[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...
Bf5 main line} (12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Nb4 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Kb1
Nd5 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Bc1 N7f6 20. f3 {0-1 (42) Plat,V (2532)
-Navara,D (2725) Tallinn 2016}) 12... Nc6 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4
Games. The position is equal.} Nb4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 17. c3 {
Strongly threatening Qb5+.} Be7 18. O-O-O {Qb5+ is the strong threat.} Qb6 $146
(18... Qa5 19. Qe4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kalegin,E (2462)-Ulanov,A (2337) Kazan
2012}) 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Kb1 Rg8 22. g4 Bc5 23. Rd3 Bxd4 24. Rhd1
Qb5 25. Qf3 f5 ({Black should try} 25... Rg5 $1 $15) 26. gxf5 $11 (26. Rxd4
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxg4 28. Rxg4 fxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf1+ 30. Kc2 Qxf2+ 31. Kb3 Qb6+ 32.
Kc2 Qf2+ 33. Kb3 Qb6+ 34. Kc2 Qf2+ $17) 26... Qxf5 ({Of course not} 26... exf5
27. Qf4 $16 (27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Rg4 $16) (27. cxd4 Qd5 $11)) 27. Qxf5 exf5
28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 {Endgame KR-KR} Ke7 (29... Rg1+ $5 30. Kc2 $8 Rg2 $11)
30. Ra4 a6 31. Rb4 b5 32. a4 Rg1+ 33. Kc2 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rg2 35. Kd3 Rxf2 36. b4
f4 37. Rxa6 f3 $1 38. Ra1 ({Don't take} 38. Rxh6 $2 Ra2 39. Ra6 Rxa6 $19) 38...
Rb2 39. Re1+ Kd6 $2 {[#]} (39... Kd7 $1 $11) 40. Rf1 $1 $18 f2 41. Ke3 Rc2 42.
Kd3 $2 (42. Rxf2 $18 Rxc3+ 43. Kd4) 42... Rb2 $11 43. Ke3 $2 (43. c4 $11) 43...
Rc2 $18 44. Rxf2 Rxc3+ 45. Kd4 Rh3 46. Rf6+ ({Worse is} 46. Rxf7 Rh4+ 47. Kd3
Rxh5 $11) 46... Ke7 47. Rxh6 Kf8 $2 (47... Rh4+ 48. Kc5 Kf8) 48. b5 (48. Kc5
$142 Kg7 49. Rd6 Rxh5+ 50. Kc6) 48... Kg7 {[#]} 49. Rd6 $1 Rxh5 50. b6 f6 $2 (
50... Rb5 $18 51. Kc4 Rb2) 51. Kc4 {White mates.} Rh8 52. b7 Kg6 53. Rb6 Rb8
54. Kd5 Kf5 55. Rb4 Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Ba6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 11. Bb2 Rc8
12. Nd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} d4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nf3 c5 14. e3 $146
(14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. e3 e5 16. exd4 exd4 17. Bc1 Bb7 18. Bf4 {1-0 (40) Stohl,I 
(2580)-Muir,A (2300) Pula 1997}) 14... Bb7 (14... d3 15. Qc3 $16) 15. exd4 Bxf3
$1 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Ne8 20. Rc1 h6 21. a3 a5 22.
Qe5 Rc5 23. Qe4 $36 {White has the initiative.} f5 (23... Nf6 $11 24. Qe1 Rf5)
24. Qe2 $16 Bg5 (24... Bf6 $16) 25. Re1 ({White should play} 25. b4 $1 $18 Bxc1
26. Bxd4 (26. bxc5 Qxb2 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 $16) 26... Rxd4 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxe6+
Kh7 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxe8 Qxc4 31. a4) 25... e5 $14 {[#]} 26. b4 $1 axb4 27.
axb4 Rxc4 {Hoping for ...e4.} 28. Qxe5 Rxb4 {Threatens to win with ...Rb5.} 29.
Bd5+ Kh8 30. h4 $2 (30. Bxd4 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Qb5
31. Qxf5 Rxd5 32. Rxe8+ $1 (32. Bxg7+ Nxg7 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Kh7 $16)
32... Qxe8 33. Qxd5) 30... Bf6 $19 ({Worse is} 30... Rxb2 31. hxg5 Rb1 32. Red1
$11) 31. Qxf5 {aiming for Be4.} Nd6 $1 ({Not} 31... Rxb2 $2 32. Be4 g6 33. Qxg6
$18) 32. Qh5 Rxb2 33. Rf3 {Rxf6! is the strong threat.} Rb1 $1 34. Rxf6 (34.
Rxb1 $142 Qxb1+ 35. Kg2) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Kg2 {Intending Rxh6+! and mate.} Qc7 (
{Weaker is} 35... Re7 36. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qh6+ Rh7
40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. Qh6+ Rh7 $11) 36. Rxh6+ gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Qh7 38. Qf6+ Qg7 39.
Qxd8+ Ne8 40. h5 (40. Bc4 $142 Qe5 41. Bd3) 40... Qf6 41. Qd7 Re2 42. Bf3 Re7
43. Qb5 Nd6 44. Qd5 Qe5 45. Qa8+ Re8 46. Qa3 Nf5 47. Qd3 Rg8 {Strongly
threatening ...Nxg3.} 48. Kf1 (48. Qe4 $142 Qxe4 49. Bxe4) 48... Rc8 49. Kg2
Rc3 50. Qd2 d3 {White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 51. Kh3 (51. Bd1 $142) 51...
Rc2 52. Qxd3 Rxf2 53. Bg4 Nh6 54. Bf3 Qf5+ (54... Nf7 $142 55. Qd5 {[#]} Rxf3
$1 56. Qxe5+ Nxe5 57. Kh4 Kh7 58. Kg5 Rf2 59. g4 Nf7+ 60. Kh4 Rg2 61. h6 Kxh6
62. Kh3 Rg1 63. Kh4 Ne5 64. g5+ Rxg5 65. Kh3 Kh5 66. Kh2 Kh4 67. Kh1 Kg3 68.
Kg1 Rf5 69. Kh1 Rf1#) 55. Qxf5 {Black is clearly winning.} Nxf5 56. Be4 Nd6 57.
Bg6 Kg7 58. g4 Kf6 59. Kh4 Rh2+ 60. Kg3 Rb2 61. Kh4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 {B52:
Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 10.
b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nde2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Nd5 $146 (14. Kh1) 14... Qa3 15.
Bc3 b5 (15... Nxd5 $5 {creates asymmetry.} 16. exd5 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Ne5 18. f4
Nd7) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Qd4 f5 21. Rfd1
fxe4 22. fxe4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rac1 Rfc8 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. Rb7 Rxa2 27. Rxb5
Rd8 28. Rbxc5 Rdd2 29. h4 h6 30. R1c3 f6 31. Rd3 g5 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. hxg5 {
The position is equal.} fxg5 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Nh5 Ng6 35. Rc6 Nh4 36.
Rf6+ Ke7 37. g3 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg3 $1 39. Nxg3 Kxf6 {KN-KN} 40. b4 Ke5 41. b5
Kd6 42. Nf5+ Kc5 $1 ({Don't go for} 42... Nxf5 $2 43. exf5 h5 44. f6 $18) 43.
Nxh4 gxh4 44. Kg2 Kxb5 {KPP-KP} 45. Kh3 Kc5 46. Kxh4 Kd4 47. Kh5 Kxe4 48. Kxh6
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Ne4 {
D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} (7... Nc6 8. Rd1
a5 9. a3 Ne7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 Ne8 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 {1-0 (30) Matlakov,M (2691)-Lu,S (2595) Ningbo 2015}) 8. Rd1 c6 9. Nc3 f5
{White is slightly better.} 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rac1 $146 (11. b4 Ndf6 12. Nxe4
fxe4 13. Ne5 Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (36) Zarkua,D (2409) -Ceylan,I
(1946) Malatya 2014}) 11... Qe7 12. a3 g5 13. Be5 (13. Bc7 $11) 13... Bh6 $1
$15 14. e3 g4 15. Ne1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg7 17. Nd3 dxc4 18. Nxe4 {[#] aiming for
Nf6+!} cxd3 19. Qc5 Qxc5 $1 20. Nxc5 Bxe5 21. Rxd3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Nxb7
Rb8 24. Rdb3 $1 ({Reject} 24. Bxc6 Rf7 25. Rdb3 Rc7 $17) 24... Rxb7 25. Rxb7
Bxb7 26. Rxb7 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf7 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb1 Rf7 29. Bf1 Rd7
30. Bc4 Kf7 31. Kg2 Be5 32. h3 h5 33. a4 Ke7 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rh1 Bf6 36. a5
Kd6 37. a6 Bd8 38. Rh6 Re7 39. Kf1 Bb6 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Bb3 Ba5 42. Rg6 Bb4 43.
Bc4 Ba5 44. Rh6 Bb4 45. Bd3 Kd5 46. Rh8 Bc5 47. Rd8+ Ke5 48. Bc4 Bb6 49. Rc8
Kd6 50. Bb3 Rc7 51. Rh8 Re7 52. Rh5 Ke5 53. Rh6 Bc5 54. Rh1 Bb6 55. Rc1 Rc7 56.
Rd1 Rh7 57. Ba4 Rc7 58. Rc1 Rc8 59. Bb3 Rc7 60. Rh1 Rd7 61. Rh6 Re7 62. Kd3
Rd7+ 63. Kc2 Re7 64. Kd3 Rd7+ 65. Ke2 Re7 66. Kf1 Bc5 67. Rh8 Bb6 68. Rb8 Kd6
69. Kg2 Rd7 70. Kf1 Rh7 {Black wants to play ...Rh1+.} 71. Ke2 (71. Kg2 $11)
71... Rd7 (71... Rh1 $1 $15 72. Re8 Kd7) 72. Rf8 Bc5 73. Re8 Re7 74. Rc8 Bb6
75. Rf8 Ke5 76. Ba4 Kd6 77. Bc2 Rh7 78. Bb3 Bc5 79. Bc4 Bb6 80. Rf6 Re7 81. Rh6
Ke5 82. Bd3 Rd7 83. Rh5 (83. Bc4 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Re7) 83... Kf6 84. Bc4
Re7 85. Bb3 Ke5 86. Bc2 Rd7 87. e4 (87. Rh6 $11) 87... Rf7 (87... Kd4 $1 $15
88. exf5 Kc3) 88. f4+ gxf3+ 89. Kxf3 Kf6 90. exf5 {Hoping for Rh6+.} exf5 91.
Bxf5 Kg7 92. g4 Bd8 93. Rh7+ Kg8 94. Rh6 Rf6 95. Rh1 Rd6 (95... c5 $11 {
remains equal.}) 96. Rh7 $16 Bb6 97. Rb7 c5 98. Ke4 c4 99. Ke5 Rc6 100. Be4 Rc7
101. Kd6 Rc5 $2 (101... Rc8 $16) 102. Bd5+ Kf8 {[#]} 103. Rf7+ $2 (103. Rxb6 $1
$18 axb6 104. a7) 103... Ke8 $2 (103... Kg8 $11 104. Rb7+ Kh8) 104. Rf4 $2 ({
Better is} 104. Rf3 $18 {Threatens to win with Be4.} Rc8 105. Bc6+ Rxc6+ 106.
Kxc6) 104... Bc7+ $11 105. Kxc5 Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 9. b4 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4.. .0-0} c5 10. dxc5 bxc5
11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. O-O
cxb4 16. Qxb4 Rfb8 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 $146 (17... axb6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Rac1 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Harikrishna,P (2632)-Vescovi, G (2645) Bermuda 2005}) 18.
Rfc1 Ne4 19. Be5 Rc8 20. Ba6 Rc5 21. Bd4 (21. Nd4 $1 $14) 21... Ra5 {The
position is equal.} 22. Bd3 f6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd2 Bg6 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Nxb6
axb6 27. Rd1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Bxb6 Rd3 30. Rxd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 {LiveBook: 253 Games. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 g6
15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Qe3 c6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Ne5 Qa5 19. a3 Re8 20. Nd3 Qd8 21. Qd2
Bf5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)
-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 11. c3 $146 d5 {1/2-1/2 (11) Khalifman,A 
(2617)-Fedoseev,V (2670) Liepaja 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 e6 8. e3
Be7 9. h3 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} Bd6 (9... O-O
10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Artemiev,V (2663) -Vitiugov,N (2721) Sochi 2016}) 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 {
White is slightly better.} O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 $146 (13. a3 Na7 14. Ne5
Rfc8 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 {1-0 (33) Abramovic,B (2417)-Grbic,M
(2251) Belgrade 2016}) 13... Rfc8 14. a3 Rc7 15. Rc2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Nb1
Nb3 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. Nxc3 h6 21. Qc2 Na5 22. Ne5 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7
24. g4 Bc6 25. h4 Nd7 26. Nf3 Nc8 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Qc7 29. Ne2 Nd6 30. Ne5
Nxe5 31. dxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bh7+.} ({Don't play} 31. fxe5 Nc4 32.
g6 (32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. g6 Qe7 $15) 32... Qd8 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bg6+ Kf8 $11)
31... Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Qxc4 Qa5 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 34. Kf2 ({Better is} 34.
Nc3 $16) 34... Qd2 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bb5.The position is equal.
} 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. Qc3 Qe4 37. Qd4 Qh1 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Be4 40. Qc3 Qh4+
41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Rae1 Nh5 14. e4 {[%emt 0:00:
08] E66: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 Nc6 d5} Bh6 15. Ncb1 f5 16.
Bc3 $146 (16. cxb5 $11 {remains equal.} axb5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4) (16. exf5
gxf5 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bb2 f4 19. Nf3 Rb7 20. Nbd2 Rg7 21. Ne4 {1-0 (61) Anic,D 
(2390)-Hebden,M (2475) Montpellier 1988}) 16... b4 17. Bb2 f4 $1 18. Nf3 Qe7 (
18... g5 $17 19. g4 Bxg4) 19. Qe2 $15 Bd7 20. Bc1 $1 Qg7 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. Bf3
Bh3 23. Bg2 Bd7 24. Bf3 Ng7 25. Nd2 Bh3 {Black wants to play ...fxg3.} 26. Bg2
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 g5 28. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Qh5 $36 {White has the
initiative.} Kg7 ({Black should play} 30... Rf6 $14) 31. Ne4 $16 {White has
strong compensation.} Nb7 32. f3 Qg6 33. Qh3 Qf5 34. Qh5 Qg6 $1 35. Qg4 $1 Rf5
36. Rg1 Rbf8 (36... Kh8 $16) 37. Kh1 $1 $18 fxg3 38. Rxg3 ({Worse is} 38. Nxg3
Rxf3 39. Ne4 Kh8 $11) 38... Kh8 39. Bxg5 ({Not} 39. Nxg5 Bxg5 40. Bxg5 Qf7 $16)
(39. Reg1 $142) 39... Bxg5 40. Nxg5 Nd8 $2 (40... h6 {might work better.}) 41.
Ne4 Qxg4 42. fxg4 Rf1+ 43. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 44. Rg1 Rxg1+ $2 (44... Rf7 {keeps
fighting.} 45. Nxd6 Rf2) 45. Kxg1 {Endgame KN-KN} Nf7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Kg3 Kg6
48. Kh4 Kh6 49. g5+ Kg6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} 50. Kg4 h6 {[#]} 51. h4
$1 h5+ (51... hxg5 $142 52. hxg5 a5) 52. Kf3 a5 53. Ng3 Nd8 54. Ke3 Nb7 55. Ke4
Nd8 56. Nf5 Nb7 {[#]} 57. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6+ 58. Kxe5 Nxc4+ 59. bxc4 {KP-KP. White
mates.} a4 {[#]} 60. d6 $1 b3 61. axb3 a3 62. d7 a2 63. d8=Q a1=Q+ {KQ-KQ} 64.
Kd6 Qd1+ 65. Kc7 Qd4 {[#]} 66. Qf6+ $1 Kh7 (66... Qxf6 67. gxf6) 67. Qf7+ Kh8
68. Qxh5+ Kg7 69. Qh6+ Kg8 70. Qg6+ Kh8 71. Qf6+ Kg8 72. h5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:07] D2: Queen's Gambit
Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 {
White is slightly better.} b4 14. a5 Bd8 15. Na4 Bd5 $146 (15... Be7 16. f3 g5
17. e4 g4 18. Be3 gxf3 19. gxf3 {1-0 (49) Fressinet,L (2700)-Karjakin,S (2775)
Beijing 2012}) 16. Nac5 Be7 17. Nxa6 {Strongly threatening Nc7+.} Kd8 (17...
Bxb3 $14 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Bxd1 20. Bxd1 Kc8) 18. Rxd5 $16 Nxd5 19. e4 Nc7
20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21. Bf4+ e5 22. Be3 $1 Rhb8 (22... Rac8 $16) 23. a6 $18 Rb6 {[#]}
24. Bxb6+ ({White should try} 24. Na5 $1 $18) 24... Kxb6 $16 25. Ra5 {And now
Rb5+ would win.} Ra7 26. Rb5+ Kc7 27. Ra5 Kb6 $1 28. Rb5+ Kc7 $1 29. Rd5 $36 {
White is on the roll.} Bd6 30. Nd2 Nc5 {[#]} (30... f6 $16) 31. Nc4 $1 $18 Bf8
32. Nxe5 f6 33. Nf3 Nxa6 34. Nd4 {Nb5+ is the strong threat.} Kb6 $2 (34... Kb7
{is more resistant.} 35. Rb5+ Kc8) 35. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack
} Nge7 (9... Nf6 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bd3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Bersamina,P (2378)-Antonio,
R (2474) Manila 2016}) 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an
edge.} f6 12. Kh1 $146 (12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qd2 Be8 14. Nh4 g6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Brod,
M (2212)-Juhasz,K (2357) Austria 2012}) 12... h6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. a3 Nf5 15. Qb3
O-O 16. Nf3 Ne3 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Neg1 Ng4 {[#]} ({Don't capture} 18... Qxf4 $2
19. Nh3 Qc7 20. Rxe3 $18) 19. Re2 {h3 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 20. h3 h5 $1
21. hxg4 ({White should try} 21. Rf1 $14) 21... hxg4 $11 22. Nh2 (22. Qxb7 $2
Rb8 23. Qa6 gxf3 24. Nxf3 e5 $19) 22... Qg3 $1 23. Bf5 $2 ({Reject} 23. Qxb7
Rb8 24. Qa6 Kf7 $19) ({Better is} 23. Rxe6 $15 Qxd3 24. Qxb7) 23... exf5 $19
24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Rf1 $2 (25. Qxf5+ {was called for.} Bg6 26. Qe6 (26. Qxg4
Qxg4 27. Nxg4 Bh5 $17)) 25... g6 26. Qe6 Bf7 27. Qxf6 {If only White now had
time for Qg5....} Bc4 28. Qg5 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Qd6 30. d5 Qe7 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Nf4
Qh4 33. Kg1 Rh8 (33... Rfe8 $2 34. Ne6 $19) 34. d6 $2 (34. Qd4 g3 35. Nf3 Nxf3+
36. Rxf3) 34... Kg7 35. Ne6+ Kf6 36. Nxg4+ Nxg4 {[#]} 37. Qd4+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rac1 Be5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 16. Rfd1 e6 {
LiveBook: 8 Games} 17. Bd4 (17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Nb5 Qh4 19. g3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+
21. Kf1 Nxe4 22. Qd3 f5 23. Nd4 f4 24. Nxc6 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Rf4 26. Nd4 Rh4 27.
Qg1 Rh1 {0-1 (27) Lupulescu,C (2618)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650) Baku 2016})
17... Qb6 18. Bxe5 $146 {[#]} (18. Nb5 $14) (18. Rb1 Qb4 19. f4 Rfd8 {0-1 (41)
Pichugin,A (2176)-Dzhakaev,D (2510) Moscow 2008}) 18... Nd3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qb3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 {A22: English
Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. d3 Nc6 8. e4 {The
position is equal.} (8. Nf3 e4 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 exd3 11. e3 d5 12. cxd5 c6
13. O-O Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Timofeev,A (2681)-Zhou,J (2623) Sochi 2009}) 8...
Nd4 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ $146 (9... c5 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qa3 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O
Qh5 {1-0 (41) Buettner,F (2283)-Papakosmas,L (2400) CServe email 1999}) 10.
Bxf3 c6 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Bh3 14. Rfe1 d4 15. Qd2 Rb8 $1 16. Bd5
h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 (18. b4 $5 {looks sharper.} Be6 19. Be4 Bg4 20. a4 Bf3
21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qe2) 18... exf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Bf5 21. Rad1 b6 22.
Be4 Bg4 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. Kf2 g5 25. Kg3 Bd7 26. h4 gxh4+ 27. Kxh4 Kg7 28. Kg3 f5
29. Bd5 Kf6 30. Kf2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 32. Rh1 Kg6 33.
Rg1+ Kf6 34. b4 Be6 $2 {[#]} (34... Re3 $11) 35. Bxe6 $1 $16 Rxe6 {[#] KR-KR}
36. Re1 $1 {Threatens to win with Rxe6+.} Rd6 ({Reject} 36... Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Kg6
38. Kf2 $18 (38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kf6 $11)) 37. Re8 (37. Re5 $18) 37... Rd7 38.
a4 Kg6 $2 (38... h5 $16) 39. Re6+ $18 Kg7 40. Kg3 h5 $2 (40... Kg8 {might work
better.} 41. Re5 (41. Rxh6 Re7 42. c5 bxc5 $16) 41... Rf7) 41. Kh4 Kf7 42. Rh6
Kg7 43. Kxh5 ({Weaker is} 43. Rxh5 Re7 44. Rxf5 Re3 $18) 43... Re7 44. Rd6 Re3
(44... Kf7 $142 45. Rxd4 Re1) 45. Rxd4 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. c5 a5 48. Rxb6 axb4
49. Kg5 Rxd3 50. Rxb4 Rd5 51. Rb5 (51. Rc4 $142 Kd7 52. a5) 51... Ke6 52. c6 {
White mates.} Rd1 53. Rc5 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rh8 56. c7 Rc8 57. a5 Kd6
58. Rc2 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 $146 (2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2
b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Ng4 Nxg4
14. Qxg4 g6 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Bc8 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qb7 Bxh2+
20. Kxh2 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 (21) Gelashvili,T (2622)-Mijovic,S (2300)
Antalya 2009}) 2... g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxe5 16. Ba3 b6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.
Qa4 h5 21. c4 h4 22. gxh4 Qc8 23. Bxe7 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Qc3+ 26. Kf1
Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qc3+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
{D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O c5
11. cxd5 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) 11... Nxd5 {
LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 f5 15. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 16.
cxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc4 $146 Qc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxe3!} 18. Qf3 $40 {
White attacks.} b5 19. Be2 Qd7 20. Qg3 Nf6 (20... a6 $142) 21. Rac1 $16 Rac8 (
21... Bc6 $16 22. Rfd1 Qe8) 22. Rxc8 $18 Bxc8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Qc7 a6 25. Bf3
Rf7 26. Qg3 h6 27. h4 Qf8 28. Qe5 (28. Bxf6 $18 Rxf6 29. Rc1) 28... Ng4 $16 29.
Qf4 Nf6 30. Rc1 Qd8 $2 (30... a5 31. Rc6 a4) 31. Qb8 $18 Rf8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33.
Qa7 (33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qe7 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 $18) (33. Rc7 $142 {Strongly
threatening Qa7.} Bd7 34. Qb6) 33... Rf7 {[#]} 34. Qb8 $2 (34. Qd4 $1 Rd7 35.
Qf4) 34... Rf8 35. Qg3+ Kh8 36. Qg6 Qe7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qf4 {And now Rc7
would win.} e5 39. Bd5+ Be6 40. Qf3 Rd8 41. Bxe6+ Qxe6 42. Rc6 ({Weaker is} 42.
Qg3+ Kh7 43. h5 Qf7 $18) 42... Rd6 43. Rxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd6
44. Qxf5 Kg7 45. h5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6
8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qe2 O-O {
0-1 (65) Robson,R (2668)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Be3 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} (7. Nbd2 $5 {is more complex.} Be6 8. Ng5 Bc8 9. O-O Qe7 10.
Nb3) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 $146 (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 c5
10. Nd2 Be6 11. b3 c6 12. a4 a5 13. O-O Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Karttunen,M (2437)
-Gomez,J (2526) Tromsoe 2014}) 9. Nc3 c5 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Nh4 c6 13.
Nf5 Bxf5 (13... Qc7 $5 {is interesting.} 14. a4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Nf5+ Kg8)
14. exf5 Nf6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qg4 f6
20. c4 Qf7 21. Qe4 Rd6 22. g4 Qd7 23. Kf2 b5 24. h4 Qf7 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rc1 (26.
Rg1 $5 {seems wilder.} Rf8 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rc2) 26... a4 27. cxb5
axb3 28. Rxc5 cxb5 29. Rxb5 {Hoping for Rb7.} bxa2 30. Rb7 $36 {White is
pushing.} Qd5 ({Better is} 30... Rd7 $11 31. Rxd7 Qxd7) 31. Qxd5+ $14 Rxd5 {
Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Ra7 Red8 33. Rd1 e4 34. d4 $1 h5 35. Rg1 Rb8 {[#] aiming
for ...Rb2+.} 36. Rxa2 Rdb5 37. gxh5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Rxf5 38. h6 $1
g5 39. Rg4 Kh7 40. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening hxg5.} Kxh6 41. Ra7 Rb2+ 42. Kd3
Rf3 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Ra3 f5 45. Re5 Kg4 (45... Rb8 $16 46. Kc4 Rf1) 46. d5
$18 f4 47. Re4 $2 ({White should play} 47. Kd4 $18) 47... Kf5 $2 (47... Rb4 $11
) 48. Rxf4+ Rxf4 49. exf4 {KR-KR} Rb4 50. Ra8 ({Weaker is} 50. Ra7 Kxf4 51. Kc3
(51. d6 Ke5 $11) 51... Rb1 $18) 50... Kxf4 51. Kc3 {White mates.} Rb1 52. Re8
Kf5 53. Kd4 Kf6 54. Kc5 Kf7 55. Re2 Rb8 56. d6 Rc8+ 57. Kb6 Rd8 58. Kc7 Ra8 59.
d7 Ra7+ 60. Kc8 Ra8+ {[#]} 61. Kb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li, Di"]
[Black "Xu, Minghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4 {
E01: Catalan: Early deviations} b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games.
The position is equal.} N7b6 11. Nh4 $146 (11. Re1 a5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7
14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nxc4 {0-1 (54) Rombaldoni,A (2567)-Ding,L (2753)
Baku 2016}) 11... Be7 12. Qg4 g6 (12... Kf8 $1 $15) 13. Bh6 $14 Ba6 14. Rfe1
Na4 15. Nf3 (15. Nf6+ $16 Bxf6 16. exf6) 15... Nxb2 16. Nfg5 Nd3 $2 {[#]} ({
Black should play} 16... Qd7 $14) 17. Qf3 (17. Nxe6 $142 Bc8 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19.
Ne6+ Ke8 20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Ne6+ Ke8 22. Nxd8 (22. Ng7+ Kf8 $11) 22... Bxg4 23.
Nxc6 Nxe1 24. Rxe1) 17... Kd7 $18 (17... Nxe1 $2 18. Qxf7+ Kd7 19. Nc5+ (19.
Rxe1 Qg8 $16) (19. Qxe6+ Kc7 20. Rxe1 Bc8 $15) (19. Nxe6 Qe8 20. N6c5+ Kd8 21.
Ne6+ Kc8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $17) 19... Kc8 20. Qxe6+ Kc7 21. Bxd5 (21. Rxe1 Bc8 $11
) 21... Qxd5 22. Qxe7+ Kb6 23. Rxe1 $18) (17... Bxg5 $6 18. Bxg5 Nxe1 19. Rxe1
$16) 18. Red1 ({Inferior is} 18. Qxf7 Qg8 $11) (18. Nxf7 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.} Nxe1 19. Rxe1) 18... Qe8 $16 (18... Bxg5 $2 19. Bxg5 Qc7 {[#]}
20. Rxd3 $1 (20. Qxf7+ Kc8 $16) 20... cxd3 21. Nc5+ (21. Qxf7+ Kc8 $16) 21...
Ke8 22. Nxa6 $18) 19. Nxf7 {Rxd3 is the strong threat.} Rg8 $2 (19... Rf8 $16 {
is more resistant.} 20. Bxf8 Qxf8) 20. Nfd6 Bxd6 $2 (20... Rf8 21. Bxf8 (21.
Nxe8 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Kxe8 $14) 21... Qxf8 22. Rxd3 Bxd6) 21. Nf6+ $18 {White is
clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 21. Nxd6 Qe7 $11) (21. exd6 Rf8 22. Bxf8 Qxf8
$16) 21... Nxf6 22. Qxc6+ Ke7 23. Qxd6+ Kf7 24. exf6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four
Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. b3 Re8 17. h3 Rb6 18. Ng3 c5 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Be6
21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Hou,Y (2651)
-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 10... Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14.
Rad1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qa5 $146 (17...
Bd7 18. Nh5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Godena,M (2508)-Marciano,D (2514) Switzerland 2012})
18. a4 Bd7 19. Kf1 h6 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Qc7 {Threatening ...Qh2.} 22. g3
Qa5 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qc3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Qd3 Qe5
27. c4 Qe6 28. Kg2 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Re4 31. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 50 Games. C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and
4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. h4 (10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Kb1
Qc7 15. Bd3 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne2 {1-0 (37) Kasimdzhanov,R (2691)-Lupulescu,C 
(2609) Germany 2017}) 10... Qa5 11. O-O-O b5 {White must now prevent ...b4.The
position is equal.} 12. Bxc5 $146 (12. Kb1 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. cxd3
O-O 16. Qf2 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Houska,J (2479)-Galanov,S 
(2376) ICCF email 2008}) 12... Bxc5 13. Kb1 $1 Qb6 14. Ne2 b4 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 O-O 17. h5 a5 18. g4 a4 19. Rh3 f6 (19... a3 $15 20. b3 Bd7) 20. exf6 $11
Rxf6 21. Bg2 Bb7 22. f5 e5 {[#]} (22... Bxd4 $11 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 exf5)
23. Ne6 ({Better is} 23. g5 $1 $16 Rd6 24. Ne6) 23... e4 $1 24. h6 $36 {
White is more active.} g6 25. Nf4 (25. c4 $14) 25... d4 $15 26. Qe2 Kh8 $2 (
26... Re8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27. Bxe4 $18 Re8 28. Ne6 {Bxb7 is the
strong threat.} Rexe6 $2 (28... Bc8) 29. fxe6 Qxe6 (29... Rxe6 30. Qf1 Bc8 31.
Bd5) 30. Bf3 (30. Qb5 $142 Bxe4 31. Qxc5) 30... Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Rf2 32. Re1 a3 $2
{[#]} (32... Kg8 33. Bb5 Kf7) 33. Bc4 (33. Bf3 $142 $1 {Intending Re8+ and
mate.} Be4 (33... Bxf3 34. Re8+) 34. Bxe4) 33... axb2 $2 (33... Rf8 34. g5 Bg2)
34. Kxb2 Rf8 35. Rh2 Bc8 (35... Bd6 $142) 36. Rhe2 Bxg4 37. Re8 {Rxf8+ would
kill now.} Bd7 38. R8e5 Bb6 39. Re7 Ba4 40. Rf7 (40. Rg7 $142 d3 41. Ree7 Bd4+
42. Kc1 Be3+ 43. Rxe3 g5 44. Ree7 d2+ 45. Kd1) 40... Bc5 (40... Rxf7 $142 41.
Bxf7 d3 42. cxd3 Bd4+ 43. Kc1 Bf6) 41. Rc7 Bb6 42. Rb7 (42. Rg7 $142 d3 43.
Ree7 Bd4+ 44. Kc1 Be3+ 45. Rxe3 g5 46. Ree7 d2+ 47. Kxd2) 42... Bc5 43. Bd5 (
43. Re5 $142 Bd6 44. Re6) 43... Bd6 (43... d3 $18 44. cxd3 Bd4+ 45. Kb1 Bc3)
44. Re6 Bc5 45. Bc6 (45. Rc7 $142 b3 46. axb3) 45... d3 46. Bxa4 Bd4+ 47. Kc1
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 {[#] D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 {
Hoping for ...g6.Black is better.} 16. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 $1 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6
19. Ba4 Bb7 ({Much weaker is} 19... Nxd5 $6 20. Bc6 Be6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd2
$16) 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 {next Rd1 is good for White.} Rac8 $146 22. Be3 {
Threatening Rac1.} Rxc6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. g3 Kg8 26. Rd1 Bc7 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Bd4 f6 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. a3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 {B23: Closed Sicilian:
Lines without g3} Nbd7 7. O-O e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7... b4 8. Nd5 e6 9.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. h3 Nd7 {0-1 (38) Felgaer,R 
(2586)-Areshchenko,A (2709) Tromsoe 2013}) 8. dxc5 $146 (8. d5 b4 9. Nb1 exd5
10. exd5 Be7 11. c4 bxc3 12. Nbxc3 {0-1 (46) Kalinina,O (2290)-Schleining,Z 
(2376) Germany 2014}) 8... b4 9. Na4 (9. cxd6 bxc3 10. Nxc3 Qb6 $17) 9... dxc5
10. f3 Bc6 11. b3 Bxa4 12. bxa4 c4 13. a3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 a5 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qe2
e5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd4 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. f4 Nxd5 {aiming for ...Nc3.} 21.
Qxc4 Nc3 22. Rb3 Rc8 (22... Nxa4 $6 23. axb4 Rc8 24. Qb5 $14) 23. Qa6 {[#]}
Nxa4 ({Better is} 23... e4 $1 $17 {...Qd5 is the strong threat.} 24. axb4 e3)
24. axb4 $11 Rxc2 25. Qxa5 Nb6 {And now ... Qc8 would win.} 26. fxe5 Qc8 27.
Rd3 $1 Qc4 ({Don't play} 27... Rxc1 $6 28. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 $16) 28. Rfd1
Rxc1 {[#]} 29. Rxd4 $1 Qc2 {[#]} (29... Qxd4 $11 30. Rxc1 Qb2) 30. Rf1 $1 $16 (
{But not} 30. Bf3 $2 Qf2 31. Bb7 Nc4 $19) 30... Nc4 {( -> ...Ne3)} 31. Qc5 Ne3
32. Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5}
Qe7 12. Rad1 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bb2 Ba3
17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Karlsson,L (2491)-Lysyj,I (2609) Stockholm
2009}) 12... Rad8 $146 (12... Bb4 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Ne2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16.
Ng3 a6 17. f4 c5 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 {1-0 (45) Velikanov,A (2355)
-Vigorito,D (2415) Charlotte 2016}) 13. e4 {The position is equal.} dxc4 14.
bxc4 e5 15. d5 Bb4 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Rfe8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rfd1
Qe6 21. h3 Bf8 22. Ba1 Nh5 23. Nb2 Nc5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 (24... Nxe4 $6 25. Rxb8 (
25. Nfxe5 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Nc5 $11) 25... Rxb8 26. Re1 $14 (26. Bxe5 Re8 $14) (26.
Nfxe5 Rd8 $14) (26. Ndxe5 Nhf6 $14)) (24... Rxb1 $5 {seems wilder.} 25. Qxb1
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Nf4 27. Rb3 f6) 25. Qxd3 (25. Rxb8 $11 Rxb8 26. Rxd3) 25... Nf4
$17 26. Qe3 {Black must now prevent Rxb8.} Rxb1 (26... Qxc4 27. Rxb8 (27. Bxe5
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd3 $17) 27... Rxb8 28. Bxe5 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 $14) 27. Rxb1 Qxc4 28.
Nxe5 Qxa2 29. Rf1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 c5 (30... a5 $142 31. Re1 Rb8) 31. Re1 Nd4 32.
Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Qa5 34. Nf3 $1 Bc5 35. Qb2 Bb6 36. Kg1 Qc5 37. Nh4 Bc7 38.
Nf3 a5 39. Rc1 Qa7 40. Nd4 (40. Rc4 $15) 40... Rb8 (40... Rxe4 $6 41. Nb5 Bh2+
42. Kxh2 $11) (40... Qb6 $1 $17 41. Qc2 Bh2+ 42. Kxh2 Qxd4) 41. Qc2 $15 Qxd4
42. Qxc7 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Ra8 43. Qb7 Rd8 44. Rc8 (44. Qc7 $11) 44... g6 (
44... Qa1+ $5 45. Kh2 $8 Qe5+ 46. g3 Rxc8 47. Qxc8+ Kh7 $15) 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11
{KQ-KQ} 46. Qb5 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 $1 a4 {aiming for ...a3.} 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+
Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 50. Qe7 Qb3 51. e5 $1 Qe6 52. Qc5 Kg8 53. f4
Qa6 (53... h5 $15) 54. Qe7 {[#]} (54. Qd5 $11) 54... Qc4 $1 $17 ({Don't play} 
54... a3 $6 {[#]} 55. e6 $1 Qxe6 56. Qxa3 $11) 55. Kg3 ({Don't go for} 55. g3
$2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qf3 $19) 55... Qe6 (55... Qd4 $17 56. Kf3 Qd5+ 57. Kg3 (57. Kf2
Qe4 58. g3 Qc2+ 59. Ke1 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 Qd4+ 61. Ke2 Qe4+ 62. Kf2 $17) 57... Qe4)
56. Qa7 Qb3+ 57. Kh2 Qb4 (57... a3 $2 58. e6 fxe6 59. Qe7 $19) 58. Kg3 $2 (58.
f5 $17) 58... a3 $19 {...Qb3+ is the strong threat.} 59. Qa8+ (59. e6 $142 fxe6
60. Qd7) 59... Kg7 60. Qd5 $2 (60. e6 fxe6 61. Qa7+ Kf6 62. Kf3) 60... Qc3+ $2
(60... Qb1 {And now ...a2 would win.} 61. Qd4 Qb2) 61. Kh2 Qe3 62. Qc4 Qa7 {
Hoping for ...a2.} 63. f5 $2 (63. Qa2 $19) 63... a2 {Black mates.} 64. f6+ Kh7
65. e6 a1=Q 66. e7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 {LiveBook:
6 Games. C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Bg4 8. Nbd2 $146 (8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Nbd7
10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Rfe1 d5 13. Qf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 {1-0 (48) Almasi,Z 
(2707)-Fridman,D (2602) Bastia 2013}) 8... Nh5 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Nf4
10. Qe3 Bh5 11. Kh2 Nd7 12. d4 Bg6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. g3 Nh5 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nhf6 19. Nh4 Bh5 20. f3 Nc5 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Nf5 Bf8
23. Be3 Nd7 24. Qf2 f6 25. Rad1 (25. Bxa7 $2 b6 26. Bxb6 (26. g4 $2 Bf7 27.
Bxb6 Nxb6 $19) 26... Nxb6 $19) 25... Bf7 26. Rd2 c5 27. Red1 c4 28. Nc1 Ndc5
29. b4 cxb3 $1 30. axb3 (30. Bxb3 Nxb3 31. Nxb3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 b6 $17) 30... b6
31. Na2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Nd8 33. c4 Nc6 34. Nc3 Qb8 35. Nd5 Ne6 36. b4 Ned4 37.
Ba4 Nxf5 $2 ({Black should try} 37... Rc8 $14) 38. Bxc6 $18 (38. exf5 Rc8 39.
Bc3 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Nxb4 $15) 38... Rc8 39. Bd7 $36 {White has strong initiative.
} (39. exf5 Rxc6 40. Ne3 Bxc4 41. Nxc4 Rxc4 $17) 39... Rxc4 $2 (39... Nd4 {
is a better defense.}) 40. Bxf5 Qd8 {Black hopes to continue with ...g6.} 41.
Be1 Qe8 42. Bd7 Qb8 43. Bb5 Rc8 44. Qd2 a5 45. Ba6 Rc6 46. Rc1 Rxc1 47. Qxc1
axb4 48. Nxb4 b5 49. Nd5 Bxd5 50. exd5 Qb6 51. Bc8 g6 52. Be6+ Kg7 53. Kg2 ({
Not} 53. Qc6 Qe3 54. Qc3 (54. Qxb5 Qxe1 55. Qb7+ Kh6 $17) 54... Qe2+ 55. Kg1 e4
$18) 53... Bc5 (53... Qc5 $142 54. Qd2 Qd4 55. Qxd4 exd4) 54. Qb2 (54. Bd2 $142
{aiming for Bh6+.} Qd6 55. Bh6+ Kh8 56. f4 exf4 57. Qc3) 54... b4 55. Qb3 $2 (
55. Qa2 $18) 55... Qb5 $14 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 56. Qd1 $1 b3 $2 (56... Qc4 $16) 57.
d6 $18 b2 58. Ba2 Qa6 {[#]} 59. Bb1 $1 Bxd6 60. Bc3 Qc4 61. Bxb2 Bc5 62. Qd3
Qb4 (62... Qxd3 $142 63. Bxd3 Kf7) 63. Bc3 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} ({
But not} 63. Qd7+ Kh8 64. Qd8+ Kg7 $18) 63... Qb7 64. h4 Ba7 (64... Bb4 $142
65. Bb2 Bf8) 65. Ba2 Qc7 66. Bd2 (66. Qd5 $142 Be3 67. Bc4 Kh6 {[#]} 68. f4 $1
exf4 69. g4 f3+ 70. Qxf3 Qf4 71. Bb4 Qxf3+ 72. Kxf3) 66... e4 67. Qxe4 (67.
fxe4 $142 Qc6 68. Kh2) 67... Qd7 68. Qd5 Qxd5 69. Bxd5 Bd4 70. Kf1 f5 71. Ke2
h6 72. Kd3 Bf2 73. Bc3+ Kh7 74. Be5 Be1 75. Kc4 h5 76. Kc5 {White mates.} Bd2
77. Be6 Be1 78. Kd6 Kh6 79. Bf4+ Kg7 80. Bd5 g5 81. hxg5 Kg6 82. Bc6 h4 83.
Be8+ Kg7 84. gxh4 Bxh4 85. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. c4 b6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves
and 3...dxe4} (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3
15. Re2 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. c5 {0-1 (73)
Polgar,J (2680)-Gelfand,B (2758) Moscow 2009}) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1
Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 Rfe8 16. Bc4 $146 (16. Nf5 Bf8
{1/2-1/2 (35) Thomas,M-Kruijer,R ICCF email 2004}) 16... Bd6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qd4 $1 {[#]} 21. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 22. Qxd4 cxd4
23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. f3 Rd8 (24... Bxd5 $14 25. Rxd5 (25. Bxd5 Rd8 $14) 25... Nxd5)
25. Ne4 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't play} 25. d6 Ne8 $14) 25... Ne8 26.
Kf2 a6 27. a4 h6 28. Ke3 f5 29. Nc3 Nd6 30. Bd3 ({White should try} 30. Rd1 $18
) 30... g6 31. h4 h5 (31... Re8+ $16 32. Kf4 Rc8) 32. Ne2 Kf7 33. Nf4 Kf6 34.
Rb4 Nc8 35. Rc4 {Hoping for Rc7.} Ne7 36. Rc7 ({But not} 36. Rb4 $6 Rd6 $14)
36... Bxd5 37. Bxa6 (37. b4 $16) 37... Bxb3 $11 38. Rb7 Bxa4 39. Rxb6+ Bc6 40.
Bb5 {The position is equal.} Rd6 41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6+ Nxc6 {Endgame KN-KN}
43. Kd3 g5 44. Nxh5+ Kg6 45. Ng3 gxh4 46. Ne2 Kg5 47. Ke3 Ne7 48. Kd4 Ng6 49.
Ke3 Ne7 50. Nf4 Nc6 51. Nd5 Nd8 52. Kd4 Nf7 53. Ke3 Nd8 54. Nc7 Nc6 55. Ne6+
Kf6 56. Nf4 Kg5 57. Nh3+ Kf6 58. Nf4 Kg5 59. Nd5 Nd8 60. Kd3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 $146 (2... g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7.
Nc3 Ne4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Bc6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 b6
14. Qa2 bxa5 15. Nd2 {1-0 (49) Xiong,J (2667)-Smirin,I (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2017
}) 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6
10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Re1 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 Re8 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Ne4 17. Rb1 Ba6 (17... Nd6 $5 {seems wilder.} 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nc8
20. f4 Qe7) 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Ra2 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6
23. Rba1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. a5 g6 26. h3 bxa5 27. Rxa5 f5 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29.
Rxa6 Nxa6 30. g4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four
Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. c3 Qf6 12. Bd3 {0-1 (55) Short,N 
(2684)-Melkumyan,H (2654) Minsk 2015}) 5. Bd3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} d6 6. a3
Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 7. dxc3 Be6 8. c4 h6 $146 (8... Nd7 9. Ng5 Nf8
10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Qf6 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Haensel,T (2040)
-Schneider,H Pinneberg 1996}) 9. Be3 Nd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. c3 a6 12. Qe2 Na7 13.
a4 a5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfb1 Nc6 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. Nf1 Qe8 18. Ng3 b6 19. Qf3 Ne7
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. Be4 (22. Bc2 $11) 22... Nxe4 $15 23. Qxe4 Qc6 (
23... f6 $15) 24. f3 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Kf8 26. f6 Ng8 27. fxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rf1 Nf6
29. Bxh6+ Kg6 30. Rae1 axb4 31. cxb4 Rxa4 32. Bd2 Ra3 33. Rf3 Rca8 34. Bc3 Nh5
35. Ref1 Rb3 36. c5 Raa3 (36... Nf4 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rxc3!} 37.
Kh1 Raa3 38. cxb6 cxb6) 37. cxb6 $11 cxb6 38. Bd2 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. gxf3 {
Endgame KB-KN} b5 41. Kf2 f5 42. h4 {[#]} (42. exf5+ $11 {keeps the balance.}
Kxf5 43. h4) 42... f4 $1 $17 43. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (43. Be1 $17) 43... Ng3 $2 (43...
Ng7 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 44. Be1 Ne6) 44. Be1 $2 (44. Kf2 $17) 44... Ne2
$19 45. Bf2 Nd4 46. Kh3 Kh5 47. Bg1 Nxf3 48. Bb6 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.}
Bd6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Van Wely,L (2695)-Andreikin,D (2736) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9. O-O
O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qc2 $146 (11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Ne1 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 {1/2-1/2 (21)
Vodicka,M (1933) -Hatsek,W (1887) LSS email 2013}) 11... h6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Ne2
Nh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 Rfc8 (15... Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rxb7 $16) 16. Qb1 b6
17. Rc3 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. b5 {Threatens to win with bxc6.} c5 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Ned4 Nb6 23. Nc6 d4 (23... Rca8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24.
exd4 $16 cxd4 25. Rcc1 ({White must play} 25. Rd1 $1 $16) 25... Nf4 $11 26.
Rfe1 Rca8 27. Bf1 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 28. Nd2 (28. Rcd1 $1 $11)
28... Kh8 (28... Ra2 $17 29. Ne4 Qa3) 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. Nc3 $2 {[#]} (30. Nb4 $11
{and White has nothing to worry.} Qf5 31. Ng3 (31. Nd6 $2 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 Qg5+
33. Bg2 d2 $19) 31... Qxb5 32. Nxd3 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Nxd3 34. Bxd3) 30... Qg5 (
30... Nh3+ $142 $1 31. gxh3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 d2) 31. Nxa4 $2 (31. Re3 {is a better
defense.} d2 32. Rd1) 31... Nh3+ $19 (31... Rxa4 32. Re3 $14) 32. Kh1 Nxf2+ (
32... Rxa4 33. Bxd3 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+
$11) (32... Nxa4 33. Bxd3 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 $15) 33. Kg1 Nh3+ (33...
Nxa4 34. Bxd3 (34. Kxf2 d2 35. Kg1 Bf5 $11) 34... Nh3+ 35. Kh1 $11) (33... Rxa4
34. Bxd3 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 $11) 34. Kh1 {[#]}
d2 $1 (34... Rxa4 35. Bxd3 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kh1
$11) 35. Nxb6 (35. Rc2 $19 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa4 37. Re5) 35... dxe1=Q (35...
dxc1=Q 36. Qxc1 (36. Rxc1 $2 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Qe3 $19) 36... Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38.
Kh1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kh1 $11) 36. Rxe1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 {Hoping for g3.} Nh3+
38. Kh1 Nf2+ $40 {Black attacks.} 39. Kg1 {[#]} Qc5 $3 40. h3 Nxh3+ (40... Qxb6
41. Kh2 $11) 41. Kh2 Qg1+ (41... Qxb6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. gxh3 $11 (43. Kxh3 Qe3+
44. g3 Qf3 $17)) 42. Kg3 Qf2+ (42... Qxb6 43. Qb2 $17) 43. Kh2 Qg1+ (43... Qxb6
44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. gxh3 $11 (45. Kxh3 Qe3+ 46. g3 Qf3 $17)) 44. Kg3 {aiming for
Qh7+!} Ra3+ ({Weaker is} 44... Qxb6 45. Qb2 $17) 45. Bd3 Qf2+ ({Less strong is
} 45... Qxb6 46. gxh3 Qc7+ 47. Kf3 $19) 46. Kh2 Qf4+ ({Not} 46... Qxb6 47. Qc2
$17) 47. Kh1 Nf2+ 48. Kg1 Nxd3 49. Re2 Rc3 50. Rc2 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Rb3 (51... Rxc2
$142 52. Qxc2 Nf2) 52. Qg1 Qxg1+ $2 (52... Qf4+ {mates} 53. g3 Qf3 54. Qd4 Ne1
55. Qf2 Qh5+ 56. Kg1 Nxc2 57. Qxc2 Rxg3+ 58. Qg2 Rxg2+ 59. Kxg2 Qxb5 60. Kf3
Qxc6+ 61. Ke3 Qc3+ 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kf3 g5 64. Kg3 Qe2 65. Na4 h5 66. Nc5 h4#)
53. Kxg1 Rxb5 54. Na4 $2 (54. Na8) 54... Rb1+ 55. Kh2 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03] D10: Slav Defence:
cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (4... Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8.
Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Qb3 Rfb8 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. bxa3
Ne4 15. Na4 Na7 16. Ne5 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (103) Vidit,S (2670)-Korobov,A (2695)
Dubai 2017}) 5. e3 {LiveBook: 56 Games} Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 {White is slightly
better.} 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 e6 9. Rc1 $146 (9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Ne5
Rc8 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rfc1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rfd8 16. f3 Ne8 17. Kf2 f6
18. Bg3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Pert,N (2425)-Korstin,M (2201) Yerevan
1999}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc7 (12. Nd2 $14) 12... Nd7 ({
Better is} 12... Rfc8 $15 13. Bxb6 Nd7) 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Bg3 Ra5 15. Be2 g5 16.
Nd2 Nf6 17. O-O Bg6 18. h3 h5 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Nf3 h4 21. Bh2 Bh5 22. Bd3 (22.
Rc2 $14) 22... Raa8 ({Black should play} 22... Bg6 $1 $11 23. Be2 Raa8) 23. Rc2
$14 f6 24. Rfc1 Kf7 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nc7 Rac8 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Rc3 Kd7 29. Bb5
Bd6 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 31. Kf1 e5 (31... Bg6 $11) 32. dxe5+ $1 fxe5 33. Be2 Bg6 (
33... Bxe2+ $14 34. Kxe2 Ke6) 34. Rb3 Kc7 35. Nf3 d4 (35... Kb8 $16) 36. Nxe5
$18 ({But not} 36. Nxg5 $6 d3) 36... Be4 37. Bg4 Ra8 38. Nf7 Rg8 {next ...Bd5
is good for Black.} 39. exd4 {aiming for Be6.} Bd5 40. Re3 Ra4 {...Rc4 would
now be nice for Black.} 41. Nh6 Rd8 42. Nf5 Kb8 (42... Rc4 {was called for.}
43. Rec3 Rxc3 44. bxc3 (44. Rxc3 Be4 45. Ng7 Bd5 $18) 44... Ra8) 43. b4 b5 44.
Be2 Na7 45. Nd6 Bc6 46. Nf5 $2 {[#]} (46. Nf7 $18 Rxd4 47. Nxg5) 46... Nc8 $2 (
46... Bd5 $1 $11 47. Rc5 Ra6) 47. Rd1 Nb6 48. Ne7 Bd7 49. Rc1 Nc4 50. Bxc4 bxc4
51. d5 Bb5 (51... Ra6 $16 52. Rcc3 Ba4) 52. Rcc3 Ra6 53. Re5 Re8 54. Ke2 Rf6 (
54... Kc7 $142 55. d6+ Rxd6) 55. f3 Rd6 $2 {[#]} (55... Kc7 56. d6+ Rxd6) 56.
Kd2 Ka7 57. a4 Bxa4 58. Rxc4 Ka6 59. Rce4 Rd7 60. Ke3 Rc7 $2 (60... Bc2) 61. d6
{White is clearly winning.} Rc1 62. Ra5+ Kb6 63. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c3
c6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Re2 O-O
15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Qf5 Rfe8 17. a3 Re6 18. h4 Rae8 19. Kf1 Ne7 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. c4
dxc4 22. Nxc4 Ned5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bd2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rd8 26. Qf5 Qd7 27. Qxd7
Nxd7 28. g3 Nf8 29. Ba5 b6 30. Be1 Ne6 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Ke2 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Kd3 f6 35. Bd2 Kf7 36. Be3 Ne7 37. b4 Rd8 38. Nd2 Kg6 39. g4 Rh8 40. Nf3 Rh3
41. Ke4 Nc7 42. Ng1 Rh4 43. Kf3 Ncd5 44. Bc1 Kf7 45. Ne2 Ke6 46. Ng3 Kd7 47.
Bd2 Nc8 48. a4 Nd6 49. Rc1 Rh8 50. Re1 Nc4 51. Rd1 Nxd2+ 52. Rxd2 Nxb4 53. Ke4
Ke6 54. Nf5 Rh3 55. Ne3 Nd5 56. Rc2 Ne7 57. a5 b5 58. d5+ cxd5+ 59. Kd4 Kd6 60.
Rd2 Rh1 {Ke5 Kxe5} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Shvayger, Yuliya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c4 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Qh4 14. Qe3 b4
15. Nc2 a5 16. b3 Be7 17. g3 Qh5 18. Bg2 O-O 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Kh1 f6 21. Qd2
Qe8 22. h4 Qc6 23. Kh2 Rcb8 24. Rab1 Qc5 25. Bh3 Bf7 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. Rfd1 Qc6
28. Qd3 Bd8 29. Ne3 Bb6 30. Nf5 Bc5 31. Qf3 Kh7 32. h5 a4 33. Qg4 Be8 34. Rb2
axb3 35. axb3 Rb6 36. Rbd2 Qc7 37. Nh4 Bf7 38. Nf5 Be8 39. Nh4 Bf7 40. Nf5 Be8
41. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Wang, Doudou"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian
Defence} (6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (28) Caruana,F (2808)
-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 6... Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O {White is slightly
better.} Be7 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 $146 (12. g4 Bg6 13.
Ne5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Valsecchi,A (2338) -Kasparov,S (2521) Arco 2011}) 12...
O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c4 ({White should
play} 17. Rad1 $11) 17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 (18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 Qd4 $17) 18...
Qb6 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Qb3 Ba3 (20... Qxe5 $5 {seems wilder.} 21. Bxb7 Rae8 22.
Bxa7 Qg5 23. Be3 Qh4) 21. Rad1 Qxb3 22. axb3 Bb4 {White must now prevent ...
Bc2.} 23. Re2 (23. Bd2 $11 Bc5 24. Be3 (24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Rxb7 $17) (24. b4 Be7 $15) 24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3) 23... Rad8 $15 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
25. Bxa7 Bd3 (25... Rd1+ $5 26. Kh2 $8 Bc3 $15) 26. Ra2 Ba6 27. Rc2 h6 28. Bb6
Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bd2 {[#]} 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Be4+ g6 32. Kg3 Re1 33. Bd8 $36 {
Bf6 would kill now. White is pushing.} Bg5 (33... Rxe4 $5 34. Bf6 $8 g5 35.
Rh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ $11) 34. f3 Kg7 35.
Bxg5 (35. h4 $5 {is more complex.} Bxd8 36. Rxd8 Re3 37. b4 Rb3 38. Rd4) 35...
hxg5 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Rc7 Re3 37. b4 Re1 38. Rc5 {Hoping for b5.} b6
$1 39. Rc7 Re2 40. Ra7 Bc4 41. Bc6 Rxe5 42. Be8 Re3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 $1 {aiming
for ...Bb5!} 44. Rf6 Bd5 $1 45. h4 ({Don't play} 45. Rxg6+ Kf8 46. Bb5 Rxf3+
47. Kh2 Rb3 $17) 45... gxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Rxf3 (46... Bxf3 $11 47. Kg5 (47. Bxg6
Bxg4 48. Kg5 Rg3 $11) (47. Rxg6+ Kf8 48. Bd7 Kf7 $15) 47... Be2) 47. Rxf3 $16 (
{Weaker is} 47. Rxg6+ Kf8 48. Bd7 Ke7 49. Rg7+ Kd6 $11) 47... Bxf3 {[#]} 48.
Bxg6 (48. Kg5 $1 $16) 48... Kg7 $11 49. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 {
1/2-1/2 (62) Nakamura,H (2785)-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. h5
$146 (7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2 Qb6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f3 Kb8 12. Be3 Qc7
13. Na4 Re8 {1-0 (53) Nielsen,P (2654) -Carstensen,J (2352) Berlin 2015}) 7...
h6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Qf3 e5 12.
Bc4 Be6 (12... Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Qg3 Bxh5) 13. Bxe6 $16 fxe6 14.
O-O-O Qc7 15. g4 Nh7 16. Qd3 Be7 17. f4 O-O 18. fxe5 ({White should play} 18.
g5 $16) 18... d5 $1 $11 19. Rhf1 (19. exd5 $5 {seems wilder.} cxd5 20. Qg6 Ng5
21. Kb1 Rab8 22. b3) 19... Qxe5 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (20... Nxf8 $11 21. exd5 cxd5)
21. exd5 $14 ({Don't play} 21. Qxa6 d4 22. Ne2 Qxe4 $15) 21... cxd5 22. Qxa6 {
Hoping for Re1.} Bg5 23. Qe2 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Qd6 25. b3 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Ng5 27. Rd1
Ra8 28. Qe5 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rf8 30. Rd1 Ra8 $1 31. Rd3 Rf8 32. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 {D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} b6 {The position is
equal.} 19. Rd1 (19. Ba4 Bb7 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2723)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 19... Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Be3
Be7 $146 22. Bd4 Nxd5 23. Ne5 Nf4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxd4!} 24. Be3
Nd5 25. Bd4 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd4!} 26. Bc3 Bd5 27. g3 Ne2+ 28.
Kf1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Bf6 $132 {[#] ...Bxb3 is the strong threat. Black is not
keeping still (2)} 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxd5 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Li, Di"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4
d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Re8 13. Ng3 (13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. d4 Nc4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (43) Carlsen,
M (2855)-Aronian, L (2792) Leuven 2016}) 13... Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. d4 $146 (15.
Be3 $5 {is interesting.} a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nh4 Nd5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bg5) (
15. Nh4 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Andriasian,Z (2622)
-Demchenko,A (2588) Nizhny Tagil 2014}) 15... exd4 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nxd4 a6
18. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Qf3 Nc4 20. b3 Ne5 $1 21. Qd1 Nd3 {Hoping for ...Re1+.}
22. Qd2 h6 23. Be3 Bxg3 24. fxg3 c5 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Bf4 Bh7 {And now ...g5
would win.} 27. g4 $1 {The position is equal.} c6 28. Bg3 Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3
30. Rd1 Be4 31. Nd2 Bg6 32. Nf1 Re2 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN}
Nc1 35. a3 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxc3 37. Bd6 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Bxc5 {KB-KB} f6 40.
b4 Kf7 41. g3 Bd5 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. h4 Bh3 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kf3 f5 46. gxf5 Bxf5
47. Ke3 gxh4 48. gxh4 Ke6 49. Kd4 Kd7 50. Bb6 Kc8 51. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7
9. Qe2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. d3 Bb7
13. d4 d6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. d5 $146 (14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. cxb5 Qxb5 16. Nd4
Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Andersson, U (2598)-Van Wely,L (2697) France 2002}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16.
e4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Nd2 a5 20. a4 Ba6 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Rfe1
Ra7 23. h3 Rea8 24. Bf1 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Reb1 Bd7 28. Rxa7 Rxa7
29. Bg2 Rb7 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Nc4 Ne8 32. e5 $36 {White is pushing.} Qb4 33.
Qc1 dxe5 34. Nxe5 Bb5 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 c4 ({Better is} 36... Kf8 $14) 37.
Qd1 {[#] aiming for Qd8.} Qd6 38. Qe2 Qe6 39. Qxe6 $2 (39. Qh5 $16) 39... fxe6
$16 {Endgame KB-KN. The position is equal.} 40. f4 c3 41. Be4 Kf7 42. Kf1 ({Not
} 42. Bxh7 $2 g6 43. g4 c2 $19) 42... Nd6 43. c7 h6 44. Ke2 {[#] Bb7! is the
strong threat.} Ke7 45. Bc6 Nc8 46. Kd3 Kd6 47. Bb7 (47. Ba4 $5 {with more
complications.} Kxc7 48. Kxc3 Nd6 49. Kd4 Kd8 50. g4) 47... Kxc7 48. Bxc8 Kxc8
49. Kxc3 g5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Kd4 Kd7 52. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov
and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 {The position is equal.}
14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bc8 $146 20.
Ng4 Bc3 21. Rf1 $36 {White has good play.} Nde5 22. Ne2 Ba5 (22... Bxg4 $11 23.
hxg4 Qh4) 23. Ne3 $14 Nd7 (23... c4 $14) 24. Bb2 $16 Nf6 {[#]} 25. Ng3 $1 Bb6
26. Kh2 c4 27. bxc4 Bxe3 28. fxe3 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Ne5 29. Bxe5 (
29. Bd4 $5 {is more complex.} bxc4 30. Rb6 Qe7 31. Kg1 a5 32. Ba4) 29... Rxe5
30. Qd4 {aiming for c5.} bxc4 31. Rb6 h5 32. Rfb1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qh4 (33... Nf6
$1 $14) 34. Nh1 $18 (34. hxg4 Qxg3 35. Qd2 Bxg4 $11) (34. Rxd6 $6 Re8 35. hxg4
Qxg3 $16) 34... Nh6 35. Rxd6 (35. Qxc4 Bxh3 36. Rb8+ (36. gxh3 $2 Rg5+ 37. Kf1
Qxh3+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Ng4 40. Rb8+ Rxb8 41. Rxb8+ Kh7 $19) (36. Rxa6 Rxa6
37. Rb8+ Kh7 $19) 36... Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ Kh7 $11) 35... f6 36. Rd8+ (36. Qxc4
Bxh3 37. Rdb6 (37. Rxa6 $2 Rxa6 38. Nf2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Ra8 $19) 37... Bxg2 38.
Kxg2 Ng4 $19) 36... Kh7 37. Re8 $2 (37. Qxc4 Nf7 $18) (37. Rf8 $18) 37... Nf7
38. Re7 Kg8 (38... Bxh3 $1 $11 39. g3 (39. Rxf7 Bxg2 40. Qxe5 fxe5 41. Kxg2
Qg5+ 42. Kf2 h4 $14) 39... Qg4 40. Rxf7 Qe2) 39. Ra7 $2 ({Weaker is} 39. Rc7
Bxh3 40. g3 (40. Qxc4 $2 Rg5 41. Qe2 Bxg2 42. Qxg2 Ne5 43. Qxg5 fxg5 $19) 40...
Rg5 $17) (39. d6 $16 {stays on course.} Bxh3 40. gxh3 (40. Rxe5 Qg4 41. Qd2
Nxe5 $15)) 39... Rxa7 $19 40. Qxa7 $2 (40. Rb8 Qe1+ 41. Kh2) 40... Bxh3 {
...Qg4 is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} (40... Rg5 41. Kf1 Rxg2
42. Qa8 (42. Kxg2 $2 {perishes.} Bxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ne5 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxe5 fxe5
$19) 42... Qxh3 43. Nf2 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2) 41. Rf1 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 42. Qb8+ (42.
Kxg2 Rg5+) 42... Kh7 43. Kxg2 {[#]} Rg5+ $1 44. Qg3 Ne5 45. Rf4 Rxg3+ 46. Nxg3
Qg5 47. Kh3 g6 48. d6 Kg7 49. Ne2 Kf7 50. Ba4 Ke6 51. d7 Nxd7 52. Nd4+ Ke5 $4 {
Loss on time?} (52... Ke7 $19 53. Bxd7 Qg1) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Be6 {D36: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Na4
(14. Nd2 Ng7 15. g4 Kb8 16. Nb3 h5 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qf2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. f4
{0-1 (75) Nakamura,H (2793)-Onischuk,A (2667) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nxa4 {
The position is equal.} 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Rc3 $36 {White has the
initiative.} Ne4 18. Ra3 b5 $146 (18... Nxf2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Qxa7+
Kc7) (18... Nxf2 19. Qxa7+ Kc7 20. Rb3 {1-0 (30) Aleshnia,V (2547)-Sogaard,O 
(2514) ICCF email 2002}) 19. Qc2 $1 $16 {Hoping for Ne5.} Rd6 20. Ka1 Bf5 21.
g4 Ng5 22. Nxg5 (22. Bxf5 $6 Nxf3 23. Bd3 h5 $14) 22... Bxd3 23. Qc5 Rhd8 24.
Nxh7 Be4 25. Rc1 f5 {[#]} (25... Qc7 $16) 26. Ng5 $1 $18 R8d7 (26... Qxg5 27.
Rxa7) 27. f4 Rf6 28. Qc3 Rb7 {aiming for ...b4.} 29. Qe1 (29. Nxe4 $2 b4 30.
Nxf6 bxc3 31. Raxc3 Qxf6 32. Rxc6 Qh8 33. gxf5 gxf5 $19) 29... b4 30. Ra6 Rb6
31. Qe2 Kb7 32. Ra5 Rf8 33. b3 Rh8 34. Kb2 (34. Nxe4 $6 Qxe4 35. g5 Rxh3 $11)
34... Re8 35. Ra1 a6 36. a4 bxa3+ 37. R1xa3 Ra8 38. Qd2 ({Reject} 38. Nxe4 $6
Qxe4 39. R3a4 Kc7 $11) 38... Qd7 39. R3a4 fxg4 (39... Qe7 $16 {keeps fighting.}
40. Qe2 (40. Nxe4 Qxe4 41. Rb4 Rb5 $14) 40... Rb5) 40. hxg4 Qxg4 (40... Qe7
$142 41. Qe2 (41. Nxe4 Qxe4 42. Rb4 Rb5 $16) 41... Rb5) 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. d5 {
[#] Black must now prevent dxc6+.} Qd7 (42... Rd8 {might work better.} 43. Rxe4
(43. dxc6+ Kc7 44. Rd5 Qe6 45. Rd7+ Rxd7 46. Qxd7+ Qxd7 47. cxd7 Kxd7 48. Rxe4
Rb5 $16) 43... Qd7 44. dxc6+ Rxc6) 43. Rxe4 Ka7 $2 (43... Rd8 44. dxc6+ Rxc6)
44. d6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other
than 7...Bg4} (10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Kasimdzhanov,R
(2706)-Caruana,F (2844) Baku 2014}) 10... fxe6 11. h4 c5 (11... Nf6 $1 $15) 12.
Ng5 $2 (12. h5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} c4 13. Qc2) 12... c4 (12... cxd4 13. Nxe6
Qa5 14. Nxd4+ Kh8 15. Ne6 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3+ (16. bxc3 Rf6 $14) 16... Qxc3+ 17.
bxc3 $16) 13. Qd1 $146 (13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nbd5 17.
Be2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ambartsoumian,A (2359)-Peters,J (2478) Los Angeles 1999})
13... Nf6 $1 14. Be2 b4 (14... h6 $17 15. Qc2 Qe8) 15. Na4 $11 {aiming for Nc5.
} Nc6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. O-O c3 $36 {Black has good play.} 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Rc1
Rb8 20. h5 $2 (20. Nxc3 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxd4 22. Rc5)
20... Nxe3 $19 21. fxe3 Bh6 $1 22. Rxc3 Bxg5 23. Rxc6 $2 (23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qd3
) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ (24... Bxd4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nc5 $17) 25. Bxf1
Qd5 (25... Qxd4 $2 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Nc5 $19) ({Less strong is} 25... Bxd4 26.
Bc4 Kg7 27. Nc5 $17) 26. Rc5 Qe4 27. Qe1 Rb1 (27... Qxd4 $2 28. Rc4 Qe5 29.
hxg6 $19) (27... Bd7 $142 28. Nc3 Qf4) 28. Nc3 Rxe1 29. Rxc8+ Kg7 30. Nxe4
Rxf1+ {Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Kh2 Bxd4 ({But not} 31... gxh5 32. Rc6) 32. hxg6
Be5+ 33. Kh3 h5 ({Resist} 33... Kxg6 34. Rc5 Bd4 35. Rc4) 34. Ng3 Bxg3 (34...
Rd1 $19 {is more deadly.} 35. Nxh5+ Kxg6) 35. Kxg3 {KR-KR} Rd1 36. Rc7 Kxg6 (
36... Rd3+ $17 37. Kf2 Kxg6 38. Rxe7 Kf6) 37. Rxe7 $15 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. Rh7
Rd4+ 40. Kg3 ({White should try} 40. Ke3 $1 $15 Rd5 41. a4) 40... Ra4 (40...
Kg5 $17 41. Rg7+ Kf6) 41. Rxh5 Rxa2 {White should prevent ...a5.} 42. Kf3 $2 {
[#]} (42. Kf4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 42... a5 $1 $19 43. g4
(43. Rh6+ $142 Ke5 44. Rh5+ Kd4 45. g4) 43... a4 44. Ra5 a3 45. g5+ Kf7 {
...Ra1 is the strong threat.} 46. Ra7+ Kf8 $2 (46... Kg6 $19 {Strongly
threatening ...Ra1.} 47. Re7 Kxg5 48. Rxe6 Ra1) 47. Ra6 $2 {[#]} (47. Ra8+ $11
Kf7 48. Kg4) 47... Ra1 $1 {Black mates.} 48. Kg2 a2 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg6
51. Ra6 Kxg5 52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. Ra5 Kd6 55. Ra6+ Kc7 56. Ra3 e5 57.
Ra6 e4 58. Ra3 {[#]} e3 $1 59. Rc3+ (59. Rxe3 Rc1) 59... Kb6 60. Rc2 Rg1+ 61.
Kxg1 a1=Q+ 62. Kg2 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Rb8 {LiveBook: 33 Games} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and
Four Knights with 4 g3} (15. Rab1 Re8 16. Nd4 Rb6 17. c3 Bf8 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5
Bxc5 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Bb5 Re7 22. h3 Ra7 {1/2-1/2 (56) Oleksienko,M (2615)
-Pashikian,A (2611) Yerevan 2016}) 15... Bc5 16. b3 Bg4 17. h3 {White is
slightly better.} Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 $146 (19. Bg4 Re5 20. Rd3 f5 21.
Bf3 Re6 22. g3 a5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Todorcevic,M (2478) -Nikcevic,N (2468) Budva
2002}) 19... Bb4 20. g4 d4 21. Kg2 Re5 22. Kf3 Rbe8 23. a4 a5 24. Rg1 Re1 25.
Rdxe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 {White is better.} Bxe1 $16 {KB-KB} 27. Ke2 Bb4 28. Be4 c5
29. Kd3 Kf8 30. Kc4 Ke7 31. Kd5 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O h6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bh7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nd4 Nbd7 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Nb3 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Fressinet,L (2672)-Battaglini,G (2426) London 2016}) 9... Bh7 10. e4 O-O 11.
Re1 {The position is equal.} Na6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bh3 Nac5 $146 (13... Bc5 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Bd4 16. Bf4 Re8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qh5 {1-0 (19)
Grabner,H (2214)-Lehnen,P (2135) ICCF email 2011}) 14. Nf5 {[#]} d4 $1 15. Ne4
(15. Nxd4 Nxd3) 15... Kh8 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 (17. dxe4 $5 {feels hotter.}
Bxf5 18. exf5 f6 19. e6 Nb6 20. Bg2) 17... c5 ({Black should play} 17... a5 $14
) 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Nxe7 (19. Qg4 $5 {with more complications.} Rg8 20. Bd2 c4
21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. f5) 19... Qxe7 20. f5 f6 (20... Nd5 $142) 21. e6 $16 Rad8 22.
g4 Rg8 23. Qf3 g6 {[#] Black wants to play ...gxf5.} 24. Kh1 $1 h5 25. g5 {
Strongly threatening gxf6.} Nd5 26. fxg6 (26. gxf6 $18 Nxf6 27. fxg6 Bxg6 28.
Bg5) 26... Bxg6 {[#]} 27. gxf6 ({White should try} 27. Bg2 $1 $16) 27... Qxf6
$14 28. Qxf6+ Nxf6 29. e7 Rde8 $1 30. Bf4 $36 {Hoping for Be5. White has some
pressure.} Kh7 ({Don't play} 30... Bxd3 $6 31. Be5 Kg7 32. Be6 $16) 31. Rad1
Nd5 32. Bg5 $1 {And now Be6 would win.} ({Much worse is} 32. Bd6 Ne3 $11) 32...
Bxd3 $2 (32... Rg7 $1 $14) 33. Bd7 $18 Rxg5 $2 (33... c4 {is a better chance.})
34. Bxe8 {White is clearly winning.} Bf5 {[#]} 35. Bxh5 $1 Nxe7 (35... Rxh5 36.
e8=Q) 36. Rxe7+ Kh6 37. Bf3 b5 38. Rxa7 Bc2 39. Ra6+ Kg7 40. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 (11...
a5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 {1-0 (44) Ding,L (2760)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 12. Nc3 {
LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Re1 $146 (14.
Rd1 Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5 18. Bg5 {1-0 (30) Blair,M 
(1671)-Law,S (1570) LSS email 2008}) 14... Nf6 15. Bg5 Be4 16. Qe3 {[#]
Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Bc6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. a5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Rab8 21. Qc4 c6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Red1 Rd7 24. Kg2 Rbd8 25. e3 Bb8 26. Qb3 Bd6
27. Qc4 Bb8 28. Qb3 Bd6 29. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4}
11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {LiveBook: 30 Games} Ng7
16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 $146 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6
22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Ng7 26. g3 Kf7 27. Qh6 Kg8 28.
Qe3 g5 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Qe2 b6 31. f4 h6 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. g4 Ne8 34. f5 Qe7 35.
Kf1 Nd6 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Kg2 Qc8 38. h4 gxh4 39. Qe3 h5 40. Qh6 {Threatens to
win with Qg6+.} hxg4 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qg7+ Nf7 {[#]} 44. Qxg4 (44.
Ne5 $1 $11 h3+ (44... fxe5 45. f6+) 45. Kg3 fxe5 46. f6+ Kd6 47. Qxf7) 44...
Ng5 $36 {Black has strong initiative.} 45. Nf4 Kd6 (45... Qa6 $17 46. a3 Qb5
47. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 48. Nxe2 Ne4) 46. Nh3 $1 $11 Ne4 {With the idea ...c5.} 47. Nf2
Nxf2 48. Kxf2 {Endgame KQ-KQ} Qh8 49. Kg2 (49. Qg6 $11) 49... Qh6 $17 50. Kh3
Qg5 $1 51. Qxh4 ({Don't go for} 51. Qxg5 $2 fxg5 52. Kg4 Ke7 $19) 51... Qxf5+
52. Kg3 Ke6 (52... c5 $17 53. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 54. Kxf4 c4) 53. Qh8 $1 $11 {aiming
for Qc8+.} Kf7 54. Qd8 Qe6 55. Qc7+ Kg6 56. Kf2 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qe4+ 58. Kd2 $2 {
[#]} (58. Kf2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 58... f5 $1 $19 59.
Qxc6+ (59. Qxa7 Qg2+ 60. Kc1 Qf1+ 61. Kc2 Qe2+ 62. Kc1 Qe3+ 63. Kc2 Qe4+ 64.
Kb3 Qe2 $11) 59... Kg5 60. Qd7 f4 $2 (60... Kg4 $19 61. Qxa7 (61. Qg7+ Kf3 62.
Qe5 f4 $17) 61... f4) 61. Qxa7 $2 (61. Qh3 $17) 61... f3 62. Qg7+ Kh4 63. Qe5
Kh3 64. Qh5+ Kg2 65. Qg5+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03] D10:
Slav Defence: cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Qd5 7. Nd2 $1 (7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Qa5 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bb2 Rd8 {1-0 (41)
Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Holt,C (2555) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Ba6 8. Qc2 {
White is slightly better.} e6 9. Nxc4 Bxc4 $146 (9... Nf6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Bb7 {0-1 (42) Malakhatko,V (2610) -Milov,L (2539)
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2009}) 10. Qxc4 Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. e4 Qxc4 13.
Bxc4 c5 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kf2 $36 {White has some pressure.} a5 (
16... a6 $14) 17. Bb5 $16 cxd4 18. Nxd4 ({Don't play} 18. Bxd4 $6 Nc5 $11)
18... Ne5 19. Nb3 Ne8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Bxe8 Rfxe8 23. Rhc1 Red8 {
Threatening ...Rd3.} 24. Ke2 Ra7 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Rac1 $1 Kf7 27. Rc6 h5 {[#]}
28. Nd2 $1 b3 29. Nc4 Rb4 (29... Bf6 {might work better.} 30. Nd6+ Kg6) 30.
Nxe5+ $18 Kf6 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. Nxd7+ {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 {[#]} 33. Rc4 $1 Rb7
34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Nd3 g5 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Ke3 Rb7 38. g3 h4 (38... Bd8 $142 39.
Nc5 Rb4 40. Nxe6 Bb6+ 41. Kd3 Ke7) 39. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} c5 (
8... O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 b5 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 Bf7 14. a4 Nb6 15. c4
c6 {1/2-1/2 (59) Nakamura,H (2708)-Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 9. Ng5
$146 (9. b3 b5 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. f4 exf4 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (39) Runic,Z (2410)-Pavasovic,D (2575) Bizovac 2007}) 9... Qe7
10. Nxe6 {White is slightly better.} Qxe6 11. f4 (11. b3 $14) 11... exf4 $11
12. Nc4 O-O 13. Qe1 (13. Qf3 $11) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. b3
Rad8 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. c3 Rde8 20. Rde1 Re6 21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Rf6
23. Rf5 h6 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Ref3 {aiming for Rxf6.} Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Kg8 27. Qf2
Qe6 28. Rd5 Rd8 29. Qf5 {Threatens to win with Qxe6.} Qe7 30. h4 Qc7 {Hoping
for ...Ne7.} 31. Qf4 ({Don't take} 31. Rxc5 $2 Qb6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 $19) 31... Qa5
32. Qd2 Qc7 $1 33. Qf4 Qa5 34. Qd2 Qc7 $1 35. Rf5 Ne7 36. Rf2 Qd7 37. Qe3 Qe6
38. Kh2 Nd5 39. Qe1 Nf6 40. Kg1 d5 $1 41. e5 Ng4 42. Re2 d4 $36 {Black is on
the roll.} 43. Re4 ({White should try} 43. c4) 43... dxc3 $1 $17 44. Qxc3 {[#]}
Rd5 (44... h5 $142 $1 45. Qd2 Qd7) 45. h5 Qf5 46. a4 (46. b4 $142) 46... Qxh5 (
46... b5 $142 47. Qc2 Nxe5 48. Bxe5 Rxe5) 47. e6 (47. b4 $17) 47... fxe6 $19
48. Rxe6 Qf7 49. Qe1 (49. Re4 $17 Qg6 50. Qc4) 49... Rxd3 50. Qe2 Qf5 ({
Don't capture} 50... Rxg3 $2 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ Qg6 {[#]} 53. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
54. Qxg6 $18) 51. Be1 Kh7 52. Re4 Nf6 ({Worse is} 52... Rxb3 53. Rxg4 b5 54.
Bg3 $11) 53. Re5 Qd7 54. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Re3.} Qd4+ 55. Bf2 Qxe5 56.
Qxd3+ Qe4 57. Qd1 b6 58. a5 bxa5 59. Bxc5 a4 (59... Ng4 $19 {and Black stays
clearly on top.} 60. Bb6 Qf5) 60. bxa4 $17 Nd5 61. a5 Nf4 62. Qd2 h5 63. Bb6 h4
{...h3 is the strong threat.} 64. Kh2 Qe5 ({Black should play} 64... Kg6 $17)
65. Qc2+ Ng6+ (65... Nd3+ $5 {with more complications.} 66. Kg1 Qe4 67. Bc7 g5
68. Qb3 Kg7) 66. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Qe1+ 67. Kh2 $1 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qe1+
69. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ 70. Kh1 Kh6 71. Qc1+ Kh5 72. Be3 Qd5 73. Qf1 {Intending Qe2+
and mate.} h3 74. Qe2+ Kh4 75. Qf2+ Kg4 76. Qe2+ Kh4 77. Qe1+ Kh5 78. Qe2+ Kh4
79. Qf2+ Kh5 80. Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. Qc2 Ne8 {D35: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation} (12... Re8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Qc7
16. Nc1 a4 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Rbc1 Re6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Kamsky,G (2683)-Shankland,S (2661) Saint Louis 2015}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 {LiveBook:
4 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Na4 Nd6 15. Nc5 Rfe8 $146 (15... Ra7 16.
b3 Re8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. a3 f6 19. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (19) Echternach,S-Hochgraefe,M
Hamburg 1989}) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. a4 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qd1 Re6 21.
Ne5 Qh4 22. Qf3 Rh6 {[#]} (22... Ree8 $5 {creates asymmetry.} 23. Rfc1 g6 24.
Rc2 Kg7 25. b3 h5) 23. h3 Qe7 24. Qe2 Ne4 25. Rbc1 Kh8 26. Nd3 Rg6 27. Ne5 Rh6
28. Nd3 Rg8 29. Rfe1 Re8 30. Ne5 Kg8 31. Nd3 Rg6 32. Ne5 Re6 33. Nd3 Rg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Be2 (9.
Rc1 Rd8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 e5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Rc5 Bg4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Ding,L (2759) -Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen
2017}) 9... Bd7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. O-O Na5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Ne4 {LiveBook: 5
Games. The position is equal.} Bd6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be7
$146 17. Rac1 c6 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 20. Rxc5 Qe7 21. Rfc1 Rd5 22. Qa3
Rxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} a5 25. g4 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27.
Kf3 Kd6 28. Ke4 a4 29. h4 b6 30. Rc2 Ra5 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxb4
cxb4 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 d5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 11. Ne5
{LiveBook: 4 Games} Qe7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 $146 {White is slightly better.} (12...
Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd3
{1/2-1/2 (45) Kallai,G (2450)-Andersson,U (2625) France 1993}) 13. Bxd5 Nxd5
14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qa4 f6 16. Nf3 N8c6 17. e4 ({White should play} 17. d5 $1 $14
exd5 {[#]} 18. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Qxc6) 17... Rad8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 (19. Nxd5
$5 {is more complex.} Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qc4) 19... Ne5 20.
Nxe5 fxe5 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 {The position is equal.} 22. Rxa7 {Threatens to win
with Rd1.} Nxd5 23. Rb7 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rb8 25. Rxb8 (25. Ra7 $5 {feels hotter.}
Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rxb6 Rxc3 29. Rb7) 25... Rxb8 $11 {Endgame
KR-KR} 26. Rb1 Kf7 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb6 Rxc3 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. Rb6+ Kf7 31. Rb7+
Kf6 32. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...
a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10.
O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Grischuk,A (2737)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 6... h6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 {
The position is equal.} d6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Ba7 (10... Bxd5 $5 {looks sharper.
} 11. exd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Be3 $5 {is interesting.
} O-O 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxa4 Ne7 17.
Nd2) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe6 $146 (12. h3 O-O 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Narayanan,S (2310)-Weerawardane,R (2164) Ambalangoda 2011}) 12...
Qxe6 13. d4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.} Ne7 14. a4 O-O 15. Qd3 c5 16. d5
Qc8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rb8 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. Nc4 Rf6 ({Black should
try} 21... fxe4 $11 22. Nxd6 (22. Qxe4 Rf6 $15) 22... Qxd5) 22. f3 $14 Rbf8 23.
Be3 Bb8 24. Rf2 Bc7 25. Rd1 f4 26. Bc1 Rb8 27. Rd3 Nc8 (27... g5 $11) 28. Bd2
Ne7 29. Rf1 Qc8 30. Rb1 Rg6 (30... g5 $14) 31. Kf1 $16 Qd7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rxb4
Rxb4 34. Bxb4 Rf6 35. Rc3 {[#] And now Nxe5! would win.} Bb8 36. Na5 Rf8 (36...
Kh7 $16 37. Nc6 Nxc6 38. Rxc6 (38. dxc6 Qc7 $16) 38... Qb7) 37. Nc6 $18 Kh7 38.
Ba5 Rc8 39. Bb6 Re8 40. a5 Qb7 (40... Bc7 $142 41. Qd3 Bxb6) 41. Qa4 Rf8 42. h3
Qd7 (42... Ng8 {was called for.} 43. Nxb8 Qxb8) 43. Qc2 Qb7 (43... Nc8 $142 44.
Qd3 Nxb6) 44. Qd3 Rc8 (44... Ng6 $142 45. Nxb8 Qxb8 46. Qxa6 Rg8) 45. Nxe7 Rxc3
46. Qxc3 Qxe7 47. Qc8 Ba7 48. Qxa6 Bb8 49. Qc8 {White is clearly winning.} Ba7
50. Qc7 Qxc7 51. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Xu, Minghui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:
09] C1: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} h6 15. Bh4 Nc4 16. b3 $146 {
Black has an edge.} (16. Qc1 Qxc6 17. Nbd2 Nb6 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Ne3 Be6 21. Qd1 Red8 {1/2-1/2 (46) Fressinet,L (2626)-Tkachiev,V (2645)
Besancon 2006}) 16... Nb6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. a4 Rxc6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Nhf3 d5 26. exd5 Nbxd5
27. Ne4 Rd8 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxb5 Nd5 30. Ree1 ({Don't capture} 30. Nxe5 $2
Rc5 31. Qd3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe5 $19) (30. Rxe5 $11 Rxc3 31. Bd1) 30... Rxc3 $17
31. Be4 Rc5 32. Qa6 Nc3 33. Qa7 Qc8 ({Reject} 33... Bxb3 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Nxe5
$11) (33... Qxa7 $17 34. Rxa7 Bxb3) 34. b4 (34. Bb7 $1 $11 Qc7 35. b4) 34...
Rb5 ({Black should play} 34... Rc7 $1 $15 35. Qe3 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 f6) 35. Qa6 (
35. Ra5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Qb8 (35... Rxb4 $17 {Hoping for ...
Qxa6.} 36. Bc6 Qxa6 37. Rxa6 f6) 36. Rac1 (36. Bc2 $1 $11) 36... Nd5 (36...
Nxe4 $17 37. Rxe4 Rb6) 37. Rc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxb4 38. Bxd5 Bxd5
39. Nxe5 Re4 40. Rxe4 Qb1+ 41. Qf1 Qxe4 42. Ng4 Bb7 {[#] White must now
prevent ...Rd1!} 43. Ne3 Rd6 44. Rc4 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 45.
Qb1 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dai, Changren"]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8.
Bd3 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Be6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White
3rd moves} 9. Be3 $146 (9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3
Re7 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Bf1 Ng6 16. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 (29) Zhao,Z (2544)-Zhao,Y (2351)
Danzhou 2016}) 9... Bf6 10. Qc2 Qd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O h6 12.
Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. f4 {Hoping for f5.} f6 15. Bf2 Rfe8 16. c5 d5 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Kh8 20. Rde1 Bf7 21. Ra1 ({White should play} 21. h3
$16) 21... a5 (21... d4 $11 22. b5 Na5) 22. b5 $16 Ne7 (22... Nb8 $1 $14) 23.
Bd4 $1 Nc8 24. Qf2 b6 25. Qh4 {Black must now prevent Bxf6!} Qe7 (25... Bg8 $16
) 26. cxb6 Nxb6 27. g4 Kg8 28. Rae1 $40 {White has strong attack.} Qd6 29. g5
fxg5 30. fxg5 Bg6 {[#]} 31. Rxe8+ (31. Be2 $1 $16 Be4 32. gxh6 Qxh6 33. Qxh6
gxh6 34. Rf6 (34. Bh5 Rf8 $16)) 31... Rxe8 $14 32. Rf6 $1 gxf6 33. Bxg6 Re5 $2
{[#]} (33... Re2 $2 34. gxf6 Qd7 35. f7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7+ $18) ({Black should try
} 33... Qe6 $14 34. Bxe8 (34. gxf6 Qe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Re6 $11) (34.
Bxf6 Qe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rf8 $17) (34. gxh6 Rf8 $14) 34... Qxe8) 34.
Bh7+ $1 $18 ({Don't play} 34. gxh6 $6 Kh8 $18) ({Weaker is} 34. Qxh6 Rxg5+ 35.
Kh1 Qe7 $17) (34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35. gxh6 (35. gxf6 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+
38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) (35. Qxh6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2
Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qe3+ 40. Kg4 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 $11) 35...
Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qxc3 $11) 34... Kxh7 (34... Kf7 $142) 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 {
[#]} 36. gxf6 $2 (36. Qg6+ $1 $18 Kf8 37. gxf6 Re1+ 38. Kf2) 36... Kf7 $11 {
The position is equal.} 37. Qg7+ ({Wrong is} 37. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 38. Qg7+ Ke6 $19)
37... Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...Nd7.} 38. f7 Nd7 (38... Re1+ $5 39. Kf2 $8
Qxh2+ 40. Kxe1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2
$11) 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. f8=Q Nxf8 41. Qxf8 {aiming for Qe8+.} Qg5+ 42. Kf2 {
And now Qe8+ would win.} Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3
Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (4... Ngf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 O-O 9.
Bc2 e5 10. a4 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 {0-1 (67) Nakamura,H (2779)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Bc2 b5 7. d4 e5 8. O-O Be7
9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 $146 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Nf8 14.
h3 {1-0 (44) Erenburg,S (2570)-Hernandez,A (2211) chess.com INT 2017}) 10...
axb5 11. b3 O-O 12. d5 Ne8 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Nbd2 Nh5 16. Nf1 {
Nxe5! is the strong threat.} g6 (16... Nf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. Bxf4
exf4) 17. Bh6 $16 Ng7 18. Ng3 (18. b4 $16) 18... b4 19. c4 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 $1 {
The position is equal.} 21. Qxf3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Ra7 Qe7 24. Rda1 Ra8 25.
Qd1 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Ra8 27. Qa1 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Nge8 {next ...Nxd5! is good for
Black.} 29. Qa1 Qg5 30. Nf1 h5 31. Ne3 Qe7 32. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shvayger, Yuliya"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Be7 10.
h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 Bh7 16.
f5 Nde5 17. Nf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bh4 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qe2 {1-0 (65) Caruana,F 
(2774)-Gelfand,B (2755) Moscow 2013}) 11. Nxf3 {White has an edge.} O-O 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. a3 e5 $146 (14... d5 $14 15. e5 Nd7) ({Predecessor:} 
14... d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Na5 {0-1 (56) Sully,D (2152)-Jones,R (2302)
Newport 2007}) 15. d5 $16 Nb8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. a4 Nc4 {[#]} (18...
Re8 $16 19. a5 Na8) 19. a5 $1 $18 Rc7 20. Re2 Qc8 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Qe2 b5 23.
axb6 $1 Ndxb6 $2 {[#]} (23... Ncxb6 {keeps fighting.} 24. Ne1 (24. Rxa6 Rxc2
25. Bxc2 Qc3 $16) 24... f5 25. Rxa6 (25. Bxa6 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Qc7 $16) 25... fxe4
26. Bxe4 (26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qe2 Nbxd5 $16) 26... Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Qb7) 24. Rb1 Bd8
25. Ra1 $2 (25. Rb3 $18) 25... h6 $2 (25... Be7 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.}) 26. Raa2 Re8 27. Kh1 Kh8 28. g4 f6 (28... Kh7 $142 29. Kg2 Be7) 29.
Nh4 Kh7 30. Nf5 Rh8 31. h4 g6 32. Ng3 h5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 49%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} O-O 10.
O-O Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qe2 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 $146 (12... Qe7 13. a3
Bd6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 {1-0 (56)
Inarkiev,E (2668)-Movsesian,S (2659) Minsk 2015}) 13. Rfd1 Ba5 14. Be1 a6 15.
Rac1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc7 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 20. g3 Bd8 21. Bd2
Bf6 22. Bf4 Qa3 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rcd8 25. Qe2 h6 26. Kg2 Qa5 ({Better is} 
26... Rf8 $11) 27. h4 ({White should play} 27. Rd6 $1 $14) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Rd8 29. Rxd8+ (29. Rd6 $14) 29... Qxd8 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Qe3 Qd7
31. Qa7 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
a3 d6 9. f4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Be7 (9... a6 10.
Qf3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qg3 O-O 16. f5
Nxd3 17. cxd3 Kh8 18. fxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (54) Ziaziulkina,N (2427)-Alekseev,E 
(2679) Wroclaw 2014}) 10. Qf3 a6 11. g4 {White is slightly better.} b5 12. g5
Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 b4 $146 (14... Nc5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 exf4
18. Qxf4 {1-0 (29) Vandenbussche,T (2051)-Maes,J (2078) Gent 2003}) 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. O-O-O $1 Rc8 17. Bd3 ({White should play} 17. Kb1 $14) 17... d5 $11
18. Kb1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O 21. g6 (21. Bd4 $11 {remains equal.})
21... Nf6 $1 $36 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe4! Keeping White busy.} 22. Rc1 (
22. gxh7+ $17 {might work better.} Kxh7 23. h6) 22... Qb8 (22... hxg6 23. hxg6
Qxc3 24. Qh3 Qxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Bxe4+ 26. Nd3 Bxh1 27. Qxh1 $15) (22... Qd6 $19 23.
Nd2 Qd3+ 24. Ka1 Bb4 25. gxh7+ Kxh7) 23. Bd4 {[#]} (23. Nd2 $17 {is a better
defense.}) 23... Rxc3 $1 $19 (23... fxg6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rce1 $17) 24. Qxc3 {
Hoping for gxh7+.} (24. bxc3 Bxe4+) 24... Bxe4+ (24... hxg6 25. Ka1 Bxe4 26.
hxg6 $17) 25. Ka1 Qb5 $1 (25... fxg6 26. hxg6 Qb5 27. Nc5 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Bxc5
29. gxh7+ Nxh7 30. Bxc5 Rxf4 31. Ba3 $17) (25... Qxf4 26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qc8+
Bf8 28. Rhf1 $11) (25... hxg6 26. hxg6 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 fxg6 28. Qe3 $17 (28. Bxf6
$2 Rxf6 29. Nd4 Qxf4 $19)) (25... Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxf4 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. h6 $19)
26. Nc5 Bxh1 (26... fxg6 27. Nxe4 (27. hxg6 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Bxc5 29. gxh7+ Nxh7
30. Bxc5 Rxf4 $17) 27... Nxe4 28. Qe3 Qa5+ 29. Kb1 $14) 27. Rxh1 Rc8 28. Rc1 $2
{[#]} (28. gxh7+ {is a better chance.} Kxh7 29. Qd3+ Kh6 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Nd3)
28... Ne4 $1 ({Less strong is} 28... Nxh5 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh3 Nxf4 31. Qxh7
Bxc5 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Qxc8+ $1 Kxc8 35. Rxc5+ Kd7 36. Rxb5 axb5
37. Bg7 $17) 29. gxh7+ (29. Nxe4 Qa4+) 29... Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Kxh7 31. Qc2 Rxc5 ({
Weaker is} 31... Bxc5 32. Qxe4+ Kxg7 {[#]} 33. h6+ $1 Kf8 34. h7 $19) 32. Qxe4+
f5 33. Rxc5 fxe4 34. Rxb5 axb5 {KB-KB} 35. Bd4 Kh6 36. Kb1 Kxh5 37. Kc2 Kg4 38.
Kd1 Kf3 39. Bc3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. a4 $146 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6,
lines with early Be3} (11. a3 $11) (11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Rfe8 14.
Rd1 Bf8 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nde2 d5 19. Nxd5 Nfxd5 20. exd5 e4
21. Bg4 Nxd5 {0-1 (35) Horvath,A (2498)-Sethuraman,S (2656) Biel 2016}) 11...
b4 $15 12. Na2 Nxe4 13. Nxb4 {Black is slightly better.} Bb7 14. a5 Nd7 15. f5
(15. c3 $15) 15... d5 (15... e5 $17 16. Nb3 Rfc8) 16. fxe6 Bxb4 $2 {[#]} (16...
fxe6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 17. Nd3 (17. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qe5 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. Nxa6 Qxe6 $17) 17... Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 e5) 17. exd7 $16 Bd6 (17... Qxd7
$142 18. Nf5 f6) 18. Bg1 (18. Nf5 $16) 18... g6 (18... Qxd7 $11 {remains equal.
} 19. Nf5 Be5) 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bh3 (20. Qf3 $16) 20... Qh4 21. Qg4 Qxg4 $1 22.
Bxg4 Rfd8 23. c3 f5 24. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 25. Bxf5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd4.}
Bc5 26. Bxe4 Bxg1 27. Bf5 (27. Rxg1 $2 dxe4 28. Rgd1 Bc6 $19) 27... Bc5 28.
Be6+ Kh8 $1 29. Rf7 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Bc6 30. Bf5 Ra7 31. Rxh7+ Kg8
32. Rh5 Bxd7 33. Bh7+ Kg7 34. Rxd5 Kxh7 35. Rxc5 Be6 36. Re5 Bb3 37. Re2 Rad7
38. h3 Rd2 39. Rae1 Bc4 40. Re4 Bd5 41. Rh4+ Kg6 42. Rg4+ Kh6 43. c4 Bb7 (43...
Bg8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44. Re6+ Kh5 45. b4 R2d4 46. Re7 (46. Re5+ $16
Kh6 47. Rxd4 Rxd4 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5) 46... R8d7 (46... Rxg4 $11 47. hxg4+
Kh4) 47. Rxd7 (47. Re5+ $5 {feels hotter.} Kh6 48. Rxd4 Rxd4 49. Re7 Ba8 50.
Re8) 47... Rxd7 {Endgame KRB-KR} 48. b5 Kh6 49. Kh2 Rd2 50. bxa6 (50. b6 $16)
50... Bxa6 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Kf3 (52. Rd4 $5 {
looks sharper.} Rxa5 53. Rd6+ Kg7 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rc7) 52... Rxa5 53. Ke3 Rc5
54. Kd3 Kh5 55. Kc3 Bc8 56. Re4 Bb7 57. Rg4 Bc8 58. Rd4 Bb7 59. g3 Re5 60. Rh4+
Kg5 61. Kd4 Re1 62. Rh7 Bg2 63. h4+ Kg6 64. Ra7 Re4+ 65. Kc5 Bf1 66. Kd5 Rxc4
67. Ra1 Be2 68. Ra2 Bf1 69. Ra1 Be2 70. Ra2 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 {A53: Old Indian
Defence without Nf3} d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
f4 O-O 10. d5 Qa5 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (41) Sanal,
V (2475)-Romanov,E (2644) Lienz 2017}) 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Bg5 $146 {White is
slightly better.} (8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Rfb1 O-O 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7
13. Re1 h6 {1-0 (22) Demel,P (2159)-Bakalar,P (2211) Bayern 2012}) 8... dxc4 9.
Bxc4 e6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Bh6+ 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rhe1 b5 15.
Bd3 Bg7 (15... f5 $14) 16. g4 Na6 17. f4 (17. Ng3 $142) 17... Rfd8 18. Bc2 Nb4
19. f5 a5 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nc5 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Rd6 (23... e5 $14)
24. Rxe6 $18 Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Re8 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Endgame [#] KR-KR} 27. Kd3 $1 Rd8
(27... h5 $142 28. h3 (28. gxh5 Rh8 29. Rc1 Rxh5 30. Rxc6 Rxh2 $16) 28... a4)
28. Rc1 Rd6 29. b3 Kg6 (29... f5 $142 30. gxf5 Rh6) 30. Rc5 a4 31. bxa4 bxa4
32. Ra5 Rd8 33. h3 ({Don't take} 33. Rxa4 c5 34. Kc3 cxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rc8+ 36.
Kb3 f5) 33... a3 34. Rxa3 c5 35. Ra4 h5 36. Rc4 hxg4 (36... cxd4 $142 37. a4
hxg4) 37. hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} cxd4 38. Rxd4 Rb8 39. Kc3 Rb1 40.
Rd5 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Rf1 42. Rf5 Re1 43. f3 Re2+ 44. Kb3 Re3+ 45. Kb4 Re1 46. a4
Rb1+ 47. Kc5 Ra1 48. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 {D71: Fianchetto
Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} (6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4
8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Bc6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 b6 14. Qa2
bxa5 15. Nd2 {1-0 (49) Xiong,J (2667)-Smirin,I (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6...
Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Ne5
$146 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 Nd6 11. Rad1 Nf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {
1-0 (52) Maiko,A (2075)-Romanova,M (2095) Donetsk 2007}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. O-O Qxe5 (12... Bd7 $11) 13. Bf4 $16 ({Much less strong
is} 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qxb7 Qb8 15. Qxb8+ (15. Rb1 Qxb7 16. Rxb7 Bc8 $11) 15...
Rxb8 $14) 13... Qxe2 {[#]} 14. Bxd5 $1 Bg7 ({Wrong is} 14... exd5 $2 15. Rae1
Qe6 16. Qb5+ Bd7 17. Qxb7 $18) (14... Bc5 $16) 15. Rfe1 {White has strong
compensation.} Qa6 16. Bc4 Qb6 {Hoping for ...Qxb3.} 17. Bb5+ Kf8 (17... Bd7
$16 {was called for.} 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 18. Rad1 (18. Qa3+ $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.} Kg8 19. Qe7) 18... h6 {[#]} (18... h5 $16) 19. Qc4 $1 $40 {
White wants a kill.} a6 $2 {[#]} (19... e5 20. Be3 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Kg7
$11) 20... Qf6) 20. Bc7 $1 Qxb5 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Re1 Bf8 11.
Nf1 h6 {White has an edge.} (11... Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. b3 g6 15. a4
Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 exd4 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (44)
Carlsen,M (2840)-Hansen,E (2603) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Ng3 d5 13. d4 Bg4 14.
exd5 Qxd5 15. Ne4 $146 (15. Bb3 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Bxh6 {
1/2-1/2 (65) Sethuraman,S (2640)-Belov,V (2614) Berlin 2015}) 15... exd4 16.
Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qd3 {[#]} f5 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 18. Bf4 $36 {Black is under
pressure.} Bg7 $1 19. Nh4 {Strongly threatening h3.} Ne5 $2 {[#]} (19... Qc5 $1
$11 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf5 dxc3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. bxc3 Bxc3) 20.
Bxe5 $2 (20. Qg3 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with h3.} c5 21. cxd4 (21. Nxf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxf5 $14)) 20... Rxe5 $11 ({Much worse is} 20... Bxe5 $6
21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 $16) 21. h3 {Rxe5 is the strong threat.} Bh5 (21... dxc3
$11 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. hxg4 cxb2) 22. Rxe5 $14 ({But not} 22. cxd4 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nxf5 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Bxb2 $11) 24... Bxd4 $11) 22... Qxe5
23. Nxf5 Bg6 24. Qf3 Rf8 (24... Rd8 $14) 25. cxd4 $16 Qe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3
Bxc2 28. Qxc2 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 29. Qxc7 Rxd4 30. Qc3 Qc4 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32.
Re1 (32. Qe5 $16) 32... Qxa2 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. Re8 Qb1+ 34. Kh2
Qg6 35. Qe5 Qg7 $1 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qe5 Qg7 $1 38. Qf5+ Qg6 39. Qe5 Qg7 $1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Black "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 {
A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10.
Nd4 c5 11. dxc6 dxc6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nd7 {0-1 (70)
Inarkiev,E (2732)-Hou,Y (2658) Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 2016}) 8... d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. b4 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 $146 (10... Re8 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. a3
Ne7 13. Rac1 Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (68) Pawlowski,W (2154)-Hauser,D (2223) ICCF email
2011}) 11. Rd1 c6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. e3 Bf8 14. a3 b5 15. Ne5 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17.
axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qe7 19. Bh3 (19. e4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... Nb6 $17
({Of course not} 19... Nxe5 $6 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 22. Ne4 $1 $11)
20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb2 Ra8 24. Re1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Nd7 26.
e4 (26. Nd3 $17 {was necessary.}) 26... Nxc5 $19 27. dxc5 Bg7 ({Weaker is} 
27... Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Qe5 29. Nd1 (29. f4 $2 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 dxe4 $19) 29... Qxb2
30. Nxb2 dxe4 31. Rxe4 $19) 28. Bc1 {[#]} f5 $1 29. f3 (29. exf5 Qxe1+) 29...
fxe4 30. fxe4 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 $2 (31. Kg2 {was the crucial defense.}) 31... Qf6 {
Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nd1 Qf3+ 33. Qg2 dxe4 34. Qxf3 exf3 35. Rf1 Ra1
36. Bf4 Nb2 37. Ne3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yang, Yijing"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Ne4 {
LiveBook: 4 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (7... c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2
Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 {1/2-1/2 (12) Cheparinov,I (2681)-Fedorchuk,S 
(2635) Bol 2015}) 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bxb4 Qxb4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nbd2
Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nd7 12. e4 Qb6 $146 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. a3 {
1-0 (60) Caceres Vasquez,S (2299)-Gaete Zuniga,M (1952) Santiago de Chile 2009}
) 13. Qc3 e5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Qb3 c5 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 $1 18. Rxe4 (
18. Bxe4 $5 {is interesting.} Qd6 19. Qc2 g6 20. b4 b6 21. Qd2) 18... Qd6 19.
f4 Bd7 20. Qa3 a5 {[#]} (20... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Rxd4 $1 $16 Rfe8 (
21... cxd4 22. Qxd6) 22. Rdd1 Re7 23. Re1 b6 $2 (23... a4 $16 24. Qc3 Rae8) 24.
Rxe7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxe7 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 Qd8 (25... Qxd6 26.
Bxa8) 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 {Endgame KQR-KQB} 27. Qe3 h5 28. Re1 Qc6 29. Qe5 Qf3 {
If only Black now had time for ...Bc6....} 30. Qd5 Qg4 31. Re7 Be6 {[#]} 32. d7
(32. Rxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 33. Qd3) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual
White 3rd moves} 11. h3 Bh5 $1 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 12. Qe2 (12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2
Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Bf4 h6 16. Qd3 g5 17. Be5 Rf5 18. Rae1 {1-0 (43)
Areshchenko,A (2678)-Volokitin,A (2649) Rivne 2016}) 12... Re8 {White has an
edge.} 13. Rae1 Bd6 $146 (13... Qd7 14. Qd1 h6 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 (36) Daubenfeld,N (2512)-Dambrauskas,V (2454) ICCF email
2010}) 14. Qd1 Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Bg6 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. g3
c6 20. Kg2 Nf8 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. h4 Re8 24. Rd1 Re6 25. Bd3 {Black
must now prevent Bf5.} Rf6 26. Qe2 h6 27. Bc2 Ng6 28. Re1 Nf8 29. Qh5 Ne6 30.
Qe2 Nf8 31. b4 Re6 32. Be3 Re7 33. Qf3 Qe8 34. Rh1 Re6 35. a4 a6 36. a5 Rf6 37.
Qd1 Re6 38. Bf5 Rf6 39. Qd3 g6 (39... Ne6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 40. Bh3
$18 Qe4+ $2 {[#]} (40... Kg7 $16 {is tougher.} 41. Qd2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Kg8 43.
Bxh6 Ne6) 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Bc8 ({Not} 42. Bxh6 Rf3 43. Bc8 Rxc3 44. Bxb7 Bxb4
$18) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bc8 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Qd3 {A45:
Trompowsky Attack} (7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxd4 10. f4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe4+
12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 c5 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. O-O-O {0-1 (69) Genzling,A (2380)
-Gabuzyan,H (2585) Yerevan 2015}) 7... O-O 8. O-O-O b6 9. Nge2 $1 {White is
slightly better.} c5 10. exd5 Ba6 11. Qe3 $1 exd5 $146 ({Don't play} 11... Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. c3 $14) (11... Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 cxd4
15. cxd5 dxe3 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. dxe6 {0-1 (23) Gogin,M (2201)-Lobanov,S (2377)
St Petersburg 2014}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxf1 $1 14. Rhxf1 Nc6 $1 15. Be5 {
aiming for Bxf6.} Nd7 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Qg5 $1 Nxd4 19. Ne7+ $40 {
[#] Black needs to defend precisely.} Rxe7 $1 20. Qxe7 Qxc7 21. c3 $1 Qf4+ 22.
Kb1 {White has compensation.} Qf5+ 23. Ka1 $1 Nc2+ 24. Ka2 Nf8 {[#] And now ..
.Qf4 would win.} 25. Rf2 $1 Ne6 {White should prevent ...Ne3.} 26. Re2 {
Threatens to win with Rd8+!} a5 $2 {[#]} (26... Ncd4 $14 27. cxd4 Qd5+ 28. Kb1
cxd4) 27. Rd8+ $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd8 {[#]} 28. Qxd8+ $1 Nf8 (
28... Nxd8 29. Re8#) 29. Re8 h5 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. Rh8+ Kg6 32. Re8 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Qe7 8.
Nbd2 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Nh6 (8... Be6 9. a3 g5 10. Nc4 O-O-O 11.
Bxg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. b3 Rhg8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Howell,
D (2655) -Lupulescu,C (2609) Novi Sad 2016}) 9. a3 $146 (9. Nc4 f6 10. a4 Be6
11. Be3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 (14) Maljutin,E (2340)
-Tsarev,V (2325) Moscow 1990}) 9... Be6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 O-O 12. c3 Rfd8
13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nxe6 (16. Nb1 $142) 16... fxe6 $11
17. Qb3 Qxc3 ({Inferior is} 17... Bxc3 18. Ba3 (18. Qxe6+ Nf7 19. Rb1 Bxd2 $11)
18... Qe5 19. Nf3 $18) 18. Qxe6+ Nf7 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Qd5 Qc6 22.
Qxc6 bxc6 23. Be3 Rxe4 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 Ne5 {Black wants to play ...
Nxf3+.} 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 {The position is equal.} 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29.
Rc1 Rd6 30. f4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4
exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} h6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 (14. h3 Be6 15. d4 cxd4
16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Svidler,P (2727)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Berlin 2015}) 14... Be6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4
{LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. axb5 $146 (19. Qd3 Rab8
20. axb5 axb5 {1/2-1/2 (34) Sevillano,E (2484) -Banawa,J (2348) Los Angeles
2013}) 19... axb5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd5 Qxc2 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Bc3
{[#]} ({Much weaker is} 24. Qxd6 Qxb2 25. h3 Ra2 $17) 24... Nf6 {With the idea
...Ra4.} 25. Nc6 (25. f3 $5 {creates asymmetry.} Ne8 26. Nc6 Qb3 27. Qd2 Qc4
28. Nd4) 25... Qa4 26. Nb4 Ne8 ({Don't play} 26... Qa7 $6 27. Qxd6 Qd7 28. Qg3
$16) 27. h3 Qa7 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Qd2 Ra4 30. Kh2 Nf6 31. Nd3 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5
33. e5 dxe5 34. Nc5 Rf4 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe5 {Threatening f3.} Rxf2 $11 {
Endgame KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} 37. Kg1 Rc2 38. Rxg5 b4 39. Be5 Rc1+
40. Kh2 Re1 41. Bxf6 gxf6 {KR-KR} 42. Rg4 b3 43. Rg3 f5 44. Rxb3 f4 45. g3 Re2+
46. Kg1 fxg3 47. Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 {B52:
Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 10.
b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 12. Nd5 $146 (12. Nde2 O-O 13. O-O a6
14. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (23) Iordachescu,V (2588) -Wojtaszek,R (2746) Montpellier 2015
}) 12... Qd8 13. Bc3 e6 14. Nxc6 (14. Nxf6+ $5 {looks sharper.} Bxf6 15. Nb5
Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Qb6 17. Qd2) 14... bxc6 {The position is equal.} 15. Ne3 (15.
Bxf6 $5 {seems wilder.} Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qc2) 15... O-O 16.
Qd2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 (17... cxd5 $5 {with more complications.} 18. Rd1 dxc4 19.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxc4 Kg7) 18. Rd1 dxc4 19. Qxd8
Raxd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxc4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} h5 23. Ke2 c5
24. Rd1 Bd4 25. h3 Kg7 26. Na3 Re8+ 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Rb8 30.
Ke2 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines}
5. d3 dxe4 (5... Bg4 6. f3 Be6 7. Nh3 Bc5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qd4 10. Nd1 Bc4
11. c3 Qd3 12. Bf1 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 {1-0 (43) Nakamura,H (2697)-Benjamin,J (2577)
ICC INT 2008}) 6. dxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Be6 $146 (7... Bc5 8.
f3 Na6 9. a3 O-O 10. Nf2 Re8 11. Bh3 h6 12. Bf1 {1-0 (52) Player,E (2239)
-Anderson,J (2156) Hastings 2017}) 8. f3 Na6 9. a3 Nd7 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Ne2 Ke7
12. Kf2 Rhd8 13. b3 Nc7 14. Ndc3 a5 15. Rhd1 {[#] Rxd7+! is the strong threat.}
Bxe3+ 16. Kxe3 Nb6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf1 f6 19. Rd1 Ra8 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. a4 {
The position is equal.} Na6 22. Na2 Be6 23. Nec1 Nc5 24. Nc3 Nbd7 25. Nd3 Nxd3
26. Bxd3 Nc5 27. Be2 Rd8 28. h4 h6 (28... f5 $5 {feels hotter.} 29. exf5 Bxf5
30. Rc1 h6 31. g4 Bh7) 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Bd7 31. Kd2 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33.
Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 {LiveBook: 42 Games} 12. a4 {
B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} b6 $146 (12...
Bg6 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. a5 a6 17. Qd1 Na7 18. Rc1 Nb5 19.
c4 Nxd4 20. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Zhao,J (2634)-Wang,H (2732) China 2016}) 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {White has an edge.} ({Don't play} 14. Rxe5 Bd6 $17) 14... Bg6
15. Bf1 Nd7 16. Bf4 a5 17. Nf3 Be4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd8 20. Bb5 Bd6 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Ra7 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Qd1 Qf4 25. f3 $36 {White is pushing.}
Bg6 26. Re5 Rc7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qd2 Bf5 30. h3 Qh6 31. Qxh6 gxh6 32.
