[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,18,9,0,15,0,0,0,293,280,286,285,297,296,574,272,262,108,83,-29,-29,-33,-32,-33,-33,-30,-27,-29,-32,-29,-39,-133,-128,-118,-89,-137,-105,-96,-10,-23,-11,-12,-12,-101,-11,-34,-53,-66,-66,-66,-66,-64,-66,-62,-61]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. h4 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. Neg5 Nb6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. h5 Kg7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 Bf6 21. g5 Be7 22. Rde1 {1-0 (22) Short,N (2684)-Gomez,J (2511) Jakarta 2013}) 12. Rxd4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 13. Neg5 Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (13... Nf6 $11) 14. Qe4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 512]} g6 15. h5 Nc5 16. Qh4 $1 ({Worse is} 16. Qf4 Qxf4+ 17. Rxf4 Bxg5 $14) 16... b5 $2 (16... h6 {was necessary.}) 17. Bxb5 (17. Rf4 $142 Qe7 18. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 19. hxg6) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Qxd4 $18 Bb7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rxh7 Qf4+ 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne5) 18... f6 $16 19. hxg6 (19. Ne4 $16 g5 20. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 21. Qxg5+ Kf7 22. Be8+ Kxe8 23. Qxf6 Nd3+ 24. Kb1) 19... fxg5 $11 20. Qxh7+ Qxh7 21. Rxh7 Rf6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} ({Avoid the trap} 21... Rxf2 $2 22. Nc6 $18) 22. Be8 $1 {aiming for Nc6.} Bb7 23. Bf7+ {[#]} Rxf7 $1 24. Rxf7 {Strongly threatening b4.} (24. gxf7+ Kxh7) 24... Bxg2 25. b4 (25. f3 $1 $15) 25... Rd8 $17 26. Nb5 Nd7 27. Nxa7 Ne5 28. Rc7 Nxg6 (28... Rf8 $17 29. Rc8 Ng4) 29. b5 $11 Nf4 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rc4 {[#]} (31. Rc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Ra8 (31... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 32. Rg4 Bf3 33. Rxg5+ Kf7) 32. Nc8 Bf1 {Black is slightly better.} 33. Rc6 Rxa4 34. Rxe6 Bxb5 {And now ...Kf7 would win.} 35. Re5 Bc6 {Hoping for ...Kf7.} 36. Rxg5+ Kf7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,72,64,66,56,7,20,18,36,32,51,20,24,17,368,361,351,351,846,828,820,825,809,810,916,899,901,902,885,883,867,862,852,842,822,724,702,691,802,785,772,745,29991,1076,29992,762,29993,29994,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Bb4 10. Bg5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd5 13. Nd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd2 Qc7 {½-½ (37) Plachetka,J (2402)-Bokros,A (2460) Slovakia 2006}) 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Re1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 $1 16. Rad1 Rc8 $1 17. Qh3 $36 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Bxc4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 18. dxe6 fxe6) 18. dxe6 $18 dxe6 19. Nxe6 Qc8 $2 {[#]} (19... Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bc8) 20. Bxf6 $1 fxe6 {[#]} 21. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 22. Rxe6 h5 23. Re7+ Rf7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxh5+ Ke7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke6 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ Ke6 31. Rd8 Qc5 32. Qg8+ (32. Qg6+ $142 Ke7 33. Qe8+ Kf6 34. Rd7 Kg5 35. Rg7+ Kf5 36. Rf7+ Kg4 37. h3+ Kh4 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qf6+ Kh5 40. Rh7#) 32... Ke7 33. Qe8+ Kf6 34. Rd7 {White mates.