Entre os dias 08 e 10 de Setembro foi realizado o Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX em Saint Louis, com a presença de 10 destacados GM's, entre eles o legendário Garry Kimovich Kasparov, que chegou no último dia de competição bem colocado e com chances de vencer o torneio, mas faltou gás e ao final o Gm Leinier Dominguez, mais nova aquisição dos EUA venceu o torneio.
Apenas para explicar ( ou recordar ) o xadrez 960 é uma porposta do ex-campeão mundial Bobby Fischer, onde a posição das peças é sorteada de forma aleatória, buscando posições não teóricas ( nada de aberturas decoradas até o lance 30 ) e possibilidade de assistirmos um xadrez mais ''puro''.
Seguem as partidas deste interessante torneio!
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White has an edge.} d5 2. Ne3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nxc4 Be7 5. b4 b6 6. e3 Bc6 7. f3 $1 Ng6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bg3 Rfd8 12. b5 Bh4 13. Bxh4 Nxh4 14. e4 Qb8 15. Qa3 Ng6 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qe3 c5 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Be2 b5 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Ndb3 Ne7 22. Rc5 a6 23. Rfc1 Nd7 24. R5c2 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qc3 e5 29. Ke1 exd4 $1 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Kf8 32. Kd2 Ke8 33. Kc3 Kd8 {The position is equal.} 34. Kb4 Kc7 35. a4 bxa4 36. Kxa4 Ne5 37. f4 N5c6 38. Ndxc6 Nxc6 39. Nxc6 Kxc6 $11 { Endgame
KB-KB} 40. Ka5 f6 41. Kb4 (41. Bxa6 Bxa6 42. Kxa6 h6 $19 )Kb6 42. Kc4 Be6+ 43. Kd4 a5 44. Bd1 Kb5 45. f5 Bd7 46. Kd5 Kb4 47. g4 h6 48. h4 a4 49. Bxa4 Bxa4 {KB-KP} 50. e5 Bb3+ 51. Kd6 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent exf6.} fxe5 52. Kxe5 Kc5 53. h5 Bd1 54. f6 $1 {} gxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Bxg4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "So,Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b4 {The position is equal.} d6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qb2 Ne6 6. Ne3 Bg5 7. Nd5 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 0-0 (8... f6 $14 )9. b5 $1 $16 Ncd8 $2 {[#]} (9... Ne5 $16 )10. Nf6+ $1 $18 {} gxf6 11. Qh6 $1 f5 12. Qf6 $1 Ng7 13. Bc3 $1 Nde6 {[#]} 14. h4 $1 Bxb5 15. h5 Rce8 16. h6 Qd8 17. hxg7 (17. cxb5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} )Qxf6 $16 18. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 19. Bxf6 Bxc4 20. Nc3 b5 21. Rh4 Re6 22. Bd8 $36 {
White is in control.} c5 23. Bb3 (23. Bc2 $16 )Bxb3 $14 24. axb3 b4 25. Nd5 {aiming for Kf1.} Ng6 26. Rh3 Rxe2 27. Re3 (27. Rd3 $16 )Rd2 $2 {
} (27... Rxe3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 28. Nxe3 Kf8 )28. Re8+ $18 Kg7 29. Bf6+ Kh6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 30. Ne3 {Black must now
prevent Rg8.} f4 31. Nc4 (31. Nf5+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kh5 32. Ng7+ Kh6 33. Rd8 )Rd3 {[#]} 32. Ra8 (32. Rg8 $1 $18 )f3 $2 {
} (32... Kh5 $16 )33. g4 Nf4 34. Rg8 {} Ne6 35. Ne3 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.75} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b3 {The position is equal.} e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Ne6 4. Ng3 0-0 5. Nc3 {} d6 6. Nd5 Ne7 7. Bc2 Bc6 8. Nb4 Bd7 9. Nd5 b5 10. Qb1 h6 11. Be4 Qb8 12. Nxe7+ Bxe7 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bf5 $1 e4 18. Nh5 Be5 19. d4 $1 Bd6 20. Qb2 Ba6 21. f3 Qb5 22. Bg3 g6 (22... Bxg3 $11 )23. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 24. Nf4 Kh7 25. Kh2 {Hoping for fxe4.
} exf3 (25... Qe8 $14 )26. gxf3 $16 Rf8 27. Rhg1 Rf6 28. Qc2 Ba3 29. Nxg6 Qe2+ $14 ({Don't go for} 29... Rxg6 $2 30. h5 $18 )30. Qxe2 Bxe2 {[#]} 31. Rce1 Bxf3 {[#]} 32. Ref1 $1 {And now Ne5 would win.} Rxg6 (32... Rf5 $1 $11 {remains
equal.} )33. Rxf3 $16 Rcg8 34. Rf7+ R8g7 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 $14 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Rg2 Bc1 37. Re2 c6 $2 (37... Kg6 $11 )38. Bf4 $1 $18 Ba3 39. Rc2 Kg6 40. Rg2+ (40. Rxc6 $16 Re7 41. Kg3 )Kf7 $14 41. Bxh6 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 {KB-KB} Kg6 43. Bg5 a6 44. Kf3 Kh5 45. Ke2 Kg4 46. Kd3 Bb4 47. Kc2 Bd6 48. Kc3 Kh5 49. b4 Kg4 50. Kb3 Bc7 51. Ka4 Kh5 52. Kb3 Kg4 53. a3 {} e5 $2 {} (53... Bh2 $11 )54. dxe5 $1 $18 Bxe5 55. Kc2 $1 Bd6 56. Kd3 c5 $2 (56... Kf5 57. Kd4 Kg4 )57. bxc5 $1 Bxc5 58. a4 Kf5 59. Bd8 Ba7 60. h5 Bc5 61. h6 $2 (61. Bh4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bb6 62. Be7 )Kg6 $16 {[#]} 62. Bg5 $1 {} Bb6 $2 ({But not} 62... Kxg5 $2 63. h7 $18 )(62... Bb4 $16 63. Bf4 Be1 )(62... Bb4 63. h7 )63. Bf4 Bc5 64. Ke2 (64. e4 $142 dxe4+ 65. Kxe4 Kh7 66. Be3 Bd6 67. Kd5 Be7 68. Kc6 Bd8 69. Kb7 )Be7 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke2 $2 (66. h7 $18 Bf6 67. Bd6 )d4 $2 { [#]} (66... Kg6 $11 )67. Kd3 $1 {} dxe3 68. Bxe3 Kg6 69. Kc4 Bh4 70. Kc5 Be1 71. Kb6 a5 72. Kb5 Bc3 73. Kc4 Be1 74. Kd3 Bb4 75. Kc4 Be1 $1 76. Kb5 Bc3 $1 77. Bb6 {White mates.} Kxh6 78. Bxa5 Bd4 79. Bb6 Bc3 80. Bc5 Kg6 81. Bb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.29} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Shankland,Sam"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b4 { The position is equal.} a5 2. b5 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 c6 5. Rxc4 Nbd7 6. bxc6 Rxc6 7. Rxc6 bxc6 8. d3 e5 9. Ne3 Ne6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bc3 f6 12. Nbd2 Ndc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Bf7 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Rxb3 18. Nxb3 {aiming for Bd2.} Nf4 19. Qb2 c5 $1 {
[#]} 20. f3 Qa7 {A mistake that costs the game.} (20... c4 $16 21. Nc5 Qf8 )21. Kh1 c4 22. dxc4 Qf2 {} 23. e4 Ne2 $2 {[#]} (23... Qxb2 24. Bxb2 Nd3 )24. Re1 $18 Bxc4 {intending ...Bb6.} 25. Nc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.41} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Aronian,Levon"]
[Black "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {} c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 e6 4. c4 bxc4 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Be2 Ne5 ({Black should try} 6... d6 $14 )7. Rd1 Na6 {} 8. Ne3 Nb4 9. Nxc4 (9. 0-0 $16 )Nxc4 $14 10. Bxc4 Nc2 11. Qc1 Nd4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 Qb8 ({
Black should play} 13... Kh8 $14 )14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Rd3 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Rh3 Bf6 18. b3 Bf7 19. Qd1 Rce8 20. g4 g6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bd2 Re7 23. Re1 Rfe8 (23... Rxe1+ {with more complications.} 24. Qxe1 Qd6 25. Kg1 a6 26. Qf1 Nb5 )24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 d6 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Bd2 Qa3 29. Kg2 Qb2 30. Kg3 h6 31. h4 Kh7 32. Be1 {[#]} (32. Be3 $11 )Nc2 $1 $17 {} 33. Bd2 Nb4 34. Qe3 hxg5 (34... Bd4 $5 35. Qe1 $8 Bg7 $11 )35. hxg5 Bd4 (35... Nxa2 $6 36. Nb5 $11 )36. Qe1 {[#] aiming for Nb5.} Kg7 (36... Nc2 $1 $15 37. Na4 Qxa2 )37. Nb5 $14 Nc2 {} 38. Qc1 {Hoping for Qxb2.} Qxa2 {The
position is equal.} ({Don't play} 38... Qxc1 $6 39. Bxc1 Nb4 40. Bd2 $16 (40. Nxd6 Bxd5 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11 ))39. Nxd6 Na3 $1 40. Nxf7 Nxc4 41. bxc4 Qb3+ 42. Kg2 Kxf7 43. Qe1 Qxc4 44. Qe6+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qa2.} 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
13/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White is
slightly better.} d5 2. Nb3 g6 3. 0-0-0 Bb5 4. g4 Nb6 5. Qf3 Ne6 6. h4 c6 7. Ng3 Bd6 8. Ba5 0-0-0 9. c3 Rde8 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. e3 Nc7 12. Bd3 Ba4 13. Bc2 ({
But not} 13. Qxf7 $2 Ref8 $19 )Rgf8 14. g5 Kb8 15. Qg4 f5 16. gxf6 exf6 17. Ne2 f5 18. Qh3 Qf6 19. h5 {White is now going downhill.} g5 20. h6 g4 21. Qh5 Ne6 22. Ng3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Ng5 24. Nd2 (24. Rg2 $17 )Bxc2 $1 $19 25. Kxc2 c5 26. Nb3 Ne4 27. Rg2 Qc6 28. f3 Nd6 { Strongly threatening .
