PARA JUGAR CON BLANCAS: LA ITALIANA (Giouco Pianissimo)

[Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2832"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00: 05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 17. Nh4 g6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qf3 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Giri, A (2785) -Nakamura,H (2786) Moscow 2017}) 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Bd3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. N2f3 Bd7 15. Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nxd5 18. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Sjugirov,S (2660)-Eliseev,U (2606) St Petersburg 2016}) 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. b4 Qa7 22. Qa1 Qc7 23. Bxh6 cxb4 24. Bxg7 Qxc2 ({Much worse is} 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 26. Re2 $16) 25. Qxf6 {Bh6 would kill now.} Qxf2+ (25... Bxf2+ $11 26. Kh2 Qc3) 26. Kh2 $16 {Intending Bh6 and mate.} Bd8 27. Qxd6 $40 {White is out for blood.} Nh4 $2 {[#]} (27... Bxh3 $16 28. Kxh3 Kxg7) 28. Nxh4 $1 $18 Bxh4 {[#]} 29. Nh5 $1 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} Bxh3 ({Stronger than} 29... Qxe1 30. Qh6 f6 31. Bxf6 Qg3+ 32. Nxg3 Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qxd7) 30. Rg1 Bg5 $2 (30... Be6) 31. Bf6 Bg4 32. Bxg5 {Threatening mate with Nf6+.} Bxh5 33. Qh6 {Bf6 is the strong threat.} Rxe4 {( -> ...Rh4+!)} 34. Qxh5 Qf5 35. Qh6 b3 36. Bf6 {White mates.} Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. d6 Rxf6 39. Rd1 Rh6+ 40. Kg1 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2771"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 { [%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Fressinet,L (2662)-Amin,B (2660) Sharjah 2017}) 12. Nf1 Qf6 13. Ne3 Bxc4 (13... Bxe3 $5 14. Bxe3 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Nf4 $11) 14. Nxc4 Nf4 15. Be3 (15. Bxf4 {is interesting.} Qxf4 16. Rb1 b5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qf6 19. a5) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nce7 19. Qb3 d5 {[#] Threatens to win with ... Rxa1.} 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ncd2 c6 22. d4 Qd6 23. Qb2 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qd5 25. Ned2 cxb5 {Hoping for ...e4.} 26. e4 Qc6 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. d5 {The position is equal.} Qxc3 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Rb1 f5 31. Qb4 {[#] d6 is the strong threat.} fxe4 32. d6 Nd5 33. dxc7 Nxb4 34. Rxb4 exf3 35. Rxb7 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} f2 36. g3 Kh7 37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Kxf2 Nd5 39. Nc4 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 41. Nxe5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5 15. Re1 Bb8 {1/ 2-1/2 (30) Anand,V (2770)-So,W (2771) Saint Louis 2016}) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Caruana,F (2808)-Aronian,L (2793) Stavanger 2017}) 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 9. Re1 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a5 Nf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ng5 Ba7 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ne7 {1-0 (47) Rombaldoni,A (2505)-Narayanan,S (2419) Paleochora 2014}) 11... Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc8 $1 16. b4 Ba7 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 {KB-KB} Ke7 27. Ke2 c5 28. Kd3 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kd6 30. Kc4 b5+ 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. b5 axb5+ 33. Kxb5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.10"] [Round "4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 { [%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 (9... b5 $5 10. Bb3 b4 $11) (9... h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Fressinet,L (2662) -Amin,B (2660) Sharjah 2017}) 10. d4 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a5 h6 14. b4 Qc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. c4 Re8 18. Bb2 {1-0 (31) Vaishali,R (2295)-Arpita,M (2040) Rajahmundry 2016}) 13... dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 Rac8 19. c5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Red8 ({Black should try} 21... Qb7 $14 22. Raa1 Rcd8) 22. Na5 $16 Qe8 23. Bc3 Nh7 24. g3 Nhf8 25. Rb6 Kh7 (25... f6 $14) 26. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Ra8 29. Bd6 Ra6 30. f4 Rda8 (30... Kg8 $16 {was called for.}) 31. f5 $18 Bc4 32. Bxc4 (32. Nxc4 $6 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Ra1 $16) 32... bxc4 33. e5 (33. Qxc4 Nd7 $14) (33. Nxc4 Ra2 $11) 33... Nd7 34. Qxc4 $2 (34. Kf1 $18) 34... Nf6 $1 $11 35. e6 {Threatening Be5.} Nd5 36. Qe4 f6 37. e7 $36 {Nxc6 is the strong threat. White has good play.} Nxb4 $1 38. Qxb4 Rxa5 39. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Qg6+!} Kg8 40. Qg6 {White has compensation. } Ra2 41. g4 Rc2 $2 (41... Rc8 $1 $11) 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. h4 $1 Rb4 44. h5 (44. Re3 $16) 44... Rb2 45. Bc7 Rd2 $1 46. Bf4 (46. g5 $1 $14 hxg5 47. h6 Qxg6 48. fxg6) 46... Rd4 47. Bd6 Rb4 48. Re2 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb3 $2 {[#]} (49... Rb4 $11 { and Black is okay.}) 50. Bc7 $1 $18 Rd3 {[#]} 51. Bf4 (51. g5 $1 $16 hxg5 52. h6 Qxg6 53. fxg6) 51... Rd4 {The position is equal.} 52. Bd6 (52. Bxh6 $5 Qxg6 53. fxg6 $14) 52... Rb4 53. Kg3 (53. Bc7 $5 Rd4 54. Bd6 $11) 53... Rb3+ 54. Kh4 Rba3 55. Re6 R3a7 $1 56. Re3 Ra4 57. Kg3 (57. Bc7 $5 Rd4 58. Re1 $11) 57... Rb4 58. Bc7 Rd4 $1 59. Bf4 {With the idea Bxh6.} Rd7 60. Bd6 Rb7 61. g5 hxg5 62. h6 Qxg6 63. fxg6 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRB} Re8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Kg4 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} (65. Ra3 $5 Rb4 66. Ra6 $16) 65... f5+ $1 66. Kxg5 {White wants to mate with Re5.} Rb1 $1 67. Ra3 Rg1+ 68. Kxf5 {Hoping for Re3.} Re1 69. Ra2 R8xe7 70. Bxe7 Re5+ 71. Kxe5 $4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} (71. Kg4 Re4+ 72. Kf3 (72. Kh5 Re5+ 73. Kg4 Re4+ 74. Kf5 Re5+ 75. Kf4 Re4+ 76. Kxe4 $11) 72... Re3+ 73. Kg4 (73. Kf2 Re2+ 74. Kxe2 $11) 73... Re4+ 74. Kh5 Re5+ 75. Kh4 (75. Bg5 Rxg5+ 76. Kxg5 $11) 75... Re4+ 76. Kh3 (76. Kh5 Re5+ 77. Kg4 Re4+ $11) 76... Re3+ 77. Kh2 Re2+ 78. Rxe2) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Na5 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. b3 Nc6 20. R3e2 {1/2-1/2 (52) Harikrishna,P (2762) -Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2017}) 12... Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nexd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 $146 18. d4 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Re3 exd4 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Rxb7 Qxa2 24. Rcc7 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rab8 25. Rxf7 Rxb7 $1 26. Rxb7 Rxe4 27. Rb8+ Kf7 28. Rb6 a5 29. Qd3 d5 (29... Qa1+ $11 30. Kh2 Qc1 ) 30. Rb7+ Kg8 31. Rb8+ (31. Nxd4 $5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 $16) 31... Re8 $1 32. Rb7 Re4 $1 33. Nxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qg3.} Qc4 34. Qxc4 dxc4 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Nf5 Re5 36. g4 ({But not} 36. Rxg7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 36... Ne8 37. Kg2 Rc5 38. Ra7 Nc7 39. f3 Ne6 40. Re7 Re5 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. Nd6 {[#] Hoping for f4.} Kf6 $1 44. Ne4+ Kf7 $1 45. Nd6+ Kf6 46. Nxc4 Rc5 {The position is equal.} 47. Ne3 Rb5 48. Nc4 Rc5 49. Ne3 Rb5 50. Nd1 Rb3 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ra8 Ng5 53. Rxa5 Rxf3+ 54. Kg2 {And now Rxg5! would win.} Rd3 55. Nf2 Rd2 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. b4 Rb2 58. Rf4 Ke5 59. Rf8 Kd6 60. Rf4 Ne6 61. Re4 (61. Rf3 {feels hotter.} Rxb4 62. Nd3 Rd4 63. Kg3 Kd5 64. Nf4+) 61... Kd5 {White must now prevent ...Rxf2+!} 62. Re3 Rxb4 63. Kg3 Rd4 64. h4 Rc4 65. Nd3 Re4 66. Rxe4 Kxe4 67. Nf2+ Ke3 68. Nd1+ Ke4 69. Nf2+ Ke3 70. Nd1+ Ke4 71. Nf2+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 { [%emt 0:00:05] LiveBook: 38 Games. C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 h6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Na5 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. b3 Nc6 20. R3e2 {1/2-1/2 (52) Harikrishna,P (2762)-Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2017}) 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 {White is slightly better.