[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,59,63,55,76,76,79,64,73,50,71,77,79,81,66,70,103,100,89,31,33,41,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,3,-12,-31,-13]} 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. Qc2 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} hxg6 14. Nf3 {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd8 15. g3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Re8 17. h4 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Bc1 e5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 {½-½ (66) Sedlak,N (2523)-Sprenger,J (2520) Mali Losinj 2017}) 15. Qe2 {White is better.} Nc4 16. Ne5 (16. g3 {is interesting.} a6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. b3 Na5 19. Rab1) 16... Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. Bb1 Rd8 20. g3 d4 {[#]} 21. cxd4 $1 Rxd4 22. h4 (22. Be3 $16 Rd5 23. b4) 22... Qd7 23. Be3 Rd5 $1 24. h5 gxh5 $1 25. Qxh5 {[#] White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Nd3 $1 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Qf3 $1 Qxa2 29. Qxb7 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Black "Thrish Karthik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,26,31,33,50,67,58,80,82,90,99,122,92,137,102,111,95,139,135,138,118,170,158,159,0,147,127,133,137,141,121,141,140,277,276,270,273,296,288,339,288,562,551,559,550,580,578,577,561,516,496,1128,1112]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ng4 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} e6 (6... f6 7. h3 Nh6 8. c3 d3 9. Ned4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Bxd3 Nxd4 12. O-O c6 13. Kh1 f5 {½-½ (47) Froewis,G (2329)-Schroll,G (2414) Linz 2011}) 7. c3 {[%cal Re2d4]} dxc3 8. bxc3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. d4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Be2 Na5 12. O-O c5 13. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (66) Morales Pecino,B (1967)-Winiarski,M (2178) IECG email 2002}) 10. Ng3 Bh4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. h3 Nh6 15. O-O Ne7 (15... Rfd8 $16) 16. Nh5 Be8 17. Ng3 $2 (17. Bd2 $16 Ng6 18. Be1) 17... Bc6 (17... Bd7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Ng6 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. c4 Rad8 21. Rab1 b6 (21... Qd7 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Bb4 $18 Qd7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rbd1 Nh4 25. Rf2 {[%cal Bf1f2,Bf2d2,Bd2d5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 $2 {[#]} (25... Ng8 {was called for.} 26. Nh5 Be4) 26. d5 $1 {White is clearly winning.} exd5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 28. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c6 (28... Bxc4 29. Rxd7) 29. Rfd2 Qe6 30. Qb3 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Ng6 (30... Kh8 $142 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rf8) 31. Rxd5 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,77,72,118,118,136,58,58,57,73,64,79,87,88,87,94,96,102,89,100,76,79,50,105,108,107,105,113,110,112,109,114,107,112,114,130,130,144,112,162,116,143,122,151,146,224,188,351,167,292,162,166,177,173,177,295,287,312,269,349,341,448,416,476,471,464,464,840,840,1358,1196,29976,2101]} 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... Be7 6. Nf5 Rg8 7. e3 d5 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. Qd4 Be6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxf6 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 {1-0 (31) Andreikin,D (2720)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 6. Bxf6 {A00: Irregular Openings} Qxf6 7. Ndb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7] LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd8 {[#]} 8. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7] White is better.} Bb4+ {[#]} 9. Nxb4 ({Better is} 9. c3 $1 $16 Ba5 10. e3) 9... Nxb4 $14 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Nxa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 d6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nc3 {½-½ (20) Werner,C (2198)-Kraft,V (2409) Bayern 2006}) 11... O-O 12. Nxc8 Qf6 13. e3 ({Much weaker is} 13. Qxd7 $6 Qxb2 14. Ne7+ Kh7 $11) 13... Rfxc8 14. Qd4 Qc6 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Bxa6 (16. a3 {feels hotter.} Nc5 17. O-O Re4 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rea4 20. Rfd1) 16... Qxa6 17. Qd3 (17. a3 {looks sharper.} d6 18. c3 Re5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Qe2) 17... Re6 (17... Qb6 $14) 18. Qxa6 $16 ({Of course not} 18. Qxd7 $6 Rd6 $11) 18... Rexa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 19. a3 Rd6 20. Ke2 Rc6 21. Rhc1 Ra5 22. c3 Rb6 23. Rc2 Rh5 24. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Rg6 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. g3 h5 27. h4 Rgd6 28. Ke2 c5 (28... Ra6 $16 {might work better.} 29. c4 Re5) 29. b4 b5 $2 (29... Ra6 30. c4 Re5) 30. a4 (30. c4 $142 bxc4 31. b5 (31. Rxc4 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 cxb4 $16)) 30... bxa4 (30... cxb4 {is a better defense.} 31. cxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kf8) 31. Rxa4 (31. c4 $142 Re5 32. b5 (32. Rxa4 cxb4 33. Rxb4 g6 $16)) 31... cxb4 $18 32. cxb4 Kf8 33. Ra5 Rd1 (33... Ke7 {was called for.} 34. Rb2 Ke6) 34. Rxh5 Rb1 35. Rb5 Ra6 36. Rd2 d6 37. Rb7 g6 38. Rc2 d5 39. g4 Rh1 (39... Kg7 $142 40. g5 Ra8) 40. b5 Re6 41. Rcc7 Rf6 42. g5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 25%.