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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 (8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Bxd4 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ {1/2-1/2 (25) Mamedyarov,S 
(2770)-Giri,A (2780) Bucharest 2021} )Qa5 9. Nd2 {The position is equal.
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 0-0 {
9...Nd7 is a critical line.} 10. Be2 Bd7 11. 0-0 {[#]} Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nc4 Qxa2 16. Nxb6 Ba4 17. Qe1 Ra7 {0-1 (30) Aghasiyev,K (2554)-Yeletsky,I (2704) Chess.com INT 2019} )12. Nb3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qb2 14. Rc2 ({Reject} 14. Rxc5 Qxa2 15. Rc3 b5 $17 )Bxb3 15. axb3 Qxb3 {[#] aiming for ...cxd4.} 16. Rxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 a5 {
} 18. Rc7 a4 19. Rxe7 a3 20. Rxb7 Nc6 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...a2.} 21. e5 a2 22. Ra1 {Black must now prevent f4.
} Nxe5 23. Rb2 ({Don't go for} 23. dxe5 $2 Bxe5 24. Rbb1 axb1=N $19 )Nc6 24. Rbxa2 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 (25. Rxa8 {feels hotter.} Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc3 28. f3 )Rxa2 26. Rxa2 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Bxd4 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bf3 Rc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Bc5 30. Bb7 Bd4 31. Ba8 Bc5 32. Bb7 Bd4 33. Ba8 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