} Ba7 11. Be3 Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Nc4 Ne7 15. Re1 Raa8 {1-0 (40) Fercec,N (2503) -Pavic,F (1990) Hum na Sutli 2014}) 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. d4 (14. Qb3 $5 Qe7 15. c4 $11) 14... Qe7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 exd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 exd4 21. exd4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxc7 Rf8 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Qc4 (25. b6 {looks sharper.} Nf4 26. Kh2 Ne6 27. Re7 Kg8 28. Qc1) 25... Qxc4 26. Rxc4 $11 {Endgame Threatening Rc7. KRN-KRN} Kg8 $1 27. b6 h6 28. Nd2 {Black should prevent Rc7.} Nf4 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Nc4 Nd5 $1 ({Don't play} 30... Ne2+ $6 31. Kh2 $16) 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nxd6 Nxb6 34. Nxb7 {KN-KN} Ke7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Na5 Na4 38. Nb3 Nb2 39. Nd2 Nd1+ 40. Ke2 Nb2 41. Nb3 Kc4 42. Nc5 Kxd4 43. Ne6+ Ke4 44. Nxg7 Nc4 45. Kf2 Kf4 46. g3+ Ke4 47. g4 Kf4 48. Nh5+ Kg5 49. Kg3 Ne5 50. Nf4 Kf6 51. Kh4 Ng6+ {The position is equal.} 52. Kg3 Nxf4 53. Kxf4 {KPP-KP} Kg6 54. h4 ( 54. Kf3 $5 h5 55. gxh5+ Kxh5 56. Kg3 $11) 54... Kf6 55. Kf3 (55. Ke4 $5 Ke6 56. Ke3 $11) 55... Kf7 $1 56. Ke3 {[#] And now Kd4 would win.} Ke7 $1 57. Kd3 Kd7 $1 58. Kc4 Ke6 $1 59. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Kd6 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Kf4 {[#] Ke4 is the strong threat.} Kf6 62. Ke4 {aiming for Kd5.} Ke6 63. Kf4 { Precision: White = 59%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Altibox Norway Chess 2017"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Kh8 10. Re1 (10. Ne4 $5 Be7 11. Re1 $11) 10... f6 11. d4 Ba7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... exd4 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c6 15. a5 Qd6 { 1-0 (63) Giri,A (2755)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow 2016}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nf3 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} c6 15. Bg5 (15. Bxd5 $14 cxd5 16. Rxe5) 15... Qb6 (15... Qd6 $11) 16. Bxd5 $16 cxd5 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc5.} b6 20. Rab1 Qxc3 21. Rxb6 Raf7 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bg4 24. Re3 Kg8 (24... Rf6 $16 {was necessary.} 25. Rxf6 gxf6) 25. Ne5 $2 ({White must play} 25. Rxa6 $18 {Black must now prevent a5.} h5 26. a5) 25... Rxf2 $14 {[#]} 26. h3 Bc8 27. Nc6 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 R1f6 29. a5 h6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nc6 ({White should play} 31. Nxc8 $16 Rxc8 32. Rf3) 31... Kg8 32. Rc3 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Kh7 {The position is equal.} 33. Ne7 Bd7 34. Nd5 Rf5 35. Rd6 Bb5 36. Nc7 Bf1 37. Rd7 Rf2 38. Rg3 R8f7 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 $11 {KRB-KRN} 40. Rc3 Rf5 41. Rc1 Bd3 42. Rc3 Bf1 43. Rc1 Bd3 44. Rc3 Bf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {White has an edge.} g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Kg7 11. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 g4 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6+ Kxf6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nh4 Kg7 {0-1 (51) Hou,Y (2652)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow 2017} )Bg4 12. Nc2 ({White should play} 12. h3 $14 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 )Nh5 $11 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 f5 ({Better is} 15... Nb8 $11 )16. Be6 $14 Ne7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Nh2 (18. d4 $16 )Be2 $11 19. exf5 Bxf1 (19... Bxd3 $11 {remains equal.} 20. f6+ Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Kxf6 )20. Rxf1 $16 h5 21. Qd1 ({Only move:} 21. g4 $18 )Qe8 $2 {[#]} (21... g4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} )22. e4 $18 Ng8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 {[#]} 25. g4 $1 $36 { Black is under strong pressure.} ({Worse is} 25. f6 Rxf6 26. Qxg5+ Kf7 $11 )h4 (25... Qg7 $142 26. gxh5 Qh6 )26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Qxg5 ({Don't play} 27. Nxg5 $6 Qh6 $16 )Qxg5 28. Nxg5 { Endgame KRR-KRN} b5 29. Ne6 $2 (29. axb5 $18 {is the precise move to win. c4 is the strong threat.