[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Qg4 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 f4 15. f3
Qg5 16. c4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. cxd5 Bd3 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Nxc5 Bxf1
22. Kxf1 Rad8 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24. d4 Qxe4 25. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6
15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Qe5 17. Bg5 Re7 18. Qb3 Bg7 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Rc5 h6 21. Qa3
Kh7 22. Bb4 Rd7 23. Qb3 Qe6 24. Rc4 b6 25. Rec1 Bb7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Be1 f5 28.
Nd2 c5 29. a4 Rde7 30. a5 Qd7 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra4 Bc6 33. Raa1 Rxe2 34. Nc4
R2e6 35. Bg2 Qb7 36. Bf1 Bf6 37. Bd2 Bg5 38. Qd1 Ne3 39. fxe3 dxe3 40. Nxe3
Rxe3 41. Qb3 Qc7 42. Bg2 Bxg2 43. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 44. Kxg2 Qb7+ 45. Kh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 O-O 14. Qe2 e5 15. g3
Qc7 16. Bg2 Rae8 17. Nf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Qh5 Ne7 24. f4 d5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Qg5 Ng6 28.
Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Ne3 f4 31. Nf5+ Kf7 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34.
Rf1 Qe5 35. h4 Qf6 36. Nh6+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kf7 38. gxf4 Re2 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+
Kf7 41. h5 Rxb2 42. hxg6+ hxg6 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Re1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6
15. e4 c5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. dxc5 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nxc5 20. Rbc1 Na4 $1
(20... Qa5 $2) 21. Nf4 Qb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. e5 Bc5 25. Bg5 Rd7
26. Qc2 b5 27. h4 a6 28. Bf3 Rd4 29. Qb3 Qa5 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Rh1 $2 (31. Be3
Rd8 32. Bxc5 $11) 31... Rb4 $19 32. Qd3 Rb2 33. Kh3 Rxf2 34. Be4 Qc7 35. h5
Qxe5 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Rd1 $2 (37. Rh2 Nc5 $1) 37... f6 $2 (37... Qxe4 38. Qxf8+
Kh7) 38. Bxg6 fxg5 39. Rd7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Re8 18. f3 Nh5 19. g3 Qg5 20. Kf1 Qf6 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Rd2 g5 23. Red1 Ng7 24. Rd3 g4 25. f4 h5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qg2 Qc6 28.
Ne5 Qb5 29. b3 c5 30. Nc4 Qb7 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rd2 Rde8 33. e5 Qxg2+ 34. Rxg2
Nf5 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Rh1 f6 38. Re1 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Kg5
41. Rf2 Rd8 42. Ke4 Ne3 43. e6 Nxc4 44. bxc4 d3 45. cxd3 Rd4+ 46. Ke5 Rxd3 47.
e7 Re3+ 48. Kd6 b3 49. Kd7 Rd3+ 50. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 15. Kh1 f5 16. b4 Nc7 17. Qd2 Qe8 18. Rde1 Bd7 19. e4 Qf8 20. g4 Nf6 21.
gxf5 gxf5 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. e5 Nh5 24. Rg5 Ng7 25. Nf4 Nce6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27.
Rxf5 Rf7 28. Rh5 Rg7 29. Bf5 Be8 30. Rxh7+ Rxh7 31. Bxe6 Bh5 32. Bh3 Bxf3+ 33.
Bg2 Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Qxb4 35. Qd2 Rg8 36. Qe3 Qf8 37. e6 Qg7 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39.
Rxe5 Re8 40. Ne2 Rh4 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kg3 Re4 43. Rxe4 dxe4 44. Nf4 Kf6 45. Kf2
Kf5 46. Ke3 Rh8 47. a3 Rg8 48. a4 a5 49. Ne2 Kxe6 50. Kxe4 Rh8 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52.
h3 Rh4 53. Kf5 b5 0-1

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Qb6 14. Bc1 Qa6 15.
a3 Rad8 16. h4 f5 17. Bh3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Ne5 20. Kg2 Nc8 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Nf4 Nd6 23. Re2 Ndf7 24. Rfe1 c5 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Rd4 27. Nd3 Nxc4
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nfd6 30. Re7 Re4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. Nc5 b5 33. Be6+ Kh7
34. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 h6 16. d4 a5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. Red1 Ra8 21. c5 Bxb3
22. Qxb3 a4 23. Qc3 exd4 24. Qxd4 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Qb6 26. Rc4 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 Ne5 29. Rc5 Nfd7 30. Rc3 g6 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Ne2 Re7 33. Kg3 Kg7 34.
Rd4 Ra5 35. Rc2 Nd7 36. Nc3 Rg5+ 37. Kf2 b5 38. a3 Rc5 39. Rc1 Nf6 40. Kf3 Rce5
41. Rd6 Rc5 42. Rcd1 h5 43. g3 Nh7 44. Rd7 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 Rce5 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47.
Rd6 Re6 48. Rd4 Kf8 49. h4 Nh7 50. Ne2 Nf6 51. Kf3 Ng4 52. Nf4 Ne5+ 53. Ke2 Rf6
54. Nd3 Nxd3 55. Rxd3 Ke7 56. b3 axb3 57. Rxb3 Kd6 58. a4 Kc5 59. axb5 cxb5 60.
Rc3+ Kb6 61. Rc8 Rd6 62. e5 Rd7 63. Re8 Kc5 64. Rc8+ Kd5 65. Re8 Kc5 66. Rc8+
Kd5 67. Re8 Kc6 68. e6 fxe6 69. Rxe6+ Rd6 70. Re8 b4 71. e4 Kc5 72. e5 Rb6 73.
Kd2 b3 74. Kc1 b2+ 75. Kb1 Kd5 76. Re7 Rb3 77. Ra7 Rxg3 78. Ra5+ Ke6 79. Kxb2
Rg4 80. Kc3 Kf5 81. Kd3 Rxh4 82. Ra6 Rg4 83. e6 Kf6 84. Ke3 Rg5 85. Kf4 Rf5+
86. Kg3 Ke7 87. Kh4 Re5 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 17th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qf4 Be7 14. Bd3 Bg5
15. Qh2 Qe7 16. h4 Bh6 17. f4 g6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. g4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rc1
Qe6 22. g5 Bg7 23. Bxb4 a5 24. Ba3 Nb6 25. Rc7 Bf8 26. Qb2 Rg8 27. Nxb6 Bxa3
28. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 17th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2015.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Qd7 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. Rf1 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Kc2 Nd5 14.
