[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Hovhannes H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,10,12,-41,20,-1,0,-12,8,0,20,0,35,23,53,45,50,45,74,39,71,48,47,48,97,89,122,105,260,216,248,233,233,233,215,196,335,327,304,306,532,526,497,529,524,499,1145,1073]} 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. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} 10. Bd3 (10. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 11. O-O-O) (10. Be2 b6 11. Nd1 f6 12. c3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 Bd6 {½-½ (46) Jakovenko,D (2718)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 10... b5 (10... f6 $1 $15 11. exf6 Bxf6) 11. dxc5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qf2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Nce2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 {1-0 (35) Garakov,M (2412)-Kurnaev,V (2113) Soukhumi 2007}) 11... Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Nce2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. c3 Bc5 18. Rf3 Qe7 19. Raf1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Nd4 {And now Nxe6! would win.} f5 $2 (22... Rcc8 $16) 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rg3+ Kf7 {[#]} 25. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Rh8 26. Rh6 Bd5 {[#]} (26... Bc8 {was necessary.} 27. Rd1 Rd5) 27. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 28. Qd4 Kg8 $2 (28... Rcc8) 29. b4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Qd4 Qc4 (31... Re8 $142 32. Rxa6 Rf8) 32. Qe5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Gharagyozyan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,70,0,0,0,24,-6,0,-41,93,85,76,89,89,79,79,82,139,118,109,112,127,132,116,98,137,130,114,124,132,103,148,74,286,148,447,430,430,234,240,218,543,526,651,643,1110,1079,774,728,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a5 (8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. a5 Bxe5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Bd6 {0-1 (53) Anton Guijarro,D (2660)-Howell,D (2684) Minsk 2017}) 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 12. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Ne4 Na7 14. Ng3 Bg6 $1 15. h4 $146 {aiming for h5.} ({Much weaker is} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 $17) ({Predecessor:} 15. d4 Nxb5 16. axb5 exd4 17. Qxd4 {½-½ (83) Apryshko,G (2334)-Kozionov,K (2440) Moscow 2017}) 15... c6 (15... h6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 16. h5 $16 cxb5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Qb3 Na7 (19... Qd7 $142) 20. Rxa5 Nd7 21. Qa2 Nb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qc4 Nc7 24. Ng5 $1 Nf6 {[#]} 25. Qh4 $1 Rd8 26. N3e4 Nce8 27. Qh3 (27. Be3 $142) 27... Qa4 $2 {[#]} (27... b5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. d4 (28. f4 $1 $18) 28... Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rd7 $16) 29. Qh7+ $18 ({Stronger than} 29. Nxe4 exd4 30. Qh4 Ra8 $11) 29... Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Nxg5.} 30. Nxe4 (30. Qh8+ $142 Ke7 31. Nxe4) 30... f6 31. Qxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} exd4 $2 {[#]} (31... Qd7 {is tougher.} 32. Be3 Kg8 33. Nxd6 Qxd6) 32. Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 (32... gxh6 33. Nxf6) 33. Nxf6 Qf7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[#]} 35. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg7 36. Qxe8# {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,25,34,31,27,25,33,19,20,4,31,25,34,0,0,0,0,0,49,18,8,8,24,17,62,38,58,66,57,41,45,48,83,91,97,88,84,93,91,111,350,97,97,103,111,106,99,78,110,23,54,0,111,108,204,198,203,181,227,95,226,228,216,233,339,312,299,187,260,260,272,279,344,329,394,377,457,439,463,456,508,498,479,495,472,462,458,438,792,779,762,749,12837,12838]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} c6 7. a4 (7. O-O b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Ba6 11. Ng3 exd4 12. Qxd4 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. e5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bc5 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 {0-1 (43) Moiseenko,A (2707)-Caruana,F (2791) Dubai 2014}) 7... a5 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Na6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nb4 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. f4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {0-1 (38) Bernotas,A (2292)-Malinin,Y (2325) Panevezys 2012}) 11... cxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. f4 (14. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qc8 15. Nec3 $11) 14... exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Nb5 Qc8 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 17. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. c3 Nbd3 20. Rc2 Re8 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Rd2 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 Nc4 $2 (24... Bg5 $16) 25. dxe7 $2 (25. Bd5 $18 {is more deadly.} Nxd2 26. Rxf7 (26. Bxf7+ Kh7 $16) 26... Qxh3 27. Rf2+ (27. Rxe7+ Kh7 $14) (27. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qe3+ 29. Rf2+ Kh7 $18) 27... Kh7 28. dxe7 (28. Rh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bg5 $16) 28... Rxe7 29. Rh2 (29. Qxd2 Rae8 $17) 29... Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2) 25... Nxd2 $16 (25... Qxd2 $2 {too greedy.} 26. Qxd2 Nxd2 27. Re1 $18) 26. Rf2 Qxe7 27. Qxd2 Rad8 28. Qf4 Rd7 29. c4 (29. Na3 $16) 29... Qe1+ 30. Bf1 ({White should play} 30. Kh2 $14) 30... Re6 {[#]} (30... Re4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Qb8+ Re8) 31. Nc3 $1 Rf6 (31... Qe5 $16) 32. Re2 $18 Rxf4 33. Rxe1 Rfd4 34. Re8+ Kh7 {[#]} 35. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5] Ng5+ is the strong threat.} f6 36. Nxc5 Rf7 (36... R7d6 {was called for.} 37. Nxb7 Rb6) 37. Nb3 Rd1 38. Nxa5 Rfd7 (38... Ra1 {might work better.} 39. Nb3 Rxa4) 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. b3 Rb1 41. Re3 b6 42. Nc6 Rd6 43. Ne7 {White is clearly winning.} Rd2+ 44. Be2 Rdb2 45. Nc8 Rxb3 46. Rxb3 Rxb3 {[#]} 47. c5 $1 bxc5 48. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra3 (48... Rb8 $142 49. Nb6 Rb7) 49. a6 Ra4 50. a7 c4 {[#]} 51. Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 70%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Gavrish, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,0,0,35,12,73,74,114,112,141,125,134,127,139,131,99,116,185,144,131,139,134,138,142,68,68,72,74,75,85,76,79,72,77,83,72,77,99,93,504,533,541,534,537,530,1221,1198]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nxd5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 27 Games. The position is equal.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. c4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. d5 Na5 15. Rc1 b6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Nb7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd5 21. cxd5 {1-0 (21) Salem,A (2656)-Mamedov,R (2688) Doha 2016}) 12. Be3 f4 (12... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bd2 $16 b5 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. O-O Qd5 18. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} c6 (18... e6 $16 {might work better.}) 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qd7 21. Qe4 Qe6 22. d5 (22. Rc1 $16) 22... cxd5 $14 23. cxd5 Qf5 24. Qc4 {Black must now prevent d6+.} Nd7 25. d6+ e6 26. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nxe5 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 {[#]} 28. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 {[#]} 29. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6g7]} ({But not} 29. Rxf4 $6 Rd7 $11) 29... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Bf8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 30. Nxg7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4 31. Ne6 h6 32. Bb4 Ne3 33. Rc1 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matevosyan, Sedrak"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,90,29,33,25,25,25,26,29,25,25,29,32,29,19,22,0,10,7,3,10,10,9,9,0,0,-11,-11,-41,-29,-33,-39,-100,-107,-519,-516,-512,-519,-493,-495,-516,-474,-743,-472,-462,-471,-584,-581,-571,-566,-570,-546,-535,-557,-1205,-1191,-1154,-1142,-1178,-797,-1487,-1471,-1315,-1314,-1145,-1107,-4740,-2035,-1839,-1791,-1446,-1391]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bf4 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bg5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (12. Qd2 Qf6 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bh4 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Rxb7 Nd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Rxd7 {½-½ (33) Sargissian,G (2687)-Guseinov,G (2592) Doha 2014}) 12... Qf8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qb3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 15. Rae1 f6 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxg5 19. Nf3 Qd8 {1-0 (41) Groffen,H (2177)-Berk,C (1668) IECG email 2002}) 17... Ne5 18. Nd2 f5 19. Re1 b6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. h3 Qe7 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Bg3 {[#] Threatens to win with f4.} Qg7 24. Qa3 g5 25. f4 Nf7 26. fxg5 (26. Qa6 $15) 26... Bxb2 $17 27. Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qb3 $17 {is a better chance.}) 27... Qxg5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qb7 Rd8 29. Bf2 Qxd2 30. Re2 Qc1 31. Re7 (31. Qxa7 $142 Be5 32. Re3) 31... Be8 32. Qxa7 Bf6 33. Re6 Be5 34. Qxb6 Qf4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf4h2] [#]} 35. g3 Qg5 36. h4 Qg4 37. Qxd8 Nxd8 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Rxd8 Bxg3 40. Ra8 Bxh4+ 41. Bg2 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 45. Ra7+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsisyan, Vardan"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,62,7,15,38,41,45,40,39,39,54,8,24,10,25,24,20,31,32,25,18,16,27,30,27,-9,45,20,50,50,51,39,101,99,86,93,112,-457,-432,-442,12,-442,-47]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Rb8 8. Qd2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nge2 b4 10. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. O-O Nd7 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 12. Bh6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxh6.} (12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 e5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. b3 {½-½ (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Beijing 2013}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Ne3 e6 15. f4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... f5 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (47) Leyva,H (2389)-Duran Vega,S (2303) San Jose 2012}) 16. Nc4 d5 17. Nd6 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nf6 19. e5 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Re8d6]} 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. g4 f5 22. exf6+ Qxf6 23. Qe5 Rbf7 (23... Qxe5 $11 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Nc7) 24. a3 $14 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Rc7 26. Rfc1 h5 (26... Kh6 $14) 27. axb4 $16 cxb4 {[#]} 28. Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ra6e6]} hxg4 {[%cal Bh5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} 29. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Rxe6 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} gxh3 30. Bxd5 (30. Bxh3 Kh6 $14)) 29... gxh3 30. Bxd5 Kh6 $2 ({Black should try} 30... exd5 $19 31. Rxd5 g5) 31. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Rxe6 $11 Ng7 32. Rf6) 31... Ng7 $2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 21%.} (31... exd5 $19 32. Rxd5 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,36,0,38,45,50,43,33,29,65,78,185,211,183,199,201,-302,196,187,193,208,189,197,188,185,212,210,213,196,306,149,147,159,158,143,164,162,160,160,151,130,130,94,108,97,194,194,186,192,178,138,129,128,119,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 Na6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Nh5 11. Be5 $14) (10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Qe3 Bg7 15. Rad1 Qxc4 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. d6 {0-1 (52) Adhiban,B (2666)-Korobov,A (2692) Doha 2016}) 10... Bb4 11. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4f6][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 {White is slightly better.} 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bh4 Ba6 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Re3 g5 17. Bg3 {1-0 (41) Spielmann,A (2279)-Berend,F (2343) Nancy 2008}) 13... d6 14. Ng5 Qd7 (14... Nxd3 $16 15. Qxd3 Qd7) 15. Nxh7 $18 Nxh7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rfe8.} 18. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qg5 would kill now.} exd5 (18... gxf6 19. Qg4+) 19. Re3 {White wants to mate with Rg3.} Qe6 ({Stronger than} 19... dxc4 20. Rg3 Qg4 21. Rxg4 Ne6 22. Rh4 gxf6 23. Qh8#) 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Be7 Rf5 22. Qg6 dxc4 23. Bxd6 Bd5 {[#]} (23... Rf6 {keeps fighting.} 24. Qg4 Ne4) 24. Re1 (24. Bxc5 $1 $18 bxc5 25. Qg3) 24... Rf6 $16 25. Qg4 Nd3 26. Re2 Rf7 27. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 28. Bg3 Rdf8 29. h5 Rf5 30. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} R8f7 31. a4 Nf4 (31... Rd7 $16 {might work better.} 32. Qg6 Rdf7) 32. Bxf4 $18 Rxf4 33. Qg3 R4f6 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. hxg7 Rxg7 36. f3 ({White should play} 36. f4 $16) 36... Rxf3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Qe5 Rf5 38. Qh2+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Rf8 40. Qe5 Rf5 41. Qb8+ Rf8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,66,4,27,-17,-17,-17,-12,-9,-16,-43,-42,-41,-37,-28,-29,-41,-17,-15,-18,-14,-11,-46,-7,-25,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,0,-34,-42,-45,-45,-47,-38,-141,-54,-139,-139,-203,-186,-297,-303,-564,-409,-858,-855]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. g3 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} (11. b4 Na4 12. e3 b6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. Ne4 Kf8 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. Bd1 {0-1 (41) Mchedlishvili,M (2583)-Gelashvili,T (2612) Tbilisi 2007}) 11... b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Nxb7 14. Nf3 Na5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 17. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. O-O d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 {0-1 (46) Nawrot,E-Warakomska,A Kolobrzeg 2004}) 17... d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Nb7 20. Nb1 Rc2 21. O-O Nd6 22. Rxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Kg2 Rxe2 25. Rxd5 Rb2 26. Rd4 Ne3+ 27. Kf3 Nc2 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Nd2 ({White should play} 29. Rd1 $1 $15) 29... Nxa3 $17 30. Ne4 {[#]} (30. Nf1 $17) 30... Nc4 $1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 30... Rxb4 31. Nd6 $17) 31. Kg4 (31. Ra8 {was called for.}) 31... Rxb4 32. f4 $2 (32. Kf5 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Ne5+ 33. Kf5 (33. fxe5 $142 Rxe4+ 34. Kf3 Rxe5 35. Rd6) 33... Nc6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,167,54,58,41,51,59,53,83,35,30,37,68,68,75,73,68,27,18,14,59,55,49,41,48,16,33,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,26,15,50,50,54,50,50,56,124,112,179,177,166,117,127,118,121,77,160,131,135,77,99,0,184,184,183,175,216,162,156,103,173,172,174,127,129,138,161,168,185,185,193,193,193,152,200,187,327,324,287,293,303,114,90,62,62,0,0,0,0,0,375,375,368,368,361,294,799,720,758,713,1414,1413,1330,1401,687,1348,1152,914,1344,1354,1268,893,638,322,5591,5591,5591,4952,6062,5591,4373,4694,4710,4610,29957,29937,29961,29969,29960,5793,29971,29970,29973,29973]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 Ra6 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 12. a3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Qc8 13. e3 Rd8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qe2 Ne4 {[#]} 15. Rc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Ncd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxb5 {½-½ (36) Andriasian,Z (2615)-Harutyunian,T (2252) Jermuk 2012}) 15... b5 {With the idea ...a4.} 16. Ncd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {Black must now prevent Rfc1.} e5 19. d5 (19. Qxb5 Rb6 $11) 19... Rxd5 20. e4 Rd6 21. Qxb5 h5 22. h4 Rb6 23. Qe2 {Hoping for Nc4.} Rd7 24. Rb1 Qb7 25. Bc3 Bf8 26. a4 Bb4 27. Nc4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 28. Bxd4 $1 exd4 29. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (29. Nxb6 d3 $17) 29... Re6 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 30. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qa8 31. Kh2 Qe8 32. e5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Re2 Qd5 35. f4 Bd6 (35... Kg7 $14) 36. Rf1 $16 c5 (36... f5 $16) 37. f5 $18 Kg7 38. Ref2 Be5 39. Rf3 Rc7 40. R1f2 Rd7 (40... c4 $142 41. bxc4 Qxc4) 41. Kh3 Rb7 42. Rg2 (42. fxg6 $142 fxg6 43. Qc4 Qxc4 44. bxc4) 42... Rb6 43. Re2 ({White should play} 43. Kh2 $16) 43... Bf6 $2 (43... f6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Kg2 Qd7 46. Qe4 Rd6 47. Kh2 (47. Rd2 $142 $1) 47... Rd5 (47... d3 $16 48. Rd2 Bd4) 48. Ref2 Rd6 49. Qf4 Re6 50. Qd2 Qc7 51. Kg2 Qd8 52. Re2 Rd6 53. Qd3 $1 Qd7 54. Re4 Qc6 55. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Re6 (55... Qd5 $142 56. g5 Be5) 56. Rxe6 Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQB} 57. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Be7 {Threatening ...Qg4+.