[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,22,52,47,42,43,56,40,60,58,58]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Ne5 {Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 $146 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Bd3 h5 16. h3 {0-1 (59) Yu,Y (2760)-Hansen,E (2629) chess.com INT 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Makhmutov, Rail"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,29,40,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 {[#] LiveBook: 229 Games} {Predecessor:} h6 $146 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. b3 Nbd7 22. Bd3 c6 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Be3 d5 25. dxe5 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (34) Leko,P (2691)-Oparin,G (2609) Linares 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 7,7,-15]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O {Predecessor:} g6 $146 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ned5 Rb8 11. d3 a6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rb1 b4 15. Na4 Bf7 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 {0-1 (41) Caruana,F (2829)-Nakamura,H (2775) London 2014} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,37,35]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 {B52: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 56 Partien} {Vorgänger:} 8. Be3 $146 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. a4 Nc6 {1-0 (47) Naiditsch,A (2711)-Mista,A (2604) Linares 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Sadykov, Ramil"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,11,22,25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {LiveBook: 18849 Games} {Predecessor:} e5 $146 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Ng8 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bc4 14. g6 fxg6 15. Ng3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Ngf6 17. fxg6 Qc7 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2767)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mokshanov, Alexey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,23,22]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. d4 Be7 {LiveBook: 34 Games} {Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 $146 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Rfc8 {½-½ (57) Guseinov,G (2646)-Cheparinov,I (2693) Batumi 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,0,-10]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. b4 {LiveBook: 89 Games. A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} {Predecessor:} axb4 $146 11. axb4 Re8 12. Re1 c6 13. b5 Bg4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 {½-½ (27) Swiercz,D (2636)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2742) Germany 2013} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,16,22,62,47,49,52,56,52,60]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 6. e5 {White is slightly better. D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 {Predecessor:} 9. O-O $146 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. b3 {0-1 (55) Wojtaszek,R (2750)-Duda,J (2724) Warsaw 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palachev, Petr"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 2,2,19]} 1. d4 d5 {Predecessor:} 2. c4 $146 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Nc5 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nxa3 {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salemgareev, Tagir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,16,0,10,12,4]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 b6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. e3 e6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nh4 (8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 a5 12. Be1 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (42) Kozul,Z (2632)-Prohaszka,P (2599) Austria 2014}) 8... Be4 {Predecessor:} 9. Nxe4 $146 Nxe4 10. Nf3 a5 11. cxd5 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. g3 {0-1 (46) Novakovic,D-Milenkovic,J (2207) Serbia 2007} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,123,0,-7,-8,8,2,20,9,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,8,10,18,0,91,85,79,79,108,112,122,125,101,133,121,90,90,90,92,80,139,130,141,90,97,97,104,79,215,215,215,215,215,215,212,208,208,208,323,366,356,389,406,406,404,376,496,496,520,497,620,504,606,496,496,496,496,489,468,433,481,474,464,452,557,557,557,557,536,550,550,536,585,560,837,837,837,837,837,837,837,837]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Qd6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... Qe6+ {with more complications.} 8. Ne2 Qc6 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Nc3 Qe6+) 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe6+ 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {1-0 (35) Sutovsky,E (2679)-Panarin,M (2471) playchess.com INT 2004}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Nd2 b5 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. a4 Nd4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c4 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. Bxe5 Qc5 {Hoping for ...cxd3.} 22. bxc4 {Ra5 is the strong threat.} Nd4 23. Bg2 Rfe8 {[#]} (23... Ne6 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. c3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3d4][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ne6 {[#]} 25. Qe2 $1 Nd7 26. d4 Qc8 27. Ra8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qxa8 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Bf4 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Nf6 31. Qf3 Rac8 ({Black should play} 31... Ra7) 32. c5 Rc7 33. Re5 ({White should try} 33. Ra1) 33... Rec8 34. f5 Bf8 35. Qg3 Nd7 (35... Ra7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 36. Re8 $1 $18 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 39. Qd3 Rc6 40. c4 Rf6 (40... Rc8 $142 41. Kg2 Rc5) 41. Qd7 g6 42. fxg6 Rxg6+ 43. Kf1 Rg5 44. Ke2 Re5+ 45. Kd3 {White is clearly winning.} Rc5 46. Kd4 Rg5 47. f4 Rc5 48. Qe8 Rf5 49. Qe4 Ra5 50. Qc6 Rf5 51. Qg2+ Kh8 52. Qe4 Ra5 53. Qc6 Kg8 54. Qc8 Kg7 55. f5 Be7 56. Qc7 Bf6+ 57. Ke4 Ra3 58. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rxh3 59. c6 Rh4+ 60. Kf3 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Rc3 62. Qd6 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,135,15,-8,0,0,0,0,20,9,5,12,-5,14,4,13,14,18,12,0,46,4,31,35,37,0,8,-47,-45,-37,-42,-40,-23,-36,-38,-42,-43,-29,-17,-111,-68,-102,-72,-78,-21,-18,-21,-18,0,-14,-14,-11,0,-4,0,0,51,53,61,66,77,72,132,129,171,155,230,72,75,70,132,124,175,191,217,175,163,174,216,216,200,137,134,132,124,122,122,124,136,114,141,142,144,139,182,135,175,172,270,267,239,251,218,0,253,0,205,174,189,181,260,239,259,257,370,250,617,610,1059,445,1770,1360,29972,29973,29968,12832]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Qc2 {LiveBook: 8 Partien. B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be3 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 9. Nd2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qd4 Re8 14. Rd1 Rc8 {1-0 (25) Aronian,L (2767)-Caruana,F (2822) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ngf3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. O-O Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Nf1 Nd6 17. Rxd5 Nc4 18. Rad1 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rb5 (19. b3 $11 Nxe3 20. Nxe3) 19... a6 $15 20. Rb4 b5 21. N1d2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Be6 22. a4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 bxa4 24. Nc4 {Droht stark Sb6.} Qc5 25. Nb6 (25. Nd4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 25... Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxa4 Qc7 (27... Qc6 $1 $17) 28. Nd4 $11 Bd5 29. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d5,Ba4b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} Be4 30. Nc4 Re8 31. Nd2 Bb7 32. Nf1 a5 33. Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Re7 (33... axb4 $11 34. Qxe8+ Bf8) 34. Rc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc4c7]} Qd6 35. Qxa5 Bh6 36. Rb4 Kg7 (36... Rd7 $142) 37. Rb6 $16 Qc7 38. Qb4 Rd7 (38... Bd5 $16 39. Rb5 Bb7) 39. Re6 $2 (39. c4 $18) 39... Qd8 40. Re5 Bg5 {[#]} ({Günstiger ist} 40... Kg8 $14) 41. Qa5 $1 Bf6 {[#]} (41... Bd5 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.} 42. Qxd8 Bxd8) 42. Qxd8 $1 $18 Rxd8 43. Rb5 Be4 44. Kf2 Ra8 45. Nd2 Bd3 46. Rd5 Ra2 47. Ne6+ fxe6 48. Rxd3 Rxb2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 49. Ke2 Kf7 50. c4 Ke7 51. Rb3 Ra2 52. Kd3 h5 53. g4 Kd7 54. Ne4 Be7 (54... Bd8 {war angesagt.} 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Nc5+ Ke7 57. Rb7+ Kf6 58. Nd7+ Kf7) 55. Rb7+ $18 Kd8 56. Rb8+ Kd7 57. Rb7+ Kd8 58. Rb8+ Kd7 $1 59. Rg8 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 e5+ (60... hxg4 $142 61. hxg4 g5) 61. Kxe5 Rxe3 62. Rxg6 Rxh3 (62... Ba3 $142 63. gxh5 Rxh3 64. Nf6+ Ke7 65. Rg7+ Kf8) 63. g5 {Tg7 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rh1 $2 (63... Ba3 64. Nf6+ Kc6 65. Nxh5+ Kc5) 64. Rg7 Re1 65. Rh7 (65. g6 $142 h4 66. Rh7) 65... h4 (65... Ke8 $142 66. Kd5 Kf8) 66. g6 h3 67. g7 Rg1 68. g8=Q {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 36%.} (68. g8=R $142 Rxg8 69. Nf6+ Kc6 70. Nxg8 Ba3 71. Rxh3 Bf8 72. Kd4 Bc5+ 73. Ke4) 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,133,14,10,0,14,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,0,15,0,0,0,14,21,8,-13,-6,-2,-10,-73,-73,-56,0,0,12,0,0,0,11,10,6,0,18,14,23,14,14,10,18,18,43,32,56,50,54,59,58,54,65,70,80,60,92,28,112,70,69,64,72,0,82,77,75,76,71,61,63,67,83,100,100,0,85,67,104,89,89,87,116,108,109,103,103,72,95,29,109,54,39,8,8,8,8,8,120,8,8,8,8,8,89,8,8,8,12,19,68,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,625,372,7059,6056,12366,12366]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 {C45: Scotch Game} (7. Nc3 d6 8. Qg3 h5 9. h4 Bd4 10. Bg5 Qe5 11. Qxe5+ Bxe5 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rd4 f6 {½-½ (71) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 {The position is equal.} a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Rg1 Ng6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (34) Andersen,M (2586)-Sokolov,I (2626) Helsingor 2017}) 15... O-O 16. Nd4 Ne5 {[#] ...c5 is the strong threat.} 17. exf5 (17. Be2 $11) 17... Nxd3+ $17 18. cxd3 Bxf5 ({Black should play} 18... c5 $1 $15 19. Nb5 Bxf5) 19. Nxc6 $11 Bxd3 20. Kd2 Bf5 21. Rac1 Rf7 22. Rg5 {[#] And now Rxf5! would win.} Bd7 23. f4 Kf8 24. Rb5 Ke8 25. h4 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kd7 27. Rc3 g6 28. Ke2 Ra7 29. Kf3 c5 30. Rcb3 Ke6 31. Rb8 Rfc7 32. R3b6 Rd7 33. e4 Kf7 34. Rc6 (34. f5 $16) 34... Ke7 (34... Rdb7 $11 35. Rxb7+ Rxb7) 35. Rbb6 Ra8 36. Kg4 Re8 37. Kf3 Ra8 $1 38. Rb5 Kf7 39. Rcb6 Raa7 40. b3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd3 Kg7 43. Ke3 Kf7 $1 44. Rc6 Kf8 45. Rbb6 Ke7 46. Kd3 Ra8 47. Rb5 Rf8 48. Ke3 Ra8 49. Kf3 Raa7 50. Kg4 (50. Rbb6 $16) 50... Ra8 (50... Rab7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. Rcb6 ({White should try} 51. Kg5 $16) 51... Rc8 $14 52. Rb8 Rxb8 53. Rxb8 $11 {KR-KR} Rc7 54. Kg5 Kf7 (54... c4 $11 55. bxc4 Rxc4) 55. Rb6 (55. Rb5 $16) 55... c4 56. bxc4 Rxc4 57. Rb7+ Ke8 (57... Kf8 $1 $11) 58. e5 ({Better is} 58. Rxh7 $16 Rxe4 59. Rg7 (59. Kxg6 Rxf4 60. h5 Rg4+ 61. Kf6 Rf4+ 62. Kg6 Rg4+ 63. Kf6 Rf4+ 64. Kg5 Rxa4 $16)) 58... dxe5 59. fxe5 h6+ 60. Kf6 Rf4+ 61. Ke6 (61. Kxg6 $14 Rxh4 62. Ra7) 61... Kf8 $1 62. Rb8+ Kg7 63. Ke7 {Hoping for e6.} Rxa4 ({Don't play} 63... Rxh4 $6 64. e6 $16) 64. e6 {Strongly threatening Kd6.} Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 64... Rxh4 $2 65. Kd6 $18) (64... Rd4 $11) 65. Rb7 Rd1 $2 (65... Kg8 66. Kd8 Rd1+ 67. Rd7 Rb1) 66. Rd7 $18 Rb1 67. Kd6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,103,30,18,19,25,22,11,25,9,58,28,66,35,19,37,66,79,82,77,89,83,83,28,45,41,52,42,43,47,25,0,5,8,11,1,84,0,48,28,83,-86,22,19,16,16,12,9,12,0,0,0,34,-17,-14,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-8,-5,-3,-7,-12,-8,-10,-15,-11,0,0,0,-3,0,-4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 {[%cal Bb3c2,Bc2d3,Bd3f1][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 {LiveBook: 77 Partien. C95: Spanische Partie (Breyer-Variante)} Qb6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 g6 18. Rad1 {[#]} Bh6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 18... Nh5 19. Bf1 c5 20. Qb1 Bg7 21. Qa1 {½-½ (21) Nunn,J (2620)-Portisch,L (2610) Rotterdam 1989}) 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. b4 exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. d5 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32] Mit der Idee ...c3!} 24. Bd4 Qd8 25. Rb1 (25. axb5 $16 axb5 26. Ra1) 25... c3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc3d2]} 26. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} bxc4 27. Rxb7 {Droht Sg5 und aus.} Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ng5 Nd7 30. f4 h6 31. Nf3 {und nun wäre e5 stark für Weiss.} Rc7 {[#]} (31... Rc8 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 32. Rbb1 (32. Rxc7 $1 $16 Qxc7 33. e5) 32... Nf6 33. Rbd1 {zielt auf d6 ab.} Rb7 {[#]} (33... Rce7 $11) 34. d6 $2 (34. e5 $1 $16) 34... Rxe4 ({Lieber} 34... Qb6+ $17 35. Kh1 Qb2) 35. Rxe4 Rb2 {[%cal Bb7b2,Bb2a2,Ba2a3][%mdl 32]} 36. Qxc3 Nxe4 37. Qxc4 Nxd6 38. Qxa6 Bf8 $1 39. Ne5 {Und Sc4 würde nun gewinnen.} Qh4 40. Nd3 ({Günstiger ist} 40. Qa8 $14 Qf2+ 41. Kh1) 40... Ra2 41. Qc6 Qf6 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat Kompensation.} 42. Nb4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ra3 43. Nd5 Qb2 44. Kh2 Kg7 45. Qb6 Qxb6 46. Nxb6 Nf5 47. Bc4 Bc5 48. Nd5 Rxa4 49. Bd3 Ne3 50. Nxe3 Bxe3 51. f5 Bf4+ 52. Kh1 {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,35,28,30,32,54,29,54,0,25,0,8,8,9,4,21,21,33,26,58,62,95,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,18,21,20,37,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Nf6 8. Qe1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} g6 9. h3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bg7 12. a4 O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Na3 Nh5 {0-1 (41) Bachmann,A (2648)-Dreev,A (2648) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Bd7 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $14) 11... O-O 12. f5 e5 13. fxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Qh4 e5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe4.} exd4 18. cxd4 ({Better is} 18. Bxe4 $1 $16 dxe4 19. Ng5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1) 18... Bf5 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Ng3.} 19. g4 Be6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng5 Bc4 {[#] ...e3 is the strong threat.} (21... Qe7 {feels hotter.} 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qe3 Rad8 24. Nc3 Rxd4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Re1 Kg7) 22. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 $1 ({Wrong is} 23... Bxe2 $2 24. Rf7 $18) 24. Nxd4 (24. bxc4 $5 {[%cal Re2d4]} Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 $16) 24... Bxf1 {The position is equal.} 25. Kxf1 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 58%.} *

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,121,30,20,-85,-24,-103,-104,-89,-90,-71,-79,-170,-175,-147,-140,-156,-162,-188,-184,-191,-177,-183,-181,-176,-164,-199,-197,-274,-258,-277,-234,-238,-234,-233,-233,-283,-281,-279,-277,-285,-281,-331,-313,-383,-347,-652,-577,-624,-434,-494,-447,-702,-375,-1391,-1222,-1422,-1356,-1435,-1387,-1426,-1342,-1352,-1336,-1361,-1342,-1260,-1298,-1241,-1159,-1014,-927,-768,-688,-1981,-1229,-5783,-5783,-1719,-919,-5591,-4554,-3712,-2663,-29968,-29972,-6813,-6737,-5883,-3014,-29978,-29979,-29976,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Rb8 11. a4 (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qd2 d5 15. a3 dxc4 16. axb4 Rd8 17. Qe3 Qg6 {½-½ (30) Harikrishna,P (2752)-Radjabov,T (2722) Monzon 2016}) 11... Nb4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. f4 $146 (12. Bxf6 $11 {remains equal.} Qxf6 13. Ne3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Ne3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (68) Tsoi,D (2377)-Paravyan,D (2551) St Petersburg 2017}) 12... Rc8 (12... exf4 $17 {next ...Rc8 is good for Black.} 13. a5 d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6) 13. Ne3 (13. Nd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... exf4 $17 14. Bxf4 Qa5 {Hoping for ...Nxe4!} 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. Bg3 (16. g3 $17 {was necessary.}) 16... Nxg3 $19 17. hxg3 {[#]} Be7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. O-O Qb6 21. Rae1 {[#]} Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxc2 {And now Bd3 would win.} Bxe3+ $1 ({Inferior is} 22... Qxb2 23. Ncd1 $14 (23. Ncd5 $2 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxc2 $19)) 23. Qxe3 Qxb2 24. Ne2 (24. Rf3 {was worth a try.} Qxc2 25. Rc1) 24... Qxc2 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Nd4 Qxa4 27. Nxe6 Rxe4 ({Much less strong is} 27... fxe6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 $17) 28. Qc3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc3g7]} Rxe6 29. Rxb7 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 30. Rf4 Re4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Ra7 Qe5 33. Qxe5 $2 (33. Qf3) 33... dxe5 34. Rxa6 {KR-KR} h5 35. Kf2 f6 36. Ra7 (36. Ra4 $142) 36... Rf7 37. Ra8+ $2 {[#]} (37. Ra4) 37... Kh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h6]} 38. Kf3 Rb7 39. Ra4 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Ra7 Kh6 42. Rf7 Rb6 43. Kf3 Ra6 44. Rb7 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 g6 46. Rb6 Kg5 47. Rb4 Ra6 48. Rb5 Re6 49. Rb4 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 50. Rh4 Rd6 51. Ke3 {[#]} f4+ $1 52. Ke4 (52. gxf4+ Kxh4) 52... fxg3 53. Rh1 Rd2 54. Rg1 Kg4 55. Kxe5 h4 {Black mates.