[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Hilbenz, Guntram"]
[Black "Kierzek, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Be1 exd4 15. Rxd4 Qe7 16. a4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. Rdd1 Ne5 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. b4 axb4 27. Bxb4 Nb6 28. a5 Nc4 29. Nc1 f5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Nd3 Nd6 33. Nc5+ Kd5 34. Nxb7 Nb5 35. Bc5 Be5 36. a6 Bb8 37. Kd3 Ba7 38. Bxa7 Nxa7 39. f3 c5 40. e4+ fxe4+ 41. fxe4+ Kc6 42. Kc4 Nb5 43. Nxc5 Nd6+ 44. Kb4 Kb6 45. e5 Nf5 46. e6 Nd4 47. Kc4 Nf5 48. Kd5 Ne3+ 49. Kd6 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Black "De Reymaeker, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,67,65,67,57,64,52,62,47,68,68,68,57,96,94,97,105,107,99,89,107,83,97,104,102,125,116,181,124,141,131,123,102,247,243,456,457,485,488,585,590,897,897,902,897,841,860,855,828,1020,1006,1239,1166,1053,962,968,962,943,903,29980,742,847,739,29991,29992,29992,29991,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 a6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bh2 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Red8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Rd3 Qd7 {1-0 (34) Jalali,S (2054)-Ilkbahar,N (1529) Antalya 2019}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rad8 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qg3 Qf5 20. Bc7 Nh5 (20... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. Qg4 (21. Qh2 $18 Qd7 22. Bxb6) 21... Rd7 $16 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bxb6 Bd4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (23... Nf4 $16) 24. a5 $18 {Na4 is the strong threat.} Rd6 $2 (24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf4) 25. Na4 Rg6 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nf4.} 26. c3 Bf6 27. Nxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc8 28. d6 Nf4 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Nxd7 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Bh4 32. Be3 Kh7 33. Bxf4 Rxf2 34. Bg3 Bxg3 {[#]} 35. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf6 36. Rxe8 Rxb2 37. Re2 (37. Rdd8 $142 Rh2+ {[#]} 38. Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Rxg3 Rc2 41. Rd4 f4 42. Rxf4) 37... Rb7 38. Bd3 Be5 39. Bxf5+ {White mates.} Kg7 40. Rd8 Bf4 41. Ree8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8g8]} h5 42. Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kopischke, Maik"]
[Black "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. c3 b6 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bc4 e6 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. Nb4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxa6 O-O 19. Ra3 Ne5 20. Bb5 Qb6 21. a5 Qa7 22. b4 Bxa6 23. Bxa6 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qxa6 25. b5 Qc8 26. a6 Qc5 27. Ra2 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Ra4 Kh7 30. Rab4 Bd8 31. R4b3 Bb6 32. Rh3 Rg8 33. Rbb3 Rg6 34. Rbc3 Rag8 35. Kh1 Rxg2 36. Rxh6+ Kxh6 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Kxg2 Kf8+ 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Prosperi, Agostino"]
[Black "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rad8 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f4 Bf8 18. Qf3 f6 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Qd6 22. Qb5 Qb6 23. Qd5 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qe4 25. Qa5 Rde8 26. f5 Bb4 27. Qb5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Black "Schweighofer, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 Bf6 9. d3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 g6 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b4 a6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nc5 Nd8 17. Qc4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. h5 h6 21. Ne4 g5 22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Bg4 Nb6 24. Qc2 Rb8 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. Qd1 Qd5 27. Rxc7 Ne6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. O-O Ree8 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Bxe5 Rbc8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Bruessow, Jakob"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. Qh4 Rf7 10. Nh3 Nf8 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Bh5 Neg6 13. Qg3 c5 14. O-O Rc7 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Ra1 Be8 21. Be2 Nd7 22. h4 h6 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nh2 Qxh4 27. Nf1 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Modena, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,-9,0,-4,-3,-12,5,-5,29,8,60,52,51,54,56,68,69,37,61,5,16,17,65,65,69,20,12,10,17,24,14,6,37,20,15,14,19,0,0,-46,-42,-46,-42,-75,-65,-65,75,72,63,-4,-4,-11,2,4,7,5,58,59,87,85,100,93,101,93,99,95,151,151,198,193,392,353,540,548,538,529,770,750,737,630,579,615,641,631,502,324,389,383,363,360,411,403,29961,29964,29958,5114,5110]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 5. c3 Ne7 6. d4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} cxd3 7. Bxd3 Ng6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 (9... Nc6 $11) 10. Re1 $14 Nd7 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h4 b6 12. h5 Ngf8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bb7 15. Ncd4 g6 16. h6 Qd8 17. b5 {1-0 (34) Kadas,G (2310)-Horgosi,O Jaszbereny 1977}) 11... O-O 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Nb6 14. Ncd4 (14. h4 $14) 14... Bd7 $11 15. h4 Rfc8 16. h5 Nf8 $1 17. h6 {aiming for hxg7.} g6 $1 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Ba4 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Re2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc7 26. c4 dxc4 $1 27. Rxc4 Rac8 (27... Rd7 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 28. Nf3 Rad8) 28. Rxc7 $16 Rxc7 29. Bc2 (29. f4 $14) 29... Bxc2 $11 30. Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd7 31. Rd4 f6 32. Rc4 fxe5 (32... Kf7 $11) 33. Ne3 $14 Rd4 {White now steadily converts the win.} 34. Rc7 $1 Rd7 ({Avoid the trap} 34... Rxb4 $2 35. Nc4 $18) 35. Rc8 Kf7 {[#]} 36. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e5]} Ke7 37. Nxe5 Rd1+ (37... Rd8 $142 38. Rc7+ Kd6) 38. Kh2 $16 Re1 {[#]} 39. f4 $1 g5 $2 (39... Re4) 40. Rc7+ $18 Kd6 (40... Ke8 $142 41. Ng4 (41. Rxb7 gxf4 42. Nf3 Ra1 $16) 41... Re4 42. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (42. Rxb7 Rxf4 43. Ne5 Rh4+ 44. Kg3 Rxh6 $16) 42... Kd8 43. Rxb7 Rxf4) 41. Rf7 gxf4 42. Nf3 Ra1 {Now ...Nd7 and Black clings on.} 43. Rxf8 {KRN-KR} e5 44. Re8 Rxa2 45. Rxe5 Ra4 46. Re4 a5 47. Rd4+ Ke6 48. bxa5 Rxa5 49. Rb4 Rh5+ 50. Kg1 b5 {[#]} (50... Kf5 $18 51. Kf2 Rxh6 52. Rb5+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Rxb7+ Kf6 55. Rb6+ Kg7) 51. Rxb5 $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Rxb5 52. Nd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Rocchetti, Marco"]
[Black "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,-32,0,0,0,0,13,0,56,47,55,47,54,53,54,41,85,30,31,38,39,22,31,19,38,34,29,0,4,0,0,0,0,-61,0,-81,-81,-83,-76,-81,-43,-82,-39,-40,-32,-100,-39,-47,-58,-150,-152,-164,-170,-186,-159,-163,-157,-159,-151,-329,-283,-313,-312,-362,-341,-412,-414,-396,-376,-371,-362,-368,-365,-341,-322,-546,-552,-733,-719,-1229,-1153,-969,-1085,-1604,-1475,-1778,-1752,-1656,-1710,-1609,-1568,-1626,-1682,-1585,-2383,-2087,-2124,-1825,-1818]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 cxd4 6. Qxb6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} axb6 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 {[#] The position is equal.} f5 $146 (8... Nb4 $11 9. Kd2 Rxa2 10. Rxa2 Nxa2) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nb4 9. Kd2 Rxa2 10. Rxa2 Nxa2 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Kd8 {½-½ (25) Shmirin,I (2209)-Fiedler,H (2192) Germany 2013}) 9. Nc3 $14 e6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 Ke7 12. a3 f4 13. g3 (13. d5 $16) 13... fxe3 $11 14. fxe3 d5 15. Kf2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Nd2 Rhc8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ne2 b5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 (21. Rb1 $11) 21... Nc4 ({Black should play} 21... Rxc1 $15 22. Nxc1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4) 22. Nxc4 (22. Rc2 $1 $11) 22... bxc4 $17 23. Bb1 b5 24. Rg1 h5 25. h3 Bf6 26. Nf4 Be8 27. Ne2 {[#]} (27. h4 $15) 27... b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. axb4 $15 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 29. b3 (29. Bc2 $15) 29... cxb3 $17 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Bh4+ 32. Kf3 hxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Bf2 34. Rh1 $2 {Loses the game.} (34. Rf1 $17 {was called for.} Bxe3 35. Rf3) 34... Bxe3 $19 {aiming for ...Bb5.} 35. Rh3 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxb3 {[#]} (36. Nxd4 Rxb4) 36... Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. b5 (37. bxc5 Rxb3) 37... Bxb5 38. Bd3 {[#]} Bxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg8+ 40. Kf3 Rf8+ 41. Kg4 Kd6 42. Nc3 $2 (42. Nf4 {is a better defense.}) 42... d4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Nb5+ Kd5 44. Nc7+ Ke4 45. Rd1 Rg8+ 46. Kh3 e5 47. Re1+ Kf3 {[%cal Rg8h8]} 48. Rf1+ Ke2 49. Rf5 Bd6 50. Nb5 Bb8 51. Rf7 d3 52. Nc3+ Kd2 53. Ne4+ Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Carola, Paolo"]
[Black "Podetti, Davide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. Nd2 Nd6 5. e3 Nf5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 c5 8. c3 Qc7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Ngf3 g6 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 cxd4 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. exd4 Bg7 15. Ndf3 f6 16. Nd3 Kc7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. O-O-O a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Kd6 21. Kb1 Nd7 22. Rhe1 a5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 e6 25. Nf4 Nf8 26. Re2 h5 27. Rde1 Re8 28. Nd2 f5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Ne5 g5 31. Nfd3 Rh7 32. Nc5 a4 33. Rd1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Ng6 35. Re2 e5 36. b4 e4 37. Kc2 h4 38. Rh1 Reh8 39. Kd2 hxg3 40. Rxh7 Rxh7 41. fxg3 Kd5 42. Rf2 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Re2 e3+ 45. Kd3 f3 46. Rxe3 fxg2 47. Rg3 Rh3 48. Rxh3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Necesito, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Bd7 9. h3 h5 10. Be3 Nh7 11. f4 f5 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. d4 Qc8 14. Kh2 Ne7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf4 Ra6 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qc3 Re8 26. c5 Nf6 27. Rfe1 g5 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. Qd4 Ra4 30. Nb4 Nf6 31. b3 Ra5 32. a4 Rh8 33. d6 cxd6 34. Qxd6 Qxc5 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Rxd7 Qxd6 37. R1xd6 b5 38. Nc6 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,15,32,15,23,20,25,16,24,14,10,12,24,16,16,16,21,21,27,21,21,16,16,16,16,23,32,16,18,18,54,54,97,83,217,212,274,278,254,104,443,423,539,545,532,524,555,477,1254,1148,2092,1933]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 {8...Bd7 gains popularity.} 9. d3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Bg5 $5 {[%mdl 4] White has an edge. Exploring less charted territory.} O-O {[#]} 12. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Bc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd5 {1-0 (32) Musaev,M (2178)-Huttner,M (1988) Pardubice 2006}) 12... axb5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 b3 16. Bxb3 Nxb3 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. cxb3 Rb8 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Qc3 Qa7 22. Nd2 Qa2 23. h3 g6 24. Rf1 g5 (24... Qa7 $16) 25. h4 $18 h6 26. hxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 27. Rc1 (27. d4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.}) 27... Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... f6 $16) 28. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Qa6 29. Qd2 f6 30. Qd1 d5 31. Ra1 Qb7 (31... Qc6 $142 32. Ne3 dxe4 33. dxe4 Bb7) 32. Nd6 {White wants to mate with Qh5.} Qb8 33. Qh5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Be3 Qc7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. b4 g6 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Rf3 h5 21. Rh3 Bf8 22. Qf2 Rab8 23. Bd4 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxb6 Qc8 26. Bf1 Ba8 27. c5 dxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxb4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Nd5 Qxc1 31. Nxb4 Bxe4 32. Qe3 Qb1 33. Qb3 Qe1 34. Nxa6 Ng4 35. Qb6 Bb7 36. Nc7 Re2 37. Rg3 Rxh2 38. Rxg4 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,54,7,0,13,12,16,18,20,17,18,-10,9,5,18,18,35,8,18,4,6,13,100,79,76,71,58,53,45,15,9,0,0,0,0,-69,-54]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4.} 12. Rc1 Rac8 {[#]} 13. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qb8 15. e4 c5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nce4 b6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (48) Romanishin,O (2443)-Kostov,D (1861) Arco 2018}) 13... Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 14. Qxe2 Qb8 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. e4 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 18. a3 Ng6 19. b4 Nf4 20. Qe3 g5 (20... Ng6 $11) 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. g3 Ng6 24. e5 Rcd8 25. Kf1 b6 26. Ba1 Qb7 27. Rb1 ({White should try} 27. Kg1 $11) 27... Qa6+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Hartz, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,49,25,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,-6,20,0,20,20,20,15,56,25,79,81,166,156,143,68,87,120,149,146,142,141,141,130,158,168,168,162,220,231,220,224,250,188,258,260,253,213,354,350,370,366,379,379,379,379,481,442,633,603,563,556,488,470,1413,1437,29973,29974,29983,29984,29981,29982]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Bf3 Re8 10. Re1 {10.Re1 was played by the boomers.} c6 11. Kh1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bg1 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 {0-1 (42) Andriasian,Z (2605)-Motylev,A (2677) Warsaw 2012}) 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. h3 b6 (15... Re7 $11) 16. Qd2 $16 Ne6 (16... h6 $16) 17. Rad1 $18 Rad8 18. g4 (18. e5 $16 dxe5 19. fxe5) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc8 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 {And now Red1 would win.} Nb8 (24... Nc5 $142 25. Red1 (25. Rxc6 Rd2 $16) 25... Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bd7) 25. Red1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf8 27. Kg2 Ke7 (27... Re6 $142 28. Rd2 Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8) 28. e5 Rd8 29. Ne4 Be6 (29... Rxd6 {was worth a try.} 30. Nxd6 Be6) 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 {KB-KN} 33. h4 g5 34. Kg3 gxf4+ (34... Ke7 $142 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kf7) 35. Kxf4 Ke7 36. g5 hxg5+ 37. Kxg5 b5 (37... Nd7 $142 38. Kf4 Nb8) 38. h5 bxa4 39. h6 {White mates.} Nd7 40. h7 Nxe5 41. Bh5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, Joel"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,5,0,0,0,14,0,11,6,11,-12,0,-6,0,0,0,-10,-4,-39,-24,-70,-75,-68,-69,-116,-106,-118,-125,-277,-270,-258,-258,-298,-251,-492,-475,-468,-328,-343,-351,-332,-318,-393,-374,-493,-479,-491,-464,-544,-487,-605,-604,-717,-685,-681,-668]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 {is interesting.} Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O) 8... Bxd3 {The position is equal.} 9. Qxd3 {[#] Black should prevent Qb5+.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bd2 Qc7 {1-0 (64) Muzychuk,M (2268)-Bulakh,O Kiev 2005}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb5 Ncb4 12. a3 a6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. h4 Re8 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxh4 17. g3 Bf6 18. Kg2 Qd5 19. Bf4 $2 {[#] This costs White the game.} (19. Qa2 $17 Ne7 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. c4) 19... g5 $19 20. Rh1 gxf4 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rae1 $2 (22. Rh6 Bg7 23. Rh5) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Ne7 24. Qh6+ Bg7 25. Qxf4 Rc8 26. Kg1 Qf5 27. Qe3 Nd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qe2 Nxc3 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Ne5 Nb5 31. Re4 Nxd4 (31... Qxe4 $2 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Bh6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Qe6 $19) 32. Rxd4 Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fuochi, Tommaso"]
[Black "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,83,-8,-43,0,0,-4,-17,3,0,54,26,27,0,89,86,111,92,112,111,120,112,215,213,207,95,116,85,183,188,177,189,256,254,253,253,547,232,232,232,232,241,246,239,246,231,266,215,449,304,302,241,606,591,567,-29993,-29994,-29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a3 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd5 (15. Qb3 {is more complex.} Be6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. Rfb1) 15... Kh7 {[#] A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} 16. Nxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd2 f4 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Qc2 c6 20. c5 d5 21. Nd6 Rab8 22. Rb4 {1-0 (37) Paunovic,D (2473)-Sousa,A (2187) Figueira da Foz 2014}) 16... Qxe7 17. Ne1 e4 {The position is equal.} 18. Nc2 Bd7 (18... c6 $11) 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Qd5 c6 (20... Rae8 $11) 21. Qxe4 $16 Qg5 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} 22. Qd3 Qc5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb7 Rf7 (24... Be6 $16 {might work better.}) 25. Be4 $18 Kh8 26. Qb3 (26. Bxg6 $6 Bf5 $16) (26. Ne3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 26... Raf8 {[%cal Rf7f2]} 27. e3 Qh5 {[#]} (27... Be6 $16 28. Rxf7 Bxf7) 28. Qd3 $1 Qc5 29. Nd4 g5 {[#]} (29... Bxd4 {is a better defense.} 30. exd4 Qg5) 30. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxd7 31. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Inferior is} 31. Nxc6 Rc7 $11) ({Not} 31. Bxc6 Rdd8 $14) 31... Qb6 $2 (31... Qe5) 32. Nxf8 (32. Rb1 $142 Qa7 33. Nxf8 Bxf8 34. Bxc6) 32... Bxf8 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Qc3+ Bg7 35. Qb3 {Hoping for Qb8+.} Rd8 36. Bc2 Be5 37. Qd3 Qg7 $2 (37... Qf7 38. Rb6 c5) 38. Rb6 {c5 is the strong threat.} Rc8 39. Qb3 {aiming for Rb7.} Qf6 $2 (39... Rf8 40. Rb7 (40. Rxc6 Qf7 $11) 40... Rf7) 40. Rb7 Rf8 41. Qd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. f4 $18) 41... Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 {[%mdl 32768] Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 32%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Black "von Wantoch, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,47,35,33,-32,49,1,11,6,38,1,51,50,49,38,53,59,66,71,73,64,99,98,153,114,134,87,217,217,214,208,327,308,290,261]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nh4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} ({Better is} 9. Bb3 $14) 9... Bg6 (9... Bxc2 $15 10. f4 Be7) 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O {The position is equal.} O-O-O 12. Kb1 Bd6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 14. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rhe1 Qb6 15. f3 Rh4 16. Be3 Ba3 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. d5 Qc7 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 {1-0 (46) Wu,L (1345)-Schumacher,S (1156) Oberhof 2013}) 14... Bf4 15. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Bxf4 is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rd7 18. Qf3 Ne8 (18... a5 $142) 19. c3 Nd5 20. Rhe1 a5 {Now Black is done in.} (20... b5 $16) 21. c4 $18 Ndf6 22. d5 a4 (22... exd5 {keeps fighting.} 23. cxd5 c5) 23. Bf4 ({Don't do} 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bc2 (24. Bxa4 Qa5 $18) 24... Qa5 $18) (23. Bxa4 exd5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 $16) 23... Qb6 24. dxc6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 33%.} ({Less strong is} 24. Bxa4 exd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 $16) 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lang, Alexander"]