} 58. Kf1 $2 (58. Rf4 $18) 58... Qg4 $16 59. Qe2 Bd6 60. Qf2 ({White should try} 60. Rf6 $14 Qh3+ 61. Qg2 Qd3+ 62. Kg1 Qd1+ 63. Qf1 Qg4+ 64. Qg2 Qd1+ 65. Qf1 Qg4+ 66. Qg2 Qd1+) 60... Qe4 $1 $11 61. Rf7+ (61. Rf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6d6]} Qd3+ 62. Kg1 Qb1+ 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kg1 Qb1+ 65. Qf1 Qxb3 66. Qe1 $14) 61... Kg8 62. Rf6 Qd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... Qh1+ $1 $11 63. Ke2 Qe4+ 64. Kd2 c4 65. Rxd6 c3+ 66. Kc1 Qh1+ 67. Kc2 Qe4+ 68. Kd1 (68. Kc1 Qh1+ 69. Kc2 Qe4+ 70. Kc1 $11) 68... Qb1+ 69. Ke2 Qe4+ 70. Kf1 Qh1+ 71. Ke2 Qe4+ 72. Kf1 Qh1+ 73. Ke2 Qe4+) 63. Kg2 $18 Qe4+ 64. Qf3 Qc2+ 65. Kg1 {White threatens Qa8+ and mate.} Qc1+ $2 {[#]} (65... Qb1+ 66. Qf1 Qxb3) 66. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1c1]} Qe3+ 67. Qf2 Bg3 68. Qxe3 dxe3 69. Rxg6+ {KR-KB} Kf7 70. Rf6+ Kg7 71. Re6 Bxh4 72. Rxe3 Bxg5 73. Re6 Kf7 74. Ra6 Bd8 $2 (74... Bd2 75. Kf2 Kg7) 75. Kg2 h4 76. Kf3 Kg7 77. Kg4 Kf7 78. Kf5 Be7 79. Ra8 Kg7 80. Kg4 c4 81. bxc4 Bb4 82. Ra6 Be1 83. Re6 Bf2 84. Re5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,0,9,0,20,5,37,28,18,39,77,75,79,62,73,77,75,66,77,71,69,85,100,90,104,65,90,82,99,102,107,84,125,73,75,72,74,76,71,71,77,70,73,31,43,29,33,1,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ {White is slightly better.} Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Qa3 Nd5 16. Bd4 a5 17. Rd2 Nb4 18. O-O Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 {½-½ (45) Wei,Y (2696)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 {[#]} 14. Qf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Bxc4 15. Bxe5 Nd5 {1-0 (62) Horvath,J (2525)-Pergel,L (2341) Hungary 2006}) 14... Qh5 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O ({Not} 17. Qxc7 Rae8 $17) 17... Rfe8 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bd2 Rd6 20. Bc3 Bc6 21. Rc1 Qb5 22. Rc2 h5 23. Rd2 (23. Bd4 $142) 23... g5 $16 24. Qb4 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g4 27. Bc5 Re5 28. b4 (28. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Re8 29. a3 $16 (29. Bxa7 Ra8 $16)) 28... a5 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Kf1 f5 {The position is equal.} 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Bd4 Rd5 33. Bc3 axb4 34. Bxb4 Rb5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,37,53,35,81,70,74,69,72,61,91,65,105,100,127,128,127,131,141,135,210,220,232,232,237,243,233,234,285,275,272,291,284,277,283,287,288,292,294,290,297,285,306,277,263,260,293,291,373,374,363,372,563,562,1070,1070]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 50 Games} 10. Qe2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Nb1 Bf8 16. Nc3 g6 17. Ba3 Nc5 {0-1 (31) Brcar,A (1999)-Kurajica,B (2551) Split 2012}) 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc3 {White is better.} Be7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Rc8 {[#]} 17. Bf1 $1 Qb8 18. f3 Nf8 (18... h5 $16 19. Nd5 Nd7) 19. Be3 $18 N8d7 20. Qd2 O-O 21. a5 bxa5 22. Nxa5 Ba8 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Be7 27. Rxa6 Bxb4 28. Nb3 Bc6 29. Rb6 Be7 30. Raa6 Bd7 31. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 32. c6 Be8 33. Bh3 Rc7 34. Rb7 Bd6 (34... Rxc6 $142 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxe7 Rd3) 35. Na5 Rxb7 36. Nxb7 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,2,17,-67,-66,-106,-8,-5,-11,-17,0,-23,-37,-59,-51,-58,-10,-59,-61,-52,-63,-83,-68,-66,-70,-52,-60,-61,-35,-93,-85,-118,-114,-120,-120,-166,-166,-197,-192,-205,-124,-150,-151,-142,-126,-118,-118,-166,-20,-24,0,0,0,-53,-41,-201,-200,-407,-145,-147,-145,-137,-128,-140,-126,-186,-184,-174,-169,-203,-218,-210,-202,-210,-216,-489,-236,-244,-238,-218,-108,-120,-119,-1059,-864,-29974,-29975,-9263,-29968,-5609,-5714]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 (4... h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (32) Adams,M (2761)-Svidler,P (2741) Shenzhen 2017}) 5. g4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. Nd2 $146 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. Nc3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6. h5 e6 7. f4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rc8 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Rh2 Nh6 12. Bh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 {0-1 (50) Bosiocic,M (2542)-Postny,E (2631) Bastia 2013}) 6... c5 $15 7. c3 e6 (7... cxd4 $17 8. cxd4 Nc6) 8. f4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...h5.} 10. Ngf3 Nb4 11. Kf2 Nh6 12. Bh3 Rc8 13. a3 Nc2 14. Ra2 Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 15. Kg3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bc5 19. b4 (19. Bd2 $15) 19... Ba4 $17 20. Rf1 Bb6 21. f5 Ng8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. g5 Kd7 24. g6 Rc3 25. Bd2 Rb3 $1 26. gxh7 Rxh7 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 27. Kg2 Bb5 28. Re1 Rxf3 (28... Bc4 $19 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Ng5+ Kf5 31. Nxh7 Kg4) 29. Kxf3 $11 Bc4 30. Rc2 {Hoping for Rxc4.} Rxh4 31. Kg3 (31. Bf1 $11) 31... Rd4 32. Be3 $2 (32. Bg5 $15) 32... Rd3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRa3,LRe3]} 33. Kf2 $2 (33. Kf3) 33... Rxa3 $2 (33... Bb3 $1 $19 34. Bxb6 Bxc2) 34. Bxb6 $17 {aiming for Re3.} Rxh3 ({Much less strong is} 34... axb6 35. Re3 $15) 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Bc5 Nh6 37. Rf2 (37. Rcc1 $17) 37... b6 $19 38. Bf8 d4 39. Bxg7 Bd5+ 40. Kf1 Ng4 41. Rf4 {[#]} Rg3 $1 {...Bc4+ is the strong threat.} 42. Ra1 $2 {[#]} (42. Ke2 Ne3 43. Bh6) 42... a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Ke2 (43. Rxa6 Bc4+) 43... Bc4+ 44. Kd2 {[#]} Rd3+ (44... Rg2+ $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 45. Kc1 d3 46. Rd4+ Ke8) 45. Ke2 $17 Bb5 46. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rd1 $17 Rg3+ 47. Kd2) 46... Rg3+ $19 47. Ke1 Rg1+ 48. Kd2 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 Re2+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,100,16,17,35,39,38,27,38,41,29,44,44,48,54,31,24,31,25,8,29,7,36,36,36,36,36,36,41,48,40,33,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-29,-30,-22,-46,-44,-37,-27,-44,-40,-41,-50,-60,-58,-80,-19,-156,-147,-329,-284,-455,-350,-451,-410,-572,-533,-525,-502,-537,-245,-1304,-1402,-1052,-1255,-29983,-29983,-29975,-12839,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 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 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 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 {White has an edge.} 14. Qd4 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRf4,LRh8]} Qxd7 15. Qxf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd1.} Bd6 16. Qh6 Kb8 17. O-O Qe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Rac1 Bb4 $146 20. Be4 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rd7 Bc4 25. a5 h6 26. f4 Re8 27. Rd4 Be6 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. f5 Bd7 30. Bd3 Re5 31. Rh4 $1 Rxa5 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rxh6 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 34. Rh8 a4 35. Ra8 Rxc3 36. Ke2 c5 (36... b5 $17 {...Rb3 is the strong threat.} 37. g5 a3) 37. Kd2 (37. g5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 37... Rb3 $17 38. h4 $2 (38. g5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 38... b5 $19 39. g5 $2 (39. h5 c4 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Bc2) 39... c4 40. Be4 Rg3 41. f6 c3+ 42. Ke2 {[#] Black must now prevent g6!} Be6 43. h5 Rg4 (43... Rxg5 $142 44. h6 Re5) 44. g6 $2 (44. Bd3 Rg2+ 45. Ke3) 44... Rxe4+ {KRB-KR} 45. Kd3 Rc4 {aiming for ...c2.} 46. g7 Bf5+ 47. Ke2 Bh7 48. Rh8 c2 {Black mates.} 49. Rxh7 c1=Q 50. g8=Q Qb2+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,18,3,33,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-251,-246,-247,-241,-303,-270,-303,-292,-303,-308,-495,-508,-495,-485,-463,-475,-512,-483,-565,-558,-545,-364]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. g3 f5 (4... Nc6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. Na4 O-O 8. Nxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. d3 Rb8 11. f4 {0-1 (31) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Dubov,D (2660) Doha 2016}) 5. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 fxe4 7. Qc2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxe4 Nc6 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. d3 {0-1 (29) Kigigha,B (2339)-Cornette,M (2586) chess.com INT 2017}) 5... fxe4 6. Nxe5 {Strongly threatening Qh5+. A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} e3 7. dxe3 (7. Nf3 $16) 7... Bxh1 $11 8. Qh5+ {The position is equal.} g6 {[#]} 9. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 (9... hxg6 10. Qxg6+) 10. Qe5+ Kf7 $1 {[%cal Be8f7,Bf7g7,Bg7h8][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxh8+ Kg7 12. e4 $2 (12. Qf5 $11) 12... Nc6 $19 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qh4 Nxe4 ({Not} 14... Kxh8 15. Bg5 $17) 15. Qg4+ Kxh8 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. f3 $2 {[#]} (17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. Qg5) 17... Ne5 $1 {[%csl LRf3,LRg4][%cal Re5g4] Black is clearly winning.} 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Be2 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rf8 22. a3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chibukhchian, Artur"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,123,9,25,6,13,1,9,10,13,0,1,-9,-5,-8,-18,-18,0,0,19,-7,0,-40,-48,-50,-36,-36,-36,-24,-34,-36,-14,-36,-36,-43,-37,-42,-36,-43,-18,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-50,-54,-50,-60,-60,-60,-60,-129,-60,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,0,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,0,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,0,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121,-121]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 (5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. bxc4 b5 {½-½ (48) Bu,X (2711)-Sethuraman,S (2629) Liaocheng 2017}) 5... b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} exd5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 c5 11. Rf3 Nc6 12. Rh3 g6 {1-0 (43) Dgebuadze,A (2570)-Leroy,D (2305) Plancoet 2013}) 9... Ne4 10. Bf1 Nd7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 $1 Nf6 13. Nc4 h5 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. h3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bd2 g4 (16... O-O-O $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 17. Qa4+ $1 Bc6 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Bb5 20. h4 (20. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $15) 20... Nd5 21. Bd2 Kd7 22. g3 Rh6 23. Rec1 Re8 24. b3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Kxc6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Rc1+ Kb7 28. Ke2 Re6 29. Rc4 Rc6 30. Kd1 b5 31. Rxc6 Kxc6 {KB-KN} 32. a3 {[#]} (32. b4 $1 $15) 32... Kb6 (32... b4 $1 $17 33. Bxb4 (33. axb4 Kb5 $11) 33... Nxb4 34. axb4 Kb5) 33. Kc2 (33. b4 $15) 33... a5 $17 34. Be1 Ka6 35. Bd2 Kb6 36. Be1 $1 c6 37. Bd2 Ka6 38. Be1 Kb6 39. Bd2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 40. Be1 Ka6 41. Bd2 Kb6 42. Be1 $1 b4 {Black is better.} 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bd2 f5 45. Bc1 Kb5 46. Bd2 Nc7 47. Bc1 Ne6 48. Bb2 c5 49. dxc5 Nxc5 50. Bf6 Nd3 51. Kd2 Nxf2 52. Ke2 Nd3 53. Kd2 Kc6 54. Bg5 Kc5 55. Bf4 Kd5 56. Kd1 Nc5 57. Kc2 Kc6 58. Bb8 Kd7 59. Bf4 Ke7 60. Bg5+ Kd6 61. Bf4+ Kd5 62. Bb8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,125,0,-6,6,0,8,0,20,21,12,11,73,-13,-18,-41,-34,-61,-50,-53,-48,-58,-25,-50,79,-39,-52,-49,-25,-76,-38,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-95,-91,-91,-86,-88,-93,-95,-85,-91,-92,-85,-74,-106,-104,-115,-110,-114,-103,-99,-96,-96,-90,-101,-101,-110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,246,243,238,211,407,164,1224,843,12841,12841,12841,12839,12847,12848,12848,12849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 11. O-O (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Bf5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 {0-1 (47) Belov,V (2614)-Anand,V (2803) Berlin 2015}) 11... Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rd8 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. Qa5 {½-½ (33) Persson,C (2581)-Riccio,E (2632) ICCF email 2012}) 16... Bd7 (16... g6 {is more complex.} 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bf8) 17. Rad1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19. c5 Bf8 (19... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Bb3 (20. g3 $16) 20... Re8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8e4]} 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Rd3 Qe5 23. Nf3 Qxc5 24. Qe1 Bd6 25. Re3 Bd7 (25... Kf8 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 26. Ne5 (26. Rc3 $16 Qb4 27. Qd1) 26... Bxe5 $15 27. Rxe5 Qd6 28. Qe3 (28. Re3 $11) 28... Rf8 29. Re4 c5 $1 30. Re5 b6 31. Rd5 Qc6 32. Qe7 Be6 33. Rd6 Qe8 34. Qxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} ({But not} 35... fxe6 $6 36. Rd7 $11) 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. b3 Kf6 39. Rd7 Re7 40. Rd8 Ke6 41. Ke2 Rd7 42. Rg8 f6 43. h4 Kf5 44. Kf3 Rd2 (44... h5 $17 45. g3 g6) 45. Rxg7 $11 Rxa2 46. g4+ $1 Ke6 47. Rg6 Ra3 {And now ...c4 would win.} 48. Kf4 Rxb3 (48... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g6]} 49. Kf5 Rxb3 $11) 49. Rxh6 Rb4+ 50. Kg3 Ke5 51. Rh8 f5 52. Re8+ Kf6 $1 53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rxf5 c4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 55. Rd5 Kf8 $2 {[#]} (55... a5 $11) 56. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rb3+ {[#]} 57. f3 $1 Rb1 $2 (57... c3 {was necessary.}) 58. g5 (58. h6 $142) 58... b5 $2 (58... Ke7) 59. h6 {White is clearly winning.} Rh1 60. Rxb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kg6 62. Kg4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb7g7]} Rg1+ 63. Kf4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,37,25,25,23,34,49,33,43,23,21,26,31,20,25,0,100,91,84,95,115,115,192,98,94,89,110,79,101,56,102,57,132,76,87,11,39,24,31,37,20,23,54,64,76,75,75,76,67,72,125,80,283,283,274,277,267,266,443,443,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 (4... Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb1 b6 9. Nh3 Bh6 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb4 Qd5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 e6 {1-0 (67) Nakamura,H (2785)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017}) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. cxd5 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} Qb6 7. e3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... cxd4 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O {½-½ (21) Jojua,D (2581)-Dubov,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} f5 12. O-O Bd6 (12... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. e4 $16 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Be5 15. Qd2 $1 Nc5 (15... Nf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 16. exf5 (16. f4 $18 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 (17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxe4 $16)) 16... O-O 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. h4 Rac8 (20... Bg7 $14) 21. Re3 (21. d6 $142) 21... Bg7 22. Rbe1 (22. Ncb5 $16 Qa4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rb4) 22... Qb4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Nde2 Bb5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe2.} 26. Qe3 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Bf8 29. Nf4 Qxa2 ({Black should try} 29... Nd7) 30. d6 Qc2 $2 {[#]} (30... Bxd6 $16 31. Bd5 Qb2) 31. Bd5 $1 $18 b6 {Now ...Qf5 and Black clings on.} 32. Qe8 Qf5 {[#]} 33. Bc6 $1 Qc2 $2 (33... Kg7) 34. Kg2 Nd3 (34... Qf5 $18 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Bxd7 Qf6) 35. Nxd3 Qxd3 36. d7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,0,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 h6 13. a3 a6 {Predecessor:} 14. Rfc1 $146 Rfc8 15. Rc2 Rc7 16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Nc6 {½-½ (32) Arman,D (2377)-Lokander,M (2333) Ballerup 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,12,9,16,12,14,-4,5,-2,-2,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-15,-9,-17,-7,-12,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-28,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 7. Nxd7 Nxd7 (7... Qxd7 8. e3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e5 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Qf4 Nxe5 {1-0 (61) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qb5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a6 11. Qd3 $1 Ba5 12. e3 e5 13. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5+ {½-½ (27) Lerida Macareno,C-Molina Camacho,A (2187) ICCF email 2013}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 {Bxa5 is the strong threat.} Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Ke2 g6 19. Rad1 f5 20. Bc2 c5 21. h3 Kc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. g4 Nc4 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. gxf5 c4 26. Bb1 gxf5 27. Kf3 Rf8 28. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} b5 29. axb5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Yegiazaryan, Armenak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,12,36,33,40,16,27,22,41,20,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,9,8,6,3,29,27,29,25,32,29,25,26,51,51,46,47,41,40,88,88,88,88,80,77,79,81,118,111,126,127,134,134,134,134,126,124,130,135,126,126,241,189,241,222,240,241,246,155,238,235,205,212,292,289,244,250,283,268,229,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12838,12837,12837,12838,12838,12839,12842,12843,12845,12846]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qc4 e6 {1-0 (47) Navara,D (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Prague 2017}) 8... e6 9. a5 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 {White has an edge.} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. f3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. e4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (32) Gagunashvili,M (2580)-Mchedlishvili,M (2630) Konya 2010}) 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bd5 14. e4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 a6 16. O-O (16. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4b8]}) 16... Bd6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. f4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bc7 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Ra4 f6 24. g3 Rd7 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Rc4 Bd8 27. Re1 Be7 28. e5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Re4+ Kf7 32. Kf3 g6 33. Re5 Rd1 34. Ke4 $1 Rh1 35. Rd5 Ke8 36. h4 Rg1 37. Kf3 Be7 38. h5 Rh1 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rf1+ (40... Rh3+ $16 41. Ke4 Rh4) 41. Ke4 $18 Rg1 (41... c4 {is a better defense.} 42. Rd4 Rg1) 42. g5 Rg2 43. Rd1 Rh2 44. Be5 Rh4 (44... Rh3 $16 {was worth a try.} 45. Kd5 Kf7) 45. Kd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Kf7 46. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b3] And now Rb3 would win.} Rh1 47. Rb3 $1 Rd1+ 48. Kc4 Rd7 49. Rh3 $1 Bd8 {[#]} 50. Bc3 $2 ({Less strong is} 50. Kxc5 Ke6 $14) (50. Rh6 $1 $18 Be7 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. Rg7) 50... Ke6 $11 51. Rh8 {Strongly threatening Rf8.} Bc7 52. Rf8 (52. Re8+ {with more complications.} Kf5 53. Rf8+ Kg4 54. f5 Kxg5 55. fxg6 Kxg6 56. Rf6+) 52... Rf7 53. Rxf7 Kxf7 54. Kxc5 {Hoping for b4. KB-KB} Ke6 55. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... Bxf4 $11 56. Kb6 Kd5) 56. Bf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6d8] White is clearly winning.} Bc7 {[#]} 57. Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5c7][%mdl 512]} Bd8 (57... Bxe5 58. fxe5) 58. Bd6 Kd7 59. Kd5 b6 60. b5 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,20,0,0,4,-4,0,52,50,66,56,70,62,84,77,143,138,123,133,123,101,180,180,211,195,216,141,151,134,413,424,416,408,473,465,465,580,553,547,912,806,904,838,1717,1677,1591,977,977,967,946,933]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Bb6 {C45: Scotch Game} 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 a5 (9... Qg6 $11) 10. Nc2 $14 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 d6 12. f4 Qh6 13. Nd2 f5 ({Better is} 13... Kh8) 14. exf5 $16 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 {[#]} 16. Qf3 $146 Nce7 (16... Rae8 $16) 17. Rae1 $18 ({Don't do} 17. Qxb7 $6 c6 $16) 17... c6 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Nc4 d5 20. Nxa5 Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Nd6 $16 {was necessary.} 21. g3 Qh3) 21. Nxb7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} Qb8 {[#]} 22. Nc5 $1 Qxb2 23. Nd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qe3 Rf7 26. Qe6 Qxc3 27. Ne5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ref8 29. f5 d4 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Rb1 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,7,0,0,0,4,8,20,4,4,4,5,0,0,0,7,7,18,-50,-55,-47,-40,-37,-47,-50,0,0,7,-5,10,8,13,-3,10,32,54,60,60,32,41,27,86,16,29,0,93,0,25,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. Rc1 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8 16. Bxa7 Rxc4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. bxc4 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rxa2 {½-½ (63) So,W (2822)-Caruana,F (2817) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Bb2 Nb4 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. Rad1 {½-½ (43) Riediger,M (2200)-Epding,O (2188) Bayern 2005}) 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. d5 (16. Rfe1 $11) 16... Ne5 $15 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 exd5 (19... Rfe8 $15 20. f4 Qc7) 20. exd5 $11 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd5!} 21. Rfd1 Bc8 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Qf3 Re5 24. a4 Rde8 25. a5 g5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nd2 Kh8 (27... R5e7 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Qg3 (28. Rdb1 $16) 28... Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 29. Qf3 ({Better is} 29. Qh2 $11 Nf4 30. Bf1) 29... Nf6 $1 $16 30. Qg3 ({White should try} 30. Rdb1 $16) 30... Nh5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 31. Qf3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 53%.} (31. Qh2 $5 {[%cal Rd2f3]} Nf4 32. Bf1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,10,16,10,12,-5,26,-4,6,16,50,51,60,58,52,57,52,59,59,55,55,45,67,27,36,37,30,20,33,23,24,11,36,4,29,29,23,15,14,0,39,39,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-28,-5,-45,-45,-45,-28,-28,-28,-29,0,-62,-62,-262,-236,-495,-434,-492,-486,-420,-487,-440,-438,-661,-644,-1753,-1698,-6395,-566,-5877,-5597]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bd2 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (6. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]} c5 7. Nf3 $11) 6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 (7... Bxc3 $5 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 $11) 8. e3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Nge2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfc8 {0-1 (26) O'Connor,J (2147)-Short,N (2664) Bunratty 2015}) 10. O-O Rd8 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 Rb8 13. f4 Ng6 14. e4 a6 15. h3 b5 16. Qc2 e5 17. f5 Nf8 18. g4 h6 19. Bf3 Rd7 20. Kg2 Rdb7 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. b4 Bb6 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd3 cxb4 25. axb4 N6h7 26. Be3 (26. Rh1 $14) 26... Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Be8 28. Nc1 {[%cal Be2c1,Bc1b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 {[%cal Bf8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 29. Nb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Na5.} Nb6 30. Na5 Nc4 31. Qe1 Rc7 32. h4 Qd8 (32... Rbc8 $5 {[%cal Rc4a5]} 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 $11) 33. Kg3 g5 {aiming for ...Nxa5.} 34. h5 Nf6 35. Nd1 Rbc8 36. Rc1 Nb6 37. Nb2 (37. Nf2 $11) 37... Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 38. Nxa4 $2 {[#]} (38. Nd3 $15) 38... bxa4 39. Qe3 $2 (39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Qe3) 39... Rxc1 $19 40. Rxc1 Rxc1 41. Qxc1 Qb6 42. Nc6 {Black is clearly winning.} Kg7 43. Bg2 (43. Kg2 $142 Qa6 44. Kh1) 43... Qa6 44. Kf3 Qd3+ 45. Qe3 Qxe3+ 46. Kxe3 a3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,148,10,16,8,8,7,12,14,29,31,44,18,30,14,20,19,25,0,9,14,22,0,0,0,8,16,11,14,18,3,53,-16,59,25,53,47,43,2,4,6,8,0,19,-29,-34,-53,-55,-52,-30,-51,-25,-25,-25,-25,-23,-17,-17,-17,-17,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-108,-89,-318,-304,-353,-321,-358,-358,-358,-358,-358,-351,-351,-351,-353,-346,-335,-324,-378,-384,-377,-377,-510,-507,-495,-481,-548,-548,-548,-428,-387,0,-548,-529,-545,-519,-784,-885,-747,-721,-29988,-2038,-29985,-12844,-29990,-12846,-29989,-12846,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 $1 16. Nf1 {C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4} (16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Qb7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. Nf1 Bd8 22. Ng3 Bb6 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Ne2 Nac7 {½-½ (58) Svidler,P (2727)-Akopian,V (2679) Dresden 2008}) 16... Na6 17. Be3 Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bd7 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Ng3 Qb8 21. Nh4 Bd8 22. Nf3 Nxd3 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxd3 {0-1 (52) Pungertnik,F (1700)-Korosec,S (1850) ICCF email 1999}) 18. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Bd8 19. Ng3 Ne8 20. Bd3 Bb6 21. Nh4 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Ngf5 Ra7 24. Rg3 f6 (24... Bxf5 $5 25. Nxf5 g6 $14) 25. Qe2 b4 26. Rc1 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 g6 28. Ne3 Rc7 29. Nc4 Rff7 30. Qe3 (30. Bc2 $14) 30... Qa7 (30... Nxd3 $11 31. Qxd3 Ng7) 31. Be2 (31. Bc2 {looks sharper.} Qa6 32. b3 Ng7 33. Rf3 Rc8 34. h4) 31... Nd7 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. Bg4 {[#] aiming for Be6.} Nc5 34. Re3 Rfc7 35. Bd1 Kf8 36. Nd2 Nd7 37. Ra1 a4 38. b3 a3 39. Be2 Nb6 40. Nc4 Nxc4 41. bxc4 Rcb7 42. Rb1 Nc7 43. Bg4 Ke7 44. Reb3 (44. h4 $11) 44... h5 $17 45. Bd1 Na6 46. Rg3 Kf7 47. Ba4 Nc5 48. Bb5 $2 (48. Bc2 $17) 48... Nxe4 $19 49. Re3 Nc3 50. Rxb4 Nxa2 51. Rbb3 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5][%mdl 512]} 52. Re1 (52. Rbxc3 a2) 52... Nxb5 53. cxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra5 ({Don't do} 53... a2 54. Ra1 $19) 54. b6 Rxd5 55. Rxa3 Rxb6 56. f4 Rdb5 57. fxe5 dxe5 58. Kh2 h4 59. Ra7+ Ke6 60. Rf1 Rb1 61. Rf2 R1b2 62. Rf1 Rb1 (62... g5 $142 63. Kg1 Rd2) 63. Rf2 $1 Rd1 64. Rh7 Rb4 65. Rh8 (65. Rh6 $142 Kf7 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Ra7) 65... f5 66. Ra2 Kf6 67. Ra7 Kg5 (67... Rbb1 $142 68. Ra6+ Kg5 69. Rxh4 Kxh4 70. g3+ Kg5 71. Ra2 Rh1+ 72. Kg2 Rbg1+ 73. Kf3 Rxh3 74. Ra7 Rhxg3+ 75. Kf2 Kf4 76. Ke2 Rh1 77. Kf2 e4 78. Rh7 Rxh7 79. Ke1 Rg2 80. Kf1 Kf3 81. Ke1 Rh1#) 68. Rah7 Rc1 (68... Rbb1 $142 69. Rxh4 f4 70. Rg4+ Kf5 71. Rf8+ Ke4 72. Rgxf4+ exf4 73. Re8+ Kf5 74. g4+ Kg5 75. Re2 f3 76. Re4 Rg1 77. h4+ Kh6 78. Kh3 Rg2 79. g5+ Kg7 80. Re7+ Kf8 81. Re8+ Kxe8 82. h5 Rh1#) 69. Rh6 Rc2 (69... f4 $142 70. Rc8 Rxc8 71. Rh7 Rc1 72. Rxh4 Rbb1 73. Rxf4 exf4 74. h4+ Kg4 75. h5 Rh1#) 70. Kh1 Rb1+ 71. Kh2 Rcc1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc1h1] Black mates.} 72. Rxh4 f4 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc1h1]} 73. Rg4+ Kf5 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc1h1]} 74. Rf8+ Ke4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,91,23,27,27,16,95,95,94,36,36,15,19,33,38,18,11,11,24,21,24,20,17,35,29,2,16,0,7,0,0,0,0,-9,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,21,29,35,55,23,21,8,8,13,62,74,146,130,4710,4686,2265,1846,6079,5795]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be2 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} a6 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. h3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. White has an edge.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[%cal Rc3d5] [#]} d4 $146 (14... Rad8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Rad8 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bg2 Qg6 {1-0 (42) Gheorghiu,F (2540)-Alburt,L (2515) USA 1979}) 15. Na4 $16 dxe3 16. Nxc5 ({White should play} 16. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 17. Bxc6 exf2+ 18. Kh1 bxc6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Rad1) 16... Qxc5 $14 17. Rc1 (17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 18. Bxc6 exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxc6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 $14) 17... Qg5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Rc5 Rfd8 23. Rfc1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Rd6 24. Kh2 g6 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. R1c3 Rcd8 27. a3 Rf6 28. Qg5 Rdd6 29. Qe5 Rfe6 30. Qg3 Rd2 31. e4 Re2 32. e5 h5 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} f6 {[%cal Re6e5]} 35. Qe4 fxe5 36. Ra5 Qf7 37. Rxa6 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 {KR-KR} 39. h4 Kg7 $1 40. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Re3 41. Rb6 Rc3 42. a5 Rc2 ({Black should try} 42... c5) 43. Rb4 $16 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... f3 $16) 44. a6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f3 {[#]} 45. Kg1 $1 g4 {[#]} 46. gxf3 $1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,-12,0,-80,-86,-95,-95,-87,-91,-129,-121,-140,-122,-127,-147,-128,-148,-140,-138,-127,-127,-151,-114,-106,-104,-108,-127,-176,0,-84,-50,-50,-45,-54,-16,-49,55,6,0,0,0,-77,-74,-65,325,318,318,318,318,318,414,393,460,522,491,444,574,574,574,574,574,574,5065,1434,1268,574,574,574,574,574,574,574]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. Qf2 (10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. h4 Bd7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rb8 16. Nc1 Nc3+ 17. bxc3 bxc3+ {1-0 (96) Najer,E (2679)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 10... Qa5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bd3 (11. Bd2 $11) 11... Na4 $1 $17 {Black is better.} 12. O-O Nxb2 13. Ne2 Qa3 14. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 exf5 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Nh5 O-O 17. Qg3 {0-1 (41) Boni,R (1413)-Lipsits,S (1364) LSS email 2009}) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qxd3 16. Rad1 Qa3 17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Rb1 b5 21. Rb3 Qa4 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Bg5 Qg4 $2 (23... Bxg5 $19 24. Nxg5 d4) 24. Bxe7 (24. Qb6 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Bd7 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Rfc1) 24... Nxe7 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Ng3 {[%cal Bh5g3,Bg3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} g6 {Black wants to play ...Qb4.} 27. Ne2 Kf8 (27... Qb4 $15) 28. Ned4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg7 29. Rc1 Re8 $1 30. Qd2 {[#]} (30. Rc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4] Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 31. h3 Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qe4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6) 32. Kg1 $18 Nc4 {[#]} 33. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 (33... bxc4 34. Ne2 $18) 34. Ne2 Qxf3 ({Much worse is} 34... c3 35. Qxc3 (35. Nxg3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} cxd2 36. Nxd2 Bxa2 $19) (35. Qc1 Qxf3 36. gxf3 b4 $14) 35... Qxf3 36. gxf3) 35. gxf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 36. Nd4 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 37. f4 c3 38. Qxc3 Bxa2 39. e6 {Nxf5+ would kill now.} Kg8 40. Qc6 Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kg8 42. Qd7 (42. e7 $142 f6 43. Qxa6) 42... Rxe6 43. Nxe6 Bxe6 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Kf2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,130,24,22,21,29,-10,0,-13,0,-4,33,0,146,49,52,58,55,15,9,9,9,8,6,2,50,0,0,0,0,-17,-44,-86,-86,-86,-86,-97,-100,-108,-101,-102,-105,-103,-102,-92,-89,-104,-89,-99,-92,-188,-187,-162,-82,-96,-78,-160,-173,-157,-100,-95,-91,-190,0,0,0,-181,-160,-139,-138,-116,-110,-88,-88,-88,0,-104,0,-83,-76,-74,-74,-69,-66,-91,-25,-62,-77,-53,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Rc8 (14... Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nce5 17. Qa5 Qa7 18. c3 Ng6 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Bxg4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 hxg4 22. Rxh8+ Nxh8 {1-0 (32) Perunovic,M (2616)-Volokitin,A (2668) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 (16... Bf6 $5) 17. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce5 19. f3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bc3 21. Nd4 Bxd2+ {0-1 (21) Delgado,F-Casani,R IECG email 2001}) 17... Rg8 (17... Bxd5 $5 18. cxd5 Nce5 $11) 18. Kf1 Bf6 (18... Bxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. cxd5 Nce5) 19. Bxf6 (19. Bxg4 $1 $16 hxg4 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qf4 Bxd5 22. exd5) 19... Nxf6 $14 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc7 {[%cal Re6c4]} 23. Rxh5 {With the idea Rh6.} Ke7 $1 24. Rh6 Rg6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Kg1 Bxc4 27. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c4]} b5 28. Qd2 Qd7 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Reject} 29... bxc4 $6 30. Qh6 $11) 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qe3 Rc5 32. a3 g5 33. Qf3 Kf7 34. Rd1 Rc4 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Qe3 Kg6 37. f4 (37. Qb6 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... gxf4 $19 38. Qxf4 d5 (38... Kf7 $19 39. Qf2 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41. Qa7+ Kg6 42. Qxa6 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qc5) 39. Qg3+ $17 Kf7 40. exd5 ({Better is} 40. e5) 40... Qxd5 41. Qh3 Qd4+ (41... Kg6 $142 42. Qg3+ Kh5) 42. Kf1 {[#] Qh5+ would kill now.} Kg6 43. Qh8 (43. Qe6 $17) 43... Qf4+ $2 (43... Qd7 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rf4+.} 44. Qg8+ Kf5) 44. Kg1 $11 Qd4+ $2 (44... Qc7 $11) 45. Kf1 $1 $19 Qd5 {And now ...Rf4+ would win.} 46. Qe8+ Kg5 47. Kg1 Rg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd5g2]} 48. Qe3+ Kg6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd5g2]} 49. Qe8+ Kg5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd5g2]} 50. Qe3+ Kg6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rd5g2]} 51. Qe8+ {[#]} Qf7 $1 52. Qa8 Qc4 53. Qe8+ Kg5 $1 54. Qe3+ Qf4 (54... Kf5 $17 {Threatening ...Qd4.} 55. Rf1+ Rf4) 55. Qc5+ $11 Kg6 $1 56. Qc2+ Qf5 57. Qc6 {The position is equal.} Rc4 58. Qe8+ Kg5 59. Qg8+ Qg6 60. Qd5+ Qf5 (60... f5 $5 {[%cal Rg6b6]}) 61. Qg8+ Qg6 62. Qd5+ Kh6 (62... f5 $5 {[%cal Rg6b6]}) 63. Qd8 Qf5 64. Qh8+ Kg5 {White must now prevent ...Qc5+.} 65. Qg8+ Qg6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 56%.