[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,35,0,38,28,35,28,38,29,50,38,80,64,92,97,155,154,160,117,127,96,
102,70,72,45,37,50,66,61,129,106,115,111,118,124,117,90,133,139,180,181,170,
168,179,177,205,157,164,129,179,184,183,185,183,163,147,140,299,288,321,314,
331,313,340,354,388,351,403,314,406,397,400,383,401]} 1. d4 {Malakoff/Primel,D}
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9.
Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg3 b6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange
Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 12. O-O {[%cal Oc3b5]} Bb7 13. h3 a6 {
White has an edge.} 14. Rad1 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Bf5 c4
16. Ne5 b5 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. f4 Qc7 20. Bh2 Rad8 {0-1 (26) Nguyen,C 
(2439)-Sveshnikov,V (2385) Malakoff 2009 EXT 2010 [Malakoff/Primel,D]}) 15. Bf5
Qe7 (15... Bxc3 $14 {was preferrable.} 16. bxc3 (16. Qxc3 Ne4 $14) 16... Ne4)
16. Bh4 $16 {White is more active.} g5 17. Bg3 Bd6 (17... Bxc3 $142 18. Qxc3 (
18. bxc3 a5 $16) 18... Ne4) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1 (19. h4 $142) 19... Re7 20.
Qb3 Rae8 21. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3b4,Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3d2][%mdl
32]} b5 22. Bxd7 (22. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Bc8 23. Nc3 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc2
) 22... Nxd7 23. Rc1 Bc8 24. Nc5 Nf8 (24... Nxc5 $14 25. Rxc5 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4)
25. Nd3 f6 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qc5 Bb7 28. Nb4 {[%cal Ob4d5] Nxd5! is the strong
threat.} Ne6 (28... Rc8 $142) 29. Qc2 Qd6 (29... Rg7 $16) 30. Nxc6 $18 Rg7 {
[#] Prevents Qg6.} 31. Na5 $1 Bc8 32. Nb3 {Pair of Knights!} Nf8 33. Nbd2 h5
34. e4 g4 (34... Qd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. exd5 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 (36.
Nxe1 Bb7 $16) 36... Bb7) 35. hxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 36. e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
is in control.} fxe5 37. Nxe5 Qh6 {[#]} 38. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Oe5g4] Hoping for
Nxg4!} ({Don't play} 38. Qc6 Re6 39. Qc3 (39. Qxc8 Rh7 $11) 39... Bd7 $14)
38... Be6 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (38... Rh7 $2 39. Ng3) (
38... Ne6 $16 39. Qb1 (39. Qc6 Rf8 $16) 39... Rf8) 39. Ng3 ({Don't take} 39.
Qd2 $6 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 Ng6 41. Nxg4 Rf8 $18) 39... Rh7 40. Qd3 Qf4 (40... Rc8 $2
41. Rc5 $18) 41. Qe3 Qf6 42. Rc6 Qh4 43. Qf4 b4 44. Re3 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 {Dancing
on a razor blade.} Qh4 46. Ke2 Rg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very
precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,27,31,39,88,91,118,107,122,113,103,123,109,118,129,114,150,146,
146,109,148,148,132,132,175,177,302,323,324,322,300,338,502,328,326,335,320,
324,312,318,316,313,288,276,515,539,523,507,550,579,784,630,1429,1382,4049,
3245,2622,2095,1665,1323,7630,9053,6856,7336,5022,3325,29964,29966,29971,29972,
29971,29972,29970,5679]} 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 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5
13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.}
f5 (14... Re8 $14 {was preferrable.}) 15. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5] [#]} e4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Qh4 16. Bb3 Nxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qxc6 a4 20.
g3 Qh3 21. bxa4 Rfc8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rd7 Rxc2 24. Rhd1 {1-0 (24) Moiseenko,V 
(2519)-Lekic,D (2330) Agios Ioannis 2019}) 16. Nxd5 {White is better.} cxd5 17.
Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 f4 20. Bc5 Rfb8 21. b3 (21. fxe4 Rxb2+ 22. Kc1
Rxa2 $11) 21... e3 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. c4 g5 24. Kc2 Rac8 {[#]} (24... Kf7 $16 {
might work better.}) 25. Rhd1 $1 $18 a5 (25... h6 $142) 26. Be7 ({Worse is} 26.
Rxa5 e2 27. Re1 Rxd6 28. Rxe2 h6 $11) 26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} e2 28. Kd2 Rc6 (28... Kf7 $142 29. Bxg5 Re8) 29. Bxg5 Re6 30. Bh4 Bb2
31. Rxa5 Re3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc3+.} 32. Rg5+ Kh8 {And now ...Bc3+
would win.} 33. Rf5 Bc3+ 34. Kc2 e1=Q $2 (34... Bb4 35. Rb5 (35. Rxf4 Rc3+ 36.
Kb2 Rd3 $11) 35... e1=Q 36. Bxe1 Bxe1) 35. Bxe1 Bxe1 36. Rxf4 {Black must now
prevent Re4. KRB-KR} Bb4 37. c5 Bxc5 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 {Hoping for a4.
KB-KP} Kg7 40. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. a5
Bg1 43. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Kd6 44. b4 Bf2 45. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,
Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 46. Kc4 {White mates.} Be1 47. a6 Bf2 48. h4 Kc7 49. g5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,16,45,19,32,18,25,18,56,40,63,37,48,42,29,9,11,3,30,31,61,50,44,
-31,16,0,77,-14,0,0,0,-36,-36,-17,-26,-24,-31,-90,-77,-304,-312,-711,-319,-342,
-325,-767,-379]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} ({
Much worse is} 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 $11) 8... Bd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring
less charted territory.} 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 {White has an edge.} c4 11. h4 h6
12. a4 O-O-O 13. Qc1 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. Qa3 Nge7 15. g3
Rh7 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Ke2 Nc8 18. Rhb1 Rg8 19. Rb5 Qd8 {½-½ (111) Van Weersel,
A (2176)-Rajlich,I (2419) Warsaw 2012}) 14. Qa3 Rh7 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxd4
17. O-O-O Nc6 {[#]} 18. Nxg6 (18. Bxc4 $1 $14 Qc7 19. Nxg6) 18... b5 (18... Rf7
$15) 19. Ne5 Nge7 {[#]} (19... Qxa4 $11 20. Qd6 Nf6 $1) 20. Rh3 (20. Qc5 $1 $16
bxa4 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. g3) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has
the initiative.} 22. Bh2 Rf7 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qxa4 25. Qd6 (25. Qxa4 $15
bxa4 26. Bd6) 25... Qa5 $17 26. Bh3 $2 {Loses the game.} (26. Kb2 $17 {was
worth a try.}) 26... Kb7 $19 27. Kb2 $2 (27. Qc5 d4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. cxd4)
27... d4 (27... b4 $142 28. cxb4 Nxb4) 28. Rxd4 {aiming for Rg4.} Bc8 {Dancing
on a razor blade.} ({Don't blunder} 28... Nxd4 $2 29. Qxd4 b4 30. cxb4 Qxb4+
31. Kc1 $19) 29. Qg3 (29. Qc5 Nxd4 30. cxd4) 29... Rxd4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.76/Black=0.37} (29... Nxd4 $142 30. Qb8+ Ka6) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,25,9,13,0,10,0,0,0,0,-30,0,-18,-32,-31,-29,-67,-71,-58,-42,-52,
-53,-87,-90,-78,-64,-68,-43,-47,-29,-54,-36,-97,-102,-260,-249,-241,-247,-556,
-170,-164,-164,-674,-658,-1140,-1115,-1092,-952]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {
[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 {[%cal Ob3d5]} Nxb3 {C81: Open Ruy Lopez: Keres
Variation (9 Qe2).} 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Bf4
Qd7 14. Rd2 {[#]} Nd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qe3 Qb7
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc8 19. Bg5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Nb4 {1-0 (61) Jarmula,L (2477)
-Muzychuk,M (2560) Germany 2019}) 15. Rad1 {[%cal Rd2d5]} c6 16. h3 {Inhibits
Bg4.} Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Qg4 Ne6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 f6 22.
exf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Qg4 $1 Qf7 24. Ne2 {Inhibits d4.} h5 25. Qg3 {[#]} (25. Qf5
$15) 25... c5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 26. Rxd5 {Loses the game.}
(26. f4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 26... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] X-Ray Attack}
27. R5xd4 cxd4 28. Nxd4 (28. Bf4) 28... Rd5 $2 (28... Qa7 29. Kf1 (29. Qf4 $2
Qe7 $19) 29... Rd7) 29. Rd2 Be5 $36 {[%mdl 3072] Black has strong compensation.
Keeping White busy.} 30. Qh4 (30. Qf3) 30... Qg6 {[#] ( -> ...Qb1+). Black is
clearly winning.} 31. g3 Bf6 32. Qf4 Bxd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/
Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,20,12,15,38,0,7,15,31,21,40,29,58,69,82,
73,74,56,79,29,104,94,123,117,123,108,154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7
5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O {
[%cal Ob2b4]} Rd8 14. b4 d6 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 {[#]} 16. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
16. b5 Nb6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb1 d5 19. Nbd2 Qc7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22.
Qc3 {1-0 (53) Fremmegaard,J (1856)-Moujan,P ICCF email 2016}) 16... Rab8 17. b5
d5 18. a4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. Be2 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 (
23. Ne4 $16) 23... h5 (23... Rxd1+ $11 24. Qxd1 (24. Bxd1 c4 $11) 24... Qc7)
24. Bxh5 $16 c4 {[#]} 25. Be2 $1 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 26. e4 Nd3 ({
Black should play} 26... Qh4 27. Qc1 a6) 27. Bxd3 $2 (27. h4 $16 Qxh4 28. Bxd3
cxd3 29. Rxd3) 27... cxd3 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3
Qc1+ 30. Nd1 {[#] Strongly threatening f3.} Bxe4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...
f6.} 32. Qh4+ Kg8 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qh4+ Kg8 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 35.
Qd8+ Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very
precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,64,66,54,69,62,66,54,65,60,68,58,60,60,67,45,45,54,56,10,77,0,75,
70,79,50,55,25,117,102,104,87,90,38,138,140,182,160,235,236,241,222,221,204,
385,343,453,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,361,349,269,221,894,812,607,73,113,6,253,241,
1701,1620,1662,1635,1537,1428,1986,1855,1464,1324,1037,0,0,0,676,0,30,0,0,0,0,
0,12844,12844,12845,12845,12846]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {B51: Sicilian:
Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 {White is
more active. White is slightly better.} Qa5 {[#]} 13. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 13. b3 Rc8 14. Qd3 Rg8 15. Kh1 h5 16. Ra2 h4 17. Nd4 Qh5 18. Re1 Qg5 19. f3 {
½-½ (39) Belozerov,A (2512)-Motylev,A (2680) Sochi 2017}) 13... Qb4 14. b3 h5
15. Rfd1 h4 16. Ne1 Qc5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nc2 (18. h3 $14 {was preferrable.})
18... Qg5 (18... h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. b4 (19. Ne3 $16) 19... Rg8 (
19... f5 $11) 20. Ne3 $1 $16 Rd8 21. Qe2 Kf8 22. a5 Kg7 (22... f5 $1 $11 {
remains equal.} 23. exf5 exf5) 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. f4 (25. h3 $16)
25... h3 (25... f5 $1 $14) 26. g4 $1 Qh4 (26... f5 $16) 27. f5 Rg7 (27... d5
$16 {was worth a try.} 28. fxe6 (28. cxd5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 $14) (28. exd5
exd5 29. Ncxd5 Bc6 $16) 28... fxe6 29. exd5 Bf8) 28. Rf3 $1 $18 Rdg8 29. Rg1
Rh7 30. Rgg3 d5 $2 (30... Bd8 31. Qd3 (31. Rxh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rxh3 $16) (31.
Qf1 Qg5 $16) 31... Bc7) 31. exd5 Bd6 32. Rxh3 $2 ({White should play} 32. Ne4
$18 Bxg3 33. hxg3) 32... Qxh3 $11 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Ne4 {[%csl LRd6,LRf6]}
Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2+ Bxh2 36. Kxh2 exf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... exd5 $11 37. Nxd5
Ba4) 37. Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} f4 38. Ng2 ({Avoid the trap} 38.
Nxg8 $2 fxe3 39. Kg2 Kxg8 $19) 38... Rc8 $2 (38... Rd8 39. Nxf4 (39. Nxd7 Rxd7
40. Nxf4 Kg7 $11) 39... Ba4) 39. Nxd7 $18 Rxc4 40. Ne5 $2 (40. Nh4 $18 {
and White stays clearly on top.} Rd4 41. Nf6 Rxb4 42. d6) 40... Rd4 $16 41. d6
(41. Nxf7+ $16 Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Nf5 Rxb4 44. g5) 41... f6 $2 (41... Kg8 $1
$11 {and Black is okay.}) 42. Ng6+ $1 $18 {[%cal Be5g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]}
Kg7 $2 (42... Kh7 43. N6xf4 (43. N2xf4 Rxd6 44. Ne7 b6 $14) 43... Rxd6) 43.
N6h4 {Hoping for Nf5+.} Kf7 44. Nf5 Rd2 {[#]} 45. Kg1 $1 f3 46. Nf4 Ke8 47. Kf1
Kd7 48. Nh5 $2 (48. Ke1 $18 f2+ 49. Kf1) 48... Ke6 $11 49. Nf4+ Ke5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (49... Kd7 $11 50. Ke1 Rh2) 50. Nh5 $2 ({White has to play} 50.
Ng6+ $18 Ke6 51. Nf8+ Kd5 52. Nd7) 50... Rb2 51. Ke1 f2+ $1 52. Kf1 {Threatens
to win with Nhg3.} Rxb4 53. Kxf2 Rxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Rb5 $11) 54.
d7 $1 $18 Rg8 {[#]} 55. Nh6 $1 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.72
} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,18,54,13,29,24,37,30,47,46,67,31,34,45,35,5,20,20,37,27,30,40,53,
-10,22,0,71,-35,0,0,0,-35,-36,-34,-35,-34,-29,-77,-88,-328,-289,-720,-309,-363,
-347,-755,-352]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} ({
Of course not} 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Qg3 Nd7 $11) (8. Nf3 $14 {feels stronger.}) 8...
Bd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 {
White is slightly better.} c4 11. h4 h6 12. a4 O-O-O 13. Qc1 {[#]} f6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. Qa3 Nge7 15. g3 Rh7 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Ke2 Nc8 18. Rhb1
Rg8 19. Rb5 Qd8 {½-½ (111) Van Weersel,A (2176)-Rajlich,I (2419) Warsaw 2012}
) 14. Qa3 Rh7 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. O-O-O Nc6 {[#]} 18. Nxg6 ({
White should play} 18. Bxc4 $1 $14 Qc7 19. Nxg6) 18... b5 19. Ne5 {And now Qc5
would win.} Nge7 {[#]} (19... Nf6 $11) 20. Rh3 (20. Qc5 $1 $16 bxa4 21. Qxa5
Nxa5 22. g3) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an
advantage.} 22. Bh2 Rf7 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qxa4 25. Qd6 (25. Qxa4 $11 bxa4
26. Bd6) 25... Qa5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Kb7.} 26. Bh3 $2 {This move
loses the game for White.} (26. Kb2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Kb7 $19 27.
Kb2 $2 (27. Qc5 d4 28. Kb1) 27... d4 (27... b4 $142 28. cxb4 Nxb4 29. Qc7+ Qxc7
30. Bxc7 Kxc7) 28. Rxd4 Bc8 {The board is on fire.} ({Don't go for} 28... Nxd4
$2 29. Qxd4 b4 30. cxb4 Qxb4+ 31. Kc1 $19) 29. Qg3 (29. Qc5 Nxd4 30. cxd4)
29... Rxd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/Black=0.38} (29... Nxd4 $142 30.
Qb8+ Ka6) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,0,0,-13,-17,-6,2,-8,0,0,22,29,20,8,25,0,31,0,107,107,115,103,112,
117,104,110,150,112,102,73,118,109,245,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,8,2,0,0,64,64,79,53,183,
167,162,168,165,171,163,165,156,150,327,305]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main
lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Nxe4 8. d5 $1 {8.d5 scores better than 8.0-0.} Ne7
9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White
has compensation.} O-O {[%cal Ob7b5]} 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl
32] [#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 f5 15. Nf3 Ng6
16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {½-½ (52) Mamedov,R (2673)
-Alekseenko,K (2710) Terme Catez 2021}) 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6
14. h5 $1 Nh8 (14... Ne5 $1 $11 15. Nxe5 hxg5) 15. Bh4 $1 $16 d6 16. Qd4 c5 17.
dxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Rfd1 {[%cal Of3e5]} d5 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qe6 (20... Qd7 $142
) 21. Re1 {White is much more active.} Qg4 (21... Qd7 $16) 22. Qc5 $2 (22. Bd6
$1 $18) 22... Bf5 $11 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re5 Qc8 25. Qc2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Re1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e7,Be7e5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 (27... Qc8 $11) 28. Ne5 $14 {
[%csl LRc6,LRd7][%cal Bf3e5,Be5c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 29. f3 $1 ({
Much weaker is} 29. Qxc6 Rc8 30. Qb7 Nxh5 $11) 29... d4 (29... Qd6 $1 $14) 30.
Nxc6 d3 31. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qd7 32. Re7 Qd5 {
[#] aiming for ...d2.} 33. Re5 $1 {Threatens to win with Ne7+.} ({Don't go for
} 33. Rxa7 $2 Rxa7 34. Nb4 Qxh5 $19) 33... Qd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...
d2.} 34. Ne7+ $1 Kh7 $2 {[#]} (34... Kf8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 35. Bf4 Nxh5 36.
Rxh5 Qxe7) 35. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very
precise) /Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,0,0,0,0,-6,13,6,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,-3,-2,-20,-2,-6,-1,0,-2,
-15,0,-28,-17,-70,0,0,16,17,44,28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch
Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 {The position
is equal.} Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Na4
Rfc8 {[#]} 18. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nc5 Rxb2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kf7
21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Re3 Rxa2 23. Be6+ {½-½ (65) Kovchan,A (2582)-Lin,C (2468)
Albena 2015}) 18... c5 19. g4 g5 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rb4 23. c3 Rf4
24. c4 (24. f3 $11) 24... d4 (24... Nb6 $15 25. Nxb6 axb6) 25. Rde1 $11 Nb6 26.
Nb2 Bd7 27. Be4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.10 
(very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,30,44,43,95,87,111,113,117,117,107,124,116,107,139,125,137,142,
149,133,151,147,151,150,185,185,360,349,354,338,407,413,516,322,329,279,404,
343,355,390,392,383,339,337,551,574,556,558,603,605,1038,915,2383,2371,12830,
12831,12831,12831,12831,12833,12835,12835,12835,12835,12836,12836,12838,12839,
12840,12840,12841,12841,12843,12843]} 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 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4
and 9 0-0-0.} f5 ({Better is} 14... Re8 $14) 15. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5] [#]} e4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qh4 16. Bb3 Nxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qxc6
a4 20. g3 Qh3 21. bxa4 Rfc8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rd7 Rxc2 24. Rhd1 {1-0 (24)
Moiseenko,V (2519)-Lekic,D (2330) Agios Ioannis 2019}) 16. Nxd5 {White is
better.} (16. Bd4 {seems wilder.} e3 17. Bxe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd4) 16...
cxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 f4 20. Bc5 Rfb8 21. b3 ({Much weaker
is} 21. fxe4 $6 Rxb2+ 22. Kc1 Rxa2 $11) 21... e3 22. Bd6 Rd8 {...Bf8 is the
strong threat.} 23. c4 g5 24. Kc2 Rac8 {[#]} 25. Rhd1 $1 a5 $2 (25... h6) 26.
Be7 $18 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxa5 e2 27. Re1 Rxd6 28. Rxe2 h6 $11) 26... Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} e2 28. Kd2 Rc6 {[#] ( -> ...Re6)} 29. Bxg5
Re6 30. Bh4 Bb2 (30... Re3 $142 31. Rd8+ Kf7) 31. Rxa5 Re3 {White must now
prevent ...Bc3+.} 32. Rg5+ Kh8 33. Rf5 Bc3+ 34. Kc2 e1=Q $2 (34... Bb4 35. Rb5
(35. Rxf4 Rc3+ 36. Kb2 Rd3 $11) 35... e1=Q 36. Bxe1 Bxe1) 35. Bxe1 {White is
clearly winning.} Bxe1 36. Rxf4 {Hoping for Re4. KRB-KR} Bb4 37. c5 Bxc5 38.
Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 {Strongly threatening a4. KB-KP} Kg7 40. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,
Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. a5 Bg1 43. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4]
[%mdl 32]} Kd6 44. b4 Bf2 45. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 46. Kc4 Be1
47. a6 Bf2 48. h4 Kc7 49. g5 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,28,0,19,20,17,23,47,41,46,39,69,61,73,89,153,141,150,130,118,86,
100,75,73,38,49,52,64,31,124,118,116,118,127,129,123,102,140,109,181,188,190,
185,166,180,196,169,175,168,187,175,183,189,190,179,180,157,273,282,308,310,
345,286,361,366,401,359,382,347,422,405,409,363,402]} 1. d4 {Malakoff/Primel,D}
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9.
Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg3 b6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange
Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 12. O-O {[%cal Oc3b5] White wants to
play Nb5!} Bb7 13. h3 a6 {White has an edge.} 14. Rad1 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Bf5 c4 16. Ne5 b5 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. f4 Qc7
20. Bh2 Rad8 {0-1 (26) Nguyen,C (2439)-Sveshnikov,V (2385) Malakoff 2009 EXT
2010 [Malakoff/Primel,D]}) 15. Bf5 Qe7 16. Bh4 {White is more active.} g5 17.
Bg3 Bd6 {Prevents Ne5.} (17... Bxc3 $142 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Ne4 $14) 18... Ne4)
18. Bxd6 $16 Qxd6 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. Qb3 Rae8 21. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,
Bd3b4,Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3d2][%mdl 32]} (21. Ne2 {feels hotter.} c5 22. Ng3 c4
23. Qc2 Kh8 24. h4) 21... b5 22. Bxd7 (22. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Bc8 23. Nc3 c5
24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc2) 22... Nxd7 23. Rc1 Bc8 24. Nc5 Nf8 {White now steadily
converts the win.} (24... g4 $14 25. hxg4 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 (26. dxc5 Qg6 $11)
26... Bxg4) 25. Nd3 f6 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qc5 Bb7 28. Nb4 {[%cal Ob4d5] And now
Nxd5! would win.} Ne6 29. Qc2 Qd6 (29... Rg7 $16) 30. Nxc6 $18 Rg7 31. Na5 $1
Bc8 32. Nb3 {Pair of Knights!} Nf8 33. Nbd2 h5 34. e4 g4 {[#]} 35. hxg4 hxg4 {
[#]} 36. e5 $1 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Qh6 {[#]} 38. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Oe5g4] Nxg4! is the
strong threat.} (38. Qc6 $6 Re6 39. Qc3 (39. Qxc8 Rh7 $11) 39... Rh7 $16) 38...
Be6 (38... Rh7 $2 39. Ng3) (38... Ne6 $16 39. Nh2 (39. Qc6 Rf8 $16) 39... Nxd4)
39. Ng3 ({Much less strong is} 39. Qd2 $6 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 g3 41. fxg3 Rxg3 $18)
39... Rh7 40. Qd3 Qf4 41. Qe3 {Chess con chili.} Qf6 42. Rc6 Qh4 43. Qf4 b4 (
43... Bd7 $2 44. Rxa6 b4 45. Rb6 $18 (45. Qf6 {leads to mate.} Qh2+ 46. Kf1
Bb5+ 47. Re2 Qh1+ 48. Nxh1 Rxh1#)) 44. Re3 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh4 46. Ke2 Rg7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,6,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,0,0,0,0,20,35,-6,12,21,22,30,36,19,59,63,89,
89,89,86,54,35,98,104,105,121,129,104,147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7
5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Rd8 14.
b4 d6 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 {[#]} 16. Rab1 $146 (16. b5 $14 {was preferrable.}) ({
Predecessor:} 16. b5 Nb6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb1 d5 19. Nbd2 Qc7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc3 {1-0 (53) Fremmegaard,J (1856)-Moujan,P ICCF email 2016})
16... Rab8 17. b5 d5 18. a4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. Be2 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 h5 (23... Rxd1+ $14 24. Qxd1 (24. Bxd1 c4 $11) 24... Qc7)
24. Bxh5 $16 c4 25. Be2 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 26. e4 Nd3 (26... Qf6
$142) 27. Bxd3 ({White should play} 27. h3 $16) 27... cxd3 $11 {The position
is equal.} 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 {[#] Hoping for f3.} Qc1+ 30. Nd1 {Black
must now prevent f3.} Bxe4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 33. Qd8+
Kh7 34. Qh4+ Kg8 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 35. Qd8+ Kh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10
(very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,34,29,41,47,46,48,37,49,51,50,60,0,14,0,35,0,25,0,13,16,33,6,18,
12,20,18,20,15,10,23,86,93,82,90,83,76,67,44,197,35,27,11,68,75,75,75,75,75,75,
75,75,75,75,75,126,75,434,75,1212,1045,1339,1216,12822,12824,12825,12827,12826,
12827,12724,8629,5173,1424,12830,12831,12831,12831,12832,12832,12833,12833,
12833,12831,12837,12836,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12841,12841,12841,12841,
12837]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,
Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {[%csl LRc5,LRd5]
} Bb6 {D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. O-O (10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bf3
Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O $11) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 12.
Bg5 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 {[#]} ({
Better is} 14. Nxb6 $14 axb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4) 14... Rd8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Rd8
19. Qe4 d3 20. Rd1 Ne5 {1-0 (50) Jobava,B (2603)-Srihari,L (2414) Chess.com
INT 2020}) 15. Qd2 (15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Ra1 d3 17. exd3 Qxb2 $15) 15... h5 {
[%cal Od4d3]} 16. Nbc5 (16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 h4 $15) 16... h4 (16... Ba5 $5 {
[%cal Ra5d2]} 17. Qd3 h4 $14) 17. b4 Rb8 18. a3 Ne5 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. Nxf4 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 22. Nxe6 (22. Nxb6 d2 23. Nxe6
dxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 fxe6 $17) 22... fxe6 23. exd3 (23. Nxb6 $2 dxe2 24. Na4 (24.
Rfe1 $2 Nd3 $19) 24... exf1=N 25. Bxf1 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 23... Rxd3 (
23... Nxd3 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Rc2 Bd4) 24. Nxb6 $16 axb6 25. Rfe1 Nf3+
26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for Re7. KRR-KRR} (27. Kg2
$5 {[%cal Rg2f3]} Rbf8 28. Rxe6 $16) 27... Rbf8 $2 (27... h3 $1 $14) 28. Rc2 $2
(28. Rxb6 Rxf2 29. gxh4 (29. Rxb7 h3 $11) 29... Ra2 $16) (28. gxh4 $6 R8f7 $16)
({White should play} 28. Rc7 $18) 28... h3 $1 $14 29. Re3 ({But not} 29. Rxb6
Rxa3 30. Rc1 Raf3 $14) 29... Rd8 30. Kf1 Rxe3 31. fxe3 $16 {Strongly
threatening Ke2. KR-KR} Rd3 {[%csl LRa3,LRe3]} 32. Kf2 $1 Rxa3 33. g4 $1 Rb3
34. Rc4 $1 Kf7 35. Re4 $1 {Threatens to win with Kg3.} g5 {[#]} (35... Kf6 $142
) 36. Kg3 (36. Re5 $142 $1 {[%cal Re5g5]}) 36... Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
36... Kf6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 37. Kxh3 $2 (37. Re5 $1 $18 Rxb4 38. Rxg5)
37... Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kf6 $16) 38. Re5 $18 {White is clearly
winning.} Kf6 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40. Rb5 Re1 41. Rxb6+ Kf7 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Kf7
44. Rb5 Rxe3+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. b5 Rb3 48. Rd5 Kf6 49. Rc5 Rb2+ 50.
Kf3 Rxh2 51. Ke4 (51. Rf5+ Kg6 52. Rc5 Rb2 $18) 51... Re2+ 52. Kd5 Re5+ 53. Kd4
Re1 54. b6 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,10,10,13,91,82,109,102,118,128,105,56,112,127,125,112,139,126,142,
135,139,129,137,141,128,135,172,190,205,195,212,198,192,180,172,177,240,254,
224,145,192,135,154,109,283,283,279,267,260,258]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5
4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. O-O {[#] C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} g5
$146 (6... Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
10. cxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bf4 Bg4 {1-0 (69) Oparin,G (2924)-Demidov,M (2793)
Chess.com INT 2018}) 7. a4 g4 8. Nh4 {White is better.} a5 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nf5 (
10. d3 $16) 10... Bxf5 (10... h5 $14) 11. exf5 $16 h5 12. Nc4 {[%cal Od2d4]}
Ba7 {To avoid d4} 13. Qb3 Rb8 {[#]} 14. Qb5 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRc6]} Kf8 15. Nxa5
(15. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 (16. Qxa5 Ra8 $11) 16... h4 $14) 15... Nxa5 16. Qxa5
Bb6 17. Qb4 Qf6 18. a5 Ba7 19. d3 (19. Bxb7 h4 20. a6 hxg3 21. Qxg4 gxf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Nh6 $17) 19... Ne7 20. Be3 (20. Bxb7 h4 21. Qxg4 Rg8 $17) 20... c5 21. Qc4
Nxf5 22. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qg6 (22... b5 $142 23. axb6 Bxb6) 23.
b5 $18 {[#] b6 is the strong threat.} ({Don't do} 23. bxc5 $6 h4 24. d4 exd4
25. Bxd4 (25. cxd4 hxg3 26. Bf4 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Kg7 $16) 25... Rh6) 23... b6 24.
Be4 {Threatens to win with Bxf5.} h4 (24... bxa5 $16 25. Rxa5 Bb6) 25. axb6 (
25. Bxf5 $18 Qxf5 26. Qd5) 25... Bxb6 $16 26. Ra2 {White is more active.} ({
White should try} 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qd5) 26... hxg3 $2 (26... Ke7 $16 {might
work better.}) 27. fxg3 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nxe3 28. Bxg6 {
[%csl Gf1,Gg6][%cal Rc4f7] The board is on fire.} Nxc4 29. dxc4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)} (29. Rxf7+ Kg8
30. dxc4 Rh6 $17) 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,166,12,6,3,3,14,14,23,14,7,0,0,0,7,0,12,0,0,-29,0,-69,-13,-28,-18,
-12,-12,-12,22,13,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-269,129,117,172,115,227,67,68,40,79,
0,295,271,235,0,0,0,0,0,0,-287,-254,-227,-287,-326,-319,-320,-320,-677,0,0,0,0,
230,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-516,0,0,0,0,118,98,353,8,95,0,350,0,0,0,112,96,95,103,
99,115,121,120,111,118,159,106,105,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,3864,253,3500,3218,576,0,
0,0,2483,2233,29963,1202,287,0,29963,0,128,0,0,0,0,-29978,0,-29979,0,-29979,0,
-29978,-29977,-29963,329]} 1. Nf3 {Fier,A} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5.
cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence:
Sidelines and lines without g3.} 10. Nf3 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Be6 11. b3 O-O {
The position is equal.} 12. Bb2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nd2 Qh4 17. f4 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Nb6
Rad8 20. Qxd5 Bf5 {1-0 (63) Fier,A (2634)-Nikolov,M (2585) Baku 2016 CBM 175 
[Fier,A]}) 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Qxa6 Nd7 17. Kh1 (17. Nxd5 $2 Bxf3 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19.
exf4 Ra8 $1 $19) 17... Re8 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Qe2 Re8 $11) 18. Nb5 (18. Nxd5 $1
$11 Bxf3 19. gxf3) 18... Nc5 (18... Nb8 $15 19. Qa7 (19. Qa4 Re4 $17) 19...
Bxf3 20. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxd6) 19. Qxc8 $1 $11 Bxc8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ba3
Bg4 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Rxc5 ({White should try} 23. Bxc5 $16 Re5 24. Bb6) 23...
Ra8 24. Rxc6 Qd3 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 25. Rfc1 h5 (25... Rxa3 $2 26. Rc8+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Bxc8 27. Rxc8#) 26. R6c3 Qd2 27. R3c2 Qd3 28. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(28. Rc3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qd2 29. R3c2 $1) 28... Bd7 $2 ({Black
should play} 28... Bd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 29. h4 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxa2 $3 {
[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxa2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa2) 29. h3 h4 (29... Ra6 $16 {was called
for.} 30. Bb4 Rb6) 30. b4 ({Better is} 30. Bd6 $18) 30... g5 (30... Ba4 $16 {
is a better defense.}) 31. Nf3 $2 (31. b5 $1 $18) 31... Bxh3 $14 32. Nxg5 ({
Don't play} 32. gxh3 Qe4 $11) (32. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Bd7 33. Nxg5 $16)
32... Bg4 33. Bd4 Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qg6 $11 34. f4 f6) 34. f4 f6 35.
Rc7 $2 h3 $1 $11 (35... fxg5 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rcc7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb4 39. Rh7
$18) (35... Rxa2 $2 36. Nh7 Qxh7 37. Rxh7 Kxh7 38. b5 $18) 36. Rf7 hxg2+ 37.
Kg1 $1 {Chess con chili.} Rf8 (37... Rxa2 $2 38. Bxf6 Qxg5 39. fxg5 $16) 38.
Rxf8+ {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rfc7 $11 {and White is okay.}) 38... Kxf8 $19 39. Bxf6
{[%cal Oc1c7]} Qd3 40. Bd4 Qd2 41. Ra1 Qe2 42. b5 $2 (42. e4 dxe4 43. Bf2)
42... Qxb5 $2 (42... Bf5 $19 43. b6 Bd3) 43. Kxg2 $11 Bd1 44. a4 Bxa4 (44...
Qe2+ $11 45. Kg3 Ke8) 45. Rh1 $2 (45. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6] Threatens to win
with f6.} Qe2+ 46. Kg3) 45... Bc2 46. Kg3 Qe2 47. Ra1 Ke8 48. Ra7 Qe1+ 49. Kg4
Qd1+ 50. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Kh3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}
) 50... Bf5 $2 (50... Qg1+ $19 51. Kh4 Bf5 52. Ra8+ Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kc6) 51. Nf3
Kd8 52. Ne5 Kc8 (52... Qe1+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 53. Kg2 Be4+ 54. Kh3 Bf5+
55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kg3 Qe1+ 57. Kg2) 53. Kh4 $1 $16 ({Reject} 53. Ra8+ $6 Kc7 $11
) 53... Qg1 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Bc2 $16) 54. Ra8+ $2 ({White has to play} 54.
Bb6 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Rc7+.} Qb1 55. Ba5) 54... Kb7 (54... Kc7
$11) 55. Ra7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Ra1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra1g1]} Qh2+ 56. Kg5)
55... Kc8 $18 56. Kh5 $2 (56. Bb6 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Rc7+.} Qb1 57.
Ba5) 56... Be4 $11 57. Kh6 Qh2+ (57... Qg3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 58. Kg5
Qg3+ 59. Kf6 Qh4+ 60. Ke6 {And now Kd6 would win.} Qh6+ 61. Ke7 {Black must
now prevent Nd7.} Bf5 62. Nf7 $1 Qe6+ 63. Kf8 Bg6 64. Be5 (64. Ng5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rg5e6]} Qe8+ 65. Kg7) 64... Bxf7 65. Rc7+ Kd8 66. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQ-KRB. Active counter play!} Qh6+ 67. Bg7 Qd6+ 68. Kg8 d4 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (68... Ke8 $11 69. Rf6 Qb4) 69. Bf6+ $1 $18 Kc8 70. Bxd4 Qd5 71. f5 $2 (
71. Kf8 $18 {Strongly threatening f5.} Qd8+ 72. Kg7) 71... Kd8 $11 {( -> ...
Ke8)} 72. Kg7 {f6 is the strong threat.} Qg2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (72... Ke8
$11 73. Rf8+ Kd7) 73. Kf8 $1 $18 Qh1 74. Bg7 (74. Bf6+ $142 Kc8 75. Re7 Qh3 76.
e4 Qa3 77. Bg7 Qf3 78. f6 Kd8 79. f7) 74... Qe4 75. Bd4 $2 (75. Bh6 $18) 75...
Qh1 $1 76. Rg7 $2 (76. Bf6+ Kc8 77. Re7 Qh3 78. e4 Qa3 79. Bg7 Qh3 80. f6 Qh7
81. f7) 76... Qh8+ {[#]} (76... Qe4 $1 $11 77. Rf7 Qg4) 77. Kf7 ({Only move:} 
77. Rg8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Qh5 78. Bf6+ Kd7 79. Rg7+ Kc6 80. e4 (80. Bg5 Kd5
$16)) 77... Qh5+ 78. Ke6 Qe8+ 79. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qg8+ $2 (79... Qxe7+ 80.
Kd5 Kd7 81. Bc5 Qf6 82. Ke4 Qc6+ 83. Kd4 Qa4+ 84. Kd5 Qc6+ 85. Kd4 Qa4+ 86. Kd5
Qc6+ 87. Kd4) 80. Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (80. Kf6 $11) 80... Qg3+ $2 (80... Kxe7
81. Kf4 Qd5 82. f6+ Ke6 83. Kg3 Qc4 84. Kf2 Qd3 85. Kg2 Qf5 86. Kg3 Qf1 87. Bb2
Kf5 88. f7 Ke4 89. Kh4 Qxf7 90. Kg5 Kxe3 91. Bc1+ Ke4 92. Bb2 Qf5+ 93. Kh6 Kd5
94. Bc1 Ke6 95. Kg7 Qf7+ 96. Kh8 Kf5 97. Bd2 Kg6 98. Be3 Qh7#) 81. Kd5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (81. Ke6 $11 Qg4 82. Rg7 Qe4+ 83. Kd6) 81... Qg2+ $2 (81... Kxe7
82. Ke4 Kd6 83. f6 Qg4+ 84. Kd3 Kd5 85. Kc3 Qd1 86. f7 Qf1 87. f8=B Qxf8 88.
Kd3 Qf3 89. Bh8 Qf1+ 90. Kc3 Qc4+ 91. Kd2 Ke4 92. Bg7 Qd3+ 93. Kc1 Kd5 94. Bf8
Kc4 95. Kb2 Qb3+ 96. Ka1 Kc3 97. Ba3 Qxa3+ 98. Kb1 Qb2#) 82. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
} (82. Kd6 $11 Qg3+ 83. Ke6) 82... Qa2+ 83. Ke5 Qa6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] What a
fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/Black=0.68} (83... Kxe7 {mates} 84.
Kf4 Qd2+ 85. Be3 Qb2 86. e5 Qh2+ 87. Ke4 Qh1+ 88. Kd4 Qg2 89. Kc5 Qc2+ 90. Kd5
Qxf5 91. Bc5+ Kd7 92. Be3 Ke7 93. Bc5+ Kd7 94. Kd4 Qf4+ 95. Kd5 Qf3+ 96. Kd4
Kc6 97. Ba7 Qe2 98. Kc3 Kd5 99. e6 Qc4+ 100. Kd2 Qa2+ 101. Ke1 Qxa7 102. Ke2
Kxe6 103. Kf3 Kf5 104. Kg3 Qe3+ 105. Kh2 Kg4 106. Kh1 Qd2 107. Kg1 Kg3 108. Kh1
Qh2#) 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,16,0,4,2,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-40,-35,-52,-35,-43,-48,-43,-52,-37,
-36,-50,-45,-38,-42,-50,-33,-28,0,-38,-35,-101,-106,-194,-190,-205,-189,-445,
-430,-441,-418,-544,-506,-822,-779,-819,-804,-892,-894,-814,-742,-735,-729,
-677,-637,-891,-859,-1543,-1306,-910,-864,-4802,-2660,-2151,-1825,-1103,-1134,
-5800,-5683,-1759,-1190,-5869,-5708,-4710,-2196,-29991,-29992,-29992,-232]} 1.
e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6.
d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 9. Qc2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Qe4 Qc7 14.
Bg5 Bb7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qh4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Re3 Ne7 19. Nd4 Qxc3 20. Rd1
Qc5 21. Rh3 {1-0 (41) Godena,M (2430)-Martorelli,A (2235) Chianciano Terme 1988
}) 10. Bxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Bf4 f6
14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Qa4 {[%cal Oe1e6]} Rac8 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Nd1 Rfe8
19. Ne3 Bf8 {[%cal Be7f8,Bf8h6,Bh6f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bg3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4]
[%mdl 32]} 21. h3 h5 22. a3 Be6 23. h4 (23. Rc3 $15) 23... g4 $17 {Black
continues to play with concentration.} 24. Nd2 (24. Nh2 $17) 24... Bh6 $19 25.
Rc3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rec1 $2 {[#]} (26. f4) 26...
f4 $1 27. Bxf4 (27. Rxc6 $2 fxg3 28. Ndf1 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qf7+ 30. Kg1 Bd7 31.
Rxc8 Bxa4) 27... Bxf4 28. Rxc6 g3 {Hoping for ...gxf2+.} 29. Ndf1 (29. Nef1
$142 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2) 29... gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qf7 31. Rxc8 Bxe3+ ({Not} 31... Rxc8
32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Kg1 $11) ({Weaker is} 31... Bxc8 32. Kg1 $11) 32. Kxe3 Bxc8+
33. Kd3 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7b5,Bb5e2][%mdl 32]} 34. Qd1 Bb5+ 35. Kc3 Be2 36.
Qd2 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Bc4+ 38. Rxc4 dxc4+ ({Inferior is} 38... Rxc4 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40.
Ng3 $11) 39. Kc3 Qxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qg5+
Qf6 {And now ...Qxg5 would win.} 43. Qxh5 Qf4 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 44. Qe2+ Kd7 45.
