[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Chatzieleftheriou, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 15,43,47,83,90,77,85,91,91,106,103,138,139,139,146,154,146,194,185,154,171,508,504,513,519,452,383,379,381,369,375]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {The modern move.} 9. Nxc6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} bxc6 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Qb6 11. Nc3 {Threatens to win with Na4.White is better.} Bd4 12. Na4 Qb5 {[#]} 13. Bf4 $1 O-O 14. e3 Bb6 15. Rfc1 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c5 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Be7 Rd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Nxd5 Rad8 {1-0 (88) Stuhlik,M (2196)-Tschohl,C (2065) Austria 2005}) 16. Qxf5 Qxa4 17. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa6 $2 (17... Qb5 {is more resistant.} 18. Bf1 Qa5) 18. Rxc6 $18 Rfe8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 {Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Qc8 21. Qxf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qg4 22. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Xilogiannis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 15,97,13,25,-11,20,-15,6,2,2,-8,6,2,21,19,29,39,40,32,26,36,63,27,52,45,70,56,70,44,71,72,87,90,156,121,130,120,129,113,117,122,125,128,128,125,111,116,115,118,117,114,110,107,109,126,119,127,132,127,171,139,225,216,365,366,377,520,488,508,373,381,357,295,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Re8 10. a3 h6 11. b4 {The position is equal.} a6 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. f4 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Nf1 Nc6 23. Bb2 Qb6 {½-½ (33) Braun,C (2342)-Drabke,L (2446) Germany 2010}) 18. f4 Rc8 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Qf3 b5 22. Qf2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc8 (23... h5 $142) 24. Ba7 Qa8 25. e5 Nd5 26. exd6 $1 Bxd6 27. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 28. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Ne3 29. Nxb7 Qxa7 30. Nxd6 Ng4+ 31. hxg4 Qxf2 32. Nxe8 {And now Nd6 would win.} Qe2 33. Nd6 {Black must now prevent Rc8+.} Qxg4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc5 $1 Qd7 36. Rd5 Qc7 37. Ne4 Qc1 (37... Qc2 $16 38. Nc5 Qb2) 38. Rd7 $1 $18 Qc4 {[#]} (38... Qxa3 $142 39. Nd6 (39. Rxf7 Qxb4 40. Ra7 Qb2 $16) 39... Qa2) 39. Re7 $1 Qb3 40. Nd6 Qd1 41. Nxf7 Qh5+ 42. Bh3 Kg8 {If Black can now play ...g5 this consolidates a bit.} 43. Nd6 Qf3 $2 (43... g5 $18 44. Re8+ Kh7) 44. Be6+ {White mates.} Kh8 45. Re8+ Kh7 {[#]} 46. Bg8+ $1 ({Weaker is} 46. Bf5+ g6 $18) 46... Kg6 47. Re6+ Kh5 48. Bf7+ g6 49. Re5+ {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reizniece-Ozola, Dana"]
[Black "Eleftheriou, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 17,118,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-20,-20,-20,-24,-23,-24,-20,-20,-25,-17,-32,-22,-25,-11,-33,-30,-46,-54,-79,-89,-87,-86,-83,-83,-112,-109,-114,-81,-75,-32,-30,-30,-33,-31,-39,-36,-50,-30,-50,-31,-85,-36,-107,-44,-104,-102,-91,-94,-104,-115,-251,-161,-238,-257,-308,-290,-259,-256,-321,-329,-443,-467,-428,-395,-657,-343,-422,-347,-333,-272,-470,-446,-614,-310,-875,-848,-1503,-1577,-1803,-1608,-1291,-1709,-1807,-1810,-2422,-2228,-29979,-5101,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Na6 9. Bf8 Ne7 10. Bxg7 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Rg8 (10... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rh8g8]} 11. Bxh8 e5 $11) 11. Qd4 (11. Bd4 {with more complications.} Nb4 12. f3 Qg6 13. Nf4 Qf5 14. Nd3) 11... Qxd4 12. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4] [#]} 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf6 Rg6 14. Bc3 Nb4 15. Nf4 Rg5 16. h4 Rf5 17. Nd3 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. g4 {1-0 (39) Timofeev,A (2665)-Frolyanov,D (2599) Taganrog 2011}) 13... Nf5 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Bd3 h6 18. a3 Ke7 19. Rhf1 Nc7 20. Be2 Rad8 21. Bh5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 e5 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. cxd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Hoping for d6+. KRB-KRN} Nb5 25. Be2 Nd6 26. g4 f5 27. h3 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf8 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Ke1 Kd6 32. Bc4 Ng5 33. Ke2 e4 34. Ba2 (34. Kd2 $15) 34... Ke5 35. Rd1 (35. b4 $15) 35... Rd6 ({Black should play} 35... b5 $17 36. Bb3 Nf7) 36. Rf1 (36. b4 $15) 36... Nf3 37. Rh1 Rg6 38. Kf2 b5 39. Rd1 {Now White is beyond hope.