[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Borner, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. a4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. Nd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Bxf4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Ng6 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 a6 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Bd3 Qe5 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Rae1 Qd4 22. Qg3 Rae8 23. Qxd6 Bc8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ne2 Qe3 26. Ng3 Qg5 27. Qxc5 f4 28. Ne4 Qh4 29. d6 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Simon, Ralf-Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. b4 Rxb7 11. bxa5 Nxc5 12. Ba3 Nce4 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ba6 Rb8 16. O-O e6 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Kd7 19. Rb8 Nd6 20. Bc5 Ne8 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. Bxa7 Bd6 23. Bxc6+ Kxc6 24. Rb6+ Kd7 25. Nf3 Bc7 26. Rb3 Nd6 27. Ne5+ Kc8 28. a6 f6 29. Nc6 Kd7 30. Bb8 Kxc6 31. a7 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Buehler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Qd6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rc7 21. a5 Nc8 22. Nc5 Re8 23. b4 Nd6 24. Kb2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. b5 Nd6 27. bxc6 Rxc6 28. a6 Rec8 29. axb7 Nxb7 30. N3a4 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Ne4 32. Rxd5 Rc2+ 33. Ka3 Rxf2 34. Rb1+ Ka8 35. Rd7 Nc3 36. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kb4 Rc8 38. Ra1 Rb2+ 39. Ka5 Rcb8 40. Rd6 Rxg2 41. e4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Thomaschke, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qc1 Bf5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. Rd2 Be4 23. Red1 Rd5 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 a5 26. bxa5 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxa5 28. Rd3 b5 29. Nf3 Ra4 30. Kf1 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rb4 Ra6 33. Rbxd4 Rc6 34. e3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rec5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 Ra1 38. Rb7 Ra2 39. e4 Rc6 40. e5 Re2 41. Rf3 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgescu, Lena"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 b6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. e5 Nd7 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bh6 Nf6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd5 21. c3 Qf6 22. Nd2 Rfd8 23. g3 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qf5 25. Kg2 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Re2 Ra8 32. Ne1 Ra2 33. Kf1 Ra1 34. Rd2 g5 35. Ke2 f5 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Rd1 Ra2 38. Rd2 Nb6 39. b3 Ra3 40. Rb2 Nd5 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Ne1 Ra1 43. Nd3 Nf6 44. c4 Ne4+ 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. Rc2 Ra3 47. Rb2 Kc7 48. Nb4 h5 49. Nc2 Ra8 50. Ne3 bxc4 51. bxc4 Ra3 52. Rc2 f4 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. Nd1 f3+ 55. Ke1 Ra1 56. Rb2 Nc3 57. Rd2 Rc1 58. c5 dxc5 59. dxc5 Kc6 60. Rd3 Rxd1+ 61. Rxd1 Nxd1 62. Kxd1 Kxc5 63. h4 Kd4 64. Kd2 Ke4 65. Kc3 Kf4 66. Kd4 e5+ 67. Kd3 e4+ 68. Kd2 e3+ 69. fxe3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akermann, Thomas"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. d4 Nf5 12. d5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. O-O Bd7 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Rae1 Be5 19. Nd1 Rc7 20. Be4 Rfc8 21. Re2 Qa6 22. Ref2 Bb5 23. Kg2 Bxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxa2 25. Nf2 Qxb2 26. Qa5 b6 27. Qa6 Qd2 28. Kf3 Rc1 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 f5 34. d6 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bischofberger, Dario"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Ne1 Qd7 11. d3 b6 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. e4 Ba6 18. f4 Qe8 19. Kh1 f6 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Nd1 Rbd8 23. Ne3 f5 24. Rbd1 b5 25. Bc3 Bb7 26. Ba5 Rf8 27. Bc3 Qe8 28. N3c2 e5 29. exf5 Nd5 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nf3 Rxf5 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Rde2 Qa8 34. Re5 Rf8 35. Qe2 Nc3 36. Qf2 Bf6 37. Re6 Bd5 38. Ra6 Qc8 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. b4 cxb4 41. Nxb4 Re6 42. Nxd5 Nxd5 43. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 44. Nxe1 Nf6 45. Nf3 Rc1+ 46. Ng1 Qc5 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. d4 Qc3 49. Qe7 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drechsler, Christoph"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. a3 Qa4 22. f4 Rc8 23. h3 g6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qd3 Rcd8 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. Qe3 Qd7 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Qe4 Rc8 33. Qe3 b5 34. Qe4 a5 35. Qe3 a4 36. Qe4 b4 37. Qe3 b3 38. Qe4 h4 39. Kh1 Rc4 40. Qd3 Rc7 41. Qe4 Qf5 42. Qxf5 Rxf5 43. d5 exd5 44. Rxd5 Rxf4 45. R5d4 Rc4 46. Rxf4 Rxf4 47. Kh2 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Ke5 49. Ra6 Rc4 50. Ra7 f5 51. Ra6 g5 52. Ra5+ Ke4 53. Rb5 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Rh5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 