} 56. Ke4 h3 57. gxh3+ Kxh3 58. Rh1+ Kg2 59. Rh6 Rd6 60. Ke5 Ra6 61. Kd4 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,140,25,25,25,31,22,43,39,50,65,60,56,72,27,39,27,27,22,62,0,18,0,-4,0,0,-25,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,27,25,21,20,26,37,-13,-15,-9,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,119,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-18,0,-27,-31,-22,-13,-60,-82,-84,-17,-50,-19,-12,0,-47,-43,-55,-33,-102,-48,-53,-53,-112,-66,-74,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-14,-18,-24,-8,-51,-52,-53,-51,-60,-58,-39,-58,-788,-383,-382,-382,-690,-689,-558,-602,-588,-566,-29959,-29959,-29958,-29948,-5422,-511]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 11. a3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. h3 b5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. Nf1 d5 18. Ng3 d4 {½-½ (93) Leko,P (2691)-Georgiev,K (2623) Riadh 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. b4 cxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. a4 Be6 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. Bd2 Nh5 {0-1 (42) Antipov,M (2531)-Gasanov,E (2504) Konya 2015}) 13. axb4 {White is slightly better.} b5 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. d4 Nb6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Bd3 a6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 (19. Bxc4 $14 bxc4 20. Na5) 19... exd4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nbxd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Nb5 Qb8 (23... Qb6 {seems wilder.} 24. Na3 Be6 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Rd1 Rad8) 24. Na3 $1 Be6 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Be3 Rfd8 27. Red1 Bf8 28. Nc2 Qc6 29. f3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Ne1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Bf2 Bg7 35. Nc2 g5 (35... Bd3 $5 36. Nb4 $8 Bxe2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Nxc6 Bf6 $11) 36. Nb4 Qe6 37. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Qd8+.} Kh7 {[#]} (37... Ra8 $11) 38. Re1 (38. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bg6 39. Qd8) 38... Bg6 $11 39. Bg3 Ra3 40. Bf2 Qf6 41. Bc5 Rb3 42. Nd5 Qc6 43. Bf2 Qd6 44. Rd1 Bd3 45. Ne3 {[#] Hoping for Nxc4!} Qe6 (45... Qa3 $17 46. Qe1 Rxc3) 46. Rc1 Ra3 47. Qb2 Rb3 48. Qd2 e4 49. fxe4 Qxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Qf4.} 50. Nf1 ({White should play} 50. Ng4 $1 $15) 50... g4 (50... Qf4 $17 {...Bxc3! is the strong threat.} 51. Qxf4 gxf4) 51. hxg4 $15 Qxg4 52. Ne3 (52. Nh2 $15 Qg6 53. Nf3) 52... Qe4 53. Nd1 Qg6 ({Better is} 53... Ra3 $17 54. Be3 Qa8) 54. Bd4 $1 $11 Rb7 55. Bxg7 Rxg7 56. Ne3 Rf7 57. Re1 Qg5 58. Qb2 h5 59. Qb8 Qh4 60. g3 Qf6 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 61. Qb2 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 62. Qh2 Bg6 63. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Qh4 $15) 63... Qxc3 (63... Be4+ $142 64. Kg1 Rf3) 64. Qe2 $19 Re7 65. Kh2 $2 (65. Qf2) 65... Qd4 66. Qf3 c3 67. Re2 Qd3 68. Re1 c2 69. Qf2 c1=Q 70. Rxc1 Qxe3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} (70... Rxe3 $142 71. Rc7+ Kg8 72. Qa2+ Kf8 73. Qf2+ Ke8 74. Rc8+ Kd7) 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,81,0,0,5,5,22,22,21,20,13,10,25,17,26,26,22,0,0,-18,10,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,28,19,59,66,53,10,10,8,7,8,8,8,36,0,27,0,33,17,27,0,10,8,16,0,2,0,32,0,11,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 {[#]} 16. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 {½-½ (29) Svidler,P (2749)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Ng3 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rf2 Qd7 20. Kh2 Nf5 21. Qd3 f6 22. g4 Ne7 (22... Nxd4 $5 23. exd4 fxe5 $11) 23. Kg1 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe6 25. Raf1 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Bc7 27. Nf3 Rf8 28. Ng5 Qd6 {[#] ( -> ...Qg3+)} 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf1+ Ke8 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 31. Qf7+ Kd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Qg3+. Black is not keeping still} 32. Qf2 Qf6 33. Nf3 Bd6 34. Kg2 Kc7 35. Qc2 a6 36. Nd1 Qe6 37. Ng5 Qf6 38. Nf3 Qe6 39. Ng5 Qf6 40. Nf3 Qe6 41. Ng5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,-16,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,20,22,15,14,6,25,13,21,26,27,0,0,0,22,12,21,19,9,8,10,8,11,10,8,7,15,-30,0,0,6,0,0,-42,-29,-54,-11,-60,0,-19,2,-16,33,32,41,37,40,39,147,27,34,0,36,10,15,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Nc6 (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 Bd6 11. Kb1 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Rc8 13. h4 {0-1 (38) Nabaty,T (2657)-Jones,G (2654) London 2017}) 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Be2 e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd3 {0-1 (23) Schoeb,P (1391)-Brunner,O (1561) Zuerich 1998}) 11. Re1 Be8 12. Bf3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Rbd1 Na4 22. c3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bf4 Ba4 26. b3 Bd7 27. a4 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rbc1 Qb8 {White should prevent ...Nd3.} 30. Re3 Red8 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. Ra1 h6 33. Bh4 Qc7 34. Qd1 Rb8 (34... g5 $15 35. Bg3 Bg7) 35. Bg3 ({Don't play} 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Rb1 a5 $17) 35... Be7 36. b4 (36. Bf4 {feels hotter.} a5 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Ne4 39. Rc1) 36... Bg5 (36... Ne4 {seems wilder.} 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qe2 Qc6) 37. bxc5 {[#] Strongly threatening c6.} Bxe3 38. fxe3 Qxc5 39. Nxb5 Rxb5 {[#]} (39... axb5 $14 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41. exd4 (41. cxd4 b4 $11) 41... b4) 40. Rxa6 (40. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Qxc4 41. Be2 (41. Rxa6 Rdb7 $11)) 40... Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 {aiming for c4!} Rdb7 42. Ra8+ Rb8 43. Rxb8+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,187,41,47,25,28,27,26,26,26,13,37,39,39,27,50,22,25,27,35,43,47,11,43,24,17,14,36,34,37,38,39,38,52,13,33,24,40,0,81,83,119,119,128,128,131,126,187,125,158,148,159,108,128,117,162,165,149,104,103,120,112,111,295,281,350,387,308,18,727,54,53,0,54,54,54,54,50,38,411,411,411,411,433,411,411,411,503,499,411,402,533,443,592,591,5061,443,443,443,441,434,433,433,433,429,425,418,411,411,404,403,403,395,388,388,388,381,381,373,373,373,366,366,365,358,29942,29946,29938,29948,29943,29949,29948,29949,29950,29952,29949,29953,29949,29953,29949,29953,29949,29951,29964,29963,29961,29954,29969,29970,29974,29975,29972,29973,29973,29973,29983,29979,29987,29981,29991,29992,29994,29988,29988,29987,29987,29987,29987,29986,29986,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29981,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Be3 e6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. Nh3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {White has an edge.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Rb8 9. Nf2 b5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. a4 a6 12. b3 Qc7 13. f4 e5 {1-0 (66) Sulskis,S (2501)-Belkhodja,S (2471) Cappelle-la-Grande 2001}) 9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 a6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Qb3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Rab8 14. Qd1 Qd8 15. Qf1 Ra8 16. Rab1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Nb8 19. Nf2 {[%cal Bh3f2,Bf2g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 20. Nc2 Nd7 21. Bd3 Bg5 22. f4 Bh4 23. Ng4 Nf6 (23... a5 $11) 24. Nge3 $16 Ne7 25. g3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe4 27. Qh3 h6 (27... d5 $16 {might work better.} 28. Bb2 h6) 28. Bb2 (28. d5 $18 Nc3 29. Rb3 (29. dxe6 Nxb1 30. Bb2 Nd2 $14) 29... Nexd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bb2) 28... Rc8 29. Rf1 Qd7 30. b5 (30. d5 $142 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 (31. Bxe4 Nxe3 32. Nxe3 Bxe4 $16) (31. Qg4 Ndf6 $15) 31... Bxd5 32. Ne3) 30... axb5 31. axb5 Nf6 32. d5 Nexd5 33. g4 {Hoping for g5.} Nxe3 34. Nxe3 (34. Qxe3 e5 $15) 34... Be4 35. Be2 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Nd5 $2 (35... Nh7 $16) 36. g5 $18 hxg5 37. Nxd5 (37. fxg5 Qd8 $14) 37... Bxd5 {[#]} 38. fxg5 $2 (38. Rf2 $1 $18) 38... Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rc2 $11 39. Rf2 Qc7) 39. Bxg7 $2 ({And not} 39. Qc3 e5 $11) (39. Rf4 $18 {White threatens Rh4 and mate.} Bxe2 40. Rh4) 39... Kxg7 $14 40. Qh6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Kg8 41. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h4] Threatening mate with Rh4.} Qxb5 $1 ({Worse is} 41... Bxe2 42. Rh4 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Bh5 45. Rxh5 f6 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qxd7) 42. g6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6f7]} Qb1+ 43. Kf2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6f7]} Qxg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 43... fxg6 $14 44. Bxc4 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qc3+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kh1 Qd1+ 50. Rf1 Qg4) 44. Rg4 $18 Qxg4 45. Bxg4 Rc5 46. Qf6 b5 47. Kg3 Re5 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Rd5 50. Qe7 b4 51. Qxb4 Bd3 {[#]} 52. Qe7 (52. Bxe6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 53. Qe7+ Kh8 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qf6+) 52... Bg6 53. Bf3 Re5 54. Bc6 Rf5 55. Qd8 Rh5 56. Bf3 Rb5 57. Qd4+ Kg8 58. Kh4 Kh7 59. Bg4 Rd5 60. Qf6 Rb5 61. Qc3 Rd5 62. Be2 Kg8 63. Bc4 Rf5 64. Bd3 Rh5+ 65. Kg4 Rh6 66. Kg5 Rh5+ $2 (66... Rh3 $18 67. Qc8+ Kg7 68. Qc3+ Kg8 69. Qc8+ Kg7) 67. Kf6 {White mates.} Bxd3 68. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KR} Rf5+ 69. Ke7 Kg7 70. Qg3+ Kh6 71. Qg4 Kh7 72. Ke8 Kh6 73. Kf8 Rg5 74. Qf4 Kh5 75. Qxf7+ Rg6 76. Qf4 Rg5 77. Qf3+ Rg4 78. Kf7 e5 79. Kf6 Kh4 80. Qf2+ Kh3 81. Kxe5 Ra4 82. Qd2 Ra3 83. Kf5 Rb3 84. Kf4 Ra3 85. Qd7+ Kh2 86. Qh7+ Rh3 87. Qc2+ Kg1 88. Kg4 Rh2 89. Qd1+ Kf2 90. Qd2+ Kg1 91. Qe1+ Kg2 92. Qe5 Kg1 93. Kg3 {[%cal Re5e1]} Rg2+ 94. Kh3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,33,14,33,7,0,0,46,41,54,66,56,54,67,51,78,79,89,85,97,90,131,128,128,133,153,139,232,250,258,195,209,195,205,200,201,212,190,200,192,207,238,219,396,400,935,331,825,782,2039,1933,1590,1325,5485,5501,5339,4898,2922,2824,2590,2210,29986,29986,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Qxb7 Nd4 9. Qe4 g6 10. Qb1 Bg7 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bd2 O-O 13. e3 Bc6 14. Kf1 Bxg2+ 15. Kxg2 {½-½ (43) Markowski,T (2557)-Tomczak,J (2596) Warsaw 2017}) 7... Bc6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Qxc5 {The position is equal.} Nd4 {aiming for ...e6.} (9... e5 $5 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 10. Qc4 Nd4 $11) 10. Kf1 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. Qe5 h5 12. h4 Be7 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {1-0 (42) Tomaszewski,R (2258)-Kruckenhauser,A (1974) Innsbruck 2018}) 11. e3 Nc6 12. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} f5 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 e5 {[#]} 15. d4 $1 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 544]} a6 (15... exd4 16. exd4) 16. Qb3 g5 17. d5 Na5 18. Qd3 Nc6 {[#]} 19. e4 $1 f4 (19... g4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 20. h4 $18 gxh4 21. Rxh4 Ne7 22. Bd2 fxg3 23. fxg3 Ng6 24. Rh5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5f5,Bf5f7][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 25. Rf1 Bd6 26. Nh3 Rdf8 27. Rhf5 Rfg8 $2 (27... Rhg8 {was necessary.}) 28. Rf7 Qg4 (28... Ne7 $142 29. R1f6 Kb8) 29. Kh2 $2 (29. Qc4+ Kb8 {[#]} 30. Rxb7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb7 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Qxd6+ Ka8 33. Qxa6+ Kb8 34. Rf7) 29... Nf4 $2 (29... Kb8 30. R1f6 Be7) 30. Nxf4 {And now Ne6 would win.} exf4 31. Bxf4 Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Qxf7 33. Bxd6 {Qc3+ would kill now.} Qg7 34. Rc1+ Kd8 35. Qc4 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rc4c8]} Qd7 36. Be5 b5 37. Qc5 {White mates.} h5 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39. Rc7 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,14,5,12,12,12,15,31,22,24,17,31,25,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,88,79,147,153,164,159,160,155,174,174,164,174,191,143,239,260,245,236,365,380,362,245,325,324,324,318,318,292,292,293,268,270]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 h6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. c3 a5 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 c6 {0-1 (56) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Jones,G (2665) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. d4 e4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Ba6 17. c4 c5 $1 18. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bb7 19. Rf5 cxd4 20. exd4 g6 (20... Nc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rf2 $16 {Raf1 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (21... Nd7 $142) 22. Nxe4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4c5,Bc5b7][%mdl 32]} f6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxe4.} 23. Nc5 {aiming for Nxg6.} fxe5 24. Nxb7 {Strongly threatening Rxf8.} Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Nd7 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Qc5 Qg5 (27... Qxc5+ $16 {might work better.} 28. Nxc5 Re8) 28. Rf1 $18 Re8 29. Kh1 (29. Qxa5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Nd3 $11) 29... Qh4 (29... Nf7 $142 30. Qf2 (30. Qxc7 Qf6 $11) (30. Qxa5 Qxa5 31. Nxa5 Re3 $18) 30... Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Nxa5 Re3) 30. Qxc7+ Re7 31. Qb8 Ng4 {( -> ...Qf2!)} 32. Qf8+ {White has a decisive advantage.} Kh7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh4h2]} 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh4h2]} 35. Qe8+ Kg7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh4h2] [#]} 36. Qd7+ $1 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} ({Resist} 36. h3 $6 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Ne4 $11) 37... Nxh3+ 38. gxh3 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40. Ke1 Qxb7 $16) 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,6,12,-10,-7,-8,-10,-15,3,-45,-43,-47,-42,-15,-14,-32,-36,-39,-50,-47,-43,-45,-43,-59,-64,-86,-86,-88,-87,-95,-98,-116,-120,-120,-100,-95,-100,-109,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-100,-50,-71,-68,-64,-74,-62,-62,-68,-63,-60,-66,-150,-129,-150,-81,-150,-150,-149,-149,-150,-117,-150,-147,-141,-150,-191,-202,-177,-181,-204,-204,-205,-206,-212,-221,-208,-201,-204,-212,-202,-196,-211,-194,-347,-365,-345,-334,-322,-238,-238,0,-322,-328,-470,-473,-453,-436,-778,-649,-985,-980,-785,-881,-449,-1092,-990,-661,-411,-328,-4566,-1932,-4134,-2291,-1735,-2099]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. d3 e6 6. e5 $146 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O Be7 7. a5 O-O 8. a6 Qb6 9. axb7 Bxb7 10. Na3 d5 11. e5 Qc7 12. exf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (91) Carlsen,M (2855)-Grischuk,A (2747) ICC INT 2016}) 6... a6 7. Bxd7+ $1 Nxd7 8. exd6 {The position is equal.} b6 9. Nc3 Bxd6 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5f7]} Qe7 12. Nge4 Be5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Qh4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 17. Rhe1 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 18. g3 f5 19. Nd2 Bd4 20. f4 h5 21. Nc4 Bg7 22. Ne5 Rd4 23. Qh3 {[#]} Rb4 (23... h4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...hxg3.} 24. Qf1 (24. gxh4 Rxf4) 24... hxg3 25. hxg3 Rdd8) 24. b3 $15 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...hxg3.} 25. Qf1 (25. gxh4 Rxf4) 25... Rd4 26. Qf2 Rdd8 27. Kb1 $1 Kb8 28. Qe3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh3 30. Ne2 Rh2 31. Rd2 ({Better is} 31. Qg1 $15 Rdh8 32. Qe3) 31... Rg2 32. Nc3 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. bxc4 Bxe5 35. fxe5 {[#]} Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. dxc4 Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Kb2 (37. Rd1 $1 $15 Rg2 38. Rd8+ Ka7 39. Rd3) 37... Kc7 38. Kb3 Kc6 (38... Rg2 $142 39. Re3 Bc6) 39. Rd1 (39. Ne2 $142) 39... Rg2 40. Rd6+ Kc7 41. Rd3 Rf2 42. Re3 Bf3 43. Kb4 Bg4 44. c5 bxc5+ ({But not} 44... Rxc2 45. cxb6+ Kxb6 46. a5+ Kc7 47. Rd3 $17) 45. Kxc5 Rxc2 46. a5 Rd2 47. Kc4 Kc6 48. Re1 Bf3 $1 49. Rb1 {[#]} Kc7 $1 50. Rb6 Bg2 51. Kb4 Rd4+ 52. Kb3 Bf1 53. Na4 $2 (53. Rb4 Rd3 54. g4) 53... Rd3+ $19 54. Kb4 Rxg3 55. Nc5 Rg4+ 56. Kb3 Rg3+ 57. Kb4 $1 {[#]} Re3 $1 58. Nxa6+ (58. Rb7+ $142 Kc6 59. Rb6+ Kd5 60. Nxa6) 58... Bxa6 59. Rxa6 {KR-KR} Re4+ 60. Kb5 (60. Kb3 $142 Rxe5 61. Kb4) 60... Rxe5+ 61. Kb4 f4 62. Ra7+ Kc6 63. Rxf7 Re4+ 64. Kc3 Kb5 65. Ra7 e5 66. a6 $2 (66. Kd3 Re3+ 67. Kd2) 66... Kb6 {Black is clearly winning.} 67. Ra8 Re2 68. Kc4 Re3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,63,57,58,58,58,41,57,47,56,56,97,89,240,247,230,237,251,269,263,243,238,216,368,364,450,441,509,361,591,576,606,597,592,569,1260,814,1320,1318,1274,1272,1203,745,1195,1172,1779,1654,1426,1622,2404,1818,12833,12833,12850,12843,5706,1914,29988,29989]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. b3 d5 {B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} 12. c5 N6d7 13. Ne1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bd3 Nc6 {[#]} 15. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 Qe8 17. Nf3 f5 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. Bg5 {1-0 (50) Rublevsky,S (2610)-Bogdanovski,V (2455) Budva 1996}) 15... a5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nf4 b6 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 18. Qg4 {aiming for Nxe6!} Ndb8 $2 (18... Kh7 $16) 19. cxb6 $18 cxb6 20. Nf3 Kh7 21. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rh8 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. g3 b5 $2 (23... Qd7 {is a better defense.} 24. h5 g5) 24. Kg2 Ba3 25. h5 ({Inferior is} 25. Nxe6 Qd7 $15) 25... Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qe8 $2 (26... g5) 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Nxe6 Ra7 29. Nf4 Ne7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 {[#]} 31. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 {[#]} (31... Nxg6 32. Rc8) 32. Rc8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe8 (32... Nxc8 33. Qxg6) 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qb6 Nbc6 35. e6 Ra8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 {Intending Qb7 and mate.} Rd8 38. Bg5 {White wants to mate with Qc7.} g6 39. Qxb5+ Kf8 40. Qxa5 (40. Qb6 $142 Ke8 41. Qd4) 40... Ke8 41. Qa4+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,82,21,29,53,39,34,43,52,35,72,58,61,52,69,68,58,62,61,51,64,64,65,76,171,150,195,190,233,233,229,227,234,231,237,230,243,214,288,202,187,187,233,221,222,220,195,176,177,176,183,170,177,175,173,169,178,172,235,231,220,210,308,296,6137,6137,5531,5119,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 Qg6 9. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} d6 {C45: Scotch Game} (9... d5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5c6 13. Qd2 Qxe4 14. f3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 {1-0 (63) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 172 Extra [CB]}) 10. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nd2 Kh8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qe2 Bb6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 15. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. f5 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Bxh5 18. Bc2 Be2 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bd4 {½-½ (22) Bogatyrev,O-Acs,P Rimavska Sobota 1992}) 15... Nxf2 16. fxg6 Nd3 $1 17. gxf7 Be2 18. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4b6][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Bxd4 (19... Bc5 $16) 20. cxd4 $18 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxd4 $6 b5 $11) 20... b5 {[#]} 21. Na5 $1 c5 22. Nb7 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc6 24. Be3 a6 25. Nxd6 Nce5 26. Be6 Nxb2 27. Nb7 Nbd3 28. Nc5 h6 29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Bb6 a5 31. Rf5 Ra6 32. Rxb5 Ne5 33. Rxe5 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 34. Bc4 {Re8 is the strong threat.} g6 35. Rxa5 Kg7 36. Ra7 Rb2 {[#]} (36... Rfb8 $142 37. Kf2 R6b7) 37. h4 $1 Rd8 {intending ...Rdd2.} 38. Bd5 Rc8 (38... Rd2 $142 39. a4 Rc8) 39. Re7 Rd2 $2 (39... Rbb8 40. a4 Kf6) 40. Re8 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rxd5 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 {LiveBook: 114 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Bh6 (14. Be3 exd5 15. Rc1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Re8 17. Bf2 {0-1 (37) Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.com INT 2016}) 14... exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5 dxc4 17. Nd6 {[#]} Rd8 $146 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 cxb3 21. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Threatens to win with Rd8. KRN-KRN} Nc6 22. Rd6 Rb8 23. Rxc6 {Black must now prevent Na5.} Rxb7 {KR-KR} 24. Ra6 Rxb3 25. Rxa7 Rb2 26. Ra6 Rc2 27. Rd6 Rb2 28. Ra6 Rc2 29. Rd6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Black "Makoveev, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,36,36,31,29,39,29,39,24,32,23,37,36,43,46,37,38,40,38,69,54,53,41,92,89,81,59,280,282,268,278,308,316,486,475,508,505,499,499,482,474,472,474,625,622,647,652,645,645,714,703,777,732,779,744,766,762,5573,-129]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Be7 (5... Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Na6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Bg5 Rad8 {1-0 (35) Ponkratov,P (2622)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Biograd 2018}) 6. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. E15: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} d5 7. cxd5 {[#] zielt auf Lxa6 ab.} Bxf1 $1 8. Kxf1 {dxe6 ist eine echte Drohung.Weiß steht etwas besser.} exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 f5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Nxd2+ 11. Bxd2 c5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h4 {1-0 (41) Rajkovic,D (2409)-Saranovic,M (2159) Cetinje 2012}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kg2 O-O 13. Re1 Bd6 14. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss kämpft um Vorteil.} c5 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} (16... bxc5 $14 17. Ng5 Qd7) 17. a3 $1 $16 {Droht stark b4.} Rc8 (17... Ng4 $2 18. b4 $18) 18. Qf5 {Und weiter mit b4 wäre nett.} Qd7 $2 (18... a5 $1 $14) 19. Qxd7 $18 Nxd7 20. b4 Bd6 21. Re6 Bb8 (21... Bc5 {war nötig.} 22. bxc5 bxc5) 22. Rc1 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Nce5 23. Rxc8 (23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 $16) 23... Rxc8 24. Bxe5 ({Weniger gut wäre} 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 (25. Bxe5 Kf7 $16) 25... Nxe5 $16) 24... Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KT} Rd8 27. Re7 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Ra7 d4 30. Rxa5 d3 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Ra7 Rd7 34. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: Weiß = 93%, Schwarz = 46%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (34. Rxd7 $18 Kxd7 35. Kxd3) 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,4,38,32,38,30,35,22,20,20,22,16,42,35,50,44,52,52,52,52,72,52,51,45,51,46,56,50,72,39,68,60,80,78,85,33,38,32,49,35,50,33,38,31,17,0,42,25,54,57,54,54,241,94,78,24,106,107,116,25,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. Nh4 (5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bg6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. a3 Bf6 14. d4 Na6 {1-0 (58) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Bd7 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qc8 7. Re1 Bh3 8. Bh1 e6 9. c4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bg2 {½-½ (16) Popovic,A (2304)-Certic,B (2394) Belgrade 2014}) 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Be3 Na6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. f4 Bxe4 22. fxe5 (22. Bxe4 $16 Bd6 23. Qc4) 22... Bxg2 $14 23. Kxg2 {Strongly threatening e6.} Qe7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bg5 Qf7 26. Rf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd7 27. Rd1 Qf7 28. Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rf8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Bh6 {[#]} c5 $2 {[#]} (30... e5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qe3 (31. Qxe5 Re8) 31... Rb8) 31. Qe3 (31. Qg4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Re8 32. Qa4) 31... Re8 $16 32. Qe5 (32. h4 $16) 32... b6 (32... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Rf1 Qe7 {[#]} 34. h4 ({Better is} 34. Rf6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf6e6]} Qb7+ 35. Kg1) 34... Nb8 $1 $11 35. h5 {Hoping for hxg6.} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 36. Qe2 e5 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qe4 Qe6 39. Rd1 {Qb7 is the strong threat.} Nf8 40. Rf1 {Black must now prevent Qb7.} Nd7 41. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Qb7.} Nf8 42. Rf1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,112,15,32,-23,-12,-49,-54,-58,7,6,8,11,5,13,8,15,8,4,15,10,14,23,8,0,0,-13,-8,-28,-14,-26,10,8,8,7,8,6,6,-68,-65,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-116,-108,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-108,-116,-108,-108,-92,-94,-95,-104,-104,-109,-97,-109,-93,-93,-93,-93,-87,-109,-80,-109,-72,-72,0,-109,-95,-98,-83,-83,-8,-13,-12,-14,-14,-15,-9,-23,0,0,7]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (11... Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 12. a3 $146 (12. Ne5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 Qe7 {1-0 (50) Rodshtein,M (2678)-Grachev,B (2647) Sochi 2018}) 12... c5 $11 13. d5 exd5 14. Nh4 b4 (14... Bc6 $15) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 {[#] And now Qd1 would win.} Bxh4 18. Rh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rc2h7]} h6 {aiming for ...Bf6.} 19. Rxh4 Re8 20. Be3 a5 21. Rd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxh6!} Qe7 $1 22. Qa4 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} 23. Rd5 Qe6 24. Qd1 $1 ({Much worse is} 24. Rxc5 Ng4 $17) 24... Ng4 25. Bxc5 Nf6 (25... g5 {keeps more tension.} 26. Rd6 Qe4 27. Rxg4 Qxg4 28. Be3 Qe4) 26. Rd6 Qxe2 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Bxb4 (29. Kf1 $11 Rc2 30. Bd4) 29... Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} ({Much weaker is} 29... Rxb2 30. Bd2 $11) 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 31. Bc3 Kh7 32. h4 Rc5 33. Kf1 h5 34. Rd7 Kg6 35. Rd6+ f6 36. Rd7 Rf5 37. Bd2 Ree5 38. Bb4 Rd5 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Rfd5 41. Bf8 Rd7 42. Rc4 R1d4 43. Rc1 Kf7 44. Bc5 Rd1 45. Rc4 Rb1 46. b4 Rb2 47. Rf4 Rd5 48. Re4 Rd7 49. Rf4 $1 Rdd2 50. Rf5 g6 51. Rf4 f5 ({Better is} 51... Rb3 $17 52. Re4 g5) 52. Rf3 $1 $11 Re2 53. Rd3 Rbd2 54. Ra3 Rd7 55. Rb3 Rc2 56. Be3 Rb7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,118,16,20,23,17,12,23,24,33,18,52,44,64,36,45,28,25,27,63,57,81,83,77,69,99,82,87,81,95,40,98,95,114,113,128,72,114,85,93,87,83,58,58,61,80,22,23,14,13,0,0,-29,-32,-34,-28,-31,-33,-33,-20,-56,-49,-59,-44,-344,-344,-344,-343,-333,-341,-408,-402,-408,-356,-447,-438,-379,-388,-431,-443,-484,-465,-558,-557,-779,-773,-720,-580,-702,-696,-645,-558,-558,0,-606,-558,-694,-677,-646,-618,-685,-643,-808,-755,-785,-1711]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 66 Games. C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (8... a5 9. Re1 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nc3 {1-0 (36) Svidler,P (2727)-Nikolic,P (2669) Germany 2009}) 9. Re1 Ng6 10. exd5 exd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. c3 Bg4 16. Rad1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {½-½ (43) Saltaev,M (2495)-Sarrau,J (2370) Belgium 2015}) 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf4 14. Bf1 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Rae1 h6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rac8 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. R5e3 Bd7 22. Bd3 ({Better is} 22. g3 $16) 22... Nf8 (22... Re8 $14) 23. Re5 $16 Qd6 24. Bc2 Be6 25. f4 (25. R1e3 $142) 25... Bd7 26. Kh1 b5 27. Bd3 Rb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. f5 (30. Rxd5 $16 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. c4) 30... Nh7 $11 31. Rxd5 {[%cal Rd4b5]} (31. Qf4 {with more complications.} f6 32. R5e4 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Nb3) 31... b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. cxb4 Rxb4 {...Nf6 is the strong threat.} 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 Nf6 36. Rd6 {aiming for Nc6.} Rxb2 37. Bb5 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 38. Bxd7 Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1e1]} 39. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 40. Kh2 Ng4+ 41. Kh3 Nf2+ 42. Kh4 Rh1#) (39. Nc2 $15) 39... Rxg1+ $1 $19 40. Kxg1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc6.} Rb1+ $1 41. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Bc6.} (41. Kh2 $2 {leads to mate.} Ng4+ 42. Kh3 Nf2+ 43. Kh4 Rh1#) 41... Ne4+ 42. Ke3 Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. Bf3 Ke7 45. g4 Kf6 46. Be2 Rb4 47. Nc2 Ra4 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Ne3 Ne4+ 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Re4 54. Kf3 Rb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Kg3 Rb3 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. g3+ Ke5 58. Nc4+ Kd4 59. Nd6 Ne4+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,190,-16,-18,15,8,55,53,60,52,60,60,56,60,54,60,71,39,79,72,63,52,65,3,5,0,0,0,31,47,61,42,40,29,37,38,35,41,29,18,18,12,14,17,17,17,17,17,30,26,17,26,32,12,45,23,46,11,65,21,18,6,16,0,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,0,67,67,112,112,112,112,112,84,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,0,0,0,0,0,64,64,64,40,64,49,64,0,64,0,0,0,64,64,64,1,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,21,29,29,36,0,36,36,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Roiz,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 Nc6 6. d3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} e6 7. Ba2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Ne2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Ng3 {0-1 (94) Aronian,L (2830)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Roiz,M]}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc6.} Nf6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd3 e5 17. c4 Rb8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Bb1 (20. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 21. Bb4) 20... Nd7 $11 21. Qg3 Nc5 22. Bc2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Bb4 Rbf8 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Re2 c4 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Red2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf6 31. h3 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d2]} 32. Re2 Rd5 33. Qg4 h6 34. a4 Qd7 35. Qe4 bxa4 (35... Rd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e4]} 36. Qxe5 bxa4 $14) 36. Qxc4 Kh8 37. Qc3 Qf5 (37... Qd6 $11) 38. Re1 Kh7 39. g3 Rd4 40. h4 (40. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Qf6 41. Qc2+ Kg8 42. h4 Rb4 43. Re2) 40... Re4 41. Kg2 Rxe1 42. Qxe1 {KQ-KQ} e4 43. Qd1 Qb5 44. Qc2 Kh8 (44... Qf5 $11) 45. Qxe4 $16 Qxb2 46. Qxa4 Qe5 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. f3 (48. Qc6 $16) 48... Qc5 (48... Qe2+ $11 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kg4 Qb5) 49. Qe4+ $14 Kh8 50. g4 Qd6 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Kh3 Qf6 53. Qe4+ Kh8 54. Qa8+ Kh7 55. Qb7 Qd6 56. Qe4+ Kh8 57. f4 (57. Qe8+ $16 Kh7 58. h5) 57... Qa3+ $11 58. Kg2 {Black must now prevent g5.} Qb2+ 59. Kg3 Qa3+ (59... Qc3+ $11 60. Qf3 Qd4) 60. Qf3 $14 Qd6 61. Qc3 Kg8 62. Qb3+ Kh8 63. Qc3 (63. Qe3 $14) 63... Kh7 ({Black should try} 63... Kg8 $11) 64. Qc4 (64. Qc2+ $14 Kg8 65. Qc8+ Kh7 66. Qc2+ Kg8 67. Qa2+ Kf8 68. Qa8+ Kf7 69. Qb7+ Kf8 70. Qc8+ Ke7 71. Qc3) 64... Qa3+ $11 65. Kg2 Qe7 ({Black should play} 65... Qa8+ $11 66. Kf2 Qa7+ 67. Kf1 Qd7) 66. Qd3+ $14 Kh8 67. Kh3 (67. g5 $1 $14) 67... Qc7 (67... Qe6 $11) 68. Qf3 Qd6 69. Qa8+ Kh7 70. Qe4+ Kh8 71. f5 (71. Qe3 $14) 71... Qa3+ $11 72. Kg2 {aiming for g5.} Qb2+ 73. Kg3 {[#] Hoping for g5.} Qc3+ 74. Qf3 Qe5+ 75. Kh3 {And now g5 would win.} (75. Kf2 {is more complex.} Qh2+ 76. Kf1 Qxh4 77. Qe4 Qg3 78. Qe8+) 75... Qe7 76. Qd3 Qf6 77. Qe3 Kh7 78. Qd3 Kh8 79. Qc4 Qe5 80. Qe6 Qf4 81. Qe2 (81. h5 {looks sharper.} Qf3+ 82. Kh4 Qf2+ 83. Kh3 Qf3+) 81... Kh7 82. Qd3 Kh8 83. Qg3 Qe4 84. Qf2 Qd3+ 85. Kg2 Qe4+ 86. Qf3 (86. Kh3 {seems wilder.}) 86... Qd4 87. Kh3 (87. Qe2 {is interesting.} Qd5+ 88. Kg3 Kh7 89. h5 Qd6+ 90. Kf3) 87... Qf6 88. Qa8+ Kh7 89. Qe4 Kh8 90. Kg3 Qc3+ 91. Kf4 Qd2+ 92. Qe3 Qh2+ {The position is equal.} 93. Qg3 Qd2+ 94. Ke5 Qd8 95. Qf2 Qe7+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 50%, Black = 66%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,52,45,38,59,60,92,96,106,101,116,53,68,85,189,183,178,177,187,203,200,195,308,163,163,163,156,147,141,134,375,135,177,177,183,127,121,131,147,142,121,122,160,163,165,164,208,203,207,199,226,227,218,218,224,183,260,182,237,207,199,199,213,191,216,213,212,206,227,227,220,220,257,263,254,254,314,314,314,314,401,300,279,270,239,228,437,408,411,412,519,506,672,710,889,842,1340,1174]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. O-O-O+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Ke8 {White should prevent ...Bxc3.} 10. f3 Nh5 11. Bc7 {White is better.} Bd7 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Rc8 14. bxc5 Rxc7 15. e5 Nf4 16. g3 Nd5 {0-1 (78) Kanovsky,D (2410)-Hasangatin,R (2476) Olomouc 2007}) 12... Bc5 13. Rd3 (13. Kb1 $16) 13... Rc8 14. Bh2 $1 {[#] aiming for e5.} f5 (14... Bf2 $16) 15. g4 $18 Nf6 16. Be2 Rf8 17. g5 Nh5 18. exf5 exf5 (18... Rxf5 {is a better defense.} 19. Rhd1 Rd8) 19. f4 (19. Na4 $142 Bf2 20. f4) 19... g6 20. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 21. Bg1 Bb4 22. Bxa7 {And now Re1+ would win.} Bxc3 $2 {[#]} (22... Be6 $16 23. a3 Bxc3) 23. Rxc3 $2 ({Weaker is} 23. bxc3 Be6 $18) (23. Bc5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 23... Be6 24. Bc5 Rg8 25. Bb6 (25. Re1 $18 Kf7 26. b3) 25... Ra8 $16 26. a3 Kf7 27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Be5 Ra5 30. Rcd3 Rd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. b3 b5 33. Rd4 Ra8 34. Kb2 Ke7 35. Rd2 Kd7 (35... Rc8 $142 36. Re2 Kd7) 36. Re2 Ra6 (36... Rc8 {was called for.} 37. Bf6 Kd6 38. Be5+ Kd7) 37. Bc3 Ra8 38. Bb4 Rc8 39. Re5 Rc6 40. Kc1 Rc8 41. Kd2 h6 42. Re2 hxg5 43. fxg5 f4 44. Rf2 Bf5 45. c3 ({Don't do} 45. Rxf4 $6 Rxc2+ 46. Kd1 Bg6 $16) 45... d4 46. Rxf4 dxc3+ 47. Bxc3 Ke6 48. Rb4 Rd8+ 49. Kc1 Rd3 50. Kb2 Rh3 $2 (50... Rd5 51. a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Rd6) 51. Rxb5 {Re5+ is the strong threat.} Rh2+ 52. Ka1 Bd3 53. Rb6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd5 54. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rxh4 55. g7 Rg4 56. Rb8 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,42,0,51,41,39,-28,-25,-102,42,-27,16,16,52,46,51,50,124,15,15,15,32,25,25,17,28,8,8,8,8,10,10,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 {LiveBook: 68 Games. C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} h6 $146 (12... Bd6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rh7 {0-1 (48) Karjakin,S (2781)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 13. g3 Bc5 14. Nf5 (14. Nb3 $14) 14... O-O $11 15. Nxg7 (15. Bf4 $11 Qb6 16. Ne3) 15... e5 ({Black should try} 15... Kxg7 $17 16. Bf4 Qe7) 16. Nf5 (16. Qf3 $1 $14 Ng4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1) 16... Bxf5 (16... Bxf2+ $5 17. Kxf2 Bxf5 $15) 17. Qf3 Ng4 18. Qxf5 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qc6+ {[#]} (19... Qc8 $14 20. Qxc8 Rfxc8) 20. Bg2 (20. Re4 $1 $16 Nf6 21. Bg2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4) 20... Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Re2 {Strongly threatening h3.} Rad8 23. Bd2 {Hoping for h3.} Bd4 24. Bxb7 Bxb2 25. Rae1 Rxd2 $1 26. Rxd2 {[#] aiming for Rd6.} Bc3 27. Rde2 {Rb1 is the strong threat.} Rf2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 28. Kg1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 {Threatens to win with Re4.} Rxc2 30. Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 31. a4 Rxh2 32. Re4 Rh1+ {The position is equal.} 33. Kxh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 {KB-KN} 35. a5 h5 36. Bb5 {And now a6 would win.} Nc5 $1 37. a6 Nxa6 $1 38. Bxa6 g5 39. Kh3 e4 40. Bb5 e3 41. g4 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,29,30,0,0,-1,14,3,20,7,35,0,35,43,21,26,36,11,33,4,9,13,91,87,87,9,36,37,44,50,51,54,68,51,78,50,76,54,73,58,54,66,80,66,178,207,279,295,237,89,156,156,153,152,155,161,132,116,265,261,317,304,826,805,874,557,29981,29979,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 a4 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 {[#]} e5 $146 17. Nfd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Na5 19. Ned6 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. f4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Qxc5 (22... f6 $11) 23. Nxe5 $16 Qb5 24. Nc4 (24. Nxc6 $16 {aiming for Ne7+.} Bd6 25. Re2) 24... Qd5 25. Re7 Qd8 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Re4 c5 28. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb8 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. R1e2 Rfd8 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Qc6 33. g4 Qf6 (33... g6 $14) 34. g5 $18 hxg5 35. hxg5 Qf5 36. Kg3 (36. Re5 $18 Qg6 37. Qg3) 36... f6 ({Black should try} 36... Rb3) 37. Qg4 $16 Qxg4+ 38. Kxg4 fxg5 39. fxg5 {[%cal Bf4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rb3 {[#]} 40. Rd2 $1 Rb7 {[#]} (40... Bd6 $16) 41. g6 $1 $18 Be7 42. Rde2 Kf8 $2 (42... Bf8 43. Re8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Rb3) 43. Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h8]} Kg8 44. Re1 Bf6 {[#]} 45. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rb6 (45... Rxd6 46. Re8#) 46. Nf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rh2h8]} Bh4 47. Kxh4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shoboev, Dandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,16,16,0,18,0,23,0,30,18,23,25,14,0,51,44,62,65,68,63,118,95,102,91,100,81,102,106,126,135,158,64,62,63,141,143,348,353,341,356,647,638]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 11. a3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11. g4 Nf8 12. h3 b5 13. Rg1 Ne6 14. f4 Bxf4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nxe2 18. Nxe2 Qa5+ {0-1 (45) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 11... a5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. h3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 axb4 18. axb4 Nbd7 19. b5 Ra5 20. Ra1 {½-½ (20) Gervais,C (2170)-Blanvillain,P (2170) France 2001}) 13... Nf8 14. O-O Be6 15. Na4 N8d7 16. Rfc1 g5 (16... b5 $11) 17. Bg3 $14 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc5 Ra7 (19... Nxc5 $14 20. dxc5 Qe5) 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ng7 22. b5 {Black must now prevent b6.} Nxc5 23. dxc5 Qd8 24. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bd7 25. b6 (25. bxc6 $16 bxc6 26. Rb6) 25... Ra8 $1 26. Ra1 Rxa1 (26... Rb8 $14) 27. Rxa1 $16 Qe7 $2 (27... Bc8 $16 28. Bh7+ Kh8) 28. Ra7 $18 Rb8 {[#]} 29. Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Be8 $2 {[#]} (29... Ne6 30. Nf5 (30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Nxc5 $18) (30. Bxb7 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 $16) 30... Qxc5 31. Nxh6+ Kg7) 30. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 41%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Markelova, Lubov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,84,60,47,44,57,55,41,35,33,28,39,33,37,45,55,54,0,0,-29,0,-27,0,-78,0,0,0,-23,-21,-7,0,-2,0,0,59,4,1,23,148,162,149,120,206,-106,422,-312,-295,-322,-266,-243,-227,-687,-691,-2212,-2116,-5314,-5306]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (11... Qa6 12. Nb2 b5 13. a3 Qb7 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O a5 16. Qe1 O-O 17. Rc1 f5 18. Nd1 Nb6 19. Ne3 {0-1 (70) Vidit,S (2718)-Duda,J (2737) Danzhou 2018}) 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} O-O 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nf2 fxe5 20. fxe5 {[#]} Nb8 $146 21. O-O (21. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rf3g5]}) 21... Nc6 22. Rad1 ({Much worse is} 22. Ng5 Rf5 $15) 22... Bd7 23. Qd2 ({Better is} 23. Nh3 $14) 23... a5 $11 24. h4 Ne7 25. h5 Nf5 26. Kh2 (26. Ng4 $11) 26... a4 (26... c3 $17 27. Qd3 Bc8) 27. Rb1 Rab8 28. a3 {[%cal Rb1b4]} b3 29. g4 Ne7 30. Nd1 Nc6 31. Nc3 Qa5 (31... Qa7 $11) 32. Kg3 ({White should play} 32. h6 $14) 32... Na7 {aiming for ...Nb5.} 33. Qe3 Nb5 (33... Qd8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Nxb5 $16 Bxb5 {[#]} 35. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} g6 (35... Qa7 $16) 36. Nh4 $2 ({Only move:} 36. Ng5 $18 c3 37. Bxb5 (37. Nxe6 c2 $17)) 36... c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rxf1 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 37. Rxf1 Qd8) 37. Bxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Qg5 $18 {and life is good for White. White wants to mate with Qe7.} Rxf1 38. Rxf1) 37... c2 $1 $19 38. Bd3 cxb1=Q ({Don't play} 38... cxb1=B 39. Rxb1 b2 40. Nf3 $19) 39. Rxb1 {intending Bxg6.} b2 40. Bc2 $2 (40. Nf3) 40... Rfc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Bxg6 Rb3 (41... hxg6 $2 42. Qg5 $19) 42. Bd3 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 32%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,39,45,21,27,0,0,3,20,12,29,15,24,-12,16,22,31,29,33,14,20,-7,41,35,48,13,89,62,154,156,133,131,184,159,158,159,169,162,171,162,169,157,161,152,161,162,191,181,266,271,262,248,262,286,282,268,260,258,417,418,417,414,412,405,394,375,367,363,415,416,427,395,708,693,6168,6207,29980,29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} d6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bh6 $146 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 Kh8 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 c5 {½-½ (37) Ramsden,J (2045)-Peet,W (2131) ICCF email 2015}) 12... Ne8 13. h4 Kh8 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 e5 (16... d5 $5) 17. Rd2 f6 18. Bc4 Qb7 19. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qb4 {Threatens to win with ...d5!} 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rhd1 Nc7 22. h5 (22. Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd1d6]}) 22... Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qe7 (23... Qb4 $14 24. h6 gxh6) 24. Rd6 $16 Nb5 25. Rxc6 Na3+ (25... Bb7 $16 26. Bxb5 axb5) 26. Kc1 {And now Nd5 would win.} Nxc4 27. Rxc4 ({Not} 27. bxc4 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Rb7 $15) 27... Be6 28. Nd5 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 h6 30. Rc6 Bg8 31. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg3g7]} Rf7 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Rxc7 (33... Qf8 {was called for.} 34. Rc6 Rfd7) 34. Qxc7 $18 Qf8 {[#]} 35. Rd3 $1 Re8 36. Ne3 Bh7 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Less strong is} 38. exf5 Qb4 $16) 38... Rc8 $2 (38... Qb4 39. Rd7 Rg8) 39. Qd6 Qf7 40. Qd7 Qf8 41. Rd6 Kh7 42. c4 a5 43. Kc2 a4 44. Kc3 axb3 45. axb3 Re8 $2 {[#]} (45... Ra8 46. Qc7 Ra7 47. Qxa7 Qxd6) 46. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qa3 (46... Qxf6 47. Qxe8) 47. Qxe8 {Re6 would kill now.} Qa5+ 48. Kd3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,31,31,0,0,0,16,18,20,0,0,-8,-13,-10,-1,-6,0,-11,-16,-14,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 {LiveBook: 51 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 11. Nbd2 $11) (10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 {½-½ (62) Malakhov,V (2713)-Akopian,V (2675) Doha 2016}) 10... exd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {0-1 (37) Gely,Y (1918)-Degardin,S (2145) Avoine 2015}) 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rcd8 17. a3 Bf6 18. b4 a6 19. Rc5 Qf5 20. Ne1 {[#] Strongly threatening f3.} Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Qd7 24. Nc2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxb5 {[#]} 27. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,97,27,18,15,5,8,9,8,2,2,11,13,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,11,17,14,54,57,40,39,39,31,46,33,148,151,179,74,104,55,54,46,36,0,18,17,29,17,26,17,18,18,22,8,8,5,5,5,5,6,17,0,2,0,13,12,241,241,235,235,251,247,246,253,254,257,243,240,262,261]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. h3 Nc7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 12. Rde1 (12. Rhe1) 12... Ne6 13. Bd2 Bd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. d4 d5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. c3 c5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Kb1 {½-½ (39) Wuestehube,H (1877)-Junker,C (1964) Hofheim 2017}) 14. Bd1 O-O-O 15. g4 Rde8 16. g5 Ng8 17. h4 h6 18. Ne4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 f6 21. g6 Nf8 22. Nh4 {next Ng3 is good for White.} d5 23. Ng3 {Hoping for Nhf5.} Bc5 24. Nhf5 Ne7 25. Nxg7 Rd8 26. N3h5 Nexg6 (26... f5 $1 $14) 27. Nxf6 $16 Bxf2 28. Rf1 (28. Bg5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 28... Bb6 29. Bg5 Bh3 30. Re1 Kb8 31. Ng4 Rc8 32. Rh1 Bxg4 33. Bxg4 Rc7 34. Nf5 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Ne6 35. Bd2 Ne5 36. Nd6 {Rh8+ would kill now.} Re7 37. Rh8+ Kc7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 38. Ne8+ Kd7 39. Nf6+ Kc7 40. Ne8+ Kd7 41. Nf6+ Kc7 42. Bh3 Nf3 $2 {[#]} (42... Bd4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 43. Bxe6 $1 $18 {Intending Bf4+ and mate.} (43. Bb4 Bc5 $11) 43... Nxd2 {[#]} 44. Ne8+ $1 ({Weaker is} 44. Kxd2 Rxe6 45. Rh7+ Kd8 $11) 44... Kd8 45. Ng7+ $1 ({And not} 45. Kxd2 Rxe8 46. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11) 45... Kc7 46. Rc8+ Kd6 47. Nf5+ Kxe6 48. Nxe7 Nf3 49. Ng6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,60,82,84,80,75,83,72,75,29,72,39,50,49,65,58,63,48,52,42,48,-59,-37,-48,-50,-52,-43,-32,-45,-55,-43,-39,-25,-101,-106,-162,-149,-157,-161,-237,-236,-230,-225,-440,-370,-410,-393,-731,-718,-699,-611,-574,-560,-550,-567,-565,-548,-513,-472,-29967,-29969,-29968,-29970,-29966,-29965,-5577,-5293,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 8. Qd2 a6 9. d5 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E85: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5} 10. Nc1 Nh7 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd3 f5 12. O-O-O Ndf6 13. Kb1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bf6 16. g3 Bg5 17. h4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 {0-1 (41) Carow,J (2437)-Kozul,Z (2617) Karlsruhe 2018}) 11... f5 {White is better.} 12. Nd3 Ndf6 13. O-O (13. exf5 {keeps more tension.} gxf5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Qe8 16. Rhg1) 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Bf6 17. c5 Bg5 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. c6 (19. Ne1 $14) 19... bxc6 $15 20. dxc6 Be6 21. Nb4 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 24. exd5 Kg7 25. Rc3 (25. Bd3 $11) 25... Nf6 $17 26. Bf3 (26. Bc4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... a4 $19 27. a3 Qg8 28. Qd3 (28. Rd3 {is a better defense.}) 28... Qb8 29. b4 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxe4 $2 (30. Qe3 {was the only chance.} Qe8 31. Bd1) 30... Qb6+ 31. Kf1 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb6f2]} 32. Ke1 $2 (32. Qd2 Re8 33. h3 Nh2+ 34. Ke2 Rxe4+ 35. Re3 Rxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Nf1+ 38. Kd3) 32... Re8 33. Qe2 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Qd3 Rxe4 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 37. Rd3 Rf4 38. Rf3 {[#]} (38. Kc3 $19 Rf1 39. Kc2) 38... Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nf6 40. Kc3 Nxd5+ 41. Kc4 Nb6+ 42. Kb5 Kf6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,0,22,18,56,-21,-25,-16,-6,0,-5,-21,-35,-66,-43,-70,-37,-33,-31,-27,-29,-34,0,-23,-29,-38,0,-39,-35,-45,-25,-21,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,-36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 {LiveBook: 53 Games. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 13. Ne2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. a4 Bb4 16. Red1 Re8 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxg7 Bd5 20. Bxh6 Nxh3+ 21. Kf1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Be3 Bd6 24. Rd2 b6 25. Rad1 Kb7 26. Kg2 {½-½ (26) Karjakin,S (2772)-Bruzon Batista,L (2682) Poikovsky 2011}) 14. Rfe1 ({Better is} 14. Nf4 $14) 14... Ng6 $11 15. Ned4 Nf4 16. Re4 Ne6 $1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne1 Be7 19. Nd3 g5 20. f4 Be8 21. Rf1 Bg6 22. Re2 Rf8 23. fxg5 {[#] aiming for Rxf8+.} Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 {Black must now prevent Nf4.} hxg5 25. Ke1 Kb7 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Nf2 Bb4+ 28. Kf1 Be7 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Ke1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,13,16,4,20,-2,0,-8,13,0,0,0,19,0,16,16,16,10,8,16,30,21,32,27,36,32,35,20,47,26,31,29,38,29,75,38,43,39,120,116,97,18,69,64,68,73,75,67,57,60,80,63,126,122,114,101,143,0,98,77,75,64,60,60,70,76,67,80,80,11,85,93,89,89,317,336,630,589,970,914,907,907,879,834,29980,29978,29983,29984,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d5 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nh3 $146 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nd4 Re8 8. O-O Nf8 9. a4 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e4 a5 12. Ndb5 Qe7 13. Qe2 c6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. e5 Qc7 16. exf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (41) Kortschnoj,V (2602)-Vukic,M (2457) Banja Luka 2008}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nc5 8. Nf4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 9. Be3 c6 10. Bd4 Rc8 (10... e6 {keeps more tension.} 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. e4 Re8) 11. Qd2 (11. a4 {feels hotter.} g5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 cxd5 14. Bxd5 e5 15. Be3) 11... cxd5 12. Nfxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxd5 b6 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Rd4 Bf5 20. b3 (20. Rh4 g5 $17) 20... Ne6 21. Rd2 ({Much weaker is} 21. Rh4 g5 $11) 21... h5 22. Rad1 Rc5 23. h4 b5 (23... Nc7 $14) 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Qc3 ({Better is} 25. Rc1 $16) 25... Rc5 (25... Rc8 $11 26. Qa1 Nd8) 26. Qb2 $14 {And now e4 would win.} Nf8 27. b4 Rcc8 28. b5 Rc5 29. a4 Rec8 30. Qa3 Qd8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 30... Qe6 $14) 31. Qe3 $1 $16 Be6 32. Nf4 Bd7 33. Nd5 {[%cal Bf4d5,Bd5b4,Bb4c6][%mdl 32]} Be6 34. Nb4 Qa5 35. Nc6 Qxa4 36. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb3 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Ra1 Bc4 39. Nxa7 (39. Rxa7 $16 Bxb5 40. Rxe7+ Kg8 41. Nb4) 39... Rb8 (39... Re8 $1 $11) 40. Nc6 Rbxb5 {[#]} 41. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7e7]} g5 $2 (41... d5 $16 {was necessary.} 42. Rxe7+ (42. Nxe7 Ne6 $16) 42... Kg8) 42. Rxe7+ $18 Kh6 $2 (42... Kg8 43. Rxd6 Rb2) 43. Rxd6 gxh4 44. Rxf6+ Ng6 45. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rf6g6]} Rg5 46. Nd4 hxg3 47. f4 {White mates.} Rg4 48. Nxb5 Bxb5 49. Ree6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,14,25,19,39,0,0,0,0,-32,-34,-45,-44,-44,-23,-53,-35,-43,-42,-70,-72,-51,0,0,0,-75,-69,-80,-61,-53,0,0,0,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 8. e3 O-O 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be2 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (64) Xu,X (2503)-Areshchenko,A (2682) Sharjah 2017}) 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qb4 Nd2 15. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Bh2 ({Don't blunder} 17. Qxb7 $2 Nxf4 18. exf4 e6 $19) 17... e6 18. Qxb7 Qxh4 19. Nb5 Qh3 20. Nxa7 {aiming for Nc8.} Qxf3 (20... e5 $15 21. Nc6 exd4 22. exd4 Qxf3 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qxd5 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Nf6) 21. Nc8 $1 $11 Ra4 22. Qb5 (22. Ne7+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kh8 23. Rc8 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+) 22... Qg4+ $17 ({Much weaker is} 22... Ra8 23. Qb7 $11) 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 $1 {[#]} Ra8 (24... Rc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Ne7+ Kh8) 25. Qb7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb7a8]} Ra5 26. Qb6 Ra4 ({Black should try} 26... Qg4+ $11 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Ra4) 27. Qb5 $15 {[#]} Nf6 ({Better is} 27... Rc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxc4 dxc4) 28. Qxa4 $11 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.The position is equal.} Ng4 $1 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h2,Bh2f3][%mdl 32]} 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bd6 {Strongly threatening Rc2.} e5 31. Ne7+ Kh8 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 32. Qc2 {Threatens to win with Qf5.} Nh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2f3]} 33. f4 Qg3+ 34. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g3]} (34. Kh1 {gets mated.