} Qc8 35. Qf7+ Ke5 36. Rd5+ Ke4 37. Qf3# {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Stokke, Kjetil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,57,-10,0,12,31,32,26,14,-10,-7,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-7,-7,-6,-3,-14,-16,-16,-20,-19,-20,-21,-19,-16,-14,-15,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (10... O-O 11. Rb5 Qc7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. Bd4 b6 16. Rb5 Ba6 17. Rb3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qh3+ {½-½ (32) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Dubov,D (2683) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. Rc1 f5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {[#] LiveBook: 11 Games} fxe4 $146 (14... Rf8 {is more complex.} 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rc5 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Rd6) ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rb1 b5 17. Rhc1 Na5 18. Rc5 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 {½-½ (32) Werle,J (2551)-Naumann,A (2561) Novi Sad 2016}) 15. Bxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxc6.} Bf5 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be4 19. f3 Bd5 20. a3 Kd7 21. Rb1 Rhb8 22. Bb6 Rb7 23. Rb4 a5 24. Bxa5 Rba7 25. Bb6 Rxa3 {[#] Hoping for ...Ra2+.} 26. Rhb1 Ra2+ 27. R1b2 Rxb2+ 28. Rxb2 Ra2 29. Rxa2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lorparizangeneh, Shahin"]
[Black "Sergeyeva, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,125,55,46,105,98,105,104,105,100,104,105,104,123,132,116,120,72,81,68,134,38,59,0,126,135,130,129,122,0,91,0,126,125,131,22,11,18,19,0,0,0,8,0,4,7,14,16,23,15,41,0,40,50,53,27,47,11,20,12,5,7,134,127,130,135,128,44,48,47,54,52,37,52,43,52,264,255,247,87,363,226,492,502,706,207,206,197,387,74,88,95,277,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6 9. Qd2 cxd5 10. cxd5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Nxe4 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} ({Black should try} 10... Nbd7 $14) 11. Nxe4 $16 f5 12. Bxh6 fxe4 {White is better.} 13. Be3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nc3 Qh4 17. h3 Rac8 18. Bg5 {1-0 (30) Konyshev,A (2252)-Lykov,V (2164) Novokuznetsk 2008}) 14. Nh3 $1 Nc5 15. Ng5 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Qxd3 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qb5 (18... Qa6 $14) 19. Qe2 (19. Ne4 $16) 19... Qa5+ (19... Qxd5 $6 20. O-O $16) 20. Qd2 ({Better is} 20. Bd2 $1 $14 Qxd5 21. O-O) 20... Qb5 $1 21. Ne4 Qa6 22. Qe2 Qa5+ 23. Qd2 Qa6 $1 24. Qe2 (24. a4 {keeps more tension.} Bf5 25. b4 b5 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. O-O) 24... Qa5+ $1 25. Nc3 $1 Bf5 26. Qb5 (26. O-O $16) 26... Qxb5 $11 27. Nxb5 Bd3 28. a4 e4 29. Nc3 (29. Nxd6 Bxb2 30. Ra2 Bc3+ 31. Bd2 Bxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rad8 $17) 29... Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc3.} 30. Kd2 Rc4 31. Ra3 Rb4 32. b3 $1 a5 33. Rc1 Rf5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Na2 Rxd5 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Kc1 Be2 {[#]} 38. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 39. Nc3 {[#]} Rd3 (39... Bc4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. Nxe2 $16 {Hoping for Kc2.} Rdxb3 41. Rxb3 Rxb3 {[#]} 42. Kc2 (42. Bd2 $1 $16) 42... Rb4 $14 43. Nc3 Kf7 44. g4 d5 45. Nxd5 Rxa4 46. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ra1 $2 {[#]} (46... gxh5 $14 47. Nb6 (47. gxh5 b5 $11) 47... Ra2+ 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. gxh5 Rb1+ 50. Kc3 Kg7) 47. h6 $1 $18 g5 48. Nf6 $2 (48. Bxg5 $18 {has better winning chances. aiming for Bc1.} Ra2+ 49. Kc3 Rxf2 50. Be3) 48... Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Ra4 $16 49. Nh7 (49. Bxg5 Ra2+ 50. Kc3 Rxf2 $16) 49... Kg6 50. Nxg5 Kxh6) 49. Bxg5 ({Less strong is} 49. Nxe4 Rxh6 50. Nxg5+ Ke7 $16) 49... Kg6 $2 (49... e3 50. fxe3 Kg6) 50. Nxe4 a4 51. Bd2 $2 (51. f4 Rh2+ 52. Kb1) 51... Rh4 52. f3 b5 $2 (52... Rh3 53. f4 Kxh6 54. f5+ Kg7) 53. Nc3 $2 (53. g5 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 53... a3 $16 54. Kb3 Rh3 $2 (54... b4 $16 {was necessary.