[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,39,20,25,29,26,11,20,16,17,0,0,-21,-12,-18,-20,-6,-9,-18,-32,-20,
-41,-41,-17,-26,-33,-8,-25,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,35,36,37,77,74,77,76,92,
84,88,76,87,0,34,19,19,19,39,4,4,4,4,4,11,17,50,33,37,33,56,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,31,
31,31,36,107,99,29965,29960,5381,0,0,0,29976,29977,29973,156,151]} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 Rb8 {E63:
King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 9. Rc1 Bd7 {9...h6
gains popularity.} 10. d5 Na5 {The position is equal.} 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5
13. Nd4 b4 {[#]} 14. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nb1 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2
c5 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Be1 Bb5 19. Bd2 Ne4 20. Be3 {1-0 (49) Valderrama Quiceno,E 
(2542)-Zapata,A (2390) Quibdo 2015}) 14... e5 15. dxe6 $1 fxe6 {Hoping for ...
e5.} 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rc4 c5 21. e4 Nb6
22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. Be3 Qf7 24. f4 Ra6 25. Rf2 Rfa8 26. e5 Bf8 27. exd6 Rxd6 28.
Qf3 Rd5 {[#]} 29. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 {[#]} 30. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rad8 31. Rc4 Qf5
32. Kg2 Rd2 33. Re4 ({Don't play} 33. Rxb4 $6 Qc2 $11) ({White should try} 33.
Qe4 $16) 33... R8d3 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Re2
Qc2 36. Rxd2 (36. Qa8+ {feels hotter.} Kf7 37. Qa7+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Rxd2
Qxd2+ 40. Kh3) 36... Qxd2+ {KQ-KQ} 37. Qf2 Qd5+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Qe1 Qd3+ 40.
Qe2 Qd5 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. h4 (42. Qc2 $14) 42... Qd4+ $11 43. Kg2 Qd5+ 44. Kh2
Kf6 45. Qb2+ Kf5 46. a4 bxa3 $1 47. Qxa3 Kg4 ({Better is} 47... Qd4 $14) 48.
Qb4 $16 {Strongly threatening f5+.} Qd3 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kf5 $16) 49. f5+
$1 Kh5 {[#]} 50. fxe6 $2 (50. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf4g5]} h6 51. g4+
Kxh4 52. f6 Qh3+ 53. Kg1 Qxb3 54. f7 Qg3+ 55. Qxg3+ Kxg3 56. f8=Q) 50... Qe2+
$11 51. Kg1 Qxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qe3+ $11 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qe3+ 54.
Kh1 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1) 52. Qf4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf4g5]} Qd5 53. Kh2 $2
(53. b4 {mates} h6 54. Kf2 Qa2+ 55. Kf3 g5 56. Qg4+ Kg6 57. Qe4+ Kf6 58. Qd4+
Kf5 59. Qd7+ Kf6 60. Qd6+ Kg7 61. Qe5+ Kg6 62. Qe8+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kg6 64. Qe8+
Kg7 65. Qe5+) 53... h6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,50,39,48,47,62,10,21,12,11,38,35,11,14,9,10,8,13,11,13,13,13,14,21,5,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5
6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {dxc5 is the strong threat. B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation.} Qxb2 9. Qe1 {The main line 9.Qe1 scores better than 9.Nb5.}
(9. Nb5 $14 Rc8 10. dxc5) 9... cxd4 $11 ({Reject} 9... Bxc2 10. dxc5 Bg6 11. a3
$16) 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({Don't blunder} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) ({Not} 10...
Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $1 Bxc3 {The position is equal.
} 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. h4 {Threatening g4.} h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4
Ne7 {[#]} 18. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rd2 O-O-O 19. Red1 d4 20. f4 Ng6
21. g3 Nf8 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne6 24. Rd5 g6 25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 
(26) Tarrio Ocana,F (2453)-Brewer,S (2437) ICCF email 2019}) 18... Nxd5 19. Rd2
Nc3 20. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rd8 21. Rc2 Ne4 22. Rc7 Rd7
23. Rc8+ Rd8 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Rc8+ Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/
Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,77,20,19,34,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,-4,14,22,40,31,38,0,80,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-24,-33,-22,8,-54,-53,-107,0,0,0,-17,15,0,6,0,6,0,8,0,56,-55,0,0,77,-2,0,
-28,-20,-27,0,0,29991,352,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main
lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. O-O h6 {The position is equal.} 9.
Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a4 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} h4 14. Bh2 {
[%cal Rd4e5]} g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Re5d4]} 16. Be2 {[%cal Rf3e5] [#]} Bxf3
$146 (16... Qf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf6 17. Kh1 Qh6
18. b4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rc1 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 
(30) Cvak,R (2396)-Loisel,D (2243) ICCF email 2018}) 17. gxf3 (17. Nxf3 $16
exd4 18. cxd4 (18. Nxd4 Qg5 $16)) 17... exd4 $11 18. f4 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Bd3
dxc3 21. bxc3 Qd7 22. f5 (22. Qh5 $11 Qh3 23. Qf3) 22... Ne5 $15 23. Nf3 (23.
Bxe5+ $15 dxe5 24. Nf3) 23... Qe7 (23... Ng4 $17 24. Qd2 Nhf6) 24. Nxe5 $11
dxe5 25. Rb1 c6 26. Qh5 {Hoping for Rxb7!} b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 f6 29. Bc2
Rg5 ({Better is} 29... b4 $11) 30. Qf3 ({White should try} 30. Qxh4 $14 Qf7 31.
Bd1) 30... Rd8 (30... Rg7 $1 $15) 31. Bb3 Rd2 {[#]} (31... Bb6 $11 {remains
equal.}) 32. Rad1 (32. Rg1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg1g5] aiming for Rxg5.} Bxf2 33. Rxg5
Nxg5 34. Qh5+ Nh7 35. Bg1 Bxg1 36. Rxg1) 32... Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bb6 34. Ra1 Qc5
35. Ra8+ Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nf8 $11) 36. Rg8+ Kh6 {[#] Threatens to
win with ...Rxg8.} 37. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} exf4 38. Qxf4 Qxf2 39.
Rg6+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.42} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,22,9,45,49,45,46,45,38,81,69,67,68,87,78,95,88,94,94,91,80,72,82,
101,100,121,90,94,91,93,61,147,145,149,123,171,156,164,154,361,199,229,235,229,
225,213,218,210,210,219,217,699,699,699,684,684,681,660,660,645,632,733,724]} 
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. d5 d6 7. Be2 cxd5 8. exd5
Bg4 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5
and 6...Bg4.} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Bxe2 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxe2 {
[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 a6 15.
Rfc1 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rc2 Nh5 {1-0 (60) Mamedjarova,Z (2285)-Danielian,E 
(2476) Istanbul 2012}) 12. Nxd5 Bxd4 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 {[#]} 14. Be3 $1 Bg7 (14...
Be5 15. Nd5) 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Qf3 {And now Bg5 would win.} Nxd5 18.
Rxd5 Qc7 19. b3 Re6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 21. g3 b6 22. Kg2 f5 (22... Be5 $14) 23. Bf4
$16 Bf8 24. h4 h5 {[#]} 25. a4 $1 Kg8 26. a5 bxa5 $2 {A mistake that costs the
game.} (26... Qc6 $16 27. axb6 axb6) 27. Ra1 (27. c5 $142) 27... Qb7 28. Rdxa5
Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rb8 30. Rb5 ({Resist} 30. Rxa7 $6 Rxb3+ 31. Kg2 Rb2 $16) 30...
Rxb5 31. cxb5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re4 32. Ra4 ({But not} 32. Rxa7
Rb4 $16) 32... Re1 (32... Re8 33. Rxa7 Rb8) 33. Rxa7 {White is clearly winning.
} Rb1 34. Be3 Rxb3 35. b6 d5 {aiming for ...d4.} 36. Kg2 f4 37. gxf4 Rb5 38.
Rd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,53,48,44,58,77,58,45,33,46,84,81,110,58,92,82,94,62,76,60,117,101,
120,125,153,138,150,154,248,251,256,250,667,667]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 {
10.0-0-0 gains popularity. B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other
than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f5 {White is slightly better.}
Qc5 13. Be2 Ra7 14. O-O-O {[#]} Qe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. fxe6 fxe6
16. Qxf6 Rg7 17. Kb1 Qg5 18. Qd4 Qc5 19. Qd2 Be7 20. g3 h4 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Efendiyev,E (2511)-Kordts,W (2347) IECG email 2002}) 15. Rhf1 ({Better is} 15.
Kb1 $16) 15... Rc7 16. Kb1 h5 17. h4 Be7 18. Qe3 Qc5 ({Black should play} 18...
Bd7 $14) 19. Qg3 $16 Kf8 20. fxe6 {[%mdl 64] Rd5 is the strong threat.
Overworked Piece} fxe6 21. Qg6 Qe5 {[#]} 22. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f3,Bd1d3,Bd3g3,
Bg3g5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 (22... Rg8 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. Qh6+ (23. Qxh5 Qxh5
24. Bxh5 Rxg2 $11) 23... Ke8 24. Bxh5+ Kd8) 23. Rg3 $18 {Strongly threatening
Rg5.} Rf7 {[#] intending ...f5.} 24. Rg5 {[%cal Rg5e5][%mdl 576] Double Attack,
Pin} Qd4 (24... f5) 25. Bxh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg6f7] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.06/Black=0.55} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,33,32,41,34,38,27,45,27,33,27,26,25,32,26,17,25,29,20,20,26,20,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,-9,-8,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+
Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines
without g3.} 8. Qb3 (8. Qxb7 {with more complications.} Nc6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qd1
Bb4 11. e3) 8... Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nf3 {Strongly
threatening Ng5.} (9. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 $19) 9... Nc5 {White has an edge.} 10. Qd1
Nce4 11. e3 Bb4 12. Bd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxe4.} Bxc3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. O-O Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxc3 18. Qb2 b5 19. Nd4 O-O 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Rc2 Na4 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. axb4
Rxc2 24. Bxc2 {1/2-1/2 (24) Kohler,J (1998)-Jepson,C (2315) ICCF email 2016})
13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Qc5 17. Bd3 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Rxc3
19. Kd2 Ra3 20. Rhb1 b6 21. Rb3 Ra5 22. Nd4 Ke7 23. a4 Rc8 (23... Bxa4 $6 24.
Rba3 $16) (23... Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Ra3 $16) 24. f3 Ne8 ({But not} 24...
Bxa4 25. Rba3 $14) ({Don't play} 24... Rxa4 $6 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 26. Ra3 $16) 25.
