[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Zilinskas, Vaidotas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,37,60,86,39,150,139,154,149,157,120,206,220,198,216,193,176,170,161,935,923,927,927,904,878]} 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nh4 {[#] A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3.} (9. h3 {looks sharper.} Bh5 10. Rc1 Bg6 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf5) 9... Nxe4 $146 (9... Bxe2 $14 10. Qxe2 g6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 g6 11. g3 O-O 12. f4 Ne8 13. Nf3 Ng7 14. c5 exd4 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd4 Rae8 {1-0 (30) Inkiov,V (2485)-Esterluss,J (2141) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2006}) 10. Nxe4 $16 ({Weaker is} 10. Bxg4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxh4 $11) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 {aiming for Nf5.White is clearly better.} Bxh4 {[#]} 12. dxe5 $1 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 $16 13. Rad1 O-O) 13. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%csl LRg7,LRh4]} Bf6 14. Rad1 {Hoping for Nd6+.} h5 15. Qf5 {Threatens to win with Nd6+.} Be7 16. Bg5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Bxe7 is the strong threat. Overworked Piece} Bxg5 $2 (16... f6) 17. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 17. Nxg5 Nf6 $14) ({Not} 17. Qxg5 f6 $16) 17... Ke7 18. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 19. Nf5 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bagdanskis, Dangis"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,3,26,26,23,0,0,0,0,-54,-5,-1,-4,-41,-52,-41,1,-75,-67,-93,-10,-37,-6,-57,-60,-66,-19,-76,-70,-343,-174,-180,-161,-223,-211,-218,-218,-250,-245,-252,-241,-247,-255,-279,-266,-245,-243,-325,-308,-344,-322,-322,-275,-322,-322,-322,-322,-322,-308,-302,-301,-305,-320,-423,-434,-413,-412,-402,-411,-475,-463,-678,-662,-618,-638,-964,-965,-898,-896,-1038,-1000,-1474,-1207,-1030,-679,-29969,-694]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Qb6 7. Na3 d5 8. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 {[#]} 9. Qb3 $146 (9. b4 $11 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Rb1) ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O f6 14. Rfd1 g6 15. Be2 {1-0 (30) Bredenhof,B (2181)-Farias Magalhaes,F (2015) ICCF email 2012}) 9... O-O (9... f6 {looks sharper.} 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 e5 12. Be2 Bg4) 10. Qxb6 Bxb6 11. Be2 (11. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Nf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O $15) 11... f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Nd2 (13. g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... Ng7 $17 14. Bg3 Nf5 (14... f5 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...f4.} 15. f3 Bxe3) 15. Nc2 e5 16. O-O-O (16. e4 $11) 16... Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Kb1 Bf7 18. Rhf1 (18. e4 $11 {remains equal.} Nxg3 19. fxg3) 18... Bg6 19. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} ({Better is} 19. e4 $15 dxe4 20. Nxe4) 19... Nxg3 (19... Nfd4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. exd4 Nxd4) 20. hxg3 $19 {[#]} Nb4 $1 21. e4 (21. Rc1 {keeps fighting.}) 21... Nxc2 (21... dxe4 22. Nxb4 e3+ 23. Kc1 $15) 22. Kxc2 dxe4 {Hoping for ...e3+.} 23. Kc1 Rac8 24. Nb1 Bd4 25. Na3 Rfd8 26. Nc2 f5 27. f4 h6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Ne3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rf8 ({Less strong is} 30... Bxb2 31. Nxf5 Kh7 32. Kd2 $17) 31. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} f4 ({Weaker is} 31... Bxb2 32. gxf5 Bf7 33. Kc2 $17) 32. Nd5 Bxb2 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxg6 Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Kc2 Ba3 36. Rd1 f3 37. gxf3 exf3 38. Bd3+ Kg7 39. Bf5 f2 40. Rf1 (40. Rd7+ $142 Kh8 41. Bd3) 40... Bc5 41. Kd2 {[#]} h5 $1 42. Ke2 (42. gxh5 Rxf5) 42... Re8+ 43. Kf3 Re1 44. Kg2 h4 {( -> ...h3+!)} 45. Bd3 {[#]} h3+ $1 46. Kh2 (46. Kxh3 Re3+) 46... Bd6+ 47. Kh1 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 66%.} (47... b6 $142 48. a3 Kf6 49. c5 bxc5 50. a4 Bf4 51. Bb5 Ke5 52. a5 Kd4 53. Be2 Rxe2 54. Rd1+ Ke4 55. Rf1 {[#]} Re1 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} 56. Rxe1+ fxe1=Q#) 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,10,62,53,54,13,22,18,64,61,53,36,43,43,19,20,56,37,41,61,62,35,43,0,28,12,2,-431,-437,-437,-448,-450,-428,-537,-508,-528,-512,-525,-528,-512,-506,-496,-441,-518,-518,-717,-602,-874,-873,-851,-843,-759,-460,-5469,-518,-675,-560,-560,-544,-547,-535,-656,-648,-584,-614,-687,-687,-874,-844,-861,-868,-1187,-930,-1187,-1122,-1114,-1077,-1004,-908,-1768,-1477,-12821,-6227,-5329,-5318,-29992]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 c5 (5... Bxc3+ $11 6. bxc3 Qh4) 6. d5 $14 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} f5 {[#]} 7. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nf3 {1-0 (83) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Lomasov,S (2540) Douglas 2018}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 9. Bd2 Qe7+ 10. Nge2 Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qa4 {Strongly threatening 0-0-0.} Bc6 13. Qb3 Na6 $1 14. O-O-O Nc7 15. Nf4 {Hoping for Re1.} O-O-O $1 16. Bc4 Qg5 17. Be5 Nf6 18. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (18. Qg3 $11 {and White stays safe.} h6 19. Rhe1) 18... d6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6e5] Black is clearly winning.} 19. h4 Qh6 20. Bxd6 Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Ba6+ Nxa6 22. Qxa6+ Bb7 23. Qe2 Rxd6 24. g3 Rhd8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 ({Weaker is} 25... Nxd6 26. Rd1 $19) 26. Re1 Qf6 27. g4 Bc6 {aiming for ...Rd2.} 28. f3 Rd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rf6b2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Qa6+ {[#]} Kb8 $1 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rf6b2]} 30. Qa3 Qd6 31. Qe3 (31. fxe4 $142 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qe3) 31... Rd4 (31... Ba4 $142 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 32. Kb1 Rd1+ 33. Qc1 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Ka1 Qxf4 36. h5 {[#]} Nb3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 37. axb3 Qxc1+ 38. Ka2 Bb5 39. f6 Bd3 40. b4 Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Ka3 Bc4 42. bxc5 Qb3#) 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Qc6 35. Re7 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kc2 Qxh4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Re8+ Kb7 38. Ne6 Qxg4 39. Re7+ Ka6 40. Nxg7 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 Qh4 42. Rd7 Qe4+ 43. Kc1 Qf4+ 44. Kb1 {[#]} h5 $1 45. a3 (45. Nxh5 Qxf5+) 45... h4 46. Ka2 h3 47. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Paulauskas, Andrius"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,0,-2,-15,0,-17,-3,-34,-15,-42,-21,-59,-27,-35,-14,-20,-11,-21,-11,-11,-8,-36,22,-14,0,-17,11,14,33,0,0,-76,-77,-107,-102,-127,-136,-142,-141,-219,-220,-221,-204,-229,-251,-252,-247,-261,-248,-243,-237,-204,0,0,0,-41,0,-16,-16,-17,-17,-19,-12,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-185,-95,-439,-422,-1259,-1264,-1098,-979,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29988,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. c3 {[#] The position is equal.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Nf3 b5 11. d4 b4 12. c4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nexd4 cxd4 {1-0 (46) Rotstein,A (2499)-De Santis,A (2213) Cesenatico 2017}) 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 f5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 e5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. g5 e4 (15... Be6 $15) 16. Be3 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 17. Na3 Be6 18. Rd6 Kf7 19. Bf1 (19. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]}) 19... Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rad1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Rxd8 $17 ({But not} 20... Nxd8 $6 21. Rd1 $11) 21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Rd1 Nxe3 23. Rxd8 {And now Rd6 would win.} Nxf1 ({Don't play} 23... Nxd8 $6 24. Kxe3 Nc6 25. Bc4 $11) 24. Rd6 (24. Ra8 $17 Nxg3 25. Kxg3) 24... Nxg3 $19 25. Rxc6 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 26. Rc7+ Kg8 $1 27. Ke3 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8d6] aiming for ...Bd6.} ({Less strong is} 27... Bxa2 28. Rxa7 Bf8 29. Ra8 $17) 28. Rc6 Bxa2 29. Nb5 {[#]} Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} 30. Rc8 a6 $2 ({Better is} 30... Kf7 $19 {Hoping for ...h6.} 31. Rd8 Be6 32. Nxa7 Be7) 31. Nd6 $1 $11 Be6 32. Rc6 b5 (32... Bxd6 $5 33. Rxd6 Bc4 $11) 33. Nxe4 Bd5 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. Rxf6 a5 36. Rxf5 Be6 37. Rf6 Bxh3 38. Ra6 a4 39. Ke4 Bd7 40. Ra7 Bc6+ 41. Ke5 $2 {[#]} (41. Ke3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 41... b4 $1 $19 42. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (42. cxb4 $17 cxb4 43. Ra6) 42... a3 $1 43. b3 (43. bxa3 $142 b3 44. Ra6) 43... Bf3 44. f5 Bd1 45. Kf6 Bxb3 {Black mates.} 46. g6 hxg6 47. fxg6 a2 48. Ra8 Bxc4 49. g7 {[#]} a1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Skierus, Algimantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,47,14,47,24,16,4,60,54,63,43,189,190,195,188,327,329,335,334,324,298,408,402,402,404,529,518,514,522,510,514,526,523,654,556]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Nd2 {Threatens to win with Nb3. D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 ({Better is} 10... Na6 $1 $11) 11. Qb3 $14 {[#] White is slightly better.} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Nh5 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. g4 Nf6 16. g5 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bxb2 {½-½ (43) Lloveras Rebell,J (2200)-Glembek,B (2138) ICCF email 2006}) 12. Qb5 Nd5 (12... Qxb5 $14 13. Nxb5 (13. Bxb5 Nd5 $14) 13... Nd5) 13. Qxa5 $18 Nxa5 14. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (14... Rxd5 {keeps fighting.} 15. Nxd5 exd5) 15. Bc7 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRd8][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nc6 16. Bxd8 Nxd8 17. O-O Ne6 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Ne7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxb7 a5 23. Rc1 Nxc5 {[#]} 24. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Black "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,-18,-30,-8,-9,-5,-11,-4,-18,16,27,21,0,8,7,40,-17,0,-50,-1,-61,13,-86,-104,-97,-97,-261,-240,-870,-852,-1075,-1727,-1593,-1677,-2350,-2294,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Ne7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 c6 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. c5 d5 {The position is equal.} 16. Nd6 Nf5 17. Nxc8 {[#]} Qxc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rxc8 18. Bh3 Ra8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nh4 f4 21. b5 Qf6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb6 Ra5 {0-1 (45) Sokolowski,K (1983)-Choroszej,A (2190) Poland 2013}) 18. e3 Ne7 19. Qb3 f5 20. Nd2 (20. e4 $14) 20... Kh7 21. f4 g5 22. Kh1 (22. fxe5 $11 Bxe5 23. b5) 22... Ng6 (22... exf4 $15 23. gxf4 Ng6) 23. e4 (23. fxg5 $11 hxg5 24. e4 dxe4 25. dxe4) 23... exf4 $17 24. exd5 fxg3 25. Nc4 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (25. dxc6 $17 {was called for.} bxc6 26. hxg3) 25... f4 $1 $19 {And now ...Nh4 would win.} 26. Nd6 $2 ({Not} 26. Nb6 $2 Qg4 $19) (26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qc2) 26... Qg4 {Strongly threatening ...Qh4!} 27. Qd1 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh4h2]} 28. h3 h5 29. dxc6 g4 {( -> ...f3)} 30. cxb7 Ra2 {Black mates.} 31. Nf5 Rxf5 32. b8=Q {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,9,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,7,-8,0,-37,-37,-72,-23,-20,-17,-19,-22,-19,-50,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-75,-91,-46,81,83,88,83,97,100,106,96,104,41,41,-2,65,9,31,27,30,31,41,0,5,0,0,0,0,-72,-55,-76,-53,-77,-71,-110,-68,-83,-51,-43,-51,-70,-79,-69,-47,-43,-46]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} h6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4 Bg6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Rfe1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {0-1 (47) Chennaoui,Y (2055)-Ni,S (2428) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2019}) 11... Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Bg6 (16... Qe5 $5 17. g3 $8 Bg6 $11) 17. a4 Qe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. Rc1 Bb8 20. Ba3 b6 21. Nd4 Qd6 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd6h2]} 22. g3 {[#]} (22. f4 $11) 22... Rfe8 $1 $17 23. Qd2 Nfe4 {[#]} (23... Qd7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 24. Kg2 Rc8) 24. Nxe4 $1 $16 Bxe4 25. Kh2 h5 26. Bxh5 Qh6 27. Be2 Bd6 28. Rfe1 (28. Qd1 $16) 28... Qf6 $14 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 29. f4 Rd7 (29... Nb3 $1 $11 30. Nxb3 Bxa3) 30. Bf1 ({White should try} 30. Bg4 $14 Rb7 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Qf2) 30... Nxa4 (30... Nb3 $5 31. Nxb3 Bxa3 $11) 31. Rc6 {And now Bxd6 would win.} Nc5 32. Bb2 Qd8 33. Ba1 Bf8 34. Qa2 Nd3 (34... Bh7 {is interesting.} 35. Bc3 Rde7 36. Qd2 Ne4 37. Qb2 Nc5) 35. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 36. Rcc1 (36. Qb3 $11 {remains equal.} Be4 37. Bb2) 36... Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 37. Qb2 f6 38. f5 Bd6 39. Qf2 Qb8 40. Qf3 Be5 41. Red1 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rde7 43. Re1 Re4 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Koliasnikovas, Aironas"]
[Black "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,28,58,58,53,44,44,16,25,17,39,26,14,0,285,-5,0,0,0,-6,-14,-14,0,-95,-95,-116,-118,-147,-130,-133,-120,-137,-134,-122,-96,-146,0,-150,-160,-159,-156,-297,-295,-299,-297,-293,-285,-305,-305,-443,-436,-512,-498,-551,-547,-647,-639,-633,-624,-609,-572,-575,-537,-522,-433,-672,-646,-646,-596,-772,-754]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6.} Bg7 7. g3 d6 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. a7 Nbd7 10. Nf3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe4.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Rxa7 11. a4 Ng4 12. Nb5 Ra8 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ng5 Nde5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 fxe4+ {0-1 (25) Jovicic,J-Spasov,V (2573) Kragujevac 2013}) 11. Bd2 Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (11... Qxa7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 12. a4 Ba6) 12. Bxa6 $2 ({White should play} 12. Na4 $18 Qc7 13. Bxa6 Nxe4 14. Bb5) 12... Qxa6 $11 13. Qe2 Rxa7 14. a4 Rb8 15. Ra2 Rb4 16. Qxa6 (16. a5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Rxa6 $17 17. O-O Nxe4 18. Re1 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Kf8 20. a5 Ne5 21. Re3 Rd4 22. Nde4 Bh6 (22... Nc4 $17 23. Re1 Rd3) 23. f4 (23. Nxc5 $1 $11 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Bxe3 25. Ra8+ (25. fxe3 Rd2 $11) 25... Kg7 26. fxe3) 23... Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 24. Re1 f5 25. Nf2 (25. b3 $17 Rxa5 26. Rae2) 25... Rxa5 $19 26. Rxa5 Nxa5 27. Ra1 Nc4 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29. Rb8 (29. Ra4 $142) 29... Bg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Nfd1 Rd2 31. Rb7 {[#]} Nxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Nxb2 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 34. Nc4 Ke8 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. h3 (37. Kd3 $142) 37... Bf6 38. g4 e6 39. Kd3 exd5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Martinkus, Rolandas"]
[Black "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,48,21,16,22,23,17,25,14,16,17,93,0,5,9,22,19,29,-266,-234,-293,-304,-462,-455,-635,-625,-29987,-6832,-5618,-5427,-2183,-1796,-1852,-714]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 e5 {8...b6 gains popularity.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 {aiming for ...e4.} 10. dxe5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} Nxe5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O {White has an edge.} a6 13. Rc1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 (13... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. Na4 Ned7 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (16) Jussupow,A (2665)-Shirov,A (2690) Germany 1997}) 14. Na4 (14. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rxc8.} Nxd5 15. Nxe5) 14... Rxc1 $11 15. Qxc1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ne4 17. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} (17. Bxe4 $11 dxe4 18. Rd1) 17... Bxh2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Kf1 {And now Bxe4 would win.} (18. Kxh2 Qh4+) 18... Qh4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4f2]} 19. Bxe4 (19. Rd2 $142) 19... dxe4 20. Nc5 Bg4 {( -> ...Bc7)} 21. Rd5 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Ke1 {Black is clearly winning.} (22. Bxe5 Qh1#) 22... Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kd2 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Povilaitis, Tomas"]
[Black "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-27,-6,-8,-9,0,-55,-61,-127,-129,-110,-121,-130,-71,-74,-75,-138,-120,-164,-167,-170,-168,-170,-120,-124,-118,-120,-106,-118,-108,-110,-92,-94,-94,-95,-95,-97,-89,-117,-118,-126,-126,-175,-175,-195,-184,-220,-220,-231,-226,-243,-218,-227,-201,-202,-203,-291,-291,-295,-294,-529,-425,-12822,-12827,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12833,-12834,-12834,-12834,-12833,-12833,-12832,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12827,-12837,-674,-12835,-12835,-12832,-12833,-12833,-12834,-12831,-12833,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. Nd5 Rc8 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3).} 11. Rb1 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 Bc6 14. c4 Bxd5 15. exd5 h5 16. h3 Ned7 17. Be3 a6 {½-½ (27) Bacherikov,V (2136)-Astrakhantsev,V Dagomys 2004}) 12. exd5 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 13. c3 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5c2] ...Bc2 is the strong threat.} ({Reject} 13... Nxa2 $6 14. Be3 $16) 14. Ra1 Nd3 {[#]} 15. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc1 (15... Bxg4 16. Qxd3) 16. Nxc1 (16. gxf5 $11 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2) 16... Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 17. a4 ({White should try} 17. Re1 $15) 17... Rc4 $17 18. h3 f5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 19. Qe2 {[#]} Rxa4 (19... Qc8 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 20. f3 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4) 20. Rxa4 Bxa4 21. Nd3 (21. g5 $142) 21... Bb5 22. Re1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Qb6 {White must now prevent ...Bxd3.} 24. Bf3 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kg2 (25. Nxe5 Bxe2) 25... a5 26. Rb1 {[#]} Rf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qd2 (27. Nxf4 Bxe2) 27... Bxd3 $1 28. Qxd3 a4 29. Qc2 Qc5 30. Re1 a3 31. bxa3 Qxa3 32. Re3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 33. Qb1 Qc5 34. Re4 Rxe4 ({Much less strong is} 34... Qxc3 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Qxb5 $17) 35. Bxe4 Bxc3 36. Qb3 Qd4 37. Bf3 b4 38. Qa4 {White wants to play Qe8+.} Qe5 39. Qb5 Kf7 40. Qc4 Qe1 41. Qe4 (41. Qf4+ $142 Kg7 42. Qc4) 41... b3 $19 42. Qxe1 Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 43. Be4 $2 (43. Kf1 {was the only defense.} Bc3 44. Ke2) 43... h5 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. gxh5 (44. Kf1 $142 Ba5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Ke2) 44... gxh5 45. f4 b2 46. Kf3 Bd2 47. Bb1 Kf6 48. Be4 Bc3 49. Bb1 Kf7 50. Kg3 Be1+ 51. Kf3 Ke8 52. Ke4 Bd2 (52... h4 $142 53. Kf3 h3 54. Bg6+ Kf8) 53. Kf5 h4 54. Kg4 {[#]} Be1 $1 55. Kh3 Kd8 56. Kg2 Kc7 57. Kf1 h3 58. Kg1 Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,44,-41,-39,-93,-98,-123,-121,-108,-108,-258,-254,-250,-242,-265,-257,-346,-295,-691,-713,-714,-711,-671,-707,-680,-680,-610,-604]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 11. Be3 $146 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} (11. Be2 $15) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe4 Nc6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Qh4 Rf4 17. Qh6 Rb4 18. Bd3 Bg7 {0-1 (29) Dumpor,A (2279)-Buljubasic,S (2374) Tuzla 2019}) 11... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5f3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 12. Qb3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 {Black is better.} Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. d5 $17 {is a better defense.} Ne5 15. O-O-O) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Be4 Bh3 17. Ke2 Bg2 ({Weaker is} 17... Rad8 18. Rad1 $19) 18. Rhg1 $2 {[#]} (18. Rhd1 Qe5 19. Rd3) 18... Bxf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 19. Bxf3 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 20. Kxf3 Rf8+ 21. Kg2 Rxf2+ 22. Kh1 {[#]} Qd2 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRh2][%mdl 512] White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,8,7,17,38,-4,14,-21,-8,-13,0,-85,-88,-82,-92,-108,-93,-179,-183,-206,-217,-210,-214,-218,-220,-222,-214,-254,-162,-166,-106,-148,-125,-136,-99,-132,-58,-64,-67,-65,-75,-64,-62,-66,-75,-58,-41,-41,-43,-71,-79,-100,-82,-98,-90,-87,-59,-59,-59,-73,-66,-66,-66,-72,-62,-61,-47,-42,-4,-10,-4,-4,0,-9,-8,-13,-11,-12,-15,-25,0,0,63,63,63,63,74,38,38,35,33,27,27,27,29,27,79,79,77,77,125,118,120,75,60,53,116,82]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. e3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O a5 {[#]} 10. b5 $146 (10. bxa5 $11 Qxa5 11. Nb3) ({Predecessor:} 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Ba3 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Ne4 16. Bb4 {0-1 (30) Krupenski,J (2413)-Lazavik,D (2222) Tallinn 2019}) 10... dxc4 $17 11. bxc6 Nxc6 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Nd2 {[#]} (13. Na3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 13... Nxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Bb2 (14. exd4 Qxd4) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. e4 Rac8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nb3 Qa7 ({Black should play} 19... Qb8 $19 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 20. f4 Nh6) 20. Bd4 Qb8 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 21. f4 Nh6 22. Nxa5 Nf5 (22... Bg4 $17 23. Nf3 Qa8) 23. Nxf5 $15 Bxf5 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Bh6 26. Be3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 {[#]} Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxf4 {Qe3 is the strong threat.} Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qxa5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kh2 Be6 32. Bg5 Bc4 33. Qe3 Qc7 34. Qf4 h5 35. a3 Be6 36. Re2 Qd7 37. Qb4 Re8 38. Rd2 Bd5 39. Bh4 e6 40. Qf4 Rc8 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Bg5 Qe8 43. Rf2 Rc7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qh8 ({Black should try} 45... Qf8 $11) 46. Kg3 $1 $14 {Threatening mate with Rh2+.