} (65... Kh5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c5]} 66. Re3 Rh4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,0,4,3,13,4,0,13,17,20,19,24,29,9,19,12,37,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,8,10,6,5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Be7 7. h3 (7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. exf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {0-1 (50) Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bh2 a6 12. a4 cxd4 13. cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. exd4 Bf8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. c4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qg4 e4 21. Ne5 Qf6 22. b4 Nd3 23. Nxd3 exd3 24. c5 d2 {0-1 (24) Marjanovic,D (2340)-Predojevic,B (2623) Sarajevo 2015}) 13... Nd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 e5 $1 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. dxe5 Qxf3 {...Re6 is the strong threat.} 21. Kh2 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 23. Qd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8+) 24. Qxb6 Rab8 25. Qd4 g6 26. Rd2 Re4 27. Qd6 Rbe8 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Qd6 Qf3 31. b3 R4e5 32. Rg1 Qb7 33. Rd3 Rf5 34. Rg2 Rc8 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc2 37. Kg3 Rg5+ 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 Rb2 40. Rb7 Rh5 41. Kd3 Rxh3 42. Rg5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,198,24,18,22,25,31,22,31,27,27,20,22,20,20,20,23,19,23,20,12,-2,8,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-2,-12,-11,-10,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-12,-12,-15,0,0,0,-32,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-3,-83,-59,-83,-69,-71,-70,-70,-69,-83,-68,-83,-83,-83,0,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-44,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bg2 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} (8. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. N1c3 d6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 {½-½ (56) Anurag,M (2405)-Gupta,A (2634) Paleochora 2014}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White has an edge.} Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. b4 Bb7 {0-1 (36) Grigaitis,T-Lynch,J corr 1996}) 13... Ba6 14. Rd1 Rab8 15. a3 Nd3 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. b4 c5 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. bxc5 (19. b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Bb7 20. a4 $11) 19... Nxc5 20. Bf1 (20. Rdb1 {seems wilder.} Kf8 21. h4 g6 22. a4 Kg7 23. a5) 20... Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Rdc8 23. Rab1 Ke7 24. Rd4 Nd7 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Rb2 Ra8 27. a4 h5 28. Rbd2 Nf6 29. e4 g5 30. h3 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rb4 Re5 33. Rdd4 Rc8 34. Na3 Rc3 35. Nc4 Rxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} f5 38. a5 $1 Ra3 39. Nc4 Ra2+ 40. Rb2 Ra4 41. Rc2 (41. Kd3 $11) 41... Nc5 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. f3 gxf3 44. Kxf3 Kg5 45. Kg2 Ne4 46. Nd2 Nxd2 47. Rxd2 $17 {KR-KR} e5 (47... Rxa5 $17 48. Kf2 Ra8) 48. Rd8 (48. Rd5 $11) 48... Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ (49... Rxa5 $2 50. Ke3 $19) 50. Kf2 Rxa5 51. Rg8+ Kf6 52. Re8 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Rc3 55. Kg2 Rc5 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ra8 Ke6 58. Rf8 Rc3 59. Rd8 Ra3 60. Rf8 Rd3 61. Kg2 Rd2+ 62. Kf3 e4+ (62... Rb2 $17 63. Ra8 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 Rc3) 63. Ke3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3d2]} Rd3+ 64. Kf2 Rf3+ 65. Kg2 Kd5 66. Ra8 Rc3 67. Kf2 Rf3+ 68. Kg2 Rd3 69. Kf2 Kc4 70. Ra4+ Kb5 71. Ra8 Rf3+ (71... f4 $5 72. gxf4 Kc6 $11) 72. Kg2 Kb4 73. Ra7 Rc3 74. Kf2 Kb3 75. Ra5 Rf3+ 76. Kg2 Kc4 77. Ra4+ Kd5 78. Ra5+ Kd4 79. Ra4+ Ke5 80. Ra5+ Kf6 81. Ra6+ Kg5 {Threatens to win with ...Rc3.} 82. Ra8 Rc3 83. Rg8+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf7.} 84. Kf2 Rf3+ 85. Kg2 Ra3 86. Kf2 Ke5 87. Re8+ Kd4 88. Rd8+ Kc4 {White must now prevent ...Rb3.} 89. Rc8+ (89. Rg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 89... Kd3 ({Better is} 89... Kd5 $17 {And now ...Rf3+ would win.} 90. Rd8+ Ke5) 90. Rd8+ {The position is equal.} Kc2 91. Rd5 Rf3+ 92. Kg2 Rd3 93. Rxf5 e3 94. Ra5 Kd2 {[#] aiming for ...e2.} 95. Ra1 $1 Rd8 96. Ra2+ Kd3 {Hoping for ...e2.} 97. Kf1 Rb8 (97... Ke4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 98. Ke2 Rd2+ 99. Rxd2 exd2 $11) 98. Ra3+ Ke4 99. Ra7 Rb1+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 60%.} (99... Kf3 $5 100. Rf7+ $8 Ke4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,-20,-19,-19,-12,-14,-6,-43,-46,-77,-77,-62,-51,-72,-60,-72,-70,-61,-49,-80,-77,-116,-67,-116,-120,-203,-200,-201,-120,-132,-122,-141,-128,-129,-129,-137,-120,-102,-123,-139,-143,-130,-107,-201,-138,-154,-153,-145,-141,-643,-640]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Qb3 a5 9. cxd5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. a4 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Na6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 {½-½ (41) Matuszewski,M (2409)-Strzemiecki,Z (2429) Szklarska Poreba 2013}) 9... cxd5 10. Ne5 a4 11. Qe3 {The position is equal.} (11. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Nf6 12. Nb1 Bf5 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. Nc3) 11... Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 f6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Nf4 Kh8 15. Nxd5 e6 16. Nb4 Nxd4 {1-0 (55) Miroiu,G (2194)-Radulescu,G Eforie Nord 2009}) 12. f4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Qf2 e6 14. e4 Ne7 15. Rd1 b6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nf1 Bb7 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qe2 a3 20. Rdc1 (20. Bf2 $17) 20... Ba6 $19 21. Qf2 axb2 (21... Bxf1 $19 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxf1 f6) 22. Qxb2 $17 Bxf1 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxf1 {[#]} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 25. Qb3 Nf5 {[%cal Bd6f5,Bf5d4,Bd4f3,Bf3h4][%mdl 32]} 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Bf2 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rad8 29. Qb5 (29. Qe4 $17 {might work better.}) 29... Nd4 30. Qxb6 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 {[#]} Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 32. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Bc5 $17 Rb8 33. Qa7 (33. Qd6 $2 Qb7 $19) 33... Rb2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxa7 36. Bxa7 Nxe5 37. Rd1) 32... Nh4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 34%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,10,12,12,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-22,-22,-25,-37,0,-16,-7,-8,-4,-16,-20,-53,-44,-43,-48,-50,-55,-49,-29,-50,-52,-66,-60,-57,-41,-66,-67,-104,-110,-108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bc4 d6 9. a4 a5 10. b5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qb3 Rf8 12. Ba3 Ng6 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32] [#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4) 14. d4 Qf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. e5 (18. Nd4 $5) 18... Qg6 $1 19. Bc1 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. h3 Ng3 22. Re1 $1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2]} 24. Bf1 $1 Rae8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} (24... Rfe8 {feels hotter.} 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe5 27. Qc4 c6) 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe5 27. Rae1 Rfe8 28. Qc4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qd2 b6 ({Better is} 30... h6 $17 31. c4 b6) 31. f3 $1 $11 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Bf5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 33. Rxe5 $1 {[%cal Re5e8][%mdl 512]} Be6 (33... Rxe5 34. Qd8+) 34. Bc4 {Strongly threatening Bxe6.} Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 35. Qe3 (35. Re4 $5 {[%cal Rd2d6]}) 35... Kf8 36. f4 Bd7 37. Qd3 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Qe7 39. Qf3 g6 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Qf4 h5 42. c4 Bf5 43. Be4 Be6 44. Bd5 Bf5 45. Be4 Be6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,27,28,31,0,20,18,15,16,37,17,18,0,28,-16,-3,-22,-16,-33,-32,-210,-49,-60,-69,-64,-39,-43,-38,-38,-36,-36,-27,-43,-43,-43,-44,-102,-87,-89,-82,-75,-54,-77,-44,-56,-45,-81,-36,-27,-36,-32,-23,-20,-20,-21,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-3,-3,-3,-7,-7,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-94]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} 8. Nxd4 (8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bg5 Nfd5 15. Bd2 a6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd3 {½-½ (51) Nakamura,H (2793)-Shankland,S (2666) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... a6 9. O-O Bd6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Rd2 {1-0 (27) Gupta,A (2643)-El Arousy,A (2327) Dubai 2012}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. e4 Nc6 14. Re1 {Threatens to win with Nxc6.} Ne5 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Nc2 $2 {[#]} (16. Nf3 $15 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3) 16... Rfd8 $2 (16... Nfg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f2][%mdl 512]} 17. Re2 (17. hxg4 $2 Qh4 $19) 17... Rfd8 18. hxg4 Qh4) 17. Qe2 $15 Bc6 18. Rad1 h5 (18... Ng6 {with more complications.} 19. e5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21. Ne4 Bb6) 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rc8 24. Na1 ({White should try} 24. Nd4 $15) 24... Bb4 25. Re2 Ne4 26. Nc2 Bc5 27. b4 Ba7 28. Ne3 Be6 29. a5 h4 30. Re1 f5 31. Rc1 Rd8 {aiming for ...Nxf2!} 32. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Bb3 34. Ne3 Kf7 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 g5 37. Bd3 Be6 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. a6 bxa6 40. Bxa6 f4 41. Nd1 f3 42. Bb7 fxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Nf6 44. Bxf6 (44. Be5 $11) 44... Kxf6 {Black is slightly better.} 45. Ne3 Ke5 46. Ng4+ Kf4 47. Bc6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,14,37,10,11,22,17,-22,-18,-27,-18,-23,-12,-18,-13,-37,-26,-26,-29,-31,-1,-62,-12,-3,0,0,-6,12,10,-31,-18,-52,-34,-58,-43,-50,-46,-104,-88,-103,-59,-82,-49,-49,-50,-60,-62,-85,-48,-48,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Na6 (3... Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 Nd7 8. Qc2 Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 e4 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nxd5 6. cxd5 Bd6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc6 dxc6 {½-½ (57) Docx,S (2405)-Van den Doel,E (2568) Germany 2016}) 6. b4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} c5 7. Bb2 d6 8. Qc2 (8. Nxe7 {feels hotter.} Qxe7 9. b5 Nc7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 cxb4 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. axb4 O-O 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ng3 Qxb4 (14... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 15. Bc3 Bb5 $15) 15. f4 (15. Rfb1 $11) 15... Rac8 (15... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 16. Bc3 Qc4 17. fxe5 dxe5 $17) 16. Bc3 Qc4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 18. Qxf5 g6 19. Qh3 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. fxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qg3 f4 22. exf4 exf4 23. Qg4 ({White should play} 23. Qf3 $15) 23... Rf5 $17 24. Kh1 Rcf8 ({Much weaker is} 24... Qxd5 $6 25. Rxa6 Bd6 26. Rxa7 $11) 25. Rfc1 Qd3 26. Qf3 Rxd5 27. Rxa6 Bc5 28. Re1 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Bb6 30. Re7 Rf7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,17,17,7,7,7,0,0,0,8,11,0,0,3,20,21,30,30,30,30,30,25,25,22,27,19,36,10,5,13,14,14,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,8,9,0,0,0,6,6,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,37,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Ne7 9. Nc4 c6 (9... Ng6 10. Ba4 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 c5 14. a3 Re8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 {1-0 (79) Topalov,V (2739)-Howell,D (2655) Caleta 2017}) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Ba4 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. d4 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 16. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Be6 17. a3 Red8 18. Rad1 {½-½ (52) Manik,M (2435)-Dzhumaev,M (2515) Chennai 2010}) 16... Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. Bc2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Qf7 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. f3 Kh7 27. Qd8 Re8 28. Qd2 Qe6 29. Rd1 Qb3 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Qc2 Qf7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Re1 b5 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. b3 Rc8 36. Rc1 Ne7 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Kg8 39. Bf2 Nc6 40. Qa4 Nd4 41. Qa6 Qe6 42. Qxe6+ Nxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Re1 Rxc4 44. Rxe5 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc2 $1 46. Kg1 Rc1+ $1 47. Kh2 Rc2 $1 48. Be3 f4 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5.} 49. Rxe6 Re2 50. Re4 fxe3 51. h4 h5 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Re5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,148,37,36,21,23,33,23,20,33,23,30,11,17,16,20,7,37,39,42,35,42,42,31,12,30,19,33,8,7,0,28,25,35,36,41,37,50,42,58,50,58,55,64,73,72,0,16,24,13,15,13,-43,0,-27,-47,-67,-24,-28,-45,-99,0,0,148,145,148,135,397,363,391,385,618,345,353,369,488,479,505,504,454,422,487,502,420,389,511,496,500,502,450,455,448,448,469,462,491,467,452,444,447,434,441,422,414,391,424,364,446,447,437,437,427,414,584,510,832,724,1416,1404,1199,1117,1935,1729,1915,1916,1828,392,1825,392,1794,1710,2337,1850,29975,29977,29983]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 g6 (5... Bg4 6. d4 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5 15. Rc1 {½-½ (81) Karjakin,S (2785)-Morozevich,A (2676) Doha 2016}) 6. Bb2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. d3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Qc2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Rad1 {1-0 (63) Kaidanov,G (2577)-Zhou,W (2616) Ningbo 2013}) 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. d4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 h5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Re3 Rcd8 21. Qe2 Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...Nxc5.} 22. Nd3 Nf8 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Red3 Qd6 26. Bc1 Nd7 27. Bg5 Rc8 28. Bh4 Qc7 29. Re3 b5 30. Ne5 (30. Ng5 $16) 30... Nxe5 31. dxe5 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Bg3 ({White should play} 33. g3 $11) 33... Qb6 34. Qf3 Red8 35. Rd6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa2 37. Qf4 (37. Qe4 $15) 37... Qa1 (37... a5 $17) 38. Bh4 $36 {[%cal Bg3h4,Bh4e7,Be7d6][%mdl 2080] White has good play.} Rf8 (38... Rxd6 $11 39. exd6 e5) 39. Be7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rfe8 40. Rd7 $1 Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qb1 $16 {was necessary.}) 41. Bd6 $1 $18 f5 {[#]} 42. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Rh1+ 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Qxh4 Qd1 45. Qg5 Qh5 46. Qxh5 gxh5 47. Kh4 {White wants to mate with Rg3.} f4 48. Re4 f3 49. g3 Kh7 50. Kxh5 {Intending Rh4 and mate.} Rxh3+ 51. Kg5 Ra8 52. Rf4 Kg8 {If Black can now play ...Bh6+ this consolidates a bit.} 53. Rxf3 Rh7 {Hoping for ...Bh6+.} 54. Kg4 Bh6 55. Rxh7 Kxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Rf6 Bc1 58. Rxe6 a5 59. Bc5 Bb2 60. Rxc6 a4 61. f4 a3 62. Bxa3 Rxa3 {KRB-KR} 63. Rc7 Bd4 (63... Kf8 $142 64. c5 Rc3) 64. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Bf2 (64... Rc3 $142 65. Kf5 Rxc5 66. Rxc5 Bxc5) 65. c6 Rxg3+ 66. Kf5 Rc3 67. Kg6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Kf8 68. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Bb6 69. Rc8+ Ke7 70. f6+ Ke6 71. Re8+ Kd5 72. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rg3+ 73. Kf7 Kxc6 74. e7 Kd5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,10,20,15,29,27,31,21,27,27,45,52,30,26,41,19,29,27,25,25,29,18,37,36,33,18,20,27,28,22,27,20,22,24,43,43,48,44,58,63,85,47,50,66,63,39,43,18,25,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 {looks sharper.} 7. dxc5 a6 8. Ba4 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O) 7. Bxd7+ {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Qxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 Qa6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. a4 {1-0 (60) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. b3 {White is slightly better.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. Nf3 {1-0 (27) Cicak,S (2505)-Jepson,C (2416) Sweden 2015}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Qe6 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Rc6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. f3 g6 25. Ne2 Ne8 26. Qe5 Qe6 27. Qd4 b6 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. Qa4 Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5e3]} 30. Nxd5 Nc7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,112,20,14,26,31,33,32,20,0,8,-6,6,-16,-9,-15,-2,-7,-9,-16,0,-48,-35,-99,-57,-64,-59,-47,-31,-61,-34,-105,-89,-87,-72,-133,-119,-128,-102,-200,-124,-129,-119,-110,-106,-130,-129,-139,-134,-131,-133,-135,-139,-146,-150,-125,-139,-218,-90,-100,-100,-196,-204,-196,-208,-193,-102,-101,-110,-116,-114,-102,-62,-179,-166,-394,-392,-372,-358,-358,-372,-356,-370,-747,-641,-479,-458,-1122,-948,-1166,-1068,-1524,-1589,-29970,-29971,-29964,-29967,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 h6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7... a5 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ng3 c5 15. d5 {0-1 (42) Hou,Y (2651)-Kramnik,V (2809) Medias 2016}) 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Ne7 {The position is equal.