..Nc4.} 29. Nd2 (29. Re1 )Rxe3 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. fxg4 d4 32. Qh2 f4 {
...Qa4+ is the strong threat.} 33. Rf2 (33. Kc1 $142 dxc3 34. Nb1 cxb2+ 35. Rxb2 )Qa4+ 34. Nb3 Qxa2 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Rxd4 {[#]} Ne4 (36... Rc8 $142 $1 37. Re2 (37. Kc1 Rcxc3+ )Rcxc3+ 38. Kd2 {[#]} Qb1 $1 {} 39. Rxe3 Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Qd2 Qxd2# )37. Rxf4 Rxc3+ $1 38. Kd1 Qb1+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.71/Black=0.18} (38... Qa1+ $142 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Ke1 Re3+ 41. Kf1 Ng3+ { Overworked Piece} 42. Qxg3 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Rxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qg2# )0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Aronian,Levon"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {White
is slightly better.} c5 2. Ne3 Nb6 3. c3 g6 4. g3 d6 5. 0-0-0 Ba4 6. Bc2 Nfd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 0-0 9. f4 Rc6 {Black is now going downhill.} (9... e5 $14 )10. Kb1 $16 Rfc8 11. Qf3 Bxc2+ 12. Naxc2 Na4 (12... e6 $16 {was necessary.} )13. Rg2 $18 Rb6 (13... e6 $142 14. Nb4 Rb6 )14. Nb4 {aiming for Nbd5.} e6 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Qg7 $142 16. b3 Nc3+ 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 )16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nac5 $142 17. Nc4 Kg7 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 )17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qd4 Nf3 (19... Qg7 $142 20. Nbd5 Ra6 )20. Qd7 Rf8 21. Qxa4 Qe5 22. Nec2 Rd6 23. Rc1 a5 {[#]} 24. Bc3 $1 Qc5 {[#]} 25. Qb3 $1 Rc8 {[#]} (25... Qb6 26. Na3 )26. Nd3 $1 {
Deflection} Rxd3 (26... Qd5 27. Qxd5 )27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Re2+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kc6 31. Re6+ Rd6 32. Rxd6+ Qxd6 33. Nd4+ (33. Bxa5 $142 Nd2+ 34. Bxd2 )Kb6 34. Qb3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.78} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland,Sam"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. g4 {} (1. g3 $14 )c6 $11 2. c3 d5 3. e4 Nb6 4. Ne3 0-0-0 5. 0-0-0 Ng6 6. d4 e6 7. Bd2 Nf4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 8. Rge1 g5 9. Nb3 h5 10. f3 hxg4 11. Nxg4 dxe4 12. fxe4 f6 13. e5 {[#]} fxe5 14. Nxe5 $2 (14. Bxf4 $17 gxf4 15. h3 )Bxe5 $19 15. Rxe5 {[#]} (15. dxe5 Bh5 16. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 gxf4 18. Rg1 )Qxe5 $3 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.02} 0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White is slightly
better.} d5 2. g3 e6 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. Bb4 Ng6 (4... g5 $14 )5. Nfd2 0-0-0 6. 0-0 h5 7. h4 c6 8. c4 Bc7 (8... Nf8 $16 9. Be7 Rd7 )9. Bxg6 $18 fxg6 10. Be7 Rd7 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Nc5 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 dxc4 (14... dxe4 {was worth a try.
} 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qxg6 (16. Qxe6+ Rd7 $16 )Rd7 )15. Nxc4 Re8 {[#]} 16. d5 $1 e5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 {Threatens to win with Qh3.} Kb8 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qd7 Qf8 {Threatening ...Rd8.} 22. Rd3 {Strongly threatening
Rb3+.} Re7 23. Rb3+ Ka8 24. Qd2 $36 { aiming for Qb4. Black is
under strong pressure.} Ref7 { [#]} 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Rc3 Rf3 27. Kg2 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Rd7 29. Rc1 Rd4 (29... Qd4 {might work better.} )30. Qc2 Kb8 (30... Rd8 {was called for.} 31. a3 Rc8 )31. b4 Qe7 32. Ne3 Qf7 33. a4 Rxb4 {
Now ...Qd7 and Black clings on.} 34. Qxc6 {And now Nd5! would win.} Rb2 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Bb6 $2 (36... Qd7 37. Qb3+ Kc8 )37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Qb3+ Qb7 39. Qf3 a5 $2 (39... Qc8 40. Qf7 Qc2 41. Qf8+ (41. Qxg6 {gets mated.} Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1# )Kb7 )40. Qf8+ Ka7 41. Qd8 Bb6 $2 (41... Qb2 42. Qc7+ (42. Qxa5+ Kb7 $18 )Qb7 )42. Qxb6+ Qxb6 43. Nxb6 Kxb6 {
Endgame KP-KP} 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Kc5 46. Kf3 Kd4 47. e5 Kd5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5 g6 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error
Value: White=0.12/Black=0.63} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "So,Wesley"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {
White is slightly better.} e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 3. c3 Nb6 4. 0-0-0 g6 5. g3 c6 6. Nb3 0-0-0 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Nc4 10. Ng4 (10. Bc3 $11 )f5 11. Nf6 {
[#]} (11. Ne3 $11 {and White is okay.} )Rf8 $2 ({Black should play} 11... Nxd4 $1 $19 {} 12. f4 (12. Rxd4 $2 Bxe5 13. Nxg8 Bxd4 $19 )Ne2+ 13. Kc2 Ne3+ 14. Kd2 Nxd1 15. Kxe2 Nxb2 )12. Nxe8 Rdxe8 13. f4 g5 14. Qf3 Qg7 15. Bb4 Rf7 16. Nc5 Qh6 (16... a5 $16 {was called for.} )17. Nxe6 $18 Rxe6 18. b3 a5 (18... g4 $142 19. Qc3 Nb6 )19. Bc3 (19. Bc5 $142 b6 20. bxc4 bxc5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc6+ 24. Kd2 )Na3 20. Bd3 {Threatens to
win with fxg5.} g4 21. Qe2 Qf8 22. h3 h5 (22... gxh3 $142 23. Bb2 (23. Bxa5 Bc7 $16 )Re8 )23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bb2 (24. Rh1 $18 )Rh6 $2 {} (24... Bd6 $16 {is a better chance.} 25. Rh1 Bb4 )25. Rh1 (25. e6 $142 Rfh7 26. e7 Rxe7 27. Bxa3 )Rfh7 26. Rxh6 Rxh6 27. Qg2 $1 Bc7 {[#]} 28. Rh1 $1 {
} Rxh1+ 29. Qxh1 Kb8 30. Qe1 (30. Bc3 $18 )a4 $2 {[#]} (30... Bd8 $16 31. e6 Be7 )31. Bc3 $1 { And now Bb4 would win.} ({Not} 31. bxa4 Nc4 $16 )Bd8 32. Bb4 Be7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Kb2 Nb5 (34... axb3 $142 35. axb3 (35. Kxb3 Nc4 $16 )b6 )35. Bxb5 a3+ 36. Kc2 cxb5 37. Qa5 $2 (37. e6 $18 {Kd3 is the strong threat.} Kc7 38. Qe5+ Qd6 39. Kd3 )Qh7 $1 $11 {
The position is equal.} 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Qa5+ Kb8 40. Qd8+ Ka7 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.40/Black=0.48} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "So,Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The position is equal.} g6 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 gxf5 4. g3 c5 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nbc6 7. c3 Qd7 8. Ne3 Ne6 9. a4 (9. Qd1 $14 )Nc7 $11 10. a5 e5 11. Qc2 0-0-0 12. fxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 $11 )13. Nec4 Na6 14. Qa4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. 0-0-0 Bg7 ({Don't go for} 16... Qxd3 $2 17. Nb3 $16 )17. Be3 Qxd3 (17... Qe6 $11 )18. Nf3 (18. Bg5 $16 )Qe2 $14 {aiming for ...Rxd1+.} 19. Rde1 { White has compensation.} Qd3 20. Rd1 Qe2 {Threatens to win