} Nf3 35. Ng6+ hxg6 36. Bxf8 Qh3+ 37. Qh2 Qxh2#) 34... Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ 36. Kg1 $1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Kg1 $1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ 40. Kg1 $1 Nf3+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,111,33,32,34,37,43,34,41,49,48,12,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,-7,25,-66,-28,-31,16,6,10,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,25,6,24,0,8,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,0,54,51,214,207,220,18,18,15,20,17,254,-44,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Ne2 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} Qf6 (10... b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bb5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. f3 Ng5 {1-0 (47) Esipenko,A (2581)-Krasenkow,M (2644) Batumi 2018}) 11. Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b6 12. Qe2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Rc2 g6 16. Rfc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {1-0 (59) Tieken,F (2233)-Gavrijski,D (2048) ICCF email 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 Qe7 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nh5 $18) 14. f3 {aiming for Nxd7.} Ng5 15. Nh5 g6 16. Ng3 Nf7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Kh1 Ba8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. Nf1 dxc4 22. bxc4 (22. Nxc4 $11 cxd4 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd4) 22... Bb8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Kg1 Rfd8 25. Ba1 Nde4 26. Ndf3 Bd6 27. a4 cxd4 28. exd4 Bb4 29. Bb1 Qe8 30. Qa2 Qe7 31. Rd3 Nh5 32. g3 g5 33. fxg5 Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Qxg5 35. Rf1 $1 Nf6 36. Qb2 (36. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} Ne4 37. Ba2 $11) 36... Be7 (36... Rxd4 $1 $11 37. Qxb4 (37. Rxd4 Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe3+ 40. Rf2 Qe1+ 41. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) 37... Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Qe3+ 39. Nf2 Qf3) 37. d5 $14 exd5 $2 ({Black should play} 37... Qg7 $14) 38. cxd5 $18 Bxd5 {[#] ...Bc5+ is the strong threat.} 39. Nf3 $2 (39. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qh6 40. Ba2) 39... Qg4 $1 $11 {[#]} 40. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd5 41. Ba2 Qe4 $2 {[#]} (41... Kf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Rd1 $2 (42. Qb3 $1 $18) 42... Rcd8 ({Better is} 42... Rcc5 $15 43. Qd2 Rc2 44. Qg5+ (44. Bxd5+ Nxd5 45. Qxd5+ Qxd5 $11) 44... Kf8 45. Bxd5 Nxd5 46. Qg7+ Ke8 47. Qg8+ Bf8 48. Qxd5 Bc5+ 49. Kh1 Qxd5 50. Rxd5 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Rxa1 52. Re5+ Kd7 53. Rxf5 Rxa4 54. Rf7+ Ke6 55. Ng5+ Ke5 56. Nf3+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Ke4 58. Ng5+ Ke3 59. Rxh7 Ra2+ 60. Kh3 a5) 43. Re1 Qxf3 44. Rxe7 R8d6 45. Re5 {[#]} ({Not} 45. Rxa7 $2 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 f4 $19) 45... Kf8 $1 46. Bxd5 Qd1+ $1 ({Avoid the trap} 46... Nxd5 $2 47. Re1 $18) 47. Kg2 Rxd5 48. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 49. Kh3 Ne4 50. Qg7+ {The position is equal.} Ke8 51. Qh8+ $1 Kd7 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 52. Qxh7+ Kc8 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5+.} 53. Qg7 Qe6 54. Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg7c7]} Ng5+ 55. Qxg5 Qxe5 56. Qg8+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,115,-12,0,26,26,28,23,23,28,23,22,23,13,15,15,15,15,13,14,15,13,12,8,8,6,11,11,11,11,13,9,11,11,11,11,11,11,32,32,32,32,33,32,32,32,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,112,112,113,113,190,139,428,428,387,380,29972,29973,29974,29975,29974,29972,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29982,29982,29982,29984,29985,29985,29982,29982,29981,29985,29986,29989,29986]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} c5 $146 {B22: Sizilianisch (Alapin 2.c3)} (12... Qc7 {feels hotter.} 13. h3 Rd8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qd3 Nb4) ({Vorgänger:} 12... Qc7 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Bd2 c5 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Qa4 a5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rfc8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bc4 {½-½ (67) Khamrakulov,D (2478)-Haznedaroglu,K (2501) Cesme 2017}) 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bxd5 exd5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Rec1 a6 19. h3 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Qa5 {zielt auf Dd8+ ab.} (23. b3 {keeps more tension.} f6 24. f3 Bf5 25. Bc5 Qc6 26. Bd4) 23... Be8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke3 g5 29. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h5 30. a4 h4 31. Kd4 Bd7 32. Bb6 Be8 33. Bd8 Bg6 (33... Kf5 $14) 34. b4 $1 $16 Be8 {[#]} 35. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb5 36. a5 b4 37. a6 {[%mdl 1024] Und weiter mit Kc5 wäre nett. Weiss hat starke Kompensation.} b3 {Droht stark ...b2.} 38. Kc3 Ba4 39. Bb6 Kf5 (39... d4+ $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 40. Bxd4 f5) 40. Bd4 (40. a7 $18 Bc6 41. Kxb3) 40... Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... b2 $16 {ist wohl besser.} 41. Kxb2 Kf4) 41. a7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Bc6 42. Bxf6 Kg3 $2 (42... Bb7 $18 43. Kxb3 Bc6) 43. Bxg5 {Weiß setzt Matt.} d4+ 44. Kxb3 Bd5+ 45. Kb4 Kxg2 46. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Kxh3 47. f5 $1 Kg4 {[#]} 48. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7]} h3 {[#]} 49. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf4 {[#]} 50. f7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f8][%mdl 512]} Bxf7 51. a8=Q Be6 52. Qb8+ Ke4 53. Qg3 Bf5 54. Kc5 d3 55. Qf2 Bg4 56. Kc4 d2 57. Qxd2 Kf3 58. Qh2 {Precision: Weiß = 81%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,105,55,51,56,58,51,52,43,75,58,63,47,51,52,60,53,69,70,71,74,102,111,133,135,137,134,152,131,141,133,156,127,135,124,108,120,146,138,276,256,248,205,647,640,676,672,699,613,575,350,493,493,480,522,627,601,556,541,510,549,556,556,567,561,561,563,556,534,541,539,487,369,350,310,708,676,639,479,484,442,3134,2793,29980,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bf8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Bf4 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4} Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 12. Qc2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Be3 g6 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Be2 Re5 18. f4 Re8 {0-1 (45) Teixeira,R (2225)-Galego,L (2479) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 13. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Ng4 14. f3 Ne5 15. Nb3 Qf6 16. Be3 Nxb3 17. axb3 h5 18. Qd2 Qg6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxf3+.} 19. Kh1 h4 20. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 21. f5 Qh5 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Be2 Qh8 24. Rf1 b6 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Bg5 {Rf4 is the strong threat.} f6 27. Bf4 Nf7 28. Qf2 Bb7 (28... Qh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. h3 c5) 29. Rd3 $18 (29. Qxb6 $6 c5 $16) 29... Ng5 30. e5 ({Much less strong is} 30. Qxb6 $6 c5) 30... Rxe5 $2 (30... dxe5 31. Bxg5 e4) 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qxb6 c5 33. Qc7 h3 34. Qxb8 hxg2+ 35. Kg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2e3][%mdl 32]} gxf1=Q+ 36. Kxf1 Qxh2 {[#] aiming for ...Qh1+.} 37. Qxb7 e4 {And now ...Qh1+ would win.} 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Nxe4 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 {White wants to mate with Nxg5+.} Qxe4 41. Qxe4 Nxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 42. Ke3 Nd6 43. Rd5 Nf7 44. Rd7 Ne5 45. Ra7 Nc6 46. Ra8 Be7 $2 (46... Bd6 47. Ke4 Nb4) 47. Bh5 Kh6 48. Kf4 {[%cal Ra8h8]} Bd6+ 49. Kg4 {[%cal Ra8h8]} Nb8 (49... g6 $142 50. fxg6 Be5 51. Rh8+ Kg7) 50. Be8 Kh7 51. Rxa5 {White mates.} Kg8 52. Ra7 Kf8 53. Bb5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,23,17,13,13,6,6,13,14,14,24,-15,0,0,0,-32,-25,-41,-56,-45,-42,-56,-58,-26,-6,-17,-12,-99,-79,-94,-91,-102,-102,-113,-118,-128,-125,-154,-176,-179,-155,-179,-114,-116,-118,-112,0,-72,-29,-34,465,464,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7. a4 Nh5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bc4 c6 10. c3 Na6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. N2b3 Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Bd7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Bh2 Rad8 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 e5 {½-½ (19) Le,Q (2728)-Swiercz,D (2663) Philadelphia 2018}) 7... e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. c4 {The position is equal.} Nh5 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 Nf4 11. Nb3 f5 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Ra2 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf5 {0-1 (50) Abad Sanmartin,J (2077)-Fernandez Diaz,C (2250) Barcelona 2016}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bf1 Nf6 13. Nb1 Ng6 14. Nc3 e4 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. h3 N4e5 $1 17. a4 a5 18. Ra3 Kh8 19. Qh5 (19. Rb3 $11) 19... Nxc4 $1 $17 20. Bxc4 {aiming for Ncb5.} Bxd4 21. Ne2 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 23. g4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Be8.} 24. g5 Bg7 {Hoping for ...Be8.} 25. Ng3 c6 {And now ...Qb6+ would win.} 26. Qd1 Nh4 (26... Qb6+ $19 27. Be3 Qb4) 27. Nh5 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 {[#]} Bd4 (28... Qf2 $1 $17 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf2g2]} 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 cxd5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7) 29. Be3 (29. Rb3 $11 Qc5 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Rbxe3 cxd5 32. Bxd5) 29... Bxe3 30. Raxe3 Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Be8 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 31. b3 Bxh5 32. Qxh5 Ng6) 31. Rxf3 $1 $18 exf3 (31... Be8 $18 32. Rc3 Qa7) 32. b3 Rf7 33. Qa1+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mokshanov, Alexey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,176,-16,0,0,30,24,27,21,22,14,15,4,11,1,1,1,1,2,22,18,16,0,0,-4,-4,-6,-4,-4,-4,-10,-12,-7,-4,-4,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-19,-16,-37,-8,-7,-5,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-6,-4,-15,-15,-14,-10,-18,-5,-8,-10,-11,-11,-18,-10,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-8,-80,-71,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,0,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-8,-8,-8,-12,-25,-51,-51,-51,0,0,0,-65,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Be2 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 8. Nxc6 (8. O-O Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Bd3 Bd4 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Rb1 Rxb2 15. Rxb2 Bxc3 {0-1 (26) Pichugin,A (2230)-Lysyj,I (2618) Cheliabinsk 2017}) 8... dxc6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Rd4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Rxd4 {½-½ (13) Krug,S (2115)-Muenster,E (2065) Germany 1996}) 10... axb6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Kf8 13. Bd3 b5 14. a3 $1 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfe1 f6 18. e5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 fxe5 20. Rxe5 Bb3 21. Rd2 Rxe5 22. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 23. Kf2 Ke6 24. d4 Bc4 25. Ke3 b6 26. Ne4 h6 27. Rf2 Rd8 28. Rd2 Rf8 29. Ng3 g6 30. h4 Rf7 31. Rd1 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Ne4 Kxe5 34. Nxc5 Re7 35. Rd2 c6 36. Ne4 Bd5 37. Nc3 Kd6+ 38. Kd3 Bc4+ 39. Kc2+ Kc7 40. Rf2 Be6 41. Rf6 Bf5+ 42. Kd2 Rd7+ 43. Kc1 Rd4 44. h5 Rg4 45. hxg6 Bxg6 46. Ne2 Rxg2 47. Nf4 (47. Nd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47... Rc2+ $17 48. Kd1 Be4 49. Re6 {[#]} Rc4 $1 {...Bf5 is the strong threat.} 50. Rxh6 Bf3+ 51. Ne2 Bxe2+ $1 52. Kxe2 {KR-KR} Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rxb2 54. Kc3 Rg2 (54... Re2 $17 {White should prevent ...Re4.} 55. a4 bxa4) 55. Kb3 (55. Rh4 $11 {remains equal.}) 55... Kb6 56. Rh8 Rg3+ 57. Kb2 Re3 58. Rh5 Re2+ 59. Kb3 c5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c4+.} 60. Rh6+ Ka5 61. Rh8 Re3+ (61... c4+ $2 62. Kc3 $17) 62. Kb2 Re6 63. Kc3 Kb6 64. Rc8 Re3+ 65. Kb2 Re5 66. Kc3 Kb7 67. Rh8 Re3+ 68. Kb2 Kc6 69. Rb8 Rh3 70. Ka2 Re3 71. Kb2 Rg3 72. Ka2 Rf3 73. Kb2 c4 (73... Re3 $17 74. Rh8 Kd5) 74. Rc8+ $11 Kd5 {White must now prevent ...Rb3+.} 75. Rd8+ Kc5 {Hoping for ...Rb3+.} 76. Rc8+ Kd4 77. Rd8+ Ke4 ({Black should play} 77... Ke5 $1 $15 78. Rb8 Rb3+ 79. Kc2 Kd6) 78. Re8+ $1 Kd4 ({Better is} 78... Kd3 $11 79. Rd8+ Ke2) 79. Rd8+ $15 Ke4 ({Black should try} 79... Ke5 $1 $15 80. Rb8 Rb3+ 81. Kc2 Kd5) 80. Re8+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd3 81. Rd8+ Ke2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb3+.} 82. Rd5 Rd3 83. Rh5 Rf3 84. Kc2 Ke3 85. Rxb5 Kd4 86. Rh5 Rf2+ 87. Kc1 c3 88. Rh8 Ke5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,102,31,18,27,21,26,33,27,0,4,4,17,24,47,40,144,145,156,144,527,256,251,247,234,235,291,197,197,197,197,197,197,197,210,79,79,79,79,57,195,191,186,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,73,73,73,68,67,55,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 {LiveBook: 109 Games} a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. e3 Kb8 19. Rd4 {[#]} Ne6 $146 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qf6 22. f4 Ng4 {[#]} (22... Nc4 $1 $14) 23. Bxc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf4 {[#]} (23... bxc6 24. Ne4) 24. Be4 $1 ({But not} 24. gxf4 $6 bxc6 25. Nd5 Qg6 $14) 24... Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Nh3+ $16 25. Kg2 Nhf2) 25. gxf4 (25. Rd7 $142 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh2) 25... Nxe3 $18 26. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Qh2 Bxf4 29. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Be5 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Bd5 Re3 32. Rf1 (32. Nb5 $18) 32... Bxc3 $16 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Ra3 {[#]} (34... Rc5 $14 35. Rxb7+ Kc8) 35. Rf4 $1 $18 ({Resist} 35. Rxb7+ $6 Kc8 $16) 35... Ka7 36. Bf7 (36. Kg2 $18 {is more deadly.}) 36... b5 $16 37. axb5 {aiming for Rf6.} Kb6 38. Be8 a4 39. Kg2 Re3 40. Bc6 a3 41. Ra4 Rb3 42. Kf2 {Hoping for Ke2.} h4 43. Rxh4 ({White should play} 43. Kg2 $14) 43... Rxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 44. Bxb5 Kxb5 $14 {KR-KP} 45. Rh8 Kc4 46. Ke2 a2 47. Ra8 Kb3 48. Kd2 Kb2 49. Rb8+ Ka1 50. Rc8 Kb2 51. Rb8+ Ka1 52. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 56%, Black = 46%.} (52. Rh8 Kb2 53. Rb8+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markelova, Lubov"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,72,-18,-34,-29,-15,-20,-24,-36,-15,-16,-19,-27,-20,-32,-21,-69,-35,-58,-65,-66,-61,-64,-59,-56,-52,-93,-117,-111,-104,-228,-136,-255,-256,-250,-241,-292,-287,-443,-420,-501,-501,-501,-473,-574,-618,-657,-752,-713,-670,-620,-577,-1210,-1520]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bg5 Re8 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 12. Qd3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. Qxg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rad8 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Rxa6 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Be2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rc1 Re6 25. Ra5 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 {½-½ (26) Rocha,W (2420)-Matsuura,E (2452) Sao Paulo 2003}) 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfe1 Be5 17. Rab1 Kf8 18. h3 Rad8 (18... Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 $11) 19. Re3 Bxc3 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd6 22. Be2 c4 23. a5 Rc8 24. Rb4 Rc5 25. g3 (25. Ra4 $17) 25... Ke7 ({Don't do} 25... Rxd5 26. Ra4 $17) (25... Rxa5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ra3.} 26. Bxc4 Rc5) 26. Kg2 (26. Ra4 $17) 26... Rxa5 $19 ({Less strong is} 26... Rxd5 27. Ra4 $17) 27. Bxc4 Rc5 28. Bd3 Rxc3 ({Don't take} 28... Rxd5 29. Be4 $17) 29. Bxh7 (29. Be2 {was worth a try.}) 29... g6 30. h4 b5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 33. Rxh5 a4 34. Re5+ Kd7 35. Bf5+ Kd8 36. Bg4 b4 {Precision: White = 14%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,3,8,0,15,3,7,0,1,0,5,0,10,1,11,0,0,0,0,0,93,80,110,108,98,121,206,204,223,208,212,180,304,296,350,323,538,367,338,335,328,197,462,428,445,438,463,446,462,454,760,687,970,953,1041,1041,906,835,814,793,2482,785,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} a6 (6... Nbd7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 {½-½ (57) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Navara,D (2727) Prague 2018}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne4) 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. Nf4 Ne4 15. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e2,Be2c2][%mdl 32]} a5 16. Re2 Ra8 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rec2 Nb8 19. Bf1 g5 (19... c6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Bf4d3,Bd3f2,Bf2g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} f6 21. Bh3 Rcd8 {[#]} 22. Nfe1 $1 c5 (22... Na6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. f3 $18 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qxe3+ 25. Nf2 Bxg3 {[#]} (25... Nc6 $142 26. dxc5 Bxc5) 26. Ng2 $1 {[%cal Rg2e3]} (26. dxc5 d4 $16) 26... Qxb3 27. Ng4 Kf7 $2 (27... Rf8 28. Qe2 (28. dxc5 d4 $16) 28... Bc8 29. dxc5 Bxg4 30. Bxg4 Rde8 31. Be6+ Kh8) 28. Nh6+ Kg6 29. Nf5 Bc8 30. Bc3 c4 $2 (30... Bxf5 {might work better.} 31. Bxf5+ Kxf5) 31. Nxg3 {Hoping for Bxc8.} Bxh3 32. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} g4 33. f5+ ({Weaker is} 33. Rb1 Qa3 $16) 33... Kf7 34. Qd2 {aiming for Qh6.