} (42. Rb8+ $142 Kg7 43. g5 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 d4 45. exd4 Rxh4 46. Rcc8 Rh2+ 47. Kg3) 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,91,30,38,36,29,39,9,47,31,43,49,57,32,44,33,33,12,53,14,55,45,62,20,52,47,57,42,54,40,43,50,52,37,49,35,42,34,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (12. b5 Ne4 13. Qc1 f5 14. Ne1 Rae8 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nd3 e5 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nf2 Kh8 {0-1 (30) Sadzikowski,D (2590)-Kunin,V (2531) Germany 2017}) 12... h6 13. Qc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc3 c6 15. h3 Bg6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Bh5 18. b5 c5 19. Qc2 Re8 {½-½ (42) Saint Arnaud,P (2152)-Dulany,L (2353) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Ra7 14. d5 {White is slightly better.} e5 15. Qc2 Rfa8 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. Bd3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Nf8 20. Bb2 Bc8 (20... b5 $5) 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. Qb1 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. f3 h5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qa1 Qb8 27. Qa6 Ne6 28. Be2 h4 29. Kf2 Qc7 30. Nb1 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 e4 {...exf3 is the strong threat.} 34. fxe4 {[#]} (34. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Ng5 ({Better is} 34... Bb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7a6]} 35. Qa7 Ng5) 35. Bd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Bb7 36. Qxb6 Nxe4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 Qe1 39. h3 Qf2+ 40. Kh2 Qg3+ 41. Kg1 $1 Qf2+ 42. Kh2 Qg3+ 43. Kg1 $1 Ng5 {[#] ( -> ...Nf3+)} 44. Qxb7 {Intending Qc8+ and mate.} Nxh3+ $1 45. Kh1 {Qc8+ would kill now.} Nf2+ 46. Kg1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troyke, Christian"]
[Black "Maier, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,45,7,10,26,30,50,28,50,35,50,50,50,58,65,81,106,0,8,-13,-33,-54,-50,-33,-41,-20,0,0,1,-5,-11,-63]} 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rxd7 Rxd7 {½-½ (41) Howell,D (2676)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 6... Ba7 7. d4 Nge7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Kh2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 {0-1 (25) Madjar,S (2170)-Milanovic,D (2496) Pozarevac 2013}) 10... Qc8 11. Kh2 Rb8 12. a4 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Bb2 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Ne4 (16. g4 $16 Bd7 17. Nf4) 16... Nec6 $11 17. f3 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.} (17. Ng5 {is more complex.} Bd3 18. Rae1 Qf5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Rg1) 17... d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. g4 Bg6 20. N2g3 f5 {The position is equal.} 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qg5 Rf8 23. Rad1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 41%.} (23. Rae1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schulz, Lukas"]
[Black "Krauseneck, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,-51,-34,-45,-22,-31,0,-16,10,12,18,18,14,11,27,0,13,-8,-8,-30,-10,-19,-10,-10,-2,-10,5,-25,-2,-10,0,-37,-31,-96,-13,-63,-63,-64,28,22,29,14,29,29,52,47,79,66,160,141,145,150,161,144,240,237,258,258,251,246,258,258,303,252,597,592,648,649,699,691,672,643,1196,1072,938,0,1488,1455,1223,1097,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29979,29979,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nh6 6. Nf3 Nf5 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. d3 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nfd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 {1-0 (33) Mamedov,R (2688)-Grandelius,N (2643) Tallinn 2016}) 5. Nge2 d4 6. Nb1 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e5 7. d3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. O-O {Black is slightly better.} h6 9. f4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nf3 Bd6 {1-0 (43) Pilgram,A (1922)-Suess,S (2021) Berlin 2005}) 10. h3 (10. f5 {is interesting.} Nh5 11. Bd2 c4 12. Be1 Qg5 13. Bd2) 10... Bxe2 (10... Be6 {looks sharper.} 11. c3 Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. b3 Re8) 11. Qxe2 Bd6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Na3 O-O-O 14. f5 Bc7 15. h4 Ne8 16. Qf2 f6 17. Bf3 Nd6 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Bh5 Rc8 20. g4 a6 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. Rh1 Ba5 23. g5 (23. Rf1 $15) 23... Bb4 (23... hxg5 $17 24. hxg5 Ne7) 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Kh2 Bxa3 ({Better is} 25... Rcg8 $15) 26. Rxa3 $11 Rcg8 27. Bd2 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g3] [#]} (27... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 28. Rf1 Nb4 29. Be1 Rg7 30. Bg6 a5) 28. Bg6 Qc7 29. Raa1 {[%cal Ba3a1,Ba1g1,Bg1g2][%mdl 32]} Ne7 30. Rhg1 Nxg6 (30... Qb6 $14) 31. Rxg6 $16 Rxg6 32. fxg6 h5 33. Rg1 Qg7 (33... Ne8 $16 34. b3 b6) 34. b4 $18 cxb4 35. Bxb4 Ne8 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. a5 Qc6 38. Rg2 Qe6 $2 {[#]} (38... Qd7 {is more resistant.} 39. c4 dxc3) 39. g7 Rg8 40. Qxh5 Rxg7 41. Rxg7 Nxg7 42. Qg6 Ne8 43. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Qc6 44. Kg1 $2 (44. h6 $18) 44... Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qxc2 $11 45. Qxe8+ Ka7) 45. h6 Qxc2 46. h7 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 {White mates.} Qe2+ 48. Qg2 Qh5+ 49. Qh3 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Be1 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldbeck, Lars"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,0,0,-16,-15,-16,-10,-67,-85,-102,-97,-121,-80,-99,-111,-137,-130,-127,-120,-144,-142,-164,-129,-128,-133,-159,-133,-142,-138,-159,-161,-152,-147,-182,-187,-217,-196,-217,-223,-232,-210,-223,-240,-261,-270,-495,-391,-415,-341,-957,-771,-1357,-1366,-1376,-898,-29992,-29993,-29993,-1302,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 10. Rfd1 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (31) Dominguez Perez,L (2736)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2697) Linares 2015}) 11... h6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nge4 Bc7 13. h3 ({White should try} 13. Nxf6+ $11 Nxf6 14. Ne4) 13... Nd5 $15 14. b3 f5 {White must now prevent ...cxb3.