} (9... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 $11) 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 {0-1 (42) Arlavi,S-Smetisko,L (1537) Trogir 2016}) 11... Bb6 12. Nc4 (12. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]} c6 13. Nc4 $11) 12... c6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Qc2 d5 16. Ncd2 Rfe8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. c4 (19. a5 $15) 19... Nh5 {And now ...Nhf4 would win.} 20. Qe2 Nhf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Qf1 $1 f5 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad1 (23. cxd5 $15 cxd5 24. Nbd2) 23... Qf7 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. exf5 (25. Nbd2 $142) 25... Qxf5 $17 26. Ng1 Rc8 27. a5 (27. g3 $17) 27... Rc3 {[#]} 28. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf8 (28... exd4 29. Rxe8+) 29. Ndf3 Qxb4 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Re3 Rc2 {aiming for ...Nxg2!} 32. Ne2 Rf8 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Qc7 36. Kg1 (36. Qb1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 36... Rf6 (36... d4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 37. Re1 Qc2) 37. g3 Ne6 38. h4 (38. Qe1 $17) 38... Nd4 $19 39. Qg2 Qd6 40. Nf3 Nxf3+ ({Black should try} 40... Nc6 $19 41. Nd2 Rf7) 41. Rxf3 $17 Rxf3 42. Qxf3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe6 43. Qe3 Qf5 44. f3 ({White should play} 44. Qb6 $15) 44... b5 45. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (45. Kg2) 45... e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. dxe4 dxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf3+.} 47. f4 {[#]} Qd5 $1 48. Qc3 Kh7 49. g4 $2 (49. Qb4 Qd3 50. Kg2) 49... h5 50. g5 Qf5 51. Qc7 {[#]} (51. Qd2 $142 Qh3 52. g6+ Kxg6 53. Qd6+ Kh7 54. Qe5 Qxh4+ 55. Ke2) 51... b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 52. Qb8 Qc5+ 53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Ke1 e3 {Black mates.} 55. g6+ Qxg6 56. Qxb4 Qc2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,19,39,29,33,22]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 h6 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017}) 10. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,7,29,-20,2,-36,26,37,37,46,27,42,29,25,54,54,56,58,58,50,51,50,146,138,154,135,137,137,154,136,222,215,217,207,269,262,1038,981,12814,679,667,660,660,643,608,573,12838,12839,29983,29984,29984,29985,29983,29984,29983,212]} 1. Nf3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4 6. Ne1 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} h5 7. d3 h4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (7... e3 $5) 8. dxe4 {White has an edge.} hxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Nf3 hxg3 10. hxg3 Qd7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Nbd2 Bh3 13. Bh1 {0-1 (23) Jessel,S (2382)-Lalith,B (2587) Caleta 2017}) 9. hxg3 Bh3 ({Better is} 9... Be6 $15) 10. Bxh3 $1 $11 Rxh3 11. Kg2 Qd7 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Ng4 {With the idea ...Rh2+.} 14. Rh1 Rxh1 15. Qxh1 O-O-O 16. Nb3 Qe6 17. Qh7 Nce5 ({Black should try} 17... Nf6 $14 18. Qf5 Nxe4 19. Qxe6+ fxe6) 18. Bg5 $16 f6 19. Bf4 Kb8 20. c5 Re8 21. Qf5 ({Don't do} 21. Nxd4 Qd7 $16) 21... Qa6 (21... Qe7 $16 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Nxd4 g6 $14) 23... Qxe5) 22. Bxe5 $1 $18 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} ({But not} 23. Nxd4 $6 g6 $14) 23... fxe5 24. Rh1 Qxa2 $2 (24... g6 25. Qf7 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6) 25. Rh8 {[#] White wants to mate with Qxf8.} a5 26. Rxf8 (26. Qd7 $142 Ka7 27. Qxe8 Qxb3 28. Rxf8) 26... Rxf8 27. Qxf8+ Ka7 28. Qxg7 Qxb3 29. Qxc7 {KQ-KQ} a4 30. c6 Qxb2 31. Qa5+ {White mates.} Kb8 32. Qxe5+ Ka7 33. Qa5+ Kb8 34. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,84,24,35,25,26,27,23,41,22,16,16,16,16,16,16,20,14,14,17,10,8,6,6,6,3,4,10,8,12,7,16,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#] D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} f5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 {White has an edge.} Bxe5 16. Qc4+ {The position is equal.} Kh8 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Bxb2 20. Rfe1 b6 {[#]} 21. h4 $146 Bc3 22. Re7 Bf6 23. Rc7 bxc5 24. Rxc6 c4 25. Rxc4 Be6 26. Ra4 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Be3 (28. Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ra6e6]} Bb6 29. Be3 $14) 28... a5 29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 31. Bd2 Rb5 32. b4 Rd5 33. Be3 f4 34. Ba7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd7 36. Bc5 Rd5 37. Ba7 ({Much weaker is} 37. bxa5 Rxc5 38. a6 Rc8 $17) 37... Rd7 38. Bc5 Rd5 39. Ba7 ({Don't play} 39. bxa5 Rxc5 40. a6 Rc8 $17) 39... axb4 40. Rxb4 Bc7 41. Bb8 Bxb8 42. Rxb8+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,83,0,10,-29,-18,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,11,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} cxd5 {LiveBook: 71 Games} 13. Bb5 Bd7 {...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 14. Qb3 {[#]} Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc6 15. Qxd5 Re5 16. Bxc6 Rxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bxd5 {½-½ (49) Zhou,J (2566)-Volokitin,A (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 15. Bxd4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 dxe4 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Bc3 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rd7 Re7 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. fxe4 Ke8 $1 24. a3 Ra4 25. e5 Rc4 26. Kf2 h5 27. Kf3 Rc6 28. h3 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 Ng7 31. Bd4 Ne6 32. Be3 Rc2 33. b4 Rc3 34. Ke4 b5 35. Rd6 Rc4+ 36. Kf3 Rc6 37. Rd5 Rc3 38. Ke4 Nc7 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 Kd7 41. Bb6 Ne6 42. Kd5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,116,7,25,8,16,19,41,55,61,62,64,56,54,64,62,59,61,54,62,54,61,44,62,27,60,53,54,13,29,0,38,37,43,0,25,0,72,40,23,18,18,19,29,-10,-12,-12,-10,-15,-22,-8,0,-7,-12,-7,0,-50,-43,-56,-36,-136,-134,-136,-132,-237,-206,-246,-239,-248,-233,-240,-241,-208,-197,-331,-310,-379,-381,-393,-399,-462,-455,-438,-412,-530,-529,-564,-582,-557,-551,-660,-605,-854,-854,-853,-783,-1514,-1460,-2308,-1879,-4897,-2774,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} O-O 8. c3 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Nc3 e6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Bd4 h5 {½-½ (29) Adams,M (2747)-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017}) 9. d4 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Ng8 16. Na4 Qd6 17. b4 Rab8 18. Nc5 Ba8 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Na4 Qa6 22. Nc5 Qb6 $1 23. Na4 Qa6 24. Qb3 Rdc8 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 {next Nc5 is good for White.} d6 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. b5 Qb6 29. Re3 Kg7 30. Na4 Qb8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Rc3 d5 33. e5 Nd7 34. e6 fxe6 {[%cal Bf7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 35. Nd4 (35. Nb4 $15) 35... Kf7 $17 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qc3 (37. Nc2 $17) 37... Qxc3 $19 38. Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} e5 39. Nc6 {[#]} Bxc6 $1 40. bxc6 {KN-KN} Nb6 41. Nb5 Nc8 42. Nc7 (42. Kf2 {was called for.}) 42... e6 43. Nb5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd8 45. Ke2 a6 46. Nc3 {White hopes to continue with Na4.} Kc7 47. Na2 Nd6 48. Nb4 a5 49. Nd3 Nc4 50. Nc5 Kxc6 51. Nxe6 Nxa3 52. Kd3 Nc4 53. f4 Kd6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e4+.} 54. Ng5 e4+ 55. Kd4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 56. Kc3 a3 {Black mates.} 57. Kb3 e3 58. Nf3 Nd2+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,167,7,3,0,3,4,2,6,0,51,52,35,25,68,77,85,37,64,64,94,63,76,8,12,0,5,-42,-18,-10,-22,-27,-17,-89,-34,-41,-39,-45,-40,-50,-58,-52,-43,-55,0,-70,-68,-84,-39,-60,-57,-29,-20,-12,-25,-13,-12,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,22,29,34,0,12,13,54,42,54,68,44,0,0,0,0,-97,-89,-119,-104,-104,-104,-83,-98,-83,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,11,11,11,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,1,4,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,14,14,14,8,16,8,14,8,16,4,8,8,10,8,14,14,17,17]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Rd8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 12. Nc4 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} h6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Ne3 (14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Ne3 Rd8 {½-½ (30) Svidler,P (2734)-Golubov,S (2405) Sochi 2015}) 14... c4 $146 (14... Bf8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf8 15. h3 g6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qd7 18. g5 h5 19. Be3 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 {½-½ (27) Alonso Fernandez Revuelta,R (2138)-Puertolas Serena,A (1916) Aragon 2008}) 15. Nhf5 Bf8 16. Qf3 Ne8 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. h4 f6 19. Be3 Qf7 20. h5 (20. Rad1 {looks sharper.} Nd6 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Rd2 b5 23. Rfd1) 20... Nd6 21. Nxd6 (21. Rad1 $16) 21... Rxd6 $11 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bc5 Rdd8 {[%cal Bd6d8,Bd8f8,Bf8f3][%mdl 32]} (23... Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rad1 f4 26. Qxc4 (26. g4 $11) 26... fxg3 (26... Rad8 $17) 27. fxg3 $15 Qf2+ $1 28. Kh2 Rf3 29. Rf1 Qxg3+ 30. Kg1 $1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Kh8 ({Black should try} 31... Qg5 $15) 32. Rf3 ({White should play} 32. Qc5 $11) 32... Qg5 33. Qc5 {With the idea Nc7.} Rg8 ({Of course not} 33... Qxh5 $6 34. Nc7 $11) 34. b4 a6 35. a4 Qxh5 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Nd8 {White should prevent ...Nf7.} 38. Nf4 Qg5 {[#]} (38... b6 $5 39. Qxe5 Qxe5 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nxe5 Nb7 $11) 39. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nxe5 Re8 42. Rf1 Bb3 43. Nd7 Bc4 44. Rb1 Ne6 45. Rb4 Bd3 46. Kf2 Re7 47. Nb6 Rf7+ 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Bf3 Ng5 50. Bd1 g6 51. Nd5 h5 52. e5 (52. b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 52... Rf5 $17 53. Nf6+ Kg7 54. Nd7 Kf7 55. Bc2 Rf3+ 56. Kd2 Ke6 (56... Kg7 $17 57. Nc5 Rf7) 57. Nc5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kxe5 58. Bxg6 h4 59. Rxh4 Bxb5 60. Nxb7 Rf6 {[#] And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 61. Rb4 Bc6 62. Bd3 Rf2+ 63. Ke3 Rf3+ 64. Ke2 Rh3 65. Nc5 Kd6 66. Nb3 Ne6 67. Na5 Bd5 68. Nc4+ Bxc4 69. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 70. Bc2 Rh2+ 71. Kd1 Rh1+ 72. Kd2 Rh2+ 73. Kc1 Kd5 74. Rg4 Rf2 75. Bh7 Nb3+ 76. Kd1 Nc5 77. Rg5+ Kc6 78. Bg8 Kb5 79. Rg4 Na4 80. Ke1 Rb2 81. Bc4+ Kb6 82. Rg8 Rh2 83. Rg3 Rb2 84. Bf7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,95,16,14,5,10,0,16,15,16,-14,35,20,39,24,33,34,41,18,22,9,11,7,16,7,5,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,3,-68,-62,-70,0,0,68,57,119,77,68,71,127,104,163,150,141,150,199,185,238,238,1335,1243,5065,411,167,412,406,400,446,400,814,813,4674,2187,2227,2108,5110,5097,2227,1993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 {½-½ (14) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Grischuk,A (2750) Moscow 2017}) 8... d5 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. e3 Qc7 15. a3 Rad8 {[#]} 16. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qb3 a6 {1-0 (64) Bluebaum,M (2588)-Lupulescu,C (2626) Medias 2015}) 16... Ba8 (16... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 17. Ne2 Rc8 $11) 17. Qh3 Qb8 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b5 Nb6 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nd7 Qxb5 24. Nxf8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Bxf8 25. Qh4 Rd6 26. Rb1 Qe8 27. f5 Rh6 (27... Be7 $5 {[%cal Re7h4]} 28. Qg4 Rd8 $11) 28. Qg3 (28. Qg4 $11) 28... Bd6 $15 29. f4 Rf6 (29... c4 $15) 30. Rbd1 $1 $11 c4 (30... Rxf5 $11 31. e4 Rf6 32. exd5 Qa4) 31. Bxd5 $14 Bc5 (31... Bxa3 $14 32. Qf3 (32. Bxc4 Rxf5 33. Rd3 Be7 $11) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc6) 32. Bxa8 Qxa8 33. Qf3 Qe8 (33... Qc8 $142) 34. Kh1 Rxf5 (34... Bxa3 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Ra1 Bc5) 35. e4 $18 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rf6 {[#]} 36. Rc1 $1 h6 37. Rxc4 Qb5 (37... Bf8 $142 38. e5 Rb6) 38. Rfc1 Bb6 $2 (38... Bf8 39. Rc8 Rb6) 39. e5 ({Less strong is} 39. Rc8+ Kh7 $16) 39... Rg6 40. f5 (40. Qa8+ $142 Kh7 41. Rc8) 40... Rg1+ 41. Rxg1 Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 42. Re1 Ba5 43. Qe4 Qb5 (43... Qxe4+ $142 44. Rxe4 Bc7) 44. Rb1 {White is clearly winning.} Qc5 45. e6 {Intending exf7+ and mate.} Bd8 46. Re1 Be7 {[#]} 47. f6 $1 gxf6 (47... Bxf6 48. exf7+) 48. Rg1+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-8,19,26,27,25,41,38,36,25,39,25,24,11,22,25,30,28,45,-16,12,-53,0,-47,56,-77,-85,-137,-131,-176,-167,-180,-177,-174,-165,-707,-714,-1373,-1290,-2067,-1968,-2061,-1967,-1552,-1465,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29992]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 4. Qb3 (4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. b5 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. f4 axb5 9. cxb5 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. bxc6 Nxc6 {0-1 (40) Rapport,R (2729)-Caruana,F (2813) Germany 2017}) 4... Nc6 5. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. b5 Na5 6. Qa4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b6 8. Bg2 d3 9. e3 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (46) Kanep,M (2509)-Agrest,E (2590) Tallinn 2015}) 5... Bxf3 6. exf3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e6 7. b5 Ne5 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. f4 Bd6 10. a4 a5 11. Qb2 Qf6 12. g3 h5 13. h4 Ne7 14. O-O (14. Nd2 $14) 14... Qg6 15. Kh2 (15. Bf3 $11) 15... Nf5 ({Black should play} 15... e5 $1 $15 16. fxe5 Nxe5) 16. Bf3 e5 (16... O-O-O $15) 17. c5 (17. Bxb7 $14 {stays ahead.} Rd8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rg1) 17... Nxc5 $17 {Hoping for ...exf4.} 18. fxe5 ({White should try} 18. Qe2 O-O-O 19. fxe5) 18... Nxd3 ({But not} 18... Bxe5 $6 19. Qe2 $11) 19. Qe2 Nxe5 {aiming for ...d3.} 20. Bxb7 O-O {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (22. Qe4 Re8 23. Kh3) 22... Re8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e6,Be6g6][%mdl 32] And now ...Ng4+ would win.} 23. Kh1 d3 24. Qd1 {[#]} Nxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nd2 (25. gxh4 Qe4+) 25... Qf5 26. Kg1 Re6 {( -> ...Qh3)} 27. Ra2 Qh3 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh3g2] Black mates.} 28. gxh4 Rg6+ 29. Bg5 Ng4 {[%csl Gd6,Gg4][%cal Rh3h2]} 30. Nf3 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Ne5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,103,8,4,36,33,33,24,25,25,27,22,53,61,49,27,110,112,118,109,111,102,97,102,95,85,87,86,103,92,84,76,80,74,97,60,110,112,93,95,222,217,243,248,234,231,223,218,235,233,244,241,222,222,282,224,224,222,222,224,223,218,225,185,320,226,262,262,252,227,253,190,221,218,218,218,305,277,281,302,293,279,266,282,254,177,353,353,918,901,5026,915]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 11 Games. A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Nd7 (8... Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. O-O a5 14. Nf4 c5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (47) Granda Zuniga,J (2675)-Anton Guijarro,D (2609) Linares 2014}) 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. Bc4 Kh8 {½-½ (44) Tomaszewski,K (2012)-Teclaf,P (1979) Szczyrk 2014}) 12... a6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc6 {[#]} (14... e5 $11 15. dxe5 c4) 15. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 2560] Keeping Black busy.} exd5 16. exd5 Qf6 ({Don't blunder} 16... Qxd5 $2 17. Be4 $18) 17. d6 Bd8 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Ra7 21. c4 Qe6 22. Nc3 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Nc3 g5 25. Bg3 $1 f4 26. Bf2 $1 Ne5 {[#]} (26... Kg8 $16) 27. a5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc4 (27... bxa5 28. Bxc5) 28. axb6 Rb7 29. Ne4 ({Not} 29. Bxc5 Nd2 $16) 29... Rxb6 30. Bxc5 Rb5 31. Rxb5 $1 axb5 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. Rxb5 Rf7 34. Rb4 Na5 35. Bd4+ Kg6 36. Rb8 Rd7 37. Ra8 Kf5 38. Ra6 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Nb3 (38... Nb7 $142 39. Bc3 h5) 39. Bb6 h6 40. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 41. Ra7 Nd4 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Re7 Nf5 44. Ra7 Ne3 45. d7 Kf7 {[#]} 46. Nc5 $1 Nd5 47. Kf2 Ke7 {[#]} 48. Ke2 $1 Nb4 49. Ra4 Nd5 $2 (49... Rb8 50. g3 Kd8 51. gxf4 gxf4) 50. Kd3 Rb8 $2 (50... Nc7 51. Re4+ Kf7) 51. Re4+ Kd6 52. d8=Q+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 48%.} (52. Re8 $142 Nf6 53. Rxb8 Nxd7 54. Nxd7) 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,32,6,8,11,2,2,19,12,8,12,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qf3 {The position is equal.} h6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (11... Be7 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qb6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (47) Liu,C (2361)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2504) Barcelona 2016}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 c5 {[#] aiming for ...c4.