[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,143,14,18,0,10,13,30,-24,-11,-16,-19,-10,0,-2,0,-17,-25,-8,-14,-75,
-48,-119,-111,-100,-110,-124,-97,-118,-117,-124,-114,-117,-110,-103,-97,-105,
-93,-172,-171,-155,-160,-153,-128,-177,-58,-52,-47,-75,-18,-17,88,70,33,-10,
-10,-14,-14,-27,-19,-39,0,-217,-189,-137,0,0,0,0,21,10,8,14,58,54,972,30,859,
386,321,333,337,323,29972,29971,5214,35,25,43,312,309,637,611,788,139,779,664,
613,613,596,514,510,163,575,395,399,79,79,87,93,87,158,0,295,308,300,208,620,
77,82,70,71,81,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 (6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Re8 10. Qb3 Be6 11. a5
Rb8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Ne4 Qxc4 17. Nxf6+
gxf6 18. dxc4 Kh7 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 (59) Firouzja,A (2759)-So,W (2770) chess24.
com INT 2021}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main
lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nbd2 (10. b4 $142) 10... g5 $1
$11 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nf8 $1 {[#]
} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 h5 16. Bd5 c6 17.
Bb3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qb1 {1-0 (41) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Grischuk,A 
(2759) Khanty Mansiysk 2019}) 13... Ng6 14. b5 Na5 {And now ...g4 would win.}
15. h3 h5 16. Bd5 (16. bxa6 $11 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. axb7 Bxb7 19. Nh2) 16...
Bb6 17. Qb1 (17. bxa6 $15 Rxa6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4) 17... g4
$17 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nh2 Qg5 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qh6 22. Rfe1 f6 $36 {[%mdl
2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Bc4 Nh5 24. Nhf1 Bd7 25. Bh4 (25.
bxa6 $17 {is a better defense.} Nf4 26. Nh2) 25... Nf4 $19 26. g3 {[#]} Qh5 $1
27. bxa6 (27. gxf4 Qxh4) 27... bxa6 28. Bd5 {[#]} Rb8 (28... c6 $1 $19 29. Ba2
(29. Rab1 Bd8) 29... Ng6) 29. gxf4 $15 Qxh4 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh4h1]} 30. Ng3
Ba7 (30... Qh2+ $17 31. Kf1 Qh6 32. fxe5 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 fxe5) 31. Ndf1 $11 Ke7 (
31... Kd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. exf5 c6 35. Bg2
Nc4 36. Qd3 d5 37. Rxe5+ $2 (37. Ra2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... Nxe5
$19 38. Re1 {[#]} Kf7 39. Rxe5 $11 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rh4f2]} 40. Re2 Rb6 41.
f6 Bb8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh2+.} ({Much weaker is} 41... Qxf6 $6 42. Re5
$16) 42. Qf5 Bh2+ (42... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Rh4h5]}) 43. Nxh2 {White threatens Re7+
and mate.} Qxh2+ 44. Kf1 {Re7+ would kill now.} Rb7 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rb1+
$11 45. Qxb1 Qh1+ 46. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 47. Kg2 Rxb1) 45. Bxd5+ (45. Qe6+ $142 Kg6 46.
Qxg4+ Kh6 47. Re5) 45... cxd5 $18 46. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 47.
Qe4+ ({Worse is} 47. Qxb7 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qh2+ 51. Kf1
$11) 47... Kxf6 $2 (47... Kg5 $18 48. Qxb7 Qh3+ 49. Qg2 Kxf6) 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49.
Re5+ $2 (49. Qd5+ $18 Kh4 50. Qxb7) 49... Qxe5 $1 $14 50. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQ-KRR} Rf7 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 50... Rb1+ $14 51. Kg2
Rh6) 51. e6 $18 ({Less strong is} 51. Qxa6 g3 $16) 51... Rf6 (51... Rfh7 52.
Qxa6 Re7) 52. Qd7 Rhf8 53. Qg7+ $2 (53. Qd2+ $18 Kg6 54. Qd3+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. e7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxf2+ 57.
Kg1 Rf1+ 58. Kg2 R1f2+ 59. Kg1 Rf1+ 60. Kg2 R8f2+ 61. Kg3) 53... Kh4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kf5 $16 54. e7 Re8) 54. e7 Rxf2+ 55. Ke1 Rf1+ 56. Ke2 R1f2+
57. Ke3 $2 (57. Kd1 Rf1+ 58. Kc2 R1f2+ 59. Kb3 Rb8+ 60. Kc4) 57... R2f3+ (57...
R8f3+ 58. Kd4 Rd2+ 59. Kc4 Re2 60. Qh8+ Kg3) 58. Ke4 Re8 59. Qh6+ $2 (59. Kd5
$18 {is the precise move to win.}) 59... Kg3 $16 60. Qd6+ Kf2 {Black wants to
play ...Rxe7+.} 61. Qd2+ Kg3 (61... Kf1 $142 62. Qd7 Rff8) 62. Qd6+ $2 (62. Qd7
$16 Rff8 63. Qe6) 62... Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Kf2 $1 $11 {and Black is
okay.}) 63. Qd7 $18 Rff8 64. c4 {Threatens to win with Qe6!} Kh4 $2 (64... Kh2)
65. Kd5 $2 (65. Qe6 $18 {is more deadly. White wants to mate with Qh6+.} Rf1
66. Kd5) 65... Rg8 $16 66. Ke6 {aiming for Qd2.} g3 {[#]} 67. Qd4+ $1 Kh3 {[#]}
68. Qe3 (68. Qg1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg1h1]} g2 69. c5) 68... Kh2 $11 {The position
is equal.} 69. Qh6+ Kg1 70. Qe3+ Kh2 71. Qh6+ Kg1 72. Qe3+ {A wild game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.84/Black=0.56} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9.
Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 {The position
is equal.} 14. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5
dxc4.} fxe5 15. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5e5]} Nd7 ({Not} 15... exd4 $2 16. Qg5+ f6 17.
Qc5+ Kf7 {[#]} 18. Be8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 19. Qxa5 $18) 16. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 17.
Rxc8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} Rxc8 18. Bxd7 {White wants to mate with
Nxe6+!} Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8g5]} ({Inferior is} 18... h6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qf6+
Kg8 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Qf7#) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1+.} 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 24. Qh6+
$146 ({Predecessor:} 24. Qf5+) 24... Ke7 25. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,177,25,10,22,26,27,17,30,18,35,35,35,37,52,33,14,16,30,15,110,108,
120,96,98,94,117,87,89,77,77,59,49,50,82,62,58,34,62,34,63,56,64,60,60,65,62,
41,41,23,41,23,41,23,79,41,92,41,79,47,82,55,79,49,79,28,79,79,79,79,71,29,79,
72,79,79,79,71,109,109,136,120,110,78,142,150,141,145,229,100,104,78,168,201,
270,286,240,265,245,220,216,198,191,59,182,127,147,59,59,59,103,103,103,91,31,
86,41,21,409,383,518,497,5712,5443,2405,2501,1241,0,718,8,45,8,8,17,3947,3958,
3491,3156,2099,1926,1933,1832,992,992,983,853,924,529,447,429,644,621,543,495,
29976,29977,29975,29978,29976,29978,29979,29976,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4
e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5 {
C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 9. Bd3 Qb6 {[#]} 10. Bf2
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bf2
Qa7 12. Ne2 Bc5 13. Nc1 f6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nb3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Ndxe5
18. fxe5 {0-1 (51) Bellahcene,B (2510)-Akobian,V (2614) Chess.com INT 2021})
10... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 g6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. g4 h5
15. h3 Bg7 16. Kg2 f5 (16... f6 $11) 17. gxh5 $16 Rxh5 18. b4 Rh8 19. a4 Bh6
20. Bh4 Nc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6d8,Bd8f7][%mdl 32]} 21. a5 Qc7 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Na2
Nd8 24. c3 Nf7 25. Rae1 Bg7 26. Bd1 Nf8 27. Nc1 Nh7 28. Ne2 Kd7 29. Rh1 Rag8
30. Ng3 Kc8 31. Bc2 Bc6 32. Kf2 Bf8 33. Reg1 Be7 (33... Nhxg5 $11 34. fxg5 Kb7)
34. h4 Nf8 (34... Nhxg5 $14 35. hxg5 (35. Nxg5 Nxg5 36. hxg5 Qd8 $11) 35... Bf8
) 35. Bd1 (35. h5 $16) 35... Qd8 36. Ke1 Be8 37. Qe3 Nd7 38. Kd2 Nb8 39. Kc1 ({
White should play} 39. Bxe7 $16 Qxe7 40. h5) 39... Nc6 (39... Nxg5 $11 {
keeps the balance.} 40. Nxg5 (40. hxg5 Nc6 $11) 40... Qd7) 40. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 41.
Qd2 Nfd8 42. Ng5 Nf7 43. Bf3 Kc7 44. Kb2 Ncd8 45. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1e3,Be3g2,
Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 46. Ne3 {Hoping for Nxe6+!} Nxg5 47. fxg5 (47. Rxg5 $6 Bf7
$11) 47... Bf7 48. Ng2 Rb8 (48... Qe8 $142) 49. Ra1 Rbg8 50. Nf4 Qe8 {[#]} (
50... Kc8 $16 51. Kb1 Kb8) 51. Rag1 (51. Bxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest
is easy. Strongly threatening Bg2.} exd5 52. e6 Bxe6 53. Rae1) 51... Ne7 52.
Rg3 Rg7 (52... Rh7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 53. h5 $1 $18 gxh5 54. g6 $1 {
[%cal Rg6f7]} Rxg6 55. Nxg6 Bxg6 56. Qf4 Qf8 57. Bd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has
strong compensation.} Kd7 58. Bc2 (58. Rgh3 $18) 58... Ke8 (58... Be8 $14) 59.
Qg5 (59. Rgh3 $18) 59... Bf7 60. Qf6 (60. Bd1 $16) 60... Rh6 $1 $14 {[%cal
Rh6f6]} 61. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nc6 62. Rhg1 Rh7
63. Bd1 Nxb4 64. cxb4 Qxb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 65. Kc1 {Black must now
prevent Rg8+!} c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Qxa5 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.} 66. Bc2 Qa1+ 67. Kd2 Qa5+ 68. Ke2 Qa2) 66. Bc2 $1 $18 Qxa5 {( -> ...
Qa1+)} 67. Kd1 {Threatens to win with Qf6.} b4 {[#]} (67... Qc7 $142 68. Bxf5
c2+ 69. Bxc2 Rh8) 68. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg8 69. Rxg8+ Kd7 70. Ke2 $2 (70.
Qf6 $18 b3 71. Bxb3) 70... b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (70... Re7 $11 71. Rb8 Qa2)
71. Bxb3 $2 (71. Bxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kc6 (71... Re7 72. Qf6) 72. Bxh7 Qa2+
73. Kf3) 71... Qb5+ $11 72. Kf2 {Intending Qd8+ and mate.} (72. Ke1 $5 {
[%cal Rh4d8]} Re7 73. Ra8 $1 $16) 72... Re7 {[#]} ({And not} 72... Qxb3 73.
Qd8+ Kc6 74. Qd6+ Kb5 75. Rb8+ Rb7 76. Rxb7+ Kc4 77. Qc5+ Kd3 78. Rxb3 Ke4 79.
Qxc3 Kf4 80. Qg3+ Ke4 81. Qe3#) 73. Ra8 $1 {Threatening mate with Ra7+.} Qxb3
$4 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KQR-KQR. Black is now going downhill.} (73... Re8 $11
74. Ra7+ Kc6 75. Qxh5 Rg8) 74. Ra7+ $18 Kc6 75. Qxe7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re7c5]}
Qc2+ 76. Kg3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re7c5]} Qd3+ 77. Kh4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re7c5]}
Qxd4+ 78. Kg5 Qxe5 79. Rxa6+ Kb5 80. Rxe6 Qg3+ {[#]} 81. Kh6 $1 Qf4+ (81... Kc4
$142 82. Rc6+ Kb3 83. Rb6+ Kc2 84. Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc1) 82. Kh7
{Qd7+ would kill now.} Kc4 83. Qb7 d4 (83... Qd4 $18 84. Qa6+ Kb3 85. Qb5+ Qb4
86. Qxd5+ Kb2 87. Qxf5 c2) 84. Qa6+ {White mates.} Kb3 85. Qb5+ Kc2 86. Re2+
Qd2 87. Qa4+ Kd3 88. Rxd2+ cxd2 89. Qd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/
Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,0,25,23,25,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,14,8,4,4,0,12,18,17,39,14,57,43,32,20,21,
4,3,4,7,8,10,9,10,0,0,0,10,0,33,8,23,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. c4 {E54: Nimzo-Indian:
Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Be4 14. Bg5 {Black should prevent
Bxf6.} Nbd7 15. Re1 {[#]} Bxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qb7 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17.
Qd3 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rac8 23.
d5 exd5 24. Red4 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Ronneland,D-Holst,A (2300) Hallsberg 1991})
16. Qxd3 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Qb3 Rfe8 20. Qb5 Nhf6 21. a4 Qb7 22.
Bg3 a6 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. h3 Ne4 25. Bf4 Nd6 {[%cal Rd6c4]} 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. cxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Qb7 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Nd4 Qc5 31. Nf5 b5 32.
axb5 axb5 33. Bd2 Nd6 {The position is equal.} 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxb5 Nf6 36.