} 15. Nxd5 exd5 ({Reject} 15... cxd5 $6 16. Nc3 $11) 16. Nc3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Nf6 18. e3 Bd6 19. Rab1 Rf7 20. a4 Ne4 21. a5 Be6 22. Ne2 g5 23. Bb4 Raf8 24. Rdc1 a6 25. Rb2 Qd8 26. Bf1 Rg7 27. Nc3 Bxb4 $1 28. Qxb4 {[#]} Nd6 $1 29. Na4 f4 30. Nc5 {[#]} Bc8 $1 31. exf4 gxf4 32. Qc3 $2 (32. Qe1) 32... Nf5 33. g4 h5 34. Be2 $2 (34. f3 Re8 35. Bg2) 34... Qh4 35. Kf1 hxg4 36. Bxg4 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. fxe3 fxe3+ 38. Ke2 Rxg4 (38... Bxg4+ $142 39. hxg4 Qxg4+ 40. Kd3 Qf5+ 41. Ne4 Qxe4+ 42. Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Rg1+ 44. Ke2 Rf2#) 39. hxg4 Bxg4+ {Black mates.} 40. Kd3 Qh7+ 41. Kxe3 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qg1+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hovsepyan, Vardan"]
[Black "Berthold, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,92,-10,-22,-9,-15,-10,-15,-6,-10,-9,-8,0,0,19,16,17,12,21,20,20,20,33,21,35,16,25,12,14,18,82,77,83,75,101,101,96,102,105,104,108,93,94,114,100,5,6,5,5,17,19,18,24,5,5,5,5,5,77,32,48,60,262,262,257,240,229,235,238,231,381,392,364]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Kh1 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (9. Be3 Nf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h5 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. h3 h4 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Bf3 e5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (84) Lewicki,M (2404)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Katowice 2017}) 9... Nf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} O-O 13. e5 Nd5 ({Reject} 13... Qc6 $6 14. Bf3 $16) 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qh3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bd3 Rh6 19. Qg3 Rf8 {½-½ (47) Anarkulov,A (1805)-Collutiis,D (2345) Malente 2004}) 15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be3 Bd5 19. Rad1 Bc4 20. Qd2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rf7 22. Qd3 Qc4 23. Rf2 g6 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Rd6 Rb8 (25... Kf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. g3 $16 a5 27. Rfd2 Rb5 28. a4 Rb7 29. Kg2 Bd8 30. h4 Kf8 31. Ra6 Bc7 32. Bc5+ Kg7 33. Bd6 ({White should try} 33. Kh3 $16) 33... Bxd6 $11 34. Raxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ra6 Rf5 37. Ke4 h5 38. Ra8 Rc5 39. Ke3 Rf5 (39... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 d5 $2 {[#]} (41... Rd5 $1 $14) 42. Kd4 $1 $18 Ra7 43. Re2 Ke7 44. Rc6 Rf6 45. Kc5 Kd7 (45... Kf7 {might work better.} 46. Rd6 Re7) 46. Rd6+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tscharotschkin, Michael"]
[Black "Link, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,54,23,23,41,-4,23,0,43,26,35,42,105,102,163,147,148,151,166,155,152,149,146,160,153,111,121,108,106,100,144,162,130,58,77,47,49,48,131,119,270,53,427,420,401]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 d5 6. Ne5 Bd6 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} 7. f4 {LiveBook: 57 Games} (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Nd7 14. c5 Bc7 15. e4 a5 16. Ng5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 {1-0 (69) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Can,E (2535) Reykjavik 2015}) 7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Qe7 14. Be2 {1-0 (40) Lofgren,C (2102)-Overgaard,J (1800) Helsingor 2015}) 8... cxd5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2c2,Bc2c5,Bc5c7][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nb5 Bb8 {[#]} (11... Ne4 $14) 12. b3 $1 $16 Ne8 (12... Qd8 $16) 13. Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nd6 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Rf2 {And now Rfc2 would win.} a6 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfc2 Bd7 19. Rc5 Rfc8 20. Qc2 Rcb8 21. h3 Be8 22. Qf2 ({Better is} 22. g4 $16) 22... Nd7 $14 23. Rc7 {Strongly threatening Qh4.} Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qf8 (24... Qd8 $1 $14) 25. g4 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bc6 26. Qh4 $2 {[#]} (26. gxf5 $18 Qd8 27. R7xc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6) 26... h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rc8 $14 27. Rxc8 Rxc8) 27. gxf5 $18 exf5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Delitzsch, Juergen"]
[Black "Ploehn, Heiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,20,20,20,20,22,35,0,43,45,30,28,52,0,31,20,28,6,6,10,9,10,8,0,39,0,2,6,36,34,21,27,66,27,89,26,52,43,52,50,52,50,37,47,50,40,45,30,54,54,51,43,35,34,143,139,124,118,126,110,232,112,206,214,203,210,227,149,199,172,178,174,228,211,222,197,249,0,187,0,245,213,191,205,477,469,456,450,475,405,375,288,415,340,2041,1934,5915,5708,5683,6387,6537,6215,6111,6075,5297,5110,2670,1989]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nc3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} O-O 7. e3 d6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 a4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 {1-0 (49) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Kayumov,S (2505) Doha 2016}) 8... e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 Na6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. O-O-O Bd7 {1-0 (37) Xing,K (1762)-Opalewski,B (1804) Seattle 2007}) 10... Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. b3 (13. Nd2 $14) 13... c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O (15. c5 {is interesting.} dxc5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Be4 18. Qb2) 15... Ne4 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Nd2 b6 20. Bf3 Qb7 21. Rab1 {Strongly threatening bxa5.} Bxf3 22. Nxf3 {Hoping for bxa5.} Qc6 23. Qb3 a4 (23... Rfd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Qa2 (24. Qd3 $16) 24... Rac8 25. Rbc1 Rfd8 26. c5 dxc5 {aiming for ...Rxd1+.} 27. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 {[#]} 28. Qxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 29. Nxe5+ Ke6 30. Nxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd3 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxa3 33. Nd4+ Ke7 (33... Kd6 $14 34. Ra5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ne4) 34. Rc7+ $16 Nd7 35. Ra7 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 g6 {[#]} (36... Kd6 $16) 37. Kg3 (37. Nb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3a1][%mdl 512]} Rd1 (37... axb3 38. Rxa1) 38. Rxa4) 37... Ra2 (37... Kd6 $16) 38. Nb5 $18 Ke8 39. Nc3 Ra3 40. Nd5 (40. Nxa4 $6 Nb6 $16) 40... Ra2 41. f4 Ra3 42. Kf3 Ra2 (42... h6 $142 43. Ke4 Ra1) 43. g3 Ra1 44. Kg4 Ra3 (44... a3 $142 45. e4 a2) 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Kg4 (46. e4 $142) 46... Ra3 $1 47. h4 Rd3 48. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} h5+ $2 {[#]} (48... Rd4 {keeps fighting.} 49. Kf3 Nc5 50. Nf6+ (50. Rxh7 a3 $16) 50... Kd8) 49. Kg5 $1 Rxg3+ 50. Kh6 a3 51. e5 {Intending e6 and mate.} Rd3 52. Nc7+ Kd8 (52... Kf7 $142 53. e6+ Kf6) 53. Ne6+ Ke7 $2 (53... Kc8 54. Kxg6 Kb8) 54. Nc5 {White is clearly winning.} Rd5 55. Nxd7 Rxd7 56. Rxa3 Rd4 57. Kg5 Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Ra6 Kf7 60. Rf6+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wagner, Florian"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,12,-14,51,30,29,7,16,0,15,9,28,0,43,42,51,50,73,73,60,70,62,32,32,19,40,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,-39,-37,-97,-85,-170,-151,-187,-183,-161,-97,-78,-65,-61,-45,-41,-48,-76,-76,-87,-73,-62,-54,-152,-135,-131,-101,-131,-40,-95,-17,-12,25,27,33,33,35,44,40,45,125,21,11,0,129,0,13,0,122,-14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 18 Games. D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} (10. a3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (50) Le,Q (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 10... a5 (10... e5 $11) 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. Rb1 f5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bb2 Nd5 {0-1 (41) Hudolin,K (2065)-Trbojevic,M (2290) Croatia 2009}) 11... e6 12. Qe2 {White has an edge.} Qe7 13. Rd1 a4 14. Nd2 $1 Rd8 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb4 17. Qb5 Ra5 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Bf1 {Threatens to win with a3.} Ra8 $1 21. Nb5 Nd5 22. Rac1 ({White should try} 22. e4 $14 c6 23. Na3) 22... c6 $11 23. Na3 $1 e5 24. dxe5 Bg4 25. Re1 Bxe5 26. Nc4 Nf6 27. Bb4 Nd7 $1 28. Be7 Re8 29. Ba3 b5 30. h3 (30. Nxe5 $15 Nxe5 31. Be2) 30... Be6 $1 $17 31. Nd6 (31. Nxe5 $17 {was called for.} Nxe5 32. Red1) 31... Reb8 $1 $19 {aiming for ...b4.} 32. f4 b4 33. fxe5 bxa3 (33... Nxe5 $19 {...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 34. Re2 Bxa2) 34. bxa3 $17 Nxe5 35. Re2 $1 Ra6 36. Rc5 Nd7 37. Rc3 Rb1 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Rec2 Rab6 40. Bg2 {[#]} (40. g4 $15) 40... c5 $1 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 544]} 41. Ne4 {[#]} (41. Rxc5 Nd3+) 41... c4 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} 42. Nc5 R6b2 (42... h5 $17 43. Ke2 Kg7 44. Nxa4 Rd6) 43. Bf1 {[#]} (43. Nxe6 $15 fxe6 44. Be4) 43... Bd5 ({Black should play} 43... Rc1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc1c2]} 44. Rxb2 Rxc3 45. Nxe6 fxe6) 44. e4 $11 Rb6 45. exd5 Rf6+ 46. Ke3 Rfxf1 47. Kd4 f6 {And now ...Rbd1+ would win.} 48. Nxa4 {Strongly threatening Nb2.} Rb5 (48... Rb8 $14) 49. Rc1 ({White has to play} 49. Nb2 $16) 49... Rf2 50. R1c2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} (50. Rd1 $11) 50... Rf1 $16 51. Rc1 (51. Nb2 $16) 51... Rf2 $11 52. R1c2 (52. Rd1 $11) 52... Rf1 $16 53. Ke3 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 43%.} (53. Nb2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dettmann, Gerd"]
[Black "Wolf, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,179,-18,-27,-20,-19,0,1,37,-1,19,29,15,7,13,18,154,97,167,122,130,122,100,89,191,141,188,122,225,232,226,235,214,69,62,73,101,-41,-31,-33,44,33,24,31,47,0,0,-66,10,-5,8,0,39,0,7,-61,0,-62,24,0,0,0,48,66,119,113,129,45,32,-220,-209,-266,-295,-445,-226,-247,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,35,43,43,80,0,123,0,1,0,8,8,8,8,123,123,123,8,8,8,8,8,42,43,43,43,43,43,43,35,8,8,43,43,43,50,50,50,64,61,2140,2276,2301,2041,4686,3582,29981,29982,29987,29988,29988,29989,29992,29988,29992,29989,29992,29989,29991,170,29985,29986,29989,29985,29986,170,170,8,29980,29981,29994,29989,29989,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. h4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne5 12. g4 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Kb1 dxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxe4 Nc4 18. Qd3 Ne5 {½-½ (18) Shukh,N (2429)-Vorobiov,E (2565) St Petersburg 2010}) 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Kb1 {The position is equal.} b4 14. Nce2 (14. Na4 $5 Qa5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nb3 $14) 14... Qc7 15. g4 Rc8 16. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nfd7 17. g5 d5 (17... Ne5 $11) 18. g6 (18. exd5 $142 Bxd5 19. Nf4) 18... dxe4 (18... hxg6 $16 19. hxg6 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Ne5) 19. gxf7+ $18 Kxf7 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe1 Ndf6 (21... Ndc5 $16) 22. Rg1 Rhg8 23. Ng3 (23. Nf4 $18) 23... e5 (23... Nc5 $16) 24. Ndf5 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 e4 26. Qxc7 ({Only move:} 26. Bf4 $18 Qc5 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Qxh5 29. Rde1) 26... Rxc7 $14 27. Be2 Bc8 28. Nd4 (28. Nxe7 $16 Kxe7 29. Bd2) 28... Rd8 $15 29. Rdf1 Bd6 (29... Bh3 $15) 30. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 31. Rxf5 Rc6 $1 32. b3 Ke6 33. Rf2 (33. Ra5 $11 Bc7 34. Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Bxa6) 33... Rd7 (33... Be5 $1 $15) 34. Bc4+ (34. Bf1 {keeps more tension.} Rdc7 35. h6 g6 36. Bd4 Nd5 37. Bh3+) 34... Rxc4 35. bxc4 Nxh5 36. Rd2 Rf7 37. Bd4 (37. Rd5 $11 Bf4 38. Rxh5 Bxe3 39. Re1) 37... Nf6 (37... Bf4 $15 38. Rdg2 Rc7) 38. Kb2 (38. Rf2 $11) 38... Be5 (38... h5 $15) 39. Kb3 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} a5 (40... Ke5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 41. Rd8 Kf4 $11) 41. Rg5 h5 (41... h6 $14 42. Rxa5 g5) 42. Rxa5 $16 e3 {Hoping for ...e2.} 43. Rd3 (43. Rd1 $1 $16) 43... Ng4 $14 {White must now prevent ...e2.} 44. Ra6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rd1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 44... Kf5 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening ...e2. Black has strong compensation.} 45. Rd5+ Ne5 46. Rd1 (46. Rg6 {was called for.} Kxg6 47. Rxe5) 46... Ke4 (46... e2 $142 47. Rh1 (47. Re1 $2 Nf3 $19) 47... Nf3 48. Ra5+ Kf4 49. Raxh5 g5) 47. Re6 Rf5 $2 (47... h4 $19 48. Kxb4 h3) 48. c5 $1 $11 ({Much weaker is} 48. Kxb4 e2 $17) 48... e2 49. Re1 $1 Kd5 50. Re8 $1 Nf3 51. R1xe2 Nd4+ 52. Kxb4 Nxe2 53. Rxe2 {KR-KR} Kc6 54. Re6+ Kd7 55. Rg6 Rf4+ 56. Kc3 ({Better is} 56. Kb5 $16) 56... Rf5 (56... Rf7 $11) 57. Kd4 (57. Rxg7+ $16 Kc6 58. Kb3) 57... Rf4+ 58. Ke5 Rf2 59. Rxg7+ Kc6 60. Kd4 {aiming for Rg6+.} Rd2+ (60... Rxc2 $11 61. Rg6+ Kc7) 61. Kc3 $16 Rd5 {[#]} 62. Rg6+ (62. Kb4 $1 $16) 62... Kxc5 $11 63. Rh6 Rg5 64. Kb3 {Black should prevent c3.} Kb5 65. c3 Ka5 66. a4 Rf5 67. Rh8 Rg5 68. Ra8+ Kb6 69. Kb4 {Threatening Rh8.} Kb7 70. Rh8 Ka6 71. Rh6+ Kb7 72. c4 Rf5 73. c5 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Rf1 $14) 74. Kb5 $18 Rg7 75. Rxh5 Ka7 76. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kb7 77. a6+ Ka8 78. Kb6 Rg8 79. Rh7 Rc8 80. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rh8 81. Rd7 Rc8 82. Re7 Rh8 83. Kc7 $2 (83. c6 Rb8+ 84. Rb7 Re8 85. a7 Rf8 86. Ka6 Rh8 87. Rb6 Rg8 88. c7 Rh8 89. Rb8+ Rxb8 90. cxb8=R#) 83... Rc8+ $2 {[#]} (83... Ka7 $18 84. c6 Kxa6) 84. Kd6 $1 Kb8 85. Rb7+ Ka8 86. Rb4 $2 (86. Rd7 {mates} Rb8 87. c6 Rb6 88. Kd5 Rxa6 89. Rd8+ Ka7 90. c7 Ra5+ 91. Kc4) 86... Ka7 87. c6 $2 ({White should play} 87. Ra4 $18) 87... Kxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87... Rg8 $11 88. Rc4 Kxa6) 88. c7 {White mates.} Ka7 89. Kd7 Rh8 90. c8=R {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tong, Kevin"]
[Black "Gegenfurtner, Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,42,31,52,45,53,45,68,53,48,22,59,23,17,24,37,5,59,15,65,18,34,0,20,7,13,0,8,5,11,3,32,17,27,19,45,11,50,24,34,34,56,38,52,37,70,39,110,47,118,49,142,43,111,24,27,24,24,24,34,0,93,103,108,101,110,24,181,177,200,184,235,154,156,0,0,0,0,0,442,374,418,70,211,0,37,42,42,18,166,182,164,160,240,156,344,366,367,367,577,557,581,560,481,166,168,163,164,164,164,173,165,13,14,0,0,0,10,1,13,13,13,13,13,13,14,14,14,14,18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Bg4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nf1 Qf6 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Be3 {½-½ (101) Amin,B (2689)-Bu,X (2730) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Games} Qe7 9. Re1 h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nf1 Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. d4 Ba7 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (49) Haslinger,S (2506)-Hutchinson,P (2213) Halifax 2008}) 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qe6 15. Qd1 Ne7 (15... Rad8 $11) 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Nhf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 (18. exf5 {seems wilder.} Qd7 19. Qf3 c6 20. a5 Rfe8 21. Nh5) 18... Ng8 19. Ng3 (19. d4 {keeps more tension.} exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Ng3 Ne7 22. Bf4) 19... Ne7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. d4 Ra6 23. Qc2 f6 24. b3 g6 25. Rb1 h5 26. f3 h4 27. Nf1 Kg7 28. Nd2 Rh8 29. Rf1 Rh5 30. Qd3 d5 (30... g5 $14) 31. Rfe1 (31. dxe5 $1 $16 fxe5 32. f4) 31... Rg5 {[#]} (31... Qf7 $14) 32. Kh1 (32. f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 33. exd5 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 fxe3 35. Qxe3 Nxd5 36. Qe4) 32... Rd6 {[#]} (32... Qf7 $14) 33. R3e2 ({Better is} 33. f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 (33... exf4 34. exd5) 34. cxd4 (34. fxg5 dxe3 35. gxf6+ Qxf6 $16)) 33... Qd7 (33... Rd7 $14) 34. Qc2 ({White should play} 34. exd5 $16 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Nxd5 35. dxe5 fxe5 36. Ne4) 34... exd4 $11 35. cxd4 Nc6 36. Qb2 Re6 37. f4 Rg3 (37... Rh5 $1 $11) 38. e5 $16 fxe5 39. fxe5 Nb4 {Threatening ...Nd3.} 40. Qb1 (40. Nf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1g3]} Rg5 41. Qd2) 40... b5 $2 (40... Nd3 $11) 41. Rf1 bxa4 42. bxa4 Qxa4 (42... Nc6 $142) 43. Ref2 Qc2 44. Rf7+ $2 ({White has to play} 44. Qa1 $16 Nd3 45. Rf7+ Kh6 46. Qxa5) 44... Kh6 $11 45. Qe1 Nd3 46. Qe2 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... c5 $11 47. Rf8 cxd4 48. Rh8+ Kg7) 47. Rf8 $18 {aiming for R1f7.