Rb4 ({Wrong is} 25. Bxh7 $2 g6 $19) 25... Nd6 26. e4 h5 27. h4 g5 {The
position is equal.} 28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. Bf1 Rgc5 30. Ke3 f5 (30... h4 {looks
sharper.} 31. Kf2 Ra5 32. Bd3 Rc3 33. Ke3 Rc8) 31. exf5 Nxf5+ 32. Nxf5+ Rxf5
33. Bd3 Re5+ 34. Kf2 Rcc5 35. Be4 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Ra2 Rcc5 38. Rd2 Rc6
39. Ra2 Rcc5 40. Rd2 Rc6 41. Ra2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,14,31,15,12,0,10,5,12,-19,-11,-21,0,0,43,-19,-18,-45,-33,-76,20,
25,30,33,32,18,123,115,141,137,140,106,108,107,118,109,110,63,63,62,67,69,69,
61,104,119,125,118,130,133,129,128,135,116,120,130,181,181,289,291,276,283,283,
262,341,341,514,501,651,630,631,609,1085,1003]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin
Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. Bd3
dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. O-O-O {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Caron,S (2186)-Menendez Rodriguez,G (2296) ICCF email 2018}) 13.
d5 (13. Ng5 $14 g6 14. Rhe1) 13... Na5 $11 14. Ba2 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 15. dxc6
Nxc6 ({Better is} 15... Bxc6 $17 16. e4 Rac8) 16. Ng5 {Nd5 is the strong
threat.} e4 17. Ngxe4 ({Don't blunder} 17. Ncxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd4 $1 $19)
17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Be5 (18... Nb4 $1 $11 19. Qxe7 Nxa2+ 20. Nxa2 Bxe7) 19. Kb1
$16 Rad8 20. Nd5 Qe8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Nxc3 Ne5 24. Rxd8 (24. f3
{feels hotter.} Ba6 25. e4 Kf8 26. Bb3 h5 27. Ba4) 24... Rxd8 25. f3 g5 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} g4 {White stays focused until
the end.} 28. f4 Nd3 29. g3 Ne1 30. Nf2 h5 31. Kc1 $1 Kg7 32. Kd1 Nf3 {[#]} 33.
h4 Nh2 {[#]} (33... gxh3 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Nxh3 Bc6) 34. Bc4 $1 $18 Kf6
(34... f5 {might work better.} 35. Bb5 Kf6) 35. e4 Nf3 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Ke3 f6
38. Be2 Ng1 (38... f5 $142 39. exf5 (39. Bxf3 gxf3 40. e5 Kf7 $18) 39... Ne1)
39. Bd1 {White is clearly winning.} Ba6 40. Nxg4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 f5 42. exf5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,-24,-20,-36,-28,-35,
121,129,121,121,122,122,160,149,174,178,191,191,191,191,189,189,191,191,191,
187,202,209,207,199,185,198,223,229,327,326,319,320,329,321,339,323,382,390,
490,466,1500,1532,29993,1981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.Nb3.} Ne5 8. Bf4 {
A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Nfg4 {
[#] ( -> ...Nf3+!)} 9. e3 {Black must now prevent Be2.} a6 10. h3 {The
position is equal.} axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b5]} d5 $1 {
Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16.
Ke2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Ke7 17. a3 Bc5 18. Rhd1 Bd7 19. Bd6+
Bxd6 20. Nxd6 {[#]} b5 $146 {[#]} (20... c3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) ({
Predecessor:} 20... c3 21. bxc3 Ra6 22. Ne4 Bb5+ 23. Kd2 Bc6 24. Nc5 Rd8+ 25.
Kc2 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bf3+ {1/2-1/2 (38) Oskulski,J (2495)-Ruggeri Laderchi,G 
(2513) ICCF email 2007}) 21. Nxf7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black is on the road to
losing.} Rhc8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Kd2 Rc5 24. f4 c3+ 25. bxc3 Rac8 26. Rdc1 h6 27.
e4 Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Rdc8 29. Kd4 R5c7 30. c4 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rdc8 32. Rc3 bxc4 33. Rb1
Ba4 34. Rb6 Bb3 (34... Kf6 {is a better defense.} 35. Rb4 Ra7 36. Rcxc4 (36.
Rbxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Bb5 $18) 36... Rxc4 37. Rxc4 (37. Nxc4 Bd1 $18) 37... Bb5)
35. f5 $18 exf5 36. gxf5 Kf8 37. Kf4 Kg8 38. g4 Rc5 39. Ng6 {aiming for Ne7+.}
R5c7 40. g5 hxg5+ (40... Bd1 $142 41. gxh6 gxh6) 41. Kxg5 {White wants to mate
with Rh3.} Bd1 42. e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.33} (42. Rh3
$142 Bh5 43. Rxh5 Re7 44. Nxe7+ Kf8 45. Nxc8 g6 46. Kxg6 Ke8 47. Rd6 Kf8 48.
Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,13,8,13,0,11,0,18,-8,-2,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-37,0,0,0,-39,-25,-37,
0,0,18,9,444,456,437,445,464,452,446,421,392,400,475,467,559,567,547,544]} 1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. O-O Be7 {The position is equal.}
10. c4 Nf5 11. g3 Na6 {[#]} 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 b6 13. b4 Nxb4
14. Qc3 Qa4 15. Rb1 Na6 16. cxb6 O-O 17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nb3 {0-1 (70) Bethke,R 
(2332)-Triapishko,A (2510) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... Rd8 13. Bb2 c5 14. cxd5
Nb4 15. Qe4 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Kh2 b5 19. Ncd2 {[%cal Bc4d2,
Bd2e4,Be4c5,Bc5e4,Be4f6,Bf6d7][%mdl 32]} Nb4 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 20. Qe2 Nc2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (20... O-O $11 {and Black is
okay.}) 21. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%csl LRc2,LRc5][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Nxa1 22.
Nxc5 Qc6 23. Rc1 O-O 24. Ne4 ({Not} 24. Bxa1 Qd5 $18) 24... Qb6 25. Rxa1 ({
Don't take} 25. Bxa1 Rc8 $18) 25... Rc8 26. Nfg5 {White is clearly winning.} g6
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,49,23,17,25,27,50,57,73,79,105,106,122,114,106,110,126,129,303,288,
720,709,718,727,970,980,935,919,962,916,1127,1132,1129,1107,1097,1072,1535,
1491,1424,1581,1562,1569]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 {
[%cal Be4g3,Bg3e2,Be2c3][%mdl 32]} h5 6. h3 h4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights
Variation.} 7. Ne2 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bf5 8. Ned4 Bg6 9. Bc4
Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nb3 e4 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 (50)
Bartel,M (2636)-Rapport,R (2752) Germany 2019}) 8. Nc3 e5 {White is slightly
better.} 9. Bc4 e4 10. Ng5 Ne5 {[#]} 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. O-O {aiming for d4.} Bc5
13. d3 exd3 $2 {[#]} (13... Qe7 $16 {was necessary.}) 14. Re1 $1 $18 {[%csl
LRe5,LRf7][%cal Re1e5]} Bd4 ({Wrong is} 14... Qd4 $2 15. Be3 $18) (14... Qe7
15. Nxf7 dxc2) 15. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.}
Qb6 16. Qf3 Be4 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rh5 19. Bf4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 21. Nxe5 {
Qg6+ would kill now.} Qxe4 22. Nxe4 dxc2 23. Bf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8
24. Bxh5 Bd4 25. Rc1 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.00/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,94,9,5,7,25,23,17,0,0,0,0,0,4,7,8,8,8,7,5,8,8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,21,27,23,
37,41,16,16,14,14,11,10,7,10,9,9,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4
dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 {10...Nbd7 deserves study.}
11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 {
[#] And now Qxd8 would win.} Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bd4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Nf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Nc6 {[#]} 21. Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Nd2
) 21... Na5 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Nd2 f5 24. e4 Rxc3 25. exf5 exf5 26. Nf3 Rc5 27.
R1d6 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 28. Rh6 b5 29. Rxa6 bxa4 30. Nd2 (30. Rxa4 $2
Nb6 $17) 30... Nxd2 31. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} f4 32. g4 h5 33.
gxh5 (33. h3 {looks sharper.} hxg4 34. hxg4 Rc4 35. Ra2 f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37.
Kf3) 33... Rg5+ 34. Kf3 Rxh5 35. Rxa4 Rxh2 36. Rxf4 Rh6 37. Rd7 Kg7 38. Rf5 Rg6
39. Kf4 Rf6 40. f3 Rxf5+ 41. Kxf5 {KR-KR} Ra8 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. Kg3 Ra4 44. Rd6+
f6 45. Rd7 Rb4 46. Rd6 Ra4 47. Rd7 Rb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,-4,29,22,16,0,9,9,9,6,10,19,25,8,18,25,28,18,38,2,172,174,220,214,
209,216,217,199,190,200,193,200,195,204,202,188,212,212,208,206,212,216,225,
213,235,235,334,212,194,202,194,164,225,159,230,245,290,162,327,321,322,330,
393,381,332,343,850,853,839,828,1700,1658,2420,1197,1199,1195,1173,1145,1054,
1047,1321,1324,29983,29983]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6.
Be2 Rc8 7. O-O {C02: French: Advance Variation.} h6 8. a3 cxd4 9. cxd4 {
The position is equal.} Nge7 {[#]} 10. Nc3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 Nf5 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Bd3 Na5 14.
Nbd2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Be4 {0-1 (31) Leite,J (1671)-Movahedi Aliabadi,H 
(1488) Brasilia 2016}) 10... Nf5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 $1 Bxh4 14. f4
O-O 15. Be3 f5 $2 {Loses the game.} (15... Na5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 16.
gxf5 $18 Rxf5 17. Bd3 Qf8 18. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Be7 19. Rg1 Qf7
20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qg6 Qxg6 22. Rxg6 Be8 23. Rg2 Rd8 24. Rag1 Bf8 25. Rc2 Bh5
26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Na4 Be7 28. b4 g5 (28... Ke8 {was called for.} 29. Nc5 Bxc5)
29. Rd2 Rg8 {White must now prevent ...gxf4+.} 30. Kf2 Nd8 31. Nc3 Ke6 (31...
gxf4 $142 32. Bxf4 Bh4+ 33. Kf1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Ne6) 32. Ke1 Bf3 (32... gxf4 $16
{keeps fighting.} 33. Rxg8 fxe3) 33. Rf2 Be4 34. Kd2 (34. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 35.
Rc2) 34... g4 $2 (34... Nc6 {was necessary.} 35. h3 Bd8) 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rc1
Nc6 {[#]} 37. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Na5 38. Rc7 h5 $2 (38... Bd8 39. Rc8 Kd7)
39. d5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack, Deflection} Kxd5 40. Rxe7 h4 41. Rf1 g3
42. hxg3 Nc4+ 43. Ke2 {Intending Rd1+ and mate.} Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 45. Ke2 h3
46. Rxb7 Rxa3 47. Rd7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,126,21,35,5,10,4,27,33,27,46,32,35,41,16,23,-16,0,-7,0,0,20,14,64,58,
63,73,70,72,118,65,72,71,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-31,-30,0,-52,-62,-47,
0,0,-8,-140,-133,-136,-66,-63,-20,-12,0,-10,0,0,12,11,90,0,14,0,0,-24,0,0,0,10,
8,8,107,110,112,127,264,260,248,210,171,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,
-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5][%mdl
32]} a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Ne2 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (12.
Rb1 {is interesting.} h6 13. b4 b5 14. Bf4 Be6 15. a3) 12... Bc5 13. Nf4 Ne7 {
[#]} 14. Bd2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Ng6 15. Nh5 Rg8
16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rac1 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Profitlich,W (2129)-Hinz,J (1816) GER email 2008}) 14... Nd5 15. Nh5 {Hoping
for c4.} Rg8 16. c4 Nb6 17. Bh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend
precisely.} Bf8 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 17... gxh6 $2 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Rd8+ Ke7
20. Rxg8 $18) 18. b3 $1 Bf5 ({Much weaker is} 18... axb3 19. Bg5 $14) (18...
Bxh3 19. gxh3) 19. Be3 Ba3 20. Bd4 c5 21. Bc3 Bc2 22. Re1 axb3 23. axb3 Bxb3
24. e6 Bxc4 25. exf7+ ({Don't do} 25. Nxg7+ Rxg7 26. Bxg7 fxe6 $14) (25. Bxg7
$16 fxe6 26. Re3) 25... Kxf7 $14 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. Re3 (27. Nf4 $14) 27... Bd5
$11 28. Nf4 {And now Nd7+! would win.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 29. Nd7+ Kf7 30.
Ne5+ Kf8 31. Nh5 Bb4 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nf6 (33. Nd7+ {feels hotter.} Kf7 34.
Bf6 c4 35. Ne5+ Kf8 36. Nd7+) 33... Nb6 34. Nxg8 Kxg8 (34... Bxg8 {looks
sharper.} 35. Ba1 c4 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. Ke2 Bd6) 35. Ba1 ({White should try} 35.
