[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Korobov,Anton"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical
System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} (9. Be2 a6 10. Nd1 b5 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. c3 b4 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. c4 cxd4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 {
1-0 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-Korobov,A (2683) Chess.com INT 2021} )c4 {[#]} 10. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 b5 11. 0-0 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Bf2 Nb6 16. Ne3 Be6 {1-0 (44) Atabayev,S (2396)-Glek,I (2393)
Moscow 2016} )b5 11. Ne2 {The position is equal.} f5 12. h3 b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Bg2 Rb2 17. Qd1 Qa5 $36 { Black fights
for an advantage.} 18. 0-0 Nb6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf8 22. Ng5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 22. f5 $15 )h6 (22... Nxd4 $1 $19 { And now
...h6 would win.} 23. Rb1 (23. Kh1 Nf5 )Rxa2 )23. Nxe6 $17 Bxe6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. fxe6 $11 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Nxe6 27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Kh1 Ke7 {...Rxd2! is the
strong threat.} 29. Be1 Qb5 30. Rd1 d4 31. Ng3 {} d3 32. Nf5+ $1 { Double Attack} Kf7 $2 { [#]} (32... Kf8 $11 )33. Bh4 $1 $18 Rxg2 {[#]} 34. Nxh6+ $1 { Quite a comeback
for White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.45} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. c3 Nd7 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre,
London and Colle Systems.} 8. Bc4 N7b6 9. Bb3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 {White is
slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 f5 12. 0-0 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Rf6 15. Qh5 e6 {0-1 (60) Sambuev,B (2528)-Howell,D (2650)
Tromsoe 2014} )10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. h3 (14. Qe2 $16 )g5 $14 15. Bg3 Nf4 16. Ne4 Rc8 {Black wants to play ...Nd3.} 17. Nd4 Bg6 ({Black should play} 17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nbd5 )18. Bxf4 $16 gxf4 19. Qg4 $36 { [#] Strongly threatening Qxg6. White has strong initiative.} Kh7 20. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Ne6!} ({Not} 20. Qxf4 $2 e5 $19 )Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. g3 f3 (23... Rfd8 $16 )24. g4 $18 Rfd8 25. g5 Rh8 26. Ng3 {[#] gxh6+ is the strong threat.} Qc5 27. Nh5+ Kf8 28. Nf4 Qxg5+ 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Nxg6+ fxg6 31. Rd3 Rc5 $2 {} ({Don't go for} 31... Rxh3 $2 32. Be6 $18 )(31... Rh4 $16 32. Rxf3+ Rf4 )32. Rd8+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.15} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 {B47:
Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} a6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {
The position is equal.} b5 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. Kb1 Nf6 {[#]} 11. f3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Nd5 0-0-0 14. f3 exd4 15. Bxc7 Re8 16. Bg3 Bxd5 17. exd5 {1/2-1/2 (73) Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Caruana,F (2820)
chess24.com INT 2021} )Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Qd2 $36 { White
fights for an advantage.} Be7 (13... Bb4 $14 )14. Bh3 $16 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bg4 (16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bg4 g6 $15 )g6 17. Bd4 (17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rc1 0-0 $15 )0-0 (17... Rg8 $142 )18. e5 $1 Ng7 19. h4 a5 20. h5 $1 Ba6 (20... Nxh5 $2 21. Bxh5 a4 22. Bg4 $18 )21. Ng3 ({White must play} 21. Nc1 $1 $18 )a4 22. f4 b3 23. cxb3 ({White has to play} 23. c3 $1 $16 Nf5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh2 Bxg5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. fxg5 bxa2+ 28. Ka1 )axb3 $15 24. axb3 {Qh2 is the
strong threat.} Nf5 ({Black should play} 24... Qb7 $15 25. Rh3 Bb4 )25. Bxf5 ({
Better is} 25. hxg6 $14 Nxg3 26. Qh2 { Double Attack} )gxf5 26. g6 {Black must now prevent Qg2.} fxg6 (26... Qb7 $5 {} 27. Rh3 Qb5 $15 )27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh2 {} Kf7 29. Nxf5 $2 {} exf5 $4 {} (29... Rh8 $1 $19 { avoids the
disaster.} 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. exd6 Bd3+ $1 {} 32. Rxd3 Rxh2 33. dxc7 Rxh1+ 34. Kc2 Rxc7+ 35. Rc3 Rh2+ 36. Kc1 Rb7 )30. Qh7+ $18 {White leaves
nothing to chance now.} Ke6 31. Qxg6+ Bf6 32. Bc3 (32. exf6 Bd3+ $1 {
} 33. Rxd3 Qc2+ 34. Ka2 Ra8+ 35. Ba7 Rxa7# )Qg7 33. Rh6 {White wants to
mate with Qxg7.} (33. Qh5 Qg2 $1 $17 )Qxg6 34. Rxg6 { Pin} Be2 35. Rd2 { White has strong compensation.} Bf3 36. b4 ({Don't do} 36. Rxf6+ $6 Rxf6 37. exf6 Be4+ 38. Kc1 Rg8 $16 )({Not} 36. exf6 Be4+ 37. Kc1 Rh8 $11 )Rc4 {[#]} 37. Rd4 ({Don't play} 37. exf6 $6 Rxf4 38. Rg7 Rf7 )Rc7 38. Kc1 Rg7 $2 (38... Bh5 39. Rh6 { Pin} Be8 40. exf6 Rff7 )39. Rxf6+ Rxf6 40. exf6 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb7 41. Kd2 Be4 42. Ke3 Rh7 $2 (42... Bc2 {was called for.} 43. Rd2 Be4 )43. b5 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kc1 Rh1+ {[#]} 46. Rd1 $1 { Strongly threatening Rxh1.} Rh2 47. Rg1 d4 48. Bxd4 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rc4 50. Be5 Rc5 51. Rg7 Rd5+ 52. Ke1 {} Rd8 53. Re7+ Kd5 54. f7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 $1 {
is recently more successful than 10.axb5. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and
Möller Defences.} Ba7 ({Don't go for} 10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 $18 )dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 $18 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16 ))11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 {
With the idea d5.} Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Nxf2 $1 15. Qe2 Nxh3+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. cxb7 Ba7 19. Bd5 Qd7 {[#]} 20. Nd4 $146 {Strongly
threatening Bc6.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Qe4 Kf8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Nxf7 c6 23. Nxh8 Qf6 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Nf3 cxd5 27. Qg4 Rh8+ 28. Nh2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Rf1 g5 31. Rf3 g4 {0-1 (31) Vachier Lagrave,M (2760)-Aronian,L (2781)
Paris 2021} )Qe7 21. Bc6+ Kf8 22. Nf3 d5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Ke7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kd6.} 25. Bxb5 $1 {
The position is equal.} axb5 26. a6 {Nc6+ is the strong threat.} Kd6 {} 27. Nxf7+ { Double Attack} Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...Rhf8.
} 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Nf7+ { [#] Double Attack} Kc6 {Hoping for ...Rhf8.} 30. Ne5+ Kd6 31. Nf7+ { Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
06/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Saric,Ivan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 f5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 {A45:
Trompowsky Attack.} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 {[#]} 8. g3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({
Predecessor:} 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 Qf6 10. f4 Nd7 11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 b5 13. cxb5 Bb7 14. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Doric,D (2467)-Ghersinich,E (2193) Hum na Sutli 2019} )d6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nh4 Qf6 11. Bh3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qf6 13. Rc1 {
White has compensation.} Kd8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Qf4 {} Re5 16. Ng2 h6 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Na6 19. Kf2 Nb4 20. Qd2 {[#] And now a3 would win.} Re7 (20... Re4 $1 $15 21. fxe4 (21. Rhd1 Rd4 )fxe4+ 22. Nf4 Bxh3 )21. Rhd1 $11 Bd7 22. a3 Na6 23. f4 b6 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b5 ({Black should try} 25... Nc7 $11 )26. cxb5 $14 Nc7 27. a4 Rb8 28. Nh4 (28. Ne3 $14 )a6 $1 $11 29. Bxf5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rd2 h5 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Nf5 Re4 34. Ng7 h4 35. Kf3 (35. Nf5 $11 )Rd4 (35... Ra4 $15 36. Nf5 hxg3 37. hxg3 c4 )36. Rxd4 {The
position is equal.} cxd4 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Rd3 hxg3 38. Kxg3 Rxd5 39. Kg4 Ne8 40. Nxe8 Kxe8 {KR-KR} 41. f5 Kf8 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Kg5 f6+ 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Ke4 Re5+ 46. Kf4 Rd5 47. Ke4 Re5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
11/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Korobov,Anton"]
[Black "Saric,Ivan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qe2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} h4 12. h3 Be7 13. Rd1 {[#] White is slightly better.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. b3 e5 15. Na4 0-0 16. c4 f5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. exf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Harutjunyan,G (2464)-Aghasaryan,R (2337) Kajaran 2011} )14. Qc4 (14. Na4 $14 )Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rac1 Qb5 (19... Qc8 $5 {} 20. Qc3 0-0 $15 )20. Qa3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. b3 Kf7 23. c4 Ke6 24. f4 (24. Re1 {looks sharper.} Rbb8 25. Rcd1 Rhe8 26. Re2 g5 27. f3 )Rhb8 (24... e4 {is interesting.} 25. Nc3 Rbb8 26. Ba7 Rbc8 27. Rd2 Rhd8 )25. fxe5 Rxa4 $1 26. exd6 Rxa2 {And now ...Bf6 would win.} 27. dxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc3 Kf7 29. Bf2 Be4 (29... Rb2 $11 )30. Re3 $16 Bc2 (30... Bf5 $16 {was
necessary.} )31. Rd7+ $18 Kg6 32. Ree7 Rg8 33. Rd6+ (33. Bxh4 $6 Bxb3 34. Rd6+ Kh7 )Kh7 34. Be3 (34. Rxc6 $18 a5 35. Be3 )Rb8 (34... Bg6 $16 {
keeps fighting.} )35. Bd4 ({Resist} 35. Rxc6 $6 Rxb3 36. Rcc7 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Raa1 $16 )Rg8 36. b4 Ba4 $2 (36... Ra4 37. Re5 (37. Rxc6 Rxb4 38. Bc3 Rb3 $16 )Rf8 )37. Rdd7 $2 (37. Re4 $18 {} Rf8 38. Rd7 )Rd2 {[#]} (37... c5 $16 38. Rxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kh6 40. bxc5 Bc6 )38. Rxg7+ ({White
must play} 38. Re4 $1 $18 )Rxg7 $16 39. Rxg7+ $18 { Endgame
KRB-KRB} Kh6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 40. Rg4 $1 {Threatens to win with Be3+.} Rd1+ (40... Kh5 $16 41. Be3 Re2 )41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Be3 {Black must now prevent
Rg5+.} Bb3 $2 (42... Bc2 43. Rg5+ Kh6 )43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 Rd5 45. b6 Rb5 {[#]
} 46. Rg5+ $1 { Promotion} Rxg5 47. Bxg5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.35/Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Giri,Anish"]
[Black "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow
Variation with 3...Bd7.} e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 {Black must now prevent f3.} h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 0-0 15. Nc3 {} Rc6 {[#]} 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. g4 {
1-0 (35) Rueberg,J (2222)-Ottens,S (2234) Germany 2009} )f5 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Na4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qa5 21. b3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Na6 Rc8 25. Rc2 Nf7 26. Ne2 Qd7 {[#] And now ...Rxc2 would win.} 27. Bb4 Ng6 {
} 28. a4 Nd8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 {
The position is equal.} 31. Nb4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ndc6 33. Nc2 Na5 34. Ke1 Nec6 35. g3 Qf8 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. Na3 Qf8 38. Nc2 Qb8 39. Na3 Qf8 40. Nc2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. h5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rh3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nc8 20. Kf1 Nd6 {
1-0 (45) Van Foreest,J (2598)-Franklin,S (2344) Karlsruhe 2019} )15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 c6 {[#]} (16... Be4 $11 17. Rh3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd7 Ba5+ 19. Ke2 Bd2 $11 )c6 )17. Be2 (17. h5 $1 $14 Bf7 (17... Be4 18. Nxe4 )18. Bd3 )Nd7 $11 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. h5 Bf7 20. Na4 Nc8 21. h6 g6 $1 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Qd2 Nd6 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Bg5 $1 {} Qc7 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Bg5 $1 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. 0-0 {Threatens to win with dxc5. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qxb2 9. Qe1 {9.Qe1 is better than 9.Nb5.} (9. Nb5 $14 )cxd4 (9... Bxc2 $6 10. dxc5 Bg6 11. a3 $16 )10. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 (10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18 )(10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18 )11. Nxd4 Bb4 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $1 Bxc3 (12... Qxc3 13. Rxb4 )13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. h4 h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4 d4 18. Rd1 $36 { White has some pressure.} Rd8 {[#]} 19. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rbd2 Ne7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Kd7 22. a4 Rc8 23. Kf2 g6 24. Bxc6+ Kxc6 25. Rxd4 {1-0 (57) Shirov,A (2662)-Najer,E (2648) Tornelo INT 2021} )bxc5 20. Rb7 Ne7 (20... Rh6 $11 )21. Rxa7 $14 Ng6 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. f4 Rh6 (23... Nxh4 $2 24. Bc4 $18 )(23... Nxf4 $11 24. Rf1 d3 $1 25. Rxf4 d2 )24. Bc4 $16 Ne7 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 24... Nxh4 $2 25. g3 $18 )25. Rb1 {
Strongly threatening Rbb7.} d3 {[#]} 26. Bxd3 { Hoping for Bc4.} Nc6 27. Ra3 Re6 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Rxc5 Re7 30. Rac3 Red7 {Threatening ...Ne6.} 31. Rc8 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 (32. gxf3 $6 Rxd3 33. Kf2 Ke7 $16 )Rxd3 33. Rxd8+ {
 Overworked Piece} ({Don't do} 33. gxf3 $6 Rxc3 34. Rxd8+ (34. Rxc3 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 $11 )Ke7 $16 )Rxd8 34. Kxf3 $18 {
Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 35. a3 Ke7 36. g3 Ke6 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for
Black.} (36... Rd4 $16 37. Ke3 Ra4 )37. Ke3 $1 {} Rd1 (37... Rb2 {
was worth a try.} 38. Kd4 Rb8 )38. Rd3 Ra1 39. Kd4 Kd7 40. Kc5+ Kc7 41. Rc3 Rd1 $2 (41... Kd7 42. Kb4 Rb1+ 43. Rb3 Rd1 )42. a4 { White is clearly winning.} Rd2 43. a5 Ra2 44. Kb4+ Kb7 45. Ra3 Rc2 46. a6+ Ka7 47. Kb5 Rc1 48. Rd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.25} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 {} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 b5 {E68: King's
Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} 15. f4 $1 {} Ned7 16. Qxd6 b4 {[#]White is slightly better.} 17. e5 $1 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nh5 19. g4 Bf8 $1 {} 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Nd5 f6 $2 {[#] Black is now going downhill.} (21... Bb7 $11 )22. Rad1 $1 $36 { Hoping for Nxf6+. White is in
control.} fxe5 23. f5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bg5.} Bb7 $146 ({Not} 23... gxf5 $2 24. Bg5 $18 )(23... Be7 $16 {keeps fighting.} )({Predecessor:} 23... Be7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nd7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. f6 Rb6 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. f7 Re7 32. Rxb6 {1-0 (32) Skatchkov,P (2485)-Bibko,I (2336)
Tomsk 2002} )24. Bg5 Qc8 25. Rf1 gxf5 26. gxf5 {Strongly threatening f6.} Kh8 27. f6 Ne6 28. f7 Rd8 {[#]} 29. Nb6 $1 { Discovered Attack,
Deflection} Nxb6 30. Bf6+ { Double Attack} Bg7 31. Qxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxd8 ({Don't take} 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Bxg2 $16 )Bxg2 33. Kxg2 {Threatens
to win with Rf6!} Nf8 34. Be7 { White has strong compensation.} Nbd7 35. Rd6 e4 (35... a5 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Kf3 Rb7 37. Bxf8 Nxf8 )36. Re1 Bd4 (36... Rb7 $16 {is a better defense.} 37. Rxe4 Ne5 )37. Rxe4 $18 {And now
Bxf8 would win.} Kg7 38. Rxa6 Kxf7 {next ...Re8 is good for Black.} 39. Bd6 Rc8 (39... Rd8 $142 40. Re7+ Kg8 )40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Ra7 Nf6 42. Rg7+ Kh8 {With the
idea ...Ne8.} 43. Rgb7 Ne4 {[#]} 44. Rb8 $1 Nxd6 45. Rxc8 Nxc8 46. Ra8 Nd6 $2 (46... Kg7 47. Rxc8 Ne6 )47. Rxf8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Bc3 49. a4 Nb7 50. Ra7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Korobov,Anton"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 $1 {} 14. Bc1 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qh3 {[#]} 16. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (19) Shtembuliak,E (2600)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2675) Lutsk 2019} )Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 {[#] aiming for Rf2.} Qg3+ ({
Of course not} 19... dxc4 $6 20. Rf2 $16 )20. Kh1 Qh3+ { Black has
compensation.} (20... Kh8 $5 {} 21. Bd1 Qh3+ { Double
Attack} 22. Kg1 Nxc4 $11 )21. Kg1 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.00/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 {
B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} h5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qe2 c5 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...c4.} 14. c4 {cxd5 is the strong threat.} d4 15. b3 Qc7 16. Be4 Rb8 {[#]} 17. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qe4 0-0 20. Bh6 Rfb8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Nb2 a5 24. Re2 Ra7 25. Be1 Rc8 26. Rb1 Qb7 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Na4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Keber,E (2145)-Kasper,M 
(2108) ICCF email 2013} )Bb7 18. Bd2 Kf8 19. Nb2 Kg7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nd3 a5 22. Qf3 a4 23. bxa4 Nb6 24. Nb2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Nb2 Nd7 27. Nd3 {
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Bg4 (12... b6 $11 )13. Rxb7 {13.Be3 is setting a new trend. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th
moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} Bxd4 15. e5 {White is slightly better.} Na6 {
} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 {[#] And now ...Bc5 would win.} 18. Qe1 {[#]
aiming for Bc3.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Kg2 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Grischuk,A (2776)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2760) Bucharest 2021} )19. Bc3 {Threatens
to win with Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 $1 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ {The position is
equal.} Kg8 ({Avoid the trap} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+ $18 )23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.08} ({Wrong is} 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ $18 )1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 a5 6. 0-0 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 7. c3 a4 8. Nbd2 {
White is slightly better.} h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 {[#]} Bh7 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 10... Bg6 11. Ng3 c5 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qd3 {0-1 (64) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess24.com INT
2020} )11. h3 c5 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a3 15. b3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re2 Qb6 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nf4 (19. Ng3 {keeps more tension.} Kf8 20. Rc2 Kg7 21. h4 Rac8 22. Be3 )Qa6 (19... g5 $11 20. Nh5 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 )20. Be3 (20. Qc2 $14 )Qxd3 $11 21. Nxd3 Ndb8 22. Rc2 Na6 23. Kf1 g5 24. Ke2 Be7 25. Rac1 Kd7 26. Bd2 Rhc8 27. g4 Rh8 28. b4 Na7 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 (29... Nxc5 $11 30. bxc5 Nc6 )30. bxc5 $14 (30. dxc5 $6 Nb8 $11 )Nb5 31. c6+ (31. Rb1 $5 {} Nac7 32. Rb4 $16 )bxc6 32. Rxc6 Nac7 33. Kd3 h5 (33... Rhb8 $11 )34. Nxg5 (34. Bxg5 $6 hxg4 35. hxg4 Na6 $11 )hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh4 (35... Ra4 $16 )36. Rb6 $2 (36. Nxf7 $18 Rxg4 37. Be3 )Rxg4 37. Be3 ({
Of course not} 37. Nxf7 $6 Rxd4+ 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kd1 Ra6 $11 )Ra6 38. Rb8 {Threatens to win with Nh7.} Rc6 $1 {[#]} 39. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 40. Rxc6 Kd7 41. Rb6 Rg1 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 42. Nxf7 Rd1+ $1 43. Bd2 $1 ({Much worse is} 43. Kc2 Ra1 $17 )Nxd4 {White must now prevent ...Nf3.} 44. Ke3 ({White
should try} 44. Ng5 $11 )Nf5+ (44... Nc6 $1 $15 45. Rb3 Rg1 )45. Kd3 $1 $11 Ra1 46. Nd6 (46. Rb7 $11 )Ne7 ({Black should play} 46... Rxa2 $17 47. Ba5 Rb2 48. Rxb2 axb2 )47. Rb7 Nc6 $2 { [#]} ({But not} 47... Rxa2 $2 48. Ba5 $18 )(47... Ng6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 48. f4 Rxa2 )48. Bc3 $1 $18 {} Rxa2 49. Nb5 Nxe5+ $2 (49... Nb4+ 50. Bxb4 Kc6 )50. Bxe5 Kc6 51. Rxc7+ Kxb5 { Endgame KRB-KR} 52. f4 $2 (52. Rb7+ $18 Kc5 53. Bd4+ Kc6 54. Re7 )Rg2 $2 {[#]} (52... Rf2 $11 {and Black is
okay.} )53. Rb7+ $1 Ka4 54. Kd4 (54. Re7 $16 )Rc2 $11 55. Kd3 Rc4 56. Rb6 {Ra6+ is the strong threat.} a2 $1 57. Rxe6 Kb5 58. f5 {Strongly threatening
f6.} d4 59. Rb6+ $1 Kc5 $1 60. Ra6 Rc3+ $1 61. Kd2 Rf3 62. f6 Kd5 63. Ra5+ Ke4 64. Ke2 {And now Bxd4! would win.} a1=Q $4 {} (64... a1=R $11 65. Rxa1 d3+ 66. Kd2 Kxe5 )65. Rxa1 d3+ 66. Kd2 Kxe5 67. Re1+ {Mate.} Kxf6 68. Re3 Rxe3 69. Kxe3 d2 70. Kxd2 { What a fight!  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.36/Black=0.30. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Saric,Ivan"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 {
C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 Ba7 {[#]} 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 0-0 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Bh2 a4 15. a3 {0-1 (29) Grischuk,A (2777)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.
