B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line (1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10,Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2)

The move 1...c6 in reply to 1.d4 is the 8th most common move in the position and it had been played in 7943 games in my reference database. It has a score of 60.2%. More commonly are seen the moves 1...Nf6 (1078610 games, score 53.1%), 1...d5 (597278 games, score 57.1%), 1...e6 (95147 games, score 55.1%), 1...f5 (70983 games, score 54.4%), 1...g6 (58680 games, score 52.3%), 1...d6 (53266 games, 52.8%) and 1...c5 (32518 games, score 52.2%). With my next move 2.e4 the game transposed to Caro-Kann. Had I played 2.c4, the game could go towards a Slav Defence in case that the next move would be 2...d5. My move was the 3rd most often played move in the position with 1193 games featuring the move (score 57.6%). More often were played 2.c4 (4936 games, score 61.8%) and 2.Nf3 (1819 games, 59.8%). The move 2.e4 has been played by Anatoly Karpov (2674) in the game against Harald Pingitzer (2343) in Vienna Lugner City sim, April 16th, 2005, for example. That game ended in a draw.

The next move 2...d5 is not surprisingly the most often played move in the position, it appeared in 194092 games with a score of 53.7%. The following move, 3.Nc3 (60326 games, score 53.5%), was also the choice of most players. The game continued to be played with the move 3...dxe4 (57752 games, score 53.3%), which follows the most popular line, chosen by such very strong players like Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Wesley So and Vladimir Kramnik. The game kept continuing on the main preference of the players with the move 4.Nxe4 (56912 games, score 53.3%). While the moves followed the most played ones, the amount of reference games decreases with every move. My opponent then went for the move 4...Bf5 (42585 games, score 53.5%). I then played the natural looking move 5.Ng3 (39927 games, score 54.1%), which was again the most popular approach to the position. It was replied with 5...Bg6 (39741 games, score 54.1%).

The next move, 6.h4 (20371 games, score 55.4%), continued the familiar pattern of being the most often played move. Other popular moves here were 6.Nf3 (12972 games, score 51.1%) and 6.Bc4 (2400 games, score 54.9%), for instance. Kojjootti then played 6...h6 (20138 games, 55.2%), which is clearly the most popular move, since the next most played move is 6...h6, which has appeared only in 203 games. The score in the games where the player controlling the black pieces chose the move 6...h5 is 70.2%. On the next move I played 7.Nf3 (15371 games, score 55.3%). My 7th move has also been played by Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand, for example. The 7th move by my opponent, 7...e6, was the first one after 2...d5 that was not the most often played move. It had been played in 1195 games with a score 49.1%. Players were more likely to encounter the moves 7...Nd7 (12877 games, score 55.9%) and 7...Nf6 (1327 games, score 55.4%.). The move 7...e6 had also played by Magnus Carlsen, for instance, in the game against Viswanathan Anand at the World Championship on November 10th, 2013.

The 8th move, h5 (825 games, score 52.1%), was once again the most popular move and in all of them Black played 8...Bh7, which is the most logical move in the position, since it is the only safe square for the bishop. Next move I played was 9.Bd3 (1122 games, score 51.6%). The reply 9...Bxd3 (1065 games, score 50.8%) was also the most popular move and so was my 10th move Qxd3 (1064 games, score 50.8%). Then my opponent played 10...Nf6 (803 games, score 45.7%), which is a move that has been played by strong players such as Hikaru Nakamura, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Grischuk and David Navara. The last move of the opening line 11.Bd2 (1129 games, 48.7%) was again the most played move. The following move 11...Bd6 was the 4th most often occurred move and it had been seen in 135 games with a score of 63%. More popular moves have been 11...Nbd7 (343 games, score 53.5%), 11...c5 (312 games, 40.1%) and 11...Be7 (276 games, score 43.5%). I then castled long, which was the 2nd most tried move in the position and it was seen in 46 games with a score of 73.9% in the games that appear in my reference database. Only the move 12.Ne4 had seen more play, it was played in 88 games with a score of 60.8%.