} Rc3+ 47. Kf4 {White wants to mate with Rh2+.} Rh3 48. Qxh8+ Kxh8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Bf6+ Kg8 50. Rb2 Kf8 ({Not} 50... Rxa3 $2 51. Rh2 $18) 51. Rxb5 {[%cal Rb5b8]} Ke8 52. Ra5 Rf3+ (52... Rb3 $11) 53. Kg5 Rg3 54. Ra7 Rc3 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rc8 57. Be7+ Kg7 (57... Ke8 $14 58. Ra7 Rc4) 58. a4 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Sibajeva, Marija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,3,22,-13,36,7,12,0,0,0,0,-5,31,24,21,-25,-22,-23,-8,-18,0,-29,-34,-60,-47,-53,-52,-52,-37,-66,-45,-45,-38,-54,-55,-61,-18,-18,0,-12,0,-33,-14,-22,-14,-18,0,0,0,-2,0,-51,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,32,0,0,-14,42,0,7,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,82,76,47,88,114,114,114,114,114,114,166,9,221,91,144,75,91,67,91,90,98,91,106,107,104,0,164,166,246,73,432,433,1883,1872]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines.} Ne4 7. cxd5 (7. e3 {seems wilder.} Qa5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h5) 7... cxd5 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 {[#]} a6 $146 (10... h6 $5 11. Bf4 $8 O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Qa3 Bg4 12. Bb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Bf4 Qf5 {0-1 (29) Brhel,J (2092)-Biolek,R (2458) Olomouc 2018}) 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 14. Qb4 Bg4 15. a4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Rab1 e6 18. Rdc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bf8 20. Qb6 Rc6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. e4 Rdc8 23. Bd2 R8c7 24. Kg2 Nc4 25. Be1 Ba3 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Kh3 Na3 28. Rb3 Kg7 29. Bd3 Nc4 30. f4 ({White should try} 30. Rdb1 $11) 30... Bd6 (30... dxe4 $15 31. Bxe4 Rb6) 31. e5 $11 {And now Bxc4 would win.} Be7 32. h5 gxh5 33. f3 Kf8 34. Rdb1 Na3 (34... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 35. R3b2 Rxc3 $11) 35. Ra1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc4 36. Ra2 Ne3 (36... Na5 $11 37. Rb1 Rxc3) 37. Re2 Nd1 $132 {[%cal Rd1c3][%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 38. Rc2 Ne3 39. Rc1 Nc4 40. Ra1 Ke8 41. Ra2 Ne3 (41... Na5 $11 42. Rb1 Nc4) 42. Rb1 $1 $16 Kd7 43. Re2 Nf5 44. Rg2 $1 Bd8 45. Rg8 Ne3 46. Rf8 Kc8 (46... Ke7 $16 {might work better.} 47. Rh8 Kd7) 47. Rh8 $2 (47. Bh4 $18 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf8d8]} Rd7 48. Bxd8 Rxd8 49. Rxf7 Rxc3 50. Rbxb7) 47... Nf5 $2 (47... Rxc3 $11 {and Black is okay.} 48. Bxc3 Rxc3) 48. Bd2 (48. Bxf5 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} exf5 49. Bh4) 48... Rd7 (48... Ne7 $142) 49. Rb3 (49. Rg1 $142 $1) 49... Kb8 50. a5 Ka7 51. Ra3 $1 Be7 {[#]} 52. Ra1 $1 Rd8 53. Rh7 Rf8 54. Ra4 ({White should play} 54. Rg1 $16) 54... Bd8 $2 {[#]} (54... Nh4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 55. Be2 Ka8) 55. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 (55... Ne7 {was worth a try.} 56. cxd5 (56. Rxh6 Rg8 $16) 56... Nxd5) 56. d5 $2 (56. Rxc4 $18 Rxc4 57. Bxc4) 56... Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... cxd3 $16 {is more resistant.} 57. dxc6 bxc6) 57. Bxf5 {Black must now prevent Be3.} c3 (57... Rxd5 $142 58. Be3+ Kb8) 58. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Jablokov, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,31,36,4,9,12,7,0,4,10,18,23,43,-27,-23,-29,-29,-40,-42,-44,-50,-60,-49,-70,-62,-74,-30,-27,-15,-19,-28,-33,-30,-334,-333,-316,-314,-481,-477,-454,-439,-479,-424,-396,-405,-412,-393,-811,-767,-2121,-1758,-29978,-2396,-29986,-29980,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd2 {A52: Budapest Gambit.} O-O 8. Bc3 Re8 9. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf3 Ng4 {[#]} 12. Bd4 $146 (12. Bd3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Nxe3 14. Qd2 Ra6 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Rd6 17. Bd3 b6 18. Qf4 Rxd3 19. Qxg4 {0-1 (32) Panda,S (2085)-Deshmukh,A (2284) Bhubaneswar 2018}) 12... b6 $11 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qc2 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 18. f4 Qh5 19. Rae1 Re7 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} 22. Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (22. Bd3 $11) 22... g6 $19 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 {[#]} (24. Qd3 $142) 24... Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rf2 (25. Kxg2 Rg8) 25... Be4 26. Qh6+ Rh7 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 27. Qf6+ Rg7+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Qc3 $2 (29. Qd4 d5 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Rg1) 29... Kh7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 {[#]} Qf5 $1 32. Ree2 Rf6 33. Qe5 {[#]} Qxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Black "Mickus, Benas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,19,19,21,21,27,8,8,6,2,2,2,2,8,-10,0,0,0,0,32,31,38,9,25,15,28,0,33,0,40,32,104,75,85,87,108,83,125,123,140,140,154,152,148,173,431,454,435,406,837,824,824,823,1530,1514,1500,1490,1252,775,774,768,744,727]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line.} 10. Bd3 f6 11. O-O Nc6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Qe3 a6 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3 b5 16. Ne2 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Ned4 Rfb8 19. Be2 a5 20. Ra1 a4 21. Qa3 {½-½ (47) Felgaer,R (2560)-Santiago,Y (2479) Buenos Aires 2019}) 15... b5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. h3 g6 20. Kh2 Kh8 21. Rg1 Be8 22. Qf2 Bf7 23. g4 Rg8 (23... b4 $14) 24. Nc6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Qf8 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qh4 {[#] Hoping for Ne7.} Re8 27. Rxg8+ Bxg8 28. Rg1 Nd7 29. Be2 Bf7 30. c3 Rc8 $2 (30... Qc5) 31. Ne7 $18 Re8 {[#]} 32. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Bxg8 (32... Qxg8 $142 33. Nxg8 Kxg8) 33. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Kg7 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36. Bh5 Bf7 37. Qxh7 Rf8 38. Bxf7 Rxf7 39. Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Black "Boyajyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,24,40,21,56,24,35,37,35,19,24,29,32,31,26,29,40,49,41,43,68,-77,-69,-235,-45,-50,-23,-147,-164,-146,-143,-139,-146,-152,-132,-140,-116,-120,-56,-29,2,4,5,10,72,76,57,70,99,102,245,252,454,452,456,443,398,204,430,410,1452,1428,1503,1502,2408,2306,2631,2477,2160,1413,2715,2362,29985,29986,29985,29982]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} d4 7. Nb1 c5 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Bd6 11. Na3 O-O {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Na3 e5 16. b4 e4 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. c5 {½-½ (64) Bartsch,C (1886)-Owens,J (1932) LSS email 2012}) 12... e5 {[#]} 13. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc7 (13... Bxc5 14. Nxe5) 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Re8 15. Ng5 (15. Bg5 $1 $14) 15... h6 $17 16. Nb6 $2 (16. Nh3 $15) 16... hxg5 $2 (16... Bxb6 $2 17. Qb3+ Be6 18. Nxe6 $18) (16... axb6 $19 17. Qb3+ Be6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nxe6 Na5 19. Nxd8+ Nxb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21. Nxb7 bxc5) 17. Nxa8 $15 Ba5 18. Bd2 (18. Qb3+ $1 $11 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxe1 20. Nc7) 18... Bxd2 $17 19. Qxd2 Bd7 20. b4 Qxa8 21. b5 {[#]} Nd8 $1 22. a4 g4 23. Rac1 Qc8 (23... a6 $17 24. Qa5 e4 25. dxe4 fxe4) 24. Qa5 $15 f4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} (24... e4 {with more complications.} 25. c6 bxc6 26. Qxa7 Ne6 27. b6 c5) 25. c6 bxc6 {aiming for ...f3.} 26. gxf4 $1 exf4 (26... Nh5 $1 $11 27. bxc6 (27. fxe5 Nf4 $15) 27... Nxc6 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rxe5 (29. fxe5 Re6 $17) 29... Rxe5 30. fxe5 Nf4) 27. Rxe8+ $16 Bxe8 28. Qxa7 f3 29. Bf1 g3 (29... Nd5 $16) 30. hxg3 $18 Qg4 $2 (30... Qe6 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qxd4 Nb7) 31. b6 Qh5 {[#] ( -> ...Ng4)} 32. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7d8]} Nb7 {intending ...Bd7.} 33. Qe6+ (33. a5 $142 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6] Strongly threatening a6.} Ng4 34. Bh3 Qxh3 35. Qxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 37. Qxf3 Qh2+ 38. Kf1) 33... Bf7 $2 (33... Kf8 34. Re1 Qc5) 34. Qh3 ({Don't play} 34. Qc8+ Kh7 $18) 34... Qd5 (34... Qxh3 $142 35. Bxh3 Nd5) 35. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be8 36. Qxb7 Qg5 37. Re1 Bd7 38. Qb8+ Kh7 {[#]} 39. Qe5 $1 Qh6 {[#]} 40. Re4 $1 Ng4 {[#]} (40... Nxe4 41. Qxe4+) 41. Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy, Promotion} Bxg4 42. Qe4+ {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Black "Leclere, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,179,12,8,9,2,0,0,26,-4,19,14,25,8,21,18,18,12,108,93,93,101,110,94,102,98,93,93,112,66,91,87,121,114,161,143,202,102,112,87,77,94,92,98,103,36,47,36,25,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-125,-132,-140,-139,-132,-126,-122,-136,-112,-125,0,-2075,0,0,0,0,109,110,110,110,117,110,110,110,110,110,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,0,0,0,0,0,193,200,257,250,250,250,29972,29975,29975,29976,29974,272,272,278,285,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29974,29976,29976,29977,29981,375,387,0,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29983,29984,29985,29977,29985,0,0,0,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. Re1 {10.Nbd2 injects fresh life into this line.} Re8 11. a4 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 12. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} b4 13. Nc4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Na5 Bc8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Ng6 {1-0 (29) Vidic,T (1797)-Vasilescu,M (1822) Iasi 2011}) 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 (16... Qd7 $11) 17. Bxf7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 18. Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd5 19. Nxd5 Nexd5 20. exd5 Rb8 21. Qc4 Qd7 22. Nd2 Rb2 23. Ra2 Rxa2 24. Qxa2 Rb8 25. Nc4 Nxd5 (25... Ra8 $16 26. Rxe5 Kg8) 26. Ne3 ({Better is} 26. Nxa5 $18 c6 27. Qc4) 26... c6 27. Nxd5 Qe6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 28. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} cxd5 29. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 30. Re4 (30. Rc1 $16) 30... Qb7 $1 $14 31. Kh2 Qb3 32. Qe2 Qxd5 33. Rc4 Kg8 34. Qg4 Rf8 35. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg4g7]} Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {KQ-KQ} 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Kg3 Qf7 39. Qxf7+ (39. Qe4 {is interesting.} Qf6 40. f3 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1) 39... Kxf7 {KP-KP} 40. f4 (40. Kf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Ke6 $1 $17 41. Kf3 Kd5 42. fxe5 Kxe5 43. Ke3 Kd5 {Strongly threatening ...Kc5.} 44. d4 Kc4 45. Ke4 g6 (45... Kb3 $17 46. Kd5 Kc3 47. Kxd6 Kxd4) 46. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. h4 $11) 46... Kb3 $2 (46... g5 $19 47. g4 Kc3) 47. Kd5 $11 Kc3 48. h4 h5 (48... g5 $11) 49. Kxd6 $16 Kxd4 {K3P-K3P} 50. Ke6 Kc4 51. Kf6 Kb4 52. Kxg6 Kxa4 53. Kxh5 {Intending Kg6 and mate. KPP-KP} Kb5 54. g4 a4 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 55. g5 a3 {Threatens to win with ...a2.} 56. g6 a2 57. g7 a1=Q {( -> ...Qe5+)} 58. g8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qh1 59. Qg5+ Kc6 60. Kg6 (60. Qe7 $1 $16) 60... Kd7 61. h5 {Hoping for Qf5+.} Qe4+ 62. Kg7 {aiming for h6.} Qd4+ $2 (62... Qf3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 63. Qf6 $18 Qg4+ 64. Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g4]} Qd4+ 65. Kg8 {White wants to mate with Qg7+.} Qh4 $2 (65... Kd8 $18 66. Qf7 Qg4+ 67. Kf8 Qd4) 66. h6 Ke7 67. Qf7+ Kd6 68. Qf8+ $2 (68. h7 Qg3+ 69. Kf8 Qe5 70. Qg6+ Kc5 71. Kg8 Qd5+ 72. Kg7 Qb7+ 73. Kh6) 68... Ke6 69. Qe8+ $1 Kd6 70. Qb8+ $2 (70. Qe3 $1 $18 Qc4+ 71. Kg7 Qc7+ 72. Kg6) 70... Ke6 $11 71. Qb3+ Ke7 72. Qe3+ Kf6 73. Qf3+ Ke7 74. Qf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Kh7 $11 Qc4 75. Kh8) 74... Kd6 75. h7 Qg5+ 76. Kf8 $1 Qh6+ 77. Ke8 $2 (77. Qg7 Qf4+ 78. Kg8 Qc4+ 79. Qf7 Qg4+ 80. Kf8 Qc8+ 81. Kg7 Qg4+ 82. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 83. Kxg6) 77... Qe3+ $18 78. Kf8 $2 (78. Kd8 $18 Qg5+ 79. Kc8 Qc1+ 80. Kb8 Qb2+ 81. Qb7 Qh8+ 82. Ka7) 78... Qh6+ 79. Qg7 Qf4+ {[#]} 80. Kg8 $1 Qc4+ 81. Qf7 Qg4+ {[#]} 82. Kf8 $1 Qh4 83. Qg6+ Kd7 84. Qg7+ $2 (84. Kg8 {mates} Kc7 85. h8=Q Qd8+ 86. Kg7 Qd4+ 87. Qf6 Qg4+ 88. Kf8 Qc8+ 89. Kf7) 84... Ke6 $11 {[%cal Rh4d8]} 85. Qg8+ Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85... Kd6 $11 86. Qf7 (86. Kf7 Qf4+ 87. Ke8 Qe5+ 88. Kf7 Qf4+ 89. Kg6 Qg4+ 90. Kh6 Qh4+ 91. Kg7 Qd4+ 92. Kh6 Qh4+ 93. Kg7 Qd4+ 94. Kg6 Qg4+ 95. Kh6 Qh4+ $11) 86... Qh6+) 86. Qd5+ {White mates.} Kc7 87. Qe5+ Kd7 88. h8=Q Qb4+ 89. Kg7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh8e8]} Qg4+ 90. Kf6 {Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 76%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Black "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,-31,-8,-2,0,-1,3,0,1,0,0,-14,-9,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-13,-5,-73,-56,-45,-69,-97,-94,-109,-109,-100,-103,-100,-112,-104,-89,-93,-89,-129,-70,-102,-56,-81,-59,-108,-98,-85,-83,-94,-92,-112,-104,-156,-181,-191,-212,-443,-423,-541,-325,-343,-335,-324,-314,-385,-385,-386,-379,-723,-723,-587,-370,-374,-369,-29954,-11254,-29995,-29996]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. e4 h6 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Kh1 a5 12. Ng1 Rd8 13. f4 Na6 14. Bf3 Nc7 15. f5 d5 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. g4 dxc4 18. dxc4 {0-1 (59) Fasser,W (2068)-Rezsek,G (2102) Zalakaros 2009}) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Na6 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. d4 Bg4 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. d5 (16. Nf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Nfxd5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 17. exd5 Qxh4 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Qa3 c5 20. b4 Na6 21. b5 Nc7 $1 22. e4 b6 23. Qc1 a6 24. a4 Rf8 ({Black should play} 24... axb5 $17 {Hoping for ...b4.} 25. cxb5 Ne8) 25. Bd3 f5 26. a5 Rab8 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 27. bxa6 Nxa6 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. g3 Qg4 $1 30. Be2 {[#]} Qg6 $1 31. exf5 (31. Kh1 $142) 31... Bxf5 $17 32. Nb5 {[#]} Nb4 $1 33. Ra7 $2 (33. Qd2 {was worth a try.}) 33... Rbb8 $19 34. Qd1 Bc2 35. Qd2 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Rf8 37. Bh3 Bf5 38. Bxf5 Qxf5 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf5f1]} (38... Rxf5 $2 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Ra3 $19) 39. Qe2 $2 (39. Ra1 Qf3 40. Rd1) 39... Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Nd3 {aiming for ...Ne1+.} 41. Nc3 ({Don't go for} 41. Nxd6 $2 Ne1+ 42. Kh3 Nf3 $19) 41... Ne1+ 42. Kh1 $2 (42. Kh3 $19 Qf5+ 43. Qg4 Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Ng2+ 45. Kh5 Rf5+ 46. Kg6 Rf6+ 47. Kh5 Qf5+ 48. Qxf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kg4 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kh4) 42... Qc1 43. Nd1 {[#]} Qxd1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,154,60,56,61,76,31,25,18,30,37,35,27,33,14,14,15,24,13,16,0,10,0,0,0,0,-50,-52,-57,-53,-193,-134,-201,0,0,0,-193,-107,-231,-218,-229,-227,-262,-260,-258,-254,-316,-274,-271,-272,-370,-327,-343,-362,-391,-344,-327,-8,-395,-8,-414,-416,-428,-388,-577,-550,-505,-266,-266,-265,-254,-243,-360,0,0,0,0,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-629,-629,-518,-518,-518,-471,-399,-392,-372,-346,-331,-313,-299,-299,-858,-858,-850,29986,29987,29994,29980,29995,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,137,137,137,137,137,137,134,8,8]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} (6. O-O {is interesting.} Nf6 7. a4 Qh5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Nbd2) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 (7. Nc3 {is more complex.} Qd6 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. O-O) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 {[#] White has an edge.} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qd6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. d5 O-O 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ne4 Qf4 14. Nfg5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 {1-0 (80) Meek,S (1928)-Dawson,J (2024) Frome 2009}) 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 17. Qd1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qxb2 19. Rh4+ (19. Ne5 $15) 19... Kg8 $17 20. Nd4 (20. Rb1 $17 Qc2 21. Ne1 Qxd1 22. Rxd1) 20... g6 $2 ({Black should try} 20... Rfd8 $19 21. Rb1 Qxd4) 21. Rb1 $11 Qa2 $1 (21... Qxa3 22. Qd2 $16) 22. Nb3 $2 (22. Ra1 $11 Qb2 23. Rb1) 22... Nc5 (22... Qxa3 23. Qd2 $11) (22... Rad8 $19 23. Ra1 Qc2) 23. Nd2 (23. Nxc5 $17 bxc5 24. Qxd3) 23... Kg7 $19 24. Qe1 f6 25. Qe3 Rh8 26. Rg4 Rad8 (26... Qxa3 27. Qg3 $17) 27. h4 Kf7 ({Weaker is} 27... Qxa3 28. Qg3 $11) 28. Re1 Rh5 {White must now prevent ...Re5.} 29. Kh2 Qb2 30. Nf3 e5 31. a4 Rd7 32. a5 e4 $2 (32... d2 $19 33. Rd1 Rd3 34. Rxd2 Qxd2 35. Qxd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 bxa5) 33. axb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Rxe4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxe4 34. Qxe4) 33... axb6 $2 (33... d2 $19 34. Re2 d1=Q 35. Rxb2 exf3 36. Qxf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 f5) 34. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Rxe4 $1 $11 Nxe4 35. Qxe4) 34... d2 ({Inferior is} 34... exf3 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 35. Re2 f5 ({Worse is} 35... exf3 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Rxe7 38. Qxe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qf7+ $11) 36. Rxd2 (36. g4 $142 Rd3 37. Rxd2 Rxh4+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 38. Nxh4 Qxd2 39. Qxd2 Rxd2 40. Kg3) 36... Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Qe5 38. Nf3 Qf6 39. g4 Rh8 40. gxf5 (40. Ng5+ $142 Kg7 41. Kg3) 40... g5 $2 (40... gxf5 $19 41. Nd4 Rxh4+ 42. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 43. Kg2 f4) 41. Rxe4 $1 $11 Nxe4 42. Qxe4 gxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} (42... Kf8 $11) 43. Qb7+ (43. Ne5+ $16 Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46. Ng4) 43... Kg8 44. Qd7 Rh7 45. Qd5+ Kg7 46. Nd4 Kh6 47. Ne6 Ra7 48. Qd2+ Kh7 49. Qf4 Re7 {...Rxe6 is the strong threat.} 50. Ng5+ Kg8 {And now ...Qe5 would win.} 51. Qg4 Rg7 52. f4 Qb2+ 53. Kh3 Qc3+ 54. Kxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Kg2 $11) 54... Qe1+ $1 $19 55. Kh3 {Black should prevent Qg2.} Qh1+ 56. Kg3 Qg1+ 57. Kf3 Qxg4+ 58. Kxg4 {KR-KN} Rc7 59. f6 Rxc4 {aiming for ...b5.} 60. Kf5 b5 61. Kg6 $2 (61. Ne6 Ra4 62. Nc5) 61... Rc6 62. f5 b4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Ra6 $19 63. Ne6 Ra7) 63. Ne6 Rc8 64. f7+ Kh8 65. Nd4 $2 (65. Kh6 {mates} Rb8 66. Nf4 Rb6+ 67. Ng6+ Rxg6+ 68. fxg6 b3 69. f8=Q#) 65... Ra8 $11 66. f6 Rf8 67. Nb3 Rb8 68. Kf5 Kh7 69. Nc5 Rc8 70. Ke6 Kg6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 71. Nd7 b3 72. f8=Q Rxf8 73. Nxf8+ Kh5 (73... Kg5 $1 $11) 74. Nd7 b2 75. f7 b1=Q 76. f8=Q Qb3+ 77. Ke7 (77. Kd6 $16) 77... Qb4+ {Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Baltrunas, Arvydas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,61,44,43,39,26,31,35,30,20,36,28,27,20,36,25,25,16,22,-33,-20,-37,-36,-47,4,-25,9,-39,-33,-135,-19,-52,-35,-50,-18,-58,-52,-100,14,0,0,7,42,0,11,0,4,0,15,17,13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. exf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:00:24] A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:52]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:08] [#]} 8. b3 $146 {[%emt 0:03:03]} ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Ne7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (26) Sokolov,A (2532)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:01:44] [#]} (18. Qb1 $11) 18... a5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} ({Better is} 18... Na6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6b4]} 19. Bxe7 Rxc3) 19. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 20. Qb1 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 21. Bf1 {[%emt 0:19:49]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:01:36] [#]} (22. Bg2 $15) 22... d4 {[%emt 0:09:05]} (22... Bd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 23. cxd5 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 exd5) 23. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 25. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 26. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:18:29]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 28. Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 29. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Bg2 $11 {[%emt 0:07:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,38,35,50,50,45,43,74,52,60,44,29,26,31,19,35,34,80,12,79,25,49,37,57,16,25,22,39,20,18,-8,-8,-16,-15,-6,-17,-35,-12,-12,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,99,83,100,97,27,45,16,111,112,83,68,199,200,195,186,186,176,1492,1433,12838,12839,12839,12839,12839,12839,12841,12842,12842,12842,12842,12842]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 c6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. g4 Qe8 {White is slightly better.} 12. a3 {[#]} Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. a4 Qc8 15. Qc2 h5 16. g5 {1-0 (16) Rinaldi,C (2394)-Reinoso,A (2328) ICCF email 2007}) 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rg1 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Qa3 c5 17. b3 (17. b4 $16) 17... Kh7 (17... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Qc1 (18. b4 $16) 18... Ng8 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Nf3 b5 21. a5 Rh8 22. Qc2 Kg8 23. Ne2 h5 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. h4 Rh8 26. Bg5 f6 {Threatens to win with ...bxc4.} 27. Be3 Qc8 28. Ng3 Bg4 29. Nh2 Rxh4 30. Nxg4 Qxg4 {[#]} 31. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc4 (31... cxb4 $11 32. c5 Ne8) 32. Be2 $16 Qd7 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Bxc5 (34. Qxc4 $16 {And now d6+ would win.} Nc8 35. Rc1) 34... Nc8 35. Bxc4 {Strongly threatening d6+.} Nd6 {[#]} (35... Nb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 37. Kf1 Nb5 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} ({Black should try} 37... Rh2 $14) 38. Bxb5 $1 $18 Rxb5 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Rc1 {aiming for Rc7.} Rxa5 $2 {[#]} (40... Rb8 41. Qc6 Bf8) 41. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} gxf5 {[#]} 42. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 43. Rc7+ Qxc7 44. Qxc7+ Kf8 45. Qxa5 Rxe4 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. d6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,16,12,19,33,5,31,35,43,35,31,27,45,0,0,-21,-27,-101,0,-6,-12,-8,0,-8,0,-14,-13,-81,-51,-87,-80,-97,-86,-93,-3,-2,0,-67,-62,-72,-68,-66,-66,-197,-155,-247,-175,-167,-149,-267,-262,-443,-437,-414,454,442,712,693,753,755,5575,4710,29961,29963,29953,5204,5716,5593,2496,2276,29990,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 b5 8. Ng3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} ({Reject} 8. cxb5 exd5 9. exd5 Bb7 $15) 8... a6 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be3 Re8 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nd4 {1-0 (40) Milov,V (2570)-De Firmian,N (2605) Biel 1995}) 13... Rb8 $1 14. Nf5 Nb6 {And now ...Bxf5 would win.} 15. a5 (15. Nd4 $11 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxe3 18. Nc6) 15... Bxc3 (15... Nbxd5 $17 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Re5) 16. Bxb6 $11 Rxb6 17. bxc3 Rb7 {aiming for ...Bxf5.} 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Qg3 (20. Bd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Qf6 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Qg6 23. Qf4 Rc7 ({Black should play} 23... f5 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxe2) 24. g4 Rec8 25. g5 (25. Rd1 $11) 25... Nd3 26. Qe3 f5 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Bxd3 ({Better is} 28. Bf1 $15) 28... cxd3 $19 29. f4 (29. Rd1 $17 Rxc3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3) 29... Qh6 30. Rg1 Rxc3 31. Rae1 {[#]} (31. Rg2 $17) 31... b4 $1 32. e5 $2 (32. Rg2) 32... dxe5 33. Qxe5 Re8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... b3 $19 {and all is fine.} 34. Qe7 d2) 34. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Rxe5 (34... Qxh2+ $142 35. Kxh2 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 g6) 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. fxe5 {Ref1+ is the strong threat.} gxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 37. e6 Be8 38. e7+ Kf7 39. Rgf1+ Kg6 40. Rf8 Rc8 41. d6 {White wants to mate with Rxe8!} d2 42. Rg1+ Kh5 {[#]} 43. Rxe8 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion. What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,17,15,76,12,21,16,89,89,84,85,89,72,100,39,85,82,94,94,96,100,90,93,140,137,139,146,135,131,137,124,184,189,186,185,188,186,184,164,168,156,161,146,152,155,171,168,165,163,237,237,363,361,352,352,356,346,369,380,391,387,404,411,1014,341,335,320,358,344,393,383,462,462,419,355,363,285,426,286,271,231,237,208,324,324,4674,4674,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} O-O {6...0-0 is the modern continuation.} 7. Nh3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ba6 11. Bf4 ({Reject} 11. Qxa8 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Nc6 $15) 11... Nc6 12. Kf2 c4 13. Rhd1 Be7 14. Kf1 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. Qxd7 Nd3 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Rab1 Bxh2 19. Nf2 Be5 20. Nxd3 cxd3 {½-½ (28) Murray,T (2555)-Sasikiran,K (2558) ICCF email 2017}) 15. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rac8 (15... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Qxd7 Bc5) 16. Bd6 ({White should try} 16. Rad1 $16) 16... Nb4 $11 17. Qd4 Qxd4 (17... Bxd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc6 20. Rxd7 Bc8) 18. Rxd4 $16 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rb8 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. Nf4 ({White should play} 21. Nf2 $16) 21... Re8 22. R1d2 {White now steadily converts the win.} Kf8 23. h4 Ke7 24. R6d4 Nc6 25. Rd5 ({Not} 25. Rxc4 Ba6 $17) 25... f6 26. Kg1 Ne5 27. Ra5 a6 28. Nfd5+ Kf7 29. Ne3 Rd8 (29... Re6 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Rc5 Rc6 31. Rxc6 dxc6) 30. Ra4 $18 Bb7 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Bc6 33. Rcd4 a5 34. Nd5 Rb5 35. Ne3 Rdb8 36. b3 g6 37. Kf2 Rh5 38. Kg3 a4 (38... Rc5 $142 39. Kf4 Rh5) 39. b4 ({But not} 39. bxa4 $6 Ra5 $16) 39... f5 (39... Bb5 $142 40. a3 Rc8) 40. exf5 gxf5 41. a3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Rf8 43. Nd5+ Bxd5 44. Rxd5 Rxh4 45. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 (45... Ke8 $142 46. Ra7 Rf7) 46. R7d6+ $2 (46. Ke3 {Intending f4 and mate.} Re8 47. R2d6+ Ke5 {[#]} 48. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 49. Rd5+ Kf6+ 50. Kxf4 Re4+ 51. Kf3) 46... Ke7 47. Ra6 Rc8 48. Rxa4 Rc1 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Kg3 Rch1 52. Rad6 f4+ 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. R6d4 Rxa3 55. Rb2 Ke6 (55... Ra7 {might work better.} 56. Re2+ Kf7) 56. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ke5 $2 (56... Ra7 57. b6 Rb7) 57. b6 Rh1 {[#]} 58. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,64,101,97,104,100,110,104,115,108,124,104,133,94,89,95,98,59,143,35,40,33,52,27,30,0,9,-9,-14,-70,-58,-83,-69,-68,-53,-60,-83,-93,-103,-147,-122,-114,-125,-205,-39,-37,-40,-37,0,-38,-31,-35,-68,-161,-44,-148,119,122,376,364,362,365,1460,1422,2110,1769]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Re1 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} h6 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Nh7 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 {½-½ (15) Kopylov,M (2407)-Sattarov,B (2459) chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Nh7 12. Qc2 {White is better.} Kh8 13. Rab1 b6 14. a3 Ndf6 15. b4 Nh5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd2 f5 (17... Nf4 $14) 18. Qd1 (18. Bxh6 $16 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} f4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be2) 18... f4 $14 19. Bd2 g5 20. Nh2 N5f6 $1 21. Be2 Rf7 22. Rb3 Bf8 23. Qc2 (23. Kh1 $11) 23... h5 $1 $15 24. f3 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ng5 27. Bf3 Rh7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1f2,Bf2h3,Bh3f4,Bf4e6,Be6g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 $1 29. Nf2 Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8h6] Hoping for ...Qh6.} 30. Bd1 (30. Nf1 $17 {might work better.}) 30... Bd8 $2 (30... Qh6 $19 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. Bxf3 ({Not} 32. gxf3 $2 Qh6 $17) 32... Nd7 33. Nh3 Qg7 34. Reb1 Nb6 35. Be1 ({White should try} 35. Nf2 $15) 35... Bd7 (35... Bxg4 $19 36. Bxg4 Qxg4) 36. Rd3 ({White should play} 36. Qe2 $15) 36... Bc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Bxg4 $17 {stays on course.} 37. Bxg4 Qxg4) 37. Nxf4 $1 $16 Bxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rg8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Bxg4 $18 Qxg4 {[#]} 39. Ne6 $1 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Qxe4 $2 (39... Rg8 40. Qf2 Nd7) 40. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxc4 41. Rc3 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,41,45,46,44,37,34,39,25,191,128,195,147,176,194,502,444,441,341,1045,1043,1056,810,811,806,29982,12241]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 {A52: Budapest Gambit.} d6 11. g3 Bg4 12. Bg2 {[#] White is slightly better.} O-O-O $146 {[#]} (12... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc6 Qh5 18. f3 Bh3 19. Nxa7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd7 21. Qd5+ Qf7 22. Nb5 {1-0 (22) Dos Santos,M (1783)-Oliveira,C (1717) Curitiba 2016}) 13. O-O ({White should play} 13. Nd4 $1 $18) 13... h6 (13... Qe4 $16 14. Nd4 Qxd3 15. exd3 Ne5) 14. Rab1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7a7,Ba7c7][%mdl 32] And now Rxb7! would win.} g5 15. Be3 {Threatens to win with Rxb7!} Nd7 $2 (15... b6 16. h3 Bd7) 16. Nd4 Nde5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 $2 {[#]} (17... bxc6 18. Qc2 Qe6) 18. Rxb7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ne5 (18... Kxb7 19. Rb1+) 19. Rxa7 Kd7 20. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Rxc7+!} Bxe2 {[#]} 21. Rxc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Bagdanskis, Dangis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,34,78,84,82,88,81,87,87,70,112,114,113,120,136,136,137,125,127,122,145,129,144,139,153,131,132,130,129,131,147,137,137,133,133,120,127,87,105,75,93,100,83,68,147,80,89,75,69,37,110,-37,-37,-37,-37,-45,7,0,0,0,0,0,47,45,79,0,82,79,91,66,60,43,33,43,56,36,63,62,542,535,631,319,758,758,891,777,29992,12833,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O h5 {[#]} 6. d4 $146 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} ({Predecessor:} 6. cxd5 h4 7. e4 Ng4 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 {½-½ (29) Welter,B (1659)-Buech,C (1702) Homburg 2010}) 6... c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 {White is better.} Be7 9. Qc2 Nh7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ndf6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. c5 Bc8 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Ndf6 20. Nd6 Ne8 21. Ndc4 Nhf6 22. b4 Nd5 23. f4 g6 24. h3 Ng7 25. Qf2 Kh7 26. Nd6 Ne8 ({Black should play} 26... Nf5 $14) 27. Ne4 (27. f5 $142 gxf5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qf3) 27... Kg7 28. Rf1 Nef6 29. Ng5 a6 ({Better is} 29... Ng8 $14) 30. Qc2 (30. Rd3 $16) 30... Ne3 $1 $15 {[%csl LRc2,LRd1,LRf1][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Qd3 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Qe7 (32... Ng8 $15) 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Nh7 35. Ngf3 Rh8 36. g5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Nf8 37. Qe4 (37. Qc3 $16 {d5! is the strong threat.} Kg8 38. Re1) 37... f6 (37... Rh5 $11) 38. gxf6+ $16 Qxf6 39. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Rh5 $1 40. Qe3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nh7 $1 41. Ne4 Qh4 42. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h3] Black must now prevent Rh3.} Rf8 43. Nd6 Qf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (43... Nf6 $1 $14) 44. Rg3 $18 Rh6 45. Be4 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Qh4 $2 (45... Qxf4 46. Qxf4 Rxf4 47. Nxg6 (47. Bxg6 Rxd4 48. Bd3+ Ng5 $14) 47... Rxe4) 46. Nxg6 Rxg6 47. Bxg6 Rg8 {[#]} 48. Bxh7+ (48. Bf7+ $142 $1 Kh6 49. Bxg8 Ng5 50. Rxg5 Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 51. fxg5+ Kg6 52. Bf7+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. Qh2+ Kg7 55. Qh6#) 48... Kxh7 49. Qe4+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Martinkus, Rolandas"]
[Black "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,16,16,60,25,42,33,96,102,177,168,272,263,356,358,331,349,587,429,470,441,426,347,360,342,344,335,420,362,364,373,365,380,350,329,360,147,145,145,152,139,174,172,197,177,233,233,233,231,647,635,731,731,722,718,707,709,1001,943,922,870,879,487,826,954,942,924,704,743,574,219,560,256,5448,5448,5448,4608,4666,4627,2414,4574,1395,1597]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Bb7 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. Nf3 a5 10. e5 {[#]} Ng4 $146 (10... dxe5 $1 $14 11. Nxe5 Nbd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qe3 Bf8 13. fxe7 Bxe7 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Rb1 Ra7 {1-0 (42) Scarella,E (2255)-Romero,L Santiago de Chile 1992}) 11. e6 $16 fxe6 (11... f6 $16) 12. Bd3 $18 Qc7 (12... Kd7 {was called for.} 13. Bxg6 Kc7) 13. Bxg6+ Kd7 14. O-O Na6 15. Rfe1 b4 $2 (15... Bf6 16. Qe2 Kc8 17. Qxe6+ Kb8) 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5+ Bxe5 19. Rad1 Kc8 20. Na4 c5 {and if ...Qc6 works, Black does fine.} 21. f4 Bd4+ {[#]} 22. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd4 23. Qe6+ (23. Qxe7 Kb8 $18) (23. Bxh5 Ra7 $16) (23. Bxe7 Nc5 $16) 23... Kb8 {next ...Qc6! is good for Black.} 24. Bxe7 ({Not} 24. Qxe7 Qc6 $16) 24... Ka7 25. Qxd6 (25. Qf6 $18 {is more deadly.} Rad8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Re7) 25... Qxd6 $16 26. Bxd6 Rhg8 {[#]} 27. f5 $1 Rac8 {[#]} 28. Re2 $1 Rc6 29. Be5 bxa3 (29... Rc4 $142) 30. Bxd4+ Kb8 31. bxa3 Rc4 $2 (31... Rcxg6 32. fxg6 Rxg6 33. Re8+ Kc7 34. Re7+ Kb8 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Re7+ Kb8 37. Be5+ Kc8) 32. Be5+ $18 Ka7 33. Bf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Rxa4 35. Rg7 Kb6 36. Bb3 Rxh4 37. f6 {Hoping for f7.} Nc5 38. Bd6 {aiming for f7.} a4 (38... Rh1+ $142 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nxf6+ 41. Rxb7+ Kc6 42. Kxh1 Kxb7) 39. Bxc5+ Kxc5 40. Rxb7 {And now Rb4! would win.} axb3 41. cxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rf4 42. Rh7 $2 (42. b4+ Kc6 43. Ra7) 42... h4 $2 (42... Rxf6 43. Rxh5+ Kc6) 43. f7 (43. b4+ $142 Kd5 44. f7) 43... Kb5 $2 (43... h3 44. a4 (44. Rxh3 Rxf7 45. Rh5+ Kc6 $16) 44... Rf3) 44. Kg2 {White is clearly winning.} Ka5 45. Kh3 Kb5 46. a4+ Ka5 47. Rg7 Kb6 {[#]} 48. b4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Black "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,-4,-18,-17,-32,-8,-25,-17,-37,7,9,1,0,30,20,60,55,81,50,62,60,49,26,64,56,101,85,102,105,103,101,112,88,121,39,138,151,543,119,997,1006,933,1013,999,1004,967,970,943,918,986,977,978,953,2923,2890,2425,2239]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Ra2 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 11.Qc2.} Re8 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} 12. Qa1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh7 {[#] Black has an edge.} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bc3 Qd6 18. Rb1 e5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. b4 {1-0 (66) Mohamed,M (2244)-Rayner,F (2083) Batumi 2018}) 14... b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Nb8 18. Nd4 Nfd7 19. N2b3 Na6 20. Nc6 Qb6 21. Bd4 Nac5 ({Reject} 21... Qxb3 22. Rb1 $16) 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rac2 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qxc6 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd7 26. Qd4 Reb8 {[#]} 27. Rc7 (27. e4 $1 $16) 27... Qd6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 27... Qe8 $14) 28. e4 $1 $16 Qb4 $2 (28... Bg6 $16) 29. Qe5 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} (29. Qxb4 $18 axb4 30. exd5 exd5 31. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxd3 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. a5) 29... dxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Re8 $16) 30. Rxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Clearance. White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 31. Rc7+ Qe7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 34. Qxh7 e3 35. fxe3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. d4 Rb2 38. e4 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Black "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,23,4,-5,-2,-8,-4,-8,-4,-41,18,3,4,31,30,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines.} 7. Nc4 Ng6 8. Be3 O-O {[#]} 9. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Nh4 Rae8 13. Ne3 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Bg6 15. f3 {0-1 (23) Stransky,E-Berggreen,A ICCF corr 1984}) 9... b5 ({Black should try} 9... Bg4 $15) 10. h5 $11 bxc4 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. dxc4 {A rather calm draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sibajeva, Marija"]
[Black "Baumilas, Silvestras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,21,28,10,44,48,62,41,143,69,62,43,44,48,69,49,38,22,34,4,40,33,57,25,22,19,138,160,151,137,140,139,208,198,212,178,195,-158,-131,-129,-120,-160,-147,-145,-145,-183,-173,-206,-205,-200,-202,-201,-203,-198,-209,-197,-192,-370,-394,-366,-275,-273,-265,-255,-192,-182,-186,-172,-61,-145,-145,-165,-70,-88,0,0,139,8,8,-2,-6,-2,-6,-84,-84,-82,-82,-1993,-407,-355,-335,-516,-80,-360,-324,-365,-77,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} a6 7. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 8. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6] White is slightly better.} Ng8 (8... dxe5 $14 9. Qxd8+ (9. Qxe5 Nd5 $14) 9... Kxd8) 9. Bf4 (9. exd6 $16 Qxd6 10. Qa4) 9... d5 $1 $14 10. Na4 e6 11. O-O Rb8 {[#] And now ...Rb4 would win.} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Ne7 13. Qa7 Bb7 14. c4 Ng6 15. Bd2 Ba8 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e6 {1-0 (27) Trevisan,L (2166)-Fabian,P Latschach 2006}) 12... Ne7 13. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf5 14. Rad1 ({Don't go for} 14. Qxc6+ $2 Bd7 $19) 14... Bd7 15. b4 Be7 16. Nd4 (16. g4 {with more complications.} Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Nc5 Be7 19. Be3) 16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 f5 (17... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. exf6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxf6 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Nc5 Qc8 (20... Bc8 $16) 21. Re1 $18 O-O 22. Qd3 e5 23. Rxd5 $2 ({White must play} 23. Nxd7 $18 Qxd7 24. Rde4) 23... cxd5 24. Qxd5+ Rf7 25. Rd1 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Be8 26. Ne4 {Black should prevent Nd6.} Qc6 ({Don't play} 26... Qxc2 27. Nd6 $15) 27. c4 Qxd5 28. cxd5 Rd7 29. d6 {[#] intending Nc5.} Be7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 30. f3 (30. dxe7 Rxd1#) 30... Bg6 31. Rd5 Kf7 32. Rxe5 Bxd6 33. Ng5+ $2 (33. Nxd6+ Rxd6 34. Kf2) 33... Kf6 $19 34. Ra5 h6 35. Ne4+ Bxe4 36. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Rb7 37. Rxa6 Ke5 38. Kf2 Bc7 (38... Rc7 $19 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Kg4 Rd3) 39. Kf3 (39. Ke3 $15) 39... Kd4 $1 $17 40. h3 Kc4 (40... Be5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rc7.} 41. Ra8 Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Rc7) 41. Re6 Kb3 (41... Bb6 $17 42. Rc6+ Kb3) 42. Re7 $1 $11 g5 (42... Kxa3 $11 43. b5 Ra7) 43. b5 (43. e5 $16) 43... Ra7 44. Re6 {Hoping for b6.} Rxa3 45. b6 Kc4+ 46. Ke2 (46. Kg4 $11 Bh2 47. Rxh6) 46... Bf4 $17 47. Rxh6 Kd4 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 48. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rh7 $17) 48... Re3+ (48... g4 $142 {( -> ...Ra2+)} 49. Rh7 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Rb2) 49. Kd1 $19 g4 $1 ({Inferior is} 49... Rxe4 50. hxg5 Bxg5 51. b7 $11) 50. Rh8 (50. Rf6 {keeps fighting.} Bg3 51. Rf7) 50... Rg3 $2 (50... Rb3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 51. Kc2 Rxb6) 51. e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rd8+ $17 Kxe4 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. h5) 51... Bxe5 52. Rd8+ {[#]} Kc5 $2 (52... Ke4 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 53. b7 Rxg2) 53. b7 {[#]} Rxg2 (53... Rb3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb3b7]} 54. Rd7 Kc6) 54. b8=Q $11 {The position is equal.} Bxb8 55. Rxb8 Rh2 56. Rg8 Rxh4 57. Ke2 Kd5 58. Kf2 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,17,22,247,246,256,245,248,261,288,305,306,289,290,291,563,570,812,788,783,775,1081,949,890,950,1179,1198,1198,1200,1200,1028,1198,1191]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Qa5 $2 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} (7... Bb4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 8. c5 $18 d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 {White is clearly better.} 10. Nxd7 {[#]} Kxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd7 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nxd5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd5 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Qxa7 {½-½ (35) Lerner,K (2549)-Nabaty,T (2504) Tel Aviv 2009}) 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 Rhc8 13. f3 exf3 $2 (13... e3 {is a better defense.} 14. a3 Ke8 15. Bxe3 Kf8) 14. Qxf3 {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 15. Rae1 {Threatens to win with Bh6!} Kf8 {[#]} 16. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 (16... Nxe7 17. Be5) 17. Qd3 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Kxe7 19. Bd6+ Kd8 {[#]} 20. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 21. Qe2 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re2e7]} Rc6 {[#]} 22. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,22,13,26,22,47,42,53,39,61,50,34,42,110,76,75,69,73,84,83,49,38,33,33,39,24,32,18,41,27,0,0,0,85,28,11,18,26,8,12,20,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. g4 Nd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} 10. a3 Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10...Nac5.} 11. Rg1 Kh8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nd2 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. g5 Nc5 14. b3 f5 15. h4 Nxe4 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Kg8 19. Nxe4 {1-0 (81) Lysyj,I (2627)-Vovk,Y (2539) Warsaw 2010}) 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 f5 (14... Bd7 $14) 15. gxf5 (15. exf5 {keeps more tension.} gxf5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. O-O-O Nca4 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. gxf5 e4 20. Nxe4 Bxb2+ 21. Kb1) 15... gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nce4 Bh6 20. Qe2 Raf8 21. O-O-O Nc8 22. Kb1 Nd6 23. Rg4 (23. Nxd6 {feels hotter.} Rxf2 24. Qh5 Rxd2 25. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bg7 27. d6) 23... Bxd2 $1 24. Rxd2 Nxe4 (24... b6 $11) 25. Qxe4 (25. Rxe4 $16 Qf6 26. Ka2) 25... Rxf2 $11 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Rh4 Rf8 28. Rh6 Rf4 29. Qe2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h6] The position is equal.} 30. Rh4 Rf5 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Ka2 b6 {[#]} 33. Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh6 34. Qxf5 {KQ-KQ} Qd6 35. Qf7 a4 36. h4 h6 37. h5 Qd8 38. Qe6 Qd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxe6.} 39. Qf7 Qd8 40. Qe6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,16,13,13,27,0,4,0,22,-32,36,39,32,41,38,36,46,46,49,31,96,94,108,106,243,247,253,244,249,250,247,245,314,304,327,330,334,309,437,431,427,389,454,434,535,510,588,560,621,623,629,658,693,696,698,608,678,635,1343,1238,5318,5230,29984,29985,29984,29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Qb6 7. Nc3 (7. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qxb3 8. axb3 $11) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. h3 {[#]} ({White should try} 9. c5 $11 Qxb3 10. axb3) 9... Rc8 $146 ({Black should play} 9... g5 $15 10. Bg3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne4) ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nb3 Bd8 {1-0 (39) Nakamura,H (2741)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow 2010}) 10. c5 $14 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bd8 14. Nb3 Bc7 (14... O-O $14) 15. Bxc7 $16 Rxc7 {[#]} 16. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} O-O {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (16... Nb8 $16) (16... axb5 17. Ra8+) 17. b6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c7]} Rcc8 {[#]} 18. Na5 $1 Rb8 {[#]} 19. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 20. Nxc6 Rbe8 21. Rxa6 Nb8 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Kd2 Rfc8 (23... e5 $142 24. Re1 (24. dxe5 Nd7 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24... Rfe8) 24. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 25. f3 ({Less strong is} 25. dxe5 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 dxe4 $18) 25... exd4 26. exd4 Bd7 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Ra7 Re8 29. b5 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Ke8 31. b7 {aiming for Ra8.