[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {
D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bb4 {10...Be7 is setting a new trend.} 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 {[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. 0-0 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qe2 h5 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Stavropoulos,K (2001)-Zherebtsova,A (2203) Rhodes 2019} )Be7 15. 0-0 Rc8 16. Qe2 0-0 17. Rac1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Ne1 h5 24. Nd3 h4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Na2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qf6 {Threatens
to win with ...hxg3.} 28. Rd2 Rh7 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Qc2 Qh6 {aiming
for ...h3.} 32. a4 $2 {[#]} (32. Kf1 $15 )Rh8 $2 ({Weaker is} 32... hxg3 33. fxg3 Qf8 34. Kf2 $15 )(32... h3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. gxh3 Bxf4 )33. Nce2 Qf6 34. b3 Rh6 (34... b5 $17 )35. Rc1 Qh8 36. Qd2 Rh7 37. Qc2 Rh6 38. Qd2 Rh7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 {} d6 9. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 0-0 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 Nd8 {[#]} 12. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba2 c5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Re1 Rae8 15. c4 Bd8 16. h3 Bb6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Qd2 bxc4 19. Bxc4 {0-1 (42) Wei,Y (2734)-Yu,
Y (2759) Ningbo 2018} )Ne6 13. Ng5 Bd8 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nh3 Kh8 18. Qf3 d5 (18... c5 $1 $11 )19. e5 $16 Nh7 {[#]} 20. d4 (20. Qg3 $1 $16 {} Rg8 21. d4 )Bg5 $1 $11 {} 21. Qg4 ({But not} 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Rg4 f6 $15 )g6 22. Nxh6 $1 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Bc8 25. Nf2 c6 26. c3 (26. a4 $5 {} )Kg7 27. Bc2 Ng5 28. Re1 Bd7 29. Re3 Rh8 30. Rg3 Ne6 31. N4d3 Rh4 32. Bd1 c5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Re8 35. Re3 ({White should try} 35. Ng4 $1 $15 )d4 $17 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. b4 {[#]} a5 $1 {} 38. bxa5 Ra8 39. Bf3 $1 {} Rxa5 40. c6 Be6 {Threatens to win with ...Rda4.} 41. Ne4 b4 42. axb4 Rxe5 {And now ...f5 would win.} 43. Rc3 $132 { White is fighting
back} Bc8 44. Ra3 Rxb4 45. Nd6 Be6 46. c7 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Ra7 Rec5 49. h3 Kh6 50. Nxf7+ (50. c8=R {with more complications.} Bxc8 51. Nxf7+ Kg7 52. Nd6+ Kf8 53. Nxc8 Rxc8 54. Be4 )Bxf7 {[#]} 51. c8=Q $1 { Qh8+ would
kill now.} Rxc8 52. Rxf7 $11 { Endgame KRR-KRB} R8c4 53. Kg3 Rc7 (53... Rb1 {feels hotter.} 54. Rf4 Rc5 55. h4 Rb6 56. Rf7 Rc3 )54. Rxc7 Rxc7 {
KR-KB} 55. h4 Kg7 56. Kh3 Kf6 57. g3 Rc3 58. Be4 {[#]} Re3 $1 59. Bc6 Kf5 60. Bd7+ Ke5 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bc6 Rc3 63. Bb7 Rc4+ 64. Kh3 Ke5 65. Bf3 Kd4 66. Kg2 Ke3 67. Bb7 Rb4 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 68. Bc6 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Ke2 70. Be4 Rb4 71. Bxg6 {
The position is equal.} Kf3 72. Kh2 Kf2 73. Kh3 Rb3 74. Kg4 Rxg3+ 75. Kf5 Rh3 76. h5 Rxh5+ 77. Bxh5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 {} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann:
3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Nd7 {} 10. c3 Nf8 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Bf1 Bd5 {[#]} 15. Qd1 $5 $146 { New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 f5 16. c4 Be6 17. Nf3 f4 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 (53) Kholmov,R (2465)-Zaitseva,L (2360) Moscow 1997} )Nf4 16. Nd2 Qf5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxh3+!} 17. Qg4 Be6 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nc4 $36 {