} Rxb5 30. f6 )Rf7 $2 (29... Rfc8 $16 {is a better defense.} )30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rf2 c6 (31... Re7 $142 32. g5 Rb8 )32. g5 {} Rb8 33. Kh2 Rfb7 $2 (33... Re7 34. g6 Rxe6 )34. g6 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 35. Kh3 a4 36. Kxh4 Rbe7 37. Kg5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "151"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 (8... Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (71) So,W (2812)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017} )9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 {White is slightly better.} fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 $146 (13... d5 $11 )14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. g3 Rf7 17. Rf1 Raf8 18. Nh2 ({ Better is} 18. d4 $14 )Kh8 19. Qd1 Qe8 20. Kg2 Nh7 21. Rf3 Nf6 22. a5 d5 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Rc1 Qd6 (24... h5 $11 )25. Ng4 $14 c5 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Kh7 28. Qxc5 Qd7 29. exd5 (29. Qe3 $16 )exd5 $11 30. c4 $1 Rc8 31. Qb6 (31. Qe3 $11 )f5 $17 32. Nb3 {Threatening Nc5.} e4 (32... Rc6 $17 33. Qa7 Qe7 )33. dxe4 $11 dxe4 34. Rfc3 $1 Rg8 35. Nc5 Qd4 36. Nxb7 Qxb6 37. axb6 {And now Nd6 would win.} Rxb7 38. c5 Nf4+ 39. Kf1 $1 Nd3 (39... Nxh3 $6 40. Ra1 $16 )40. Rb1 Rc8 (40... f4 $11 41. gxf4 Kg6 )41. Ra3 { White has compensation.} Ra8 42. Ke2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kd4 (44. Ra5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} )Ke6 ({Reject} 44... Nxf2 45. b5 $11 )(44... Rd8+ $1 $17 45. Ke3 Ke5 )45. f3 $2 (45. f4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} )Rd8+ (45... Ne5 $1 $19 46. Rc1 Nxf3+ 47. Ke3 Ne5 )46. Ke3 $17 Ne5 47. Rc3 Nxf3 48. Ra1 Ke5 $2 { [#]} (48... Ne5 $1 $17 { stays on course. White must now prevent ...Nc6.} 49. Rxa6 Kd5 )49. Rxa6 (49. Ra5 $1 $16 Kf6 50. Rxa6 f4+ 51. gxf4 )Rbd7 50. Raa3 $2 (50. Ra2 $11 {and White stays safe.} )Rd1 $2 (50... Rd2 $19 {( -> ...Ng1)} 51. b7 Rb2 )51. Rc2 $2 {} (51. Ra2 $11 )Nd4 $19 52. Rca2 Nb5 53. Rb3 R8d3+ $2 (53... Rf1 $19 54. Rf2 Re1+ 55. Re2 Rxe2+ 56. Kxe2 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Nxb3 )54. Rxd3 $11 Rxd3+ { Endgame KRN-KR} 55. Kf2 {Strongly threatening b7.} e3+ $1 56. Kf1 $2 {} ({But not} 56. Ke2 $2 Ke4 $19 )(56. Kg2 $11 Rd8 57. Kf3 )Nc3 $4 { [#]} (56... Ke4 $19 57. Kg2 Rd2+ 58. Rxd2 exd2 )57. b7 $1 $18 Rd1+ 58. Kg2 Rd8 59. Ra8 Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Nd5 61. b8=Q+ Kd4 62. Qh8+ Kc4 63. g4 Rf2+ 64. Kg3 f4+ 65. Kh4 e2 66. Qe5 Ne3 67. Qe4+ Kb3 68. Qd3+ Kb2 69. Qd2+ (69. Qa3+ $142 Kc2 70. Qa2+ Kc1 71. Qa1+ Kc2 72. c6 Ng2+ 73. Kh5 e1=Q 74. Qxe1 Nxe1 75. c7 )Kb3 70. Kh5 Rh2 71. h4 Ng2 72. Qxe2 {White mates.} Rxh4+ 73. Kg6 f3 74. Qxf3+ Kc4 75. Qxg2 Kb5 76. Qg3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 35%.} 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "163"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} d6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Re1 {White has an edge.} h6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 d5 15. d4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 exf3 18. exf6 Rxf6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Kramnik,V (2801)-Svidler, P (2762) Sochi 2016} )Ra8 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Ne3 (16. d4 $5 {} Ng6 17. Ng3 $11 )Ng6 17. g3 Qd7 18. c4 Nh5 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. b5 Nh7 21. Rb1 b6 22. Nd5 a5 (22... axb5 $11 {remains equal.} 23. axb5 Nf6 )23. Nd2 {} Ne7 24. Nf1 f5 25. Nfe3 fxe4 26. dxe4 Rf8 27. h4 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ (28. Rc1 {seems wilder.} Qc8 29. Rc3 Nd7 30. g4 Nc5 31. Nf5 )Rexf6 29. Qg4 (29. Ng4 {keeps more tension.} Re6 30. Rb3 Ng6 31. Ne3 Rf7 32. Rd3 )Qxg4 (29... Qe8 {with more complications.} 30. Re2 h5 31. Qh3 Rf3 32. Qe6+ Kh7 )30. Nxg4 Rf3 31. Re3 R3f7 {Hoping for ...h5.} 32. Re2 Kh7 33. Ne3 Ng6 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Nd5 Nf8 36. Re3 Ne6 37. Rf3 Ref8 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 $11 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Re3 Nc5 41. Nc3 $1 Nb3 42. Rd3 Kf8 43. f3 Ke8 44. Rd1 Kd7 45. Nd5 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rd3 Nc5 48. Ra3 $1 {[#] } g4 $1 {} 49. fxg4 Nxe4 {And now ...Rf2+ would win.