Rxf5 (32. Kf2 $16) 32... exf5 $16 {Endgame KRR-KRB} 33. Re5 Rd8 34. Rxf5 Re7 (
34... h4 $11) 35. Rxh5 Rd6 {[#]} 36. Kf2 $1 Kg7 37. Bd3 Rd8 38. f4 Rd6 39. Be2
Rde6 40. Bb5 (40. Bf1 $16) 40... Rd6 (40... Re1 $1 $11) 41. Rf5 Kg6 42. Bd3 {
[#] Threatens to win with Rxd5+.} (42. Re5 $5 {is interesting.} Kf6 43. Be2 Rd8
44. Rh5 Kg7 45. Bf3) 42... Kg7 43. h4 Ree6 44. Be2 Re7 45. Bf3 Red7 46. Re5 Kf8
47. Rh5 Kg7 48. g4 f6 49. Ke3 Re7+ 50. Kf2 Red7 51. Rf5 Kg6 52. Ke3 Re7+ 53.
Kd2 Red7 54. Be2 Kg7 55. Bd3 Rf7 56. Rh5 Rf8 57. Kc2 (57. Ke3 $16) 57... Rh8 (
57... Re8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 58. Kb3 (58. Be2 $16) 58... Rd7 (58...
Re8 $11) 59. Bf1 Rd6 60. Bg2 (60. Kc2 $16) 60... Rhd8 ({Black should play} 
60... Re8 $1 $14) 61. Bf3 (61. Kc2 $16) 61... R8d7 (61... Re8 $14) 62. Rf5 Kg6
63. h5+ Kg7 64. g5 ({White should try} 64. Bg2 $16) 64... fxg5 $11 65. fxg5
hxg5 66. Rxg5+ Kh6 (66... Kf6 $11 {remains equal.} 67. Re5 Rd8) 67. Re5 $16 Rd8
68. Rf5 R8d7 69. Re5 Rd8 70. Bg2 R8d7 71. Bh1 Rd8 72. Bf3 R8d7 73. Re8 (73. Bg2
$16) 73... Rf7 $11 74. Be2 Rf2 75. Re5 Rg2 76. Bd3 Rg5 77. Rxg5 Kxg5 78. Bg6
Rf6 79. Be8 Kf4 80. Bg6 Ke3 81. Kc2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} (8...
Be7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Re3 b5 15.
Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (65) Kuzubov,Y (2701)
-Parligras,M (2580) Al Ain 2014}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bg4 {LiveBook: 4 Games.
The position is equal.} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd3 h6 $146 (12... Re8 13. Rac1 h6
14. Bh4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Angeloski,A (1806)-Jansen,D
GER email 2012}) 13. Bh4 $1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Re8 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1
Bxg3 18. Qxg3 Qb8 19. Qxb8+ Rxb8 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 20. b3 Kf8 21. f3 Ne8
22. Kf2 Ng7 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Ke3 Kd6 25. Kd3 h5 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Rf1 Rg8 28. g3
f5 29. h3 {[#]} (29. f4 $11) 29... f4 $1 $17 30. Rg1 fxg3 31. Rxg3 Rf8 {
...h4 is the strong threat.} 32. Ke3 c5 33. dxc5+ Kxc5 34. Rg1 a5 35. Rc1+ Kd6
36. Rg1 (36. h4 $15) 36... Ke5 (36... Re8 $17 37. Kd2 Rf8) 37. Nc1 $2 (37. h4
$15) 37... d4+ $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Nd3+ Kf5 {
Threatens to win with ...Rc2+.} 40. Re1 {[#]} Rc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6
8. g3 e5 9. Nc2 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} (9. Nb3
Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rc8
16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (61) Tomashevsky,E (2758) -Durarbayli,V (2618)
Skopje 2015}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 9 Games}
Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 $146 (13... Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Be7 {
0-1 (68) Melkumyan,H (2654) -Landa,K (2625) Minsk 2015}) 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1
f6 16. Be3 Be7 17. Rd5 Ndb8 18. Rcd1 O-O 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Na4 $36 {White has
some pressure.} Bxb6 21. Nxb6 Rcd8 22. e4 Kf7 (22... Rxd5 $11 23. exd5 Ne7) 23.
Ne3 $16 Nd4 24. Nec4 (24. f4 $16) 24... Rxd5 $1 $11 25. exd5 {aiming for Na5.}
Ke7 (25... Rd8 $11) 26. f4 $16 Nd7 27. fxe5 (27. d6+ $16 Ke6 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29.
fxe5) 27... Nxb6 $11 28. Rxd4 fxe5 29. Nxe5 $16 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Kd6 30. Nd3 (
30. Nf3 $5 {feels hotter.} Nxd5 31. Re4 Rf6 32. Re8 h6 33. Nd2) 30... Rf5 31.
Nf4 Nxd5 32. Kf3 Re5 33. Nxd5 (33. b3 $5 {is interesting.} Kc5 34. Rc4+ Kd6 35.
Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc8) 33... Rxd5 34. Ke4 Rxd4+ 35. Kxd4 $11 {KP-KP} g6 36. g4 h6 (
36... g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. h4 (37. b4 $1 $16) 37... b6 (37... a5 $11
) 38. b4 (38. h5 $16 gxh5 39. gxh5) 38... Ke6 (38... h5 $1 $11) 39. Ke4 $16 Kd6
40. h5 $1 gxh5 $2 (40... Ke6 $16) 41. gxh5 {K3P-K3P. White mates.} Ke6 {[#]}
42. a4 $1 Kf6 {[#]} 43. Kd5 $1 Kg5 44. Kc6 Kxh5 45. Kxb6 Kg4 46. a5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 {C45: Scotch Game} g5 (10... Bg7 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Ba3 d6
13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O-O Ne8 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 f6 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. c5 Nf5 19.
Rhe1 Qf7 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bc4 Rd5 23. Qe2 {1-0 (23)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow 2016}) 11. fxg5 {LiveBook:
3 Games. The position is equal.} O-O-O 12. Nd2 Qxg5 {next ...Bb4 is good for
Black.} 13. Nf3 Qg4 14. Bd2 Nb4 $146 {[#] And now ...Nc2+ would win.} (14... f6
15. Qf2 Qe4+ 16. Qe2 Qg4 17. Qf2 Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qg4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Hughes,S (2271)
-Deghose,M (2020) LSS email 2011}) 15. O-O-O Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Ng5 Qf5+ 18.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 c5 20. Be2 $132 {White is not keeping still (2)} Bb7 21. Bf3
Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Bg7 23. Bf4 Nc6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rde1 Rhe8 26. Rhf1 Rd7 27. Bg3
Rde7 28. Kc2 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxf7 $11 {KR-KR} Re2+ 32. Kd3
Rxg2 33. Rxh7 Kb7 34. h4 Rg3+ 35. Kc2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03] D20: Queen's Gambit
Accepted: e3 and 3 e4} (4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 c6 7. e4 Bg6 8. Nge2 Be7 9.
Be3 Nbd7 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nf4 Nh5 {1-0 (37) Schandorff,L (2534)-Dekan,H (2179)
Germany 2006}) 4... Nf6 5. Qf3 Qc8 6. Bxc4 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146
(6... h6 7. e4 Bg6 8. e5 Nh7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bb5 e6 11. h5 Ng5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13.
hxg6 Rxh1 14. Qxf7+ {1-0 (20) Khasdan,V (1964)-Toelg,W (1580) Oeffingen 2002})
7. e4 Bg4 8. Qd3 e5 9. Bb5 exd4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. h3 Be6 13. Nge2
Qa6 14. Nf4 (14. O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... O-O (14... Bc4 $1 $17 {
Hoping for ... 0-0.} 15. Rb1 Rd8) 15. Nxe6 $11 fxe6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 $1 (
17. Qe5 Kh8 18. Qxe6 Bb4 $15) 17... Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. Rc1 a5 20. Rxc6 Bd6
21. Ke2 Rab8 22. Rhc1 Rb5 23. b3 h6 24. Nb2 Ra8 25. R1c2 Kf7 26. Nc4 $1 {
Black must now prevent Kd3.} a4 {[#]} 27. bxa4 $1 ({Reject} 27. Nxd6+ $6 cxd6
28. R6c4 axb3 29. axb3 Nf6 $11) 27... Rxa4 {[#]} 28. Kd3 $1 ({But not} 28.
Nxd6+ $6 cxd6 29. R6c4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rb2+ 31. Ke1 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Ke1
Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ $11) 28... Ke7 29. Kxe4 {aiming for Kf3.} Kd7 30. Bd4 (30.
Rxd6+ $1 $16 cxd6 31. Kd3) 30... e5 $1 $14 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rxg7
{Threatens to win with Rg6+.} Rxd4+ {Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Rh7 Kg6
36. Rhc7 (36. Rd7 $5 {feels hotter.} Ra5 37. g3 Kf5 38. Kf3 Ra6 39. Kg2) 36...
Rbb4 37. f3 Ra4 38. R7c3 Kf5 39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Kxd3 Kf4 $2 (40... d5 $11) 41.
Rc4+ {White mates.} Rxc4 42. Kxc4 e4 43. Kd4 (43. fxe4 Kxe4 44. a4 d5+ 45. Kb4
d4 $11) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Qa5 8.
Nd2 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs
Variation} Bb4 (10... Nb6 11. Be2 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. c4 c5 15.
Qc2 f5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bh5+ g6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Vasilev,M (2473)-Heberla,B 
(2545) Plovdiv 2013}) 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is
slightly better.} c5 {[#]} (12... f5 $14) 13. O-O $1 $16 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 $146
(14... g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Nd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxd5+ Nxd5 {1-0 (46)
Lilienthal,A-Pikler,R Budapest 1932}) 15. Qxe4 ({Better is} 15. Nxe4 $16 {
Threatens to win with a3.} Re8 16. a3) 15... g5 $1 $11 16. Nb5 $1 gxh4 ({
Don't go for} 16... f5 $2 17. Qe5 gxh4 18. a3 $18) 17. a3 Bd2 18. Bd3 (18. Qxh4
$16 Bd7 19. Bd3) 18... f5 {The position is equal.} 19. Qxh4 {[#] Strongly
threatening b4.} Bd7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. b4 Qa4 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Qe5+
Kg8 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Qe5+
Kg8 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qg3+ Kh8 36. Qe5+
Kg8 37. Qg3+ Kh8 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qg3+ Kh8 40. Qe5+ Kg8 {White must now
prevent ...Rae8.} 41. Qg3+ Kh8 {And now ...Bh6 would win.} 42. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D38: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. g3 $146 (11. dxc5 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
bxc5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. e3 Ke7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5 c3 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 {
1-0 (49) Grischuk,A (2754)-Carlsen,M (2857) chess.com INT 2016}) 11... Nc6 12.
Rd1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4
Qe7 17. b5 Na5 18. Qd3 Nc4 {And now ...Nb2 would win.} 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rc5 22. Rfd1 $1 Rfc8 23. e3 R8c7 ({Reject} 23... Rxb5 $6 24. Rxa7 $1
Qxa7 25. Qxb5 $11) 24. Bf1 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bf3 {Hoping for ...Rc3.} 26. h3 $2 {[#]}
(26. Rda2 $17 {is more resistant.}) 26... Rc3 $1 $19 ({Inferior is} 26... Rc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Kh2 $11) 27. Qb1 {[#]} Be4 $2 (27... Qc8 $1 $19 {has better
winning chances.} 28. Rd1 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. Qxd5 Qxh3) 28.
Qd1 Qf5 29. Bg2 Qxe5 30. Rda2 Qe7 31. Ra4 $2 (31. Rd2 $17) 31... Bc2 32. Qxd5
Bxa4 33. Rxa4 R3c5 34. Qb3 Qd7 35. Rb4 $2 (35. Bc6 Qxh3 36. Qd1) 35... Qf5 36.
Rf4 (36. Bc6 {was the only defense.}) 36... Rxb5 37. Qa4 Qd7 38. Kh2 {
intending Rd4.} Rbc5 39. Qe4 a5 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qa8+ Qc8 41.
Qf3 Rc4 42. Rf5 a4 43. Rd5 Rd7 44. Rb5 a3 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 {B01:
Scandinavian Defence} Nc6 (7... c6 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 {0-1 (64) Hou,Y (2663)-Megaranto,S 
(2535) Almaty 2016}) 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. a3 Qc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11.
h3 Rxd4 $1 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rxf4 $146 (13... Rd7 14. Bg2 e6 {0-1 (33)
Spasov,V (2540)-Panbukchian, V (2390) Bulgaria 1994}) 14. gxf4 Nd4 15. Qe3 e6
16. Rad1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Qe3 Bd6 19. Qd4 (19. Rd4 $14 Qc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Qxe4) 19... Qxd4 $11 20. Rxd4 Nh5 21. Ne2 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rb4 Rd8 24.
Rc1 f5 25. Kf1 Nf6 26. f4 Bd6 27. Rd4 Re8 28. Rcd1 Bc5 29. R4d3 a5 30. Ng3 Bd6
31. Rf3 Ne4 32. Kg2 Nxg3 33. Kxg3 {Endgame KRR-KRB} Re4 34. Rd2 Kd7 35. Kf2 b5
36. Rd1 a4 37. Rd2 Kc6 38. Re2 Rd4 39. Ke3 Bc5 40. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (40. Re1 $1 $11
) 40... Rb4+ $1 $19 41. Kg3 (41. Ke1 $142 Rxb2 42. Rc3) 41... Rxb2 42. Kh4 {[#]
} Ra2 $1 43. Re6+ (43. Kg5 {might work better.}) 43... Bd6 (43... Kd5 $142 44.
Re5+ Kc4) 44. Rc3+ $2 (44. Kg5 {only move.}) 44... Kd7 45. Ree3 Bxf4 46. Red3+
(46. Rf3 {was necessary.} Bc1 47. Rfd3+ Kc8 48. Rd5) 46... Ke7 47. Rc5 Rb2 48.
Rc6 Rb1 {( -> ...Rg1)} 49. Rf3 Bd6 50. Kg5 b4 51. Ra6 b3 52. cxb3 axb3 53. Kh6
Kf7 54. Ra7 b2 55. Rb7 Be5 (55... Rg1 $142 56. Rc3 b1=Q 57. Rbxc7+ Bxc7 58.
Rxc7+ Ke6 59. Rc6+ Ke5 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rc8 f4 62. Ra8 Qf5 63. h4 f3 64. Kg7
Qe5+ 65. Kxh7 Qe7+ 66. Kg8 f2 67. Ra6+ Kd5 68. Ra5+ Ke4 69. Ra4+ Kd3 70. Rb4
f1=Q 71. Rb3+ Kc2 72. Rf3 Qxf3 73. Kh8 Qff8#) 56. Rfb3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e5 Nh6 {B31: Sicilian:
2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 7. Re1 (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. d4
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Ba6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Qc3 {1-0 (23) Popov,I (2622)-Demchenko,A 
(2611) Quezon City 2014}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 10.
exd6 $146 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Ne4 Qd5 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Sokolov,A (2521)-Valles, M (2326) Switzerland 2016}) 10... exd6
11. h3 Bxf3 $1 12. Qxf3 Nf5 13. Qxc6 Qa5 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 14.
Be3 Rab8 {Black has compensation.} 15. Nd5 Rfc8 (15... Rxb2 $17 16. a4 Rxc2)
16. Qd7 $15 Rd8 17. Qc6 $1 Rdc8 18. Qd7 Rd8 19. Qc6 $1 Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Yang, Yijing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Qe8 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 13
Games} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:05] A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Nf3} (13...
Nc7 14. Be3 c5 15. Nc2 a5 16. Qd2 b5 17. b3 Qf7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 a4 20.
Qe3 b4 21. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (53) Almeida Quintana,O (2548)-Narciso Dublan,M (2544)
Arinsal 2011}) 14. Bg2 e5 15. dxe6 Nxe6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nf3
$146 (16. Be3 Qf7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rde8 21. Qd2 {
1-0 (38) Obukhov,A (2445)-Galdunts,S (2420) Kurgan 1994}) 16... Qe7 17. Re1
Rad8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. b4 a6 21. Be3 Bc3 {[#]} 22. Bg5 $1 Qf8 $1 (
22... Nxg5 23. Rxe7) 23. Bxd8 {And now Re3 would win.} Bxe1 24. Bb6 ({Much
worse is} 24. Qxe1 Nd4 25. Qf1 (25. Qd1 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nc3 $19) 25... Nxf3+ 26.
Bxf3 Qxf3 $17) 24... Bc3 25. Qb3 Bf6 26. Rd1 Bd8 27. Be3 $36 {White fights for
an advantage.} Bc7 28. Nd2 Ng7 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Ng5 Ne6 31. b5 Nxg5 32. Bxg5 (
32. bxc6 Nh3+ 33. Kf1 (33. Bxh3 $2 Bxh3 34. cxb7 Qf7 $19) 33... bxc6 34. Bxc6
Re5 35. Bd5+ Rxd5 $1 36. Rxd5 Bc8 $11) 32... axb5 33. cxb5+ d5 34. bxc6 bxc6 {
[#]} 35. Qb7 $1 Bg4 $2 ({Don't take} 35... Qd6 $2 36. Bf4 Re5 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38.
Qxc6 $18) (35... Bd8) 36. Qxc6 $18 Bxd1 37. Bxd5+ Kg7 38. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin
Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Na4
b6 16. Nc3 Reb8 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Qc2 c4 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nh4 {0-1 (45) Dreev,A 
(2651)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Bd6 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. Rc1 a6 14.
Nxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qc2 $146 (16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6
18. Qa5 Rfe8 {0-1 (48) Javakhishvili,L (2367) -Lomineishvili,M (2370) Tbilisi
2002}) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bd3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Rc3 Rd6 24. Rec1 Rf6 (24... h5 $5 {creates asymmetry.}
25. h3 Rf6 26. Qc2 Qg5 27. Qe2 Re8) 25. Qc2 Qxc2 (25... Qg4 $5 {seems wilder.}
26. Qb3 Rg6 27. g3 Qd7 28. Qd1 Qf5) 26. R1xc2 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 27. Kf1
Ke7 {The position is equal.} 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Rg6 30. f3 f5 31. Re2 Re6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bd2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (11. Nb5
$14 Kd7 12. Bd2) (11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Be3 Bc5 13. d4 Be7 14. Ne5+ Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4
16. Rfc1 Rhc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxb6 Rc2 19. Bd4 Rxe2 {1-0 (38) Ding,L (2764)
-Lu,S (2616) Shenzhen 2016}) 11... Rc8 $146 (11... Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. a3 e5
14. b4 Be7 15. Bc3 d4 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Nxb4 19. Nxd4 Nxd3 20.
exd3 exd4 21. Nxb6 {1-0 (36) Berescu,A (2494)-Pantev,V (2379) Plovdiv 2012})
12. Nb5 e5 13. Rfc1 {White is slightly better.} Be7 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 O-O 16.
Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. a3 Be6 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rd8 21. Rf1 Bg4 22. Rae1
Bh3 23. Rf2 Ne4 {[#]} (23... Rcc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Nxd5 $1 $16
Rxd5 ({Black should play} 24... Re6 25. Bxe4 Rxe4) 25. Bxe4 Rxd4 26. Bxc6 Rxd2
27. Bg2 ({Much worse is} 27. Bxb7 $6 Bc5 $11) 27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxb2 {
Endgame KRR-KRB} 29. Rf3 Bc5 30. Kf1 f6 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. a4 Kg6 33. Rf4 {
Threatens to win with Rg4+.} b5 (33... h5 $16) 34. axb5 (34. Rg4+ $1 $18 {
is more deadly.} Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 (36. Rdxg7 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Rxb7
Rxe2+ 39. Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rxh2 41. Rxb5 Bd6 $18)) 34... Rxb5 (34... h5 $16 {
was worth a try.} 35. Rd5 Rxb5) 35. Rg4+ $18 Kh7 {[#]} 36. Rd7 $1 Bf8 37. Kg2
b6 38. Re4 Ba3 39. Rb7 Rb2 40. Kf3 Bc5 41. Rc4 (41. Rg4 $18 {has better
winning chances.} Rb3+ 42. Kg2) 41... Rb3+ $16 42. Kg2 {Strongly threatening
Rxc5!} Re3 43. Kf1 Re5 (43... h5 $142) 44. Rg4 Bf8 (44... Re7 $16 {was
necessary.} 45. Rxe7 Bxe7) 45. Rxb6 $18 Rf5+ 46. Rf4 Rh5 47. Kg2 Re5 48. Rb2
Ba3 49. Ra2 Bc1 50. Rc4 Be3 51. Rb2 Rf5 52. Re4 Rf2+ 53. Kh3 Bc1 54. Rb3 f5 55.
Re6 Bg5 56. Rf3 Rxf3 57. exf3 {KR-KB} Bf6 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Kf2 Kf7 60. Ra6 Bd4+
61. Kf1 g6 62. h3 Be5 63. Kf2 Bd4+ 64. Ke2 Be5 $2 (64... h5 65. g4 Kg7 66. gxh5
gxh5) 65. f4 Bd4 66. g4 h5 67. gxh5 gxh5 68. Rh6 (68. Rd6 $142 Bb2 69. Rb6)
68... Bf6 $2 {[#]} (68... h4 $18 69. Rd6 (69. Rxh4 Kg6 $11) 69... Bb2) 69. h4 (
69. Rxf6+ $142 $1 Kxf6 70. Kd3 Ke7 71. Kd4 Ke6 72. Kc5 h4 73. Kc6 Ke7 74. Kd5)
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qf3 {C44:
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bc5 10.
Re1+ Kf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qf3 d5 14. h3 d6 15. Nd2 Be6 {1-0 (139)
Nakamura,H (2779)-Anand,V (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 7... Nf6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 {
LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 $146 (9... Rh5 10. c4
Bb4+ 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Qe3+ Qe7 15. O-O Qxe3 16. Bxe3 {
0-1 (39) Paci,C (2389)-Clery, N (2396) Mulhouse 2011}) 10. Nd2 Qe7+ (10... Rxh2
$6 11. Rxh2 Qe7+ 12. Kf1 Bxh2 13. g3 $16) 11. Kd1 $1 Be5 12. h3 ({White should
play} 12. d6 $1 $14 Bxd6 13. Nc4 (13. Re1 Be5 $16)) 12... d6 $1 $11 {With the
idea ...Bg4!} 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nc4 b5 {[#]} (14... b6 $11 {remains equal.}) 15.
Na5 $1 $36 {White is on the roll.} (15. Nxe5 $6 dxe5 16. Bf4 (16. Bxb5 Rd8 17.
Ke2 e4 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Bxe5 (17. Rxe5 Qd7 18. Qe2 Nxd5 $15) 17... Bxd5 $15)
15... Bd7 16. Bg5 {Hoping for Qg3!} b4 (16... Rae8 $14) 17. cxb4 Qd8 18. Re2
Qb8 19. a3 Ba4+ 20. Ke1 Nh7 21. Bf4 (21. Be3 $18) 21... Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf6 23.
Qc4 {And now b5 would win.} Re8 $2 (23... Bd7 $16 24. Kf1 Qb6) 24. b5 $18 Rxe2+
25. Bxe2 a6 26. Qxa4 axb5 27. Qb4 (27. Qxb5 Qxb5 28. Bxb5 Rxa5 $16) (27. Bxb5
Qb6 28. Nc4 Rxa4 29. Nxb6 Re4+ 30. Kf1 cxb6 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. Qd2 (28. Qxb5
Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxa5 $14) 28... Ne7 29. Nb3 c5 30. Rd1 Ra6 31. Qf4 Qb6 32. Kf1
Kf8 33. Kg1 ({Don't take} 33. Qh4 Ra4 34. Bg4 b4 $18) 33... Qc6 34. Bf3 Qc7 35.
Nc1 Nf5 36. Ne2 Ra4 37. Qd2 b4 38. Qc2 Qa7 (38... Qd7 $142 39. axb4 Rxb4 40.
Qxc5 dxc5 41. Rxd7 Rxb2) 39. Bc6 Ra6 40. Qe4 Ne7 41. Bb5 {White is clearly
winning.} ({Not} 41. Rxd6 Qb8 $18) (41. axb4 Rxc6 42. b5 Rb6 $14) 41... Rb6 42.
a4 ({Weaker is} 42. axb4 Rxb5 43. Rxd6 Rb8 $16) 42... g5 43. Ng3 g6 44. Qe3 f6
45. Re1 Qc7 {[#]} 46. h4 $1 d5 (46... gxh4 47. Qh6+) 47. hxg5 f5 48. Rc1 c4 49.
Qd4 Re6 50. b3 f4 51. Nf1 Re4 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02] B2: Sicilian: 2 c3} (11.
Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17.
Ne5 Ne7 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Ne5 Ne7 22. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Lin,C (2520)-Zubov,A (2630) Olongapo City 2015}) 11... Nb4 12. exd6 Qxd6 13.
Nc3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nc6 15. a3 $146 (15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5
Nb4 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 {1-0 (51) Larrea,M 
(2327)-Madeira,W (2179) Montevideo 2015}) 15... Rd8 16. Nb5 Qb8 (16... Qd5 $2
17. Nc7 Qd6 18. Nxa8 $18) 17. Qe4 $1 f5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nc3 {Black must now
prevent d5.} Bf6 20. Bg5 Ne7 (20... Nxd4 $2 21. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 22. Bxd8 $18) 21.
d5 e5 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 $1 $18 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nd4 Qd6
$14)) 22. h4 Qd6 23. Nd2 b5 {[#]} (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxf6 $18 (
25. Nc4 Qc5 $16)) (23... Ng6 $1 $14) 24. Nde4 $1 $18 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Qb6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. d6 Ng6 28. h5 (28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. h5 Kxf6 $11) 28... Kg7 {Hoping for ..
.Nf4.} 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rd2 ({Better is} 30. Rac1 $16 Ra7 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32.
Qf3+ (32. Rd5 Re8 $16) 32... Bf5 33. g4) 30... Bf5 $11 31. Rad1 {d7 is the
strong threat.} Rd7 32. Rd5 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rad8 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. b3 Rh8 36. Qd2
Rc8 37. Rd3 Qc5 38. Rh3 Kf7 $2 (38... Qc2 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.}) 39. Qd3 $2 (39. Rh7+ $18 Ke6 40. Rxd7 (40. b4 Qd4 41. Qxd4 exd4 42.
Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Rxd4 Rc3 $17) 40... Kxd7 41. Qd3 (41. Qh6 Qc2 42. Qh3+ f5 43.
Qh7+ Kc6 $18)) 39... Kg7 $2 {[#]} (39... Rg8 $16) 40. Rh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 41. Qh3+
Kg8 42. Qxd7 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc2 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Rf1 {And now
d7 would win.} Rf8 46. d7 Qd2 47. g3 $40 {White goes for the king.} a5 (47...
e4 $142 48. g4 (48. Qxe4 Kf7 $16) 48... a5) 48. Kg2 {aiming for Qe6+.} Qd5+ {
[#]} 49. Kh2 (49. Kh3 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 49... Qd2 $2 (49...
Qd3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 50. Kg1 g5 $2 (50... e4 51. a4 (51. Qxe4 Kf7
52. Qh4 Rg8 $18) 51... bxa4 52. bxa4 f5) 51. Kg2 Qd5+ {[#]} 52. Kh2 $2 ({
Only move:} 52. Kh3 $1 $18) 52... Qd2 $2 ({Black should try} 52... Qd3 $1 $14)
53. Kh3 f5 54. Qe6+ Rf7 55. Qe8+ Rf8 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. Rh1 Qxf2 58. Qh6+ {
White mates.} Kg8 {[#]} 59. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 60. d8=Q+ Kf7 61. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Nc6 {D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line:
7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6} 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. b3 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rd1 Qa5
15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Nc4 Qh5 17. Nfe5 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Rad8 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Bf3 f5 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Postny,E (2672)-Edouard,R (2635) London 2015}) 11... Bxc5 12. e4
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bg5 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. e5 Kf8 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Rac1 Re8 $146 20. Qg4 {[#] Rc7 is the strong threat.} Qd6 $1 21. Qd4
h5 22. Rc5 Rh6 23. Qxb4 Kg8 24. Rfc1 $36 {White has the initiative.} Qb6 25.
Qxb6 Rxb6 26. b3 g6 27. h4 Re7 28. Rc7 Rbe6 (28... Ree6 $14) 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 $16
{Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. b4 Kf8 31. a4 Ke8 32. Kf1 Kd8 33. g3 Re6 {[#]} 34. a5 $1
Kd7 35. Re1 (35. b5 $16) 35... Rc6 $1 $11 36. Ke2 Rc3 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Kd4 Kd6 (
38... Rb3 $11) 39. Rc1 (39. Re8 $1 $14 Rb3 40. Rd8+ Kc6 41. Rf8) 39... Ra4 40.
Kc3 {Threatens to win with Kb3.} Ra3+ $1 41. Kd4 Ra4 42. Kc3 {aiming for Kb3.}
Ra3+ $1 43. Kd4 Ra4 44. Rb1 Ra2 45. f3 Rg2 46. b5 axb5 (46... Ra2 $1 $11) 47.
Rxb5 $14 Kc7 48. Rc5+ Kb8 49. a6 {Strongly threatening Rb5.} Ba8 50. Rb5+ Ka7
51. Rc5 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Kb8 $1 52. Rb5+ Ka7 53. Rc5 {Hoping for Rc7+.
} Kb8 $1 54. a7+ Kxa7 55. Rc7+ Bb7 56. Rxf7 Rxg3 57. Rf6 g5 58. hxg5 Rxg5 59.
f4 Rg3 60. Rh6 Rf3 61. f5 Bc8 (61... h4 $11) 62. Rxh5 ({White should try} 62.
f6 $16) 62... Kb6 $11 63. Rh6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 5
Games} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03] C4: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} (7. Nf3 $5 {with more
complications.} Ndf6 8. Re1 c6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. c4) (7. c4 Nxe5 8. dxe5 c6 9. Bc2
Be6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qf3 Nc5 12. Qg3 Qc4 13. Nc3 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 
(33) Wei,Y (2706)-Wang,Y (2723) Shenzhen 2016}) 7... Nxe5 8. Bxe5 O-O 9. c4 {
White is slightly better.} Nf6 10. Nc3 ({Much weaker is} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5
Qxd5 $15) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 c6 $146 (11... Bd6 12. Re1 Ng4 13. f3 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 {0-1 (35) Mifsud,T-Wijesundara,R Manila 1992}) 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 {
[#] And now Bxf6 would win.} Qd7 14. h3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Rfe1 Bb4 (16...
Qf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. d5 Qf5 ({Black should try} 17... cxd5 $14 18.
Bd4 Qd6) 18. dxc6 (18. d6 $16) 18... bxc6 $14 19. a3 Ba5 20. Bd4 Bb6 21. Bxb6
axb6 22. Re5 Qc2 23. Re2 Qb3 24. Qd6 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 25. Rae1
Rfd8 26. Qf4 (26. Qg3 $5 {creates asymmetry.} h6 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Qf3 Nd5 29.
Nc3) 26... h6 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 b5 29. Re3 Qc4 30. Rd3 Re8 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32.
Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd2 g6 34. Qe2 {next Qxc4 is good for White.} Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian:
Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Qe7 7. Be2 {Black must now prevent e5.} (7. Nge2
exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Re1 Nxf2 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Nd4 Qxe1+
14. Bxe1 cxd4 {0-1 (42) Bocharov,D (2611)-Tomashevsky,E (2724) Novosibirsk 2016
}) 7... exd5 8. exd5 Qe4 (8... d6 $5 {creates asymmetry.} 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4) 9. Qxe4+ (9. Qd2 $5 {is interesting.} Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11.
Nf3 O-O 12. Be3) 9... Nxe4 10. Bd2 (10. a3 $5 {with more complications.} Ba5
11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Bf4) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Nf3
Nd7 14. Kd2 $146 h6 15. Bd3 Kd8 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Re3 Re8 19. Rxe8+
Kxe8 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Nh4 g6 22. g4 a6 23. Rb1 Bd7 24. Ng2 Ke7 25. Ne3 Kd8 26.
Re1 b5 27. Rb1 Kc7 28. a3 g5 29. f3 h5 30. Be2 Ra8 31. cxb5 (31. Bd3 $11) 31...
axb5 $15 32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxa3 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Kc2 h4 35. Rb1
Ra2+ 36. Rb2 Ra4 37. Kd3 {[#]} Nd7 (37... Ra1 $1 $17 38. Rh2 Nd7) 38. Nc4 $15 {
[#]} Nf8 (38... Ra1 $1 $17 39. Rf2 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 Rxd5) 39. Rb6 $11 {And now
Rc6+ would win.The position is equal.} Ng6 $1 40. Rc6+ Kd8 $1 41. Rxd6+ Ke7 42.
Rc6 Nf4+ 43. Kc2 Nxd5 ({Reject} 43... Rxc4 $6 44. Kb3 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 $16) 44.
Rxc5 Nf4 45. Kb3 Ne6 46. Rf5 ({But not} 46. Kxa4 Nxc5+ 47. Kb5 Nd3 $17) 46...
Ra1 47. Nd2 Rh1 48. Ne4 Rxh3 49. Nxg5 Nxg5 50. Rxg5 Rxf3 {KR-KR} 51. Rh5 h3 {
next ...Kf6 is good for Black.} 52. Kc2 Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Kg6.} 53.
Kd2 Kg6 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 54. Ke2 Rxc3 55. Kf2 f6 56. Kg1 Rg3+ 57.
Kf2 Ra3 58. Kg1 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxg4 (59... Rd3 $5 {feels hotter.} 60. Kg1 Rd2 61.
Rxh3 Ra2 62. Rf3 Rc2) 60. Rxh3 Ra4 61. Rb3 Kf5 62. Kf3 Rf4+ 63. Kg3 {Strongly
threatening Rb5+.} Rd4 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. Rb5+ f5 66. Rb3 Rh4 {( -> ...Rh3+)} 67.
Rb8 Rh3+ 68. Kg2 Re3 69. Rb4 Re4 70. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. d3 d6 5. f4 {LiveBook: 36 Games} Bg4 {
C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 O-O 8. a3 Bg4 9.
h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. O-O c6 13. Kh1 g6 14. Ne2 Kg7 15. Rad1
Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Short,N (2683)-Strikovic,A (2495) Cape Town 2015}) 6. Nf3
exf4 7. Bxf4 Nh5 {White is slightly better.} 8. Be3 Nc6 $146 (8... Bh4+ 9. g3
Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qg2 Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe6 fxe6
{1/2-1/2 (45) Dikic,V (1690)-Bogdanovic,V (2001) Belgrade 2009}) 9. d4 (9.
Bxf7+ $16 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ $1 Bxg5 11. Qxg4 Bxe3 12. Qxh5+ g6 13. Qf3+ Kg7 14.
Qxe3) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Ne2 ({White should try} 12. a3 $16)
12... Nb4 13. Nf4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. c4 a5 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. h3
Rfd8 19. Qc2 a4 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. e5 {And now e6! would win.} Nh7 22. Nf3 dxe5
23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Bf4 Bg5 25. Bg3 Nf6 26. Nf3 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Qe4 {[#]} (27... Ne4
$11 28. Bh2 (28. Bxc7 Qf5 29. Qd3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxf2 $11) 28...
f5) 28. Qc3 $1 $16 Qe7 29. Ne5 Bh6 30. Rde1 {Nxg6! is the strong threat.} Qd8
31. d5 Ra6 32. Qf3 (32. Re2 $16) 32... Nh5 33. Bf2 Rf6 34. Qc3 {aiming for Ng4.
} Bf4 (34... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Ng4 (35. g4 $16 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 (36.
Qxe5 Nf4 $14)) 35... Rf5 $11 36. g3 (36. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36...
Bd6 $17 37. Kg2 {[#]} Rxf2+ $1 38. Nxf2 (38. Rxf2 Bxg3) 38... Nxg3 39. Rg1 Qg5
{Black has strong compensation.} 40. Qe3 Bf4 41. Qe7 f6 (41... Qh5 $17 42. Qa3
Ne2) 42. Qe6+ $11 Kh8 $132 {Black has counterplay (3)} 43. Qg4 {Threatens to
win with Nd3.} Qh6 44. Qf3 {Black must now prevent Ng4.} Nf5 45. Kh1 {Hoping
for Ng4.} Bd6 46. Ne4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e3
Ne4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Ndf6 18. Nf3 a4 19. bxa4 dxc4 20. Nde5 c3 21. Bxc3
Ba6 22. Nc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qc2 Bc7 25. Nfd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Rc1 Qf6 29. h4 e5 30. Nd2 Bb6 31. a5 Bxa5 32. Nb3 Bd3 33. Qxc5 Bb6 34.
Qb4 e4 35. a4 Rb8 36. Nc5 Bc7 37. Qa3 Bd6 38. Qa2+ Qf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Nxd3
exd3 41. Rd1 Ke7 42. Rxd3 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rb1+ 45. Bf1 Ra1 46. Rd4 g6
47. Kg2 h6 48. Bd3 Ra3 49. h5 Be5 50. Rd5 Ke6 51. Bc4 Rxa4 52. Bb3 Ra3 53. Rb5+
Kf6 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Re6+ Kf7 56. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xu, Minghui"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:01] A40: Unusual
replies to d4} (5... e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Bg4
11. Be2 f5 12. Ng1 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxg4 fxg4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Deac,B (2572)
-Svidler,P (2748) Caleta 2017}) 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 {LiveBook:
3 Games} 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ngf6 11. Qc2 h6 $146 (11... Rg8 12. Be2 g5 13.
Be3 {0-1 (39) Mueller,R (2427)-Vokac,M (2471) Germany 2010}) 12. Be2 O-O-O 13.
f4 Rdg8 14. g3 Qc7 15. Bd3 g5 16. Kh1 Rg7 17. Qe2 e5 (17... Rhg8 $11) 18. f5 (
18. fxg5 $14 hxg5 19. Rf5) 18... g4 $15 19. Bd2 h5 20. Kg2 h4 21. Rh1 Qd8 22.
Raf1 {[#]} (22. Rab1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 22... Rh5 $1 $19 23. Be1 Qh8 24.
h3 $2 (24. gxh4 $17 Rxh4 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Qe3) 24... hxg3 (24... gxh3+ $142
25. Rxh3 hxg3) 25. h4 Rh6 (25... Rxh4 26. Rxh4 Qxh4 27. Rh1 Qh3+ 28. Rxh3 $11)
26. Bd2 Nh5 ({Stronger than} 26... Rxh4 27. Rxh4 Qxh4 28. Rh1 Qh3+ 29. Rxh3 $11
) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qd3 Be4 9. Qd1 c5 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 67 Games} 12. Re1 {
E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} (12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 
(19) Timman,J (2565)-Karpov,A (2628) Murmansk 2016}) 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5
14. Qf4 $146 {The position is equal.} (14. Qh4 Qb6 15. e3 Be7 16. Qd4 Rd8 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 O-O {0-1 (40) Lagane, C-Boutteville,C
Dunkerque 1965}) 14... Qe7 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qc4 O-O 17. a3 Rfc8 {...Bxf3 is the
strong threat.} 18. Qb3 h6 19. h3 Nc5 20. Qd1 e5 21. b4 Nce4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23.
Qb3 a5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 a4 26. Qb2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe6 28. Rac1 Qd5+ 29. e4
Qb5 30. Bc3 Rc6 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Bb2 Bc7 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 $11
{Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd3 36. Re3 Rd1 37. Rc3 Bb6 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Ke2 Rh1 40. h4
Ke7 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 $15 {KR-KR} Kd6 43. Kd2 Ra1 44. Ke3 g6 45. Ke2 h5 46.
Rf3 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Ke6 48. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (48. Rc3 $17 {might work better.}) 48...
f5 $1 $19 49. exf5+ gxf5 50. Rc3 Kd5 51. Rd3+ Ke4 52. Re3+ Kd4 53. Rf3 {[#]} f4
$1 54. gxf4 {White wants to play f5.} Ke4 55. Rc3 $2 (55. Re3+ {was forced.}
Kxf4 56. Rg3) 55... exf4 ({Less strong is} 55... Kxf4 56. Kf1 $17) 56. b5 f3
57. Re3+ Kf4 58. Rc3 {If White can now play Rc4+ this consolidates a bit.} Kg4
59. Rc4+ {[#]} (59. Rc7 $142 Rxa3 60. b6) 59... Kh3 $1 60. Rc7 Re2+ 61. Kd1 Kg2
({Not} 61... Kxh4 62. Rxb7 Rxf2 63. Ke1 Re2+ 64. Kf1 $19) 62. Rxb7 Kxf2 (62...
Rxf2 $2 63. Rg7+ Kh3 64. Rf7 $19) 63. b6 Rb2 64. Rb8 Kg2 65. b7 f2 66. Rg8+ Kh3
67. Rf8 Kg3 ({Weaker is} 67... Rxb7 68. Rxf2 Rb3 69. Rf4 $19) 68. Rg8+ Kxh4 69.
Rf8 Rxb7 (69... Kg3 $142 70. Rg8+ Kh3) 70. Ke2 Rb2+ (70... Kh3 $142 71. Kxf2 h4
72. Rf3+ Kh2) 71. Kf1 Ra2 (71... Kg5 $142 72. Rg8+ Kf4) 72. Rf4+ Kg3 73. Rf3+
Kg4 74. Rc3 $2 (74. Rg3+ Kf5 75. Rf3+ Ke5 76. Rd3) 74... Kf4 (74... h4 $142 75.
Rc4+ Kh5 76. Rc5+ Kg6 77. Rc6+ Kf5 78. Rc5+ Kg4 79. Rc4+ Kg5 80. Rc5+ Kg4 81.
Rc4+) 75. Kg2 $2 (75. Rh3) 75... h4 76. Rc4+ Kg5 (76... Ke3 $142 77. Rc1 Rxa3
78. Rb1 Rb3 79. Ra1 a3 80. Kh3 Ke2+ 81. Kxh4 f1=Q 82. Rxf1 Kxf1 83. Kg5 a2 84.
Kf4 a1=Q 85. Kf5 Qa5+ 86. Kg6 Rb6+ 87. Kh7 Qa7+ 88. Kh8 Rb8#) 77. Rc5+ Kf4 $2 (
{Black should play} 77... Kf6 $19 {Hoping for .. .h3+!} 78. Rh5 Rxa3 79. Kxf2
h3) 78. Rc3 $2 (78. Rc4+ $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Ke3 79. Rc1 Rxa3 80. Rb1)
78... Rb2 79. Rc1 $2 (79. Rc4+ $19 Ke3 80. Rc3+ Ke2 81. Rc1 h3+ 82. Kh2 f1=Q
83. Rxf1 Kxf1+ 84. Kxh3 Rg2 85. Kh4 Ke2 86. Kh3 Kf3 87. Kh4 Rg3 88. Kh5 Kf4 89.
Kh6 Kf5 90. Kh7 Kf6 91. Kh8 Kf7 92. Kh7 Rh3#) 79... Ke3 {Black mates.} 80. Rc3+
Ke2 81. Rf3 {[#]} h3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
{B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5
11. Bg3 Nh6 12. h3 g5 13. Nc4 Ne7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h4 g4 {1-0 (38) Sanal,V 
(2469)-Shanava,K (2545) Mersin 2016}) 8... dxe5 9. Qe2 h6 $146 (9... Qe7 10.
Na3 a6 11. b4 b6 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. g3 Bg4 14. Kg2 {0-1 (22) Bilic,V (2272)
-Dumpor,A (2403) Neum 2008}) 10. Bc5 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Rd1 Nh5
12. g3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Kg2 Rad8 15. Nf1 (15. h3 $11 Bc8 16. Rh1) 15... b6
$17 16. Ba3 {[#]} (16. Be3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 16... Bc8 $2 (16... Nf4+
$1 $19 17. gxf4 exf4) 17. Bb5 $14 Qe6 18. Ng1 Bb7 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. f3 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Nd7 24. Rd2 a6 25. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 26. Rad1 {
Nxe5! is the strong threat.} f6 27. Nh3 (27. h4 $14) 27... Kf7 28. Nf2 Ke7 29.
Ng4 h5 30. Nge3 Nc5 31. Nd5+ Bxd5 $1 32. exd5 Nb7 33. Ne3 f5 34. Nc4 Kf6 35. f4
e4 36. h4 Nd6 37. Ne3 a5 38. c4 Rd7 39. b3 Ra8 40. Kf2 Nb7 41. Ke2 Rd6 42. Nc2
Nc5 43. Ke3 Nd3 44. Nd4 a4 45. Nb5 Rd7 46. Rxd3 exd3 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 47.
b4 Re8+ 48. Kxd3 Rde7 (48... c5 $15 49. bxc5 bxc5) 49. Kc3 Rc8 50. Na7 Rce8 (
50... Ra8 $11 51. Nc6 Re2) 51. Nb5 $15 Rd8 (51... Kf7 $15) 52. Rd3 ({Better is
} 52. Nd4 $1 $11) 52... Rdd7 $2 (52... Re2 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 53. c5
bxc5 54. bxc5 Rd8 {[#]} 55. c6 $1 {White has strong compensation.} Rc8 56. Kc4
(56. d6 $16 cxd6 57. c7) 56... Re2 $1 $14 57. Nc3 (57. a3 $14) 57... Re1 (57...
Rc2 $11) 58. Kb4 (58. d6 $6 cxd6 59. Rxd6+ Ke7 60. Rxg6 Rc1 $11) (58. Kb5 $16)
58... Rb8+ 59. Ka3 (59. Kc5 $14) 59... Ke7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kd6.}
60. d6+ $1 cxd6 61. c7 (61. Nd5+ $11 {remains equal.} Ke6 62. Nc7+ Ke7 63. Nd5+
Ke8 64. Rc3 (64. Kxa4 Ra8+ 65. Kb3 Ra5 $17)) 61... Rc8 $17 62. Nd5+ $2 (62. Kb4
$17 {is a better chance.}) 62... Kf7 $2 ({Black should play} 62... Ke6 $19 {
Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 63. Nc3 Rxc7 64. Kxa4 Ra7+ 65. Kb3 Rb7+ 66. Kc4
Rb2) 63. Kxa4 ({White should try} 63. Rc3 $1 $14 Rb1 64. Re3) 63... Rb1 $1 $11
64. Rb3 Rc1 $1 (64... Rd1 65. Rb8 Rd4+ 66. Kb3 Rd3+ 67. Kb4 (67. Kc4 Rxd5 68.
Rxc8 Rc5+ 69. Kd4 Ke7 $18) 67... Rd4+ 68. Kc3 Rxd5 69. Rxc8 Rc5+ 70. Kd4 $18)
65. Rb5 Ke6 {White must now prevent ... Ra8+.} 66. Ka5 $2 (66. Rb8 $11) 66...
Rc5 $19 67. Rxc5 dxc5 68. Kb6 (68. Nc3 $19 Rxc7 69. Kb5) 68... Kxd5 {Black
mates.} 69. a4 c4 70. Kb7 c3 $4 {Loss on Time!?} (70... Rxc7+ 71. Kxc7 c3 72.
Kd8 c2 73. Ke7 c1=Q 74. Kf6 Qc8 75. Kf7 Qe6+ 76. Kg7 Qe7+ 77. Kh6 Ke6 78. g4
hxg4 79. h5 Kf6 80. hxg6 Qg7+ 81. Kh5 Qh8#) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 d6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Be3 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3
Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 $146 {[#]} (11... Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13.
h3 Nfd7 14. Rac1 {0-1 (43) Trichkov,V (2290)-Smagin,S (2550) Hartberg 1991})
12. h3 (12. f4 $1 $16) 12... Rc8 $14 13. N3d2 Qc7 14. b3 a6 15. f4 Ng6 16. a4
Rfe8 (16... d5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Nc3 (17. a5 $16) 17... h6 (17... d5
$1 $11) 18. Qf2 $16 Nh7 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Nf3 (20. Rac1 $16) 20... Bf6 $14 21.
Rac1 Bc6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf5 exf4 24. gxf4 Bxc3 (24... Ne7 $16) 25. Rxc3 $18
Bxe4 {[#]} (25... Bd7 {might work better.} 26. Ng3 Re7) 26. Bxe4 $2 (26. Nxg7
$1 $18 Kxg7 27. f5) 26... Rxe4 $14 27. Qg2 (27. Bd4 $14) 27... Rce8 (27... d5
$11) 28. Bd4 d5 (28... Nf6 $11) 29. cxd5 (29. Bxg7 $6 Qc8 30. Ng3 (30. Qg4 Qc5+
31. Kh2 dxc4 $15) 30... Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf4 32. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 33. Nxf1 Nf6 $11) (29.
Rg3 $16 {Threatens to win with Rxg6.} Nhf8 30. Nxg7 Rxd4 31. Nxe8 Qxe8 32. f5 (
32. cxd5 f5 $11)) 29... Rxf4 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5.} 30. d6 Ng5 31.
Ne7+ $2 (31. d7 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 (32. Qxf1 Rd8 33.
Bxg7 Rxd7 34. Bxh6 Qd8 35. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 36. Rg3 Qf6 $11)) 31... Nxe7 32. Rxf4 {
Hoping for Rc7.} Qxd6 33. Be3 Ng6 ({Much less strong is} 33... Nd5 34. Rd4 Nxe3
35. Rxd6 $19) 34. Rf1 Qe5 $2 ({Black should try} 34... Nh4 $19 35. Bc5 Qg6) 35.
Rd3 $15 Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Nef4.} 36. Qf3 ({Don't go for} 36. Qxb7
$2 Nef4 37. Bxf4 (37. Bd4 $2 Qf5 38. Rg3 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Qxf1 $19) 37... Nxf4 $19)
36... Nh4 ({Better is} 36... Qc7 $15 37. Qe4 Ne5) 37. Qxf7+ $11 Kh7 {( -> ...
Qg3+)} 38. Qf2 $1 Qe4 $36 {Black is pushing.} 39. Rd7 $2 (39. Rd6 $2 Rf8 40.
Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Qc2+ Rf5 42. Rxf5 Nxf5 $17) (39. Rc3 $11) 39... Rf8 $19 40. Qd2 {
White wants to play Qd3.} Nf3+ (40... Qg6+ $142 41. Bg5 Nxg5 42. Rxf8 Nhf3+ 43.
Kf1 Nxd2+ 44. Rxd2 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qxb3) 41. Rxf3 Rxf3 42. Bf2 Rxh3 43. Bb6 Rh1+ (
43... Qh1+ $142 44. Kf2 Rf3+ 45. Ke2 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Shvayger, Yuliya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 {A28: English
Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. e3 O-O
10. Be2 Ng6 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ne5 15. Be2 d6 16.
O-O b6 17. f4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Rakhmanov, A (2662)-Matlakov,M (2691) Sochi 2016})
6... O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} (8. Bd2 $5 {seems wilder.}
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bf3) 8... Nxc3 (8... Re8 $5 {feels hotter.}
9. O-O Nxc3 10. Bd3 g6 11. a3 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nd5) 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11.
Nxc6 $146 (11. e4 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Qe7 {1-0 (45) Haertig,J-Taistra,E
Germany 2003}) 11... bxc6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Bb2 Rb8 16.
c4 Rb4 17. a3 Rb6 ({Inferior is} 17... Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Qh4 19. g3 Qxc4 20. Qb7
$16) 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. Rab1 Qe6 21. Be2 Qh3 (21... h5 $142) 22. Bf1 (
22. Ba5 $142) 22... Qh5 23. Ba5 Bg4 24. Bxb6 (24. Re1 $5 {creates asymmetry.}
Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rd8 26. Bg2 f6 27. Bxc6 Bf3 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Qd3) 24... Bxd1 25.
Qxd1 (25. Rxd1 $5 {is interesting.} Rxb6 26. f4 Qf3 27. Qd3 Rb2 28. Rd2) 25...
Qxd1 26. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for Ba5.} axb6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rb1 Ra8 28.
Bg2 Ra4 29. Rc1 Rxa3 30. Bxc6 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kf3 f5 33. Rc2 Kf6 34. h3 Ke7
35. Ke2 Be5 36. Bb5 Bc3 37. Rc1 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 Be5 39. g4 g6 40. Rd1 Bd6 41. gxf5
gxf5 42. Rg1 Kf6 43. Rg8 Rc2 44. Rc8 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Rd8 Kg7 47. Rc8 h5
48. Rd8 h4 ({Black should try} 48... Rc1 $15) 49. Rc8 (49. Rd7+ $11 Kg6 50. Rd8
) 49... Bh2 $15 50. e4 ({White should play} 50. Re8 $15) 50... fxe4+ $17 51.
Kxe4 Rxf2 52. Rd8 Bd6 53. Kd5 (53. Re8 $17) 53... Rf5+ (53... Rh2 $19 54. Bd7
Rd2+ 55. Kc6 {[#]} b5 $1) 54. Kc6 $2 (54. Ke4 $17 Rf1 55. Re8) 54... Rf3 $19
55. Rd7+ Kg6 56. Rd8 Rxh3 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Ba6 $2 (58. Rh8) 58... Ra3 {Black
is clearly winning.} 59. Bb7 h3 60. Rh8 h2 61. Kd7 Ra1 62. Bd5 Rg1 63. Kc6 Kg7
64. Rh3 Rg6 65. Kb5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Re1 h6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (10... Be6
11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17.
Ng4 Nh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Anand,V (2776)-Svidler,P (2745)
Moscow 2016}) 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 13. h3 Bf8
14. Nc4 Be6 $146 (14... Bd7 15. Ne3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na7 17. Nh2 Nb5 18. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 (65) Fogarasi,T (2500)-Pinter,J (2560) Hungary 1997}) 15. Ba4 Bd7 16.
Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Na7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Rab1 Qe7 21. c4 Rec8 22. Nd5
Nxd5 (22... Qe8 $16) 23. exd5 $18 (23. cxd5 $6 Nb5 $11) 23... Bxa4 24. Qxa4 c6
{[#]} (24... Qd8 $142 25. Be3 c5) 25. Rb6 $1 (25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. d4 (26. dxc6
Qc7 $11) 26... cxd5 $11) 25... cxd5 26. cxd5 ({Resist} 26. Rxa6 $6 dxc4 27. Be3
(27. dxc4 Qc7 $16) 27... Rb7 $16) 26... Nb5 27. Rxa6 Nc3 $2 {[#]} (27... Nc7 {
was worth a try.} 28. Ra7 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8) 28. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 29. Rb6 Ra8 30.
a6 Rc7 31. Reb1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 32. Rb7 Ra7 {[#]} 33. Qc6 $3
Rxc6 34. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 {The position
is equal.} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:07] D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main
line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (13... Rfd8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Nce5 Rac8 16. Kf1 h6 17.
Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne5 Rdc7 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 {1/2-1/2 (67)
Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Karjakin,S (2770) Sochi 2014}) 14. Nfe5 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7
16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 {[#] aiming for Nd6.} bxc4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 a5 20. a4
$146 Bc6 21. Rd3 Be4 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Rdd1 h5 24. Kf1 Bb4 25. h3 Kf8 26. f3 g6
27. Bf6 Be7 28. Bb2 Bb4 29. Bf6 Be7 30. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation} (6... Qc7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O c4 9. Nbd2 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. b3
cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nc6 13. c4 Na5 14. Qa4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 {0-1 (51)
Rublevsky,S (2689)-Fedoseev,V (2673) Novi Sad 2016}) 7. Be2 Bg6 8. O-O Nf5 {
White has an edge.} 9. a4 a6 10. a5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bg5 Qc7 $146 (12... f6
13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bf4 O-O 15. c4 d4 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 f5 19.
Bd2 Nc6 20. Qe1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Markidis,K (2291) -Kharitonov,A (2538)
Rethymno 2012}) 13. c4 $36 {White has the initiative.} h6 14. Bf4 (14. Bd2 $14
dxc4 15. Nxc5 (15. Bxc4 Qd7 $14) 15... Bxc5 16. Qa4+ (16. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2
Qxc4 $17) 16... Qd7 17. Rfc1 (17. Bxc4 Rd8 $11) (17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qa4 Nd4 19.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11)) 14... Rd8 (14... dxc4 $11 15. Nxc5 (15. Bxc4 Rd8
16. Qe2 Bh5 $11) 15... Qxc5) 15. Nxc5 $14 Bxc5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. b5 {
Strongly threatening cxd5.} axb5 (18... O-O $14) 19. cxb5 $16 O-O (19... Bh5
$16 {was necessary.}) 20. b6 $18 Qxa4 21. Rxa4 Bb8 22. a6 bxa6 23. Bxa6 (23.
Bd2 $16) 23... d4 ({Black should try} 23... Bh5 $14) 24. g4 (24. Bd2 $18) 24...
Ne7 $14 25. b7 d3 (25... Nd5 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Rxd4 Ba7) 26. Rc1 $16 Nd5
27. Bd2 Rd7 $2 {[#]} (27... Nc7 $16) 28. Rc8 $18 f6 (28... Rc7 {keeps fighting.
} 29. Rd4 Rc2 30. Rxd5 exd5) 29. exf6 Nc7 30. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Li, Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Nc3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Nb6 11. h3 {
LiveBook: 5 Games} e5 12. dxe5 {Threatens to win with Bg5.White has an edge.}
Nfd7 13. Rd1 $146 (13. Bg5) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bf4 {And now
e6! would win.} Nc5 17. e6 $1 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Qe7 18. exf7+ Qxf7
{White should prevent ...Nb3.} 19. Qe3 Ra6 20. Bd6 Nd3 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Ne1
Nd5 $2 (22... Nc5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 23. Nxd5 $18 cxd5 24.
Nxd3 cxd3 25. e5 (25. Rxd3 $6 dxe4 26. Rd4 (26. Bxe4 Bxh3 27. Bd5+ Kg7 $16)
26... Rae6) 25... Qf5 26. Rac1 (26. Rxd3 $6 Rxe5 27. Qd2 (27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28.
Qe8+ Kg7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 $16) 27... Rd6 $18) (26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxe5 $16)
26... Bd7 $2 (26... Ra8 {is a better defense.} 27. Bxd5+ (27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28.
Rxd3 Rxe5 29. Bxd5+ Be6 $18) 27... Kh8) 27. Bxd5+ (27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxa4
29. Bxd5+ Kh8 $18) 27... Kh8 28. Qxd3 (28. Rxd3 Rxe5 29. Qd2 Rd6 $18) (28. Bxb7
$142 Rd6 29. Rc5 (29. exd6 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qe5 31. Rxd3 Qxb2 $11)) 28... Rxe5 $2
(28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Bxa4) 29. Qc3 Rf6 {[#]} 30. f4 $1 (30. Bxb7 $2 Qxf2+ 31.
Kh1 {[#]} Bc6+ $1 32. Bxc6 Re2 33. Qxf6+ (33. Rd8+ $2 Kg7 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 $19)
33... Qxf6 $19) 30... Re7 $2 (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5) 31. g4 ({Not} 31. Qxa5
Re3 32. Rc3 Re2 33. Qa8+ Rf8 34. Qxb7 Bxa4 $18) (31. Re1 $142 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1)
31... Qxf4 {( -> ...Re2)} 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 {
D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 8. Rc1 (8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Qb3 Ne6 14. Na4 Ne4 15.
Nb6 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 (42) Moiseenko,A (2692)-McShane,L (2674) Germany
2016}) 8... g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 4 Games}
Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 $146 (13... e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 
(24) Ensenbach,M (2042) -Heinke,R (2379) ICCF email 2013}) 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rxc4
b5 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. d5 (17. e4 $142) 17... Rc8 $16 18. d6 e5 ({Black should try
} 18... exd6 $14 19. Qxd6 (19. cxd6 c5 $11) (19. Bxd6 Re8 $11) 19... Re8) 19.
Bg5 f6 20. Be3 a5 21. h4 Qe8 22. Bh3 (22. h5 $16) 22... e4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 (23...
Rf7 $142) 24. Nd4 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} a4 25. Qe6 f5 26. h5
Qf7 (26... Be5 $16) 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Ne6 Be5 29. g4 fxg4 (29... Re8 $16 30.
Ng5 Rff8) 30. hxg6 $18 (30. Bxg4 gxh5 31. Bh3 (31. Bxh5 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Rf5 $19) (
31. Ng5 Rg7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 $14) 31... Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 $14) 30... Rf6 31. g7+ ({
Don't play} 31. Bxg4 $6 Rxg6 32. Ng5 Bf6 33. Bxd7 Bxg5) 31... Kg8 32. Bxg4 Rg6
33. Ng5 Bf6 34. Bxd7 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 ({Weaker is} 35. Bxc8 Bxe3+ 36. Kh1 Rh6+ 37.
Kg1 Rg6+ 38. Kh1 Rh6+ 39. Kg2 Rg6+ 40. Kh1 $11) 35... Rxg5+ 36. Kh2 {Black
must now prevent Be6+.} Rd8 37. Bh3 (37. Be6+ $16 Kxg7 38. f4 Rh5+ 39. Kg3)
37... Bc8 $1 $14 38. Bxc8 Rxc8 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. Rg1 Rd5 {[#]} (39... Rxg7
$14 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 40. Rg4 $1 $18 Re8 {[#]} 41. Rc3 $1 h5 (41... Rf5 {was
necessary.}) 42. Rg1 ({White should play} 42. Rg6 $18) 42... Rd2 (42... Ree5
$16 43. Kh3 Rg5) 43. Re3 Re6 44. f3 b4 (44... Rd4 $142 45. Rg3 Rd2) 45. fxe4 b3
46. axb3 axb3 47. Rxb3 {White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} Rxe2+ 48. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. h3
Rb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without
g3} Nd7 (10... Qc7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rd1 e5 14. f5 Nf8 15. g4 f6 16.
Na4 g5 17. h4 h6 {1-0 (42) Pridorozhni,A (2579)-Scherbakov,M (2188) Sochi 2016}
) 11. Kh1 e6 12. e5 $146 {White is slightly better.} (12. Rb1 d5 13. Bd2 c4 14.
dxc4 Ba6 15. b3 dxc4 16. Rg1 cxb3 17. axb3 Bb7 {0-1 (48) Kierzek,M (2040)
-Schulte,S Bad Zwesten 1999}) 12... d5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16.
Rfe1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Rb4 {[#]} (17... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. fxe5 Bb5)
18. Na4 $1 $16 Rf5 (18... Rfxf4 $2 19. Nxd7 (19. a3 Rxa4 20. bxa4 Rf5 $15)
19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 $18) 19. Nxd7 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 (20. Ndxc5 $5 {with more
complications.} Rxa4 21. bxa4 Bxa1 22. Nxa6 Qb6 23. Rxa1 Qxa6 24. Qe3) 20...
Qxd7 21. c4 Qd6 ({Black should play} 21... Rb8) 22. Re5 dxc4 (22... Rb8 $16)
23. dxc4 $18 (23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 (24. bxc4 Rb2 $11) 24... Rb8 $16) 23...
Qd4 24. Rb1 (24. Rd1 $18 Qxf4 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Nd3) 24... Rxe5
25. fxe5 Rb8 {[#]} 26. Qg4 (26. Qe1 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.})
26... Qxe5 $16 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 (28. Re1 $5 {is interesting.} Rd8 29. Ne5
Qxg4 30. Nxg4 Bc8 31. Re2) 28... gxf5 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Re1 ({Much
worse is} 29. Nxc5 Bxc4 30. Kh2 (30. Re1 Bd5 31. Kh2 Kf7 $17) 30... Bd5 $17)
29... Rd8 $1 30. Nxc5 Bc8 31. Re3 Kf7 (31... Rd1+ $5 32. Kh2 $8 Kf7 $11) 32.
Nd3 Kf6 33. g3 Rd4 34. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Bd7 35. Kf2 Be8 36. Ke2 Bg6
37. Ke1 Rd8 38. Ne5 Be8 39. a4 Rd4 40. Nd3 h5 41. h4 {[#]} e5 $1 42. a5 ({
Wrong is} 42. Nxe5 $2 Re4 43. Kf2 Kxe5 $19) 42... e4 43. Nc5 Ke5 44. Re2 Kd6
45. Nb7+ Kc7 46. Nc5 Kd6 47. Nb7+ Kc7 48. Nc5 {Hoping for Ne6+.} Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:05] D4: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 11. Rfe1 {
LiveBook: 19 Games} (11. Rad1 Rac8 12. Qb1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 Rcd8 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nb5 {1-0 (36) Karjakin,S (2785)-Lu,S 
(2627) Doha 2016}) 11... Rfe8 $146 (11... Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14.
Rab1 Qd6 15. f4 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. exd4 {1-0 (47) Kovalenko,I 
(2653)-Miton,K (2601) Wroclaw 2014}) 12. e4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 13.
Bxc4 e5 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. f4 Nh5 $2 ({Black should play} 15... b5 $1 $14) 16.
Nxf7 $1 $18 (16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Rad8 $11) 16... Rxf7 17. fxe5
(17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Ba6 {
White must now prevent ...Bxc4.} 20. Bxf7+ (20. Bxa6 Ng3+ $1 21. hxg3 Qg5 22.
Bc8 Rxc8 23. Re3 Bxe3 24. Qf2 Bxf2 25. Kh2 Qh6#) 20... Qxf7 21. Ne2 $1 Qf2 22.
b4 Bxb4 23. Qb3+ $1 (23. Qxc6 $6 Rc8 24. Qe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rf1+ Ke7
$16) 23... Kh8 24. Qxb4 Bxe2 25. Bd4 Qh4 26. Qc3 Qxe4 {next ...Nf4 is good for
Black.} 27. Be3 Bg4 {[#]} (27... Bc4 $142 28. Bxb6 Qg4) 28. Bxb6 $1 Qd5 {
...Nf4 is the strong threat.} (28... axb6 29. Rxe4) 29. Be3 Re8 30. Qd4 (30.
Bxa7 Nf4 31. Rg1 (31. Qg3 Nxg2 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. axb3 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Be6 $15)
31... Ne2 $16) 30... Be6 31. Rf1 a6 32. a4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 g5 34. g3 Ng7 35. Kg1
Bc4 36. Rfc1 Bd5 37. Rab1 Ne6 38. Be3 Rf8 39. Rb7 Rf3 40. Re1 h5 41. Ra7 h4 42.
Rb1 (42. Rxa6 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rxg3+ 44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rh2 $18) 42... Rf8 43.
Rbb7 (43. Rxa6 Kg7 44. gxh4 gxh4 $18) 43... h3 44. Bc5 (44. Rxa6 $2 Bc4 45. Bf2
Bxa6 $19) 44... Rc8 45. Be3 Rf8 $1 46. Rh7+ (46. Rxa6 $2 Bc4 47. Bf2 Bxa6 $19)
46... Kg8 47. Rh6 (47. Rxh3 Rf3 48. Bb6 (48. Rxa6 Rxe3 49. Ra8+ Kg7 $15) 48...
Nf4 49. gxf4 Rxh3 50. Ra8+ (50. fxg5 Rh4 51. Rxa6 Rg4+ 52. Kf2 Kf7 $18) (50.
Rxa6 gxf4 51. e6 Bxe6 $14) 50... Kg7 $18) 47... Rb8 (47... Rf7 $142 48. Rxf7
Kxf7 49. Rxh3 Kg7) 48. Rg6+ (48. Rxa6 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Bc4 $16) 48... Kh8 49. Rh6+
Kg8 50. Rxh3 $2 (50. Bxg5 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatening mate with Bf6.
} Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Nxg5 52. Rg6+ (52. Rxa6 Kg7 53. Rh4 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2 $19) 52...
Kh8 53. Rxg5) 50... Rb1+ $2 (50... Rb3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 51. Kf2 Rb2+
52. Ke1 Bc4 {intending ...Re2+.} 53. Kd1 $1 Bb3+ 54. Kc1 Rc2+ 55. Kb1 Re2 56.
Bb6 {Threatens to win with Rh6.} (56. Rxa6 Rxe3 57. Ra7 (57. Rxc6 Rxe5 58. Ra6
Nc5 $11) 57... Nc5 $11) 56... c5 57. Rh6 {Hoping for Ba5.} Bd5 $2 {[#]} (57...
Nd4 $16 {was necessary.}) 58. Rg6+ $1 (58. Rxa6 Nd4 59. Bxc5 Be4+ 60. Kc1 Rc2+
61. Kd1 Bf3+ 62. Ke1 Re2+ 63. Kd1 Rxh2+ 64. Ke1 Re2+ 65. Kd1 (65. Kf1 $2 Bg2+
66. Kg1 Nf3#) 65... Rh2+ 66. Ke1 Re2+ 67. Kd1 (67. Kf1 $2 Bg2+ 68. Kg1 Nf3#)
67... Rh2+ $11) 58... Kh8 {[#] aiming for ... Be4+.} 59. Rf6 $1 c4 $2 (59...
Kg8 60. Rd7 (60. Rxa6 Nd4 61. Bxc5 Be4+ 62. Kc1 Rc2+ 63. Kd1 Rxc5 $16) 60...
Bb3) 60. Ba5 {White is clearly winning.} Be4+ 61. Ka1 Bd5 (61... c3 $142 62.
Bxc3 (62. Rxe6 Re1+ 63. Ka2 Bd5+ 64. Ka3 Ra1+ 65. Kb4 Bxe6 66. Kxc3 Rxa4 $16)
62... Bd5) 62. Rd7 ({Not} 62. Rxa6 Nd4 63. Kb1 (63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. Rag6+ Kf8 65.
Rf6+ Kg7 $11) 63... Be4+ 64. Kc1 Rc2+ 65. Kd1 c3 66. Bxc3 Rxc3 $16) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Nb5 Nxe4 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin
Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qxe4 a6 13. Be7 axb5 14. Bb4 Qc7 15.
Bxf8 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} Kxf8 16. Bb3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2
Qb2+ $1 18. Ke3 $146 (18. Kf3) 18... Qc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+ $1 20. Ke3 Qc3+ 21. Ke2
{[#] Rac1 is the strong threat.} Qb2+ $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (
9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 b5 14. a3 e6 15. Nf3 Nce5
16. d4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qc7 18. Qd1 Nb6 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qc2 c4 21. Rad1 Rfd8
22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 h6 24. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Wang,H (2683)-Bu,X (2711) Ho
Chi Minh City 2017}) 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qe3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an
edge.} 12. d3 $146 (12. d4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Be7 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Rd1 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Ni,S (2362)-Zhai,M (2329) Zhongshan 2015})
12... Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 b5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Red1 Qc7 17. Rac1 a5 18. a3 b4
19. axb4 axb4 20. d4 bxc3 21. Bxc3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nxc3 (23... Bf6 $5
{feels hotter.} 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Bd3 g6 26. Bc4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Bxd5 exd5
29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Rxd4 Rfd8) 24. bxc3 Rfd8 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Qd6 28. Bc4 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Nd8 30. c4 Bf6 31. Re1 {[#]} Kf8 32. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nd7 6. h3 {A07: Réti Opening:
New York and Capablanca Systems} (6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3 Ngf6 9. Bb2 O-O
10. a3 Qe7 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Rxe4 Rad8 17. Qc3 Qf6 18. d4 Bg6 19. Ree1 b6 {0-1 (56) Petrosian,T (2611)
-Carlsen,M (2851) chess.com INT 2016}) 6... Bh5 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 {
LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. Qb3 Bxf3 $146 (9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bf4
Be7 13. Rc1 Rc8 {1-0 (41) Urban,K (2443)-Lisowski, K (2152) Poronin 2014}) 10.
Bxf3 Nc5 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 O-O {[#]} 15. Qxd7 $1 Nxd7
{[#]} 16. Nb5 $1 Ne5 17. Bg2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nab8 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rcc1 Kf8 (22... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Nd6 $36 {White is
really pushing.} Rcb8 24. e4 Nd4 25. Rc7 Ke7 26. Nxb7 {Hoping for Nc5.} Rc8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. exd5 Rc3 29. d6+ Kf6 (29... Ke8 $16 {was called for.}) 30. a4 e5
(30... g6 $142 31. h4 h6) 31. f4 $18 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 exf4 {White has a decisive
advantage.} 33. gxf4 g6 {[#]} 34. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 35. bxc5 Nd4 36. Re1 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Bg4
{A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (8... Re8 9. Qc1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12.
Bg2 Nbd7 13. Nc3 h5 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. e3 {1/2-1/2 (55) Aronian,L 
(2785)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016}) 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ne8 {
White is slightly better.} 11. Qd2 $146 (11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. d4 Nd7
14. Rac1 e6 15. Rfd1 {0-1 (30) Zueger,B (2407)-Telljohann,S (2423) Germany 2013
}) 11... Bxb2 12. Qxb2 e6 13. Rfe1 Qf6 14. Qa3 Nd7 15. cxd5 (15. Rad1 $5 {
seems wilder.} Ne5 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Rf1 Qc3 18. Qe7) 15... exd5 16. e4 dxe4 17.
dxe4 {Threatens to win with e5.} Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Qd6 Rfe8
21. f4 Qc3 22. Qd4 ({Better is} 22. e5 $14 Ng4 23. Qd2) 22... Qxd4+ $11 {
The position is equal.} 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. e5
Ne8 26. Kf2 Nc7 27. Ke3 Nd5+ 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 29. Re2 a4 30. bxa4 Ra5 $1
31. Rb2 Rxa4 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Rc7 Rxh2 34. Rxc6 h5 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7 {
[#] Strongly threatening e6.} Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7 {Hoping for e6.} Kg8 39.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E32: Nimzo-Indian:
Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 12. Bg5 (12. dxc5 d5 13. Ne5 Nxc5 14. Bf4 Nfe4 15.
Qc2 f6 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Qa4 Nec5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 {1-0 (43) Bu,X (2699)
-Sasikiran,K (2680) Sharjah 2014}) 12... Ne4 $146 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
dxc5 Rxc5 15. b4 Rc7 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxc4 {
1-0 (52) Frias Pablaza,V (2515)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2575) San Francisco 1997}) 13.
Qd3 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxb7 Rcd8 16. Bc6 Qe7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. b4 {The
position is equal.} cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rdd8 21. Rc3 Qc7 22. Rdd3 h6 23.
h4 Qe7 24. Kg2 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Qe7 26. Kg2 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne2 Rb8 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with
4 g3} Bd6 16. b3 Bg4 (16... Re8 17. h3 Rb6 18. Ng3 c5 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Be6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Hou,Y (2651)
-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 17. h3 $146 {White is slightly better.} (17. f3
Be6 18. g4 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Be5 20. Kg2 a5 21. h3 a4 22. f4 Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (47)
Norberg,J (2364)-Jepson,C (2438) Sweden 2008}) 17... Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3
Kf8 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {Endgame KB-KB} 23. Kf1 Ke7
24. Ke2 Bc5 25. a4 Bb4 26. Bf5 Kd6 27. g4 Ke5 28. Bd7 c5 29. Be8 Ke6 30. f3 Ke7
31. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3
Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
Qf3 g6 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 b5 {1-0 (50) Vachier Lagrave,
M (2796)-Li,C (2720) Sharjah 2017}) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games.
The position is equal.} 14. Qf5 $146 (14. Rb1 h6 15. c4 b6 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Rbd1
Rc8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 {1-0 (42) Quparadze,G 
(2481)-Kacharava,N (2030) Tbilisi 2016}) 14... Re8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17.
Rab1 b6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qd3 Bc7 20. c4 h6 21. Be3 Rad8 22. Rbd1 b5 23. Rc1 Bb6
24. Qc3 Ng6 25. Ne5 Bxd4 (25... Nxe5 $5 {feels hotter.} 26. dxe5 bxc4 27. a4
Qf5 28. Qxc4 Qxe5 29. Qxc6 Re6) 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Nxc6 Qxc3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.
Rxc3 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 h5 {
[%emt 0:00:05] A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 Nf3} (7... a6 8. d3
Rb8 9. a4 d6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 Be6 15. Nd5
Nb4 16. fxe5 Nbxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bxa5 {0-1 (34) Navara,D 
(2724)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) Biel 2015}) 8. h4 d6 9. d3 Be6 {The position
is equal.} 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Rb1 $146 (12. Bd2 Bh3 13. Rb1 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 f5 15. e3 {1/2-1/2 (78) Fang,Y (2438)-Khotenashvili,B (2496) Doha 2015})
12... Bh3 13. b4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. Bg5 {aiming for b5.} Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4
17. e4 Rac8 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 b6 21. Rbc1 (21. Qd1 $11) 21...
Rc3 $36 {Black is more active.} 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qb4 b5 24. Bf4 (24. d4 $17)
24... fxe4 $19 25. Qxe4 a5 ({Black should play} 25... Rf5 $17 26. Re1 Qf7 27.
Qe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7) 26. Qxg6 $11 b4 27. Re1 $2 (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Rd8
$19) (27. d4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 27... Qg4 $1 $19 28. Qxd6 $2 {[#]} (
28. Qxg4 {nothing else works.} hxg4 29. Bxd6) 28... Rxf4 $1 {Black is clearly
winning.} 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 {Endgame [#] Threatens to win with Kf3. KR-KB}
a4 $1 31. d6 c2 32. d7 Bf6 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rc6 Bd8
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 {B06: Modern Defence} (5. h3 Nf6
6. Bb5 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Rb8 12. b3 c5
13. Nd5 g5 14. Bg3 e6 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 {1-0 (46) Hansen,E (2584)
-Bauer,C (2630) Rabat 2014}) 5... Nb8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 6. Bg5 c6 7. Be2 {
White is slightly better.} Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 $146 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rfe1
Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a5 13. a4 Qc7 14. Be2 Ne5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Kh1 Rfe8
17. Bh4 Qb6 {1-0 (41) Ochsner,T (2275)-Fries Nielsen,J (2405) Denmark 1991}) 9.
Re1 (9. a4 $5 {creates asymmetry.} O-O 10. a5 cxd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. Re1) 9...
Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 cxd5 15. exd5 Rxc3
16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bg3 (17. Qf3 $11 Nxf4 18. Qxf4) 17... Bxc3 $17 18. Ra3 Bxa5 (
{Better is} 18... Nc5 $17) 19. c4 $11 N5f6 20. Bf4 $1 Kg7 21. Qe3 $1 Rh8 22.
Qxa7 b6 $1 23. Qb7 g5 24. Be3 Ne5 $36 {Black is pushing.} 25. Raa1 {[#]} (25.
Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Qc8 $1 $17 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rec1 Bxd2 $1 28.
Bxd2 Nxc4 29. Ra4 d5 30. Bc3 Kg6 31. Rb4 Ne4 32. Bd4 Ned6 33. Re1 b5 34. g4 Rc7
35. Ba1 f6 36. Rd1 e6 37. Rb3 Ra7 38. Bd4 Ra4 39. f3 (39. Bc3 $17) 39... e5 $19
40. Bc5 d4 41. Rc1 $2 (41. Rbb1) 41... Kf7 (41... Nd2 $142 42. Rb4 Nxf3+ 43.
Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Kxf3 Nxc5 45. Rxa4 Nxa4) 42. Bxd6 Nxd6 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 43. Rc6
Ke7 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kf1 $142) 45... Kd7 46. Rc5 Ke6 47. Rd3 f5 48.
gxf5+ $2 (48. Kh3) 48... Nxf5+ 49. Kh3 Rb2 50. Ra3 {Hoping for Ra6+.} Ne3 51.
Ra6+ Kf5 52. Rc8 g4+ 53. fxg4+ Ke4 {( -> ...Nf1)} (53... Nxg4 54. Rf8+ Ke4 55.
Kxg4 $16) 54. Rxh6 d3 55. Rd8 {[#]} (55. g5 $19 d2 56. Rh4+ Kf3 57. Rf8+ Ke2
58. Rd8) 55... Rxh2+ $1 {Black mates.} 56. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 57. Kg2 Nxh6 {KR-KN} 58.
Kf1 Ke3 ({Less strong is} 58... b4 59. Rb8 $17) 59. Rd5 e4 60. Rxb5 Kd2 61.
Rb2+ Kc1 62. Ra2 Nf5 63. Ra1+ Kc2 64. Ra2+ Kb3 65. Ra5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 ({Not} 
65... Ne3+ 66. Ke1 $17) 66. Kf2 Nc2 67. Re5 e3+ 68. Kf3 e2 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:05] LiveBook: 37 Games. A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7
Nf3} 15. f4 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Nd2 cxb4 20.
Rxb4 Qa5 21. Qb1 Nec6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 {1-0 (68) Anand,V (2785)-Tregubov,P (2607)
Bastia 2014}) 15... b5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Black is slightly better.} 17. fxe5 Bxe5
18. Bf4 $146 (18. Kh1 f5 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e4 Qd6 22. exf5 Nxf5 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Dunsbach,R (2239)-Jordan,C (2164) Travemuende 2004}) 18... Bxf4
19. Rxf4 f5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Qd2 b4 22. Nd1 c4 (22... g5 $5 {with more
complications.} 23. Rf1 h6 24. Nf2 Rbc8 25. e3 Bb3) 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qe3 (24.
d4 $11) 24... cxd3 $1 $15 25. exd3 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 ({But not} 26... Qxd3 $6
27. Qe5 Qb3 28. Ne3 $11) 27. gxf4 {[#]} Rd8 $1 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Ne3 Rxf4 30. Nc4
a4 31. Ra3 Rd4 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Kf2 Rf4+ 34. Ke1 Nd5 35. b3 (35. Ke2 {is a
better defense.}) 35... Nb4 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 f6 9. exf6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4}
(9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Na4 Qe8 13. O-O f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. h3
a5 16. Rfc1 Qg6 {1-0 (48) Bologan,V (2607)-Bauer,C (2623) Berlin 2015}) 9...
Qxf6 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Rae1 a6 12. Qe3 $146 (12. a3 Bd6 13.
Nd1 g6 14. c3 Qg7 15. Qg5 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Bd7 {0-1 (37) Mo,K (2269)-Remlinger,L 
(2302) ICC INT 2013}) 12... Bd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bb6 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nf4 Kf7 22. d5 e5
23. Ne6 Rg8 24. Rc1 c6 ({Better is} 24... Re7 $17 {Strongly threatening ... c6!
} 25. Nc5 Rd8) 25. Nc5 $15 cxd5 26. Nxb7 {[#] Hoping for Nd6+.} Re6 27. Rfd1
Rb8 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Na6 Rb7 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rc2 Rd6 {The position
is equal.} 33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. Rc2 $1 Rd6 35. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shvayger, Yuliya"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06] B91: Sicilian Najdorf: g3} Nbd7 11. a4
Qc7 12. Nd2 Qc5 13. Nf1 Bd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Ne3
Ba5 15. Bd2 Nb6 $146 (15... Rac8 16. Ne2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Wei,Y (2706)-Giri,A (2798) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 16. Ncd5 Nbxd5 17.
exd5 Bg4 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxa5 Nxf2 {[#] ( -> ...Nh3+)} ({But not} 19... Qxf2+
$2 20. Kh1 f5 21. Re2 $18) 20. Qe2 (20. Bb4 $2 {is a self mate.} Nh3+ 21. Kh1 {
[#]} Qg1+ $1 22. Rxg1 Nf2#) 20... Nh3+ (20... Ng4+ $5 21. Kh1 $8 Nf2+ 22. Kg1
Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 $11) 21. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Nf2+ 22.
Kg1 Nh3+ (22... Ng4+ $5 23. Kh1 $8 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 $11) 23. Kh1 {aiming for Rf1.}
Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Bc5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7
early deviations} (9... Qc8 10. Rd1 Qb7+ 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Ng4 14.
Ne4 h6 15. Bc1 Be7 16. Nb5 Ne5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Bd6 {0-1 (55) Nikolic,P (2603)
-Navara,D (2734) Berlin 2015}) 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} h6 12.
Qc2 Qe7 $146 (12... Qc7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. a3 Be7 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 Rfc8 18. b3 a6 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Brodt,A 
(2386)-Lennartz,M (2407) ICCF email 2011}) 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxe4 Qf6 $132 {Black has counterplay (4)} 17.
Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 21. e3
Ke7 22. g4 f5 23. Kg3 Kf6 24. f3 g5 25. h3 c5 26. Kf2 Ke5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Ke2
a5 29. a4 Rab8 30. Rac1 Rbc8 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rbc1 Rbc8 33. Rb1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Xu, Minghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...
Nf6, sidelines} (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3
Bh5 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 e4 15. Nh4 exd3 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17.
cxd3 Qd7 18. d4 {1/2-1/2 (84) Mamedov,R (2688)-Jakovenko,D (2704) Doha 2016})
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bc5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} 8. a3 a5
$146 (8... a6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd4 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rae1 Be6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14.
Ne2 {1-0 (33) Livshits,G (2458)-Zanan,E (2247) Israel 2011}) 9. d3 h6 10. Be3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bd5 16. c4
Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a4 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Qd6
23. Qc2 Ne7 (23... b5 $11) 24. Bxb7 $16 c6 25. c5 (25. Qxa4 Rb8 $11) 25... Qb8
26. Ba6 Nd5 {next ...Ne3 is good for Black.} 27. Rd3 Rfe8 {White should
prevent ...Ne3.} 28. Qf2 (28. Qxa4 Qxb2 29. Qb3 (29. Qxc6 Re2 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31.
Rf2 Rxf2 32. Rf3 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. Be2 Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Qg2#) 29... Rb8 30.
Qxb2 Rxb2 $14) 28... Re7 29. Rf3 f6 30. Bc4 Qc8 31. Qc2 Kh8 (31... Qg4 $16) 32.
Qg6 Qe6 33. Bd3 {[#]} Kg8 34. Bc2 Rb7 (34... Ra7 $16 35. b3 (35. Qh7+ Kf8 36.
b4 axb3 37. Bxb3 Re8 $16) 35... axb3 36. Qh7+ (36. Bxb3 Rda8 $16) (36. Rxb3 Kf8
37. Qh7 Qg8 $16) 36... Kf8 37. Rxb3 (37. Bxb3 Re8 38. a4 Qg4 $16) 37... Qg8)
35. Qh7+ $40 {White attacks with force.} Kf8 36. Qh8+ Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38.
Bxa4 Rxb2 {[#]} 39. Bxc6 (39. R3f2 $1 $18 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 (40. Rxf2 Ne7 $16))
39... Ne7 $16 40. Be4 {Threatens to win with d5.} Rxd4 41. Rf4 ({White should
try} 41. Re1 $16) 41... Kh8 $2 (41... Rbd2 $14) 42. Bg2 $18 Rd3 (42... Rxf4
$142 43. gxf4 (43. Rxf4 Rc2 $16) 43... Rb3) 43. Re1 Ng6 $2 (43... Rdd2 {
keeps fighting.} 44. Bh1 (44. Rxe7 $2 Rxg2+ 45. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 44... Nd5) 44.
Rb4 Rbd2 45. Be4 Ne5 {intending ...Nf3+.} 46. c6 f5 (46... Nxc6 $18 47. Bxc6 f5
) 47. Rb8+ {White mates.} ({Not} 47. Bxf5 Nf3+ 48. Kf1 Nxh2+ 49. Kg1 Nf3+ 50.
Kf1 Nh2+ 51. Kg1 Nf3+ 52. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 47... Kh7 48. Bxf5+ g6 49. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 {
LiveBook: 561 Games. The position is equal.} e5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange
Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (7... Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. a4 Bg6 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. a5 a6 17.
Qd1 Na7 18. Rc1 Nb5 19. c4 Nxd4 20. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Zhao,J (2634) -Wang,H 
(2732) China 2016}) 8. dxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. h3 $146 (11. Nd2
Be6 12. Qa4 Qc7 13. Ngf3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Borgmeyer,M 
(2155)-Feuerstack,A (2446) Hamburg 2015}) 11... Be6 {[#] ...d4 is the strong
threat.} 12. Qd1 Nf6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nbd2 a6 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Nb3
Ne4 18. Nbd4 Bd7 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Qb3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yuan, Ye"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4
Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 {White has
an edge.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Qxb7 {[#] Intending
Qc6+ and mate.} (12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Qxd5 e6 {1/2-1/2 (33) So, W (2808)-Carlsen,M 
(2840) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 12... Rb8 13. Qxa6 {Black must now prevent Bb5+.}
Qxb2 14. Qc6+ $146 Bd7 15. Qc3 e5 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. O-O Ke7 18. Rfb1 Qxc3 19.
Bxc3 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Rc8 21. Be1 e4 22. Be2 Rc2 23. Bd1 {The position is equal.}
Rxa2 24. Bb3 Ra7 {With the idea ...Rb7.} 25. Bxd5 f5 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rb7+ Rxb7
28. Bxb7 Kf7 29. g3 Bc4 30. f3 exf3 31. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Bf4} (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bg3 h6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Nb3 Qb6
16. Qxc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Nc5 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Gelfand,B 
(2727)-Nielsen,P (2646) Turin 2006}) 11... Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14.
Bg5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. Strongly threatening Bxf6.The position is equal.} Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f3 Bf5 $146 (16... f6 17. Bh4 exf3 18. gxf3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Clarke,P-Eley,B Coventry 1970}) 17. c5 a5 18. Bc4 exf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Bb5 f6
21. Bh4 a4 22. O-O Rfd8 23. Rfc1 Rd2 24. R3c2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bb3 26. Rc1 Kf7 27.
Be1 Ke6 28. Kf2 f5 29. Bc3 g6 30. h4 Rc8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {KRB-KRB} 32. f4
exf4 33. exf4 Kd5 34. Re1 Kxc5 35. Re7 h5 36. Rg7 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qxc4 Na5 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} (8... O-O 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 b6 15. e3 e5 16. d5 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Pavlov,S (2454)-Bortnyk,O (2552) Lvov 2015}) 9. Qd3 ({Better is} 9. Qc3 $16 Nd5
10. Qd3 (10. Qxa5 $2 Bb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 $19)) 9... c5 $11 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {
White has an edge.} 11. Ne5 O-O $146 (11... Rc8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qb6 14.
Qxb6 axb6 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (71) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2200)-Nikolic,P 
(2200) Teslic 1979}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16.
Ne4 Be7 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rac1 Ndb6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b3 $36 {
White fights for an advantage.} Na3 22. Ba5 b4 23. Rc7 Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Nd7 (24...
Nd5 $14 25. Rc8+ (25. Rxa7 f5 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Bxb4 fxe4 $15) (25. Rxe7 Nxe7
26. Bxb4 Nb1 27. Bxe7 f5 $15) 25... Bf8) 25. Rc8+ (25. Rxa7 $16 {Strongly
threatening Ra8+.} g6 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxd7+ Ke7
30. Ne5) 25... Nf8 $14 26. Nc5 (26. h4 $14) 26... Nb1 {[#]} (26... Rc1 $1 $11 {
keeps the balance.} 27. Bxb4 Nb1) 27. Bxb4 (27. Nd3 $1 $16) 27... Rc1 $11 28.
Rc7 Ng6 29. e3 a5 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31. Bxa5 {aiming for Bb4.} Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bxc5
33. a4 Nd7 34. Bd3 Na3 35. Kf1 Ne5 36. Ke2 Nc6 ({But not} 36... Nxd3 $6 37.
Kxd3 Kf8 38. b4 $16) 37. Bc3 f5 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Kc1 $1 Nb4 40. Be2 Na2+ 41. Kb2
Nxc3 42. Kxc3 Nb1+ 43. Kc2 {White has strong compensation.} Na3+ 44. Kc3 Nb1+
$1 45. Kc2 (45. Kc4 $16 Bd6 46. a5) 45... Na3+ 46. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld:
Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} (10... e6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rc2 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. b3 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Akopian,V (2648)-Giri,A (2784) Doha 2015}) 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6
$146 (12... e6 $5 {feels hotter.} 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bh4 h6 15. f4 Nh7) (12... Ne4
13. Nxe4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 dxe4 15. Qb4 Qd7 16. Qa3 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Qe3 e6 19.
a3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Ofitserian,B (2365)-Kjartansson,G (2464) Moscow 2017}) 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfd1 e6 15. Rc2 b5 16. Rdc1 Qb6 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. a3 Qb7 (18...
Bd7 $11) 19. h3 a5 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qe3 Re8 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Na2 Nd7 (23... Qb6
$11) 24. Bxg7 $1 $14 Kxg7 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Na2 Bc6 28. Nc3 ({
White should play} 28. e4 $14) 28... h5 29. e3 Nf6 30. Bf1 Bd7 31. Na2 Ne4 32.
Qd3 Bc6 33. Nc3 Nd6 34. b3 f5 (34... b4 $11 35. axb4 axb4) 35. Na2 h4 (35...
Bd7 $14) 36. gxh4 $16 Rh8 37. f3 (37. Qd1 $16) 37... Rxh4 $14 38. Qd2 Bd7 39.
Rxc8 Nxc8 40. Qf2 Rh8 41. Qg3 Nd6 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qf6 {Threatens to win with
Qe7+.} Re8 44. Rc2 e5 $2 (44... Qd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 45.
Qxd8 Rxd8) 45. Kh2 $2 (45. Nc3 $18 Be6 46. Nxb5 $1 (46. dxe5 Qxe3+ 47. Kg2 Nf7
$14) (46. Qxe5 Bf7 47. Nxd5 Rxe5 48. Nxb6 Rxe3 $16) 46... Nxb5 47. Bxb5) 45...
exd4 46. exd4 Qb8 {aiming for ...Ne4+.} 47. Kg1 b4 (47... Re6 $11 {remains
equal.} 48. Qh4+ Kg7) 48. axb4 $16 {Hoping for Nc1.} axb4 {[#]} 49. Nc1 (49.
Nxb4 $142 $1 Re6 (49... Qxb4 50. Rc7) 50. Qh4+ Kg7 51. Na6 (51. Nxd5 g5 52. Qg3
Qxb3 $16)) 49... Re6 50. Qh4+ Kg7 {[#]} 51. Nd3 $1 {Nc5 is the strong threat.}
Nf7 52. Nf4 ({White should try} 52. Nc5 $16 Rd6 53. f4 (53. Qe7 Qd8 54. Re2
Qxe7 55. Rxe7 Bc6 $14)) 52... Re3 $2 (52... Rd6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.})
53. Nxd5 $2 (53. Rg2 $18 Re6 54. Nh5+ (54. Nxd5 g5 $14) 54... Kf8 55. Nf6 Rxf6
56. Qxf6) 53... g5 $11 54. Qf2 (54. Rg2 $11 Re6 55. Qf2) 54... Rxb3 $15 55. f4
Rb1 (55... Qd6 $17 56. Rc5 Kf8) 56. Rb2 $1 ({Don't capture} 56. fxg5 $2 Bb5 57.
Ne3 Bxf1 58. Nxf1 b3 $19) 56... Rxb2 57. Qxb2 Qd6 (57... b3 $1 $15 58. Bc4 Ba4)
58. Nxb4 Qxf4 59. Bg2 Qe3+ 60. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ (60... Qc1+ $5 {seems wilder.} 61.
Kh2 Qc7+ 62. Kg1 Qd6 63. Qb2 Qg3) 61. Kxf2 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf6 62. Nd5+ Ke6
63. Ne3 Nd6 64. Bd5+ Kf6 65. Bg2 Nb5 66. Nc2 f4 67. d5 Ke5 68. Ne1 {The
position is equal.} Nd6 69. Nf3+ Kf6 70. Nd2 Bb5 71. Kf3 Kf5 72. Kf2 Ke5 73.
Nf3+ Kf6 74. Nd2 Bd3 75. Kf3 Ke5 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 76. Kg4 Nf7 77.
Nf3+ Kf6 {( -> ...Bf5+)} 78. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 79. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6
3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b6 (9... Bb6 10. e4 d4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nc4 Ng4 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Rd1 Qc5 16. Qe2 e5 {1-0 (42) Chigaev,M (2495)-Levin,
E (2507) St Petersburg 2014}) 10. e4 (10. Nb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10...
Bb7 $146 (10... Ba6 $17 11. exd5 Bxf1 12. Nxf1 exd5) (10... Ba6 11. c4 dxc4 12.
Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Nfe5 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxc4 16. Qf3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 {0-1 (30)
Davidson,J-Janowski,D Semmering 1926}) 11. exd5 $11 {The position is equal.}
Qxd5 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bg5 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf3 g6
18. a3 Bg7 19. h4 h5 20. Rfe1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ng5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd8 24.
Qe2 Qe7 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. Nde4 Bd5 27. Nd2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qd7 29. Ndf3 Qd3 30. Qe1
Qd5 {...f6 is the strong threat.} 31. Qd2 Nc4 32. Qe2 {[#]} b5 $1 $36 {Black
has strong initiative.} 33. Kg1 a5 34. Ne1 a4 ({Better is} 34... Bf6 $17 35.
Ne4 Be7) 35. Ng2 ({White should play} 35. Nd3 $1 $15) 35... Qf5 $17 {aiming
for ...Qb1+.} 36. Nf4 (36. Ne3 $17 Qb1+ 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Nxd1) 36... Bh6 $19
37. Kg2 Bxg5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Qf3 $2 (39. Nd3) 39... Nxb2 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qb8
Nc4 42. Qc7 {White wants to mate with Nxe6+.} Qe5 43. Qe7 Nd6 44. Qd7 Ne4 45.
Ne2 Nxc3 46. Nxc3 Qxc3 {Black mates.} 47. Qxb5 Qxa3 {KQ-KQ} 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49.
Qd4 Qb3 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd4+ Kh7 52. Qf4 {[#]} e5 $1 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Doudou"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
{D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2
{The position is equal.} c5 11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Rfd1 {1-0 (80)
Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Gelfand,B (2743) Beijing 2014}) 11... e6 12. Ne5 Qe7 $146
13. Rac1 Rfd8 (13... Nxe5 $5 {with more complications.} 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 f6
16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Rad8) 14. Ndf3 (14. Nxd7 $5 {is
interesting.} Rxd7 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ba6) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxc4
16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd5 18. h3 Rac8 19. Ba6 $2 {[#]} (19. Qb2 $11 {and
White is okay.}) 19... Rxc1 $1 $19 20. Rxc1 Qa3 $1 21. Rc7 Nxc7 22. Bxb7 Qc1+
23. Kh2 Nd5 24. Qc4 (24. Bxd5 {was necessary.} Rxd5 25. f4) 24... Qxc4 {
Black is clearly winning.} 25. bxc4 Nb4 26. a4 Bxe5+ 27. Bxe5 {Endgame KRN-KB}
Nd3 28. Bd4 Nc5 ({Less strong is} 28... Nxf2 29. a5 Nd3 30. axb6 axb6 31. h4
$19) 29. Bf3 Nxa4 30. g4 Rc8 31. Be2 Nc5 32. h4 Ne4 33. g5 Nxf2 34. Kg3 Ne4+
35. Kf4 Nd6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Bc3 c4 38. Ke5 Nb5 {[#] White must now prevent ...
Rc5+.} 39. Bb4 c3 40. Bxb5 c2 41. Ba3 c1=Q 42. Bxc1 Rxc1 43. Kf6 Rc5 44. Bd3
Rc3 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3
Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. g4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bxf1 (
13... Bxb3 14. cxb3 Nxg4 15. Rg1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Caruana,F 
(2786)-Ivanchuk,V (2763) Bucharest 2012}) 14. Rhxf1 {g5 is the strong threat.}
b4 $146 (14... Nxg4 15. Rg1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kh8 17. Qg3 Rg8 18. Nd5 Nb6 19. Qd3
Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rf8 21. Qb7 Rc8 22. Qxa6 {1/2-1/2 (22) Doderer,H (2378)-Tauscher,
K (2437) Remote email 2012}) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Re8 (17... a4 $14
18. Nc1 f6) 18. g6 ({White should try} 18. f6 $16) 18... Bf6 (18... a4 $11 19.
Nc1 hxg6) 19. Qg2 Qe7 20. gxf7+ Qxf7 {[#]} 21. Nd2 $1 Be7 22. Ne4 Kh8 {[#]} (
22... a4 $142) 23. Rf3 $1 $16 Rab8 (23... a4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 24.
Rg1 $18 Nb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 {[#]} 26. f6 $1 $40 {White attacks with force.} gxf6
$2 (26... Bxf6 27. Qf2 (27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Qf2 Rbb8 $16) 27... Ra6) 27. Rg3 {
White threatens Rg7 and mate.} Rbb8 28. Rg7 Qf8 {[#]} 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30.
Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Shenzen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe7 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5.} 10. c3 {[#] C50: Hungarian
Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (10. Qd3 $15) 10... Ne6 $1 $17 (10... Qc5 $6 11.
cxd4 Qxc4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Qxd4+ 14. Qxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 $14) 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Bxe6 {Black is slightly better.} Bxe6 13. Na3 Rg8 14. Kh1 Rg4 $146 (14...
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rxf6 Rg4 17. Re1 Ke7 {0-1 (64) Alarcon Casellas,R (2378)
-Bachmann,A (2652) Barcelona 2014}) 15. Qd3 (15. Nc2 $17 {was called for.})
15... Qd7 $19 16. Qe3 Qc6 17. Rae1 (17. Rad1 $142) 17... f5 $1 (17... Bxa2 18.
c4 $17) 18. h3 f4 ({Don't do} 18... Rxe4 19. Qg5 Rd8 20. Nc2 $19) 19. Qe2 Rg3
20. Qh5 O-O-O 21. Qxe5 $2 {[#]} (21. Rf3) 21... Bxh3 $1 ({Stronger than} 21...
Bxa2 22. Qxf4 Rgd3 23. Rf2 $11) 22. Qxf4 (22. gxh3 Rxh3+) 22... Rdg8 ({Not} 
22... Rxg2 23. Rf3 $11) 23. Re3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Be7 7. Bc4 {
C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Bd5 8. Bd3 (8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b3 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qh5
{1-0 (50) Jones,G (2663)-Taylor,A (2233) Reading 2016}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. c3 Nf6 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 Be4 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Qd7 14. b4 a6 {1-0 (46) Nielsen,U (2295)-Sobjerg,E (2320) Norresundby 1992}) 9.
c4 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13.
b3 c6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Kg2 a6 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bb1 Qb7 19. Ne5 bxc4
20. Qxc4 Rec8 21. Kg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Be4 (23. Qe2 {with more
complications.} a5 24. Bc2 g6 25. Ba1 Rd8 26. Rd4) 23... a5 24. Qc2 g6 25. Rd4
$36 {White has some pressure.} Bg7 (25... Nb4 $5 26. Qb1 Nd5 $11) 26. Rc4 Nb4
27. Qb1 Rab8 28. Rfc1 Bf8 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. h4 Qb5 31. Bb2 (31. h5 $16) 31... Rd2
(31... a4 $11) 32. Bc3 $1 $16 Rdd8 33. h5 Bg7 (33... Kg7 $16) 34. hxg6 $18 hxg6
{[#]} 35. Bd4 ({White has to play} 35. Bxg6 $1 $18 fxg6 36. Qxg6) 35... Rd7 $2
{[#]} (35... Qb7 $16 36. Qa1 Rbc8) 36. Bc5 $1 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (36... Rbd8 37. Bxb4
axb4) 37. Bd6 (37. Bxg6 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with Bh7+.} Ne7 (37... fxg6
38. Qxg6) 38. Bh7+ Kf8 39. Qe4) 37... Rbd8 38. Rxc6 Qe2 39. Re1 Qh5 40. Bxd5
exd5 41. Qd3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 (5... c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6
8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. Re1 b6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. f3
Nh5 15. Bd3 Be5 {1-0 (117) Nakamura,H (2787)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016}) 6.
Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3}
Bb7 7. d5 e6 8. e4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O b5 9.
d6 bxc4 10. Nb5 cxd6 11. Nxd6 Bd5 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (47)
Jussupow,A (2583)-Bacrot,E (2695) Ajaccio 2007}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. O-O
Nc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Bf3 d6 15. h3 g5 16. Bg3 Nfe4 17.
Ncb5 Ba6 (17... Nxg3 18. fxg3 Rf8 19. Bh5 $16) 18. Qc2 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20.
Bh2 Re7 21. Rae1 f5 (21... Nf6 $1 $14) 22. Bh5 (22. Re2 $16) 22... Be5 $14 23.
f3 Nf6 24. Bxe5 Nxh5 25. Bc3 {Black must now prevent Rxe7.} Rae8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7
27. Nd4 Ng7 28. b3 Re8 29. Bb2 Qf7 30. Qc3 Qf6 31. a3 Qe5 32. Nb5 Qxc3 33. Bxc3
Nxb3 34. Nxc7 Rc8 $1 35. Nb5 Rxc4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nxd6 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN}
Ra4 38. Rd1 Kf6 39. Nc8 Rd4 ({Better is} 39... b5) 40. Rb1 Nd2 (40... Rd3 $11 {
remains equal.}) 41. Rxb6+ $16 Ke5 42. Ne7 {Hoping for Re6+.} (42. Rxh6 $6 Rxd5
43. Rc6 Nb3 $14) 42... Nc4 $2 {[#]} (42... Rd3 $16 43. Rxh6 Nc4) 43. Re6+ $1
$18 (43. Rxh6 Rd2 $16) 43... Kf4 {[#]} 44. Kh2 $1 ({Weaker is} 44. Rxh6 Ne3 $11
) 44... g4 $2 (44... Ne5 45. Rf6 (45. Rxh6 Nxf3+ 46. gxf3 Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Kxf3 $11
) 45... Nc4) 45. Ng6+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kh5 47. Kg3 Ne3 48. Nf4+ Rxf4 49. Kxf4 Nxg2+
{KR-KN} 50. Kg3 {White mates.} Nxh4 51. fxg4+ Kg5 52. d6 f4+ 53. Kh3 f3 54. d7
{Precision: White = 63%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10.
Nf3 {White is slightly better.} (10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nf4 Nc8 13. f3
Nd6 14. Kf2 O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Rhe1 Be7 18. Re2 h5 19. h4 Nf5
20. a3 {1/2-1/2 (20) Georgiev,K (2608)-Ivanisevic,I (2650) Kragujevac 2016})
10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Ne2 Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb4+ 13. Kd1 Nc8
14. Nh4 Nd6 15. Ng3 Ba5 {1/2-1/2 (46) Henrichs,T (2471)-Ekstroem,R (2377)
Flims 2016}) 13. b3 Nd6 14. Nh4 Rg8 15. f3 Bh6 16. g3 {The position is equal.}
Bxe3 17. Ng2 Bf5 18. Nxe3 Bxd3 19. Nf4 $1 Bf5 20. Kf2 Bd7 21. Nh5 Rg6 22. Nf4 (
22. Rhe1 $5 O-O-O 23. Nf4 $11) 22... Rg8 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. Nf4 (24. Rhe1 $5 O-O-O
25. Nf4 $11) 24... Rg8 25. Nh5 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 {E11:
Bogo-Indian} (6... a5 7. Qc2 d5 8. Bg5 a4 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Ne4
12. Qxa5 Rxa5 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (73) Bok,B (2607)-Safarli,E (2653)
Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 7. e3 b6 8. b4 a5 {White has an edge.} 9. b5 dxc4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. c5 Ne4 13. Qb2 Nd7 14. Rc1 {
0-1 (32) Law,N (2208) -De Jong,M (2370) Hoogeveen 2011}) 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O
a4 (11... Bxf3 $14 12. gxf3 Ne8) 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Bd5 15. Bd3
Ra7 16. Ne1 f5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc2 c5 {Strongly threatening ... c4.} 19. bxc6 $1
Bxc6 20. Nb4 Ba8 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qxc7 25. e5
Ne4 (25... Nc8 $16 {was called for.} 26. Bc2 Nf8 27. Bxa4 Bb7) 26. Qe2 $1 $18
Qb7 27. Bb5 {Hoping for Bc6.} Qc7 28. Bxa4 Nf8 29. Bb3 Nc3 30. Qc2 Nb5 31. Qd3
Qb7 32. d5 ({White should try} 32. Bd5 $1 $18 exd5 33. Qxb5) 32... Nc7 $16 33.
Nc6 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 {[#]} 35. Qxd5+ (35. Nd4 $1 $16) 35... Kh8 $11 36. Qf3
Ne6 37. Nd4 Qxf3 38. Nxf3 $14 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Nf4 39. Ba1 Kg8 40. Kf2 Kf7 41.
g3 Ne6 42. Ke3 Bd5 43. Nd2 Nc5 44. Bd4 Nd7 45. Ne4 h6 {[#]} 46. Nd6+ $1 Kg6 (
46... Kf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 47. Nf5 Be6) 47. Ne8 b5 $2 (47... Bb3 $16 48.
Nd6 Bd5) 48. Nc7 $1 $18 Bc6 49. Kf4 Nf8 50. e6 Nh7 51. Ke5 {Kd6 is the strong
threat.} Ng5 52. Kd6 Bf3 53. e7 Nf7+ 54. Kc5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black =
49%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Rc8 {The position is
equal.} 13. c4 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bc5 14.
Rd1 e5 15. Nc2 Bf5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bf3 b6 (17... e4 $5 18. Be2 $8 Ke7 $11) 18.
b3 Bd4 (18... e4 $5 19. Be2 $8 Ke7 $11) 19. Rb1 O-O {[#]} 20. Ba3 $146 Rfd8 21.
h3 Rd7 22. g4 Rcd8 23. Bc6 Rc7 24. Bf3 Rcd7 25. Bc6 Rc7 26. Bf3 Rcd7 27. Bc6
Rc7 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: Be2} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 O-O (10...
Nc6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. c3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ne1 {
1/2-1/2 (45) Hovhannisyan,R (2619)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2581) Skopje 2017}) 11. O-O
Qc7 12. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nd7 15. Nd2
b5 16. c4 b4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Svrsek,R (2058)-Kolanek,R (2037) LSS email 2011})
12... Bxd5 $1 13. Qxd5 Nd7 14. c3 Be7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Bf3 Bd8 18.
Nc4 Bc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 g6 21. Rfd1 Kg7 22. h3 h6 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Ne3 Bb6
25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qc7 27. Rd3 Re6 28. R1d2 (28. Bg4 $5 Rf6 29. R1d2 $11)
28... Rf6 29. Bd1 Re8 30. Bf3 h5 31. Bd1 Ree6 32. Bf3 Ba7 33. Qb3 Rf4 34. g3
Rff6 35. h4 Bb6 36. Kg2 Ba7 37. Re2 Bb6 38. Red2 Ba7 39. Rd5 Re8 40. a4 Bb6 41.
Qb4 a5 42. Qb5 Rc8 43. Bd1 Bc5 44. Bb3 Ra8 45. R5d3 Qc6 46. Bd5 Qxb5 47. axb5
Ra7 48. Re2 Kh6 49. Rd1 b6 50. Rf1 g5 51. hxg5+ Kxg5 52. Rh1 Rc7 53. Rh4 Rc8
54. f3 Rh8 55. Re1 Rhh6 56. Reh1 Rh7 57. Bc6 Rfh6 58. Kf1 Kf6 59. Ke2 Rh8 60.
R1h2 Bg1 61. R2h3 Bc5 62. Rh1 (62. Bd5 $14) 62... R8h7 63. Bd5 Rh8 64. R1h2
R8h7 65. Ba2 Rh8 66. Rh1 R8h7 67. Bd5 Rh8 68. b3 R6h7 69. g4 (69. f4 $14) 69...
Kg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 70. Kd3 Bf2 71. Rxh5+ Rxh5 72. gxh5 Rxh5 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} 73. Rf1 Rh2 74. Bxf7 Bc5 75. Bd5 Rf2 76. Rxf2 Bxf2 77. Be6 Kf6
78. Bg4 Ke7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 {A07:
Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe1
O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Ndf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxe5
Bd6 16. Nc4 Ncxe4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 (64) Onischuk,A (2667)-So,W (2822)
Saint Louis 2017}) 7... e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 {The position is equal.} Be7 10.
Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3
axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 {0-1 (80) Howell,D (2693)-McShane,L (2687) London
2015}) 12... Re8 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Bd2 a5 15. Nc4 b6 16. Bc3 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bh5 18.
Kh1 Rad8 19. f4 (19. b3 $14) 19... exf4 $11 20. gxf4 Bg6 (20... Nd5 $5) 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qg3 Nf8 24. f5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rd7 27. Nb2
Rde7 (27... Re6 $11) 28. Nd3 $14 Ng6 29. Rg5 ({White should try} 29. Re1 $1 $14
) 29... Re6 (29... Rxe5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Nxe5 Rxe5) 30. Be4 $16 Be7
(30... Qd7 $16) 31. Rg4 $18 Bf8 32. Rg1 $1 (32. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 33. Rxg6 c5 $16)
32... b5 33. h4 {aiming for h5.} (33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 $14) 33... Rxe5 {
With the idea ...R5e7.} 34. Bxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 35. Re4 $1 Bd6 (35... Rxe4 36. Qxc7
) 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxg6 {Rxe5 is the strong threat.} Qd7 {[#]} 38. Qg4 $1 Qf7
39. Rxe5 Bxe5 {Endgame [#] KQR-KQB} 40. Qe4 $1 Qf6 (40... Bf6 $142 41. Qxc6
bxa4) 41. axb5 cxb5 42. c4 bxc4 43. Qxc4+ Kh8 44. Rf1 Qd8 45. Qe4 Bf6 46. Re1
Bxh4 (46... Qf8 $142 47. Kg2 Qc5) 47. Qe8+ Qxe8 48. Rxe8+ {KR-KB} Kh7 49. Ra8 (
49. c4 $142 Kg6 50. Ra8) 49... Be1 50. c4 {And now c5 would win.} Bb4 51. Ra6
g6 $2 (51... Kg8 52. Kg2 Kf7) 52. Kg2 Kh6 53. Kf3 Kh5 {[#]} 54. c5 $1 g5 (54...
Bxc5 55. Rxa5) 55. c6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 {LiveBook: 15 Games
} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07] D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5
6 e3 Nc6 Bd3} (13... Bg7 14. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 (14) Yevseev,D (2530) -Brodsky,M 
(2522) Peterhof 2010}) 14. Rfe1 b6 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Bb7 16.
Qh3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bd2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 {0-1 (36) Piarnpuu,L 
(2120)-Khadilkar,R (2115) Tallinn 1986}) 15... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 16.
Bg5 {[#] Hoping for Bxf6.} Bxg5 (16... Rb8 $11) 17. hxg5 $14 Nf5 18. Qd2 Nd6 (
18... Rb8 $14) 19. Bxd5 $1 $16 exd5 20. Qf4 Rxe1+ (20... Rf8 $14) 21. Rxe1 Nc4
(21... Qd7 $16 {was necessary.} 22. Nh2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 22. Ne5 (22. Nh2
$18) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Nd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne3.} Re8 (24...
Rf8 $16 {might work better.} 25. f3 Qd6) 25. Ne3 $18 {aiming for Ng4.} Rxe5 26.
Qxe5 Bc6 27. f3 (27. b4 $18) 27... h5 $2 (27... Qe6 $16) 28. gxh6 f5 29. g4 Kh7
30. g5 Bb7 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Nxd5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d3 a6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 11. e3 b5 12. Nh4 Nb6
{The position is equal.} 13. a4 $146 (13. Rc1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 g5
14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 b4 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. f4 Ng4 18. fxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (38) Rogac,
S (2400)-Damia,A (2242) Novi Sad 2016}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f4 Re8 16. fxe5
Bxe5 17. Nd4 $36 {White has the initiative.} Bg4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rf2 Bh5 {[#]}
(19... Rac8 $11) 20. Raf1 $1 $16 Rac8 {[#]} 21. Nhf3 (21. Nhf5 $1 $16) 21...
Bxf3 $11 22. Rxf3 Na8 (22... Qg4 $11) 23. Rf5 Nc7 $2 (23... Nb6 $16) 24. Bh3
$18 {And now Rh5! would win.} Qd6 $2 {[#]} (24... Rcd8 25. Kg2 Qd6) 25. Rxe5 $1
{White is clearly winning.} Qxe5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Nf5 Qe8 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxc8
Qxc8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 {Endgame KQR-KQN} 31. Qc2 Qd8 32. Qc6 Kg7 33. Qb6 Qe7 34.
