[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Frank, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,99,0,0,-7,-9,-6,4,0,-4,-14,28,20,39,14,15,14,9,0,29,0,32,41,35,22,39,27,55,55,55,56,65,63,58,37,45,27,58,61,56,18,33,21,37,33,33,33,33,33,36,30,32,30,94,48,91,93,103,81,139,131,126,117,120,103,119,94,480,457,381,279,393,368,457,447,585,571,1418,1346,1876,1781]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bc7 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ne4 14. Qd3 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Nxe4 gxf4 17. Nc3 Bd6 {½-½ (49) Duda,J (2724)-Ding,L (2778) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... Qe8 11. Nc3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 13. Qb3 Rc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne4 14. Rfc1 Rc4 15. Nxe4 Rb4 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rxb3 18. axb3 {1-0 (26) Janoszka,A (2300)-Steinhauser,T (2118) Zuerich 2008}) 14. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. a4 Nhf6 18. Bf1 Qa8 19. e3 Rc7 20. Na2 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. a5 b5 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Ne4 25. Qd1 Qc8 26. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32]} g6 27. Ned3 Kg7 28. Nc1 h5 29. Nb3 h4 30. g4 g5 31. Nd3 Qf8 32. f3 Nd6 33. Nbc5 Nxc5 34. Nxc5 Bc8 35. Rc1 {[#] Nxe6+! is the strong threat.} Qe7 36. b3 Ne8 (36... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Qd2 f5 38. Bh3 Qf6 39. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Rxc7+. White has strong initiative.} Rxc1+ (39... Qd8 $142) 40. Qxc1 $16 Qd8 41. Qc6 Qd7 42. Qb6 Qc7 43. Nc5 Qxb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Kf7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 44. axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd6 45. b4 Kf6 (45... Nc4 {was worth a try.} 46. gxf5 Nxb6) 46. gxf5 $18 exf5 {[#]} 47. e4 $1 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 544] White is clearly winning.} Ke7 (47... dxe4 48. fxe4) 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. exf5 Kd8 50. f6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mesko, Andrej"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,90,34,42,20,41,20,20,23,31,16,33,0,0,0,0,0,34,17,50,47,47,2,55,0,2,4,31,2,4,0,46,52,45,31,52,18,18,0,12,-84,-97,-144,-142,-130,-134,-165,-188,-192,-180,-197,-193,-249,-210,-241,-210,-287,-260,-555,-490,-533,-448,-432,-411,-568,-533,-5302,-5285]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. Qc1 $146 {A75: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...a6 10 a4 Bg4} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 c4 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Bd1 Nc5 18. a5 Rb8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Na4 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Qxa5 {0-1 (47) Tonkov,B (2294)-Petrov,M (2488) Sunny Beach 2014}) 14... Rb8 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nc7 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. f4 Qd4 21. a5 b5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 22. axb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Bf3 Qf6 {[#]} (23... Rb3 $11) 24. Qd2 (24. e5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 25. Bg4) 24... Nb5 25. Nxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxa6 Rxb2 27. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Ra7.} Rb6 28. Ra7 Nf8 29. Qe3 Qh4 30. Rf1 Qg3 31. Qd2 Reb8 32. f5 (32. Qe1 $11 Qxe1 33. Rxe1) 32... Rb1 $17 {[%cal Rb1f1]} 33. Ra1 {[#]} Rxa1 $1 34. Rxa1 Nd7 35. fxg6 hxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 36. Rf1 Ne5 37. Qf2 Qg5 38. Qc2 (38. h4 {keeps fighting.} Qh6 39. Qg3) 38... Rb4 39. Qf2 Rb3 40. Qc2 Rd3 41. Rd1 $2 (41. Bg4 {is the only way for White.}) 41... c4 $19 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 42. Be2 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 {intending Be2.} Qe3 44. Be2 c3 45. Bd1 Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Deris, Antun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,50,45,50,58,52,46,39,46,46,47,47,60,57,65,66,64,55,60,59,70,62,95,94,96,96,96,95,97,87,108,82,92,87,95,92,91,61,64,63,56,56,62,60,63,48,72,55,72,47,49,-34,17,40,42,0,62,33,47,0,52,7,7,-8,77,20,95,95,87,59,76,27,99,83,84,25,91,69,69,55,260,234,332,281,437,447,679,655,939,931,1783,633,5590,5590,6170,5506,5285,5277]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. cxd5 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} cxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Bb4 9. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bxc3+ $1 12. Nxc3 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6) 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1c1,Bc1c5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 15. Na4 {[#] And now Nb6 would win.} Rb8 16. Nb6 Rd6 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. Rc5 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. g3 Rb6 21. Qa2 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rc5 a5 24. b3 Qb6 25. Bd1 Qa6 26. Qd2 Ra8 $1 27. g4 Qb6 28. Qc3 h6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke1 (30. Bf3 $14) 30... Qd8 ({Black should try} 30... Qc7 $15) 31. h3 $11 Qc7 32. Be2 Qb6 (32... Qh2 $11) 33. Kd2 Qb8 34. f3 Qb6 (34... Qc7 $11) 35. h4 Qc7 36. h5 Qb6 (36... gxh5 $11 37. gxh5 Qh2) 37. Kc2 (37. f4 $16) 37... Ra7 (37... gxh5 $11 38. gxh5 Qc7) 38. Kb2 $16 Ra8 39. Bd3 Qc7 40. f4 Qb6 (40... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Bc2 Ra7 42. Ka2 (42. Qe1 $16) 42... Ra8 (42... Qb4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. e4 Ra7 $2 (44... dxe4 $1 $14 45. g5 (45. Bxe4 Qc7 $14) 45... Rf8) 45. e5 $18 Qc7 (45... fxe5 $142 46. dxe5 (46. fxe5 Ra8 $16) 46... Qb4) 46. Qe3 fxe5 (46... f5 $142 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Qg3+ Kh7) 47. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Qd7 {[#]} (47... d4 $142 48. Qxd4 Qd7) 48. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 49. gxf5 Nxf5 50. Qf4 (50. Bxf5 $142 Qxf5 51. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}) 50... Ne7 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. e6 {Qf7+ would kill now.} Qe8 53. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gohshtein, Pavel"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,31,31,33,27,28,23,38,-92,-93,-120,-37,-40,-39,-121,-113,-129,-115,-264,-95,-164,-161,-237,-250,-242,-243,-245,-243,-243,-227,-304,-302,-295,-279,-566,-535,-530,-483,-656,-608,-717,-654,-620,-472,-472,-471,-570,-560]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ng6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {LiveBook: 41 Games} Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 11. e5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nce4 Qe7 16. Nf3 {0-1 (35) Berke,A (2190)-Palac,M (2591) Bol 2011}) 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 13... Nxf3+ $17 14. gxf3 d6 ({Better is} 14... Qh4 $17 15. Ne4 f6) 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ne4 (16. f4 $1 $15) 16... dxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Rd7 (18. f4 $17) 18... Bxe5 $2 (18... Rac8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 19. f4 (19. Bg5 $2 Qh5 $19) 19... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. fxe5 Bxe4) 19. f4 (19. Ng3 $17 {is a better defense.} Bc8 20. Rd2) 19... Bc8 $19 20. fxe5 (20. Rdd1 {was necessary.} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nd6) 20... Bxd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 21. f4 {[#]} Nb4 $1 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4d5,Bd5e7][%mdl 32]} 22. Bb1 Nd5 23. Bd2 b4 24. Nd6 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 26. Qe5 $2 (26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2) 26... Raf8 {[%cal Rd5f4,Ba8f8,Bf8f6,Bf6d6][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 27. f5 Ne7 28. Rf3 exf5 29. Be1 Rg6+ 30. Rg3 {Hoping for Rxg6.} Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rfxf6 (31... gxf6 $2 32. Bxb4 Be6 33. b3 $19) 32. Bxb4 Rxd6 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Mrvac, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,59,27,0,45,31,35,29,78,41,110,120,186,169,171,98,92,92,214,97,103,110,387,380,457,452,438,446,392,356,604,597,677,658,600,540,1012,983,950,926]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd3 12. cxd3 g6 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} (12... O-O 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. Kh1 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g3 h6 18. Kg2 Be8 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. h3 b5 21. a3 Qd8 {1-0 (39) Smikovski,I (2552)-Savosto,P (2314) Voronezh 2007}) 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5 {White has an edge.} 15. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Nf2 h5 17. d4 Qd8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Nc5 Na5 20. Ng5 {1-0 (35) Schmittdiel,E-Pieper,H Hohenlimburg 1978}) 15... Qb4 {[#]} (15... O-O $14) 16. Rc3 $1 $16 O-O (16... Qa5 $16) 17. Rfc1 {[%cal Bf1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c7][%mdl 32]} Rac8 18. a3 (18. f5 $18) 18... Qe7 19. b4 Na7 (19... Rfd8 $16) 20. Qe3 (20. f5 $18 {is more deadly. And now f6 would win.} exf5 21. Rc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7) 20... Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Nc6 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Rc7 $18 Qd8 23. Qc5 Re8 24. Ned4 Qe7 25. Kf2 Qxc5 $2 (25... Qd8 26. h3 h6) 26. bxc5 {[%cal Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 26. Rxc5 Ne7 $16) 26... Rd8 27. c6 Be8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nb6.} 28. Rb7 Kf8 29. Ng5 Kg8 30. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Cosic, Radoslav"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,100,-15,-8,-12,7,-41,-40,-46,-42,-42,-29,-70,-62,-68,-51,-49,-50,-116,-114,-125,-82,-100,-94,-97,-89,-111,-71,-99,-99,-118,-130,-162,-127,-200,-149,-235,-237,-243,-254,-258,-259,-262,-275,-281,-254,-315,-293,-441,-418,-526,-512,-537,-501,-578,-515,-551,-506,-715,-718,-726,-692,-822,-807,-825,-805,-842,-735,-713,-621,-992,-733,-959,-953,-1008,-997,-1354,-1354,-1807,-1735,-29971,-29964,-29986,-29987,-29989,-29990,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 9. e3 (9. c4 Ne8 10. a3 e4 11. Bxg7 exf3 12. Bxf8 fxg2 13. Kxg2 Kxf8 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Ng1 Nf6 16. f3 Be6 17. e4 {0-1 (24) Simic,V (2093)-Cvitan,O (2506) Split 2016}) 9... Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rad8 13. c4 Ne7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Rac1 {1-0 (47) Pendergrast,S-McKenzie,C Dos Hermanas 2004}) 10. Nc4 b5 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Na3 Rb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nh4 Re8 14. e4 Qd8 15. Bc1 Bg4 16. f3 (16. Nf3 $15) 16... Bd7 17. Nc2 h6 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rf2 Rf8 21. Bc3 b4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nf1 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 24. a4 (24. a3 $17) 24... Nc7 25. Bh1 (25. Nd2 $17) 25... Ne6 $19 26. Rc2 h5 27. Rb1 Bh6 28. Ng2 Kh7 29. Rbb2 Qe7 30. h4 f5 31. Nh2 (31. exf5 $142 Rxf5 32. Ne1) 31... Nc5 32. Re2 f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Nf1 Rf7 35. Rf2 Rbf8 36. Qe2 Bc1 37. Rb1 Bh6 38. Nh2 Bh3 39. Nf1 Ne6 40. Qd1 Bxg2 41. Bxg2 Qxh4 42. Rbb2 Bf4 43. Rbe2 Bg3 44. c5 Nxc5 45. Nxg3 Qxg3 46. Kf1 Ne6 47. Rc2 Ng5 {Black mates.} 48. Qc1 Nxf3 49. Bxf3 Rxf3 50. Rc7+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Ognjacevic, Alen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,60,56,101,94,93,95,95,91,93,37,82,66,47,45,57,57,124,123,115,116,112,126,151,151,206,176,175,172,186,149,156,150,129,131,229,239,185,173,1160,734,767,758,712,618,582,581,627,601,669,630,615,606]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} (8. e4 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Be3 Nb6 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Be2 Bg7 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Perunovic,M (2593) Valjevo 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. h3 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Qb3 $146 ({White should play} 15. Qc2 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh2 Rb8 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Na3 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 {1-0 (46) Gordievsky,D (2435)-Dvalishvili,P (2428) Moscow 2014}) 15... Rb8 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 e4 (18... c4 $14 19. Qc2 Nd7) 19. Be2 $16 {[%cal Bf3e2,Be2c4,Bc4f7][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 19. Bxf6 exf3 20. Qd1 fxg2 $15) 19... Nd7 20. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bxd6 {[#]} 21. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Kg7 (22... Re5 $16) 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Bd5 h6 25. Bh4 (25. Nxe4 hxg5 26. g3 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... g5 26. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3c7][%mdl 64] Skewer} Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3 (27... Rxf1+ $16 28. Rxf1 Nf6) 28. Nxe4 $18 ({Inferior is} 28. Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 28... Qe5 29. Qd3 Rf5 $2 (29... h5 30. Bc4 h4 31. Rxf8 Nxf8) 30. Rxf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf5 31. Rf1 Ne5 32. Rxf5 Nxd3 33. Rf7+ Kg6 34. Nd6 Nxb2 35. g4 {Be4+ would kill now.} Bb7 36. Bxb7 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Prskalo, Zoran"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,50,31,1,9,-14,-13,-34,-32,-52,-50,-71,-67,-70,-71,-66,-72,-106,-81,-83,-78,-75,-60,-323,-306,-854,-830,-831,-825,-813,-785,-1077,-1037,-983,-803,-29983,-29984,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+ Kc8 8. f3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8. f4 exf4 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bxf4 Bc5 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Be3+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Nd4 c6 16. g3 Ng6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (53) Kravtsiv,M (2672)-Khismatullin,D (2632) Riadh 2017}) 8... Nbd7 9. a3 c6 10. Be3 {The position is equal.} b5 11. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Bh3 a5 14. Bxe6+ Nxe6 15. Nge2 b4 {½-½ (43) Mir Wais,M (1837)-Zeldin,L (2066) Kranenburg 2008}) 11... a5 12. b3 Kc7 13. g4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne2 Nfd7 16. Ng3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 18. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18. Kb2 $1 $15) 18... Ra2 $1 $19 19. Bc4 $2 (19. Nd2 Ra1+ 20. Nb1) 19... Bxc4 20. bxc4 b3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Ra2c2]} 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. c3 Nb6 23. Ne3 Rba8 24. Rhd1 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nxc4 {[#]} Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Novak, Ivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,31,60,66,75,82,111,0,20,-77,-83,-80,-76,-75,-84,-64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. c3 g5 9. Nxg5 Rg8 {[#]} 10. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 5 Games} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Ng4 {½-½ (27) Libiszewski,F (2543)-Jones,G (2663) Kilkenny 2016}) 11. cxd4 h6 12. dxe5 ({Better is} 12. Nf3 $16) 12... dxe5 $11 13. Nxf7 (13. Nf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Kxf7 $17 {Black is better.} 14. Bc4+ {[#]} Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} 15. Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. Qb3+ {[%mdl 32832] Double Attack. Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Gal, Igor"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,2,0,7,-50,-64,-84,-78,-113,-117,-121,-100,-124,-34,-29,15,0,14,0,46,-43,35,23,29,30,31,36,64,0,39,19,30,17,88,-38,-50,-88,-83,-75,-77,-113,-114,-120,-125,-122,-77,-114,-104,-135,-118,-182,-138,-235,-224,-221,-165,-288,-165,-478,-465,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Bf6 {1-0 (38) Kunin,V (2592)-Ochsner,B (2417) Barcelona 2016}) 7. exd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. d3 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O ({White should try} 9. Na3 $11) 9... O-O-O $1 $15 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na3 Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qa4 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qf5 14. Be3 {0-1 (38) Starostits,I (2480)-Malisauskas,V (2479) Kallithea 2008}) 10... Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Na3 Kb8 (13... Nd5 $17 14. Rfe1 Qf5) 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qf5 16. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b5]} e4 17. Nh2 (17. Nfd2 $14) 17... Nce5 ({Better is} 17... g5 $15) 18. Nxe5 $1 $14 Nxe5 19. bxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. Qb5 (21. Rb1 $14 Ka8 22. Qb3) 21... Rd8 (21... a6 {is interesting.} 22. Qb6 Bd8 23. Qb2 Bc7 24. Bd4 Rd8) 22. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb5b7] [#]} Qd7 23. Nf1 g5 (23... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Qb2 (24. Ng3 $16) 24... f5 $15 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bf6 27. Qb4 Bxd4 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Ka8 30. a4 Rc8 31. a5 a6 32. Rb3 (32. Rf1 $17) 32... f4 33. exf4 (33. Qd4 $17 Qc6 34. Kh2) 33... gxf4 $19 34. Rb1 Qc6 35. Kh2 (35. Re1 $142) 35... Re8 (35... f3 $142 {aiming for ...Rg8.} 36. Qd4 fxg2) 36. Re1 $2 (36. Qb6) 36... f3 37. gxf3 {[#]} (37. Qd4 $19 Qc7+ 38. Qd6 Qxa5 39. Rd1) 37... Qc7+ {Black mates.} 38. Kh1 Qg3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Re2 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Qxf3+ 42. Ke1 Rg1+ 43. Kd2 Qd3# {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Globan, Tomislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,47,41,95,87,95,72,69,74,72,80,91,75,64,41,130,67,122,120,112,109,207,203,203,203,203,203,209,211,203,199,246,209,202,178,230,225,252,227,210,186,397,400,400,394,400,410,430,383,851,725,879,493,561,561,810,810,5548,5548,4128,1635,6004,10134,6605,5612,12603,5731,5720,5712,29985,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} Nxd4 (11... Qd7 $14) (11... Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Rf1 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qb3 Qe7 {1-0 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Radjabov,T (2738) Berlin 2015}) 12. Bxd4 $16 Qa5 13. Qa4 {White is better.} Qxa4 14. Nxa4 b6 15. Nc3 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rd7 17. e3 Rad8 18. f3 Ne8 {1-0 (49) Buhmann,R (2583)-Minko,V (2287) Vienna 2013}) 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. Rfd1 a6 {[#]} (17... Bxd4 $14 18. Nxd4 Bd7) 18. Nc3 ({White should play} 18. Na7 $1 $16) 18... Rfd8 ({Black should try} 18... Bxd4 $14 19. Rxd4 Ne4) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 (20... a5 $16) 21. Nxd5 $18 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 {Hoping for e3.} Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 24. Rd6 b5 25. Rxa6 Rc2 26. b3 ({Don't do} 26. Rxf6 $6 Rxb2 27. Rb6 Rxa2 $16) 26... Kg7 27. Ke3 h5 (27... Rb2 $142 28. g4 Rc2) 28. Ra5 Kg6 29. Kd3 ({But not} 29. Rxb5 $6 Rxa2 30. b4 Rb2 $18) 29... Rb2 30. h4 Kh6 $2 {[#]} (30... f5 {was necessary.} 31. Rxb5 Rxa2 32. Rb6+ f6) 31. Rxb5 $18 Rxa2 32. Rf5 Kg6 33. e4 Rb2 34. Kc4 Rg2 $2 (34... Rc2+ 35. Kd4 Rb2) 35. Rf3 Re2 36. Kd4 Rb2 37. Kc5 Re2 38. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rxe4 39. b5 Re5+ 40. Kc6 f5 41. b6 Re1 42. Rf4 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Rb1+ 44. Rb4 Rxb4+ 45. Kxb4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Vaupot, Luka"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,43,42,0,31,-18,-26,-27,1,-6,51,39,60,57,68,26,28,29,7,14,105,85,92,27,43,29,43,30,22,18,14,15,1,-54,-52,-78,-39,-95,-100,-100,-99,-170,-180,-180,-178,-181,-193,-192,-181,-163,-162,-533,-535,-552,-536,-502,-510,-795,-597,-896,-891,-864,-856,-931,-929,-1089,-1089,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Rb8 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e4 O-O {1-0 (73) Mikhalevski,V (2535)-Riazantsev,A (2646) Minsk 2015}) 9. Ne5 Nge7 10. Rd1 Qc8 (10... Nxe5 {with more complications.} 11. Bxb7 Nd3 12. Bg2 Nd5 13. Be4 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Be7) 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 (11... Nxc6 $11 12. b3 cxb3) 12. e4 $1 $14 Ng6 13. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h5 14. Bf3 e5 15. d5 Bd7 $1 16. b3 Be7 (16... Bg4 $11) 17. bxc4 $16 bxc4 {[#]} 18. Nc3 (18. Be3 $1 $16) 18... Bg4 $11 19. Be3 O-O 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 hxg4 22. h5 Nh8 23. Rab1 ({Better is} 23. Rac1 $11) 23... f6 $15 24. Na4 Nf7 25. Nc5 ({White should play} 25. Rbc1 $1 $15) 25... Bxc5 $17 26. Bxc5 Rfc8 27. Rxb8 (27. Rbc1 $17) 27... Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rc1 {[#]} Ng5 $1 29. Ba3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nd2 31. Rc2 Nb1 32. Bc5 $2 (32. Bc1 {is a better chance.} c3 33. a3) 32... c3 $19 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 33. a3 Rb2 34. Rc1 a5 35. Kg1 (35. Be3 $142 c2 36. Kf1) 35... c2 36. Kg2 Nd2 37. Be3 Nb3 38. Rh1 Rb1 39. Rh4 Re1 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe3!} 40. h6 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion. Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dragojevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,50,-38,-37,-34,-38,-48,-22,-32,-20,-49,-50,-52,-51,-65,-23,-68,-66,-161,-137,-202,-204,-295,-306,-313,-310,-302,-291,-359,-349,-1570,-1521,-1506,-1494,-6337,-1090,-2639,-2504,-2259,-2141]} 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 (5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nbd7 7. a4 e5 8. b5 Bd6 9. g4 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qg2 Bb4 12. Bd3 {0-1 (34) Meijers,V (2507)-Naiditsch,A (2641) Germany 2005}) 5... e6 6. a3 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. d3 {Black is slightly better.