[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Weber, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-8,12,-70,-7,-69,-3,-2,-8,-23,-27,-10,-4,-17,-11,0,0,-5,6,0,0,0,0,-37,-40,-40,-41,-48,-25,-59,-60,-59,-52,-52,-55,-47,-39,-34,-29,-35,-8,-24,0,0,0,0,18,30,54,47,133,117,237]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 h6 (4... Qa5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 Bb4 7. exd5 O-O 8. Be2 Qxd5 9. Bf3 Bf5 10. Bxd5 Bxd3 11. Bb3 Re8+ 12. Kd2 Ba6 {½-½ (77) Bauer,C (2634)-Tkachiev,V (2661) Ajaccio 2007}) 5. Bf4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... e6 6. f3 b5 7. a3 a5 8. e4 Ba6 9. Qe3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. Bd3 {1-0 (39) Crouan,S (2275)-Saucey,M (2308) Le Mans 2003}) 6. O-O-O {D01: Veresov Opening} ({Better is} 6. e4 $11) 6... e6 ({Black should play} 6... b5 $1 $15) 7. Kb1 (7. e4 $11) 7... a5 (7... b5 $15) 8. e4 $11 {The position is equal.} Ba6 9. Qf3 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 a4 11. Nge2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nb5 Na6 16. Qg3 Qb6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 18. Bxd6 Kd7 19. Bc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxg7 Ke7 22. Re1 Rag8 23. Qe5 $1 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rhg8.} 24. Re2 Rhg8 (24... b3 $5 25. axb3 axb3 26. cxb3 Rhg8 $11) 25. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qd6 26. Qe3 Qc5 {[#] ...Qxe3 is the strong threat.} 27. Qh3 Qc4 28. Rhe1 {[%cal Re2e6] aiming for Rxe6+!} Kd7 29. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} ({Don't play} 29. Qxh6 b3 $15) 29... Rge8 {[#]} (29... e5 $1 $14) 30. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Rf8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 22%.} (30... e5 $16) 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Mrdjen, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,48,47,81,50,85,68,74,64,65,14,24,-4,58,-16,0,0,30,55,104,110]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} h5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5 Ng6 14. g3 Rad8 15. c3 {½-½ (87) Krivic,D (2522)-Jaulneau,C (2538) ICCF email 2008}) 9. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bd4 Bd6 12. Re1 ({White should try} 12. Nb5 $14 Bb8 13. Qe2) 12... Qc7 $11 13. g3 h4 (13... Be5 $11 14. Nb5 Qb8) 14. Kg2 (14. Nd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 15. exd5) 14... hxg3 15. hxg3 Be7 16. Ba6 {aiming for Rh1.} e5 17. Be3 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Jelen, Miha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,38,80,76,102,81,85,83,108,88,85,84,97,36,97,98,101,108,167,158,234]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 a5 9. cxd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} exd5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is better.} d4 12. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qd2 f5 16. Neg5 O-O {1-0 (31) Berebora,F (2443)-Moeller,H (2279) Germany 2017}) 12... Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. b4 Qb6 16. Rb1 (16. Qa4 $16) 16... axb4 {[#]} (16... Bf5 $14) 17. Nxd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Bxc6+) 18. Rxb4 {[#]} Nxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qxe2 $18 Qa6 (19... Qc5 $16 {was called for.} 20. Bxb7 Rb8) 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Ayzenberg, Alena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,-4,-11,2,-27,-7,-29,0,-4,0,0,0,0,-4,-43,-54,-60,-61,-18,-13,-38,-68,-222,-106,-174,-156,-165,-157,-192,-181,-205,-89,-82,-89,-88,-29,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Ne4 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. c3 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qe5 {½-½ (30) Nakamura,H (2781)-Antipov,M (2588) Caleta 2018}) 7... Qb4+ 8. Nfd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bxd4 Qa5 {½-½ (27) Bosiocic,M (2553)-Saric,A (2563) Opatija 2015}) 9. Nxf6+ (9. c3 {with more complications.} dxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O) 9... gxf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Qh5 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc5 16. Qh4 Be7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 17. Be3 (17. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qg5 18. Qd4 Bxa3 19. Nxa3 $11) 17... Qc6 18. g3 $2 (18. Nd2 $15) 18... b5 (18... b6 $19 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 19. Nd2 Bb7) 19. Nd2 (19. Na5 $17 {was necessary.} Qf3 20. Bh6) 19... Bb7 $19 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6h1] [#]} ({And not} 19... Qxc3 20. Rac1 $16) 20. f3 f5 ({Resist} 20... Qxc3 21. Rac1 $15) 21. Qh5 Rd8 22. Bd4 {[#]} Rxd4 (22... h6 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 23. Bxh8 Rxd2) 23. cxd4 $17 Qc3 24. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d7][%mdl 32] Threatening Rxe6.} Qxd4+ (24... Bd5 $17 25. Qh6 Qxd4+ 26. Kg2 Bb4) 25. Kg2 $11 O-O {aiming for ...Qb2.} 26. Ne4 $1 {The position is equal.} Qb2+ 27. Rd2 Qb4 28. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Qa5 29. Rd7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schnider, Gert"]
[Black "Ikica, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,22,60,55,73,36,47,32,41,39,89,69,69,69,66,70,87,84,115,115,128,128,135,130,125,104,116,90,100,89,97,73,70,66,69,66,89,94,107,111,150,137,166,151,162,158,214,220,386,379,458,444]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nc3 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} (6. Re1 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bf1 Nf6 10. h3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 {1-0 (84) Bogdanovich,S (2299)-Shilin,D (2393) Odessa 2008}) 6... a6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b3 Nf8 13. Ba3 f6 14. c4 {0-1 (33) Kozomara,V-Sokolov,V Tuzla 1958}) 9... Nb6 10. Bxc6 (10. Bc2 {is more complex.} exd4 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bf4) 10... bxc6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. dxe5 Bg4 13. Bf4 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3h3][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 18. Re3 Bh5 19. Qd2 b5 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Rh3 Bg6 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Be3 {[%cal Bf4e3,Be3d4,Bd4c5,Bc5b6][%mdl 32]} Bc7 24. Bd4 Re7 25. Rhe3 Rce8 26. f4 Qc6 27. Qf2 {[#] Black must now prevent f5.} Qe6 (27... Bf5 $16 28. Ba7 Bb6) 28. Bc5 $18 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} Bb6 $2 (28... Be4 {might work better.} 29. Nd4 Qd7) 29. f5 ({Not} 29. Nd4 Bxc5 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 $18) 29... Bxf5 30. Bxb6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McPhillips, Joseph"]
[Black "Pranjic, Mitja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,54,2,-10,0,-16,-11,-49,-51,-64,-62,-51,-34,-78,0,-59,-40,-40,-8,-6,-7,-36,-15,-40,-35,-56,-58,-44,-44,-55,-49,-48,-47,-45,4,4,4,2,6,0,46,43,35,28,46]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 10 Partien. C44: Schottische Partie} (7. Bd2 d6 8. Bxb4 Ncxb4 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nxc4 11. Qxb4 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (25) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Bok,B (2608) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Qb3 Nf4 9. Qe3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (9. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Ne6 10. Qe3 $15) 9... Ng6 $1 10. Bd3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Bb5 d6 11. O-O dxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Bc4 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (26) Lukin,A (2430)-Mikhalchishin,A (2480) Klaipeda 1988}) 10... d6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. O-O Re8 ({Lieber} 12... dxe5 $17 13. dxe5 Qd5) 13. Qf4 (13. a3 $11 Ba5 14. Nc4) 13... dxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 {Und weiter mit ...g5 wäre nett.} 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Qg3 Bg4 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qf5 20. Bg3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bc5 22. f4 g5 23. fxg5 Nxe5 24. Kg2 c6 25. Rad1 Ng6 26. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 27. h5 Ne7 {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Franic, Milan"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,38,88,52,67,62,56,66,79,79,103,107,106,87,174,100,113,102,104,102,115,109,197,148,154,159,175,159,202,211,207,195,223,216,374,375,398,177,191,188,190,175,181,193]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (8... e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nh7 15. h3 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. a5 Bb5 21. Re1 {0-1 (40) Korobov,A (2652)-Amin,B (2693) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Nh3 Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nf2 a6 12. Be2 Rb8 13. a4 Qa5 14. O-O Qb4 (14... g5 $16 {might work better.}) 15. Qc2 $146 ({White should try} 15. a5 $18) ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 {1-0 (47) Molnar,P (2285)-Fediv,A (2079) Mukachevo 2009}) 15... Nxc4 $16 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 {[#]} 17. a5 $1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxc3 (18... b5 $16) 19. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Qxd5 20. c4 Qe5 21. Rfe1 Bf5 22. Qb3 Qg7 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. Bc1 Be6 $2 (24... f6 {was necessary.} 25. Ne4 h5) 25. Bb2 $18 Qg8 {[#]} 26. Nd3 (26. Rxd6 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512] And now Rexe6! would win.} Qf8 (26... exd6 27. Ne4) 27. Ne4) 26... b5 {White is clearly better.} 27. axb6 {Hoping for Bc3.} Rc6 28. Ba1 ({Much less strong is} 28. b7 $6 Rc7 $16) 28... Rcxb6 29. Qc2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beletic, Daniel"]
[Black "Sepetavc, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,27,0,0,0,0,-5,-13,3,-10,-10,-17,-8,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nh5 (4... Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 f5 {½-½ (72) Kamsky,G (2676)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017}) 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 {1-0 (30) Savinov,L (2161)-Tompakov,E Moscow 2006}) 9. exd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rac1 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guid, Matej"]
[Black "Neubauer, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qf7 15. Bh4 Qh5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Re8 18. h3 e5 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krsnik Cohar, Ivan Vihor"]
[Black "Klement, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. b3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. b4 b6 16. Qe3 Qb8 17. h3 h6 18. b5 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 axb5 21. Bxe5 Qa7 22. Bd4 Rd6 23. Qe5 Rf6 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qf3 Bc2 26. Bxf6 Bxd1 27. Qg4 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schmuck, Corentin"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,-20,5,-59,-52,-53,-52,-72,-64,-77,-81,-72,-64,-129,-128,-166,-122,-240,-231,-216,-226,-210,-219,-256,-265,-271,-278,-270,-263,-348,-358,-343,-350,-377,-335]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 67 Games} 11. g4 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (11. d4 $11) (11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 e5 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (50) Grigoryan,K (2559)-Dubov,D (2622) Legnica 2013}) 11... Qd7 $15 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Rfe1 Nc8 16. exf5 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qxf5 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 {½-½ (36) Cottarelli,F (1886)-Senzacqua,F (2132) ICCF email 2010}) 13... gxf5 14. g5 e5 15. Bg3 exf4 16. Bxf4 {[#]} (16. Qxf4 $15 Rad8 17. Nh4) 16... Ng6 $1 $17 17. h4 Nd4 18. h5 (18. Nxd4 $17 {is the only way for White.} Bxd4+ 19. Kh2) 18... Nxf4 $19 19. Qxf4 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. h6 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Be5 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Rc2 Bd4+ 25. Kh2 Re3 26. Bd5+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marceta, Milan"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,0,0,-10,-18,-43,-52,-49,-49,-103,-102,-93,-90,-133,-136,-122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-17,-12,-16,-31,-24,-30,-24,-68,0,-20,-8,-22,-14,-16,-13,-14,-14,-89,-84,-77]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nxc6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} bxc6 11. O-O-O {[%cal Re4d5]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. f3 a5 {½-½ (46) Farago,S (2360)-Arnold,J (2250) Budapest 1995}) 12. exd5 {Black is slightly better.} cxd5 13. Bh6 {[#]} (13. f4 $15) 13... Bxh6 $1 $17 14. Qxh6 Rb8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 {[#]} Be6 (16... Qb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 17. Rb5 Qxg2) 17. Rh5 $1 $11 gxh5 18. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} f5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qe3 (20. Re1 $11) 20... Qb6 ({Black should play} 20... e5 $15) 21. Qe5+ Qf6 22. Re1 e6 23. Bc4 Rb6 24. Bb3 ({Don't blunder} 24. Bxe6 $2 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Re8 $19) 24... h4 (24... Qxe5 $15 25. Rxe5 Re8) 25. Qc7 ({Not} 25. Bxe6 $2 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Re8 $19) 25... Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Qxg2 27. Qc5 Qg7 28. f4 Rfb8 29. Rg1 (29. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Rd8 $17 {And now ...Qd4 would win.} 30. c3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Orel Music, Simona"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,41,37,-4,4,-3,16,-46,-63,-61,-67,-61,-58,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,-825,-822,-971,-971,-971,-971,-957,-955,-954,-954,-926,-885,-845]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. f3 f5 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 O-O {LiveBook: 19 Partien} 10. b4 {A42: Moderne Verteidigung (mit c2-c4/ohne Sf6)} (10. Qd2 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rae1 h5 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne4 Qg7 20. g4 {0-1 (33) Gundavaa,B (2516)-Sargissian,G (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10... fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. Bd2 $146 (12. Bg5 $11) ({Vorgänger:} 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. O-O a5 14. a3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {½-½ (40) Eigenmann,C (1905)-Baumann,C (1920) Switzerland 1986}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qh3 {...Dg2 ist eine echte Drohung.