Qc6 (36. Bc1 {is interesting.} Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. f4) 36...
Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 38. Kh1 Kh8 39. Kg1 Kg8 40. Kh1 Kh8 41. Kg1 Kg8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,99,79,37,47,47,53,39,52,45,38,31,42,45,96,85,108,108,104,95,110,
101,117,113,129,116,119,107,98,107,101,104,96,95,102,97,141,141,193,182,252,
239,293,291,269,291,212,150,443,445,396,235,228,228,228,228,272,228,228,228,
228,228,228,228,228,228,1091,988,1113,1922,1764,1718,1464,1281,29961,29960,
29972,29972,29982,29983,29984,29984,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 g6 {[#]} 6. Ne2 $146 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two
Knights Variation.} ({Predecessor:} 6. h3 Ng7 7. Be2 h5 8. O-O Qb6 9. Na4 Qc7
10. b3 b5 11. Nc5 e6 12. c4 Bxc5 13. dxc5 bxc4 14. bxc4 {1-0 (29) Liang,J 
(2317)-Diulger,A (2298) Charlotte 2020}) 6... Ng7 7. Ng3 h5 8. Bd3 {White is
slightly better.} Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O h4 (11... c5 $14) 12. Ne2
$16 Be7 13. g4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. c3 Qc7 18. b4 Qxe5
19. Bf4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 dxe4 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. c6 bxc6 (23... b6 $16 {
was necessary.}) 24. Nxc6 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxd1 (24... Rdc8
$142 25. b5 e5) 25. Rxd1 Bxc3 26. b5 e5 {[#]} 27. Be3 {[%cal Re3a7]} ({Not} 27.
Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Ne6 $16) (27. Nxe5 Ne6 $14) 27... Ne6 28. Bxa7 {Strongly
threatening b6.} Bd4 {This move loses the game for Black.} (28... Nd4 $16) 29.
Nxd4 ({Weaker is} 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 $16) 29... Nxd4 30. Bxd4 (30. b6
$142 Nc6 31. Rd7) 30... exd4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KR} 32.
Rb4 ({Less strong is} 32. Rxe4 Rb2 $14) 32... f5 33. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7]
[%mdl 32] b7 would kill now.} Ra8 34. b7 Rb8 35. g5 {f3! is the strong threat.}
Kf7 {intending ...Ke6.} 36. f3 {Hoping for Rb6.} e3 {If Black can now play ...
Ke6 this consolidates a bit.} 37. Rxh4 Ke6 $2 (37... Kg7) 38. Rb4 Kd5 39. Kf1 (
39. h4 $142 Kc5 40. Rb1) 39... Kc5 40. Rb1 f4 41. Ke2 Kc4 42. h4 {White mates.}
Kc5 43. h5 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} gxh5 44. g6 Kc6 45. g7 Kc7 46. Rc1+ Kd7 47.
Rc8 {[%mdl 64] Decoy, Promotion.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.37}
1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,24,41,14,12,16,26,31,29,20,52,45,54,43,45,39,47,32,41,21,16,12,19,
15,124,137,136,129,124,117,112,91,92,91,92,92,191,183,189,168,179,176,230,210,
337,219,219,4,219,219,440,423]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3
Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bc2 {E41: Nimzo-Indian:
Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation.} O-O 11. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4]
A promising side line.} Bxc3 12. bxc3 {[#] White has an edge.} e5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. c4 Rd8 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Qe1 b6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nf4
Qh4 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Del Rio de Angelis,S (2472)
-Salgado Lopez,I (2596) Linares 2019}) 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 h6
16. Bh4 Re8 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. d5 Rc8 19. d6 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} g5 20.
Bg3 Ne4 {[#]} (20... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rae1 $1 $16 {[%cal
Re1e4]} Rc3 22. Qd1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rxe1 ({Not} 23... Rxa3 $2 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.
Re1 $18) 24. Rxe1 {Black must now prevent Re7.} Be6 25. Qd2 Rxa3 26. Rd1 Bd7 (
26... Bg4 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Qb4 $18 Ra2 28. Qb3 Ra5 29. Qxb7 Kg7 {[#]}
(29... Qe8 $142 30. Qc7 Re5 31. Qxa7 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe6) 30. Re1
$1 $40 {[%cal Re1e7][%mdl 128] And now Re7 would win. Black is in trouble.} Rc5
(30... Rb5 $142 31. Qe4 (31. Qxa7 Rd5 $16) 31... Qf6) 31. Qe4 {Intending Qh7+
and mate.} Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Re7 Be8 {[#]} (
33... Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qxd6) 34. Bg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,47,-7,-11,-12,-8,0,-4,0,-17,-17,-16,-13,-17,-14,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-38,
206,216,364,354,1449,1424,1393,1308]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+
Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 $1 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 12. Bxd2 a5 {[#]} 13.
Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 a4 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Re3 O-O 16. Ne1 a3 17. b3
Rfc8 18. Rh3 Ne7 19. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (64) Burne,N (2477)-Tleptsok,R (2534) ICCF
email 2017}) 13... a4 {The position is equal.} 14. a3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. Rc3
Rfc8 17. Rd3 b5 18. Ng5 {aiming for Qh5!} h6 19. Nh3 Kh8 ({Wrong is} 19... Bxh4
$2 20. Qg4 $18) 20. Qg4 f5 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (20...
Bf8 $15) 21. Qg6 $1 $18 {Bxh6! is the strong threat.} ({Resist} 21. exf6 $6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6 (22. Rxe6 Nd8 $16) 22... Qxe6 $16) 21... Bxh4 {[#]} (21... Bf8
$142 22. Nf4 Re8) 22. Qh5 $1 Bd8 $2 (22... Qe7 23. g3 Bg5) 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24.
Rg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,16,19,14,12,9,8,10,7,15,19,9,25,25,18,26,11,15,13,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-5,0,-5,-5,-9,-8,-8,-11,-14,-14,-14,
-39,-39,-28,-28,-28,-29,-14,-14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0]} 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).} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 {
[#]} 11. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. Rae1 h6 14. Ne5
Be6 15. f4 a6 16. f5 Bd7 17. g4 {1/2-1/2 (72) Piliposyan,R (2199)-Kotsur,P 
(2517) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11... Bd7 {[#]} 12. Nxd5 $1 Nxd4 $1 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc3 {[#] aiming for Bxg6.} Qc6
18. h4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Qc3+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd4 Rad8
24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c5 26. Rf4 {Strongly
threatening g4.} Re4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 {KB-KB} 28. g3 Bc6 29. Bd3 a5 30. f4 b5 31.
b4 cxb4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Kc2 Bd5 34. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Bc4 {White must now
prevent ...Ke6.} 35. e5+ Ke6 36. Be4 h6 37. Kb2 Kd7 38. g4 {The position is
equal.} Ke6 39. g5 h5 40. Kc2 Bd5 41. Bd3 Bc4 42. Be4 Bd5 43. Bd3 Bc4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,19,30,0,2,-12,17,7,8,0,0,-14,0,0,32,26,66,64,70,50,47,53,50,44,97,
94,103,105,181,165,172,105,109,102,209,128,177,0,0,0,0,-39,395,370,378,380,260,
264,382,382,354,363,379,386,518,532,495,514,589,555,821,650,667,669,637,634,
868,858,1161,1125]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2
d6 7. O-O $1 {7.0-0 scores better than 7.h3.} Bb6 8. Bxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A
promising side line. C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines
and 4 0-0 Bc5.} bxc6 9. h3 Ba6 10. Qc2 {[#] The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qf6 13. Qa4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
exd5 e4 16. Nh2 Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (62) Soto Vega,J (2357)-Cervantes Landeiro,T 
(2087) Montevideo 2018}) 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Be3 c6 15. Rad1
Qe6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nh4 d5 18. c4 Rd7 ({Black should play} 18... Kh8 $14) 19.
Nhf5 $16 Red8 20. Qc1 $1 Bb7 (20... dxc4 $16 21. dxc4 Bc8) 21. Bxh6 $18 gxh6
22. Qxh6 (22. exd5 $1 $18 cxd5 23. Qxh6) 22... Ne8 $16 {Strongly threatening ..
.Qxh6.} 23. Qg5+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} (23. Qh4 Qf6 $17)
23... Kf8 (23... Qg6 $16 24. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxe7 25. Qxe7
Bc8) 24. Qh4 $40 {[%cal Rh4h8][%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} f6 25. Re3 $2
(25. exd5 $1 $18 Qg8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. f4) 25... Qg8 $11 26. Qh6+ Kf7 $1 27.
Qh5+ Qg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (27... Ke6 $15 {
keeps the upper hand.}) 28. Nh6+ $18 Kg7 {[#] ...Qxh5 is the strong threat.}
29. Ngf5+ $1 ({Weaker is} 29. Nhf5+ Kf7 $16) 29... Kh7 {[#]} 30. Qe2 {aiming
for Rg3.} Rg7 (30... Kh8 $142 31. Rg3 Qh7) 31. Rg3 ({Not} 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. Ng4
Nh5 $15) 31... Qxh6 32. Nxh6 Kxh6 33. Rf1 Bc7 34. Qe3+ {White is clearly
winning.} Kh7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxc5 dxe4 37. Qxa7 Nd6 38. dxe4 Ra8 39. Qe3
Rxa2 40. Rd1 Ra8 41. c5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,114,-2,0,0,9,-30,-31,-25,-30,-25,68,61,62,62,62,68,67,63,70,67,62,57,
74,73,64,54,107,104,97,83,78,72,157,103,168,101,111,102,104,102,102,102,115,
109,112,112,86,87,82,82,80,27,27,27,27,27,31,39,34,44,74,8,37,27,51,0,0,0,66,
66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,
66,66,66,66,66,66]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3
Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 {Strongly threatening e5. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Ng5 {
Black is slightly better.} Bxg5 ({But not} 11... Nxg3 $2 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13.
Nxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 14. hxg3 $18) 12. Qxh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]}
h6 $146 (12... g6 $11 13. Qh3 cxd4) ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14.
h4 Bh6 15. h5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. hxg6 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 fxg6 {0-1 (43) Riff,V 
(2548)-Abasov,N (2794) Chess.com INT 2019}) 13. Nf3 $1 $14 cxd4 14. h4 Be7 15.
Bf4 f5 16. Bxh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qe8 ({Inferior is} 
16... gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5#) 17.
Qxe8 Rxe8 {[#]} 18. Bb5 $1 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Bd7 (20... gxh6 $14 21. Nxc6 Bc5) 21. Bg5 Bc5 22. Rd1 b5 23. h5 Kf7 {[#]} (
23... b4 $142) 24. Ke2 (24. Nxf5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b4 (24... Rac8 25. Nd6+)
25. h6 $1 bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nxg7 Reb8 $16)) 24... Rh8 {[#]} (24... Rac8 $16 {
keeps fighting.}) 25. Be3 (25. Nxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rac8 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27.
exd6) 25... Be7 26. f3 g5 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rdg1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 {Threatens to
win with Rh6+.} Bf8 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 a5 32. Kf2 Bg7 33. Rh5 (33. Nf3 $16)
33... b4 $11 34. Nb3 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rf8+ 36. Kg3 Rh8 37. Rg5+ Kf7 38. Nc5 (38.
Nxa5 $16 Ra8 39. Nb7) 38... Bc8 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Nd3 (40. Rh5 $14 Kg8 41. Kf3)
40... Ba6 41. Nf4 {Nxe6! is the strong threat.} Bh6 ({Better is} 41... Bc4 $11)
42. Rh5 $14 {aiming for g5.White is slightly better.} Bxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxh5 44.
gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a4 45. a3 Be2 46. Kg5 Bd1 47. Bb6 Be2 48. Bd8
Bd1 49. Bf6 Be2 50. h6 {White wants to mate with h7.} Bd3 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Ke3
Bc2 53. Bg7 Bb3 54. Kd4 Bc2 55. Kc5 Kh7 56. Kd6 Bf5 57. Ke7 Bg4 {Blacks
defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,20,11,14,7,10,11,8,4,13,17,23,8,20,9,19,19,19,22,43,19,25,6,12,11,
8,0,0,0,0,-13,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,4,12,0,0,0,10,0,10,10,10,-21,-14,-7,-7,-7,-7,
-43,-24,-60,-57,-74,-60,-74,-60,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,0,
-74,0,-74,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7.
Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {Recently 8...a5 got a lot of attention. C54: Giuoco Piano:
4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. a4 {[#] aiming for
a5.} c6 {The position is equal.} 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 {[#]} Bc7 $146
({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Be6 18.