The next move 12...Bxg3 had been played in 5 games before with a score of 80%. It was the 4th most often played move, behind the moves 12...Nbd7 (21 games, score 78.6%), 12...Qc7 (11 games, score 77.3%) and 12...O-O (6 games, score 33.3%). Not that surprisingly in all of those 5 games the reply was 13.fxg3. The last move that had been played previously was 13...Nbd7, which had appeared in one game before this one. The game in which that move was played can be seen in the notation of the game.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1843"] [BlackElo "1700"] [Annotator "Stockfish 9 64 POPCNT (30s)"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 {B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} Bd6 12. O-O-O Bxg3 (12... Qc7 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. f4 Rf8 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Kb8 17. g4 c5 18. Rhe1 Nd5 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Be7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Qf5 26. Qe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 { Dolukhanova,E (2225)-Gazik,R (2074) Orlova 2011 1-0 (63)}) (12... Ng4 13. Rdf1 O-O 14. Rh4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rhh1 c5 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. Qe4 Qd6 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bb4 Qb5 24. Bxf8 Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Qb5+ 27. Rd3 {Visser,A-Van Niekerk,N Durban 2014 1-0 (48)}) 13. fxg3 Nbd7 14. Bb4 $146 {Black has a cramped position} (14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 Qe4 18. Qb3 Ra6 19. Bc5 a4 20. Qb4 Nfd5 21. Qd2 f6 22. Rde1 Qh7 23. Ng6 Rg8 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rhe1 Nc4 26. Qd3 {1-0 (26) Kalogiannidis,I (2038) -Alghanei,M Manila Akhisar 2009}) (14. Rh4 $5 $16) 14... a5 $14 {Black threatens to win material: a5xb4} 15. Bd6 (15. Bd2 b5 $11) 15... Nb6 $11 { White has an active position} 16. Be5 (16. Bf4 O-O $11) 16... O-O (16... a4 17. Qa3 $11) 17. Rh4 Nbd5 (17... a4 18. a3 $11) 18. g4 (18. c4 Nb4 19. Qb1 b5 $11) 18... Nb4 (18... Nh7 19. Kb1 b5 20. c3 $11) 19. Qb3 (19. Qe2 Nh7 20. a3 Nd5 $16 ) 19... Nfd5 (19... Ne4 $5 {should not be overlooked} 20. a3 b5 $11) 20. c4 $16 a4 $2 (20... f6 $142 21. Bg3 c5 22. dxc5 a4 $16) 21. Qa3 $18 b5 $2 (21... c5 22. dxc5 Rc8 $18) 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qd3 (23. g5 $142 {seems even better} hxg5 24. Rhh1 f6 $18) 23... b4 $4 {leading to a quick end} (23... f6 $142 24. Bg3 Qe7 $18) 24. Qd2 (24. g5 $142 {finishes off the opponent} f6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Rf4 $18) 24... a3 25. b3 Rc8 $4 (25... f6 26. Bg3 Rc8 $16) 26. Qf2 (26. g5 $142 {makes it even easier for White} f6 27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Qxb4 $18) 26... Qg5+ $4 { an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (26... f6 $142 {was much better} 27. Bg3 Qe7 $11) 27. Nxg5 $18 hxg5 28. Rh3 (28. h6 f6 29. hxg7 gxh4 30. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Qxh4 fxe5 32. dxe5 Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Qg6+ Kd7 37. Rxf8 Kc7 38. Qf7+ Kb6 39. Rb8+ Kc5 40. Qf2+ Ne3 41. Qxe3+ Kd5 42. Rd8#) 28... f6 $18 29. Bd6 Rfd8 30. Bc5 Rd7 31. h6 Re8 32. Rdh1 (32. hxg7 Rxg7 33. Rdh1 Kf7 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Rh7 Rcg8 36. Qe4 Ne7 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Qxc6 Kf7 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Rh6 Rg6 41. Rh7+ Rg7 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qxg7+ Ke8 44. Rh8#) 32... e5 33. hxg7 (33. Qf5 Kf7 34. hxg7 Rc7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Ne7 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qxe7#) 33... Rxg7 (33... Nf4 {doesn't improve anything} 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rxe8 Kxg7 36. Qc2 e4 37. Qxe4 Ne2+ 38. Kc2 f5 39. Qe5+ Kg6 40. Qxf5+ Kg7 41. Rh7#) 34. Rh8+ (34. Qf5 e4 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qxg8#) 34... Kf7 35. Rxe8 (35. Qf5 Rxh8 36. Rxh8 Ne7 37. Qd7 Kg6 38. Bxe7 Rxe7 39. Qxe7 f5 40. dxe5 f4 41. Qh7#) 35... Kxe8 (35... Nf4 { doesn't get the cat off the tree} 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Qc2 Kd7 38. Qf5+ Ne6 39. Rh7 Rxh7 40. Qxh7+ Ng7 41. Qxg7+ Ke6 42. Qf7#) 36. Rh8+ (36. Qf5 Rg8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Ne7 39. Qxe7+ Kg6 40. Qh7#) 36... Kd7 (36... Rg8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 37. Rxg8+ Kf7 38. Qf5 e4 39. Qh7+ Ke6 40. Rd8 e3 41. Rd6#) 37. Qf5+ Kc7 38. Qc8# 1-0