 Black is under pressure.} Bc7 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Na5 Be6 {White
leaves nothing to chance now.} (21... Reb8 $11 )22. Nxb7 $16 Rab8 23. Nc5 Kf8 24. g3 Bd6 25. b4 Re7 26. Bg2 Rc8 27. a3 f5 28. Re2 Rcc7 29. Rae1 Bc8 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Nd3 Bd7 32. Re5 Bd8 33. Ra5 Be8 34. Rxf5 f6 35. Rc5 g5 36. Bf3 Re7 (36... Rc8 $142 37. Rc4 Ke7 )37. Bxc6 $18 Bb6 38. Rf5 Bg6 39. Rxf6+ Kg7 40. Rf3 Bc7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Rxe5 43. Re3 Rxe3 (43... Kf6 $142 44. c4 Rxe3 45. fxe3 Ke5 )44. fxe3 { Endgame KB-KB} Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. a4 {} Bf5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Be6 49. a5 Bc4 50. Kg3 Bd3 51. Kg4 Kd6 52. Bf3 Ke5 53. Kg5 Bc4 54. h5 Bd3 55. Bc6 Bc4 56. Bd7 {White mates.} Bd3 57. b5 Be4 58. b6 axb6 59. axb6 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 {} d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. d4 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2
Be7.} 14. Re1 Rc8 15. e3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({
Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Ne2 Bb4 17. Rf1 Bg6 18. Nf4 Be4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qb2 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (31) Adamowicz,M (2046)-Zolnierowicz,
K (2167) Lazy 2013} )16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 d4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxd4 Bb4 {[#] And now ...Rd8 would win.} 21. Red1 Rd6 22. Qc4 Rc6 23. Qd4 Rd6 24. Qc4 Rc6 $1 {} 25. Qd3 $1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxa2 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $14 {KQR-KQR} 29. Qc4 (29. Qc3 $14 )Rb8 $11 30. Rd7 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 0-0 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 {
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} e6 18. Bd2 exd5 19. exd5 b6 {[#]} 20. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rhe1 Nb7 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Dijksman,L (2090)-Ledford,S (2021) IECC email 1999} )Re8+ 21. Be3 Ba4 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxa7 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. Rc7 {[#] aiming for Bxb5.} Nd4+ {The position is equal.} 27. Kf1 {And now Nxd4 would win.} Nxf3 28. gxf3 Bxc4+ 29. R1xc4 b5 30. Rc8 Rdd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rb4 Ra8 33. Rxb5 h5 {
Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 {The position is
equal.} Bg4 9. 0-0 Nd7 {[#]} 10. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nfd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 0-0 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. b3 {0-1 (41)
Svidler,P (2751)-Laznicka,V (2676) Tromsoe 2014} )Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Qh5 Kg8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. a3 Qa4 19. c3 a5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. h3 Nf5 23. Rfe1 Rc4 24. g3 Qc6 25. Qf3 h5 26. Nf4 {} g6 27. Rd2 b5 28. Nd3 g5 29. Qg2 (29. Qd1 $15 )Kf8 $17 30. Kh2 Ke7 31. Qh1 Rd8 32. Red1 Re4 33. Qg2 Qc4 34. Kg1 Rg8 35. Qh1 Rg6 36. Qg2 {[#]} Nh4 $1 {} 37. Qh1 (37. gxh4 gxh4 )g4 {
And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 38. gxh4 $2 {} (38. b3 $1 $11 Qxb3 39. gxh4 )gxh3+ $19 { Discovered Attack} 39. Kf1 {[#] aiming for f3.