with ...Rxd1+.} 21. Qb5 Kb8 {Hoping for ...Rxd1+.} ({Reject} 21... Rxd1+ $6 22. Rxd1 Kb8 23. Ng1 $16 )22. Rde1 Qd3 $40 { Black attacks.} 23. Bg5 $2 {
[#]} (23. Rd1 $11 Qe2 24. Rde1 )Nab4 $1 $19 {} 24. cxb4 Nxb4 {} 25. Qa4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qd3+ 27. Kc1 {[#]} Rd4 $1 {( -> ...Rc4+)} 28. Nxd4 (28. Nd2 f4 )cxd4 {Black mates.} 29. Bd2 Rc8+ 30. Kd1 Nc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.28} (30... Bf8 $142 31. a6 b5 32. Qxb5+ Qxb5 33. Rf3 e4 34. Rb3 Qa4 35. Rf1 Qxb3+ 36. Ke2 Qd3+ 37. Ke1 e3 38. Rf2 Nc2+ 39. Kd1 exf2 40. Kc1 f1=Q+ 41. Be1 Nxe1# )0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. g3 {The position is equal.} f5 2. d4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Nd2 Nd7 {} 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf2 Nf7 7. Nd3 Nd6 8. Qc2 Nfe4 9. Nf3 $1 Be6 10. Nfe5 0-0 11. Be3 b6 {} 12. 0-0 c5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Nf2 Qb7 15. Bf3 b5 16. Kg2 Bf6 17. h4 Nxf2 18. Bxf2 Ne4 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rh1 Rg8 21. h5 {And now Bxe4 would win.} g5 {...gxf4 is the strong threat.} (21... Bxe5 {is more complex.} 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. dxe5 gxh5 24. Qd2 Raf8 )22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. fxg5 Bxg5 {[#]} 24. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 (24... Rxg6 $2 25. hxg6 Bxe3 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Qd1 $18 )25. Bxg5 e3+ (25... Kg7 $14 )26. Kg1 $16 gxh5 27. Rxh5+ Kg7 28. Qc1 (28. Bxe3 $6 Rh8 $14 )Qe4 (28... Rh8 $16 29. Bh6+ Kg6 30. Qxe3 Rag8 )29. Rh4 $18 ({Resist} 29. Qxe3 $6 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Kg6 $16 )({Not} 29. Bxe3 Kf7 $14 )Qd5 30. Qxe3 ({Stronger than} 30. Bxe7 Kf7 $11 )Rh8 31. Bxe7 Kf7 32. Bg5 {White has a decisive advantage.} Rxh4 33. gxh4 Re8 34. Kf2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.13} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Shankland,Sam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The position is
equal.} e5 (1... f5 $142 )2. f4 exf4 3. Rxf4 g6 4. Ne3 d6 5. c3 Ne6 6. Rf1 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. d4 (8. Rxf5 $14 )f4 $1 $11 9. Nd5 {[#]} Nc5 $1 10. dxc5 $2 (10. Nxf4 $15 )Bxd5 $19 11. Rxf4 Qe6+ $1 12. Kd1 (12. Qe3 {was worth a
try.} )Rxf4 13. Qxf4 Nc6 14. Nd2 {[#]} (14. h3 $142 )Qg6 (14... 0-0-0 $1 $19 15. cxd6 Be5 )15. cxd6 (15. Qg3 $17 )0-0-0 (15... Be5 $19 )16. dxc7 $17 {[#]} Rd7 17. Bxa7 $2 {} Rf7 $2 (17... Nxa7 $19 {
is more deadly.} 18. Qf8+ Kxc7 19. Qxh8 Qg4+ 20. Kc1 Qe2 )18. Qa4 ({Better is} 18. Qh4 )Qd3 {} 19. Kc1 $2 {} (19. Qg4+ $17 Kxc7 20. Qe2 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Nxa7 22. g3 )Bxc3 $19 {Black is clearly
winning.} 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Kd1 Qxa1+ 22. Kc2 Nxa7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=1.13/Black=0.37} 0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Aronian,Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The
position is equal.} c5 2. f4 g6 3. Ne3 d6 4. g4 Ndc6 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Qc7 7. c3 e6 8. Qc2 0-0-0 9. 0-0-0 Kb8 10. Kb1 Ne7 11. f5 h6 12. h4 {White now steadily
converts the win.} e5 13. Qa4 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f6 17. c4 Bf7 18. b4 b6 19. Ka1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 (20... Bg7 {is a better defense.} 21. Ne4 Rh8 )21. Qa3 $18 Bg7 {[#]} 22. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $2 (22... Rh8 )23. Bxe4 Kc8 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 {Qa4+ would kill now.} bxc5 {
} 27. Rxc5 Qd6 28. Qa4+ Ke7 29. Rc6 Be8 30. Qxa7+ Rd7 31. Qa5 Qb8 32. Rb1 Qd8 33. d6+ { [#] Deflection. White mates.} Rxd6 34. Rb7+ Bd7 35. Qc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.80} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. f4 {The position is equal.} f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nbc3 c6 4. d3 d5 5. e4 fxe4 6. dxe4 d4 $1 7. Ne2 e5 8. Nf2 c5 9. Nd3 Nd7 {} 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Bh3 c4 13. Nb4 Nc5 14. Nxc6 $1 Nxe4 15. Qa5 $1 Qxc6 16. 0-0-0 d3 17. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 {[#]} (18. bxc3 $11 )Be6 (18... Bf6 $1 $17 )19. Bxe6 $1 $11 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 0-0 21. fxe5 Rfd8 22. Bc5 (22. cxd3 $11 {
remains equal.} Rxd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 )Rac8 $17 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 $11 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd6 $17 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Re7 Rf8 {aiming for ...d2+!} 27. cxd3 cxd3 28. Rxb7 Rf2 (28... a5 {is more
complex.} 29. Rc7 a4 30. Rc4 a3 31. Ra4 Rf2 )29. Rd2 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {
KR-KR} 31. Rf2+ Ke6 32. Kd2 Ke5 (32... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.} )33. Ke3 (33. Rf7 $16 )g5 34. g4 a5 (34... d2 $11 35. Rxd2 Rh6 )35. a4 (35. Rf5+ $16 Ke6 36. Kd2 )Ke6 36. Rb2 Kd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kc4.} 37. Kxd3 {And now Rb5+ would win.} Rh6 $2 { This costs Black the game.} (37... Kc6+ $1 $14 38. Kc4 Rf6 )38. Rb5+ $18 Kc6 39. Rxg5 Rxh2 (39... Rh4 $142 40. Rxa5 Rxh2 )40. Rxa5 Rg2 41. Rg5 Kb6 42. Kc4 h6 $2 (42... Rd2 43. Rb5+ Ka6 )43. Rg6+ Ka5 44. Kc5 Kxa4 45. c4 Kb3 (45... Ka5 $142 46. Rg8 (46. Rxh6 Rxg4 47. Rd6 Ka4 $14 )Ka6 )46. Kb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.54} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The position is equal.} f5 2. e5 $1 c5 {[#]} 3. f4 $1 d6 4. Nf3 0-0-0 5. 0-0-0 ({White should play} 5. c4 $16 )Bd5 (5... g6 $14 )6. d4 cxd4 7. Bxd4 e6 8. Nb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 (9... Bxe5 $142 10. Bxe5 Nb6 )10. c4 $16 Be4 11. Qf2 Qb4 12. Bc3 ({Don't play} 12. Bxa7 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Qxc4+ 14. Bc2 Ng4 $15 )Qb6 (12... Rxd1+ $142 13. Rxd1 Qe7 )13. Bd4 (13. c5 $142 Qb5 14. Nf7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 )Qb4 14. Nd2 ({Reject} 14. Bxa7 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qxc4+ 16. Bc2 Ng4 $15 )Bxb1 15. Kxb1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nb6 17. Qe2 Na4 (17... Nbd7 $16 )18. Bxf6 gxf6 { [#]} 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 {} 20. Nb3 Rde8 21. Qxf6 Qxc4 $2 {} (21... Rhf8 $16 {is more resistant.} 22. Qd4 Re4 )22. Rd4 $18 {White is clearly
