up the pawn but consolidated his position. Chances are approximately equal now.
} 24. Bc6 Qd8 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Qh3 g6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. b4 $6 {
Too optimistic. Quiet play was appropriate, say,} (29. Bf3) 29... cxb4 30. cxb4
Qc3 31. Qe1 (31. Rb1 d5 32. Bf3 e4 $17) 31... Qd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 33. Bf3 Nc6 34.
a5 $2 (34. Rb1 $1 {was a passive but right defense. White holds on in that
case, e.g.} Qxd3 35. Rd1 Qb3 36. b5 (36. Bxd5 Qxb4 37. Bxc6 Qxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxc6
39. Kg1 {must be enough for a draw, too}) 36... e4 $8 37. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 38. bxc6
Rxc6 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ $11) 34... Nxb4 35. a6 $2 (35. axb6 $2 Nxd3 {
is equally poor.}) (35. Qg1 {was the only chance to continue resistance. Of
course, Black keeps an extra pawn and winning chances after, say,} bxa5 36.
Qxd4 exd4 37. Rxa5 Rd6) 35... Nxd3 36. Qb1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 g5 $1 {Threatening 38..
.Ne4+ 39.Kh1 Ng3+! 40.hxg3 Rh6+.} 38. Qa2 Ng4+ $1 {Black finds the most
convincing way to win.} ({The immediate} 38... Ne4+ {is less accurate in vew of
} 39. Kf1 (39. Kh1 Ng3+) {, and Black must find something like} 39... Nd2+ 40.
Ke2 e4 $1 41. a7 (41. Qxd2 exf3+ 42. gxf3 Re6+ $19) 41... exf3+ 42. gxf3 Re6+
43. Kd1 Nb1+ $19) 39. Kh1 Qf4 $1 (39... Qf4 40. Kg1 $8 Qe3+ $1 41. Kh1 Nf2+ 42.
Kg1 Ne4+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kh1 Ng3+) 43... Nd2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rc8 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. h4 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5
c4 22. Qf4 Nc5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qd2 b4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Qc5 27. e3 c3 28.
bxc3 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Qc2 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rd8 34.
Rc1 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Ncb5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. c3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Be3 Ra8
15. Nc2 e5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. a5 Ra8 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rfc1
Ng4 22. Nf5 Rfd8 23. h3 Bxf5 24. exf5 Nf6 25. Qe3 h6 26. g4 e4 27. f3 exf3 28.
Qxf3 d5 29. c5 Qe5 30. Qc3 Qc7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rad1 Rcd8 33. Rd3 Qf4 34. Rf1
Qc7 35. Re1 Qf4 36. Rf1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 Qd5 12. O-O Qxb5 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Rxa4
Nbd7 15. Rxc4 Ba6 16. Rxc7 Bxe2 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Bxa5
Nbd5 21. Rc2 Nb4 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Re5 Nbd5 24. Ree2 Rc4 25. Kg2 h6 26. Rd3 Rb5
27. Be1 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Bc3 Rb8 32. Rd2 Rbc8 33. Rd3
Nb4 34. Rd2 Nbd5 35. Rd3 Nb4 36. Rd1 Nfd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Rd3 Kg6 39. Rb3 h5
40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Ke2 g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. Rb5 R4c7 44. Ra5 Rc6 45. Rb5 f6 46.
Ra5 Ke4 47. Kd2 Rh8 48. Ra1 Rh2 49. Re1+ Kf5 50. Re2 Rc8 51. Kd1 Rh1+ 52. Re1
Rh2 53. Re2 Rc6 54. Kd2 Rh1 55. Re1 Rxe1 56. Kxe1 Ke4 57. Ke2 Rb6 58. Rd1 Ra6
59. Re1 Rc6 60. f3+ Kf5 61. Kf2 Ra6 62. fxg4+ Kxg4 63. Re4+ Kf5 64. Kf3 Rc6 65.
Rh4 Nxc3 66. bxc3 Rxc3+ 67. Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. e6 fxe6
22. Ne5 Qd5 23. Bg3 d2 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 Rf7 26. Nf4 Qd6 27. Ng6 Qd5 28.
Nf4 Qd7 29. Qc2 Bg5 30. Ng2 Rf3 31. Rd1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Nxf4
Rd6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Nb3 37. Nd3 Rd5 38. f4 g5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Kf3 Rd5 41.
Ke4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Ne5+ Kf6 44. g5+ Kg7 45. Nf3 Kg6 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Nd4+ Nxd4
48. cxd4 Kg4 49. g6 Kxh4 50. Rh1+ Kg3 51. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 52. Ke3 Rd3+ 53. Ke4 Kg2
54. Rh5 Rg3 55. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4
Qe7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. h3 Ba4
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Bb7 27.
Nxb8 Qxb8 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Qa4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. h4 Kf8 32. f3 Ke7 33. e4 e5
34. Kf2 h6 35. Bc4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g4 f6 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kc3
Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 Na6 15. O-O
O-O 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Nc1 h4 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ndc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Rc4 b3 23. Be3 Qd7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rxc5 Qxa4 27. Qe2 Rbc8 28.
Rc7 Rxc7 29. dxc7 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qc4 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 e4 33. Qxb3 Rxc7 34.
Qb8+ Bd8 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bxe4 Bd6 38. Kg2 g6 39. g4 g5 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Bf5 Ke7 42. Ke4 f6 43. Kd5 Bb4 44. Kc4 Be1 45. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. Rd1
Nxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Be6 11. Be5 Rc8 12. Bd3 Nce4 13. O-O Bb4 14. Qa4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxa7 Qa8 18. Qd4 Ra3 19. Bb1 Bg4 20. Qf4 Qb8
21. Rd4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Rb4 Rc7 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Rd2 Ke7 27.
Rdb2 Ra7 28. h4 g6 29. Bc2 Kd6 30. Bb3 Rc5 31. Kg2 b5 32. Bd1 Ne8 33. Rxb5 Rxb5
34. Rxb5 Rxa2 35. Rxd5+ Kxd5 36. Bb3+ Kd6 37. Bxa2 Ke7 38. Kg3 h6 39. Bb3 f5
40. Ba4 Nd6 41. Bc6 Kf6 42. f4 g5 43. fxg5+ hxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. f4+ Kf6 46.
Kf3 Nc4 47. Ke2 Nd6 48. Kd3 Nc8 49. Kd4 Ne7 50. Bd5 Ng6 51. Kc5 Ne7 52. Kd6
Nc8+ 53. Kd7 Ne7 54. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
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{[%mdl 32768][%evp 0,71,58,21,24,-16,53,35,35,25,30,25,43,-10,15,13,24,0,23,20,
40,13,62,60,52,-33,46,36,35,35,35,38,51,43,34,10,16,-4,-7,19,35,15,15,6,6,6,75,
54,55,51,119,60,60,61,93,93,203,465,436,444,448,446,447,503,477,424,460,530,
530,533,536,498,552,559] The Russian superfinals are well known for their
balanced field of participants and their exciting combative chess, so every
game played there is of great significance. But this duel with Vladislav
Artemiev was particularly important for me. A unique situation had arisen
before the seventh round: six players, of whom I was one, were leading on "+1"
(3.5 Punkte). But Vladislav was not one of them: after three rounds he had
been the sole leader in the table, but he went on to lose two games in
succession and this encounter between us was for him, the favourite for the
tournament, practically his only chance to get back in the struggle for a high
placing. In a word, this game could significantly change the course of the
tournament for each of us. Die russischen Superfinale sind für ihr
ausgeglichenes Teilnehmerfeld und ihren spannenden Kampf bekannt, daher ist
dort jede Partie von großer Bedeutung. Aber dieses Duell mit Vladislav
Artemiev war für mich besonders wichtig. Vor der siebenten Runde entstand
eine einzigartige Situation: sechs Spieler, darunter ich, führten mit "+1" (3,
5 Punkte). Vladislav aber gehörte nicht dazu: nach drei Runden war er der
Einzige an der Tabellenspitze, verlor später aber zwei Partien nacheinander,
und diese Begegnung zwischen uns war für ihn, den Turnierfavoriten, praktisch
die einzige Chance sich in den Kampf um hohe Platzierung einzumischen. Kurz
gesagt, diese Partie konnte den Verlauf des Turniers für jeden von uns
bedeutsam ändern.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {To be honest, I thought that in this
situation Vlad would more likely go for the Slav Defence, which is also part
of his main repertoire. But the probability of a Grünfeld Defence was of
course also pretty high.  Ehrlich gesagt dachte ich, dass sich Vlad in dieser
Situation eher für die Slawische Verteidigung entscheiden wird, die ebenfalls
zu seinem Hauptrepertoire gehört. Aber die Wahrscheinlichkeit der
Grünfeld-Verteidigung war selbstverständlich auch hoch genug.} 3. Nf3 Bg7 4.
g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 ({Of course White could also
have started with Weiß hätte auch mit} 8. Nc3 {(which would also have worked
one move earlier before castling), while for his part Black can also vary the
move order of Nb6, Nc6 and 0-0. This sometimes brings quite independent
variations on to the board, but often, as was the case in this game, it all
ends up in any case in the main position for this system. anfangen können 
(was auch einen Zug davor anstatt der Rochade ginge), während Schwarz
seinerseits die Reihenfolge der Züge Nb6, Nc6 und 0-0 variieren kann.
Manchmal kommen dabei selbständige Varianten aufs Brett, aber oft, wie es
auch in dieser Partie der Fall war, kommt es im Endeffekt sowieso zur
Hauptposition dieses Systems.}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 {And we have got there! 
Da sind wir!} 10. h3 {At this point White has various moves available to him.
