[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vourlis-Koletis, Miltiadis"]
[Black "Nitin, S.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 h5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nge4 a6 14. Bf3 Ne8 15. Be7 Ne5 16. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Kxf8 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. f4 Qd7 20. Na4 h4 21. h3 Qxh3 22. Qxh3 Bxh3 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Nc3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Kg2 b4 27. Nd1 Nc7 28. Ne4 Re8 29. Ndc3 bxc3 30. Nxc3 Rb8 31. Re2 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Nxd5 33. Rd2 Nxf4+ 34. Kf3 Nd3 35. a4 g5 36. a5 g4+ 37. Kg2 Be4+ 38. Kh2 Ne5 39. Rxd6 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Rb2 41. Kg2 g3 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Cote, Frederic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. d4 e6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. e5 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Ne4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nbc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Ra7 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qe4 Ne7 15. Bd2 Qc6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qh7 Rg4 19. h3 Rg6 20. Ng5 Kd8 21. Qxf7 Kc7 22. h4 Ra8 23. Be3 Rag8 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rad1 R8g7 26. Qf4 Nf5 27. g3 Qc6 28. Qxb4 Rxg5 29. hxg5 Rxg5 30. Rd3 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ganiaridis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qc7 Ba6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxc6 Bxe2 16. a4 Bf6 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bc3 g6 21. f4 Bc4 22. a5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. Bb4 Bd8 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Bd6 f6 30. Nd3 Kf7 31. h4 h5 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Ba3 Kd7 34. Nb4 Bb7 35. Kd3 Bc7 36. Ke3 Bd8 37. Kf2 Be4 38. Ke3 Bb1 39. Kf2 b5 40. Ke3 Ba5 41. Kf3 Bb6 42. d5 Bf5 43. dxe6+ Kxe6 44. Nc6 Kd5 45. Ne7+ Kc4 46. Bd6 Bd4 47. b4 Bc3 48. Nc6 Kd5 49. Na7 Bd7 50. Be7 Bd4 51. f5 gxf5 52. Bc5 Bxc5 53. bxc5 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Hrysogelou, Athanasia-Panagiota"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qb5 18. Qxb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bg7 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd5 Nc6 24. Rxb5 Rc7 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Re3 Na7 27. Rb4 Nc6 28. Rb6 Na5 29. Rc3 Rd7 30. Ke2 Nc6 31. Rcb3 Nd8 32. Rd3 Rc7 33. Nd4 h5 34. h4 Bh6 35. g3 Rc5 36. f4 Bg7 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Kd7 39. Kd3 Kc7 40. Rb1 Bf8 41. Ke4 Bc5 42. Kd5 b6 43. f5 Bxd4 44. cxd4 gxf5 45. Rf1 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hidzos, Georgios"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nc3 f5 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. e3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. Nd3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rfd8 21. Qh4 e5 22. Qg5 Rf8 23. Qxf5 Nd5 24. Qh5 Nxe3 25. Nxe5 Rf5 26. Rxd6 Rxh5 27. Rd7 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Becking, Franz Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. a4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qb3 c5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Nxd5 O-O 16. Nxb6 Rad8 17. dxc5 Nxe5 18. Be3 Ba5 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. h3 Nc6 21. Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Kf8 25. Bc5 Bxb6 26. Bxb6 Ke8 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Bc5 Nd8 29. Ke2 Ne6 30. Ba3 a5 31. Ke3 f5 32. g4 g6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. h4 h5 35. b3 Kc6 36. Bb2 Nc5 37. Bc3 Kxd6 38. Bxa5 Ke6 39. Bb6 Na6 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kg6 42. Ke5 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Mixakis, Evangelos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Bf4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Nfd4 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrov, Marian"]
[Black "Loukopoulos, Panagiotis-Athanasi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O dxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. Nd4 Qxc3 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Nb5 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxe5 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Ng6 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Nc4 Qh5 27. Ne3 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qxh4 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sotiropoulos, Anastasios-Theohari"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. c4 dxe5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O h6 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Nc2 Ne6 14. Nb5 f5 15. Bd5 Re8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Nd6 Nf6 19. c5 Bf8 20. Ne3 b5 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Rd3 f4 23. gxf4 Bxd6 24. f5 gxf5 25. cxd6 Ne4 26. Qc1 Rg6+ 27. Ng2 f4 28. Qc2 Qg5 29. Rg3 fxg3 30. Qxe4 gxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qh5+ 32. Nh4 Rg4 33. Qxg4+ Bxg4 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefanou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nh6 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. a4 Bd7 15. Re1 Re8 16. a5 Bc6 17. a6 e6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 b5 21. Bc3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. d5 Qxc4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd4+ Qf6 28. Qxa7 Qxa1 29. Qxb8 Qxa6 30. Qb2+ f6 31. Qc3 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 d5 33. h4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qb6 35. Kg2 d4 36. Qc8 Qd6 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qb2 d3 39. Qd2+ Kg7 40. Kf3 Qd4 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Qe1 Kf7 44. Qa5 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qe2+ 46. Kd4 d2 47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Iskos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,11,39,0,20,14,33,16,39,39,34,31,38,25,52,44,79,72,75,65,85,26,58,29,44,56,67,80,52,28,40,37,66,60,50,65,83,56,40,60,63,0,0,0,62,58,168,116,199,195,294,293,290,277,367,360,352]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. a3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (8... Qe7 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nfe4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 {½-½ (55) Lenic,L (2641)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 10. e3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Be1 a5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {½-½ (42) Nautsch,W (2206)-Kholmov,R (2478) Dresden 2001}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be2 h5 14. h3 Qe6 15. O-O Qf5 16. Qxf5 Bxf5 17. f3 h4 18. c5 ({Better is} 18. e4 $16 Be6 19. Rd2) 18... Nh5 19. Bc4 Ng3 20. Rf2 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rfd2 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rd7+ Re7 25. c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} bxc6 26. Bb4 Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg6 28. Ke1 (28. Rxc7 $14 a5 29. Bc3) 28... a5 $11 29. Bc3 a4 (29... Ra7 $11) 30. Rxc7 $14 Rd8 ({Black should try} 30... Ra6 $14) 31. Rxc6 (31. Ra7 $18) 31... Rd3 {[#]} (31... Nf5 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Bd2 $1 $18 Nf1 {[#]} (32... e4 $142 33. Rc4 exf3 34. gxf3 (34. Rxh4 Rxd2 35. Rg4+ Kf7 $15) 34... Nf1) 33. Bc1 $1 ({Not} 33. Kxf1 Rxd2 34. Rc4 Rxb2 $16) 33... Ng3 34. Rc4 e4 35. fxe4 Rd8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,0,5,-6,-18,-28,3,0,10,7,19,13,15,23,26,0,34,26,25,25,26,26,27,19,39,29,93,106,202,206,289,291,332,343,337,344,308,262,303,275,291,265,260,257,250,225,301,271,1169,1137,1021,420,657,315,310,285,752,522,522,522,522,522,522,522,514,503,514,514,514,514,514,415,477,0,478,467,514,514,514,514,514,514,510,507,454,454,450,420,443,443,413,393,505,493,715,698]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 {LiveBook: 1443 Games} 8. Bb5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Rg1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rxf5 {0-1 (40) Kasparov,G (2812)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Qb6 (9... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 10. Be2 b5 $11) 10. Kh1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Ba6 {½-½ (25) Dunnington,A (2280)-Kwiatkowski,F (2255) Southampton 1986}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 2080] White has some pressure.} Bd7 (14... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 15. a5 Qc7 $11) 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb5 {[#]} 17. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 18. exf6 Kh8 19. axb5 Rg8 (19... Qxb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. f5 e5) 20. f5 e5 (20... Rac8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 21. Qxd5 $18 Qxf6 (21... Raf8 $142 22. Qxe5 a6 23. bxa6 bxa6) 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qe4 (23. Qxa7 Rxb5 24. c3 Rb6 $18) 23... Rxb5 24. Rxa7 Rbb8 25. Ra5 Rge8 26. Re1 Qd6 27. c3 ({Don't do} 27. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 28. Qxe5+ Qxe5 $16) 27... Rbc8 28. Rd5 (28. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 29. Qxe5+ Qxe5 $18) 28... Qc6 29. Rd3 ({Resist} 29. Rxe5 Qxe4 30. R5xe4 (30. R1xe4 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxc3 $18) 30... Rxe4) 29... Qb5 30. Rh3 {Threatening mate with Qh4.} Rc4 $2 (30... Qc4 31. f6 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Re6) 31. Qe2 {White wants to mate with Qh5.} f6 32. Rh4 (32. Ra1 $142 Rxb4 33. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 34. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. cxb4) 32... e4 (32... Rec8 $142 33. h3 Qd5) 33. Rh6 (33. Ra1 $142 {White threatens Rxh7+ and mate.} Rxb4 {[#]} 34. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. cxb4) 33... Rf8 34. Ra1 Rxb4 $2 {[#]} (34... Qd5 35. Rd1 Qb5) 35. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 36. Ra7+ Qb7 37. Rxb7+ Rxb7 38. Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Rc7 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qg3+ Rg7 43. Qf3 $2 ({White should play} 43. Qe3 $18) 43... Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rc7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 44. Qg4+ Rg7) 44. h3 Rc5 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qd8 Rc6 47. Qd4 Rgc7 48. Kh2 Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kf8 50. Qg6 Rg7 51. Qh6 Kg8 52. Qe3 {Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Rgc7 53. Qe8+ Kg7 (53... Kh7 $142 54. c4 Rd6) 54. h4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Tsarouhas, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,76,40,51,-1,68,55,74,66,73,25,29,24,22,17,50,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-37,-34,-23,-39,-46,-50,0,-54,-72,-65,-22,-85,-100,-79,-70,-75,-88,-91,-112,-109,-115,-91,-90,-93,-73,-58,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3 Nb4 {LiveBook: 20 Games. B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} 11. Ng3 ({White should play} 11. b3 $14) 11... c6 $146 (11... d5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bb1 Nc6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be4 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 {0-1 (73) Ganguly,S (2613)-Shimanov,A (2606) St Petersburg 2014}) 12. Be2 $14 d5 {White is slightly better.} 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g6 $1 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Bd6 a5 17. Rfe1 b6 18. a3 Na6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5,Bb4a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 19. b4 {Black should prevent b5.} bxc5 20. bxc5 Nc7 21. Bg4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne8 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. Bxc8 (24. Bd1 {seems wilder.} Ne6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Nge2 N8c7 27. Bc2) 24... Rxc8 25. Na4 Ra8 26. Ne2 Ng7 27. Rb1 Nf5 28. Rb7 (28. Nb6 $11 Ra7 29. Na4) 28... Qc8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc8b7]} 29. Rb3 {Hoping for Nb6.} Qe6 (29... Qa6 $5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 30. g4 Qc4 $15) 30. Nb6 (30. g4 $11 Nh4 31. f3) 30... Re8 $17 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e2,Be2a2][%mdl 32]} 31. Be3 {[#]} Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxg5 {Threatens to win with Be3.} Qxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 {[%cal Re2e1]} 34. Kf1 {[#]} Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ra2a1] Strongly threatening ...Ra1+.} ({But not} 34... Nxd4 $6 35. Rd3 $11) 35. Be3 Ne6 36. Rd3 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 Ng5 (37... Rb2 $15) 38. Nc8 $11 Ne4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Grapsa, Georgia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qg2 b4 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Na4 Bb7 17. f3 Bc6 18. g5 Ne8 19. f4 Ng6 20. Rhe1 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. f5 Bxe4 23. Qh3 Ne5 24. fxe6 Nfg4 25. Rf1 Bf3 26. Bd4 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rf3 28. Qg2 Raf8 29. Nb6 Rxb3 30. axb3 Qxe6 31. Qb7 Nxh2 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qxa6 Nf3 34. Qa5 Nd4 35. Nc4 Re8 36. Qxb4 Ra8 37. Kb1 h5 38. Qd6 Qxd6 39. Nxd6 Ra6 40. Nc4 Nf3 41. b4 Rc6 42. Ne3 h4 43. b5 Rb6 44. c4 h3 45. Ka2 h2 46. Ng4 Kf7 47. Rh1 Ke7 48. c5 Rxb5 49. Nxh2 Nxh2 50. Rxh2 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nitin Shankar Madhu"]