} 15. Kf2 Nd4 ({Günstiger ist} 15... Nh6 $15) 16. Nxd4 $11 exd4 17. Qf1 Qh5 {Und weiter mit ...d3! wäre nett.} 18. Qd3 Bg4 19. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. h3 $14 Bxh3 20. Rag1) 19... Rae8 $19 {[#] ( -> ...Lxf3+). Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 20. Raf1 Qf5 21. fxg4 Rxe4+ 22. Kd1 {[#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kc2 (23. Kxe1 Qxd3) 23... Qxd3+ (23... Qxf1 $2 24. Rxf1 Rexf1 25. Qe2 $19) ({Schwächer ist} 23... Rxf1 24. gxf5 Rxh1 25. fxg6 $17) 24. Kxd3 Rexf1 25. Rxf1 {Precision: Weiß = 32%, Schwarz = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kainz, Josef"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,44,24,33,24,46,-13,27,15,31,24,21,16,8,9,9,11,13,-33,-34,-159,-176,-408,-385,-442,-434,-561,-552,-561,-561,-548,-561,-539,-558,-579,-554]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 7. Qc2 e5 8. d5 (8. a3 $14 e4 9. Nxe4 (9. axb4 exf3 10. Nb5 Bg4 $14)) 8... Nb8 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Na4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfd8 {½-½ (32) Hansen,L (2562)-Gulko,B (2643) Esbjerg 2000}) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rf3 {[#]} (15. Qb1 $15) 15... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4f3][%mdl 512]} 16. Nxe4 $2 (16. Rff1 {only move.}) 16... Bf5 $19 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxf6 Ngxf6 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rae1 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Nd2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kundianok, Vladislav"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,36,40,25,42,11,13,16,18,0,6,-22,-8,-28,35,-31,-25,-78,-76,-122,-112,-121,-119,-115,-106]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} O-O 9. a4 Nbc6 10. a5 {The position is equal.} d5 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be2 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. Be2 {0-1 (54) Rydstrom,T (2306)-Blomqvist,E (2531) Uppsala 2016}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ne5 (13... Be5 $11) 14. Na4 (14. Be3 $14) 14... Bd7 $15 15. Nb6 {[#]} (15. Be3 $11) 15... Rad8 $1 $17 {Black is better.} 16. Bf4 {[#]} Bb5 $1 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 {aiming for d4.} N7c6 {Precision: White = 14%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,6,-12,0,0,0,-7,-8,-15,-7,-13,-12,-18,-6,-16,-1,-12,0,-12,-4,-5,-14,-8,-7,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal. D05: Colle System with ...e6} (6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 Qe7 12. a3 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Bh3 g6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd4 {0-1 (46) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Be7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rac1 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. h3 Ne8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 {0-1 (53) Nicolae,D (1206)-Busuioc,S (1365) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 13. Qb1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rcd1 Re8 17. Nf3 Bb8 18. Bf5 Rc7 19. c4 {[#] Black must now prevent cxd5.} d4 $1 20. exd4 Bxf3 $1 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Bg4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 60%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barron, Luke J"]
[Black "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,48,0,-3,0,-6,8,0,19,0,20,18,20,-31,-31,-30,-12,-59,-54,-52,-43,-105,-95,-104,-96]} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. Bh6 Rb8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (14. Rab1 a6 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 b5 17. e5 Bb7 18. b3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. Rbe1 Rfd8 21. f4 d5 22. cxb5 axb5 {0-1 (47) Axelrod,A (2328)-Popilski,G (2523) Acre 2013}) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 e5 16. f4 {The position is equal.} f6 17. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe3 b5 18. b3 Qe7 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Raf1 a5 21. h3 a4 {0-1 (68) Burgos Figueroa,C (2285)-Cruz,J (2292) Mollet del Valles 2009}) 17... Qa5 18. a3 Be6 19. Qe1 ({White should play} 19. f5 $11 Bd7 20. Bh3) 19... Qxe1 $15 20. Rfxe1 b5 21. Bf1 bxc4 22. dxc4 a5 23. Red1 (23. b3 $15) 23... Rb6 $17 24. Rd2 Kf7 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peric, Davor"]
[Black "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,31,51,12,105,108,139,53,42,38,38,2,87,-29,-13,-5,45,36,34,35,31,26,15,1,22,24]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 a6 (2... b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. f4 Qf6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O-O Nh6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rhe1 Nhf5 15. Qc3 {0-1 (62) Aronian,L (2805)-Rapport,R (2707) Riadh 2017}) 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Nc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} c5 $146 (6... Nc6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qe2 Bd7 {½-½ (23) Matuszewski,M (2375)-Mozharov,M (2518) Krakow 2013}) 7. O-O $16 Nf6 {[#]} 8. Qc2 (8. dxc5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Qxd8+.} O-O 9. Ne5) 8... Nc6 $14 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Qe7 {[#]} (10... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Ne4 (11. Bg5 $1 $16) 11... Nxe4 $11 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} f5 14. Qxc4 Ne5 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Nh3 h6 17. e3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 14%, Black = 28%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kocevar, Tugomir"]
[Black "Jelen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,33,-10,0,-57,-57,-90,-93,-129,-82,-95,-102,-102,-95,-118,-79,-97,-95,-159,-153,-152,-162,-160,-125,-166]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. A00: Irregular Openings} (6... Re8 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bb2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bc4 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 {0-1 (42) Fernandez,D (2454)-Lenderman,A (2608) London 2014}) 7. Bc3 (7. Bb2 $1 $11) 7... Bxc3 $15 8. Nxc3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 9. exd4 {d5 would now be nice for White.} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Be2 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rac1 {0-1 (42) Kramer-Smit,C Netherlands 1986}) 12. Rc1 Bg4 (12... Bf5 {feels hotter.} 13. O-O Nd7 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Bf1 Rad8) 13. O-O Rad8 14. Nb1 (14. Qb3 $142) 14... Rfe8 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qb3 Re7 17. Qc3 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schnepel, Thomas"]
[Black "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. f5 Bc5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qf3 Qb6 9. Nge2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. g4 h6 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Ng4 18. Na4 Bf2+ 19. Kd1 b5 20. Nb2 Bb6 21. Nd3 c5 22. Rxb5 c4 23. Nb4 Nf2+ 24. Ke1 Nxh1 25. Qxh1 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,117,18,17,6,48,54,90,90,96,87,93,85,86,79,77,81,93,95,89,100,100,96,87,86,91,79,89,77,82,78,78,78,79,70,86,86,86,86,106,43,64,55,48,41,86,41,82,84,105,43,32,20,48,45,88,77,75,72,82,63,80,82,83,8,111,0,0,0,0,0,6187,5227,29951,29950,12548,6091,29970,29969,29967,29965,29958,29966,29966,29965,29963,5173,6270,5896,29977,29979,29979,29980,29980,29974,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Qg3 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. B82: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} 13. Rae1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 15. e5 dxe5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... Ne8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Ne4 Bb5 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qxh6 Bxd3 20. Re3 Qxc2 21. Rh3 Bh7 22. f5 {1-0 (22) Armas,J (2415)-Tang,H Mexico City 1980}) 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Qh3 bxc3 18. Qxh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 19. Qh6 Qd8 20. Bxc3 Bg5 21. Qh3 Bb5 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Be7 24. Rf4 Rad8 25. h3 Rd5 26. a4 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rfd8 28. Rff3 Bf8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rd3 Qc4 31. b3 (31. Rxd5 $16 exd5 32. e6) 31... Rxd3 $1 $14 32. Qxd3 (32. bxc4 $2 {verliert.} Rxg3 33. Bb2 Re3 $19) 32... Qf4 $1 33. Qd2 Qf1+ $1 34. Kh2 h5 35. Bd4 Ba3 36. Bf2 ({Besser ist} 36. b4 $16) 36... Bb2 37. Bg3 Qa1 38. Qe1 Qxe1 39. Bxe1 Bxe5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} 40. Kg1 Kf8 41. b4 Ke7 42. c4 Bd4+ {[#]} 43. Kf1 (43. Bf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf2d4]} Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2) 43... Kd6 (43... g5 $1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 44. b5 ({Günstiger ist} 44. h4 $16) 44... axb5 $11 45. cxb5 Kc5 46. h4 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Be5 $11) 47. Bf2 $18 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 {KB-KB} e5 49. Ke2 (49. Kf3 $142 Kb6 50. g3) 49... e4 50. Ke3 Kb6 51. Kd4 Ka5 52. g3 Kb6 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Kd2 (54. Kc2 $142 Kb6 55. Kd2 Ka7 56. a5 Ka8 57. Ke3 Kb7 58. Kd4 Ka7 59. b6+ Kb7 60. Kc3) 54... Kb6 55. Kc2 Kc7 56. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Weiß setzt Matt.} Kb7 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd4 Kd7 59. a6 {Precision: Weiß = 53%, Schwarz = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Krebs, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,97,28,9,37,30,82,85,64,77,106,112,105,106,103,91,91,91,91,91,89,91,92,92,113,91,90,91,90,90,85,81,83,90,102,96,114,118,121,89,130,129,132,122,129,120,122,122,122,113,113,0,118,0,122,122,127,127,124,116,117,123,120,110,113,118,118,111,137,125,147,111]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Ne4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qc7 16. Bc3 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 (16... f6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16... f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 {½-½ (56) Anand,V (2783)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 17. Nxc3 $16 Re8 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Qe4 Rd4 20. Qf3 Rf4 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 {Black must now prevent b3.} Rxc4 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Rad1 Nc5 26. Rd2 Na4 27. Nxa4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. b3 Rb4 29. Rd7 {Hoping for g3.} a5 30. g3 Rb5 31. Re2 Kg7 32. h4 Rc3 33. Rd4 Rf5 34. Red2 Rcc5 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Rfe5+ 37. Kd1 Rf5 38. Re2 Rc3 39. Red2 Rcc5 $1 40. Ke2 Rfe5+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rcc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Ra8 {aiming for Ra7+.} Rc7 46. b4 axb4 47. Rxb4 Rf5 48. Rb2 Rc1 49. Ra3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Mihalinec, Damir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,44,24,24,0,10,-72,0,-27,44,-37,43,-41,14,-17,-10,-10,-15,-10,-18,-17,-21,-30,0,-12,0,0,14,-19,-25,-39,37,33,96,0,54,62,47,35,97,51,100,102,92,31,204,193,192,188,174,7,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 {LiveBook: 338 Games} a6 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} (11... Nf6 12. Nd3 h6 13. Be3 fxg4 14. fxg4 g5 15. c5 Ng6 16. Nf2 Nf4 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Rc1 a6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Bd7 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. b4 Qe8 23. Ra1 {0-1 (50) Belov,V (2614)-Nguyen,N (2634) Berlin 2015}) 12. Ng2 Nf6 13. Be3 $146 (13. a4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Be1 c5 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. Bf2 Qc8 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qc2 {½-½ (57) Grab,R (2060)-Wurzer,G (1830) Wattens 1996}) 13... Rf7 (13... f4 $17 14. Bf2 b6) 14. a4 Bf8 (14... f4 $11 15. Bf2 c5) 15. a5 ({Better is} 15. Bf2 $14) 15... Bd7 (15... f4 $15 16. Bf2 g5) 16. b4 (16. Bd2 $14) 16... Qc8 (16... f4 $15 17. Bf2 g5) 17. h3 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Ne1 h5 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Rg7 22. Nd3 Be7 23. c5 Nh4+ 24. Bxh4 gxh4 25. Rc1 Kf7 (25... Qf8 $15) 26. cxd6 $14 Bxd6 (26... cxd6 $14 27. Na4 Qd8) 27. Kf1 (27. Na4 $16) 27... Qf8 (27... Qh8 $11) 28. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 29. Nac5 b6 (29... Bc8 $14) 30. Qe1 {Black must now prevent axb6.} Bb5 31. Ne6 Rg6 32. Qxh4 (32. Qc3 $16 Nd7 33. axb6 (33. gxh5 Rg3 $14) (33. Nxc7 Rc8 $14) 33... cxb6 34. Qa1 (34. gxh5 Rg3 $14)) 32... Rag8 $2 (32... c6 $1 $14) 33. g5 $18 Nh7 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 34. Qxh5 Nxg5 {[#]} 35. Rg1 $2 ({White should play} 35. axb6 $1 $18 cxb6 {[#]} 36. Nxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 37. Bxb5) 35... Nxe6 $11 36. Qf5+ Qf6 {The position is equal.} 37. dxe6+ Ke7 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. Qxg6 Rxg6 40. Nf2 Bxe2+ 41. Kxe2 bxa5 42. bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg2 43. Rc6 Kxe6 44. Rxa6 Kd7 45. Kf1 Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f3]} 46. Ke2 Rg2 {Hoping for ...Bc5.} 47. Kf1 Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f3]} 48. Ke2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schnider, Gert"]