I decided on the continuation chosen in the 2014 European championship by
Maria Kursova against Vladislav. Weiß verfügt an dieser Stelle über
verschiedene Züge. Ich habe mich für die Fortsetzung entschieden, die noch
bei der Europameisterschaft-2014 Maria Kursova gegen Vladislav wählte.} e5 11.
d5 Na5 12. Qc2 {Naturally I really do not want to give away all the subtleties
of my preparation for this variation, but I probably have to reveal at least
some of them. In some interviews I mentioned that while we were working
together GM Yiri Razuvaev recommended that I should employ the system with
g2-g3 against the Grünfeld Defence,but it was only this summer that I felt
myself ready to do so. Natürlich möchte ich nicht unbedingt alle Feinheiten
meiner Vorbereitung zu dieser Variante preisgeben, aber zumindest einen Teil
davon muss ich wohl offenbaren. In einigen Interviews erwähnte ich, dass GM
Yiri Razuvajew während unserer Zusammenarbeit mir empfahl, gegen die
Grünfeld-Verteidigung das System mit g2-g3 anzuwenden, aber "reif" dafür bin
ich erst in diesem Sommer geworden.} ({The text move is not seen so often as
Der Textzug kommt nicht so oft wie} 12. e4 {, but it is based on a sound and
ambitious idea: in the event of the expected advance c7-c6 the e-pawn will be
left on e3 so as to be able to make use of the e4-square (which has been left
free) and the long light-squared diagonal. As far as the Bc1 is concerned, it
can come into play somewhat later. vor, ruht aber auf einer gesunden und
ambitionierten strategischen Idee: im Falle des planmäßigen Vorstoßes c7-c6
den e-Bauern auf e3 stehen zu lassen, um das (frei gebliebene) Feld e4 und die
große weiße Diagonale benutzen zu können. Was den Lc1 betrifft, kann er
etwas später ins Spiel kommen.}) 12... Nac4 $6 {For a while Vlad had been
playing very quickly in this game, especially in the opening. I presume this
was due to his not being in the best psychological state at this point in time,
but the regrouping of pieces which he carried out could have been done during
preparation without a thorough analysis of the consequences. Purely optically
Black's plan looks all right - the knight goes to d6, no danger appears to
threaten Black by doing so and one might think that in the worst of cases for
Black what arises is a position which is slightly worse for him but
complicated and absolutely acceptable. Such an intuitive way of playing
combined with rapid and decent moves had already brought Artemiev many a
victory.  The problem with this position, however, is that it is a dangerous
one to handle just according to the way it looks alone. The King's Indian
structures which flow from the present situation on the board appear really
dubious for Black despite the lovely Nd6. Firstly his other knight is very
unfortunately placed. Secondly - it is really hard for Black to achieve the
counterplay on the kingside which is typical of positions of this sort,
because White is well prepared for it: f7-f5 can be played, but f5-f4 will not
work, whereas the first player for his part has available a plan which needs
to be taken seriously for the strengthening of his position. Thus I think that
Black's last move is the basic cause for his future problems. Eine Zeit lang
spielte Vlad diese Partie sehr schnell, besonders in der Eröffnung. Ich
vermute, dass es teils an seinem zu diesem Moment nicht dem besten
psychologischer Zustand lag, aber die von ihm durchgeführte
Figurenumgruppierung konnte er durchaus noch bei der Vorbereitung vornehmen,
ohne die Folgen davon gründlich zu analysieren. Rein optisch macht der
schwarze Plan in der Tat einen sympathischen Eindruck - der Springer geht nach
d6, es scheint, dass dem Schwarzen dabei nichts Gefährliches droht, und man
könnte denken, dass im allerschlimmsten Fall für den Nachziehenden eine für
ihn etwas schlechtere, aber komplizierte und absolut akzeptable Position
entsteht. Solche intuitive Art zu spielen in Zusammenhang mit schneller und
sauberer Ausführung brachte Artemiev bereits viele Siege. Das Problem bei
dieser Stellung besteht aber darin, dass es gefährlich ist, sie "nach
Augenmaß" zu behandeln. Die sich aus der aktuellen Brettlage herausbildenden 
königsindischen Strukturen sind in der Perspektive trotz des schönen Nd6
für Schwarz recht fragwürdig. Erstens, der andere Springer von ihm steht
sehr unglücklich. Zweitens - es ist für den Nachziehenden wirklich schwer,
ein für solche Stellungsbilder typisches Gegenspiel am Königsflügel zu
erhalten, weil Weiß dafür dort gut vorbereitet ist: f7-f5 kann man zwar
spielen, aber f5-f4 wird nicht gehen, während der Anziehende seinerseits
über einen ernst zu nehmenden Plan zur Verstärkung seiner Position verfügt.
Somit denke ich, dass der letzte Zug des Schwarzen die Grundursache für seine
weiteren Probleme ist.} ({There was a series of other continuations worthy of
consideration, for example: Es gab eine Reihe anderer beachtenswerten
Fortsetzungen, zum Beispiel:} 12... Bd7 {, ,}) (12... e4 $5 {, ,}) ({and, of
course, the most principled option und, natürlich, die prinzipiellste Option} 
12... c6 {In this case the game Kramnik - Grischuk from the candidates
tournament in London 2013 remain practically a model. It continued as follows:
In diesem Fall bleibt die Partie Kramnik - Grischuk aus dem Kandidatenturnier
in London 2013 immer noch als praktisch mustergültig. Sie entwickelte sich so:
} 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nce4 Rad8 18. a3 h5 19.
Nxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nxc4 21. Ra2 Rd8 22. Qf1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Nb5 {, and in the
long run the struggle was undecided, though it is anything but simple to
improve on the actions of the players - an astonishing level of preparation
and play... , und im Endeffekt war der Kampf unentschieden, wobei es ist alles
andere als einfach ist, die Handlungen der Gegner zu verbessern - ein
erstaunliches Niveau der Vorbereitung und des Spiels...}) 13. e4 {Here I began
to use up a considerable amount of time and remained in this mode for a few
more moves. The reason for this was that during my preparation I did not
really pay much attention to the continuation 12...Nac4?! and did not refresh
my knowledge of this variation more or less adequately immediately before this
encounter, but had done so before a previous game against Volodja Fedoseev .
But still, all this pondering was not very practical, because White's play is
rather simple. Hier habe ich angefangen, beträchtliche Zeit zu verbrauchen,
und blieb in diesem Modus ein paar weitere Züge lang. Der Grund dafür war,
dass ich während meiner Vorbereitung der Fortsetzung 12...Nac4?! nicht
wirklich viel Aufmerksamkeit widmete und überhaupt diese Variante mehr oder
weniger ordentlich nicht unmittelbar vor diesem Treffen, sondern vor einer
früheren Partie gegen Volodja Fedoseev auffrischte. Aber trotzdem war dieses
Grübeln nicht besonders praktisch, weil das Spiel von Weiß ziemlich einfach
ist.} Bd7 14. b3 Nd6 15. a4 a5 (15... Nbc8 16. Be3 $16) (15... f5 16. Ng5 $16)
16. Rd1 {Totally logical prophylaxis. Durchaus logische Prophylaxe.} ({
Moreover White could also go about his preventive measures is a slightly
different way Übrigens könnte Weiß seine präventiven Maßnahmen auch etwas
anders gestalten:} 16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1) 16... f5 {During the game I was very
glad that Vlad decided on this natural ccontinuation. I considered it
important to have provoked it and in addition my head was buzzing with
residual images from my preparation, in which the white knight was on e6. In
reality, however, this advance which is on offer cannot worsen Black's
position - on the contrary, it is the best practical chance to confuse the
situation. Während der Partie war ich sehr froh, dass sich Vlad für diese
natürliche Fortsetzung entschied. Ich hielt es für wichtig, sie provoziert
zu haben, außerdem huschten in meinem Kopf Restbilder aus meiner Vorbereitung
vorbei, bei denen sich der weiße Springer auf e6 befand. In Wirklichkeit aber
kann dieser sich bietende Vorstoß die Stellung des Schwarzen nicht
verschlechtern - im Gegenteil, das ist die beste praktische Chance, die Lage
zu verwirren.} ({The note to Black's 12th move is quite well illustrated by
the following variation: Die Anmerkung zum 12. Zug von Schwarz wird ganz gut z.
B. durch folgende Variante illustriert:} 16... h6 17. Be3 f5 18. Rac1 Qf6 (
18... Rf8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 {White's play is
self-evident whilst all his opponent can be proud of is the Nd6, which,
however,, does not compensate for the weaknesses in the black position. Das
weiße Spiel entwickelt sich von selbst, während sich der Gegner nur auf den
Sd6 stolz sein darf, der aber die Schwächen in der schwarzen Stellung nicht
kompensiert.} Rec8 {Here White has several good options available, but the
best of them is Hier verfügt Weiß über mehrere gute Möglichkeiten, aber
die beste davon ist} 21. Nh4 $1 {- White prevents the transfer of the opposing
bishop to h5 and intends to play f2-f4 when the occasion arises. Normally such
positions are evaluated as "+/-", but from an objective point of view White is
almost winning. It is also important that he hardly needed to calculate
anything any more. - der Anziehende verhindert die Überführung des
gegnerischen Läufers nach h5 und beabsichtigt, bei Gelegenheit f2-f4 zu
spielen. Normalerweise werden solche Positionen als "+/-" bewertet, aber
objektiv gesehen steht Weiß fast auf Gewinn. Auch wichtig ist, dass er noch
kaum etwas rechnen musste.}) 17. Ng5 {That too is the most natural decision.