Rg3 $11) 35... c4 $1 $15 36. Rg3 h6 37. h4 Bd2 38. Ng4 (38. hxg5 $11 hxg5 39.
Kf1) 38... gxh4 $17 39. Ra3 Bg5 (39... Kf7 $17 40. Bb2 c5) 40. Be5 c6 (40...
Be6 {seems wilder.} 41. Ne3 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Nd5 43. Re4 b5) 41. f4 $1 {[%cal
Rf4g5]} Be7 42. Ra7 c5 (42... Kf7 {with more complications.} 43. Rxb7 Ke6 44.
Nxh6 Bf8 45. Rb8 Bxh6 46. Rxb6 Kf5) 43. Nxh6+ Kh7 44. Nf5 Bf8 (44... Bd8 $11 {
remains equal.}) 45. Ne3 (45. Nxh4 $16 Nd7 46. Bc3) 45... Bc6 46. f5 Bh6 47.
Ng4 Nd7 48. Bc3 {With the idea Ra8.} Bg7 49. f6 Bf8 50. Ra8 {aiming for Ne5.}
Kg6 {[#]} (50... Kg8 $11) 51. Ne5+ $1 $16 Nxe5 52. Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KBN} Nd7 (52... Nf7 $16) 53. Rg8+ $18 Kf7 54. Rg7+ Kf8 {[#] intending ...
b5.} 55. Rh7 $2 (55. Re7 $1 $18) 55... b5 {The position is equal.} 56. Rxh4 (
56. Re7 {is more complex.} Kg8 57. Be5 Nxe5 58. Rxe5 Kf7 59. Rxc5 Be4 60. Re5)
56... b4 57. Bxb4 cxb4 58. Rxc4 Bd5 59. Rxb4 Nxf6 60. g4 Kf7 61. g5 {Strongly
threatening Rf4.} Ne4 62. g6+ Kxg6 63. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.16/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,51,52,57,51,71,39,44,46,95,88,126,113,119,113,104,126,123,87,85,83,
81,81,95,70,64,66,70,72,76,70,81,75,113,117,346,352]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 {
10.0-0-0 is the hot move. B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other
than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} Nc6 11. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted
territory.} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 13. Be2 {[#]} Bd7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be7 14. Rhd1 h5 15. f5 Qc5 16. Qh3 h4 17. Bg4 e5 18.
Rd5 Qb6 19. R5d3 Bb7 {0-1 (34) Alonso,S (2437)-Kovalyov,A (2548) La Plata 2008}
) 14. f5 Qc5 15. Rhd1 Qe5 16. Qh5 Be7 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd5 Qxh5 19. Bxh5 Rg8
20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 Rb6 22. Nb4 {Hoping for g3.} Rxg2 23. R4d2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2
f5 25. exf5 Bg5+ $2 {[#]} (25... Bxf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 26. Bxf7 Bg5+ 27.
Kc3 Rb7) 26. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.19} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,94,45,40,42,37,50,41,36,36,50,40,68,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,9,11,17,18,0,24,
23,73,0,0,-24,-21,-27,-20,-36,-36,-36,-36,-43,-38,-36,-22,-33,-5,-6,-7,-15,-18,
-41,-41,-46,-40,-40,-40,-40,-44,-113,-118,-114,-112,-190,-179,-329,-320,-297,
-77,-300,-277,-237,-219,-554,-471,-1551,-1487,-2207,-2919,-29946,-9671,-2427,
-4412,-29975,-5624,-4778,-2522]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 {7...0-0 is not played anymore. C41: Philidor
Defence.} 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]}
11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O c5 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. e5 Bg4
15. exd6 cxd6 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Bxh6 Bxf3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 (57)
Erdogdu,M (2396)-Shevchenko,K (2599) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... c5 12. Nf3 (12.
Nb3 $1 $14) 12... g5 $11 13. Bg3 {Black must now prevent e5.} Nh5 14. e5 Nxg3
15. hxg3 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 16. Ne1 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Rhe1+ Be6 19. Nf4
Qg5 20. Nxe6 (20. Nb5 $16 O-O 21. Nxc7) 20... Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7
23. Rg6 Rag8 {aiming for ...Bxc3.} 24. Kd1 Bxc3 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. bxc3 $15 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rf8 27. Re2 d5 28. c4 c6 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Ke1 Kd6
31. Re3 a5 32. Ra3 Ra8 33. Rb3 Kc6 34. a4 {[#]} (34. Kd2 $15) 34... Re8+ $1 $17
35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rb8 {[#]} (36. Ra3 $17 {was forced.}) 36... Rd4+ $1 $19 37. Kc1
(37. Kc3 $142) 37... Rxa4 38. Rh8 c4 $2 (38... Ra1+ $19 {is more deadly.} 39.
Kb2 Rg1) 39. Rxh6+ $2 {This costs White the game.} (39. Kb2 $17 {was the only
defense.}) 39... Kc5 40. Kb2 {Black should prevent c3.} Rb4+ 41. Ka3 $2 (41.
Kc1 {is tougher.}) 41... c3 42. Rg6 (42. Ra6 $142 Rb2 43. Rxa5+ Kd4 44. Ra4+
Ke5 45. f4+ Kf5 46. Rd4) 42... Rb2 43. Rxg4 d4 44. Rg8 Rxc2 45. Rc8+ Kd5 46.
Kb3 Rb2+ 47. Ka3 Rxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.80/Black=0.16} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,0,0,29,0,16,0,4,6,14,10,53,41,34,35,45,28,35,29,24,-13,-12,-41,
-14,-51,0,-51,-40,-43,-25,-71,-68,-70,-31,-66,-57,-75,-69,-89,-29,-47,-22,-54,
-75,-62,-58,-59,-48,-55,-62,-89,-88,-111,-90,-126,-131,-125,-145,-142,-83,-249,
-233,-327,-321,-358,-354,-423,-411,-413,-267,-373,-368,-420,-415,-410,-391,
-356,-327,-726,-726,-790,-732,-1212,-949,-4133,-2200,-8556,-5206,-7482,-7626,
-2848,-1548,-1493,-1268,-5791,-2219,-2712,-2539,-2324,-2044,-12348,-5697,-6475,
-5862]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 {D37: Queen's
Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 {[#]} 7. g3 $146 (7. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Bd7 8.
e4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7. Bf4 Qxb6 8. Na4 Qb5 9. Nxc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11.
e3 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 {1-0 (41) Mishra,A (2424)-Farago,I (2340)
Budapest 2021}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nxb6 9. O-O Bb7 10.
Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15. Rfd1 O-O $1
16. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} f5 17. e5 Rfc8 ({Better is} 17... Rac8 $15) 18. Bf1 (18.
Na4 $11) 18... Qc7 $15 19. Re1 Qc5 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 a5 22. Bb5 Ba6 23.
Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Re2 Bf8 ({Black should play} 24... f6 $17 25. f4 fxe5 26. fxe5
Rb6) 25. Kg2 Bb4 26. Nb5 Rb6 27. a4 Rbc6 28. g4 $1 fxg4 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Rh4
Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 31. Re3 R8c4 32. Rxh7 Rf4 ({But not
} 32... Rxb2 $6 33. Rf3 $11) 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Kxf3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} Bc5 (34... Be1 $142 35. b3 Kg8) 35. Nd6 $2 {This move loses the game
for White.} (35. Rh8+ $17 {was the only chance.} Kg7 36. Rc8 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 37. Kg3) 35... Kg8 $19 ({Don't play} 35... Rxf2+ 36. Kg3) 36.
Rh4 (36. Rh5 {was called for.} Rxf2+ 37. Kg3) 36... Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...Bf2+.} 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. h4 Ke7 40. h5 Rb3+ 41. Kg2
Bxd6 42. exd6+ Kxd6 {KR-KR} 43. Rg8 f5 44. Rd8+ $2 (44. h6 Rb7 45. Rg7) 44...
Ke5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ra8 Rb7 46. Kg3 Rg7+ 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Rxa5
Rg3+ 49. Kh4 Rg1 {[%cal Rg1h1] [#]} 50. Kh3 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rxh5 52. Ra8 Rh7 (
52... e5 $142 53. Rd8 d4) 53. a5 Rb7 54. a6 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 Ra2 56. a7 e5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=1.04/Black=0.32} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,27,45,27,24,33,26,33,34,28,32,23,35,32,29,25,22,25,25,24,31,18,22,
0,0,0,0,0,41,38,37,37,33,28,21,29,26,14,25,19,15,0,0,0,17,15,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-11,0,-5,-6,-8,0,-4,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 a6 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's
Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 {White has an edge.} Qxd6 9.
Bd3 O-O 10. h3 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Re8 {[#]} 13. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13. Nh4 Qe7 14. Nf5 Qe6 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Qc5 Nfd7 17. Qb4 {1-0 (63) Petrovic,T 
(1830)-Rajcic,A Pozarevac 2015}) 13... Qe7 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. Na4 Ne6 16. Rde1 Ng5
17. f4 Nge4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 (18... dxe4 {feels hotter.} 19. Be2 Be6 20. a3 Rad8
21. Nc5 Bc8) 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f5 Rb8 22. g4 b6 23. Nc3 Re8 24.
e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Rd8 26. Rf4 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. b3 Rb4 {The position is
equal.} 29. Rf2 c4 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 cxb3 $1 32. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#]
Endgame Threatens to win with Re8+. KRB-KRN} Kf8 33. Re3 (33. Re4 $5 {[%cal
Re4b4]} Rb5 34. Re3 $11) 33... h5 34. Nc4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bb7 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Nd6
{[%csl Gd6][%cal Re3e8] [#]} Rb8 (37... Kg8 {with more complications.} 38. g5
Bxb3 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Ra8 Rb6) 38. b4 Bc6 (38... Rd8 $5 39. Ne4 $8 Bc6 $11) 39.
Rc3 Bd7 40. Rc7 Be8 41. Ra7 Rb6 42. Nxe8 Kxe8 {KR-KR} 43. Kg3 (43. g5 {is more
complex.} Rxb4 44. Rxa6 Rb5 45. f6 Rb2+ 46. Kg3) 43... Rxb4 44. Rxa6 f6 45. Ra7
Kf8 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,53,54,53,62,52,50,45,58,42,61,48,77,62,62,45,53,47,110,93,83,64,
107,50,138,133,139,64,56,42,13,0,47,38,310,-33,77,68,189,195,172,164,176,133]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 {10.0-0-0 is the hot move. B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5
e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} Nc6 11. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] An
interesting side line.} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qc5 {[#]} 13.
Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd1 Bb7 14. Kb1 h5 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Re1
Bh6 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 {1-0 (29) Mikhedov,K (2224)-Sergeev,A (2400)
Serpukhov 2004}) 13... Rb8 14. b4 Qa7 15. f5 a5 16. Na2 Be7 17. Be2 h5 (17...
Bd7 $14) 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhd1 h4 20. bxa5 (20. Qg4 $16 Kf8 21. Qh3) 20... Qxa5
(20... b4 $1 $14) 21. Nb4 $16 Rc8 22. Qg4 (22. Rxd6 $16 Bxd6 23. Rxd6) 22...
Kf8 $14 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf3 Rc5 25. Qe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} f5 $2
{[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Rh7 $14) 26. Bf3 $2 ({White has to play} 26. Rxd6 $18
Bxd6 27. Rxd6) 26... fxe4 (26... Bf6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27. Bxe4 $16
{Threatens to win with Bd5.} Rc4 (27... Rhh5 $14) 28. Bd5 $18 {White is
clearly better.} Bf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxb4+.} 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30.
Rxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67,61,31,10,68,56,91,37,26,31,129,
137,448,432,431,436,508,508,922,922,1080,1050,1002,908,1074,1026,1014,939]} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 {The modern move. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} Nc6 11.