}) 55. f4 $2 ({Worse is} 55. Nxb5 a2 $11) ({Only move:} 55. Kxa3 $18 Rxf3 56. Kb2) 55... Kxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. f5+ Kh7 57. g5 Rf3 58. f6 Kg6 59. Bc1 a2 60. Bb2 Kxg5 61. Kxa2 Kxf6 62. Nxb5+ Kg6 63. Bc1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ly, Moulthun"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,111,10,29,16,16,23,20,12,16,16,16,17,21,14,0,0,23,19,50,45,539,520,512,494,483,447,780,782,844,838,847,840,822,819,783,757,808,807,720,358,325,226,211,214,214,214,214,214,211,131,346,189,196,122,280,281,531,385,339,207,194,147,172,118,177,158,167,184,256,145,233,157,168,158,166,158,1331,249,225,193,255,250,358,350,544,537,514,507,29973,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 13. Nd5 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} (13. Rfe1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Qd2 bxa3 20. b3 Qc7 21. Rxa3 Rb5 22. Ra4 Rc5 23. Re2 e5 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rd4 d5 26. Qe3 Rf6 27. Rdd2 {½-½ (27) Cornette,M (2577)-Hracek,Z (2606) Novi Sad 2009}) 13... e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc8 16. c3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. a4 Rc7 19. a5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rcd7 {½-½ (48) Nardelli,M (2113)-Fierro Baquero,M (2379) Bratto 2008}) 16. Qxd4 a5 17. a3 Qc7 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Rae1 Rab8 20. Qf6 d5 21. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} dxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... a4 $14) 22. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6][%mdl 512] White wants to mate with hxg6.} Bd5 (22... gxh5 23. Rg3+) 23. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Kf8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 (24... exd5 $142 25. Rf3 Qd7) 25. Rxe4 Rb6 26. Rf4 Rf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29. Qxh7 Qf4 30. Qg7 Rb8 31. g3 (31. h7 $142) 31... Qd2 32. Rf1 Qd8 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qf4 {Strongly threatening Qe5.} Rc8 {[#]} 35. Qe5 $1 {And now h7 would win.} Ke7 36. c3 ({Resist} 36. Qxb5 Kf6) 36... Qd7 $2 (36... Qh8 $16 {was worth a try.} 37. Qe3 (37. Qxb5 Kf6 $16) 37... Qf6) 37. Qe2 (37. Re1 $142) 37... Rd8 38. Qh5 ({Better is} 38. Re1 $18) 38... Qe8 $2 (38... Qd2 $16 {was necessary.} 39. h7 Rh8) 39. Re1 {Qxf5 is the strong threat.} Rd5 $2 (39... Qh8 40. h7 Qf6) 40. Qg5+ f6 41. Qe3 Kf7 42. Qf3 Rd8 43. Qh5+ (43. Qe2 $18) 43... Kf8 (43... Kg8 $16 44. Qh4 Qe7) 44. Qe2 e5 45. Rd1 Rd7 (45... Rxd1+ $142 46. Qxd1 Kg8) 46. Rd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (46. b4 $18) 46... Qd8 (46... Rxd2 $16 47. Qxd2 Kf7) 47. h7 Kg7 48. Rxd7+ Qxd7 {KQ-KQ} 49. Qh5 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Qc8 $2 (49... Kh8 $16 50. Qg6 Qe6) 50. Kh2 $2 (50. a4) 50... a4 51. Kg1 Kh8 (51... Qh8 $142 52. Qxf5 Qxh7 53. Qd7+ Kg8 54. Qxb5 Qb1+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. f3 Qc2+ 57. Kf1 Qh2) 52. Qf7 e4 (52... Qd8 {might work better.} 53. Kg2 f4 54. gxf4 exf4) 53. Kg2 ({Weaker is} 53. Qxf6+ Kxh7 54. Qf7+ Kh6 $18) 53... Qd8 (53... Qc4 $142 54. Qxf6+ Kxh7 55. Qxf5+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. Qd6+ Kf7 58. Qd7+ Kg6 59. Qg4+ Kh6 60. Qf4+ Kg6 61. Qg4+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kg8 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qd7+ Kg6) 54. Kh3 Qc8 55. Kh4 Qd8 (55... Qc4 $18 56. Qxf6+ Kxh7) 56. Kh5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,2,-1,-9,0,-3,16,13,39,-6,29,19,30,42,34,20,37,0,0,-45,-19,-10,-10,-7,-12,-21,0,0,2,0,4,-80,-74,-106,-85,-96,-61,-66,-59,-60,-60,-75,-55,-63,-66,-58,-64,-68,-77,-71,-74,-72,-70,-76,-72,-143,-154,-144,-150,-172,-177,-191,-182,-178,-160,-329,-329,-298,-304,-444,-450,-382,-404,-437,-434,-358,-136,-244,-248,-299,-310,-312,-312,-527,-471,-358,-312,-1365,-1339,-981,-545,-545,-538,-538,-523,-538,-522,-478,-431,-608,-357,-1203,-1142,-1392,-1361,-1384,-1384,-1316,-1279,-1102,-1255,-1102,-1255,-1106,-1091,-1033,-1043,-1255]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32] A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nxd5 7. cxd5 e4 8. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qg5 9. Nb5 c6 10. a3 cxb5 11. axb4 Qxd5 12. Rxa5 Rxa5 13. bxa5 {0-1 (36) Kovacevic,B (2482)-Volokitin,A (2681) Murska Sobota 2007}) 9. Nc2 Qe5 (9... Bc5 {keeps more tension.} 10. O-O Qg6 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 d6) 10. O-O Qxd5 11. d3 Qe6 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Kh1 d6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Rac1 (20. Rd2 $11) 20... Bc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 21. Nf5 Qe6 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 22. Kg1 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5] Hoping for g5.} Kxh6 25. g5+ Kg7 26. Qxf6+ Qxf6 27. gxf6+ Kxf6 28. e5+ $1 dxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxg2.} 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc6+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 31. Rxc7 exf4 32. Kf2 ({White should try} 32. Rdd7) 32... Re5 $17 33. Rdd7 Rf5 34. b3 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 35. Re7 Ra6 36. Kf3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 37. Ra7 $2 (37. h3 $17) 37... g4+ $19 38. Kf2 Rg6 39. Rac7 (39. Re4 {was worth a try.}) 39... h4 40. Rc1 f3 {White must now prevent ...g3+.} 41. exf3 Rxf3+ 42. Kg1 Rf5 $2 (42... Rd6 $19 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} 43. Re5 Rd2 44. Rg5+ Kf8) 43. Re4 (43. h3 $17 {was called for.}) 43... Rd5 44. Rf4 {[#]} f5 $1 45. Rcf1 {[#]} Kf6 $1 46. a3 $2 (46. h3 {might work better.} Kg5 47. Rc4) 46... Kg5 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 $2 (48. Rxb4 Ra6 49. Rb8) 48... h3 49. Rc4 Rf6 50. Rc5 Rd2 51. b5 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Rb2 53. Kg1 Kg6 54. Rf4 (54. Rf2 $142 Rb1+ 55. Rf1) 54... Rb1+ 55. Kf2 $2 (55. Rf1 Rb4 56. Rd1) 55... Kg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Rd4 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rxh2 58. Rd8 Rb2 59. Rg8+ Rg6 60. Rf8 Re6+ 61. Kd3 Rf6 62. Rg8+ Kf4 63. Kd4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Low, Zhen Yu Cyrus"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,62,40,37,30,21,37,31,32,33,54,55,48,47,56,54,56,0,0,0,21,36,29,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-36,-37,-14,-45,0,-615,-608,-1167,26]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Bd6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} Bc7 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfe8 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 {1-0 (51) Lupulescu,C (2592)-Nemes,S (2254) Baile Olanesti 2010}) 15. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Ng6.} Qb6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bd4 (18. Nf3 $1 $14) 18... Ne4 $11 19. Qc2 f6 20. Nf3 {And now c4 would win.} Re8 21. Kf1 Qd7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Bxa2 27. Nd3 Bc4 {...Qb5 is the strong threat.} 28. b3 Ba6 29. Kg1 Qe6 30. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. c4 $11) 30... Bxd3 $1 $19 31. Qxd3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 39%, Black = 58%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thakur, Akash"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,16,29,-12,0,-4,0,-5,32,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,53,44,-165,-170,-176,-168,-238,-208,-218,-225,-272,-270,-383,-379,-410,-419,-420,-418,-393,-416,-408,-408,-564,-594,-579,-565,-1075,-1097,-1660,-672,-527,-667,-660,-622,-1073,-1047,-2085,-1934,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxc5 {D01: Veresov Opening} f5 (6... Qa5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4 a6 9. Ra3 Nc6 10. Nge2 e6 11. b4 Qxb4 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. O-O axb5 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. axb5 {0-1 (33) Gareyev,T (2604)-Robson,R (2656) Saint Louis 2015}) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O-O+ {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Nd7 9. g4 fxg4 10. h3 {[#]} g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. fxg3 Kc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. Bc4 Kc7 13. Nge2 Nxc5 {½-½ (21) Duiven,G (1901)-Koegeler,A (2128) ICCF email 2015}) 12. Bc4 Ne5 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Nge2 e6 15. Rhf1 (15. Nxe4 $14 a5 16. a3) 15... Bxc5 16. Nxe4 Be3+ 17. Kb1 Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. N2c3 Rad8 19. Rde1 $1 {[%cal Re1e3]} Bd4 20. Ba4 $2 {[#]} (20. Ng5 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 20... Bxc3 $1 $19 21. Nxc3 Nf3 22. Bxc6 (22. Re2 $142 Nd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Rxf7+ Rd7 25. Rf4) 22... Nd2+ ({Worse is} 22... Nxe1 23. Bh1 $14) 23. Kc1 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 {aiming for Bb5.} Kxc6 25. Rxf7 (25. Rf3 $142) 25... Rhf8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 27. Kd2 Rf3 28. Ne2 {Threatens to win with Nd4+.} e5 29. a4 h5 30. h4 a6 31. Ke1 Kd5 32. Kd2 Ke4 33. Nc3+ {[#]} Kf5 (33... Rxc3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. bxc3 Kf3) 34. Ne2 Kg4 35. a5 Kf5 36. Ke1 Ke4 37. Kd2 Rf2 38. b3 Kf3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nie, Xinyang"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,50,43,26,50,45,72,77,66,57,89,65,79,79,93,76,69,79,68,85,74,52,60,34,49,47,50,49,48,44,48,45,44,31,33,37,28,34,96,96,199,187,187,187,187,187,494,481,511]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. b3 (10. Nc3 Nb6 11. b3 Qe7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Nxa7 Nc4 16. Bd4 Bxa7 17. Bxa7 {1-0 (58) Simantsev,M (2495)-Tosic,M (2416) Cheliabinsk 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Nc3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. h3 Qb6 15. a3 h5 16. Ra2 g5 {½-½ (36) Herschmann,H-Newrick,W St Helier 2002}) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bb2 Rg5 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Re8 {[#]} 16. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 17. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Qg4 18. Qxg4 Rxg4 19. exd5 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rge4 20. d6 {Rd5 is the strong threat.} f6 21. Rd5 b6 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ke7 25. Kf1 Re6 $1 26. b4 Bd6 27. Bd2 Bb8 {[#]} (27... Re4 $14) 28. b5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Bb4+.} Re5 (28... Bd6 $16) 29. Bb4+ Ke6 30. R5d4 {aiming for f4.} Rxb5 31. f4 Rf5 $2 (31... Bxf4 {is more resistant.