a4 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc5 Qb6 15. O-O Bf8 16. Rb5 Qc7 17. Qa1 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. g4 Be6 21. Nd3 Nf6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 dxe4 25. Nc5 Bd5 26. Qb1 Bc6 27. Rb2 e5 28. Nxe4 exd4 29. exd4 Nd7 30. Bf3 Rc8 31. Be3 Bd5 32. Rb5 Bc6 33. Rb2 Bd5 34. Qd1 Ba3 35. Rb5 Bc6 36. Rb1 Qa5 37. Ng5 Nf6 38. Qd3 Bxf3 39. Nxf3 Qd5 40. Qxa3 Qxf3 41. Qd6 Kg7 42. g5 Nd5 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Rb8 Rxb8 45. Qxb8+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. a3 Kf8 48. Kh2 Kg8 49. Qg3 Qf5 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kf8 52. Kg3 Qxe5+ 53. dxe5 Ke7 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Nc3+ 56. Kd3 Nb5 57. Bc1 Kd5 58. Bb2 Kc5 59. h4 Kd5 60. f3 Kc5 61. f4 Kd5 62. h5 Nc7 63. h6 Nb5 64. Ke3 Nc7 65. Kd3 Nb5 66. Bc1 Kc5 67. f5 Kd5 68. e6 Nd6 69. exf7 Nxf7 70. fxg6 Ne5+ 71. Kc3 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Hugentobler, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3 Qc7 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Qg5 Qd8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Qc7 Bc8 19. Qb6 Qd8 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Be4 O-O 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 c5 24. Nc6 Qb7 25. Qxc5 Qxb2 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Qd4+ f6 28. Nxc8 Raxc8 29. Qd7+ Kh8 30. Rb1 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Zweifel, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxe5 Qa5 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bxg7 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Kxg7 21. Qg4 b4 22. Rd5 exd5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Rf1 f5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rf3 f4 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qxg4+ Kf6 33. Rxf4+ Ke5 34. Qg5+ Ke6 35. Qh6+ Ke5 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Qxf8 bxc3 38. Qg7+ Ke4 39. Qxc3 Qb6 40. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Curien, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bf5 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Na4 O-O 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxb7 Qb6 18. Qe7 c5 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Ne5 Rfe8 21. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Madiai, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh4 cxb2 14. Rb1 c5 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Rxb2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qb7 Bg7 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Qc6+ Qd7 21. Qxa8+ Ke7 22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Qxb8 Qc6 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Qc8 d3+ 26. Bf2 d2 27. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Florescu, Codrut-Constantin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. O-O-O g5 13. Kb1 Nf8 14. d4 Ng6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Rf1 b5 19. Qd2 b4 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 a5 22. Nd4 Nh4 23. Bh1 Ra6 24. f4 a4 25. fxg5 Ne5 26. Qf2 axb3 27. axb3 Rfa8 28. Rb1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Todorovic, Nenad I"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bg3 h5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bf4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf5 20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. c3 h4 23. f3 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wyss, Thomas"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Kh1 g6 18. Qf2 e5 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bf8 23. Qg3 Bg7 24. d6 e4 25. Bg4 f5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Be2 Qc6 28. Bc7 Be5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc7 31. dxc7 Qxc7 32. Bd5 Bc8 33. Bf7 Rf8 34. Be6 Qe7 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Rd5 Rb8 37. Qe3 Rxb2 38. Red1 Rb7 39. Qh6 Rb8 40. h3 Bg7 41. Qf4 Rf8 42. Rd7 Qxa3 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Qe5 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qh6 47. Qe6+ Kh8 48. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Krishna, C R G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,59,43,42,47,50,46,44,64,14,23,27,17,4,21,15,18,16,18,-22,-23,-27,-22,-37,-12,-12,-12,-10,-9,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. cxd5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} cxd5 7. Ne5 h6 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 11. Bb5 Bd6 ({Not} 11... axb5 $2 12. Nxb5 Bc5 13. Nxd7 $18 (13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Nxa7 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nd7 $15) (13. Rxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Ra6 $16)) 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 {[#]} 14. Na4 $146 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 15. Nc5+ Ke7 {[%cal Bd7e7,Be7f8,Bf8g8][%mdl 32]} 16. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Re8 17. e4 dxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. Qc3 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Kf8 20. O-O Kg8 21. Bf4 Rc7 {Strongly threatening ...e5!} 22. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 23. Qe3 a5 24. a3 Rec8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rca7 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rf2 Ra1+ 31. Rf1 Ra2 32. Rf2 Ra1+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne1 Bd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Ndf3 Ne6 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. Nd3 g5 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Bf3 f6 22. Qb2 Kg7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qa3 Nd2 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Bh5+ Kxh5 29. Qf7+ Kg4 30. h3+ Kf5 31. g4+ Ke4 32. Qe7+ Kd4 33. Qxf6+ Ke4 34. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. e4 Qc7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. b4 g5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. a4 g4 16. Ne1 Nde5 17. a5 h5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Bf4 h4 20. Nc2 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 gxf3 22. Qxf3 f5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ne3 e6 25. Rdb1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Qh7 27. Rb2 fxe4 28. Qg4 Qg8 29. Rab1 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 Ba8 31. Nf6 e3 32. Ne4 Kc7 33. Nxc5 Rde8 34. Ne4 Ne5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Nf6 Rd8 37. Ng4 Rd2 38. Nxe3 Rhxh2 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40. Re1 Bf3 41. g4 Kd6 42. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. d5 Ne7 13. a4 Bd7 14. c4 Ne8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ne3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 f5 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Ng5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. Na5 Qb5 25. Nc6 h6 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Bc1 Qc5 28. Ba2 Ng4 29. Re2 e4 30. b4 Qb6 31. Qe1 Ra8 32. Rxe4 Nxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxa2+ 35. Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 h5 37. Bg5 Bc3 38. b5 Kg7 39. Bd8 Bxc6 40. bxc6 Bf6 41. Bxc7 Ne7 42. Bxd6 Nxd5 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kc4 Nb6+ 45. Kb5 Nc8 46. Bf4 Ke6 47. Ka6 Bc3 48. Kb7 Ne7 49. Bg5 Nxc6 50. Kxc6 Kf5 51. Kd5 Bb2 52. h3 Bc3 53. Be3 Bb4 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Ke4 Bd6 56. Bf4 Bc5 57. Be5+ Ke7 58. Kd5 Ba3 59. Nb5 Bc1 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,9,15,-5,-9,-5,-5,-3,0,-16,-9,-6,0,-16,0,-14,39,-10,-4,-7,0,-8,0,0,0,-25,-29,-23,0,-20,-19,-18,4,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,0,0,16,17,18,-54,-72,-117,-108,-241,-237,-965,-253,-240,-242,-247,-250,-231,-236,-749,-749]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. b4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (11. Be1 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Bc3 f5 16. f3 Rf7 17. e4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 {1-0 (43) Harsha,B (2465)-Zakhartsov,V (2539) Pardubice 2018}) 11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be4 Qd4 18. Re3 Rad8 {0-1 (40) Pavic,J (2131)-Blazeka,M (2336) Zagreb 2016}) 13. a3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 14. c5 axb4 15. axb4 Qd7 16. Qe2 Be4 17. Rfc1 Nd5 ({Black should play} 17... Bxd3 $11 18. Rxd3 Qb5) 18. Rb3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ra2 20. g3 f5 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qc4 h6 23. b5 Qf7 24. Rc2 Ra7 {[%cal Ba2a7,Ba7c7,Bc7f7][%mdl 32]} 25. Rb1 Qg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...f4.} 26. Rbc1 f4 {Threatens to win with ...fxg3.} 27. exf4 Rxf4 28. Ne1 $1 Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 29. Qa4 Rcf7 30. Ng2 Re4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qa8 (32. Qc2 $11 Nb4 33. Qb1) 32... Qf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 33. f4 g5 34. R8c2 (34. Rg8 $17 {might work better.}) 34... gxf4 $19 35. Nxf4 $2 (35. Rf2) 35... Qxd4+ $2 (35... Rxf4 36. gxf4 Qxf4) 36. Kh1 Nxf4 37. gxf4 Rexf4 {[#] ( -> ...Rf1+)} 38. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Ra8g8]} Rg4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g1]} 39. Rcc1 $2 (39. Rcg2 Rgg7 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qg2+ Kf6 43. Qf3+ Ke5 44. Qh5+ Ke4 45. Qxh6) 39... d5 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loetscher, Roland"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nf3 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. c4 d5 15. c5 b6 16. Bb4 bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nd7 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bf8 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Rc2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Kf1 Ra5 26. f4 Rb5 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Bf3 Bd4 29. b3 axb3 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. h4 Bc3 35. Ra2 d4 36. Bd1 Rb1 37. Be2 Be1 38. h5 Rb3 39. hxg6 d3 40. Bf3 d2 41. Ra1 hxg6 42. g4 Rc3 43. Rd1 Rc4 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 exf5 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loeffler, Markus"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Na5 b4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. f5 Bd7 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bf6 19. Ng3 Ke7 20. Nh5 Rhg8 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Nc4 Nf4 23. Qf3 Qc5 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Bc4 a5 26. Rg3 a4 