Qc2 Qe3+ 46. Kb4 Qb3+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.21/Black=0.12 (very
precise)} (46... Qd3 {mates} 47. Qc3 a5+ 48. Kb5 Qf5+ 49. Ka4 b5+ 50. Kxa5 Ra8+
51. Kb6 Qe6+ 52. Kc5 Qc6+ 53. Kb4 Ra4#) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,29,29,7,13,13,10,0,0,0,0,-6,9,-10,-10,-6,-10,-9,14,8,20,9,13,7,6,
-6,15,-12,13,13,18,0,35,25,7,11,59,34,61,50,58,35,148,153,135,136,143,-6,103,
85,207,185,243,189,277,153,347,344,343,325,330,326,408,295,394,390,453,453,644,
628,576,402]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5+ {
C41: Philidor Defence.} c6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} d5 9.
exd5 {[#]} cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Qd2
Bf6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. O-O h6 15. h3 Re8 {1-0 (41) Smagin,S (2540)-Lagumina,G 
(2290) Amantea 1994}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rad1 Be6 {And now ...b5 would
win.} 13. Nd4 Qb6 {[#]} 14. Qb3 $1 Qa7 (14... Qxb3 15. Nxb3) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
Na4 a5 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Qe3 (18. Qf3 {looks sharper.} Qb7 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Nxc5
Bxc5 21. Qg3) 18... Qxe3 (18... Nc5 {feels hotter.} 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 Bf5
21. Bf3 Rfe8) 19. Bxe3 Rab8 20. b3 Rb4 21. Bd4 c5 22. Ba1 d4 (22... c4 $11) 23.
Bd3 Nf6 {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 24. Rfe1 $1 {[%cal Od3c4]} (
24. c3 Rxa4 25. bxa4 c4 $11) 24... Nd5 25. Bc4 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.}
Rxc4 26. bxc4 $16 Nb4 27. c3 Nc2 28. cxd4 (28. Re4 $16) 28... cxd4 (28... Nxe1
$11 {remains equal.} 29. Rxe1 cxd4) 29. Re5 ({Reject} 29. Bxd4 $6 Nxe1 30. Rxe1
Bb4 $11) 29... Bf6 (29... Bb4 $16) 30. Rxa5 $18 Bxc4 (30... Nxa1 $142 31. Rxa1
Re8) 31. Rc1 Re8 (31... Bd3 {might work better.}) 32. Nb6 (32. Nb2 $18 d3 33.
Nxc4 Bxa1 34. Rd5) 32... Be2 {Loses the game.} (32... Bd3 $16 33. Nd5 Bg5) 33.
Rxc2 d3 34. Bxf6 ({Don't blunder} 34. Rc1 $2 d2 35. Rb1 Bd3 $19) 34... dxc2 {
[%cal Rc2c1] [#]} 35. Bb2 Ba6 {[%cal Re8e1]} 36. h3 Bb7 37. Rc5 Re1+ 38. Kh2 {
White is clearly winning.} Re2 (38... h5 $142 39. Rxc2 Re6) 39. Rc7 Ba6 40. Nd5
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,62,65,76,68,64,57,50,60,62,54,58,62,60,66,64,58,53,59,10,80,10,
76,68,83,67,66,64,108,103,108,97,95,0,173,176,190,139,246,245,243,240,232,204,
366,348,577,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,11,580,525,422,318,783,767,707,257,226,21,270,267,
1238,783,1257,1222,1061,704,1364,1575,1501,1349,779,9,87,0,689,0,89,8,8,8,8,8,
588,588,588,588,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6
6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow
Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 {White is slightly
better.} Qa5 {[#]} 13. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Rc8 14. Qd3 Rg8 15. Kh1
h5 16. Ra2 h4 17. Nd4 Qh5 18. Re1 Qg5 19. f3 {½-½ (39) Belozerov,A (2512)
-Motylev,A (2680) Sochi 2017}) 13... Qb4 14. b3 h5 15. Rfd1 {White is more
active.} h4 16. Ne1 Qc5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nc2 (18. h3 $14) 18... Qg5 (18... h3
$11) 19. b4 (19. Ne3 $16) 19... Rg8 (19... f5 $1 $11) 20. Ne3 $1 $16 {[%cal
Oc4c5]} Rd8 21. Qe2 Kf8 22. a5 Kg7 (22... f5 $14 {deserves consideration.} 23.
exf5 exf5) 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. f4 (25. h3 $16) 25... h3 $2 (25... f5 $1
$11) 26. g4 $1 $18 Qh4 27. f5 (27. Qd3 $18) 27... Rg7 (27... d5 $16 {was
necessary.} 28. fxe6 (28. cxd5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 $14) (28. exd5 exd5 29. Ncxd5
Bc6 $16) 28... fxe6 29. exd5 Bd6) 28. Rf3 Rdg8 29. Rg1 Rh7 30. Rgg3 d5 $2 (
30... Bd8 31. Qd3 (31. Rxh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rxh3 $16) (31. Qf1 Qg5 $16) 31... Bc7
) 31. exd5 Bd6 $2 (31... Bxb4 $2 32. Ne4 exf5 33. Rxh3 $1 Qxh3 34. Rxh3 Rxh3
35. Nxf6 $18) (31... exd5 32. Qf1 (32. Ncxd5 Bd6 $18) (32. Rxh3 Qxh3 33. Rxh3
Rxh3 $18) 32... Bxb4 33. Ncxd5 Bc5 34. Rxh3 Qg5 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rh3+ Kg7)
32. Rxh3 $2 (32. Ne4 $18 Bxg3 33. hxg3) 32... Qxh3 $11 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Ne4 {
[%csl LRd6,LRf6]} Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2+ Bxh2 36. Kxh2 exf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36...
exd5 $11 37. Nxd5 Ba4) 37. Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} f4 38. Ng2 (38.
Nxg8 $2 fxe3 39. Kg2 Kxg8 $19) 38... Rc8 $2 (38... Rd8 39. Nxf4 (39. Nxd7 Rxd7
40. Nxf4 Kg7 $11) 39... Ba4) 39. Nxd7 $18 Rxc4 40. Ne5 $2 (40. Nh4 Rd4 41. Nf6)
40... Rd4 41. d6 (41. Nxf7+ $18 Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh7 43. Nf5) 41... f6 $2 (41...
Kg8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 42. Ng6+ $1 {[%cal Be5g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]
} Kg7 $2 (42... Kh7 43. N6xf4 (43. N2xf4 Rxd6 44. Ne7 b6 $14) 43... Kh6) 43.
N6h4 {White threatens Nf5+ and mate.} Kf7 44. Nf5 Rd2 45. Kg1 $1 f3 46. Nf4 Ke8
47. Kf1 Kd7 48. Nh5 $2 (48. Ke1 $18 f2+ 49. Kf1) 48... Ke6 $11 49. Nf4+ ({
Better is} 49. Ne3 $1 $16 Rxd6 50. Nf4+ Kd7 51. Kf2) 49... Ke5 {[%mdl 8192]} (
49... Kd7 $11 50. Ke1 Rh2) 50. Nh5 $2 (50. Ng6+ $18 Ke4 51. Ke1) 50... Rb2 {[#]
} (50... Ke6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. Ke1 (51. d7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd7d8]}
Rd2 52. Nh4 Rxd7 53. Nxf3+ Ke6 54. Ke2) 51... f2+ $1 52. Kf1 Rxb4 53. Kxf2 {
Hoping for d7.} Rxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Rb2+ $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry.} 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rb5) 54. d7 $1 $18 Rg8 {[#]} 55. Nh6 $1
Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.89} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,178,33,32,30,31,40,35,35,33,35,30,27,47,-33,-38,-39,47,35,39,10,35,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,104,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,72,72,73,73,77,121,116,129,0,72,72,72,77,82,36,33,26,42,22,
22,22,25,0,0,0,0,-37,-8,-42,139,128,142,136,136,144,161,34,42,42,44,0,141,141,
258,258,458,561,557,522,521,477,522,522,522,421,478,475,450,272,272,31,31,31,
31,39,39,31,49,49,78,61,85,0,92,74,74,56,83,49,55,0,103,55,97,52,105,12,12,-13,
-11,-13,-10,-10,-10,-359,-97]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 $1 {The main line 7.Qg4 scores better than 7.Nf3.} f6
8. Nf3 c4 9. Qg3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} Qf7 10.
h4 h5 11. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 12. O-O {[#]} Nge7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. a4 Nh6 14. Ba3 O-O-O 15. Rfb1 Rhg8 16. a5 Be8 17.
Bc5 Nf5 18. Qh2 Qc7 {½-½ (30) Wedberg,T (2540)-Johannessen,L (2452) Malmo
2002}) 13. Re1 (13. a4 {seems wilder.} b6 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. Qf4 Qg6 16. g3) 13...
Qg6 14. Bd1 (14. Qxg6+ $14 Nxg6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. a4) 14... Qxg3 $15 15. fxg3
f5 (15... Bd7 $15) 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bf3 Nd8 18. Nh3 Ba4 19. Ra2 Ng6 20. Bg5 Nc6
21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e3,Be3d2][%mdl 32]} Kd7 23. Ke3 Kc7 24. Kd2
Ra8 25. Nf2 Nf8 26. Rab2 b5 27. Ra2 a6 28. Raa1 Re8 29. Rf1 Nb8 30. g4 hxg4 31.
Nxg4 fxg4 32. Bxg4 Rg8 33. Rf7+ Nfd7 34. Re7 Rgf8 (34... Nc6 $11 35. Rxe6 Rxe6
36. Bxe6 Rf8) 35. Re1 ({White must play} 35. Rxg7 $16 Kc6 36. Re1) 35... Rxe7
$11 36. Bxe7 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Rf2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Nc6 39.
Bd6+ Kc8 40. Bg4 Nd8 41. h5 b4 (41... Kb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. cxb4
$16 Kb7 43. c3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kc8 44. Bh3 Bb3 (
44... Bb5 $142) 45. Be7 {And now g4 would win.} Nc6 46. Bd6 ({White has to play
} 46. Bg5) 46... Nd8 47. g3 Ba4 48. Bg4 Bb3 49. b5 (49. Kc1 $16) 49... axb5 $14
50. Bb4 Ba2 51. Kc1 {Prevents Bb1.} Bb3 52. Bh3 Ba4 53. g4 Nf7 54. Be7 Nb8 55.
Bf8 (55. g5 $5 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Kd7 56. h6 $11) 55... Ng5 56. Bg2 b4 $2 (56...
Nc6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 57. axb4 $16 g6 ({Weaker is} 57... Ne4 58.
Bxe4 (58. Bxg7 Be8 $16) 58... dxe4 59. Bxg7) 58. hxg6 {Threatening mate with
g7.} Be8 59. g7 Bf7 60. b5 ({White should try} 60. Kd2 $18) 60... Nd7 61. Be7
Ne4 62. Kb2 (62. Bxe4 $14 {feels stronger.} dxe4 63. Bc5) 62... Nf2 {[#]} (
62... Nb6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 63. Bf3 $1 Nd3+ (63... Ne4 $16 64. Bb4 Kb7)
64. Ka3 $18 Kc7 $2 (64... Bg8 65. Ka4 Nf2) 65. g5 {[%cal Of3h5] Bh5! is the
strong threat.} Nf4 {Prevents Bh5.} 66. Kb4 Kb7 67. Bd1 Nd3+ 68. Ka5 {[%cal
Od1h5]} Nf4 {To avoid Bh5} 69. Bd8 {Threatens to win with Ba4.} Kc8 70. Bf6 Kb7
71. Bc2 Bg8 {Prevents Bh7.} 72. g6 $2 (72. Kb4 $18) 72... Ne2 $14 73. Kb4 Nc1
74. Bb1 Ne2 75. Bg5 Kc7 76. Bc2 Nb6 77. Be7 (77. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1e2]} Ng3 78.
Be7 $16) 77... Nd7 78. Bg5 Nb6 $1 79. Bd1 Ng3 80. Be7 {aiming for Ka5.} Nd7 81.
Bg4 Kb7 82. Bd1 (82. Bf6 $14) 82... Kc7 $1 $16 {[#]} 83. Bf3 (83. Ba4 $1 $16)
83... Kb7 (83... Nf5 $14 84. Bf8 Nb6) 84. Ka5 (84. Bg4 $16) 84... Nf5 ({
Black should play} 84... Ne4 $14) 85. Bd8 {White is more active.} (85. Bf6 $16)
85... Nxg7 $11 86. b6 Nb8 {White must now prevent ...Nc6+.} 87. Kb5 Nf5 {
Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 88. Bg4 Ng3 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 89. Bc7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (89. Bf3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 89... Nd7 $2 {
Quite a comeback for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /
Black=0.17 (very precise)} (89... Na6 $19 90. Bd6 Ne4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,10,11,12,14,17,16,13,20,16,33,29,55,37,103,62,83,76,92,86,124,126,
170,175,166,165,151,123,110,111,113,116,191,192,208,227,206,212,258,246,241,
222,218,217,372,368,390,397,380,380,433,338,497,438,480,484,535,565,566,561,
543,533,532,431,673,631,628,721,701,652,924,891,772,821,994,993,976,935,5182,
3216,12844,11859]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O
{C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd6 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. d4 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
9... Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf6 14. Nd3 O-O-O
15. Nc3 Bc4 {½-½ (58) Giri,A (2780)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021})
10. dxe5 gxh4 11. exd6 h3 (11... Rg8 $14) 12. dxc7 (12. e5 $16 hxg2 13. Re1)
12... Qxd1 $14 13. Rxd1 hxg2 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Nd4 Nh5 (15... Ke7 $16 {was
called for.}) 16. Nce2 $18 Rc8 17. Nxe6 {Dancing on a razor blade.} fxe6 18.
Rd6 {White is more active.} Ke7 19. Rd3 Rxc7 20. Rad1 Nf6 {[#]} (20... Rg4 $16
{is a better defense.}) 21. e5 $1 Ng4 22. f4 h5 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. c3 (25. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 26. Kf1 Nc4 $14) 25... c5
26. Rxh5 Kc6 $2 (26... Ne3 27. Rg5 Rh8) 27. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 28. Rg5 Ng6 {[%cal
Og6f4]} 29. Kg3 Kd6 30. h4 Ne7 31. Rxg8 {White is clearly winning.} Nxg8 {KN-KN
} 32. Kg4 Ke7 33. Kg5 Kf7 34. c4 Nf6 35. Nc3 {Prevents Ne4+.} Kg7 36. b3 b6 (
36... Nh7+ $142 37. Kg4 Nf6+ 38. Kf3 Kg6) 37. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]}
e5 38. Nd5 Ne4+ 39. Kg4 {[%cal Of5f6] Threatens to win with f6+!} Kh6 40. f6 {
And now Kf5 would win.} Nd6 41. Ne7 {Strongly threatening Nf5+.} e4 42. Kf4 ({
Don't blunder} 42. Nf5+ $2 Nxf5 43. h5 {[#]} (43. Kxf5 $2 e3 $19) 43... e3 $1
$19) 42... a6 43. Nd5 b5 44. Ke5 bxc4 45. Kxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
05 (flawless) /Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,51,27,19,22,12,13,18,18,18,25,31,22,27,22,21,5,0,4,14,-39,-20,-35,0,
0,20,0,2,0,60,28,191,195,190,185,233,222,568,564,540,538]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 {aiming for ...Ng4.}
8. Na4 {was the old line (8.0-0). C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights
with 4 g3.} Bb6 9. O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} O-O 10. Bg5 {
[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 Re8 {Inhibits e5.} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 {[#]} Ba6 $146 (
15... Rxe5 $2 16. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 17. Qxd8 $18) ({Predecessor:} 15...
Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 b5 19. Bf1 Re7 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. f3 Nb7 {
1-0 (70) Vukovic,I (1805)-Bajt,H (1558) Nova Gorica 2016}) 16. f4 (16. Bxa6 $11
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rxe5 18. Bd3 (18. Bb7 Ra7 $15)) 16... Bxd3 $15 17. cxd3 gxf4 (
17... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e3]}) 18. Bxf4 Re6 19. Qf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd5 (20... Nd5
$11) 21. Qh3 (21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Kh7 $11) 21... Rxa2 $2 {This costs Black
the game.} (21... Qh5 $11) 22. Rxa2 (22. Bxc7 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd7 $11) (22. Qxh6
Nh5 23. Qg5+ Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxb2 $15) 22... Qxa2 23. Qg3+ $1 (23. Qxh6 Qxb2 24.
Qg5+ (24. Bxc7 Nd5 $15) 24... Kf8 25. Bxc7 Nd5 $11) (23. Bxh6 Ne8 $11) (23.
Bxc7 Qxb2 24. Qg3+ (24. Qxh6 Nd5 $15) 24... Kh7 $11) 23... Kh7 (23... Kf8 {
was worth a try.}) 24. Be5 $18 {[%mdl 1088] Discovered Attack. White has
strong compensation.} (24. Bxc7 Qxb2 25. h3 Qe2 $11) 24... Qa5 $2 (24... Ng4 {
is tougher.} 25. Bd4 (25. Bxc7 Rf6 $11) (25. Rxf7+ Kg8 $18) 25... Rg6) 25. d4 (
{Inferior is} 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 $1 26. Rg1 Qb5 27. Qxc7 Qxb2 $17) 25... Qd2 26. Qf3
{To avoid Qe2.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.53} ({
Don't go for} 26. Bxf6 $2 {[#]} Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rb1 Qxd4 $19) 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,12,14,11,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-45,-45,-50,-83,-107,-101,-85,
-122,-113,-127,-64,-50,0,0,0,-60,0,-61,0,0,0,13,50,52,362,442,424,437,1096,
1043,29986,29977,29988,533,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange
Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} g6 8. f3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less
charted territory.} (8. e3 $5 {[%cal Rh4f6]}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O-O {The position
is equal.} O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Qa5 12. Nf3 (12. h3 $11) 12... Be6 $1 $15 {
[#]} 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 b5 14. Be1 Ng4 15. e5 Rd8 16. Qe2 b4
17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxc5 Bxa2 19. Bc2 {0-1 (30) Piqueras Jimenez,M (2040)-Arnold,E 
(2042) ICCF email 2018}) 13... b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qd2
{[#]} Qb6 (17... Qa4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ob5b4] ...b4! is the strong threat.} 18. Bd3
Nc6) 18. Be7 Nc6 (18... a5 $1 $15) 19. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under
pressure.} Qb7 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 20. h4 {[#]} (20. Rc1 $11) 20... b4 (20... Nxe5
$1 $15 21. Nxe5 Bxe5) 21. a4 ({White should play} 21. axb4 $11 Rab8 22. h5)
21... b3 (21... Qd7 $15) 22. h5 $1 Bf5+ 23. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Bxf5.}
Qa6 (23... Nxd4 $5 24. Nxd4 (24. Bxd4 Qc6 $17) 24... Rxc5 $11) 24. hxg6 fxg6 {
[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (24... Bxg6 $14 25. Bxg6
fxg6) 25. Bxf5 $18 {Really sharp!} gxf5 26. Rxh6 Qxa4 (26... Qc4 $142) 27. Ba3
{Threatening mate with Qg5.} Ne7 28. Rdh1 Qc4 29. Bxe7 (29. Qg5 $142 Qd3+ 30.
Ka1 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 f4 32. Rch1 Re8 33. e6 Qf1+ 34. Rxf1) 29... Bxh6 30. Qxh6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.86} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,-14,0,-15,-22,-34,-48,-43,-28,-42,-32,-34,-30,-55,0,-64,16,0,0,-9,
-11,-79,-60,-55,-4,-3,-16,-22,0,0,0,6,10,10,7,0,8,8,8,8,24,14,14,15,29,18,14,
14,15,17,292,294,346,330,330,199,181,189,178]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4.
Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. d3 Nge7
8. O-O {Black is slightly better. 8.Nc3 is not played anymore.} Be6 9. Qa4 O-O
10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} h6 11. Bd2 Qd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves
trodden paths.} (11... f5 $15) 12. Rfc1 {[#]} (12. Ne4 $11) 12... Rad8 $146 (
12... f5 $1 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Qd1 Rad8 14. Rab1 Nd4 15. Ne1 c5
16. b3 b6 17. Na4 Bd5 18. Bc3 Nec6 19. e3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne6 21. Qe2 f4 22. Rd1
Ng5 23. Ba1 f3+ {0-1 (23) Firouzja,A (2456)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016}) 13.
Ne4 $11 {[%cal Od2h6]} Qc8 14. b4 a6 15. b5 (15. Rab1 $11 {keeps the balance.})
15... axb5 $17 16. Qxb5 Bd5 (16... f5 $15 17. Nc3 e4) 17. Nc5 $11 Bxf3 18. Bxf3
e4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 Qxb7 22. Nxb7 Ra8 {[#]} 23. Rxc7 $1 {
Re1 is the strong threat.} Bxa1 24. Rxe7 {Hoping for Bd5.} Rxa2 (24... Bf6 $5 {
[%cal Rf6e7]} 25. Rd7 Nc3 $11) 25. Bxh6 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} Bg7 26.
Bd5 {This bishop pair is nice.} Rb2 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6f7]} Nd4
29. Bxf7 {aiming for Bc4+.} ({But not} 29. Nxf7 Nf5 30. Re4 Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7
$15) 29... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (29... Nc6 $1 $11 {and Black
stays safe.} 30. Rc7 Ne5 31. Bc4+ Kh6 32. Nf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxf7 (33. Bxf7 Rd2 $11)
33... Rxf7 34. Bxf7 g5) 30. Rd7 $18 ({Less strong is} 30. Re4 Rb4 $16) 30...
Nc6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. Rd5+ Ne5 {[#]} 33. Bxg6+ {[%mdl 512]} Ke6 {[%mdl 32768]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.30. Sensor Board
Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,13,-2,0,0,0,1,12,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-6,-14,-20,-2,-15,
0,-12,-15,-62,0,0,10,15,45,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5.
Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {Prevents Bg4.
C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 {
The position is equal.} Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qb8 16. Qxb8
Raxb8 17. Na4 Rfc8 {[#]} 18. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nc5 Rxb2 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Rxe6 Kf7 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Re3 Rxa2 23. Be6+ {½-½ (65) Kovchan,A (2582)
-Lin,C (2468) Albena 2015}) 18... c5 19. g4 g5 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Kg2
Rb4 23. c3 Rf4 24. c4 (24. f3 $11) 24... d4 (24... Nb6 $15 25. Nxb6 axb6) 25.