Nc4 Be7 15. a4 h6 16. a5 Bg5 17. a6 b6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Rfe1 Nde7 20. b4 Rh4
21. Kb3 Kc7 22. Rad1 Rhh8 23. Ra1 Ng6 24. Be4 Nge5 25. Na3 Rd2 26. Nb5+ Kb8 27.
Ra2 Rxa2 28. Kxa2 Rd8 29. Re2 Ne7 30. Kb3 N5c6 31. Re3 Rd2 32. Rg3 g6 33. Bxc6
Nxc6 34. Rxg5 Rxf2 35. Rg4 e5 36. Rh4 Rd2 37. Rc4 Nd8 38. Rc7 Rd5 39. Kc4 Rd6
40. Rxa7 Rc6+ 41. Kd5 Rxc3 42. Nxc3 Kxa7 43. b5 f6 44. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Qc7 9. Qe1 Nc5 10. a4 Nf6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nf5 Ne6 13. Nd2 g6 14. Ne3 g5 15.
Nf5 Rg8 16. Nc4 g4 17. h4 Bg6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxg2 20. Qxa7 Kd7 21. Bg5 Ke6
22. Kxg2 Nxe4 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxb7 Bxf5 25. Rad1 Bd6 26. Rfe1 Qa8 27. Rxd6+
Nxd6 28. Rxe5+ Kf6 29. Qe7+ Kg7 30. Nxd6 c5+ 31. Kg1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {This move is David's main weapon, but I also had to get prepared for 1.
c4 or 1.Nf3.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The most aggressive choice. My opponent
mostly used to play 3.Bb5, but he also had definite experience in Scotch.} exd4
4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {This original idea was successfully
employed by World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Since his game vs Etienne Bacrot in
2010, White's aggressive setup has gained a lot of popularity.} O-O 8. Be3 ({
Another common continuation was:} 8. Bg5 {To be honest, my home preparation
was mainly based on my previous encounter in this line.}) 8... d5 {That was
played rather quickly, since I was familiar with a game of my friend Boris
Avrukh, where he went for an attractive queen sac.} ({In my opinion, the
intermediate} 8... Re8 9. f3 {only helps White to meet} d5 ({Black's position
was solid, but somewhat passive after} 9... d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7 12.
Qf2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 $14 {1/2 Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A (2651)/Tyumen 2012/CBM
149 (41)}) {with} 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 Bd7
15. f5 Ne5 16. exd5 $14 {1/2 Caruana,F (2775)-Naiditsch,A (2700)/Dortmund 2012/
CBM 150/[Marin,M] (60)}) 9. O-O-O d4 10. Bg5 {At this moment I was already out
of preparation, though this move was played by Vishy Anand 2 years ago. For
some reason, I didn't pay much attention to this idea and never analysed the
subsequent sharp position.} ({The above-mentioned game of my friend saw:} 10.
Nb5 $6 dxe3 11. Rxd8 Rxd8 12. f3 Be6 {Li,R (2426)-Avrukh,B (2609)/Chicago USA
2015, and Back got promising compensation.}) ({The somewhat slow} 10. f3 {
isn't in the spirit of position, so Black should be fine after} Be6 11. Bg5 (
11. Bf2 $6 Ng4 $1 12. fxg4 Qg5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf2 16.
Rxf2 Bxg4 $15 {1/2 Nezar,M (2396)-Szabo,K (2545)/Haguenau 2013/CBM 154 Extra 
(34)}) 11... Re8 12. Kb1 Qe7 $1 (12... Nb4 13. Qe1 c5 14. Na4 $14 {1-0 Darini,
P (2479)-Khomeriki,N (2228)/Nakhchivan AZE 2015 (24)}) 13. Na4 d3 $1 14. Qxd3
Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc4 16. Qe1 Bf2 $1 17. Rxd8 Bxe1 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxc4 Na5 $1
$132) 10... h6 {The most natural move.} ({As an alternative, I was mainly
considering} 10... Qd6 {, but after} 11. Kb1 Re8 12. f3 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qe1 $36 {Black doesn't get any compensation for an exposed pawn structure.})
11. Bh4 Qd6 ({In the following high-level game Black did face definite
problems after:} 11... Re8 12. f3 ({Another move which deserves serious
attention is} 12. Nd5 $5 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 {and the vulnerablity of
Black's king may tell.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 Qe7 $6 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Qe1 $14 {
1-0 Anand,V (2783)-Fressinet,L (2706)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154/[Szabo,
Kr] (49)}) ({It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 11... g5 12. Bg3
Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Nb4 16. Nxd4 Nxd5 {, but after} 17. Bf3
$14 {Black's position looks rather unpleasant.}) ({Black's position looks
dangerous also in the event of} 11... Be6 12. e5 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nb5 $36)
12. Kb1 Qe6 $146 {A logical novelty - it definitely makes sense to avoid the
pin as soon as possible.} ({In one preceding game Black lost the important Pd4
for free after:} 12... Re8 13. f3 a5 $6 14. Nb5 Qe5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. N3xd4 $16 {
0-1 Brunello,M (2235)-Markantonaki,H (2150)/Achaia 2013}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5
Qd6 {At this moment I was quite optimstic about my position. However, David's
next move completely changed my good feeling...} 15. f4 $1 {A very strong
move! White's plan is based on 16.Qf3 and Bd3 or Bc4, followed by g2-g4
advance. At the same time, the presence of the Nd5 makes Black's q-side
counterplay problematic.} Be6 {The most natural move.} ({I was also considering
} 15... Rd8 {to prevent White from pushing c2-c4, but this move looked awkward,
so finally I rejected it. Indeed, after} 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bc4 {White's position
should be better, though} (17. g4 $5) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5
20. Qc3 c6 21. Bb3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rhd1 Re8 {would offer
great drawish chances in the resulting rook ending.}) 16. c4 $1 {Unfortunately,
White is just in time to support the strong Nd5, since 16...dxc3 17.Nf6+ drops
the queen.} (16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Nxd4 Qxd5 $11) 16... Nb4 ({The most
tempting reaction on White's last move would be:} 16... f5 $5 17. e5 Qd7 {
trying to get a rid of Nd5 at any cost. Most probably, this idea wouldn't
solve all Black's problems, but it is still playable:} 18. g3 a5 (18... Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Rc1 $36) 19. Bg2 a4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Nxd4 Bxc4 23. Qd2 $14) 17. Qf3 {The most consistent.} ({For some reason, I
didn't pay much attention to} 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxf4 {, though after} 19.