com INT 2020} )Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. b4 (10. 0-0 $14 )g5 $11 11. Bg3 Nh5 $1 12. Nb3 Qf6 13. Rf1 ({Don't go for} 13. Nxa5 $2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 (14. hxg3 $2 Nxa5 15. bxa5 g4 $19 )Nxa5 $19 )Bg4 14. Bd5 Bxf3 ({Much weaker is} 14... Nxg3 $6 15. fxg3 0-0 16. Bxc6 $14 )15. gxf3 Bb6 16. Nd2 axb4 17. axb4 0-0 18. Rg1 Kh7 19. b5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nd8 21. Qa2 c6 (21... Ne6 $1 $17 {Threatening ...Nef4.} 22. Rf1 Nef4 23. Bxb7 Nxd3+ 24. Kd1 Nhf4 )22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bb3 Ne6 (23... Nf4 $15 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 )24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Ke2 Ra8 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Rb2 Kg6 29. Nc4 Kf6 30. Rd2 Ra4 31. Rb2 (31. Nb2 $11 Ra1 32. d4 )Ra1 (31... Nf4+ $17 32. Bxf4 gxf4 )32. Ne3 Kg6 33. Nc2 Ra4 34. Rb8 Ra2 35. Kd1 Ra6 36. d4 Rb6 {[#]} 37. Rd8 $1 $16 exd4 38. cxd4 Bb4 39. Nxb4 Rxb4 40. Rxd6 { Double Attack} Nxg3 41. hxg3 {
Endgame KR-KR} Kf7 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb1+ (43... Rb3 $16 44. Rxc6 Rxf3 )44. Kg2 $18 Rd1 {[#]} (44... Rb4 $142 45. e5 (45. Rxc6 Rxd4 46. Rc7+ Kg6 $16 )Rc4 )45. f4 $1 ({Not} 45. Rxc6 Rxd4 46. Rc8 Rb4 $16 )gxf4 46. gxf4 Ke7 $2 (46... Rc1 47. Kf3 h5 )47. e5 h5 48. Kg3 Rd3+ 49. Kh4 Rf3 50. Kg5 Rxf2 51. Rxc6 Rd2 52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rc4 (53. Ra7 $142 Rxd4 54. f5 )Rf2 54. Kf6 Kd7 55. d5 $1 {White mates.} exd5 56. e6+ Kd6 57. Ra4 h4 58. e7 Re2 59. Ra6+ Kd7 60. Ra7+ Kd6 61. Kf7 h3 62. e8=Q Rxe8 63. Kxe8 {KR-KPP} Ke6 64. Rh7 Kf5 65. Rxh3 Kxf4 66. Kd7 d4 67. Kd6 Ke4 68. Kc5 d3 69. Kc4 d2 70. Rd3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.18/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Korobov,Anton"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Bb6 10. d3 Re8 {C47: Scotch
Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 {The position
is equal.} 13. Qc1 {[#]} Ba5 $146 {White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} ({
Predecessor:} 13... e4 14. dxe4 Qf6 15. Bxb6 Bxf3 16. Bxc7 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxc3 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (47) Diakonova,E (2233)-Gagare,S (2026)
Moscow 2019} )14. Qb2 {And now g4 would win.} e4 (14... Bb6 $11 )15. Nd4 exd3 {
Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 16. Nxc6 (16. cxd3 Ne5 $15 )(16. Qxb7 $2 Nxd4 17. Qxa8 (17. Bxd4 $2 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rb8 $19 )Ne2+ 18. Kh2 Qxa8 $19 )bxc6 17. cxd3 Qxd3 (17... Qd6 $14 )18. Bd4 $2 (18. Bxc6 $18 Reb8 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 )Bf3 19. Bf1 Qf5 (19... Qg6 $11 )20. Rxe8+ $1 $16 Rxe8 {[#]
} 21. c4 $2 (21. Re1 $1 $16 {} Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. c4 )Be4 {( -> ...Qf3)} 22. Qa3 {[#]} (22. Bg2 $17 )Bb4 $1 $36 { White
is under strong pressure.} 23. Qe3 (23. Qxb4 $2 {leads to mate.} Qf3 24. Qf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxa7 Qh1# )(23. g4 Bxa3 )c5 24. Bb2 Bd2 25. Qe2 {[#]} (25. Qxd2 $2 {gets mated.} Qf3 26. h4 Qh1# )Bc6 $1 26. Qd3 ({But not} 26. Qxd2 $2 Qf3 $19 )Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Bf3 28. Bf1 Ba5 29. Rc1 h5 30. Bc3 {[#]} Bb4 31. Rc2 g5 32. Bg2 (32. Bb2 $17 {was worth a try.} )g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Bxf3 gxf3 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. a3 (35. Rc1 {was called for.} )Bxa3 36. Ba5 $2 (36. Rd2 )Bb4 37. Bxc7 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Rc1 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 Re2 41. Rf1 f2 42. Kg2 Be1 43. Rh1 $2 (43. Bd6 )Re4 44. Rh5 Rxc4 45. Be5 {} f6 46. Bxf6 a5 {} 47. Rd5 (47. Be7 $142 Rc1 48. Bg5 )Kf7 48. Bh8 a4 49. Rd7+ Ke6 50. Ra7 Rc1 (50... Rg4 $142 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. Rxa4 {[#]} Rxg3+ $3 {
Deflection, Promotion} 53. Kxg3 f1=Q+ 54. Kg4 Qe2+ 55. Kg5 Bd2+ 56. Kh4 Be1+ 57. Kg5 Bd2+ 58. Kh4 Qe1+ 59. Kh3 Qh1+ 60. Kg3 Be1+ 61. Kg4 Qh4+ 62. Kf5 Qxa4 63. Bb2 Qc2+ { Double Attack} 64. Kf6 Qxb2+ 65. Kf7 Qh8 66. Kg6 Bd2 67. Kf7 Qe5 68. Kg8 Bh6 69. Kh7 Qg7# )51. Bg7 a3 52. g4 Bc3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.81/Black=0.25} (52... Rc4 $142 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Ra6+ Kxg7 56. Rb6 Rxg4+ 57. Kf3 Rb4 58. Rxb4 f1=Q+ 59. Ke3 cxb4 60. Ke4 a2 61. Kd5 a1=Q 62. Ke4 Bg3 63. Ke3 Bf4+ 64. Ke4 Qe5# )0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Saric,Ivan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. 0-0 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3
e5.} 9. f4 $1 {9.f4 is better than 9.Ng3.} exf4 10. Nxf4 Nc6 {[#]} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. a3 Ne5 14. Bb3 b5 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxd6 {0-1 (35) Najer,E (2648)-Sarana,A (2657) Chess.com INT 2020} )Ne5 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Kh1 b5 17. Nce2 Bd7 18. Qg3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Nd4 $1 Bg7 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Bxf6 (23. dxc6 $2 Nh5 $19 )Bxf6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. c4 Rc5 {[#]} (25... Re5 $11 )26. Bxg6 $1 $14 hxg6 (26... fxg6 $6 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Rdxf6 $16 )27. Rxd6 {
 Double Attack} Qc7 28. Rfxf6 Rce5 29. Kh2 {And now Rxg6+! would win.} ({Don't go for} 29. Rxa6 $2 Re1+ 30. Kh2 {[#]} Rh1+ $3 {} 31. Kxh1 Qxg3 $19 )bxc4 30. bxc4 (30. Rc6 $16 Qe7 31. Qh4 (31. bxc4 a5 $16 )(31. Rxa6 Re3 $11 ))Rc5 $11 31. Rxa6 {Threatening Qxc7.} Rxc4 32. Rf2 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 { Endgame KRR-KRR} Re7 34. Kh2 {next a4 is good for White.} Rce4 (34... Rc1 $11 {remains equal.} )35. a4 $16 Kg7 36. Ra2 Re2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 38. Rb6 (38. a5 $16 )Ra2 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Rb4 g5 40. Rg4 Kh6 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxh4+ Kg5 43. Rd4 f5 44. Kh3 Ra3+ 45. g3 (45. Kh2 {
is more complex.} Ra2 )Ra2 46. Rc4 Kh5 47. Rb4 Kg5 48. Rf4 Rb2 49. Rd4 Ra2 50. Rf4 Rb2 51. Rd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 {} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 {B11: Caro-Kann:
Two Knights Variation.} 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng3 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c4 a5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rad1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (43) Valsecchi,A (2515)-Kreisl,
R (2402) Le Castella 2018} )10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Rd1 0-0 12. a4 a5 13. c3 Qc7 14. h4 h5 15. Bc4 e5 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. d5 e4 18. Qe2 (18. d6 {is more complex.} Qb6 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Ng4 21. Bg5 )cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nb6 (19... Ng4 $15 )20. Bxf6 ({Don't blunder} 20. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc6 $19 )Bxf6 21. Nxe4 Bxh4 22. Bb3 {[#]} ({White should play} 22. Qf3 $11 )Bxf2+ $1 $15 {
Pin} 23. Kh1 Bh4 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Nd6 {Qf4 is the strong threat.} Re7 (25... Re5 $15 )26. Qf4 $11 Bf6 27. Rf1 Be5 { Double Attack} 28. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 29. Qg5+ { Double Attack} Kh7 $1 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Rxf5 Bg7 {White must
now prevent ...Re5.} 32. Raf1 Nc4 33. Bc2 $40 { And now Rc5 would
win. White has some attack.} Ne3 $2 {[#]} (33... Rfe8 $1 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry.} 34. Rc5 {[#]} Re1 $1 35. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Be5+ {
Double Attack} 37. g3 Bxc7 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qxc4 { Double Attack} Rf2+ 40. Kh3 Rxc2 41. Qxc7 { Double Attack} Rxb2 )34. Rc5 $1 $18 {} Nxc2 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qe2 Nb4 (36... Na3 $142 )37. cxb4 axb4 38. Qg4 Rfc8 39. Qxb4 Rc6 40. Qf4 $2 (40. Qxb7 $2 {gets mated.} Rh6+ 41. Kg1 Bd4+ 42. Rf2 Rc1# )(40. a5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} )Rf6 $16 41. Qxf6 Bxf6 42. Rxf6 { Endgame KR-KR} Rc4 43. b3 Rb4 44. Rf3 Kg7 45. Kg1 Kg6 46. Kf2 f5 47. Ke2 Rg4 48. g3 Kg5 $2 (48... Kf6 $16 {was worth a
try.} )49. Kd3 Re4 50. Re3 $2 (50. Kd2 $18 )Rxe3+ $11 51. Kxe3 {K3P-KPP} Kg4 52. Kf2 f4 $1 53. gxf4 Kxf4 {KPP-KP} 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Kd2 {Strongly
threatening Kc3.} Kd4 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kc3 {Intending b4+ and mate.} Kc6 $2 {} (58... Kb6 $11 )59. Kc4 {White mates.} b6 60. Kb4 Kc7 61. Kb5 Kb7 62. a5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 {} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 {A13: English Opening:
1...e6.} 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Rd1 Rfd8 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf4 Qe6 16. e3 Nb4 17. d4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Nc2 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Maeser,F (2284)-Froewis,G (2442) Switzerland
2019} )14. Rac1 b5 15. Qf4 h6 16. d3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. e3 d4 19. Be4 Rc7 20. Bf5 $40 { White is up to no good.} Qd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Be4 Be7 (22... dxe3 $11 23. fxe3 Re8 )23. Bxc6 $16 Rxc6 {[#]} 24. Bxd4 {} Rdc8 (24... Rcc8 25. Bc3 )25. Bc3 f5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Rc2 g5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Rdc1 h5 30. h3 Bd6 31. Bb2 Kd5 (31... R6c7 $16 {keeps fighting.} )32. g4 $18 hxg4 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. e4+ $1 Ke6 35. d4 {Black must now prevent d5+.} R6c7 36. d5+ Kf7 37. Rg1 $1 c4 38. bxc4 ({Not} 38. Rxg4 cxb3 39. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $15 )Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Kd3 Ra4 $2 { 
[#] This costs Black the game.} (40... Bc5 $16 {is a better defense.} )41. e5 $1 Bc5 $2 (41... Be7 42. Bd4 a5 43. Rxg4 Rxa2 )42. Rc1 Rc4 43. Rh1 (43. Rxc4 $142 bxc4+ 44. Kxc4 )Rf4 (43... Bb4 $142 44. Bd4 Bf8 45. Rh7+ Kg6 )44. e6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 {[#]} 45. Be5 $1 Rxf2 46. d6 Rf5 47. Ke4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4
Nf3 Bb4).} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nb4 10. Qb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. 0-0 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Carlsen,M (2863)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020} )13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. e4 c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. exf6 {aiming for Nb5.} dxc3 17. Bxc3 gxf6 18. Qe4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Qg4+ Bg7 $1 21. Rfe1 (21. Nh4 $11 Kh8 22. Nf5 )Kh8 22. Rd4 Qc7 23. Rc4 Qe7 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. b3 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Nb4 27. Re2 Rd8 28. g3 Nc6 29. Bb2 Qc7 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Rc2 Qc6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Qh5 {[#]} (33. Qc4 {was called for.} )Kg8 $2 (33... c4 $1 $19 {and Black stays
clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...Rd3.} 34. Qxf7 Ng8 )34. Qxc5 $17 {[#]} Rc8 $1 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 { Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. Nd4 Nb4 38. Nb5 a5 39. Bc3 f5 40. Bxb4 axb4 $11 {KB-KN} 41. Kf3 Bf8 42. Ke2 Bc5 (42... Kg7 $15 )43. Nc7 {The position is equal.} Kg7 44. Na6 Bd6 45. Kd3 $1 Kf6 46. Kc4 Kg5 47. Nxb4 Kg4 48. a4 Bc7 49. Kb5 Kf3 50. Kc6 Ba5 51. Nd3 Ke2 52. Ne5 Kxf2 53. Nxf7 Kg2 54. Kd6 Kxh2 55. Kxe6 Kxg3 56. Kxf5 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 57. Ng5 h4 58. Ne4+ Kg2 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 59. Ng5 Bd8 {( -> ...
Bxg5)} (59... Bd2 $5 60. a5 $8 Bxa5 $11 )60. Ne6 {[#]} Kg3 $1 61. Nf4 ({
Avoid the trap} 61. Nxd8 $2 h3 $19 )Bc7 62. Ne2+ Kg2 {White must now
prevent ...h3.} 63. a5 Bxa5 {And now ...Bc7 would win.} 64. Kg4 Bd8 65. Nf4+ Kf2 66. Nh3+ Ke2 67. Nf4+ Kd1 68. Nh3 Ke2 69. Nf4+ Kd1 70. Nh3 Ke2 {Whites
escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korobov,Anton"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 {} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. 0-0-0 b6 11. h4 Bb7 {White has an
edge.} 12. Qe1 {was the old line (12.h5).} Qe8 {[#]} 13. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 13. Kb1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qc8 15. h5 a6 16. Nbd4 Qd7 17. g4 Rac8 18. g5 Bc5 19. Rg1 {1-0 (37) Boehme,S (2303)-Mary,P (2156) LSS email 2011} )Ne4 14. h6 g6 15. Bb5 (15. Kb1 $14 )Rc8 (15... a6 $5 {} 16. Bd3 Nc5 $11 )16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxc6 (17. Nh2 $11 )Qxc6 $15 {} 18. Nd4 Qc4 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. b3 Qc3 21. g4 a5 {} 22. Bc1 Qc5 $1 $17 23. Bb2 a4 24. Rh2 a3 25. Ba1 Rd7 ({But not} 25... g5 26. f5 $11 )26. Rhd2 Rcd8 $2 {[#]} (26... b5 $1 $17 )27. Nf5 $1 $16 {
} Rxd2 {} 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 (29... Rc8 $142 )30. Qxd2 Qh4 31. Bd4 (31. g5 {with more complications.} Qh1+ 32. Qc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kxc1 b5 34. Bd4 )Qxh6 32. Bxb6 Qh1+ 33. Qc1 Qxc1+ 34. Kxc1 {
Endgame KB-KB} h5 35. Kd2 hxg4 (35... h4 $14 )36. Bc5 $1 g3 37. Bxa3 g5 $2 {
Black cannot hold the game after this.} (37... e3+ $16 38. Kxe3 f5 39. exf6 g2 )38. fxg5 $18 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (38... e3+ 39. Kxe3 g2 )39. Bc5 $1 {White is clearly
winning.} Kg6 {[#]} 40. Be3 $1 Kf5 41. c4 Kxe5 42. b4 {} Kf5 43. b5 Kg4 44. a4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.33} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 {The position is equal.} Qa6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical
Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 $1 {15.Rfb1 is
better than 15.Rfe1.} Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 (19. Bc5 {with more complications.} a5 20. Ke2 Re8+ 21. Kd3 Re6 22. a4 )Kxf8 $11 { [#] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. Rb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Kd3 Kd6 22. Rb3 Rb6 23. Re1 Rab8 24. Kc2 h5 25. h4 Kd7 26. Re3 Kd6 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Re3 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Tomashevsky,E (2718)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776)
Khanty Mansiysk 2019} )Rb6 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd3 Kd6 24. c4 {
[#] Threatens to win with c5+.} dxc4+ 25. Kxc4 R8b7 26. h4 h5 27. R1b2 Rb8 28. Rb1 R8b7 29. R1b2 Rb8 30. Rb1 R8b7 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.02/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Bb2 {
E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} Nc6 13. dxc5 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxc5 14. c4 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nce5 19. f3 Nh4 20. Nf1 {1-0 (37) Fominyh,A 
(2515)-Granovski,A (2285) Moscow 1994} )14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Ra2 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Raa1 {The position is equal.} Rab8 {[#] Hoping for ...Qc7.} 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Qa4.} Qxb4 22. axb4 Nxc4 23. Nd4 {[#] Nc6 is the strong threat.} Rd7 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. Ra4 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. g3 (27. h3 {looks sharper.} Rdb7 28. Rc4 Kg7 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 )Kg7 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Rc5 Rb6 31. Ke2 f5 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rg5+ Kf8 34. Rxg4 Rc6 35. Ra2 Rc1 36. Kf3 (36. Rh4 {
with more complications.} Kg7 37. Kf3 Rb1 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rh4 )Rh1 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Ra5 h6 39. Rah5 Rd2 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Rf4 Kg6 42. Rh3 {Strongly
threatening Rg3+.} Rd5 43. Rg3+ Rg5 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Rd4 a5 (45... Kf6 {is
interesting.} 46. Rh4 Kg6 47. Rd4 )46. bxa5 Raxa5 47. Rc4 Rab5 48. Rd4 Ra5 49. Rc4 Rab5 50. Rd4 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Saric,Ivan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow
Variation with 3...Bd7.} 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 (11. Re2 {is more complex.} Be7 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Be3 f6 14. f3 )Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 {[#]} 13. g3 $146 ({White should play} 13. Qa4 $14 )({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 0-0 15. Bg5 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 (15) Fedorowicz,J (2517)
-Benjamin,J (2566) New York 2004} )0-0 14. h4 Rc6 15. Kg2 f6 ({Black
should try} 15... Qb6 $11 )16. exf6 $14 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Bf4 ({
Of course not} 19. Qxb7 Ne4 $11 )Ne4 {[#]} (19... Nh5 $11 {remains equal.