} (39. a4 $17) 39... Rd6 40. Kg3 (40. a4 {keeps fighting.} bxa4 41. Kg3) 40... c4 $19 41. a4 {[#]} a6 $1 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} ({Inferior is} 41... bxa4 42. Bxc4 Ng5 43. Ra1 $11) ({Weaker is} 41... Rxd5 42. Rh1 $17) 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rh1 Kxd5 44. b3 c3 45. b4+ Ke5 46. Bb1 $2 (46. Bg8) 46... Rc6 47. Bc2 Ng5 48. Ra1 Rc4 49. Ra3 $2 (49. Ra6 Rxb4 50. Rc6) 49... Nf3 50. Ra8 Nd2 51. Kh4 $2 (51. Re8+ Kf6 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53. Rf5 Rxb4 54. Rc5) 51... Rxb4 52. Kh5 Rb2 53. Re8+ Kd6 54. Bd1 Rb1 55. Bc2 Rc1 56. Kxh6 Rxc2 57. g5 Rc1 58. g6 Rh1+ 59. Kg7 c2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gazis, Efstathios"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 9,48,22,28,15,31,-83,-83,-124,-125,-146,-109,-149,-158,-275,-276,-286,-259,-281,-276,-524,-581,-620,-605,-1162,-1145,-1083,-927,-888,-904,-874,-881,-1033,-1028,-1008,-948,-5319,-10460,-1913,-820,-793,-752]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {[#] 6...Be6 is the modern continuation. Played by Anish Giri in June 2020.} 7. Nf1 $146 {[#]} (7. h3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) ({Predecessor:} 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 Qd7 {0-1 (50) Caruana,F (2835)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess.com INT 2020}) 7... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 8. Be3 {Black is better.} (8. dxe4 Bxf2+) 8... Bb4+ 9. Ke2 {and if c3 works, White does fine.} Nd6 10. Nxe5 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 11. f4 {[#]} (11. d4 $17) 11... g5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Qc1 (12. fxg5 Qxe5) 12... Nf5 {aiming for ...gxf4.} ({Less strong is} 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 O-O-O 14. c3 $17) 13. c3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $2 (14. Nxe3 {was forced.} gxf4 15. N3g4 Bxg4+ 16. Nxg4 Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Kd2 Qxg4 18. cxb4) 14... gxf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 15. Qe4 O-O-O 16. Nxc6 Bd5 17. Qxb4 f3+ 18. Kd2 fxg2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 19. Qg4+ Rd7 20. Nxa7+ Kb8 21. Ng3 Qf2+ (21... Kxa7 $2 22. Rhe1 $19) 22. Ne2 gxh1=Q 23. Rxh1 Bxh1 (23... Re8 $142 24. Kd1 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kc2 Qxh1) 24. Qxd7 Bf3 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 22,84,10,7,10,-9,-15,-38,-14,-38,-33,-25,-26,-29,-29,-39,0,-72,-64,-67,-58,-60,-74,-73,-68,-64,-64,-89,-80,-86,-86,-77,-81,-106,-76,-113,-82,-87,-48,-77,-82,-121,-109,-175,-166,-181,-179,-183,-153,-191,-173,-231,-214,-29978,-29979,-29988,-1135,-29989,-29990,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 c6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfd7 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7.} 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. Ne2 a5 {[#] Black is slightly better.} 15. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kh1 Ndc5 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Be5 20. Nf3 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Nxe4 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Qc1 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. Rd7 Bxd7 {0-1 (25) Chrisidis,P (1832)-Gallagher,J (2522) London 2016}) 15... Ndc5 16. Rad1 b6 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ng5 19. Ne2 (19. e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Ngxe4 20. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 21. Bxc6 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nc3 Rae8 24. Rde1 f5 25. Ng2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ne4 27. Qc1 Qc7 28. Rf3 Rd8 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8d4,Bd4f4][%mdl 32]} 29. b3 Qc6 {aiming for ...Nd2.} 30. Rfe3 Rd4 31. Nf4 {[#]} Qd6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. R1e2 {[#]} (32. Rg1 $17) 32... Nxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxg3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Rxf4 34. Rd2 Qc7 35. Kg2 Re4 36. Rgd3 (36. Qd1 {is a better defense.}) 36... Rfe8 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 37. Qb2 $2 (37. Rf2 $19) 37... Re3 38. Kh1 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Qf4 {Black mates.