} 50. Re3 (50. Rf3 $11 Rg7 51. Rf1 )Ng5 (50... Nd2 $17 )51. Re1 Ne6 52. Rh1 Nc5 (52... c6 $5 {} 53. Nc3 Rg7 $11 )53. g5 {[#] g6 is the strong threat.} Rg7 ({Wrong is} 53... Nxa4 $2 54. g6 $18 )54. g6 {Threatens to win with Rh7.} Rxg6 {White must now prevent ...Rg7.} 55. Rh7+ Kd8 56. Rh8+ Kd7 {aiming for ...Rg7.} 57. Rh7+ Kd8 58. Rh8+ Kd7 59. Rh7+ Ke8 60. Rxc7 Nxa4 61. Rc6 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 62. Nxb6+ Nxb6 63. Rxb6 {KR-KR} Rg4 64. Rc6 a4 65. Kf3 Rd4 66. c5 a3 (66... Rd5 $5 {} )67. Ra6 dxc5 68. Rxa3 Rb4 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Rb7 Rb3+ 71. Ke4 Rb4+ 72. Kd3 Kd5 73. Rd7+ Ke6 74. Rb7 Kd6 75. b6 Rb3+ 76. Kc4 Rxg3 77. Rb8 Rg4+ 78. Kc3 Rb4 79. b7 e4 80. Re8 Rxb7 {Strongly threatening ...Re7.} 81. Rxe4 Ra7 82. Rh4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "140"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 0-0 9. h3 {The position is equal.} h6 (9... Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} )10. Nbd2 {} Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 $146 Ng6 15. d4 Qd7 16. d5 Ree8 17. a5 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Bd2 Rec8 22. Nf5 Rc4 23. Rac1 Rxe4 24. Rxc8+ ({Wrong is} 24. Rxe4 $2 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qxf5 $17 )Qxc8 25. Nxd6 ({Don't go for} 25. Rxe4 $2 Qxf5 26. Rd4 Qxd3 $19 )(25. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 26. Rxe4 $11 )Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qd7 27. Ne4 Nxd5 {[#]} 28. Bxh6 $1 {} Bd4 (28... gxh6 29. Qxd5 )29. Qc4 $2 {} (29. Bd2 $1 $11 )Qc6 $2 ({Not} 29... gxh6 30. Qxd5 $1 {} Qxd5 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 $15 )(29... f5 $1 $19 30. Ng3 gxh6 )30. Qxc6 $11 bxc6 31. Bd2 f5 32. Nd6 Nge7 33. Nf3 Ba1 34. Nb7 e4 35. Ng5 Nc7 36. Nc5 Bd4 (36... Be5 $14 )37. Nge6 $18 Nxe6 38. Nxe6 $16 { Endgame KBN-KBN} Ba7 39. Nc7 Nd5 40. Nxa6 Kf7 41. Nc5 Bxc5 $2 (41... Ke7 42. Nb3 Kd6 )42. bxc5 $18 {KB-KN} Nc7 43. h4 Na6 44. Be3 g6 45. g4 $2 ({Better is} 45. Kh2 $18 {aiming for g4!} Ke6 46. Kh3 )fxg4 $11 46. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Kg3.} Ke6 47. Kg3 Kf5 $1 48. Bd4 Nb4 49. Kg2 Na6 50. Be3 Ke5 51. Kh2 Ke6 52. Kg3 Kf5 $1 53. Bd4 Nb4 54. Bb2 Na6 55. Ba3 Nc7 56. Kg2 Na6 57. Kf1 Ke5 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Bb2+ Kxc5 $2 { } (59... Kc4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} )60. Ke3 $18 Kd5 (60... Kb5 $142 61. Kxe4 Nb4 )61. Kf4 Nc5 {Threatening ...Nd3+.} 62. Kxg4 Kc4 (62... Ke6 $142 63. Ba3 Na6 )63. Ba3 Kb5 64. Bxc5 {White mates.} Kxc5 {K3P-K3P} 65. Kf4 Kb5 66. Kxe4 Kxa5 67. f4 {} c5 {[#]} 68. h5 $1 {} gxh5 69. f5 h4 {[#]} 70. f6 $1 h3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.06.24"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "220"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Bb3 (11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2808) -Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} )Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d5 12. exd5 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Ndf4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qd2 { 1/2-1/2 (44) Miljanic,B (2423)-Vajda,S (2352) Bucharest 2001} )12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nbd2 {} Bc6 14. a5 h6 15. Ra3 Qc8 16. b4 Bd7 17. Nf1 b6 18. Ng3 bxa5 19. bxa5 Rb8 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Rb3 Qa8 $1 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. dxe5 (23. Qd3 $16 )dxe5 24. Bxa7 (24. Nh5 $5 Nxh5 25. Qxd7 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 $11 )Qxa7 25. Nh5 Nxh5 (25... Be6 $5 {} 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 $11 )26. Qxd7 Nf6 {} 27. Qc6 Re6 (27... Ne7 $5 {} 28. Qc4 Nc8 $14 )28. Qc4 Ne8 29. g3 Nd6 30. Qd3 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Bb3 Rf6 33. h4 Qxa5 34. Nh2 (34. Qd5 $11 Qb6 35. h5 )Qb6 $15 35. Qc2 {[#]} Rxf2+ $1 {} 36. Qxf2 Qxb3 37. Nf3 Qxc3 (37... f6 {is interesting.