} a5 9. c3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 {0-1 (71) Stefanov,P (2495)-Costa,J (2350) Berlin West 1988}) 10. Bxf3 h5 11. g3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ng4 14. Nd2 Qg5 {aiming for ...h4.} 15. Qg2 (15. h4 $15 Qh6 16. Qe2) 15... Qg6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 16. e4 {[#]} (16. Rfd1 $17 {was necessary.}) 16... h4 $1 17. h3 (17. Nf3 $142 h3 18. Qh1) 17... hxg3 18. hxg4 {[#]} Rh2 $1 19. Qf3 g2 {...Qh6 is the strong threat.} 20. Rfd1 Ke7 {And now ...Rah8 would win.} 21. Nf1 $2 (21. c4 Qh6 22. Nf1) 21... gxf1=Q+ {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Kxf1 Rah8 23. exd5 cxd5 (23... R8h3 $142 24. Qe4 Qf6) 24. Re1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 R1h3 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Marijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,122,66,67,75,60,67,43,57,60,51,52,48,58,67,66,67,45,78,52,42,21,68,52,53,47,60,59,59,59,59,55,60,58,78,77,102,95,97,60,99,98,93,91,83,94,85,90,63,13,210,11,118,28,40,10,99,99,99,92,128,132,137,124,398,403,843,864,833,843,837,833,827,694,29971,29972,29971,29973,29971,29974,29974,29975,29974,29976,29975,12799,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29994,29995,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 {B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} 14. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 15. Nd5 e5 {White is slightly better.} 16. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b4 Nd4 17. Bg4 f5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 fxg4 21. Nxa7 Bxe4 {½-½ (72) Karakehajov,K (2429)-Dimitrov,R (2254) Sunny Beach 2007}) 16... f5 17. Bd3 Rf7 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. b3 Qf8 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. Bb1 Ba8 22. Qc2 {[%cal Re4f5]} ({Inferior is} 22. Nxd6 Rcd8 $17) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 a6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. Rf1 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 b5 30. Bd3 Qd7 31. cxb5 axb5 32. h3 b4 33. Qc2 d5 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 dxe4 36. Bc4 h6 37. Bc5 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} g5 $2 {[#]} (37... Bf8 $1 $11) 38. Be6 $2 (38. Bxb4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Bc3.} e3 (38... Rxb4 39. Rc8+) 39. Bc5) 38... e3 {[#]} (38... Bf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 39. Bxe3 (39. Bxb4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (39... Rxb4 40. Rc8+) 40. Kf1) 39... Re8 40. Bc4 e4 (40... Be4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Kf2 $16 Rd8 42. Ke2 Bd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 44. Bd2 Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rb5 $16 45. Ke3 Rb8 46. Kxe4 Kg8) 45. a4 $18 bxa3 (45... Be5 $142) 46. Bxa5 a2 47. Rc1 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Bxa1 {KB-KB} 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Bb6 Kg6 51. Bd4 Bxd4+ 52. Kxd4 {K3P-K3P} Kf5 53. b4 Kf4 54. b5 e3 55. Kd3 Kg3 56. Kxe3 {White mates.} Kxg2 57. b6 Kxh3 {KPP-KP} 58. b7 g4 59. b8=Q h5 60. Kf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rb8g3]} h4 61. Kg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rb8h2]} g3 62. Qc8# {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kristovic, Marijan"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,-14,-12,-43,-40,-28,-38,-46,-5,-50,-10,-12,0,-119,-134,-126,-118,-113,-118,-150,-105,-114,-113,-126,-130,-131,-128,-127,-118,-118,-116,-121,-98,-109,-94,-92,-71,-75,-74,-127,-125,-123,-118,-133,-129,-183,-194,-246,-252,-272,-258,-272,-277,-331,-319,-353,-328,-300,-268,-430,-428,-582,-562,-6506,-6498,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29978,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29979,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Qd2 {B59: Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2 e5 7 Nb3} a5 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Nb4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bf3 h6 14. Be3 Nh7 15. Na1 Rc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (28) Moroz,A (2487)-Borovikov,V (2595) Rivne 2005}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nh7 15. Rac1 Ng5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 {1-0 (32) Tan,K-Van Eijk,S Nijmegen 2002}) 15. h3 Bf8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Qe1 {[#]} (17. Na1 $11) 17... Nxc2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 18. Rxc2 {Threatens to win with Nd2.} Bxb3 19. Rcd2 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qc7 21. Be2 Qb7 22. f3 Red8 23. Bb5 {[#]} d5 $1 24. exd5 (24. Nxd5 Nxd5) 24... Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. d6 Qc8 27. d7 Qb7 28. Rd6 {[#]} Rxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxb5 (29. axb5 Rxd7) 29... Rxd7 30. Qc2 (30. Qd3 $142) 30... Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Qd7 32. Nf5 h5 33. g4 {[#]} (33. Kh2 $17) 33... g6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 34. Qc8+ (34. Ne3 $142) 34... Qxc8 35. Ne7+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qc5+)} 36. Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KN-KN} Nd5 $1 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Nd6 Ne3 40. b3 $2 (40. Ne8+ {was necessary.} Ke7 41. Ng7) 40... Ke6 41. Nc8 Kd7 42. Nxb6+ Kc7 43. Kf2 Nd1+ {Black mates.} 44. Ke2 Kxb6 45. Kxd1 {KP-KP} Kc5 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Kc2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 48. Kb2 f5 49. Kc2 f4 50. Kb2 e4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Cosic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,53,76,91,100,92,112,112,104,103,79,88,65,93,73,82,103,213,104,126,110,156,106,208,100,183,163,152,144,446,330,260,245]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} d5 (11... Be7 12. Bf3 d6 13. c4 Nd7 14. Qe1 c5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. Rd1 Bc6 18. Nc3 Ra7 {½-½ (18) Palac,M (2576)-Berkes,F (2659) Schwarzach 2015}) 12. e5 Ne4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32] White is better.} f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. c5 {[#] Black must now prevent a3.} Ba5 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bc7 18. Qe2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qf7) 19. Rae1 Qf7 (19... Rb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Be5 (20. Nb6 $18 {has better winning chances.} Bxb6 21. cxb6) 20... Re8 21. Rf3 g6 22. h3 Ra7 (22... Rb8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. b3 (23. Nb6 $18) 23... Bd8 (23... Nh5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Nb6 Be7 25. Bd4 {Qe5 is the strong threat.} Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Nh5 $16 26. Nxc8 (26. Qe5 Bf6 $14) 26... Rxc8) 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[#]} 27. f5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} ({Worse is} 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxc5 $11) 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bedic, Zeljko"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,30,2,20,20,19,0,33,33,42,20,21,15,12,23,21,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,16,25,24,0,8,12,23,25,27,25,39,60,123,122,148,99,92,93,89,75,129,131,139,134,195,199,187,189,189,187,193,193,259,191,211,228,345,345,364,366,392,387,417,391,422,422,390,325,410,414,438,438,438,435,431,429,428,428,423,423,420,400,395,393,386,379,377,366,323,363,602,593]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. Bd3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Neg5 Bd6 15. Bc4 Re7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Ng5 Qf8 20. Be6 Bd5 21. Bxd5 {1-0 (21) Bacrot,E (2695)-Van Wely,L (2695) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nb5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ba6 13. Rfc1 c6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 {½-½ (43) Schueppel,R (2541)-Mokrys,C (2513) ICCF email 2007}) 13. Rac1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Ba6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qc6 (16. Rfd1 {is interesting.} Rac8 17. Be1 Nb8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Qd7 20. Ne5) 16... Qxc6 17. Rxc6 f6 18. Rfc1 Re7 19. Be1 Ra7 20. Nd2 Nd6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a4 23. bxa4 Nb8 24. R6c2 c6 25. Rb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ra6 {[#]} ({Better is} 25... Nc8 $14) 26. a5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (26... Rxa5 27. Ne4) 27. Nb3 Nc4 28. Ra2 Ra8 29. a4 bxa4 (29... b4 $142) 30. Rxa4 Rb7 31. Nc5 Rb5 (31... Rba7 $16 32. a6 Nd6) 32. a6 $18 {And now a7 would win.} Ra7 33. e4 Nb6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxc5.} 34. Ra2 dxe4 35. Nxe4 {aiming for Nd6+.} Rd5 (35... Nc8 $142 36. Nc5 Nb6) 36. Nc5 N6d7 37. Nxd7 Rdxd7 (37... Nxd7 $142 38. Rxc6 Rxd4) 38. Rb1 Rxa6 39. Rab2 Rxd4 40. Rxb8 g5 41. Rc1 h5 42. Rc8 Rd6 43. Bb4 Rd4 44. Bc5 Rd5 45. g3 Kg6 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Rf8+ Kg7 {intending ...Rxc5.} 48. Re8 Kg6 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Rd6 Rxd6 51. Bxd6 Ke6 52. Bc5 Kd5 53. Be3 Ra4 54. h3 g4 $2 (54... Kd6 55. Bc5+ Ke6) 55. Rc5+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D68"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Bb3 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qb1 Re8 16. Rc5 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. h3 Re7 19. a3 Rae8 20. Ba2 Qc8 21. Nf1 Qb8 22. b4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. b5 Nd7 25. R5c3 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Nb6 27. Ng3 Rc8 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. dxc5 a6 30. Qb1 Nd7 31. Nxe4 Qc7 32. Nd6 b5 33. cxb6 Qxd6 34. Rc8+ Nf8 35. b7 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,240,14,14,23,-14,-21,-20,-12,-23,-23,-19,-10,-45,-3,-10,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,-3,60,56,74,0,76,0,0,0,0,0,97,40,40,49,49,40,58,40,110,2,5,5,3,12,174,162,162,166,187,185,309,277,420,410,407,324,409,409,407,374,681,431,664,0,573,529,681,681,673,673,673,672,652,464,471,456,456,456,456,440,423,220,214,211,650,637,1317,1347,1719,1712,1386,1593,1594,1593,1586,1586,1268,1177,932,676,602,499,169,0,0,0,0,0,1297,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,932,0,29966,29967,29967,29968,29971,29972,29972,29973,29971,0,29970,29971,29970,29969,29969,29970,29969,29970,29970,29970,29971,29972,29964,29965,29965,29965,29959,12190,29976,29979,29979,29980,29980,11526,5102,5057,11654,6625,5735,5429,1146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. O-O {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. O-O Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (29) Miladinovic,I (2550)-Kovacevic,A (2522) Cetinje 2016}) 11... e5 12. Nb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ba3 13. c4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Be4 h6 15. Bc1 Be7 16. Bd5 Kh8 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. c4 Nf6 {0-1 (38) Ledakov,A (2059)-Mazurchak,B (2156) Lubin 2009}) 13... Nc6 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qb1 e4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 $1 21. Bxd4 b6 22. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. Rc1 h5 25. Rc6 Rxc6 (25... Rc7 $11) 26. dxc6+ $14 Qf7 27. Rc1 (27. Qb5 $16) 27... Bc7 (27... Qxb3 $11 {remains equal.} 28. axb3 Kf7) 28. Be3 ({White should try} 28. Qb2 $1 $16) 28... Qxb3 $11 29. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 30. Bg5 Rd5 (30... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Bf4 ({White should play} 31. Kg2 $1 $16) 31... Bxf4 $14 32. gxf4 {KR-KR} Rd8 33. c7 Rc8 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rxb6 (35. Kg2 $16) 35... Rxc7 $11 36. Rb5 g6 37. Rxa5 Rc2 $2 (37... Rc3 $11) 38. Ra7+ $18 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Kg7 40. e3 $1 Rc1+ (40... Rc8 {was called for.} 41. Rb6 Rc3) 41. Kg2 Rb1 (41... Rc8 $142 42. b4 Rb8) 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ke6 45. b5 Kf6 $2 (45... h4 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Rxg6 Rxb5) 46. Rb6+ Kg7 (46... Ke7 $142 47. Rxg6 Rxb5) 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb8 Kf7 49. b6 Kf6 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. Kh4 Rb1 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53. Rc8 Rxb6 54. Kg5 Ra6 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Kh6 (56. Rb7 $142 Re6 57. h3) 56... h4 57. Rh7 Ra2 $2 (57... Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rxg6 Ra2) 58. Kxg6 Rxf2 59. Kxf5 Rxh2 60. Kxe4 Kg8 61. Rh5 Rh3 62. f5 Kg7 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. e4 h3 65. Kg3 Re1 66. Kf3 $1 Rh1 67. Rh4 $2 (67. Kf4 $1 $18) 67... Kf6 $11 68. Kg3 Ke5 69. Rxh3 Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (69... Rg1+ $11 70. Kf2 Ra1) 70. Rh4 $2 (70. Kg4 $1 $18 Ra1 71. Re3) 70... Re3+ 71. Kf2 Ra3 72. Rg4 Rb3 73. Rg3 Rb4 74. Re3 Kf4 $1 75. f6 Rb2+ 76. Re2 Rb7 77. e5 Kf5 78. Kg3 {Black must now prevent Rf2+.} Rb8 $1 79. Re3 Rg8+ 80. Kf3 Ra8 81. Ke2 {And now Kf3 would win.} Rd8 82. Rd3 Ra8 83. Rd5 Ke6 84. Rb5 Ra3 85. Rb8 Ra7 86. Re8+ Kf7 87. Rh8 Ke6 88. Re8+ Kf7 89. Rh8 {White threatens Rh7+ and mate.} (89. Rc8 {looks sharper.} Ke6 90. Rc5 Ra3 91. Kd1 Ra1+ 92. Kc2) 89... Ke6 90. Rh5 Ra3 91. Rg5 {Hoping for Kf2.} Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (91... Ra8 $11 92. Ke3 Rh8) 92. Kf3 $2 (92. Kd3 $18 Rf4 93. Ke3) 92... Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92... Rh4 $11 93. Rg4 Rh3+ 94. Ke2 Rh8) 93. Rg4 Rb1 94. Re4 Rb8 95. Kf4 Rh8 96. Kg5 Rg8+ 97. Kf4 Rh8 $1 98. Re3 Rh5 99. Re2 Rf5+ 100. Kg4 Rf1 101. Re3 Rg1+ 102. Kf4 Rg2 103. Rf3 Rg1 104. Rg3 Rf1+ {[#]} 105. Kg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Kf7 106. Rg4 (106. Ra3 $142 Rg1+ 107. Kh4 Rh1+ 108. Kg5 Rg1+ 109. Kh4 Rh1+ 110. Kg3 Ke6 111. Ra8) 106... Rf2 107. Rf4 Re2 108. Kf5 Re1 109. Rh4 (109. Rf2 $142 Re3 110. Ra2 Rf3+ 111. Ke4 Rf1 112. Ra7+ Kf8 113. Kd5 Rd1+ 114. Ke6) 109... Rf1+ $18 110. Ke4 Re1+ 111. Kd5 Rd1+ 112. Rd4 Ra1 113. Re4 $2 (113. Rf4 $18 {aiming for e6+.} Ra5+ 114. Kd6 Ra6+ 115. Kd5 Ra5+ 116. Kd6 Ra6+ 117. Kd7) 113... Ra5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 114. Kc6 {Threatens to win with e6+.} Ke6 115. Rf4 {Threatening mate with f7.} Ra8 $1 116. f7 Rc8+ $1 117. Kb7 Rf8 118. Rf1 {Kc7 is the strong threat.} Rxf7+ 119. Rxf7 Kxf7 120. e6+ Kxe6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Zadravec, Matija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,43,49,26,30,26,31,24,24,22,42,45,47,37,56,30,49,58,43,38,33,30,50,43,80,76,106,96,99,98,94,98,92,96,125,101,114,114,94,110,140,96,96,94,92,83,84,84,100,92,122,126,159,161,212,225,222,237,313,295,360,358,456,437,652,644,639,635,620,574]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a5 12. O-O a4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 13. Rc2 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (13. Rfe1 Qa5 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Kf8 20. Bc3 Ra3 {½-½ (67) Andreikin,D (2712)-Mamedov,R (2709) Huaian 2017}) 13... Qa5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Qe3 {White is slightly better.} Rc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bd2 Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qa8 20. Qh3 f5 {1-0 (53) Kotronias,V (2500)-Terzis,F (1877) Rio Achaia 2017}) 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. b4 axb3 $1 22. axb3 Ne5 23. Qd1 e6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. g3 Ra8 26. Bh3 {[%cal Bf1h3,Bh3g2,Bg2d5][%mdl 32]} Re8 27. Be3 Ra3 28. Rd2 Qc7 29. Bg2 Bf8 30. Bd5 Rea8 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Bd4 Nc6 33. Bc3 {Strongly threatening Rxa2.} Bg7 34. Qe2 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Ne5 37. b4 Rd8 38. Re1 Nc6 (38... Rf8 $142 39. b5 Qc5) 39. h4 $18 Ne7 40. Bf3 Nf5 41. Qf6 Rf8 42. Bd5 Qc8 {[#]} 43. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Ng7 (43... gxh5 $142 44. Be4 Qe6 45. Qxf5 Qxf5 46. Bxf5 h4 47. gxh4 Kg7) 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Qxg6 Qf5 46. Qxd6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,24,36,-15,31,33,35,10,24,5,33,23,33,-2,13,0,10,-10,-13,-10,-10,-45,-39,-56,-40,-56,0,-97,-93,-98,-66,-101,-72,-124,-120,-193,-172,-365,-372,-389,-443,-389,-402,-433,-422,-419,-320,-310,-303,-541,-466,-459,-425,-451,-451,-1020,-995,-759,-892,-1077,-1077,-1009,-1009,-961,-926,-1378,-1487,-5281,-5135,-5189,-896,-1441,-879,-2620,-2366,-2448,-1463,-2332,-2041,-29973,-29976,-29982,-29983,-29979,-29979,-29988,-29989,-29992,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 (8... h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. h3 c6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Rc1 $146 (10. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rfe8 {½-½ (25) Pashikian,A (2585)-Berkes,F (2671) Batumi 2018}) 10... h6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 Nb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f4 b5 20. Qf2 Bf5 21. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ne4 ({Black should try} 21... Bh7 $1 $15) 22. Qg2 (22. Qc2 $11 {remains equal.} Nxc3 23. Qxf5 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kf2 Nxc1 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qf7+) 22... Nxc3 $17 23. Rxc3 Bd7 $1 24. g5 Bf5 25. gxh6 ({Better is} 25. Kh2) 25... Qxh6 26. Kh2 (26. e4 $17 Bh7 27. Rg3) 26... Qh7 27. Rg1 $2 (27. Ng4 Re6 28. Qf3) 27... Rd6 $19 28. Re1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxh3 Rh6 30. e4 {intending f5.} Ree6 31. Ng4 {next f5 is good for White.} Rxh3+ 32. Rxh3 Qg6 33. f5 $2 (33. Ne5 Rxe5 34. dxe5) 33... Qxg4 34. fxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 35. Ree3 Qd1 36. d5 (36. Rhf3 $142) 36... cxd5 37. exd5 exd5 38. Rhf3 d4 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rh3+ Kg6 41. Rg3+ Kf7 42. Rd8 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe5 (43... d3 $142 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rdxg7 d2 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47. R8g7+ Ke6 48. R3g6+ Kf5 49. Rg5+ Kf4) 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rh3+ Kg6 47. Kg2 c3 48. Rc8 {[#]} d3 $1 {Black mates.} 49. Rc6+ (49. Rxd3 Qe2+) 49... Kf7 50. Rf3+ Ke7 51. Kf2 d2 52. Rcxc3 d1=Q 53. Rce3 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Ujhazi, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Ngf3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb5 c6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qc2 O-O 16. f3 Nd3 17. fxe4 Qc5 18. Kh1 Nb4 19. Qa4 Qxe3 20. Rae1 Nd3 21. Rf3 Nxb2 22. Qxa7 Qc5 23. Qxb7 Rd2 24. Ref1 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bf4 Rxe2 27. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,4,26,-14,0,-23,-9,-23,-8,-25,-21,-72,-73,-107,-93,-175,-163,-307,-293,-300,-254,-366,-372,-430,-426,-412,-400,-418,-426,-424,-461,-463,-448,-441,-433,-477,-458]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd2 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} Qh4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. N4f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Re1 Qg6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. c3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Kh1 Raf8 {1-0 (85) Sarakauskas,G (2400)-Hebden,M (2545) High Wycombe 2014}) 12... Qe7 $1 13. Bxc5 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 14. h3 Rfe8 15. c3 a5 16. Nb3 (16. Nxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} dxe4 17. Qxd7 exf3 18. gxf3) 16... Qb6 $17 17. a4 Bc8 {Hoping for ...Ba6.} 18. Nbd4 (18. c4 $17) 18... Ba6 $19 19. Qc2 (19. Re1 {was necessary.}) 19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rab8 21. Rb1 (21. b4 $142) 21... c5 22. Nf5 Qg6 23. N5h4 Qe6 24. c4 c6 25. g4 {Black is clearly winning.} h5 26. Nf5 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qg6 28. Ne3 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White =  6%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Ascic, Anto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,81,76,89,65,85,54,65,64,63,72,55,40,40,37,41,39,39,10,24,17,23,3,54,48,60,49,59,54,105,90,102,86,110,110,94,99,279,270,277,183,189,186,177,178,283,284,293,293,281,278,275,278,427,372,356,351]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (7... Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Bxb5 17. Rc2 Rfc8 {½-½ (33) So,W (2780)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 11. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Qh5 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxc7 Bd7 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 {½-½ (23) Brandenberg,K (2177)-Baumgartner,H (2323) Dresden 2000}) 12... Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Qc3 (15. a3 {feels hotter.} Qa5 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Rc1) 15... Qa5 16. Nb3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} b6 18. c4 Nb4 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rd2 c5 (20... Nf8 $11) 21. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Na6 22. d5 $1 Nf8 23. Ng5 Rb8 (23... exd5 $14 24. cxd5 (24. Bxd5 Nc7 $11) 24... Nc7) 24. d6 Ba4 25. Re3 Nd7 26. f4 h6 27. Ne4 {[%cal Bg5e4,Be4f2,Bf2d1,Bd1b2][%mdl 32]} b5 $2 {[#]} (27... Rbc8 $16 28. Nc1 Nab8) 28. Na5 $18 b4 29. Nf2 Nb6 30. Nd1 Bd7 31. Nb2 bxa3 (31... Be8 $142 32. Bb7 bxa3) 32. Rxa3 Nb4 33. Nb7 Rdc8 34. Rxa7 Bc6 {[#] and if ...Bxg2 works, Black does fine.} 35. Na5 $1 Bd7 (35... Bxg2 {was worth a try.