} Kd8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Kc7.} 32. Ra8 {Black must now prevent b6.} Kc7 33. c6 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Be6 35. Na4 h5 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37. Nc5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Black "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:16:06]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:28]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 12. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:07:58]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:16:50]} Rah8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 19. h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 20. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:01:53]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 21. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:01:31]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 23. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 24. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 25. Nb7+ Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 26. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 27. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 28. Rh4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 30. Bd1 {[%emt 0:08:29]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 31. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} e4 {[%emt 0:08:13]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 34. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 35. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 36. Re3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 37. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 40. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 41. b5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 42. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 44. a4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c4 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 45. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 46. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 47. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 48. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 49. Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rxa4+ {[%emt 0:02:26]} 50. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 51. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 52. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 53. c3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 55. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:02:41]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 56. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 57. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 58. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 59. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 61. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 62. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 63. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 64. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 66. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 67. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 68. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 69. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 70. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 72. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 73. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 74. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 75. Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 76. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,29,42,27,36,32,30,31,30,28,14,-60,-48,-60,-54,-91,-85,-94,-35,-50,-52,-39,-21,-47,-38,-20,-34,-61,-25,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-21,-31,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-13,-9,0,-19,0,-88,-37,-56,-18,-45,22,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,39,37,21,12833,12833,12833,12834,12834,12835,12835,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12843,12839,12839,12839,12839,12839,12846,12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit.} Nf6 7. O-O bxc4 8. Bxc4 {White has an edge.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[#]} 10. Qa4 $146 (10. Nc3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. d6 Bd8 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qb7 16. Ne5 {0-1 (65) Sokolov,I (2626)-Kvon,A (2500) Helsingor 2017}) 10... Nc7 $15 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 {[#]} Be7 $1 13. Nc3 Ncd5 ({Black should try} 13... O-O $17 14. Ne5 d5) 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfe1 Qc8 18. a4 Bd8 19. Ne5 Nbd5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxd7 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} Nxd7 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Nd6 Rfc7 {aiming for ...Rb8.} 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Re6 a5 28. f3 Kf7 29. Ra6 Bc7 30. b3 Be5 31. Kf1 (31. Rxa5 $11 Bd4+ 32. Kh1) 31... Bc3 ({Black should play} 31... Bd4 $17) 32. g4 h6 33. h4 Re8 (33... Bd4 $15) 34. Rdd6 Bb4 {...c4! is the strong threat.} 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nh5 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Kg2 Be1 39. Kh3 {Strongly threatening Kg4.} Nf4+ 40. Kg4 Ne6 41. g6 {Intending Rxe6! and mate.} Nf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8d7]} 42. Rc7 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (42... Rb8 $11) 43. Rxe6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe6 44. Rc8+ Nf8 45. f4 Bf2 46. f5 Be3 47. Kf3 Bd4 48. Ke4 Bg1 49. Kd5 Bf2 50. Ra8 Bg3 51. Kc6 Bf4 52. Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Black "Leclere, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,54,30,30,30,30,26,31,28,27,0,0,-93,-81,-96,-16,-134,-22,-119,-126,-122,-133,-122,-125,-126,-131,-122,-125,-179,-46,-41,-42,-37,-33,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-87,-99,-111,-107,-67,-90]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} (12. Nb3 {seems wilder.} dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Qc2) 12... d3 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {White has an edge.} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Bg3 (17. Be3 $11) 17... g5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 18. h3 b4 (18... h5 $1 $17) 19. Rac1 (19. Ne1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... bxc3 (19... Rxf3 $1 $17 20. gxf3 Rd2) 20. bxc3 {[#]} (20. Rxc2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxf3 21. gxf3) 20... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 21. gxf3 Rd2 22. f4 Ba3 23. Kg2 h6 24. fxg5 hxg5 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 24... Bxc1 $2 25. gxh6 Kf7 26. Rxc1 $18) 25. Kf3 $146 {[#]} (25. h4 $17) ({Predecessor:} 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bf4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 h3+ 28. Kh2 Rxf2+ 29. Kg3 Re2 30. Kxh3 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxc2 {0-1 (49) Kharitonov,S (2159)-Stefanatos,N (1877) Malevizi 2016}) 25... Bxc1 (25... Bb2 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Rd3+.} 26. Ke4 Ne7) 26. Rxc1 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Rxc3 28. Kd2 Rc5 {White must now prevent ...Nb4.} (28... Ra3 {is more complex.} 29. Kxc2 Ra5 30. Kc3 Kd7 31. Rd1+ Ke7) 29. Rxc2 Rd5+ 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. Ke4 {[#]} (31. Rd2 $11) 31... Rd4+ $1 $17 32. Kf3 Ra4 {And now ...Nd4+ would win.} 33. Rb2 Rc4 34. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Jablokov, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,51,47,15,57,35,41,39,79,63,83,18,10,31,31,0,-16,-36,-43,-29,-20,-38,-25,-148,-132,-135,-135,-165,-163,-106,-130,-143,-77,-78,-78,-64,-18,-933,-876,-1057,-1050]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Re8 9. d5 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4.} Nf8 10. h3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng6 11. Be3 a5 12. Rb1 c5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Kh2 h6 16. b3 Rf8 {0-1 (42) Zebelis,R (1917)-Barsciauskas,G (1784) Klaipeda 2012}) 11. Be3 {White is slightly better.} c5 12. a3 a6 13. b4 (13. Nxe5 $16 dxe5 14. d6) 13... cxb4 $11 14. axb4 Qc8 15. Qd3 Bxh3 16. Na4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qg4 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. c5 {[#]} (19. Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... Ng6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 20. Kh2 {[#]} Nhf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxf4 (21. gxf4 Qh5+) 21... exf4 22. Qf3 Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 23. Nc4 b5 (23... Rac8 $142 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 24. Nab6 dxc5) 24. cxb6 Rac8 25. Nab2 Bf6 {...Bxb2 is the strong threat.} 26. Rac1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. b7 $11 Rb8 27. Rxa6 Bxb2 28. Nxb2) 26... Bxb2 $19 27. Nxb2 Rxc1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Sibajeva, Marija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,17,14,0,0,12,10,50,24,146,88,84,91,89,70,122,89,109,62,45,33,79,72,82,74,80,90,89,56,86,76,73,87,77,72,70,77,136,136,140,149,135,152,198,195,162,134,626,376,516,457,495,233,449,447,398,281,481,449,512,276,402,376,576,516,984,956]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 {7.c4 is setting a new trend. Played by David Anton Guijarro in May 2020.} Bd6 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} 8. Nbd2 Qc7 {[#]} 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. c4 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 Bg4 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rc1 {½-½ (46) Ahonen,M (2113)-Dorn,M (2168) ICCF email 2016}) 9... O-O-O {The position is equal.} 10. c4 Ne5 (10... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Nxe5 (11. Bxe5 $142 Bxe5 12. Bxd7+ (12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 cxd4 $14) 12... Rxd7 13. d4 (13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. d4 cxd4 $14)) 11... Bxe5 $16 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 ({Black should try} 13... Qd6 $14) 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Rxc4 Rc8 18. Qc2 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rdc7 19. Rc1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nd7 20. d4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} b5 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ka8 23. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3b4,Bb4d5][%mdl 32]} f6 24. Nd3 $1 e5 {[#]} (24... g5 $142) 25. Nb4 $1 {And now Qe4+ would win.} exd4 26. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Much less strong is} 26. exd4 $6 Re7 $14) 26... Rb7 27. exd4 {aiming for c6.} a5 {[#]} 28. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b6][%mdl 1024] Black must now prevent Nb6+. White has strong compensation.} Ka7 {Threatening ...Re8.} 29. Re1 {c6! is the strong threat.} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (29... Qf7 $16) 30. Nf4 Qg4 {...g5 would now be nice for Black.} 31. h3 Qc8 32. Ne6 (32. c6 $142) 32... Re8 $2 (32... Re7 {was worth a try.} 33. d5 Qxc5) 33. d5 $18 Rbe7 34. Qxh7 Qd7 $2 (34... Rxe6 {might work better.} 35. dxe6 Rxe6 36. Qxg7+ Ka6 37. Rxe6+ Qxe6) 35. Qf5 a4 36. Qe4 Ka6 (36... Rd8 $142) 37. f4 Qc8 (37... Rd8 $142 38. d6 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Qxe6 40. Rxe6 Kb7 41. Re7+ Kc6 42. Rc7+ (42. Rxg7 Rd7 $16) 42... Kd5) 38. f5 Ka7 (38... Rxe6 $142 39. fxe6 Qxc5+ 40. Kh1 Re7) 39. Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Black "Boyajyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,6,2,64,10,77,72,67,25,36,44,155,170,310,301,366,329,594,576,575,320,327,237,227,97,91,104,238,185,219,239,396,258,1065,1063,1055,1050,1007,1005,1046,1045,1915,1806,2422,2320,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} (6... Ne7 $11) 7. Nf3 ({White should play} 7. Bb5+ $14 Bd7 8. Qg4 fxe5 9. Rb1 (9. Qxg7 Qf6 $11)) 7... Nc6 (7... Qa5 $11 {remains equal.}) 8. Bb5 $16 Bd7 {White is better.} 9. Qe2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 {½-½ (13) Catala Alos,J-Perez Torres,J Burjasot 1996}) 10. Bf4 {Hoping for exf6.} g5 (10... f5 $14) 11. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qa5 (11... Nd8 {was called for.} 12. exf6 Bxb5) 12. O-O $18 g4 13. Nh4 Qxc3 $2 (13... Qd8 14. exf6 Nxf6) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Be5 O-O {[#]} 17. dxc5 (17. Rab1 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 17... Qxc5 $16 18. Rab1 Bc8 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (18... Qxa3 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. Rb7 Qe7) 19. Rb3 a5 {Threatening ...Ba6.} 20. Rg3 Ba6 $2 (20... h5) 21. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Qg5+.} ({Less strong is} 21. Rxg4+ Kf7 $16) 21... Bxf1 $2 (21... Qe7) 22. Qg5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 23. Qxf6+ (23. Rc3 $2 {[#]} Qxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kxf2 Ne4+ 25. Kxf1 Nxg5 $19) 23... Ke8 24. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 25. Nf5 {Bd4 is the strong threat.} ({Avoid the trap} 25. Bd6 $2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Re8 $19) 25... Rxf5 26. Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be2 27. Re3 {White wants to mate with Qf7.} Bb5 28. Qf7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Zilinskas, Vaidotas"]
[Black "Baumilas, Silvestras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,66,120,81,97,56,100,101,140,135,135,112,119,116,120,83,74,75,83,48,60,49,58,43,33,39,42,40,35,36,67,55,69,64,153,96,123,112,113,89,109,105,121,89,209,193,214,212,271,278,348,330,333,337,316,285,374,321,441,431,566,553,551,554,556,564,561,546,518,327,552,512,497,512,509,481,622,605,782,767,1135,791,977,944,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nc7 (5... Ne7 $14) 6. Nc3 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation).} cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 {[#]} 8. Bf4 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qh5 h6 13. Rfe1 Qg5 14. Qf3 {1-0 (32) Paraschiv,A (1073)-Matei Catruna,A (1002) Calimanesti 2018}) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Ne8 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nd6 Ne8 16. Bg3 (16. Nxe8 {is more complex.} Qxe8 17. Be5 a5 18. Rad1 d5 19. f4) 16... Nxd6 17. Bxd6 a5 18. b3 Rf7 19. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d6][%mdl 32]} Qf8 20. Qg3 Ba6 21. Rd2 Re8 {Black is on the road to losing.} (21... Bxd6 $14 22. Rxd6 g6) 22. Rfd1 (22. Be5 $142) 22... Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Bc8 24. Bf3 Rf6 25. Be4 Qf7 26. Qd3 g6 (26... Qh5 $16) 27. f3 $18 Qg7 28. Qd2 Ref8 29. Qxa5 Qh6 {[#] And now ...Qe3+ would win.} 30. Qc5 Qg7 31. Qd4 g5 32. a4 h5 33. g3 R8f7 34. a5 Qh6 {[#]} 35. a6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Bxa6 {If Black can now play ...Bc8 this consolidates a bit.} 36. Rxd7 Bc8 37. Rd8+ Rf8 38. Qe5 R6f7 39. Qb8 Ba6 $2 (39... Bd7 40. b4 g4) 40. Qb6 Bc8 41. Rxf8+ Rxf8 42. Qxc6 h4 43. g4 Qf6 44. Qc7 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc7h7]} Qh8 45. Qe7 Qh6 46. Rd8 Ba6 47. Rxf8+ Qxf8 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,88,32,12,0,0,0,22,20,100,70,70,70,70,70,80,86,71,-5,-8,-18,-17,-16,-4,-6,-6,-21,-5,-48,-47,-53,-50,-52,-41,-43,-46,-129,-132,-122,-131,-109,-130,-159,-115,-795,-72,-73,-90,-433,-444,-422,-412,-412,-432,-375,-346,-267,-274,-5057,-1532,-29973,-29976,-29976,-29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7b5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxd4 13. Rxb7 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bh6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Qc8 16. Qb3 {[#]} Na5 $146 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Predecessor:} 16... Bb6 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qb5 Rxa2 21. h3 Qd4 22. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Ra3 {1-0 (47) Brilla Banfalvi,S-Hollis,A Norway 1983}) 17. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 (17... Bxf2+ $11 18. Rxf2 Nxb7) 18. Rb5 Nb7 $1 19. Rc1 Qd7 $1 20. Qa6 Rab8 $1 21. Rd5 Qe8 22. Bf4 ({White should try} 22. e5 $16) 22... Rxd5 $11 23. Bxb8 Rc5 24. Bf4 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc8 26. Bh6 Qc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 27. Qe2 Nc5 28. h4 {Qb5 is the strong threat.} Nd3 {White must now prevent ...Qa1+.} 29. Be3 e5 30. Kh2 h5 31. g4 (31. Qd2 $15) 31... hxg4 $17 32. Bxg4 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 33. Qxe3 {Hoping for Be2.} Qc2 34. Kg3 Nf4 35. Qxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. a3 $17) 35... Qxe4 $2 (35... Qd3+ $19 36. Bf3 Qf1 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qxe5 Qh3+ 39. Kxf4 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Ke3 Qxe5) 36. Bf3 Qf5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf5h3]} 37. Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qa8+ $17 Kh7 38. Kh2) 37... Qb1 $19 38. Qa8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qf3 f5 41. Bh3 Nxh3 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 42. Qxh3 $2 (42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qa8 Qxf2+ 44. Kxh3 Qe3+ 45. Kh2) 42... Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Black "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,171,16,42,31,25,18,38,35,29,21,22,21,31,20,27,23,26,12,32,27,21,20,46,28,27,32,35,0,29,23,70,39,99,99,99,91,85,106,106,102,106,104,110,107,106,93,140,147,138,114,132,125,151,148,145,145,143,110,109,108,193,21,24,22,210,229,260,179,159,151,160,38,33,0,0,-191,39,32,25,25,39,31,47,40,34,0,36,37,43,0,30,33,56,59,51,47,48,46,60,58,67,71,71,65,67,67,70,8,25,20,219,131,139,139,139,121,29975,29976,29978,29979,29978,29977,29977,29966,29976,29976,29969,29970,29978,29978,29981,29982,29983,29981,29981,0,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984,29983,29981,29976,8,3589,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,29987,29988,29996,29997,29997,29987]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. d4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} exd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. h3 Bd7 {[#]} 14. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rab8 18. Rab1 bxc4 19. bxc4 g6 20. Ba1 {1-0 (26) Varend,E (1796)-Somogyi,G (1607) LSS email 2011}) 14... Rad8 15. Bb2 Bc8 16. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Bc7 (20... Bxd4 $14 21. Rxd4 (21. exd4 Ng6 $11) 21... dxc4) 21. cxd5 $16 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. a6 bxa6 24. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 ({Reject} 25. Bxd1 $6 Nxc6 26. Qxc6 Bb7 $11) 25... Nxc6 26. Qxc6 Bb6 27. Bc4 {Hoping for Ba3!} Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bd5 Bd7 30. Qd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Bb5 31. Qe5 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5g7]} Qf8 32. Be4 {Black must now prevent Qf5.} Bd7 33. Qh5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 34. Bd3 Be6 (34... Bc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 35. Bc2 $2 (35. Bxa6 $6 Qc5 $16) (35. Qe5 $18) 35... Qd6 $11 36. Qh4 Qc6 $2 {[#]} (36... f6 $11) 37. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} g6 38. Qe5 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5h8]} Kf8 39. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4c6]} Qc5 {White should prevent ...Qxe5.} 40. Qg7+ (40. Qf6 $1 $16) 40... Ke8 $14 41. Qh8+ ({Much less strong is} 41. Qxh6 $6 Kd7 $16) 41... Kd7 42. Qg7 $2 (42. Bf3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... Ke8 $2 ({Black should try} 42... Qb4 $19 43. Bd3 Qe1+ 44. Bf1 Bxb3) 43. b4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxb4 44. Bc6+ Kd8 45. Be5 {[%mdl 1024] Intending Qh8+ and mate. White has compensation.} Bc5 46. Qh8+ Bf8 47. Kh2 Qc5 48. Ba4 {Threatens to win with Bg7.} Qb4 49. g3 Qxa4 50. Qxf8+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rd6e7]} Qd7 53. Qb8+ Qc8 54. Qxa7 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7e7]} Kf8 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Bb2 Kh7 57. Qf6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rf6g7]} Qf8 58. f4 (58. Qe5 $14) 58... a5 $11 59. g4 Qg8 $2 (59... Bb3 $11) 60. Kg3 (60. e4 $18) 60... a4 61. e4 Bb3 62. h4 Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Bc2 $16) 63. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb3 (63... gxh5 64. g5) 64. Kf2 Bc4 65. Ke3 Bb3 66. Kd3 Ba2 67. Bc3 Bb3 68. Bd4 Ba2 69. Kc2 Bb3+ 70. Kb2 Bc4 71. Be5 Bb3 72. Bd4 Bc4 $1 73. g5 hxg5 74. hxg6+ fxg6 75. fxg5 Ba2 76. Kc1 Bb3 77. Qe5 $2 (77. Kd2 {mates} Be6 78. Ke1 Bb3 79. Qd6 Qg7 80. Bxg7 Kxg7 81. e5 Kf7 82. Qf6+ Kg8 83. e6) 77... Qc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (77... Qc8+ $11 78. Kb2 Qf8) 78. Bc3 $2 ({Only move:} 78. Kb2 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8]} a3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 79. Kxa3 Qa4+ 80. Kb2 Qa2+ 81. Kc3 Qc2+ 82. Kb4 Qc4+ 83. Ka5 Qa4+ 84. Kb6 Qb4+ 85. Kc7 Qc4+ 86. Kd6 Qb4+ 87. Kd7 Ba4+ 88. Kc7 Qc4+ 89. Kb6 Qb4+ 90. Ka6 (90. Ka7 Qf8 $16)) 78... Qf1+ 79. Kb2 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5h8]} Qf2+ 80. Ka3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5h8]} Qf8+ 81. Bb4 Qf3 82. Qc7+ Kg8 83. Qc8+ Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (83... Kg7 $11) 84. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc8h8] White mates.} Bg8 85. Qc7+ Bf7 86. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,71,8,26,23,43,26,44,26,41,29,29,23,61,67,64,38,36,34,43,58,86,68,77,16,67,4,2,8,150,152,141,137,137,142,143,162,141,138,157,156,322,256,809,785,29975,29975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qd2 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} h5 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nh1 {White is slightly better. 17.Nf5 is vanishing.} b5 18. Nf2 a5 19. e4 Rb8 {[#]} 20. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qf4 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qxh4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rb3 24. Bd2 Nh7 25. exd5 Ne7 26. Ba5 {½-½ (51) Narciso Dublan,M (2489)-Peralta,F (2562) Escaldes 2019}) 20... Nh7 21. Ng4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. f4 f6 24. Qc2 {Hoping for Qg6.} Rf8 25. Ne3 ({White should try} 25. Qf5 $16 {Qe6+ is the strong threat.} bxc3 26. Bxc3) 25... fxe5 (25... bxc3 $11 26. Bxc3 Qd7) 26. fxe5 (26. dxe5 $14 bxc3 27. Ba3 (27. Bxc3 d4 $11) (27. Qxc3 Rb3 $11)) 26... bxc3 $11 27. Bxc3 {Threatening Qg6.} Rb3 (27... Ne7 $11) 28. Qg6 $16 Ne7 29. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 30. Ba5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe8 (30... Qxa5 31. Qxe7) 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxf8+ ({Don't do} 32. Qxd5 $6 Rb5 $14) 32... Qxf8 33. Qxd5 {Threatens to win with e6.} Qc8 $2 (33... h3 $16 34. Rf1 (34. Qxc4 Rb2 $14) 34... Qc8) 34. e6 Rb8 $2 (34... Nf6 35. Qg5 h3) 35. e7 $18 {Threatening mate with Bd8.