winning.} Qb5 23. Qd6+ Ka8 24. Rb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.62
} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {White is slightly better.} f5 2. e5 f4 3. d4 d6 4. 0-0-0 0-0-0 5. Nd3 Nb6 6. f3 c6 7. g3 fxg3 8. Qh3+ ({White
should play} 8. hxg3 $11 Bc4 9. c3 )Nd7 $1 $15 9. hxg3 Qxf3 10. Rh2 Nc7 11. Rf1 Qd5 {} 12. Nf4 Qb5 13. Re1 Bc4 (13... Qa5 $17 {
} 14. c3 Bxa2 15. exd6 exd6 16. Bxa2 Qxa2 )14. c3 (14. exd6 $15 exd6 15. c3 )dxe5 $19 15. dxe5 g5 16. Ng6 (16. b3 $142 gxf4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. gxf4 )hxg6 17. Qxh8 Ne6 18. Qh7 Nxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3.} 19. Qxe7 Bd6 {} 20. Qf6 {Threatening Rh8.} Ng4 21. Qxg6 Bxg3 (21... Nxh2 22. Bf5 $17 )22. Bf5 Bf4+ $1 (22... Nxh2 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Bxh2 $17 )23. Kb1 {[#]} Kb8 $1 24. a4 $2 {[#]} (24. Nc2 Nxh2 25. Bxh2 Bxh2 26. Bxe6 )Qa5 $2 ({Less strong is} 24... Qxa4 25. b3 $17 )(24... Qe5 $1 $19 {} 25. Be4 Nxh2 )25. Bxg4 $11 {And now
Qf6 would win.} ({Don't blunder} 25. b4 $2 Qxa4 26. Bxg4 Bxh2 $19 )Bd3+ {
[#]} 26. Qxd3 $1 Rxd3 27. Rxe6 Rd8 (27... Bxh2 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Bxh2+ Ka8 )28. Nc2 $2 (28. Rhh6 $16 )Qxa4 (28... Bxh2 $15 {stays ahead.} 29. Bxh2+ Ka8 )29. Rg2 ({White should try} 29. Rhh6 $16 )Qc4 30. Re1 b6 31. Nd4 (31. Bd4 $16 )Kb7 $2 {} (31... Qd3+ $11 32. Nc2 Qd5 )32. Re7+ $2 (32. Be2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Qf7 33. Bf3 )Kb8 $2 {} (32... Ka8 $16 33. Rge2 Qd3+ 34. Ka2 Qc4+ 35. b3 Qxc3 )33. Be2 $18 Qa4 34. Bf3 Rd6 {[#]} (34... Rxd4 $142 35. Bxd4 Qb5 )35. Re8+ $2 (35. Rh2 $1 { Rh8+ would kill now.} Be5 (35... Qa6 36. Rh8+ )36. Rhh7 )Kc7 {With the idea ...c5.} 36. Re7+ $2 (36. Be2 $18 )Kd8 $2 {} (36... Kb8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} )37. Re1 $2 ({Only move:} 37. Re4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Ne6+.} Qc4 38. Rge2 )Kc8 $2 {} (37... c5 $11 )38. Rge2 Kb7 39. Re7+ Ka6 40. Bg4 (40. Be2+ $142 b5 41. Nxb5 $1 {} Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 c5 43. Rxa7+ Kb6 44. Rxa4 Be5 45. Bxc5+ $1 { Deflection} Kxc5 46. Ra6 Bxc3 47. bxc3 g4 48. Rdd6 g3 49. Rac6# )Rd8 41. Bd1 {
What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.98} (41. Be2+ $142 b5 {[#]} 42. Nxb5 $1 {} c5 43. Rxa7+ Kb6 44. Rxa4 Bg3 45. Rf1 Bf4 46. b4 )1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian,Levon"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {
White is slightly better.} f5 2. e5 f4 3. f3 c5 (3... 0-0-0 $14 )4. d4 (4. Qe2 $1 $16 )c4 $1 $11 5. c3 $1 d6 6. 0-0-0 0-0-0 (6... Nec7 $11 {keeps the
balance.} )7. d5 $16 dxe5 8. Qxc4+ Nac7 {} 9. Qa4 a6 ({Better is} 9... Bxd5 $14 10. Bxa7 Nd6 )10. Nd3 Nxd5 {[#]} (10... Qf6 $16 )11. Nc5 (11. c4 $1 $18 )Nd6 $14 12. Nab3 (12. c4 $16 Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. Qb4 )Qe8 (12... Nb6 $5 {} 13. Qb4 Nd5 14. Rxd5 Bxd5 $14 )13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Bf2 ({White should play} 14. Re1 $11 )Ne3 15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. Rhe1 Ba7 17. Nd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {} 18. Ne5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rhf8 20. fxe4 Rf2 21. Ng4 Rxg2 22. Nxe3 Rxh2 23. e5 {Threatens to win with Ng4.} Nf7 (23... Bxe3+ $17 24. Rxe3 Nf7 )24. Ng4 $15 Rh4 (24... Rh5 {with more complications.} 25. Rh1 g6 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Bf5+ Kb8 )25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nh6 27. Bxh7 Rf8 (27... Nxg4 $5 28. Bf5+ $8 Kc7 29. Bxg4 Be3+ 30. Kc2 Rd8 $11 )28. Nxh6 Be3+ 29. Kd1 {Nf5 is
the strong threat.} gxh6 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} (29... Bxh6 {
keeps more tension.} 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Kf3 Rd2 32. Rb1 a5 )30. Ke2 Bg5 31. b4 Rd8 32. Bf5+ Kc7 33. Rd1 (33. Kf3 {is interesting.} Rd2 34. Rb1 Rh2 35. Bg6 Bh4 36. Kf4 )Rxd1 34. Kxd1 $15 {KB-KB} Bf4 35. e6 Kd6 36. Bg4 Ke5 37. Ke2 Bc1 38. b3 Kf4 39. Bf3 b6 40. Bb7 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Bc6 Ba3 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Bxb4 45. Be8 Bc5 46. Kf1 Ke5 47. Bf7 h5 $2 {} (47... Kf5 $15 )48. Bxh5 Kxe6 {Mate.} 49. Bg4+ Ke5 50. Bh3 e6 51. Bxe6 Kxe6 { Weighted
Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.16. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Shankland,Sam"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White is slightly better.} d5 2. f3 Nd6 3. c3 f5 4. Nd3 Nb6 {} 5. Nb3 Nbc4 6. Nbc5 Qe8 7. b3 Na3 8. Be3 0-0-0 9. Qf2 Qb5 {Black is now going downhill.} (9... h6 $14 )10. Ne5 $16 Nxb1 11. Rxb1 Nc4 12. a4 $40 { White attacks with
force.} Qb6 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc6 (14... h6 {is a better defense.} 15. Nd3 Qa5 )15. b4 $18 {} Bf7 16. b5 Qg6 17. Nd3 a5 $2 {[#]
} (17... Qe6 18. f4 (18. Bxa7 Bxa7 19. Qxa7 Qb6+ 20. Qxb6 cxb6 $16 )b6 )18. bxa6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxa6 19. Nc5 Qa8 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Nc5 Rdd8 22. Rb4 Ba7 23. Nd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.43} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "So,Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {White has an edge.} e5 2. f4 d6 (2... exf4 $11 )3. Nb3 $14 Qe7 4. c4 f6 5. d4 exf4 6. Qxf4 Nb6 {
} 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Na5 Na4 $1 10. Nf3 Nc5 $1 11. Nxd4 Be6 (11... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.} )12. 0-0-0 ({Better is} 12. Be2 $16 )Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 $1 14. Qxe2 g6 $2 {[#]} (14... Qxe4 $11 {and Black is okay.} )15. Ndc6+ $1 $18 {} bxc6 16. Bxc5 Qe6 17. Qe3 Bc7 $2 {
Loses the game.} (17... Ke7 $16 )18. Nxc6+ Kd7 {[#]} 19. Qb3 $1 Bb6 20. Nd4 ({