Nd5 a5 12. a4 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. a5
Qd7 16. Nd2 Rfc8 (16... Qc7 $11) 17. Nc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc4b6]} Bd8 {[#]} 18.
Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qb3 e4 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Qxb4 h6 21. g3 Nh7 22.
Qe1 Ng5 23. b3 Bf6 24. Ra2 Re8 25. Qf1 Bd4 26. Rxd4 {1-0 (26) Skripkin,
V-Mrkvicka,F ICCF email 2012}) 18... Rc5 (18... Ra7 $11) 19. Qb3 $1 Rac8 ({
Of course not} 19... Bxa5 $6 {[#]} 20. Nb6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 20. a6 ({
Better is} 20. Qxb4 $16 Nxd5 21. Qe1) 20... bxa6 21. Rxa6 Qb5 ({Black should
try} 21... Bc7 $14) 22. Rxd6 $16 Bc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (
22... g6 $16 23. Bf1 Qb7) 23. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.
} gxf6 24. d6 {Hoping for Nxe5.} Bd8 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 25. d7 {Black must now
prevent Nxe5.} R8c6 {[#]} (25... Ra8 $142 26. Nxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack
} Rd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 28. Bf1 fxe5 $18) (27. Rxd5 Qxe2 28. h3 fxe5 $17
) 27... Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Bh4) 26. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576]
Discovered Attack} fxe5 (26... Rd5 27. Nxf7) 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. g3 Kf8 29. c4
Rb7 30. Qe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,34,0,3,-9,-3,0,-7,-20,0,10,22,14,7,-171,-177,-257,-251,-218,-220,-365,
-368,-363,-367,-362,-364,-357,-348]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5
5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.}
dxe4 7. a3 Be6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 8. Qd2 {The position is
equal.} Nc6 9. e3 Qd5 {[#]} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 f5
12. Ne2 Bg7 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bb5 O-O 15. O-O Rad8 16. h3 {1-0 (52) Perelshteyn,
E (2533)-Bonin,J (2296) Philadelphia 2011}) 10... Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] And
now ...Nb3 would win. Black has the initiative.} 11. Qb4 (11. Rd1 $11 {and
White is okay.}) 11... Bd7 $19 12. Rc1 (12. Qc5 $142 Qxc5 13. dxc5) 12... e5
13. Qc3 h6 14. dxe5 (14. b4 $142) 14... hxg5 {Black is winning.} 15. Rd1 Qc5
16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 {White did not feel at home in the position after the
opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.03} ({Less strong is} 17...
gxh4 18. bxa5 Bxa3 19. Rb1 $17) (17... Rxh4 18. Rxh4 gxh4 19. bxc5 $17) 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,52,20,23,27,12,25,0,2,0,4,0,26,0,129,-18,-17,-11,8,-25,-14,-71,-68,
-61,-54,-87,-92,-112,-56,-86,-91,-152,-150,-130,-131,-167,-155,-491,-425]} 1.
c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7
9. Nc3 a6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 9...c5. E14: Queen's Indian:
Classical Variation (4 e3).} 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 {The position is equal.}
12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 Ne4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 14. Qc2 {[#]} Nxg3
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (14... Rc8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14...
Qf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxc7 Re7 20. Qc2
g6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Arutinian,D (2586)-Almasi,Z (2668) Mainz 2008}) 15. hxg3 ({
Reject} 15. fxg3 $6 g6 $11) ({White has to play} 15. Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 16. fxg3 (
16. hxg3 g6 $11)) 15... Nf6 $11 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. b4 Ne4 18. b5 (18. a3 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 18... axb5 $17 19. Bxb5 Rec8 20. Nc6 Qg5 21. a4 h5 (21...
Re8 $17 22. Ne5 Re6) 22. Qe2 h4 23. gxh4 (23. g4 $142) 23... Qxh4 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Rh4h2]} 24. g3 Qg5 25. Rc2 {[#]} Re8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nxg3!}
26. Kg2 (26. Qf3 $17 {is a better chance.}) 26... Re6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.51/Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,11,29,17,19,15,27,0,33,40,57,60,52,41,45,55,56,54,56,56,60,56,49,
51,52,52,80,64,91,71,85,55,177,167,164,165,170,165,166,165,211,204,191,191,187,
150,145,145,137,115,115,115,167,167,341,341,333,333,332,325,314,236,293,295,
277,150,479,423,552,547,533,514,466,358]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4
cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 {[#] White has an edge.} d5 $146
(9... b6 {seems wilder.} 10. Bg2 Be5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8) ({Predecessor:} 
9... b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4
d5 {1/2-1/2 (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020})
10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Be3 Rfd8
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Be8 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Nd6 b6 21. Nxe8 bxc5 (
21... Rxd1+ $14 22. Rxd1 Rxe8) 22. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 23. e5 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 25. exf6 {And now Bxc6 would win.} Nd4 26. b4
e5 {intending ...c4.} 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 Ne6 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31.
Bxd5 $16 {KB-KN} Nc7 (31... Nf8 $16) 32. Bc6 $1 $18 h5 $2 (32... h6 33. h4 Ne6)
33. Kg2 $1 Kh7 {[#]} 34. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h4]} Kg6 35. Kh4 Ne6 36. Bf3 Nd4 37.
Bxh5+ Kxf6 {[#]} 38. Bd1 $1 a5 $2 (38... Kg6 $16 {is more resistant.} 39. Kg4
f5+ 40. Kf4 Kf6) 39. Kg4 {White is clearly winning.} Nb5 40. a4 Nc3 41. Bc2 Nd5
{next ...Ne3+ is good for Black.} 42. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,14,8,25,0,-1,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,5,4,3,13,5,19,17,16,0,0,0,8,6,
12,0,0,-4,12,0,0,0,12,0,18,0,2,0,13,9,9,9,8,9,9,6,11,0,0,0,7,8,7,0,18,0,45,45,
45,45,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2.
d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Qc2 (8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. Qb3 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. axb5 axb5 16.
O-O c6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Ra3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rfa1 Rxa3 21. Qxa3 Qb7 22. Qa7
Rb8 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (38) Grischuk,A (2777)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com INT
2020}) 8... c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Bd3 Bf5 {[#]} (16... Nxg3 {with more complications.}
17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Qc1 Re8 19. Qa3 Qe7) 17. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rac1 Rfd8
18. c4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 d4 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 {
0-1 (44) Ogloblin,N (2346)-Lysyj,I (2668) Cheliabinsk 2016}) 17... Nxg3 18.
fxg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Qc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf6.}
Rae8 22. Kh1 (22. Rae1 {seems wilder.} Qxa2 23. Qxc6 Re6 24. Qc5 a6 25. Qd4)
22... f5 (22... Re7 {keeps more tension.} 23. Rf6 Qxe3 24. Qxc6 Rb8 25. Raf1
Rb6) 23. a4 Qxe3 24. Qxc6 {Hoping for Qg6+.} Qe6 (24... Re6 {is more complex.}
25. Qd5 Rf7 26. Rad1 Qe5 27. Qb3 g4) 25. Qc5 Rf7 26. Rad1 Rc8 27. Qa5 Kg7 28.
h3 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe5 31. Qf2 Qd5
32. Kh2 Qd6 33. Kh1 Qe5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qf3 Qd4 36. Kh2 g4 37. hxg4 Qxg4 38.
Qc3+ Kh7 39. a5 (39. Qd2 {is more complex.} Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qg5 41. Qd3 Qg6 42.
Qd5) 39... f4 {The position is equal.} 40. Qd3+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kg7
43. Qe5+ (43. Kg1 {is interesting.} Qxg3 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. Re6 Qg5 46. Re8)
43... Kg6 44. Qe6+ (44. gxf4 {looks sharper.} Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qxf4 46. Qc5 Rc7 47.
Re6+) 44... Qxe6 45. Rxe6+ {KR-KR} Kg5 46. gxf4+ Rxf4 47. Ra6 Rf7 48. Kh3 Rd7
49. Rc6 Rd5 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Rc6 Rd5 52. Ra6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/
Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,18,36,38,50,77,27,93,89,95,94,87,79,108,77,112,68,154,55,117,118,
135,133,158,166,170,174,183,181,204,140,313,155,367,211,195,182,231,80,173,169,
221,207,209,218,215,215,216,208,195,210,218,205,312,80,63,81,236,235,206,204,
429,449,658,569,645,638,809,625,1081,1114,861,608,756,754,616,432,503,505,485,
481,458,482,29959,29959,6172,4641,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3
b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {D22: Queen's
Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 a6 4 e3.} 7. bxc4 b4 8. Nbd2 e6 {[#]} (8... c5 $11) 9.
c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nb3 a5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. c5 O-O 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. Qc2
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rac1 Raa8 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 (17) Kladiva,
L-Szonyi,K (2160) Paks 1996}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd5 11. a5 Be7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13.
Nc4 f6 (13... O-O $14) 14. Bd3 ({Better is} 14. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nc3
15. Bxc3 bxc3 16. Rb1 (16. Qxc3 Rd8 $14)) 14... O-O-O (14... g5 $1 $14) 15. O-O
Kb8 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxh7 g5 $15) 16... g5 17. e4 Nf4 {[#]} 18. Bf1 $1 g4 19. Ne1
h5 20. Nd3 Ng6 (20... Nxd3 $16 21. Rxd3 (21. Qxd3 e5 $14) 21... Na7) 21. Qb3 (
21. Ne3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 21... h4 $2 (21... Ka7 $16 {
was worth a try.} 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Qc6) 22. Nxb4 (22. d5 $142 exd5 23.
exd5) 22... Nxb4 $18 23. Qxb4 g3 24. Bc3 $2 ({Don't take} 24. fxg3 $6 hxg3 25.
hxg3 Qc6) (24. Ne3 $18) 24... Qc6 (24... Qb5 $16) 25. f3 ({And not} 25. fxg3
hxg3 26. hxg3 e5 $11) 25... e5 {[#]} (25... Nf4 $142) 26. Ne3 $1 exd4 27. Bxd4
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Rac1.} ({But not} 28. Rxd4 $6 Bxc5 29. Qc3
gxh2+ 30. Kh1 Bxd4 $16) 28... Bxc5 29. Qc3 {Threatens to win with Rac1.} Ba7
30. Rac1 {And now Qb3 would win.} Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Nf4 (31... f5 $142) 32. Bc4 $2
(32. Kh1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 32... h3 $16 33. gxh3 gxh2+ (33... Nxh3+ $16 {
is a better defense.} 34. Kg2 Nf2) 34. Kh1 $18 Nxh3 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 35. Ng4 f5
$2 (35... Nf2+ 36. Nxf2 Bxf2) 36. exf5 Ng5 (36... Ka8 $142 37. Rb3 Bc5) 37. Bd5
Rd8 38. Rb3 Bb6 39. axb6 Bxd5 40. bxc7+ Kxc7 41. Rc3+ Kb6 42. Rb1+ Ka7 43. Nxh2
Rf8 44. Rc7+ Ka8 45. Re1 Kb8 46. Rg7 Bxf3+ (46... Nf7 $18 47. Kg2 a5) 47. Nxf3
Nxf3 48. Re4 Rxf5 49. Re8# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.86} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,14,29,19,26,20,27,36,39,-8,12,-14,-11,-13,-11,-14,-10,-15,-4,-8,-8,
-9,-8,-38,-58,-132,-103,-235,-127,-256,-260,-362,-265,-253,-281,-433,-438,-518,
-507,-1352,-1343,-1456,-5181,-2081,-1131,-6009,-5333,-29965,-29945,-29941,
-5017,-5926,-5926,-5221]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 4... a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. c3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5
10. Bb1 O-O {0-1 (36) Druzhinina,N-Marenkova,A Ufa 2004}) 5. Nge2 e5 6. d3 {
B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 {White has an
edge.} O-O 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Qd2 exf4 $1 11. Qxf4 Nd4 12. Qf2 Be6 13. h3 Nd7 14.
Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nh5 f5 {White must now prevent ...fxe4.} 16. Qg3 {[%csl Gh5]
[%cal Rg3g7]} Rf7 17. Bg5 (17. Bh6 $15 g6 18. Rac1) 17... Raf8 18. Rf2 (18.
Bxe7 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxe7 19. e5) 18... fxe4 (18... Bxg5 $19 19.
Qxg5 fxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 20. Rxf7 Qxf7 21. Nxe4 h6) 19. Bxe7 (
19. Rxf7 $17 Rxf7 20. dxe4) 19... Qxe7 $19 20. Raf1 {Threatening Nxg7!} Rxf2
21. Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 (22. Kxf2 {was the only chance.} e3+ 23. Ke1) 22... Qg5
{aiming for ...Nf3+.} 23. g4 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kg2 (24. Qf1
$142 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Qf2 Ne1+ 27. Kf1 Qxf2+
28. Kxf2 Nxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Ke3) 24... e3 25. Qf4 {[#]} Qxc2+
(25... Bd5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 27. Kg3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 28. Kf3 Nxf4 29. Nxe3 Qe2+ 30. Kxf4 g5+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Decoy}
31. Kxg5 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kh4 Qxd3) 26. Kg3 e2 27. Kf2 Qxb2
28. Qxd6 e1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 29. Kxe1 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack}
30. Kf2 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.
24/Black=0.26} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,14,30,13,13,0,0,-24,24,28,20,20,35,8,27,-22,0,-16,0,-54,0,-19,0,0,
0,-9,0,-4,-4,-8,-5,-52,-4,-34,-28,-24,0,0,0,0,26,25,18,25,5,2,12,0,0,0,2,3,1,2,
5,-18,-26,-43,-12,-12,464,495,1031,1019,1148,1139,1081,1059,4798,1163,1347,
1273,1306,1274]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 {[#]} bxc4 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 5... e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a6
11. e4 c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Nc7 14. Rad1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 Rb8 17. Bc1
bxc4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. dxc5 Qe7 22. c6 Nc5 23. Ne5
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd5 {1-0 (24) Hungaski,R (2507)-Flores,D (2599) Caxias do Sul
2012}) 6. bxc4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Ba6 7. Na3 e6 8. O-O {The
position is equal.} Bd6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. d3 Nfd7 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Qc2 {aiming for
c5.} (12. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Qe7 13. Rab1 $14) 12... Qe7 13. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2]
[%cal Rc3g7]} f6 14. Nc2 (14. Bc1 $11) 14... Na4 15. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Nc5 16.
Qc3 Na4 17. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Nc5 18. Qa3 dxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Qe3 e5 21.
Rfc1 Be6 22. Ba3 Nbd7 23. Nb4 Rac8 24. Nd2 Nb8 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Ne6 27.
Rac1 Nd4 28. Bb2 Bxb4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4c6] Black must now
prevent Rxc6+.} Kh8 31. Rxb4 c5 32. Rb7 Qxe2 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 33.
Bf3 Qe5 34. Rxa7 Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
34... Qg5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 35. Qc4 f5) 35. Bxc6 $18 {White is clearly
winning.} Rxc6 {[#]} (35... h6 $142 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. Qxc5 Rfd8 38. Qxe5 fxe5)
36. Qb7 $1 {[%csl Ga7,LRc6,LRg7][%cal Rb7g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg5 37. f4
Qg4 38. Qxc6 {Threatening mate with Ra8.} Qe2 39. Qxc5 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Qe3+ 40.
Kg2 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Rb8 {[#]} 41. Qc8+ $3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/
Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,13,11,112,134,158,168]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5.
Bxc4 Nf6 (5... Bb4+ $1 $11 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 (7. Kxd2 dxe3+ 8. Ke2 Qf6 $17)
7... Nf6) 6. Qb3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation. D20: Queen's
Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} ({Reject} 6. Nxd4 $6 Bd6 $11) 6... Qe7 {[#]}
7. O-O $1 {[#] Not enough moves} {Predecessor:} Nc6 $146 8. exd4 Ne4 9. Nc3 f5
10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bg5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxg5 13. Rfe1 Qg6 14. Bd5 {1-0 (14)
Khruschiov,A (2370)-Gusev,A (2381) Tula 2019} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,117,33,28,38,31,35,18,27,20,26,19,22,15,15,6,20,-12,4,-15,17,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-9,-8,-22,-23,-34,-34,-34,-26,-36,-31,-114,0,-4,39,39,39,39,39,39,60,0,0,
0,30,30,30,30,38,31,38,38,81,81,81,45,81,81,87,87,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,
89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 e6
10. O-O Bxe2 {Recently 10...Bh5 got a lot of attention.} 11. Qxe2 Bd6 12. Bg5
O-O {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} 13. Rac1 Rc8 14.
a3 Be7 15. Na4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc3
Nd6 18. Rfc1 Na7 19. Rc5 g6 20. Qe1 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Ndc8 22. g3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (86)
Gantner,M (2297)-Alvir,A (2367) Flims 2012}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. b4
g6 19. Nb3 Kg7 20. h3 h5 21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 b5 25.
Nc5 Nc4 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 (28. Nxa4 $15 Qxb4 29. Rxc4 Qb1+ 30.
Qf1) 28... a3 (28... Rd8 $17 29. Nxa4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. g3 Qa1) 29. Ra2 ({
But not} 29. Qxa6 Bb2 $17) 29... Bb2 30. Nd3 ({Much worse is} 30. Nxa6 Rd8 $17)
30... Qf6 {With the idea ...Rd8.} 31. Nxb2 axb2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQR} 32. Qc2 Rb8 33. Qxb2 (33. Rxb2 $14 Rb6 34. Ra2) 33... Qxb2 $11 34.
Rxb2 $14 {KR-KR} Rb5 (34... a5 $5) 35. Ra2 Rxb4 36. Rxa6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38.
Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. g3 Rc2 41. Ra5 Rb2 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 Rc2 44. g5 Rb2
45. e4 Rc2 46. Kg3 Rb2 47. f3 Rb4 48. Kf4 Rb3 49. Ra6 Rc3 50. Ra4 Rb3 51. Kg4
Re3 52. f4 Re1 53. f5 (53. Rb4 $16) 53... gxf5+ $11 {The position is equal.}
54. exf5 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Ke5 Rg1 57. Kf4 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Rg1 {[#] aiming
for ...Rg4+.} 59. Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,5,12,14,0,72,55,58,57,37,25,39,32,43,29,108,105,95,87,86,79,86,91,
137,153,150,139,140,135,158,158,222,222,210,204,287,281,283,270,271,276,289,
289,458,432,450,419,485,486,487,469,1785]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. a3 {[#]} a5 $146 (10... Qc7 $11) ({
Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Rhf1 Qe7 15.
Kb1 d4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (45) Kokarev,D (2619)-Korobov,A (2710)
Moscow 2016}) 11. Qf2 b6 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bb5 Qc7
14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. exf6 Rxf6 (15... Bxf6 $11 16. Bd4 Qc7) 16. Bd4 $16 {Black is
now going downhill.} Rf8 17. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19.
f5 Bb7 (19... Rxf5 $2 20. Nd4 $18) 20. Ne5 Qe8 {[#]} 21. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f6]}
Rf8 {[#]} 22. Rhe1 $1 h5 23. Ne3 Ne4 (23... Rd8 $16) 24. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 25. Rf1
$40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rc8 (25... Rd8 $142) 26. f6 {[%csl
Gf6][%cal Rg3g7]} Rf7 27. fxg7 Rxg7 28. Qe5 Rc5 29. Qf6 {Strongly threatening
Rd8!} Rg6 (29... Bd5 $142 30. Qh4 Qe7) 30. Qd8 Rc8 31. Qxb6 Bd5 32. Qxa5 Qc6
33. Rf2 (33. Qa7 Rg7 $18) 33... Ba2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.
33} (33... Qa8 $142 34. Qxa8 (34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 $16) 34... Bxa8) 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,120,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,7,10,4,0,28,27,28,27,27,24,29,28,31,10,18,10,31,0,6,6,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,10,8,1164,1164,1139,904,1164,1154,1957,1908,1783,1327,1169,
1151,29956,29954,29960,29958,29959,29953,29959,11424,4006,0,0,0,3811,1121,
29962,29962,29954,7224,4627]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxh4
Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 15.
Rd3 at the moment.} Bc5 16. Rd3 {aiming for Rad1.} Be6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3
Kd7 19. Nd4 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... c5 20. Nxe6 Kxe6 21. f4 g6 22.
Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Plas,R (2325)-Glukhovtsev,S (2393) ICCF email 2017}) 20. Rd1
{Threatening Nf5+.} Ke7 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Red3 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.}
Re8 23. Rd8 {And now Rxe8+ would win.} g6 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. f4 Bc8 (27... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]}
28. f5 Bxa2 $14) 28. Kf2 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Kf3 b6 31. c4 Rh8 32. Kg3 Re8
33. Rd3 a5 34. a4 Be6 35. b3 Bc8 36. g5+ (36. c5 $5) 36... Kg7 37. Kf3 Rh8 38.
Ke4 Re8+ 39. Kd4 Rd8+ 40. Kc3 Re8 41. c5 b5 $1 42. axb5 cxb5 43. b4 axb4+ 44.
Kxb4 c6 45. Ka5 Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Kf7 $11) 46. Nxf5+ $18 gxf5 {KR-KR}
47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Rd6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh5 49. Rxc6 Kg4 50. Kxb5
Kxf4 51. g6 Kg5 52. g7 f4 53. Rc7 Kg6 {[#]} 54. Re7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 (54...
Rb8+ 55. Kc4) 55. Kc4 (55. c6 $142 Kf6 56. Ra7 Kg6 57. c7 Rc8 58. Kb6 Kxg7 59.
Kb7 Rf8 60. Ra8) 55... Kf6 56. Re4 $2 ({Better is} 56. Ra7 $18 f3 57. Ra3 Rxg7
58. Rxf3+ Ke6 59. Rd3) 56... Kf5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 57. Re7 {[%mdl 8192]} (
57. Re1 $11 Rxg7 58. c6) 57... Kf6 $18 58. Ra7 (58. Rb7 $142 f3 59. Rb3 Rxg7
60. Rxf3+ Ke7 61. Rd3) 58... Re8 59. c6 Rc8 60. Kc5 Kg6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.13/Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-3,-4,-4,0,-6,-5,3,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,35,32,18,24,0,0,-20,10,-13,
-44,-43,0,-37,-39,-46,14,-49,98,47,54,51,49,8,33,20,51,51,50,53,50,54,58,22,10,
26,226,-413,-407,-391,-225]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Qc2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without
early d3.} Nxc3 7. bxc3 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qg5 8. Nf3 Qg6 9.
Qxg6 hxg6 10. d4 Bd6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nd2 Na5 14. a4 f6 15. Ke2 Ke7
16. Bxd7 Kxd7 17. h3 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 (17) Malakhatko,V (2456)-Sadzikowski,D (2502)
Suwalki 2019}) 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Rb1 O-O-O 10. Be2 g5 11.