Kg2 Ne6 35. Qxa5 Qd6 36. Qb5 Qe5 37. Qxb4 Qxe3 38. Qg4+ {Precision: White =
54%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bd7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 16. Bxa6 {
LiveBook: 116 Games} Qa5 {...Rxb4 is the strong threat.} 17. Qxd6 Rb6 {The
position is equal.} 18. Qd3 {next 0-0 is good for White.} Be7 19. Rd1 (19. Nd5
$1 $14 Rxb2 20. O-O-O (20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. O-O Rd8 $17)) (19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O
Qc5 21. c4 Rb3 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 (34) Dominguez
Perez,L (2734)-Grischuk,A (2780) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 19... Bg4 20. Rd2 $146
(20. Nd5 {seems wilder.} Rxb2 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Bg5+ 23. f4) ({Predecessor:
} 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. Bb5 O-O 22. Bxc6 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 {0-1 (30) Vocaturo,D (2303)
-Ronchetti,N (2364) Frascati 2005}) 20... Rxb4 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. f3 ({White
should try} 22. h3 $1 $15) 22... Bxd2+ $19 23. Qxd2 Qxa6 24. fxg4 {Endgame
KQR-KQR} O-O 25. Kf2 (25. Rf1 $17) 25... Qb6+ 26. Kg3 Rd8 $1 27. Qc3 {[#]} Qa6
$1 28. Qc7 $2 (28. Qc1 {only move.}) 28... Rd3+ 29. Kf2 {Intending Qb8+ and
mate.} Rd2+ ({Not} 29... Qf6+ 30. Ke2 $19) 30. Kg3 {[#] White threatens Qb8+
and mate.} h6 $1 {( -> ...Qd3+)} 31. Re1 $2 (31. h3 $19 Qd3+ 32. Kh2 Qxe4 33.
Qb8+ Kh7 34. Rg1) 31... Qd3+ {Black mates.} 32. Kh4 g5+ 33. Kh5 Qa6 {Precision:
White = 27%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4 (5... Be4 $5) (5... Be6 6.
e3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 {
1/2-1/2 (87) Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Gelfand,B (2747) Jurmala 2015}) 6. h3 {
D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Be6 7. e3 dxc4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nhf3 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. b4
Nb6 {1-0 (38) Lambert,R (2074)-Lambert,T (1675) Sautron 2014}) 8. Nxc4 {
White is slightly better.} g6 (8... c5 $5) 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O (10. b4 {is more
complex.} Nd5 11. Qd2 a5 12. bxa5 c5 13. Nf3) 10... O-O (10... c5 $5) 11. b4
Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. a4 a6
18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Rab8 20. Rc1 e6 21. Qd3 Qb7 22. Rca1 Qc6 23. Rc1 (23. Qe2
$11) 23... Qb7 $14 24. h4 ({White should play} 24. Be1 $14) 24... Bf6 25. g3 (
25. h5 $5) 25... Kg7 26. Ng5 Rfc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. e4 Qc4 (28... h6 $11 {
remains equal.} 29. Nf3 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qb7) 29. Qxc4 $16 dxc4 30. Ra7 Bxg5 31.
hxg5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb6 32. Bf4 (32. Kf1 $16) 32... Rc8 $1 $11 33. Rb7 Na4
34. d5 exd5 $1 35. exd5 c3 $1 {Black wants to play ...c2.} 36. d6 c2 $1 37. Rc7
Rxc7 38. dxc7 {KB-KN} Nb6 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Kxc2 Nd5 43.
Bd6 Nb6 $1 44. Bc5 Nd5 45. Kd3 (45. c8=B+ {is interesting.} Kxc8 46. Kd3 Kd7
47. Kd4 Ke6 48. Bf8) 45... Nxc7 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Bf8 Na6 48. f4 Nb8 49. g4 f5+
50. gxf6 Kxf6 51. Bd6 Na6 $1 52. Be5+ Ke6 53. Bc3 h5 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f5+ Kf7
56. Kf4 {Threatens to win with Kg5.} Nc7 $1 57. Kg5 Nd5 58. Bd2 Nf6 59. Be1 Ke7
$2 {[#]} ({Better is} 59... Nd5 $11) 60. Kg6 $1 $16 Nd5 61. Bg3 ({Not} 61. Kxh5
Kf6 $11) (61. Bh4+ $16 Ke8 62. Bg5 (62. Kxh5 Nxb4 63. Kg4 Nd5 $11)) 61... Nb6
$2 (61... Kd7 $1 $11) 62. Bh4+ $2 (62. Bf2 Nc4 63. Bh4+ Kd7 64. Kxh5) 62... Kd6
$2 (62... Ke8 $18 63. Bg3 (63. Kxh5 Kf7 $16) 63... Kd7 64. Kxh5 Nd5) 63. Kxh5 {
White mates.} Nd7 64. Kg6 Ke5 65. Bg3+ Kd5 66. Kf7 Ke4 67. Ke6 Nf8+ 68. Ke7 Kd5
{Precision: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. cxd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. D60: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} (10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (29)
Gelfand,B (2741) -Grachev,B (2654) Moscow 2010}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12.
Bg3 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 Nf6
14. Rac1 Nh5 15. Be5 Nf6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Ba6 Qd7 {0-1 (60) Nussbaumer,P (1736)
-Sirp,K Budva 2013}) 13... c5 14. b3 a6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Bf5 g6 18.
Bxd7 Qxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b4 $1 Rac8 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qb2 Bf8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. h3 Ba8 25. Qd4 Qe6 26. Be5 (26. Rb1 {is more complex.} Bc5 27. Qd2 Bc6 28.
Nd4 Qe4 29. Rc1) 26... Qf5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Bc6 29. Rb1 Bd7 30. g5 hxg5
31. Nxg5 Bb5 32. Nf3 Be7 33. Nd4 f6 34. Bf4 Rc5 35. g4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Rc4 37. Rh1
Kg8 38. Rh6 ({White should play} 38. Nxb5 $11 axb5 39. Rd1) 38... Be8 39. Rh1
Bc5 40. Nb3 d4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 58%.} (40... g5 $5 41. Nxc5
gxf4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 {LiveBook: 5
Games} Rc8 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (13... Qc8 14. Rc1 Qxc6 15.
Rxc6 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Rc1 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kunte,A (2483)-Koneru,H (2589) Pune 2015}) 14.
Qa4 Rc4 15. Qd1 Qc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16.
e3 a6 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. g4 h6 19. Bf3 Nh7 20. a4 Ng5 21. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Bergemann,M (1900)-Blanke,M (1722) Germany 2006}) 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. Qd3 {[#]
Qxc4! is the strong threat.} Rcc8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Rc2 b5 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. f3
Rc4 22. b3 Rcc8 23. Nd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc7.} Rxc2 24. Rxc2 {
Hoping for Rc7.} Rc8 25. e4 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd7 27. Qc7 Bd8 28. Qxd7 Nbxd7 29. e5
Ne8 30. Kf2 Bb6 31. Ke3 Nb8 $1 32. Nc3 Nc6 33. Ne2 Nb4 34. a4 Nc2+ 35. Kd2 Nxd4
36. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. g4 Kf8 39. h4 h6 40. h5 Ke7
41. Bd3 Kd7 42. Bg3 Kc6 43. Bh7 Kd7 44. Bd3 Ba1 45. Kc2 Bd4 {Precision: White
= 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 e5 {B85: Sicilian
Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Ba7
Ra8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rfd1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Ne5 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. c3 Re6 23. h3 Rae8 24. R5d4 g6 25. Bg4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Rxe4 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
{0-1 (27) Zelcic,R (2591)-Cvitan,O (2538) Stari Mikanovci 2008}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b3 a5 17. Nd1 Be6 18. Rb1 Red8
19. Nf2 Rb7 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Bg4 {0-1 (63) Benda,H (2200) -Tratar,M (2420) St
Veit 1996}) 16... Rxb2 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Na4 Rb5 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. c4 Rb4 21. Bxg4
Nxg4 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 h5 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. h3 $1 g6 27. Qd3 h4
28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Kg7 30. Bf2 Rh8 31. Rb1 g5 32. Rb6 Nd7 33. Rb3 Rd8 $2 {
[#]} (33... Rh6 $11) 34. Qd6 $2 ({White must play} 34. Qd2 $1 $18 f6 35. Rd3)
34... Re8 $1 $36 {Black is pushing.} 35. Be3 Re6 36. Qd1 Rg6 37. Qc1 $2 (37.
Qg4 $11 Qc7 38. Qf5) 37... g4 $17 38. hxg4 (38. Bf2 {was called for.}) 38...
Nf6 $19 (38... Rxg4 39. Qb2 $19) 39. Bh6+ Kh7 (39... Rxh6 40. g5 $15) 40. g5
Nxe4 41. Rf3 f6 (41... Qc7 $19 {is more deadly.} 42. Qe3 Ng3+ 43. Kh2 e4) 42.
Qe1 $2 (42. Qe3 $17 Ng3+ 43. Kh2 fxg5 44. Bf8) 42... Qg4 43. Qe3 {intending
Qa7+.} Nxg5 44. Bxg5 Rxg5 {[#] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Weaker is} 44... Qxg5 45.
Qxg5 fxg5 46. Rf5 $17) 45. Qf2 f5 46. Rh3 Kh6 47. Rd3 e4 ({Not} 47... Qxc4 48.
Rd6+ Rg6 49. Qxf5 $19) 48. Rd6+ Rg6 49. Rd8 {Hoping for Rh8+.} h3 $2 (49... Kh5
$19 50. Qf1 f4 51. Rh8+ Kg5) 50. Rh8+ $11 Kg5 $2 (50... Kg7 $11 51. Qd4+ Rf6
52. Rxh3 Qf4) 51. Qd2+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ $2 ({White should try} 52. Qd6+ $18 Kg5 53.
Qd8+ Kf4 54. Qd2+ Ke5 55. Re8+ Re6 56. Qb2+ Kf4 57. Rxe6) 52... Ke5 53. Re8+
Re6 54. Qb8+ Kd4 $2 (54... Kf6 $11 55. Qd8+ Ke5 56. Qb8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke5) 55.
Qb2+ $18 Kxc4 56. Rxe6 hxg2+ 57. Qxg2 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qd5 59. Qa2+ (59. Qb2 $142
Kd3 60. Qf6 Qa2+ 61. Kg3 f4+ 62. Kxf4 Qf2+ 63. Kg4 Qxf6 64. Rxf6) 59... Kb5 60.
Qb2+ Kc4 61. Re5 (61. Kg3 $142 Kd3 62. Re5) 61... Qd6 62. Kg2 $2 (62. Kg3 $18 {
Strongly threatening Kf4.} Kd3 63. Kf4 Qh6+ 64. Kxf5) 62... Qg6+ $2 (62... Qd1
$11) 63. Kf1 {Qa3 would kill now.} Qh6 64. Qc2+ Kd4 65. Qb2+ Kc4 {Threatens to
win with ...Qh1+.} 66. Qf2 $2 ({Only move:} 66. Qa2+ $18 Kd3 67. Qe2+ Kd4 68.
Qb2+ Kc4) 66... Qc1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 67. Kg2 {White threatens
Rc5+ and mate.} Qg5+ 68. Qg3 (68. Kh2 $5 Qh6+ 69. Kg3 (69. Kg2 Qg5+ 70. Kf1
Qc1+ 71. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 69... Qg7+ 70. Kf4 Qh6+ 71. Kg3 Qg7+ 72. Kf4 Qh6+ 73.
Kg3 $11) 68... Qd2+ $1 69. Kh3 Qh6+ 70. Kg2 Qd2+ $1 71. Kg1 Qc1+ 72. Kh2 Qh6+
73. Kg2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 45%.} (73. Qh3 $5 Qf4+ 74. Qg3 Qd2+
75. Kg1 Qd1+ 76. Kh2 Qd2+ 77. Kh1 Qd1+ 78. Kh2 Qd2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Di"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Nxc3 {E12: Queen's
Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 7. Qxc3
Be7 8. g3 Bf6 {Black is slightly better.} (8... O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11.
b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 a5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nh4 d4 15. Qxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne8 17. Qd2 Bf6
18. Nf4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 {1-0 (33) Svidler,P (2727)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin
2015}) 9. Qd3 c5 $146 (9... d5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Bg2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (15)
Donchenko,A (2391)-Romanishin, O (2534) Groningen 2010}) 10. d5 $1 $11 exd5 11.
cxd5 O-O 12. h4 c4 13. Qxc4 Na6 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 $1
bxc5 18. Bg2 c4 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 19. Qd1 c3 $1 20. bxc3 Bxc3+ 21.
Bd2 Qa5 22. Rh2 $2 ({White should play} 22. Bxc3 $15 Qxc3+ 23. Kf1) 22... Rfe8
$19 23. Bf3 $2 (23. e3 Qc5 24. Bxc3 Rxe3+ 25. Kf1 (25. fxe3 $2 Qxe3+ 26. Qe2
Qxc3+ 27. Qd2 Re8+ 28. Be4 Qxa1+ 29. Kf2 Rxe4 $19) 25... Rxc3 26. Bf3) 23... h5
$2 (23... Ba6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...Rc5.
} 24. h5 g5) 24. Bxc3 $17 Qxc3+ 25. Kf1 Ba6 26. Kg2 {[#]} Bxe2 $1 27. Bxe2 Rxe2
28. Qxe2 Qxa1 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Rh1 Qxa3 30. Qe5 d6 31. Qf6 (31. Qe7 $17 {
is a better defense.}) 31... Re8 (31... Qb4 $19 32. Rd1 a5) 32. Rd1 (32. Qd4 $1
$15) 32... a5 33. Rd4 (33. Rb1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 33... Qc3 34. Qf4 Kg7
35. Rc4 {[#]} Qd3 $1 36. Rd4 {[#]} Qc3 ({Black should try} 36... Qb5 $1 $19 {
Threatens to win with ...Re1.} 37. Qc1 Qc5 38. Qxc5 dxc5) 37. Rc4 $1 $15 Qe5
38. Qd2 Qa1 39. Rc6 Re1 40. Rxd6 Rg1+ (40... Qe5 $1 $15 41. Qf4 Kf8) 41. Kh2
$11 Rh1+ (41... Rd1 $5 42. Qe3 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 a4 $15)
42. Kg2 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 Rh3 45. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Qa3+ 46.
Kg2 Qa1 47. Kf3 Qa3+ 48. Kg2 {Qd4+ would kill now.} Qxd6 (48... Qa1 $5 49. Kf3
$8 $11) 49. Kxh3 {KQ-KQ} a4 50. Qd4+ Qf6 51. Qxa4 Qxf2 52. Qd1 Kf8 53. d6 {
d7 is the strong threat.} Qf5+ 54. Kh2 {aiming for d7.} Qf2+ 55. Kh3 {And now
d7 would win.} Qf5+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 {Black must now prevent d7.} Qf5+ 58.
Kh2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Ne4
15. Ne2 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Rxf3 (15...
Bd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rf6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc1 Raf8 21. Qd2
Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Kasparov,S (2478)-Dgebuadze,A (2487)
Brasschaat 2014}) 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. f4 {White is slightly better.} Nf3+ 18. Kg2
Nfxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Rc1 $5 g6 20. h4 $14) 19... Qxd4 {The position is equal.}
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 $146 {[#] Hoping for ...Bd7.} 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Qh5+
Kg8 {And now ...Bd7 would win.} 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
{E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Nge2
$146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 {1-0 (29) Kasparov,G (2775)
-Kortschnoj,V (2655) Tilburg 1989}) 10... Nxc5 11. a3 Bxc3+ $1 12. Nxc3 {
Black should prevent Bxf6.} Nce4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Qb6 15. O-O Re8 16. Rac1
Bf5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rac8 19. h3 (19. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 20. Bd5 $14) 19... Nd7
20. Bd5 $36 {White has good play.} Nc5 21. b4 Nd3 ({Black should try} 21... Re5
$1 $14) 22. Rxc8 $16 Rxc8 (22... Bxc8 $16 23. Bg3 b6) 23. Bxb7 $18 Rc3 24. Ra1
Nc1 25. g4 Bg6 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. a4 Nb3 28. Rd1 Nd2+ 29. Kg2 Nc4 {[#] aiming for
...Nxe3+.} 30. Kg1 Nd2 $2 (30... Nb2 31. Rd8+ Kh7) 31. Bg3 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Rc4 33.
Bd6 Kh7 34. Kg3 f5 35. a5 h5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Kf4 g6 38. Bc5 h4 39. Bd5 Rc2
40. Bxe4 Rc4 41. Bd4 Bxe4 42. Kxe4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Ng5+ 43. Kd5 Rxb4 44. f4
Nf7 45. Ke6 Nd8+ 46. Kd7 Nf7 47. Bf6 Rb5 $2 {[#]} (47... Re4 48. Bd4 a6) 48.
Ke6 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 49. Rd5 Rb3 50. Bd4 Rb8 51. Rd7 Re8+ 52.
Kf6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 {The position is
equal.} 7. d4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 {Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 $146 O-O 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (13) Vajda,L (2596)-Areshchenko,A (2675) Hungary 2017} *

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 {A36: Symmetrical
English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7} (12... Ne7 13. Rd1 Nf5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Bf4 g5 16.
Bd2 a5 17. Qb5 Qd8 18. Bc3 Nd6 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Nc1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Leon Hoyos,M 
(2579)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) Istanbul 2012}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15.
Bxd5 Rd8 16. Re1 Bxd4 ({Weaker is} 16... Rxd5 17. Re8+ Bf8 18. Bh6 Bf5 19. Rxa8
Bc8 20. Rxc8 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kh8 22. Rxf8#) 17. Bb3 Bf6 18. Be3 Bxb2 $146 19. Bxb6
Bxa1 20. Bxd8 Be6 $1 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxa1 Rxd8 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} 23. Rb1
Rd7 24. Kg2 h5 {The position is equal.} 25. h4 Kf7 26. a4 Kf6 27. Kf3 Rd4 28.
a5 Rd5 29. Rxb7 {[#] Threatens to win with a6.} Rxa5 30. Rb3 Ra4 31. Ke3 {
Precision: White = 88%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 {C03:
French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} a5 8. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
8... Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qd1 Nd3 14. Re3
Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {0-1 (45) Oleksienko,M (2615)-Korobov,A (2692) Rivne 2016}) 9.
O-O {The position is equal.} Na6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4 {[#]} Nf6 12. Qe2 Nxc5
13. Bc2 b5 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Nf1 a4 (15... b4 $5 16. Qe5 Rfc8 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 $15)
16. Qe1 Rfc8 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Nd4 Rab8 19. Bh4 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe3 Qf6 22.
Ne2 g6 23. Rd2 Bd5 24. a3 Nd7 25. Be4 Nb6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Qa7 Ra8 28. Qd4 Qg5
29. Rad1 Nhf6 30. Qd3 Rab8 $40 {Black has some attack.} 31. Nd4 h5 (31... Kg7 {
is interesting.} 32. g3 e5 33. Nf3 Qh5 34. Qe2 e4) 32. Qg3 (32. g3 {looks
sharper.} Nd7 33. h4 Qf6 34. Rc2 Ne5 35. Qe2) 32... Qxg3 33. hxg3 Kg7 34. f3
Nd7 35. Nc2 Ne5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc4.} 36. Nfe3 Nb6 {White must now prevent .
..Nbc4.} 37. Nb4 (37. Re2 $15) 37... Kf6 (37... Nbc4 $17 38. Nxc4 Nxc4) 38. Kf2
Nbc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4 40. Rc2 Rd8 41. Rxd8 (41. Rd4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 41...
Rxd8 $17 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 42. Ke2 g5 43. Nd3 Kf5 44. Nf2 Rd5 45. Nd3 Kg6 46.
Nb4 Rd6 47. Nd3 f6 48. Nc5 f5 49. Nd3 Kf6 (49... e5 $19 50. Nc5 Kf6) 50. Nc5 (
50. f4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 50... e5 $19 51. Nd3 e4 52. fxe4 fxe4 53.
Nf2 $2 (53. Nc1) 53... Kf5 54. g4+ hxg4 55. Nh1 Rd3 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. g3+ Ke5 58.
Ke2 Re3+ 59. Kf1 Rf3+ 60. Ke1 Ne3 61. Rh2 Nc4 $2 ({Black should try} 61... Nf5
$19 62. Rf2 Ne3) 62. Rh5 $2 (62. Rc2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} e3 63. Rh2)
62... Kf5 63. Rh8 e3 64. Rb8 Nd6 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Rd8 Rf6 67. Rd7 Rh6 {aiming
for ...Rh2+.} 68. Re7+ Kf5 69. Kxe3 Rxh1 {KRN-KR} 70. Kd4 Kf6 71. Re2 Nf5+ 72.
Kc5 Nxg3 73. Rg2 Ne4+ 74. Kxb5 g3 75. Kxa4 Rh2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black
= 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dai, Changren"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 d5 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bd7 7. Nb3 $146 {[#]} ({
Predecessor:} 7. O-O Nxe5 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxe4 O-O
12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Karjakin,S (2775)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)
Beijing 2012}) 7... Nxe5 $1 8. Bxd7+ {The position is equal.} (8. Nxe5 Bxb5)
8... Nxd7 9. Qxd5 Ndc5 10. Qe5+ (10. Qc4 {feels hotter.} Bd6 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12.
Be3 Qe7 13. O-O-O) 10... Qe7 $132 {Black is not keeping still} 11. O-O Qxe5 12.
Nxe5 f6 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Re1 Na4 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 $5 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17.
Rab1 $11) 15... Nd6 16. Nbd2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. b3 Bb4 19. Rf1 Nc3 20. Nb2
Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bc3 22. Rab1 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nc3 24. Bxa7 Rhe8 25. g3 Re2 26. Kg1
Rdd2 27. a3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 $17 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Kg2 Rb2 30. b4 Ra2 31.
Re1 Rxa3 32. Bc5 Nd5 33. Re8+ Kb7 $1 34. Rh8 Ra4 $1 35. Rxh7 Nxb4 36. Rxg7 Nd3
(36... Nd5 $1 $17 {...Kc6 is the strong threat.} 37. h4 b4 38. Bxb4 Rxb4) 37.
Be7 $11 Ra6 {aiming for ...b4.} 38. Bf8 (38. Kf3 $11 {keeps the balance.})
38... b4 $17 39. Rd7 {[#]} b3 $2 (39... Ne1+ $1 $17 40. Kh3 f5) 40. Rxd3 $16 {
KRB-KR} b2 41. Rd1 $2 (41. Rb3+ $18 Rb6 42. Bb4) 41... Ra1 $15 42. Ba3 Rxa3 {
KR-KR} 43. Rb1 $1 Rb3 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 44. Kf1 $2 (44. h4 $15)
44... Kc6 45. Ke2 Kc5 46. Kd2 {[#]} Kb4 $1 47. h4 Ka3 48. h5 Ka2 49. Kc2 Rb5
50. Rh1 {[#]} Rxh5 $1 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. f3 b5
10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. h4 d5 {[#] White must now prevent ...
b4.} (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qe3 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2817)-Pichot,
A (2556) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. e5 Nd7 $36 {Black has good play.} 15. f4 b4
16. Ne2 a5 $146 17. Qe3 a4 18. Rh2 Ba6 (18... Rfc8 {is interesting.} 19. Rc1
Ba6 20. h5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ng3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd7) 19. Nc1 Rfc8 20. h5
Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bc5 22. Nd3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 {[#]} Qc4 (23... b3 $1 $15 24. cxb3 (
24. axb3 axb3) 24... axb3) 24. Qxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 25. b3
Rd4 26. g5 a3 27. h6 g6 28. Kc1 Rc8 29. Kd2 Nb8 30. Ke3 Re4+ 31. Kd2 $1 Na6 32.
Re1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf8 34. Kd2 Ke7 35. Rh3 Kd7 36. Nf2 Nc5 37.
c3 Rb8 38. Kc2 Kc6 39. cxb4 Rxb4 40. Rc3 {Hoping for Nd3.} Kb5 {Precision:
White = 63%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Lou, Yiping"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 {C07: French
Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 13. h3 ({White should try} 13. Bg5
$14) 13... O-O $11 14. Bg5 {[#]} Bf4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({
Predecessor:} 14... Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Bd7
19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Bb3 {1-0 (67) Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Hou,Y (2585) Villandry
2009}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qh5 Qd8 18. Nf3 {[#] Strongly threatening
g3.} Qf6 19. g4 b6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Qh4 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Qxh4
22. Nxh4 Bg5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rfe8 25. Bd3 Bf6 26. c3 a5 27. Kg2 (27. Re3
{looks sharper.} Rad8 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Kf1 h6 30. Ke2) 27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 $14 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 29. Re3 h6 30. f4 Kf8 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ke4 Bc5 33. Rg3 Re8+
34. Kd5 Re3 35. Rxe3 Bxe3 $16 {KB-KB} 36. Kc6 Ke7 37. a4 Kd8 38. Bf5 Bf2 39.
Bg4 Be3 40. b4 Bf2 41. Bh5 Ke7 42. Bg4 Kd8 $1 43. bxa5 {White is better.} bxa5
44. c4 Be3 45. f5 Ke7 46. c5 f6 47. Be2 Kd8 48. Bf3 Bf4 49. Bd5 Bg3 50. Bc4 Bf4
51. Kb6 Bc7+ 52. Kb5 Kd7 53. Be6+ Kd8 54. Kc4 Bg3 55. Kd5 h5 56. Bf7 h4 57. Kc6
{Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nf5 exf4 13. Nd5 Qb8 14. Nxg7+
Kf8 15. Nf5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 d6 18. Qh6+ Ke8 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd3 Kd7
21. Rhe1 Bf6 22. Qh3 Nxf4 23. Qg4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 h5 25. Qh3 Qd8 26. Nh6+ Kc7 27.
Nxf7 Qd7 28. Rc3+ Bxc3 29. Qxc3+ Kb6 30. Qd4+ Kc7 31. Nxh8 Qh7 32. Qf6 Qxh8 33.
Re7+ Kb6 34. Qxd6+ Ka5 35. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2... Nf6 3 g3
and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. Bh4 Nf5
14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nef3 Qe6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. exd4 {
1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2692)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Ne5 {Predecessor:} (12. dxc5
$14 Bxc5 13. O-O) 12... Qc7 $146 13. Qf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Bh4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {0-1 (28) Eugene,F (2287)-Ollier,P (2359) Rochefort 2017} *

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3
and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. Bh4 Nf5
14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nef3 Qe6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. exd4 {
1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2692) -Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O $146 (13. Qh5 {
seems wilder.} h6 14. Ng4 cxd4 15. Nxh6+ gxh6 16. Qxh6 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qg6+) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na5 15. O-O Rad8 16.
Bh4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {0-1 (28) Eugene,F (2287)-Ollier,P (2359) Rochefort 2017})
13... cxd4 14. Nxc6 {[#] aiming for Bxd6.} ({Don't go for} 14. Qh5 $2 g6 $19)
14... Bxc6 15. Qxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Rd4 Rxd4
20. Qxd4 $15 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 21. Qa4 Qd7 22. Qa6 h6 23. a4 Qc7 24. Qe2
Qd7 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Qa6 Qc7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 64%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 {E62:
King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without .. .a6}
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 c5
12. e4 Bd7 13. Rae1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (90) Onischuk,A (2667)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint
Louis 2017}) 10... a6 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Rfd1 e5 13. d5 {aiming for e4.} Ne7 14.
e4 Bd7 15. c5 Kh8 16. b4 Ng8 17. Qe2 f5 18. a4 Bh6 19. Ra1 Nf6 20. Nd2 Qe7 21.
cxd6 cxd6 22. Nc4 Rbc8 {And now . ..b5 would win.} 23. Ra3 f4 (23... Rc7 $5 24.
Nb6 fxe4 $15) 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. g4 Bg5 26. Bf3 h5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. gxh5 gxh5 29.
Nxd7 (29. Rg1 $15) 29... Qxd7 $17 30. Bxh5 ({White should play} 30. a5) 30...
Rh8 $1 31. Bg4 Nxg4 32. hxg4 Kg6 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 Qh7+ $1 35. Kg2 $2 (35.
Kg1 {was the crucial defense.}) 35... f3+ $2 (35... Qh8 $1 $19 36. Qe1 Rh7) 36.
Qxf3 $11 {Threatens to win with Qf5+.} Rf7 37. Qd3 $1 (37. Qg3 Bh4 $17) 37...
Rf4 38. Ne2 Rxg4+ 39. Ng3 {Black should prevent b5.} Bf4 $1 40. Qc2 $36 {
White has some pressure.} Qd7 (40... Kh6 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Rc3 {
Black must now prevent Rc7.} Rh4 $1 {[#]} 42. Nf5 (42. Kg1 $1 $16) 42... Rh2+
$1 43. Kf1 {Hoping for Rc7.} Qh7 44. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Qf3.} ({Not} 44.
Nxd6 $2 Qh5 $19) 44... Qh5 $2 {[#]} (44... Rh1+ $11 45. Ke2 Qh2) 45. Qf3 $1 $18
Qxf3 46. Rxf3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh1+ 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. b5 ({Don't play} 48. Nxd6
Rxb4 49. a5 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 b5) 48... axb5 49. axb5 ({Weaker is} 49. Nxd6 bxa4 50.
Rc3 Kf6 $15) 49... Rxb5 50. Nxd6 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Kd3 (53.
Kf1 $16) 53... Rb3+ $11 54. Ke2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Minghui"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 {A11: English
Opening: 1...c6} Qd5 7. b3 cxb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. d3 {aiming for e4.White
is slightly better.} (8. Ng5 $5 Qd7 9. Qxb3 $14) 8... Bc8 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Qxb3 {
Hoping for Ng5.} e6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nfe5 Be7 12. g4 O-O 13. h3
Nbd7 {0-1 (30) Goossens,E (2219) -Nikolic,P (2636) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 11...
Be7 12. Ba3 O-O 13. d4 Bxa3 14. Qxa3 a5 15. Rab1 Na6 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. e4 Ndb4
18. e5 b6 19. Nd6 Nc7 20. Nd2 Ncd5 21. N2c4 Ba6 22. f4 (22. Ne3 $11) 22... Ra7
(22... Bxc4 $5 23. Rxc4 Qd7 $15) 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Ne3 f6 25. Rc3 $2 (25. Nc2
$11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 25... fxe5 $19 26. fxe5 Qg5 27. Qb2 $2 {
[#]} (27. Qb3 {is a better chance.}) 27... Rc7 $1 {White must now prevent ...
Nd3.} 28. Ng2 (28. Rxc7 Qxe3+) 28... Nd3 29. Qc2 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qg4 31. Nb5 Qf5
(31... Qe2 $142 32. Qa1 Rf2) 32. Nh4 Qf2+ {Black mates.} 33. Kh1 Bxb5 34. axb5
Qe3 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]
LiveBook: 8 Games. B2: Sicilian: 2 c3} (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3
Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Bc4 a6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16.
Bd3 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Be4 a5 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (21)
Zvjaginsev,V (2660)-Moiseenko,A (2692) Berlin 2015}) 7. dxc5 Qxc5 ({Black
should try} 7... e6 $11) 8. Be3 Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Na3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. O-O e6 13. Nc4 {1-0 (55)
Jianu,V (2579)-Filip,L (2455) Iasi 2014}) 9... e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 $1 11. Qa4 Nd7
12. b4 b6 13. O-O Be7 ({Better is} 13... Rd8 $14) 14. Na3 $2 {[#]} (14. Nxb6
$18 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nxe5) 14... O-O $11 {The position is equal.} 15. Nb5
Qb8 16. Na3 $1 Qd6 17. Nc4 (17. Rad1 $5 Qg6 18. h4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. Rfd1 a6
19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Nxb6 Nd4 $1 21. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 $1 Qxd7 $1 23. Nxd7 Nxc3 {
[#] And now ...Rfe8 would win.} 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nxe5 Bxb4 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Bc5
(27. Bd4 $5 Ne4 28. Re1 Nd2+ 29. Ke2 $11) 27... Rd8 28. a3 Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rd6
30. Rc1 Nb5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bxd6 {C06: French
Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Qxd6 14. Ng5 (14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Qe3
Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. h3 Rf6 {0-1 (41)
Schroeder,J (2529) -Timman,J (2574) Germany 2017}) 14... g6 15. Nc3 $146 {
[#] Strongly threatening Nxh7!White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4
Qb4 16. Bc2 Qxb2 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. g4 Nb4 19. Bxg6+ Kxg6 20. Rb1 Qa3 {0-1 (41)
Tallo Dominguez,I (2124)-Munoz Pantoja,M (2427) Barcelona 2009}) 15... Nf4 16.
g3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb4 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. a3 Qb6 20. h4 Ne7 {Black wants to play ...
e5.} 21. a4 Rac8 22. Nf3 Qxb2 23. Ne5 $36 {White has the initiative.} Be8 24.
Rab1 Qc2 25. Rxb7 Qxd3 26. Nxd3 Nf5 (26... Nc6 $142) 27. Rxa7 $16 Rc4 {[#]} (
27... Rf7 $16 28. Ra6 Rc2) 28. Nc5 ({Better is} 28. a5 $1 $18) 28... e5 29. Ne6
Rf7 $1 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 {The position is equal.} 31. Ng5 exd4 32. Nf3 Rxa4 {
Precision: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 (4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Rg1
f6 8. g4 Be6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Be3 c6 11. O-O-O Kc7 12. h4 Nh6 13. g5 Ng4 14. gxf6
Bxf6 {1-0 (41) Fridman,D (2667)-Kulaots,K (2581) Warsaw 2012}) 4... e5 5. Be2
f5 6. d3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Nf6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3
{The position is equal.} a5 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rb1 O-O 10. O-O h6 {
1-0 (64) Artamonov,V (2240)-Grigoryeva,O (2156) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... O-O
10. h4 h6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. d4 Bf7 13. h5 Nxh5 14. d5 Ne7 15. g4 (15. e4 $11 {
remains equal.}) 15... fxg4 $17 16. Nh2 g3 17. Bxh5 (17. Ng4 $15) 17... gxh2 (
17... gxh5 $19 {is more deadly.} 18. fxg3 c6) 18. Be2 c6 19. e4 {[#]} (19. dxc6
$15 bxc6 20. Rxh2) 19... cxd5 (19... b5 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...b4.} 20. cxb5
cxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. Rxh2 Nxd5) 20. cxd5 $11 g5 21. Rxh2 Ng6 22. Kb1 Be8 23.
Qb3 Nf4 24. Be3 (24. Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Nxe2 $17 25. Nxe2 b5
26. Ng3 Rc8 27. Ka1 Qd7 28. Nf5 (28. Rdh1 $17) 28... Rxf5 $1 $19 29. exf5 Qxf5
30. Rhh1 Rc4 $1 31. Rc1 a4 32. Qd1 Qe4 33. Qd2 Bg6 34. Rhd1 Kh7 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 (
{Don't play} 35... bxc4 36. Qb4 $17) 36. Qc1 $2 (36. Bxg5 $17 hxg5 37. Qxg5)
36... Bd3 $2 {[#]} (36... Be4 $19 {...Qb3 is the strong threat.} 37. Qxc4 bxc4)
37. Qxc4 $4 (37. Bxg5 $1 $15 Qxc1+ (37... hxg5 38. Qxg5) 38. Bxc1) 37... Bxc4
$15 {Endgame KRB-KB} 38. Kb1 Kg6 39. Kc1 Bf6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Ra1 Bg7 42. Kc3
Bxd5 43. Rd1 Ke6 44. Kb4 Bc4 45. Rd2 d5 46. Bc5 g4 47. Rd1 Kf5 48. Be7 e4 49.
Rb1 h5 50. Kc5 Be5 51. Bh4 d4 52. Bg3 Be6 53. Rh1 Kg6 $4 (53... Bf7 $19 {
and all is fine.} 54. Kxb5 e3 55. Kxa4 exf2 56. Bxf2 g3 57. Bxg3 Bxg3 58. Rf1+
Bf4) 54. Re1 $4 {[#]} (54. Bxe5 $18 {was the only winning move.} e3 55. Bxd4)
54... d3 $4 (54... Bxg3 $1 $19 55. fxg3 d3) 55. Rb1 $4 (55. Bxe5 $18 Kf5 56.
Bc3) 55... h4 $2 (55... Bxg3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 56. fxg3 Bb3)
56. Bf4 $2 (56. Bxe5 $17 Kf5 57. Bc3) 56... Kf5 57. Be3 h3 58. b4 Bc3 59. Rd1
Bb3 60. Rg1 d2 61. Bxd2 Bxd2 {Black mates.} 62. Kd4 Bf4 63. Re1 {[#]} e3 $1 64.
fxe3 Be5+ {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wen Ju"]
[Black "Yijing junYang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Be6 9. d5 Bg4 10. Be2 c6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd5 13. exd5 N8d7 14. O-O
Ne5 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Nb5 Nbc4 17. Nxa7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rc5 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Nb5
Rfc8 21. a4 h5 22. Rf1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rad1 Be5 25. Na3 R4c7 26. e4 Qa7+
27. Kh1 Qa6 28. Qf3 f6 29. Nb5 Rc2 30. Qb3 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Rbc2 32. d6 exd6 33.
Qd5+ Kg7 34. Qe6 R2c6 35. Qb3 Rc4 36. Qf3 Rf8 37. Rd2 Rxa4 38. Qd3 Rb4 39. Nxd6
Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 Rxe4 42. Rb1 Rf7 43. Rb2 g5 44. Rdb6 Ree7 45. Kh2
h4 46. R2b5 Kg6 47. Kg1 Kh5 48. Rf5 Kg6 49. Rfb5 Rc7 50. Kh2 Rfe7 51. Rb2 Rf7
52. R2b5 Kh5 53. Re6 Rce7 54. Rd6 Kg6 55. Rdb6 Kg7 56. Rb2 Rc7 57. R2b5 Kf8 58.
Rb2 Ke8 59. Ra2 Kd8 60. Ra8+ Rc8 61. Ra7 Rb8 62. Rb2 Rd7 63. Rb6 Rf7 64. Rb2
Kc8 65. Rb6 Kc7 66. Rb2 Rd7 67. Rb1 Kd8 68. Rb6 Kc7 69. Rxf6 Rg7 70. Rf2 Rd7
71. Rf5 Rg7 72. Ra4 Rbg8 73. Rc4+ Kb8 74. Rg4 b6 75. g3 hxg3+ 76. Kxg3 Kb7 77.
Kg2 Ka6 78. Ra4+ Kb7 79. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 {LiveBook:
13 Games. B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (13... a6 14. Na4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ng8
21. Nd5 e6 {1/2-1/2 (65) Giri,A (2785)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Sochi 2017}) 14. Na4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nc3 a6 {[#]} 17. g4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. a4 Be8 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Kf8 20. Rhd1 e6 21. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 
(33) Alekseev,E (2653)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Sochi 2015}) 17... Bc6 18. b4 Be8
19. g5 Nd7 $1 20. f4 Kf8 21. h4 a5 22. b5 ({But not} 22. bxa5 Ra8 $11) 22... f5
23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Kd3 e6 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Bd4 Bf7 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Nd7 29.
Ne4 $36 {And now Nd6 would win. White fights for an advantage.} Nxe5+ 30. Ke3
Ke7 ({Better is} 30... Be8 $14) 31. c5 $18 Rd8 {next ...Ng4+! is good for
Black.} 32. Rhd1 Rd5 {[#]} (32... Be8 $16) 33. c6 $1 bxc6 34. bxc6 {aiming for
c7.} Bh6+ 35. Ng5 Be8 36. c7 Nc6 {[#]} 37. Ba6 $1 Nxd4 (37... Rxa6 38. c8=Q)
38. Rxd4 Rxg5 $2 (38... Bd7 $16) 39. hxg5 {White is winning.} Bxg5+ {[#]} 40.
Ke4 $1 Bxc1 41. Bb7 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 (5... Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
Nd7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Qxh5 Ng4 10. Bg3 g6 11. Qh4 Bg7 {0-1 (11) Bareev,E (2669)
-Nakamura,H (2816) Las Vegas 2015}) 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03] LiveBook: 7 Games.
D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Bd3
$5 e6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. O-O $14) 6... Qa5+ 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nfd2 c5
8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. b4 Qe7 {1-0 (51) Rajlich,I (2425)
-Slobodjan,R (2575) Koszalin 1998}) 7... e6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Ne4
9. Qe1 (9. Nh4 $14) 9... Be7 10. Ne5 O-O (10... g5 $1 $15 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3
(12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. Nxc3 gxf4 $15) 12... gxf4 13. exf4 Nd7) 11. g4 Bg6 (11... f6
$11 12. gxf5 fxe5 13. Bxe5 exf5) 12. f3 $36 {White has good play.} Nd6 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Qg3 (14. c4 $14 Qxe1 15. Rxe1) 14... Qd8 $11 15. Bd3 Bh4 16. Qh3 {
Hoping for Bxd6.} Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qe7 19. Nd2 f5 ({Black should play} 
19... Nd7 $14) 20. c4 Nd7 21. c5 Ne4 {[#]} 22. Nf3 $1 Kf7 23. Qg2 Rh8 24. b4 a6
25. a4 Nef6 26. g5 Ne4 27. Rfb1 Ra7 28. Rb3 Rha8 29. Rab1 Qd8 30. Bf1 Kg8 31.
R1b2 Kh7 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qh2 Qe8 34. Ne1 b5 (34... Kf7 $16) 35. Ra3 $18 Rb7 36.
Nd3 Rba7 37. Rba2 bxa4 38. Qc2 Qb8 39. Rxa4 ({Resist} 39. Qxa4 Qc7 $16) 39...
Kf7 40. Ne1 Qh8 41. Ng2 Nb8 42. Be2 Ng3 43. Bd3 Qh5 44. Kh2 Ne4 45. Be2 Qh8 46.
Qc1 Qc8 {[#]} (46... Rb7 {was worth a try.} 47. Qa1 Raa7) 47. Ne1 $1 Qh8 48.
Nf3 Ke7 49. Qe1 Nd7 {[#]} 50. b5 $1 cxb5 {[#]} (50... axb5 51. Rxa7) 51. Bxb5
$1 Rb8 $2 (51... Qc8 52. Bxd7 Rxd7) (51... axb5 52. Rxa7) 52. Bxd7 {White is
clearly winning.} Rxd7 53. Ne5 Ke8 54. Nxd7 Rb1 55. Rxa6 {White wants to mate
with Ne5!} Rxe1 56. Ra8+ Kxd7 57. Rxh8 Rxe3 58. Ra7+ Kc6 59. Rb8 Nxc5 60. dxc5
{Precision: White = 76%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves}
Qd7 10. h4 (10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 a6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 d5 14. Bh3 Kb8 15.
Rhe1 Rhe8 16. f4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Caruana,F (2823)
London 2016}) 10... h6 11. Kb1 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.}
O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. Qe3 Rde8 15. c4 ({Weaker is} 15. Bxa7 Qa4
$17) 15... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc6 16. Bd3 Bxc4 17. Bf5+ Be6 18. Bh7
Rh8 19. Be4 d5 20. Bd3 h5 21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Boehnke,H (1973)-Priebe, R (2036) GER email 2006}) 16. Qc3 g6 17. b3 h5 18. g3
Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rh2 Kb8 21. a4 Bf8 22. Rhd2 Bh6 23. f4 Bf8 24. Bg2 Be4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. c5 (26. Qf3 $5 Qc6 27. f5 $11) 26... Re6 ({Black should try} 
26... Qc6 $11) 27. Be5 $14 Be7 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. cxd6 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6
cxd6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. O-O O-O {
LiveBook: 96 Games} 8. Qb3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8. Bxb4
cxb4 9. Qd3 a5 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nc6 14. Ne3 Ne7
15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Rac8 {1-0 (70) Artemiev,V (2674)-Cordova,E (2610) Moscow
2016}) 8... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxd4
Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Nc3 f5 {0-1 (85) Huang,Q 
(2439)-Hou,Y (2570) China 2010}) 9. Rd1 (9. Bc3 {is interesting.} d5 10. a3
dxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3) 9... d5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Nd3 Bd4 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Kf3 Kf8
21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Kxe3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 $11 {KR-KR} Ke7 24. Rc1 Kd6 25. Rd1+ Ke7
26. Rc1 Kd6 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. Rc1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 11. Ne5 {
C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Bxe5 (11... Bf5 12.
Nc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxc3 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6
18. Qc2 Rae8 {1-0 (91) Carlsen,M (2815)-Kramnik,V (2785) Monte Carlo 2011}) 12.
dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 {aiming for cxd5.The position is equal.} Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15.
Qd4 $1 Nb3 16. Qxg4 {Hoping for Bh6!} Nxa1 17. Bh6 $1 g6 $1 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19.
cxd5 {[#] Black must now prevent d6.} Nc2 $146 (19... Qc5+ $11 20. Kh1 Nc2) ({
Predecessor:} 19... Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nc2 21. Qd7 Ne3 22. e6 Nxf1 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24.
Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qf7+ {1/2-1/2 (25) Timofeev,A (2650)-Wang,H (2624) Nizhnij
Novgorod 2007}) 20. d6 $1 $36 {White has good play.} Ne3 {[#]} 21. Qf4 $1 Nxf1
22. Kxf1 $16 {Endgame KQR-KQN} Qc8 23. Nc3 {White has strong compensation.} Qe6
24. Kf2 h6 (24... f5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Ne4 $18 Kg7 26. h4 Re8 27. Nf6
Rh8 28. Ng4 h5 $2 (28... a5 29. h5 Qf5) 29. Qf6+ {White is clearly winning.}
Kh7 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Ne4 Kf7 33. Ng5+ Ke8 34. Nxe6 b6 35. Ng5 {
Precision: White = 93%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6
Be3 a6 without Be2} 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 b5 {The position is equal.} 14. f5 (14.
g4 $5) (14. g4 Bb7 15. Bf3 b4 16. axb4 Qc4 17. Qd3 Qxb4 18. g5 Nd7 19. f5 {
0-1 (37) Talla,V (2483)-Macieja,B (2612) Lublin 2009}) 14... Bb7 15. Bf3 Rfd8
16. Qf2 {With the idea Bb6.} Qc4 17. Be2 (17. Qf1 $11) 17... Qc8 $146 {Black
is really pushing.} ({Worse is} 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qa2 19. Nc3 $16) ({
Predecessor:} 17... Qc6 18. Nd5 {0-1 (42) Tsekov,S (2097)-Bojchev,M (2214)
Kazanlak 2005}) 18. Bf3 a5 $1 {And now ...b4 would win.} 19. Nxb5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 {[#]} 21. f6 $1 gxf6 {White must now prevent ...Qb7.} (21... Bxf6 22. Nxd6
) 22. Rhe1 (22. Nc3 $1 $15 Bg6 23. Bb6) 22... d5 $2 (22... Rb8 $1 $19 23. Nc3
Bg6) 23. Nc3 (23. Bb6 $1 $11) 23... Qe6 {Hoping for ...Bg6.} 24. Bc5 $2 (24.
Nxe4 $17 dxe4 25. Rxd8+ (25. Qg3+ Kh8 $17) 25... Rxd8 26. Kb1) 24... Bxc5 $19
25. Qxc5 {[#]} f5 (25... Bxc2 $1 $19 26. Kxc2 d4) 26. Nxe4 $17 fxe4 ({Don't
play} 26... dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxa5 $15) 27. Kb1 f5 28. g4 $2 (28. g3 {
was necessary.}) 28... f4 $19 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxa5 {Endgame
KQR-KQR} (31. Rxe4 $142 Rd1+ 32. Kc2) 31... Qd5 32. Qb4 e3 33. Qe7 Qd6 34. Qh4
{[#]} c3 $1 35. Ka2 (35. bxc3 Rb8+) 35... Qe6+ {Black mates.} 36. Kb1 Qg6+ 37.
Ka2 Rd2 38. Rb1 c2 39. Rc1 Rd1 40. Rxc2 Qxc2 41. Qg5+ Qg6 {Precision: White =
13%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. d4
cxd4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nxd4 N7f6 13. Ncb5 O-O 14. e4 Nb4 15. a3
Nd3 16. Rd1 Nc5 {1-0 (48) Aronian,L (2785)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 9...
Qxd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7
14. Be3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf6) 15. Nc6 Nd5 16. Rac1 (16. Bd4 {
keeps more tension.} Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rac1 O-O 19. f4) 16... Nxe3+ 17.
fxe3 Bc5 18. Rc3 a5 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Kf3 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Be7 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $11 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Rd7 Bf6 $1 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Rb7 Bd8 26. Ne5 Ke8 $1 27. Nxf7
{[#]} (27. b3 $11) 27... Bc7 $1 $17 28. Ng5 $1 Kd7 {Black has strong
compensation.} 29. a4 $2 {[#]} ({Less strong is} 29. Nxh7 Rh8 $11) (29. b4 $17
h6 30. bxa5) 29... h6 $1 $19 30. Ne4 Rf8+ 31. Kg4 Kc8 32. Ra7 (32. Nd6+ {
was the only chance.} Bxd6 33. Rxb6) 32... Kb8 33. Rxc7 ({But not} 33. Ra6 Kb7
$19) 33... Kxc7 {KR-KN} 34. Kh5 {[#]} b5 $1 35. axb5 Rf5+ 36. Kg6 Rxb5 37. Kxg7
Rxb2 38. Kxh6 a4 39. Nc3 a3 40. g4 Kd7 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 87%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Xu, Minghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4 {D78:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} a5 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Qa3 Rfc8 $11) 14. Qxb7 a4
15. Qb5 {[#] The position is equal.} axb3 $146 16. Qxb3 Rb8 17. Qa3 Nb6 {
And now ...Nc4 would win.} (17... Ra8 $5 18. Qd3 Nb6 $11) 18. Qd3 Na4 19. Ba3 (
19. Bc3 $5) 19... Nb2 20. Qc3 Nc4 21. e3 Qd7 22. Bb4 Rfc8 23. a3 Bh3 (23... Bg4
$11) 24. Nf3 $14 e5 25. dxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf5 27. Qb3 Qe4 28. Rad1 Bxe5 29.
Qd3 Rb5 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Nd2 Nb2 32. Rc1 ({But not} 32. Nxe4 $6 Nxd1 33. Rxd1
f5 $11) 32... Rcb8 33. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening f4.} Nd3 34. Rb1 f5 35. Nd2
Nxb4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Rb1 (38. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Rb7 39. Rc5
Bf6 40. h4 Rb2 41. Nf3) 38... Rxb1 39. Nxb1 {Endgame KB-KN} Kf7 40. Nd2 Bf6 41.
Kf3 h5 42. h4 Ke6 43. Ke2 Be7 44. Nf3 Bf6 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Kc4 Kg7 47. Kd5 Bc3
48. Ne5 Kf6 49. Nd3 Bd2 50. Kd4 Ba5 51. Nf4 Be1 {[#]} 52. Nh3 $1 Bb4 53. Kd3
Bc5 54. Nf4 Bd6 55. Kd4 Be5+ 56. Kc4 Bd6 57. Nd3 Bc7 58. Kd5 Ba5 59. f3 ({
White should try} 59. Nf4 $16) 59... Bc7 $11 60. Nf4 Bb8 61. Ne2 Ba7 62. Nd4
Bb8 63. f4 Bc7 64. e4 fxe4 65. Kxe4 Bb6 66. Nc2 Bf2 67. Kf3 Bc5 68. Ne3 Ke6 69.
Nc4 Kf6 70. Ne5 Bd4 71. Nd3 Bb6 72. Ke4 Ba7 73. f5 gxf5+ 74. Kd5 Kg6 75. Ke6
Kh6 76. Kxf5 Bb6 77. Ne5 Bf2 78. Kf4 Be1 79. Nf3 Bb4 80. Ke5 Kg6 81. Ke6 Bc5
82. Ne5+ Kh6 83. Kf6 Bd4 84. Kf5 Bf2 85. Kf4 Be1 86. Nf3 (86. Nd3 $5 Ba5 87.
Kf5 $16) 86... Bf2 87. Ng5 Kg6 88. Kf3 Bb6 89. Ne6 Kh6 90. Nf8 Bc5 91. Ne6 Bb6
92. Nf4 Bc5 93. Ke4 Bf2 94. Ne2 Kg6 95. Ke5 Be1 96. Ke6 Bf2 97. Ke5 Be1 98. Ke4
Bf2 99. Kf4 Be1 100. Nd4 Bf2 101. Nf5 Be1 102. Ne7+ Kf6 103. Nd5+ Kg6 104. Kf3
Kh6 105. Ne7 Kg7 106. Kf4 {Hoping for Kg5.} Kf6 107. Nd5+ Kg6 108. Kf3 Kh6 109.
Ne3 Kg6 110. Ng2 Bb4 111. Ke4 Be1 $2 {[#]} (111... Kh6 $11) 112. Nxe1 {
Precision: White = 62%, Black = 78%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 (4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 fxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Nc3
O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Qe2 Nxf2 11. Qc4 Ba7 12. Bg5 b5 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14.
Ng6+ {1-0 (14) Van Wely,L (2657)-L'Ami,E (2650) Amsterdam 2014}) 4... exd4 5.
Nxd4 fxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Qe7 6. Nxf5 Qxe4+ 7. Ne3 Ne5 8. Be2 Nf6 9.
O-O Bc5 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Qxc4 {1-0 (22) Ernst,S 
(2554)-Liu,G (2418) Groningen 2016}) 6. Nxc6 {C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits
} bxc6 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qe8 10. Bxf6+ gxf6 11.
Qa5 Kd8 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Ba6 Rg8 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Rhe1 f5 16. g3 Bg7 17. f3
Be5 (17... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. fxe4 $16 f4 19. gxf4 Bxf4+ 20. Kb1
Be5 {[#]} 21. Na4 $1 $36 {White has strong initiative.} ({Resist} 21. Qxa7 $6
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qe5 $14) 21... d6 (21... Rb8 {was called for.}) 22. Nc5 $18 ({
Less strong is} 22. Qxa7 Rg2 $16) 22... Qc4 {[#]} 23. Nd3 $1 Bxh2 $2 (23... Rg2
24. c3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 (25. bxc3 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Rb5 $14) 25... Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8+
27. Ka1 Rb5) 24. Qh5 {White is clearly winning.} Bg3 25. Re3 Qb5 (25... Rb8
$142 26. Qxh7 Rg5) 26. e5 {Intending Qf7 and mate.} Qc4 27. e6 {Precision:
White = 75%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Li, Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Bd7 9. Rb1 Rb8 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} 10. d4 a6 11. Bd3 h6 {
White has an edge.} 12. Bh4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. f4 {1-0 (28) Short,N (2676)-Illner, A 
(2353) Pattaya 2011}) 13. d5 Na5 14. c4 g5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 14...
Qe7 $14) 15. Nxg5 $1 $18 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qe7 19. Bd2 $2
(19. Qe1 $18 {Black must now prevent Qh4+.} Nh5 20. Qxa5) 19... Nxc4 $1 $15 20.
Bxc4 (20. Rxf6 $1 $15 Qxf6 21. Bxc4) 20... Qxe4 $4 (20... Rxg2+ $1 $17 {
keeps the pressure on.} 21. Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Bh3) 21. Qf3 $16 Qxf3 22. Rxf3
Ne4 {[#]} (22... b5 $16) 23. Be3 $1 $18 f5 24. Bd3 Rg4 25. Ba7 Nd2 26. Rh3+ Kg7
$2 (26... Kg8 27. Rb2 (27. Bxb8 Nxb1 28. Be2 Rb4 $16) 27... Re8) 27. Rd1 ({
Weaker is} 27. Bxb8 Nxb1 28. Bxc7 Nc3 $16) 27... Ra8 28. Rxd2 Rxa7 {[#]} 29.
Re2 $1 Bb5 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxc7 $2 (31. Re6+ $18 {has better winning chances.}
Kg7 32. Bxf5) 31... Bxd3 $16 32. Rxd3 $18 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra8 (32... Rg7 $16
{keeps fighting.} 33. Rxg7 Kxg7) 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Rxd6+ Kg5 35. h3 Rc4 36. c3
Rec8 37. Rb6 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc2 41. Rb3 Rxa2
$2 (41... Rd2 42. Rg3+ Kh4) 42. Rd3 {White is clearly winning.} Rb2 43. d6 Rb8
44. d7 Rd8 45. Kg3 a5 46. h4+ Kf6 47. Kf4 a4 48. h5 Ke6 49. h6 Kf6 50. h7 Kg7
51. Kxf5 a3 52. Ke4 $2 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 34%. . Sensor Board
Error (Ke4/e5) ?} (52. Rg3+ $18 Kxh7 53. Ke6) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without
...g6} (11. Bd2 Nd4 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ned5 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Qd8 16. Nd5
Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Leko,P (2751)-Radjabov,T 
(2761) Nice 2009}) 11... Nb4 12. Ncd5 Nbxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nxd5 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 13. exd5 Bd7 14. f4 e4 15. d4 Qc8 16. Be2 Bd8 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18.
Kh1 b5 {1-0 (39) Naiditsch,A (2571)-Mamedyarov,S (2657) Antalya 2004}) 13...
Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bg5 16. a5 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Qh4 18. c3 Rbe8 19. Qe3 f5
20. b4 cxb4 21. Ra4 Qd8 22. Rxb4 Qxa5 23. Rxb7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {Endgame
KQR-KQR} 25. c4 Qc7 26. Rb1 f4 27. Qe4 g6 28. g3 fxg3 29. hxg3 a5 30. f4 exf4
31. Qxf4+ Kg8 32. Rf1 Qe7 (32... a4 {with more complications.} 33. Ra1 Rf8 34.
Qe3 Qb7 35. Qe2 Qb3) 33. Qf6 a4 {Hoping for ...Qxf6.} (33... Qd7 {looks
sharper.} 34. Rf2 a4 35. Kg2 a3 36. Ra2 Qg4) 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 {KR-KR} 35. Ra1 Ra7
36. Ra3 h5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. c5 dxc5 41. d6 {Strongly
threatening Ke5.} Kf6 {And now ...Ke6 would win.} 42. Kd5 g5 43. Kxc5 (43. Ra1
$5) 43... Ke6 {aiming for ...Kd7.} 44. d4 Kd7 45. Rf3 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.
} Ra5+ 46. Kb4 Rd5 47. Kc4 $2 (47. Rd3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.})
47... Rxd6 $19 48. Rf7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 49. Ra7 {[#]} (49. Rh7 $142 Rc6+ 50. Kd3)
49... Rc6+ $2 (49... Kf5 $1 $19 {...Ke4 is the strong threat.} 50. Rxa4 Ke4)
50. Kd3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf5 51. Rxa4 Rd6 52. Ra3 {Precision:
White = 61%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 {LiveBook:
254 Games} 7. Qe2 {Black should prevent e5. C45: Scotch Game} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Qe7 9. Bc4 g5 10. Bg3 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rhe8
15. Bb3 Kb8 16. Kb1 {1-0 (46) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha
2016}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 Nd4 (8... h6 $5 9. Be3 Re8 $11) 9. Nxd4 {The position
is equal.} Bxd4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 $1 11. bxc3 Re8 (11... h6 $5 12. Bh4 d6 $11) 12.
e5 $36 {White has good play.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qg4+ Kf8 15. exf6 Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Duda,J (2506)-Hracek,Z (2628) Poland
2013}) 13. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Bg4 (13... Qe7 $1 $11 {remains
equal.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6) 14. Qe3 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Bf5 {[#]}
(14... Qc8 $16) 15. Qf4 $1 $18 Bg6 16. exf6 h6 (16... c5 $142) 17. Bh4 Re4 18.
Qg3 Qf8 19. Rd4 ({And not} 19. Rxd5 Qa3+ 20. Kd2 Qxa2 $15) (19. Re3 $18) 19...
Re1+ (19... Qa3+ $16 {was necessary.} 20. Kd2 Qxa2 21. Rxe4 (21. Qxc7 $2 Re6
$19) 21... dxe4 22. fxg7 (22. Qxc7 e3+ 23. Kxe3 Qe6+ 24. Kf4 Bxc2 $16) 22...
e3+ 23. fxe3 Qxc2+ 24. Ke1 a5) 20. Kb2 Qe8 $2 (20... Qc5 {might work better.}
21. Qg4 {[#]} Rxf1 $1 22. Rxf1 Qb5+ 23. Ka1 (23. Rb4 Qxf1 24. fxg7 Kxg7 $11)
23... Qxf1+ 24. Rd1 Qa6) 21. a4 Qf8 22. f4 Rae8 23. f5 {White is clearly
winning.} R8e3 24. Qxc7 Ra1 25. Rb4 a5 26. Kxa1 axb4 27. fxg7 {Precision:
White = 66%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 (5... Be6 6. e3 g6 7. b3
Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (87)
Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Gelfand,B (2747) Jurmala 2015}) 6. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence:
3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Qc7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10.
O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {[#]} O-O $146
14. Bf3 e5 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bf6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Ng4 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Bd4 Bf6 23. h3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. c5 Re8 26. Rd1 (
26. Bf3 {keeps more tension.} Nd7 27. Qc3 Ne5 28. Be4 g5 29. b4) 26... Re7 27.
Qa3 a6 28. b4 Qe5 29. Qb3 Qe2 30. Bf1 Qe5 31. Bc4 Qf5 32. Bxf7+ Kh7 (32... Rxf7
$11 {remains equal.} 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe1) 33. Bc4 (33. Rd4
$1 $16) 33... Qxh3 $11 34. Bf1 Qh5 $40 {White needs to defend precisely.} 35.
Bg2 $2 (35. Rd8 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... Ng4 $19 {...Re2 is the
strong threat.} 36. Qf3 $2 (36. Kf1) 36... Qh2+ $2 (36... Re6 $19 37. Qd3 Qh2+
38. Kf1 Ne3+ $1 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 Qxg3) 37. Kf1 $11 Qh5 $1 38. Kg1 $2 (38.
Qd3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 38... Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh5 $1 {( -> ...Nh2+)} 40.
Kg1 Qh2+ $2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 52%.} (40... Re6 $19 41. Qd3 Qh2+
42. Kf1 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 43. Qxe3 Rxe3 44. fxe3 Qxg3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 e5 {[%emt 0:
00:05] A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Nf3} (7... Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2
Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. f4 e4 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Rac1 h6 16.
Nh3 Nd7 17. Nf2 a5 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Ne3 {1-0 (74) Neiksans,A (2607)-Piorun,K 
(2655) Jurmala 2016}) 8. Nc3 e4 9. Ne1 c5 {Black has an edge.} 10. Nc2 Nc6 11.
d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 d5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 {0-1 (64) Yanchenko,R (2384)-Bocharov,I (2472) Kaliningrad 2015}) 11...
Ne5 12. f3 Bd7 13. a4 Qb6 ({Better is} 13... Nh5 $17) 14. Rb1 $11 h6 15. Kh1 g5
16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Bd2 Ng4 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Nd1 h5 21. Nf2 Be5 {
[#] aiming for ...Nxh2!} (21... Qe7 $5 22. Qc1 Bf6 $11) 22. Nh3 Qe7 23. Nf4
Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rf7 25. h3 Nf6 26. Ne3 {[#]} (26. Bg5 $15) 26... h4 $1 $17 27.
Bg5 $2 (27. b4 $17) 27... Bxg3 $19 28. Qc3 f4 29. Rxf4 $2 (29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4
Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Qxg5 32. Rxb7 Bxh3 33. Bxh3 Rxb7 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Nf6+ Kg6 36.
Nxe4) 29... Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Nh5 31. Bh2 Rg7 32. Ng4 Rf8 33. Rg1 Bxg4 34. hxg4
Rxg4 {( -> ...Ng3+)} 35. Bh3 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Qg5+ {Precision: White = 21%,
Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 (7. a4 $5)
7... c5 {B06: Modern Defence} 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Ng5 {[#] Strongly threatening e6.}
(9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne2 {0-1 (49) Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F (2829) London 2014}) 9... Nh6 {The
position is equal.} 10. e6 {Threatens to win with exf7+.} Nf6 11. exf7+ Nxf7
12. Bc6+ Kf8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Be3 $146 {White puts up resistance} ({
Predecessor:} 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bf3 {0-1 (29) Reinecker,K (2246)-Hoerstmann,R
(2246) Germany 2017}) 14... Qc7 15. Bf3 Nd6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 h6 18. Ne6+
Bxe6 $1 19. Qxe6 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. Rd5 Bf6 22. Rxc5 Qa5+ 23. Kf2 {Black
must now prevent g4.} Nf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Qxf5 h5 26. Bxh5 {Qg6+ would kill
now.} Qxa2 27. Rd1 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Qxc2+ 29. Rd2 Qh7 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Ra2 $2 {[#]
} ({White should try} 31. Bd4 $15 Rd8 32. Ke3) 31... b4 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 
31... Rg8 32. Qf3 $15) 32. Rxa6 $2 (32. Re2 b3 33. Bc1) 32... b3 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6
{Endgame KQR-KQB} 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. Qe5 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 b2 {And now ..
.Qc6+ would win.} 38. Qxb8+ Kf7 39. Qe5 Qc6+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black =
87%.} (39... Qd1+ $142 40. Kg3 b1=Q 41. f5 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 Qb3 43. Qe6+ Qxe6 44.
fxe6+ Kxe6 45. Bh6 Qe5 46. Bc1 Qc3+ 47. Kg4 Qxc1 48. h3 Kd5 49. h4 e5 50. h5 e4
51. h6 Qxh6 52. Kg3 Qd2 53. Kh2 e3 54. Kh3 e2 55. Kh4 e1=Q+ 56. Kh3 Qf4 57. g4
Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bd2 b5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan
and Sveshnikov Variations} 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rad8 {Predecessor:} 15. a3 $146
Rfe8 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc3 Qc8 18. f5 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 {1-0 (39)
Thipsay,P (2463)-Zhang,Z (2624) Jodhpur 2003} *

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bd2 b5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan
and Sveshnikov Variations} 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qh3 {Threatens to win with e5!}
Rad8 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3 Rfe8 16.
Ne2 e5 17. Nc3 Qc8 18. f5 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 {1-0 (39) Thipsay,P 
(2463)-Zhang,Z (2624) Jodhpur 2003}) 15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 $1 17. Nf2 Nb4 18.
Bxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Bc5 20. Nxe4 ({Reject} 20. Nxc5 $6 Qxc5 21. a3 (21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) 21... Qb6 $11) (20. Ng4 {with more complications.} Bb6 21.
Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Kh8 23. Qh4) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 g6 23. Qf3 Rd7
{The position is equal.} 24. a4 Rfd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. h3 Qd5 28.
Nd4 b4 29. Nf3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Rc1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $11
{Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Kh2 h6 35. h4 Rc1 36. Rc4 Be3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Kg3 Rc2
39. Nh2 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. fxg5 Bxg5 42. c4 Kg6 43. Nf3 Be3 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45.
Rg7 f6 46. exf6 {[#] Hoping for f7.} Kxf6 47. Rg4 {Precision: White = 55%,
Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lou, Yiping"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. e3 h6 (5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 g5
8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (58) Vitiugov,N (2719)-Khismatullin,D 
(2642) Chita 2015}) 6. Bh4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D30: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Systems without Nc3} g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 g4 9.
a3 Be7 10. Ne5 h5 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Nd3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 {0-1 (26) Benning,R (1316)
-Hort,M (1850) Verden/Aller 2009}) 8. Be5 {White is slightly better.} Rg8 9.
Nfd2 Nd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe5 11. Ned2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Nc3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bg7 16. d5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 exd5 18. Bxd5 {next 0-0 is good for White.} Qe7+
19. Qe2 Rb8 (19... Be6 {feels hotter.} 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rd5 Qxe2+
23. Kxe2 Be6) 20. Qxe7+ (20. h4 {is more complex.} b5 21. Rd1 Rb6 22. Rd4 Qxe2+
23. Kxe2 Be6 24. Re4) 20... Kxe7 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Rhe1+ Kf6 23. Bb3 Rgd8 24.
Rxd8 (24. Re3 {seems wilder.} Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Bg4+ 27. Ke1) 24...
Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $11 {Endgame KB-KB} Ke5 27. Kd2 Be6 28. a3 f5 29.
Kd3 Bd5 30. g3 b5 31. Ke3 {The position is equal.} f4+ 32. Kd2 Ke4 33. Bh5 Be6
34. Be2 Bc4 {[#] aiming for ...Bxe2.} 35. Bh5 Ke5 {Precision: White = 62%,
Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 {[%emt 0:
00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ne3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Nf5 h5
20. h3 Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rb6 21. Ng3 h4 22. Ne2 c5 23. c3 Ba5 24.
Nf4 Bc6 25. c4 {1/2-1/2 (25) Balosetti,D (1776)-Fedeli,L (2079) ICCF email 2010
}) 21. Ng3 h4 22. Nf5 Rb4 23. g4 hxg3 24. fxg3 c5 25. Rf3 Be5 26. Bf1 Be6 27.
Bg2 a5 28. Ne3 d4 29. Ng4 Kg7 30. Rdf1 Bxg4 31. hxg4 {[#]} d3 $1 32. Rxd3 (32.
cxd3 a4) 32... Rxg4 {White should prevent ...Bd4+.} 33. Bc6 Re7 34. Rff3 c4 35.
Rd7 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 $11 {KRB-KRB} Rd4 {[#] And now ...cxb3 would win.} 37. Bf5
Kh6 38. c3 Rd1+ 39. Rf1 Rd2 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 {Precision: White = 57%,
Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 Nh6 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} 10. O-O
O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bd7 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nc5 Bf5 14. Re1 Nf7 15. Qa4 fxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {1-0 (29) Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) Moscow
2010}) 12. Nxf3 Qb6 13. b3 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Black should try} 13... f6
$14) 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Nf5 17. g4
{1/2-1/2 (42) Philippe,C (2364)-Koch,J (2452) France 2007}) 14... Nf5 (14... e6
$16) 15. dxc5 $18 Qb4 {[#]} 16. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 ({Stronger than} 17. Nxd2
Nd4 $11) 17... e6 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Ne7 (19... f6 $142) 20. b5 Rab8 21. Rab1
d4 22. Bg5 ({Much less strong is} 22. Nxd4 Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bc7 $18) 22... Nd5 {
Black wants to play ...Nc3.} 23. Nxd4 Bxe5 24. Nc6 Rxc6 25. bxc6 {[#] Strongly
threatening Rxb8+.} Rc8 26. Rb7 a6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 Qb6 10. Be2 (10. c3 {looks sharper.} a5 11. a3 c4 12. g3 a4 13. Nf2)
10... cxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 b4 14. O-O O-O (14... a5 15. Bg4 O-O 16. Ne3 Ba6 17. Rfe1
g6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd7 {0-1 (43) Ponomariov,R (2712)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian
2016}) 15. Ne3 a5 16. f5 Nxe5 17. f6 $1 Rd8 $146 (17... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:
} 17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nc2 h6 20. Rf3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 g6
23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc7 {1-0 (25) Rombaldoni,A (2484)-Ryzhkov,V 
(2147) Porto Mannu 2013}) 18. fxg7 (18. Kh1 $1 $14) 18... f5 $11 19. g4 ({
Better is} 19. Kh1 $11) 19... Bxd4 (19... Ra7 $15) 20. cxd4 Nc4 $1 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Rad1 Ra7 23. Bxc4 Rxg7 24. Rxf5 (24. Rf4 $142) 24... Rxg4+ $17 25. Kf1
Rg7 ({Much worse is} 25... Qxd4 $6 26. Qxd4 Rgxd4 27. Rxd4 $11) (25... Rdxd4
$17 26. Rg5+ Kf7 27. Qf2+ Rgf4 28. Rf5+ Ke7 29. Rxf4 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Qxf2+ 31.
Rxf2 Rd4) 26. Rg5 $36 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxg7+. White fights for an
advantage.} Rdd7 27. b3 Qd6 28. Ke1 Rdf7 29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qf2 Bb7 31. Rd3 Bd5
32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. hxg3 {Endgame KQ-KQ} Qg6 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36. Kg2
Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg1 Kg6 39. Kh2 Kg5 40. Qf7 {[#]} (40. Qd2+ $11 Kf5 41.
Qd1) 40... Qc2+ ({Of course not} 40... Qxd4 $6 41. Qg8+ Kf5 42. Qxh7+ Kg5 43.
Qg8+ Kf5 44. Kg2 $11) ({Black should play} 40... Kg4 $1 $17 {And now ...Qe2+
would win.} 41. Qf1 Qxd4 42. Qe2+ Kf5 43. Qh5+ Ke4 44. Qxh7+ Ke3) 41. Kg1 {
The position is equal.} Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg1
Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qxd4 47. Qg8+ $1 Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kg6 {...Qd2+ is the strong threat.}
49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. Qd6+ Qg6 52. Qf8+ Qg7 53. Qd6+ {Precision: White
= 78%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6 8.
Nb5 d6 9. Qa3 $1 Be5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (9... Bf8 $16 {
was necessary.}) (9... Ke7 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 a6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc2 Be6 14.
Qb3 Qc7 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Nb4 Qe8 19. Nd5+ {1-0 (19)
Hou,Y (2673)-Cramling,P (2518) Beijing 2014}) 10. c3 (10. O-O $18 {Strongly
threatening f4.} a6 11. f4) 10... d5 $16 11. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd4
Bb8 12. exd5 exd5 13. Be2 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. d3 Nf5 16. Bg4 Qb6 17. Bxf5 Bxf5
{1-0 (59) Kulhanek,T (2376) -Jirasek,P (2177) Chrudim 2004}) 11... exd5 {
[#]White is better.} 12. Be2 ({White should play} 12. O-O $1 $16) 12... Qe7 (
12... d3 $11 13. Bxd3 Ne7) 13. cxd4 Qxa3 14. bxa3 Bb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Ba3 a6 17.
Nc3 Nf6 18. O-O Bc6 19. Bd3 {And now Rae1+ would win.} Kd7 20. Rae1 {Hoping
for Re7+.} Bd6 21. Bxd6 Kxd6 22. Re3 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Rhe8
23. Rf3 Re6 24. a5 Ke7 25. Re3 Rd8 26. f3 Kd6 27. Rfe1 Rde8 28. Bc2 Nd7 29. Kf2
R6e7 30. Bb3 Re6 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. Nf4 Rf6 33. Nd3 Nf8 34. Re5 Ne6 35. Nb4 Nc7
36. g3 Re6 37. f4 f6 38. R5e3 Rce8 39. g4 Nb5 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Rxe3 42.
dxe3 Nc3 43. Bc2 (43. Rg1 $16) 43... Bd7 {[#]} 44. Rg1 $1 Ne4+ (44... b6 $16)
45. Bxe4 $1 $18 Rxe4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 46. Rg7 Rh4 47. Nxd5 (47. Kg3 $18 Rh5
48. Nxd5 Kxd5 49. Rxd7+ Ke4 50. Re7+ (50. Rxb7 Kxe3 51. d5 Rg5+ 52. Kh4 Rg2 $16
) 50... Kxf5 51. e4+ (51. Rxb7 Ke4 $16) 51... Kg6 52. d5 (52. Rxb7 Rxa5 53. Rb2
Kg5 $16)) 47... Rxh2+ (47... Bxf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 48. Nxf6 Ke6) 48. Kg3
Rxa2 (48... Rh1 $142) 49. Nxf6 Bxf5 50. Rxb7 Rxa5 51. Kf4 ({Not} 51. Nxh7 Bd3
$16) 51... Bc8 52. Ne8+ Ke6 53. Rxh7 {Threatens to win with e4.} Rf5+ $2 (53...
Ra1 $18 54. Rh6+ Ke7) 54. Ke4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Be7 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Na6 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (
9... Ne4 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Na6 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. e4 a4 14. Rfe1 exd5 15. Nxd5
Re8 16. e5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 {0-1 (48) Rusev,K (2541) -Granda Zuniga,J (2628)
Navalmoral 2008}) 10. Re1 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Rc8 13. Qe2 d6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. f3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf4 {1-0 (73) Balogh,T 
(2300)-Kebis,M (2190) Slovakia 1996}) 11. cxd5 exd5 {White is slightly better.}
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8 17. Qc1 c5 18. Na4
Bc6 19. Nxb6 Qb7 20. dxc5 {Strongly threatening Bf1.} d4 {Threatens to win
with ...dxe3.} 21. Nc4 $1 Bxf3 (21... Qa8 $1 $14 22. Nd6 (22. Nb6 Qb7 $14)
22... Bxf3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxf3 Qxf3) 22. Nd6 $16 Rxd6 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. cxd6
{Black must now prevent Rc8.} dxe3 $2 (24... Qf5 $16) 25. d7 $18 ({Worse is} 
25. fxe3 Qf5 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Rxe3 Qf5 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Rc6 $1
Nc7 $2 (29... Qd3 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Nc7) 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Qxc7 {Endgame
KQ-KQ} Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qb1+ {[#]} 34. Kg2 $2 (34. Ke2 $1 Qxb2+ 35.
Kd1 Qd4+ 36. Kc1 Qa1+ 37. Kc2 Qa2+ 38. Kd3) 34... Qe4+ 35. Kf1 $2 (35. f3 Qe2+
36. Kh3 Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. g4) 35... Qb1+ $1 {[#]} 36. Ke2 $1
Qxb2+ 37. Kf3 Qb3+ 38. Ke4 Qb1+ 39. Kd5 Qb3+ 40. Kc6 Qf3+ 41. Kb5 {White is
clearly winning.} Qd5+ 42. Kb6 Qd4+ 43. Kb7 Qd5+ 44. Kb8 Qb5+ 45. Ka7 {
Precision: White = 52%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Bd6 {
D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and
Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Ne4 9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. a3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bc4 {1-0 (35) Markus,R (2605)-Perunovic,M (2614) Valjevo 2012}) 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9.
Ng3 Bg6 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. O-O Nbd7 13. f3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 (14... Qc7 $11) 15. Kh1 $146 (15. e4 $1
$16) ({Predecessor:} 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 {1-0 (49) Juergens,V (2307)
-Delemarre,I (2258) Germany 2000}) 15... Qe6 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4
Ng6 (18... c5 $5) 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qf4 Ng6 21. Qf1 Qg4 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nge4 Re6
24. Rd3 Ndf4 (24... Re7 $14) 25. Rg3 $16 Qh4 (25... Qh5 $16 {might work better.
}) 26. Rf3 $18 {Black must now prevent g3.} Qh6 (26... Qg4 $142) 27. Nd6 f6 {
intending ...Qh5.} 28. g3 (28. Nxb7 Rxd4 29. exf6 gxf6 $16) 28... Nd5 29. Nxd5
cxd5 30. Rf2 (30. Nxb7 $18 Rf8 31. Nc5) 30... b6 $16 31. Rc1 {Rc7 is the
strong threat.} Qe3 (31... Ne7 $142) 32. Rc7 ({Better is} 32. Nf5 $1 $16 Qe4+
33. Kg1 fxe5 34. Rc7 exd4 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Qh3 (36. Rxa7 Rf8 $11)) 32... Ne7
33. Rxa7 ({Much weaker is} 33. Qh3 $6 Rexd6 34. exd6 Qxf2 $11) (33. Rf4 $1 $14
fxe5 34. Rd7 (34. Rf3 Qxd4 35. Rd7 Rxd6 $16) 34... Rxd6 35. Rxd6) 33... Qxd4
$11 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Nb5 (35. Rf4 $5 Qxb2 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. Rxf5 $11) 35...
Qe4+ 36. Kg1 f5 (36... d4 $142) 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rf4 Qe5 (38... Qe2 $11 {
remains equal.}) 39. Nd4 $16 Rf6 40. Qf2 $36 {White is on the roll.} Rcf8 (
40... Rc1+ $142 41. Kg2 Qe1) 41. Re3 Qd6 42. Ref3 Qe5 43. Kg2 h5 44. Rh4 (44.
Re3 $142 Qd6 45. Ref3) 44... Rh6 (44... Ng6 $16 45. Rxh5 Qe4) 45. Re3 $18 Qd6
46. Qf4 Ng6 (46... Qxf4 $16 {was necessary.} 47. Rxf4 Nc6 48. Nxf5 Rg6) 47. Qg5
{And now Re6 would win.} ({Inferior is} 47. Qxd6 Nxh4+ 48. gxh4 Rxd6 $17) 47...
Kh7 $2 (47... Qf6 48. Rxh5 Rxh5 49. Qxh5 Ne7) 48. Rxh5 Nf4+ 49. gxf4 Rg8 {[#]}
50. Nxf5 (50. Re7+ $142 $1 Kh8 {[#]} (50... Qxe7 51. Rxh6#) 51. Re8 $1 Rxe8 52.
Rxh6+ Qxh6 53. Qxh6+ Kg8 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Qxe8+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Ne6 Kh6
58. Qg7+ Kh5 59. Qg5#) 50... Rxg5+ 51. fxg5 Qd7 52. Rxh6+ {White mates.} Kg8
53. Rg6+ Kf8 54. Rf6+ Kg8 55. Re7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Rc1 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 3
Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Be6 14. e3 Qd7 15.
Bc3 {White is slightly better.} Rfd8 16. Qh5 f6 17. Rfd1 Qf7 18. Qxf7+ $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Qh4 Rd7 19. a3 Rad8 20. Qa4 a6 {1-0 (77) Polishchuk,O (2228)
-Martynenko,N Odessa 2008}) 18... Kxf7 19. a3 Rd7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf3 Rc8 (21...
Ne5 $11 22. Bg2 Rc8) 22. Bb2 (22. Bd4 {is interesting.} Re7 23. Bc5 Rd7 24. Be2
g6 25. Bb6) 22... Ne7 23. Bd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc6 25. Bc5 Ne5 26. Be2 Nc4 27. a4
Bf5 28. Kg2 Nb2 29. g4 Be4+ 30. f3 Bd3 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 32.
Rc3 Nb2 33. Ra3 Nc4 34. Ra1 g6 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. h4 h5 37. a5 f5 38. gxh5 gxh5
39. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Kf4.} Ne5 40. Kf4 Nd3+ 41. Kg5 f4 42. Ra3 Nxb4
43. exf4 Nc2 (43... Nc6 $5 44. f5+ Kf7 $11) 44. f5+ Kd6 {[#]} (44... Kf7 $1 $11
{keeps the balance.} 45. Rd3 Nb4) 45. Rd3 (45. Bc5+ $1 $16 Kxc5 46. Rc3+ Kb4
47. Rxc2) 45... Nxd4 $11 46. Rxd4 {And now Kg6 would win. KR-KR} Ke5 47. Rd1
Rg7+ 48. Kxh5 Rg3 $1 49. Rd3 Kxf5 (49... Rg8 $1 $11) 50. Rxd5+ $16 Kf6 (50...
Ke6 $16 51. Rd3 Rg8) 51. Rd6+ $18 Kf5 $2 {[#]} (51... Ke5 {was called for.} 52.
Rd7 Ke6 53. Rxb7 Rxf3 54. Rb6+ Kf5 55. Rxa6 Rb3) 52. Rd7 {White is clearly
winning.} Ke5 (52... Kf6 $142 53. Rxb7 Rxf3) 53. Rxb7 Rxf3 54. Rb6 Ra3 55. Rxa6
Kf5 56. Kh6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 {[%emt 0:
00:06] A5: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 8. f4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (8. h3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O
10. Bd3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (10) David,A (2609)-Ehlvest,J (2583) Riga 2011}) 8... Qe7
9. Bd3 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bd2 $146 (
12. h3 $5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Ng4 14. Qg3
h5 15. Bd2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Buchholz,R (1983)-Schulz,M (2247) Berlin 2006})
12... O-O 13. a5 (13. h3 $14 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. Rxf3 c4 $15)) 13... c4 $1 $11
14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qe2 (15. h3 $5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $11) 15... Rac8 16. Rae1 (16. h3
$5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $11 (17. Rxf3 Rfe8 $15)) 16... Rfe8 17. Qxc4 (17. h3 $5 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 $11 (18. gxf3 Nh5 $17) (18. Rxf3 Qd8 $11)) 17... Bxf3 (17... Ncxe4 $5
18. Qb4 Bxf3 $16) 18. gxf3 Nh5 ({Don't blunder} 18... Ncxe4 $2 19. Qd3 $18) 19.
Qe2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 (20... Qh4 $11 21. Qg2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4) 21. f5 $16 Qh4
22. Qg2 Nf4 (22... Be5 $16) 23. Bxf4 $1 $18 Qxf4 24. Ne2 Qd2 25. Rd1 Qxc2 26.
Nxd4 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Kg7 28. b4 (28. h4 $16) 28... Na4 $14 29. Rc1 $36 {White
has the initiative.} Kf6 (29... Nc3 $14) 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. b5 $1 axb5 $2 (31...
Nc5 $16 32. bxa6 Nxa6) 32. Nxb5 $18 Ke7 (32... Rcd8 $18 33. Rc4 Nc5 34. Nxd6
Rxd6) 33. f4 $16 {Threatens to win with e5.} f6 $2 {[#]} (33... Red8 $16 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8) 34. Kf3 $2 (34. e5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} fxe5 (34... dxe5
35. fxe5) 35. fxe5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 dxe5 37. Rc4) 34... Nc5 (34... Rc5 $16) 35.
Rg1 $18 Rg8 36. Rg3 g5 37. Rcg1 ({White should try} 37. fxg5 $18 fxg5 38. Ke3)
37... Rcf8 $2 {[#]} (37... Ra8 $16) 38. h4 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Nd3 (
38... gxh4 39. Rxg8) 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Rxg5 Rxg5 41. Rxg5 Nxf4 {Endgame KRN-KRN
} 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Ng6 44. a6 Ke5+ 45. Ke3 Rf1 46. a7 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Ra1 48.
Rb8 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 {B39: Sicilian:
Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Bc6 {The position is
equal.} 15. f5 Nc5 16. Qd4 f6 17. e5 ({White should play} 17. fxg6 $15 hxg6 18.
Rxf6) 17... fxe5 $17 18. Qh4 gxf5 $146 ({Stronger than} 18... Qxc3 19. Bxc5
dxc5 20. fxg6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 18... O-O-O 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qxe7 Qxc3 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (29) Campos,I (2160)-Matsuura,E (2479) Belo Horizonte 2010}) 19.
Qh5+ Kd8 20. Qxf5 {[#]} Kc7 $1 ({Worse is} 20... Qxc3 21. Bxc5 Rg8 22. Rfd1 $11
) 21. Bg5 $2 (21. Qc2) 21... Rag8 $19 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Qf7 Rxg5 24. Qxe7 Rhg8
25. Rad1 R5g6 26. Bd5 R8g7 27. Rf7 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 {[#]} Qb6 $1 {( -> ...Nd3+)}
29. Bxg6 Nd3+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Bb2 e5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (9... b6 10.
Qe2 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. a3 {0-1 (62) Kaasen,T (2410)-Mihajlov,S (2367) Fagernes 2017}) 10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qc2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. bxc4 Bg4 16. Nd4 g6 17. Rfe1 {0-1 (48)
Makolski,K (1250)-Olsar,Z (1999) Orlova 2010}) 15... Bg4 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nf5 Qe5
18. Ng3 h5 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. f3 h4 21. Nf1 Bd7 22. a4 b6 23. Rad1 Be6 24. e4 g6
25. Ne3 Kg7 26. Bd5 Rfe8 27. Nc4 Qf4 28. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 29. e5 (29. Qc3 $16)
29... Nd5 $11 30. Re4 Qh6 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Rde1 ({Better is} 32. Qd3 $11) 32...
h3 $15 33. Qf2 (33. a5 $15) 33... Nf4 $19 34. g3 Nd3 $1 35. Qf1 Nxe1 36. Rxe1
Qd2 {[#] ...Rxf3 is the strong threat.} 37. Re4 (37. Qf2 $142 Qd5 38. Re3)
37... Qc3 38. f4 Qxb3 39. Qxh3 $2 {[#]} (39. Kf2) 39... Rxd6 $1 {Precision:
White = 38%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. f4 Be6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:07] B59: Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2 e5 Nb3} (14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rac8
16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qf2 Bd8 19. Rd2 Qb8 20. Ba7 Qa8 21. Bb6 Qa6 {
1/2-1/2 (44) Le Hetet, N (2281)-Lagarde,M (2572) Agen 2016}) 14... Bxf6 {
LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qe2 {Black has an edge.} Rfd8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16... b6 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. N1a2 Ba6 20. Qd2 Nxa2 21.
Rxa2 Rac8 {1-0 (29) Vorontsov,N (2312)-Rysbayeva,A (2167) Voronezh 2009}) 17.
Rad1 b6 18. Rf2 Qb7 19. Qf1 Rac8 20. g3 Qd7 (20... Bg5 $15) 21. Nd2 $11 Qc7 22.
Nb3 Qb7 23. h4 Be8 24. Rfd2 Be7 25. Qe2 f6 26. Na1 Na6 27. Nb5 Bc6 (27... Nc5
$15) 28. Nb3 Kf8 29. c3 (29. Kh2 {looks sharper.} Kg8 30. Qc4+ Kf8 31. Nc1 Be8
32. Qe2) 29... Nc7 30. Na1 Nxb5 (30... Na6 $5) 31. axb5 Be8 32. Nc2 Rc5 (32...
Qd7 $11) 33. Na3 ({White should play} 33. c4 $16) 33... Rdc8 34. Kh2 Bf7 35.
Qe3 Qc7 36. Be2 Bb3 37. Rf1 (37. Ra1 $11) 37... d5 $15 38. exd5 (38. Bd1 $15
Ba2 39. Bf3) 38... Rxd5 $17 39. c4 $2 {[#]} (39. Rxd5 $17 Bxd5 40. Nc2) 39...
Bc5 $19 40. Qc3 Rxd2 (40... Bb4 $142 41. Rxd5 Bxc3) 41. Qxd2 Rd8 42. Qc3 (42.
Qc1 {was the only chance.}) 42... a4 43. Nc2 Bd4 $2 (43... Qb7 $19 {is more
deadly.} 44. Ne3 Qe4) 44. Nxd4 $17 Rxd4 45. Rc1 Qd6 {And now ...Rd2 would win.}
46. Kh3 Qd7 47. Rf1 (47. Qf3 $17) 47... Rd2 $19 48. Bg4 Qd4 (48... Rd3 $19 49.
Qb4+ Qe7) 49. Qb4+ $17 Qc5 $4 (49... Qd6 $19 50. c5 bxc5) 50. Qxd2 $18 {
[#] White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Bxc4 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Bh5+ {Precision:
White = 36%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 {A06: Réti
Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 7. Qc2 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d3
Nc5 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Ne6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. c5 {1-0 (74) Socko,B
(2631)-Khairullin,I (2632) Khanty-Mansiysk 2012}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games}
8. g4 (8. d4 $11) 8... Nxg4 $17 {Black is better.} 9. Rg1 Ngf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. h3 Nge5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f4 Ng6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nf3 {
0-1 (58) Gislason,G (2303)-Thorhallsson,S (2061) Reykjavik 2016}) 10. Nc3 Qe7
11. O-O-O Ba3 12. Rg3 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 a5 14. Rdg1 Ne8 (14... g6 $17 15. d4 b6)
15. e4 {[#]} (15. h4 $1 $11) 15... dxc4 $1 16. e5 cxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. exf6
Ndxf6 (18... Qxf6 $2 19. Ng5 $18) 19. Ne5 (19. Bd3 $17 a4 20. bxa4) 19... Qc5
20. f4 a4 (20... Qd4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 21. Bd3 a4 22. bxa4
Qxf4) 21. bxa4 {[#]} (21. Nxa4 $17 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2) 21... Qb4+ $1 $19 22. Ka2 (
22. Qb3 $17 Qxf4 23. Nc4) 22... Qxf4 (22... Nd5 23. Bd1 $19) 23. Nf3 b5 24. Ng5
h6 25. Rg4 (25. Rf1 {was worth a try.} Qb4 26. Rb1) 25... Qe5 ({Not} 25... hxg5
26. Rxf4 gxf4 27. Kb2 $15) 26. Nf3 Qf5 ({Worse is} 26... Nxg4 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28.
Qe4 $14) (26... Qc5 $142 27. Rf4 Nd5 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Rf4 Be6+
29. Kb2 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({Weaker is} 30... cxd5 31. axb5 g5 32. Rb4 $11) 31.
axb5 cxb5 32. Rd4 Nf6 33. Nh4 $2 (33. Ra1) 33... Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Rfa8 35. Rg3 Ra1+
36. Kc2 R8a2+ 37. Kd3 Ne4 38. Rxd5 (38. Nxf5 $142 Nxg3 39. Nxg3 Bc4+ 40. Ke3)
38... Rxd2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Ke3 Rxd5 40. Rg6 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Nf6
42. Bf3 Rd4+ 43. Kg3 {[#]} Rxh4 $1 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yang, Yijing"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bc3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb2 dxc4 {E17: Queen's
Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {
[#]} Qd5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qb6 18. e3 Qa6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 Be7
21. a3 {0-1 (28) Drago,P (2099)-Ivanov,S (2561) Biella 2015}) 18. Kg1 Qb7 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 Be7 21. e3 ({Better is} 21. Rxc8 $11 Rxc8 22. Qa1) 21... Rxc1
$15 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Ne4 24. h4 f5 25. Qe2 b4 26. Bd4 Bd6 27. Kh2 Rc6 28.
Be5 Qc7 29. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 30. Rc1 Nc3 31. Qf3 {Black should prevent Nxb4!} a5 (
31... Rc8 $5 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qxa7 Nb5 $15) 32. Ne5 Rc8 33. Qb7 Qc7 34. Qa6 $1
Re8 35. Nc4 (35. Nc6 $1 $14) 35... a4 $1 $11 36. bxa4 Nxa2 37. Rb1 {
Threatening Rb2.} Qc5 38. Qb5 Rc8 39. Rb2 $2 {[#]} (39. Nd2 $11) 39... Qxb5 $1
$19 ({Worse is} 39... Qxc4 40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxa2 $11) 40. axb5 Rxc4 41. Rxa2 {
Endgame KR-KR} b3 42. Rb2 Rb4 43. Kg2 Rxb5 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kd2 Ke5
47. f3 {[#]} h6 $1 48. Kd3 $2 (48. h5 Ra5 49. Rxb3) 48... g5 49. f4+ Kf6 $2 (
49... gxf4 $19 50. exf4+ Kd5) 50. hxg5+ $11 {The position is equal.} hxg5 51.
Kc4 Rd5 52. Rxb3 Rd2 53. Rb6 Rg2 54. fxg5+ Ke5 55. Kd3 Rxg3 56. Rb5+ Kd6 57.
Ke2 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 Rxg5 59. Rb6+ Ke5 60. Rb5+ (60. e4 $5) 60... Kf6 61. Rb6 Rh5
62. Rb8 Rh3+ 63. Kf2 e5 64. Rf8+ Ke6 65. Re8+ Kd5 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} 66. Ra8
Rh2+ 67. Kf3 e4+ 68. Kg3 Re2 69. Ra5+ Ke6 70. Ra3 Kd6 71. Kf4 Rf2+ 72. Kg5 Rf3
(72... f4 $5 73. exf4 Rf3 $11) 73. Ra5 Ke6 (73... f4 $5 74. exf4 Rg3+ 75. Kf5
e3 $11) 74. Ra6+ Kd5 75. Ra5+ Kc4 {Threatens to win with ...Kd3.} 76. Rxf5 Kd3
77. Ra5 Kxe3 78. Kg4 Rf2 {And now ...Rg2+ would win.} 79. Ra3+ Ke2 80. Ra2+ Kf1
81. Ra1+ Ke2 82. Ra2+ Ke3 83. Ra3+ Kd4 84. Ra4+ Kd5 85. Ra5+ Kd6 86. Ra6+ Kc5
87. Ra5+ Kc4 88. Ra4+ Kd3 89. Ra3+ Kd4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 68%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nc3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qb8 16. c5 bxc5 17.
dxc5 Qc7 18. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Svidler,P (2735)-Jakovenko,D (2725) Astrakhan
2010}) 13... f5 14. Ne1 (14. Rac1 {seems wilder.} Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 a4 17.
Ne5) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd6 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. e3 Ba6 18. Bb2 a4 19. Rac1 axb3
20. axb3 Bb7 21. Qc3 Rfc8 22. Qe1 Nf6 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. b4 Ba6 26.
Ne5 Bb5 27. Bf1 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qb7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 {The position is equal.} 30.
Qc3 {Threatens to win with Bxb5.} Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Kf7 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 $11 {
Endgame KQR-KQR} Ra8 34. Ra3 Kg6 35. Qa1 Rb8 36. Ra4 Qb5 37. h4 e5 38. Kh2 Qc4
39. h5+ Kh6 40. Ra6 Rxb4 (40... Qe2 $5 41. Kg2 Rxb4 $11) 41. Rxc6 {[#] Hoping
for Qxe5.} Qc2 42. Qf1 Rb1 43. Qg2 Qd1 44. g4 $1 ({But not} 44. Rxf6+ $2 Kg5
$19) 44... Qxg4 45. Qxg4 fxg4 46. Rxf6+ Kxh5 {KR-KR} 47. Rf5+ Kh4 48. Rxe5 Rb2
49. Kg2 Rd2 50. Re7 h5 51. Rd7 g3 52. Rf7 {c6 is the strong threat.} gxf2 53.
Rxf2 Rd3 54. Rc2 Rxe3 55. c6 Re8 $1 56. c7 Rc8 57. Rc5 {Precision: White = 58%,
Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 {
LiveBook: 588 Games} 8. Qd2 $146 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and
Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without . ..a6} ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3
Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. b3 Qd7 15. Kh2 f5 16.
Bf3 Rae8 17. Bg2 Ne4 18. Rc1 h5 19. b4 Kh7 20. a3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Bu,X (2724)
-Socko,B (2587) Moscow 2016}) 8... Nd7 9. d5 Bxf3 10. exf3 {White is slightly
better.} Nd4 11. f4 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Nc5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Rfe1 (15. Rad1
$14) 15... a5 (15... Ndxb3 $11 {remains equal.} 16. axb3 Nxb3) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17.
h4 h5 18. Ne4 Nce6 19. Bc3 a4 {[#]} 20. b4 $1 ({Reject} 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. b4
Rfd8 $11) 20... Qa7 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. a3 Nf5 23. Bh3 {White wants to play Bxf5.}
d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nd2 Bxc3 ({Black should play} 25... Ned4 $1 $14) 26. Bxf5
$16 Ng7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxd2.} 27. Bxg6 $1 ({Much worse is} 27.
Qxc3 $6 Nxf5 28. Rc1 e6 $11) 27... Bxd2 (27... Rbc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 28.
Bh7+ $18 Kh8 29. Rxd2 e6 30. Qb1 f5 31. Bg6 Rbc8 32. Rd3 Rc4 33. Qb2 {And now
Qf6 would win.} d4 34. Qe2 Rc3 35. Red1 {Threatens to win with Rxc3.} Rdc8 $2 (
35... Rd5 36. Bxh5 Rxd3) 36. Rxd4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 {A11: English
Opening: 1...c6} cxd5 7. Nc3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 8. Qb3 {White is
slightly better.} (8. O-O O-O 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rfc1 a6 12. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 (51) Kramnik,V (2777) -Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015}) 8... Qb6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Rfc1 Nb8 13. Qxb6
axb6 {1/2-1/2 (80) Nikolaidis, I (2495)-Kalesis,N (2410) Glyfada 1995}) 9. Qxb6
Nxb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 e6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Ne5 Rb8 16. f4
Be8 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rfc1 b6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bf2 Ne7 22. Ra6 b5
23. b4 Rdd8 24. Bc5 Nc6 25. e3 Bf8 $1 {The position is equal.} 26. Bxf8 Kxf8
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Nxb5 Rb8 30. Nc3 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 {Precision: White
= 70%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48:
Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 (8... Rb8
9. Be2 d6 10. Qg3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016
}) 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qg3 d6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. h4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11... Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bg5 Bb7 {1-0 (38) Mozharov,M (2560)
-Ambartsumova,K (2282) Platja d'Aro 2016}) 12. h5 h6 $1 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
b5 15. f3 e5 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Qf2 Rab8 (17... b4 $5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qa5
$11) 18. g4 Qa5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (19... Bd8 {keeps more tension.} 20. Rhd1 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Bb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rc1 Rfb8) 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Rhd1 Bb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 e4 26. Be2 exf3 27. Bxf3 Nd7
28. Rd4 g6 29. Rc1 Rfb8 {White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. Be2
Nc5 32. Bc4 a5 33. Rf2 Nd7 (33... g5 $17) 34. Rfd2 Rc8 35. Be2 Nc5 36. Bd1 Re8
37. Re2 Reb8 38. Red2 R6b7 39. a3 Kf6 40. Re2 Kg5 41. Ka2 Nd7 ({Don't play} 
41... gxh5 42. gxh5 Rb5 43. Rg2+ Kf5 44. Re2 $11) 42. Rdd2 Ne5 ({Reject} 42...
gxh5 $6 43. gxh5 Kf6 44. Rf2+ Ke7 45. Ba4 $11) 43. Re4 Rc7 44. Ra4 Rb5 45. Rad4
Rbc5 46. b4 axb4 47. Rxb4 Rc3 48. a4 R7c5 49. Bb3 Nd3 ({Much worse is} 49...
Nxg4 $6 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. Rb6 $11) 50. Rb6 gxh5 51. gxh5 {[#]} f5 $1 52. Rg2+ {
[#]} Kf4 (52... Kh4 $1 $17 53. Rh2+ Kg3) 53. Rg6 $11 {The position is equal.}
Nc1+ 54. Kb2 Nd3+ 55. Ka2 $1 Nc1+ 56. Kb2 Nd3+ 57. Ka2 $1 Ke5 {Precision:
White = 45%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 {B23: Closed
Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bxc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7... h6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qd3 e6 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 (60) Zvjaginsev,V (2662)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2704) Moscow 2016}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 (10. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 $11) 10... Qa5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 
10... Qb6 11. Nd4 Rc8 {0-1 (34) Piscopo,P (2373)-Markos,J (2596) Rogaska
Slatina 2011}) 11. Bd2 (11. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 $11) 11... d5 12. e5 Ne4 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd7+ Bxd7 15. Bxa5 Bc5 16. Nd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 {C24: Bishop's Opening:
2...Nf6} Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games
} 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 {[#]} 14. Bh4 $146 Ra6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16.
Bc2 Bd7 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. d4 e4 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxe4 g5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. Nxg3
Bxb5 23. axb5 Rd6 24. Nf5 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd5 26. Qf3 Qf6 27. g4 Rxb5 (27... h5
$5 28. Qc3 Red8 $11) 28. Rae1 (28. Re5 $5 Rxb2 29. Qc3 $11) 28... Rf8 ({But not
} 28... Rxb2 $6 29. d5 $16) 29. Re5 $36 {White has the initiative.} Rb3 30. Qd5
{Strongly threatening Rxe6.} Rxb2 $2 {[#]} (30... Nf4 $11 31. Qxc4 Nh3+ 32. Kg2
Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Kg1) 31. Rxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rb5 33.
Qxc4 Rb4 34. Qc7 {White mates.} Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Qxb7 Rb1 37. Qd7 Rf7 38.
Qd5 Rb5 39. Re8# {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 {
C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. c4 (9.
Bc4 b6 10. c3 Be7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Rad1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 
(24) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Bluebaum,M (2642) Germany 2017}) 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2
Nf6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e5 12. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb5 Nc6 13.
O-O e4 14. Nfd4 a6 {1/2-1/2 (27) Tesik,C (2333)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2541)
Zalakaros 2016}) 12... Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Ne3 Be4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 Nd4
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ng4 Nxg4 (18... d3 $5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 $15) 19. Bxg4 d3 20. Rd2
Rd4 21. f3 Bg6 {aiming for ...h5.} 22. b3 a5 23. Kf2 a4 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...f5.} 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Rd6 26. f4 Be4 27. Bf3 Re8 28. Bxe4
Rxe4 {The position is equal.} 29. Kf3 f5 30. Rbd1 Red4 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kf3
Red4 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 e6 (5... a6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3
e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Rb1 h6 {1-0 (53)
Carlsen,M (2840)-Mamedyarov,S (2768) Doha 2016}) 6. Bb5 {B13: Caro-Kann:
Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 {The
position is equal.} Bd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 $146 Rab8 13.
f4 Qc7 14. g3 Na5 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Ra2 Nc4 17. b3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qc6 19. Re1 Re8
20. a5 Nd7 21. c4 dxc4 22. Be4 ({But not} 22. Bxc4 $6 Nf6 $11) 22... Qc7 23.
bxc4 Be7 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Be3 $1 Rbc8 26. Rb2 Qxa5 27. Rxb7 Nb6 {[#]} 28. c5 $1
Nd5 {[#]} 29. Bf2 $1 Qa4 30. Qd1 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Qa5 $2 (
30... Qxd1 $16 31. Rxd1 (31. Bxd1 Red8 $16) 31... Kf8) 31. Qe2 $2 (31. Bxd5 $18
exd5 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qh5) 31... Qa4 $16 32. Qd1 $2 (32. Qd3 $16) 32... Qa5
$1 $18 33. f5 {And now fxe6 would win.} Rcd8 (33... Nc7 $142 34. Qd3 Red8) 34.
fxe6 fxe6 35. Bh5 Rf8 36. Bg4 Nc3 $2 (36... Kh8 37. Rxe6 (37. Bxe6 Nc7 $16)
37... Qc3) 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Qh5 {Intending Bf5 and mate.} Bxd4 39. Bxd4 {
White mates.} Rxd4 40. Qe5 Ne2+ 41. Rxe2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 38%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Bb3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qe2
Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14.
Nc3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (35) Miroshnichenko,E (2670)-Gasanov,E (2488)
Kharkov 2010}) 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 a5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Nbxd7 16.
a4 Rad8 17. Kh1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6 19. Nf3 Nbd5 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qxd4 22.
Nxa5 Qa7 (22... Ra8 $5 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Nxb7 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 $15) 23. Nc4 Nc7
24. Be3 Bc5 25. Bd2 Nxb5 26. axb5 Qb8 27. Bc3 Bd4 28. Ne5 Bxc3 ({Black should
try} 28... Rd5 $15) 29. bxc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc7 30. c4 Nd7 31.
Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Rac1 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
e3 Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:05] E04: Open Catalan: Nf3} 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qxc4
exd4 12. Qb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rb8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qf1 {[#]} Be7 $146 {[#]} ({
Predecessor:} 14... Bd6 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bh3 {1/2-1/2 (76) Tomashevsky,E (2722)
-Bu,X (2698) Novi Sad 2016}) 15. Nc3 $1 O-O (15... dxc3 16. Rxd7) 16. exd4 Nxd4
17. Bf4 Rbd8 18. Bxb7 a5 19. Bg2 c5 ({Black should play} 19... Rfe8 $14) 20.
Qa6 ({White should try} 20. Ne2 $16) 20... a4 21. Qc4 Qg4 22. h3 Qh5 23. Qxa4
Nf3+ (23... Bd6 $16) 24. Bxf3 $1 $18 Qxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qb7 28. Qe2 h6 29. a4 Bd8 30. Qb5 Qa7 (30... Qxb5 $142 31. Nxb5 (31. axb5 Nd7
$18) 31... Nd7) 31. Be3 Be7 (31... Qd7 {was necessary.} 32. Bxc5 Bc7 33. Qxd7
Nxd7) 32. a5 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 33. a6 Bd8 34. Bf4 {Precision:
White = 71%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3
a5 $1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 13. Nb3 e5 14. Re1 Be6 15. c5 Bc7 16. Rc1 {[#]} O-O
$146 17. Nbd2 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Qa4 (19. Nfd2 $5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $11) 19...
Qd7 20. Nfd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 22. f3 Qd5 23. Qb5 a4 (23... b6 $5) 24. Nb6 ({
Wrong is} 24. Qxb7 $2 Ra7 $19) 24... Bxb6 $1 25. Qxb6 Re7 26. Qb5 Ra5 27. Qc4
Rd7 28. Kf2 Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc5 30. Nb6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Re7
32. Nxa4 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Rd1 b6 37. Nb3 Re4 38.
Nd2 Re6 39. Nf3 Rf6 40. Ke2 Re6+ 41. Kd2 Rf6 42. Rc1 Rxf3 43. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rf2+
44. Kc1 Rxh2 45. Rxb6 Rg2 46. Rb3 {Strongly threatening a4.The position is
equal.} Kf7 47. a4 Ke6 48. a5 Kd5 49. Ra3 Rg1+ 50. Kc2 {[#] a6 is the strong
threat.} Rg2+ 51. Kb1 {Threatens to win with a6.} Rg1+ 52. Ka2 {aiming for a6.}
Re1 53. a6 Re8 54. a7 Ra8 55. Kb3 Kc5 56. Kc2 Kb6 57. Kd3 Rxa7 58. Rxa7 Kxa7
59. Kxd4 {KPP-KPP} h5 $1 60. Ke5 g5 61. Kf5 h4 62. gxh4 gxh4 {[#] Hoping for ..
.h3.} 63. Kg4 Kb6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} (63... h3 $5 64. Kxh3
Kb8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {LiveBook: 38
Games. D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6... Qc8
7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Bd8 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. Bg3
O-O 14. e3 {1-0 (38) Wang,Y (2729)-Bu,X (2710) Shenzhen 2015}) 7. Nh4 Bc8 $146
({Predecessor:} 7... Bg6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bc4 e6 12.
Nxe4 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. h4 N7f6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bf4
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Qxb3 {1/2-1/2 (20) Zaja,I (2488)-Tukmakov,V (2604)
Pula 2001}) 8. Bf4 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nf3 $1 Nh5 10. Bd2 e5
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be2 (14. Na4 $16 Bd4 15. Nb6) 14...
Qxe5 $11 15. exd5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. O-O $1 O-O 18. Rad1 Bd4 19. Bd3 {
Ne2 is the strong threat.} (19. g3 $5 Qf6 20. Ne4 $11) 19... Bg4 20. Rde1 {
aiming for Re4.} Qd2 21. Ne2 (21. Be2 $5 Bc8 22. Rd1 $11) 21... Bf6 $1 (21...
Bxb2 $2 22. Rd1 $18) (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Re4 $18) 22. h3 Bc8 23.
Qa3 Rd8 (23... g6 $15) 24. Ng3 (24. dxc6 $11 Rxd3 25. Nc3 $1) 24... Qxb2 $15
25. Qd6 {[#] Intending Qxd8+! and mate.} g6 $1 ({Worse is} 25... Rxd6 26. Re8#)
26. Qb8 Qd4 {White must now prevent ...Be6.} 27. Re4 Qxd3 28. Rfe1 Be6 ({
Don't capture} 28... Rxd5 $2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxc8 $18) 29. Qxa7 Bxd5 30. Re8+
({Don't play} 30. Qxb7 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Bc3 $15) 30... Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Qb8
{Threatens to win with Nh5+!} Qd1+ 33. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Rg8+.} Qd4
$1 34. Qd6 $132 {White puts up resistance} Kh6 {[#]} (34... h5 $1 $11 {remains
equal.}) 35. Re2 (35. Ne4 $1 $16 Bxe4 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Rxe4) 35... b5 36. Qf8+
Bg7 37. Qa3 (37. Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf6 38. Qb4) 37... Be5 (37... Qf4
$17 38. Kg1 b4 39. Qxa6 Be5) 38. Qe7 Bf6 (38... Bxg3+ $5 39. Kxg3 Kg7 $11) 39.
Qf8+ $1 {The position is equal.} Bg7 40. Qd6 Bf6 41. Qf8+ {Precision: White =
51%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 {D38: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (12... Nd7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 b6 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 (52) Anton Guijarro,D (2679)-Inarkiev,E (2727) Poikovsky 2017}) 13. Nd4
Rc8 14. Bb5 Rxc5 15. Kd2 a6 16. Bd3 Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc8 17. Rhb1
Nd7 18. a4 g6 19. a5 Rc7 20. Rb4 {1/2-1/2 (28) Gatto,C (2133)-Lorenz,R (2209)
ICCF email 2012}) 17. Rhb1 Nd7 18. a4 Rac8 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. f3 Kf8 21. a5 Ke7
22. Rb6 Nd7 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Rb6 Nd7 25. Rb4 Nc5 26. Be2 g6 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. Rab1
Bc8 29. g4 Ne6 30. h4 Rc5 31. Nb3 Rc6 32. Nd4 Rc5 33. Nb3 Rc6 34. Rh1 Kf8 35.
Nd4 Rc5 36. Nb3 Rc6 $1 37. Bd3 Rdd6 38. Nd4 Rc5 39. Ra1 Rc7 40. Rbb1 Nc5 41.
Rh1 b5 42. axb6 $1 Rxb6 43. Rhb1 Rcb7 44. Rxb6 Rxb6 45. Ra5 Nxd3 46. Kxd3 $14 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd6 47. Nc2 Bd7 48. Nb4 Bb5+ 49. Kd4 Be2 50. f4 ({Much worse
is} 50. Rxd5 $6 Rxd5+ 51. Nxd5 Bxf3 $11) ({But not} 50. Nxd5 $6 Bxf3 51. g5
hxg5 $11) 50... Re6 51. Nxd5 Bxg4 {[#]} 52. Rc5 (52. e4 $1 $16) 52... Bf5 {
Precision: White = 50%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
O-O {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6)
without ...a6} O-O 9. Be3 d5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Qc1 {The position is
equal.} (10. Rc1 Nc6 11. b3 e6 12. Qd2 dxc4 13. Rxc4 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
Rfd8 16. Qb2 a5 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd4 f5
{1/2-1/2 (21) Batchuluun,T (2525)-Wang,H (2680) Chengdu 2017}) 10... Nc6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (11) De Jong,J (2454) -Kuipers,S 
(2389) Haarlem 2014}) 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 a5 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Qc3
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb4 17. Rac1 c6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. a4 (19. e4 $5 Nf6 20. Ng5 $14)
19... Nf6 20. Bf4 Qd5 21. Be5 Bh6 22. Rc2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nd5 24. e4 Nb6 25. Rc2
Rd7 26. b3 f6 27. Bf4 $36 {White has some pressure.} Bxf4 28. gxf4 Nc8 29. Rc5
Kf7 30. f5 Nb6 31. h4 Rdd8 32. h5 g5 33. Kg3 Nd7 34. Rcc1 Nf8 35. Rc5 e6 36.
Kg4 h6 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e5 exf5+ 39. Kxf5 Nd7 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...
g4.} 40. Rc3 Rad8 41. Re3 {aiming for e6+.} (41. e6+ $5 Rxe6 42. d5 $11) 41...
Kg7 42. d5 (42. Kg4 $15) 42... fxe5 $19 43. dxc6 bxc6 {White must now prevent .
..Rf8+.} 44. Kg4 e4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf6+.} 45. Nd4 $2 (45. Kg3 {
was the crucial defense.}) 45... Nf6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Kh3 Rd5
47. b4 axb4 48. Nb3 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 50. Nxe4 Nd5 51. Re1
Rxa4 52. Nd6 (52. Rb1 $142) 52... b3 53. Nf5+ Kh7 54. Rb1 Rb4 {Precision:
White = 37%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 b6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3... dxe4} 9.
Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Ne5 (11. Kb1 Qc8 12. c4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. f3 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 {1-0 (46) Demchenko,A (2632) -Stupak,K 
(2562) Subic Bay 2016}) 11... c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({But not} 11... Bxg2 $6
12. Rhg1 $18) 12. dxc5 {Hoping for c6.} Qc7 13. c6 Bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Kb1
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f3 Qa4 16. Kb1 Nd5 17. Be4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rad8 19. Qb3
Qxb3 20. axb3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Treybal,D (2173) -Rybansky,A 
(2104) Slovakia 2008}) 15... Rac8 16. Bd4 (16. f4 $14) 16... Rfd8 $11 17. c3 (
17. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 18. g3 $11) 17... Qxg2 18. h4 Qg4 19. f3 Qh5 $1 20. Rdg1 {[#]}
Ne8 $1 21. Bc2 Kf8 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. f4 (24. Rg4 $15) 24... Nd6 $17
25. f5 Nxf5 26. Qf4 Ke7 27. Rf1 Qh6 28. Qa4 Ng3 (28... Ne3 $17 29. Qa3+ Rd6 30.