[Black "Milovanovic, Ninoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O-O h5 10. Kb1 Be6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 Qd6 14. f4 f6 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Rd2 Nf5 17. exf5 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Re4 19. Nc3 Rxf4 20. Qe1 Rb8 21. b3 Qb4 22. Bd3 Qxc3 23. Qe7+ Kh6 24. fxg6 Rh8 25. g7 Rg8 26. Qf8 Be6 27. Re2 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,22,40,36,22,32,29,32,77,54,67,63,58,0,6,7,20,8,8,43,138,135,163,147,154,121,141,145,137,142,131,109,239,243,243,243,478,239,430,392,747,739,708,556,2958,2357]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (6. Nf3 b6 7. Ne5 d5 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Na6 14. e4 {½-½ (37) Bachmann,A (2646)-Granda Zuniga,J (2658) Buenos Aires 2017}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Ne2 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O e4 10. Nbc3 c6 11. h3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Re8 13. Raf1 Bg4 14. Rxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (22) Alexiadis,H (2189)-Livaic,L (2372) Porto Carras 2015}) 11... Re8 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 d5 14. Rfe1 (14. f3 $14) 14... Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f3 $36 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 2080] Black should prevent fxe4. White fights for an advantage.} Qd6 17. Qf2 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nb4 (17... exf3 $14 18. Bxf3 Be6) 18. fxe4 $16 Nd3 19. e5 Qd8 20. Qc2 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Ne4 22. Ngxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 h5 (23... Rf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Rf1 $18 ({Don't do} 24. Nd6 $6 Rf8 $16) 24... hxg4 {[#]} 25. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f7]} Qe7 $2 {[#]} (25... Rf8 {is a better defense.} 26. hxg4 Bd7) 26. hxg4 (26. Ng5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Qh4.} Be6 (26... Qxg5 27. Qxf7+) 27. Qh4) 26... Bd7 $2 (26... Rf8 {was necessary.} 27. g5 Qd7) 27. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 27. Nd6 Rf8 $16) 27... Qe6 $2 (27... Rac8 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8) 28. Nc5 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRe6] White is clearly winning.} Qe7 29. g6 Bc6 30. gxf7+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Kb1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. f5 Rd8 17. fxe6 Be7 18. exf7 Rxd6 19. Qe3 Bd5 20. Rhf1 h5 21. Qe5 Bxg2 22. Rxd6 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanos, Theodoros"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,-30,0,-15,0,0,13,-6,97,33,49,34,94,-22,-24,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,205,37,163,131,189,95,89,62,54,67,56,57,69,72,175,169,188,194,225,227,248,40,154,11,19,-1302,-1377,-1375,-1400,-1295,-1142,-3075,-2657,-29989]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 O-O 9. Ne3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (9... Be6 10. Ned5 Qd7 11. d3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. a3 Rac8 15. f3 Rf7 16. b4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Be3 Qe6 20. bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (72) Lenderman,A (2611)-Le,Q (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Ned5 f4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. e3 {[%cal Re3f4]} Bf5 {The position is equal.} 12. d3 g5 13. Rb1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Ne4 fxg3 14. fxg3 h6 15. Bd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Qb3 {1-0 (74) Lau,R (2465)-Mandl,R Dortmund 1986}) 13... Ng6 (13... Qd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. a3 (14. exf4 $6 exf4 15. Ne4 h6 $11) (14. gxf4 $6 gxf4 15. Kh1 Qh4 $11) (14. b4 $16) 14... Qd7 $14 15. b4 (15. exf4 gxf4 16. b4 cxb4 $11) (15. gxf4 exf4 16. exf4 Nh4 $17) 15... Bh3 (15... cxb4 $14 16. axb4 Nce7) 16. Qh5 (16. Ne4 $16) 16... Bg4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4h5]} 17. Qxg5 {[%cal Re3f4]} f3 18. Bh1 Bh3 19. Qh5 cxb4 (19... Bg4 $5 20. Qg5 $8 Bh3 $11) 20. axb4 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} 21. Qg5 Rf7 22. b5 Nd8 $2 (22... Bh3 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. Re1 $2 (23. Ra1 $1 $18) 23... Rf8 ({Black should try} 23... Bh3 $14) 24. e4 Nf7 {[#]} (24... Bh3 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. Ba3 Rf7) 25. Qd2 (25. Nf6+ $1 $18 Bxf6 26. Qxf6) 25... Bh5 $16 26. Qd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qh3 27. Be3 {Black must now prevent Qc1.} ({Wrong is} 27. Bxf3 $2 {[#]} Nh4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Nh6 28. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 29. Ne3 Nh4 (29... Bxe3 $16 30. Rxe3 Nf4) 30. Ncd5 $18 ({Don't go for} 30. gxh4 $2 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Kh8 $19) 30... Rf7 31. Ra1 Kh8 32. Ra2 Rg8 33. d4 $2 (33. Qa1 $18) 33... Bg7 (33... Bf4 $1 $14 34. Nf5 (34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Nf1 Ng2 $11) 34... Nxf5 35. exf5 Rxf5) 34. dxe5 ({Better is} 34. Qd3 $16) 34... Bxe5 $11 {[%cal Rg8g3] aiming for ...Rxg3+!} 35. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Nf1 $11) 35... Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 36. hxg3 {[#]} (36. fxg3 Rxg3+) 36... Rxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Kf2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smekens, Ruben"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rhd1 Rhc8 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Rb6 Bc6 20. Bc5+ Ke8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd6 Rac8 23. f4 Nxe4 24. fxe5 Nxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. a4 e5 27. a5 f5 28. a6 e4 29. b4 f4 30. Kd2 g5 31. Kc3 Re8 32. Kd4 e3 {Ke4} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefan, Victor"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,6,16,14,-15,6,0,-8,-25,-12,-85,-61,-188,-151,-305,-275,-380,-382,-417,-429,-404,-264,-512,-493,-822,-836,-1089,-1110,-1099,-1077,-1078,-1073,-1008,-962]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. h4 fxe5 8. h5 Bf7 9. dxe5 {LiveBook: 42 Games} c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (9... Nd7 10. f4 Qb6 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Kf2 O-O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15. Kg3 Be7 16. g5 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Na4 {½-½ (51) Macieja,B (2617)-Dziuba,M (2556) Lublin 2008}) 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 c4 12. g5 Bc5 13. Qg4 Nge7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bh3 d4 17. Na4 {0-1 (29) Warszawski,B (2233)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2475) Warsaw 2015}) 11... Qc7 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O {[#] Threatens to win with f5.} O-O-O 13. Ng3 (13. f5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} exf5 14. Rxf5) 13... g6 $17 14. Qe2 ({White should play} 14. Nb5 $15 Qb6 15. a4) 14... gxh5 15. gxh5 $2 (15. Nb5 $17 Qb6 16. c4) 15... Nd4 16. Qf2 Nh6 17. Bh3 Rg8 18. Kh1 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Bh4.} 19. Nce2 $2 (19. f5 Ng4 20. Qg2) 19... Bh4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 20. Nxd4 (20. Qh2 $142 Nxc2 21. Rb1) 20... Rxg3 21. Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Nxe6 {[#]} Qc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...d4+)} 23. Nxd8 Kxd8 24. Qxg3 Bxg3 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,8,11,7,30,31,32,33,30,20,19,18,27,27,33,33,39,31,84,79,75,86,78,78,204,43,67,56,56,22,12,23,49,14,23,26,78,63,39,58,165,67,87,69,56,62,63,77,93,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. d4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 8. c5 Qxb3 (8... Qa6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bf1 Nh5 12. Bd2 b6 {½-½ (23) Vallejo Pons,F (2709)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Sharjah 2017}) 9. axb3 Bxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. exf3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. b4 Ng8 13. Rd1 Ne7 14. b5 Nf5 15. bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (65) Lajthajm,B (2526)-Cengija,V (2263) Novi Sad 2014}) 11. b4 O-O 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nb3 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 14. bxa5 bxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 ({Black should play} 17... Nb3 $1 $14 18. Ra3 Nd4) 18. Bd2 $16 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Ne5 (20... c5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. Bf4 $2 (21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc4 22. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 23. Bxc6) 21... Nd3 $14 22. Bxb8 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxb8 24. Rxc6 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rc7 (25. Rd6 {keeps more tension.} Kf8 26. a6 Ke7 27. a7 Ra8 28. Rb6) 25... g5 26. Bf1 {Hoping for a6.} Ra8 (26... d4 $11) 27. Rb7 $16 Nc6 28. a6 Ra7 (28... Nb8 $14) 29. Rb6 (29. Bb5 $18) 29... Ne5 $14 30. Kg2 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b6]} 31. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 {[%cal Bd5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32] KR-KR} 32. Kf1 $1 Kf8 {[#]} 33. Ke2 (33. f4 $1 $16) 33... Ke8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Ke3 {Strongly threatening Kd4.} Kd7 35. Kd4 Kc7 36. Kc5 {Rc6+ is the strong threat.} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 37. Rc6+ Kd7 38. Rd6+ $1 (38. Kb5 $2 Rc7 $19) 38... Kc7 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40. Rd6+ $1 ({Don't blunder} 40. Kb5 $2 Rc7 $19) 40... Ke7 41. Rc6 Kd7 $1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 b5 15. a3 Rc5 16. b4 Bc4 17. Qd2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rc6 19. a4 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd3 Qb7 22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Ned5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Rb6 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Qd3 Rbc6 27. Rxb5 Qa7 28. Nd5 Rxc2 29. Ra5 Qb7 30. Qa3 Bg5 31. g3 R8c4 32. Ra7 Qb5 33. Qf3 Qe8 34. h4 Bd8 35. Ra8 Rc8 36. Rfa1 Qe6 37. Kg2 g5 38. h5 g4 39. Qd1 R2c4 40. Ne3 Rxe4 41. Rxc8 Qxc8 42. Qxd6 Bg5 43. Qd5 Rxb4 44. Ra8 Rb8 45. Rxb8 Qxb8 46. Nxg4 Qc8 47. Nxe5 Qf5 48. f4 Be7 49. Qd7 Qf6 50. Ng4 Qb2+ 51. Kh3 Bf8 52. Qd8 Qb5 53. Kh4 Qc6 54. Ne5 Qb7 55. Qd7 Qb3 56. Kh3 Bc5 57. Qg4+ Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kg7 59. Nxf7 Qxf7 60. Qxc5 Qe6+ 61. Kh4 Qf6+ 62. Kg4 Qe6+ 63. Kf3 Qb3+ 64. Kg2 Qa2+ 65. Qf2 Qd5+ 66. Qf3 Qd2+ 67. Kh3 Kh8 68. Qc6 Kg7 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Qxh6+ Kg8 71. Qe6+ Kh7 72. Kg4 Qb4 73. Kg5 Kh8 74. h6 Qb7 75. Qe5+ Kg8 76. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 77. hxg7 Kf7 78. Kh6 Kg8 79. g4 Kf7 80. Kh7 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,39,40,38,30,0,0,0,0,-8,-14,-15,0,-51,-30,-29,-27,-27,-31,-24,-27,-395,-142,-388,-356,-685,-110,-110,-107,-108,-107,-109,-109,-109,-108,-108,-107,-107,-107,-107,-107,-111,-107,-222,-222,-248,-116,-211,-139,-132,-126,-126,-112,-121,-118,-120,-122,-289,-298,-291,-290,-275,-281,-279,-285,-275,-276,-284,-260,-448,-441,-4134,-4133]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 (3... Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rc1 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 {1-0 (47) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. Nf3 {1-0 (27) Cicak,S (2505)-Jepson,C (2416) Sweden 2015}) 7. O-O Ngf6 8. b3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Bb2 Nfe4 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nd4 Ne6 15. Na3 Re8 16. Qd3 (16. Nab5 $11) 16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. Qb2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Kxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qxf2 $11 Qxa3 21. Rxd5) 20... Qxe3+ $19 21. Kf1 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6f6] ...Rf6+ is the strong threat.} 22. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (22. Rxd5 Rf6+ 23. Qxf6 Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Ke2 gxf6 26. Nc4) 22... Rf6+ $2 (22... Rce8 $1 $19 23. h3 Qf4+ 24. Rf2 Qh2) 23. Rf2 $17 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 26. Qe1 Qxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 27. Qe8+ Qf8 28. Qd7 Qb8 29. Qxd5 g6 30. g3 Qc8 31. a4 {[#]} (31. Qd2 $17) 31... Qc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 32. Qd8+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 33. Ke2 (33. Kg1 $17 {was the only defense.}) 33... Qe6+ 34. Kd2 Qf6 35. Qd5 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 b6 (36... Qxh2 $6 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ g5 40. Qxf6+ Kh5 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qe6+ $11) 37. b4 Qe1+ ({Much weaker is} 37... Qxh2 $6 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qc7+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kh6 42. Qf4+ g5 43. Qxf6+ Kh5 44. Qf3+ Kg6 45. a5 $11) 38. Kc2 $2 (38. Kc4 $17 {only move.}) 38... Qxb4 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Qe3+ g5 41. Qe8 Qc5+ 42. Kb3 Kg7 43. Qe2 a5 44. Qb2+ $2 (44. Qe8) 44... f6 45. Qd2 {[#]} (45. Qa1 $142 Qd5+ 46. Kc2) 45... Qb4+ $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grapsa, Georgia"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,38,12,0,27,14,10,0,22,17,64,64,110,88,252,187,261]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11... c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. b4 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Ne4 19. Be3 {½-½ (62) Papaioannou,I (2652)-Adams,M (2727) Heraklio 2017}) 12. Be1 f5 13. a5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Qb8 {The position is equal.} 14. axb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 b5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc6 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Ng5 {½-½ (33) Harika,D (2445)-Dzagnidze,N (2536) Kavala 2009}) 14... axb6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bh3 Qd6 18. c5 Nxc5 $2 {[#]} (18... bxc5 $16 19. dxc5 Nxc5) 19. dxc5 $18 bxc5 {[%mdl 32768] An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liargovas, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ne6 Qa5 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. O-O Be6 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Qc4+ Kh7 20. Qf7 Qf5 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qc7 Re5 23. Bxa7 Ne6 24. Qb8 Nf4 25. Rd8 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,127,79,119,123,120,127,127,122,122,76,74,72,128,139,146,135,128,108,112,98,81,64,159,153,159,144,177,119,116,124,125,106,137,125,175,160,159,160,179,174,196,0,142,139,145,146,159,131,120,90,145,129,200,115,116,117,111,111,360,360,360,356,341,339,491,464,902,1482,1343,1055,1043,747,858,820,1286,1194,29956,29958,29956,6079,1622,9938,4622,984,29969,29970,29971,4610,29973,29974,29978,29979,29979,29979,29980,29979,29978,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand} (12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. b3 Qa6 15. Rhe1 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nb6 20. Nc6 Nfxd5 21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Rxe7 {1-0 (32) Wang,Y (2690)-Dobrov,V (2515) Riadh 2017}) 12... Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. Nd2 Nc7 {[%cal Rc7b5] LiveBook: 7 Games} 17. Nc4 Qb7 {[#]} 18. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 19. a5 Qb7 20. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rhe1 Qa6 {½-½ (47) Grigorian,S (2304)-Gschnitzer,A (2258) Willingen 2016}) 20... Qa6 21. Rhe1 Ke8 ({Better is} 21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5) 22. Bc3 $16 Bd4 23. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rb3 24. Ra4 Qb5 25. Rea1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ra6 (26... Nb6 $1 $14 27. axb6 Rxa4 28. Nxd6+ exd6 29. Qxb5+ Rxb5 30. Rxa4 Rxb6) 27. R4a3 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 {And now Nxd6+! would win.} Kd8 29. Ne5 (29. Qf1 $18) 29... Qxd3 30. Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} e6 31. c4 Ke7 32. Kf3 e5 33. Ke3 f5 34. f3 Nf6 35. Nf2 Ng8 36. Nd3 $2 (36. exf5 $18 gxf5 37. Ra2) 36... Nh6 (36... Nf6 $11) 37. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} fxe4 38. Kxe4 Nf7 39. f4 exf4 40. Kxf4 Kf6 (40... Kd8 $142 41. h4 Kc7) 41. h4 Nd8 (41... Ke7 $16 42. Ra1 Nd8) 42. Nc1 (42. Nf2 $18) 42... Nf7 43. Nb3 Ne5 44. Nd2 h6 $2 (44... Ke7 $16 {is a better defense.} 45. Ke4 Kd8) 45. Ne4+ $18 Ke7 46. Nxc5 Ra8 47. Ra4 Rc8 (47... Nxc4 {was worth a try.} 48. Rxc4 dxc5 49. Rxc5 Kd7) 48. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nxc4 (48... Rxc5 $142 49. a7 Rc8) 49. Rxc4 dxc5 {KR-KR} 50. Ke5 Kd7 51. a7 Re8+ 52. Kf6 Kd6 53. Kxg6 Kxd5 54. Ra4 Ra8 55. Kxh6 (55. g4 $142 c4 56. Ra1 Ke4 57. Kxh6 c3 58. g5 Rh8+ 59. Kg7 Ra8 60. Kh6 Rh8+ 61. Kg7) 55... c4 56. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} c3 57. Ra1 Ke4 58. g5 c2 59. Rc1 (59. g6 $142 Rxa7 60. Rc1 Ra8 61. Rxc2 Kd3 62. Rc7 Kd4 63. g7 Kd5 64. Rf7) 59... Kd3 60. g6 {White mates.} Kd2 {[#]} 61. Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc2 62. g7 Kd3 63. Kg6 Kd4 64. h5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smekens, Ruben"]