} 20. Bg5 Qe8 )20. Rxe4 $1 $16 {} dxe4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ {
 Discovered Attack} Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxd4 {
Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Rc1 Rg8 26. b3 Qb2 27. Rc7 Qxa2 28. Rxb7 Qc2 29. Qe3 a5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Rxa5 Rb8 32. Rc5 Qd3 33. Rc3 Qd5 34. Rc4 Kh7 35. h5 Rb5 36. Rd4 Qb7 37. Qf4 e3+ {[#]} 38. f3 $1 e2 39. Re4 (39. Qd2 {looks sharper.} e1=N+ 40. Qxe1 Rxb3 41. Qd1 Rc3 42. g4 )Rxh5 40. Rxe2 Rb5 41. Re4 Qc6 {[#]} 42. Rc4 $1 {} Qe6 43. Qe4+ (43. Qd2 $16 )Qxe4 $11 {The position is
equal.} 44. Rxe4 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 45. g4 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rb3 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Giri,Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0
Bc5.} d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Qd8 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 {[#]} 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. c4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Re2 {1/2-1/2 (66) Carlsen,M (2847)
-Karjakin,S (2757) chess24.com INT 2021} )Be6 13. b5 Na5 14. Bxe6 ({
Much worse is} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nxc4 $15 )Rxe6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. c4 Rae8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Be3 (20. c5 $5 {} Qc6 21. Ra5 $14 )Bb4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd6 23. b4 e4 24. dxe4 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Nxe4 26. Nb3 Rb8 27. Nd4 Ree8 28. f3 $36 { White is more
active.} Nd6 29. c5 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} (29. Rxe8+ {feels hotter.} Rxe8 30. c5 Nb5 31. Nc6 Re6 32. Rxa6 Kh7 33. Kf1 )Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 $14 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Nb5 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. g4 Na7 34. Nxa7 Rxa7 $16 {KR-KR} 35. Ra1 Ra8 (35... Rb7 $16 )36. b5 $1 $18 a5 37. Ra4 Ke7 38. Ke3 $1 Ke6 (38... Rd8 $16 )39. Kd4 $1 Rd8+ {[#]} 40. Kc4 $1 Rd1 {[#]} 41. Rxa5 (41. b6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} )Rc1+ $16 42. Kd4 Rd1+ 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rc1 (44... Rd1+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kd4 Rd1+ 47. Ke4 Re1+ 48. Kd4 Rd1+ )45. b6 cxb6 46. cxb6 {And now Rb5 would win.} Rb1 47. Ra6 Kd5 48. Ke3 g5 49. b7 (49. Ra7 $16 )Rxb7 $11 50. Rxh6 {Strongly
threatening Rf6.} Ke5 51. Ra6 Rb5 52. Kd3 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Rb5 (53... Rb2+ {
seems wilder.} 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Kg1 Rxh3 56. Kg2 Rh8 )54. Ke3 f5 55. gxf5 Kxf5 56. Kf2 Rb4 57. Kg3 Rc4 58. Ra5+ Kf6 59. Ra6+ Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra6+ {
White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Korobov,Anton"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. d3 {
C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} dxe4 7. dxe4 {[#]} Qxd1+ $146 (7... Nbd7 {feels hotter.} 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. Nh4 Nb6 )({Predecessor:} 7... Qc7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Bf8 12. Nf5 Kh8 13. g4 Nc5 {1-0 (34)
Lupulescu,C (2608)-Pashikian,A (2621) Budva 2009} )8. Nxd1 {The position is
equal.} Nbd7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. a4 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Ne3 Nc5 13. 0-0 Be6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Nec4 Bc8 16. b4 Ne6 {[#] ...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 17. c3 Rd3 18. Ra3 Red8 19. Bf1 R3d7 20. Ra2 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Re7 21. Nf3 Ree8 (21... h6 $142 )22. Nfxe5 $16 a5 (22... Nc7 $16 23. Ra1 c5 )23. Nxa5 $18 (23. bxa5 Nc5 $16 )Nc5 24. Nexc6 $1 (24. bxc5 Rxe5 25. Rb2 Rxe4 $16 )bxc6 25. bxc5 Rxe4 26. Be3 ({Less strong is} 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Be3 (27. Nxc6 Rd1 $11 )Rd1 $16 )Bxc5 27. Nxc6 Rde8 28. Rae2 Ba6 29. Bxc5 {
[#] aiming for Rxe4.} Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 { Endgame
KBN-KBN} 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. a5 Ne4 (33... Bc4 $142 34. Nc6 Nd7 )34. Bb4 Ng5 35. f4 Ne4 36. Nd5 h5 $2 (36... Bc4 {was necessary.} )37. Nc7 {White is clearly
winning.} Nxg3 38. Kf2 h4 39. a6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 {C42:
Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. 0-0 Re8 {[#]} 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Rxe8+ Kxe8 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. c3 Ne7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 {1/2-1/2
(23) Pap,M (2473)-Meijers,V (2458) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2018} )Nc6 12. c3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Bh6 14. a5 a6 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Be6 {looks sharper.} 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rfxc1 Kf8 18. Ne3 Kg7 )16. Nxf3 Bxc1 17. Rfxc1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Nd5 19. g3 f5 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. b4 d5 22. Bd3 Nb8 23. Nb3 Nbd7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 c6 26. Rab1 Re7 27. Rb2 Rc8 28. Rcb1 Rcc7 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. c4 dxc4 {The position is
equal.} 31. Bxc4 Rcd7 32. Be2 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 33. Bf3 Nc3 34. Rc1 Nb5 35. d5 {} cxd5 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Nd4 38. Rxa6 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRR} d4 40. Rab6 d3 {[#] ...d2 is the
strong threat.} 41. Rd2 Re5 42. a6 Ra5 43. Rb7 (43. g4 {is interesting.} fxg4+ 44. hxg4 g5 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. f4 )Rxb7 44. axb7 {KR-KR} Rb5 45. Rxd3 {
[#] aiming for Rd7+.} Rxb7 46. h4 h5 47. Re3 Rb4 48. Rd3 Rc4 49. Re3 Rb4 50. Rd3 Rc4 51. Re3 Rb4 52. Rd3 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Saric,Ivan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 {14.a4 is a critical line.} 0-0 {
B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 15. g3 (15. h4 $11 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 )Be6 (15... a5 $5 {} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 )16. h4 Bh6 {
The position is equal.} 17. Bg2 a5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. g4 {And now
g5 would win.} Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 {aiming for g5.} Bf4 {[#]} 23. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Be4 Rfc8 24. Rh3 Rab8 25. b3 Rc7 26. Bd3 g6 27. c4 e4 28. Be2 bxc4 29. Bxc4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 (54) Foltyn,L (1986)-Klima,L 
(2405) Karvina 2007} )Rab8 24. a3 g6 25. h5 Kg7 26. Rh3 Rfc8 27. Kd3 Kf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh7 Rc7 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 30. Be4 {[#]} Kg5 $1 31. Ke2 b4 32. cxb4 (32. Rb1 $17 )axb4 $19 33. a4 (33. Rb1 $142 )b3 34. Kf3 Rb4 {Hoping for ...Rxe4!} 35. a5 $2 {[#]} (35. Rhh1 {
was the crucial defense.} )Rxe4 $1 {} 36. a6 Rd4 37. a7 e4+ 38. Kg2 {[#]} Rxa7 {} 39. Rxa7 { Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd2 {
Strongly threatening ...e3.} 40. Kf1 (40. Rh3 $142 e3 41. Rf3 )Rxb2 41. Rb7 Kxg4 42. Rh8 {and the idea Rhb8 leaves White hopeful.} Be5 43. Rhb8 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 b2 45. Rxf7 Rd1 46. Rfb7 Rxd5 47. Rb4 Kf5 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd7 50. Reb8 (50. Rxe5 $142 Rxe5 51. Kf1 )Rd1 51. R4b7+ Ke6 52. Rxb2 Bxb2 53. Rxb2 {KR-KR} d5 (53... Ke5 $142 54. Rb8 d5 55. Re8+ Kd4 )54. Rb8 d4 55. Rg8 Kf5 56. Rf8+ Kg5 (56... Ke5 $142 57. Re8+ Kf4 )57. Re8 Kf4 58. Rf8+ Ke5 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. Rg8 d3 61. Rxg6 d2 {Black mates.} 62. Rg8 Kc4 63. Rd8 Kc3 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.79/Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Nh5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5
c6 6 Qc2).} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 {was the old line (12.0-0).} Nf6 {The
position is equal.} 13. 0-0-0 {[#]} (13. a3 $1 $11 )a5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... c5 14. g4 c4 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Rdg1 g5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. gxh5 {1-0 (34) Dahdal,L (2002)-Gameel,A (1752) Abu Dhabi
2013} )14. g4 b5 $1 15. Ng3 Na6 16. Bf5 g6 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 17. Bxc8 $1 Raxc8 18. Kb1 a4 (18... b4 $15 19. Nce2 c5 )19. h4 (19. g5 $11 hxg5 20. h4 )Nxg4 20. h5 g5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Ncxe4 Nb4 23. Qd2 (23. Qc5 $17 )Nd5 (23... f5 $1 $19 { has better winning chances.} 24. Nc5 Nd5 )24. Rhe1 Qd7 25. a3 f5 26. Nc5 Qh7 27. Ka1 Ngf6 $36 { Black is on
the roll.} 28. Qd3 {[#]} (28. f3 $17 )f4 $1 $19 29. Nf5 Ng4 ({Weaker is} 29... Nxh5 30. Qh3 $14 )30. Nd6 Qxd3 ({Don't play} 30... Nxf2 31. Nxc8 Ne3 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rd2 $15 )31. Nxd3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 {[#]} Rf8 33. Re6 $2 (33. Kb1 {
was called for.} )Rf6 (33... f3 $142 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 34. Re1 Nf4 )34. Re8+ Rf8 $2 (34... Kg7 35. Ne4 Rf8 )35. Re6 f3 36. Ne5 Nxe5 (36... Nxf2 $142 37. Kb1 Kh7 )37. dxe5 Nf4 38. Re7 (38. Rxh6 Kg7 39. Rf6 {
Decoy} Rxf6 40. Ne8+ Kh6 41. exf6 )g4 {Threatens to win with ...g3.Black
is clearly winning.} 39. Ne4 Nxh5 40. Rd7 g3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/
Black=0.30} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {} Ng7 16. h3 c6 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Re1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qd7 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qd2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe7 25. Nd3 Ne6 26. Qe3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Bruzon Batista,L (2644)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020} )21. Ne5 Re8 22. Nd7 Rxe2 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. Rxe2 {[#] Hoping for Re7.} Ne6 ({But not} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. Re7 $18 )25. Be5 Qxa2 26. Nxd5+ $1 Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. f3 a5 30. Nf6 a4 {[#] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 31. Kf2 Nf4 32. Bxf4+ Kxf6 $11 { Endgame KQ-KRB} 33. Bd6 g5 34. Ba3 Kg6 35. Re7 Qb3 { Black
has compensation.} 36. Re2 Qd1 37. Re1 Qd2+ 38. Re2 Qd1 39. Re1 $1 {} Qd2+ 40. Re2 Qd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Korobov,Anton"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 {The position is equal.} Be7 {[#]
Threatens to win with ...Nxc3. D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6.} 13. Qh5 {} g6 14. Qh6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 {[#]} 16. Nxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Nxh7 Qc7 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. Qh8 Qxc3 20. Bh6 Qxd3 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 {0-1 (31) Pihlajamaeki,J (1574)
-Koistinen,K (2258) ICCF email 2018} )fxe6 17. Bxg6+ $1 $40 {
White is up to no good.} hxg6 18. Qxg6+ { [#] Double Attack} Kf8 19. Bh6+ Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kf7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 22. Qh6+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qg8!} 23. Qh7+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Nb6.} 24. Qh6+ Kf7 {
A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0
Bc5.} d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Qd7 {
[#]} 13. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Be2 f6 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Qf7 19. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (48) Anand,V (2782)-Adams,M (2715)
London 2017} )Bd6 14. Rfe1 b5 $1 {} 15. Bb3 Rab8 ({Black
should play} 15... Rad8 $11 )16. h3 h6 17. Re3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Be6 20. Rd3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc1 Ree8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Ne7 26. Rd2 f5 27. Rda2 fxe4 28. Nd2 e3 29. fxe3 Nd5 30. Ne4 Bxb4 $1 31. cxb4 Nxb4 { Double Attack} 32. Bd2 Nxa6 33. Rxa6 b4 34. Ra1 Rec8 35. Kf2 c5 $1 36. Rb1 Rc6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Rc1 c4 39. Rxc4 { Decoy} Rxc4 40. Nd6+ Ke6 41. Nxc4 Kd5 42. Nb2 e4 { Black has strong compensation.} 43. Kd1 b3 44. Bc3 g5 45. Ke2 Ra8 46. Kd2 h5 47. g4 $2 (47. Nd1 $17 )h4 $1 $19 48. Nd1 Rf8 49. Ke2 Rf3 50. Nf2 {[#]} (50. Bh8 )Rg3 (50... Rxf2+ $142 $1 {
} 51. Kxf2 Kc4 )51. Bf6 Rg1 $1 {} 52. Nd1 {intending
Nc3+.} Rh1 (52... Rg2+ $2 53. Kf1 $19 )(52... Kc4 $142 53. Nb2+ Kb4 )53. Nc3+ Ke6 54. Nxe4 Rxh3 55. Bd4 $2 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 55. Nxg5+ $2 Kxf6 56. Nxh3 b2 $19 )(55. Bg7 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rh2+ 56. Kf3 )Rh2+ $2 (55... Kd5 $1 $19 {} 56. Nxg5 Rg3 )56. Kf3 $15 b2 57. Nxg5+ Kd5 (57... Ke7 {
seems wilder.} 58. Bxb2 Rxb2 59. Nh3 Rh2 60. Nf4 Kf6 )58. Bxb2 Rxb2 { Endgame KR-KN} 59. Kf4 Rg2 (59... Rb4+ {looks sharper.} 60. e4+ Kd6 61. Nf3 h3 62. Kg3 Rb3 )60. e4+ Kd6 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 61. Kf5 $2 {
} (61. Nh3 $15 )Ke7 (61... Rf2+ $142 62. Kg6 Rf8 63. Nh3 Rf3 64. Ng5 Rg3 65. Kf6 h3 66. e5+ Kd7 67. Kf7 h2 68. e6+ Kc8 69. e7 Re3 70. e8=Q+ Rxe8 71. Kxe8 h1=Q 72. Kf7 Kd7 73. Kg6 Ke7 74. Kf5 Qd5+ 75. Kf4 Qd6+ 76. Kf3 Qf6+ { Double Attack} 77. Kg3 Qxg5 78. Kf3 Qe5 79. g5 Kf7 80. Kg4 Kg6 81. Kh4 Qf4+ 82. Kh3 Kxg5 83. Kg2 Kg4 84. Kh1 Kg3 85. Kg1 Qc1# )62. e5 Ra2 63. Kf4 {[#]} Ra4+ $1 64. Kf3 Ra3+ $2 (64... Rc4 $19 {is more deadly. aiming for ..
.Rd4.} 65. Nh7 Rc3+ 66. Kg2 Re3 )65. Kf4 $17 h3 (65... Rc3 $17 {Threatens to
win with ...Rc4+.} 66. Nf3 Rc4+ 67. Kg5 h3 )66. Nf3 $15 Ke6 67. Ng5+ Ke7 {
( -> ...h2)} (67... Kd5 {is more complex.} 68. Nf3 Rc3 69. Nh2 Rb3 70. Nf3 Ra3 )68. Nf3 Kf7 69. g5 Ke7 70. g6 Ra2 71. Kg3 Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 Rxg6 73. Nd4 Re6 74. Nxe6 Kxe6 75. Kg4 Kxe5 {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.33/Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Saric,Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Rb8 {13...Bb4 is a critical
line.} 14. axb5 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2.} axb5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxb3 Be7 17. Be3 0-0 {[#]} 18. Qc2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. Qc2 c5 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rda1 Rd8 22. R7a6 Rbd7 23. Rb6 Rd5 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Kevicky,M (2404)-Van Wieringen,C (2304) ICCF
email 2007} )c5 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Rb7 Rb8 21. Ra7 Ra8 22. Rb7 Rb8 23. Ra7 Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Giri,Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd5. 10...Nbd7 is the modern continuation. E05:
Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} (10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb6 21. Ne1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Giri,A (2764)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2784) chess24.com INT 2020} )11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 a5 13. Nc3 Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. h4 {[#]} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ra6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Ra7 20. Rd2 Qd6 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Nh2 {0-1 (54) Chitlange,S 
(2167)-Pichot,A (2630) Lichess.org INT 2021} )16. e5 Be7 {The position is
equal.} 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. e6 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. exf7+ Kxf7 $11 { Endgame
KRB-KRN} 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. Rc3 Rd7 30. Nd4 Ke5 31. Nf3+ Kf6 32. Nd4 Ke5 33. Nf3+ Kf6 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 {
B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 7. f3 $5 { Exploring less charted territory.} Bg7 8. Be3 Nbd7 {The position
is equal.} 9. Qd2 h5 {[#]} 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 0-0 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. Nb5 {1-0 (53) Alekseenko,K 
(2638)-Paravyan,D (2634) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018} )b5 (10... Qc7 $11 {
remains equal.} )11. a4 $1 $16 {} b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 0-0 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. 0-0 Qb8 17. Rac1 Rd8 (17... Ne5 $142 )18. Rfd1 (18. Ne2 $142 )Rc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 (20. Nbxc1 Ne5 $14 )Qd8 21. Ned4 $1 Ne5 22. Qe1 d5 (22... Ba6 $16 {keeps fighting.} )23. Nc5 $18 Rb8 {
} 24. Bf4 (24. Nxb7 $18 Rxb7 25. f4 )Nfd7 {next ...Nxc5 is
good for Black.} 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. exd5 (26. Rd1 $16 )Nd3 $1 $11 {
 Double Attack} 27. Nc6 Qb6+ 28. Be3 {[#]} Qxb5 29. Nxe7+ (29. axb5 {
with more complications.} Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxb5 31. Nxe7+ Kh7 32. Ra1 )Kh7 ({Inferior is} 29... Kf8 30. Rc8+ Kxe7 31. Bg5+ (31. axb5 $2 {loses.} Nxe1 32. d6+ Ke6 $19 )Kd6 32. Be7+ (32. axb5 $2 Nxe1 33. Bd2 Nd3 $19 )Kxd5 33. Qe4# (33. axb5 $2 Nxe1 34. b3 Rxb5 $19 ))30. axb5 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxb5 32. Bc1 a4 33. Re4 (33. d6 $11 )a3 $1 $17 34. bxa3 Rb1 35. Re1 (35. Rc4 $2 Bb2 )Bc3 36. Rf1 Bd4+ 37. Kh2 Bc5 $1 {} 38. Nc6 {[#]} Bxa3 {
} 39. Bxa3 Rxf1 $19 { Endgame KRN-KBN} 40. Be7 Rd1 41. d6 Kg7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nb6 ({Black should play} 43... f6 $17 44. Kg3 Nb6 )44. g5 $1 $15 {[#]} Nc8 (44... Kg8 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 45. Na7 Rd3 )45. Nd4 $1 $11 Nxe7 46. dxe7 {KR-KN} Re1 47. Nc6 f6 48. f4 {Ne5! is the strong threat.} f5 {And now ...Kf7 would win.} 49. Kg3 (49. Ne5 {[#]} Rxe5 $1 50. fxe5 Kf7 51. Kh3 Kxe7 52. Kh4 Ke6 53. Kh3 Kxe5 54. Kg3 f4+ 55. Kg2 Kf5 56. Kf2 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Kf2 Ke4 59. Ke2 f3+ 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Kf1 g5 62. Kf2 g4 63. Kf1 g3 64. Ke1 Ke3 65. Kf1 g2+ 66. Kg1 Ke2 67. Kh2 Kf2 68. Kh3 g1=Q 69. Kh4 Qg6 70. Kh3 Qh5# )Kf7 50. Kf2 Re4 51. Ne5+ Kxe7 {Hoping for ...Rxe5!} 52. Nxg6+ Kf7 53. Ne5+ Ke6 54. Kf3 Ra4 55. g6 ({White should try} 55. Ng6 $15 )Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Kf2 Kh6 59. Ke2 Ra4 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. Ke3 Rd5 62. Nc6 Rd7 63. Ne5 Rd1 {White must now prevent ...Rf1.} 64. Ke2 Rd5 (64... Rb1 {looks
sharper.} 65. Kf2 Kg7 66. Ke2 Kf6 67. Kf2 Rc1 )65. Kf3 Rb5 66. Ke3 Rb4 67. Kf3 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb4 69. Kf3 $1 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 $1 Rb4 {What a bad dream for Black. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.13} (70... Rb1 $17 71. Kf3 Rf1+ 72. Kg3 Kg7 )1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Korobov,Anton"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.
} 0-0 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 {} Qb8 {[#]} 12. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc1 Rc8 13. N1a2 Bd8 14. Bf3 Ba5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qc6 17. b3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxa5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Souhardo,B (2382)-Shahil,D (2434)
Budapest 2021} )Rc8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bd3 b5 15. axb6 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bxb6 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Bxa6 Rc7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nb6 21. Qf1 ({Better is} 21. Nd2 $16 )Ra7 22. Bb5 Ra2 23. Qb1 Ra7 24. Qf1 Ra2 $1 25. h3 h6 (25... Rxb2 $11 26. Rg3 Ne4 )26. Qb1 Ra7 {White should prevent ...Nbxd5.} 27. Qd3 g6 28. Nd2 Kg7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 (30. Qxe4 {seems wilder.} Nc8 31. Ra3 Ne7 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. b4 )Nd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 $16 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. b3 Rb7 33. Re3 Qa7 34. Kh2 Qa1 35. Qc3 (35. Qd2 $16 )Qxc3 $11 36. Rxc3 {
KR-KR} f5 37. g4 Kf6 {The position is equal.} 38. Kg3 h5 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 g5+ 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 h4 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kd4 Re1 45. c5 Rd1+ 46. Kc4 dxc5 {[#] aiming for ...Ke5.} 47. Re3 Rd4+ 48. Kxc5 Rxg4 49. d6 {White wants to
mate with d7.} Rg1 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 50. Rd3 {[#] d7 would kill now.} Rg3 $1 {} 51. Rxg3 hxg3 {KPP-KPP} 52. Kc6 $1 {Threatening mate with d7.
} g2 53. d7 g1=Q {( -> ...Qd4)} (53... Ke7 $5 54. Kc7 $8 Kf7 $11 )54. d8=Q+ Kf5 55. Qd5+ Kf6 56. Qd8+ Kf5 57. Qd5+ Kf6 58. Qd8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
12/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 {[#]} 0-0 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf3 g5 13. g3 gxf4 14. gxf4 Rg8 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Rc1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2525)-Graf,A (2580) Luzern 1993} )11. Nf3 Ne8 12. a3 Rc8 (12... f6 $5 13. Bh4 $8 Nd6 $11 )13. Rc1 f6 14. Bh4 Nd6 15. Qc2 g6 16. 0-0 {
The position is equal.} b5 17. Bxg6 ({Wrong is} 17. Nxb5 $2 {[#]} Nb4 $1 $19 {
} )hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 {[#] White must now prevent
...Rf7.} 20. Qg6+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Qe8.} 21. Ng5 fxg5 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 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} )Qa5 9. Nd2 {The position is equal.
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 0-0 {
9...Nd7 is a critical line.} 10. Be2 Bd7 11. 0-0 {[#]} 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. Nb3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qb2 14. Rc2 ({Reject} 14. Rxc5 Qxa2 15. Rc3 b5 $17 )Bxb3 15. axb3 Qxb3 {[#] aiming for ...cxd4.} 16. Rxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 a5 {
} 18. Rc7 a4 19. Rxe7 a3 20. Rxb7 Nc6 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...a2.} 21. e5 a2 22. Ra1 {Black must now prevent f4.
