[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,0,0,7,0,13,11,5,11,25,0,11,0,0,-14,-6,-19,-6,-6,-7,-3,-12,-8,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-14,-11,-12,-75,-75,-75,-70,-252,-93,-102,-65,-100,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O
6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by
White.} 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qc7 {[#]} 12. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. c5 {½-½ (13) Lputian,S (2607)-Aseev,K (2577) Ohrid 2001})
12... Bd7 13. Rd1 Ba4 14. Rd2 Nbd7 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18.
Qe3 {Prevents Qe5.} Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. b4 h6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. f3 b5 23.
cxb5 axb5 24. Qc5 Qa6 25. Ra1 ({Don't blunder} 25. Nxb5 $2 Rc8 26. Qe5 Nd7 $19)
25... Rc8 26. Qd4 (26. Qxb5 $11 {remains equal.} Qd6 27. Kh1) 26... Qa4 $17 27.
Qb2 {[%cal Oa3c4] [#] Nc4! is the strong threat.} Nd5 28. Qb1 $2 (28. Kf2 $15)
28... Nxb4 $2 (28... Nc3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 29. Qb2 Qa7+ 30. Kg2
Qe3) 29. Kg2 g6 30. Qb2 {[#]} Nc2 (30... Rb8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 31.
Qc1 Nd5) 31. Nxc2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQR} 32. Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rxe2+ 33. Kh3
Ra2 34. Rc1 {White wants to mate with Rc8+.} Rc2 {To avoid Rc8+} 35. Ra1 Ra2
36. Rc1 {Threatening mate with Rc8+.} Rc2 {Inhibits Rc8+.} 37. Ra1 Ra2 38. Rc1
$1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,60,21,20,25,30,35,31,36,9,16,27,18,15,26,16,25,18,23,23,18,33,34,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,16,22,20,11,15,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,17,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O {White is slightly better.}
10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12.
Ne2 Bf5 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. c3 Rae8 15. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} Nd8
16. Nd3 Be7 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qf3
c6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 g6 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (33)
Bucsa,I (2386)-Panov,S (2436) ICCF email 2019}) 17... c6 {The position is
equal.} 18. Bf4 Ne6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Ne5 Bd8 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Bc7 {Prevents Bd6.} 23. Bxc7 Nxc7 24. a4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26.
Qd1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qf5 28. Qe3 a5 29. h3 h5 30. h4 Ne6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,52,56,58,46,57,54,58,47,64,46,46,28,54,26,116,125,116,122,125,118,
116,52,48,45,60,75,69,78,72,65,71,73,45,27,18,0,0,-31,12,0,0,0,54,35,47,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. a4 b6 8. Re1 e6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5
Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nfd7 $1 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $146
({Predecessor:} 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Qd3 h6
18. Bf4 Kh7 19. Qc4 {1-0 (31) Zhu,J (2177)-Tan,Z (2509) Yangzhou 2016}) 13...
Rd8 14. Ng4 {Threatening Bh6.} Rf8 (14... Nc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. d5 $16
h5 16. Ne5 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Rxf4 $14) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 {[#]} 18.
d6 fxe5 $14 19. d7 $1 Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxd7 Qc8 22. Qc6 {[%mdl 1024]
White has strong compensation.} Rf7 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Qe4 Rf4 25. Qb7 Rc4 26.
Qf3 Rd8 (26... Qc6 $15 {feels stronger.}) 27. Rxd8 $11 Qxd8 28. Qe2 {Inhibits
Qd2.} Rd4 (28... Qd4 $11) 29. Qxa6 $14 Rd2 30. Qc4 (30. Ne4 $14 {deserves
consideration.} Rxc2 31. Qb5) 30... Qd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qxe6+
Kh7 32. Qf7 {Active counter play!} Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rc1 Bxc3 35. bxc3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.15 (very precise)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,15,10,20,8,12,0,16,0,23,19,27,40,46,56,58,42,27,31,45,40,44,47,35,
40,41,18,12,19,20,20,20,17,13,0,34,22,159,170,183,169,182,181,166,170,287,291,
266,291,280,287,292,291,264,229,229,229,229,229,295,283,341,281,309,293,303,
295,385,366,402,400,390,371,375,375,492,492,496,474,491,456,621,608]} 1. c4 e5
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {[%cal Of3e5]} Bc5 {A29:
English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. O-O {[%cal Of3e5]} O-O
8. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black must now prevent Nxd5. Leaves trodden paths.} Nf6 {
[#] The position is equal.} 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Qd7
11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Rfc1 {½-½ (28)
Kazemiyan Eski,A (2072)-Babaniya,B (2180) Khomein 2018}) 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4
{[#]} (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Qxc5 $18) 11. b4 $1 Bb6 (11... Be7 12. Na4
) 12. Na4 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qc4 Bf5 17. Bb2 Qd7 (
17... Nxd2 $2 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qxd2 $18) 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rac1 $40 {
[%cal Ob4b5][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Re7 21. Qf4 f6 22. Rc4 Rd8 23.