Nf3 Be7 12. d4 Kb8 13. O-O g4 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd5 17. Bd3 (17.
dxe5 Qe6 $17) 17... Rhf8 18. a4 ({Of course not} 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be4 $17
) 18... Qe6 19. Nd2 (19. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b7]} b6 20. Qb5 $11) 19... exd4 20.
exd4 f4 (20... b6 $15) 21. Ne4 ({But not} 21. Qb2 b6 $17) (21. Be4 $11) 21...
g3 (21... b6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 22. hxg3 ({White should try} 22. fxg3
$16 fxg3 23. Nxg3) 22... fxg3 $14 23. fxg3 h5 24. Bf4 h4 $1 {White should
prevent ...hxg3.} 25. Re1 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] And now Nc5 would win. White has
some attack.} Qd7 26. Qb2 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb2b7]} b6 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5
Rxf4 29. cxb6 axb6 30. gxf4 {Black must now prevent Rbd1.} h3 $2 {[#]} (30...
Rg8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 h3) 31. a5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (31. g3 $1 $18) 31... Rg8 $19 32. Bf1 ({Not} 32. Re2 $2 Bxg2 33.
Rxg2 Rxg2+ 34. Qxg2 hxg2 $19) 32... hxg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/
Black=0.31} (32... Bxg2 $142 33. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 34. Qxg2 hxg2 35. axb6 Qh3) 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,34,30,19,19,14,18,22,14,22,18,6,22,16,45,18,36,20,35,19,34,10,34,
22,25,4,23,0,0,0,18,0,3,7,12,12,5,8,10,6,8,12,38,0,6,0,41,26,80,18,12,13,23,9,
12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,24,36,28,17,34,17,25,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Nxc6 {B47: Sicilian:
Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} bxc6 8. Qd3 d5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3
Nf6 {[#]} 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 Bb4 12. Bd2 d4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4
Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 c5 16. Nc4 Ke7 17. Bf3 {1-0 (38) Karjakin,S (2752)-Cori,J (2652)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... a5 12. g4 Ba6 13. g5 {Threatens to win with Bxa6.}
Nd7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ke2 a4 16. Bd2 h5 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. b3 Bg7 19. Rac1 ({
Don't blunder} 19. bxa4 $2 d4 $19) 19... axb3 20. axb3 Rg8 (20... h5 {seems
wilder.} 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Ke7) 21. g4 (21. exd5 {keeps more
tension.} cxd5 22. Nb5 Be5 23. Kf1 Rb6 24. Nc3) 21... Bxc3 22. Bxc3 dxe4 23.
Rxh6 exf3+ 24. Kxf3 Ra2 25. Rh5 Ke7 26. Bb4+ Kf6 27. Bc3+ Ke7 28. Bb4+ Kf6 29.
Rd1 c5 {[#]} 30. Bc3+ (30. Be1 $1 $16 Ra7 31. Bh4+ Kg6 32. Bg3) 30... Ke7 $11
31. Rd2 Ra6 32. Kf4 (32. Rf2 {feels hotter.} Ke8 33. Re2 Rd6 34. Rh1 Ra6 35.
Re4) 32... Rd6 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. g5 Nf8 35. Rh1
Ng6+ 36. Ke4 Ne7 37. Bd2 Nf5 {Strongly threatening ...Ng3+.} 38. Bf4+ Ke7 $1
39. Ra1 Rd8 $1 40. Be5 {aiming for Bf6+.} Rd2 $1 {The position is equal.} 41.
Ra7+ Ke8 42. Ra8+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7 $1 45. Ra7+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.12/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,16,38,27,31,0,40,35,55,0,10,6,6,-15,-18,-25,-12,-15,7,12,11,2,1,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,7,-21,0,0,0,-10,0,0,58,58,45,61,94,26,229,237,244,29,
259,229,220,126,131,121,247,177,166,33,35,40,39,47,97,93,109,26,356,356,421,
427,418,418,345,394,373,410,618,227,618,613,556,538,1414,1335,1343,1416,1008,
1339,1243,900,29963,29965,29963,29963,5097,2359,29970,29972,29967,29968,29970,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and
lines with 7 Nf3.} Bg7 7. h4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.f4.}
N8d7 8. h5 {[#] White is slightly better.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9.
hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 Bxb5
15. Qxb5+ {0-1 (37) Ioannidis,E (2411)-Petriashvili,N (2424) Chess.com INT 2021
}) 9. h6 Bf6 10. d5 O-O 11. e4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qe7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Be2 (17. b4 {looks sharper.} Nb7 18. Be2 f6 19. a3 Be6
20. O-O) 17... Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne6 20. Rac1 Rad8 {And now ...Nc4
would win.} 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26.
Qa3 g5 (26... Qf8 $11) 27. Rxc5 $14 Qxh6 28. Qxa7 f5 29. d6 (29. Qa3 $16) 29...
e4 $2 {[#]} (29... Qxd6 $11 30. Bd5+ Kh8) 30. d7 $1 $18 Rf8 (30... Nxf3+ 31.
gxf3) 31. Rd5 $2 Nxf3+ $2 ({Wrong is} 31... Nc6 $2 32. Qc7 $18) (31... Nc2 $1
$11 {and Black is okay.} 32. Red1 exf3) 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Qe3 (33. Qc7 $1 $18 {
aiming for Rxf5!} Qh3 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. fxg3) 33... Qh5 $16 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 34.
Qe6+ Kg7 (34... Rf7 $16 35. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8)
35. Qe5+ Rf6 36. Qh2 (36. a4 $1 $18) 36... Qg4+ $14 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. fxg3 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Re8. KRR-KRR} Rf7 39. Red1 g4 40. a4
(40. b4 $1 $16) 40... Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... h5 $1 $11) 41. a5 $1 $18 h5
42. a6 f4 {[#]} 43. gxf4 Rxf4 {[#]} 44. R5d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f4]} Rf7 45. Kf2 Re7
(45... g3+ $142 46. Kxg3 f2) 46. Kg3 $2 (46. a7) 46... Re2 $2 (46... Re5 47.
Ra1 Kf5) 47. a7 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rf8+ 49. Ke5 Re2+ 50. Re4 Rxe4+ 51. Kxe4 {KR-KR}
f2 52. b4 g3 53. d8=Q {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Rxd8 54. Rxd8 f1=Q 55. a8=Q (55.
Rg8+ $142 Kh6 56. a8=Q Qe2+ 57. Kf4 Qf1+ 58. Ke5 Qe2+ 59. Qe4 Qb2+ 60. Kd6)
55... Qe2+ 56. Kf4 Qg4+ 57. Ke3 Qg5+ 58. Kf3 $2 (58. Ke2 {mates} Qb5+ 59. Rd3
Qc4 60. Qe8+ Kf6 61. Qxh5 Qc2+ 62. Ke3 Qc1+ 63. Kf3 Qf1+ 64. Ke4) 58... Qg4+
$11 {The position is equal.} 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kxg3 Qe3+ $1 61. Kh2 {Qc6+ would
kill now.} Qe5+ 62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Qe2+ 64. Kg3 {White threatens Rd6+ and
mate.} Qe3+ $1 65. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Qc6+.} Qe5+ 66. Kh1 {
Intending Qc6+ and mate.} Qe1+ 67. Kh2 {Threatening mate with Rd6+.} Qe5+ $1 {
Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.69}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,94,12,16,22,15,24,19,16,10,14,5,13,3,3,6,14,11,38,38,34,36,34,54,42,
26,29,24,29,14,72,21,33,33,50,0,13,18,11,0,2,0,0,0,15,0,24,20,63,20,33,17,20,0,
67,60,64,-92,0,0,0,-96,0,0,0,-98,0,0,0,-94,-94,-96,-97,-96,-75,-622,-622,-614,
-602,-796,-773,-864,-775,-800,-775]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5
d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ba7 9. Nf1 {now
scores much better than the old 9.Bb3.} Na5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb3
Nxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 Bd7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14.
Bd2 Qe7 15. d4 Qf8 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. Be3 Re7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Svane,R (2592)-Mastrovasilis,A (2521) Batumi 2019}) 14... c5 15.
bxc5 Bxc5 16. d4 Bb6 17. Be3 a5 18. c4 a4 19. Qd3 Ra6 20. Rad1 exd4 (20... Ba5
$11) 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd4 $16 Bc5 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Bxc5 (23. Nxf5 Nxe4 24. Bd4
Bxd4 $14) (23. exf5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 $15)) 21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 {Strongly
threatening Ndf5.} Qb6 23. Qc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. f3 {Threatening Ndf5.} Rc8
26. Ndf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Rxc4 28. Rxd6 Rc2 29. Rb6 Rc7 30. Ra1 Nd7 31. Rd6 {
[#] Hoping for Ne7+.} Ne5 32. Rd4 b5 (32... Nc4 $11) 33. Rd5 $14 Nc4 34. Rb1 $2
(34. Rc1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 34... Nb6 ({Black should try} 34... b4
$17) 35. Re5 (35. Rd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc4 36. Rd4) 35... Nc4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 36. Rd5 Nb6 ({Black should play} 36... b4 $17
) 37. Rd6 (37. Re5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... Nc4 38. Rd5 Nb6 39. Rd6 Nc4 40.
Rd5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 41. Rc1 Raa7 42. Rb5 b3 43. Rb1 {[%mdl
8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} (43. Ne7+ $17 Rxe7 44. Rxc4) 43...
Nd2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Ra1 Rc2 45. Nd4 Rxb2 46. Ra3 Rb1+ 47.
Kf2 Nc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.17} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,0,0,-4,1,0,-8,-14,49,20,63,66,75,33,72,73,200,200,214,211,208,206,
318,331,390,358,400,378,442,410,593,592,878,456,444,437,445,428,556,350,566,
453,458,458,458,458,453,454,446,443,435,422,441,420,342,300,300,300,303,305,
830,830,830,830,830,830,818,791,725,0,695,399,366,334,346,71,87,147,391,319,
341,356,639,519,5057,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. d5 Na5
6. Qa4+ {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 {
aiming for Nxe5.} Bd7 (8... Bd6 $11) 9. O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9...
Bd6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bd2 e4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. h3 O-O 15. Nc3 Rac8 {
0-1 (35) Rodrigues da Silva,E (2168)-Silveira Filho,N (2246) Joao Pessoa 2012})
10. Qb3 Na5 11. Bxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 12. Qd1 {And now Bxg8
would win.} Kxf7 (12... Bb5 $16) 13. Nxe5+ $18 Ke8 14. Qd5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Rd5f7]} (14. Nxd7 Nc6 $15) 14... Nh6 15. Nxd7 Rc8 {[#]} (15... Nc6 {might work
better.}) 16. Nc3 $1 Qc7 {intending ...Nf7.} (16... Qxd7 17. Qxa5) 17. Ne5 Rd8
18. Qb5+ Kf8 {With the idea ...a6.} 19. f4 g6 (19... Nc6 {was called for.} 20.
Nd5 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5) 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 22. b4 $1 Rxd5 23. bxc5
(23. bxa5 Nf7 $18) 23... Nf7 24. Bb2 {Threatens to win with Nxf7.} Rg8 $2 (
24... Nxe5 {was necessary.} 25. e4 Rd3 26. Bxe5 Rg8) 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Nxe5 27. Rd8+ (27. fxe5 Ke7 $16) ({Not} 27. Bxe5 Nc6 $18) 27... Kf7 28. Rxg8
Kxg8 29. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. g4 Kd5 32. Bd4
Ke4 33. h4 Nc6 34. Kg3 a5 $2 (34... a6 35. h5 Nd8) 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 Ne7 37.
a4 Nf5+ 38. Kg4 h6 39. Kh3 $2 (39. c6 $18 bxc6 40. Bc5) 39... Kf3 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (39... Nxd4 $11 40. exd4 Kxd4) 40. Kh2 Ne7 41. Kg1 Nf5 {[#]} 42. Kf1 $2
(42. c6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6b7]} bxc6 43. Bb6) 42... Ng3+ $16 43. Ke1 Ke4 $2 (
43... Kg4 $16) 44. c6 bxc6 45. Bc3 Nxh5 $2 (45... Nf5 46. Bd2 (46. Bxa5 Nxe3
47. Bc7 Kd5 $18) 46... c5 47. Bxa5 Nxe3) 46. Bxa5 $18 Kxe3 (46... Nf6 $142 47.
Bd8 Nd7) 47. Bc3 $2 (47. Bb6+ $18 Ke4 48. a5) 47... Nxf4 {[%mdl 32768]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.44. Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,27,10,10,10,8,10,10,14,11,11,2,7,7,9,8,8,3,5,5,8,6,14,14,12,15,12,
5,27,18,26,22,41,47,53,39,63,71,54,58,86,51,53,14,93,88,88,86,114,114,118,81,
125,110,121,127,137,135,142,143,145,139,140,138,139,131,175,147,202,188,210,
210,210,210,250,209,415,391,428,402,380,377,387,380,506,472,768,745,1234,1150]
} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English
Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Nxd7
Nxd7 10. Nc3 {10.b3 is the modern continuation.} Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13.