[Black "Nitin, S.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 Be6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. f3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bf2 Nf4 15. O-O Rac8 16. Nc1 Qg5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Nd3 N6d5 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Qc1 Ne3 21. Kf2 Rxc2 22. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsarouhas, Vasilios"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,98,-15,7,72,10,8,13,31,-64,-58,-85,-77,-84,-98,-241,-61,-70,-67,-79,-65,-77,-55,-130,-123,-126,-86,-147,-143,-414,-418,-412,-428,-393,-402,-545,-614,-835,-747,-810,-783,-1625,-1495,-29977,-29975,-29985,-29986,-29988,-739,-633,-544,-507,-497,-533,-533,-518,-493,-630,-619,-629,-600,-714,-555,-904,-836,-691,-530,-1101,-1131,-29979,-29979,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 a6 11. O-O-O b5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games} Nc5 $146 (15... b4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Ng3 g6 19. h4 {1-0 (35) Almasi,Z (2695)-Fedorchuk,S (2673) Bol 2014}) 16. Nd4 (16. Rc1 $16) 16... b4 $11 17. Nce2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Rhg1 (18. f5 $14) 18... Ba6 $15 19. Bf2 Rc8 $1 20. Nc1 a4 21. f5 {[#]} (21. Rd2 $17) 21... e5 $2 (21... a3 $1 $19 {...e5 is the strong threat.} 22. bxa3 bxa3 23. fxe6 O-O) 22. f6 exd4 23. fxe7 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Qc2+. Black has good play.} 24. Rd2 $1 Qxe7 25. h4 (25. Ne2 $15) 25... O-O $17 26. Ne2 Qa7 27. h5 {[#]} (27. Nxd4 $142 Nxd4 28. Qe3) 27... b3 $1 {Hoping for ...Qb6.} 28. a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Nxd4 $17 Nxd4 29. Qe3) 28... Rc2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxc2 bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rb8 {aiming for ...Qc5+.} 31. g6 Qc5+ 32. Kd1 fxg6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qg4 Rxb2 {( -> ...Qc2+)} 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Nc3 Qxa3 37. Ke1 Qxc3+ (37... dxc3 $142 38. Qg4 Qa1+ 39. Qd1 Rb1 40. Ke2 Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Qb2+ 42. Kf3 c2 43. Re1 c1=Q 44. Rxc1 Qxc1 45. Bg3 Qf1+ 46. Bf2 Qxd3+ 47. Be3 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qxe3+ 49. Kg2 Bc8 50. e5 Bh3+ 51. Kh2 Qf3 52. exd6 Qg2#) 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40. Kf3 Qh5+ 41. Qg4 Rd2 42. Qxh5 Rxd3+ 43. Kf4 gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 44. Rg5 Bc4 45. Ra5 a3 46. e5 Rd2 47. exd6 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Re2 49. Rf5+ Ke8 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,83,31,24,25,15,30,20,43,4,54,52,58,64,50,33,86,72,182,162,245,124,131,99,120,110,105,78,84,22,102,0,80,49,77,80,105,101,98,102,191,93,178,170,192,178,183,166,162,94,184,154,234,235,496,368,421,420,457,465,550,566,564,560,552,546,677,677,665,553,616,611,615,596,606,596]} 1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. e3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A43: Schmid Benoni} d5 7. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 e5 10. Qb5+ Bd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nb3 {0-1 (53) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) London 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. c4 {White has an edge.} dxc4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nxc4 Qa6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Qf3 Nbd7 ({Better is} 12... Bxd4 $14 13. exd4 Nc6) 13. Bb2 Rb8 (13... Nb6 $16) 14. Rfd1 $18 Nf8 (14... Be7 $142 15. Qf4 Ra8) 15. a4 ({White has to play} 15. Nc6 $1 $18 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bxf6) 15... Bd7 $16 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bf1 ({White should try} 19. Qe2 $16) 19... Qc6 (19... Nde5 $11 20. Qh5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc6) 20. Bg2 Qb6 $1 21. Qe2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. a5 Qf6 24. Nf3 Bf8 (24... Be7 $16) 25. Nd2 (25. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 25... Nc5 (25... Qe6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rxd2 27. Qxd2 (27. Rxd2 $6 Nb3 $16) 27... Nb3 28. Qc3 Nxa1 29. Bxa1 ({Don't play} 29. Rxa1 $6 b6 $14) (29. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7b8]} Re8 30. Bxa1 (30. Rxa1 Re7 $16)) 29... Qe7 {[#]} (29... b5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 30. Bd5 $1 Kh8 {[#]} (30... b5 $16 {was called for.} 31. h4 Rd8) 31. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] h5 is the strong threat.} Nxh4 $2 (31... Qxb4 32. Qc7 (32. Bxf7 Qg4 $16) 32... Bd6 33. Qxf7 Rf8) 32. gxh4 Qxh4 33. Qc4 Qh5 34. Rc1 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 35. Bxf7 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qf5 {intending ...Rd2.} 37. Bd5 {[%cal Bf7d5,Bd5g2,Bg2b7][%mdl 32]} Qh3+ 38. Bg2 Qh5 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 39. Qe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Bxb4 41. Bxe5 Bxa5 42. Bxb7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrov, Marian"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,51,52,47,66,58,68,64,124,68,77,47,87,76,105,93,143,122,117,82,112,104,100,108,106,93,104,108,133,107,171,180,174,172,186,179,181,181,180,181,257,256,255,251,248,252,388,388,603,583,607,613,606,605,602,579,647,637,622,618,631,643,643,647,643,554,655,516,637,629,665,685,673,642,617,616,775,770]} 1. e4 e6 2. b3 Nf6 (2... d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. d3 Nf8 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bf1 a5 12. Ne5 a4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (40) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Duda,J (2717) Riadh 2017}) 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Nf3 $146 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 e5 11. Be4 Bg4 {0-1 (34) Ochoa de Echaguen,F (2415)-Malbran,G (2350) Buenos Aires 1993}) 6... O-O 7. d4 f5 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} d5 (8... d6 $14) 9. exd6 ({Better is} 9. c5 $1 $16) 9... cxd6 $14 10. a4 a5 11. Be2 g5 12. O-O g4 13. Ne1 $1 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. dxe6 $1 {Hoping for Nd5.} Bxe6 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Nb5 Be5 (19... Qe7 $16) 20. Nd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Nxd3 21. Bxd3 {Threatens to win with Bxe5.} Bg6 22. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 {[#]} 23. c5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc5b6][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} e4 {[#]} 24. Be2 $1 ({Not} 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. cxb6 e3 $11) 24... Nd5 (24... Nc8 $142 25. Qc1 Qg7) 25. Rd1 Bf7 26. Bc4 Qc6 27. Qc1 f4 (27... e3 {was worth a try.}) 28. Nd6 e3 (28... Be6 $142 29. Nxe4 Rf5) 29. Nxf7 {White is clearly winning.} exf2+ 30. Kf1 Ne3+ {[#]} 31. Qxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe3 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Re7 Rae8 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Rd1 Re5 39. Rd7+ Kh8 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. Rxg4 Rf5 43. Kxe3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Smekens, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,-17,72,78,110,108,110,100,181,191,248,238,263,216,299,343,306,244,284,271,327,327,340,256,274,254,275,291,350,225,205,183,217,199,189,181,191,175,182,175,183,177,193,182,275,247,312,303,507,489,490,490,622,595,512,607,606,599,584,518,968,952]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bf5 (5... cxd4 $11 6. cxd4 Bf5) (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Nh6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. Bxg4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxg4 11. Qxg4 Nxg4 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. f5 {½-½ (55) Olofsson,D (2539)-Hofstetter,H (2545) Switzerland 2002}) 6. dxc5 $16 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be3 {White is better.} Nge7 $146 (8... Be7 $16) ({Predecessor:} 8... h5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. Nd4 Nh6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. O-O {1-0 (30) Molina Carretero,D (1798)-Mut Company,G (1971) Girona 2013}) 9. Na3 $18 Be4 (9... Ng6 $142 10. Nb5 Be7) 10. Nb5 Nf5 11. Bf2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. g4 Nh6 14. Rg1 Nf7 15. Nd2 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. O-O-O {[#] aiming for Nc4!} Bg6 19. Qh3 O-O-O 20. Nc4 Kb8 21. Nb6 Qe8 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bh6 26. Bg3 ({Not} 26. Bxf5 Bxf4+ 27. Kb1 Re2 $11) (26. Nxd5 Rd8 $11) 26... Ne7 (26... Nfe5 $142) 27. Kd1 Nd8 28. Nd6 Ne6 $2 {[#]} (28... Ref8 {was worth a try.} 29. Re1 Ndc6) 29. Nxe8 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 30. Re1 Nc7 31. Nd7+ Kc8 32. Nf6 Rf8 33. Rxe7 Rxf6 34. Rxh7 Ne6 (34... Kb8 $142 35. Rd7 Rf8) 35. Bh4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,49,30,27,24,35,23,38,16,21,25,66,67,62,79,79,63,108,91,205,218,262,302,852,824,800,731,1192,1203,1033,1016,963,940]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 {1-0 (54) Bitoon,R (2458)-Meenakshi,S (2353) Chennai 2010}) 13. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rg6 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng1 Bd6 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Re8 {0-1 (54) Urban,H-Monhbayar,L (2115) Potsdam 1995}) 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 c6 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 18. f5 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Qc7 (18... Rf8 $16) 19. Bg5 $18 Rff8 20. f6 Bxe5 $2 {[#]} (20... Rae8 21. Qg4 (21. f7+ Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 $16) 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc8) 21. dxe5 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Rae8 $11) 21... Nc4 22. e6 Qe5 23. f7+ Kh8 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Rae1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,80,14,28,31,11,12,-12,0,0,28,0,0,-16,-16,-30,-27,-43,-43,-43,-44,-96,-79,-121,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,18,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-150,-158,-492,-484,-600,-581,-591,-591]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. g3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. Qh5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Kh8 18. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf7 {[#]} 19. Qe2 $146 {White is slightly better.} (19. Qh3 {NOTEXT} Be6 20. a3 Ne7 21. Rad1 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 a5 23. Rfe1) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 19. Qh3 Bg6 20. f4 Ne7 21. Rad1 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd7 23. Kh1 e4 24. Bxe4 a5 {1-0 (40) Wang,Z (2505)-Kjeldsen,J (2410) Copenhagen 1995}) 19... f4 20. Nc2 Bg6 {White must now prevent ...f3!} 21. Be4 Qg5 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Rae1 Nd8 24. Qe4 Qh5 25. Qe2 Qh3 {aiming for ...f3.} 26. gxf4 Ne6 27. fxe5 (27. Kh1 $15) 27... Rf3 $1 $17 (27... dxe5 28. Rd1 $11) 28. exd6 {[#]} Rg8 ({Black should play} 28... Nc5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rbf8.} 29. Kh1 Nd3) 29. Qxe6 $11 ({But not} 29. Kh1 $2 {[#]} Bd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Bf8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 30. Qxg8+ $1 Kxg8 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nd4 Rf4 {( -> ...Rg4+)} 33. f3 (33. Re3 $5 {[%cal Re3h3]} Rg4+ 34. Rg3 Bxe7 35. dxe7 Kxe7 36. Re1+ Kf7 37. Re6 $16) 33... Rf6 34. Re4 Rxd6 35. Rfe1 Rf6 36. Ne6 h6 $1 37. Nd8+ ({Better is} 37. Nxf8 $11 Qxf3 38. Nh7 Qf2+ 39. Kh1) 37... Kg7 $17 {And now ...Kh7 would win.} 38. Rg4+ $2 (38. Ne6+ $17 Kh7 39. Nd4) 38... Kh7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Ne6 ({Inferior is} 39. Rg3 Qd7 $19) 39... Bxe7 40. Rg7+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Serpetsidakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,71,0,14,-33,-26,-54,-58,-60,-57,-66,-63,-65,-72,-66,105,104,101,93,103,99,93,25,32,25,33,25,27,22,20,13,13,14,50,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,967,37,54,39,417,412,410,420,415,337,448,408,908,803]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. f4 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Na5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rhg1 d5 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Bg5 exd5 17. Rge1 Be6 {1-0 (28) Demchenko,A (2629)-Kovalenko,I (2657) Minsk 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Be3 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f5 d5 12. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qe2 Rxb2 14. O-O Bc5+ {0-1 (45) Jabot,D (2206)-Kovacs,L (2098) ICCF email 1998}) 12... Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 14. b4 Bxb4 $2 (14... Qd8 $15 {stays ahead.} 15. Bxa7 Ra8) 15. axb4 $16 Qxb4 16. Qd2 {Black must now prevent 0-0.} dxe4 17. Be2 {Threatens to win with Ra4.} ({But not} 17. Bxa7 exd3 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 $15) 17... Bxf5 {[#] aiming for ...Rfd8.} 18. O-O (18. Ra4 $16 Qb2 19. O-O (19. Bxa7 Ra8 $11)) 18... Nd5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 19. Be1 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 e3 21. Qc1 {Hoping for Nxd5.} g6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Ra5 Qd4 24. Ra3 (24. c3 $14 Rfc8 25. Qa1) 24... f6 25. Rxe3 Bxc2 26. Rc3 {[%cal Be3c3,Bc3c7,Bc7e7][%mdl 32]} Be4 $1 27. Rc7 {Qh6 is the strong threat.} Qb6 (27... Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2e2]} 28. Qh6 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 30. Bf2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Kxf7 34. Qxh7+ Ke6 $11) 28. Re7 {And now Qh6 would win.} Rb7 29. Bf2 $132 {[%cal Be1f2,Bf2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 2080] White is not keeping still} d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qb2 $11 30. Rxb7 Qxb7) 30. Qc4+ $2 ({White must play} 30. Bc4+ $18 Rf7 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Qc8) 30... Kh8 $14 31. Bxd4 $1 Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 31... Bxg2+ $14 32. Kxg2 exd4) 32. Qxb4 $18 Rxb4 {[#]} 33. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf5 (33... fxe5 34. Rxf8#) 34. Bd6 Rb2 35. Rxa7 Rd8 (35... Re8 $142 36. Bf3 Bd3) 36. Be7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriadis, Mihail"]