[Black "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,104,-15,-8,-11,-15,-16,-16,-11,4,8,0,-8,0,-22,0,-32,0,0,0,0,0,-6,22,16,27,-29,-18,-39,-44,-29,10,-61,-28,-70,-42,-87,-87,-256,-239,-246,-191,-187,-147,-135,-128,-184,-189,-190,-148,-174,-85,-85,-97,-199,-205,-489,-511,-494,-505,-647,-500,-601,-307,-550,-323,-751,-472,-458,-455,-404,-305,-317,-305,-769,-231,-740,-736,-713,-712,-779,-814,-814,-805,-795,-785,-1944,-1245,-29968,-5700,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxg3 11. hxg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. g4 Qf6 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3+ Be6 {½-½ (57) Suleymanli,A (2429)-Sasikiran,K (2660) Budva 2019}) 11. h3 Nf6 $1 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Nf8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qe7 16. Bc2 N8d7 {[%cal Bf8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 17. g4 Nb6 18. g5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 (19. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 20. Qg4) 19... dxe4 $11 20. Qg4 Bc7 21. Rf2 Qd6 22. Ne2 (22. f5 $1 $11 Qg3+ 23. Qxg3 Bxg3 24. Rg2) 22... Nd5 23. Bd2 Bb6 24. b4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 25. Nc3 $2 {[#]} (25. Rff1 $17) 25... Bxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rd1 (26. exd4 e3) 26... Ba7 ({Much less strong is} 26... axb4 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Bxb4 $17) 27. f5 Qe5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Kg2 (29. g6 $17) 29... axb4 30. axb4 Rad8 31. Bc1 Qe7 (31... Qc3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 32. Re2 Qxb4) 32. f6 $17 Qe6 ({Reject} 32... Qxb4 $6 33. fxg7 Qd6 34. Rdf1 $11) 33. Qh5 (33. Qxe6 $17 {was called for.} Rxe6 34. fxg7) 33... d4 $19 34. Rf4 $2 (34. Re1) 34... dxe3 {White must now prevent ...Qa2+.} 35. Re1 {White hopes to continue with fxg7.} Rd3 36. Re2 Red8 37. fxg7 Bd4 38. Qh4 $2 (38. Qh6 Rd6 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 40. Rf1) 38... Re8 39. Qe1 $2 (39. Qh6) 39... Qe5 40. Qg3 Qd5 41. Qg4 Qc6 42. Qf5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf5f7]} Qe6 ({Inferior is} 42... Bxg7 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Bb2 Bxb2 {[#]} 45. Rh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg6 46. Qxg6 Re7 47. Rxb2) 43. Qb5 $2 (43. h4) 43... Qe5 $2 (43... Rc8 44. Qxb7 Rxc1 45. Rxe4 Qf5 46. Qb8+ Kxg7) 44. Rf5 $2 (44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. h4) 44... Qxb5 45. Rxb5 Rc8 46. Bxe3 Rxe3 47. Rxe3 Bxe3 48. Rxb7 Bxg5 {KRB-KR} 49. b5 Kxg7 50. b6 Rc2+ (50... e3 $142 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Ra7 Rf2+ 53. Ke4 e2 54. Ra1 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rxa1 56. Kxe2 Rb1 57. Kf3 Rxb6 58. Ke4 Rb3 59. Kd5 Rxh3 60. Kc5 h5 61. Kc4 h4 62. Kd4 Rg3 63. Kc4 h3 64. Kd4 h2 65. Kc4 h1=Q 66. Kc5 Be7+ 67. Kb5 Qb7+ 68. Kc4 Qc6+ 69. Kd4 Bf6#) 51. Kf1 e3 52. Rc7 e2+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,34,29,21,45,44,64,36,67,-10,-5,-29,121,118,131,125,134,115,123,120,140,140,140,144,150,140,160,140,232,218,224,224,200,158,259,258,256,260,242,251,550,544,539,527,823,747,1070,718,10737,10737,11827,29947,29971,5979,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29973,29976,29975,29976,29976,29978,29977,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Be2 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Bh6 {White is slightly better.} Bh8 {[#]} 15. Bg5 $146 (15. h4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 Qb8 16. h5 Qb4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e5 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Shchekachev,A (2527)-Albadri,A (2233) Vienna 2013}) 15... Qb8 $11 16. Kb1 Qb4 {[#]} (16... Nd7 $11) 17. Bxf6 $1 $16 {White now steadily converts the win.} Bxf6 {[#]} 18. Nd5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5f6][%mdl 2624] Double Attack, Discovered Attack. White is on the roll.} Qxb2+ (18... cxd5 19. Qxb4) 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Nxc7 Ba3 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Kc2 a5 23. Rb1 Bb4 24. Rhd1 f5 (24... Kg7 $16 {was called for.} 25. h3 g5) 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Rg1+ Kf7 27. Bd3 fxe4 (27... Kf6 $16 28. exf5 Bf7) 28. fxe4 $18 {Rbf1+ is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 28. Bxe4 Bxc4 29. a3 (29. Bxh7 Bxa2 30. Rb2 Be6 $15) (29. Bxc6 Rc8 $11) 29... Bc5 $16) 28... Rg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 30. Kb3 d5 $2 (30... h5 31. Rg1+ Kf8) 31. exd5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Bxd5+ 33. Bc4 Bxc4+ 34. Kxc4 {KR-KB} Bd2 35. Rb7 Be1 36. Ra7 h5 37. a4 (37. Kb5 $142 Bf2 38. Rxa5 Kf7 39. Ra8 Bg1 40. h3 Bd4 41. a4 Ke7 42. a5) 37... h4 38. h3 {White mates.} Kf8 39. Kb5 Ke8 40. Rxa5 Bxa5 41. Kxa5 Kd7 42. Kb6 Kc8 43. Kc6 ({Weaker is} 43. a5 Kb8 $11) 43... Kb8 {[#]} 44. Kd6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Black "Baruzzo, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,44,50,50,54,32,37,-6,12,-12,63,-10,10,0,35,-24,-20,-62,10,-85,-34,-44,-29,-35,0,0,0,-28,-22,-163,-158,-194,-190,-188,0,0,732,720]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Be3 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5.} b6 7. Nge2 Ba6 8. h4 {[#] White is slightly better.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. a3 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {0-1 (49) Gaprindashvili,N (2430)-Karner,H (2380) Parnu 1977}) 9. Qf3 g6 (9... c5 $11) 10. g4 (10. O-O-O $1 $14) 10... hxg4 $11 11. Qxg4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 ({White should try} 12. Qf3 $14) 12... Rxh6 13. h5 Nc6 (13... c5 $1 $15) 14. Bg2 (14. Nf4 $11 {remains equal.} Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Nxd4 16. O-O-O) 14... O-O-O (14... gxh5 $17 15. Rxh5 Nb4) 15. O-O-O $15 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rg6 17. Qh3 Bb4 18. Nf4 Rg7 19. Rh7 (19. a3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxc3 20. Qxc3) 19... Rxh7 $19 20. Qxh7 {[#] Ncxd5! is the strong threat.} Bxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Na5 $2 ({Black should play} 21... Kb8 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Na5.} 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxe6 Re8) 22. Nxd5 $1 $11 exd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Bb7 $11 23. Nf6 Qa4) 23. Bh3 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bergero, Simone"]
[Black "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,-16,20,8,12,0,29,18,27,15,60,22,27,6,6,4,27,0,60,58,53,40,77,36,47,37,40,39,49,48,53,40,49,46,74,74,54,67,86,86,102,102]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit.} Qxc6 7. O-O {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh4 Bg7 11. Ng4 d6 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 {½-½ (44) Sulskis,G (2223)-Orso,M (2341) Budapest 2000}) 8. exd5 {White has an edge.} Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Ne5 {[#] g4 is the strong threat.} Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b5 13. a4 b4 ({Black should play} 13... Nd5 $11 14. Rfe1 f6) 14. Ne4 $14 Nd5 15. Bf2 Ra7 16. Nxc5 ({Don't play} 16. Bxc5 $6 Bxc5+ 17. Nxc5 Ne3 $11) 16... Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rc7 18. Bd6 Rxc2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne3.} 19. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} b3 20. Rxc2 $1 bxc2 21. Rc1 f6 22. Nc4 Bd7 23. b3 Bc6 24. Rxc2 Kd7 25. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Altieri, Danilo Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Bg4 Rfd8 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Rad1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. c5 Be7 23. Qc2 h5 24. h4 g6 25. Bc1 Kf7 26. Be3 g5 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Qd1 Kg6 29. Kh2 g4 30. Kg2 Qf6 31. Qd7 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 h4 33. Qe6+ Bf6 34. Qg8+ Bg7 35. Qe8+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. gxh4 Kg6 38. Bg5 Bf8 39. b4 b6 40. b5 bxc5 41. bxc6 Bd6 42. Bd8 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 d4 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. f4 Ne3 15. Qc1 Nxf1 16. Qxf1 Be7 17. h4 Rdf8 18. Qd1 Bc6 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. Qg4 Qd7 21. a3 Ka8 22. Rb1 a5 23. b3 g6 24. Be1 Rf7 25. Ne4 Rhf8 26. g3 Rg7 27. Bxa5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Bd8 29. Bd2 Bb6 30. a4 h6 31. a5 Bd8 32. a6 g5 33. axb7+ Kb8 34. Ra1 Ba5 35. Rxa5 gxf4 36. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Black "Zschiesing, Falk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 exd4 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rdc1 Qb7 19. a4 bxa4 20. f4 Ng6 21. b5 c5 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. b6 Qxb6 26. Nxe5 Ba6 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Re8 31. Re1 Qxg4 32. Rxa4 Qc8 33. Rf4 Bb7 34. Kh2 Qc6 35. Rxf7 Bd6 36. Rf1 h6 37. Rxb7 Qxb7 38. Nd1 Re5 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Kg2 Re6 41. Qd5 Kh7 42. Rf3 Re5 43. Qd3+ Kh8 44. Bf4 Re6 45. Nf2 Bxf4 46. Rxf4 Qe8 47. Qf3 Qc6 48. Qxc6 Rxc6 49. Rc4 g5 50. Ne4 Re6 51. Kf3 Kh7 52. Rxc5 Kg6 53. Rd5 Kh5 54. Rd6 g4+ 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Buglisi, Massimo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Re1 a6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bh2 b5 14. Bf1 b4 15. Nd1 Rad8 16. c4 e5 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Monducci, Mirko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. b3 Ng6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Bg4 14. b4 O-O 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf5 17. Nf4 g6 18. Nxh5 Ng7 19. Nf4 Rae8 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Nf3 fxe5 23. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Urh, Zala"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,-10,3,-12,27,27,48,7,21,17,16,-46,-48,-45,-58,-60,-66,-111,-101,-133,-128,-132,-120,-207,-220,-197,-211,-206,-199,-219,-173,-156,-155,-197,-204,-210,-197,-234,-232,-228,-231,-236,-228,-448,-443,-440,-432,-435,-450,-493,-476,-641,-643,-628,-623,-963,-969,-869,-876,-817,-797,-1701,-1654]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} Bd6 11. f4 Ne4 {[#]} 12. Rf3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Rc1 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (52) Ghelani,D (2027)-Manish,A (2280) Mumbai 2019}) 12... Ndf6 13. Be1 Qe8 14. Bh4 (14. a4 $1 $11) 14... Nxc3 $1 $15 15. bxc3 {aiming for Bxf6.} Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rg3 {[#] Rxg7+! would kill now. White is now going downhill.} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} g6 $1 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Qe6+ (20. Nd2 $17) 20... Qf7 $19 21. Qd7 Qxc4 22. Qxe7 Qxc3 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 25. Qg4 {With the idea f5.} Kh8 26. Qd1 Bc8 27. d5 Qd6 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. f5 $2 (30. Qc4) 30... Re5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Qc3 Bf5 34. Rd1 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Bg5 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd7 {And now ...Rd2+ would win.} 38. Bxf6+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rd2+.} 39. Qe1 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Perman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,91,56,39,56,59,58,57,58,48,45,42,44,38,50,49,41,45,35,35,63,51,50,0,123,128,164,146,136,146,173,168,203,196,192,161,433,182,189,173,516,544,531,512,559,553,592,595,608,600,678,676,698,639,713,696,704,693,741,747,1002,995,1038,1039,993,997,978,968,1326,1372,1391,1350,1670,1682,1622,1670,29981,29982,29974,29987,12835,7347]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Nc6 {6...a6 is a critical line.} 7. d5 Nb4 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2.} 8. Be2 a5 9. O-O {[#]} h5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. Be3 e6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nc3 {½-½ (18) Kaposztas,M (2258)-Emodi,B (2369) Hungary 2011}) 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Be3 h4 12. Nh1 e5 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bd2 $1 h3 {[#] White must now prevent ...hxg2.} 17. g4 fxg3 (17... Ng5 $11) 18. hxg3 $16 {White now steadily converts the win.} (18. Nxg3 $6 Bd7 $11) 18... Bf6 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. Rb1 ({Don't play} 20. bxa5 $6 Nc5 $11) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Qe7 22. Nf2 Bg5 23. Nxh3 Bf4 $2 (23... Kg7 24. Kg2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Bxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Ng5+ 27. Kg2 Rh8) 24. Kg2 ({Less strong is} 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qe1 (25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 $11) 25... Bxh3 $14) (24. gxf4 $142 Qh4 {[#]} 25. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qe1 Qxe1 28. Bxe1) 24... Bxh3+ 25. Kxh3 Nf6 $2 (25... Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Kg7) 26. gxf4 $18 exf4 27. Rg1 Qh7+ 28. Kg2 Qh6 29. Qe1 Kf7 30. Qf2 Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh6h3]} 31. Kf1 Nh5 32. c5 g5 33. Ke1 Ng3 34. Kd1 Qf6 35. Bc4 Rh6 36. c6 Rah8 37. cxb7 Nb8 38. Nb5 Rh2 39. Rg2 Rh1+ 40. Kc2 Rxb1 41. Kxb1 Qe7 42. Rh2 Rh4 43. Bd3 c6 44. Rxh4 gxh4 45. dxc6 Nxc6 46. Bxf4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. e4 a5 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxe2+ $11 13. Nxe2 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bg7 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. f5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. Raf2 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. h4 b5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxb5 d3 24. Qb2 d2 25. Qxd2 Bxb5 26. Qxd6 Bxf1 27. Qxe5 Bxg2 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Kxg2 Rae8 30. Qd6 Rd8 31. Qc7 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Rd3 33. a4 Rd4 34. Rg4 Rxa4 35. Rg5 Qg7 36. Nh5 Ra3+ 37. Kh2 Qb2+ 38. Rg2 Qb8 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc4 $11 Bf5 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 Qd5 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Ne4 Bh3 16. f3 Bc8 17. Nf2 c5 18. b3 f5 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Nc4 Bb7 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nd3 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rozman, Monika"]
[Black "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 $11 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Rac8 17. Qe3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rd2 d5 20. Ne1 d4 21. Qe2 Bg5 22. Rc2 Rdc8 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. g3 g6 25. Nd3 Qb5 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Rd1 f6 28. h4 Bh6 29. h5 Kf7 30. Kg2 Bg5 31. Ne1 Ke7 32. Nf3 gxh5 33. Qf5 h6 34. Nxg5 hxg5 35. Rc1 Qd7 36. Qh7+ Kd6 37. Qxh5 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. Qf7 f5 40. Qd5+ Ke7 41. Qxe5+ Qe6 42. Qxf5 Qxf5 43. exf5 g4 44. f4 Kf6 45. Kf2 Kxf5 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. b4 d3+ 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. f5 Ke5 50. Kxd3 Kxf5 51. Kd4 b6 52. Kd5 b5 53. Kd4 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Black "Decker, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nge7 11. Bb2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 $11 Bb6 13. Bd3 g5 14. f5 Qb8 15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Bb2 d4 19. O-O a6 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Bf5 O-O-O 22. Bxe6+ fxe6 23. Qg4 Kb8 24. Qxe6 Rhe8 25. Qc4 Nxe5 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Re4 Nc4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf7+ Kc6 30. Bxd4 Nxa3 31. c3 Nb5 32. Bf6 Re6 33. Bxg5 Nxc3 34. Rxh7 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Be7 Nd5 37. g4 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. Kh4 Nxe7 40. Rxe7 Rxb4 41. Kh5 Rb2 42. h4 a5 43. Re4 Rg2 44. g5 b5 45. g6 a4 46. Re6+ Kb7 47. Re3 Kb6 48. Kh6 b4 49. g7 a3 50. Re6+ Kb7 51. Re4 Kc6 52. Rxb4 a2 53. Ra4 Rh2 54. h5 Rg2 55. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Cardili, Mariano"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $11 Rxe5 15. Re1 c4 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. g3 Re6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Qf2 Bd3 21. e4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd3 23. Qd4 b6 24. Bf4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Black "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 $11 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Re8 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 f5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nh2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nf4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Re4 20. f3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qe6 22. Qd2 g5 23. a4 Qa2 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Ne6 27. Qc2 Qd5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Nf1 f4 30. g4 Qc4 31. Nd2 Qd5 32. Qe4 Qa2 33. Qc2 Qd5 34. Nf1 c5 35. Qf5 Qb3 36. d5 Qxb2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, David"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,114,41,69,13,31,-14,30,0,0,-9,7,0,0,0,16,0,16,-32,-27,-18,-6,-33,-27,-30,-32,-96,-58,-42,-44,-42,-44,-56,-58,-76,-56,-58,-65,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-47,-54,-47,-87,-47,-87,-24,-87,-63,-120,-120,-120,-87,-120,-120,-130,-65,-104,29999,-542,-399,-361,-146,-325,-25,-307,-146,-146,-91,-146,-146,-1561,-1052,-2048,-2003,-29980,-29981,-29987,-29982,-29999,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29980,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29987]} 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 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Bg5 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} (12. Na3 $14) 12... h6 $11 13. Bh4 Nh7 (13... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Re7h4]} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 14. Bxe7 {White has an edge.} Qxe7 15. Nbd2 {[#]} Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. Nxb3 Nc4 18. d5 Ng5 19. Nbd2 Nb2 20. Qe2 Na4 21. Qe3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 {0-1 (36) Nawaf,A (1386)-Laxman,R (2445) Dubai 2019}) 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qe7 (17... Qg6 {is interesting.} 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. b3 axb3 20. Bxb3 Rfd8) 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 Be6 21. b3 axb3 22. axb3 b4 23. c4 (23. Rxa8 $15 Rxa8 24. Rd1) 23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Rd1 c5 27. Qc1 Qa7 28. Rd2 Qa2 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qb1 Qxb1+ 31. Bxb1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf8 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Bd3 Kf6 (34... h4 $17) 35. Bb1 (35. h4 $1 $11) 35... Kg5 36. Kf3 (36. Bd3 $1 $15) 36... Bd7 $17 37. Bd3 g6 38. Bc2 f5 39. Bd3 Kh4 (39... Bc6 $17 40. g3 Kf6) 40. Bf1 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Bc8 $17) 41. Bd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. g3# {is the narrow road to win.}) 41... g4+ 42. hxg4 fxg4+ 43. Ke2 Bc6 $2 ({Black should play} 43... g3 $1 $19 44. Kf1 Bc6) 44. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. g3+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kg5 45. Kf1) 44... Kg5 (44... g3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 45. c5 Kg4) 45. Ke2 Be8 (45... h4 $142 46. g3 h3) 46. Ke1 {[#]} (46. g3 $142) 46... h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3] ...h3 is the strong threat.} 47. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. g3 $17) 47... Bd7 48. Ke2 h3 49. gxh3 gxh3 {Black mates.} 50. Kf3 Kh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rd7g4]} 51. Be2 Bc6 52. Bf1 Be8 {[%cal Re8h5]} 53. Ke2 Bh5+ 54. Kd3 Bf3 55. Bxh3 Kxh3 56. c5 Kg2 57. c6 Kxf2 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Sedina, Elena"]
[Black "Fuochi, Tommaso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 $11 6. a3 Bd7 7. Qg4 Nbc6 8. Qd1 Bc8 9. Qg4 Bd7 10. Qd1 Bc8 11. Qg4 Bd7 12. Qd1 Bc8 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. Qd1 Bc8 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Qd1 Bc8 17. Qg4 Bd7 18. Qd1 Bc8 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Qd1 Bc8 21. Qg4 Bd7 22. Qd1 Bc8 23. Qg4 Bd7 24. Qd1 Bc8 25. Qg4 Bd7 26. Qd1 Bc8 27. Qg4 Bd7 28. Qd1 Bc8 29. Qg4 Bd7 30. Qd1 Bc8 31. Qg4 Bd7 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Black "Bergero, Simone"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. c4 bxc3 9. bxc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Rf1 Bf8 12. Re1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,10,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 $14 6. h3 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Podetti, Davide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Ne5 c4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. b3 Bd5 16. a4 a6 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Qa1 Ra8 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rb1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Be1 Ra2 26. Rd1 Bc7 27. Rd2 Ra1 28. Rd1 Ra2 29. Rd2 Ra1 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Bc2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Rc8 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxb3 21. Qd3 Nxa1 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh3 Rc7 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Bb5 Qf4 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. d5+ Be5 29. Qd8+ Kg6 30. Bd3+ Kh5 31. g3 Qf6 32. Qh8+ Qh6 33. Qxh6+ Kxh6 34. Bxe5 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Be4 Nb3 37. Bb8 Nc5 38. Bf3 Rd3 39. Bxa7 Nd7 40. a4 Ra3 41. Bd1 Kg6 42. f4 Kf6 43. Bg4 Rxa4 44. Bxd7 Rxa7 45. Bb5 Ra5 46. Bc6 b5 47. Kf2 b4 48. Ke2 b3 49. Kd2 Rc5 50. Ba4 b2 51. Bc2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Perman, Sergey"]
[Black "Prelati, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Nd4 9. f4 O-O 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. a4 Be6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc4 19. Rfd1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. Rab1 Qc7 22. Qe3 Be6 23. d4 Bg4 24. Bf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nc6 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. d5 Na5 28. Qd3 Rc4 29. Rf3 Rd6 30. Rb4 Rc8 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Qb1 Rd7 33. c4 Qc5 34. Nc1 Nxc4 35. Nd3 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Nc2 37. Nxc5 Ne3 38. Nd3 Nc4 39. Kg2 Nd2 40. Rxb7 Nc4 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Kostov, Kiril"]
[Black "Rozman, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qxh1 12. Qd2 Re8 13. O-O-O Qf3 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qg5+ f6 17. Qxg7 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Bf1 b6 21. Bg2 Ba6 22. b3 Kc8 23. Rd6 Re6 24. Rd4 Bb7 25. Bh3 f5 26. Rh4 Re8 27. Nxb6+ axb6 28. Kb2 Be4 29. Rh6 Re6 30. Bf1 Kc7 31. h4 Rd6 32. Kc3 Rc6+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Hilbenz, Guntram"]
[Black "Briata, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kierzek, Matthias"]
