[Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 21. Kh1 d4 {The position is equal.} (21... Qb6 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qh3 g6 {1-0 (53) Karjakin,S (2779)-Hou,Y (2663) Shamkir 2016}) 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 25. Qf3 $146 bxc4 26. Rfd1 g6 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 {A49:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 14. Nb3 Rfd8 $146 (14... Rac8 15. e4 Be6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Re1 c5 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Re3 {0-1 (40) Ding, L (2732)-Caruana,F (2820) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 15. Be5 a5 16. c5 Qa6 17. Qb2 Qb7 18. Qa3 Be4 19. Rfd1 (19. Nxa5 $2 Qb5 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc6 Rxa2 26. Nxb4 $11 {KRN-KRN} Rb2 27. Na6 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Ra2 28. Nb4 Rb2 29. Na6 {[#] Hoping for Rc1.} Ra2 30. Nb4 Rb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 dxc4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (4... d4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nh6 7. b4 O-O 8. O-O Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Ne4 Nd6 12. Nxd6 exd6 {0-1 (83) Kramnik,V (2812)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 5. Qxc4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 6. d4 Be6 7. Qa4 Bd5 $146 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rd1 {1-0 (33) Petrosian,A (2514)-Mainka,G (2340) Dortmund 1999}) 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 (11... Nc6 $5 {is more complex.} 12. dxc5 O-O 13. a3 Qb5 14. e4 Be6) 12. Qc8+ Qd8 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Kd7 $1 16. N2f3 Rc8 17. Bf4 Ke8 18. Rac1 Nbd7 19. Nb5 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 Nc5 22. Nfd4 a6 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Nf3 $1 Rac8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nd1 Ne6 27. e3 Rd5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. a3 Rc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 $11 {Endgame KBN-KNN} 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Ng5 f6 33. Nf3 (33. Nxh7 Ke6 34. b4 Na4 $17) 33... f5 34. b4 Ne4 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. a4 Kd6 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Kxd4 $15 {KN-KN} Nd2 (38... g5 $15) 39. Kd3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nf3 40. Ke2 $1 Nxh2 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 41. f3 $1 Kd5 42. Nb2 $1 b6 43. Kf2 $1 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Kg2 Kc5 {Black wants to play ...Kb4.} 46. Nd3+ ({Reject} 46. Kxh2 Kb4 47. Kg3 Kc3 48. Nd1+ Kb3 $17) 46... Kc4 47. Ne5+ Kb4 48. Kxh2 Kxa4 {KN-KP} 49. Nc6 $1 Kb5 50. Nxe7 a4 51. Nd5 a3 52. Nc3+ $1 Kc4 53. Na2 Kb3 54. e4 $1 Kxa2 {KP-KP } 55. e5 $1 Kb1 56. e6 a2 57. e7 a1=Q {( -> ...Qa8)} 58. e8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qd4 { Hoping for ...Qf2+.} 59. Kg3 h5 60. Qe1+ ({Of course not} 60. Qb5+ Kc1 61. Qe2 {[#]} h4+ $1 62. Kxh4 Qxf4+ 63. Kh3 Qd6 $17) 60... Kc2 {And now ...h4+! would win.} 61. Qe2+ Qd2 62. Qc4+ Kd1 63. Qb3+ Ke1 {White must now prevent ...Kf1.} 64. Qb1+ $1 Qd1 65. Qb6 {[#]} h4+ $1 66. Kxh4 {Threatens to win with Qg1+.} Qxf3 67. Qg1+ Ke2 68. Kg5 Qh5+ 69. Kf6 Kf3 70. Qf1+ Kg3 71. Qc1 Qg4 72. Ke5 Qf3 ({But not} 72... Qe2+ 73. Kf6 $17) 73. Qg1+ Qg2 74. Qe1+ Qf2 75. Qc1 Kg4 76. Qd1+ Kh3 77. Qh1+ Kg3 78. Qc1 Qb6 79. Qe1+ Kg2 {aiming for ...Qc7+.} 80. Qc1 Kh2 81. Qd2+ Kh3 82. Qc1 Qb5+ 83. Kf6 Kg4 84. Kxg6 Qb6+ 85. Kf7 Qd4 86. Ke6 Qxf4 87. Qg1+ Kh4 {...Qe4+ is the strong threat.} 88. Qg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (10... Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Rc1 a6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Nf3 Bb4 17. Ng5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 {1-0 (37) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Goganov,A (2591) Vladivostok 2014}) 11. Bxd4 {Black must now prevent e5. } ({But not} 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Neg4 $15) 11... Qc7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Rd8 $146 (16... Ng4 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Rae1 { 1-0 (28) Likavsky,T (2427)-Bayer,B (2279) Oberland 2002}) 17. Qf3 Be6 18. h3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 {b3 is the strong threat.} Bc4 20. Qd2 {[#] Hoping for Rfd1.} Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Re8 22. Rd1 Qb4 ({Not} 22... Nxe4 $2 23. Nxe4 Qf8 24. Nd6 $18) 23. a3 Qc4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Re7 26. e5 Nd7 27. g3 Kf8 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Kf3 f6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Kxe4 fxe5 $1 33. fxe5 {KR-KR} Re8 34. Rd7+ Re7 {The position is equal.} 35. Rd8 Re8 $1 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bxf6 14. Nbd2 (14. Rd1 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Nc6 15. Nbd2 Bg6 16. Nc4 Be4 17. Qf4) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} a5 16. Qc3 $146 ( 16. Rd1 c6 17. Qc4 Na6 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. h4 Rc8 20. e3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (55) Kovalenko,I (2650)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) Poland 2015}) 16... Nc6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne5 c6 19. e4 Rc8 20. Ng4 c5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. e5 (22. dxc5 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Na2 $15) 22... Qe7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rcd8 25. Bc4 Nc6 26. f4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 ( 27... Nd4 $5 {looks sharper.