Qxa7+ Rd7 31. Qxb6 Nxf1 32. Qb4+ Kd8 33. Rxf1 Qe3) 29. Qxa7+ {[#]} (29. Qa3+
$11 {remains equal.} Rc5 30. Rd1) 29... Rd7 $1 30. Qa3+ $2 (30. Qxb6 $17 {
only move.} Nxf1 31. Qb4+ Kd8 32. Rxf1) 30... Rc5 $19 31. Qb4 Nxh1 32. Qxb6 Qe3
33. Rxh1 Rxc3 34. Qb4+ Rc5 35. Re1 Qf2 36. Bb3 Qd4 37. Qa3 Rd6 38. Qa7+ Kf8 {
( -> ...Qd3+)} 39. Qa8+ Rd8 40. Qg2 Qd2 41. Qg1 Qd4 $2 (41... Qd3+ $19 42. Ka1
Rdc8) 42. Qh1 $2 (42. Qg2 $11 Qxh4 43. Qh1) 42... Qd3+ {Black is clearly
winning.} 43. Ka1 Rdc8 44. Qg1 {[#]} Qg3 $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black =
79%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Li, Di"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} (6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10.
hxg3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne5 h5 {0-1 (39) Karjakin,S (2783)-Adams,
M (2761) Shamkir 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 h6 12. Rab1 O-O 13. b4
Rfe8 {0-1 (54) Chatalbashev,B (2546)-Mainka,R (2408) Germany 2017}) 11... h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5+
Qd7 18. Qc2 Bc7 19. Qc5 Rhe8 20. a3 g5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe6
{[#]} 24. Nc2 (24. Kf1 $15) 24... Qa2 $17 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 25. Qc3 Qb1+ 26. Ne1
Qd1 27. Kf1 {[#]} Bb6 $1 28. Qf3 (28. Qh3+ $17 {was necessary.} Kb8 29. Qxh6)
28... Qxf3 $19 29. Nxf3 {Endgame KB-KN} g4 30. Ne5 f5 31. Nc4 (31. d5 $17 {
keeps fighting.}) 31... Bxd4 32. Nd6+ (32. b3 $142 Kd7 33. Ke2) 32... Kd7 33.
Nxf5 $2 (33. Nxb7 Bxb2 34. a4) 33... Bxb2 34. Nxh6 Bxa3 35. Nxg4 Bb2 36. Ke2 a5
37. Kd3 a4 38. Kc2 $2 (38. h4 c5 39. Kc2) 38... Bd4 {Black is clearly winning.}
39. Ne3 b5 40. Kd3 (40. Kb1 $142 Ke6 41. Ka2) 40... c5 {Precision: White = 29%,
Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ (5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1
Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14.
Qd2 Nc6 15. d5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Svidler,P (2755)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow 2017})
5... Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Qd1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2
f5 10. O-O fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 {0-1 (56) Rakotomaharo,F (2439)
-Kigigha,B (2340) Baku 2016}) 6. Qb3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange
Variation} Bc6 7. e3 a6 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Be4 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 c5 14. a4 Rc8 15. Be1 cxd4 (15... c4
$5 16. Bxc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh4 $11) 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. Ng5 Bd5 19.
Qc2 (19. Qb1 $5 Nf6 20. h3 $11) 19... f5 (19... Nf6 $11) 20. Bc4 $14 {And now
Qb3 would win.} Rc8 $1 {[#]} 21. Bxd5 $1 {Intending Qxf5 and mate.} Rxc2 (21...
exd5 22. Qxf5) 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Rxc2 Ke7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...h6.} 24.
Bxf5 g6 ({Black should try} 24... b5 $1 $14) 25. Bd3 $1 $16 b5 {[#]} (25...
Bxh2+ $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Kf1 Bd6) 26. axb5 $1 $18 ({Inferior is} 26.
Nxh7 bxa4 27. f4 (27. Bxg6 $2 Qb1 $19) 27... g5 $11) 26... axb5 27. Rb2 ({
Don't take} 27. Nxh7 $6 Qg8 $11) 27... b4 {[#]} 28. Ne4 $1 b3 {intending ...
Ba3.} 29. Nxd6 Kxd6 30. Bc4 Qa7 {...Qa1 is the strong threat.} 31. Rxb3 Qa1 32.
Kf1 {White has a decisive advantage.} Ke7 33. f3 Nf6 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Kf2 Kd8
36. g4 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Be1 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7
Nc3)} c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (9... d5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5
13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3 Rfd8 17. bxc5 {1-0 (57) Vitiugov,
N (2724) -Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017}) 10. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 Na6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc4 Rfc8 19. Ra4 Nc5 20. Rg4+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (34) Xu,
Y (2523) -Zeng,C (2549) Xinghua 2016}) 10... d5 11. cxd5 {The position is
equal.} exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Qb1 Qd7 {[#]} (15... Ne6
$11) 16. b4 $1 $16 Qe6 17. Nb5 Na4 18. Nbxd4 Bxd4 19. Ng5 Qh6 20. b5 $1 Na5 (
20... Nd8 $1 $14 21. Rxd4 Qxg5) 21. Rxd4 Qxg5 22. Rxa4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb7 24.
Rf4 Rfe8 25. Qb3 Qh5 26. Bb4 Nd8 27. Qf3 ({Much weaker is} 27. Rh4 $6 Qxb5 28.
Rc1 Ne6 $11) 27... Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 (28. exf3 $16 Ne6 29. Re4) 28... Rc8 $1 $14
29. Bd6 Nb7 30. Rd1 $40 {White attacks.} Rc2 31. Bb4 (31. e3 $14) 31... Rxa2
32. Rd7 Nd8 33. h4 h5 34. e3 a5 ({Black should play} 34... f6 $1 $14) 35. Bc3
Rc2 ({Black should try} 35... Ra3 36. Rc4 Ne6) 36. Bd4 $16 Ne6 (36... Rf8 $16
37. Bxb6 Ne6) 37. Rfxf7 $18 a4 38. Bxg7 a3 39. Bf6 {White wants to mate with
Rh7.} a2 $2 {[#]} (39... Rf8 $18 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 40. Rh7 $1 {Precision: White
= 66%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 47 Games} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]
D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (11... Bd7
12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18.
Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 {1/2-1/2 (37) Anand,V (2817)-Kramnik,V (2785)
Monte Carlo 2011}) 12. Na2 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. b4 Be7 14. b5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nc5 18.
e4 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 (62) Kim,B-Nemcova,K (2357) Princeton
2012}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. b4 Rdc8 16. Bb3 b5 17. Be1 Be7 18. Nfe5 Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Be8 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. f3 Rab8 22. e4 Ne8 23. Rac1 Bd6 (23... Bg5 {
keeps more tension.} 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g3 Be7 26. h4 g6) 24. Nc4 Bxc4 (24...
Bf4 {with more complications.} 25. Rc2 Bg5 26. g3 Be7 27. Kg2 g6) 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. Bxc4 Bxb4 27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Bxa6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 29. Be2 Ke7 30.
Kf2 e5 31. Rd5 f6 32. Rc5 Rb7 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. Ra5 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Rb7 36. Ke3 {
Precision: White = 48%, Black = 72%.} *

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 Bg4 {C41: Philidor
Defence} (6... O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rad1 c6
12. h3 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 c5 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Rapport,R 
(2671) Biel 2015}) 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nde2 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games}
Qc8 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 Ng6
{0-1 (34) Plachetka,J-Espig,L Dresden 1969}) 14... c6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Nce2 Rad8
(16... d5 $5) 17. Kh1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Rae1 Bh3
22. Re2 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Bc3 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 a6 {The position
is equal.} 27. Bb2 Rxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Re8 $132 {Black is not keeping still} 29.
Rxe8 (29. Rd2 {with more complications.} Qc6 30. Qd3 Bb4 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Qxe2
h5 33. Bd4) 29... Qxe8 30. Qd2 Qe6 31. Bd4 Be7 32. Qd3 Bb4 33. Qe3 Qf5 {
Precision: White = 47%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Lou, Yiping"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Kxe7
8. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1+ Kf8 {LiveBook:
4 Games} 11. Rxe8+ Kxe8 12. Bd2 h6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. f4 {[#]} Ne8
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nb6) 16. Ne2 Nc7 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. h3 c5 19. dxc5
Bxc5+ 20. Kh2 (20. Be3 $5 b6 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. c4 $11) 20... a5 21. Nf5 b6 (
21... Ne4 $5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 22. g4 Ne6 23. a3 Kg8 24. b4 Bf8 25. Nc6 axb4
26. axb4 Bb7 (26... Bd7 $11 27. Nce7+ Kh8) 27. Nfe7+ $14 Bxe7 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29.
Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nf5 Rd8 (31... Bc6 $14) 32. Ra1 $16 d4 33. Ng3 g5 34.
fxg5 Nxg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 35. Bxg5 (35. Ra7 $16 Rd7 36. Be2
) 35... hxg5 $14 36. Ra7 Bc8 37. Bf5 Bxf5 38. Nxf5 Nd5 39. Nxd4 {Precision:
White = 34%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05] B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: Bd3} (10.
Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nde5 14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16.
Qe2 b6 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bb1 Rfd8 {0-1 (61) Volokitin,A (2624)-Vallejo Pons,F 
(2711) Almaty 2016}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Nf3
Rac8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. b3 Qb8 16. Bb1 Rfd8 $146 (16... d5 $5) ({
Predecessor:} 16... Nc5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 {0-1 (80) Aslanian,L (2230)
-Arakhamia Grant,K (2450) Moscow 1994}) 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Qf4 e5 20.
Qe3 (20. Qh4 $5 Nh5 21. Be7 $14) 20... Bc6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Bh6 b5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bc2 Nf4 26. Bb3 h6 27. Rc2 Re7 28. Rcd2 ({White should play} 
28. h4 $11) 28... Ba8 $15 29. Nd5 (29. Rc2 $142) 29... Bxd5 $1 $17 30. Bxd5 (
30. exd5 $142 Rec7 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5) 30... N4xd5 31. exd5 Qa7 32. Qe2 Rc4
33. a4 (33. Rc2 $142) 33... Qxa4 $19 34. Nd4 $2 {[#]} (34. Ne1) 34... Rxd4 {
Precision: White = 27%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2
Na6 9. Rd1 c5 {[%emt 0:00:07] D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be: Lines
without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. cxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. And
now Bxa6 would win.} exd5 (11... Nxc5 $14 12. dxe6 Bxe6) 12. Nd4 ({Stronger
than} 12. Rxd5 Nb4 $17) (12. Bxa6 $1 $16 bxa6 13. Qd2 (13. Rxd5 Be6 $14)) 12...
Nxc5 $11 13. Bd3 {[#]} Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Be6 15.
O-O Rfd8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Ncxb5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Van Wely,L (2475)-Pigusov,E 
(2540) Vienna 1991}) 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Rxd4 f5 16. b4 Qa6 17. bxc5 Kxh7 18. Nxd5
Be6 19. Ra4 Qc6 20. Nf4 b5 21. Nxe6 Qxg2 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf4 Qxh1+ $16 {
Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Ke2 Qc6 25. Rxf5 Qg6 26. e4 Qg4+ (26... Re8 $16 27. Kf1
Rc8) 27. Ke3 $18 Re8 28. Rd5 Qg1 29. Rd1 $2 (29. c6 $18) 29... Qxh2 ({Black
should play} 29... Qg2 $14) 30. c6 {[#] Threatens to win with c7.} Rf8 {
Hoping for ...Qh3+.} 31. Rd7 $2 (31. Rd5 $18) 31... Kh8 $11 32. Rd5 {c7 is the
strong threat.} Qf4+ $1 33. Kd4 {Black must now prevent c7.} Qf6+ 34. e5 Qh4+
35. Kc5 {[#] aiming for c7.} Qe7+ 36. Kxb5 a6+ $2 (36... Qc7 $1 $11 37. Qc5 Rf4
) 37. Kc4 $4 ({Don't go for} 37. Kxa6 $2 Qa3+ 38. Kb7 Qa8+ 39. Kb6 Rb8+ 40. Kc5
Qa5+ 41. Kd4 Rb4+ 42. Qc4 Rxc4+ 43. Kxc4 Qxa2+ 44. Kc5 Qa5+ 45. Kd6 Qd8+ 46.
Kc5 Qf8+ 47. Kc4 Qxf2 $19) (37. Ka5 $18 {is the narrow road to win. Strongly
threatening c7.} Qc7+ 38. Ka4) 37... Rf4+ $19 38. Kd3 $2 (38. Rd4 Qe6+ 39. Kc5
Qxe5+ 40. Rd5) 38... Qa3+ 39. Qb3 Rf3+ 40. Ke4 (40. Kc2 $142 Rxb3 41. axb3)
40... Rxb3 41. axb3 Qxb3 {KQ-KR} 42. Rc5 Qb6 43. Kd5 Qc7 44. Rc1 h5 45. Rb1
Qa5+ 46. Kd6 Qd8+ 47. Ke6 Qc7 48. Kd5 Qf7+ 49. Kc5 Qxf2+ 50. Kd6 Qd4+ 51. Kc7
Qxe5+ 52. Kb6 Qb8+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07] D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5
cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 Bd3} (9. Be4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Ba6 13.
Re1 Bb5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qf5 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 {0-1 (72) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Ganguly,S (2668) Doha 2016}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bxc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3
Be6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. c4 f6 17. Nh4 {1-0 (17) Molchanov,N-Kotenko,P (2275)
Novokuznetsk 1998}) 12... Bd7 13. c4 Qe7 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1
Rac8 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Ba3 $1 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22.
Bxb7 {[#] Rd3 is the strong threat.} (22. Qb3 $5 Qa5 23. Bc2 $11 (23. Bxb7 Ba4
$17)) 22... Rc7 23. Bf3 Ba4 24. Rd3 Bxc2 25. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} Rxd4
26. c5 Rxc5 27. Rxa7 f6 28. Rc1 $36 {White has the initiative.} Rcc4 29. Be2
Ra4 30. Rxa4 Bxa4 31. Rc4 Rd2 32. Rxa4 {[#] Strongly threatening Kf1.} Rxe2 33.
g3 Kh7 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 O-O
10. Be2 b6 11. Nd1 f6 12. c3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2
Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jakovenko,D (2718)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 7. Be3
b6 8. Qd2 a5 (8... O-O $11) 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f5 O-O 10. Bb5 cxd4
11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. f6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Nxe5 14. h4 Ng4 {1-0 (23) Dann,M (2482)
-Kuklin,V (2366) Boeblingen 2016}) 9... Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nc6 12. c4
cxd4 13. Nexd4 Bb4 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {aiming for cxd5.} dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc8
17. Qb5 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Kf2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ke7 22. Rc1 Ra7
23. Rc6 Rb7 24. Rdd6 Rhb8 25. Kf3 b5 26. Bf2 Ra8 27. Ke4 $36 {Keeping Black
busy.} h5 28. h3 a4 29. g4 hxg4 30. Bh4+ Ke8 31. hxg4 b4 32. f5 Nf8 33. Rb6 (
33. Ra6 $16 Rbb8 34. Rdb6) 33... Rbb8 (33... Rxb6 $1 $14 34. Rxb6 b3 35. axb3
axb3) 34. Be1 Nd7 (34... Rxb6 $16 35. Rxb6 b3 36. axb3 Nd7) 35. Rxb4 $18 Rxb4+
36. Bxb4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 37. a3 Rb5 38. Bc3 (38. fxe6 Rxe5+ 39. Kd3 Rxe6
$16) 38... Ke7 39. Rc6 Rd5 $2 (39... Kd8 40. Bd4 f6 41. exf6 (41. Rxe6 fxe5 42.
Be3 Nf6+ 43. Kf3 Kd7 $18) (41. fxe6 Nxe5 42. Rc5 Rxc5 $18) 41... exf5+ 42. gxf5
Nxf6+ 43. Kf4 Nd5+ 44. Kg5 Ke8 45. Bxg7 Ne7) 40. g5 Rb5 $2 (40... g6 41. f6+
Kd8) 41. f6+ gxf6 42. gxf6+ Kd8 43. Rd6 Kc7 {intending ...Nxf6+.} 44. Rd2 Nb6
45. Rh2 Rd5 46. Rh8 Kc6 47. Bd4 Nc4 48. Rc8+ Kb5 49. Rb8+ Kc6 {and the idea ...
Nd2+ leaves Black hopeful.} 50. Rb4 Nd2+ 51. Ke3 Nb3 52. Bc3 ({Don't take} 52.
Rxa4 $6 Nxd4 53. Rc4+ (53. Rxd4 Rxe5+ 54. Re4 Rf5 $16) 53... Kb6 $16) 52... Nc5
53. Rc4 Kb5 (53... Rd3+ $16 {was worth a try.} 54. Ke2 Rd5) 54. Rh4 $1 Nd3 55.
Rh5 (55. Ke4 $1 $16) 55... Kc4 $1 $14 56. Rh7 Nxe5 57. Rh4+ Kb5 58. Rb4+ Kc5
59. Rxa4 Nc4+ 60. Ke2 Rh5 (60... Nb6 $16 61. Rh4 Kc6) 61. Kd3 (61. Ra7 $1 $18)
61... Rh3+ 62. Kc2 Ne3+ 63. Kb1 (63. Kd2 $16 Nf5 64. Ra7) 63... Nd5 $11 64. Be5
Kb5 (64... Rf3 $11) 65. Ra7 $1 $16 Rh5 66. Bd6 (66. Bc3 $1 $16) 66... Nxf6 (
66... Rh7 $11) 67. Rxf7 Nd5 {[#]} 68. Kc2 (68. Rf8 $1 $16) 68... Rh3 (68... e5
$14) 69. Rf2 Kc4 {[#]} 70. Re2 (70. Rf8 $1 $16) 70... Ne3+ $1 $11 71. Kd2 Nf5 {
Strongly threatening ...Rd3+.} 72. Be5 Rd3+ 73. Ke1 Kd5 (73... Re3 $11 {
remains equal.}) 74. Kf2 (74. Bc3 $16) 74... Nh4 (74... Rh3 $11) 75. Bc3 $16
Rf3+ 76. Ke1 Ng6 77. Kd2 e5 78. Re3 ({White should play} 78. Kc2 $16) 78...
Rf2+ $1 $14 79. Re2 (79. Ke1 $14 Rh2 80. a4) 79... Rf3 $16 80. a4 (80. Kc2 $16)
80... e4 $1 $11 81. a5 {Hoping for a6.} (81. Re3 $5 Rf2+ 82. Re2 $16) 81... Nf4
$1 82. Re3 {Black must now prevent Rxf3.} Rf2+ 83. Kc1 Nd3+ 84. Kb1 Rf3 85. Re2
{White wants to play Kc2.} Rf1+ 86. Kc2 Nf4 87. Rd2+ Kc6 88. a6 e3 89. Rd4 Nd5
90. Re4 {a7 is the strong threat.} Ra1 {The position is equal.} 91. Bd4 {
Threatens to win with a7.} Rxa6 92. Re6+ Kb5 93. Rxa6 Kxa6 94. Kd3 Kb5 95. Bxe3
Nxe3 96. Kxe3 Kb4 97. Ke4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch
Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} h6 13. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 {White
is slightly better.} gxf6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Nf5 $146 {Black must now prevent a3.
} ({Predecessor:} 16. c3 Bd6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rc7 19. Rad1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 
(41) Ardeleanu,A (2420)-Itkis,B (2460) Sovata 1998}) 16... Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rb8
18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. c3 Bf8 20. Bd7 (20. Rd2 $5) 20... Re2 {The position is equal.
} 21. Bxc6 Rbxb2 22. Bxd5 Bc5 23. Kh1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB}
25. g3 f5 26. Bc4 f4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Bd5 Rf2 29. Rd3 Kg7 30. Rf3 Rxf3 31.
Bxf3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 {
B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} (
13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 Rg8 15. Qh4 Rxg2 16. f5 Rg5 17. Qxh7 Bg7 18. h4 Rg2 19. Qh5
Qa7 20. Rhf1 Rg8 21. Ne2 {0-1 (44) Swiercz,D (2665)-Eliseev,U (2601) Moscow
2016}) 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 e5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. White is slightly better.} 16.
Nc1 (16. Ng3 $1 $16) 16... Qb7 $11 17. Nb3 $146 {Na5 is the strong threat.} ({
Predecessor:} 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 h5 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nd2 a3 21. b3 {0-1 (34)
Jacimovic,Z-Milovanovic,S Yugoslavia 1993}) 17... a5 $1 18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5
Bxd5 20. Bc4 Rg8 (20... Bc6 $11) 21. Bxd5 $14 Qxd5 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Qe2 Rc8 24.
Rd2 (24. g4 $16) 24... Qc4 (24... Kf8 $14) 25. Qe3 Rg4 (25... Qc6 $1 $14) 26.
Re1 $18 a4 27. h3 Rg8 28. g4 $36 {White is in control.} ({But not} 28. Qa7 $6
a3 $16) 28... a3 $2 {[#]} (28... Qc6 {is tougher.} 29. Qh6 Rd8 30. Qxh7 Rf8 31.
Rxd8+ Kxd8) 29. b3 $2 ({Weaker is} 29. Qa7 Kf8 $14) (29. g5 $1 $18 {and the
rest is easy.} b3 (29... fxg5 30. f6) 30. cxb3) 29... Qc6 $16 30. Red1 (30. Kc1
$16) 30... Kf8 (30... h6 $1 $14) 31. Qh6+ $18 Rg7 $2 {[#]} (31... Ke8 $16) 32.
g5 $1 fxg5 33. f6 {White mates.} Bxf6 34. Nxf6 Qc3 35. Rd8+ {Precision: White
= 47%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} (6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4
a5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb5 Nb4 14. Bb1 Be7 15. e4 Ba6 16. Re1 c6 17.
Nc3 Nf6 {0-1 (53) Anton Guijarro,D (2650) -Vitiugov,N (2726) Tallinn 2016})
6... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Bf3
Qb8 11. a3 O-O 12. Nge4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {1/2-1/2
(22) Ramesa,D (2326)-Kovacevic,B (2459) Sibenik 2010}) 7. Ne5 {[#] Hoping for
Nc6.} Bb7 8. Nxd7 {The position is equal.} Qxd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. h3
c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 (14. O-O $142) 14... g6 $17 {White must
now prevent ...c4.} 15. Bc3 (15. Qc3 $17 {is a better defense.} d4 16. exd4)
15... Qe7 16. Qa4 (16. Qd2 {was worth a try.}) 16... d4 $1 $19 17. exd4 Bxg2
18. dxc5 Bxc5 ({Weaker is} 18... Bxh1 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Qh4 $11) 19. Rg1 {[#]}
(19. Rh2 $142 Rfd8 20. Rxg2 Rxd3 21. Kf1) 19... Be4 $1 20. Bc4 Bf5 {Black is
clearly winning.} 21. b4 (21. Rg2 $142 Ne4 22. Ba5) 21... Ne4 22. bxc5 Nxc3 23.
Qa3 Nxe2 24. Bxe2 Rfe8 25. Qe3 {If only White now had time for Qxe7....} Qf6 {
Precision: White = 19%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:
1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4} e5 7. Nb3
Ne7 8. Bg5 (8. c4 $14) (8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Na5 Nbc6 11. Nxc4 Be6 12.
Nba3 Kc7 {1-0 (38) Gajewski,G (2621)-Stupak,K (2564) St Petersburg 2016}) 8...
f6 $11 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc5 d4 11. e3 Re8 12. exd4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Ba3 Nec6 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Nd6 Re5 17. Nxc8 Qa5 18. Nd6 Na6
19. Nc4 {1-0 (19) Batrak,A (1892)-Imanly,M (1636) Batumi 2010}) 9... Nbc6 10.
e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12. Re1 f5 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Qd5 Rd8 16. Qc5
Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Kf7 18. Na3 {[#]} Rd5 $1 19. Nd3 b5 {Threatens to win with ...a5.
} 20. Nb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 e4 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rhd8 24. Rac1 g5 25. b3 Rd3 26.
Ne3 Bd4 27. Rc7+ Kg6 $1 28. Ba5 ({Better is} 28. Be7 $15 Bxe3 29. fxe3) 28...
Re8 29. Nc2 Bf6 30. Rc4 Re6 31. Bc7 Re7 32. Ne3 Red7 (32... Bc3 $142 33. Rd1
Bd2) 33. Rec1 (33. Rc6 $17 {was called for.}) 33... Bd4 {[#] ...Rxe3 is the
strong threat.} 34. Rc6+ (34. Bb8 {keeps fighting.}) 34... Kh5 $19 {Hoping for
...Rxe3.} 35. g4+ Bxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nf1 {intending Ng3+.} f4
{Strongly threatening ...Rf3.} 37. Ba5 Bh3 38. Be1 (38. R6c2 $142 g4 39. Bc7)
38... Bb6 39. b4 Rf3 40. R6c2 e3 41. a4 Re7 42. a5 Bd4 {Precision: White = 39%,
Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jiang, Zhaoyi"]
[Black "Wang, Doudou"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Jinhua-Lanxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Qe7 9. Bb2 b6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3
exd4 12. exd4 Ba3 13. Re1 Qb4 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rd8 17. Na4 {
1-0 (39) Damljanovic,B (2567)-Ioannidis,E (2301) Belgrade 2016}) 10. Nd2 Bb7
11. e4 dxe4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ncxe4 Ba3 13. Bc3 $146 (13. Bxa3
$14 Qxa3 14. Qc2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Rfe1
N7f6 {1/2-1/2 (74) Stambulian,A (2408)-Romkovich,V (2146) Anapa 2012}) 13...
Bb4 (13... Nd5 $11) 14. Bb2 Ba3 15. Bc3 (15. Bxa3 $14 Qxa3 16. Qc2) 15... b5 (
15... Nd5 $11) 16. Rb1 $14 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 (18. b4 $5) 18... Bd6 19.
a4 Rad8 20. Qe2 a6 21. Rfe1 b4 22. Bb2 a5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd7 25. Rbd1
Rfe8 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. Qc2 Be7 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Red1 Qe7 30. Re1 Qc7 31. Red1 Qe7
$1 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Red1 Qe7 $1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems}
fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} bxc3 (13... Rb5 14. c4 Rb8 15. Nb3
Qc8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Adams,M 
(2761)-Wojtaszek,R (2745) Shamkir 2017}) 14. bxc3 Rb5 {[#]} 15. d4 $146 exd4
16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Nf1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. Qc4 $1 Nc6 21. Bd2 Ng4
22. Bc3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Nge5 24. Qe2 {Threatening f4.} c4 25. f4 (25. Bxe5 $5
Nxe5 26. Reb1 $11) 25... Nd3 $1 26. Qg4 {[#]} g6 27. f5 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Ne5 29.
Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Ng3 c3 {[#] ...c2 is the strong threat.} 31. fxg6 {aiming for
Qf4.The position is equal.} Rg5 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Qf3 c2 34. Rc1 Rc5 {Hoping
for ...Bg5.} ({Don't play} 34... Rxa5 $6 35. Qf7 $16) 35. Qf7 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ ({
Not} 36. Qxe6 $2 Bg5 $19) 36... Bxf8 37. Nf1 $1 Bh6 {Precision: White = 79%,
Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9. d4 Bf6 10.
Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17.
f4 c6 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (70) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik, V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 9...
Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe2 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 {
[#] aiming for ... Be6.} 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 17. d3 $146 Nd6 18. Qg4 h6 19. g3
Bg5 20. c4 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 dxc4 22. dxc4 Qf6 (22... f5 $11 23. Qd1 Qf6) 23. Rcd1
$16 Rce8 24. c5 Nf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qf3 {[#] Black must now
prevent g4.} Kg7 28. Bh3 Re5 29. b4 a5 30. a3 axb4 31. axb4 h5 32. Qxh5 Nd4 $1
33. Bg4 (33. Bf1 $14 Re4 34. h3) 33... Re8 $1 $11 {Hoping for ...Rh8.} 34. Qh3
Qe5 ({Black should play} 34... Re4 $11) 35. Bh5 (35. Qf1 $1 $14) 35... Qd5 {
The position is equal.} 36. f4 {Threatens to win with Qg2.} (36. Qg2 $5 Re4 37.
f4 gxf4 38. gxf4+ Kf8 39. Qg4 $11) 36... Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 $1 Qxf3 {Endgame KQR-KQR
} 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+ 40. Qg2 g4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 42. Rb1 Kf6 43.
Rb2 Kg6 44. Kg2 f5 45. h4 gxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Kh5 47. Rb1 Rc4 48. Rb3 Rd4 49. Rb2
Rc4 50. Rb1 Rd4 51. b5 Rc4 52. bxc6 bxc6 53. Re1 {And now Re5 would win.} Rxc5
54. Re6 Rc2 55. Rd6 Rc1 56. Rf6 Rc5 57. Rf8 Kg6 58. g4 {Precision: White = 70%,
Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 $1 7. Qe2 {
And now cxd6 would win. B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (7. Qd4 O-O 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Qc4 Qd8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qa4 Ng4 12. Rg1 a6 13. h3 Nf2 14. Re1 dxc5 {
1-0 (40) Van Kampen,R (2603)-Rapport,R (2681) Reykjavik 2014}) 7... Qxc5 8. Be3
Qb4 (8... Qa5 $11) 9. Qb5+ (9. O-O-O $16 {Threatens to win with e5.} Be6 10.
Rd4) 9... Nc6 10. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3
b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rhf1 {0-1 (45) Juhasz,M (2003)-Dobai,S (2199)
Hungary 2014}) 10... Ng4 (10... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. Qxb4 $16 Nxb4
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nf2 $17) 13... Nc6 14. Rd2 $36 {White is in
control.} Be6 15. Nd5 {Strongly threatening Nc7+.} O-O-O 16. Bc4 h6 17. Re1 Nf6
18. h3 Nh5 (18... a6 $14) 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rhf8 {[#]} 22.
Bxc6 $1 bxc6 23. Rxe7 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 $18 {Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 25. Ne5+ $1
Kc7 26. Ng4 Re8 27. Nxh6 Ng3 28. Nxf7 d5 (28... Nxf5 {might work better.} 29.
g4 Re1+ 30. Rd1 Re7) 29. Rf2 Re1+ (29... Rf8 $142 30. Nh6 Ne4) 30. Kd2 {
White is clearly winning.} Re7 {...Ne4+ is the strong threat.} 31. Ng5 Re5 32.
f6 Rxg5 {KRN-KR} 33. f7 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Nxf2 35. f8=Q {KQ-KRN} Ne4 36. Qe7+ Kb6
37. g4 Rg6 {[#]} 38. c4 $1 Rh6 (38... dxc4 39. Kxe4) 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Kd4 Rxh3
41. Kxd5 Re3 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. fxe5 {A01:
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Nxe5 (6... Nge7 7. Nc3 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Qf3 d5
10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Ne2 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 {1/2-1/2 (58) Jobava,B (2676)
-Lalith,B (2573) Moscow 2016}) 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 (7... dxe5 8. Bc4 $14) 8. Bxe5 {
Black has an edge.} dxe5 9. Nc3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Qf3 c6 11.
O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 (24) De Smet, K (2243)-Blake,M (1949) ICCF email
2012}) 10. Qf3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qg4 12. Qf2 Qf5 13. Qg2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qh3 ({Black
should play} 14... Qd7 $11) 15. Qf3 $1 $36 {White has good play.} Nh5 16. Ne4
O-O 17. Be2 Qf5 {[#]} 18. Qxf5 $1 Bxf5 19. Nd6 Bc8 20. Rf1 f5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22.
O-O-O Rf6 23. Nc4 e4 24. Rf4 Kg7 25. Rdf1 Bd7 26. Nb2 Rh6 27. Na4 Re8 28. Nc3
c5 29. Ne2 Rg6 {[#]} (29... Ra6 $14) 30. R4f2 (30. Rh4 $1 $16) 30... Kh6 31.
Nf4 Rd6 32. Ne2 ({Better is} 32. a4 $14) 32... Rg8 (32... Rg6 $11) 33. Rd1 Re8
34. Nf4 b6 35. Kb2 Rg8 36. d4 exd3 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. cxd3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8
39. Re2 Kg5 40. Kc3 Bc6 41. Re1 h4 42. gxh4+ Kxh4 43. Kd2 Rg8 44. Rc1 a5 45. d4
Rd8 46. Ke1 Be4 47. dxc5 Rc8 48. Kf2 bxc5 49. Ne6 Rg8 50. Rg1 ({Reject} 50.
Rxc5 Rg2+ 51. Ke1 Rxa2 $17) 50... Rxg1 51. Kxg1 $11 {KB-KN} Kg4 52. Kf2 $1 ({
Much weaker is} 52. Nxc5 Kf3 $17) 52... Bb1 53. a3 c4 54. bxc4 {And now c5
would win.} Ba2 55. Nf8 (55. h3+ $5 Kh4 56. Nd4 Bxc4 57. Nxf5+ Kg5 58. Nd6 $16)
55... Bxc4 56. Nxh7 Kh3 57. Kg1 Kg4 58. Kf2 Kh3 59. Kg1 Kg4 60. Kg2 f4 61. h3+
(61. Nf6+ {keeps more tension.} Kf5 62. Ne8 Ke5 63. Kf2 Bb3 64. Nc7) 61... Kf5
62. exf4 Kxf4 63. Nf6 Ke5 64. Ng4+ Kd4 65. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} Bf7
66. Kf3 {Kf4 is the strong threat.} (66. Nh6 $5 Bh5 67. Ng8 $11) 66... Kc3 67.
Ne5 Bh5+ 68. Kf4 Kb3 69. Kg5 Bd1 70. Ng4 {aiming for h5.} (70. a4 $5) 70...
Kxa3 71. h5 a4 (71... Kb3 $5 72. h6 $8 Bc2 $11) 72. h6 Bc2 73. Ne5 $1 {Black
must now prevent Ng6.} Bh7 74. Kf6 {Hoping for Kg7.} Kb3 (74... Kb4 $5 75. Kg7
a3 76. Kxh7 a2 $15) 75. Kg7 $1 {The position is equal.} a3 (75... Be4 $5 76.
Ng6 (76. h7 $2 Bxh7 77. Kh8 a3 $19) 76... a3 $11) 76. Kxh7 {Strongly
threatening Nd3. KN-KP} a2 77. Kg7 a1=Q 78. h7 Qxe5+ 79. Kg8 Kc4 80. h8=Q Qxh8+
81. Kxh8 Kd4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lan, Zilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. dxc5 {LiveBook:
17 Games. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nge7 (7... Qc7 8. c3 Nge7 9. Na3
a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. O-O Be4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. f4 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 {1-0 (33) Akopian,
V (2667)-Petrisor,A (2432) Albena 2014}) 8. c3 Ng6 9. Qa4 {White is better.}
Be7 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 9... Be4 10. Nbd2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Be7 12. Nd4
Ngxe5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 {1-0 (28) Sanchez Huerga,A-Valencia
Ciordia,J (1666) ICCF email 2013}) 10. Nbd2 $1 h5 11. O-O Kf8 {[#]} 12. b4 (12.
Nd4 $1 $16) 12... Ncxe5 13. h3 Nxf3+ ({Black should try} 13... Nd3 $11) 14.
Nxf3 $14 Be4 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rd7
Rh6 $2 (19... h4 $16 {was necessary.}) 20. Rxb7 $18 Bf6 {intending ...Rg6.} 21.
Qd7 Be5 22. g3 Qf6 23. f4 Bxc3 24. c6 Rh8 25. c7 {White is clearly winning.}
Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 g6 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:09] C1: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7.. .d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} Bd7 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. Bg5 {
The position is equal.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Be6 17. Ne3 Na5 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (22) Nilsson,
Z-Kinnmark,O Falkoeping 1965}) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Bb3 a5 20. a3 Qc5
21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rab8 {[#]} (22... Qc7 $14) 23. Qd2 (23. g5 $1 $16 hxg5 {
[#]} (23... Bxg5 24. Nxg5) 24. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 25. Qh5) 23... a4 $14 24. Ba2 Rc7
25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Qe2 g6 28. Red3 Bg7 (28... Kg7 $142) 29. Ne1 $16
Nc8 30. Nc2 Nb6 31. Nb4 Qb7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Nd5
Kh7 36. Qf3 Rc8 {[#]} 37. g5 $1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 cxd4 {
D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4
Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 {
1-0 (31) Svidler,P (2749)-Hou,Y (2666) Geneve 2017}) 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} cxd4 13. Nxd4 $146 ({Better
is} 13. Bb2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Qc1 Ba7 15. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Pap,G (2551)-Almasi,I (2409) Hungary 2016}) 13... Bc5 $11 14. Be3 {aiming for
Nc6.} Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Qxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18.
f3 h5 19. h4 Rd7 20. Bc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb7 22. Rd7 Rc8 23.
Ba5 (23. Bd2 $5 Rc2 24. Bf4 $11) 23... Bc6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 {KB-KB} f5
26. exf5 exf5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke3 g6 29. Kd4 Ke6 30. Kc5 Bb5 {Precision: White
= 28%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Nd4 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:05] LiveBook: 0 Games. A87:
Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} 12. Ba3 (12. Bb2 g5 13. Ncb5 Rc8 14.
Qd2 Qh5 15. Qxa5 f4 {1-0 (57) Ly,M (2480)-Nijboer,F (2545) Amsterdam 2016})
12... Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 c5 15. Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. f3 {0-1 (54) Hansson,H (1987)-Bomans,A (2298) Hofheim 2015}) 15... Bxe6 $1
16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rf6 21. a4 (21.
Qd3 {seems wilder.} Qxe6 22. f4 a4 23. e4 axb3 24. axb3 Rbf8 25. Re2) 21...
Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $14 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Rd5 Ke8 25. Rbd2 b6
26. f3 Re3 27. R5d3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 {KR-KR} Rd8 29. Kf2 e6 30. e4 Ke7 31. Ke3 g5
32. Rd1 Rg8 33. Rh1 (33. e5 $5 dxe5 34. Ke4 $11) 33... d5 34. exd5 exd5 35.
cxd5 Kd6 36. h4 {aiming for hxg5.} g4 37. f4 Re8+ 38. Kd2 Re4 39. Re1 Rb4 40.
Kc3 c4 (40... Kxd5 $14 41. Re5+ Kc6) 41. bxc4 $16 {Black must now prevent Re6+.
} Kc5 {[#]} 42. Re4 ({White should try} 42. Kd3 $1 $16) 42... Rxa4 $14 43. Rd4
Ra3+ 44. Kb2 Re3 $1 ({Wrong is} 44... Rxg3 $2 45. d6 $18) 45. d6 Re8 (45...
Kxd4 $2 {too greedy.} 46. d7 $18) 46. d7 Rd8 47. Kc3 Kc6 48. f5 h5 $1 49. f6
Rxd7 50. Rf4 {[#] f7 is the strong threat.} Rf7 51. Rf5 Kd6 52. Kb3 Ke6 $1 53.
Rb5 Kxf6 54. Ka4 Ke7 {Black wants to play ...Rf3.} (54... Rc7 $5 55. Rxb6+ Ke5
$11) 55. Rxb6 {The position is equal.} Rf3 56. Rh6 Rxg3 57. Rxh5 Rg1 {Strongly
threatening ...g3.} 58. Rg5 g3 59. Ka3 g2 {Hoping for .. .Ra1+.} 60. Ka2 Rc1
61. Rxg2 Rxc4 62. Rg5 Rxh4 63. Rxa5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 61%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 O-O
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Qc1 Be8 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall
(with ...Bd6)} 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Qa3 Qxa3 15. Nxa3 Rfe8 16. f4 {[#]} Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. Rfc1
Kf8 18. Nb1 {1-0 (47) Timman,J (2590)-Short,N (2615) Brussels 1987}) 17. Rfc1
Ke7 18. b4 a6 {The position is equal.} 19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Nd3 Raa8 21. Nc5 Ra7 22.
Nd3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4
Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 {White is
slightly better.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13.
Be2 {Qb6 is the strong threat.} Be7 {[#]} 14. Ba5 $146 Bd8 15. Bb4 $36 {
White is pushing.} f6 16. g4 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. h4 $1 h5 {
Threatening ...hxg4.} 20. g5 Bd8 21. Kf2 Kf7 22. a4 Re8 23. Bd3 (23. f4 $14)
23... Bxd3 $11 24. Qxd3 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh7.} Kg8 (24... Qxa4 $15
25. Bc5 g6) 25. b3 a5 26. Bc3 Bb6 27. Be5 Rac8 28. Qg6 Qf7 $1 {The position is
equal.} 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. g6+ Kxg6 31. Rhg1+ Kh6 32. Bxg7+ Kh7 {[#] And now ..
.Rxc1 would win.} 33. Bf6 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 {Endgame KRB-KRB} e5 35. Ke2 Kg6 36.
Bg5 Kf5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. e4 Bd4 39. Rc1 dxe4 40. fxe4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Rxf1 42. Kxf1
{KB-KB} Kd6 43. Ke2 Kc6 44. Kd3 b6 45. Kc4 Bf2 46. Bf6 Bd4 47. Be7 {Precision:
White = 63%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 c5 15.
b3 {[%emt 0:00:07] C59: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 5 Bb5+ c6 6 dxc6 bxc6
Be2} c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Be6 (
17... Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bf5 19. Ne1 Ne4 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Nf3 Bc5 22. Be3 Rfd8 23.
Qc1 Nc3 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Qc1 Nc3 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qc1 Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Liu,Q 
(2523)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015}) 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bb2 Rac8 $146 (19... Ne4
$11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 19... Ne4 20. Bf3 f5 21. a4 Rad8 22.
Ba3 Bh2+ {0-1 (47) Spirin,A (2330)-Begliy,M (2341) ICCF email 2009}) 20. Bxf6
$1 $16 gxf6 21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Bf5 Rfe8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rfe1 Bd5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Qd4 Qd8 ({Black should play} 26... Be5 27. Qh4 (27. Qxd5 Bxa1 28. g3 Rd8
$15) 27... Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8) 27. Qxa7 (27. Qxd5 $2 Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19)
27... Re2 (27... Rg8 $16 {was worth a try.} 28. Bg4 f5 29. Qd4+ Rg7) 28. Re1 (
28. a4 $18) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 31. Bd7
Bxa2 32. Ba4 Bc4 33. Bb3 Be2 34. Bxf7 Bb4 35. Nd3 Bxd3 36. cxd3 {KB-KB} Kg7 37.
Be6 Bc5 (37... Kf8 $16 38. Bb3 Ke7) 38. Bf5 $1 $18 Kf7 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd6
41. f4 $1 Bg1 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Kg4 Be3 44. Be4+ Ke6 45. Bh7 Kd5 46. Kf5 Kd4 (
46... Kd6 $16 {was called for.} 47. g3 (47. Kxf6 Bxf4 48. Kf5 Bg3 $16) 47...
Ke7) 47. g4 {h4 is the strong threat.} ({Don't take} 47. Kxf6 $6 Bxf4 48. Kf5
Bd2 $16) 47... Kd5 $2 {[#]} (47... Bc1 $16 48. Bg6 (48. Kxf6 Bxf4 49. Be4 Bg5+
50. Kf5 Be7 $16) 48... Bd2) 48. h4 $1 Kd6 49. Kxf6 Bxf4 {[#]} 50. g5 $1 {
White mates.} hxg5 51. hxg5 Be5+ 52. Kf7 Kd5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black =
36%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 {B11: Caro-Kann:
Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O dxe4 (7... d4 $5) (7... Be7 8. Rd1 b5 9. e5 Nfd7
10. d4 a6 11. Nb1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M
(2796)-Topalov,V (2749) Paris 2017}) 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 {White is slightly better.}
9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. Bf3 (10. Qe3 {is more complex.} Bc5 11. Qb3 Bb6 12. Rd1 Qe5 13.
Bf3) 10... Qxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. d4 Nf6 13. Bf3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13...
g6 14. c4 {0-1 (52) Rodriguez Lopez,R (2257) -Martinez Rodriguez,P (2270)
Sanxenxo 2015}) 14. c3 O-O 15. g3 a5 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Kg2 h6 19.
h4 Bc7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bc1 Bb8 22. Kh3 e5 23. dxe5 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Bxe5 $1 25.
Bb3 Bd6 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Rd1 Bc7 28. Bd4 Nb6 29. Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening
Re7.} Nc8 30. Bc5 Bd6 31. Bd4 Bc7 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Bc5+ Bd6 34. Rd1 $36 {
White has good play.} Ke8 35. Bd4 Kf8 36. a4 Be7 37. h5 Kg8 38. Kf3 Bf6 $2 {[#]
} (38... Bd6 $16) 39. Bxf6 $18 Rxd1 40. Bxd1 gxf6 {Endgame KB-KN} 41. Ke4 Kf8
42. Kd4 b6 (42... Ke7 $142 43. b4 axb4) 43. Bf3 Na7 44. b4 {White is clearly
winning.} axb4 45. cxb4 Ke7 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Kd6 48. a6 f5 49. Be2 Nc8 50.
Bd3 Nb6 51. Bxf5 c5+ 52. Kd3 Kc7 53. Ke4 Na4 54. Ke5 Nc3 55. g4 {Precision:
White = 59%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 9. Ne3 Nf6 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. O-O Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Be6 16. Bc4 {1-0 (51) Adhiban,B (2674)
-Piorun,K (2609) Berlin 2015}) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Nb4 15. Bd3
d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Nxe3 19. Qxa8 Nxc2+ 20. Kd2 Rxa8 21.
Kxc2 f5 22. f3 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Bb4 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Bc2 (25. Bd2 $5 Rb8 26. Bxb4
Rxb4 27. Kc2 $15) 25... Kf6 26. Bd2 Rb8 27. Bd3 g6 28. Kc2 {[#]} (28. Kc1 $15)
28... Ba3 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Bb3+.} 29. Bc3 (29. Ra1 $17 Rxb2+ 30. Kd1) (29.
bxa3 Bb3+) 29... Bb3+ $19 30. Kd2 Bxd1 31. bxa3 {Endgame KRB-KB} Bb3 32. f4 Ke6
33. Bxe5 Rc8 34. g3 Kd5 35. Ke3 Rc1 36. Be2 Ke6 37. Bd4 Bd5 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. h4
Rh3 40. Bf2 Rh2 41. Ke3 Rh1 $1 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Bc5 {[#]} h5 $1 44. Bb5 Ra2+ 45.
Ke1 Bb3 {White must now prevent ...Kd5.} 46. Be8 Kd5 47. Bb4 {Strongly
threatening Bf7+.} Ke4 48. Bxg6 Kf3 49. Bxh5+ Kxg3 50. Bg6 $2 (50. Be2 $17 {
was called for.}) 50... Kf3 51. Bh5+ Kxf4 52. Be2 Ke4 53. h5 f4 {...f3 is the
strong threat.} 54. h6 $2 (54. Bc5) 54... f3 55. Bb5 Rc2 {( -> ...Ke3)} 56. Be7
f2+ 57. Kf1 {[#]} Kf3 $1 58. Bg5 Be6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 e3} Re8 11.
Bb2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 12. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} a5 13. g3
$146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Ba3
h5 14. Bd6 e5 15. cxd5 e4 {1-0 (37) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2611)-Justiniano
Marquez,M (2082) Jaen 2011}) 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qb1 e5 16. cxd5 e4 $1
17. Bg2 {And now dxc6 would win.} (17. d6 $5 Qe6 18. Bg2 $16) 17... cxd5 18.
Nb5 {Strongly threatening Ba3.} Nb8 19. Na7 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qd7 {[#] ...b6 is
the strong threat.} 21. Qc2 Bf8 22. Qc7 $36 {White has good play.} Qxc7 23.
Rxc7 Re7 $1 24. Rc1 Re6 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. Bb5 Na6 27. a3 Ne8 28. Rc8 Nec7 29.
Bxa6 (29. Ba4 $14) 29... Nxa6 30. a4 Bb4 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Nb5 Re6 33. Ke2 Rc6
34. Rxc6 bxc6 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 35. Na3 Kf8 36. Nc2 Ke7 37. Bc1 Kd6 38. Bd2
c5 39. dxc5+ Kxc5 40. g4 Bxd2 41. Kxd2 {KN-KN} h6 42. Kc3 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44.
h4 Nc7 45. Nd4 Ne6 46. Nf5 f6 47. Ng3 Ng7 48. Kc2 Kb4 49. Kb2 Kc5 50. Kc3 f5
51. b4+ axb4+ 52. Kb3 Ne6 ({Much worse is} 52... f4 $6 53. exf4 Ne6 54. f5 $16)
(52... d4 $1 $14 53. exd4+ Kxd4) 53. Nxf5 $18 Nd8 $2 {[#]} (53... Nf8 {was
worth a try.}) 54. Nd4 Nb7 {intending ...Na5+.} 55. Ne6+ Kd6 56. Nf4 Kc5 57.
Nxh5 Na5+ 58. Kb2 Nc4+ 59. Kc2 Ne5 (59... b3+ $142 60. Kxb3 Nd2+ 61. Kc3 Nf3)
60. Nf6 Kc4 61. h5 b3+ 62. Kb1 d4 63. exd4 Kxd4 64. h6 Kc3 65. a5 Nc4 66. Nxe4+
{Precision: White = 69%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 {
B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. d3
Be7 10. Qf3 Bc8 (10... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. a4 Nb4)
11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5 {1-0 (39) Rozentalis,E 
(2570)-Kulaots,K (2491) Stockholm 2000}) 12... Ra7 13. a4 b6 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. b3
Nd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bb2 {is more complex.} Bh4 17. Qd6 Rd7 18. Qb8 Rb7 19. Qd6)
16... exd5 17. Ne5 {And now Nc6 would win.} Bh4 18. Qf4 {[#] Nc6 is the strong
threat.} Rc7 19. d4 Be6 20. Re2 Be7 21. Qg3 Bf5 22. Qf4 Qc8 23. Ba3 f6 24. Nd3
Bxd3 25. cxd3 Qd7 26. dxc5 (26. Rae1 $5 Bd6 27. Qf3 $11) 26... bxc5 27. Rc1 Bd6
28. Qf3 Rb8 29. g3 Bf8 30. Rec2 Rxb3 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 (31... Qxa4 $11 32. Qxd5 Rb8
) 32. Rxc5 $16 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb8 34. Qxd5 Qxa4 35. Kg2 ({
White should play} 35. Ra5 $1 $14 Qb3 36. Qxb3 Rxb3 37. Rxa6) 35... Qe8 36. Rc7
h6 {The position is equal.} 37. Qf3 Qe5 38. Ra7 a5 39. h4 Rd8 (39... Qc5 $5 40.
Qe3 Qxe3 41. fxe3 Rb3 $11) 40. Qe4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 48%.} (40.
Qg4 $5 Qd5+ 41. Kh2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41:
Philidor Defence} Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Re1 (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rad1 c6
12. h3 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 c5 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Rapport,R 
(2671) Biel 2015}) 9... c6 10. h3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2
Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bd7 {1-0 (24) McShane,L 
(2592)-Gheng,J (2335) Kuppenheim 2003}) 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. b4 Na6 16. a3
c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Qb6 (18... Bc6 $5) 19. Ba1 Qa5 (19... Bc6 $5) 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxa3 22. Nd5 Ncd7 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 Rb8 27. Bd5 {Threatens to win with Kg2.} Kg7 $2 {[#]} (27... Qxh3 $11 28.
Qd4 Rb5) 28. Kg2 $18 a5 (28... Qb4 {was called for.} 29. Qxb4 Rxb4) 29. Qd4 $2
(29. g5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} hxg5 30. c4) 29... Qc5 $16 30.
Qxc5 dxc5 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. c4 Bd6 33. Rxa5 Rd7 34. f4 Bxf4 35.
Rxc5 Ra7 36. Rb5 Bc7 (36... Kf8 $142 37. c5 Ke7) 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ke4 Ke7 39.
Rb7 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 {KB-KB} Kd6 41. Bd5 Kc5 42. Kf3 Ba5 43. Kf2 Kd4 44. Bxf7 Bb4
45. Bd5 Ke5 46. Bf7 (46. Ke3 $16) 46... Ke4 (46... Kd4 $11) 47. Ke2 Bd6 48.
Bd5+ Kd4 49. Kf3 Bb4 50. Ke2 Bd6 51. Kf3 Bb4 $1 52. h4 Be7 53. Bg8 Bd8 54. Bf7
(54. c5 $5) 54... Be7 55. Be6 Bd8 56. Kf4 Bc7+ $1 57. Kf3 Bd8 $1 58. g5 (58.
Bg8 $14) 58... fxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Kg4 Be7 61.
Kh5 Ke5 62. Kg6 g4 63. Bd5 g3 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Li, Di"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1
Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 h5 $146 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th
moves} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10...
O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nce2 Ne6 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (28) Savchenko,
B (2608)-Demchenko,A (2588) Nizhny Tagil 2014}) 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Nf5 Qxd1 13.
Rxd1 h4 14. Nxe7 {The position is equal.} Kxe7 15. f4 Nf8 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Bc5+
Ke8 18. Bxf8 (18. Rd2 {keeps more tension.} Ne6 19. Be3 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Rad1) 18... Rxf8 19. Rd2 Ke7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 $11 {Endgame
KRB-KRN} g5 23. fxg5 Rg8 24. Ke3 Rxg5 25. Kf4 Rh5 26. Ne2 {[#] Strongly
threatening g4.} Be6 27. Nd4 c5 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 {KR-KR} 29. Kg4 Rh7 30. Re2 c4
31. c3 b5 32. a3 c5 33. h3 a5 34. Kg5 b4 35. a4 Rh8 36. Kg4 Rh6 37. Kg5 Rh7 38.
Kg4 Rh8 39. Kg5 Rh7 40. Kg4 Rh8 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 e5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 a5 {The position is
equal.} 12. b3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rb1 (14. Bf1 c6 15. Rb1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17.
Nh4 g6 {1-0 (45) Lei,T (2436)-Zhu,C (2461) Wuxi 2014}) 14... Rfc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... c6 15. Qe2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Rec1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (55)
Molnar,L (2247)-Balogh,L (2240) Eger 2009}) 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rec1 c6 17. Ne1
cxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 (19... Na4 $5) 20. axb4 Na4 {Strongly
threatening ...Nc3.} 21. Qe3 Qd8 22. Nc4 Bb5 23. Na3 Be8 24. Nc4 Rc7 25. b5
Rbc8 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 26. Bf1 Rc5 (26... Ng4 $5 27. Qb3 Nb6 $11)
27. Qa3 (27. b6 $11) 27... Ra8 $1 $15 28. Qe3 Rxb5 29. Ra1 Rc5 30. Nd3 Rc7 31.
f3 Rac8 32. Ndb2 Nxb2 33. Nxb2 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 b5 36. Kg2 h6 37.
Qc3 g5 38. Qb3 (38. h3 $17) 38... Qa5 {Hoping for ...Qd2+.} 39. Qc2 (39. g4 $17
{keeps fighting.}) 39... g4 $19 40. fxg4 Qb4 41. Bd3 Nxg4 42. Nd1 Qe1 $2 {[#]}
({Black should play} 42... Bd7 $19 {Threatening ...Kg7.} 43. h3 Nf6) 43. Qe2 $2
{[#]} (43. Bxb5 $1 $11 Nf6 (43... Bxb5 44. Qc8+) 44. Bc6) 43... Qxd1 $1 {
Precision: White = 42%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Nc6 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3,
including English Attack} (10... Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Bf8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 {0-1 (36) Muzychuk,M (2554)
-Bruzon Batista,L (2666) Gibraltar 2016}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxd4 {White has an
edge.} 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} exf4 15. Bxf4 {
Strongly threatening Nd5.} Nb6 16. b3 Bg4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty
and annotate with similar games:} 16... Be6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Oparin,G (2546)-Nasuta,G (2339) Riga 2014}) 17. Nd1 f6 18. gxf6 (18. Ne3 {
feels hotter.} fxg5 19. Bg3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Be6 21. Nf5) 18... Bxf6 19. Rc1 Be5
20. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 dxe5 22. Nf2 (22. Ne3 $5 Rd8 23. Qb4 $11) 22... Be6 23.
Rd1 Nd7 $36 {White is under pressure.} 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kf7 26. Rd2 Ke7
27. Nd3 Rc8 28. a4 a5 29. Ke2 g5 30. Nf2 Rc3 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Nd3 g4 33. Bg2 Nh5
34. Nxe5 Nf4+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kf2 $15) 35... h5 36. Rf2 Kd6 37. Nf7+ Bxf7 38. Rxf4
$15 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Be6 39. Rf2 Ke5 {Black has compensation.} 40. Ke1 h4 41.
Kd2 Rc7 42. Rf8 h3 (42... Rf7 $17 43. Rxf7 Bxf7) 43. Bh1 (43. Bf1 $1 $15) 43...
Rg7 ({Black should play} 43... Rf7 $1 $17 44. Rxf7 Bxf7) 44. Rf1 (44. Re8 $15)
44... g3 $19 45. hxg3 Rxg3 46. Ke2 Bg4+ $1 47. Kd2 b6 $1 48. c3 Be6 49. Kc2 Re3
50. Kd2 $1 Rg3 51. Kc2 $1 {[#]} Rg4 (51... Rg7 $1 $19 52. Kd2 Rg3) 52. b4 {[#]}
(52. Kd2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 52... Rf4 $1 53. Rxf4 $2 (53. Rg1) 53... Kxf4 {
KB-KB} 54. Kd3 h2 55. bxa5 bxa5 {Black mates.} 56. Ke2 Kg3 57. e5 Bh3 58. e6
Bxe6 59. Kd3 Bh3 60. c4 Bg2 61. Kd4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nge4 {E67: King's Indian:
Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qc1 {The
position is equal.} Rad8 (14... Ncxe4 {feels hotter.} 15. Nxe4 Rad8 16. Qe3
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxe7 20. Bxe4 f5) (14... Ncxe4 15.
Nxe4 Rad8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qc3 h5 19. h4 Bg4 {0-1 (31) Horvath,
C (2517)-Rapport,R (2693) Hungary 2016}) 15. Qe3 Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
15... Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb4 18. b3 Rd4 {1-0 (58) Dalinger,V (2180)
-Strube,F (2200) Germany 1997}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb4 19.
Qf3 Be7 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 a6 22. Kf1 f5 23. e3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Kd3 h5 28. h4 e4+ 29. Kc2 Bd6 30.
Bf1 a5 31. Be2 Ra8 32. Ra1 Bc5 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Ra1 Kd6 35. Rd1+ Kc7 36. Ra1 Bd6
37. Kc3 Kb6 38. Kc2 Kc5 39. Ra4 {[#] Hoping for b4+!} Ra6 40. Ra3 Bc7 41. Ra4
Bb6 42. Bf1 Bd8 43. Be2 Bb6 44. Bf1 $1 Ra7 $1 45. b4+ axb4 46. Rxa7 Bxa7 {KB-KB
} 47. b3 Kd6 48. Kd1 Ke5 49. Ke2 c5 50. f4+ exf3+ 51. Kxf3 Bb8 52. Bd3 Kf6 53.
Be2 Be5 {Black is slightly better.} 54. Bd3 b6 55. Bc2 Bc3 56. Ke2 Ke5 57. Bd3
Kd6 58. Kf2 Bf6 59. Kf3 Ke5 60. Bc2 g5 61. hxg5 Bxg5 62. Bd3 h4 63. gxh4 Bxh4
64. Ke2 Bg5 65. Kd2 Bh6 66. Bf1 Kf6 67. Bg2 Kg5 68. Bc6 Kg4 {Precision: White
= 76%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four
Knights with 4 g3} (10. h3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Be5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. b3 Nd7
15. Na4 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qf4 17. g3 Qh6 {0-1 (40) Karjakin,S (2762)-Aronian,L (2784)
Berlin 2015}) 10... Bd6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Na4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rab1 Be5 14. Na4 d5 15. f3 a5 16. Kh1 h5 17. b3 h4 {
0-1 (65) Ding,Y (2426)-Khotenashvili,B (2493) China 2016}) 13... Be5 14. Rae1
d5 15. b3 Be6 16. h3 Bd6 17. Re3 Re7 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. R3e2 Rbe8 20. exd5 cxd5
21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22. Nc3 c6 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. Nd4 Re5 26. Nf3 (26. g4 {
is more complex.} c5 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. Bxf5 d4 29. Rc1) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
$11 {Endgame KBB-KBN} f5 28. Ba6 c5 29. Bb7 Be6 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Nd2 h6 32. Nb1
Be5 33. Na3 Bb8 34. Nb5 Ke5 35. Nc3 f4 36. f3 Bc7 37. Nb5 Bb6 38. a4 f6 39. a5
Bxa5 40. Nxa7 {[#] aiming for Nc6+.} Bb6 41. Nb5 Bf7 42. Bc6 Ba5 43. Bb7 Be6
44. Na7 {[#] And now Nc6+ would win.} Bb6 45. Nb5 c4 46. bxc4 dxc4 47. Bc6 Bf5
48. Kd1 Ba5 49. Be8 Be6 50. Bc6 Bf7 51. Ke2 Bg6 52. Kd1 h5 53. Bd7 Kd5 54. c3
h4 55. Kd2 Bb6 56. Na3 Bd3 57. Be8 Bf2 58. Nc2 Bf1 59. Bd7 Bxg2 (59... Ke5 $17)
60. Ke2 $1 {The position is equal.} Bb6 61. Ne1 Bh1 62. Be8 Ba5 63. Kd2 Kc5 64.
Bd7 Kd6 65. Bb5 Kc5 66. Bd7 Kd5 67. Be8 Bb6 68. Bf7+ Kc5 69. Ke2 $1 Kb5 (69...
Ba5 $5 70. Kd2 Bc7 $17) 70. Be8+ Kc5 71. Bf7 Bc7 (71... Ba5 $5 72. Kd2 Bc7 $17)
72. Be6 Be5 73. Kd2 Kb5 (73... f5 $5) 74. Bd7+ Kc5 75. Be6 Kb5 {Precision:
White = 73%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Wang, Doudou"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian
Defence} (6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (28) Caruana,F (2808)
-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 6... Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Re1 Be7 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Qb6
13. Qd3 O-O {1-0 (55) Kovacevic,A (2555)-Milanovic,D (2493) Vogosca 2007})
12... O-O 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Rd7 18.
c4 Red8 19. Rd3 Ne8 20. Red1 Bf6 21. Bc3 Nd6 22. Qf4 Nf5 {Threatening ...Qxf4.}
23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bc3 h6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. f4 c5 28. d5 Bxc3 29. Rxc3
exd5 30. Bxd5 Nd4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} (6. Qb3 b5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e3 c5 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Gelfand,B (2728)
-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Geneve 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 c6 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Ng3
h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Sturua,Z (2555)-Lupulescu,C (2631) Minsk 2017})
10... Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Nf3
O-O-O ({Black should play} 16... Bxd3 $11 17. Qxd3 Ne4) 17. Nd2 Kb8 18. Kb1 Rc8
19. Rc1 Rhd8 20. Bf5 Ne8 21. h4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Qe6 23. g5 Rh8 (23... c5 $5 24.
Bxg6 fxg6 $11) 24. Ne2 Qe7 25. Nf4 Nf8 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Nb3 Ne6 28. Nc5 Rh7
29. Qb3 (29. f3 $11) 29... Nxc5 $17 30. Rxc5 Ne4 {[#] aiming for ...Nd2+.} 31.
Rc2 Ka7 32. f4 Rch8 33. Rhc1 Rxh4 34. a3 Rh3 35. Bf1 (35. Qa4 $17) 35... Rh2
$36 {White is under strong pressure.} 36. Bg2 Nd6 37. Ka1 $2 (37. Qb4 {was
called for.}) 37... Nf5 $19 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Rxc6 {[#] Threatening mate with
Qb6+.} Qb7 ({Worse is} 39... Rxg2 40. Qb6+ Ka8 41. Qxa6+ Qa7 42. Rc8+ Rxc8 43.
Qxc8+ Qb8 44. Qa6+ Qa7 45. Qc8+ Qb8 46. Qa6+ Qa7 47. Qc8+ $11) 40. Qc3 (40.
Qxd5 $142 Rxg2 41. Qc5+ Ka8 42. Rb6) 40... Rxg2 41. Rc7 {Strongly threatening
Qc5+.} Rh1+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nfe5 {[%emt 0:00:08] E09: Closed
Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 Nbd2} (12. e5 Nd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rd4 b5 15. Ne3
Nd7 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Rg4 f5 18. exf6 N7xf6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Rd4
Rae8 22. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Zeng,C (2522)-Xu,Y (2454) Zhongshan 2015}) 12...
cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Bf4 {[#]
Threatens to win with Nxd7.} Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 16. Qd2 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rad1
Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {1/2-1/2 (31) Aghayev,N (2340)-Hasanzade,T 
(2377) Baku 2017}) 16... Bc5 17. Bxf6 {Qg5! would kill now.} Bxd4 18. Bxd4 {
Hoping for Qe2.} Qxc4 {[#]} 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Qg5+
Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yao, Lan"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9... d5 10.
Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. a3
Be7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ {1-0 (38) Anand,V (2786)-Aronian,L (2793)
Leuven 2017}) 10. a4 Nb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 {White has an edge.}
12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 {[#]} 14. Bg5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 14. d4 Bf8 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 {
0-1 (44) Alsina Leal, D (2531)-Erdogdu,M (2426) Barcelona 2015}) 14... c5 15.
Qd2 Qc7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Nf3 Ne6 20. Bh6 Ng4 21. Be3
({Better is} 21. Bg5 $15) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 (22. Qxe3 $15 Ra2 23. Rb1) 22...
c4 $17 23. d4 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Qe2 Bh4 26. Qg4 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Ra2 28. Rb1 {
[#]} (28. dxe5 $17 dxe5 29. Rb1) 28... b4 $1 $19 29. cxb4 c3 30. Qe1 Rxb2 31.
Qc1 (31. Rc1 $142) 31... Rxb1 32. Qxb1 exd4 33. exd4 Qb6 34. Qd1 Qxb4 35. h3 (
35. Kf2 $142) 35... Qb2 36. Kh1 d5 37. exd5 Bxd5 38. Kh2 $2 (38. Kg1) 38...
Qb8+ 39. Kg1 Qg3 40. Qe2 h5 41. Bb1 h4 42. Bc2 Kg7 43. Bb1 Qf4 44. Qd3 Qg5 45.
Qf1 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qxd4 47. Bd3 Be4 48. Bxe4 Qxe4 {KQ-KQ} 49. Qc1 Qe5+ (49... c2
$142 50. Qd2 Qe5+ 51. g3 Qxg3+ 52. Kh1 Qf3+ 53. Kh2 Qd1 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qc7
Qd2+ 56. Kh1 c1=Q+ 57. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 58. Kg2 Qe3 59. Kh2 Qg3+ 60. Kh1 Qxh3+ 61.
Kg1 Qf3 62. Kh2 h3 63. Kg1 Qg2#) 50. Kh1 Qd4 {Black mates.} 51. Kh2 Qd6+ 52.
Kh1 Qd2 53. Qa1 Qb2 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 f5 6. Ne5 {D30: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bb2 {
LiveBook: 21 Games} Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Be7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
c5 Qe8 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. f4 Rf7 17. Rf3 g5 {0-1 (54) Sasikiran,K (2664)-Suvrajit,
S (2390) Mumbai 2003}) 13. Qc2 {aiming for cxd5.} b6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bd4 Bd7
16. f4 Rac8 17. Be2 Kh8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd4 b5 20. Rc1 (20. b4 $5 Qe7 21. c5
$14) 20... bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa5 22. c5 Rb8 23. Ra4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Rb7 25. Ba6 Rbb8
26. Qa3 Rg8 27. Bd3 Rb7 28. Ba6 Rbb8 29. h4 h6 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Bd3 Rb7 32. Rb1
Rxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Qxh4 34. Rxa7 Be8 (34... Rb8 $11 35. Bd3 Be8) 35. Qd2 g5 {
[#] White must now prevent ...g4.} 36. Qf2 {Hoping for Qxh4.} Qg4 37. Bc2 (37.
Bd3 $5 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 $14) 37... d4 38. exd4 $40 {Re7 is the strong threat.
White mounts an attack.} gxf4 39. Ra3 Bh5 40. Kh2 {With the idea Rf3.} Qg5 {
Threatens to win with ...f3!} 41. Ra7 $2 (41. Qd2 $11 {and White is okay.})
41... Bg4 42. Ra3 {intending Ba4.} Qh5+ 43. Kg1 f3 44. g3 {[#]} f4 $1 45. Qh2 (
45. gxf4 Bf5+) 45... Bh3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 g6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2
Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 13. Be3 dxe4 14.
Nb5 Qf6 15. Nc7 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (72) Lenderman, A (2618)-So,
W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 6. Nc2 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for
Black} d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. g3 Be6 8. Nc3 {Black is slightly better.} Qd7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Bd2 Nde5 12. b3 Nd3+
13. Ke2 Nc5 14. Kf1 Qd7 {0-1 (42) Muhtarov,L (2230)-Hribar,B (2210) Bled 1997})
9. Nd5 O-O-O 10. h4 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nce3 Nge7 13. Nf4 $1 Kb8 14. Kf2 Bd4 15.
Rb1 f5 $36 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4. Black has some pressure.} 16. Bh3 (
16. b4 $1 $15) 16... Bxc4 $1 $17 17. Kg2 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bf7 19. Qa4 (19. exf5 {
was necessary.} Nxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qd3) 19... Bb6 $19 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
d5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Na5 24. Qf1 Qf7 25. exd5 Nb3 26. Ra3 Nxc1 27. Rxc1
Qxd5 28. Rc2 Rhe8 29. Kh2 {[#]} f4 $1 30. gxf4 Qd4 31. Qc1 Re7 32. Rg2 (32. Kg3
$142) 32... c6 33. b3 Qf6 34. Ra4 Qxh4 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Rd3 {Precision:
White = 22%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Ne5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. O-O-O
Nxf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. Bd4 Rg8 12. Rg1 g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qh6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. c4 Qd7 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Qh6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Wang,H 
(2715)-Li,C (2613) China 2010}) 13... Qd7 $1 14. b3 a6 15. Qxh7 O-O-O 16. Qh6
g5 ({Black should play} 16... d5 $11) 17. Bd3 $14 Bf8 18. Qh7 Be7 19. Qh6 Bf8
$1 20. Qh7 Be7 21. c4 d5 22. c5 f6 $1 23. c6 Ba3+ 24. Kb1 Qxc6 25. Bxf6 $2 {[#]
} (25. Rde1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bd7 26. h4) 25... Rd7 $19 26.
Qh6 (26. Qh5 {was the only defense.} Bf7 27. Qh6) 26... Bf8 27. Qh5 {
Threatening mate with Qe8+.} Bf7 28. Qg4 {Hoping for Bf5.} Qxf6 29. Bf5 {[#]}
Qd8 (29... Bg7 $1 $19 30. Bxd7+ Kb8) 30. c4 $2 (30. f4 $17) 30... Bg6 {aiming
for ...Qf6.} 31. Rxd5 Bxf5+ 32. Qxf5 Bd6 33. c5 Rf8 ({Not} 33... Bxh2 34. Rh1
$15) 34. Qh3 Bf4 35. Rgd1 Rff7 36. Qe6 (36. c6 $142 bxc6 37. R5d4) 36... c6 {
Black is clearly winning.} 37. R5d3 Rfe7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 ({Stronger than} 38...
Rxe6 39. Rxd8+ Kc7 40. R1d7#) 39. h4 Kc7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 68%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5 {
E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4
Bf6 $1 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qc2 $36 {White is pushing.} (13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 {1-0 (52) Ma,Q (2637)-Zhao,J (2624) Beijing 2017}) 13... h6 14. Bf4 a6
15. Rad1 Re8 16. Bg2 $146 b5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Ra7 (18... a5 $14) 19. Ng3 (19.
Qb3 $16) 19... Bc8 $11 20. h3 Bf8 21. e4 Nd7 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. b3 Bxf5 24. exf5
Rae7 25. Re3 (25. Be3 {feels hotter.} Nd7 26. Re2 Qc7 27. a4 b4 28. Rde1) 25...
Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Be7 27. Qd2 Nd7 28. Re1 Bg5 29. f4 Bh4 30. Bf2 (30. Re2 $15)
30... Bxf2+ $17 31. Qxf2 Kf8 32. Kf1 (32. Rxe8+ $142 Qxe8 33. Qd2) 32... Qa5 ({
Black should play} 32... Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qf6) 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qe1+ Qxe1+ 35.
Kxe1 {Endgame KB-KN} Ke7 36. Kd2 Kf6 37. Be4 Nb6 38. h4 Ke7 39. Bf3 a5 40. Kd3
f6 41. Ke4 Nd7 (41... b4 $17) 42. Be2 ({White should try} 42. a3 $1 $15) 42...
c4 43. bxc4 $2 (43. Kd4 $17) 43... Nc5+ $1 $19 44. Ke3 b4 45. Bd1 Kd8 (45... a4
$142 46. Kd4 a3) 46. Bc2 $2 (46. Kd2) 46... Kc7 47. Kf3 a4 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Bb1
Ka5 50. Kd2 a3 51. h5 Kb6 52. Ke3 b3 53. Kd4 Ka5 54. Kc3 ({But not} 54. axb3 $2
Kb4 $19) 54... bxa2 $1 55. Bxa2 {[#] intending Bb1.} Ka4 (55... Na6 $1 $19 56.
Bb3 Nb4) 56. Bb1 $17 {[#]} Ka5 (56... Na6 $1 $17) 57. Ba2 $19 Ne4+ $2 ({
Better is} 57... Na6 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 58. Bb3 Nb4) 58. Kb3 {
The position is equal.} (58. Kd4 $5 Nc5 59. Kc3 $11) 58... Kb6 {White should
prevent ...Kc5.} 59. Kxa3 Kc5 {Hoping for ...Nd2.} 60. Kb3 Nf2 61. Kc3 Nxg4 62.
Kd3 Nf2+ 63. Ke3 Nd1+ 64. Kd2 Nb2 65. Kc3 Na4+ 66. Kb3 Nb6 67. Kc3 Nd7 68. Bb1
Kb6 69. Kb4 Nc5 70. Bc2 Na6+ 71. Kc3 Nc5 72. Kb4 Na6+ 73. Kc3 Ka5 74. Bd1 Nc5
75. Bc2 Nd7 76. Bd1 Ka6 77. Bc2 Nc5 78. Kb4 Kb6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black
= 71%.} *

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02] B2: Sicilian: 2 c3} (8... Na6 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxa6 b5 11.
O-O Qb6 12. Bxb5 Qxb5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Be7 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 (46)
Savchenko,B (2608)-Popov,I (2627) Moscow 2014}) 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nd7 {
White is slightly better.} 11. exd6 (11. Ng5 $16) 11... Bxd6 $11 12. Qe2 Qc7
13. Bd2 O-O 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. f4 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qe2 Rac8 {0-1 (102) Shukurova,M 
(2255)-Khurtsidze,N (2418) Istanbul 2000}) 17. a4 h6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Be7 {
keeps more tension.} 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. Rb4 Bd5) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4 Qc4 21. Rf3 Qd5 (21... Rc5 $5) 22. Qb1 Rc4 23. Qb5 Rec8 (23... Rd8 $5 24.
Rff1 Bb8 $11) 24. Kh1 g6 ({Black should try} 24... Qc6 $15) 25. f5 $1 $14 Qxb5
26. axb5 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} exf5 27. Rxa7 Kg7 28. g4 Bc7 (28... R4c7
$11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Ra6 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rb8) 29. gxf5 (29. Kg2 $16)
29... g5 $1 $11 30. Kg2 Bf4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 {Black must now prevent Rb7.
} Rxc3 {Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} 33. Rb7 Rd3 34. Rxb6 {[#]
Hoping for Rc6.} Rc2+ 35. Rf2 Rcc3 36. Rd6 Rb3 37. b6 Rxh3 38. f6+ (38. Rb2 $5)
38... Kg6 39. Rd8 {[#] Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Rhg3+ 40. Kh2 {Intending
Rg8+ and mate.} (40. Kf1 $5 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf1
Rb1+ $11) 40... Rh3+ 41. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} Rhg3+ 42. Kh2 {
Rg8+ would kill now.} (42. Kf1 $5 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+
46. Kf1 Rb1+ $11) 42... Rh3+ 43. Kg2 {And now Rg8+ would win.} Rhg3+ {
Precision: White = 33%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. Bd2 a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. h3 {E62: King's Indian:
Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6... Nc6) without ...a6} Bxf3 12. Bxf3
b5 13. cxb5 {White is slightly better.} axb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15. a4 Qxh3 16. e4 h5
{Black wants to play ...Ng4.} 17. Bg2 Qg4 $146 18. Ra3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfb8 20.
e5 $36 {White is more active.} Ne8 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Bf1 Rb6 23. Rb1 Kf8 24.
Nxd6 exd6 25. b4 Rab8 26. b5 Ra8 27. Re1 Rb7 28. Bf4 Rb6 29. Re4 Bf6 30. Rf3 {
Threatens to win with Bh6+.} Kg7 31. Kg2 Nb7 32. Bd2 {[#] Ref4 is the strong
threat.} Be5 33. a5 Nxa5 34. Ra4 Nb3 $2 {[#]} (34... c4) 35. Bh6+ $1 $18 {
White is clearly winning.} Kxh6 36. Rxa8 Nd2 37. Rxf7 Nxf1 38. Kxf1 g5 39. Ra6
Rxb5 40. Re7 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Qe2 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} a5
11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Nxc4 Nd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. Bd2 ({
But not} 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qc2 Bxc4 $17) 15... Nb4 {[#]} 16. Be1 $146 (16. Be3
$14) ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. e5 f5 {1-0 (43) Bacrot,E 
(2710)-Filippov,A (2606) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16... e5 $1 $15 17. d5 Qf6 (
17... Rc8 $5 18. b3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 (19. exd5 $2 Nc5 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7
$15) 18. b3 Nc5 19. Rab1 {The position is equal.} Rac8 (19... Rad8 {seems
wilder.} 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. h4 Nc2 22. Bg5 Nd4) 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 cxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Nxa4 24. Bg4 Rcd8 $1 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Bxb4 {[#] aiming for
Bd7.} Nc5 27. f3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nb3 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Rb1
Na5 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rb5 Nc4 33. Rxc5 Nd6 34. Kf2 g6 35. Bh3 (35. Rd5 $5 Rd8 36.
Rxe5 $14) 35... Re7 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Bf1 f6 38. Rc6 Nf7 39. Bc4 Ra7 40. h4 Rd7
41. Bd5 Ra7 42. Kf2 Nd8 43. Rd6 (43. Rc8 $5 Nf7 44. Rc6 $16) 43... Nf7 44. Re6
Nd8 45. Re8 Nf7 46. Ke2 Rc7 47. Kd3 Ra7 48. Kc3 Rc7+ 49. Kb4 h5 50. f4 exf4 51.
gxf4 Nd6 52. Rg8+ Kh7 53. Rd8 Nb7 $132 {Black is fighting back} 54. Bxb7 (54.
Re8 {keeps more tension.} Kg7 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Ra8 Nc5 57. Ra3) 54... Rxb7+ {
KR-KR} 55. Kc5 Kg7 56. e5 fxe5 57. fxe5 Kf7 58. Rd6 Rb1 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. Rxg6
Rh1 61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kf5 Rf1+ 64. Kg5 {[#] Black must now prevent
e6.} Re1 65. Rg7+ Kf8 66. Rh7 {Threatens to win with Kf6.} Rxe5+ 67. Kf6 Kg8
68. Rg7+ Kf8 69. Rg5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 69%.} (69. Rb7 $5 Re4 70.
Rb8+ Re8 71. Rb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ {A25: English
Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} 7. bxc3 d6 {
LiveBook: 21 Games} 8. Bg5 (8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Qe8 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nh4 Na5 12.
Qa3 Rb8 13. Be3 f4 14. gxf4 Qh5 15. Nf3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Svidler,P (2753) -Carlsen,M (2881) Stavanger 2014}) 8... Bd7 {Black has an
edge.} 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O e4 {[#]} 14.
dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa3 Qg5 15. Rb2 e3 16. f4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Smirin,I (2644)-Westerberg,J (2411) Stockholm 2014}) 14... Qxc3 15. Qd1 Qe5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Rb5 Qe7 18. e3 Ne5 19. f4 Nd7 20. e4 Be6 21. Qa1 Nc5 22. Qc3 b6
23. Rbb1 Qf6 24. Rbc1 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nf3 Bd5
29. Nxe5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd8 31. Rc2 Rd6 32. a4 Nxa4 33. Rxc7 Nc5 (33... Rd2+ $14
34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 a5) 34. Rf2 Nd3 35. Nxd3 Rxd3 $16 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 36.
Re2 {Black must now prevent Ree7.} Rd6 37. Ree7 Rg6 38. Rxa7 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Rf2
40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 h5 42. Rf5 (42. Rff7 $16) 42... h4 $1 $14 43. g4 {aiming
for Rf8.} (43. Rh5+ {is more complex.} Rh6 44. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 45. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 46.
Kg5) 43... Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Rh5+ Rh6 46. Rxh6+ Kxh6 47. Ra6+ Kh7 48. f5
Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rf2 $2 {[#]} (49... g5 $16 {is tougher.}) 50. Rg6 $1 $18 Kh8 $2 {
[#]} (50... Rd2 51. Rb6 (51. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 52. Kg5 Rg2 $16) 51... Ra2 52. Kxh4
Rxh2+ 53. Kg5 Ra2) 51. Rg5 $1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Re8 12.
Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 {[%emt 0:00:07] E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein:
5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3} (14... Rc8 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. e4 Ne7 17. e5 Nd7 18. a4
cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Ba3 g6 22. Rc1 Ra2 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 
(64) Eljanov,P (2739)-Wang,Y (2737) Baku 2016}) 15. e4 h4 16. Nf5 dxe4 17. fxe4
Rxe4 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxe4 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. Rxf6 Qd5 21.
Rd6 Qxd6 22. Qxe4 {1-0 (41) Kasabasic,D (2124)-Bourgoin,C (1769) LSS email 2011
}) 18. Nxg7 Ne5 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 21. Qb3 Neg4 22. Nf5 Qd5 23. Qd3 Rce8
24. Bc1 Re2 25. Nxh4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Nf5 Nd2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Rf3 Nf6
30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Rcf1 Rxd4 33. Nxf7 Rf4 34. Rxf4 Nxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxf7
36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:06] B91: Sicilian Najdorf: g3} (7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3
Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O
b4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2781)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Stavanger 2017})
7... Be7 8. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bg2 g6
10. a4 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Motylev,A (2680)-Kokarev,D (2620) Sochi 2017}) 9. Ng2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Ne3
Nbd7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. f4 b5 (13... exf4 $11 14. gxf4 Qb6) 14. f5 $16 Bc4 15. a3
Nb6 16. Bd2 d5 17. Ncxd5 Nfxd5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Rd1 e4 21. fxg6 (
21. Bxe4 Re8 $17) (21. d6 $5) 21... hxg6 22. h4 {[#] h5 is the strong threat.}
(22. Bxe4 Qe8 $15) 22... Bxd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Bc3) ({Don't
blunder} 22... Qf6 $2 23. Bc3 $18) 23. Nxd5 (23. Qg5 $5) 23... Qxd5 (23... Nxd5
$11 24. Bc3 Bxa3) 24. Bc3 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Bf6 (26. Rf1 $16) 26... Rfe8 $1
$11 27. Rf1 Be7 $1 28. c3 Rc6 $132 {The position is equal. Black is not
keeping still} 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rf5 Nc4 31. Rxh5 Nxb2 32. Rg5+ Kh7 33. Rd4 f6
34. Rgd5 ({Avoid the trap} 34. Rxe4 $2 Rce6 $19) 34... Rxc3 {aiming for ...Kh6.
} 35. Rxe4 Re3+ 36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ {Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Kf2 Nc4 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39.
h5 Re6 40. Bh3 Re5 41. g4 Rg5 42. Ra7 Ne5 43. Rxa6 Nxg4+ 44. Bxg4 Rxg4 45. Rxf6
Ra4 46. Rf3 b4 47. axb4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 {Program Activation Required} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5
and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3
O-O-O {[#]} 14. Be2 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 14. h3 Rhe8 15. Be2 a6 16. b3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2
(68) Baklan,V (2655)-Konopka,M (2416) Germany 2015}) 14... Kb8 15. Rhe1 h5 16.
f3 Rde8 17. Bf1 Qf7 18. b3 Bf5 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. c4 Qe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 c5 28. h4 Kc7
29. Kc3 Kc6 30. Kd2 d5 31. cxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8
15. Rae1 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} Rd7 16.
Bd3 Qd8 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} ({Reject} 18. Qh6 $6 e5 $11)
18... gxf5 $2 {[#]} (18... e5 $16 {is tougher.} 19. Be3 Bc6) 19. Nd5 $1 $18 {
[#]} Kg7 $146 {[#]} (19... Bxd5 20. exd5) ({Predecessor:} 19... e5 20. Bb6 Qc8
21. Rxf5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rb7 23. Qh6 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxb6 25. g4 {1-0 (25) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2745)-Dobrov,V (2511) Paris 2014}) 20. Rxf5 $1 Bxd5 (20... exf5 21.
Qg3+) 21. Rg5+ Kh8 22. Bxf6+ Bxf6 23. exd5 {Precision: White = 100%, Black =
35%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 (5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. e4
Bg4 15. f3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Yu,Y (2743)-Wang,H (2680) Chengdu 2017}) 5... b5
6. b3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3.. .Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} cxb3 7. axb3
e6 8. Bd2 a5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 11. Rc1 h6 12. Qd1 b4
13. Qe2 $146 Nbd7 14. Bf4 c5 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. h3 cxd4 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Be5 {[#]}
Nxe5 $1 19. Rxc8 (19. Nxe5 Qb8) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rfxc8 21. Nxd4 Nd7 22. Rd1
Nc5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. e5 Bd5 25. Qe3 a4 26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. Nb5 Rdc8 28. Bxa4 (28.
Rxd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} exd5 29. Qd3) 28... Rxa4 $17 29. Nd6 {[#]} Rc6
$2 (29... Rca8 $1 $17 30. Qb6 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Kh2 b3) 30. Qf4 $11 Bxd6
$1 31. exd6 {Hoping for d7.} Ra7 32. Qxb4 Rd7 $1 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qe8 Rcxd6 35.
Rd3 Ra7 {...Bc6 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} (35... Rc7 $5 36.
Qf8 Ra6 $11) 36. Rg3 Rc6 37. Qb8 Rb7 38. Qf8 f6 39. Kh2 Rc2 40. f3 Rc4 41. Qe8
e5 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qd8 Bf7 45. Qd3+ Kh8 46. Qd6 Kh7 47. Qd3+ Kh8
48. Qa3 {Strongly threatening Qa8+.} Kh7 49. Qd3+ {Precision: White = 61%,
Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Nf5 d5 8.
Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qg4 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Bd6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bc4 {
1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7. Bc4 Bd7 8.
f3 (8. Be3 {seems wilder.} Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Na5 11. Bd3) 8... e6 9. Be3 Be7
10. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Ba2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Qe2 {
0-1 (45) Lafuente Ruiz,J (1690)-Martinez Ferrer,A (1845) Cerdanyola del Valles
2010}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb3 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 bxa3 {[#] Hoping for
...Nxd5.} 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. bxa3 d5 {Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 17. Nc5 d4
18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bg5 Qc6 20. f4 exf4 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 21. e5
Nfd5 $1 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxf4 Ng6 24. Rxd4 {e6 is the strong threat.The
position is equal.} Qc3 25. Rad1 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Qxa3 26.
Bb3 Rae8 27. Ra4 (27. Qe3 $5 Qa5 28. Rd5 $11) 27... Qc5+ 28. Qf2 Qc8 29. Rda1
Nxe5 30. h3 Qc3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
a6 9. Qc2 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4} b5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 {
White is slightly better.} Qc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...b4.} 12. a3 Ng4
13. Bd2 {[#]} f5 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 13... Nb6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Be3 Rfc8
17. Nd2 {0-1 (62) Vanheste,J (2390)-Lobron,E (2530) Belgrade 1988}) 14. exf5
Nc5 $1 15. Ne4 {[#] Threatens to win with b4.} (15. f6 $5 Nxf6 16. Rac1 $14)
15... Bxf5 16. Bd3 $1 Qd7 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bc3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf6 {Strongly
threatening ...e4.} 20. Nxe5 Qxd5 21. Rad1 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 c4 23. Rdd1 $1 Bc5 24.
Nd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 (26. Rd5 {is interesting.} Ba7 27. Rd2 Bc5 28.
Re1 Raf8 29. Ree2) 26... Kxf7 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rd1 Be7 28. f4 Ra7 29.
Kf2 a5 30. Ke3 b4 31. Bd4 Rc7 32. axb4 axb4 33. Be5 Rc8 34. Rc1 g6 35. Kd4 c3
36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38. Kxc3 $14 {KB-KB} h5 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd8 41.
h3 Be7 42. Bg7 Bd8 43. Bh6 Be7 44. Bg5 Bc5 45. Kf3 {White is better.} Kf5 46.
g4+ hxg4+ 47. hxg4+ Ke6 48. Ke4 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 {D79:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 {LiveBook: 52 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 e6 17.
e3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. Rab1 Reb8 21. Rb3
{[#]} Rb6 $146 22. Reb1 Rab8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Kd3 Kd6 25. c4 {[#] Strongly
threatening c5+.} c5 26. cxd5 Kxd5 {Hoping for ...c4+.} 27. dxc5 Rxb3+ 28. axb3
{KR-KR} Rb5 29. b4 a5 $1 30. c6 (30. Rc1 $5 axb4 31. c6 $11) 30... Kxc6 31.
Rc1+ Kd6 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Ke4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A49:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6
3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Rb1
Qa6 15. Bc3 b6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 {0-1 (56)
Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Nc6 (11... Rd8 $5) 12. c5
Qa6 13. Nxc6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ba4 16. Nb3
Rac8 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Glushenkov,S (2238)-Yartsev,V 
(2325) ICCF email 2012}) 13... bxc6 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rab8 17.
Be5 Rb4 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. a3 Rb7 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Rc8 (22... e5
$5 23. Nf3 f6 $11) 23. h4 Ne8 24. Rd1 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Nf6 25. e5
$1 Ng4 {[#]} 26. e6 ({White has to play} 26. h5 $1 $16) 26... f6 $1 $11 27. Nf3
$1 Rcb8 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 28. Qe4 $1 h5 29. Rd7 Qb5 30. Qc2 (30.
Rc1 $1 $14) 30... Rxd7 (30... Qa5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. exd7 $16 e5
$2 (31... Qb7 $16) 32. Rd1 $18 Qa5 33. Rd6 Rd8 34. Kg2 Qc7 {[#]} 35. Ng5 $1
fxg5 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 d6 {
A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (7... O-O 8.
Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14.
Re1 Kf8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Ba2 Bc5 17. Bb1 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 {0-1 (48) Edouard,R 
(2626)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803) chess. com INT 2017}) 8. Be2 O-O {LiveBook: 12
Games} 9. Nb3 b6 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne5
13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Bg3 Qb8 15. f4 Ng6 16. Kh1 Qa8 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. e5
Nd7 20. Nf3 Be7 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (35) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E 
(2671)-Pantsulaia,L (2589) Dubai 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
Qe2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rf3 Nd7 18. Rg3 $36 {aiming for e5!
White has the initiative.} Rfd8 (18... Bc6 $14) 19. Bb1 (19. e5 $16 dxe5 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rh3) 19... Nf8 20. f5 {Black must now prevent Bh6.}
Bf6 $1 21. Nb5 (21. Bh6 $5) 21... Qe7 22. Bf4 e5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 22...
exf5 $11 23. Nxd6 Ne6 24. Nxc8 Bxc8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 23. Bc1 $16 a6 24. Nc3 Nd7
25. Rh3 Bc6 26. Rhd3 Nb6 27. b3 Rb8 28. Bc2 Nc8 (28... h6 $16) 29. Rf1 (29. Qg4
$18) 29... Rd7 $2 (29... Kf8 $16) 30. Rh3 g6 $2 (30... Qf8 31. Rff3 (31. Qh5 h6
$16) 31... h6) 31. Qe3 $18 g5 32. Rh6 Bg7 (32... Kf8 $142 33. Rxh7 Rdb7) 33. f6
Bxh6 34. fxe7 Rxe7 35. Nd5 Re6 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. h4 Ne7 38. hxg5 Bg7 39. Qh3 {
[#]} Bxf6 40. gxf6 Ng6 41. Rf5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 29%.} (41. Qh6
$142 Rg8 42. Rf5 Nf4 43. Bxf4 Rg6 44. Qf8+ Rg8 45. Qxf7 Be8 46. Qxe6) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2
d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Rb8 12.
Qd2 Bd7 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3
} 13. Rad1 (13. Nd5 Bc6 14. f4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e4 Re8 18.
Qd4+ Qf6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Rae1 {1-0 (50) Dastan,B (2480)-Bartel,M (2341) Warsaw
2016}) 13... Bc6 14. Nd5 a6 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qe7 16. h3 {
1-0 (61) Heinzel,O (2369)-Anistratov,D (2293) Austria 2015}) 15. Qc1 Re8 16.
Qa1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. e3 Qe7 20. h4 h5 21. Bf3 f5 22. e4 fxe4
23. Re1 Bg7 24. Bxe4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qg7 26. Qc2 Ne5 27. Kg2 Nf7 28. Re2 Re6 29.
Rd1 c6 30. Rde1 Kf8 31. Bd3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 g5 33. hxg5 Qxg5 34. Re4 Re8 35. Rf4
Re6 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Bh7+ Kxh7 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 h4 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Qh8
hxg3 42. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Bf4} (10... Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Qa4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 d4 14. O-O dxe3 15. Rad1 Qf6
16. fxe3 Qxf4 17. exf4 Re8 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Ne5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (36) Mamedyarov,S
(2772)-Adams,M (2761) Shamkir 2017}) 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be4 12. Ng5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O) 12... Qe7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxe4
dxe4 14. Qd5 Re8 15. Nxf7 Qxf7 16. Qxc5 Nd7 17. Qb5 b6 18. O-O Nc5 19. a4 Nd3
20. Bg3 Rac8 {...Rc5 is the strong threat.} 21. b4 Red8 (21... Rc4 $1 $11) 22.
a5 $16 Qc4 23. Qxc4+ Rxc4 24. b5 Rd5 25. Rfb1 Rcc5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra8+ Kf7
28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rb7 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. f3 Ne2+ 32.
Kf2 exf3 ({Black should try} 32... Nxg3 $14 33. Kxg3 exf3) 33. Rxb6 $16 Nxg3
34. hxg3 fxg2 35. Kxg2 $14 {KR-KR} Rd3 (35... h5 $16 36. Rb7 Rd3) 36. Kf3 $1
$18 Ke7 {[#]} 37. Kf4 ({Better is} 37. g4 $1 $18) 37... Rb3 {[#]} (37... h5 $16
38. Rg6 Kf7) 38. g4 $1 g6 39. g5 Rb4+ 40. e4 Rb1 41. Rb7+ Kf8 $2 (41... Ke6 42.
Rxh7 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Rg1) 42. b6 Rf1+ 43. Ke5 Rb1 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. e5 Kd8 46. Rxh7
{Precision: White = 68%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:07] B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} (
15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bf3 c4 20. Qd2 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Rd8 22. b3 Rb5 23. bxc4 Qxc4 {1-0 (88) Ponomariov,R (2709)-Neiksans,A (2631)
Tallinn 2016}) 15... O-O 16. Qd3 d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 18. f4 Bf6
{[#]} 19. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Qf3 a5 22. Bd3
a4 23. Qh3 e5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Tseshkovsky,V (2558)-Gazarian,A (2509) Krasnodar
2000}) 19... Rc6 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qc7 24. Bf3 Nc8
25. Rd3 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Rb6 (25... Ne7 $16) 26. f5 $18
Qe7 27. fxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 28. e5 $1 {And now Bd5 would win.} Ne7 29. Qe2 {
Black must now prevent Re3.} Re8 (29... g6 $142 30. Bg4 f5) 30. Bg4 Qxe5 $2 {
[#]} (30... Qh6 31. exd6 Rxd6) 31. Re3 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Qd4 {
...Nf5! is the strong threat.} 32. Rd1 Nf5 33. Rxd4 Rxe3 34. Qd2 {Precision:
White = 87%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "257"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4}
Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Ne8 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6
11. Qh3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f4 a5 14. g4 g5 {0-1 (31) Chevannes,S (2052)
-Rogers,J (2338) West Bromwich 2004}) 10. Qh3 f5 11. g4 Nd6 12. Ndf3 Ne4 ({
Black should try} 12... Nxe5 $14 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 c5 $11) 13... Ne4) 13. Nxd7
$16 Qxd7 14. Ne5 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Qc8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Kh1 c5 (16... Ba6
$16 {was necessary.}) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. Ng4 c4 20. Bxd6 cxd3 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rxg7+ $1 (22. Be5 Rg6 $16) 22... Kxg7 23. Be5 $1 dxc2 $2 {[#]} (
23... Kf8) 24. Rg1+ $1 $18 Kf8 25. Qxh7 Rf7 26. Bd6+ $2 (26. Qh6+ {NOTEXT} Ke8
27. Rg8+ Rf8 28. Qxf8+ Kd7 29. Qd6#) 26... Ke8 $16 {[#]} 27. Qg8+ $1 ({Resist} 
27. Rg8+ $6 Kd7 $14) 27... Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Ba3 (29. Be5 $16 {White wants
to mate with a4.} Kb5 30. Rc1) 29... Kb5 $14 30. b3 a5 31. Rc1 Ka6 $1 32. Qg6
Ka7 33. Qg2 Qc3 34. Rxc2 Qxe3 35. Qf2 Qd3 36. h4 f4 37. Be7 Re8 38. Bg5 Re3 39.
Rd2 Qf5 40. Kh2 Bc8 41. Qg2 Re1 42. Re2 Rc1 43. Rb2 Rc3 44. Re2 Rc1 45. Rb2 Rc3
46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Re2 Rd1 48. Re5 Qd3 49. Bxf4 Qxd4 50. Re7+ Ka8 51. Bg3 Qd3 52.
Re2 (52. Re8 $5 Qf5 53. Re5 $14) 52... Qf5 53. Re5 Qd3 54. Re2 Qf5 55. Re1 Rd2
56. Qxd2 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Qxg3+ $11 {Endgame KQR-KQB} 58. Kh1 {Re8 is the strong
threat.} Qxh4+ 59. Kg2 Bh3+ 60. Kg1 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Bg2+ 62. Qxg2 Qxe1+ {KQ-KQ}
63. Kh2 Qh4+ 64. Kg1 Qe1+ 65. Qf1 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qh4+ 67. Kg2 Qg5+ 68. Kf2 Ka7
69. Ke2 d4 70. f4 Qc5 71. Qe1 Qc2+ 72. Qd2 Qe4+ 73. Kf2 Kb7 74. Kg3 Kc6 75.
Qc1+ Kd5 76. Qc7 Qg6+ 77. Kf2 Qf6 78. Kf3 Qh8 79. Qc4+ Kd6 80. Ke4 Qh1+ 81.
Kxd4 Qa1+ 82. Ke4 (82. Kd3 $5 Qxa2 83. Qd4+ Kc7 84. Qe5+ Kb7 85. Qd5+ Kc7 86.
Qf7+ Kd6 87. Qf6+ Kc7 88. Qf7+ Kd6 89. Qf6+ Kc7 90. Qf7+ $14) 82... Qxa2 83.
Qd5+ Kc7 84. Ke5 Qe2+ 85. Kf6 {Strongly threatening Qe5+.} b5 86. f5 Qe8 $1 87.
Qe6 Qf8+ 88. Kg6 a4 89. bxa4 bxa4 90. Qc4+ $2 (90. f6 $11 a3 91. Qc4+ Kb6 92.
Qe6+ Kb7 93. Qd7+ Kb6 94. f7) 90... Kd8 $2 (90... Kb6 $11) 91. Qd4+ Kc7 92.
Qxa4 $2 (92. Qa7+ $18 Kd6 93. Qb6+ Ke5 94. Qb5+ Kd4 95. Qxa4+ Kc3 96. Qc6+ Kb4
97. Qb7+ Kc5 98. Qc7+ Kb5 99. Qe5+ Ka4 100. Qd4+ Ka3 101. Qa7+ Kb4 102. Qd4+
Ka3 103. Qa7+ Kb4 104. Qd4+ Ka3) 92... Qg8+ 93. Kf6 Qf8+ 94. Kg5 Qg7+ 95. Kf4
Qh6+ 96. Ke5 (96. Kg3 $5 Qf6 97. Kg4 $16) 96... Qe3+ 97. Kd5 Qd3+ 98. Ke6 Qd6+
99. Kf7 {And now Qa7+ would win.} Qd5+ 100. Kf6 {Black must now prevent Qa7+.}
Qd8+ 101. Kg6 {aiming for Qa5+.} Qg8+ 102. Kh5 {Threatens to win with Qa7+.}
Qh7+ 103. Kg5 {White threatens Qa7+ and mate.} Qg7+ 104. Kf4 {Threatening mate
with Qa7+.} Qh6+ 105. Ke5 {Hoping for Qa5+.} (105. Kg4 $5 Qg7+ 106. Kf4 $16)
105... Qg7+ $2 (105... Qe3+ $11 106. Kf6 (106. Kd5 Kd8 $11) 106... Qh6+ 107.
Kf7 Qh7+ 108. Ke6 Qg8+ 109. Kf6 Qf8+ 110. Kg5 Qg7+) 106. f6 $18 Qg5+ 107. Ke6
Qg8+ 108. Ke7 {Intending Qd7+ and mate.} Qd8+ 109. Kf7 Qd5+ 110. Kf8 Qc5+ 111.
Kf7 Qd5+ $2 (111... Qh5+ $11 112. Kg7 Qg5+ 113. Kf7 Qh5+ 114. Ke6 Qe2+ 115. Kf7
Qh5+) 112. Kg6 Qg8+ 113. Kh6 Qf8+ 114. Kg5 Qg8+ 115. Kf4 Qe6 116. Qa5+ Kd7 117.
Qf5 Kd6 118. Kg5 Qf7 119. Qd3+ Kc6 120. Qg6 Qd5+ 121. Kh6 Kd7 122. Qh7+ Kc8
123. f7 Qh1+ 124. Kg7 Qa1+ 125. Kg8 {White mates.} Qa2 126. Qe4 Qb3 127. Kg7
Qg3+ 128. Kf6 Qc3+ 129. Qe5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2
Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O c6 {[%emt 0:00:05] E04: Open Catalan: Nf3} (7... O-O 8.
Qc2 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qxc6 Ra6
15. Qc2 {0-1 (38) Kozul,Z (2631)-Zelcic,R (2500) Valpovo 2017}) 8. Bxb4 axb4 9.
Ne5 c3 10. bxc3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. a4 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Nc4
Qc7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 (52) Rindlisbacher,J (2246)-Ariunbuuvei,B 
(1995) Maribor 2012}) 12... Ra7 13. Nc4 h6 14. a5 Na6 15. e3 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Nc7 18. Rfb1 Qe7 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rd8 21. Bf1 Kf8 22. Nb6 Bd7 23.
Be2 Be8 24. h4 Nb5 25. Raa1 Nc3 26. Rb2 Nxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Ke7 28. Rb2 Rb8 29. Kg2
Kd8 30. g4 Kc7 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. Rb6 Ra6 33. Rab1 Ra7 34. Ra1 f6 35. a6 Rda8 36.
axb7 Rxa1 37. bxa8=Q Rxa8 38. Rb4 c5 39. dxc5 Kc6 40. Nd2 Kxc5 41. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5
9. Be3 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} Nfd7 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11.
f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Qf2 Bb7 16. Nce2 O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 (24) Bacrot, E (2719)-Areshchenko,A (2654) Germany 2015}) 10. Qe2 Ne5
11. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nbc6 12. Rd2 (12. Kb1 $16) 12... Bd7 13.
f4 (13. h4 $5) 13... gxf4 $1 14. Bxf4 Qa5 (14... Na5 $11) 15. Nb3 $36 {White
fights for an advantage.} Qc7 16. Rhd1 O-O-O 17. Kb1 f6 18. Bf1 Kb8 19. Be3 Be7
(19... h5 $14) 20. Qf2 $16 Rdf8 21. Be2 Be8 22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Na4 ({White has to
play} 23. Rxd6 $18 Bxd6 24. Rxd6) 23... h5 $1 $14 24. c4 (24. Rxd6 $14 Bxd6 25.
Rxd6 hxg4 26. Bc5 gxh3 27. Rd1) 24... hxg4 $1 $15 25. hxg4 Bg6 (25... f5 $15
26. gxf5 exf5 27. exf5 Rxf5) 26. Qf4 (26. Qg2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.})
26... Rh3 (26... f5 $17 27. exf5 Rh4) 27. Ka1 $11 f5 28. exf5 $1 exf5 29. g5 {
Strongly threatening c5.} Rfh8 30. Nc3 R8h4 31. Qf2 $1 Rh2 32. Qg1 Rh1 33. Qxh1
Rxh1 34. Rxh1 f4 35. Bf1 Nf3 (35... Nd7 $5 36. Bf2 Nb4 $11) 36. Rf2 Nxg5 (36...
Nfe5 $11) 37. Rxf4 $14 Nb4 {[#]} (37... Ne6 $14 38. Bh3 Nb4) 38. a3 $1 $16 Nc2+
$2 (38... Nc6 $16 39. Nd5 Qe8) 39. Ka2 $18 Ne6 40. Rf2 Qg8 $2 (40... Qe8 41.
Rhh2 Bd8) 41. Nd5 Bd8 42. Bxd8 (42. Rfh2 $142 Qe8 43. Rh8) 42... Qxd8 43. Rf6
$2 ({White should try} 43. Rh6 $18 Qe8 44. Re2) 43... Be4 $11 44. Rhh6 Bxd5 $1
45. cxd5 Ned4 46. Bd3 (46. Rxd6 $16 Qf8 47. Nxd4 Nxd4 48. Bd3) 46... Nxb3 47.
Bxc2 (47. Rxd6 $2 Nc1+ 48. Kb1 {[#]} Nxa3+ $1 49. Kxc1 (49. bxa3 Qg5 $17) 49...
Qg5+ 50. Kd1 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qb4+ 52. Ke3 Qxb2 $17) 47... Nd4 48. Be4 Qe8 49. Bd3
Qa4 50. Rh3 Qb3+ 51. Kb1 $1 Qd1+ (51... Qxd5 {looks sharper.} 52. Bc2 Qe5 53.
Rf8+ Ka7 54. Rd3 d5) 52. Ka2 Qb3+ 53. Kb1 $1 Qxd5 54. Rf2 Qe5 55. Rf1 a5 56.
Bc4 Qe4+ 57. Ka2 Nc6 (57... d5 $5 58. Bd3 Qe6 59. Rh8+ Ka7 $11) 58. Rc3 d5 59.
Bd3 Qe6 60. Rc5 Ka7 {next ... Qe3 is good for Black.} 61. Rfc1 d4+ 62. Ka1 Qe3
63. Rd1 Ne5 64. Rxa5+ Kb8 65. Bb1 d3 66. Rxe5 Qxe5 67. Rxd3 {Endgame KQ-KRB}
Qe1 68. Ka2 Qe6+ 69. Rb3 Ka7 70. Bd3 Qd5 71. Bb5 Qf7 72. a4 b6 73. Bd3 Qd5 74.
Bb5 Qf7 75. Ka3 Qe7+ 76. Rb4 Qc5 77. Kb3 Qd5+ 78. Rc4 Qe6 79. Ka3 Qe7+ 80. Ka2
Qe6 81. b3 Qe2+ 82. Kb1 {Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Qf1+ (82... Qd1+ {is
interesting.} 83. Ka2 Qe2+) 83. Kb2 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} (83. Ka2 $5
Qf2+ 84. Ka3 $11) 83... Qf6+ (83... Qf5 {keeps more tension.} 84. b4 Qf6+ 85.
Rc3 Qf2+ 86. Kb3 Kb8) 84. Ka2 Qf2+ 85. Ka3 Qf8+ 86. b4 Qf3+ 87. Kb2 Qf6+ 88.
Kb3 Qe6 89. Kb2 Qf6+ 90. Rc3 Qd4 91. Kb3 Qd1+ 92. Rc2 Qb1+ 93. Kc3 Qe1+ 94. Kc4
Qe6+ 95. Kd4 Qf6+ (95... Qe1 $5) 96. Kd3 Qf3+ 97. Kc4 Qd1 98. Rc3 Qf1+ 99. Rd3
Qc1+ 100. Kd5 Qg5+ 101. Kc6 Qc1+ 102. Kd7 Qb2 103. Bc6 (103. Kc8 $11 Qh8+ 104.
Kc7) 103... Qxb4 (103... Kb8 $1 $15 104. Bb5 Qxb4) 104. Kc7 {The position is
equal.} Qf4+ (104... b5 $5 105. axb5 Qe7+ 106. Rd7 Qc5 $11) 105. Kc8 $1 Ka6 (
105... b5 $5 106. Bxb5 Kb6 $15) 106. Bb5+ Ka5 107. Kb7 Qe4+ 108. Ka7 Qxd3 109.
Bxd3 {White threatens Bb5 and mate.} Kxa4 110. Kxb6 {Precision: White = 67%,
Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {LiveBook: 102 Games. B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind:
Gurgenidze System} 11. Be2 a4 12. Kf2 Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rac1
Bd7 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rc7 Nc5 18. Rb1 {
1-0 (72) Caruana,F (2827) -Antipov,M (2580) Caleta 2017}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxa5
(15. Qxd5 Qb4 $15) 15... Rxa5 16. cxd5 Bxb2 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Bb5 17. Bd2 Bd4+ 18. Ke1 Bxe2
19. Bxa5 {1-0 (95) Horvath, A (2469)-Hemant,S (2380) Zalakaros 2017}) 17. Rc7
Bc8 18. Rxe7 Ra8 (18... f5 $142) 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rc7 Bd8 21. Rc2 {Threatens to
win with Bh6.} f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rb2 Rf7 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Rb6 Rd8 (25... Re8
$11 26. Bb5 (26. Rxd6 Bb2 $11) 26... Rxe3 27. Kxe3 Bd8 28. Rxd6 Be7) 26. Rc4
$36 {Black is under pressure.} a3 (26... Re8 $14 27. Bf4 (27. Rxd6 b5 $11) (27.
Rxa4 Rfe7 $14) 27... Rfe7) 27. Bc1 (27. g4 $16 Bh4+ 28. Kf1) 27... Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Rb4 Rc7 30. Bxa3 Bd7 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 $16 {Endgame KBB-KBB}
b5 33. Bd3 Bd4+ 34. Kg3 Bc5 35. Bb2 Kf7 36. Kf4 h6 37. g4 Bg1 38. Kg3 b4 {[#]}
39. h4 (39. Bc1 $1 $18) 39... Be3 40. f4 Bd2 41. Kf3 h5 {[#]} 42. gxh5 (42. f5
$1 $16 gxf5 43. gxh5) 42... gxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. f5 Be1 $1 44.
Kf4 Bxh4 45. Be2 Bf6 46. Bxh5+ Kg7 47. Bc1 Be5+ (47... Kh6 $5 48. Kg4+ $8 Kg7
$11) 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Bg4 {With the idea Bd2.} Bb5 50. Bd2 Bc4 51. Bxb4 {
a4 is the strong threat.} Bxa2 52. Ba5 Kg5 53. Bf3 Bb1+ {Precision: White =
61%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dai, Changren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {
B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. g5 b5 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. h4
Nc6 12. Qd2 {LiveBook: 35 Games} Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O (14. h5 O-O 15.
O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (29) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017}) 14...
Rb8 15. Kb1 $146 (15. h5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd4) 15... a5 $1 $15 {
Hoping for ...b4.} 16. Qd4 O-O $1 {aiming for ... b4.} 17. f3 $2 {[#]} (17. h5
$15) 17... b4 $19 18. axb4 (18. h5 $142) 18... axb4 19. Na2 d5 $1 20. b3 Bc5
21. Qd2 Qa5 22. Bd4 Ra8 23. Nc1 Bxd4 ({But not} 23... dxe4 24. Bb2 $19) 24.
Qxd4 dxe4 25. fxe4 {[#]} (25. h5 {was worth a try.} Rfd8 26. Qb2 Qxg5 27. h6)
25... Bxe4 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Rh2 (26. Qxe4 Qa1#) 26... Nb6 {
And now .. .Nd5 would win.} 27. Nd3 Rfd8 28. Qb2 Nd5 29. Re1 Nc3+ 30. Kc1 Bxd3
31. Bxd3 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Bd7 {
next ...a6 is good for Black.} 8. O-O {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit}
exd4 $1 (8... a6 9. c4 Qd6 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Ng5 Qg4
14. h3 axb5 15. Qxb5 Qf5 16. Qxb7 Nd4 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Qa6 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Ra8 20.
g4 Qc2 21. Rd2 Qg6 {0-1 (21) Durarbayli,V (2627)-So,W (2822) chess.com INT 2017
}) 9. cxd4 O-O-O (9... Ne5 $15 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7) 10. Nc3 {The
position is equal.} Qh5 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5
13. Bf4 a6 14. Be2 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Nd4 {0-1 (44) Harris,I (2160)-Jacobson,B (2202)
ICC INT 2015}) 11... Nd5 12. Rac1 a6 $36 {And now ...Nxc3 would win. Black
fights for an advantage.} 13. Nxd5 (13. Be2 {feels hotter.} Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nb4
15. Qb3 Qh6 16. Nd1) 13... Qxd5 14. Bc4 Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 Bxa4 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17.
Ne6 Bd6 18. Rfe1 ({White should play} 18. Nxg7 Kd7 19. b3) 18... Bd7 $17 19.
Nf4 Rb5 20. b3 Ba3 21. Rc4 Re8 22. h3 Rb4 23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Rc3 Bc6
26. Nh5 Re7 27. Rc4 f5 28. g4 g6 29. Nf6 Bd6 30. g5 Bf3 31. Rh4 Be5 (31... b5
$142 32. Bf4 Ba3) 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 34. Rc4 b6 35. Kh2
Kb7 36. Rh4 {[#]} (36. Kg3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Be4 37. Rc1) 36... b5 $1 $19
37. Kg3 {[#]} Be4 $1 38. Kf4 $2 (38. Nxe4 {is tougher.} fxe4 39. Kf4) 38... Bb1
39. a3 a5 40. Rxh7 (40. Kg3 $142 Ba2 41. Nd5) 40... Rxh7 41. Nxh7 {KB-KN} Bc2
42. Nf8 Bxb3 43. Ke3 b4 44. axb4 a4 45. Kd2 cxb4 46. Nxg6 a3 {Black mates.} 47.
Kc1 Ba2 48. Nf4 b3 49. Nd3 b2+ 50. Nxb2 axb2+ 51. Kxb2 Bf7 52. Kc3 Kc6 53. Kd4
Kd6 54. f3 Bh5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with cxd5}
b6 13. d5 (13. Rac1 Bb7 14. d5 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. e5 Qg6 18. d6
f6 19. Nh4 Qg4 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017})
13... Nf6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 fxe6 17. f3 Rfd8 {[#]} 18. Rfd1
$146 Rac8 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 e5 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke6 24.