} Nd7 (34... Qxa4 $142 35. Qh6 Ke7) 35. Qh6 Ke7 36. Nf4 Kd6 37. Ngh5 Qxa4 38. Nxf6 Nxf6 39. Qxf6+ Kd7 40. Qxb6 (40. Nxd5 $142 Qc6 41. Nxb6+ Kc7 42. Qf7+ Kb8 43. Rb1) 40... Rb8 41. Qa7+ {White mates.} Kc8 42. Qc5+ Kb7 43. Nxd5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,181,12,11,52,45,41,47,31,9,43,25,46,0,10,0,26,-7,43,44,43,39,108,138,190,181,170,108,139,139,148,124,133,131,121,-67,-73,-80,223,215,295,266,291,278,297,283,277,270,420,287,288,288,285,272,475,474,459,466,473,465,468,354,664,654,664,658,656,614,641,642,577,553,502,477,562,355,350,350,350,350,350,341,355,353,351,351,325,228,216,183,207,128,143,143,144,144,151,151,143,143,143,143,404,111,111,0,358,387,355,342,418,393,691,560,560,556,556,415,548,548,567,519,6089,6089,5812,5812,5429,5191,5171,5073,29959,29963,29965,5087,2496,1768,29979,29980,29980,29981,29982,29981,29979,29980,29986,29987,29988,29984,29984,29984,29987,29984,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29987,29990,29991,29991,29991,29992,29993,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,5118]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 {LiveBook: 324 Games} Bd7 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O c5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 f6 16. Nd2 e5 {1-0 (54) Inarkiev,E (2675)-Lysyj,I (2700) Moscow 2015}) 9. O-O-O Bc6 10. Bd3 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. h4 Be7 $146 (11... Bxe4 $5 12. Bxe4 c6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. g4 Bd5 13. g5 Be7 14. Ne5 f5 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. Kb1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Ng5 g6 20. h5 Kg7 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nf7 Rad8 23. Qxh6+ {1-0 (23) Dignam,M (2167)-NN,H (1617) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 12. Neg5 h6 13. Rh3 Bd6 14. Qe3 Bxf3 (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Re8 16. Kb1 $15) (14... Qe7 {seems wilder.} 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bb5) 15. Nxf3 (15. Rxf3 {feels hotter.} Nf6 16. Kb1 c6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qe1) 15... Qf6 16. Kb1 Qf4 17. Qe2 Qg4 (17... e5 $14) 18. h5 $16 {aiming for Rh4.} Qf4 (18... Qxg2 $2 19. Rhh1 $18) (18... Be7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. Rh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qf6 20. Qe4 (20. Rg1 $18) 20... Rfe8 21. Qh7+ (21. Qxb7 Nc5 $14) 21... Kf8 22. Rg4 Ke7 23. Re1 (23. Rxg7 $2 Rh8 $19) (23. Qxg7 $6 Qxg7 24. Rxg7 Rg8 $14) 23... c6 24. Rxe6+ $2 (24. Rxg7 $6 Nf8 $11) ({White should play} 24. Qe4 $16) 24... Qxe6 $15 25. Re4 {[#]} Qxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Be5 $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on. Threatens to win with ...Nf6.} 26. Re1 (26. dxe5 $2 Rh8 $19) (26. Nxe5 Nf6 $17) 26... Qg4) 26. Qxe4+ $18 ({Don't do} 26. Bxe4 $6 Nf6 $16) 26... Kf8 27. Qh7 Nf6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Nxh5 30. Qxh6 Nf4 (30... Rh8 $142 31. Qe3+ Kf8) 31. Ne5 {Threatening mate with Qg5+.} Rh8 32. Qg5+ Kf8 {( -> ...Rh1+)} 33. a3 ({Not} 33. Qxf4 Rh1+ 34. Qc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Rd8 $15) 33... Rh1+ $2 (33... Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Rh1+ 35. Ka2 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Rh6) 34. Ka2 Bxe5 35. dxe5 ({Less strong is} 35. Qxe5 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Rh6 $18) 35... Nxd3 36. cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Re8 37. f4 Re6 $2 (37... c5 38. e6 Rxe6 39. Qxc5+ Re7 40. Qxa7 Rh6) 38. g4 c5 {[#]} 39. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd4 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qxd4 Re1 42. Qf2 Re4 43. g5 Rc6 44. Qh2 {Hoping for f5.} Kg6 45. Qh6+ Kf5 46. Qh7+ Kxf4 47. Qxf7+ Kxe5 48. Qxb7 Rg6 49. Qxa7 Rxg5 50. Qc5+ Kf4 51. Qf2+ Ke5 52. b4 Rf5 53. Qc5+ Ke6 54. Qc6+ Ke5 55. Qc3+ Ke6 56. Kb3 {Strongly threatening a4.} Rfe5 {White must now prevent ...Re3.} 57. Qc6+ Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Kf5 $16 {was called for.} 58. Qc8+ Kf4 59. Qf8+ Kg3) 58. Ka4 $2 (58. a4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 58... Kd8 $16 59. Kb3 $2 (59. Qa6 $16) 59... Ke7 $1 $18 60. a4 Re3+ 61. Kc4 R3e4+ {[#]} 62. Kc3 $1 Rf4 $2 (62... Rh4 63. Qc7+ Ke6 64. Qb6+ Kf5) 63. Qb7+ Kf6 {If only Black now had time for ...Re3+....} 64. Qb6+ Re6 65. Qd8+ Kf5 66. Qd3+ Ree4 67. a5 Ke5 (67... Kg4 $142 68. Qd7+ Kg3) 68. a6 Rxb4 69. a7 Ra4 70. Qb5+ Kd6 71. Qb8+ Kc5 72. Qe5+ Kb6 {[#]} 73. Qxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 74. a8=Q {White wants to mate with Qb8+. KQ-KR} Rf7 75. Qd5 {White mates.} Rc7+ 76. Kb4 Rc6 77. Qe5 Kb7 78. Qe8 Rc7 79. Kb5 Ka7 80. Qd8 Kb7 81. Qf8 Ka7 82. Qe8 Rb7+ 83. Kc6 Rb6+ 84. Kc5 Rb7 85. Qe5 Rb6 86. Qc7+ Rb7 87. Qa5+ Kb8 88. Kc6 Rf7 89. Qe5+ Ka7 90. Qe3+ Kb8 91. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,9,0,-3,25,0,0,0,0,6,7,0,16,8,14,12,11,4,22,0,0,-10,0,10,16,6,8,-18,-20,-18,-20,-22,-9,-13,-10,-16,-9,-21,-19,-41,-20,-14,-17,-9,-9,-17,-18,-39,-16,-41,-14,-10,-11,-44,-46,-25,-16,-57,-9,-1,0,-66,-77,-86,-85,-302,-299,-529,-546,-483,-415,-470,-412,-458,-443,-859,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 $1 8. e6 Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 e6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7) 13. Ne2 Nh6 14. Nf4 Nf5 15. O-O-O Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rhe1.} e5 18. Be3 {Hoping for Nf3.} exd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Be3 d4 21. Bg5 Rhe8 22. Kd2 Ke6 23. f3 Kd5 24. Rde1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Re7 would win. KRB-KRN} Ne5 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. a4 Rf8 28. Bh2 b6 29. Bc7 g6 30. Re4 Rc8 31. Bh2 c4 32. dxc4+ Kxc4 33. Re6 Nb4 {aiming for ...Kb3.} 34. Rxg6 Kb3 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 35. Bg1 (35. Be5 $11) 35... Rc2+ 36. Kd1 {[#]} d3 $1 37. g4 $2 (37. Bd4 $17) 37... hxg4 $19 38. Rxg4 $2 (38. Bd4 {keeps fighting.} gxf3 39. Rf6) 38... Rxb2 39. Bd4 Rh2 40. Be5 Rf2 41. Rd4 Rxf3 42. Bd6 (42. Rd6 $142 Rh3 43. Bf6) 42... Kc3 $2 (42... Nc2 $19 43. Rf4 Ne3+ 44. Kc1 Rh3) 43. Rf4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf4 44. Bxf4 {KB-KN} Kd4 45. h5 Nd5 46. Bd2 Nf6 47. h6 Nh7 48. Kc1 Ke4 49. Bc3 Ke3 50. Kd1 a6 51. Bb2 b5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mokshanov, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,16,0,6,-6,-5,-1,0,-12,0,-6,0,0,-18,-27,0,-23,-15,-24,-25,-61,-62,-90,-59,-56,-53,-102,-107,-106,-105,-117,-88,-193,0,0,0,-200,0,-62,0,-202]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d3 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Ne1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Nb4 (13... a6 14. f4 Rab8 15. g4 Ba8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ne4 b5 18. Rc1 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 {0-1 (50) Agrest,E (2614)-Van Wely,L (2688) Eilat 2012}) 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. f4 Ne8 16. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. g4 h6 17. Rd1 a6 18. a4 Bf6 19. Nf3 {½-½ (33) Shcherbakov,R (2495)-Rozentalis,E (2585) Bern 1992}) 16... Bf6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Rf2 Nd6 21. Rdf1 Rf8 22. g4 Rad8 23. Kh1 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 e5 25. Nd2 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 26. Qxf2 Nf7 27. Qf3 Qe8 ({But not} 27... Rxd3 28. Qxc6 Rxc3 29. Qa8+ Qd8 30. Qxa7 $15) 28. Qe4 (28. Ne4 $17) 28... Nd6 $2 (28... Ng5 $19 29. Qf5 Qg6 30. Bxe5 Nf7) 29. Qd5+ $1 $11 Nf7 $2 {[#]} (29... Kh8 $11 30. Qf3 Kg8) 30. Qe4 $19 Nd6 $2 (30... Ng5 $19 31. Qf5 Qg6 32. Bxe5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Ne6) 31. Qf3 ({Better is} 31. Qd5+ $1 $11 Nf7 32. Qe4) 31... Nf7 (31... Nb7 $15) 32. Qe4 $1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,109,14,23,20,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,17,42,31,89,-4,-4,-2,-2,0,45,48,42,46,43,46,41,41,38,34,34,34,43,0,12,12,21,20,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,43,43,43,43,43,36,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,28,102,102,108,108,108,108,108,45,45,40,34,9,14,16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 72 Games} 16. O-O Qd6 17. Qc4 Na4 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qxb4 Nxd5 {[#]} 20. Qh4 $146 e6 21. Bc4 Qc6 22. Bd4 Rfd8 23. Rfe1 Nb6 ({Better is} 23... a5 $14) 24. Bxc5 (24. Ng5 $16 h5 25. Bxg7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Qxe5+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rd6+ Ne6 31. Rxb6 (31. Bxa6 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Nc8 $15) 31... Rxc4 32. h4) 24... Rxd1 $11 25. Rxd1 Qxc5 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7] [#]} h5 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bxa6 Nd6 {Hoping for ...Bh6.} 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc5 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. g3 Qe1+ 35. Qf1 Qb4 36. Qe2 Bg7 37. b3 h4 38. Bc4 hxg3 39. hxg3 Qa3 40. Bd3 Kf8 41. Qc2 {And now Qc8+ would win.} Bb2 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qa6 Kf6 44. Kf1 (44. Kg2 {keeps more tension.} Qxa6 45. Bxa6 Ke5 46. Bb5 g5 47. f3) 44... Qxa6 45. Bxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Ke5 46. Bb5 g5 47. Be8 f6 48. Bf7 Kd4 (48... g4 $11) 49. Bxe6 $16 Kc5 50. Ke2 Kb4 51. Kd3 Be5 {[#]} 52. Ke4 (52. a4 $1 $16) 52... Ka3 $1 $14 53. Kd5 Bc3 54. Bf7 Be1 55. Ke6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,3,0,19,15,29,27,31,25,24,6,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,24,24,24,31,34,35,25,23,19,24,18,23,19,52,51,58,54,57,48,54,56,55,38,44,7,20,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nc2 {C45: Scotch Game} Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bb7 11. f4 {[#] Hoping for Bxc5.} N5g6 ({Of course not} 11... Bxe4 $6 12. Bxc5 Qg6 13. Ne1 $18) 12. e5 Qe6 13. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Nh4 15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 Kh8 {0-1 (34) Kasparov,G (2812)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {Threatening Bxc5.} Nh4 15. Qf2 (15. Qh5 {seems wilder.} Bxe3+ 16. Nxe3 Nhf5 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Nd2) 15... Bxe3 $1 16. Nxe3 Nhf5 17. Na3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 d6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. exd6 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Re3 b5 29. Ke2 b4 30. Kd2 Rc4 31. g3 bxc3+ 32. Rxc3 Ra4 33. a3 Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Kc3 (35. f5+ $5 Kf6 36. Kc3 $11) 35... g6 {The position is equal.} 36. Kb3 Ra6 37. Kc4 d5+ 38. Kd4 Ra4+ 39. Ke3 h5 40. Kf3 Ra6 41. Rb7 Ra4 42. Rc7 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,74,33,37,32,33,35,46,12,32,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,8,14,-12,-9,-11,14,13,13,11,13,14,6,7,22,22,13,21,20,19,16,17,29,8,11,11,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (7... b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 {1-0 (43) Svidler,P (2753)-Meier,G (2628) Jerusalem 2018}) 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. O-O Be7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Bb4 13. Re2 a4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bd2 {1-0 (33) Mikoska,J (2234)-Sindelar,F (2001) ICCF email 2016}) 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. c3 Rfc8 16. Bg5 Bxe5 17. Qxd5 (17. dxe5 {with more complications.} Qxe5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc6 Rab8 20. Rd7) 17... Nxd5 18. dxe5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd2 c5 21. a4 a6 22. Kf3 Kf7 23. Ra2 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Ke2 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 28. Ra1 c4 29. Ra7+ Rc7 30. Ra8 Nxe3 31. Kxe3 {KR-KR} Rd7 32. Rb8 Rd5 33. f3 Re5+ 34. Kf2 Rd5 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kf2 Rd5 37. Ke3 Re5+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,37,25,28,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 (10... Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. g3 Bb7 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 {½-½ (30) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 58 Games} 14. Rd2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 15. Qg4+ Kh8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rfd8.} 16. Qh4 $146 Kg7 $1 {Hoping for ...Rfd8.} 17. Qg4+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd8.} 18. Qh4 Kg7 $1 {...Rfd8 is the strong threat.} 19. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,0,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 b6 12. b3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Re1 Bb5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. a4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 {1-0 (55) Gelfand,B (2695)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 11... Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 {LiveBook: 2054 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,115,50,50,62,0,69,58,67,58,68,52,54,55,70,56,59,50,53,58,71,64,53,39,44,42,44,15,15,15,15,10,17,5,12,9,12,6,14,0,0,-3,12,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-20,-20,-14,-15,-20,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,-8,-8,-8,-16,-8,-43,-43,-43,-43,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-8,-8,-9]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nf5 Re8 {A53: Altindisch} 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. b3 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} (12. Be3 h6 13. Qb3 Nf8 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qa3 a6 16. d5 c5 17. b4 b6 18. Rab1 {1-0 (47) Yuffa,D (2570)-Dimakiling,O (2401) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 12... e4 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 13. d5 $146 (13. Bf4 $14) ({Vorgänger:} 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 exf3 15. exf3 h6 16. Bf4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (29) Pecorelli Garcia,H (2430)-Galego,L (2445) Cienfuegos 1996}) 13... c5 ({Besser ist} 13... cxd5 $11 14. Bf4 dxc4) 14. Be3 h6 15. Qd2 a6 16. a4 Bg6 17. a5 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Rc7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Nf6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Nxa6 $1 Rxd5 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nc5 Rxd1+ $1 28. Rxd1 {[#] Und Td8+ würde nun gewinnen.} Nc4 $1 29. Rb1 Nxa5 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Rb5 b6 32. Na4 Nxf4 33. gxf4 {f5 ist eine echte Drohung.} Nc4 34. Rb4 Rc7 35. Nxb6 Nxb6 36. Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Rc1+ 37. Bf1 Bh5 38. Rb2 (38. Kg2 {is more complex.} f5 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Rb8+) 38... Re1 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. f5 g5 41. fxg6+ $1 Kxg6 42. Rd2 f5 43. f3 exf3+ 44. exf3 {[#]} Bxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kf2 (45. Kxf3 Rxf1+) 45... Ra1 46. Rd6+ Kg5 47. Kxf3 {Schwarz muss nun Ld3 beachten.} Rxf1+ $15 {KT-KT} 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Ra1 50. h4+ $1 Kxh4 {Droht stark ...Ta2+.} 51. Rxh6+ Kg4 52. Rg6+ Kf3 53. Rg3+ Ke4 54. Kg2 Re1 55. Kf2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rh1 56. Re3+ Kd4 {( -> ...Th2+)} 57. Re8 Rh3 58. Re7 {Precision: Weiß = 54%, Schwarz = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,41,29,0,10,0,16,0,14,0,30,12,26,2,10,0,0,-4,0,0,21,25,39,34,42,10,11,12,15,10,18,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-8,-8,-4,-6,-7,-10,-4,-37,0,-17,-10,-16,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,7,7,7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. Nf3 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Qd5.White has an edge.} (8. a4 {looks sharper.} b4 9. Bd5 c6 10. Ba2 Bg7 11. Nf3) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 {0-1 (31) Kramnik,V (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 8... Nxb3 9. axb3 {Black must now prevent Qd5.} Bg7 10. c4 Ne7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 d6 14. cxb5 (14. Bf4 {is interesting.} b4 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. Rae2) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxb5 Qd7 17. Nc3 Re8 18. b4 Bb7 19. b5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 {aiming for c4.} Qxb5 21. h3 Qc4 22. Re3 Ra8 23. Nd2 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4 25. c4 f5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf7 28. f3 Ra1 29. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Rb1 30. Re3 $1 Nd5 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Rc3 Bxb3 33. Rxc7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke6 34. Kh2 Bd5 35. Bg5 Rb7 36. Rxb7 (36. Rc1 {is more complex.} Bb3 37. Kg3 Ba4 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Kf4) 36... Bxb7 37. Kg3 Ba6 38. h4 h5 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. Ke5 Bf1 41. g3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,0,0,0,0,0,-10,35,29,32,0,12,0,0,0,8,-7,18,14,14,0,20,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,0,187,172,172,0,144,0,0,0,0,-31,-31,-158,-37,-37,-35,-29,0,0,0,-38,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bb6 8. Nd2 (8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 h6 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 {1-0 (35) Anand,V (2768)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nf3 d6 11. h3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. d4 Qf6 15. Be3 $146 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. b4 Re7 20. Bb3 Kg7 21. a4 a5 22. b5 Bd7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf8 26. Red1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Rd7 {Black must now prevent bxc6.