} 28. Qxa5 Qd7 29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Bb5 Qd5) 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Nb4 30. Bb3 Nc6 31. Kf2 Qd7 32. Qc4 Nd4 33. Ba2 b6 $36 {White is under pressure.} 34. Ke3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 {Threatens to win with ...Qf5.} 36. Qf1 $2 {[#]} (36. Qd5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qf5 37. Bc4) 36... Nc6 $1 $19 (36... Nc2+ 37. Ke2 $17) 37. Qd3 $2 (37. Qc4 $17 {is a better chance.}) 37... Qxd3+ (37... Nxe5 38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Ke4 $14) 38. Kxd3 {Endgame KB-KN} Nb4+ (38... Nxe5+ 39. Ke4 Nc6 40. Kf5 $16) 39. Kc4 {Hoping for Bb1.} Nxa2 {KN-KP} 40. Kb5 Nb4 41. Kxb6 Nd3 42. Kxa5 {Strongly threatening Kb5.} Nxb2 ({Stronger than} 42... Nxe5 43. Kb5 Nd7 44. a5 $18) 43. h4 $2 (43. Kb5 $19 c4 44. Kb4) 43... gxh4 44. gxh4 {KN-K3P} Kg7 45. h5 Kh6 {Black mates.} 46. Kb5 { [#]} c4 $1 (46... Kxh5 47. a5 c4 48. a6 $11) 47. Kb4 c3 $1 ({Worse is} 47... Kxh5 48. a5 Kg5 49. Kc3 $18 (49. a6 c3 50. Kxc3 Na4+ 51. Kb4 Nb6 $16)) 48. Kxc3 Nxa4+ 49. Kd4 Kxh5 50. Kd5 Nb6+ 51. Kc6 Kg5 0-1 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 { C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (8. Be3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Bd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Bauer,C (2624)-Kunin,V (2572) Zuerich 2015}) 8... Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 $146 ( 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. c3 Nh7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qd2 c6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Kh2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb3 {0-1 (43) Cetkovic,S (2101)-Naumkin,I (2415) Cutro 2006}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rf6 18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Raf2 Nd8 20. Qa4 Qg6 21. Kh2 Qf7 22. Kg1 Qg6 23. Kh2 Qf7 24. Kg1 Qg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. a4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} bxc4 8. bxc4 Nbd7 9. a5 { White is slightly better.} e5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O $146 (12... exd4 13. exd4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe7+ {1-0 (34) Howell, D (2655)-Sarakauskas,G (2414) Reading 2017}) 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qe2 exd4 15. exd4 Bxa5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Bb6 18. Be3 $1 c5 19. Na4 cxd4 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxd4 Nc4 23. Rfd1 Rfe8 24. g3 h6 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Be2 Re6 27. h3 Nc6 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Be3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne5 31. Bb5 g5 32. Rc1 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Ba4 Ra6 35. Bb3 Rc6 36. Ra8 Rc3 37. Ba2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd4.} Rc2 (37... Rd3 $14) 38. Ra7 {Hoping for Bd4.} Nc4 $2 (38... Ned7 $16 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Ra8+ Kg7) 39. Bd4 $18 Nd6 40. Rd7 Nb5 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Bxf6 {[#] White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Rxa2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 1-0 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:05] B5: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Na5 Rb8 15. Bc4 Rg8 16. g3 Bb4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 a6 19. Nbd6 Kc7 20. a3 { 1/2-1/2 (20) Kravtsiv,M (2645)-Areshchenko,A (2678) Rivne 2016}) 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} f5 15. Na5 $146 (15. Rhe1 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Na4 f6 19. Nac5 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Da Fonseca,I (2133)-Puzone,M (2407) ICCF email 2013}) 15... Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Kf8 $1 17. Nb3 Kg7 18. Rhe1 Rhd8 19. Nc3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Kf6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nf2 Rc4 23. Re2 b6 24. Nc1 Bf8 25. Ncd3 Bd6 26. b3 Rc8 27. g4 Bd5 28. Ne1 Bb4 {Hoping for ...Bxe1.} 29. gxf5 Kxf5 {White must now prevent ...Bxe1.} 30. Ng2 Ba8 31. c4 (31. Ne4 $17) 31... f6 32. Ne4 (32. Nd3 $17 {is a better defense.} Bf8 33. Ne3+ Ke6 34. Nd5) 32... Ke6 $19 33. Ne3 (33. Ne1 $142) 33... f5 34. Ng5+ Kf6 35. Rg2 (35. a3 $142 Kxg5 36. axb4 ) 35... Rc7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nc2 Bc5 37. b4 Bf8 38. Nh3 { If only White now had time for Rg8....} Bxf3 39. Rg8 Bh6 ({Weaker is} 39... Rxc4 40. Rxf8+ Ke7 41. Rxf5 $15) 40. c5 bxc5 41. b5 Rb7 42. a4 a6 43. Rc8 axb5 44. a5 Ra7 45. Rxc5 Rxa5 46. Nf2 Bf8 47. Rc7 Be7 48. Ne3 f4 49. Neg4+ Bxg4 50. Nxg4+ {Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 51. Nf2 Ra4 52. Rb7 Rb4+ 53. Kc2 f3 54. Nd3 Rc4+ 55. Kd1 Rd4 56. Kc2 b4 0-1 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 {The position is equal.