There were also subtler options, e.g. Auch das ist die natürlichste
Entscheidung. Es gab auch raffiniertere Optionen, z. B.} (17. Be3 $5) (17. Ra2
$5 {, but when in my calculations I discovered the move 21.Nb5 all doubts
disappeared. , aber als ich bei meiner Vorberechnung den Zug 21.Nb5 entdeckte,
verschwanden alle Zweifel.}) 17... Qf6 18. Ne6 $1 {Once more this is not the
only continuation but the best from a human point of view. I totally thought
the game was still developing according to my previous analysis, however it
later turned out that my second and I had not quite gone far enough in such a
jungle :). Nonetheless ideas similar to to those from our previous analysis of
this variation kept cropping up, so here I was confident. Das ist wieder nicht
die einzige, aber aus menschlicher Sicht die beste Fortsetzung. Ich dachte
überhaupt, dass sich die Partie immer noch entsprechend meiner früheren
Analyse entwickelt, jedoch stellte sich später heraus, dass mein Sekundant
und ich in einem solchen Dschungel doch nicht so weit gekommen waren :).
Nichtsdestotrotz kamen ähnliche Ideen bei unserer vorherigen Arbeit an dieser
Variante immer wieder zum Vorschein, deshalb war ich hier zuversichtlich.} Bxe6
19. dxe6 Qxe6 {If Black does not take this pawn his position looks pretty sad:
Wenn Schwarz diesen Bauern nicht nimmt, sieht seine Lage ganz traurig aus:} (
19... f4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5) (19... Rac8 20. Nb5 $1) 20. exf5 ({The fact
that according to the computer even the "steady" continuation Der Fakt, dass
laut dem Computer sogar die "bedächtige" Fortsetzung} 20. Be3 $5 {brings
White a palpable advantage, tells us all we need to know about the strength of
White's position. dem Anziehenden spürbaren Vorteil bringt, spricht für die
Stärke der weißen Stellung recht deutlich.}) 20... Nxf5 {Other options are
even worse: Andere Optionen sind noch schlechter:} (20... Qxf5 21. Ne4 {
with winning domination: mit gewinnbringender Dominanz;}) (20... gxf5 21. Nd5
Rac8 (21... Rec8 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Bd5 $18) 22. Nxc7 (22. Qc5 $5) 22... Qe7 23.
Qc5 Qxc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxd6 e4 26. Rb1 Rc6 27. Rd1 {On account of the very
unfortunate position of the Nb6 Black is close to losing this endgame. Wegen
der sehr unglücklichen Lage des Nb6 ist Schwarz in diesem Endspiel dem
Verlust nahe.}) 21. Nb5 $1 {The key move. To be honest, at this moment I did
not see particularly many of the details shown below, but I believed in my
position. Fortunately this time my intuition did not drop me in it. Der
Schlüsselzug. In diesem Moment sah ich ehrlich gesagt nicht besonders viele
von den unten gezeigten Einzelheiten, glaubte aber an meine Stellung. Zum
Glück hatte mich meine Intuition diesmal nicht reingelegt.} Nd4 {This is bad,
but "amusing". Das ist schlecht, aber "lustig".} ({But Schlecht und
"langweilig" wäre} 21... Re7 {would be bad and "boring" ,} 22. Bg5 (22. Ba3 $5
c6 23. Bxe7 ({the strongest continuation is die stärkste Fortsetzung ist} 23.
g4 $1 {, but one rarely decides on such options or even takes them into
account if there are good alternatives , aber man entscheidet sich für solche
Optionen selten oder zieht diese überhaupt nicht in Betracht, wenn es gute
Alternativen gibt}) 23... Qxe7 24. Nc3 e4 25. Nxe4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1) 22... Bf6 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxb7 Rf8 25. Bg2 (25. Rac1 $5) 25... Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 {In all
these variations Black is still in the struggle, but White has a big advantage
and can play for a win absolutely risk-free. In allen diesen Varianten kämpft
der Nachziehende noch irgendwie, aber Weiß hat einen großen Vorteil und
spielt auf Gewinn absolut ohne Risiko.}) 22. Qxc7 Nxb5 {This is probably one
of the few moments (there will be another one on move 24), when Black had much
of a choice. Even if objectively the alternatives should not help him, they
would have "offered" his opponent real chances of making a mistake. Das ist
wohl eine der wenigen Momente (ein weiterer wird im 24. Zug sein), wann
Schwarz eine beträchtliche Wahl hatte. Auch wenn die Alternativen objektiv
gesehen nicht helfen sollten, hätten sie dem Gegner reelle Möglichkeiten zum
Fehlgreifen "angeboten".} ({The last statement has less to do with Die letzte
Aussage bezieht sich weniger auf} 22... Re7 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qc5) ({or oder} 
22... Rac8 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxb7 d3 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bh6) ({But there is the
interesting Interessant ist aber} 22... Rad8 $5 {which I seriously looked into
during the game. , womit ich mich während der Partie ernsthaft beschäftige:}
23. Nxd4 (23. Bb2 {on account of lässt wegen} Rd7 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qc2 d3 {
practically loses the advantage den Vorteil praktisch aus}) ({There is the
simple and strong einfach und stark ist} 23. Bd2 $5 Nxb5 24. axb5 Rd7 25. Qc2
Rc8 26. Qe4 Rcd8 27. Qe1 {, but hitting the knight looks the most merciless ,
aber das Schlagen den Springer sieht am erbarmungslosesten aus}) 23... exd4 24.
Qxb7 ({Once again the more prudent continuation wiederum ist die vorsichtigere
Fortsetzung} 24. Bd2 $5 d3 25. Rab1 {is somewhat weaker. etwas schwächer})
24... d3 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bh6 $1 {(not a particularly simple move) (kein
besonders einfacher Zug)} Qf5 27. Qf3 {, and although the struggle does
continue, White has very good prospects of a win. , und obwohl der Kampf noch
dauert, verfügt Weiß über sehr gute Gewinnaussichten.}) ({Another
interesting option to which I paid almost no attention was Eine weitere
interessante Option, der ich fast keine Aufmerksamkeit widmete, war} 22... Ne2+
$5 23. Kh2 e4 24. Rd6 $1 ({The variation die Variante} 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. Qxb7
Nec3 26. Nxc3 Nxc3 27. Bb2 Rab8 28. Qa7 Qb6 {is not at all so dangerous for
Black with the pawn on a4 and not as in the game on b5. ist bei dem Bauern auf
a4 und nicht wie in der Partie auf b5 gar nicht so gefährlich für Schwarz}) (
{You can simply develop the bishop Man kann einfach den Läufer entwickeln -} 
24. Be3 $5) ({or even oder sogar} 24. Ba3 {, but things do not look really
clear , aber wirklich klar sieht das nicht aus}) 24... Qf5 25. Qxb6 Bxa1 26.
Be3 {It is obvious that White's compensation for the exchange is the stuff of
dreams, but over the board it was not so very easy to understand that he had
almost won. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß traumhafte Kompensation für die
Qualität hat, aber dass er fast gewonnen steht, wäre am Brett nicht allzu
leicht zu begreifen.} Be5 27. Rd2 Nc1 (27... Nc3 28. Bf1 $1 {- an important
subtlety - wichtige Feinheit}) 28. Qxb7 {with domination. mit Dominanz.}) 23.
axb5 e4 24. Rb1 Nd5 {Vlad had a long think about this move. At this moment,
for some reason or other, I was in mild time trouble so the time my opponent
invested in this position was also useful for me. Über diesen Zug dachte Vlad
lange nach. Zu diesem Moment war ich aus irgendeinem Grund bereits in leichte
Zeitnot geraten, daher war die Zeit, die der Gegner gerade in diese Stellung
investierte, auch für mich nützlich.} ({It would simply be bad to play
Einfach schlecht wäre} 24... Re7 25. Qd6 a4 26. Bg5 ({or oder} 26. bxa4 Nxa4
27. Bg5 (27. Qxe6+ $5 Rxe6 28. Rd7 Nc3 $2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bb2 $18))) ({
A more resilient move is Zäher ist} 24... Rac8 $5 25. Qd6 a4 {, but here the
computer shows the splendid resource , aber hier zeigt Computer die herrliche
Ressource} 26. h4 $1 {, and White wins. , und Weiß gewinnt.} ({During the
game I considered Während der Partie hielt ich} 26. Bf1 {the strongest
continuation - it is actually passable but it allows the opponent
possibilities for stiff resistance. für die stärkste Fortsetzung - was
tatsächlich passabel ist, aber dem Gegner Möglichkeiten für harten
Widerstand lässt})) ({The most interesting alternative is probably Die
interessanteste Alternative ist wohl} 24... a4 $5 25. bxa4 (25. Rd6 Qc8 $1)
25... Nxa4 (25... Rac8 26. Qxb7 Re7 27. Qa6 $1 ({after the end of the game I
joined in the online commentary with Sergei Shipov and said that here I wanted
to play nach dem Ende der Partie gesellte ich mich zum Onlinekommentar von
Sergei Shipov und sagte, dass ich hier} 27. Qxe4 $5 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. a5
Nc4 30. a6 {which in fact is not bad, and if it looks like the only option it
is totally playable. spielen wollte, was in der Tat nicht schlecht und, weil
es wie die einzige Option ausschaut, gut nachvollziehbar ist.}) 27... Ra8 {
[#] [#]} 28. Be3 $1 {Although White only gets a rook for the queen he has
sacrificed, he wins with no problem - his remaining pieces and the a6-pawn are
so strong. Obwohl Weiß für die geopferte Dame nur einen Turm bekommt,
gewinnt er ohne weiteres - so stark sind seine gebliebenen Figuren und der
Bauer a6.} Rxa6 29. bxa6 Nc8 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rc1 $18) 26. Qxb7 $1 ({I
intended to content myself with Ich beabsichtigte mich mit} 26. Bd2 {, but
then by means of zu begnügen, aber dann kann Schwarz mittels} Rec8 27. Qf4 Re8
{Black can still resist. sich noch zu sträuben}) 26... Rab8 27. Qa7 Nc3 28.
Bb2 {, and if , und wenn} Ra8 (28... Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 {- see
the annotation on Black's 27th move in the main text - s. die Anmerkung zum 27.
Zug von Schwarz im Haupttext}) {, then , dann} 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Nxb1 31.