[Black "Davini, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,0,12,6,14,16,35,15,31,24,25,0,50,34,27,0,0,-3,56,18,42,47,68,60,65,55,325,344,477,474,592]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Be7 7. Bb2 b6 8. Rg1 {[#] White is slightly better.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. g5 Ne4 11. Be2 O-O 12. h4 Re8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. h5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 {½-½ (54) Gretarsson,H (2550)-Flick,A (2318) Helsingor 2016}) 9. h3 h4 $1 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nd4 g6 13. f4 Qb8 ({Black should play} 13... a6 $11) 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Nf3 Rh6 16. Kb1 (16. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g6]}) 16... Nc5 17. Be2 O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17... Nce4 $14) 18. Ne5 $18 Rf8 19. b4 Qd8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-10/B=-51. Weighted=-11/-50} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,28,32,23,23,33,21,32,20,26,5,116,114,128,125,112,110,119,65,85,93,111]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} Nf6 7. d4 Ba7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bf5 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bd7 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. h3 {0-1 (13) Kevins,O (1969)-Wanjiru,M (1507) Nairobi 2015}) 9... Qd7 {[#]} (9... O-O $11) 10. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} axb5 11. cxb5 Nd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd7+ (13. Qa4 $16) 13... Bxd7 14. a4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Rozman, Monika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 Qe8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. fxe5 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qd4 b5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. a4 Re8 20. axb5 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 h6 22. Bf4 Rxe4 23. Be5 Bxb5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Bb5 26. Rxc7 a6 27. Kf2 g5 28. Kf3 Re2 29. g4 a5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 31. Be5+ Kg8 32. Rc5 Rb2 33. Ke4 a4 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Ra7 Bd7 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7 Rb3 39. Kd5 Rb5+ 40. Kc4 Rb2 41. Kd5 Rb5+ 42. Kc4 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O b5 11. d5 Nb8 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Ned4 Nfd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Bb5 Ba6 17. Nd2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. e5 Qxb5 21. exd6 exd6 22. Nc4 Nb7 23. Ne3 Nd7 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Nbc5 26. cxd7 Nxd7 27. Nc4 a4 28. Nxd6 Ra6 29. Ne4 Rc8 30. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 f5 32. Ng5 Kf8 33. Nf3 Ke7 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Ke6 36. f4 g5 37. g3 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kd5 39. Kf2 a3 40. bxa3 bxa3 41. Ke2 a2 42. Kd3 Rb6 43. Ra1 Rh6 44. Rh1 Rb6 45. Kc2 Ke4 46. h4 h5 47. Ra1 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. b3 Qa5 8. Bb2 Qh5 9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Ng5 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. f4 h6 15. Ngf3 Nhf6 16. h3 Ne8 17. e5 f5 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Ba3 c5 20. Nb1 Rfd8 21. Rd2 b6 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Nd5 Kf7 25. Kg2 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nb8 27. h4 Nc6 28. Bb2 Bg7 29. Bc3 Rd7 30. a3 Rb8 31. Ne3 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Nexd8 34. b4 e6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Nd2 Bf8 37. Nb3 Nb7 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Ke2 Bd8 40. Kd3 Be7 41. Be1 h5 42. Nd1 Nb8 43. Bf2 Nd7 44. Nc3 a6 45. a4 Bd8 46. Be1 Bb6 47. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Sedina, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 c5 18. O-O O-O 19. Rac1 a5 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. e5 Qb6 22. d5 Nxe5 23. dxe6 f6 24. e4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Ra6 26. Be3 Qxe6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Bxc5 Rxe4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rc5 Re5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rd1 e4 33. Rd4 e3 34. Re4 Rf2 35. b3 Re2 36. h4 Rc2 37. Rxe3 Rc3 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kd3+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Black "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-20,-24,-18,-24,-22,-19,-16,-32,0,-120,-98,-94,-52,-68,-58,-58,-42,-43,-43,-55,-41,-45,-48,-49,-45,-69,-68,-65,-66,-87,-78,-94,-62,-540,-617,-697,-697,-1628,-1563,-5406,-5397,-2051,-1409,-29985,-29986,-6526,-6526,-6507,-6401]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bf6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be3 Bd7 {[#] B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 {0-1 (34) Otto,K (2001)-Runde,T (2017) Bockenem 1999}) 13... g6 14. Bc4 Qd6 {Black has an edge.} 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Ne5 Rac8 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Qa2 (19. Qxb7 $11 Nxd4 20. b3) 19... Nxd4 20. Rd2 e5 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. Re1 Rfe8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 26. Rdd1 Be5 27. h3 Re7 28. Re2 Rec7 29. Ree1 Kg7 30. Qb1 Qf6 31. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} ({White should try} 31. g3 $15) 31... Bh2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh1 (32. Kxh2 Rxc1) 32... Qxf2 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Re2 Qg3 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg3h2]} 35. Kg1 Bf4 36. Re1 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Bg3 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 38. Re4 {[#]} Rc1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Av CentiPawn Loss W=887/B=-34. Weighted=265/-10} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Briata, Federico"]
[Black "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bb1 Rfe8 14. Kh1 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ba3 18. Qd2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxd5 20. Nf5 N5f6 21. Qd2 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Black "Lezzerini, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nb5 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf5 16. Qc1 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nc7 Qd7 20. Nxd5 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qc4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Re1 b5 25. Qc5 Bf8 26. Qxd4 Bxa3 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Qf6 Rf8 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxd6 Kg7 32. Ra6 h5 33. h4 Rc7 34. Kg2 Rf7 35. f4 Rc7 36. Ra5 Kf6 37. Kh3 Rb7 38. b4 Ke6 39. Ra6+ Kf5 40. Rc6 Rb8 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Rc5+ Kf6 43. a3 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Rd3 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46. Ra6 Ke4 47. Rxg6 Kf3 48. Rc6 Rxa3 49. f5 Ra1 50. Rc3+ Kf2 51. Kh2 Ra6 52. Rc5 Rb6 53. f6 Rxf6 54. Rxb5 Rh6 55. Kh3 Kf3 56. Rf5+ Ke4 57. Rf7 a6 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Rg6+ 60. Kh5 Rb6 61. Rg7 Kf5 62. Rg5+ Kf4 63. Rg6 Rb5+ 64. Kh6 Rxb4 65. Rxa6 Kf5 66. h5 Rh4 67. Ra1 Kf6 68. Rf1+ Ke7 69. Kg6 Rg4+ 70. Kh7 Rg2 71. h6 Rg3 72. Kh8 Rg2 73. Ra1 Kf7 74. Ra7+ Kf8 75. Kh7 Rg1 76. Kh8 Rg8+ 77. Kh7 Rg1 78. Ra8+ Kf7 79. Kh8 Rg2 80. Ra7+ Kf8 81. Rg7 Rh2 82. Kh7 Rf2 83. Kg6 Rg2+ 84. Kh7 Rf2 85. Ra7 Rg2 86. Ra6 Kf7 87. Ra4 Rf2 88. Ra1 Rf3 89. Kh8 Rf2 90. Kh7 Rf3 91. Ra7+ Kf8 92. Kg6 Rg3+ 93. Kf6 Rf3+ 94. Kg5 Kg8 95. Ra8+ Kh7 96. Ra7+ Kh8 97. Kg6 Rg3+ 98. Kf7 Kh7 99. Kf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Lochte, Thomas"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Nh5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Ne5 b5 13. g4 Be6 14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Nxg4 Be7 18. h4 O-O 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6 g6 22. Rg4 Rd6 23. Rxe4 Rxf6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rf5 26. Rb4 Kf8 27. Re5 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Ke7 29. Ke2 b5 30. Rf4 Ra8 31. Kd3 Ra1 32. Kd4 Rc1 33. Kd3 c5 34. b3 Rd1+ 35. Ke4 h5 36. Rf6 Rh1 37. Rc6 Rxh4+ 38. f4 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rh1 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Hartz, Erik"]
[Black "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 a5 11. c4 Ba6 12. Rc1 e6 13. Re1 Qb6 14. c5 Qb7 15. Be5 Rfd8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e4 Qc7 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Qd4+ f6 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Bh3 h6 24. Ne6+ Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Re7 26. Re3 Rae8 27. Rce1 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxc8 30. b4 Rxe3 31. fxe3 axb4 32. Qxb4 Qa6 33. a4 Qe2 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Black "Bergero, Simone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 h5 13. f4 h4 14. g4 h3 15. Bh1 Rh4 16. Nc3 Qg6 17. Bf3 f5 18. Qe1 Rdh8 19. Qg3 fxe4 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Nb5 a6 22. f5 Qf6 23. g5 Qf8 24. Nc3 Qxb4 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qe5 Bb7 27. Rac1 d6 28. Qxg7 c5 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. Rcd1 e3 31. Qd7+ Kb8 32. Bf3 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, Joel"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 e5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Nbc3 Nc6 12. Ng3 O-O-O+ 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Re1 h5 15. f4 h4 16. Nge4 h3 17. g3 Nd4 18. Kc1 b6 19. Ng5 Be7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 g5 22. c3 Nf3 23. Re2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rhg8 26. Ng3 Rdf8 27. Kc2 Rxf4 28. Re1 Bh4 29. Rg1 Rf3 30. Rf1 Rgxg3 31. hxg3 Rxf1 32. gxh4 Rf4 33. Rh2 Rxh4 34. Kd3 c4+ 35. Ke3 Kd7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Kg3 Rh7 38. Kf4 a5 39. a4 Kc5 40. Kg5 Kd5 41. Kf6 Ke4 42. Kxe6 Rh6+ 43. Kd7 Kxe5 44. Kc7 Kf4 45. Rxh3 Rxh3 46. Kxb6 Rh5 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Schoebel-Kroehn, Lucas"]
[Black "Urh, Zala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Qd3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Be3 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. Bc3 Bc4 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ne3 Qc7 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. h3 Rfd8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qf5 Bc5 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Qh5 Bf8 32. Rae1 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 34. Ba5 Rd7 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Rxe8 Kg8 37. Bb4 Rf7 38. Rb8 g6 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Bxf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxb5 Rc8 42. Rb7+ Kh6 43. a4 c3 44. bxc3 Rxc3 45. a5 Ra3 46. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Zschiesing, Falk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Ne5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. f4 Ng6 11. g3 Bf8 12. Bg2 a6 13. a4 a5 14. b3 c6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qc8 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. Nf3 b5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Be7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qc7 28. Bd4 Rb8 29. f5 Ne5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Rd7 Qc8 32. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Perman, Sergey"]
[Black "Monducci, Mirko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

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. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Bxd2+ 14. Nfxd2 Qb4 15. a3 Qe7 16. Qg3 Ngf6 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rde8 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. O-O-O Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Kc7 22. Rde1 Rf8 23. f3 Rg7 24. Re2 b6 25. Nd2 Rf6 26. g4 Nf8 27. Re3 Rd7 28. c3 Nh7 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Rhe1 Rdf7 31. Rf1 Rf4 32. Rf2 Nf6 33. Nxf6 R8xf6 34. Kd2 Rxg4 35. Rxe6 Rxd4+ 36. cxd4 Rxe6 37. Rg2 Rf6 38. Rg7+ Kd8 39. Rg6 Rxf3 40. Rxc6 Rh3 41. Rxh6 Kd7 42. Rh8 Ke7 43. h6 Kf7 44. h7 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kxh7 46. Rg4 Kh8 47. Rg5 Kh7 48. d5 Kh6 49. Rg4 Kh5 50. Rg7 Rb3 51. Kc2 Rb5 52. Rd7 Kg5 53. b4 Kf5 54. Kc3 Ke5 55. Kc4 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 8,10,-13,-20,12]} 1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Qd2 Bg6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Kostov, Kiril"]
[Black "Cardili, Mariano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 b5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Bc1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Nd3 Rfd8 22. g4 Be7 23. c3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Decker, Nils"]
[Black "Wild, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,38,0,16,0,14,4,21,-1,0,-2,161,166,160,146,164,168,226,126,220,229,197,192,327,335,420,408,508,507,756]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} a6 10. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxe7.} Qa5 $146 {[#]} (10... Bg4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. O-O Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Nb8 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Qxf5 Nxd4 19. Qg5+ {1-0 (19) Lewandowski,M (1932)-Kuru,M Nachod 2006}) 11. Bxe7 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Bxe7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. a3 Rc8 (13... Nf8 $142 14. b4 Qd8) 14. g3 (14. O-O $18) 14... Rxc3 (14... Rd8 $16 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nxd5 Qc6) 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Bxa3 (16... O-O $142 17. Qd3 Qxd3+ 18. Kxd3 f6) 17. Qd3 Qxd3+ 18. Kxd3 Bb4 19. Rhb1 a5 {White took control after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-12/B=-68. Weighted=-19/-72} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Black "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 fxe6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Ne5 c5 9. h5 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Ne2 Qxb5 13. h6 Nc6 14. hxg7+ Kxg7 15. Nxd4 Qxb2 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17. Ndxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Qc3+ 19. Kf1 Ne4 20. Rh3 Qc5 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Nxc5 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Nxc5 25. f5 exf5 26. Bf4 Kf7 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxh7+ Kf6 29. Rh3 d4 30. Ra3 Rb7 31. Ra5 Ne4 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Kf3 e5 34. Rh1 Nc5 35. Ra5 Ne6 36. Rh8 e4+ 37. Kf2 f4 38. Ra4 c5 39. Ra6 Re7 40. Rc6 Ke5 41. Ra6 Kd5 42. Rg8 d3 43. cxd3 exd3 44. Rxg6 c4 45. Ra5+ Kd4 46. Ke1 Nf8+ 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rozman, Monika"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,40,25,72,40,29,29,31,36,34,30,47,41,48,12,0,0,32,2,32,34,32,19,16,17,20,-2,-4,-4,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 {Recently 7...Nf6 got a lot of attention.} 8. dxc5 {C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines.} Bxc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qd6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Rad8 20. a3 Bb8 21. Qh4 Ba7 22. h3 f5 {½-½ (21) Yudasin,L (2460)-Pytel,K (2400) Leningrad 1984}) 14. c3 Qd6 15. Na5 g5 16. Bg3 Bxf2+ 17. Bxf2 Nxa5 {The position is equal.} 18. Qa4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxf3 $1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-10/B=-4. Weighted=-10/-5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lezzerini, Marco"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,47,53,24,23,18,0,9,36,33,25,20,35,15,18,22,20,6,30,28,31,0,17,0,10,0,0,-50,-50,-49,-44,-56,-58,-59,-65,-60,-54,-79,-79,-84,-84,-76,-86,-86,-79,-70,-78,-159,-97,-100,-64,-116,-8,-753,-771,-1051,-1130,-2133,-1970,-1849,-1625,-1625,-1160,-219,-203,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bxf6 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5.} gxf6 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. Rxc3 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. e4 Ke7 14. Ke2 Ba6 15. Ke3 Rhg8 16. a3 Rac8 17. f4 Nb8 18. g3 d6 {1-0 (40) Karpov,A (2617)-Romanishin,O (2451) Platja d'Aro 2019}) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O Nd4 17. Bd1 Bb7 18. Re1 Nf5 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Ng3 (20. Nd2 {is interesting.} Nd6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rec1 h4 23. c5) 20... Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 d5 22. cxd5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Bb3 {Hoping for Bxd5.} Rd8 (24... Bb7 {keeps more tension.} 25. f3 Rc8 26. c4 Rd8 27. Re2 h5) 25. f3 Bxb3 26. axb3 $17 {KR-KR} Rd3 27. Rc1 a5 28. g4 Kd6 29. Kh2 Kc6 30. Rc2 {[#]} (30. Kh3 $142) 30... b5 (30... Rd1 $142 $1 {aiming for ...Rb1.} 31. Ra2 Rc1) 31. Kg3 Rd7 32. g5 (32. Kf4 $15) 32... a4 (32... Rd1 $17 {With the idea ...Rb1.} 33. Kf4 Rb1) 33. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (33. Ra2 $11) 33... Ra7 $19 34. bxa4 bxa4 {[%cal Bb5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. Kh5 a3 36. Ra2 Kb5 37. Kh6 Kc4 38. Kxh7 Kb3 ({Much less strong is} 38... Kxc3 39. g6 $17) 39. Rxa3+ $2 {[#]} (39. Ra1 $19) 39... Rxa3 {KR-KP. Black mates.} 40. Kg7 Ra7 41. g6 fxg6+ 42. Kxg6 Kxc3 43. Kf6 Kd4 44. g4 e5 45. g5 Ra3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-61/B=-27. Weighted=-105/-19} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Black "Briata, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,56,18,-6,12,18,35,27,31,12,22,29,53,43,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-19,-56,-61,-44,-43,-58,0,-54,0,0,0,0,-8,-207,-180,-263,-240,-320,-320]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Nd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Ba6 {White has an edge.} 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. d5 Qc4 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. c4 Re8 20. a4 Qc8 21. a5 Qd8 22. Rb3 {1-0 (50) Rivas Pastor,M (2500)-Wittmann,W (2430) Thessaloniki 1984}) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rb3 Rc4 20. Qb2 Rdc8 21. Ra3 Ra4 22. Ree3 Rcc4 (22... Ng4 $15 23. Reb3 Rac4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. d5 (23. Ne5 $11 Rxd4 {[#]} 24. Qxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxa3 26. Qc4) 23... Rxa3 ({Better is} 23... Qa5 $15 24. Nd2 Rcb4) 24. Rxa3 $11 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Qxa4 26. e5 $2 (26. Ng5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 26... Nxd5 $19 27. h5 (27. g3 {was necessary.}) 27... Qg4 28. h6+ Kxh6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-30/B=-11. Weighted=-32/-15} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Black "Decker, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,6,41,-9,-4,-10,-10,-8,-6,-34,-18,-68,0,-10,13,11,54,54,54,54,63,62,57,7,9,0,0,0,47,-7,-5,-10,20,0,0,0,0,-2,17,-14,0,-7,26,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,4]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d4 6. d3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} e5 7. Nbd2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. e3 Be7 11. exd4 exd4 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Rfe8 {1-0 (39) Moranda,W-Schreiber,K Krakow 1998}) 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nc4 Bc7 10. e4 Bg6 ({Black should play} 10... Bg4 $15) 11. Nh4 $11 b5 12. Nd2 Qb8 13. a4 a6 14. Ba3 Bd6 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. f4 {[#] Threatens to win with f5.} f6 18. h4 Nb4 19. f5 (19. h5 $14 Bf7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. h6) 19... Bf7 20. g4 Qc6 21. Rf2 bxa4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rxa4 Qc3 24. Nb1 Qc5 25. Nd2 Qc3 26. Nb1 Qc5 {The position is equal.} 27. Nd2 Be8 28. Ra2 Bb5 29. Bf1 a5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-14/B=-12. Weighted=-15/-13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,137,0,-9,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,33,15,16,16,39,20,42,-12,38,50,108,105,107,101,131,128,134,155,143,137,145,135,138,138,150,145,198,199,187,188,193,200,197,203,193,176,150,116,130,143,141,135,140,148,137,148,144,147,136,143,143,140,181,163,163,163,163,163,245,237,225,200,301,290,653,600,566,262,246,246,575,246,906,616,587,578,439,435,29966,29970,29971,29972,29974,29974,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29977,29978,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29980,29980,29980,29979,29980,29980,29981,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29990,29991,29992,4810]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 a5 {Hoping for ...b5. C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} 7. a3 Bb6 8. O-O O-O {[#] The position is equal.} 9. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bd4 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. c3 Ba7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 {1-0 (41) Engert,I-Von Saldern,R Minden 1959}) 9... Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne2 Nf8 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. c3 h6 14. d4 Qc7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qc2 (16. Be3 $14) 16... Rad8 17. Be3 Bc8 (17... Be6 $14) 18. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 20. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxf7 (20... Qxf7 21. Bxb6) 21. Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd5 22. exd5 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 cxd5 24. Rae1 Be6 {[#]} 25. Qd1 $1 Kg8 (25... Rf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qe2 b6) 26. Qd4 $18 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 ({But not} 27. Qxe3 $6 Re8 $16) 27... Re8 28. Nh5 {And now Nxg7! would win.} Kh8 29. Rg3 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Re7 30. Rg6 Qc4 {next ...Qxd4 is good for Black.} 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rg6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Qxd4 33. cxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for Nxg7! KRB-KRN} Kh7 34. Nf4 Rf7 35. Rxe6 Rxf4 36. Rxd6 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 37. b3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. f3 d4 40. Rb6 d3 41. Rxb7 Rb2 {[#]} (41... Kg6 {was called for.} 42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4 Kf6) 42. Rb5 $1 $18 d2 43. Rd5 Kh6 (43... Kg6 $142 44. Kg3 Rxb3) 44. h4 Rxb3 $2 (44... Kg6 45. Kg3 Rxb3 46. Rxd2 Rb4 47. h5+ Kh7) 45. Rxd2 Rb4 46. Rd6+ (46. g4 $142 Rxa4 47. Kg3) 46... Kh7 47. Kh3 Rxa4 $2 (47... g6 48. Ra6 Rxa4) 48. Ra6 (48. h5 $142 Rf4 49. Ra6) 48... Ra1 $2 (48... g6 49. g4 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Ra8+ Kg7) 49. Kg4 a4 50. f4 a3 51. Kg5 Ra2 (51... Rg1 $18 52. g4 (52. Rxa3 Rxg2+ 53. Kf5 g6+ 54. Ke6 Rg4 $11) 52... Rg3) 52. g4 {White mates.} Ra1 53. f5 a2 54. Ra8 Rb1 55. Rxa2 Rb6 56. Re2 Rb5 57. h5 Rb4 58. Re6 Rb5 59. h6 gxh6+ 60. Rxh6+ Kg7 61. Rd6 Rb7 62. f6+ Kf7 63. Rd5 Ke6 64. Ra5 Kf7 65. Kf5 Rb1 66. Ra7+ Kf8 67. Kg6 Rb8 68. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 69. f7+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-34/B=-41. Weighted=-23/-59} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,24,6,14,-17,-17,-13,-3,-12,-3,-11,-20,-31,12,-55,-18,-18,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. Nf3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 {[#]} 9. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 Qb3 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O Qxd5 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rd1 Qc6 {0-1 (35) Glidzhain,G (2285)-Karabakhtsian,A (2319) Anapa 2009}) 9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na3 ({Better is} 11. Nh4 $11) 11... Bd7 12. Qc2 e5 {An uneventful encounter.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Bergero, Simone"]