} Nf6 {[#]} 36. Bd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,42,7,13,9,0,0,18,0,0,4,0,0,35,8,98,90,83,-12,200,220,245,250,246,210,205,74,201,182,192,189,220,218,210,197,220]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} e5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...0-0. Played by Leinier Dominguez Perez in February 2020.} 9. g3 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 {[#]} Nd4 $146 (11... exf4 $11 12. gxf4 Re8) ({Predecessor:} 11... exf4 12. gxf4 Nh5 13. Nge2 Qh4 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Nxf4 {1-0 (54) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2534)-Yilmaz,M (2636) Dubai 2019}) 12. Nge2 $16 Bg4 13. Bg2 ({White should try} 13. Nxd4 $16 {aiming for Nde2.} exd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd1 15. Nxd1 (15. Kxd1 Bg7 $11)) 13... Rc8 $2 (13... Nxe2+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 14. Nxe2 exf4) 14. Nxd4 $18 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 exd4 16. Qxd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5.} Bg7 17. Qxd6 (17. Nb5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 17... Qxd6 (17... Ng4 $16 18. e5 Ne3) 18. Rxd6 {White is clearly better.} Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. e5 Ng4 21. Bxb7 Ne3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Martinkus, Rolandas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Black "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,25,20,20,12,12,18,0,4,0,34,22,33,-13,58,55,55,52,70,60,68,60,62,23,27,30,27,24,111,33,61,46,137,41,95,97,85,43,55,38,135,80,85,88,132,105,112,102,208,115,121,81,180,183,179,158,154,129,129,125,191,187,192,200,193,194,219,218,224,150,301,302,291,278,310,304,741,468,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Qd2 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves.} Bd6 8. Nge2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. a3 a5 10. Na4 Nd7 11. h4 b5 12. Nac3 Nb6 13. Na2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 {0-1 (59) Gauchel,V (1582)-Fock,A (1746) Willingen 2018}) 9. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Na6 10. Nf4 Bb7 11. h4 Qd7 12. h5 Bxf4 (12... g5 $11 13. Nfe2 Nb4) 13. exf4 {Qe2+ is the strong threat.} O-O-O $1 14. Rh3 Nc7 15. Rdh1 {And now hxg6 would win.} Rhg8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh6 (17. g4 $5) 17... Ne6 18. Ne2 c5 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 19. c3 Qa4 (19... Kb8 $11) 20. Kb1 (20. g4 $1 $16) 20... Ba6 21. Bc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qa5 {[#]} (21... Qc4 $14) 22. Re1 ({White should play} 22. g4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Rde8 ({Better is} 22... Kb8 $14) 23. dxc5 $1 $16 Qxc5 24. Nc1 Qd6 25. g3 Re7 {[#]} (25... d4 $14) 26. Rd1 (26. g4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Rd7 27. Ba4 b5 28. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Bb7 29. Qe3 Nc5 {[#]} (29... Kb8 $16) 30. Qd4 (30. Rxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 31. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 32. Qxg6) 30... Kb8 31. Bc2 Ne4 (31... Qf8 $16) 32. Nb3 $18 Rc7 33. Bxe4 Rc4 34. Qe3 Rxe4 35. Qd2 Qe7 (35... b4 $16) 36. Nd4 a6 37. Rdh1 Qc5 38. a3 a5 39. f3 Re7 40. Re1 b4 $2 {Loses the game.} (40... Rxe1+ $16 41. Qxe1 b4) 41. Rxe7 ({Less strong is} 41. axb4 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 axb4 $16) 41... Qxe7 42. cxb4 ({Resist} 42. axb4 $6 axb4 43. cxb4 Qg7 $18) 42... Qf8 43. Rh7 a4 $2 (43... axb4 44. b3 (44. axb4 Rh8 $18) 44... Qd6 45. Qxb4 Qxb4 46. axb4 Rc8) 44. Qc2 {White threatens Qc7+ and mate.} Qd8 (44... Qd6 $18 45. Qxa4 Rc8) 45. Nc6+ Bxc6 46. Qxc6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Leclere, Daniel"]
[Black "Zilinskas, Vaidotas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,43,28,29,27,32,31,26,25,26,28,25,31,12,27,21,22,22,18,-12,4,-12,-8,-9,0,0,0,-27,0,-22,20,10,27,19,11,11,22,-69,-35,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,-152,-136,-150,-129,-128,-137,-151,-147,-545,-323,-261,-75,-75,-75,-1872,-1855,-1213,-182,-162,-178,-174,-164,-241,-241,-225,-222,-289,-259,-266,0,-54,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Bd3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} Bxe4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nd7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Re1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Bf4 Bb8 16. Rad1 Qd5 17. Qh3 Qxa2 18. Rd3 Kh7 {0-1 (35) Parsonage,I (2043)-Dive,R (2304) Auckland 2017}) 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. b4 Nd5 16. Qf3 f6 17. Ng6 Rhe8 18. g3 f5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Nd3 Nh7 21. Re2 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Qf2 ({Better is} 23. Rb1 $11) 23... Kb8 (23... f4 $5) 24. Be3 f4 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 Rdf8 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qe3 Rf5 (29... Qd5+ $11 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rf3) 30. Qxe6 $2 (30. Rg1 $14 Qd5+ 31. Qe4 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1) 30... Qf8 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 31. Ree1 {Strongly threatening Ne5.} Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Qe2 Nh3 $1 33. Rf1 Qg7 34. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Rxf5 $2 {leads to mate.} Qg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Rxg1 Rxg1#) (34. Rae1 $17) 34... Rg5 35. Qe3 {[#]} Rxc5 $2 ({Inferior is} 35... Rh5 36. Qf3 $16) (35... Qh7 $1 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...Rg2 would win.} 36. Rae1 a6) 36. Qxh3 Rxc3 $1 37. Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rf3 $17 Rxf3 38. Qxf3) 37... Qxf8 $19 38. Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf2 $2 (38... Qf5 39. Qg3+ Rxg3 40. hxg3 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg1 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh4+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Kf1 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qxd4) 39. Qh3 Qxd4 40. Rf1 Qxb4 41. Qf3 (41. Qb3 $142 Qg4 42. Qf3) 41... a5 42. Rd1 Qc5 43. Rb1 Rf8 44. Qe4 Qf2 $2 ({Black should play} 44... Rf2 $19 45. Qe6 Ka7) 45. Qxc6 (45. Qe5+ $11 Ka8 46. Qxa5+ Kb8 47. Qe5+ Ka8 48. Qa5+ Kb8 49. Qe5+ Ka8 50. Qa5+) 45... Rf7 46. Qd5 $1 {The position is equal.} Qf4 47. Qd8+ Ka7 48. Qxa5+ Kb8 49. Qd8+ Ka7 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 50. Qd5 Rh7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf4h2]} 51. Qg2 Rxh2+ {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Maciuitis, Ignas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,33,45,14,22,2,63,61,73,55,57,33,88,92,97,86,75,68,68,58,75,50,185,181,186,168,212,206,286,281,277,235,226,219,281,262,449,408,408,401,574,574,574,574,574,572,554,564]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Na4 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7.} Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 (13... Be7 $11) 14. b4 {White is slightly better.} Bc7 15. h3 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Bf5 {[#]} 16. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc5 b6 17. Na6 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Be4 20. Qa2 Re7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Qd2 Be5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (44) Ilincic,Z (2555)-Brenjo,S (2425) Nis 1996}) 16... Ne5 (16... Ne4 $14) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 b6 20. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Re8 21. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 ({Black should play} 21... Rc8 $14) 22. Nxd5 $18 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Rc8 23. Rfd1 h5 24. h4 Nd6 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Nf4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 g6 28. Bc6 Re7 $2 (28... Rf8 29. Bd7 Bb1) 29. e4 Bg4 {[#]} 30. f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc7 (30... Bxf3 $142 31. Rd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 32. Rxc8 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4) 31. b5 {White is clearly winning.} Be6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 36%.} ({Less strong is} 34. Rxd5 Kf6 $16) 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Bagdanskis, Dangis"]
[Black "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,73,141,102,146,143,358,349,339,269,277,267,298,221,236,171,254,230,266,102,241,170,331,243,244,256,259,277,363,363,366,376,427,275,263,258,264,267,297,316,304,231]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. b4 a5 {[#]} 5. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Ba3 b6 6. b5 Na7 7. e3 e6 8. cxb6 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qxb6 10. Qd4 Qb7 11. Nf3 {1-0 (28) Revin,J (2287)-Gordivsky,M Sevastopol 2000}) 5... Na7 ({Better is} 5... Ne5) 6. a4 {A43: Schmid Benoni.} e6 7. Ba3 g5 $2 {[#]} (7... b6 $16) 8. Qd4 $18 {White is winning.} Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. Ra2 e5 12. Qd2 h6 (12... d6 {keeps fighting.} 13. cxd6 (13. Qxd6 Be6 $16) (13. Qxg5 h6 $16) 13... Bf5) 13. h4 g4 14. h5 $2 {[#]} (14. c4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 14... Rb8 (14... d5 $16 {might work better.}) 15. c4 e4 $2 (15... b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6) 16. e3 d5 17. cxd6 Be6 18. Rc2 b6 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. c5 Bb3 21. c6 Bxa4 {White has a decisive advantage.} 22. Nbc3 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 {and if ...b5 works, Black does fine.} 25. Qa4 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Black "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,160,20,31,19,14,17,31,0,66,36,41,50,118,144,141,128,145,143,145,44,135,107,216,135,205,114,118,-10,156,75,245,-88,0,0,602,590,539,516,854,710,29998,841,29998,-136,-143,-217,-222,-216,-210,-223,-211,-210,-174,-174,-174,-174,-167,-167,-167,-165,-163,-163,-163,-147,-36,-22,-20,-71,-79,-74,-92,-83,-89,-103,-91,-149,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-14,-8,-8,-9,-50,-8,-24,-24,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-12,-20,-20,-28,-28,-34,-15,-37,-52,-409,-409,-409,-354,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bh6 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3.} Bxh6 12. Qxh6 {White threatens Ng5 and mate.} Bxf3 {[#]} 13. Rxf3 $146 {White is slightly better.} (13. Bxf3 {with more complications.} Qb6 14. Rab1 c4+ 15. Kh1 cxd3 16. cxd3 Qd4 17. Bg2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxf3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bg2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rxf5 Ndxf5 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Qg5 {1-0 (69) Wood,P (1873)-Medworth,A (1593) London 2019}) 13... c4 (13... Qb6 $11 14. Qd2 c4+ 15. Kh1 Ne5) 14. Qd2 (14. Kh1 {looks sharper.} Qb6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Rf2 cxd3 17. cxd3 f6 18. Raf1) 14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 (15... Rab8 $14) 16. Rb1 $16 Qa3 17. d4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} (17. Rxb7 $6 Rab8 $14) 17... Qa6 18. g4 f6 19. Bf1 ({White should play} 19. Qf2 $1 $16) 19... b6 (19... Rad8 $14) 20. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} Qc8 (20... Qxa2 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Qc1 c3) 21. Bxc4+ Kg7 (21... d5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 22. Rg1 ({Don't play} 22. Rh3 $6 g5 $14) ({Better is} 22. Nxd6 $18 Qd7 23. Qf4 (23. Rh3 h5 $16)) 22... Qd7 23. Qf4 (23. Nc3 $16) 23... a6 $2 (23... Rad8 $11) 24. Nxd6 {And now Nf7 would win.} ({Stronger than} 24. Rh3 g5 $15) 24... b5 $2 (24... g5 $16 25. Qg3 b5) 25. Bd5 $2 ({Not} 25. Rh3 $2 g5 $19) (25. Bf7 $1 $18 Ng8 26. g5 Rxf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. gxf6) 25... Rad8 (25... Nxd5 $17 26. exd5 Nb4) 26. Nf5+ $1 $11 gxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Kh8 $11 27. Nxe7 Nxe7) 27. gxf5+ $18 Kh8 28. Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Qxd4 (28... Nxd4 $142 29. Bxd7 Nxf3) 29. Qh6 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rh6g7]} Rg8 {[#]} 30. Bxg8 (30. Qxh7+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 31. Rh3#) 30... Rxg8 {[#]} 31. Rxg8+ $2 (31. Qxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} Kxh7 32. Rh3#) 31... Nxg8 $17 32. Qe3 (32. Qf4 $17) 32... Qd1+ $19 33. Kg2 {intending Qd3.} Ne5 34. Rg3 Qxc2+ 35. Kh3 Qxa2 36. Qa7 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra7g7]} Qf7 37. Qxf7 Nxf7 38. Ra3 Nd6 39. Rxa6 Nxe4 40. Rb6 Nc3 41. Kg4 Kg7 (41... Nh6+ $17 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. Rb7+ Nf7) 42. Rb7+ $15 Kh6 43. h3 (43. Rb6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Nd5 $17 44. Rxb5 Nge7 45. Rb3 Kg7 46. Ra3 Kf7 47. Rb3 {[#]} (47. h4 $142) 47... Ng8 (47... Nc7 $1 $17 48. Kh5 Ne8) 48. Rb7+ $11 Nde7 49. Kh5 $1 Ke8 50. Rc7 Kd8 51. Rb7 Ke8 52. Rc7 Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg7 {Threatening ...Kh8.} 54. Rb7 Kh8 55. Rb5 $1 Nc6 56. Rd5 Nge7 (56... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rg8e7]} 57. Rd8 Kg7 $17) 57. Rd6 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 58. Rd7 Kf8 59. Rd6 Kf7 {White should prevent ...Ne5.} 60. Rd7 Ne5 61. Rb7 Ke8 62. Kh6 Nxf5+ 63. Kxh7 Kf8 64. Rb6 Kf7 65. Rb7+ Ne7 66. Kh6 Nf3 67. h4 Nd4 68. Kh5 f5 69. Kg5 Ne6+ 70. Kh6 Kf6 71. h5 Kf7 {next ...f4 is good for Black.} 72. Ra7 f4 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 73. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should try} 73. Ra3 $15) 73... f3 $19 {aiming for ...f2.} 74. Ra2 Kf6 75. Rf2 $2 (75. Kh7 $19) 75... Ng5 {[%cal Re7g8] Black mates.} (75... Nf5+ $2 76. Kh7 $17) 76. Rxf3+ Nxf3 77. Kh7 Kf7 78. Kh6 Nf5+ 79. Kh7 Ng5+ 80. Kh8 Nh4 {A wild game. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,124,11,27,24,25,33,29,11,29,20,26,35,42,40,38,39,41,33,35,23,32,30,34,11,22,10,16,6,6,5,2,0,0,-5,7,7,7,5,7,0,0,0,22,16,16,0,22,5,22,8,16,16,16,8,22,22,22,22,23,22,22,16,18,0,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,10,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,220,177,451,438,1301,1261,1223,602,1150,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[#]} 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 c4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. b3 Nb6 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15. Ne1 Bg4 16. e3 {1-0 (50) Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2550)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2495) Ponferrada 1997}) 10... Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Nf6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rc7 Rb8 15. f3 Ke7 16. Rc1 Rhc8 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. e3 Nd6 19. Kf2 Nf5 20. Bd3 Nxd4 21. exd4 Re8 22. h4 ({Much worse is} 22. Bxh7 g6 $17) 22... h6 23. g4 Rbc8 24. Kg3 Kd6 25. Kf4 f6 26. Rd2 Rc7 27. Bg6 Rec8 28. Re1 Bb5 29. Rdd1 Re7 30. Rxe7 Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Bf5 Re8 32. h5 Kd6 33. Bd3 Bd7 34. Rc1 Re7 35. Bf5 Bc6 36. Bd3 Bd7 37. Ra1 Be6 38. a4 Rc7 39. a5 Re7 40. Ra3 Rc7 41. Rb3 Re7 42. Bf5 Bf7 43. Bc8 Kc6 44. Kf5 b6 (44... Be8 $1 $11) 45. a6 (45. Rc3+ $14 Kd6 46. axb6 axb6 47. Rb3) 45... Kc7 46. Bb7 Kd6 47. Rd3 Rc7 48. Re3 Re7 49. Rb3 (49. Rxe7 {looks sharper.} Kxe7 50. Bc6 Kd6 51. Ba4 Kc7 52. Bb5) 49... Rc7 $2 {[#]} (49... Re1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 50. Rxb6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 $2 (50... axb6 $2 {perishes.} 51. a7 $18) (50... Kd7 {might work better.} 51. Rb3 Kd6 52. Rb6+ Kd7) 51. Rc6 Rxc6 (51... Kd8 $142 52. Rc5 Kd7) 52. Bxc6 {KB-KB} Kd6 53. Bb5 Kc7 54. f4 $2 (54. Be2 $18 {Strongly threatening f4.} Kd7 55. b4) 54... Kd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Be2 {g5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 $1 {( -> ...g6+!)} 56. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} g6+ $1 57. Kg4 gxh5+ 58. Kh4 hxg5+ 59. fxg5 fxg5+ 60. Kxg5 Be8 $1 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. Kf4 Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,105,45,42,54,55,51,46,56,54,75,79,100,104,123,122,120,97,110,105,99,107,124,-104,-90,-225,-229,-223,-237,-318,-307,-280,-237,-254,-234,-225,-231,-205,-150,-191,-38,-62,-56,-43,-57,-228,-226,-422,-366,-452,-421,-535,-523,-579,-597,-614,-588,-573,-550,-544,-453,-444,0,0,0,-463,-446,-437,-411,-469,-479,-438,-517,-492,-496,-689,-637,-2194,-608,-29994,-29994,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Ne5 {[#]} 12. Ndb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Nfg4 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Bxh3 16. Nf1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. g3 Qh5 19. Qc2 f5 20. Qh2 Bh3 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qh2 {½-½ (24) Berczes,D (2512)-Flumbort,A (2516) Harkany 2009}) 12... Ned7 {A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7.} 13. Qc2 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. f3 Nh5 {Strongly threatening ...Bd4+.White is slightly better.} 15. g4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 $1 Ng7 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Qd1 h5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. g5 Bh3 21. Rg1 Rac8 22. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (22. Na3 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.}) 22... Ng4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg4f2][%mdl 2560] ( -> ...Nf2#). Black is on the roll.} 23. Rxg4 (23. Qxd4 $2 Nf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (23. Bg3 $17 Ne3 24. Qxd4) (23. fxg4 Qxe4+) 23... hxg4 $19 ({Weaker is} 23... Bxg4 24. Qxd4 h4 25. Nc3 $16 (25. Qxa7 Nh5 $11)) 24. Qxd4 {[#]} Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Qd3 (25. exf5 Qxe2) 25... Nh4 26. Nd2 f5 27. e5 Bg2+ 28. Kg1 gxf3 29. Bd1 {intending e6.} dxe5 30. d6 Qd7 $2 (30... Rcd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 31. Qc4+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 31. Bg3 $15 Rc6 32. Nc4 $1 {[#] Hoping for Qd5+.} f2+ $1 33. Kxf2 $2 ({White has to play} 33. Bxf2 $15 Be4 34. Qb3) 33... Be4 $19 34. Qf1 $2 (34. Qb3 Bd5 35. Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb6 36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Be2 (37. Bb3 $2 Rxd6 38. Qg8+ Ke7 $19) 37... Rxd6 38. Qb5) 34... Ng2 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 35. Bb3 Kf8 36. Bxe5 Bd5 {...Bxc4 is the strong threat.} 37. Qd3 Bxc4 $1 38. Qh3 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Rxe5 39. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 40. Qxe5 Bxb3 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 45. Qf6+ {[#]} Bf7 $1 46. Qh8+ Bg8 47. Qf6+ Qf7 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Rd1 Nf4 50. d7 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 51. Kg1 Nh3+ 52. Kh1 {[#]} Qd5+ $1 53. Rxd5 Bxd5# {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Black "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,-19,-23,-25,30,-3,0,-1,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-4,0,25,18,35,37,22,0,91,39,154,147,154,56,54,28,40,33,68,44,63,67,72,58,71,57,82,66,143,106,114,33,30,29,28,0,0,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} d6 (6... O-O $142) 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b4 9. Bd2 O-O {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nfd7 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ng3 Re5 15. Kf2 Qh4 16. Qd2 {½-½ (34) Aronian,L (2758)-Carlsen,M (2876) Douglas 2019}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Ng3 a5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... Ba6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. O-O ({White should play} 16. Bg5 $1 $16) 16... Rfe8 {[#]} (16... Rfb8 $14) 17. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6] Hoping for Bxf6.} Kh8 {[#]} 18. Kh1 (18. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 19. Nh5) 18... Ng8 $1 $14 19. Rae1 f6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf7 22. Bh5 Re7 23. Rd1 Ngh6 24. Bg1 Rae8 25. e5 Bb5 (25... fxe5 $14 26. fxe5 Nxe5) 26. e6 Bxf1 27. exf7 (27. Nxf1 $16 {And now Ne3 would win.} g6 28. exf7 Nxf7 29. Bf3) 27... Bxg2+ $1 28. Qxg2 Rf8 29. Bf3 {Black must now prevent Bxc5.} Qd7 30. Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,33,9,20,-16,4,-16,-4,-6,0,-40,-25,-81,-21,-35,-21,-14,-21,-118,-123,-113]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4 Be6 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6.} 9. Ne3 Na6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nc4 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nfe4 13. Be3 Ba4 14. b3 Nc3 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. bxa4 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 N5xa4 18. Bf3 Rb8 {0-1 (35) Banduka,Z-Kalod,R (2340) Martin 1996}) 13. Bf4 (13. b3 $11) 13... Ne6 (13... Ng4 $17 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 14. Ne5 $11 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Nxg4 (16. Nxd7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd7 17. Nf3) 16... Bxg4 $17 17. h3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Martinkus, Rolandas"]