} cxb5 29. axb5 Kh8 (29... b6 $11) 30. Rxb7 ({White should try} 30. Rxf7 $16 Qd6 31. Bd5 (31. Rxb7 Bb6 $11)) 30... Qd6 $2 (30... Be7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Rxf7 $18 ({Not} 31. Bxf7 Qc5 $11) 31... Bb6 {[#]} 32. Nh4 $2 (32. Bd5 $1 $18) 32... a4 {[#]} (32... Bd8 $1 $11 33. Nf3 a4 34. Bxa4 Bb6) 33. Bxa4 ({Only move:} 33. Bd5 $1 $16) 33... Qe6 $11 34. Rb7 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Qa2.} 35. Bc2 Qa2 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37. Rc7 (37. Nxe5 Bd6 $17) 37... Bb6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b6]} Bc5 (38... Bxf2+ $5 39. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 40. Kg1 Qxe4 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nc8+ Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kg5 $15) 39. Rc7 ({Much weaker is} 39. Nxe5 Bd6 $17) 39... Bb6 40. Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b6]} Bc5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 63%.} (40... Bxf2+ $5 41. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 42. Kg1 Qxe4 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nc6+ Kf6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,27,41,24,13,18,21,11,20,14,25,14,27,27,13,24,43,4,8,7,2,0,1,13,0,0,0,-31,-24,-41,-38,-32,-38,-24,-33,-53,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-19,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-15,-29970,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,-19,-12,-16,-75,-59,-374,-374,-374,-374,-29966,-29968,-29971,-29972,-29969,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bd6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 8. O-O-O {And now Ndb5! would win.} Be5 $1 9. g3 {The position is equal.} Nge7 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 {Threatens to win with Nxc6.} Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rb8 14. e5 Bb7 15. Bg2 $146 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 b4 17. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Rhd1.} O-O 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Nd6 a5 21. Qxd5 a4 22. Kb1 Qc6 23. f5 b3 (23... Rb6 {feels hotter.} 24. h4 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc6 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Rc3) 24. Qxc6 $1 dxc6 25. cxb3 axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatening ...Rfd8. KRR-KRN} 26. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7]} fxe6 27. fxe6 {Black must now prevent e7.} Rfd8 {...bxa2+ is the strong threat.} 28. e7 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7]} 29. Re1 Rxd6 30. e8=R+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ {KR-KR} Kf7 {[%cal Rd6d1]} 32. Re1 bxa2+ 33. Kxa2 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxh2 {With the idea ...Rg2.} 35. Rxc6 h5 36. Kb1 Rh3 37. Rc3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 38. b4 h4 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. gxh4 Rxh4 41. Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rc6+ $15 Kh5 42. Rb6) 41... g4 $19 42. Rb8 {[#]} Rh7 $1 {Hoping for ...g3.} 43. Kc2 $2 (43. Rf8 $19 Rb7 44. Kc2) 43... g3 {Black mates.} 44. Rg8+ Rg7 45. Re8 g2 46. Re1 Kf5 47. Rg1 {[#]} Rg3 $1 48. b5 Kg4 49. b6 Kh3 50. b7 Rg8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,80,5,0,19,0,0,-6,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-44,-24,-26,-6,-20,44,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,17,18,20,20,16,13,35,13,13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 e6 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. a4 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. a5 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} e5 {B85: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} (15... Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Bf3 e5 18. Rf2 Bd8 19. fxe5 Bxb6 20. Rd2 Be3 21. Rxd6 Qe7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bg4 {0-1 (54) Sukandar,I (2418)-Van Wely,L (2657) Vlissingen 2016}) 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Bf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. Nd4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 19. exd5 Nfxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxc2 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (66) Tokhirjonova,G (2328)-Saduakassova,D (2423) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxc2 $1 21. Nxc2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 {[#] Und Sd4 würde nun gewinnen.} Rxc2 23. Bc3 $1 Bc4 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 {Lxf6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Bg5 {[#]} 27. Bd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd2 28. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Re8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 29. Kg1 g6 30. Bxb7 Re5 31. b4 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 $1 33. Bxa6 Bxb4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rb2+ 36. Rc2 Rb3 37. Bc4 Ra3 38. a6 f5 39. Ra2 Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Rxa2 {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,96,25,20,16,18,17,13,34,10,10,10,10,7,12,10,10,12,10,11,13,15,6,11,10,13,20,14,33,20,26,17,22,10,14,14,20,4,14,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,9,-8,-7,-16,-8,-16,-18,-30,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 {D96: Grünfeld: Russian System (5 Qb3): sidelines} c5 8. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. f3 O-O 14. Be3 a6 {[#]} 15. Kf2 $146 Ne8 16. Rhd1 Nc7 17. Bb6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Rd2 e6 20. g3 Na8 21. Be3 Nc7 22. g4 Kf8 23. h4 Ke8 24. h5 Rd8 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Ke3 e5 28. f4 f6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Nb5 {aiming for ...Nxc3.} 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. Rh2 b5 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ Kd8 36. b3 b4 37. Ne2 Rxd3+ $1 38. Kxd3 Bxe4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 39. Kd2 {[#] Ng3 is the strong threat.} Bxf5 40. Ra7 Bc8 {With the idea ...Bb7.} 41. Ng3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32] next ...f4 is good for Black.} 42. Rg7 f4 43. Nh5 Ne4+ 44. Ke2 Be6 45. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Nd2+ 46. Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Kf3 Nd2+ 48. Kf2 Ne4+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,105,21,24,25,28,29,41,45,79,79,79,69,77,70,70,67,76,69,70,67,81,85,85,75,80,39,83,77,80,80,229,232,260,253,305,307,307,308,391,65,377,376,347,151,157,161,154,157,330,333,323,317,286,306,381,358,352,369,389,382,380,356,476,447,527,529,525,497,510,482,474,467,437,368,440,429,541,536,1250,857,4718,4393,4718,4718,4714,4710,29963,29963,29967,29971,29971,29973,29973,29974,29974,29974]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nc6 8. Qb3 (8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qd7 13. Rb1 Na5 {1-0 (43) Pantsulaia,L (2612)-Kuzubov,Y (2699) Riadh 2017}) 8... a6 9. Nh4 {White is slightly better.} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. e4 Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. g5 Ng8 14. exd5 exd5 {1-0 (29) Rozum,I (2590)-Baghdasaryan,V (2440) Yerevan 2017}) 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 11. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (11... dxc4 12. Qxb7) 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ne7 16. Bg5 (16. Bxb7 $2 c6 $19) 16... c6 17. Rae1 {Bxg6 is the strong threat.} Qa5 18. Bxe7 Qh5 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh5h2]} 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bf5 {Strongly threatening Rxe6+!} Rh6 (20... Kf8 $16 21. Bxe6 gxh4) 21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g5]} (21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 $15) 21... gxf4 22. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kd7 {[#]} 24. Rfe1 $1 {Threatening mate with Re7+!} (24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. c4 b6 $16) 24... Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kc7 26. Be7 Bxe7 {[#]} 27. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (27. g4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qb5 28. Re5 (28. Qxe7+ Kb6 $18)) 27... Kb6 $16 28. Qe5 ({Don't take} 28. Qxg7 $6 fxg3 29. Qxg3 Rh8 $14) ({Stronger than} 28. gxf4 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kf2 Qxf4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Rh8 $11) 29... Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kf2 Qxf4+ 32. Ke2 Rh8 $11) 31... Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 28... Qxe5 29. Rxe5 $18 {KR-KR} Rf8 $2 (29... fxg3 $16 30. hxg3 Rf8) 30. g4 g6 31. Kg2 f3+ 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kxf3 Rxh2 34. Re2 Rh1 35. Kf4 Rg1 36. Kg5 a5 37. a4 Kc7 38. Re7+ Kc8 39. Re5 b6 40. Re4 Rb1 41. Re2 Rg1 42. Rd2 Kc7 43. d5 cxd5 44. Rxd5 Ra1 45. Kxg6 Rxa4 46. g5 Ra2 47. Rb5 Kc6 48. c4 Ra4 49. b3 {White mates.} Ra3 50. Kf6 a4 51. bxa4 Rxa4 52. g6 Rxc4 53. Rf5 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,121,33,29,57,43,43,47,51,50,27,23,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-19,-29,-18,-34,0,-36,-36,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-95,15,15,15,10,62,64,131,35,33,0,8,9,69,55,70,54,129,-14,-18,-21,-19,-81,-5,-11,25,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,102,56,43,58,217,222,304,277,282,284,299,289,275,302,298,281,318,216,209,213,231,231,240,211,216,231,659,658,1286,1275,1207,1084,5110,4935,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 (5... Qc8 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg7 13. f4 {½-½ (47) Wang,H (2734)-Svidler,P (2759) Almaty 2016}) 6. g3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Nc6 7. Bg2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bd7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Nh5 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bb2 {½-½ (31) Genov,P (2272)-Tonchev,M (2282) Sunny Beach 2014}) 10... Na5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qh6 {Intending Ng5 and mate.} f6 ({Worse is} 15... Bxc3 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7#) 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rf7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Qd2 Nb7 20. e4 Bd7 21. Nh4 Re8 22. f4 Qh6 23. Qd3 e5 24. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 25. f5 Bc8 26. Rf1 (26. Bf3 $11) 26... gxf5 (26... Nd8 $17 27. h3 g5) 27. Nxf5 $11 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nd8 (28... Qc1+ $11 29. Rf1 Qh6) 29. Bf3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re6 (29... Re5 $14) 30. Bh5 (30. Rf4 $16) 30... Rfe7 31. Bd2 Qg7 32. Rf4 {Black must now prevent Rg4.} Kh8 ({Black should play} 32... Re5 $11 33. Rg4 Rg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Bxg5 fxg5) 33. Bg4 Re5 34. Qxd6 Nf7 (34... Ne6 $14 35. Rxf6 Qxf6) 35. Qxf6 (35. Qc6 $1 $16) 35... Qxf6 $11 36. Rxf6 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} Rxe4 37. Bf3 {[#]} (37. Bh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg7 38. Bc3) 37... R4e6 (37... Kg7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg7f6]} 38. Rc6 R4e6) 38. Rf4 (38. Bc3 {feels hotter.} Kg8 39. Rf5 h6 40. Bd5 Re2 41. Bf6) 38... Kg8 39. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 40. Kg2 Ke8 41. Kh3 Ne5 42. Bd5 Ng6 (42... Rd6 $11) 43. Rf1 Rd6 $1 44. h5 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (44... Nf8 $1 $14) 45. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5e7]} h6 46. Bxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 47. Rf5 Nd7 48. Rf7+ Ke8 {Hoping for ...Rxd5!} 49. Rg7 b5 50. g4 Nb6 51. Be4 bxc4 52. bxc4 ({Don't play} 52. Rxa7 $6 c3 $16) 52... Kf8 53. Rxa7 Nxc4 54. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rd4 55. Bg6 Ne3 $2 (55... Ne5 56. Bf5 c4) 56. a5 Nxg4 {and the idea ...Ne5 leaves Black hopeful.} 57. a6 Ne5 58. Rc7 Rd8 59. a7 Nc4 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Rb7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,-28,-27,-30,-38,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-29,-29,-24,-24,-22,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-33,-33,-43,-46,-25,-25,-23,-33,-27,-21,-23,-24,-16,-26,-3,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,34,-106,-80,-119,-111,-118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 bxa4 11. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 109 Partien} Bg4 {C84: Spanische Partie (Mittelgambit)} (11... Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 d5 15. Qxa4 Re8 16. Bf4 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Rxb2 18. Qd3 Bb4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nc3 Qa8 21. Bxc7 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxa2 {½-½ (30) Vogt,L (2398)-Jenni,F (2453) Switzerland 2016}) 12. Qd3 Qd7 (12... O-O $2 13. Nc6 $18) (12... Bd7 {feels hotter.} 13. Nc3 O-O 14. h3 Re8 15. Qf3 Rb8) 13. h3 Be6 $1 14. Qe2 Nd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... O-O 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Kf7 19. Re2 {0-1 (83) Medvegy,N (2235)-Csom,E (2130) Budapest 1995}) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Bxb4 ({Jedoch nicht} 18. Qxe6 $2 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 $19) 18... Rxb4 19. Nc3 O-O 20. a3 Rb3 (20... Rbb8 {looks sharper.} 21. c5 d5 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxc5 24. Re2 d4) 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bf6 23. Nxa4 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 (24. Rb1 {is more complex.} Rxf2 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Re4 Rc2 27. Nxb2 Rbxb2 28. Rf1+) 24... Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 25. f3 Rc2 26. Re4 Rb8 27. Rd1 Rbb2 28. Rg4 h5 29. Rg5 Rxc4 30. Rxh5 Rb5 31. Rhd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 {KT-KT} Ra4 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Re3+ Kf6 36. Rd3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5h4][%mdl 32]} 37. g4 Ke6 38. Re3+ Kd5 39. h4 (39. Re8 $14 {bleibt weiter vorne.}) 39... gxh4 $17 40. g5 {[#] Schwarz muss nun g6 beachten.} Rf4 $1 41. Re7 Rf5 (41... c5 $17 {Und ...Tf5 würde nun gewinnen.} 42. Re1 Rf8) 42. Rxc7 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rxg5 {Droht ...h3 und aus.} 43. Rh7 Ke6 44. Rxh4 Rc5 45. Ke2 Rb5 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,168,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-2,-2,-3,-16,8,9,12,5,20,-10,0,0,0,0,10,13,14,-6,0,0,202,190,229,235,226,226,230,210,332,207,210,210,218,218,218,218,218,218,218,218,218,218,217,218,217,217,217,0,217,217,217,217,217,217,217,206,206,206,204,204,207,191,207,191,191,191,192,192,192,0,192,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,153,152,153,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-1,-8,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,0,-42,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bc1 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} 17. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 c6 22. f3 Nf6 23. f4 c5 24. g4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 {½-½ (32) Tochacek,M (2565)-Kramer,S (2520) ICCF email 2002}) 17... Ne4 18. Nf4 c6 {The position is equal.} 19. Qe2 a5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6 22. Rc2 Bxf4 23. exf4 Ne4 24. Qc1 Qd7 25. Ba3 Nd6 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Ba6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Qe5 f6 $2 {[#]} (30... Qa3 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. Qe6+ $18 Kf8 32. Rxc6 Qxe6 33. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Stronger than} 33. Rxe6 Bc8 $17) 33... Rb8 34. Bxd5 Re8 (34... Bb5 $142) 35. Re6 ({Don't do} 35. Rxb6 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Bf1+ 37. Kf3 Be2+ 38. Ke3 Bf1+ 39. Kf3 Be2+ 40. Ke3 Bc4+ 41. Kd2 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Bd3 $18) 35... Rxe6 36. Bxe6 {KB-KB} Bd3 37. Bc4 Bb1 38. a4 Be4 39. h4 Bf3 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Ke1 Bg4 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. Kd2 Bg4 $1 45. Kc3 Bd1 46. Bd3 h6 47. Bc4 Ke7 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. f5 Bf3 50. Ke3 Bh5 51. f3 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. g4 Be8 54. Ke4 Bc6+ 55. Kf4 Be8 $1 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. hxg5 Ke7 58. Kg4 Kd6 59. Be6 Ke7 60. f4 Kd6 61. d5 $2 (61. Bc4 $16) 61... Ke7 62. Kf3 Bh5+ 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4 Bd1 65. Kc3 Kc5 66. Kd2 Bf3 ({Don't blunder} 66... Bxb3 $2 {[#]} 67. d6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 67. Kd3 Bd1 68. Kc3 Bf3 69. d6 Kxd6 70. b4 axb4+ 71. Kxb4 Bc6 72. Bc8 Be4 73. Be6 Bc6 74. Bf7 Bd7 75. Bg6 Kd5 76. gxf6 gxf6 77. Bf7+ Ke4 78. Be6 Bc6 79. Bc8 Kxf4 80. Be6 Ke5 81. Bc8 Kd6 82. Be6 Be8 83. Bc8 Bc6 84. Be6 Ke5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Palachev, Petr"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,30,43,44,46,43,48,43,49,41,57,54,82,70,74,66,68,75,76,35,41,45,49,44,35,16,9,4,14,7,4,-26,-29,-36,-29,-56,-57,-145,-106,-96,-85,-181,-185,-183,-194,-262,-259,-265,-268,-262,-259,-284,-284,-785,-773,-1210,-825,-1673,-1675,-2043,-1419]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Rd1 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} Nc7 9. Bf3 Be6 10. d5 {White is slightly better.} (10. b3 Qc8 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nge2 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qd8 {½-½ (49) Le,Q (2726)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Danzhou 2017}) 10... Bd7 11. Nge2 cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. h4 h5 13. e5 Nh7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nf4 Nxg5 16. hxg5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 {1-0 (57) Jones,B (2245)-Rivas Romero,G (2172) ICCF email 2016}) 12. cxd5 Bb5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qb4 a6 16. a4 Nc7 $1 17. Nd4 a5 18. Qa3 ({Don't go for} 18. Qxb7 $2 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 $19) 18... Nc5 19. Nb3 N7a6 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Be2 Bd4 24. b3 e5 25. Kh1 (25. dxe6 $15 fxe6 26. g3) 25... f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Bg4 (27. g3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 27... Rxf2 $19 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Be6+ (29. Qc1 $142) 29... Kg7 30. Rf1 Qh4 31. Qb2 {[#]} Rf8 $1 32. Qe2 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 33. g4 $2 (33. Bd7) 33... e3 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kg2 Qf6 {White must now prevent ...Qe5.