} 32. Rxf4 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7) 32. Re1+ $18 Be5 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raja Rithvik R"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,4,36,31,37,11,25,-45,-34,-45,-48,-45,-39,-57,-58,-53,-58,-80,-16,-14,-9,-9,-9,-14,-15,-12,-18,-44,-37,-41,-40,-63,-58,-50,-12,-16,-15,-18,-14,-14,-19,-22,-9,-5,-7,-24,-27,-36,-16,-20,-16,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-17,-10,-77,-8,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-83,-90,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nf6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (10... Nb6 11. Qd1 Bg4 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. e5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e6 17. Rab1 Bh6 {0-1 (57) Krasenkow,M (2671)-Gledura,B (2613) Stockholm 2018}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bb2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ba6 Rac8 17. dxc5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qxc5 19. Qxa7 {0-1 (69) Dolezal,C (2439)-Obregon,C (2537) Buenos Aires 2015}) 12... Nh5 13. Rfe1 (13. g3 $11) 13... Bg4 $1 $15 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Bf1 e5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd1 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 (18... Qg5 $17 {...Nxh3+ is the strong threat.} 19. Kh1 cxd4) 19. Nf3 $11 d3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Qf6 {Threatening ...Nxh3+!} 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. e5 Qf4 24. Bxd3 Rac8 25. Be4 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Bc6 27. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 28. Rd1 Rfc8 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc1+ 31. Kh2 R8c7 32. Red3 R1c2 33. Rd2 g5 34. a4 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 {KR-KR} Rc4 36. a5 $1 bxa5 37. Rd7 Re4 38. Rd5 a4 39. Ra5 h5 40. Rxa7 Kg6 41. g3 (41. f3 $11 {remains equal.} Rf4 42. g4) 41... Rc4 ({But not} 41... Rxe5 42. Rxa4 Rb5 43. Kg2 $11) (41... Kf5 $17 42. Rxf7+ Kxe5) 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Rxf7+ Kxe5 {And now ...a3 would win.} 45. Rg7 $1 g4+ 46. Kg2 {[#]} (46. hxg4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} hxg4+ 47. Ke3) 46... Kd4 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 47. Rxg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 57%.} (47. Rg5 $17) 0-1

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,74,26,35,21,16,14,0,0,-33,-16,-27,-36,-14,-17,-18,-12,-9,-15,-32,0,0,0,0,0,-75,-77,-185,-174,-170,-184,-190,-176,-169,-112,-130,-126,-182,-187,-164,-157,-163,-161,-174,-180,-248,-231,-551,-545,-811,-793,-735,179]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} Rb8 13. Qe3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2 Rbc8 16. g4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. c3 Bb5 {1-0 (27) Edouard,R (2638)-Adla,D (2469) Caleta 2015}) 14. a3 {The position is equal.} Rfc8 15. g4 Ne7 16. Rg1 b5 {aiming for ...b4.} 17. b4 Qxa3 18. Nxd5 $1 Qxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc6 20. Nd4 $1 Na4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3+.} 21. Rd2 Ng6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd4 $1 Rcc8 24. Rg2 (24. Kc1 $1 $11) 24... Ne7 $17 25. Nd1 {[#]} (25. Rd3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 25... Nc6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc6d4][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 26. Re4 Rd8 27. Bd3 {[#]} a5 $1 28. bxa5 Nc5 (28... Ra8 $19 29. Re3 Rxa5) 29. Re3 $17 Rd4 30. Rf2 (30. f5 $17 {was called for.}) 30... Nxa5 $19 31. Nb2 Nc4 32. Rg3 g5 33. fxg5 Nxe5 34. h3 (34. Re2 {was necessary.} Nexd3 35. cxd3) 34... Rb4 35. Bf1 $2 (35. Re2 {is a better chance.} Nexd3 36. cxd3) 35... Ne4 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Re3 Nxf2 37. Rxe5 Nd3 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 42%, Black = 79%. . Loss on Time!?} (37... Nd1 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 38. Be2 Nxb2) 0-1