} 38. Qe2 a5 39. c4 Qc3 40. Qd2 Qxc4 41. Qxa5 Ne7 )38. Qe3 Qxe3 (38... Qb2+ $15 39. Qe2 Qb7 )39. Rxe3 { Endgame KRN-KNN} h5 40. Nd2 Nf8 41. Ra3 Ne6 42. Rxa6 f6 43. Kf3 Nd4+ 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Ra8 Ne6 46. Ke3 Nd4 47. Ra2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Ne6 49. Rc2 Ke7 50. Nf1 Nb7 51. Ra2 g6 52. Ra8 Nd6 53. Ra5 Nb7 54. Ra8 Nd6 55. Ra5 Nb7 56. Ra8 Nec5+ 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Nd2 f5 59. exf5 Nxf5+ 60. Kf3 Nd4+ 61. Ke3 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Nd4+ 63. Kf2 Nf5 64. Rg8 e4 65. Nc4 Nd3+ 66. Ke2 Nxg3+ 67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Rc8 (68. Rf8+ $11 Ke6 69. Nd2 )Nc5 (68... Nf5+ $17 69. Ke2 Nf4+ 70. Kf2 Nd3+ 71. Kf1 Nxh4 )69. Rxc7 $11 Nf5+ 70. Kf2 Nd3+ 71. Ke2 Nf4+ 72. Kf2 Nd3+ 73. Ke2 Nf4+ 74. Kf2 Nxh4 {White must now prevent ...Nf5. } 75. Rc6+ Kg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf5.} 76. Nd6 e3+ (76... Nf5 { keeps more tension.} 77. Nxe4+ Kh4 78. Ra6 Nh3+ 79. Ke2 g5 )77. Kxe3 Nf5+ 78. Nxf5 Kxf5 {KR-KN} 79. Kf3 {Rc5+ is the strong threat.} g5 80. Rc5+ Kf6 81. Ke4 h4 82. Rc6+ Kf7 83. Kf5 h3 84. Kxg5 Ne2 85. Rh6 Ng1 $2 {} (85... Ke7 $11 )86. Kg4 $2 (86. Kf4 $18 Ne2+ 87. Ke4 Nc3+ 88. Ke5 )Kg7 87. Rh4 Kg6 88. Kg3 Ne2+ 89. Kf3 Nc3 90. Rxh3 Nd5 91. Ke4 Nf6+ 92. Ke5 {White wants to mate with Rg3+.} Ng4+ 93. Kf4 Nf6 94. Rd3 Kf7 95. Ke5 {And now Rf3 would win.} Ke7 {The position is equal.} 96. Rb3 Nd7+ 97. Kd5 Nf6+ 98. Kc6 Ke6 99. Rf3 Ke5 100. Rf1 Ke6 101. Re1+ Kf5 102. Kd6 Ne4+ 103. Kd5 Nf6+ 104. Kd4 Ng4 105. Rf1+ Ke6 106. Rg1 Kf5 107. Ra1 Ke6 108. Ra5 Nf6 109. Ra6+ Kf5 110. Rxf6+ Kxf6 { Precision: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "11"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "175"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Be6 (10... Ba7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Na5 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. b3 Nc6 20. R3e2 {1/2-1/2 (52) Harikrishna,P (2762)-Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2017} )11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 {} 15. Nh2 Ng6 16. Nhg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Neg4 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 Nf4 18. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Fossan,E (2340)-Trabert,B (2145) Gausdal 1992} )Nh7 17. Qd1 Nf4 (17... h5 $5 {} 18. Nh2 Nf6 $11 )18. h4 d5 (18... h5 $11 19. Nh2 Nf6 )19. g3 $1 $16 {} dxe4 20. dxe4 (20. gxf4 {is interesting.} exf4 21. Ng2 f3 22. N2e3 f5 23. Nh2 )Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Ne6 22. Nd5 (22. Nxe5 $16 Nc5 23. Nd7 Nxe4 24. Nd5 )f6 $1 $11 23. h5 Rad8 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Nge3 Nhf8 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. Nde3 Red8 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 { Endgame KNN-KNN} Nc5 31. f3 a5 32. Kf1 Nfe6 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Nde3 Kd7 35. b4 Na4 36. Kd3 axb4 37. cxb4 b5 38. Nd5 Nb2+ 39. Kc3 (39. Kc2 $5 {} Nc4 40. Kd3 $11 )Na4+ 40. Kd2 c6 41. Nde3 Nb6 42. Kd3 Na4 43. Nd1 Kc7 44. Ke3 Nb6 45. Nb2 Kd7 46. Nd3 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 Ke8 48. Nc5 Nxc5 49. bxc5 {KN-KN} Kf7 50. Kd3 {With the idea Kc3.} Nb2+ 51. Kc3 Na4+ 52. Kb4 Kf8 53. Nd6 Ke7 54. Nc8+ (54. Nc4 $5 )Kd8 55. Nd6 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 $1 56. a3 (56. Nc4 $5 )Ke6 57. Nf5 Kf7 58. f4 Kf8 59. Nh4 {Hoping for fxe5.} Kf7 60. Ng2 g6 61. hxg6+ Kxg6 62. Nh4+ Kf7 63. fxe5 fxe5 64. Nf3 Kf6 65. g4 Ke6 66. Ne1 Kf6 67. Nd3 Ke6 68. Ka5 Nc3 (68... Kf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} )69. Kb6 $16 Nxe4 70. Kxc6 Nc3 {[#]} (70... Nf6 $16 )71. Kb7 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent c6.} e4 $2 {[#]} (71... Ne4 72. Kb6 Kd5 73. Nb4+ Ke6 74. Kxb5 Nc3+ 75. Kc4 Na4 )72. Nf4+ $2 (72. c6 $1 $18 {} exd3 73. c7 )Ke5 $14 73. c6 {} e3 $1 74. c7 Ne4 $1 75. Ne2 Nd6+ 76. Kc6 {aiming for Nc3.} Ke6 $2 {} (76... Nc8 $14 )77. Nd4+ Ke5 78. Nxb5 Nc8 {And now ...e2 would win.} 79. Nc3 Kd4 $2 (79... Ke6 80. a4 Ne7+ 81. Kb7 Kd7 )80. Ne2+ $18 Kd3 81. Ng3 Kd4 82. Nf5+ Ke4 83. a4 { } Kf4 {[#]} 84. Nxe3 $1 { White mates.