Rde1 $11 Nb6 26. Nb2 Bd7 27. Be4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /
Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,-12,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-20,-42,-49,-47,-22,-64,0,-77,-13,-13,0,0,
13,13,13,15,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,30,30,127,127,127,127,118,99,144,75,
76,73,76,76,76,76,76,76,95,76,146,140,239,239,239,200,226,225,226,193,190,313,
305,304,612,249,289,344,272,133,1585,1556,2389,2283,29979,29980,29978,29979]} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. h4 Ne7 8. Rh3
Nbc6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8
{[#] The position is equal.} 11. Qf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. f4
Bd7 13. Bh7 Rh8 14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Ne2 Kb8 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Rb1 {0-1 (29)
Borisova,E (2252)-Ivkina,O (2192) Smolensk 2007}) 11... Bd7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13.
Nf3 Rdf8 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 $11) 14... f6 ({Better is} 14... c4 $15 15. Be2 Qb6)
15. Qh2 (15. exf6 $11 Rxf6 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Be3) 15... fxe5 (15... Qb6 $17)
16. Nxe5 $11 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 18. dxe5 Nc6 19. f4 c4 20. Be2 Be8 21. Be3 b6
22. Kd2 Kb7 23. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rf7 24. Rg1 {[%cal
Of4f5]} Rgf8 25. g5 Ne7 (25... Rh8 $11) 26. g6 $16 Rf5 27. Bg4 {White is more
active.} Bd7 28. Ra1 Rb8 (28... Ba4 $142 29. Rb1 (29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. Bf2 Bc6 $16
) 29... Kc7) 29. a4 (29. Bxf5 $142 {Strongly threatening Bg4.} Nxf5 30. a4)
29... Rff8 30. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} Nf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. axb6 a6 (
{Much worse is} 32... axb6 $6 33. Ke2 $11) 33. Rh4 Rc8 34. Bd4 Bb5 (34... Bc6
$142) 35. Ke3 Be8 (35... Rcf8 $16 36. Kf3 Rg5) 36. Kf3 $18 Bb5 37. Kg3 Bd7 38.
Ra5 Bb5 39. Rh1 Rff8 40. Rha1 (40. Rb1 $142 Ra8 41. Be3) 40... Ra8 41. Kg4 Kc6
$2 {[#]} (41... Bd7 42. Bf2 Bb5) 42. Rb1 (42. Rxb5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Intending Rc5+ and mate.} axb5 43. Rxa8 Rxa8 44. f5 exf5+ 45. Kxf5) 42... Kb7
43. Raxb5 axb5 44. Rxb5 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]
This costs Black the game.} (44... Ra6 $16 45. Be3 Raa8) 45. Rxd5 $3 {[%mdl
512]} Rxf4+ (45... Raf8 46. Rd7+) 46. Kxf4 {Threatening mate with Rd7+.} Rf8+
47. Ke4 exd5+ 48. Kxd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.43}
1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,238,0,14,-11,17,0,19,-3,8,0,0,0,0,-22,-15,-16,-15,-16,-19,-18,-22,
-16,-17,-66,-59,-63,-64,-110,-92,-83,-96,-89,-63,-71,-48,-66,-52,-63,-56,-72,
-76,-117,-79,-127,-1,-52,-56,-61,-48,-84,-31,-62,0,0,0,0,0,-52,0,0,0,-73,-81,
-75,0,-65,-65,-102,-82,-90,-50,-50,-52,-51,-35,-38,-53,-102,-102,-102,-102,
-102,-102,-224,-193,-233,-226,-196,-48,-48,-25,-25,-8,-8,0,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,
-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,
-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29991,-29992]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 10. a3 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} b5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An
interesting side line.} 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 $5 {
[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. Qxd5 {½-½ (25) Jerkovic,L-Chernov,V ICCF email 2011}) 13... Nh5 14. Bd2
Na5 15. a4 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Nxb2 18. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Be3.}
exf4 19. axb5 Bf6 $36 {[%cal Be7f6,Bf6a1,Ba1c3][%mdl 2080] Black fights for an
advantage.} 20. Nd5 (20. Ne2 $1 $11) 20... Bxd5 $15 21. Bxd5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 (22.
Qe2 $15 Bxa1 23. bxa6) 22... Bxa1 $17 23. Bd3 Bc3 24. Qxf4 a5 25. e5 dxe5 26.
Nxe5 Qd6 27. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh4h7]} Qh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Nc6 (29. Nc4
$142) 29... a4 30. Bc4 (30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nd5 (31. Nxc8 $2 Rxc8 32. b6 a3 $19)
31... Bd4 $17) ({Better is} 30. Rd1) 30... a3 (30... Rc7 $17 31. Rd1 Re8) 31.
Rd1 (31. Ne7+ $11 Kg7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Ba2) 31... Rfe8 $15 {Hoping for ...Ra8.
} 32. g3 Rc7 $1 {To avoid Rd7} 33. Rd3 {[#]} Bb2 (33... Bb4 $1 $17 34. Kg2 Re1)
34. Kf1 {To avoid Re1+} Kg7 ({Black should play} 34... Rb7 $15 35. Nd8 Rb8 36.
Nxf7 (36. Bxf7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 36... Rec8) 35. Bb3 $11 h5 36. h4 h6 37. Rd5 (37.
Ba2 $11) 37... Ra8 (37... Bc3 $15 38. Rd3 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Bf6) 38. Ba2 Re8 39.
Rxh5 (39. Rd3 $11) 39... Bc3 $1 $17 40. Rc5 Re1+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong
compensation.} 41. Kg2 {[#]} Ba5 42. Rf5 (42. Kf3 Bb6) 42... Bb6 43. Nb4 Ra1
44. Bb3 Rb1 45. Rf4 Rb2 46. Nd5 Ra7 {[%cal Ob2b3]} 47. Nc3 {[#]} ({Don't
blunder} 47. Nxb6 $2 Rxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Nc8 (48. cxb3 $2 {too greedy.} a2
$19) 48... a2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Nxa7 Ra3 $19) (47. Nb4 $1 $15) 47... Rxb3 $1
{[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 48. cxb3 (48. Rg4+ Kf8) 48... a2 49. Nxa2 Rxa2 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 50. h5 (50. Rg4+ $17 Kf8 51. Rf4) 50... Rd2 51. Rf5
Rd3 52. g4 Rxb3 (52... f6 $19 {...Kf7 is the strong threat.} 53. f4 Be3) 53. f4
$1 $15 Bc7 {White must now prevent ...f6.} 54. g5 {Inhibits f6.} Rb2+ 55. Kf3
Rb3+ 56. Kg2 hxg5 57. fxg5 Bd8 58. Rd5 Be7 59. Re5 Bd6 60. Rf5 Rd3 61. h6+ Kg8
62. h7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 {aiming for ...Kg6.} 63. Rxf7+ Kg6 64. Rd7 Rg3+
65. Kf2 Bf4 66. b6 Rb3 67. b7 Kxg5 68. Rf7 Be5 69. Ke2 Kg6 70. Rd7 Kf5 71. Rf7+
Ke6 72. Rh7 Kd5 73. Kd2 Kc6 74. Kc2 Rb4 75. Kd3 Bc7 76. Rh6+ Kxb7 77. Re6 Bg3
78. Rg6 Kc7 79. Re6 Bd6 80. Re4 Rb5 81. Rc4+ Bc5 82. Rh4 Rb3+ 83. Kc2 Re3 84.
Rh6 Bd6 85. Rh5 Kc6 86. Kd2 Bf4 87. Rf5 Bh6 88. Kc2 Rh3 89. Re5 Kd6 90. Rb5 Bg7
91. Rb3 Rh4 92. Rb5 Bd4 93. Kd3 Bc5 94. Rb8 Kd5 95. Rd8+ Bd6 96. Kd2 Rh3 97.
Ke2 Ke5 98. Kd2 Bc5 99. Kc2 Ke4 100. Re8+ Kd4 101. Rd8+ Kc4 102. Rc8 Rh2+ 103.
Kc1 Kd4 104. Rc7 Bb4 105. Rc8 Bc3 106. Rf8 Kc4 107. Rd8 Bd4 108. Rg8 Kd3 109.
Rg3+ Be3+ 110. Kb1 Re2 111. Rg8 Bd4 112. Rg3+ Kd2 113. Ka2 Kc2 114. Ka3 Re4
115. Rg2+ Kc3 {( -> ...Kc4)} 116. Rg3+ $1 Be3 117. Rh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
117. Ka2 $11) 117... Kc2 $1 {Black mates.} 118. Rh2+ {[#]} Bd2 $1 119. Rf2 Re5
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)}
0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,20,15,22,15,14,5,24,18,29,31,38,23,24,0,6,0,270,239,318,304,300,0,
0,-29,-26,-87,0,0,0,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]
} O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Re1 a5 {
8...a5 is better than 8...a6.} (8... Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bd3 c6 12.
Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qc2 a5 {1-0 (62)
Karjakin,S (2750)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. Nf1 Ba7 {The
position is equal.} 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. h3 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng6
12. Bb3 b5 13. d4 Re8 14. Bc2 c5 15. Be3 Bb7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 c4 18. Bxa7
Rxa7 {0-1 (38) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Harikrishna,P (2733) Germany 2018}) 12. d4
exd4 13. cxd4 d5 $1 14. e5 dxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Ne4 $1 $11 15. Nxe4
dxc4) 15. exf6 $18 gxf6 16. Nh5 ({Don't do} 16. Bxh6 Bb8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 $18)
16... Nf5 17. g4 $2 (17. Qd2 $18 Qd6 18. Re4) 17... Ng7 $11 18. Bxh6 (18. Ng3
$5 {[%cal Rc1h6]}) 18... Nxh5 19. gxh5 {[#]} (19. Bxf8 $11 Qxf8 20. gxh5 Bxh3
21. Kh2) 19... Re8 (19... Qd5 $1 $17 20. Bxf8 Kxf8) 20. Qc2 Kh8 {And now ...
Rg8+ would win.} 21. Rxe8+ ({Don't blunder} 21. Qxc4 $2 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kh1
$2 Bxh3 23. Rg1 Qd7 $19) 22... Bxh3+ 23. Ke2 Bg4 $19) 21... Qxe8 22. Re1 $1 {
[%cal Re1e8]} Be6 {aiming for ...Qg8+.} 23. Kh1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Rg1 is the
strong threat. White is up to no good.} Qd7 24. Rg1 {White wants to mate with
Bg7+.} Rg8 {Inhibits Bg7+.} 25. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Oh6g7] Bg7+! would kill now.}
Bxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Qd8 $11 26. Rxg8+ Qxg8) 26. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl
576] Decoy, Back Rank, Clearance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.59}
1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,40,0,18,0,22,19,21,29,18,17,17,33,17,14,17,22,20,14,55,14,23,7,98,-30,
99,91,103,110,107,91,108,0,193]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4
d6 6. d3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} g6 7. Nge2 (7. Bg5 {feels
hotter.} Bg7 8. Nd5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3) 7... Bg7 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 {[#]} e6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. O-O Nf6 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Kh1 Be6
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (44) Ulloa,G (2057)-Alarcon Torres,M (1867)
Villa Tehuelches 2017}) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. f4 f5 (13... d5
$11) 14. Ng3 (14. Kh1 $14) 14... Kh8 $11 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... exf5 $11 16. Rf2
Bd7) 16. c3 (16. Nh5 $16) 16... Qb6 (16... dxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17.
bxc3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3+ Qxc3) 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Nh5 {Prevents Rf6.} Rg8 19. a5 Qc7
20. cxd4 ({Don't play} 20. Nxg7 $6 Rxg7 21. Kg1 Qc5 $11) (20. Re1 $16) 20...
Ng6 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)} (
20... Bxd4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 21. Qe1 Rg6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,0,0,-12,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,39,27,0,-50,-42,-146,-179,
-212,-191,-252,-255,-284,-279,-291,-293,-313,-333,-310,-350,-385,-371,-426,
-422,-424,-438,-422,-420,-494,-490,-583,-569,-641,-658,-881,-777,-727,-659,
-806,-789,-825,-802]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,
Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3
Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Nxe4 {Threatening ...d5.} 8. d5 {[#] 0-0
is the strong threat. 8.d5 scores better than 8.0-0.} Nxd2 9. Bxd2 {The
position is equal.} Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 (10. Nxd2 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Ne5
$15) 10... Ne7 {[#]} 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d6 cxd6 12. O-O d5 13.
Bxd5 O-O 14. Rad1 Nxd5 {½-½ (14) Christiansen,J (2539)-Ragger,M (2696)
Skopje 2019}) 11... d6 12. h4 $1 Bg4 13. Qd4 Qd7 14. h5 h6 15. Rde1 Kf8 16. Nh4
(16. Re3 $11) 16... Bxh5 (16... c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 17. Qf4 (17. dxc6 Nxc6 18.
Qd2 Bxh5 $15) 17... Bxh5 $15) 17. g4 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (
17. Re3 $15) 17... Qxg4 $17 18. f4 {[%cal Oh1g1]} Qd7 19. Kb1 (19. Rhg1 {
was worth a try.} Rg8 20. Bb3) 19... Bg4 $19 20. f5 ({Don't play} 20. Rhg1 h5
21. Ka1 a6 $19) 20... Bxf5+ 21. Ka1 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl
32]} 22. Bb5 Qxb5 23. Nxf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd4g7]} Rh7 24. Rhg1 {[%cal Og1g6]}
Ne5 {Hoping for ...Nf3.} 25. Qh4 {[#] aiming for Qe7+.} Qd7 {To avoid Qe7+} 26.
Ref1 {[%cal Og1g7]} h5 27. Qf4 Ng4 28. Ng3 Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 29.
Rh1 Re5 30. a3 Ne3 31. Rf3 Nxd5 32. Qd4 b6 33. Rhf1 g6 34. Qd3 Qe6 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,51,0,0,19,8,18,9,9,6,20,11,23,0,71,62,67,62,133,118,121,102,92,47,
204,203,203,195,198,191,187,200,175,154,391,395,395,395,480,472,789,766,1665,
1648]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 {C44:
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} 7. O-O O-O {[#]} 8. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 8. a4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ndb4 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. c3
{½-½ (48) Zvjaginsev,V (2603)-Antipov,M (2607) Struga 2021}) 8... Re8 {
The position is equal.} 9. b4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb2 f5 (11... Nb6 $11) 12. c4
Nf6 {Hoping for ...e4.} 13. Nbd2 Bf8 ({Better is} 13... a5 $14) 14. Qc2 $1 $16
e4 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 (16. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 17. Nxe4) 16... Nd4 $2 (16... Qd3
$1 $14 17. Qc3 (17. Bxe4 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Re2 $14) 17... Qxc3 18. Bxc3 e3) 17.
Bxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qxd4 18. Ndxe4 {Pair of Knights!} Bg6
{[%cal Rf6e4] [#]} 19. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d7,Bd7d6][%mdl 32]} Qe5 {
[%cal Rf6e4] [#]} 20. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 {[%cal
Rf6e4]} 21. f5 Nxe4 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (21... Bf7 $16 22. Nxf7 (
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Ne6 Rab8 $16) 22... Nxe4) 22. Nxe4 Bf7 {[#]} 23. f6 $1 Qe5
24. Rd7 {Black must now prevent fxg7. White is clearly winning.} g6 (24... Be7
$142 25. fxe7 Rxe7) 25. Qd2 {[%cal Od7f7] And now Rxf7! would win.} Bd6 26.
Rxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,18,19,19,18,25,20,22,10,13,8,15,11,17,0,12,14,15,0,6,-7,-10,-11,
-10,-3,-8,-9,-4,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
37,0,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 {
B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} 11. c4 e5 $1 {
[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 11...Nd7.} 12. c5 {[%cal Oa4b6]} Be6
13. b3 O-O {[#]} 14. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. h3
Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Rac1 Nb5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 {1-0 (34) D'Costa,L (2420)
-Djukic,S (2203) Skopje 2012}) 14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1
Rd8 18. h3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. a3 Qe7 {With the idea ...Rxd1+.} 21. b4 Rd7 22.
Bf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Rd4 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 26. cxb6 $1 Bxb6 27. Na4 Ba7 {
next ...Qa1 is good for Black.} 28. Bxa6 Bxh3 {[%cal Oh3g4]} 29. g4 h5 30. gxh5
Be6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 31. Be2 Qd2 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Qc1+ 34. Kg2
Qxc5 35. Qg3 Qd4 36. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} g6 37. Qh4 {White wants
to mate with Qf6.} Kh7 38. Qf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} (38. a4 $5 {[%cal
Ra4a5]} Qd2 39. Qf6 Qxh6 40. Qxe5 $11) 38... Kxh6 {White must now prevent ...
Kh7.} (38... Qxe4+ $2 39. Bf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 $18) 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. Bf3 {
[#] Threatening mate with Kg3. The position is equal.} ({Not} 40. f4+ $2 Kxf4
41. Qh4+ Ke3 $19) 40... f5 41. Qf8 {aiming for Qe7+.} fxe4 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43.
Qf8+ (43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Qxe4 c5 $15) 43... Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ ({Much
weaker is} 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46. Qxe4 c5 $17) 45... Kg5 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ {
An interesting draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.03 
(flawless)} ({Much worse is} 47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Qxe4 c5 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,-16,21,22,31,30,29,18,25,21,22,25,25,25,25,26,24,25,31,31,31,31,
31,25,38,20,38,12,31,31,31,31,31,31,105,105,110,108,108,111,174,174,172,175,
229,229,236,236,236,216,202,202,195,140,141,0,193,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,83,
135,138,260,260,260,260,260,0,0,0,260,254,259,252,252,252,245,16,216,208,193,
186,393,384,372,372,349,314,29986]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6
5. Bd3 Nxe4 (5... Qxd4 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 6. Nf3 Qb6 $11) 6. Bxe4 {B15:
Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Nd7 7. c3 Nf6
8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Bg4 9. Ne2 e6 10. Qb3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Qc7 12. g3 Bd6
{[#]} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O h5 14. Rd1 h4 15. c4 hxg3 16. hxg3
O-O-O 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Be3 Rh5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Bd2 {½-½ (41) Wojcik,W (2250)
-Brzoza,M (2231) ICCF email 2014}) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bh5 O-O-O 16.
O-O-O f5 17. Kb1 Rd7 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. f4 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Bf8 21. Qc2 c5 (21... Bg7
$14) 22. dxc5 $1 $16 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 {[%cal Oh5f7]} a5 (24... Bxc5
$16 {was necessary.} 25. Bxf7 Qe7) 25. b4 $18 axb4 26. cxb4 Ka7 (26... b6 {
is a better defense.} 27. Qb5 Qb7) 27. Qb5 Bg7 28. Qa4+ Kb8 29. Qe8+ Ka7 30.
Kc2 Bd4 31. Qa4+ (31. Bxf7 $6 Bxc5 32. Qa4+ (32. bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34.
Kd1 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qd2+ 38. Kc4 Qc2+ 39. Kd4 Qe4+ 40.
Kc5 Qd5+ 41. Kb4 Qd2+ 42. Kb3 Qd3+ 43. Kb4 Qd2+ $11) (32. Qxe6 Bxb4+ 33. Qc4
Qa5 $14) 32... Kb8 $16) (31. Kb3 $18) 31... Kb8 $16 32. Qe8+ (32. Qb5 $16)
32... Ka7 $18 33. Bxf7 (33. Kd3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bg1 34.
Ke2 (34. Bxf7 Bxh2 35. Qxe6 Bxg3 $16)) 33... Bxc5 $16 34. Qa4+ $1 ({Don't play
} 34. bxc5 Qxc5+ 35. Kd2 (35. Kb3 Qd5+ 36. Kc3 Qa5+ 37. Kd4 Qd5+ 38. Kc3 Qa5+
39. Kb3 Qd5+ 40. Kc2 Qc5+ 41. Kd2 Qd4+ 42. Kc2 Qc5+ $11) 35... Qd4+ 36. Ke1
Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qg4+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kh3
Qg4+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) (34. Bxe6 Bxb4+ 35. Kb1 Qb6 $11) 34... Kb8 {Hoping for .