Nfd2 Nh5 19. Nb3 Nhf4 {0-1 (62) Kiremitciyan,A (2491)-Kavutskiy,K (2508) Chess.
com INT 2019}) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 a5 17. Be3 Be6 18. b4 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Bb6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Bc1 Red8 22. g3 Qe7 23. bxa5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxa5
25. Kg2 Ra8 26. Bb3 Bc5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. g4 Qd7 {[#]}
31. Bxh6 $1 Nxg4 $1 32. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 33. hxg4 {And now Bd2 would win.} gxh6 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 34. Kf3 Ba5 35. c4 (35. g5 $5) 35... Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7
37. Kd3 Bb6 38. f3 Kd6 39. Bd1 Kc5 40. Bc2 Kb4 41. Bd1 Ka3 42. Bc2 Kb2 43. Bd1
Kc1 44. Bb3 Kb2 45. Bd1 Kc1 46. Bb3 Kb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.08} (46... Bc5 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,95,0,0,34,38,66,0,0,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,-20,14,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-9,-12,0,0,-102,114,108,160,167,111,119,920,913,906,63,905,905,891,891,879,
764,754,621,625,590,1470,815,867,862,867,821,767,751,883,867,1166,1150,1237,
875,1024,867]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 g6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 {[#]
} c5 $146 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Qe2 a6 15.
e4 Bb7 16. a3 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 c4 19. d6 Qf6 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. h3 {0-1 (40)
Le,T (2932)-Moskalenko,A (2846) Chess.com INT 2019}) 14. d5 {aiming for dxe6.}
Nb6 {[#]} 15. b3 (15. d6 $1 $14 Qd8 (15... Qf6 16. Bb5) 16. Na4) 15... Nxc4 $11
{The position is equal.} 16. bxc4 b6 17. e4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qb7 19. h3 Be6 20.
Rd2 Rfe8 21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qc2 Bc6 24. Nh2 Kh8 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nh2
Rd7 27. Nf3 Qa6 28. Rb1 Qa4 29. Rb3 Bb7 30. e5 (30. Qd3 $11 {keeps the balance.
}) 30... Ba6 $2 ({Don't go for} 30... Bxe5 $2 31. Nxe5 Rxd5 32. Nxg6+ fxg6 33.
Qxg6 $18 (33. cxd5 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. g3 Qf7 $18)) (30... Bxd5 $17 {stays
on course.} 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5) 31. Nf6 $1 $16 Rxd2 ({
Black should play} 31... Bxf6 32. exf6 Red8) 32. Qxd2 Rf8 {[#]} (32... Bxc4 $18
33. Nxe8 Qxe8) 33. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d8] Rd8 is the strong threat.} Bxc4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({But not} 33... Qxc4 $2 34. Rd8 $18) (33... Qa5 $16) 34. Rd8
$1 $18 {Strongly threatening Qd6.} Qc6 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qd8 {[%cal Rd8f8]
White is clearly winning.} Kg7 37. Nd7 Bd6 38. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack,
Pin} Kg8 39. Qxd6 Qxd6 40. exd6 Bxa2 {[#]} 41. Nxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (41...
Be6 42. d7) 42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nxc5 a5 44. Nd4 Bd5 45. f3 g5 46. Kf2 Kd8 47. Ke3
h4 48. Kd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,0,0,0,9,44,0,0,0,1,-36,141,89,81,39,29,37,41,33,48,32,58,58,72,
80,68,38,36,34,60,16,54,47,59,47,55,31,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-38,
-14,-17,-25,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,
-10,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7.
Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 c5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11.
exd4 Rc8 12. h5 {[#]} Nb4 $146 (12... gxh5 $6 13. Rd3 $16) (12... Nxh5 $15 {
stays ahead.} 13. Nxc6 Rxc6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. hxg6
fxg6 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Nxg6# {1-0 (16) Stumpf,H (2285)-Bruns,M (2103) Bad
Woerishofen 2000}) 13. hxg6 (13. a3 $142 {Black must now prevent h6.} Nc6 14.
g4) 13... fxg6 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qd7 16. Be5 Ng4 17. Bg3 Nh6 18. Kb1 Rc6
19. Qd2 Nf7 20. Bf4 (20. Be5 $5) 20... Nd6 21. Bxd6 ({Don't go for} 21. Nxd5 $2
Nc4 $19) 21... Rxd6 22. f3 Qf5 23. g3 e6 24. a3 Rc6 25. Ne2 Rfc8 26. c3 b5 27.
g4 Qf7 28. f4 a5 29. Rdh3 h6 30. Qd3 b4 $1 31. axb4 (31. Rxh6 {seems wilder.}
bxa3 32. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 33. Rxg6 Rb8 34. Ka1) 31... axb4 32. Rxh6 bxc3 33. Nxc3
Bxh6 34. Rxh6 Kg7 ({Not} 34... Qxf4 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38.
Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qe7#) 35. Qh3 Qxf4 (35... Qf6 $17 36. Rh7+ Kg8) 36. Rh7+ $11 Kf8 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxc3!} 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7+ Kd8 {...Rxc3! is the
strong threat.} 39. Rg7 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qf8 40. Rxg6 (40. Rh7 $11
Qf6 41. Nb5) 40... Kc7 (40... Qf7 $1 $15 41. Rh6 Qf2 42. Rh8+ Kc7 43. Nxd5+ Kd6
44. Qa3+ Kxd5 45. Qa5+ Ke4 46. Qe5+ Kd3 47. Rh3+ Kc4 48. Rc3+ Kb4 49. Rb3+ Kc4
50. Rc3+ Kb4 51. Rb3+ Kc4 52. Rc3+) 41. g5 {The position is equal.} Kb7 {
[#] And now ...Qb4 would win.} 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQN} Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qf2+ 45. Kb3 Qxd4 {aiming for ...Qc4+.} 46. Qd7+ (46.
Nxd5 $2 {leads to mate.} Qc4+ 47. Ka3 Ra8+ 48. Qa6+ Rxa6#) 46... Kb8 47. Qb5+
Ka7 48. Qd7+ Kb8 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qd7+ Kb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,107,8,6,6,25,8,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,33,33,33,33,33,33,34,33,63,57,
81,25,119,81,113,111,122,93,85,85,85,89,91,92,92,27,27,27,28,28,28,28,29,29,29,
30,33,29,29,31,31,32,51,29,55,55,177,145,157,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0]
} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Rac1 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and
Hedgehog.} Na6 17. f4 Rc5 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 19.
b4 {[#]} Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Ne4 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. e3 Rd7 22. Kf3 Nd2+
23. Ke2 Ne4 24. g4 h6 25. Rc2 e6 {1/2-1/2 (78) Peng,X (2410)-Gao,R (2546)
Shenzhen 2017}) 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 {KR-KR} 21. Rc1 a5 22. b5 Rd8 23. Rc6 Rd2 24.
Kf3 Kf7 25. a4 Rd4 26. Rxb6 Rxa4 27. Ra6 Ra2 (27... Ra1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}
) 28. Ke3 $16 Ra4 29. Kd3 h6 30. h4 h5 31. e3 Kf6 32. e4 Kf7 33. e5 Kg7 34.
Rxe6 (34. Ra8 $16) 34... Kf7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 35. Ra6 Kg7 $1 36. Kc3 Kf7
37. Ra8 {And now Ra6 would win.} Kg7 38. Ra7 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 $1 40. Ke3 {
Hoping for Kd3.} Kf7 $1 41. Ra6 {Black must now prevent Kd3.} Kg7 $1 42. Kf3 {
aiming for Ke3.} Kf7 $1 43. Ra8 {Threatens to win with Ke3.} Kg7 44. Ra7 Kf7 (
44... Kf8 $14 45. Ke3 Kf7) 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. b6 $2 (46. Ke3 $16) 46... Rb4 {
The position is equal.} 47. Rxa5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra7.} Rxb6 48. Ra3
Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rf2 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra3 Kg7 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Ra3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,5,10,6,17,-25,4,-59,-63,-70,-4,-34,-43,-48,-60,-43,-32,-50,-64,-60,
-54,-103,-89,-97,-85,-97,-31,0,102,0,0,-192,-188,-192,-191,-194,-183,-191,-125,
-177,-102,-138,-128,-212,-218,-262,-262,-247,-219,-232,-175,-171,-172,-347,
-386,-427,-418,-427,-506,-506,-506,-490,-462,-718,-687,-870,-786,-651,-611]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Systems without Nc3.} c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 {[#]} (8. O-O $11) 8...
cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (33) Muradli,M (2449)
-Kalashian,D (2398) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9. Nxd4 e5 (9... Nb4 $15 10. Be4 f5)
10. Nc2 (10. Qh5 {with more complications.} Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Nf4+ 12. exf4 g6 13.
Qg5) 10... Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {[#]} Bg4 $1 13. f3 (13. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 14.
Qxg4 Qd3 $19) (13. Qd2 Qb6) 13... Bh4+ 14. Ke2 Be6 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 Qg5 {
[%cal Rg5g2]} 17. g3 {[#]} Rfd8 18. e4 {aiming for Rf1.} a5 19. Bc5 (19. Bd2
$16 Qh5 20. gxh4) 19... f5 $11 {White must now prevent ...fxe4.} 20. gxh4 $2 (
20. Qc2 $11 {and White is okay.} Rac8 21. exf5 (21. gxh4 $2 Qg2+ 22. Ke1 Qxh1+
23. Bf1 Qxf3 $19)) 20... Qg2+ $19 21. Bf2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 {And now Qg1 would win.
} Rxd1 23. Raxd1 {[#] Rdg1 is the strong threat.} Qh3 ({Better is} 23... Bd7 $1
$19 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...Bb5+.} 24. Bxb7 (24. Bd5+ Kh8) 24... Bb5+ 25. Ke3
Rb8) 24. Rhg1 $17 Bf7 (24... a4 $19 25. Bg3 axb3 26. axb3 Bxb3) 25. Rg4 Bg6 {
Strongly threatening ...Bxe4.} ({Of course not} 25... Qxh2 $6 26. Rdg1 $11) 26.
Bxg6 (26. Bxb7 $17 {is a better defense.} Rb8 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. h5 Qxh5 29. Rh4)
26... hxg6 $19 27. Rdg1 {next R1g3 is good for White.} e4 ({And not} 27... Qxh2
28. Rxg6 Kh8 29. Rxg7 $11) 28. Rxe4 Rf8 (28... Qxh2 29. Rxg6 Kf8 30. Rg5 $17)
29. Rg3 Qc8 30. Kf1 Qc2 31. Reg4 $2 (31. Re2 Qd3 32. Be3) 31... Rf6 ({Less
strong is} 31... Qxa2 32. Rxg6 Rf7 33. Bd4 $19) 32. h5 Qxa2 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 {
Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rxg6 {and the idea Rb6 leaves White hopeful.}
Qxb3 {KQ-KRB} 35. Kg2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 36. h6 (36. Bd4 $142 Qf7
37. Rg5) 36... Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxh6 38. Rd7 a3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/
Black=0.20} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,25,23,20,29,23,12,11,2,0,4,10,0,16,14,23,20,15,10,10,7,18,14,9,11,
17,13,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,39,31,10,35,0,56,57,62,17,248,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne5 {9.Be2 gains
popularity.} c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd6 13. Bxf6 {[#] Strongly
threatening Bh4.} Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
15... Re8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Re2 20. Ra6 Rxb2
21. g3 Re8 22. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Topalov,V (2740)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir
2019}) 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qc5 Re4 21. Rxe4
dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qxa7 e3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+
25. Kh1 Re8 {( -> ...Qe1+!)} (25... Qe2 {seems wilder.} 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Rf1 f6
28. a3 Qc3) 26. h3 Qf2 27. a4 g5 28. Qa6 (28. Qc7 {is more complex.} Kg7 29. a5
g4 30. Qh2 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qg1) 28... g4 ({Black should play} 28...
Re1+ $11 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kh2 Qxb4) 29. Qf1 $1 $14
{[%cal Rf1f2]} (29. Qxc6 $2 {leads to mate.} Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 g3#)
29... Qg3 30. a5 {With the idea hxg4.} Re3 $2 {[#]} (30... gxh3 $11 {and Black
is okay.} 31. Qf3 (31. gxh3 Kf8 $14) 31... Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb4)
31. a6 $2 (31. hxg4 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent a6.} Qxg4 32. a6) 31... gxh3
$11 {The position is equal.} 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Qxh3 Rxh3+ {KR-KR} 34. Kg2 Ra3
35. d5 Rxa6 36. d6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Ra8 37. Rc1 {And now b5 would
win.} Kf8 38. Rxc6 Ke8 39. Kf3 (39. d7+ {with more complications.} Kxd7 40.
Rxh6 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Rb6) 39... Kd7 40. Rc7+ Kxd6 41. Rxf7 Rb8 42. Rf6+
Kd5 43. Rxh6 Rxb4 44. Rh5+ Kc4 45. Rh4+ Kb3 46. Rxb4+ Kxb4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.12/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,9,16,14,18,0,16,16,18,18,6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-19,-25,-26,-36,9,0,6,0,
10,14,10,3,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Nh5 {[#]} 4. Bd2
$146 ({Predecessor:} 4. Bg3 Nxg3 5. hxg3 Bb7 6. e3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9.
Qc2 c5 10. d5 Nd7 11. g4 {0-1 (62) Rapport,J (2358)-Nestorovic,L (2372)
Belgrade 2018}) 4... Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre,
London and Colle Systems.} Nf6 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 cxd4 11.
exd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ne5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 {The
position is equal.} (16. Bb4 {looks sharper.} Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bh7+ Kh8
19. Be4) 16... Qxg5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 17. Bh7+ Kh8 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Rg5g2]} 18. Be4 {Hoping for Nxf7+!} Qd8 $1 19. Rac1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd7 21. Red1
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rc8 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd2
25. Rc2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qb1 27. b3 Rd8 28. h4 a5 29. h5 Qd1 30. g4 b5 31. Rc5 Rd4
32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Kg8 36. Kg3 Qd2 37.