[Black "Podetti, Davide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,26,-40,-35,-39,-30,-85,-68,-94,-95,-150,-157,-302,-295,-461,-453,-698,-660,-743,-715]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 {[#] D01: Veresov Opening.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. e3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 b5 11. dxc5 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 {½-½ (38) Golcman,E (2323)-Ulanowski,K (2054) Liberec 2012}) 7. g4 (7. e3 $11 {remains equal.}) 7... c5 ({Of course not} 7... Nxg4 $6 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qf4 $11) 8. Rg1 {Black is slightly better.} a6 9. O-O-O {[#]} (9. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 10. O-O-O) 9... b5 $1 $17 10. Ne5 {[#]} (10. g5 $17 hxg5 11. Qxg5) 10... cxd4 $1 $19 11. Nc6 (11. Nxd5 {was worth a try.} Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qxd4) 11... dxc3 {Black is clearly winning.} 12. Qf4 (12. Qxc3 $142 Qc7 13. Bg3) 12... cxb2+ 13. Kb1 g5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black took control after the opening.} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,82,8,3,35,32,29,31,77,68,213,215,226,208,256,262,361,362,338,359,373,339,374,384,390,377,400,383,455,382,472,421,443,427,435,429,404,397,575,562,596,584,587,569,516,485,897,625,612,619,741,734,719,729,698,686,1124,1122,1248,1239,1378,1213,1614,997,1529,1403,6229,5929,6628,5577,6316,6064,5895,5044,29993]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rb8 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} 7. d3 f5 8. b5 Nce7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qa4 {[#]} Ra8 $146 (9... b6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. f4 Kh8 {1-0 (34) Marschner,J-Boog,F Germany North 1976}) 10. b6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} c6 {[#]} 11. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7] Black must now prevent Nc7+.} (11. bxa7 e4 $16) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. dxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 14. b7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a8]} ({Weaker is} 14. Bxc6 Ne7 $16) ({Less strong is} 14. bxa7 Qc7 $16) 14... Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ne7 16. Bd2 {Strongly threatening Ba5.} O-O 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Nh3 f4 19. Ng5 d5 20. O-O h6 21. Nf3 e4 22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f3 (23... Nd5 {was called for.} 24. Nxe4 Bg4) 24. exf3 {White is clearly winning.} exf3 25. Nxf3 Nd5 26. Rfe1 Qf7 {If Black can now play ...Bf5 this consolidates a bit.} 27. Ne5 Qf5 (27... Bxe5 $142 28. Rxe5 Bg4) 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Bd2 g5 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} d4 32. a5 Qf5 33. Rf1 Be5 34. Qc5 Qf6 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Rb6 Qf5 37. Re6 Rbe8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. a6 Qf6 40. a7 Rd8 41. Qe4 Ra8 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-110/B=-155. Weighted=-94/-214} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Black "Perman, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,38,71,50,61,37,41,35,47,43,49,42,36,36,39,38,32,39,49,48,64,24,25,18,10,22,61,53,47,11,18,0,0,0,-3,-11,0,-17,-14,-12,-10,-20,-16,-19,0,0,0,-23,-14,-16,-7,-101,-110,-105,0,-121,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 Nc6 10. O-O {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4.} e5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nde5 13. Rc1 Re8 {[#]} 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nbd3 16. Rcd1 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. f3 Nc6 19. Nc2 Ne6 20. Bh6 {1-0 (64) De Carbonnel,H-Blazi,J Tirschenreuth 1982}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bh6 16. Rc2 Nc6 17. Bf2 Nb4 18. Re2 c6 19. a3 Na6 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. Nb1 Rad8 22. b4 Qh5 23. Rfe1 Nc7 24. Nc3 Ne6 25. Qd3 ({Wrong is} 25. Bxd6 $2 Bf4 $19) 25... Bf4 26. Rc2 Qe5 27. Ne2 Bxg3 28. hxg3 d5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Qc3 d4 31. Qd3 a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Rc8 34. Nf4 (34. f4 $11 Qd6 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. f5) 34... Nxf4 $17 35. gxf4 Qf6 (35... Qxf4 $17 36. Rec1 Rxc2+ 37. Rxc2 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 Qh2) 36. Rb1 (36. Kg3 $11) 36... Qb6 ({Black should play} 36... Rxc2+ $17 37. Qxc2 Qxf4) 37. Rc4 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 38. Qxc4 d3+ 39. Qc5 Qf6 40. Ke3 Rd8 41. Qe5 Qa6 42. Qa5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-13/B=-10. Weighted=-23/-16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Sedina, Elena"]
[Black "Hartz, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,47,43,53,52,50,35,43,41,42,22,31,39,45,43,77,80,72,83,89,81,79,64,99,92,119,115,109,118,111,0,102,108,106,119,114,104,88,97,83,77,122,115,96,110,143,152,187,203,232,223,212,231,203,185,185,170,167,169,200,0,163,143,176,158,227,207,460,454,545,306,327,323,323,309,309,318,291,291,627,683,675,668,677,675,654,641,1017,1014,1011,1008,1008,996,981,917,962,943,1471,1151,2050,1989,6295,1579]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 8. Re1 h6 {C41: Philidor Defence.} 9. Be3 Nf8 10. a5 Ng6 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 O-O 12. Bb3 Bd7 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 c5 14. Ba4 Bxa4 15. Rxa4 Qd7 16. b3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qd3 Rxa4 19. bxa4 {1-0 (40) Brendel,B (1965)-Hildenbrand,P (2248) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2019}) 13... Kh7 14. Red1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. a6 b5 19. Na2 Be7 20. c4 b4 21. c5 Nxe4 22. Qc2 ({White should try} 22. Nxb4 $16 {Threatens to win with Qc2.} Nf6 23. Ra4) 22... Nf6 (22... Nxf2 $1 $11 23. Bxf2 b3) 23. Nh4 $16 e4 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Nxb4 Rab8 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Nc2 e5 28. b4 Qc8 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Qxe4+ Kh8 31. Ra3 Qe6 {[#]} 32. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 {[#]} (32... exd4 33. Qxe6) 33. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} ({But not} 33. Qxe5 Bf6 $16) 33... Bf6 34. Re1 Rfe8 35. Raa1 Rbd8 36. Rab1 Qc8 37. Ra1 $2 ({White should play} 37. h4 $18) 37... Nf4 $2 (37... Qd7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 38. Ra3 $18 Ne6 39. Qf5 Qd7 (39... Nd4 $16 40. Qg6 Qf5 41. Qxf5 Nxf5) 40. Bxh6 $1 Nxc5 $2 (40... Nd4 {was necessary.} 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 42. Nxd4 Rxd4) 41. Qh5 Nd3 42. Rd1 e4 43. Bg5+ Kg8 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Ne1 Re5 46. Qh4 {Strongly threatening Nxd3.} Qe7 $2 (46... Qf5 47. Rc3 Red5 48. Rxc6 Qf4 49. Qxf4 Nxf4 50. Rxd5 Nxd5) 47. Nxd3 {White is clearly winning.} exd3 48. Raxd3 Re1+ 49. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Rg3+.} Rxd1 50. Rg3+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Qe5.} 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Ke6 53. Rxe7+ Kxe7 54. Qg7+ Ke6 55. Qxa7 R1d7 56. Qb6 Kd6 57. a7 Ra8 58. Qb8+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-41/B=-82. Weighted=-24/-92} (58. Qc5+ $142 Kc7 59. b5) 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "von Wantoch, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,25,16,8,11,60,41,42,37,31,36,83,71,71,82,118,78,79,66,200,193,198,192,200,198,427,302,394,366,359,270,426,415,699,444,493,496,608,580,631,612,617,545,763,486,729,741,1025,783,3193,3032,6299,5297]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O h5 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} 8. d4 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h4 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh7 15. b4 {1-0 (44) Flores,D (2599)-Name,G (2170) Campinas 2010}) 9. Nxd4 (9. exd4 {feels hotter.} O-O 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Bh6) 9... Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nh7 13. Bf4 h4 14. Rfe1 h3 15. Bh1 c6 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (15... Qd8 $14) 16. d5 $1 $18 Rd8 17. Re2 c5 {[#]} 18. Rae1 $1 Qg4 $2 (18... Bf8 19. Bh6 Rb8) 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. f3 Qh5 (21... Qd7 $142 22. Nf2 Qd6 23. Rxe5 Bd7) 22. Nxc5 Ng5 (22... f6 $142 23. d6 g5 24. Qd5+ Qf7) 23. Ne4 {White is clearly winning.} Nh7 24. Nf2 f6 25. f4 Bg4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Qc8 (28... Qe6 $142 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Rxe5 Rf8) 29. b4 Rf8 30. d6 a5 31. Rxe5 axb4 32. Bd5+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-95/B=-159. Weighted=-99/-125} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Black "Schoebel-Kroehn, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,93,12,27,12,44,20,56,21,37,20,17,22,22,24,44,41,39,37,41,35,35,34,40,42,47,45,41,30,35,37,40,12,51,21,60,0,0,0,39,37,40,39,45,34,63,63,69,61,63,31,70,10,37,21,661,672,635,643,1323,1300,1309,1293,1266,1259,1188,1054,1789,1704,2197,2184,2125,2004,1863,1651,5513,5565,29988,29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qd2 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Rae1 {White is slightly better.} e5 {[#]} 13. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. g4 Ng7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qd7 18. Nf3 h5 19. Ne5 {1-0 (41) Burg,T (2498)-Afek,Y (2311) Groningen 2012}) 13... Nh5 14. Ne2 Bf6 15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Be5 20. b3 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qe5 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Qf2 Bc8 24. g4 Re7 25. Ng2 Qg5 26. Qf6 ({White should play} 26. Nh4 $14) 26... Qxf6 $11 27. Rxf6 Re6 28. Ref1 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be6 30. Nf4 Re8 31. g5 Kf8 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. h4 Re5 34. Kg3 (34. Kf3 $14) 34... Ke7 35. Ng2 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now Black is done in.} (35... c4 $11) 36. Kf4 $18 Re6 37. Rxe6+ Bxe6 38. gxh6 {KB-KN} Kf8 39. Kg5 Kg8 40. Nf4 Bd7 41. e5 b5 42. Kf6 c4 43. dxc4 bxc4 {[#]} 44. h7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxh7 45. Kxf7 Bf5 46. e6 c3 47. e7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-24/B=-123. Weighted=-25/-102} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Black "Kostov, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,10,32,-43,35,-28,0,0,25,-54,-25,-25,218,138,178,184,604,424,377,287,626,633,626,631,1011,1011,981,969,984,985,881,769,1103,1094,1049,771,747,529,525,511,433,290,549,549,506,359,312,335,495,433,3175,2873,2025,1941,5414,5414,29986,29987,29989,29990,29992,29993,29994,29995,29995,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. f4 b5 {was the old line (8...Qb6).} 9. Bb3 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} (9. Bxe6 $1 $14 fxe6 10. Nxe6) 9... h6 (9... b4 $15 10. Nce2 Bb7) 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $14 Nxf6 11. f5) 10... b4 {[#]} 11. Na4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. O-O-O Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ba4+ Nxa4 18. Qxe4 {0-1 (25) Ruiz Castillo,J (2393)-Hernandez,C (2256) Quibdo 2015}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 {[#]} (12. f5 $11 e5 13. Ne6 fxe6 14. fxe6) 12... g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. fxg5 Nxe4 $2 {Loses the game.} (13... hxg5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 14. Bxg5 Qa5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6) 14. Qh5 Nxg5 15. Nxe6 Qe7 $2 (15... Qa5 16. O-O (16. Nxg5 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} 17. Kd1 O-O-O $11) 16... Nf6 17. Nc7+ (17. Rxf6 $2 Nh3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 18. gxh3 Qxh5 $19) 17... Kd7) 16. O-O-O {Hoping for Rhe1.} Nf6 17. Bxg5 hxg5 $2 (17... Nxh5 18. Bxe7 fxe6) 18. Qxh8 $18 fxe6 19. Rhf1 Nd7 20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. Rf7 Qe8 22. Qxg5+ Kc7 23. Rdf1 d5 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Nb6 Bh6 26. Qxh6 Kxb6 27. Qe3+ Nc5 28. Rf8 Qb5 $2 (28... Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8) 29. h4 a5 30. a4 bxa3 31. bxa3 a4 (31... Ka6 {might work better.}) 32. Ba2 e5 (32... Ka6 $142 33. R1f7 Rc6) 33. R1f6+ Ka7 34. Rxc8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxc8 35. Bxd5 Bd7 36. h5 {White mates.} e4 37. h6 Bf5 38. Rxf5 Qb6 39. Rf7+ Kb8 {[#]} 40. Rb7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Back Rank, Promotion. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-63/B=-114. Weighted=-68/-164} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,26,6,1,7,-23,17,5,19,22,22,9,23]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 {8.Bd2 is the modern continuation.} Bxe4 9. Re1 {[#]} Bf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting. A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. d5 e5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. e4 f4 15. Bg4 Nd7 16. a3 Qe8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 {½-½ (61) Abdusattorov,N (2516)-Onischuk,A (2681) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Bf1 Bxf3 11. exf3 {The position is equal.} d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bd3 {[#] aiming for Be4.} Qxd4 {Not much happened in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,93,21,9,37,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,-13,16,14,22,10,18,0,22,0,23,33,39,37,72,59,131,133,158,156,165,156,168,165,176,136,148,143,145,130,174,135,138,144,154,38,62,68,82,56,57,48,87,-42,-44,-39,-44,-43,172,178,212,121,166,119,157,108,109,0,0,0,218,172,186,181,528,511,1092,1071,1131,1131,3311,3294,3129,3326,2511,2162]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 7. e5 dxe5 8. g4 e4 {The position is equal. 8...Bg6 deserves study.} 9. gxh5 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} exf3 10. Nc3 e6 {( -> ...Qg5+)} (10... Qd7 {seems wilder.} 11. Qxf3 Nh6 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Nxc5 Qd5) 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. d3 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 {[#]} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 O-O 15. a3 Kh8 16. h6 gxh6 17. c4 Nf6 18. Bxh6 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 Rg6 20. Bf4 {0-1 (41) Reinderman,D (2575)-Spoelman,W (2557) Amsterdam 2013}) 14... f5 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Nc4 Qb8 (17... Re8 $14) 18. Be3 $16 Be7 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Bc1 Bc7 24. b3 Re7 25. Bb2 Rae8 26. a4 Nb6 27. Ne3 ({Don't play} 27. Nxb6 $6 axb6 28. h6 g6 $11) (27. Ne5+ $16 Bxe5 28. Rxe5) 27... Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 28. Qg2 $40 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg2g7][%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Kf8 29. Rg1 {[%cal Rb2g7]} Qd7 30. Qg5 Nd5 {[#] White should prevent ...Nf4.} 31. Nc4 ({White should play} 31. Nxf5 $1 $16 exf5 {[#]} 32. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Bb2) 31... Nf4 $15 32. Re3 Qd5+ $1 33. f3 {[%cal Rb2g7]} Qd7 $2 (33... Nxh3 $15 {stays ahead.} 34. Bxg7+ Kg8) 34. h6 $18 g6 35. Rge1 ({Better is} 35. Qf6+ $18 Rf7 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 35... Nd5 36. R3e2 Rf7 37. h4 Bf4 38. Bg7+ (38. Ne5 $16 Qc7 39. Qg2) 38... Kg8 39. Qg1 Bd6 $2 (39... Qe7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 40. Qf2 Nf6) 40. Nxd6 Qxd6 41. Be5 Qd8 $2 (41... Qf8 {is tougher.} 42. Qg5 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rfxe7) 42. h5 {White is clearly winning.} g5 (42... Rf6 $142 43. Rg2 Kf7 44. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb6) 43. Rg2 g4 {[#]} 44. Rxg4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (44... fxg4 45. Qxg4+) 45. Rg8+ Ke7 46. Qxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 47. Qxa7+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-29/B=-48. Weighted=-24/-46} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Qe2 Nxc6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. g4 Bc2 22. Re1 Qb5 23. b3 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rac1 Bc2 26. Be4 d3 27. Rf1 Rfe8 28. Rce1 Re7 29. Bf5 Rce8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Bf4 33. Kf1 Bb1 34. a4 g6 35. Be4 g5 36. d6 Bxd6 37. Bd2 b6 38. Bb7 a5 39. Ba6 Bc2 40. Bc4 Kf8 41. Bxg5 Bb4 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,44,61,36,29,-4,-6,-11,-14,-22,-30,-11,-21,-18,-2,17,0,20,0,-127,-135,-153,-159,-147,-147,-175,-185,-185,-179,-187,-193,-216,-209,-240,-128,-148,-60,-60,-45,-47,-45,-45,-45,-43,-32,-35,-44,-45,-43,-44,-45,-43,-46,-52,-47,-93,-20,-43,-43,-59,-43,-45,-29,-31,-20,-43,-43,-43,-43,-58,-39,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h3 {B06: Modern Defence.} b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} c5 9. a3 c4 10. Be2 Ngf6 {[#]} 11. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. h4 h6 17. Rhe1 {1-0 (33) Brod,M (2211)-Bachlechner,J (2214) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rd1 (14. Bh6 $11 {remains equal.} O-O 15. e6) 14... Nxe5 $17 15. Bd4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Bxg7 Bxd1 18. Bxh8 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} O-O-O+ 20. Kc3 Bxc2 $1 {aiming for ...Bb3.} 21. Bd4 {[#]} Be4 (21... Bb3 $1 $19 {And now ...b4+! would win.} 22. Bb6 Rd6) 22. f3 e5 (22... Bf5 $17 23. Re1 Rd7) 23. Bxe5 $15 Rd3+ 24. Kb4 Kb7 25. a4 ({Don't play} 25. fxe4 Kb6 $17) 25... Rb3+ 26. Kc5 Bf5 27. axb5 Rxb5+ 28. Kd6 Rb6+ 29. Kc5 Be6 {White must now prevent ...Rb5+.} 30. Bc3 Rb5+ 31. Kd4 Rg5 32. g4 h5 ({Black should try} 32... Rd5+ $17 33. Ke4 Rd3) 33. Ke4 Rd5 34. Bd4 Kc6 35. Ra1 a5 36. Bc3 Kb6 37. Ra4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd3 39. f4 f6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re6d5]} 40. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Bxf6 $15 Kb5 41. Ra3) 40... Bd5+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-41/B=-8. Weighted=-100/-9} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Rozman, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nc5 Ng4 20. Bd4 Bh6 21. e3 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qd8 25. Nd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb8 27. Re8 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxe8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. Qc3 Nd3 32. Bf1 Ne5 33. h3 Be4 34. Bg2 Bf5 35. g4 Bb1 36. Qe3 Re6 37. Qxa7 Nd3 38. a4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 c5 40. a5 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. a6 Re2 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. a7 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,40,-19,-19,0,-26,-22,-29,-38,-24,-34,-18,-13,-16,-16,-26,0,0,-11]} 1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Re8 {[#] 13...Ne7 is the modern continuation. A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b5 Ne7 15. e3 c6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb3 Reb8 20. h4 Rb4 21. Nd2 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 {1-0 (64) Moskalenko,A (2515)-Artemiev,V (2716) chess.com INT 2020}) 14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 {Black has an edge.} 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. exf3 Qb6 20. b5 {Black should prevent bxc6.} Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Briata, Federico"]