27. Rdg1 Nxh5 28. Qxh5 Rbf8 29. Bd5 Bb5 30. Qd1 Qd4 31. Bb7 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rb8 33. Bd5 Bh4 34. Rh3 Bg5 35. b3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Rbc8 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. axb3 g6 40. Red3 Rc6 41. R1d2 gxf5 42. exf5 Rg5 43. Rf2 Rg1+ 44. Kb2 Ra6 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Scholz, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,27,29,62,41,90,85,93,88,102,87,97,81,117,88,235,237,246,244,305,298,285,289,491,483,714,732,718,707,692,697,29991,29992,29992,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} b5 (7... Qa5 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 cxd5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 e6 14. h4 h6 {0-1 (79) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Carlsen,M (2842) Biel 2018}) 8. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. O-O-O b4 10. axb4 a5 11. b5 cxb5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxf6 {1-0 (46) Rodshtein,M (2699)-Mchedlishvili,M (2604) Heraklio 2017}) 9. Be2 {White is slightly better.} b4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. O-O a5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bh8 14. Qf4 e5 (14... Nxc2 $16 {was necessary.} 15. Rac1 Nh5) 15. dxe5 $18 dxe5 16. Nxe5 ({Don't do} 16. Rxd8 $6 exf4 17. Rad1 Ba6) 16... Qc7 17. Nxg6 $1 {[#] Intending Ne7+! and mate.} Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Nxc2 $2 (18... Bg7) 19. Rd3 {Strongly threatening Rg3+.} Nxa1 {[#]} (19... Nxe4 $142 20. Nxe4 Bf5) 20. Rg3+ $1 Bg7 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rxf7 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 {White mates.} Be6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Nf6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,13,13,11,12,14,7,9,6,16,16,6,27,6,31,8,52,32,30,32,39,39,30,-408,27,0,30,30,34,30,45,30,30,31,31,34,56,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. dxc5 (13. Nf3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Na6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18. b3 {½-½ (17) Aronian,L (2801)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13... bxc5 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 14. Qd6 Qb6 15. Rad1 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be7 17. Rd2 d6 {[#]} 18. Nd3 $146 Nc6 19. e4 Rfd8 20. f4 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Ne5 $11 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Nxe5 27. fxe5) 24... Ra8 $2 ({Black should play} 24... Rxd3 $19 25. Rxd3 Rxd3) 25. Rfd1 Rad8 26. Ne5 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Nxe5 29. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. b3 a6 {The position is equal.} 32. Kf3 {White wants to play Be3.} Kf7 33. Be3 {With the idea Ke4.} Be7 $1 34. Ke4 {[#] Hoping for Kd5.} Ke6 35. g4 g6 36. h3 Bd6 37. Bf2 Bf8 38. Bg3 Be7 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,50,25,20,26,24,16,16,21,25,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-27,-33,0,-17,0,-47,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Be2 Ne5 9. c5 Qc7 10. d4 Ned7 11. e4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 {1-0 (76) Wei,Y (2735)-Inarkiev,E (2690) Magas 2018}) 6... axb6 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bb2 Rg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f6 12. f4 e6 13. Rg1 Kf7 {0-1 (25) Larsen,B (2565)-Torre,E (2540) Brussels 1987}) 12. Bb5 e6 13. a3 g6 14. Ke2 Kd7 15. b4 Bg7 16. d4 Rgc8 17. Rac1 Kd8 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Kd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc8 21. Ra1 Nd6 22. a4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. Ra1 Rc8 25. Rc1 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Colmenares, Aurelio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Qb1 Nf8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Bc3 f6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 Be6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. a5 Ne6 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. h4 h5 21. g3 Ne6 22. Qb2 Rd7 23. Reb1 Re8 24. Qc1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf1 c5 27. Bh6 Bh8 28. Bf4 Qc6 29. Nd2 Be6 30. Qb2 Bg7 31. Qb5 Qc8 32. Nc4 Bf8 33. Qa4 Qd8 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rb8 Qe7 36. Bd6 Qf7 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Bxf8 Qxf8 39. Qxa6 Qe7 40. Na5 Rd6 41. Qb7 Rd7 42. Qb8+ Qf8 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. Nb3 c4 45. Nd2 cxd3 46. cxd3 Qc5 47. Nf3 Qb6 48. Qd2 Bg4 49. Nh2 Bh3 50. Nf3 Bg4 51. Kg2 Bxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Qe6 53. Kg2 f5 54. exf5 Qd5+ 55. Kg1 Qxf5 56. Re1 Qf3 57. Re4 a5 58. Qxa5 Qxd3 59. Qe5+ Kh7 60. Qe8 Rb7 61. Kg2 Qc3 62. Re6 Qd3 63. Rd6 Qf5 64. Rxd4 Rf7 65. Qe3 Qf6 66. Re4 Qc6 67. Kg1 Qb7 68. Qe1 Rd7 69. Kh2 Rf7 70. Re3 Qb2 71. Re2 Qd4 72. Rd2 Qb6 73. Kg1 Qb4 74. Qd1 Qe4 75. Rd3 Qf5 76. Qe2 Qf6 77. Re3 Qa1+ 78. Kg2 Qa8+ 79. Kh2 Qd5 80. Kg1 Qf5 81. Rb3 Qd5 82. Rb1 Qf5 83. Rb8 Qf6 84. Qd2 Qe5 85. Rb1 Qf5 86. Qa2 Qf3 87. Re1 Qf5 88. Re3 Qf6 89. Qc2 Qa1+ 90. Kg2 Qa8+ 91. Kh2 Qd5 92. Kg1 Qf5 93. Qe2 Qb1+ 94. Kg2 Qb7+ 95. Re4 Qd5 96. Kg1 Qf5 97. Rf4 Qb1+ 98. Kh2 Rxf4 99. gxf4 Qf5 100. Qe5 Qg4 101. Qe7+ Kg8 102. Qg5 Qf5 103. Kg3 Kf7 104. f3 Qb1 105. Qd5+ Kg7 