Bb2 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 h6 17. d3 b6 {[#]} 18. e3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Qb1 Ne8 19. e3 Bf6 20. a3 h5 21. Ba1 Qe7 22. h4 {1/2-1/2 (48)
Andersen,M (2605)-Diermair,A (2507) Batumi 2018}) 18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Qe2 Qd6 21. Qh5 Bf6 22. Ba3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. b4 (
26. d4 $5) 26... cxb4 {[#]} (26... Re7 $11) 27. Bxb4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin} a5
28. Bd2 Rd6 29. Rc2 Ra7 30. a3 Ne7 31. Rb1 g6 32. Rb5 Kg7 33. Kf2 h5 34. Bg2
Rad7 35. h3 Kf8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke8 38. a4 Bg7 (38... Bh4+ $16 {is a
better defense.} 39. Kf3 Nc6) 39. Bc1 $18 Re6 40. Ba3 Kd8 41. d4 Bf8 42. g5 $40
{[%mdl 128] [#] Black must now prevent Bh3. White is out for blood.} Bg7 $2 (
42... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 43. Bxe7+ Rexe7) 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. Bxd5 Red6 45.
Bc6 Rc7 46. d5 f6 47. e4 {White is clearly winning.} fxg5 (47... Kf8 $142 48.
Rxb6 Rd8 49. gxf6 Bxf6) 48. e5 Rd8 49. d6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,148,25,29,26,21,41,44,34,31,41,30,74,72,57,27,36,0,35,25,32,21,35,32,
35,30,72,26,57,33,62,25,40,41,46,53,62,57,64,33,67,65,66,0,52,52,48,25,18,18,
47,52,58,39,59,52,58,51,75,68,75,58,56,60,110,12,14,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,232,212,223,228,546,450,449,436,453,465,435,0,
479,0,295,8,398,0,0,-809,-774,-826,-792,-4323,-3427,-1826,-1701,-1513,-1506,
-29963,-12822,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10.
e5 O-O {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6
Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bd3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Nge7 15. Qd2 g6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Qe3 Nb4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19.
Ne5 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 {1-0 (35) Sargsyan,S (3031)-Grekh,A (2508) Chess.com INT
2019}) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bf4 Na5 (17... g5 $5 18. Bxg5 Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 Bxg5 $14) 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Be5 Bf6 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. h3 a5 23.
a3 a4 24. Re2 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rf5 26. Re3 Be8 27. g4 Rf8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. Kg2 Rf7
30. Re2 (30. Kg3 $14) 30... Rf8 (30... Qd8 $1 $11) 31. Qe3 $14 Qd6 32. Qg3
Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 b5 34. Na2 g5 35. Nb4 Rf4 36. Red2 Kh7 37. f3 Kh6 38. h4 Rf8 {
White should prevent ...gxh4+.} 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Re1 Rh8 41. Re5+ ({White
should try} 41. f4+ $16 Kf6 42. g5+ Kf5 43. Nc2) 41... Kf6 $11 42. Re1 g5 43.
Nc2 Be8 44. Rde2 Bf7 45. Rd2 Bg6 46. Nb4 Rhc8 47. Na6 Rc2 48. Ree2 Rxd2 49.
Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 50. Nb4 Bf7 51. dxe5+ Kxe5 52. Nd3+ Kd4 {
aiming for ...Ke3.} 53. Kf2 Rh8 54. Nb4+ Kc4 55. Kg3 d4 56. Nc6 {Black must
now prevent Ne5+.} d3 $2 (56... Rf8 $11) 57. Ne5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Kd4 58. Nxf7 {KRN-KR} Rg8 (58... Rf8 {is more resistant.} 59. Nxg5 Ke3) 59. Nd6
Ke3 60. Ne4 Rc8 61. Rd1 Rc2 {[#]} 62. Nxg5 $2 (62. Re1+ $1 $18 Re2 63. Rb1)
62... Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Ke2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 63. Rg1 d2) 63.
Ne6 $2 (63. Ne4 $18) 63... b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (63... d2 $11 {and Black
stays safe.}) 64. axb4 $2 (64. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5g6] g6 is the strong threat.
} bxa3 65. g6) 64... a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... d2 $1 $11 65. Nc5 Ke2 66. Nxa4
Rb3 67. Rxd2+ Kxd2) 65. Nf4 $2 ({White should play} 65. Re1+ $18 Re2 66. Ra1)
65... d2 $11 {Hoping for ...a2.} 66. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. g5 $11 a2 67. g6
) 66... a2 $19 67. Nd5+ Kd3 68. b5 Rb1 69. Nf4+ Kc4 70. Rxa2 d1=Q 71. Ng2 Qd6+
72. f4 Rb3+ {Black mates.} 73. Kf2 Qd4+ 74. Ne3+ Qxe3+ {What a bad dream for
White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.27} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,128,15,12,16,14,13,28,-26,27,12,18,11,0,0,-4,-9,-4,-13,0,0,28,-12,0,
-29,0,12,0,-51,-40,-50,-33,-26,-33,-29,-31,-37,-25,-50,-20,-53,-37,-41,-41,-44,
-37,-82,-82,-120,-113,-124,-121,-121,-113,-153,-149,-155,-155,-164,-161,-145,
-131,-131,-131,-131,-127,-131,-131,-131,-131,-140,-154,-154,-140,-140,-140,
-142,-131,-131,-131,-142,-131,-131,-131,-142,-131,-142,-131,-142,-131,-143,
-131,-148,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bh5 10.
Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 11.Bb5.} (11.
b4 $142 Be7 12. Qe2) 11... a5 ({Better is} 11... Qxd3 12. Bc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3
Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Rae8) 12. Ne4 $11 a4 13. Bc2 {[#]} Ra5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13...
Be7 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 exd4 18. Be4 dxc3 19. Rxc3
Qd2 {1-0 (30) Stevic,H (2575)-Plenca,J (2483) Vinkovci 2020}) 14. b4 axb3 $1
15. Bxb3 Be7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 Bf6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 18. Be3 (18. Ne4 {is more
complex.} Bxe4 19. Rxe4 exd4 20. cxd4 Ra8 21. Rb1) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 21. Bxd5 (21. Bd4 $11) 21... cxd5 $15
22. Bd4 h6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Rfa8 26. Re2 Bd3 27. Rd2 Bc4 {
[%cal Ra5a2]} 28. Nf5 Rxa2 29. Rdxa2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KB-KN} 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Bb1 33. Ne3 Be4 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd2 c5 37.
Kc3 h5 38. h4 Kc6 39. Nd1 Kb5 40. Ne3 c4 41. Nd1 Ka4 42. Kb2 Kb4 {[#] And now .
..c3+! would win.} 43. Nc3 f6 44. Na2+ Kb5 45. Nc3+ Kc6 46. Nd1 Bf3 47. Nc3 Bg2
48. Nd1 Be4 49. Nc3 Kd6 50. Kc1 Kd7 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. Kc1 Bg2 53. Kb2 Kd6 {
...Ke6 is the strong threat.} 54. Nd1 Bf3 55. Ne3 Kc6 56. Nf5 Bg4 (56... g6 $17
57. Ne3 Be4) 57. Nxg7 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 58. f5 Ke7 59. Ne6 Kd6 (
59... Bxf5 $5 60. Nf4 $8 Be4 $11) 60. Nf4 Bf3 61. Kc3 Kc6 62. Kb4 Bg4 63. Kc3
Kd6 64. Kb4 Kc6 {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,20,33,19,22,-20,-14,-50,-45,-145,-154,-184,-85,-81,-75,-203,-200,
-201,-205,-337,-333,-410,-218,-223,-222,-429,-400,-460,-435,-509,-235,-239,
-170,-206,-141,-138,-126,-157,-92,-136,-127,-136,-124,-112,-125,-159,-72,-77,
-43,-43,-43,-43,0,0,-8,-66,12,-187,-178,-344,-127,-134,-129,-119,-138,-117,
-126,-141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,1831,1841,1673,1654,1585,1550]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual
lines.} Bc6 7. Re1 g5 8. h3 {The position is equal.} h5 {[#]} 9. Na3 $146 (9.
h4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Qxg4 dxc3 12. Be4 Nh6 13.
Qf4 cxb2 14. Bxb2 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 {0-1 (56) Quillan,G (2409)-Koneru,H (2589)
Caleta 2012}) 9... g4 $17 10. Nh2 Nh6 (10... gxh3 $19 {is more deadly.} 11. g3
h4) 11. Be4 {[%cal Rh3g4]} d3 12. b4 (12. hxg4 $17 hxg4 13. Nxg4) 12... Bxe4
$19 13. Rxe4 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 14. Qa4+ (14. Rf4 {was
called for.}) 14... Nc6 15. bxc5 Bxc5 (15... gxh3 $142 16. Nb5 O-O-O) 16. Nb5
O-O-O 17. Qc4 $2 (17. Ba3 {is the only way for White.} Bxa3 18. Nxa3 gxh3 19.
Qc4) 17... g3 18. Nf1 gxf2+ 19. Kh2 Nf5 (19... a6 $142 20. Qxd5 exd5) 20. Ba3
Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Kb8 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 (22... exd5 $6 23. Rf4 $11) 23. Nc4 b5 (23...
h4 $142 $1 24. Rb1 b6) 24. Nce3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxe5 26. Rf4 f5 27. Kg3 {[#]} Kc7
(27... Ne7 $142 $1 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 28. Kxf2 Ng6) 28. a4 a6 29. axb5 axb5 (
29... f1=R {keeps more tension.} 30. Nxf1 axb5 31. Ne3 Rc5 32. Kf2 h4) 30. Kxf2
Re4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Kg3 (32. Nf1 $11) 32...
Rf8 ({Better is} 32... e5 $15) 33. Re1 $2 (33. Rf1 $1 $11 Ra8 34. Rb1) 33...
Ne7 $19 34. Rb1 $2 {[#]} (34. Nd1 Nf5+ 35. Kh2) 34... Kc6 $2 (34... Nd5 $1 $19
{and Black stays clearly on top.} 35. Re1 (35. Nxd5+ $2 exd5 36. Rxb5 h4+ 37.
Kxh4 Rf2 $19) 35... h4+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 36. Kxh4 Rf2) 35. Rb4 $17 Nf5+
36. Kf4 Nd6+ 37. Ke5 Rf2 38. Rd4 Nf7+ ({Black should play} 38... Nb7 $17 39.
Kxe6 Rxd2) 39. Kxe6 $11 ({Don't play} 39. Kxe4 Rxd2 40. h4 Nd6+ 41. Ke5 Nb7 $17
) 39... Ng5+ 40. Ke5 Rxd2 41. h4 Re2 42. Rd6+ Kb7 {Threatens to win with ...