Rxg7+ Kf8 {Here Black's situation is somewhat better than it could have been
in the game, but nevertheless after Hier ist die Lage des Schwarzen etwas
besser, als sie in der Partie hätte sein können, aber trotzdem hat er nach}
32. Rxh7 ({or oder} 32. b6 {he has no serious prospects of saving the game.
keine beträchtlichen Rettungsaussichten.})) 25. Qxb7 Nc3 26. Bb2 $1 {Simple
and good Simpel und gut.} ({The variation Die Variante} 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. Bh6 (
27. Rb2 Rab8 28. Qc6 Nxb5 {absolutely throws away the greater part of the
advantage. wirft den größten Teil des Vorteiles überhaupt weg}) 27... Rab8
28. Qa7 Nxb1 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg6 Qe7 33. Qa6 Bd4
34. Bg5 Qf7 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Bxg7 38. Qxa5 $16 {is hard to
calculate and evaluate even in a less tense situation and with sufficient time;
additionally, unlike a computer a human being can hardly spot that this line
is almost forced. ist sogar in einer entspannter Situation und mit genügend
Zeit schwer zu berechnen und zu bewerten, außerdem kann ein Mensch im
Unterschied zu einem Computer kaum erkennen, dass diese Linie fast forciert
ist.}) 26... Rab8 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc3 29. Rdd2 Rab8 30. Qc7
Nxb5 31. Qxa5 {with a technically won position. mit technisch gewonnener
Stellung.}) 27. Qa7 Qxb3 (27... Ra8 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxb1 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 {
During my aforementioned online comments with Shipov I stated that here I felt
myself attracted to the variation Beim oben bereits erwähnten Onlinekommentar
von Shipov erzählte ich, dass ich mich hier von der Variante} 31. b6 ({
why not simply take the pawn - warum nicht einfach den Bauern nehmen -} 31.
Rxh7 Nd2 32. b6 Nxb3 33. b7 Rab8 34. Bxe4 (34. Be5)) 31... Nd2 32. b7 Rab8 33.
Rd7 Nxb3 34. Ba3+ Kg8 35. Bf1 {It is spectacular and is as it later turns out
also approved of by the computer.The latter thinks, however, that after the
further hinreißen ließ. Sie ist spektakulär und wird, wie es sich später
herausstellte, auch vom Computer gutgeheißen. Letzterer meint außerdem, dass
nach dem weiteren} Nd2 {not only the capture of the knight but also nicht nur
das Nehmen des Springers, sondern auch} 36. Bb5 $5 {wins gewinnt.}) ({I think
that if Vlad had not been playing this game after two defeats in a row, then
he would have quickly calculated the uncomplicated variations arising after
the capture on d3 and with a heavy heart gone in for Ich denke, wenn Vlad
diese Partie nicht nach zwei Niederlagen nacheinander gespielt hätte, hätte
er die nach dem Nehmen auf d3 entstehenden unkomplizierten Varianten schnell
berechnet und sich schweren Herzens auf} 27... Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Bxc3 Bxc3
30. Rbc1 Bb4 {White is winning (or at least almost so), but sometimes in
positions of this sort the side struggling for a draw manages to achieve it
thanks to stubborn defence. eingelassen. Weiß steht auf Gewinn (oder
zumindest fast), aber manchmal gelingt es in Positionen dieser Art der ums
Remis kämpfenden Seite, sich durch hartnäckige Verteidigung zu behaupten.})
28. Bxe4 $1 {A spectacular continuation - in reality White has everything
safely protected. Especially from an aesthetic point of view it was pleasant
for me to mke this move and in addition it echoes 39.Bc8! from the game
against Fedoseev. Eine spektakuläre Fortsetzung - in Wirklichkeit ist bei
Weiß alles sicher gedeckt. Besonders aus ästhetischer Sicht war es für mich
angenehm, diesen Zug zu machen, außerdem klingt er an 39.Bc8! aus der Partie
gegen Fedoseev an.} Bf6 {During the game I was very glad of this blunder which
indubitably makes it easier to convert White's advantage, but when one looks
at the whole business in a calm atmosphere one recognises at a glance that
objectively speaking White in any case has no reason to worry about the
outcome of the game :). Während der Partie war ich über diesen Patzer, der
die Verwertung des weißen Vorteils zweifelsohne erleichtert, sehr erfreut,
aber wenn man das ganze in einer ruhigen Atmosphäre betrachtet, wird man
sogar mit bloßem Auge erkennen, dass Weiß objektiv gesehen ohnehin keine
Gründe hat, sich um den Partieausgang Sorgen zu machen :).} ({Of all the
variatios I had to calculate here,only the following was more or less
demanding: Von allen Varianten, die ich hier rechnen musste, war nur die
folgende mehr oder weniger anstrengend:} 28... Rbd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxa5 Rd1+
31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Nxe4 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qb7+ {, there are "along the way"
sufficient other options which win in a less forcing manner. , dabei gibt es
"unterwegs" genügend andere Optionen, die weniger forciert gewinnen.}) 29.
Bd5+ Nxd5 30. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxf6 32. Rd6 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Qxa5 Re2
35. Rd2 Re5 36. Rd8 {and Black resigned.  A good, well-played game, after
which, moreover, I went to the top of the table before the rest day.  The
thorough analysis, however, shows that the basic cause of Black's defeat was
an opening catastrophe, whereas what was required of me above all was not to
screw up. In this connection it is important to emphasise how much does not
come to light in the commentary on the most important chess events and
individual games and in addition depends on at first glance inconspicuous
decisions which in reality are crucial. I would not claim that 12...Nac4?! put
Black in a hopeless situation but after it he was always that little bit
behind. Such a high price for opening subtleties is probably a trend in
today's chess. und Schwarz gab auf.  Gute, saubere Partie, nach der ich
außerdem vor dem Ruhetag zum Tabellenführer wurde. Die gründliche Analyse
zeigt jedoch, dass die Grundursache der schwarzen Niederlage eine
Eröffnungskatastrophe war, während von mir in erster Linie abverlangt wurde,
die Sache nicht zu vermasseln. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es wichtig zu
betonen, wie viel bei der Kommentierung der wichtigsten Schachevents und der
einzelnen Partien nicht zum Vorschein kommt und außerdem von auf den ersten
Blick unscheinbaren Entscheidungen abhängt, die in Wirklichkeit aber
ausschlaggebend sind. Ich würde nicht behaupten, dass 12...Nac4?! den
Schwarzen in eine hoffnungslose Lage brachte, aber vom Spiel auf der
Augenhöhe war er danach weit entfernt. Ein so hoher Preis bei
Eröffnungsfeinheiten ist im heutigen Schach wohl ein Trend.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
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[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O cxb4 8. a3
bxa3 9. Nxa3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nac2 Bg4 14. Qb1
Nce4 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Ne3 Nd3 17. Qb1 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Rc8 21. Rxa7 Be2 22. Rf4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Rxb7 Qd6 25. Rb6 Qc5 26. Nc6 Rc7
27. Rb8 Bg6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qb8+ Ne8 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Rf1 Bd3 32. Re1 Qc5 33.
Bf1 Bg6 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Qf4 Kg8 36. Bh3 Rd8 37. Bg2 h6 38. Nf3 Nf6 39. Nd4 Qb4
40. Rd1 Kh7 41. h3 Rc8 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. g4 Rd8 44. Qc7 Rd7 45. Qe5 Rd8 46. Kg3
Re8 47. Qc7 Qb4 48. Bf3 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Nf3 Re7 51. Qd8 Be4 52. Rf1 Qb7
53. Qd4 Rd7 54. Qe5 Bxf3 55. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. a3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Nc3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. f4 Ng8 18. h4 f6 19. f5 fxg5 20. fxe6 g4 21. O-O Qc8
22. a4 Nf6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd5 O-O 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qa6 Re7
28. c3 b4 29. cxb4 Rxe6 30. Qa2 Qc6 31. b5 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qc4 Re7 34. Ra6
Qd4 35. b3 Qe3 36. Rf5 Rd1 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh7 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kh7
41. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 c4 17. Nf3 b5 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. e5 Nb7 20. Rb1 a6 21. a4 Nc5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Nd3 24. e6 Bxc3 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qe4 Qc8 27. h4 Ra6
28. Rdb1 Bf6 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Qf5 31. Qxc4 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ Qxe5 33. Bxf6
exf6 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ng8 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Bg6
15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Nce7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Be6 Nf6 19. c4 c6 20. a5 d5 21. Qb4 Nh5
22. g3 Nf5 23. cxd5 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 cxd5 25. Rf1 b6 26. Rb3 b5 27. f4 exf3 28.
Rbxf3 Nf6 29. Nb3 Re8 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Re3 32. R5f3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qd7 34.
Kg2 Re8 35. Qd2 Ne4 36. Qf4 h6 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. dxc5 d4 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. cxd6
Rd8 41. Rd3 Rxd6 42. Kf3 Kg8 43. Ke4 Kf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. Rxd4 Rc6 46. Kd3 Ke5
47. Re4+ Kd5 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. Re4+ Kd5 50. Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O Nd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 g6 8.
Naxc4 Bg7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Ne3 Be4 11. f3 Bd5 12. a5 Nbd7 13. d4 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. f4 e6 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Be1 Rac8 21.
Ra4 c5 22. Rac4 Qd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Rxa4 Ne3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf3
b5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 c4 31. Bc6 Bc5 32. Bc3 Kg7 33. Bb5 h6
34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kf3 Nxc3 36. bxc3 Ba3 37. Ke4 Bb2 38. Kd4 Ba3 39. Bxc4 Bc5+
40. Ke4 Bg1 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. g4 Kf8 43. h3 g5 44. f5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Bf2 46. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {This system is considered Black's main weapon
against the a3-Nc3 line.} 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 (13... Ng4 $5
14. Bd2 Nf6 {is a main line, I believe.}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 ({In 2014
vs Lenier Dominguez Evgeny played} 15... a5 $5 {and made a draw in a long game}
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rb2 axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Nh4 f4 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. d4 f6 22.