} 35. Rc1 Qe5 {[#] ( -> ...Qe4+)} 36. Qd3 Qf4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,139,14,31,-7,0,0,0,-5,15,10,15,9,7,7,29,32,42,28,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,8,10,14,12,10,56,33,55,53,75,74,65,43,43,43,43,43,44,45,45,34,34,34,43,44,50,43,43,43,47,39,44,25,26,26,26,27,31,28,28,27,20,31,25,23,56,11,15,15,15,17,14,13,15,15,12,8,39,31,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 9. e3 Bb6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9... Re8 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. h3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Bh7 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Ng4 Nxg4+ 18. hxg4 {1-0 (57) Navara,D (2732)-Balogh,C (2632) Czech Republic 2018}) 10. b3 Re8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. h3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Bh7 14. Ng1 Kh8 15. Nge2 Rad8 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. e4 {½-½ (76) Gual Pascual,A (2432)-Fluvia Poyatos,J (2512) Barcelona 2015}) 11... Bf5 12. Rd2 Qc8 13. Re1 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Rd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxe4.} Nc6 19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 21. Rdd1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qe4 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. Qb3 Red8 26. Nf4 Kh8 27. Bc3 cxb4 28. Bxb4 Bc5 29. Qb1 (29. Bxc5 {with more complications.} dxc5 30. Qb1 Qc6 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 b6 33. Rb1) 29... Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Rd7 32. Reb1 Ra7 33. Rd1 Nc6 34. Rb6 Ra5 35. Rb5 Kg8 36. Ne6 Rxb5 37. cxb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd8 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ne6 40. Nd5 f5 41. h3 Rd8 42. g4 g6 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Nb6 Rd8 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rd5 f4+ 47. exf4 Nc7 48. Rh5 Kg6 49. Kg4 d5 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Kf3 d4 52. Rc5 Ne6 53. Rh5 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.The position is equal.} 54. Rd5 ({Don't blunder} 54. Rxh6+ $2 Kg7 $19) 54... d2 55. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11 {KN-KN} 56. Ke2 Kf5 57. Kxd2 {aiming for Ke3.} (57. Nd5 {feels hotter.} Nf7 58. Kxd2 Nd6 59. Ke3 Nxb5 60. Kd3) 57... Kxf4 58. Kd3 Kf3 59. Kd4 Kxf2 60. Kd5 Kg3 61. Kd6 Kxh3 62. Nd5 {[#]} Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Kc7 (63. bxc6 bxc6) 63... Na5 64. Ne3 h5 65. Kb6 Nb3 66. Kxb7 h4 67. b6 Kg3 68. Kc7 Nc5 69. Kc6 Na6 70. Nf5+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,15,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... g6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Bb7 15. cxb4 Bxd5 {0-1 (29) Anand,V (2776)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2811) Bastia 2016}) 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,-37,-30,-37,-38,-41,0,-118,0,0,9,-14,0,0,-5,-9,0,-13,-13,-22,-13,-20,-11,-13,0,-14,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 10. e3 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 12. e3 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Qd1 Rc7 17. Ne2 {½-½ (44) Duda,J (2717)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh 2017}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Be1 Rac8 15. Rac1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc7 16. Qd3 Rfc8 17. Qb1 {1-0 (64) Glud,J (2514)-Skytte,R (2431) Kolding 2013}) 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} e5 {[#] And now ...b4 would win.} 18. Bg2 b4 19. Ne2 e4 20. Qb1 b3 21. f3 {[#]} (21. Rc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... exf3 (21... Nb4 $1 $17 22. Rxc8 (22. fxe4 dxe4 23. a5 Qb7 $17) 22... Rxc8) 22. Bxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nb4 23. Bxb4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb4 25. Nc3 Qa5 26. Qd3 Bb4 27. Kg2 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxa4 29. Rxb3 Rc8 (29... Qc6 {seems wilder.} 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Rc3 Qd6 32. Rc5 g6) 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 g5 32. g4 Kg7 33. h3 a5 34. Kf2 Qa1 35. Kg2 Qa4 36. Qc1 Qb3 37. Kf2 Qd3 38. Ke1 Ne4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 40. Kf2 $1 Qd3 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kf2 Kh7 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Qc6+ Kg7 45. Qc1 Kg6 46. Qc6+ Kg7 47. Qc1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,18,13,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-666,-643,-572,-443,-524,-118,-110,-114,-72,80,-22,200,190,177,76,222,79,71,6,6,-22,-27,-19,0,0,0,0,19,-93,-117,-454,-182,-189,-189,-195,-187,-189,-189,-186,-182,-188,-182,-210,-208,-175,-182,-284,-284,-310,-310,-310,-310,-513,-513,-513,-513,-513,-513,-513,-458,-767,-594,-1473,-1299,-1546,-4689,-5916,-5916]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 Qg6 9. O-O d5 {C45: Scotch Game} 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} (10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5c6 13. Qd2 Qxe4 14. f3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 {1-0 (63) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 172 Extra [CB]}) 11. Bg3 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4] aiming for ...h4.The position is equal.} 12. Ba4+ c6 {Hoping for ...Bxg2!} 13. exd5 {[#]} Bxg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h4 14. dxc6 N5xc6 15. gxh3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rxh3 17. Kg2 {½-½ (27) Piorun,K (2681)-Inarkiev,E (2686) Gjakova 2016}) 14. Kxg2 {And now Bc2 would win.} h4 15. dxc6 O-O-O $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g6]} Nd3 $1 17. cxb7+ $1 Kxb7 18. Qb3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Nd2 $11) 18... Bb6 $19 19. Qd1 {Threatening Qf3+.} hxg3 20. Qf3+ Rd5 $2 (20... Nd5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 21. Qxg3 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Bxd4) 21. fxg3 $17 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} (21... Bxd4 22. Bb3 $14) 22. Qe2 Bc7 $2 (22... Kb8 $1 $17 {stays on course. Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 23. Nd2 Ng4) 23. Kg1 (23. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2g6]} Qg4 24. Be4 Qxe2+ 25. Nxe2) 23... Nd3 $2 (23... Ng4 $1 $11 24. Qxe7 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Nxh2) 24. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3d3]} ({Not} 24. Qxe7 Rxh2 25. Bc6+ Kb8 $11) 24... Ne5 25. Bb3 (25. Nd2 $18) 25... Rc5 (25... Rxd4 $16 26. cxd4 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3+ Kb8) 26. Nd2 (26. Rf2 $18 {is more deadly.}) 26... Nxf3+ $16 27. Qxf3+ (27. N2xf3 $16 Nc6 28. Bc2) 27... Kb8 $11 28. Re1 ({Don't play} 28. Qxf7 Bxg3 29. Qxg6 Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 Nxg6 $17) 28... Nf5 29. Bd5 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Rb5 31. Nb3 Qd6 32. Nc5 {[#]} (32. Bc6 $11 {remains equal.} Rbh5 33. Ba8) 32... Rd8 $1 $17 33. Qxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Rc1 $17 Rb6 34. Be4 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1) 33... Rxc5 (33... Qxd5 $142 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 34. dxc5 $19 Qxc5+ ({Much less strong is} 34... Qxd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. b4 $17) 35. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Re8.} Qxd5+ 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 37. Re2 Be5 38. Kf3 Bf6 39. h4 Kc7 40. b3 Kc6 41. Kf4 (41. Rh2 $142) 41... Kb5 42. Rc2 a5 43. Rc8 Kb4 44. Rc4+ $2 {[#]} (44. g4) 44... Ka3 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ra4+ Kb2 {Strongly threatening ...Rd4+.} 46. Ke3 Bc3 47. g4 Bb4 48. h5 (48. Ke4 $142 Rb5 49. Kd4) 48... Ba3 49. Re4 Kxa2 50. Re8 Kxb3 51. Ke4 Rb5 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,10,10,33,23,31,27,45,35,63,63,60,54,53,66,60,71,55,57,54,51,41,33,37,27,33,28,97,102,151,151,144,129,142,139,237,231,230,225,269,269,264,262,301,301,307,299,354,282,281,263,308,309,309,297,306,304,309,284,291,295,506,363,436,468,603,553,908,979,920,871,894,827,1172,1188,1143,1045,1254,991,2423,2152,2247,2031]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. bxc4 Bg7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 {LiveBook: 58 Games} Qd6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nd2 Bd7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. h3 Be6 16. Ba3 b6 17. Nc3 {0-1 (59) Kosten,A (2540)-Michelakis,G (2432) West Bromwich 2003}) 12. Nd5 Rab8 13. e3 Ne7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {Rab1 is the strong threat.} Bf5 18. Rab1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a3]} 19. Bxc5 Bxe4 $1 20. Bxe7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e4 (21... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. dxe4 $16 Qe6 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. c5 {[#] aiming for Qd5.} Qxe4+ 25. f3 Qe6 (25... Qc6 $16 26. Qb4 Rbc8) 26. Qf2 $18 Rbc8 27. Rxb7 Bf8 28. Bxf8 (28. Rxa7 $6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 $16) 28... Kxf8 29. Rc1 (29. Rxa7 $6 Rxc5 30. Qb2 Kg8 $18) 29... Rd3 30. Qb2 {[%cal Rb2h8] [#]} (30. Rxa7 $6 Rxe3 31. Rc2 Rc6 $18) 30... Kg8 31. e4 (31. Rxa7 Qxe3 32. Rc2 Qxf3+ 33. Kh3 Rd5 34. Qg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rc4 Rh5+ 37. Rh4 Rxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Qh5#) 31... h5 32. Rb3 ({Don't play} 32. Rxa7 Rcd8 $18) 32... Rd7 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 35. Qb2 Qc6 36. Qc3 Qb5 37. Rc2 Rd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rb5f1]} 38. Rf2 Qb1 $2 (38... Qc6 39. Qb3 Rd7) 39. Qb3 Rg1+ 40. Kh3 {White is clearly winning.} Qxb3 41. axb3 {KR-KR} Rb1 42. Rc2 Rxb3 43. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent c7.} Rb8 44. Ra2 ({Weaker is} 44. c7 Rc8 $18) 44... Kg7 45. c7 Rc8 46. Rxa7 Kf8 47. Kh4 f6 48. f4 Ke7 49. e5 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Mokshanov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,65,0,0,29,12,27,20,22,20,10,30,96,95,87,87,87,89,97,95,97,88,86,89,96,88,89,88,87,83,71,91,191,195,192,181,170,166,411,420,421,418,478,477,464,470,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd1d8]} b6 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} 10. Qd6 $1 Bd7 (10... bxa5 11. Rd1 $16) 11. Bc3 f6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Ne7 13. O-O-O Qxe2 (13... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Rhe1 (14. Bd3 Qg4 $11) 14... Qg6) 14. Qxd7+ $16 Kf7 15. Rhe1 Qxc4 16. Re3 $1 Rhe8 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} (16... Qxa2 $2 17. Ne5+ fxe5 18. Rf3+ Kg6 19. Qxe7 $18) 17. b3 {[#]} Qg4 $146 {aiming for ...Red8.} 18. h3 Qf4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 19. Rd4 $1 (19. Qxe6+ $6 Kf8 $11) 19... Qh6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} ({Don't go for} 21. Rd7 $2 Nc5 $19) 21... c5 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Kb2 Rc6 (23... Nb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Qd7 $18 Rc7 25. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a6]} Nb8 26. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] And now g5 would win.} Nbc6 $2 {[#]} (26... Nec6) 27. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6][%mdl 512]} fxg5 ({But not} 27... Qg6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Qf4) 28. Qg4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 30. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6h6]} (30. Nxd4 Kg8 $11) 30... Ng6 (30... g6 $18 31. Nxg5 Kg8) 31. Qf5+ {White mates.} Rf7 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,133,-4,0,0,26,26,47,-5,0,-4,15,0,-5,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,3,5,12,34,39,46,58,63,64,95,98,75,90,114,111,135,112,190,217,196,204,190,176,393,389,358,184,177,177,565,574,673,670,769,784,882,850,1112,959,1201,1104,768,743,4389,3706,3304,3084,29965,29966,29966,29967,29967,29968,29968,29969,29970,29970,29972,29973,29973,29974,29973,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29976,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} (13... O-O 14. Ne4 c5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. Rg6 {½-½ (38) Saric,I (2662)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Heraklio 2017}) 14. c4 Rd8 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bf4 Rfe8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rhe1 $146 (19. Ne4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. f4 {0-1 (49) Mukhina,J (2125)-Nechaeva,M (2428) Satka 2016}) 19... Qc7 20. Ne4 {[%cal Bg3e4,Be4d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 21. Nd2 f6 $1 22. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Qf5+ 28. Nd3 Kf7 29. g4 Qf6 30. Qe4 Bc7 31. Nc5 Bb6 32. Nxb7 Qxf2 {[#] aiming for ...Bd4.} 33. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Qf1+.} 34. Qxe6 Qd2 {[#]} (34... Qg1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Kc2 Qf2+ 36. Kb3 Bd4) 35. Qd6+ $1 $18 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bc7 37. Nf5 Be5 $2 (37... c5 38. Kc2 Kf7) 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Nh4 (39. b4 $142) 39... Bf6 40. Nf3 Ke6 $2 (40... g6 41. hxg6+ Kxg6) 41. b4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Bb2 43. Nd4 Ba1 44. Ke4 a6 45. a4 Bb2 46. c5+ Kd7 47. Kd3 Ba1 48. Kc4 Bb2 49. b5 cxb5+ 50. axb5 {White mates.} axb5+ 51. Nxb5 Ke6 52. c6 Be5 53. Kd3 Bf6 54. Ke4 Bb2 55. c7 Kd7 56. Kf5 Ba1 57. Kg6 Be5 58. Kf7 Kc8 59. Ke6 Bf4 60. Nd6+ Kxc7 61. Ne8+ Kd8 62. Nxg7 Bc1 63. Kf7 Kd7 64. Nf5 Bd2 65. Kg6 Ke8 66. Nxh6 Kf8 67. Nf7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ $146 Ke8 11. Bf7+ Kd7 12. Be6+ Ke8 13. Bf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,85,70,70,83,39,39,37,41,32,31,20,71,74,101,81,153,152,152,147,140,136,158,139,149,153,143,141,160,162,199,204,166,144,309,306,320,266,308,319,468,481,483,480,464,433,464,400,595,533,992,987,972,985,960,943,1026,1000,1959,1452]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Nc7 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (12... Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 Bc5 15. Nd3 Bd4 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxf1 18. Qd4 Qb5 19. Qxd7+ Kf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Nd7+ Ke8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nd7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd7+ {½-½ (25) Hector,J (2539)-Banusz,T (2580) Germany 2013}) 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 16. Qd6 (16. g3 {feels hotter.} a5 17. Nd3 Qa7 18. Bg2 Na6 19. Qg1) 16... Qxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb6 17. Nd3 Ne8 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. g3 Bb7 20. Bg2 {1-0 (38) Belkhodja,S (2468)-Ayyad,M (2074) Dubai 2005}) 17. exd6 Ne8 18. Rd1 a5 19. Ke3 a4 (19... g6 $11) 20. b4 $1 $16 a3 21. Rd4 $1 c5 ({Black should try} 21... g5) 22. bxc5 Bb7 23. Be2 Bxg2 24. Rb1 Nf6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Kxf3 Rfc8 27. Rb5 Ra7 {[#]} 28. Nd3 $1 Ne4 {[#]} 29. Rxe4 $1 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kf7 $2 (30... g6 $16) 31. Ne5+ Kf6 32. Kd4 Rd8 33. h4 Rc8 (33... g6 {is a better defense.} 34. Rb6 Rda8) 34. Rb6 Rd8 35. c6 dxc6 36. Kc5 Ra5+ 37. Kxc6 Kf5 (37... Rda8 $142 38. Rb7 Kf5 39. Rf7+ Ke4) 38. Kc7 {White is clearly winning.} Rda8 39. Nc6 Ra4 40. c5 (40. d7 Rxc4 41. Kb7 Rf8 $16) 40... Rc4 41. Rb5 ({Less strong is} 41. d7 Rxc5 42. Kb7 Rh8 $18) 41... Kxf4 42. d7 e5 43. Rb4 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2018.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadykov, Ramil"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,10,0,0,2,39,-19,-22,-17,-12,-30,-11,-20,-10,-7,0,0,-4,-16,0,-11,0,0,0,6,3,0,38,47,50,23,58,66,77,61,88,0,0,0,67,70,65,69,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b3 Ne7 {C68: Spanische Partie (Abtauschvariante)} (9... Qe7 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf2 {½-½ (44) Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Carlsen,M (2850) Reykjavik 2015}) 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Ng6 11. Nc4 Be7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15. g3 Rhe8 16. Rfe1 {1-0 (50) Neulinger,M (2246)-Hicker,H (2066) Schwarzach 2011}) 12. Qxd8+ ({Besser ist} 12. Qc3 $14) 12... Rxd8 $11 13. Ne3 Kf7 14. Rad1 (14. Nd4 {feels hotter.} Bc5 15. Rfd1 Bc8 16. f3 Rhe8 17. Kf2) 14... Bc8 (14... h5 {is more complex.} 15. Nd4 Bc8 16. f3 Bc5 17. Kf2 h4) 15. g3 Rxd1 (15... Bb4 {looks sharper.} 16. a3 Be7 17. Kg2 h5 18. b4 c5) 16. Rxd1 Re8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Bf8 19. f3 g6 20. Ne2 b5 21. Kf2 Bd6 22. Bc3 c5 23. Nf4 h5 24. h4 Rd8 25. Nfd5 b4 26. Bb2 Re8 27. Nxf6 (27. a3 $16) 27... Kxf6 28. f4 {[#] Sc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Kf7 (28... Ke6 $1 $11) 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 31. Rd8 (31. Kf3 $14) 31... Bb7 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 32. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 {[%cal Re8d7]} 33. Rxc7 Bxe4 34. Ra7 Re6 35. Rc7 Bc6 36. Ra7 Bb5 37. Kf3 Bc6+ 38. Kf2 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Bb5+ 40. Nc4 $1 Re6+ 41. Kf3 Kd8 42. a4 Bxc4 43. bxc4 {KT-KT} Rd6 44. Ke3 Rd4 45. Rxa6 Rxc4 46. Rxg6 Rxc2 47. Kd3 b3 48. a5 c4+ (48... Kc7 $5 49. Rb6 $8 Ra2 $11) 49. Kd4 b2 50. Rb6 {[#] Und a6 würde nun gewinnen.} Kc7 {Droht stark ...c3.} (50... c3 $5 51. a6 $8 Rc1 $14) 51. Rb4 Rg2 (51... c3 $5 52. a6 $8 Rc1 $16) 52. Kxc4 Rxg3 {( -> ...Tg4+)} 53. Rxb2 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