} 36. Kxg2 Ra8) 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Nd3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,7,3,-8,-17,-5,-18,-24,-9,-12,8,3,32,0,-2,-14,25,26,22,6,13,-19,0,0,3,16,33,0,10,-16,18,7,32,0,0,0,52,29,46,30,31,12,45,45,45,38,46,45,45,45,77,46,81,102,96,97,395,32,33,29,109,120,103,2,256,185,223,45,681,709,704,683,1141,1127]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b4 (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 {1-0 (27) Adhiban,B (2650)-Rapport,R (2715) Reykjavik 2018}) 7. Na4 Nxe4 8. Bxc4 Nd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8... Nf6 {is more complex.} 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O) 9. Bd3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. b3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bf5 {1-0 (53) Khotenashvili,B (2476)-Zimina,O (2415) Riadh 2017}) 10. O-O e6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bg4 {[%cal Bf5g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qh4 {...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 18. Kg2 O-O (18... Be4+ $6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe1 $16) 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nc5 Re8 21. Nf3 Qd8 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Nxb4 Rb8 24. Qd2 (24. Rxc6 $2 Rxb4 25. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qc7 $19) 24... Ne4 25. Qe1 Ndf6 (25... c5 $11) 26. Nd3 {Threatens to win with g5.} Qd5 27. b3 a5 28. Rc2 Rec8 29. Qe3 Qb5 30. Nfe5 {Hoping for g5.} ({Of course not} 30. g5 Nd5 $11) 30... Nd6 31. Nc5 Nd5 32. Qf2 Rc7 33. Kg1 Re8 34. Nc4 Rd8 35. Qg3 {aiming for f5!} Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Re7 $16) 36. a4 $2 ({White must play} 36. Nxd6 $18 Qb8 37. Rcf2 Rxd6 38. f5) 36... Qb8 $14 37. Rd2 Nb7 (37... Rcc8 $11) 38. Ne4 $16 {Strongly threatening Qh4.} Rcd7 39. Ng5 (39. Qf2 $16) 39... Qa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rxd4 $11 40. Qh4 Rxd2 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7 Nd6 44. Nxd2 Rg8) 40. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rxd4 {[#]} 41. Rdf2 $2 ({White should play} 41. Kh1 $1 $18 Rxd2 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7) 41... Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Rxc4 $14 42. f5 (42. bxc4 Nd3 $11) 42... gxf5 43. bxc4 Nd3 44. gxf5 (44. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 44... Nxf2 45. Rxf2 Rd2 46. fxe6 Qxf2+ 47. Qxf2 Rxf2 48. Kxf2 fxe6) 42. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Nxe5 43. fxe5 {Qh7+ would kill now.} Rf4 44. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,39,-2,62,79,91,99,97,79,90,50,50,56,129,118,141,89,131,77,174,158,141,181,171,156,212,190,222,227,227,230,196,200,200,0,0,0,8,-31,0,0,0,-29,-26,-95,-81,-83,-91,-93,0,0,-6,-38,-19,-21,-42,-47,-55,-79,-31,-67,-73,-93,-68,-69,-18,-18,-18,-18,-12,-12,-12,-13,-14,-14,-15,-14,-17,-21,-18,-20,-10,-13,-4,-8,-8,-21,-21]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Bf4 (5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Qxc5 Nf6 13. Qf5 O-O 14. Nc3 {0-1 (40) Tkachiev,V (2636)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Warsaw 2010}) 5... d6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games. A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} Qa5 $146 (6... Nh5 $11 7. Bg3 g6) ({Predecessor:} 6... Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 9. Qb3 b4 10. a3 a5 11. axb4 axb4 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 {1-0 (42) Stocek,J (2567)-Kersten,U (2234) Heusenstamm 2017}) 7. e4 $14 bxc4 8. Bxc4 {White is better.} Nbd7 9. O-O g6 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nb3 Qb6 (11... Qc7 $14 12. Bd3 a5) 12. Be3 $16 Qd8 13. e5 dxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Bg7.} 14. Bb5 $1 Bg7 (14... a6 $16 {was necessary.} 15. Ba4 Bg7) 15. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bc8 16. Nxe5 $1 O-O 17. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRb4,LRd8]} Qc7 (17... Qe8 $16) 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. d6 Qa5 20. Bc6 Nxc5 21. Bxa8 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Ba6 {[#]} 22. Qf3 $2 ({Only move:} 22. Bf3 $1 $18) 22... Bxf1 $11 23. Rxf1 Ncd7 24. Nc6 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf3.} 25. Bb7 Qxd6 26. Bf4 ({Don't play} 26. Bxa7 Qc7 $17) 26... Qc5 27. Rc1 {[#]} (27. Be3 $11 {remains equal.} Qc4 28. Rc1 Qxa2 29. Nxb4) 27... Qb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6b7]} 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Nd7 (29... Re8 $17 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 Bxf6) 30. Bc7 $11 Qe6 31. Qd5 (31. Rd1 {looks sharper.} Nc5 32. Bd5 Qe7 33. Ba5 Ne6 34. Qb3) 31... Bc3 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bd6 Rf5 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. Ba6 Ne4 36. Bb8 Rxf2 37. Bb7 $1 Rd2 (37... Re2 $15 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf8 40. Bxa7 Rf7 41. Bxe4 Rxa7 42. Rd8+ Kg7) 38. Rxd2 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 39. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ke2 b3 42. axb3 Nxb3 43. Kd3 Bb4 44. Bf3 {Hoping for Kc4.} Bd6 45. h3 Ke7 46. Be3 Na5 47. Bb6 Bb4 48. Bxa5 Bxa5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Vernacki, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,81,73,84,82,87,78,87,86,111,110,110,87,120,116,131,136,155,147,115,125,135,108,151,99,221,231,327,286,313,327,336,334,297,346,312,326,333,339,336,332,316,304,484,361,1193,1146,1241,1232,1184,1172,1345,1100,1072,1039,1980,1466]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation} Qd8 (10... Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. e5 Ne8 15. f5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Nc4 Bxf5 19. Nxd6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd6 {1-0 (55) Moiseenko,A (2677)-Gabrielian,A (2525) Minsk 2017}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Kg2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 15. h3 Bxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. b3 $146 Rab8 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qd8 21. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 22. h5 b5 23. g5 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb2 25. Bc2 ({White should play} 25. Rc2 Qb8 26. e5) 25... Nb6 (25... f6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Nd1 $18 Nc4 (26... Ra2 $142 27. Qb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7) 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rb4 29. Nf2 Qd7 30. Rh1 Nb6 31. Rh4 Nbxd5 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Be4 Nc7 (34... Ne7 $142 35. Ng4 f5 36. gxf6 Qxe4) 35. Rd1 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (35... Rb3) 36. hxg6 {White is clearly winning.} fxg6 37. Rdh1 Rd7 38. f5 Qe5 39. Nd3 Rb2+ 40. Kh3 Qd4 41. Nxb2 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vujakovic, Branko"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,125,0,0,22,13,8,0,28,24,19,-7,0,-20,-27,-82,-82,-85,-78,-150,-55,-110,-110,-105,-106,-115,-108,-109,-104,-105,-113,127,-115,-119,-114,-106,-47,-47,-46,-46,-46,-53,-52,-52,-38,-50,-45,-111,-93,-103,-97,-84,-54,-55,-56,-54,-55,-46,0,-52,-56,-59,-49,-130,-14,-33,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-28,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,23,22,22,22,21,20,22,20,21,22,19,19,20,20,22,19,19,20,21,16,28,12,12,0,11,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (12... Rc8 13. c4 Ne8 14. f3 g6 15. Kh1 Ng7 16. Bg1 Bg5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Nd2 f5 19. b4 h4 20. c5 dxc5 21. d6 cxb4 {1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2782)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 13. Qd2 {LiveBook: 16 Games} g6 {[#]} 14. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Na5 Qc8 15. b4 f5 16. f3 Bd8 17. Nb3 f4 18. Bf2 Bb6 19. c4 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 {1-0 (51) Oleksienko,M (2560)-Jakubowski,K (2471) Dresden 2007}) 14... Ng7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. c4 Rfe8 17. b4 Nf5 18. Bg4 Nxh6 19. Bxd7 (19. Qxh6 $11 {keeps the balance.} f5 20. Be2) 19... Qxd7 $17 20. Qxh6 Bd8 21. Nb3 (21. h3 $142) 21... Rc8 (21... Qg4 $1 $17 22. Na5 Bxa5 23. bxa5 Qxc4) 22. c5 (22. Rac1 $15) 22... dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Rd3 b6 26. Rh3 {[#]} Bf6 $1 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7g6][%mdl 32]} 28. Nb3 Bg7 29. Re3 f5 (29... Qd5 $17 30. Qh3 Red8) 30. h4 $15 Kf7 31. h5 Rh8 32. Qxg6+ $1 Qxg6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rd1 Rhd8 35. Red3 (35. Rxd8 $15 Rxd8 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rc3) 35... Rxd3 $17 36. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf8 37. a3 e4 38. Rg3+ Kf6 39. Rg8 Kf7 40. Rg5 $1 Kf6 41. Rg8 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Rg3 {[#]} (43. Rg5 $15) 43... Rd1+ (43... Bg7 $1 $17 44. Ke1 Rc8) 44. Ke2 $15 Rb1 45. Nd4 $1 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 f4 47. Rc3 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rg1 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Rc8 Bd6 51. Re8 {Black must now prevent Re6+.} Be7 52. Nc6 Bd6 53. Rxe4 Rxg2 54. Nd4 {And now Re6+ would win.} Be5 55. Nf3 Bd6 56. Rc4 {aiming for Rc6.} a5 57. Rc6 Ke6 58. Rxb6 axb4 59. axb4 Kd5 60. Nd2 Rg1 61. Kd3 Rd1 62. Ke2 Ra1 63. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bratovic, Blaz"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,27,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f3 Qa5 12. Nd5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ng8 21. Nd5 e6 {½-½ (65) Giri,A (2785)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Sochi 2017}) 12... Qxd2+ {LiveBook: 30 Games} {Predecessor:} 13. Kxd2 $146 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Kxc1 a6 19. Kc2 Kf8 {½-½ (31) Magalashvili,D (2508)-Flores,D (2621) Batumi 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,12,0,23,-3,2,-8,-9,-19,-2,0,0,-10,-10,-33,-37,-38,-15,-62,0,0,-3,0,30,37,38,29,64,73,65,75,103,99,108,50,32,29,33,20,19,8,20,0,0,-10,-10,-13,-10,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-15,-31,-33,-41,-46,-34,-36,-164,-164,-175,-168,-244,-239]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B01: Scandinavian Defence} O-O-O (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Rc1 a5 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qd8 17. a4 Qg5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 {0-1 (55) Espinosa Flores,R (2412)-Kotronias,V (2587) Dresden 2008}) 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 13. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg6 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc1 Rhe8 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe1 {½-½ (20) Belitz,M (2007)-Gohla,U (2118) DESC email 2002}) 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bg5 h4 17. Nf1 Rh5 18. Be3 c5 (18... Bf5 $15) 19. Qe2 $11 Qc6 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 20. h3 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Rad1 Rhh8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qf2 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Bd3 26. Ng4 (26. Nd5 $16 Nxd5 27. Rxd3) 26... Nxg4 $14 27. fxg4 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Kf2 Kc7 30. Ke3 Bb5 31. Kf2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3 f5 35. Bxe6 f4+ 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Bd5 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 38. Kf3 Rh2 39. c4 Rxh3+ 40. Ke4 Bd7 41. Ke5 (41. Rg1 $15) 41... Bxg4 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 42. Rg1 {[#]} Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g1]} 43. Rxg3 (43. Rf1 {keeps fighting.}) 43... fxg3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Muskardin, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,39,22,18,16,9,110,121,146,148,361,366,369,359,364,330,306,213,927,928]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. a4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 a5 9. Ba2 {C41: Philidor Defence} exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxa2 13. Rxa2 d5 $146 (13... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... g6 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bh6 Re8 {½-½ (41) Felgaer,R (2575)-Kuipers,S (2390) Caleta 2015}) 14. exd5 $16 cxd5 15. Nf5 Na6 $2 {[#]} (15... Ne6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 16. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ne8 (16... gxh6 17. Qg3+) 17. Nxd5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rd1 Nec7 $2 {[#]} (19... Kh8 20. Nb6 Rd8) 20. h4 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,58,10,27,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-46,20,16,19,-170,-159,-279,-255,-276,-249,-231,-274,-424,-415,-426,-426,-414,-387,-432,-420,-612,-612]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 9. Nd2 (9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bc4 O-O {1-0 (46) Anand,V (2794)-Esserman,M (2453) Douglas 2017}) 9... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 h6 14. c4 Ne7 15. Be3 Nf5 {1-0 (34) Van der Wiel,J (2500)-Olafsson,H (2515) Reykjavik 1985}) 10. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Nxf6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. a4 Be7 15. a5 O-O 16. Nb6 Rae8 17. O-O e4 18. b4 e3 19. f4 Bh4 (19... Bf5 $15) 20. g3 $11 Bf6 21. Ra3 $2 (21. Nxd7 $11 Qxd7 22. Rb1) 21... Bh3 $19 22. Rf3 (22. c3 $17) 22... Bc3 23. Rb3 {[#]} Re4 $1 24. Qd3 Rxb4 25. Rxe3 (25. Rxb4 $142 Bxb4 26. Nc4) 25... Rxb3 26. cxb3 Bxa5 27. Nc4 {Black should prevent g4.} Bb4 28. Bf1 b5 29. Nd2 (29. Nb2 $142 Qc1 30. Nd1) 29... Qc1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Pandurevic, Miro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,19,27,10,16,-5,-8,-8,0,-17,1,-16,-2,-14,-4,-28,-24,-32,-28,-21,-28,-31,-39,-42,-32,-32,-14,-14,-13,-18,-14,-13,34,-27,45,47,33,33,89,107,106,109,99,111,101,100,1130,1073,924,899,1674,1572,5506,5506,5210,2548,1504,490,524,502]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. d5 Nce7 7. c4 f5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rd1 f4 {½-½ (46) Grischuk,A (2766)-Nakamura,H (2769) Leuven 2018}) 6... Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qc2 fxe4 14. fxe4 {0-1 (41) Domont,A (2370)-Schmidt Schaeffer,S (2368) Switzerland 2013}) 7... Nxe5 8. Bxd7+ {The position is equal.} Qxd7 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. Qd5 Rdf8 15. Be3 h6 16. Nf3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 17. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4b4,Bb4b6,Bb6c6][%mdl 32]} f4 18. Bd4 g5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 f3 22. gxf3 (22. Rb4 $14 c5 23. Ra4) 22... g4 (22... Kb8 $11) 23. f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rxf4 24. Rb4 c6 (24... c5 $14 25. Qxd6 Qc7 26. Qe6+ Kb8) 25. Qxd6 $16 Rf6 26. Qd4 Kb8 27. Qe5+ Kc8 28. Qa5 {e5 is the strong threat.} b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... a6 $16) 29. Rxb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Intending Qa6+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Rf7 (29... axb6 30. Qa8+) 30. Rxc6+ Kb8 31. Rd1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Rd7 32. Rxd7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd7 33. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb7 34. Qb5+ Ka8 35. Qd5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bozinovic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,-1,0,-16,-16,-60,-56,-62,-53,-52,-52,-64,-60,-86,-37,-41,-39,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,12,16,16,16,16,12,11,0,18,4,18,12,18,18,28,15,21,14,14,15,15,0,10,6,18,10,18,18,25,25,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,337,326,333,315,319,294,307,319,310,295,290,0,221,221]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Bb1 {D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} (12. Bc2 O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. e5 Nh5 {0-1 (44) Kogan,A (2547)-Ladva,O (2497) Puhajarve 2018}) 12... O-O 13. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Ba2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Nfe4 17. Be1 Bf6 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Na4 {1-0 (29) Guerra,J (1788)-Cubas Pons,J (2251) Lisbon 2014}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nxd7 {Black is slightly better.} Rxd7 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Qxc5 17. b4 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} (17... Qc7 {feels hotter.} 18. h3 Rd8 19. Bb2 Bd6 20. Bc2 Bh2+) 18. f3 Rd8 19. Nf2 h5 (19... Bd6 $15 20. Ra2 Qh5) 20. Ba2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qd6 21. e4 {[#] aiming for e5.} Nd7 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Nd3 Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Bb7 30. Bd4 e5 31. Be3 f6 32. Bb3 g5 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Bc7 35. Ke2 Bc8 36. Bd5 a5 37. Bd2 Bd7 38. Kd3 Kd8 39. Bf7 h4 40. g4 Kc8 41. h3 Kb7 42. Bd5+ Ka6 43. Kc3 Bd8 44. Be3 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Be8 $11) 45. c6 $18 Ba5+ 46. Kb2 Be8 {intending ...Bb6.} 47. Bc5 Bd8 48. Kc3 Ka5 49. Kc2 Ka6 50. Kc3 Ka5 $1 51. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Black "Lalic, Kristijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,0,-17,12,0,8,20,6,0,0,0,1,12,12,0,0,0,0,-16,-22,-23,-36,-16,-23,-31,12,12,14,10,10,12,15,9,58,53,88,84,122,60,60,24,25,50,29,1,3,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,68,68,42,104,101,283,42,391,365,382,348,279,279,279,279,535,535,535,469,886,787,1311,1180]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. c5 (8. Bf3 dxc4 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. O-O e6 15. b3 Bd3 16. bxc4 Qf5 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Be3 {½-½ (22) Safarli,E (2664)-Karjakin,S (2779) Shamkir 2016}) 8... Ne4 9. Nf3 g6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rd8 11. Bd2 {And now Nxe4 would win.} Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg7 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 {1-0 (54) Balakrishnan,P (2157)-Miyasaka,M (1937) Durban 2014}) 15. b4 a6 16. Bd1 Bf5 17. Re1 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Ne4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Bxe5 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxd6 23. Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {aiming for ...Bh2+.} 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe5 Qb6 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rc1 (28. Kh2 $16) 28... Be6 $14 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Bd5 Qb5 31. Rc5 Qd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 32. Bf3 Rc8 33. Qf4 b6 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Qd6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa3 37. Qxb6 Qa2 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qd4 Qc4 (40... Qc2 $11) 41. Qxc4 Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 42. Kg3 Kf8 (42... f6 $14) 43. Kf4 $16 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (43... f6 $16) 44. Ke5 $2 ({Only move:} 44. Kg5 $1 $18) 44... Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... f6+ $14 45. Kd4 Bf1) 45. h4 $18 f6+ {[#]} 46. Kd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c5]} Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Be4 Bd7 $2 (48... f5) 49. Bd3 {White is clearly winning.} Bc8 50. g3 Bb7 {[#]} (50... f5 $142 51. f4 Kb8) 51. h5 $1 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 544]} f5 (51... gxh5 52. Bxh7) 52. h6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Bedic, Zeljko"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,106,25,18,10,16,15,20,0,0,-18,-12,-18,19,-43,-54,-62,-54,-52,-30,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,67,133,86,47,0,48,47,299,-24,57,0,0,-52,0,-230,-125,-206,-206,-206,-212,-198,-205,-237,-243,-233,-194,-200,-198,-208,-204,-210,-207,-209,-211,-215,-198,-304,-299,-260,-301,-464,-455,-479,-476,-552,-539,-540,-546,-611,-612,-656,-608,-1134,-1147,-942,-699,-684,-684]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 8. b3 (8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Bc3 e5 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {0-1 (32) Kveinys,A (2511)-Lagarde,M (2587) Reykjavik 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 e5 10. d3 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qc1 a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. h3 f5 14. Nc4 Nd5 {½-½ (25) Bex,L (1837)-Daels,M (2213) Antwerp 2013}) 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nb5 a4 14. b4 Bg4 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nxc7 (16. a3 $11) 16... Qxc7 $15 17. b5 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 18. Bxa3 {[#]} Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. bxc6 (19. Qxa3 Nd4) 19... Ra5 20. cxb7 Rc5 21. Qa3 Nd5 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Ne4 $1 Rc2 24. Qb3 Nf6 (24... Be6 $11 25. Ng5 Rc5) 25. a4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be6 (25... Bxe2 26. a5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Better is} 25... Nxe4 $1 $14 26. Bxe4 Rc5) 26. Qb6 {Strongly threatening Qxc7.} Nd5 27. Qa7 Bh6 28. Rb5 {Hoping for Nc5.} Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bf8 $1 $14) 29. Rb1 $2 (29. Rxc1 $18 Qxc1+ 30. Bf1) 29... Rc2 (29... Rxe1+ $11 30. Rxe1 Rxb7 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. Qxb7 Qc3) 30. d4 (30. a5 $14) 30... exd4 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 31. Qxd4 (31. a5 $11) 31... Rc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4d4][%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (32. Qa7 $11) 32... Bg7 (32... Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 {[#]} 34. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 35. Bxd5 $16 (35. Nxd5 $2 Rc1 $17)) (32... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3d1][%mdl 512]} 33. Qd6 (33. fxe3 $2 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Rd4 $19) 33... Nxg2 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Kxg2 Rcxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7) 33. Rb5 (33. e3 $17) 33... Nc3 $19 ({Don't do} 33... Rxb7 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 $17) 34. Nxc3 Bxc3 ({Weaker is} 34... Rxc3 35. a5 $15) 35. Rf1 Bd7 36. Rd5 Bxa4 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. Rd6 Rc3 39. Qa6 {[#]} Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a6][%mdl 512]} 40. Qb6 (40. Qxb5 Qxd6) 40... Bxe2 {aiming for ...Qxb6.} 41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Re1 Bf8 43. Rd4 (43. Rb6 {is a better defense.} Bd3 44. h3) 43... Ba6 44. Rb1 Bxb7 {And now ...Bc8 would win.} 45. Rd2 (45. Rdd1 $142) 45... Bc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rbd1 (46. Rxb8 {leads to mate.} Rc1+ 47. Bf1 Bh3 48. Rxf8+ Kxf8 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kxg8 51. Kh1 Rxf1#) 46... Bg4 47. f3 Be6 48. h3 Bh6 49. f4 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 50. Kf2 (50. gxh4 Bxf4) 50... Rc3 51. Rd3 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rxd3 53. Rxd3 hxg3 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nh4 f5 8. g3 Be7 9. Ng2 d5 10. Nf4 Bg5 11. c4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Be6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Ke7 16. Qd2 Rhg8 17. Rg3 Rgc8 18. Qc2 a5 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Rg7 Nf6 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Kf1 Qxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. Bd1 h6 25. h3 b4 26. Na4 Bxa4 27. bxa4 b3 28. Rg1 Rab8 29. Ke2 Rb4 30. Re1 Nd7 31. Ra3 Rcb8 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. Rg1 Nb6 34. Rxb3 Nc4+ 35. Kc3 Nxb2 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Bb3 Nxa4+ 38. Bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rg7 Ke7 40. Rh7 Ra2 41. Rxh6 Rxf2 42. Ra6 Re2 43. Rxa5 Rxe3+ 44. Kb4 Rf3 45. Rxd5 Rxf4 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Re8 Rh4 48. d5 Rxh3 49. d6 Rd3 50. Kc5 e3 51. Kc6 f4 52. d7 Kf5 53. Kc7 Kg4 54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Kxd8 f5 56. Kd7 f3 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,24,11,5,19,19,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,28,-34,-53,-169,-176,-303,-303,-297,-294,-405,-403,-398,-405,-437,-458,-469,-462,-472,-458,-406,-464,-443,-448,-490,-485,-487,-476,-631,-616,-693,-593,-545,-455]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Be1 g5 15. f5 Ne5 16. h4 Nfxg4 17. hxg5 Bxg5+ 18. Bd2 {1-0 (64) Grischuk,A (2769)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Douglas 2018}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 {LiveBook: 37 Games. White has an edge.} g6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. g4 h6 11. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g5 Ng8 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. c3 Nce7 {0-1 (28) Yeritsyan,A (2325)-Paravyan,D (2629) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... gxf5 12. gxf5 Bxb3 $1 13. axb3 Qb6 14. Kf1 Rg8 15. Ra4 d5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Bd3 ({White should play} 18. Be3 $11 Bc5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qd3) 18... Qf6 $15 19. Rxd4 (19. Ke1 $15) 19... exd4 $19 20. Bf4 (20. Qf3 $142) 20... Bd6 21. Qf3 O-O-O 22. Kf2 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 h5 24. Be2 Rxd5 25. Bf3 Qxf5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Re5 28. Bd3 {Black is clearly winning.} Rg4 29. Rh3 Kd8 30. Rf3 Ke7 31. Bc4 f6 32. Rh3 Rf4+ 33. Kg2 Ree4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,95,29,41,37,32,15,12,25,41,38,46,62,69,71,73,73,94,77,93,91,84,25,24,25,50,40,52,14,26,0,0,0,0,-15,-5,-34,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-10,-15,-12,0,7,25,38,81,47,46,16,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-8,-8,-10,8,-1,21,6,47,37,44,34,47,13,21,14,18,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. d4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4 (8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 {0-1 (31) Kramnik,V (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 8... b4 $1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Ba2 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. c3 c5 12. cxb4 cxd4 13. bxa5 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxa5) 14. Qf3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Be6 15. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxe7.} dxe4 16. Qxe4 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Bxa2 17. Rxa2 {And now Bxe7 would win.} f6 {[#]} 18. Bf4 ({White should play} 18. Bd2 $1 $16) 18... f5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} O-O 21. Ra3 Qxa5 22. Nc4 Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Nb6 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Ra7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Bc7 Re8 27. f4 Nc8 {Hoping for ...Rxc7!} 28. a5 Rb7 29. Rd3 Na7 30. Rc5 Nb5 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 g5 33. Nc4 Re6 34. Rd5 Rbe7 35. f4 gxf4 36. Rd8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Kxf4 Rg8 41. Rh3 Rg4+ 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. b3 d3 44. Ke3 $1 ({Not} 44. Ne3+ $2 Kxe5 45. Nxg4+ fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Ke4 $19) 44... Nd4 45. Kxd3 Rf4 46. Ne3+ Kxe5 47. Nc4+ Kd5 48. Ne3+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,0,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 $146 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 {LiveBook: 358 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Rf6 13. d5 Rh6 14. Rad1 e5 15. g3 c6 16. Nh4 Rxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. f3 Ng3 19. Rf2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rc8 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. e4 Qh3 25. Re3 Nf6 26. f4 fxe4 27. Rxh3 exd3 28. Rhxd3 Ne4 29. fxe5 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Biti, Ozren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,25,43,30,32,76,93,90,80,71,64,62,62,94,99,103,98,120,76,80,80,81,80,94,110,107,104,117,125,152,151,193,184,164,198,195,183,250,250,293,287,300,266,308,304,363,356,487,485,477,477,481,458,522,424,533,510,544,544,989,927,986,1012,902,758,916,909,1439,865,715,708,1448,1466,1363,1258,1274,1193,1056,1023,2301,2127,1456,1679,5648,5069,4377,3419,2173,1500,29977,29978,29978,1715,29980,29979,29979,29980,29982,29981]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 9. g3 Bf5 10. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bg2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. O-O a4 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Rfd1 c6 15. Ne3 axb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (32) Magem Badals,J (2552)-Peralta,F (2569) Barcelona 2015}) 12. O-O g5 {[#]} 13. Nf3 $1 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc3+.} Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfd8 20. Rc2 Nd4 21. Rxc7 {Bh5 is the strong threat.} Nxf3+ 22. exf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b5 23. Re1 Rdc8 24. Rb7 Rcb8 25. Ree7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $18 {KR-KR} a6 27. Rb6 f6 (27... h5 $142 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 f6) 28. g4 Ra7 29. Kg2 Ra8 30. Kg3 Ra7 31. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 32. h5 a5 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34. Rxb5 a4 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. f4 Rc8 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Rb4 axb3 40. axb3 Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Rb6 Kh7 43. Rb7+ Kg8 44. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rb3 45. b5 Kh8 46. b6 Kg8 47. f3 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Kh8 49. Ke1 Kg8 50. Kd1 Kh8 51. Kc1 Rb3 52. Kc2 Rb5 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Kc4 Kg8 55. Kd5 (55. Kc5 $142 Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Rb1 57. Ke5 Rb5+ 58. Kf6 Rb3 59. Kg6 Kf8 60. Kxh6) 55... Rb2 56. Ke6 {White mates.} Rb3 57. Kf6 Rd3 58. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Bratovic, Blaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Bc3 O-O 8. h3 b5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. O-O a4 11. Re1 h6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Be5 a3 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 f6 17. c4 Qb6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf1 Kh7 20. Ng3 Qc7 21. e5 Rde8 22. Ne4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxc5 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc8 26. d4 g5 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. b4 Bf5 29. Rde1 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. g4 Bg6 32. Nd7 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Bozinovic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,51,26,27,22,31,62,12,6,9,56,40,80,84,85,85,57,19,179,95,104,117,429,420,511,502,514,504,479,479]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} (10... Rb8 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bf4 Bd4 18. Be3 {0-1 (63) Dreev,A (2644)-Perunovic,M (2622) Berlin 2015}) 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 $146 14. a4 Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rfe1 $1 Nc4 17. b3 Na5 18. e5 Qb6 19. exd6 exd6 20. Ne4 Rfd8 $2 {[#]} (20... Qxb3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 21. Qxb3 Nxb3) 21. Nfd2 (21. Bg5 $18) 21... h6 $16 22. Re3 {[%cal Be1e3,Be3e6,Be6a6][%mdl 32]} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Bc8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 23. Nxd6 $1 $18 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxd6 25. Re6 Qxd5 26. Rxa6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,41,25,36,47,52,59,46,35,61,30,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,0,0,0,-14,-12,-86,-87,-81,-62,-73,-85,-64,-59,-143,0,-145,-52,-396,-366,-418,-373,-653,-659,-620,-625,-758,-758,-872,-724,-1015,-864,-600,-365,-2232,-2113,-29971,-29973,-29989,-29990,-29996,-29997,-29997,-458,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Nc6 6. dxc5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bxc5 7. b4 Bd6 (7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc5 14. Qc2 b6 15. cxd5 Bb7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Nd6 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2834)-Olafsson,H (2508) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 $146 {Threatens to win with e5.} ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (53) Cherednichenko,S (2297)-Zawadzka,J (2400) Tbilisi 2011}) 13... d4 14. b5 (14. e5 $5 Nxe5 15. c5 $11) 14... Ne5 15. Bxd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 {Strongly threatening e5.} e5 {aiming for ...Bc7.} 17. Bb6 Bc7 18. Qe3 Bxb6 19. Qxb6 Bg4 20. Qe3 axb5 21. cxb5 Ra4 22. Qb3 Bxf3 23. Qxa4 (23. Nxf3 $11 Rxe4 24. Rac1) 23... Rxd2 $17 24. gxf3 {Rfd1 is the strong threat.} Nh5 $1 25. Qc4 Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 26. Kh1 Kh7 $1 {Hoping for ...Qg5.} 27. Qc8 (27. Rg1 $15) 27... h5 (27... Nd3 $1 $17 28. Rac1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 g6) 28. Qc3 (28. Rac1 $1 $11) 28... Rd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (28... Qe6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6h3]} 29. Rg1 (29. Qxd2 Qh3 $17) 29... Rxf2) 29. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 29. Qc8 $15) 29... Rxf3 $19 30. Rg1 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h2]} ({Inferior is} 30... Nd3 31. Qe2 $11) 31. Rg2 $2 (31. Qxe5 $2 {[#] leads to mate.} Qxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxh2 Rh3#) (31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qxe5+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. a4) 31... Nxg2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. Kxg2 Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame ( -> ...Rb3+). KQR-KQR} 33. Qb4 Qf5 34. Qd2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 e4 36. Re1 Rxa3 37. Qd5 $2 (37. Re3 Qg5 38. Qd7 Rxe3 39. fxe3) 37... f5 38. Qd4 Rd3 39. Qe5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 40. Rc1 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kg2 {[#]} h3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy. Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Vujakovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,118,47,33,47,49,52,54,48,48,61,43,43,44,46,35,35,35,34,34,34,34,37,34,34,34,35,34,34,11,18,0,4,-19,-27,-19,-20,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-22,-4,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,27,27,18,18,18,54,58,37,6,18,0,0,0,39,57,50,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 a5 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} (9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 Ra6 12. a3 Qc8 13. e3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rc2 b5 16. Ncd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. d5 Rxd5 {1-0 (84) Melkumyan,H (2624)-Mikaelyan,A (2444) Yerevan 2017}) 10. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. e3 c6 13. Qe2 Be4 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nef3 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nc5 Nd7 {½-½ (46) Schmidt,P (2384)-Poetsch,H (2514) Austria 2016}) 11. e3 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 17. Nd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 {White should prevent ...Nc3.} 19. Rac1 Ndb4 20. Nce5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 f6 22. Nc4 Nc6 23. h4 Rd5 24. Qb2 Rad8 25. Na3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 26. Nb5 exd4 27. exd4 R8d7 28. Re1 Qf7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 29. Qc3 Rf5 30. Re3 Rfd5 31. Qe1 Kf8 32. Rc4 Re7 (32... Rd8 {is interesting.} 33. Qd1 R5d7 34. Rec3 Kg7 35. Qf3 h6) 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe3 Rd7 35. Rc2 Qf7 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Rd2 Qd5 38. Qxd5+ Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Kf3 f5 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Kd3 Nb4+ 42. Kc4 c6 43. Nc3 Nd5 44. Nxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 45. b4 axb4 46. Rb2 Kf7 47. Rxb4 Rd7 48. Kc5 Ke6 49. a5 Rd5+ 50. Kc4 Rd7 51. Rb6 Kd6 52. a6 (52. d5 $5) 52... bxa6 {The position is equal.} 53. d5 Rc7 54. Rxa6 {Threatens to win with Kd4.} Kd7 $1 55. Ra8 cxd5+ 56. Kxd5 Ke7 57. Ke5 Kf7 58. h5 Kg7 59. hxg6 hxg6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Hecht, Hans-Joachim"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Bf4 Bc5 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd6 Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ba6 12. e4 Rc8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qd4 f5 15. h3 Nh6 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf7 19. c5 bxc5 20. Qa4 Bb7 21. Qc4 Rb8 22. Rh2 d5 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. g4 Be4+ 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Re2 Qxf4 28. Rxe4 Qf6 29. Qe2 Rb6 30. Bg2 e5 31. Rc4 Qd6 32. Rc2 Rb8 33. Qc4 Qd1+ 34. Ka2 Kh8 35. Qxc5 Qd7 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. Qc5 Nd6 38. Rd2 Rb6 39. Re2 e4 40. Bxe4 Rb5 41. Bd3 Qf7+ 42. Bc4 Rxc5 43. Bxf7 g6 44. Bb3 a5 45. Re7 Nb5 46. Rd7 Nc7 47. Bf7 a4 48. Rd4 Kg7 49. Rc4 Rxc4 50. Bxc4 Kf6 51. b3 axb3+ 52. Kxb3 Kg5 53. Kb4 Kh4 54. Kc5 g5 55. Kc6 Ne8 56. a4 Kxh3 57. a5 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Na6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qb3 Nb8 11. a4 Be4 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne5 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Na5 16. Qa4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d6 18. Bxf6 Qa8+ 19. f3 Rxf6 20. Nd3 Rf8 21. c5 dxc5 22. dxc5 Qd5 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. cxb6 Nxb6 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rc1 Kd6 31. Nxc4+ Nxc4 32. Rxc4 c5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Ra8 36. Ke4 Re8+ 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Ke4 Ra7 39. f5 Ra2 40. h4 Rb2 41. Rc1 Rb4+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. Re1 Rg4 44. Re8 c4 45. Rh8 Rd4 46. Rxh5 c3 47. Rh8 Kd7 48. f6 c2 49. fxg7 c1=Q 50. g8=Q Qf1+ 51. Ke3 Rd3+ 52. Ke4 Qf3+ 53. Ke5 Re3+ 54. Kd4 Re4+ 55. Kc5 Qc3+ 56. Kb5 Rb4+ 57. Ka5 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Bf3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Be5 Nd2 22. Bg3 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Qd5 24. Ra7 Rg4 25. Bf4 c4 26. Ne5 Qxg2+ 27. Ke2 Rxf4 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. exf4 Rd6 30. Qf5 Qd5 31. Ke3 Qe6 32. Qh7 b4 33. Qe4 c3 34. Qxb4 f6 35. Qb7+ Rd7 36. Qb4+ Rd6 37. Qb7+ Rd7 38. Qb4+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Rd8 40. Qb5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,137,33,19,18,4,12,6,8,13,21,0,0,4,22,22,22,1,12,0,14,-22,-23,-27,-34,-27,-18,-31,-19,-19,-23,-13,-19,-19,-18,-17,-10,-25,-17,-29,-27,-47,-45,-108,-108,-114,-116,-128,-135,-145,-127,-128,-128,-130,-128,-142,-142,-142,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-120,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,0,-120,0,-128,-128,-128,0,-128,-127,-127,-127,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-142,-147,-5658,-4208,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29971,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 c5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Qd3 {1-0 (61) Burmakin,V (2581)-Efimov,I (2426) Bratto 2007}) 12... Qc7 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Nf3 Rd7 17. Nd4 Qc5 18. b3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Rxa2 21. e5 Qxb5 $1 22. Nxb5 Bxg2 23. exf6 Bf3 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Nc4 Ke7 28. h3 h5 29. Ne3 Be4 30. Re1 f5 31. Ng2 (31. Nc4 $15) 31... Rb2 $17 32. h4 Rxb3 33. Nf4 Bf3 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Kg1 Kf6 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Re3 Ra1+ 38. Re1 Ra3 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 {KB-KN} Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 41. Nh3 Bg4 42. Nf2 Kd5 43. Ke1 e5 44. Kd2 f6 45. Kd3 Bf3 46. Kd2 Bg2 47. Ke2 Kc4 48. Kd2 Bc6 49. Nd3 Bb5 50. Nf2 Kd5 51. Kc3 Ba6 52. Kd2 Bf1 53. Ke1 Bg2 54. Ke2 Kc4 55. Kd2 $1 Bf3 56. Nd3 Kd5 57. Nf2 $1 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. gxf4 (58. exf4 exf4) 58... exf4 59. Nd3 Ke4 $1 60. Nxf4 Kf5 $1 61. Kd3 Kg4 62. Ng6 Bd5 63. e4 {[#]} Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7g6]} 64. Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Ne7 $17) 64... Kxh4 $19 65. Nh7 Kg3 {Black mates.} 66. Nxf6 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 67. e5 Bg6+ 68. Ke3 h3 69. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd5 15. f3 Bd6 16. Nd2 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nfd7 19. Rg5 O-O 20. Bxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 f5 22. Rd4 Ne5 23. Nc4 Nf7 24. Rh5 Rad8 25. Be3 g6 26. Rh3 e5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. f4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Rb1 32. Bd2 Rxb2 33. Rd3 Be6 34. Kg3 Kf7 35. Bg5 Rc2 36. Bd8 Re2 37. Rd6 Rxe5 38. Rxa6 Re3+ 39. Kf4 Re4+ 40. Kf3 Bd5 41. Rd6 Ba8 42. Kf2 Ra4 43. Rd2 Ra3 44. c4 Rc3 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rxh7 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rxc4 48. Bf6 Bxg2 49. Rg7 f4+ 50. Kf2 Be4 51. Bg5 Kf8 52. Bh6 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 Rxh2 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rg4 Rxh6 56. Rxf4+ Rf6 57. Rxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e5 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Na6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c4 Nb6 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c5 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxb3 18. Rdc1 Rac8 19. Rxc5 Qd7 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Qd3 h6 25. b3 g5 26. Bg3 Qc5 27. Qd4 Qc8 28. Nd2 h5 29. Nc4 h4 30. Bh2 Qf5 31. Na5 Nd5 32. Ne4 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Bxe4 34. Bxg5 Bxe5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxe7 Bd5 37. Qc5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,1,23,-12,13,4,18,24,38,35,53,14,24,7,88,17,31,0,0,25,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-9,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,3,20,13,11,-56,-57,-57,-52,-159,-159,-159,-159,-148,-144,-2004,-1926,-1142,-824]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 Nh5 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 8. Qc2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 Nf4 10. Bg3 e5 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Bg2 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Be6 {0-1 (40) Tarlev,K (2578)-Feller,S (2623) Germany 2015}) 8... Nd7 9. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bc4 c6 10. a4 Ndf6 11. Ba2 Nf4 12. O-O N6h5 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bg3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (41) Kovacevic,S (2420)-Saldano Dayer,H (2360) Zaragoza 1997}) 9... c5 10. Ne3 {The position is equal.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 (13... g5 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 a6) 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $16) 14... Qe8 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. Be2 (17. Bb3 $5) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 e6 $1 19. Bh5 Qd8 20. Ng4 b4 21. c4 Qb6 22. Kh2 Be8 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. axb3 f5 26. Bxe8 {[#] And now exf5 would win.