} Nxe5 23. Rb2 ({Don't go for} 23. dxe5 $2 Bxe5 24. Rbb1 axb1=N $19 )Nc6 24. Rbxa2 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 (25. Rxa8 {feels hotter.} Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc3 28. f3 )Rxa2 26. Rxa2 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Bxd4 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bf3 Rc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Bc5 30. Bb7 Bd4 31. Ba8 Bc5 32. Bb7 Bd4 33. Ba8 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Black "Saric,Ivan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 {B45:
Sicilian Four Knights.} bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 {The position is equal.} g6 {[#]} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qg3 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qf3 0-0 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h4 f5 15. Ng5 e5 16. c4 {1-0 (51) Indjic,A (2607)-Kovalenko,I (2643)
Lichess.org INT 2021} )Rb8 11. Bd3 Qc7 ({Black should play} 11... Rxb2 $15 12. 0-0 0-0 )12. Nxd5 exd5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Qd4 Bb7 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qf4 Rfe8 18. Bb4 a5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rab1 Qc7 ({Better is} 20... Qxa3 $15 21. Rb5 Qc3 )21. Qd4 $11 Bc6 ({Weaker is} 21... Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rb6 $18 )({Much worse is} 21... Rxe5 $6 22. Qa7 $16 )22. f4 d6 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Re1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Re6 26. c4 Qa8 27. Re2 Re8 28. h3 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Rd8 30. Qb6 {
[#] And now e6 would win.} Rd1+ 31. Kh2 {Strongly threatening e6.} Bd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 {[#] Threatens to win
with Qb8+.} Kf7 (34... Qd4 {seems wilder.} 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qf3 Kg5 )35. Re2 Qd6+ (35... Qd4 {with more complications.} 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 )36. Qxd6 Rxd6 {KR-KR} 37. Re5 a4 38. Re4 Ra6 $1 39. Rb4 Ke6 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Kg3 Ra5 43. Kh4 Kf6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Kh2 Kf5 46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Kh2 Kf5 48. Kg3 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 {
is cutting edge theory.} 9. Be2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th
moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bxg4 {[#]} Bxg4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxg4 13. f5 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Nf6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. 0-0 Rc6 17. Kg2 h4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Kover,W (2232)-Sherwood,H (2338)
ICCF email 2016} )12. Qd2 Be7 (12... Be6 $14 )13. f5 $16 h4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Na5 d5 19. Qxd5 Qxc2 {
[#]} 20. 0-0 0-0 21. Rf2 Qa4 22. b3 ({But not} 22. Qxb7 Rab8 $15 )(22. Nxb7 $16 Rac8 23. Bc5 )Qb5 23. Nc4 ({Not} 23. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $19 )Bg5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Ne3 Ra6 26. Nd5 f6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Rc2 (30. Nd5 $11 Rd6 31. Rff1 )Kh7 ({Better is} 30... Rc6 $17 {Strongly
threatening ...Rxe3!} 31. Rf2 Be8 )31. Nd5 (31. Rc7 $11 {remains equal.} )Rc6 $17 32. Rec1 (32. Rxc6 $15 bxc6 33. Nb4 )Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxc2 { Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd3 Rxa2 35. Nc7 $1 Rc2 (35... Ra1+ $15 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Nxb5 Rb1 )36. Rd7 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc3 37. Ne6 Rg3 {And now ...
Bf3 would win.} 38. Kf2 Be8 39. Rd8 {} Bc6 40. Nf8+ $1 Kh6 41. Ne6 { [#]} Kh7 42. Nf8+ $1 Kh6 43. Ne6 {} Kh7 44. Nf8+ $1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Duda,Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Korobov,Anton"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 {} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. g4 Rb8 11. Bh6 $5 { Exploring less charted territory.
E84: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8.} (11. cxb5 $14 axb5 12. Ng3 )Bh8 $1 $11 12. h4 e5 $1 { [#] Threatens to win with ...
exd4.} 13. Be3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 bxc4 15. h5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Klekowski,M (2281)-Siekaniec,J (2191) Miedzyzdroje 2009} )Na5 14. Ng3 exd4 (14... bxc4 $6 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. h5 $16 )15. Bxd4 {} c5 16. Bxc5 Bxg4 $1 17. Qf4 {[#]} b4 $1 {} 18. Nb1 {[#]} (18. Na4 $1 $15 Bd7 19. Rxd6 )Qc8 $1 19. fxg4 (19. b3 dxc5 )Qxc5 20. b3 Rbd8 21. g5 {[#]} d5 $1 22. gxf6 $17 {} dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 (23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxc4 25. bxc4 $14 )24. bxc4 Qxc4+ 25. Kb2 b3 (25... Rc8 26. Rd2 $15 (26. Ka1 b3 $15 ))({Black should play} 25... Rb8 $17 26. Rd2 (26. Ka1 $2 b3 $19 )b3 )26. Nc3 $11 {Black must now prevent Rxd8.} (26. axb3 $2 Rb8 $19 )bxa2 $1 (26... Rc8 27. Nge2 $16 )27. Nge2 $2 { [#]} (27. Rxd8 $11 Qb4+ 28. Kc2 (28. Kxa2 $2 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rb8 $19 )Rxd8 29. Nge2 )Rb8+ $2 ({Better is} 27... Qb4+ $1 $19 28. Ka1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rb8 )28. Ka1 $16 Rb6 $2 (28... h6 $16 {was necessary.} )29. e5 $18 ({Much less strong is} 29. Rd6 $6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Qe6 $16 )Qb3 {} 30. Rd2 {
Strongly threatening h5.} Rbe6 $2 (30... h5 31. Rc1 (31. Rxa2 Rb4 $16 )Reb8 )31. h5 {hxg6 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Qb7 32. Rhd1 Qc7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh1 Bxf6 35. exf6 Qxf4 36. Nxf4 Rxf6 {[#]} 37. Rdh2 $1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Saric,Ivan"]
[Black "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4
0-0 Bc5.} Be6 7. 0-0 Qd6 {7...Bd6 is becoming the main line.} 8. b3 a5 9. a4 {
[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. Ng5 h5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Nc4 b6 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Kh1 f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 {1-0 (52) Milto,G-Popov,V (2087) ICCF
email 2016} )10. Bb2 {[#] aiming for d4!} Nd7 11. Qe2 f6 12. Rfd1 0-0 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd3 c4 19. Re3 Rad8 20. Re1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Ne5 22. h3 c5 23. Nf5 Qf7 24. Qb5 {Bxe5 is the strong
threat.} Qc7 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rg3 g6 27. Ne3 Rf8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Qc4 Rfd8 $1 31. h4 Kg7 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Re3 Rd2 34. Qg4 Rf8 35. f3 (35. Rxe5 $17 Rdxf2 36. Re6 )Rf5 $19 36. Qg3 {} Rd5 37. Re4 h5 38. R1e3 Qf6 39. Qe1 Qd6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} 40. Qg3 $1 Qf6 41. Qe1 $1 Qd8 {Hoping for ...Rd1.} 42. Qc3 ({Wrong is} 42. Rxe5 $2 Rfxe5 43. Rxe5 Rd1 $19 )Qf6 43. Qe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Giri,Anish"]
[Black "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 {} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 10. Nbd2 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na3 Ba6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 {1/2-1/2 (39) Giri,A (2776)-Anand,V 
(2757) Bucharest 2019} )Nh5 11. e3 $5 { An interesting side line.
} Nxf4 {The position is equal.} 12. exf4 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 {0-1 (58) Giri,A (2764)-Van Foreest,J (2682)
chess24.com INT 2020} )15. Bf1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Qe2 Rc7 20. a3 g6 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. h4 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Qf8 24. Qf3 Nh5 25. Nf1 Ng7 26. Ne3 Nf5 27. Bxf5 (27. Nxf5 $14 gxf5 28. Qe3 )exf5 ({Better is} 27... gxf5 28. Qe2 Qe8 )28. Nxd5 {[#]} (28. h5 $11 )Bxa3 $1 {} 29. Nf6+ $1 $16 {White now steadily converts the win.} ({Inferior is} 29. bxa3 Qd8 $15 )Kg7 30. Qxa3 Qxa3 31. bxa3 Kxf6 32. d5 Kg7 (32... Rc3 $16 {was necessary.
} )33. d6 $18 Rc3 {[#]} 34. Nxf7 $1 { Decoy} Kxf7 ({Wrong is} 34... Bf3 $2 35. d7 $1 $18 )35. Re7+ { Double Attack} Kf6 36. Rxb7 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1+ { Endgame KR-KR} 38. Kg2 h5 39. Rxa7 Rc6 40. d7 Ke7 41. Rb7 Kd8 42. a4 Re6 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. f3 Kd8 45. Kf2 Rc6 46. g4 fxg4 (46... Rc4 $16 )47. fxg4 {Threatens to win with g5.} Rc4 $2 (47... Rc2+ 48. Ke3 hxg4 )48. gxh5 {White is clearly winning.} gxh5 49. Ke3 Rxa4 {[#]} 50. f5 $1 {} Ra1 51. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.19} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 {
C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7.} Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 {
Threatens to win with Bxh7+!The position is equal.} Bg4 {[#]} 16. Bg5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bb3 e4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Bd2 {
0-1 (42) Sevian,S (2660)-Paravyan,D (2629) Jermuk 2021} )Bxf3 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. gxf3 e4 (18... Rxf3 $6 19. Bb3 $16 )19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Kh1 (20. Qxd5+ $2 Qxd5 21. exd5 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxg5 $19 )({White should try} 20. Bd1 $1 $11 )Nf3 $15 { Black has compensation.} 21. Qg2 Rae8 (21... Nxg5 $15 22. Qxg5 Rf2 )22. Be3 $1 $14 c5 23. Ng3 d4 $1 { [#]} 24. Rd1 $1 Kh8 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bg1 Nxg1 27. Qxg1 Qf4 28. Qg2 Rc8 29. Qe2 Qe3 30. Bb3 Rf2 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. e5 g6 33. e6 a5 34. Kg1 {Strongly threatening e7.} Kg7 35. Ne4 Rf4 36. Nd6 {[#]} ({White should play} 36. Ng3 $15 )Rc5 $1 $19 {} 37. h4 (37. e7 {is a self mate.} Rg5+ 38. Kh1 e2 39. h3 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rgg2 42. Nf5+ gxf5 43. e8=N+ Kf8 44. Nf6 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rfg2# )Re5 38. Nf7 $2 (38. Re1 )Rg4+ 39. Kh2 Ree4 $2 (39... Rh5 {} 40. Ng5 Rgxg5 )40. Rd7 $2 (40. Nd6 e2 41. Re1 )Rxh4+ (40... Kf6 $142 41. Rd1 e2 )41. Kg3 Rhg4+ 42. Kf3 {[#]} Kf6 43. Nd6 $2 {[#]} (43. Nh6 {is the only way for
White.} Rg1 44. Rd1 (44. Kxe4 $2 {is the wrong capture.} e2 $19 )(44. Ng8+ $2 Kg5 $19 )Rxd1 45. Bxd1 Rxe6 46. Ng4+ Kg5 47. Nxe3 )e2 $1 {} 44. Rf7+ (44. Nxe4+ $142 Rxe4 { Promotion} 45. Kxe4 e1=Q+ 46. Kd3 )Kg5 $2 (44... Ke5 $19 45. Nxe4 Rxe4 )45. Nxe4+ $11 Rxe4 46. Kxe4 e1=Q+ { Endgame KQ-KRB} 47. Kd4 Qb4+ 48. Ke5 a4 (48... Qc5+ {
looks sharper.} 49. Bd5 Qe3+ 50. Kd6 Qb6+ 51. Bc6 Qd4+ )49. Bd5 {Hoping for e7.
} Qxb2+ 50. Kd6 {aiming for e7.} Qh2+ 51. Kc6 b4 {White must now prevent ...
Qe5.} 52. Ra7 $2 {} (52. e7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qe5 53. Rxh7 )Qb8 $2 (52... h5 $19 {has better winning chances. And now .
..h4 would win.} 53. e7 Qe5 )53. Rb7 $17 Qa8 (53... Qc8+ $17 54. Kd6 Qd8+ 55. Kc5 Qa5+ 56. Kd6 Qd8+ 57. Kc5 b3 )54. e7 $1 $11 b3 55. Kd7 $2 {} (55. axb3 $11 a3 56. b4 Qc8+ 57. Rc7 Qe8+ 58. Kd6 )bxa2 $19 56. Rb5 Qa7+ 57. Bb7+ Kh6 58. e8=Q a1=Q 59. Qe6 Qg7+ 60. Kc6 Qc3+ 61. Kd7 Qad4+ 62. Bd5 Qg7+ (62... a3 $142 63. Qc6 Qg7+ 64. Kd8 Qf8+ 65. Kc7 Qe7+ 66. Kb6 Qd4+ 67. Rc5 a2 68. Bxa2 Qb4+ 69. Ka6 Qexc5 70. Qh1+ Kg7 71. Qa1+ Qcd4 72. Qxd4+ Qxd4 73. Kb5 Qb2+ { Double Attack} 74. Kc4 Qxa2+ 75. Kd3 h5 76. Ke3 h4 77. Ke4 h3 78. Ke5 h2 79. Kd4 h1=Q 80. Ke3 Qb3+ 81. Kf4 Qhf3+ 82. Kg5 Qg3# )63. Ke8 Qce5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/Black=0.37} (63... Qh8+ $142 64. Qg8 Qc8+ 65. Ke7 Qe5+ 66. Qe6 Qec7+ 67. Qd7 Q7xd7+ 68. Kf6 Qh8# )0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.07.09"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} d5 8. Qg3 h5 9. h4 {White has an edge.
} d4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 {[#]} 12. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf4 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qd5 16. f4 a5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bf3 {0-1 (33)
Giri,A (2776)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2789) chess24.com INT 2021} )Qd5 13. Bd3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg6+ $1 Kd8 18. Nd2 (18. Bg5 {
is interesting.} Qxf3 19. gxf3 a5 20. Kg2 Be7 21. cxd4 Nd5 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Be4 )dxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. c4 (20. Qe2 $16 )Qxf3 $1 $11 21. gxf3 Be6 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. Rd1 Ke7 {[#]} (24... Kc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} )25. Bd3 (25. Na5 $1 $16 {} Bd7 26. Re1 )Kf7 26. Bg5 Bb4 27. Nd2 (27. a3 $14 Be7 28. Na5 )Rhd8 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Ng3 Bc5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Be7 32. Be3 Bxh4 (32... Bg4 $17 33. f3 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Be6 )33. c5 a5 34. Be2 g6 35. Rdb1 Rb4 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. a4 (37. Rb1 $17 )bxa3 38. Rxa3 Kf6 39. Ra6 Rc8 40. f4 {[#]} exf4 (40... Be1 $142 $1 41. Ra1 Bc3 )41. Bxf4 $17 g5 42. Bd6 g4 43. Ra7 {Hoping for Be7+.} Kg6 (43... Be1 $17 44. Rh7 Kg6 )44. Ba6 $1 $11 {} Rh8 45. Rc7 Bd8 46. Rxc6 {aiming for Be5.The position is
equal.} Bd7 47. Rb6 Bxb6 48. cxb6 { Endgame KRB-KB} Bc6 49. b7 Bxe4+ 50. Kg3 {[#]} Bxb7 $1 51. Bxb7 Kg5 {And now ...h4+ would win.} 52. Be7+ Kf5 53. Kh4 Rh7 54. Bc8+ Kf4 55. Bd6+ Kf3 56. Be6 Ke4 {...Rh6 is the strong threat.} 57. Bg3 $1 Rh8 58. Bd7 $1 Rh7 59. Be6 Rh8 60. Bd7 Rh7 61. Be6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.16/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[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"]

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-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

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,0,-6,22,18,20,27,35,26,50,54,60,49,80,74,281,21,30,34,21,32,33,22,
58,54,38,0,0,0,0,3,1,4,9,0,62,70,93,61,127,73,92,97,226,210,210,116,264,179,
426,295,1511,284,462,447,484,376,393,398,416,365,347,125,628,621,1159,1149,
29990,1039]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Qb4+ {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 {White has an
edge.} 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. O-O d6 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 {aiming for Bd2.}
({Predecessor:} 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. f4 Bf5 16. Nb3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Qa4
19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Qc3 Re4 21. Na5 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxf4 24. b3 {
0-1 (24) Sadeghi,S (2164)-Filippov,A (2472) Teheran 2004}) 14... Nxe5 $2 {[#]}
(14... dxe5 $16 15. Bd2 Qb6) 15. a3 $1 Qb6 $11 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 17. Be3 Qa5
{[#]} 18. b4 $1 Qa4 (18... Qa6 19. Bd4) 19. Bd4 {Black must now prevent f4.} f6
20. Bxe5 (20. Rae1 {looks sharper.} c5 21. Be4 cxd4 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxa8 Ba6
24. Bd5) 20... fxe5 21. f4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.}
Bf5 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 {And now e6 would win.} dxe5 24. Qd7 Qb3 (24... a5
$11) 25. Qxc6 $14 {Strongly threatening Qd5+.} Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 (26... Qd3 $14
27. Rfe1 e4) 27. Rfe1 (27. h3 $142) 27... Qc3 28. Qxc7 Rac8 (28... e4 $16) 29.
Qxa7 $18 Rxc4 30. h3 (30. b5 $18) 30... Rcf4 (30... h6 $16 {was necessary.} 31.
b5 Qg3) 31. Qc5 Qb2 (31... Qxc5 32. bxc5 Kg8) 32. Qxe5 Qb3 {[#]} (32... Rf1+
33. Rxf1 Qxa1 34. Rxa1 Kg8 35. Rc1 g6 36. Rc7 Rf1+ 37. Kh2) (32... Qf2 33. Qe3
Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kg8) 33. Qe3 $2 (33. Qxf4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 (33... Kg8 34. Qe5
) 34. Re8+ Qg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. b5) 33... Qc4 $2 (33... Rf1+ $2 34. Rxf1 Qg8
35. Rxf8 $18) (33... Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kg8) 34. Rac1 Qf7 35. Qg3 h6 36. b5 Qd5 37.
a4 Rxa4 38. Rb1 (38. b6 $18 {is more deadly. Hoping for Re7.} Rb4 39. Red1)
38... Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Raf4 $16 39. b6 Rf3) 39. b6 ({Weaker is} 39.
Re7 Rg5 $16) 39... Rg5 {[#]} 40. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb7 {[#]} (40... Rxg3 41.
b8=Q+) 41. Qxg5 $3 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.92} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,152,0,23,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,8,14,7,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,
53,31,31,31,72,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,72,72,72,72,72,72,93,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,
72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,
93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,
93,93,93,0,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {13.Be3 is the recent fashion. D85:
Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bxd4 15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Qc1 ({Not} 16. Bxe7 $2 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17.
Rxf2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Qa1 $19) (16. Rxe7 $2 Nc6 $19) 16... Na6 17. Bxe7 {[#]
Black must now prevent e5.} Rac8 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb7 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21.
Qxf6 Nc5 22. h4 Qe6 23. Qa1 (23. Qxe6 {is interesting.} Nxe6 24. Ra1 Nc5 25.
Rxa7 Re8 26. g4) 23... Nb3 24. Qxa7 Nd2 25. Rd1 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:
} 25... Rd8 26. Qe3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxe4 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. g3 Qe1+
31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Halkias,S (2543)-Pavlidis,A (2536) Achaia
2016}) 26. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qh3 (26... Qf6 {feels hotter.
} 27. Qd7 Ra8 28. Qg4 Ra5 29. Kg2 Rh5) 27. Qd7 (27. Qa6 {seems wilder.} Kg7 28.
Qa1+ f6 29. Qa7+ Kg8 30. Qd7) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxd7 $14 {KR-KR} h5 29. Kg2 Rc4
30. Kg3 Ra4 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Re1 Kf6 33. f4 Ra3+ 34. f3 Ra5 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Rb1
Ke6 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. Rb2 Ke6 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Rb1 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ra5
43. Rb8 Ke7 44. Rh8 Kf6 45. f5 Kg7 46. Rd8 gxf5 47. Rd5 Ra6 48. Rxf5 Kg6 49.
Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} f6 51. Rg8 (51. Rd5 {is more
complex.} Ra3 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Rd6 Kf7 54. Kf4) 51... Ra3 52. Rg3 {Threatens to
win with Kf5.} Ra5 53. Rg1 Ra3 54. Rg2 Ra5 55. Rd2 Kg6 56. Rd6 Rb5 57. Ra6 Rc5
58. Ra1 Rb5 59. Rg1+ Kf7 60. Rd1 {And now Rd5 would win.} Kg6 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62.
Rd3 Rb1 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Rb4 65. Rd6 Kf7 66. Kf4 Kg6 67. Kg3 Kf7 $1 68. Rc6
Ra4 69. Rc7+ Kg6 70. Re7 Rb4 71. f4 (71. Re8 $16) 71... Rb3+ $11 {The position
is equal.} 72. Kf2 Rh3 73. f5+ Kh6 74. Rf7 Rf3+ 75. Ke2 Re3+ 76. Kd2 Rd3+ 77.
Kxd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,10,18,18,28,20,27,22,17,18,18,13,14,18,12,11,15,3,8,10,22,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,20,7,15,7,20,12,22,24,20,22,54,64,90,27,60,8,23,0,191,206,334,334,
442,444,450,447,454,438,484,455,529,545,535,500,420,197,197,185,183,176,139,22,
26,0,0,0,27,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5]
[%mdl 32] 11.b4 scores better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14.
Rb1 (14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Bb2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6
20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Bc1 Ne7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 {0-1 (52) Anand,V (2757)-Giri,
A (2776) Kolkata 2019}) 14... Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 {[#]} 17. Be3 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17. b6) 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3
axb5 19. axb5 Ree8 20. c4 Ra8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rec8 23. d4 Ra3 24. Rb3
Rxb3 25. Qxb3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Re8 27. f3 (27. Qc3 $16) 27... Qe7 28. Qe3 (28. Nf5
$14 Qg5 29. Qb2) 28... Ra8 29. Rc1 Ra2 $2 (29... Qe5 $11) 30. Nf5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rf5e7]} Qe5 (30... Qf6 $142 31. Qc3 Ne5) 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf4 33. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxb7 Nxh3 36. Nxd6
Ng5 37. f4 Nf3 {intending ...Rd2.} 38. Nxf7 (38. Rb8+ $142 Kh7 39. Nxf7 Nd2+
40. Kf2 Nxe4+ 41. Ke3) 38... Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxe4 {[#]} 40. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7]}
Nc5 {[#]} 41. Rc7 (41. Re7 $1 $16) 41... Nd3+ $1 $11 42. Kd1 {Strongly
threatening Ne5.} Nf2+ 43. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nd3+ 44. Kd1 {
Ne5 is the strong threat.} Nf2+ 45. Ke1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/
Black=0.23} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,15,20,28,20,19,28,25,14,40,22,13,0,5,0,0,0,6,-39,9,5,19,2,3,0,0,
-4,0,-20,-24,-25,0,-29,0,0,0,-17,0,-25,43,-30,-26,-26,-21,-25,-7,-19,0,-15,0,
-60,-62,-62,-70,-103,-99,-144,-89,-242,-43,-52,-38,-111,-109,-157,-168,-550,
-550,-550,-542]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Bg5 {7.Re1 is becoming the main line.} a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6,
main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 {[#]} Kh8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
White has an edge. A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Re1 Nd8 11. Nf1
Ne6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c6 14. g3 Qc7 15. a5 Rd8 {0-1 (42) Robson,R (2670)
-Sevian,S (2591) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. b4 Ne7 11. b5 Ng6 12. bxa6 bxa6 13. d4
h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. a5 c6 16. Bd3 Bb8 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc7 19. Qe2 Rb8 20.