106. Qd4+ Kf7 107. Qc4+ Kg7 108. Qc7+ Kf6 109. Qc3+ Kf7 110. Kf2 Qb6+ 111. Ke2 Qb5+ 112. Qd3 Qb2+ 113. Ke3 Qc1+ 114. Qd2 Qc5+ 115. Kd3 Qd6+ 116. Kc2 Qc5+ 117. Kd3 Qd6+ 118. Kc2 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rd1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg2 Qe6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. h3 Nc4 20. Be1 Nb6 21. e4 h5 22. Rd3 Nfd7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Ne2 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. h4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. e5 Nc4 32. Bxb7 Nxe5 33. Bg2 Qa3 34. Nc3 Qb2 35. Qb1 Qxb1 36. Nxb1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krishna C R G"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Ng3 f5 14. Qe2 g6 15. Rc2 h5 16. Rfc1 h4 17. Nf1 c5 18. h3 Kh7 19. Rd1 Kh6 20. N1h2 g5 21. a4 Rg8 22. a5 Raf8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Rcd2 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxd8 30. Qc4 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stark, Lars"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. O-O Ne8 9. Rb1 Nc7 10. b4 Ne6 11. d3 Ned4 12. b5 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heinemann, Josefine"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxd7 Nbxd7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Be2 e6 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. O-O-O Rhg8 17. g3 f5 18. Rd2 Bc5 19. Bxc5+ Rxc5 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. Kb1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. h4 Rg6 25. Rd4 h5 26. Rf4 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. Kc2 Rc5 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Kd1 f5 31. Rd3 e5 32. Ke2 b5 33. Ke3 Rc8 34. a4 Ke6 35. a5 Rf8 36. Rd1 f4+ 37. Ke4 Rc8 38. gxf4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rxf4 40. Ke3 Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. Rd8 Rxh4 43. Ra8 Kd5 44. Rxa6 Rh2 45. Ke3 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rh1 47. Rb6 Ke4 48. a6 Ra1 49. Rxb5 Rxa6 50. Rb4+ Kf5 51. Kf1 h4 52. f3 gxf3 53. Rxh4 e4 54. Kf2 Rd6 55. Rh8 Rd2+ 56. Ke3 Re2+ 57. Kd4 Kf4 58. Rf8+ Kg3 59. b4 f2 60. b5 Re1 61. b6 f1=Q 62. Rxf1 Rxf1 63. Kxe4 Rb1 64. c4 Rxb6 65. c5 Rb5 66. Kd5 Kf4 67. Kd6 Ke4 68. c6 Rd5+ 69. Ke6 Re5+ 70. Kd6 Rd5+ 71. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Stark, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. f4 Rfc8 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Rc1 Rab8 14. a3 Qd8 15. b4 Qd7 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Nd5 Ra8 19. Na1 Ng4 20. Bg1 Bd7 21. Nb3 b6 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. e5 Bg7 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Rfd1 Be8 27. exd6 exd6 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Bf2 Bf6 30. b5 Ne7 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 d5 33. Qe3 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Nd5 35. Qc1 Qd6 36. f5 Bd7 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Nc6 Qxd1+ 40. Qxd1 Bxc6 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Qxd4 Bxb5 43. h4 Rc8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qd2 Rc6 46. f6 Rxf6 47. Qg5+ Rg6 48. Qxb5 a5 49. Qxh5 Re6 50. Kg1 Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kh8 52. Kf2 h6 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Kf3 Rg6 55. g3 Re6 56. Qb8 Rg6 57. Ke4 Re6+ 58. Kd4 Rg6 59. Kc4 Re6 60. Kb5 Rg6 61. Qe5+ Kg8 62. Ka6 Re6 63. Qxe6 fxe6 64. Kxb6 Kf7 65. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qc2 Nde5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. e4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Ncxe4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. f4 Nf7 18. Rae1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. axb5 Qb6 21. Nf2 Rfe8 22. Be4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Rb4 26. Ne3 Rxb2 27. Nxf5 Bf8 28. Ng4 Ra8 29. Nxe7+ Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Raa2 31. Rfe1 h5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxd6+ Kf8 36. Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Heinemann, Josefine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,103,35,41,41,43,40,41,42,29,70,77,60,70,73,43,64,55,70,62,58,44,71,56,82,41,117,29,235,233,233,227,243,240,226,233,225,242,246,243,239,227,231,235,274,275,325,324,327,308,344,336,369,339,383,368,351,308,466,486,486,445,543,485,635,397,620,547,552,502,754,749,669,451,29985,29986,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. Qb3 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bf4 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 14. Qe3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qb6 15. Bh6 {White is slightly better.} Qxb2 16. Rfb1 Qc2 $1 17. Rc1 {[#]} Qf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qb2 18. h4 f6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (46) Fressinet,L (2714)-Parligras,M (2618) Istanbul 2012}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rc5 Qf6 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rxc6 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 22. Rc7 Be8 23. Rac1 a5 24. g3 h5 25. R1c5 a4 ({Black should play} 25... Rd5 $14) 26. h4 (26. g4 $16) 26... Ra6 $2 (26... Kg8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 27. Nxg6 $18 Qxd4 28. Qg5 {[#] White threatens Ne7+ and mate.