[Black "Sedina, Elena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,47,45,45,54,37,39,47,65,0,0,0,0,-7,18,45,27,-84,-80,-117,-111,-117,-115,-118,-120,-102,-102,-99,-97,-91,-75,-412,-416,-511,-512,-1131,-1116]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a5 4. Bd3 a4 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. O-O {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves.} Nf6 7. c4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 a3 10. bxa3 Rxa3 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bf1 b6 {0-1 (66) Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) Beijing 2013}) 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 9. e5 (9. exd5 $14 cxd4 10. Nxd4) 9... Nfd7 $11 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bb5 cxd4 (11... O-O {feels hotter.} 12. Bxa4 cxd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Nb8) 12. e6 fxe6 {And now ...0-0 would win.} 13. Rxe6 (13. Bxc6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} bxc6 14. Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 13... O-O $17 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 {[#]} Nb8 $1 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc3 d4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 19. Rd3 Bc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 20. Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Nf3 $17) 20... Qe7 $19 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 21. Nf1 {[#]} Qe1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qh4 (22. Rd2 $142 Ba6 23. Qd1) 22... Ba6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-72/B=-4. Weighted=-68/-3} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,33,90,30,23,-141,-151,-153,51,21,54,14,252,238,274,240,273,297,258,72,160,58,227,167,287,300,283,288,275,226,314,287,310,326,340,348,354,385,385,348,485,464,660,639,783,782,852,668,1008,983]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... f6 $14) 7. fxe5 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} (7. O-O $1 $16) 7... Bxe5 $11 8. Nxe5 $2 (8. Bxe5 $11 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxe5 10. d4) 8... Bxd1 $17 9. Nxc6 {[#]Black is clearly better.} bxc6 $2 ({Black should play} 9... Qg5 $1 $17 10. O-O Nh6 11. Nxa7+ Ke7 12. Rxd1 Rxa7) 10. Bxc6+ $14 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 $1 {And now ...Rb8 would win.} 11. Bxa8 {[#] Strongly threatening 0-0.} Qh4+ $146 (11... Bxc2 $11 12. O-O (12. Bxg7 $2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qg4 $19) 12... Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc2 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxd5 Rg8 15. Nc3 f5 16. Rf4 Bd3 17. Rd4 Be4 18. Bxf7+ {1-0 (24) Morales,M (1715)-Sotelo Rojas,R (1947) Villa Martelli 2011}) 12. Kxd1 $18 Qg4+ 13. Kc1 Qxg2 {[%cal Rg2h1]} 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. c4 $2 (15. Nc3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 15... c6 $16 {[#]} 16. cxd5 (16. Ba3 $1 $16) 16... cxd5 $2 (16... Qxd5 $14 17. Nc3 (17. Bxg7 Rg8 $14) 17... Qa5) 17. Bb7 Kc7 (17... Qxh2 $142 18. Ba6 (18. Bxg7 Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Kb2 Rg8 $11) 18... f6) 18. Ba6 $18 Kb6 19. Bd3 Rc8+ 20. Bc2 f6 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. Na4+ ({Not} 22. Bxh7 g6 $14) 22... Kc7 23. Bc3 ({Less strong is} 23. Bxh7 d4 $18) 23... Qxh2 24. Kb2 Qd6 25. Rh1 d4 26. exd4 {White is clearly winning.} h6 (26... Nxd4 $142 27. Rxh7 Rg8) 27. Rag1 Kb8 28. Rxg7 Nxd4 29. Be4 {Hoping for Rb7+.} Re8 30. Rxh6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-40/B=-80. Weighted=-36/-99} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cardili, Mariano"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,78,76,71,84,29,34,0,25,25,38,7,24,37,48,36,28,0,41,2,14,0,45,27,43,46,38,0,0,0,24,28,44,-56,0,0,47,-61,-61,-45,-29,-145,-35,-42,-37,-43,0,0,12,-95,-90,-235,-5,-24,0,-6,0,0,0,-93,-70,-138,-137,-116,-122,-195,-196,-5413,-5410,-5406,-5406,-1568,-1443]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qc2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} f5 7. e3 ({Better is} 7. e4 $16) 7... Nf6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 12. e4 $146 {[%cal Re4f5]} ({Predecessor:} 12. f3 Bd7 13. a4 Kf7 14. O-O h5 15. e4 f4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 Rh6 18. Rfe1 Nxd5 19. cxd5 {0-1 (77) Kowalczyk,W (1738)-Major,B (1765) Warsaw 2013}) 12... f4 13. g3 f3 14. h4 Bd7 15. Bg5 (15. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} O-O-O 16. Qb2 Qc7 17. Bg5 Rdf8 18. Qd2) 15... Qa6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bf1 O-O 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Qa6 20. Qb3 Rf6 {With the idea ...Rb6.} 21. Qb5 (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... Qa3 (21... Qxb5 $15 22. cxb5 a6) 22. Qb3 $11 Qa5 23. Kd2 (23. a4 $1 $14) 23... Rb6 $15 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. Ke3 (25. Rhh1 $11) 25... Rf8 ({Of course not} 25... Qxc4 $6 26. h5 $11) (25... Qa3 $1 $17 {...Rf8 is the strong threat.} 26. g4 Rb2) 26. Rhh1 $1 Qxc4 27. Rhb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} b6 29. a4 {[#]} (29. Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Rf6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 30. a5 (30. Rb2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 30... b5 $2 (30... bxa5 $19 {aiming for ...Rb6.} 31. Qd3 Qa2) 31. Qd3 $11 Qxd3+ 32. Kxd3 {KR-KR} c4+ 33. Ke3 a6 34. Rg1 (34. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Kf7 $17 35. g4 (35. Rh1 $15) 35... Rf4 36. Rg3 Ke8 37. h5 {[#]} (37. Rg1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 37... g5 $1 $19 38. Rxf3 $2 (38. Rg1) 38... Rxf3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kxf3 Kd7 40. Ke3 Kd6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=54/B=-26. Weighted=-11/-27} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Lochte, Thomas"]
[Black "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,95,-3,0,-14,-1,-30,0,0,29,25,105,114,141,121,222,220,209,186,304,308,285,293,311,319,316,317,323,309,288,281,303,257,298,263,319,316,262,284,385,199,199,193,708,352,424,429,430,416,406,413,490,517,515,489,499,202,202,202,202,93,96,95,92,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,55,14,14,14,14,14,154,70,70,70,70,70,70,71,71,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. g4 c5 7. g5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Nfd7 8. d5 a6 9. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Qa5 $146 {aiming for ...Qb4.} (9... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 10. Bd2 c4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. f3 Nf8 12. a5 Qd8 13. h4 f5 14. Na4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nbd7 {1-0 (28) Pueschel,W (2123)-Neubart,T (1834) Berlin 2006}) 10. Bd2 f6 (10... Qb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. h4 $16 c4 12. Nf3 Ne5 {[#]} (12... fxg5 $16 13. hxg5 Qb6) 13. Nxe5 $1 $18 fxe5 14. Bg4 (14. Bxc4 $6 Qb6 $14) 14... Qb6 (14... Qc5 $142 15. Be3 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Qc8) 15. Rh2 Qd8 16. h5 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qc8 18. Qh4 Qe8 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20. O-O-O Nd7 21. Rdh1 Rf7 22. Ne2 (22. Qxh7+ Qxh7 23. Rxh7 Rxf2 $16) 22... Nc5 23. Ng3 ({Worse is} 23. Qxh7+ Qxh7 24. Rxh7 Nxe4 $11) 23... Raf8 24. Be3 ({Much less strong is} 24. Qxh7+ $6 Qxh7 25. Rxh7 Rxf2 $16) 24... Nxa4 25. Qxh7+ (25. Qg4 $142) 25... Qxh7 26. Rxh7 Rc8 $2 (26... b5 27. g6 Rf6) 27. Nf5 (27. g6 $142 Rf6 28. Bh6 Rxg6 29. Bxg7) 27... Rxf5 28. exf5 Rf8 29. f6 exf6 30. g6 Re8 31. Bh6 Bxh6+ 32. R1xh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} ({Weaker is} 32. R7xh6 Kg7 $18) 32... Nb6 33. g7 (33. Rh4 $142 Rf8 34. Rxb7 Nxd5 35. Rxc4) 33... Nxd5 34. Rh8+ Kxg7 35. R8h7+ (35. R6h7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kg6 36. Rxe8 Kxh7 37. Rd8) 35... Kf8 $16 36. Rxb7 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Re7 37. Rh8+ (37. Rb8+ {is more complex.} Kg7 38. Rbh8 f5 39. R6h7+ Kf6 40. Rf8+) 37... Kf7 $1 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rhxe7+ Nxe7 $14 {KR-KN} 40. Rb6 Kd5 41. c3 e4 42. Kd2 Nc6 43. Rxa6 {Strongly threatening Ke3.} Kc5 {[#]} (43... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44. Ke3 (44. Ra8 $1 $16) 44... d5 45. Ra8 Ne5 $1 46. Ra5+ Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Ra5+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-32. Weighted=-40/-57} (48. Re6 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 Rb8 7. d3 f5 8. b5 Nce7 9. Qa4 Ra8 10. b6+ c6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ne7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Nh3 f4 19. Ng5 d5 20. O-O h6 21. Nf3 e4 22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f3 24. exf3 exf3 25. Nxf3 Nd5 26. Rfe1 Qf7 27. Ne5 Qf5 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Bd2 g5 31. a4 d4 32. a5 Qf5 33. Rf1 Be5 34. Qc5 Qf6 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Rb6 Qf5 37. Re6 Rbe8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. a6 Qf6 40. a7 Rd8 41. Qe4 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Perman, Sergey"]
[Black "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 Nc4 $11 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. Rf3 b6 21. b3 Bg5 22. Rc3 h5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Rd3 Be5 25. Kg2 g6 26. Bc4 Re7 27. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Kierzek, Matthias"]
[Black "Lang, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,25,60,45,131,142,199,181,162,185,277,291,395,306,325,314,318,278,277,258,336,324,358,341,346,349,333,158,181,145,260,241,291,219,216,212,223,202,195,204,230,147,168,162,191,172,176,169,150,144,265,142,162,64,429,423,579,580,573,535,567,353,368,379,361,272,252,252,252,249,247,240,244,210,217,211,216,159,288,283,285,278,369,359,352,266,425,461,447,456,426,380,450,449,506,405,575,572,714,707,714,707,685,654,731,726,921,877,912,879,1600,1447,1592,1308,1459,1258,2403,2252]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. Nb5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} e5 (6... Bb4+ $14 7. Nd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nh5) 7. dxe5 $16 {[#]} Bb4+ $146 (7... Ne4 $16 {is a better defense.}) ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne4 8. a3 a6 9. Nbd4 c5 10. Nf5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bf8 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxf5 {0-1 (40) Salgado Duarte,P (1591)-Fermini Castillo,L (1714) Madrid 2015}) 8. Bd2 $18 {White is clearly better.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ng4 (9... Ne4 $142 10. Qxd5 Nec5) 10. Qd4 ({Much less strong is} 10. cxd5 $6 a6 $18) 10... Nh6 11. cxd5 a6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 Re8 14. e6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ng5 Ng4 18. h3 (18. Be2 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nf6 19. f4) 18... Nf6 $16 19. e5 Ne8 (19... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 20. exf6 hxg5) 20. Be2 g6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Nge4 Bxe6 24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Bb3 Ng7 26. O-O Rb8 27. f4 Bxb3 28. axb3 Ne6 29. N3e4 Nd4 (29... Nd5 $16 {was called for.} 30. Nxe6 Kxe6) 30. g4 (30. Kf2 $18) 30... Nd5 31. f5 ({Better is} 31. Nc3 $18 Nxc3 32. bxc3) 31... Ne2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} ({Black should try} 31... gxf5 $14 32. e6+ (32. gxf5 Ne3 $11) 32... Ke8) 32. Kh2 $18 g5 33. e6+ Ke8 34. f6 Nef4 35. Nd7 Ra8 36. f7+ Ke7 37. f8=Q+ Rxf8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} 39. Nc5 b6 40. Nxa6 Ke7 41. Rc1 Nxe6 42. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kd6 43. Rc4 Ke5 (43... c6 $16 44. b5 cxb5) 44. b5 Kd6 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. h4 Ne3 47. Rc6 Nd5 (47... gxh4+ $142 48. Kxh4 Nd5) 48. h5 Ne7 49. Rc1 Nd5 50. Rc4 Kd6 51. Nb4 Ndf4 52. Nc2 Nd3 (52... Kd5 $142) 53. Ne3 {White is clearly winning.} Ne5 54. Nf5+ Kd5 55. Rc2 Nf7 56. Re2 Ne5 57. Nxh6 Nd4 58. Rf2 Nd3 59. Rd2 Ke4 60. Nf7 Ne6 61. Re2+ Kd5 62. h6 Ndf4 63. Re5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-41/B=-81. Weighted=-41/-98} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Black "Bergero, Simone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,35,32,111,55,46,6,68,29,31,41,62,50,47,-22,46,2,10,-4,55,58,72,72,77,81,79,61,91,41,125,128,180,182,173,174,173,150,155,120,139,111,145,134,133,91,108,95,119,88,76,76,89,89,91,65,81,88,295,302,444,450,441,438,325,282,6303,6183,29968,29969,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 b6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} (7... Bg7 $14) 8. Be3 (8. Bc4 $16 e6 9. O-O) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 {[#]} Ba6 $146 (9... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. Bd4 {1-0 (39) Kyas,M (2106)-Winkler,S (1825) playchess.com INT 2009}) 10. Be2 Qc8 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. d5 (13. Bh6 $14 O-O 14. e5) 13... O-O (13... Qc4 $11) 14. Rac1 Qc4 15. Qc2 Nf6 (15... Ne5 $11) 16. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qa6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 e6 19. h3 Qa3 20. Rb1 Rad8 ({Better is} 20... Nd7 $14) 21. Bg5 $16 {Strongly threatening e5.} Rc8 (21... exd5 $16 22. e5 (22. cxd5 h6 $16) (22. exd5 h6 $14) 22... Nd7) 22. Bxf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 23. e5 Bg7 {Black wants to play ...exd5.} 24. d6 Rcd8 25. Re3 Qa6 26. Rbe1 Qc8 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. Ra3 Rd7 29. Qe4 f6 30. f4 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rf5 32. Nf3 Rdf7 33. g3 Qf8 {[%cal Rf5f3]} 34. Kg2 Bxe5 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (34... Qe8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 35. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5] [#]} ({Stronger than} 35. Nxe5 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kh2 Rf2+ 39. Kh1 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 $11) 35... Rf4 (35... Rxf3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Qxd6) 36. Qxe5 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Qxe6+ Rf7 $2 (38... Kg7 39. Qe2 Rf4 40. Qe7+ Rf7) 39. d7 Qa8+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-20/B=-82. Weighted=-20/-79} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Urh, Zala"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,72,12,61,21,31,20,50,-14,-20,-25,37,4,15,0,0,-56,86,-23,-15,-31,-18,-15,-8,-75,-72,-68,-47,-49,-39,-102,-103,-158,-158,-170,-167,-244,-237,-254,-237,-229,-237,-238,-230,-316,-308,-304,-300,-555,-539,-604,-567]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qd3 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} Nf5 14. Nb5 Nd4 {[#]} 15. Nfxd4 $146 (15. a5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Rb8 17. Nfxd4 exd4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Ra7 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nd7 21. Qc2 {1-0 (92) Hilverda,A (2389)-Ratsma,R (2133) Schwarzach 2016}) 15... exd4 $11 16. f3 Nh5 (16... Nd7 $11) 17. g3 Bh3 18. Rf2 f5 $1 19. Ra3 (19. Bd2 $11) 19... Qd7 (19... fxe4 $1 $15 20. fxe4 Nf6) 20. Bf1 (20. exf5 $1 $16 Re3 21. Qd1) 20... Bxf1 21. Rxf1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Re1 (23. Rf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Ng4 $17 24. Nxd4 Rxa4 25. Nc6 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 (26. Bxa3 $15 Ra8 27. Rf1) 26... Rf8 27. Qd3 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. Qa2) 27... Nf2 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf2d3][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} (27... Qf7 28. Qe2 $15) 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Qe2 (29. Rf1 {keeps fighting.} Qxh2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 30. Kxh2 Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 31. Kh3 Nxe3 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Rf4) 29... Ng4 $19 {Hoping for ...Rf2!} 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 {White wants to play h3.} Rc2 (32... Rxh2 {[#]} 33. e5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Ba3 Bh6 ({Don't do} 33... Rxh2 34. e5 $19) ({Don't play} 33... Rxc4 34. Re2 $19) 34. Nd4 Rxc4 ({Resist} 34... Rxh2 35. Bc1 $19) 35. h3 $2 (35. Ne6 {was called for.}) 35... Ne5 36. Bb2 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-45/B=-17. Weighted=-69/-21} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Monducci, Mirko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4+ 7. Be2 O-O-O+ 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Ngf3 h6 10. h4 Bc5 11. Ke1 Nb4 12. Bd1 Nd5 13. Bh2 Nge7 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. a3 f5 16. Ned2 Ng6 17. h5 Ngf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. g3 Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Rc1 c5 22. Nh4 f4 23. gxf4 Rd4 24. Rg1 Rxf4 25. Rxg7 Rxh4 26. Rxe7 Rh1+ 27. Ke2 Bg4+ 28. f3 Bxh5 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Kf2 Rh2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Nd6+ Kb8 33. Rxb7+ Ka8 34. Rg7 Rd2 35. Ne4 Rd4 36. Nf6 Bf7 37. f4 Rd3+ 38. Bf3+ Kb8 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Bxd1 Kc8 41. Nh7 Rg8 42. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,62,38,38,38,32,44,30,43,28,37,27,32,22,30,12,4,11,17,22,41,42,36,6,17,0,60,0,0,-43,-47,-100,-108,-86,-96,-132,-131,-104,-26,-27,-20,-12,-26,-21,-9,-104,-116,-187,-185,-280,-231,-403,-395,-438,-438]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 exf4 {C30: King's Gambit Declined.} 7. Bxf4 a6 8. Ba4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Rae1 {[#]} Nxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rfe8 17. h3 a5 18. Qf2 Be6 {1-0 (32) Joachim,S (2474)-Vieten,M (1850) Dresden 2005}) 13. axb3 a5 14. h3 a4 15. bxa4 bxa4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 (17... a3 $11) 18. Kh1 (18. Nc6 $14 Bc5+ 19. d4) 18... Ra6 $11 19. Nd1 Nh5 20. Qe2 (20. Bh2 $15) 20... Nxf4 $17 21. Rxf4 Bg5 22. Rff1 Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 23. Nf2 Qb8 (23... Bd5 $17 24. d4 Qa8) 24. d4 $11 Rd6 25. c3 Bg3 26. Ra1 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 (27. dxe5 $11 Rd5 28. Rxa4) 27... Qxb2 $17 28. Ne4 (28. Rxa4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bd7 29. Ra7 Qxc3 30. Kh2) 28... Bd5 $19 29. Rg1 (29. Rfb1 $142 Qc2 30. Re1) 29... Rdd8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rfe8.} 30. c4 $2 (30. Rae1 {was necessary.}) 30... Bc6 31. Rab1 Qxd4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-28/B=-9. Weighted=-33/-12} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. dxe4 d4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. N3xd4 Bd7 15. Bf4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxe5 Be7 18. Bc3 O-O 19. a4 Qa6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Be5 Rbe8 22. Qxb7 Qxe2 23. Rfe1 Qh5 24. Qxa7 Bb4 25. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27. Be7 Rc8 28. Qd7 Rb8 29. Kf1 Ba5 30. b4 Qg6 31. Bd5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bxb4 33. Bd8 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bf8 35. Qd7 Qg6 36. a5 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sedina, Elena"]
[Black "Decker, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. a4 Be7 9. c3 b6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bb5 Ndb8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 b5 16. f5 f6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. axb5 Qe8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Rxa5 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Rxe6 Qxb2 28. Qxd5 Rf8 29. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. g3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 15. Kg1 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 20. e4 Rac8 21. a4 a5 22. Re1 Rxd5 23. exd5 Kf6 24. f4 Rc5 25. Kf2 e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Ke3 g5 28. Rf1 g4 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Kd4 Rh5 31. Rd2 Kd7 32. Re2 Ke7 33. Rd2 Kd7 34. Re2 Rh6 35. Ke4 Rf6 36. Kd4 h5 37. Rb2 h4 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Kc6 40. Rb5 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rf5 42. Rb3 Rh5 43. Re3 Rh6 44. Ke4 Rh1 45. Kd4 Rd1+ 46. Kc3 Kd7 47. Rd3 Ra1 48. Kb4 Re1 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Kc3 Ra1 51. Kb4 Re1 52. Kc3 Re3+ 53. Kb4 Rf3 54. Rc3 e5 55. fxe5 dxe5 56. Rc1 Rxg3 57. c5 bxc5+ 58. Rxc5+ Kd6 59. Rc1 Rf3 60. a5 Rf8 61. a6 g3 62. Rg1 Rg8 63. a7 Ra8 64. Rxg3 Rxa7 65. Rd3+ Ke6 66. Kc3 Ra2 67. Rd8 Kf5 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Kf4 70. Rb8 Ra2+ 71. Ke1 e4 72. Rb3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 e5 9. b4 Qe8 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Nexd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. e3 Qh5 15. Bb2 f4 16. exf4 exf4 17. Nd4 Bh3 18. Ne6 Ng4 19. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. h3 Qe8 9. O-O e5 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Qc2 h5 15. b4 Bf5 16. c5 d5 17. b5 Ne6 18. Rab1 Nxd4 19. exd4 e3 20. Bd3 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ng4+ 22. Kf1 Qe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 24. Kg1 Nxc2 25. Bxf5 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 gxf5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Na4 Nxa3 29. Rf1 Re2 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bg1 Nb5 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. c3 Nd7 10. Ne1 Be7 11. f4 h5 12. Nd3 a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qa7 15. Rf3 O-O-O 16. Be3 h4 17. Rh3 Rh6 18. Bf2 Rdh8 19. Nbc5 b6 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. b4 Bh5 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. g4 hxg3 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Qxh5 gxf2 26. Qxf7 Qa6 27. Nxf2 Qe2 28. Kg1 Nh4 29. Qxg7 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Ng3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc8 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Rfe1 Be5 13. Bf4 Qb8 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. d6 Bc6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Rd2 b4 19. Nd1 a6 20. f3 Rec8 21. Qe3 c4 22. c3 a5 23. Rd4 Bb7 24. Qd2 Ra6 25. f4 Qb5 26. e5 Nd5 27. f5 Kh8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Rh4 Qb6+ 31. Nf2 Rg7 32. exf6 Nxf6 33. Qxf6 Kg8 34. Rd4 Rg6 35. Qe7 bxc3 36. bxc3 Qc6 37. Nfe4 f5 38. Rf1 Ra8 39. Rf2 fxe4 40. Nxe4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Bxe4 42. Qxd7 Rb8 43. h3 Kh8 44. Qc7 Rbg8 45. d7 Bxg2 46. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, David"]