Less strong is} 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nd4 Qxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Rxc4+ 23. Kb1 Rf8 $14 )(20. Nxa7 Bxc5 21. Nxc8 Kxc8 $14 )Qxe4 (20... Qxc4+ 21. Qxc4 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Bxc5 )21. Bxb6 {White is clearly winning.} axb6 22. Rhe1 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 {
Threatening mate with Qa4+.} Nc7 24. Qxb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/
Black=0.65} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White has an edge.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Ne3 Nb6 4. Bb3 Ne6 5. Nac2 Nf4 6. Qd2 dxc4 $1 7. Nxc4 Qg4 $1 8. g3 $2 (8. N4e3 $17 {was worth a try.} )Nxe2+ $19 9. Kg2 Nd5 $1 10. f3 Nef4+ $1 11. Kf2 {[#]} Nh3+ $1 12. Ke2 {[#]} Ndf4+ $1 {
} 13. gxf4 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 14. Kd3 Qxh1 15. N2e3 Qxf3 16. Bg3 Nxf4+ 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qg5 19. Ne5 e6 20. Qf2 0-0 21. Bxe6 Bf6 22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Black took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/
Black=0.18} 0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Shankland,Sam"]
[Black "So,Wesley"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {White has an edge.
} e5 2. Nb3 Ne6 3. Ne3 Nb6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Nf4 $1 6. c4 c6 7. Qc3 (7. d4 $14 )0-0 (7... cxd5 $11 )8. Qxe5 $14 Nd3 9. Qe4 Nxe1 10. Bg4 $1 cxd5 11. cxd5 f5 $2 { A mistake that costs the game.} 12. Bxf5 $18 Rxf5 13. Nxf5 Bg6 {[#]} 14. g4 $1 Qd7 15. Rxe1 Nxd5 16. Nc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qf7 17. Qe5 Bc7 {[#]} (17... Nc7 $142 )18. Qxd5 $3 { Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.59} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Aronian,Levon"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White has an edge.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Ne3 Nb6 {
} 4. Nb3 Ng6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc4 b5 7. Ne5 (7. Ne3 $142 )Nxe5 $11 8. dxe5 Qf5 9. Nc5 Qxe5 10. e4 Nf4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bc3 Qg5 13. g3 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne6 15. Qxg5 Nxg5 16. Bc2 f6 17. f4 Ne6 18. e5 fxe5 19. 0-0-0 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rhe1 Rb7 22. Rxd4 0-0 23. Rde4 Bf7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxa2 26. Rxa7 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd5 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. Bd3 b4 {} 29. Kc2 b3+ 30. Kb2 Re8 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Bxh7 Re2+ 33. Kc3 Rxh2 34. Bf5 Rg2 35. Rxd5 $2 cxd5 {KR-KB} 36. c6 {[#]
} d4+ $1 ({And not} 36... Rxg3+ 37. Kd4 $11 )37. Kxb3 ({Don't go for} 37. Kxd4 $2 {[#]} Rc2 $1 $19 {} )Rxg3+ 38. Kc4 Rc3+ 39. Kxd4 Rxc6 40. Be4 Ra6 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. Kf5 Ra4 43. Bc6 Rc4 44. Bb7 Rd4 45. Bf3 Rd6 46. Kg5 (46. Ke5 $17 )Rd3 47. Bh5 (47. Be4 $17 Rd6 48. Kf5 )Rg3+ 48. Kf5 Kd6 49. Bf7 Kc5 50. Ke4 (50. Bg6 $17 {was called for.} )Rg1 51. Bh5 Kd6 {
aiming for ...Ke6.} 52. Bf7 Ke7 53. Bc4 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ra1 {Hoping for ...Ra3+.} 55. Bd3 Ra3 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Be2 Ra4+ 58. Ke5 $2 {Loses the game.} (58. Kf3 $17 )Ra2 59. Bf3 Ra1 60. Bg4 Re1+ 61. Kd4 Rg1 62. Bc8 Kh5 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kf5 Re8 65. Bb7 Rf8+ 66. Ke5 Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.12} 0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {White has an edge.} d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 Qxc5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Bb3 Qc6 6. Nc2 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Nfe3 Bf6 9. g3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. Bb4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Rh6 13. Na3 Nb6 14. Nac4 ({White
should try} 14. Qxc6 $11 )Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc6 17. f3 Rh8 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. e4 Bd8 20. Bc5 b6 21. Be3 Be7 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rbc1 Rb7 24. Kf2 Rf8 25. f4 Bb5 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rc8 Rd7 32. e5 f6 33. f5 Kf7 34. Rc6 Re7 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bd4 e5 37. Bc3 Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 {KB-KB} 39. Ke3 e4 40. Be1 Be5 $2 { [#]} (40... a5 $1 $11 )41. Kxe4 $2 (41. b4 $1 $18 Bxb2 42. b5 )Bxb2 42. Bf2 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ba3 $2 (43... Be5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} )44. g4 $18 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf7 46. Kf4 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (46... Bc5 47. Bxc5 bxc5 )47. Ke4 (47. Bd4 $142 Bb4 48. Ke4 )Kh6 $2 (47... Bb4 48. Kd5 Ba5 )48. Bd4 Kh5 49. Bxf6 b5 50. Bd8 {White mates.} a5 51. Bxa5 Kxh4 52. Ke5 Kg4 53. Ke6 Kf4 54. f6 Kg5 55. f7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.49} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {} c5 2. Ne3 b5 3. f4 e6 4. 0-0 Nb6 5. Bf3 (5. c3 $14 )d6 6. Nb3 Ng6 7. Bg3 f5 8. d4 0-0 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. exf5 exf5 11. c4 Bf6 12. Re1 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4+ Bf7 15. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Nxc5 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxb2 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nd3 Bc3 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bd2 22. Bf2 (22. Nb7 $5 {} Rd7 23. Bf2 $15 )Bxf4 23. Nb7 Rd2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 24. Rd1 (24. g3 $1 $15 Ne5 25. Bg2 )Ne5 $36 { Black is in control.} 25. Rxd2 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 {Strongly threatening
Rd8+.} Bxd2 27. Bxa7 $17 { Endgame KBB-KBN} Bd5 28. Nd6 g6 29. Kf2 Bb3 30. h4 Bb4 31. Nb7 Bxa4 32. Bd4 Be7 33. Kg3 f4+ 34. Kxf4 Bxh4 35. Nc5 Bc2 36. Ne4 h6 (36... Bd8 $142 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ne4+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ne4+ Kf7 41. Ng5+ Kg8 )37. Be3 (37. Bf6 $142 )Be7 38. Bc5 {[#]} Bd8 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Nf2 Bc7+ 41. Kg4 Bf5+ 42. Kh4 g5+ $2 ({Better is} 42... Bd8+ $19 43. Kg3 h5 )43. Kh5 $11 {The position is equal.} Bg6+ (43... Bf4 $5 44. Ng4 $8 Bg6+ 45. Kxh6 Bc2 $11 )44. Kxh6 g4 {} (44... Bc2 {seems wilder.} 45. Kxg5 Bd8+ 46. Kg4 Ke6 47. Ne4 Bd1 )45. Ne4 Bxe4 46. fxe4 {KB-KB} g3 47. Kh5 g2 48. Kg4 Bh2 49. Kf3 g1=R 50. Bxg1 Bxg1 51. e5 Bd4 52. e6+ Kxe6 {Black had all