[Black "Damianou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,51,0,0,5,14,8,46,56,38,26,61,65,58,22,66,43,55,20,33,44,271,266,298,299,29993,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Rae1 (11. f4 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. b3 c5 14. Nd1 a5 15. Nf2 a4 16. c4 axb3 17. axb3 Bb7 {0-1 (34) Krzyzanowski,M (2400)-Navara,D (2727) Wroclaw 2014}) 11... O-O 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} dxe4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... h6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Na4 Bf8 16. Qh5 Bb7 17. Bf4 c5 {0-1 (40) Nikolaou,S (2231)-Prince,B (2344) Kavala 2017}) 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. c4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. f4 c5 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. f5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rae8 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 19... Rfe8 $1 $14) 20. f6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Bxh7+! is the strong threat.} Nxf6 {[#]} 21. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 $2 (21... Qd8 $18) 22. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] White mates.} h6 23. Qxh6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} f5 24. Qg5+ Kh7 {[#]} 25. Nxf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g7][%mdl 512]} f6 (25... exf5 26. Bxf5+) 26. Ne7+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Panayotis"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,17,15,0,0,0,40,34,46,48,41,33,36,51,55,44,76,46,51,0,0,0,15,-17,-24,-42,-31,-88,-55,-59,-55,-56,-59,-59,-69,-185,-179,-175,-150,-125,-125,-848,-847,-826,-818,-782,-795,-1111,-1118,-1092,-1083,-29957,-29957,-29993,-29994,-29994,-1147]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Ne8 $146 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nf3 Qb8 15. Ne2 Qa7 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nb6 20. a4 Nd7 21. Nc1 Nf6 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Ne4 {½-½ (23) Pantelic,S (2341)-Cabrilo,G (2463) Obrenovac 2011}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 {The position is equal.} Nb6 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Qd1 Ndc4 19. Na4 (19. a4 {is interesting.} Rfc8 20. Ne2 Qb4 21. Rcb1 Qe7 22. h3) 19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qe7 21. Qd1 Rfd8 22. a4 Rac8 23. Nd4 g6 24. Qe1 Qf6 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Qc3 Re8 27. h4 (27. Rab1 $14) 27... h5 $11 28. Qd4 Qd6 29. Qc3 Re4 30. Nxa5 Rxh4 31. g3 (31. f4 $1 $15) 31... Rg4 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 32. Nxc4 $1 Rcxc4 33. Qd2 $1 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Kg2 ({White should try} 35. a5 $15 hxg3 36. f4) 35... hxg3 $19 36. fxg3 Qc5 37. Ra2 d4 38. exd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. e4 $17) 38... Rxd4 39. Qe2 Qd5+ 40. Kf2 Rd1 41. a5 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ {Black mates.} 44. Kg4 Rd4+ 45. Kg5 Rd5+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 68%.} (45... Qd5+ $142 46. Kh6 Qd8 47. Qe8+ Qxe8 48. Rf2 Qe3+ 49. Rf4 Rd5 50. g4 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Praveen Kumar C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,79,63,20,77,67,68,52,81,60,76,76,162,48,49,38,135,123,129,24,35,30,38,4,80,96,87,90,104,79,166,169,197,202,200,214,200,147,204,198,297,285,252,278,506,471,744,0,413,0,580,541,502,447,1081,833]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Ra3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 $146 (14... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc7 15. Rb3 Re8 16. Bh2 Ne5 17. Nd2 g5 18. a5 {1-0 (31) Avrukh,B (2628)-Nabaty,T (2417) Israel 2008}) 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nc7 17. Rb3 g5 18. a5 f5 (18... Bf5 $16 {was called for.}) 19. Bxe5 (19. f4 $18 Nf7 20. Nc4) 19... Bxe5 $14 20. Nc4 Bg7 ({Black should try} 20... Bd7 $14) 21. Bf1 $16 Bd7 22. Nb6 (22. Rb6 $16) 22... Be8 $11 23. Bd3 Be5 24. f4 gxf4 (24... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. exf4 $16 Bd4+ {[#]} 26. Kh2 $1 Qg7 27. Qf3 Bg6 (27... Rd8 $16) 28. Nc4 $18 {[%cal Bb6c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Rbe8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 {[#]} 30. Rb6 $1 Qc7 31. Ne2 Bg7 (31... Bf6 $16 32. Qe3 Kh8) 32. Ng3 Kh7 (32... Rf7 $142 33. Qe2 Kf8) 33. Ne3 Qd7 34. Nexf5 Bh8 $2 (34... Bf6 35. b4 c4) 35. Qg4 Nf6 (35... c4 $142) 36. Qf3 Ne8 37. Qg4 $2 (37. Nh4 $18 Bxd3 38. Qxd3+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Bg7 40. Nhf5) 37... Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Nf6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 38. Qe2 Bg7) 38. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Ne7.White is clearly winning.} Bf6 39. Qe6 Qc7 {[#]} (39... Qxe6 $142 40. dxe6 h5) 40. Nxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,22,-11,-10,-8,36,-12,-19,-32,18,-16,46,54,66,65,67,107,120,124,127,116,110,109,121,123,187,195,215,170,244,220,481,433,427,424,426,416]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O {E11: Bogo-Indian} Ne4 {[%cal Bf6e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} g5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... exd5 {NOTEXT} 13. f4 Re8 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Bf2 gxf4 16. gxf4 Nb6) 13. f4 $146 (13. Nc3 {NOTEXT} Nb6 14. Bc1 f6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. Nc5) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Rad1 f6 15. Nf3 b6 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Nd2 f5 {0-1 (53) Walter,S (2406)-Banusz,T (2612) Germany 2017}) 13... Nxe5 (13... Nf5 $11 14. Bf2 gxf4) 14. fxe5 $14 Nf5 15. Bf2 $1 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd7 (20... Qb6 $16 {might work better.}) 21. d5 $18 a6 22. Qg4 b5 (22... Kh8 $142 23. d6 Bd8) 23. Ne4 exd5 $2 {[#]} (23... Kh8 24. d6 (24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. dxe6 Qxe6 $16) 24... Bd8) 24. Nf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Bxf6 25. exf6 Kh8 26. Bd4 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,103,31,28,17,38,-11,36,43,54,51,88,79,152,165,151,153,198,192,179,167,182,191,248,253,246,242,280,272,270,249,275,271,283,281,278,278,328,295,447,439,429,450,450,450,450,450,450,450,487,431,464,447,444,452,474,486,477,429,380,308,298,299,305,296,296,298,302,293,299,304,300,309,386,382,352,350,453,450,548,558]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bc5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 12. Ba3 Bxa3 (12... 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}) 13. Nxa3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} e5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White is slightly better.} 14. c5 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Nd5 15. Qd2 f6 16. Nb5 Be6 {½-½ (41) Sommerbauer,N (2444)-Szabo,K (2541) Austria 2013}) 15. h3 Bh5 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. Qxf3 Nd7 $15) 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. Nd6 {Strongly threatening g4.} Re7 18. Qd2 b6 (18... Ne8 $142) 19. Nf5 $16 {And now Qg5 would win.} Re8 20. N3h4 e4 21. dxe4 bxc5 22. Rac1 d3 23. Rxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nd4 (23... Ne5 $142 24. Kh2 Be2) 24. Nxd4 $18 Qxd4 {[#]} 25. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d4]} Qb6 26. Qxd3 Qa5 27. Qb1 Rbd8 28. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qa6 29. b5 Qa5 30. a4 Nd5 31. Qa1 Nb6 {[#]} (31... Ne7 $142 32. Rc5 Bg6) 32. Nf5 $3 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ra1g7][%mdl 512]} Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rd1 34. Qxd1 Bxd1 35. Rc7 Bxa4 36. Rxa7 Rb8 37. Nd6 f6 38. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb3 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Kf8 41. Be4 Be6 42. Bxh7 Nd7 43. Bf5 Bxf5 44. Nxf5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 45. Nd4 ({But not} 45. Rxg7 $6 Rxb5 46. Kg2 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kf4 Nd6 $18) 45... Kg8 46. Kf2 Nc4 47. Ra4 Nd6 48. Rb4 Rb6 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. h4 Nf7 52. Ra4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,152,80,68,-8,-8,-11,-6,-19,0,0,0,0,8,0,38,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,14,21,22,22,25,-9,9,10,6,0,17,9,25,0,21,12,18,0,21,7,49,18,54,14,5,-5,-5,0,13,17,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,-43,-52,0,-85,-57,-306,-48,-118,-110,-117,-117,-110,-108,-680,-762,-860,-779,-692,-427,-400,-386,-374,-360,-368,-347,-334,-135,-135,0,0,0,-12,0,-288,-288,-263,-260,-227,-212,-400,-390,-489,-416,-688,-688,-657,-644,-697,-687,-658,-644,-723,-718,-945,-933,-939,-1000,-1539,-1445,-2455,-2498,-2916,-2862,-12836,-11710,-12843,-12843,-29987,-29988,-29981,-3138,-29988,-29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. g4 Bc2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qxc2 Nxg4 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. h3 ({White should play} 12. Nxd5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bc5 (12... exd5 13. Bxd5+) 13. Qa4 Bxf2+ 14. Kf1) (12. Nxd5 Qh4 13. Qc7 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Ke8 15. Bf3 {1-0 (113) Skoberne,J (2553)-Akobian,V (2647) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Ngf6 $11 13. d4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. O-O Rf8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {1-0 (37) Petkevich,J (2445)-Feller,J (2245) Cappelle-la-Grande 1994}) 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. O-O Rhe8 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Rc2 Qd6 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd6h2]} 19. f4 g6 20. Rfc1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8a7,Ba7b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 21. b3 a6 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rcd8 23. a5 Nc8 24. Na4 Na7 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. e3 Nb5 27. Be1 Nh5 28. Qd1 Kg8 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg5 Kg7 31. Bh4 Nd6 32. Bf1 (32. Qe5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b7]}) 32... h6 33. Qg2 Nf5 34. Bf2 Rg8 35. Bd3 Kf7 36. Qf3 g5 {Strongly threatening ...gxf4+.} 37. Kf1 g4 38. hxg4 Rxg4 39. Ke2 Rdg8 40. Bxf5 (40. Qh3 $11) 40... exf5 $15 41. Nd3 Rg2 (41... h5 $15) 42. Ne5+ (42. Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42... Ke6 $17 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 43. Qh3 $2 (43. Rc8 $15) 43... Qg7 $2 ({Better is} 43... Qe8 $1 $19 {...Bxe5 is the strong threat.} 44. Kf3 Bxe5 45. dxe5 Ne4) 44. Kd3 (44. Rh1 $15) 44... Qf8 45. Be1 ({Wrong is} 45. Bh4 $2 Qa3 $17) 45... Rxc2 46. Rxc2 (46. Kxc2 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qa3 $19) 46... Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b3]} 47. Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rg2 $17 Rxg2 48. Qxg2) 47... Qxb3 $19 48. Rb2 Qd1+ 49. Bd2 h5 50. Qf3 Qa4 ({Inferior is} 50... Qxf3 51. Nxf3 Bd6 52. Rxb7 $16) 51. Rb6+ Bd6 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 52. Bb4 {[#]} Qb3+ $1 53. Bc3 Qa2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} (53... Qa3 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 54. Qe2 h4) 54. Qe2 $17 Qxe2+ (54... Qa3 $17 {And now ...h4 would win.} 55. Qb2 Qxb2 56. Rxb2 h4) 55. Kxe2 $11 Ne4 56. Bb4 Rg2+ 57. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57. Kf1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rf2+ 58. Kg1) 57... h4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 58. Bxd6 Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Nf3 $2 (60. Nd3) 60... Rxa5 61. Rb2 Ra3 62. Ke2 (62. Rb6 $142) 62... b5 63. Nxh4 Nc4 64. Rb1 Rxe3+ 65. Kf2 Re4 66. Ng2 Rxd4 67. Rh1 a5 68. Rh6+ Kd7 69. Kg3 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 70. Nh4 Rd3+ 71. Kh2 b3 72. Rh7+ Kc6 73. Rh6+ Kc5 {( -> ...b2)} 74. Rh8 b2 75. Rc8+ Kb6 (75... Kb5 $142 76. Rb8+ Nb6 77. Re8 b1=Q 78. Ng2 Rd2 79. Rh8 Qf1 80. Rg8 Rd1 81. Kg3 a4 82. Ne3 Qe1+ 83. Kf3 Rd3 84. Re8 Qd1+ 85. Kg3 Qg1+ 86. Kf3 Rd2 87. Nxf5 Qg2+ 88. Ke3 Qf2#) 76. Nxf5 Kb7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Mavrikakis, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. Bxc6 Nxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd4 Qe5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Rb1 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Hrysogelou, Athanasia-Panagiota"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,-12,-15,0,10,-16,170,13,156,103,97,116,186,-60,-68,-137,-128,-178,-129,-170,-158,-153,-75,-53,0,0,0,-225,157,18,31,29,31,31,29,34,34,34,34,30,34,34,33,35,41,31,144,143,285,287,379,384,384,377,376,360,336,315,402,394,620,585,618,599,598,579,630,572,5050,1177,1851,1393,12837,3671]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bd3 (13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 {0-1 (59) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 13... Bb7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rhe1 Nb6 $146 (15... Nc5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Qa5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Qh3 {1-0 (74) Sanchez,S (2388)-Hernandez,C (2236) Medellin 2017}) 16. Qg3 $2 (16. Qh3 $1 $18) 16... Nc4 (16... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. e5 ({Not} 17. Qxg7 Rg8 $15) (17. Nxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 18. e5) 17... Nxb2 $16 18. exf6 Nxd1 (18... Bxf6 $16 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20. Kxb2 (20. Nxb5 Qb8 $11) 20... O-O) 19. Nxd1 $2 (19. Ncxb5 $1 $18 Nc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxg7 Bxf6 23. Qxf6) 19... Bxf6 $15 20. Nf5 ({White should try} 20. Bf5 $15) 20... Kf8 $17 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 23. Ne3 Bb7 (23... Bc4 $142 $1 24. Ne2 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Qa5) 24. Ng4 Bg5 ({But not} 24... exd4 $6 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Bxd4 $14) (24... h5 $15 25. Nxf6 gxf6) 25. f6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6g7]} gxf6 {aiming for ...h5.