[Black "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,26,27,23,33,0,7,7,34,34,51,39,78,63,75,47,94,75,174,182,170,46,80,68,76,47,27,-10,-11,-11,-5,-13,0,-127,0,-157,-20,-20,-20,0,24,29,34,-284,164,159,161,150,160,0,0,0,0,-110,-104,-148,-8,-41,-56,-48,-32,-91,-91,-2545,-2525,-2620,-1416,-29965,-29961,-29964,-29961,-29957,-12844,-29965,-29961,-29976,-29977,-29977,-5595,-29984,-29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 {7...c6 is setting a new trend.} 8. Na3 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} c6 {[#]} 9. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Qc7 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Qc1 a5 15. Nh4 Bc8 {0-1 (44) Manzi,L (2049)-Almeida,G (2054) Rio de Janeiro 2018}) 9... a5 10. c4 {The position is equal.} a4 11. b4 (11. bxa4 Nb6 $15) 11... Nb6 12. Nd2 Nfd7 13. Qc2 e5 14. d5 Qc7 15. Rfc1 f5 (15... Bf8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b5 ({White should play} 17. e4 $1 $18) 17... e4 $14 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 c5 21. e4 fxe4 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Rf1 (23. Qb2 $11 d5 24. cxd5) 23... Bf5 (23... Qe7 $17 24. Rae1 Bf5) 24. g4 $2 (24. Qb2 $1 $11 Qe7 25. Bxe4) 24... h6 (24... Nxg4 $17 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 25. Qc3+ Kg8) 25. gxf5 $11 hxg5 26. fxg6 Re5 27. Rxf6 $1 (27. Qf2 Qe7 $15) 27... Kxf6 28. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rf1+ $1 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} Kxg6 29. Bxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 30. Bxa8 Nxa8 31. Qc3 (31. Qf2 Qe7 $11)) 28... Kg7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rf8 $1 $19 {and life is good for Black. Threatens to win with ...Qe7.} 29. Rf1+ Kg7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8) 29. Bxa8 $18 Nxa8 30. Rf1 ({Don't do} 30. Qxa4 $6 Re2 $14) 30... Qc8 {[#]} 31. Qd1 $2 ({White must play} 31. Rf7+ $1 $16 Kg8 32. Qd1) 31... Qh3 $11 32. Nc2 Nb6 33. Rf3 (33. Qxd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh1 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg1 Qg4+) 33... Qg4+ $17 34. Kf2 Qe6 (34... Qxc4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 35. a3 (35. Qxd6 $2 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Rg3 Qf5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 35... d5) 35. Ne3 {And now Qd3 would win.} (35. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Rc2e3]} Nxc4 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. b6 Nxb6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 38. Ne3 $11) 35... Nxc4 36. Ng4 {aiming for Rf7+.} Rf5 37. Qd3 (37. Rxf5 $15 Qxf5+ 38. Kg1) 37... Rxf3+ 38. Kxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Qxf3 $17 Nb6 39. Kg3) 38... Qxg4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 39. Kxg4 Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kxg5 Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} 41. b6 Ne5 42. b7 Nd7 43. h4 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 44. h5 c3 45. h6+ Kg8 46. g7 {[#]} Kf7 $1 {What a fight! Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Leclere, Daniel"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,58,64,46,55,58,79,62,88,97,126,115,140,103,167,159,169,179,168,146,135,131,150,160,158,149,179,96,99,71,50,-43,-39,-478,-474,-476,-464,-665,-554,-1086,-1073]} 1. e4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 {White is better.} Nbd7 12. g4 h6 13. Be2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O-O 14. h4 Ne5 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. b3 Rc8 17. Rhg1 Ng6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Kb2 N8d7 {1-0 (42) Szabo,A (2274)-Solcanean,S (2220) Satu Mare 2002}) 14. Rc1 Nc5 (14... Ne5 $16) 15. h4 $18 Nfxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Bf6 20. Qe1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ke7 21. b3 (21. Rf1 $18) 21... b5 $16 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 22. cxb5 (22. Rf1 {seems wilder.} bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qd5 25. Qf2) 22... axb5 {[#] ...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 23. Bxb5 (23. Qd2 $14) 23... Qb7 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb7e4] Strongly threatening ...Qe4+.} ({Much weaker is} 23... Bxd4 $6 24. Bxd4 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 $16) 24. Bc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (24. a4 $1 $15) 24... Rxc6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Nxc6+ Qxc6 26. Bf4 (26. Bc1 $142 Bc3 27. Qd1 Qe4+ 28. Qc2 Qxh1 29. Qxc3) 26... Qd5 27. Rh3 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Black "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,29,25,27,18,60,56,54,50,67,62,83,80,81,77,90,94,93,102,138,91,81,89,121,118,122,118,128,118,147,152,146,148,145,104,100,104,146,141,200,200,200,193,193,188,184,184,216,202,255,252,187,191,428,420,514,486]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 f5 12. g3 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne2 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Nf4 Nh5 16. Kd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 a5 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd7 {½-½ (54) Ding,L (2791)-Anand,V (2753) chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Bh3 Ng4 16. Ke2 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Nf6 18. Rhg1 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Bxh5+ 20. Kd2 Bg4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rhg8 23. Rag1 Rxg4 24. Rxg4 {KR-KR} Rd6 25. Rg8+ Kc7 26. Ke2 Rh6 27. Rg4 f5 {[#]} 28. Rg7+ $1 Kc8 (28... Kb6 $16) 29. Kf3 $18 Rxh4 30. Kg3 Rh6 31. h4 a5 32. Rg5 b5 33. Rxf5 Kc7 34. h5 Kd6 35. Kg4 {[#] Kg5 is the strong threat.} Re6 $2 (35... Ke7 {was worth a try.} 36. Re5+ Kf8) 36. Rf7 h6 37. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Zilinskas, Vaidotas"]
[Black "Povilaitis, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,48,3,0,46,43,47,0,0,-34,-23,-79,-68,-161,-148,-137,-129,-271,-287,-532,-523,-875,-68,-75,-66,-68,22,16,8,-86,0,0,14,-94,0,0,796]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 Ne8 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} 9. O-O f5 10. f4 fxe4 {[#]} 11. Bxe4 $146 {[#] And now Bd5+ would win.} (11. fxe5 $5 {[%cal Rf1f8]} Rxf1+ 12. Qxf1 dxe5 13. Bxe4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe4 Be6 12. c5 dxc5 13. fxe5 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Nxe5 15. Ba3 b6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Qf2 {0-1 (25) Blocks,G-Haustein,U Willingen 2001}) 11... Bh3 $1 12. Rf2 (12. Re1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12... Nf6 $17 13. Bh1 ({White should play} 13. Bd5+ $15 Nxd5 14. cxd5) 13... Ng4 $19 14. Rf3 Qe8 15. Bd2 (15. Rb1 $17 {was called for.}) 15... Qh5 16. fxe5 $2 (16. c5 {is a better defense.} Kh8 17. cxd6) 16... dxe5 17. d4 {[#]} Nxh2 $2 ({Not} 17... Bf1 18. h4 $11) (17... Bg2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2][%mdl 512]} 18. Rxf8+ (18. Kxg2 Qxh2+) 18... Rxf8) 18. Rxf8+ $15 Rxf8 19. Nf4 Qf5 (19... Qxd1+ $15 20. Rxd1 Bg4 21. Bd5+ Rf7) 20. Bd5+ $11 Kh8 21. Be6 (21. Kxh2 $11 exf4 22. Bxf4) 21... Qe4 (21... Qg5 $17 22. Nxh3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Rf2 24. Nxf2 Nf3 25. Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 exd4 28. cxd4 Nxd4) 22. Bd5 Qf5 $1 23. Be6 (23. Kxh2 $11 exf4 24. Bxf4) 23... Qe4 ({Better is} 23... Qg5 $17 24. Nxh3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Rf2 26. Nxf2 Nf3 27. Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 exd4) 24. Bd5 Rxf4 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 46%. . An unexpected result.} (24... Qf5 $11 25. Kxh2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Black "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,41,29,4,34,0,24,9,32,-27,-17,-34,-36,-82,-77,-81,-73,-102,-112,-139,-119,-162,-133,-158,-140,-140,-140,-140,-142,-144,-133,-131,-136,-143]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 g6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. Qg3 Nf6 8. Be2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. f4 ({White should play} 9. O-O $14) 9... Qb6 {[#]} 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. e5 Ng8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Bc1 Nf5 15. Qf2 h5 16. g3 {1-0 (53) Hovsepyan,V (2072)-Pietsch,M (2180) Germany 2014}) 10... d4 11. exf6 {[#] Hoping for Ne4.} dxc3 12. bxc3 Nxf6 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. d4 O-O 15. Bf3 Rac8 {Black is clearly better.} 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. O-O Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Kh1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Qa4 21. Qd3 {Black took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Jablokov, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,72,70,58,67,66,104,75,75,63,55,47,79,65,77,43,87,64,71,87,67,47,100,103,116,106,108,103,110,79,75,77,103,98,99,95,72,-8,0,0,0,-12,-10,-14,-13,-14,-8,-327,-327,-506,-484]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Bf5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bg6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} 14. Bh3 Rb8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {White is better.} 16. Na4 {[#]} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd6 17. Bd4 Qa3 18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Bd4 Qxa2 20. Rxc6 Qxb3 21. Qxb3 Rxb3 22. Nc5 Rb4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (80) Kvamme,J (2158)-Justinussen,S (1959) Helsingor 2015}) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5]} 19. Rc1 f5 20. Bg2 Rc8 21. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Rf7 22. f4 Nd6 (22... Rd7 $14) 23. Rc2 $16 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Ne4 25. Qa4 {[%cal Rc2c6]} c5 {With the idea ...Qxa4.} 26. Qxd7 (26. Qa5 {is interesting.} h6 27. e3 Qd6 28. Qa3 Kh7 29. Be5) 26... Rxd7 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} d4 {Threatening ...d3.} 30. Rc1 (30. Kf2 $16) 30... Bh5 31. Rc2 e3 32. Rc4 d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2]} 33. exd3 Rxd3 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 34. Rc1 Rd2 {aiming for ...Bf3.} 35. Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Ba3 $1 $11) 35... Bf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rg2+)} 36. Re1 (36. Bxd2 {is the only way for White.} exd2 37. Ra1 (37. Rc8+ $2 Kf7 $19)) 36... Rg2+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,15,-36,-33,-32,-29,-29,0,-19,-10,-10,-7,-31,0,-12,0,-73,-83,-89,-87,-224,-199,-245,-261,-490,-481,-472,-455,-445,-429,-566,-556,-699,-698,-783,-612,-596,-481,-487,-484,-441,-474,-503,-437,-539,-530,-549,-493,-545,-543,-541,-537,-554,-554,-631,-633]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 {is cutting edge theory.} 8. Bg3 (8. Bg5 $11 Qb6 9. Rb1) 8... Nxg3 $15 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 9. hxg3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Qe7 {Black has an edge.} 11. Qc2 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4f2][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O {[#]} 14. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. Nd2 h5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nf3 g6 18. Nc5 Rc8 19. Ka1 Bg4 20. b4 {0-1 (54) Stanec,N (2504)-Hoelzl,F (2353) Tweng 2007}) 14... Bb8 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... Bxe5 $1 $17 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nxa7+ {Loses the game.} (17. Nd4 $17 {might work better.}) 17... Kb8 $19 18. Nxc6+ bxc6 19. Qxc6 $2 (19. Ba6) 19... Nxf2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 20. Ba6 {Threatens to win with Rd4!} Nxd1 21. Qb6+ Ka8 22. Rxd1 {intending Rd4.} Rb8 23. Qa5 {[#] Rc1 is the strong threat.} Qa7 24. Rd4 Rb6 25. Ra4 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Rxa6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kb7 28. Ra5 Bf5+ 29. Ka1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 30. a4 Rc1+ 31. Ka2 Re1 32. Rb5+ Ka6 33. b4 Bd7 34. Ra5+ Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,35,38,38,39,34,31,37,47,32,54,46,48,45,54,44,50,71,79,79,79,79,72,73,75,76,73,79,97,82,70,38,200,170,422,270,255,168,722,437,430,425,385,293,320,240,237,216,214,193,275,181,270,200,206,203,181,177,215,213,213,193,230,215,408,343,408,408,427,354,364,358,357,357,343,328,459,375,449,444,445,441,412,417,1055,1043,29977,29978,29989,29990,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 e6 8. Nf3 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. f4 exd5 14. cxd5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Qd7 18. exf6 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 b4 21. fxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (38) Summermatter,D (2340)-Umbach,A (2174) Scuol 2001}) 15. Bh4 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nde4 Bg7 {Hoping for ...f5.} 19. d6 exf4 20. dxc7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxc7 22. Bc4 a6 $2 {Loses the game.} (22... Be6 $14 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Bxe6 Rxe6) 23. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qc6 $2 (23... Qd8) 24. Rxf4 Bf5 25. Qf3 Re5 $2 (25... Kh8) 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 {[#]} (28... Qxf5 $2 {[#] loses.} 29. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 30. Qxf5 $18) 29. Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (29... Qxf5 30. Ne7+) 30. axb5 ({Inferior is} 30. Qf4 Be5 $15) 30... axb5 31. Bf1 {And now Qf3 would win.} ({Weaker is} 31. Qf4 Be5 $17) 31... c4 (31... Qxf5 {is a better defense.} 32. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 33. Nxf5 Bf6) 32. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Qxe6.} Kg7 (32... Qxf5 {was necessary.} 33. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 34. Nxf5 Be5) 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Nc3 Kf6 35. g3 Ke5 36. Ne2 Be3 37. Re1 {Black must now prevent Nf4.} Bf2 38. Ra1 b4 $2 (38... Be3 {was worth a try.} 39. Rd1 h5) 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Nf4 c3 41. bxc3 Be3 42. Re1 Rxc3 43. Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd4 44. Nxb4 Rc7 45. Rd1+ Ke4 46. Bg2+ Ke5 47. Nc6+ Kf6 48. Rf1+ Kg5 (48... Kg7 $142 49. Re1 Rd7 50. Rxe3 Rd1+ 51. Bf1 {[%mdl 64] Clearance} Rxf1+ 52. Kg2 Rf6) 49. Re1 Bb6 50. Rxe6 {White mates.} Rd7 51. Be4 Rd2 52. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,15,14,6,0,-20,26,6,24,-14,56,2,24,14,8,4,76,83,100,102,78,68,102,110,168,52,60,52,72,16,38,0,122,128,126,120,133,127,141,97,385,385,544,536,616,562,610,561,1114,1087,1083,1079,1066,691]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ne2 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit.} e6 11. dxe6 {[#]} Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd5 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. b3 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxa2 {½-½ (50) Ulko,J (2420)-Fominyh,A (2530) Nizhnij Novgorod 1998}) 12. Nf4 {White has an edge.} Nc6 13. Be2 Nd4 ({Black should try} 13... Be7 $11) 14. O-O (14. Be3 $14) 14... Be7 $11 15. Be3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bc8 (16... O-O $11) 17. Rfd1 $16 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qc7 {[#]} 18. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Ra6 19. a3 Qa7 20. Qc1 bxa3 {[#]} (20... O-O $16) 21. Rxa3 ({Don't play} 21. bxa3 $6 O-O $14) (21. b4 $1 $18) 21... Rxa3 $14 22. bxa3 Qa6 23. Qc3 (23. e5 $16 dxe5 24. Nxe5) 23... O-O $11 24. Qd3 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Ne8 (24... g5 $11 25. Ne2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5) 25. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bd8 26. e5 Bf5 27. Qc3 Be6 28. exd6 Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (28... Nf6 $16 29. Ne7+ Bxe7 30. dxe7 Re8) 29. Nxd6 $18 Ba5 (29... Qxd6 $142 30. Bxc5 Qc6) 30. Qxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qe2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rf1 Bc7 {intending ...Bxd6.} 33. Ndf5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 {[%cal Rc5f8]} Rc8 35. Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Black "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,60,24,33,33,33,33,31,37,27,27,29,28,33,29,41,28,48,53,50,42,61,66,79,43,47,36,59,54,66,51,70,54,58,39,50,20,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ {White is slightly better.} Kf8 10. Bg5 d6 11. Ne3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ncd5 Qd8 14. c3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. b4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qc7 17. Be2 g6 18. O-O Kg7 19. Bg4 Rhd8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (94) Schroeder,J (2571)-Vocaturo,D (2630) Germany 2018}) 15. a3 a4 16. Bb5 Qa5 17. Bc4 Be6 18. O-O Kg8 19. Qh5 Qd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. g3 Nb8 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. h4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Qe2 Qe7 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. Qf3 Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Zilinskas, Vaidotas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,59,60,70,69,75,62,89,77,125,112,133,107,109,90,96,110,118,100,149,107,115,112,117,115,133,134,172,151,149,153,272,170,341,294,287,214,249,258,630,620,749,680,882,698,1218,1193,1555,1562]} 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3.} a6 {[#]} 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. f4 Bd7 {½-½ (61) Mustafayev,F (2068)-Vakhania,A (2182) Poti 2018}) 9... Ne8 10. Be3 {White is better.} f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nde4 {And now c5! would win.} c5 17. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 18. Rab1 Rff8 19. g4 Nf6 20. b4 b6 21. a4 h5 (21... cxb4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 22. Rxb4 Nd7) 22. f3 Qd7 $2 (22... Nxe4 {is a better defense.} 23. Nxe4 Rb8) 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rff8 25. a5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} bxa5 $2 (25... cxb4 26. Bxb6 (26. axb6 a5 $18) 26... Rf4 27. Rxb4 Rcf8) 26. bxc5 $18 {[%cal Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} hxg4 27. c6 Qe8 28. hxg4 Nf5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,22,29,18,41,22,31,8,21,18,46,20,24,14,30,35,57,55,54,58,62,41,44,29,23,23,30,27,39,44,40,18,114,105,105,12,24,15,114,123,110,110,106,84,82,81,99,18,18,31,54,37,36,0,89,93,20,30,14,-23,-23,-53,-93,-604,-604,-851,-811,-1533,-1395,-1887,-1678,-6183,-5247]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Nf3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} Bg4 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Re8 10. O-O a5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Bd3 g6 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc3 Bf6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 {1-0 (27) Schumi,M (2217)-Ponjican,E (2131) Austria 2003}) 13. Bd3 {Black must now prevent d5.} h6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Na5 16. d5 Nb3 17. Rae1 Bf6 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ndc5 20. Bf5 Re7 21. h4 g6 {[#]} (21... Qf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 23. Qxg6+ (23. Bxh6 $16 {White threatens Rxe7 and mate.} Rg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} gxh5 26. Qf5) 23... Rg7 $11 24. Qf5 {[#]} Qf8 (24... Be5 $1 $11) 25. Bxh6 $16 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 29. Rd1 ({White should try} 29. g3 $1 $16) 29... Be5 $11 30. g3 Rf3 $1 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. Rdd2 (32. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bxb2 33. h5 $11) 32... Nd3 (32... Kg6 $11) 33. f4 $16 Bf6 {[%cal Rd3b2]} 34. h5 Nxb2 35. g4 {Threatens to win with g5.} Nxc4 36. g5 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (37. gxf6+ $17 Kxf6 38. Rxd2) 37... Bc3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rd1 Rxa3 39. f5 Be5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Rh1 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Povilaitis, Tomas"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,19,20,27,18,23,17,40,12,20,2,0,-40,-32,-40,-39,-36,-36,-43,-28,-39,-16,-39,-53,-42,-35,-22,-18,-18,-27,-67,-55,-49,0,-37,-39,-65,-48,-56,-49,-145,-11,-45,-37,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-109,-112,-105,-105,-125,-66,-138,-105,-170,-170,-170,-170,-201,-170,-258,-258,-6311,-6287,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bg2 Be6 {[#] The position is equal.} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Rad1 Rc6 16. b3 {½-½ (41) Quesada Perez,Y (2636)-Adly,A (2603) Baku 2016}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rfe1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 g6 19. a5 Nc5 20. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qa7 {White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} 21. Kh2 exf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. Bf3 Rae8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e8]} 26. Re2 {[#]} (26. Re3 $1 $15) 26... Ne4 (26... b3 $1 $17 {And now ...bxc2 would win.} 27. Rc1 bxc2 28. Rcxc2 Qb8) 27. Bxe4 $11 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 28. Rae1 Qd4 29. Rxe4 Qxd5 30. R1e2 Qxa5 31. Re7+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Qf5.} 32. R2e6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf5 33. Kg3 (33. Rxd6 $11 {remains equal.} Kg4 34. Rxg6+ Kxh4 35. Rg2) 33... Qd5 $17 34. Re2 Qc4 35. Rf2 Kf6 ({Black should play} 35... b3 $17 36. Ree2 bxc2 37. Rxc2 Qe4) 36. Ree2 (36. Re3 $15) 36... Qc8 37. Kh2 (37. f5 $17) 37... Qg4 $19 38. Re4 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kh2 {was called for.}) 40... Qd1+ 41. Kg2 $2 (41. Re1 Qd5 42. b3) 41... Qd5 42. Rfe2 Kf5 43. Kf3 a5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Bagdanskis, Dangis"]
[Black "Paulauskas, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,50,16,16,22,22,58,54,54,-2,5,-5,39,-10,-9,-4,-9,-10,0,-13,-8,-3,16,-27,-6,-12,56,41,60,-3,8,-1,42,8,10,0,-1,0,0,0,12,12,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. c3 c6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 7. e4 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. h3 Nh5 9. g4 Nf4 10. Bg3 Ne6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Nh4 c5 13. d5 Nc7 14. f4 b5 15. a4 c4 {1-0 (58) Zhukov,M (2000)-Mikaelyan,A (2479) St Petersburg 2019}) 8. Bd3 Nh5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bg3 (9. O-O $14) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg4 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nd7 16. Nd2 Bxc4 17. Ndxc4 b5 ({Better is} 17... Nf6 $11) 18. Na5 $14 Rc8 19. Rd1 (19. a4 $1 $14) 19... O-O 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Nb7 Rf8 {The position is equal.} 22. b4 Rc7 23. Nd6 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6.} 24. c4 Nf8 25. c5 Ne6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Koliasnikovas, Aironas"]