chances to win. Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 {The position is
equal.} g5 2. b3 b6 3. Nh3 g4 4. Nf4 Ne6 5. e3 f5 6. Qd2 (6. Nxe6 $11 )Nxf4 $15 7. exf4 Qh5 8. d5 Bxa1 9. Rxa1 e6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. g3 Qxh2 12. Kb2 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qh6 15. Ne7+ Kd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Qg7+ {is
interesting.} 17. c3 Qf7 18. c4 b5 19. Qb4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qf6+ )17. Qxd5 Qf6+ 18. c3 c6 19. Qd3 Kc7 20. Qa6 Ra8 21. Rad1 {[#] Intending Rxd7+! and mate.} Rf7 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Rd2 h5 25. a4 Qe1 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Re2 Qf6 28. Re5 Rf8 29. a5 {[#] Hoping for Qa6.} h4 $2 {
} (29... d6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 30. Re1 Ra8 )30. Qa6 $18 Qd6 (30... bxa5 $142 31. Qxa7+ Kc8 32. Rxa5 Qd6 )31. Qxa7+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ Kd8 33. Qxb6+ Kc8 (33... Qc7 $142 34. Qd4 hxg3 35. fxg3 Kc8 )34. Qa6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Qa6+ $2 (37. a6 {aiming for Qb7+.} Qc7 38. Qe3 )Kd8 38. Qb6+ $2 ({Inferior is} 38. gxh4 Qd2+ 39. Kb1 Qd1+ 40. Kb2 Qd2+ 41. Kb1 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ $11 )(38. Qb7 h3 39. a6 )Kc8 39. a6 {White threatens a7 and
mate.} Qc7 40. Qe3 Kb8 41. gxh4 Rh8 42. h5 Qc8 43. h6 Qxa6 44. Re8+ {White
mates.} Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kc7 46. Qe5+ Kb6 47. h7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
37/Black=0.62} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {White has an edge.} e5 2. Ne2 b6 3. Ndc3 f5 4. exf5 Rxf5 5. g4 Rf8 6. Bxa8 $1 Rxa8 7. 0-0-0 g6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Qxe1 10. Rdxe1 Kb7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rf7 {Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 13. Nfd5 Raf8 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Nb5 Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 d6 (16... Rf2 $11 )17. g5 a6 18. Nbxc7 Rxc7 19. Nxc7 Kxc7 {[#]} 20. Re8 $1 {} Nge7 21. Rh8 {
White has strong compensation.} Kd7 22. Rxh7 Ke6 23. h4 d5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Kf5 26. c3 Ng6 27. Rh7 {Black must now prevent Rb7.} Nce7 28. Rf7+ Kxg5 29. a4 Nc8 30. Rc7 Nge7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Ka3 Kf6 33. Ka4 Ke6 34. Kxa5 Kd6 35. Rb7 d4 36. Kxa6 {c4 is the strong threat.} dxc3 37. dxc3 {Strongly
threatening Rb8.} Nd5 (37... Kc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} )38. c4 $16 Nc7+ 39. Ka5 Kc6 (39... Ne7 $16 {was called for.} 40. Ka4 Kc6 )40. Rb8 $18 Nd6 (40... Kd7 {is a better chance.} 41. b4 Nd6 )41. Rb6+ Kd7 {[#]} 42. c5 $1 Ne4 43. b4 Nc3 $2 (43... Ne6 44. Kb5 Nc7+ 45. Kc4 Nd2+ 46. Kd3 Nf3 47. Rd6+ Ke7 )44. Rd6+ Kc8 45. Rd3 N7d5 46. b5 Kb7 47. Rh3 {White mates.} Ne4 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. b6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.38} (50. c7 $142 Nxc7 51. b6 Nf6 52. bxc7 Nxh7 53. c8=Q Nf6 54. Qf5 Nd7 55. Kb5 )1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b3 {
} e5 2. g4 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Rxf4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 0-0-0 7. 0-0-0 b6 8. Qh4 Nd4 {...g5! is the strong threat.} 9. g5 h6 10. Qxh6 Be5 11. Qh4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Ne6 13. Qg3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Kb1 Qa3 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. a3 Kb8 20. d3 Nc5 21. Rf1 Nxe4 $1 22. dxe4 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qxa3 {
White must now prevent ...Nb4.} 24. Rxf7 {[#]} (24. exd5 $11 {was the only way
to keep the balance.} Rxe2 25. Rxf7 )Re7 $1 $17 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Qe1 Nc6 (26... Qd6 $142 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 27. Bf3 Qxh2 )27. Bf6 Re8 28. Nc3 (28. Qd2 $142 )Qc5 29. Kb2 Ne5 30. Qg3 (30. Qd2 $17 )Bc6 31. Bg2 a5 32. Nd5 Qd4+ ({Black should play} 32... Bxd5 $19 33. exd5 Nc4+ $1 {} 34. bxc4 Re3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 )33. Qc3 Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxd5 35. exd5 { Endgame
KRN-KB} Ng4 36. Kd4 Re1 (36... b5 $17 {And now ...a4 would win.} 37. Kc5 Re2 )37. Bf3 $1 $11 {} Nxh2 38. Be4 Rg1 39. Ke3 Rf1 40. Ke2 Rf4 41. Ke3 {[#]} (41. Bxg6 $11 Ng4 42. Ba1 )Rf1 $2 (41... Rh4 $1 $17 {Threatens to
win with ...Ng4+.} 42. Bb2 (42. Bxg6 $2 Ng4+ 43. Kf3 Nxf6 $19 )Nf1+ 43. Kd3 Rh3+ 44. Kd4 Nd2 45. Bxg6 Rg3 )42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Ke3 $2 {White happily takes
the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.24} (43. Bxg6 $11 Ng4 44. Ba1 )1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "So,Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian,Levon"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b3 {} b6 2. c4 (2. e4 $142 )e5 $11 3. f4 exf4 $1 4. Nh3 Ne6 5. d3 f5 6. Nxf4 Nxf4 7. Rxf4 {[#]} g5 $1 8. Rf2 (8. Rf1 $142 )Bxa1 $1 $17 9. Rxa1 Nh6 (9... Qe5 $142 $1 )10. h3 f4 11. g4 $1 Bxh1 12. Qxh1 Nf7 13. Kc2 Ne5 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. Nc3 Qg7 16. b4 (16. e3 $11 )0-0 $15 17. b5 Rbe8 18. Qd4 c5 (18... Re6 $17 )19. Qd5+ $11 Kh8 20. a4 a5 21. Raf1 Ng6 22. Ne4 ({Wrong is} 22. Qxg5 $2 Re5 $19 )Re5 (22... Re6 {is interesting.} 23. e3 h6 24. Qb7 Ne5 25. Qd5 Ng6 )23. Qb7 d5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd2 Rfe8 26. Re1 dxc4 (26... h6 $15 )27. Nxc4 R5e6 28. e3 $1 fxe3 29. Rfe2 Nf4 30. Rxe3 Ng2 31. Rxe6 Nxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Nxb6 { Endgame Nd7 is the strong threat. KR-KN} Kf7 34. Nc4 Ke6 35. Nxa5 Ra1 $2 {} (35... Kd6 $11 )36. Nb3 $1 $18 {} Ra2+ {[#]} 37. Kb1 $1 {} Rf2 38. a5 {} Kd6 39. a6 Kc7 {[#]} 40. Nxc5 $2 (40. a7 $1 $18 {} Rf1+ 41. Kb2 Rf2+ 42. Ka3 )Kb6 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. Nd7+ Ka7 42. d4 Rf3 43. Kc2 Rxh3 44. d5 h5 45. d6 {And now Nf6 would win.} (45. Ne5 {looks sharper.