g3 Qe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bg2 $14 {White is better due to superiority in the
centre.}) 17... Rfe8 $2 {Being under serious time pressure, I was trying to
activate my pieces at the cost of a pawn, but it is simply wrong.} ({For some
reason, I overestimated the strengh of White's central pawns in the following
line:} 17... Rad8 $1 18. a3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Bc4 $1 {It looks like only
this strong move offers White some advantage} ({The move} 20. Nxd4 {is weaker:}
Qg6 {the threat of 21...Bg4 practically forces} 21. f5 Qf6 {, so Black gets
full positional compensation for a pawn.}) 20... Qg6 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Bd3 c6 23.
e5 Bf5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. g4 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 {The resulting position is
double-edged, but White should be somewhat better.}) 18. Nxd4 $1 {My opponent
correctly accepts the challenge.} ({My idea would be fully justified only after
} 18. a3 $2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 20. exd5 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) ({Another way
of winning the pawn offers Black much more activity:} 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rxd4
Qe7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rd2 Rad8 $14) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5 ({It would hardly be
better choosing:} 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 c6 21. Bd3 (21. Bc4 {is less convincing:}
cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 $14) 21... cxd5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. f6
$16) 20. Qc3 $1 a5 {Unfortunately, Black cannot exploit some delay with
development of White's k-side pieces.} ({After} 20... Rad8 21. a3 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bd7 24. e5 $16 {White has a sound extra pawn.}) 21. a3 Na6 22.
Be2 c6 23. Ne3 Rad8 {Any exchanges favour White here, but I had no choice.} (
23... Qb6 24. Rhd1 Nc5 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bf3 $18) 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 $1 {
David is on top again.} ({It would be more difficult to make progress after} 
25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc5 27. Bf3 Bc8 28. g3 g5 $16) 25... Qb6 26. Bd1 Nc5 27.
Bc2 a4 $6 $138 ({The most stubborn was:} 27... Bc8 28. g3 f6 {- White's
position is still winning from the technical point of view, but his plan
doesn't look obvious.}) 28. e5 $1 {Now Black's position is completely hopeless
- there are no active ideas.} Bc8 29. g3 Nb3 30. Rd6 Nc5 31. Nd5 $1 {The most
effective way - the knight is coming into the attack.} Qa7 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33.
Nxc8 {White doesn't mind exchanging the ''passive'' bishop, since it is the
main defender of Black's king.} Rxc8 34. Qe3 Qa5 35. f5 {The remaining few
moves were just an agony.} Re8 36. Rxh6 $1 Kg8 (36... gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Ke7 38.
Qd6#) 37. f6 Nb3 38. fxg7 {A prosaic choice.} ({The most effective way was:} 
38. Bh7+ Kf8 39. Bg6 fxg6 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. fxg7) 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nde4 fxg3 15.
hxg3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 g4 18. Qd2 Qe8 19. O-O-O b5 20. cxb5 a6 21. b6
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qa4 23. Qe2 Qxa2 24. b7 Rae8 25. Rh4 Qa1+ 26. Bb1 Qa5 27. Rxg4
Qc5+ 28. Rc4 Qb6 29. Rd2 Qxb7 30. Qe4 Rf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bf5 Re7 33. Be6 Ke8
34. Rdc2 Qb6 35. Rc6 Qa7 36. Rxd6 Rxf2 37. Qg6+ Rff7 38. Kb1 Qg1+ 39. Ka2 Qf1
40. Rb6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. e3 Bd7
15. Qe4 Re8 16. a3 f5 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Qxd8 Rcxd8 19. Rd2 Bb3 20. Bh3 g6 21. g4
Rf8 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rg1 f4 25. exf4 Rxf4 26. Rg3 Rdf8 27. Kg2 b5
28. Re2 b4 29. Ne4 Be7 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Nfg5 Nd4 32. Ree3 Bd5 33. Kg1 h6 34.
Nc3 Bc6 35. Nge4 Be7 36. Rg6 Kh7 37. Reg3 R4f7 38. Be6 Nxe6 39. Rxe6 Bh4 40.
Rh3 Rf4 41. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 42. Nxf2 Rxf2 43. Re7+ R8f7 44. Rxf7+ Rxf7 45. Rh5 Rd7
46. Rh3 b5 47. Re3 b4 48. Nb1 Bb5 49. Nd2 Bxd3 50. Nb3 a4 51. Nc5 Rg7+ 52. Kf2
Bc2 53. Ne6 Rf7+ 54. Ke1 Ra7 55. Kd2 a3 56. Re1 Bf5 57. Nd4 Bg6 58. Nc6 Rd7+
59. Ke3 axb2 60. Nxb4 b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Bxb1 62. Nc6 Rg7 63. Ne5 Rg2 64. h4 Rh2 65.
Nf3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2016.12.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Bb5 dxe4 14. Bc5 Qc7 15.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. g4 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qf6 21.
Qe4 Rd8 22. Be3 Rd6 23. a3 Qd8 24. Ka2 Qc8 25. g5 Qh3 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. fxg4 b6
28. Nd2 Kf8 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. h4 Ke7 31. h5 Nd4 32. c3 Ne6 33. Kb3 Nc7 34. a4 Nd5
35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. Kc2 gxh5 38. gxh5 f5 39. gxf6 Nxf6 40. Ng5+ Ke7 41.
Rf5 Nxh5 42. Nxh7 Nf6 43. Rxe5+ Kd6 44. Nxf6 Bxf6 45. Rh5 Be5 46. Kb3 Re7 47.