Ra2 Be6 21. Rfa1 Rb5 22. Ra4 Rb3 23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Ncd2 Ra8 25. Nf1 Nh4 (25...
Ra7 $11) 26. N1d2 (26. Nxh4 $1 $14 Qxh4 27. d5) 26... Nxf3+ $11 27. Nxf3 Bg4
28. Qe2 Qc8 29. h3 Be6 30. Nd2 d5 31. Bc2 (31. Nf3 $11) 31... f5 $15 32. exf5
Bxf5 33. e4 Bh7 34. Bd3 Qd7 (34... exd4 $142 35. cxd4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Qe6) 35.
exd5 $2 (35. Nf3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Bxd3 $2 (35... e4 $1 $19 36. Bxe4
Rae8) 36. Qxd3 Qxd5 37. Rc4 ({White should play} 37. Qe4 $15) 37... exd4 $17 ({
Avoid the trap} 37... Bxa5 $2 38. Rc5 $18) 38. cxd4 {[#]} Qd6 $1 {[%csl Gc7]
[%cal Rd6h2]} ({Worse is} 38... Bxa5 39. Rc5 $16) 39. Nf3 {[#]} (39. g3) 39...
Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 40. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with g3.} Rf8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.21} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,96,8,0,-17,-9,-17,-13,-20,-15,-17,-7,-9,-19,-33,-22,-23,-32,-21,-31,
-39,-41,-52,-61,-54,-45,-37,-31,-27,-31,-25,0,-6,0,-19,-14,-38,-36,-47,-32,-35,
-31,-128,-116,-122,-127,-126,-89,-84,-87,-337,-347,-388,-388,-388,-388,-388,
-388,-388,-388,-430,-430,-430,-430,-493,-477,-592,-584,-776,-756,-955,-868,
-1128,-1108,-5708,-5708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6.
Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. Bd3 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} h6 {
13...Re8 is vanishing.} 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Re8 16.
Qd3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Nh5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qd5 {
[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 22. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qf1 Qb3 23. Re3
Qxa3 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. Ra1 a5 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Rb1 Qc7 28. Qe2 {0-1 (40) Vargas,
R-Diaz,H (2014) ICCF email 2016}) 22... Qb3 23. c4 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxf3 25. gxf3
Red8 26. Red1 Nd7 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Bb1 Rc7 30. Rd2 Ne8 31. Ke2 Nd6
32. Bd3 {[#]} (32. c5 $15) 32... Nb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5d4][%mdl 576] Double
Attack, Pin} 33. Ke3 Nxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} ({Not} 33... Rxd4 $2
34. a4 $18) 34. Be4 Nc6 35. c5 {Black must now prevent cxb6.} Rxd2 36. cxb6 $2
{Now White is beyond hope.} (36. Kxd2 $17 {only move.} bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rd7+ 38.
Ke3) 36... Rcd7 $19 ({Less strong is} 36... axb6 37. Kxd2 Rd7+ 38. Kc3 $17) 37.
b7 Nb8 38. Rc8+ {[#]} Rd8 $1 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB}
Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kd4 Rd8 43. g4 Kc7+ 44. Ke5 Rd2
45. f3 Ra2 46. b8=Q+ Kxb8 47. Kd6 Rxa3 48. Ke7 f5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.64/Black=0.03} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,14,16,8,8,12,7,0,18,-15,-17,-30,0,-8,-15,-23,0,-43,5,-48,-82,-92,
-104,-97,-92,-96,-103,-90,-99,-99,-83,-97,-93,-103,-112,-110,-116,-148,-152,
-163,-163,-245,-232,-266,-266,-334,-320,-295,-294,-223,-70,-70,-54,-202,-202,
-169,-202,-174,-149,-150,-47,-298,-286,-629,-506,-791,-687,-985,-979,-973,-943,
-953,-925,-1645,-1256,-29978,-29978]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O
5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. dxc5 {The main line 7.dxc5 scores better than 7.cxd5.}
Qa5 8. cxd5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0).
} Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 11. Qxd8+ Qxd8 12.
Bxc3 Nc6 13. O-O Qd5 14. b4 Qc4 {[#]} 15. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1
Qxe2 16. a4 Qa2 17. b5 Nd8 18. Ra1 Qe2 19. Rfe1 Qc4 20. Ba5 Bf5 21. Rec1 {
1-0 (48) Mortensen,V (2413)-De Oliveira,M (2551) ICCF email 2003}) 15... Bf5
16. a4 ({White should try} 16. Bf1 $11) 16... Nxb4 $15 {Threatens to win with .
..Nc2.} 17. Nd2 Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qd6 {aiming for ...Nc2.} 19. Rd1 {[#]} Qe6 {
[%cal Re6b3]} 20. Bxb4 Qxb3 21. Bxe7 Qe6 22. Bg5 Be4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. e3 Qf5
25. Be7 Re8 26. Bd6 g5 27. a5 (27. Rd4 {keeps fighting.}) 27... h5 $19 28. Rd4
Re4 29. Bc5 h4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Rxd4 $2 32. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQ-KRR} h3 {...Qf3 is the strong threat.} 33. Rad1 ({Better is} 33. Kf1 $15)
33... Qf3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf3g2]} 34. Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2 36. Rd7 {[#]
Black must now prevent a6.} Kg6 (36... Kg7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Qg2.} 37. R1d5
(37. Rxb7 $2 Qg2 $19) 37... Kg6) 37. Rxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. a6 $15 bxa6 38.
R7d6+ Kg7 39. R1d5) 37... Qg2 38. Rd6+ $2 (38. Rb8) 38... f6 39. Rb1 (39. Rxa7
$142 h2 40. Rd1) 39... g4 40. Rd4 Qf3+ 41. Kd3 Qf5+ 42. Re4 h2 43. Rh1 Qd5+ 44.
Rd4 Qxh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.95/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,47,7,0,13,0,4,13,18,15,22,20,24,26,32,34,21,25,27,16,150,152,183,190,
240,231,231,188,213,192,185,185,180,178]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 {D85: Exchange
Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. cxd4 Nc6 {[%cal
Rc6d4]} 11. Be3 f5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 14. Ng5
Nxd4 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 $1 16. Bxf7 Qd6 {[#]} 17. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Bc4 Bc6
21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Rc4 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Be3 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qf7 26. Be3 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Esipenko,A (2620) Sochi 2019}) 17... Bxh3 18.
Bxd4 $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack. White is clearly better.} (18. gxh3
$2 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxe4 ({But not} 19. gxh3 $2 Qg3+ 20.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Kg1 Be5 $19) 19... e5 {Threatens to win with ...Bf5.} 20. gxh3 ({
Much less strong is} 20. Rxd4 $6 exd4 21. gxh3 Rf8) 20... Rf8 21. Rxd4 exd4 22.
Bc4 ({And not} 22. Qf3 Qe7 $17) 22... Qf4 23. Qe2 Qg5+ 24. Qg4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.06/Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,89,0,14,4,13,3,9,4,38,43,38,53,52,26,22,14,16,14,6,11,18,10,52,47,43,
46,116,74,143,111,191,195,189,143,168,170,170,156,225,217,247,254,245,247,268,
288,284,254,284,262,410,399,593,581,783,772,722,733,1100,1099,1253,1165,1639,
1559,1977,1871,29976,29976,29985,29986,29983,29984,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nxd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qxd5 10.
Bd2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rd8 11. Bc3 Qe6 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Ra6
14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Bxa5 Ra6 {0-1 (28) Wang,H (2763)-Giri,A (2764)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Bc3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 {[#]} 12. Nxe5 $1
Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Nxe5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 14. Qa4 Ng4 15. Rf4 Ne3
16. Bf3 {Hoping for Qe4.} Nd5 17. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4g7]} Nxc3 18. bxc3
$40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rd8 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rb1 Rb8 {
Black is on the road to losing.} (20... Ra7 $14) 21. Ra4 Ra6 ({Black should
play} 21... b6) 22. Rd4 Be6 (22... Rd6 $16) 23. Rxb7 $18 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bd5 Bxd5 (26... Rb2 $16) 27.
Rxd5 $16 {KR-KR} Rb2 {[#]} 28. Kf2 ({Don't take} 28. Rxa5 $6 Rxe2 29. a4 Ra2
$16) 28... Rxa2 29. Rc5 a4 30. Rxc7 Kg6 31. Ra7 a3 32. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5]
[%mdl 32]} Ra1 (32... Kf6 $142 33. Ke3 Ke6) 33. Ke3 $18 h5 (33... Kf6 $142 34.
Kd4 Ke6) 34. c5 Kf6 35. Kd4 Ra2 36. e4 Rxh2 37. Rxa3 Rc2 38. Kd5 g5 39. d4 h4
40. g4 Kg6 41. c6 {White mates.} f6 42. Kd6 Rc4 43. c7 Rxd4+ 44. Kc5 Rd1 45.
Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,0,-11,0,-7,-11,-62,-55,-64,-47,-55,-50,-52,-35,-49,-38,-110,-130,
-202,-204,-209,-184,-291,-300,-330,-331,-648,-260,-293,-275,-278,-189,-248,
-225,-408,-202,-198,-209,-196,-168,-145,-150,-497,-488,-487,-464,-449,-342,
-335,-339,-371,-366,-431,-116,-114,-114,-162,-139,-137,-138,-187,-178,-518,
-474,-993,-980,-1083,-1070,-690,-404,-29990,-29991,-29991,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4
c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O {
A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. h4 Nf6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#]
An interesting side line.} 10. Na4 $146 (10. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc1
Bg4 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. e3 Bc6 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Aronian,L (2758)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty
Mansiysk 2019}) 10... b6 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. h5 (15. Nc3 $15) 15... gxh5 $17 16. Bg5 (16.
Nc3 $17) 16... Qd7 $1 $19 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bxc6 (18. Qd2 $142) 18... Rxc6 (18...
Qxc6 19. a3 $17) (18... Nxc6 19. Nc3 $17) 19. Rc4 Rg6 (19... Nxa2 20. Bd2 $19)
20. Bd2 (20. Qd2) 20... Nd5 (20... Qh3 $142 21. Bxb4 cxb4) 21. Rh4 f5 22. e4
Nf6 23. exf5 (23. Qe2 $142) 23... Qxf5 {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 24. Qe2 (24.
Nc3 {is the only way for White.}) 24... Rg4 (24... Ng4 $142 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26.
dxe4 Ne5) 25. Rxg4 Nxg4 26. Bc3 Rf7 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. d4 $2 (28. Nc3 $17) 28...
cxd4 29. Qc4+ Rf7 {aiming for ...h4.} 30. Qxd4 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...
Nf3+.} 31. f4 {[#]} Qh3 $1 32. Qd8+ ({But not} 32. Qxe5 $2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+
34. Kg1 Rg7+ 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) (32. Qd2 Qxg3+) 32... Kg7 33. Rf2 {[#]} Ng4
$40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} (33... Kh6 $1 $19 {has better
winning chances.} 34. Qd5 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qg2 Qh4 36. Qg5+
{[%mdl 64] Decoy} (36. fxe5 $2 Rg7 $19) 36... Qxg5+ 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rg2+ Ng4
) 34. Rg2 $17 Nf6 ({Much worse is} 34... b5 $6 35. Nc5 $11) 35. Nc3 Qf5 {
Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 36. Qd4 e6 37. Re2 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 38. Qf2
(38. Qc4) 38... Ng4 39. Qf3 (39. Qe1 $142 Rd3 40. Ne4) 39... Rd3 $19 40. Qb7+
Kg6 41. Ne4 Qd5 42. Qe7 {[#]} (42. Qxd5 $19 exd5 43. Nd6) 42... Rd1+ $1 43. Kg2
{[#]} Rd4 $2 (43... Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} 44. Kxg1 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 45. Kg2 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qxe4+ 48.
Kf1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke1 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50.
Kd1 Ne3+ 51. Kc1 Qc2#) 44. Qe8+ {The position is equal.} Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.61} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,62,30,0,22,-3,-7,0,-5,0,0,-12,0,-6,-6,-34,-18,-91,-91,-92,-54,-79,24,
44,44,48,50,0,60,19,26,0,-2,-54,-14,-156,-151,-185,-140,-557,-591,-1006,-1025,
-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. h3 Qd6 {C09: French
Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6.} 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf5 {[#] The
position is equal.} 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Qg6 16.
Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 (72) Prasca
Sosa,R (2352)-Shaw,J (2484) Bled 2002}) 14... h6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qf6 17.
Re1 Rae8 18. Bf4 {[#]} (18. Bd2 $1 $11) 18... Nh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 19.
Nxh4 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 20. Nf5 g6 (20... Qg5 $17) 21. Ne7+ $11
Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Bxh3 23. Rxb7 (23. Rae1 $5 {[%cal Rg2h3]}) 23... Bc8 (23... Bxg2
$1 $11 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+) 24.
Re7 Bc5 25. Ree1 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 26. b4 ({White should try} 26. Rad1 $11
) 26... Bb6 {[%mdl 1024] White must now prevent ...h4. Black has compensation.}
27. Qe2 (27. Bxg6 $11 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 29. Qxh5+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (29. Re7 $2 {leads to mate.} Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qh4#) 29...
Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Qh7 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Qxh4+ Bxh4 34. Rxa7) 27... Bg4
$17 28. Qf1 h4 {Hoping for ...Bc7.} 29. Re7 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Kh1 $17 {
nothing else works.}) 29... h3 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf2+!} 30. Rae1 {
[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 31. Kh1 (31. Qxf2 h2+) 31... hxg2+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.98/Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,66,12,6,18,8,11,15,31,31,12,33,46,36,60,54,164,164,149,143,137,141,
160,167,175,153,195,177,181,166,150,54,58,44,48,65,71,68,62,10,8,0,0,-284,-257,
-250,-189]} 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. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Qc7 {B92:
Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rad1 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Rad8 {The
position is equal.} 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#]
White is up to no good.} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... g6 18. c4 Nfd7 19. Bh6
Rg8 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Rf4 Bg7 23. Rh4 Nf8 {1-0 (35) Moreno Carnero,J
(2515)-De Juan Tobalina,R (2136) Navalmoral 2000}) 18. Qe3 Nc5 (18... Nf6 $1
$14) 19. Bxe5 $18 dxe5 20. Nf5 {b4 is the strong threat.} Bf6 21. b4 Na4 22. c4
e4 23. d6 (23. Qxe4 Nc3 $11) 23... Qd7 24. c5 ({Not} 24. Qxe4 Nc3 $11) 24... g6
25. Nd4 ({Inferior is} 25. Qxe4 Nc3 $11) 25... Bg7 26. Bc4 ({Resist} 26. Qxe4
$6 Nc3 $14) ({White should try} 26. Qb3 $16) 26... Nb2 $14 {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 f5 29. Ne2 h6 30. h3 (30. h4 $14) 30... g5
$11 31. Rc2 Rde8 32. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. g3 $11 {and White stays
safe.}) 32... f4 $19 33. Qd2 f3 {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.29/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,23,21,22,30,25,27,24,23,10,8,6,24,0,0,-33,9,0,0,0,9,12,12,13,16,21,
22,0,0,0,0,0,127,131,122,105,133,133,135,136,151,145,205,198,265,114,252,108,
99,116,94,137,97,118,178,137,162,133,137,148,375]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6
4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.
} Bb7 7. Ne5 Be7 8. O-O {White has an edge.} O-O {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Rac1
Qe8 15. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (62) Stocek,J (2567)-Mamedov,R (2709) Batumi 2018}) 9...
c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ndc4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13.
Qf5 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $17) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rxd4 Bf6 15. Rd1 {next Nd6 is
good for White.} Rc8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 b5 {[#]} 18. Qd1 $1 bxc4 19. Rxd7
Qb6 20. Rb1 c3 (20... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Be3 $16 Qe6 {...c2 is
the strong threat.} 22. bxc3 Qxa2 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rc2 25. Ra1 Qc4 (25...
Qb2 $16 {might work better.}) 26. e3 $18 a5 (26... Qc8 $142 27. Ra7 Qf5) 27.
Qf3 ({Not} 27. Rxa5 $2 Rc1 $19) (27. Ra7 $18 {has better winning chances.})
27... g6 {[#]} (27... a4 $16) 28. Kg2 (28. Ra7 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28...
Qc3 $16 29. Rd1 a4 30. Ra7 a3 31. e4 Qxf3+ (31... Qb2 $16) 32. Kxf3 $18 {
White is clearly better.} Rc3+ 33. Kg2 Re8 {[#]} 34. e5 $1 Kg7 $2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.24} (34... Rd8 $16 35. Rb1 Rcc8) 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,0,-3,29,13,2,14,0,1,0,14,-2,0,33,22,18,27,83,90,97,95,86,61,141,
128,138,143,293,285,364,122,136,141,151,82,112,105,207,101,143,106,273,272,177,
133,272,0,321,193,236,246,237,243,271,154,218,218,232,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,60,1704,1687,1281,1191,1606,1606,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Rb8 8. a5 {The main line 8.
a5 scores better than 8.Nc3.} b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 9. axb6 $1 cxb6
10. Bf4 {And now Nfd2 would win.} Bd6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne5 Ne7 12.
Bc6+ Kf8 13. Bg2 Nfd5 14. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b5 {[#]} 15.
b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e4 Nb4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. e5 Nbd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19.
Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qf3+ Nf5 21. Bf4 {0-1 (41) Chekletsov,I (2378)-Vinogradov,A (2309)
Voronezh 2017}) 15... f6 (15... cxb3 $11 16. Qxb3 Bb7) 16. bxc4 $16 fxe5 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. Bg5 Bb7 (18... exd4 $14 19. Qxd4 h6 20. Bxe7+ Qxe7) 19. Nc3 h6
20. Bxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxe7 (20... Qxe7 $16 21. Nxd5 Qe6) 21.
dxe5 $18 d4 22. Ne4 $2 (22. Bxb7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rxb7 23. e3
$1) 22... g6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. f4 (24. Rfc1 $142) 24... Rf8 25. Nd2 {Hoping for
Bxb7.} Bxg2 (25... a5 $16) 26. Kxg2 (26. Rxa6 $18 {is more deadly.} Rb6 27.
Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Kxg2) 26... a5 $16 27. Nf3 Bc5 $2 (27... a4 $16) 28. Rfc1 $18 Qb6
29. Nh4 Be7 {[#]} (29... Bb4 $16) 30. Nf3 $2 ({White has to play} 30. Qe4 $1
$18 {Threatens to win with Rc6.} Rfc8 31. Nf3) 30... Rfd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
30... Bc5 $11) 31. Rc2 ({Weaker is} 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 a4 $18) 31... Rbc8 32.
Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxd4 Rd8 34. Rd1 ({Only move:} 34. e3 $18) 34... b4 (34... Kh7
$16 35. e3 a4) 35. Qc4 {aiming for Ne6+.} Qb7+ {[#]} 36. Kf2 $2 (36. e4 $1 $18
Rg8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. exd5) 36... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 37. Qe6 {Nf5+! is
the strong threat.} Bc5 38. f5 gxf5 $1 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qxf5+ Kh8 {White must
now prevent ...Rf8.} 41. Ke1 b3 42. Ne6 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kd2
$1 {Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Qd5+ ({Much worse is} 43... Bb4+ $6 44. Ke3
$16) 44. Ke1 $1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kd2 $1 Bb4+ ({Black should
try} 45... Qd5+ $11 46. Ke1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 46. Ke3 $14 {
White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qb7 $14) 47. Kf4
$18 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Rc4+ 48. e4 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.}
Rxe4+ 49. Qxe4 Qxd1 50. Qa8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,177,20,6,16,14,34,13,34,26,37,23,23,22,34,29,25,27,18,11,20,12,36,40,
49,33,87,41,61,50,51,26,35,25,24,30,28,26,37,-8,-8,-33,0,-12,-21,-10,-16,-112,
-10,-15,-9,-38,-25,-29,-20,-27,-6,-12,-2,-51,-51,-55,-58,-66,-66,-66,-67,-109,
-106,-76,0,-8,-8,-8,-13,-120,-120,-120,-115,-100,-106,-101,-99,-101,-112,-113,
-110,-107,-93,-96,-97,-109,-29,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,
-70,-70,-70,-70,-77,-66,-82,-38,-53,-54,-49,-37,-118,-118,-103,-118,-849,-849,
-849,-849,-673,-16,-29,0,0,-8,-13,-16,-22,0,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. h3 {[#]} Qc7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. a5 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 Ne8 19. exd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Adams,M (2716)-Grandelius,
N (2670) Tornelo INT 2021}) 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. f3 Rbc8
17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Nf1 e6 21. Ne3 Bb5 (21... Qb8 $14) 22.
Qh4 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf2 (24. Rd4 {is interesting.} Qc5 25. Qf2 Ne5 26.
Rad1 Red8 27. f4) 24... Red8 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. c3 Ne5 27. Nc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5
29. Ne3 Nd3 30. Rd2 c4 31. Rad1 Ra8 32. b4 (32. Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) 32...
b6 (32... cxb3 $1 $17 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 b2) 33. axb6 $11 Rdb8 34. Nc2 (34.
Ng4 {keeps more tension.} g5 35. Nf2 Ne5 36. Rd6 h5 37. R1d2) 34... Rxb6 35.