} hxg4 46. Nxg4 Rh8 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Ne5 )hxg4 46. Nf6 {Threatens to win
with d7.} Rh8 {aiming for ...g3.} 47. Nxg4 Rd8 48. Kd3 Rxd6+ 49. Ke4 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rxb5+ 51. Kg6 Kxa6 52. Kh5 Kb6 53. Nh6 Kc6 {Strongly threatening ...Kd7.} 54. Nf7 Kd5 {White must now prevent ...Ke6.} 55. Nxg5 Ke5 56. Kg4 Rb4+ 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Nd2 Re3 (60... Rh3 {looks sharper.} 61. Ke1 Ke5 62. Nc4+ Ke4 63. Nd2+ Kd3 )61. Nc4 Re4 62. Nd2 Re8 (62... Rd4 {is more complex.
} 63. Ke1 Rd3 64. Nf1 Kf3 65. Nd2+ Kg4 )63. Nc4 Re4 (63... Rd8 {is more
complex.} 64. Ke1 Ra8 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Nd2+ Kd5 )64. Nd2 Re7 (64... Rd4 {
is more complex.} 65. Ke1 Rd3 66. Nf1 Kf3 67. Nd2+ Kg4 )65. Nc4 Ke4 (65... Re8 {is interesting.} 66. Nd2 Rg8 67. Nc4 Rg7 68. Nd2 Rg5 )66. Nd2+ Kd3 67. Nf3 Rf7 68. Kg3 Ke3 69. Ng5 Rf4 (69... Rf1 {seems wilder.} 70. Kg4 Rf4+ 71. Kg3 Rf5 72. Kg4 Rf2 )70. Ne6 Rf1 71. Kg4 Rf7 72. Ng5 Rf6 73. Nh3 Rf1 74. Ng5 Rf4+ 75. Kg3 Rb4 (75... Rf6 {with more complications.} 76. Kg4 Kd4 77. Nf3+ Ke4 78. Ng5+ Kd5 )76. Nh3 Ke4 77. Ng5+ Kf5 78. Nf3 Rg4+ 79. Kf2 Ke4 {( -> ...Rf4!)} 80. Nd2+ Kf4 81. Ke2 Rg3 82. Kf2 Re3 (82... Ra3 {keeps more tension.} 83. Ke1 Ra2 84. Nf1 Kg4 85. Nd2 Kf5 )83. Nc4 Rh3 84. Ke2 Ke4 85. Nd2+ Kd4 86. Nf3+ Rxf3 87. Kxf3 {Quite a comeback for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland,Sam"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. f4 {White has an edge.} f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Nc3 Nf7 5. b3 Nf6 6. e3 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Bxa8 Rxa8 10. Qe2 Kb7 11. Bb2 c6 12. a4 Nd5 13. a5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd6 15. Bxh8 Rxh8 16. Ra1 Rhe8 17. Rf4 b5 18. c3 Re4 19. Kc2 Rae8 (19... h5 {looks sharper.} 20. Raf1 Qa3 21. Qd3 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Qa1+ )20. Qd3 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 $11 { Endgame
KRR-KRR} Kc7 22. h4 h5 23. c4 ({White should play} 23. Rxe4 $11 Rxe4 24. Ke2 )a6 (23... R4e5 $15 )24. Ke2 Kd6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. b4 Kc7 27. Rc1 Kb7 28. Rb1 Ka6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 30. d3 Rg4 31. Kf3 g5 32. hxg5 Rxg5 33. d4 d6 34. d5 (34. Rc1 $14 Kb7 35. Rc2 )c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Kf4 Rg8 37. Kxf5 {
[#] Hoping for e4.} c4 38. Ke5 c3 39. d6 Kxa5 {And now ...Ka4 would win.} 40. Kd4 b4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kb5.} 41. Kc4 Rc8+ 42. Kb3 c2 {} 43. Ra1+ Kb5 44. Kb2 {} (44. d7 $11 Rd8 45. Kxc2 )Rd8 $2 (44... c1=R $19 {( -> ...Rxa1)} 45. Ra7 R1c2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 )45. Rh1 Rxd6 {
...h4! is the strong threat.} 46. Kxc2 Rd5 47. Kb3 Rd3+ 48. Kb2 Ka4 (48... Rd5 {with more complications.} 49. e4 Rg5 50. Rh3 Kc5 51. Rh4 Kc4 )49. Rxh5 Rxe3 $2 {} (49... Rd2+ $11 50. Kc1 Re2 )50. Rh2 {Mate.} Rxg3 51. Rf2 Rb3+ 52. Ka2 Rc3 53. Kb2 Rb3+ 54. Ka2 Rc3 55. Kb2 { Weighted Error
Value: White=0.18/Black=0.12. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 {
The position is equal.} 4. 0-0 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ba5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 0-0 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Rd1 b6 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 {[#] White
threatens Qc8+ and mate.} (19. Qc1 {looks sharper.} Qc6 20. Qf4 h6 21. f3 Qc3 22. Bc4 )Qc6 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11 { Endgame KB-KB} 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 h6 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Ke7 27. b4 a5 28. a3 Kd6 29. Ke2 Bb7 30. Kd2 Bc6 31. Kc2 {White wants to play Kb3.} Ba4+ 32. Kc1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Bc6 34. Bc2 {Threatening Kd3.} Bb5 35. Bd1 Ba6 36. Bf3 Bb5 37. Be2 Bc6 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bb5 40. Bd1 Kd6 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Bd3 {
A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. Nf3 {White is
slightly better.} e5 2. e4 b6 3. b3 d6 4. 0-0 c5 5. d3 f5 6. exf5 Qxf5 7. Nfd2 Qg6 8. Ne4 $1 Nf6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. c4 0-0 11. Qd1 Nxe4 (11... Bc7 $14 )12. Bxe4 ({Better is} 12. dxe4 $16 Qh6 13. Bh5 )Bxe4 $14 13. dxe4 Re7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re3 Re6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. Rd3 Qg6 18. Rg3 Qf7 19. Rd3 Qg6 $1 20. Rg3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.10} (20. Bb2 $16 )1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "So,Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {
The position is equal.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. 0-0 e5 4. c3 Nge7 5. b4 d6 6. bxc5 dxc5 7. Qa3 b6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 $1 12. Ba4 {
Threatens to win with Qb2.} ({Reject} 12. Qxa7 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 13. Rxe4 Nc6 $17 )(12. Qb2 {keeps more tension.} f6 13. Bh5 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qc4 15. Rd1 )Nc6 13. Qc3 f6 ({Black should try} 13... b5 $1 $15 14. Bxg7 (14. Bxb5 Ba5 $17 )bxa4 )14. Rc1 $36 { White has the initiative.} Rxe4 15. Nd2 Rg4 {[#]} 16. f3 $1 Rh4 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.