} Qa1+ 29. Kg2 {Ne7+ would kill now.} Qf6 30. Qxh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Qh8+. Black is in trouble.} Bc6+ 31. R5xc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qe5+ Qf6 34. Qe2 Qf5 {[#]} 35. Rc4 $1 a3 36. Rg4+ Kf8 37. Rg5 Qd3 38. Qg4 {Intending Rg8+ and mate.} Rd5 {intending ...Rxg5.} 39. Qb4+ Rd6 40. Ra5 Kg7 41. Qxa3 Qd2 (41... Qd4 $142 42. Qf3 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5) 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Qc5 Ke7 44. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe2 45. Re5 Qa2 (45... Qb2 $142 46. h5 Qb7+ 47. Kh2 f6) 46. a5 Qa4 47. Re3 Kd7 (47... Qc6+ $142 48. Qxc6 Rxc6) 48. Rf3 f5 49. Rf4 Qa1 (49... Qc6+ $18 50. Qxc6+ Rxc6 51. Rd4+ Ke7) 50. Rb4 {White mates.} Qd1 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Be4 8. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Ndf6 8. Be2 Ng7 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. c3 e6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. e4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,78,85,86,106,65,58,51,58,58,47,48,62,72,79,55,63,45,26,33,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,51,39,25,35,51,28,50,0,0,0,17,17,12,16,16,16,14,10,10,16,14,8,8,8,10,0,0,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bg2 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} (10. Bh3 Qa5 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 Qa6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. O-O-O a6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bf5 Nb6 19. Qh3 N8d7 20. Bxb6 {1-0 (20) Rapport,R (2720)-Danielsen,H (2488) Reykjavik 2016}) 10... Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. O-O O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na6 12. Be3 d5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. a3 Nc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. exd5 {½-½ (16) Madl,I (2366)-Vegh,E (2259) Budapest 2015}) 12. Nd2 {White is better.} e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bf3 f6 15. Bxh5 Bxh5 16. Qxh5 {[#] Threatening mate with g6.} fxg5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Nf3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Rf6 20. Ne2 Rh6 21. Qf5 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Rf6.} 22. Rfd1 Rf6 23. Qh3 $1 Nf8 (23... Nc5 $11) 24. Nh4 $1 $14 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nf5 Nc5 26. Neg3 Nce6 27. Rd6 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 28. Rcd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd8.} Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nf4 30. Qg4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg6 31. Rxg6 N8xg6 32. Nh5 Nxh5 $1 33. Qxh5 {And now Nh4 would win.} Qe6 34. Qg5 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 36. a4 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. b4 Nf4 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Ke2 a6 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nd5 Kg6 43. Kd3 Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,123,2,3,2,2,7,6,-11,15,8,11,19,34,33,34,39,41,43,31,34,43,0,13,12,25,18,33,36,40,38,54,74,70,55,76,105,108,30,22,-47,-37,-44,0,0,0,-49,-16,-82,-72,-77,-79,-76,-80,-101,-66,-64,-54,-67,0,0,0,0,22,22,212,224,371,371,318,371,284,343,321,321,361,371,366,367,366,323,340,321,315,245,245,245,383,383,383,383,568,383,379,350,318,255,255,247,247,232,232,158,160,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nce8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. O-O Nd6 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. a4 Nd6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rb1 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (18) Sedlak,N (2608)-Strikovic,A (2481) Valjevo 2018}) 11... a5 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Ng3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nde8 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Qa3 e6 17. b4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Nd7 19. Rab1 Ra7 20. Rfc1 Qa8 21. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f6 22. e4 Rf7 23. Qe1 Nf8 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. h4 Nd7 26. h5 Nb5 27. h6 ({Better is} 27. Qe3 $16) 27... Bf8 $11 28. exd5 ({White should play} 28. Qe3 $11) 28... exd5 $15 29. Qe6 Bd6 30. Rxb5 Bxg3 $1 31. Rbb1 Bc7 32. Re1 (32. Qe1 $11) 32... Nf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf8e6]} 33. Qg4 Bxa5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Nd2 Ra4 36. Nb3 b6 37. Re3 Rb4 (37... Qd8 $15) 38. Ra1 $11 {[%cal Bb1a1,Ba1a8,Ba8d8][%mdl 32]} Qd8 39. Nd2 c5 40. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Re8.} Rxd4 $2 (40... Qd7 $1 $11) 41. Re8 Qd7 {[#]} (41... Qd6 $142) 42. Raa8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra8d8]} Ra4 {[#] White should prevent ...Rxa8.} 43. Rad8 $1 Qf5 44. Nf1 {Threatening mate with Qe7!} Raa7 45. g4 Qf4 46. Qe6 $1 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8f8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxh6 {intending ...Kg7.} 47. Rxf8+ $1 Qxf8 48. Qxb6 ({Less strong is} 48. Rxf8+ Kxf8 49. Ne3 (49. Qxb6 c4 $18) (49. Qxd5 Ra4 $18) 49... Rad7 $18) 48... c4 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. dxc4 dxc4 51. Ne3 Kg7 (51... c3 $142 52. Qc5+ Kg7) 52. Nxc4 Rfe7 53. Kg2 Ra2 (53... Ra4 {was worth a try.