} 40. Rf3 Qg5+ 41. Rg3 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy, Back Rank} 42. Kxg1 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xenakis, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Ladopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 17,60,-72,-74,-72,-80,-77,-79,-80,-79,-87,-39,-38,-32,-86,-70,-86,-63,-198,-206,-221,-225,-228,-220,-220,-209,-268,-292,-290,-272,-305,-235,-303,-281,-292,-300,-324,-325,-309,-310,-297,-299,-377,-380,-624,-570]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5.} Nxc5 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 {[#] Black is better.} Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe3+ 14. Qe2 Qxf4 15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rf3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (39) Rozman,M (2068)-Brink,B (2374) Deutschlandsberg 2018}) 13. Rb1 Qe3+ 14. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2e3]} Qxf4 15. g3 (15. c3 $15) 15... Qb4+ $17 16. c3 Qb6 17. Nd4 {[#] This costs White the game.} ({Better is} 17. Rf1 $1 $15) 17... Nc5 $1 $19 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Qe3 O-O 20. b4 Nd7 21. Kd2 c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. h4 Rae8 24. Rhe1 Nb6 {[#] And now ...Nc4+ would win.} 25. Bb3 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. g4 Nc4+ 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Rb2 e5 {White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 30. Nf5 $2 (30. Rc2) 30... Qxg4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ladopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,94,18,12,21,20,13,14,12,17,17,53,46,60,62,89,79,107,62,89,83,85,92,96,93,101,95,229,219,213,116,108,115,153,152,137,134,160,145,170,178,135,37,41,-5,-8,-10,-12,-9,-5,-5,-6,-9,-10,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nxd2 10. Nxd2 {[#]} Bxg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. e3 Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. a3 Qc8 14. Rfe1 d6 15. Bh3 Qd8 16. d5 Ne5 {0-1 (41) Berezina,I (2088)-Antipov,M (2586) Dubai 2017}) 11. Kxg2 Re8 12. Nf3 Bf8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} g6 15. h5 Bg7 16. e4 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 17. d5 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 18. Qe2 Na6 19. Rh1 Nc5 20. Rh3 f5 (20... h6 $16) 21. hxg6 $18 hxg6 22. Nh4 (22. exf5 $18 {Threatens to win with Nh4.} e4 23. Nh4) 22... Qg5 $16 23. Rdh1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Kf7 26. Re1 d6 {[#]} 27. Re3 $1 Rh8 {[#]} 28. f4 ({White should try} 28. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Qe7 29. Qg4 (29. Nh4 Rh6 $14) (29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Qg4 Bh6 $14) 29... Rxh3 30. Qxh3 (30. Kxh3 Bh6 $11)) 28... Qg4 $14 29. f5 (29. Qf3 {is interesting.} Qxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Rxh3 31. Kxh3 Rh8+ 32. Kg4) 29... gxf5 30. Qxf5+ Qxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxh3 32. Kxh3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh8+ 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. g4 Bg5 (34... Kg6 $1 $15) 35. Rh3 {The position is equal.} Rxh3 36. Kxh3 {KB-KN} Bc1 37. b3 Kf6 38. Kg2 e4 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. Nd4 Kxg4 41. Nb5 Kf4 42. Nxc7 Be3+ 43. Ke2 {aiming for Ne6+.} Bc5 44. Nb5 Ke5 45. Kd2 Kf4 46. Ke2 Ke5 47. Kd2 Kf4 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,32,16,44,39,47,47,43,43,45,50,49,41,51,51,64,60,77,71,421,421,414,410,868]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 8. O-O d6 9. d4 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bf4 Be7 {[#]} 12. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 14. Qd3 g5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc1 Qc6+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 {½-½ (56) Siebrecht,S (2496)-Janssen,R (2471) Germany 2014}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 Be4 14. Qe3 Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (14... Qe8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 15. Rxd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxd7 16. Qxe4 {Hoping for Qb7.} Nb6 {Black got outplayed after the opening} (16... Ra7 $142 17. Rd1 Rc8) 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Georgiou, Kostantinos"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,107,8,0,4,-2,0,0,5,7,14,16,8,7,14,12,18,16,13,0,8,14,27,-18,-11,-19,-20,-21,-15,-27,-17,-10,0,-18,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,58,101,106,125,125,105,106,111,105,108,114,111,82,83,83,91,87,127,127,135,112,135,124,134,141,130,88,115,85,84,79,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. b3 Nc6 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne5 Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 11...Rc8.