Qd3 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5 exd4 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. b5 Rfe8 27. b6 cxb6 28.
Rxb6 Rac8 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. Qd4 Rc2 34. Kh1
Qg5 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qe5 38. Qc1 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Rd1 Qf6
41. h3 Qg5 42. Qd2 Rg6 43. Ra1 Kg7 44. Ra5 Qh4 45. Ra4 Rf6 46. Qe2 Qh5 47. Qe7+
Qf7 48. Qd8 Qg6 49. Re4 Kh6 50. Re8 Qg5 51. Re7 Qf5 52. Rb7 Qg6 53. Qe7 Rf5 54.
Qh4+ Qh5 55. Qd8 Qg6 56. Qe7 Rf6 57. Kg1 Rf5 58. Qh4+ Qh5 59. Qd8 Qg6 60. Qh4+
Qh5 61. Qd8 Qg6 62. Qe7 Rf6 63. Rb4 Qg7 64. Qe1 Qg5 65. Kh1 Rg6 66. Qd2 Rf6 67.
Rd4 Kg7 68. Rd5 Qg6 69. Rb5 Qf7 70. Rg5+ Rg6 71. Ra5 Rf6 72. Qd4 Qg6 73. h4 Kh6
74. Rg5 Qf7 75. Rg4 Qf8 76. Kh2 Rf5 77. Kh3 Qf6 78. Qd2 Qe6 79. Qc3 Qf6 80. Qc1
Kh5 81. Qc8 Kh6 82. Qg8 Rc5 83. Qa8 Rc1 84. Kh2 Rc5 85. Qa4 Rf5 86. Kh3 Kh5 87.
Qe4 Kh6 88. Qd3 Rh5 89. g3 Rf5 90. Rg8 Rh5 91. Qe4 d5 92. Qe8 Re5 93. Qb8 fxg3
94. Kxg3 Re1 95. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 96. Kxf4 Kh5 97. Rg5+ Kxh4 98. Rxd5 Re8 99. Rd7
Rf8+ 100. Ke4 Re8+ {1/2 (100) Dominguez Perez,L (2751)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)
Baku 2014}) 16. c4 Nd4 17. Ne3 {Quite a modest continuation.} (17. Nxd4 exd4
18. Rc2 {was more challenging}) 17... Nxf3+ ({My engine recommends} 17... a5 $1
18. bxa5 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bg5 $1 $11 (19... Rxa5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Nc4 {could be
slightly better for White.})) 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nd5 $5 ({In case of} 19. Rc2 $5
{the simplest is} Bxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 $1 $11) 19... Rfb8 $1 ({If} 19... Bd8 {
then White could have tried} 20. a4 $5 (20. Qf5 Qe8) 20... c6 21. Ne3 Bb6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nd5 Bd4 26. Qe2 {and strangely
enough White could be better here.}) 20. Qg3 Qd8 ({Here} 20... Bd8 {looked
quite good. After} 21. Rc2 (21. f4 $6 c6 22. Ne3 Bb6 $15) 21... c6 22. Ne3 a5 {
the postion is about equal.}) 21. cxb5 {I thought for more than half an hour
here and found a strong resource - 25.g3. Then I went for this line with pawn
sacrifices.} ({Nothing promises to White} 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 a5 ({or} 22...
Bf6)) 21... axb5 22. Rc2 Rc8 {Now White can execute the two pawn sacrifice for
a blockade on the white squares.} ({Perhaps better was} 22... Rb7 23. d4 $5 (
23. Qg4 Rxa3 24. g3 Rba7 25. h4 Bh6 $13) 23... exd4 24. f4 $13) 23. Rc6 $1 Rxa3
24. Qg4 $1 Rxd3 ({In case of} 24... g6 {White has an interesting line:} 25. f4
$5 exf4 26. h4 $1 Bxh4 27. Qxf4 Kh8 28. g3 $5 Bg5 29. Qxf7 {with initiative})
25. g3 $1 {The point of White's play.} Ra8 $1 {Other moves were worse.} (25...
Kh8 26. Qf5 $1 $16) (25... g6 26. h4 $1 Rxd5 27. exd5 $16) (25... h5 26. Qxh5
g6 27. Qe2 $16) 26. h4 $1 (26. Nxc7 {was tempting but gives nothing to White:}
Rc8 $1 27. Ne6 Qd7 $1 28. Rxc8+ (28. Qxg5 Qxe6) 28... Qxc8 29. Qxg5 fxe6 $11)
26... Rxd5 $2 {This leads Black into a difficult positon.} ({Stronger was} 
26... Bd2 $1 {postponing the exchange sacrifice:} 27. Rb1 $1 {Defending the
important b4-pawn.} (27. Nxc7 h5 $1 28. Qxh5 Qd7 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Bxb4 31.
Qe2 Bc5 32. Qxb5 Qf5 $44) (27. Rd1 h5 $1 28. Qxh5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Bxb4 30. Qe2
Bc5 31. Qxb5 Ra2 $11) (27. Rxc7 $6 Rxd5 28. Rd7 Qc8 29. Qf5 Qe8 $1 30. exd5 g6
$132) (27. Kg2 $5 {was also possible and after} g6 (27... h5 28. Qxh5 Rxd5 29.
exd5 Bxb4 30. Qe2 $14) 28. Rb1 {the game transposes to the line 27.Rb1 g6 28.
Kg2}) 27... g6 28. Kg2 {Black has a choice:} ({A nice line arises after} 28.
Rb2 Bh6 {-} 29. Rbc2 f5 $1 30. Qe2 $1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rdd1 $1 32. Rxc7 Rg1+ 33.
Kf3 Ra3+ $1 34. R7c3 Rxc3+ 35. Rxc3 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 $1 Kh8 $1 37. Qg4 {White is
still pressing but Black should hold the draw.}) 28... h5 (28... Raa3 29. Rxc7
f5 $1 30. Qd1 Rxd5 $1 31. Rbc1 $1 Rc5 32. bxc5 Qxc7 33. Qxd2 dxc5 34. Qd5+ Qf7
35. Qxc5 Ra8 36. exf5 Rf8 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Kg1 Qf5 $14) 29. Qe2 Raa3 30. Ra1
Bxb4 31. Rxa3 Rxd5 32. Ra7 Rc5 33. Raxc7 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Qb8 35. Qa2 Bc5 36. Qa6
Kg7 37. Rc8 Qa7 38. Qxa7 Bxa7 39. Rc7 Bc5 {and Black should hold the resulting
endgame.}) 27. exd5 {Somewhere around here both players had come into time
trouble.} Bd2 ({After} 27... Bh6 28. Qe2 Qb8 29. Qb2 $1 $16 {White wins the
fight for the very important a-file line, because} Qa7 $2 {is losing the
c7-pawn after} 30. Qc2) 28. Rd1 $2 {A tempting move, but a mistake.} ({Much
better was the cold-blooded} 28. Rb1 $1 Bh6 (28... Ra4 {doesn't work -} 29. Qe2
$1 Rxb4 30. Ra1 $1 Bh6 31. Rxc7 {and White wins.}) 29. Qe2 Qb8 30. Qd1 g6 31.
Ra1 {with the advantage being close to decisive.}) 28... h5 $1 ({After} 28...
f5 $5 29. Qxf5 Bxb4 30. Rb1 Ba5 31. Qe6+ $1 ({but not} 31. Rxb5 Qf6 $1) 31...
Kh8 32. Rxb5 {White is winning.}) 29. Qe4 Bh6 30. Qe2 g6 ({Perhaps even better
was} 30... Qd7 $1 31. Qxh5 (31. Qxb5 $2 Qg4 32. Qd3 Be3 $1 $11) 31... Ra4 $16 {
with some counterplay}) 31. Qxb5 e4 $1 32. Qe2 e3 33. f4 $1 Qe7 ({Another
possibility was} 33... Ra3 $5 34. Rdc1 Qf6 35. Rxc7 Qd4 {and even here Black
has some counterplay.}) 34. Rc3 Re8 35. Rdd3 Bg7 36. Rc4 Bf6 {It looks as if
White's postion is completely winning, but it is still not so easy to make
progress.} 37. Kg2 {White chooses the direct way and loses almost all the
advange in the next few moves.} (37. Kh2 $1 Kg7 38. Ra3 $1 Kg8 (38... c5 39.
dxc6 d5 40. Rc1 $18) (38... Kh7 39. Ra7) 39. Ra7 Qd7 40. Raxc7 Qb5 41. Rc8 $18)
37... Kg7 {Now the most practical decision for White would be just to make 3
waiting moves to pass the time control and then think how to convert the
advantage.} 38. Kf3 $2 {There was no need to hurry at all.} (38. Kh2 $1) 38...
Qd7 $1 39. Rxe3 (39. Kg2 Qb5 $1) 39... Ra8 40. Kg2 Qb5 $1 {The time control is
over, but a significant part of the advantage has also disappeared.} 41. Rc2 $6
({Perhaps better was} 41. Qd3 Ra2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Qb5 45.
Rc2 Qxb4 46. Rxc7 $16) ({Attention deserved} 41. Rxc7 Qxb4 $5 (41... Qxd5+ 42.
Kh2 Ra1 43. Qg2 Qf5 $16) 42. Rc1 Ra4 $16) 41... Qxb4 42. Qc4 Qb1 $1 43. Rb3 Qa1
({Black could have played} 43... Qe1 $5 44. Rf3 Ra5 $1 45. Rf1 Qe3 46. Re2 Qb6
47. f5 Be5 $1 48. fxg6 f6 $1 $11) 44. Rf3 Ra4 45. Qf1 Ra2 $6 (45... Qd4 $142
46. Rd3 Qb6 $14) 46. Rff2 ({Stronger was} 46. Qd3 $1 Ra7 47. Rf1 $16) 46...
Qxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Bd4 49. Rf1 Ra7 {Here we both went into the second
zeitnot.} 50. Rd2 $2 ({White could have fought for the advantage after} 50. Rc4
$1 Bc5 (50... Be3 51. Re4 Ra3 52. Rf3 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Bb6 54. f5 $1 $16) 51. f5
Ra2+ 52. Kh3 f6 53. fxg6 Rd2 54. g4 $1 Kxg6 55. gxh5+ Kxh5 56. Rxf6 Rd3+ 57.