} fxg4 27. Bh5 Rxf2 28. Re2 Rdf8 29. Bxg4 Rf1 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 31. Rxf1 Rxf1 32. Qe3 ({White should try} 32. Re3 $11) 32... Bd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 33. Qd2 Be5 34. Qe3 {[#]} (34. Re3 $1 $15) 34... h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...Qxe3.} 35. c5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 dxc5 37. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rd2 $17) 37... g4 $19 38. Re3 h4 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans-Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,34,53,50,61,39,59,35,76,38,33,0,0,-14,-6,-34,-24,-21,-22,-58,-65,-62,20,0,21,6,26,0,28,4,44,44,75,63,79,66,90,76,67,45,79,65,67,58,72,83,86,80,106,112,103,104,128,129,126,120,120,106,211,213,242,181,337,205,188,188,164,28,28,18,35,18,37,8,53,20,22,29,41,21,26,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,52,52,62,62,62,91,29980,29979,29983,29984,29989,29989,29989,0,29989,29989,29989,29979,29978,29979,29995,29995,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. f3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6... h5 7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O c6 9. Kb1 Qc7 10. Bf4 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. Bc4 Ba6 13. Bb3 Nbd7 14. Nh3 {1-0 (38) Leko,P (2693)-Saric,I (2652) Tallinn 2016}) 7. g4 h6 8. Nge2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Bd4 Rc8 12. Nh3 {1-0 (28) Fritsche,F (2246)-Fitzian,H (2202) DESC email 2002}) 8... b5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. h5 g5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 c5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 e6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Kf2 Ke7 (16... O-O $15) 17. Bd3 Rhd8 18. Nc1 {[%cal Ba2c1,Bc1d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} Rab8 19. a5 Bc6 20. Be2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bb5 22. Nd3 Rdc8 23. Rhc1 Qb7 24. Rab1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Bxb5 would win. White has some pressure.} Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Qc4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Nb8 31. Na4 d5 32. e5 Nfd7 {[#]} 33. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} gxf4 34. Bxf4 f6 (34... Kd8 $16 {was called for.}) 35. exf6+ $18 Kxf6 36. Nb6 e5 $2 (36... Kf7 {might work better.}) 37. N6xd5+ ({Less strong is} 37. N4xd5+ Kf7 $16) 37... Kf7 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39. Bxe5 (39. Ne3 $18) 39... Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Nc2 {With the idea Ncb4.} Be5 43. Nce3 {Nf4+ is the strong threat.} Nd7 $1 44. Nf4+ Kf6 $1 45. Nh3 {Black must now prevent Kd5.} Ke6 $1 46. g5 {Black should prevent Nf4+.} Nc5+ 47. Kf3 hxg5 48. Nxg5+ Kf6 49. Kg4 Nb7 50. Ne4+ Ke6 51. Nc4 Bc7 52. h6 Kf7 53. Kf5 Nxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kg8 $16) 54. Ncd6+ Kf8 {[#]} 55. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (55... Kxe8 56. h7) 56. N8f6+ Kf8 {[#]} 57. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 $1 (57... Kxe8 58. h7) 58. Nxc7 {White mates.} Nc6 59. Nd5 Kh7 60. Kg5 Ne5 61. Nef6+ Kh8 62. Nf4 a5 63. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Bender, Ivan"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,52,78,60,60,43,40,29,43,31,29,30,43,-110,-110,-114,-105,-202,-178,-251,-239,-271,-267,-312,-304,-554,-531,-607,-566,-983,-992,-975,-925,-926,-884,-836,-837]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qd2 h5 13. Bg5 e5 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nh7 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rae1 {1-0 (28) Laznicka,V (2671)-Hamitevici,V (2508) Brest 2018}) 10... Nc7 11. a4 e5 12. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qh6 f4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Kh2 {0-1 (61) Zhukova,N (2435)-Videnova,I (2301) Gaziantep 2012}) 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rf8 15. Nxe5 $2 {[#]} (15. Bg5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... dxe5 $17 16. Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} a5 17. Bxb4 (17. Ra3 $17) 17... axb4 $19 18. Nb5 {[#]} (18. Na2 {keeps fighting.}) 18... Nh5 $1 19. Qxb4 Nf4 20. Ra3 Qg5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2]} 21. g4 $2 (21. Rg3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Kh2 Nxg3 23. fxg3) 21... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Rg3 h4 24. Rg2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Bender, Ivan"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,52,70,64,65,45,45,33,31,36,38,37,46,-123,-114,-117,-62,-187,-179,-256,-254,-279,-259,-316,-313,-543,-546,-674,-547,-1008,-1000,-987,-990,-971,-977,-927,-940]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qd2 h5 13. Bg5 e5 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nh7 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rae1 {1-0 (28) Laznicka,V (2671)-Hamitevici,V (2508) Brest 2018}) 10... Nc7 11. a4 e5 12. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qh6 f4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Kh2 {0-1 (61) Zhukova,N (2435)-Videnova,I (2301) Gaziantep 2012}) 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rf8 15. Nxe5 $2 {[#]} (15. Na2 $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... dxe5 $17 16. Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} a5 17. Bxb4 (17. Bxf8 $15 Bxf8 18. Qg5) 17... axb4 $19 18. Nb5 {[#]} (18. Na2 {was worth a try.}) 18... Nh5 $1 19. Qxb4 Nf4 20. Ra3 Qg5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2]} 21. g4 $2 (21. Rg3 {only move.} Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Kh2 Nxg3 23. fxg3) 21... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Rg3 h4 24. Rg2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Cvitan, Ena"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,136,0,18,0,0,0,4,-1,13,8,19,0,12,9,14,12,16,12,20,19,34,29,39,35,72,55,77,51,54,58,45,44,54,57,52,44,54,42,82,38,62,54,66,41,43,22,52,45,180,62,102,110,173,172,175,10,58,33,61,33,41,31,25,53,53,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,-4,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-11,-11,-11]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. Qe2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 11 Games. A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 d5 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 e5 16. e4 Nd4 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Terraz,C (2108)-Sprenger,J (2496) Basel 2016}) 12... d6 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Rab1 Rfe8 15. Nf1 Ba8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bc3 a5 18. Ng3 Rb6 19. Qe2 Reb8 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. Qd3 e5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nh5 {aiming for Nxf6+.} g6 $1 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Ba1 Ne7 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. e4 Qb7 29. a4 Ra6 30. Nb5 Be8 31. Qe2 Qb8 32. Bc3 f6 33. Rd3 f5 (33... Nc6 $14) 34. f3 (34. Rbd1 $18) 34... f4 35. Qd2 Qb6 (35... Nc6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Nc8 {[#]} 37. g4 $2 ({White should try} 37. g3 $1 $18) 37... Bf6 38. Kf1 Bf7 39. Ke2 Be6 40. Rh1 Be7 41. h4 Na7 42. Nxa7 ({White should play} 42. h5 $14) 42... Rxa7 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Qe1 Rb8 44. Rd1 Bd8 45. Qd2 Bc7 46. h5 g5 47. Rb1 Qa6 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Rhg1 Ke7 50. Qd3 Qc8 51. Qd2 Qh8 52. Qd3 Kd7 53. Qd2 Kc6 54. Qd3 Kb6 55. Qd2 Ka6 56. Qd3 Rab7 57. Qd2 Qe8 58. Qd3 Bd7 59. Qd2 Bc6 60. Qd3 Ra7 61. Qd2 Kb7 {[%cal Ba6b7,Bb7c8,Bc8d7,Bd7e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} 62. Qd3 Kc8 63. Qd2 Kd7 64. Rgd1 Ke6 65. Qd3 Ra6 66. Qd2 Rb7 67. Re1 Qb8 68. Rg1 Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,56,12,15,-7,0,0,0,0,-8,-18,-11,-67,-60,-81,-74,-122,-56,-142,-55,-108,-111,-220,-205,-183,-133,-190,-231,-295,-284,-343,-362,-349,-257,-242,-235,-322,-309,-408,-383,-408,-425,-418,-416,-408,-402]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. Na3 {e5 is the strong threat. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. Ba4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng5 Nxb3 15. Nxe6 Nxa1 16. Nxd8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxd8 18. Qxa1 {0-1 (34) Bellahcene,B (2510)-Oparin,G (2606) Tarvisio 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {Black must now prevent Bxc6.The position is equal.} Ne4 11. h3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Be3 Rac8 13. Re2 a6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne1 Qa5 16. Nac2 f6 17. Nd3 {½-½ (30) Tisdall,J (2420)-Gullaksen,E (2364) Oslo 2011}) 12. Qa4 (12. Bxc6 $11 bxc6 13. Nb1) 12... Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 13. Bf4 a6 14. Bd3 Rfd8 (14... Qxb2 $17 15. Nc2 Qc3) 15. Be3 (15. Re2 $15) 15... Qb4 ({Better is} 15... Qxb2 $17 16. Rab1 Qc3) 16. Qd1 (16. Bc2 $15) 16... Qxb2 $17 17. Nc4 (17. Nc2 $17) 17... dxc4 $19 18. Bxe4 b5 19. a4 {[#]} (19. Ng5 $17 Nxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. a4) 19... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxe5 (20. dxe5 Rxd1) 20... Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 21. Bb7 Rb8 ({Worse is} 21... Bxd4 22. Bxc8 Qxa1 23. Qxa1 $15) 22. Bxa6 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rb4 24. Qd1 Bxd4 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Rc2 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxb2 (27. Rxe3 Rxd1+) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxb2 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,56,11,12,-8,-25,-22,-23,-20,-3,-18,-1,-46,-46,-76,-69,-128,-66,-138,-46,-119,-122,-210,-216,-183,-97,-195,-189,-286,-286,-345,-338,-332,-242,-246,-233,-295,-286,-424,-376,-373,-404,-397,-395,-379,-380]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. Na3 {And now e5 would win. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. Ba4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng5 Nxb3 15. Nxe6 Nxa1 16. Nxd8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxd8 18. Qxa1 {0-1 (34) Bellahcene,B (2510)-Oparin,G (2606) Tarvisio 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {Black has an edge.} Ne4 11. h3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Be3 Rac8 13. Re2 a6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne1 Qa5 16. Nac2 f6 17. Nd3 {½-½ (30) Tisdall,J (2420)-Gullaksen,E (2364) Oslo 2011}) 12. Qa4 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 13. Bf4 a6 14. Bd3 (14. Bxc6 $1 $15 Rxc6 15. Qb3) 14... Rfd8 (14... Qxb2 $17 15. Nc2 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. Be3 (15. Qb3 $15 Qxb3 16. axb3) 15... Qb4 (15... Qxb2 $17 16. Rab1 Qc3) 16. Qd1 (16. Bc2 $15) 16... Qxb2 $17 17. Nc4 (17. Nc2 $17) 17... dxc4 $19 18. Bxe4 {[#]} b5 (18... Nxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...b5.} 19. Rb1 (19. dxe5 Rxd1) 19... Qxa2) 19. a4 {[#]} (19. Ng5 $17 {was the only defense.} Nxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. a4) 19... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxe5 (20. axb5 {might work better.} Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 axb5 22. Reb1) (20. dxe5 Rxd1) 20... Bxe5 21. Bb7 Rb8 ({Weaker is} 21... Bxd4 22. Bxc8 Qxa1 23. Qxa1 $15) 22. Bxa6 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rb4 24. Qd1 Bxd4 25. Rc1 (25. Rb1 {was necessary.} Qxb1 26. Qxb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1) 25... Rd6 {aiming for ...Bxe3.} 26. Rc2 {[#]Black is winning.} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxb2 (27. Rxe3 Rxd1+) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxb2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Zadravec, Matija"]
[Black "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. h3 a6 14. c4 Re8 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nf3 e5 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Bg5 Rae8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Kf1 a5 28. Rd5 f6 29. Red1 a4 30. Rd8 Kf7 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Ne1 Bd4 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Ra7 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Bxf2 38. Nc2 Kd7 39. Ke2 Bc5 40. b4 Bd6 41. Kd3 f5 42. Kc3 Be7 43. Ne3 Bh4 44. g4 Bf2 45. Nd5 Kd6 46. Kd3 e4+ 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. g5 b5 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Pavcevic, Bruno"]
[Black "Vernacki, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Bf4 e6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. Na3 Rg8 14. Nb5 Kf8 15. g4 a6 16. Na3 fxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Rxh7 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rg1+ 20. Ke2 Rxa1 21. Rh8+ Kg7 22. Rxa8 Qc7 23. f4 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Qc5 25. Qb4 Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Ke3 Rxa2 28. Ra7 Rxa3 29. Kd4 Rb3 30. Kxc4 Rb1 31. Kd4 Kg6 32. Ke4 Re1+ 33. Kf3 Rb1 34. Ke4 Rb2 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Ra8 Rc5 38. Kd4 Rd5+ 39. Ke4 Rd1 40. Ra7 Rd7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. c4 Rxc4 44. Rxb7 Rc1 45. Ra7 Ra1 46. f5+ exf5+ 47. Kg3 a5 48. Kf4 Ra4+ 49. Kf3 Ra1 50. Kf4 a4 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Ra7 Kg6 53. Ra6+ Kh5 54. Kxf5 a3 55. Ra8 Kh6 56. Kf6 Rf1+ 57. Ke7 Rf3 58. e6 fxe6 59. Kxe6 Kg5 60. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,13,36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Qb3 $14 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,5,-13,23,24,20,0,5,0,0,1,10,0,0,0,0,-14,-18,-17,-20,-26,-16,-9,6,-2,-2,-2,-2,-12,-12,-9,-8,-12,-8,-31,-5,-7,0,-10,-11,-30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (11... b3 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. cxb3 Nc6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rc1 d6 16. Bc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. Nh4 g6 19. f4 {1-0 (44) Klein,D (2501)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} c6 13. Ba2 Qc7 {White has an edge.} 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d4 d6 15. Qe2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf6 17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Nh6+ {0-1 (58) Klein,D (2359)-Urkedal,F (2447) Oslo 2011}) 14... c5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Bd5 d6 18. a5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Ba2 {feels hotter.} Rac8 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Nd2 Nd4 22. Nf3) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Nd2 {Strongly threatening Nc4.} Qxd5 24. Nc4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d3,Bd3b3][%mdl 32]} 25. Re3 e4 26. Rxe4 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Rae1 h6 29. g3 {The position is equal.} Rb3 30. Re8 g6 31. R1e3 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,46,54,45,46,28,33,37,33,35,38,33,42,29,35,42,36,13,31,-26,0,-1,88,59,37,67,66,41,45,28,32,27,42,42,30,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,211,218,200,217,216,200,178,0,566,570,562,551,585,571,562,531,522,514,501,481,560,560,838,838,808,803]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 (5. f3 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Bg6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bd3 {½-½ (63) Mchedlishvili,M (2603)-McShane,L (2640) Riadh 2017}) 5... Bxe4 6. f3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bg6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 7. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg3 {1-0 (48) Obada,E (1756)-Matasaru,S (1599) Baile Felix 2017}) 9... Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. e4 Nd7 13. Ne2 d5 14. Be3 b5 15. Nf4 (15. exd5 $14 cxd5 16. g4) 15... Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qa4 (16... Bb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. b3 Qa3 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O Be7 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Qf5 Rfd8 22. Nd3 a5 23. b4 ({White should play} 23. Bf4) 23... Bf8 {[%cal Ra5b4]} (23... Bf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 24. c3 Nb6 $11) 24. Re3 axb4 {Threatens to win with ...Qa4.} 25. Ne5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qb2 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRa2,LRd4]} 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Rae1 {Hoping for Re6.} Qxd4 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 29. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Qf6.} 30. Ne5+ ({Much worse is} 30. Nf8+ Kg8 $19) 30... Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 {aiming for ...Rf8.} 32. Qe6 Rf8 $2 (32... Qxd2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8) 33. Ne5+ $18 Kh8 34. Nxd7 Rfe8 35. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rac8 {[#]} 36. Qb7 $2 (36. Qa6 $1 $18 Ra8 37. Qxb5) 36... Ba7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rb8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 37. Qc6 Rbc8) 37. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Qc4+ 38. Rd3 Qxc2 39. Qxd5 Rcd8 40. Be3 Bxe3 41. Rdxe3 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Qc7 43. Re7 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qf4 45. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,24,22,15,18,51,44,33,33,81,74,62,-12,-20]} 1. c4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 6. d5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. O-O e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Ng5 Nd6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Ngf3 e6 13. Rad1 Qe7 {½-½ (70) Granda Zuniga,J (2680)-Anton Guijarro,D (2553) Madrid 2014}) 9. dxe6 O-O 10. Ng5 {[%cal Rg2e4]} d5 11. cxd5 Nxg5 12. d6 {[#]} ({Better is} 12. Bxg5 $14 Qxg5 13. Qxc7) 12... Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Ne4 11. Bh4 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Rad8 15. f5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bg3 Qc8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. c4 b5 20. cxb5 Qe6 21. b3 cxd4 22. exd4 Qb6 23. Bf2 Rd5 24. a4 f5 25. Rc2 Qe6 26. Rc7 Ba8 27. Rxa7 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rd3 29. Ra6 Qf7 30. Be3 Kh7 31. Qe1 Bb7 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qg5 Qe6 35. h4 f4 36. Qxf4 Qxb3 37. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,0,0,-62,-53,-63,45,49,28,56,72,61,66,80,78,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-3,0,-10,16,19,19,10,18,6,6,6,10,12,83,68,66,12,87,80,80,80,80,81,102,108,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. Nd2 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. Rb1 Nc7 {LiveBook: 15 Games. E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 11. Qc2 (11. dxe6 $11 Nxe6 12. Nb3) 11... exd5 $15 12. cxd5 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Better is} 12... Nfxd5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Na6 15. Rc4 Nc5 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Bb2 a6 {0-1 (66) Loeffler,S (2410)-Kummer,H (2353) Austria 2012}) 13. Bxb5 $14 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Rb8 17. b4 ({White should play} 17. f3 $16) 17... Rxb5 $11 18. Ba3 {[%cal Rb4c5,Bc1a3,Ba3b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} cxb4 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Bxb4 Bh6 21. Qc6 a5 22. Bc3 Nxe4 {[#]} 23. Bxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 $1 (23... Qxa5 24. Qxe8+) 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Bf8 26. Qf6 {White wants to mate with Bc3.} Re5 (26... Bg7 $11 27. Qc6 Rb8) 27. Bc3 $16 Bg7 28. Qa6 (28. Qc6 $14 Re7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Qe5 31. Qd2) 28... Rg5 (28... Re8 $11 29. Bxg7 Kxg7) 29. Qc8+ Bf8 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4g2]} 30. g3 {And now d6 would win.} Rxd5 {aiming for ...Rc5.} 31. Re1 Rc5 {...Qxe1+! is the strong threat.} 32. Qd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} ({Don't play} 32. Rxe4 $6 Rxc8 33. Bd2 h5 $11) 32... Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qc6 $16 33. Re8 Qxe8 34. Qxe8 Rxc3) 33. Re8 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8f8] White is clearly winning.} Rxc3 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Muskardin, Mario"]