} Re7 48. Ra8 $2 (48. e6 $18 {Hoping for R1f7.} c6 49. R1f7 Qc1+ 50. Nf1) 48... a3 $1 $14 {[#]} 49. Rff8 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} ({Stronger than} 49. Rxa3 c5 $11) (49. Rh8+ $1 $18 Kg7 50. Rxh4) 49... a2 {White should prevent ...Qc1+.} 50. Qf1 {Intending Rh8+ and mate.} Qc1 $1 {next ...Re3 is good for Black.} 51. Rxa2 {Threatens to win with Raa8.} Qxf1+ (51... c5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 52. Nxf1 $18 Rg5 53. Ne3 c6 (53... Nb4 $16) 54. Ng4+ Kg7 $2 {[#]} (54... Rxg4 $16 55. hxg4 Kg5) 55. Raa8 $1 Rxg4 56. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kh6 (56... c5 {might work better.} 57. dxc5 Nxe5) 57. Rac8 c5 58. dxc5 Rxe5 59. Rf1 $2 (59. c6 Re1+ 60. Kh2) 59... d4 60. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rc5 61. c7 Kg5 62. Kg1 Rc2 63. Rd1 $2 ({White should try} 63. Rd8 $18 Rxc7 64. Rd5+ (64. Rxd4 Rc3 $18) 64... Kh6 65. g5+ (65. Rxd4 Ne5 $16) 65... Kh5 66. Rxd4) 63... Nf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Re8 (64. Re1 {feels hotter.} d3 65. Rf1 d2 66. Rd8 Rxc7 67. Rxd2 Kxg4 68. Rf3) 64... Rxc7 65. Rxd4 Kxg4 66. Rd2 g5 67. Kh2 Rc3 68. Rg8 Rc5 69. Ra8 Rb5 70. Ra3 Rc5 71. Rb3 Re5 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huemmer, Bernd"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,133,-7,-19,0,-24,-17,-28,-29,-24,-20,-30,-8,-39,-34,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-45,-53,-40,-44,-48,-50,-25,-46,-18,-85,-77,-87,-67,-66,-69,-83,-56,-92,-64,-70,-70,-85,-79,-260,-9,-25,-33,-34,-27,-13,472,400,554,548,533,487,548,536,535,540,540,530,545,541,754,737,667,529,513,516,655,652,662,660,638,645,641,629,785,656,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,408,416,415,412,403,403,379,415,415,409,0,400,399,399,395,413,397,409,382,385,366,359,0,337,336,402,398,391,385,309,193,172,68]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nc6 9. a3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qc7 10. Ra2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 d5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 d4 13. exd4 Nh5 14. g3 cxd4 15. b4 e5 {0-1 (32) Bozovic,N (2256)-Djukic,N (2491) Cetinje 2009}) 10... d6 11. Qa1 cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Re1 $1 Rad8 14. Qd1 e6 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 17. Raa1 Nd7 18. h4 {[#]} Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bb5 (19. dxc5 Bxb2) 19... Ne4 (19... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 $15) 20. Bd3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rad1 h6 22. Nf1 Qc8 23. Bb5 (23. b4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... f4 24. g4 e5 25. N1h2 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nxd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bxd4 a6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Bd3 Rde8 $1 30. c4 $2 {[#]} (30. Qf1 $17) 30... dxc4 $2 (30... Nc3 $1 $19 31. Qb2 d4 32. Rxe8 Rxe8) 31. Bxc4 Nf6 32. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Rxe8.} Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6h1]} 33. f3 {g5 is the strong threat.} Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... b5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 34. Bd3 g5) 34. g5 $18 hxg5 ({But not} 34... Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 hxg5 36. hxg5 $18) 35. hxg5 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 Qxg5 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Rxb7 b5 40. Bd3 {Hoping for Ng4+!} Qd5 41. Ng4+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. Nxe5 Re8 44. Nf7+ Kh4 {Now ...Re3 and Black clings on.} 45. Rb6 Re3 46. Rxf6 {Threatens to win with Be4.} Rxd3 47. Rxf4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Kh5 48. b4 Rxa3 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rd4 Rb1 51. Nd6 (51. Rd8 $142 g5 52. Rd6 Rf1+ 53. Kxf1 Kh4 54. Kf2 Kh5 55. Rh6#) 51... g5 52. Nb7 Ra1 53. Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kd3 Rf1 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Kd3 Rf1 $1 57. Ke2 Ra1 58. Na5 Rc1 59. Rd3 Kh4 60. Kd2 Rf1 61. Rd4+ Kh5 62. Ke2 Rc1 $1 63. Rd8 Kh4 64. Ra8 Kg3 65. Rxa6 Rc2+ 66. Kd1 Rb2 {[#]} 67. Rg6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 45%.} (67. Nc6 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmidt, Justus"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,3,8,0,0,0,7,12,0,-13,0,-13,-6,-5,0,0,2,0,0,0,21,20,39,10,10,10,13,17,27,0,0,-10,-14,-6,-8,-16,-17,-93,-89,-74,-77,-114,-87,-94,-91,-277,-281,-324,-320,-764,-764,-764,-764,-764,-764,-760,-752,-732,-615,-2801,-2268]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 11. Ne1 Rd8 (11... Be7 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Bb7 {1-0 (38) Le,Q (2737)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 12. Nd3 Be7 {LiveBook: 16 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Ba1 b6 16. Nb3 {½-½ (16) Kozak,M (2229)-Chlevistan,J (2118) Ostrava 2011}) 14... Be8 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Bc3 b6 18. c5 Nd5 19. Bb2 b5 20. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Ne5 a4 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd4 Be8 24. e4 Nf6 25. c6 Rb8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rxc6 30. Rcd1 (30. Nd6 $1 $11) 30... b4 $17 31. axb4 Bxb4 {Hoping for ...a3.} 32. Rd8 Rcc8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. e6 $2 {[#]} (34. Nd6 $17 {might work better.} Rd8 35. Rd3) 34... a3 $19 35. Be5 fxe6 36. Nxg7 $2 (36. Ne3) 36... Bf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. g4 Bc3 38. Bxc3 Rxc3 39. Nh5 Bxh5 40. gxh5 a2 41. Kg2 Ra3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wichmann, Adrian"]