Kg2 Rxd5 58. Rf3 $16) 50... Ra4 $6 ({Much stronger was} 50... Bb6 $1 {with a
nice idea:} 51. f5 g5 $3 52. hxg5 Be3 {and Black is not worse}) 51. f5 $2 ({
A better try was} 51. Rc2 $1 Bc5 52. f5 {but still it looks like a dead draw
after} f6 53. fxg6 Kxg6 54. Kh3 Ra3) 51... Be5 $1 $11 52. Rf3 Rc4 53. Ra2 f6
54. fxg6 Kxg6 55. Kh3 Rc5 56. Rd3 Rc4 {In mutual time trouble Black misses
White's next move, but still nothing serious has happened.} (56... c6 $11) (
56... Kf5 $5) 57. Ra6 $5 Kf5 ({Stockfish is saying that even the fantastic} 
57... c5 $1 {is possible, and after} 58. dxc6 Rc2 {White cannot improve his
position.}) (57... Rb4 $5 58. Rc6 Rb7 {is totally ok for Black too.}) 58. Rc6
Rc5 ({Black is ok also after taking on c6 -} 58... Rxc6 $5 59. dxc6 Ke4 60. Ra3
d5 61. Kg2 d4 $11) 59. Rxc5 ({The best try was} 59. Rd1 $1 {but here Black has}
Rb5 $1 ({or} 59... Ra5) 60. Rxc7 Rb3 61. Rg7 Ke4 $11) 59... dxc5 60. Re3 c4 61.
Kg2 c3 62. Re2 Bd4 63. Kf3 Be5 64. Re1 Bd6 $1 {The last finesse.} ({A mistake
would be} 64... Bd4 $2 {in view of} 65. Re6 $1 Be5 66. Rc6 $22) 65. Re3 Be5 66.
Re2 Bd6 67. Re3 Be5 68. Re1 Bd6 69. Re2 Be5 70. Ra2 (70. Rg2 Bd4 $1) 70... Bd4
71. Re2 ({After} 71. Ra4 Ke5 72. Rc4 Kxd5 73. Rxc7 {the simplest is} Be5 74.
Rc8 f5 $11) 71... Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 {
The modern line.} (7... g5 8. Bg3 Nc6 {transposes.}) ({The main line goes} 7...
c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {etc.}) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 ({I think the best
option is} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15.
Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bh2 O-O-O {with a complicated battle, Sjugirov,S 
(2663)-Yu Yangyi (2764) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 ({After} 11.
Nge2 {it is equal:} Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4 $11) 11... Qe7 $6 {Mixing up the lines.}
({Black should play} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qg5 $13) 12. a3 ({It is
far from easy, but the best answer was} 12. Bd3 $1 Bf5 (12... Nxd4 {doesn't
work:} 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2+ 16. Kf2 $36 {and troubles are
still there.}) 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 {with better
chances for White.}) 12... Ba5 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Be5 Nb5+ 15.
axb4 Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nf3 $16 {and the knight
won't escape.}) ({More dynamic was} 12... Bxc3+ $5 13. bxc3 Bf5 $5 (13... g4
14. Bf4 g3 $13) 14. Bd3 gxh4) 13. Nf3 {There are many to proceed for White,
but I think this is the most human.} (13. Bb5 $5) (13. b4 $2 {is just bad:}
Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nge2 Rh6 $36) (13. Bd3 $2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4 $17) (13.
Nge2 Bf5 {and it is gonna be a different game.}) 13... g4 14. Nd2 ({Of course,
not} 14. Ne5 $2 g3 $15) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 $6 {A mistake.} (
16... g3 $1 {was very tempting, but I didn't get that it was necessary as well.
} 17. Nf3 (17. fxg3 Qf6 $1 {- the point.}) 17... gxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qe4 19. Qxe4+
dxe4 20. Ng5 Bf5 $13 {with a complex endgame.}) 17. O-O a6 $6 {Too slow, but
now it is not clear what Black should do. Both wings are relatively weakened,
and the white position is very solid.} (17... O-O-O 18. Qa4) 18. Bd3 Be6 19.
Nb3 $6 ({Alexander saw the strongest} 19. c4 $1 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bxe3 {but here
did not find} 21. dxc6 $1 ({Black is fine after} 21. fxe3 Bxd5 $13) 21... g3
22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $18 {and the black position
is collapsing.}) 19... Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 {Now,
surprisingly, it is very comfortable for Black. The bishop protects c7 and at
the same time is waiting for the opening of the a7-g1 diagonal (some ideas
with ...g3 are always there).} 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 $2 {No need for
such a harsh decisions.} ({I don't think White is worse after} 25. Nd4 $5 Qf6 (
25... Re8 $2 26. Ne6+ $36)) 25... cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 27. Rad1 Rh6 28. Rd5 Rc8 29.
Rfd1 $2 {Probably the last mistake.} ({White was still in the game after the
precise} 29. Nd4 $1 Rf6 30. Qb1 $44) 29... Rc4 30. Qd2 Rg6 {The move ...g3 is
coming!} 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Rd7 Qe6 33. Rxb7 (33. Na5 Rd4 $1) 33... Bb6 $19 {
Now it is over.} 34. Qd7 g3 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rdd7 Rf6 37. fxg3 Bxe3+ 38. Kh2
h4 39. Nd2 hxg3+ 40. Kh3 Rcf4 41. Nf3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 h6 8. e3
b6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 c6 13. O-O cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qd5 15.
Qd3 Nbd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bc6 18. Bc4 Qg5 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21.
Bb7 Rac8 22. e4 Nf8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Re1 Rc8 26. h3 Qc7 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 N8d7 31. d6 Qc5 32. g3 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5
34. Nd4 h5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Nb5 N5f6 37. Kf3 Ke8 38. Ke3 Kd8 39. Bd4 Kc8 40. Bb2
Kb7 41. Bxf6 Nxf6 42. Nd4 Kc8 43. Kf4 Kd7 44. Ke5 Ne8 45. Nb5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Be6 12. b3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. Bb2 Re8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Ba5 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Ndc4 Bb4 20. a3 Bf8 21. b4
Be6 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Rg3 Ngf4 24. Rc1 f6 25. Ng4 Kh8 26. Rf3 Bf7 27. Qd2 Ne6
28. Rb3 Qf4 29. Qd1 Qb8 30. Na5 a6 31. Ne3 Nef4 32. Qd2 Nb6 33. Nac4 Na4 34. g3
Nxb2 35. Qxb2 Ne6 36. Rd3 Bg6 37. Rdd1 Bh5 38. Rd3 Bg6 39. Rdd1 Ng5 40. Bg2 Bh5
41. Rd3 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Bg6 43. Rdd1 Be4 44. Nd2 Nxd2 45. Rxd2 Qc8 46. Kh2 Bxg2
47. Kxg2 Qe6 48. Qc2 Rd7 49. Rcd1 Red8 50. Kh2 g6 51. Rd3 Qe4 52. Qb3 h5 53.
Re1 Qe8 54. Ng2 Qf7 55. Qxf7 Rxf7 56. Nf4 Kh7 57. Ne6 Rdd7 58. Kg2 Bd6 59. f4
Kg8 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Rh7 62. d5 cxd5 63. Rxd5 Bxb4 64. Rxd7 Bxe1 65. Rd8+
Kf7 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg5 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. O-O-O Rh4 16. Bd3 Rxd4 17. Bxg6+ Kd8 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc2 Qxf2 20. Qh3
Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh8+ Kc7 23. Qxg7+ Nd7 24. h4 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. h5
Qe5 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg7+ Nd7 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg7+ Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxd4
Qd5 15. Nxc6 Qxe4 16. Qa4 bxc6 17. Rfe1 Qc4 18. a3 O-O 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. axb4
Rfd8 21. Rec1 Rd4 22. Rxc6 Rxb4 23. Rca6 Rxb2 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxa7 Rdd2 26. Rf1
g5 27. h3 Re2 28. Ra5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Rfa1 Rbb2 31. Rf1 h5 32. Kf3 Kg6 33.
Rc5 Kh6 34. Ra5 Kg7 35. Rc5 Kg6 36. Ra5 Rec2 37. Ra3 Rc4 38. Re3 Kf5 39. Kg2 g4
40. hxg4+ hxg4 41. Rh1 Rcc2 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Kg1 Re2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Ra1 Rxe5
46. Ra4 Kg5 47. Kg2 Re2 48. Rf4 f5 49. Ra4 Kf6 50. Ra5 Rd2 51. Rb5 Rd6 52. Ra5
e5 53. Ra8 Ke6 54. Rf8 Rd4 55. Kg1 Rd1+ 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. Kf1 Rf3 58. Kg2 Kd5 59.
Rf7 Ke4 60. Rf8 Rd3 61. Re8 Rd5 62. Rf8 Rd6 63. Rf7 Rd5 64. Rf8 f4 65. gxf4
exf4 66. f3+ gxf3+ 67. Kf2 Rd2+ 68. Ke1 f2+ 69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Rd8 Re2 71. Rd3+
Re3 72. Rc3 Kg3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. b4 a6 20. Qa3 Rab8
21. Qa5 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxa6 d5 24. h4 Rb2 25. Bf1 h5 26. Rac6 Kh7 27.
f3 Bf5 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Rd2 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+
Kh7 34. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4
Qc7 15. Bd2 c5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a3 b5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rc6 21.