}) 54. Nd6 Rae2 55. Qd4 R2e5 56. Kg3 h5 57. gxh5 Rg5+ 58. Kf3 Rxh5 59. Nc8 Rf5+ 60. Kg2 $2 (60. Kg3 $16 Rg5+ 61. Kh2) 60... Re2 $11 61. Qa7+ Kh6 62. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,53,35,35,8,11,0,0,8,8,4,0,0,82,63,118,114,148,132,209,192,384,381,479,435,608,604,577,538,612,590,575,576]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Ne5 {LiveBook: 19 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Nxe5 $146 (13. Nd2 {keeps more tension.} Rb8 14. Bg3 f5 15. a5 Qe7 16. Qb3) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. a5 Nd6 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (41) Lenderman,A (2623)-Preotu,R (2468) Manchester 2016}) 13... dxe5 14. Bh2 {[%cal Bf4h2,Bh2g1,Bg1c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 32]} Nd6 15. a5 Bd7 16. e4 f5 17. f3 f4 (17... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Kh1 $16 Bf6 (18... Rf6 $14) 19. Bg1 Bh4 20. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} g5 (20... Qxa5 $16 21. Nxc5 Qd8) 21. Nxc5 $18 Bc8 $2 {[#]} (21... Rf7 22. Qb3 Bb5) 22. Ne6 Qf6 23. Bc5 {White is clearly winning.} g4 {Now ...gxh3 and Black clings on.} 24. Bxd6 gxh3 25. gxh3 ({Worse is} 25. Bxf8 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qg6+ 27. Kh1 Bg3 $11) 25... Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Nb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. O-O Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. Be3 c6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nfe6 20. Nf5 Qxb3 21. Qc1 Red8 22. Nxd6 Qb6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 b6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. c5 Qa7 28. Kh1 Be6 29. e5 Rab8 30. h3 g6 31. Bc4 Qxc5 32. Bxe6 Bxd6 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. exd6 Rb7 36. Qf6 Qb6 37. d7 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,23,22,20,32,18,23,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2 Ne4 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (8... Bb4 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qxc4 Qa5 12. h3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qf5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f3 e5 16. e4 Qh5 {½-½ (64) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Bartel,M (2641) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 11. cxd5 {Black should prevent Bxg6.} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {Predecessor:} cxd5 $146 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Rfc1 Be7 15. f3 Rd8 16. Rc2 {0-1 (55) Andreasen,P (2325)-Schandorff,L (2485) Denmark 1996} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Aeschbach, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. d4 Be7 8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 d5 11. Qd3 Nh8 12. Qg3 f6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Re7 18. c4 Bc6 19. Rfe1 Qe8 20. Nf3 Nf7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. c5 Re8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Kf2 a6 26. g4 Qe7 27. Qe3 Kf8 28. h4 h6 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Ke3 Nh8 31. Ne1 Nf7 32. Ng2 c6 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. Be2 Nh8 36. Kc3 Kf7 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Kb4 Be8 39. Ka5 Kd7 40. Ne6 g5 41. fxg6 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc3 Rc7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rdc8 18. Nd1 Kf8 19. Nge3 Ke7 20. Rc2 Na4 21. Rac1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Kd6 24. f3 Kc5 25. b3 Nb6 26. e4 Nfd7 27. Nb2 Ne5 28. Kg2 b4 29. f4 Nc6 30. Kf2 a5 31. Ke3 f6 32. Nd3+ Kd6 33. Nd4 Ne7 34. Nb5+ Kc6 35. Nd4+ Kd6 36. Nb5+ Kc6 37. Nd4+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 Qc7 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Ba2 Re8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. Bf2 a6 16. g4 c5 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Ne3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qc6 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne7 22. c4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. a5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Re8 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Ra1 Qd7 28. b3 f5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Qf7 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Bh4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Kg4 Kf7 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Bh4 Kf7 39. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Florescu, Codrut-Constantin"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Ngf3 Rd8 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. e4 b6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Qe2 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Bb5 e4 20. Qd2 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rad1 Bg4 24. Rd4 Rd6 25. Qd2 Rad8 26. f4 Nf7 27. Bf1 h5 28. Qc1 h4 29. Re3 Nh6 30. gxh4 Qxh4 31. Qe1 Qh5 32. Be2 Nf5 33. Rh3 Qg6 34. Bxg4 Qxg4 35. Ra4 Rg6 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 a6 12. h4 e6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kh8 18. Nde2 Rg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Ng3 f5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. f4 fxe4 23. Bh3 Nc5 24. Kb1 e3 25. Rhf1 Ne4 26. Rfe1 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 Bf3 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxe6 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rae8 31. Bf7 h4 32. Kc2 e2 0-1