Ke3 Kd6 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. g3 g5 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. gxf4 b5 29. h4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qe2 Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06] B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7
f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} 11. Kh1 {With the idea f4.} d6 12. f4 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a4 Bd7
14. f4 Nc6 15. g4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Nxc2 18. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Guseinov,G (2527)-Bar,R (2418) Moscow 2002}) 12... Nc4 {The position is equal.}
13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 $1 15. Nxd5 (15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qc6 $17) 15...
exd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 (17... Qc6+ $11 18. Qf3 Qxe6) 18. Bg5 (18. Kg2
$16) 18... Qc6+ $11 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Rxf3 h6 21. Bd2 Nxe5 (21... Rf8 $11 {
remains equal.} 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 22. Rf4 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Nc6 23. Re1
e5 24. Bc3 O-O-O 25. Rf7 Rd7 (25... Rhf8 $11 26. Rxg7 Rf2) 26. Rxd7 $14 Kxd7
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf8 {...Rf1+ would now be nice for
Black.} 29. Re2 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. c3 g5 32. Kf3 h5 33. Ke4 {aiming for Kf5.}
Ke6 34. Na5 b5 35. Nc6 Bc5 36. Nd8+ Kd7 37. Nf7 g4 (37... Be7 $16 38. Kf5 Rf1+
39. Kg6 Rf6+ 40. Kg7 Rf5) 38. Kf5 $18 Rh1 (38... Ra1 {was worth a try.} 39. Kg6
Rxa2 40. Ne5+ Kc7 41. Kxh5 Bd6) 39. Kg5 Rf1 40. Ne5+ Kd6 41. Nd3 Rd1 42. Nf4 {
White is clearly winning.} a5 43. Kxh5 Ra1 44. Kxg4 Rxa2 (44... Kd7 $142 45. a3
Rg1) 45. b4 Rxe2 46. bxc5+ ({Less strong is} 46. Nxe2 axb4 47. cxb4 Bxb4 $14)
46... Kxc5 47. Nxe2 {KN-KPP} a4 48. h4 Kc4 49. h5 a3 50. Nc1 Kxc3 51. h6 Kc2
52. h7 Kxc1 53. h8=Q {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 Nb4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Rd3 {LiveBook: 3
Games. D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} Nxc3 (13...
b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Bg5 g6 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Bd2 Bg5 20.
Be1 Kg7 {0-1 (36) Huzman,A (2581)-Fomin,T (2312) Minsk 2015}) 14. bxc3 b5 15.
Bb3 {White is better.} Bb7 16. Rh3 Be4 $146 ({Black should play} 16... Rc8 $14)
({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Rc8 17.
Bg5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc2 Ng5 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 {0-1 (35) Smirnov,S (2283)
-Kurilov,V (2329) St Petersburg 2006}) 17. Bg5 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Bg6 (
17... Bb7 $142) 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxg5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 22.
c4 $1 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qa4 a5 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Rb3 Qa7 27. h3 Qc7 28. Rb5
Bd8 29. Qb3 Bf6 30. Qf3 g5 (30... Qc2 $16) 31. g3 $18 Qa7 32. Rb7 Qc5 33. Rdd7
Qc3 34. Rd3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe5 36. a4 Qa1 {[#]} (36... Qf5 {was worth a try.} 37.
Qxf5 exf5) 37. Rxf7 $1 Qxa4 (37... Rb8 $142) (37... Kxf7 38. Qb7+) 38. Rxf6
gxf6 39. Qxf6 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe4+ 40. Rf3 g4 41. hxg4 a4 (41... Rb8 $142 42.
Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qxa5 Qd5 45. Qxd5 exd5) 42. g5 a3 43. g6 (43. Qf7+
$142 Kh8 44. g6 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Rc3+ 46. Kg2 Rxg3+ 47. fxg3 e5 48. Qh7#) 43...
Qb7 44. Qxe6+ Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kh6 46. Kh2 {Qh4+ would kill now.} Rc6 47. Qf7 Rc7
48. Qf8+ (48. Qf4+ $142 Kxg6 49. Qf5+ Kh6 50. Rf4 Qh1+ 51. Kxh1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rg1+ 53. Kxg1 a2 54. Rh4+ Kg7 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Qf7#) 48... Kg5 49. Rf5+ {
Precision: White = 86%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 {Program Activation Required} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3
Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 b6 {C10: French with 3
Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (10... Re8 11. Bc2 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Ne5 c5 15. Qd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nh5
g6 20. Re3 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Re7 22. Rg3 Rd7 23. Bxh7 {1-0 (23) Zhao,J (2589)-Wang,
Y (2706) Xinghua 2013}) 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bf4 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 13. Bd2
c5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Qf1 {1-0 (43)
Buervenich,S (2160)-Hoyos,A Matinhos 1994}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Be7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22.
b4 Ncd7 23. f3 Be7 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qd3 e5 27. Nf5 Re6 28. Qe3
Nh5 29. Rd1 Nf8 30. Kh1 Nf4 31. Nxg7 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Kxg7 33. Bf5 Re7 34. Bd2 Qc6
35. Rg1 Nh7 36. Kf2+ Ng5 37. h4 Qxc4 38. hxg5 Qh4+ 39. Rg3 h5 40. g6 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yuan, Ye"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d5 (4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
d6 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bd2
h6 15. h3 a6 {1-0 (30) Zhou,J (2595)-Zheng,A (2252) Philadelphia 2017}) 4...
Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Bb7
$146 (6... Bxc3+ $5 7. bxc3 O-O $17) ({Predecessor:} 6... g5 7. Bg3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qd7 {0-1 (23) Verdier,P-Dru,L France
1987}) 7. dxe6 ({White should play} 7. e4 $15) 7... fxe6 (7... dxe6 $17 {
...Bxc3+ is the strong threat.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 8. e3 (8. Qc2 $15) 8... O-O ({
Better is} 8... Bxc3+ $17 9. bxc3 Na6) 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 $11) 9... Qe8 10. Be2 d6
11. Qb3 Nc6 (11... Bxc3+ $5 12. Qxc3 Nbd7 $15) 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qg6 14.
Bg3 Ne7 15. O-O-O Ne4 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. Bd3 {[#]} Nc5 $1 18. Ne1 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3
e5 20. e4 $1 a5 21. a4 Ba6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Qe3 (23. Nc2 $11) 23... Bxc4 (23...
c6 $17) 24. bxc4 $11 Qxc4+ 25. Nc2 Qxa4 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Re8 28. Rd4 Qc6
29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rf1 {And now Bxh6! would win.} Qb5 31. Rf3 $40 {White is up to
no good.} a4 (31... Rf8 $14) 32. Qh3 Ng8 33. g4 {Hoping for g5.} Rf8 (33... a3
$1 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Rxa3 (34. Nxa3 Qc5+ 35. Rc4 Qg1+ 36. Kc2 b5 $17)
34... Rxa3 35. Nxa3 Qe2) 34. g5 $16 a3 35. gxh6 g5 {[#]} (35... Nxh6 $16 36.
Rb3 Qe2) 36. Rb3 $1 $18 (36. Nxa3 Qc5+ 37. Rc4 Qg1+ 38. Rf1 Rxa3 $11) 36... Qe2
$2 (36... Qc6 $16 37. Bd2 (37. Rc3 Qe8 $11) 37... a2) 37. Qc3 {Black must now
prevent Rxd6+.} Nf6 {Threatens to win with .. .Qf1+.} 38. Bxg5 a2 (38... Qh5
$142 39. Rd5 Kh7 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Nxa3 Ne8) 39. Rd1 Qf2 40. Ra3 (40. Rb5 $142
Ra5 41. Rxa5 bxa5 42. Kb2) 40... Rxa3 41. Qxa3 Kh7 42. Qxa2 Nxe4 43. Be3 Qf5
44. Qc4 c5 45. Rg1 d5 46. Qe2 Qf7 $2 (46... Qe6 47. Qa6 Rf7) 47. Rg7+ {
Precision: White = 49%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O
6. Bd3 dxc4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6... c5 7. b3
cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.
Qb1+ Kg8 14. Qxb4 {0-1 (35) Chatalbashev,B (2533)-Ladva,O (2337) Tallinn 2014})
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Qxd1 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 10... Nxc5 11.
Nc3 Bf6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 {1-0 (24) Stephan,M (1692)-Sandmann,M 
(1542) Germany 2011}) 11. Rxd1 Nxc5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Be8 16. Ne4 e5 17. Bg3 Kh8 18. Nd6 f5 19. f3 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf7 21. Rd7
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rab8 23. Rad1 a5 24. R1d5 Rfd8 25. Rf7 g6 26. Bh4 Kg8 27. Rc7
Rdc8 28. Rdd7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Nd8 30. Be1 a4 31. Bc3 Nf7 32. Kf2 g5 33. Ke2 b6
34. Ra7 Rc8 35. Rxa4 Nd6 36. b3 b5 37. Ra6 Nf7 38. Kd3 bxc4+ 39. bxc4 Rd8+ 40.
Kc2 Rc8 41. Kb3 h5 42. Ra5 Rd8 43. c5 Kf8 44. c6 Ke7 45. Bxe5 Rc8 46. Bc3 Rxc6
47. Rxf5 Ra6 48. e4 Rb6+ 49. Kc2 Ra6 50. Ra5 Rc6 51. Kd3 Ke6 52. h4 Rd6+ 53.
Kc2 gxh4 54. Rxh5 Ra6 55. Rxh4 Ra2+ 56. Bb2 Ra5 57. Rg4 Nd6 58. Rg6+ Ke7 59.
Kd3 Ra4 60. e5 Nf5 61. Rf6 Nh4 62. g3 Ng2 63. Bc3 Ra3 64. f4 Ne1+ 65. Kc4 Nc2
66. Rc6 Kd7 67. Rd6+ Ke7 68. Rd3 Ra6 69. f5 Na3+ 70. Kb3 Nb5 71. Bb4+ Ke8 72.
e6 Ra1 73. Kc4 Nc7 74. e7 Rf1 75. Rd8+ Kf7 76. Rf8+ Kg7 77. Bc3+ Kh6 78. Rc8
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Yao, Lan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7..
.a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Nxc6 (13. g3 Rc8 14.
Bg2 h5 15. Bf3 Na5 16. b3 Bg7 17. g4 h4 18. g5 fxg5 19. Rhg1 {1-0 (28) Anand,V
(2779)-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 13... Bxc6 14. f5 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 {
LiveBook: 76 Games} Qc5 17. Qe2 Ke7 $1 18. Nxh5 Bb5 19. Qg4 $1 Bh6 $1 20. Rd5 {
[#]} (20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 $19) 20... Qc6 $146 (20... Qc7 $1 $14) ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 20... Qc7 21.
Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Eliseev,U (2530)-Dubov,D (2661) Kaliningrad 2015}) 21. Qd1
$18 (21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Qd1 Rxa2 $3 $19) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 (22. Qxf1 $6 Rac8
$16) 22... Rad8 23. g4 Be3 24. Rf3 (24. g5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.
}) 24... Bd4 25. Rb3 (25. Rxd4 $6 exd4 26. Qxd4 Rh6) 25... Qc4 26. Rd3 Rc8 27.
Qd2 (27. R3xd4 exd4 28. Rxd4 Qc5 $16) (27. b3 $18 {has better winning chances.}
Qc6 28. R3xd4 exd4 29. Rxd4) 27... Rcg8 (27... Rxh5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 28.
gxh5 Rg8) 28. Qd1 (28. R5xd4 exd4 29. Qe2 Qb5 $11) 28... Rc8 29. Rb3 $2 (29.
R3xd4 $6 exd4 30. Rxd4 Qc5 $16) (29. b3 $18 Qc6 30. R5xd4 exd4 31. Rxd4) 29...
Bc5 (29... Rcd8 $1 $11) 30. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (30. g5 $14 {stays ahead.} fxg5 31.
hxg5) 30... Qxd3 $1 $40 {Black goes for the king.} 31. Rdxd3 (31. Rbxd3 $2 Rcg8
$19) 31... Rcg8 {And now ...Rxh5! would win.} 32. Rg3 Bf2 33. Rxb4 (33. Rg2 $17
Rxh5 34. Rxf2 Rxg4 35. a3) 33... Rxh5 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Rc3 $2 (35. Rb8+ $17 Kg7
36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. gxh5+ Bxg3 38. Kc1) 35... Rxg4 $19 36. a3 Rh7 37. Rc6 Rxe4
38. Rxd6 Ra4 ({Don't play} 38... Rexh4 39. Rxf6 Rf4 40. Rxa6 $19) (38... Bxh4
39. Rxa6 Rf4 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Rbb8 $19) 39. Rxf6 e4 {Hoping for ... e3.} 40.
Rd6 {White threatens f6 and mate.} Kg7 $2 ({Worse is} 40... Rxh4 41. Rdd7 $11)
(40... Rc4 $19 {aiming for ...e3.} 41. f6 Rc8) 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Rd6 $2 (42.
Rb8+ $11 Ke7 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf8) 42... Kg7 $2 ({Weaker is} 
42... Rxh4 43. Rdd7 $11) (42... Rc4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 43. Rb8+
Ke7 44. Rxa6 e3 45. Rb7+ Kf8) 43. Rg6+ $11 Kf8 {Precision: White = 31%, Black
= 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Doudou"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rc1 cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:07] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White th moves and lines with
7 Nf3} 12. Nxd4 (12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (13) Lajthajm,B (2427)
-Obodchuk,A (2377) Novi Sad 2017}) 12... Rd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. O-O
Qxa2 16. Qxa2 Bxa2 17. Ra1 Be6 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Rd2 $146 20. Bf3 Bxc3 21.
Rc1 Ra2 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. h4 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. h5 Be5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Kf1
h5 28. Ke2 h4 29. Ke3 g5 30. Bd1 Kf7 31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Kf3 Bf6 33. Be3 Kg7 34.
Be8 g4+ 35. Kf4 Kh6 36. Bxc6 Bg5+ 37. Ke5 Bc8 38. Bf4 h3 39. gxh3 gxh3 40. Bh2
Bh4 41. f3 Bf2 42. Kf4 Kh5 43. Be8+ Kh4 44. Bc6 e5+ 45. Kxe5 Bg3+ 46. Kf6 Bxh2
47. f4 Bxf4 48. e5 Kg3 49. e6 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3
and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Bf2 {[#] LiveBook: 14
Games} Nc4 $146 (20... Qd7 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 20... Qd7 21. Nb3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5
a5 25. Rc3 Qxa4 26. Kb2 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Kd7 28. Ra1 axb4 29. Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Pavasovic,D (2527)-Stohl,I (2533) Sibenik 2005}) 21. Bxc4 $16 Qxc4 22. Rb3 Be7
23. Kb2 Kd7 (23... Ra8 $16) 24. f5 $18 Rc7 (24... Bc6 $142) 25. Be1 a5 26. Qf2
axb4 27. fxe6+ fxe6 {[#]} 28. Nxe6 $1 Qxg4 $2 (28... Rc6) (28... Kxe6 29. Qf5#)
29. Nxc7 Qxd1 30. Bxb4 {White mates.} Qh5 31. e6+ Kxc7 32. Qf4+ Kc6 33. Bxe7 {
Precision: White = 100%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:06] E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and h3} f5 9.
exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4 {White is slightly better.} Nf4 11. gxf4 {aiming for Qh5.}
Qxh4 12. Rg1 (12. fxe5 $5 Nd7 13. e6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qe4+ 15. Be3 Qxh1 16. Qh5
$11) 12... e4 (12... Nd7 $15) 13. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 13. Nb5 Na6 14. a4 Kh8 15. Ra3 Bf6 {1-0 (30)
Istratescu,A (2596)-Mostbauer,M (2135) Aschach 2016}) 13... Na6 14. Bd4 Rf7 15.
Qd2 Kf8 16. Bxg7+ (16. Nb5 {looks sharper.} Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. a3 Bd7 19. b4
) 16... Rxg7 17. Rxg7 Kxg7 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. Be2 Kf7 21. Rg1 Rg8
22. Rxg8 $1 Kxg8 23. Qg3+ Qxg3 24. fxg3 {Endgame KBN-KBN} a5 25. Kd2 Kg7 26.
Nd1 Kg6 27. g4 h6 28. Ne3 Kf6 29. b3 c6 30. Kc3 Na6 31. a3 Nc7 32. b4 axb4+ 33.
axb4 (33. Kxb4 $16 b6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 35. gxf5) 33... cxd5 $11 34. cxd5 b6 35.
Kd4 Bc8 36. gxf5 Ba6 37. Bxa6 Nxa6 38. Kxe4 Nxb4 $16 {KN-KN} 39. Ng4+ $1 Kg7
40. f6+ $1 Kg6 {[#] intending ...h5.} 41. f5+ (41. f7 $1 $18 Kxf7 42. Nxh6+ Kf6
43. Ng4+ Kg6 44. f5+ Kg7 45. h4) 41... Kf7 $14 42. Nxh6+ Kxf6 43. h4 Na6 $2 (
43... Kg7 $16 44. Ng4 b5) 44. Ng4+ $18 Kf7 45. h5 Nc5+ 46. Kd4 b5 47. Nf2 Nb3+
48. Ke3 Na5 49. Ne4 Nc4+ 50. Kd4 Kg7 51. Ng3 $2 ({White should try} 51. f6+ $18
Kf7 52. Kc3) 51... Nd2 $11 52. Kc3 Nc4 $1 53. Kd3 (53. Kb4 $5 Ne3 54. Ne4 (54.
Kxb5 Nxd5 55. Ka5 Kh6 $11) 54... Nxf5 55. Nf2 $11 (55. Kxb5 Kh6 $11)) 53...
Ne5+ 54. Kd4 Nf3+ 55. Kc3 {And now Ne4 would win.} Kf6 56. h6 {Black must now
prevent Nh5+.} Ng5 57. Kd4 Nf7 58. Ne4+ Kxf5 59. h7 {Strongly threatening
Nxd6+!} Kg6 {[#]} 60. Nxd6 $1 Nh8 (60... Nxd6 61. h8=Q) 61. Nxb5 {Hoping for
d6.} Kxh7 62. d6 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (62... Ng6 $14) 63. d7 $1 Nf7 {[#]} 64. Nd6 $1
Nd8 {[#]} (64... Nxd6 65. d8=Q) 65. Ke5 $1 Kg6 66. Ne4 Kf7 67. Kd6 {White
mates.} Kg6 68. Kc7 Nf7 69. Nd6 Ng5 70. Kc8 Ne6 71. Ne4 {Precision: White =
72%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bd3 h6 {[%emt 0:00:07] D55: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 4 Bg5 Be: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} 12. O-O {LiveBook:
6 Games} Rd8 13. a3 Nf8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. Re1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qe2 Be8 {1-0 (34) Ragozin,E (2510)-Brown,S (2295)
London 1994}) 14... Bd7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Be8 17. e5 Rac8 18. Ba2 Rc7 19. h3
b6 20. Rc1 Rdc8 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Ng6 24. Bb1 Bc6 25. Nd4 Qg5 $1
{[#]} 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Qa4 {Black must now prevent Be4.} Nf4 $1 28. Qe4 Nxh3+
29. Kf1 Nf4 30. Rg3 Qh4 31. Kg1 $132 {Threatens to win with Qh7+. White puts
up resistance} g6 32. Rgc3 $1 {g3 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 32.
Rf3 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 $17) 32... Qg5 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Bd3 Qd2 35. Qd4 Kg7 36.
g3 Rb8 37. Be4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rb3 $2 {[#]} (38... Rd8 $14) 39. Rxd5 $1 $18 exd5
40. Bxd5 {Endgame KRR-KRB} Rbb6 41. Kg2 Ra6 {White should prevent ...Rc7.} 42.
Bxc6 Rxc6 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd5 Ra6 $2 (45... Rc8 46. c6 Rd8+ 47. Ke4
Re8) 46. Rc3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Li, Yankai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {
D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 $146 {
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3
c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 {1-0 (31) Svidler,P (2749)-Hou,Y (2666)
Geneve 2017}) 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d5 $36 {White is more active.} e5 ({
Better is} 12... exd5 $14 13. exd5 Bd6) 13. Rd1 $16 Qd6 14. a4 a6 (14... Nd7
$16 {was necessary.}) 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rfb8 17. Nc4 Qf6 {[#]} 18. f4 $1 {
aiming for fxe5.} exf4 $2 (18... Bd6 $16 19. fxe5 (19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Rxb6 exf4
$16) 19... Bxe5) 19. e5 $18 Qh6 20. Qg4 Bc8 21. Bxf4 {Precision: White = 79%,
Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 h6 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} (8... Bb4 9.
Rc1 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3 Ba6
16. Be2 f5 17. O-O {1-0 (49) So,W (2822)-Dreev,A (2651) chess.com INT 2017}) 9.
Bh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 {White has an edge.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Ba3 13. Rad1 $146
({Predecessor:} 13. Rfb1 O-O 14. Rb3 Rfe8 15. c4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 {1-0 (33) Teske,
H (2552)-Boidman,Y (2393) Paderborn 2009}) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Rfe8
16. c4 Be7 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. e4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. Rdd1 Rcd8 22. e5
Nh7 23. e6 fxe6 24. Ne5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for Nc6.} Nf8 $1 26. h4 Qa6
27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Qh5 $36 {Black must now prevent Qf7+. White has
the initiative.} Qb7 30. Qe8 Bf6 31. Nc6 Kh7 32. h5 a6 33. Nb8 Qe7 (33... Kg8
$1 $11) 34. Qxe7 $16 Bxe7 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 35. a4 g6 {[#]} (35... Bd8 $1 $14)
36. Bc7 $1 $18 gxh5 37. Bxb6 Kg6 38. Nxa6 Nd7 39. Bc7 {Strongly threatening a5.
} Kf5 $2 (39... Kf7 {is a better chance.} 40. Kf1 Ke8) 40. a5 {White is
clearly winning.} h4 41. Nb8 Bd8 42. Nxd7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 45%.
} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 {B11: Caro-Kann:
Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O Bc5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qg3 (9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne8 11.
Qg3 Kh8 12. d4 Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. h4 {1/2-1/2 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)
-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017}) 9... O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Bh6 $146 {
[#]} (10. Rd1 {feels hotter.} Bd4 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Bf3 Qe7 13. Rab1) ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Bf3 Bd4 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Ne2 Be5 13. Qh4 Qc7 14. c3 {1-0 (58) Geller,J (2488)-Laznicka,V (2664)
Novi Sad 2016}) 10... Ne8 11. Bf4 Kh8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Na4 Be7 14. c4 Ndf6 15.
Nc3 Nd6 16. Be5 Nf5 17. Qf4 Rc8 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 {Strongly threatening
Nxd5.} Bf6 20. Nxd5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rc5 22. Bf3 Nh4 $1 23. Be4 exd5 24. Qd4 (24.
g3 $5 b6 25. Bh1 $11) 24... b6 25. b4 Rc7 26. Qxd5 f5 27. Bf3 Rd7 28. Qc6 Rd6
29. Qb7 Rd7 30. Qc6 Rxd3 31. Be2 Rd6 $1 32. Qb7 (32. Qc3 $1 $11) 32... Rd7 $1
$36 {Black is more active.} 33. Qc6 Rf6 34. Qc4 Rg6 35. g3 $2 (35. Rac1 $17 {
is tougher.} Nxg2 36. Kh1) 35... Rd4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rad1 {
[#]} Qa8 $1 37. Qc8+ Qxc8 38. Rxd4 Qc7 39. Kh2 {And now Rc1! would win.} Re6
40. Rc1 Qb8 41. Rdc4 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Re8 ({Weaker is} 41... Rxe2
42. Rc8+ Re8 43. Rxb8 $11) 42. Rc7 Ng6 43. Bb5 Rf8 44. Bd7 f4 45. h4 fxg3+ 46.
fxg3 Qa8 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 47. Bh3 Qd5 48. Rc8 h5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black
= 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Rxb7 {
C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 $1 (
15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Qc8 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxg6 Qf5 20. Qxd6 Rf6 21.
Qe7 Rff8 22. g3 Rfe8 23. Qb7 Reb8 24. Qa6 Nc4 25. Qa4 Rb6 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Bf4
Rg6 28. h4 {1/2-1/2 (28) Gashimov,V (2644)-Harikrishna,P (2650) Torrelavega
2007}) 16. Bxh7+ {The position is equal.} Kh8 17. gxf3 Qh4 $1 (17... Qc8 $2 18.
Qf5 $18) 18. Bf5 {With the idea Qd2.} g6 19. Bg4 f5 20. f4 fxg4 (20... Rac8 $11
{keeps the balance.}) 21. Qxg6 $16 Be7 {...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 22. Ba3
$146 Rae8 (22... Nc8 $16 {was called for.}) 23. Re1 $1 $18 (23. hxg4 $2 Rg8 $19
) (23. Bd6 Nc4 $11) 23... Rg8 {[#]} 24. Qxe8 $3 $40 {White attacks with force.}
gxh3+ {[#]} (24... Rxe8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 25. Bxe7 Kg8 26. Bxh4 $18)
25. Kh1 $1 ({Don't go for} 25. Qxg8+ $2 Kxg8 26. Rb8+ (26. Rexe7 $2 Qg4+ 27.
Kf1 Qd1+ 28. Re1 Qd3+ 29. Re2 h2 $19) 26... Bd8 $19) 25... Rxe8 $2 (25... Qg4
26. Qxg8+ Qxg8) 26. Bxe7 {White is clearly winning.} Qh5 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Rg1+
Kf8 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Be5+ Kf8 31. Bd6+ Re7 32. Rxe7 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 {Precision:
White = 90%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 {B32: Sicilian:
Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} Ng4 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 $146 {The
position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 15. h3 Nf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. c5 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Nc4
Rad8 {0-1 (32) Cirlan,I (2186)-Grigore,G (2517) Bucharest 2008}) 15... Bxf5 16.
Be1 Rc8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ (18. Ba5 $5 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb4 $11) 18...
Rxf6 19. Rac1 (19. Nc2 $11) 19... Qb6 $15 20. Rc3 Rg6 {Strongly threatening ...
Bg4.} 21. Rg3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Qc6 23. b3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bb4 Rc6 26. f4 Kf7
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Re1 Bg6 30. Rxe5+ ({Better is
} 30. Nb1 $15) 30... Re6 $17 31. Rxe6+ (31. Rg5 $17 {might work better.}) 31...
Kxe6 {KB-KN} 32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Ke3 Be4 34. g4 Bxg2 35. Nb1 (35. Nc2 $142) 35...
Bh3 $19 36. Kf3 {[#]} (36. g5 $142) 36... Kd4 $1 37. Kg3 Bf1 38. Nd2 $2 (38.
Kf2 Bd3 39. Nd2) 38... Be2 39. Kf4 {[#]} (39. c5 $142 Kxc5 40. Kf4) 39... g5+
$1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 e3} Bg4 (9... cxd4 10.
exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc5 14. Rd1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc8 16. Be3
a6 17. b4 Nd6 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5 21. Nc5 {1-0 (68) Li,C 
(2750)-Ipatov,A (2619) Doha 2015}) 10. dxc5 N6d7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bd5 {
The position is equal.} Qc8 12. h3 Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Nxc5 14. Qc2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qc2 b6 16. Rb1 e6 {1-0 (68) Irizanin,R (2319)
-Maksimovic,M (2219) Belgrade 2007}) 14... Nba6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rd1 {Threatens
to win with Nf6+!} e6 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Nxa6 Nxa6 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Nb4 (20...
Rac8 $5 21. Bc3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nb8 $14) 21. Qa4 $36 {White is pushing.} Nc6 22.
b3 Rd6 23. Be1 Rad8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Qa3 Rd7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qa4
Qb5 29. Rxc6 Qe2 30. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (30. Rc8+ $11 Kg7 31. Qb4 (31. Qxd7 Qxe1+ 32.
Kh2 Be5+ 33. f4 Qxe3 $11)) 30... Rc7 $1 $19 31. Qa3 {[#]} (31. Rxc7 Qxe1+)
31... a5 $1 32. g3 (32. Qxa5 Rxc1) 32... Bb2 33. Qxb2 Qxb2 34. Rxc7 {Endgame
Black must now prevent Rc8+. KQ-KRB} Qb1 35. Kf1 f6 36. Ra7 (36. Rc3 $17) 36...
Qxa2 37. Rxa5 Qxb3 38. Ra7 Qd1 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Rc7 Kf8 42. Rc5 h6
43. Re5 Kf7 44. f4 (44. Ra5 $142) 44... Kf6 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kf1 Qc4+ 47. Kf2
Kg6 48. g4 gxf4 49. Bd2 $2 (49. Kf3 fxe3 50. Rxe3) 49... Qa2 {Precision: White
= 57%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Ba6 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7:
Early deviations} (10... c5 {is more complex.} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13.
O-O Nf6) (10... c6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Qg4 Rfd8 15. h4 Nf8
16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. hxg5 Rd7 18. f4 {0-1 (54) Vaganian,R (2590)-Short,N (2685)
Debrecen 1992}) 11. Bxa6 $146 (11. Ne2 {seems wilder.} Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. O-O
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8 15. Qa3) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 11. Ne2 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Na6 15. Nf4
Rfd8 16. Ke2 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rhd1 {1-0 (44) Bischoff,K (2560)-Tomczak,R 
(2316) Germany 2006}) 11... Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qb4+ {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2
c5 14. a3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 c4 16. b3 $1 $36 {White is on the roll.} cxb3 17. Nf4
Rfd8 18. Kc3 Kf8 19. Kxb3 Ke7 20. Rc2 g5 21. Ne2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $16 {
Endgame KRN-KRN} 23. g4 Nb8 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh6 Nc6 {[#]} 27. Nc3
$1 Na5+ 28. Kc2 f6 $2 (28... Nc4 $16 {was necessary.} 29. Nxd5+ Kd7 30. Nf6+
Ke7) 29. Kd3 $18 Ke6 {[#] intending ...Nc4.} 30. e4 (30. Nxd5 $142 $1 Nc4 (
30... Kxd5 31. Rxf6) 31. Nxf6) 30... dxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Nc4 (31... Rc1 $142 32.
Rxf6+ Ke7) 32. Rxf6+ Ke7 33. Rg6 a5 34. Rg7+ ({But not} 34. Rxg5 Nxa3 35. Rg7+
Kf8) ({Don't play} 34. Nxg5 b5 $18) 34... Kf8 35. Rb7 ({Resist} 35. Rxg5 Nxa3
36. Nc3 Rc7 $18) 35... a4 $2 (35... Nb2+ {was called for.} 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3
Nc4 38. Nxg5 Ra2 39. Ne6+ Ke8) 36. Nxg5 Nxa3 37. Nh7+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. g5 {
g6 would kill now.} Nb5 40. g6 Rc3+ 41. Kd2 Rc7 42. Rb8+ {Precision: White =
77%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04] E20: Nimzo-Indian: g3 and 4 f3} 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3
Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 11. b3 Qa5 12. Nde2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12... Ba3 13. O-O a6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Nb5 axb5 17. Qxe5 {0-1 (37)
Linster,P (2264)-Macieja,B (2651) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13. O-O a6 14. Rfd1 (
14. f4 $5 Nc6 15. a3 $14) 14... Qa3 15. Qd4 (15. f4 $5 Nc6 16. Qd3 $14) 15...
Nc6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent d6.
} Nxd5 20. Nf4 Rd8 21. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8+ {[#]} Qf8 $1 24.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rc1 (25. Nd3 $14) 25... Nxa2 $11 26. Rc7 {And now Nd3 would win.
} Nb4 27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 {Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 29. Rb5 g6 30. g4 h6 31. h4
Nc6 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. Nb2 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 {The position is equal.}
36. f4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Nc4 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4 40. Ne5 {Precision: White =
62%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Bb2 g6 15. a4
{[%emt 0:00:10] [#] C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with d4} Nb6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 15... c6 16. c4 exd4 17. Bxd4 b4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 20.
Nxd7 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 cxd4 22. Nxf8 Qd6 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 {1-0 (57) Akopian,V (2691)
-Kamsky,G (2741) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16. d5 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bd3 c6 19.
c4 Nbd7 (19... Ba6 $5) 20. Nb3 Bh6 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Ba3 cxd5 24.
cxd5 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qc4+ 26. Qe2 Rec8 (26... Qxe2+ $11 27. Rxe2 Ra6) 27. Bxd6
$16 Nxe4 28. Qxc4 ({White should play} 28. Nxe5 $16 Qxe2+ 29. Rxe2) 28... Rxc4
$11 {The position is equal.} 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxa4 31. f3 f6 32. Bc7 Nc3
$1 33. d6 Nxb1 34. d7 {[#] Re8+ is the strong threat.} Kf7 {White must now
prevent ...Nd2+.} 35. Rxb1 Rb4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 36. Bxa5 Rbb8
37. Bc7 {[#]} Rd8 $1 38. Rd1 (38. Bxd8 Rxd8) 38... Bf8 $1 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Ke2
Be7 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. Nd4+ Ke5 $2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 57%. . An
unexpected result.} (42... Kxd7 $11 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44. Nxe7 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Kxe7)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 {
[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Kg7 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}) 8... h6 9. h3
Qe7 10. Re1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxa7
Rxa7 14. Ne3 d5 {1-0 (25) Liaskovich,R-Cornileau,J (1338) Batumi 2016}) 10...
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. d4 Ba7 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf6 16. Ng1 exd4
17. cxd4 e5 $40 {Black mounts an attack.} 18. d5 $1 Nd4 19. g3 (19. Kh1 $11 {
remains equal.}) 19... Ng6 {White must now prevent ...Nb3.} 20. Na3 c6 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Rf1 Rfb8 23. Rb1 Kh8 (23... Qe6 $17 24. Nf3 Rb3 25. Bxd4 Bxd4) 24. Nc4
$11 Bc5 25. Bd2 (25. Rc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Bb4 (25... Qe6 $17 26.
Ne3 d5 27. exd5 cxd5) 26. Bc3 c5 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Qe6 30. Qd3 {
[#]} d5 $1 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. Rbe1 Qa6 34. Rd1 Nxc3 ({Black should
try} 34... Rab8 $17 {Threatening ...Ne3!} 35. Bxd4 cxd4) 35. bxc3 {Hoping for
Ne5.} Ne6 (35... Nb3 $5 36. Nd6 c4 37. Nf7+ Kg8 $11) 36. Nd6 c4 $2 (36... Qxd3
$1 $11 37. Rxd3 Kg8 38. cxb4 axb4) 37. Nf7+ $18 Kg8 38. Qg6 Rxd1 39. Nxh6+ Kh8
40. Nf7+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 41. Rxd1 Nxf4 $2 (41... Nf8 42.
Qh5 Ra7) 42. Nh6+ Kh8 {[#]} 43. Rd8+ $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 44%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2,
lines without ...a6} 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. c4 Bb7 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. The
position is equal.} 14. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf3 a6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16.
Rad1 Rd8 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bh3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 {0-1 (80) Kamsky,G (2723)
-Grachev,B (2640) Moscow 2008}) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4
18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 exf4 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Qxd6 Qe6 22. Qd4 Rae8 23. e5 (23.
Rfe1 $11) 23... Bxf3 $15 24. Rxf3 Qxe5 25. h4 (25. Qxe5 $15 Rxe5 26. h4) 25...
Qxd4 $17 26. Rxd4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Ne6 28. Rd7 h6 $1 29. g3 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg1+ 31.
Kf2 ({White should try} 31. Kh3) 31... Rg4 $1 32. b3 Rxh4 33. Rxa7 {[#]} f5 (
33... Ng5 $142 $1 34. Re3 Rd8) 34. Rb7 $2 (34. Re3 $17 Nc5 35. Kf3) 34... f4
$19 {Threatens to win with ...Ng5.} 35. Ne4 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nd4 ({Don't do} 36...
Rxa2 37. Rxb6 Nd4 38. Rd3 $19) 37. Rf2 $2 (37. Rd3 Nf5 38. Rd2) 37... Rh1+ 38.
Kg2 Re1 39. Nd2 Rf6 40. b4 $2 (40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rd8 f3+ 42. Kh2) 40... Rg6+ 41.
Kh2 Re5 42. Kh1 {[#]} f3 $1 43. Rd7 (43. Nxf3 Nxf3) 43... Rh5+ 44. Rh2 Rxh2+ {
Precision: White = 28%, Black = 84%.} (44... f2 $142 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rxh5 {[#]
} Nf3 $1 47. Rxh6+ gxh6 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Re7+ Kxe7
52. Nxf3 f1=Q+ 53. Kh2 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 {D30: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 h6 {White has an edge.}
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. e5 Qd8 14. a4 {1-0 (24)
Roiz,M (2661)-Cheremnova,T (2221) Olginka 2011}) 10... a6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nc3
e5 13. Rad1 Bd6 (13... Bb4 $11) 14. Kh1 (14. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 15. Nd4) 14... O-O
$11 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Rad8 19. e5 Qe7 20. c4
Qc5 21. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} Bc8 22. f5 $36 {White has the
initiative.} Rde8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 22... Rxd1 $14 23. Rxd1 Re8) 23. e6
$1 $16 {aiming for exf7+.} fxe6 $2 {[#]} (23... Re7 $16) 24. f6 $1 $18 Qg5 (
24... Rxf6 25. Rxf6) 25. h4 Qg3 26. Bd3 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 {
Threatens to win with ...Qg7.} 29. Bg6 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 33%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 Nbd7
13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 b5 15. b3 Nb6 16. e4 b4 17. Bb2 Ba6 18. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Riazantsev,A (2671)-Bologan,V (2640) Doha 2016}) 6... Ne4 7. Bg2 d5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... Nxd2 8. Nfxd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Nc3
Rfc8 13. Rab1 Nd8 {1-0 (31) Cvek,R (2506)-Jirasek,P (2273) Pardubice 2011}) 8.
a3 {White is better.} Bxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Nb8
13. Rad1 c6 14. e4 b6 15. Rfe1 {Black must now prevent exd5.} Bb7 16. f4 Na6
17. cxd5 ({Better is} 17. b4 $16) 17... cxd5 $11 18. e5 Rac8 19. Qb1 Nc7 20.
Nf1 f5 ({Black should try} 20... g6 $14) 21. exf6 $1 $16 Qxf6 22. Bh3 Bc6 23.
Ne3 h5 24. Ng2 Be8 (24... Ba4 $16) 25. Re5 $18 Bg6 26. f5 Bh7 (26... Bxf5 $142
27. Bxf5 exf5) 27. Qd3 Rf8 28. Rf1 $1 Qh6 29. Nh4 Kh8 (29... Rf7 $16 30. Qc2
Rcf8) 30. a4 Rf7 31. Qd1 (31. Qe2 $1 $18) 31... Rcf8 32. fxe6 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1
Nxe6 34. Qxh5 Qd2 $2 (34... Nxd4 $16 35. Qxh6 gxh6) 35. Ng6+ Kg8 {( -> ...Qf2+)
} 36. Nxf8 Qxd4+ {[#]} 37. Kh1 $2 (37. Kg2 $1 $18 Nxf8 38. Kh3) 37... Be4+ $11
38. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (38. Rxe4 $11 Qxe4+ 39. Kg1 Kxf8 40. Qe2) 38... Qd3 $1 $19 39.
Kg1 Qe3+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Lan, Zilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation} 7. Be2 Bg6 8. O-O Nf5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 Be7
10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 {Threatens to win with f5.} f5 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. g5 Be7 15. Bg4 {[#]} Nf8 $146 {[#]} ({Black should try} 15... Bf5) 16. Nc5
(16. Qe2 $1 $16) 16... Bxc5 $14 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. b4 O-O-O 19. Bc3 $36 {White
fights for an advantage.} h6 20. Qd4 Rd7 21. Rae1 {f5 is the strong threat.} (
21. b5 $5) 21... Be4 $1 22. Qe5 hxg5 23. f5 ({Reject} 23. Qxg5 Nh7 $11) 23...
Rh6 $2 (23... Rh4 $16 24. h3 exf5 25. Rxf5 (25. Bxf5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxf5 $15)
25... Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qf7) 24. fxe6 $18 Nxe6 25. Re2 b6 {Black wants to play ...
Kb7.} 26. Ref2 Kb7 {[#] next ...Nf4 is good for Black.} 27. Rf7 $1 Qe8 {[#]} (
27... Qxf7 28. Rxf7) 28. Rf8 $1 Qg6 (28... Nxf8 29. Qxe8) 29. Qb8+ Ka6 30. Be2+
{Precision: White = 75%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4
0-0 Nxe4} 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 {[#] LiveBook: 14
Games} 16. Qc2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rae8 18. h3 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Zhao,J
(2616)-Wang, Y (2706) China 2017}) 16... Qd7 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5
f6 20. Nf3 h5 21. Kf1 {The position is equal.} h4 22. h3 g5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.
Re1 {[#] And now Rxe8+ would win.} Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne7 26. Qe2 Kf7 27. Nd3 Qf5
28. Ke1 Ng6 29. Kd2 b6 30. Qh5 {Black must now prevent Qh7+.} Kg7 {[#] Hoping
for . ..Qxd3+!} 31. Qe2 a5 32. a4 Qe4 33. f3 Qf5 34. Qe8 Nf4 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36.
Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3
Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 {
LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. Qd2 Rh8 16. f4 exf4 ({Much worse is} 16... Nbxd5 17.
fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 $14) 17. Qxf4 {[#]} Kf8 $146 18. Bd3 {Rhf1 is the strong
threat.} Kg7 $1 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. h3 Qf6 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Qxf6+
Kxf6 24. Rdf1+ Kg7 25. Rf5 Nd7 26. Rg5+ Kf6 27. Rgxh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 $11 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 29. Rh6+ Ke7 30. Bf5 Rg8 31. b3 b5 32. Kd2 Rg5 33. Bc8 (
33. Be4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... a5 $17 34. Ke3 {[#]} Ng6 $1 35. c4 bxc4
36. bxc4 Re5+ 37. Kd2 g3 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 38. Bg4 Re4 39. Bf5 Rxc4 {
[#] Strongly threatening . ..Nf4.} 40. Bxg6 {The position is equal.} fxg6 41.
Rxg6 Ra4 42. Rxg3 Rxa2+ 43. Kc1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. O-O b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker
Defence} Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Bd5 19. Ba6 Nf6 20. Ne5 Bxa2 21.
e4 Rad8 22. f3 Rd2 23. Rfc1 Nh5 24. Rxa7 {1-0 (38) Gurevich,M (2605)
-Hjartarson,J (2605) Groningen 1993}) 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qe5 Nc7 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18... Nb8 19. Nd4 Nc6 20.
Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. f3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Schweighofer,J 
(1850)-Klink,T (2111) Lueneburg 2017}) 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. Bf3 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5
22. h3 a6 23. a4 Rfd8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 26. Ra1
Ra8 27. Rfc1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rc8 {Precision:
White = 52%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {[%emt 0:00:05] C4:
Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nc4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Radjabov,T (2724) Geneve 2017})
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd7 10. Ba4 Bg4
11. h3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. Nf1 Ng4 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Kuybokarov,T (2480)-Demuth,A (2521) Brisbane 2017}) 10. Nxb3 a4 11. Nxc5 dxc5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nh4 b6 15. Nf5 Qe6 $1 16. Qf3 Ne7 17. d4 cxd4 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Rfd8 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {
Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Red1 a3 24. b3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 25. f3 f5 26.
Rd7 Rad8 27. Rad1 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 30. Kf2 ({Don't
blunder} 30. Rxc7 $2 Re2 $19) 30... c5 31. Ra7 c4 {White must now prevent ...
c3.} 32. bxc4 Rxc4 {[#] ...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 33. Rxa3 Rc2+ 34. Kf3
Kg7 35. Rb3 Rxa2 36. Rxb6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Ndb5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0}
Be6 11. Rc1 Ne5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 11... a4 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. b3 Ra6 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Bf4 Bd7
17. Bxc6 Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Schaller,S (2301)-Reeh,O (2416) Germany 2002}) 12.
b3 {White is better.} Bd7 13. f3 h5 14. h3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 b6 17. Qc2
Ne8 18. Rcd1 Qc8 19. g4 Nc5 (19... hxg4 $142 20. hxg4 (20. Bxg4 Nef6 $16) 20...
Nc7) 20. Qg2 h4 21. f5 Nf6 22. Bg5 Qb7 23. Rfe1 a4 24. Nd4 $2 (24. Bxh4 $18 {
is more deadly.} g5 25. Bxg5) 24... Nh7 $16 25. Bxh4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 {[#]
Hoping for b4.} axb3 27. axb3 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nxb3 28. Rdd1 Nc5 29.
Nd5 g5 (29... Bxd5 $142 30. Rxd5 (30. exd5 g5 $14) 30... Ra3) 30. e5 Kh8 $2 ({
Don't blunder} 30... gxh4 $2 31. exd6 Kg7 32. Qb2+ e5 33. fxe6+ (33. Qxe5+ f6
$11) 33... f6 34. e7 $18) (30... dxe5 $16 {is a better chance.} 31. Rxe5 Ra3)
31. exd6 $18 gxh4 32. dxe7 Rfe8 {intending ...Qb8.} 33. Qb2+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Nxf6
35. Qxf6 {Qg5+ would kill now.} Ne4 {[#]} 36. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 37. Qg5+ {Precision:
White = 80%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05] LiveBook: 9 Games. A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System:
Nf3} (8... Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7 13. Rf4 Bf6
14. Nd5 g5 15. Rf3 Nc6 16. h3 h6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 {0-1 (71) Bacrot,E (2686)
-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Ashdod 2015}) 9. Nb5 (9. Nd5 $5 Qd8 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Qb3
$16) 9... Qd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 9... Qd8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15.
b3 Nfg4 16. e3 Bd7 17. Rb1 g5 18. f3 Nf6 {1-0 (54) Morris,C (2215)-Waters,C 
(2235) England 1997}) 10. d5 Nd8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nfd4 ({
White should try} 11. Nc3 $14) 11... c5 $11 12. dxc6 ({White should play} 12.
Nf3 $11) 12... bxc6 $15 13. Nc3 e5 14. Nc2 Ne6 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. e4
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Ng5 20. Bg2 $1 Nh3+ 21. Bxh3 $1 Qxh3 22. Ne3 d5 23.
Qg4 Qxg4 24. Nxg4 Re8 25. Bc5 a5 26. Rad1 a4 27. b4 h5 28. Ne3 Rad8 29. f3 Bf8
(29... d4 {looks sharper.} 30. Nf1 Ba6 31. Nd2 Bh6 32. Bb6 Rb8) 30. Bxf8 Rxf8
31. Nf1 (31. cxd5 $11 cxd5 32. Ng2) 31... dxc4 $17 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxe5 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} c3 {And now ...Rd1 would win.} 34. Rc5 {[#]} Ba6 (34... Rd1 $1
$17 {Hoping for ...Ba6.} 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Rxc3 Rxa2+ 37. Ke3 Ba6) 35. Ne3 $1 $15
({Wrong is} 35. Rxc6 $2 Rd1 $19) 35... Rd3 36. Kf2 $1 a3 {The position is
equal.} 37. Rxc6 Bb7 38. Rc7 (38. Rxg6+ Kf7 $17) 38... Rd2+ 39. Ke1 Rxa2 40.
Rxc3 ({But not} 40. Rxb7 $2 Rxh2 41. Kd1 a2 $19) 40... Ra1+ 41. Kf2 $132 {
White is fighting back} a2 42. Ra3 Bd5 43. Nxd5 Rh1 $1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 {Precision:
White = 57%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French:
Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) -Bluebaum,M (2642)
Dortmund 2017}) 7. Be3 b6 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} cxd4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. h6 g6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14.
O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Bartel,M (2638)-Tomczak,J (2601) Warsaw 2017}) 10. Nxd4
Bh4+ 11. Kd2 (11. Rxh4 $5 Qxh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxf4 13. Nxc6 $11) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4
{Strongly threatening Qg4.} Be7 13. Qg4 O-O $1 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Kc1 Rb8 ({
Black should try} 15... a6 $14) 16. Kb1 (16. Bxc5 $6 bxc5 17. b3 c4 $11) 16...
Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Bd3 (18. Bxb5 $2 a6 $19) (18. Rd1 {is more complex.} f5
19. Qf3 Nc5 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Nd4) 18... b4 19. Ne2 f5 20. Qf3 (20. exf6 {
looks sharper.} Nxf6 21. Qh4 Qc7 22. Rc1 h6 23. Rg1) 20... Nc5 21. g4 Qb6 ({
Black should play} 21... fxg4 $11 22. Qxg4 Kh8) 22. Qg2 ({Better is} 22. gxf5
$14 Nxd3 23. Rxd3) 22... Na4 $2 (22... Rf7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. gxf5
$18 Nc3+ (23... exf5 $142 24. Rg1 (24. Rxd5 Bb7 $16) 24... Rf7 25. Qxd5 (25.
Rxd5 Bb7 $16) 25... Be6) 24. Nxc3 (24. Ka1 $2 Nxe2 25. h6 Rb7 $19) 24... bxc3
25. b3 $40 {White has strong attack.} Qxd4 {[#]} (25... exf5 $142 26. Rg1 (26.
Qxd5+ Be6 $18) (26. Rxd5 Bb7 $11) 26... Rf7 27. Qxd5 Be6) 26. h6 $1 Rb7 {[#]}
27. f6 $1 Rxf6 $2 {[#]} (27... g6) 28. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 (28... Kxh7 29. hxg7+) 29.
exf6 Qxf6 30. Qf2 ({Not} 30. Bd3 gxh6 31. Qf2 d4 $11) 30... Rc7 31. hxg7+ Qxg7
32. Bd3 Qf6 33. Rg1 d4 $2 (33... Bd7 {is a better defense.} 34. Rg6 Qh8) 34.
Qh2 Rf7 35. Qh5 ({Less strong is} 35. Rg6 Qxf4 36. Qh8+ Ke7 $16) 35... Bd7 36.
Qc5+ Re7 37. Qd6 Be8 {[#]} 38. f5 $1 Bd7 (38... exf5 39. Qxf6+) 39. a4 (39. Rg6
$142 Qh4 40. a4 Kf7 41. f6 Qxf6 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Qxd4+ Kf7 44. Qxa7) 39... a5
40. Rg6 Qh4 41. f6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 {D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 (15...
Nc5 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bg2 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bb2 Bc4 {
0-1 (47) Moranda,W (2591)-Korobov,A (2693) Wroclaw 2014}) 16. Bf3 {LiveBook:
26 Games} Nb6 17. Bg2 c5 18. Nde2 Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and
annotate with similar games:} 18... Bb7 19. f3 c4 20. Be3 Nbd7 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22.
Bxf4 {1-0 (49) Acs,P (2545)-Al Sayed,M (2443) Amsterdam 2004}) 19. Bf4 b4 {
[#] And now ...Bxf4 would win.} 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Qxa6
h5 (23... Nd7 {with more complications.} 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nf4
Rxb2 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qd6 Qb8) 24. axb4 Rxb4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc4.
} 25. Qa5 Rxb2 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Bxc7 Rxe2 28. Rac1 Bb3 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8
Nd7 31. Bc7 Ra2 32. Bf1 g5 33. Bb5 Ra7 34. Bd6 g4 35. fxg4 (35. f4 $16) 35...
hxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Bxc5 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 $16 {Endgame KRB-KRB}
Be6 38. Be2 {aiming for Bxg4!} Kh7 39. Kf2 Kh6 40. Bc4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 $11 {KR-KR
} Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Rxh2 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kxg4 Kg7 45. Rc5 Re2 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Rf5+
Kg6 48. Rf4 Re3 49. Kh4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yao, Lan"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. Re1 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nbd7
10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14.
bxc4 h6 15. Bf4 {1-0 (27) Salem,A (2603)-Korobkov,P (2423) Moscow 2015}) 10...
b6 11. Nbd2 ({White should play} 11. c4 $16) 11... Bb7 $11 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Rxe8
Qxe8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. N1d2 a6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Re1 Qd8 $1 18. Qd1 g6 19. Re2 Bg7
20. Qe1 h6 (20... Rxe2 {keeps more tension.} 21. Qxe2 b5 22. Bg5 Qa8 23. b3 h6)
21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxe8+ Nxe8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Ng3 Kf7 26. Kf1 Nef6
27. Bc1 Ke6 28. Ke2 Ne4 29. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} fxe4 {Endgame KBN-KBN
} 30. Nd2 d5 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Nxf3 g5 33. Be3 Bf8 34. Bg1 Bd6 35. Bh2 Bxh2 36.
Nxh2 {KN-KN} h5 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Nf3 Ne4 39. Ne5 a5 40. a4 Kd6 41. Kd3 Nf2+ 42.
Ke2 Ne4 43. Kd3 Nf2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4 45. Kd3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 64%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qa4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd7. E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5
Bg2 Bb4+} Bxd2 (9... Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7
14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Rfd8
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 e5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Bluebaum,M (2632)-Yu,Y 
(2738) Moscow 2017}) 10. Bxd2 c5 11. Nxd7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({
Predecessor:} 11. e3 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bc6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16.
Rac1 {0-1 (45) Stingl,W-Winkler,G (2110) Germany 1988}) 11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7
Nxd7 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Bb4 Rfe8 15. Rxd4 Nf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 $11 17.
e3 Rac8) 17. Bxd5 ({White should play} 17. e4 $16 Bb7 18. f3) 17... Nxd5 $11 {
The position is equal.} 18. e4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Red8 20. Rc1
Rac8 21. Rbc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 {KR-KR} g5 23. Rc7 Rd2 24. Rxa7 Rxb2 25. h3 h5 26.
Kg2 Kg7 27. Kf3 Kf6 (27... g4+ $5 28. hxg4 hxg4+ 29. Kxg4 Rxf2 $11) 28. Rb7 Ke5
(28... g4+ $5 29. hxg4 hxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Rxf2 $11) 29. Rxf7 Rxa2 30. Rh7 {[#]} g4+
$1 31. hxg4 hxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Rxf2 33. Rh5+ Kxe4 34. Rb5 e5 35. Rxb6 Kd3 36. Rb3+
Kc4 37. Ra3 $1 e4 38. Ra4+ Kd3 39. Ra3+ Ke2 40. Ra2+ Kf1 41. Ra1+ Ke2 42. Ra2+
Kf1 43. Ra1+ Ke2 44. Ra2+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3
O-O 8. a3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14.
Qa2 Qd7 15. O-O Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Kiik,K (2403)-Zajic,M (2501) Novi Sad 2016})
6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and
2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. a4 (7. a3 $14) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4
9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7
13. Rfd1 {0-1 (39) Beltz,M (2104)-Klek,H (2235) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 11. Bd2 Nb6
12. Qb3 (12. Bb3 {is interesting.} Na5 13. O-O Nxb3 14. Qxb3 a5 15. Nb5) 12...
Nxd4 (12... O-O {feels hotter.} 13. O-O Nxc4 14. Qxc4 a5 15. Be3 Ne7) 13. Nxd4
Qxd4 14. Qxb4 {Bb5+! is the strong threat.} Nxc4 15. O-O-O Nxd2 16. Qxd4 Nb3+
17. Kc2 Nxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Bd7 19. b4 Ke7 20. Re1 {And now Nd5+ would win.} Bc6 21.
f3 Rhd8 22. Red1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $17 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 24. Rh4 h6 25. Rc4 Rc8
26. Kd2 e5 27. Ke3 Bd7 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 {KB-KN} 29. f4 Kd6 30. Ke4 (30. a5 $142)
30... f5+ $19 31. Ke3 g5 32. g3 (32. fxg5 $142 hxg5 33. g4) 32... Be6 33. a5
Bd7 34. Kf3 Bc6+ 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. h4 $2 (36. Kd3) 36... exf4+ 37. gxf4 gxh4 {
Strongly threatening ...h3.} 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Nd1 $2 (39. Kg1) 39... Be4 $2 (
39... Kg6 40. Kg1 Kf6) 40. Kg1 Bf3 41. Nc3 Kg6 42. Kh2 Kh5 43. Kh3 Bg4+ 44. Kh2
h3 45. Nd5 {intending Ne7.} Bf3 46. Ne3 Kh4 47. Nxf5+ Kg4 48. Nxh6+ Kxf4 49.
Kxh3 $2 (49. Nf7 Bd5 50. Nd6) 49... Bd5 50. Kh4 Be6 51. Kh5 Ke4 52. Kg5 {[#]}
Kd4 $2 (52... Ke5 $1 $19 53. Kg6 Kd4) 53. Kf6 $15 Kd5 54. Ke7 {[#]} Ke5 $1 55.
Kd8 $2 (55. Kf8 $19) 55... Kd6 56. Ke8 Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...Kb5.} 57.
Ke7 $1 Bd5 58. Nf5 {The position is equal.} Kb5 (58... Be4 $5 59. Nd6 Bd3 $17)
59. Kd6 $1 Bh1 (59... Be4 $5 60. Ng3 Bc6 $11) 60. Kc7 {Precision: White = 43%,
Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Yang, Yijing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qf3 c6 (5... Qe7+ 6. Nge2 Nc6 7.
Qe3 Nf6 8. a3 Ba5 9. f3 h5 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Bb6 13. Na4 Na5
14. Nxb6+ axb6 {1-0 (44) Jobava,B (2706)-Bukal,V (2441) Plovdiv 2012}) 6. Bd2 {
C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Bd3 {looks sharper.} Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bf4) 6... Qf6 (6... Nf6 {seems wilder.} 7. O-O-O O-O 8. h3 Bd6 9.
Bf4 b5) 7. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10.
f3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nge2 Rfe8 13. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 (42) Schwermann,R (1513)
-Richter,M (1652) Germany 2003}) 7... Qxf3 8. Nxf3 {White is slightly better.}
Ne7 9. h3 f6 10. Re1 b6 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. g4 (12. Ne2 $5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $11)
12... Ba6 13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Rd8 15. Re3 Ng6 16. Bg3 $36 {White has good
play.} Bd6 17. Ne2 Na6 18. h4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Re8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Kd2 c5 22. h5
Ne7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nf4 g6 (24... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. hxg6+ hxg6 {
[#]} 26. Rh1 (26. g5 $1 $16) 26... Rg8 (26... g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27.
Re1 (27. g5 $16) 27... g5 $11 28. Nh5 Nc6 29. Rf1 $1 cxd4 {[#]} (29... Nab8 $14
) 30. Nxf6 $1 $16 Rd8 $2 (30... Rg6 $16 {might work better.} 31. Nh7 Kg7) (
30... Kxf6 31. Nxd4+) 31. Nxg5+ $18 Ke7 32. Nfh7 Rc8 $2 (32... Rg8 {is more
resistant.} 33. Re1+ Kd6 34. Nf7+ Kc7) 33. Re1+ Kd6 {intending ...Ne5.} 34.
Nf7+ Kc5 35. Nf6 Rc7 36. Rc1+ Kb5 37. Nd6+ Ka4 38. Nxd5 Rd7 39. Rxc6 Nb8 {[#]}
40. Nxb6+ $1 axb6 41. Rxb6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Qd2 b6 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:02] B2: Sicilian: 2
c3} (12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 $11) (12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nb4 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. a3
Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 {0-1 (36) Tobor,D 
(2074)-David,A (2575) Paleochora 2015}) 12... Bb7 13. b4 Nd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 a6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18.
Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ruecker,B (2170)-Willich,M (1842) Bad Zwesten 2003}) 14.
Rac1 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Qd5 18.
Ne1 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qe4 $2 {[#]} (20. Qb5 $15) 20... Nxd4 $19 21. Qxb7
Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Ba6.} Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 {
Precision: White = 17%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Bc1 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1
Bb7 {[#]} 14. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bb4 16. Re2 c5 17.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxg5 19. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Ftacnik,L (2610)-Pinter,J 
(2560) Austria 1996}) 14... c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Red1 cxd4 {
The position is equal.} 18. Nxd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Nb5 {[#] aiming for
Bxd5.} Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Ne4 Qb8 23. h4 a6 24. Nd4 N5f6 25. Qc2 Nxe4 26.
Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc8 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Qc6 Qxc6+ 30. Nxc6 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN}
Nd3 31. Bd4 b5 32. a4 Nc1 33. axb5 axb5 34. b4 Na2 35. Na7 Nxb4 36. Nxb5 {
Precision: White = 72%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Bxf3 (5... Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7.
Nbd2 e5 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. a4 h6 14.
Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 c5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Nb1 Nc5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (63)
Malakhov,V (2712)-Rodshtein,M (2698) Chartres 2017}) 6. Bxf3 {A07: Réti
Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} g6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 {White is
slightly better.} Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Nd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Na3 h5 11. Nc4 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6
13. e5 {1-0 (29) Yurtaev,L (2460)-Moskalenko,V (2445) Sverdlovsk 1987}) 10...
Ne5 11. Be2 g5 12. f3 e6 13. Kg2 Rg8 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Be3 Be7 16. a4 a5 17. Rd2
b6 18. Kf2 O-O-O 19. h3 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 $14 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Ng6 25. Ke3 Kc7 26. Rg1 Rd4 27. b3 f5 28.
Bd3 e5 29. fxe5 f4+ 30. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Rg5.} Nxe5+ 31. Kxf4 Kd6 (
31... Nxd3+ $16 32. cxd3 Rxd3) 32. Rg8 (32. Kf5 $18) 32... Nxd3+ $16 33. cxd3 {
KR-KR} Ke6 34. h4 (34. Rg5 {seems wilder.} Rxd3 35. Rxc5 Rxh3 36. Rxc6+ Ke7 37.
Ra6) 34... Rxd3 35. Rg3 (35. Rg5 $16) 35... Rd1 $1 $11 36. Rc3 Kd6 {[#]} (36...
Rf1+ $11 37. Kg5 c4) 37. h5 $1 $16 Rf1+ 38. Kg5 Rf7 {[#]} 39. e5+ $1 Kd5 {[#]}
(39... Kxe5 40. Rxc5+) 40. e6 $1 Re7 $2 (40... Kxe6 $14 41. Rxc5 Rg7+ 42. Kh6
Ra7 43. Rxc6+ Kd5) 41. Kf5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kd4 42. Rc4+ Kd5 43.
Rc1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 {LiveBook: 18 Games. D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the
Meran} (8... e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. O-O
Be6 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe5 exf3 18. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 
(40) Malakhov,V (2712)-Shirov,A (2664) Sochi 2017}) 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {
The position is equal.} 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd5 12. Be2
a6 13. O-O Bc7 14. Qd4 Qd6 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qf4 {1-0 (28) Grigoriants,S (2587)
-Esserman,M (2458) Reykjavik 2016}) 12. Qxf3 Be5 13. O-O cxd5 (13... Qa5 $5 14.
Rfc1 Nxd5 $11) 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. a3 Qb6 17. b4 d4 {[#]} (17... Rac8
$11) 18. exd4 $1 $16 Bxd4 {[#]} 19. b5 $1 {And now Na4 would win.} Be5 20. Na4
Qa5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nxb7 Bxb7 24. Qxb7 Rae8 25. Qf3 h5 26. Bf1
R5e6 27. Rc6 Qa4 (27... R6e7 {is a better defense.} 28. Kh2 Re1) 28. Rxe6 $18
Rxe6 $2 (28... fxe6 29. Rd6 Qc2) 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (29... Ne8 $142 30. Rd7 (30. Qxh5
Qxa3 31. Qd5 Re1 $18) 30... Nd6 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxa7 Qxa7 33. Rxa7 Re1) 30.
Rf8 {Qf5+ would kill now.} Re1 31. Qf5+ {White mates.} g6 32. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 33.
Kh2 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bd6
9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11.
Bh4 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (46) Eljanov,
P (2751)-Radjabov,T (2710) Shamkir 2017}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Rfe1 h4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 18. exf5 Qd6
19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Ng5 Qf4 21. Nh3 $1 Qd6 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Re2 $36 {White is
more active.} Qc6 24. Ng5 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qa4 26. b3 Re8 (26... Qf4 $5 27. Qf3
Qxf3 28. Nxf3 h3 $11) 27. Rd8 $1 Qd7 28. Rxe8+ (28. Qxe8+ {feels hotter.} Qxe8
29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. g4 hxg3 31. fxg3 c4 32. bxc4 Nd6 33. g4) 28... Qxe8 29. Kf1
Qd8 30. c4 {The position is equal.} Qd4 31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qg4 33. Qd2 {
[#] Qd8+ would kill now.} Qd4 34. Qe3 Qg4 35. Qd2 {White threatens Qd8+ and
mate.} Qd4 36. Nf3 Qxd2 37. Nxd2 $11 {Endgame KN-KN} Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. f3 Nd7
40. Ne4 Ne5 41. Nc3 Nc6 42. Nd5+ Kd6 43. Ke3 Nb4 44. Nc3 $1 Ke5 45. g4 Nc2+ 46.
Kd2 Nd4 47. Ke3 Nc2+ 48. Kd3 Nd4 {[#] Hoping for ...Kf4.} 49. Ke3 Nc2+ {
Precision: White = 65%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 {
[%emt 0:00:06] E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and h3} e6 {
LiveBook: 31 Games} 9. Nd2 $146 (9. Bd3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 exd5 10.
exd5 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Qb1 Rae8 16.
h4 h6 17. Nh3 Qxh4 18. Nf4 {0-1 (39) Postny,E (2658)-Jones,G (2623) Berlin 2015
}) 9... exd5 $11 10. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 {Black must
now prevent Bf4.} ({Much weaker is} 11. Ncxe4 f5 $17) 11... f5 $1 12. Bxa6 bxa6
13. Nxc5 {Ne6 is the strong threat.} f4 14. Bd4 dxc5 15. Bxg7 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Kxg7
17. Qf3 Rb8 18. b3 $36 {White is pushing.} Rb4 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. Kh2 Rd4 {
aiming for ...Rd3.} 21. Rhd1 Bc2 (21... Qd6 $11) 22. Re1 $14 Bf5 23. Ne2 $1
Rde4 24. Nxf4 {Hoping for Ne6+!} Qf6 {[#]} (24... Rxe1 $16 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26.
Qc3+ Kf7 27. Qxe1 g5) 25. Qg3 $1 $18 Qd4 $2 (25... Kf7 {keeps fighting.} 26.
Rxe4 Rxe4) 26. Rad1 Rxe1 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Nh5+ Kf8 (28... Kf7 $142 29. Qg5
R8e7 30. Qf6+ Kg8) 29. Qg5 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} R8e7 30. Ng3 R1e5
$2 (30... d3 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Qxf5+ Rf7 33. Qc8+ Re8 34. Qc5+ Ree7) 31. d6 Rf7
{[#]} 32. Qd8+ $2 (32. d7 $1 Rxd7 (32... Bxd7 33. Qxe5) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qxe5)
32... Re8 33. Qh4 d3 34. Qd4 Rd7 $2 (34... Kg8 35. Qd5 Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kg8) 35.
Nxf5 gxf5 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qxd7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black =
45%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves}
10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 (11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15.
h3 Bd8 16. Bg3 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 (42) Radjabov,T (2710)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha
2016}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Rb2 Bd6 14. Rbe2 Qd7 15.
Ne5 Qf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. c4 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Penrose,J-Brglez,F England 1979}) 16. g4 Qc8 {And now ...Bxe5 would win.} 17.
h3 f6 18. Nf3 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Qd7 19. Qb3 Qf7 (19... Rf7 $11)
20. Nh4 $14 g6 21. Ng2 f5 22. Bh6 fxg4 (22... Rfd8 $142) 23. Bxf8 $16 ({Resist
} 23. hxg4 $6 Rfd8 $14) 23... Rxf8 24. Ne3 ({Wrong is} 24. Qxb7 $2 gxh3 25. f4
Nd8 $19) (24. hxg4 $16 Nd8 25. f4) 24... gxh3 $14 {aiming for ...Ne7.} 25. Qxd5
Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Kg7 27. Ne3 b5 {White should prevent ...b4.} 28. Ng4 b4 29. d5 h5
30. Nh2 Na5 (30... Nd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. c4 $1 $16 Bc5 32. Rd2 (32. Nf1
$16) 32... Rf4 33. Re4 Rf5 34. Rh4 (34. Nf1 $14) 34... b3 $1 $11 35. axb3 Nxb3
36. Rb2 a5 37. d4 Bxd4 38. Rc2 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 39. Rxh3 Bc5
40. Ra2 Rf4 $1 {Black has compensation.} 41. Rc3 Nd4 42. Kg2 Nf5 43. Nf3 a3 44.
Re2 {[#]} (44. Ne1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44... g5 $1 45. Ne5 $2 {[#]} ({
White should play} 45. Ra2 $15) (45. Nxg5 Rg4+) 45... g4 $2 ({Better is} 45...
a2 $1 $19 46. Rxa2 Bd4) 46. Nd7 $2 {[#]} (46. Nd3 $11 {and White is okay.} Rf3
47. Rec2) 46... Rf3 $1 $19 47. Rcc2 (47. Rxf3 gxf3+) 47... Bd4 48. Red2 $2 (48.
Rcd2 Rb3 49. Ra2) 48... h4 49. Ra2 h3+ 50. Kh2 {[#]} Bxf2 $1 {Black mates.} 51.
Re2 (51. Rxf2 g3+) 51... Bg3+ 52. Kg1 h2+ 53. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 54. Kxh2 {[#]} Rf2+ $1
55. Rxf2 g3+ 56. Kg2 gxf2 57. Nc5 Nd4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 57%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 {[#]} 15.
Bb5 $146 Bd5 16. Bc4 {LiveBook: 18 Games. The position is equal.} Bc6 17. Bb5
Bd5 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind:
Gurgenidze System} (11... Be6 12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Kh1 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3
16. axb3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. b4 Qd8 {1-0 (40)
Ponomariov,R (2731)-Radjabov,T (2713) Beijing 2013}) 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rc2 Bd7 {
White is slightly better.} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfc1
Rc6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nd7 19. g4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. h3 Rf8
22. f4 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (22) Angelov,R (2361)-Ruefenacht,M (2392) ICCF email 2006})
14... Rfc8 15. Na2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {The position is equal.} Be6 17. Nb4 h6 18.
Be3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 (21. Rb1 {is more complex.} Nb3+ 22.
Kd1 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Rc8+ 24. Kd1) 21... dxc5 22. Rb1 Be5 23. g3 g5 24. Ke3 Bd4+
25. Kd2 Be5 26. Ke3 Bd4+ 27. Kd2 Be5 28. Ke3 Bd4+ 29. Kd2 Be5 30. Ke3 Bd4+ {
Precision: White = 41%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 (5... Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7.
O-O Nb6 8. Qc2 e5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Nbd2 f5 14.
b4 a5 15. b5 {0-1 (68) Jakovenko,D (2704) -Vidit,S (2689) Doha 2016}) 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:02] A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 c4} Nc6 7. Nc3 (7. d4 {feels
hotter.} Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Bf4) 7... Bg7 8. d3 $146 {White is
slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Zimmermann,U 
(2351)-Weber,M (2187) Hannover 2014}) 8... Qc8 9. O-O Be6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3
Bh3 12. Bg5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Rc2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Rfc1
e6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rc4 Ra6 20. Be3 (20. d4 $14) 20... Rd7 21. h4 Qa8 22. Qb3 a4
23. Qc2 h5 24. Kg1 Ne5 (24... Rd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxc7 $16
Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 27. exf3) 25... Bxe5 $11 26. g4 hxg4 27. Rxg4 Bg7 28. Qd2 (
28. h5 $5) 28... Ra5 29. Rcc4 a3 30. b3 c6 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Qd8 33. Qa5
Qf6 34. Kg2 Kh7 (34... b5 $11 35. Rf4 Qd8 36. Qxa3 Qe8) 35. Qa8 b5 36. Rf4 Qe7
37. Qxc6 Rd5 38. Re4 $36 {White is more active.} Rh5 $2 (38... Rf5 $14) 39. Bg5
$1 $18 Qa7 (39... Rxg5+ {was necessary.} 40. hxg5 Qxg5+ 41. Kf1 Qd2) 40. Qe8 ({
Much less strong is} 40. Qxb5 Bf6 $18) 40... Qb7 {[#] White must now prevent ..
.f5.} 41. f3 Bh6 $2 (41... Qa7 42. Qxb5 Bf6) 42. Rf4 f5 43. Rd4 {White
threatens Rd7+ and mate.} Bg7 44. Rd8 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 33%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c3 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 {
B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7... Nbd7 8. a4 e5 9. a5 Qc7 10. h3
d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 exd4 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Na3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 
(102) Bologan,V (2687)-Bu,X (2668) Beijing 2012}) 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games}
e5 9. h3 Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nxf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Re8 12. dxe5
Nxe5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 
12... dxe5 13. Be3 Bf8 14. b4 Bd6 15. Ng5 {1-0 (39) Nielsen,J (2260)-Pedersen,
B Aarhus 1991}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. a5 Nd7 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. b4 Ne6 18.
Qb3 Bf6 19. Red1 Nf4 (19... Re7 $16 20. Rd2 Bg5) 20. Ra2 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 21. Rad2
$1 Red8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd2 {Black must now prevent Qd1.} Kf8 $2 (23... Bf6
24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Bxa7 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Be7) 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. Bd6 Qd7 26. Rd1 Bc7 (
26... b5 $142) 27. Bc5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines
with 5 d4 and 5 d3} f6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. O-O {White is
slightly better.} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qb4 b6
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Be2 Be6 {1-0 (45) Najer,E (2679)-Rodshtein,M 
(2701) Poikovsky 2017}) 13. bxc3 Bg4 $1 14. Bxc6 (14. exf6 $1 $16 gxf6 15. Bd3)
14... bxc6 $11 15. Qa4 Bb6 $1 ({Don't play} 15... Bxc3 $6 16. Rac1 $16) 16.
exf6 Bxf3 $1 17. fxg7 Kxg7 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 18. gxf3 Qf6 19. Qd1
Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Rfb1 Kg6 22. Kg2 Rf6 23. Rb3 Rg8 24. Ra3 Kf5+ 25. Kf3
Ke6+ 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Ra6 {Hoping for a4.} Kc8 28. Ra4 Rg4 29. Rb4 Kd7 30. h3
Rh4 31. Rh1 Rf5 32. Rbb1 Rfh5 33. Rbg1 Rxh3 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Rhg1 Rh1 36. R1g3
Ra1 37. Bf4 {Black should prevent Re3+.} Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 {[#]} (38. Kd3 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 38... Rf5 (38... Rh2 $1 $17 39. R3g5 Rhxf2+ 40. Kg4 Rg2+
41. Bg3 Kf6) 39. Rxh7 Rf7 40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Rh8 (41. Rxf7+ $11 Kxf7 42. Rxc6)
41... Kd7 $17 42. Kg3 {[#] Bg5 is the strong threat.} c5 $1 43. Rh5 cxd4 44.
Rxd5+ Kc8 45. cxd4 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 46. Be3 a4 47. Rb5 a3 48.
Rb3 Ra1 49. Kg2 $1 Rf5 {aiming for ...a2.} 50. d5 $1 a2 51. Ra3 $1 Bxe3 52.
fxe3 Rxd5 $11 {Endgame Threatens to win with ...Rd2+. KRR-KRR} 53. Rga6 Rd2+
54. Kf3 Kd7 {Threatening ...Rf1+.} 55. Ke4 c5 (55... Rb2 $15 56. Ke5 Rh2) 56.
R3a4 {The position is equal.} Kc7 (56... c4 $5) 57. Ra7+ Kc6 58. R7a6+ Kc7 59.
Ra7+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 {D79:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe7 Rfb8 17. Bd6 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Bb5 19. Bf1 a6 20. a4
Bxa4 21. Bxa6 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 21... Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Zhang,Z (2313)-Bai,J 
(2567) Shenzhen 2016}) 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Bd3 {[#] Black
must now prevent Ra1.} Re8 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 h5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Kg2 Re7 28. Kf3
Kh6 29. Kf4 f6 30. Ra1 (30. Rb8 $16) 30... Bb3 (30... Bb5 $11 {keeps the
balance.} 31. Bxb5 cxb5) 31. Rb1 (31. f3 $142) 31... Ba4 $1 $16 32. Ra1 (32.
Rb8 $142) 32... Bb3 33. Ra6 Re6 (33... Rc7 $16 34. f3 Bd1) 34. Kf3 ({Better is
} 34. Ra8 $18) 34... Bd1+ $14 35. Kg2 Bg4 36. Rb6 Rd6 37. Rb8 Kg7 38. Rb7+ (38.
Ra8 {is more complex.} Kf7 39. Bc2 Kg7 40. Rb8 Kf7 41. Rh8) 38... Rd7 39. Rxd7+
Bxd7 $11 {KB-KB} 40. Kf3 g5 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd2 Bg4 43. Kc2 Ke7 {[#]} (43...
Ke6 $11) 44. Kb3 ({White should play} 44. Bg6 $1 $16) 44... Kd6 {The position
is equal.} 45. Kb4 Bf3 46. Bg6 Bg4 47. Be8 Bf3 48. Bg6 {Precision: White = 34%,
Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 {A30: Symmetrical
English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (12... Na6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. dxc5 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {
1/2-1/2 (29) Malakhov,V (2722) -Ivanchuk,V (2729) Danzhou 2017}) 13. Nh4 Qd7
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qxd4+ Kg8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Rac1 Nd7 {The position is
equal.} 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Rcd1 Rc7 20.
Qe3 {1-0 (66) Schleining,Z (2377)-Carow,A (2028) Gladenbach 2013}) 18... Rac8
19. Kg2 Rc7 20. Qe5 Rcc8 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Kg7 23. Qd4 Rc6 (23... Rfd8 $5 24.
Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 e6 $11) 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. g4 {[#] g5 is the strong threat.}
Kg8 26. a5 bxa5 27. bxa5 Qb5 28. g5 Nh5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 $11 {Endgame
KRN-KRN} Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. e3 Ne6 33. h4 Rc5 34. f4 Rxa5 35. Nc6 Ra2 36.
Nxe7+ Kf8 37. Nd5 Rh2 38. Kg1 Rxh4 39. Ra1 h6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black =
63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Qb3 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (11. e4 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (14) Stupak,K (2555) -Ter Sahakyan,S (2617)
Yerevan 2016}) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6
14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 Qe7 {0-1 (35) Medvegy,N (2369) -Szabo,K (2492) Hungary
2008}) 12... e5 13. Qb3 {The position is equal.} exd4 14. Ne4 Qe7 {Black wants
to play ...dxe3.} 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ne5 Rb8 {[#]} (17... Qd6 $11
{remains equal.}) 18. Rxc6 ({White should play} 18. Bc4 $1 $16) 18... Be6 $132
{Black puts up resistance} 19. Nd7 (19. Rxe6 $5 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Nd7 $11)
19... Bxb3 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Rd6 Rbd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. axb3 Rxd4 24. Rd1 {
[#] Ne4 is the strong threat.} Bxf6 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRB. Black is slightly
better.} 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Be2 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxb2 {KB-KB} 28. Bf3 b6 29. Ke2 Bd4
30. Bd5 Kf6 31. f3 g5 32. Kd3 Bg1 33. h3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black =
66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian:
Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Ngf6 7. O-O Qc7 8. c4 {White is
slightly better.} b6 9. Nc3 e6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1
Be7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qe3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (38) Svidler,P (2739)-Grischuk,A (2746)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 11... Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. h3
Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Nd2 Ba8 (17... d5 $5) 18. Qe3 Qb7 19. f4 h6 20. Qf2 Red8
21. Bd3 Qb8 22. Re1 Be7 23. Nb3 Nh7 24. Nd4 Nhf8 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. Qe3 Nh4 27.
Nh2 Ng6 $1 28. Nf3 Nh4 29. Nh2 Ng6 $1 30. Rc2 (30. Ng4 $11) 30... e5 $15 31. g3
b5 32. cxb5 {And now f5 would win.} exf4 $1 33. gxf4 axb5 34. Rf1 Nf6 35. Rg2 {
[#]} ({Better is} 35. Ng4 $15) 35... d5 $1 $19 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 (36... Nxd5 37.
exd5 Qd6 38. Bxg6 $16 (38. Qd4 $2 Bf6 $19)) ({Black should try} 36... Bxd5 $19
37. exd5 Nxd5) 37. exd5 $15 Nxd5 38. Qg3 $2 ({Not} 38. Qd4 $2 Bf6 $19) (38. Qd2
$1 $15 Ndxf4 {[#]} 39. Rxf4 $1 Nxf4 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Bh7) 38... Bh4 $19 39.
Qf3 Ndxf4 40. Be4 Bxe4 41. Qxe4 Nxg2 42. Qxg2 Qg3 $40 {Black goes for the king.
} (42... Bg3 $142 43. Ng4 Nf4 44. Nxh6+ (44. Nf6+ $2 Kh8 $19) 44... Kh7) 43.
Bd4 (43. Qxg3 $142 Bxg3 44. Ng4) 43... Rc2 44. Qxg3 Bxg3 45. Ng4 Nf4 46. Rf3 $2
(46. Be5 Nxh3+ 47. Kh1 Nf2+ 48. Nxf2 Bxe5 49. Nd3) 46... Rc1+ {Precision:
White = 32%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:07] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White th moves and lines with
7 Nf3} 8. Bb5 (8. Qxd7+ Nxd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Nf3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13.
Ke2 e5 14. Rhd1 Rac8 15. d5 c6 16. c4 Bf8 {0-1 (42) Riazantsev,A (2659)
-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Sochi 2017}) 8... c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. Nf3 c5 12.
O-O {LiveBook: 13 Games} cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Bb2 {[#]} Rac8 $146
16. Rab1 e6 17. h4 h5 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Bb2 (21. e5 $16
Qf5 22. Rbc1) 21... Qe7 $1 $11 22. Ba3 Qf6 23. Bb2 {Precision: White = 59%,
Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Ne5 {Hoping for Nxc6. D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5}
Qb6 10. Be2 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. c4 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 a5 {1-0 (41) Gajewski,G (2634)-Fressinet,L (2668) Chartres
2017}) 10... Ne4 11. g4 Bg6 12. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. c4 c5 17. cxd5 cxd4 {0-1 (37) Sadorra,J 
(2531)-Barcenilla,R (2501) ICC INT 2012}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. fxe4 fxe5
(14... Bxc3+ $5 15. bxc3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bxe4 $11) 15. O-O Bxc3 (15... O-O-O $1
$11) 16. Qa4+ $1 $16 Ke7 17. bxc3 Bxe4 ({Don't go for} 17... Qb2 $2 18. Rab1
$18) 18. Qa3+ Ke8 {[#]} 19. Rf2 $1 Rd8 20. Qa4+ (20. Raf1 $18 a6 21. Rf7) 20...
Ke7 {[#]} 21. Raf1 $1 Bg6 22. dxe5 (22. Bd3 $16 e4 23. Rb1) 22... Qc5 $11 {
The position is equal.} 23. Bd3 $40 {Threatens to win with Bxg6. White attacks.
} Rhf8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qc2 Qxe3 {Strongly threatening ...Rf4.} 26. Qxg6 Rxf2
27. Rxf2 Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Rf2 Qe1+ 30. Rf1 Qe3+ {Precision: White = 73%,
Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Li, Di"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3 {
E11: Bogo-Indian} (7... d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd5 c5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Qc3 Qd6 16. Bc2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Fressinet,L (2700)-Grischuk,A (2764) Beijing 2012}) 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 {
LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be1 e5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. d5 Ndc5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd4 {1-0 (55)
Karavade,E (2413)-Paridar,S (2242) Ha Long City 2009}) 12. Qc2 f5 13. c5 bxc5
14. Qb3 Ba6 (14... Nb6 $14) 15. Bxa6 $16 Rxa6 16. Qc4 Ra7 17. dxe5 (17. Qe6+
$16 Qe7 18. Qxf5 exd4 19. exd4) 17... Qe7 $14 18. e6 (18. Bc3 $14) 18... Nb6
$15 19. Qb5+ Kd8 20. Nd2 {With the idea Nxe4.} Qxe6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bc3 Kc8
23. Rfd1 Rf8 (23... Qd7 $15 24. Qe2 Kb7) 24. Bxa5 $11 Nd7 25. Bc3 Rf5 26. Qb3 (
26. Bxg7 $11 Rxa2 27. Qe2) 26... Qxb3 $15 27. axb3 Ne5 (27... Rb7 {is more
complex.} 28. Bxg7 Rg5 29. Bh8 Rxb3 30. Rc3 Rb8) 28. Bxe5 (28. Rc2 $15) 28...
Rxe5 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Kf1 Rb7 30. Rc3 Rb4 31. Ke2 Kb7 32. Ra1 Rg5 33. g3
Re5 34. h4 Re8 35. Ra3 h5 36. Rc4 Kb6 (36... Rb5 $17 37. Kd1 g6) 37. Rxb4+ $1
cxb4 {KR-KR} 38. Ra1 d5 39. g4 hxg4 {[#] And now ...Rh8 would win.} 40. Rg1 Rf8
41. Rxg4 Rf7 42. h5 (42. Rg6+ $11 c6 43. Rg5) 42... Rf5 43. Rxg7 Rxh5 44. Rg1
Rh8 45. Rd1 c6 46. Ra1 Rf8 47. Rd1 Ra8 48. f3 exf3+ (48... Rh8 $5 49. fxe4 dxe4
$15) 49. Kxf3 Rh8 {aiming for ...Rh3+.} 50. Rd2 Rh3+ 51. Kf4 Rh1 52. Ke5 Rh4
53. Kd6 Rh6+ 54. Ke5 Rh3 55. Kd4 Kb5 56. Rc2 Rh4+ 57. Ke5 Rh6 58. Rg2 Rh3 59.
Re2 Kb6 60. Kd4 Rh4+ 61. Kd3 c5 62. Rg2 Rh3 63. Rg5 $2 {[#]} (63. Rg6+ $15 Kb5
64. Rg2) 63... Rh2 $1 $19 64. Rxd5 Rxb2 65. e4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black
= 43%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 Nc6 12. O-O Qd8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow
Variation with 3...Bd7} (12... a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 b5 17. Rfe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rc7 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Re4 {1/2-1/2 (50) Howell,D
(2611)-Anand,V (2804) London 2010}) 13. Rc1 a6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Qd3 Nd7
{White has an edge.} 15. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nb4 Rcc8 {0-1 (57) Akvist,H (2325) -Danner,G (2335) Eksjo 1979}
) 15... bxc6 16. Rfd1 c5 17. f4 Ra7 18. Nd5 Rb7 19. Qc2 e6 (19... Qe8 $11) 20.
Nc3 $14 Qe7 {[#]} 21. Rd2 ({White should try} 21. Rd3 $1 $16) 21... Nb8 $1 $11
22. Rcd1 Nc6 23. Qc1 Nd4 24. Ne2 e5 25. Nc3 exf4 26. Bxf4 Re8 27. Rf2 Qe6 28.
Kh1 Rd7 29. Bh6 Bh8 30. Re1 f5 31. Rff1 {[#] Threatens to win with exf5.} Be5
32. Bf4 Rf7 33. Nd5 Ref8 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Bf4 Ref8 36. Bh6 Re8 37. Bf4 Ref8 38.
Bh6 Re8 39. Bf4 Ref8 40. Bh6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dai, Changren"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11.
Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c6 (12... Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 c6
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 {1-0 (59) Naiditsch,A (2712)-Ponomariov,R (2699) Danzhou
2017}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qxf3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qd7 16. Qg3 Rae8
$146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Kh8 17. f4 g6 18. Rf3 {1-0 (38) Ostrovskiy,A (2396)
-Dehmelt,K (2271) Linthicum 2016}) 17. a4 Ra8 18. f4 {Threatens to win with e5.
} Qe7 19. Qf3 b4 20. Rae1 Rae8 (20... Qc7 $142) 21. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 22. Qxc6 a5
{[#]} 23. fxe5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bxf7+ (24. Qb5 $16) 24... Rxf7 $14 25. Qd5 $1 {
aiming for Rxe5!} Qd7 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 {[#] White wants to mate with
Qb8+.} Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qxa4 {Endgame KQ-KQ} 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Qc5+ $1 Kf7 31. Kf2
h6 {The position is equal.} 32. h4 Kg8 33. h5 Kf7 34. Kg3 Kg8 35. Kf4 Qa1 36.
Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Kf5 {And now
Kg6 would win.} Qf1+ 42. Ke5 Qc1 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46.
Qe4+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. b4 Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04] A29: English Opening:
Four Knights Variation with g3} (11... Bg4 12. Bc5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Re1 Nc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 (61) Dubov,
D (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 {[#]
LiveBook: 3 Games} (13. Ne4 $11) 13... a5 (13... g5 $1 $17 {...c6 is the
strong threat.} 14. h3 Bg7) 14. bxa5 $11 Rxa5 15. Nbxd4 Rxa3 16. Rxa3 Bxa3 17.
Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (29) Zueger,
B (2420)-Miralles,G (2470) Switzerland 1994}) 17... c5 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. e3 Bf5
20. Nh4 Be6 21. Na5 Bb4 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Be4 g6 26.
Ng2 f5 27. Bf3 Bf7 28. h4 Qf6 29. Ra7 Qc3 {[#]} (29... b5 $1 $11) 30. Qxc3 (30.
Qa4 $1 $16) 30... Bxc3 31. Rxb7 Rxd3 32. Rc7 Bb4 33. Nf4 Rd2 34. Be2 h6 35. Kf1
Ba3 (35... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. g4 (36. h5 $16 g5 37. Ng6) 36...
fxg4 37. Bxg4 Rd6 38. Be2 Rd2 39. Bg4 Rd6 40. Kg2 Bb4 41. e4 Rd4 (41... Bd2 $11
42. Nd5 Bb4) 42. Kf3 c4 43. e5 Bd2 44. Ne6 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 {And now h5 would win.}
h5 $1 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Ng5+ (47. Nf8+ $14 Kg7 48. Be6) 47... Bxg5 $1 48. e6
Bxe6 ({Of course not} 48... Bxh4 $6 49. exf7 Be7 50. Be2 $16) 49. Bxe6 Bxh4 50.
Bxc4 {KRB-KRB} Rd6 51. f4 Rd8 52. Rc7+ Kh6 53. Bf7 Bf6 54. Be6 {Precision:
White = 48%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02] B10: Caro-Kann: d3 and 2 c4} a6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11.
O-O Bb7 12. Be3 b5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxe7 a5 {
[#]} 16. Qe3 $146 Qxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Bd1 $1 Ng4 {aiming for . ..a3.} 19. Nxb5
(19. Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Nxe3 $17 20. Re1 Nxd1 ({But not} 20...
Nxd5 $6 21. Nd6 $11) 21. Rexd1 Bxd5 22. d4 {[#]} (22. Nc7 $17 {was called for.}
Bxf3 23. gxf3) 22... Rab8 $1 $19 23. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Rxb2 25. a3 Rc2 26.
Nb5 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 27. Rac1 Rb2 28. Rb1 {[#]} Bxd4+ $1 29.
Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rxb2.} (29. Nxd4 Rxb1) 29... Rxb1 30. Rxb1 {Endgame
KRB-KRN} Be5 31. Rb4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Bxh2 34. Rxa4 Bg3 35. Rg4 (35.
Nd4 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Nd4 Rd3 {
Precision: White = 64%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 h6 {LiveBook: 5
Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall
Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6... Na6 7.
a3 Nc7 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. e3 f6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. Qb3 b5 12. Be2 a5 13. Bg3 a4 14. Qd1
{1-0 (40) Kazhgaleyev,M (2582)-Vidit,S (2658) Tashkent 2016}) 7. g3 Na6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e3
Nb6 13. Nd2 g6 14. Rfe1 {0-1 (39) Dolgov,V (2187)-Matlakov,M (2361) Smolensk
2005}) 8. a3 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Re8
12. Nf5 Bf8 13. h3 a6 14. g4 Nb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Bxe4 Qxd4 19. Bg2 {[#]} h5 $1 20. gxh5 Qh4 21. Qd3 Be6 {Black has strong
compensation.} 22. Qf3 Bc4 (22... Bd6 $17 23. Re1 Red8) 23. Be3 $15 Re5 24.
Rad1 Be6 25. h6 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. hxg7 Rg5 28. Kh2 Re8 29. e4 Bg4 30. Qf4
Qh6 {[#]} 31. Rd6 $1 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...Rxg2+!} 32. Qf3 ({Better is} 
32. Qe3 $14) 32... Qxg7 $11 33. Rd2 (33. Rfd1 $11) 33... Kh7 $15 34. Rg1 Rg8
35. Kh1 Qg6 (35... Rg6 $17 36. Rd3 Qxb2) 36. Rd3 Rg7 37. Qf4 f6 38. Rg3 Rxg3
39. fxg3 Qxg3 40. Qxf6 Bxh3 41. Qf3 {aiming for Qh5+.} Bd7 {Threatens to win
with ...Qh4+.} 42. Qxg3 Rxg3 43. Re1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 57%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 {B67:
Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 14. Ne2
e5 15. Ng3 h5 (15... Qc5 16. Nh5 Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. h4 Rd8 19. Qe2 Bh6 20.
Rhe1 a5 21. g4 {0-1 (42) Saric,I (2609)-Kozul,Z (2631) Valpovo 2017}) 16. h4
Qc5 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Bb5 $1 19. Qg4 Bh6 $1 20. Bd3 (
20. Bxb5 $2 axb5 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 $19) 20... Rhg8 21. Qe2 {[#]} Qe3 $146 22. Bxb5
(22. Qf1 $5) 22... axb5 {The position is equal.} 23. Qxb5 {White wants to mate
with Qb7+.} Qa7 $1 24. Qd5 Qa6 $1 25. Qb3 Rxg2 26. Rhg1 Re2 27. Rg3 (27. Ng3 $5
Rh2 28. Rh1 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[#]} 29. Rg6+ $1 fxg6 30. Qe6+ Kg7 {
And now ...Rg2 would win.} 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 $1 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 {Threatens to win
with ...Kd7.} 33. Qe6+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Rg2.} 34. Qh6+ ({Not} 34. Rg1 $2 {[#]
} Rg2 $3 $19) 34... Ke8 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} 35. Qe6+ Kf8 {
Precision: White = 87%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 {
C41: Philidor Defence} 8. Bg2 Nxe5 9. Qe2 Nbc6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is
slightly better.} 10. Be3 $146 {White has compensation.} ({Predecessor:} 10.
Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Ne3 {1-0 (73)
Anand,V (2792) -Aronian,L (2752) Monte Carlo 2006}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O Bg4 12.
f3 Bc8 $1 13. Nb3 Be6 {[#]} 14. Nc5 ({Better is} 14. Nxd5 $1 $11 Bxd5 15. f4)
14... Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Nxd5!}
c6 19. f4 $1 Qa5 20. g4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f5 Bd7 23. Qd2 {Black must now
prevent Qh6.} Kh8 24. Qd4 Ng8 $1 25. Kb1 (25. Rxe8 {with more complications.}
Rxe8 26. Bf3 Qc7 27. Ne2 Qxh2 28. Qxa7 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qxe2 30. Qxb7 Be8 31. a4)
25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Qf4 (28. Qxb6 $11 axb6 29. Na4) 28...
Re5 (28... h5 $5) 29. a3 Qe3 (29... h5 $5) 30. Qb4 (30. Qxe3 $15 Rxe3 31. h3)
30... Qf2 $17 31. Be4 ({Don't go for} 31. Qxb7 $2 Re7 $19) (31. Bh1 $17 {
was necessary.}) 31... dxe4 $19 32. Rxd7 e3 ({Not} 32... Qxh2 33. Qf8 $14) 33.
Rxf7 e2 34. Qf8 $2 (34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Qxb7 Qxh2 36. Qxc6) 34... Qg1+ {Black is
clearly winning.} ({Don't blunder} 34... e1=Q+ $2 35. Ka2 $18) 35. Ka2 Qxg4 36.
h3 (36. Nxe2 $142 Rxe2 37. Qc5) 36... Qc4+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black =
61%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yuan, Ye"]
[Black "Yao, Lan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 d5 8.
Nf3 b6 {LiveBook: 18 Games. E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6
Qxc3 Ne4} 9. Bf4 (9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Re8
14. Rad1 Qf6 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. f3 Nd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Qxc5 {
1/2-1/2 (50) Sasikiran,K (2700)-Granda Zuniga,J (2612) Zafra 2007}) 9... c5 10.
e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14.
Qa4 a6 15. Rfc1 c4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (29) Winter,M (1175)-Gatto,V (900) LSS
email 2012}) 14... c4 15. Bc2 (15. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 16. Nd2 $14) 15... Qe7 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bf4 c3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bf5 Ne6 (21... g6 {
is more complex.} 22. Bd3 Rxa3 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bg3 Ng7) 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rfc1
Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Kf2 Rc2+
28. Kg3 Kf7 29. Bd6 Bc6 30. h4 {The position is equal.} h5 31. Rb1 b5 32. Bb4
Ke6 33. Rb3 Kf5 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Bxc3 g5 36. Bb4 Bd7 37. Bc3 Bc6 38. Bb4 Bd7
39. Bc3 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Qc2 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7}
Ne4 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qb1 {[#] The position is equal.} Nxc3 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Ndf6 14. Bh3 Ra8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bg2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Matlakov,M (2696)-Rozum,I (2539) Kaliningrad 2015}) 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. Ne5 cxd4
16. cxd4 Bd6 17. Bg5 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Re8 $1 18. Bh3 (18. Ng4 $5) 18... Rc7
19. Qb5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Rc5 22. Qa4 Re7 23. Qxa7 Ra5 24. Qb8 Qxb8
25. Bxb8 Rxa2 26. Rb1 d4 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Rbd1 Ra4 29. Bc7 Rb4 30. Bd6 Rc4 31.
Bf1 Ne4 32. Ba3 Nc3 33. Rd2 Ne4 34. Rdd1 (34. Rb2 $11) 34... Nc3 35. Rd2 Ne4
36. Rdd1 (36. Rb2 $11) 36... Nc3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 56%.} (36...
b5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation
without early ...Nbd7} (11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Nc4 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Ncxd6 Bd4+ 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Re1 Bf2 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 {0-1 (44)
Babujian,L (2438)-Amonatov,F (2632) Mumbai 2017}) 11... Ba6 {LiveBook: 3 Games}
(11... Nbd7 $11) 12. Nde4 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nd7 {1-0 (40) Alexa,J
(2338)-Kregelin,J (2308) ICCF email 2010}) 13. Bg5 {White is slightly better.}
h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe5 (16... Rxe4 $142 17. Bxe4 Qxb2) 17.
Qd2 $16 f5 (17... Nd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 18. Qxh6 Rab8) 18. f4 $1 $18 (
18. Qxh6 fxe4 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 $16) 18... Qg7 19. Nf2 (19. Nxd6 $18 Rd8 20. e4
Rxd6 21. e5) 19... Nd7 20. e4 $1 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Nb6 21. Qa5 ({
White should play} 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qa5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1) 21... Qb7 $2 (21...
Bc8 $16) 22. e5 (22. exf5 $18 {Hoping for Ne4.} Nc4 23. Qc3 gxf5 24. b3) 22...
Nc4 $16 23. Qc3 b4 24. Qc2 dxe5 $2 {[#]} (24... Rab8 $16 {was called for.}) 25.
d6 $1 $18 e4 {[#]} (25... Nxd6 26. Bxb7) 26. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (26... Rxe4 27. Rxe4)
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 {Black must now prevent Re7.} Nxd6 29. Re6 Nf5 {and if .
..Kh7 works, Black does fine.} 30. Rxg6+ Ng7 31. Re1 (31. Rxh6 Bb5 $18) 31...
Bb5 {[#]} 32. Qxc5 ({Not} 32. Rxh6 Qd5 $16) (32. Qb3+ $1 $18 {and the rest is
easy.} Kh7 {[#]} 33. Ree6 $1) 32... Re8 $16 33. Re5 ({Much weaker is} 33. Qxb4
$6 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qd5 $11) 33... Rxe5 $2 (33... a6 $16) 34. Qxe5 $18 Bd3 (34...
Kh7 $142 35. Qf6 Qd7 36. Rxg7+ (36. Rxh6+ Kg8 $16) 36... Qxg7 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38.
Qxb5 Qb1+ 39. Qf1 Qxb2 40. Qd3+ Kh8) 35. Qe6+ Kh8 $2 (35... Qf7) 36. Rxh6+ {
White is clearly winning.} Bh7 37. Qg6 Nf5 38. Qxf5 {Precision: White = 54%,
Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Doudou"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5+ f6 8.
O-O-O+ Nd7 9. Be3 {A41:1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} (9. Bh4 {
feels hotter.} g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2) 9... Bh6 10. Nd5 {Strongly
threatening Bxh6.} (10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. h3 c6 12. g4 Nf7 13. e3 Ke7 14. Be2 a5
15. Ne4 Nb6 16. b3 Rd8 {1-0 (43) Gajewski,G (2621)-Sadovsky,A (2414) St
Petersburg 2016}) 10... Bxe3+ 11. Nxe3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. g3
Kc7 13. Bg2 Ne7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Nd2 a5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {1-0 (54) Macek,V 
(2214)-Grabics,M (2326) Rijeka 2005}) 12. g3 {Hoping for Bh3.} c6 13. Nh4 Ne7
14. f4 Kc7 15. Bg2 Re8 (15... exf4 $15 16. gxf4 Nc5) 16. Nc2 (16. f5 $1 $11)
16... exf4 $15 17. gxf4 g5 18. fxg5 fxg5 19. Nf3 g4 $1 20. Nfd4 Ne5 21. b3 Bd7
22. Rhf1 Rf8 23. Ne3 h4 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Rf6 h3 26. Be4 g3 27. hxg3 ({White
should try} 27. Ne6+ $11 Kb6 28. c5+ Ka5 29. Kc3) 27... Rxg3 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ ({
Black should play} 28... Ng8 $17 29. Rf4 Re8) 29. Bxf3 Rh8 30. Rf7 Re8 (30...
Kd8 $15) 31. Ke1 $11 Be6 32. Rh7 Bg8 33. Rh6 {[#]} (33. Rh5 $1 $11) 33... Rxf3
$1 $17 34. exf3 {Kf2 is the strong threat.} Nf5 $1 $36 {Black is really
pushing.} 35. Rxh3 Nxe3 36. Rd2 Nxc4+ $1 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nd6 39. Ke3 c5
40. Kf4 a5 41. Ke5 {[#]} a4 $1 42. f4 (42. bxa4 Bxa2) 42... axb3 (42... Nf7+ {
is more complex.} 43. Kf6 Nd8 44. Rg3 Bd5 45. Ke5 Bf7) 43. axb3 c4 44. bxc4 {
The position is equal.} Nxc4+ 45. Kd4 Nd6 46. Ke5 b5 47. Rg3 Ba2 48. Rg2 Bc4
49. f5 Nf7+ 50. Kd4 Kb6 (50... Kd6 $5) 51. Rc2 Nd6 52. f6 Bf7 53. Rb2 (53. Ke5
$5 Nc4+ 54. Kd4 $11) 53... Kc6 (53... Nc4 $5 54. Rc2 Na5 $11) 54. Rb1 Nc4 55.
Rc1 Kb6 56. Rb1 Na3 57. Rb2 Kc6 58. Re2 b4 59. Re7 Nb5+ (59... b3 $5 60. Kc3
Nb5+ 61. Kb2 Nd6 $11) 60. Kd3 Bg6+ 61. Kc4 Nd6+ (61... b3 $5 62. Kxb3 Nd6 $11)
62. Kxb4 Kd5 63. Rd7 Ke6 64. Rxd6+ Ke5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 58%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ningbo"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Qc8 9. b3 Be7 10. Ba3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and
Hedgehog} d6 (10... Bxa3 11. Nxa3 a6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nb1 Nc6 14. Nc3 Ne5 15.
Nf3 Qb7 16. Qd6 Nxf3 17. exf3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 (88) Zhou,J (2636)-Yu,Y (2672)
Hefei 2011}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. f4 Qb7+
14. Qf3 Qxf3+ 15. Kxf3 Rfc8 {1-0 (44) Kakadelis,E (2275) -Georgakopoulos,A 
(2069) Attica 2003}) 12... a6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Qb7 15. Qf3 d5 16. Nd6 Nxd6
17. exd6 Bf6 18. Rad1 $36 {White is in control.} Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 {[#]} 20.
Rh4 $1 {And now Qh5 would win.} f6 21. cxd5 Ne5 22. Qe4 exd5 $2 (22... Qxd5 $16
23. Qxd5 exd5) 23. Qxh7+ $18 Kf7 {intending ... Rh8.} 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. f4 d4+
26. Kg1 Nc6 27. Qd5+ Rf7 28. Qh5 $2 (28. Qf5 $18 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.}
g6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qh5) 28... Rd7 $2 (28... Rff8 $11 29. Qh7+ Kf7) 29. Re1
Qc8 30. Qd5+ (30. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 31. Rg4 g5 32. Qg6 Raa7 33. fxg5 Ne5 {[#]} 34.
Rxe5 $1 fxe5 35. Rh4) 30... Rf7 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. Qxc6 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Re8 34. f5 d3
35. Bb4 Rd8 36. Re1 {White mates.} Qf2 37. d7 Qxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Rfxd7 39. Bf2 {
Precision: White = 80%, Black = 38%.} (39. Qe6+ $142 Rf7 40. Qxb6 Rff8 41. Bd2
Rde8 42. Qxa6 Rd8 43. Qe6+ Rf7 44. a4) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Li, Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 {LiveBook: 50 Games} h6 {D36: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11... g6 12.
b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Nac3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qe7 18. Rab1
a5 19. Nce2 axb4 20. axb4 {1-0 (46) Maiorov,N (2527)-Hemant,S (2380) Kazan 2017
}) 12. Bh4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 {White is slightly better.} 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ng3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b4 a6 16. Rfb1 Nh5 17. a4 Qg5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Ng1 Bd7
{1-0 (37) Suto,G (2160)-Barabas,T Miskolc 1996}) 15... Bd7 16. b4 a5 17. Na4
axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Nc5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rb8 21. Qa2 Qb6 $1 22. Rb1 Qd8 23.
Nxb7 Qc7 24. Nc5 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Bc8 26. Qb4 g6 27. Ne2 Kg7 28. Nf4 h5 29. Bc2
Ng8 30. Ncd3 Bf5 31. Qc3 {Black must now prevent Nxd5!} Ne7 32. Nc5 Bxc2 33.
Qxc2 Qd6 34. Qb2 (34. g3 {feels hotter.} Nd7 35. Ncd3 Nf6 36. h4 Qb8 37. Kg2)
34... Nd7 35. Nxd7 (35. Ncd3 {is more complex.} h4 36. Ne1 Nf8 37. Qb7 f6 38.
Nf3) 35... Qxd7 36. Qb8 Qf5 37. Qc7 Qe4 38. h4 Nf5 39. Kh2 Nh6 40. Kg3 ({
Of course not} 40. Qxc6 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 Nxe3 $1 $17) 40... Nf5+ 41. Kh2 Nh6 42.
Nh3 ({But not} 42. Qxc6 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Nxe3 $1 $17) 42... Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Qe6 44.
Qf4 Nh6 (44... Qe7 {is interesting.} 45. Ng5 f6 46. Nf3 c5 47. dxc5 Qxc5 48.
Nd4 Qb6) 45. Ng5 (45. Kh2 {with more complications.} Ng4+ 46. Kg1 Nh6 47. Ng5
Qf6 48. Qf3) 45... Qg4+ (45... Qf5 {keeps more tension.} 46. Nf3 Qb1 47. Qe5+
Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7) 46. Qxg4 Nxg4 $11 {Endgame KN-KN} 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Ke2 Ke7 49.
f3 Nh6 50. e4 dxe4 51. fxe4 Ng4 52. Kd3 Nf2+ 53. Ke3 Ng4+ 54. Kf4 f6 55. Nf3
Kd6 56. Nd2 c5 57. Nc4+ Kc6 58. d5+ Kb5 $2 {[#]} (58... Kc7 $11) 59. e5 $1 $18
fxe5+ 60. Nxe5 Nf6 $2 (60... Nxe5 61. Kxe5 c4) 61. d6 Kb6 62. Kg5 Ne4+ 63. Kxg6
Nxd6 64. Kxh5 c4 {[#]} 65. Nxc4+ $1 Nxc4 {KN-KPP} 66. Kg6 Kc6 67. h5 Ne5+ 68.
Kg7 Kd6 69. h6 Ke7 70. h7 Nf7 71. g4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening:
1...e5} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 {The position is equal.} exd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4
10. Qxc4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (42) Tazbir,M 
(2517)-Navara,D (2744) Poland 2016}) 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nc5 Bc8 14.
O-O Nbd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 $1 20. b4
Ne6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. g4 Bg6 23. e4 Qc4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Ne8 26. b5 f6 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Na4 (28. e5 $5) 28... Bf7 29. Nc5 $36 {Black is under pressure.}
Nc7 30. e5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bd5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Be4 Re8 34. f3 Re7 35. Kf2 Kg7
36. h4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Nd5 38. Rc1 Nb4 39. Kg3 Re6 {Precision: White = 73%,
Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 {[%emt 0:00:04] A29: English
Opening: Four Knights Variation with g3} (12... Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Qd4 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. Qxd4 exd4 21.
Nxc7 {1-0 (60) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Swiercz,D (2647) chess.com INT 2017})
13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Na4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rb8 16. Rc1 Nxa4 17. Qxa4
Nd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17...
b5 18. Qd1 Nd4 19. e3 {1-0 (55) Leon Hoyos,M (2599)-Breckenridge,S (2292)
Princeton 2012}) 18. Qd1 a4 19. e3 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Bxb3 21. Qe2 Bd6 22. d4 exd4
23. exd4 b5 24. Be4 Bc4 ({Better is} 24... f5 $15 25. Bc6 Bc4 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27.
Qxc4+ Kh8) 25. Qc2 (25. Qh5 $5 g6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29.
Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ $11) 25... g6 26. Rfe1 {White wants to play
Bxg6!} Qd7 27. Qd1 Kg7 28. Qf3 Rbc8 29. h4 b4 30. h5 bxa3 31. Bxa3 Bxa3 32.
Qxa3 {And now Bxg6! would win.} Rfe8 33. Bf3 Bb3 34. hxg6 hxg6 {Hoping for ...
Rxe1+.} 35. Qb4 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd8 (36... Qe7 $5 37. Qb5 Qf7 $11) 37. Rc6 Bf7
38. d5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 40. Qe7+ Kh6 (40... Kg8 $1 $11)
41. Rc7 $14 {White has compensation.} Qd1+ ({Black should play} 41... Rd6 $14)
42. Kg2 $1 $16 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} Qd6 $2 (42... Qd4 $16) 43. Qh7+
$18 Kg5 44. f3 $2 (44. Rc2 $18 Kf5 45. Qh3+ Ke5 46. Re2+ Kd4 47. Rd2+ Kc5 48.
Rxd6 Rxd6 49. Qh7) 44... Qb4 $2 {[#]} (44... Kf5 $14 45. Rc4 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Qd3
47. Rf4+ Ke6) 45. Rg7 $2 (45. Rc5+ $1 {NOTEXT} f5 (45... Qxc5 46. Qh4+) 46.
Qe7+ Kh6 47. Qxd8 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qb7 49. Rc7 Qxc7 50. Qxc7) 45... Qd2+ $2 (45...
Kf5 46. Qxg6+ Ke5) 46. Kh3 Qd3 {[#]} 47. Rxg6+ $1 Qxg6 48. f4+ (48. Qh4+ $142
Kf5 49. Qe4+ Kg5 50. Qf4+ Kh5 51. Qh4#) 48... Kf5 {White is clearly winning.}
49. g4+ $1 Kxf4 50. Qxg6 Rd6 51. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 39%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 {
C77: Ruy Lopez: 3... a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3
Bb4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Grischuk,A (2737) -Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 7... Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 f6 10. Qe2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. O-O
Qd7 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. a4 a5 {0-1 (54) Kopec,D (2400)-Comp KChess Boston 1993})
11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 (12... Bf7 {keeps more
tension.} 13. Nf5 Qf8 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. f4 g6) 13. Bxd4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Rhe8
15. f3 c5 16. Bb2 Nb8 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 f5 20. Qf2 fxe4 21.
fxe4 g6 22. Qf4 Rf8 23. Qg3 Rf7 24. Nd5 Qf8 25. Bc3 b6 26. Kb2 Kb7 27. Rd3 a5
28. Rf3 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. d6 Nb5 32. dxc7 Nxc3 33. Qxc3 Kxc7
$11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} 34. a4 Kc6 35. Qh8 h5 36. Qc8+ Kd6 37. Qd8+ Kc6 38. Qc8+
Kd6 39. Qb8+ Kc6 $1 40. Qe5 Kd7 41. h3 Kc6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kd7 44. Qe4
Qf6+ 45. Kc1 Kd6 46. Kb1 Qf1+ 47. Ka2 {[#] Strongly threatening Qb7.} Qf6 48.
Kb1 g5 49. Qd3+ Ke6 50. Qe4+ Kd6 51. Qd3+ Ke6 52. Qe4+ Kd6 53. Qd3+ Ke5 {
Precision: White = 82%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]
D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White th moves and 4 Bg5} Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Qd6 9.
Be2 {LiveBook: 32 Games} Rd8 10. O-O Na6 11. Bc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bd2 {
0-1 (38) Savina,A (2390)-Popov,I (2656) Moscow 2013}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6
13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qb3 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc7 (16... Bxd4 $17 17. Ne2 Bb6)
17. Qxb7 $11 Rdb8 18. Qf3 Rxb2 19. d5 Qf5 {[#] aiming for ...Qxf3.} 20. Bf4 {
Black should prevent Rc1.} g5 21. Bxc7 Qxf3 22. gxf3 {Threatens to win with
Rc1.} Bxc3 23. a3 Rc8 24. d6 exd6 25. Bxd6 Bd2 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rc1+ 28.
Rxc1 Bxc1 {Endgame KB-KB} 29. f4 gxf4 30. f3 f5 (30... Kg7 $15) 31. Kf1 {
The position is equal.} Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Bf8 Kd5 34. Kd3 $1 a6 35. h3 Be3
36. a4 Bc5 37. Bg7 Bb4 38. Bd4 Bc5 39. Bb2 Bd6 40. Bd4 Bc5 {Precision: White =
68%, Black = 60%.} (40... Be5 $5 41. Bb6 Bb2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} bxc5 {LiveBook:
7 Games} 11. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. f3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nf6 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 {1-0 (25) Riazantsev,
A (2651)-Khismatullin, D (2617) Sochi 2016}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 {Black is
slightly better.} Nc6 13. Ba3 (13. Rb1 $5 Qc8 14. Ba3 $11) 13... Rf6 (13... Ne7
$11) 14. Rb1 $14 {White has compensation.} Rb8 15. Nf3 Rg6 16. Rfc1 (16. Bxe4 {
keeps more tension.} fxe4 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. Rxb8 Nxb8 19. Rc1) 16... Nf6 17. Bf1
Nd5 18. g3 a5 19. Bg2 Ncb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Ne5 Rf6 $1 22. Rb2 Rf8 {The
position is equal.} 23. Qa4 d6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qd7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rbc2
{[#]} f4 $1 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Qa7 Re8 30. Rxc7 Qg4 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxg7+ {
Precision: White = 52%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (10.
Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Ra7 14. f5 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 d4 16. Ne4
exf5 17. Ng3 f6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Yu,Y (2749)-Vitiugov,N (2720) Khanty-Mansiysk
2017}) 10... O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bd3
Bb7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Sarrau,J (2229)-Alienkin,A (2402) Namur 2009})
15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 19. Qe3 a4 20. Nd4 a3 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. b3 $1 Rd8 23. Qxe4 Rd5 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Red1 g5 26. Qe3 Qc5 27.
f5 Kh8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qxg5 {[#] Qf6+ is the strong threat.} Rxd4 {The
position is equal.} 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ {
Precision: White = 61%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Qc7 (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 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}) 6. Nc3 {
C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 d4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 c5 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 Ne8 13. O-O {1-0 (53) Fenil,
S (2129)-Mohammad,M (2339) Nagpur 2008}) 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 {Hoping for Ng5.}
Bg4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 Na6 $132 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rd8. Black puts
up resistance} 11. f3 Rd8 ({Better is} 11... Bd7) 12. Qf2 (12. Qe2 $5 Bh5 13.
Nf5 $14) 12... Bc8 13. Be3 {[#]} Bc5 $1 14. O-O (14. Bxc5 Qa5+) 14... Bxe3 (
14... Qb6 $5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Nf5 Qxe3+ (16... Bxf5 {
looks sharper.} 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. exf5 Ke7 19. Rad1 g6) 17. Nxe3 {The position
is equal.} Nc5 18. Bc4 Be6 (18... b5 {with more complications.} 19. Be2 Na4 20.
b3 Nc3 21. Bd3 Be6) 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. Kf2 g6 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. c3
Nf4+ 24. Kf1 Ne6 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Ne6 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Ne6 29. Ke2 Nf4+
30. Kf1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {
C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11.
Nbd2 Re8 12. Rxe8+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxe8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nf1 {[#]} f6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Nce7 15. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (92) Gao,R (2487)-Georgiev,K (2644)
Albena 2014}) 15. Bd2 Nce7 16. Qb3 c6 17. Re1 Qf7 18. a4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. a5
Re8 21. b4 Nc8 22. Qc1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 (23. Nxe1 {seems wilder.} g5 24. Qc2 Nce7
25. Bc1 h5 26. Ne3) 23... Nce7 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Nh4
(27. a6 $5) 27... Nxh4 28. gxh4 {The position is equal.} Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30.
f3 Kf7 31. Kf2 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3
h6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano:
4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 17. Qe2 (17. Nh4 g6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qf3
Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Giri,A (2785)-Nakamura,H (2786) Moscow 2017}) 17... Rae8 18.
a4 a5 19. Re1 g6 {[#]} 20. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qd2) 20... Kg7 21. Nd2
Qd8 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Qxd1 (24... Rd8 {keeps more tension.} 25.
Rd3 Qc8 26. Qe2 b6 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Rd7) 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Bc2 Rd6 27. Kf1
Nd7 (27... Red7 {feels hotter.} 28. g3 b6 29. Ra1 Nh7 30. Ree1 Ng5) 28. Rd3
Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Nb6 30. b3 Kf6 31. Ke2 Rd7 32. g3 Nd8 33. Ra1 Rd6 34. Ke3 Rc6 35.
Rc1 Rd6 36. Bb5 g5 37. h4 Ne6 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Bd3 Nc5 40. Bc2 $1 g4 41. Nh4
Rd8 42. Nf5 {Hoping for Nh6.} Rh8 $1 43. Ke2 Ne6 44. b4 Ra8 45. Bb3 c5 (45...
Kg5 $11) 46. b5 (46. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 47. Ne3 (47. bxc5 Nxa4 48. Nh6 Nxc5 $15))
46... c4 $11 47. Bc2 Nc5 {Threatening ...Nb3.} 48. Ne3 (48. Nh6 $11) 48...
Ncxa4 ({Black should play} 48... Kg5 $1 $15) 49. Bxa4 Nxa4 50. Nxc4 Nc5 51. Nb6
{[#]} ({White should try} 51. Ke3 $1 $15) 51... Rd8 $1 $19 52. Nd5+ {Precision:
White = 48%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge
Springs Variation} Qb6 {LiveBook: 42 Games} 12. Bxf6 (12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Rac1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 (88)
Grischuk,A (2760)-Shirov,A (2739) Moscow 2010}) 12... Bxc3 $146 (12... d3 $11 {
keeps the balance.} 13. Qxd3 (13. Bxd3 Nxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 $14) 13... Nxf6) ({
Predecessor:} 12... Nxf6 13. c5 d3 14. Bxd3 Qd8 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. a3 Bxb5 17.
axb4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (43) Lesiege,A (2584)-Smagin,S (2605) Montreal
2000}) 13. Be7 $16 {White is better.} (13. Nxd4 Qxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxb2 $15) (13.
exd4 $6 Nxf6 14. bxc3 Qc7 $11) 13... dxc4 14. Bxf8 ({But not} 14. bxc3 $6 cxb3
15. axb3 Re8 $11) ({Don't play} 14. exd4 $6 Bb4 $11) ({Much worse is} 14. Nxd4
$6 Qxb2 15. Rac1 Qxc2 $11) 14... cxb3 15. axb3 dxe3 16. bxc3 exf2+ 17. Kh1 Nxf8
18. Bf3 f6 19. Qxf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 Kf7 21. Ra4 {White has strong compensation.}
Nd7 22. Rb4 Rb8 23. Rd2 {aiming for Rxb7!} Ke7 24. Rc4 g5 25. h4 h6 26. hxg5
hxg5 27. g3 a6 28. Kg1 Kd8 (28... Ne5 $142 29. Rc7+ Bd7) 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 f5
31. Rh2 g4 (31... e5 $142 32. Rh8 Nf8) 32. Bh1 Kd6 (32... e5 {is a better
defense.} 33. Rh8 Nf8) 33. Rh8 $18 Nb6 34. Rd4+ Kc7 35. Rdd8 (35. Rh7+ $18 {
is more deadly.} Nd7 36. c4) 35... a5 $16 36. Rdg8 Ra8 {[#]} (36... a4 $16) 37.
Rg7+ (37. c4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 37... Bd7 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. Bxb7 {
Endgame KRB-KBN} Nb6 40. Ba6 Kd6 {[#]} (40... Nd5+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 41.
Kd4 Kd6) 41. Rg6 ({Only move:} 41. c4 $1 $18) 41... a4 $1 $14 42. bxa4 Nxa4 43.
c4 (43. Kd4 $5 Nc5 44. Bd3 Nb3+ 45. Ke3 $16) 43... Nc5 {The position is equal.}
44. Bb5 Bc8 45. Rg8 Bb7 46. Rg7 Ke5 47. Rc7 Kd6 48. Rg7 Ke5 49. Rc7 Kd6 50. Rg7
Ke5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 d5
15. Nd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7
9 f4 Be7} (15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. g4 a5 18. g5 f5 19. Bb5 Nb4 20. Bxd7+
Qxd7 21. c3 Na6 22. c4 O-O 23. Ne5 {1-0 (40) Salgado Lopez,I (2623)-Acs,P 
(2606) Paks 2011}) 15... Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd3 {The position is equal.} f5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rb8 18. Rhe1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (19) Koch,
B-Bouwmeester,H Moscow 1956}) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rhe1 Kf6 $1 20. b3 Nb7 21. c4
Rhc8 22. Kb2 {Black must now prevent cxd5.} dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nc5 24. Re5 Rab8 (
24... Na4+ $5 25. Ka1 Nb6 $11) 25. Ka3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Kb2 h5 (27... Rb7
$5 28. g4 fxg4 $11) 28. g3 h4 29. Nc2 ({White should play} 29. Re3 $15) 29...
Ne4 $1 $17 30. g4 Nf2 31. g5+ Kg6 32. Rd4 h3 (32... Kh5 $17) 33. Re3 Rh8 34.
Rd2 Ne4 35. Rdd3 (35. Rd1 $142) 35... Rh4 36. Rf3 Rbh8 (36... Rg4 $1 $19 {
is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...Rg2.} 37. Ne3 Rg2+ $1 38. Nxg2 hxg2)
37. Ne3 f6 38. gxf6 Kxf6 39. Ka3 Ra8+ 40. Kb2 Rg8 41. Rd1 (41. Rf1 $15) 41...
Rh7 (41... b4 $1 $17) 42. a3 $15 Ra8 43. Nf1 Rha7 44. b4 Rg8 45. Ne3 Rh7 46.
Rff1 Rh4 47. Rd3 Ke7 ({Black should try} 47... Rhh8 $1 $17 48. Kb3 Rd8 49. Rxd8
Rxd8) 48. Kb3 Rc8 49. Kb2 Nd6 (49... Kf7 $17) 50. Rc3 (50. Kb3 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 50... Rxc3 51. Kxc3 $17 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne4+ 52. Kc2 Nf6 53. Kb3
Nh5 54. a4 ({Better is} 54. Nc2 $1 $15) 54... bxa4+ ({Reject} 54... Nxf4 $6 55.
axb5 Ng2 56. Nc2 $11) 55. Kxa4 Nxf4 56. Ka5 Ng2 (56... Ng6 $17 57. b5 Re4) 57.
Nxf5+ $1 $11 exf5 58. Rxf5 {KRN-KR} Kd6 {And now ...Ne3 would win.} 59. b5 $1
Ne3 60. Rf6+ (60. Rg5 $1 $15) 60... Kc5 61. Rc6+ Kd5 {...Nc4+ is the strong
threat.} 62. Rc3 {[#]} (62. Rg6 $17) 62... Nc4+ $1 $19 63. Kb4 Nd6+ 64. Ka5 {
[#]} Rh5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 65. Rb3 $2 (65. Ka4) 65... Ke4 66.
Ka6 {[#]} Nxb5 $1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Be7 9. Bd3 Qb6 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 10. O-O Bd7 11. g4 Nh6 12. h3 {
LiveBook: 4 Games} Ng8 (12... O-O-O 13. Rb1 Kb8 14. b4 Ng8 15. Bd2 h5 16. b5
Na5 {1-0 (25) Volokitin,A (2638)-Caruana,F (2791) Dubai 2014}) 13. Rb1 $146 (
13. b4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bd2 h5 15. a4 hxg4 16. hxg4 {1-0 (30)
Tukhaev,A (2551)-Sichinava,Z (2275) St Petersburg 2014}) 13... h5 14. g5 a5 15.
g6 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 (16... Nxf6 $14 17. Bg5 Rf8) 17. Ng5 $16 Nd8 (17... Bxg5
$16 18. Bxg5 Nge7) 18. Re1 Ne7 19. Nh7 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ Qxb5 21. Qxh5 Rg8 22. Bg5
$36 {White is in control.} Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qd3 $2 (23... Ra6 $16) 24. Ne3 (24.
Nxe6 $18 {is the precise move to win. Hoping for Nc5.} Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Qxc2 26.
Rbe1) 24... Qxd4 $2 (24... Ra6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 25. Rbd1 $18 {
White is clearly winning.} Qf6 {[#]} 26. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 27. Nxd5 Qxg6+ 28. Qxg6+
Nxg6 29. Nc7+ ({Weaker is} 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 $18) 29... Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Kf7 31. Ng5+
Kf6 32. Nh7+ Kf5 33. Rd5+ Kf4 34. Ng5 Rge8 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. Rxe6 {Endgame
KRR-KRN} Nh4 37. Re7 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 g5 39. Rf7+ Ke4 40. Rb5 Nh4+ 41. Kg3 Rg8 42.
Rxa5 b6 43. Rb5 Rg6 {[#]} 44. f4 $1 Nf3 (44... gxf4+ 45. Kxh4) 45. Re7+ {
Precision: White = 72%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c6 (5... Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f3 a6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Bf1
d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nf5 dxc4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Re1 b5 19. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (47)
Jakovenko,D (2704)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016}) 6. e4 {E12: Queen's Indian:
Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} d5 {LiveBook: 3
Games} 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5 {White is better.} f6 $146 (8... Be7 $16 {was worth a
try.}) ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O c5
13. cxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Michel Yunis,C (2373)-Diaz Hollemaert,N (2365)
Buenos Aires 2001}) 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bh4 (10. Bf4 $18) 10... Be7 (10... Bd6 $16
{was called for.}) 11. Bd3 (11. Bg3 $18) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Kf7
14. O-O Nf8 15. Nc3 b5 16. Qe2 Nbd7 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 (18. Rfc1 $18) 18...
axb5 $16 19. Qe4 Rc8 ({Black should play} 19... b4) 20. Ra7 {Qf4 is the strong
threat.} Rc7 (20... b4 $16) 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 f5 23. Qe3 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 b4
25. Ne2 Ng6 26. Nxg6 (26. Nf3 $18 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening Ng5+.}
h6 27. Re1) 26... hxg6 27. Nf4 Qd6 28. Qg3 (28. Re1 $1 $16) 28... Rg8 $14 29.
Re1 {aiming for h4.} (29. Nd3 $5 Qxg3 30. hxg3 $16 (30. fxg3 Rc8 $16)) 29... g5
(29... Qxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 30. h4 (30. Nxe6 Re8 $11) 30... Nc5) 30. Nxe6
$16 Qxg3 31. hxg3 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Nb6 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rg4 (33... Ke7 $14
) 34. Kf2 $1 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (34... Nc4 $16) 35. g3 (35. Ng5+ $1 $18 {is the
precise move to win.} Kf8 36. g3) 35... Rg6 36. Ng5+ Kf8 37. Re5 Ne7 38. Ke3
Rh6 39. Ne6+ ({Better is} 39. Kd3 $16) 39... Kf7 $1 $14 40. Ng5+ (40. Nc7 $14)
40... Ke8 (40... Kf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Nf3 $16 Kf7 (41... Rh3 $16)
42. Nh4 $18 Rh5 (42... Rf6 {keeps fighting.} 43. Kd3 Ke8) 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Kc4
Rh7 (44... Nd5 $142 45. b3 Nxf4 46. Rxf5+ (46. gxf4 Rxh4 47. Rc5 Rxf4 $11)
46... Rxf5 47. Nxf5 Nh3) 45. Kxb4 Rg7 46. Kc5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg8
47. Kd6 Rd8+ {[#]} 48. Kc7 $1 Ra8 49. Kd7 Ra7+ 50. Kd6 Rb7 51. Re6+ Kf7 {
intending ...Nc8+.} 52. Re2 Kf6 53. Nf3 Ng6 54. Ne5 Nf8 55. Kxc6 {Precision:
White = 51%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne5 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} b6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 Bb7
12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Qe2 Bxa4 17. bxa4 {
0-1 (31) Bareev,E (2670)-Krasenkow,M (2645) Groningen 1997}) 11... a6 12. Qe2
Bb7 13. Rfc1 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Ne4 15. f3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nec5 17. Nf2 Nxd3 18. Nxd3
Rfc8 19. Bd4 Qd8 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. g4 fxg4 22. fxg4 Nf8 23. Rf1 Kg8 $1 24. Qf2
Rc6 25. Rac1 (25. Nxd5 $5 exd5 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qxb7 $16) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1
a5 27. Qf3 $40 {White mounts an attack.} Rc8 28. Rf1 {[#] Black must now
prevent Nxe6!} Qe7 29. Bxb6 Nd7 (29... d4 $15 30. e4 Ba6) 30. Bd4 $16 Ba6 31.
Rf2 $1 Rf8 (31... Rc1+ $14 32. Kg2 h6) 32. Nxd5 $1 $18 Qh4 33. Nf4 {Hoping for
h3.} g5 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. Nxh3 h6 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. Nf2 Bb7
38. Kf1 Nb8 39. Ke2 Nc6 40. Nd3 Ba6 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Bc5+ Kf7 43. Bd6 Bb5 44.
Nc5 Bf1 45. Ne4 Bg2 46. Nf6 Bf1 47. Bc7 Bb5 48. Ne4 Bf1 49. Ke1 Bh3 50. Nf6 Nb4
51. Kd2 ({Don't take} 51. Bxa5 $6 Nd3+ 52. Kd2 Nxe5 $16) 51... Nc6 52. Ke2 Bg2
53. Kf2 Bh3 (53... Bh1 {was called for.} 54. Nd7 Be4) 54. a3 Kg6 55. Bd6 Na7
56. Bc5 Nc6 {[#]} 57. Bd4 $1 Kf7 58. Bc3 Kg6 59. Ke2 Kf7 60. Bd4 Kg6 61. Bc3
Kf7 $1 62. Kf3 Bf1 63. Ne4 Bd3 64. Nc5 Bf1 65. Nb7 Ba6 $2 (65... Bd3 66. Nc5
Bf1) 66. Nxa5 Nxa5 $2 (66... Ne7 67. e4 Ke8) 67. Bxa5 {KB-KB} Bd3 68. b4 Ke8
69. Bc7 Bb5 70. Bd6 Ba4 71. Ke2 Bb5+ 72. Kf3 $2 (72. Kd2 Ba4 73. Kc3) 72... Ba4
$1 73. Ke2 Bb5+ 74. Kd2 Ba4 75. e4 Bb5 76. Ke3 Ba4 77. Kd4 Bd1 78. b5 {
Intending b6 and mate.} Kd7 79. Kc5 Bf3 80. a4 Kc8 81. a5 {Precision: White =
73%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O e5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik
Attack} 10. Nf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. f4 $11 Bg4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 12. Bb5+ Bd7
13. gxf3) (10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rc8 13. fxe5 Rxc4 14. exf6 Ne6 15.
Rhe1 g6 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rxe6+ fxe6 {1-0 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Sethuraman,S 
(2640) Baku 2015}) 10... Nxf3 $15 11. gxf3 Be6 {Black has an edge.} 12. Bxe6
fxe6 13. Rhe1 Bb4 (13... Be7 {is more complex.} 14. Rxe5 Kf7 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bc1
Rac8) 14. Rxe5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kf7 16. Rd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 Rac8 17.
Kb2 {0-1 (47) Lutz,R (1732)-Schulze,H (2211) Fuerth 2002}) 16... Rhe8 17. f4
Rac8 18. Kc2 g6 19. Kb3 Rc7 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. a4 Kf7 22.
c4 b6 23. Kb4 Rec8 24. Re4 Re7 25. Re5 Rec7 26. Rd4 Kf6 27. Rde4 Rc6 28. a5
bxa5+ 29. Rxa5 a6 30. Kc3 Rb8 31. Re1 Rbc8 32. Re4 Ke7 33. Ra4 Ra8 34. Ra5 Rf8
35. Rd4 Rb8 36. Rd1 Rcb6 37. Ra3 Rf8 (37... a5 $5) 38. Rd4 Rf5 39. Rb3 Rxb3+
40. Kxb3 {KR-KR} Rh5 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Ka4 Rxh2 {And now ...Rh5 would win.} 43.
c5 Rxf2 44. c6 Rc2 45. Kb5 {[#]} a4 $1 46. Rxa4 (46. Kxa4 Rxc6) 46... Rb2+ 47.
Kc5 Kd8 48. Ra8+ Kc7 (48... Ke7 $1 $11) 49. Ra7+ $16 Kc8 50. Rxh7 Rf2 51. Kd6
Rd2+ 52. Kxe6 Rc2 53. Kd6 Rd2+ 54. Ke5 Rc2 55. c7 ({Better is} 55. Rf7 $16)
55... Rc6 $11 56. Re7 {White wants to play Re6.} Ra6 {[#]} (56... Rc1 $11 {
remains equal.}) 57. Rf7 (57. Re6 $1 $16 Ra5+ 58. Kd6 Ra6+ 59. Ke7) 57... Ra5+
$2 {[#]} (57... Ra1 $11) 58. Kf6 $1 Ra6+ 59. Kg5 Rc6 60. Rg7 Rc4 61. Rxg6 Kxc7
62. Re6 Kd7 63. f5 Rc8 64. Kg6 Rg8+ 65. Kf7 Rg5 66. f6 {Precision: White = 77%,
Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15.
Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:09] D1: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2} Bxg5
16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Be2 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 19. Be7 (19. Bd2
Nc6 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21. a5 a6 22. f3 Na7 23. Rfc1 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Bb4 Rc4
26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. Kf2 f6 {1/2-1/2 (27) Radjabov,T (2710)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016}
) 19... Rc8 $1 {The position is equal.} 20. Rac1 {[#]} Nc6 21. Bc5 b6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 21... f6 22. exf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Prohaszka,P (2510)-Ansell,S
(2380) Winterthur 2009}) 22. Ba6 {Ba3 is the strong threat.} Rd8 23. Bd6 Nxd4
24. Rc7 Nb3 25. Bb7 Rab8 26. Be7 $36 {White has the initiative.} Re8 27. Ba6
Ra8 28. Bb7 Rab8 {White should prevent ...Nc5!} 29. Ba6 Ra8 30. Bb7 Rab8 31.
Ba6 Ra8 (31... Nc5 $5 32. Bb5 Rec8 33. Rxa7 Bd3 34. Bxd3 Nxd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 12. Nxd4 exd4
13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rfe1 Qe5 $146
({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. Qxd4 b6 16. Rc3 a5 17. e4 Ra7 18. Ree3 Bd7 19. f4
{1-0 (33) Schreiner,P (2371)-Fruehauf,N (2049) Aschach 2011}) 15. Rxc7 Bf5 16.
e4 dxe3 17. Rxe3 Qf6 18. Rxb7 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 h5 20. h4 a5 21. Rb6 Bg6 (21... g6
$142) 22. Qc3 Re8 (22... Qd8 $16 23. Rc6 Qb8) 23. Qxf6 $18 gxf6 24. Rxd6 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} Re1+ 25. Kh2 Re2 26. Rxf6 Rxb2 27. a3 Ra2 (27... Kg7 $16 28.
Rf4 Rd2) 28. d6 Rd2 29. Bb7 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rxd6 31. Ra4 Rb6 32. Be4 {Black must
now prevent Bxg6.} Rb5 33. Kg2 Rc5 34. Bxg6 Kxg6 $16 {KR-KR} 35. Kf3 f6 36. Ke4
Rf5 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Rc4 Kg6 39. a4 Re5+ 40. Kd3 Rf5 $2 (40... Rd5+ $16 41. Rd4
Rc5) 41. f4 $18 {[#] Strongly threatening Ke4.} Rd5+ 42. Ke4 Rd1 43. f5+ $2 ({
White has to play} 43. Rc5 $18 Re1+ 44. Kf3) 43... Kh6 $1 $11 44. Rc5 Rg1 $2 (
44... Re1+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 45. Kf4 Rb1 46. Rxa5 Rb4+ 47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48.
Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Rb2+ 51. Kc1 Rb7) 45. Kf3 $18 ({Weaker is} 45.
Rxa5 Rxg3 46. Kd5 Rg4 $16) 45... Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Ra1 $2 (46... Rb1 47. Rxa5 Rb2+
48. Kf1 Rb3) 47. Rxa5 Ra3 48. Ra6 Kg7 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra8 Kg7 52.
Rc8 Ra3 53. Ra8 Rb3 $1 54. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 {[#]} 55. Kg2 $2 (55. Ra5 $1 $18) 55...
Rxg3+ $11 56. Kxg3 $2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 50%.} (56. Kf2 Rg4 57.
Rf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nf1 Nf4
{[#]} 14. Be3 $146 (14. Rb1 {is interesting.} Ne7 15. d4 Neg6 16. N1h2 c6 17.
Rb2) 14... Qf6 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Kh2 Raa8 17. Ne3 h5 18. Ra2 d5 19. exd5 exd5
20. d4 (20. g3 $11) 20... e4 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 21. Ng1 Qg5 (21... Nd3
$17 {And now ...Qd6+ would win.} 22. Ree2 Ne7) 22. Rf1 (22. g3 $11 {remains
equal.} Nd3 23. h4) 22... Ne7 (22... Nd3 $17 23. Qd2 Rae8) 23. g3 $11 Nfg6 24.
Qe2 (24. h4 $1 $11 Qh6 25. Nh3) 24... h4 $17 25. Qg4 hxg3+ 26. Qxg3 Qh5 27. Qg4
(27. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Qh6 $1 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({
Black should try} 29... Nf5 $19 30. Nxc7 (30. Qxe4 Rae8 $17) 30... Qf4+ 31. Kh1
Qxc7 32. Qxg6 Qxc3) 30. Qxd5 {[#]} Rae8 $1 31. Qd7 (31. Qxb7 $6 Nf4 $15) (31.
Re1 $17 {was called for.} Nf4 32. Qd7) 31... Nh4 $19 32. f4 ({Don't play} 32.
Qxc7 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Re6) 32... exf3 33. Raf2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 {intending Nxf3.} Re3
35. c4 $2 (35. Qg4) 35... Rf5 36. Qc8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 37. Qxb7 Qg3 38. Qc6 {[#]}
Re1 $1 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qe2+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. a3 Be7 14. Re1 Qb6 15. b4 a6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bg3 Bd6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Na4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Spraggett,K (2539)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2527)
Figueira da Foz 2016}) 9... Be6 10. Ng5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 11. Nxe6 {
The position is equal.} Qxe6 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. f3
O-O 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Nb3 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (13) Szuliman,G (2134)-Koczka,Z (2251)
Hungary 2001}) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. c3 h6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rad8 20. Rad1 g6 21. Bc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $11 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Rd4 f5 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Bb3 Rc7 27. Rd6 (
27. Kd2 $11) 27... Nd3 $17 28. g4 Nxb2 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. h4 h5 (30... Nc4 $17
31. Rd4 Na5) 31. Rd5 $11 Kf6 32. Rd6+ Kg7 33. Rd5 Kf6 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rh6 Rxc3
36. Rxh5 Kf6 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Rd6 Nc4 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41.
Kg3 Rxa2 42. Rd7+ Kf6 {[#] aiming for ...Re2.} 43. Rxb7 Ra3 44. Kf2 $1 Ra2+ 45.
Kg3 Ra3 46. Kf2 $1 Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Kh5.} 47. Rb5 a6 48. Rc5 Ra1
49. Rd5 $2 (49. Kg2 $15) 49... a5 $19 50. h5+ Kg5 51. h6 a4 ({Don't play} 51...
Kxh6 52. Rxf5 Kg6 53. Re5 $17) 52. Kg2 $2 (52. h7 $11 Rh1 53. Rd7) 52... Kxh6 {
Black is clearly winning.} 53. Rxf5 {[#]} a3 $1 54. Rc5 a2 55. Ra5 Kg6 56. Ra6+
Kf5 57. Ra5+ Ke6 58. Ra4 Kd5 59. Kh2 Kc5 60. Kg2 Kb5 61. Ra8 Kc4 62. Ra3 Kb4
63. Ra8 Kb3 64. Rb8+ Kc3 {( -> ...Re1)} 65. Ra8 Rd1 {Precision: White = 53%,
Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bb2 Rf6 {E14: Queen's Indian:
Classical Variation (4 e3)} 13. d5 Rg6 {[#]} 14. Rad1 {LiveBook: 14 Games} ({
White should play} 14. Nd4 $1 $16) 14... Nf8 {[#]} (14... c5 $11) 15. Kh1 $146
(15. Nd4 $16) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 
15. g3 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ne1 exd5 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Ng2 Re8 20. Bb5 {1-0 (30)
Malakhatko,V (2612)-Warakomski,T (2502) Polanica Zdroj 2008}) 15... Rh6 (15...
c6 $11) 16. Bd3 $14 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 (18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 (19. Qc3
Ne6 $17) 19... Qe7 $17) (18. Bb5 $5 Bb7 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 $14) 18... Bxc4
19. Qxc4+ Ne6 20. Qd5 Kh8 21. Qxf5 N4g5 22. Nd2 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} Qf8
23. Qg4 Rg6 (23... Nf7 $16) 24. Qc4 Qf5 $2 (24... Rh6 25. f4 Nf7) 25. f4 Nf7
26. Qe2 d5 (26... Re8 $142 27. e4 Qg4 28. Qxg4 Rxg4) 27. e4 $18 dxe4 28. Qxe4
Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Nf8 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. f5 Rg4 32. Ng3 Kg8 33. Rfe1 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5
35. Re3 c5 36. h3 Rg5 37. Rc4 (37. Rf1 $18) 37... Nd6 $16 {[#]} 38. Rf4 $1 {
Threatens to win with h4.} Rb8 39. Bc3 {And now h4 would win.} h5 40. h4 Rb1+ (
40... Rg4 $16 41. Rxg4 (41. Nxh5 Rxf4 42. Nxf4 Rb3 $14) 41... hxg4) 41. Kh2 $18
Rg4 42. Rxg4 ({Not} 42. Nxh5 Rxf4 43. Nxf4 Rb3 $14) 42... hxg4 43. Re7 ({
Weaker is} 43. Bxa5 Nc4 $16) 43... Nf7 (43... Rb7 $142 44. Rxb7 Nxb7) 44. Nh5
g3+ 45. Kh3 c4 $2 (45... Rf1 46. Nxg7 Rc1) 46. Nxg7 Rb3 47. Bf6 {Black must
now prevent Ne6.} Nd6 48. Be5 Ne4 (48... Nf7 {was called for.} 49. Bf6 Nd6) 49.
Kg4 Nh7 (49... Nf2+ $142 50. Kh5 Nd3) 50. Ne6 c3 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Rg6+ Nhf6+
53. Bxf6+ Nxf6+ 54. Rxf6 Rb8 55. Nd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 56. Ne2 c2
57. Rc6 Rd2 58. Kf3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6,
main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Nf6 14.
Re1+ Kd8 $1 {[#] LiveBook: 11 Games} 15. Nc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nge4 Ne8 {
0-1 (54) Kosteniuk,A (2541)-Kramnik,V (2760) Sochi 2014}) 15... d6 16. Ng5 Rf8
17. Re3 h6 18. Nge4 Ne8 19. d5 Bd7 20. h4 a5 21. Rd1 Ra6 22. Rd2 Rb6 23. g3 Rb4
24. a3 Rb6 25. Ne2 Rf5 26. f4 Rf7 27. Nd4 Re7 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 28. Kf2 $1
c5 29. Ne6+ {The position is equal.} Bxe6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. f5 {Precision:
White = 52%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 {LiveBook: 65 Games. B98: Sicilian
Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7, sidelines} (11. Be2 g5 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 b5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Ndxb5 Qc5 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Qxf7+
Kd8 20. Nb7+ {1-0 (20) Hovhannisyan,R (2624) -Gabuzyan,H (2585) Yerevan 2016})
11... b5 12. Bxf6 ({Weaker is} 12. Qxg7 Rg8 $17) (12. a3 {with more
complications.} O-O 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Kh8 15. Rhe1) 12... Nxf6 13. e5 {
The position is equal.} dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Qg6+
Kf8 17. Bxb5 $1 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 axb5 19. Rhf1+ Kg8 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22.
Qf7+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qf7+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ $11) 15... axb5 ({Much worse is} 
15... Bg5+ $6 16. Kb1 $16) 16. Ndxb5 Qc5 {Threatens to win with ...0-0.} 17.
Qxg7 Rf8 18. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. a4 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Qxb5 {0-1 (44)
Videnova,I (2155)-Georgiev,K (2500) Sunny Beach 2007}) 18... Ra6 (18... Ba6 $11
19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5) 19. Kb1 $14 Bb7 20. Qxh6 (20. a4 $14
) 20... Rb6 ({Better is} 20... Nxe5 $11 21. Qd2 Bc8) 21. Qd2 $1 Bc6 22. a4 {
Hoping for Ne4.} Rg8 23. g3 ({White should play} 23. Re4 $14 Rb7 24. g3) 23...
Rg4 $15 24. b3 Rb7 $36 {Black is pushing.} 25. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (25. Re3 $11 {
and White has nothing to worry.}) 25... Bxb5 $3 $19 26. Nxb5 $2 {[#]} (26. Qxg4
Qxc3 27. Qd4 (27. axb5 {is a self mate.} Ra7 28. Qg8+ Nf8 29. Rd8+ Bxd8 30.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. h4 Qa1#) 27... Qxd4 28. Rxd4) (26.
axb5 Qxc3) 26... Rxa4 $3 27. bxa4 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Qb4+ 28. Kc1 {
aiming for Qe3.} Bg5+ 29. Rd2 Qxa4 30. c4 Nc5 31. Nd6+ Kf8 {( -> ... Qa3+)} 32.
Nxb7 Qa1+ $1 33. Kc2 Qa2+ 34. Kc3 {[#]} Qa3+ $1 35. Kd4 Nb3+ 36. Ke4 Nxd2+ 37.
Kd4 Qb2+ 38. Kc5 Qxb7 39. Kd4 Nf3+ (39... Qb6+ $142 40. Kd3 Qb3+ 41. Kd4 {[#]}
Be3+ $1 42. Qxe3 Qxc4#) 40. Kd3 Qb3+ {Black mates.} 41. Ke4 Nxe1 42. Qxe1 Qxc4+
43. Kf3 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Qxd2 Bxd2 {KB-K3P} 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. h4 Kg6 48. g4
Be1 49. h5+ Kg5 50. Ke4 Bc3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 69%. . An
unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E11:
Bogo-Indian} 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. c5 b6 {Black is slightly better.} 14. Nb3 Ba6 15.
Bf3 Ke7 16. O-O {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 16... Nb7 17. Rfb1 d5 18. e4 Bd3 19. Re1 dxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 {0-1 (106) Stanec,N (2465)-Kosten,A (2530) Slough 1997}) 17. Rfe1
d6 18. e4 Na3 19. Be2 Bb7 (19... Bxe2 $17 20. Rxe2 dxc5) 20. Bd3 (20. cxd6+ $15
cxd6 21. Bd3) 20... dxc5 $17 21. dxc5 Rhd8 22. Red1 Rd7 23. Kf1 a5 24. cxb6
cxb6 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Rac1 Rdc7 27. Kd2 (27. Nd4 $142) 27... e5 $1 28. f3 g6 29.
h4 h5 30. Re1 Ke6 31. Re3 a4 32. Na1 {[#]} b5 $1 33. Ree1 f5 34. Nc2 {[#]} Nc4+
$1 35. Bxc4+ Rxc4 36. exf5+ gxf5 37. f4 Be4 38. fxe5 Rd8+ (38... Bxc2 $17 39.
Rxc2 Rd8+ 40. Ke2 Rg8) 39. Nd4+ $11 Kxe5 {aiming for ...b4.} 40. a3 $1 Rc5 (
40... Rcxd4+ $5 41. cxd4+ Rxd4+ 42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kb4 Rb3+ 44. Ka5 Rxg3 $15) 41.
Rb1 Rg8 42. Re3 Rxg3 43. Rxg3 Bxb1 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Rg5 Be4 (44... b4 $5
45. axb4 Rc8 $15) 45. Rxh5 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {Strongly threatening .
..b4!} 46. Nxb5 Rg8 47. Rg5 Rh8 48. Nd4 Kf6 49. Ne2 Rxh4 50. Rg8 Rh3 51. Rd8
Rh2 {...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 52. Ke3 Rh3+ 53. Kd2 Ke5 54. Re8+ Kd6 55.
Rd8+ Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kb6 57. Rb8+ Ka5 58. Rd8 Rh1 (58... Rh2 $5 59. Ke3 Rh3+ 60.
Kd2 Ka6 $11) 59. Ng3 Rh2+ 60. Ke3 Rh3 61. Kf4 Rh4+ 62. Ke5 Bc2 63. Nxf5 Rh5 64.
Rd5+ Kb6 65. Kf4 Bxf5 66. Rxf5 {KR-KR} Rh3 67. c4 Rxa3 68. Ke4 Rb3 69. Kd4 a3
70. Rf8 {Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Ka7 71. Rf7+ Ka6 {And now ...a2 would win.}
72. Rf8 Ka7 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 73. Rf7+ $1 Ka6 {Hoping for ...a2.}
74. Rf8 Ka7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 63%.} (74... Kb7 $5 75. Rf7+ Ka6
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:
05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. h3 (8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ndf5 {0-1 (29) Harikrishna,P (2737)
-Bacrot,E (2715) Biel 2017}) 8... h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 {
LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nf1 Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Kh8 16. Re2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (33) Anaskin,A (2153)
-Chumak,D (1791) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 13. dxc4 Qe6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. a5 Ne7 16.
Nh4 (16. N3h2 $5 Nf6 17. Ng4 $11) 16... Qf6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. g3 Qe6 $36 {
Black is pushing.} 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf5 (20. N3h2 $1 $11 Nf6 21. exf5 Qxf5 22.
Be3) 20... Rxf5 $17 {aiming for ...Raf8.} 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Raf8 23. Kg1
Rf3 ({Worse is} 23... Rxf2 24. Qxh5 R8f5 25. Qd1 $16 (25. d5 Qf6 $15)) 24. Nh2
{[#]} Nxg3 $1 25. fxg3 Rxg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh3 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qh4 29. Qe1 {
and the idea dxe5 leaves White hopeful.} exd4 {Strongly threatening ...Kh7.}
30. Ra2 $2 (30. Qe6+ $17 Kh7 31. Qf5) 30... Ne5 (30... Rc3 $142 31. Re2 Qxe1+
32. Rxe1 Ne5) 31. Rg2 Rg4 32. Qxh4 Rxh4 33. Kg1 d3 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Kh7 (
35... Kf7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 36. Bd2 Rc4) 36. Bb2 Re4 {
[#] Hoping for ...Re1+.} 37. Nf1 g5 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 38. Nd2
Re1+ 39. Kf2 Rd1 ({Black should play} 39... Re2+ $17 40. Kf1 Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Nd7)
40. Ke3 $11 Ng6 ({Don't play} 40... Re1+ 41. Kf2 $17) 41. Nf3 Rf1 (41... Nf4
$11 42. Rf2 Kg6) 42. Rg1 (42. Rh2 $16 {And now Nxg5+ would win.} d2 43. Rxd2)
42... Rxg1 43. Nxg1 Nf4 44. Be5 Ne6 {next ...Kg6 is good for Black.} 45. Kxd3
Kg6 {With the idea ...Kf5.} 46. Kc4 (46. Ke4 $11) 46... c6 $2 (46... Kf5 $17
47. Bh2 Ke4) 47. Ne2 Kf5 48. Bd6 Ke4 49. Ng3+ $1 Kf3 50. Nh5 Kg4 51. Nf6+ Kf5
52. Nh5 Kg6 53. Ng3 h5 54. Kd3 h4 55. Nf1 g4 56. Ke4 g3 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Kg2
Nf5 59. Bf4 Nd4 60. Nd2 $2 (60. Bd6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.})
60... Kf5 $19 61. Nf3 Kxf4 62. Nxd4 {Endgame Now Ne6+ and White clings on.
KN-KP} Kg4 63. Ne6 (63. Ne2 $142 h3+ 64. Kf1) 63... h3+ 64. Kg1 Kf5 65. Nd8 Kf4
66. Nxb7 Kf3 $2 (66... Ke3 {mates} 67. Nd6 Kf3 68. Kh1 h2 69. Nf5 g2+ 70. Kxh2
Kf2 71. Kh3 g1=Q 72. Kh4 Kf3 73. Nd4+ Qxd4+ 74. Kg5 Qg7+ 75. Kf5 Qe7 76. Kg6
Kf4 77. Kh6 Kf5 78. Kh5 Qh7#) 67. Nd6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} h2+ (
67... g2 $5) 68. Kh1 Kf2 {( -> ...g2+)} 69. Ne4+ Kf3 70. Nxg3 $2 (70. Nd6 Kf2
71. Ne4+ Kf3 72. Nd6) 70... Kxg3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 31 Games}
b6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 (65) Epishin,V (2558)-Hoffman,A (2433) Oeiras 2015}) 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bf4 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rac1 $146
({Predecessor:} 12. Rfd1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 {1-0 (23)
Tesar,J (2143)-Mezlik,S (1886) Czechia 2010}) 12... Bf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3
Rfe8 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 g5 17. Bh2 h5 ({Much weaker is} 17... Nxf2 $6 18.
Kxf2 h5 19. Qe2 $16) 18. Qe2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 (20... g3 $5 21.
Bxg3 Nxg3 22. Qg4+ Bg7 23. Nxd7 cxd4 $14) 21. dxe5 Qe6 $2 (21... Nxe5 $11 22.
Nxe4 dxe4) 22. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 23. Rd6 $36 {White is on the roll.} Qf5 {[#]} 24.
e6 $1 Nf6 (24... Rxe6 25. Rxd7) 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Rcd1 Re7 27. Qc4+ Kg7 {[#]}
28. Qc3 $1 {And now R1d5 would win.} Kf7 29. Bg3 Rh8 {[#]} 30. R1d5 $1 Nxd5 31.
Qxh8 {Hoping for Rd8.} Re8 32. Qh6 Nf6 33. Rc6 ({White should try} 33. Bh4 $18
Nd5 34. Kh1) 33... Re6 (33... Rc8 $16 34. Rd6 Ne8) 34. Rc7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7
36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qxa7 Qe6 38. b3 Qc6 39. Qg7 Qe6 40. a4 Qf5 $2 (40... Nd5 41.
Bh4 Nb4) 41. Bh4 Nd5 42. Qg8+ Kd7 43. Qd8+ Kc6 44. Qe8+ Kb7 45. Bg3 Qh7 $2 (
45... Qc8 46. Qxe4 Qd7) 46. Qb8+ Kc6 47. Qd6+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black =
50%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e4 (5. f3 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 Ba6 8.
e4 exd5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 {1-0 (31) Bologan,
V (2693)-Fier,A (2571) Caleta 2011}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {e5 is the strong
threat. E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 {
The position is equal.} Bb7 9. Ne2 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qg5 10. O-O f5
11. d5 f4 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nf3 Qe7 {1-0 (30) Fodor,T (2422)-Hasanagic,A (2064)
Kemer 2007}) 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Qe7 12. Ng3 (12. c5 $5) 12... g6 13. fxe5 (13.
c5 $5) 13... dxe5 14. c5 O-O 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Bd5 Na5 17. Qg4 {Qxg6+ would kill
now.} Kh7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. c6 Na5 20. d5 $1 Nc4 {And now ...Ne3 would win.}
21. Rf3 Rg8 22. Raf1 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rg7 {Hoping for ...
Nd2.} 23. R1f2 Kg8 24. Rf6 Rd8 25. h4 Rd6 (25... h5 $5 26. Qg5 Nd6 $11) 26.
Rxd6 Nxd6 27. h5 gxh5 $2 (27... Kh7 $11) 28. Qd7 $18 Kf8 29. Nf5 $1 ({Not} 29.
Nxh5 Rg5 $11) 29... Nxf5 {[#]} 30. Qxf5 {Endgame KQR-KQR} (30. Qc8+ $1 $18 {
and the rest is easy.} Qe8 31. Qxf5) 30... Kg8 $2 (30... Ke8 $16 {is a better
defense.}) 31. Qd7 f6 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf6 {KR-KR} Kg7 34. Rf5 Kg6 35. c4 a5
(35... h4 $142 36. Kh2 Kg7) 36. a4 Re8 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Kh3 Re8 39. Kh4 Re7 40.
Rxh5 (40. Rf8 $142 Rg7 {[#]} 41. d6 $1 cxd6 42. Rc8) 40... Re8 41. Rf5 Re7 42.
Rf8 Kg7 43. Rd8 Kf6 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45. cxd7 Ke7 46. Kh5 {Precision: White = 78%,
Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxg5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 10. Bc2 {D35: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation} (10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O-O a5
14. g4 g6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Wang,H (2724)
-Malakhov,V (2732) Ningbo 2010}) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 $146 {The
position is equal.} (12. Re1 {feels hotter.} Nf6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Be6 17. Bb3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. h3 Bd6 14. Qd3
Qe7 15. a3 Re8 16. Nd2 g6 17. Ne2 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bxc2 19. Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Lewandowski,M (2000)-Wierzbicki,S (1800) Solec Kuj 2003}) 12... a5 13. Re1 g6
14. a3 Re8 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nb6 17. Ne5 (17. b5 $11) 17... Bd6 $17 18. e4
Ra3 19. Ne2 {[#]} ({White should try} 19. Bb3) 19... f6 $1 $36 {White is under
strong pressure.} 20. Qc1 Ra7 ({Inferior is} 20... fxe5 21. Qxa3 Rf8 22. dxe5
$16) 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qh6 Re7 {And now ...Qf8 would win.} 23. exd5 Nxd5 24.
Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qh6 b5 26. Ng3 Bxg3 ({Less strong is} 26... Bxb4 {[#]} 27. Rxb4
$1 Nxb4 28. Bb3+ Nd5 29. Nh5 $15) 27. hxg3 Rae7 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Be6 30.
Re1 Bf7 31. Qd2 (31. Bd3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 31... Qd6 32. Ra1 {Ra8+ is
the strong threat.} Rg5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Ra7 Nxb4 35. f4 $2 (35. Qf4 Qxf4 36.
gxf4) 35... Rxg3 $19 36. Qf2 Rc3 37. Kh2 {intending Qh4.} Nd5 38. g3 Ra3 39.
Rxa3 Qxa3 40. Qe2 Qe7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Bd3 Qe3 43. Qc8+ Qe8 44. Qg4 b4 45. Bc2
Ne3 {Black mates.} 46. Qe2 Bc4 47. Bd3 Bxd3 48. Qxd3 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ {
Precision: White = 25%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. h3 O-O 8. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a5 {
LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. Be3 (9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13.
d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Karjakin,S (2783)-Kramnik,V (2811) Shamkir 2017}
) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 {The position is equal.} d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nb6 $146
({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nc4 f6 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Hemmer,F (1936)-Mascioni,V (2327) IECG email 1998}) 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 Be6
15. Bc2 f5 16. e4 f4 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Bd1 c6 20. b3 Rae8 21. Rc1
Qd8 22. Re1 (22. Bc2 $5) 22... Re7 23. Rc3 Bf7 24. Qf2 Bg6 25. Be2 Kh8 26. Bf1
(26. Nh4 $5 Bh7 27. Bh5 $11) 26... Nd7 27. Kh1 (27. e5 $11 {remains equal.})
27... Bh7 28. Bc4 {[#]} Nf6 $1 29. Ne5 c5 30. Nef3 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Qb6 (31...
Nxe4 $17 32. Nxe4 Bxe4) 32. Rf3 {[#]} (32. e5 $11) 32... Nxe4 (32... Rd8 $1 $17
33. Nb5 Qxf2 34. Rxf2 Nc2) 33. Nxe4 $11 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Bxe4 35. Ne6 Qxf2 36.
Rxf2 Rf6 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Nxf4 {Endgame KBN-KBN} g5 39. Ne6 Kh7 40. Kg1 Kg6
41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Nc5 Bc6 43. g3 (43. Bb5 $1 $11) 43... Ke5 $15 44. Ke3 ({
White should try} 44. Ne6 $1 $15) 44... Nc2+ 45. Kd3 (45. Kd2 $1 $15 Nd4 46.
Nd3+ Kf6 47. Nf2) 45... Nd4 46. Ke3 $2 (46. Kc3 $17) 46... Nf5+ $19 47. Kf2 Nd6
(47... Kd4 $19 48. Ne6+ Kc3) 48. Bg8 $2 (48. Ke3 $17) 48... b6 49. Na6 Bb7 50.
Nb8 $2 (50. Nc7 Ne4+ 51. Ke3) 50... Ne4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Ke3
Kd6 52. g4 (52. b4 $142 axb4 53. Na6) 52... Nc5 53. Kd4 Bg2 54. Bc4 Bxh3 55.
Be2 Nxb3+ 56. Ke3 Bg2 57. Bb5 Nc5 58. Kd4 Bb7 {Precision: White = 26%, Black =
64%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yang, Yijing"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O f5 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 {
LiveBook: 163 Games} Ne4 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:08] A94: Classical Dutch:
Classical Stonewall: 7 b3 c6 Ba3} (9. Qc1 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa3 Qf6 12. e3
b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 a5 15. b5 cxb5 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. Qxb5 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rfc8
19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {0-1 (39) Vlasenko,M (2397)-Pridorozhni,A (2510) Alushta 2008})
9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f3 Nf6
13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Nc2 Rae8 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {
1-0 (37) Perez Garcia,J (1977)-Ventura Rius,A (1903) Benidorm 2009}) 12... Be8
13. e3 Qg5 14. Ne1 Bh5 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qc3 Kh8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. e4 (
19. Rfe1 $14) 19... dxe4 (19... Bxf3 $5 20. exd5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 exd5 $11) 20.
fxe4 Be2 21. Rf2 Bxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qe2 Rd8
26. Rd1 e5 27. dxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxe5 29. Qd8+ Ng8 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Qf2 a6 32.
Bf3 g5 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5 g4 35. Bg2 Kg7 36. Qg3 Qd4+ 37. Qf2 Qa1+ 38. Qf1 Qe5
39. Qd3 Qxh5 40. Qd6 Qe8 41. Kf1 Qe3 42. Qg3 Qc1+ 43. Qe1 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Kf7 45.
Qe2 Qd4+ 46. Qf2 Qa1+ 47. Bf1 Qe5 48. Qe2 Qd4+ 49. Qf2 Qe5 50. Qe2 Qd4+ 51. Qf2
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. Bxc4 O-O 10.
Nc3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 {
1-0 (42) Sokolov,A (2550)-Tichy,V (2400) Clichy 1991}) 13. Bb3 h6 14. h3 Bd6
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 {[#] aiming for Qh5.} Nc5 $1 17. Ba3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Re8
19. Qxb7 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bd6 Ra4 22. Re2 Rea8 23. Rb2 R8a6 24. Bc7 Be6
25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Rxa2 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd3 Kh7 29.
Bc5 Re2 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Bd2 Ra2 32. f3 Ra5 33. Re3 Ra2 34. Be1 g5 35. Rd3 Re2
36. Bg3 Rc2 37. Bf2 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc2 39. Kg3 h5 (39... Bf5 $5 40. Rd8 Rxc3 $11)
40. Be3 Kg6 41. Bd2 Kf5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kxe5 44. Kxh5 Bd5 45. Kg5 Ke6 46.
g4 Ra2 47. Re3+ Kd7 48. Be1 Ra1 49. Kf6 Be6 (49... c5 $142) 50. Rd3+ $16 Ke8
51. Bh4 Ra4 52. Rd6 (52. Bg3 $142) 52... Bd7 $2 (52... Ra5 $16 {is more
resistant.} 53. Rxc6 Kd7) 53. Kg7 Ra5 $2 {[#]} (53... c5 54. Rb6 Bc8) 54. Rd3
$2 (54. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 55. Kxf7) 54... Re5 (54... c5 $142 55. Rd5 Ra4) 55. Bf6
$18 Re2 $2 (55... Rd5 56. Re3+ Be6) 56. g5 (56. f4 $142 Rf2 57. Re3+ Be6 58. f5
) 56... Rh2 57. f4 Rh3 58. Rd2 Rf3 59. Re2+ (59. g6 $142 fxg6 60. Re2+ Be6 61.
Rxe6+ Kd7 62. Re4) 59... Be6 60. g6 {Intending gxf7+ and mate.} Rg3 61. Bg5 {
Precision: White = 66%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 {D11: Slav
Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3... Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. c5
Qc7 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rg8 12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 g4 15. hxg4 Rxg4 {1-0 (34) Caruana,F (2844)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2764) Baku 2014}) 12. cxb6 axb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. e4 (15. O-O $14)
15... b5 (15... Bg7 $11) 16. O-O $16 b4 17. e5 {Threatens to win with Nb5.}
bxc3 18. exf6 Nd7 {[#]} 19. Re1 $1 {Bxg5 is the strong threat.} (19. bxc3 Nxf6
20. Qc2 Bd6 $11) 19... Kf7 (19... cxb2 $142 20. Qxb2 (20. Bxb2 Kf7 $14) 20...
Kf7) 20. Qxc3 {aiming for Bxg5!} Kxf6 21. h4 {Strongly threatening Qc2.} gxh4
22. g5+ ({Reject} 22. Nxh4 $6 g5 $11) 22... Kf7 23. Nxh4 $40 {White is out for
blood.} ({Much less strong is} 23. Qe3 $6 Qd6 $14) (23. a4 $18 {has better
winning chances.}) 23... hxg5 24. Bxg5 {And now Qf3+ would win.} Rh5 $2 {[#]} (
24... Qd6 $1 $14) 25. Qf3+ $1 $18 Kg7 26. Qg4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black =
25%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ne8 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} 10. Bc4 {LiveBook: 6 Games}
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Rxf4 15. Qxf4 Nf6 $1 16.
Bxf6 Rf8 $1 {The position is equal.} 17. Qe3 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe7.}
Rxf6 18. Qxa7 {[#]} Qb5 $146 19. Nf3 Qb2 20. Rf1 {Black must now prevent Qb8+.}
Nc6 21. Qa4 Qxc3 22. Qa8+ Rf8 23. Qxb7 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxc2 {And now ...Ne5 would
win.} 25. Qxc7 Qxd3 26. Rg1 Qxe4 27. Qxd6 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Rg2 Qf1+ 30.
Rg1 Qf3+ 31. Rg2 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07] E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: Qc2}
(10... Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16.
Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Ne5 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {1-0 (69)
Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Vitiugov,N (2731) Sochi 2017}) 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 $1 exd5 {
White is better.} 13. cxd5 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 {0-1 (47) Vokac,M (2360)
-Prandstetter,E (2450) Trencianske Teplice 1985}) 14. Nh4 c4 (14... Re8 $142)
15. Nf5 $16 Bc5 16. Ne4 (16. d6 $18 Bxg2 17. Kxg2) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {
Intending Qg4 and mate.} Nf6 (17... Re8 $16 {might work better.} 18. Qg4 (18.
Qxc4 Ne5 $16) 18... g6) 18. Qxc4 $18 {Black must now prevent Nxg7!} Bxd5 $2 (
18... Bc8) 19. Bxd5 (19. Qf4 $142 Bxg2 20. Kxg2) 19... Qxd5 20. Qf4 $1 {
Threatens to win with Nh6+!} ({Resist} 20. Qxd5 $6 Nxd5 21. Nxg7 (21. Bxg7 Rfe8
$16) 21... Rfd8 $16) 20... Ne8 {[#]} 21. Qg5 $40 {White attacks with force.} ({
Better is} 21. Nxg7 $1 $18 f6 (21... Nxg7 22. Qf6) 22. Rfd1) 21... Qd8 $16 22.
Qg4 f6 $2 (22... Qd2 $16 23. Bxg7 (23. Nxg7 Qxb2 24. Nxe8+ Kh8 $16) 23... h5
24. Bh6+ (24. Qxh5 Nxg7 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17) 24... hxg4 25. Bxd2 Nd6) 23. Rad1
$18 Qc8 {[#]} 24. Rd7 $1 g6 (24... Qxd7 25. Nh6+) 25. Rfd1 Kh8 26. Qh4 h5 27.
Qg5 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10.
Bd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nb6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Nh4 (12. Ne2 Nc4 13. b3 Nd6 14.
Nh4 Rg8 15. f3 Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Wang,Y (2706)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) China 2017})
12... Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc8 13. Ne2 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Be7 15. Ng3 Nd6 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Hernandez Carmenates,H (2573)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2572) Havana 2009
}) 13. O-O-O Nd6 14. Ne2 Rg8 15. g3 f5 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Nhg2 a5 18. a3 Ke7 19.
Kb1 Ne4 20. Rhf1 a4 21. f3 Nd6 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc2 f6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Kc1 Rae8
26. Kd2 Ra8 27. Kc1 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 28. Kd2 Ra8 29. Kc1 Rae8 30.
Kd2 Ra8 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Rc1 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. dxc5 {
D59: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence: Main line (8 cxd5 Nxd5)} (14.
Bb5 Kf8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rc3 Rc7 20.
Rdc1 Rac8 21. Nd4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (80) Nakamura,H (2787)-Harikrishna, P (2763)
chess.com INT 2016}) 14... bxc5 15. Bb5 Qb7 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Na6 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 19. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 ({Black should play} 19... Qc4 $15 20.
Kd2 Qg4) 20. bxa3 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 21. O-O Rb2 22. Ra1 Bf5 23. Nd4
$146 Bd3 24. a4 Rb4 25. a5 Ra4 26. Nc6 Bb5 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 Bc4 29. Nc3
Ra3 30. Rc1 Bxa2 31. Nxa2 (31. f4 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four
Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (6... O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9.
Be2 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 d5 11. d3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (11) Vorobiov,E (2580)-Kovalev,V 
(2598) Lisbon 2017}) 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} (
9... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Bxb7 Ne5 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxa8 Bxf3 12. Nd5
Qh4 $19) 11... Bxd1) 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 $16) 10... Bb4 $11 {[#] Threatens to win
with ...Rxd5.The position is equal.} 11. a3 $1 Rxd5 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qxf6 15. fxg4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Kf1 Ra5 17.
h4 h5 18. g5 b6 19. Rh3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Percze,J (2409)-Hnatovsky,N (2244) LSS
email 2013}) 16... Rc5 17. Qd2 Qxc2 18. Rhc1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 {Endgame KRR-KRR}
Rg5 20. f3 h5 21. h4 Rb5 22. g5 Rb2+ 23. Kc3 Rh2 24. Rh1 Rf2 25. Rhf1 Rh2 26.
Rh1 Rf2 27. Raf1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rf2 29. Rhf1 Rh2 30. Rh1 {Precision: White = 82%,
Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
Qc1 Nc6 13. Qb2+ {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Kg8 $146 (13... f6 $11) ({Predecessor:
} 13... f6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qb2 {1-0 (31) Hou,Y (2658)
-Inarkiev,E (2732) Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 2016}) 14. a3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Nc7 16.
b4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Rdc1 Nb5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nf3 Rd8 {
The position is equal.} 22. a4 Nc3 23. Nxd4 (23. Kf1 {keeps more tension.} f6
24. a5 e5 25. axb6 axb6 26. e4) 23... Rxd4 (23... Rc7 $5 24. Ra3 Rxd4 25. Rcxc3
Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxb4 $11) 24. Rxc3 Rxb4 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. a5 $1 b5 26.
Kf1 Ra4 27. Rxa4 bxa4 {KR-KR} 28. Ra3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rb4 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Ke3 $1
Ke8 32. Kd2 $1 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Rb4 34. Kd2 $1 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 Rb1+ $1 36. Kd2 {
Precision: White = 84%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four
Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Bxd8
Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. b3 Kf8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Kuzubov,Y (2646)-Kravtsiv,M (2657) Kocaeli 2017})
10... c6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3 c5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 16... Rab8 17. Rab1 c5 {1/2-1/2 (39) Krivoborodov,E (2507)
-Gruber,M (2218) Schwarzach 2014}) 17. Rad1 (17. Nf5 $5 c4 18. Nxh6+ (18. Nxd6
cxd3 19. cxd3 Rab8 $11) 18... Kh8 19. Bf5 $11) 17... Rab8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rfe1
Be5 20. Nf5 {Threatening Ne7+.} Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Kf8 22. Re3 Bc7 23. Rf3 Rb6 24.
Bg4 Be5 25. Rf5 Rbd6 26. Be2 Bd4 27. Bf3 Re8 28. g3 Re5 29. Rf4 Bc3 30. Kg2 d4
31. Be4 Rde6 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Rg4+ Rg5 34. Rh4 {aiming for f4.} Re1 35. Rxe1
Bxe1 $16 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kf3 Re5 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Rh4 Kg7 $1 39. Rg4+ Kf8
40. Rf4 Kg7 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Rxh5 43. h4 Bd2 44. Rf5 Rxf5+ 45. Bxf5 {KB-KB}
Be1 46. Ke2 Bb4 47. f4 Kh6 48. Bg4 f5 49. Bf3 ({Don't play} 49. Bxf5 $6 Kh5 $11
) 49... Kg6 50. h5+ Kf6 51. Kd3 Ba3 52. Kc4 a6 (52... d3 $16 {was necessary.}
53. Kxd3 (53. cxd3 Kg7 $16) 53... Bc1) 53. Bb7 a5 54. Kb5 Bb4 {[#]} 55. Bc8 $1
Kg7 (55... Bd2 $16 {is a better defense.} 56. h6 (56. Kxc5 Be3 $16) 56... Kg6)
56. Bxf5 $18 Kh6 57. Bg4 Kg7 58. Bf3 Kh6 59. Be2 Kg7 60. Bc4 f6 (60... Kf6 {
was called for.} 61. Bd5 Kg7) 61. Bd3 Kh6 62. Bg6 Kg7 63. Bd3 Kh6 64. Be2 Kg7
65. Bf3 Kh6 66. Bd1 Kg7 67. Be2 Kh6 68. Kc4 Kg7 $2 (68... Ba3 69. Kb5 Bb4) 69.
Bd3 $2 (69. f5 $18 Kh6 70. Kd5) 69... Kh6 $16 70. Bg6 Kg7 71. Kd5 Ba3 $2 (71...
Kh6 $16 {is tougher.} 72. Be8 Ba3) 72. Be8 $2 (72. Be4 $18 {has better winning
chances.} Kh6 73. Bf3) 72... Bb4 $2 {[#]} (72... Kh6 $16 73. Kc4 Bb4) 73. Bb5
$1 $18 Ba3 74. Bd3 Bb4 75. Ke6 Bd2 76. f5 Bc1 77. Bc4 Bd2 78. Bd3 Bc1 $1 79.
h6+ Bxh6 $2 (79... Kxh6 80. Kxf6 Bg5+ 81. Kf7 Bd8) 80. Kd6 Kf7 81. Kxc5 Be3 (
81... Bf4 $142 82. Kxd4 Be5+ 83. Kc5 Bc3) 82. b4 $2 (82. Kb5 $18 Bd2 83. Kc5)
82... axb4 $16 83. Kxb4 Ke7 84. Kc5 Kd7 85. Kb6 Kc8 86. a4 Kb8 87. a5 Bf4 88.
a6 Bc7+ 89. Kc6 {Threatening mate with a7+!} Be5 90. Kb6 {White wants to mate
with a7+.} Bc7+ 91. Kc6 {Intending a7+! and mate.} Be5 $1 92. Kb6 {White
threatens a7+ and mate.} Bc7+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. Nbd2 h6 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3
g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. Be2 Be7 11. Ne5 (11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. O-O
Rfc8 14. Qb2 a5 15. Ra4 Qd8 16. Rfa1 Ne8 17. h3 {1/2-1/2 (51) Yu,Y (2747)-Maze,
S (2591) Gibraltar 2016}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qc6 13. b3 b5
14. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} a6 $1 15. b4 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8+ Qxa8 18. O-O $15) 15... O-O 16. a5 Bh7 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Nd7) 17. O-O Nd7
18. Bg3 Rae8 19. Bd1 Bf6 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bxg3
24. hxg3 Nf6 25. Rad1 Re4 26. Rd4 Rfe8 27. Rfd1 Qe6 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Nd4 (29.
g4 $5) 29... Qf6 30. g4 {[#]} (30. Rf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.})
30... Nd6 $2 (30... h5 $1 $19 31. f3 (31. gxh5 Re5 $17) 31... Ng3 32. gxh5 Rxe3
) 31. Ne2 $1 $14 Qg5 32. Nf4 Re5 33. Rd4 Ne8 34. Qd1 Nf6 35. Nh3 Qg6 36. Nf4
Qg5 37. Nh3 Qg6 38. Nf4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 d6
8. O-O Re8 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Nd7
9. Bf3 Ndf6 10. c4 Re8 11. Be3 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nf4 c6 14. Bd4 Qd7 15. h3 Re7
16. Bxe4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (58) Amonatov,F (2620)-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 9. f3 {
LiveBook: 11 Games} Ng5 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 Qf6 11. Qd2 Ne6 12.
Bg3 Nc6 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Nf2 h6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. c4 {0-1 (66) Mohr,G (2492)
-Belsak,Z (2124) Slovenia 2013}) 10... Nc6 11. Nf4 Ne6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Re1 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 Qf6 15. Bd2 Qe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. f4 (18. Bd3 $14) 18...
Be6 19. Bd3 exf4 20. Bxf4 c6 21. a4 a6 22. b4 Bd7 23. Rxe8 (23. a5 {looks
sharper.} Ne6 24. Bd6 g6 25. Rad1 Ng7 26. Re7) 23... Bxe8 24. c4 f6 25. Re1 Bg6
26. Bd6 Bxd3 27. cxd3 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 28. c5 Ng6 29. d4 Nh4 30. Rf1
Re8 31. b5 Re4 (31... Kf7 $14) 32. d5 $16 axb5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. g3 Ng6 35. Rb1
(35. Ra1 $1 $14) 35... Ne7 36. Bxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxb5 $11 {Strongly threatening d6.
KR-KR} Rd7 38. d6 Kf7 39. Rb1 Ke6 40. Re1+ Kd5 41. Re7 Kc6 $1 42. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7
{KP-KP} 43. Kf2 Kc6 44. Ke3 b5 $2 (44... b6 $11 45. d7 Kxd7 46. cxb6 Kc6) 45.
Kd4 $1 $18 h5 46. h3 $1 g6 47. g4 h4 {[#]} 48. Ke4 $2 ({White has to play} 48.
g5 $1 $18 fxg5 49. Ke5) 48... b4 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Kd4 f5 50.
gxf5 gxf5 {K3P-K3P} 51. Ke5 $1 {Hoping for Ke6.} b3 52. Ke6 b2 53. d7 b1=Q {
( -> ...Qe4+)} ({Don't go for} 53... Kc7 $2 54. Ke7 $18) 54. d8=Q {White wants
to mate with Qc8+.} Qe4+ 55. Kf6 {Threatens to win with Qd6+.} Kxc5 {...f4 is
the strong threat.} 56. Qc8+ Kd6 {aiming for ...f4.} (56... Kb4 $5) 57. Qxf5
Qxf5+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Yuan, Ye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]
LiveBook: 28 Games. D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Nf3} (6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 8.
bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 
(13) Yu,Y (2753)-Grischuk,A (2761) Jiayuguan 2017}) 6... Nfd7 7. cxd5 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. h3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. cxd5
cxd5 {1-0 (43) Wen,Y (2617)-Idani,P (2578) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 7... Nb6 8.
Qd1 {The position is equal.} cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nbd2
Qd7 13. Rc1 Bh3 14. a3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. e3 Nc8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd6
19. Rc2 Nf5 20. g4 Nh4+ 21. Kg3 g5 22. f4 (22. Ne4 $5) 22... Qe6 23. Nf3 Nxf3
24. Qxf3 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rc5 Rd8 28. Rd1 gxf4+ ({Better is} 
28... Kg7 $1 $14) 29. exf4 $16 d4 30. Re5 (30. Rxa5 $16 {aiming for Re5.} Rc8
31. Re5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3) 30... Qxe5 $1 $11 31. fxe5 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3
{Endgame KR-KR} Rd5 (32... a4 $11) 33. Ke4 $16 Rb5 34. Rd3 ({Don't play} 34.
Kxd4 $6 Rxb3 35. Kd5 Kf7 $11) 34... Kf7 35. a4 ({White should play} 35. Kxd4
$16 Ke6 36. Rh3) 35... Rb4 $11 36. Kd5 b5 $1 37. Rf3+ Ke8 $1 38. axb5 Rxb5+ 39.
Kxd4 Rb4+ 40. Kd5 Rxg4 41. Rh3 Rb4 42. Rxh7 Rb5+ 43. Ke6 (43. Kc4 {feels
hotter.} Rxe5 44. Rh4 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Rh3) 43... Rb6+ 44. Kf5 Rxb3 45.
Rh8+ (45. e6 $5 Rf3+ 46. Ke4 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. h4 a4 48. h5 Rb6 {
[#]} (48... Rb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. e6 (49. Rh8+ $1 $16 Kg7 50. Ra8)
49... a3 50. h6 Kg8 $132 {Black is not keeping still} 51. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 {Hoping
for ...a2.} 52. Rxe7 {Kg6 would kill now.} Ra6 $2 (52... Rb2 $14) 53. Re8+ Kh7
54. e7 a2 {[#]} 55. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 56. e8=Q+ {KQ-KR} Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kxh6 58. Qh4+
Kg7 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Qa1 $2 (60. Qd7+ {NOTEXT} Kh6 61. Qd2+ Kh7 62. Qh2+ Rh6
63. Qxa2 Kh8 64. Qb2+ Kh7 65. Qb7+ Kg8 66. Kg5) 60... Kg8 $16 {[#]White is
clearly better.} 61. Ke5 $1 {Threatens to win with Kd4.} Ra5+ 62. Kd6 Ra3 (
62... Kf7 {keeps fighting.} 63. Kc6 Ra8) 63. Kc6 {Precision: White = 46%,
Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:07] D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical
main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 10. Nbd2 b6 (10... O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13.
Bb2 Bd5 14. Nfe5 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19.
Bxc4 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Li,C (2720)-Wang,Y (2706) China 2017})
11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bb7 13. f3 {LiveBook: 36 Games} g5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Rac1
O-O 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. e4 g4
20. Be3 gxf3 21. gxf3 Bc7 22. b5 axb5 23. Nb4 Kh8 24. Bd4 {1-0 (24) Luehrig,
W-Stroeher,R DESC email 2001}) 16... h6 17. e4 Bd6 18. Be3 {[#] Nxe6! is the
strong threat.} Bf4 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 (20. Bxf4 {is interesting.} gxf4 21.
a4 Ne5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. a5) 20... Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Nh5 23. Bxf4 Nxf4
24. Bf1 Kf8 25. g3 Ng6 26. Ke3 h5 27. Nd3 h4 28. gxh4 Nxh4 29. Nb4 (29. f4 $5)
29... a5 30. Nbc2 Ke7 31. Na3 f5 32. Nc4 f4+ 33. Kf2 Ng6 34. a3 Nge5 35. b4
axb4 36. axb4 Nc6 37. Nc2 Bc8 38. N4a3 Nde5 39. Nb1 $1 Bd7 40. Nc3 Nd8 41. Be2
Ndf7 42. Bf1 Nd6 43. Be2 Nec4 44. Bf1 Kf6 45. Be2 Ke5 46. Bf1 Nd2 47. Be2 N2c4
48. Bf1 $1 Nb2 49. Ke1 Ndc4 50. Be2 Be8 51. Kf2 Bd7 52. Ke1 Be8 53. Kf2 Nd2 54.
Ke1 Nb3 55. Bb5 Bh5 56. Kf2 Nd2 57. Be2 Be8 58. Ke1 Ndc4 59. Kf2 Bd7 60. Ke1 $1
Ne3 61. Na3 Na4 62. Kd2 (62. Nd1 $11) 62... Nxc3 $17 63. Kxc3 Kf6 64. Nc2 $2 {
[#]} (64. Nb5 $17) 64... Nxc2 $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 65. Kxc2 e5
66. Bf1 Kg6 {aiming for ...Kh5.} 67. Kd2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 61%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence:
4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 e6 9. e3 Be7 10.
Be2 O-O 11. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical
novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nb6 {
0-1 (59) Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Eljanov,P (2732) Shamkir 2014}) 12... Ne4 13. Ne5
Nxe5 (13... Nexc5 $5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $14) 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxe5 {looks sharper.} Nf6
15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bg6 17. e4) 14... Ng6 15. Ng3 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qc7 17. Qe3 b6
18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. b3 Raa8 (19... Bc2 $5 20. Rdc1 Bg6 $15) 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Qd3
Bf6 22. Rac1 Re4 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxf4 27.
Rxd5 Bg3+ 28. Kg1 Re4 (28... g6 $15 29. Bf3 Ra7) 29. Rxa6 $11 Rae8 (29... Rb8
$5 30. Bf1 g6 $11) 30. Bf1 g6 31. Rd1 Re1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 33.
b4 Be5 {[#] And now ...Bd4+ would win.} 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. a3 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 Bg1 37.
Rd6 Ra1 38. Rd3 f4 39. g3 Ra2+ 40. Kd1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 fxg3 42. Rxg3 Bd4 43. Bg2
Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Bb2 45. Bd5 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Kf8 47. b5 Bxa3 48. Rf3 f5 49. b6 {
[#] aiming for Rxa3!} Bd6 50. b7 Ra5 51. Rd3 Bh2 52. Bc6 Ra6 53. Bd5 Ke7 54.
Rb3 Bb8 55. Rc3 Rb6 56. Rb3 (56. Rc8 $5 Be5 57. Kd3 $11) 56... Rd6 57. Re3+ Kf8
(57... Kd7 $5 58. Bg8 h6 $15) 58. Rd3 Ke7 59. Re3+ Kd7 60. Bg8 h5 (60... h6 {
is interesting.} 61. Rc3 Rb6 62. Bd5 Bc7 63. Rb3 Rxb3 64. Bxb3 Ke7) 61. Rd3
Rxd3 62. Kxd3 {KB-KB} Ke7 63. Ke2 g5 64. Bd5 Kf6 65. Kf2 g4 66. Bc6 f4 67. hxg4
hxg4 68. Bd5 Ba7+ 69. Kg2 $1 Ke5 70. Bc6 Ke6 71. Be4 Bb8 72. Bc6 Kf6 73. Bd5
Ke5 74. Bc6 Kd4 75. Bd7 g3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11.
Nc3 Re8 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nxf5 Qxd1 15. Nxd1 gxf5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 {
1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 2016}) 9... cxd5 10.
Nc3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nb6 11. a4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({
Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. e4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd7 15. f4 Bxe4
16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Na4 20. bxa4 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qxb2 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Teodorescu,I (2258) -Daianu,C (2235) Slanic Moldova 2011}) 11...
Ne4 12. a5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc8 14. Ne5 a6 15. Bb4 Na7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 $36 {
White fights for an advantage.} Rxc1 18. Rxc1 f6 (18... Nb5 $14) 19. Nd3 $16
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 ({Much worse is} 20. exd3 $6 Nc6 $11) 20... Nc6 21. Bc5 $1 Re8 (
21... f5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. b4 $18 e6 {[#]} 23. Bb6 ({Better is} 23.
e4 $1 $18) 23... Qd6 $2 (23... Qd7 $1 $14) 24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5 {Hoping for a6.
} Qa3 (25... Bh6 {was called for.} 26. Rb1 f5) 26. Rb1 (26. Rxc6 $18 bxc6 27.
Qxc6) 26... f5 $16 27. e3 Rc8 28. h4 Kh8 29. Bc5 Qxa5 30. Qxb7 Qc7 {[#]} (30...
Rc7 $16 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Bf6) 31. Qxc7 (31. Qa6 $1 $18 {and the rest is
easy.}) 31... Rxc7 32. Rb6 Bf6 33. Bf1 {aiming for Bd6.} Nd8 $1 34. Rb8 Kg7 35.
Ba6 Kf7 36. Kg2 Nc6 37. Rf8+ (37. Ra8 {is more complex.} Ne7 38. Bd6 Rc6 39.
Bf4 Rb6 40. Ra7) 37... Kg7 38. Ra8 {Black must now prevent Bc8.} Ne7 39. Bb5
Nc8 40. Ba6 Ne7 41. Kf3 (41. Bd6 $5 Rd7 42. Bf4 $16) 41... Kf7 42. Ke2 Kg7 (
42... Ng8 $1 $11) 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Kf1 (45. Kd2 $16) 45... Kf7 46.
Kg1 Kg7 (46... f4 $11) 47. Kh2 (47. Kg2 $16) 47... Kf7 48. Kh3 (48. Bd6 $5 Rc2
49. Kg2 $14) 48... Kg7 (48... Ng8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Be2 Rb7 50. Kg2
Rb2 51. Bd3 (51. Ra7 $16) 51... Rb7 $14 52. Ba6 Rc7 $1 53. Bb5 Nc8 $1 54. Bb4 (
{White should try} 54. Bf1 $16) 54... Kf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Ba5
Ra7 56. Rxa7+ Nxa7 {Endgame KBB-KBN} 57. Bd7 Ke7 58. Ba4 Nc8 59. Bb4+ Kf7 60.
Kf1 Be7 (60... f4 $5) 61. Ba5 Nd6 62. Ke2 Ne4 63. Be1 Bd6 64. Kf1 h6 65. Kg2 g5
66. hxg5 hxg5 67. f3 Nf6 68. Bc2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Qc2 {
A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (8. d3 Re8 9. Qc1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12.
Bg2 Nbd7 13. Nc3 h5 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. e3 {1/2-1/2 (55) Aronian,L 
(2785)-Bu,X (2705) Doha 2016}) 8... Na6 9. d3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nbd2
{White is slightly better.} Re8 11. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Qb8 12. Be5
Qc8 13. Rfc1 Bh3 14. cxd5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd5 16. Qb2 Qd7 {1-0 (47) Lysyj,I 
(2628)-Usmanov,V (2336) St Petersburg 2012}) 11... Nc5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 
11... Bg4 $14) 12. cxd5 $18 cxd5 13. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 14. Qxc5 {aiming for Rac1.}
Bxa1 15. Rxa1 e5 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 ({Don't play} 17. Nxe4 $6 b6 $18) 17...
Rc8 18. Qe3 Bg4 19. Nc4 f6 20. a4 Rc6 21. Bf1 Re7 22. h3 Be6 23. g4 g5 24. Be2
h6 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Nh2 Rc5 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Ne3 (28. Rd6 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxd6 $17)
28... Rc3 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. Re1 ({Weaker is} 30. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31. Nhf1 (31. Qxd1
Rc1 $16) 31... Rd6 $16) 30... Bxc4 31. Nf5+ ({Not} 31. bxc4 Rdd3 $18) 31... Kh7
32. Qxc3 Be6 33. Qf3 Qd8 34. Nf1 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd1 36. Kg2 b6 37. Rc3 Rb1 38. Rd3
Qc7 39. N5g3 Qf7 40. Nh5 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Nxf6 Bxa4 44. Qxe5
{White mates.} Bb3 45. Ng3 Qe6 46. Qd4 Kg7 47. Nd7+ Kf7 48. Nf5 Bc2 49. Ne5+
Kf6 50. Nc6+ Kf7 51. Nd8+ {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4
{LiveBook: 13 Games. A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10.
Nxd4 Bc7 11. Be2 Qd6 12. g3 Bb6 13. Ba3 Qe5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nd2 Nxd4 16. exd4
Qxd4 {0-1 (51) Malakhov,V (2722)-Wei,Y (2738) Danzhou 2017}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3
Ne4 (9... cxd4 {looks sharper.} 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nf3 a6) 10. dxc5 {
White has an edge.} Nxc3 11. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qxc5 {And now ...Ne4 would
win.} 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. O-O {[#]} a5 $146 ({Better is} 14... Bf5 $11) ({
Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. Rfc1 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Drazic,S (2508)-Novikov,I 
(2611) Korinthos 2000}) 15. Rfc1 $14 {Threatens to win with Bxg7!} Qb6 16. Be5
Ba3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 f6 (18... c5 $14) 19. Qd4 $16 Ra6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21.
Rc5 Ra6 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. g4 ({White should try} 24. Ne2 $16) 24...
Kf7 $11 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. Kg3 Kd6 27. f3 (27. Nb5+ $5 cxb5 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Rxc8
$11) 27... Re8 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 $36 {White has the initiative.} hxg4 30. hxg4
Rh8 31. Kg3 Re8 32. R5c3 Rh8 33. Rd1 g6 34. Ne2 Ke7 (34... Rb8 $14) 35. Nf4 (
35. e4 $1 $16) 35... Rh6 36. e4 g5 37. Nd3 Ra8 (37... Ra7 $142) 38. exd5 cxd5 {
[#]} 39. Nf2 $1 Be6 40. Rc6 {aiming for Re1.} Kd7 (40... Bf7 $16 {keeps
fighting.}) 41. Rb6 $18 Rhh8 (41... Bg8 $16 42. Ne4 Kc7 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Nxf6
Kc6) 42. Ne4 $1 Kc7 43. Rxe6 dxe4 44. Rxe4 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rh7 45. Rc1+ Kb7 {
[#]} 46. Rce1 $1 Rh6 (46... Rd7 {is a better defense.} 47. Re6 Rf8) 47. Re8
Rxe8 48. Rxe8 {KR-KR} Kc7 49. a3 Kb7 $2 (49... Kc6 50. Re6+ Kb5) 50. Re6 Ka7
51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 Kb7 53. Kf2 Kc7 54. Ke3 Kd7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ke4 $4 {[#]} (
56. Rc6 $18) 56... f5+ $1 {Black mates.} 57. Kxf5 Rxa6 58. Kxg5 Kf7 59. f4 Rb6
60. f5 Rxb4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. c5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and
unusual White 3rd moves} Be7 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. b4 Bf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 {[#] LiveBook:
5 Games} 16. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nc1 g5 19.
Nb3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 (27) Adams,M (2742)-Piket,J (2659) Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 16...
Bg5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Ne1 Bg5 19. Nf3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Dai, Changren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 {LiveBook: 73 Games. C68:
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} O-O (12... Ng6 13. Kf1 c5 14. Nc4 Be7
15. a3 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb4 19. Ra8+ Bd8 20. Na5 b6 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Solak,D (2641)-Ding,L (2783) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. b4 f5 14.
a3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 (14... f4 $5 15. Bc5 $8 Rad8 $11) 15. Kf1 Rf7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15... fxe4 16. fxe4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Ke2 Raf8 19. f3
Kh7 {1-0 (40) Deviatkin,A (2499)-Parnali,S (2209) New Delhi 2017}) 16. Ke2 Nf8
17. Nc4 Ne6 18. c3 Raf8 19. Rg1 fxe4 20. fxe4 b5 21. Na5 c5 22. Raf1 Nf4+ 23.
Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 {[#]} 24. f3 $1 cxb4 25. axb4 Kh7 26. Nc6 R4f6 27. Rg5 Kh6 (27...
Re8 $16) 28. Rfg1 $18 R8f7 $2 (28... Rxf3 {was necessary.} 29. Rg6+ (29. Nxe5
Rf2+ 30. Ke1 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Kxg5 $14) 29... Kh7) 29. R1g2 (29.
Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxf3 $16) (29. d4 $142) 29... Rf4 $2 (29... Rxf3 {keeps
fighting.} 30. Rg6+ (30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxh3 $15) 30... Kh7) 30. d4 Rxf3
31. Rg6+ Kh7 {[#]} 32. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 33. Rxg7+ ({Weaker is} 33. Kxf3 Rxg2 34.
Kxg2 exd4 $16) 33... Kxg7 34. Kxf3 Kf6 $2 (34... exd4 35. cxd4 Bf8) 35. dxe5+
Bxe5 36. Nxe5 Kxe5 {Endgame KP-KP} 37. h4 c6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. e5+
Ke6 41. Ke4 Kd7 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. e6 c5 44. bxc5 a5 45. c6 {Precision: White =
86%, Black = 31%.} (45. Ke5 $142 b4 46. c6 Kd8 47. Kd6 Ke8 48. c7 Kf8 49. c8=Q+
Kg7 50. e7 Kh6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Ke6 bxc3 53. e8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. O-O
Bxd3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 9. Qxd3
Bg7 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 e6
12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf3 {1-0 (48) Yudin,S
(2546)-Riazantsev,A (2692) Dubai 2014}) 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Ng5 O-O 14.
Qb3 Qxb3 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxb3 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 f4 {[#] And now ...h6
would win.} 17. g3 fxg3 18. fxg3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Bxg3 21. Rxd5 Bc7
22. Bh6 Bb6+ 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Rd7 Re7 (24... Re2+ {with more complications.}
25. Kf3 Rae8 26. Nd2 Ne5+ 27. Kxe2 Nxd7+ 28. Kd1 Re5) 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Nf5
27. Rd1 Re8 28. Kf3 Nh4+ 29. Kg3 Nf5+ 30. Kf3 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Nf5+ 32. Kf3 Kf7 (
32... Rf8 $5 33. Rd7 Ng7 $11) 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {Endgame KBN-KBN}
35. Nd2 Ke6 36. Ke4 Bd8 37. Nb3 Bb6 38. Nd2 Bd8 39. Nb3 {Black should prevent
Nc5+.} Bb6 40. Nd2 h6 41. Nf3 g5 42. Be5 a6 43. a4 Nd6+ 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 {KB-KN}
45. Ne5 Ke6 46. b4 h5 47. c4 Bc7 48. Nd3 b6 49. c5 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. b5 axb5
{Precision: White = 75%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Wang, Doudou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 {LiveBook: 26 Games.
A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bg4 (6... O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. d3 a4 10.
Bc3 axb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Rasulov,V (2498)-Mammadov,Z 
(2456) Baku 2016}) 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 (8... O-O {
with more complications.} 9. Nd2 d4 10. Bg2 Nfd7 11. Nef3 e5) 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10.
Bxe5 O-O 11. Bg2 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d4 12. O-O Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 {
1-0 (45) Benko,P-Paoli,E Venice 1969}) 12. h3 Rac8 13. Qb2 Rfd8 14. Nf3 Ne8 15.
Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qd4 (16. Ne5 $11 Qd6 17. g4) 16... dxc4 (16... b6 {looks sharper.
} 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. g4 Be6 19. O-O f6) 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. bxc4 f6 19. O-O Rc7
20. Rfc1 Be6 21. a4 Kf7 22. a5 a6 23. Rab1 Bc8 24. d4 Bf5 25. Rb2 Be4 26. e3
Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Nf5 28. Rd1 Ke8 29. Bg2 Nd6 30. Rc2 c5 31. d5 Rb8 32. Bf1 Kd7 33.
Rb1 Rf8 34. Bd3 f5 35. h4 Rd8 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Re1 Rd8 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Rf8
40. Bd3 Kd8 41. Re5 Rf6 42. Rc1 Nf7 43. Re2 Nd6 44. h5 Ke8 (44... gxh5 $142 45.
Rh1 (45. Bxh7 h4 $14) 45... Rh6) 45. hxg6 $16 hxg6 46. Rh1 Kf8 47. Rh7 Nf7 48.
Rh1 Nd6 49. f4 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf8 $2 {[#]} (50... Nf7 $16 51. Rhe1 Kf8) 51. Rh8+
$18 Kg7 52. Reh2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd4 {B85: Sicilian
Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (11... Na5 12. b3 Rb8 13. Nd1 b5
14. g4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qg2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxf4 {
0-1 (30) Al Qudaimi,B (2464)-Salem,A (2476) Abu Dhabi 2008}) 12. Bxd4 e5 13.
Be3 b5 {The position is equal.} 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Bb7 15. Rad1
Rac8 16. Rf2 Qc4 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Rfd2 Bf8 19. f5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 (45)
Mittelberger,P (2282)-Wallis,T (2211) Austria 2001}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 Rb8 17. a5 Bf6 18. Bb6 Rxb6 19. axb6 Qxb6+ 20. Kh1 exf4 21. c3 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Be5 23. Be2 a5 24. Ra3 Bd7 25. Qa2 a4 26. Bd1 Qa6 27. Re1 g6 {Strongly
threatening . ..Rc8.} 28. Bxa4 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 Qd3 30. c4 f3 31. gxf3 Qxf3+ 32.
Qg2 Qc3 33. Rf1 f5 {Black has compensation.} 34. Qa2 (34. Rf3 $5 Qd4 35. Rb4
$11) 34... Qd3 35. Re1 Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Qc3 37. Qe2 (37. Qf2 $15) 37... f4 $17 {
And now ...f3 would win.} 38. Rf1 $2 (38. c5 $17) 38... f3 $19 39. Qa2 {[#]}
Qd3 $1 40. Qb1 Qe2 41. Ra2 Qxc4 42. Rd2 Qh4 43. Qc2 $2 (43. Qe1 Qxe1 44. Rxe1)
43... g5 44. Rdf2 g4 45. Qe4 Kh8 46. Ra2 Qh3 {Black mates.} 47. Rff2 g3 48.
Rxf3 {[#]} g2+ $1 49. Rxg2 Rxf3 50. Qb1 Rf8 51. Qd1 {[#]} Bxh2 $1 {Precision:
White = 37%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e5 7. f3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. exd5 f5 {
LiveBook: 102 Games} 15. h4 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1 17.
Rgxf1 a5 18. Kb1 b4 19. f4 a4 20. Nc1 Qa5 21. Nd3 {0-1 (50) Kevlishvili,R 
(2402)-Tabatabaei,M (2493) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 16. Na5 Bd8 17. Nb7 (17. Nc6
$11) 17... Ng3 18. Rg1 Nxf1 19. Rgxf1 f4 20. Bg1 Bc7 21. Qb4 (21. Qc3 $11 Qb8
22. Qc6) 21... Rb8 (21... Qb8 $5 22. Na5 Bxa5 23. Qxa5 Rc8 $15) 22. Na5 Bxa5
23. Qxa5 e4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25. Rfe1 (25. Qe1 $5 Rbe8 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rd4 $11)
25... Qf5 {Strongly threatening ...Rbc8.} 26. Bd4 Rbc8 27. c3 ({White should
try} 27. Rd2 $15) 27... f3 $19 28. Qxa6 f2 29. Rf1 Qf4+ {Black has strong
compensation.} 30. Kb1 Qe4+ ({Black should play} 30... Nc5 $1 $17 31. Bxc5 (31.
Qa7 $2 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Nb3+ 33. axb3 Ra8 $19) 31... Rxc5) 31. Ka1 $11 Qc2 32. a3
Nc5 $1 33. Bxc5 dxc5 (33... Rxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. Qxd6 Rxc3) 34.
Qe6+ $16 Kh8 {[#]} 35. Qe3 $1 b4 {[#]} (35... Qb3 $16) 36. Rd2 $2 ({Stronger
than} 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Qd3 bxa3 $17) (36. Qd2 $1 $18 b3 37. Qxc2 bxc2 38. Rc1)
36... Qb3 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Rdxf2 Rg8 $1 38. h5 bxa3 39. h6 $36
{White fights for an advantage.} ({Wrong is} 39. bxa3 $2 Ra8 $19) 39... axb2+
40. Kb1 Qxd5 41. Rf5 Qa8 42. Qe7 {Threatening mate with hxg7+.} Qa1+ 43. Kc2 {
Intending hxg7+ and mate.} Qa4+ (43... b1=Q+ $5 44. Rxb1 Qa2+ 45. Kc1 Qa8 $11)
44. Kb1 $1 {hxg7+ would kill now.} Qa1+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 67%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 {
LiveBook: 61 Games} Re8 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8... e5 9. dxe5
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bc4 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. f3
a5 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 {0-1 (38) Aleksandrov,A (2577)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2719) Almaty 2016}) 9. O-O e6 10. Qd2 b6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Nd7 11.
Rad1 Nb6 12. Rfe1 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bf1 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 {1-0 (24)
Rissotti,L-Bravo,S (2020) Merida 1997}) 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Rfe1 e5
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nfd7 16. Qh4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Re5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qe8
20. Kf1 b5 21. a5 f5 22. b4 Qf7 (22... Rxe1+ $11 23. Rxe1 Ne5) 23. c4 $14 bxc4
24. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ne5 26. Qb3 (26. Qc3 $16) 26... Rb8 $1 $11 27. Bd1 f4
$1 {White must now prevent ...h6.} 28. Bh4 Qf5 {Strongly threatening ...g5.}
29. Bc2 $2 {[#]} (29. f3 $11) 29... Qh5 $1 $36 {Black is in control.} 30. Be7
f3 ({Black should try} 30... Re8 $17 31. Bd1 f3 32. Bxf3 Qh6) 31. Re4 $15 g5 $1
32. Qe3 h6 {...Re8 is the strong threat.} 33. h4 $2 (33. Rc4 $1 $11 Nxc4 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qf5) 33... Re8 $19 34. b5 $2 (34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 fxg2+ 36.
Qxg2) 34... Rxe7 35. bxa6 (35. gxf3 $142 gxh4 36. Rf4) 35... Nc4 $2 (35... Ng4
36. Rxe7 Nxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Qxh4) 36. Qd3 $2 (36. Qe1 Qxh4 37. Rxh4 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1
gxh4 39. gxf3) 36... Rxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. gxf3 Re8 {[#] And
now ...Ne3+! would win.} 38. Qh7+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 54%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 {
C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Na6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Bd7
10. Qf3 Bc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe3 Be7 12.
Nc4 Qc7 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Ne4 {1-0 (53) Navara,D (2737) -Svane,R (2552)
Germany 2016}) 11... Qe5+ 12. Qe2 (12. Nde4 $5 Nxe4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxe4
Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 $11) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bxb5+ 14. Nxb5 Be7 15. c4 O-O 16. b4
Rfc8 17. Bb2 b6 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Nb3 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. a4 Nfd7 22. Rhd1 Nb6
23. c5 Nxa4 24. Ba3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc4.} Nc6 $36 {Black has the
initiative.} 25. Rc4 (25. Nd6 $11 Rd8 26. Nd4) 25... Rcb8 $15 26. N3d4 Nxd4+
27. Nxd4 Nb2 28. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Rd2 {[#]} Rb4 ({Better is} 29... Rb1 $1 $17)
30. Rdc2 (30. Rxb4 $11 {remains equal.} axb4 31. Rc2) 30... Bf6 (30... Rb1 $17)
31. Rxb4 $1 $11 axb4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Nb3 (32. Rc4 $1 $11) 32... Kf8 $15
33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Kc4 Bc3 $1 35. Nc1 Rb8 ({Black should try} 35... Kd7 $15) 36.
Ra2 $11 Rb7 37. Ra4 Bd2 38. Nb3 Be1 39. f3 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 40. Nc1
Kd7 41. Nd3 Bc3 42. Nxb4 Bxb4 43. Rxb4 {KR-KR} Ra7 44. Rb2 Kc6 45. Rb6+ Kc7 46.
Rb2 h5 47. g3 Kc6 48. Rb6+ Kc7 49. Rb2 Ra6 50. f4 Kc6 51. h4 Kc7 52. Rb3 Kc6
53. Rb2 Kc7 54. Rb3 Kc6 55. Rb2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {D83: Grünfeld:
4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0} 7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. dxc5 {
LiveBook: 15 Games. The position is equal.} bxc5 12. Ng5 Bd5 $1 13. Rd1 h6 (
13... Bb7 {looks sharper.} 14. Bxc4 Nbd7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5
Nf6) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 {[#] aiming for Ne4.} hxg5 {[#]} 16. Bxb8 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Bxg5) 16...
Rfxb8 17. Bxc4 Rxb2 {...Bc3+ is the strong threat.} 18. O-O Rc2 19. Rxc5 {
[#] Strongly threatening Bxf7+!} Raxa2 20. Rc8+ Bf8 $1 21. Rxf8+ (21. Bxa2 {
seems wilder.} Rxc8 22. h3 Rc2 23. Bb3 Rb2 24. Bc4) 21... Kxf8 22. Bxa2 Rxa2
$11 {Endgame KR-KR} 23. g4 Ra4 24. h3 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. f4 Kg7 27. fxg5 Kg6
28. Rf4 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 e5 30. Rb4 Kxg5 31. h4+ Kh5 32. Rb5 Kxh4 33. Rxe5 Kg4 34.
Rb5 Ra2+ 35. Kf1 Rc2 (35... f4 $5 36. Rb4 Kf3 37. Rxf4+ Kxe3 $11) 36. Ra5 Rb2
37. Rc5 Kf3 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 38. Rxf5+ Kxe3 {Precision: White = 98%, Black =
82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3 e5
9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1 Re8 {LiveBook: 18 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical
System} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nd2
Rd8 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Ncb1 {1/2-1/2 (80) Mohr,G (2523)-Jaracz,P (2516) Bled 2002}
) 12... Nf8 13. a5 Be6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qc4 a6 18. g3
Kh8 19. Rad1 f5 {Threatening ...f4.} 20. exf5 (20. Bb6 $5) 20... gxf5 21. Bb6
e4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rad8 24. Ne2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4+ Nf6 27. Rd1
Kg7 28. b4 Qe5 29. Nf4 (29. c4 {with more complications.} Kf7 30. Kf1 Qe7 31.
Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Re6 33. Rd8) 29... Qxd4 30. Rxd4 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} e3 {
[#] aiming for ...e2.} 31. Kf1 exf2 32. Kxf2 Kf7 33. Nd3 Ne4+ {The position is
equal.} 34. Kg2 Re7 35. Nf4 Kf6 36. Rd3 Ke5 37. c3 Rg7 38. Ne2 Rg6 39. Rf3 Rd6
40. Re3 Rd2 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. g4 Ng5+ 43. Kg3 Ne6 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Kf3 {[#]
Black must now prevent Ng3+.} Ng5+ 46. Kg3 Ne6 (46... c5 $5) 47. Kf3 Ng5+ 48.
Kg3 Ne6 (48... c5 $5) 49. Kf3 {Hoping for Ng3+.} Ng5+ 50. Kg3 Ne4+ (50... c5 $5
) 51. Kf3 Ng5+ 52. Kg3 c5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: Be2} (8... Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nd2
Nc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Ncd5 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Be6
{1-0 (52) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint Louis 2017})
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O
Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 g6 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. Rad1 Nb6
16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Rcd8 18. Qd3 Bh6 {1-0 (83) Parkanyi,A (2424)-Varadi,V 
(2345) Hajduszoboszlo 2001}) 13... Re8 (13... Bxd5 $5 14. Qxd5 Qb6 $11) 14. Re1
g6 (14... Bxd5 $5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 $11) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. h3 Bd7 18.
Rc1 Bc6 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. g3 a5 21. Nh2 Qb6 22. Re3 Bd7 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. a4 Be6
25. Bg2 Nd7 26. h4 h5 27. Qf1 Nc5 28. Rcc3 Kg7 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. Nd2 Rf8 31. f3
f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Qe1 ({White should play} 33. Qf2 $15) 33... Nd3 $1 $36 {
Black has strong initiative.} 34. Qe2 Nb4 35. Ne4 (35. Nf1 $142) 35... d5 $1
$19 36. c5 {[#]} Qa6 $1 37. Nd6 {[#] Hoping for Qe1.} d4 $1 38. Qe1 dxe3 39.
Qxe3 {[#]} Rce8 $1 {And now ...Nd5 would win.} 40. f4 (40. Bf1 $142 Qa8 41. Bb5
) (40. Nxe8+ Rxe8) 40... Re7 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. fxe5 Nc6 42. Rc4
Kh7 43. Qf4 Qa8 44. Rc1 {[#]} Bh3 $1 45. Qd4 (45. Bxh3 Rxf4) 45... Nxd4 {
Precision: White = 36%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bc7 9. a4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (9. c3 b6 10. a3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Qc2
Ng6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. d4 Nd3 18. Rxd3
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {1-0 (28) Ivanchuk,V (2747)-Korobov,A (2692) Doha 2016}) 9... b6
{LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. exd5 exd5 11. d4 {Black has an edge.} Bg4 ({Much worse
is} 11... Nxd4 $6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb3 $16) 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd4 Bb6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Pacher,M (2493)-Lizak,P (2445) Austria 2016})
12... Bh5 (12... Bf5 $5 13. c3 cxd4 $11) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. c3 Rb8
16. a5 (16. Be3 $11) 16... Qc7 $1 $17 17. Be3 ({White should try} 17. g4 Bg6
18. Nh4) 17... c4 (17... Ne5 $1 $17 18. g4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bg6) 18. Nbd4 $11
Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Re2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Rb5 22. Qd4 (22. Qa4 $11 Rbb8 23. Rf1)
22... Nf5 $1 $36 {Black is more active.} 23. Qg4 (23. Qxa7 $15 Rb7 24. Qa6)
23... Nxe3 $17 24. Rxe3 Rxb2 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Nf5 (26. Qf3 $17) 26... g6 $19 27.
Rf3 Kh8 28. Qh4 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Qe5 ({Stronger than} 28...
gxf5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ $11) 29. Nd4
Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qe6 31. Re3 Qf5 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Re5 (33. Qe7 $17 {was worth a
try.}) 33... Qf6 ({Better is} 33... Qd3 $19 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 34.
Qf4 c3) 34. Qxf6+ $17 Kxf6 35. Rxd5 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 $1 36. Rc1 c3 (36...
Ke6 $1 $17 37. Re5+ Kd6) 37. Kf1 $15 Ke6 (37... Ra2 $17) 38. Re5+ $11 Kd6 39.
Re3 (39. Rc5 $1 $11 Rxc5 40. dxc5+ Kxc5 41. Rxc3+ Kd6 42. Rd3+ Kc7 43. Rc3+ Kd6
44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. Re3+ Kd6 46. Rd3+) 39... c2 $17 40. Ke2 Ra2 41. Re5 Rc4 42.
Rb5 Rxd4 43. Rb7 Re4+ $1 44. Kd3 Re7 $1 45. Rb5 Kc6 46. Rb4 Rd7+ 47. Ke3 {[#]}
(47. Kc3 $17) 47... Kc5 $1 $19 ({Don't take} 47... Rxa5 48. Rxc2+ Rc5 49. Rcb2
$17) 48. Rb8 {[#]} Kc4 $1 49. Rc8+ Kb3 50. Rb8+ Ka4 51. Rc8 Kxa5 52. R1xc2 Rxc2
53. Rxc2 {KR-KR} Kb4 54. Rc8 a5 55. Rb8+ Kc5 56. g4 (56. Rc8+ $142 Kb4 57. Rb8+
Ka3 58. Rc8) 56... Ra7 57. Rc8+ Kd6 58. Rc3 $2 (58. Rd8+ {was the only defense.
} Ke5 59. Re8+ Kf6 60. Kd3) 58... a4 59. Ra3 $2 (59. Kd4 a3 60. Rc1) 59... Kc5
60. Kd3 Kb4 61. Ra1 Rd7+ (61... a3 $142 62. Kc2 Rc7+ 63. Kd2 Rc3 64. Rb1+ Kc4)
62. Kc2 Rc7+ 63. Kd2 $2 (63. Kb2 {was the only chance.}) 63... a3 {Precision:
White = 43%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bd6 9. Qe2 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4}
(9. Re1 h6 10. Nh3 Be7 11. c4 g5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be4 17. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (79) Sethuraman,S (2623)-Paravyan,D (2525)
Moscow 2017}) 9... h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nxe6 $146 ({Much worse is} 10.
Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Re1 Re8 $17) ({White should play} 10. Ne4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 
10. Nh3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qg3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxf4 15. Nxf4 O-O-O
16. Rfd1 c5 {1-0 (51) Rogers,N (2264)-Dableo, R (2440) Minneapolis 2005}) 10...
fxe6 $15 (10... Bxf3 $6 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 13. Qxf3 $11) 11. Bg6+ {
Black is slightly better.} Ke7 12. Nh4 (12. Ne5 $15) 12... Nf8 $17 13. c4 Nxg6
14. Nxg6+ Kf7 $1 15. Nxh8+ Qxh8 16. Re1 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Bd2 Nh5 (18... Ng4
$17 19. h3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Qxd4) 19. Rad1 (19. Qd1 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nf6 20.
f3) 19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. d5 (21. b4 $142 a6 22. Qe2) 21... exd5 22. cxd5
Bb5 $1 23. Re6 (23. Rd4 $17 Bd6 24. a4) 23... Bd6 $4 (23... Kg8 $19 {avoids
the disaster. Threatens to win with ...Qf7.} 24. Re4 Qf7) 24. b3 $4 (24. Qh7
$18) 24... Kg8 $19 25. a4 Ba6 26. Rde1 Qf7 27. R1e3 (27. Qe4 {was called for.})
27... Qh5 28. h3 Rf8 ({Weaker is} 28... Qxd5 29. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31.
Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37.
Qh6+ Kf7 $11) 29. Qe4 Qf5 30. Rf3 Qxe4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxe4 Bd3 33. Re3 Bc2
34. Kf1 b6 35. f3 a5 36. Ke2 g5 37. Rc3 Bg6 38. Kf2 Bc5+ 39. Kg3 h5 40. h4
gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kf7 42. Kg5 Be7+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. g4 {Strongly threatening g5+.}
Bd6+ 45. Ke3 hxg4 46. fxg4 Ke5 47. g5 Kxd5 48. Rc1 c6 49. Rf1 Bc2 50. Kd2 Bxb3
51. g6 {[#]} Be5 $1 ({But not} 51... Bxa4 $2 52. g7 $18) 52. Rf7 $2 (52. Rg1 {
keeps fighting.}) 52... Bxa4 $2 (52... Kc5 53. Re7 Bd4) 53. Kd3 $2 (53. g7 Bxg7
54. Rxg7) 53... Bb3 54. g7 {[#]} Bxg7 $1 55. Rxg7 {Endgame KR-KB} Kc5 $2 (55...
Bc4+ 56. Kc3 b5) 56. Kc3 a4 57. Rg5+ {[#]} Bd5 $1 58. Rg4 $2 (58. Kb2 $19)
58... b5 59. Rh4 Kb6 60. Rh5 Ka5 61. Rh4 Bf7 (61... a3 $142 62. Kc2 b4 63. Kb1
b3 64. Rd4 Kb5 65. Rd1 Be4+ 66. Ka1 c5 67. Re1 b2+ 68. Ka2 b1=Q+ 69. Rxb1+
Bxb1+ 70. Kxa3 c4 71. Kb2 Bf5 72. Kc3 Bh7 73. Kb2 Kb4 74. Kc1 c3 75. Kd1 Bf5
76. Ke2 Kb3 77. Kf3 c2 78. Kf4 Bh7 79. Ke5 c1=Q 80. Kd6 Qe3 81. Kd7 Bf5+ 82.
Kd6 Kb4 83. Kc7 Qa7+ 84. Kc6 Kc4 85. Kd6 Qc5#) 62. Rf4 Bb3 63. Rf5 Be6 (63...
Bd5 $142 64. Rh5 b4+ 65. Kb2 a3+ 66. Kb1 b3 67. Re5 Kb4 68. Re3 Kc4 69. Re8 Kc3
70. Re3+ Kd4 71. Re1 Be4+ 72. Ka1 b2+ 73. Ka2 b1=Q+ 74. Rxb1 Bxb1+ 75. Kxa3 Kc3
76. Ka4 c5 77. Kb5 c4 78. Ka5 Kb3 79. Kb6 c3 80. Kc5 c2 81. Kd6 c1=Q 82. Ke5
Qh6 83. Kd5 Qf6 84. Kc5 Qe7+ 85. Kc6 Kb4 86. Kd5 Kb5 87. Kd4 Qc5#) 64. Re5 Bd5
65. Rh5 a3 {Black mates.} 66. Kc2 b4 67. Kb1 b3 68. Rh8 Be4+ {Precision: White
= 27%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 {
B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Be3
Qe7 12. Qc1 Rad8 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Rd8 15. a5 Qf8 16. Nd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Gustafsson,J (2626) -Wang,H (2690) Bangkok 2017}) 8... Nb4 {LiveBook: 24 Games}
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 {The position is equal.} e6 11. a5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11... Ng4 12. Bd2 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Ra4 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 {1-0 (30) Romanov,
E (2577)-Ben Artzi,I (2397) Golden Sands 2015}) 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Bf3 Rb8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. h3 c5 17. dxc6 $1 bxc6 18. Nde2 c5 19. Bf4 (19. Rfd1 {
keeps more tension.} Rc8 20. Qxd6 Nxc2 21. Qxa6 Re8 22. Bb7) 19... Bf5 (19...
Ne8 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Qxd6 $16 ({Reject} 20. Bxd6 $6 Ne8 $11) 20...
Nxc2 (20... Rc8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. Qxb8 $18 Qxb8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23.
Rad1 Rxb2 24. g4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. gxf5 dxc3 27. fxg6+ fxg6 (27... Kxg6 {
was necessary.} 28. Rd6 Kf5) 28. Rd6 Ra2 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Ra7 Kh6 31. a6 c2 (
31... g5 $142 32. Re1 c2) 32. Rc1 Nh7 $2 {[#]} (32... h4 33. Kf1 Nh5 34. Bxh5
gxh5) 33. Bd5 Ra5 34. Bg8 Nf6 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 {
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11.
g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 gxf4 15. exd7
Bxd7 {[#] aiming for ...Ba4.} 16. bxc3 Rac8 {[#]} 17. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
17. Bf5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 
(21) Stocek,J (2557)-Vitiugov,N (2724) Czech Republic 2016}) 17... Qxd1 18.
Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxd4.} 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe5 $14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Rd7 a5 24. Rxb7 fxg3 25. hxg3
Rb8 26. Ra7 Bc3 $1 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nxf7 Bd4 29. Rd7 Bxf2+ $1 30. Kxf2 {
And now Ne5+ would win. KRN-KR} Rf8 31. Rd5 Rxf7+ {KR-KR} 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. a4
Ra6 34. g4 Kg6 35. Kf3 h6 36. Kf4 ({White should try} 36. Kg3 $14) 36... Rf6+
$11 {The position is equal.} 37. Kg3 Rf1 38. Rxa5 Rg1+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Ra1
41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Rg1 43. Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Ke4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black =
87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lan, Zilun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 {B13: Caro-Kann:
Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9.
Ne5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (9. Nbd2 Rg8 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13.
c4 Qd7 14. a3 Rg4 15. Rc1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (50) Ponizil,C (2510)-Laznicka,V (2654)
Pardubice 2016}) 9... Qb6 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. h3 O-O
12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Koskoska,G (2155)-Thipsay,B 
(2210) Moscow 1994}) 10... e6 11. O-O Rg8 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. c4 ({
White should try} 14. Nb3 $14) 14... Qd4 $11 15. Qf3 (15. Qe3 $11 Qxe3 16. Bxe3
) 15... Bb4 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 $14) (15... Rd8 $15) 16. Be3
{[#]} (16. cxd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd2 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd2) 16...
Qh4 ({But not} 16... Qxe5 $6 17. cxd5 Bd6 18. g3 $11) ({Don't play} 16... Qxb2
$6 17. Rab1 $14) ({Black should play} 16... Qd3 $1 $17 17. Bf4 Qxf3 18. Nxf3
dxc4) 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 $1 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Qe4 20. Qxe4 fxe4 21. Bc3 Nd3 22.
dxe6 f5 23. f3 $1 e3 (23... Rg6 $1 $14) 24. f4 (24. Rfd1 $16 Nf4 25. g3) 24...
e2 25. Rfe1 (25. Rf3 {feels hotter.} Rd8 26. g3 Ne5 27. fxe5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2)
25... Nxe1 26. Rxe1 {Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc8 27. Rxe2 Rc4 28. Rd2 Rg6 ({Not} 28...
Rxf4 29. Bf6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rg4+ 31. Kh3 Rd4 32. Rxd4 h6 33. Rd8#) 29. Rd7 Rxe6
30. Rxb7 Re7 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Be5 Rd7 33. h4 Rc2 34. h5 Rdd2 {Black has
compensation.} 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Rg7 $1 a5 37. a4 Kd5 38. h6 Re2 39. Bc3 Ke4 40.
Bxa5 Rxb2 41. Bc7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Ree1 {Strongly threatening ...Rh1+.} 43. Re7+
Kd5 44. Rxh7 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rb7 46. Re7 $1 Rxh6 {Hoping for ...Kc6.} 47. Re5+ Kd4
48. Bd8 Rg6+ 49. Kh2 Rb2 50. Kh3 $1 Rgxg2 {[#]} 51. Bb6+ $1 Kc4 {Threatens to
win with ...Rg6.} (51... Rxb6 52. Kxg2) 52. a5 Rh2+ 53. Kg3 Rh5 54. Rc5+ Kd3
55. Rd5+ Ke2 56. Bf2 Rb3+ 57. Kg2 Rb4 58. a6 {aiming for a7.The position is
equal.} Rxf4 (58... Rh8 $5 59. Re5+ Re4 60. Rxf5 Rg8+ 61. Rg5 Rxg5+ 62. fxg5
Rg4+ 63. Kh3 Ra4 $11) 59. Re5+ Re4 60. a7 Rh8 61. Rxf5 Rg8+ 62. Bg3 Re3 63.
Rf2+ Kd3 64. Rf3 Rxf3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 d6 7. g3 Be6 {
B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. b3
b5 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. h3 Nd8 13. Kh2 b4 14. Nb1 a5 15. c4 Ne6 16. Nd2 a4 17. Rb1 {
0-1 (29) Weichhold,P (2408)-Bartel,M (2648) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014}) 8. Bg2
Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. h3 O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Be3 Rc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Qc7 15.
a3 {1-0 (31) Sahl,B (2366)-Jorgensen,K (1999) Ballerup 2009}) 11. Qd2 a6 12. g4
b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 (16... Na5 $14) 17. Ng3 f5
18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. O-O-O Nbd7 20. Bh3 (20. Kb1 $16) 20... e4 $1 $11 21. Bxd7 (
21. Bxc5 {is interesting.} Rxc5 22. Nxe4 Rc4 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Kb1)
21... Qxd7 22. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 23. Nxe4 Rc4 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rde1 h6 26. Re2 (
26. b3 $5 Rcf4 27. Rh2 $11) 26... Qf5 27. b3 Rf4 28. Qa5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qc6 30.
Rdd2 (30. Kb2 $1 $15) 30... Kh7 31. h5 R4f5 32. Kb2 Rxh5 33. Re7 Rhf5 34. Rd3
Rf3 35. Qd2 Rxf2 $2 {[#]} (35... Qc5 $19 36. Rd5 Qxf2) 36. Rg3 $3 $16 Rf7 $2 {
[#]} ({Worse is} 36... Rxd2 37. Rexg7+ Kh8 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. R3g7#) (36... Kh8
$16 37. Rexg7 Qc7 38. Qxh6+ (38. Rxc7 Rxd2 39. Rgg7 Re2 $16) 38... Rxh6 39.
Rxc7 Rf5) 37. Qxf2 $3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe7 {[#]} (37... Rxf2
38. Rexg7+) 38. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 39. Rc3 $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black =
49%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {
D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 (9...
Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 {0-1 (45) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 10.
O-O b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. Bb5 Rfd8 $146 16. Rbc1 {[#] And now d5 would win.} Qb8 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bb1
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Rd8 (20... Qc7 $15) 21. Rc1 (21. h4 $11) 21... Rc8
$15 22. Rd1 Rd8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 77%.} (22... Qc7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qb4 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...
Bg7 and 7...0-0} (17... Qd8 18. Qf2 Qf8 19. a3 Bh6 20. b4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 axb4
22. axb4 Na4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Leitao,R (2601)-Milos,G 
(2592) Rio de Janeiro 2007}) 18. Qb2 Qb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. Kh1 Qd8 {
White is slightly better.} 20. Qd2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... h5 21. Rc2 Kh7
22. a3 Qh8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne6 25. b5 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 {1-0 (41) Fomichenko,
E (2492)-Van Delft,M (2401) Naujac 2008}) 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Be3 Rd8
24. a3 Nd7 25. b4 (25. Nd5 $5) 25... axb4 26. axb4 {Threatens to win with b5.}
Ne5 27. Rb3 Rdc8 28. h3 g5 29. Be2 Qe7 30. Qxd6 ({White should play} 30. f4 $14
gxf4 31. Bxf4) 30... Qxd6 $11 31. Rxd6 Ra1+ 32. Bg1 {[#]} (32. Rb1 $11 Rxb1+
33. Nxb1) 32... Nxc4 $1 $17 33. Bxc4 {[#]} (33. Rd1 $142 Rxd1 34. Nxd1) 33...
Ba4 $1 34. Bxe6 $2 (34. Nxa4 $17 Rxc4 35. Nb2) 34... fxe6 $19 35. Nxa4 {
[#] Nc5 is the strong threat.} Rcc1 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rxe6 (
36. Rd8+ $142 Kh7 37. Rd7 Rxg1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rxa4 40. f4) 36... Rxg1+
37. Kh2 h5 (37... Rh1+ 38. Kg3 $17) 38. Kg3 Ra2 ({Not} 38... h4+ 39. Kg4 $17)
39. Nb2 Bxb2 40. Kh2 Raa1 {( -> ...h4)} 41. Kg3 Kf7 {Precision: White = 35%,
Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Be3 {LiveBook: 3
Games. D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)}
(13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Bxd4 16. Rad1 e5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxa7 Rb6
19. a4 c5 20. a5 Rb5 {0-1 (39) Zhou,J (2589) -Wei,Y (2718) Xinghua 2015}) 13...