[Black "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O 9. h6 Bh8 10. Qc2 b4 11. Nd1 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bxc4 b3+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc4 Re8 19. f3 bxa2 20. Rxa2 Nd7 21. Nde3 Nb6 22. Ke2 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Black "Podetti, Davide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. Re1 O-O {[#]} 11. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. c4 f5 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 {1-0 (40) Koellner,C (2067)-Hahn,M (1875) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Re2 Qg5 17. g3 Qc5 18. Rae1 Re7 19. Ng2 Rae8 20. Re3 Rb8 21. Qc1 a5 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. b3 Qc5 24. Nf4 Rbe8 25. Bc4 Kh7 26. Nd3 Qh5 27. Nf4 Qe5 28. Qd1 h5 29. Ng2 Qc5 30. Kh1 Bh6 31. f4 $1 d5 32. Bd3 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Re7 35. Qd3 Bh3 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. Qc2 f5 38. Bf3 Bg7 39. c4 Qb4 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 c5 42. Nh4 Qc3 43. Bd5 Bf6 44. Bg2 Bg4 45. Bf3 Bxh4 46. Bxg4 hxg4 $19 ({Weaker is} 46... fxg4 47. gxh4 Qe3 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Qd5 $15) 47. gxh4 Qh3 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qxf4 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qc8 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qxa2+ 54. Kg1 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 Qe5 56. Qf8+ Kh5 57. Qd8 Qe4+ 58. Kf1 Qh1+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2+ 60. Kf1 Qf4+ 61. Kg2 g3 62. Kh3 Qg4+ 63. Kg2 Qe2+ 64. Kxg3 Qg4+ 65. Kf2 Qxh4+ 66. Qxh4+ Kxh4 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Buglisi, Massimo"]
[Black "Perman, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Qxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d6 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. Na3 Rc8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd3 Rc5 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Nd4 Rd5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bb3 Rc5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qd8 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Rg3 a4 28. Bc2 Rd5 29. Rf1 Rxd6 30. Nab5 Bxb5 31. Nxb5 Rd2 32. Nd4 Rd8 33. Qe4 Qh4 34. Rh3 Qg4 35. f5 Bxd4+ 36. cxd4 R8xd4 37. Qxg4 Rxg4 38. Rf2 Rgd4 39. Rhf3 exf5 40. Bxf5 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Kg7 42. Re2 Nd5 43. Bc8 b6 44. Bb7 Kf6 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Rc2 b5 47. Kf2 h5 48. Ke3 h4 49. Kf4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Rb4 51. Kf3 Kg5 52. Rc5+ f5 53. Rc2 Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Rc8 Re4+ 56. Kf2 Rc4 57. Rg8+ Kf4 58. Rh8 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 Rxb2 60. Rxh4+ Ke5 61. g4 Rxa2 62. gxf5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Rozman, Monika"]
[Black "Briata, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Qg3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. c3 Nc5 19. Nf5 Ne4 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 f6 23. h3 Rd7 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. f5 Qe5 28. Ng4 Qg3 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Nf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Re7 32. Qf3 Qc5 33. b4 Qb6 34. Kf1 h6 35. Rxd5 Rde8 36. Rd7 Qb8 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd4 Qh2 39. Kf2 Qe5 40. Qd5+ Qxd5 41. Rxd5 Rc7 42. Rc5 Rd7 43. Ke3 Rd6 44. a4 bxa4 45. Ra5 Kf7 46. c4 Ke7 47. c5 Rd5 48. g4 Rd1 49. Rxa4 Rb1 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Rxa6 Rxb4+ 52. Kd5 Rb3 53. c6+ Kd8 54. Ra8+ Kc7 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Lezzerini, Marco"]
[Black "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 Na6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. a3 b5 11. Qc2 $11 h6 12. Rab1 Kh8 13. Nh4 e6 14. cxb5 Rxb5 15. Bc6 Bd7 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. Rfe1 g5 18. Nhf3 Bc6 19. Rbc1 Nb8 20. b4 Qh5 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxc7 Qh3 24. e4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bg7 26. Qxd6 Rxf3 27. Qxb8+ Kh7 28. Qxa7 Kg6 29. Rc7 Be5 30. Rh7 Bc3 31. Re3 Rxf2 32. Rxh6+ Kxh6 33. Qh7+ Kxh7 34. Nxg5+ Kg7 35. Nxh3 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Nf4 Bc4+ 38. Ne2 Bd4 39. Re4 e5 40. Ke1 Bb2 41. a4 Kf6 42. g4 Kg5 43. b5 Bd3 44. Re3 e4 45. b6 Be5 46. Kd1 Ra2 47. Nc1 Ra1 48. Kd2 Bf4 49. Nxd3 exd3 50. b7 Rb1 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Kierzek, Matthias"]
[Black "Lochte, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. a4 Qg6 11. O-O e6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 f5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. b3 Nc6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh6 19. Rad1 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 d5 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Qg4 e5 24. Re3 Qxe3 25. Qh4 e4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Bxg7 Ba6+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Black "Schoebel-Kroehn, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Rb8 7. d3 b5 8. f4 b4 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Nge7 11. c3 O-O 12. f5 f6 13. Nf4 bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Nfd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. a4 Qa6 22. g4 Bh6 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Rfxc1 g5 25. Ne3 Be8 26. Bf1 Qc6 27. Bg2 Bf7 28. Rcb1 Qc7 29. Bf3 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Rb2 Kf8 32. h4 h6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Qb6 36. Qd2 Qb3 37. Bd1 Qa2 38. Qxa2 Bxa2 39. c4 Nc6 40. Nd5 Nb4 41. Nxf6 Nxd3+ 42. Ke3 Nb2 43. Be2 Nxc4+ 44. Bxc4 Bxc4 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nxg5 a5 47. Nf3 Bb3 48. Nd2 Bxa4 49. Nc4 Bd1 50. g5 a4 51. Kd2 Bb3 52. Nxd6 a3 53. Kc3 Ba4 54. f6 a2 55. Kb2 Bb3 56. g6 Be6 57. Nb7 Bc4 58. Nxc5 Kf8 59. Nd7+ Ke8 60. Nxe5 Be6 61. Nd3 Bc4 62. Nc5 Kf8 63. e5 Ke8 64. f7+ Kf8 65. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Urh, Zala"]
[Black "Kostov, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 g6 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 h6 14. gxh6 Ndf6 15. Qe2 Rxh6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Nxh5 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 b5 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Qd6 24. Kb1 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Nb6 26. Rc1+ Kb7 27. Nc5+ Ka8 28. a4 Rb8 29. Na6 Bd7 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. dxc5 Rc8 32. b3 Be6 33. Kb2 Nd7 34. b4 Nb8 35. Nxb8 Kxb8 36. b5 Nf6 37. Ka3 Ne4 38. Nd3 f6 39. Kb4 Rh8 40. c6 Nd2 41. Nf4 Rh4 42. Rd1 Ne4 43. f3 Ng5 44. Kc5 Bf7 45. a5 Nxf3 46. b6 a6 47. c7+ Kb7 48. Kd6 Ne5 49. Rc1 Rh8 50. Nxd5 Bxd5 51. Kxd5 Re8 52. e4 Kc8 53. Rf1 Nd7 54. Rc1 Ne5 55. Rh1 Nf7 56. Rh7 Re5+ 57. Kd4 Re7 58. Rg7 Kb7 59. Rg8 Nd6 60. Rb8+ Kc6 61. c8=Q+ Nxc8 62. Rxc8+ Kb5 63. Rc5+ Kb4 64. Rd5 Rb7 65. Ke3 Ka4 66. Kf4 Rf7 67. Kf5 Re7 68. Rc5 Re8 69. b7 Rb8 70. Kxf6 Rxb7 71. e5 Kb4 72. Rd5 Kc4 73. Rd1 Rb2 74. e6 Kb5 75. Ra1 Rf2+ 76. Kg7 Kc6 77. Rd1 Kb5 78. e7 Re2 79. Kf7 Kxa5 80. e8=Q Rxe8 81. Kxe8 Kb4 82. Kd7 a5 83. Kc6 a4 84. Rd4+ Kb3 85. Kb5 a3 86. Rd3+ Kb2 87. Kb4 a2 88. Rd2+ Kb1 89. Kb3 a1=N+ 90. Kc3 Kc1 91. Rh2 Kb1 92. Rg2 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Black "Davini, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Ndf3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Rxe6 Kh7 13. Bd3 Rf6 14. Qe2 Qg8 15. Rxf6 exf6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Re1 f5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qe7 N8d7 21. Nxf5 Re8 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Kf1 Nc7 26. Ke2 g5 27. Bf5 Nb6 28. Ba5 Ne8 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Kd3 c5 31. a3 Kf6 32. Be4 Nd6 33. b4 b5 34. dxc5 bxc4+ 35. Kd4 Nb5+ 36. Kxc4 Nxa3+ 37. Kb3 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,30,43,36,47,37,37,41,44,45,41,38,55,33,47,31,47,43,64,43,62,62,72,64,72,60,94,45,57,59,40,60,71,103,79,22,162,124,102,110,120,60,237,230,237,233,243,249,214,231,266,225,210,212,375,376,523,500,571,505,652,638,935,879,29980,29981,29980,29981,5775,5214,6693,5680]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. c4 h6 6. Nc3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Nh7 {[#]} 7. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nge2 Bg5 8. a3 Bxc1 9. Rxc1 O-O 10. Ng3 a5 11. Qd2 a4 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. O-O {0-1 (36) Vonhoff,N (2004)-Rogozenco,T (2169) Lueneburg 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} Bg5 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Bc2 g6 14. f3 Bc8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nb5 Nb6 17. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} c6 18. Nbc3 cxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. f4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. f5 (22. Ne4 $16) 22... gxf5 (22... e4 $1 $11 23. Qxe4 g5) 23. c5 (23. Rxf5 $6 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Bg7 $11) (23. Qxf5 Bg7 $11) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 (25. Rxa1 $16 Nc8 26. Qxf5) 25... Nd7 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 25... dxc5 $14 26. bxc5 Nd7) 26. c6 $1 $18 ({Not} 26. Rxf5 dxc5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 $11) ({Weaker is} 26. cxd6 f4 $14) (26. Qxf5 dxc5 27. Ne4 cxb4 $14) 26... Nb6 27. Qxf5 bxc6 28. dxc6 Qc8 {[#]} 29. Qf3 $1 Bg7 {With the idea ...Ng5.} 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Qc7 $2 (31... Nf6 {keeps fighting.} 32. Qxd6 Qa6) 32. Ng3 Ra8 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. b5 Ng5 35. Bc3 Ra4 36. Bd2 Qb6 37. Bxg5 Qf2 38. Qf3 (38. Rxf2 {is a self mate.} Ra1+ 39. Bc1 Rxc1+ 40. Qd1 Rxd1+ 41. Rf1 Rxf1#) 38... Qxf3 39. gxf3 hxg5 40. c7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-56/B=616. Weighted=-37/191} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,33,40,-12,0,-35,41,19,184,167,172,104,116,110,92,31,25,33,33,2,60,25,48,0,49,0,0,-25,-24,-68,-77,-253,-240,-225,-188,-205,-205,-201,-192,-212,-193,-205,-200,-267,-194,-335,-343,-309,-224,-217,-206,-209,-218,-300,-292,-270,-285,-282,-284,-311,-323,-309,-284,-424,-341,-484,-486,-502,-502,-501,-499,-485,-478,-463,-455]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nh3 g5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation.} (8. Ng1 $14) 8... Bb4 $11 9. Bd2 O-O {[#]} ({Black should play} 9... Bxc3 $15 10. bxc3 O-O) 10. d5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ng1 Ng4 14. Rf1 Bd7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rh2 {0-1 (31) Carvalho,G (2239)-Garcia,G (2431) Turin 2006}) 10... Bxc3 $2 (10... Ne5 $11) 11. Bxc3 $18 ({Inferior is} 11. bxc3 Ne5 $17) 11... Ne7 12. Qc2 ({Better is} 12. d6 $18) 12... d6 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Ng1 (14. f4 $16) 14... Qe7 $14 15. h4 g4 $1 16. Bd4 Nd7 (16... c6 $11) 17. f3 h5 18. Rf1 Nc5 (18... c5 {seems wilder.} 19. Bc3 b5 20. cxb5 exf3 21. gxf3 Qxe3+ 22. Bd2 Qd4) 19. fxg4 fxg4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Nh3 gxh3 {White is on the road to losing.} 22. Bxh5 $2 (22. gxh3 $17 Qf2 23. b4) 22... Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Qf2 24. gxh3 {[#]} Qxc2+ $1 ({Stronger than} 24... Nxh4 25. Qd1 $11) 25. Kxc2 Nge5 26. Be2 Bf5 27. Rg1+ Kh7 28. b3 Bxh3 29. Bxd3 (29. Kc3 {was worth a try.}) 29... exd3+ $19 ({Weaker is} 29... Nxd3 30. Rg7+ Kh6 31. Rxc7 $15) 30. Kc3 {If White can now play Bxe5 this consolidates a bit.} Bf5 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3.} 31. Rf1 Kg6 32. Rf4 Rh8 33. b4 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 35. Kc3 Ne5 36. a4 a6 37. a5 Re8 38. Rf1 (38. e4 $142 Bh3 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rf3) 38... Ng4 39. Rg1 (39. Kd2 $142) 39... Kh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kd2 Kxh4 41. Rc1 Re7 42. Rh1+ Kg5 43. Rh8 Be4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-34/B=-19. Weighted=-34/-22} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Sedina, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,27,26,26,44,40,100,92,130,108,148,142,214,212,199,138,147,143,135,130,130,122,124,116,115,56,116,119,170,179,232,232,235,222,225,191,187,177,209,190,215,199,201,218,214,190,190,191,231,226,223,216,293,276,399,382,496,495,455,356,360,352,544,520,1045,1018,1229,1260,1094,788]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qe3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} Be7 7. d4 {[#]} Ne4 $146 (7... Nd7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. Qb3 Ngf6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 {0-1 (41) Maletin,P (2567)-Rublevsky,S (2679) Krasnoyarsk 2007}) 8. Qb3 $16 {White is better.} Rb8 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. f3 dxc4 {[#]} (10... Nef6 $16) 11. Qa4+ $1 $18 ({Don't do} 11. Nxc4 $6 Nd6 $16) 11... b5 12. Qd1 (12. Qa5 $18 Nd6 13. Nc6 (13. Qxa7 Rb7 $11)) 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Qd5 14. fxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Nc3 (17. a3 $16 Bd6 18. Nc3) 17... Qb7 (17... Bxc3 $1 $14 18. bxc3 O-O) 18. Bg5 $16 Be7 (18... Nd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5) 19. Qc2 $18 h6 (19... O-O $142 20. Bxf6 Bxf6) 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Qe4 c6 22. Kg2 O-O 23. Rhf1 Rfd8 24. e3 Qc7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Be7 27. Rad1 f6 28. Kf2 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rg1 Kf7 (31... b4 $142) 32. Rdf1 Ke8 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nxh4 f5 35. Ng6 Bf6 {[#]} (35... Bd6 $142 36. e4 Rb7 37. exf5 exf5 38. Rxf5 Rf7) 36. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. White is clearly winning.} Be7 (36... Bg7 $142 37. Nf4 Bh6 38. Nxe6 fxe4 39. Nxd8 Rxd8) (36... fxe4 37. Rxf6) 37. Nxe7 Kxe7 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-23/B=-45. Weighted=-17/-48} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,11,19,8,10,9,14,14,64,64,70,74,75,65,65,62,67,69,131,128,117,119,132,125,109,108,235,90,246,242,256,254,251,233,244,208,196,200,220,234,232,218,278,277,398,347,430,386,744,654,668,648,811,775,1312,1310,1149,1054,1024,1285,1285,935,960,537,1250,1193,1732,1712,1629,1498,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. h3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} O-O 9. Qf3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8+ 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. O-O f5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rab1 b6 14. Rfe1 Qf6 15. Ba6 Bf7 {0-1 (40) Cunha,E (2334)-Skorna,U (2300) ICCF email 2009}) 10. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Qd6 11. O-O Qc6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nc4 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 {Nh5 is the strong threat.} Be6 ({Black should play} 15... Bd7 $14) 16. Nh5 $16 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 f5 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxf5 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kh2 g6 $2 {[#]} (20... h6 $16 {might work better.}) 21. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} hxg6 22. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Rf8.} 23. Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} ({Not} 23. Bxc7 Qe7 $17) 23... Qe7 24. Qd5 ({Worse is} 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxc7 Rc8 $11) 24... c6 25. Be5+ Kh7 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. f3 Rf5 28. c4 c5 (28... Rf8 $142 29. f4 Qf7) 29. c3 b6 30. a4 Qe6 $2 (30... Qf7 31. h4 Kh6) 31. g4 Rf8 32. d5 Qd7 33. Kg3 Qxa4 34. g5 Qd7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qxg6+ Kd8 39. f4 Kc8 40. h4 Kb7 41. h5 a5 {[#]} 42. Qc6+ $1 {White mates.} Qxc6 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. h6 a4 45. g6 a3 46. g7 Rg8 47. h7 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-33/B=-92. Weighted=-30/-73} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qh5 Be6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Be3 g6 14. Qf3 Nf5 15. O-O Nxe3 16. Rfe1 Qg4 17. Qxe3 Qd7 18. h4 h5 19. Qf3 f5 20. Re3 Rhe8 21. Rbe1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf7 23. g3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,42,25,0,13,5,11,11,15,8,12,12,24,20,23,21,24,19,19,21,17,16,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,17,27,23,32,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,74,74,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Re8 {[#]} 15. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e4 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Bf5 17. b5 d5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Be6 {½-½ (20) Steczkowski,K (2275)-Ksieski,Z Zielona Gora 1982}) 15... Qc7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Re1 h5 19. h3 Bd7 20. h4 Bg4 21. e3 Bg7 22. e4 c5 23. Bd2 Bd7 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bg5 Qb7 27. Bh3 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Bd2 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Qb7 (32... Bf6 {keeps more tension.} 33. Bf4 Qc7 34. Be2 Be5 35. Bd2 Bf6) 33. Qxb7 Bxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 34. Be2 Bc8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba5 Kf8 37. Bd1 Bd7 38. Bc7 Ke7 39. f4 Bg7 40. Bf3 f6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Ba5 Bh6 43. Bb6 Bg7 44. Bd1 Bd7 45. Kg2 Bh8 46. Kg1 Bg7 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Bd1 Ke7 50. Ba4 Bd7 (50... Bh6 $11) 51. Bxd7 $16 Kxd7 {[#] KB-KB} 52. Kf3 (52. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6]} g5 53. g4 hxg4 54. Kg3 gxh4+ 55. Kxh4) 52... Kc6 {The position is equal.} 53. Bd8 Kd7 54. Ba5 f5 55. Bb6 Kc6 56. Bd8 Kd7 57. Ba5 Bf6 58. Ke2 Kc6 59. Kd1 Kd7 60. Kc2 Kc6 61. Kb3 Kd7 62. Bd2 Kc6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-3. Weighted=-4/-3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Rb8 15. Be2 Rb6 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Rc8 18. g6 fxg6 19. hxg6 h6 20. Qh3 Nf8 21. Bg4 Qe7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e5 24. Bxc8 exd4 25. Be6+ Nxe6 26. dxe6 b4 27. Qf5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. f5 Kg7 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. e7 Rb8 32. Kd3 Re8 33. Re1 h5 34. Kxd4 h4 35. Kd5 h3 36. Ke6 h2 37. Rh1 d5 38. Rxh2 d4 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rf7 a5 41. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Lochte, Thomas"]
[Black "Rozman, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. f4 Rc8 14. Rad1 Bc5 15. Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Qh3 b4 18. f5 bxc3 19. fxg6 c2 20. Rc1 Bxe4 21. Bxc2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Rc1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Ke7 25. gxh7 Qd6 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Black "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 a5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 Bb6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ng3 f5 13. h4 h6 14. gxf5 Nxf5 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Be4 O-O 17. Rh2 Na6 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd2 Rf7 21. O-O-O Bb6 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rhg2 Rg8 24. Nh5 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Rgf8 26. Rg5 Ne7 27. Rg6 Nxg6 28. Rxg6 Qxf2 29. Kc2 Rf6 30. Rg2 Qf1 31. Kc3 a4 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Bd3 Qf3 34. h5 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 Ba5+ 36. Kc2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Black "Perez Bolanos, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Qxd5 22. Qa4 Qc6 23. Qc4+ Qd5 24. b3 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rc7 26. Rb5 Bd4 27. Bf4 Rcd7 28. g4 Kf7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. h4 Rc6 31. Rb8 Ra6 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Ree8 Rxa2 34. Rhg8+ Kf7 35. Bh6 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rg7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Ra2 40. Bf8 Be5+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 h6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. b4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Decker, Nils"]