Below you can see the latest highest rated games that have reached the position after 11.Bd2.

[Event "EU-ch blitz"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "2016.12.18"] [Round "24"] [White "Plat, Vojtech"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2016.12.17"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "26"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 64"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.12.24"] 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. 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 O-O-O 21. Nge2 Rd7 22. g4 Rhd8 23. Nb3 Be3 24. Rd3 Bxc1 25. Kxc1 e5 26. Rhd1 e4 27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Rd4 Ne3 29. Rg1 Nf6 30. g5 Nxh5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Rh1 Nf4 33. Nxf4 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Nd3 Ng4 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc3 Rd6 39. Rf1 Rc6+ 40. Kd2 Rxc2+ 41. Ke1 Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2017.02.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Khachiyan, Melikset"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2017.01.11"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 19"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.06"] [WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"] [BlackTeam "Hamburg Swashbucklers"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Kb1 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. g4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qg2 Nd5 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Rh3 Rac8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rc5 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. h6 Rc3 27. Qg5 g6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe4 Kh7 30. Rg1 f5 31. Qe5 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ R3xc7 33. Nxe6 Re7 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. Rd3 Nf4 36. Rd2 Rce8 37. Rgd1 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd7 R8e7 40. b3 Kh7 41. R7d2 Kxh6 42. c4 g5 43. Kc2 Kg6 44. Kc3 f4 45. c5 Re2 46. b4 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Kf5 48. Kc4 g4 49. b5 g3 50. fxg3 fxg3 51. c6 bxc6 52. bxc6 Rg7 53. Rg2 Kf4 54. Kd5 Kf3 55. Rg1 Kf2 56. Rc1 g2 57. Rc2+ Kf3 58. Rxg2 Rxg2 59. c7 Rc2 60. Kd6 Ke4 61. Kd7 Kd4 62. a4 a5 63. c8=Q Rxc8 64. Kxc8 Kc5 65. Kd7 Kb4 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2017.02.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Khachiyan, Melikset"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2017.01.11"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 18"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.02.24"] [WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"] [BlackTeam "Hamburg Swashbucklers"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Kb1 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. g4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qg2 Nd5 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Rh3 Rac8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rc5 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. h6 Rc3 27. Qg5 g6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe4 Kh7 30. Rg1 f5 31. Qe5 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ R3xc7 33. Nxe6 Re7 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. Rd3 Nf4 36. Rd2 Rce8 37. Rgd1 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd7 R8e7 40. b3 Kh7 41. R7d2 Kxh6 42. c4 g5 43. Kc2 Kg6 44. Kc3 f4 45. c5 Re2 46. b4 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Kf5 48. Kc4 g4 49. b5 g3 50. fxg3 fxg3 51. c6 bxc6 52. bxc6 Rg7 53. Rg2 Kf4 54. Kd5 Kf3 55. Rg1 Kf2 56. Rc1 g2 57. Rc2+ Kf3 58. Rxg2 Rxg2 59. c7 Rc2 60. Kd6 Ke4 61. Kd7 Kd4 62. a4 a5 0-1 [Event "DEN-chT 1617 55th"] [Site "Denmark"] [Date "2017.03.18"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Schandorff, Lars"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2511"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.10.29"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.24"] [WhiteTeam "Philidor"] [BlackTeam "Hillerod"] [WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "DEN"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Qf4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Bc1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Be3 Nf6 22. c4 Nd7 23. g4 a6 24. Kc2 Kg8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Rde1 Rfe8 27. Bf2 f6 28. Ng6 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rd1 a5 32. b3 Rb8 33. Rd6 Red8 34. Rhd1 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Kf7 36. a3 Rc8 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Ne4 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "Chiva"] [Date "2017.04.18"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.04.