[Black "Petrovic, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,33,47,45,306,322,853,850,1055,1043,972,1010,1586,1573,1669,1637,1353,1373,2206,1199]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. d4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O (8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Be3 a6 10. Bb6 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. c3 Ba5 13. Bxa5 Rxa5 {1-0 (27) Kryvoruchko,Y (2703)-Tabatabaei,M (2605) Dubai 2018}) 8... a6 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 49 Games} Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 9... b5 $14) 10. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qf3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Qg3 g6 13. Ba3 e5 14. Rad1 f6 15. Nb3 Kf7 16. Bxd6 {1-0 (36) Kaufeld,J (2315)-Valkyser,M (2181) Germany 2013}) 10... Kf8 $2 (10... exf5 11. exf5+ Kf8) 11. Qd4 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc3 12. bxc3 f6 13. Ba3+ Kf7 14. Nd6+ Kg6 15. Re3 {[#] Intending Rg3+ and mate.} h5 16. Rg3+ Kh6 17. Bc1+ 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reichmann, Egon"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,0,0,0,11,0,0,-10,-8,-29,-6,-12,-7,-12,-6,-17,-6,-18,0,-27,-25,-43,-49,-49,-38,-89,-98,-276,-281,-290,-291,-304,-289,-331,-328,-417,-394,-495,-521,-521,-521,-507,-469,-472,-455,-456,-452,-432,-430,-431,-418,-796,-770,-753,-725,-1375,-1327,-1850,-1766]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 (3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. e3 d5 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}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Nf6 6. e4 {A43: Schmid Benoni} Bb4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4.} 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 Ba5 9. e5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qe4 {0-1 (36) Rinaudo,S (2144)-Vezzosi,P (2355) Porto San Giorgio 2011}) 8... d6 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 $1 11. O-O Bd7 {next ...Nd4 is good for Black.} 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Bg5 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 15. Bh4 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e5 {[#]} (17. b5 $15 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd4 20. Na4) 17... d5 $1 $17 ({Worse is} 17... Nxg3 18. exd6 Qf6 19. hxg3 $16) 18. Nb5 $2 (18. Na4 $17 {might work better.}) 18... Nxg3 $19 19. hxg3 g4 20. Nh2 Nxe5 21. Be2 Nc4 22. Nd4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 23. Nxg4 exd4 ({Not} 23... Bxd4 24. c3 $19) 24. Rfe1 Qg5 25. Nh2 Rfe8 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. a4 a6 28. a5 Ba7 29. Bd3 Bg4 30. Kh2 (30. Rxe8+ $142 Rxe8 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4) 30... Rxe1 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxe1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nd2 33. Bh7+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pichler, Michael"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,36,38,34,33,35,29,33,33,24,70,63,68,67,60,64,78,56,62,22,14,0,51,55,50,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,28,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,32,48,48,115,115,114,105,105,0,275,259,297,229,252,258,265,278,271,250,286,286,468,286,469,469,469,469,469,468,469,469,469,469,469,469,469,468,475,475,1435,468,468,468,468,468,468,468,468,468,468,468]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 (5... e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Re1 Qd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. d5 Na5 15. dxe6 Nxc4 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qxc4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Qe6 Qf6 21. Ng6+ Qxg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd6 Rxf7 {½-½ (86) Jones,G (2660)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Tbilisi 2017}) 6. Bb3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} d5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ba5 Be7 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. O-O h5 {½-½ (25) Hresc,V (2335)-Gutman,L (2475) Kirchheim 1990}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bc2 h5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. b3 Na8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. f4 g6 18. Nf3 a6 ({Black should try} 18... Nc7 $11) 19. Rfc1 $14 O-O 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc7 {[%cal Ba8c7,Bc7e8,Be8g7,Bg7f5,Bf5e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 23. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Bxg6!} Ne8 24. Be3 Ng7 25. g3 Nf5 26. Bf2 Ba3 27. h3 Ne7 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc6 30. Be3 {Hoping for Qh2.} Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nc6 32. Kf2 Bb2 33. Bb1 b5 34. Ke2 a5 35. Bd2 Bxd4 {[#]} 36. Bxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb2 (36... Nxa5 37. Nxd4) 37. Bb6 b4 (37... Bc1 $14) 38. Bc5 $16 Bc1 {[#]} 39. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c1]} Bb2 40. Bc5 (40. Kd1 $16) 40... d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Bc1 $11) 41. Kd1 Nb8 42. Nxd4 Na6 43. Bb6 Nc7 44. Bxc7 Bxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 45. Ke2 Bc6 46. Bd6 Bc3 $2 (46... g5 {keeps fighting.} 47. fxg5 Kg7 48. Bxb4 Bxe5) 47. Bd3 Kg7 $2 (47... g5 48. fxg5 Kg7) 48. g5 {White is clearly winning.} Bd5 49. Ke3 Bg2 50. Bc5 Bc6 51. a4 bxa3 52. Bxa3 Be1 53. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg3 54. b5 Bd5 55. Be4 Bf2+ (55... Bc4 $142 56. b6 Ba6) 56. Kd3 (56. Kf3 $142 Bxe4+ 57. Kxe4) 56... Ba2 57. Bc6 Bb1+ 58. Ke2 Bb6 59. Bc1 Ba2 60. Be3 Bc4+ 61. Kf2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karsay, Pascal"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,30,28,37,37,38,52,45,45,56,56,47,52,91,52,49,37,49,22,28,25,52,35,40,36,50,47,40,39,40,46,50,12,13,3,35,39,179,177,165,175,389,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {Levenfisch,G/Primel,D} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O e5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd4 O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nd2 c3 13. Bxc3 e3 14. Nc4 exf2+ 15. Rxf2 {½-½ (44) Pantsulaia,L (2585)-Amin,B (2680) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. c4 {LiveBook: 44 Games} Qc8 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. Nd5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 {aiming for Rc1.} Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 14. e4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. Qd2 Na6 16. b4 O-O 17. a3 {½-½ (50) Verlinsky,B-Levenfish,G Leningrad (Russia) 1933 URS-ch [Levenfisch,G/Primel,D]}) 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5 19. Qd4 a5 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Na6 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Nf3 {Black must now prevent Qh6+.} Ke8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 26... f6 $1 $14 27. Qh6+ Kg8) 27. Qh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Qc2 28. Qxh7 Qxe4 $2 {[#]} (28... Kd7 29. e5 (29. Qxf7 Qxe4 30. Kh2 Nc7 $16) 29... Qf5) 29. Qg8+ $2 ({Only move:} 29. h5 $1 $18 Nb4 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. h6 Nxd5 32. h7) 29... Kd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxf7 Nb4 31. a3 Nxd5 32. Kh2 Nf6 33. Ng5 Qf5 34. Kg1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,21,-1,23,15,17,-17,-15,-20,-15,-15,0,-83,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,189,128,136,151,154,22,31,-17,-21,-82,-74,-195,-216,-182,-77,-117,-113,-201,-209,-196,-111,-260,-258,-303,-144,-150]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. a4 b4 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. e4 d4 10. f4 Ba6 11. Re1 h5 12. h4 Nc5 13. Kh2 Be7 14. Nd2 d3 {0-1 (42) Volodin,A (2462)-Meier,G (2647) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... bxc3 8. bxc3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Be7 9. c4 {White has an edge.} c6 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 f5 16. f3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Rab1 {0-1 (21) Villavicencio Martinez,C (2141)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2531) La Laguna 2009}) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a5 (13. Rc1 $11) 13... c5 ({Black should try} 13... dxc4 $17 {Hoping for ...c5.} 14. Qa4 c3) 14. cxd5 $11 exd5 15. Bh3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e4 g6 $2 {[#]} ({Reject} 17... cxd4 18. e5 $16) (17... Bxd4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 18. Nxd4 cxd4) 18. e5 (18. exd5 $18 {And now Ne5 would win.} cxd4 19. Ne4) 18... Bg7 $16 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ ({White should play} 20. Rxe6 $16 Bd3 21. Rd6) 20... Kh7 $11 21. Bxd5 cxd4 22. h4 (22. Re6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nc5 $17 23. Be6 (23. Bc4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 23... Nxe6 $19 24. Rxe6 Bd3 (24... Bb7 $19 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...Qd7.} 25. h5 Rc3) 25. h5 g5 26. Qa4 (26. Qe1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Bf5 27. Ra6 Rc7 28. Re1 {[#]} (28. Rc6 $17 {was the only defense.}) 28... Qd5 $1 29. Qb4 Bg4 (29... Qf7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 30. Qd6 Bd3) 30. Ne5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Voscilla, Adriano"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,14,-4,-3,-1,0,-25,-19,-29,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-11,-33,-26,-45,-2,-8,0,0,-2,-14,-5,-5,16,-18,31,28,19,-4,64,0,0,16,14,-31,-30,-74,-89,-87,-99,-96,-86,-82,-83,-83,-86,-158,-140,-226,-215,-286,-160,-470,-233,-416,-404,-403,-399,-387,-320,-320,0,0,0,-35,-35,-46,-44,-59,8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-27,-27,-27,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. d3 O-O 8. f4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} d5 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} (8... Rb8 9. h3 Nd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Nd4 12. g5 f6 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nce2 g6 {½-½ (14) Grigoryan,K (2609)-Gordievsky,D (2511) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. e5 Ne8 10. Kh1 f6 {Black has an edge.} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ng1 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 {0-1 (29) Bernacki,K (2013)-Sieklucki,A (1847) Bialystok 2011}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 fxe5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Bxf1 (15. Qxf1 {is more complex.} g6 16. Nd1 Qb6 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Qe1) 15... Qc7 16. Bf4 Rb8 17. b3 g6 18. Qe2 Ng7 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bg2 Qa5 21. Qd3 (21. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bb4 22. Qe1 $11) 21... Qb4 {[#]} 22. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent c3.} Rf8 (22... dxe4 23. Qxd7) 23. Bd2 Qb8 (23... Qb5 $11 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxb5 (25. exf6 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Rxf6 $11) 25... cxb5 26. exf6 Rxf6) 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Bc3 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 27. Qg3 Rf4 28. Re1 e4 29. Bb2 Qf8 30. h3 g5 31. c4 Ne6 32. cxd5 ({White should try} 32. Be5) 32... cxd5 $17 {[%cal Bc6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 33. Qc3 {[#]} (33. Rd1 $17 Qc5 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Bxc3) 33... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 34. Qc4 e3 (34... Qd6 $19 35. Kg1 Qe5) 35. Bd5 $2 (35. Qd5 $17 {nothing else works.} Qf7 36. Qe5) 35... Qc8 (35... Qd6 $142 {( -> ...Rf2)} 36. Ba3 Qe5) 36. Rd1 $2 (36. Bxd4 Qxc4 37. Bxc4 Rxd4 38. Rxe3) 36... Qxc4 37. Bxc4 Kf8 38. Kg1 Ke8 39. Rf1 Re4 $2 ({Better is} 39... Ke7 $19 {Hoping for ...Kd6.} 40. Rxf4 gxf4 41. Bxe6 d3) 40. Bd5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd5e4]} Rf4 41. Bxe6 Bxe6 42. Rxf4 gxf4 43. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a5 ({Black should play} 43... Bc8 $1 $15) 44. Kf1 h5 45. gxh5 Bxh3+ 46. Ke1 Kf7 47. a3 Bg4 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 {The position is equal.} Bxh5 {Threatens to win with ...Ke6.} 50. b5 Ke6 51. b6 Bf3 {[#] aiming for ...Kf5.} 52. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb7 {[#]} 53. Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Mcphillips, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,31,44,-116,-122,-137,-126,-138,-121,-118,-117,-114,-118,-140,-135,-145,-137,-143,-138,-147,-152,-150,-155,-120,-162,-311,-103,-651,-635,-912,-876,-1006,-1046,-29989,-1018,-907,0,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29994]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 {LiveBook: 88 Games. D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb5 16. Re1 b6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 gxf6 20. e3 Be2 21. Rd7 {½-½ (49) Sargissian,G (2702)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian 2016}) 13. e3 $2 (13. dxc5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxb2 14. Nxb2) 13... Ba6 $17 14. Re1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Nb4 $1 {Black is clearly better.} 15. Bf1 Bxf1 $1 16. Rxf1 Nxa2 17. Ra1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 {0-1 (47) Furesz,J (2038)-Dupsky,L (2280) Hungary 2012}) 17... Nb4 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. dxc5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} ({Don't take} 20... Nxc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qc3 $15) 21. Nc3 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rfc1 (24. Rac1 $142) 24... Nd2 $2 ({Less strong is} 24... Nxc5 25. Rd1 $17) (24... Ng5 $19 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...b4.} 25. Qc2 b4) 25. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qc2 $17 a6 26. b4) 25... Nf3+ $19 26. Kh1 b4 27. Nb5 Qg4 {( -> ...Qh3)} 28. Kg2 Nh4+ (28... Qe4 $142 29. Rg1 Nd2+ 30. Kh3 Re6 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. g4 Rh6+ 33. Kg3 Qf3#) 29. Kg1 Nf3+ (29... Re4 $19 30. Nc7 {[#]} Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. gxh4 Rg4+ 32. Kf1 Rc8) 30. Kg2 Qe4 31. Re2 Ne1+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Sestic, Nermin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,55,74,70,48,103,85,89,63,58,60,89,75,143,130,150,154,285,268,251,164,326,310,315,308,589,589,878,885,5924,6622,6315,6207,4982,2243]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (10... b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nc6 Bxf4 18. gxf4 {0-1 (45) Balogh,C (2632)-Fridman,D (2602) Bastia 2013}) 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nc3 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is better.} 13. Nd5 Qd8 (13... exd5 $14 14. cxd5 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5) 14. Nxe7+ $16 Qxe7 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng5 Bb7 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nd6 {1-0 (29) Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2277)-Sanchez Martin,V (2079) La Algaba 2001}) 15... Bb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 ({Black should try} 17... Nxf6 18. Rfe1 e5) 18. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rfe8 19. Nh4 {Hoping for Qg4+.} Nde5 {[#]} (19... Rad8 $16 20. Rfe1 Nde5) 20. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng6 21. Qg4 Qf7 $2 (21... f5 22. Nxg6 fxg4 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 {Strongly threatening Bd5.} ({Don't play} 23. Qxf5 Nce7 $18) 23... Nce5 $2 {[#]} (23... Rad8 {was called for.}) 24. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxe5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxg6 Re4 27. Nf4+ Kh8 28. Rd7 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Pichler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,23,6,20,27,31,37,33,28,27,16,24,20,43,33,27,33,35,8,45,22,29,13,31,33,46,41,37,33,122,129,425,445,421,407,528,524,509,505,616,622,600,579]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c4 (5... Nf6 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Be2 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nf6 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White has an edge.} Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bb2 {0-1 (34) Golubov,S (2512)-Saravana,K (2378) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 9. c3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 13. Re1 Bh5 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Bg6 $1 16. Ne5 Bd6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 17. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Re2 Re6 21. Rae1 Ree8 {[#]} (21... a6 $14) 22. Ng4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Nxf6+.} Rxe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Ne4 $16) (22... Nxg4 23. Rxe8+) 23. Nxf6+ $18 ({Weaker is} 23. Qxe2 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 g6 $11) 23... gxf6 24. Rxe2 {Threatens to win with Nh5.} ({Less strong is} 24. Nxe2 Qc8 $16) 24... Kh8 ({But not} 24... Bxf4 25. Nh5 $18) 25. Nh5 {White is clearly winning.} Be7 26. Be1 Rg8 27. Bh4 Rg6 28. f5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loncar, Robert"]