Bg5 Rg7 48. Bh6 Rf7 49. Kc4 Rf2 50. b4 Rg2 51. Bf8+ Ke6 52. Rh3 Rc2 53. Re3 Kf5
54. Rd3 Ke6 55. Re3 Kf5 56. Rh3 Ke6 57. Rf3 a6 58. Re3 Kf5 59. Rd3 Ke6 60. Re3
Kf5 61. b5 axb5+ 62. axb5 Rd2 63. Rh3 Rd8 64. Bb4 Ke6 65. Rh6+ Bf6 66. Rh7 Rd7
67. Rh2 Be5 68. Rh6+ Bf6 69. Rh2 Be5 70. Re2 Rh7 71. Kb3 Rh3 72. Re1 Kd5 73.
Rd1+ Ke6 74. Re1 Kd5 75. Rg1 Bf6 76. Rd1+ Ke4 77. Rd6 Be5 78. Rxb6 Kd3 79. Re6
Bf4 80. Re7 Rh1 81. Rd7+ Ke4 82. Kc4 Rh6 83. Bc5 Ke5 84. Re7+ Kf6 85. Re8 Rh1
86. Rf8+ Kg5 87. b6 Rh7 88. Kb5 Be5 89. Bd4 Bd6 90. Rf1 Bf4 91. Ka6 Rh2 92.
Rxf4 Ra2+ 93. Kb7 Kxf4 94. Kc7 Re2 95. b7 Re7+ 96. Kb6 Re8 97. Ka7 Re7 98. Ka8
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.12.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Re8
9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qb6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. d4 a4 15.
Nd2 axb3 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Qxb3 Qa6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Nd2 e6 20. a3 Rec8 21. Ne4
Bf8 22. Qf3 Bxa3 23. Ra1 b4 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. e4 Ne7 26. Bf1 Qa4 27. Bc4 Qc2 28.
Bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 bxa3 30. Bb3 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 c5 32. Qc1 cxd4 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Winter-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. g3 g5 13. Bg2 f4 14. gxf4 gxf4 15. Bc1
Nc6 16. Qd3 Rg8 17. Rg1 Nf6 18. Bxf4 Qa5 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. Nb5 Rdf8 21. Bh3
Rxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 Qb6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rd8 26. Ng5 Ba6 27. Nf7
Bxc4 28. Nxd8 Nxd8 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
{This advance is frequently seen in various lines of the Italian nowadays.} Nb6
{GM Howell chooses a considerably rare way of handling the position.} (8... Nf6
{doesn't offer Black full equality:} 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12.
dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 $14 {Shankland,S (2656)-Nakamura,H (2814) Baku AZE
2015}) ({Quite popular is also} 8... a5 {, but exposing the b5-spot might
cause Black some problems. For instance,} 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6
18. Rd1 $14 {Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven BEL 2016}) ({The flexible
response} 8... a6 $5 {looks perfectly playable and leads to a complicated
struggle:} 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 f6 11. d4 Ba7 (11... exd4 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nbxd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {Giri,A (2755)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow RUS 2016}) 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nf3 c6 $6 (14... Bxf2+ $142 $1 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16.
Kg1 Qxc4 17. Rxe5 Nf6 $11) 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxa7 Rxa7
19. Qxd5 $16 {1/2 (44) Kramnik,V (2808)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger NOR 2017})
9. Bb5 {The most challenging - the pressure on the Pe5 is one of Black's main
worries.} ({The modest} 9. Bb3 a5 10. Bg5 Qd6 $11 {offers Black comfortable
play.}) 9... Ne7 {This is a positional pawn sac - the exchange of the powerful
Bb5 is Black's undisputable achievement.} 10. Nxe5 ({Another way of grabbing
the pawn is} 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5
15. Na3 ({After} 15. Be3 Bb8 16. d4 f6 17. Nf3 Nd5 $44 {Alekseev,E (2636)
-Eliseev,U (2606) St Petersburg RUS 2016, Black had decent compensation for a
pawn à la Marshall.}) 15... Bb8 16. d4 f6 $2 ({The correct} 16... b4 $1 17.
cxb4 Qd6 18. Nac4 Qxb4 19. b3 Qb5 {wouldn't yield White real winning chances.})
17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Re1 $16 {Mamedov,R (2666)-Balogh,C (2614) Baku AZE 2016}) 10...
c6 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. a5 $1 $146 {This innovation is a definite improvement} ({
over} 12. Nf3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qc7 $44 {Sedina,E (2275)-Loiacono,A (2085) Trieste
ITA 2016; Black was fine.}) 12... Bxe5 $6 {David manages to regain the pawn,
but the lack of coordination enables White to seize the initiative.} ({A
better choice would be} 12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Nf5 16. Bg3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 {though in the resulting position Black still has to claim
sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Re1 Qc7 (14... Bd6 15.
Nd2 Qc7 16. Qh5 {is just a transposition.}) 15. Qh5 $1 Bd6 16. Nd2 $14 {
White's pieces are suddenly getting very active.} Nd5 17. Ne4 Be6 18. d4 Rfe8
19. Nxd6 {Obtaining the bishop pair secures White a small, but long-lasting
advantage.} ({It was also possible to keep the tension by means of} 19. Bd3 $5
g6 20. Qh4 Bf5 21. f3 $36) 19... Qxd6 20. Bd3 Nf6 {The most natural.} ({
Of course, David isn't happy with exposing his king with} 20... g6) 21. Qg5 $6
{An unsuccessful decision - the queen is clearly misplaced there.} ({The
correct way was} 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Bf4 $1 Qd7 23. Qg3 $14) 21... h6 22. Qf4 $6 {
Another inaccuracy, which drastically changes the course of the game.} ({
It was necessary to connect the rooks:} 22. Bf4 hxg5 23. Bxd6 {even though in
the subsequent position Black is able to set up a blockade and solve the
problems:} Nd5 24. f3 a5 25. Kf2 b5 $11) 22... Bc4 $1 23. Rd1 Qe6 $1 ({Black's
position would be better also in the event of} 23... Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxd3 25.
Rxd3 b5 26. Kf1 a5 $15 {but the simplifications might make White's defensive
task easier.}) 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 {Unfortunately, there is no good square for
White's bishop at the moment.} 25. Qg3 $6 ({A better move was} 25. Qf5 Nd5 26.