[Black "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,62,26,6,19,17,18,41,27,-14,-27,-15,-5,-35,-47,-45,-47,-106,-95,-106,-110,-91,-102,-118,-104,-90,-114,-195,-206,-448,-460,-441,-186,-191,-195,-489,-487,-484,-483,-472,-476,-6383,-6279,-2849,-2619,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. d3 d6 5. Bg2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 h6 9. O-O g5 10. c5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (10. b5 Kh8 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Qb3 axb5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15. Bb4 Qe8 16. a4 Be6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. a5 {0-1 (37) Harikrishna,P (2727)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 10... Qe7 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. b5 {The position is equal.} Be6 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Rc1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 {1-0 (40) Payen,A (2372)-Bonn,T (2190) Pau 2008}) 13... Nbd7 14. Ba3 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. d4 ({Better is} 17. e3 $15) 17... Rcc8 18. Rfc1 e4 19. Ne1 d5 20. e3 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. exf4 gxf4 22. Qxf4 {[#]} (22. gxf4 $17 Nh5 23. Ne2) 22... Rc4 $1 $19 23. Ne2 $2 (23. Rc2) 23... Ng4 24. Qd2 Rxc1 (24... Rxf2 $142 25. Nc2 Qc7) 25. Rxc1 Rxf2 26. h3 $2 {[#]} (26. Nc2 {only move.} Bf6 27. Rf1) 26... Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxe2 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qa3 29. Rc2 (29. hxg4 $142 Qxc1 30. Kh2) 29... Qxg3 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rg3h2]} 30. Nf3 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Bxh3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Lalic, Kristijan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,-6,-6,-23,-16,-31,-13,-29,-18,-60,-55,-62,-67,-69,-74,-70,-56,-58,-63,-64,-64,-72,-67,-70,-71,-70,-70,-68,-58,-236,-179,-283,-203,-203,-188,-207,-193,-366,-365,-588,-376,-1105,-1096,-5381,-1109,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Be2 e6 {LiveBook: 16 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. h3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O {Black is slightly better.} 10. O-O Rac8 11. Ne5 cxd4 {[#] ...Nxe5 is the strong threat.} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 {[#]} d4 $146 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. c4 e5 18. Bd2 a5 19. b3 Ne4 20. Re1 Qg6 21. Kf1 $2 (21. h4 $15) 21... Rd8 22. b4 (22. h4 {might work better.}) 22... Nxd2+ 23. Qxd2 axb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 24. Qxb4 Rdc8 25. Rec1 $2 (25. Rad1 {is a better defense.}) 25... e4 26. a4 $2 (26. Qd2 d3 27. Bd1) 26... Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Qh2.} 27. Ke1 $2 (27. Kg1 Bxh3 28. Qb7) 27... e3 $19 28. Rd1 Qf4 (28... Qh2 $142 29. Bf1 Qg1) 29. fxe3 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nd2 Ke7 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. b3 f6 14. Ra2 Bc5 15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Ne1 Rhb8 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. c4 Nc5 21. Nb2 Ra6 22. Re2 Bf7 23. Nd1 Ne6 24. Ne3 Bc5 25. Bb2 c6 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Rd2 g6 28. Nh6 Be8 29. g3 Nd4 30. Kg2 Nxc2 31. Rxc2 Rd8 32. f4 Kg7 33. Ng4 h5 34. Nf2 exf4 35. Nh3 Bd4 36. Nxf4 c5 37. Nd5 Bxb2 38. Rxb2 Re6 39. Rbf2 Rdd6 40. h4 Bc6 41. Rf4 f5 42. exf5 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Re3 45. R4f3 Rxf3 46. Rxf3 Rxd5 47. fxg6 Kxg6 48. Kg2 Rd4 49. Kf2 Rb4 50. Ke2 c4 51. bxc4 Rxa4 52. Rc3 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Re3+ Kd4 55. Re4+ Kd3 56. g4 hxg4+ 57. Rxg4 Ra1 58. c5 Rf1+ 59. Kg2 Rf5 60. Rg7 Rxc5 61. Rxb7 Kc3 62. Ra7 Kb4 63. Rb7+ Ka3 64. Kg3 a4 65. Kg4 Rc4+ 66. Kg5 Rb4 67. Ra7 Kb2 68. h5 a3 69. h6 Rb5+ 70. Kg6 Rb6+ 71. Kg7 Rxh6 72. Kxh6 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Medic, Mirjana"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,103,-15,-18,0,0,0,0,-11,-33,-6,-16,14,0,16,21,10,25,50,43,130,147,178,174,169,174,161,161,161,162,198,213,225,222,370,347,404,391,467,308,308,308,308,304,297,184,345,243,381,379,350,243,252,243,243,243,285,275,451,322,329,328,314,306,470,466,1707,1515,1240,164,153,75,146,146,129,118,119,91,156,84,144,84,84,84]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 9. h3 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (9. e4 a5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nd3 b6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (26) Ivanchuk,V (2714)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 9... a5 10. e4 Na6 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nac5 13. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. Rae1 {0-1 (59) Swinkels,R (2486)-Moehn,H (2368) Germany 2017}) 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nb6 17. Bd4 a4 18. b4 axb3 $1 19. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Qe7 20. Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd7 (20... Bxd4+ $14 21. Qxd4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6) 21. Rg3 $16 Rf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. b4 Nca4 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 25. Rc1 Kh8 26. Kh2 Bh6 27. Qd2 Nb6 (27... Qe5 {was called for.} 28. Nd3 (28. fxe5 Bxd2 29. Rd1 Bf4 $16) 28... Qf6) 28. Nf3 $18 Nc8 {[%cal Bb6c8,Bc8e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 29. Ng5 Bg7 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Ne7 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Bf3 {Threatens to win with Bd5.} Qxe6 $2 (33... Qd4 34. Qxd4 Bxd4) 34. Re1 Qf7 (34... Qf6 $142 35. b5 Ng6) 35. Bd5 Qf8 36. Reg1 Ng6 37. b5 Qf6 38. Re1 Bh6 39. Re6 Qg7 $2 (39... Qh4 40. Qd4+ Bg7) 40. Rf3 Rf8 41. Kh1 Qa1+ 42. Qe1 Qd4 (42... Qxe1+ $142 43. Rxe1 Bg7) 43. Re8 Kg7 (43... Bg7 $142 44. Qe6 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Rxe8 47. Qxe8+ Bf8) 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Ra3 $2 (45. Qe6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re6f7]} Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Bxf4+ 47. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb2+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Rf1 Qg5+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Kh1) 45... Bxf4 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Ra1d4]} Qxa1+ 48. Rxa1 {Strongly threatening Ra7.} Be3 49. Kg2 Kf6 {[#]} (49... h5 $142) 50. Kf3 ({White should play} 50. Kg3 $1) 50... Bb6 {[#]} (50... Bd4 $142 51. Rd1 Bb6) 51. Ra8 (51. Kg3 $142 $1) 51... h5 $16 52. Re8 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Marijan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,16,17,14,12,0,21,8,25,6,52,46,46,43,43,47,42,41,50,56,54,50,60,54,57,41,39,35,35,35,47,36,49,14,15,0,0,0,0,-15,-25,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-116,-113,-120,-85,-82,-83,-88,-83,-83,-89,-82,-85,-95,-84,-75,0,0,0,-97,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3 Re8 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 c6 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} 12. Qc2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (12... a5 13. a3 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. b4 {1-0 (31) Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. h3 Bc8 16. Rfd1 (16. Re1 {is more complex.} h5 17. h4 Nce4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nf3) 16... Nfe4 (16... a5 {with more complications.} 17. e4 h5 18. h4 Ng4 19. Re2 Ne5) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Kg2 $146 Ree8 21. Ne2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Kf8 23. Rbd2 Ke7 24. Nc3 Be6 25. e4 a6 26. a4 b6 27. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} f5 28. g5 Rf8 29. f3 fxe4 30. fxe4 {[#]} Bxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kg3 (31. Kxh3 Rf3+) 31... Be6 32. Ne2 Bg8 33. Nf4 Bf7 34. Rh2 Bg8 35. Rhd2 Bf7 36. Rh2 Bg8 37. Rd3 {[#]} (37. Rhd2 $11) 37... Kd7 $1 $17 38. e5 Ke7 39. exd6+ Rxd6 40. Re2+ Kd7 $1 41. Rde3 Kc7 42. Re8 Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Rd8 44. Re7+ Rd7 (44... Kd6 $17 45. Rg7 Kc5) 45. Re8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8g8]} Rd8 ({Black should play} 45... Rg7 $11) 46. Re7+ $17 Rd7 (46... Kd6 $17 47. Re3 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Rd3+ Kc7 50. Rxd8 Kxd8 51. cxb5 cxb5) 47. Re8 $1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Dragojevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. a3 Ba5 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Nd4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qb3 dxc3 18. dxc3 Qf6 19. c4 Nc3 20. Bg4 Qf4 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Bf6 23. h3 Rc5 24. Ne1 Rg5 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Ra5 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. g3 Bb2 30. Rc2 Bxa3 31. Nd2 Bb4 32. Ne4 Re5 33. f3 f5 34. Nf2 a5 35. Rd7 Rec5 36. Rb7 Rxc4 37. Re2 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 R1c2 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 R8c2 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rbe8 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Rc3 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 a4 46. Ne4 Rb3 47. Rc2 a3 48. Rc7 a2 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,37,45,52,64,46,145,144,419,396,400,402,400,322,733,717,769,740,1046,1030,962,887,889,890,873,878,1417,1396]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Qb6 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qxb2 (7... Qa5 8. Qd2 Qxd2 9. Nxd2 a6 10. c4 Nf6 11. h3 e5 12. N4b3 Nc6 {½-½ (42) Agdestein,S (2628)-Caruana,F (2791) Stavanger 2014}) 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Rb1.White is slightly better.} Bxd4 $146 ({Black should try} 8... Qc3 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc3 9. Rb1 a6 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Rxb7 Nf6 12. N2f3 Nbd7 {½-½ (29) Manolache,M (2507)-Moldovan,D (2450) Bucharest 2006}) 9. Rb1 $16 {[#]} Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (9... Qxb1 $3 $16 {is a better defense.} 10. Qxb1 Bxe3) 10. Bxd4 $18 e5 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Bc3 Nc6 $2 (12... d5) 13. Nxd6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 14. f4 f6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd5 Qxd6 17. Bb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Ne7 19. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,21,29,39,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,13,0,27,27,33,21,45,42,58,31,33,33,55,52,89,89,97,88,94,74,89,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,66,74,74,74,74]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nc3 Nxe5 (4... Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. a3 a5 7. f4 Ng6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Nf3 a4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4 {0-1 (39) Kramnik,V (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2760) Nice 2008}) 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 {A52: Budapest Gambit} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qf6 7. Rc1 d6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Bxc3 Nbc6 10. e3 Qg6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 (64) Schneider,A (1716)-Mueller,U (2060) Saarlouis 1998}) 7. g3 (7. e3 {keeps more tension.} d6 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. h4) 7... a5 8. a3 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Bg2 Nbc6 11. Nf3 a4 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Be6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5 Bxc4 {[#] aiming for ...Re8.} 17. Bxc7 Re8 18. e3 Ra7 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd5 22. Rg1 Bf3+ 23. Kd2 Rb8 24. Bd4 f5 25. Rc1 g5 26. h4 g4 27. Rc4 Bd5 28. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,35,-17,16,26,32,20,25,25,32,35,65,45,48,33,37,42,54,25,24,24,33,31,32,-8,0,0,25,27,25,6,6,7,20,10,42,38,45,38,129,122,106,59,68,56,62,50,112,110,111,95,93,113,221,210,278,264,288,282,280,264,264,266,221,223,439,426,400,374,455,449,457,437,608,322,608,600,593,593]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3 (8. O-O O-O 9. f3 Bxb5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Be3 axb5 12. Ndxb5 {½-½ (35) Karjakin,S (2773)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... O-O 9. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (9. Bxd7 $14 Nbxd7 10. O-O) 9... a6 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Nde2 Qc7 15. Nf4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nd3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 {½-½ (54) Lenic,L (2653)-Popovic,D (2519) Bol 2014}) 12... Rac8 13. b3 e6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nd7 19. Qg3 Be5 20. Qh4 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qd8 (21... Qc5 {seems wilder.} 22. Qh6 Nf6 23. Be3 Qc6 24. f3 b5) 22. Qxd8 Rexd8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Nb1 g5 26. g3 $1 Rg8 27. Kh2 Rg6 {[#]} (27... Ke7 $14) 28. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (28... dxc5 29. Rxd7+) 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 f4 31. Nd2 fxg3+ (31... Bc3 $1 $14) 32. fxg3 Rg8 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Be3 g4 {[#]} (34... e5 $16 {was called for.}) 35. hxg4 $1 $18 Rxg4 {[#]} 36. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 512]} Re4 (36... Nxe5 37. Nxe5+) 37. Bf4 Re2+ 38. Kh3 Rf2 39. Rd3 ({Weaker is} 39. exf6 Rxf3 40. Rc1 Nxf6 $16) 39... Bd8 40. Rc3 Nb6 $2 (40... Ke8 41. Kg4 Rf1) 41. Ng5+ Bxg5 42. Bxg5 {Strongly threatening Rc7+. KRB-KRN} Nd7 43. Rc7 Ke8 44. Bf4 Re2 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg6 47. Rd8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 g6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Nc3 d6 13. g3 Nh5 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. f4 Nb4 18. a3 Na6 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Rhf1 Nf6 22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Ba4 24. Rde1 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Kf7 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Nxc7 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Ne4 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Nb5 Rc6 31. Rd4 Nf6 32. Nxd6+ Kg7 33. Nb5 Re6 34. Ka2 Qg1 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qc3 Kh6 37. Nd4 Re7 38. g4 Nxg4 39. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Biti, Ozren"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,47,0,-8,10,-17,-13,-16,-12,-9,0,-17,4,-14,0,-46,-54,-58,-43,-62,-14,-75,-12,-42,0,-9,-13,-18,-16,-34,0,0,10,8,14,6,45,30,41,59]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 (4... e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Rfe1 {1-0 (58) Cornette,M (2611)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. a4 e6 6. Nge2 {LiveBook: 38 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Nxe2 (6... Nf6 {is interesting.} 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Ba2 Bd6) 7. Qxe2 Ne7 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg4 Kh8 12. Rf3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 {0-1 (38) Brnusak,A (1710)-Puskar,P (2121) Banska Bystrica 2016}) 11... b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. c3 b5 15. f5 (15. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... c4 (15... dxe4 $17 16. fxe6 exd3 17. exf7+ Kh8) 16. fxe6 Qb6+ 17. d4 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Na5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. g3 {[#] And now Qe6+ would win.} Bb8 24. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Blazeka, Matej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,71,17,25,22,4,4,4,14,16,24,0,0,3,127,114,127,98,129,66,173,137,155,118,161,107,140,135,300,257,345,341,616,631,622,623,597,598,581,569,559,545,612,547,1116,1129,1081,1073,896,854]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O {[#] LiveBook: 16 Games} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. g4 {1-0 (35) Cornette,D (2461)-Stevic,H (2588) Brest 2018}) 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. g4 h6 17. Qg3 Rd4 18. e5 Nd7 {[#]} (18... Nh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2d4]} Ra4 {[#]} 20. Kb1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} b5 21. Nc3 ({White should try} 21. c4 $16) 21... Ra6 (21... Rd4 $14) 22. Nde4 Qe6 23. Qd3 {Black must now prevent a4.} Ra5 24. b3 (24. f5 $18 Qxe5 25. Qf1) 24... b4 {White should prevent ...c4.} 25. Nd5 Nb6 $2 (25... Bxd5 $16 {is a better defense.} 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 h5) 26. c4 $18 bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rb5 $2 {[#]} (27... Bxd5 28. Qxa5 Bxe4+ 29. Rxe4 Qc6) 28. Nd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kb8 {[#]} (28... cxd6 29. exd6) 29. Nxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc7 30. Nxb5+ Bxb5 31. Rd6 Qe8 32. Qxc5+ Kb8 33. Rc1 {Rxb6+ would kill now.} Ba6 34. Rxb6+ axb6 35. Qxb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bb7 36. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,111,-15,-5,-10,50,9,48,52,53,45,73,0,0,-37,-37,-58,16,19,59,15,15,2,31,11,15,23,30,33,96,92,92,92,98,86,116,112,112,91,133,114,162,103,111,111,192,122,157,128,130,116,273,155,157,151,157,157,154,154,147,146,173,150,156,129,252,63,48,0,256,263,263,261,348,356,396,389,358,324,324,308,425,425,424,385,366,352,618,608,568,529,822,797,1078,895,847,853,29986,29987,29986,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. h3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Better is} 8... Nxd2 $11 9. Qxd2 (9. Kxd2 f6 $15) 9... f6) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. exd4 Nb4 13. a3 {½-½ (29) Rapport,R (2698)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. c3 Qb6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Qb3 (12. a4 $16) 12... cxd4 $11 13. exd4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 14. Be3 exd4 (14... Bxb5 $1 $15 15. d5 Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Qxa4 Qxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qc4 Rac8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 a6 20. Qb4 Nd3 ({Black should play} 20... Rfe8 $14) 21. Bxd3 $16 exd3 22. Rad1 Qd7 {[#]} 23. Rd2 $1 Qd5 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Qb3 ({But not} 25. Rxd3 Qxa2 26. R3d2 Qe6 $14) 25... Rc4 26. Rxd3 Qe4 27. a3 (27. Qa3 $18) 27... h5 28. Rd6 Qa8 (28... Ra8 $16 29. Re1 Be5) 29. R1d5 (29. a4 $1 $18) 29... Re8 30. Qd1 Rce4 31. Rd7 {[%cal Bd6d7,Bd7a7,Ba7a8][%mdl 32]} Qc6 $2 (31... R4e6 $16 32. Qf3 Rf6) 32. Qf3 (32. R5d6 $18 Qc8 33. Qd5) 32... Qf6 33. Ra7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Qxf6. Black is in trouble.} Qxf3 34. gxf3 R4e6 35. Rdd7 Rf6 36. Kg2 Ree6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rda7 g5 (38... Rd6 $16 39. Rc8 Rf5) 39. Bd4 $2 (39. Bxg5 $18 Rf5 40. f4) 39... Rf5 $1 $14 40. Be3 $2 (40. Rxa6 $14 Re2 41. Rb8) 40... Rff6 $1 $18 41. Bxg5 Rf5 42. Be3 Rff6 43. f4 Rc6 44. Rd8 Bh6 45. Rdd7 Kg6 46. Kf3 Bf8 47. Rd5 Bh6 48. Ra8 Rcd6 49. Rc5 h4 $2 (49... Rc6 50. Re5 Rce6) 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rg4 Rd1 52. Bd4 Re6 53. Rc8 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc8h8]} Rd3+ 54. Kg2 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc8h8]} f6 55. Rc7+ Kh8 56. Rxh4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Vernacki, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 e6 9. Bf3 Qd7 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Ng3 Nf5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. O-O Na6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nc7 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qg3 Rh7 19. Rfd1 Kd7 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Rc5 Qe4 22. f3 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 h5 24. Rc3 Qh6 25. f4 Rhh8 26. Qf3 Kc7 27. Bg5 Qg6 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 Qe6 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Rd6 Qc8 32. Ra3 a6 33. Rb3 Ka8 34. Rbd3 Re8 35. Rd7 Rhg8 36. h4 Qb8 37. Qb6 Qc8 38. Rxf7 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Rxe5 40. Rdd7 Rge8 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Hecht, Hans-Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. c3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h4 f6 15. Qg4 Bxf4 16. exf4 f5 17. Qg5 Qg7 18. h5 Rf6 19. Qg3 c5 20. Qe3 c4 21. Bc2 Bc6 22. Rh3 Be8 23. Rg3 Qc7 24. Rh1 b5 25. Rg5 a5 26. Re1 b4 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf7 30. Rg3 Ke7 31. b3 Rc8 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Bb3 bxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Rxd4+ 35. Ke3 Re4+ 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Rc5 d4+ 38. Kxd4 Rxf4 39. Ke3 Rf5 40. Rc6 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Muskardin, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,49,52,68,48,55,56,62,46,50,50,79,62,210,214,385,226,376,366,519,377,358,306,314,330,307,303,340,340,374,370,368,363]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 O-O {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 7. Ne2 Bxd2+ (7... d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Qxc4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbc3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. e4 {0-1 (64) Socko,B (2593)-Wang,Y (2690) Riadh 2017}) 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nbc3 e5 10. O-O a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Rac1 Nb8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ndc3 Nbd7 15. h3 {1-0 (42) Volodin,A (2489)-Gazis,E (2199) Malevizi 2016}) 11... h5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. f4 exd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nb5 Ne4 (15... Nxd5 $14 16. cxd5 Nb8) 16. Qe1 $18 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (16... Re7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 17. Nbxc7 (17. Ndxc7 $142 Nc2 18. Qb1 Nxe3 19. Bxe4 (19. Nxa8 Nxg3 20. Re1 Nxg2 $15) 19... Nxf1 20. Bh7+ (20. Nxa8 Nxg3 21. Bh7+ Kh8 $11) 20... Kh8 21. Qxf1 (21. Nxa8 Nxg3 22. Qd3 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 $17) 21... Kxh7 22. Nxa8) 17... Bf5 (17... Nxd5 $142 18. Nxe8 (18. Nxa8 Ndf6 $17) (18. Nxd5 Nf6 $16) 18... Nb4) 18. Nxe8 Nc2 (18... Nxd5 $142 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. cxd5 Qe7) 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nef6+ gxf6 21. Qc3 Bxd5 22. Qxc2 ({Not} 22. cxd5 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Qd7 $16) 22... Rc8 23. b3 Qe7 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Rad1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Lalic, Kristijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,65,39,44,43,82,49,109,43,83,83,92,79,68,60,75,69,126,134,190,209,190,143,184,208,152,178,399,403,397,372,517,467,489,517,517,517,517,517,491,500,507,500]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra6 (12... Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 f5 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. Re1 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Rb1 Qd7 22. h3 Rac8 23. Qb3 {½-½ (90) Kramnik,V (2790)-Carlsen,M (2813) Nice 2010}) 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. a5 Nc5 15. Nd2 g5 $146 (15... b6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. axb6 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 cxb6 18. Rb1 fxe4 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ndxe4 {1-0 (47) Veingold,A (2425)-Kiltti,J (2235) Vantaa 1996}) 16. Nb3 (16. Bxc5 $16 dxc5 17. exf5) 16... b6 17. axb6 Rxa1 18. Nxa1 {[%cal Bb3a1,Ba1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} cxb6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nc2 Ng6 (20... Bg6 $14) 21. Ne3 $16 Bc8 {[#]} (21... e4 $16) 22. Bxc5 $1 $18 bxc5 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Nf4 {[#]} 25. Ne4 $1 Bf6 $2 (25... h5 {was worth a try.} 26. Qd1 (26. Qxg5 Qxg5 27. Nxg5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Bh6 $11) 26... g4) 26. g3 h5 27. Qd1 g4 {intending ...Nh3+.} 28. gxf4 {White is clearly winning.} exf4 29. Nxg4 Bg7 30. Kh1 Qe7 {[#]} 31. Ngf6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Bxf6 (31... Rxf6 32. Nxf6+) 32. Rg1+ Bg7 33. Ng5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,113,14,20,-9,12,8,8,7,8,4,10,10,10,10,16,10,10,10,23,9,10,12,12,14,14,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-8,-14,0,0,0,-8,0,-7,-6,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-80,-80,-118,-80,-80,-8,-133,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Rc2 f5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 17. Rhc1 (17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Bh6+ 21. Be3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 bxc4+ 23. bxc4 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 {0-1 (41) Boensch,U (2524)-Degraeve,J (2551) Germany 2006}) 17... Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 Be5 19. h3 Rf8 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Bd7 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rf1 Rxf1 24. Bxf1 {½-½ (42) Kovalevskaya,E (2436)-Ding,Y (2321) Ningbo 2009}) 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 b5 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Rdc8 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Kxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 25. c5 dxc5+ 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Rd1 29. Re5 Rc1+ 30. Kb2 Rd1 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Kc3 a5 33. Rd2 Rh1 34. h3 Ke5 35. Re2+ Kd6 36. Kd4 Ra1 37. Rc2 h5 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 g5 41. Rc5+ Kf6 42. Rf5+ Kg6 43. Rf2 Rh1 44. Kd4 (44. Re2 $11) 44... Rxh3 $17 45. Kc5 b4 46. Re2 {[#]} Kf6 (46... Rg3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg3g4]} 47. Re4 Rg2) 47. Kb5 {[#]} (47. Rf2+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg6 48. Rg2) 47... Rg3 (47... Rd3 $1 $17 48. Rf2+ Ke6) 48. Re4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rg2 49. Kxa5 Rxa2+ 50. Kxb4 e5 51. Kc5 Ke6 52. Ra4 Rc2+ 53. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c2]} Rd2 54. b4 Rd5+ 55. Kb6 Rd4 56. Kc5 Rd5+ 57. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,49,21,15,10,10,10,10,14,14,20,15,10,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 {LiveBook: 69 Games} 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#]} 16. Na5 $146 Bd7 17. Bd4 Rc8 18. O-O-O (18. Nxb7 {looks sharper.} Ba4 19. Kd1 Bc6 20. Na5 Bd5 21. Re1) 18... b6 {The position is equal.} 19. Rhe1 bxa5 20. Rxe4 Bc6 21. Re2 Bd5 22. f5 Kd7 23. fxe6+ fxe6 24. Rf2 Rhf8 25. Rdf1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Black "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,39,59,40,75,37,54,44,42,56,47,56,73,53,39,43,61,45,62,35,73,67,57,68,60,60,55,31,36,27,31,17,42,20,38,18,56,61,121,101,92,41,46,39,127,125,131,130,215,218,198,201,195,203,319,299,368,367,294,279,276,294,272,271,263,260,733,727,815,784,681,621,617,609,597,585]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. Qd3 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. a4 Be4 (7... b4 8. a5 O-O 9. Qc4 Nc6 10. d5 Na7 11. Nd4 d6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. N2b3 Rfc8 {0-1 (46) Steingrimsson,H (2572)-Gajewski,G (2615) Reykjavik 2017}) 8. Qd2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd1) 8... Nc6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd3 d5 12. c4 {Black must now prevent cxd5.} bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Bxe4 Na5 18. Bf3 f5 19. Bf4 e6 20. h4 Qd7 21. Rb4 Kh8 22. Rfb1 Rfd8 23. h5 Bf6 24. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe7 (24... Kg7 $14) 25. hxg6 $16 hxg6 26. Kg2 (26. c4 $16) 26... Kg7 $14 27. Be5 Kf7 (27... Rac8 $1 $14) 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 29. c4 $1 c6 (29... Nxc4 $16 {might work better.} 30. Rxc4 dxc4) 30. cxd5 $18 cxd5 {[#]} 31. Rb6 $1 Ra7 32. Qh6 Qh8 (32... Qxd4 $142 33. Rxe6 Kxe6 34. Rb6+ (34. Qxg6+ Kd7 $15) 34... Ke7 35. Qh7+ (35. Qxg6 Nc4 $11) (35. Rxg6 Ke8 $16) 35... Kf8 36. Qxa7 Nc4 37. Rxa6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Ke8) 33. Qf4 Nc4 34. Rb7+ Rd7 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Rb8 Qg7 {intending ...g5.} 37. Qh4 g5 38. Qh5+ Ke7 $2 (38... Kf6 39. Rh8 Rf7) 39. Qe8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 40. Rc8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rc8c6]} Rc7 41. Ra8 Na5 42. Qd8+ Qd7 43. Qxg5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c5 8. axb5 cxd4 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. e5 dxc3 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 cxb2 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. O-O Rg8 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Be2 Rg4 18. Qxb2 O-O-O 19. Bg3 Bd5 20. Ne1 Rd4 21. Nd3 e5 22. Nxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. h3 Ne6 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Qb1 Rg8 28. Kh2 Rg6 29. Bd3 Rh6 30. Bxh7 Nd4 31. Bd3 Qe6 32. Be4 f5 33. Qb4 Bxe4 34. Qxd4 Kb7 35. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,57,9,9,23,0,0,-16,27,26,26,0,12,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,33,33,33,37,20,42,27,32,35,49,48,52,52,68,53,61,61,67,49]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 e6 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. f4 cxd4 11. cxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb4 12. Nf3 Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 {0-1 (54) Inarkiev,E (2682)-Riazantsev,A (2692) Dubai 2014}) 12. Nf3 f5 13. g5 O-O-O 14. g6 Kb8 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Na5 17. b3 Nec6 18. Kf2 Nb4 $1 19. Nce1 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Ng1 Nbc6 22. Ne2 Bb4 23. Nc2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 25. Rc3 Qd8 26. Kg3 Qd7 27. Rc1 b6 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Rxc8+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,33,5,0,-23,-19,-17,-13,-27,-13,-17,-33,-36,0,-29]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. h3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 11. Be3 (11. O-O Nc5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qe4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. b3 f5 18. Ne2 {½-½ (34) Kolev,A (2569)-Chatalbashev,B (2573) Sunny Beach 2007}) 11... Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Black has an edge.} 13. Nc3 Qe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc6 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd4 Qc4 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Ne4 Qc6 {½-½ (19) Rivera Kuzawka,D (2415)-Piza Cortizo,D (2280) La Coruna 1993}) 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb1 $1 b6 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,26,26,20,44,44,44,44,44,44,49,52,72,74,77,69,60,60,85,77,83,76,102,102,102,54,58,65,49,51,69,55,80,66,90,95,91,58,60,60,122,81,127,62,65,55,54,17,18,8,10,4,23,16,57,0,37,29,106,106,235,241,633,229,222,207,357,366,364,341,820,820]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 Bd6 6. O-O {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} O-O {LiveBook: 37 Games} 7. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} (7. Bf4 Be7 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Rxc4 b5 13. Rxb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (53) Korobov,A (2652)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 7... dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ng5 Nb8 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Ne5 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nh5 16. Bd2 g5 17. e4 f4 18. g4 Ng7 19. Rf2 {0-1 (47) Quintana Ortiz,J (2055)-Rodriguez Rebull,G (2215) Barcelona 2004}) 8. Qa4 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qb3 c6 11. Ng5 Nbd5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. Rad1 a5 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bg4 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. c4 Qe5 24. Qb2 Nf6 $1 25. Re3 Rab8 ({Black should play} 25... c5 $14 26. Rd2 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Rad8) 26. h3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxf6.} Bh5 27. Qb6 (27. Nd6 $16 Qc5 28. Rd2) 27... Nxe4 $14 28. Rexe4 Qf6 29. f4 a4 30. Kh2 Bg6 31. Re2 Rfe8 32. Red2 Bf7 33. Qb4 (33. Qc7 $14) 33... b5 34. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qf5 (34... Qa1 $11) 35. c5 $16 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] [#] Hoping for g4.} ({Much weaker is} 35. Rxc6 $6 bxc4 36. Qxa4 Rbc8 $11) 35... Re3 (35... Bd5 $16) 36. Bxc6 Rb3 $2 (36... Bc4 37. Bg2 Rb3) 37. Qe4 $2 (37. Qd4) 37... Qxe4 $18 38. Bxe4 g6 (38... Re8 {was worth a try.}) 39. c6 (39. Bxg6 Bxg6 40. Rxg6 Rxa3 $18) 39... Rc3 40. Rd7 ({Don't play} 40. Bxg6 Bxg6 41. Rxg6 Rc8 $18) 40... Be6 $2 (40... Kg8 41. c7 Re8) 41. Re7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Biti, Ozren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,45,33,27,27,17,27,17,27,14,16,6,9,16,18,12,24,30,28,-29,-18,-20]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3 c6 9. Re1 Nb6 {C41: Philidor Defence} 10. Bb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 {LiveBook: 24 Games} Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 f6 17. f4 {[#]} Nf7 $146 18. f5 Re8 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Qf2 Qc8 21. g4 Bf8 22. Nd2 ({Better is} 22. Re2) 22... b5 $1 $11 23. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Vujakovic, Branko"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,69,32,40,32,31,37,34,35,24,23,35,31,21,22,29,15,33,7,12,8,26,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,11,6,6,8,7,6,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Re1 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Re8 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Bf4 Qd5 17. Bxe2 {[%cal Bd3e2,Be2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. Bf3 Qf5 19. Qd3 {[%cal Re1e4]} Qxf4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} 21. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Qxe4) 21... g6 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. g3 Qf6 24. b4 a6 25. Qc4 Qe5 26. Bg2 Qf5 27. h4 b5 {The position is equal.} 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 30. Rxd4 Rxc2 31. Bb7 Rc3 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bxa6 Rxa3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ra1+.} 34. Bxb5 Rb3 35. Be2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Hecht, Hans-Joachim"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,52,9,17,26,17,10,-25,-23,-22,-1,-28,10,-57,-27,-66,-66,-77,-76,-110,-89,-300,-300,-299,-310,-411,-430,-542,-538,-551,-519,-550,-498]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 h6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (7... O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 Re8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. g4 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 {1-0 (36) Parligras,M (2623)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Batumi 2018}) 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} c4 13. Bb1 Nc6 14. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 h5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 {½-½ (16) Szabo,V (2276)-Pantazi,A (2309) LSS email 2014}) 14... Re8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Qc2 (16. h4 $5) 16... Bg7 17. h3 (17. h4 $11) 17... Qd6 18. Rcd1 b5 19. Rfe1 a5 20. b3 Qxa3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 21. Nxd5 $2 (21. Nxg6 $17 fxg6 22. Qxg6) 21... cxb3 $19 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Nc7 Rec8 24. Nxb5 {Black is clearly winning.} Qb4 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Nc3 Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 93%.} ({Not} 26... Qxc3 27. Bxa6 Rc7 28. d5 $17) 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Bratovic, Blaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,75,44,56,35,119,118,117,79,116,115,114,114,155,110,156,112,211,203,215,214,335,314,334,311,327,242,361,372,358,275,1085,417,816,815,1228,1202,29980,1152,1152,1116,1720,1252,5289,2633,2339,2175,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} Ne4 (11... Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. b3 a5 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. e4 Ba6 21. Be3 Rb4 {0-1 (38) Xiong,J (2652)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Qc2 Re8 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Nh4 a5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bc3 Na6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (35) Vakhidov,J (2518)-Tologontegin,S (2393) Ashkhabad 2017}) 14... b5 ({Better is} 14... a5 $14) 15. axb5 $16 Bb7 16. Qb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qxb5 {Hoping for e4.} Re4 19. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rb4 20. b3 Bb7 (20... Rb6 $16 21. Bg5 Qf8) 21. e4 $18 Ba6 22. Qc2 Qb6 (22... Bc8 $142 23. Bd2 Rb7) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 ({Less strong is} 24. Bxe5 Nd7 $16) 24... Rxb3 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Nxf7!} Rb2 (25... Bxe5 {was worth a try.} 26. Rxe5 (26. Bxe5 Qb4 $16) 26... Rb1+ 27. Bc1 Qxd6 28. Re8+ (28. Rxc5 Nd7 $11) 28... Kg7) (25... Qxd6 26. Qxb3) 26. Qd1 {Threatens to win with d7.} ({Not} 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Rb1 $16) 26... c4 27. Be3 Qd8 $2 {[#]} (27... Qb3) 28. Qd5 (28. Nxf7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf8 (28... Kxf7 29. Qd5+) 29. Ng5) 28... Rb7 (28... Qe8 $142) 29. Bd4 Qf8 30. d7 Bf6 31. Bh3 (31. Nxf7 $142 Rxd7 32. Bxf6 Rxf7 33. Re7 Nc6 34. Qxc6 Rxe7 35. Bd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 36. Qxa6) 31... Rb5 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Ng4 Bxd4 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. d8=Q {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8g8]} Rb1+ 36. Bf1 {White mates.} Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8g8]} c3+ 38. Ke1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,-12,28,18,165,-41,-36,-72,-72,-70,-79,-81,-70,-67,-61,-91,-44,-47,46,37,48,40,0,0,0,-168,-162,-165,-160,-162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-193,-217,-200,-193,-189,-208,-172,-168,-77,-108,-182,-157,-138,-119,-122,-136,-147,0,0,0,0,597,597,523,533,539,523,1043,902,2153,2103,2342,1383,2362,2332]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32] C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (11. a4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Nd4 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Qg4 Rfc8 {0-1 (33) Naroditsky,D (2631)-So,W (2779) ICC INT 2015}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nb5 Bc5 (14... O-O $11) 15. Be3 $2 (15. Nc7+ $1 $18 Kd8 16. Nxa8 Bxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Kf1 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 19. Kxe1) 15... O-O $15 16. Rc1 b6 17. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 18. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bf4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (48) Nigmatov,O (2331)-Kotsur,P (2552) Tashkent 2017}) 18... Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Nd6 Bd7 21. g4 f6 (21... g6 $15 22. g5 Rab8) 22. Bxh7+ $1 $14 Kxh7 23. Rh3+ Kg8 {[#]} 24. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be8 $1 (24... fxe5 25. Qh5 Qxg5+ 26. fxg5 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28. Qh8#) (24... fxg5 25. Qh5) 25. Qc2 $2 (25. gxf6 $11 Rxf6 26. exf6 Qxd6 27. Qg4) 25... f5 $19 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 26. Qf2 g6 $1 27. Rh6 Qg7 $2 (27... Nd3 $2 28. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (27... d4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 28. Qxd4 Qg7) 28. Rc3 $11 Ne4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Rch3 Rf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 31. Qh4 Kf8 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8e7,Be7d8,Bd8c7][%mdl 32]} 32. Rh8+ $2 (32. Qg3 $11 Kg8 33. Qg4) 32... Ke7 $19 {aiming for ...Rc8.} 33. Qf2 Rb8 $1 34. Qc2 {Qc7+ would kill now.} Kd8 $1 ({Not} 34... Kd7 35. Qa4+ Kc7 36. Rc3+ (36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Qxe8 Qf8 $11) 36... Kb7 37. Rxe8 $11) 35. Qc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh8e8]} Rd7 36. Qxe6 (36. R3h7 $2 Qxh7 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 $19) 36... Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7e6]} 37. Qf6 {[#] Threatening mate with Rxe8+!} Kc7 $1 {And now ...Qc5+ would win.} 38. e6 ({Don't go for} 38. Rc3+ $2 Kb7 $19) 38... Qc5+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32] [#]} Rdd8 {[#]} (40... Qc1 $1 $17 41. Qe5+ Rd6 42. R8h7+ Kc6) 41. Rxe8 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] Rh7+ is the strong threat.} Qd3+ (41... Rxe8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 42. Qg7+ Kd6 43. Qd7+ Kc5 44. Qc7+ Kb5 45. Qxc2 $18) 42. Kh4 Qxh3+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qf1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 43. Kxh3 $18 {White threatens Qe7+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 44. Qxg6 $11 {KQ-KRR} Kd6 45. f5 d4 {[#]} 46. e7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke5 (46... Kxe7 47. Qe6+) 47. Kg4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg6e6]} d3 48. Qe6+ Kd4 49. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Marijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 Be6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Rb1 Qb4 19. a3 Qxa3 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Ra4 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,111,41,44,49,34,31,31,39,37,62,66,55,44,42,42,43,45,48,18,18,18,22,18,18,10,12,10,99,99,100,93,93,93,110,109,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,70,70,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 c6 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} 12. Be3 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc4 15. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Threatens to win with e5.} (15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 {½-½ (61) Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 15... Nd7 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 18. bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. bxc4 {½-½ (30) Krysa,L (2543)-Arjun,K (2397) Dubai 2018}) 18... Ba6 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rfd1 Bxc4 21. e5 Rac8 22. Rac1 Be6 23. Rc2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nd7 25. Ne3 f6 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Bxc6 Nd5 (27... a5 $11) 28. Bxd5 $16 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 ({Worse is} 29. Bxe6 Re2 $17) 29... Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 30. a3 Kf6 31. Kf2 g5 32. Ke3 h6 33. g4 Bb3 34. Nd4 Bd1 {[#]} 35. Nf3 $1 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Ke6 37. Nd4+ Kf6 38. Nc6 a6 39. h3 Ba4 40. Nd4 Bd1 41. Nf5 Kg6 42. Ne3 Ba4 43. h4 Bc6 44. Ke5 Bf3 {[#]} 45. a4 ({White should play} 45. Ke6 $1 $16) 45... a5 $1 $14 46. Kd6 (46. Kf4 $14 Be2 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Ke4) 46... Kf6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. Ne3 {next Nc4 is good for White.} Kf6 $1 49. Kc5 Ke5 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 Bh5 52. Kb5 Kf4 53. Nc4 Be8+ 54. Kxa5 Kxg5 55. Nd6 Bxa4 56. Kxa4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Black "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,0,23,5,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-23,-35,-43,-48,-40,-97,-91,-87,-77,-99,-118,-104,-102,-162,-9,-115,-118,-182,-179,-227,-230,-308,-293,-315,-312,-818,-811,-5302,-5302,-5185,-5193,-2584,-2039,-29978]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 40 Games} 14. Bd3 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 Rab8 16. a5 b5 17. d5 exd5 18. a6 Ba8 19. Qxa7 Rfd8 20. e5 b4 21. Rac1 b3 {½-½ (44) Lenic,L (2650)-Hera,I (2616) Hungary 2017}) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rxc8 {The position is equal.} Rxc8 17. Rc1 Qa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Nf8 19. Ne5 f6 {½-½ (41) Burks,S-Jordan,I IECG email 1999}) 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. d5 {aiming for dxe6.} Qc4 (21... Qa4 {is more complex.} 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. h4 h6 24. Nd4 Qc4) 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. h3 h6 24. a3 Qc6 25. e5 a5 26. h4 Nf8 27. Qe3 (27. Qd6 $15 Qxd6 28. exd6) 27... b5 $17 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Nf5 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 30. axb4 axb4 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 31. Qg3 (31. Qd4 $17 {was necessary.