[Black "Mayr, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,73,64,63,62,47,82,76,81,68,77,79,75,68,83,83,118,124,130,106,95,90,81,55,66,51,70,58,82,18,34,0,110,108,114,113,164,118,139,136,203,182,283,256,272,286,272,265,276,225,277,236,423,412,360,407,522,514,666,659]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Be3 {A56: Czech Benoni} (8. Nf3 Ng6 9. g3 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. f3 Nh6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rb1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 {1-0 (48) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Shulman,Y (2563) Reykjavik 2013}) 8... Ng6 9. g3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 10. f3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. h4 Bg4 13. Ng1 a6 14. f3 Bd7 {1-0 (35) Stremavicius,T (2359)-Gudauskas,M (1680) Taujenai 2014}) 10... Nh7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} a6 14. Nge2 Rb8 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. Rhc1 Qd8 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Nd1 Qf8 21. Qa3 Ne8 22. Ba7 ({Better is} 22. h5 $16 Nh8 23. g4) 22... Ra8 $11 23. Bb6 Nc7 (23... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bd8 25. Ne3 Ne7 (25... Qe7 $16 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 Qf6) 26. Rf1 Rab8 27. f4 Na8 (27... Ne8 $16 28. Bxd8 Rxd8) 28. Bxd8 $18 Qxd8 (28... Rxd8 {was necessary.} 29. fxe5 dxe5) 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. c5 Nc8 32. d6 Bc6 33. Nc3 Na7 $2 {[#]} (33... Nxd6 34. cxd6 Rxd6) 34. Bc4 Be8 35. Ncd5 Nc6 36. Kc3 Rbc8 37. Nf5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,90,60,56,49,53,29,50,50,59,59,52,54,80,81,88,73,79,83,75,61,135,140,168,93,96,69,157,15,75,19,246,238,228,233,241,215,430,271,266,272,270,40,294,289,369,362,471,472,445,368,627,618,562,493,498,500,478,478,527,464,736,695,12829]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bb4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11... Bc5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nfd2 Nb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. f4 Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. a3 b6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (54) Robson,R (2668)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 12. Nbd2 e5 13. a3 Bc3 14. Qc2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Qc2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. b4 {½-½ (17) De Souza,O-Magalhaes,H Brazil CXEB 1995}) 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Rab1 h6 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 e4 (24... b5 $14) 25. dxe4 $16 fxe4 26. Bxe4 (26. Rxe4 $18 {Hoping for b5.} Rxe4 27. Bxe4 (27. Qxe4 Re8 $16)) 26... Ne5 27. Bd5 d3 (27... Rad8 $14) 28. Qd1 ({Better is} 28. Qc3 $16 Qd6 29. f4 (29. Bxb7 Ra2 $14)) 28... Qf5 (28... Qh3 $11 29. Qd2 (29. Bxb7 Ng4 $15) 29... Rad8) 29. Qd2 ({Don't play} 29. Bxb7 Ra2 $15) (29. Re4 $16) 29... Qd7 $2 (29... Red8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 30. f4 Rxd5 31. fxe5 Rxe5) 30. Re3 $18 Re7 31. Rbe1 Rae8 {[#] intending ...b5.} 32. b5 $1 Qg4 $2 (32... Qd6 33. Kg2 Rc8) 33. Qc3 Qf5 {White should prevent ...Ng4.} 34. Qd4 Qf6 {Black wants to play ...Nf3+.} 35. Kg2 $2 (35. Qf4 $18) 35... b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should try} 35... Nf3 $1 $14 36. Qxf6 Nxe1+ 37. Rxe1 gxf6) 36. Qf4 d2 37. Rd1 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Ng6 39. Kf3 Nh4+ $2 (39... Rf8 40. Rxe7 (40. Rxd2 Nxf4 41. Kg3 Rd7 $16) 40... Nxe7 41. Rxd2 g5) 40. Kg4 {White is clearly winning.} Ng6 41. Rxe7 Nxe7 42. Rxd2 Rd8 43. Kf3 g6 44. Rd3 Rc8 (44... Kg7 $142 45. Be4 Rxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Kf6) 45. Be6 Nf5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,148,17,0,12,-35,-39,-41,-10,-20,-20,-19,-19,-22,-1,-26,-20,-41,-23,-37,-31,-41,-35,-38,-6,-37,-10,-16,-17,-46,-19,-33,0,0,0,-42,0,4,32,0,52,50,60,59,83,106,175,169,168,155,181,187,175,162,207,111,251,231,276,175,179,114,88,114,230,229,239,238,430,415,384,418,401,360,304,146,152,145,170,162,161,0,8,0,180,25,31,0,0,-8,20,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-24,-24,-27,-22,-24,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bd6 7. Bg3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nbd7 {½-½ (44) Maze,S (2577)-Grachev,B (2705) Plovdiv 2012}) 11... c6 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qe7 15. Nd3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc5 Qc7 20. Nf4 $1 Ra6 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Qf5 Rb6 24. Ka1 a4 25. Qg4 Re4 26. Qg3 Qf8 27. Nd3 Re7 28. Nc5 Qa8 (28... Rb4 $11) 29. e4 $14 h6 30. e5 Rb5 31. f4 Qc8 (31... b6 $16 32. f5 bxc5) 32. Nxa4 $18 Ra5 33. Nc3 b5 34. b3 Nb6 35. Qh3 Qa8 36. f5 (36. Nd1 $18) 36... f6 (36... b4 $16) 37. Qg3 {exf6 is the strong threat.} Raa7 38. Rce1 b4 39. Nb1 (39. Nd1 $18) 39... fxe5 $16 40. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ra5 (40... c5 $16 41. Rf1 c4) 41. f6 $18 Rea7 {[%cal Ra5a2]} 42. Qf2 d4 $2 {[#]} (42... Nd7) 43. e6 $1 gxf6 44. e7 Qe8 45. Qxf6 {Black must now prevent Rf2.} Nd5 46. Qxh6 (46. Qe6+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh7 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. a4 (48. Qxd4 Qxe7 49. a4 Qg7 $18) 48... Nxe7 49. Qxd4) 46... Ne3 $16 {[#]} 47. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Rxe7 48. Rxc6 Rg7 49. Qe6+ $2 ({Better is} 49. Rc4 $18) 49... Qxe6 $11 50. Rxe6 Nxg2 $2 (50... Rc7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 51. Rd2 $2 (51. Rd6 $18) 51... Ne3 $1 52. Rb6 Rc7 53. Rd6 Kf7 54. R6xd4 {Hoping for Kb2.} Nc2+ 55. Kb2 Nxd4 56. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rca7 57. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 58. Kc3 Rxh2 59. Rf4+ Ke6 {next ...Ke5 is good for Black.} 60. Nd2 Rh3+ (60... Rd7 {looks sharper.} 61. Nf3 Rh3 62. Kc4 Rc7+ 63. Kb5 Rg3) 61. Rf3 Rxf3+ (61... Rc7+ {feels hotter.} 62. Kb2 Rh1 63. Re3+ Kd5 64. Rd3+ Ke5) 62. Nxf3 {KR-KN. The position is equal.} Kd5 63. Nd2 Rh7 64. Nc4 Kc5 65. b4+ Kb5 66. Na3+ Ka4 67. Nc2 Rc7+ 68. Kd3 Kb3 69. Nd4+ Kxb4 70. Nc2+ Kc5 71. Ne3 Rh7 72. Ke4 Rd7 73. Nf5 Rd8 74. Ne3 Rd2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Schnider, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,143,41,12,9,20,2,23,23,39,30,33,33,45,0,0,0,10,16,19,33,96,96,91,80,86,82,81,72,141,139,114,139,125,90,105,107,117,120,123,116,127,112,130,110,113,114,132,72,74,67,60,67,57,60,61,53,67,64,79,56,53,49,58,58,54,54,54,51,68,57,77,69,69,66,69,22,20,13,73,73,112,105,128,134,198,181,172,191,177,187,169,169,201,77,85,93,156,184,154,143,141,125,150,66,66,66,66,67,81,54,71,70,68,36,36,36,31,31,51,53,72,72,180,184,29971,29972]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 (5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nc6 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Ne2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {1-0 (46) Andreikin,D (2712)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 5... c5 6. cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Nd2 Re8 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Ne5 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. N4f3 Ng6 15. Re1 Bc6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Qb2 {0-1 (60) Otero,E (2390)-Hernandez Onna,R (2430) Havana 1986}) 14... Qe7 15. N4f3 Neg4 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb2 f6 (19... Nf5 $14) 20. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 21. Nd2 Bf7 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Rfd1 Nf5 (23... b5 $142) 24. Bc5 Qe6 25. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nh4 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd7 b5 30. Bd6 Rg5 31. Bg3 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 h5 33. Bxf3 (33. Rcc7 $142 Rf8 34. Bxf3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3) 33... exf3+ 34. Kxf3 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Bd5+ 36. e4 Be6 37. Re7 Bxg4+ 38. Ke3 Bh5 39. Bf4 Rg4 $1 40. Rc5 Re8 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Rc8 Kf7 43. Ra8 Rg1 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Rxa6 Rd1 46. Bd6 Bf7 47. f4 Bc4 48. Bf8 Rd7 (48... Rd3+ $11 {remains equal.} 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 Rd3+ 51. Kg4 Rd4) 49. Bd6 $16 Kf7 50. Kd4 {Strongly threatening a4.} Bf1 51. Kc5 Bd3 (51... Kg6 $16 52. a4 bxa4 53. Rxa4 Rb7) 52. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Rd8 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. e5 $1 fxe5 55. fxe5 Rc8+ 56. Kd5 (56. Bc7 $18 {is more deadly.}) 56... Bc4+ 57. Ke4 Rh8 (57... Bb3 $142) 58. Kd4 $1 $16 Rh3 59. a4 {Hoping for Kc5.} Rd3+ 60. Ke4 bxa4 {[#]} 61. Rxa4 (61. Rc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7c4]} Ba6 62. Bf8) 61... Rd1 $14 62. Ra7 Bd5+ 63. Ke3 Bc6 64. Ra6 Bb5 65. Rb6 Bc4 66. Rc6 Rd3+ 67. Kf2 Rd2+ 68. Ke1 Bd5 69. Rc5 Rd4 70. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kf5 {[#]} (70... Be6 $16) 71. b6 $1 $18 {Rxd5 is the strong threat.} g5 $2 {[#]} (71... Bf3 $18 72. Rc7 Rd1+ 73. Kf2 Bd5) 72. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ronce, Nathan"]
[Black "Franic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 cxd4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bc5+ Kf6 15. Nd5+ Ke6 16. Nef4+ 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Srienz, Christian"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,44,-23,-23,-27,-30,-38,-34,-35,-6,-29,-20,-20,0,-18,-13,-10,25,-97,-98,-96,-106,-114,-116,-118,-116,-121,-130,-129,-44,-728,-717,-700,-695,-1501,-1501]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e4 Bb7 5. d5 Qe7 6. Be2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Bg5 $146 {Hoping for e5.} ({Predecessor:} 7. f3 O-O 8. Nh3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Ra2 Rae8 13. Nf2 h6 {0-1 (53) Lomineishvili,M (2429)-Asrian,K (2591) Yerevan 2004}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {Threatens to win with e5.Black has an edge.} h6 9. Bh4 {Strongly threatening e5.} e5 10. Bd3 Na6 (10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 $8 Na6 $11) 11. f3 Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Rb1 c6 (13... g5 {looks sharper.} 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. O-O c6 16. Rb4 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O) 14. Nc1 (14. Ng3 $1 $11) 14... Nxd3+ $17 15. Qxd3 cxd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Nd3 {And now Nb4 would win.} Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6g6][%mdl 32]} 19. Rb4 {[#]} Qg5 (19... Rfe8 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Rc6.} 20. Nb2 Re6) 20. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. O-O $15) 20... Bb7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 21. Qd6 (21. Qxb7 Qe3+) 21... Rc6 22. Qd5 Rg6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Voscilla, Adriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,55,0,10,79,83,109,102,106,104,146,108,118,114,114,114,109,109,140,140,140,140,140,146,147,116,190,153,213,221,194,187,185,126,554,546,544,543,541,537,537,525]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Qb6 8. Be3 (8. Qc2 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Be3 Qa6 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 {½-½ (47) Eljanov,P (2757)-Malakhov,V (2698) Novi Sad 2016}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} Na6 (9... a6 $11) 10. Nd4 $16 Kd7 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ke6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Rhe8 14. Bd4 g6 {1-0 (34) Rastbod,A (2353)-Korevand,S (2143) Sari 2018}) 13. cxd5+ Nxd5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nb4 {[#]} 17. Rb5 $1 ({Resist} 17. Rxa7 $6 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 Ra8 $14) 17... Rhd8 18. Rxb7 Nc6 {[#]} 19. Be3 $1 Rab8 20. Rc7 Ne5 (20... Rdc8 $16 21. Rxc8 Rxc8) 21. Bd4 Rxb3 (21... Rd7 $16 22. Bxe5 (22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Rxb3 $16) (22. Bxa7 Rxc7 23. Bxb8 Rb7 $14) 22... fxe5 23. Rxd7 Kxd7) 22. Ra1 $18 Rb5 23. f4 Rd7 24. Ra6+ (24. Rcc1 $18) 24... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rd6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 25. Bxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Be3 {Now ...Rc5 and Black clings on.} 28. b4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Krebs, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,45,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,25,16,134,131,137,133,118,47,241,235,434,431,1563,1558,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 {B33: Sizilianisch (Lasker/Pelikan/Sweschnikow-Variante)} f5 {LiveBook: 24 Partien} 13. Bd3 (13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. O-O Bb7 16. f3 Qg5 17. Kh1 Rg8 18. Rf2 Qh4 {½-½ (18) Alekseev,E (2710)-Zhigalko,S (2664) Baku 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} d5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Rb8 15. O-O Be6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 {½-½ (41) Ustinov,O (2222)-Horak,J (2270) Czechia 1999}) 15. cxd5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 {Droht stark d6.