Nf7+.} 43. hxg5 Rxe3 44. g6 {Kf4 is the strong threat.} Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
44... Kc7 $11 45. Rd5 Rg3 46. Kxe4 Kc6 47. Rxh5 d2) 45. g4 $1 $18 {White wants
to mate with g7.White is clearly winning.} Rg2 46. gxh5 d2 47. Kxe4 {What a
bad dream for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.45} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,88,33,24,29,31,30,25,35,18,25,-13,31,27,35,28,53,52,51,51,60,50,58,
55,61,60,54,36,36,36,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 {
C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Bd3 Bd7
{[#] White has an edge.} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne2 f6 16. Kd2 fxe5
17. fxe5 Ke7 18. Rhf1 Raf8 19. h4 Be8 20. Nf4 Rhg8 21. g3 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Psakhis,L (2560)-Drasko,M (2510) Moscow 1988}) 15... h5 16. a4 Bc6 17. a5 Nd7
18. Ne2 Ke7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Kd2 g6 21. b4 Rc7 22. Ra3 Nb8 23. Rc3 Rhc8 24. Ra1
Bd7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Ke3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxc6+ (27. Rb1 {
seems wilder.} Nxd4 28. Kxd4 Bb5 29. Rb3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rc2 31. Rc3) 27... Bxc6
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Kd4 Bb5 29. Ra3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 {KR-KR} Kd7
31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 {KP-KP} Kc6 33. Kb3 Kb5 34. d4 Kc6 35. Ka4 b5+ 36. axb6
Kxb6 37. g3 Kb7 38. Ka5 Ka7 39. b5 axb5 40. Kxb5 Kb7 41. Kc5 {[#] aiming for
Kd6.} Kc7 42. Kb5 Kb7 43. Kc5 {Threatens to win with Kd6.} Kc7 44. Kb5 Kb7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,15,20,22,15,0,23,-30,-22,-28,-29,-27,-27,-62,-47,-108,-104,-99,
-103,-168,-166,-166,-169,-169,-159,-268,-247,-314,-297]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin
Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Ne4 7. Rc1 Nd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (7...
Bxc3+ {is more complex.} 8. bxc3 g5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxd2 12.
Qxd2 O-O) 8. e3 (8. Nd2 $142) 8... g5 $11 9. Bg3 h5 {Threatens to win with ...
h4.} 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 12. Nd2 (12. Qb4
$15) 12... Nxd2 $1 $17 13. Kxd2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 14. Bd6 (14. Be5 $17
Nxe5 15. dxe5) 14... Qf6 $1 $19 {[%csl LRd6,LRf2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 15.
Ba3 Qxf2+ 16. Be2 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4] [#] ...Ne4+ is the strong threat.}
17. Qb4 $146 (17. Rhe1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) ({Predecessor:} 17. Rcf1 Ne4+ 18.
Kd3 Qxg2 19. Qb4 c5 20. dxc5 Bg4 21. Qb5+ Kd8 22. Re1 Bxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qxe2+ {
0-1 (24) Ipatov,A (2644)-Sjugirov,S (2675) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 17... Ne4+
18. Kd1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4e7]} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4] Black took control after
the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.03} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,103,12,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-4,-17,19,12,39,29,52,48,54,54,51,10,20,16,
24,17,16,0,0,0,0,0,10,13,11,0,2,7,0,0,59,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-81,-81,-110,-114,
-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 (8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nd3
20. Bxd4 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ {
1/2-1/2 (25) Mamedyarov,S (2770)-Giri,A (2780) Bucharest 2021}) 8... Qa5 9. Nd2
{D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} O-O {
9...Nd7 is a critical line.} 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O {[#]} Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nc4 Qxa2 16. Nxb6 Ba4
17. Qe1 Ra7 {0-1 (30) Aghasiyev,K (2554)-Yeletsky,I (2704) Chess.com INT 2019})
12. Qb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 ({Of course not} 14. Qxb7 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4
$17) 14... Bxb3 15. axb3 Qd8 16. d5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Rd1 a5
19. Ra2 Nb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rac2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 h5 24. h3 Qd7 25.
Bb6 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. f3 Rb4 (27... Qb5 $11 28. Kh1 Qa6) 28. Be3 (28. Qc8+
$1 $14 Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Bd8) 28... Bf6 $11 29. Bf4 Kh7 30. Kh2 Rb2 31.
Qc4 b5 32. Qc7 (32. Qc5 $1 $11) 32... Qxc7 $17 33. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame 
[#] Threatens to win with d6. KRB-KRB} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 34. e5 {[#]} gxf4 (
34... Bg7 $1 $17 35. d6 (35. Rxe7 $2 gxf4 36. Rxf7 Kg6 $19) 35... exd6 36. Bxg5
Bxe5+ 37. f4 Bd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6) 35. exf6 $11 {The position is equal.} exf6 36.
Rxf7+ $17 {KR-KR} Kg6 37. Rb7 Rb1 38. h4 Rb2 39. Rb8 (39. Kh3 {keeps more
tension.} b4 40. d6 Rb1 41. g4 fxg3 42. d7) 39... Rb1 40. g4 fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b4
42. Kf4 b3 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 Kg6 45. d6 {And now d7 would win.} (45. Rb5 {
with more complications.} b2 46. Rb7 Rd1 47. Rxb2 Rxd5 48. Ke3) 45... Rd1 46.
Rxb3 Rxd6 47. Kg3 Rd4 48. Ra3 Rc4 49. Rb3 Rd4 50. Ra3 Rc4 51. Rb3 Rd4 52. Ra3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,0,0,0,1,0,10,12,13,5,10,18,22,14,10,0,8,10,14,20,24,10,27,6,14,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 {D32: Tarrasch
Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bf5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf4 Ne7 {[#]} 14.
Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Be4 15. f3 Bh7 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re5 Rfd8 20. Kg2 {1-0 (50) Hillarp Persson,T (2564)-Backelin,R 
(2394) Sweden 2004}) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. f3 Bf5 20. Re5 Be6 (20... Qg6 {looks sharper.} 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. h4 Be6
23. Rd1 Rc1) 21. Qd2 f6 {The position is equal.} 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rae1 Bf7 24.
R3e2 R6c7 25. Re3 Rc6 26. R3e2 R6c7 27. Re3 Rc6 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,23,25,37,22,34,34,33,35,60,55,69,64,81,72,83,50,137,105,350,136,
130,124,152,133,709,704,706,695,825,813,806,820,775,658,874,672,751,332,339,
333,339,0,184,-27,-46,-34,-29,-87,-93,-531,-509,-1146,-1222,-1048,-1006]} 1. d4
e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. Na3 Nec6 6. Nc2 b6 {C02: French: Advance
Variation.} 7. h4 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a5 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 Ba6
10. Rh3 a4 11. Rg3 Qd7 12. Rg4 Na5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. Ncxd4 {
1-0 (57) Karavaev,V (2395)-Lushenkov,M (2349) Omsk 2004}) 8. h5 h6 {White is
slightly better.} 9. Rh3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qc8 11. Ne2 Qa6 12. Kg1 Nd7 13. Nf4 Be7
({Black should play} 13... Rc8 $14) 14. Qg4 $16 Bg5 $2 (14... Bf8 $16) 15. Nd3
$2 (15. Nxe6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Ne7 17. Bxg5
hxg5 18. Rf3) 15... Bxc1 16. Qxg7 (16. Rxc1 $6 Rg8 $11) 16... Ke7 17. Rf3 (17.
Nxc1 $2 Rag8 $19) 17... Rag8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Raf8 $16 18. Rxc1 Nd8) 18.
Qxf7+ $18 Kd8 19. Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf8 {Black wants to play ...
Rxf3.} 20. Qxc6 Rxf3 {[#]} 21. e6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc6d7]} Rh7 (21... Qc8
22. Qxc8+) 22. Nxc1 (22. gxf3 $2 Rg7+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kh2 $2 Qxd3 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 24. e7+ Ke8 $19) 23... Qxd3 $19) 22... Nf6 23. e7+ {[%mdl 64]
Decoy} (23. gxf3 $2 Rg7+ 24. Kh2 Qf1 $19) 23... Kxe7 24. Qc7+ (24. gxf3 $2 Rg7+
25. Kh2 Qf1 $19) (24. dxc5 $142 Kf8 25. Nd4 (25. gxf3 Rg7+ 26. Kh2 Qf1 $16))
24... Kf8 25. Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qc7+ (26. gxf3 $2 Rg7+ 27. Qg3 (27. Kh2 $2 Qf1 $19)
27... Nxh5 $19) (26. Ne1 $142 Rf5 27. Ncd3) 26... Kf8 $1 27. Qe5 {[#]} (27.
Qd6+ $18 Re7 28. Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (28. gxf3 Ne8 $14) (28. dxc5 Rxf2 29.
Ne3 Ng4 $11) 28... Qxd3 29. Ne1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (29. gxf3 Qxf3 30.
Ne1 Qf5 $11 {[%mdl 64] Decoy})) 27... Re7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for
an advantage.} 28. Qb8+ Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8b8]} 29. Qd6+ (29. Qc7 $1 $11 Rf5 30.
dxc5) 29... Kf7 $17 {Hoping for ...Rxf2!} 30. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30.
gxf3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rg8+ 31. Qg3 (31. Kh2 $2 Qf1 $19) 31... Nxh5
$19) (30. dxc5 $2 {[#]} Rxf2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qc7+ (31. Ne3 $2 Rxe3 32. Qc7+
Re7 $19) 31... Re7 $19) (30. Qc7+ $17 {nothing else works.} Re7 31. Qb8) 30...
Qe2 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. gxf3 (31. Rf1 $142 Rf5 32. dxc5 Rxh5
33. Rc1 (33. Ne3 $2 Rxe3 34. Nd2 Rd3 $19) 33... Qxc2 34. Qc7+ Kg8 35. Qg3+ Kh8
36. Qf4) 31... Rg8+ 32. Qg3 Rxg3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=1.17/Black=0.26}
0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,110,20,39,12,29,31,37,27,35,25,24,0,83,95,85,39,92,47,53,47,59,63,52,
58,56,52,68,61,65,18,27,12,37,44,76,84,91,78,74,83,78,52,62,50,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more
successful than 11...Na5.} 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld:
Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} ({But not} 13. Rxb7 Na5 $17) 13...
Na5 14. Bd3 b6 15. Rfc1 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 16. h4 {[#]} e5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 18. Ba6 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 h5 20. Bf4 e5 21.
dxe5 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxe5 23. Bf4 Bf6 24. Bg5 Be5 25. Bf4 Bf6 26. Bg5 Be5 27. Bf4
{1/2-1/2 (27) Salem,A (2615)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2704) Moscow 2016}) 17. h5 Nb7 (
17... Qd6 $1 $11) 18. h6 $16 Bh8 19. Bc4 Nd6 (19... Be6 $14 20. Ba6 Rcd8) 20.
Bd5 Be6 {next ...Bxd5 is good for Black.} 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. cxb6
axb6 24. Bxb6 Qc6 25. Ng3 Ra8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. Nf1 Rfb8 28. Rcb2 Bxa2 29. Rxa2
Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Rxb6 31. Ne3 Bg5 32. Nd5 Rxb1+ 33. Qxb1 {[#] Qb8+ would kill now.
} Qc5+ 34. Kh1 ({Better is} 34. Kf1 $1 $14) 34... Qf8 $11 {The position is
equal.} 35. Qb6 Qxh6+ 36. Kg1 {aiming for Qb8+.} Kg7 37. c4 Bh4 38. Qe3 Qxe3+
39. Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Be7 40. Kf1 Bc5 41. Nc2 Kf6 42. Na1 Ke6
43. Nb3 Kd6 44. Ke2 h5 45. Kd3 h4 46. Ke2 f5 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Kd3 Bb6 49. Nd2
Kc5 50. Nb1 Ba5 51. Na3 Bb6 52. Nb5 Ba5 53. Na3 Bb6 54. Nb5 Ba5 55. Na3 Bb6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