} 12. a4 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} a5 (12... Re8 13. Ba3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 a6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bf5 cxd4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (85) Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Georgiev,K (2644) Dubai 2014}) 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rab1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. h3 $146 (19. Qc2 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Belukhin,I-Skalin,V (2336) Rybinsk 2001}) 19... g6 20. Qd1 Qe6 21. Nd2 Ne8 22. Rb2 Nd6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rcb1 h5 25. Qf4 R8a7 26. Re1 Ra8 27. e4 dxe4 28. Ndxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 (29. Nxe4 f5 30. Rbe2 fxe4 $17) 29... Qf6 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Re7 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. dxe5 Kf8 36. Rc7 Re8 37. Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Be2 c5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Bu, X (2711)-Le,Q (2712) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 9... Rd8 {The position is equal.} 10. a3 Bxc3+ $1 11. Rxc3 e5 12. cxd5 exd4 $146 ( 12... Rxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe8+ {0-1 (30) Pinus,R (2101)-Tristan,L (2457) Buenos Aires 2013}) 13. Rc5 Bg4 ({Of course not} 13... dxe3 $6 14. dxc6 Qxb2 15. fxe3 $16 (15. Qc2 Qxa3 16. Rc3 Qa1+ 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 b6 $14)) (13... Qd6 $5 {is interesting.} 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. Bd3 Qe7) 14. Nxd4 ({Wrong is} 14. dxc6 $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. cxb7 dxe3 17. fxe3 Rab8 18. Rxc7 Qxh1 $17) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 b6 $1 17. Rxc7 { Threatening f3.} Rxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Re8+.} 18. Bc4 Re8+ 19. Kd2 $1 Rxd4+ 20. Kc3 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Bd5 Ba4 24. b3 Rc8+ 25. Kb2 Be8 26. Bb7 Rc7 27. Bf3 Bd7 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Kxc3 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Rc1 { Black should prevent cxd5. D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Qd6 $146 (12... O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Qd6 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qb3 {0-1 (60) Carlsen,M (2876)-Topalov,V (2798) Stavanger 2015}) 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nb6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb3 {[#] Strongly threatening bxc6.} Nd7 17. Na4 O-O 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Ra7 21. Ne1 Rfa8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nd3 Ra1 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 h5 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qb8 28. Nc5 Be8 29. g3 Bf8 30. Qc1 Bd6 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 {[%emt 0:00: 05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bb6 8. Nbd2 { LiveBook: 7 Games} Ne7 9. d4 $146 (9. Bb3 c6 10. d4 Ng6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Bc7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Ne1 Nhf4 17. f3 Be6 18. Be3 h5 19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (19) Adams,M (2732)-Sokolov,I (2652) London/Crowthorne 2006}) 9... Ng6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 c6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 {[#] Black must now prevent a5.} a5 16. bxa5 (16. b5 $5 {is interesting.} cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rec8 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bf1) 16... Bxa5 {The position is equal.} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxe8 Bxe1 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bb7 Rc2 27. Be3 Bd2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 7. Bb5+ {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} (7. Nc3 e5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Na3 Be6 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ke7 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. Rc1 h6 {1/2-1/2 (27) Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Svidler,P (2740) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 7... Bd7 8. Qe2 e5 $146 (8... a6 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rac1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 {1-0 (47) Udovcic, M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo 1951}) 9. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 $36 {White is more active.} Qc5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 $1 Qc7 20. Rac1 Nb6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 21. Rxc6 $1 ({Much less strong is} 21. Nxe5 $6 Nxe4 22. Rxc6 (22. Nxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxe5 $14) 22... bxc6 $14) 21... Qxc6 ( 21... bxc6 $16 22. Nf5 (22. Nxe5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe5 $16) 22... Nxe4) 22. Nxe5 $18 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 {[#]} 24. Qd4 $1 Qe6 25. Nxb7 Re8 {[#]} 26. f4 $1 Nbd7 ( 26... Rc8 $142 27. Ra1 Nbd7 28. Nxd7 Nxd7) 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nc6 {Hoping for f5.} Nb8 29. Na5 Nbd7 30. Nc6 {Threatens to win with f5.} Nb8 $1 31. Na5 Nbd7 32. Rd1 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nh5 33. e5 Qg4 34. Rf1 g5 $2 {An unexpected result.} (34... g6 {was called for.