} 26. Nf5 $2 {[#]} (26. h4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bf4 27. Qh3) 26... e4 $2 {[#]} (26... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 27. a4 (27. axb4 Qc3) 27... b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. cxb3 Bd5) 27. Rxe4 (27. h4 $1 $16) 27... Bxe4 28. Bxe4 {Hoping for Nge3.} d5 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxd5 h5 31. Bb6 Rd7 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Nge3 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 Kd8 35. Bf3 Kc7 (35... h4 $14) 36. Nd5+ $16 Kd8 (36... Kb8 $16) 37. Nxf6 $18 Rd2 38. Kc1 Rd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Kb2 Ke6 41. Kb3 Rc8 42. Kb4 f5 (42... h4 $142 43. Bb7 Rd8 44. Bxa6 Rd2) 43. Bxh5 {White is clearly winning.} Kd5 44. Bf3+ Ke5 45. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rh8 46. h5 Rh6 47. Ka5 (47. Bf8 $142 Rh7 48. h6) 47... Kf4 48. Bf8 Rh8 49. Bg7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigoriadis, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,41,34,60,38,38,23,47,0,0,-11,12,8,73,46,95,94,84,41,66,54,32,28,29,7,87,51,108,2,0,0,10,13,8,7,14,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,8,20,5,42,0,0,-10,52,30,66,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-368,-368,-408,-387,-377,-365,-453,-463,-454,-438,-403,-403,-390,-390]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. Qd2 Qa5 (5... b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Ng3 h5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O h4 11. Nh1 h3 12. g4 a5 13. Ng3 Ba6 {1-0 (71) Aronian,L (2805)-Demchenko,A (2660) Riadh 2017}) 6. O-O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Bg7 7. Nf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg4 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 $1 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 (10. Kb1 $14) 10... Bxh6 $11 11. Qxh6 Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. Bc4 Rdf8 13. Kb1 Kb8 {0-1 (50) Aleknavicius,A (1750)-Sciupokas,A (1955) Kaunas 2018}) 12. Qe3 b5 (12... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. h4 Nb6 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. b3 b4 16. Ne2 Qa5 17. Ng3 h5 18. f4 e6 (18... Qa3 $11 19. Bg2 a5) 19. Rg1 Qa3 (19... Kd7 $14) 20. Qc1 (20. d5 $16 cxd5 21. Bb5+ Ke7 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5) 20... Qxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Ng4 22. f3 Ne3 23. Re1 Nxf1 24. Nxf1 Ke7 25. Rg5 d5 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Rbg8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Ng3 Kd6 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. f5 exf5 (31... Nf8 $1 $11) 32. Nxf5+ $14 Kc7 33. Re7 (33. Re6 $14) 33... Rxg5 $11 34. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Hoping for g6. KRN-KRN} Rg8 35. Rg7 Rxg7 36. Nxg7 {KN-KN} h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32] ...h3 is the strong threat.} 37. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Ne6+ $11 {and White is okay.} Kd6 38. Nf4) 37... h3 $19 38. Kd2 h2 39. Ng3 Nf8 40. Ke3 Ne6 41. g6 Kd7 42. Kf2 {[#] intending Kg2.} Ke7 $1 43. g7 Kf7 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 48%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,120,-22,-14,-30,-7,-35,-1,-14,-11,-23,0,0,-8,-35,-18,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,7,0,24,10,29,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12839,-12839,-12834,0,-1107,0,-5302,-1086,-29985,-1160,-921,0,-29985,-29986,-29986,0,-1694,0,-29986,-29987,-29983,-12844,-12841,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qb2 b6 {1-0 (60) Karpov,A (2628)-Muzychuk,A (2549) Cap d'Agde 2015}) 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qb2 Rc7 $146 15. Qb5 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bd7 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 17. Qb2 Na5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Be6 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21. a4 ({Don't go for} 21. Bxd5 $2 c4 $19) 21... cxd4 22. cxd4 Rc4 23. Rab1 R8c7 24. a5 Bf5 25. Ra1 Be4 (25... Qd7 {seems wilder.} 26. Qb2 Qc6 27. Rfd1 g6 28. h3 Kg7) 26. Qd1 Rc2 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Qf4 Qc6 30. h4 h5 31. Qg5 g6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qb8 Qf6 34. Qxa7 Qxh4 35. Rab1 Qg4 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 36. Qb8 ({Wrong is} 36. Rxb7 $2 Rc1 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... h4 37. Qe8 (37. Rxb7 {[#] leads to mate.} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. g3 Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qg8+ Kxg8 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kxg8 42. Kh2 Qg2#) 37... f6 {( -> ...h3)} 38. Kh2 h3 39. gxh3 Qf3 40. Kg1 $1 Qxh3 {[#]} 41. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg4+ (41... bxa6 42. Rb8) 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 bxa6 {aiming for ...Qf3.} 47. Rb8 {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Qh4+ 48. Kg1 {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Kh6 49. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qe6 $11) 49... Qg4+ $19 50. Kh2 Qh4+ (50... Qf3 $142 51. Qh8+ Rh7) 51. Kg1 $1 Qg4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (51... Rh7 $142 52. Qg8 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Rcc7 54. Rxd5 Rc8) 52. Kh2 Rh7 (52... Qf3 $142 53. Qh8+ Rh7 54. Qxh7+ Kxh7) 53. Qg8 Qh4+ (53... Rcc7 $142 54. Rxd5 Rc8 55. Rg1 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. f3 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc7+ 59. Kg2 Rxg8 60. Rc5 Qd6 61. Rgc1 Re7 62. R5c3 Kg7 63. Rc6 Qb8 64. R6c5 Rh8 65. f4 g5 66. Kf3 Rh3+ 67. Kf2 Rh2+ 68. Kg1 Qb2 69. R5c2 Rxc2 70. Rxc2 Qxc2 71. fxg5 fxg5 72. Kf1 Rb7 73. Kg1 Rb1#) 54. Kg1 Qg4+ (54... f5 $19 55. Rd6 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Rcc7 57. Rxg6+ Qxg6 58. Qxg6+ Kxg6+ 59. Kg3 a5) 55. Kh2 Rcc7 56. Rxd5 Qh4+ $2 (56... f5 {mates} 57. Rxf5 Qxf5 58. f4 Rc8 59. Qxh7+ Kxh7 60. Kg3 Qe4 61. Rf3 Rc3 62. Kf2 Kg7 63. Kg3 Rxe3 64. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 65. Kg2 Kf6 66. Kf1 Kf5 67. d5 Kxf4 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Kh1 Qh2#) 57. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Kg2 $11 Qg4+ 58. Kh2) 57... Qg4+ (57... f5 $19 58. Re1 Rc2 59. Qf8+ Kh5 60. Rxf5+ gxf5 61. Qxf5+ Qg5+ 62. Qxg5+ Kxg5) 58. Kh2 f5 59. Rxf5 Qh4+ 60. Kg2 Qg4+ $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 62%, Black = 51%. . Loss on Time!?} ({Better is} 60... gxf5 $19 61. Qe6+ Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Rce7 64. Qb8+ Kf7) 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,103,0,0,36,1,12,-12,12,-13,0,-5,27,-14,-12,-33,-25,-40,-29,-30,-28,-51,-25,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-71,-72,-14,-16,-36,-154,-79,-104,-81,-75,-79,-94,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e6 13. Bh2 Qe7 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (67) Volkov,S (2645)-Usmanov,V (2467) Stockholm 2018}) 11... Bb7 12. Bf3 {LiveBook: 19 Games} c6 13. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bh2 f5 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Rc1 e5 17. b4 Rad8 18. Qb3 Kh7 {½-½ (60) Viaggi,S (2058)-Meier,V (2256) Basel 2014}) 13... e5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 17. c5 {[#] Black must now prevent cxd6.} d5 $1 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 {And now ...f3 would win.} 21. Nd4 bxc5 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Nxg7 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 24. Bf1 fxg2 ({Of course not} 24... Kxg7 $6 25. Qc3 $16) 25. Bxg2 Qxg7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 (27. Qxc5 $11 Rf7 28. Qd4) 27... Qd6 $17 28. Re3 Rf7 ({Better is} 28... Kh8 $17) 29. Rae1 $1 $11 Raf8 30. Qd2 (30. Re6 $1 $15 Qf4 31. Re7) 30... c4 (30... Rxf2 $142 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Kf7) 31. Re8 $17 Qf4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Re3 Kh8 (33... d4 $17 34. Rg3+ Kh8) 34. Qe1 $11 {Hoping for Rf3.The position is equal.} Rg8 35. Rf3 Qg5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg5g2]} 36. Rg3 Qf6 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Qf7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qd4 a6 42. h4 Kg8 43. Qg4+ Qg7 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Qe7 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qg3+ Kh8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qg3+ Kf6 50. Qf4+ Kg6 51. Qg4+ Kf7 52. Qf4+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,67,0,0,17,17,25,16,17,15,21,19,12,12,7,12,15,12,60,56,90,45,128,52,37,25,30,34,43,29,41,29,46,17,21,10,32,6,4,4,26,5,154,162,144,166,144,152,188,165,303,197,392,189,213,191,1402,1402]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Ne5 {LiveBook: 28 Games. D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Qc8 (7... a6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a4 Ne7 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Nexf7 Qc7 14. Qxd2 Nc8 15. Qf4 Nf6 16. Nxc8 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Rxc8 18. Nxh8 {1-0 (39) Wei,Y (2753)-Sambuev,B (2522) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. b3 cxb3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... c3 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ba3 11. Qc2 a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd3 Be7 {1-0 (43) Mekhitarian,K (2559)-Luz,A (2077) Florianopolis 2017}) 9. Qxb3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. Rc1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Nxb5!} a6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Ra7 16. Nc5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} O-O (16... Ba8 $1 $14) 17. e3 ({White should play} 17. Nxb7 $16 {Na5 is the strong threat.} Rxb7 18. Rxc6) 17... Ba8 $14 18. Rab1 a5 19. Qd1 f5 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Rb2 Rg8 23. Rbc2 Rc7 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Qf3 Bd6 26. Qe2 e5 {[#]} (26... a4 $11) 27. dxe5 $1 $16 Bxe5 28. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qe7 29. Qd3 b4 30. Rc4 Rg4 (30... Bb7 $142) 31. f4 Bf6 $2 (31... Bb2 {might work better.} 32. Qxf5 Rg8) 32. Kf2 (32. Qxf5 $142 Rg6 33. e4) 32... Rg8 $18 33. Qxf5 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (33... Bc3 34. Ne4 f6 35. Nxc3 bxc3) 34. Re4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 64%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Stefan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3 e5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Be2 Re8 16. Kf1 Bf6 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 g5 21. h3 Qd6 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kg2 a6 24. Rhe1 Qf4 25. Ne2 Qe5 26. d6 Rad8 27. d7 Re7 28. Qxb7 Qxb2 29. Qc7 Re6 30. Ng3 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Bxc2 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bc6 Bd3 35. a4 Bc4 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Ne4 Be5 38. Nc5 Bc7 39. Rd4 Ba2 40. Nb7 Bb6 41. Rb4 Bc7 42. Nxd8 Bxd8 43. Rb8 Bd5+ 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Ra8 a5 46. Ra6 Kxd7 47. Rxh6 Be7 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. Rg6 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Nitin, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 10. Bg5 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2792)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Be7 11. a4 b4 $1 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qd2 {0-1 (51) Travkina,A (2225)-Utiatskaja,I (2114) Sochi 2015}) 14... h4 15. g4 f5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Be4 Qd7 19. b3 (19. f4 $17) 19... Rac8 20. f3 Bg5 $19 ({Resist} 20... Bxh3 21. O-O-O $17) 21. Rg1 Bh6 22. Rg4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Kf2 a5 26. Rxh4 Rxc2 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. Rd1 Rfc8 30. Rd3 Rb2 31. Ke1 Rcc2 32. Re4 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Bf4 34. Kg2 Re1 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kf1 g5 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,60,58,78,53,59,56,69,56,70,53,53,52,105,94,105,102,109,109,108,115,118,109,151,106,116,93,106,95,127,99,129,98,162,150,156,124,135,53,64,0,125,113,301,305,314,276,337,285,304,299,291,284,1442,1429,1372,1334,1353,1302]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Bg5 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} h6 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 exd5 13. exd5 b5 14. b3 Nh5 15. Rc1 bxc4 16. bxc4 f5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 {½-½ (31) Georgiev,K (2662)-Chatalbashev,B (2593) Albena 2010}) 12... e5 13. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} a6 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Na6 16. Nb5 Ra8 17. Be2 Kh7 18. Bg3 Qe7 {1-0 (34) Antic,D (2455)-Velickovic,S (2312) Belgrade 2016}) 14... b6 15. Be2 Qe8 16. Rb1 a5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Nh7 (18... Qd8 $14) 19. Nc4 $16 Qd7 20. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf6 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd7 23. f5 Nf6 24. Bf3 Nh7 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Rbe1 h5 27. Bd1 Kg7 28. Bf2 Bg5 (28... Rg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Be3 Bh4 30. Qd2 Kh8 31. Bh6 ({White should play} 31. fxg6 $16 fxg6 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Rf1) 31... Rg8 $1 $14 32. fxg6 ({Better is} 32. Re2 $14) 32... fxg6 {[#]} (32... Rxg6 $11 33. Bxh5 Bxe1 34. Rxe1 Rg8) 33. Re3 $1 $16 Bg5 $2 (33... Bd7 $16) 34. Bxg5 $18 Nxg5 35. h4 Nh7 36. Ref3 Rg7 37. Qh6 Bg4 {[#]} 38. Rf6 $1 Bxd1 $2 (38... Bf5) 39. Nxd6 {Nf7+ would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Kg8 40. Rf7 Rxf7 41. Rxf7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,33,-14,-5,-18,-7,-14,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-10,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qa5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qd4 Qh5+ 15. f3 Qg6 16. Qe4 Ke7 17. g3 a5 {1-0 (46) Shankland,S (2671)-Antipov,M (2580) Biel 2017}) 9... Nf6 {LiveBook: 17 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Re1 Qc7 11. c4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c4 Bd6 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Rab8 17. b3 Bb4 18. Rd1 {½-½ (18) Winkworth,J (1904)-Bjerke,S (2029) Witley 2001}) 11... Rd8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 f6 17. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. Qe1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Ndf3 Bf8 12. Nf5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Bg2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Be3 b5 21. a4 a6 22. b4 Nd7 23. f4 f6 24. f5 Ng5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Qf8 27. Rd1 Re7 28. c4 Nf7 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Qxb5 Rb8 31. Qc6 Nd8 32. Qc4+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Nxf7 34. Rdxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxb4 36. Bd2 Ra4 37. g4 h6 38. h4 Ra6 39. Bf1 Rc6 40. Bb5 Rc8 41. Kf2 Nd8 42. Ba5 Nc6 43. Rc7 Ra8 44. Bxc6 Rxa5 45. Bd5+ Kh7 46. Rc8 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Ra8 Rb5 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rf8 Rb6 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. Rf7+ Kh6 54. Rf8 Kg7 55. Ra8 Rb1 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rf8 Rb6 58. Be6 Rd6+ 59. Ke3 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Nbxd4 O-O-O 13. c3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe6+ Kb8 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Bxf7 Rhd8 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nh5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Bf7 Re5 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Kh1 Qd7 26. Rg1 Qxf7 27. Qxh7 Qd5 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trimitzios, Petros"]