Qc6 (37. f3 {is interesting.} Qd1 38. Kf4 Qc1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+ 40. Kf4) 37... Kh7
38. Qc7 Qd3+ 39. f3 (39. Kf4 {with more complications.} Qd4+ 40. Kg3 Qd3+)
39... Qd1 40. Qxf7 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 (41. Kf4 $5 {[%cal Rf7g6]}) 41... Qh1+ 42. Kg3
Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,16,21,3,15,9,10,16,20,18,26,9,9,0,0,10,1,-2,1,0,0,0,10,9,1,8,6,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,5,24,0,0,0,0,-7,9,10,29,18,15,19,11,11,18,11,91,19,63,19,21,12,
12,0,0,4,14,0,18,0,2,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,207,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29971,-29971,-29974,-29975,
-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-5119,-5080]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
O-O 5. c4 d6 6. e3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6.} Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An
interesting side line.} 7. Ne2 e5 8. Nbc3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. O-O
Qd7 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 {[#]} 12. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nef4 Qd7
13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. f4 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f5 Qg5 18. Qc2 {
1-0 (36) Blatny,P (2326)-Zeman,M (2244) Ostrava 2019}) 12... Bxf6 13. f4 Bg7
14. f5 gxf5 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Rc1 (18. Bc3 {feels
hotter.} Qg4 19. Qf3 Qe4 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. Qh5) 18... Qg4 19. Rc4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1
c5 21. Rf1 b5 (21... f4 $5) 22. Rh4 c4 {next ...cxb3 is good for Black.} 23. b4
f4 24. gxf4 f5 25. Rh5 Rcd8 26. Bc3 Rd7 (26... h6 {keeps more tension.} 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. Rhxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxd5 30. Kf2 Rd6) 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rfxf5
Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Kf2 Rd3 (30... Rd6 $11
{remains equal.}) 31. Ke2 (31. Kf3 $16) 31... a6 32. Kd1 ({Don't blunder} 32.
Bxe5 $2 Rd5 $19) 32... h6 33. Rf2 ({Much weaker is} 33. Bxe5 Rd5 $17) 33... Rd7
34. Rf1 Kh7 35. Kc2 Kg6 36. a4 Bf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra1 {Threatens to win
with Ra6.} Rd6 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Kd1 Kf5 41. Ke2 Kg4 42. Ra8 Kh3 43. Kf3 Kxh2 44.
Rg8 {Black should prevent Rg6.} h5 45. Rg6 Rd6 46. Ke4 {Strongly threatening
Rxf6!} Kh3 47. Kf5 Be7 48. Rg7 Bf8 49. Rg8 Bh6 (49... Rd8 $11 {and Black is
okay.}) 50. Kxe5 $2 (50. Rh8 $1 $18) 50... Rd3 $1 51. Ke4 Bxe3 {[%mdl 64]
Deflection} 52. dxe3 {Black must now prevent Be5.} Rxc3 {KR-KR} 53. Rg5 h4 54.
Rxb5 Rc1 55. Rg5 Kh2 56. Kd4 h3 {And now ...c3 would win.} 57. b5 c3 {Hoping
for ...c2.} 58. b6 Rb1 {aiming for ...c2.} 59. Kxc3 Rxb6 60. Kd4 Rb4+ 61. Kd3
Rb2 62. Ke4 Rg2 63. Rh5 Kg3 64. Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Rh8 $11) 64... Ra2
65. Rh8 {[#]} Ra5+ $1 66. Kf6 {[#]} Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4h4]} 67. Kf5 Rh4 68. Rg8+
Kf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.15} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,168,16,15,22,22,21,21,31,18,46,23,30,31,34,31,45,23,33,36,36,33,54,
48,55,59,57,20,68,50,68,0,39,0,0,0,44,52,22,30,56,35,197,192,213,76,93,25,18,6,
93,84,81,123,87,92,207,219,212,181,229,224,352,205,200,50,68,62,65,14,59,54,
106,99,99,112,100,69,68,58,144,75,76,75,75,81,208,64,61,66,68,56,61,44,105,70,
70,70,66,70,70,70,79,59,73,80,104,45,66,64,67,66,66,56,68,38,68,79,227,219,219,
219,247,257,251,244,484,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,
8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {
C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6
10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 a5 12. O-O {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe8 13.
Qb3 Nd8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Kh8 16. Rac1 c6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nh5 {1-0 (88)
Demchenko,A (2610)-Aradhya,G (2198) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13. Nc4 Qe8 14. Re1
Qg6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Na3 c5 20. Qd1 ({
White should try} 20. d5 $14) 20... Rad8 21. Nb5 cxd4 $1 22. Nxd6 Nc5 {[#]} 23.
Ne5 $1 Qf6 24. Ndc4 Kh7 25. h4 h5 $2 (25... Bd6 $14) 26. Nxb6 $18 (26. Qxh5+ $6
Qh6 $16) 26... d3 27. Re3 (27. Qxh5+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qh6 28.
Qxh6+ gxh6 29. Red1) 27... Qh6 $16 28. Nbc4 (28. Nf3 $16) 28... g5 $11 29. Nf3
(29. Nxa5 gxh4 30. Bh2 d2 $19) 29... gxh4 (29... g4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 30.
Nfe5 Na2) 30. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} (30. Nxh4 Bg5 $15)
30... Rc8 31. Bxa5 Nc2 32. Bd2 $1 Qf6 (32... Rcd8 $16) 33. Nfe5 $1 $18 {
[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Nxe3 (33... Qxf2+ $2 34. Kh1 $18) 34. Bxe3 (34.
Qxh5+ $6 Qh6 $14) 34... Kg7 35. Qxh5 Rh8 (35... Nxe4 $142 36. Rf1 (36. Nxd3 Qf5
$14) 36... Ng3 37. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7) 36. Qg4+ (36. Qd1 $142)
36... Kh7 37. Nf3 ({Better is} 37. Rd1 $18) 37... Rcg8 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg8g4]}
38. Qh5+ Kg7 {[#]} 39. Qxh8+ Rxh8 (39... Kxh8 {feels hotter.} 40. Bd4 Qxd4 41.
Nxd4 Nxe4 42. Nxe6 h3) 40. Bd4 Nxe4 ({Don't go for} 40... e5 $2 41. Bxe5 Nxe4
42. Bxf6+ Bxf6 43. Re1 $18) (40... Nxa4 $14 41. Ra1 (41. Bxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rd1 Rd8
$16) 41... Nc5) 41. Bxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Nce5 ({Of course not} 43. Nxh4
$6 Bc5 $15) 43... d2 {With the idea ...Bc5.} 44. Kf1 Rc8 (44... Ra8 $1 $14) 45.
Ng4+ (45. Ke2 $142) 45... Kg7 $16 46. Nxd2 Nxd2+ 47. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
aiming for b3. KRB-KRN} Rc4 {[#]} (47... Rc1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 48. Ke2
Rc4) 48. Ne5 (48. Rd7 $1 $18 Rxa4 49. Rxe7+ Kf8 50. Rxe6 Rxg4 51. Rb6) 48...
Rxa4 $14 49. Rd7 Kf6 50. Nd3 Rc4 51. f4 Bf8 (51... Rc2 $14) 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53.
Kf3 Be7 $1 54. Rb7 Bd6 55. Nf2 {Ne4+ is the strong threat.} Bc7 56. Ng4+ Kg6
57. Ne3 Rc1 58. Kg4 (58. b4 $16) 58... Kf6 59. Rb4 {Hoping for Rc4.} Re1 60.
Kf3 Rh1 61. Rb7 Rc1 62. b4 Rc3 63. Ke4 $1 Bd6 (63... Ke7 $16) 64. Rb6 $18 Ke7
65. f5 Rc1 66. f6+ Kd7 67. f7 {And now Rxd6+! would win.} Rc8 $2 {[#]} (67...
Bf8 68. Rb7+ Kc8) 68. Ng4 $2 ({White must play} 68. Rb7+ $1 $18 Kc6 {[#]} 69.
Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 68... Rc4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 69. Ke3 Rxg4 {[#]}
70. Rxd6+ $1 {KR-KR} Ke7 {[#]} 71. Rd7+ $1 Kf8 72. b5 Rb4 73. Rb7 {Threatens
to win with b6.} e5 $1 74. b6 {Strongly threatening Kd2.} e4 $1 75. Kf4 Kg7 76.
Ke3 Kf8 77. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Rb8+.} Rb3 78. Ke2 e3 (78... Rb2+ {
is more complex.} 79. Kf1 Rb1+ 80. Kf2 Rb2+ 81. Kg1 Rb1+) 79. Kf3 Kg7 $1 80.
Kg4 e2 81. Re7 Rxb6 82. Rxe2 Rb4+ 83. Kh3 Kxf7 84. g3 hxg3 {Blacks defense is
rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.23} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,16,19,11,11,20,35,31,22,26,20,33,24,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-10,0,-7,
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 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 {
[#] Strongly threatening Rb3.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4
Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 ({Of course not} 12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 $1 {12...a6 is
better than 12...Bb4.} 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Ne2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 18. Bb6 Bc5+ 19.
Bxc5 Rxc5 {[#]} 20. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rfb1 O-O 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. R7b4
Qc7 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. R7b4 Qc7 25. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 (25) Kryvoruchko,Y (2692)-Popov,
I (2609) Antalya 2017}) 20... O-O 21. h3 Qc8 22. Rb3 Ba4 23. Rg3 {Black must
now prevent f5.} Bxc2 24. f5 $1 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+ {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 {
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.03}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,23,20,7,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-13,-20,
-16,-64,-64,-70,-72,-64,-72,-91,-77,-98,-85,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4
c5 9. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} Qd8
10. d5 (10. O-O {keeps more tension.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bc5 13. Nf3)
10... exd5 11. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 {[#]} 14. Qb3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Qa3 Qb5 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Rab1 Qc4
19. Rb2 Rfd8 20. Nd2 {0-1 (68) Savchenko,B (2577)-Nihal,S (2612) Moscow 2019})
14... Na5 15. Qd1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. Qb5 Rf7 20.
Rfd1 Raf8 21. Rd3 a6 22. Qa4 Rf4 23. Qd1 b5 $1 24. Qd2 Qe8 {And now ...c4
would win.} 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Kh1 {[#]} Qf5 $1 27. Rd6 {[#]} Rxf3 (27... Ne7 $1
$17 {White must now prevent ...Nd5.} 28. Kg1 Rc4) 28. gxf3 $11 {The position
is equal.} Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,60,44,60,33,53,20,32,22,40,25,27,31,25,35,27,12,15,0,0,0,16,5,19,
16,6,0,0,-6,0,0,16,13,21,11,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-13,-5,-9,-16,-22,-52,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,13,0,151,151,586,612,600,609,600,593,550,491,2663,2507,29993,29994]} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6
{B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 9. Be3 Nd7 10. N1d2 Ngf6 {The position
is equal.} 11. Bh6 Ne5 {[#]} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O
Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bb5 18. e5 {1-0 (28)
Semenov,S (2192)-Muzas,K (2151) ICCF email 2006}) 12... Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. c4
Kg7 21. Nd2 Rge8 (21... Rac8 {is interesting.} 22. Nf3 Bg4 23. a3 Rgd8 24. b4
b6) 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rac8 24. a4 Rf8 25. a5 Ne8 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Qg4 Bd4
28. Ra2 Nd6 29. b3 Qe7 30. h4 h5 31. Qh3 Rc7 (31... Rc5 $15) 32. g4 $11 hxg4
33. Qxg4 Rh8 34. Rh2 Rh5 35. Rh3 Qd7 36. Qg2 Rc8 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 
36... Qe7 $11) 37. Be2 $16 Rch8 {A mistake that costs the game.} (37... Rxc4
$16 {is tougher.} 38. bxc4 Rh6) 38. Bxh5 $18 Rxh5 39. Nxd6 Qxd6 40. Qg4 Qd8 41.
Kg2 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Rh7 (41... Kg8 $142 42. d6 Qxd6 43. Qc8+ Qf8
44. Qxb7 Rh7) 42. h5 Qxa5 {[#]} 43. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,28,14,33,22,26,25,50,72,54,57,51,60,79,30,64,37,86,27,23,0,31,-36,
0,-5,-9,-21,-6,-33,-42,-38,-29,-28,-18,-28,0,0,0,0,45,48,44,24,24,24,33,13,13,
13,13,13,15,0,0,0,20,0,23,8,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 10. Qc2 {[#]}
dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14.