} 35. Nc6 Qe6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O { C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (7... d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Ba7 12. Be3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. dxe5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxd5 16. exd5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (55) Akopian,V (2675)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016}) 8. Nd5 h6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. a4 b4 {The position is equal.} 10. a5 $146 ( 10. O-O Na5 11. Ba2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Ba2 d6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 b3 16. Bxb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Rb8 18. Nd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Varga,Z (2436)-Tan,J (2445) Budapest 2016}) 10... Rb8 11. Be3 d6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Ne3 Qe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Ba4 Nxa5 17. Nf5 (17. Nxe5 $16 Qd6 18. Nf3) 17... Bxf5 $11 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Qe2 c6 20. Qe3 ({Better is} 20. Nxe5 $11 Re8 21. f4) 20... Qd6 21. Nd2 (21. Nxe5 Re8 22. f4 Ng4 $15) 21... Re8 22. h3 Rd4 23. Bb3 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd5 25. Qe2 Rf4 26. Nd2 Rxf5 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Qg4 (28. Nxc5 {[#]} b3 $1 29. cxb3 ( 29. Nxb3 $2 Nf4 30. Qf3 Nxg2 31. Qxg2 Rg5 32. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 33. Kf1 Qh5 $19) 29... Rb8 $11) 28... Re6 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Qxg6 Rxg6 31. Ng3 (31. Nxc5 Nf4 32. g3 Nxh3+ 33. Kg2 Nxf2 $17) (31. h4 $14) 31... Rfg5 {[#] White must now prevent ...h4.} 32. h4 $40 {White has some attack.} Rg4 33. Rxe5 Rxh4 (33... Nf4 $1 $11) 34. Ne4 $16 ({Much weaker is} 34. Rxh5 $6 Rxh5 35. Nxh5 b3 36. cxb3 Rd6 $11) (34. Nxh5 c4 $15) 34... Nc7 (34... Rhg4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 35. Ra7 $18 Ne6 36. g3 ({Don't take} 36. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Re6 38. Ra8+ Kh7 $16) 36... c4 37. dxc4 Kh7 38. f3 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxf7 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Ng5 $16) 38... Kg8 39. b3 Rh3 40. Rf5 (40. Ra8+ $16 Kh7 41. Raa5) 40... f6 $14 41. Ra8+ Kf7 {Black wants to play ...Nd4.} 42. Ra7+ Kg8 {With the idea ...Nd4.} 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ ( 44. Kg2 $14 Rhxg3+ 45. Nxg3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "204"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 {[%emt 0:00:07] D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Rc1} 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. Nd4 a5 16. b5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Kramnik,V (2810) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. b4 { Strongly threatening Bxf6.} (13. Bxf6 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Bxf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. a4 Qe7 16. Nd4) 13... Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Ncd7 15. a3 g5 16. Bg3 Bb7 $146 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. f3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 ({White should play} 21. e4 $11 ) 21... Nd5 $15 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Rg1 (24. Nf1 $15) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bc4 26. Be4 Rd8 {And now ...Rd2+ would win.} 27. Nf1 {White wants to play Bc7.} Bxf1 ({Better is} 27... Rd7 $17) 28. Kxf1 {Hoping for Bc7.} Nc4 29. Bf2 Rd2 30. Bb7 Ra2 31. Bxa6 Rxa3 32. Bxb5 Nxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Be2 Bxb4 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Rg5 Kh6 {aiming for ...Be7.} 38. f4 Be7 39. Rxh5+ Kg7 40. Rb5 Bxh4+ 41. Kg2 Rg3+ 42. Kf1 Re3 43. Re5 {[#]} (43. Rb4 $15) 43... Rh3 (43... Rxe5 $1 $17 44. fxe5 Bg3) 44. Bg4 Rg3 {[#]} 45. Bxe6 $1 Bf6 (45... fxe6 46. Rxe6) 46. Re4 fxe6 47. Rxe6 {KRB-KR} Kg6 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Re3 Rg4 50. Rd3 Ke4 51. Re3+ Kxf4 52. Rf3+ Ke5 53. Re3+ Kd5 54. Kf3 Rg8 55. Re4 Be5 {( -> ...Rg3+)} 56. Rg4 Rh8 57. Rg2 Rf8+ 58. Ke2 Ke4 59. Rg4+ Bf4 60. Rg7 Rh8 61. Re7+ Be5 62. Ke1 Rh2 63. Re8 Kd4 64. Kf1 Bf4 65. Re2 Rh8 66. Kf2 Rf8 67. Ra2 Be3+ 68. Kg3 Ke4 69. Ra4+ Bd4 70. Kg4 Rg8+ 71. Kh4 Ke3 (71... Ke5 $15) 72. Kh5 $11 {The position is equal.} Be5 73. Rg4 Rf8 74. Ra4 Kf3 75. Kg6 $1 Bf4 76. Kg7 Rf5 77. Kg6 Kg4 78. Ra1 Rg5+ 79. Kf7 Kf5 80. Rd1 Rh5 81. Rd5+ Be5 82. Rd7 Rh6 83. Ke7 Rc6 84. Rd5 Rc8 85. Rd7 Rh8 86. Kf7 Rh1 87. Ke7 Rh6 88. Kf7 Bd6 89. Kg7 Kg5 90. Kg8 Kf5 91. Kg7 Rg6+ 92. Kf7 Rf6+ 93. Kg7 Bf8+ 94. Kg8 Ke6 95. Ra7 $1 Bd6 96. Kg7 $1 Rf1 97. Ra6 Rf7+ 98. Kg6 Rf8 99. Kg7 Rd8 100. Kg6 Rg8+ 101. Kh6 Rg1 102. Rb6 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 6. Nc3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 7. Qb1 $146 (7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. e3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7 {0-1 (44) Van Wely,L (2695) -Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. b4 h6 14. Re1 Qc8 15. b5 (15. Qb3 $14) 15... a6 $11 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bc3 axb5 18. axb5 c5 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Bf8 24. Be3 Ra5 25. d6 ({But not} 25. Bxb6 $2 Rb5 26. Qd1 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxb6 $19) 25... Be4 26. Qc1 (26. Qd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Bxd6 $17 27. Qc8+ Bf8 28. Bh3 (28. Nd2 $15 Ra8 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2) 28... Bxf3 29. Bxd7 b5 30. Qb8 {[#]} Ra8 (30... Qc2 $1 $17 31. Bd4 ( 31. Bxb5 $2 Qb3 32. Qf4 Qb4 33. Qxb4 Bxb4 $19) 31... Ra8) 31. Qxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} c5 7. dxc5 {LiveBook: 54 Games} Bxc5 $146 8. e3 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 {0-1 (40) Topalov,V (2780)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016} * [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ngf6 7. d3 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Qe7 13. Rd1 $146 (13. Bg2 Rfe8 14. Kh2 {1-0 (30) Movsesian,S (2667) -Plachetka,J (2412) Banska Stiavnica 2007}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nc4 {White is slightly better.