Bd2 a5 $15) 25... Re6 $1 {This strong move is connected with a pawn sacrifice.}
26. Rxa7 {Accepting the challenge.} ({In the event of} 26. Bf4 Nh5 27. Qf3 Nxf4
28. Qxf4 Re2 $17 {the penetration of Black's rook puts White in big danger.})
26... Rxa7 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qxa7 Ng4 $1 {The activity of Black's pieces is
threatening.} 29. d5 $2 {Alas, Anton Guijarro doesn't withstand the pressure.}
({White's position was desperate, but had he played} 29. Bf4 Nxf2 30. Rf1 Nd3
31. Bg3 Re7 $17 {the result still would be unpredictable.}) 29... Qe2 30. Rf1
Rf6 31. Be3 ({The alternative -} 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. f3 {was equally bad:} Nxh2
33. Rf2 Nxf3+ $1 34. Rxf3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxc1 $19) 31... Nxh2 $1 {
The major loss of material is unavoidable now.} 32. Kxh2 Qxf1 33. Qxb7 Qc4 ({
An even stronger move was} 33... c5 $1 34. d6 (34. Bxc5 Rf5 35. Be3 Qd3 $19)
34... Qd3 35. d7 Rd6 36. d8=Q Rxd8 37. Qxf7 Qe4 $19) 34. Bd4 ({After} 34. dxc6
Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe4 36. Qc7 Rxc6 37. Qb7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 {Black should be able
to convert the material advantage into a full point, but the task is not
trivial.}) 34... Rg6 $1 35. Qxf7 c5 $1 {GM Howell is playing precisely - now
the vulnerablity of White's king starts to tell.} 36. Be5 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qh5 (
37... Qe4 $1 38. Bg3 Rf6 39. Qa7 Rf5 {wins on the spot.}) 38. Bg3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2
Rg5 40. f3 Qxd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 {The resulting endgame is hopeless.} 42. b4 c4
43. Kg1 h5 44. Kf1 Rd2 {Now White is almost paralysed.} 45. Be5 g5 46. Bd4 Rb2
47. Kg1 Kg6 48. Kh2 Kf5 49. Be3 Rb3 50. Bd2 ({Or} 50. Bd4 Kf4 51. Kg1 g4 $19)
50... Rb1 51. Be3 Rd1 52. Bf2 Rd3 53. Be1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Kh1 b5 10. Na5 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 e4 16. d4 Qd5 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qf4 Nh7 19. a4 a5 20. Bh4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. b3 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Nf6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ng4 27. Bxc7 Nh6
28. f6 gxf6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rab1 Nf5 31. Rb6 e3 32. fxe3 Nxe3 33. Rf4 Re6 34.
Rb8 Rxb8 35. Bxb8 Re7 36. Bd6 Rb7 37. Bc5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Nd2+ 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41. Ke2 Nb3 42. Be7 f5 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Bf8 Nc1+ 45. Kd2 Re8 46. Bd6 Ne2
47. Rf2 Rd8 48. c5 Ng3 49. Ke3 Ne4 50. Rc2 Rd7 51. Be5 h4 52. Bd4 Ng5 53. Rc4
Ne4 54. Rc2 Rd5 55. Rc4 Kg5 56. Rc2 Ng3 57. Rc4 f4+ 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Kf2 Rd7 60.
Ke1 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. a4 Bg7 11. Bb4 a5 12. Bd6 Qd8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15.
Ba3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Qe3 Neg6 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. c3
Rf8 22. b4 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Nfe5 Ndxe5 25. dxe5 Rf7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Nxf4
Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Rae1 Nxg4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Nxe6 Ne4 32. c4 axb4 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. Nc5 Rg7+ 35. Kh2 Re7 36. Nxe4 dxe4 37. Ra1 O-O-O 38. Rfc1+ Rc7 39. Kg3
Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rxh3 41. Kxe4 b3 42. Kd5 Rd3+ 43. Ke4 b2 44. Rxc7+ Kxc7 45. Rb1
Rb3 46. Kd4 b5 47. axb5 Kb6 48. Kc4 Rxb5 49. Kc3 h5 50. Kc2 h4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 c5 12. Ng5 h6 13. e5 Bxg2 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Kxg2 hxg5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. b3 b5 20. Ne3 Qb7+
21. Qf3 Ne4 22. Bb2 f5 23. h3 Bc5 24. Bd4 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Nc3+ 27.
Kg1 Nxd1 28. Qxe6+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxd1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 32. Rb4 Rc5
33. Kg2 Rb2 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. g4 g6 36. Kg3 Kd6 37. Rd4+ Ke6 38. Rb4 Re5 39. Kf3
Kd6 40. Rd4+ Kc5 41. Rd3 Re6 42. Nd1 Rc2 43. Nc3 Kb4 44. Nd5+ Ka3 45. b4+ Kb2
46. Ne3 Rc8 47. Kf4 Rf8+ 48. Kg5 Re4 49. Kxg6 Rxb4 50. g5 Rbf4 51. Kh7 R4f7+
52. Kh6 b4 53. g6 Rh8+ 54. Kg5 Rb7 55. f4 b3 56. f5 Rh1 57. f6 Rg1+ 58. Kh6
Rh1+ 59. Kg5 Rg1+ 60. Kh6 Rh1+ 61. Kg5 Rg1+ 62. Kf5 Rb5+ 63. Rd5 Rxd5+ 64. Nxd5
Kc2 65. Nb6 Rf1+ 66. Ke5 Re1+ 67. Kf5 Rf1+ 68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kh5 Rh1+ 70. Kg4
Rg1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Ke5 Re1+ 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 74. Kc5 Rf1 75. g7 Rf5+ 76. Kd4 b2
77. Nc4 Rf4+ 78. Ke5 Rxc4 79. g8=Q Rc3 80. Qg2+ Kb3 81. Qb7+ Kc2 82. f7 b1=Q
83. Qxb1+ Kxb1 84. f8=Q Kc2 85. Kd4 Rd3+ 86. Ke4 Rc3 87. Qf7 Rb3 88. Qc4+ Kb2
89. Kd4 Ka3 90. Qa6+ Kb2 91. Qa5 Rh3 92. Qb4+ Kc2 93. Qe1 Kb3 94. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. c4 d4 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nb5
Bb8 16. f4 a6 17. Na3 Bc7 18. Qf2 Nb4 19. Qf1 Rae8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22.
Rad1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd3 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe1 Kf8 27. Be4 Qe3+ 28.
Qxe3 dxe3 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Bxb7 Nh5 31. Kg2 Nxa2 32. Bf3 Nf6 33. Nc2 Nb4 34.