} Bb7 {[#]} (16... Qb4 $11 17. Qe2 Qd6) 17. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh5e5]} Qb4 18. Qxe5 O-O 19. Nc2 (19. Rd1 $16 {zielt auf Td4 ab.} Ng6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4) 19... Qc5 $2 (19... Qc4+ $14 20. Kg1 Bxd5 21. Qg3+ (21. Qxe7 Qxe4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 $14) 21... Ng6 22. Bxg6 fxg6) 20. Ne3 $18 (20. b4 Qc4+ 21. Kg1 Ng6 $14) 20... Rfe8 $2 (20... Ng6 21. Qf6 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7) 21. Qf6 {Und Sg4 würde nun gewinnen.} ({Nicht} 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qa3 $18) 21... Rad8 (21... Nxd5 $142 22. Qg5+ Kh8) 22. Ng4 {jetzt Sh6+ und aus.} Bxd5 {[#]} 23. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß = 96%, Schwarz = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Popovic, Milan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,23,41,38,46,30,18,17,39,40,46,42,56,38,41,26,54,58,52,37,40,42,57,42,94,44,73,49,52,23,76,-44,-25,-85,-80,-75,-63,-80,-81,-79]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} (8... b5 9. Bf1 b4 10. Nb1 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 13. a3 c4 14. g4 h6 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 {½-½ (34) Salgado Lopez,I (2620)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2521) Linares 2014}) 9. a3 Bf8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Ba2 Qa5 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. f3 c5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {0-1 (23) Bazyuk,A-Nazarian,A (2012) Moscow 2008}) 11... Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. f4 Ng6 $1 17. Nf3 (17. Rad1 {keeps more tension.} c5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Ba2 b5 20. f5) 17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kh1 Rad8 (19... d5 $14) 20. Bh2 Qc8 21. Rad1 d5 {[#] aiming for ...dxe4.} 22. Qe3 c5 (22... a6 $11) 23. e5 (23. Qe2 $16) 23... d4 $15 24. Qc1 (24. Qe2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nh5 25. Ng5 Nhxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Qf1 (27. Qe4 Ng6 $17)) 24... dxc3 $17 25. exf6 gxf6 26. bxc3 {[#]} Bh6 $1 27. Rxd8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Jelen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,127,20,10,12,21,14,17,14,5,9,12,20,20,15,18,24,12,14,14,45,50,104,51,47,40,45,47,39,45,82,46,49,61,63,63,128,125,119,128,133,132,137,95,140,0,155,125,102,60,60,58,62,67,106,106,177,113,318,296,283,322,315,309,315,296,298,300,311,312,312,310,286,281,329,321,334,325,500,390,552,30,206,181,264,189,824,785,790,772,586,435,658,578,539,264,264,264,257,231,194,208,304,272,707,697,29974,29977,29976,29977,29975,29978,29975,29975,29980,29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. d4 {LiveBook: 214 Games} d5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Rc5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Re8 15. Nd5 b5 16. Nge3 bxc4 17. Rxc4 Qb8 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 {1-0 (48) Bu,X (2725)-Dubov,D (2696) Liaocheng 2018}) 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {The position is equal.} 11. cxb6 axb6 12. bxc4 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kxg7 17. Rfc1 Ra3 18. Rc2 Rda8 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Rac1 Rxa2 21. c5 bxc5 {½-½ (21) Horvath,J (2536)-Suarez Real,A (2436) Trieste 2017}) 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Nbd2 Bh6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. e3 Rd3 {[#]} 17. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd7 (17... Ra4 $14) (17... Nxb3 18. axb3) 18. Nfd4 (18. Nxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 19. a4) 18... Bxg2 $14 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Rc2 Bg7 {aiming for ...Nxb3.} 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Ne2 Rda7 23. Nbc1 Ra6 24. Nf4 Rd8 (24... Bf6 $14) 25. Nd5 $16 Rd6 26. Ne2 h5 27. Nd4 Kh7 28. Rcb2 Nc5 29. Rc2 ({Better is} 29. Rd2 $16) 29... Ne6 $2 (29... Ne4 $1 $11) 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Nb4 Ra4 32. h4 Kg8 33. Rb3 Bf8 34. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bg7 (34... Ra5 $16 35. c5 bxc5) 35. Nf4 (35. c5 $18 bxc5 36. Rxc5 (36. Nxc5 Ra8 $16)) 35... Kf7 $2 (35... Kh7 $16) 36. c5 $18 bxc5 37. Rb7+ ({Not} 37. Rxc5 Ra7 $16) 37... Kf6 38. Rxc5 Bh6 39. Rcc7 {Black must now prevent Rh7.} Bxf4 40. exf4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc7f7][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} e5 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Rfe7+ Kd5 43. fxe5 Rc6 44. Rbd7+ Ke4 45. Rd2 f4 (45... Rca6 $142 46. a3 Ra7 47. Rxa7 Rxa7 48. Re2+ Kd5) 46. gxf4 Kxf4 (46... Rca6 $142 47. Re2+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke6) 47. Rd6 $2 (47. Re2 $18) 47... Rc2 $2 (47... Rxd6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 48. exd6 Rxa2) 48. Rxg6 {Threatens to win with Rg5.} Rcxa2 (48... Raxa2 {was called for.} 49. Rf6+ Ke4) 49. Rg5 {e6 is the strong threat.} Re2 $2 (49... Ra7 50. Re6 Rf7 51. Rf6+ Rxf6 52. exf6 Ra7) 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. e6 Kd3 52. e7 Rxh4 (52... Rae4 $142 53. Rd5+ Kc3) 53. Rg3+ Kd2 54. Rg8 (54. Ra3 $142 {White threatens Ra2+ and mate.} Re6 55. Ra2+ Kc3 56. f4) 54... Rhe4 {[#]} 55. Rgg7 $1 Ke1 56. Kg3 h4+ 57. Kg2 Kd2 (57... R4e3 $142 58. Rh7 Re4) 58. Kh3 Ke1 $2 (58... Re1 59. Rh7 Rh1+ 60. Kg2 Rhe1) 59. f3 R4e3 60. Rg1+ {White mates.} Kd2 {[#]} 61. Rg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2e2]} Rxg2 62. Kxg2 Kd3 63. Kh3 Kd4 64. Rf4+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McPhillips, Joseph"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 3. e5 c5 4. b4 d4 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Ba3 {C00: Französische Verteidigung (Seltene Züge)} (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ba3 Qa5 8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Na3 Nf6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 {0-1 (39) Maier,C (2388)-Rambaldi,F (2555) Porto Mannu 2017}) 6... Qa5 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. c3 Nc6 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ {LiveBook: 7 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 11. Qxd4 Qc1+ 12. Ke2 {[#] zielt auf a4 ab.} Bb5+ $1 13. d3 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 14. Nbd2 $146 Qa3 $1 15. Qf4 $1 ({Nur nicht} 15. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb2+ 17. Ke3 Qxa1 $19) 15... Qb2 16. Rd1 $1 Bxd3+ 17. Ke1 Bc2 $1 {Und ...Se7 würde nun gewinnen.} 18. Be2 {[#] Droht stark Sc4.} (18. Ng5 $2 Nh6 $19) 18... Bxd1 19. Bxd1 Ne7 20. Qa4+ Nc6 21. Qb3 Qc1 22. Qxb7 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 ({Jedoch nicht} 25... Rd7 $2 26. Qb4+ Kd8 27. Ke2 $18) 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qb7+ Ke8 ({Aber nicht} 27... Rd7 $2 28. Qb4+ Kd8 29. Ke2 $18) 28. Qb8+ {Precision: Weiß = 100%, Schwarz = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beletic, Daniel"]
[Black "Ronce, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. a3 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Nf1 a5 16. h4 g6 17. Bh2 Rf8 18. g4 Ng7 19. h5 b4 20. a4 Qd7 21. Qe3 Rfb8 22. Qh6 Ne8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Qh4 Bc8 26. Ng5 Qg7 27. Nxh7 Be7 28. Bg5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb2 30. Bf6 Rab8 31. g5 Qf7 32. Nf8 Bxf6 33. gxf6 Kxf8 34. Qh6+ Ng7 35. Qh8+ Qg8 36. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guid, Matej"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,-8,0,-36,-37,-47,-24,-29,-27,-44,-44,-56,-56,-63,-72,-60,-30,-89,-74,-82,-54,-44,-57,-50,-58,-100,-77,-113,-75,-139,-135,-147,-131,-118,-119,-155,-163,-145,-148,-183,-148,-234,-229,-210,-211,-211]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 Nbd7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6... b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. d3 Qf6 9. Bf4 cxd3 10. Nxd3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc1 a5 14. Qe3 {0-1 (33) Anton Guijarro,D (2666)-Halkias,S (2571) Riadh 2017}) 7. Qa4 c5 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. d4 Bb7 11. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 {½-½ (49) Anwesh,U (2387)-Rozycki,B (2140) Lvov 2016}) 11... Qe7 12. a4 Bd5 13. Qc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rfc8 15. Qe3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc5 17. Qa3 (17. a5 $11) 17... Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Bb4 Ncd7 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Nf5 (23. a3 $142) 23... Ne5 ({But not} 23... Nxb4 $2 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 $18 (25. Rxd7 Rf8 $16)) 24. Qe4 exf5 25. Qxd5 Qxe2 26. Bc3 Nf3+ {Black is clearly better.} 27. Kg2 Qe4 28. Rac1 h6 29. Bb2 (29. Qxe4 $17 {might work better.} fxe4 30. h4) 29... Rxc1 $19 30. Bxc1 Rc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nh4+.} 31. Qxe4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. b3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Rxe3 22. Bd4 Re4 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krsnik Cohar, Ivan Vihor"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nxc4 Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Bc6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe5 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. e3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qe4 Rd5 22. Rc2 Rfd8 23. Kg2 h6 24. Rfc1 Rd3 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qe2 27. Qc2 Qg4 28. h3 Qh5 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qb5 31. Qc3 Qc5 32. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fossum, Oystein Boyum"]
[Black "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Nd3 a5 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karsay, Pascal"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,112,-60,-46,-27,-36,-32,-47,-43,-51,-38,-38,-38,-43,-43,-43,-31,-33,-35,-42,-41,-43,-43,-46,-25,-28,-21,-21,-24,-27,-22,-25,-27,-52,-46,-60,-64,-76,-80,-79,-79,-72,-72,-72,-71,-66,-14,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-70,-28,-43,-43,-43,-21,-33,-22,-23,-14,-14,-14,-37,-30,-140,-138,-138,-138,-202,-202,-202,-202,-487,-556,-353,-349,-2192,-2192,-29962,-29960,-29966,-29966,-29960,-29961,-29943,-9987,-29968,-29972,-29971,-29973,-29971,-29970,-29951,-12824,-6103,-5118]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bd2 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Qd7 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9... O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Qh4 Rac8 16. b4 b6 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. bxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (38) Cordova,E (2637)-Zhou,J (2630) Atlantic City 2016}) 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 f6 {Black is slightly better.} 12. a4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. a5 h5 14. Qa4 {0-1 (41) Henriquez,M (2090)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2386) Las Condes 2005}) 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 O-O 15. a5 Rc7 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. Rab1 g6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nc4 Bb4 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. Ra4 Bf8 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. b4 Bxc4 27. Rc1 Rbc8 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. dxc4 Rxc4 {White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 30. Bxb7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Be4 Rb2 33. Bd3 Bxb4 34. g4 Bc3 35. Kf3 h5 {aiming for ...hxg4+.} 36. h3 Kh6 37. a6 $1 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rb6 39. Rc4 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Rxa6 {[#]} 40. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra3 (40... Bxd4 41. Bxa6) 41. g5+ {[#]} (41. Rd7 $11) 41... Kh5 $1 ({Don't play} 41... Kxg5 $6 42. Rg4+ Kh6 43. Rxg6+ Kh5 44. Rg8 $11) ({Resist} 41... fxg5 42. Rd6 $11) 42. Rd6 Kxg5 43. Ra6 (43. Rc6 $17 {was necessary.}) 43... Rxa6 $19 44. Bxa6 {KB-KB} f5 45. e4 $2 (45. Kg2 {was called for.}) 45... Bd4 46. Bb5 a5 47. exf5 $2 (47. Bc6) 47... gxf5 48. Ke2 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 49. Bc6 Kf4 50. Be8 Bb6 51. Bd7 Ke5 52. f3 e3 53. Kd3 f4 54. Bb5 Kd5 55. Kc3 Kc5 56. Be8 Bd8 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Krsnik Cohar, Ivan Vihor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,50,49,60,47,47,47,54,54,56,53,42,54,46,45,53,56,57,64,113,91,89,85,89,85,92,89,92,91,89,83,80,75,82,64,77,22,22,22,23,29,34,12,12,12,7,16,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxd4 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 10. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 64 Games} Nh5 (10... Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Rc3 e6 19. Rg3 Bh4 20. Rg4 {1-0 (30) Efimenko,Z (2651)-Korobov,A (2692) Rivne 2016}) 11. O-O Nf4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Bh6 13. Be3 Nh3+ 14. gxh3 Bxe3+ 15. Kg2 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Kg7 17. f4 {0-1 (37) Smyra,W (1722)-Bienhuels,M (1889) Germany 2004}) 12... Kxg7 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Be6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 {And now f5! would win.} f5 19. Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening exf5.} Rae8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Qd4 e6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. h3 h5 26. Ne4 e5 {[#]} 27. fxe5 ({Better is} 27. Qc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3a5]} Qb6 28. Ng5) 27... dxe5 $11 28. Qc3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. c5 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} (30. Rd2 {feels hotter.} Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Kg7 33. Qb2) 30... Bxe4 $1 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxe4 Rd4 33. Rxd4 exd4+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ. The position is equal.} 34. Qg3 Qxc5 35. Qxg6 Qd5 36. Qd3 Ke7 37. Kg3 Kd6 38. Kf4 Qe5+ 39. Kf3 Qf6+ 40. Ke2 Qe5+ 41. Kd1 Qd5 (41... b5 {looks sharper.} 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Qf4 44. Qg6+ Kd5) 42. Qg3+ Qe5 (42... Kc6 {keeps more tension.} 43. Qf4 Qxg2 44. Qh6+ Kc5 45. Qxh5+ Kb6) 43. Qxe5+ Kxe5 $11 {KP-KP} 44. g3 Ke4 45. Ke2 d3+ $1 46. Kd2 Kf3 47. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 48. hxg4 Kxg4 49. Kxd3 Kf5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Fossum, Oystein Boyum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,0,0,0,-4,-15,8,0,0,0,0,-2,52,58,102,98,88,64,80,80,144,93,81,19,424,418,365,110,127,111,125,129,257,230,224,227,246,236,267,218,280,270,299,293,292,245,262,249,243,256,352,361,359,355,339,287,404,406,403,401,358,201,205,133,139,141,1508,1491,1403,1402,1983,1648,1000,5746,1713,1200,5542,5175,5804,232,5466,4634,4627,4618,29976,29977,29978,7691,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. h3 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bf5 {0-1 (43) Safarli,E (2649)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2653) Dubai 2014}) 6... Ne7 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nbc6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nf5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa5 $146 ({Black should play} 14... Ba6 $11) 15. Rfe1 $14 Be6 16. g4 Ne7 17. Be5 Nc8 18. Qf4 h6 (18... Nb6 $142) 19. Bxg7 (19. g5 $142 Bxe5 20. Qxe5) 19... Kxg7 $16 20. g5 (20. Re2 $16) 20... h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... hxg5 $11 21. Nxg5 Qd8) 21. Qf6+ $18 Kg8 {[#]} 22. Ne5 $2 (22. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g6] and the rest is easy.} Qd8 {[#]} 23. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Re1) 22... Qd8 23. Nxc6 Qb6 24. Ne5 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Nxg6! would win. White attacks with force.} Qd8 (24... Ne7 $16 25. a4 Nf5) 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxg6 $1 Bxh3 27. Nf4 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRh3,LRh5]} Bg4 28. Ncxd5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. b3 Nb6 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. d5 Rb4 33. Kg3 Rxf4 34. Kxf4 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 35. Re5 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd5 (36... Rd4+ $142 37. Ke5 Rb4) 37. f3 Be6 38. Re5 Rd2 39. Rae1 (39. Kg3 $142) 39... Rxa2 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 {Threatens to win with Kf5. KR-KR} Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Ra3 $16) 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 Rxb3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Rh6 Rb4+ 46. Kg3 Ra4 47. f4 Ra3+ 48. Kh4 Rf3 $2 (48... Ra4 49. Rf6 Ra1 50. Kxh5 Rf1) 49. Rf6 Rf1 50. Kxh5 Rg1 51. Ra6 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Rb1 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Kh5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Mcphillips, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,66,27,41,68,74,102,113,113,112,104,107,110,106,113,109,124,81,96,101,111,114,111,76,85,38,43,40,47,33,65,37,47,41,72,75,85,0,695,31,27,32,288,0,376,46,415]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Rb8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qa4 Qxd4 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb2 13. Qxc4 Nd5 14. Bxa7 Ra8 15. Bd4 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Rfc1 {1-0 (53) Wang,Y (2697)-Nielsen,P (2693) Beijing 2011}) 13. Qxc4 Rb5 14. Rac1 {Black must now prevent Bc5.} ({Don't play} 14. Bxa7 $6 Qxa3 15. Bxc6 Ra5 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Bc5 Qd7 16. Bxa7 Bb7 17. Bc5 Ra8 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Rd2 Ba6 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. e4 Nf6 22. Bb4 Rb6 23. Qc3 Bb5 $1 24. Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rb7 25. Bc3 h6 26. g4 Ba4 27. Qg3 Rb5 28. Qxc7 Qf8 29. Rd3 (29. Bb4 $16 Qb8 30. Qxb8+ (30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. axb4 Bxc6 $16) 30... Rbxb8 31. f3) 29... Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qxa3 $11 30. Re1 Qf8) 30. Qd6 $2 ({Better is} 30. Bxe5 $18 Bb5 31. Rg3) 30... Qxd6 $14 31. Rxd6 Rea5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rc5 $14) 32. Bf1 $2 ({White must play} 32. Bxa5 $18 Rxa5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. f3) 32... Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nxe4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 33. Bxa5 Nxd6) 33. Bxb5 $2 {[#]} (33. Bxa5 $18 Rxa5 34. Bxb5 cxb5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rf8) 33... cxb5 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 42%, Black = 28%. . An unexpected result.} (33... Rxb5 $14 34. Bxf6 (34. Rxc6 Rxa3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 $11) 34... gxf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Beletic, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,83,33,45,56,52,64,63,57,51,63,55,114,37,44,47,54,18,53,57,55,65,267,237,247,226,295,290,448,405,381,299,333,330,294,304,343,375,362,312,592,449,688,669,631,647,636,560,1063,512,924,900,1252,1213,2090,2045,29988,3248,2726,2658]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 c6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 {LiveBook: 9 Partien. E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} Qc7 15. Rfe1 (15. f4 Nc5 16. g4 Bd7 17. f5 Rbc8 18. g5 Nfxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. f6 Bf8 {½-½ (55) Ding,L (2777)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 15... Bf8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... b6 16. f4 Bb7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bf2 Nfd7 19. g5 Na6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Bf8 {1-0 (37) L'Ami,E (2598)-Pruijssers,R (2427) Dieren 2007}) 16. f4 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nc5 17. Bf2 Bd7 18. g4 Rbd8 (18... Be6 $14) 19. Kh1 (19. Nb3 $16) 19... Bc8 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Bg3 Bf8 22. Rf1 Nfd7 23. Bh4 Be7 $2 (23... f6 $14) 24. Bxe7 $18 Rxe7 {[#]} 25. Ndb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 512]} Qb8 ({Ein No Go ist} 25... cxb5 26. Nd5 $18) 26. Nxd6 Qa7 (26... Re6 $142) 27. e5 Qb6 28. Nde4 Rf8 29. Rd6 {Und Sd5! würde nun gewinnen.} Qb4 30. Qf2 Qxc4 31. Qh4 f6 32. Rfd1 (32. Nxf6+ Nxf6 33. exf6 Ref7 $18) 32... Rfe8 $2 (32... Qb4 {war angesagt.} 33. Rxf6 (33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 Ref7 $18) 33... Nxf6 34. Nxf6+ Kh8) 33. R6d4 Qb3 (33... Qf7 $142 34. exf6 Nxe4) 34. exf6 Rf7 35. Nd6 Ref8 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 {[#]} 37. g5 (37. Nd5 $142 $1) 37... Qxb2 (37... Nf8 $142 38. R1d2 Qb6) 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 {Beabsichtigt Te8+ und Matt.} h5 40. Re8+ Rf8 41. Rxc8 (41. Qe1 $142 Nxf6 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. gxf6 Qa3 45. Qe8+ Kxf6 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Rh8) 41... Rxc8 42. Rxd7 {Precision: Weiß = 63%, Schwarz = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loncar, Robert"]
[Black "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,17,-9,27,35,32,30,36,26,40,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,-8,7,0,0,0,0,2,0,-51,-16,-52,0,-102,-67,-110,0,10,19,0,0,0,12,0,16,0,12,0,0,0,47,43,43,52,60,60,74,41,46,48,34,66,52,0,94,27,60,41,60,67,76,0,45,36,44,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 (4... Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 a6 {½-½ (26) Rapport,R (2692)-Li,C (2720) Sharjah 2017}) 5. d3 e5 6. Be3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. Be2 Be7 8. a3 N4c6 9. Bg4 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O {0-1 (43) Sunye Neto,J (2490)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2425) Salamanca 1988}) 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 9. gxf3 N4c6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. b4 O-O 15. Bh3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rxc7 (17. Qd2 $11) 17... Nd5 18. Rc5 Nf4 ({Better is} 18... Nc3 $15 19. Qd2 Qxf3) 19. Bf1 (19. Rf5 $11 Qh4 20. Qd2 Nxh3 21. Rg4) 19... Qh4 20. h3 {[#] Rg4 is the strong threat.} Nxh3 (20... Ne6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6c5]} 21. Rc4 a5) 21. Bxh3 $11 Qxh3 22. Qd2 {Strongly threatening Rxg7+!} g6 23. Ke2 Rac8 24. Rgc1 Qe6 25. Qb2 Rxc5 26. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 27. Rc4 Rc8 28. Rxd4 Qe7 $1 29. Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qxc5 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Rb5 Qc7 $1 32. Qd2 a4 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Qd1 ({White should try} 34. Qb2 $14) 34... Ra8 (34... Rc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Qa1 (35. d4 $16) 35... h5 36. Qd4 Qc6 37. Rc4 Qb5 38. Rb4 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qf6 40. Qd4 Qc6 $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,57,-4,26,0,12,-9,6,2,23,29,31,22,30,6,45,49,37,50,60,48,47,62,125,92,77,18,7,10,18,14,0,0,10,0,0,5,79,0,10,-14,-14,-21,-6,-20,0,-18]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 {LiveBook: 24 Games. A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 8. Ne1 (8. Rb1 f5 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. b4 Nf6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Rfc1 Qd7 13. Ne1 c6 14. b5 c5 15. b6 a6 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Kh8 {0-1 (35) Maletin,P (2575)-Kurnosov,I (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 8... c6 9. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. d4 e4 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Ne2 {0-1 (45) Srebrnic,V (2184)-Tratar,M (2479) Nova Gorica 2014}) 9... Be6 10. Nc2 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Ba3 Ra7 13. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. Nd5 b4 16. Bb2 Nbc6 17. f4 f5 (17... a5 $14) 18. Rce1 fxe4 19. Nxe7+ (19. Bxe4 $16 {fxe5 is the strong threat.} Bf5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qe3) 19... Nxe7 $11 20. Bxe4 Bh3 21. Rf2 {Black must now prevent fxe5.} exf4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 {Black should prevent d4.} Nc6 (24... Ng8 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Re2 ({Better is} 25. d4 $16) 25... Ne5 {The position is equal.} 26. Rf2 Qd8 27. Qd2 Rf7 28. Ne3 Qf8 29. Nd5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petran, Peter"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qh4 Ne8 11. Qxd8 Nxd8 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rfc1 c6 14. b4 Nd6 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Rab8 19. a4 Nc7 20. d4 Bf5 21. Rb2 Nd5 22. Nxe5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rfe8 25. Rc4 Rxe5 26. Rcb4 Rxc5 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Rc7 Rc4 30. Rxc6 Rxa4 31. Bd5 Be4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Ra6 Rxe3 34. Rxa5 Rxe2 35. Ra7 h5 36. h4 Kg7 37. Ra6 Rd2 38. Rb6 Kf8 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Rb6 Rd6 41. Rb2 Ke6 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. Rf2 f5 44. Re2+ Re4 45. Ra2 f4 46. Ra5 fxg3 47. Kxg3 Re3+ 48. Kg2 Re5 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Kf3 Rd5 51. Rb6 Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Ra6 Re6 54. Ra5+ Re5 55. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popovic, Milan S"]
[Black "Schnider, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,18,12,24,19,24,22,47,0,23,23,23,23,36,28,42,56,252,251,247,173,164,87,210,208,184,210,212,211,247,247,467,453,595,589,574,575,632,637,688,687,847,819,1358,787,2828,2580,29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qc8 8. h3 (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 c4 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 h5 14. g5 h4 {1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Nf3 $146 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. c4 Ng5 $2 {[#]} (17... Bh4 $14) 18. h4 Nh7 19. Rd1 {h5 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 20. Qd2 (20. h5 $18 Nf8 21. cxd5 exd5 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Bg3) 20... Qa4 (20... Qd7 $16) 21. cxd5 $18 exd5 22. Bxd5 c4 23. Qd4 Nf8 24. Qxc4 Qa5+ $2 {[#]} (24... Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Rac8) 25. Ke2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2f3,Bf3g2][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Rac8 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Qb3 Qa6+ 28. Kf3 Qc6+ 29. Bd5 Qc5 30. g5 Nh7 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. h5 b5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,58,41,22,59,78,57,58,97,83,65,46,35,14,46,40,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,0,-21,-13,-27,0,-74,995,-29998,1213]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 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... Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qxc5 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. O-O-O a5 {1-0 (47) Foisor,S (2276)-Sharevich,A (2267) Saint Louis 2015}) 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 Bb7 18. O-O Rf6 19. Ne1 {[#]} (19. Rd3 $14) 19... e5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rd6 23. Nd3 Rxd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Red8.} 24. Nf4 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. h4 Re4 27. g3 Re7 28. Rd1 (28. f3 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bf3 $17 29. Rc1 Kf7) 29. Rxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. fxe3 $18 Kf7 30. Rc1) 29... Rxg3+ $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 26%, Black = 32%. . Loss on Time!?} (29... Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,117,8,36,0,22,20,29,16,32,26,52,0,47,43,53,54,83,48,58,48,57,23,28,23,14,16,25,21,28,0,17,0,81,73,85,75,88,79,81,78,82,75,82,88,97,82,82,81,77,54,72,58,104,62,62,62,68,50,59,0,70,49,56,48,83,83,163,164,182,64,72,56,107,104,90,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Qd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Ne4 Rxc2+ 19. Rxc2 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10... dxc3 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Qxc3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. O-O-O Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Qd3 Na5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nb3+ {0-1 (17) Skvorc,E (1746)-Petrusic,T (2164) Sv Filip i Jakov 2011}) 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. g4 Nh4 17. Qg3 (17. Qf6 $14 Ng6 18. Rd2) 17... Nf5 {[%cal Bh4f5,Bf5e7,Be7g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} 18. Qf4 Nfe7 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Qe3 Ngxe5 ({Don't play} 20... Ncxe5 21. Be2 $11) 21. h3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc5 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc5c2]} 23. Rd2 Qxe3 24. fxe3 f6 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Be2 Ke7 27. h4 e4 (27... Rc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Kb2 $1 $16 Rcf8 29. Bd1 Rg7 30. g5 Be8 31. Rg2 Rfg8 32. Kb3 Kd6 33. c4 Ke5 34. Bg4 Rh8 35. Be2 ({Much worse is} 35. cxd5 $6 exd5 36. Rgg1 Bb5 $14) 35... Rhg8 36. Rf2 Rh8 {...Rxg5 is the strong threat.