} (16... Rxd4 $14 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 { Pin} Be7 )17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {
White is clearly better.} 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. Bf2 Ra4 20. Rxc6 Rxa2 21. Ne4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.40} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The position is equal.} c5 2. Nf3 b5 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 b4 6. e5 dxe5 $1 7. Nxe5 0-0 8. Nd2 (8. Re3 $14 )Nbd7 ({Black should try} 8... Nfd7 )9. Bf3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Nd7 11. Re2 e5 12. 0-0 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 f6 14. Rfe1 Bc7 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. h4 (16. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.} )Nb8 (16... Rf7 $1 $17 )17. Qe3 $15 Bb6 18. Qe4 Qc6 19. h5 Qxe4 20. dxe4 Nc6 21. Rd2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Bc7 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rde2 Bd6 (25... Rf5 {keeps more tension.} 26. Re7 Bd6 27. Rxa7 Rxh5 28. Ra5 d3 )26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 { Endgame
KRB-KRN} 28. Kf1 h6 {[#]} (28... Rf8 $14 )29. Ke2 (29. Re6 $1 $16 )Kf7 $11 30. Kd3 Kf6 31. Re4 a5 {[#]} (31... Rf8 $14 )32. Rg4 $1 $16 Kf7 {Black
cannot hold the game after this.} (32... g5 $16 )33. Rg6 $18 Rd7 34. g4 Rd8 35. Nh4 Be7 36. Nf5 Bf6 (36... Bf8 37. Ra6 Re8 )37. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Rh8 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Ne4 Kf7 (39... Rc8 $142 40. g5 hxg5 41. fxg5 Be5 )40. Nxc5 Ra8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. c5 a4 43. Rb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.36} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Shankland,Sam"]
[Black "Aronian,Levon"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 {The position
is equal.} c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nh3 d5 4. exd5 Bxd5 5. 0-0 Bc7 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Be6 (7... cxd4 $1 $11 )8. Ng5 $16 Bf5 {[#]} 9. d5 $1 Nbd7 10. Nd2 (10. Bc2 $16 )Bf4 11. Ngf3 e6 12. Bc2 0-0 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 g6 15. g3 Bh6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Kg2 h5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qd2 Qb2 23. Re1 Re4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxd2.} 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxe4 fxe4 $14 { Endgame KB-KN} 26. Ng5 f5 27. h4 Kf8 28. f3 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ke7 30. Ne6 Be5 31. Nf4 Kf6 32. Ne6 Ke7 33. Nf4 Kf6 34. Ne6 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Aronian,Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,Leinier"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
[TimeControl "1200+5"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:1:52]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:1:35]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:44]} 4. Ng3 {[%emt 0:2:26]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 5. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:48]} h5 {[%emt 0:2:59]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:1:52]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:1:0]} 8. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:58]
} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:33]
} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:2:11]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:28]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:41]
} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:1:23]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:1:3]} 13. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:1:14]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 15. Qh2 {[%emt 0:1:1]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:2:1]} 16. gxh5 {[%emt 0:2:28]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:0:53]
} 17. Kf2 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:1:37]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 19. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:31]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 21. Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 23. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]
} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 24. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qh6+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 26. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 28. Qh1 {[%emt 0:0:6]
} Rd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 29. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 30. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 31. Qc1 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 32. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nxd2 33. Bc2 Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]
} 34. Nc1 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:4]
} 36. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 37. a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 39. Nb7 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 40. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:7]
} 41. Nd8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 42. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Be8 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 43. Nb7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 44. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 45. Bd1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 46. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 47. Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 48. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 49. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} f5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 50. Nb7+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 51. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:0:11]} fxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 53. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 54. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:11]
} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 55. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 56. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} h3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 57. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e4 {[%emt 0:0:6]
} 58. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 0-1
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland,Sam"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
[TimeControl "1200+5"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:0:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 3. g4 {[%emt 0:0:57]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:5]
} 5. Ne3 {[%emt 0:0:53]} h5 {[%emt 0:1:35]} 6. g5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 7. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:1:25]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:2:32]
} Nxe3+ {[%emt 0:0:42]} 9. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 11. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:0:37]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 12. 0-0-0 {[%emt 0:0:7]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:3:42]
} Ba6 {[%emt 0:1:37]} 14. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:50]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:1:54]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:50]} 17. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:2:34]} 18. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:37]
} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 19. Bc6 {[%emt 0:2:40]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 20. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 21. Qe3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 22. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 23. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:58]
} Rb6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 25. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:1:1]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 26. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 28. Qh6 {[%emt 0:0:9]
} Rg8 {[%emt 0:1:47]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rbf8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 30. f5 {[%emt 0:0:58]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 31. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:51]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 32. Rxf5+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 33. Rxg8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rxg8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 34. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 35. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 36. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:0:1]
} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 37. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 38. Rh7 {[%emt 0:0:15]
} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 39. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 40. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 41. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 42. Re6 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 43. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:24]
} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 44. Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 45. d6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 46. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 47. Kc3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 48. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:10]
} a4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 49. Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 50. Ra7 {[%emt 0:0:1]} e3+ {[%emt 0:0:14]} 51. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 52. Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 53. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:0:2]
} Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 54. Ra7 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 55. Rg7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 56. Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 57. Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 58. Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 59. Re8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 60. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 61. Re8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 62. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 63. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:0:1]
} Kg5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 64. Re8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 65. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 66. Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 67. Re8+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 68. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:0:1]
} Nd6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 69. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 70. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 71. Re8+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 72. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 73. Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:3]
} Nd6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 74. Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 75. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 76. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Re3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 77. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Re8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 78. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:0:2]
} Nxe8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
[TimeControl "1200+5"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:1:2]} d6 {[%emt 0:2:19]} 4. Ne3 {[%emt 0:0:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:3:45]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 6. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bxg4+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 9. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 0-0-0 {[%emt 0:2:3]
} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:0:44]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} f5 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:47]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 13. 0-0-0 {[%emt 0:0:12]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:1:3]} 14. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:2:59]} 15. Rge1 {[%emt 0:1:55]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:36]} 16. Nh4 {[%emt 0:2:17]
} Bc8 {[%emt 0:1:38]} 17. Kb1 {[%emt 0:2:26]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 19. Bf3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} 20. d5 {[%emt 0:1:2]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:29]} 21. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} g5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 22. Ng2 {[%emt 0:0:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:1:38]
} 23. f5 {[%emt 0:1:17]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:1:10]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:0:14]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:38]
} 25. hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 26. Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:15]
} b6 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 28. Nc2 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 29. Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:2:1]} 30. Nc6+ {[%emt 0:0:38]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 31. dxc6 {[%emt 0:0:1]
} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 32. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:0:49]} Nd2+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 33. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 34. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:2]
} Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:0:16]} 35. Rc3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Qa4+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 36. Kb1 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 37. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 38. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 39. Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:0:3]
} Ka8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 40. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:0:19]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 41. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rxc3+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 42. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 43. Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 44. Rg7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 45. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 46. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:3]
} 1-0
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Nakamura,Hikaru"]
[Black "So,Wesley"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. g3 {} g6 2. c3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nd3 Nd6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bc1 Bh3 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxh5 10. Rg1 Ne6 11. f3 Bc7 12. h4 Rh8 $1 13. Nc5 Qxh4 14. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 15. Qg2 $1 Kd7 16. Bd3 $1 Rag8 17. Bd2 Qh2 (17... Nc4 $17 )18. Kc2 $11 Qxg2 19. Rxg2 Nf7 20. Rag1 e5 21. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 22. Rxg5 Rxg5 23. Rxg5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh1 25. Rg4 b5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. b3 {} Rb1 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Ra2+ 32. Kc1 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Ra2+ 34. Kc1 Ra1+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2021"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. g4 {White has an edge.} h5 2. g5 g6 3. c3 c6 4. e4 c5 5. d3 Ne6 6. Bc2 Be5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qf3 Nd6 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Ne3 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Bb3 ({White should try} 14. Rge1 $14 )b5 ({And not} 14... Nxd3 15. Nd5 $16 )15. d4 Bc6 16. Nd5 (16. Bc2 $5 {} )Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 {White stays focused until the end.} 18. Qh3 c4 19. dxc6 $18 {[#]
Threatens to win with Bc2.} cxb3 20. axb3 Rxc6 21. Bf4 {Hoping for Be5.} Rd8 22. Be5 Qh7 23. d5 Rcc8 24. Qe3 a5 25. Qa7 $36 { White is on the
roll.} f5 26. gxf6 exf6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Bxf6 Re8 (28... Rd7 $16 {was worth
a try.} 29. Kc2 Rf8 )29. Rg5 Rc7 $2 {[#]} (29... e3 {keeps fighting.} )30. Rdg1 Rg8 {White has a decisive advantage.} 31. Re5 Rd7 32. Re6 Ne8 33. Re7+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.31} 1-0
