[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,108,24,12,33,-8,-12,-19,-13,-5,-7,-2,0,4,18,-21,-15,-8,-20,-20,-17,
-9,0,0,0,-4,-8,-18,-11,-92,-94,-107,-106,-107,-89,-84,-87,-113,-25,-37,-50,-64,
0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,9,8,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 $1 {11.Nc3 is better
than 11.Nbd2.} Nd8 {[#] C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. Nh2
$146 (12. d4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. cxd5
f6 16. a4 Nf7 17. d4 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Bc3 {½-½ (48) Maghsoodloo,P (2676)
-Svidler,P (2723) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Ne6 13. Ng4 Kh8 14. Nxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qg4 Rae8 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 Qd8 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 g6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Nc5 22. Bh6 Nxd3 23. Bxf8 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 (24. Bh6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nd3
25. Qc4) 24... Rxf8 $17 25. Qc4 {[#]} Qa8 $1 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rb4 Kg7 28. Ng3 {
[%cal Be2g3,Bg3e4,Be4d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} h5 (28... a5 $17 29. Rb5 Qa7) 29. Ne4
Bd8 30. a5 Qa7 (30... Rc8 $15) 31. g3 $11 (31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qb4 Qa8 $17) 31...
f5 32. Nd2 Rxb4 33. cxb4 e4 34. Nb3 Bf6 {To avoid Qd4. Strongly threatening ...
e3.} 35. Kg2 h4 36. gxh4 Kf7 (36... Bxh4 $2 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Nxd4 $18) 37. h5
(37. Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d7]}) 37... gxh5 38. b5 e3 39. f4 Qb8 {[#] Hoping for ...
Qg8+. The position is equal.} 40. Kf1 ({Don't play} 40. bxa6 Qg8+ 41. Kh1 (41.
Kf3 Qg1 $17) 41... Qg3 $17) 40... axb5 41. Qc6 e2+ 42. Kxe2 Qa7 43. a6 Qg1 44.
Qxc7+ Kg6 $1 {...Qh2+ is the strong threat.} 45. Nd2 {Threatens to win with a7.
} ({Wrong is} 45. Qxd6 $2 Qg2+ 46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48. Kd1 Qf3+ 49. Kd2
Qg2+ 50. Ke1 Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52. Kd1 Qf3+ 53. Kd2 Qxb3 $19) 45... Qh2+ 46.
Kd1 {And now a7 would win.} Qxf4 {aiming for ...Qa4+.} 47. a7 Bg5 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Rf4d2]} 48. Qa5 b4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf4d2,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 49. Qa2
b3 $1 50. Qa5 Qe3 51. a8=Q {White wants to mate with Qg8+. Chess con chili.}
Qg1+ 52. Ke2 {Intending Qg8+ and mate.} Qe3+ 53. Kd1 {White threatens Qg8+ and
mate.} Qg1+ 54. Ke2 {Qe8+ would kill now.} Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
08 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,58,10,19,14,23,20,28,16,14,14,12,6,22,15,20,6,24,27,18,22,12,31,42,
14,31,17,29,22,26,12,54,50,38,20,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 (5... O-O 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Be6 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Bb6 11. b5 Na5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe5 Re8 14. Nd2 Bxf2+ 15.
Kxf2 Rxe5 16. Kg1 Qe7 17. Rf1 Qc5+ 18. d4 Qxc3 19. dxe5 Qxa1 20. Nb3 Qxa2 21.
Qxd5 Qxb3 {0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2782)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021})
6. c3 a6 7. a4 {seems to push 7.Bb3 aside. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main
lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 {White has an edge.} Ng6 10.
Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. a5 c6 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Re1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 15... d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Kh1
Qc7 21. fxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (33) Keuter,K (2421)-Bastos,P (2460) GER email 2016})
16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Qd1 b5 (20... Rad8 $11)
21. axb6 $1 $14 Qxb6 22. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32] [#]
Threatens to win with Nc4.} Qxb2 {The position is equal.} 23. Nc4 Qxc3 24. Nb6
({Don't play} 24. Nxd6 {[#]} Rad8 $1 25. Qxg4 Rxd6 $17) 24... Rab8 25. Nd5 Qb2
26. Rb1 $1 Qa2 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Ra1 $1 Qb2 $1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,122,17,19,35,25,27,10,15,14,10,16,18,20,18,26,22,22,29,20,25,15,57,
61,109,59,85,75,71,83,69,75,69,64,71,71,71,53,59,37,83,23,61,61,61,53,101,104,
106,105,131,84,96,47,41,47,42,33,33,33,33,33,39,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,
11,992,416,1243,1251,1220,1124,1124,1124,1124,1112,1220,1178,970,677,670,670,
663,656,656,656,491,21,21,0,0,8,5941,5710,5695,5602,1171]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 {
is recently more successful than 9...d6. C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall
Systems.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13.