Qxe4 b5 15. Rfd1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb8 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Cori,J (2660)
-Raznikov,D (2485) Columbus 2017}) 11. bxc4 c5 {White has an edge.} 12. d5 exd5
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Rad1 {Black should prevent e4.} Bd6 16. Bf5 {
aiming for g4.} Re8 17. e4 (17. Ng5 $16 {And now Bxd7 would win.} h6 18. Bxd7
Qxd7 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bxg5) 17... Qc7 $11 18. Rfe1 c4 19. Re3 ({White should
play} 19. Qd2 $14) 19... Rad8 20. g3 Ne5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Nc6 (22. f4 $5 {
[%cal Rf4e5]} Neg4 23. Re2 $11) 22... Nxc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Red3
Kf8 26. Rd5 c3 27. Qd3 {[%cal Rd5d6]} c2 28. Rc1 Qc3 29. Rxc2 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Be5
31. Rcd2 (31. Rd5 {is more complex.} Rxd5 32. exd5 a5 33. f4 Bd4+ 34. Kg2)
31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 33. Bd7 Rd8 34. Bb5 Rxd3
35. Bxd3 {KB-KB} Ke7 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Bc4 Kc5 {The position is equal.} 38. Bxf7
Kd4 39. f3 a4 40. Kg2 Ke3 41. Bg8 h6 42. Bd5 Kd4 43. Bf7 Ke3 44. Be6 Bc7 45.
Bd5 Kd4 46. Kh3 f5 47. Kh4 f4 48. gxf4 Bxf4 49. h3 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,124,14,13,0,37,30,35,8,18,27,42,47,47,53,65,41,65,66,76,81,75,82,77,
80,122,60,70,62,57,39,71,48,60,57,43,54,45,49,68,74,74,43,46,52,48,33,38,43,50,
31,41,9,9,12,16,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} Qb6 9. Nc3
O-O 10. e3 {[#] White is slightly better.} a5 $146 (10... h6 {is more complex.}
11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Rd1 Bh7 13. Qe2 Qa6) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6
12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. e4 Bg6 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Be7 {1-0 (42) Makris,
S (1731)-Harokopakis,G (2009) Kanoni 2019}) 11. Re1 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. e4
Bg6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Be3 $1 Nb4 {With the idea ...Nc2.} 16. Rac1 ({Much worse
is} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Nc2 $11) 16... Nd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Red1 e5 {[#]}
19. a3 (19. d5 $1 $16) 19... exd4 $14 20. Rxd4 {Threatens to win with Rcd1.}
Na6 21. Rcd1 Ne5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bf1 Nc7 25. f4 Ng4 26. Ba7
Nf6 27. e5 Nfd5 28. Ne4 b6 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Be7 31. Bb8 Ke8 32. h4 f5 {
The position is equal.} 33. exf6 gxf6 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nc3 b5 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. Bd3 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Ne7 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. Kc2 Be5
41. Ba7 Bxg3 42. h5 Bd6 43. Bb6 a4 44. h6 {Threatening h7.} Kf7 45. Bd4 Kg6 46.
h7 Kxh7 {[#] Hoping for ...Kg7.} 47. Bxf6 Kg6 48. Bxe7 Bxe7 {KB-KB} 49. Be2 b4
50. Bf3 $1 c5 51. Bc6 bxa3 52. bxa3 f4 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. Bxa4 Kg4 55. Bd1+ Kg3
56. Kc4 f3 57. a4 f2 58. Be2 Bd8 59. a5 Bxa5 60. Kxc5 Kg2 61. Kb5 f1=Q 62.
Bxf1+ Kxf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,12,21,7,10,15,11,0,0,0,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,7,7,0,0,0,27,17,20,21,24,19,
30,31,40,36,27,27,27,33,60,60,49,52,52,50,59,63,227,244,252,252,250,235,556,
556,556,563,540,539,478,470,799,796,789,783,783,762,777,761,1083,1083]} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 dxc4 8.
bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rb1 Nxc4 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 
(13) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 4... dxc4 5. Qa4+
Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. b3 {The position
is equal.} Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 {[#]
} 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf4 b5 15. d3 Rfd8 16. Rab1 h6 17. Qd2 Ng4
18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (53) Quinones Borda,J (2405)
-Cusicanqui,M (2412) ICCF email 2018}) 14... b5 15. Qf4 h6 16. d3 Rfd8 17. Qd2
Qa7 18. e3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. d4 Nf6 23. dxc5 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Bxc5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh5 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Bxa3 $2 {
This costs Black the game.} (26... Be7 $14) 27. Rd7 $1 $18 ({Resist} 27. Qxh6
$6 Rd8 $16) 27... Rf8 {[#]} 28. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4g6] Intending Bg6! and mate.}
({And not} 28. Qxh6 Rd8 $14) 28... f5 29. Qxh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black must now
prevent Bxf5! White wants a kill.} fxe4 {[#]} (29... Qc5 {is a better chance.})
30. Rd5 $3 {[%cal Rd5g5][%mdl 576] Pin. White is clearly winning.} Qxe3 (30...
exd5 31. Qxb6) 31. Qxe3 {Threatening mate with Rg5+.} exd5 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQ-KRB} 32. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 33. Qxd5 f5 (33... Bb2
$142 34. Qxe4 Kg8) 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. b4 Bc1 36. Qb6 Rf7 37. Qxa6 e3 38. Qc8+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,0,0,0,0,10,0,5,5,5,12,9,6,95,0,0,-4,87,1,18,21,46,39,42,25,44,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,2,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3
d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 {E53:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 11. Bb2
Bb7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Re1 Nc6 {[#]} 14. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Rac8 15.
Rc1 Qb8 16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qf4 18. g3 Qd6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. d5 {1/2-1/2 (38)
Gajewski,G (2616)-Iordachescu,V (2651) Moscow 2012}) 14... e5 {Strongly
threatening ...e4.} 15. Bf1 Rd6 {[#]} (15... Qc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16.
a4 (16. e4 $1 $16) 16... Re8 $11 17. Rc1 Bc8 {[#]} (17... Na5 $11 {remains
equal.}) 18. h3 (18. e4 $1 $16) 18... Bf5 (18... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 19. Nd2
Rd5 $11) 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Qe2 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 21. Nd2 Na5 22. Qd1 Bc8 {
The position is equal.} 23. Bf1 Rd5 24. c4 Rg5 25. f4 exf3 26. Qxf3 Rf5 27. Qd1
Rg5 28. Qf3 {With the idea Qf4.} Rf5 29. Qd1 Rg5 30. Qf3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.13/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,5,-16,55,-51,-17,-75,-76,-99,-99,-108,-101,-161,-150,-186,-166,
-172,-75,-67,-55,-55,-55,-106,-73,-50,-50,-128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,663,633,
29982,29983]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. h4
f6 {[#] C02: French: Advance Variation.} ({Black should play} 7... cxd4 $11 8.
cxd4 Qb6) 8. h5 $146 (8. exf6 $14 gxf6 9. dxc5) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 fxe5 9.
Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nd2 c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. O-O
{1/2-1/2 (67) Friedel,M (2121)-Wanner,L (1944) Kiel 2015}) 8... Qb6 9. g4 (9.
exf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} gxf6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Na3) 9... Ng8 $17 {
Black is better.} 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 fxe5 12. dxe5 (12. Nxe5 $17 Nxe5 13.
dxe5) 12... Bc5 $19 13. Nb5 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Nxe5 Bxb5 (14...
Bxf2+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 15. Kf1 Bg3 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Nxd7
Qxd7) 15. O-O $17 Nf6 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. g5 (17. h6 $15 g6 18. Be3) 17... Ne4
18. Qg4 Qb6 {...0-0 is the strong threat.} 19. g6 (19. Kg2 $1 $15) 19... O-O-O
(19... Bd4 $17 20. Qf4 (20. Be3 $2 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh2 Qd2+ 23. Kh3
O-O-O $19) 20... Qc7) 20. Bf4 $11 hxg6 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. Nd3+
Bd6 23. Nxb2 $18) (20... Bxf2+ $6 21. Kh1 $16) 21. Rac1 {And now b4 would win.}
gxh5 (21... Rxh5 $2 22. Nxg6 Rh7 23. b4 $18) 22. Qg6 {Strongly threatening b4.}
Rhf8 23. Bh2 {Black must now prevent b4.} Rf6 ({But not} 23... Rxf2 $2 24. Rxf2
Qd6 25. Nd3 $18) (23... Nxf2 24. Rxc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 26.
Nd7+ Ka8 27. Nxc5 Nh3+ 28. Qxh3) (23... Qxb2 $2 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Nd3+ Ka8 26.
Nxb2 $18) 24. Qxg7 {Threatens to win with b4!} Rxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24...
Nxf2 $11 25. Kg2 (25. Rxc5+ $2 Qxc5 26. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 25... Ne4 $1) 25. Rxf2 $18
Nxf2 {[#]} 26. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Never resign too early! 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,109,16,14,14,29,0,0,0,-6,-4,59,54,59,54,40,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,16,14,24,14,30,217,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,72,25,39,
53,69,0,0,-10,29,29,31,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Golod,V}
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 {B45:
Sicilian Four Knights.} f5 14. Bf3 e5 15. Kc1 Rc8 {[#]} 16. g3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 e4 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Be2 Be6 19. b3 Kf7 20. Kb2 a6 21. f3
exf3 22. Bxf3 {1-0 (37) Delchev,A (2583)-Ivanovic,B (2501) Subotica 2003 CBM
095 [Golod,V]}) 16... Kf7 (16... Na5 $11 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Nxc6) 17. Rd1
$14 Be6 18. b3 g5 19. Kb2 f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bd2 Nd4 22.
Be4 Kf6 23. Bc3 Nb5 24. Bb4 Bf5 (24... b6 {looks sharper.} 25. c4 Nd4 26. a4
Bf5 27. Bb7 Rcd8) 25. Bxf5 Kxf5 26. Rd7 Nd4 27. Bc3 Ne2 28. Bxe5 Kxe5 29. Re7+
Kf5 30. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg4 31. Re7 Kf3 32. Rxb7 Kxf2
33. Rxa7 f3 34. a4 {Threatens to win with a5.} Ra8 35. Rc7 Rac8 $2 {[#]} (35...
Kg2 $1 $11) 36. Rb7 $2 (36. Rxc8 $1 $18 Rxc8 37. a5) 36... Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b7]}
37. Rb5 Rhf8 38. c4 Rbe8 39. Rd5 Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxa1.} 40.
Rd2+ Re2 (40... Ke3 $11 41. Rxe1+ Kxd2) 41. Kc3 $16 Ke3 $1 42. Rd3+ Ke4 43. a5
(43. Rd4+ $1 $14 Ke3 44. Rdd1) 43... f2 $11 44. Rdd1 Rf3+ 45. Kb4 {a6 is the
strong threat.} Rb2 46. a6 Rbxb3+ {The position is equal.} 47. Kc5 {Black must
now prevent a7.} Rf5+ 48. Kc6 {And now a7 would win.} Rf6+ 49. Kc5 Rf5+ (49...
Rbb6 $5 50. Rd4+ $8 Ke5 51. Rd5+ Ke4 52. Rd4+ Ke5 53. Rd5+ Ke4 54. Rd4+ $11)
50. Kc6 {aiming for a7.} Rf6+ 51. Kc5 {Hoping for a7.} Rbb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal
Rf6c6]} 52. Rd4+ Ke5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6c6]} 53. Rd5+ Ke4 {[%csl Gb6][%cal
Rf6c6]} 54. Rd4+ Ke5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6c6]} 55. Rd5+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,129,15,27,0,0,-5,-6,0,13,23,22,0,0,0,52,68,70,70,99,65,88,89,97,53,
143,114,99,62,62,47,75,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-72,-98,-105,-97,-129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-6,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,
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]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3
d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a4 {E08: Closed
Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. b3 c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 {[#]} 12. Bb2
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nc3 bxa5 14. Na4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb7 16. Qd2
Nb6 17. Bxc5 Ne4 18. Qxa5 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Jakovenko,D (2710)-Grandelius,N (2653) Germany 2018}) 12... Rd8 13. Nc3 Bb7 (
13... dxc4 $11 14. bxc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7) 14. cxd5 $14 exd5 15. e3 h6 16. Bh3
Qc7 17. a6 Bc6 18. Ne5 Nf8 ({Better is} 18... Nxe5 $14 19. dxe5 Ne4) 19. Nxc6
Qxc6 20. Qe2 Ne6 {[%cal Bf8e6,Be6g5,Bg5f3][%mdl 32]} 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qa4 (22.
Qf1 $16) 22... Ng5 $11 23. Bg2 {dxc5 is the strong threat.} Qe6 24. Ne2 Qg4 25.
Nf4 (25. Qb5 $11) 25... Nf3+ $17 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qb5 {[#]} Rac8 ({Black
should try} 27... c4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...g5.} 28. bxc4 Ne4) 28. dxc5 $11 {
The position is equal.} Ne4 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 bxc5 31. Nf4 Bf6 32. Bxf6
Nxf6 33. Ra5 g5 34. Ne2 Rd6 35. Nc3 Rcc6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h3 Kg6 38. g4 d4 39.
Nb5 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. exd4 cxd4 42. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h5
43. Ra4 Rb6 44. Nd4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Nxg4 46. Rxa7 Rb4 47. Ra4 Rb6 48. b4 Rf6 49.
f3 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nf5 51. Nxf5 (51. Ne2 {is more complex.} Rb6 52. Nc3 Rd6 53.