} Qxd4 32. Nxd4) 31... Qc1+ 32. Kh2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg3g7]} Ne6 33. Ne7+ (33. Qf3 $17 Qc5 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4) 33... Kf8 $19 34. Nd5 {[#]} Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} 35. Ne3 Qe4 36. Nd1 Kg8 37. f3 $2 (37. h5) 37... Qe2 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Nf2 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 39. Ne4 b2 40. Nc3 Qc2 41. Qe1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,114,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-25,-15,-14,0,0,10,16,22,12,16,19,20,20,14,14,18,18,17,17,27,27,26,15,16,14,8,8,12,21,31,22,42,59,84,76,44,-25,-33,-130,-120,-120,-126,-131,-58,-48,-14,-10,-24,-102,-102,-125,-110,-121,-100,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. Na3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 (13... Bxc2 14. Nxc2 Qd7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. f4 f5 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 {0-1 (51) Mihok,O (2543)-Kravtsiv,M (2677) Hungary 2018}) 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qh5 Bg6 17. Qh3 c5 18. Rad1 Bxc2 19. Nxc2 Qa4 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Red1 Nc6 22. b3 Qa5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (23) Juhasz,B (2190)-Krstulovic,A (2296) Hungary 2018}) 14... Ne6 15. Qh5 Bg6 16. Qh3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bd4 Rf7 19. Be5 Bxc2 20. Nxc2 Ng6 21. Rae1 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 c6 25. g3 Ng6 26. Re3 Re7 27. c4 Rd8 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Rc3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Kf6 32. h3 Rd7 33. f4 Ne7 34. Nd4 h6 35. g4 Ng6 36. Kf3 Re7 {Black wants to play ...Nxf4!} 37. Rd3 (37. Ne2 $14) 37... Re4 38. Nb3 ({White should play} 38. Nf5 $1 $15) 38... Rxf4+ $17 39. Kg3 Ke5 40. Nc5 Rc4 ({Better is} 40... Rb4 $17 41. b3 a5) 41. Nxb7 $15 d4 42. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a5]} Rc6 43. Ra5+ (43. Na5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rc2 44. Nb3) 43... Ke4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 44. Nc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke3 45. Ra3+ Ke2 46. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] [#]} Ne5 ({Black should try} 46... Rf6 $1 $17 47. g5 hxg5 48. Rxa6 d3 49. Rxf6 gxf6) 47. Rxa6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxa6 48. Nxa6 {KN-KN} d3 {( -> ...Ke3)} 49. Nc5 $1 d2 50. Ne4 g5 {And now ...Kd3 would win.} 51. b5 d1=Q {[%cal Rd1g1]} 52. Nc3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd2 {[%cal Rd1g1]} 53. Nxd1 Kxd1 54. b6 Ke2 55. b7 Nc6 56. a4 Ke3 57. Kg2 Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,130,22,-21,-22,-25,-22,-27,-33,-24,-16,-22,-33,-42,-16,-14,-24,-16,-18,-25,-12,-20,-31,-50,0,-6,0,-21,-25,-29,-16,-119,-87,-115,-138,-121,-120,-154,-43,-56,0,0,0,0,87,74,74,84,79,66,77,72,77,90,80,0,0,3,4,8,304,297,289,173,289,104,135,129,133,142,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,0,173,0,173,173,173,76,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,133,173]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. f4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} d5 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} (8... a6 9. g4 Qc7 10. Ng3 b5 11. d3 Bb7 12. Nce2 Nd7 13. g5 Rfe8 14. f5 Nce5 15. h4 exf5 16. Nxf5 {0-1 (43) Bakin,A (2176)-Klasan,V (2415) Budapest 2016}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. Kh2 Rb8 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. d3 Nb6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Ng3 Be7 {½-½ (47) Andriulevicius,O (1865)-Nineuil,V (1870) Panevezys 2010}) 11. d4 b5 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 b4 (13... Ba6 {feels hotter.} 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 b4) 14. axb4 axb4 15. Na4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ba6 18. Rf2 Bb5 19. f5 {Black must now prevent f6!} Kh8 20. Qg4 {Threatens to win with f6!} f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 21. fxe6 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 (22. Qf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... fxe5 $17 23. Rf7 Rxf7 24. exf7 e4 25. b3 {Threatening Rd1.} Qc7 (25... Bd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 26. Qf4 Be6) 26. Qe6 Bc6 (26... Bd6 $15 27. Qxd5 e3) 27. c4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 28. Qxc4 Bd6 (28... Qd6 $11) 29. Rc1 $1 $16 Bxg3+ 30. Kh1 Bxa4 31. Qxc7 Bxc7 32. bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 33. Bxe4 {And now Rc6 would win.} b3 34. Rd1 (34. a5 $1 $16 b2 35. Rc6 b1=Q+ 36. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kg2) 34... Bc5 $11 35. Rd5 Bf8 $1 36. Re5 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... b2 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 37. Re8 b1=Q+ 38. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 g6 45. Rxf8+ Kg7) 37. Re8 $18 Rb4 {...Kg7 is the strong threat.} 38. Rxf8+ {KRB-KR} Kg7 {[#]} 39. Rd8 $2 (39. Rh8 $3 $18 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rf7f8][%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Kxf7 (39... Kxh8 40. f8=Q#) 40. Rxh7+ Kf6 41. Bb1) 39... Kxf7 $16 {[#]} 40. Bb1 $1 Rxa4 41. Rb8 Ra7 42. Rxb3 Kg7 43. Kg2 Re7 44. Kf3 Rf7+ 45. Ke3 Kh6 46. Rb5 Rc7 47. Bd3 Rc3 48. Rd5 Ra3 49. Kf4 Rb3 50. h4 Rb4+ 51. Be4 Ra4 52. Rd7 Rb4 53. Re7 Ra4 54. Kg4 Ra5 55. Rd7 Ra4 56. Kf4 Rb4 $1 57. Rd5 Ra4 $1 58. Re5 Rb4 59. Kg4 (59. Re6 $18) 59... Rb6 (59... Kg7 $16) 60. Re7 {White is clearly better.} Ra6 61. Rc7 Ra4 62. Kf4 Ra6 63. Bd5 {Hoping for Bg8.} Ra4+ {[#]} 64. Bc4 $1 Ra8 65. Kg4 Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,201,16,14,25,29,25,30,27,23,37,40,37,44,48,44,145,147,146,155,146,142,131,159,156,147,143,118,136,93,93,93,222,218,247,241,247,246,235,238,267,235,239,234,216,214,248,250,252,191,205,210,197,176,195,178,177,118,117,48,45,41,73,61,64,40,37,37,37,41,41,41,37,37,41,8,37,37,37,37,50,37,45,45,48,37,37,37,45,37,44,37,45,37,45,44,45,45,45,45,45,44,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,37,37,37,45,37,37,8,37,37,37,37,45,45,59,45,59,45,45,45,52,52,52,45,45,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,29994,75,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Rb1 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. h4 {½-½ (40) Nakamura,H (2763)-Xiong,J (2656) Douglas 2018}) 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qd2 e6 9. Qg5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} h6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 Bd6 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 b6 13. g4 {½-½ (42) Bluebaum,M (2640)-Tari,A (2599) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12... f6 {[#]} 13. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 {[#]} 14. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} O-O (14... hxg5 15. Rxh8+) 15. O-O-O {Black must now prevent Bxh6.} Bf4+ (15... Bc7 $14 16. Bd2 b6) 16. Bxf4 $16 Rxf4 17. Bb5 $1 Rxe4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd8+ Kf7 {[#]} 20. Rhd1 $1 Rb8 21. Rh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Re2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 (23... Ra8 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Ne4 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} c4 25. Rg8 g5 26. Rg7+ Kd8 27. Nd6 (27. Rxa7 $6 Rb7 $16) 27... c5 28. Rh7 Bd7 29. Nf7+ (29. Nxc4 $6 Bc6) 29... Kc7 30. Ne5 ({But not} 30. Rxh6 $6 Rf8) 30... Rd8 31. Nxc4 ({Much less strong is} 31. Rxh6 $6 Ba4 $16) 31... Rf8 32. Ne5 ({Weaker is} 32. Rxh6 Rxf2 33. Rh7 Kd8 $16) 32... Kd6 33. Nxd7 Rxf2 {KRN-KR} 34. g4 Rf4 35. Nb8 Rxg4 36. Rxa7 (36. Rxh6 $18 Rg1+ 37. Kc2) 36... h5 $16 37. Kd2 (37. Rd7+ $16 Ke5 38. Rd1) 37... h4 $14 38. Ke3 {Strongly threatening Rd7+.} Rg2 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. Rh7 {And now Nd7+ would win.} Rxb2 41. Nd7+ Kd5 $1 42. Rh5 Kc4 43. Rxg5 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg5c5]} Kxc3 44. Rxc5+ Kb4 45. Ne5 {Hoping for Nd3+.} Rxa2 46. Nd3+ Ka4 47. Rh5 Rg2 48. Kd4 Rg4+ 49. Kc3 Rg3 50. Rxh4+ Kb5 51. Re4 Kc6 52. Rxe6+ Kd5 53. Ra6 Rh3 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Ra4 Rg3 56. Rh4 Rg1 57. Kd4 Ra1 58. Rh6+ Ke7 59. Kd5 Rd1 60. Re6+ Kd7 61. Re3 Rd2 62. Rh3 Ke7 63. Rf3 Rd1 64. Ke5 Ra1 65. Nc5 Re1+ 66. Ne4 Ra1 67. Rh3 Ra5+ 68. Kd4 Ra4+ 69. Kd5 Ra5+ 70. Nc5 Rb5 71. Rh6 Ra5 72. Rc6 Ra1 73. Rc7+ Kf6 74. Ne4+ Kg6 75. Rc8 Kf7 76. Nd6+ Ke7 77. Rc7+ Kd8 78. Rh7 Rd1+ 79. Kc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh7d7]} Rc1+ 80. Kb5 Rc5+ 81. Kb4 Rc1 82. Nc4 Ke8 83. Kc5 Kf8 84. Kd5 Ke8 85. Ke6 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kd8 86. Rd7+ (86. Ne5 {with more complications.} Kc8 87. Kf5 Rf1+ 88. Kg4 Ra1 89. Kf5) 86... Kc8 $1 87. Nd6+ Kb8 88. Rb7+ Ka8 89. Kd7 Rd1 90. Rb4 Ra1 91. Rb6 Ka7 92. Nc8+ Ka8 93. Ne7 {Kc8 would kill now.} Ra7+ 94. Kd8 {White wants to mate with Nc6.} Rb7 $1 95. Rc6 Rb8+ 96. Nc8 Rb1 97. Nd6 Ra1 98. Kc8 {Intending Nb5 and mate.} Ka7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98... Ra4 $11 99. Nb5 Ra1 100. Rb6 Rc1+ 101. Nc7+ Rxc7+ 102. Kxc7 Ka7 103. Rc6 Ka8 104. Ra6#) 99. Nb5+ Ka8 {[#]} 100. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rb6b8]} Rc1+ 101. Nc7+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Loncar, Robert"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D68"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,0,-14,40,46,52,25,223,66,458,273,280,274,570,342,547,560,537,488,480,479,479,464,475,440,444,452,514,502,520,516,488,399,508,500,531,510,587,504,670,668]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Rc1 c6 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 e5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O exd4 13. Qxd4 c5 {D68: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical Main Line with 9...Nd5 and 12...e5} ({Black should try} 13... Nb6 $11) (13... Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Ng5 Nd2 19. Nxh7 Qe5 20. Nxf8 Nxf1 21. Qxf1 Kxf8 {1-0 (65) Rodriguez Rueda,P (2335)-Ruiz Aguilar,P (2264) Mosquera 2014}) 14. Qe3 $14 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b6 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. e5 Bb7 17. Rd3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 {1-0 (40) Karmali,H (1906)-Pua,R (1892) Edmonton 2005}) 15. e5 Re8 $2 {[#]} (15... b5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7) 16. Re1 $2 (16. Ng5 $1 $18 Nxe5 17. Re1) 16... b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... Nf8 $14) 17. e6 (17. Ng5 $142) 17... fxe6 $18 18. Bxe6+ ({Less strong is} 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 $14) 18... Kf8 $2 (18... Qxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6) 19. Qf4+ Qf6 (19... Nf6 $142 20. Qxb8 Bxe6) 20. Qd6+ Qe7 21. Bxd7 Qxd6 22. Rxe8+ Kf7 23. Ne5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5 {[#] Rf3+ would kill now.} Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 25. Rf3+ Kg6 26. Re7 Bf5 27. Rg3+ Kf6 28. Rxa7 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 29. h3 {White is clearly winning.} Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Rf3 Kg6 32. Rb3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Black "Ivekovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. c4 Qe4 9. Nc3 Nxe3 10. Nxe4 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd5 f6 15. c5 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Be2 Rac8 19. b4 b6 20. O-O bxc5 21. Ra6 cxb4 22. Rxa7 bxa3 23. Bg4 Rhd8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxa3 Rc2 26. h4 Ke6 27. Re1 Rd4 28. g3 h5 29. Ra7 g6 30. Re3 Rd6 31. Kg2 f5 32. Rea3 Rcc6 33. Rg7 Kd5 34. Re7 e4 35. Ra5+ Kc4 36. Ra4+ Kb5 37. Ra2 Rc1 38. Rb7+ Kc6 39. Rb8 Kd7 40. Raa8 Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ostovic, Matija"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,-10,-6,-8,0,-35,-36,-36,-37,-31,-32,-43,-22,-14,-12,0,-8,-14,23,-127,-124,-116,-129,-292,-135,-135,-112,-119,-114,-130,-82,-84,-56,-284,-109,-102,-89,-91,-63,-70,-62,-123,-135,-135,-138,-194,-183,-250,-251,-443,-450,-702,-720,-792,-780,-809,-835,-798,-833,-813,-770,-1164,-1146,-1251,-1254,-1229,-1244,-1935,-1933,-1890,-1827,-29967,-7714]} 1. e4 c5 2. Na3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4 Nxb4 7. Bb2 a6 8. a3 axb5 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 11. bxc5 Ne7 12. Qe2 b4 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. cxd6 Be6 {½-½ (34) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 2... b6 3. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. c4 Bb7 9. d4 cxd4 {½-½ (56) Bauer,C (2625)-Lagarde,M (2586) chess.com INT 2018}) 3... Bb7 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Ne3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Qb8 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bxb5 {Black is slightly better.} Nd4 9. Be2 $1 Nf6 10. O-O Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 g6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nc4 (14. Ng5 $11) 14... Nh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 15. Ne1 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 16. Qd1 $2 (16. Qg4 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 16... e5 (16... Bxb2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 17. Nxb2 Qe5) 17. d3 Qc7 18. f3 d5 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. g3 Ne6 (20... Nh3+ {looks sharper.} 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. Qe2 a5 23. c4 Bc8) 21. Ng2 $2 {[#]} (21. c4 $1 $15) 21... Nd4 $2 (21... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4c3][%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Ng5) 22. c3 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Rae1 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 25. f4 {[#]} ({White should play} 25. Ne3 $15) 25... exf4 $1 26. Nxf4 e5 27. Ng2 (27. Nh3 $17 {was necessary.}) 27... Qa5 $19 28. a3 (28. Rb1 $142) 28... e4 29. Rf4 $2 (29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Qe2) 29... Ba6 30. Qf2 (30. Nxe4 $142 Qb6 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Rf2) 30... Ne5 31. b4 Qa4 32. Qxc5 Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Qxa7 Rd7 34. Qe3 Nxb2 35. Nf3 Nd3 36. Nd4 Qxa3 37. b5 Nxe1 38. Nxe1 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Bxb5 40. h4 Qc1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Pandurevic, Miro"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,0,6,0,0,2,20,20,17,19,44,10,29,28,28,28,27,16,27,27,28,0,19,0,0,-17,-16,-25,-22,-31,-31,-42,-10,-25,-25,-23,10,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,-81,-89,-100,-93,-97,-89,-150,-122,-228,-208,-238,-240,-246,-235]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Nge2 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} Bg4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Bxd4 $1 {The position is equal.} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd4 11. Kxe2 e6 12. Nd1 Qa6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. f4 Bg7 {0-1 (50) Vargic,D (2323)-Saric,A (2541) Bol 2013}) 11. Nxe2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {[%cal Be1d2,Bd2d1,Bd1c2][%mdl 32]} Bh6+ 13. Kd1 e5 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Kc2 Rc8 17. h4 O-O 18. Rhb1 Rc7 (18... b6 {keeps more tension.} 19. g4 Rc7 20. a4 Nc6 21. Kb2 f6) 19. g4 Nc6 20. Kd1 Nd8 21. Rb5 Bg7 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. f4 Bxh4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Ne6 26. Reb5 b6 27. d4 f6 28. e5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd5.} fxe5 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 29. Rxe5 (29. Bd5 $11 Re8 30. Bb3) 29... Nf4 $17 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. g5 (32. Re4 $142 Rxe4 33. Bxe4) 32... Rg4 33. Kd2 (33. Rb4 $17) 33... Bxg5+ $19 {Black is clearly better.} ({Less strong is} 33... Rxg5 34. Rxg5 Bxg5+ 35. Kd3 $17) 34. Kc2 Bf6 35. Re8 h5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Vernacki, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,79,51,56,11,62,45,60,55,57,62,212,239,233,253,245,256,243,259,287,272,268,284,254,250,301,277,329,305,431,416,381,332,352,347,325,296,371,256,269,248,253,238,216,236,300,233,289,103,537,533,638,624,852,838,29992,833,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} (11. Be2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 {1-0 (55) Jakovenko,D (2748)-Dubov,D (2691) Satka 2018}) 11... Nhf6 12. Bf4 Qe7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. O-O h5 (13... O-O $11) 14. g5 $14 Nh7 15. h4 $146 O-O 16. Bg3 f6 (16... b6 $14) 17. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5e6]} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Bxg6 Bg4 20. f3 Bh3 21. Ne4 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 b5 23. Qd3 Bh8 24. Bxh5 ({Don't play} 24. axb5 $6 c4 $16) 24... c4 25. Qc2 Rfd8 (25... Bf6 $142 26. gxf6 Nxf6) 26. Bg4 Nf8 27. Bf2 Qb7 28. Rd1 bxa4 29. Qxc4 Qxb2 30. Qc7 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Qb8 31. Qe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Nf6+. White is out for blood.} Re8 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Nxd6 Red8 34. Bc5 Rab8 35. h5 $2 (35. Ne4 $18) 35... Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... e4 $16 {is tougher.}) 36. Be6+ Nxe6 37. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} a3 {intending ...Rxd6.} 38. e7 Ra8 {[#]} 39. Bxa3 (39. Nc8 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc8 40. Rd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} 41. exd8=Q+ Kh7 42. g6+ Kh6 43. Qxh8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 44. Qxe5+ Kh4 45. Bf2+ Kh3 46. Qh2#) 39... Rxa3 {[#]} 40. Nc8 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,121,40,47,33,98,81,95,95,87,95,88,93,100,81,75,76,177,170,192,72,77,70,58,45,56,45,106,106,133,133,147,166,178,177,178,164,216,216,250,205,224,236,448,464,460,451,600,600,576,576,512,489,494,489,500,501,497,456,445,395,563,555,619,617,671,666,655,636,727,721,713,703,681,658,2074,2031,1304,754,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29976,29976,29977,29972,29973,29972,29973,29988,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. f4 Rfd8 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. h4 (14. g4 Be8 15. f5 Bd7 16. Rhg1 Qa6 17. Qf3 Rc4 18. Bc1 e5 19. g5 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 {0-1 (35) Adams,M (2715)-Nielsen,P (2681) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 14... a6 15. f5 Bd7 16. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Nce2 e5 (17... Qb4 $14) 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Nd5 $146 Bxd5 23. exd5 a5 (23... Qc4 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Nd2 $18 f6 {[#]} 25. Rhg1 (25. h5 $1 $18) 25... Rf8 26. Rg2 Qd7 {White should prevent ...fxg5.} 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. c3 a4 (28... b4 $14) 29. a3 $16 Rc5 30. Ne4 Rc4 31. Qf3 Rcc8 32. gxf6 Bxf6 33. Rfg1 Rcd8 {[#]} (33... Rf7 {is a better defense.} 34. Nxf6 Rxf6) 34. h5 $1 $18 Qf7 35. Qg4 Rg8 {[#]} 36. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 $2 (36... Rdf8 {might work better.} 37. Qf3 (37. Nxd6 Qxd5 38. Ne4 g6 $14) 37... Qxd5) (36... gxh6 37. Qxg8+) 37. hxg7+ Rxg7 38. Nxf6 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2][%cal Rg4g7]} Qd3+ 39. Ka1 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2][%cal Rg4g7]} Rxg4 40. Rxg4 {White threatens Rg8+ and mate.} Qc4 41. Rxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 42. Nd5 {Strongly threatening Ne7.} Rg8 43. Rh1 Rg5 44. f6 Kg8 45. Ne3 h5 (45... Rg6 $142 46. Kb1 Rxf6 47. Nxc4 Kg7) 46. Nxc4 d5 47. Nb6 e4 48. Nxa4 Kf7 49. b4 Kxf6 50. Nc5 Ke5 51. a4 e3 52. a5 d4 53. cxd4+ Kd5 54. a6 Kc4 55. a7 {White mates.} Rg8 56. Nd7 e2 57. Re1 Kd3 58. Nb8 Kd2 {[#]} 59. Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Kxe2 60. a8=Q h4 61. Qe4+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Memorial Hulak 2018"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Vujakovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,47,65,69,89,93,100,106,118,123,108,141,220,214,227,201,549,374,756,773,987,992,2062,1995,1823,1692,29987,29988,29988,29989,29994,29995]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. a4 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (9. O-O-O b4 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Kb1 e5 12. Ng3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. h4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 c5 16. Ndf5 Be6 17. b3 Ne8 18. Nxg7 Nxg7 19. h5 c4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. dxc4 Rfc8 22. Qxd6 Ne8 23. Qf8+ {1-0 (23) Lagno,K (2547)-Tan,Z (2517) Riadh 2017}) 9... b4 10. Ne2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 11. e5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Nf4 e6 15. h4 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. h5 Nxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Nxe5+ Qxe5 22. Qxg6+ Ke7 23. Rh7+ {1-0 (23) Collutiis,D (2332)-Di Paolo,R (2340) Montecatini Terme 2002}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 $1 {Threatens to win with Be4.} f5 (14... Nb6 $16 15. O-O Nh6) 15. h3 $18 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} Nh6 16. O-O-O Qa5 $2 (16... e6 17. Bb5 Qe7) 17. Bb5 Nb6 $2 (17... Qc7 18. Ng5 Nb6) 18. h4 Nxa4 {[#]} 19. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6] White wants to mate with hxg6.} Ng4 20. hxg6 h6 21. Rxh6 {Threatening mate with Rdh1!} Nxh6 {[#]} 22. Rh1 $1 {White mates.} ({Less strong is} 22. Qh4 Nxb2 23. Rh1 (23. Kxb2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 b3 $11) (23. Qxe7+ $2 Rf7 $19) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxh1 $16) 22... Rh8 23. Qg5 Nb6 24. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