} b6 15. Kg2 h6 16. Rd3 Qe6 17. b3 Bd4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Qd1 Be7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qc2 Bf8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rd1 Ncd7 25. Be2 Nc5 26. f3 Ncd7 27. Bf2 g6 28. Be1 h5 29. h4 Ra8 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 b5 32. Na5 bxa4 {[#]} 33. Bc4 $1 ({Much less strong is} 33. Qxa4 $6 c5 $16) (33. Qxc6 $6 Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Rc8 $16) ({But not} 33. Nxc6 $6 Nb6 $14) 33... Qe8 34. Nxc6 a3 35. b5 Nb6 (35... Kg7 {was worth a try.} 36. Bd2 Bc5) 36. Ba2 $18 Nfd7 37. Ba5 Bc5 38. Rd3 Kg7 39. Bc3 Kh7 40. Qd2 Bf8 41. Ba5 Kg7 $2 (41... f6 42. g4 Rc8) 42. g4 Be7 43. gxh5 Bxh4 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Rd6 Bf6 46. Re6 Qf8 47. Bb4 Qh8 {[#]} 48. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 {[#]} 49. Rxf6 $1 Qh5 {[#]} (49... Kxf6 50. Qf4+) 50. Bc3 $1 ({Weaker is} 50. Rxb6 Qxf3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 $11) 50... Ra7 51. Qf4 1-0 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} 15. Rc1 d4 16. g4 (16. e4 f6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Re1 Rc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb5 Ra8 22. a4 Be8 23. Qb3 Bf7 24. Qa3 Ba5 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Qa5 27. Nf3 Qxa4 28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bb5 { 1/2-1/2 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2766)-Nakamura,H (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 16... Bg6 { White must now prevent ...Bxd3.The position is equal.} 17. e4 Re8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bc4 $146 (19. e5 Ne7 20. Bc4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Qd5 22. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (57) Dorfman,J (2607)-Vaisser,A (2571) Aix les Bains 2003}) 19... Qf6 (19... Bxe4 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe4 (22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Qd3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Rf8 $11) 22... Qd5) 20. Bg5 $16 Qd6 21. e5 Qd7 22. Qb3 $1 h6 23. Bh4 (23. e6 $6 fxe6 24. Bf4 (24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Bf7 $15) ( 24. Rxe6 Bf7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 24... Bf7 $11) (23. Bf4 $16) 23... Re6 $14 24. Rcd1 Bh7 25. Rd2 g5 26. Bg3 $1 $36 {White has good play.} Nd8 27. Red1 (27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. a4 Qc6 $15) 27... Qc7 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nc6 30. a4 Qe7 (30... Qd7 $142) 31. b5 $1 $16 axb5 32. axb5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Qd5 Kg7 38. Rh1 Rd7 (38... Bc5 $16 39. h4 gxh4) 39. Re1 $1 $18 Qd8 {[#]} 40. Qe5+ $1 f6 41. Qf5 Bc7 (41... d3 $2 42. Re6 Rd5 43. Qe4 $18 ( 43. Qxf6+ Qxf6 44. Rfxf6 d2 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rgf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kf8 48. Rgf6+ Kg7 $11)) 42. Re6 Rf7 (42... Be5 $142) 43. h4 gxh4 {[#]} 44. Kh3 $1 ({Not} 44. Rh3 Be5 45. f4 (45. Rxh4 $2 Qd5+ 46. Kf1 Rc7 47. Rxe5 fxe5 $19) 45... Qd5+ 46. Rf3 (46. Kg1 $2 Rc7 47. Rxe5 fxe5 48. Qxe5+ Qxe5 49. fxe5 Re7 $17) 46... Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Bb8 $16) 44... Be5 $2 (44... Bd6 45. Qd5 Be7 46. Qxd8 (46. Qxb7 d3 47. Rf5 d2 $11) 46... Bxd8) 1-0 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 6. Nc3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 7. Qb1 $146 (7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. e3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7 {0-1 (44) Van Wely,L (2695) -Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 * [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 { White has an edge.} 7. a4 $146 (7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qc5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nd5 12. Qxb7 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd6 14. Qb3 Qxf4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Qa3 { 1/2-1/2 (32) Van Wely,L (2647)-Giri,A (2791) Amsterdam 2015}) 7... a5 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Na3 Be6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Nf3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc7 18. Be3 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} Qe7 19. Qc1 Qb4 20. Ra3 Re8 (20... Ne6 $11 21. Nb3 f5) 21. Rc3 Be6 22. b3 Na6 23. Rdd3 Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Be3 $1 ({But not} 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc4 b5 27. Rxc6 Nb4 28. Rxe6 Nxd3 $15) 25... Rad8 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd1 Red6 28. Bf4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nc5 31. Qd1 Ne6 32. Be3 Bd4 33. Bd2 Qc5 34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Bh6 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Bf1 Qc5 ({Black should play} 37... Qd2 $17 {Threatening ...Nd4.