[Black "Spitzl, Vinzent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,25,25,31,-26,-20,-56,-43,-40,-28,-36,-31,-178,-168,-236,-225,-278,-273,-249,-192,-310,-261,-236,-241,-322,-125,-201,-187,-199,-184,-186,-186,-186,-181,-325,-242,-534,-533,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc6 {B98: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7, sidelines} (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Bg3 hxg5 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rdf1 Bd7 17. Nd1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Nc2 b4 20. Nde3 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 b3 22. axb3 {½-½ (48) Ljubicic,L (2516)-Ruemmele,M (2539) ICCF email 2008}) 10. Nb3 (10. Nxc6 $14 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. O-O) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bg3 Qe3 {1-0 (61) Shukh,N (2370)-Efanov,N (2395) Rybinsk 2008}) 11... Bxf6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nd1 b5 13. c3 Bb7 14. g4 (14. O-O $15) 14... g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 15. f5 (15. Be2 $142) 15... Ne5 $19 16. Qe2 exf5 17. gxf5 g4 18. Nd4 (18. Ne3 $142) 18... Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 O-O-O 20. Ne3 Bh4+ $2 {[#]} (20... Rhe8 $19 {has better winning chances.} 21. O-O Bxe4) 21. Kd2 (21. Kd1 $17 {was called for.}) 21... Rhe8 {[%cal Bh8e8,Be8e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 25. Qd1 (25. Qf1 {only move.}) 25... Rde8 26. Rg1 $2 (26. Qf1 {was worth a try.}) 26... Qc4 {White must now prevent ...Re2+!} 27. Qf1 {[#] Qxc4+ would now be nice for White.} Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 19%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grosshans, Ralf-Michael"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,29,27,32,21,14,21,23,29,38,0,0,0,1,4,25,13,38,-132]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 (5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Nd7 {0-1 (51) Volkov,S (2627)-Golubov,S (2484) Taganrog 2018}) 5... c6 6. a4 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} a5 7. Be3 Na6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 8. h4 h5 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. O-O-O Nc7 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qd7 14. Qc2 {1-0 (55) Giese,R-Grigat,K Germany 1993}) 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 e5 13. d5 Nc5 {And now ...Nb3 would win.} 14. Ra3 Rd8 15. Ra1 $2 (15. Kd1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schuh, Ruediger"]
[Black "Epding, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,-7,-8,0,-16,0,-13,-9,-15,-21,-41,-37,-36,-1,-16,-18,-35,-13,-33,-12,-44,-43,-43,-43,-57,-50,-64,-56,-71,-51,-83,-45,-83,-79,-84,-70,-715,-704,-686,-620,-29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. h3 Rd8 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (12... b6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Ba6 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. a5 {0-1 (44) Golubov,S (2501)-Sychev,K (2498) Moscow 2017}) 13. Qe2 $146 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Be2 a5 15. c4 Qg6 16. Kh2 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Qc4 Rd2 20. Nh4 {0-1 (29) Avendano Mateos,I (1925)-Rodriguez de Castro,A (2084) Madrid 2009}) 13... Bd7 14. Rae1 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rf2 Bc6 18. f5 Rd6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Nf1 Kh8 21. Rf4 Rg8 22. Ng3 g5 23. Rf2 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Re1 Qe5 26. Kh2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 27. Ree2 a4 28. a3 Rg7 {And now ...h5! would win.} 29. Re1 Re7 30. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Kg1 $15) 30... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 512]} 31. Qxh5+ Rh7 32. Ra1 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korolev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Scholz, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,-41,-38,-47,-34,-31,-26,-18,0,-72,-60,-86,-10,-10,0,-83,-93,-89,-113,-122,-136,-126,-115,-164,-130,-135,-123,-174,-114,-106,-103,-102,-108,-94,-95,-109,-91,-304,-295,-403,-397,-490,-485,-736,-755]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. d5 {[#] E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Re1 $146 (10. Nxd4 Bxd1) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nxc4 14. Qb4 Be2 15. Re1 {½-½ (43) Svidler,P (2722)-Radjabov,T (2744) Moscow 2010}) 10... c5 11. Qd3 {Black is slightly better.} a6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 {[#]} (13. Nd1 $11) 13... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 14. cxb5 Qa5 (14... Bc8 $17) 15. Bf4 $11 Qb6 16. a4 (16. bxa6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. f3) 16... axb5 $17 17. axb5 Bd7 18. Ra6 Rxa6 19. bxa6 Bb5 20. Qa3 Bxa6 21. Nc1 Re8 22. Nd3 Bxd3 (22... c4 $19 23. Qb4 Bb5) 23. Qxd3 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bd2 (24. exd5 Rxe1+) 24... Nb4 $36 {[%cal Bd5b4,Bb4c6,Bc6e5][%mdl 2080] Keeping White busy.} 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Bf1 Nc6 27. Qa4 $2 (27. Qxb6 $17 {was the only chance.} Rxb6 28. Ra1) 27... Ne5 $19 ({Resist} 27... Qxb2 28. Qxc6 Qxd2 29. Qxd6 $19) 28. Qd1 Qxb2 29. Bc1 Qc3 30. Be2 (30. Bg2 $142) 30... d3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heppert, Lars"]