..Bf2+.} 35. bxc5 Qxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Qd4 {Qd6+ is the strong
threat.} Qh5 37. Qd2 {White is more active.} Ka7 ({Black should play} 37... Ka8
) 38. a4 Qf3 (38... Qe8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 39. Qa5+ $18 Kb8 40. Qd8+ Ka7
41. Qa5+ $2 ({White has to play} 41. Qb6+ $18 Kb8 42. Qxe6) 41... Kb8 $11 42.
Qd8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qe1 $11) 42... Ka7 $18 43. Qb6+ Ka8 44. Qxe6 Qg2+
45. Kc3 {Strongly threatening Qc8+.} Qxh2 46. Qe8+ $1 ({Much less strong is} 
46. Qxf5 $6 Qxg3+ 47. Kc4 Qg2 $16) 46... Ka7 {Black cannot hold the game after
this.} 47. Qe3 Ka8 {[#]} 48. Kd4 $1 {And now Ke5 would win.} Qb2+ $2 (48... h5
{was called for.} 49. Ke5 h4) 49. Qc3 Qe2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Re2e4] [#]} 50. Kd5
Qe8 51. c6 {Prevents Qd7+. Threatening mate with Qa5+.} Kb8 $2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.19 (very precise)} (51... Qd8+ $18
52. Kc5 Ka7 53. cxb7 Qe7+ 54. Kc4 Qe6+ 55. Kb4 Qb6+ 56. Ka3 Qd6+ 57. Kb2 Kxb7
58. Qb3+ Ka7 59. Qf7+ Ka6) 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,8,29,19,19,18,18,10,27,-7,5,-4,24,8,34,16,24,14,37,1,11,25,14,-18,
-27,-48,-50,-64,-52,-65,-57,-124,-117,-124,-121,-152,-141,-147,-160,-188,-196,
-370,-341,-377,-130,-123,-113,-158,-139,-122,-131,-146,-123,-129,-131,-133,
-150,-215,-216,-222,-206,-152,-39,-434,-413,-12833,-11814,-12833,-12834,-12831,
-3137]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O {C44:
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.}
7. Nc3 h6 {[#]} 8. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 b6
9. a3 Na5 10. Nxe5 d6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. b4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nh7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Bf4
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bf6 {0-1 (16) Ong,W (1265)-Yeoh,H Dewan Astana 2015}) 8... Bf8
9. Nh2 d6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Nf3 c5 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nbxd4
cxd4 16. g4 Rc8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Qc7 19. Rf2 d5 {Strongly threatening ...
exf4.} 20. fxe5 (20. f5 $15) 20... Rxe5 $17 (20... Qxe5+ 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. e5 $16
(22. exd5 Bf5 $11)) 21. Bf4 Bd6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Rxg5 is the strong
threat. White is under strong pressure.} 22. Kh1 (22. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 23. Kh1 Bg3
$15) 22... Re7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. exd5 Qg3 25. Qd2 (25. Rxf6 {is the only way
for White.} gxf6 26. Ne4) 25... Re3 $19 26. Rxf6 Qxg5 (26... gxf6 $19 {is more
deadly.} 27. Ne4 Qh4) 27. Rf3 $17 Qe5 {Black is much more active.} 28. Raf1 ({
Better is} 28. Kg1) 28... Re2 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} (28... Bxa4 29. c4 Bd7 30. Qf2
$11) 29. Qf4 Qxf4 {Chess con chili.} 30. Rxf4 Rcxc2 31. Bf3 (31. Rxf7 $2 Rxg2
32. R1f3 (32. Rxd7 $2 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rcg2#) 32... Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rcg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2
$1 $19) 31... Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rxh3 ({Not} 32... Rxb2 33. d6 $11) 33. Rf2 (33. Bd1
$17 Rg3+ 34. Kh1) 33... Rg3+ $19 ({But not} 33... Bxa4 34. Rxc2 Bxc2 35. d6
Rxf3 36. Rxf3 $16) 34. Kh2 Rxf2+ ({Weaker is} 34... Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2
$17) 35. Kxg3 {[#]} Rxb2 (35... Rd2 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...g5.} 36. Rxd4 g5) 36.
d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (36. Re4 $1 $15) 36...
g5 37. Re4 (37. Rxd4 $142 f5 38. Bd5+ Kg7 39. Be6 Bxe6 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7+
Kf6 42. Rxa7) 37... f5 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Kf7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.80/Black=0.19 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,25,0,0,0,12,6,8,24,14]} 1. g3 g6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 {D79:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} 11. bxc3
Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 {[#] A balanced but interesting game.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} e6
$146 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. e3 Qb2 19. Qd1
h5 {½-½ (39) Ding,L (2812)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,13,30,12,22,3,37,26,39,32,39,44,47,52,39,48,61,58,63,48,73,77,82,
66,75,69,81,81,99,88,97,50,137,144,130,144,137,139,135,131,134,131,98,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6.
Ne5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 7. Bd3
Bd6 8. f4 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12.
g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] [#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. g5
Nh5 14. Rf2 Nf5 15. Nf1 Qe7 16. Bd2 f6 17. Ng4 Rae8 18. Re1 Bc6 19. Bxf5 exf5 {
1-0 (29) Alaz,A (2288)-Ererdem,G (2105) Istanbul 2019}) 13. a4 Bb8 14. Rf3 {
White is much more active.} Ng6 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4
Bd5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Re1 (20. Rf2 $16) 20... Qxa4 (20... Bb3 $14) 21. Bxd5 $16
exd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rh3 $1 {Qxg6 would kill now.} ({Don't take} 23. Qxd5 $6
Rcd8 24. Qb7 Qc2 $14) 23... Qc2 {[#]} 24. Ree3 $1 {[%cal Oh3h7]} Qd1+ (24...
Qxd2 $2 {leads to mate.} 25. Rxh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 26. Rh3#) 25. Be1 {
White threatens Qxg6 and mate.} Bxf4 {[#]} 26. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 $11 {The position
is equal.} 27. Rh3+ Qh5 {[%cal Oc8e8]} 28. Qg4 Qxh3 (28... Be3+ $2 29. Kg2 $18)
29. Qxh3+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rce8.} 31. Qh3+ Kg8 {
Strongly threatening ...Rce8.} 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qh3+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,14,16,17,27,31,34,7,24,15,10,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 4. d3
Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual
lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qd6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nd7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3 a4 11. a3 Re8 12. Nh4 g6 13.
Kh1 Ra5 14. Bg5 Rb5 {1-0 (57) Harvey,D (2371)-Risdon,A (1927) ICCF email 2013})
9. Na4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. b3 Ne6 13. Nxb6
axb6 14. Bc3 Nf4 15. Bd2 Ne6 16. Bc3 Nf4 17. Bd2 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,119,25,62,64,63,61,65,77,77,71,68,66,124,127,141,115,116,131,123,103,
103,103,111,108,111,111,111,102,109,109,117,122,133,119,117,103,103,67,67,67,
152,140,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,
152,152,152,152,152,152,21,152,152,152,0,0,-218,-202,-217,-190,-193,-190,-414,
-402,-403,-403,-332,-400,-389,-369,-686,-618,-1046,-866,-1079,-1059,-1108,
-1045,-934,-923,-6095,-5614,-5065,-857,-2441]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Rb1 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 12. f3 {E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8 Re1.}
a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Kh7 15. Rbd1 {[%cal Od4c6] 
[#] And now Nxc6! would win.} Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a4 16. Nxc6 Ncxe4
17. Nxd8 Nxd2 18. Nxf7 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Be6 20. Nxd6 Red8 21. c5 a3 {1-0 (33)
Laurent,J (2204)-Mustaps,M (2344) Chess.com INT 2018}) 16. Nb3 Qh4 (16... Nxb3
$14 17. axb3 Bf8) 17. Nxc5 $16 ({But not} 17. Qxd6 Be5 18. g3 Qh5 $14) 17...
Nxc5 18. Bf2 Qh5 19. g4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Rxd6 Nd7 22. Na4 $1 Ne5 23. Kg2
Bf8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. b3 Rab8 26. c5 Be7 27. Bg3 f6 28. Red1 Kg7 29. Bc4 (29. Be1
{keeps more tension.} Ra8 30. h3 Red8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bc3) 29... Bxc4 30.
bxc4 ({Don't go for} 30. Rxc4 $2 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rbd8 $19) 30... Red8 (30... Kf7
$14) 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Bxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KN}
34. Nb2 $1 Kf6 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc7 38. Nd3 Bf6 39. Kc3 Kb8 40.
Kb3 Ka7 41. Ka3 Bg7 42. Ka4 Ka6 43. Nc1 (43. Kb3 $16) 43... Bf6 (43... Bf8 $11
{remains equal.}) 44. Kb3 Ka7 45. Ne2 $2 (45. Nd3 $16) 45... Be7 $11 46. f4 $2
(46. Ng1 $11) 46... exf4 $19 ({And not} 46... gxf4 47. Ng1 $11) 47. Nd4 Bxc5
48. Nf3 {[#]} Be7 49. c5 $2 (49. Kc3 {is a better defense.}) 49... Bxc5 50.
Nxg5 Be7 51. Nf3 g5 52. e5 {[%cal Oh2h4]} Kb6 {White must now prevent ...Kc5.}
53. h4 $2 (53. Kc4 Kc7 54. Kd3) 53... gxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Kc5.
Black is clearly winning.} 54. g5 {g6 is the strong threat.} Kc5 55. g6 Bf8 56.
Nxh4 Kd5 57. Nf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 58. a4 b4 59. Nd2 Bh6 (59...
Kxe5 $142 60. Kc4 Bg7) 60. Nf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.23 
(precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,92,7,7,0,0,0,0,-16,-22,-16,-14,-20,-17,-22,-18,-135,-120,-120,-120,
-155,-152,-142,-135,-176,-170,-173,-173,-187,-187,-178,-162,-189,-179,-180,
-188,-247,-221,-256,-252,-255,-237,-287,-211,-216,-209,-214,-218,-215,-214,
-212,-208,-199,-206,-268,-264,-253,-232,-293,-292,-8047,-7827,-6945,-7070,
-5684,-5547,-2777,-2491,-7827,-5093,-12837,-8493,-12793,-6209]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6
10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qb3 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3
d5 6 Bd3 b6.} Re8 13. a4 c6 {[#]} 14. Ne2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({
Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2
Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qh4 20. Nd1 {0-1 (33) Sarkar,J (2338)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2608)
Riga 2021}) 14... b5 15. a5 Qe7 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Rab1 Ndf6 18. Ng3 {[#] White
is now going downhill.} (18. Ne5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Nxg3 $1 $17 19.
hxg3 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qd1 (20. Qc2 Bd6) 20... Bd6 21. Ne5 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 (22. Qb3 $17 {was called for.}) 22... dxe4 $19 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bxe5
25. dxe5 c5 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7]} Bg6 {Threatens to win
with ...h5. Active counter play!} 28. Rf1 (28. Rd1 $142) 28... cxb4 29. Bxb4
Qxe5 30. Qf4 Rac8 31. Rd1 Qxf4 32. exf4 Rc4 {[%csl LRb4,LRf4]} 33. Re3 {
[%cal Re3e8]} f6 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Be1 Kf7 36.
Rd6 Bc6 ({Weaker is} 36... Rxf4 37. Rxa6 Bd7 38. g3 $17) 37. g3 Kg6 38. Kf2 Kf5
39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Rd4 $2 (40. Rd2) 40... Rxd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41.
Kxd4 {KB-KB} Kf3 42. Kc5 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 43. Kb6 Bc8 {
White must now prevent ...h5.} 44. Kc7 Bf5 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 45. Kb6 h5 {[%cal
Ob5b4] ( -> ...b4!)} 46. Kxa6 b4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0.07 
(flawless)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,15,22,0,0,0,16,6,25,4,9,15,24,10,17,20,21,24,25,19,40,10,16,25,6,
10,26,22,35,28,27,-36,-31,-43,-31,-46,0,0,0,0,0,-96,-85,-194,51,0,0,0,0,0,34,
43,108,103,104,-105,9,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O
6. O-O d6 7. a4 {7.Re1 gains popularity.} a5 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3]
[%mdl 32] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} h6 9.
Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 Be6 17. Bc2 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ngf4 18. Ndf5 b5 19.
axb5 cxb5 20. Qf3 Bb8 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg8 24. Qe4 Re8 25.
Qh7+ Kf8 26. Nxf4 Qf6 27. Rxe6 {1-0 (27) Zierk,S (2500)-Wang,T (2310)
Charlotte 2019}) 18. Ndf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qf6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Qe4 (
22. Qg3 $11 Kh8 23. Rad1) 22... g6 $15 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 $1 24. Rf1 Rh8 (24... Qd8
$1 $15 {feels stronger.} 25. Ng4 f5 $1 26. Qxe5+ (26. Bh6+ $2 Kh7 $19) 26...
Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Re8) 25. Ng4 $1 $11 Nxg4 {Dancing on a razor blade.} 26. Qxg4 Rh4
$1 27. Qg3 (27. Bg5 Qxf2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxf2 Rxg4 29. hxg4 Re2 $17) (27.
Qg5 $1 $11) 27... Nf4 $1 $17 {Black is much more active.} 28. Rae1 (28. Bd1 $17
) 28... Reh8 $2 (28... Ne2+ $19 29. Rxe2 Rxe2) 29. Be3 (29. Re4 $1 $14 Bb8 30.
Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxf4 32. Qf3) 29... Bb8 $11 {[%cal Rf4h3] Hoping for ...
Nxh3+!} 30. Bxf4 (30. Bd4 Nxh3+ $1 31. Qxh3 Rxd4 32. Qxh8+ Kxh8 $15) 30... Rxf4
31. Qe3 Bd6 {Inhibits Qe7.} (31... Rg4 $5) 32. Rd1 Rh5 (32... Rfh4 $14) 33. g3
$1 $16 {aiming for Rxd6.} Rc4 34. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (34. Kg2 $1 $16 {is forced if
you want to stay better.}) 34... Qe6 $1 35. Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted
Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.22 (precise) . Loss on time!?} ({
Avoid the trap} 35. Qxd6 $2 Qxh3 36. Qe5+ Rxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,32,21,33,25,41,20,30,26,36,31,60,60,78,27,38,32,35,41,38,0,15,0,0,0,0]
} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qxf3 5. Nxf3 c6 6. g3 {[#] B01:
Scandinavian Defence.} Na6 $146 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32]} ({
Predecessor:} 6... Bf5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 e5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 a5
12. b3 Rfe8 {0-1 (46) Weidig,T (2016)-Bakalarz,M (2350) Luxembourg 2014}) 7. a3
{Inhibits Nb4.} (7. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 8. d3 $11) 7... Nc7 8. Bg2 {White has an edge.
} Ncd5 9. O-O Bf5 10. d3 h6 11. Bd2 (11. Nd4 $16 Bh7 12. Ne4) 11... e6 $11 12.
Rfe1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bh7 14. Nf3 O-O {The position is equal.} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4
Nb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-6,-43,-35,-39,-22,-77,-78,-81,
-77,-114,-116,-107,-84,-95,-98,-87,-105,-100,-49,-63,-62,-58,-54,-59,-8,-37,
-37,-39,-32,-44,-4,-20,0,-310,-295,-484,-124,-115,0,-485,-484,-487,-466,-495,
-470,-12837,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12839,-12842,-12842,
-12843,-12843,-12845]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3e4,
Be4f3][%mdl 32]} dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Nge2 {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4:
Unusual White 4th moves.} e5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 {White is slightly better.}
Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc6 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Rad8+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Kf2 h6 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bg3 Bxc2
19. Rd5 Rxd5 20. Nxd5 {0-1 (44) Kavyev,E (1656)-Petryakova,N (1767) Saratov
2013}) 14... Rad8+ 15. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3e5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 16. Kc1 {
[#]} (16. b3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Nd4 $1 $17 ({Don't play} 16...
Rxe5 $6 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 $11) 17. Ne4 Rxe5 18. Bc3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 f5 {
Black is much more active.} 20. b4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} 22. Kb2 {[#]} Nb5 (22... Nf5 $1 $17) 23. Be5 $15 Re8 24. Bg3 Kf7 25.
c4 Nd6 (25... Nd4 $1 $15) 26. c5 Nf5 27. Bxc7 e3 {White must now prevent ...e2.
} 28. Kc3 e2 29. Kd2 Ne3 30. Bg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Re1 $1 $11) 30... Nxg2
$19 31. Be1 $2 (31. Rg1 Ne3 32. Kxe2) 31... Ne3 $2 (31... Rd8+ $19 32. Kxe2
Re8+ 33. Kf2 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Ke6) 32. Bg3 $17 Ng2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(32... h5 $17 33. Kd3 Nf1) 33. Be1 $19 Rd8+ {Black is clearly winning.} 34.
Kxe2 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 (36. h3 $142) 36... Rxe1 37. Kxe1 {KP-KP} Ke6
38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 a6 40. h3 g5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.56/Black=0.30} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-6,-9,-7,0,-14,-11,-11,0,0,0,-15,9,0,4,0,-14,-9,0,18,112,65,68,62,
229,203,222,216,220,150,192,168,222,222,214,214,462,435,508,484,473,488,468,
417,1100,790,786,790,993,984,968,961,936,635,909,635,622,611,783,757,877,868,
1929,2005,1652,1616,29974,29975,29947,6219,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5
2 Nc3 Nf6.} a5 7. a4 Be6 8. Nh3 {[#] The position is equal.} h6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. b3 Na6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Ra2 Ra6 13. Rd2
Rb6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (46) Carlsen,M (2863)-Aronian,L (2773) Lichess.org INT
2020}) 9. Nf2 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. g4 Nfd7 13. h4 c6 14. Be2 b5 (
14... Qb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. axb5 (15. cxb5 $16 Qc7 16. bxc6 Qxc6
17. Bb5) 15... cxb5 16. cxb5 d5 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
16... a4 $14) 17. exd5 $18 Bxd5 18. c4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qe7 (19... Qc7 $16 20. g5 h5
) 20. g5 e4 (20... h5 {was worth a try.} 21. Rxd7 Nxd7) 21. f4 {Hoping for
gxh6.} ({Worse is} 21. gxh6 exf3 22. Rg1 g6 $17) 21... Nd3+ 22. Kf1 N7c5 $2 (
22... h5 {was necessary.} 23. Bxh5 N7c5) 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Qc3+ ({
Not} 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Bd4+ f6 27. Nxd3 Nxd3 $18) 25... f6 26. Rg6 {[#] aiming
for Bxc5.} Rg8 (26... Na4 $142) 27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Nd3+ 30.
Bxd3 exd3 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Rb6 Be4 33. Re6 {[%cal Bb6e6,Be6e5,Be5d5][%mdl 32]}
Bf5 34. Re5 Kf6 35. Bd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd5+.} Rad8 36. Rd5+ Kg6 37.
Rg1+ Kh6 38. Rxg8 Rxg8 39. Rxf5 {Threatening mate with Ke3.} Rg2+ 40. Kxg2 d2
41. Rd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,-10,0,-49,13,13,6,7,17,8,15,6,17,8,8,0,37,26,18,0,0,-31,-21,-110,
-69,-69,-58,-179,-138,-151,-153,-161,-51,-145,-158,-132,-139,-452,-86,-78,-27,
-34,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. g4 {
[#] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} (
6. Bd3 $11 {feels stronger.}) 6... Nxe5 (6... Nxg4 $1 $15 7. Nxg4 h5) 7. gxf5
$11 Nc6 8. fxe6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 9. Nd2 Bd6 {Strongly threatening
...Bxf4.} 10. Bg5 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3
Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qa4 Rhf8 15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Qxa7 h5 {1-0 (33) Zsamboki,
I-Ivanyi,A (2275) Hungary 1993}) 11. c4 O-O $1 12. Rg1 Kh8 (12... Bb4 $5 {
[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. Bxf6 (13. a3 $2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne4+ 15. Kc1 Nxg5 $19) 13...
Rxf6 $11) 13. c5 Be7 14. f4 {Inhibits e5.} b6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd3 (16. Bb5
$11 {keeps the balance.} bxc5 17. Nb3) 16... e5 (16... Nb4 $17 17. Nb3 Bh4+ 18.
Kd2 Nxd3 19. Kxd3 Qb5+ 20. Kd2 (20. Kc2 $2 Bf2 $19) 20... bxc5 21. Nxc5 e5) 17.
Qh5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} (17. dxe5 $2 Bh4+ 18. Rg3 Qh3 $19) 17... e4
18. Nxe4 dxe4 $19 19. Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 20. Bxg6 {[%cal Be4g6,
Bg6d3,Bd3h7][%mdl 32]} bxc5 (20... Rg8 $19 {[%cal Og8g6]} 21. Kf1 bxc5) 21.
O-O-O (21. Rg3 $1 $15 cxd4 22. O-O-O) 21... Qe7 $17 {[%cal Rc5d4]} (21... cxd4
22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Bf5 $15) 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Rg3 $17 {
is a better chance.} cxd4 24. b3) 23... Rb5 $2 (23... Rg8 $19 24. Bxh7 Qxh7+
25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Rxc5 Nb4 28. Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rxa7 Nxe3) 24. Bd3
Rb6 (24... Ra5 $17 {[%cal Oc5d4]} 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Rd8) 25.
Rxc5 $11 {[%cal Od3h7] [#] Threatening mate with Bxh7! Dancing on a razor
blade.} Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Nxd4 $1 $15 26. b3 (26. exd4 $2 Bxd4
27. Re5 Rxb2+ 28. Kc1 Bxe5 $19) (26. Rg2 Ne6) 26... Nb5 27. Qxh7+ (27. Rxb5
Rxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxe3 $11) 27... Qxh7 28. Bxh7 Na3+ 29. Kc1 Rb5 30. Rxc7 Rh5) 26.
Bxh7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.84} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,-2,10,8,10,14,44,42,44,0,46,48,49,43,50,41,42,44,55,47,65,45,99,
104,89,100,100,97,91,85,125,112,102,110,124,124,124,107,126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-143,-145,-143,-152,-136,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.
} Bc5 7. b4 Bd4 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 9. Be3 {[#]} (9. Ne2
$14) 9... c5 $146 (9... Ng4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2
Qf6 12. f3 Ne3 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. a4 g6 {0-1 (43) Sinicin,V (1595)
-Parfenov,V (2114) Uljanovsk 2010}) 10. Be2 $14 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13.
f4 exf4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Nd7 (15... Bd7 $14) 16. Rxf4 (16. Nxd6 $6 Qc7 17.
Nb5 Qe5 $11) 16... Qg5 17. Qf1 a5 18. Nxd4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Qf2 Rfa8 21.