} 37. Rfh2 $1 Bf7 38. Kb4 Be8 39. Rg1 Rhg8 40. Rc1 Rh8 41. Rg1 Rhg8 $1 42. cxd5 exd5 43. Rc1 Bc6 44. a4 Rh8 {[#]} (44... a5+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 45. Kxa5 Ra8+ 46. Kb4 Rxa4+ 47. Kb3 Ra8) 45. Rg1 $1 $18 Rhg8 {[#]} 46. Bb5 (46. Rhg2 $1 $18) 46... Bxb5 $1 $14 47. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} d4 (47... a6 $14) 48. exd4+ $16 Kxd4 49. Rh3 ({White should try} 49. Re2 $16) 49... a6 50. Rd1+ Ke5 {The position is equal.} 51. Re1 {Strongly threatening Rhe3.} Rh8 52. Rhh1 axb5 53. Rc1 Rgh7 54. Rc5+ Kd4 55. Rd1+ Ke3 56. Re1+ Kd4 57. Rd1+ Ke3 58. Re1+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,21,18,21,26,16,10,18,9,22,14,14,13,14,14,14,10,17,10,10,10,10,10,11,12,18,18,20,10,22,7,9,11,0,7,5,4,15,14,33,24,89,80,145,70,72,83,110,59,143,143,151,147,389,161,132,115,188,76,615,604,602,578,767,759,763,600,705,725,1076,1058,1016,1013]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Nb4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... bxc6 11. c5 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 dxc5 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Be3 Bf8 {1-0 (41) Tiviakov,S (2584)-Matta,V (2269) New Delhi 2018}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bd2 Nh7 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rab1 Nf8 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rb2 Ne6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. h3 Reb8 21. Bc3 Qe8 22. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} Ra8 23. Nb3 Rbb8 24. Na5 Qd7 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 axb5 27. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kh7 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. b6 Rb7 (29... Ra6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Ba5 $16 {[%cal Bc3a5,Ba5d2,Bd2e3][%mdl 32] bxc7 is the strong threat.} Nd4 ({Better is} 30... Qc6) 31. Qd1 (31. bxc7 $16 Rxc7 32. Qd2 Rxc4 33. dxc4) 31... c6 $14 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 32. Bd2 Nb5 33. Qe1 ({White should play} 33. Ra1 $16 Rab8 34. Be3) 33... Bg7 ({Black should try} 33... f5 $14) 34. Be3 $1 $16 Rbb8 {[#]} 35. Na5 $1 Na3 $2 (35... Nd4 $16 36. Qb4 c5) 36. Ra1 (36. b7 $142 Ra6 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Qxa5 Nxb1 39. Qa7) 36... Nb5 $18 37. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Rc1 would win. White has strong initiative.} Ra6 (37... Nd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 38. b7 Ra6) 38. Rc1 (38. Qc4 $18) 38... Na7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Nd4 $16) 39. Nxc6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc6 40. Qb5 Rbxb6 41. Bxb6 Nb8 42. Rc7 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Qe6 44. Be3 Na6 45. Ra7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Popovic, Milan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,50,11,51,29,22,23,33,29,95,73,81,72,87,70,84,82,80,77,85,84,91,87,75,37,67,59,68,60,77,90,71,62,121,95,102,62,91,74,79,50,48,27,52,27,29,39,36,0,0,0,27]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Ba7 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 h5 9. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 10. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne4) 12... Nd8 (12... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. d4 f6 14. e4 {[#] And now Nxe7 would win.} Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne3 O-O 17. d5 Bf7 18. Bh3 Qe8 19. Rc1 Bg6 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. g4 Bh7 22. Nf5 hxg4 23. fxg4 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Qh5 (24... b5 $14) 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Rc3 Qe8 27. Bc1 Nf7 28. Bg4 Nh6 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Rh2 c6 31. Rg2 Rc8 32. dxc6 bxc6 33. Qh3 d5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Uwira, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,81,85,85,37,29,45,32,28,28,32,124,115,119,119,99,115,114,121,114,93,179,179,187,179,235,256,312,302,370,354,381,346,382,329,660,655,665,636,618,639,666,656,663,662,661,645,696,648,920,903,893,882]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. b3 Rb8 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rad1 Rb7 19. Kh1 a4 20. f4 axb3 21. axb3 {1-0 (58) Kravtsiv,M (2672)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 13... Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bf4 16. Rd1 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. Nxf4 {[#] Nd5 is the strong threat.} Qf6 18. g5 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 exf4 20. f3 a4 $146 ({Better is} 20... Rd8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 20... Ne5) 21. Rxd6 $16 Ne5 22. Be2 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Na3 Be6 25. Kd2 Nd7 (25... Rfb8 $16) 26. Kc3 $18 Nc5 27. Nb5 Rfb8 (27... Rfc8 {might work better.} 28. Kd4 Na4) 28. Rb1 g6 29. Rc6 Na4+ 30. Kb4 Nb6 31. Rd1 Ra4+ 32. Kxb3 Bxc4+ $2 {[#]} (32... Ra5) 33. Rxc4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 (34. Kxa4 Nxb2+ 35. Ka5 Nxd1 $16) 34... Ra5 $18) 33... Nxc4 34. Bxc4 ({Less strong is} 34. Kxa4 Nxb2+ 35. Kb4 Nxd1 $16) 34... Ra7 35. Rd6 Rab7 36. Kb4 Kg7 37. Rf6 h6 38. Rxf4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Re8 40. Bd5 Rbe7 41. Rf6 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McPhillips, Joseph"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,15,2,16,7,10,10,7,10,13,15,13,-3,0,-22,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,23,19,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 24 Games} Ne5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Bg4 9. Be4 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c6 14. h3 Bh5 15. d5 Bg6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (60) Malakhov,V (2689)-Zhao,Y (2383) China 2018}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 {½-½ (33) Tomizawa,T (2484)-Morley,P (2362) ICCF email 2016}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 g6 14. Bh6 {Black should prevent Bg7.} Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Qe3 Kg7 18. Bf1 b6 19. c5 Rhe8 20. cxb6 axb6 {The position is equal.} 21. Qxe5+ Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd2 23. b4 Rc2 24. a4 Rxc3 25. a5 Rb3 26. b5 ({Reject} 26. axb6 Rxb4 27. Ra7 Rxb6 $17) 26... bxa5 27. bxc6 Rc3 28. Rexa5 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Franic, Milan"]
[Black "Petran, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. g3 Nf6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O f4 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. gxf4 Re8 16. Qf3 e4 17. Ngxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 b5 19. f5 Rg8 20. Kh1 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 bxc4 22. Rg1 Qf7 23. Bf4 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd6+ Kf7 26. Rad1 Nb4 27. Bxc5 Nd3 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Bxa7 Bxb2 31. a4 Kf7 32. Be3 Bc3 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Rb1 Bb4 35. Kf3 c3 36. Rd1 Nb2 37. Rd4 Bc5 38. Re4+ Kd5 39. Bxc5 Kxc5 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,42,31,31,32,29,29,2,8,1,10,17,4,8,47,35,37,47,43,16,105,3,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2 c5 9. e4 a6 10. Rb1 b5 11. b3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Rb8 (11... e5 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nd3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxb1 17. Nxb1 f5 18. Nd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 {½-½ (83) Kurajica,B (2565)-Van der Wiel,J (2555) Moscow 1994}) 12. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 13. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rbd1 Qb6 17. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nb1 Rfd8 18. e5 Bf5 {½-½ (46) Moravec,M-Folk,P Czechoslovakia 1991}) 17... Bf5 18. Qc1 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Rbd8 20. Ndf3 Be4 {[#]} (20... Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Qf4 ({White should try} 21. Rxd8 $1 $16 Rxd8 {[#]} 22. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 23. Nxd8 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qxd8 25. Qxc5) 21... Bb7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krsnik Cohar, Ivan Vihor"]
[Black "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 a6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Ba3 15. Rad1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd7 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. Ne5 Bc8 21. c5 Re7 22. b4 Nd5 23. Nc4 Qb8 24. a4 Nc7 25. f4 Ne8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Qc7 29. Qb6 Red7 30. d5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Qxb6 32. Nxb6 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Nc7 34. Nxc8 Nxd5 35. Nd6 b6 36. Re5 Nf6 37. cxb6 Rxd6 38. b7 Rb6 39. Rc5 g5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd5 44. f5 Ne7 45. Rb5 Kf6 46. Rb6+ Kg5 47. f6 Ng8 48. Kg2 Nxf6 49. h4+ Kf5 50. Kf3 Ng4 51. Kg3 h6 52. Rb7 f6 53. Rg7 h5 54. Rh7 Kg6 55. Rh8 Nh6 56. Ra8 Nf5+ 57. Kh3 Nh6 58. Ra4 Ng4 59. Kg3 Kf5 60. Ra5+ Ne5 61. Ra8 Nf7 62. Ra7 Kg6 63. Kf4 Ne5 64. Ra3 Ng4 65. Rg3 Kf7 66. Kf5 Nh6+ 67. Ke4 Ng8 68. Ra3 Nh6 69. Ra5 Kg6 70. Rb5 Ng4 71. Kf4 Ne5 72. Ke4 Ng4 73. Rb8 Nh6 74. Rb2 Ng4 75. Rg2 Kf7 76. Rg3 Nh6 77. Rb3 Kg6 78. Rb5 Ng4 79. Kd5 Ne3+ 80. Ke6 Ng2 81. Rb4 Kg7 82. Ra4 Kg6 83. Re4 f5 84. Ra4 f4 85. Ke5 f3 86. Ra6+ Kg7 87. Ra2 Nxh4 88. Kf4 Ng6+ 89. Kg5 Ne5 90. Ra7+ Kg8 91. Kxh5 f2 92. Ra1 Kf7 93. Rf1 Nd3 94. Kg4 Ke6 95. Kf3 Kd5 96. Ke3 Ne5 97. Kxf2 Ke4 98. Rh1 Kf4 99. Rh4+ Ng4+ 100. Kg2 Kg5 101. Kg3 Nh6 102. Ra4 Nf5+ 103. Kf3 Nh4+ 104. Ke4 Kg4 105. Ra8 Kg5 106. Rh8 Ng6 107. Rh1 Kf6 108. Rh5 Ne7 109. Rh6+ Ng6 110. Rh2 Ne7 111. Rf2+ Ke6 112. Ra2 Kd6 113. Rd2+ Ke6 114. Rd8 Nc6 115. Rh8 Kd6 116. Rh5 Ne7 117. Rh6+ Kd7 118. Ra6 Nc6 119. Rb6 Kd6 120. Rb1 Ke6 121. Rd1 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karsay, Pascal"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,0,0,0,-5,-11,-16,-11,-17,0,-54,-34,-52,-45,-75,-43,-35,-35,-35,-35,-41,-45,-38,-29,-43,-47,-52,-46,-69,-67,-82,0,-254,-254,-249,-238,-328,-343,-357,-316,-726,-737,-731,-727,-734,-700,-747,-294,-521,-270,-295,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. a4 a5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 6... dxc4 7. Nbd2 Nb6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Be6 {[%cal Bc8e6,Be6d5,Bd5e4,Be4f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 32]} 11. Qb4 Qb6 12. Qa3 Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 Bd5 16. Nd2 {½-½ (16) Schleining,Z (2377)-Klek,H (2362) Haarlem 2017}) 13. Re1 Be4 14. Bf1 (14. e3 $11) 14... O-O (14... Bxf3 $5 15. exf3 O-O $15) 15. Ng5 Qxd4 16. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bd4 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. f3 Bc8 $1 21. f4 Bg4 22. Be5 Qc8 $1 23. Qxe7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 h6 (24... Qg4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 25. Rd3 h6) 25. Nxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Bxf6 $11 {and White stays safe.} hxg5 26. Bc4 (26. Bxg5 Re8 $17) (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxg5 Rd8 $17) 26... gxf4 27. Rd7) 25... Rxf7 $19 26. Bc4 Nd5 $1 27. Qd6 Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d1]} ({Less strong is} 27... Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qg4 29. Rd4 $11) 28. Rxd5 Bf8 29. Qd7 $2 {[#]} (29. Be2 Qxe2 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Bxg7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Rxg7 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Rd6) 29... Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kg2 (30. Rxc5 Qxd7) 30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kf8 32. Rh7 Qd1 $2 (32... b5 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rh7+ Ke8 35. Rh8+ Bf8) 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rh7+ {[#]} Ke8 $2 ({Black should play} 34... Kd8 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qc2+.} 35. Bf6+ Kc8) 35. Bf7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf8 36. Bxg6 {aiming for Bf6.} Qe2+ 37. Kh3 {Bg7+ is the strong threat.} Qc4 38. Rh8+ Ke7 $1 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Ke7 $1 41. Rh7+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mayr, Thomas"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,40,37,39,27,24,31,91,102,104,37,40,33,24,0,-1,-9,0,-14,-18,-13,-17,-18,0,-20,-23,-34,-34,-34,-30,-27,-26,-29,-18,-19,-28,-21,-16,-71,-2,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-62,-81,-52,-644,-641,-626,-618,-633,-626,-626,-620]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nbc3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O d6 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (9... O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qc1 {½-½ (31) Nakamura,H (2781)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 10. Na4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be6 11. f4 exf4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxf4 Ng4 (12... O-O $14) 13. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2g4]} Ne5 {[#]} 14. a3 (14. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Qd4.} f6 (14... Bxc5+ 15. Nxc5) 15. Qc2) 14... Ba5 $14 15. c5 Bc7 16. Qc2 $146 {Threatens to win with cxd6.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd4 f6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 {0-1 (51) Roganovic,M (2484)-Vratonjic,S (2417) Kragujevac 2016}) 16... O-O 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Qc3 f6 20. Rac1 Rab8 21. b4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Nc5 (22. bxa5 Rb3) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Bf7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd4 h6 26. Rcd1 Kh7 27. h3 Bg6 28. Bg4 {[#]} (28. Kh1 $11) 28... Bxc5 ({Black should try} 28... Rxb4 $3 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxd6 (29. Qxb4 Bxc5) 29... Rc4 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. Rxd8 Qxc5+ 32. Bf2 Qg5) 29. bxc5 $11 {Black should prevent Rxd8.} Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Rb3 31. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 32. Qc4 Rb5 33. Rd6 (33. Kh2 $11) 33... Qg5 $15 {...Qe3+ is the strong threat.} 34. Qd3 Rxc5 {And now ...Rc1+ would win.