Ne1 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra3 37. Rc1 Rba6 38. Rd7 Ra2
39. Rb7 Rd2 {aiming for ...Raa2.} 40. Kh2 Raa2 41. Rg1 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Rxf3 43.
Rb7 h5 (43... Kh6 $17) 44. Rc7 $1 Rxc3 {...Kf6 is the strong threat.} 45. Rf1
Rcc2 46. Rcxf7+ (46. Rfxf7+ $11 Kh6 47. Kg3) 46... Kh6 $17 47. Rg1 Re2 48. Rc7
Rxe4 49. b5 Rb2 50. Rc5 h4 51. Rc1 Ree2 52. Rg1 c3 53. Rxc3 Rxb5 54. Rc4 {[#]}
g5 ({Black should play} 54... Kh5 $1 $17 {Threatening ...Rg5.} 55. Rcc1 Rg5)
55. Rg4 Rf5 56. Rc4 Rff2 57. Rc6 Kg6 58. Rb6 Kf5 59. Rb8 Kf6 60. Rf8+ Kg7 61.
Rb8 Rb2 62. Re8 Kf7 63. Rh8 e5 {Hoping for ...e4.} 64. Ra8 e4 {Threatens to
win with ...Rbc2.} 65. Ra4 Rbe2 66. Kh1 Kg6 67. Ra6+ (67. Kh2 $15) 67... Kf5
68. Ra8 Kf4 69. Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Rg8 $17) 69... Kg3 $19 {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} 70. Rg8 {[#]} Rf5 $1 71. Re8 g4 $2 ({Better is} 71... e3 $19
{And now ...Kf2 would win.} 72. Re7 Kf2) 72. hxg4 $11 Rf4 ({Resist} 72... Kxg4
73. Kh2 $17) 73. g5 Rg4 74. Re5 Kf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 75. Ra5 Rxg5 76.
Rf1+ Kg4 77. Ra3 (77. Ra8 $11) 77... Kh5 (77... Rf5 $15 78. Kg1 Kg5 79. Rxf5+
Kxf5) 78. Rf4 {The position is equal.} Rexg2 {Strongly threatening ...R2g4.} ({
Don't do} 78... Rgxg2 79. Rxe4 Rh2+ 80. Kg1 $15) 79. Rxe4 Rg1+ 80. Kh2 R1g2+
81. Kh1 Rg1+ 82. Kh2 R1g2+ 83. Kh3 R2g3+ (83... Kg6 {seems wilder.} 84. Rxh4
Rg1 85. Ra6+ Kf7 86. Ra7+ Kf6) 84. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 85. Kh2 Rg4 86. Rxg4 Kxg4 87. Kg2
h3+ 88. Kh2 Kf5 89. Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,80,0,0,0,0,0,2,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,-2,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,130,
428,345,20,80,91,222,172,306,0,264,187,1490,1490,766,218,191,0,314,290,12842,
12843,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 {Chekhov,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6
12. O-O a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. a4 Re8 16. Rfe1 {D58: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Tartakower Defence.} Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. e4 {The position is equal.
} dxe4 19. Nxe4 Re6 20. Ra2 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ra5 21. Rae2
Rd5 22. Qc4 Nf8 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Re8 Qd6 25. Qb3 Kh7 26. h4 Ne6 {1-0 (33)
Lputian,S (2585)-Petrosian,A (2435) Yerevan 1995 CBM 050 [Chekhov,V]}) 21. Rae2
{Threatening Nd6!} Bf8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Neg5 Rxe2 ({Better is} 23... hxg5 $15 24.
Qd3 Ra5 25. Nxg5 Rxg5 26. Rxe6 Rxg2+ $1 27. Kxg2 fxe6) 24. Rxe2 $11 Qxe2 25.
Qxf7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Kh8 26. Ne6 {[#] Threatens to win with
Ne5!} (26. Qxd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f5]} Qe7 27. Qc8 Rxa4 28. Ne5 $11) 26... Ra8 $1 {
...Qd1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Qxd7 Qe4 28. Ne5 {Black must now prevent
Qf7.} Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rxa4 $11 29. Qd8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Qf5 30. Qxf8+ (30. Nxf8 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qxf2+ 33. Kh3 Qf5+ 34. g4 Qf1+
35. Kg3 Ra3+ 36. Nf3 Rxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Rh3#) 30... Qxf8
31. Nxf8 Rxd4) 29. Kh2 $18 Qf5 30. f4 $2 (30. Qxc6 $18 Rb8 31. Nxf8 (31. Nd7
Qxf2 32. Ndxf8 Qxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ $11)
31... Rxf8 32. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 33. Nxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxb6)
30... Kg8 (30... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qxc6 $16 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for
g4. Double Attack} Qf6 32. g3 {Strongly threatening Nd7.} (32. Qxa8 Qxh4+ 33.
Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 32... Ra5 (32... Rxa4 $142
33. Qxa4 Qxe6) 33. Qc8 $2 (33. Nd7 $18 Qg6 34. Ndxf8) 33... Qf5 {[%mdl 8192]} (
33... Rxa4 $11 34. Qc2 (34. Nxf8 Qxf8 35. Qd7 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Kh7 $11) 34... Ra7)
34. Qc4 {And now Ng5+ would win.} Kh7 $2 (34... Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Qxe6) 35. g4 $18
Qf6 36. Qd3+ $2 (36. g5 Qf5 37. g6+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Qc8) 36... Kg8 {[#]}
37. Qc4 ({White must play} 37. Qb3 $1 $18 Rxe5 38. Ng5+ (38. dxe5 Qxh4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Qxg4+ 40. Kf2 g6 $11) 38... Kh8 39. Nf7+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 40. Qd3+ (40. dxe5 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 42. Qg3 Qe2+ 43. Qf2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qg6 $17) (40. Nxe5 Qxf4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg2 Qxd4 $11) 40... Kg8 41. Nxe5 Qxf4+ 42. Kg2)
37... Qxh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kh7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Kg2 b5
$2 (38... Rxe5 39. Ng5+ Rd5 40. Qxd5+ Kh8) 39. axb5 Qe7 40. Ng5+ Kh8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=1.02/Black=0.86} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,14,31,0,28,0,18,7,8,7,8,0,1,0,0,0,0,-11,-21,-18,0,-150,-147,-179,
-180,-178,-178,-173,-176,-154,-114,-137,-131,-138,-130,-107,-124,-167,-107,
-144,0,-233,-230,-225]} 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).} c6 7. Qc2 g6
8. e3 {The position is equal.} Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be5
O-O 13. g4 {[#]} Bxg4 $146 {Black wants to play ...Nd7.} ({Predecessor:} 13...
Ng7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc2 Qd8 16. Ng2 Bxg4 17. Nf4 Qh4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nxh5+
Qxh5 {0-1 (49) Radovanovic,M (2370)-Bosman,M (2353) Novi Sad 2016}) 14. Rg1 Be6
15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 $1 $11 Ng7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh5) 15... Nd7 $17 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. Nxg6 {Threatening mate with Nh8+.} Nxe5 18. Nxf8+ Kxf8 19. dxe5 Qc7 20. f4
Qf7 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Qb3 {[#]} a5 23. Ne2 Ng7 (23... Qe7 $19 24. Nd4 Qc5+ 25.
Nc2 Kf7) 24. Nd4 {[#]} Bc5 (24... Be4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...c5.} 25. f5 Qe7)
25. Rg3 $2 (25. Rxg7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxg7 26. Nxf5+ Qxf5 27.
Qxb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 28. Qxc6+ Kh5 29. Qxa8 (29. Qxc5 $2 Rc8 $19
) 29... Bxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Rd2 Bxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 32. Kd3) 25... Bxd4 $19 26. exd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
40/Black=0.16} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,198,34,28,42,11,20,15,17,20,20,26,42,20,22,22,34,9,39,22,45,14,26,10,
5,5,6,4,4,3,12,0,15,0,0,-7,15,19,20,0,0,-6,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,
50,151,157,144,139,229,118,118,118,112,115,130,127,133,124,133,138,153,145,150,
148,154,151,159,163,159,161,169,175,181,164,181,190,204,181,198,195,198,173,
173,0,191,179,188,155,179,180,200,173,181,173,173,128,129,137,143,128,128,128,
128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,127,127,25,26,25,25,24,25,24,25,0,25,25,33,
25,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,40,17,33,18,30,18,21,2,10,8,8,6,20,16,24,19,20,12,
20,20,18,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {A33:
Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} 11. Bf4 d6 12.
Re1 {was the old line (12.Rc1).} Ne5 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16.
Bf1 Qb8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Qa8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20.
Nf3 a6 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Bf2 Qb8 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (56) Mchedlishvili,M (2601)
-Sanikidze,T (2510) Tbilisi 2017}) 17... Qa8 18. b4 Ng6 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Qb1 d5
21. cxd5 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Re3 Qd7
27. Nc3 {Hoping for Rd3.} Be6 28. Nb5 Qd1 29. Re1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rd7 31. Bb8 a5
32. Bc7 axb4 33. axb4 Bf5 34. Rc1 Bxb4 35. Bxb6 Bf8 36. Nd4 Be4 37. Rc8 Ne7 38.
Re8 Bd5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 38... g5 $14) 39. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d7]}
Rb7 40. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rc7 {[#]} (40... g6 $16 41.
Rd8 Ba2) 41. Bd6 (41. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e7][%mdl 512]} Ng6 42. Bxf8 Nxf8 43.
Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Rxe7) 41... Rc8 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Bxe7 Bc4 44. Bc6 Rb8 45. Bg5 h6
46. Be3 Bd3 47. g4 Rc8 48. Kh2 Rd8 49. Kg3 Rc8 50. h4 Rd8 51. h5 Rc8 52. Kf4
Rd8 53. Bf3 Rc8 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Ke5 Re7+ 56. Kd6 Re8 57. Kd7 Re5 58. Kd6 Re8
59. Bb3 Rb8 60. Kc7 Rb4 61. Bd5 Bc4 62. Bf3 Bd3 63. Nc6 Ra4 64. Ne7+ Kf8 65.
Nd5 Be4 66. Bc5+ Kg8 67. Ne7+ Kh7 68. Be2 Ra2 69. Bd1 {And now Bb3 would win.}
Ra1 70. Bb3 Bf3 71. Bxf7 {Bg6+ is the strong threat.} Bxg4 72. Bg6+ Kh8 73. Bd4
(73. Nd5 $16) 73... Rh1 74. Kd6 Bxh5 75. Be4 Rd1 76. Kc5 {Strongly threatening
Nf5.} Rc1+ 77. Kd6 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Rd1 78. Ke5 Be8 79. Nf5 {
aiming for Kf4.} Bd7 80. Ne3 Rg1 81. f4 Kg8 82. Nd5 Re1 83. Bc3 Re2 84. Kd4 Be6
85. Ne3 Ra2 86. f5 Bf7 87. Ng4 Ra4+ 88. Ke3 Ra3 89. Kd3 Ra4 90. Ne5 Be8 91.
Bd5+ Kh7 {The position is equal.} 92. Bd4 Ra3+ 93. Ke4 Ra4 94. Bb3 Rb4 95. Bc2
(95. Be6 {with more complications.} Ra4 96. Nd7 h5 97. Nc5 Bc6+ 98. Ke5) 95...
Ba4 96. Bd3 Bb5 97. Bc2 Ba4 98. Bd3 Bb5 99. Bc2 Ba4 {Black defended with
fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,27,25,-19,-11,-12,-7,-12,-11,-16,0,-11,-4,-21,5,-41,-22,-65,-14,
-35,0,0,49,51,104,36,9,-14,-12,-37,-22,-177,-163,-158,-81,-87,-82,-209,-199,
-251,-255,-263,-238,-250,-255,-409,-387,-464,-338,-725,-709,-771,-737,-1252,
-1216,-1813,-1759,-3266,-2773,-29978,-11794,-29979,-29980,-29988,-29989]} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. d3 c5 6. e4 {A13: English Opening: 1...
e6.} Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. h4 b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A
promising side line.} 10. Bf4 Bb7 {[#]} 11. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2
Nf8 12. h5 g5 13. hxg6 Nxg6 14. Rh5 Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 {
1-0 (35) Yu,Y (2709)-Wen,Y (2594) Xinghua 2020}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2
O-O-O (13... O-O $15) 14. a3 Kb8 15. Kg1 a5 16. b4 cxb4 (16... h6 $14) 17. axb4
({Better is} 17. Nfxd4 $16 Nxd4 18. Nxd4) 17... Bxb4 $14 18. Bg5 (18. Nfxd4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 $15) 18... f6 (18... Ndxe5 $6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 $18)
19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd2 (20. Nxb4 $11 {and White is okay.} axb4 21. Bd2) 20...
Bxd2 $1 $19 21. Nxd2 e5 (21... f5 $142 22. Nb3 (22. Qxe6 $2 Nc5 $19) 22... Rhe8
23. Ncxd4 (23. Nbxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 $17) 23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2
Nc5) 22. Na3 $17 {and if Nb5 works, White does fine.} Nc5 $1 23. Nb5 {[#]} (23.
Ne4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 23... Qe7 $1 $19 24. Ne4 {[#]} (24. Kh2 $142) 24...
f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 ({Weaker is} 25... bxc5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rxa5 $14) 26. Kh2 e4 27. dxe4 $2 (27. Rhb1 {was necessary.}) 27... d3 28. Qd2
Ne5 29. Rhe1 $2 (29. exf5 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf5 31. Bxb7 Kxb7 32. Kg2) 29... fxe4
30. Nc3 Rhf8 31. Kg1 Nxc4 32. Qa2 e3 {[%cal Re3f2]} 33. fxe3 d2 34. Re2 Bxg2
35. Kxg2 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=1.18/Black=0.15} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,90,20,21,1,7,5,97,8,12,0,38,46,31,42,36,18,48,51,52,6,12,12,12,4,21,
11,28,0,0,0,4,0,0,-35,50,73,66,34,92,92,91,64,59,61,68,56,57,47,47,48,55,34,70,
85,143,133,132,129,145,121,121,76,90,0,130,111,116,130,167,106,29966,29967,
5381,5308,29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 {C14: French: Classical System: 4
Bg5 Be7 main line.} O-O 11. O-O b5 {[#]} (11... cxd4 $11 12. Ne2 f6) 12. dxc5 (
12. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 12... Nxc5 $11 13. Qe3 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!} d4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rd8 15. Nd4 Qa7 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Rfc1
Rdc8 18. Kf2 Na5 19. b4 Nb7 20. Nb3 Qxe3+ 21. Kxe3 {1-0 (42) Stukan,M (2306)
-Falkevall,A (2046) Bratislava 2019}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qb4 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Re1 Qd4 22. g4 h6 23.
Kg2 Qc4 24. f5 Rd3 25. Qf4 Qd4 ({Better is} 25... Qxa2 $15 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Qxc1 Kh7) 26. fxe6 $14 fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 (27... Kh7 $1 $14) 28. Qxe6 $16 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rd8 29. Qf5 ({Wrong is} 29. Qxa6 $2 Rd2 $19) 29...
Re8 30. e6 {And now e7! would win.} Qd6 31. Ree2 (31. b3 {is more complex.}
Qxe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. h4 Kg8 34. h5) 31... Rxe6 32. Qf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kh7 34. h4 Kg6 35. Rf5 Rd4 (35... Rf6 $142) 36.
Kf3 $16 Rd3+ 37. Kf4 Rd1 38. h5+ Kh7 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rd1 $1 41. Ke3 Kg8
42. e5 b4 43. Rc2 (43. g5 $18) 43... a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Re1+ $16 44.
Re2 Ra1) 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rff8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rf8h8]} Re1+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.19/Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,0,-4,0,-16,9,0,16,16,17,0,16,0,0,-18,0,-38,0,0,28,29,31,22,27,
32,47,22,62,46,54,31,25,16,32,35,75,4,6,0,3,0,5,7,5,5,14,14,16,15,74,8,8,8,8,8,
10,4,7,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,22,29,29,29,29,30,30,30,30,30,0,0,
0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3
h6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 {[#] A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
6... Be7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 c5 9. Ne5 Bh7 10. g4 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Bf3 Nd5 13.
Bxd4 O-O {0-1 (40) Petrosian,T (2601)-Harutyunian,T (2549) Yerevan 2021}) 7. a3
Bh7 8. h3 a4 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. d4 Bd6 (13...
Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 14. Nbd2 Qxb2 15. Nxc4 Qb5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 14. Bxc4
Ne4 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Ba2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxa4 Qe7
21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nb6 Ra6 {[#]} 23. Nd7 (23. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Qc7 24.
Qd4) 23... Nxd7 $11 24. Qxd7 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...Rg6.} 25. f3 Bf5 26.
Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rfa8 28. Bb1 Bxb1 29. Rfxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra4
(29... Rxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 30. Rxa3 Rxa3) 30. d5 ({Better is} 30.
Rxb7 $16 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. d5) 30... Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 {KR-KR}
Rd3 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 Rd2 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. h4 h5 37. Kh3 Kf6 38. Rd7 Rd3 39.
Kh2 g6 40. Kh3 Rd4 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. fxg4 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Rxf7 Rxd5 45. Kg3
Ke6 46. Rf3 Ke7 47. g5 Rd6 48. h5 {[#] h6 is the strong threat.} Rd5 $1 {
The position is equal.} 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 50. Kh3 gxh5 51. g6 Rg4 52. Rf5 Rxg6 53.
Rxh5 Kf6 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rxg6 Kxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
11/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,170,20,9,13,0,9,16,18,12,4,10,23,0,6,8,12,5,5,0,0,-45,-52,-59,0,0,0,
-106,12,6,8,-62,-53,-60,-56,-51,-59,-112,-108,-129,-130,-126,-126,-128,-125,
-144,-132,-158,-148,-175,-172,-163,-147,-190,-168,-217,-189,-233,-189,-254,
-184,-413,-413,-406,-377,-341,-132,-118,-81,-105,-83,-83,-77,-89,-30,-33,0,-56,
-38,-179,-46,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,20,8,13,0,0,0,12,12,77,77,77,77,80,80,
76,75,527,527,487,230,5289,5289,5296,5296,5296,5282,5296,5296,5296,5296,5289,
5289,5289,5289,5289,5281,5281,5281,5281,5274,5274,5274,5274,5274,5267,5267,
5267,5267,5267,5260,5267,5260,5260,5260,5252,5252,5252,5247,5212,5205,5252,
5231,5191,5158,5151,5114,5011,4952,541]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 8. Be2 Rc8 9. O-O Bd6 {
The position is equal.} 10. e4 {[#]} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rad1 h6 16. Ne5 Bd6 {
1-0 (43) Rychagov,A (2560)-Alibinisis,N (1883) Rethymno 2011}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne4 $1 16. Qg4 {aiming for Nxe6!}
Qf6 17. Be3 Nc3 (17... h5 $15 18. Qf3 Qh4) 18. Nb5 $11 Nxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128]
White needs to defend precisely.} 19. c5 {[#]} (19. cxb5 $11 O-O 20. Bd4) 19...
Bxc5 (19... Bxh2+ $1 $17 20. Kxh2 Nc3) 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. Rac1 ({White should
play} 21. Qg3 $11 Bxe3 22. fxe3) 21... Bxe3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack
} 22. fxe3 g6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rf1 (24. Rc1 $15 Kg7 25. Rc7) 24... Qe7 $17
25. Qf4 {And now Qe5 would win.} Kg7 $1 26. Qe5+ f6 27. Qc3 Bb7 28. Bc4 Rd8 29.
a4 e5 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Qf2 Rd6 32. h4 h5 33. Kh2 Be4 34. Rc1 a5 35. Qe1 (35. Qe2
$142) 35... Qb4 36. Qg3 $2 (36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Bf1) 36... Rd2 $19 37. Rg1 Qc3
38. Qh3 Bf5 (38... Qc2 $19 {has better winning chances. Threatens to win with .
..Bc6.} 39. Kh1 Bf5) 39. Qf3 $17 {Black must now prevent Qa8.} e4 (39... Qb4 {
looks sharper.} 40. Qa8 Qf8 41. Qb7+ Rd7 42. Qxb6 Qa8) 40. Qf4 Qe5 (40... Qb4 {
is interesting.} 41. Qb8 Qd6+ 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Rb1 Kh6) 41. Qxe5 fxe5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Kg3 Bg4 (42... Kf6 $17 43. Rc1 Ke7) 43. Rf1
$11 Bf5 44. Rf2 ({White should try} 44. Rg1 $1 $11) 44... Rd1 45. Rf1 ({
Better is} 45. Rb2 $15) 45... Rd6 (45... Rxf1 $19 46. Bxf1 Be6) 46. Rc1 Rd2 (
46... Kf6 $17 47. Rb1 Rc6) 47. Bb5 Be6 48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rc6 Bxb3 50. Rxb6 Bf7
51. Ra6 Ra2 52. Rxa5 Ra3 $1 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg3 Ra3 $1 55. Ra7 Be6 (55... Bb3
$11 {remains equal.}) 56. Re7 $16 Bf5 {[#]} 57. Kf2 $1 Ra2+ {[#]} 58. Ke1 $1
Rxg2 59. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] a6 is the strong threat.} ({Much
worse is} 59. Rxe5 Rg4 $11) 59... Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Rb2 $16 {is a
better chance.} 60. Rxe5 Ra2) 60. a6 $18 g5 61. Rxe5 (61. hxg5+ $142 Kxg5 62.
Bc4 Ra1+ 63. Kf2) 61... gxh4 $2 (61... Kg6) 62. Rxf5 {KRB-KR. White is clearly
winning.} h3 63. Be8 h2 64. Rxh5+ Kg7 65. a7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxa7 66.
Rxh2 Kf6 67. Bh5 Ke5 68. Kf2 Rg7 69. Be2 Rf7+ 70. Ke1 Ra7 71. Rh5+ Kf6 72. Rh4
Ke5 73. Rh6 Ra3 74. Kf2 Ra2 75. Rh1 Rb2 76. Ra1 Rc2 77. Ke1 Rb2 78. Ra5+ Kf6
79. Bd1 Rh2 80. Rc5 Ke6 81. Bc2 Rh4 82. Kd2 Kd6 83. Rc4 Kd5 84. Ra4 Ke5 85. Kc3
Kd5 {What a bad dream for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.35}
1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,11,11,11,11,8,13,19,10,6,8,6,18,21,20,8,8,9,33,37,17,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {
is cutting edge theory.} 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.}
Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. e3 Rfd8 15. a5 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rab8
16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Qc4 g6 19. Na4 e5 20. Nc5 exd4 21. exd4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 (50) Ellis,L (2356)-Eelvelt,H (2276) ICCF email 2018}) 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 c6 18. Ra4 g6 19. Rc4 Qc7 20. b4 Nd5 21. Qb2 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bf6 23. Qc2 Qd7
24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Qb3 Qe8 27. Rcc1 Rd6 28. Rd3 Rcd8 29. Be4 {The
position is equal.} Qe7 30. Rcd1 Qe8 31. R1d2 Qe7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. R1d2 Qe7 34.