} 15. c3 Ba5 16. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a3 c4 17. Bc2 Rab8 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. Rfd1 {0-1 (44) Nguyen,H-Ta,Q Vietnam 2012}) 16... Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chibukhchian, Artur"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,6,6,0,0,0,8,4,1,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-18,-12,-29,-27,-114,-117,-99,-122,-167,-166,-159,-120,-198,-193,-191,-193,-261,-256,-256,-254,-245,-258,-258,-271,-260,-254,-250,-214,-208,-206,-211,-154,-152,-146,-177,-157,-210,-199,-218,-220,-243,-266,-282,-280,-267,-235,-420,-372,-400,-402,-626,-651,-599,-264,-651,-641,-900,-889,-5206,-5189,-29989,-29990,-29990,-1638]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. h3 (5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O Qe8 10. e4 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh4 Nf4 17. Ne3 Bc6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh4 Nf4 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Bh4 {½-½ (21) Artemiev,V (2677)-Demchenko,A (2628) Skopje 2017}) 5... h6 6. Bf4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nc6 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 O-O 8. c3 Re8 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh2 Qe7 12. Be2 Nd7 {1-0 (29) Lechtynsky,J (2470)-Novoselski,Z (2410) Kragujevac 1984}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd5 9. Bg3 dxe5 10. e4 Nf4 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qc2 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 14. Bb5 {[#]} (14. O-O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Qb1 (15. cxb4 Qxb4+) 15... a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 16. a3 axb5 17. cxb4 Qf6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxg2+!} 18. Nh4 (18. Kf1 $17) 18... Qg5 $19 19. Qc2 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6c6,Bc6c4][%mdl 32]} 20. O-O (20. Qxc7 {was the only chance.} Rc8 21. Qxb7) 20... Rc6 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qe1 Qh5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Nf3 Rc4 {Hoping for ...Rxe4!} 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rd1 Re8 28. e5 Qf5 29. Qe2 c6 ({And not} 29... Bxe5 30. Rfe1 $14) 30. Rfe1 (30. Rd2 $17) 30... g5 31. Nd4 Qg6 32. Qg4 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Nf3 $2 (35. Nf5 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. b3) 35... Bf6 36. b3 Rc3 37. Qxb7 (37. Nh2 $142 Rxb3 38. Qxb7) 37... g4 38. Ne1 f3 (38... Qh5 $142 39. Qd7 g3 40. fxg3 fxg3) 39. Qc7 $2 (39. g3) 39... fxg2 {And now ...g3 would win.} 40. Nxg2 {intending Nf4.} g3 41. fxg3 Rxg3 42. Rd2 Bd4+ 43. Kh2 Rxg2+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 80%.} (43... Rg4 $142 44. Qd8 Qh5+ 45. Qh4 Rxh4+ 46. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Kf3 Qxd2 49. a4 h5 50. axb5 Qf2+ 51. Ke4 Qe3+ 52. Kf5 Qe5#) 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,-1,12,12,35,18,60,61,77,60,100,102,119,118,148,145,172,92,83,84,99,83,81,83,77,0,0,-25,-36,-28,-25,-36,-31,-1102,-1102,-1368,-1313,-6311,-6270,-6215,-6215,-6195,-6170,-2431,-287]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Bd6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rc1 {[#] White is slightly better.} Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. g3 Be5 17. Qe2 {½-½ (43) Sundararajan,K (2420)-Schroeder,J (2550) Caleta 2017}) 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Rf3 c5 {[#]} 19. Rg3 ({But not} 19. Qxc5 $6 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Ne4 $16) (19. f5 $1 $18 Bd7 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5) 19... d4 $16 20. exd4 c4 21. Qc2 cxb3 {[#]} 22. Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Rab8 23. Rxg7+ (23. Qg5 $16 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg5g7]} Ne8 24. axb3) 23... Kh8 $1 $11 {aiming for ...Qxc5.} 24. Rg3 bxa2 25. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ng4 26. Ba1 $1 f6 27. Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qh4 $15 Qb1 28. Rgc3) 27... Rfc8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxg4 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qe6 {( -> ...Qe3+)} 31. Rg3 Rb1 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,18,49,49,39,17,26,29,22,0,25,8,1,-88,-68,-86,-52,-56,-55,-48,-52,-70,-68,-75,-68,-96,-87,-72,-64,-81,-96,-81,-50,-57,-60,-98,-65,-69,-65,-127,-103,-353,-364,-357,-359,-352,-351,-336,-333,-447,-440,-455,-454,-547,-541,-732,-731,-2410,-2323,-5329,-5314,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Nb3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} Ne5 9. a4 (9. f4 Nc4 10. Qd3 b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. b3 Nd6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rc8 {½-½ (39) Kryvoruchko,Y (2693)-Adhiban,B (2671) Monzon 2016}) 9... b6 10. O-O {White has an edge.} Bb7 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Nc4 12. Qd4 Rb8 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Be3 Ba8 15. Bf1 Nec6 {0-1 (60) Severiukhina,Z (2341)-Pustovoitova,D (2319) Dagomys 2010}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 Nc4 13. Kh1 (13. Nd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... h5 $17 14. h4 Ng8 15. Nd2 Bb4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Bd2 Nf6 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Rad1 d6 20. Qd3 e5 21. Re2 Rfe8 22. Rde1 Red8 23. Bf3 a5 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Kg2 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 (26. Qxc4 $1 $15 Rxc4 27. Bxc3) 26... Qxa4 {aiming for ...d5.} 27. Qe3 $2 (27. Kg1 $17) 27... d5 $19 28. exd5 e4 (28... Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Kh2 $17) 29. Bxh5 Nxh5 30. g4 Nf6 ({Less strong is} 30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. gxh5 $11) ({Not} 30... Bxd5 31. gxh5 Qc6 32. Qg3 $11) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. b3 Qb4 33. c4 a4 34. Qxe4 Qxb3 35. Rd4 {[#]} Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qe8+ (36. Rxc4 Bxd5) 36... Kg7 37. g5 Rxd4 38. gxf6+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,72,2,30,22,49,40,47,42,46,32,48,9,29,10,19,-14,-11,-8,0,-25,-33,-154,0,-60,-43,-101,-105,-96,-104,-98,-87,-104,-101,-719,-718,-714,-703,-702,-683,-874,-852,-850,-830,-12834,-12834,-29985,-2966,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rad1 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bf8 15. f4 g6 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Qf2 Ndf6 18. Be2 Ng7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {½-½ (37) Krasenkow,M (2640)-Duda,J (2563) Warsaw 2014}) 12... Bf8 {[%cal Be7f8,Bf8g7,Bg7h6,Bh6f4][%mdl 32]} 13. Ne5 a6 14. f4 {White is slightly better.} g6 15. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Ng5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5+ {0-1 (45) Danner,G (2360)-Wells,P (2460) Graz 1991}) 15... Bg7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rc1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rad8 19. Ba3 Bh6 {aiming for ...Nh5.} 20. Rcd1 (20. a5 $5) 20... Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 21. Qe3 {[#]} ({White should play} 21. Bc1 $15) 21... f6 $2 ({But not} 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc6 23. Be4 $17) ({Better is} 21... Nxf4 $1 $17 22. Rxf4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6) 22. Nxd7 ({White should try} 22. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Nxf4 24. Be4) 22... Rxd7 $15 23. d5 (23. Ne2 $15) 23... Bxf4 $17 24. Qh3 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 {[#] ...Re3 is the strong threat.} 27. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Rfe1 $17 Rdd8 28. Bf1) 27... Re3 $19 28. Qg2 Rexd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. gxh5 {Now Qa8+ and White clings on.} Rxa3 31. hxg6 Bg5 32. h4 Rxa4 33. Qd5+ Kg7 (33... Kh8 $142 34. g7+ Kxg7 35. Qg2 Rxh4+ 36. Kg1 h5 37. Rf2 Rg4 38. Kh1 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 b5 40. Kh3 b4 41. Kg2 b3 42. Re2 Qb7+ 43. Kh2 b2 44. Re1 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Qxb1 46. Kg2 Qe1 47. Kf3 Qf1+ 48. Ke4 Qd1 49. Kf5 Qg4#) 34. hxg5 Rh4+ {Black mates.} 35. Kg2 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+ {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 80%.} ({Less strong is} 36... Rf4+ 37. Ke3 $17) 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,110,33,39,34,43,23,41,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,21,13,50,47,52,53,56,45,53,-122,-124,-210,-71,-65,-72,-64,-67,-67,-71,-72,-57,-57,-57,-57,-60,-60,-57,-57,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-52,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,0,0,0,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-41,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-31,-60,-60,-60,49]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} 12. Nxe4 b5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ned2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rxc4 20. Ba3 {½-½ (20) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Fedoseev,V (2658) Moscow 2017}) 13... Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Ba3 (14. Be3 $14) 14... bxc4 $11 15. bxc4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bd6 Red8 18. Qb3 c5 19. Ne5 Nb8 20. dxc5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bd4 Nxc5 23. Qe3 Rf8 24. h4 Qc7 25. Qa3 {1-0 (25) Rotstein,A (2495)-Armbruster,A (2335) Germany 2008}) 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. dxc5 {[#] And now c6 would win.} Nxc5 18. Qe3 $1 Rfe8 ({Don't play} 18... Bxc4 $6 19. Rdc1 $16) 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Qa3 $1 Bxc4 21. Rbc1 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf2!} 22. Bf1 $2 {[#]} (22. Re1 $1 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} Nxf2 23. Kxf2) 22... Qb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 23. Rxc4 (23. Bxc4 $17 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1) 23... Rxc4 (23... Qxf2+ $19 {has better winning chances.} 24. Kh1 Nc3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3) 24. Bxc4 {Black must now prevent Be1.} Bc3 $1 ({Not} 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 $16) 25. Bc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Ne1 Be7 30. Nd3 g6 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Kg2 Rc7 33. f4 Kg7 34. Kf3 h5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. Ba6 Rc6 39. Bb5 Rc7 40. Rc1 Kd6 41. Rd1+ Ke7 42. Rc1 f6 {Black is slightly better.} 43. Rc2 Bb6 44. Rxc7+ Bxc7 {KB-KB} 45. Kf3 Ba5 46. Bd3 Kf7 47. Bc4 Be1 48. Bb3 a5 49. a4 f5 50. Bc4 Kf6 51. Kg2 e5 52. fxe5+ Kxe5 53. Kh3 f4 54. gxf4+ Kxf4 55. Bd3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} ({Better is} 55... g5 $15 56. hxg5 Kxg5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,98,52,51,67,54,62,29,79,67,99,94,47,-24,-27,-25,-29,-20,-25,-31,-34,-40,-20,-116,-92,-93,-98,-79,-75,-130,-142,-122,-86,-107,-93,-218,-256,-223,-256,-238,-199,-213,-219,-335,-339,-331,-333,-333,-322,-318,-323,-311,-181,-236,-99,-316,-273,-309,-289,-270,-225,-433,-445,-717,-710,-682,-672,-823,-796,-829,-795,-970,-909,-29975,-29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} Nc7 11. a4 a6 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Bh6 h4 17. Nh1 f6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (45) Mchedlishvili,M (2601)-Pantsulaia,L (2607) Tbilisi 2017}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Kh7 $1 15. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rad1 $1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 {1-0 (30) Gouloutis,N (2281)-Ilic,S (2058) Novi Sad 2016}) 18. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} (18. axb5 $6 Nxb5 19. Bf3 Nxc3 $11) 18... dxe5 19. d6 (19. axb5 Nxb5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $15) ({Better is} 19. f5 $14) 19... exf4 $11 20. Bxf4 (20. dxc7 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 (21. Bxd2 fxg3 22. axb5 gxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe2 $15) 21... fxe3 $15) 20... Ne6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 21. Be5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Be6 24. Qf4 (24. axb5 $11 {remains equal.} axb5 25. Qb4 (25. Bxb5 Ng4 $15)) 24... Qb6+ 25. Kh1 b4 26. Nce4 Nd5 27. Qf2 (27. Qh4 $142 Kg8 28. Bc4 (28. d7 Red8 $17)) 27... Qxf2 $17 ({Of course not} 27... Bxb2 $6 28. Nc5 $11) 28. Rxf2 Ne3 ({Resist} 28... Bxb2 29. d7 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Rd2 Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...f5.} 30. Bxa6 (30. Nf6+ $17 Bxf6 31. Rxf6) 30... Rc1+ $19 31. Nf1 f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Neg3 Bc4 33. Bb5 Rd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 34. d7 (34. Kg1 $142) 34... Be5 35. Bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rc2 {[#]} Rxc2 $1 37. Rxc2 Nxb2 38. Rc5 Bf6 (38... Bd6 $142 39. Rd5 Rxd7) 39. Rb5 (39. Rc7 {is a better defense.}) 39... Bc3 (39... Rxd7 $19 {has better winning chances. aiming for ...Rd1.} 40. Rxb4 Bc3) 40. a5 $2 (40. Rb7 $17) 40... Rxd7 41. Ne2 Rd1 42. Kg1 Ra1 43. g4 $2 (43. g3) 43... fxg4 44. Nxc3 (44. Rb7+ $142 Kg8 45. Kg2) 44... bxc3 {[%cal Bb4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] KRN-KRN} 45. Rc5 Nd1 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 h5 48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rc5 c2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,98,10,27,10,24,20,21,12,27,25,30,16,28,25,22,0,29,22,50,43,66,42,21,5,6,6,64,57,55,40,51,21,24,5,9,0,16,23,21,26,40,27,22,21,17,22,14,8,15,16,16,15,23,17,58,68,66,58,58,58,96,96,96,31,31,31,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,550]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} Nd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 (14... e5 $5) 15. Rfe1 h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 {[#]} 18. Rc1 $146 Qe7 19. Qe1 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qa1 a6 22. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Qb4 23. Nc4 Rb8 ({Black should try} 23... Bd7 $11) 24. Ra4 $14 Qb3 25. Ra3 Qb4 26. f3 Bd7 27. Ne5 Qd2 28. Nc4 Qb4 $1 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. Ra3 Bb5 32. Ne5 Ne8 33. Bxb5 axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Ra7 f5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Rb7 Nd6 37. Rb6 Nc4 38. Rxb5 Nxe5 39. dxe5 $14 {KR-KR} Kf7 40. Rb7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 {[#] Black must now prevent f4.} Kxe5 42. Rg6 ({White should play} 42. Kf2 $16) 42... h5 43. Rh6 Kf4 44. h4 {Strongly threatening Kh2.} Kg3 {[%cal Rc8c1] [#]} 45. Rg6+ Kxh4 46. f4 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kf2) 49... Rh1+ 50. Kxh1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,-17,-5,-40,-18,-50,-50,-77,-72,-80,-65,-62,-40,-40,-40,-47,-51,-64,-58,-60,-10,-12,0,0,-3,-70,-58,-49,-52,-75,-68,-97,-42,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6. Re1 Ngf6 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. a3 O-O {0-1 (37) Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Carlsen,M (2851) Stavanger 2016}) 6... Ngf6 7. Re1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. b3 Bc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. h3 b5 14. Nh4 Rfe8 $146 15. Kh1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 16. a3 Bf8 17. Nf5 a4 18. b4 c5 19. c3 c4 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Nf1 $1 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 {White must now prevent ...Rd3.} (23... Nbd5 {is more complex.} 24. Qc2 e4 25. Kg1 Qc8 26. Bb2 Re5) 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Be3 Nbd5 26. Bd4 (26. Qc2 $1 $11) 26... Bd6 $1 $15 27. Qd2 Be5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qd4 Qe8 (29... Re7 $1 $17 30. Nd2 e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Nd2 {[#]} e3 ({Much weaker is} 30... Rxf5 $6 31. Nxe4 Kh8 32. Kh2 $14) ({Better is} 30... Re7 $1 $17) 31. f4 $11 {The position is equal.} Re7 $1 32. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Rd7 35. Qc6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 79%.} ({Don't blunder} 35. Qxc4 $2 Qa8+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kh2 $2 Rd2+ 37. Re2 Qf3 $19) 36... Rd2 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,144,9,8,18,16,28,43,58,36,33,21,36,31,17,22,96,-10,-10,-8,-4,-18,22,-24,-31,-23,-37,-21,0,0,19,-39,-27,-23,0,0,-4,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-28,-72,-69,-68,-64,-101,-53,-53,-53,-60,-54,-53,-51,-47,-30,-33,-15,-37,-50,-49,-59,-104,-25,-13,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 12. Ne4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qd8 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 a5 19. g3 {½-½ (61) Safarli,E (2691)-Melkumyan,H (2633) London 2016}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} g6 15. Ne4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qg7 $1 16. Qc1 $146 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. Qc1 Rd8 18. Bh6 Qd4 19. Bg5 Nde7 20. Bf6 Qb6 21. g4 Nd4 22. Qh6 Nef5 23. gxf5 {1-0 (23) Alavkin,A (2484)-Krivoborodov,E (2301) Kaluga 2003}) 16... Nf5 $1 {[%cal Bd4f5,Bf5d6,Bd6c4,Bc4e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Nc3 $1 {And now Bxf5 would win.} Nde7 18. Be4 Rd8 {[#]} (18... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Bf4 ({White must play} 19. g4 $1 $16) 19... f6 $11 20. Bc7 {[%cal Bf4c7,Bc7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} Rd7 21. Ba5 Nd6 (21... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rf6f5]} 22. Ne2 Ndc6 $15) 22. Bf3 Nc4 23. Bb4 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3.} 24. Be4 N7c6 25. Bc5 b6 26. f4 (26. Bxc6 $11 Nxc6 27. Rxe6) 26... Nd3 $15 27. Qe3 Nxe1 ({But not} 27... bxc5 28. Bxc6 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 $14) (27... Nxc5 {looks sharper.} 28. Bxc6 Rd3 29. Bxa8 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qc7) 28. Bxc6 Nc2 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Bxd7 Qxe6 ({Much worse is} 30... Nxa1 $6 31. Bxc8 bxc5 32. Qc6 $16) 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Nd5 bxc5 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nb4 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Ne4 Nd3 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. b3 f5 ({Of course not} 39... Nxf4 $6 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Nxf6 $11) 40. Ng5 h6 41. Nf3 Nxf4 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 $17 {KN-KN} 43. Ne5 Kc7 44. g3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nc1 46. Nxg6 Kd6 47. Ke3 Nxa2 {aiming for ...Nc1.} 48. Nh4 Ke5 49. Nf3+ {[#]} Kd5 ({Black should try} 49... Ke6 $1 $17) 50. Nh4 $11 Nc1 {The position is equal.} (50... f4+ $5 51. gxf4 Nc1 $17) 51. Nxf5 Nxb3 {Hoping for ...Nd4.} 52. Kd3 a5 53. Nxh6 Nd4 54. Ng4 c4+ 55. Kd2 a4 56. Ne3+ Kc5 {...Kb4 is the strong threat.} 57. Kc3 Nb5+ 58. Kc2 a3 {Threatening ...Kd4.} (58... Kd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 59. Ng2 Ke4 $15) 59. h4 Kd4 60. Nd1 a2 61. Kb2 Kd3 62. Kxa2 Kd2 (62... Ke2 $5 63. Nb2 $8 c3 $11) 63. Nb2 c3 64. Nc4+ Kd3 65. Ne5+ Kd2 66. Nc4+ Kd3 67. Ne5+ Kd4 (67... Kd2 $5 68. Nc4+ $8 $11) 68. Nc6+ Kd5 69. Nb4+ Ke4 70. Kb3 Nd4+ 71. Kc4 c2 {[#]} 72. Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 71%, Black = 54%. . An unexpected result.} (72... Nxc2 $11 73. h5 Kf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,17,42,50,48,52,61,56,67,75,108,117,112,83,97,93,98,83,76,40,37,37,48,29,33,16,38,36,55,28,58,56,74,66,123,132,119,121,122,73,239,214,251,159,158,160,157,150,215,207,310,288,354,348,766,743,12814,11533,5027,1063,12825,1611,1459,1190,12844,12843,12843,12844,12844,12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Ne5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d5 12. Qa4 Qe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 15. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e3 a5 16. Rac1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 {0-1 (46) Melkumyan,H (2649)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Germany 2013}) 15... Rxe2 16. Nf4 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRe2]} Re6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rae1 Kf7 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Nc6 21. f5 exf5 $1 22. gxf5 g5 23. Re6 Ne7 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rd7 26. Bd2 a5 27. Be3 h6 28. h3 Nc8 ({Black should play} 28... c6 $14) 29. Rfc1 $16 Bd8 30. Bg1 Nd6 31. Rc6 Re7 $2 {[#]} (31... Ke8 $16) 32. Bh2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh2d6]} Nc4 33. R1xc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Be5 h5 35. Kf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} ({Much weaker is} 35. Rxc4 $6 c5 $11) 35... Re8 (35... b5 $16 {is a better defense.} 36. Rc5 c6 37. Rxc6 a4) 36. Rh6 ({Inferior is} 36. Rxc4 c5 $11) (36. Bxc7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7+ Kf6 $11) 36... c5 (36... Rf8 $142 37. Rxh5 b5) 37. Rh7+ (37. Rxh5 Bf6 $16) 37... Kf8 38. f6 ({Less strong is} 38. Rxh5 cxd4 39. Bxd4 a4 $16) 38... g4+ $2 (38... Bxf6 39. Bxf6 Re1) 39. hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 {[#] Kf5 would kill now.} Bxf6 41. Bxf6 cxd4 {KRB-KR} 42. Kf5 {Intending Kg6 and mate.} Re2 43. Bxd4 b5 44. Be5 Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rc7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,43,6,8,6,9,8,31,20,31,24,31,19,24,-7,0,-22,9,12,2,7,18,15,15,0,0,-10,-11,-17,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Nc3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 bxa4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 c4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxa4 {½-½ (55) Topalov,V (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Shamkir 2017}) 9... Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. axb5 {White is slightly better.} axb5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nd5 Nc6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 14. Nxe7+ (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. h3 $14) 14... Qxe7 {The position is equal.} 15. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 h6 16. Bh4 Nb4 {0-1 (36) Bajarani,U (2409)-Bindrich,F (2522) Chotowa 2010}) 15... Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf5 h6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxa1.} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. c3 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qb3 Qe6 22. Qxe6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,19,18,12,21,9,23,27,40,31,59,37,33,0,4,-49,19,-46,-70,-63,-40,-58,-59,-53,-22,-22,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-33,-16,-27,-35,-29,-23,-66,-8,-114,-47,-86,-87,-87,-93,-80,-83,-136,0,0,0,-159,-152,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 8. Qe1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 {White has an edge.} Bd6 (9... Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. f4 Rae8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Bd2 f5 {1-0 (34) Yu,Y (2729)-Dreev,A (2652) Doha 2016}) 10. g3 (10. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Kf8 11. Qh4 $11) 10... h5 11. Kg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Nge7 12. Nd2 f6 13. Be3 h4 14. Kg2 Qd7 {0-1 (26) Pershin,D (2263)-Chekhov,S (2474) St Petersburg 2014}) 11... h4 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 (13. Bg5 $11) 13... Nge7 (13... f6 $15) 14. c4 (14. Nf3 $11) 14... dxc4 $15 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Be4 Nxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Kb8 18. Rac1 hxg3 19. hxg3 f5 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. Rh1 Rd8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Rcd1 Rd6 26. Rh7 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 a6 28. Qxg7 f4 {And now ...R6d7 would win.} 29. Qc7 fxg3 ({Black should try} 29... Qd5 $1 $15) 30. fxg3 (30. Qxc6 $11 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxc6 32. Ke3) 30... Qf3 (30... Qe4 $17 31. b3 (31. d5 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Rb8 $17) 31... Rxd4 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Ka7) 31. Rd3 Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 1152] Threatens to win with ...Rf8. Black has strong compensation. White is in trouble.} 32. d5 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rc7b7] [#]} Qe1+ $1 33. Kg2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rc7b7] [#]} Qe2+ $1 34. Kg1 (34. Kh3 $142 Rb8 35. Qxd6) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kg2 $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rc7b7]} Qe2+ 36. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rc7b7]} ({But not} 36. Kh3 Rb8 $17) 36... Qxb2 37. Rb3 $2 (37. Rd2 $17 Qb1+ 38. Kg2) 37... Qa1+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,50,29,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,-45,-53,-62,-80,-343,-326,-327,-218,-220,-224,-228,-224,-205,-212,-212,-202,-214,-230,-1001,-1002]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Nc2 Ne5 {E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8 Re1} 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nd4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qh4 15. Be3 h6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rc1 Rae8 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. g3 {0-1 (40) Rashkovsky,N (2485)-Dorfman,J (2405) Moscow 1976}) 15. Nde2 $1 f5 (15... d5 $11) 16. exf5 (16. Nf4 $14) 16... Bxf5 $15 17. Be3 Nd3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxe3.} 18. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Qd2 $17 {was forced.} Nxe1 19. Rxe1) 18... Rxe3 $19 19. fxe3 {Black must now prevent Bg2.} Qh4 20. Bg2 {[#] Rf1 is the strong threat.} Qf2+ $1 ({Worse is} 20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 $11) 21. Kh1 Qxe3 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 22. Rf1 {aiming for Rf3.} Bxc3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 23. Nxc3 Ng3+ 24. Kh2 Qe5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 25. Rf3 $2 (25. Kg1 Qxc3 26. gxf5 Qd4+ 27. Kh2) 25... Ne4+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,137,0,4,31,29,42,-22,-8,2,22,21,52,25,59,39,50,56,60,30,34,18,13,17,15,7,47,45,55,58,99,88,98,95,89,84,79,61,79,71,191,178,166,166,159,30,38,27,45,28,25,53,53,58,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,27,33,-9,0,-64,0,8,8,12,12,12,232,255,411,413,87,287,443,431,441,445,447,425,424,437,426,410,458,319,498,438,487,478,734,734,734,734,734,734,734,712,712,712]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7... g6 8. Qg3 Bg7 9. h4 Qb8 10. Bf4 Be5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qd4 13. h5 Ne7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 {1-0 (46) Mamedov,R (2688)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 8. Qg3 Bd4 9. Nd1 $146 (9. Be3 $14 Be5 10. f4) ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd1 Qb8 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. Bg4 {0-1 (41) Chernyshov,K (2488)-Dreev,A (2639) St Petersburg 1999}) 9... Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. c3 Bf6 (10... Be5 $5 {[%cal Re5g3]} 11. f4 Bf6 $11) 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne3 g6 13. d4 Bg7 14. a4 Qd8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. a5 a6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qh4 21. Bf4 Rae8 22. Ra4 Qd8 23. Rb4 Qc8 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Ne5 Re7 (25... Nxe5 $16 26. dxe5 Qc7) 26. Nd3 $18 Rg8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Bg5 ({White should play} 28. Bd6 $16 Rd7 29. Ne5) 28... dxc4 $11 29. Ne5 h6 30. Rxc4 Qd8 31. Bd2 Kh7 $1 32. Bb4 Rc7 33. Rxc7 ({White should try} 33. Rec1 $1 $14 Rxc4 34. Rxc4) 33... Qxc7 34. Qc3 Rc8 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. Bd6 Rc2 37. Nxf7 Ne4 38. Be5 Nxf2 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Nd8 Ne4 41. b4 Rc4 42. Nxe6+ Kf6 43. Nc5 $1 Rxd4 44. Rb1 Nd6 45. Re1 Ne4 46. Rb1 Nd6 47. Re1 h5 48. Re6+ Kg5 49. h4+ Kf4 50. Re7 ({Better is} 50. Kf2 $11) 50... Rd1+ (50... Kg3 $15 51. Rg7+ Rg4 52. Rxg4+ fxg4) 51. Kh2 {[#] And now Rd7 would win.} Ne4 $1 52. Ne6+ (52. Rxb7 $2 Nf2 $17) 52... Ke3 53. Ng7 (53. Rxb7 Nf2 $17) 53... Kf2 $2 (53... Kf4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 54. Nxf5 $18 (54. Rxb7 $2 {gets mated.} Ng3 55. Kh3 Rh1#) ({Don't do} 54. Nxh5 $6 Rd4 $16) 54... Nf6 $2 (54... Rd5 55. Rxe4 Rxf5) 55. Ng3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re7e2] [#]} Ng4+ 56. Kh3 Kg1 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 57. Nxh5 Nf2+ 58. Kg3 Rd3+ 59. Kf4 Kxg2 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rd4+.} 60. Rg7+ Kh3 61. Rxb7 Ng4 62. Ke4 Re3+ (62... Nf2+ {was worth a try.} 63. Kf4 Kxh4) 63. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rf3 64. b5 axb5 (64... Ra3 $142 65. b6 (65. bxa6 Rxa5 66. Nf4+ Kg3 $16) 65... Ra4+ 66. Kc3 Rxa5 67. Nf4+ Kg3 68. Ne2+ Kh3) 65. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra3 66. a7 b4 67. Nf4+ Kxh4 68. Nd5 b3 69. Nc7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,119,19,25,7,14,0,0,4,17,10,15,8,19,0,8,0,60,41,49,43,97,92,120,116,114,119,199,62,129,91,91,60,57,34,67,93,197,185,220,206,202,183,200,180,178,182,171,97,95,24,375,373,381,391,370,384,356,370,347,340,302,30,75,65,83,60,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} O-O {LiveBook: 20 Games} 9. Nge2 Bd7 (9... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 10. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. b4 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bb7 15. Qd4 Rc8 {0-1 (89) Salinas Herrera,P (2396)-Real de Azua,E (2458) Moron 2013}) 10... bxc6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Ng7 14. h3 f6 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Re8 ({Black should play} 15... a5 $11) 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} h6 (17... gxf4 $1 $14 18. Bxf4 (18. Qxf4 a5 $11) 18... a5) 18. Rab1 $16 Qe7 19. b5 Nf5 20. Bh2 Qf7 (20... gxf4 $16 21. bxc6 (21. Rxf4 cxb5 22. Rg4+ Kh8 $14) (21. Nxf4 Qf7 $16) (21. Bxf4 e5 $16) (21. Qxf4 e5 $16) 21... Bxc6) 21. Ng3 (21. fxg5 $18 hxg5 22. Qd3) 21... Nh4 (21... Ng7 $14) 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rbe1 Qg6 24. Qd1 Bg7 25. Nh5 Bh8 {[#]} (25... gxf4 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Nxf4 Qg5) 26. g3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3h4,Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Nf5 27. g4 Nh4 28. Bg3 f5 29. Kh2 Rab8 30. fxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 31. Qd2 ({Don't do} 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Qd2 f4 $16) (31. Bxh4 $1 $18 {aiming for gxf5.} gxh4 32. Nf4 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Ncxe2 (34. Qxe2 Qf7 $11)) 31... Rb7 32. Ne2 (32. Bxh4 $16 gxh4 33. Rg1) 32... Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... fxg4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 33. hxg4 Nf5) 33. Bxh4 $1 fxg4 34. hxg4 gxh4 35. Nef4 Qg5 {White must now prevent ...e5.} 36. Qd3 e5 37. Nh3 Qh6 38. Qf5 $2 ({Better is} 38. Rf5 $18) 38... Bd7 39. Qg5+ Qxg5 40. Nxg5 Rhe7 41. dxe5 (41. Rf6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Bxf6 42. Nxf6+ Kf8 43. Rxe5) 41... Rxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h8]} Re2+ 44. Kh3 Bd4 45. Nh6+ Kh7 46. Nf5 Bxf5 47. Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re2h2]} 48. Kxh4 {Strongly threatening Kg5.} Kg6 {[%cal Re2h2]} 49. Nf4+ Bxf4 $1 50. Rxf4 {KR-KR} Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rc2 52. Ra4 {And now Kf4 would win.} (52. c6 $5) 52... Kg5 53. Rxa7 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 {Hoping for a4.} Kxg4 55. Rc7 Kf4 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. a4 Kd4 58. c6 Kc5 59. Kd2 Ra3 60. Rc8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 54%.} (60. a5 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,53,61,72,65,52,63,53,60,35,45,37,35,33,40,34,69,68,79,77,84,82,83,85,87,87,87,86,93,85,83,72,89,86,91,87,86,86,86,87,103,70,115,86,106,103,136,105,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,0,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,135,0,135,135,135,135,135,135,134,119,119,119,134,134,134,134,134,134,129,93,93,93,106,106,93,84,70,79,73,57,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bd2 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4} Qc7 (9... Ngf6 10. d5 a6 11. b4 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Bb7 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 {1-0 (30) Huzman,A (2577)-Khismatullin,D (2617) St Petersburg 2016}) 10. Rc1 (10. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Ngf6 11. a3 $14) 10... Re8 11. d5 {White is slightly better.} Ngf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Ne1 Ngf6 13. g3 Bf8 14. Ng2 g6 15. g4 h6 16. Kh1 Bg7 {1-0 (59) Gausel,E (2480)-Haznedaroglu,K (2358) Ohrid 2001}) 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 c5 15. b5 Nf8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Ra1 Bb7 18. Qc2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Qa2 Bb7 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. g3 g6 24. Qa8 Qb7 25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. Na4 Bd8 27. Ne1 Ne8 28. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} f6 29. h4 Kg7 30. f5 Bc8 31. Ng2 g5 32. Be2 Kg8 33. Ne3 h6 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. Kh3 Bc8 36. Kg2 Bd7 $1 37. Nc3 Bc8 38. Ncd1 Bd7 39. Nf2 Be7 40. Bf3 Bd8 41. Nh3 Be7 42. Nf1 Bd8 43. Nh2 Be7 44. Nf1 Bd8 $1 45. Bc1 Bc8 46. Ne3 Be7 47. Nf2 Bd7 48. Bg4 Ng7 49. Be2 Ne8 50. Kf1 Bc8 51. Bf3 Bd7 52. Ke2 Bc8 53. Bh5 Ng7 54. Bg6 Nxg6 55. fxg6 f5 {[#]} 56. exf5 $1 Nxf5 57. Nxf5 Bxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBB-KBN} 58. h5 $1 Kg7 59. g4 {White is better.} Bd7 60. Kf3 Bc8 61. Kg3 Bd7 62. Nd1 Bc8 63. Ne3 Bd7 64. Kf3 Bc8 65. Ke4 Kf6 66. Bb2 Bd8 67. Bc3 Bd7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Hovhannes H"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,78,5,3,-36,-8,-7,20,20,31,25,93,27,112,85,119,85,68,47,52,43,100,68,45,29,47,17,15,16,17,9,20,7,30,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,0,-23,-8,-10,-4,-53,-63,-164,-168,-159,-174,-157,-87,-89,-88,-184,-203,-194,-196,-162,-188,-277,-264,-265,-268,-259,1802]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} bxc6 {LiveBook: 49 Games} 7. Bg5 (7. O-O e5 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. c4 Nf6 10. c5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. h3 Bh5 {1-0 (45) Andreikin,D (2736)-Sakaev,K (2594) Sochi 2016}) 7... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 e5 9. Qd3 f6 10. Be3 d5 11. O-O d4 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. b4 Qa7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 {1-0 (29) Garcia,G (2199)-Deus Filho,J (1926) Caldas Novas 2017}) 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} e5 {[#] And now ...Qxh4 would win.} 9. Bxd8 exd4 10. Ba5 Bb7 (10... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. O-O (11. Nxd4 $16 c5 12. Nf5) 11... Kd7 (11... c5 $11) 12. Nbd2 $16 c5 13. c3 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Re6 (15... Nf6 $14) 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ba5 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 19. exd6 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bxd6 21. Ne4 (21. Nc4 {is interesting.