} h2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 {
} e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English
Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne3 Na6 10. Qc2 {} Nb4 11. Qb1 {} Nbd5 12. Nxe4 Nxe3 {[#]} 13. fxe3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. dxe3 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. e4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Bf4 {1-0 (41) Navara,D (2745)-Balogh,C (2635) Achaea 2016} )Nxe4 ({Better is} 13... Bf5 $11 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 )14. Qxe4 $14 Qh5 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. d3 Bf6 18. Rb1 a5 19. Bd2 Be6 20. a3 g5 21. Bc3 g4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bg2 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 24. 0-0 Rh5 25. b4 $36 {
Black is under pressure.} Rb5 26. Rfc1 axb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Ra2 29. b5 Rxe2 30. bxc6 bxc6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 {} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. 0-0 e5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Ne3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 14. c4 Rc8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Nd5 Bc5 17. e3 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rfd8 {[#]} 19. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rb2 )Bg4 20. Bf3 h5 21. Rbd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxb6!} Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {And now Nf6+! would win.} Qg4 $36 { Black has some pressure.} 23. Kg2 f6 24. h3 ({Better is} 24. e4 $15 )Qxc4 $17 25. e4 (25. Rd2 $17 )Ne7 $19 26. Ba1 (26. Nxe7+ $142 Bxe7 27. Bd2 )Nxd5 ({Don't take} 26... Qxa2 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. Qxh5 $19 )27. exd5 Qxa2 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. g4 h4 30. Kh1 {White hopes to continue with
g5.} Rf7 31. Rd3 (31. g5 {was necessary.} Rxd5 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Qe6 )Rxd5 32. Qe6 {[#]} Qe2 $1 { Double Attack} 33. Qxd5 Qxf1+ {
Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. d3 e6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nd5 {B23: Closed
Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Ne7 7. Nec3 d6 8. g3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... h5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nd2 g5 14. c3 f4 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. cxd4 cxd4 {1-0 (39) Krzyzanowski,A 
(2356)-Jankowiak,A (2343) ICCF email 2017} )9. Nxd5 Be6 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bg5 15. Kh1 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. h3 $1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Kh2 b6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. d4 Be6 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qe6 (28... Qe7 {
is more complex.} 29. Bf4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qe2+ 31. Qg2 Qe6 )29. Qxe6 Nxe6 $14 {
 Endgame KB-KN} 30. d5 Nc7 31. c4 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Kg8 34. Bf4 Ne8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. g4 Nc7 38. Ke4 Na8 39. Kd3 Nb6 40. Bg5+ Ke8 41. Kc3 a6 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. a4 {} Ke8 44. a5 Nd7 45. Kc3 Ne5 46. Bf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe5.} Nf7 $1 47. Kd3 g6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. h4 Kd7 50. h5 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Bg3 Kd7 53. Ke3 Ke8 54. Bf4 Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke8 56. Ke4 Kd7 57. Kd3 Ke8 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kd3 {
Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco
Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 {
White has an edge.} 10. Nc4 g4 11. Nfd2 h5 12. Nf1 g3 $5 { [#]
Exploring less charted territory.} (12... h4 $1 $11 )13. Nxg3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Qc2 h4 15. Be3 h3 16. f3 hxg2 17. Qxg2 Bh3 18. Qh2 Rh7 19. Bxa7 Bxf1 {0-1 (31) Rakhmangulova,A (2219)-Bordovsky,V (2351)
Mukachevo 2018} )Bg4 14. Qc2 $36 { White is really pushing.} Rg8 15. Ne3 Qd7 ({Black should play} 15... Bxe3 $1 $14 16. Bxe3 h4 )16. Ngf5 (16. Nef5 $16 )Bxe3 $1 $14 17. Rxe3 {White wants to play Nh6.} ({Don't go
for} 17. Nxe3 $2 Bf3 $19 )Bxf5 18. exf5 0-0-0 {} 19. Qe2 d5 20. Ba4 d4 ({Of course not} 20... Qxf5 $6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxe5 $18 )21. Rg3 ({Not} 21. Rxe5 $2 b5 $19 )h4 (21... Rxg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. hxg3 dxc3 )22. Rxg8 $16 Rxg8 23. Qf3 b5 24. Bb3 e4 25. dxe4 {Threatens to win with e5!} Ne5 26. Qf4 $2 { Now White is