Rd1 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,105,31,33,26,34,22,35,35,27,29,26,25,23,22,24,28,56,52,60,37,33,18,
40,26,39,31,28,16,60,10,33,6,33,39,93,58,81,58,109,114,114,0,52,37,229,200,209,
205,192,201,206,200,187,189,205,125,184,183,190,51,185,130,133,136,247,266,247,
97,331,328,427,441,440,413,371,140,323,293,1216,576,983,969,891,891,891,888,
881,839,783,741,4133,1065,29976,1828,29972,29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3
a6.} d5 8. Qg3 f5 9. exf5 {White is slightly better.} exf5 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 Nf6 14. Na4 a5
15. Bd3 Rb8 16. a3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Nakamura,H (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 10... Nf6 11. Be2 Ra7 12. O-O Kf7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Be5 g5
15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Bd4 Rhe8 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd3 f4 20. a3 a5 21.
Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} Bg4 22. f3 {Bc5 is the strong threat.}
Bd7 ({Better is} 22... Bh5 $14) 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Qc3 g4 (24... Nd7 $14 25. Bxg7
Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 Nxc5) 25. Nd3 $1 $16 (25. Qxa5 $6 gxf3 26. Nd3 (26. gxf3 $2 Ng4
$19) 26... Ne4 $11) 25... gxf3 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 26. gxf3 (26. Qxc6 $16 Bb7
27. Qa4) 26... Nd7 27. Bxg7 Rg8 $2 (27... Qe3+ $1 $14 28. Nf2 Rg8 29. Qxe3 (29.
Qxc6 $2 Rxg7+ 30. Bg2 Qxf3 $19) 29... Rxg7+ 30. Ng4 fxe3) 28. Kh1 Rxg7 29. Qxc6
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg5 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg5g1]} 30. Bh3 Nb6 31. Bg4 (31.
Qxb6 Bxh3 32. Qc7+ Kg8 $14) 31... Bxg4 32. fxg4 Kg8 33. Nf2 ({But not} 33. Qxb6
$2 Qxg4 34. Ne1 Qxd1 $19) 33... Rg6 (33... Qg6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Qxg6
Rxg6) 34. Qe8+ $18 Kh7 35. Re1 (35. b3 $1 $18) 35... Rg7 (35... Nc4 $1 $14) 36.
b3 ({White should try} 36. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5g5]} Rg8 37. Qe7+ (37. Rxg5
Rxe8 38. Rh5 Re2 $14) 37... Qg7 38. h3) 36... Nd7 $16 37. Qe6 Nf6 (37... Nf8
$16 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. gxf5 f3) 38. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5g5]} Qg6 {[#]} 39. Qf5
(39. h3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 39... Rc7 $2 (39... Qxf5 $16 {is a
better defense.} 40. Rxf5 Nxg4 41. Nxg4 (41. Rxf4 Ne3 $11) 41... Rxg4) 40. Qxf4
Rxc2 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Re6 Kg7 43. h3 $2 (43. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 43...
Qf7 $2 {[#]} (43... Qg5 $16 44. Qb8 Ne4 45. Qb7+ Kf8 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kf8
48. Qb8+ Kg7) 44. Qe5 $1 {Threatens to win with g5.} Qf8 $2 (44... Qg6 45. Re7+
Kh8) 45. Re7+ (45. Nd3 $142) 45... Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 47. Rf7 $1 Qxf7 48.
Qxf7 Rxf2 {KQ-KRN} 49. Kg1 Rf4 50. Qg6 Rf3 51. Qxh6+ (51. Kg2 $142 Rxb3 52.
Qxf6+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxd5) 51... Kg8 52. Qg6+ (52. Kg2 $142 Rxb3 53. Qg6+
Kh8 54. Qxf6+ Kg8 55. Qg5+ Kh8 56. Qxd5 a4 57. g5) 52... Kf8 53. Kg2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.80} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,32,15,22,23,6,19,18,61,39,61,48,54,41,54,12,25,7,75,50,46,59,77,
52,77,17,14,16,27,0,0,0,-4,-7,0,-3,4,-18,-18,-27,-24,-42,-42,-41,-33,-36,-27,
-37,-31,-47,-56,-52,-6,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,
-89,-89,-122,-122,-122,0,-122,-122,-122,-122,-137,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,
-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,0,8,8,8]
} 1. c4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 {C01: French:
Exchange Variation.} Be7 7. cxd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. h3 Nbxd5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. a3 c6 {1-0 (70)
Golubka,P (2484)-Gumularz,S (2452) Krakow 2018}) 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10.
O-O Nd7 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Qe2.} Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 (
13... b4 $11) 14. Rxa4 Re8 15. Ra2 h6 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. Rae2 ({White should try} 
17. Ne5 $16) 17... Bxf3 $11 18. gxf3 {Hoping for Be4.} Qd7 $1 19. Qd3 Bd6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Qf5 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxa6 Qh3 $17)
23... Qxf5 24. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne6 25. c4 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5
27. Kf1 h5 28. h3 g6 29. Bc2 Ne6 30. Ke1 Nf4 31. c5 (31. Bxf4 $5 Bxf4 32. c5
$11) 31... Ng2+ 32. Ke2 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bxc5 $15 {KB-KB} 34. f4 Kg7 35. Kf3 f6
36. Ba4 a5 37. Be8 Kh6 38. e4 Bd6 39. h4 Bb4 40. Kg3 Bd6 41. Kf3 Bc7 42. Ba4
Bb6 43. e5 {[#]} Bd8 (43... fxe5 $1 $17 44. fxe5 Bd4) 44. exf6 Bxf6 45. Kg3 Bd4
46. Bc2 Kg7 47. Ba4 Kf6 48. Bc2 Bc3 49. Kf2 Bd2 50. Kg3 $1 Be1+ 51. Kh3 Bf2 52.
Ba4 Kf5 53. Bc2+ {The position is equal.} Kxf4 54. Bxg6 a4 {...a3 is the
strong threat.} 55. Bxh5 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 56. Bf7 Bxh4 57. Kxh4 a2 58. Bxa2 Ke5
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,33,44,31,50,58,47,36,62,45,48,62,78,84,126,134,136,136,131,131]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Qe8 {
8...Nc5 is the hot move.} 9. Bd1 Nh5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation
without 6...c5.} 10. Nge2 f5 11. f3 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. a3 {[#]
} fxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf4 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 c5 15. exf5 gxf5
16. Qe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. f4 e4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Rogos,J (2492)-Yamaliev,V 
(2458) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Nxe4 Nf4 14. O-O (14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf5 $17)
14... h6 15. Nxf4 ({Much less strong is} 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxf4 g5 $14) 15...
hxg5 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Re1 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the
opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.12} ({Don't play} 17. Nxg5
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 $14) 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,52,30,30,21,22,0,-4,-20,-27,-13,23,-18,2,0,18,5,0,-24,0,0,24,-26,-39,
-38,-35,-22,0,-50,-25,-152,-155,-353,-256,-608,-374,-371,-374]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6
10. Bf4 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2.} c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bf5
{[#] The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. b3 Nb6 14.
bxc4 Nxc4 15. Bd3 b5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 (92)
Jackson,L (1961)-Sellen,I (1980) Wellington 2011}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. a3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Nf8 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Bh4 Rad8 18. f4 a5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Ng4 {aiming for Rf3.} h5 23. Qe2 {[#]} Kg7 $1 $17 ({Weaker is} 23...
hxg4 24. Qxg4+ Ng6 25. Bxg6 $14) 24. Rf3 $2 (24. Ne5 $17 fxe5 25. fxe5) 24...
Qxa4 25. Rh3 $2 (25. Nh6 Ng6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rg3) 25... Ng6 26. Rxh5 Rh8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.22} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,18,19,24,27,15,31,14,43,19,19,0,13,21,13,-4,-9,-4,-9,-27,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,12,34,10,10,10,10,10,10,
0,0,0,10,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 $1 {11...Bd6
scores better than 11...Bb4+.} 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Rb8 13. e4 Bd7 14. Be3 {White is slightly better.}
b6 {[#]} 15. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. e5 Bb8 19. Bf1 Ke7 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Schleining,Z (2354)
-Madl,I (2343) Reykjavik 2015}) 15... Ba3 16. Rab1 O-O 17. Rb3 Be7 18. d5 exd5
19. Bxd5 Rfc8 20. f4 (20. Rbb1 {seems wilder.} Bc5 21. Rbd1 Bf5 22. Rfe1 Kf8
23. Bb3) 20... Be6 (20... Bh3 {with more complications.} 21. Re1 Rc7 22. Rbb1
Rbc8 23. Kf2 Ba3) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Rbd3 Kf7 24. Kf2 b5 25. g4 g6
26. Kf3 Rbb7 27. Ke4 Rc4+ 28. Rd4 Rxd4+ 29. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} b4 30. f5 gxf5+ 31. gxf5 a5 32. Rc1 a4 33. Rc6 exf5+ 34. Kxf5 {
[#] Black must now prevent e6+.} Rb5 35. Ke4 b3 {The position is equal.} 36.
axb3 axb3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 37. Bb2 Rb4+ 38. Kd5 Rb5+ 39. Ke4 Rb4+ 40.
Kd5 Rb5+ 41. Ke4 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,0,0,0,0,0,12,16,9,12,29,20,11,26,12,-11,-12,-7,0,0,43,34,41,39,43,
45,37,23,27,26,36,15,29,8,4,7,25,22,22,0,14,0,0,-64,-54,-29,0,0,0,0,1,1,14,15,
10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,71,71,181,181,181,181,706,693,686,574,
606,594,594,537,400,0,383,374,29979,29980]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4.
exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and
Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6
9. Nh4 Bg6 (9... Nf6 {is interesting.} 10. Bb5 Be4 11. Nhf3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5)
10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bd3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13.
Nf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Qg5 17. Kf1 Rde8 18. Qf3 Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Duda,J (2758)-Artemiev,V (2731) Moscow 2019}) 13. dxe5 Qxe5+ 14.
Kf1 O-O (14... O-O-O {with more complications.} 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. h4 d4 17. cxd4
Kb8) 15. Kg2 Qd6 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. h4 a6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf4 Rae8
21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Qd4 R5e6 23. Rhf1 Re5 24. Kg1 R5e6 25. Bc2 Re5 26. Ba4 (26.
Rd2 $11) 26... b5 $15 27. Bb3 Qe6 {And now ...Qh3 would win.} (27... Qc8 $5 {
[%cal Rc8h3]} 28. Kg2 Re4 $11) 28. Kg2 Re2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 (29... Re4 $5 30. Qd3
$8 Re5 $11) 30. Qxd2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Re5 32. f3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Rf2 Re1 35.
Bd1 (35. a3 {seems wilder.} Qe5 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Qd2) 35... Qe5 36.
Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Qe6 38. a3 Qb6 39. Qf4 Qe6 40. Qd2 Qe5 41. Kf2 Qf5 42. Kg2
Qe5 43. Bf1 Nh5 44. Qf2 g5 45. hxg5 Qxg5 46. f4 Qf5 47. Qf3 {Black must now
prevent Bd3.} Nf6 48. Bd3 Qe6 49. Qf2 g6 50. Qd4 Kg7 51. a4 bxa4 52. Qxa4 Qe3
53. Qd4 Qxd4 54. cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} a5 55. Kf3 Kf8 56. g4 Ke7
57. g5 Ne8 58. f5 gxf5 59. Bxf5 Ng7 60. Kf4 {Ke5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 {
[#]} (60... f6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 61. Bg4 $1 $16 Ne8 {[#]} (61... a4 $16
{was called for.} 62. Bf5 Nh5+ 63. Kf3 Ng7) 62. Kf5 $1 $18 Ke7 {intending ...
Nd6+.} 63. Ke5 Nc7 $2 (63... f6+ 64. gxf6+ (64. Kxd5 fxg5 65. Bf5 Nf6+ 66. Kc6
g4 $11) 64... Nxf6) 64. Bf5 Nb5 65. Kxd5 Nd6 66. Bd3 Kd7 67. Kc5 Kc7 68. Kd5
Kd7 69. Bc2 Nc8 $2 (69... Ke7 $18 70. Bd3 Nb7) 70. Bf5+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,6,12,0,0,0,11,2,6,-14,9,12,18,8,8,8,8,12,7,7,58,58,58,69,105,110,
110,91,112,115,103,104,116,95,181,169,179,178,144,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,
0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-89,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2
Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 Bf5 {[#]} 8. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,
Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and
2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Bh6 Be4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 (62) Dubov,D 
(2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2645) Moscow 2019}) 8... Nbd7 9. a5 c5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a6
Qb6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 {Black must now prevent Na4.} Qb4 14. Nd4 bxa6 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bxd5 Nce4 (16... Nxd5 $11 17. Nxd5 Qb7) 17. Bxe4 $14 (17. Rxa6
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qb5 $15) ({Don't go for} 17. Bxa7 $2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qb7 $17) 17...
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 {Hoping for Nc3.} ({Much weaker is} 18. Bxa7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3
$11) ({Much worse is} 18. Rxa6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 $15) 18... Qxe4 19. c3 Rc6
20. Bxa7 Qxe2 21. Re1 Qh5 22. Rxe7 Rh6 23. h4 Bf6 (23... Rg6 $16) 24. Rxa6 $18
Rg6 {[#]} 25. Re1 Qxh4 26. Bd4 (26. Qd2 $16) 26... Rxg3+ $11 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28.
Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 {aiming for Qg5+.} Kh8 31. Qg5 {Strongly
threatening Qf6+.} Rg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 33. Ra3 (33.
Rf1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1) 33... Qg4+ $17 34.
Kf1 Qf4+ (34... Qxd4 $2 35. Re2 $19) 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf1 Kg7 {Threatens to
win with ...h5.} (36... Qxb2 $2 37. Rd3 $17) (36... Qxd4 $2 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38.
Re2 $19) 37. Rf3 Qxd4 38. Re2 {[#]} Kf6 ({Black should play} 38... Qd1+ $1 $17
39. Kf2 Kf6) 39. Ref2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5 41. Kg1 h5
42. b4 Kg5 43. Kh2 Kg6 (43... f4 {seems wilder.} 44. Rxf4 Qd6 45. Kh3 Qe5 46.
Rxf7 Qe6+) 44. Kh3 Qc4 45. Rxf5 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh2 Qxf5 (
46... Qxb4 {is interesting.} 47. Rf6+ Kg5 48. Rxf7 Qd6+ 49. Kh3 Qe6+) 47. Rxf5
Kxf5 {KPP-KP} 48. Kg3 Ke5 (48... Ke6 $5 49. Kh4 $8 f6 $11) 49. Kh4 f5 50. Kxh5
{KP-KP} f4 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. b5 f3 53. b6 f2 54. b7 f1=Q {( -> ...Qf4+)} 55. b8=Q
Qf3+ 56. Kg5 Qf5+ 57. Kh6 Qf4+ 58. Qxf4+ Kxf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,106,0,0,1,10,-2,0,0,0,0,7,-18,-22,-36,0,-9,-15,-15,-10,-16,23,-16,18,
-15,0,0,65,6,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-19,-25,-20,-26,-14,-37,-27,-35,-47,-31,0,-32,-32,
-32,-32,-33,-21,-81,-74,-98,-39,-189,-149,-172,-152,-333,-375,-530,-525,-487,
-453,-703,-666,-835,-818,-533,-84,-84,-79,-84,-84,-501,-84,-570,-558,-706,-670,
-12843,-12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 {
[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Nd2 {E54:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Nd5 15. f3 Rac8 16. Bh4
{The position is equal.} N7f6 17. Rfe1 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17...
Rfd8 18. Qf2 Qf4 19. Re5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. Re1
Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Zaas,D (2272)-Jenkins,R (2293) ICCF email 2019}) 18. Bg3 Qa3
19. Nb1 Qe7 20. Bb3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nhf4 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Bg3 b5 24. a4 a6 25. Na3
Bc6 (25... Qe7 $11 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Qa3) 26. axb5 (26. c4
$1 $14 bxc4 27. Nxc4) 26... axb5 $11 27. c4 bxc4 28. Nxc4 {Black must now
prevent Nd6.} Bb5 29. Kh1 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 h5 31. Re4 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Ng6 32. h4
Rfd8 33. Bb3 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Nde7 35. Qg5 (35. Be5 {is interesting.} Nxe5 36.
dxe5 Qg6 37. Kh2 Nf5 38. Qf4) 35... Qxg5 36. hxg5 Nf5 37. Bf2 Rb8 38. Ba4 (38.
Bc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Rb2 39. Kg1 h4 (39... Nd6 $17 40. Re3 Nf4)
40. Bc6 ({Only move:} 40. Rg4 $1 $15) 40... Ng3 $1 $19 41. Re1 Nf4 {...Rxf2!
is the strong threat.} 42. Ra1 $2 (42. Be4 $17 {was the only defense.}) 42...
Kh7 $1 43. Be4+ (43. Re1 $142 Rxf2 44. Be4+ (44. g6+ $2 Kxg6 45. Rxe6+ Nxe6 $19
) 44... Nxe4 45. Rxe4) 43... Nxe4 44. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} h3
$1 45. Ra3 (45. d5 $142 hxg2 46. d6) 45... hxg2 46. Rf3 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 {[#]} Rh1+
$2 (47... Rf1 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 48. Rxf4 g1=Q+ 49. Bxg1 Rxf4) 48. Kg3
$17 g1=Q+ 49. Bxg1 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]}
(50. Kg2 $17 Rxg1+ 51. Kf2) 50... Kg6 $1 51. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kxe2 Rxg1
) 51... Nxg1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Rd3 Nh3+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.90/Black=0.40} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,22,28,35,14,10,22,0,1,0,10,0,8,-41,0,0,0,-8,8,-8,0,0,44,51,79,64,
79,56,47,55,60,45,54,30,115,116,106,46,53,5,20,0,9,15,15,0,25,23,18,16,18,18,
18,16,21,23,20,16,20,16,9,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4
e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 a5 {[#]} 6. d4 $146 {A21: English
Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nge2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Qb3
Kh8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 {0-1 (67) Szarvas,S (2128)-Merena,L 
(2040) Hungary 2008}) 6... Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c6 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11.
e4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Rfe1
Bd7 {[#]} 18. Ncd5 $1 Bxb2 (18... cxd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Ne6 20. Nxe6 $18) 19. Qxb2 {
Threatens to win with Re7.} Rae8 {[#] Threatening ...g5.} ({Wrong is} 19...
cxd5 $2 20. Bxd5 Ne6 21. Nxe6 $18) 20. h3 $1 Nf6 ({Avoid the trap} 20... cxd5
$2 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Nxe6 $18 (22. hxg4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 $14)) 21. Qd4 Nce4 (
21... Nfe4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Nxf6+ $16 Nxf6 23. Nd3 (23. Qb6 $16)
23... Bc8 $14 24. Qb6 Qd7 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rad1 Rfe8 {White must
now prevent ...Rxd1.} 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Be6 31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Re1
Nd7 33. g4 {The position is equal.} g6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Bh5 {And now Nxd7
would win.} Nxe5 36. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 37. Be2 Kf6 38.
a3 b6 39. Re3 Rd8 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 c5 42. a4 Bd7 43. Ke3 Be6 44. Kf2 Bd7
45. Ke3 Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,0,-5,2,0,8,0,13,10,6,0,5,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-19,-16,-75,-64,-142,-136,
-131,-135,-150,-150,-290,-283,-283,-270,-302,0,-207,-206,-598,-595,-1105,-1075,
-1731,-727,-716,-548,-544,-529,-518,-514,-505,-466,-630,-652,-617,-589,-553,
-516,-496,-358,-754,-1132,-756,-722,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,0,0,0,
-29992,-29993,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 {D45:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 12. Rfe1 c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 13. cxd5
exd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bd3 a6 16. Nc3 {[%cal Bb5c3,
Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 {[#]} 17. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf5 Rac8 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Ne2 Ne4 24.
Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qe7 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 {0-1 (36) Gaehwiler,G (2412)
-Klauser,M (2385) Leukerbad 2019}) 17... bxc5 {[%cal Bb6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl
32]} 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qb1 (20. Qe2 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... c4
$17 21. Bc2 (21. Bxf6 $15 Nxf6 22. Be2) 21... c3 22. Ba1 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nfg4 24.
h3 {[#]} (24. Nf1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 24... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25.
Kxf2 Qh4 {Hoping for ...Ng4+!} 26. Nde2 Qg5 $2 ({Better is} 26... Qf6+ $19 27.
Nf5 gxf5) 27. Rd4 $2 {[#]} (27. Qc1 $11) 27... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qc1 (28.
bxc4 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Bxg3 30. Nxg3 Qxd4 31. Ne2 Qxc4 32. Qb3) 28... Nxe3 29. h4
Qf6+ 30. Kg1 Nxc2 (30... Bxg3 $142 31. Kh1 Qf2) 31. Rf1 Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33.
Qd1 Bxg3 34. Qxd4 {Threatens to win with Qf6.} Be5 35. Qf2 Re7 36. h5 d4 37.
Qh4 Rce8 38. Re1 {If only White now had time for Rxe5!...} Bf6 {[%mdl 64]
Deflection} 39. Qxf6 $2 (39. Rxe7 Bxh4 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41. Rb8) 39... Rxe1+ 40.
Kh2 R1e2 ({And not} 40... Rxa1 41. h6 $11) 41. h6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Re3+ 43. Kh4
Re4+ 44. Kh3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Re3+ 45. Kh4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]}
Rh2+ 46. Kg4 Bc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=1.06/Black=0.43} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,19,14,16,10,16,19,16,0,4,-13,0,0,5,13,56,34,97,109,108,53,89,50,
51,52,55,28,28,23,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,28,81,60,84,63,78,62,65,27,65,12,15,0,0,
0,0,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3
cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 {B14: Caro-Kann:
Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4
a4 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rad1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Bxa4 Rxa4
17. Qxa4 Nxd4 18. Qb4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bc6 20. Bd6 Re8 21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (52) Khismatullin,D (2534)-Belov,V (2560) Sochi 2004}) 16.