} Kxe3 85. a5 Kf4 86. Kb7 Nd6+ 87. Kb8 Kxg4 88. a6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "11"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg5 Be7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... h6 $5 {} 7. Bh4 a5 $11 )(6... d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Kg7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd5 a5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2840)-Karjakin,S (2785) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )7. Nbd2 d6 (7... h6 $5 {} 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 )8. Bb3 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Na5 11. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. 0-0 Nxb3 12. axb3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qe2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (21) Fernandez,J (2219) -Baranowski,T (2287) LSS email 2011} )f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 exd4 15. cxd4 {} Kh8 (15... Qd7 $11 )16. 0-0 Qd7 17. d5 {[#] b4 is the strong threat.} c5 18. Rae1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 ({Don't take} 19. fxg3 Rae8 $14 )Rae8 20. Re6 Nc6 {[#]} (20... Kg8 $16 {was worth a try.} 21. a3 b5 )21. Qa4 $1 $18 {And now Rfe1 would win.} Rd8 (21... Nb8 $142 22. Qxd7 (22. Qxa7 Na6 $14 )Nxd7 )22. Qe4 Ne5 (22... Rf6 $142 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 )23. Rxe5 {White is clearly winning.} dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Ndc4 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "13"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "127"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 h6 (8... 0-0 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} )9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 Re8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a5 Rb8 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 Be6 14. h3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe6 16. Qxe6 Rxe6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rd8 19. d4 Ree8 20. d5 Na7 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Diller,D (2046)-Hecht,C (2207) Willingen 2017} )Be6 14. Bxe6 (14. Bxa7 { with more complications.} Nxa7 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. b4 )Qxe6 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. b4 d5 19. Rad1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxe4 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd7 Nxc3 {Strongly threatening ...Ncb5.} 24. Rxc7 Nc6 25. Rxf7 e4 26. Nd2 Re7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 $11 { Endgame KNN-KNN} 28. Nec4 Nc6 29. Nd6 Nxb4 30. Nxb7 Nc6 31. Nc4 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Ned4 33. Nc5 Kg6 34. Nxe4 Nb3 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kd3 (36. Ned6+ {seems wilder.} Kf4 37. Ne8 g5 38. Nc7 Ncxa5 39. Nxa5 Nxa5 40. Nxa6 g4 41. Nc5 )Ncxa5 37. Nxa5 Nxa5 $14 {KN-KN} 38. Nc5 Nc6 39. Nxa6 Ne5+ 40. Ke2 g5 41. Nc5 h5 42. Nd3 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6 44. Ke3 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 Ne7 46. Nb4 Ng6 47. Nd5 g4 48. Ke3 Nh4 49. Nf4 {Hoping for g3.} Kg5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 49... Ke5 $1 $14 50. Nd3+ Kf5 )50. Ke4 $1 $16 gxh3 51. gxh3 ({Don't take} 51. Nxh3+ Kh6 $18 )Kh6 $2 {} (51... Nf5 $16 {is tougher.} 52. Nxh5 Nd6+ 53. Kd5 Ne8 )52. Ne6 Kg6 53. Nf4+ $2 (53. f4 $18 )Kg5 (53... Kh6 $1 $11 )54. Nd5 (54. f3 $16 )Ng6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. f4+ Kh4 56. f5 Nf8 57. Nf4 {[#] Ng6+ would kill now.} (57. Nf6 $5 {} )Nd7 58. Ng6+ Kxh3 59. Kf4 h4 60. Kg5 Nc5 61. Nxh4 Ne4+ 62. Kf4 Nd6 63. Nf3 {And now f6 would win.} Nxf5 64. Ke4 { Precision: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "15"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2851"] [PlyCount "171"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4 0-0 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} )Ba7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. h3 {White is slightly better.} h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 {} Ng6 {[#]} 15. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 d5 16. c4 {1/2-1/2 (27) Saric,I (2666) -Kasimdzhanov,R (2691) Germany 2016} )a5 16. bxa5 Ne7 ({Black should try } 16... Bc5 $11 )17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. Reb1 Qc8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. Qd2 ({Better is} 24. a6 $1 $16 {} bxa6 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. c5 )h5 (24... Bxe3 $14 25. Qxe3 (25. fxe3 Nc5 $14 )Ra8 )25. d4 exd4 26. N3xd4 ({Don't do} 26. N5xd4 $6 Nexd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 $16 )(26. Bxd4 Nexd4 27. N5xd4 Nxd4 $11 )Nexd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxe4 {[#]} 29. Bc3 $1 Rxc4 (29... Qe6 $142 30. a6 (30. Rxh5 Rxc4 31. Rhb5 d5 $14 )(30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Rxc4 $16 )b6 )30. Rxh5 $18 {Intending Rh8+! and mate.} Qe6 $2 (30... Ne5 $18 31. Bxe5 dxe5 )31. Re1 $40 { White wants a kill.} Qg6 (31... Ne5 $16 {was worth a try.} )32. Rg5 Qxg5 33. Qxg5 { } Rxc3 34. Re4 Rc5 35. Qg3 Rxa5 36. Rg4 g6 37. Qb3 { Hoping for Rxg6+. White has strong compensation.} Kf8 (37... Ne5 $16 )38. Rh4 Ke7 39. Rf4 Nd8 40. Re4+ $2 ({White must play} 40. Qc3 $18 Rc5 41. Qf6+ Kd7 42. Re4 )Kd7 ({Black should play} 40... Ne6 $1 $14 )41. Qe3 (41. Qc3 $16 Rba8 42. Qf6 )Nc6 (41... Ne6 $11 )42. Qf3 Rf8 43. Qf6 Re5 {[#]} (43... Rf5 $16 44. Qb2 Nd8 )44. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 { Endgame KQ-KRN} (44... dxe5 $142 45. Kh2 b6 )45. f4 Nc6 46. g4 Nd8 $2 (46... Ne7 47. Qg7 Ke8 )47. h4 Re8 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Re6 50. Qg7 d5 51. h6 Rg6+ 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. f5 Rf6 54. h7 Rxf5+ 55. Ke1 Ne6 56. Qh6 Re5+ 57. Kd1 Re4 58. h8=Q Rxa4 59. Qh2 (59. Q6f6+ $142 Kd6 60. Qf8+ Kc6 61. Qe8+ Kd6 62. Qxa4 b6 63. Qb5 d4 64. Ke1 )Kd7 60. Qf6 {White mates.} Kc6 61. Qc2+ Rc4 {[#]} 62. Qxf7 $1 Nc5 63. Qxc4 dxc4 64. Qxc4 b5 65. Qh4 Nb7 66. Qe4+ Kb6 67. Qg6+ Nd6 68. Kc2 Kc5 69. Kb3 Nc4 70. Qg1+ Kc6 71. Kb4 Nd6 72. Qc5+ Kd7 73. Qd5 c6 74. Qg8 Kc7 75. Qg7+ Kb6 76. Qd4+ Kc7 77. Ka5 Nb7+ 78. Ka6 Nd6 79. Qa7+ Kd8 80. Qh7 Nc8 81. Kb7 Ne7 82. Kb6 Kd7 83. Kc5 Ke6 84. Qh6+ Kd7 85. Qd6+ Ke8 86. Qe6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 29%. } 1-0 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "17"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "32"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg5 {} h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Kg7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd5 a5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2840)-Karjakin,S (2785) Wijk aan Zee 2017} )7. Bh4 g5 {} 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 a6 10. Qd2 $146 (10. b4 $5 {} Ba7 11. Nbd2 $11 )({Predecessor:} 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. b4 Bb6 {0-1 (44) Mazzilli,P (2332)-Novikov,M (2518) Cappelle-la-Grande 2006} )Nh5 11. h4 { The position is equal. } Nxg3 12. fxg3 {} g4 $1 {} 13. Qxh6 {[#] White threatens Ng5 and mate.} gxf3 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 {...f2+ is the strong threat.} 16. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris GCT 2017 Blitz"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Site "Paris"] [Round "18"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. h3 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} )12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a5 h6 14. Bf1 c6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rad8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. g3 Qd6 26. b4 Qd2 {White must now prevent ... Qxe3.} 27. Re1 h5 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Kg2 h4 30. Kf3 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rc2 32. Re3 g5 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Bb3 Rb2 35. Bd1 (35. Bc4 $15 )Ke7 $17 36. Ke3 Rg2 $1 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Bb3 Rxh3 39. Kg2 Rh8 ({ Of course not} 39... Nxe4 $6 40. Re3 $11 )40. Rf3 g4 ({Much worse is} 40... Nxe4 $6 41. Rxf7+ Kd6 42. Rxb7 $11 )({Better is} 40... Rd8 $1 $17 {...Rd2+ is the strong threat.} 41. Bc2 c5 $1 {} 42. bxc5 Rc8 )41. Rf5 $11 Rh5 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Bc4 Rh5 44. Rf2 Rg5 45. Rf1 Rh5 46. Rf2 Rh3 47. Rf5 Nh5 48. Rxe5+ Kd6 49. Rf5 f6 50. Kf2 $2 {} (50. Rf3 $11 )Nxg3 $19 51. Rxf6+ Ke5 52. Re6+ Kf4 53. Rf6+ Kg5 54. Re6 {[#]} Nh5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Re7 Rxc3 56. Be2 (56. Bf1 $142 g3+ 57. Kg1 )g3+ 57. Ke1 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1+.} 58. Rxb7 Re3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 76%.} 0-1