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5 15. Rad1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Qa3 c4 17. b3 Qd7 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Rac1
Rfc8 20. Bf4 Rb5 {0-1 (46) Tran,C-Nguyen,T Dong Nai 1995}) 15... c4 16. Qa3 Qd7
17. b3 Rfc8 18. Rc1 c3 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 19. Rfd1 {The position is
equal.} Rc6 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. Qc1 e6 23. Bf4 Qa5 24. a3 h5 (24... h6
$5) 25. b4 Qb5 26. Rdxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxe2 29. Qe3 Qa6 30. Be5
f6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Bc7 Kf7 33. h3 Qc6 34. Ba5 Qc4 35. Qf3 Kg6 36. Qe3 Qa6 37. h4
g4 38. Bc7 Bh6 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Qxf4 Qxa3 $11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} 41. Qb8 Qf3+ 42.
Kg1 Qd1+ (42... e5 $5) 43. Kg2 Qf3+ (43... e5 $5) 44. Kg1 Qd1+ (44... e5 $5)
45. Kg2 Qxd4 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg6 {Precision:
White = 94%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {
D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5... Bg4 and 5...Na6} 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 (
9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
{1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2775)-Li,C (2735) Geneve 2017}) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5
11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} O-O 12. Be1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty
and annotate with similar games:} 12. Na2 a5 13. Rac1 b6 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Nd3
Be7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bc3 f6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6
22. Nxc5 {1-0 (22) Gyimesi,Z (2616)-Sumets,A (2523) Warsaw 2006}) 12... b6 13.
Nb5 Nb4 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Ne5 $36 {White has the initiative.} a5
17. Rac1 (17. Nc6 $5 Rb7 18. Na6 $16) 17... Bb7 18. Na6 Bxa6 $1 19. Bxa6 Rbd8 {
[#]} (19... Ra8 $11 20. Be2 Bc5) 20. Rxd8 $1 $16 Rxd8 21. Nc6 Bd2 {[#]} 22. Rc2
$1 ({Not} 22. Nxd8 Bxc1 23. b3 Ba3 $11) 22... Rd7 23. Bb5 {Nxa5! is the strong
threat.} Be1 {[#]} 24. Nxa5 $1 {Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Rd8 (24... bxa5 25.
Rc8+) 25. Nb7 Rb8 26. Nd6 Bb4 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Nxc8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc5 29.
Kf1 Ne4 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Na7 Nd6 32. Kd3 f5 33. Bc6 Bb4 34. f4 Bc5 35. b3 (35.
Bf3 $18) 35... Kf7 36. Bf3 b5 37. Nc6 {Hoping for b4.} bxa4 38. bxa4 Ke8 39. g4
Kd7 40. g5 Kc7 (40... Ne8 $142 41. Nd4 Nc7) 41. Nd4 $18 Kd7 42. Bd1 Ne8 43. Bb3
Nc7 44. h4 h6 (44... g6 $16 {was necessary.} 45. a5 Bb4) 45. Nf3 Bb6 46. Bc4
Ba5 47. Ne5+ Ke8 (47... Kd6 {keeps fighting.} 48. gxh6 gxh6) 48. h5 Bb6 49. Ke2
Ba5 50. Nc6 Bb6 51. a5 Bc5 52. a6 Kd7 53. Ne5+ Ke8 54. Kd3 Bb6 55. e4 fxe4+ 56.
Kxe4 Bc5 (56... Ke7 $142 57. gxh6 gxh6) 57. gxh6 gxh6 58. Ng4 Bf8 (58... Ke7
$142 59. Nxh6 Ne8) 59. Ke5 Ke7 60. a7 Bg7+ 61. Ke4 Kd6 62. Bb3 Kc6 $2 {[#]} (
62... Bf8 63. f5 exf5+ 64. Kxf5 Kc6) 63. Bxe6 $1 {White is clearly winning.}
Kb7 (63... Nxe6 64. a8=Q+) 64. Bf7 Nb5 65. Kf5 Kxa7 66. Kg6 Bc3 67. Nxh6 Kb6
68. Ng4 Nd4 69. h6 Ne2 70. f5 Nf4+ 71. Kg5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black =
39%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Bd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Qa5 {
C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 15. a3 Rad8 16.
b4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 {White has an edge.} 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. Rad1 {[#]} a6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g6 19. Nf1 Bg7 20. Ne3 e5 21. Bf1 exd4 22. Bxd4 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Anand,V (2779)-Gelfand,B (2729) Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006}) 19. a4 b5
$1 20. d5 (20. c5 $11) 20... bxc4 $1 $15 21. dxc6 cxd3 22. cxd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd3
Nb6 $1 24. Nh5 ({White should try} 24. Ne4 $15 Rxd3 25. Qxd3) 24... Rxd3 $1 $17
25. Qxd3 {Strongly threatening Be5.} Rd8 26. Qf3 Nd5 $1 $40 {Black attacks
with force.} 27. Be5 Qc4 28. h3 (28. Qg3 $1 $15 Qxb4 29. Ra1) 28... f6 (28...
Bxb4 $6 29. Rd1 $11) ({Wrong is} 28... Nxb4 $2 29. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 30. Qh5 $18) 29.
Bg3 e5 ({Of course not} 29... Bxb4 $6 30. Rxe6 Bf8 31. Re4 $11) 30. Re4 Qc7 (
30... Qc2 $142 31. Bh4 Nf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Bd6) 31. Bh4 Qf7
32. b5 (32. Rxe5 $142 fxe5 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bxd8) 32... axb5 33. axb5 {
[#] intending Rxe5!} Rb8 $1 34. Rg4 {And now Qxd5! would win.} Kh8 ({And not} 
34... Rxb5 35. Nxf6+ Nxf6 36. Bxf6 $11) (34... f5 $19 35. Ra4 Rxb5) 35. Qb3 {
Threatening Nxf6!} Rd8 36. b6 Qxh5 37. b7 Qe8 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 38. b8=Q
$1 Rxb8 39. Qxd5 Rd8 40. Qf3 {next Bxf6! is good for White.} Qd7 {Threatens to
win with ...Qd1+.} 41. Kh2 {Black should prevent Bxf6!} Re8 42. Rc4 h6 43. g4
Qf7 44. Ra4 Kg8 45. Bg3 Bc5 46. h4 Bd4 (46... h5 $5 47. gxh5 Bd4 $15) 47. h5
Bc5 48. Qe4 Bf8 49. Qf3 Rd8 50. Qe4 Qd7 51. Qc4+ Kh8 52. Qe4 Qd2 53. Ra8 Rxa8 (
53... Be7 {is interesting.} 54. Rxd8+ Bxd8 55. Kh3 Qd1 56. f3 Qh1+) 54. Qxa8
Kg8 55. Qc6 Qa2 56. Kg2 Kf7 57. Qb7+ Be7 58. Qe4 Qb3 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60. Qe4 Qe6
61. Qa8+ Kf7 62. Qe4 Bc5 63. Qb7+ Be7 64. Qe4 Qd7 65. Qc4+ Kf8 66. Qe4 Bc5 67.
Qa8+ Ke7 68. Qe4 Bd6 69. Kh2 Kf8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bc1
{E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Be3 O-O 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7
13. a3 Bc5 14. Rfe1 h6 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (70) Postny,E (2616)-Van
Wely,L (2685) Novi Sad 2016}) (8. b3 O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Re8 11. Nc3 c6 12.
e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Ju,W (2527)-Zhao,X
(2552) China 2014}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 Re8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11.
Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Na4 Bc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Nc2 Bf5 {1-0 (50) Sturt,R (2392)-Gasanov,E (2502) Budapest 2015}) 11... Qe7 12.
a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Bb6 14. Rb1 (14. Be3 $5) 14... Qe5 15. Bb2 Qh5 16. e3 Qg6 ({
Much worse is} 16... Ng4 $6 17. h3 $16) 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nce2 Nd3 19. Ba1 Ne5
20. a4 Qh6 21. Qc2 c6 22. e4 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Nf4 Qg4 {[#] White must now
prevent ...Bxd4.} 25. h3 Qd7 {aiming for ...Bxd4.} (25... Qg5 $5 26. Kg2 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 $15) 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Re2 Rae8
30. Rbe1 Qc7 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. e5 dxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxe5 Qe7
36. Qd3 Bb6 (36... Bd6 $5 37. Qe3 c5 $11) 37. Bd4 (37. Bc3 {with more
complications.} Ba7 38. h4 Bb6 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. Qxd4 Nh7 41. Nf3) 37... Bc7 (
37... Bxd4 {is interesting.} 38. Qxd4 Nh7 39. c5 Nf8 40. Nc4 Ne6) 38. Nf3 Qe4 (
38... Ne4 {feels hotter.} 39. Nd2 Ng5 40. Be3 Ne6 41. Nf3 Nc5) 39. Qxe4 (39.
Qd2 {looks sharper.} Qe7 40. Qg5 Qe6 41. Qh4 Qf5 42. Ng5) 39... Nxe4 $11 {
Endgame KBN-KBN} 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Ke2 Bc5 (41... Nc5 $11) 42. Ke3 $1 $16 Bxd4+
43. Nxd4 $2 {KN-KN} (43. Kxd4 $18 f5 44. Ne5) 43... Nc5 $11 {The position is
equal.} 44. f4 Kf8 45. g4 Ke7 46. Kd2 Kd6 47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kf6
50. h4 Ke7 51. Kd2 Ne4+ 52. Ke3 Nf6 53. g5 Nd7 54. Nf3 Ke6 55. Nd4+ Kd6 56. Ke4
Nc5+ 57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Ke3 Ke7 61. Ke2 Ne6 62. Ke3 Nc5 {
Precision: White = 67%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 {
D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 8. Rc1 g6 9. g3
Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Re1 e5 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3
14. bxc3 b5 15. cxb6 Nxb6 {1/2-1/2 (88) Li,C (2722)-Malakhov,V (2712) Chartres
2017}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Na4 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Bf5 16.
Nb6 Ra7 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qh4 a5 20. e3 h6 21. Qd4 Qf8 22. Qd2 Ne4
23. Bxg7 (23. Bxe4 $5 Bxe4 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qd4 $11) 23... Qxg7 24. Qd4 Nf6
25. Red1 Be4 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rc3 Be6 28. Ra3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Kf2 Be6 31.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd4 Rb8 $1 {The position is equal.} 33. Rda4 b6 34. cxb6 Rxb6
35. b3 Rb5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 h6 {
C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nd5 O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Nxf6+
Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Rg1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7
13. Bxa8 Rxa8 14. g4 Qe6 15. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 (39) Svidler,P (2755)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2772) Moscow 2017}) 13. h3 Rae8 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Ne7 $1 16. Bg5 Qg6 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. g5 Qh5 19. Kd2 Be6 (19... Bxf2 20. Rg2 $18) 20. Rh1 Qg6 21. Kc2
f5 $2 (21... Bxf2 $16 22. Qe2 Bxd5) 22. Nh4 $2 (22. Qe2 $1 $18) 22... Qxg5 $14
23. Nxf5 Bxd5 24. Rh5 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 25. Rxg5 (25. exf5 Qf4) 25... Rxg5 26. exd5
Rf7 $1 27. b4 $36 {White fights for an advantage.} Rxf2+ 28. Kb3 Be3 29. a4 (
29. Qe1 $1 $14 Bb6 30. a4) 29... Rgg2 $1 $11 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qb1
Kg6 (32... g6 $11) 33. Ra5 (33. d4+ $16 Kf7 34. dxe5) 33... Re2 34. d4+ $1 Kf6
35. dxe5+ Kxe5 36. Rxb5 Bb6 37. Qd1 Rd2 (37... g5 $1 $14) 38. Qh5+ $16 g5 39.
Qe8+ $2 (39. Kc4 $16) 39... Kf4 $11 40. Qe6 Rge2 41. Qf6+ Kg4 {[#]} 42. Rxb6 $1
cxb6 43. Qxd6 {Endgame KQ-KRR} Kh5 (43... b5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 44. Qd7+
Kh4 45. Qxb5 g4) 44. Qd7 ({White should try} 44. Qxb6 $16 {Hoping for Qc7.}
Rxd5 45. c4) 44... g4 45. d6 {Qh7+ is the strong threat.} Kh4 46. Qd8+ (46.
Qh7+ $11 Kg3 47. c4) 46... Kh3 $16 47. Kc4 ({Reject} 47. Qxb6 $6 g3 $11) (47.
d7 $16 b5 48. Qh8+ Kg3 49. Qb8+ (49. d8=Q $2 {is a self mate.} Rb2+ 50. Ka3
Ra2+ 51. Kb3 Reb2#) 49... Kf3 50. Qxb5 Rb2+ 51. Kc4 Re4+ 52. Kd5 Rd2+ 53. Kc6
Re6+ 54. Kb7 (54. Kc7 Re7 $16)) 47... Re6 $11 48. Qxb6 Rdxd6 49. Qg1 g3 {
White must now prevent ...g2.} 50. Qh1+ $1 Kg4 51. b5 Re2 52. Kc5 Rde6 {
And now ...g2 would win.} 53. b6 $1 {Threatens to win with b7.} g2 54. Qd1 $2 (
54. Qg1 $11) 54... Kh3 $2 (54... Kg3 $19 55. b7 R2e5+ 56. Kc4 Rc6+ 57. Kd4 Rd6+
58. Kxe5 Rxd1) 55. b7 R2e5+ 56. Kc4 Rc6+ 57. Kb3 Rb6+ 58. Kc4 $2 {[#]} (58. Ka4
$11) 58... Kh2 $2 ({Inferior is} 58... Rxb7 59. Qf3+ Kh2 60. Qxb7 $11) ({
Black should play} 58... Re4+ $1 $19 59. Kc5 Rxb7 60. Qd3+ Kh2 61. Qd6+ Kh1 62.
Qh6+ Kg1 63. Qc1+ Kh2 64. Qh6+ Kg1 65. Qc1+ Kh2 66. Qh6+ Kg1) 59. Qd2 $2 {[#]}
(59. Qd4 $11 g1=Q 60. Qxe5+ Qg3 61. Qxg3+ Kxg3 62. Kd5) 59... Rf5 $2 {[#]} (
59... Re4+ $1 $19 60. Kc5 Rxb7 61. Qd6+ Kh1 62. Qh6+ Kg1 63. Qc1+ Kh2 64. Qh6+
Kg1 65. Qc1+ Kh2 66. Qh6+ Kg1) 60. b8=Q+ $1 Rxb8 61. Qd6+ Kh3 62. Qd3+ $2 (62.
Qh6+ $11 Kg4 63. Qg6+ Rg5 64. Qe4+ Kh5 65. Qh7+ Kg4 66. Qe4+ Kh3 67. Qh7+ Kg3
68. Qd3+ Kh4 69. Qh7+ Rh5 70. Qe7+ Kg3 71. Qd6+ Kg4 72. Qe6+ Rf5 73. Qg6+ Rg5
74. Qe4+) 62... Kg4 63. Qe2+ Kg3 64. Qe3+ Rf3 65. Qg5+ Kf2 $2 (65... Kh2 {mates
} 66. Qe5+ Rg3 67. Qxb8 g1=Q 68. Qh8+ Rh3 69. Qb8+ Qg3 70. Qb2+ Kg1 71. Qc1+
Kg2 72. Qc2+ Qf2 73. Qg6+ Rg3 74. Qe4+ Kg1 75. Qd4 Re3 76. Qd1+ Kh2 77. Qd4 Qf3
78. Kb3 Kg2 79. Qc5 Re6 80. Qg5+ Kh3 81. Qb5 Re7 82. Kb4 Rb7 83. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 84.
Kc5 Qc7+ 85. Kb4 Kg4 86. Kb3 Qc5 87. Kb2 Kf3 88. Kb3 Ke4 89. Kc2 Qf2+ 90. Kb3
Kd3 91. c4 Qb6+ 92. Ka2 Kc2 93. Ka3 Qb3#) 66. Qd2+ Kg1 (66... Kg3 $5 67. Qg5+
Kf2 68. Qd2+ Kg3 69. Qg5+ $17) 67. Qd1+ $1 Kf2 68. Qd4+ $2 (68. Qd2+ $11 Kg3
69. Qe1+ Kh3 70. Qe6+ Kh2 71. Qe5+ Rg3 72. Qh5+ Rh3 73. Qe5+ Kh1 74. Qxb8 Rh4+
75. Kb3) 68... Kg3 69. Qg7+ Kh2 {Strongly threatening ... Rc8+.} 70. Qe5+ $2 (
70. Qh6+ $17 Rh3 71. Qd6+ Kh1 72. Qxb8 Rh4+ 73. Kb5) 70... Rg3 71. Qh5+ Rh3 72.
Qe5+ Kh1 {( -> ...Rh4+)} 73. Qe4 Rc8+ {Black mates.} 74. Kd4 Rcxc3 75. Qb7 Rcf3
{Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. Nf5 {LiveBook: 7
Games} Bxf5 (7... d5 $1 $11) (7... d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11.
Qg4 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Bd6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bc4 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wojtaszek,
R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. exf5 $14 d5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bg5
d4 10. Ne4 (10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Nd5 $11) 10... Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10...
Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O {0-1 (59) Zecevic,D 
(2240)-Fercec,N (2503) Velika Gorica 2014}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 $36 {White
has the initiative.} Nc6 {[#]} (12... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Qh5 $1 $16
Rf8 14. Qxh7 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 O-O-O {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 16. Qh5 ({
Of course not} 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qh4 (17. Bxf7 $2 Qb5+ 18. Kg1 Qxb2 $17) 17...
Qc5 $14) 16... Nb4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. g3 Kb8 19. Kg2 g6 (19... Qb6 $16) 20. Qf3
Bg7 (20... gxf5 $16 21. Bxd5 (21. Qxf5 Bh8 $16) 21... fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qb6) 21. f6
$18 Bh6 22. Rad1 Qc7 {[#]} 23. Bb3 $1 Qc6 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 a5 26. c3 a4 27.
Ba2 dxc3 28. Nxc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. bxc3 g5 $2 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Kc7
32. Bxf7 Rf8) 31. Bxf7 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8 33. Rd7 gxh4 34.
gxh4 Bc1 35. Kf3 Bxa3 36. Ke4 Bb2 (36... Rh8 {was necessary.} 37. h5 (37. Kxe5
Rxh4 38. Be6 Rh5+ 39. Ke4 Rh2 $16) 37... Bc5 38. Kxe5 Rh7) 37. h5 {Black must
now prevent Kf5.} a3 (37... Bxc3 {might work better.} 38. Re7 a3) 38. h6 {
And now h7 would win.} Bxc3 (38... Rh8 $142 39. Ba2 Rxh6 40. Rd8+ Kc7) 39. h7
Kc8 40. Be6 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 (4... e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4
Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxh4 11. Qxh5 Qg5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxg5
Bxg5 14. f4 Be7 15. Bd3 g6 16. e4 {1/2-1/2 (56) Balog,I (2537)-Banusz,T (2604)
Slovakia 2015}) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
6... Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Ncd4 {
1-0 (47) Schuller,J-Ferguson,J Wichita 2006}) 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qb3 {White has an
edge.} Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf3 Be6 ({But not} 11... Nxd4 $6 12. cxd4
Qxb3 13. axb3 $16) 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. N4f3
f5 17. Kf1 f6 18. Ng1 {[#]} (18. a4 $14) 18... f4 $1 $15 19. exf4 Bxe2+ 20.
Nxe2 Nd3 21. Nf3 Nxf2 22. Rd2 Ng4 23. Ned4 Re4 24. g3 Ne3+ 25. Kf2 Rde8 26. b3
({White should try} 26. Kg1) 26... Rc8 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 27. Rc1 Nf5
{Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 28. Rcc2 (28. Rdd1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 28... a5 29.
a4 (29. Kg1 {might work better.}) 29... h6 $19 30. Kg1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. h3
Nxg3 33. Kg2 {[#]} Nh5 $1 34. Nf5 {intending Nd6.} Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Rc7 36. c4 $2 (
36. h4) 36... dxc4 37. Rd6 (37. bxc4 $142 Rexc4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40.
Rd7+ Kg6 41. Ne7+ Kh5 42. Ne1) 37... cxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rd8+
Kf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Re8+ Kxd6 41. Rd2+ {[#]} Rd4 $1 42. Nxd4 (42. Rxd4+ Bxd4)
42... Rc1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Bxd4 45. Rxd4+ {Endgame KR-KN} Kc5 46. Rd1
Kb4 47. Kd2 Ka3 48. Rf1 Ka2 49. Rf2 b2 50. Kc3 Nd5+ 51. Kc4 Nb6+ 52. Kd4 {
Precision: White = 52%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {
C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O
11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 39 Games. The position is equal.} Bd6 13. Qf3 Nh4
{[#]} 14. Qg3 $146 Nf5 15. Qf3 $1 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 $1 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} (6. Qb3 b5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e3 c5 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Gelfand,B (2728)
-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Geneve 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O
10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
10... c6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bh4 h6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kozak,A 
(2414)-Brkic,A (2565) Pardubice 2017}) 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14.
a4 a5 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Rb1 Re7 19. Nh2 Rae8 20. Qd2 Qb4
21. Qc2 Qd6 22. Qd2 Qb4 23. Qc2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 e5 12. Bc2 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qc3 {
D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Qb6 {[#] LiveBook: 13
Games} 15. Bxh6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar
games:} 15. Re2 Rd8 16. a3 a5 17. Bf4 Nf8 18. Be5 f6 19. Bg3 Bg4 20. Rae1 Bh5
21. Rb1 a4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Khairullin,I (2629)-Svetlov,D (2396) Moscow 2015})
15... gxh6 16. Re4 $1 {White is slightly better.} f5 $2 (16... h5 $11 {and
Black has nothing to worry.}) 17. Re6 $18 Kh7 $2 (17... Qb4) 18. Rd1 {
Intending Ng5+! and mate.} Qb4 {[#]} (18... Qd8 $142 19. b4 Be7) 19. Ng5+ $1 {
White is clearly winning.} hxg5 {[#]} 20. Bxf5+ $1 Rxf5 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Rg6+ (
{Not} 22. Qxf5 Bf8 $16) 22... Kf7 23. Qxf5+ Ke8 24. Qxg5 Be7 25. Rg8+ Bf8 {
intending ...Qe7.} 26. h4 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Qxg5.} 27. Qf5 Qc5 28.
Re1+ Qe7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. h5 {Precision: White =
68%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 (5... b5 6. Re1 Bb7 7. a4
b4 8. Bc4 Ngf6 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 d5 {1-0 (50) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2766) Leuven 2017}) 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian:
Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10.
axb5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. d3 cxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12... Be7 13. b4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Borge,N (2386)-Bekker Jensen,S (2466) Denmark
2017}) 13. Qxd3 Nxe4 (13... b4 $5) 14. Qxb5 ({Of course not} 14. Rxe4 Nc5 $11)
(14. Nd4 $14) 14... Be7 15. Nd4 Nef6 16. f3 O-O 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Bg5
Rb8 {aiming for ...Bxe4.} (19... Bxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 Qa7 $15) 20. Qe2 Ba6 (20...
Bxe4 $5 21. Bxe4 Qa7 $11) 21. Qf2 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Rxb2 (21...
Bd3 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Nxf6+ gxf6) 22. Bxf6 ({White should try} 22. Nxf6+
$16 gxf6 23. Bc1) 22... gxf6 $11 23. Qh4 $1 {Black must now prevent Ng5!} Qd8
$2 {[#]} (23... Bd3 $11 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Qa5) 24. Ng5 $1
$18 Kf8 (24... fxg5 25. Qxh7+) 25. Qxh7 Ke8 26. Ba4+ Bb5 27. Nxb5 Qb6+ 28. Nd4+
Kd8 29. Nxf7+ Kc7 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe7+ Kb8 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Qxe6 Rb1 34.
Rxb1 (34. Qf7+ $142 Kb8 35. Qg8+ Ka7 36. Qh7+ Qb7 37. Nc6+ Ka6 38. Qd3+ Rb5 39.
Rb1) 34... Qxb1+ 35. Kf2 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} exd4 36. Qd7+ {
Precision: White = 51%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d5 {B06: Modern Defence}
Ne5 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. Nf3 Ned7 9.
Be3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. a5 cxd5 12. exd5 b5 {1/2-1/2 (39) Bagi,M (2417)
-Schlosser,P (2579) Pardubice 2015}) 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9.
h3 O-O 10. Nf3 ({White should play} 10. Qd2 $1 $16) 10... e6 $11 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. a5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne8 14. Na4 Nd6 15. c4 Re8 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. O-O h5 18. Rfd1
Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bf1 Qg5 21. Re1 Re5 22. Nc5 h4 23. Nd3 Rxe1 $1 24. Rxe1 {
Black must now prevent Re8+.} Bf5 $1 25. Qxb7 Rf8 $1 {And now ...Bxd3 would
win.} 26. Qb3 (26. Qxc7 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Qd2 $17) 26... Bxh3 27. Nb4 (27. Qb7 Bf5
$17) 27... Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} (27... Bxg2 $5 28. Bxg2 Rb8 $15)
28. Nxa6 (28. Nc6 $11) 28... Qd2 (28... h3 $1 $17 29. Qg3 (29. Nxc7 $2 d3 $19)
29... Qd2) 29. Rd1 $1 Qxa5 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. c5 $132 {White puts up resistance}
Qb7 32. c6 Qb6 33. Qe7 (33. Nc5 $11) 33... Qb3 $1 $17 (33... Qxb2 $6 34. Nxc7
d3 35. d6 $11) 34. Rd2 (34. Be2 $17) 34... Qxd5 $19 35. Qxc7 {Now Nb4 and
White clings on.} Rc8 36. Nb4 Qc5 ({Not} 36... Rxc7 37. Nxd5 Ra7 38. c7 $18) ({
But not} 36... Qxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Rxc7 38. Nd5 $15) 37. Qb7 Qc1 38. Rc2 {[#]} Qd1 (
{Better is} 38... Qb1 $1 39. Rc5 h3 40. Rxf5 Qxf5 41. gxh3 Bf8) 39. Rc5 $17 {
Rxf5! is the strong threat.} Be6 40. c7 $2 (40. Nd3 $1 $11 {and White has
nothing to worry.}) 40... h3 $1 $19 41. Nd5 $2 (41. Qe4 Bf8 42. Qd3) 41... Bf8
{Black is clearly winning.} (41... hxg2 $2 42. Ne7+ Kf8 {[#]} 43. Nxg6+ $1 fxg6
44. Qxg2 $19) 42. Nf4 Bd6 (42... Bxc5 $2 {too greedy.} 43. Nxe6 h2+ 44. Kxh2
$18) 43. gxh3 Bxf4 44. Qe4 Bxh3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. Nb5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack
} Na6 7. c3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2
9. Nxe2 O-O 10. Be5 h5 11. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Karjakin,S (2762)-Safarli,E (2657)
Berlin 2015}) 8. a4 {White has an edge.} (8. dxc5 {seems wilder.} Qxc5 9. Be5
Bd7 10. Bd4 Qc8 11. Nf3) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 (10. Nxe2 {is
interesting.} O-O 11. Be5 h5 12. Nf4 Rfd8 13. f3) 10... O-O 11. Nf3 h5 12. Ne5
Qe6 (12... c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. dxc5 $1 $16 Ng4 14. Nd3 Rfc8 (14... Qc8
$16) 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Nc7 Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. g3
Rc8 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Kg2 e5 24. Rb4 Rc7 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Rd1 Kg7 27.
Rb5 Qa6 (27... a6 $16 {was worth a try.} 28. Rb4 b6) 28. Ra1 (28. Rdxd5 $18
Nxd5 29. Qxd5 (29. Rxd5 Qxa4 30. Rxe5 Qb3 $16)) 28... Rc6 29. Ra3 Re6 30. Ra1 (
30. Qd1 $16) 30... Qc6 (30... Rc6 $1 $11) 31. Rd1 e4 ({Black should play} 31...
b6 $14) 32. Qe2 $1 a6 33. Rb4 Ng4 34. Qd2 (34. c4 $16 Rf6 35. cxd5) 34... Re5 (
34... Rf6 $1 $11 35. Rf1 Ne5) 35. Rf1 $1 Rf5 36. a5 (36. c4 $18) 36... Kh7 37.
Qd4 (37. c4 $1 $16) 37... Re5 $2 (37... Rf3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 38.
Rb6 (38. Kg1 $1 $18) 38... Qd7 39. f4 ({Better is} 39. c4 $16) 39... exf3+ $1
$11 40. Rxf3 Qe7 {[#]} (40... Re7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Kg1 (41. Qb4
$142 $1 Nxe3+ 42. Kg1 Qxb4 43. Rxb4) 41... Nxe3 (41... Rxe3 $16 42. Rxe3 Nxe3)
42. Rxb7 Qxb7 43. Qxe5 $16 {Endgame KQR-KQN} Ng4 44. Qe2 Kg7 45. Rf1 ({White
should try} 45. Rf4 $18) 45... Qc7 (45... Qa7+ $16 46. Kh1 d4) 46. Qf3 $18 f6 {
[#]} 47. Re1 (47. b4 $1 $18) 47... Qd6 $2 (47... Qxa5 $16 48. Re7+ Kf8) 48. Qf4
Ne5 49. Qe3 Qd7 50. Kg2 Qb5 $2 (50... Qb7 51. Qb6 Qa8) 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Qb6 Nd3
53. Qxb5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 25%.} (53. Qe3+ $142 g5 54. hxg5+ Kg6
55. Rf1 f5 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. Rxf5 Qxb2+ 58. Kh3) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 {[%emt 0:00:05] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 e3} 10. Bd2 (10. h3
Bc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ba6 Qd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bb5 Qf5
17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (90) Nakamura,H (2787)-Harikrishna,P (2763)
chess.com INT 2016}) 10... Ne4 11. Be1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 {White is
slightly better.} 12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. Rfc1 Qd6 14. h3 Bd7 {[#]} 15. Be1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15. a3 e6 16. Ba6 Rfd8 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Zontakh,A (2538)-Varga,Z (2459) Palic 2014}) 15... Rfc8 16. Bd3 Rc7 17. Rc2
Rac8 18. Ba6 Bf5 19. Rc3 (19. Bxc8 $2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Nxd4 $17) 19... Na5 20. Qd1
Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Rc7 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb4 25. Rb1 Qc4 26. Qxc4
Rxc4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Ne1 f6 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Kf1 Bf8 30. Ke2 e6 31.
Nd3 Bd6 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 {KB-KN} Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. Ne2 Kb6
37. Kb3 Bc7 38. Ka4 Bd6 39. Nc1 e5 40. a3 exd4 41. exd4 Bf4 (41... f5 $11 {
remains equal.}) 42. Nb3 (42. Na2 $1 $16) 42... Bh2 43. Nxa5 Bg1 44. f3 Bxd4
45. b4 Bf2 46. Kb3 Kb5 47. a4+ Kb6 48. Ka3 h5 49. Nb3 f5 50. Nc1 g5 51. Nd3 Bd4
52. Kb3 Kc6 53. b5+ Kb6 (53... Kc7 $14) 54. Kb4 $2 (54. Nb4 $1 $18) 54... Be3
55. a5+ Kc7 56. Ne5 Kd6 57. Nc6 {Threatens to win with Nxa7!} Bd2+ $2 (57... a6
$11 {and Black is okay.}) 58. Ka4 $1 $18 Be3 $2 {[#]} (58... a6 {is tougher.})
59. Kb3 $2 (59. Nxa7 $1 $18 d4 (59... Bxa7 60. b6) 60. b6) 59... Bf2 (59... a6
$11) 60. Kc3 (60. f4 $5 gxf4 61. Nb4 $11) 60... Be1+ 61. Kd3 a6 $2 (61... Kc5
$11) 62. Nd4 axb5 63. Nxb5+ ({Weaker is} 63. a6 Kc7 $16) 63... Kc6 64. a6 Bf2
65. Nd4+ Kb6 66. Nxf5 Kxa6 67. Ng7 $2 ({White must play} 67. Ne7 $18) 67... Kb6
$11 68. Nxh5 {Ke2 is the strong threat.} Kc5 69. f4 gxf4 70. Nxf4 Kd6 71. Ke2
Bd4 72. Kf3 Bf6 73. Nd3 {And now Kf4 would win.} Ke6 74. g4 {aiming for Kf4.}
Bd8 75. Kg3 Bc7+ 76. Kh4 {Black must now prevent Kg5.} d4 $2 (76... Kf6 $11)
77. Kg5 $18 Bg3 78. h4 Kd5 79. Nb2 Ke4 {[#]} 80. h5 $1 d3 {[#]} 81. Nxd3 $1
Kxd3 {White mates.} 82. Kf5 Be1 83. g5 Bd2 84. g6 Bh6 85. Kf6 Ke4 {Precision:
White = 63%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Na5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. g4 {B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack} (10. O-O-O b5 11. a3
Rb8 12. g4 Nd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Nb3 Na4 15. Bd2 Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3+
18. Qxd3 Be7 19. g5 {1-0 (37) Fedorov,A (2599)-Sax,G (2576) Pula 2001}) 10...
b5 11. g5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 12... Ne5 13. O-O Nac4 14. f4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. f5 Bd7 {1-0 (28) Czebe,A (2325)-Arnold,J (2190) Budapest 1996}) 13. f4 Nc4
$1 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qxc4 bxc4 16. Nf3 h6 17. O-O-O (17. h4 $11) 17... hxg5 $15
18. Nxg5 Rh4 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rhd1 Nf6 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Re1 Rd7 23. f5 {[#]} e5
$1 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Bf2 $18) (23... Nxe4 $6 24. Ncxe4 Bxe4 25. fxe6 $14) 24.
Bb6 Rg4 25. Rg1 (25. h4 $17) 25... Rxg1+ $19 26. Bxg1 d5 27. Na4 $2 (27. exd5
Nxd5 28. Nce4) 27... d4 ({Not} 27... Nxe4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rxd7 $17) ({But not
} 27... dxe4 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. h4 $19) 28. Nb6 Rc7 ({And not} 28... Nxe4 29.
Nxe4 Rc7 30. Bxd4 $16) 29. b3 $2 (29. Re2) 29... cxb3 {Black is clearly
winning.} 30. cxb3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kb2 Bxf5 33. Nd5 Rc5 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 {
Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. b4 Rc4 36. h4 g6 37. Bf2 Ke6 38. Kb3 Rc3+ 39. Kb2 Kd5 40.
Bg1 Kc4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rb3+.} 41. Bf2 Rb3+ 42. Ka2 Be6 {aiming for ...Kc3.}
43. Be1 Kb5 {Precision: White = 14%, Black = 79%.} (43... Re3 $142 44. Rd1 Re2+
45. Kb1 Bf5+ 46. Kc1 e4) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 {B31: Sicilian:
2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 7. Bc4 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {LiveBook: 4
Games} 11. Nd2 Kh7 12. Nd5 f5 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. exf5 Rxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... gxf5) 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Ne3 Rh5 17. Bd5 Qh4 {...Rf8 is the strong threat.}
18. Nf1 $1 Rf8 19. Qd2 Rhf5 20. Re2 Bc6 21. Be4 R5f7 22. c4 h5 23. Qc2 Bh6 24.
b3 Kg7 25. Qb2 Kh7 26. Qc2 Qf6 (26... Kg7 {keeps more tension.}) 27. a3 Bd7 28.
Bd5 Be6 29. Ng3 (29. Bxe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxe6 30. Rae1) 29... Bxd5
30. cxd5 {[#]} Rd7 $2 (30... e4 $1 $17 31. Rae1 (31. dxe4 Qxa1+) 31... e3 $1)
31. Ne4 $14 Qf7 32. Qc4 g5 33. b4 b6 34. Qb5 Rfd8 35. Rb1 g4 36. a4 Kg7 (36...
cxb4 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Qxb4 Kg6) 37. bxc5 $16 bxc5 38. Qc6 (38. Qc4 $16)
38... Rc7 $1 $11 39. Nxd6 Rxc6 $40 {Black has some attack.} 40. Nxf7 Rxd5 41.
Nxe5 Re6 42. Rbe1 $1 Bg5 43. g3 Bf6 44. Nc4 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 Rxd3 {Endgame KRB-KRN
} 46. Rc2 (46. h3 $5) 46... Bd4 47. Kg2 {[#]} Kf6 $1 48. h3 $2 ({Better is} 48.
Re2 $15) 48... Ke6 $19 49. hxg4 (49. Ne3 $17) 49... hxg4 50. Ne3 Bxe3 51. fxe3
{KR-KR} Kd5 52. e4+ {[#]} (52. Kf2 $142 Ra3 53. e4+ Kxe4 54. Rc4+ Kd3 55. Rxc5)
52... Kd4 $1 53. Re2 Rf3 54. e5 Rf7 55. e6 Re7 56. Kf2 Kd5 57. Rd2+ Kxe6 58.
Rd8 Kf5 $2 (58... Ke5 $19 {aiming for ...c4.} 59. Rg8 Kd4 60. Rxg4+ Kd3) 59.
Rf8+ $2 (59. Rc8 $11) 59... Ke4 60. Rf4+ $2 (60. Ke2 Kd4+ 61. Kd2) 60... Kd3 {
Black is clearly winning.} 61. Rxg4 c4 62. Rg8 c3 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Rc8+ Kb3 65.
g4 Re5 66. Kf3 c2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]
B92: Sicilian Najdorf: Be2} dxc5 14. c4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Qf5 {
White is slightly better.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc7 16. Rae1 e4 17.
g3 Rae8 18. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (75) Obregon,C (2537) -Fell,S (2325) Villa Martelli
2015}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. f3 f5 20. Rae1 e4 21. fxe4
Rxe4 22. Bd3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} f4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Kf3 Re8 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {KB-KB} 27. Kg4 f3 28. gxf3 Bxh2 {The position is equal.} 29.
Kh5 Bf4 30. Kg4 Bd6 31. Kh5 Bf4 32. Kg4 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 68%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 {
D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (8. Be2 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1
Rd8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Be2 Bb7 {1-0 (68) Inarkiev,E (2702) -Gelfand,
B (2729) Nazran 2017}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White
has an edge.} Qe7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with
similar games:} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. e4 Qe7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rfe1 a6 15.
Bd3 Bb7 {1-0 (49) Martirosyan,H (2544)-Harutyunian,T (2517) Martuni 2017}) 11.
e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nb3 Nd7 (14... c5 $1 $11) 15. Rfe1 Re8 16.
c5 $1 bxc5 17. Bc4 (17. Qc2 $14) 17... Kh8 (17... cxd4 {looks sharper.} 18.
Nbxd4 Nb6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Rad1 Kh7) 18. Qxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 (19. Bxe6 {is more
complex.} cxd4 20. Nbxd4 Nf8 21. Bf7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Ne5) 19... Rxe6 20.
Bxe6 cxd4 21. Nfxd4 Nb6 22. Rc1 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxb2 24. Rxc6 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8
$11 {Endgame KBN-KNN} 26. f3 Kg8 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Nec5 Ke7 29. Nd3 Bg7 30. Ke3
Nb6 31. Nb4 Kd6 32. Kd3 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Kxd5 {KB-KN} 34. Na5 Be5 35. h3 Bc7 36.
Nb3 Bb6 37. Nd2 Kc5 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Kb4 40. Nc4 Bc7 41. Kd4 a5 42. Kd3 a4
43. Kd4 Bd8 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Nb6 Ka3 46. Nd5 Bh4 47. Kc4 $1 Kb2 {Strongly
threatening ...Bg3.} 48. a3 $2 (48. Nb6 $11) 48... Kxa3 $19 {[#] Hoping for ...
Kb2.} 49. Kc3 Bg3 50. Nb6 $2 (50. Kc2) 50... Be5+ 51. Kc2 {And now Nc4+ would
win.} Kb4 52. Nd5+ Kc5 53. Ne7 Bf6 54. Nxg6 {[#]} Kc4 $1 {Precision: White =
57%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bb5+ {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4
Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne4 N5f6
14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qf4 17. Bg3 Qg4 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qf5 20.
Rac1 Qa5 {1-0 (46) Li,C (2720)-Eljanov,P (2759) Sharjah 2017}) 10... Bc6 11.
Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. O-O O-O 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Dgebuadze,A (2470)-Munoz Moreno,F (2320) Malaga 1998}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 O-O
13. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Ne4 N5f6 15. Qe2 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qb7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qe8 20. Qa6 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rfc1 f6 23. h4
h6 24. Kf1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. g4 Bd6 28. Be3 Rh8 29. Rh1 Rac8 30.
Kd3 Nf4+ 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rae1 Rcd8 33. Kc4 Rc8+ (33... b5+ $5 34. Kd3 a5 $15)
34. Kd3 b5 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Ke4 Rc8 {
...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 38. Ne1 $1 Rc4 39. Nd3 {The position is equal.}
Bc7 (39... Be5 {feels hotter.} 40. Nxe5 fxe5 41. Kxe5 Rc2 42. Re1 Rxf2 43. d5
Rxb2 44. dxe6 b4) 40. Rc1 Rxc1 41. Nxc1 {KB-KN} Bb6 42. Nd3 Kd6 43. f4 gxf4 44.
Nxf4 {[#]} f5+ $1 45. gxf5 exf5+ 46. Kd3 Bd8 47. Ne2 Bg5 48. Ng3 Ke6 49. Ne2 a6
50. b3 Kd5 51. Nc3+ Kc6 52. Ne2 Be7 53. a4 Bd6 54. d5+ Kxd5 {White must now
prevent ...bxa4.} 55. axb5 a5 56. Nd4 f4 57. Nf3 Kc5 58. Nd4 Kd5 (58... Be5 $5
59. Nc6 Bd6 $11) 59. Nf3 Bc7 60. Nd4 Bb6 61. Nf3 Kc5 62. Ke4 Kb4 63. Nd2 Kxb5 {
White should prevent ...Be3.} 64. Kxf4 Kb4 65. Nc4 Kxb3 {[#]} 66. Nxa5+ $1 Bxa5
{Precision: White = 64%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {C70: Ruy
Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Nc3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. O-O-O d6
13. e5 Bg4 14. exd6 cxd6 {1-0 (49) Zhigalko,A (2628)-Zubarev,A (2546) Pavlodar
2013}) 10. Bb3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. exd5 h6 12. Be3 cxd5 13.
Bd4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (89) Stojic,D (2252) -Demuth,A (2521) Brisbane 2017}
) 11. Qd2 h6 12. Be3 c5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. e5 ({White should try} 14. Rhe1 $16)
14... Nxe5 $11 15. Bxc5 Bg4 16. Ba7 Rxb3 (16... Bxd1 $11 17. Rxd1 Ra8) 17. axb3
$14 {And now f3 would win.} Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qa8 19. Bd4 (19. Be3 $16) 19... Qxg2
$15 20. f4 (20. Bb6 $15) 20... Qxd2+ $17 21. Rxd2 c5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. fxe5
Bxe5 {Endgame Hoping for ...Bf4. KRB-KRN} 24. Re2 f6 25. Ne4 {With the idea
Nxf6+.} Kf7 26. Nxc5 a5 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. c4 Rc8 29. Kb1 Be7 30. Kc2 g5 31. Kc3 {
[#]} (31. Rf2 $15) 31... f5 $1 32. b4 axb4+ 33. Nxb4 Bf6+ 34. Kb3 Bd4 (34... f4
$17 35. Nd3 f3) 35. Nd3 f4 36. Re4 Be3 37. Kc3 Kg6 38. h3 h5 39. b4 Rf8 {
...g4 is the strong threat.} 40. Ne1 $2 (40. Re6+ $1 $11 Rf6 41. Re7) 40... Kf5
$19 41. Re7 {intending Nc2.} g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. Ng2 $2 (43. c5 Rd8 44. Kc4)
43... Bf2 44. Kd3 Rd8+ 45. Ke2 f3+ 46. Kxf2 {KRN-KR} Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Rxg2 48. Rf7+
Ke4 49. c5 Rc2 50. Re7+ Kf4 {[#] ( -> ...g3)} 51. Re1 g3 52. Rb1 Rh2 {
Precision: White = 33%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nie, Xin"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 {
LiveBook: 13 Games} Re8 $1 9. Be2 Ngxe5 10. O-O Nxf3+ {A52: Budapest Gambit}
11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Nc3 (12. Be2 Ra6 13. Nd2 Rh6 14. g3 b6 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf3
Qe8 17. Re1 Qe6 18. b4 Bf8 19. Qc2 Qh3 20. Nf1 d6 {1-0 (55) Micic,N (2257)
-Andrejic,V (2185) Valjevo 2010}) 12... Ra6 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. Ng3 Qh4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Rg6 16. Rad1 d6 17. Rd4 Be7 {1-0 (47)
Ondras,M (1969) -Zvarikova,A (1927) Slovakia 2008}) 15. Be2 Rh6 16. h3 d6 17.
Qd4 Qe7 18. e4 Qh4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 20. exf5 Qd8 (20... Qxd4 $11 21. Bxd4 Be7)
21. f4 ({White should play} 21. Rae1 $16) 21... Nd7 22. Bf3 d5 23. Kh1 (23. b4
$5) 23... dxc4 24. Qxc4 c6 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Rfe1 $11 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qd8 28. Rd1
Qc7 29. Qe4 Rd6 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Qc2 Nd3 32. Re3 Nxb2 33. Qxb2 Rd8 34. Re4 Qd6
35. a4 Be7 36. Qe2 Bf8 37. Re5 Qb4 38. Qe3 Bd6 39. Re4 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41.
Be2 Kf8 42. Bc4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Black "Liu, Shilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 {LiveBook: 77 Games} 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07] B59:
Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2 e5 Nb3} (11. f4 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rf2
b6 15. Rd2 Bc6 16. Qg1 Rb8 17. Qe1 Qb7 18. Bf2 Rfe8 19. fxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (52)
Dzhumaev,M (2549)-Li,C (2686) Manila 2013}) 11... Be6 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rad1 b6 17. Rd2 Qd7 18.
Nb5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Burnoiu,N (2240)-Wagener,A (2250)
Miercurea Ciuc 1998}) 15... Bxf6 16. Qe2 Rc6 17. Rad1 b6 18. Na1 Qc8 {[#]} 19.
Nb5 $1 Qb8 20. c3 Na6 21. Nb3 Rd8 22. Rd5 Nc7 23. Rd3 Nxb5 24. axb5 Rc7 25.
Rfd1 Be7 26. Nd2 Rdc8 27. Nf1 Rc4 28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Ne3 R4c5 ({But not} 29...
Rxe4 $2 30. Nd5 $18) 30. Nd5 f6 31. Qh5 Bf8 32. Rh3 h6 33. Qg6 Qf7 34. Qg4 Kh8
35. Qe2 Qb7 36. Rg3 Qf7 37. Nxb6 Rb8 38. b4 $18 axb4 39. cxb4 Rxb6 40. bxc5
dxc5 41. Rd5 Rb8 42. h3 Qa7 43. Qc4 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qa5 45. Rd7 Qxb5 46. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yang, Yijing"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} (10. Kh1 Ne8 11. Qd2
Kh8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h6 14. Bg4 Nef6 15. Be2 Nh7 16. g3 Bg5 17. f4 Bf6 {
1-0 (54) Sakaev,K (2591)-Fridman,R (2507) Germany 2014}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2
Ne8 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 12. Nd3 {White is better.} Bg5 13. f4 (13. f3 $14)
13... exf4 $1 $11 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf6 15. e5 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxc5 {1-0 (31) Wenzel,B (2069)-Wolloner,T (2156) Hamburg 2010})
15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Re1 f6 17. Rf3 g6 18. a3 Ng7 19. b4 Rac8 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Rfc8 24. Rc3 Re8 (24... Qc7 $5) 25. Qf2 Qe5 26.
Rf1 Rf8 27. Qe3 {The position is equal.} f5 (27... Rfc8 $5) 28. Nb3 Rc7 29.
exf5 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Nxf5 31. Re4 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. g4 Rc4 34. Ref4 Rxf4 35.
Rxf4 Ne3 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Endgame KN-KN} 37. Nd4 b4 38. axb4 Ke7 39. g5 Nxd5 40.
b5 Nb6 41. Kf2 d5 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. h4 Nc4+ 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Ne6+ Kxb5 46. Kd4 Kc6
47. Nf4 Nb6 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nxh5 Nd7 50. Nf4 Nf8 51. Nxd5 Ne6+ 52. Ke5 Nxg5 53.
Nf6 h6 54. Kf5 Kd6 55. Kg6 Ke6 56. Kxh6 Kxf6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black =
61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System}
11. b3 a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Nd5 {[#]}
f5 $146 (15... Bxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 f5 $14) 16... Bb2)
({Predecessor:} 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Bb2 17. Rc2 Qc7 18. O-O {1-0 (42) Ehlvest,
J (2614)-Ramirez,A (2547) ICC INT 2009}) 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. O-O Bxd5 18. g4 Re5
{Hoping for ...Bf7.} 19. cxd5 Nb6 20. f4 Rxd5 21. Bc4 e6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. f5
gxf5 ({Black should try} 23... Qf6 $1 $14) 24. gxf5 $16 Qh4 25. Bg5 $2 (25. Bf4
$1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.}) 25... Bd4+ $17 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be3 29. Bxe3 (29. Rce1 $17 Bxg5 30. Kh1) 29... Nxe3+ $19 30.
Kg3 (30. Kf3 $142 Nxf1 31. Rxf1) 30... Nxf1+ 31. Rxf1 {Endgame KR-KR} Kf7 32.
Rc1 (32. Rd1 $17 {might work better.}) 32... Rg8+ ({Don't do} 32... exf5 33.
Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7) 33. Kf3 {[#]} (33. Kf2 $17) 33... e5 $1 ({Much less strong
is} 33... exf5 34. Rc3 $17) 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rxb7 Kxf5 36. Rxh7 Rb8 37. Rh6 $2
(37. Rf7+ Ke6 38. Ra7) 37... Rxb4 38. Rxd6 Rb2 $1 39. h4 Rxa2 40. Ra6 e4+ ({Not
} 40... Rh2 41. Kg3 $11) 41. Kg3 e3 42. h5 {[#]} e2 $2 ({Black should play} 
42... Ra1 $1 $19 {( -> ...e2)} 43. Kf3 a2 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Ra6+ Kg5) 43. Kf2
$11 {The position is equal.} Ra1 (43... Kg5 $5 44. h6 e1=Q+ 45. Kxe1 Rb2 $11)
44. Kxe2 a2 {...Rh1 is the strong threat.} 45. h6 Rh1 (45... Rg1 $5 46. h7 $8
Rh1 $11) 46. h7 Rxh7 47. Kd3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 58%.} (47...
a1=Q $5 48. Rxa1 Rh3+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ 50. Kc5 Rh8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 (6... O-O 7. Qe2 Re8
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 {1/2-1/2
(43) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Nc4 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bc3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} c5 11. a4 f6 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. g3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf5 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Borisek,J (2565)-Mastrovasilis,
A (2544) Reykjavik 2015}) 13... Bh3 14. Ng2 Qd7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 f5 18. e5 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Be7 21. Ne3 g6 22. Rh1 (22. Rg1 $5)
22... Red8 23. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 $1 24. Kg3 Ne6 25. Nc4 b6 26.
Nd2 Bf8 27. Rhf1 a6 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. b3 Rd5 30. Bd2 Rad8 31. Ra2 R5d7 32. Be3
Rd5 33. Bd2 R5d7 34. Be3 Rd5 35. Bd2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} ({
Better is} 35. Ng5+ $14 Nxg5 36. hxg5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Be3
e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Qf2 Qb8 16. Kh1 Bd8 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03] A1:
Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} Bc7 18. b4 d5 ({Black should try} 18... h6
$14) (18... Ne5 19. Nb3 Ba8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxa6 c4 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb5 cxb3
24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Bxb6 {1-0 (35) Malakhov,V (2709)-Mista,A (2562)
Warsaw 2012}) 19. cxd5 $16 {White is better.} Bg3 (19... exd5 $16 20. Nxd5 Bg3
21. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 20. Qd2 $18 exd5 {[#]} 21. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (42) Szabo,K (2226)-Bui,V (2420)
Budapest 2002}) 21... dxe4 {[#]} (21... Bd6 $142) 22. f4 $1 Nh5 (22... Ne5 $142
23. Nxg3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3) 23. Qxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxf4 (23...
Rcd8 $142 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qxh5 Bxf4 27. Qxf7 Be5) 24. Bxf4 Qxf4
25. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 (5. e3 d6 6. h3 b6 7. a4 a5 8.
Nbd2 Bb7 9. Bb5 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Bh2 Qc8 12. Re1 c6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Nc4 Qb7
{1/2-1/2 (106) Kamsky,G (2676)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Sochi 2017}) 5... b6 6.
Nbd2 {A48:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
a4 a6 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qe8 11. Bh2 e5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13.
dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 Ne8 16. Bd5 c6 17.
Bb3 Nd6 {0-1 (38) Petrov,J (2390)-Jankovic,A (2582) Mali Losinj 2017}) 13...
dxe5 14. e4 Ne8 15. Rfe1 Nd6 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ba2 a5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nc5
20. Qc2 Kh8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. Rab1 (23. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 24. Reb1 $15)
23... f6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Nd2 Rfa8 26. Nc4 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Na5 Rd6 29.
Qe2 Qd7 30. Rbd1 {[#] aiming for Rxd6.} Raa6 31. f4 Ba8 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Bg3
h5 34. Nb3 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rd6 $1 36. Ra1 {Precision:
White = 73%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with cxd5}
15. Bb3 Qe7 (15... Nf6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. h3 h6 20. Qf4
Nd7 21. Re4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 {0-1 (56) Li,C (2755) -Harikrishna,P (2763)
Stavanger 2016}) 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Rd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games.
The position is equal.} Qe7 20. Qf4 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rc3
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {0-1 (37) Berchtenbreiter,M (2421)-Socko,B 
(2654) Yerevan 2014}) 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Qf4 Qf6 23. Qe3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} (12. Qa4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 d4 14. O-O dxe3 15. Rad1
Qf6 16. fxe3 Qxf4 17. exf4 Re8 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Ne5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Adams,M (2761) Shamkir 2017}) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O {LiveBook:
16 Games} Rd8 14. Qe2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1
Qf6 15. Qa4 h6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rc5 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (17) Sladek,V (2085)-Daroczy,
S (1979) ICCF email 2009}) 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Qf6 18.
Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. Ba4 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd2 g6 23. Rad1 Rdc8 24. g3
Rc1 25. Kg2 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 $14 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc5 27. Rd4 ({Much weaker is} 
27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxb2 $11) ({White should try} 27. b4 $16 Rc3 28. Rxd5)
27... Qc6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. b4 Rc1 29. Qf3 Qb5 {[#] ( -> ...
Qf1+)} 30. g4 Qf1+ 31. Kg3 Qg1+ $1 32. Kh4 h6 $1 {aiming for ...Rf1.} 33. Rxd5
{[#] Rd7 would kill now.} Rc2 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7 Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Kg3
Ra2 38. Rxb7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Qc7 (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 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}) 6. O-O {
C24: Bishop's Opening: 2.. .Nf6} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 dxe4
8. dxe4 Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 {
0-1 (38) Izquierdo,D (2277) -Coppola,C (2092) Montevideo 2011}) 7. Ng5 Bg4 8.
Qe1 {White is slightly better.} Bh5 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. f4 {Black
should prevent d4.} Bc5+ 12. Kh1 $1 O-O-O 13. fxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent
Bf4.} Bg6 14. Qg4 {aiming for d4.} Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qg4 18.
Nc4 Qxg3 19. Bxg3 Rhe8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 (21... Nh5 $11) 22. Rxe8+ $16
Nxe8 23. Ne5 Bd4 24. Nxf7 Bf5 {[#]} 25. c3 (25. Be5 $1 $16 Bxe5 26. Nxe5) 25...
Be3 $1 $11 26. Bc2 Be6 27. Ne5 Bxa2 28. b3 Nf6 29. d4 (29. c4 $11) 29... Nd5
$15 30. Be1 c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5 32. b4 Be7 {Black is slightly better.} 33. Bxh7
Bf6 34. Nf7 Bxc3 35. Nd6+ Kd7 36. Bxc3 Nxc3 37. Nxb7 Kc6 {Precision: White =
52%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7:
Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Bxd8 Bxe2
15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 {[#] LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 16. a3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. b3 Kf8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Kuzubov, Y (2646)-Kravtsiv,M (2657) Kocaeli 2017}) 16...
Be7 17. b4 Bf6 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Bd3 Bc3 20. Rb3 Be1 21. Rb1 Bc3 22. Rb3 Be1 23.
Rb1 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:05] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. O-O (10.
Qc2 h6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. a3 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 {
0-1 (40) Giri,A (2775)-Radjabov,T (2724) Geneve 2017}) 10... b6 11. b4 a5 12.
a3 Qc7 {LiveBook: 103 Games} 13. g3 Ba6 14. h4 (14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qd3 Ra7 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Ju,W (2568)-Guo,Q (2436) China 2016}) 14... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14... Bf6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {1-0 (67) Pashikian,A (2611)-Harutyunian,T 
(2462) Yerevan 2016}) 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 Bf8 18. Ne5 b5 19. h5
Be7 20. Ne2 Nf8 (20... Reb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Ng1 (21. a4 $1 $16) 21...
axb4 22. axb4 Qb7 23. Ngf3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 $1 25. Qc3 Ra6 26. Nd2 Qa8 27. Nb3
{Strongly threatening Rxa6.} f6 $1 28. Nf3 (28. Nd3 {feels hotter.} Bd8 29.
Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Qa1 Qb7 31. Nd2) 28... Rxa1 29. Nxa1 Qa4 30. Nc2 Bd8 31. Ne3 Bc7
(31... Qa7 $14) 32. Ng4 (32. f5 $16) 32... Qa8 33. Ne3 (33. Nh4 $14) 33... Nd7
(33... Qa4 $1 $11) 34. Qc2 (34. Qe1 $16 Nf8 35. Qb1) 34... Nf8 (34... f5 $1 $11
) 35. Nh4 $16 Qe8 36. Qe2 Qf7 ({Black should play} 36... Bd8 $14) 37. f5 $1 $18
e5 38. Ng6 $1 Qd7 (38... Nxg6 $16 39. fxg6 (39. hxg6 Qe7 $11) 39... Qd7) 39.
Qd3 (39. dxe5 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Bxe5 40. Qa2) 39... exd4 $2
{[#]} (39... Bd8 $16) 40. Nc2 $1 Nxg6 41. hxg6 Qe8 (41... Be5 $142 42. f4 Kf8
43. fxe5 fxe5) 42. Nxd4 Be5 43. Ne6 Qa8 44. Qe2 Qa1 45. f4 Qb2 46. Qxb2 Bxb2 {
Endgame [#] KB-KN} 47. Nd8 $1 Bc3 48. Nxc6 Kf8 49. Na7 {c6 would kill now.}
Bxb4 50. c6 {Threatening mate with c7.} Ba5 51. Nxb5 Ke7 52. Nd4 Kd6 53. Ne6
Kxc6 54. Nxg7 Kd7 55. Ne6 Ke7 56. g4 Bb6 57. Kf3 Ba7 58. Nc7 Kf8 59. Nxd5 Kg7
60. Kg3 (60. Nc7 $142 Kg8 61. Ne8) 60... Bd4 61. Kh4 {White mates.} Bb2 62. Kh5
Bc1 63. Nc7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3 {
LiveBook: 9 Games} b6 {[%emt 0:00:07] D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical:
Qc2} (8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. O-O b6
14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Qb3 {1-0 (50) Tan,Z (2517)-Foisor,S (2331)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O Rc8
11. Kb1 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Kg8 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rc1 {
1-0 (26) Rusev,R (2145)-Ilchev,D (2028) Pamporovo 2001}) 10... dxc4 {The
position is equal.} 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Black should try} 12... Rc8)
13. Rfd1 $11 Qc8 14. Nd4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 e5 (16... a6 $14) 17. Nb5
Qf5 18. Bh4 (18. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14) 18... Bc6 {With the
idea ...Qe4.} 19. Nc3 (19. Bd3 $5 e4 20. Bc4 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 $14) 19... Bb4 20.
Bxf6 (20. Bd3 {feels hotter.} Qe6 21. Rac1 a5 22. Nb5 Rfc8 23. a3) 20... Qxf6
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 $36 {White is more active.} Be7 24. Bb3
Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 {[#]} (25... Bd6 $11) 26. Qa6 $1 $16 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Qd6 28.
Qxa7 g6 29. Qb7 Kg7 30. a3 Qf6 31. b4 h5 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Bxc6 {Endgame KB-KB}
f5 34. Kf1 e4 35. Ke2 Bf6 36. Kd2 Bh4 37. g3 Bf6 38. a4 Bd8 39. Kc3 h4 40. g4
Kf6 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Kd4 Bc7 43. Bd7 ({White should play} 43. Kc4 $14) 43...
Bg3 $2 {[#]} (43... Be5+ $11 44. Kc4 Bg3) 44. a5 $18 {White is clearly winning.
} bxa5 45. bxa5 f4 (45... Bb8 $142 46. Kd5 f4 47. exf4 Bxf4 48. Kxe4 Bc7) 46.
exf4 Bxf2+ 47. Kxe4 Ba7 48. a6 Ke7 49. Bb5 Kf6 50. Bd3 Ke6 51. f5+ {Precision:
White = 61%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nb6 {
D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (7... Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7
Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Nd2 Rc8
16. Nb3 Nfd7 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 {1-0 (61) Nakamura,H (2787)
-Aronian,L (2792) Paris 2016}) 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bd3 Bg6 {LiveBook: 6
Games} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 Bxf4
14. Nxf4 g5 15. Nh3 {1/2-1/2 (38) Savon, V (2435)-Smagin,S (2545) St
Petersburg 1994}) 13... Qc7 14. Kb1 Nh7 15. Bh4 Nf8 16. Bg3 Ne6 17. Rc1 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 O-O-O 20. Qb3 Kb8 21. Qb4 Nc8 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc3 Nc8
24. Na4 Qd6 25. Qxd6+ (25. Nc5 {is interesting.} b6 26. Na6+ Kb7 27. Qa4 Nc7
28. Nxc7 Qxc7 29. Ba6+) 25... Nxd6 26. Nc3 Kc7 27. Kc2 Kd7 28. b4 a6 29. a4 Ke7
30. a5 Ng5 31. g4 Ne6 32. Na4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Nc5 Kf6 35. f4 Nxc5 36. bxc5
$14 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf7 37. Be2 Re8 38. Kd3 Rh8 39. Rb1 Nd8 40. g4 g6 41. g5+
Ke7 42. Bf3 Ke6 43. Rh1 {White is slightly better.} Rxh1 44. Bxh1 Ke7 45. Bf3 {
Precision: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 {[%emt 0:00:06] D17: Slav Defence:
5 a4 Bf5: Lines with Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (11... f6 12. O-O g5 13. Nxe5 gxf4 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. a5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 a6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4
{1-0 (48) So,W (2775)-Akopian,V (2648) Doha 2015}) 12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 O-O-O
14. Qd4 Qxd7 15. Qxh8 Qd2+ 16. Kf1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qxb2 17. Re1 {[#] Black
must now prevent Qf6.} Bb4 18. Qf6 $1 Qc2 19. Ne4 Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
19... Be6 20. f3 Bxe1 21. Kxe1 Qc1+ 22. Kf2 Qe3+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Kf2 Qe3+ 25.
Ke1 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Andersen,M (2466) -Svane,R (2493) Vaxjo 2014})
20. Bh3+ Kc7 $132 {aiming for ...Rd1. Black is not keeping still} 21. Qxf4+ Kb6
{[#]} 22. Bf5 $1 Rd1 (22... Bxe1 $11 23. Bxe4 Qxa4) (22... Bxf5 23. Qxb4+) 23.
Bxe4 $16 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Qxe2 25. Rxe1 Qxe1 26. Bxh7 Qe7 27. h4 Bd6 28. Qd2 Bb4
29. Qf4 Bd6 $1 30. Qd2 Bb4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Yang, Yijing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e4
O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Be2 {
LiveBook: 3 Games} N8d7 {White has an edge.} 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5
Qe7 $146 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. Qb3 $36 {White has good play.} Rfe8 17. Be3 Ned7 18.
f3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. f4 Rad8 21. e5 Nc7 22. Bf3 Kh8 (22... Ne6 $14) 23. Ne4
$16 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ncd5 25. Bc5 Qc7 26. Nd6 Re7 27. g3 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Nc4
Rd7 {[#]} (29... Re8 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Ne5 Nbd5) 30. Bd6 $1 $18
Qd8 {White must now prevent ...Nxc4.} 31. Ne5 Nfd5 {intending ...Ne3.} 32. Nxd7
Ne3 $2 (32... Qxd7 33. Bc5 Qc8) 33. Ne5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 48%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9. d4 Bf6 10.
Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17.
f4 c6 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (70) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 9...
Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 {LiveBook: 78 Games} 14. Ne7+
Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d4 Nf6 {[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 Qd6
18. g3 Rce8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. c3 Qe6 21. Kg2 g6 22. Qf3 Kg7 {The position is
equal.} 23. Bd2 Ne4 24. Re1 f5 25. Bf4 (25. Qe2 $5 Qd7 26. f3 $14) 25... Qd7
26. Re2 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Re7 28. h4 Qc7 (28... Nd6 {seems wilder.} 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7
30. Qe5+ Qf6 31. Kf3 a5) 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 $11 {
Endgame KR-KR} h5 $1 33. Re6 Rf7 34. a4 a6 35. Rd6 Re7 36. a5 Re2 37. Rd7+ Kf6
38. Rxb7 {[#] And now Rb6 would win.} g5 $1 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rg7+ Kf4 41.
Rf7+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kf4 43. Rf7+ Kg5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 75%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Li, Di"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 10. Qc2
O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Find the
theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. f3 Nd6 14. Rad1 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. e4 {1-0 (59) Navara,D (2742)-Hammer,J (2651) Novy
Bor 2016}) 13... Nd6 14. h3 Re8 15. Bh2 Bf8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qa4 Be6 18. Ne2 ({
Wrong is} 18. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 18... Qb6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nfd3 a5
22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. Qf3 Qd8 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qxg4 Qc7 29. Rc2 Re7 30. Nd3 Rae8 31. Qf3 Qb6 32. Rec1 Qb5 33. Rc3 a4 34. R1c2
Kg7 35. Qd1 Ra8 36. Nc5 Rc7 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. Qf1 Re7 39. Qd1 Rae8 40. Rc1 (40.
b4 $5) 40... h6 41. Rb1 Ra8 42. Qc2 Qa5 43. Rc1 g5 44. Nc5 Qb5 (44... Bxc5 $5
45. Rxc5 Qd8 $11) 45. Rb1 (45. b4 $5) 45... Qa5 46. Rc1 Qb5 47. Rb1 (47. b4 $5)
47... Qb4 48. Rc1 (48. a3 $5 Qa5 49. b4 axb3 50. Rcxb3 $11) 48... Ra5 (48...
Qb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Nd3 (49. a3 $16 Qb5 50. b4) 49... Qb6 $11 50.
Rb1 Qa7 51. Rc1 Rc7 52. Qe2 Qa8 53. Qc2 Re7 54. Nc5 b6 55. Nd3 c5 $1 56. dxc5
bxc5 57. Nxc5 {And now Nd3 would win.} (57. b4 $5 axb3 58. axb3 $11) 57... Be5
$1 58. b4 (58. h4 $5 Bxc3 59. Qxc3+ f6 60. h5 $11) 58... axb3 $1 59. Rxb3 d4 (
59... Rxa2 $11 60. Qd1 d4) 60. Qf5 $2 {[#]} (60. a4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}
) 60... Qd5 $1 $19 61. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (61. Qc8 {is a better defense.}) 61... Rc7
$1 62. exd4 Qxd4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e6 {B13: Caro-Kann:
Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6... Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Bf1 a6 12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 b5 14. a4 Qb7 15. Qb3
Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qc5 bxa4 {1-0 (42) Artemiev,V (2682)-Rozum,I (2606) Sochi
2017}) 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ng6 11.
Nf1 Nf4 12. Ne5 $146 (12. Bxf4 $5 Bxf4 13. Qc2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxf4
Bxf4 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Ne5 {1-0 (45) Korchagina,V (2030)-Belenkaya,D (2181) St
Petersburg 2013}) 12... Nxd3 13. Nxd3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 f6 15. b4 Rhe8 16. Ne3 Ne7
17. Nc5 (17. Bd2 {feels hotter.} Kb8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. a4 e5 20. a5) 17... e5 18.
dxe5 ({Much worse is} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 $17) 18... fxe5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Bxc5 $1 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 {[#]
Hoping for Bg5.} Bc6 23. c4 g6 24. Bb2 (24. Bg5 $5 Rd3 25. Rac1 $14) 24... e4
25. Rad1 Rd3 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {Endgame KB-KB} 28. Kf1 Bf7 (
28... d2 $5 29. Ke2 $8 Bf7 $11) 29. Ke1 Bxc4 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. a3 Kc6 32. Bd4 a5
33. Bc3 Kb5 34. Kc1 Bd5 35. g3 a4 36. Kb2 Kxc5 37. h4 Kc4 38. Bb4 Kd4 39. Kc1
b6 40. Kd2 Ke4 41. Ke1 Kf3 42. Bc3 Ke4 (42... b5 $15) 43. Kd2 (43. Bb4 $1 $11)
43... Bc4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. d5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (9. Nbd2 Ng4
10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Re1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bg3 g5 15. Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ne3
Qf7 {0-1 (37) Kasimdzhanov,R (2703) -Mamedyarov,S (2746) Almaty 2016}) 9... Ne7
10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} h6 12. c4
Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nc3 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. Ne1 Rf7 16.
Nd3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Rae1 Raf8 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc3 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 g5 22. Qc1
{1/2-1/2 (22) Videki,S (2445) -Zsinka,L (2588) Hungary 2000}) 15. Rfe1 O-O 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Bc1 Nh5 19. Ne2 c5 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. b3 b5 22. Nc3
bxc4 23. Nd5 $1 {Threatens to win with Nh4!} e4 $2 {[#]} (23... Rae8 $14) 24.
Nh4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 (24... Nxh4 25. Ne7+) 25. Nxg6 Nxd5
26. Rxd5 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Kf7 27. Qd1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black
= 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Nie, Xin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ {A13: English
Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 {LiveBook: 5
Games} Bd7 $146 (10... d3 $5 11. e3 O-O $15) ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O
e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 {0-1 (33) Bu,X (2710)-Tan,Z (2506) Huocheng County 2017})
11. a3 Bd6 12. Qc2 {[#] aiming for c5.} c5 13. d3 O-O 14. Nd2 Qe8 15. a4 Bc6
16. O-O Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qa8+ 18. Kg1 Ra6 19. Nf3 e5 20. Nh4 Qc8 21. e4 Qh3 22. f3
Rfa8 23. Bd2 Nh5 24. Ng2 {[#]} (24. Nf5 $11) 24... Be7 (24... f5 $1 $17) 25. a5
$11 g5 26. Qc1 $1 Rg6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4!} 27. Rf2 Kh8 (27... Nxg3
$5 28. hxg3 Qxg3 $14) 28. Ra2 Nf4 $2 (28... Nxg3 $11 29. hxg3 Qxg3) 29. Qf1 $2
({And not} 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Qf1 Qh4 $11) (29. gxf4 $18 gxf4 30. Kh1) 29... Nh5
30. Qc1 ({Better is} 30. g4 $14 Nf4 31. Nxf4 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 gxf4 33. Be1) 30...
Nf4 $2 (30... Nxg3 $15 {stays ahead.} 31. hxg3 Qxg3) 31. Qf1 ({Reject} 31. Nxf4
$6 gxf4 32. Qf1 Qh4 $11) (31. gxf4 $18 gxf4 32. Kh1) 31... Nh5 32. Ne1 Qc8 33.
Qe2 Nf6 34. Qd1 Nd7 35. Ng2 Nb8 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Bh4 (37... Qh3 $11 38. Qf1
Nc6) 38. Re2 $2 (38. Rf1 $16 {stays on course.}) 38... Qh3 $19 39. f5 $2 (39.
fxe5 $17 Qxd3 40. Ra1) 39... Rg4 40. Ra3 $2 (40. a6 Qxd3 41. a7) 40... Na6 41.
Qf1 Nb4 42. f6 $2 (42. a6 Nc2 43. Ra2 Qxd3 44. a7) 42... Rg6 $2 (42... Ra6 $19
43. Rf2 Bxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Ra8) 43. Qf5 $11 Qg4 ({Don't take} 43... Rg4 44. Bh6 $17
) 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Kf1 $1 $132 {Black must now prevent h3. White is fighting
back} Bxf6 46. Rf2 $1 Kg7 47. Ne1 (47. Rf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47... Be7
(47... Bh4 $17 48. Rg2 Rxg2 49. Nxg2 Bd8) 48. Nf3 Bd6 (48... Nc6 {with more
complications.} 49. Rb3 Ra7 50. Be1 Kf8 51. Rfb2 Ra8) 49. Rg2 Rxg2 50. Kxg2 c6
51. Kf2 f6 52. Ke2 Bc7 53. Nh4 ({White should try} 53. a6) 53... Rxa5 $17 54.
Rxa5 Bxa5 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 55. Nf5+ Kf7 56. h3 Bc7 57. Be1 Na6 58. Kf3 h5 59.
Ng3 Kg6 60. Nf5 Nb8 61. Bd2 Bd8 62. Bc1 Nd7 63. Ba3 Nf8 64. Bc1 Ne6 65. Bd2 Ng7
66. Nh4+ Kf7 67. Nf5 Kg6 68. Nh4+ $1 Kf7 69. Nf5 {Precision: White = 45%,
Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6
11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 $146 ({
Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Nf6 15.
Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Sharjah 2017})
15. exf5 Rxf5 (15... Qe8 $14) 16. Nd5 $16 Kh8 17. c4 Nf6 (17... Rc8 $16) 18.
Qc2 (18. Nh4 $18 {is more deadly.} Rh5 19. Nxf6 Rxh4 20. g3) 18... Nb8 ({
Better is} 18... Qd7) 19. d4 Rh5 (19... Rxf3 $16 20. gxf3 Nxd5) 20. Nxf6 $18
gxf6 21. Rc1 c6 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. a4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Rf5 25. Rac2 Qg8 26. Qe4 Qg6
27. Nh4 Bxh4 28. Qxh4 {Black must now prevent Qd8+.} Qf6 29. Qh3 Qg6 30. Rc4
Qf7 (30... Rf8 $142 31. Rg4 Qf5) 31. Rg4 Rh5 32. Rh4 Rxh4 33. Qxh4 Nd7 34. Rxc6
Qd5 35. Rc1 ({Much less strong is} 35. Qc4 $6 Qd1+ 36. Qf1 Qd5 $18) 35... Qe6
36. Qh6 Qxh6 37. Bxh6 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg8 38. Rc7 Nb6 39. a5 Nd5 40. Rg7+ Kh8
41. Rb7 Kg8 42. h3 Nc3 43. Kh2 Nb5 44. g4 Rc8 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rb7 Kg8 $1 47.
Rb6 Ra8 48. h4 Kf7 49. h5 Ra7 (49... Ke6 {keeps fighting.} 50. f4 Ra7 51. fxe5
Kxe5) 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kf3 Kd5 52. Ke3 Nd4 53. Bf8 Nb5 54. g5 ({White should try
} 54. Ke2 $1) 54... Rf7 $16 55. Bh6 {And now g6 would win.} Nd4 56. Rxa6 Rf3+
57. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Ra7.} Rxf2+ 58. Ke1 Rh2 $1 59. Bf8 Ke4 60. Bxd6
$2 ({Not} 60. Rxd6 $2 Ke3 $19) (60. Bh6 $11) 60... Ke3 $1 61. Kf1 Rf2+ 62. Ke1
Ra2 (62... Rb2 $142 63. Kf1 Kf3 64. Ke1 e4 65. Bc5 Rb1+ 66. Kd2 e3+ 67. Kc3 e2
68. Kxd4 e1=Q 69. Rf6+ Kg4 70. Kc4 Qe8 71. Rd6 Rc1+ 72. Kd3 Kxh5 73. a6 Qb5+
74. Ke3 Qc4 75. Rd3 Kxg5 76. Bd4 Qe6+ 77. Kf3 Rf1+ 78. Kg3 Qg4+ 79. Kh2 Qe2+
80. Kh3 Qxd3+ 81. Be3+ Qxe3+ 82. Kh2 Rf2+ 83. Kh1 Qe1#) 63. Kf1 $19 {[#]} Kf3
$1 64. Ke1 e4 {( -> ... e3)} 65. Bc5 Ra1+ {Black mates.} 66. Kd2 e3+ 67. Kd3 {
[#]} Rd1+ $1 (67... e2 $2 68. Rf6+ Kg4 69. Bxd4 $19) 68. Kc4 e2 69. Rf6+ Kg4
70. Bxd4 e1=Q 71. Rd6 Qe7 72. Bc5 Rxd6 73. Bxd6 Qxd6 74. g6 hxg6 75. hxg6 Qc6+
76. Kb3 Qxg6 77. b5 Qd3+ 78. Kb4 Qd4+ 79. Kb3 Qc5 {Precision: White = 56%,
Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:07] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White
th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (16. Re1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qa6 19.
Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rec1 g5 21. Qb4 Qe2 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxb7 Rc3 24. Qxe7 Qxf3 25.
Bxa7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Sadzikowski,D (2548)-Areshchenko,A (2654) Poland 2016})
16... a5 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} 17. Bd4 $146 ({Don't take} 17. Rxe7 $6 a4 $16)
({Predecessor:} 17. Bc5 a4 18. Bxe7 Rfb8 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Nd4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Re8 23. d6 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (73) Tan,Z (2504)-Harika,D (2511) Huaian
2016}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfb8 20. Rxe7 {[#] And now Bxg7
would win.} Qa3 21. Rc7 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 {aiming for Qf6.} Qxf3 23. Rc3 Qf4 24.
Ra1 Re8 25. Re3 Re5 26. d6 Rd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxd6!} 27. Rd1 $1 a4 28. Qxa4
(28. h3 {looks sharper.} Rg5+ 29. Kf1 Re5 30. d7 Re6 31. Rc3) 28... Rxd6 {
White must now prevent ...Qg4+.} 29. Rxd6 {The position is equal.} Rg5+ 30. Rg3
Qxd6 31. Rxg5 hxg5 $11 {Endgame KQ-KQ} 32. h3 Qf4 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. Kg2 g4 35.
hxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Kf1 Qf3 37. Qe5 Kh6 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qf3 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41.
Kf1 Qf3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b5 {
B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (7... h5 8. h3 Qc7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5
11. Be2 d6 12. Qd2 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Qg5 Ke7 16. Rad1 Rh6 17.
Rd3 Rg6 18. Qd2 h4 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Kobalia,M (2646)-Motylev,A (2652) Cheboksary 2016}) 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10.
f4 Na5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 {[#] aiming for
Ne4.} bxc3 14. fxg7 $1 Bxg7 15. bxc3 (15. b4 $5 Qd5 16. Rf2 $11) 15... Bxc3 {
...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 16. Rb1 $146 Bc6 17. f5 Qe5 $36 {Black has good
play.} 18. Qe2 Bd4 19. Rbe1 (19. Bxd4 {keeps more tension.} Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rg8
21. Rf2 Rg5 22. Qd2) 19... Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Ke7 22. Rf4 a5 23. f6+
Kd6 24. Rd4+ Kc7 25. Rg4 h5 26. Rg7 Raf8 27. Be4 Rh6 28. Bxc6 Kxc6 29. Rc3+ Kd6
30. Rd3+ Kc6 31. Rc3+ Kd6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Wang, Tongsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qe2
{D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} (15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nh6
Bg7 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 (61) Morozevich,A (2758)-Anand,V (2792) Mexico City 2007}) 15... Bd6
16. f4 e5 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 20.
fxe5 Qxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 21. Rf5 $1 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Nd3.
} 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qb5+ Ncd7 $146 24. Qxb7 Rxc2 25. Bg5 Rf8 (25... h6 $5 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 26. Re1 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Qe6 27. e5 {And now
Rff1 would win.} Qxf5 28. exf6+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rxg7+ Kh5 {( -> ...Qf2+)}
31. h3 $1 {Intending g4+ and mate.The position is equal.} Qf2+ 32. Kh1 $1 Qe1+
33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. a3 {C42: Petroff
Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb3
Qb6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bb3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Ne5 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 
(75) Salem,A (2625)-Igonin,T (2474) Tashkent 2016}) 13... Nbd5 14. Re1 {
LiveBook: 8 Games} h6 (14... Be6 $5 15. Qd3 Nc7 $11) 15. Qd3 Re8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Ba2 Qb8 20.
Bb1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 {1-0 (35) Rudolph,A (2237)-Savchenko,A (2026) Solingen 2005})
16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Qg3 g6 18. Bd3 Nh5 $1 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Qd1 Nxc3 (20... Be6 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 21. bxc3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Bc4 Be6 {[#]} 24. Nxg6 $1
fxg6 25. Bxe6+ Kh7 26. Qb3 Rab8 27. Bd7 Red8 $16 28. Bg4 Bd6 29. g3 Qf6 30. Re6
Qf7 31. Rae1 Kg7 32. Bd1 Rf8 33. f4 Rbe8 34. Bc2 g5 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Qxf7+
Kxf7 37. Bg6+ Kxg6 38. Rxe8 Bxa3 39. Re6+ Kf5 40. Re5+ Kf6 41. Ra5 Bb2 42. Rxa7
Bxc3 43. Rxb7 Bxd4+ 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Liu, Shilan"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bf4 {B08: Pirc
Defence: Classical System} (7. Re1 Nc6 8. d5 Na7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. a3
Bb7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 c6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. dxc6 Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (72) Kramnik,
V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 7... Nc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. d5
e5 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne1 b5
11. a3 Bd7 12. Nd3 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Nb4 a5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
Qd3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb5 bxc3 {0-1 (20) Mora Manez,J (2036)
-Aguilar Sevilla, D (2099) Fuengirola 2009}) 10... Ne8 11. a4 f5 {And now ...
f4 would win.} 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. a5 h5 15. Na4 Nf6 16. h3 ({Better is} 
16. c4 $16) 16... Qe8 $11 17. c4 Qg6 {Threatening ...g4.} (17... g4 $5) 18. Ra3
g4 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 $40 {Black is up to no good.} 21. Bf3 $2 (21. c5
$1 $15) 21... Qh5 (21... Kf7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. White must
now prevent ...Rh8.} 22. Bh4 Rh8) 22. Re1 $17 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 24.
Raxe3 (24. Bxe3 {keeps fighting.} fxe3 25. Raxe3) 24... fxe3 $19 25. Rxe3 Ng6
26. Bg1 Qh1 27. Qe1 Nf4 28. Qg3 {[#]} Nxg2 $1 29. Re2 $2 (29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kd1)
(29. Qxg2 Bh3) 29... Nh4 30. Rf2 Nxf3 31. Nxf3 Qh5 32. Nc3 Rf4 33. Nh2 Bd7 34.
Ke1 Raf8 35. Kd2 $2 (35. Rg2 {is a better defense.} R8f7 36. Qe3) 35... Kh7 {
Hoping for ...Bh6.Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rg2 Bh6 37. Be3 Bh3 38. Rg1
Rf2+ 39. Kd3 {[#]} Rxh2 $1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. b3 O-O 8. Nc3 c5
9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05] D40:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with e3} 12. Qe2 (12. Rc1 dxc4 13. bxc4
Na5 14. Nb1 Be4 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd6 17. Nbd2 Rfd8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3
Nd7 20. Red1 Nb8 21. c5 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1
Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Ynojosa Aponte,F (2432)-Cruz,C (2547)
Brownsville 2015}) 12... Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate
with similar games:} 12... Na5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rad1 g6 15. b4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 {0-1 (59) Starcic,T (2215)-Susnik,M 
(2227) Bled 2000}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4 {[#]} Nf6 $1 15. Qe3 Na5 16. Nd2 g6
17. b4 {[#]} Nc6 ({Much weaker is} 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. bxa5 $11) ({
Black should play} 17... Rxc3 $1 $17 18. Bxc3 Nd5) 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Bg7 20.
Rac1 Ng4 21. Qe2 ({White should try} 21. Qf4 $11 f5 22. Nb5) 21... Nf6 22. Qe3
Ne7 23. Ne5 Nfd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 ({Much weaker is} 24... Nxd5 $6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8
26. Qg3 $11) 25. f3 Qb3 26. Qe2 Bh6 27. Rb1 Nd5 28. Ba1 $1 Qxa3 29. Nc4 Qa4 30.
Nd6 Nf4 31. Qf1 Bc6 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. d5 Bxd5 $11 ({But not} 33... Nxd3 $2 34.
Qxd3 e5 35. dxc6 $18) 34. Bb5 Qc2 35. Rb2 Qc3 36. Kh1 Bg5 37. Rbb1 Qa3 38. Rdc1
Rf8 39. Rc3 Qa2 40. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Peng, Hongchi"]
[Black "Gao, Rui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:09] C80: Open Ruy
Lopez: Sidelines and Nbd2} Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be7 12. c3 {The position is equal.} (
12. a4 $5 b4 13. a5 $11) (12. Qh5 Be6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16.
Qh4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 O-O {1/2-1/2 (28) Short,N (2655)-Timman,J (2635) El Escorial
1993}) 12... Bf5 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Qb1 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 O-O 16. Rae1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Qd3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re4 20. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Nacht,E-Botez,C Bucharest 1965}) 16... Rae8 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Re3 f6
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qd3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Re8 22. h3 Qe6 23. a4 Qe4 $36 {Black is
more active.} 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. axb5 axb5 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Ra1 Kf7 27.
Rc1 Ke6 28. Kg1 Ra4 29. Bc5 (29. g4 $15) 29... Rc4 $1 $17 30. Be3 (30. Re1+ $17
{was necessary.} Kd7 31. Bf8) 30... Kd6 (30... b4 $19 {has better winning
chances. White must now prevent ...d4.} 31. Bd2 bxc3 32. bxc3 Ra4) 31. Kf1 Ra4
32. Ke2 {[#]} c5 $1 33. Rc2 (33. Kd2 $142) 33... Ra1 34. g4 g6 35. Rc1 {[#]} (
35. Bf4+ $17 {keeps fighting.} Kc6 36. Kf3) 35... Ra2 $1 $19 36. Rc2 c4 37. f4
{[#]} (37. h4 $142) 37... b4 $1 {Threatens to win with ...bxc3.} 38. cxb4 $2 (
38. Kd1 {was worth a try.}) 38... Rxb2 $2 (38... c3 $19 {is more deadly.} 39.
Bc1 cxb2 40. Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Bxb2) 39. Bc5+ Kc6 40. Rxb2 Bxb2 $17 {KB-KB}
41. f5 d4 {And now ...gxf5 would win.} 42. Be7 (42. Kd2 $17 gxf5 43. gxf5)
42... d3+ 43. Kd2 Kd5 44. f6 $2 (44. b5 $17) 44... Ke4 $19 {Black is clearly
winning.} ({Inferior is} 44... Ke6 45. g5 $11) 45. f7 c3+ 46. Ke1 c2 (46... d2+
$142 47. Kf2 c2) 47. Bg5 Bc3+ 48. Kf2 Bxb4 49. Bd2 Bxd2 50. f8=Q Be3+ (50...
c1=Q $142 51. Qe8+ Kd5 52. Qf7+ Kc6 53. Qe6+ Kc7 54. Qe7+ Kb6 55. Qd8+ Qc7 56.
Qxd3 Bb4) 51. Kg2 (51. Kg3 $142 c1=Q 52. Qe8+ Kd5 53. Qd7+ Kc5 54. Qe7+ Kb6 55.
Qd6+ Kb7 56. Qxd3) 51... c1=Q 52. Qe7+ Kd5 53. Qd7+ Kc4 54. Qa4+ Kc3 55. Kf3
Qf1+ 56. Kxe3 Qxh3+ {KQ-KQ} 57. Kf2 Qh2+ 58. Kf3 Qe2+ 59. Kg3 Qe5+ 60. Kf3 Qd5+
61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf2 Qb6+ 63. Kf3 d2 64. Qa1+ Kc2 65. Ke2 Qe6+ 66. Kf2 d1=Q {
( -> ...Qee1+)} 67. Qa4+ Qb3 68. Qc6+ Kb1 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 67%.
} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Qiu, Mengjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {B11: Caro-Kann:
Two Knights Variation} c5 (6... e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Bd7
11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nh3 Qa5 13. Qd2 {1-0 (54) Karjakin,S (2774)-Arutinian,D (2527)
Almaty 2016}) 7. c4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be2 cxd4 9. O-O $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Nxd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Ziska,H (2544) -Rasmussen,A (2540) Vaxjo 2017}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4
e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Re1 Bxb5 16. Rxe5 {
[#]} Bc6 $1 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Qd6 g6 (18... Rd8 $15 19. Qb4 a5) 19. Rae1 $1 $36 {
The position is equal. White has some pressure.} gxf5 {[#]} 20. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6
21. Rxe6+ {[#]} Qxe6 $1 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 23. Qf6+
Kc7 24. Qe5+ Kb6 {Strongly threatening ...Rad8.} 25. Qb2+ Kc5 26. Qc3+ Kd5 {
And now ...Rad8 would win.} 27. Qd2+ Ke6 {aiming for ...Rad8.} 28. Qh6+ Kd5 29.
Qd2+ Ke6 {...Rad8 is the strong threat.} 30. Qh6+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 76%,
Black = 63%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Jiang, Zhaoyi"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. d5 {A41:1 d4
d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Nb8 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nb1 c6 11. Nc3 cxd5 12. exd5 O-O
13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nd4 e5 {1-0 (31) Gelfand,B (2721)-Stefanova,A (2512) Caleta
2017}) 9. h3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Bd2 Nc5
13. O-O a5 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nb5 e5 19.
b3 Qc6 20. Rad1 a4 21. Bb4 Bf8 22. Bxc5 axb3 23. axb3 Qxc5 24. Qb2 Qb4 25. Ra1
Ra6 26. Qc3 (26. Rab1 {is interesting.} Be7 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Red1 h5 29. Qf3)
26... d5 27. Qxe5 (27. exd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxd5 28. Qxb4 Nxb4 29. Be4
) 27... Qxb3 $17 28. Rxa6 (28. Bf1 $17 {might work better.} Rxa1 29. Qxa1 dxc4
30. Na7) 28... bxa6 $19 29. Qxf6 axb5 ({Don't play} 29... Qxd3 30. Nc3 $17) 30.
Re3 $2 {[#]} (30. Bf1 dxc4 31. e5) 30... dxc4 31. Be2 c3 32. Bg4 Bg7 33. Qe7
Rf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qb1+.} 34. Kh2 Qc4 35. e5 c2 36. e6 Qf4+ {
Precision: White = 23%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Wuxi"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 b4 6. Nce2 d6 {LiveBook: 7 Games.
B06: Modern Defence} (6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (8) Armbrust,F (2318)
-Vokac,M (2412) Pardubice 2017}) 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. f3 Nbd7 $146 {The position is
equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. a3 Na6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. e5 Nd5
13. Bxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (39) Kormos,A (2176)-Szabo,J (2192) Hungary 2009}) 9. Qd2 (
9. a3 $14) 9... a5 $11 10. c3 a4 11. Bd1 bxc3 12. Qxc3 (12. Nxc3 $11 a3 13.
Nge2) 12... c5 $17 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nh3 Ba6 15. Kf2 (15. Rc1 $17) 15... Rc8 16.
Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxa4 Rd2 21. Rhe1 Rxb2
22. Bb3 {[#]} (22. Nhg1 $142) 22... Rd8 $1 $19 23. Rab1 {[#]} Rdd2 $1 24. Rxb2
Rxb2 25. Nhg1 Bh6 26. Rd1 {If only White now had time for Rd8+....} Bd2 27. h4
Nh5 28. g3 Ba5 29. f4 exf4 30. Kf3 fxg3 31. Nxg3 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Bc7+ 33. Kf3 Rh2
34. Rc1 Bd6 35. Ke3 Rxh4 36. Kd4 Rf4 37. Nh3 $2 (37. Ke3) 37... Rf3 {Black is
clearly winning.} 38. e5 Ba3 39. Rh1 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 {[#]} Rxb3 $1 41. Kd4 {
Precision: White = 29%, Black = 76%.} (41. axb3 Bb7+) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lin, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 {D15: Damengambit 
(Slawische Verteidigung)} 7. Nh4 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} e6 $146 (7... Be6 8. e3
g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 e6 14. O-O {1-0 (37)
Yu,Y (2738)-Lin,C (2526) China 2016}) ({Vorgänger:} 7... Bg6 8. Na4 Nbd7 9.
Bf4 e6 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Bd8 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. e3 {1-0 (38) Wang,Y
(2729)-Bu,X (2710) Shenzhen 2015}) 8. Nxf5 exf5 {Weiß steht besser.} 9. h3 Be7
10. g4 fxg4 (10... Ne4 $16) 11. hxg4 $18 Nxg4 12. f3 Nf6 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $1 {
Weiss hat starke Kompensation.} Bd8 (13... Nbd7 $142) 14. Bh3 Nbd7 15. e4 Bc7
16. e5 Qb8 17. O-O-O ({Bloß nicht} 17. exf6 $6 Bxf4 18. fxg7 Rg8 $18) 17...
Nf8 $2 (17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 O-O) 18. exf6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Bxf4+
19. Kb1 Ne6 {[#]} 20. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Qc7 22. Rde1 {Droht Matt per fxg7.}
O-O {Weiss muss nun ...Tad8 beachten.} 23. Bxe6 {Droht Dh5 und aus.} fxe6 24.
Rxe6 {jetzt Te7+ und aus.} Rad8 25. Qb3 {Precision: Weiß = 90%, Schwarz = 37%.
} ({Nicht} 25. Rd6+ Kh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves}
Qd7 ({Don't go for} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4
Bxd4 13. cxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening d5.} d5 {[#]} 14. f3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. h5 h6 15. f3 Bf5 16. g4 Bh7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Zhigalko,S (2655)
-Shirov,A (2676) Al Ain 2015}) 14... h5 15. Bd3 f6 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Rhe1 Rde8
18. a3 a6 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf4 Qe6 23. Qe3 Qf7 24.
Qf4 Qe6 25. Qe3 Qf7 26. Qf4 Qe6 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 {D30: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Systems without Nc3} Qxf6 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} g6 8. Bd3 {
White has an edge.} Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Re1 Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Qa3 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 {1-0 (64) Rapport,R (2675)-Wei,Y (2753) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... exd5 11. b4
Qe7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. h3 Rab8 17. Ba6 Rc7
18. Bd3 Rcc8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Bd3 Rcc8 21. Ba6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black =
78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Na6 9. Qe2 {LiveBook: 31 Partien} Nd7 {A07: Barcza-System 
(Königsfianchetto mit möglichen Übergängen in andere Systeme)} 10. e5 $146
({Vorgänger:} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Nac5 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qe3 Ne6 15.
Nb3 c5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Na5 {0-1 (37) Kratochvil,J (2243)-Biolek,R (2447) Czech
Republic 2015}) 10... Ndc5 11. a3 Bf5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 12. b4 Na4
13. Nb3 Qd5 {[#]} (13... Qd7 $11) 14. Re1 $1 $16 Qd7 15. Nfd4 Nc7 16. Nxf5 Qxf5
17. f4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Nb5 19. Qf2 f6 (19... Nbc3 $16) 20. c4 $18 Nbc3 21. Nd4 (
21. Bxa7 $6 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qe6 $14) 21... Qd7 22. e6 Qc7 23. f5 Qe5 24. fxg6
hxg6 25. Nb3 (25. Nf3 $16 Qf5 26. Bxa7) 25... Qh5 (25... Qxe6 $11 {bleibt in
der Remisbreite.} 26. Bb6 Qf7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8) 26. Bf3 $36 {Schwarz muss
aufpassen.} (26. Bxa7 $6 f5 $11) 26... Qf5 (26... Qh8 $16 {ist eine bessere
Verteidigung.}) 27. Na5 $18 Rd3 28. Nxb7 Qxe6 29. Na5 (29. Bc5 $18 Qxc4 30. Na5
(30. Bxe7 f5 $16) (30. Rxe7 Nd5 $11) 30... Rxf3 31. Qxf3 (31. Nxc4 Rxf2 32.
Bxf2 f5 $16)) 29... Rc8 $16 30. Bc5 (30. Bxa7 $6 Qd7 $14) 30... Qf5 31. Nxc6
Rxf3 (31... Bf8 $16 32. Be3 e5) 32. Nxe7+ $18 Kh7 33. Nxf5 (33. Qg2 $142 Qg4
34. Nxc8) 33... Rxf2 34. Bxf2 ({Auf keinen Fall} 34. Kxf2 $6 Nxc5 35. Nxg7 (35.
bxc5 gxf5 36. Re7 a6 $11) 35... Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Nxe1 $14) 34... gxf5 35. c5 ({
Keinesfalls} 35. Bxa7 Rxc4 36. Be3 Re4 $16) 35... Bf8 (35... a5 $142 36. Re7 (
36. bxa5 Nxc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 $14) 36... Kg6) 36. Re6 Kg6 37. Ra6 Rc7 $2 {[#]} (
37... Rd8 {war nötig.} 38. Rxa7 Nb2) 38. Re1 Be7 39. c6 Nb6 (39... Bd6 {
war einen Versuch wert.} 40. Bxa7 Rc8) 40. Bxb6 axb6 41. Rxb6 Bd6 42. Ra6 Kf7
43. Kg2 Be5 44. a4 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Ke6 45. b5 Kd5 46. Ra8 Kc5
47. Rf1 Kb4 (47... Re7 $142 48. Rxf5 Nd5) 48. b6 Rxc6 49. a5 Ne4 50. b7 Rc2+
51. Kg1 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 {
[%emt 0:00:05] C4: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8.
Re1 Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (47) So,W (2810)-Ding,
L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... Ng6 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Qd2 Qxb2 16. Reb1 Qa3 17. d4
(17. Rxb7 {with more complications.} Rfb8 18. Rxc7 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qxb1+ 20. Bxb1
Rxb1+ 21. Nd1) 17... d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxe5 Qd6
22. c4 Be6 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. d5 Bc8 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rad1 Qf6 27. Re3 (27. c5
$14) 27... Re7 $1 $11 28. Rde1 Rde8 29. c5 b6 30. cxb6 Qxb6 31. Nc4 Rxe3 32.
Nxe3 Bb7 33. Rc1 Re7 34. h3 a4 35. a3 Rd7 (35... Qd6 $14) 36. Qe5 $16 Kf8 37.
Qe4 Re7 38. Qh4 (38. Qf4 $16) 38... f6 {[#]} ({But not} 38... Rxe3 $6 39. fxe3
Qxe3+ 40. Kh2 $16) (38... f5 $1 $14) 39. Rc4 ({White should play} 39. Nc4 $1
$16 Qb5 40. d6) 39... Qd6 $14 40. Rxa4 Bxd5 41. Rd4 c6 42. a4 (42. Qh8+ $16 Kf7
43. Rb4) 42... Rb7 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. Qd4 Rb4 $132 {Black is not keeping still}
45. Qa7+ Kg8 46. a5 Kh7 47. a6 Ra4 48. Qb7 Qa3 (48... Rb4 $11 {keeps the
balance.} 49. Qc8 Ra4) 49. Ng4 $16 f5 (49... Qf8 $16 {is a better defense.})
50. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kh6 51. Ne8 $2 (51. Nxd5 $18 cxd5 52. Qxd5) 51... Qc3 $1 $11 {
Black wants to play ...Ra1.The position is equal.} 52. Qe7 {Black must now
prevent a7.} Re4 53. Qf8 Re1+ 54. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 55. Kh2 Qxf2 56. Qxg7+ Kg5 $1 ({
Wrong is} 56... Kh5 $2 57. Nf6+ Kg5 58. Nxd5 $18) 57. Qf6+ Kh6 58. Qh8+ Kg5 59.
Qf6+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg5 {[#]} 61. h4+ $1 Kf4 (61... Qxh4+ 62. Qxh4+) 62. Qh6+ Ke5
63. Qg7+ Kf4 64. Qh6+ Ke5 65. Qg7+ Kf4 66. Qc7+ Ke3 $1 67. Qb6+ Ke2 68. Qb2+
Ke1 69. Qc1+ Ke2 70. Qc2+ Ke1 71. Qc1+ Ke2 72. Qc2+ Ke1 73. Qxf2+ Kxf2 {
Endgame KB-KN} 74. Nc7 Bxg2 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 75. Ne6 ({Don't
blunder} 75. a7 $2 c5 $19) 75... c5 $1 76. Nxc5 {And now Nd3+ would win.} Bd5
77. Nd3+ Ke3 78. Ne5 f4 79. Nxg6 f3 {( -> ...f2)} 80. Ne5 Kf4 $1 81. Nd3+ Ke3
82. Ne5 $1 Kf4 $1 83. Nd3+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 {D46:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 {[#] LiveBook: 36 Games} 18. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2772)
-Topalov,V (2741) Shamkir 2017}) 18... Bg4 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rfd8 22. Be3 b6 23. Bf5 Rc4 24. Rac1 (24. b3 {is more complex.} Rh4 25. a4 Rb4
26. a5 Rxb3 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rac1) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Be5 26. Be4 Kg8 27. b3
Kf8 28. a4 Bd6 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Bd2 Nh5 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Rg1 {Precision: White =
67%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 9
Partien. D02: Damenbauernspiele} (6... c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qe1 Nbd7
10. h3 Be6 11. f4 c5 12. g4 Nb6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Ndf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne4 16. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Artemiev,V (2696)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 7. Na3 Re8 8.
Bf4 Nh5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bf4 $146 ({Vorgänger:
} 10. c4 a5 11. Qc1 Nb4 12. cxd5 {1-0 (38) Van der Hoeven,J (2133)-Thorn
Leeson,J (2143) ICCF email 2008}) 10... Nh5 11. e3 h6 12. c4 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 (
13... Nxf4 $11 14. gxf4 Nb4) 14. Ne5 (14. Be5 $5) 14... Nb4 15. c5 (15. Qa4 $14
a5 16. cxd5 (16. Qxa5 c5 $14) 16... Nxd5 17. Nd3 (17. Qxa5 g5 $11)) 15... Nxa2
$11 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Qa4 Bxe5 (17... a5 $5) 18. dxe5 Nd3 19. Qd4 Ndxf4 20. exf4
c6 {[#]} (20... Qd7 $142) 21. f5 $1 $36 {Weiss kämpft um Vorteil.} gxf5 (21...
Bxf5 22. g4) 22. Qh4 Ng7 23. Qxh6 b6 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 $2 (25... bxc5 $11
26. a6 Ra8) 26. Nc2 $18 f6 27. Nd4 Kf7 $2 {[#]} (27... Qd7 {war angesagt.} 28.
exf6 exf6 29. Rxa5 f4 30. Qxf6 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Rexd8) 28. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Nxe6+
Kf7 30. Nxd8+ Rexd8 31. exf6 e5 32. Rxa5 e4 33. f3 e3 34. Ra3 d4 35. Rd3 f4 36.
Rfd1 Rd5 $2 (36... Ra8 {war nötig.} 37. Bf1 Ra4 38. gxf4 Rd5) 37. Rxd4 {
Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
c5 9. d5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7
Nc3)} exd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qxd2 {d6 is the
strong threat.The position is equal.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. d6
Nc6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ng5 g6 16. f4 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (57) Geller,E (2550)-Popov,N 
(2435) Moscow 1979}) 13. b4 Bf6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. b5 a6 16. Qc2 axb5 17. Rxb5
Ra6 18. Bh3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf5 Qa8 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Rxa2 23. Qc4 {
[#] Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Ra4 24. Qb3 Ra3 25. Qc4 {Intending Qh4+ and
mate.} Ra4 26. Qb3 Ra3 27. Qc4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 {
The position is equal.} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05] E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d
5 a3} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qxd5 Bxd5
13. Ne5 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 Rab8 {0-1 (36) Kasparov,G (2812)
-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11.
Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 c5 17. O-O
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (21) Riess,A (2180)-Ewert,H (2147) Willingen 2017}) 19. Kf1 Bxf3
20. gxf3 cxd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 23. Ke1 Rc2 24.
f4 Ng4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Rd2 Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rd2
Rc1+ 31. Rd1 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. a4 (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O
8. d4 d6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 {1/2-1/2 (86) Caruana,F (2827)-Carlsen,M 
(2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 4... b4 5. Bg2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 5. d4 e6 6. c4
Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O d6 {1/2-1/2 (64) Aabling Thomsen,
J (2380) -Stojanovski,S (2292) Denmark 2016}) 5... Bb7 6. O-O {A05:
Übergänge in verschiedene Eröffnungen} e6 7. d4 d5 8. a5 {Weiß hat
minimalen Vorteil.} Nbd7 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Ba3 O-O 13. c4
Qe7 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. dxe6 dxe3 17. exd7 (17. exf7+ {looks
sharper.} Rxf7 18. fxe3 Qc5 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. Qa3) 17... exd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2 19.
Nxd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Ne4 Ne5 {Die Stellung ist
ausgeglichen.} 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $11 {Endspiel KTS-KTS} 24. Rd1 f6 25. Rd5 Rc2 26.
Rd6 Rc6 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Nc5 Nxa5 29. Nxa6 Nc4 30. Nc5 Kf7 {Precision: Weiß
= 61%, Schwarz = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 {[%emt 0:00:07] A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg 5
Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. b3 Rac8 {White is slightly better.} 12.
Rc1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6
16. e4 Qa7 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (71) Caruana,F (2796)-Priyadharshan,K (2462) Las
Vegas 2015}) 13. a4 Qb6 14. Nde2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rfd8 17. Nf4 e6 18.
h4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. b4 d4 22. a5 Qb5 23. Rc5 $36 {White has
good play.} Qd3 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Bf8 26. Rfc1 ({Better is} 26. b5 $16 dxe3
27. Bxe3 Nxa5 28. Ra2) 26... Rb8 (26... dxe3 $14 27. Bxe3 Bxb4) 27. Bxc6 $16
bxc6 28. Rxc6 Bxb4 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. exd4 ({But not} 30. Rxa6 $6 dxe3 31. Re1 (
31. fxe3 Rb2 $11) 31... exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ra4 $11) 30... Rbxd4 31. Rxa6 Rd1+ (
31... Ra4 $16) 32. Rxd1 $18 Rxd1+ {Endgame KR-KR} 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Kf3 Ra2 35.
Ra7 Kg7 36. a6 h5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. f3 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Ra8 Kf6 41. Ra7 Ke6
42. Kf4 $1 Kf6 43. g4 $2 (43. Ra8 $18) 43... Ra4+ 44. Kg3 {Threatens to win
with Ra8.} hxg4 45. fxg4 {aiming for Ra8.} Ke6 $2 (45... Ra3+ $11 46. Kf2 Ra2+
47. Ke3 Ra4) 46. Ra8 Kf6 47. Ra7 Ke6 $1 48. g5 Ra3+ {[#]} 49. Kf2 $1 f6 $2 {[#]
} (49... Ke5 50. Ra8 (50. Rxf7 Rxa6 51. Kg3 Ra4 $14) 50... Kd6) 50. Ra8 $2 (50.
h5 $1) 50... fxg5 $2 (50... Ra2+ 51. Ke1 Ra1+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kd2
Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Kf4 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf1 Ra1+ 60. Kg2
Ra2+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Ke3) 51. a7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black
= 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ng6 13. Bh2 Be7 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. a3 $146
{White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd4 Nf8 15. Rd3 h5 16. Re1 Ne6
17. Nce2 c5 18. Nf5 h4 19. c4 b6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Caruana,F (2803)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 14... Bd7 15. e6 (15. Nd4 $14) 15... Bxe6
$11 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxc7 f5 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Nb3 Kf7 19. Na5 Re8
20. Re1 Bf6 21. Nc4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 {[#] Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Be7 23. Na5
Nf8 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Be5 Nd8 26. Bc7 Ne6 27. Be5 Nd8 28. Bc7 Ne6 29. Be5 Nd8 {
Precision: White = 36%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Lan, Zilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Be7 8. Nf3 Nd7 (8... Nh6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd7
11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Qb3 Nf5 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 (35) Cheparinov,I 
(2703)-Solak,D (2624) Kocaeli 2017}) 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. Ne2 Nf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games}
11. O-O-O c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd2 c5
15. Nb3 {0-1 (47) Lochte,T (2227)-Stephan,E (2142) Fuerth 1999}) 12. c4 {
[#] Black must now prevent cxd5.} dxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 {Strongly threatening ...
Rc8.} 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Qb5+ Qd7 $1 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Nd5 19.
Rc1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Be3 Kf7 22. Bxa7 (22. Nc7 $1 $14) 22... Rhg8 23. g3 b6
24. Rc4 Bc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rgb8 27. Nd6+ Kg6 {With the idea ...Nc3+.}
28. Rc1 Ra6 29. a3 Nb6 {White should prevent ...Na4.} 30. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 31. Rxc4
$14 {Endgame KRR-KRB} e5 32. Ka2 Rd8 33. a4 Kf5 34. Be3 Ke6 35. Ka3 Kd5 (35...
f5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 36. Rc3 (36. Rc5+ $18 Ke4 37. a5) 36... Rda8 $16
37. b3 Rc6 $2 (37... f5 $16) 38. Rxc6 $18 Kxc6 {[#] KR-KB} 39. b4 $1 f5 40. b5+
Kb7 41. Kb4 Rd8 42. a5 Rd5 43. a6+ Kb8 44. b6 Ka8 45. Bc5 {White mates.} f4 46.
gxf4 exf4 47. Kb5 f3 48. Kc6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...
Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} g6 7. h3 (7. a3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Nbd2
b5 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nb3 cxb4 13. axb4 {1-0 (42) Carlsen,M (2822)-Karjakin,S 
(2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc3
Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nc4
Bxd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. b4 f5 {1-0 (39) Eckhardt,T-Winand,E Giessen
1996}) 10. Kh2 Rb8 11. Ng1 b5 12. Qc1 b4 13. Nd1 d5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 ({
Black should try} 15... Ne6 $17 {aiming for ...Ba6.} 16. exd5 Nxd5) 16. cxd4
$11 cxd4 17. Qa3 Rb6 (17... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Bg5 $16 Ng4+ 19. hxg4
Qxg5 20. exd5 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 {intending ...f4.} 22. d6 e4 (22... Qh6+ $16 23.
Nh3 Rxd6) 23. Nh3 $18 ({Resist} 23. dxe4 $6 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 d3 $14) 23... Qh6 24.
d7 Rd6 25. Nb2 Rxd7 26. f4 $2 ({Don't take} 26. dxe4 $6 d3 $18) (26. Rac1 $18)
26... e3 (26... Rc7 $16) 27. Rfe1 Rb8 28. Rac1 {[#] Rc6 is the strong threat.}
Rb6 $2 (28... Qd6 {is a better defense.} 29. Qxd6 Rxd6) 29. Nc4 Rg6 (29... Bf8
$142 30. Qa5 Bxc4) 30. Qb3 {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 31. Qb8+ Bf8 32. Ne5
Rb6 33. Qe8 Re7 34. Qxe7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 {
D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 8. e3 Qa5 (8...
cxd4 9. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (9) Ding,L (2777)-So,W (2810) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6
{LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... Ke7 12. e4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O {1-0 (27)
Komarov,D (2533)-Colin,V (2399) France 2007}) 12. Qd2 Nc6 ({Better is} 12...
Be6 $11 13. Bxe6 fxe6) 13. Bd5 (13. O-O $14) 13... Be6 $11 14. c4 {[#]
Threatens to win with Bxc6+.} O-O-O 15. e4 Rhg8 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. O-O Rd7 18.
Rac1 $1 Rc7 19. c5 (19. g3 $11) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb3 21. Rc3 $1 Nxc5 {
And now ...Rd8 would win.} 22. Rfc1 b6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. d6 Rc6 {
White should prevent ...f6.} 26. Rf3 f6 27. Rxf5 Kb8 {[#] aiming for ...Ne4.}
28. Rd1 ({Don't go for} 28. Rxf6 $2 Ne4 $19) 28... Ne4 $36 {Black is in
control.} 29. Ne3 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rcxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 $17 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Rh5
Rd7 33. Rf5 (33. g3 $17) 33... Nb5 34. a4 Nc3 35. Rxf6 Nxa4 36. g4 b5 37. g5 b4
38. Ra6 $2 (38. Nc4 {keeps fighting.}) 38... b3 $19 39. Nc4 b2 {Precision:
White = 35%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 d6 11. e6 $146 (11.
Bf4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Qb8 13. exd6 exd6 14. Qc2 Qd8 15.
h4 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2761)-Radjabov,T (2724) Geneve 2017}) 11...
Ne5 $15 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Na3 Qd5 14. Qe2 {[#]} f4 ({Much weaker is} 14... Bxe6
$6 {[#]} 15. Bf4 $1 $11) (14... Ba6 $1 $17 15. c4 Qxe6) 15. f3 $11 Bxe6 {
Hoping for ...Bf5.} 16. Nc4 Rf5 17. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 18. Ne4
Rf7 19. b3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Nxc5 Rd6 22. Ne4 Rd3 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Ne4 Rd3
25. Nc5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. h3 e5
9. dxe5 {B08: Pirc-Ufimzew-Verteidigung} dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {LiveBook: 3
Partien} 11. Bc4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd5 {[#]}
Ne8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. a5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Oratovsky,
M (2490)-Berkes,F (2664) Benasque 2015}) 14. b4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 a5 (15... Nd4 $11)
16. b5 $36 {Weiss bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} Nb4 ({Besser ist} 16... Nd4) 17.
Nxc7 $1 $16 Nxc7 18. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne6 20. c3 $1 Nc2 21. Rd7 Bc8 22. Rd2
Rb8 23. Bxa5 Ra8 (23... Na3 {ist wohl besser.} 24. Bd5 Nxb5) 24. Bb6 $2 ({
Lieber nicht} 24. Rxc2 Rxa5 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 $15) (24. Bxe6 $1 $18 {ist der
präzise Gewinnweg.} fxe6 25. Bc7 (25. Rxc2 Rxa5 26. Ra2 Kf7 $16)) 24... Na3
25. Bb3 Nb1 26. Rc2 Bb7 27. Bd5 (27. Nd2 $1 $16) 27... Bxd5 $11 28. exd5 Nf8 (
28... Nf4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 29. Bc7 Nxd5) 29. Bc7 $1 $16 {
b6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Nd7 30. Rc1 (30. b6 $1 $16) 30... Nxc3 (30... Na3
$11) 31. Rxc3 e4 (31... Rxa4 $16 32. Bd6 e4 33. Rc8+ Kh7) 32. Rc4 $18 exf3 33.
b6 $1 Ra5 34. b7 Rxd5 35. a5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bd4 37. Bg3 $1 ({Keinesfalls} 37.
gxf3 Bxf2 38. Kg2 Rd2 $14) 37... Kh7 (37... fxg2 $142 38. Kxg2 Ba7) 38. Rc8 h5
$2 (38... fxg2 39. Kxg2 g5) 39. Rd8 Ba7 40. gxf3 g5 (40... Rd2 $142 41. b8=Q
Bxb8) 41. b8=Q Bxb8 42. Bxb8 {Endspiel KTL-KTS} Rb1 43. Bc7 ({Schwächer ist} 
43. Rxd7 Rxb8 44. Rxf7+ Kg6 $18) (43. a6 $142 Nc5 44. a7) 43... Nc5 44. Bb6 Ne6
{Und weiter mit ...Txb6 wäre nett.} 45. Rb8 Ra1 46. Ra8 $1 {Droht stark a6.}
Rb1 47. Be3 Ra1 48. Ra7 Kg6 (48... Kg7 $16 49. a6 Ra4) 49. a6 {Und Lb6 würde
nun gewinnen.} Ra4 50. Bb6 Nf4 {[#]} 51. Bd8 (51. Ra8 $1 $16 Nd5 52. Bc5) 51...