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 27"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.29"] [WhiteTeam "Jiangsu"] [BlackTeam "Shenzhen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 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 Nc6 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 17. c3 Be7 18. O-O-O Qb6 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Kb1 Rg8 22. g4 Bc5 23. Rd3 Bxd4 24. Rhd1 Qb5 25. Qf3 f5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Ke7 30. Ra4 a6 31. Rb4 b5 32. a4 Rg1+ 33. Kc2 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rg2 35. Kd3 Rxf2 36. b4 f4 37. Rxa6 f3 38. Ra1 Rb2 39. Re1+ Kd6 40. Rf1 f2 41. Ke3 Rc2 42. Kd3 Rb2 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. Rxf2 Rxc3+ 45. Kd4 Rh3 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxh6 Kf8 48. b5 Kg7 49. Rd6 Rxh5 50. b6 f6 51. Kc4 Rh8 52. b7 Kg6 53. Rb6 Rb8 54. Kd5 Kf5 55. Rb4 Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Zalakaros op 36th"] [Site "Zalakaros"] [Date "2017.05.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Papp, Gabor"] [Black "Horvath, Jozsef"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2526"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2017.05.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 32"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.06.02"] 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 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. dxc5 Qxb2 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qe4 Bxc5 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. Qg4 Nd4 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Rxb7 Rxd2 21. Rb8+ Ke7 22. Rb7+ Ke8 23. Qe4 Qa6 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Rb7+ Ke8 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rb7+ Ke8 28. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS-chT blitz"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2017.10.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Savchenko, Boris"] [Black "Popov, Ivan1"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.10.05"] [EventType "team-swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 51"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [WhiteTeam "Moscow Fighters for the Idea"] [BlackTeam "Legends of Moscow"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. g4 Nc6 17. c3 Rac8 18. Rdg1 f6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Rd1 e4 22. Nh4 Ne7 23. Rhg1 b5 24. Kb1 Kf7 25. f3 exf3 26. Rdf1 a5 27. Rxf3 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rgf1 Rc4 30. b3 Rc3 31. Bd2 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Re8 33. Rf1 Rc8 34. Re1 Rc7 35. Re2 Bg3 36. Nf3 Nc6 37. Bc1 Bd6 38. Re1 Re7 39. Rxe7+ Nxe7 40. Kc2 g5 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Kd3 f5 43. g5 hxg5 44. Bxg5 Nc6 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2018.01.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Khachiyan, Melikset"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2018.01.18"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 15"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] [WhiteTeam "Las Vegas Desert Rats"] [BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 c5 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nf3 Bc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rf1 f5 25. Kc2 Kg7 26. a3 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Bc5 30. Rxb7 Kf6 31. Rc7 Bxf2 32. c5 Rd5 33. c6 e5 34. Rd7 Rc5+ 35. Kd2 e4 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Nd4+ Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxc6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Rd7 f4+ 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Rd4 Kf5 44. Rd7 Kf6 45. Rd4 Re6 46. g3 Kg5 47. gxf4+ Kxf4 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2018.02.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Fontaine, Robert"] [Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2018.01.18"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 17"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.16"] [WhiteTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"] [BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 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 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 c5 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfc8 19. Bxf6 b5 20. Qb3 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rh3 Qc6 23. Re3 a5 24. f3 a4 25. Qd3 a3 26. b3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rd8 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 f5 31. Nf2 Bf6 32. Nd1 Qc5 33. Qd7 Kf8 34. c3 Qe5 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Be7 37. Kc2 Qh2 38. Qd2 Qxh5 39. b4 Qh4 40. Qe2 Qg3 41. Kb3 Qd6 42. Kxa3 h5 43. Nf2 Bf6 44. Qxb5 Bxc3 45. Nd3 g5 46. Kb3 Bd4 47. a4 g4 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. a5 Kf6 50. Qc4 f4 51. Qc8 Kf5 52. Qg8 Ke4 53. Ne1 Qd5+ 54. Ka3 Qf5 55. a6 Ke3 56. Qc8 Kd2 57. Qd7 Qd5 58. Qc7 Kxe1 59. Qc1+ Ke2 60. Qxf4 e5 61. Qxg4+ Kf2 62. Qd1 Bb2+ 63. Kxb2 Qxd1 64. a7 Qd5 0-1