[Black "Martinkus, Rolandas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,101,72,68,71,84,26,45,18,25,25,61,0,0,2,0,0,3,0,41,-25,-31,-39,0,-21,-9,-53,-42,-59,-43,-46,-46,-45,0,-10,-3,-50,-42,-49,-33,-122,-74,-273,-48,-42,-20,-62,-53,-66,-59,-131,-123,-122,-126,-112,-120,-133,-143,-161,-171,-181,-162,-180,-161,-231,-235,-341,-330,-352,-352,-352,-291,-461,-458,-445,-438,-841,-836,-733,-679,-1381,-1374,-29965,-29967,-12543,-12543,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 {A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences.} Re8 8. Nge2 (8. Nf3 $16) 8... c4 {[#]} 9. Bb1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bc2 Bc5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 d6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Be3 {0-1 (28) Tarasova,V (2298)-Ponkratov,P (2592) St Petersburg 2010}) 9... Na6 10. O-O Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 11. Qd4 (11. Nd4 $14) 11... b6 $11 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 d6 14. f3 Nfd7 15. Re1 ({White should play} 15. Nh5 $14 f6 16. Bc2) 15... Ne5 16. Nfe2 a6 17. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 18. Rab1 b4 {Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 19. Na4 b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c2]} 20. axb3 cxb3 21. Bd1 Ned3 22. Rf1 f5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Ng3 a5 25. Rc1 ({Much weaker is} 25. exf5 Ba6 $17) ({Better is} 25. Be2 $15) 25... Rb8 26. exf5 $2 {[#]} (26. Be2 $17 {was called for.}) 26... Rb4 $2 (26... Ba6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 27. Ra1 Rb4) 27. Qd2 $1 $15 Qf6 {...Ba6 is the strong threat.} 28. Ra1 Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxa5 {[#] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (30. Be2 $15) 30... Ba6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6f1][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 31. Rxa6 Nxa6 32. Bxb3 Rb8 33. Bc2 Rxb2 34. Rf2 Rxd5 35. Ne4 Nc5 36. h3 Rd4 37. f6 (37. g4 $142) 37... Nxe4 $19 38. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} (38. fxe4 $142 Rc4 39. Bd3 Rc1+ 40. Rf1) 38... Rd1+ 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 gxf6 {KR-KB} 41. Kg1 (41. h4 {was necessary.}) 41... h6 42. Kh2 Kf7 43. Kg3 (43. Bd5+ $142 Ke7 44. Kg3) 43... Ke6 44. f4 d5 45. Bf3 d4 46. Kh4 d3 47. Kh5 Rf2 48. f5+ Kxf5 {Black mates.} 49. g4+ Ke5 50. Bd1 d2 51. Kxh6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,23,40,-12,-9,-10,-9,-6,-8,3,19,-1,23,20,20,0,74,57,78,102,90,83,149,166,169,159,235,232,357,364,397,358,366,287,314,324,490,495,985,985,1185,985,2483]} 1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. e3 Ngf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 {[#]} 6. Bd3 $146 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} (6. d4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. Be2 h5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. b5 O-O-O 16. Na4 Rhg8 17. O-O {½-½ (17) Cano Sevila,I (1967)-Jimenez Ruano,A (2287) Barcelona 2019}) 6... e5 $11 7. Bc2 c6 8. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5] The position is equal.} e4 9. Nfd2 d5 10. Ba3 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} exf3 (12... Kg7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Qxf3 $16 Qe7 14. O-O Kg7 {[#]} 15. Nc3 $1 Re8 {[#]} (15... Rf8 $142) 16. Rae1 $1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e4,Be4f4][%mdl 32]} ({Inferior is} 16. cxd5 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) 16... Qd6 17. c5 Qe7 (17... Qf8 $16) 18. e4 $18 dxe4 (18... a5 $142 19. Qf2 (19. exd5 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Kf2 Rc1 $14) 19... Qf8) 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 ({Weaker is} 20. Bxe4 Qf6 $16) 20... Qf8 21. Rf4 {[%cal Rf4f7]} Re7 22. b4 a6 (22... a5 $142 23. b5 f5 24. Bxf5 (24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Ba6 $16) 24... gxf5) 23. g4 {White is clearly winning.} Qe8 (23... a5 $142 24. b5 a4) 24. Ne4 f6 25. Nd6 Qd8 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,0,-18,20,10,33,31,33,0,0,0,66,60,51,40,39,41,77,-26,-21,-28,-24,-17,50,-12,165,72,90,83,74,79,65,63,60,62,102,90,92,97,97,97,175,180,262,262,283,274,257,263,239,233,310,311,442,396,465,433,520,538,598,591,559,610,1594,1618,1614,1544,2541,1595,29980,29981,29983,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} c6 7. Bc4 Bg4 {[#]} 8. Bb2 $146 {[%cal Re3d4] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. b5 Bxc5 9. Bb2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nb1 {0-1 (55) Frumson,Y (2179)-Van Riemsdijk,H (2339) Katerini 2014}) 8... Nh6 9. exd4 Bxf3 $1 10. gxf3 Nd7 (10... exd4 $11 11. O-O Nd7) 11. b5 $14 Qc7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 (14. d4 $16 Rb8 15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Kf1) 14... Nxc4 $11 15. Qxc4 Qf7 16. Qe4+ Qe7 ({Black should play} 16... Kd7 $1 $11 17. O-O Qg6+ 18. Qxg6 hxg6) 17. f3 (17. Nc3 $14) 17... f5 $2 (17... Kf7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 18. Qe3 (18. Qxe7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kxe7 19. d4) 18... Kf7 19. Be5 Qxc5 {Strongly threatening ...Qc1+.} 20. Qb3+ Qd5 21. Qxd5+ cxd5 22. Nc3 Rd8 {Black is now going downhill.} 23. Nb5 Ng8 24. Rc1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Rd7 (25... Ba3 $16 {might work better.} 26. Rc7+ Rd7) 26. Nxf5 $18 g6 (26... Rg8 $142 27. Rc6 d4) 27. Rc6 gxf5 28. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke8 29. Rxf5 Rg8 30. Rg5 Rxg5 31. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be7 (31... Bg7 {was necessary.}) 32. f4 Kf7 33. h4 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Kf3 Rb7 36. Rc1 a4 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 Bc5 39. Be5 Bb6 40. h5 Bc5 {[#]} 41. g6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,98,35,26,28,17,35,20,45,43,46,52,42,34,79,51,65,43,103,86,100,90,120,126,135,133,186,154,204,0,200,183,188,180,185,186,256,191,437,460,455,434,397,308,301,308,308,304,333,284,563,577,460,309,308,327,309,99,175,170,424,388,546,538,462,166,173,168,491,114,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 11. Bxc3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd6 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qb3 {½-½ (18) Gomez,J (2450)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2537) Makati 2018}) 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe7 15. e4 g6 16. Qe3 Bg7 17. d5 e5 ({Black should try} 17... exd5 $1 $14 18. Bxd5 Bxd5) 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Bb4 Qf6 20. Bb5 Rac8 21. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Ba6 (21... Nc5 $16) 22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Bb4 Qf6 $1 24. Qb2 Nb8 25. Re1 $1 Kh7 26. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qf4 (26... Bf8 $142 27. Bxf8 Rxf8) 27. Bd2 Qg4 $2 (27... Qf6 28. Qa4 Qe7) 28. h3 $18 Qh5 29. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f5 30. b5 Nxc6 31. bxc6 ({Not} 31. bxa6 Nb8 $14) (31. Qxa6 fxe4 32. Ng5+ (32. Rxe4 Qf5 $14) 32... hxg5 $14) 31... Bb5 32. Qb3 Ba6 33. Bc3 fxe4 $2 (33... Bd3 {was worth a try.} 34. exf5 (34. Bxe5 fxe4 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 34... gxf5 35. Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Be4) 34. Rxe4 Bd3 35. Re3 {And now g4 would win.} e4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 37. Nd4 $2 (37. Qb2+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg8 38. Rce1) 37... Rd6 (37... Qxd5 $16 38. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 39. Nxd8 Qxb3 40. axb3 Rxd8) 38. Ne6+ Kh7 $2 (38... Kf7 {keeps fighting.}) 39. Qc3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc3g7]} Rg8 (39... Rxe6 {was called for.} 40. dxe6 Qg5) 40. Qf6 Qxd5 41. Nf8+ $2 (41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Nxc7) 41... Rxf8 42. Qxf8 Qd4 $2 {[#]} (42... Qg8 {is tougher.} 43. Qxg8+ Kxg8) 43. Qe8 $2 (43. Rxd3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qxc7) 43... Qf6 $16 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 44. Rd1 ({White should play} 44. Qc8 $16 Qe7 45. f3) 44... Rd8 {The position is equal.} 45. Qxd8 Qxd8 {[#]} 46. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] aiming for Re3. Pin} Qd6 (46... Bxe4 47. Rxd8) 47. Re3 Qxc6 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 48. Re7+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5.} 49. Rxd3 {Rd8+ would kill now.} Qc1+ {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Black "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,10,8,39,33,37,9,24,0,15,14,50,40,49,47,53,22,32,0,0,0,64,64,85,75,91,19,74,-14,26,-2,10,0,0,0,0,-81,-75,-80,-64,-70,-51,-62,-30,-132,-125,-120,-121,-176,-175,-214,-243,-224,-142,-140,0,-6,0,-137,-25,-45,-45,-136,-137,-137,-100,-93,-105,-96,-81,-143,-113,-147,-143,-146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-14,-14,-45,-90,0,-29962,-29963,-29962,-10325,-29965,-29966,-1696,0,0,0]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. Nbc3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. f3 Bd7 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nde2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Re8 14. Kh2 Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 {0-1 (41) Chekhov,S (2470)-Parligras,M (2583) Jerusalem 2015}) 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nb4 13. Be3 a6 14. a5 Re8 15. Re1 Bc6 16. Nf4 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 17. Bc5 Bf8 (17... g5 $11) 18. Bxf8 $14 Kxf8 19. e5 d4 20. Na4 (20. exf6 $6 dxc3 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) (20. Na2 $16 Nfd5 21. Nxd5 (21. Qxd4 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 Nxf4 $14) 21... Nxd5 22. Qxd4) 20... Ng8 (20... d3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Nxd3 (21. exf6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxc2 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nh5) 21. e6 (21. Qd2 $16 Nd5 22. Qxd4) 21... f6 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Nb3 Rbd8 24. Qd2 $1 Kg7 25. Rad1 (25. h4 $11) 25... Ba4 $1 $17 26. Nd3 Bxb3 $1 27. Nxb4 Bxe6 28. f4 Qf7 29. f5 ({Much weaker is} 29. Bxb7 c5 $17) (29. g4 $11) 29... Bxf5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Bxb7 (31. g4 $17 Bc8 32. Re1) 31... c5 $19 32. Nd3 c4 ({Don't take} 32... Bxh3 33. Bxa6 Qc6 34. Nf4 $17) 33. Nf4 Qb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Be4 Rd6 ({Black should play} 34... g5 $17 35. g4 gxf4 36. Bxf5 Nh6 37. Qxf4 Nxf5 38. Qxf5 Qxf5 39. gxf5 Kh6) 35. Bxf5 $11 Qxf5 36. Qe2 (36. Qb4 $1 $11 Qxc2 37. Re1) 36... Qe5 (36... g5 $17 37. Nh5+ Kh8) 37. Qxc4 Ne7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 38. Qb4 (38. Qe2 $15) 38... Qe3+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qf3 {[#]} Rc6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 42. Qxc6 (42. c3 $142) 42... Qxg3+ 43. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Ng2.} Qxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 44. b4 {intending b5.} Ng3+ (44... Nh4 $1 $17 {...Qf5 is the strong threat.} 45. b5 Qf5) 45. Kg2 $11 Ne4 46. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f4]} Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kg1 Qg4+ 49. Kh2 $1 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+ 51. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ 52. Kg1 ({White should try} 52. Kg2 $11) 52... Qg3+ (52... d3 $5 53. cxd3 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Qxd3 $17) 53. Kh1 f5 {White must now prevent ...Qh4+.} 54. b5 Kh5 (54... Qh3+ $17 55. Kg1 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Qh4+ 61. Kg2 Qg4+ 62. Kh2) 55. Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. bxa6 $11 d3 56. cxd3 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qxd3 59. Kg1) 55... Qh3+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kh2 {[#]} Qe2+ $1 58. Kg1 {[#]} Qg4+ $2 (58... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h3] ( -> ...Nh3+)} 59. Rxf5 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 gxf5 61. Qxf5 Qxa5) 59. Kh2 Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,12,24,-16,9,10,17,8,16,0,0,0,0,2,17,16,43,40,44,37,43,37,75,75,81,89,131,123,140,141,164,173,175,170,215,201,234,195,285,271,285,251,313,306,295,272,265,270,337,328,390,393]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. e3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 10. Qc2 {[#]} Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Bd3 {½-½ (11) Shengelia,D (2579)-Movsesian,S (2666) Czech Republic 2016}) 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 a6 13. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qg5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. g3 a5 17. Bb5 Qf5 18. h4 Na7 19. Bd3 Qf3 20. O-O c6 21. Qxa5 f5 22. Qd2 Qg4 23. b4 Rae8 24. Rac1 Nb5 (24... Qh3 $142 25. b5 Re6 26. bxc6 bxc6) 25. Bxb5 $18 cxb5 26. Qd1 Qg6 {intending ...Rxe3.} 27. Qf3 Re4 28. Kh2 Qd6 29. Kg2 Qg6 30. Rc5 f4 {[#] ...fxg3 is the strong threat.} 31. h5 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,36,50,41,61,29,33,41,20,26,66,66,91,91,91,89,95,97,108,48,45,8,31,0,0,-11,-19,-15,25,10,13,20,8,14,12,12,16,6,6,10,35,21,25,22,34,18,11,14,18,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,681,653,826,804,1595,1394,1304,1278,1204,1125,12828,12831,12829,12826,2344,1612,1046,960]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. e3 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3.} ({Don't play} 6. Qxf5 exd4 7. Nb5 Ne5 $11) 6... g6 7. h4 h6 8. Bxf6 $1 {White is slightly better.} Nxf6 9. O-O-O {[#] Strongly threatening dxe5.} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. c5 Bd7 11. h5 dxc5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qe6 14. hxg6 Bg7 15. Nh4 Rf8 {1-0 (30) Swapnil,S (2516)-Krishna,C (2387) Ahmedabad 2017}) 10. Nh3 Be6 11. Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf7 12. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qe7 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 ({White should try} 14. c5 $16) 14... h5 $14 15. Rhf1 {With the idea Qa4+.} O-O-O $1 16. Qa4 Kb8 $1 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Bh6 19. c6 $1 {Black must now prevent Qb5!} Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {aiming for Qb5!} Qc5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black has counterplay} 21. Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 22. Rxd4 bxc6 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Ba6 {Hoping for Nxd5.} Ka8 (24... Nxf4 {with more complications.} 25. Rb4+ Ka8 26. Bb7+ Kb8 27. Bxc6+ Kc8) 25. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 26. hxg5 Re8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. g3 Rxe3 29. Rf4 {Rf8+ would kill now.} Re8 30. a3 Be4 31. Rf7 Kb8 32. Kd2 Bf5 33. Rf6 c5 34. a4 c4 (34... c6 {looks sharper.} 35. Rxc6 Re4 36. Be2 Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Re4+) 35. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Rxf5!} Kc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (35... Re5 $11) 36. Rxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} gxf5 {KR-KB} 37. g6 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Bf7 Kd7 41. g7 Rxf7 42. g8=Q Ke7 43. Qg5+ Rf6 44. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Black "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,22,0,0,-34,-39,-33,-16,-47,-8,-19,-29,-47,0,0,0,-16,-10,0,-5,-4,-8,-13,19,13,70,63,68,63,146,39,93,50,229,231,227,197,202,141,443,420,441,435,429,424,375,363,288,-248,-245,-248,-257,-257,-257,-257,-252,-235,-197,-342,-328,-342,-342,-394,-385,-1437,-1444,-29991,-29992,-29992,-6035,-29983,-29984,-6087,-4718]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O $1 {The main line 8...0-0 scores better than 8...Nbd7.} 9. Na2 Bd6 {D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3.} 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 {Black is slightly better.} 12. b5 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 Be4 18. Qg3 Qa5 {½-½ (40) Pechisker,A (2294)-Jiganchine,R (2240) New Westminster 2009}) 13. Bb3 cxb5 14. axb5 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 Ne4 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 17. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 f5 {White must now prevent ...fxg4.} 20. Ne5 Be8 (20... Bxe5 $1 $11 21. dxe5 Nd5) 21. f4 $14 Nd5 22. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qh4 (22... Bxe5 $14 23. fxe5 (23. dxe5 fxg4 24. hxg4 Kh8 $16) 23... Bg6) 23. Be1 (23. gxf5 $1 $16 Bxb5 24. Qg4 (24. Qxb5 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Rf6 $17) 24... Qxg4+ 25. hxg4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1) 23... Qd8 (23... Qxh3 $14 24. Rf3 Qh6) 24. Qd3 {Threatens to win with gxf5.} Qb6 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 24... Bxe5 $14 25. dxe5 fxg4) 25. Ba5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Bxb5 26. Qd2 Qa6 {[#]} 27. Bc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ba3 $16 {is tougher.}) (27... Nxc7 28. Rxa6) 28. Rxa6 Bxa6 29. Rc1 {aiming for Bxd5.} Bxe5 30. dxe5 ({Less strong is} 30. fxe5 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rad8 $16) 30... Rad8 {Hoping for ...Nxf4!} 31. gxf5 Nxf4 32. fxe6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bxe6+ $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Kh8 33. Bd7 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg2 Nxc1 35. e6) 32... Rxd2 $19 ({Wrong is} 32... Nxh3+ $2 33. Kh1 $18) 33. e7+ Nd5 {[%mdl 64] Strongly threatening ...Re8. Double Attack} 34. e4 Re8 35. exd5 {[#] d6+ is the strong threat.} g6 $1 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Rc7 (37. Ba4 $142 b5 38. Bd1) 37... Bb5 38. Be6 Bc6 39. Kf1 a5 40. Rxc6 $2 (40. Bd7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7) 40... bxc6 41. Bd7 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b1]} 42. Ke1 Rd5 (42... Rg2 $142 43. Bg4 Rb1+ 44. Bd1 Kf7 45. h4 Rg1+ 46. Ke2 Rgxd1 47. h5 gxh5 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4 a3 50. Ke3 Rb3+ 51. Ke4 Rbb1 52. Kf4 a2 53. e6+ Ke8 54. d7+ Kxe7 55. Kg3 a1=Q 56. d8=R Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kh3 Rxd8 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kh3 Qh2#) 43. e6 Rxd6 44. Kf2 Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Paulauskas, Andrius"]
[Black "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,131,25,11,35,13,29,0,0,0,8,7,17,-10,19,25,24,6,26,20,34,36,47,32,62,57,94,55,67,66,85,68,110,84,126,119,128,125,128,53,41,0,0,8,4,6,49,36,42,50,89,85,83,67,59,52,56,6,6,-15,163,161,206,203,209,193,184,68,80,77,106,35,41,49,100,107,93,0,0,0,0,-831,-818,-780,-801,-702,0,0,0,0,0,0,679,710,678,642,661,618,633,613,558,121,121,122,139,218,123,133,447,273,1176,887,1580,1507,1654,1462,1327,1225,1192,989,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 c6 {D04: Colle System.} 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 {[#]} Bxd3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4 9. g4 Nxd2 10. gxf5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 a5 12. h4 Na6 13. Ba3 c5 14. h5 cxd4 15. exd4 {1-0 (41) Nechaeva,M (2228)-Tsereteli,T (2286) Chalkidiki 2003}) 9. cxd3 Na6 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 e6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rac1 Na6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Nb3 Nab8 18. e4 Qf6 19. e5 Qe7 20. Qe3 b6 21. Nfd4 a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Nb5 ({But not} 23. Nxa5 $6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxa3 $14) 23... a4 24. Na5 (24. N3d4 $16) 24... Rc5 $14 25. Rxc5 (25. Rb1 {seems wilder.} d4 26. Qxd4 Rd5 27. Qa7 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. d4) 25... Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. d4 Ne4 28. f3 Ng3 29. Rb1 Na6 30. Kf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nf5 31. g4 Ne7 32. Nc3 Nb8 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Nxa4 Nd7 $2 (34... Nbc6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 35. Nb3 Ra8) 35. Rb7 $18 Ra8 36. Rxd7 Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Nc5 ({And not} 37. Rxe7 Rxa4 38. Rb7 Rxa3 $15) 37... Kf8 38. a4 (38. Rd8+ $1 $18 Kg7 39. Rd7) 38... Nc6 $14 39. Rc7 Nxd4 40. Ke3 (40. Nd7+ $1 $16 Kg7 41. Nc5) 40... Nc2+ 41. Kf4 Nb4 (41... Nd4 $14) 42. Kg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6] Hoping for Kf6.} d4 43. Nb7 (43. Kh6 $1 $16) 43... d3 {White must now prevent ...Kg7.} 44. Nxa5 d2 45. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Rd7 $11 Nd5 46. Kh6) 45... d1=Q $19 {[%mdl 64] ( -> ...Qd8+). Double Attack} 46. Nd6 Qd2+ 47. f4 {[#]} f6+ $2 ({Black should play} 47... Nd3 $1 $19 48. Rxf7+ Kg8) 48. Kh6 $11 Qxf4+ (48... fxe5 $5 49. Rf7+ $8 Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rf7+ $11) 49. Kxh7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc7f7]} fxe5 50. Kxg6 {Threatens to win with Rf7+.} e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qg3 $11 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rf7+) 51. Rf7+ $18 Qxf7+ 52. Nxf7 {KN-KN} Ke7 {And now ...Nc6 would win.} 53. Ng5 e3 54. Nf3 Nd3 55. Nd4 $2 (55. a5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 55... Nf4+ $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kg5 Nxh3+ 57. Kh4 Nf4 58. Kg3 e2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Nd3 $16 {is tougher.}) 59. Kf2 $18 Kf6 $2 (59... e1=R 60. Kxe1 Kd6) 60. Nxe2 Nd5 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. a5 Nb4 63. Ke3 Na6 64. Nf4 Nc5 65. Nd3+ Nxd3 66. Kxd3 {[%mdl 32768] Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 51%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Black "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,34,-12,-6,0,-1,6,-7,-4,-4,7,-8,24,32767,32767,32767,32767,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-5,-1]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 8. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 13. dxc6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 15. Qe1 {[%emt 0:09:43]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 16. Be4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} 17. Qf2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Rab8 $11 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Cibulskis, Vaclovas"]
[Black "Povilaitis, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:11:52]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:43] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:32]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:00:59] [#]} b6 $146 {[%emt 0:02:38]} ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. Qf3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. g4 Nb4 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 f6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rxd6 {1-0 (23) Keogh,E (2170)-Brady,C (2075) Kilkenny 1997}) 12. f5 {[%emt 0:16:23]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 14. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 15. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 17. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (17. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 17... d5 {[%emt 0:00:42] [#]} (17... a6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Nc3 (18. Qxc4 axb5 19. Qd3 Bb7 $11) 18... b5) 18. f6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (18. exd5 $1 $16 Qxd5 19. Nc7 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4) 18... e5 {[%emt 0:13:16]} 19. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:49]} ({Much worse is} 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Bb7 $15) 19... gxf6 {[%emt 0:15:30]} 20. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 21. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:04:33]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 26. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 29. c5 {[%emt 0:02:22] [#]} (29. a4 $15) 29... Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (29... Be6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2][%mdl 512]} 30. Qf3 {[#]} (30. dxe6 Qxg2#) 30... Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxd5 Rad8) 30. Re2 $2 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (30. Rg1 $1 $15) 30... Qh5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (30... Bd3 $19 31. Rf2 e4) 31. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (31... Qf7 $15) 32. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} (32... Rg7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. c6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} R3g6 {[%emt 0:04:50] [#]} (33... R3g7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Nxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 35. Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} ({Weaker is} 35. Rxe5 R6g7 $11) 35... R6g7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 36. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:29] [#]} 37. Qd4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (37. gxh3 {[#] leads to mate.} Qxe2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 38. Qg3 Rxg3 39. hxg3 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kh2 Qxg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3#) 37... Rf8 $2 {[%emt 0:05:29] [#]} (37... h6 $16) 38. Rd2 $2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (38. Re7 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 512]} Bxg2+ {[#]} 39. Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 39. d6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} ({White should play} 39. Rg1 $18 Bc8 40. d6) 39... Qb5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:57] [#]} 40. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:34]} (40. Rc2 $1 $16) 40... Rf1+ {[%emt 0:05:02]} 41. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 42. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (42... Qb5 $16) 43. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 44. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 45. a3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 46. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 47. Rd3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:41] [#]} (47. Qd3) 47... Qc1+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (47... Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Rf3 (48. Rxh3 Qc1+) 48... Bxg2+ 49. Qxg2 Rxg2 50. Kxg2 Qxd6) 48. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 50. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 52. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 53. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 55. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 57. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 58. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 60. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 61. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 62. g4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 63. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 64. Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 67. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 68. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 69. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg4+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 70. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 71. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 72. Rg7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 73. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd1+ $19 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (73... Bd1 74. h4 Kxa3) 74. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 75. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 76. h4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 77. Kf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 78. Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 79. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.18"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sibajeva, Marija"]