Nxb3 Nb4 14. Nxe5 {Black must now prevent Na5.} Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]
} 15. f3 Bd6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 16. d4 Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd2 {
[#] With the idea Nd7.} Nc6 $146 (18... Bc8 $1 $11 {is superior.}) ({
Predecessor:} 18... Bc8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 {
½-½ (52) Saidashev,A (2397)-Steinkellner,P (2339) ICCF email 2014}) 19. Bf4
$1 $14 Kh8 (19... h6 $14 {is more appropriate.}) 20. Bh2 (20. Qd2 $16) 20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26.
Nxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 27. Ra7 c6 (27... Rc8 $14) 28. Nd3 {
White is more active.} (28. Nd7 $16 Rd8 29. Rc7) 28... g6 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Nb4 {
To avoid Ra2} Kg7 (30... Ra1+ $14 {feels stronger.} 31. Kh2 Rc1) 31. Nxc6 Bxc6
32. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd8 33. g4 (33. b4 $142) 33... Rd2 34. h4 ({Better is} 34. b4
$16) 34... h5 $14 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. b4 Rd4 {[%csl LRb4,LRh4]} 37. c3 Rxh4 38.
Kg2 Rf4 $1 39. Kg3 (39. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Rg2g3]}) 39... Rf5 40. f4 h4+ 41. Kxh4 {
Hoping for Kg4.} Rxf4+ 42. Kg5 Rf3 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Rc5 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Ke4
Rd8 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rh3 $11) 47. Rxb5 (47. Re5+ $142 Kd7 48. Rd5+ Ke8 49.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 50. Kd4) 47... Rd1 (47... Rc8 $142 48. Rb6+ Ke7) 48. Rb6+ $18 Kd7
49. Rf6 Ke7 50. Rf3 Ke6 {[#]} 51. Rd3 $1 f5+ 52. Kd4 Rb1 53. Re3+ Kf6 54. Re8
f4 55. Rb8 Kf5 56. b5 f3 57. Ke3 ({White has to play} 57. Rf8+ $18 Kg4 58. Ke4)
57... Rb3 $11 58. Kd3 {Threatens to win with Kc2.} Kg4 59. Kc2 f2 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} 60. Rf8 $18 Rxb5 61. Rxf2 Rc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.
11 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I KO 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,9,25,23,30,37,35,41,53,43,47,21,16,10,16,9,25,0,39,35,37,28,10,18,
24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-11,6,0,30,21,20,17,25,17,16,0,24,6,27,27,25,
23,30,24,30,45,27,40,44,21,20,0,0,2,26,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-5,-5,-8,-8,-4,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-1014,-999,-999,-975,-940,-925]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
O-O Nf6 5. Re1 (5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Be6 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Bb6
11. b5 Na5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe5 Re8 14. Nd2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Rxe5 16. Kg1 Qe7
17. Rf1 {0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2782)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021})
5... d6 6. c3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} a6 7. d4 Ba7 8.
h3 {White is slightly better.} (8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ngxe5 $15)
8... O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Bb3 Re8 {[#]} 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Ra8 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bxe6
Rxe6 {½-½ (26) Wall,G (2378)-Haslinger,S (2294) Birmingham 2002}) 11... Bd7
12. Qb1 Qe7 13. a3 Qf8 14. Qd3 b5 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. b3 Nc6 18. d5 Ne7
19. c4 Ng6 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Reb8 24. Qa3 Qd8
25. Bf1 ({Wrong is} 25. Bxa6 $2 Rb6 26. Ra1 (26. b5 $2 Bxb5 27. Rc8 Rxc8 $19)
26... Bb5 $19) 25... Bb5 26. Qa5 (26. Nc4 {feels hotter.} Rc8 27. Nfd2 Ne8 28.
Qa5 Ne7 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. f3) 26... Bxf1 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Kxf1 Rdb8 29. Rb3
Rb5 30. Ne1 Ne8 31. Nd3 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nf4 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Ke2 Rab8
36. Rcb1 Nf6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Nc4 Ne8 (38... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5a4]}) 39. h4 Rc8 40.
Na5 Nf6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Nc6 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Re8 {Inhibits
Ne7+.} 43. Nd4 $1 g4+ 44. Kxf4 Rxe4+ 45. Kf5 Rxd4 46. Kxf6 Rdxd5 47. Rf1 Rh5 {
[#] ...Rh6+ is the strong threat.} 48. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Ke7 $11) 48...
Rh6+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Ke7 Rb7+ 50. Kd8 Rh8 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