} 38. e5 Kg8) 38. Bc4 $11 Ng5 39. Qc3+ f6 40. Qd3 $1 {[#] Hoping for h4.} Qe7 ({ Much worse is} 40... Nxh3+ $6 41. Kg2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxh3 $16) 41. h4 $1 Nxe4 42. Qe3 $1 Qe5 43. Qb6 Kh6 44. Qe3+ g5 45. Bd3 Nc5 {And now ...Qxe3 would win.} 46. hxg5+ Qxg5 47. f4 Qg4 48. Be2 $36 {White has good play.} Qf5 49. Qe7 Qe6 50. Qf8+ Kg6 51. Bc4 Qe3+ 52. Kg2 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qe4+ 53. Kh2 { Bf7+ is the strong threat. White has compensation.} Qd4 $2 ({Better is} 53... Qe3 $1 $14) 54. Qg8+ Kh6 55. Qf8+ Kg6 {[#]} 56. Qg8+ $2 ({White must play} 56. Kh3 $1 $18 Nd3 57. Bf7+ Kf5 58. Qc8+ Ke4 59. Qe6+ (59. Qxb7 Nxf4+ 60. gxf4 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 Qxf4+ 62. Kg2 Qf3+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh1 Qf3+ 65. Kh2 Qf2+ 66. Kh1 Qf3+ 67. Kh2 $11) 59... Ne5 60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Bg8) 56... Kh6 57. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. h3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bh5 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 $146 (12. b3 Bb4 13. Qc2 Qe7 { 1/2-1/2 (43) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Tomashevsky,E (2722) Sochi 2016}) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. f4 Ned7 17. e4 Nc5 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne2 g5 21. Bd2 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Qxe5 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qc5 25. Qb3 Qb4 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. a3 Qxb2 28. Be5 Qc2 29. Rab1 b6 (29... Ne4 30. Qe3 Nd6 31. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qxe7 $11) 30. Rbc1 Qg6 31. Bxc6 Rac8 {aiming for ...Rxc6!} 32. Bg2 (32. Qg2 $15) 32... Ne4 $17 33. Qf3 $2 (33. Qe3 $17 Bg5 34. Bf4) 33... Nd2 $1 $19 34. Qb7 Nxf1 35. Rxc8 Qb1 $2 (35... Ne3 $19 {Hoping for ...Qb1+.} 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 36. Qxe7 $11 Rxc8 (36... Ne3+ $5 37. Kh2 $8 Nxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxc8 $14) 37. Qg5 Ne3+ (37... g6 $2 38. Qf6 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Bxf1 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 $18) 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Qxe3 Rc2 40. Kh1 (40. Kg3 $16 { Strongly threatening Be4.} Qe6 41. Qd4 Qb3+ 42. Bf3) 40... Ra2 41. Kg1 Qc2 42. Bf1 Qc5 43. Bd4 $1 Qd6 (43... Qc2 $1 $14 44. Qe5 (44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe5 f6 $11) 44... f6) 44. Qe8+ $16 Qf8 45. Qe4 Qxa3 46. Qe5 Qf8 47. Bd3 {White has strong compensation.} Ra5 (47... Ra3 $16 48. Qf5 Rxd3 49. Qxd3 Qe7) 48. Qe4 $18 g6 ( 48... f5 $142 49. gxf5 Ra4) 49. Bc4 {White threatens Qxg6+ and mate.} Kh7 50. Qf4 Qe7 51. Kh2 (51. Qxf7+ Qxf7 52. Bxf7 Ra4 $14) (51. Bxf7 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Bf2 Re5) (51. Kf1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. Qb8 is the strong threat.} Ra3 52. Bxf7 Rxh3 53. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 54. Qf5+ Kh6 55. g5+ $1 Kh5 56. Qxh3+ Kxg5 57. Be3+ Kg6 58. Qg4+ Kf7 59. Qh5+ Ke6 60. Qg4+ Kd5 61. Qd4+ Kc6 62. Qc4+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Ka6 64. Qc4+ Kb7 65. Qd5+ Ka6 66. Qc4+ Kb7) 51... a6 $2 ( 51... g5 $16 52. Bd3+ (52. Qxf7+ Qxf7 53. Bxf7 Ra4 $14) (52. Qb8 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Bf1 Rg2+ 55. Kxg2 Qe4+ 56. Kg3 Qxd4 $16) 52... Kh6) 52. g5 ({Weaker is } 52. Qxf7+ Qxf7 53. Bxf7 b5 $16) (52. Bxf7 g5 53. Qf2 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kg1 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 Qc6+ 57. Kh2 Qc7+ 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qc6+ $16) (52. Bxb6 Ra4 $18) 52... Kg8 53. Qb8+ ({Less strong is} 53. Bxb6 Rxg5 54. Bxf7+ (54. Bxa6 Rf5 55. Qc7 Qf6 $11) 54... Kh7 $16) 53... Qf8 54. Qxb6 Rxg5 {[#]} 55. Bxf7+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} (55... Kxf7 $142 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qh8+ Kf7 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qxg5 Qd6+ 60. Be5 Qd3) (55... Qxf7 56. Qd8+) 56. Qc7 $1 Kh6 57. Be3 (57. Qf4 $142 Qc8 58. h4 Qc2+ 59. Bf2 Qf5 60. hxg5+ Qxg5 61. Qd4 Qh5+ 62. Bh4 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qe1+ 64. Kh2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1) 57... Qg7 {( -> ...Qb2+)} 58. Qf4 Qb2+ 59. Bd2 {h4 would kill now.} Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 60. Qxg5 {White wants to mate with Bd5.} Kxf7 61. Qd5+ Kg7 62. Kg3 Qa1 $2 (62... Qb8+ $18 63. Kg2 Qb2) 63. Qc5 { White mates.} Kf7 64. Qc4+ Ke7 65. Bb4+ Kd7 66. Qd3+ Kc6 67. Qc3+ 1-0 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03] LiveBook: 81 Games. D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a5 (4... Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. c4 Re8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 {1-0 (36) So,W (2808) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) chess. com INT 2017}) 5. c4 Bg7 6. b3 {White has an edge.