Nxe3 Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Bc3 Ne8 37. Kf2 g6 38. Ne3 Nd6 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. g4 a5
41. h4 Ke7 42. g5 Kd7 43. Bg4+ Kc7 44. f5 Ne4 45. Be5+ Kd8 46. h5 Bc7 47. Bb2
Ng3+ 48. Kf3 Nd3 49. Bf6+ Ke8 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. h6 Ne1+ 53. Kf2
Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Nf1+ 55. Kxd3 Nh2 56. Bh3 Nf3 57. Ke4 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nxb3 59. Bc3 a4
60. Bg4 a3 61. Bd1 Nd4 62. Ba4+ Kf8 63. Nf6 a2 64. Nxh7+ Kg8 65. Nf6+ Kh8 66.
Nd7 Bg3 67. Kd3 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ne6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Qe3 f6 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ne3 Kd7 19. b3 Ke7 20. Kb2 a5
21. a4 b6 22. h4 Rhf8 23. Rde1 Kf7 24. g3 Rde8 25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. Kc3 Rf7 27. f3
Rff8 28. Rf2 Rf7 29. h5 g5 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Ref1 Rd7 32. Ne3 Rg7 33. Ng2 Kf7
34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Reg8 36. Ne3 Nxf4 37. Nf5 Rg5 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nxg8 Kxg8
40. Rh1 c5 41. Kc4 c6 42. c3 Kf7 43. d4 cxd4 44. cxd4 Ke6 45. dxe5 Kxe5 46. Rd1
Kxe4 47. Re1+ Kf5 48. h6 Rh5 49. Kd4 Rh4 50. Rff1 Rxh6 51. Rh1 Rxh1 52. Rxh1 h5
53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kf3 Nd3 55. Rxh5+ Kd4 56. Ke2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Qc1 b4 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. a5 Nbd7
22. Ba4 Ne5 23. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxe8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. f4 Bd4 27. Kh2 Bc8 28.
f3 Qd8 29. Bg5 Qc7 30. Bh6 Qd8 31. Bg5 Qc7 32. Re2 Bg7 33. Rg2 h6 34. Bh4 Kh7
35. Nf5 Bh8 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Ng4 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Nd7 39. Re2 Bd4 40. Kg2 f6 41.
Bf2 Bxf2 42. Rxf2 Kg7 43. Kg3 Rh8 44. Rh2 g5 45. Rah1 Nf8 46. Rh5 Ng6 47. Qh2
Nh4 48. Rxh4 gxh4+ 49. Qxh4 c4 50. Qh5 c3 51. bxc3 Qxc3 52. Qf5 Qc7 53. Rb1 Rb8
54. g5 fxg5 55. fxg5 Qe7 56. gxh6+ Kh8 57. Rc1 b3 58. Rc8+ Rxc8 59. Qxc8+ Kh7
60. Kf2 b2 61. Qb8 Qe5 62. Qb4 Qh2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 b1=Q 65. Qxd6 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Nf4 Qb6
15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. a3 Nb5 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Nd3 Nd6 19. Bc3 Nb5 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Rc2
h6 22. Kg2 Nc4 23. Bc1 a5 24. Rc3 Be7 25. Be2 Qa7 26. Qa4 Rb8 27. Qb5 Rdc8 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qa8 30. Qb5 Na7 31. Qb3 b5 32. Qd1 a4 33. b3 b4 34. axb4 Nb5
35. Rd3 a3 36. bxc4 dxc4+ 37. Bf3 Qa6 38. Rd2 a2 39. Bb2 c3 40. Rc2 cxb2 41.
Rxb2 Nc3 42. Qa1 Qa3 43. Rc1 Rxb4 44. Rxa2 Qxa2 45. Qxa2 Nxa2 46. Rxc8+ Kh7 47.
d5 exd5 48. Rc2 Ra4 49. Bxd5 Nb4 50. Rc4 Ra5 51. Be4+ f5 52. Rxb4 fxe4 53. Rxe4
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Valerenga"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rd3 Nb4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc3 Nc6
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bd2 h6 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. h3 Ke8 26. g4 Ng8 27. f4
Nge7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Be4 e5 30. f5 Nd8 31. Bb4 Bc6 32. Bd3 Nf7 33. Nd2 Rd8 34.
Ke3 Nd6 35. Bb1 Bg2 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Nf1 Nc6 38. Ba3 Na5 39. c5 Nb5 40. Bb2 Rc8
41. Bd3 Nd4 42. e3 Ndc6 43. Ba3 Ne7 44. Ng3 Bd5 45. Ba6 Bb7 46. Bb5+ Bc6 47.
Ne4 Nb7 48. Bxc6+ Rxc6 49. cxb6 Rxc1 50. Bxc1 axb6 51. Ba3 Nd5 52. Ke2 b5 53.
Kd3 b4 54. Bb2 Kd7 55. Ng3 Nc5+ 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. e4 Ne3+ 58. Kxb4 Nd1 59. Ba3
Nf2 60. Kc4 Nd7 61. h4 Nxg4 62. Kd3 Nf2+ 63. Ke3 Nd1+ 64. Kd2 Nf2 65. Ke3 Nd1+
66. Kd2 Nf2 67. Ke2 Nh3 68. Nh5 Nf4+ 69. Nxf4 exf4 70. Kf3 h5 71. Kxf4 Ne5 72.
Bf8 Kd7 73. Bxg7 Ke7 74. a4 Nd3+ 75. Kf3 Ne5+ 76. Ke2 Nd7 77. a5 Kd6 78. Bh6
Kc5 79. Be3+ Kb5 80. Bb6 Ne5 81. Bd8 Nd7 82. Ke3 Ne5 83. Kf4 Nd3+ 84. Ke3 Ne5
85. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nc4
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. c4 Qc5 19. Rb1 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21.
bxc4 g6 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc7 26. Rd1 d5 27. cxd5
Nxd5 28. Bc4 Nc3 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. f3 Bb6+ 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Bh6 Bd4 33. Ke1 Na4
34. Kd2 Be5 35. g3 Bg7 36. Be3 Nb6 37. Bb3 Bf8 38. Kc3 Ba3 39. Bh6 Bc5 40. a4
Bg1 41. h3 Bf2 42. g4 Nd7 43. Bd1 Nc5 44. Kc4 f6 45. Kd5 Kf7 46. Bd2 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7
8. Be3 Na6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bb3 Nd5 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. c4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bb4 15. Red1 Re8 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Ba4 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. d5 Qc7 20. h3 Bc5 21.