} Re8 22. f3 Bc6 23. b3 Bf8 24. Nd3) 21... Re8 22. Nxd6 (22. f3 {feels hotter.} f5 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nf4) 22... Kxd6 23. Nd3 Re4 24. b3 (24. f3 {with more complications.} Rd4 25. Be1 Ne3 26. Rd2 Nc4 27. Rc2) 24... Rd4 25. Nb2 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke5 27. Ne3 Nb4 28. a3 Nd3 29. Bb6 Bd5 30. Nxd5 (30. b4 $15) 30... Kxd5 $15 {KB-KN} 31. Kf1 Nc1 32. b4 c4 ({Black should play} 32... cxb4 33. axb4 Nd3) 33. Be3 $17 {[#]} Na2 $1 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 34. Ke2 (34. Ke1 $17 Nc3 35. Bc5) 34... Nc3+ $19 35. Kf3 Nb1 36. a4 Nc3 37. a5 (37. Bc5 $142) 37... Na2 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 38. b5 axb5 39. a6 Ke5 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 41%, Black = 42%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (39... Kc6 $19 40. Ke2 Nb4) 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,9,42,42,40,41,46,33,31,31,33,29,44,-3,51,-22,0,-35,-40,-41,0,0,0,-82,-89,-89,-24,-43,-40,-26,-3,-2,-13,-34,13,-51,0,-71,-70,-69,-60,-125,-91,-149,-152,-194,-199,-247,-238,-381,-357,-378,-365,-580,-572,-575,-518,-699,-552,-550,-528,-531,-533,-518,-513,-508,-508,-562,-541,-515,-503]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (7. a3 Bd6 8. Bb2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qc3 {0-1 (53) Kempinski,R (2637)-Fridman,D (2642) Germany 2015}) 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 Be7 9. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Ba6 {1-0 (24) Castaneda,G (2500)-Roemersma,A (2106) Amsterdam 2014}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Bg4 (12... Ne5 $11) 13. Be2 (13. dxc6 $14 c4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. cxb7 Qxb7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Nd4) 13... Bf5 14. Bc4 a6 15. a4 Qb6 (15... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c4 $15) 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Ba3 {[#]} (17. Ba2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4c3]} 18. Rac1 Nxc3 (18... Nxc4 $17 19. Qxc4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qa5) 19. Rxc3 $11 Bf6 {[%cal Be7f6,Bf6e5,Be5d6,Bd6c5][%mdl 32]} 20. Rcc1 Be4 21. Rfd1 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Ne1 Be5 23. f3 (23. Bd3 $11 Bxd3 24. Nxd3) 23... Qh6 (23... Bg6 $15) 24. f4 {[#]} (24. fxe4 $11 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+) 24... Bd6 $1 $17 25. Ba2 Re8 26. Qd2 (26. Bb2 $1 $15) 26... b6 27. Bb2 (27. Qb2 $142) 27... c4 28. Bc3 Bc5 29. d6 {d7 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 30. Bd4 (30. Nc2 $142 Nb3 31. Bxb3 cxb3 32. Nd4 Qxd6 33. Nxb3 Qxd2 34. Bxd2) 30... Qxd6 $19 31. Qf2 Qe6 32. Nc2 (32. Bb1 {only move.}) 32... Nb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rb1 Qf5 34. Rf1 Bxc2 35. Qxf5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Bxd4 37. exd4 Nxd4 38. Rf2 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Kf1 Ra8 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,0,8,-8,-10,-9,-8,-25,0,0,0,-45,-12,-71,-36,-95,-79,-128,-118,-98,-82,-84,-110,-420,-231,-885,-878,-930,-937,-886,-852,-817,-747,-917,-907,-900,-894]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfc1 $146 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 f5 13. h3 Rf7 14. Bb1 Raf8 15. a4 Rf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1-0 (69) Bacrot,E (2695)-Cornette,M (2586) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 Qf6 13. a5 {The position is equal.} (13. b4 $5) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Qh6 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 15. h3 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6] White must now prevent ...Rg6.} 16. Bxe4 (16. d5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... fxe4 $17 17. Nh2 (17. Nd2 $15) 17... Rg6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Qxh3.} 18. Kh1 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f3] Strongly threatening ...Rf3.} (18... Qg5 19. Rg1 $11) 19. Ba3 {[#]} c5 $1 {Hoping for ...Rf3.} ({Don't play} 19... bxa5 $6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxa5 $14) ({Of course not} 19... Qg5 20. Rg1 $11) (19... Bxa3 $6 20. Rxa3 Qg5 21. Rg1 $11) 20. Rg1 Qh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 21. Raf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21. Ra2 $17 {is more resistant.}) 21... Nf6 (21... Rf3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Bxh2.} 22. Bxc5 (22. gxf3 exf3 23. Qb2 Rxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Qxh3 25. Rg3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 f2+ 27. e4 f1=Q#) 22... bxc5) 22. Nd1 $2 (22. dxc5 Bxh2 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Bxf8 Bxg1 25. Be7) 22... Bxh2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Kxh2 Ng4+ $1 24. Qxg4 Rxg4 25. axb6 Rg5 26. Bxc5 {[#]} Rxc5 $1 27. dxc5 Qh5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,74,33,35,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,-27,-43,-70,-71,-66,-61,-86,-74,-112,-120,-109,-118,-122,-38,-143,-65,-74,-55,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rd8 {LiveBook: 11 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. Bd3 Qc7 (12... h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Kf8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Bxg5+ {1-0 (35) Nakamura,H (2786)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2017}) 13. g4 $146 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (37) Georgescu,V-Pavlov,M Bucharest 1965}) 13... b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Ne2 a5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 $1 20. f5 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 21. Nf3 b4 {Hoping for ...bxa3.} 22. a4 b3 23. Rc1 Qa7 ({Reject} 23... Bxa4 $6 24. cxb3 Bc6 25. f6 $11) (23... Qb6 $17 24. f6 bxc2+ 25. Rxc2 Bf8) 24. Bc4 ({Better is} 24. c3 $15) 24... bxc2+ (24... Bxa4 $17 25. cxb3 Bxb3) 25. Rxc2 $15 Bxa4 26. Rc3 $1 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} Bb4 28. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3a7]} Bxc3 29. Qxa7 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Rb2+ 32. Kc1 Rc8 {( -> ...Bd4+)} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Bb7 {Ne1 is the strong threat.} Rc2+ 35. Kb1 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 {Strongly threatening Ne1.} Rc2+ 37. Kb1 Rb2+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,0,-7,0,0,0,0,14,5,20,22,31,0,0,-19,0,0,0,-16,-6,-20,17,21,27,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,111,99,96,252,250,236,214,216,197,193,147,311,218,224,238,251,239,243,247,221,159,166,170,154,146,285,284,510,522,524,493,905,880,1088,1101,990,682,998,834,1430,1381,29955,29955,29949,29957,6207,5947,29969,29966,29971,29971,29970,29972,29972,29970]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ng4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (10... Re8 11. d3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nfd2 Nb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. f4 Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. a3 b6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (54) Robson,R (2668)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. d3 f6 12. a3 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Re4 Bc5 16. Re2 Kh8 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. Ne4 {0-1 (40) Buchal,S (2255)-Buhmann,R (2601) Verden an der Aller 2014}) 13... Qe8 14. Ra2 Kh8 15. Rae2 (15. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 16. Qxg4 $14) 15... Qh5 16. h3 Nh6 17. g4 Qf7 18. Nbd2 e5 19. Nf1 g5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Re4 Rab8 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. c5 Bc7 $1 ({Much worse is} 23... Bxc5 24. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg4 25. hxg4 $16) 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 {b5 is the strong threat.} b5 26. Bd2 Rfd8 (26... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. h4 Nxg4 28. hxg5 f5 $2 {[#]} (28... Rg8 $16) 29. g6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg6f7][%mdl 512]} hxg6 (29... Qxg6 30. Nh4) 30. Ng5 Qd7 {[#]} 31. Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg4 32. N3e4 Rf8 $2 (32... Bf5 $16) 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Ng5 Qd7 35. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 36. Qxg4 Kg7 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 39. Ra1 Kg8 (39... Rh8 $16 40. f3 Bb8) 40. Ra7 Bb8 $2 (40... Bd8 {might work better.} 41. Qh3 Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Qh7+ Ke6 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qg7+ Ke6 46. Qxg6+ Bf6) 41. Qd7 Qxd7 42. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf7 (42... e4 $142 43. dxe4 Be5) 43. Rd8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {KB-KB} 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kf3 Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc7 48. Bg5 Bb8 49. Bd8 Kd7 50. Bb6 Ke6 51. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32] White mates.} g5 52. Bd8 Kd7 53. Bxg5 Ke6 54. f4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,30,16,24,22,20,10,10]} 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 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] And now ...Be6 would win.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 16. d4 $146 Nf6 {½-½ (29) Kuzubov,Y (2637)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Minsk 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,74,-16,-20,-18,-15,0,0,0,0,47,26,59,40,62,65,166,35,38,37,34,32,30,34,31,43,32,0,21,18,21,20,18,0,0,0,104,85,91,94,100,96,81,8,8,6,45,45,44,31,33,31,45,45,50]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 13. Be3 (13. Bc2 Rc7 14. Be3 Rd7 15. Qe2 Qa8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ba4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bb3 R5d6 20. Bc2 {½-½ (43) Shubin,K (2399)-Usmanov,V (2423) St Petersburg 2016}) 13... Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16. a4 Qd6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. h5 Bf6 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Qg4 {0-1 (65) Jocev,M (2082)-Skare,G (2322) Belgrade 2011}) 14. Qe2 Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 15. Rad1 g6 16. h3 Qb8 17. Bb1 Rd7 18. Ba2 Rcd8 {[#]} ({Better is} 18... Qc7 $14) 19. Bg5 (19. Ng5 $1 $18) 19... Nxd4 $14 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 {[#]} 21. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng4 $1 {[#]} (21... fxe6 22. Qxe6+) 22. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 {( -> ...Qh2+)} (22... Kxf7 23. Qxe7+) 23. hxg4 Bxg5 24. Ba2 Rd2 25. Qc4 Kh6 {...Rxf2! is the strong threat.} 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Rd1 {aiming for Rxd2.} Qd6 (27... Rxb2 28. Rd3) 28. Bb3 Qe7 (28... Qc6 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Qxc6 Bxc6) 29. Rxd2 $16 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 {Hoping for Rd7.} Qxd2 31. Ne2 {Strongly threatening f4.} ({But not} 31. Qf7 $6 Qf4+ 32. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 33. Kh3 Kg7 $11) 31... Bd5 {[#]} ({Not} 31... Qxb2 $2 32. f4 $18) 32. Qxd5 (32. Qc8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc8f8]} Be7 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. f4) 32... Qxe2 $11 33. Qf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Qe7 34. Qxe7 {White is slightly better.} Bxe7 35. Bd5 Bf6 36. b3 Bb2 37. a4 a5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,169,3,29,24,25,18,24,30,34,0,-9,-56,0,-2,-12,-30,-15,-28,-21,-25,-29,-28,0,0,0,-14,-16,-10,0,-8,-7,-10,0,-22,-12,-46,-38,-77,-63,-74,-46,-40,-33,-47,-40,-47,-43,-48,-40,-59,-47,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,83,81,83,67,63,86,77,76,76,74,75,51,37,29,40,54,130,130,132,142,127,128,121,119,185,177,170,53,79,98,120,104,142,129,135,108,150,146,137,138,181,180,172,168,179,177,170,125,135,129,135,125,185,187,217,202,464,557,700,683,782,717,1152,1004,1439,1410,1193,1283,2042,1838,2735,1872,29980,29980,29979,29980,29982,29983,29984,29985,29986,29987,29988,29983,29983,29984,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 (3. d4 Ngf6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. c3 e6 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Rb8 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. cxb4 Rxb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Na2 Rb7 14. Rfc1 {½-½ (14) Banusz,T (2616)-Nabaty,T (2640) Zalakaros 2017}) 3... e5 4. d3 Bd6 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} c6 7. exd5 cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nxd5 8. d4 O-O 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Qxd4 {1-0 (38) Anastasopoulos,T-Loverdos,S Athens 1952}) 8. c4 {White has an edge.} d4 9. Re1 O-O 10. c5 Bc7 (10... Nxc5 $15 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 Qc7) 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 a5 {next ...Qe7 is good for Black.} 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nfd2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Be6 17. f4 f5 {[#]} 18. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qd7 21. h4 Bd5 22. Bf4 (22. e6 $5 Bxe6 23. Qc5 $11) 22... Rfe8 23. h5 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Nd8 25. Rac1 Ne6 26. Rc2 Rac8 27. Rec1 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Kh8 29. Kf2 Ra8 (29... a4 {feels hotter.} 30. Qd1 Ra8 31. Qf3 Ra5 32. Rc4 Rd5) 30. Qd1 Rc8 (30... a4 $15) 31. Rxc8+ $11 Qxc8 32. Bd2 Qc6 33. Qf3 {And now Qxc6 would win.} Qc2 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. e6 Nxe6 (35... Nb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3d2]} 36. e7 Qxd2+ 37. Kf1 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qe1 $11) 36. Qd5 Qc8 37. Qxf5 a4 38. Qe5 Kg8 39. Qb5 Kh7 (39... Nc5 $11) 40. Qxa4 $16 Qc5 41. Qe8 Qf5 $1 42. b4 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Ke1 $1 Qg4 {[#]} 45. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh3 $1 (45... Nxf4 46. Qe4+) 46. Qg6+ Kh8 $1 47. Qe4 Nxf4 (47... b5 $14) 48. Qxf4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 $1 Qxh5+ 51. Ke4 Qe2+ (51... Qe8+ $16 {was worth a try.} 52. Kxd4 Qa8) 52. Kxd4 $18 Qb2+ 53. Ke4 (53. Kc5 $1 $18) 53... Qe2+ 54. Qe3 Qc2 55. Kf5 $1 Qc6 56. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4c6] aiming for Qxc6.} Qf6+ 57. Kg4 Qg5+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ 59. Ke3 Qg5+ 60. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Qe7+ 61. Kd2 $1 Qd7 62. Qe5 b5 63. Ke3 Qa7+ 64. Ke4 Qb7+ 65. Kd4 {Hoping for Qe8+.} Qa7+ (65... Qd7+ $16 66. Qd5 Qa7+ 67. Ke4 Qe7+ 68. Kf3 Qf6+ 69. Ke3 Qa6) 66. Kd5 Qd7+ {[#]} 67. Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Qf5+ $2 {[#]} (67... Qc8 {was called for.} 68. Qg6 Qc3 69. Qe8+ Kh7) 68. Kc6 $1 h5 69. d4 Qd3 70. Qe5 Qxa3 71. Kxb5 Qd3+ 72. Kb6 Qg6+ 73. Ka5 Qg4 74. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} h4 75. gxh4 Qxh4 76. b6 {White mates.} Qd8 77. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Qa8+ 78. Kb5 Qa2 79. d6 Qb3+ 80. Kc6 Qc4+ 81. Kb7 Qf7+ 82. Qe7 Qd5+ 83. Kb8 Qg8+ 84. Kc7 Qc4+ 85. Kd8 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Karen Asrian Memorial 2017"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,29,22,25,40,18,19,20,59,52,64,32,50,57,75,67,85,78,79,85,85,87,93,50,51,12,64,17,36,0,6,8,33,10,22,18,25,19,18,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,39,12,14,0,39,0,0,-56,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 f5 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 h6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Qd2 Rad8 {½-½ (42) Mamedov,R (2650)-Andriasian,Z (2594) Minsk 2015}) 5. Nd5 Nf6 6. a3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Be7 7. d3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a5 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 d6 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. d4 {1-0 (30) Negro,R (2169)-Ottavi,M (1991) Bratto 2015}) 8. e3 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. b3 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. Bb2 Nd8 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. d4 Nf7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc3 c5 (17... O-O-O $11) 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bf1 g5 20. O-O-O a6 21. Qc2 Rg8 22. Bd3 Nh6 23. Rdg1 O-O-O 24. Kb1 gxh4 25. gxh4 e4 26. fxe4 Rxg1+ 27. Rxg1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Nhg4 28. exf5 {Threatens to win with Bc1.} (28. e5 $5 Nxe5 29. Bxf5 $11) 28... Qxe3 29. Rf1 Qg3 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Ne2 ({White should play} 31. Ka2 $11) 31... Qxh4 (31... Qg2 $1 $15 32. Re1 Qf2) 32. Qf4 Qh3 33. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Qh1+ 34. Rf1 Qg2 35. Rg1 Qf2 36. Rf1 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Nf4 h4 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 39. Bxf6 Nxf6 40. Rh1 {[#]} (40. Kc2 $11) 40... Nh5 ({Better is} 40... Rxd3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Nxd3 Bxf5 42. Rxh4 (42. Kc2 Ng4 $17) 42... Bxd3+ 43. Kb2 Nd7 44. Rh8+ Kc7) 41. f6 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxf6 {Hoping for ...h3.} ({Not} 41... Nxf4 $2 42. f7 $18) 42. Rxh4 Ng4 (42... Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 43. Kc2 Rf2+ 44. Kc1 Kc7 $11) 43. Rh8+ Kc7 44. Rh7 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Ne5 45. Bc2 Rg3 46. Kb2 Kc8 47. Rh8+ Kc7 48. Rh7 Rg4 49. Nd3 Nxd3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