Rfc1 {[%cal Ob4b5]} Qe6 {White stays focused until the end.} (23... Rc8 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 24. b5 $1 $16 Bxb5 25. Re4 ({Resist} 25. Rxc7 $6 Bc6 $16)
25... Qf7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxc7 Rd7 (27... Qe6 $142 28. Rxb7 Qc6) 28. Rc8+ $18
Rd8 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 {[#]} 30. Qg4+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Rxc8.
} 31. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd8 32. Qb4+ Qe7 33. Qxb5 {Threatens
to win with Qb4.} Qxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening ...Qc1+. KQ-KQ
} 34. Kf2 Qc5 35. Qxd3 b5 36. Qc3 Qe7 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Qd4 Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40.
Qb4 {To avoid Qe7} Qe8 41. Qd6 Qf7 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. g4 {Prevents h5. White is
clearly winning.} Kg7 44. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qd7 45. h5 Kg8
46. h6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,14,22,22,25,16,9,12,23,22,20,19,31,23,20,16,30,-57,-57,-57,-54,
-54,-54,-54,-55,-52,-18,-21,-27,-22,-18,-16,-12,-14,-14,-14,-12,-14,-14,-14,
-14,-31,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7.
Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit
Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6b7]
[%mdl 32]} 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Be2 Ba7 14. Ng5 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... Rfd8 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Be8 17. Be1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 Ne5 19. Be2 Bc6 20.
Bc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe5 f6 {½-½ (38) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Giri,A (2762) Antalya 2017}
) 15. Nce4 {And now Bb4 would win.} Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc6 17. Nd6 Rfd8 18. Nxb7
Bxb7 $15 19. Rc7 {[%csl LRb7,LRe7]} Bc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc5.}
20. Rxe7 Bb6 {Prevents Ba5.} 21. Kf1 a5 $1 22. Rc1 $1 Be4 (22... Bxg2+ $5 23.
Kxg2 Rxd2 $15) 23. Rc4 $1 {[#]} Kf8 $1 24. Rxe4 {Rb7 is the strong threat.}
Kxe7 25. Bc3 g5 26. g4 Rac8 27. Ra4 Rd5 28. Kg2 h6 29. h3 Rdc5 30. Kf3 Rxc3 31.
bxc3 Rxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,11,-7,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,-3,-12,
-6,25,-24,-14,-22,-7,-11,0,-43,0,0,14,0,110,113,77,78,186,103,397,409,418,383,
471,479,729]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rb8 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. h4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 {The position
is equal.} 14. Rh3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16.
h5 h6 17. b4 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rf3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf6 {½-½ (41) Dominguez
Perez,L (2758)-Bluebaum,M (2670) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15. b4 f6 16. exf6 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Rxf6 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Rc3 Nc4 20. g3 $1 Bd7 21. Ng1 Be8 22. Re1 a5 23.
Nf3 axb4 24. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 25. Rb3 (25. Bxc4 {
is superior.} bxc4 26. Qc5) 25... Ra8 $11 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rb1 (
28. Rbe3 $11 {is more appropriate.}) 28... Bg6 (28... Rc8 $1 $15 29. Qe3 Qa6)
29. b5 Be4 30. Nd4 {b6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 (30... h6 $11) 31. Nc6 $16 {
Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Rf7 {To avoid Ne7+} 32. Ra1 {And now Re3 would
win.} Rfc7 {[#]} (32... h6 $16) 33. Ra6 (33. Re3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3a3]}) 33...
Qxa6 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} 34. bxa6 $18 {[%cal
Oa6a7] Strongly threatening a7!} Rxc6 35. Qb5 {aiming for a7.} Rc5 36. Qd7 {
Hoping for a7.} c3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.42} (
36... R5c7 $142 37. Qxe6+ Kh8) 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,16,11,26,0,20,14,26,14,38,35,33,32,32,30,43,36,43,26,25,27,29,30,
38,35,54,50,54,29,24,14,15,0,24,22,36,24,33,7,40,7,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,6,0,0,0,10,3,5589]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O dxc4 {9...Qc7 is not played anymore.} 10.
Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 b6 {E58: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6 8 a3
Bxc3.} 12. Bb2 e5 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qc2 {[#]} Bb7 $146 (14... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]
} 15. Nd2 Bb7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... e4 15. Nh2 h5 16. Rfd1 c4 17. Bxc4 Na5
18. Ba2 b5 19. Nf1 Bb7 20. c4 bxc4 {0-1 (64) Skliba,M (2281)-Hoffmann,P (2355)
Litomysl 2009}) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Nh2
Nb8 20. Ng4 {[#] aiming for Bxe5.} Nbd7 21. Qf5 Re6 22. Qd3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7]
[%cal Rc6g2]} 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 24. Bf1 Qa4 25. Rd2
Re8 {Inhibits Qd8.} 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rd1 Be4 28. Qc3 Qb6 29. Ba1 h6 30. f3 Bc6 {
The position is equal.} 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Qd2 Nd7 33. Bc3 Nb6 34. Ba5 Kf8 {
[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 35. Qd1 Ke7 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38.