[Event "18th Bangkok Open 2018"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Black "Goh, Wei Ming Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,145,-10,-19,39,14,29,33,49,-78,25,0,10,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,46,43,44,14,35,-106,-50,-72,0,-85,-85,-85,-33,-30,-28,-21,0,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-5,-129,0,0,0,-8,-8,-14,-23,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1301,897,2104,1831,1723,1730,1512,1456,1120,1080,413,0,0,0,12835,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12845,12839,12845,0,0,0,0,0,12844,12844,12844,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Qd3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Qb6 8. b3 (8. Na3 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 d6 14. Nf3 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (67) Grafl,F (2371)-Gascon del Nogal,J (2496) Sabadell 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. c3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qa5 (9... e5 $11) 10. Nf3 $14 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 h3 14. gxh3 Bd7 {1-0 (31) Augustin,A (1948)-Schoeller,W (2003) Germany 2005}) 11. exd4 d5 12. e5 (12. b4 $1 $14 Qd8 13. b5) 12... Bg4 (12... f6 $17 13. exf6 O-O) 13. Be2 h3 14. g3 (14. gxh3 $11 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2) 14... O-O-O 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nh4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rde8 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. Nf5 ({Of course not} 20. Qxh3 Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nf5 Nxf5 $17) 20... Bg5 21. Qd1 (21. Qxh3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qa6 22. Qg2) 21... h5 (21... Qa6 $17 22. Kh1 Qe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2) 22. a4 h4 (22... Re6 $17) 23. Ra2 (23. gxh4 $11 Bxh4 24. Qf3) 23... hxg3 $17 24. hxg3 Qc7 (24... Ne7 $17 25. Nd6 Reg8) 25. Re2 $15 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qd7 27. Na3 (27. Kh2 $11) 27... Re8 (27... Na5 $15 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Nxe7 Nxb3) 28. Qf3 $11 Ne7 29. Nc2 Nxf5 30. Qxf5 Qc7 31. Qf3 (31. Rf3 $11) 31... Bd2 (31... Rc8 $17 32. Nb4 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3) 32. Kh2 (32. Rf2 $11 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34. Kh2) 32... Bxc3 (32... Qxc3 $17 33. Qxc3 Re2+ 34. Kxh3 Bxc3) 33. Rf2 a6 34. Qf4 (34. Qxf6 {is more complex.} Ka7 35. b4 Qc4 36. a5 Re2 37. Qb6+) 34... Qxf4 35. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kc7 36. Kxh3 f5 37. Kg3 Be1 38. Nxe1 Rxe1 {KR-KR} 39. Rh2 Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Rh5 Rxb3 42. Rxf5 Kd6 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rf5 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kd6 46. f5 Rc3 47. a5 Rc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Kd7 $11) 48. Ke3 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Re6+ Kd7 51. Ke5 Re3+ 52. Kxd5 Ra3 53. Ke5 $2 ({Only move:} 53. Rd6+ $1 $18 Ke7 54. Ke5) 53... Rxa5+ 54. d5 {Black must now prevent f6.} Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Ra3 $11) 55. f6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7]} Re1+ 56. Kf5 Rf1+ 57. Kg6 Rg1+ 58. Kh7 Rh1+ 59. Kg7 Rg1+ 60. Kf8 Rg5 61. f7 Rxd5 62. Rf6 $2 (62. Rb6 $18 {Hoping for Kg7.} Rg5 63. Rb2 (63. Rxb7+ Kc6 $16)) 62... Rg5 $11 63. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Rd1+.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 64. Rd1+ Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Ke6 $11) 65. Ke7 $18 Rg7 {[#]} 66. Kf6 $2 (66. Ke6 $1 $18 Rxf7 67. Rc1+ (67. Kxf7 b4 $16) 67... Kb6 68. Kxf7) 66... Rxf7+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 67. Kxf7 {Strongly threatening Kf6. KR-KPP} b4 68. Ke6 Kc5 69. Rc1+ Kd4 70. Ra1 b3 {aiming for ...b2.} 71. Rxa6 b2 72. Rb6 Kc3 73. Ke5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