[Black "Urh, Zala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,12,0,0,0,0,-13,18,9,16,-36,-45,-50,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-33,-36,-54,-55,-39,-100,-33,-64,-20,-32,-38,-102,0,0,50,46,58,53,71,62,62,63,75,70,170,167,186,193,198,201,112,8,8,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-10,0,0,0,-8,0,-10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. a4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. Ba2 Nxf3+ (8... Nc6 {is interesting.} 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne2 O-O) 9. Qxf3 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 10. e5 (10. Nb1 $11) 10... dxc3 $15 11. exf6 Qxf6 (11... Bd7 {with more complications.} 12. O-O h5 13. bxc3 Bc6 14. Qe3 Qxf6 15. Bd2 h4) 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. bxc3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rg8 14. O-O Bd7 {½-½ (14) Relea,N (2196)-Diaz,M (2223) France 2009}) 14. Bc4 Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. f3 Bd6 16. Be3 Ke7 17. d4 (17. O-O $15) 17... Rhg8 ({Black should try} 17... b5 $1 $17 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 bxa4) 18. Kf2 Rg7 19. g3 h5 20. Rhg1 (20. Rab1 $15) 20... Rh8 ({Better is} 20... cxd4 $17 21. cxd4 h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. h4 $11 e5 (21... Rhg8 $5 22. f4 $8 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Be4 $11) 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Rad1 Bxa4 24. Bg5+ Rxg5 $1 25. hxg5 Bxc2 26. Rd2 Bf5 {[#]} (26... Bg6 $14) 27. Bxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} c4 (27... Kxf7 28. Rxd6) 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. g6 Rc8 {[#]} (29... Rb8 $18) 30. Rh1 (30. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} hxg4 31. g7) 30... Be6 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxh5 {KR-KR} Kf6 33. Rh7 Rb8 $1 34. Rc7 Kxg6 35. Rxc4 Kf6 36. Ke3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 37. Ke4 Ra8 38. Kd5 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40. Rb6+ Kf5 (40... Kg5 $5 41. Rb1 $8 Kf5 $15) 41. Rb1 $1 a2 42. Ra1 Rd8+ 43. Kc4 Rd2 44. Kb3 Rf2 (44... Rd3 {feels hotter.} 45. Rxa2 Rxf3 46. Ra7 b6 47. Rb7 e4) 45. Rxa2 Rxf3 46. Rg2 e4 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 47. Kc2 Rd3 48. Rf2+ Ke5 49. Rg2 Rd7 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 50. Re2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-10/B=-9. Weighted=-10/-15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,148,8,0,-42,-42,-38,-33,-28,-14,-21,-23,-17,13,12,152,149,143,147,139,135,197,161,205,197,198,102,104,103,98,98,98,97,97,26,45,32,41,33,29,52,34,47,69,66,81,52,130,54,164,151,164,157,149,52,70,70,112,47,69,22,95,16,7,0,60,59,52,0,0,0,79,52,57,0,54,52,706,701,662,678,666,649,1140,1165,1246,1079,1181,1166,1088,997,1337,1329,1226,692,1471,1493,1489,1416,1367,1420,1531,1422,1483,1437,1394,576,576,576,576,576,330,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 e6 {[#]} 6. Bg5 $146 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} ({Predecessor:} 6. f4 Ng6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bd3 Nf2 11. Rf1 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 {1-0 (36) Stany,G (2522)-Grachev,B (2612) chess.com INT 2020}) 6... h6 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Be3 {Black is slightly better.} Bc5 (8... Bb4+ {looks sharper.} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O-O c6) 9. Bxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nh3 c6 (11... O-O $11) 12. d6 $1 $16 e5 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. b3 O-O (14... Nf8 $16) 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne8 17. Nxc5 (17. Kc3 $18) 17... Nxd6 18. Kc2 Bc8 19. Rd1 Nb7 20. Nxb7 (20. Nxd7 $2 Rd8 $17) 20... Bxb7 21. g3 (21. Rxd7 $16 Bc8 22. Rd6) 21... Rfd8 22. c5 Nf8 23. Bc4 a5 24. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} exf4 25. gxf4 Ne6 26. Bxe6 $1 dxe6 27. Rd6 Kf8 (27... a4 $14) 28. e5 (28. Nf2 $16) 28... g6 (28... Rdb8 $14) 29. Nf2 $18 Ba6 {[#]} 30. Re1 $1 a4 31. Ng4 ({Resist} 31. bxa4 $6 Bc4 $14) (31. Rxc6 $6 Rd4 $14) (31. b4 $16) 31... axb3+ $14 32. axb3 h5 33. Nf2 (33. Nf6 $16) 33... Bb5 34. Kb2 (34. Kc3 {seems wilder.} Rdb8 35. Ne4 Ra2 36. Rd7 Kg8 37. h3) 34... Ke7 (34... Rdb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Ra1 ({White should try} 35. Ne4 $16) 35... Rxa1 $11 36. Kxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 (36... Rb8 $1 $11) 37. Ne4 Be2 38. Nc3 (38. Nf6 $14) 38... Bf3 39. Na4 Bd5 (39... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Kb2 Rc7 41. h4 (41. Nb6 $14) 41... Ke8 ({Better is} 41... f6 $11) 42. Nb6 $14 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bf3 $14) 43. Nxd5+ $18 exd5 {KR-KR} 44. Kc3 Rc8 45. b4 Rc7 {[#]} 46. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 47. Kb4 Rd7 48. Kxb5 Rb7+ 49. Rb6 Ra7 50. c6 Ra1 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rd7 Rb1+ 53. Kc5 Rc1+ {[#]} 54. Kb6 $1 Rb1+ 55. Ka7 Rc1 56. Kb7 Rb1+ 57. Kc7 (57. Kc8 $142 {c7 is the strong threat.} Rb4 58. c7 Rxf4 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. Kb7 Rb4+ 61. Rb6) 57... Rb4 58. Rd6+ Ke7 59. Rxd5 Rxf4 60. Rb5 $2 ({White should play} 60. Rd7+ $18 Ke8 61. Kb6 Rxh4 62. Rd6 Rb4+ 63. Kc5) 60... Rxh4 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Kb7 Rc4 62. c7 h4 ({Don't play} 62... Kd7 $6 63. Rd5+ Ke6 64. Rd6+ Kxe5 65. Rc6 $16) 63. Rb6 Rxc7+ 64. Kxc7 {KR-K3P} h3 65. Rb3 Ke6 66. Rxh3 {Strongly threatening Re3.} Kxe5 {KR-KPP} 67. Kc6 {Threatens to win with Kc5.} g5 68. Kc5 {Hoping for Re3+.} g4 69. Rh1 g3 70. Re1+ Kf4 71. Rf1+ Ke3 72. Rxf7 g2 73. Rg7 Kf2 74. Rxg2+ Kxg2 {Black defended with fortune. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-42/B=-41. Weighted=-36/-33} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, Joel"]
[Black "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Qa5+ 9. Bc3 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Fuochi, Tommaso"]
[Black "De Santis, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nge2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O h5 9. h3 Qd7 10. a3 e6 11. Rb1 Nge7 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Black "Poschadel, Andreas Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,149,34,36,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-32,-31,-40,0,-11,-1,-12,-10,-13,0,-16,0,-19,0,0,-14,-26,0,0,0,5,43,38,56,42,45,44,43,45,61,45,49,47,142,131,154,151,155,112,113,128,120,74,192,200,193,188,307,308,291,285,275,182,216,145,279,95,102,102,108,68,73,73,110,107,107,10,110,109,320,319,337,334,327,316,317,165,179,168,235,222,589,559,539,508,596,588,591,578,600,597,1193,1147,2396,2102,1676,1560,6467,5177,5017,2144,1450,1439,1369,1354,29965,29968,29968,29965,5683,9806,29979,6485,29980,29981,29980,29978,29977,29978,29977,29970,29970,29975,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29986,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Bf5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 {[#] The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. Nh4 e6 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Be2 c5 13. Bd6 Re8 14. dxc5 Nf6 15. c4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (52) Baldwin,T (1319)-Wilkie,M (1281) Canberra 2006}) 9. Qc1 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. c3 cxd4 11. exd4 Ng3 {aiming for ...Nh5.} 12. Bxg3 {Hoping for Bxf5.} Bxd3 13. Re1 Rc8 {White should prevent ...Nb4!} 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 e6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Ne5 {Strongly threatening b3.} Rc7 22. Qd2 f6 23. Ng4 Bd3 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qf4 Rc6 (25... Re7 $14) 26. Re3 $1 $16 Bf5 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh6 $40 {[%cal Rh6f8][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rf7 30. Qh5 Rcc7 (30... Re7 $16) 31. Rae1 $18 Rce7 32. Qe2 Qxa2 (32... Qxe2 {is a better defense.} 33. R3xe2 Kg7 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rd7) 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Kg7 35. Qe2 ({Don't do} 35. Qxf5 $6 Qxb2 36. Qg4+ (36. Qxd5 Qxc3 37. Qe4 b5 $14) 36... Kf8 $18) 35... Kg6 36. h3 h5 (36... Qa4 $16 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Qg3+ Kh5) 37. Kh2 $2 (37. Qe8 $18 {Re7! would kill now.} Qxb2 38. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg4 39. hxg4) 37... Qa5 38. Qe3 (38. Kg3 {keeps more tension.} Qc7+ 39. Kf3 Qd7 40. Qe8 b5 41. Qg8+) 38... Qc7+ 39. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 $14 {KR-KR} Rd7 41. h4 Rd6 42. Kf4 (42. Re8 $16) 42... Rb6 {[#]} (42... a5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. b4 $1 $16 Rc6 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (43... Ra6 $16) 44. Re3 $18 a6 45. Rg3+ Kf7 46. Kxf5 b6 {and the idea ...a5 leaves Black hopeful.} 47. b5 (47. Rg6 $142) 47... axb5 48. Rg6 Rxc3 (48... Ke7 {was necessary.} 49. f4 Rxc3) 49. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 $2 (49... Ke7 50. Rxb6 Rc2) 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rxb6 Rc2 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. f3 Rxg2 54. Rxb5 Rg3 55. Rxd5 Rxf3+ {[#]} 56. Ke4 $1 Rh3 57. Rxh5 Kg7 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Rg5+ (59. Rf5 $142 Rxh4 60. d5) 59... Kf7 60. Rg4 Ke7 61. Rg7+ Kd8 62. Rh7 Rh1 63. d5 Rh2 64. Kd6 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kc8 65. Rh8+ Kb7 66. h5 {White mates.} Rh1 67. Kd7 Kb6 68. d6 Kc5 69. h6 Kd5 70. Rg8 Rxh6 71. Rg5+ Kc4 72. Kc7 Rh7+ 73. d7 Kb4 74. Kc8 Rh8+ 75. d8=Q {Av CentiPawn Loss W=8/B=267. Weighted=21/224} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Black "Altieri, Danilo Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,48,55,61,59,43,58,-28,-37,-41,-29,-37,-29,-31,-12,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-26,-41,-35,-41,-40,-34,18,27,27,15,61,58,69,0,0,0,42,-7,57,48,110,110,99,102,95,102,82,84,102,94,103,87,91,97,99,45,61,0,0,0,0,0,117,121,110,108,253,251,247,241,153,70,177]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Be3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} f6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. exf6 (8. Qd2 $14) 8... exf6 $11 9. Qd2 Nf5 10. O-O-O {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. g4 Nd6 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (45) Warakomska,A (2233)-Harika,D (2494) Wroclaw 2018}) 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf2 Bh6 13. g3 Nd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bg4.} 14. Rde1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Bg4 16. Nh4 Nd7 {[#]} 17. h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh3 18. Rh1 Be6 ({Black should try} 18... Bg4 $15) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with g4.} Bf5 21. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Kg7 22. Rh4 ({Much worse is} 22. gxf5 Kxh6 23. fxg6 f5 $17) (22. Rh1 $1 $14 Bxd3 23. Qxd3) 22... Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc4 24. g5 {Qh3 is the strong threat.} fxg5 (24... Nd6 $11) 25. fxg5 $14 {Hoping for b3.} Rf8 ({Black should play} 25... Qd8 $14) 26. Qh3 $16 {White threatens Rh7+ and mate.} Rxf2 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Rf8 {[#] ( -> ...Qf4+)} 31. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Qxd7 32. Qxf8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8+ ({Better is} 33. Qf2 $16) 33... Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 34. b3 (34. Ne2 $1 $14) 34... Nd6 $11 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Kg6 (36... Nf5+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 37. Kd3 Kg6) 37. Kf4 $16 Nf7 38. Ne2 b6 (38... a6 $16) 39. c4 $18 dxc4 40. bxc4 Nd6 41. c5 (41. d5 $16 c5 42. Nc3) 41... Nb7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-13/B=-16. Weighted=-12/-21} (41... bxc5 $14 42. dxc5 Nb7) 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Buglisi, Massimo"]
[Black "Lezzerini, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,110,0,16,8,26,28,28,29,22,32,27,29,41,43,39,22,31,20,34,0,0,0,45,0,1,0,0,0,28,-14,-12,-37,-35,-37,-47,-36,-12,0,0,0,0,0,122,114,122,-22,-19,-93,-94,-112,-42,-30,27,18,21,22,26,35,43,0,38,0,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,-67,-58,-82,-62,-93,-77,-70,-49,-39,-39,-38,0,-86,-62,-60,-6,-114,-116,-121,-116,-194,-193,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Ng4 8. Qe2 f6 9. exf6 {White has an edge.} Nxf6 {[#]} 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 d6 11. c3 e5 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Na3 h6 15. Nc2 Bf5 16. g4 {1-0 (58) Vogt,L-Moehring,G Goerlitz 1972}) 10... d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Rae8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 16. Qxe5 Qa6 17. Qe2 e5 18. c4 Bf5 19. h3 d4 20. g4 Bg6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qh6 (23... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 24. Re2 Qf3 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 $15) 24. Kg2 Rf4 25. Qd5+ ({Wrong is} 25. Qxb7 $2 Ref8 $19) 25... Kh8 {Hoping for ...Ref8.} 26. Rxe5 Ref8 (26... Rxf2+ $1 $11 27. Kxf2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kg2 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5) 27. Rf1 $16 Qg6 28. Re4 ({Don't take} 28. Qxb7 $6 Qf6 $14) (28. f3 $1 $16) 28... Rf3 $11 29. Qxc5 (29. Re7 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Qh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 30. Qh5 {aiming for Qxh6.} Qf6 (30... Qd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 31. Re8 Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh1) 31. Re2 $1 $15 Rxd3 (31... g5 $142 $1) 32. f4 $11 Re3 33. Rxe3 dxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Qe5 {Threatens to win with Qxf6.} Qc6+ 35. Qd5 {And now Qxc6 would win.} Qa4 (35... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Re3e2]} 36. Qe5 Qc6+ 37. Kg3 Re8 $11) 36. Kf3 Qxa2 (36... Qc2 $11 37. Kg3 Re8) 37. Qe5 (37. Qb5 $1 $16) 37... Qxc4 38. Re1 Qc6+ 39. Qe4 Qb5 40. Qxe3 (40. Qd4 $1 $11) 40... Qxb2 $15 {...Qh2 is the strong threat.} 41. Re2 Qa1 42. Re1 Qa4 43. f5 h6 44. Qe7 Qb3+ 45. Re3 Qf7 (45... Qd1+ {feels hotter.} 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kf3 Qd5+ 48. Kg3 Kg8) 46. Qe5 (46. Qxf7 $11 Rxf7 47. Kf4) 46... a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 47. Kg3 b5 ({Black should play} 47... Qd7 $15) 48. Qc5 (48. Qd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48... Re8 $1 $17 49. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {KQ-KQ} 50. Qd6 {[#]} (50. Kf2 $17) 50... a5 $1 $19 51. f6 {[#]} (51. Kh2 $19) 51... Qe3+ ({Better is} 51... gxf6 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qe5+.} 52. Qxf6+ Kh7) 52. Kg2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qe3+ 54. Kg2 {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Qe4+ 55. Kg3 {Qf8+ would kill now.} Qe3+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-16/B=-16. Weighted=-18/-14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,33,29,31,27,23,27,36,32,57,63,51,74,94,47,50,23,21,16,32,29,24,8,27,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 $1 {6...g6 is better than 6...Nge7.} 7. h3 Bg7 8. d4 Nf6 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6.} 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bc2 Nh5 {White has an edge.} 11. Be3 h6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1h2][%mdl 32]} Qf6 13. Nf1 Rad8 {[#]} 14. N1h2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh2 Nf4 15. d5 Nb8 16. Ng1 Qe7 17. g3 Nh5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. f3 {0-1 (66) Kofman,A-Nikolaevsky,Y Kiev 1960}) 14... Nf4 15. Qd2 g5 16. Kh1 Bc8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Qc1 Kh8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-8/B=-5. Weighted=-8/-5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,18,23,-11,-10,-33,-20,-32,-22,-27,-19,-46,-11,-55,0,0,0,0,0,-14,21,5,24,24,19,25,43,54,67,77,66,62,85,99,123,137,360,339,372,359,368,370,367,343,393,393,1146,1146,1040,1011,945,945,1046,1036]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. d5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} e5 12. Qe3 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 f5 14. Bh3 Qg5 15. e3 Nd7 16. e4 g6 17. Qe2 Qh6 18. Kg2 Rf6 {1-0 (35) Wimmer,H (2242)-Wawrinsky,L (1916) Bergen 2005}) 13. Ng5 {[#] Hoping for Ne6.The position is equal.} f4 14. Qxe4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} Qxg5 15. Bh3 a5 16. Qc2 Qe7 ({Black should try} 16... Na6 $15) 17. b3 Nd7 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 g5 20. Rac1 axb4 21. axb4 Nf6 22. Be6 c5 23. Rb1 {[%cal Bc1b1,Bb1b6,Bb6c6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb6 Rfb8 26. Rfb1 Qc7 27. Rc6 Qd8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (27... Qe7 $16 28. Qf5 h6) 28. Rxb8 $18 Rxb8 29. Qf5 h6 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxf4 e4 32. Qh3 Qe8 $2 (32... Nh7 33. Qg4+ Kh8) 33. Rc7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 34. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f6] [#]} Qf8 35. Qg6 e3 36. fxe3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-8/B=-49. Weighted=-8/-110} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rozman, Monika"]
[Black "Perman, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,47,25,13,16,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-10,-3,-14,-7,0,0,-39,-33,-41,-16,-12,-12,-25,-10,-13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 b5 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines.} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 {[#]} (12... Ne5 {with more complications.} 13. c3 Nc4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bh6 Re8) 13. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Red1 Rb8 20. c4 Qb6 21. b3 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rb4 24. Rxd6 {½-½ (24) Dolana,A (2346)-Salim,R (2153) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 13... Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. c3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rad1 e6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. e5 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 21. Bf6 Qb6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h4 h5 24. Qf4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=-5. Weighted=-6/-6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Calavalle, Giulio"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,38,0,18,13,18,7,13,19,11,-14,-8,-70,-77,-590,-583,-869,-865,-1198,-1191,-1111,-1144,-1465,-1463,-1441,-1435,-1375,-1295,-29993,-166]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game.} O-O 8. Be3 $1 d5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 9. O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is equal.} d4 10. f3 Be6 {...Bxb3 is the strong threat.} 11. Bf2 {[#]} (11. Bg5 $11) 11... Ng4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] [#] White is under strong pressure.} 12. Nd5 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. fxg4 $17 {keeps fishing.} Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 dxc3 15. bxc3) ({Predecessor:} 12. fxg4 Qg5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxg4 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Nxb7 {½-½ (34) Nezar,M (2396)-Szabo,K (2545) Haguenau 2013}) 12... d3 $19 13. cxd3 Nxf2 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qxf2 Rxa2 16. Qc2 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Qg5+ 19. Ke1 Qe3+ {White got outplayed after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-183/B=-82. Weighted=-133/-102} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sedina, Elena"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,27,8,31,27]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 {has lost popularity (12...Qc7).} 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 {[#] An uneventful encounter. E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7.} {Predecessor:} Rfe8 $146 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qf4 17. Qe3 Nh5 18. Be2 Qe4 19. Bd3 Qg4 20. h3 Qf4 21. Be2 Qxe3 22. fxe3 {½-½ (60) Edouard,R (2686)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Wijk aan Zee 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Molina, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Perez Bolanos, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,0,4,-35,-31,-68,-62,-69,-63,-66,-62,-63,-46,-56,-54,-57,-50,-67,-73,-59,-68,-69,-76,-66,-32,-32,-27,-27,-40,-77,-66,-87,-91,-129,-116,-122,-88,-147]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 {[%cal Rc3d4] C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} Nc6 7. c4 e5 {[#]} 8. Bd2 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. g3 h6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Qa4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Bd6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. g4 Kh7 {½-½ (17) James,G (2166)-Mednikova,S (2190) Vienna 2015}) 8... Be7 9. g3 Bg4 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc1 Nb4 14. Ne1 b5 15. b3 f6 16. f4 a6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. a3 Nbc6 20. h4 O-O {Black is better.} 21. Bh3 Qd6 22. Qd1 Bd8 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 23. h5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-14/B=-6. Weighted=-12/-6} (23. Rf2 $142) 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Decker, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,18,10,10,0,7,8,45,27,89,40,96,84,84,70,109,65,84,75,77,75,72,7,188,186,189,184,184,185,205,140,133,113,113,113,113,113,131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. d3 e4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 9. Nd2 exd3 10. exd3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d6 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rbe1 Rb8 {0-1 (60) Saidy,A-Giorgadze,T Decin 1974}) 11. Re1 {Black must now prevent Ba3.} d4 (11... dxc4 $11 12. Nxc4 Be6) 12. Bb2 Bf5 (12... dxc3 $1 $14 13. Bxc3 Qxd3) 13. cxd4 $16 Nxd4 14. Nb3 (14. Bxb7 Rb8 $11) 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 (15. axb3 {is interesting.} c6 16. d4 Be6 17. Re3 Re8 18. Qf3) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. Qxb7 Qxc4 18. Rac1 ({White should try} 18. Bd5 $16 Qd3 19. Red1) 18... Qxa2 $2 (18... Rae8 $11) 19. Qb5 $18 (19. Rxc7 Rae8 $11) (19. Qxc7 Rac8 $11) 19... Be6 20. Bxa8 (20. Rxc7 Rac8 $15) 20... Rxa8 21. Rxc7 a5 22. Qb7 Qd5 23. Rb1 a4 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} 25. Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d5]} Be6 {[#]} 26. Rcb5 ({Only move:} 26. Rbb5 $1 $16) 26... Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} (26... a3 $2 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 $18) 27. Rb8 Ra5 ({Wrong is} 27... Rxb8 $2 28. Rxb8 a3 29. Ra8 $18) 28. R1b5 Ra6 ({Don't go for} 28... Rxb5 $2 29. Rxb5 a3 30. Ra5 $18) 29. R8b6 Ra8 30. Rb8 Ra6 ({Don't blunder} 30... Rxb8 $2 31. Rxb8 a3 32. Ra8 $18) 31. R8b6 Ra8 {White really could win this. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-19/B=-18. Weighted=-22/-19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Trabattoni, Franco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,90,37,33,-98,-69,-190,-179,-280,-175,-240,-218,-211,-184,-184,-184,-255,-42,-77,0,-235,48,-258,-255,-257,-248,-256,-249,-247,-209,-329,-237,-347,-353,-460,-468,-654,-616,-987,-983,-946,-942,-1212,-1175,-1845,-1714,-2383,-2406,-2272,-2018,-2275,-2203,-2070,-1983,-2943,-2622,-7665,-6704,-29979,-29980,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. g4 {B79: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Qa5.} (14. Bg5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 14... Rxc3 {[#]} 15. bxc3 $146 (15. gxh5 $1 $15 Rc5 16. hxg6 Qxd2 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Bxd2) ({Predecessor:} 15. g5 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Rc5 17. Qf2 Bg4 18. Rdf1 e6 19. Rhg1 Qc7 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Rf2 Nc4 {0-1 (30) Ainutdinova,Y (2088)-Dauletova,G (2263) Tashkent 2011}) 15... hxg4 $19 16. Bh6 (16. Bg5 {is a better defense.} gxf3 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rdg1) 16... Nxf3 17. Nxf3 (17. Qe3 $142 Bxh6 18. Qxh6) 17... gxf3 18. Qf4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qh5 20. Qf4 (20. Qxh5 $142 gxh5 21. Rhf1) 20... Qg4 $2 (20... Kg7 $1 $19 {And now ...Qe5 would win.} 21. Rhg1 Rh8) 21. Qh6 $15 {[#]} Qh5 $2 ({But not} 21... Nxe4 $2 22. Rdg1 $18) (21... f2 $1 $17 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxd6 Bb5 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Qxf6 f1=Q+ 26. Rxf1 Bxf1 27. Bxf7+ Kh7) 22. Qf4 $1 $19 {[#]} Bg4 $2 (22... Kg7 $1 $19 {...Qe5 is the strong threat.} 23. Rhg1 Rh8) 23. Rdg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Rxd6 $1 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.} exd6 24. Qxf6) 23... Kg7 24. Kb2 Rc8 25. Rg3 e5 26. Qe3 Rc7 27. a3 (27. Qg5 $142) 27... b6 28. Rh2 (28. Rf1 {was called for.}) 28... Qh6 29. Qg5 Bh5 30. Qxh6+ Kxh6 31. Bd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} e4 33. Rf2 f5 34. Kb3 f4 35. Rg5 e3 36. Rf1 e2 37. Rgg1 exf1=Q 38. Rxf1 {KRB-KR} b5 39. a4 bxa4+ 40. Kxa4 Rxc3 41. Kb5 Rxc2 {Black mates.} 42. Ka6 f2 43. Kxa7 Bg4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kb6 Bh3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-236/B=-86. Weighted=-210/-69} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Wollenweber, Carsten"]