Nd4 Be4 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. a3 a5 24. Rd2 Re5 25. Nf3 Rf5 26. Bc2 cxd5 27. cxd5 Rf4
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd3 Re7 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Rdc2 b6 32. Kh1 g6 33. Qb5 a4 34. Rd2
Kg7 35. g3 Re4 36. Kg2 Rae8 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4 Qd7 39. Qd3 Rd8 40. Qc4 h5
41. Qf4 b5 42. Qe4 Re8 43. Qc2 Rc8 44. Qd3 Rd8 45. Qc3 Rc8 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qc3
Qd6 48. Rc2 Rc8 49. Qd3 Rb8 50. Qc3 Rc8 51. Qd3 Rb8 52. Nd2 Ba7 53. Ne4 Qe5 54.
Nc3 b4 55. Re2 Qd4 56. Qxd4 Bxd4 57. axb4 a3 58. d6 axb2 59. Nb1 Rd8 60. Rd2
Rxd6 61. b5 Kf8 62. b6 Be5 63. Rxd6 Bxd6 64. Kf3 f5 65. Ke2 Ke7 66. Kd3 Kd7 67.
Kc2 Bc5 68. f3 Bxb6 69. Kxb2 Bf2 70. g4 fxg4 71. fxg4 hxg4 72. hxg4 Ke6 73. Nd2
Ke5 74. Kc2 Kf4 75. Nc4 f6 76. Kd3 Kxg4 77. Ke2 Bc5 78. Nd2 Kf4 79. Nb3 Bb6 80.
Nc1 g5 81. Nd3+ Ke4 82. Nb2 g4 83. Nc4 Bc5 84. Kf1 f5 85. Kg2 f4 86. Nd2+ Kf5
87. Nf1 f3+ 88. Kh1 Kf4 89. Ng3 Bd6 90. Nh5+ Kg5 91. Ng7 g3 92. Ne6+ Kg4 93.
Kg1 Bb8 94. Nd4 Ba7 95. Kh1 Kh3 96. Nxf3 g2# 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Qc2 f6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O Nge7 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. c4 e4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nbc3 Bg7 14. Nd5 Qd6
15. Bf4 Be5 16. Rad1 Bxf4 17. Ndxf4 Qe5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 Nbc6 20. c5 Qxc5
21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Qc2 O-O 23. Ncd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qa3 25. Rfe1 Bf5 26. Re3 Qa5 27.
Qc4 Rf7 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rd5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2019.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h6 14. Ne4 b6
15. c4 h5 16. Kf2 Ng6 17. Nbc3 Be7 18. b3 Bd7 19. Kg3 Bh4+ 20. Kf3 Be7 21. Nf2
hxg4+ 22. hxg4 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bb2 c5 25. Rd2 Rf8 26. f5 Nh4+ 27. Kg3 Be5+
28. Kxh4 Bf4 29. Kh3 Bxd2 30. Nce4 Bh6 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. g5 Rxf5 33. gxh6 gxh6
34. Kg4 Rf7 35. Nf6 Kb7 36. Rd2 Rg7+ 37. Kf4 Rg2 38. Be5 Rf8 39. Ke3 Rg5 40.
Kf4 Rg2 41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd3 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 h4 44. Nf4 Rh8 45. Ng4 Re8 46. Bf6 Re4
47. Bg5 h3 48. Nh2 Bd7 49. Ne2 Bf5 50. Be3 Re8 51. Nf4 Bb1 52. Nf1 Bxa2 53.
Nxh3 Bxb3 54. Kc3 Bd1 55. Nf4 a5 56. Bc1 Bg4 57. Ne3 Be6 58. Nd3 Rh8 59. Ba3
Rh3 60. Kd2 Rh2+ 61. Kc3 Rh3 62. Kd2 Bg8 63. Bc1 Bh7 64. Nf4 Rh4 65. Ne2 c6 66.
Ba3 Ka6 67. Kc3 Re4 68. Kd2 Re8 69. Nc1 Bg6 70. Ng4 Re4 71. Ne3 Rh4 72. Ne2 Bh7
73. Nc1 Rd4+ 74. Kc3 Kb7 75. Nf1 Kc7 76. Nd2 Rh4 77. Kb2 Rh2 78. Kc3 Rh3+ 79.
Kb2 Rh2 80. Kc3 Kd6 81. Ncb3 Rh3+ 82. Kb2 Rh2 83. Kc1 Rh4 84. Kb2 a4 85. Nf3
Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bf7 14. Na5 Rfb8 15.
Nh4 g6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rab1 cxb4 18. axb4 c5 19. b5 Nf8 20. f4 f5 21. fxe5 Qxh4
22. exd6 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 fxe4 27. dxe4
Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Qf2 Qxg4+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2
Qh5+ 34. Kg1 g5 35. Qg2 Bg6 36. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 37. Bxg5 Rxe4 38. Be7 Rg4+ 39. Kh2
Nd7 40. Nxb7 Rc4 41. Nd8 Rxc2+ 42. Kg1 Be4 43. Rf4 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Bxb1 45. Kxg2
Rb8 46. Ne6 Rxb5 47. Nf8 Rb7 48. Nxd7 Rxd7 49. Kg3 Kg7 50. Rf8 a5 51. Kf4 a4
52. Ke5 Ba2 53. Rc8 Kf7 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. Rf4 Bb3 56. Bf8+ Kg6 57. Rf6+ Kg5 58.
Be7 Kg4 59. Ke4 Bc2+ 60. Kd5 a3 61. Rf2 a2 62. Bf6 Bb3+ 63. Kc6 Rf7 64. d7 Ba4+
65. Kd6 Rxf6+ 66. Rxf6 Bxd7 67. Rf1 Bf5 68. Ke5 Bc2 69. Rc1 h5 70. Kd5 h4 71.
Kxc5 h3 72. Kb4 Bb1 73. Rc4+ Kg3 74. Rc3+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. c4 Bc7 14. Rad1 Qd6
15. Nf4 Bb8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Kf1 Ne6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf5 Qh2 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Re8 24. Rd4 Kg8 25. Rxh4 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Rxe3+ 27.
Kxe3 Qxe1+ 28. Kf3 Bd6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 Qd1+ 32. Ke4 Qc2+ 33.
Ke3 Bc5+ 34. Rd4 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 b5 15.
Bf1 b4 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Bf4 Nc7 20. Nbd2 Ra8 21. Rc1
Rfc8 22. h4 Ba6 23. Bb1 Nb5 24. Nb3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Ng5 Nf8 27. Qh5 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 Nxd4 29. Be3 Be2 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxe2 Qb6 32. Qe3 Qb8 33. h5 Nd7 34.
Kg2 h6 35. Nd4 Qa7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rfc1
Rfd8 15. Kf1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Ne4 Be5 19. a3 h6 20. b4 f5 21.
