[Event "BL 2016-17"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2017.05.01"] [Round "15"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2579"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2... Nf6} 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ (6... Bd6 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Be7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qe8 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 {1-0 (23) Caruana,F (2817)-Akobian,V (2645) chess. com INT 2017}) 7. Qxd2 a5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. aiming for ...a4.The position is equal.} 8. Nc3 $146 (8. Nxe5 a4 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 $19) (8. a4 Qd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O {1-0 (68) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Lopez Martinez,J (2547) Barcelona 2016}) 8... d4 9. Ne2 $1 Qe7 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Ne8 14. c3 Bg4 15. Ne1 Be6 16. Bd5 Nc7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3 Qd6 (20... exf4 $11 21. Qxf4 Ne6) 21. fxe5 $16 fxe5 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Qg5 Rae8 $1 24. Nd2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 (25. Kxf1 Ne6 26. Qh5 (26. Nc4 $2 Qf8+ 27. Qf5 Nc5 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 29. Kg1 Nxd3 $17) 26... Nf4 $15) 25... Qg6 26. Qh4 $40 { White has some attack.} Na6 (26... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Nf5 { Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Bxf5 28. exf5 Qf6 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Qf3 ({Reject} 30. Qxf7+ $6 Kxf7 31. Ne4 (31. Nc4 Kf6 $15) 31... Rb8 $11) 30... Nb4 31. Ne4 { And now Nd6 would win.} Rf8 {[#]} 32. Qg3 $1 Nd5 33. Qxe5 Ne3 34. Rf3 {Hoping for f6.} Qb3 (34... Qd5 $16 35. Qxd5+ Nxd5) 35. Qxd4 $18 ({Don't take} 35. Qe6+ $6 Qxe6 36. fxe6 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Kf8 $16) 35... Nxf5 36. Qc5 Qe6 $2 (36... Qd5 $16 37. h3 h6) 37. Qxa5 g6 38. Qc3 1-0

[Event "BL 2016-17"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2017.05.01"] [Round "15"] [White "Zelbel, Patrick"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 {2 B2: Sicilian: 2 c3} c4 (5... g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Na3 Nc6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (45) Demchenko,A (2613) -Khismatullin,D (2671) Vladivostok 2014}) 6. Bc2 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3 Qe6+ {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Kf1 Nc6 $146 (9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Rh3 Nc6 17. Rg3 b5 18. Nxf7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Carradori,D (2168)-Klochan,P (2256) ICCF email 2014}) 10. a4 Qd5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Na3 Bg7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Nb5 {aiming for Rxd5!} Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 e6 20. Bb3 a6 $132 {Black is not keeping still (3)} 21. Na3 $1 Rac8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne3 h6 26. Nxd5 {Hoping for Nf6+.} hxg5 27. Nb6 ({ But not} 27. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 28. Rxd7 Ne5+ 29. Ke2 Nxd7 $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc7 29. Ke2 Ne5 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. g3 Rb7 32. Nc8 Nc6 33. Rd2 Na5 34. Ba2 b4 35. cxb4 Bxb4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Nd6 Bxd6 $1 38. Rxd6 Rxb2+ $17 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rd2 Rb4 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. Rc2 Nd4 42. Rd2 Nf5+ 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Rd7 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Rc7 Na5 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Rd2+ Kc7 51. Bb1 Nb3 52. Ra2 Rc4 53. Ra7+ Kd6 {...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 54. Ba2 Nd4+ 55. Ke4 Nc6+ (55... f5+ $5 {seems wilder.} 56. Ke3 Rb4 57. Ra6+ Nc6 58. Kf3 Re4) 56. Bxc4 Nxa7 $11 {KB-KN} 57. Be2 Nc6 58. Bb5 e5 59. Bc4 f5+ 60. Ke3 e4 61. Be2 $2 (61. Bf7 $17) 61... Ke5 $1 $19 62. f4+ $2 {[#]} (62. Kd2) 62... gxf4+ $1 63. gxf4+ Kd6 64. Bc4 {[#]} Nb4 $1 65. Kf2 Nd5 66. Kg3 Kc5 67. Bb3 Kd4 68. Ba2 e3 0-1

[Event "BL 2016-17"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2017.05.01"] [Round "15"] [White "Beerdsen, Thomas"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 {210} 2. d4 {239} d6 {19} 3. Nc3 {65} Bg7 {23} 4. Be3 {176} a6 {143} 5. a4 {27} b6 {210} 6. Qd2 {231} Bb7 {21} 7. f3 {153} Nd7 {93} 8. Bc4 {295} c6 {706} 9. h4 {528} b5 {688} 10. Ba2 {58} Ngf6 {236} 11. g4 {552} h6 {179} 12. Nge2 {295} Nb6 {500} 13. Nf4 {653} h5 {289} 14. Qg2 {530} hxg4 {793} 15. e5 { 179} dxe5 {176} 16. dxe5 {9} Nfd5 {22} 17. Ncxd5 {225} Nxd5 {129} 18. Bxd5 {60} cxd5 {29} 19. e6 {413} Qd6 {386} 20. Qxg4 {365} Bxb2 {151} 21. Rb1 {251} Bc3+ { 275} 22. Kf1 {157} Rf8 {375} 23. h5 {265} g5 {116} 24. Ne2 {259} Bh8 {38} 25. axb5 {212} fxe6 {123} 26. bxa6 {36} Bxa6 {75} 27. Rb6 {45} Qc7 {59} 28. Qa4+ { 221} Qd7 {21} 29. Qxd7+ {57} Kxd7 {2} 30. Kf2 {25} g4 {27} 31. Nf4 {88} Rxf4 { 245} 32. Bxf4 {6} Bd4+ {4} 33. Be3 {5} g3+ {4} 0-1