Rf1 h6 22. Nxe6 ({And not} 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 $15) 22... fxe6 23. h4
$1 Qd8 24. Qg3 Rxe2 $11 25. Rf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rg3g7]} g5 {Threatens to win
with ...Ne5.} 26. Qxd6 Raa2 $1 27. R7f2 ({Don't blunder} 27. Rxd7 $2 Rxg2+ 28.
Kh1 Rh2+ 29. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qxd7 $19) 27... Rxf2 $1 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Rxf2
{Really sharp!} Rxf2 30. Kxf2 gxh4 31. d4 (31. Ke2 $11) 31... Nf6 $1 $17 32.
Ke3 Qa8 {aiming for ...Qa3+.} 33. Kf4 {[#]} Qf8 (33... h3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh3g2]}
34. Kf5 {[#]} Qxe4+ $1 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. gxh3 Nd6+ 37. Ke6 Nxc4) 34. Ke5 $11 {
Active counter play! The position is equal.} Qb8+ 35. Kf5 Qf8 {Hoping for ...
Nd5+.} 36. Ke5 {To avoid Nd5} Qb8+ 37. Kf5 Qf8 {White must now prevent ...Nd5+.
} 38. Ke5 {Inhibits Nd5.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /
Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,10,8,7,4,14,0,20,0,10,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,-9,2,0,-2,-12,0,-15,-10,-33,
-41,-32,-25,-27,-18,-19,-19,-20,-17,-40,-17,-57,-66,-78,-25,-74,-75,-60,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 {7.c3 gains popularity.} d6 {C77: Ruy
Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 8. Nd5 h6 {Inhibits Bg5.} 9. c3 (9.
O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 c6 14. Nd4 Qg5 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Bd5 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2760)
-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 9... Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nxd5 {[#]}
12. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bb3 Bb6 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 Qf6
16. a4 Nf4 17. a5 Ba7 18. Be3 {0-1 (41) Shevchenko,K (2592)-Sirosh,I (2405)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qf3
Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Re8 22.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qd1 {Inhibits Qc1.} Bd7 24. Kf1 Qf4 25. Kg1 {[#]} Bf5 ({Black
should play} 25... Bg4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 26. Qe1 Bf5) 26. h3 (26. Bc2 $11 {
is superior.}) 26... g5 $17 27. a4 Kg7 (27... Qe4 $15) 28. axb5 $11 axb5 29.
Bc2 {Prevents Qe4.} Bxc2 30. Qxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qc4 31. Qd1 Qe4
32. Qd4+ Qe5 {[#]} (32... Qxd4 $11 33. cxd4 Kg6) 33. Kf1 (33. Qxe5+ $1 $16 dxe5
34. f3) 33... f5 {The position is equal.} 34. Qd3 Qe4 35. Qxb5 Qb1+ 36. Ke2
Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,90,3,0,0,-45,-52,-56,-41,-50,-31,-14,-22,-21,0,-27,-14,-12,-12,-34,
-1,-5,-8,0,0,-59,-51,-91,-79,-80,-83,-104,-94,-94,-84,-95,-92,-95,-78,-151,
-151,-173,-172,-185,-185,-185,-185,-223,-182,-208,-222,-238,-236,-283,-270,
-283,-258,-316,-322,-589,-596,-587,-578,-602,-564,-1303,-1288,-1922,-1624,
-29978,-29979,-29978,-29979,-29979,-2537,-931,-2218,-1931,-1902,-1477,-1211,
-801,-683]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 {
C02: French: Advance Variation.} 7. O-O (7. cxd4 $11 {should be considered.}
Qb6 8. Be2) 7... dxc3 $15 8. Nxc3 Nge7 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Bg5 Qb8
10. Re1 Ng6 {[#]} 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nxd5 Bc8 13.
Nf4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Re3 Bc5 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qd3 {1-0 (25) Mammadova,G 
(2395)-Mkrtchian,L (2378) Sitges 2021}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Bb5 Bd6 {Threatens to win with ...0-0.} 15. Bd4 Nc6 {aiming for ...0-0.}
16. Nxd5 Kf8 (16... Bxh2+ $2 17. Kh1 Kf8 18. Bc5+ Kg8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne7+
Kh7 21. Qd3+ g6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. g3 $18) 17. Nc3 (17. Ne3 $1 $11) 17... Nxd4
18. Qxd4 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 {[#]} a6 $1 21. Qc5+ Kg8 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23.
Qxc7 h5 24. Red1 {[#]} (24. Re3 $142) 24... Rh6 $1 $17 {[%cal Bh8h6,Bh6f6,
Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd7 Rf6 26. f3 Qxc7 27. Rcxc7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRR} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. Kh2 g6 29. Rd6 Rf5 30. Rdd7 b4
31. b3 Rb8 32. Rc6 a5 33. Ra6 Rc8 34. Rda7 $2 (34. Rd2) 34... Rc2 {[%csl LRa2,
LRf3] Hoping for ...Rg5.} 35. Rxa5 Rxf3 36. Rg5 Kg7 37. Ra4 Rf4 {Strongly
threatening ...h4.} 38. a3 h4 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40.
axb4 {KR-KR} f5 41. Kh3 Rc3+ (41... Rc1 $142 42. Kxh4 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf4
Rh4+ 45. Ke3 Kxg5 46. b5 Rb4 47. g3 Rxb3+ 48. Kd2 e5 49. Kc2 Rxb5 50. Kc3 Rc5+
51. Kb4 Rc8 52. Ka5 e4 53. Kb6 e3 54. Kb5 e2 55. Ka6 e1=Q 56. Kb7 Qe6 57. Ka7
Rc7+ 58. Kb8 Qc8#) 42. Kxh4 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxb3 43. Rg3 Rxb4+ 44.
Kh3 Kf6 45. Ra3 e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.23 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,76,-20,0,8,22,22,24,8,13,6,20,12,26,28,37,52,55,56,47,68,65,50,65,39,
60,0,0,-15,0,-85,-75,-99,-104,-105,-95,-98,-64,-152,-135,-204,-215,-359,-356,
-445,-467,-819,-856,-802,-828,-829,-817,-1183,-1150,-1624,-1193,-2002,-1837,
-1703,-816,-1010,-886,-1163,-1153,-2260,-1979,-1839,-1175]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} h5 {Inhibits g4.} 8. Bg5 Be6
9. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 $1 Qc7 13. Kb1
{[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rb8 14. h3 h4 15. Qe1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. g3 g6 20. gxh4 {0-1 (75) Giri,A (2777)-Duda,J 
(2756) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. a3 Na4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 {
[%cal Of6d5]} 18. Rge1 (18. c3 $14) 18... Nxd5 $11 {[%cal Od5c3]} 19. Bxe7 Nxe7
{Pair of Knights!} ({Don't do} 19... Kxe7 20. c4 Ndc3+ 21. bxc3 $16) 20. c3 (
20. Nd4 $1 $11) 20... d5 $17 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 21.
f5 Rh6 22. Rf1 Qxh2 23. Nd4 {[%cal Of5f6]} Qg3 24. Rde1 ({White should try} 24.
f6 $15 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Rf1) 24... h4 25. Bd1 (25. Rh1 $17) 25... Nb6 $19
26. Bc2 (26. Bb3 $142) 26... Nc4 27. Qe2 Nxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 28.
Bxe4 (28. Rf3 $142 Qd6 29. Kxb2 exf3 30. Qxf3) 28... Na4 ({Stronger than} 28...
dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd3+ 30. Kxb2 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 $15) 29. Rf3 Nxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31.
Bc2 Qxa3 {Hoping for ...h3.} 32. Qe5 Kf8 {[#] aiming for ...h3.} 33. Rf1 Qb4+
34. Bb3 Qd6 35. Qe3 Ng8 36. f6 Rxf6 37. Nf5 Qb4 38. Rf4 Qc3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.98/Black=0.33} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,14,12,20,20,17,13,21,21,15,24,22,26,27,30,33,42,53,54,28,79,0,26,
19,23,24,19,6,25,10,13,9,13,6,18,0,9,-4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e4
Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} Qxe7 7. c3 {Prevents Qb4.} c5
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O e5 {
[#] ...e4 is the strong threat.} 14. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Nb5 Bf7 20. Qb4 {1-0 (32)
Jaeger,F (2040)-Ernstsen,A Tromsoe 1998}) 14... Nb6 (14... exd4 $11 {keeps the
balance.} 15. Nxd5 Qd6) 15. Qb3 (15. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc2) 15...
exd4 (15... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 16. dxe5 Qh6 $11) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8
$1 18. a3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rad1 Rd8
22. Rfe1 Kg8 23. Kf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.
08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,27,13,22,21,27,12,40,22,20,20,66,62,104,104,94,147,243,253,313,
306,325,307,475,454,448,415,567,381,368,327,386,351,358,192,455,443,447,377,
456,451,567,543,565,546,572,539,756,756,887,895,858,796,2345,1666,29971,29973,
29973,29975,29976,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A
promising side line.} Bxc6 12. f3 Be7 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8
0-0-0 h6.} 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 {
[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} d5 {has lost popularity (16...Ne5).} (16... Qc7
$11) 17. Bh3 $14 {Strongly threatening g5.} Ne5 ({Reject} 17... Bxh4 18. Bg2
Nb6 19. b3 $11) (17... dxe4 $14 {might be stronger.} 18. g5 hxg5) 18. g5 $16
hxg5 19. hxg5 {[%cal Oh3e6] Black must now prevent Bxe6!} Nc4 (19... Qc7 $16)
20. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Og5g6] g6! is the strong threat.} Nxe3 {[#]} ({Less strong
is} 20... Bxg5 21. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh1 22. Rxh1 fxe6 23. Rh8+ (23. Nxe6
$2 Qf6 $19) 23... Kf7 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. b3 $18) 21. Bxe6 $146 {[%mdl 576]
Discovered Attack} ({Predecessor:} 21. Qxe3 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Bxe6 Rxh1 24.
Rxh1 fxe6 25. Rh8+ Kd7 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. f5 {0-1 (43) Klauser,M (2362)-Nuri,K
(2233) Lenzerheide 2010}) 21... Rxh1 22. Rxh1 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Nxc2
(22... fxe6 {is a better defense.} 23. Rh8+ Kd7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 23. Bxc8 Nxd4
24. Bxb7 Qc7 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Bxa6 Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#]
KRB-KBN} 28. Rd1 (28. Bxb5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb5 29. Rh5) 28... Nxf3 $2 (
28... Be3 29. f4 Ke7) 29. Bxb5+ Ke7 30. Kc2 Ne5 31. Kc3 Be3 32. Bxc4 g5 33. Bf1
g4 34. b4 g3 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ng4 36. a5 Bf2
37. Bh3 Ne3 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. a6 {White mates.} g2 40. a7 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Nd5+
41. Rxd5 {White took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
22 (precise) /Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,33,22,21,31,26,26,29,27,30,23,29,26,16,0,0,0,0,-13,-2,-6,-2,-10,
0,-27,-22,-26,25,31,31,31,31,32,59,12,73,47,78,33,33,18,18,15,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
20,25,33,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 8...Nge7.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8
{C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nf1 Na5 {
White has an edge.} 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 Nc4 15. a4 Nb6 16. b3 {[#]} c4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16... bxa4 17. bxa4 Qc7 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bf1 a5 20. Be3 Reb8 21.
Nd2 Bc8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxc4 {1-0 (75) Svane,F (2421)-Amanov,Z (2338) Chess.
com INT 2020}) 17. axb5 cxb3 18. Bd3 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb3 Qa4 21. Qxa4
Nxa4 22. Ba3 Nc5 (22... Bf8 $142 $1) 23. Bxc5 $11 dxc5 24. c4 $1 b4 25. Ra1 Bf8
26. Ne2 (26. Bc2 $14) 26... Bc8 (26... Bf5 $1 $11) 27. Nc1 Bd6 28. Nb3 (28. Bc2
$16) 28... Re7 $14 29. Ra8 Rc7 30. Na5 Kg7 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. Ndb3 Nb6 33. Rb8 Na4
(33... Nd7 $5 34. Ra8 Nb6 $11) 34. Ra8 $1 Nc3 (34... Nb6 $5 35. Rb8 Nd7 $11)
35. f3 f5 36. Nc6 {Pair of Knights!} fxe4 {The position is equal.} 37. Bxe4
Nxe4 38. fxe4 Bb7 {[%csl LRa8,LRc6]} 39. Ra7 ({Much worse is} 39. Rd8 Bxc6 40.
Rxd6 Ba4 $15) 39... Bxc6 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. dxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN
} Kf6 42. Nxc5 {[#] Nb3 is the strong threat.} Ke7 $1 {( -> ...Bb6)} ({But not
} 42... Bb6 {[#]} 43. Kf1 $1 Ke7 44. Nb3 $14) 43. Kf1 {And now Na6 would win.}
(43. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Rc4c5]}) 43... Kd6 {[%csl LRc5,LRc6]} 44. Nb3 Kxc6 45. Ke2
Bd8 46. Kd3 Bg5 47. Kc2 h5 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Kf3 Kb6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,10,20,13,7,23,20,6,36,37,41,34,59,57,78,62,69,52,61,41,37,42,40,35,
43,45,89,80,95,93,90,89,86,88,128,94,169,160,380,359,314,206,342,334,414,389,
547,378]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 {B11:
Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} Bg6 7. h4 dxe4 {[#]} 8. h5 $1 {The position
is equal.} exf3 (8... Bxh5 $5 9. Ne5 (9. gxh5 exf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 $15) 9... Bg6
$11) 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Qxf3 Nd7 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has
compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Bxg6+
Kd7 15. g5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxh7 Rxh7 18. Bxh7 {1-0 (46) Noritsyn,N 
(2484)-Barbosa,O (2552) Chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. O-O-O {
[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1e1,Be1e4][%mdl 32] Hoping for Re1.} Ngf6 14. Ng5 Nf8 (14... Ne5
15. Qe2 $16) 15. d4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.}
Re8 $1 17. Rde1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qd7 (17... Kb8 $14 {was preferrable.}) 18. Ne4
$16 {White is much more active.} Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kb8 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g5 a6 22.
Rh3 {[%cal Oc4a6]} Nd7 {[#]} (22... Qc8 $16) 23. Bxa6 $1 $18 {Threatens to win
with Rb3.} (23. Rxe6 $6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6 Bf4 $14) (23. Bxe6 $6 h6 $16) 23... Rhf8
$2 (23... bxa6 $2 24. Qxa6 Nb6 25. Rb3 $18) (23... Ka7 $16) 24. Rb3 b6 25. Kb1
{c4 is the strong threat.} (25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Rxf2 $16) 25... Rf5 (25...
Bf4 {was called for.} 26. Bxf4 Rxf4) 26. Bc4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} ({Not
} 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxe6 Rxf2 $18) 26... e5 27. f4 Ref8 (27... Be7 $142 28. Rh3
(28. dxe5 Nc5 $18) 28... Nf8 29. dxe5 Rd8) 28. dxe5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-6,16,0,3,0,24,0,6,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,
12,6,6,15,10,10,38,10,59,0,8,7,10,11,40,0,23,0,0,0,63,56,64,55,70,66,113,118,
168,141,123,116,140,140,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 (6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10.
Na4 Bg4 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Rc4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. b4
Re8 17. Rd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 {1-0 (53) Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2782)
Stavanger 2018}) 6... Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bg2 {A28: English Opening: Four
Knights Variation.} Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 {[#]} Bd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Rc1 f6 13. Nd2 a4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Ra6 {
½-½ (15) Andersson,U (2620)-Smyslov,V (2560) Haninge 1989}) 12. Rc1 a6 13.
Qc2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. b4 f6 16. Qb2 (16. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Bf8 17.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qc4 $11) 16... Qf7 17. Bc5 Red8 18. e4 Bb3 {[#] Hoping for ...
Bxc5.} 19. Rd2 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rab8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24.
Qxd4 a5 25. h4 a4 (25... Qe7 $11 {was preferrable.}) 26. Re1 (26. Bf1 $1 $14)
26... Qe7 27. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 {To avoid Bd5+} 28.
Qc3 c6 29. e6 f5 (29... Bxe6 $2 {[#]} 30. Bh3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Qe5 g6
31. h5 Qg7 (31... Re8 $1 $11) 32. e7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.}
Re8 33. Qc7 $1 {White is much more active.} Qc3 34. Re3 Qxc5 (34... Qd4 $14)
35. Qxb7 $16 Kf7 (35... Bd5 $16) 36. Bxc6 $18 ({Much weaker is} 36. hxg6+ $6
hxg6 37. Qxc6 (37. Bxc6 Rxe7 38. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $14) 37... Qxc6 38. Bxc6 Rxe7 $11)
36... Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qxe7+ ({But not} 38. hxg6+ $6 hxg6 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7
$11) 38... Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 39. h6 ({White should try} 39. f4
$1 $14) 39... g5 {The position is equal.} 40. f4 gxf4 41. gxf4 Kf7 {[%cal
Be7f7,Bf7g6,Bg6h6,Bh6g7,Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Bd7 Kxh6 44.
Bxf5 Kg7 45. Kg3 h6 46. Be4 Kf6 47. Bf3 Kf5 48. Bg4+ Kf6 49. Kh4 Kg6 50. Bd7
Bd1 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kf2 $1 Bb3 53. Kf3 Bd1+ 54. Ke4 Bb3 55. Bg4 Bc2+ 56. Kd4
Bb3 57. Bh3 Bc2 58. Kc3 Bb3 59. Kb4 h5 60. Kc3 Be6 61. Bf1 Kf5 62. Bh3+ Kf6 63.
Bf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.09 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,0,14,0,-13,-23,-32,-63,-21,-72,9,24,44,40,15,0,0,0,0,-18,-11,-102,
-104,-177,-162,-389,-355,-341,-229,-238,-165,-201,-72,-80,-75,-55,-42,-37,-38,
-39,-8,-325,-321,-322,-331,-304,-187,-192,-166,-250,-236]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 (6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. Be2
Nb4 10. Qb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. e4 c5 15. e5 cxd4
16. exf6 dxc3 17. Bxc3 gxf6 {½-½ (70) Mamedyarov,S (2782)-Anand,V (2753)
Zagreb 2021}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 8. Qc2 {D38: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} dxc4 9. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5]
[%mdl 32]} Na5 10. Bg5 {Threatens to win with e5. Black is slightly better.} h6
(10... Bc6 $1 $15 11. e5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd5) 11. Bh4 {[#]} (11. Bxf6 $11 gxf6
12. Be2) 11... c5 $146 (11... Bc6 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 12.
Bxf6 gxf6) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bc6 12. e5 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd5 15.
Bxf6 Rh6 16. f3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Ba4 {1-0 (34) Rozman,L (2337)-Kislov,O (2249)
Chess.com INT 2021}) 12. e5 $1 $11 g5 $1 {[#]} 13. Nxg5 Nd5 $1 (13... hxg5 $2
14. Bxg5 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 $18) 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Rb1 {
Prevents Qb3.} Qc6 {[%cal Od5c3]} 16. Be2 Qa4 17. Qc1 (17. Qxa4 $1 $11 {
keeps the balance.} Bxa4 18. dxc5) 17... Nb3 $17 {Black is more active. Pair
of Knights!} 18. Qb2 (18. Qc2 $17 {was necessary.}) 18... cxd4 $19 19. cxd4 (
19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4) 19... Qa5+ 20. Kf1 b5 21. Bd1 Qc3 22. Bxb3 {[#] aiming
for Qxc3.} Qxb2 (22... Qd3+ $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 23. Kg1
Nc3) 23. Rxb2 $17 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c2,Bc2a2,Ba2a1,Ba1b1][%mdl
32] Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 25. Ke2 $1 Rc2+ 26. Nd2 b4 {And now ...Bb5+ would win.
} 27. axb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (27. Ra1 $11 {and White
stays safe.}) 27... Bb5+ $19 28. Kd1 Ra2 29. Kc1 Nf4 30. Ne4 Ra1+ {[%mdl 1024]
Black has strong compensation.} 31. Rb1 (31. Kd2 $142 Rxh1 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33.
Nxb5) 31... Rxb1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.23 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,89,21,19,-14,0,-3,6,0,20,21,28,13,82,73,67,70,100,70,98,93,84,100,
108,100,172,81,115,98,190,161,280,31,737,654,1099,547,535,512,499,417,505,503,
481,472,563,541,29950,29952,29946,5193,29961,29962,29961,29957,12845,29936,
4610,4059,3072,3072,1964,1659,29967,29969,29969,29964,29962,5097,29976,29975,
29975,29967,29974,29975,29976,29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O
5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 {7...e5 is the modern continuation.} 8. e4 Rb8
9. a3 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} Bg4 10.
Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} Na5 {[#]} 11. Qe2 $146 {The position
is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rae1 Bxb3
15. Qb2 Bc4 16. Ne2 Nxe4 17. Nh4 d5 18. f3 Nc5 19. dxc5 Bxb2 {0-1 (19) Bester,
K (726)-Tasic,V (2620) LSS email 2009}) 11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. h3 Bc8 (
13... Bxf3 $11 14. Bxf3 Nc4) 14. e5 $16 Nd7 15. Bg5 {aiming for exd6.} f6 {[#]}
16. Bf4 {White is more active.} fxe5 17. dxe5 Kh8 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. exd6 exd6 (
19... cxd6 $16 {is a better defense.} 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Bf6) 20. Nxb5 Rxb5
21. Qxc4 Rxb2 {[#]} (21... Rc5 $16 22. Qe2 Bb7) 22. Ng5 $1 $18 Qf6 (22... Rxf2
$142 23. Rac1 (23. Kxf2 Qxg5 24. Kg1 Qd8 $14) 23... Ne5 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7
Rb2) 23. Rad1 $2 (23. Qxc7 $18 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qd4+ 25. Re3 Qb2+ 26. Kg1 Qxa1+
27. Kh2) 23... Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (23... Nc5 $14) 24. Qxc7
Rxf2 25. Kxf2 (25. Rxd6 $142 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bb7+ 27. Kh2) 25... Qxg5 {[#]} 26.
Qxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh5 (26... Qe7 27. Qb7) 27. Qc7 g5 {[#]} 28. Rxd6 $1 {
[%cal Od6d8] Hoping for Rd8!} gxf4 29. Rd8 fxg3+ 30. Kg1 {[%cal Oe1e5]
Threatens to win with Rxe5!} Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQB} 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Qa8 36. Qf6+ Bg7 37. Qf3 Qb8
38. Re1 h6 39. Kg2 Bf8 40. Re2 Kg7 41. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 42.
Qg4+ {White mates.} Kh8 43. Qg6 Qb7+ 44. Qe4 Qc7 45. a5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.30/Black=0.91} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,128,42,37,45,34,33,37,37,25,24,50,37,46,53,48,50,52,57,56,44,65,8,13,
12,9,0,29,22,55,48,58,29,51,44,79,62,60,41,90,95,89,31,31,8,13,25,53,39,44,27,
63,54,64,62,129,90,579,566,593,586,563,369,387,370,385,375,377,364,369,323,318,
246,239,235,235,210,210,117,117,117,116,115,122,104,123,123,123,123,122,104,
104,104,105,104,123,85,104,97,122,0,0,0,120,0,0,0,122,0,0,-1238,-991]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3
h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation.} Bd7 12. Nf1
a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} 13. d5 $146 {White is slightly
better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 a4 14. Bc2 Bf8 15. Be3 Na5 16. b3 axb3 17.
axb3 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Nd2 {½-½ (56) Dushkin,D (2230)-Vecek,M (2278) ICCF
email 2018}) 13... Nb8 14. a4 Na6 15. axb5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bxb5 17. b3 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 c6 19. dxc6 Qb6 20. Kg1 (20. Nh4 $14) 20... Qxc6 $11 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 21.
Nd2 $1 Ne6 22. Bb2 Reb8 {[%cal Oa5a4]} (22... a4 $5) 23. Ra2 Bf8 24. Qe2 Rd8
25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Rea1 {[%cal Ra2a5]} d5 27. exd5 (27. Nxa5 Nf4 28. Qf3 dxe4 29.
Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Nd3 $11) 27... Rxd5 28. Ne3 Rdd8 (28... Nf4 $14 {deserves
consideration.} 29. Qc4 Rc5) 29. b4 $1 $16 Nf4 30. Qf3 (30. Qc4 $16 Qb7 31.
bxa5 (31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rd2 $14)) 30... Re8 $14 31. Rxa5 (31. Be4 $5 Nxe4
32. Qxe4 $11) 31... e4 32. Qd1 Rad8 33. Qf1 Nd3 {[#]} 34. Ra7 $1 Qf4 (34... Qe5
35. R1a5) 35. Bc1 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rf4h2]} 36. g3 Qg5 (36... Qe5 $14) 37.
Bb3 $1 $16 (37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Nc4 (38. Qxd3 $2 Bxg3 39. Ng2 Qxc1+ 40. Rxc1
Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rxd3 $19) 38... Qd5 $15) 37... Nxc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Nd7
$16 {is more resistant.}) 38. Bxf7+ $18 (38. Qxc1 Nd7 39. R1a5 Qg6 $18) (38.
Rxc1 Bxg3 39. Bxf7+ Kh8 $14) 38... Kh8 {[%cal Od6g3] Threatens to win with ...
Bxg3!} 39. h4 (39. Rxc1 Bxg3 40. Kh1 (40. Bxe8 $2 Bxf2+ 41. Kh1 Bxe3 $19) 40...
Rd2 $11) 39... Qe5 40. Bxe8 {Strongly threatening Bg6.} Nd3 41. Bg6 Qxc3 42.
Ra8 Bb8 43. h5 Rf8 {[#]} 44. R1a7 $1 {Inhibits Nd7.} Qxb4 45. Ra4 Qb2 46. Ra2
Qb6 {[#]} 47. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb4 {[#]} 48. Qb1 ({Not} 48. Nc4 Qd4 49. Bg6
Nxa2 50. Rxa2 Bxg3 $11) (48. R2a5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5b5]} Nxe4 49. Rb5) 48...
Nxe4 $16 49. Qxe4 {aiming for Rb2.} Nxa2 50. Rxa2 Qc5 51. Qg6 Be5 52. Rc2 Qb5
53. Kg2 Qb7+ 54. Kh2 Qf3 55. Ng2 Bf6 56. Nf4 Be5 57. Ne6 Ra8 58. Rd2 Bf6 59.
Rc2 (59. Qf7 $16 {[%cal Oe6g7] Hoping for Nxg7!} Qe4 60. Ra2 $1) 59... Be5 $11
60. Rd2 (60. Kh3 $11) 60... Bf6 $1 $16 61. Nf4 (61. Qf7 $16 {[%cal Oe6g7] And
now Nxg7! would win.} Qe4 62. Ra2 $1) 61... Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some
attack.} 62. Ne6 Bf6 $16 63. Nc5 ({Better is} 63. Qf7 $16 {[%cal Oe6g7] Nxg7!
is the strong threat.} Qe4 {[#]} 64. Ra2 $1) 63... Bc3 $11 64. Re2 {[%mdl 8192]
} Qxe2 {Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.18 
(very precise)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,173,16,8,7,11,11,13,12,13,0,14,1,4,0,0,0,0,0,47,45,29,0,3,-25,-24,-10,
-6,-22,-14,-19,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,-11,22,-54,-37,-45,-49,-113,-76,-157,-85,-297,
-249,-191,-184,-181,-179,-390,-152,-156,-26,-90,-6,-16,-26,-19,-20,-29,-21,-21,
-25,-36,-35,-44,-43,-45,-39,-91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,-283,-2,-586,-33,-36,0,0,0,
0,58,58,59,59,59,58,59,59,59,59,65,65,189,189,201,72,73,80,384,384,384,384,380,
264,377,201,436,362,327,254,254,254,254,254,403,385,370,363,781,327,333,339,
328,261,248,236,1307,1056,1736,1696,1606,1479,1425,1183,1289,860,842,608,2566,
2562,2210,1938,1213,1154,12831,2583,2848,2825,12844,12844,29994,12845,12846,
12847]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O {The position is equal.}
Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6h8,Bh8f7][%mdl 32]} 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7
12. g3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf8 13. c4 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rd1
Ne6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bc6 Ba6 18. Qe1 d4 {½-½ (53) Baroin,B (2268)-Szymanski,
R (2344) ICCF email 2018}) 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f5 (13... Re8
$11 {is superior.}) 14. exf6 $1 $14 Bxf6 15. h5 Nh8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Nf7 {
Prevents h6.} 18. Qc3 e5 19. h6 Re8 20. Qxc6 Bg4 21. f3 {To avoid e4} Rc8 22.
Qb7 Re7 23. Qb5 Bh3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Rd1 (24. Rf2 $11)
24... Rd7 (24... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 25. Kh2 (25. Qxd5 e4 $17) 25... Bd7 26.
Qxd5 Bc6 $11) 25. Kh2 Be6 {[%cal Oe5e4]} 26. c3 (26. Rf1 $15) 26... Qf6 $17 27.
Be2 (27. Qa6 $2 Rd6 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $19) (27. Rf1 $142) 27... g5 (27... Qf5 28.
g4 Qf6 29. Kg1 $15) (27... Nxh6 $142 28. Qa6 Rcd8) 28. Qb6 $2 (28. Kg2 $17 {
might work better.}) 28... Qxh6+ 29. Kg1 d4 $1 (29... Qh3 30. Qf2 $11) 30. Bf1
{[%cal Rc3d4] To avoid Qh3} Rd6 (30... dxc3 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qxh6 Nxh6 33. Ba6
$15 (33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Bxg5 Nf5 $11)) 31. Qxa5 (31. Qb7) 31... Qf6 $2 (31...
Qh5 $19 32. cxd4 Qxf3) 32. Bg2 Bd5 (32... h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5h4] Strongly
threatening ...h4.} 33. cxd4 h4) 33. Rf1 (33. cxd4 $1 $11 exd4 34. Qb5) 33...
Bc4 {Black is much more active. White has bad knights.} (33... Qg6 $1 $17 {
White must now prevent ...g4.} 34. cxd4 g4) 34. Re1 $11 d3 35. Bd2 Ra6 {
Prevents Qa7.} 36. Qb4 Rb6 37. Qa3 Bd5 {[%cal Og5g4]} 38. Re3 Ra8 39. Qc5 {[#]}
Rxb2 $1 40. Rxd3 (40. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 41. Qb3 Rxb3 42. axb3 Qb6 $19) 40... Bb7 $36
{[%cal Og5g4][%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 41. a4 (41. Qe3 $15) 41...
Qf5 (41... Qh6 $6 42. Qa3 Qb6+ 43. Be3 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 (44. Bf1 Rxa1 45. Qxa1 Qf6
$15) 44... Rxa1 45. Qxa1 $11 (45. Bxb6 $2 Rxa3 46. Bh3 R3xa4 $19)) ({Black
should play} 41... g4 $1 $17 42. Qa3 Qb6+ 43. Be3 Rxg2+ $1 44. Kxg2 Qc6) 42.
Qe3 Ba6 43. c4 $1 Bxc4 44. Rc3 Rd8 45. Be1 Re2 46. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
46. Qc5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} Rc8 47. Qb4) 46... Bd5 $2 ({Better is} 46... g4
$1 $19 47. Raa3 (47. Rxc4 $2 gxf3 48. Rg4+ Kh8 $19) 47... Bd5) 47. Re3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({But not} 47. Kf1 $2 Rxg2 $1 48. Kxg2 g4 $19) (47. Bf1 $11
Bxf3 48. Qa3) 47... Rc2 $2 (47... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxg2 g4) 48.
Qb1 $1 $15 {[%cal Og2h3]} g4 {[%cal Oc2g2] Prevents Bh3.} (48... Rxg2+ $5 49.
Kxg2 Qe6 $15) 49. Re2 Rdc8 50. fxg4 Rxe2 51. Qxf5 $14 ({Much weaker is} 51.
gxf5 Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 Rcc2 $11) 51... Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 Rcc2 {[#] ( -> ...Bc4+)} 53.
Bf2 $1 Rgxf2+ 54. Qxf2 Bc4+ 55. Ke1 Rxf2 56. Kxf2 Nd6 ({Black should try} 56...
Kg7 $14) 57. a5 $18 Ba6 58. Rb1 (58. Rd1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Nb7
59. Rd5) 58... Ne4+ $16 59. Ke3 Nc5 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Nf6 $16 {is more
resistant.}) 60. Rb6 $18 {aiming for Rc6.} Bf1 61. Rc6 Na6 62. Re6 Kg7 (62...
Kf7 {was called for.} 63. Rxe5 Bc4) 63. Rxe5 {Hoping for Re7+.} Nb4 $2 (63...
Kg6 64. Kd2 h6) 64. Rf5 Ba6 65. Kd4 Be2 66. Kc5 Na6+ 67. Kb6 h6 (67... Kh6 {
is a better defense.} 68. Ka7 Nb4) 68. Re5 Bf1 69. Re6 Bc4 $2 (69... Bd3 70.
Ka7 Nb4) 70. Rd6 (70. Re7+ $142 Kf6 71. Re8) 70... Be2 71. Rd2 Bf1 72. Rd5 Be2
73. g5 h5 $2 (73... hxg5 74. Rxg5+ Kf6) 74. Rd6 Nb4 75. Kc5 Na6+ 76. Kd4 Nb4
77. Rb6 Na6 78. Ke5 Nc5 79. Rc6 Nd7+ 80. Kf5 {Threatens to win with a6.} Bd3+
81. Kf4 {And now a6 would win.} Nb8 {Inhibits a6.} 82. Rd6 Be2 83. g6 Kh6 84.
Kf5 Na6 85. Kf6 {Rd8 would kill now.} Nc7 86. g7 (86. Rd8 $142 Nd5+ 87. Rxd5
Bc4 88. Rd8 Bg8 89. Rxg8 h4 90. Rh8#) 86... Bc4 87. Rc6 {[%csl LRc4,LRc7][%mdl
32768] A wild game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.49. Loss on
time!?} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,41,44,48,52,53,42,50,52,50,56,47,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,6,26,0,0,0,0,
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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} b5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4
and 9 0-0-0.} 12. h5 a5 13. hxg6 hxg6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxg7.} Rc8 16. Bxg7 (16. a3 $14) 16... Kxg7
$11 17. Qd4+ f6 $1 18. O-O-O Qc7 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2] [#]} 19. Qd2 {[%csl
Gh1][%cal Rd2h6]} Rh8 {To avoid Qh6+} 20. a3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
20... b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Qxb4 Rh2 24. Qd2 Bh3 25. Bb3 Rxg2 26.
Qd5 e6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 {1-0 (48) Mista,A (2559)-Brendel,O (2389) Warsaw
2008}) 21. Bb3 {[%cal Oe4e5]} a4 {The position is equal.} 22. Ba2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1
{[%csl Gh1][%cal Rd2h6]} Rh8 {Inhibits Qh6+.} 24. Re1 Qc5 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qg5
Re8 27. c3 {Prevents b4.} Bf5 28. Rh1 Qf2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf2c2]} 29. Bb1 {
Prevents Qc2+. Dancing on a razor blade.} Bxb1 30. Kxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQR} Qe2 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kf7
36. Qh7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,56,12,12,22,16,18,16,18,19,23,8,4,6,13,7,9,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,
Bf1e1,Be1e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9.
d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 Ne8 {[%cal Bd6e8,Be8g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 {
The position is equal.} 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Nf3
Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Be5 c6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 {[%cal Oc6c5]} 22. Kf1 f6 23. Nd3 Kf7 24. Re1 Rxe1+
25. Kxe1 {[#]} Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 25... g5 26. g3 Nd6 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. f3
Ke7 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nd3 Ke6 32. g4 a5 {½-½ (32) Antolak,J (2340)
-Janik,I (2505) Skanderborg 2021}) 26. Kf1 Nf5 27. Ke1 Nh4 28. Kf1 Nf5 {
An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.
00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,0,0,16,25,16,20,25,25,25,20,20,27,28,28,20,27,20,26,25,29,28,31,
26,42,43,42,43,45,39,37,37,72,63,56,49,91,64,71,33,33,40,31,42,42,16,41,33,130,
81,78,70,82,75,81,56,64,46,57,46,53,53,60,60,68,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
29965,29964,29974,29975,29971,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6.
Bg2 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O {[%cal
Of3d4]} Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. Be2 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Bc5 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Kb8 16. Nc4 a6 17. Rfe1
f6 18. h4 Ba7 {1-0 (34) Ter Sahakyan,S (2617)-Ozen,D (2417) Montebelluna 2019})
13. a4 a5 14. h4 f5 15. Kg2 h6 16. h5 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Nd2 $1 e3 19. Nc4
exf2 20. Rxf2 Bc5 21. Rf5 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 (22... Bxf8 $14 {might be
stronger.} 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Nxb6+ cxb6) 23. Bf3 $16 Rd8 24. Bf4 Nxf4+ 25. gxf4
Ne7 26. Re1 b6 $1 27. Re5 {[%cal Oc4a5]} Rf8 28. Kg3 g6 {[#]} (28... Ng8 $14)
29. Be4 (29. Bg4+ $142 $1 Kb8 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. Rf5) 29... gxh5 30. Rxh5 Rf6
31. Kg4 {White is more active.} Kd8 32. Rh2 Ke8 33. Re2 Bd6 34. f5 Kf8 35. Rd2
Kg7 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. b4 ({Better is} 37. Rg1 $14) 37... axb4 $11 38. Nxd6+ Rxd6
39. Rxd6 cxd6 {[%cal Bc7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 40. cxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN
} d5 $1 41. Bf3 {Strongly threatening a5.} Kf6 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 {Hoping
for a6.} Nxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... h5+ $11 44. Kf4 (44. Kxh5 Nc6 $11) 44...
Nxf5) 44. a6 Ne3+ 45. Kf4 Nc4 46. a7 $2 (46. Bxd5 {mates} Nb6 47. Ke4 h5 48.
Kd4 Ke7 49. Kc5 Nd7+ 50. Kb5 Kd6 {[#]} 51. a7 $1 Kxd5 52. a8=Q+ Kd6 53. Qd8)
46... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 47. Bg4 h5 48. Bh3 Na8 49. Bc8 Nb6 50. Bf5
Na8 51. Bh3 Nb6 52. Bf5 Na8 53. Bd7 Nb6 54. Bc8 Na8 55. Bb7 Nb6 56. Ke3 {
Threatening mate with Kd4.} Ke5 57. Kd3 h4 {( -> ...h3)} 58. Ke2 Kd6 59. Kf3
Kc7 {[#]} 60. Bxd5 Na8 (60... Kd6 61. Bb7) 61. Bxa8 {White wants to mate with
Bd5.} Kb6 62. Kg4 Kxa7 63. Kxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /
Black=0.19 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,25,8,2,0,10,0,162,39,41,42,64,1,44,17,50,13,13,20,14,0,0,0,47,60,
117,28,527,522,508,437,431,427,389,382,498,491,870,874,865,850,806,797,887,880,
772,779,2092,1993,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 {C54:
Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 11. Nf1 d5 12. Qe2 {[#]
} Nh5 $146 {[#]} (12... Qd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. N3h2 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bf8 {1-0 (54) Mamedov,R
(2709)-Quesada Perez,Y (2627) Chess.com INT 2018}) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5
$14 14. Qxh5 f6 (14... Qf6 $2 15. d4 g6 16. Bxg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. h4 (
15. d4 $14 Bb6 16. dxe5) 15... Bf7 (15... gxh4 $11 {is superior.} 16. d4 Bf7 $1
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 $1 18. Qxh4 Qd7 19. dxc5 Rad8) 16. Qg4 {[%cal Rh4g5]} (16. Qf3 $5
{[%cal Rh4g5]}) 16... Be6 17. Qg3 {[%cal Od3d4]} (17. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Re4d5]} g4
18. Qe2 $14) 17... gxh4 18. Qxh4 {[%cal Od3d4]} d4 19. Ng3 Bxb3 20. axb3 dxc3 (
20... Qd7 $11) 21. bxc3 {Hoping for Qg4.} Qxd3 {[#]} (21... Ne7 $14) 22. Qg4 $1
$16 {And now Bh6 would win.} Qxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for
Black.} (22... Kf7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 23. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh6]
[%cal Rg4g7]} Bf8 24. Nh5 Kf7 (24... f5 $2 25. Qg6 Re6 26. Qxe6+) 25. Bxg7 Be7
26. Bh6 {[%cal Oh5f4] aiming for Nf4!} ({Not} 26. Qd7 Nd4 27. Qg4 Rg8 $19)
26... Rg8 {[#]} 27. Ng7 $1 Rxg7 (27... Bb4 $142 28. Rec1 Qb2 29. Qh5+ Ke7) 28.
Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Rac1 Qb4 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke6 32. Qf5+ Kd6 33. Be3 {[%cal
Oc1c6] Threatening mate with Rxc6+!} Qb5 34. Red1+ Nd4 35. Bxd4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.80} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,37,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,6,14,12,5,12,6,13,11,10,12,8,18,18,13,5,
9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]}
Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ {The position
is equal.} 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.
} Nxe4 (7... Bxd2+ $5 8. Bxd2 Nxe4 $11) 8. d5 $1 {8.d5 is better than 8.0-0.}
Ne7 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O {[%cal Ob7b5]} 11. a3 Ba5 12. d6 cxd6 13. Ne4 d5
14. Bxd5 {White wants to play Nd6.} Nxd5 15. Qxd5 {[#] Hoping for Bg5.} d6 16.
Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5d8,Bd8a5][%mdl 32]} Be6 17. Bxd8 Bxd5 {[#] This bishop
pair is nice.} 18. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 19. Bxa5 {[#] An interesting draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} Bc4
$146 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Bb4 Be6 22. Bxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.
f3 f5 26. Be5 h5 27. Kf2 a5 28. Ke3 Kh7 29. Kd4 b5 30. Kc5 {½-½ (30)
Khorunzhy,M (2221)-Obolenskikh,D (2313) ICCF email 2012} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,42,38,45,38,16,18,18,18,10,10,21,40,4,11,0,5,7,14,0,11,3,12,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-53,-84,-81,-77,-77,-77,-77,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,
-85,-85,-86,-64,-64,-64,-78,-78,-96,-85,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-116,
-79,-79,-83,-91,-70,-116,-116,-124,-124,-164,-116,-29970,-29971,-29973,-29974,
-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29977,-29982,-29983]} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nxe5 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8e8,Be8e4][%mdl
32]} 6. Nf3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} Re8 $1 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 {aiming for d4. The position is equal.} Bxc3 9. dxc3 {[#] Black must now
prevent Ng5.} Rxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 11. h3 Nc6 12. O-O {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 12... Bf5 13. Nd2 Re6 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. b3 a5 17. a3 h5 18. Kh2
Ne5 {½-½ (76) Jumabayev,R (2654)-Paravyan,D (2653) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13.