[Black "Noe, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,-46,-50,-50,-51,-39,-63,-62,-54,-51,-60,-35,-73,-70,-70,-65,-117,-122,-122,-116,-112,-46,-250,-281,-204,-226,-214,-202,-212,-161,-156,0,-200,-191,-410,-412,-496,-150,-150,-155,-201,-201,-201,-201,-201,-202,-202,-202,-389,-389,-389,-389,-375,-366,-355,-315,-352,-342,-406,-376,-578,-545,-706,-696,-663,-612,-852,-783,-806,-688,-2443,-1690,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29977,-29976,-29979,-29980,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Bb5 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Bxc6 (11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 f5 17. g5 Qd6 18. Rb3 Nc8 19. Ba3 Qe6 20. c4 Ncd6 21. cxd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (59) Zuriel,M (2227)-Sarquis,M (2114) Coronel Suarez 2004}) 11... bxc6 12. Qc2 Bf5 {...Ng3! is the strong threat.Black is slightly better.} 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Nd3 {1-0 (30) Wang,B-Huang,Y Sanya 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Rac1 Qa3 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Rb1 (17. a4 $15) 17... Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 18. Rb2 Nc4 19. Qb7 Qa3 (19... Qa5 $17 20. Rb4 Bd7) 20. Rb3 $2 (20. Rbe2 $15) 20... Qxa2 $19 21. Ne5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. Rb2 Qa3 24. Rb3 Qa2 25. Rb2 {[#]} Qa5 $1 26. Nxc6 $2 (26. Nf3) 26... Qxc3 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 27. Kf2 Qa3 $2 (27... Bc8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 28. Qb5 a6 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kxe7) 28. Qb4 $17 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Bd7 30. Rc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 31. Rb7 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 {[#]} Rec8 $1 33. Rcxc7 $2 (33. Rc3 {is a better defense.}) 33... Rxc7 $19 34. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} a4 35. Rc2 a3 36. Ra2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. h4 h5 39. Kf4 (39. Ke2 {might work better.}) 39... Ra4 40. g3 g6 41. g4 Ra6 42. Kg3 hxg4 43. Kxg4 Kd7 44. h5 gxh5+ 45. Kxh5 Kc6 {Black mates.} 46. Kg6 Kb5 47. Kf5 Kc4 48. e4 dxe4 49. Kxe4 Kb3 50. Rh2 a2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rieder, Johannes"]
[Black "Donchenko, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,36,-1,-5,-13,10,-16,-11,-39,-27,-157,-147,-145,-155,-176,-157,-228,-205,-252,-214,-228,-221,-220,-210,-472,-468]} 1. c3 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. d4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 26 Games. D05: Colle System with ...e6} (7... Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. f4 Qb2 16. Nef3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 {½-½ (123) Carlsen,M (2840)-Giri,A (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. Re1 Be7 9. b3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. e4 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 {1-0 (30) Misiuk,E (1715)-Unhjem,B (1592) Palanga 2015}) 11. Nxd4 (11. cxd4 $11 dxe4 12. Nxe4) 11... Nc5 $17 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Rc1 (14. Bxc5 $17 Rxc5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4) 14... Qd5 15. Re3 Rfe8 16. Bxc5 bxc5 ({Don't do} 16... Qxc5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 $17) 17. Nb5 Red8 18. Nc4 $2 {[#]} (18. Re2) 18... Qc6 {Precision: White =  6%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "1. Bamberg-Open 2018"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "2018.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mittag, Ralf"]
[Black "Loew, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,0,30,20,30,33,43,35,36,3,18,16,20,9,84,18,11,9,8,14,11,10,5,10,29,29,29,29,29,30,18,23,32,16,72,15,20,20,69,52,52,52,52,52,52,48,133,116,151,107,107,107,92,11,104,51,418,401,239,94,94,0,0,0,0,0,1295,1055,29978,29978,29977,29973,29975,29970,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 {LiveBook: 104 Games} 8. Rb1 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (8. b4 a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Qh5 11. e3 g5 12. Nd2 Qg6 13. f4 Re8 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Be6 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Ne4 Qh6 22. Qg4+ Qg7 23. Ng5 {1-0 (23) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Kadric,D (2544) New York 2017}) 8... Kh8 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c6 10. a4 {White is slightly better.} a6 11. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Qh5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. c5 d5 15. Nxe5 Bxc5 16. d4 {1-0 (48) Corsi Ferrari,A (2160)-Cristobal,R (2245) Mar del Plata 1996}) 11... Qh5 12. e3 Be6 13. b5 Nbd7 (13... axb5 $11 14. Nxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 c5 16. Nxb5 Rxa4) 14. Nd2 (14. bxc6 $16 bxc6 15. Nd2) 14... Qxd1 $11 15. Rfxd1 axb5 16. cxb5 Nd5 17. Rdc1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Rb7 Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Nc5 23. Bf3 f4 (23... Rb8 $11) 24. Kg2 ({White should play} 24. gxf4 $1 $16 exf4 25. d4) 24... g5 25. h3 Bf5 26. e4 Be6 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Ne6 $1 29. Nc4 Nd4 ({Better is} 29... f3+ $14 30. Kh1 Ra8) 30. Bxd6 $16 f3+ 31. Kh2 Bxd6 32. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 {[#]} 33. Rc7+ (33. Rc5 $1 $16) 33... Kg6 (33... Kf6 $1 $11) 34. Nf5 (34. Nc4 $16) 34... Nxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Nb3 $14) 35. gxf5+ $14 {KR-KR} ({Weaker is} 35. exf5+ Kh6 $16) 35... Kh5 {[#]} 36. Rxh7+ (36. Re7 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 36... Kg4 $16 37. Re7 (37. Rc7 $16) 37... Rh8+ $11 38. Kg1 Ra8 39. f6 (39. Rxe5 $2 {is a self mate.} Kh3 40. Ra5 Rxa5 41. Kh1 Ra1#) 39... Ra1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Ra6 $11) 40. Kh2 $18 {f7 is the strong threat.} Rf1 41. Rxe5 {White mates.} Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Kxg3 44. Rxg5+ Kh2 45. Rg7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