[Black "Bagdanskis, Dangis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,0,5,-3,0,0,44,33,16,-19,-25,-25,-25,-49,-52,-56,-49,-53,-47,-54,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,16,20,20,16,23,21,33,35,34,37,41,45,47,45,98,91,98,92,119,112,112,112,152,140,141,51,55,68,67,83,70,66,183,181,165,170,384,356,383,239,237,235,380,357,466,462,486,431,2032,1176,1110,1079,12841,12842,12846,12846,29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} Bd6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 {White is slightly better.} hxg6 9. f4 c6 10. c3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. a4 Rde8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g3 e5 15. Kf2 exf4 16. exf4 g5 {0-1 (35) Batsi,E (1140)-Altinaki,A Thessaloniki 2019}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 g5 13. g3 gxf4 (13... f5 {with more complications.} 14. h4 Ke7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Kf2 gxf4 17. exf4 Nf6) 14. exf4 e5 (14... f5 $15) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Nb3 Rh6 20. Nd4 Rdh8 21. Rf2 Nd7 22. Nf5 Bc5 23. Nxh6 {[#] aiming for Ng4.} Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxh6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Kg2 Nc5 (25... Kd8 $14) 26. Rf1 $16 f6 27. Bg4+ Kc7 28. Bf5 b5 29. Re1 Rh8 30. Re2 Ra8 31. b3 (31. a3 $16) 31... Ne4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4c3]} 32. Bxe4 dxe4 {KR-KR} 33. Rd2 $1 f5 34. Kf2 c5 ({Black should play} 34... Kb6 $14) 35. Ke3 $18 c4 {[#]} 36. Kf4 $1 Rf8 $2 (36... Ra3 {was called for.} 37. Rb2 (37. Kxf5 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 $16) 37... cxb3 38. axb3 Kd6 39. Kxf5 e3) 37. h4 Kc6 38. h5 Rh8 39. Rh2 ({Don't take} 39. Kxf5 $6 Rxh5+ 40. Kxe4 Rh1 $16) 39... Kd5 (39... b4 $142) 40. h6 cxb3 41. axb3 b4 42. cxb4 Kd4 (42... Ke6 $142 43. Rh5 Rh7 44. Rxf5 Rxh6) 43. h7 e3 44. Kxf5 Kd3 45. Kg6 Ra8 46. h8=Q e2 47. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,43,26,17,16,15,15,15,20,8,15,15,33,20,20,20,20,20,20,16,10,13,32,41,59,39,45,24,28,7]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nc3 {9.e3 gains popularity.} Nxc3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c7][%mdl 32]} a5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd3 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... f5 18. Re2 Qd7 19. Rec2 Rfc8 20. Be1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 b6 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Bf6 {½-½ (39) Bernal Moro,L (2420)-Paredes Galan,A (2305) Spain 1998}) 18. Rxc3 Qd6 19. Rec1 Rfd8 20. Bb5 Qf6 21. Qd1 Bf8 22. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,67,4,17,6,19,20,12,17,8,24,25,0,10,8,24,34,31,26,23,0,72,25,53,0,0,-37,-45,-50,0,0,39,0,0,1,5,4,5,6,1,0,6,0,3,5,25,0,15,7,31,-5,6,6,16,11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. c4 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxc4 11. e4 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. fxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf3.} O-O {aiming for ...Qd4!} 15. Rc1 $1 {Nf3 is the strong threat.} Qf6 $1 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf6f2]} 16. Nh3 $1 {[#]} Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rc4 Nc6 20. Qh5 Rf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. O-O Nxe5 {½-½ (38) Bagirov,R (2325)-Landenbergue,C (2420) Biel 1998}) 17. Qe2 Ne7 (17... Nc6 $11 18. Rc4 (18. exd5 Ne5 $11) 18... Qa1+ 19. Rc1 Qd4) 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Nf4 (19. Bc4 $14) 19... e5 $11 20. Bc4+ (20. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Re3g5]}) 20... Kh8 21. Nd3 Nbc6 (21... Bh3 $5 {[%cal Rb8c6]}) 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bh3+ 24. Kg1 Qd7 25. Nf2 {[#] Strongly threatening g4.} Be6 $1 26. Rd1 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 (27. Rxd7 $2 {loses.} Bxe2 28. Rxb7 h6 $19) 27... Qe8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Rd6 Qg8 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Rd7 Qe8 32. Bg5 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vardanyan, Aras"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,48,36,45,55,47,-1,77,81,74,67,70,69,89,56,61,35,91,77,89,85,77,65,71,75,76,87,182,179,195,191,162,158,200,235,361,356,312,247,237,196,274,197,532,522,578,391,391,391,391,391,426,393,762,753,698,682,668,670,821,820,1429,1361,1340,1336,1319,1315]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 h6 11. Bd2 dxe5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. c5 (13. a3 {seems wilder.} Nf6 14. Rd1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Nd5) 13... c6 (13... Nxc5 $11 14. Nd5 Qc6) 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. h3 Nf6 {[#]} 16. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. Qc2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Re1 Rg8 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. g3 {1-0 (42) Yanayt,E (2217)-Atoufi,P (2279) ICC INT 2011}) 16... Rb8 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. b4 a5 (18... Rd8 $14) 19. b5 $16 (19. bxa5 $6 Ba6 $11) 19... Bb7 20. b6 axb6 21. cxb6 c5 22. Be3 {Black is on the road to losing.} Rfc8 23. Nd2 Nd7 (23... Qe6 $16 {was called for.}) 24. Nc4 $18 Ba6 25. Nd5 Qe6 26. Rfd1 Bxc4 27. b7 Bxd5 (27... Bxa2 $142 28. Rb5 (28. Qxa2 Rc7 $16) (28. bxc8=Q Bxb1 29. Q2xc5 Nxc5 $16) 28... Rc6) 28. bxc8=Q Rxc8 29. Rxd5 Bf8 30. Qc3 Qc6 (30... Nb6 $142) 31. Qxa5 Nf6 $2 (31... Ra8 32. Qc3 Nf6) 32. Rd8 Qxe4 33. Rc1 Rxd8 34. Qxd8 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bg7 35. Qe7 Qd5 36. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} c4 $2 (36... Qa2 37. Rxc5 Qxa4 38. Qxf7 Qd7) 37. Qc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qa8 38. a5 Nd5 39. Qa7 Qc6 40. a6 Nxe3 41. Qb7 ({Less strong is} 41. Qxe3 Qxa6 42. Qc5 e4 $16) 41... Qc5 42. a7 Qa3 43. Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Narmontas, Raimondas"]
[Black "Indriunas, Matas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,24,66,67,63,64,79,47,45,42,43,27,58,62,52,-7,-7,-7,-11,-24,-33,-33,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,8,0,16,-156,32,0,-6,-1,87,87,118,33,47,29,43,33,34,21,43,26,43,38,41,29,50,55,49,4,16,0,0,-131,-136,-132,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-58,-59,-41,-64,-56,-58,-30,-96,-108,-110,-109,-135,-88,-246,-214,-366,-392,-691,-684,-808,-753,-747,-724,-759,-726,-1158,-729,-1871,-729,-729,-729,-714,-714,-924,-693,-705,-691]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Bg7 {[#]} 6. Nge2 $146 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Qh5 d5 7. O-O-O Be6 8. e4 c6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 {½-½ (48) Chueca Forcen,A (2288)-Vazquez Torres,A (2149) Almansa 2009}) 6... c6 7. Ng3 Be6 8. Qf3 {White is better.} Nd7 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qe7 12. e4 ({Better is} 12. Ne2 $14) 12... exd4 $11 13. Rxd4 Qe5 14. Rb4 Qxf5 15. exf5 O-O-O 16. Rh4 Rde8 17. Bd3 Bf8 18. g3 Nc5 19. Kd2 Kc7 20. Re1 Re5 21. Rh5 $2 ({White should play} 21. Re2 $11) 21... Kd6 $2 (21... Nxd3 $17 22. cxd3 d4) 22. Bf1 (22. Nd1 {is more complex.} Kc7 23. Re2 a5 24. Ne3 b5 25. Ng4) 22... d4 23. Nd1 Rxe1 (23... Ne4+ $11 24. Kc1 Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 25. Rxe5 Nxh5) 24. Kxe1 $16 Nd7 25. f4 (25. Rh4 $16) 25... Bg7 26. Bc4 Ke7 $1 27. Nf2 b5 28. Be2 Nc5 29. Kd2 h6 30. Bf3 Kd6 31. b4 Nd7 32. Ne4+ Kc7 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. Kxd4 Nd5 35. Nc5 (35. c4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxb4 36. Kc3 Nxa2+ 37. Kb3 Nc1+ 38. Kc2) 35... Nxb4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kc3 Nd5+ (36... Nxa2+ $17 37. Kb3 Nb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 37. Bxd5 $1 $11 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. g4 Kd6 39. Nd3 $1 Rc8+ 40. Kd2 d4 41. Rh3 (41. h4 $11) 41... Kd5 $15 42. Rg3 Ke4 43. h4 Bf8 44. Rg1 Bd6 45. Rf1 (45. Re1+ $1 $11 Kd5 46. g5) 45... Rg8 $17 46. Ke2 a5 47. h5 b4 48. Rf3 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (48. Nf2+ $17 {was necessary.} Kxf4 49. Kd3) 48... Kd5 $1 $19 49. Rh3 $2 (49. Nf2) 49... Rxg4 50. Kf3 $2 (50. Rh1) 50... Rg1 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Nf2 Rc1 52. Ng4 Rxc2 53. Nxf6+ Kc4 54. Ne4 Bf8 55. Rg3 {[#]} b3 (55... Rc3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Nxc3 bxc3) 56. axb3+ Kxb3 57. Rg8 Bb4 58. Rh8 Rc6 59. f6 a4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Paulauskas, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,0,0,7,0,7,18,17,39,20,21,15,46,50,62,51,51,51,60,42,44,63,51,42,38,36,47,63,51,-6,64,77,118,114,171,158,295,116,116,113,137,126,243,218,241,187,176,170,152,131,158,137,234,222,326,323,448,441,427,432,501,464,505,516,493,501,442,214,803,788,1107,748,876,849,1629,1052,1010,1044,3241,2819]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Qxd4 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Qd8 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. d4 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. h4 b5 15. h5 Qa5 16. hxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (45) Kukhmazov,A (2381)-Muha,M (2344) Koper 2019}) 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. h3 Qa5 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Bf4 Qb4 18. b3 Nh7 19. Qe3 ({Better is} 19. Be5 $1 $14) 19... e5 ({Black should play} 19... Qa5 $11) 20. dxe5 $14 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f6 (21... Qa5 $16) 22. Ne4 $18 fxe5 {[#]} (22... Bxe4 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. Bxe4 f5) 23. Bh6 $2 (23. Nd6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 23... Bxh6 $16 24. Qxh6 {Strongly threatening g4.} Qf8 25. Qe3 b6 (25... a6 $16 {was called for.} 26. c5 Re7) 26. Nd6 Re6 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rd8+ Nf8 29. Ra8 e4 30. Be2 Re7 (30... c5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. c5 $1 $18 b5 {[#]} (31... Kg7 $142 32. Qd4+ (32. cxb6 axb6 33. Qxb6 Qe5 $18) 32... Kh6 33. Qe3+ (33. cxb6 axb6 34. Qe3+ Kh7 $18) 33... Kh7 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Qxb6 Ne6) 32. a4 $1 a6 33. Rxa6 bxa4 34. bxa4 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kh7 35. Rxc6 Ne6 36. a5 Qe5 37. a6 Nd4 38. Rd6 (38. Rc8 $142) 38... Nf5 $2 {[#]} (38... Nxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Qxc5) 39. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Qg7 40. Rd1 e3 41. fxe3 Nxe3 42. Rb1 {And now Qxe7! would win.} Nf5 {[#]} 43. Bxh5 $1 Qd4+ (43... gxh5 44. Qxf5+) 44. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Butvilas, Aistis"]
[Black "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,13,16,-16,0,-30,39,0,114,105,113,96,229,204,185,172,577,559,750,485,516,516,458,214,230,221,211,197,339,333,353,284,620,509,502,504,505,506,502,493,586,556]} 1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 {[#]} 11. Rae1 $146 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Re8 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Re3 f5 18. Rde1 cxd4 19. cxd4 {1-0 (43) Kanep,M (2504)-Sipila,V (2304) Finland 2011}) 11... O-O 12. Ne5 Nf6 (12... Nxe5 $11 13. Qxe5 Rc8) 13. f4 {White is slightly better.} g6 {[#]} (13... c5 $1 $11) 14. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6]} exf5 15. Bh6 Re8 {[#]} (15... Ne4 $16) 16. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qc8 {[#]} (16... Kxf7 17. Qe6#) 17. Ne5 $1 {Black must now prevent g4!} a5 $2 {[#]} (17... Bf8 {is tougher.} 18. Bc4+ Nd5) 18. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f4 (18... fxg4 19. Rxf6) 19. Rxf4 Nd5 20. Rf7 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Bf8 21. Rxf8+ (21. Qd2 $142 Rxe5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxf8 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Bc4) 21... Rxf8 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qh6 (23... Qd6 {keeps fighting.} 24. Bc4 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 24. Be4 Re8 25. Qf3 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Nf4 $2 (25... Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Nxe3) 26. Qxf4 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf4 27. Rxf4 g5 28. Bxb7 gxf4 29. Kf2 c5 30. Kf3 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Povilaitis, Tomas"]
[Black "Salna, Aleksandras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,98,2,8,18,-15,20,-18,-2,-34,22,12,11,14,34,16,50,47,30,37,51,43,47,47,56,44,158,140,145,112,262,157,161,153,161,145,122,128,105,80,80,83,84,85,160,56,67,59,59,59,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,-106,-89,-93,211,195,180,83,101,93,100,125,345,-2011,-1984,-1747,-1652,-1743,-1729,-1716,-1316,-1672,-959,-1284,0,0,-551,-1483,-1286,-29972,-29972,-29973,-5078]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 8. Bc4 {[#]} (8. Na4 {looks sharper.} Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O) 8... Be6 $146 (8... Ng4 {keeps more tension.} 9. Rf1 Qh4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qd3 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 {0-1 (37) Lee,A (1557)-Mao,Y (1948) Caleta 2020}) 9. Bxe6 (9. Bb3 {is more complex.} O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd5) 9... fxe6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O O-O (10... a6 $15) 11. Na4 $1 $11 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 b5 14. Nc3 Bb6 15. Nxb5 d5 16. Nc3 a5 17. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nd4 18. Be3 Rc8 (18... a4 $14) 19. Na4 $16 {Hoping for c3.} Bc7 20. Rb1 {aiming for c3.} Rb8 (20... Qe8 $16 {was called for.}) 21. Bxd4 ({White should play} 21. b6 $18) 21... exd4 22. Qxd4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Nxe4 24. c4 Nd6 25. Qe5 Nxc4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rfd1 Rf6 (27... Nxa3 $142 28. Rxd5 Qc7) 28. Qe2 (28. Qxd5 $16 Rd6 29. Qh5) 28... Nxa3 $14 29. Rb3 Nc4 30. Rbd3 Rd6 $1 (30... Rxb5 $2 31. Nc3 $18) 31. Nc3 ({Better is} 31. Rd4 $14) 31... d4 $11 32. Ne4 Rd5 33. Rb3 Ne5 34. f4 (34. Rbb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... d3 $17 35. Qh5 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... a4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4b3] and life is bright.} 36. Rbb1 Nc4) 36. Ng5 $1 $18 Rxg5 37. Qxg5 (37. fxg5 $18 Ne5 38. Kh1 (38. g6 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 h6 $18)) 37... Qd4+ 38. Kh2 d2 {[#]} 39. Qe7 $1 Qd5 $2 (39... a4 $16 40. Rb4 Qe3) 40. b6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qe2 $18) 40... Qh5+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Qh4 Qxd1 42. Rd3 {[#]} Qe2 $1 43. Rd8+ {[#]} Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8d8][%mdl 576] Promotion} 44. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {KQ-KRN} 45. Qg4 Rd8 $2 (45... Ne3 $19 46. Qd7 Rg8) 46. b7 $1 $11 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 46... d1=Q $2 47. Qxd1 Rf8 48. Qd4 $18) (46... h6 $11 47. Qc8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d1=Q) 47. Qd1 Nxb7 48. Kg1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Kf2 (49. Qxa4 d1=Q+) 49... a3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 60%.} (49... Nc5 $142 50. Ke3 a3 51. g4 a2 52. Kf2 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. f5 a1=Q 54. Qxa1 Nxa1 55. Kg3 d1=Q 56. g5 Qe1+ 57. Kg4 Rd4+ 58. Kf3 Qf1+ 59. Kg3 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kh3 Qh4#) 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Koliasnikovas, Aironas"]
[Black "Eigminas, Kipras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,36,30,57,43,38,30,33,10,27,-68,-60,-64,-51,-48,-48,-293,-305,-277,-185,-232,-217,-276,-275,-290,-266,-274,-203,-190,-187,-164,-195,-419,-413,-839,-875,-875,-887,-800,-779,-1050,-1043,-966,-933,-907,-861,-1558,-1615,-1327,-796,-1491,-1487]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Kh7 {E74: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5.} 10. h4 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 {White has an edge.} 12. f3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. g4 Nc7 14. O-O-O b5 15. h5 g5 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Nh3 c4 18. Bc2 b4 19. Ne2 b3 {0-1 (33) Suto,G (2276)-Zambor,N (2333) Fuzesabony 2004}) 13. g4 (13. Bd3 $11) 13... Ng3 $15 14. Rh2 {Hoping for Bd3.} Nxe2 15. Ngxe2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 16. f4 $2 ({White should try} 16. Bf4 $15) 16... Nf6 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. g5 Ng4 18. Rh1 h5 19. O-O-O {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 544] And now ...b4 would win.} 20. Ng3 (20. Nxb5 Rxe4) 20... b4 21. Nce2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bg4 23. f5 Be5 24. Nf4 $2 (24. Rhf1) 24... c4 25. Rdf1 (25. Kb1 $142 Bxd1 26. Rxd1) 25... Qa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Nxg6 Kxg6 28. Rf6+ Kg7 29. Kb1 b3 30. a3 c3 31. Rhf1 c2+ 32. Kc1 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6e3]} 33. Rf7+ Kg8 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Sarauskas, Andrius"]
[Black "Sibajeva, Marija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,-3,-9,0,0,2,-27,-19,-14,8,4,26,0,110,115,119,105,108,108,100,100,101,100,135,136,125,-222,-227,-345,-331,-341,-321,-465,-491,-606,-588,-560,-593,-583,-519,-537,-476,-594,-591,-644,-539,-583,-632,-634,-617,-851,-860,-1010,-985]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} 10. Ned5 O-O {[#]} 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d3 Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. Bd2 Rf7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Be3 Raf8 19. f3 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {½-½ (45) Wang,Y (2683)-Cheparinov,I (2679) China 2019}) 11... Rab8 {Black has an edge.} 12. Qa4 Nc8 13. d3 a6 14. Rb1 Nb4 (14... b5 $11 15. Qxa6 b4) 15. Qxd7 $16 ({Much worse is} 15. Nxb4 $6 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 cxb4 $11) 15... Bxd7 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Nd5 a5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rfc1 h6 20. a3 b3 21. Bb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (21. a4 $16 {stays on course.}) 21... Bxd5 $1 $19 22. Bc7 {[#]} (22. Bxa5 {is the only way for White.} Bc6 23. Bd5) 22... Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxb8 (23. Kxg2 Ra8) 23... Bc6 24. e3 (24. c5 $142 d5 25. Re1) 24... b6 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Re8 27. e4 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Be3 29. Rc3 a4 30. e5 Bd2 31. exd6 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Bd7 33. d4 Re3 34. Rc1 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Plunge Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Plunge"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Bagvilas, Lukas"]
[Black "Simkunaite, Gabija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,77,0,0,10,-20,-20,-47,0,0,-7,-16,-12,-15,-12,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,3,-39,-30,-33,-22,-39,-31,-36,27,47,93,93,93,89,106,101,139,134,195,100,137,139,262,256,259,253,492,518,499,425,500,382,423,418,415,415,493,472,479,472]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. O-O e5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} 10. fxe5 (10. c3 {is interesting.} O-O 11. f5 dxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Be3) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black is slightly better.} (11... fxe5 {with more complications.} 12. c3 Bg4 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bh5+ g6) 12. Nf4 O-O {[#]} 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Rb8 14. a4 Nc6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Rb1 a5 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Qe2 {½-½ (46) Porth,H (2093)-Hochgraefe,M (2413) Hamburg 2018}) 13... Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Qh5 Bg4 16. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxh5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nxh5 g6 19. Nf4 f5 20. Ba3 fxe4 21. dxe4 d3 22. Rac1 $1 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 d2 (23... Be3 $15 24. cxd3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Kf7) 24. Rcd1 $11 Bc3 25. Ne2 Rxf1 26. Kxf1 Ba5 {[#]} 27. c3 $1 Rd8 28. Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc6 {[#]} (28... Nc8 $16 29. Nf4 Bxc3) 29. Be3 ({White should play} 29. b4 $1 $18) 29... Rd3 30. Bxd2 Ne5 (30... Bb6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 31. Nf4 $18 Rf3+ 32. Ke2 Bxc3 $2 (32... Bb6 33. Nh3 Rf8) 33. Be3 g5 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Nd3 {Nxe5+ is the strong threat.} g4 36. Nxe5+ Bxe5 37. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 38. Rxb7 a5 39. Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

