[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