} O-O 7. Bb2 a4 $146 (7... c6 8. Be2 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Ardelean,G (2485) -Petrisor,A (2402) Baile Felix 2011}) 8. Be2 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a3 11. Bc3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Ba1 Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. Ncd2 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Nd6 16. Qc2 c6 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Rb1) 15... Nd6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. e4 Rc8 18. Qb1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. b5 Qd7 21. Rc3 Rc7 ({Of course not} 21... Bxd4 $6 22. Nxd4 (22. Rd3 e5 $14) 22... Nd2 23. Qd3 Rxc3 24. Qxd2 $16 (24. Qxc3 Nxf1 25. Ne6 f6 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11)) 22. h3 Rfc8 ({Not} 22... Bxd4 $2 23. Nxd4 ( 23. Rd3 e5 $16) 23... Rd8 24. Nf3 $18) 23. Rb3 f5 24. Re1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bc3 Nd6 28. Bd2 Rc2 29. Rxa3 Nxb5 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 {The position is equal.} 33. Ne6 Nd6 34. Bb4 Ne4 {...Kf7 is the strong threat.} 35. Rf3 fxg4 36. hxg4 Rc1 37. Rfe3 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 { [#] aiming for g5.} Bh4+ 40. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Nf4+.} Bxe1 41. Bxe1 Ra8 42. Ke4 Rxa2 {[#] Strongly threatening ... Re2+.} 43. Kd5 Ra1 44. Bb4 Kf6 45. Nf8 Kf7 46. Nd7 b5 47. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 $146 (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 Qh4 17. N2b3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Rh6 19. Qd4 Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 Rg6 21. Rg1 Rf8 22. Raf1 Re8 23. Rd1 Bh3 {0-1 (23) Adhiban,B (2666)-Volokitin,A (2649) Doha 2016}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14. Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. h5 Rd8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf8 21. Rc7 Qh6 22. Rxb7 Qf4 23. g3 Qxe4 24. f3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. h6 Kf8 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. Rb6 Bb5 30. Rc5 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxd5 Rb6 33. g4 Bxe2 34. Nxe2 f5 35. g5 f6 36. gxf6 Nf7 37. Ng3 Rxf6 38. Nxf5 Nxh6 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Ne3 Nf5 41. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:03] LiveBook: 76 Games. C4: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} 8. Be3 (8. f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Bh4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Rae1 {1-0 (49) Kosteniuk,A (2555)-Ju,W (2580) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 8... c6 9. Be2 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 $146 (13. Nd2 Kc7 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Johny,P (2079)-Nasri,A (2336) Dubai 2009}) 13... Nxe6 14. Nc3 Kc7 15. Rac1 Rhd8 16. f4 Rd3 17. Rfd1 Rad8 ({Not} 17... Rxe3 $2 18. Nd5+ Kb8 19. Nxe3 Nxf4 20. Rc4 $18) 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Kf2 ({Don't play} 19. Bxa7 b6 20. Na4 {[#]} Bc5+ $1 21. Rxc5 (21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Kf3 Rxb2 $19) 21... bxc5 22. Bb6+ Kc8 $17) 19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 {KRN-KRN. The position is equal.} 21. Ke2 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne4!} Rd4 22. Ke3 Rd3+ 23. Ke2 {aiming for Ne4!} Rd4 24. Ke3 Rd3+ 25. Ke2 {Hoping for Ne4!} Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.03.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 {White has an edge.} Ba7 $146 (11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 Bb6 {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2714)-Shirov,A (2739) Moscow 2007}) 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Kh1 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 { LiveBook: 26 Games} (10... bxc5 11. bxc5 (11. dxc5 Ne8 $11) 11... a4 12. Na2 $14) 11. Be2 Ba6 ({Don't play} 11... bxc5 12. bxc5 (12. dxc5 Ba6 $11) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 $16) 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 $146 (13. Rb1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 axb4 15. axb4 Qb7 16. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 (67) Giri,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2760) London 2016}) 13... Qb7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Rab1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bd8 17. Ne1 axb4 18. axb4 Bc7 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rcb8 {Threatening ...bxc5.} 23. Qc2 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qa7 25. Qxe4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qa3 27. Qc2 Ra5 28. Qd2 Ra8 29. Rc3 Qb4 30. Qd4 Ra4 (30... Ra1+ $5 31. Kh2 $8 Ra4 $11) 31. Qxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9.. .Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (19... Qb6 $5 {is more complex.} 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nf3 Ned3) (19... Ne5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Rc8 22. Re3 Ba6 23. Nc3 Ned3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Re2 Be7 27. Nd4 {0-1 (49) Caruana,F (2727)-Morozevich,A (2762) Reggio Emilia 2011}) 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 $1 cxd3 {White has an edge.} 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bc3 $146 (23. Re3 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 (25) Prasad,D (2441)-Lobzhanidze,D (2512) Dortmund 2001}) 23... Qb6 24. Re3 Bc8 25. N4b3 ({White should try} 25. Rg3 $16) 25... Qa6 $11 26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Qb1 f5 28. exf5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxf5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. N4f3 Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 exd4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd5 (14. Rae1 $5 {with more complications.