} 12. Qe2 Rc8 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. g3 Qe7 15. f3 Rc7 16. Nf1 Rfc8 17. Ne3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. Bd4 Nxd3 {½-½ (20) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Schroeder,J (2552) Germany 2018}) 13... Bb4 14. Nb1 Nf5 15. c3 Be7 {[#]} 16. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd6 {[%cal Bf5d6,Bd6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 21. Qh3 h6 22. c4 Ba6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 23. c5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nde4 25. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rb8 27. Re3 Rb5 28. Bc3 {[%cal Rc3a5]} Qd7 (28... Rxb3 $11 29. Bxa5 Qb8) 29. Bxa5 $14 Reb8 30. Qc2 Qb7 31. Be1 Ne8 32. b4 Nc7 33. Rea3 {Hoping for c6.} a6 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 R5b7 36. Qd3 Ra8 37. R3a2 Nb5 38. g4 f6 39. Re2 Re7 40. Bg3 Rae8 41. Rae1 Rf7 42. f4 Rff8 43. f5 (43. Rg2 {seems wilder.} f5 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Kf7 46. Kg1) 43... exf5 44. gxf5 Rxe2+ 45. Rxe2 ({White should try} 45. Qxe2 $14 Kh8 46. Qd3) 45... Re8 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Rxe8+ Qxe8 47. Qf3 Qd7 48. Bd6 Qc6 49. Qe3 Kh7 50. Bg3 Qb7 51. Qe8 Nxd4 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qg6+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Tragoudaras, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. g4 Nd7 10. f4 b5 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Qe3 Rg8 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Ne5 g6 21. Nc6 Ba6 22. Ba4 Be2 23. Rd7 Re8 24. g5 Bf3 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Ne5 Bh5 27. Rb7 Ra8 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Eleftheriou, Georgios"]
[Black "Karagiannis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 b5 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Bd7 11. Ra1 a5 12. Qc1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. e4 Bc6 15. Nh4 Rfb8 16. f5 a4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. bxa4 c4 21. Bd4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Qa7+ 23. d4 Kxg7 24. c3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qf4 Nf6 27. Qg5 Kf8 28. Qe3 Qxa4 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Rxf6 Rb1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 d2 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qf8+ Ke6 45. Qc8+ Kf6 46. Qf8+ Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kf5 48. Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Poupalos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Reizniece-Ozola, Dana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,108,35,34,32,40,41,55,46,39,29,34,33,41,48,41,130,145,160,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,248,276,261,242,225,221,221,114,137,147,268,229,242,148,145,125,127,125,120,120,127,139,156,137,139,117,111,8,8,50,59,19,72,45,826,731,822,230,175,59,404,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bh6 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. h5 a5 {[#]} (18... gxh5 $14 19. Rdg1 (19. gxh5 Kf7 $11) 19... Kf7) 19. hxg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Ne2 a4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nd4 e5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Qg8 24. Nf5+ gxf5 25. gxf5 {1-0 (36) Kopylov,D (2243)-Feng,R (1648) Montevideo 2017}) 19... hxg6 20. Ne2 $2 ({White has to play} 20. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 21. Qh6+ Kf7 22. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... e5 $1 $11 21. Rh2 Rh8 22. Rdh1 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Rh8 $2 (23... b4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 24. Rxh8 $18 Kxh8 25. b3 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 27. Nc1 (27. c3 $18) 27... Nh7 28. Nd3 Ng5 (28... Kg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Nxb4 Nxf3 30. Kc1 Ng5 {[#]} 31. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a5]} bxa4 32. bxa4 {Threatens to win with a5.} Nxe4 33. a5 {Hoping for a6.} Nc3 34. Kd2 Nb5 35. c4 Na7 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Nxe7 (37. a6 $16) 37... Kf6 $11 38. Nd5+ Kg5 $1 39. Ne3 $1 Kf4 40. a6 Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Nc8 $14) 41. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5d6][%mdl 512]} Nc8 (41... gxf5 42. gxf5) 42. Ne7 $2 (42. Ke1) 42... Nb6 43. Nxg6 (43. a7 $18 {And now Nc8! would win.} Na8 44. Nxg6) 43... Kxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 43... Nxc4+ $14 44. Kc3 Nb6) 44. Kd3 $2 (44. Ne7 $18) 44... Kf3 {The position is equal.