Ne4 Rb6 54. Nc3) 51... Rxf5 {KR-KR} 52. Ra3 Rb5 53. Rb3 f5 54. Ke3 Kh5 55. Kd4
g4 {And now ...g3 would win.} 56. fxg4+ fxg4 57. Kc4 Rb8 58. b5 Kh4 59. b6 g3 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...g2.} 60. Kb5 (60. b7 {is interesting.} g2 61. Rb1
Rg8 62. Kd5 Rb8 63. Kc6) 60... g2 61. Rb1 Kg3 62. Rg1 Kh2 63. Rxg2+ Kxg2 64.
Kc6 Rxb6+ 65. Kxb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,103,16,16,16,16,21,18,18,18,25,18,18,21,25,25,50,49,50,50,50,46,46,
36,56,39,42,19,38,9,33,10,10,10,10,10,13,10,10,10,10,24,24,10,10,10,25,25,25,
25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,10,26,26,26,8,8,8,8,8,8,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6
6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Nxb4 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. Nxd4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e5 15. Nc2 Nxc2+ 16. Rxc2
Bf5 17. Rc3 Rfd8 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rhc1 Rc6 20. Bb3 Be4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Gonzalez
Garcia,J (2494)-Rios,C (2498) Barcelona 2020}) 15. a3 Na6 16. Ke2 Nc7 17. Rhd1
Rfd8 18. Bd3 Ne8 19. e4 Nd6 20. Ke3 e5 21. Ne2 Be6 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Nb5 Nxb5
24. Bxb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Kxd2 {KB-KB} f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. f4 Kf6 31. Be2 exf4+ 32. Kxf4 b6
33. g4 Bd7 34. h4 Bc6 35. g5+ hxg5+ 36. hxg5+ Ke7 37. Ke5 Bd7 38. Kd5 Ba4 39.
Bg4 a5 40. Bh3 Bb5 41. b3 Be8 42. Bg4 Bb5 43. a4 Be8 {The position is equal.}
44. Be2 Bd7 45. Bc4 Be8 $1 46. Bb5 Bxb5 47. axb5 {K3P-K3P} Kd7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49.
Kd5 {[#] Hoping for Kc6.} Kd7 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Kd5 {Kc6 is the strong threat.}
Kd7 52. Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,58,12,11,19,-6,-16,-8,-13,-17,-9,-14,-9,-16,-17,-11,-19,-20,-20,-82,
-70,-68,-70,-77,-68,-86,-95,-254,-239,-265,-264,-256,-232,-291,-275,-260,-267,
-684,-683,-709,-666,-637,-649]} 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. Nc3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 {The position
is equal.} 13. Bf4 Ne8 $1 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Qe4 Bxb2 {[#]}
18. Rb1 $146 (18. Re1 $1 $11 Be5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bd3) ({Predecessor:} 18. Re1
Be5 19. f4 gxh4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Qxf5 Qxd5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+
{1-0 (52) Guseinov,G (2660)-Georgiadis,N (2528) Batumi 2019}) 18... Be5 $1 $17
{White must now prevent ...f5.} 19. f4 gxh4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Rxb7
$2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (22. Ne3 $17 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24.
Rd1) 22... Kh8 $1 $19 {And now ...Nd6 would win.} ({Don't take} 22... Nd6 23.
Qxh4 Nxb7 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxh7+ Kd6 27. Qd3+ (27. Ne4+ $2 Kc6
$19) 27... Kc5 28. Ne4+ Kc6 29. Bxe6 $17) 23. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Bg8
24. Nxc7 {[#]} Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e4]} ({Weaker is} 24... Nxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26.
Qxa8 $17) 25. Qxh4 {Hoping for Ne6!} Nxb7 26. Nxa8 Nc5 27. Bf5 $2 (27. Bc4)
27... e4 {aiming for ...Qd4+.Black is clearly winning.} 28. h3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 {
Now Qf4 and White clings on.} Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.35/Black=0.00} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,182,16,19,12,34,0,37,30,32,5,24,0,15,17,18,22,25,28,20,10,15,0,64,65,
70,74,74,65,68,66,70,70,70,72,72,72,71,64,65,66,108,98,109,106,110,109,115,47,
47,47,48,50,53,52,51,58,55,45,45,43,46,45,47,46,42,40,43,19,29,30,25,27,27,27,
28,26,48,50,45,53,121,121,121,116,121,121,121,121,121,117,142,140,139,128,123,
121,162,155,155,155,162,162,162,155,162,162,162,162,162,162,162,162,162,155,
162,162,162,162,162,162,162,162,225,162,170,148,162,155,151,147,147,147,147,
143,147,140,141,140,140,140,140,135,143,131,148,143,154,154,162,102,158,80,251,
24,24,24,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 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. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Bf6 10. Re1 b6 11. Nd5 {White is slightly better.}
Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d3 {[#]} Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rae8 14. Rxe8
Rxe8 15. c3 a5 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Fier,A (2573)-Kamsky,G (2676) Bastia 2017}) 14. Qg4 c5 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bc6
17. h3 h6 18. Qf4 d6 (18... Re6 $11) 19. Rxe8+ $14 Rxe8 20. g4 Nh4 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bxh6 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2+ 24. Kg3 Nxf1+ 25. Rxf1 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} Re2 26. Bc1 Bb5 27. Rd1 Ba4 28. b3 Bc6 29. Rd2 Re1 30. Bb2
Rg1+ 31. Kh4 (31. Kf4 $16) 31... f5 $14 32. gxf5 Bd7 33. c4 Bxf5 34. d4 {
Black must now prevent dxc5.} Kh7 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Rd8 {And now Rh8+ would
win.} Rg8 {[%cal Rg8d8]} 37. Rd5 Kg6 38. Rd6+ Be6 39. Kg3 Kf5+ 40. Kf3 f6 41.
Rd3 Rh8 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rg3+ Kf7 44. Rf3 Rh6 45. h4 Rxh4 46. Bxf6 Rg4+ 47. Kf1
Kg6 (47... Ke8 $14) 48. Be5 $16 {Rf6+ is the strong threat.} Bf5 49. Bb8 a6 {
[#]} 50. Ba7 $1 b5 51. cxb5 ({Don't take} 51. Bxc5 bxc4 52. b4 Re4 $14) 51...
axb5 52. Bxc5 Rh4 53. Rg3+ Kf7 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kd2 Kd5 {[#]} 56. Rg5 $1 Ke6 57.
Kc3 Bb1 58. a3 Bf5 59. Be3 Kf6 60. Rg8 Kf7 61. Rd8 Be6 62. Rd6 Re4 63. Rb6 Bd7
64. Bd4 Rf4 65. Rh6 Ke8 66. Bc5 {aiming for Rh8+.} Rg4 67. Rh8+ Kf7 68. Rh7+
Rg7 (68... Ke8 $142 69. Bd6 Re4) 69. Rh5 Rg4 70. Bd4 Rf4 71. Rh7+ Ke6 72. Rh6+
Kd5 73. Be3 Re4 74. Ra6 Rh4 75. Kd3 Bf5+ 76. Kd2 Bd7 77. Kc3 Bc6 78. Ra7 Ke6
79. f4 Rh5 80. a4 bxa4 81. bxa4 Rh8 82. Ra6 (82. Ra5 $18) 82... Kd7 (82... Kd5
$142) 83. f5 ({Better is} 83. Bd4 Ra8 84. Rxa8 Bxa8 85. a5) 83... Ra8 $2 {[#]}
(83... Rh3 $16) 84. Ba7 $2 (84. Rxa8 $1 $18 {White threatens Ra7+ and mate.}
Bxa8 85. Kd4) 84... Rf8 $1 $11 85. Ra5 Be4 86. Kd4 Rxf5 {The position is equal.
} 87. Bc5 Bb7 88. Rb5 Bc6 89. Ra5 Rf4+ 90. Kc3 Rxa4 91. Rxa4 Bxa4 {Black
escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,35,19,35,22,31,19,33,0,15,7,16,6,39,27,35,42,128,142,120,117,286,272,
272,291,305,318,504,495]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3
{E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 9. Nf3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11.
Qd6 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ne4 (12... Ne8 $14 13. Qh2 (13. Qxc5 Rf5 $11) 13... Nf6) 13.
Nxe4 $16 Bxe4 {[#]} 14. h5 $1 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 14. Qxc5 $6 Nc6 $11)
14... Qf6 $146 {This move loses the game for Black.} (14... Rxf3 $16 15. gxf3
Bxf3) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qh2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18.
Qh7+ Kf7 19. Qh3 Rh8 20. Qg2 Rxh1+ 21. Qxh1 {0-1 (27) Ilyin,I (1762)-Martin
Gonzalez,A (2321) LSS email 2013}) 15. h6 $18 Bh8 {[#]} 16. Rh4 $1 {[%cal
Rh4e4]} Bxf3 17. Rf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd8 {[#]} (17... Bxg2 $142 18.
Rxf6 Bxf6) 18. Bxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
04/Black=0.40} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,86,9,10,7,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,-10,0,-10,1,-3,0,7,0,-12,-17,-12,
-12,-12,-17,-17,-10,-10,-10,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-25,-15,-3,-35,-6,-16,0,0,0,-10,
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.
Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than
the old 6...d6. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 d6 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd4
12. exd4 b4 13. Ne2 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Bd7 {
1-0 (36) Laurindo,U (1254)-Laurindo,V Lages 2020}) 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Qg3 b4 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 {[#]} e4 $1 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nh4 {aiming for Bc4.} exd3 18.
cxd3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nf5 Bb5 21. Rad1 d5 22. Rf3 Re6 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rxg5
Kh7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f6.} 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxd5 Re2 27. Rf1 Kg8 (
27... Kg7 {seems wilder.} 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rae8 30. Rc5 R1e2) 28. Rf2 {
The position is equal.} Bxd3 29. Rxe2 Bxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN}
30. Rc5 Rd8 31. Kf2 Rxd4 {...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 32. Kxe2 {And now Nf3
would win.} Rxh4 {KR-KR} 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. b3 Rh8 35. Rxc7 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Re5 37.
Rc4 Ra5 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Ra4 Rb2 40. Rxa6 Rxb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43.
Kf2 Rb2+ {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,28,29,35,29,28,54,47,15,23,18,23,12,21,6,5,4,7,0,7,15,4,-4,-5,-33,
0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-1,-6,12,10,9,4,4,4,6,6,4,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5
Nf3 .} 9. Qd3 b4 10. Na4 Bf5 {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. Qd1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Qc4 a5 12. Nc5 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Qxc5 Be4 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Na6 17. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 (61) Cua,S (2143)-Popova,N (2264) Beijing 2008})
11... Nbd7 12. O-O Be4 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Qb8 15. axb4 axb4 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Qxb4
({Don't go for} 17. Bxb4 $2 Rb7 $19) 17... Qa8 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qa3 ({Wrong is} 
19. Qxe7 $2 Bf8 $19) 19... Bd5 20. Qc1 {The position is equal.} ({Not} 20. Qxe7
$2 Bf8 $19) 20... Ne4 21. Rb1 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 Bxb3 24. Nc3 Ra1 25.
Qb2 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qb8 27. e3 Bd5 (27... c5 {with more complications.} 28. Qa3
cxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. exd4 Kf8) 28. Qxb8+ Nxb8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBN-KBN} 30. Bb5 e6 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kh3 h6 34. h5 g5 35. Ne5
Bxe5 36. dxe5 Nd7 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 {KP-KP} 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Ke7 40. g4 $1 f6
41. Kg3 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kf3 $1 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kf7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,14,0,11,8,10,8,5,15,9,0,0,12,10,1,4,0,15,8,6,14,0,0,24,30,26,26,
60,62,60,60,60,50,60,5,779,772]} 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 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 {D85: Exchange
Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+
Kh8 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O f4 14. Bd2 {With the idea Bc3.} Nxd4 15.
Bc3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 {[#]} 18. Rac1 $1 {Strongly
threatening Be6!} Rad8 (18... Bc6 19. Bd5) 19. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
more active.} Bc6 20. Bd5 {[#]} Qe5 $146 (20... a5 {keeps more tension.} 21.
Be1 Rd6 22. Qa3 Ra8 23. Bb4 Rd7) ({Predecessor:} 20... a5 21. Be1 Rd6 22. Qa3
Ra8 23. Rc5 a4 24. Rdc1 h5 25. Bc3 e5 26. Qb2 a3 27. Qb5 Qd7 28. Qb3 Bxd5 29.
Rxd5 Rc8 30. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Napalkov,V (2513)-Yloenen,O (2473) ICCF email
2015}) 21. Rc5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rd7 23. d6 Qe6 24. dxe7 Rxd1+ ({Wrong is} 24...
Rxe7 $2 25. Ra5 $18) ({Avoid the trap} 24... Qxe7 $2 {[#]} 25. Rcd5 $1 $18) 25.
Qxd1 Qxe7 26. Rc4 (26. Rb5 $14 Qe8 27. Rxb7) 26... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} 27.
Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d8][%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "244"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,243,9,20,0,17,0,28,0,0,0,16,37,48,0,25,-12,0,-52,-55,-86,-87,-81,0,0,
0,0,0,-72,-81,-83,-70,-143,-106,-154,-153,-170,-160,-172,-115,-109,-118,-122,
-99,-214,-207,-202,-200,-190,-35,-33,-27,-31,-36,-55,-10,-79,-64,-2074,-2183,
-29972,-7127,-29987,-29988,-29988,-1104,-1018,-995,-4134,618,615,703,682,692,
692,867,724,706,706,811,644,687,629,1024,0,0,-8,-16,-20,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,
-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,
0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6.
c3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5
d3.} Ba7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O {White has an edge.} g5 11. Bg3 Na5 12. Ba2 Nh5 {
[#]} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. Nc4 g4 16. Nh4
Qg5 17. b5 Nb8 18. d4 Nd7 19. Qd3 {1-0 (51) Markgraf,A (2492)-Nedic,D (2320)
Germany 2019}) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 15. Nc4 (15. dxe5 $11
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2) 15... g4 $15 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Rc1 b5 (17... Re8 $17
18. cxd4 Nxd4) 18. Na3 $11 dxc3 19. Bd5 Bd7 (19... cxb2 $6 20. Rxc6 Bd7 21.
axb5 $18) 20. Nf5 (20. axb5 $11 axb5 21. Rxc3) 20... Ne5 $1 $17 21. Bxa8 cxb2
22. Rb1 ({Avoid the trap} 22. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 $19) (22. Rc2 $15 Bc5 23. Nb1 (23.
Nxh6+ Kg7 $19) 23... Qxa8 24. Nc3) 22... Qxa8 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nd5 Bc5 25. Nc2
bxa4 (25... Nc4 $1 $19 26. Qd3 Qa7 27. Qc3+ f6) 26. Rxb2 a3 27. Ra2 Bb5 28.
Nxc7 (28. Re1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 28... Qxe4 $19 29. Nxb5 axb5 30. Nxa3 b4
(30... Ra8 $19 31. Qb3 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Nxd3) 31. Nb1 $15 h5 32. Nd2 Qg6 33. Nb3
Bb6 (33... h4 $5 34. Nxc5 (34. gxh4 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qh5 36. Qa1+ f6 37. Ra7+ Kg8
38. g3 Nxh4 39. gxh4 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg1 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 41. Kh1 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 g3 43. Rh7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 44. Qb1+
f5 45. Qxf5+ Rxf5 46. Nxc5 Qh2#) 34... dxc5 $11) 34. Ra4 (34. Rd2 $1 $11 {
remains equal.} Rd8 35. Re1) 34... Rb8 (34... Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rf8e8]} 35. Ra6 Rb8
$15) 35. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nd4 $15 Bc5 36. Nb3) 35... h4 $19 36. Kh2
Rh8 (36... Qh5 $142 37. Ra2 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rc8 39. Nd4 Rc3+ 40. f3 gxf3 41.
gxf3 Rd3 42. Qxd3 Nxd3 43. Ne6+ fxe6 44. f4 b3 45. Rh2 Qg6+ 46. Kf3 e5 47. Rfh1
b2 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 49. Ke1 b1=Q 50. Rh7+ Qxh7 51. Rxh7+ Kxh7 52. Kd2 exf4 53. Ke1
Qc2 54. Kf1 Qf2#) 37. gxh4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 {[#]} Rh5 (38... f5 $142 $1 {[%mdl
512]} 39. Ra7+ (39. Rxb4 Qh6) 39... Bxa7 40. Nc5 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 41. Kxf4
g3+ 42. Ke3 Bxc5+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kd2 Qd3+ 45. Kc1
Rc4+ 46. Kb2 Bd4+ 47. Ka2 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Qb3#) 39. Rxb4 {[#]} Qf6 $1 40. Rxb6 (
40. Nd4 Qh4+) 40... Ng6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qh4+ $19 41. Kf4 g3+ 42. Ke3
Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Kc3 Nxd1+ 45. Rxd1 gxf2 46.
Rbxd6 Qf4) 41. Qd4 $18 Ne5 42. Rxd6 Qh4+ 43. Kf4 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Qxg2 45. Nd2 g3
46. Qe4 Qh3 {intending ...g2+.} 47. fxg3 Ng4+ 48. Kd3 $2 (48. Kd4 $18 {White
threatens Rg6+! and mate.} Re5 {[#]} 49. Rxf7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 50. Rd7+
Ke8 51. Qb7 Rd5+ 52. Rxd5 Qh8+ 53. Kd3) 48... Qxg3+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack. The position is equal.} 49. Nf3 Qxd6+ 50. Qd4+ Ne5+ 51. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 52. Rg1+ Kh6 53. Qe3+ Rg5 54. Qxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR}
55. Kd4 f6 (55... Rg5 {is interesting.} 56. Ra1 Kg6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ra1 Rf5)
56. Rg2 Re6 57. Rh2+ (57. Rg1 {seems wilder.} Re8 58. Rh1+ Kg5 59. Rg1+ Kf5 60.
Rf1+) 57... Kg5 58. Rg2+ Kf4 {Black wants to play ...f5.} 59. Rf2+ Kg4 60. Kd5
Ra6 61. Rf1 f5 62. Rg1+ Kf4 63. Rf1+ Kg5 {aiming for ...Ra4.} 64. Rg1+ $1 Kf6 {
Threatens to win with ...Ra4.} 65. Kd4 $1 Re6 66. Rf1 Re8 67. Kd3 Re4 68. Rh1
Re7 69. Rf1 Re8 (69... Kg5 $5 70. Rg1+ $8 Kh5 71. Rh1+ Kg5 72. Rg1+ Kh6 $11)
70. Kd4 Re4+ (70... Kg5 $5 71. Rg1+ $8 Kh4 $11) 71. Kd3 $1 Ke5 {White must now
prevent ...f4.} 72. Rh1 (72. Ra1 {is interesting.} Kf6 73. Rg1 Ke5 74. Ra1)
72... Kf4 {Hoping for ...Re5.} 73. Rf1+ $1 Kg5 74. Rg1+ Rg4 (74... Kf4 $5) 75.
Rf1 Re4 (75... Rg2 $5) 76. Rg1+ Kf6 77. Rf1 (77. Ra1 {looks sharper.} Kg5 78.
Rg1+) 77... Re5 78. Kd4 Re8 79. Kd3 Re4 80. Rh1 Ke6 81. Rh8 Kf6 82. Rh1 Re5 83.
Kd4 Re2 84. Kd3 Re7 (84... Rb2 {is interesting.} 85. Ke3 Rb3+ 86. Kf4 Rb4+ 87.
Kf3 Rb3+) 85. Rf1 Kg5 86. Rg1+ Kf4 87. Rf1+ Kg4 88. Rg1+ Kh3 {And now ...f4
would win.} 89. Rf1 Re5 {Strongly threatening ...Kg2.} 90. Kd4 Re4+ 91. Kd3 $1
Re5 92. Kd4 Ra5 (92... Re2 {with more complications.} 93. Rxf5 Ra2 94. Rf8 Ra4+
95. Kc3 Kg2) 93. Ke3 Kg2 (93... Ra3+ {seems wilder.} 94. Kf4 Kg2 95. Rd1 Rf3+
96. Ke5 Kg3) 94. Rf2+ Kg3 95. Rf3+ Kg4 96. Rf4+ Kg5 (96... Kg3 $5 97. Rf3+ $8
Kg4 98. Rf4+ Kh5 $11) 97. Rb4 f4+ 98. Kf2 Ra2+ 99. Kf3 Ra3+ 100. Kf2 Kg4 {
...Ra2+ is the strong threat.} 101. Rb2 Ra8 (101... Rc3 {is more complex.} 102.
Kf1 Rc1+ 103. Kf2 Rc6 104. Rb3 Rc4) 102. Kg2 (102. Rc2 {feels hotter.} Rb8 103.
Rc3 Rh8 104. Kf1 Rh2 105. Rd3) 102... Ra1 103. Rb3 Ra2+ 104. Kf1 Rd2 (104...
Kh4 {looks sharper.} 105. Rd3 Rc2 106. Ra3 Rc4 107. Kf2 Kg4) 105. Ra3 Kf5 106.
Ra5+ Ke4 107. Ra3 (107. Ra4+ {keeps more tension.} Kf3 108. Ra3+ Kg4 109. Rb3
Rc2 110. Kg1) 107... Rb2 108. Rc3 Rb1+ (108... Rh2 {looks sharper.} 109. Rb3
Ra2 110. Rb4+ Kf3 111. Rb3+ Kg4) 109. Kf2 Rh1 (109... Rb4 {is interesting.}
110. Kg2 Rb8 111. Rc4+ Ke3 112. Rc3+ Ke2) 110. Rc4+ Kf5 (110... Kd3 {feels
hotter.} 111. Rc8 Rh2+ 112. Kf3 Rh3+ 113. Kxf4 Ke2) 111. Rc5+ Kg4 112. Rc3 Rh2+
113. Kf1 Rd2 114. Ra3 Rh2 (114... Rb2 {with more complications.} 115. Rd3 Rc2
116. Rb3 Kh4 117. Ra3 Rb2) 115. Rb3 Rh3 (115... Rc2 {seems wilder.} 116. Ke1
Kf5 117. Kf1 Rc8 118. Kf2 Kg4) 116. Rxh3 Kxh3 {KP-K} 117. Kf2 Kg4 118. Kg2 f3+
119. Kf2 Kf4 120. Kf1 Kg3 {( -> ...f2)} (120... Ke3 $5 121. Ke1 $8 Kf4 $11)
121. Kg1 f2+ 122. Kf1 Kf3 {Quite a comeback for White.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.83/Black=0.66} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,8,6,6,12,52,28,29,33,37,25,39,30,33,0,0,0,18,12,67,68,76,62,57,64,
56,22,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4
e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. Qd2 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Be2 Qc7
12. O-O b6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. b4 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Bb7 16. Bd3 d4 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18.
Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (67) Giri,A (2764)-Firouzja,A (2749) Wijk aan Zee 2021}) 11. f5 (
11. Nxc6 {with more complications.} Bxe3 12. Qxe3 bxc6 13. Bd3 gxf4 14. Qxf4
Rg8 15. O-O) 11... Nxd4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 {
[%cal Rb6d4]} 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd3 Nd7 (17... O-O $11)
18. O-O $14 Ke7 19. Rae1 b5 20. Rf4 h5 21. Bg6 {[#] Black must now prevent
Rf7+.} Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g6]} 22. Rf7+ (22. Bf5 $5) 22... Ke8 $1 {The position
is equal.} 23. Rf6+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 $1 25. Rf6+ Ke7 26. Rf7+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,27,18,30,25,35,44,34,0,5,-13,30,23,24,0,0,-6,22,22,25,0,0,0,0,0,8,
11,0,15,0,0,51,47,58,55,73,81,87,76,83,37,55,24,30,0,0,0,0,0,9,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 c5 {E12: Queen's Indian:
Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} 8. Bd3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32] [#] White is slightly better.
} 10. Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be4 Rc8 12. O-O g6 13. Rd1 Bg7
14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. b3 Rb8 17. Qc2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (17) Sienkiewicz,W 
(2102)-Popov,V (2084) ICCF email 2009}) 10... Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. d5 Bd6 13.
Rd1 (13. Bd2 {seems wilder.} O-O 14. Bc3 f5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. g3) 13... Qc7 14.
Qh3 Nb3 15. Rb1 g6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bc2 Nxc1 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20.
Rbxc1 Bf8 21. Qh4 Be7 (21... Bd6 $11) 22. Qe4 $1 $14 Bd6 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. g3 h5
25. Rcd1 {[#] Qc6 is the strong threat.} Kh7 26. f4 Rhf8 27. Kg2 Qe7 28. Qc6 {
[%cal Rd2d6]} Bb8 29. Rd7 Qf6 30. R1d2 Kg7 31. h4 Rc8 32. Qf3 Rfd8 {The
position is equal.} 33. e4 {[#] aiming for e5.} Rxd7 34. Bxd7 Rd8 35. e5 Qf5
36. Qe2 Bc7 37. Bc6 Qb1 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Be4 Qc1 40. Qc2 Qxc2+ 41. Bxc2 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} f6 42. exf6+ Bxf6 43. b3 Bb2 44. a4 Kf6 45. Kf3 Bc3
46. Bd3 Bb2 47. Bc2 Bc3 48. Bd3 Bb2 49. Bc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,110,26,18,35,33,39,35,51,60,50,27,35,13,22,1,13,15,31,5,10,-23,-35,
-20,0,-14,0,0,0,-52,-61,-64,-62,-64,-57,-67,51,-144,-143,-200,-197,-299,-297,
-329,-327,-326,-358,-368,-356,-348,-369,-355,-352,-354,-368,-491,-466,-466,
-472,-450,-420,-384,-250,-554,-540,-5189,-5154,-3953,-3420,-29960,-29962,
-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29961,-29972,0,
-29974,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29976,-29976,-29985,
-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 $1 {The main line 8...Bd7 scores better than 8...h6.} 9. f3
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines
without 9 f4 Be7.} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h4 h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better.
A promising side line.} 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 b5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Bg5 {[#]} a5 $146
{[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16... e5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc3
Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf8 21. Bd3 Bh6 22. Qe2 Ke7 {0-1 (50) Shyam,N (2429)
-Le,Q (2715) Sharjah 2019}) 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Bd3 b4 19. f4 a4 20. Rhe1 Qc5 21.