beyond hope.} (26. Qh3 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} )Rg4 $1 $19 {} 27. Qh6 (27. Qxe5 {might work better.} Rxe4 28. Bf4 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxf5 30. Bxd4 )Nf3+ $1 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Kf1 $19 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 )Nxe4 { Double Attack} 29. Be3 dxe3 30. Qxe3 {[#]} Qd2 $1 31. Qxf3 $2 {[#]} (31. Qxd2 Nfxd2 32. h3 Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxb3 34. axb3 )Rf4 $1 32. Qh5 Nxf2+ {Black mates.} 33. Kg1 Qe3 34. Qh8+ Kb7 35. Bd5+ c6 36. Bxc6+ Kc7 37. h3 Nd1+ { Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 44%,
Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 {} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Qe7 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. 0-0 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bc7 16. Rfd1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. h4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Taimanov,M (2495)-Ivanov,S
(2465) Leningrad 1989} )13. Bb1 {a3 is the strong threat.} Ne4 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bc7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf6 $1 Qd6 { [#] Double Attack} 20. Qh5 Qxh2+ 21. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd2 23. Be5 gxf6 24. Bxf6 e5 25. Rfd1 $36 { Black is under pressure.} Rd3 26. Bxe5 Be6 27. c5 a5 28. Bd6 Kf7 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rdb1 Rb3 (30... Rb5 $14 )31. a4 $16 {} Ra7 32. Rxb3 Bxb3 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. a5 Ke6 34. Bb8 Ra8 35. Rb1 Bc4 (35... Rxb8 $16 36. Rxb3 Rf8 )36. Rxb7 $18 Rxa5 {[#]} 37. Bd6 $1 (37. Rxh7 $6 Rxc5 38. Rh6+ Kf7 $16 )Ra2 38. Kg3 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxh7 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rf7 $16 )h5 39. Rh7 Be2 40. Re7+ Kf5 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Rxe4 Ra8 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kf6 $1 45. f3 Ra2 46. Rh4 Kg6 47. Kf4 Bd1 48. g4 hxg4 49. Rxg4+ ({But not} 49. fxg4 $6 Ra4+ 50. Kg3 Rc4 $16 )Kf7 50. Kg3 Ra3 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Re8 Bc2 53. Kf4 Ra4+ (53... Bd1 $142 54. Be5+ Kf7 )54. e4 Bd1 55. Rf8+ Ke6 $2 (55... Kg7 56. Rd8 Be2 )56. Kg5 Ra3 57. Re8+ Kd7 58. Re7+ Kd8 59. f4 Rg3+ 60. Kf6 Bc2 61. f5 Rg4 62. e5 Rf4 63. Rg7 (63. Rb7 $142 Bxf5 64. e6 Bxe6+ 65. Kxe6 Re4+ 66. Be5 Rxe5+ 67. Kxe5 Kc8 68. Rh7 )Rxf5+ 64. Ke6 {White mates.} Kc8 65. Rc7+ {
Double Attack} Kd8 66. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Site "Online"]
[Round "9"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 0-0 10. Be3 Nc6 11. 0-0 a6 12. a4 {12.Qd3 is more advanced technology. B52: Sicilian:
Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Qc7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 {[#] The position is
equal.} Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nde2 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ndc3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (57) Tiviakov,S (2686)
-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Benidorm 2008} )15. Bxd4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 $14 { Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. a5 Rfd8 22. Re1 Rd7 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. g4 g5 25. Kg3 Kf6 26. f4 h6 27. h4 gxh4+ 28. Kxh4 e6 (28... Rb8 $16 )29. dxe6 $18 fxe6 {[#]} 30. Re5 $1 Rc8 31. Rae1 Rc6 {
[#]} 32. Kh5 (32. g5+ $142 $1 hxg5+ 33. fxg5+ Kf7 34. Kh5 )Rd3 (32... Rd2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. g5+ (33. Kxh6 Rh2+ 34. Rh5 Rc8 $11 )Kf7 )33. Kxh6 $2 (33. g5+ $18 hxg5 34. fxg5+ Kf7 35. R5e3 )Rxb3 $2 {} (33... Rh3+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 34. Rh5 Rc8 )34. g5+ Kf7 {} 35. Kh5 Rh3+ 36. Kg4 Rc3 37. Rh1 Rxc4 38. Rh7+ Kg6 $2 (38... Kf8 39. g6 (39. Rxb7 Rb4 $16 )Kg8 )39. Re7 Rb4 40. R5xe6+ Rxe6 {Black cannot hold the game
after this.} 41. Rxe6+ {KR-KR} Kf7 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rd6 Rb5 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. g6 c4 46. Rc7 {White mates.} Rxa5 47. f5 Ra1 48. f6 {} Rg1+ {[#]} 49. Kf5 $1 {} Rf1+ {[#]} 50. Ke6 $1 {} Re1+ {[#]} 51. Kd5 $1 {} c3 52. g7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ {Accuracy: White =
86%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