Re1 Bf5 14. Bg5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Qe6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Bh6 Qxc4 19. Nd4
Nxd4 (19... Qxa2 $2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Re7 $18) 20. cxd4 {Strongly threatening
Re7.} Qf7 {Inhibits Re7.} (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Re7 Be6 22. Rg7+ Kh8 23. Rxc7 Qb1+
24. Kh2 $18) 21. Qe3 (21. Re3 $11 Be6 22. Qe1) 21... Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is more active.} 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 $17 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KB-KB} 25. h4 Ke6 26. Bg7 g5 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. f3 h5 29. Kf2 a5
30. Ke3 h4 31. Bh6 Kf5 32. Bf8 Kf6 33. a3 Bc6 34. Kf2 Bd5 35. Bh6 Kf5 36. Bg7
b5 37. Bf8 Kf6 38. Kg1 (38. Bh6 $142) 38... b4 39. axb4 axb4 {[%cal Oh4h3]} 40.
Kf2 b3 41. Bh6 (41. g4 $1 $15) 41... Kf5 42. Bf8 {[#]} g4 $1 43. Be7 h3 ({
And not} 43... gxf3 44. gxf3 h3 45. Kg3 $17) ({Better is} 43... g3+ $19 44. Ke3
h3 45. gxh3 g2) 44. fxg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (44. gxh3
$17 gxh3 45. Kg3) 44... Ke6 {Black mates.} 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. gxh3 {KB-KP} Be4
47. h4 Kd5 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. h5 Bd1 50. h6 Bc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20
(precise) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,69,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,16,0,0,-10,-1,-42,7,9,0,0,55,60,58,58,59,57,70,73,
112,102,112,98,110,137,517,514,518,512,509,498,548,521,666,662,725,762,735,728,
670,637,560,537]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. g4 {C47:
Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bg6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Ne4 {
The position is equal.} f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qh5 (17. Qf3 $11)
17... g6 {[#]} (17... Be6 $1 $15 {is superior.}) 18. Qf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New
and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 18. Qh6 Nd8 19. Bd2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Bxd3 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Qe2 {½-½ (45) Safarli,E (2681)
-Mikhalevski,V (2581) Chess.com INT 2019}) 18... Be6 {[%csl LRa2,LRf3]} 19. Qg3
Bxa2 (19... Rf5 $1 $11) 20. Rb5 $1 $14 {Strongly threatening c4.} Be6 {[%cal
Oc6d4]} 21. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qd6 23. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Ob1b7] Hoping for Rxb7!}
Rfe8 {[#]} 24. h4 $1 Ne7 25. Qxe5 {And now Bf4 would win. White is more active.
} Nf5 26. Bf4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} ({Weaker is} 26. Bxb7 Qxe5 27. Rxe5
Nd6 $17) ({Don't take} 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Bf7 28. Qxd6 cxd6) 26... Bf7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (26... Qd8 $16 {is
tougher.}) 27. Qxe8+ $3 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 28.
Bxd6 cxd6 29. Ra5 Nxh4 30. Rxb7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Raxa7 Rxf2 {[#]} 33. Rxf7
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 34. Bd5 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 
(flawless) /Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,27,-46,-40,-42,-38,-23,-34,0,-42]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.
Bc4 Bc5 {[%cal Bf8c5,Bc5b4,Bb4c3,Bc3f6][%mdl 32]} 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 {[#] d6 is the strong threat.}
d6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 12. Rf4 {
[%cal Of4f6] [#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qd4 Ng6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bb5 Re5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Bd3 f5 {
1-0 (52) Van Foreest,J (2688)-Aronian,L (2782) chess24.com INT 2021}) 13. Re4+
Ne7 14. Rf4 $1 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,105,20,4,14,-32,0,0,10,6,1,0,0,-31,-32,-36,-23,-58,-58,-60,-56,-55,
-81,-75,-83,-89,-47,-120,-116,-111,-102,-122,-104,-125,-123,-133,-106,-151,-94,
-81,-76,-166,-159,-161,-56,-47,0,-108,-23,0,0,-184,-162,-242,-141,-93,-97,-100,
-162,-158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,537,525,505,448,451,539,498,
443,435,394,866,769,29970,29961,4894,1793]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3
Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 8. b4 $5
{[%mdl 4] 8.0-0 is a critical line. A promising side line.} (8. cxd4 $11 Bd7 9.
Bc2 (9. Bxh6 Qxb2 10. Bxg7 Bxg7 $17)) 8... Bd7 (8... dxc3 $15 9. Be3 (9. Bxh6
gxh6 10. Nxc3 Bg7 $17) 9... Qc7 10. Nxc3 Ng4) 9. O-O $11 Rc8 {The position is
equal.} 10. Bb2 dxc3 11. Nxc3 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd4 12. Rc1
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Bd4 Qd8 16. Ng3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 {0-1 (66) Alekseenko,K (2926)-Lugovskoy,M (2643) Chess.com INT 2019}) 12.
Nb5 O-O {[%cal Oc6e5]} (12... Nxb4 13. Bd4 $1 Bxb5 14. Bxb6 Nxd3 15. Bxa7 $16)
13. Nbd4 (13. Nd6 Rcd8 14. Qe2 Nxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 (15. Qxe5 $2 f6 $19) 15... Bxd6
16. Nxd7 Rxd7 $17) 13... a5 14. b5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. a4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 f6
18. Nf3 f5 (18... Nf7 $17 19. exf6 gxf6) 19. Rc1 (19. Qd2 $15) 19... Rxc1 $17
20. Qxc1 Rc8 $1 21. Qf4 Qc5 {Inhibits Rc1.} 22. h3 Qc3 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. g4 (24.
g3 $142) 24... fxg4 (24... Qb3 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb3d1]} 25. Be2 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qa2
) 25. hxg4 {[%cal Od3h7]} Rf8 26. Qg3 (26. g5 $17) 26... Qb4 $19 (26... Qb3 27.
Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Rd4 $16) 27. Kg2 Nh6 (27... Qxa4 $19 28. Rh1 Nh6) 28. Nd4 $15 {
[%cal Og3h4]} Nf7 (28... g6 $15 {was preferrable.} 29. Bc2 Rc8) 29. Bc2 (29.
Nf3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Ng5 (29... Rc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8c2]
White must now prevent ...Rxc2!} 30. Rd3 Nh8) 30. f4 $11 Ne4 31. Qb3 ({But not
} 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Ne2 Be8 $15) (31. Qe3 $11) 31... Rxf4 $19 32. Qxb4 (32.
Bxe4 $142 Rxg4+ 33. Kf3 Qxb3+ 34. Nxb3 Rxe4 35. Nc5) 32... axb4 (32... Rxg4+
$19 33. Kf3 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 axb4 35. Bxe4 dxe4) 33. Bxe4 $17 Rxg4+ ({Of course not
} 33... dxe4 $6 34. Ne2 Rf7 35. Rb1 $11) 34. Kf3 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} 35. a5 {[#]} h5 $2 (35... Rxe5 36. a6 bxa6 37. bxa6 $11) ({Better is} 
35... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ob4b3] Threatens to win with ...b3!} 36. a6 bxa6 37.
bxa6 Bc8) 36. b6 $1 $11 {[%cal Oa5a6,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} g5 $1 (36... Rxe5
$2 37. a6 bxa6 38. b7 $18) 37. a6 $1 bxa6 38. b7 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 Rf8 {And now ...
Rb8 would win.} 40. Rc1 $1 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rb8 41. Rc7 Be8 42. Nc6
Rxb7 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Rxb7 h4 {Hoping for ...h3.} 45. Nc8 h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
45... d4+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 46. Kxd4 Bc6) 46. Kf2 $18 ({Not} 46. Rh7 $2
b3 47. Rxh3 b2 48. Rh8+ (48. Rh1 $2 Bg6 $19) 48... Kg7 $19) 46... a5 47. Kg3 d4
48. Nd6 {aiming for Rb8.} Bc6 {[#]} 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Nc4 Bd5 $2 (50... d3 51.
Kxh3 Kf7) 51. Nxa5 b3 52. Nxb3 d3 53. Kxh3 {Quite a comeback for White. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,147,79,75,90,77,81,63,78,76,114,123,110,105,118,104,100,45,39,47,45,
25,67,64,72,79,83,67,73,74,77,72,178,177,170,99,114,58,75,5,158,151,251,237,
209,48,123,132,226,0,229,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-85,-66,-56,-44,-70,-127,
-8,-194,-194,-191,-88,-275,0,-184,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4.
g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nf3 c6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Re1
e5 12. e4 Bd7 13. h3 Na6 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qc2 a5 18.
b3 h6 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3.} 19. a3
{[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 {[#]} 20. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Na4 Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26.
bxc5 dxc5 27. Rdd1 Ne5 28. Nb2 Nc6 29. Nd3 {½-½ (39) Jorgensen,J (2196)
-Kolbak,J (2212) Randers 2015}) 20... g5 {White is slightly better.} 21. Be3
Re7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nb3 (25. f4 $1 $16) 25... Nxb3 $14
26. Qxb3 Be6 27. Qb4 Nd7 (27... Ree8 $1 $11 {is more appropriate.}) 28. f4 $1 {
And now f5 would win.} c5 29. Qb3 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} 30.
Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 gxf4 32. gxf4 c4 (32... Ree8 $16) 33. Qc2 $18 c3 34. Kh1 (34.
Rd3 $18) 34... Nc4 $16 {Prevents e5.} 35. Bd4 (35. Bf2 $16) 35... Na3 $1 $14 {
[%csl LRb5,LRc2]} 36. Qb3 (36. Qa4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4a3]} Bxd4 37. Rxd4) 36...
Bxd4 $2 (36... Qc4 $1 $11 37. Qxc4 Nxc4 38. Bxg7 Kxg7) 37. Rxd4 $16 Qc5 (37...
Ra8 $16) 38. Ra4 $1 $18 Nxb5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 39. Ra5 $2 (39. Rg1
$1 $18) 39... c2 40. Rc1 $16 Rc8 (40... Qd4 $16 {might work better.}) 41. Rxb5
$2 (41. Qxb5 $18 Qf2 42. Qf1 Qxf1+ 43. Bxf1) 41... Qf2 (41... Qd4 $1 $11 {
and Black stays safe.} 42. Qg3+ (42. Rxb7 Qd2 $15) 42... Kh8) 42. Rxb7 $2 {[#]}
(42. Qd3 $1 $18) 42... Qd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 43.
Rxc2 Rxc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd2g2]} 44. Rb8+ Kh7 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd2g2]} (
44... Kg7 $2 45. Qg3+ Kf6 46. e5+ Rxe5 47. fxe5+ $18) 45. Qg3 {[%csl Gb8][%cal
Rg3g8]} Qc1+ 46. Kh2 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rg3g8]} Rc8 {Prevents Qg8+.} 47. Rxc8
Qxc8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 48. e5 ({White should play} 48. Qd3 $1
$15) 48... dxe5 (48... Qc2 $17 {Hoping for ...dxe5.} 49. Qf3 Ra7) 49. fxe5 $2 (
49. d6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ra7 50. Qd3+ Kg7 51. fxe5) 49...
Qf5 $1 $19 50. d6 {[#]} Re8 ({Not} 50... Rxe5 51. d7 Rd5 52. Bxd5 Qxd5 53. Qg4
$11 (53. Qc7 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kg3 Qe3+ 58. Kh2
Qd2+ 59. Kg1 Qe1+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kh1 Qd1+ 62. Kh2 Qd2+ $11)) (50... Ra7 $1
$19 {has better winning chances.} 51. Qe3 Ra2) 51. Qe3 $2 (51. Qc3 $17 {
is a better defense.}) 51... Qg5 $2 (51... Rxe5 $19 52. Qd2 Qd7 53. Qd3+ Kg7)
52. Qd3+ {[#]} (52. Qxg5 $11 hxg5 53. Kg3) 52... Kg8 $2 (52... Kh8 $1 $19 53.
Qg3 (53. Qd4 Rg8 $17) 53... Qd2) 53. Qd4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf8 (
53... Qxe5+ $2 54. Qxe5 Rxe5 55. d7 $18) (53... Rxe5 $2 54. d7 Qd8 55. Qxe5 $18
) 54. d7 {White threatens Qb4+ and mate.} Rd8 55. h4 {Chess con chili.} Qf5 56.
Bh3 Qc2+ 57. Kg3 Qg6+ 58. Kh2 Kg8 59. Qc5 Qd3 60. Qe7 {Active counter play!}
Qd2+ 61. Kg3 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Kh2 Qd2+ 65. Kg3 Qc3+ 66. Kg2
Qc6+ 67. Kh2 Qc7 68. Bf5 Rb8 69. Bh7+ Kg7 70. Qf6+ $1 (70. Bf5 {gets mated.}
Rb2+ 71. Kh3 Qc3+ 72. Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Qd4+ 74. Kf3 Rf2+ 75. Kg3 Qf4+ 76. Kh3
Rh2#) 70... Kf8 71. Qh8+ Ke7 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 72. Qf6+ Kxd7 73. Bf5+ Ke8 {
Threatens to win with ...Rb6.} 74. Qh8+ {Never resign too early!  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.42} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,130,15,10,0,0,6,11,16,25,9,23,10,12,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-27,0,
-21,-21,-33,-29,-20,-28,-28,-23,-37,0,-21,-13,-40,0,-20,-14,-29,-25,-24,-33,
-53,-30,-66,-71,-68,-52,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,9,9,17,38,28,42,11,11,12,77,4,7,10,
247,229,243,236,235,227,189,151,140,140,429,403,362,217,184,73,274,284,271,268,
281,273,264,245,167,37,42,56,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance
Variation.} Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Ne7 {[#]} 10. Nd2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qxe5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bd4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1# {0-1 (18) Garcia Rodriguez,
A (1088)-Macias Pino,D (2274) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12.
g3 O-O 13. Re1 c5 14. c3 Re8 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Nh2 Rb8 18. b3 Bc6 19.
Qg4 Kh8 $1 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rab1 Rb7 22. Qe2 Bg5 23. Nf3 (23. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g5]
} Be7 24. Nf3 $11) 23... Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nd7 25. Bc2 (25. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f7]})
25... Qe7 26. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Nf8 {Prevents Qh7+.} 27. Qe3 Reb8
28. c4 a4 (28... d4 {seems wilder.} 29. Qe2 Qd8 30. Red1 Nd7 31. Qd3 Kg8) 29.
Nd2 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 31. Rbc1 Nd7 (31... d4 $15 32. Qe2 Rba7) 32. cxd5 $11
Bxd5 33. Nc4 Rb4 34. Ra1 Rab8 35. Ra7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend
precisely.} R4b7 ({Don't take} 35... Bxc4 36. bxc4 Qe8 37. Qe4 $16) 36. Rxb7
Bxb7 37. Ra1 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Ra8 {To avoid Ra7} 38. Rxa8+ Bxa8
39. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Nf8 {To avoid Qh7+} (39... f5 $11) 40. Qd6 (
40. Nb6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb6a8]} Bc6 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. exd6) 40... Qxd6 41. exd6 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc6 $2 (41... Nd7 $1 $11) 42. Ne5 $18 {[%csl LRc6,
LRf7]} Be8 43. Nd3 Nd7 44. Bd1 Kg8 45. Bf3 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} Kf8 46.
Kf1 $1 {White is more active.} Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Nb6 $16) 47. Nxc5
Bb5+ 48. Ke1 (48. Be2 $142 Bxe2+ 49. Kxe2) 48... Ke8 49. Kd2 (49. Be2 $1 $18 {
[%cal Re2b5] is the precise move to win.} Bxe2 50. Kxe2) 49... Kd8 $2 (49...
Nd7 $16 50. b4 Ne5) 50. Kc3 $1 {Kb4 is the strong threat.} Ne8 51. Nb7+ Kd7 52.
Kb4 Bc6 53. Bxc6+ Kxc6 {[#] KN-KN} 54. Nd8+ (54. Ka5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5a6]})
54... Kxd6 $14 55. Nxf7+ Kd5 56. g4 (56. Ka5 $14) 56... e5 $11 {The position
is equal.} 57. f3 Nf6 58. Ka5 Ke6 59. Nh8 e4 60. fxe4 Nxe4 61. b4 Kf6 62. Ng6
Nc3 63. Nf8 Kg5 64. Ne6+ Kxg4 65. Nxg7 Kg5 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a
draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,31,27,37,20,33,40,25,14,33,34,27,0,6,0,17,24,17,20,22,22,10,19,12,
8,15,15,16,16,50,39,40,25,50,6,8,9,8,7,8,4,29,30,76,68,112,92,101,87,87,91,94,
0,0,0,0,0,63,30,126,119,143,-301,164,165,370,378,364,374,362,348,375,378,1092,
1071,29969,29971,29970,29972,29984,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11.
Qb4 Qb8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 {
Strongly threatening Qa5.} a6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Na4
Qc7 {[#]} 16. Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. g3 Bg4 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Bg2 O-O 19.
f3 Bc8 20. O-O-O Bf5 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Rhg1 {½-½ (34) Vieites,C (2314)-Kural,A
(2397) ICCF email 2018}) 16... Qc8 17. Ba5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4+ b5 19. cxb5 O-O $1 {
Hoping for ...axb5.} 20. b6 Qc5 21. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Qa3.} Bd8 22.
Qb4 Qxb4+ 23. Bxb4 {This bishop pair is nice.} Bxb6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25. Ba3 Ba5+
26. b4 (26. Ke2 {looks sharper.} Rac8 27. Kf3 Bb6 28. Bd3 Rxd5 29. Bxg6 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 fxg6 31. Rd2) 26... Bc7 27. Bb2 (27. Bc1 $14) 27... Nf4 $11 28. a3 a5
$1 29. g3 Nxd5 30. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} e4 31. Be2
Rab8 (31... Bb6 $11) 32. O-O $16 e3 (32... Bb6 $14) 33. f4 (33. Bxh5 $6 Rxb5
34. Bc1 (34. fxe3 $2 g6 $19) 34... exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 33... Bb6 34. Kg2 $1
Rbc8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. Be5 (36. Bd4 $16 {aiming for Bxb6.} Re8 37. Bxg7 $1) 36...
Rd2 $1 $11 37. Rc1 Ne7 {To avoid Rc6} 38. a4 Nf5 ({Better is} 38... f6 $11 39.
Bc3 Nf5) 39. Rc6 $1 $14 f6 40. Bc3 $1 $16 (40. Rxb6 fxe5 41. Bc4+ Kh7 42. fxe5
Nd4+ 43. Kxe3 Nc2+ 44. Kf4 (44. Kf3 $2 Rf8+ 45. Rf6 gxf6 $19) 44... R2d4+ 45.
Kg5 Rxc4 $17) 40... Rc2 {[%cal Oc2c3]} 41. Bd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Really
sharp!} (41. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 $1 42. Rxc2 Nd4+ 43. Kg2 Nxc2 $19) (41. Rd1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rd1d8] is forced if you want to stay better. Rxd8+ is the strong threat.}
Rb8 42. Be1 (42. Be5 $2 Rxc6 43. Bxb8 Rc8 $19) 42... Rxc6 43. bxc6) 41... Rxc3
$4 {[%mdl 8192]} 42. Rxc3 $18 Nd4+ $2 {[#]} (42... Kf7 43. Bb3+ Kf8) 43. Kg2 $1
e2 {[#]} 44. Bxe2 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe2 45. Rc6 Ba7 46. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7]
[%mdl 32]} Bb8 (46... Bxb6 47. Rxb6 Nc3) 47. b7 {And now Rc8 would win.} Nd4
48. Rc8 {White mates.} Rf8 49. Rd1 Ne6 50. f5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
18 (very precise) /Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "7th Gashimov Memorial-Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,17,34,-15,-13,-32,-31,-35,-31,-38,-35,-33,-22,-29,0,0,0,0,4,0,33,
39,40,32,29,36,43,32,33,26,65,64,64,61,43,-2,-8,-251,0,-247,-248,-404,-381,
-377,-391,-383,-377,-378,-366,-354,-252,-258,-265,-252,-272,-252,-206,-236,0,
-172,0,-185,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d5 {
A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3.} (6. Qc2 $14) 6... Ne4 $11 7. Nxe4 fxe4 {
[#]} 8. Nd4 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nd2 e3 9. fxe3
exd5 10. cxd5 Bc5 11. Nf3 d6 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Nd4 Ng4 16.
Qc3 Bd7 17. b4 Bb6 {0-1 (17) Beck,G (1937)-Fournier,F (2098) ICCF email 2015})
8... exd5 9. cxd5 c6 {Strongly threatening ...Qa5+.} 10. Qb3 {aiming for dxc6+.
} Kh8 11. e3 Na6 12. Bxa6 {And now Bc4 would win.} Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bc3 d6
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qxe4 Raf8 20. f3 ({
Reject} 20. O-O-O Rxf2 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 h5 $11) 20... d5 21. Qe5 Rg6 22.
Kf2 (22. g3 $1 $14) 22... Qd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 23. Rhg1
$2 {[#]} (23. g3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 23... Qd2+ $1 $19 ({Worse is} 
23... Qc2+ 24. Kf1 $15) 24. Kf1 Rgf6 {[%cal Of6f3] ( -> ...Rxf3+!)} 25. f4 (25.
Qg3 {was the only defense.}) 25... Rf5 26. Qd4 {[#]} Rxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27.
Qxf4 Rxf4+ 28. exf4 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Kd2
Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Qc5+ 32. Kd3 Qc4+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Kc2 Qc5+ 35. Kd3 Qc4+ $2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)} (35... Qb5+
$19 36. Kc3 Qc4+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+) 1/2-1/2