Ng4 f6 22. Ne3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 a6 24. h4 Kf7 25. Ng4 Ke8 26. h5 h6 27. Kg1 Nb6 28.
Ba5 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. e4 Nb6 31. Kf1 Bd8 32. Ne3 Nd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Ke2
R6c7 35. f4 Nb6 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. a4 Nd7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ra2 Nb8 41.
f5 Nc6 42. Ra6 Ra7 43. Rxa7 Nxa7 44. fxe6 Kxe6 45. Nf5 Rc7 46. d4 c4 47. d5+
Ke5 48. d6 Rc8 49. d7 Rd8 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Rd1 Ke6 52. Nxg7+ Kf7 53. Nf5 Nc6
54. Rd6 Ne5+ 55. Ke2 Rxd7 56. Nxh6+ Kg7 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Rd5 c3 59. Kd1 Rc7 60.
Kc2 Rc4 61. Rb5 Rxe4 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Kxc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd2 Rg4 65. Ke3 Rg5 66. Ke4
Rxh5 67. Rb8+ Kh7 68. Rb7+ Kh8 69. Rb6 Ng4 70. Kf4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 Be7 10. Bd3 b4 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 a4 15. Nc3 Ra5
16. g4 h5 17. h3 Nf8 18. Qe1 Ng6 19. Qg3 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Qg2 hxg4 22.
hxg4 Be7 23. Bf3 Na7 24. Rfb1 Bd7 25. g5 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Bxb5 28. g6
f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. f5 exf5 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Bf4 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. Qd2 Bc5
35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rxh8 Qxh8 37. Bxd5 c3 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. Bf3+ Bd6 40. Bxc6+ Kxc6
41. Qxc3+ Kb7 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qxg7+ Ka6 44. Ke2 Qe6+ 45. Kd2 Qd6+ 46. Ke2
Qe6+ 47. Kf2 Qb6+ 48. Kf3 Qc6+ 49. Kg3 Qd6+ 50. Kh3 Qxa3+ 51. c3 Qd6 52. Qf7
Qf4 53. Qe6+ Kb7 54. Qe7+ Kc6 55. Qf6+ Kb7 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf2 a3
59. Qe6+ Kb7 60. Qe7+ Kb6 61. g7 a2 62. Qd8+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Kb6 64. Qb3+ Kc6 65.
Qe6+ Kb7 66. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8
15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Qc6 19. g4 a5 20. h4 a4 21. g5
Qe6 22. Rhf1 Rc6 23. Rd2 h6 24. Be3 hxg5 25. hxg5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Bc5 27. Bf4 Kh7
28. g6+ Rxg6 29. Rh5+ Kg8 30. c3 b3 31. Rd1 Rg1 32. Rxg1 Bxg1 33. axb3 axb3 34.
Kc1 Ra8 35. Rg5 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rxf4 37. Rxg1 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxb2 39. Kc4 Re2 40.
Kxb3 Rxe5 41. Kc4 Kf8 42. Kd4 d6 43. c4 g5 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kd3 f6
47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Kc3 f5 50. Rd1 Re6 51. Kd4 f4 52. Kd5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. d4
Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Nh2 c5 20. Qf3 c4 21. Nd2 Bc5
22. b4 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rb6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rc6 27. Qb3 Be6 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 Rexe6 30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Ra6 32. Nhf3 Ra4 33. Rc8+ Kh7
34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bb7 f5 17. Nc5 Bxb7 18. Nxb7 Rd5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Na5 Nxa5 21.
Rxe7 Rf7 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Re7 Rf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2
Bd7 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Bd3 b6 19. Ke2 fxe4 20. fxe4 e5
21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd4 Nd6 23. Rc1 Kd8 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Bf4 Ne8 26. Bb8 Be6 27.
Bxa7 Bxa2 28. Bxb6+ Ke7 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Rc6 Kd7 31. Bb5 Nd6 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33.
Bc6 Be5 34. Nf3 Rb8 35. Bc5 Rb2+ 36. Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Kc2 Rb2+ 38. Kc1 Rxg2 39.
Bd5+ Kf6 40. Bxd6 Bb2+ 41. Kd1 Bxd5 42. exd5 Rf2 43. Nd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Ne8
15. Qb4 Bb7 16. h6 g6 17. a4 Nc6 18. Qc5 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nb8 21. Qa7
Bxe4 22. Nc5 Nd6 23. Ndb3 Bd5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Qxa6 Nc4 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Nxd7
Qe7 28. g4 Rfd8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Nc3 Rf6 33. Ne4 Rf4
34. Nbc5 Rxg4 35. b3 Ne5 36. Re1 Rf4 37. c4 Ng4 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Ncb7 Rf8 40. c5
Nxh6 41. c6 Rb4 42. Kb2 Nf5 43. c7 Nd4 44. Nc5 Rb6 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Nxc8 Rc6
47. Re8+ Kg7 48. b4 h5 49. Kc3 Nb5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ke2 Nd4+ 52. Kf1 h3 53. Kg1
g5 54. Re3 Rxc8 55. Rxh3 Rb8 56. Nd3 f5 57. Re3 Kf6 58. Kg2 Nc2 59. Re2 Nxb4
60. Nxb4 Rxb4 61. Ra2 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kf4 63. Ra3 g4 64. Rc3 Rb5 65. Rc8 Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ba5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. O-O Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Bh1 b6 19. Rc3 Na5 20. b3 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc6 25. Qc3 a5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Nb4 28. a3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. a4 g5 31. g4 f6 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. f4 Kg6 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Nd8 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. gxf5
Kxf5 41. Kf3 Ng5+ 42. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,58,19,31,25,-16,-12,4,21,-4,-4,-40,-13,-55,-4,-16,34,-22,9,26,93,39,
53,106,107,90,119,118,167,51,25,20,65,65,40,59,59,40,47,29,40,43,68,-11,-13,0,
0,-43,0,-99,-107,-160,-185,-242,-183,-192,-248,-237,-93,-427,-423]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 {A rare reply to a rare
move.} (6... O-O) ({or} 6... c5 {are usually played here.}) 7. e3 c5 $1 $132 8.
dxc5 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O {1-0 (32)
Didiliuc,D (1846)-Cornette,D (2427) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016} Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bd3 14. Rfe1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Bxc3 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. exd4 Qa5 $11) (8. Bd3 cxd4 9.
exd4 Bf5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 (11... Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 Bg6 $11) 12. Nb5 Na6
13. a3 Bf8 {0-1 (42) Safin Shukhrat (2455)-Nenashev Alexander (2565) Bishkek 
(zt) 1993 [Nenashev,A]} 14. Rac1 $14) 8... Qa5 (8... O-O {is more quiet and
leads to a position from the following game, in which Black played 6...c5
first (7.dxc5 0-0 8.e3 Ne4):} 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. f3 Nef6 12. Ne2
Nxc5 $11 {1/2 (56) Erdos,V (2619)-Krejci,J (2538) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 9. Nge2
(9. Rc1 Qxa2 (9... Nd7 10. Nge2 Qxa2 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qa5 13. Kf2 Qxc5 14.
Nb5 Qxc2+ 15. Rxc2 $16 {0-1 (59) Antonsen,M (2455)-Thybo,J (2470) Svendborg
2018}) 10. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Rxb8 13. c4 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Ne2 O-O {1/2 (16) Galperin,P (2445)-Harsha,B (2486) Warsaw 2019})
9... O-O (9... Nc6 $5 10. a3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Nxc5 12. axb4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxb4 14.
Ra4 Nxc1 (14... Qb3 15. Qb1 Nxb2 16. Qxf5 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Nc3 $16 {
1-0 (43) Girya,O (2442)-Danielian,E (2445) Batumi 2016}) 15. Rxb4 Nxe2 16. Rxb7
Nxf4 17. Bb5 $5 O-O 18. Bxc6 $14) 10. a3 Bf5 (10... Nxc3 {doesn't fit Black's
aggressive plans. White keeps a tiny edge after} 11. Nxc3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. O-O $14)
11. Qc1 (11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa4 14. Qb2 Nd7 $11) 11... Nxc5 {
[%mdl 512] Black sacrifices a piece to attack White's king in the centre. The
resulting position is hard to evaluate but in practice defending is more
difficult than attacking. However, up to a certain moment, Alexey Dreev plays
well.} (11... Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qxc5 13. Nxe4 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 dxe4 15. h3 Nc6 16.
g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. h4 f6 19. O-O Bf7 20. Rc5 Rad8 21. g5 fxg5 22. hxg5 a5
23. Rfc1 a4 24. Rb5 Re7 25. g6 Bxg6 26. Bg5 Rde8 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rc4 Ne5 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Kf6 31. R5xb7 Nd7 32. Ra8 Bf5 33. Raa7 h5 34. Bf1 {1-0 (34)
Matthiesen,M (2307)-Svane,R (2587) Denmark 2018}) 12. axb4 (12. Nd4 $5 Bxc3+ (
12... Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Bxb8 $1 Raxb8 17.