Nf3 Bc6 22. e5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 23. exf6 ({White should try} 23.
gxf3 $11 Nd5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qg2) 23... Bxd1 $15 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Qxd1 Rxg7
26. Qxh5 Qd4 (26... Kd7 $1 $15 27. Qh6 Rbg8) 27. Qd1 $2 (27. Rd1 $14 {stays
ahead.} Rxg5 28. hxg5 (28. fxg5 Qg7 $14)) 27... Bf6 {White is on the road to
losing.} 28. Bxf6 (28. Qc1 $17 {is a better defense.} a3 29. g3) 28... Qxf6 $40
{[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 29. Qf3 {[#]} (29. f5 {keeps fighting.}) 29...
Kf8 $1 {And now ...a3 would win.} ({And not} 29... Qxh4 30. Qc6+ Ke7 31. Qc7+
Kf6 32. Rf1 $16) 30. Qc6 {[#]} Qd4 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} ({Weaker is} 
30... Qxf4 31. Rf1 $17) 31. Qxa4 Rxg2 {White must now prevent ...Rg1.} 32. a3
Rg1 33. Rxg1 Qxg1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 34. Ka2 bxa3 35. b3 Qc1 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Rc1b2]} 36. Qd4 Qb2+ 37. Qxb2 axb2 38. Kxb2 {KR-KB} Ke7 39. h5
Rg8 40. b4 $2 (40. f5 {was the crucial defense.}) 40... Rg4 41. f5 Rxb4+ 42.
Kc3 Rh4 43. fxe6 Kxe6 44. Be2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Kf4 47. Bc4 f5 48. Bf7
Ke5 49. Bg6 Kf4 $2 (49... Ke4 {mates} 50. Kc1 Rh2 51. Kb2 Kf4 52. Kc3 Kg4 53.
Kd4 Rxc2 54. h6 Rh2 55. h7 Kg5 56. Be8 Rxh7 57. Bb5 f4 58. Ke4 Kg4 59. Be2+ Kg3
60. Bf1 Rh1 61. Bd3 Rd1 62. Bc2 Re1+ 63. Kd4 f3 64. Bb3 f2 65. Bc4 Rd1+ 66. Ke3
f1=Q 67. Bxf1 Rxf1 68. Kd4 Kf2 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Ke4 d5+ 71. Ke5 Ke3 72. Kf5 d4
73. Kf6 d3 74. Ke7 Rc1 75. Kd7 d2 76. Ke6 d1=Q 77. Kf7 Qd7+ 78. Kg6 Rc6+ 79.
Kh5 Kf3 80. Kh4 Qg4#) 50. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Bf7 $11 Kg3 51. Kd3) 50...
Rh2+ {Black mates.} 51. Kd3 Kg4 52. Kd4 f4 53. Kd5 f3 54. Bd3 Kxh5 55. Kxd6 Rd2
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.18} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,24,20,14,14,14,18,15,14,16,22,6,13,10,12,10,13,18,13,10,16,8,13,
15,22,12,12,6,10,12,18,14,16,20,12,9,15,15,14,14,57,44,41,48,41,0,15,0,35,0,10]
} 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. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 {
[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bg5 14.
d4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 (15. Qxc1 {looks sharper.} d5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18.
c3) 15... d5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 18. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18.
Qd2 Nd6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Re5 f6 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Rce1 Rce8 23. b3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Olofsson,D (2540)-Voll,A (2567) ICCF email 2017}) 18... Nd6 19.
Bd3 Re8 20. Re5 Qd7 21. Qf3 f6 22. Ree1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.
Kf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qe6 26. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} f5
27. Qg5 {aiming for Qd8+.} g6 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. Qd8 {[#] Threatens
to win with Qf8+.} Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qd8 {Strongly threatening Qf8+.} Kg7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,4,7,12,0,8,0,45,0,13,7,47,19,34,19,28,8,35,21,68,66,69,64,70,55,
106,97,118,125,107,110,143,143,140,151,161,132,130,129,139,139,134,133,129,119,
117,127,121,105,160,199,249,246,233,260,276,269,418,422,776,759,707,218,236,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29980,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5
3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Na3 e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 Qc7 {A08: King's
Indian Attack.} 9. a4 Be6 10. b3 $1 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6
11. h4 Be7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c3 dxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O-O 15. Rc1 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 {
1-0 (46) Zholdoshmamatov,A (1682)-Aman,D (1627) Corum 2019}) 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12.
bxc4 Bd6 13. f4 Kb8 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nf3 h5 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6
19. Qe2 f6 (19... Nf6 $14) 20. h3 $16 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Nb4 23. fxe5
fxe5 24. Rf2 Rhd8 25. Qg5 Nc6 26. h4 a6 27. Qd2 Ka7 28. Kh2 Nd4 29. Qg5 Nc6 30.
Bh3 Qa5 31. Qh6 Qc7 (31... Re8 $142 32. Ra1 Re7) 32. Rbf1 Qb6 33. Rf7 Qb2 34.
R1f2 Nd4 35. Qg7 Nxc2 (35... Rb8 $142 36. Rf8 Rdd8) 36. d4 $18 cxd4 (36... Rb8
$142 37. dxc5 (37. dxe5 Rd1 $14) 37... Rc6) 37. c5 Rc6 38. Rc7 $2 (38. Qxe5 Qb4
39. Rxc2) 38... Rg8 39. Qd7 (39. Qxe5 $18 Rxc7 40. Qxc7) 39... Rxc7 $11 40.
Qxc7 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf1.} d3 41. Be6 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Qd4!
is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 42. Bd5 {Threatens to win with a5.}
Qb4 {And now ...Ne3 would win.} 43. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. a5 $11 Ne3 44.
Qb6+ Qxb6 45. axb6+ Ka8 46. Kg1) 43... Qb1 $2 (43... Ne3 $19 44. a5 Nxd5 45.
exd5 Qd4) 44. a5 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb6+.} Qh1+ 45. Rh2 {
Threatening mate with Qb6+.} Qf1+ 46. Rg2 {Qb6+ would kill now.} d2 47. Qb6+
Ka8 48. c6 {[%cal Rc6b7] The position is equal.} Qh1+ 49. Rh2 {[%cal Rc6b7]}
Qf1+ 50. Rg2 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Qh1+ 51. Rh2 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Qf1+ {White used his
chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.35} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6.
Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:
01:12]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 11. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 13. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g6 {
[%emt 0:03:41]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 16. Nc5 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 17. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18.
Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:02:33]} 20. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Re7 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 22. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 23.
Bxg6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxe7 {
[%emt 0:04:35]} 25. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Be3 {
[%emt 0:02:56]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 28. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
N8e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 30. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Qxh6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 33. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ref5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h6
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 38. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. f5 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Rfh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 41. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 42. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ned4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 43. f6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Nxa1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Qxa1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 49. Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Qd5+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 53. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Qg5+ {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 58. b3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf7
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 60. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 61. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 63. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ree6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 65. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 66. Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 67. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rge6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 68. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 73. b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 74. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfe7
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 76. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 78.
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} R4e6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 79. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 80. b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 81. Qg1+ {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 82. Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 83.
Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 84. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} R7e5 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 85. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 86. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 87. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 88. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rfe3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 89. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 90. b6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} R3e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 91. Qb5+ {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,12,24,27,0,0,0,3,-3,10,-153,-129,-156,-159,-379,-360,-370,-367,
-377,-377,-381,-379,-374,-373,-381,-381,-375,-352,-405,-400,-410,-402,-490,
-478,-482,-473,-496,-497,-523,-518,-507,-504,-555,-557,-548,-541,-589,-583,
-607,-600,-720,-553,-574,-562,-695,-667,-1008,-1004,-983,-958,-910,-913,-963,
-848,-1242,-1444,-2522,-2403]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2
c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 {D78: Fianchetto
Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qd3 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 13. bxc3
Qa5 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 {[#]} (14. Nf3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Bd2
Qa4 16. Qb1 Nb6 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Ne4 Qa3 19. Nc5 Rab8 20. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Adhiban,B (2659)-Gukesh,D (2563) Dhaka 2021}) 14... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d3]
[%mdl 512]} 15. Qd1 (15. Qc2 Bxd4) 15... Qxc3 16. Ba3 $2 (16. Rb1 $17 Qxd4 17.
Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Ba3) 16... Bxd4 $19 17. Rb1 {[#] White wants to play Bb2.} Bxf2+
$1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Kxf2 Qxa3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rexc1 Nb3 21. Rc3 Na5 22. Nf3
Rfd8 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rxa5 bxa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Nxc6
Rd7 27. Rb5 Rdc7 28. Nd4 Rc5 29. Rb7 R8c7 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. Bh3 Rc4 33. Bxe6 Rxa4 34. Rb5 Kf6 35. Bh3 Rc6 36.
Bg2 Ra6 37. Rb8 Rb4 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 40.
Bd5 a3 41. Ba2 Rb2 42. Rxe7+ Kf8 {White got outplayed after the opening. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,153,27,25,0,0,0,0,0,10,-45,-35,-48,-28,-33,-39,-42,-9,-55,54,54,58,
58,58,57,70,69,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-87,-150,-128,-255,20,11,13,11,25,26,22,20,
25,33,38,38,40,41,39,18,24,-8,6,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,7,6,8,8,6,6,6,6,24,8,14,0,0,0,0,
0,23,0,0,0,19,8,16,16,29,18,20,11,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,12,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63,58,12815,12809,5127,5119,5112,5112,29984,
29962,29961,131,29962,29963,29961,29956,4631,4627]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4,
Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann.} Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Nf5 {The position is equal.
} c4 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Nd5 g6
13. Re1 d6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 {0-1 (42) Safarli,E 
(2598)-Nesterov,A (2482) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10... cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Nc3 {
[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} g6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nge7 ({Black
should try} 14... f6 $15) 15. Nd5 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O
16. Bc7 $1 Qc8 17. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 18. Qd6 Ra7 19. Rad1
(19. Nxd7 Ba8 $11) (19. Rfd1 $14) 19... Ng8 $11 20. Nxd7 Re8 21. Bb6 Ra8 22.
Qd3 {[#]} (22. Bd4+ $11 Nxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. Nb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Rxe4 25. Qd7+ Qxd7 26. Rxd7+ Re7 27. Rxb7 $1) 22... f6 $1 $17 23. f4 (23. f3
$142) 23... Nb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Qd2 (24. Qd6 $17 {only move.})
24... Qxc2 $2 ({Not} 24... Nxc2 25. e5 $11) (24... Rxe4 $19 25. Nc5 Re7 26.
Nxb7 (26. Qxb4 $2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Re2 $19) 26... Rxb7) 25. Qxb4 $11
{aiming for Nc5.} Rxe4 {( -> ...Re2)} 26. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more
active.} Re2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Kf7 30. Nc5 Bc6 31. Rd6 Ne7
32. Ne6 {Hoping for Nd8+.} Rc8 33. g4 Bd5 34. Nc7 Bxb3 35. Ba5 h5 36. g5 fxg5
37. fxg5 Bc2 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Rf6+ Kg8 40. Re6 Kf7 41. Rd6 b3 (41... Kg8 {
is more complex.} 42. Ne6 Nc6 43. Bd8 Bf5 44. Bf6 Kf7) 42. Bb6 Bf5 43. h4 Bc2
44. Ke1 Bf5 45. Kd2 Rb8 46. Bc5 {Threatens to win with Rf6+.} Rc8 47. Bb6 Rb8
48. Kc3 Rb7 49. Kc4 ({Reject} 49. Kxb3 Nc8 $17) 49... Bc2 50. Rf6+ Kg8 51. Ne6
{And now Rf8+ would win.} Rxb6 52. Rf8+ Kh7 53. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra6 56. Kd5 Ra1 57. Rf7
Bf5 58. Nd4 Bc2 59. Ke5 Ra5+ 60. Kf6 Ra6+ 61. Ne6 Bf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ra6e6]}
62. Re7 Kg8 63. Re8+ (63. Rg7+ {looks sharper.} Kh8 64. Re7) 63... Kh7 64. Kf7
{White threatens Nf8+ and mate.} Bxe6+ 65. Rxe6 {KR-KR} Ra4 66. Re7 {Black
must now prevent Kf6+.} (66. Rxg6 {leads to mate.} Ra7+ 67. Kf6 Ra6+ 68. Kf5
Rxg6 69. Ke4 Rc6 70. Ke3 Kg6 71. Kd4 Rc2 72. Kd5 Rxb2 73. Kc4 Rh2 74. Kxb3 Rxh4
75. Kc2 Rg4 76. Kd3 h4 77. Kd2 h3 78. Ke2 Kxg5 79. Kf3 h2 80. Kf2 h1=Q 81. Ke2
Qh3 82. Ke1 Rg2 83. Kf1 Qh1#) 66... Rf4+ 67. Ke6+ Kg8 68. Rb7 Rxh4 (68... Rf3
$1 $11) 69. Kf6 $14 Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Rf4+ $14 70. Kxg6 h4) 70. Kxg6
$18 Rd6+ 71. Kxh5 Rd3 72. Kh6 Rh3+ 73. Kg6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kf8 74. Rb8+ Ke7 {[#]
} 75. Kg7 $1 Rg3 76. g6 Ke6 77. Rb6+ {What a bad dream for Black.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.17} 1-0