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qc1 Nd5 9. Qxc4 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. e4 f6 15. a3 e5 16. e3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Kh8 18. d5 Na7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qb4 b6 21. Nd2 a5 22. Qb3 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Qd1 Rbc8 25. Qh5 Qe7 26. Bh3 Bd7 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Rc3 Rfd8 29. Rec1 Be8 30. Qf3 Bd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Qg4 Qd8 33. a4 g6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Nxd6 b5 36. Qxd7+ Qxd7 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. axb5 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8 7. b3 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. h3 Nd6 16. Bh2 Nf7 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Na4 Be7 19. Qc2 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Nc5 Rac8 22. Qb2 Bxc5 23. dxc5 b4 24. Ne5 Ng5 25. c6 Ne4 26. Rd3 Re7 27. f3 Nd6 28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Qc5 Qb6 30. Rc1 Nc3 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Rd2 Ra7 33. Rcc2 Raa8 34. Kf2 Ng6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. c7 Kf7 37. Be5 Ra5 38. Rd4 Rc5 39. Rcd2 Nb5 40. Rxb4 Nxc7 41. Rxb6 Ne8 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. a4 Nf6 44. b4 Rc2 45. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 46. Ke3 Rxg2 47. a5 Ra2 48. Ra7 Ra4 49. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Narayanan.S.L"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,24,10,-13,0,0,0,-8,-7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rd8 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (79) Le,Q (2737)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 9... Qxd5 10. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Qd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O {Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 $146 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. e5 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Nc2 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (42) Porras Mateo,F (2243)-Mokal,A (2046) Barcelona 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. b4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Ne3 b6 19. a4 Be6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Ba3 Rac8 23. Rdc1 Qb8 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qb2 Rfc8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rc1 Qc7 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne1 g6 30. Qc2 Qb4 31. Kf1 Bd8 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. h3 Qa3 34. Ke2 h5 35. Nf3 g5 36. Nd2 g4 37. hxg4 Bxg4+ 38. f3 Bd7 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Ne3 Qd4 41. Qc4 Qa1 42. Nd1 h4 43. Kd2 Bg5+ 44. Ke1 h3 45. gxh3 Bh4+ 46. Kd2 Bg5+ 47. Ke1 Bxh3 48. Be2 Kg6 49. Bd3 Bh4+ 50. Kd2 Bg5+ 51. Ke1 Bh4+ 52. Kd2 Qa3 53. Ke2 Kg7 54. Nf2 Qa1 55. Nd1 Bf1+ 56. Kxf1 Qxd1+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kh1 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qe1 60. Qc2 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Kf6 63. Qe2 Qg3+ 64. Kh1 Bg5 65. Qg2 Qh4+ 66. Kg1 Qe1+ 67. Bf1 Be3+ 68. Kh1 Qa1 69. Qh3 Qxa4 70. Qh8+ Ke7 71. Qh4+ Ke8 72. Qh8+ Ke7 73. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. e3 Bd7 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Nb4 9. Qb1 c5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rh4 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Rg4 Bf6 21. Rg3 Ne5 22. Bf1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qc3 25. Qb1 f4 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. a4 Rxf3 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qd1 Rcf8 31. Ra2 b4 32. Rd2 R8f5 33. Rd6 Rxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qc5 35. Rd8+ Rf8 36. Rd2 Qf5 37. Qe1 e5 38. Re2 Qd3 39. Re3 Qc2 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2 Rf3 42. Rxe5 Rxb3 43. Rb5 Kf7 44. Rb6 h5 45. Kg2 g5 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. Rb5 g4 49. Rxh5 Rc3 50. Rg5 Rc4 51. Kf1 Kd6 52. Ke2 b3 53. Rb5 Rc2+ 54. Kd1 Rc3 55. Kd2 Rf3 56. Kc1 Rxf2 57. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Ng3 Rab8 14. Qc2 d5 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Rad1 Rbd8 17. Bc1 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qe6 19. b3 Nb8 20. c4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc6 22. Bb2 Nbd7 23. a3 a5 24. Rb1 g6 25. Bc1 b5 26. Bb2 Kh7 27. Rc1 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. Nh2 h5 31. Nf3 Nc5 32. Re1 Kg8 33. Ng5 Ra8 34. Re3 Ra2 35. Qb1 Qa8 36. h4 Nfd7 37. Ne2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42. Zuercher Weihnachtsopen 2018"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berend, Fred"]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 b6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nge7 15. O-O Ke8 16. Bb4 h6 17. Rfc1 Kd7 18. Nd2 Rhc8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Qb5 22. Qf3 Qd5 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Qe2 Qb5 26. Qf3 1/2-1/2