Qb1 e4 39. f4 f6 40. Be2 Kd7 41. Qd1+ Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error
Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless) . An unexpected result.} (
41... Ke7 $11 42. Qc2 (42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Kf2 Ke7 $11) 42... Kf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,10,16,7,8,29,27,24,29,29,50,31,36,70,-11,-20,-12,30,29,37,39,22,0,
0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4
e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. Qd2 g5 {[#]} 11. Nf3 $146 {Black must now prevent Bxc5.
} ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. fxe6
fxe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd3 {½-½ (26) Svidler,P (2714)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)
Paris 2021}) 11... d4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {aiming for
0-0-0.} gxf4 14. Qxf4 Nxe5 $1 15. Nb3 ({White should play} 15. O-O-O $14 Ng6
16. Qg4) 15... Ng6 $11 16. Qf3 Ba7 {[#]} (16... Be7 {was preferrable.}) 17.
Bxa6 $1 {Bb5+ is the strong threat.} O-O 18. Bd3 {Active counter play!} Qh4+
19. Qg3 (19. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qh6 20. Rf1 $11) 19... Qh6 20. h4 f5 {
[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bb8 22.
Qf2 ({But not} 22. Qg5 Qg7 23. g3 Be5 $17) 22... Ba7 23. Qg3 Bb8 24. Qf2 ({
Much weaker is} 24. Qg5 Qg7 25. g3 Be5 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qg3 Bb8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5
9. Qc2 c6 10. h5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5 12. h6 Bh8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Qd2
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. g4 Bc8 18. Nh3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. O-O Be7 21. Kh2 Nc5
22. Nd3 b6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bd7 26. c4 Rab8 27. Qc3 f6 28.
Rb3 Rb6 29. g5 Rf7 30. Bc1 Qd8 31. Bb2 Qf8 32. Kg2 Bd8 33. Qf3 Bc8 34. Qe3 Rxb3
35. axb3 fxg5 36. Qc3 Rxf1 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 39. Qxg6+ Ke7 40. Qxg5+
Rf6 41. h7 Kd7 42. Qg8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,24,22,22,22,24,24,22,15,13,18,16,25,21,19,13,24,30,41,31,32,0,29,
33,25,0,0,0,0,-76,-8,-6,0,-6,0,-48,-43,-39,-37,-40,-10,-10,0,-37,-45,-62,-62,
-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-61,-166,-161,-162,-139,-132,-81,-457,-519,-535,-512,-536,
-537,-466,-510,-491,-466,-433,-370]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {seems to push
10...dxe5 aside.} 11. Nxe5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} dxe5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Bc5 14. Nf3 Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves
trodden paths.} 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 {[#]} Bb7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20.
Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (30) Adams,M (2747)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2696) Moscow 2017}) 17. Rd1 Kf8 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Rd7 Nd6 19. Nxe5 $18) 18.
Nd2 Red8 {[%cal Of6e4]} 19. f3 a5 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. b3 Nd7 22. Be2 Nc5 23. Kf2 f6
24. c3 {[#]} (24. Nc4 $11) 24... Be8 {Black is more active.} (24... Nxa4 $1 $17
25. cxb4 (25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Ra1 Rxd2 $17) 25... Nb2) 25. Ke1 $11 Bf7 26. cxb4
axb4 27. Bc4 (27. Rc1 $11 {is more appropriate.} Rxd2 28. Rxc5) 27... Rd4 28.
Rc1 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 (29... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Re6f4]}) 30. Nxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 31. g3 (31. Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c6]}) 31... Ke7 32. Ke2 Rd4 {
[%cal Oc5b3] And now ...Nxb3! would win.} 33. Nd2 g5 $1 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4]
[%mdl 32] Inhibits f4.} 34. Kd1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]}
35. Kc2 g4 36. f4 (36. fxg4 $15 hxg4 37. Kd1) 36... exf4 $1 $19 37. gxf4 {[#]}
h4 $1 38. a5 {[#]} Kd7 ({Black should try} 38... Rd8 $1 39. Kd1 Nb7) 39. Kd1 $2
{[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (39. f5 $17) 39... g3 {
Black is clearly winning.} 40. hxg3 hxg3 {Hoping for ...g2.} 41. Kc2 g2 42. Re1
Nd3 43. Ra1 Nxf4 {aiming for ...Rd3.} 44. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Kc6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