[Black "Serpetsidakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 h6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nd4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Nf5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 O-O 15. Nc3 Bxf5 16. exf5 a5 17. Na4 Ba7 18. Bf4 Nbd7 19. h4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Bxb6 21. g5 Ng4 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Bf3 h5 24. Kf1 g6 25. f6 Bd4 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Bb6 Bxb2 29. Rxd7 Bxa1 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. Bc5 Bc3 32. a3 Rd8 33. h5 Bxf6 34. hxg6 Bg7 35. gxf7+ Kh8 36. g6 Bf8 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Re7 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,123,0,0,-7,14,0,11,10,40,20,20,9,19,9,9,8,6,0,22,22,27,0,0,0,9,9,18,0,22,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-20,-11,-9,-15,-22,-17,-22,-17,-39,-44,-44,-29,-58,-32,-66,-46,-60,-58,-59,-46,-66,-37,-66,-66,-67,-66,-87,-87,-270,-238,-360,-360,-343,-346,-399,-384,-1000,-916,-7666,-7233,-5945,-1322,-5622,-5218,-29991,-29992,-29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 {LiveBook: 64 Games. E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 13. Ba3 (13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rac8 18. Bb3 Bd5 19. Qd3 Qc6 20. Rac1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 {0-1 (110) Kravtsiv,M (2665)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Ne5 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 15. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4g4][%mdl 32]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Bb5 f6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. c4 Nf4 20. Qf1 Rad8 21. g3 Qf3 22. gxf4 Qxa3 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Kf7 25. Kg2 {½-½ (25) Niklasson,C-Darga,K Eckernfoerde 1974}) 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Rcd1 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} (20... Rd5 {feels hotter.} 21. Rd4 Red8 22. Qe3 a5 23. Red1 h6) 21. f3 Na4 22. Bxa4 (22. Rd6 {looks sharper.} Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxc3 24. Bxa4 Qd4+ 25. Qf2) 22... Qxa4 23. Bd6 Rc8 24. Rd4 Qc6 25. Rc1 h6 26. Qd2 Red8 27. Kh1 b5 28. Rg4 {[#] Qxh6 would kill now.} Kh8 29. Rh4 Kh7 30. h3 f5 31. Rd4 Qe8 32. c4 Qh5 33. Kg1 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Rb1 Bc6 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Rc1 (37. h4 {keeps more tension.} gxh4 38. Rxh4+ Kg8 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. Kg3) 37... Be8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Rd2 Rc4 40. a3 Bc6 41. Bb4 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Rxg4 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Rf2 Bd5 46. Bd6 Rc4 47. Bb4 Re4 48. Bd6 Re3 49. Kg1 Rb3 50. Kh2 Kh5 51. Re2 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 52. Bb4 g4 53. g3 $2 (53. Bd6 $17) 53... Kg6 54. Kg1 (54. Be1 {keeps fighting.}) 54... Rxg3+ $19 55. Kf2 Rf3+ 56. Kg1 g3 57. Bd6 $2 (57. Re1) 57... Kf5 58. Re1 Kg4 59. Rd1 Re3 (59... Rf2 $142 60. Bc5 Rh2) 60. Rb1 Re2 61. Rd1 Bf3 62. Rb1 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 c4 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qb6 22. Nd6 Nxe5 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. b3 cxb3 25. Rb1 b2 26. Re2 Qd8 27. Qe1 Re7 28. Rbxb2 Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,113,31,53,49,55,7,9,-40,-39,-32,-15,-35,-39,-36,-36,-33,-45,-41,-53,-52,0,0,39,0,0,0,97,102,70,82,94,20,83,75,64,0,26,17,27,27,26,28,22,27,25,18,26,19,23,18,21,7,9,4,6,0,9,0,13,0,0,0,20,20,20,20,18,18,18,15,18,15,24,17,37,0,37,20,48,48,58,59,63,69,70,68,70,51,66,71,109,-6669]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (11. d5 Nf6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. h3 e6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Bc2 exd5 18. exd5 b5 {0-1 (78) Akobian,V (2647)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 11... e5 12. d5 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. O-O {White is slightly better.} c4 14. Bb1 Qa3 15. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh6 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh4 f6 18. Bc2 a5 {0-1 (39) Caletka,R (2382)-Erdos,V (2585) Slovakia 2017}) 15... a5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 b4 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 18. cxb4 c3 19. Qf2 Qxb4 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Qh4 Ba6 (21... Re8 $15) 22. Rfe1 $11 Rae8 23. Bg5 Nd7 24. Bh6 Nc5 (24... Ne5 $11 25. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kxg7) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Re3 Na4 {[%cal Bc5a4,Ba4b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. Qe1 ({White should try} 27. Kh1 $16) 27... Rc8 (27... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Bc2 {Threatens to win with a3!} Nb6 29. Bb1 (29. h4 $14) 29... Rfe8 (29... Na4 {is more complex.}) 30. Rexc3 ({Much worse is} 30. Rcxc3 Nc4 $17) 30... Nxd5 $1 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. a3 Na6 34. Kf2 Bb7 35. Bd3 Re7 36. Nd2 Re5 37. Bxa6 Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Ke3 Rh5 39. Nf3 Rb5 40. Nd2 Rb2 41. Rc3 a4 42. Rc6 Bb7 43. Rc4 f5 44. exf5 Bxg2 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. Rxa4 Kh6 47. Rg4 Bc6 48. Rc4 Bg2 49. Rg4 Bh1 50. Rg1 Bd5 51. Ra1 Kh5 52. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening a5.} Kh4 53. a5 {[#] aiming for a6.} Kh3 54. a6 {Black must now prevent Nf1.} Kxh2 55. a7 {Hoping for Ra5.} Ba8 56. Ra6 Rb7 57. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 69%. . An unexpected result.} (57. Kf4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baroutas, Athanasios"]
[Black "Praveen Kumar C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 Nc6 8. Be3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. h3 O-O-O 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. O-O-O h5 14. h4 Na5 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 c6 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Rhe1 Ng4 19. g3 Bd6 20. Re2 Rde8 21. Rde1 Kd7 22. Ng2 g6 23. Nd1 Ncxe3 24. Ndxe3 Nf6 25. Nf1 Ne4 26. Nd2 f5 27. Kd1 Rhg8 28. Nf3 a5 29. Ng5 b5 30. Nf7 Bc7 31. Nf4 b4 32. a4 Bb6 33. Ne5+ Rxe5 34. dxe5 Bxf2 35. Rf1 Bxg3 36. Nxh5 gxh5 37. Rxf5 Bxh4 38. Rf1 Bg3 39. Rf7+ Ke6 40. Rh7 Bxe5 41. Re1 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Bxh8 43. b3 h4 44. Rg1 Ng3 45. Ke1 Be5 46. Kf2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mavrikakis, Georgios"]
[Black "Grigoriadis, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 e5 8. d3 h6 9. a4 Be6 10. a5 g5 11. Nh2 Be7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na4 h5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Qe2 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. f4 Rdg8 20. Nb6+ Nxb6 21. axb6 Bxg4 22. Qxg4+ Rxg4 23. bxc7 Rhg8 24. fxe5 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 R2g3 26. Bg1 Rh3+ 27. Bh2 Rgh8 28. Rf2 Bh4 29. Raf1 Bxf2 30. Rxf2 Kxc7 31. Kg1 Kd7 32. Rf7+ Ke6 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Bf4 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Rxd3 36. Rh6 Rg7 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,21,27,20,16,8,0,0,23,54,33]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 Nd7 (4... d4 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Nd7 10. Rb1 b5 11. Qa5 Nb6 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qxb5 {½-½ (64) Artemiev,V (2691)-Shirov,A (2631) Moscow 2017}) 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Ngf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 8. d3 O-O 9. Qh4 Qb6 10. O-O a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Bh6 a6 12. b3 e5 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. Nxd5 Nf8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (30) Lezcano Jaen,P (2350)-Gomez,J Las Palmas 1997}) 11. Rb1 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrov, Marian"]
[Black "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,31,-32,-24,-39,-37,-14,-27,-29,-17,-33,-24,-10,-15,-13,-6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bg4 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} (9... Re8 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. c4 Rad8 14. Qc1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qa3 {1-0 (51) Hou,Y (2667)-Hammer,J (2701) Fagernes 2016}) 10. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be6 11. Be3 Be7 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb6 12. c4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Rb1 Bxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Qh5 {0-1 (79) Ozer,O (2411)-Kollars,D (2514) Rymanow Zdroj 2017}) 12. f4 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd7 15. f5 Nd4 16. g4 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Trimitzios, Petros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,104,22,23,1,39,-16,-34,-22,-38,-15,-29,-42,-44,-52,-52,-69,-84,-84,-87,-81,-75,-63,-59,-129,-102,-146,-118,-147,-126,-139,-131,-141,-143,-154,-149,-223,-207,-218,-138,-209,-27,-83,-63,-68,-57,-106,-86,-93,-53,-117,-50,-78,-90,-140,-140,-187,-190,-204,-191,-164,-158,-294,-294,-387,-375,-502,-487,-691,-329,-568,-545,-758,-714,-695,-577,-1285,-1288,-1278,-1254,-1931,-1416,-1871,-1371,-1428,-1413,-1374,-1366,-1577,-1533]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd3 e6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 (9. Bb2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ne1 Nd6 14. f3 Bh5 15. Ng3 {0-1 (65) Lysyj,I (2666)-Volkov,S (2615) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... Bh5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 $146 (11. Ne2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb1 a5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 {0-1 (32) Jedynak,R (2453)-Sapis,W (2388) Lubniewice 2003}) 11... a5 $11 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qb8 19. Rc2 Nxe5 20. Rfc1 ({Better is} 20. Nc1 $1 $15) 20... Ng6 21. Bd4 Qd8 22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Qe2 e5 24. Bb2 Qd7 25. Rc7 Qf5 26. R1c5 (26. R1c2 $17) 26... Rfd8 27. Nc1 Ne4 28. Rb5 {[#]} (28. R5c6 $17) 28... Rd7 $2 (28... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 29. exd4 Nf4) 29. Rc6 (29. Rxd7 $11 Qxd7 30. Qd3) 29... h5 30. Nd3 f6 31. Ne1 Ne7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Nf3 {[#]} (33. Nd3 $15) 33... g6 ({Black should try} 33... g5 $1 $17 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Qxd2 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4) 34. Rb6 Raa7 35. Rb8 Qe6 36. Rb5 Qd6 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Kg2 (39. Ne1 $17) 39... Kg7 $19 40. Rh1 Ng6 41. Rh5 Qe6 42. Kh3 (42. Kf1 $142 Qxg4 43. Rh2) 42... Rdb7 (42... d4 $142 {...d3 is the strong threat.} 43. Bc1 Rac7 44. exd4 Nc3) 43. Rxb7+ $2 (43. Nd2 Nc3 44. Rxb7+ Rxb7 45. Qf3) 43... Rxb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Nh2 d4 45. Qf3 Nd6 46. Qc6 dxe3 47. fxe3 Qxb3 48. Bc1 Nf4+ 49. Kg3 Nxh5+ 50. gxh5 Qe6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf5+.} 51. Kg2 Qd7 52. Qf3 Rc7 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,33,0,20,-25,-22,-19,-25,-13,-16,-21,-8,-38,-37,-40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Nc6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 9. e5 Be7 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Nb4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Ne4 c6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be3 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,25,0,15,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Nbd2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} h6 (11... Be6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. c4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bg4 {0-1 (30) Amin,B (2693)-Shetty,A (2389) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Rb1 Rb8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nb3 {Predecessor:} b6 $146 14. d4 c4 15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Ra1 b5 {0-1 (48) Spornberger,M (2300)-Breder,D (2473) Austria 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Praveen Kumar C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,79,16,0,0,0,71,54,119,121,193,170,172,163,109,74,101,89,98,39,68,65,58,45,53,70,170,155,137,98,248,241,475,441,409,371,487,479,477,451,531,500,2098,1700,3127,2013,3252,2621,2832,2469]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Re8 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation} 13. Kh1 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. h4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxg5 18. hxg5 {[#]} Ra7 $146 (18... Ne5 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg4 {1-0 (36) Dreev,A (2650)-Maze,S (2554) Reykjavik 2010}) 19. Qe1 $16 Qe7 (19... Ne5 $14) 20. Qh4 Qf8 (20... Ne5 $16) 21. g4 $18 Qg7 22. f6 Qh8 23. Qh6 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 25. Rf4 ({White should try} 25. Ne2 $1 $16) 25... Rb7 26. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} b4 {next ...b3 is good for Black.} 27. Raf1 {[%cal Ba1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 {With the idea ...b3.} 28. Nd4 $1 bxa3 (28... b3 $14 29. Bb1 Na4) 29. bxa3 Rb2 30. R1f3 Re8 {[#]} (30... Rxc2 $16 31. Nxc2 Nd3) 31. Rc3 $1 Ra2 $2 (31... Bb5 32. a4 Nxa4 33. Bxa4 Bxa4) 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. dxc6 {[%cal Bd5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Ne6 34. Rf2 {[%cal Bf4f2,Bf2d2,Bd2d6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Rc8 35. Rxc4 Rxa3 36. Rd2 Ra5 (36... Rf3 $142 37. c7 Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf6) 37. Rxd6 Nxg5 38. c7 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} Ne6 {[#]} 39. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re5 (39... Rxg5 40. Qxg5) 40. Ba4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriadis, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,72,-10,0,-35,-33,-81,-85,-91,-65,-57,-73,-85,-64,-73,0,-55,-15,-29,0,-15,-9,-13,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-51,-47,-52,-81,-69,-174,-166,-170,-157,-244,-208,-412,-423,-412,-386,-451,-434,-416,-265,-661,-635,-644,-638,-596,-569]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Nge7 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 7. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c3 f6 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 Qc7 10. g3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 {0-1 (43) Kovalev,V (2639)-Volokitin,A (2628) Riadh 2017}) 7... O-O 8. g4 {Black is slightly better.} f6 9. f5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 exf5 (11... b6 {keeps more tension.} 12. c3 Bb7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nc6) 12. gxf5 g6 (12... b6 $17) 13. fxg6 (13. Nf3 $11) 13... Nxg6 14. Nf3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bh3 16. Nxe5 Qd4+ 17. Qf2 fxe5 (17... Nxe5 {feels hotter.} 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. Qg3+ Qg6 20. Rf2 Kf7) 18. Qxd4 cxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bh6 {aiming for Bc4+.} Rc8 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Kf2 Rf6+ 23. Kg3 Be6 24. Bg5 (24. c3 $11) 24... Nf4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Bd3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 27. h3 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. Kg2 $15) 27... h4+ $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 27... Bxa2 28. b3 $16) 28. Kg2 Rf6 29. a3 (29. c3 $17) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kf2 $2 (30. Kh2 {was called for.}) 30... Bxh3 31. Rh1 {[#]} Rg2+ $1 32. Kf3 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. b3 $2 (34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Rxh4 Rg2+ 36. Kxf1 Rxc2 37. Rh5) 34... Kg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bf1 Bxf1 36. Rxh4 Rh3 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 exd5 13. Nxd5 h3 14. gxh3 Bxh3 15. Ng3 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qd8 17. bxc5 Qa5+ {½-½ (89) Sethuraman,S (2631)-Jones,G (2675) Dubai 2018}) 8... Nd7 9. d5 Nce5 10. Nc1 (10. b3 $11 {remains equal.}) 10... Qa5 11. Qc2 a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nb6 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Nb5 Qa4 14. Na3 f5 15. Be2 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nexc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 {0-1 (27) Bakker,S (2308)-Dunn,A (2076) Gibraltar 2006}) 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Be2 f4 16. Bf2 Kh8 17. h4 Rb8 18. h5 g5 19. h6 Bf6 20. g3 g4 21. gxf4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 gxf3 23. a5 Na8 24. Nxf3 b5 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Bg4 27. exf6 Bxf3 28. Rh3 Rxf6 29. Bxc5 e5 30. cxb5 Nc7 31. Bb6 Qc8 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Qg2 Rf7 34. bxa6 Nxa6 35. Qe2 Qf5 36. Qxa6 Qh5 37. Qe2 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qxh6+ 39. Kc2 Qg6+ 40. Qe4 Qd6 41. Re1 Re8 42. Nb5 Qd7 43. Nc7 Rf4 {[#]} 44. Qd3 $18 (44. Qxf4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 45. Rxe8+ Kg7 46. a6) 44... Rg8 45. Rxe5 Qa4+ 46. Kb1 Rg3 47. Re8+ Qxe8 48. Bd4+ Kg8 49. Qxg3+ Qg6+ 50. Qxg6+ hxg6 51. a6 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,100,26,11,16,22,0,27,10,22,28,16,0,27,-33,-34,-44,-44,-46,-52,-28,-32,-56,-23,-64,-23,-60,-45,-81,-85,-93,-78,-134,-144,-154,-150,-143,-127,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-263,-263,-269,-257,-262,-261,-261,-232,-240,-212,-260,-250,-324,-300,-341,-325,-334,-275,-275,-282,-276,-245,-266,-239,-270,-262,-262,-238,-260,-254,-271,-268,-641,-628,-676,-648,-691,-666,-716,-552,-475,-466]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a5 (6... Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Be2 a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 cxd5 {½-½ (38) Gelfand,B (2697)-Gupta,A (2610) Caleta 2018}) 7. b5 a4 8. Ba3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Be2 Re8 10. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bb2 c5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. c4 Qd6 17. Bd4 h6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc5 {½-½ (19) Sundararajan,K (2524)-Tyomkin,D (2549) Edmonton 2005}) 10... e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bb2 (14. O-O $11) 14... c5 $15 15. bxc6 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 bxc6 18. c4 Be6 19. Bd4 Rec8 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. O-O Rab8 23. Bd1 (23. h3 $142) 23... Nc5 $17 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nf3 Rb2 26. Rxc5 (26. a3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Rxc5 $19 27. Bxa4 Rxa2 28. Bb3 Rb2 29. Nd4 Rc3 30. Bd1 Rc1 31. Be2 Rbb1 32. f3 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Rb2 34. Be2 Bc8 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. Bd1 Ke5 38. Bc2 Ra3 39. f4+ Kf6 40. Bb3 Ra5 41. Kg3 Ba6 42. Bd1 Ra3 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. h4 Bd3 45. Bf3 Be4 46. Bxe4 $2 {[#]} (46. Be2) 46... dxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. g4 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Kd6 49. Nb5+ Ke6 50. Nd4+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tsarouhas, Vasilios"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,34,27,31,18,18,14,70,59,58,56,61,46,110,62,93,71,79,64,82,89,77,66,76,80,139,10,90,17,23,20,30,-28,31,33,37,31,44,-46,-34,-75,75,76,58,21,654,665,668,666,653,653,491,490,29986,936]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 11. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. f3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nd5 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2779)-Caruana,F (2823) Saint Louis 2016}) 11... Nd4 12. Bb2 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Qa5 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Ba3 Qc7 {1-0 (41) Istratescu,A (2500)-Hebert,J (2435) Cappelle-la-Grande 1996}) 13... Bd7 (13... Qa5 $11) 14. Nc2 $14 Ne6 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Ng4 (16... b5 $14) 17. h3 (17. g3 {is interesting.} Ng6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bg2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Ne3) 17... Nh6 18. Ne3 f5 19. g3 Ne6 {next ...f4 is good for Black.} 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Nd5 Ng5 (22... b5 $142) 23. Bg2 (23. f4 $16 Ne6 24. Be2 (24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Rf7 $16)) 23... Rf8 (23... Rf7 $1 $11) 24. g4 (24. Re3 $16) 24... Ne6 $11 25. Ba3 Bh4 26. Re2 ({White should try} 26. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Ne7+ (28. Qxe1 Re8 $11) (28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. Qxe1 Ng6 $16) 28... Kh8 29. Qxe1 (29. Nxc8 Bc3 $14)) 26... Nd4 (26... Bc6 $11) 27. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bc6 28. f4 $1 Rf7 29. Rxd4 (29. Bb2 $14) 29... exd4 $15 30. g5 {[#] Qg4 is the strong threat.} h6 {[#]} (30... Qd7 $1 $17 {stays on course. Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 31. Qxd4 Rcf8) 31. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh5h4]} hxg5 {aiming for ...Qe8.} 32. Be4 {White threatens Qh7+ and mate.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bxd5 $11 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bxd5 Rcc7) 33. Qxg6+ $18 Rg7 34. Qe6+ Kh8 {Threatening ...gxf4+.} 35. Qh6+ Kg8 {White should prevent ...gxf4+.} 36. f5 Kf7 (36... Rcc7 $18 37. Bxd6 Rcf7) 37. Qe6+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,99,8,3,29,0,2,2,-2,-42,-47,-72,-31,-38,-34,-39,-31,-94,-28,-37,0,-8,-11,0,0,-12,-14,-16,31,-36,95,86,89,78,128,87,163,156,147,157,156,142,136,95,110,35,44,34,70,71,135,122,125,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. e4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nde2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} (12. Nb3 Re8 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 Be6 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bg5 c6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (66) Zubov,A (2612)-Demchenko,A (2645) Konya 2017}) 12... a5 13. a4 Re8 14. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Kh2 Re5 17. g4 Re8 18. Qd2 {1-0 (33) Bashkov,V (2450)-Czerwonski,A (2370) Warsaw 1993}) 14... Nb4 15. Ng3 Bc6 $1 16. Nd5 Nfxd5 (16... Nxe4 $5 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd5 $15) 17. exd5 Bd7 18. c3 Na6 19. Ne4 (19. Be3 $15) 19... h6 (19... f5 $17 20. Ng5 Nc5) 20. Be3 $11 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. Rae1 Bxa4 25. f4 (25. Bd4 $14 Qf7 26. Re6 Bxd4 27. Qxd4) 25... Nc5 (25... Bd7 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26. Bxc5 $1 $16 dxc5 27. d6 $1 {Hoping for Rxe8+.} Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxf4 {[#]} (28... Kh8 $16) 29. Re4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f4]} Qxd6 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Rxa4 Ra7 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. Rf4 (33. Bc4 $16) 33... b5 $14 34. Ne4 b4 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 (35... Kh8 $142) 36. Rxf6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} a4 37. cxb4 (37. Rxd6 $16 {aiming for Kf2.} bxc3 38. bxc3) 37... cxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxd6 a3 39. bxa3 bxa3 40. Ba2 Rc7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 41. Rd2 h5 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. Rf2 Rb7 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. Rxb2 axb2 46. Kf4 g5+ 47. Kf5 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g3]} 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kxg4 b1=Q 50. Bxb1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Marian"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,0,0,37,38,38,36,35,37,29,43,69,68,122,127,139,139,162,160,145,153,146,111,113,104,93,103,111,87,92,85,95,68,75,66,76,59,79,68,88,47,94,96,86,69,87,76,100,96,129,129,123,104,155,152,153,138,138,138,146,151,206,181,323,324,388,345,528,501,922,888,907,900,908,905,1208,851,803,760,3170,2893,1913,1650]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 {LiveBook: 40 Games. B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O 14. Nh4 Nd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 Rab8 17. e5 b5 18. Qg4 {½-½ (30) Kobalia,M (2651)-Najer,E (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. dxe4 {White is slightly better.} Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bxd1 Nf6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Ke2 a6 17. Bc7 Rdc8 {1-0 (65) Chornozem,S (2102)-Vorobiov,I Kiev 2008}) 13... O-O-O+ 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Rxd6!} Nf4+ {[#]} (15... Bf4 $14) 16. Kf1 $1 $16 {e5! is the strong threat.} Bb8 17. Be3 b6 18. Ng5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd8 20. g3 Ng6 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. h4 Nge7 24. a3 Rd8 25. b4 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 cxb4 27. cxb4 Ng8 28. Ba4 Kb7 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Nd4 Nge7 31. Bb3 Kc8 32. h5 Kb7 33. Kf3 Kc8 34. g4 Kd8 35. Bc4 Bb8 (35... e5 $142) 36. Nb3 Ke8 37. b5 Nd8 38. e5 Kd7 39. Ke4 Ng8 (39... Nc8 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. a4 Nb7) 40. Nd4 Ne7 {[#]} (40... Nb7 {was necessary.} 41. Nb3 Ne7) 41. f5 $1 $18 exf5+ 42. gxf5 Nb7 (42... Ke8 $142 43. Bf4 Nc8) 43. Nc6 {White is clearly winning.} Bc7 (43... Bd6 $142 44. f6 gxf6 45. exd6 Nxd6+ 46. Kd3 Nxc4) 44. Bxf7 Nc5+ 45. Bxc5 bxc5 46. Be6+ Ke8 47. Nxa7 Bb6 48. Nc6 Nxc6 49. bxc6 Ke7 50. Bc4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,39,36,13,28,0,37,-14,0,-40,9,0,0,-41,25,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bd3 {[#] LiveBook: 46 Games} Qd7 $146 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Rae1 b4 16. Nb5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bc6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Qh3 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Kh1 {½-½ (60) Kravtsiv,M (2621)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin 2015}) 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Rae1 ({White should play} 16. f5 $14) 16... Nh5 17. Qg4 Nf6 (17... e5 $5 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 $15) 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4 Nf6 ({Black should try} 19... e5 $15 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Re8) 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Trimitzios, Petros"]