} 35. Rxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qf3 $15) 35... Rc1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} (35... Qxg6 $2 {perishes.} 36. Bf5 $18) 36. Kf2 Qf4+ ({Worse is} 36... Kxg6 37. Bf5+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qc8+ $11) 37. Bf3 {Strongly threatening Rg4.} Kxg6 38. Ke2 Kh7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Franic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d5 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nd4 c5 10. Nc2 d6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6 15. Re2 Bc8 16. b3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. a4 a6 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. Na3 Qf8 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Rae1 Rb7 23. f4 Ne8 24. Re4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Ng7 26. Qc3 Nf5 27. Bh3 Bc8 28. Nc2 Qh6 29. Bf1 Qg7 30. Qd3 h5 31. Bg2 Bd7 32. Re6 Rb8 33. R6e2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Be4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Kh7 37. Rf2 Qf6 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Bxf5 Bxf5 40. Ne3 Bc8 41. Qd1 Qc3 42. Qa1 Qxa1 43. Rxa1 Rb3 44. Re2 Bh3 45. Ree1 Kf6 46. Rab1 Rc3 47. Rbc1 Rxc1 48. Rxc1 Rf8 49. Ra1 Rb8 50. Ra2 Rb3 51. Kf2 Rc3 52. Ke2 Bf5 53. Kd2 Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Rd4 55. Rd2 Rxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Beletic, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. f4 b6 2. a4 a6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nc3 h6 11. d4 g5 12. d5 Rg8 13. a5 bxa5 14. f5 e5 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nde4 h5 17. Ra3 Bh6 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Rfa1 Bc8 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bd1 Qe7 22. e4 h4 23. Rxa5 Nh5 24. g3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qg5 26. R5a2 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Bc2 Rh8 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Bd4 32. Nd1 Kf8 33. Bc1 Kg7 34. Kg2 Bb7 35. Nf2 Rh8 36. Bd3 Bxf2 37. Rxf2 Rh3 38. Re2 Nh5 39. Re3 Nf6 40. Bd2 Rh8 41. Ba5 Rc8 42. Re1 Rh8 43. Bc2 Kf8 44. Bd8 Rh6 45. Bd1 Kg7 46. Bc7 Ne8 47. Bb8 Kf6 48. Bxg4 Ke7 49. Bf3 Kd7 50. Rb1 a5 51. Ra1 Kc8 52. Ba7 Kc7 53. Rxa5 Nf6 54. b4 cxb4 55. c5 dxc5 56. Rxc5+ Kd7 57. Bb8 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Christensen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Be3 h3 14. g3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Nxe5 f2+ 19. Qxf2 Nxf2 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Nge7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. Nb5 d5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qb2+ Kg8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Nc4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne3 e5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. a3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. d3 Rc6 26. Rc3 Rfc8 27. Rdc1 Kg7 28. R1c2 R6c7 29. Qc1 Rc6 30. Qf1 R8c7 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Ke3 h5 35. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loncar, Robert"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,25,35,13,47,44,52,39,26,-14,43,38,41,24,52,39,54,28,31,0,54,30,72,72,102,32,52,53,93,85,142,104,112,105,106,70,70,63,70,66,70,41,74,62,67,42,63]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 {LiveBook: 105 Games} 10. Nh4 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qd4 Rxg5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be6 19. Rc1 Rc5 20. b3 Kf8 21. f4 {½-½ (48) Dubov,D (2660)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 10... Nf8 11. e4 dxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g5.} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 c5 17. Qd2 Bf5 {½-½ (41) Peto,P-Sekret,R LSS email 2007}) 13... Bd7 (13... e5 $11) 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Be3 Bc8 16. a3 Nd7 17. h3 a6 18. Re1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (18. Bg5 {seems wilder.} f6 19. Be3 Qf7 20. Rac1 e5 21. d5) 18... Qf8 (18... e5 $11) 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Rad1 ({White should play} 21. Bxd6 $16 Qxd6 22. c5) 21... Bxf4 $14 22. Qxf4 Nb6 23. Bf1 Na4 (23... Qe7 $142) 24. Qc1 {And now c5 would win.} Nb6 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Rd3 b5 27. Rc3 Qd6 28. Bg2 Bb7 29. c5 Qb8 30. Rd3 Nf6 31. Nd2 Qc7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Black "Guid, Matej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. Bb2 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bc5 12. a3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15. Re1 e5 16. Nd2 Ra6 17. Rb1 Rb6 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd6 21. Bd2 Ra6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ba7 24. f4 Qf6 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Ra1 g6 27. Bf4 Ree6 28. Rxa6 bxa6 29. Bd5 Re3 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Qf3 Bf5 32. c5 Qd4 33. Bc4 e2+ 34. Kg2 Qd7 35. Qd5 Qe7 36. Qf3 a5 37. Rxe2 Qf6 38. g4 Qg5 39. h4 Qxh4 40. gxf5 axb4 41. fxg6 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mcphillips, Joseph"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,1,2,16,0,4,10,20,25,27,16,18,-2,-4,0,5,-7,28,17,23,0,19,6,3,12,12,12,11,0,7,0,13,13,20,17,18,4,8,0,0,0,5,6,6,6,20,8,7,18,18,11,17,12,21,16,29,22,87,10,9,0,86,81,89,23,19,52,150,0,8,0,133,0,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Nd7 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. g3 Ngf6 8. Bg2 Bc5 9. d3 {LiveBook: 30 Games} Bd4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Qe2 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Re8 16. c3 Bc5 17. b4 Be7 18. a4 a5 19. axb5 axb4 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. cxb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (21) Kojovic,D (2387)-Sumets,A (2571) Cetinje 2016}) 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 h6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. a4 a6 18. c3 Bb6 19. b4 bxa4 20. Nb2 a5 21. Nxa4 Ba7 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Nb2 Qc7 24. Nc4 Bc5 25. Be3 Reb8 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. Qf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Nb6 30. Bf1 Ne8 31. Kg2 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Nd6 33. Ra7 Qb6 34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Bxf7 {Black should prevent h4.} Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. h4 {Black must now prevent h5.} h5 (36... Rb2 $11) 37. Be6 ({Better is} 37. Bxh5 $16 {And now Re7 would win.} Rb2 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kg4) 37... Kg6 38. Bf7+ Kh6 (38... Kh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 39. Re7 $16 {aiming for Re8.} Rb2 40. Re6+ (40. Kf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nf6 41. Re6 (41. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 Nxe5 $11)) 40... g6 $1 $11 41. Kf3 Nd2+ {[#]} (41... Rxf2+ $14 42. Kxe4 Rxf7) 42. Kg2 (42. Ke3 $1 $16) 42... Ne4 43. Kf3 ({White should play} 43. Kg1 $11 Rxf2 44. Bxg6) 43... Nd2+ $1 $16 {[#]} 44. Kg2 (44. Ke3 $1 $16) 44... Ne4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Karsay, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. f3 Nd6 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popovic, Milan S"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 O-O 7. d4 c6 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O d5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qe3 Nd6 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Rad1 Nbc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qc1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Be3 h5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nge2 h4 20. f3 Re8 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Nb1 Bh7 23. c3 g5 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. g4 Ng7 27. c4 Bc7 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Bg1 Re7 30. Nbc3 a6 31. c5 Qd7 32. Nc1 Ne6 33. b4 Rae8 34. a4 Bf4 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Filipovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qh5 12. Be4 Re8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qxc5 16. c3 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Bd5 Qe7 20. h3 g6 21. c4 Kg7 22. Qc3 f6 23. b4 Rd8 24. Re1 g5 25. Red1 Bd7 26. Qc2 Be8 27. c5 Bg6 28. Be4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Rc8 31. Rd6 Rc7 32. Qf5 Qf7 33. a3 Re7 34. a4 e4 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Re5 37. Qc8 Qc4 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. c6 e3 40. fxe3 Rxe3 41. Rd1 bxc6 42. bxc6 Qe4 43. Qd4 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc1 46. Rd6 Kf5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rd5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "McPhillips, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bb4 12. Nbd2 e5 13. a3 Bc3 14. Qc2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. c3 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf5 Qa5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a3 Qe5 12. Bd3 e6 13. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schnider, Gert"]
[Black "Mihalinec, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Bxg4 10. fxg4 Nxg4 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 e6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Nd4 d5 18. exd5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 exd5 22. h5 Qe4 23. Rh4 Qxd4 24. Rhxd4 Rfd8 25. Bg2 Rc2 26. Bxd5 Rb8 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. Rdf4 Rf8 29. h6 Rd7 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Ka2 Rd7 32. Kb3 Rc7 33. R1f3 Rd7 34. Rf6 Rc7 35. Kc3 Rfc8 36. b3 Rd7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Re5 Ra8 39. Rb5 Rc7 40. Kd4 Ke8 41. Bd5 Ra7 42. Rc5 Re7 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 Bd7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. a4 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. g3 d5 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. c4 d4 18. Bg5 Rd6 19. Nb3 c5 20. Bd2 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Rc6 22. Ra2 h5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qc8 26. Bd2 Qh3 27. Qg2 Qd7 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ra1 b5 30. Na5 Ra6 31. Rb1 bxc4 32. Nxc4 Ra2 33. h3 h4 34. g4 Qa7 35. Qf3 Nd7 36. Qf5 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kg2 Qa7 39. g5 Qc7 40. Ba5 Qc6 41. Bd2 Qc7 42. Ba5 Qa7 43. Bd2 Nc5 44. Nxe5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Nxd3 46. Qd5 Qb6 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. Qd5 Qa7 49. Qf5+ g6 50. Qf6 Qa2 51. Kf3 Ne5+ 52. Qxe5 Qxd2 53. Qf4 Qc3+ 54. Kg2 Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. Qd5 Kg8 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Franic, Milan"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit} 6. d5 Be7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. Bxd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qb6 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. O-O {0-1 (28) Dydyshko,V (2480)-Kharlov,A (2555) Swidnica 1997}) 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Qa5 14. g4 Bg6 15. e5 Be7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd7 Bd8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. b3 ({Much weaker is} 19. Qxc6 Rb6 $15) 19... Qa6 20. e6 Rb7 21. Qd6 Bc7 22. Qd1 ({Much worse is} 22. Qxc5 Bb6 $15) 22... fxe6 23. Na4 Bb6 24. Rxe6 Rbf7 25. Rc3 {[#]} c4 $1 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. bxc4 Qxa2 28. Kg2 Rf4 29. Qe1 $15 (29. Re2 $5 {[%cal Re2a2]} Qa5 30. Rce3 $11) 29... Rxc4 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxf3 32. Rc8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qb4+ Kg8 35. Qxb6 Qd5+ 36. f3 Be8 37. Qb8 Qd2+ 38. Kg3 Qe3 39. Kg2 h6 40. h4 Qe7 41. h5 Qf8 42. Qb3+ Bf7 43. Qd3 Qa8 44. Kg3 Qd5 45. Qc3 Qd6+ 46. Kg2 Bd5 47. Qc8+ Qf8 48. Qc3 Qe8 49. Kf2 Qc6 50. Qe3 Qf6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kg2 Qd6 53. Qd3 Qe5 54. Kf2 Ke7 55. Kg2 Bc6 56. Qa3+ Ke6 57. Qd3 Bb5 58. Qb3+ Kf6 59. Qa3 Qe2+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Kh1 Kg5 63. Qe7+ Kf4 64. Qc7+ Kxf3 65. Qc3+ Qe3 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beletic, Daniel"]
[Black "Zherebtsova, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 {LiveBook: 150 Games} g6 7. e4 {A43: Schmid Benoni} Qb6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Na3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxb2 10. Nb5 Bg7 11. e5 a6 12. Rb1 Qxb5 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Rxb5 {1-0 (34) Riazantsev,A (2679)-Vaisser,A (2533) Mulhouse 2011}) 10. Qxa4+ Bd7 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Qa5 Qb8 15. Qa4 Qd8 16. Na5 O-O 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. O-O a6 19. Nd2 Nb8 20. Na5 Qb5 21. Ndc4 f5 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rfe1 fxe4 26. Rxe4 c4+ 27. Kh1 Qb5 28. Nxc4 Rac8 $18 (28... g5 $14) 29. Ne3 e5 30. dxe6 d5 31. Rea4 d4 32. Ra5 Qe8 33. Nd5 Qxe6 34. c4 Rfe8 35. h3 Qe2 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Rxa6 d3 38. Rd1 Rxc4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. Rxd3 Rxb2 42. Nb6 Rd4 43. Nd7+ Ke8 44. Re3+ Kd8 45. Nc5 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Bh6 47. Ne6+ Kc8 48. Rxh7 Rdd2 49. Rg3 1-0

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bg4 Bc2 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bh5 Ba4 19. d5 exd5 20. Bf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Qf8 22. Qxf5 Re8 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qg4+ Bg5 25. h4 Nd3 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Bd4 Qf4 28. Qe2 Qxd4 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kf8 31. Qc8+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Ke8 33. Qc6+ Kf7 34. Rf1 Bxh4 35. g3 Bf6 36. cxd5 Qe4 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Rd1 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Be3 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kh5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Qh2+ Kxg4 44. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Bc5 47. d6 Ne6 48. d7 Be7 49. Rd5 Kf4 50. a4 Ke4 51. Rd2 Ke5 52. a5 bxa5 53. Ra2 Bd8 54. Rh2 a4 55. Ke2 a3 56. Kd3 Kd6 57. Kc4 Kxd7 58. Kb3 Bg5 59. Kxa3 Ke7 60. Kb3 Kf6 61. Rf2+ Kg6 62. Ra2 Be3 63. Kc4 Bb6 64. Rg2+ Kf5 65. Rh2 Kg6 66. Rg2+ Ng5 0-1

[Event "32nd Pula Open 2018"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krsnik Cohar, Ivan Vihor"]
[Black "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