Kd2 $14) 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg6 {, and Black should equalize.}) 12... Nd3+
13. Kd2 Qd8 $1 (13... Qxb4 14. Ra4 $1 Qb6 15. Qa1 {is rather favorable for
White.}) 14. Qb1 $1 (14. Qc2 $143 Bg6 15. Qb3 Nc6 $132) 14... Bg6 15. Bxb8 Qxb8
16. f4 $1 Nf2 (16... Nxf4 17. Qe1 Nd3 18. Qg3 $16) 17. Qe1 Nxh1 18. Nd4 {
White has consolidated his position. Black's h1 knight must fall, and White
should regain his material advantage while Black's attack has been repelled.}
Qd6 19. Bd3 $6 {There was no need to hurry.} (19. Ra4 $1 $16 {was quite
possible.}) 19... Qxb4 $6 (19... Bxd3 20. Kxd3 Qg6+ 21. f5 Qxg2 22. Qxh1 Qxb2
$13) 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Qxh1 $6 {This obvious move suddenly gives Black strong
counterplay.} (21. f5 $1 {was correct, and after} Bh5 22. Kc1 {White is ready
to capture the h1 khight and should win} (22. Qxh1 d4 $1 {leads to unnecessary
complications})) 21... d4 $1 22. exd4 (22. Nxd4 $2 Qxb2+ 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. e4
Rac8 $19) 22... Rac8 $6 (22... Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rac8 {was correct, to which White
should play} 24. Rb1 {, still keeping better prospects.}) 23. Ra2 $2 ({It was
still possible to play} 23. f5 $1 Qxb2 24. Ra3 Bh5 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Nxb1 $16) {
After the game move Black seizes initiative.} 23... Bxd3 24. Kxd3 Qb3 25. Rxa7
$2 (25. Ra3 $1 Qxb2 26. Qa1 {was a must although it is not easy for White to
defend after} Qb6) 25... b5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 26. Rb7 $2 (26. Ne3 Qxb2 (26... b4
27. Qd1 $1) 27. Qe1 Qb3 28. Nf5 Qc4+ 29. Kc2 b4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 {
, and Black should win}) (26. Qa1 $142 b4 27. Kd2 bxc3+ 28. bxc3 Qb5 $17 {
- Black continues his attack with a rough material parity.}) 26... Qxb2 27. Qe1
Qb3 28. Qa1 Rc6 $6 (28... Rc4 $142 $19 {[%cal Rb5b4,Rf8c8]}) 29. d5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This loses at once.} (29. Kd2 $1 Rfc8 30. Rxb5 Qxc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3
32. Rb2 {, and Black should display good technique to convert his material
advantage.}) 29... Rxc3+ (29... Rxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Qxd5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,101,16,17,17,4,11,9,9,10,13,21,26,16,46,34,24,29,39,23,52,28,32,15,63,
60,66,35,66,44,44,22,18,23,23,19,18,9,8,8,5,8,20,-3,7,0,0,-1,0,4,8,4,8,10,17,
17,8,20,37,45,63,50,62,56,69,26,36,36,16,31,34,34,39,44,40,45,172,153,168,145,
146,173,185,176,167,170,170,170,170,170,272,284,301,296,297,266,336,297,414,
329,340,375,403,399]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 {A quiet continuation leading to
a simple position. However, this game shows that there is still a lot of fight
ahead.} (10. O-O {is more popular.}) 10... Nxc5 (10... Bxc5 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2
(12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 a5 17. h3 h6 18.
Qc2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {1/2 (19) Korobov,A (2656)-Jakovenko,D (2712) Poikovsky 2016
}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Ye3e4]} (13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 (14. h3 Rfc8 15.
Rac1 Nf8 $11 {1-0 (68) Gurevich,M (2605)-Vaganian,R (2650) Moscow 2001 CBM 086
[Dautov,R]}) (14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. Bg3 Nf8 $11 {0-1 (39) Epishin,V (2583)-Vaganian,
R (2650) Germany 2001}) 14... h6 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Bg3 Qe8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6
Rc5 $11 {1/2 (42) Gagunashvili,M (2547)-Karthikeyan,M (2472) New Delhi 2014})
13... Qc8 14. Rc1 Bc6 15. e4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 $14 {
1/2 (40) Sokolov,I (2688)-Bologan,V (2630) France 2003 CBM 094 [Dautov,R]}) 11.
O-O (11. Qc2 Qa5 $11 {R.Dautov}) 11... Qxd1 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qb1 Qb4 13. Qa2
Bd7 14. Rfd1 Nxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 b5 18. Bxb5 {1/2 (18)
Papin,V (2466)-Cheng,B (2446) Melbourne 2016}) 12. Rfxd1 Rd8 (12... Bd7 13. Ne5
Rfc8 14. Be2 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rab1 Nb3 17. Bf3 Rb6 {1/2 (27) Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2658)-Fridman,D (2626) Germany 2018} 18. Be5 $14) 13. Ne5 Ncd7 (
13... Nh5 $6 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Rd1 g5 17. Be2 $1 gxf4 18. Bxh5 Nxe5
19. Rxd8+ Kg7 20. exf4 Nc6 21. Re8 Nxb4 22. Re7 $18 {1-0 (35) Sokolov,I (2645)
-Le Roux,J (2523) Mulhouse 2011}) 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Both sides have weaknesses: White's b2 pawn vs Black's c6 pawn.
Therefore the position is roughly equal.} 18. Kf1 Nd5 (18... Rxd1+ $5 19. Rxd1
Ra7 {[%cal Ya7b7]}) 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 {And now the position is almost
symmetrical. However, the struggle continues. White's bishop is more active so
he keeps some initiative.} f6 21. Bf4 Kf7 22. Ke2 e5 23. Be3 Rab8 24. Rdb1 {
[%mdl 32] White's king controls the d-file; therefore White concentrates on
the fight for the b-file.} Ke6 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Bb6 (26. Rb7 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7
$11) 26... Rd7 (26... Rdb8 27. Bc7 $1 Rc8 28. Rb7) (26... Rdc8 {is too passive.
}) 27. Be3 {A typical trick securing the b-file for White. However, Black has
enough counterplay.} Bd8 28. Rb3 Rc8 $6 {An obvious but wrong move!} (28... Ba5
29. Rab1 Rad8 {was correct, and it is difficult for White to make progress. If}
30. Bb6 (30. R1b2 {[%cal Ye3b6]} Rd3 31. Rc2 R3d7) {then} 30... Rd2+ 31. Ke1
Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Ra2 33. Rxc6+ Kf7 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Rbb7 Kg5 36.
Rxg7+ Kf4 $11 {[%cal Ya2a1]}) 29. Rab1 c5 (29... Ba5 {is now ineffective due to
} 30. Bb6 Bxb6 31. Rxb6 Ra7 32. Kd3 {etc.}) 30. Rb8 Rc6 31. c4 Ba5 32. Rh8 h6
33. Rbb8 {Activating another rook.} Bc3 34. h4 Bd4 35. Bd2 Rcc7 {A desperate
attempt to activate Black's rooks (...Rc7-b7).} ({If} 35... Bxf2 {then} 36.
Rbe8+ $1 Kf7 37. h5 g5 $8 38. Ra8 Kg7 ({or} 38... Ke6 39. Rxh6) 39. Rag8+ Kf7
40. Rg6 Rcd6 41. Bc1 Bg3 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rhxh6 {, and the h5 pawn decides the
game}) 36. Rb6+ Kf7 (36... Rd6 37. a5 $5) 37. Be1 f5 {A senseless sacrifice
but what to do?} (37... Rb7 38. a5 {followed by Rh8-a8xa6}) 38. exf5 e4 39.
Rbb8 Kf6 40. g4 Rb7 41. f3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Ba1 43. Bf2 Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Rd1 45.
Bxc5 Rc1 46. Ke4 $5 g5 (46... Rxc4+ 47. Kd5 $18) 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. Rb4 Rh1 49.
Bf2 a5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. c5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rae8 17. Qf3 Re4 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Bxe5 Rxh4
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Qg4 23. Raf1 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxc4 25. Qxb7 Rh6 26. h3 Rg6
27. d6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qe3 30. Qd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 a4
9. Qb4 Re8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Na3 e6 12. Qe1 h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Bb4
f5 16. Nc2 g4 17. Nh4 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Ng6 Nf7 22.
fxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 h5 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Nc4 Bh6 26. Nd6+ Kg6 27. Nxe8 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qxe8 29. e4 Ba6 30. e5 Nd7 31. Rc6 Kh7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qb1+ Kg7 34. Qf5
Bd3 35. Qxd3 Nxe5 36. Rc7+ Nf7 37. Qf5 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 gxf3 40. Kf2
Kg6 41. Be7 a3 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rf6+ Ke4 44. bxa3 Nh8 45. Rxb6 Kxd4 46. Kxf3
Nf7 47. Rb4+ Ke5 48. Rh4 Nd6 49. Bxd6+ Kxd6 50. a4 Kc5 51. Ke3 Rb8 52. Kd3 Rb2
53. Rxh5 Rxa2 54. Rh8 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Ra8 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rxh2 58. a5 Kc5 59.
a6 Kb6 60. Rd8 Kxa6 61. Rxd5 Kb6 62. g4 Rh8 63. Kf4 Kc6 64. Rd1 Rf8+ 65. Ke5
Rg8 66. Kf5 Rf8+ 67. Ke6 Rg8 68. Rd4 Kc5 69. Ra4 Re8+ 70. Kf7 Rb8 71. g5 Rb7+
72. Kg8 Kd5 73. Rf4 Rb1 74. g6 Ke6 75. g7 Ke7 76. Rh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
b5 9. c5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nc3 f5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. f3
h6 16. Nh3 Bf5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Nf2 g5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Nd1 Rf7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22.
Nd1 Raf8 23. Nf2 Qe6 24. Bc1 Re8 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Nd1 Bg6 28. Qe3
Rd8 29. Nf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Bf5 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. Ne3 Bg6 33. Bb2 Kh7 34. Bc1 Qf6 35.
Bb2 Qe6 36. Bc1 Rff8 37. Bb2 h5 38. Nd1 Bh6 39. Bc1 Bf5 40. Ne3 g4 41. Qd1 Bg6
42. Nc2 Bg7 43. Bf4 Rc8 44. Qd2 Rf7 45. Rf2 Kg8 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Ref1 Nf8 48.
Ne3 Nd7 49. Nc2 Bf6 50. Ne3 Rh7 51. Bh1 Rh5 52. Ng2 Nf8 53. Be3 Qf7 54. Nf4 Rh7
55. Bg2 Ne6 56. h4 Ng7 57. Nxg6 Qxg6 58. Rxf6 exf6 59. Bf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