} h6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Ne5) (14. a5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. a6 Rb8 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Giri,A (2790)-Grandelius,N (2649) Stavanger 2016}) 14... cxd5 15. a5 $146 (15. Qd3 h6 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (26) Del Rio de Angelis,S (2556)-Alsina Leal,D (2517) Atarrabia 2016}) 15... Qc8 16. Bxf6 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxc8.} Qxc2 $1 17. Bxc2 {aiming for Be5.} gxf6 18. a6 Rab8 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 bxa6 21. Rxa6 {The position is equal.} Rxb2 22. Rxa7 Bg4 23. Ne1 Re8 24. h3 Be6 25. Raa1 Rb3 26. Rab1 Ra3 27. Ra1 Rb3 28. Rab1 Ra3 29. Ra1 Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nd6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. c3 Bf5 { LiveBook: 13 Games} 10. Nb3 (10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 f6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) -Yu,Y (2738) Caleta 2017}) 10... O-O {White has an edge.} 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 $146 (12... Ne4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne5 a5 15. a4 Qf6 16. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Siigur,J (2425)-Simeonov,L (2231) ICCF email 2010}) 13. a4 Ne4 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxc6.} Nf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Re8 { The position is equal.} 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Bf2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb7 22. Nc1 Rb8 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Bg3 h6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Qe7 Qc2 27. Qxd7 Qxd3 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR } 28. h3 Qd2 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ {KQ-KQ} Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qxb2 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Be7 (7... Qb6 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 c5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Nge7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qc2 Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (58) Vocaturo,D (2606)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qa5+ $146 (11... Na6 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxc5 14. O-O b5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Rodshtein,M (2687) Baku 2016}) 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Qe3 { [#] Strongly threatening Nf5+!} Nd7 $1 18. Rfe1 {White wants to play Qg5+.} Kf8 19. Rad1 Rh6 20. Rd3 Kg8 21. Qd2 Rg6 22. Nf3 Rg4 23. Nh2 (23. Ng5 $142) 23... Rxh4 $17 24. Qg5 (24. Rg3 $17 g6 25. Rxe6) 24... Re4 $19 25. Ree3 Nf6 26. b4 ( 26. Nf1 {was necessary.}) 26... Qb6 27. Rg3 Re1+ 28. Nf1 Ng4 29. Rde3 (29. Qd2 {was the only defense.} Rd1 30. Qxd1 Nxf2 31. Qxh5 Nxd3+ 32. Kh2) 29... Ra1 { Black is clearly winning.} 30. Re2 Qa6 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Qb2 {[#]} Rb1 $1 0-1 [Event "DT News Cup Shenzhen 2017"] [Site "Shenzen"] [Date "2017.04.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Harikrishna Pentala"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 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 11. Nxe5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} dxe5 12. Qe2 {LiveBook: 26 Games} (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Na5 c5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 12... a5 13. Bg5 $146 {The position is equal.} (13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Nxe3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (130) Ragger,M (2697) -Grandelius,N (2642) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 13... Bc5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rad1 Rad8 ( 17... h6 $11 18. Bh4 Rfd8) 18. g4 $14 Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 ({Don't capture } 20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg6 Nxg4 22. Bxf7+ (22. gxf7+ Kh7 $16) 22... Rxf7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. gxf7+ Kf8 25. Rf1 $18) 21. Bh4 Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Nd2 Kh8 24. Qf3 $2 {[#]} (24. Kf1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 24... g5 $1 $36 {Black is in control.} 25. Bg3 Kg7 26. Nc4 Qb7 27. Qd3 (27. Nd2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Nxe4 28. Nxa5 Qc7 29. Rxe4 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Qxa5 30. Qd5 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Bd4 32. Qf5 Qc5 33. a5 Qxa5 34. c3 $2 (34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qxd6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Re7 38. Qc6+ Rd7 39. Qxh6) 34... bxc3 $19 35. Bc2 Rh8 36. Bb3 Qc7 37. bxc3 Bxc3 38. Bd5 Bd4 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qe4 Qf6 41. f3 Rb8 42. Kh3 Rb2 43. Bc4 Bf2 44. Bh2 Rb4 {Hoping for ...Rxc4!} 45. Kg2 {[#]} Be3 $1 46. Bg3 (46. Qxe3 Rxc4) 46... Bc5 47. Bh2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. Be2 {[#]} d5 $1 50. Qd3 {[#]} (50. Qxd5 Rxe2) 50... e4 $1 {Black mates.} 51. Qxd5 (51. fxe4 Rxh2+) 51... Rxf3+ 52. Kg2 Rf2+ 53. Kh3 {[#]} Rxh2+ $1 ({Stronger than} 53... Rxe2 54. Be5 Be7 55. Bxf6+ Bxf6 56. Qa8 $11) 0-1