Ne6 $11 52. Bb6 $2 (52. Be7 $11) 52... Nf4 $1 $16 {[#]} 53. Bc7 $2 (53. Ra8 $1
$16 Nd5 54. Bc5) 53... Ne6 $11 54. Bd6 Nd4 55. Ra8 {Droht a7 und aus.} Nb5 $2 (
55... Nxf3+ $11 56. Kg3 g4) 56. Bc5 $16 Nc7 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Rxg5 {zielt auf
a7 ab.} Nxa6 (58... f6 $16 59. Rxh5+ Kg6) 59. Be3 Nc7 60. Rxh5+ Kg6 61. Rg5+
Kh7 62. Rg4 Ra2 63. Rh4+ Kg6 64. Rh6+ Kg7 65. Rc6 Ne6 66. Kg3 Kg6 67. Rb6 Ra1
68. f4 Rg1+ 69. Kf3 Ra1 70. Rb5 {Schwarz muss nun f5+ beachten.} f5 71. Rb8 Ra6
72. Kg3 Rc6 73. Kh4 Ra6 74. Rg8+ Kh7 75. Rc8 Kg6 76. Bd2 Rb6 77. Rg8+ Kh7 78.
Ra8 Kg6 79. Bc3 (79. Be3 $18 Rb1 80. Kg3) 79... Nxf4 $14 {Weiß steht etwas
besser.} 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Rh8+ Kg6 82. Bd2 Ne6 83. Rh6+ Kf7 {Precision: Weiß
= 57%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual
lines} (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. Ne2 Rac8 {1-0 (40) Berkes,F (2654)-Harutyunian,T (2523) Minsk 2017})
6... Nc6 7. Nf3 a5 8. Qa4 {The position is equal.} O-O (8... Ne4 $5 9. Rc1 O-O
$11) 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Qd7 10. Qd1 Ne4 11. Qc1 a4 12. a3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qb2 f6 {0-1 (14) Jensen,K (2223)-Chekmasov,S (2357) ICCF
email 2011}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne4 $36 {Black is pushing.} 11. cxd5 exd5 ({
Better is} 11... Nxc3 $15 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. Qxb7 Qd7) 12. c4 Ne7 13. Rc1 dxc4
14. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Bxc7!} Nd5 15. Bg3 {[#]} (15. Ne5 $11) 15... c6
$1 $17 16. Qd1 Nb6 (16... Ndc3 $17 17. Qb3 b5) 17. Bd3 $11 Qe7 18. Ra1 (18. Nh4
$14 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3) 18... a4 ({Black should play} 18... Nc3 $15
19. Qd2 Bxd3) 19. Nh4 Nxg3 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bd3 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5
24. O-O Nd5 25. Qb1 Rfd8 26. Rc1 {[#]} (26. Qxb7 $11 Rab8 27. Qa6) 26... Nc3 $1
$17 {Hoping for ... Rac8.} 27. Qc2 Rac8 {aiming for ...Ne2+!} 28. h3 (28. Bf1
$17 {is a better defense.}) 28... Rd6 29. Bf1 Rb6 30. Qd2 Rb3 31. Qd7 Rc7 32.
Qd8+ Kg7 33. Rc2 Rc6 34. Rd1 $2 (34. g3 $17) 34... Qf5 $2 ({Not} 34... Rxa3 35.
Qb8 $15) (34... Qxa3 $19 35. Qd4+ Kg8) 35. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (35. Qd4+ $17 Qf6 36.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Ra1) 35... Ne2+ $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rxe2 Rxd3
37. Qe7 Rd1 38. f4 Rcc1 39. Rf2 Qb5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 {A11:
English Opening: 1...c6} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 (9. d4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b4 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nd4 e6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rc2 Ne4
{1-0 (88) Smirin,I (2657)-Gupta,A (2643) New Delhi 2012}) 9... c5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d4 Rc8 12. Rfc1 a6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qd1
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxc3 16. Bxc3 {1-0 (56) Glavina,P (2397)-Cifuentes Parada,R 
(2465) Zaragoza 2017}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc3+ Kg8
14. d4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nb5 a5
20. f3 Rfd8 21. Na3 Ne6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $14 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 24.
Kf2 Be6 25. Bc4 Bd7 26. Bb5 Be6 (26... Bxb5 $11 27. Nxb5 Nc6) 27. e4 Nb7 28.
Ke3 Kg7 29. Kd4 Kf6 (29... Nd6 $16) 30. Nc4 ({Better is} 30. e5+ $18 Kf5 31.
Nc2) 30... Bxc4 $1 31. e5+ Kf5 32. Bxc4 $16 {KB-KN} (32. bxc4 $16 Nd8 33. g3)
32... e6 $2 (32... Nd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. Bd3+ $18 Kg5
34. g3 Nc5 35. Bb5 $2 (35. Be2 $18) 35... h5 $2 (35... Kf5 $16 {was necessary.}
) 36. Be8 f5 37. h4+ Kh6 38. Kc4 g5 (38... Na6 $142 39. Bc6 Nc7) 39. f4 gxf4 $2
(39... g4 40. Bc6 Na6) 40. gxf4 Na6 41. a3 Nc7 42. Bc6 Kg6 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. Bxh5
Nd5 (44... Kh6 $142 45. Bf3 Kg6) 45. Bf3 Nxf4 {[#]} 46. Kb5 $1 Nd3 47. Kxb6
Nxe5 48. Be2 (48. Bd1 $142) 48... f4 49. Kxa5 f3 50. Bd1 $2 (50. Bf1 $18) 50...
f2 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Be2 {[#] Black must now prevent Kb4.} Nc6+
$1 52. Kb6 Nd4 53. Bf1 {Hoping for b4.} Nxb3 54. a4 Kh6 55. a5 Nxa5 $1 56. Kxa5
Kh5 57. Kb4 Kxh4 58. Kc4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 {B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} Na5
(10... Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 h6 16.
Qe3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxe5 {1-0 (42) Grischuk,A (2761)
-Topalov,V (2749) Paris 2017}) 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3
{LiveBook: 18 Partien} Bg5 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. c4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. c3 Bh6
17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (52) Petrosian,D (2487)-Khojayan,V
(2219) Jermuk 2010}) 16... Kh8 17. Rad1 Rc6 18. Qc3 Be7 19. Qb4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Rb6 21. Qa3 Rc6 22. Qb4 Rb6 23. Qa3 {Droht stark c5!} Rc6 24. Qb4 Rb6 {
Precision: Weiß = 19%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 Nd5 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Cambridge Springs Variation} (11... O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (46)
Grischuk,A (2761)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 {[#]} O-O
$146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O
Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Nd3 Ra7 19. h4 {1-0 (100) L'Ami,E (2613)
-Michiels,B (2563) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. b4 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 17.
Qc2 Be8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. f4 Qe7 20. Nd2 Ra8 21. Nb3 g6 22. Nc5 a6 23. Qb3 Bg7
24. a4 Rab8 25. Bf3 h5 26. Kg2 Rd6 27. Ne4 Rdd8 28. Nc5 Rd6 $1 29. Ne4 Rdd8 30.
Nc5 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 57%.} (30. Be2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Bxd2 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8... c6 9. Bc3 e4 10. Ne1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Re8
13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Nb6 15. b3 a4 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (60) Bacrot,E
(2705)-Fressinet,L (2706) Calvi 2013}) 9. Nfxd2 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. a3 {
LiveBook: 4 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. d5 cxd5
14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 {1-0 (63) Hernandez Carmenates,H (2570)
-Alvarez Pedraza,A (2551) Havana 2012}) 12. Nde4 Ne8 13. Nxd6 ({Better is} 13.
Rc1 $16) 13... Nxd6 $11 14. c5 $1 {[#]} Nxc5 $1 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Na4 Qb5 $1
17. Nc3 {White has compensation.} Qc5 {The position is equal.} ({Wrong is} 
17... Qxb2 $2 18. Na4 $18) 18. Na4 Qb5 $1 19. Nc3 Qc5 ({Avoid the trap} 19...
Qxb2 $2 20. Na4 $18) 20. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Black "Dai, Changren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Re8 {[%emt 0:00:
08] E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 Bxc4} 14. Ne5 {Hoping
for Nxf7!} Nd5 15. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17.
Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Qb7 g6 21. Rc7 {0-1 (28) Dragun,K 
(2432)-Macieja,B (2636) Warsaw 2011}) 15... exd5 {The position is equal.} 16.
Be3 Bd6 17. Nd3 Nf8 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Nb5 Bb8 20. g3 Qd7 21. Nc3 f6 22. h4 Bd6
23. Nf4 Nc7 24. Nh5 Rad8 25. Bf4 Bf8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Nb5 Qf7 $1 28. Rc7 Re7
29. Rdc1 Ba6 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. a4 Qe4 $36 {Black is more active.} 32. Qxe4 dxe4
33. Rc7 Bxb5 $1 34. axb5 Rxd4 $17 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Nf4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2
37. Ne6 (37. Rxa7 $17 e3 38. Ra8) 37... e3 $1 $19 38. Rc8 $2 (38. Kf3 e2 39.
Rc1) 38... Kf7 39. Rxf8+ {KRN-KR} Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...e2.} 40. Kf1
Rxf2+ ({Weaker is} 40... Kxe6 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Rxe3 $17) 41. Ke1 Kxe6 {KR-KR}
42. Re8+ Kf5 43. Rxe3 Rxb2 44. Re7 Kg6 45. Rxa7 Rxb5 46. Kf2 (46. Ra4 $142 Rb1+
47. Kf2) 46... h5 47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Rb4+ 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Rc7 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 b5
52. Rb7 b4 53. Rc7 (53. Rb8 $142) 53... Rb1 54. Kg2 b3 55. Rb7 Kg6 (55... g5
$142 56. Rb6 gxh4 57. gxh4 Kg6) 56. Kh2 (56. Rd7 $142) 56... b2 (56... Rb2+
$142 57. Kg1 Rb1+ 58. Kh2 b2) 57. Rb5 Kf7 58. Rb7+ Ke6 59. Kg2 Kf5 $2 (59...
Kd5 $19 60. Rb8 Kc4) 60. Rb8 $2 {[#]} (60. Rb5+ $11 Ke4 61. Rb7) 60... Ke4 $2 (
60... g5 {mates} 61. Rb5+ Kg6 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Rb7 h4 64. gxh4 gxh4 65. Rb4
Kf6 66. Rb6+ Kf5 67. Rb8 Ke5 68. Rb5+ Ke4 69. Rb4+ Kd5 70. Rb5+ Kd4 71. Rb8 Kc3
72. Rc8+ Kd3 73. Rb8 Kc3 74. Rc8+ Kd3 75. Rb8 Kc3) 61. Re8+ Kf5 $2 (61... Kd3
62. Rd8+ Kc4) 62. Rb8 g5 63. Rb5+ Kg6 64. hxg5 f5 {Black mates.} 65. Rb8 Kxg5
66. Rg8+ Kh6 67. Rb8 {[#]} h4 $1 68. gxh4 f4 69. Rb6+ Kh5 70. Rb5+ Kxh4 71. Rb7
Kg5 72. Rb5+ Kf6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves}
Qd7 ({Wrong is} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. h3 a6 ({Don't play} 10... Bxa2 $6
11. b3 $18) 11. b3 {White is slightly better.} O-O-O 12. g4 h5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Re2 Re7 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Swiercz,D (2637)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2605) Martuni 2017}) 13. g5 Ne5
14. Bg2 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 f6 16. h4 fxg5 17. hxg5 h4 18. c4 h3 19. Qb4 (19. Qd4 {
is more complex.} c5 20. Qxg7 Rhg8 21. Qh6 Rh8 22. Qg7) 19... c6 20. Qc3 Rdf8
21. Be4 Rh4 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. f4 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Kd7 $36 {Black is
pushing.} 26. Kd2 (26. Rh2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Ke6 27. Ke2 h2 28.
Bd2 Kf5 29. a4 ({Better is} 29. Be1 $15 Rxf4 30. Rxh2) 29... Rfh8 30. Kf2 {[#]}
(30. Kf3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 30... d5 $1 $19 31. cxd5 Bc5+ 32. Kg2 {[#]
} Rg4+ $1 33. Rg3 Rxg3+ 34. Kxg3 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Bg1 35. Bc3 $2 (35. dxc6 $17
{was the only chance.} bxc6 36. Bc3) 35... Re8 36. Bxg7 Re3+ 37. Kg2 {Hoping
for Bd4.} Kxf4 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. c3 $2 (39. Rxh2 Bxh2 40. Kxh2) 39... Re2+ 40.
Kh3 Kf3 (40... Re7 $142 41. Bf8 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Rg3+ 43. Kf1 Rxc3) 41. Bf6 c5 42.
b4 (42. a5 $142) 42... cxb4 43. cxb4 {White hopes to continue with b5.} Re4 (
43... Rd2 $142 {( -> ...Rd7)} 44. Kh4 Kg2 45. Rxh2+ Bxh2) 44. b5 $2 (44. Rxh2
$19 Bxh2 45. Kxh2 Rh4+ 46. Kg1 Rxb4 47. a5) 44... Bf2 45. g6 Re6 46. Rxh2 Rxf6
{KRB-KR} 47. Rg2 {[#]} Rf4 $2 (47... axb5 $1 {mates} 48. axb5 Rf4 49. Rxf2+
Kxf2 50. b6 Kf3 51. b7 Rf8 52. g7 Rg8 53. Kh4 Kf4 54. Kh5 Kf5 55. Kh4 Kg6 56.
Kg3 Kxg7 57. Kf4 Re8 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. Kg4 Ke6 60. Kf4 Kf6 61. Kg3 Rb8 62. Kf4
Rxb7 63. Ke3 Rd7 64. Ke4 Rd6 65. Kf4 Re6 66. Kg4 Ke5 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. Kg3 Re3+
69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Kf2 Re8 71. Kg2 Rf8 72. Kh1 Kh3 73. Kg1 Kg3 74. Kh1 Rf1#) 48.
Rxf2+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kxf2 49. bxa6 {Threatens to win with g7.
KR-K3P} Rf8 50. Kg4 Ke3 51. Kg5 ({Avoid the trap} 51. a7 $2 Ke4 $19) 51... Ke4
52. g7 Ra8 53. Kg6 Rxa6+ 54. Kh7 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bg5 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 b6 {E39: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} (9... Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e3
b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rc5 15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rg5+ 17. Kh1 {
0-1 (37) Camus,B (2248)-Demuth,A (2540) Agen 2017}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6
{LiveBook: 4 Partien} 12. e3 a5 13. Rd1 a4 14. Rd6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Be2
Ba6 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Nc2 Ne4 17. Nb4 Bxc4 18. Rxd7 b5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Debouverie,
J-Csonkics,T (2355) France 1990}) 14... Rb8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}
15. Be2 Ba6 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. O-O Kf8 {[#] Droht stark ...Ke7.} 18. Nc2 Ne4 19.
Rxd7 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nb4 Nc5 22. Rd6 Ne4 23. Rd7 Nc5 24. Rd6 Ne4 25. Rd7
{Precision: Weiß = 70%, Schwarz = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. Nxb4 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...a5.
B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 16. Bxa6 O-O (16... Qa5 17.
Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rxb4 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. f3 Bxd2+ 23.
Qxd2 Qxa6 24. fxg4 {0-1 (33) Yu,R (2526)-Yu,Y (2750) China 2017}) 17. O-O {[#]}
Kh8 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc7 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Bc4
Rb7 20. Bd5 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Be8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Ba2 {1-0 (70) Papp,G (2601)
-Ikonnikov,V (2518) Germany 2016}) 18. Qxd6 Be7 19. Qxe5 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Qb6 21.
b5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 $14 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. h3
h6 26. Rfa1 Rfb8 27. Ra7 Kg8 28. Ra8 h5 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 {KR-KR} 30. Kh2 g6 31.
Kg3 Rb2 32. h4 Kg7 33. Ra3 Rc2 34. f4 Rb2 35. Kf3 Rb1 36. g3 Rb4 37. Re3 Rb1
38. Ke2 Ra1 39. Rc3 Ra4 40. Kf3 Rb4 41. e5 Rb1 42. Ke4 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Rd1+ 44.
Rd3 Ra1 45. Kd5 Kf8 46. Rc3 Rd1+ 47. Ke4 Re1+ 48. Kd5 Rd1+ 49. Ke4 Re1+ {
Precision: White = 55%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Ra7 16. Ne5 e6 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne8 20. Bg3 b5 21. Ne2
Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Bf8 23. h4 Ra8 24. Bc7 Nxc7 25. Qxc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Bc8 27. h5 Bd6
28. Rc6 Be7 29. Nc3 Kf8 30. e4 Bd7 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Ne2 Kd8 33. Rc1 dxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Bc6 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Nc3 Ke8 39. Nxd5 Kf8 40. Re1
Bd8 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Re2 Rc5 43. Rd2 Bg5 44. f4 Bh4 45. Kh2 Be1 46. Rd1 Bf2
47. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 {A20: English Opening:
1...e5} Nc6 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Rb1 $146 {
[#] Threatens to win with Nc7+.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nc2+ 11.
Kd1 Nxa1 {1/2-1/2 (39) Maletin,P (2571)-Morozevich,A (2712) Rostov on Don 2014}
) 9... Bd6 10. Bg2 (10. Bf4 $5 Be6 11. Bxd6 Bxd5 12. Be5 $15) 10... Bf5 11. g4
Bxg4 {Threatening ...Bf5.} 12. Bxe4 Bf5 (12... Ne7 {with more complications.}
13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 O-O-O 15. e3 g5) 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Bd2 Nge7 15. Nxe7 Nxe7
16. Nf3 f6 17. e3 Kf7 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rhg1 a6 20. h3 Rhd8 21. Rbc1 Rxc1 (21...
Nc6 {is interesting.} 22. Rgd1 Be7 23. e4 g6 24. Be3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8) 22.
Rxc1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Ne1 g5 25. Nd3 h5 26. Rg1 Ke6 27. f4 Be7 28. fxg5 fxg5
29. Nf2 Rd5 {The position is equal.} 30. Ne4 b5 31. Rc1 Ne5 32. Rg1 {Precision:
White = 52%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 {
D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (8. Nc3 Be7 9. c5 Qxb3
10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 12. h3 h6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. e3 g5 16. Bh2 h5
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 (40) Mozharov,M (2573)-Onischuk,A (2662) Moscow 2015}) 8...
Qa6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 ({Black should play} 14... Nxe4 $15 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4
Be7) 15. Nc3 $146 Be7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bd2 Qa4 {[#]} 18. Bxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qxd5
{Strongly threatening b3.} Nf6 $1 20. Qb7 O-O $1 21. Qxe7 Ne4 (21... Qc2 $11
22. Qb4 Nd5) 22. Be3 ({Reject} 22. Rxe4 Rfe8 $11) 22... Qb5 23. Qe5 Qd7 24.
Rec1 (24. d5 $16) 24... Rfe8 25. Rc7 $2 (25. Qc7 $11 {and White has nothing to
worry.} Qxc7 26. Rxc7) 25... Qd8 $1 $19 26. Qf4 Nf6 $2 (26... Ng5 $19 27. Qg4
Qxc7) 27. Rc6 $1 $11 Nd5 28. Qd6 Nxe3 29. Qxd8 Raxd8 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Rd1 (31.
Rxb6 $11 Be4 32. Ng2) 31... Re2 $1 $15 32. Rxb6 Be4 33. g4 {[#]} (33. d5 $15)
33... g6 (33... Rc8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Rcc2.} 34. d5 Bxd5) 34. Rb5 (34. d5
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Bc2 $36 {Black is in control.} 35. Rf1 Rxd4 36.
h3 {Rb8+ is the strong threat.} Be4 37. Re5 Rxb2 {White must now prevent ...
Bd5.} 38. Re8+ Kg7 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 39. Re7 $2 (39. Rf4 $17 Rd1+ 40.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1) 39... Bd5 $19 40. Rd7 {intending Rfxf7+!} Rdd2 41. a4 Ra2
42. a5 {White hopes to continue with a6!} Kg8 43. Rd8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 44. Rd7 (
44. Rxd5 $142 Rxd5 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Kxf2) 44... g5 45. Nf3 Rg2+
46. Kh1 Rh2+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4
Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} e6 (6... h6 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9.
a4 b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qb3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a5 O-O {1/2-1/2 (102) Wojtaszek,
R (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017}) 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 h6 10.
Bd3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. e4 {e5 is the strong threat.}
dxe4 (12... dxc4 {looks sharper.} 13. bxc4 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc5) 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7) 15. Rad1 Qa5 16.
Qc2 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. h3 Qg6 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. Nxd7
Rxd7 23. d5 cxd5 {[#]} 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $11 {
keeps the balance.} Qf4 27. Qxd7 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+
31. Ke2 Qe4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+) 26... Rc7 (26... dxc4 $17 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} 27.
bxc4 (27. g4 Qd5 $17) 27... Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rxd4) 27. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 28. Qe3 f5
29. Qd2 $40 {White has some attack.} Rd7 30. Rd1 (30. Qc3 $11) 30... Qe4 $1 $17
{White must now prevent ...Bc5!} 31. f3 (31. Qc1 $142) 31... Qe6 32. Qc2 {[#]}
Bf4 $2 (32... Qd5 $1 $19 {And now ... Bc5! would win.} 33. Kf2 {[#]} Bc5 $1 34.
Bxc5 Qxd1 35. Qxf5+ g6) 33. Bf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bc7
35. Kf1 Qe5 36. Qc2 Qa1+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. d4 b6 7. O-O {E01:
Catalan: Early deviations} Bb7 8. Nc3 (8. b3 Rc8 9. Rd1 c5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. d5
cxb3 12. axb3 Bxd5 13. e4 Ba8 14. Rxa7 Rc7 15. Ra2 Qc8 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Bxc7
Qxc7 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Nd4 {1-0 (20) Danailov,S (2448)-Granda Zuniga,
J (2699) Benasque 2016}) 8... Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Rc8 9. Rd1 Bb4 10.
a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Qe3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (57)
Klekowski,M (2473)-Przedmojski,R (2355) Katowice 2017}) 9. a3 {White has an
edge.} Bxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Bxd2 Ba6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. b5 Bb7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. f3 Ne8 21. e3
Nd6 22. Be1 Rc4 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. e4 Rc8 25. e5 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bf2 Nd6
28. Bf1 Rc7 29. Re1 Bc8 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Be2 Qh6 32. Bd3 Qd2 33. Re2 Qb4 34. Bc2
(34. Qa2 {is more complex.} g6 35. Rc2 Bb7 36. h4 Rf7 37. Be2) 34... Qxb3 (
34... Na3 $11 {remains equal.} 35. Be1 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4) 35. Bxb3 $16 Nd6 36.
g4 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Rc3 37. Re3 Rc1 $1 38. Re1 Rc3 $1 39. Re3 Rc1 $1
40. Be1 Nc4 41. Re2 Ra1 42. Bg3 Ra3 43. Bc2 Bd7 44. Kf2 Nb2 45. Bd6 $36 {
White has the initiative.} Ra1 46. Re1 Ra2 $1 47. Kg3 Nc4 48. Bb3 Rd2 (48...
Rxa4 $16 49. Bxa4 Nxd6) 49. Bxc4 $1 $18 dxc4 {Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 50. Rc1 $1
c3 (50... Rxd4 $16 51. Be5 Rd5) 51. Rxc3 Rxd4 52. Be5 Rd5 53. Bc7 Rd4 {[#]} 54.
Ra3 $1 ({Less strong is} 54. Bxb6 Rxa4 55. Rc5 Rb4 $14) 54... Kf7 55. Bxb6 Rc4
56. Bxa5 e5 57. Bd2 e4 58. f4 Rc2 (58... Rd4 $142 59. Be3 Rd3 60. Rxd3 exd3)
59. Be3 g6 60. b6 Bc8 61. a5 Ba6 62. Rb3 Bf1 63. Bf2 h5 64. b7 {White mates.}
g5 65. fxg5 h4+ 66. Kxh4 Rxf2 67. b8=Q {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 45%.}
1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Be2 Bd7 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 10. Qb3 dxc4 {White is slightly better.} 11.
Qxc4 Qg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Nc6 16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Ni,H (2696)-Yu,Y (2734) Taizhou
2015}) 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Rc2 Ba4 18. b3 Be8 {The position is equal.} 19. Nxd6
cxd6 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nc6 22. a3 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 d5 25. Ne5 Kd6
26. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. b4 Bd7 28. f4 Rc8 29. Rc5 b6 30. Rxc8
Bxc8 31. Kd2 Bd7 32. g3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Na6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)}
9. O-O {White wants to play Re1.} Bg4 (9... Bd6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 14. Ba4+ Kd8 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 Kc7 17. Re1 Nb4 {
1-0 (65) Aronian,L (2816)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Istanbul 2012}) 10. Be2 {
Threatens to win with d4.} Bd6 {White has an edge.} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Be3 c5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Qd2 h6 16. Rfe1 {0-1 (45)
Melkumyan,H (2630)-Shengelia,D (2543) Austria 2013}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13.
Rb1 $36 {Strongly threatening d4. White is on the roll.} O-O 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Rab8 16. Rb3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Bc7 18. Qa1 Qg5 19. Re1 h6 20. Re4 f5 (20... Qf5
{keeps fighting.} 21. Qe1 Qa5) 21. Re6 $18 Re8 {[#]} 22. Qe1 $1 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+
Kh7 24. Re3 Rf8 25. Ba3 Rf6 $2 (25... Rg8 {might work better.} 26. Be2 c5 27.
Bxc5 (27. dxc5 Bf4 $18) 27... Nxc5 28. dxc5 f4) 26. Qd7 Rg6 $2 (26... Bf4) 27.
Qc8 {White is clearly winning.} Qd8 28. Qxf5 {[#] Threatening mate with Re6.}
Qxd4 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 29. g4 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (9... a6 10.
a4 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Bb1 Rad8 16. h3
Ndf6 17. a5 bxa5 {1-0 (43) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Tallinn
2016}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 {LiveBook: 13
Games} Qe7 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 ({Much worse is} 16. fxg3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5
$17) 16... Nf6 17. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. d5 f6
20. Nc6 Qf7 {1-0 (55) Javakhishvili,L (2319)-Lagno,K (2328) Antalya 2002})
17... Ne4 18. Rc2 Qe6 {[#]} (18... f6 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Bxe4 fxe5 20.
dxe5 Bxe5) 19. Rfc1 ({White should try} 19. Bxe4 $1 $16 {Bf3 is the strong
threat.} dxe4 {[#]} 20. d5 $1 Bxd5 21. Ng4) 19... f6 $11 {The position is
equal.} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc4 Be7 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Nd2 Bd6 {
Precision: White = 75%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} b6 12. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4)
12... h6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bh7+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 15. Be4 Rab8 16.
Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qd3 Rc7 18. a5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfc8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qb5 Qd6 22.
Rab1 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc2 26. Rb5
R8c6 27. h4 Rd2 28. h5 Kh7 29. g4 {The position is equal.} g6 30. hxg6+ Kxg6
31. Kg2 Rc3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. a3 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. b4 {[#] LiveBook: 9
Partien. D47: Damengambit (Meraner Variante)} Bxb4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13...
Nf6 14. Bd3 a5 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Nc4 Qc3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rb1 Ba6
20. Rb3 Qxc4 21. Rxa3 Qd5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxa6 c5 24. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Moscow 2007}) 14. Qa4 a5 15. Bxa3 Bxa3
16. Qxa3 {Tfb1 ist eine echte Drohung.} f5 $1 17. Bd3 {[#] zielt auf Db3 ab.}
c5 $1 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 20. Rfd1 Qe7 {[#]} 21. c6 (21. Bxf5 $1 $16 {
Schwarz muss nun Td6 beachten.} exf5 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. Qb7) 21... Qxa3 22. Rxa3
Ne5 23. Bb5 Rhc8 24. Rc3 {Droht stark c7.} Rc7 25. f4 Ng6 26. Ba4 Ne7 27. Rc5
g6 28. Kg2 Nd5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 29. Kg3 Nb6 30. Bb3 a4 31. Ba2
a3 (31... Ke7 {feels hotter.} 32. Rd3 Ra6 33. f3 Nd5 34. Ra3 Kd6) 32. f3 Nd5
33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Ra1 Ke6 35. Rc3 Ra6 36. Raxa3 Rxa3 37. Rxa3 Rxc6 {Precision:
Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d4 Bf5 10. Rb1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 11.
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04] C7: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Re8 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17.
Bxb7 h6 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bd4 21. Qe8+ Kh7 22. Qe4+ Kg8 23.
Qa8+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ Kg8 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qe4+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller
Defences} (11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Be3
Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Zhao,J (2634)-Xu,J (2527)
Xinghua 2016}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nh5 {LiveBook: 3 Games}
15. Kh1 Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd7) 16. h3 Be6 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Bd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. b4 $36 {White has some pressure.} Bb6 21. c4 f5 22. Nb3
c6 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. cxb5 Nxb4 {[#]} (24... Ne7 $16) 25. Nbd4 $1 exd4 (25...
Bxd4 26. Qb3+) 26. Qb3+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Bc5.} 27. Qxb4 Qf6 28. Qd2 Rfc8 29.
Qxf4 Rc3 30. Rfd1 Kh7 31. Ra2 Qe6 $2 {[#]} (31... Rc7 32. Re1 Bc5) 32. Re1 $3
$18 Qxa2 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Qxd6+ Kh5 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 {A34:
Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 7. dxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7.
bxc3 Bd7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Ba4 Nb4
14. Bb3 Bb5 15. Re3 Qb6 16. a4 Bc4 17. a5 {1-0 (39) Adams,M (2738)-Xiong,J 
(2633) Douglas 2017}) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 9. a4
O-O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. Kc2 Be7 12. e4 g5 13. Nc4 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. f3 f6 16.
Be3 g4 17. Na5 Be8 18. Nb3 gxf3 19. Bxc5 $2 (19. gxf3 $11 {and White stays
safe.} Rg8 20. Rhg1 Rxg1 21. Bxg1) 19... fxg2 20. Rhg1 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 {[#]} Bc6
$1 22. Rae1 b6 23. Nxe6 Rde8 24. Nf4 {[#]} Rxe4 ({Not} 24... Bxe4+ 25. Kc1 $15)
(24... Rhg8 $1 $19 {...Rg4 is the strong threat.} 25. c4 Bxe4+ 26. Kc3 Bf3 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nxg2 Rg8) 25. Rxe4 $17 Bxe4+ $19 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Kd2 Rg8
27. Ke3 Bc6 28. Kf2 Rg4 29. Nxg2 Rxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2.} 30. Ne1
Ra2 31. Nd3 Bb5 32. Ke3 Bxd3 $1 33. Kxd3 Rxb2 $17 {KR-KR} 34. Rg8+ Kd7 35. Rg7+
Ke6 36. Rxh7 a5 37. c4 (37. h4 $142) 37... Kf5 (37... f5 $142 38. h4 Rb3+ 39.
Kc2 Rb4) 38. h4 (38. Rb7 $142) 38... Rb3+ 39. Kd4 a4 40. Rh5+ $2 (40. h5 $17 {
is tougher.}) 40... Kg4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rh8 a3 42. h5 Kg5
43. h6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 70%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxc4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Qb6 (9... Be7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf4
Nb6 12. Qb3 Nbd5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Rac1 Nxf4 17. gxf4
{1-0 (75) Li,C (2721)-Collins,S (2485) Deizisau 2015}) 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Na4 $146
{White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Qxb4
Bxb4 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Na4 Rac8 {1-0 (38) Natalicchio Escalante,N 
(2280)-Garcia Gonzalez,E (2139) Gran Canaria 2009}) 11... Bxa4 12. Qxa4 Nc6 13.
Bd2 a5 14. Rac1 Be7 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. a3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rac8 19. e3
h6 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Bf1 Qa7 22. Nc4 Ng4 (22... a4 $11 23. Qb6 Qb8) 23. Nb6 $36
{White has the initiative.} Rb8 24. Red1 Nge5 25. Be2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qb5 Nec6 29. Nc4 Qa8 30. Bf3 Qc8 (30... Qa7 $16 {was worth a
try.} 31. Kg2 Qa6) 31. Nxa5 $18 Nxa5 32. Qxa5 Nc6 33. Qc5 Qd7 34. a4 g5 35. a5
{[#] Black must now prevent Bxc6.} Ne7 36. Qa7 {White is clearly winning.} Nc6
37. Qb6 Ne5 (37... Nd8 $142 38. b4 f5) 38. Qxb7 Qd8 39. a6 g4 40. Be4 {[#]
Strongly threatening a7.} Qa5 41. a7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Rae1 Rac8 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} 16.
e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 18. f5 exf5 $1 19. Rxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.}
Ne8 $1 20. Bd3 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... g6 21. Rf2 Ng7 22. Rfe2 Nh5
23. Qf2 Bc5 24. Qh4 Rce8 25. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (25) Strautins,U (2503)-Costa,C 
(2616) ICCF email 2000}) 21. Bd4 Rf7 22. Ne4 Qd7 23. Qf2 {Ng5! is the strong
threat.} Bxe4 24. Bxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd5.} Nd6 25. Bd3 Nxf5 26.
Bxf5 Qc6 27. Qe3 {And now Qh3 would win.} (27. Qh4 $5 g5 28. Qg4 $14) 27... Rc7
28. Be6 Bf8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qb3 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 32.
Kg1 Re7 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd5 37. c3 Bd6 38. h3 {
Precision: White = 60%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. d4 dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05] D4: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (9... b5 10. O-O Bb7 11.
Rad1 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qb1 Bb8 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Ng3 dxc4 17. bxc4
c5 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc5 {0-1 (61) Mamedyarov,S (2747)
-Movsesian,S (2653) Huaian 2016}) 10. Bxc4 (10. bxc4 $14 b6 11. O-O) 10... b5
$11 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O c5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. h3 Ne4 20. Qe2 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Higatsberger,M (2200)-Nemeth,Z (2345) Budapest 1991}) 12... h6 13.
Nge4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Ne4 (15. O-O {keeps more tension.} Rc8 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Rfd1) 15... c5 (15... Bb4+ {looks sharper.} 16. Ke2 Nxe4 17.
Bxe4 Qe7 18. Rhc1 Rfc8) 16. dxc5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxc5 19. Qe5 Bb4+
20. Ke2 $1 Qg5 $1 $132 {Black is fighting back} 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rac1 Rfd8 {
...Rd2+ is the strong threat.} 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 {Endgame
KRB-KRB} f6 26. Ke2 g4 27. f3 gxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rd8 29. a3 Be7 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Rc7
Ke8 32. h4 Rd7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rc1 Rd5 35. b4 Kd7 36. g4 Rd6 37. h5 Rd5 38.
Rh1 Rg5 39. Kf3 f5 40. gxf5 exf5 41. Be5 {Black should prevent h6.} Ke6 42. Bf4
Rg4 43. Rc1 Rh4 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rg6 Rxh5 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 46. Rxg7 Ke6 47.
Rg8 Rh1 48. Ra8 Ra1 49. Rxa6+ Kd5 50. Ra8 Bh4 51. Rh8 Be1 52. Rc8 Rxa3 53. Rc5+
Ke6 54. Re5+ Kf6 55. Rxb5 Rb3 (55... Bc3 $11) 56. Rb6+ $16 Kf7 57. b5 (57. Bd6
$1 $16) 57... Rb2 58. Rb8 Bh4 59. Bg3 Bg5 60. b6 Rb3 61. Bf4 Be7 62. b7 Ke6 63.
Ke2 Kd7 64. Kd2 Bd6 65. Kc2 Bxf4 66. exf4 $11 {KR-KR} Rb5 67. Kc3 Kc7 (67...
Kc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 68. Rc8+ ({White should try} 68. Kc4 $1 $16 Kxb8 69.
Kxb5 Kxb7 70. Kc5) 68... Kxb7 69. Rc4 $1 Kb6 $2 (69... Rd5 $11) 70. Kd4 $1 $18
Ra5 71. Rc1 Kb7 72. Rc2 Kb6 73. Rc3 Rb5 74. Rc4 Ra5 $1 {[#]} 75. Rc8 $1 Kb7 {
[#]} 76. Rc1 $2 ({Only move:} 76. Rc5 $1 $18 Rxc5 77. Kxc5) 76... Kb6 $11 {
The position is equal.} 77. Rc2 Rb5 $1 78. Rc4 Ra5 $1 79. Rc1 Rb5 80. Rc3 Ra5
$1 81. Ke3 Rc5 82. Ra3 (82. Rd3 {is more complex.} Kc6 83. Kf3 Rd5 84. Ra3 Kd6
85. Ra6+) 82... Kc6 83. Kf3 Kd5 84. Kg3 Rc1 85. Re3 Kd6 86. Re5 Rc5 87. Re1 $1
Rc4 88. Re8 Re4 89. Ra8 $1 Ke6 90. Ra6+ Kf7 91. Rb6 Ra4 92. Rc6 {Precision:
White = 63%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Black "Ding, Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Bf4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3:
Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (12. Bc2 Re8 13. h4 Qa5 14. a4 Rad8 15.
b4 Qc7 16. a5 Bd6 17. Bb3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nd5 19. Ra2 e5 {0-1 (35)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)-Gelfand,B (2741) Moscow 2010}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Nf8
14. c4 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 15. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxg6
hxg6 16. h4 Qa5 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 {1-0 (38) Jove Grau,L (2063)-Rodriguez Font,
R (1963) Barcelona 2016}) 15... Qa5 16. h4 Rad8 $1 17. a3 (17. Ne2 $14 {
stays ahead.}) 17... Rxd4 $17 {And now ...Ne5 would win.} 18. b4 Qxa3 {aiming
for ...Red8.} 19. h5 {[#]} Red8 $1 ({Not} 19... Bxb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Re3 $11)
20. hxg6 Rxd3 21. gxf7+ {[#]} Kxf7 $2 ({Better is} 21... Kf8 $1 $17 22. Rxd3
Qxd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6) 22. Qe2 $1 $36 {The position is equal. White is more
active.} ({But not} 22. Rxd3 $2 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 $19) 22... Rxd1 23. Qxe6+
Kg6 24. Qf5+ Kf7 25. Qe6+ Kg6 26. Qf5+ Kf7 {Precision: White = 29%, Black =
68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 {E12: Damenindisch 
(Petrosjan-System und 4. oder 5.Lg5)} (12... Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. a4 Rfd8 15.
Bd2 Rac8 16. h3 e5 17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. Bc4 Rf8 19. d5 Ra8 20. Be3 Bc8 21. Nd2 Nf6
{1-0 (42) Wang,Y (2726) -Zhou,W (2627) China 2015}) 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 {LiveBook: 3
Partien} 14. Be3 Qc8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 15. Qe2 Rd8 $146 ({
Vorgänger:} 15... Nb8 16. a4 Qc6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Nf3
{0-1 (77) Kolasinski,K (2040) -Krokay,U (2003) Krakow 2015}) 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17.
d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. c4 Ne8 21. Bf4 Nd6 22. Re1 {[#] zielt
auf Lxd6 ab.} Qd7 23. h3 Re8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa4 Red8 27. Qa6 Qd7
28. a4 Re8 29. a5 (29. g4 $14) 29... Qa4 $11 30. Qb7 Qxa5 31. d6 {Und weiter
mit d7 wäre nett.} Qa4 $1 32. Rcd1 (32. Rxe8+ $15 Rxe8 33. Qc7) 32... Rxe1+
$19 ({Nicht} 32... Qxc4 33. d7 $16) 33. Rxe1 Rd8 34. Qd5 Qd7 35. Rd1 (35. Ne5 {
war einen Versuch wert.} Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Nc6 Rxd6 38. Nxa7) 35... a5 36.
Ne5 Bxe5 $1 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qg3 Rd7 39. Rd5 {[#]} (39. Qd3 $17 {ist wohl
besser.}) 39... g6 (39... Qe1+ $1 $19 40. Kh2 Qe4) 40. f4 (40. Qf4 $17) 40...
f5 41. Qd3 Qe4 $2 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 81%.} (41... Qe1+ $19 42.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Kf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Black "Wang, Yiye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ (3... Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 Bxc5 6. e3 Bb4 7.
Nge2 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bb5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Aronian,
L (2799)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 4. Qd2 Qxc5 5. Nc3 d5 {[#]} 6. e3
{A45: Trompowsky Attack} (6. O-O-O $1 $16) 6... Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6...
e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5
13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 {1-0 (37) Le T Phuong,L-Tran T Xuan,U Dong Nai 1995}) 7.
O-O-O e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nc3
Nf6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Nb5 {[#] And now Nc7+ would win.} O-O 16. c4 ({White
should try} 16. c3 $11) 16... Nb4 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Kb1 a6 19. Nd4 Nxf4 20.
exf4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Kf8 23. Nb3 Ke8 24. Na5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 $15 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} b6 26. Nc4 Bc5 (26... b5 {looks sharper.} 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Kc2
Rd8 29. Ne4 Ke8) 27. Nd6+ {The position is equal.} Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $11 {KR-KR}
Rb8 29. Kc2 Ke7 30. Rc6 Kd7 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 {KP-KP} 33. Kd3 Kd7 34.
Kd4 Kd6 35. g4 f6 36. h4 h6 37. g5 h5 38. a4 Kc6 39. Kc4 Kd6 40. Kd4 Kc6 41.
Kc4 Kd6 42. Kd4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Black "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation} 7. Nxc5 Bxc5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Be3 (9.
Bb5+ Nd7 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe2 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 {1/2-1/2 (66)
Wei,Y (2753)-Rapport,R (2675) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. f4 O-O
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be4 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 {1/2-1/2 
(45) Andersson,M (2364)-Voronin,A (2355) ICCF email 2013}) 12. Be2 Be4 13. O-O
Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bd4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6
20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qg3 Nh6 22. Qg5 Be4 23. g4 Qf7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 25. Rxd3 {
Black must now prevent f5!} Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. h3 Kf7 28. Re3 Rc6 29. Re5
Rh8 30. Kg2 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Ng8 31. f5 gxf5 $1 32. gxf5 Nf6 33.
Rf2 exf5 34. Rexf5 Rd8 35. Rg5 Re6 36. Kh2 Rd7 37. h4 Kf8 (37... Ke8 $14) 38.
Kh3 Rf7 39. Rfg2 (39. Rg6 $16) 39... Re1 $14 40. Kh2 Re4 41. Bf2 ({White
should try} 41. h5 $14) 41... Kg8 42. Kh3 Rd7 43. Bd4 {[#] Strongly
threatening Bxf6.} Ne8 44. h5 Kh7 $1 45. Rf2 (45. Rg6 $14) 45... Nc7 $11 {
The position is equal.} 46. Re5 Ne6 47. Rd2 Rf7 48. Kg3 Nxd4 49. cxd4 {Endgame
KRR-KRR} Rff4 50. Rxd5 Rg4+ 51. Kf2 Rgf4+ 52. Kg2 Rg4+ 53. Kf1 Rgf4+ 54. Kg2
Rg4+ 55. Kf1 Rgf4+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 a6 {
A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 {The
position is equal.} 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. Rfd1
Rad8 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e4) 15... Rfe8 16. d3 Qe6 (16...
Re6 {feels hotter.} 17. Bc3 Ne7 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Qb2 Nc6) 17. Nd2 Qxc4 18. Nxc4
Rd5 19. Kf1 Bd8 20. Bc3 f6 21. Ke2 Nd4+ (21... Be7 $11) 22. Kf1 ({White should
play} 22. Bxd4 $1 $14 exd4 23. e4) 22... Nb5 23. Ba1 c6 24. a4 Na7 $1 25. e4
Rd7 26. d4 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Ne3 $36 {White has some pressure.} Bb6 29. dxe5
Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 fxe5 31. Ke2 Re6 32. Ne3 Nc6 33. Nd5 {Hoping for Rxc6.} Nd4+ $2
{[#]} (33... Bd8 $1 $14) 34. Kd3 $1 $18 Nb3 {[#]} 35. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 {[#]} 36.
Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 37. Nxb6 {KRN-KRN} a5 38. bxa5 Nxa5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 (39... Re7 $142
40. Rc5 Nc4) 40. Nd5 Nc4 41. Rc5 Kh6 (41... Re8 {was necessary.} 42. Rxb5 Ne5+
43. Kc3 Nd7) 42. Rxb5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:03] D02:1 d4
d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (10... Bd7 11. Bf4
Nc6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. a3 a5 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na2 Na4 16. b3 Bxa3 17. bxa4 Bxc1 18.
Bxc1 {1-0 (57) Galliamova,A (2498)-Munguntuul,B (2465) Nalchik 2011}) 11. Ndb5
Nc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc4 14. Bc5 Be7 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qh5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (29) Pelts,P (2280)-Johnson,B
Chicago 1994}) 14. f4 {fxe5 is the strong threat.} Nc4 15. Bxd4 $1 exd4 16. Nd5
{[#] Hoping for e5.} Ne3 17. Nxe3 dxe3 18. e5 Be7 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Bd7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 24. Qg2 {[#] aiming for Ne4.} Qe6 25. Qd5
Rac8 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Kg2 Bd4 28. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 $1 29.
Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 $11 {Endgame KR-KR} e2 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Rxe2 Rxc3 33. Rd2 Kf8
34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Kf7 36. Rb8 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Rxb7+ Kf8 39. h3 h5 40.
g4 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 Ra4+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Ra4+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 {Precision:
White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
{LiveBook: 39 Games} b5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3
Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (8... Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13.
Re1 Rfc8 14. Ra4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Nf3 b5 18. axb6 Bxb6 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Swiercz,D (2649)-Mareco,S (2648) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. a4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rac8 14.
Re1 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf1 {1-0 (47) Nagy,J (2350) -Stefurak,D (2270)
Budapest 1992}) 9... b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 {White has an edge.} 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qc4
Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Rhe1 (17. Bf2 $16)
17... d5 $14 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Nc3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Nb3 Rxc4 22. Rxe5 Bc8
$1 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bf6 26. Re4 Kd7 {[#] ...Bd5 is the strong
threat.} 27. Nxe6 fxe6 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Bxf6 (29. Kd1 $1 $14)
29... gxf6 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 30. Rd4+ Ke7 31. Rh4 Kd6 32. Rxh7
Rc4 33. Rb7 (33. g3 {looks sharper.} Rxa4 34. Rb7 f5 35. f4 Re4 36. Kd1) 33...
Rxa4 34. Rb3 Ra1+ 35. Rb1 Ra4 36. Rb3 Ra1+ 37. Rb1 Ra5 38. Rb3 Ra1+ {Precision:
White = 71%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:05] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 e3} Nxd5 9. Bd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games}
Nxc3 10. Bxc3 {White has an edge.} c5 11. dxc5 {aiming for Bxg7.} Bxc3 12. bxc3
bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 {
1-0 (69) Giri,A (2793)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2744) Baku 2015}) 13. Rb1 Be4 14. Rb2
Qa5 15. Ng5 Bc6 $1 16. Bf3 h6 17. Nh3 Rd8 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {
Black must now prevent Qd5.} Nc6 21. Qd5 Rc8 22. Nf4 Kg7 23. Kg2 Qb6 24. Rg1
Rd8 25. Qe4 Qc7 26. Kh1 (26. Qxg6+ $11 fxg6 27. Ne6+ Kf7 28. Nxc7) 26... Qd6 (
26... Ne5 $17 27. Rg3 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd6) 27. c4 e5 (27... Ne5 $15) 28. Nd5 $11
Ne7 29. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Qe6 $36 {Black has the initiative.} 30.
Rb1 Rd2 {Hoping for ...Ng8.} 31. Kg1 (31. Kg2 $1 $11) 31... Nf5 $17 32. Rb8 (
32. f4 $17 {might work better.}) 32... Qf6 (32... g5 $1 $19 {has better
winning chances.} 33. h3 Nh4) 33. Qa8 $2 (33. f4 $17) 33... Nh4 34. Kf1 e4 $1 (
34... Nxf3 35. Ne4 $14) 35. Qxe4 (35. Rg8+ $142 Kh7 36. Rf8) 35... Nxf3 (35...
Qxc3 $142 36. Qxh4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1) 36. Qf4 $19 {[#]} Nxh2+ $1 37. Qxh2 {
And now Ne4 would win.} Qxc3 {Endgame KQR-KQR} 38. Qf4 g5 39. Qe4 (39. Qf3 $142
) 39... Qf6 40. f4 gxf4 (40... h5 $142 41. Qe5 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Rxa2) 41. exf4
Qa1+ ({Much less strong is} 41... Rxa2 42. Qe5 $19) 42. Rb1 Rd1+ ({Stronger
than} 42... Qxa2 43. Qe5+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kh5 45. Qe5+ Kh4 46. Qf6+ Kg3 47. Qg7+
Kf3 48. Qc3+ Kxf4 49. Qf6+ Kg4 50. Qg7+ Kh3 51. Qxh6+ Kg4 52. Qg7+ Kh3 53. Qh7+
Kg3 54. Qg7+ Kh4 55. Qh7+ Kg3 56. Qg7+ Kh3 57. Qh7+ Kg3 $11) 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {
KQ-KQ} 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Qe6 $1 46. Qd3 h5 47. Qc3+ {[#]} Qf6 $1 48. Qg3+
Kh6 49. Qe3 Qf5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. a4 Qg4+ 52. Kh2 h4 (52... a5 $142 53. Qxc5
Qxf4+ 54. Kh3 Qf5+ 55. Qxf5+ Kxf5) 53. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 54. Kh1 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ 56.
Kh1 h3 57. Qc6+ Kg7 58. a5 Kh7 ({Black should play} 58... a6 $17) 59. Qe4+ $11
Kh6 60. c5 Qc7 61. c6 f5 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Qg8+ Kf4 64. Qd5 Kg5 65. Qd7 Qf4 {
( -> ...Qf3+)} 66. Qg7+ Kh5 67. c7 Qc1+ 68. Kh2 Qf4+ 69. Kxh3 Qf1+ 70. Kh2 Qf2+
71. Qg2 Qc5 72. Qe2+ Kh4 $2 (72... Kg5 $11) 73. Qe1+ Kh5 74. Qe8+ Kg4 75. Qg8+
Kf3 76. Qg2+ Kf4 77. Qg8 $2 ({White has to play} 77. a6 $18 {Qg3+ is the
strong threat.} Qc1 78. Qg7 Qc2+ 79. Kh3) 77... Qf2+ 78. Qg2 $2 (78. Kh1 $11
Qe1+ 79. Kh2 Qd2+ 80. Qg2) 78... Qc5 $18 79. Kh3 Qc3+ 80. Kh2 Qc5 $1 {
intending ...Qc3.} 81. a6 Qc3 {[#]} 82. Kg1 $1 Qc5+ 83. Qf2+ {Precision: White
= 54%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:
07] D2: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Rhc8 {
[#] LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 b5 15. a4 bxa4 16.
Rxa4 Nb6 17. Ra5 Bb4 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nfd5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. bxc4 {1-0 (47)
Nikolic,P (2622)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2691) Germany 2017}) 14... b5 15. Nce5 {
The position is equal.} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Ke8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 {
Rxd5! is the strong threat.} Bf8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxd5 {Black must now
prevent Rd2.} Rc2 22. Rd3 {And now Bc3 would win.} Rxb2 $11 {Endgame KRB-KRB}
23. a4 Rb1+ 24. Bd1 $1 Bb4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 {[#]} Bc3 $1 27. f4 (27. Rxc3
Rxd1+) 27... b4 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Kf3 h5 30. g3 (30. e4 $11) 30... Rb2 $17 31. h3
Be1 32. g4 h4 33. Be2 Bc3 34. Rd1 Rxb3 35. Bb5 g6 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. f5 Rb2 38.
fxe6 fxe6 39. Bc4 Rh2 40. Bxe6 Rxh3+ 41. Kf4 {[#]} g5+ $1 42. Ke4 (42. Kxg5 $17
Rxe3 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Bc4) 42... Rg3 $19 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rh7 (44. Kd3 {
might work better.}) 44... Bd2 45. Kf5 Rxe3 ({Don't take} 45... Bxe3 46. Bd5)
46. Rh8+ Ke7 {Hoping for ...Bc3.} 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rh8+ $2 (48. Bc4 {keeps
fighting.}) 48... Kg7 49. Rd8 $2 (49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Bd5) 49... Bc3 50. Rd7+ Kh6
{Precision: White = 47%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Ning, Kaiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5}
10. c4 N5f6 11. Qe2 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Re1 $146 {[#] Black must
now prevent Nxe6!} ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (72)
Novichkov, V (2377)-Guliyev,N (2555) Zuerich 2009}) 12... Bb4 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Bg5 b6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. a3 Bc5 17. b4 {[#] And now Bxf6 would win.} Bxd4 18.
Nxd4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qe5 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. h3 h6 22. Bb1 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nef6 24. Ne2
b5 25. c5 Be4 26. Qd2 {Bxe4 is the strong threat.} Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Nd5 28. Bd4
Qh5 29. Rb3 Nb8 30. Rd3 Nc6 31. Bb2 Kh7 32. Qe1 $40 {White is out for blood.}
Nce7 33. Ng3 Qg6 34. Rd4 f5 35. R4d3 Rf8 36. Ne2 {Threatens to win with Rg3.}
f4 (36... Rg8 $16 {is a better defense.} 37. Be5 Qf7) 37. Nd4 f3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3
39. Nxf3 Nf4 40. g3 (40. Nh4 $142 Qh5 41. Qe4+ Kh8 42. Nf3 (42. Qxf4 Qxd1+ 43.
Kh2 Qh5 $14)) 40... Nxh3+ 41. Kh2 Qh5 $2 (41... Rf8) 42. Qe4+ $18 {White is
clearly winning.} Nf5 43. Kg2 Ng5 44. Nxg5+ Qxg5 45. Rd7 Kh8 46. Qxe6 Rf8 47.
Qe4 h5 48. Qf4 Qg6 49. Bxg7+ {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Huang, Qian"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 {
LiveBook: 32 Games} 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 c6 13. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13.
O-O-O Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (40) Jakovenko,D (2714) -Fedoseev,V (2665) Novosibirsk 2016}
) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qa5 15. O-O Bg7 16. a3 g4 17. b4 Qc7 18. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 {
Hoping for ...Qxg3.} 19. Rad1 $1 Qxg3 20. Rxd4 Qxh4 21. Bf5 O-O-O 22. Rxg4 (22.
Bxe6 $11 fxe6 23. Qe2) 22... Qh5 (22... Qf6 $17 23. Bxe6 Qxe6) 23. Bxe6 $11
fxe6 24. Rg3 Rhg8 {aiming for ...Rxg3.} 25. Ne4 Qh4 26. Re1 Rxg3 27. Nxg3 Qf6
28. a4 Kb8 29. Qe2 e5 (29... Nb6 $1 $15) 30. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Qe7
31. b5 cxb5 32. axb5 a5 33. Qd2 Qb4 34. Qxb4 $1 axb4 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Rb1
Nb6 36. Rxb4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd5 38. Rb2 Kc7 39. Kg3 Nf4 40. f3 Kb6 41. Kg4 Nd3
42. Rb3 Ne1 43. g3 Nc2 44. Rc3 Nd4 45. Rc5 Rd3 46. Rxe5 {Black must now
prevent f4.} Nxf3 47. Rh5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Guo, Qi"]
[Black "Zhai, Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {E15: Damenindisch 
(Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5
{LiveBook: 130 Partien} Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 ({
Vorgänger:} 13... O-O) 14. h4 $146 O-O 15. Rhe1 (15. Qd3 $14) 15... Nd8 16.
Rad1 a5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 c6 19. Qe3 a4 20. a3 b5 21. Nf4 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23.
Ra1 Ne6 24. Rec1 c5 ({Besser ist} 24... Nxf4+ $11 25. Qxf4 f6) 25. Ncxd5 $14
cxd4 26. Qe4 Nxf4+ 27. Nxf4 Bd2 28. Rc4 Bxf4 29. Rxd4 Qc7 30. gxf4 Qe7 31.
Raxa4 (31. Kg3 {is interesting.} Rab8 32. Rdxa4 Rxb2 33. Ra8 Rb4 34. Qd5) 31...
Rxa4 32. Rxa4 {f5 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qxh4 $16 {Endspiel KDT-KDT} 33. f5
Qe7 ({Lieber} 33... Qg5+ $14 34. Qg4 Qd2) 34. Kh3 (34. Ra8 $16 {Schwarz muss
nun f6! beachten.} Qg5+ 35. Kf3) 34... Qc5 $1 $11 35. Kg2 Qb5 (35... Qe7 $1 $11
{bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 36. Ra8 $36 {Läuft bei Weiss.} Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (
36... Rxa8 $16 37. Qxa8+ Kh7) 37. e6 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Qf6 38. e7 Qg5+ 39.
Kf1 Qxe7 40. Qxe7 Rxa8 {KD-KT} 41. f6 Rc8 42. Kg2 Ra8 43. fxg7 Kxg7 44. Qe5+
Kg8 45. Qf6 Re8 46. Qxh6 Re6 47. Qf4 Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg6 49. f4 f5 50. Qd8 Kf7 51.
Qd7+ Kf6 52. Kg3 Re1 53. Qd4+ Kg6 54. Qb6+ {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz =
44%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zhang, Ziji"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. g3 c6 8. d5 {
[%emt 0:00:02] A1: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nf4 Na6 10. e3
Nc7 11. h4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. h5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc3+
17. bxc3 dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Agrest,E (2593) Tallinn 2016})
8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. dxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O
Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nf4 Bg8 15. h4 Ng4 16. Qc1
Bf6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. e3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Khropova,L (2106)-Shushpanova,N (1979)
Odintsovo 2011}) 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. h4 h6 $36 {Black has good play.} 15. Nh3 Be8
16. a4 Nbd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e3 Rc8 22. Ne2
Ng4 $1 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Rc3 27. Qe1 (27. Ra2 $142
) 27... Rd3 $17 28. f3 $2 {[#]} (28. Qe2 $17) 28... Qb6 $1 $19 29. fxg4 {
Be3 is the strong threat.} Qxd4+ 30. Nf2 $2 (30. Qf2 Qxa1 31. Qxa7) 30... Rxg3
{Black is clearly winning.} 31. Qd2 Qxa1 32. Bb2 {[#]} Qa2 $1 33. Ra1 Qb3 {
Precision: White = 39%, Black = 83%.} (33... Qc4 $142 34. Kh2 f4) 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 (4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5
Qxd5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. c4 Qh5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. Rab1 O-O 14.
Rb5 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 {0-1 (29) Eljanov,P (2734)-Carlsen, M (2827) Douglas 2017}
) 4... Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. Re1 Be7 7. Qe2 d4 8. Nb5
c5 9. a4 Nc6 10. c3 e5 11. Na3 a6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. d3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bd2
Rac8 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Rec1 {1/2-1/2 (17) Cruz,F (2404)-Juan Bartroli,P (2229)
Sant Boi 2016}) 5. e5 d5 6. exd6 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch
Defence} Bxd6 7. Be4 c6 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qe2
O-O-O 11. O-O-O Bf4+ 12. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 13. Kb1 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 f6 16.
Rhe1 Rd7 17. Kc1 Rhd8 18. Ng3 Nc7 19. c3 a5 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Nh5 a4 22. Nf4 Re7
23. h4 Kd7 24. b3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Re3 Ra8 27. f4 h5 28. Rde1 Kd6 29. b4
a3 30. Kc2 Bc4 31. Nxc4+ dxc4 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. f5 e5 33. Rd1 Kc6 34.
b5+ Kxb5 35. dxe5 fxe5 36. Rd5+ Kc6 37. Rdxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 $15 {[#] KR-KR} Rd8
(38... Rf8 $1 $17) 39. g4 $1 $11 hxg4 40. Re4 $1 b5 41. Rxg4 Rh8 42. Rg6+ Kd5
43. Rg5 {Hoping for f6+.} Ke4 44. Rxg7 Rxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.}
45. f6 Rh2+ 46. Kb1 $2 (46. Kc1 $11) 46... Rh1+ $2 (46... Rf2 $19 {...Kd3 is
the strong threat.} 47. Kc1 Rxf6) 47. Kc2 Rh2+ $2 (47... Rf1 $11) 48. Kb1 $19
Rb2+ $2 (48... Rf2 $19 49. Rd7 Rxf6 50. Rd4+ Kf3) 49. Ka1 $2 (49. Kc1 $11 Ke5
50. Ra7) 49... Rf2 50. Kb1 Rxf6 (50... Kd3 $142 51. Rg1 Kxc3 52. Rg3+ Kd2 53.
Rg1 c3 54. f7 c2+ 55. Ka1 Kc3 56. f8=Q Rxf8 57. Rg3+ Kd4 58. Rg4+ Kd5 59. Rg5+
Kd6 60. Rd5+ Ke7 61. Re5+ Kd8 62. Rd5+ Kc7 63. Rc5+ Kd8 64. Rc8+ Kd7 65. Rc7+
Ke6 66. Rc6+ Ke7 67. Rc7+ Ke6 68. Rc6+ Kd5 69. Rc5+ Ke4 70. Rc4+ Kd5 71. Rc5+
Kd6 72. Rc6+ Ke5 73. Rc5+ Kd4 74. Rc4+ Kd5 75. Rc5+) 51. Ra7 Rf1+ 52. Kc2 Rf2+
53. Kb1 Rb2+ (53... Kd3 $142 54. Rxa3 b4 55. cxb4+ c3 56. Rxc3+ Kxc3 57. a3 Rh2
58. b5 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rxb5 60. Kd1 Re5 61. a4 Re6 62. a5 Ra6 63. Ke2 Rxa5 64. Ke3
Ra4 65. Ke2 Re4+ 66. Kf2 Kd2 67. Kf3 Rb4 68. Kg2 Ke3 69. Kg3 Ke2 70. Kg2 Rb3
71. Kh1 Kf1 72. Kh2 Kf2 73. Kh1 Rh3#) 54. Ka1 Kd3 {Black mates.} 55. Rd7+ Kxc3
56. Rd3+ Kb4 57. Rxa3 {[#]} Rb1+ $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lan, Zilun"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5
Bg2 Bb4+} h6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. Rxc3 Re8 $11) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Na4 {Black
must now prevent a3.White is slightly better.} d5 13. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13. c5 b5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Salov,
V (2665)-Jussupow,A (2625) Paris 1991}) 13... Be7 14. c5 Ne4 15. f3 Nf6 16.
cxb6 cxb6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qb3 Bxe2 20. Rf2 Bc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22.
Qxc4 Rb8 23. a3 Nd5 24. f4 Ne3 25. Qd3 Nxg2 26. Rxg2 Qd5 27. Rc4 Rfd8 28. Rd2 (
28. Nc3 {with more complications.} Qb7 29. Rc2 Qb3 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Rd2) 28...
Qb5 29. Nc3 Qb3 30. Na4 Qb5 31. Nc3 Qa6 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. Rb4 Qa8 {Precision:
White = 40%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Hong, Xing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 13.
Nde2 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (13. Rfd1 a6 14.
Nd5 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20.
e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Mareco,S (2625)-Pascua,H (2427) Dubai 2016})
13... Ne5 14. b3 Bc6 15. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} a6 16. a4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 h5
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {1/2-1/2 (49) Diamant,T (2152)-Bordos,J (2111) Hungary 1999})
16... Rb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 h5 (18... Nd7 $142) 19. h3 Nd7 20. Nd4 Kh7 (
20... Nf6 $16) 21. Rfe1 (21. f4 $18) 21... Re8 (21... Nc5 $16) 22. Qc2 (22. f4
$1 $18) 22... Qc7 {[#]} (22... Nf8 $142) 23. f4 $1 $16 e5 24. dxe6 $1 fxe6 25.
Nf3 Bf6 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 26... e5 27.
fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nd2 Bh4 30. Rf1 Re6 (30... Rbd8 $14) 31. Ne4 $18
Rd8 {[#]} 32. Rxd8 $1 Bxd8 (32... Qxd8 $142 33. Rf7+ Kg8) 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Rd5
Bf6 35. Qd3 Qc6 $2 (35... Qc8 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Qf3+ Ke6 39. Qd5+
Kf6) 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Rxb7 a5 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb5 Qxd5 41. cxd5 {
Endgame KRB-KRN} ({But not} 41. Rxd5 Bb4 $18) 41... Ra6 42. Kf2 Bb4 43. Rb7+
Kf8 44. Ke3 Ra8 45. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 (45... Kg8 $142 46. Re7
Rd8 47. Rxe5 Kg7 48. Re7+ Kg8) 46. Rh7 Rxd6 47. Nxd6 Bxd6 48. Ke4 Kg8 49. Rd7
Bb4 50. Kxe5 g5 51. Ke4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yuan, Ye"]
[Black "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8.
b3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 {E14: Queen's Indian:
Classical Variation (4 e3)} Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Ne1 {LiveBook: 6 Games
} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qh4 16. f3 Nec5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19.
Qc3 {1-0 (39) Markus,R (2662)-Lajthajm,B (2429) Niksic 2016}) 16. f3 Ng5 17. b4
f4 (17... g6 $14) 18. exf4 $16 Rxf4 19. g3 (19. Nd3 $16) 19... Rf8 20. h4 Nf7 (
{Black should try} 20... Nh3+ $1 $11 21. Kh2 Nf6) 21. Ng2 Nf6 22. Bd3 h6 (22...
axb4 $14 23. axb4 e4) 23. Rde1 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Nf4 {Ng6 is the strong
threat.} bxc4 26. Bxc4 {And now Ng6 would win.} Re8 $1 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Bc3 Qd7
29. Ng2 (29. Ne6 $14) 29... Qh3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nh5.} 30. g4 $1
h5 (30... Bd7 $11) 31. g5 Bf5 (31... Nd7 $16) 32. Qe2 $2 (32. Qd1 $18) 32...
Nd7 $11 33. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (33. Qd1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 33... Qxh4 $19
34. Nxf5 Qxg5+ 35. Kf2 (35. Qg2 {was worth a try.} Qxf5 36. f4) 35... Qxf5 36.
Bd3 Qf4 37. Rh1 Nf6 38. Bd2 Qd4+ 39. Be3 Qxd5 40. Bc4 Qc6 41. b5 Qd7 42. Bg5
Nh7 (42... d5 $2 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. Qd3 $19) 43. Be3 d5 44. Rd1 Nf6 {Black is
clearly winning.} 45. b6 c6 46. Ba6 d4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 53%.}
0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (
10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 f6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16.
Nd4 Rfe8 17. a4 Bf8 18. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (61) Svidler,P (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2759)
Chita 2015}) 10... a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. a3 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11...
Kh8 12. Bb2 b5 13. Nh4 f6 14. f4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Ndf3 e5 17. g4 Bf7 {
1-0 (43) Ghasi,A (2367)-Rausis,I (2510) Sunningdale 2011}) 12. Kh2 {The
position is equal.} Rad8 13. Bb2 Rfe8 (13... Bc7 {with more complications.} 14.
a4 Rfe8 15. e5 c5 16. Nh4 g5) 14. Nh4 Ng6 (14... e5 {keeps more tension.} 15.
f4 f6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. d4 Nf7) 15. Nxg6 Bxg6 16. f4 f6 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. d4 Bf8
19. Rae1 Bf7 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Bg6 22. Nf3 {Strongly threatening Nh4.} Be7
23. Qd2 c5 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. a4 Rec8 26. h4 Bf5 27. Re2 Qc7 (27... c4 $11) 28.
Qf4 (28. Ng5 $1 $16) 28... c4 $15 {aiming for ...cxb3.} 29. Bb2 cxb3 30. cxb3
Bd3 $1 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 31. Rc1 Bxe2 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Ne1 {With
the idea Bxd5!} Bb4 {[#]} (33... Nf8 $17) 34. Qf2 $2 (34. Bxd5 $1 $11 {and
White is okay.} exd5 35. e6) 34... Bd1 35. Qe3 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 Bxb3 37. Bc3 $2 {
[#]} (37. Bh3 $17 Rc6 38. Bc3) 37... b6 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 37... Bxa4 38. Bxa5
b6 39. Bd2 $17) 38. Bd2 Bxa4 39. Qe2 (39. Qa1 $142 Bc2 40. Qa3) 39... Nf8 40.
Bf4 (40. Qd3 {is a better defense.}) 40... b5 41. Qa2 Rc4 42. Be3 (42. Bg5 $142
) 42... Bd1 43. Qb1 Ba4 44. Qa2 $1 Rac8 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. h5 (45.
Qa1 $142 Rc2 46. Kh3) 45... Rc2 46. Qa1 Re2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black =
55%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 e6
{E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5
Re8 11. O-O Qb6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (11... Bf5 12. Nh4 Qc8 13. Rae1 Nc7 14. Qf4
Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd2 {1-0 (54) Ni,H (2653)-Naroditsky,D (2559) Montcada
2014}) 12. Bd3 Bd7 ({Black should try} 12... Nb4) 13. h3 $16 Nb4 {[#]} 14. Bb1
$1 Qa6 (14... Rab8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 15. a3 Na6) 15. Bxf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15. a3 Qxc4 16. axb4 cxb4 {0-1 (41) Pupols,V (2181)-Airapetian,C
(2124) Seattle 2011}) 15... Bxf6 16. Qf4 Be5 17. Qh4 Qb6 18. Nxe5 ({But not} 
18. Ng5 $6 h5 $14) 18... dxe5 19. Rd1 (19. Ne4 $142 Kg7 20. g4) 19... f5 20. a3
Na6 21. Ba2 (21. Rd2 $16) 21... Qd6 (21... Qxb2 $11 22. Nb5 e4) 22. b4 (22. g4
$14) 22... cxb4 $15 23. axb4 Nxb4 ({Black should play} 23... Qxb4 $15 24. Qg3
Qd6) 24. c5 $36 {White is pushing.} Qxc5 25. d6+ $1 Kg7 26. Rac1 {[#] Strongly
threatening Nd5.} Rac8 (26... Qa5 $11 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qa4) 27. Nd5 Qxc1
$4 (27... Qxd6 $16 28. Nxb4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 f4) 28. Qf6+ $18 Kh6 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+
30. Kh2 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd1 $2 (31... Bb5 32. Bf7 Rf8) 32. Bf7 Rf8 33. Qh4+ Kg7
34. Bb3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04] E20:
Nimzo-Indian: g3 and 4 f3} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Nf3 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9.
Bg5 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ba6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne5 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4
13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 (72) Gozzoli,Y (2573)-Fressinet,L (2677)
Agen 2016}) 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bb7 (16... Bc4 $11) 17. O-O $14 Nf6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. g4 Rfd8
20. g5 Ne8 21. Be5 Nd6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Re3 ({Better is} 23. Rac1 $14) 23... Nc4
$11 24. Rh3 Nxe5 25. Qh5 {[#]} h6 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Qh4 $40 {Black needs to
defend precisely.} Rd7 28. Qf4 Rad8 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 29. Bf3 Rd3 30. Rc1
R8d7 ({Black should try} 30... Rxa3 $15 31. gxh6 g5) 31. gxh6 g6 $1 32. Rg3 Kh7
33. h4 Qf8 (33... Rxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. h5 Ra2) 34. Kg2 $16 Qxh6 $2
{[#]} (34... Qe7 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. h5 Rxa3) 35. Rg5 $1 $18 Kg7 $2
({Stronger than} 35... Rxa3 36. h5 $16) (35... Qg7 36. h5 Kg8) 36. h5 {White
is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 36. Be2 Rb3 $11) 36... Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Rd3+
38. Ke2 (38. Kg4 $142 Rd4 39. Qf6+ Kf8 40. hxg6) 38... Ba6 39. Ke1 {Intending
Rc7 and mate.} Rf3 40. Qxf3 {Threatening mate with Rc7!} Qxg5 41. Qf6+ {
Precision: White = 42%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. C00: Französische Verteidigung 
(Seltene Züge)} (10... b6 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Ne7
15. Ne4 Ng6 16. Nd6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 (68) Jones,G (2650)
-Pantsulaia,L (2612) Almaty 2016}) 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 a6 (12... b5 $11 {
bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 13. Nbd2 b5 14. b3 (14. Nh2 $1 $16 Bb7 15. Ng4)
14... bxc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Bb7 15. Nf1 Nb6 16. N1h2 bxc4 17. dxc4 a5
18. h5 {0-1 (40) Nezad,H (2408)-Tozer,P (2119) Caleta 2010}) 15. bxc4 Rb2 16.
Reb1 Rxb1+ 17. Rxb1 Qa5 {[#]} (17... Qc7 $14) 18. Ne4 (18. Nh2 $1 $16 Qa4 {[#]}
19. a3 $1) 18... Nb4 $11 19. Rb2 Bb7 20. Nh2 {Droht Sf6+! und aus.} Bc6 21. Rd2
Rc8 22. Ng4 Bxe4 (22... h5 $11 23. Nh2 Rb8) 23. Bxe4 $14 Kf8 $1 24. Rb2 Ke8 25.
Nh2 Nb6 26. Rb3 {Droht stark a3.} Na4 (26... Nd7 $11) 27. a3 {Und weiter mit
Dg4 wäre nett.} Nc3 28. Qb2 Nxe4 29. axb4 cxb4 30. dxe4 {und nun wäre Sf3
stark für Weiss.} Rxc4 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Bd2 Qb5 ({Lieber} 32... Qb6 $11) 33.
Rd3 Qc6 34. Qb3 Qb5 35. Qb2 Qc6 36. Qb3 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 54%.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. e4 {A60: Modern Benoni:
Early Divergences} Nxe4 7. Bg2 Nd6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 17
Games} Bb7 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 {[#]} 14. Ne4 $146 Be7 15.
d6 Bf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rad8 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Rad1 $1 Qf5
21. Qxa7 ({White should play} 21. Qb3 $1 $16) 21... f6 $14 22. Nd3 $36 {
White has the initiative.} Rc8 23. Qa5 {Strongly threatening Nxb4!} Qd5+ 24.
Kg1 {And now Nxb4 would win.} Nc6 (24... Qxd6 $11 {remains equal.} 25. Nxb4 Qc7
26. Qxc7 Rxc7) 25. Qxc5 $16 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 Ne5 27. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 28. Nxd7 {
Endgame KRR-KRN} Rfe8 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. d7 $1 Red8 31. dxc8=Q Rxc8 {KR-KR} 32.
Rd3 Ra8 33. Rb3 Ra4 34. Kf1 h5 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 h4 (36... Rxa2 $16 37. Rxb4
Kg6) 37. gxh4 $18 Kg6 $2 (37... f5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. f3 Rxa2 39. Rxb4
Ra8) 38. Ke4 $1 Rxa2 39. Rxb4 Ra1 $2 (39... Ra6 40. h5+ Kxh5) 40. h5+ {White
is clearly winning.} Kg5 {[#]} 41. h4+ $1 Kxh5 {[#]} (41... Kh6 $142 42. Rb8
Rf1) 42. Kf5 $1 Ra6 43. Rb7 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 25%.} (43. Rb8
$142 Kh6 44. b4) 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lan, Zilun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 {
B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. c3 (8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. c4 a5 11.
Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h4 g4 {1-0 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)
-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 8... g5 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 Bg6 {LiveBook: 3
Games} 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 a6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bxg6
fxg6 15. dxc5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (48) Iordachescu,V (2644)-Evdokimov,A (2555) Dubai
2012}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Ng6 13. h3 Qe7 ({Black should try} 13... f5 $14) 14.
Ng3 $1 $16 O-O-O 15. a4 Rhg8 16. a5 (16. b4 $142) 16... a6 17. c4 {Threatens
to win with cxd5.} f5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 17... Ndf8 $14) 18. cxd5 $1
$18 cxd5 $2 {[#]} (18... Ndxe5 {was necessary.} 19. Nxe5 Bxe5) 19. b4 $1 g4 (
19... Kb8 $142 20. b5 Ka7) (19... Qxb4 20. Ba3) 20. Ba3 gxf3 21. b5 Qg5 (21...
Ndxe5 $142 22. dxe5 Qe8) 22. bxa6 {Qb5 would kill now.} Ndxe5 23. Qb5 bxa6 24.
Rec1+ {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Fang, Yuxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} Nd5 10. O-O Be7
11. Ng3 {White is better.} O-O (11... h5 12. Re1 h4 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Be4 Be6 15.
d4 Nb6 16. Bd2 Nbc4 17. Bxa5 Nxa5 {1-0 (33) Riazantsev,A (2692) -Sokolov,I 
(2650) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 12. Bf5 c5 13. Nc3 {[#] And now Nxd5 would win.}
Nxc3 $146 ({Better is} 13... Nf4) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf4 14. d3 Nc6 15. Bxc8
Qxc8 16. Nce2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 {1-0 (69) Nilsson,S (2362)-Kazdagli, B (1913)
Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 14. dxc3 $16 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bb7 16. Rd7 Rfe8 {[#]} 17.
Be3 $1 g6 18. Be4 ({Weaker is} 18. Bxh6 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Bf6 $11) 18... Bxe4 19.
Nxe4 f5 20. Bxc5 Kf7 21. Bb4 Nc4 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Ke6 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25.
Bxe7 Kxe7 $18 {Endgame KR-KR} 26. Rd1 Ke6 27. f3 g5 28. c4 h5 29. Kf2 g4 30. c5
Rb8 31. b3 Rb5 32. Rd6+ {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O {C42: Russische
Verteidigung (Petrow)} Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien
} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bh5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Nf5 c6 {
1/2-1/2 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Gelfand,B (2733) Bazna 2009}) 10... Re8 11. Nbd2
Bf8 12. Bd3 (12. h3 $14 Bh5 13. g4) 12... c6 ({Lieber} 12... Ne5 $11 13. Bc2 (
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qd7) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qb3
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 ({Doch nicht} 15. gxf3 Nh5 $17) 15... Qb6 16. Qc2 g6 17. a4 a5
18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8 (20. Rb1 {feels hotter.} Nd5 21. Bd2 Qa7
22. g3 Bg7 23. Kg2) 20... Nxe8 21. h4 Ndf6 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. g3 Ng7 24. Ng5 Qe7
25. Qd1 (25. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Qd7 26. Nf3 Ne6 27. Bd2 d5 28. Bg5) 25... Ne6
26. Bd2 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Bg7 28. h5 Qe6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qe2 (30. Qc2 {looks
sharper.} Kf8 31. Bf4 Nd5 32. Bc1 Nb6 33. Bd2) 30... Qxe2 31. Bxe2 $11 {
Endspiel KLL-KLS} Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 33. Bd3 Kd7
34. Ke2 d5 35. Kf3 Ne8 36. Bf1 Bf6 37. Bh3+ Kd8 38. Bf4 Be7 39. Ke2 Nd6 40. Bg2
Kd7 41. Bh3+ Kd8 42. Bg2 Kd7 43. Kd3 f5 44. Bd2 Ke6 45. Bf4 b5 46. Bxd6 {
Precision: Weiß = 34%, Schwarz = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Zhao, Yuanhe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 {LiveBook:
37 Games. D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Be6 8. Qc1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 b5
13. Bf1 c5 14. Qd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Wojtkiewicz,A (2554)-Shabalov,A
(2595) San Diego 2006}) 10... Bg4 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e5 $1 14. dxe5
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening g4.} Nxe5 16. O-O Ng4 17. Bd2 Qb6 18.
Qc2 Rfe8 19. Rab1 Re7 20. Bc4 Kh7 21. g3 Nhf6 22. Rbe1 {aiming for h3.} Nd7 23.
h3 Nge5 {The position is equal.} 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Be2 Nd7 26. b3 Rae8 27. Bd1
Qd4 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Be2 Nd7 {Precision: White = 72%,
Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ma, Qun"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05] D41:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with cxd5} (12. d5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14.
d6 Nc5 15. e5 Qd7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rad1 Qa4 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nxe5 {
1-0 (32) Caruana,F (2799)-Xiong,J (2633) Douglas 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. d5 exd5
14. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Bxd5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. Rac1
Rd8 17. Rfd1 Na6 18. Rc6 Qxc6 19. dxc6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8
$146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nc5 21. Nd4 Kf8 22. c7 Na6 {1/2-1/2 (22) John,
H-Lederer,G Germany 1988}) 21. Rd7 Nb8 22. Rxa7 {[#] c7 is the strong threat.}
Nxc6 23. Ra3 Nd4 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 24. g3 $1 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 {KR-KR} Ra8 26. Rb3
Rxa2 27. Rxb6 {[#]} Ra1+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. h4 h5 30. Rb4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 {D15: Slav Defence:
4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nxa2 13. Qxa2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Zhou,W (2635)-Malakhov,V (2695) China 2016}) 12. Qxa2 b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. Qb3 Rb8 $146 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf3 {Strongly
threatening Bxd5.} cxd4 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd7 $1 Bc4
21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Ba3 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd4 Ba6
27. Rbd1 (27. Kf2 {looks sharper.} g6 28. Rd7 Bb4 29. Rbd1 Rc8 30. Rd8+) 27...
g6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ $11 {Endgame KRB-KB} Kg7 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Kf2 Bc4 32.
Rb7 Kf8 33. g4 g5 34. Kf3 Bb3 35. Rd7 h6 36. Bb5 Bb4 37. Ke2 Bd5 38. Kf2 Bc5
39. h3 Be4 40. Ke2 Bg2 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Ke2 Bg2 43. Kf2 {Precision: White = 81%,
Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 $146 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto
and Hedgehog} ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qb3 Nf5 13. Rd1 b6
14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. a4 Qd3 18. a5 Nd6 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Ra4 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Kanovsky,D (2409)-Warakomski,T (2502) Pardubice 2008})
11. Qc2 Bc6 12. d3 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. Bc3 Qd7 14. a4 Nc7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qb2+ f6 ({Black should play} 16... Kg8 $1 $11) 17. d4 $1 $14 {
Threatens to win with d5.} cxd4 18. exd4 {Black must now prevent d5.} e6 19. a5
Qd6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Nc3 Rf7 22. Rd3 Na6 23. Rad1 Qb4 24. Qa1 Qd6 25. Re3 Nc7
26. h4 Rfd7 27. h5 Qf4 28. Qa3 $1 Rxd4 $2 (28... Kg8 $16) 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Rxd4
Rxd4 {[#]} 31. g3 (31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rg3 Be8 $16) (31. Nd5 $1 $18 exd5 (31...
Bxd5 32. g3) 32. g3) 31... Qd6 $16 32. Qxf6 $40 {White has strong attack.} Ne8
33. Qg5 $1 (33. Qxe6+ $6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Kf7 $16) 33... Kf7 34. Bf3 {Strongly
threatening Be4.} Rxc4 35. Ne4 Qd4 36. Qh6 {White has strong compensation.} Qg7
(36... Rc1+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 37. Kg2 Qg7 38. Qf4+ Kg8) 37. Qf4+ $1 $18 Ke7
(37... Kg8 38. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 39. Qxc4 $18) 38. Qg5+ $1 Nf6 $2 (38... Kf7 $16)
39. Nc5 Bxf3 40. Rxf3 Kd6 41. h6 ({Less strong is} 41. Rxf6 Rxc5 42. h6 Qg8 $16
) 41... Qe7 42. Nxb7+ Qxb7 43. Qxf6 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd5 {intending ...Kc6.}
44. Qd8+ Kc6 45. Qxd5+ exd5 {KR-KR} 46. Rf7 $2 (46. Rf6+ $1 $18 Kb7 47. a6+ Kb8
48. Rd6) 46... d4 $2 (46... Rc1+ $1 $11 47. Kg2 d4) 47. Kf1 $1 d3 $2 (47... Rc5
48. Ke2 (48. Rxh7 Re5 $16) 48... d3+ 49. Kd2 Rxa5 50. Rxh7 Ra2+ 51. Kxd3 Rxf2)
48. Ke1 Rc2 49. Rxa7 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rxf2 51. Rxh7 Kb5 52. Rg7 Rh2 53. Rxg6 Kxa5
54. Rd6 $1 Kb4 55. Rxd3 Kc5 $2 {[#]} (55... Rxh6 56. Ke2 Kc5) 56. Ke1 $1 Rxh6 {
[#]} 57. Kf2 $1 {White mates.} Rg6 58. Kf3 Rg8 59. g4 Kc6 60. Kf4 Rf8+ 61. Ke5
Rg8 62. Kf5 Rf8+ 63. Ke6 Rg8 64. Rc3+ Kb5 65. Rg3 Kc5 66. g5 Rg6+ 67. Kf7 Ra6
68. g6 Ra7+ 69. Ke6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]
LiveBook: 35 Games. E21: Nimzo-Indian: Nf3} 7. Qxd4 (7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 b6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nf1
Na5 16. Ne3 Rac8 {0-1 (28) Mamedyarov,S (2800)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017})
7... Nc6 8. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qh4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11.
Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Rac8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 (130) Iniyan,P 
(2396)-Paszewski,M (2280) Graz 2017}) 8... h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bh4
d5 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Nf3 e5 $1 15. Nxe5 dxc3 (
15... Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. a3) 16. Rxd8 cxb2+ $1 17. Ke2 $2 (17. Rd2 $1 $11
Rd8 18. Nf3 (18. Qxb2 Rxd2 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 $11)) 17... Rxd8 $19 18. Qxb2 {
Nxc6 is the strong threat.} Na4 $1 19. Qc2 Nc3+ $1 20. Kf3 Rd4 21. h3 {[#]
aiming for Bh2.} h5 $1 22. Bh2 (22. e4 {is a better defense.} Rxe4 23. Qxe4
Nxe4 24. Kxe4) 22... g4+ 23. Kg3 {[#]} Rd2 $3 24. Qb3 (24. Qxd2 $142 Ne4+ 25.
Kh4 Bxd2 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Bg3) 24... Ne4+ 25. Kh4 Be7+ 26. Kxh5 Kg7 27. Bf4
Bf5 {( -> ...Rh8+)} 28. Bh6+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 {[#]} Rxf2 $3 30. Bg5 Rh8 {Black
mates.} 31. Nxf7 Bg6+ 32. Kxg4 {[#]} Ne5+ $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black =
88%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Dai, Changren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} Bg4 11. Qc2 (
11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Ng3 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17.
Rxd3 Ngf5 {1/2-1/2 (65) Naiditsch,A (2702) -Kramnik,V (2794) Antalya 2017})
11... Bf5 12. Qb3 {LiveBook: 12 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nxc3 (
12... Na5 $11 13. Qxd5 Qc8) 13. Bxc6 $1 $14 Ba5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... bxc6
14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Wu,Y (1963)
-Kiss,B (1899) Bad Gleichenberg 2013}) 14. bxc3 bxc6 15. Qa3 Bb6 16. O-O Be4
17. Nd2 Bd3 18. Rfc1 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. f3 Qd6 22. Qc1 c5 23.
Nb3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qg6 25. Kh1 c6 26. Nc5 Ba5 27. Rg1 ({Besser ist} 27. Bd2 $11
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1) 27... Be2 {...Txf3! ist eine echte Drohung.} 28. Nd7 Rxf3 29.
Ne5 {[#]} Rxe5 $1 30. dxe5 {zielt auf Db2 ab.} Qe4 (30... h6 $1 $11) 31. Qxc6
Qxe5 (31... h5 $16 32. Bxa7 Bc3) 32. Bd4 $1 $18 ({Falsch wäre} 32. Bxa7 $2 Bc7
$1 $19) 32... Qxd4 33. Qe6+ Rf7 {Und weiter mit ...Lg4 wäre nett.} 34. Qxe2
$40 {Und Tgf1 würde nun gewinnen. Weiss greift entschieden an.} Qe4 35. Qa6
Bb6 {[#]} 36. Rae1 $1 Be3 37. Rgf1 {Beabsichtigt Dc8+ und Matt.} Rxf1+ (37...
Re7 {war angesagt.} 38. Qc8+ Re8) 38. Rxf1 {Endspiel Droht Matt per Dc8+.
KDT-KDL} h6 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Qxf5 41. Rxf5 {KT-KL} d4 42. Rd5 Kg6 43. g3
Kf6 44. Kg2 g6 $2 (44... Ke6 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 45. Ra5 d3) 45.
Kf3 Bg1 46. Ra5 h5 (46... d3 $142 47. Rd5 Kf7 48. Rxd3 Ke7) 47. Ke4 {Precision:
Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 9 Games. A12: English Opening: 1..
.c6 with b3 by White} (11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. e4 d4 14. Kh1 Nh7 15. Ng1 Ng5
16. Rf1 Ne6 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Qd1 h5 19. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (33) Hickl,J (2588)
-Jussupow,A (2584) Switzerland 2015}) 11... Rfe8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 $146 {
The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be5 15. Qc2 Bxb2
16. Qxb2 e5 17. b4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 b6 19. c5 axb4 20. axb4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Dumpor,A (2376)-Doric,N (2408) Kostrena 2002}) 13... Qf8 14. Nf1
e5 15. Ne3 Bc5 16. Nef5 Bg6 17. e4 (17. d4 $14 exd4 18. cxd5) 17... dxe4 18.
dxe4 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 g6 20. Nh4 Qd6 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Bc3 Bxa3 24.
Bxa5 b6 $1 25. Bc3 Bb4 26. Red1 Qc5 {With the idea ...Bxc3.} 27. Ra7 {Bxb4 is
the strong threat.} Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nhf6 29. b4 $36 {White has good play.} Qe7
30. g4 Ra8 31. Qa1 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 {Black must now prevent g5.} h6 33. Qc7 c5 (
33... Qxb4 $11 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qxd7 Re6) 34. b5 $14 Ra8 {[#]} (34... Kg7 $16)
35. h4 $1 $18 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nxg5 {aiming for Nf3.} Nxg4 $2 (37... Ne8 {
is tougher.} 38. Qxd7 Qxg5) 38. Nf3 (38. Qxd7 Qxg5 39. Qd2 Qh5 $15) 38... Ngf6
39. Bh3 Ra3 {[#]} 40. Kg2 $1 (40. Bxd7 Rxf3 41. Kg2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 43.
Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Kd2 Nxd1 $16) 40... Qf8 41. Rg1 (41. Rxd7 Qg7+ 42. Kf1 Nxd7 $11)
41... Rd3 42. Bf5 (42. Kf1+ $142 Kh8 43. Ke2) 42... Qe7 43. Qc8+ Nf8 $2 {[#]} (
43... Ne8 44. Kf1+ Kf8) 44. Nxe5 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 (44... Qxe5
45. Kf1+) 45. Nc6 Qxe4+ 46. Bxe4 (46. Kf1+ $142 Kh8 47. Qxd8 (47. Bxe4 Rxc8 48.
Bf5 Ra8 $16) 47... Qxc4+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Qxd8 50. Nxd8) 46... Rxc8 47.
Ne7+ Kh8 48. Nxc8 Nxe4 49. Nxb6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 (5. c4 d6 6. Be2 f5 7. h4 h6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. d4 e4 10. Ng1 Ne7 11. d5 c5 12. Nh3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (39) Rapport,R 
(2702)-Van Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4 {A01:
Larsen-Eröffnung} Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Die Stellung
ist ausgeglichen.} O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. Nd2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11.
Bxc4 Qe7 12. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Gaertner,G (2391)-Posch,W (2282) Austria 2001})
11... Be6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Qf6 15. Na5 Rab8 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 Qe5 {[#] Und ...Sb4 würde nun gewinnen.} 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Na5 Qe5 {
Droht .. .Sb4 und aus.} 20. Nc4 Qf6 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 62%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yu, Ruiyuan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05] B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: c4} 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Bd6 12. g3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13.
Qd2 h4 14. g4 Bf4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 (52) Carlsen,M (2881)
-Morozevich,A (2731) Dubai 2014}) 13. Be2 Be5 14. O-O ({White should try} 14.
Bxe5 $14 Qxe5 15. O-O) 14... d6 ({Better is} 14... Bxg3 $11 15. hxg3 Qxg3+ 16.
Kh1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Qg3+) 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. b4 Rad8 17.
Rcd1 Qc6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. Qxd6 Nxc4 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4
23. Na4 Rc6 $1 24. Rf2 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rfd2 e5 28. f4 exf4
29. gxf4 h5 30. Kf2 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ $11 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kh7 32. Rb8 Rc2+ 33.
Ke3 Bc6 34. Nxb6 Rxh2 35. Rc8 Rh3+ 36. Kd4 Bg2 {And now ...Rf3 would win.} 37.
Nc4 $2 (37. Nd7 $11) 37... Rf3 $1 $19 38. Ke5 $2 (38. Rc5 $17 Rxf4+ 39. Ke3
Rf3+ 40. Ke2) 38... h4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...h3. Black is clearly
winning.} 39. Nd6 h3 40. Nf7 {[#]} Kg6 $1 {...h2 is the strong threat.} 41.
Nh8+ {[#]} Kh5 $1 42. Nf7 Re3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lin, Chen"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8
8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nxe4 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 11 Partien. C49: Vierspringerspiel
(Symmetrische Variante)} Ng5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Bf5 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Qf3
Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qd7 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Re3 Re6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. h3 g6 {1/2-1/2 
(52) Istratescu,A (2647)-Fressinet,L (2714) Pau 2012}) 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Bg3 {
Weiß steht etwas besser.} b6 13. Nf4 (13. f4 $14) 13... Nxf4 $11 {Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 14. Bxf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 {[#]} Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8
17. Bxc7 Bxc2 18. Rd8 Rxd8 19. Bxd8 {Endspiel KL-KL} Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke8 21. Bg5 b5
22. Ke2 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Be4 25. g3 Bd5 26. a3 f6 27. Be3 h5 28. h4 Kf7
29. Bc5 Bc4+ 30. Ke3 Bd5 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Peng, Xiongjian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 b5 6. a4 {A46:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6:
Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. c4 bxc4 9. Ndxc4
c5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Radjabov,T 
(2738)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015}) 6... b4 7. c4 a5 $146 (7... bxc3 $11 8.
Nxc3 Nbd7) ({Predecessor:} 7... bxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qb3
Rb8 12. Nb5 Nh5 13. Nxa7 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb4 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Qc3 {1-0 (63)
Vidit,S (2625)-Sengupta,D (2566) Al Ain 2014}) 8. Nbd2 {White is slightly
better.} Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nf3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Qc2 ({
White should try} 13. Nxc4 $11 O-O 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Be3) 13... Bxg2 $15 14.
Kxg2 {[#]} c3 $1 15. bxc3 c5 $1 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Rfc1
Qa6 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. e4 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Rc2 (23. Ne3 $142 Rcc8 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Qd1) 23... Rdc8 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 24. Rac1 Nf6 25. f3 {[#]}
(25. Kf3 $15) 25... Nxe4 $1 $19 26. fxe4 {Ne3 is the strong threat.} Bg5 27.
Rf1 Rxc4 28. Rcf2 Qb7 29. Qd3 (29. Qf3 $142) 29... f5 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Kh3 fxe4
32. Rxe4 Qd5 33. Qe3 $2 (33. Ref4) 33... Rc2 {aiming for ...Rxf2.Black is
clearly winning.} 34. Ref4 Bg5 35. Qd3 Rxb2 36. Qa6 Rd8 {Precision: White =
52%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Fang, Yan"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 e5 {LiveBook: 72 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and
Capablanca Systems} (10... Qc7 11. Qe1 e5 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne3 dxe4
15. dxe4 Nc5 16. f3 Nfd7 17. a4 f6 18. Ndc4 Bf7 19. Rf2 Ne6 20. Bf1 Rad8 {
0-1 (33) Amin,B (2627)-Vaibhav,S (2521) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4
Bg6 13. Nh4 Rc8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Re1 Re8 16. c4
Nc5 17. Bf1 d4 18. b4 Ne6 19. a3 a5 20. Bc1 b6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Rb1 axb4 23.
axb4 Ra8 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (25) Eldridge,M (2350)-Penkin,V (2267)
ICCF email 2011}) 15... Re8 (15... Nc5 $1 $11 16. Qe2 d4) 16. cxd5 $14 Bb8 17.
Re1 Nc5 (17... Nb6 $14) 18. Nc4 Nxd5 19. d4 ({Much worse is} 19. Nxe5 Nf4 $11)
19... Na4 20. bxa4 Rxc4 21. dxe5 Nf4 22. Qxd8 ({White should try} 22. Qb3 $16
Qd3 23. Rad1 Qxb3 24. axb3) 22... Rxd8 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Rad1
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bc7 25. Bf1 ({Much weaker is} 25. Bxb7 Rb4 $15) 25... Rxa4 26.
Rd4 Rxa2 27. Rxf4 Rxb2 {Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Bc4 Bxe5 29. Rxf7 {[#] Rf5+ is
the strong threat.} Kh7 30. g5 Rb4 31. Bd5 Rd4 32. Rd7 Rh4 33. Rd8 Bf4 34. Bg8+
{Precision: White = 72%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Qb6 (3... b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nbd2
O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Bc6 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. b4 Ra7 14. Rc1
Qa8 15. Bf1 Ne4 16. b5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bb7 18. Nc4 Be4 19. Qb2 a5 {1/2-1/2 (68)
Usmanov,V (2459)-Rakhmanov,A (2669) Sochi 2017}) 4. Qc2 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. e3
{A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 {aiming for ...e5.} 7. Nf3 {[#]} e5 $1 8. Bg5 (8.
dxe5 dxe5) 8... Be7 $146 (8... Nb4 $5 9. Qd1 Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4
9. d5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxd5 {0-1 (45) Sarkkinen,H (2146)-Strengell,O
(2398) ICCF email 2008}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Ne4 Qb4+ 14. Nfd2 Bd8 15. O-O Kh8 16. Nc3 f5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe8 19. Nb3
b6 20. Bb5 Bb7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Qxc8 $1 Bxc8 24. Bxe8 Ba6 25. Bd7 {
Rfd1 is the strong threat.} Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nd3 27. Rc8 g6 28. Ke2 e4 29. Nd4 {
[#] And now Ne6 would win.} Be7 30. Nc6 (30. Rc7 $14) 30... Rxc8 $11 {The
position is equal.} 31. Bxc8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Bf6 32. Nxa7 Bxb2 33. Be6 Kg7
34. f3 Nc5 35. Bc4 Be5 36. h3 exf3+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 53%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 a5 {[%emt 0:00:05] D73:
Fianchetto Grünfeld: Nf3} 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 {LiveBook:
4 Games} Bf5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxa4 Qa5 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 b5
14. Nb2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (48) Rustemov,A (2598)-Zvjaginsev,
V (2653) Moscow 2005}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. Nd3
(17. g4 $11 Bc8 18. h3) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxa2 {[#]} (18... Nc6 $11) 19. Bxd5
$1 $14 Rb2 (19... Rxd5 20. Rc8+) 20. Bg2 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Bxc6 (22. Rc4 {
looks sharper.} h5 23. h4 Ra2 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rdc1) 22... bxc6 {The position
is equal.} 23. Qa6 Qd5 24. Qxc6 (24. Rxc6 {seems wilder.} Ra2 25. Qb7 Bf6 26.
Re1 Rc2 27. Rc7) 24... Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxe2 26. d5 Bf6 27. d6 exd6 28. Rcxd6 Rxd6
29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Kf1 Ra2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Gu, Tianlu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System}
11. Rd1 (11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Bd7 14. c5 Bc6 15. cxd6 Rfd8 16. Bc4
Rxd6 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 a3 19. Rxd6 exd6 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Nd5 Qb2 22. Rc2 Qb1+
23. Rc1 Qb2 24. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (24) Duda,J (2707)-Ivanchuk,V (2728) Tbilisi 2017}
) 11... a4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 12. e5 (12. O-O $14) 12... Ng4 $11 {The
position is equal.} 13. exd6 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 exd6 {[#]} 15. c5 $146 (15. O-O $11
{keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Re8 18.
Qc1 {0-1 (56) Mista,A (2561)-Kanovsky,D (2462) Czechia 2012}) 15... Qa5 {
...a3 is the strong threat.} 16. cxd6 (16. Rxd6 $2 a3 $19) 16... a3 17. O-O (
17. b4 $15 Qxb4 18. O-O Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. d7) 17... axb2 $17 18. Nd5 Bf5 (
{But not} 18... Qxa2 $6 19. Nb6 $15) (18... Bd7 $1 $17 19. Bc4 Rab8) 19. Ne7+
$15 Kh8 {And now ...Bc2 would win.} 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 ({Reject} 20... gxf5 $6 21.
d7 $14) 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Qc5 23. Rd5 Qc6 (23... Qa3 $1 $17 24. Qb6 Qa4) 24.
Bb5 $11 Qc3 25. Qxc3 $1 Bxc3 26. a4 $1 Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 27.
d7 Rc7 $1 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. g3 Rc2 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rdd1 Bg5 32. Re1 $1 Rd2 33.
Kf3 Bf6 34. Re4 Bd4 (34... Rd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Re2 $16 Rxe2 36. Kxe2
{Endgame KRB-KRB} h5 37. Kd3 Bf6 38. Kc4 Kf8 39. Kc5 Bc3 40. Kb6 Ke7 41. Rd1 $2
{[#]} (41. Kxb7 $18 {Hoping for a5!} Kd6 42. a5 $1) 41... Bd2 $1 $11 {White
must now prevent ...Bc1.} 42. Kc7 $2 {[#]} (42. Rb1 $11 Bc3 43. Kxb7) (42. Rxd2
b1=Q) 42... Rxd7+ $1 $19 43. Kc8 (43. Bxd7 Bc1) 43... Rd8+ 44. Kxb7 Bc1 45.
Rxd8 b1=Q ({And not} 45... Kxd8 46. Bd3 $11) 46. Rd7+ Ke6 47. Rc7 Bd2 48. Ka6
Qb4 49. Rc6+ Ke7 50. Rc4 Qd6+ 51. Rc6 Qb8 52. h4 Qa8+ (52... Be1 $142 53. f4
Kd8 54. Bf1 Qa8+ 55. Kb5 Qa5+ 56. Kc4 Qxa4+ 57. Kd5 Bf2 58. Rc4 Qa7 59. Bh3
Qb7+ 60. Ke5 Qb2+ 61. Kd6 Qb8+ 62. Kd5 Qb5+ 63. Rc5 Qxc5+ 64. Ke4 Qe3+ 65. Kd5
Qd4+ 66. Kc6 Qc5+ 67. Kb7 Qc7+ 68. Ka8 Qa7#) 53. Kb6 Ba5+ 54. Kc5 Qa7+ {
Precision: White = 59%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 {
E32: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} (7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 {1/2-1/2 (63) Nakamura,H (2792)
-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O Re8
{LiveBook: 12 Partien} 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 
13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nc4 {1-0 (58) Vasilevich,
T (2415)-Palao,M (2137) Bled 2002}) 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 $1
$19) 14... dxe4 15. Nd2 (15. Nxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 16. a3 (16. Qxe4 $2 Bf5 $19) 16...
Bf8 $19) 15... Bf5 16. a3 ({Viel schlechter ist} 16. Ndxe4 b6 $11) 16... Bxc3
17. Nc4 (17. bxc3 {is more complex.} Be6 18. c4 f5 19. a4 Qd8 20. Rab1) 17...
Qd8 (17... Qd5 $11 18. Qxc3 Red8) 18. Qxc3 ({Besser ist} 18. bxc3 $16 Re6 19.
Rfb1) 18... Re6 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Qb4 b6 21. Rfd1 h5 22. Bh4 f6 23. Bg3 Kh7 24.
Qe1 g5 25. Qe2 h4 26. Bh2 Qd7 27. b4 Rg8 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Rd2 ({Natürlich
nicht} 29. Be5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Qe8 $17) 29... Kf8 30. Kh1 Rg7 31. Rdc2 g4 {
Und ...Th7 würde nun gewinnen.} 32. Qxh4 Rh7 33. Qg3 gxh3 34. Rg1 (34. Qb8+
$11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} Qc8 35. Qxc8+ (35. Qxa7 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Nd5 $11
) 35... Nxc8 36. Nd2) 34... Ng6 (34... hxg2+ $17 35. Rxg2 Qd8) 35. Qb8+ $14 Ke7
$2 {[#]} (35... Re8 $14 36. Qd6+ Kg7) 36. g4 $1 $18 {Weiß steht klar auf
Gewinn.} Nh4 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. Qg8 Rf7 39. Qh8 {Precision: Weiß = 51%,
Schwarz = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhang, Xiaowen"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 {C65: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O d6
9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc4 Nf4 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. g3
Nh3+ {[#]} 14. Kh1 $146 Ne7 15. Bc4 Ng6 16. Qe2 c6 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 Be6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 20. Nd2 Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 {[#]} Nh4+ $1 22. Kg1
(22. gxh4 Qg6+) 22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ {Precision:
White = 67%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Xiao, Yiyi"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bxb4 cxb4 7. Nf3 a5 8. a3
Na6 9. O-O d6 10. axb4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Ne1 Bb7
13. Qb3 e5 14. Nc2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 h5 {1-0 (61)
Vidit,S (2689)-Moiseenko,A (2657) Doha 2016}) 10... Nxb4 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. b3 {
LiveBook: 9 Games. White has an edge.} Rd8 13. Qc1 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13... Bd7 14. Rd1 h6 15. Qb2 Bc6 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 {1/2-1/2 
(47) Fernandez Rivero,K (2055)-Ortega Amarelle,M (2446) Havana 2013}) 14. Qf4
Bb7 15. e4 Rac8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ {The
position is equal.} 20. Nxf3 g5 21. Nxg5 Rxd4 22. Rfd1 Rcd8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24.
c5 Nbd5 25. Nf3 (25. Nb5 {is interesting.} Rd3 26. Nd6 Nd7 27. cxb6 Ne3+ 28.
fxe3 Rxd6 29. Rxa5 Rxb6 30. Ra3) 25... Rd3 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. cxb6 {[#]
Threatens to win with b4.} Rxb3 28. Rxa5 Rxb6 29. Ra7 Rb5 30. Ng5 Ne3+ $1 31.
fxe3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhai, Mo"]
[Black "Wang, Jue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bxf6 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs
Variation} Nxf6 11. Nb3 Qc7 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa4 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bd7 {1-0 (71) Radjabov,T (2710)
-Dreev,A (2652) Doha 2016}) 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games.
The position is equal.} 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8
18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Rfd1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qg5 20. Bf1 Qh4 21. f3 Qg5
22. e4 Nh5 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 (24) Schuhmacher,J (1657)-Greif,
G (1268) Willingen 2008}) 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. h3 Qe5 23. Rc3 Ba4 (
23... g6 {is interesting.} 24. Bf1 Kg7 25. a3 Qf6 26. Qc1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8)
24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxc2 $11 {KQR-KQR} Qd5 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+
Kh7 29. Qc2+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 42%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ren, Xiaoyi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 {E61:
King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} dxe5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 (11. h3 Be6 12. Be3
Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd3 Nf6 18.
Ng5 Nb4 19. Bf1 Nc2 20. Nxe6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 (97) Li,C 
(2751)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huaian 2016}) 11... Ng4 12. Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. h3 {0-1 (50) Korhonen,E (1949)-Miettinen,T (1992)
Helsinki 2008}) 12... Re8 13. h3 b6 14. Ba3 Nf6 15. c5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 16. Bc4 (
16. Nxd4 exd4) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Re1 Nd7 $36 {Black fights for an
advantage.} 19. Rc1 Bh6 20. Rb1 Nxc5 21. b4 ({White should play} 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. b3) 21... Nb7 $17 22. Nd5 {[#]} c6 $1 23. Ne3 Bg7 24. Nc2 {[#]} Nxf3+ ({
Better is} 24... a5 $1 $19 25. Ncxd4 exd4) 25. Qxf3 Nd6 26. Rbd1 Qc7 27. Rd3
Rd8 28. Red1 Ree8 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qh4 Nb7 31. Rxd8 (31. Qg5 $17) 31... Rxd8 $19
32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 ({Don't take} 32... Qxd8 33. Qxd8+ Nxd8 34. Bb2 $17) 33. Qg3 (
33. Qg5 $142) 33... Qd6 34. Qc3 Ne6 35. Ne3 Nd4 {...Ne2+ is the strong threat.}
36. Qe1 Qe6 37. Qa1 f5 38. exf5 gxf5 {Hoping for ...f4.} 39. Bb2 f4 40. Nf1 f3
41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Qd1 (42. gxf3 $142 Qxh3 43. Qd1) 42... fxg2 ({Not} 42... Qxa2
43. Qxf3 Qd5 44. Qd3 $17) 43. Kxg2 Qg6+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 45. Qb3+ Kh7 46. Qg3 $2 (
46. Kg2) 46... c5 47. bxc5 bxc5 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 48. Nd2 {[#]} c4
$1 49. Nf3 (49. Nxc4 Qd5+) 49... Bf6 50. h4 Kh6 51. Ng5 Qg4 {And now . ..Qxg3
would win.} 52. Nf7+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qxg3)} 53. Qc7 Qxh4+ 54. Kg1 Qg4+ (54... d3
$142 55. Nd6 Qg5+ 56. Kf1 Qd5 57. Qb7 Qxd6 58. Qb1 Qh2 59. Qb7 Qh3+ 60. Kg1
Qg4+ 61. Kh1 d2 62. Qb1+ Kh6 63. Qf1 d1=Q 64. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 65. Kh2 c3 66. Kg2 c2
67. Kh2 c1=Q 68. Kh3 Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Bh4#) 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Kg1 Qe6 57. Nd8 Qe7 (
57... Qd5 $142 58. Nc6 d3 59. Qg3+ Kh6) 58. Qxc4 Qxd8 59. Qd3+ Kg7 60. f4 Qe7 {
Black mates.} 61. Qf5 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kh1 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 d3 65. Qd7+ Kh6
66. Qd6 Kg6 67. a4 h4 68. Qb8 Qg3+ 69. Kh1 Qh3+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black
= 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhang, Lanlin"]
[Black "Guo, Qi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3
d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 (12. Be3 Bb7 13. d5 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. a4
Na5 17. Qb4 Nc6 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qb4 Nc6 20. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 (20) Anton Guijarro,D
(2654)-Van Kampen,R (2643) Linares 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. Re1 c5 14. d5 Nc4 15.
Rb1 Re8 16. Ne2 Nc8 $146 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nh2 Nd7 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Ng3 Ncb6 21.
Be3 (21. Bh6 $14) 21... Qf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. Nh2 b4 24. Qd1 Bc3 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26.
Qxd2 a5 27. f4 a4 28. Bd3 axb3 29. axb3 Qg7 (29... Ba6 $11) 30. Nf3 (30. Bb5 $1
$14) 30... Ra5 {[#]} (30... Ba6 $11) 31. Kh1 (31. f5 $1 $16) 31... Rea8 32. f5
Ra1 33. Qf4 (33. e5 $14 Rxb1 34. Bxb1 dxe5 35. Be4) 33... Rxb1 $11 34. Rxb1 {
Threatens to win with fxg6.} Qf6 $1 35. Bb5 Ra1 ({Black should play} 35... Ba6
$11 36. Bxa6 Rxa6) 36. Rxa1 $14 Qxa1+ {[#]} 37. Kh2 ({White should try} 37. Nf1
$1 $16) 37... Qf6 $11 38. Nd2 h4 39. Ngf1 $1 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Ne3 Bc8 42.
fxg6 fxg6 43. g3 g5 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Ng2 Ng6 46. Be8 Ne5 {...c4 is the strong
threat.} 47. Nxh4 c4 48. bxc4 Nbxc4 49. Nb3 Ne3 50. Kg3 Kf8 51. Bb5 Nd1 {
With the idea ...Nc3.} 52. Bf1 Bd7 53. Nf3 {aiming for Nxe5.} Nxf3 54. Kxf3 $14
{Endgame KBN-KBN} Ba4 55. Nd2 b3 56. Bd3 b2 57. h4 Nc3 58. Kf4 Bd1 (58... Bb5
$11 {keeps the balance.} 59. Bxb5 Nxb5) 59. Kg5 ({Better is} 59. Ke3 $16) 59...
Be2 $11 {The position is equal.} 60. Bc2 $1 Bd1 61. Bd3 Be2 62. Bc2 $1 Nb5 63.
Kf6 Na3 64. Bb1 Nxb1 65. Nxb1 Bd3 66. Nc3 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 67. Ke6 (67. Nxe4 b1=Q)
67... b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Bxb1 69. Kxd6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 58%.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sun, Fanghui"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd7 6. d4 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nb3
{C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bd6 9. Bg5 Qf7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10.
Be3 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Be2
O-O 13. Ng5 Qf4 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 {0-1 (29) Gundavaa,B (2516)
-Ponkratov,P (2605) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10... h6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13.
h3 (13. c4 $11) 13... Bd7 (13... e5 $15) 14. Nc1 Be8 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. b3 e5 17.
dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Ndxe5 Nxe5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. f4 (21. Bh5 $14 g6 22. Be2
) 21... Qe7 $11 {White must now prevent ...Nxc4.} 22. Nc2 ({Of course not} 22.
cxd5 Nc4 $17) 22... dxc4 23. bxc4 (23. Qd5+ $15 Be6 24. Qxb7) 23... Ng6 $17 {
And now ...Ba4 would win.} 24. Qd5+ {[#]} (24. Bg4 $142 Ba4 25. c5 Bxf4 26. Qd4
) 24... Kh8 $1 {...Ba4 is the strong threat.} 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Qd4 $2 {[#]} (26.
Qh5 $17 Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Bd4 Bxf4 29. Rf2) 26... Nxf4 $1 {Precision:
White = 26%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Yingmei Cup CHN-chT 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Hong, Xing"]
[Black "Huang, Qian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Tianjin"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 17 Partien} 6. h4 {
B00: Damenfianchetto, Nimzowitsch-Verteidigung} d6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 6...
Nbc6 7. a3 d5 8. e5 c4 9. Bc2 h6 10. h5 Qd7 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Be3 f6 13. f4 Kb8
{1-0 (61) Sveshnikov,E (2570)-Tseshkovsky,V (2595) Tashkent 1980}) 7. Bf4 a6 8.
Na3 {Weiß steht besser.} Nbc6 (8... d5 $14 9. e5 Nd7) 9. Qe2 ({Lieber} 9. Nc4
$16 Ng6 10. Bg5) 9... cxd4 $14 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nec6 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. O-O h6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 (17. Bxc2 {keeps more tension.} a5
18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Qd1 O-O 20. a3) 17... g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nxd4 $1 20.
Bxd4 Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. f5 (22. Qd2 $11) 22... Rc8 $17 23. Qf2 $2 {[#]} (23.
Qd2 $17 Rc4 24. Rf4) 23... Rc4 $1 $19 {Und weiter mit ...Txd4! wäre nett.} 24.
Rd1 $2 (24. b4 {war einen Versuch wert.} Bxb4 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Bf5) 24... Qc6
{Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 25. fxe6 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 ({Nicht} 25... Qxe6 26.
Bf5 $15) 26. Qxf7+ Kd8 27. Bh7 Qc5 {Precision: Weiß = 37%, Schwarz = 57%.} 0-1