[Black "Nitin, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 axb3 11. axb3 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Nc3 bxc4 15. bxc4 Bb7 16. Qb2 Qc8 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Ne4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qd2 f5 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nf3 Nf7 25. c5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 e6 27. Qd4 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd8 29. Qc3 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Qd6 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Rb8 33. Re3 Qe7 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. e4 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Ne8 37. Qe1 Qd7 38. Bb1 Nf6 39. exf5 exf5 40. Ba2+ Kh7 41. Qa1 Qe7 42. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Panayotis"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2787)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. a4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (60) Taalaibekov,T (2205)-Monnisha,G (2281) Moscow 2018}) 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bh4 Qb6 18. Rf3 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 {[#]} 20. Bxh7+ $18 Nxh7 21. Rh3 Kf8 22. Qxh7 Ke8 23. a5 Qc5 24. Qxg7 Kd7 25. Re1 b4 26. Rh8 Qxa5 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Qg8 Bc6 29. Qb8 bxc3 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qxc6+ Kf8 32. bxc3 Qxc3 33. Nf3 a5 34. h4 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Tsarouhas, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e5 9. Bh2 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Rad8 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Bd3 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Grigoriadis, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 Be6 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 (10... Ne4 $11) 11. b5 bxc5 12. dxc5 d4 $18 (12... Nbd7 $142) 13. Nxd4 Nd5 14. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 fxe6 16. Rc4 a4 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. c6 Qf7 19. f3 Nb6 20. Rf4 Qg7 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Be2 a3 23. O-O Ra4 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Qxa4 Nxe3 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milovanovic, Ninoslav"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 Ne8 8. O-O Nc7 9. Rb1 d6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 b5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. g4 Re8 $11 ({Black should play} 15... b4) 16. Bh6 Ned4 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. f3 e6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne3 Qh4 21. Kh2 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. f4 Ng4+ 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. f5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 gxf3 27. Bxf3 gxf5 28. Rg1 Kh8 29. exf5 Re5 30. Bg4 Rbe8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bc6 34. Rf1 Qf6 35. Rf2 R5e6 36. Qxa7 Re1 37. Qa6 Qd4 38. Qb6 Qf6 39. Qb2 Ba8 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 7. Qxd2 d6 (7... e5 8. d5 Nd8 9. e4 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nge2 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bh3 {0-1 (58) Denishev,M (2382)-Dvalishvili,P (2421) Moscow 2016}) 8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nb5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. e3 Qe5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Rc1 {0-1 (56) Govciyan,P (2175)-Franc,N (2067) Cannes 2000}) 9... Nd4 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nge2 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 h5 15. h4 Nh7 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Qd7 18. Rh1 f5 19. Kd2 a6 $16 (19... Nf6 $11) 20. f4 O-O-O 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rhf1 Qg6 24. Qxe5 Kb8 25. Kc1 Rde8 26. Qd4 Qxg3 27. Rg1 Qd6 28. c5 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 g5 30. d6 cxd6 31. cxd6 g4 32. d7 Rd8 33. Qe5+ Ka8 34. Rd6 Qf8 35. Nd5 Qf2 36. Nc7+ Ka7 37. Rc1 Rhf8 38. Ne6 g3 39. Rxa6+ bxa6 40. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Iskos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,123,-92,-86,-145,-162,-147,-145,-130,-139,-195,-187,-254,-254,-256,-256,-254,-254,-235,-241,-231,-86,-385,-196,-113,-117,-227,-49,-93,-93,-88,-85,-105,-107,-114,-114,-114,-101,-100,-83,-87,-83,-83,-75,-75,-75,-87,-87,-87,-87,-100,-86,-81,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-55,-55,-55,-55,-92,-92,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-153,-139,0,-153]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne7 12. c5 Ned5 13. Bd2 d6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bc3 {0-1 (97) Wei,Y (2740)-Adhiban,B (2671) Hoogeveen 2017}) 7... Bb4 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Ba3 d6 $1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qa4+ (11. f3 $142) 11... Bd7 $17 12. Qb4 O-O $1 13. Qxd6 Re8 $1 14. Bb4 $146 (14. h4 $17 {might work better.}) ({Predecessor:} 14. Be2 h6 {0-1 (31) Gunina,V (2308)-Matveeva,S (2406) Sochi 2007}) 14... h6 $19 {...e3 is the strong threat.} 15. h4 (15. Be2 $142 hxg5 16. c5) 15... e3 16. Bd3 exf2+ (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Nxc4 18. gxf6 $11) 17. Kxf2 Nxc4 $1 ({Inferior is} 17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Nxc4 19. gxf6 $11) 18. Bxc4 hxg5 19. Bd3 {[#]} gxh4 (19... Ng4+ $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. Kg1 Ne5) 20. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Rxh4 $17 Ng4+ 21. Rxg4 Bxg4 22. Rh1) 20... Ne4+ (20... Ng4+ $142 21. Kg1 Ne5) 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rae1 {[#]} (22. Rhe1 $17 Rg4 23. Re7) 22... Bf5 $2 (22... Rg4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Qg5.} 23. Re3 Bf5 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8) 23. Rxe4 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Bxe4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. c4 Rc8 26. c5 Bxd5 27. Rxh4 a6 28. a3 Re8 29. Rh5 Bc6 30. Re5 Rxe5 (30... Rd8 {keeps more tension.} 31. Re7 f6 32. g3 Kh7 33. g4 Kg6) 31. Bxe5 $17 {KB-KB} f6 32. Bd6 Kf7 33. g3 Ke6 34. Bf8 g6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. Bd6 g5 37. Be7 Kg6 38. Bd8 f5 39. Be7 Kh5 40. Bf6 Kg4 41. Be5 f4+ 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Bc7 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 44. Ba5 g3 45. Be1 Kg4 46. f5 g2 47. Bf2 ({Better is} 47. Kf2) 47... Kxf5 48. Bg1 Ke5 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Kc3 Bb5 51. Kd2 a5 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. Bf2 Be2 54. Bg1 Bg4 55. Bf2 Be6 56. Bg1 Ke4 57. Kd2 Bc4 58. Bf2 Kf3 59. Bg1 Bb5 60. Ke1 Kg3 61. Kd2 Kf3 62. Ke1 $1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,20,4,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 {Predecessor:} 11. Rad1 $146 Qc7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. h3 h6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be5 {0-1 (52) Xu,Y (2463)-Le,Q (2699) Al Ain 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Prraneeth Vuppala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Rxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Qf3 d5 14. Be2 Nxc3 15. O-O d4 16. Bd2 e4 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. Bh5 e3 19. Qe1 Ne4 20. Bb4 Ba7 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Ra5 Bb8 23. Rxe5+ Bxe5 24. Bxf7+ Kd7 25. Qc4 Bd6 26. Qxd4 Qe7 27. Be6+ Ke8 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxe3 Rf8 30. Qe5 Rf6 31. Rd1 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Argiroudis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,30,33,25,40,33,42,25,23,31,27,18,23,8,25,28,29,31,29,26,43,4,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 (5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. Bf4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ndf6 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Qd2 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 {½-½ (43) Bologan,V (2654)-Wojtaszek,R (2723) Doha 2015}) 5... dxe4 6. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nxf6+ {White is slightly better.} Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Qc2 {½-½ (46) Egenolf,D (1915)-Guth,S (1728) Offenbach 2012}) 12. a4 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Panayotis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a4 Qe7 8. a5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. c3 Nf8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qc2 Nf4 15. Rfe1 g5 16. d4 Be6 17. Ncd2 Rad8 18. dxc5 Qd7 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Rad1 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Nh2 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 f3 25. Rg1 Bh6 26. Qd7 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,17,8,25,36,22,36,20,29,29,25,11,148,143,136,114,131,137,178,188,170,183,170,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,350,191,331,32767,32767,32767,397,314,300,329,382,383,387,380,400,408,396,32767,32767,32767,520,32767,32767,479,447,557,542,32767,660,1096,747]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 {D66: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3)} a6 11. O-O c5 12. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Nc4 Ne4 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. dxc5 Nd5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. cxd6 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 {½-½ (20) Nikolic,P (2641)-Tregubov,P (2609) Pula 1999}) 12... Bxf6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 17. Rxc6 Nb8 (17... Bxb2 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Rd6 Ra7) 18. Rd6 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a5 Qxb2 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. Rd8 Re7 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qd6 Nd7 25. Qxa6 Ne5 $2 (25... f5 {was worth a try.} 26. Qb5 Kf7) 26. Qc8+ Re8 27. Qc5+ Kg8 28. Bb7 Qc3 29. Qxc3 bxc3 {[#]} 30. Rc1 $18 Rd8 31. Kf1 Nc4 32. a6 Nd6 33. Rxc3 Nb5 34. Rb3 Na7 35. Bf3 g5 36. Rb7 Nc8 37. Rb8 Rf8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. a7 g4 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Trimitzios, Petros"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,75,9,17,17,24,14,20,24,24,18,15,14,20,20,30,0,6,-12,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,3,15,18,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,14,0,14,14,17,6,1,0,14,14,34,-151]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Nc3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Rc7 (11... Qd7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rdd1 Qe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 Ne4 {1-0 (80) Macieja,B (2608)-Kanarek,M (2482) Chorzow 2013}) 12. Rfd1 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. dxc4 {The position is equal.} Rd7 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Qc8 16. Nb5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a6 {½-½ (50) Keitlinghaus,L-Fahnenschmidt,G (2340) Germany 1986}) 14... Qa8 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Nd1 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 f6 22. Nd1 Nf7 23. h4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxb7.} Bxg2 25. f3 Bh3 26. Nd3 {aiming for e4.} Bf5 {And now ...Bxd3 would win.} 27. e4 Bg6 28. Nf4 Qd8 29. Qd3 (29. Ne3 {keeps more tension.} Qd4 30. Kg2 Bf7 31. Nc2 Qb2 32. Ne3) 29... Qxd3 30. Nxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Be8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 35. f5 Kd6 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. g4 Kd6 38. e5+ $2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 63%.} (38. Nb5+ $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxb5 39. cxb5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,62,0,2,5,-20,-10,-33,-16,-44,-34,-64,-45,-56,-43,-44,-37,-41,-40,-70,-68,-75,-72,-93,-6,-113,-115,-156,-169,-164,-151,-151,-150,-182,-108,-108,-23,-121,-122,-502,-497]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} b6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nfe4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 {½-½ (55) Lenic,L (2641)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} e5 14. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d5 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 {½-½ (48) Sarkar,J (2415)-Neiksans,A (2631) Stockholm 2017}) 14... Nxe5 15. Rfe1 a5 16. b4 Qf6 17. Qc1 Qg6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg6g2]} 18. f3 axb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 19. axb4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 $1 Qxd3 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qb2 h5 23. e4 {[#]} Ra3 (23... Bc8 $1 $17) 24. Rc1 (24. Nf1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rb3 25. Qa1) 24... Bc8 $17 25. Qc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Be6 27. Nf1 Qd4 28. b5 h4 (28... Ra1 $19 29. Ne3 Bxc4) 29. h3 Qf6 (29... Rd3 $17) 30. Nh2 (30. Qd2 $11) 30... Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2!} 31. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Re1 $17) 31... Ra2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 16%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iskos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Praveen Kumar C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Ne4 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 12. f4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $1 Bc6 {[#]} 15. Nxc6 $146 (15. g5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. f5 Qh4 16. Kh2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Bg3 {½-½ (47) Potkin,V (2682)-Ponkratov,P (2582) Taganrog 2011}) 15... Nxc6 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Bd3 c5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qf2 b6 20. Rbd1 Nb7 (20... cxd4 $11 21. Bxd4 Nc6) 21. Ba6 Qc7 22. dxc5 $11 ({White should try} 22. f5 $16) 22... Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxc5 Re8 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Rc1 h6 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qc4 32. Rc2 Re1 33. Rd2 Qe6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Qd4 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kg2 Rxc3 40. Rd7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Triandrias Open 2018"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tsarouhas, Vasilios"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,21,24,39,25,26,-22,38,23,32,7,16,-12,0,-16,61,58,70,64,68,54,52,50,54,47,53,54,53,34,40,31,37,35,39,43,43,26,52,53,53,66,118,118,116,85,118,120,140,110,108,104,117,92,92,94,172,160,182,189,198,196,182,168,158,129,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12845,12845,12846,12847,12848,12850,29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. Bb5 Bb7 {C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} (8... Ncb8 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qd8 15. h4 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 {½-½ (111) Giri,A (2720)-Nakamura,H (2760) Beijing 2012}) 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na7 10. Bd3 c5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Be3 c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 dxe3 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nfd4 Nxe5 16. Qh5+ {0-1 (27) Guseinov,A (2330)-Doroshkievich,V (2400) USSR 1984}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Black should try} 11... bxc5 $11 12. Bd2 Nc6) 12. Nbd4 Be7 13. Bb5+ Nxb5 14. axb5 O-O 15. Re1 f6 (15... Re8 $11) 16. exf6 $14 Bxf6 17. Rxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Qd7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxb5 22. b3 (22. Be3 {feels hotter.} Rf6 23. Qe5 Qd7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. Qb8+) 22... Rf6 23. Be3 Qc6 24. c3 h6 25. f3 Rg6 26. Qd3 Re6 27. Bd4 Qe8 28. h3 Qg6 (28... Qf7 $14) 29. Qxg6 $16 Rxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4 h5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Ra6 34. Rc5 Bc6 35. Kg3 g6 (35... g5 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Be3 Kg6) 36. Kf4 $18 Ke6 37. Kg5 Be8 38. Rc7 Kd6 39. Rg7 Ra2 40. g4 Rh2 41. Rxg6+ (41. Kh4 $16) 41... Bxg6 $11 42. Kxg6 Rxh3 43. gxh5 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent h6. KR-KB} Rg3+ 44. Kf5 Rxf3+ 45. Kg4 Rf1 46. h6 Rh1 47. Kg5 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rh3 $11) 48. Kg6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rh3 49. h7 Rg3+ 50. Kh6 Rh3+ 51. Kg7 Rg3+ 52. Kf8 Rf3+ 53. Ke8 Rf7 54. h8=Q {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh8e5] [#]} Rf8+ 55. Kxf8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