Rfe1 Qc8 17. Bg5 ({Much weaker is} 17. Bxa4 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxd4 $17) 17... Ne7 (
17... Bd8 $14) 18. Bd3 $16 Ng6 19. Qd2 ({White should try} 19. h4 $16) 19...
Qd8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. h4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qf4 b6 25. Rc1 bxc5
26. Rxc5 Rb7 27. Re2 f6 (27... Qf6 $11 28. Qg4 Qf5) 28. Nd3 (28. Nc6 $5 {
[%cal Rc6d8]} Qd7 29. g3 $14) 28... Bf7 (28... Bb5 $11 29. Qg3 Qe8) 29. Nb4 Qb8
30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Qc3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rc8+.} Re8 32. Rc6 Qd7 33. Qc5 (
33. f4 $14) 33... e5 $1 $11 34. Rd6 Qg4 35. f3 Qxh4 {White should prevent ...
e4.} 36. Nxd5 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 {The position is equal.} Qe1+ 38. Kh2 {And now g3
would win.} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 39. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.19/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,93,72,17,17,0,14,12,21,-2,0,-6,34,34,37,19,22,17,33,25,27,19,19,7,50,
22,98,105,97,108,111,100,102,97,114,109,127,126,133,140,155,137,220,204,212,
216,202,182,215,184,314,314,354,249,275,244,236,211,262,262,266,262,260,251,
295,264,260,258,257,258,335,335,506,516,533,442,414,261,245,223,223,206,730,
547,1136,1107]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O ({
White should play} 6. dxe5 $16 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. a4 (8. Nxe5 Nf6 $16)) 6...
Nf6 $11 {C53: Giuoco Piano sidelines.} 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 {The position is
equal.} 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. a3 a5 {[#]} 12. Be3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. a4 Rad8 16. Na3 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 {0-1 (53) Horvath,J (1997)
-Piroska,I (2104) Budapest 2016}) 12... Ba7 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Bd3 a4 15. Qc2 Na5
16. c4 Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 17. d5 Nd4 (17... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Nxd4
$16 {White now steadily converts the win.} Bxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nf3 c5 {[#]}
21. dxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Nxd4 Ra5 {intending ...Bxh3.} 23. Re3 Qb7 24. Rae1 Qb6 25.
Qc3 Rae5 (25... Rc5 $16 26. Rd1 Rb8) 26. Nf3 $18 R5e7 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Be6
29. Qb4 Rb7 (29... Qxb4 $142 30. axb4 Rc7) 30. Qxa4 c5 31. R1e2 Reb8 32. Qd1
Qc7 33. Qc1 Rb3 34. Bc2 R3b6 35. b3 Rd6 36. Rd3 Ra6 37. a4 Bf5 38. Rg3 Bxc2 39.
Qxc2 Re6 40. Ng4 Nh5 (40... Nxg4 {keeps fighting.} 41. Rxe6 (41. Rxg4 Rxe2 42.
Qxe2 Rxb3 $16) 41... fxe6) 41. Rxe6 Nxg3 42. Re3 ({Stronger than} 42. fxg3 fxe6
43. Kh2 h5 $11) 42... Nh5 43. Qf5 Nf4 44. Ne5 Ne6 45. Nxf7 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (45...
Qxf7 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Rxe6 Rxb3) 46. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 (46... Kh8 47. Qg6) 47.
Rg3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,149,54,54,41,36,22,29,9,20,0,7,-29,-23,-24,0,-15,0,5,0,4,23,0,0,0,0,
-19,0,-48,0,-6,34,0,20,32,50,10,51,44,44,44,44,44,44,22,23,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,29,0,
0,0,46,31,31,39,84,72,74,26,146,139,153,162,193,140,136,141,121,121,153,79,147,
0,146,37,35,52,59,51,64,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,0,1,8,33,0,32,14,17,8,8,8,
14,14,78,78,83,83,188,187,187,180,153,35,35,18,86,86,159,174,5535,6925,29980,
29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c6 2.
Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights
Variation.} e6 7. Ng5 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxe2 8. Nxe2 c5 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Nh6 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Rc1 Qb6 {0-1 (35) Heineccius,
A (651)-Guaimare,C (1030) LSS email 2012}) 8. Bh5 {White has an edge.} Bg6 9.
O-O Be7 10. Nh3 c5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nxd4 {Black should prevent
Nfxe6.} Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nh6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 $1 18. Bd3 Bc5
19. g3 Rc8 20. Qf4 Qb6 21. c3 Be7 22. Re1 a6 (22... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 23.
Qf3 g6 $11) 23. a4 g5 24. Qf3 g6 25. a5 Qc5 26. Ra4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rh7 28. h3 Rch8
{...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 29. Rh1 $1 Qc6 30. Rg4 Rh5 31. Bd2 Qc7 {[%mdl
64] Double Attack} 32. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd8 33. cxd5 Rxd5 {White must now
prevent ...Qd8.} 34. Bc3 b5 35. axb6 $1 Qxb6 36. Ra4 {Strongly threatening
Bxf5.} Rh8 (36... Nd4 $11 37. Qe3 Bc5) 37. Rxa6 $16 Qd8 38. Be4 $36 {[%mdl
2048] White is on the roll.} Rd7 {[%cal Bd5d7,Bd7c7,Bc7c4][%mdl 32]} 39. Ra8 (
39. Rha1 $18) 39... Qb6 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41. Rd1 Rc7 {[#]} 42. Ra1 (42. Rd6 $142
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb5 (42... Qb8 43. Ra6) 43. Qd3) 42... Qb5 (42... Bb4 $142) 43.
Rd1 (43. Ra5 $16 Qd7 44. b4) 43... Kg7 {[#]} (43... Qb6 $1 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 44. Bxf5 (44. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3b5]} Qa4 45. Bf3) 44... gxf5 $14
45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Rc4 47. Rh1 ({Better is} 47. Rd4 $14) 47... Qd5 $11 48.
Qxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Rd1 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Rf4 51. Kg3 Bc5
52. f3 d4 53. Bd2 Rf5 54. Re1 Kg6 55. Kg4 d3 56. Re4 (56. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6e7]}
Be7 57. exf7 Rxf7 58. Re6+ Kg7 59. Rb6 $14) 56... Bf2 57. b4 Bb6 58. e6 fxe6
59. Rxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf6 60. Re5 Rd6 (60... Rc6 $1 $11 {remains
equal.}) 61. Rxg5+ $16 Kf7 62. f4 Bd4 (62... Ke6 $16 {might work better.} 63.
Kf3 Kf7) 63. Kf3 $18 Bf6 64. Rc5 Ke6 65. f5+ (65. Ke4 $16) 65... Kd7 $14 66. b5
Bd4 (66... Ba1 $11) 67. Rc4 $16 Bb6 (67... Be5 $142) 68. Ke4 Ke8 $2 (68... Ba7
69. Rc3 Rd4+ 70. Ke5 Rd6) 69. Rc6 $18 Kd7 70. Rxd6+ {White mates.} Kxd6 71.
Bb4+ Kd7 72. Kxd3 Bd8 73. Ke4 Kc8 74. Kd5 Kb7 75. Bc5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.19/Black=0.22} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,27,34,29,27,29,29,18,23,23,23,23,22,24,20,28,25,0,8,8,12,6,9,8,9,
0,20,20,57,71,95,95,96,97,102,97,158,162,147,112,124,86,100,83,83,0,83,83,152,
83,115,54,55,48,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+
11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.}
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1 Qe6
17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rfd1 h5 {[#]} 19. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20.
fxe4 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rd7 a6 23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Rxa6 Rxe2+ 25. Kf3 Rxh2 {
0-1 (41) Ftacnik,L (2560)-Kristiansen,J (2450) Helsingor 1982}) 19... Bf6 (
19... Rac8 {is interesting.} 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Be5 22. b4 Bd6) 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. Rxc4 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rc7 a5 (
23... Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e2]}) 24. Be3 Rd6 25. Rb7 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 $16 {KR-KR}
27. Kf2 ({Much weaker is} 27. Rxb6 $6 Rd2 $11) 27... a4 28. Rxb6 Rd2 ({Black
should try} 28... axb3 29. axb3 (29. Rxb3 Ra4 $14) 29... f6) 29. bxa4 Rxa2 30.
Rb4 Ra3 31. h4 Kg7 32. Ke1 Ra2 33. Kf2 Ra3 $1 34. Re4 Kf6 {[#]} (34... e6 $142)
35. Rf4+ (35. Ke1 $142 $1) 35... Ke6 36. g4 ({White should play} 36. Rb4 $16)
36... hxg4 $14 37. fxg4 f6 38. h5 (38. e3 $16) 38... gxh5 $11 39. gxh5 Rh3 40.
a5 Ra3 41. h6 {[#] Rh4 is the strong threat.} Rxa5 42. Rh4 {Hoping for h7.} Ra8
43. Ke3 Ke5 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.09. Sensor
Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,13,11,12,12,11,22,14,19,9,14,20,17,17,16,9,12,12,15,0,14,7,15,15,
33,38,22,25,54,51,58,62,100,92,100,78,65,70,160,149,268,275,375,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-298,-218,-480,-485,-441,-345,-352,-344,-356,-330,-373,-346,-335,-345,
-337,-337,-297,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8]} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 $1 {D37: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 5 Bf4.} cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Bxf4 11. exf4
Nc6 12. O-O {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14. Re1 b5
15. Bb1 Rc7 16. g4 Ne7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rcd1 Ne4 {1-0 (37) Korobov,A (2688)
-Praggnanandhaa,R (2608) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb1 Na5 15. Ne5
Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Qd3 g6 18. f3 Qb6 19. g4 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22.
h4 b4 23. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nfe8 ({Black should play} 23... a5 $14) 24. hxg6
$16 hxg6 (24... fxg6 $16 25. Kg2 Bc8) 25. Kg2 a5 26. Nxg6 $2 (26. Qe3 $18)
26... Ba6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra6d3]} 27. Qe3 {[#] Hoping for Rh1.} Bxe2 28. Rxe2 {
Strongly threatening Ne5.} Nb5 {[%cal Bd6b5,Bb5c3,Bc3b1][%mdl 32] White must
now prevent ...Nc3.} 29. f5 Qxd4 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qf4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Ne7+
$11 Kf8 32. Qg8+ Kxe7 33. g5) 31... Nc3 32. Re5 (32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. g5) 32...
Nxb1 $19 33. g5 Qg7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rc2+.} 34. Nh4 f6 (34... Rc2+
$2 35. Kh3 $19) 35. Rxe6 Qxg5+ 36. Qxg5+ fxg5 37. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} Kf7 38. Re1 gxh4 39. Rxb1 {KR-KR} Rc3 $2 (39... Kf6 $19 40. Rd1 Rc5)
40. Rd1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Rxa2 42. Rxd5 Kf6 43. Kxh4 a4
44. bxa4 Rxa4 (44... b3 {is more complex.} 45. Rb5 Rxa4+ 46. Kh3 Rf4 47. Rxb3
Rxf5 48. Rb6+ Kg5) 45. Rb5 b3+ 46. Kg3 b2 47. Rxb2 Kxf5 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rb6+
Kf5 50. Rb5+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Rb5+ Kf6 {White used his chance.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,39,58,31,55,29,27,33,66,49,71,18,26,32,67,56,82,12,89,84,80,76,125,
110,252,212,222,206,303,304,310,318,318,318,318,318,311,292,485,481,554,554,
519,291,543,539,498,520,451,506,779,778,911,852,1137,1110,1114,1043,1276,1264,
1222,1237,1199,1155,1189,1128,1470,1383,1337,1224,1611,1371,1843,1925,2479,
2395,3059,2714,29979,4134,2853,5065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
h3 e5 6. d5 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 {White
has an edge.} h5 9. Nf3 Bh6 {[#]} 10. Ng5 $146 ({White should play} 10. Bxh6
$16 Rxh6 11. Qd2) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. b4 h4 12. Qd2 Rh8 13. a3 a5
14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Qg5 Ndf6 16. c5 axb4 17. axb4 {0-1 (29) Kavutskiy,K (2391)
-Belous,V (2520) Las Vegas 2021}) 10... h4 11. Be2 Kf8 12. Qd2 {Threatens to
win with Ne6+!} Kg7 13. O-O-O (13. Rd1 $16) 13... a6 (13... Nc5 $11) 14. g3 $36
{[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} hxg3 15. fxg3 Nc5 16. Rdf1 b5 {[#] A
mistake that costs the game.} (16... Qe8 $16) 17. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 18.
Rf1 Qe7 (18... Qxf1+ $142 19. Bxf1 b4) 19. Rxf7+ $18 Qxf7 20. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Kxf7 22. b4 ({Less strong is} 22. cxb5 axb5
23. b4 (23. Bxb5 Bxh3 24. b4 Nd7 $16) (23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. b4 Nxe4 $16) 23... Na6
$18) 22... Nd7 23. cxb5 Rxh3 $2 {[#]} (23... Nf6 24. g4 a5) 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25.
Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qf2+ Nf6 $2 (26... Ke7 27. Qf1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg3 28.
Qxa6 Rxc3+ 29. Kb2 Re3) 27. Qf1 Rxg3 28. Qxa6 Rxc3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN
} 29. Kb2 Nxe4 (29... Rg3 $142 30. Qc4 Rg2+ 31. Kc1 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Rg2+ 33. Kd1
Rg1+ 34. Kc2 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Ne8) 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,
Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rf3 31. Qc4 Rf2+ 32. Kc1 Rf4 33. Qxc7+ Kf6 34. a5 Rf1+ 35. Kc2
Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Qf7+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kf5 39. a6 Ra2 40. a7 Nf6 41. b5 {
[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e4+ 42. Kc4 e3 43. Qxe3 Ne4 44. b6 Nc5 45. Qxc5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.91} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,0,0,11,7,0,0,0,0,-2,-4,-60,-58,-73,-64,-64,-72,-62,-27,-24,-19,
-22,0,0,0,0,27,0,10,25,62,55,91,81,115,91,106,112,120,99,196,199,190,138,181,
46,133,154,244,216,282,272,290,279,271,101,104,118,91,110,81,0,0,-106,-72,-172,
33,0,840,841,816,792,803,726,29977,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11.
Bd3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Bg4 12. Qd1 Ne7 {[#]} 13. h3 $146 {The position
is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 c6 15. O-O Nc8 16. Be2 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Nd6 18. Be2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (18) Khademalsharieh,S (2413)-Sanikidze,T 
(2533) Amol 2018}) 13... Bh5 14. a3 Bd6 15. g4 (15. Nb5 $11) 15... Bg6 $15 {
And now ...Bxd3 would win.} 16. Ke2 c6 17. h4 Qe6 18. Rg1 Re8 19. h5 Bxd3+ 20.
Qxd3 f6 21. Nh4 Rad8 22. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} b6 23. Nf5 c5
24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxc5 {Hoping for Nb7.} Qb6 {[#]} 27. Qb3 $1 Qd6
28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Nd3 Kh8 (29... d4 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Qxa7 $18 Qe6 {
and the idea ...Nc6 leaves Black hopeful.} 31. Qa4 ({Better is} 31. Kf1 $18)
31... Red8 $16 32. f3 (32. Kf3 $18) 32... d4 (32... f5 $1 $14 33. Qf4 Qa6) 33.
e4 Qd6 (33... Nd5 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. Qxd4 Nb4 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. axb4
Qa6) 34. Rg2 Rdc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc1.} 35. Kd1 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 ({
And not} 36. Nxc1 Qf4 $11) 36... Nc6 37. f4 (37. Qa6 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.} Qd8 38. Rc2 (38. Qxc6 Rc8 $11)) 37... Qe6 38. Kb1 {e5! is the
strong threat.} Qxe4 39. Qc2 Na5 {White should prevent ...Nc4.} 40. Qe2 (40.
Rd2 $16) 40... Qa8 $11 41. g5 {[#]} (41. Rg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... Nc4 $1
$17 {[%cal Rc4a3] Strongly threatening ...Nxa3+.} 42. gxf6 (42. Ka2 $17 {
was the only chance.} Re8 43. Qf2) 42... gxf6 $2 ({Black should try} 42...
Nxa3+ $1 $19 43. Kc1 Qc6+ 44. Kd1 Nc4 45. fxg7+ Kg8) 43. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Gg2]
[%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qb7 {[%mdl 8192]} (
43... Rb7 $11 44. Qg6 Nxa3+ 45. Kc1 Rc7+ 46. Kd1 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Re7+ 48. Ne5 Qe3+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kd1 Qb3+ 50. Ke1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qxf4+ 53. Kg1 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 (54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qxe5+ $11
) 54... Qxe5+ 55. Rg3 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Rg2 Qe5+ 57. Rg3 Qe2+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Rg2 Qe5+) 44. Qg6 $1 $18 {[%csl LRf6,LRh6][%mdl
64] Double Attack} Nxa3+ 45. Ka1 Nc2+ 46. Rxc2 Qh1+ 47. Rc1 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.28/Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,8,10,16,13,11,6,11,0,13,0,12,0,13,16,33,12,21,0,0,-27,5,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-46,-37,-49,-60,-44,-21,-76,-72,-164,-146,-313,-309,-500,-482,-660,-513,-460,
-464,-660,-621,-531,-419,-439,-431,-579,-587,-818,-791]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and
unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 9. c3
{[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (10) Savic,M 
(2448)-Vardan,N (2370) Arandjelovac 2021}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,
Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (13.
Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rd3g6]}) 13... a6 14. a5 b5 15. c4 b4 (15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 $8
bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd5 $11) 16. Re1 Nbd7 17. Qa4 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Nh5 22. b3 (22. g4 $11 Nhf6 23. h3) 22... Bc3 $36 {[%mdl
2048] Black has strong initiative.} 23. Nef3 {[#]} (23. Qa2 $17) 23... g5 $1
$19 {aiming for ...Bxd2.} 24. Bf5 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (24. g4 $17
gxh4 25. gxh5) 24... Ndf6 25. g4 $2 (25. Qa2 Ng7 26. Bd3 gxh4 27. Nxh4) 25...
Ng7 (25... gxh4 $2 26. gxh5 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 $19) 26. Nxg5 {And now Nge4 would
win.} hxg5 27. Bxg5 Nxf5 28. gxf5 (28. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. gxf5)
28... Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Qe1+.} 29. Nf1 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 {Black
is clearly winning.} 31. Be7 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. cxd5 (32. Ne3 Be4)
32... c4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.14}
0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,34,34,11,10,13,13,-7,-10,-8,-6,-8,-1,-5,0,-20,-14,-35,-41,-35,-28,
-38,-27,-22,-16,-14,-13,-12,-14,-19,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-12,-6,-19,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3
{A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} d6 7. Nd4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,
Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32] [#]} 8. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nc5 9. f3 Ne7 10.
Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 e5 12. Nf5 f6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 {0-1 (41) Seifert,D (2130)
-Kunin,V (2424) Bad Woerishofen 2002}) 8... Nc5 9. f3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Ne7 11.
Bg5 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nc2 g5 15. Bf2 f5 16. Ne3 {[%cal Re3f5]} f4 {
The position is equal.} 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 a5 19. Qb5 Ba6 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.
c4 h5 22. h3 Ke7 23. Ke2 Bc8 24. Rag1 Bd7 25. g3 Rag8 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. h4 Kf7
28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.
03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. cxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Ned2 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Ngxe5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 13. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 16. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 18. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Rg6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 23. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
R8g4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh2
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 38. Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
R5xf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxf2
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 43. b7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,70,15,18,17,15,19,19,21,18,14,20,24,6,5,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O 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 13. Bf4 d5 14. Nd2 g6 15. Bd3 Ng7 {The position is equal.} 16. Nf3 c6 17.
Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4
Qd8 24. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Ng7 25. Qxe8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy}
({Not} 25. Nh6+ $2 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 28.
Nxe8 Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 29. f4 f5 30. b4 b5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.
Kf3 Kf6 {[#]} 33. Kf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 33. h4 h5 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ke7
36. Ke1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Carlsen,M (2863)
-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 33... Kf7 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Kf2 Kf7 {
A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 18. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:50]
} 23. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Nce4 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 28. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 33. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36.
Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c1=Q {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 46. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kb6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 51. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,18,20,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-190,-89,-89,0,0,50,35,43,-50,-31,-81,
-69,-103,-65,-109,-110,-191,47,61,509,501,606,591,519,0,364,365,376,358,360,
-1335,-1320,-29987,-29988,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 {7.Qe2 is a critical line.} e6 8. Qd2 {
B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O-O {The position is
equal.} b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 {[#]} 13. exd5 $146 (13. Ba4+ $1 $11 {
and White is okay.} Bd7 14. Nc6) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba4+ Bd7 14. Nc6 Qc7 15.
exd5 Be7 16. Rhe1 Ng8 17. Rxe7+ Nxe7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Rxe7 {0-1 (41) Akrill,R 
(1995)-Lorenz,B (1984) ICCF email 2017}) 13... Qb6 (13... Bd7 $1 $19 {has
better winning chances.} 14. Rhe1+ Be7) 14. Rhe1+ Kd7 ({Better is} 14... Kd8
$17 {Hoping for ...Kc7.} 15. Nc6+ Kc7 16. Nxb4 Bd7) 15. Kb1 $1 $11 a5 16. Ba4+
$1 Kc7 17. c4 (17. c3 $1 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc5 20. Qf4 Kb6
21. Nb5 (21. Qd2 $17) 21... Qxc6 $2 (21... Rc8 $19 {Strongly threatening ...d5.
} 22. Nd4 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5) 22. Nxd6 $14 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rb8 $14)
23. Nxf7 $18 Rg8 24. Qf5 Nc5 25. Qh7 (25. Nd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd8c6]} g6 26. Qf7)
25... a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 26. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c6]} (26. Qxg8 $2 {loses.} Qg6+
27. Kc1 b3 $19) 26... Qf6 27. Qxg8 {Black must now prevent Nd7+.} Qf5+ {[#]}
28. Kc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Ka1 $2 {[#] leads to mate.} Nb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
29. axb3 axb3#) (28. Nd3 $1 $18 Rd8 29. Re5 $1) 28... b3 $19 {[%csl Gb3][%cal
Rf5c2]} 29. Rd3 Qxf2 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rf2c2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Nd7+
Ka5 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rf2c2] What a bad dream for White.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.79/Black=0.74} 0-1