Nc3 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 cxb4 23. Be1 Qd6 24. axb4 Ndxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Qxa7 Nd5
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bf3 Qc6 29. Kg1 Qc2 30. Qa1 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qa6 Rc6 33.
h4 Rd6 34. h5 Nc3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qa7 Kh8 37. Qf7 Qe5 38. Qe7 Rb8 39. d4 Qxd4
40. Qc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5
9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bd2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne1 O-O-O 14. Nd3 Kb8 15. Ra4
Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nf5 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. a6 b6 20. Re1 h4 21. Qf3 f4 22.
h3 Rde8 23. Rc1 Re6 24. Raa1 Qd6 25. Rc2 Ka8 26. Bc3 Rhe8 27. Kh2 Bd8 28. Ra4
Nf6 29. Bb4 Qd7 30. Ra1 Bc7 31. Rac1 Kb8 32. Kh1 Rg8 33. Bd2 Rge8 34. Na1 g4
35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. b4 h3 37. gxh3 Nxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Rh6 39. Bxf4 Rxh3+ 40. Kg1 Rg8+
41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rh3+ 45. Ke2 Bxf4 46. Rf1 Re8+
47. Kf2 Rxd3 48. Rxc6 Bg3+ 49. Kg2 Rg8 50. Kh1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Nb5 d5 12. cxd5 Rxd5 13. Qa4 Na6 14. Nd6 Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Nc5 16. Qa3 Nce4 17. Rdc1 Qe8 18. Bb4 a5 19. Be1 Rad8 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rac1 Rd1 22. Qb3 R1d6 23. Ne5 a4 24. Qb4 Ba8 25. Nc4 Rd4 26. Qxb6 e5 27. Qc7
Nd7 28. f3 Nec5 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Qa7 Rd5 31. Qxa4 Nd4 32. Rd2 Qe6 33. e4 Rc5 34.
Bxd4 exd4 35. Rxd4 Bc6 36. Qd1 Rb8 37. b3 h5 38. h4 Qe7 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 a4
9. Qb4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bf5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nbd2 e5 14. e4 Be6 15. Nc4
Nxe4 16. dxe5 Nec5 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Bh3 Nb6 20. Qc1 Nxf4 21. gxf4
Bh6 22. Rd4 Rad8 23. Re4 Rd3 24. Bg2 Qe7 25. Qc2 Rfd8 26. Rae1 a3 27. b3 Qe6
28. Rb4 Nc8 29. Rxb7 Bxf4 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rc3 32. Rb8 Rf8 33. Re4 Bh6 34.
Nd4 Rxc4 35. Ra8 Nb6 36. Rxa3 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 Nc4 38. Rd3 Nd2 39. Rxd2 Bxd2 40.
Kg2 Ra8 41. Nb3 Rc2 42. a4 Rb2 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. a5 Bxa5 45. Rf4 Bb6 46. Rxf7+
Kh6 47. e6 Rc2 48. Bd3 Rb2 49. Bc4 Re8 50. e7 Rb1 51. Kf3 Rd1 52. Rf6 Rxe7 53.
Rxc6 Ba7 54. Nc5 Rh1 55. Kg2 Rc1 56. Nd3 Rc2 57. Bb5 Rd2 58. Rf6 Kg7 59. Rf3
Rf7 60. Rxf7+ Kxf7 61. h3 Kf6 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kf3 Bb6 64. Bd7+ Kg5 65. Bb5 Kh4
66. Kg2 Ba7 67. Bc4 Rc2 68. Bd5 Rc3 69. Be4 Kg5 70. Kg3 Ra3 71. Kf3 Kh4 72. Kg2
Ra5 73. Ne1 Rg5+ 74. Kf1 Kxh3 75. Bc6 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6
Qxb2 9. Nbd2 gxh6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Rb1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qa3 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rfc1
Bg7 15. Nf1 Qe7 16. Ng3 f6 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rf8 20. Rb6 Bd7
21. Rd6 Qxd6 22. exd6 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Re1 Rc4 25. Qxh6 Re8 26. Qxh7 Bc5
27. Nh5 Bxd6 28. Nf6 Re7 29. Qg8+ Kc7 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. Rb1 Kc7 32. g3 d4 33.
Qa8 Kc6 34. Qf8 e5 35. Qd8 Rc7 36. a4 d3 37. a5 Kc5 38. Qg5 Kd4 39. Re1 e4 40.
Qg6 Kd5 41. Rf1 Be5 42. Rf8 R7c6 43. Qg5 Kd4 44. Re8 R6c5 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kh3
d2 47. Qd8+ Kc3 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. Qc7+ Kb3 50. Qxb7+ Rb5 51. Qf7+ Kb2 52. Qf6+
Kb1 53. Qd4 e3 54. Qd3 Rxa5 55. Qb3+ Rb2 56. Qd3+ Ka1 57. Qf1+ Rb1 58. Qf6+ Ka2
59. Qf7+ Rb3 60. Qf3 Rd3 61. Qd1 Kb2 62. Kg2 Ra1 63. Qe2 Kc3 64. Qh5 d1=Q 65.
Qc5+ Kb2 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5 7. b4 Qf5 8.
Qe3 Qe6 9. Be2 Qxe3 10. fxe3 f6 11. a4 e5 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. d3 Nd7 14. O-O Bg6
15. e4 a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 b6 19. Nh4 Ke7 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. c3
Rc7 22. Ke3 Rhc8 23. Kd2 Nc5 24. Rf3 Kf8 25. Rh3 Be8 26. Nf5 g6 27. Ne3 Kg7 28.
Nd5 Rb7 29. c4 Bf7 30. Nc3 Rd8 31. Ke3 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Na4 Nxa4 34. Rxa4
Bg6 35. Ra3 Rbd7 36. Kd2 f4 37. Bg4 Rd6 38. Ke2 e4 39. dxe4 Bxe4 40. c5 bxc5
41. Ra4 Bxg2 42. Rc3 Re8+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. a4 Nd7 8. Be3 f6
9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne2 Rae8 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
c4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. f3 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Qxg3 22. Bf4 Qg6 23. Be5 Nd7 24. Ra3 c5 25. Rae3 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
Rxf3 28. dxc5 Rd3 29. Qe2 Rd4 30. Re7 Rxa4 31. Rxb7 Kh7 32. b4 d4 0-1