[Black "Felgendreher, Heiko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,108,26,29,12,0,15,-18,16,8,8,14,36,-47,-35,-52,-56,-56,-2,-54,-34,-43,-39,-41,-27,-40,-11,-56,-41,-59,-39,-73,-64,-72,-63,-76,-47,-72,-44,-47,-26,-70,-67,-74,-59,-67,-66,-207,-211,-331,-350,-324,-187,-206,-207,-253,-90,-171,-130,-102,-58,-368,-385,-354,-209,-566,-240,-312,0,0,0,0,0,0,795,-41,160,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1076,-29998,610]} 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Be6 {[#] A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxe5 {0-1 (49) Luukkonen,T (2291)-Agopov,M (2440) Finland 2013}) 12... Bd5 13. Nc5 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 14. Qd2 a4 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Qc3 (16. Nxe5 $2 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nb3 $19) (16. Nxa4 $14 Nxa4 17. Qxa4) 16... Bxc5 17. Qxa5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 f6 (18... e4 $15 19. dxe4 Bxe4) 19. Rc5 ({White should try} 19. e4 $11 Be6 20. Qb4) 19... c6 20. e4 Be6 21. Qb4 Ra8 22. Rcc1 Ra6 23. Nh4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Rb6 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. Rf2 Ra8 28. h4 Rb3 29. Qd2 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd6 31. Rc3 Rb5 32. Qc2 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 (33. Rf2 $1 $15) 33... Qb6 $19 34. g4 (34. Qd1 {was called for.}) 34... Rxb2 35. Qd1 Qe3 (35... Nf8 $142 36. Rf1 Ng6) 36. Rc2 Rb3 37. Qa1 Ra5 $2 (37... Nf8 $19 {is more deadly. Threatens to win with ...Ng6.} 38. g5 fxg5 39. Qxe5 gxh4) 38. g5 (38. Qe1 $17 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Qxc5 40. g5) 38... Rab5 39. Rf3 Qb6 40. Bh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Qe1 $15) 40... Rb1 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb6g1]} 41. Qa2+ R5b3 (41... Kf8 $142 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb6g1]} 42. Bxd7 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kh3 R5b3) 42. Bxd7 $2 (42. e3 {was the crucial defense.} Kh8 43. Rg2) 42... Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Ra1 $2 (43... Kf8 $19 44. gxf6 gxf6 45. Bxc6 bxc6 46. Rxc6 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 (47. Kg4 $2 Qg2+ 48. Rg3 f5+ 49. exf5 Qxc6 $19) 47... Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 (49. Kg4 $2 Qg2+ 50. Rg3 f5+ 51. exf5 Qxc6 $19) 49... Kg7) 44. Be6+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 45. Bxb3 Qh1+ 46. Kg4 Rg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rf1 $11 47. gxf6 (47. Bxa4 {gets mated.} Qg2+ 48. Kh5 g6+ 49. Kh6 Qxg5+ 50. hxg5 Rh1+ 51. Rh3 Rxh3#) 47... g6) 47. Rg3 $2 ({White must play} 47. Kf5 $18) 47... h5+ $2 {[#]} (47... Rf1 $15 {stays ahead.} 48. e3 axb3 49. Qxb3 fxg5 50. Kxg5 Rg1) 48. gxh6 $2 ({Better is} 48. Kf5 $1 $16 Rxg3 49. Bf7 (49. Bxa4 $2 Qh3+ 50. Kg6 fxg5 $19) 49... Qh3+ 50. Kg6 Qxh4 51. Be6 Qxg5+ 52. Kf7) 48... g6 49. Be6 {Hoping for e3.} Rxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Qg1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 51. Kh3 {Strongly threatening e3!} Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 {And now e3! would win.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Qh1+ $11 54. Kg3) 54. Bb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. e3 $18) 54... Qh1+ $4 {[%mdl 40960] Never resign too early! Av CentiPawn Loss W=-42/B=-40. Weighted=-43/-49. An unexpected result.} (54... f4 {avoids the disaster.} 55. Bxa4 Qg3#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ottaviani, Gianluca"]
[Black "Nazarenus, Moritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,52,28,37,36,18,35,0,0,0,74,73,160,132,134,134,130,135,140,93,232,227,208,170,6855]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 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 Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 17. c4 c5 18. Be3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 19. Qh4 {[#]} b6 $146 {[#]} (19... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19... Be7 20. Rhf1 Nd5 21. Qg4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bf6 23. Qf4 Re7 24. dxc5 Red7 25. Qxc7+ Rxc7 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {½-½ (36) Preusse,G (2220)-Rautenberg,H (2207) ICCF email 2014}) 20. Bxh6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rh8 (20... Nxh5 $142 21. Bg5 (21. Qxh5 gxh6 22. Qxh6 cxd4 $14) 21... Nf6) (20... gxh6 21. Qxf6) 21. Bxg7 Rxh5 22. Qxf6 Rf5 23. Qh4 Rxf3 24. dxc5 bxc5 (24... Qxc5 $16 25. Ka1 Rf5) 25. Bf6 $18 Re8 {[#]} 26. Rd2 $1 {And now Rhd1 would win.} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Av CentiPawn Loss W=-16/B=-118. Weighted=-18/-234. An unexpected result.} (26... Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bxg3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Lochte, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,58,0,5,25,29,39,40,57,63,63,55,62,68,70,0,284,290,294,281,263,61,64,-6,-6,-105,-85,-139,-109,-160,-89,-201,-83,-253,-237,-248,-253,-247,-249,-516,-452,-714,-696,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29997,-362]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne2 Nbd7 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6.} 8. c3 c5 9. Ng3 {And now Nf5 would win.} Nb6 {[#] White is slightly better.} 10. cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 a5 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nc8 14. Re1 Bb8 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. g4 {½-½ (32) Timofeev,V (2280)-Gagloshvili,R (2215) Kaluga 1996}) 10... cxd4 11. O-O h6 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 (13. a4 $14) 13... exf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Ng4 $1 $11 14. Nf3 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. fxe5+ Kg7 $11) 14... exf4) 14. Bxf4 $18 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 {aiming for Qf1.} g5 {[#]} 16. Rf1 $2 (16. Bxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 17. Qh5+ Ke6 18. Rxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rf1) 16... gxh4 $14 17. Nh5 (17. Bxf7+ $1 $14 Kxf7 18. Nh5) 17... Nxh5 $1 $11 18. Qxh5 (18. Bxf7+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kd7 19. Rc1) 18... Qg5 $17 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Rf6 (20. Qf2 $142 Qe3 21. Qxe3 dxe3 22. Rae1) 20... Nd7 (20... Bd7 $142 21. Rg6 Qe5) 21. Rf5 (21. Rg6 $17 Rf8 22. Rxg5 Rxf7 23. Rd5) 21... Rf8 (21... Qe3+ $19 {is more deadly.} 22. Kh1 Rf8) 22. Qd5 $2 (22. Rxg5 $17 {was the only defense.} Rxf7 23. Rd5) 22... Rxf5 $19 23. exf5 h3 24. g3 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 $2 (25. Kf1 {was forced.} Qxd3+ 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kf1) 25... a5 26. f6 (26. Rf1 $142 Ra6 27. Bc4) 26... Ra6 27. Rf1 {[#] and the idea f7 leaves White hopeful.} Rxf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f1][%mdl 512] Black mates.} 28. Rd1 (28. Rxf6 Qe1+) 28... Qe2 29. Kg1 Qf2+ {Black used his chance. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-111/B=-72. Weighted=-80/-86} 0-1

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Lohia, Sohum"]
[Black "Ruecker, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,23,31,25,29,30,33,33,60,47,48,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,9,12,36,14,27,19,72,18,42,12,252,243,240,250,243,247,264,266,262,234,228,217,244,245,264,255,249,150,141,147,149,128,195,194,184,175,181,116,159,179,144,163,314,333,298,260,483,196,29961,29962,29964,29965,29970,29968,29973,29974,29973,29975,29975,29976,29976,29975]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} O-O 12. Rfe1 Ne7 13. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. a4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc7 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qa3 Rfc8 18. Rec1 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Qd6 {0-1 (38) Pankova,J (1832)-Lomakina,G (2024) Moscow 2018}) 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ndf3 Nd6 18. Nd3 b5 19. axb5 Rfb8 20. Nfe5 Rxb5 21. Nc5 Nde4 (21... h6 $11) 22. Ned3 (22. Qe2 $16 Rxc5 23. dxc5) 22... h6 23. c4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} (23. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nxc5 24. dxc5 $11 (24. Nxc5 Nd7 $11)) 23... dxc4 $2 (23... Rbb8 $11) 24. Nxe4 $18 Ng4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Rxd4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Qe5 30. Nc3 ({Don't do} 30. Qxc4 $6 Rb4 $16) 30... Rb3 31. h3 g5 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Re2 (34... f5 $16 {might work better.}) 35. Nc3 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 36. Ra3 Kg7 37. Ne4 (37. Kf1 $18) 37... f5 {[#]} 38. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} Rxc3 39. Nxc3 $18 {KN-KP} Kf6 $2 (39... Kg6 {was necessary.} 40. Kf1 Kf6) 40. Kf1 Ke5 {If Black can now play ...Kd4 this consolidates a bit.} 41. Ke2 h5 $2 (41... Kd4 {was called for.} 42. Kd2 h5 43. Ne2+ Kd5) 42. f3 (42. Ke3 $142 f4+ 43. Kd2) 42... h4 $2 {[#]} (42... Kd4 $18 43. Kd2 Kc5) 43. Ke3 $1 {White mates.} Kf6 44. Kd4 e5+ 45. Kxc4 e4 46. fxe4 Ke5 47. exf5 Kxf5 48. Kd3 g4 49. Ke3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-17/B=-48. Weighted=-32/-77} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Urh, Zala"]
[Black "Fuochi, Tommaso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,7,-4,-2,-4,0,-2,0,-1,0,0,13,7,0,-10,-7,-3,-9,-64,-50,-75,-71,-81,-78,-143,-159,-161,-69,-160,-150,-187,-172,-169,-137,-179,-177,-243,-195,-234,-232,-186,-109,-98,-88,-116,-91,-86,-81,-92,-101,-90,-100,-92,-109,-108,-115,-138,-117,-128,-130,-173,-164,-168,-169,-158,-115,-143,-119,-116,-66,-155,0,-106,0,-141]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Ba2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. e4 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black has the initiative.} 15. Bb1 $146 (15. Nce2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nge2 Rad8 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qc4 19. Rf3 Rfe8 20. b3 Qd4+ 21. Be3 {½-½ (51) Lopez Martinez,J (2584)-Meier,G (2648) Batumi 2018}) 15... Bc4 $15 {aiming for ...Bxg3.} 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. f4 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 (18. Rf3 $142 Be6 19. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 20. Qxc3) 18... Bxf1 $17 19. Kxf1 Ne8 (19... g6 $19 20. e5 Ne8 21. Nh6+ Kh8) 20. e5 (20. c4 $15) 20... g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Ba2 c5 23. Nf3 Rad8 24. Ng5 (24. Qe2 $142) 24... Qd7 25. Be3 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 26. Bd2 Qf5 ({Black should try} 26... Qc6 $19 27. c4 Ne7) 27. Qxf5 Nxf5 28. e6 f6 (28... Nc7 {looks sharper.} 29. exf7+ Kg7 30. Ke2 h6 31. Ne4 Nd6) 29. Nf7 Rxf7 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. g4 Nfe7 32. Re1 Rd6 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Re2 Ra6 35. c4 Nc7 ({Weaker is} 35... Rxa3 36. Bc1 $16) 36. Bc3 Kf7 ({Don't play} 36... Rxa3 37. Bxf6 Nc6 38. Bb1 $17) 37. Bb2 Ne6 38. Bc1 Rd6 39. Bb1 Rd1 40. Re1 Rd4 41. Re4 ({White should play} 41. f5 $15 gxf5 42. gxf5) 41... Rd1 42. Re1 Rd4 43. Re4 $1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-22/B=-12. Weighted=-23/-13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Lang, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,19,22,14,47,47,56,48,45,24,57,46,69,58,72,44,73,47,55,0,73,82,109,29,34,34,43,41,76,68,71,82,66,34,120,90,74,34,126,154,168,169,248,251,474,382,554,556,825,873,883,883,883,647,620,637,586,533,547,535,539,528,1107,569,1029,1015]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Qc2 {[#] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 Rfe8 {½-½ (74) Wei,Y (2732)-Le,Q (2709) chess.com INT 2020}) 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 {White is slightly better.} O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne8 12. Nf1 b5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. a3 a5 16. Re2 (16. Ne3 $14) 16... f6 (16... Nd6 $11) 17. a4 $16 b4 18. c4 (18. Bb5 $16 {Strongly threatening cxb4.} Bf5 19. Qb3) 18... Bf7 $11 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Ne3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. d5 (23. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5b6]} Qd8 24. Qa6 $14) 23... Nd8 (23... Ne5 $14 24. Nxe5 fxe5) 24. Qa6 Rc5 25. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Nb3.} Nd6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 25... Bh6 $1 $14) 26. Nb3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb3c5][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rc7 27. Qxa5 N8b7 (27... g5 $142) 28. Qxb4 $18 e6 $2 (28... Bh6 {is a better defense.} 29. f4 Ra8) 29. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} exd5 (29... e5 {was necessary.} 30. a6 Ra8) 30. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 31. Bg3 Bf8 32. Nxd5 Nf5 33. Qd2 Nxg3 34. fxg3 Rc6 35. axb7 Qxb7 36. Na5 Qa7+ 37. Kh2 Ra6 38. b4 {Threatens to win with Nc6!} Rd8 {[#]} 39. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-37/B=-70. Weighted=-50/-84} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Perez Bolanos, David"]
[Black "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,26,41,72,56,60,58,44,53,71,130,51,78,54,87,34,21,15,14,20,240,222,248,250,299,339,313,204,222,98,111,112,89,90,74,84,193,168,178,183,134,0,118,109,159,158,162,189,188,181,259,180,219,226,512,240,500,495,475,477]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 11. Bg5 $1 {11.Bg5 is better than 11.Be3. B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} f6 12. Be3 f5 13. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 14. Qb3 {[#]} Nd4 $146 (14... Be6 $142) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qf6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxb6 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb4 Qc7 21. c5+ Kh8 {0-1 (42) Ahmed,A (1863)-Joseph,M (2041) Batumi 2018}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 $16 exd4 16. c5+ Kh8 17. Rad1 (17. cxb6 dxe3 18. bxa7 exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qa5 $11)) 15... exd4 $14 16. Rfd1 {c5+ is the strong threat.} Nd7 17. c5+ ({Weaker is} 17. Nxd4 Nc5 $15) (17. Nb5 $16) 17... Kh8 18. Nxd4 Nxc5 19. Qc4 b6 $2 {[#]} (19... Ne4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 20. Bf3 $1 $18 {Hoping for Nb3.} Ba6 21. Ndb5 Qg5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qf4 (24. a4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 24... Bxb5 $16 25. Nxb5 Qxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Qc4 {And now Nf7+ would win.} h6 (27... Ne4 $16 28. Nxe4 fxe4) 28. Rab1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qf6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qd5 ({Better is} 30. Rd5 $16) 30... Qg6 (30... Na4 $1 $11) 31. Qf3 Qg4 {[#]} 32. Rd5 $1 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Kh7 34. Rxf5 ({Much less strong is} 34. Nxf5 Bf6 $16) 34... Rg8 (34... Rd8 $142) 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Ke2 Rd8 $2 (36... Bf6 37. Rg1+ Bg5) 37. Rg1+ $18 Kh7 {[#]} 38. Rf7 $1 Ne6 39. Nf5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-20/B=-44. Weighted=-23/-50} 1-0

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Bergero, Simone"]
[Black "Kierzek, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,36,-29,-23,-37,-10,-14,-31,-32,-28,-22,-32,0,7,15,0,185,164,188,193,175,135,116]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Nh5 d4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nb4.} 13. Nb5 ({Don't blunder} 13. Bg5 $2 Qa5 $19) 13... Qd5 14. Rh3 {[#]} Qxe5+ $146 (14... a6 $5 15. Na3 $8 Nxe5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... a6 15. Na3 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Qe4+ 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bxa3 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe5 Bb4+ {½-½ (31) Bergmann,M (2427)-Wolf,K (2476) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Be2 Nb4 $2 ({Of course not} 15... d3 $6 16. cxd3 Rd8 17. Nc3 $16) (15... Rd8 $11 16. Kf1 Be7) 16. Bf4 $18 {White is clearly better.} Qe4 {[#] ...e5 is the strong threat.} 17. Kf1 {And now Qd2 would win.} Bg6 {White must now prevent ...Bxh5.} 18. Bf3 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Arco Festival 2020"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Lezzerini, Marco"]
[Black "Kostov, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,108,31,38,28,66,-7,-7,0,0,0,85,66,71,0,54,60,43,9,16,0,0,-93,0,0,0,0,0,-73,60,62,50,-177,-166,-191,-216,-167,-158,-172,-129,-207,-160,-227,-218,-204,-21,-114,-101,-78,-14,-79,-26,-25,0,0,0,0,18,18,16,14,18,16,19,18,70,22,205,191,181,26,26,16,16,16,184,182,175,22,20,0,8,0,0,0,29,0,8,0,0,-29986,-29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. h3 {[#] D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} b5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Nfd7 15. Ka1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Rc3 Nb6 19. Qa5 f6 20. Nd2 {½-½ (45) Johannessen,L (2517)-Meister,P (2390) Sitges 2015}) 12. Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 $11 13. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 14. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 (14... Ke7 $1 $11 15. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (15. Nxa8 $2 Bb7 $17) 15... Kd8 16. Nxa8 Nhf6) 15. Nxa8 $16 Bb7 {Strongly threatening ...Ke7.} 16. Nf3 (16. d5 $16) 16... Ke7 ({Black should try} 16... Nhf6 $11) 17. Kb1 $1 $14 Rxa8 18. d5 Rc8 19. Qe4+ Kf8 20. Rc1 (20. Qd4 $11) 20... Nhf6 (20... Rxc1+ $17 21. Rxc1 Bxd5) 21. Rxc8+ $11 Bxc8 22. Qd4 Qxd5 23. Qxa7 (23. Qxd5 $11 Nxd5 24. Rc1) 23... Kg7 (23... Bb7 $17 24. Ka1 Ne4) 24. Rc1 $14 Bb7 25. Qd4 $2 (25. Ne1 $1 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.}) 25... Qf5+ $19 26. Ka1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. e4 Qf4 {[%cal Rf4c1]} 29. Rd1 (29. Re1 $17) 29... Ne5 30. Qe3 (30. a3 $17) 30... Qxe3 $1 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Rd5 $11) 31. fxe3 Nc4 $2 (31... Nxe4 $19 32. Rd5 Nc4 33. Rxb5 g5) 32. e5 (32. b3 $1 $11 Nxe3 33. Rd3 Nc2+ 34. Kb2) 32... Nxe5 $17 33. b3 Ned7 (33... b4 $17 {Hoping for ...g5.} 34. Rd4 g5 35. Rxb4 h5) 34. Rd4 (34. Kb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Kf8 ({Better is} 34... h5 $17) 35. Rb4 $11 Nd5 36. Rxb5 Nxe3 37. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a5]} Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 38. a5 Kd6 {...Kc6 is the strong threat.} 39. a6 {And now a7 would win.} Nd5 {[#]} 40. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (40... Nxb8 $2 {loses.} 41. a7 $18) 41. a7 N5b6 ({Black should play} 41... N7b6 $1 $11) 42. Kb2 f4 $2 {[#]} (42... g5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 43. Kc2 $1 $18 g5 44. Kd2 $2 (44. Rg8 $18) 44... h5 $11 45. a8=Q Nxa8 46. Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Nc5 $2 (46... g4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 47. b4 $18 Ne4+ {[#]} 48. Ke2 $2 (48. Ke1 $1 $18) 48... g4 $11 49. h4 f3+ 50. Kf1 g3 {aiming for ...Nd2+.} 51. Rd8+ Kc6 52. Rd1 (52. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rf1g1]} Kb5 53. Kg1 (53. Rxf3 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kg2 Nxf3 $11) 53... f2+ 54. Kg2 $16) 52... Kb5 (52... Nf2 $5 53. b5+ $8 Kc5 54. Rc1+ Kxb5 $11) 53. Rd5+ Kc4 54. Rxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Rd8 $11) 54... Nd2+ {Both players deserved the win here. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-54/B=-29. Weighted=-53/-35} 0-1