} 45. Nh4+ Kf4 46. Ng2+ Kf5 $1 47. Ne3+ Ke6 48. Nd5 Nc8 49. Kc3 Kd7 50. Kb3 Kc6 51. Kb4 Na7 52. Kb3 Kc5 53. Kc3 Nc8 54. Ne7 Na7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,90,35,-3,6,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-25,-22,-106,-22,-23,155,157,147,175,156,63,96,43,48,42,39,47,44,54,97,107,114,116,96,88,86,75,68,43,46,47,61,64,54,8,12,8,12,8,51,16,57,52,60,15,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,132,132,132]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} 11. e5 Nf4 12. Nb3 f6 {The position is equal.} 13. exf6 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... gxf6 14. Re1 e5 15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Bc1 Nxg2 17. Bxg2 e4 18. Bh6 Ne5 19. Nbd2 exf3 20. Nxf3 {½-½ (38) Azarov,S (2586)-Cordova,E (2570) Saint Louis 2019}) 14. fxg7 Rf7 15. c4 ({But not} 15. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 $19) (15. Na5 $11 {remains equal.} Nxa5 16. bxa5) 15... Bg4 (15... Be6 $17 16. b5 (16. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 16... axb5 17. cxb5 e4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. bxc6 Nxd3) 16. cxd5 $1 $11 {[#] Strongly threatening Bc4.} Nh3+ $2 (16... Nxg2 $11 17. Be4 (17. dxc6 $2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxf3 $19) 17... Nh4 18. dxc6 Bxf3 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Rd6) 17. Kh1 $16 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 ({White should try} 19. Nxd4 $16 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Bc4) 19... exd4 $14 {[#]} 20. Qe2 (20. d6 $1 $16 {aiming for Bc4.} Rxg7 21. Bf5 Qxd6 22. Bxh3) 20... Nf4 21. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd5 23. Nd2 $1 Rxg7 24. Rg1 Rf8 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rg4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Kg2 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Kf1 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 33. Ke1 Bd4 34. Kd2 Bg7 35. f4 Ra5 36. Rg3 (36. Kxd3 {with more complications.} Rxa3+ 37. Ke2 b5 38. Nd6 b4 39. f5) 36... Rxa3 37. Rxd3 (37. Rg5 {is interesting.} Bh6 38. Rf5 Kg7 39. h4 Kg6 40. Nd6) 37... Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 $11 {KB-KN} b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 39. Kc2 Bf8 40. Nc3 b4 41. Nd5 Kg7 42. f5 Kh6 43. f4 Bd6 44. h3 Bxf4 (44... Kg7 $11) 45. Nxf4 $16 {f6 would kill now.} Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Georgiou, Kostantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,36,26,31,22,25,26,17,31,24,3,19,-5,8,0,14,-12,0,0,0,-8,26,20,16,20,26,20,22,-10,25,0,0,-26,0,-33,-22,-52,-21,-47,-33,-31,2,-10,0,-27,-23,-21,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-4,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-3,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 O-O {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O a5 {[#]} 11. Nc2 $146 {[%cal Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nd6 Bc6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc6+ 16. Kg1 Nb4 17. b3 {1-0 (30) Volkov,S (2557)-Shaposhnikov,E (2572) Cheliabinsk 2019}) 11... Na6 12. Ne3 d6 13. d5 e5 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Nd3 Nfd7 16. Nf5 Nxd3 17. exd3 Qf6 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Rae8 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. d4 (21. Nc2 $142) 21... exd4 $11 22. Qxd4 Bc8 23. Rb1 a4 24. Rd1 Qg5 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Nc2 Re7 27. Re3 Rfe8 28. Rde1 {[#] Threatens to win with h4.} Rxe3 29. Nxe3 b5 {The position is equal.} 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Rd1 Qe5 (31... h5 {looks sharper.} 32. h4 Qg6 33. Qf4 Nd3 34. Qd4 Ne5) 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd4 Re7 34. Bd1 (34. Rb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Rb7 35. Nf5 $11) 34... g6 35. Bc2 Rb7 36. Rb4 Na6 37. Rd4 Nc5 38. Rb4 Na6 39. Rf4 Nc5 40. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Ladopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,6,8,12,9,54,56,59,61,38,21,66,75,91,86,87,81,156,153,165,160,167,158,165,164,163,162,141,144,181,169,289,206,212,216,205,202,176,163,402,392,435,431]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. h4 Bd7 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Rac1 Rc8 {[#]} 15. Rfd1 $146 {White stays focused until the end.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. b3 Ba3 17. Rcd1 Qd7 18. Nf3 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rfe1 Rce8 21. Ne5 {1-0 (48) Pink,J (1826)-Jackson,O (2132) Coventry 2015}) 15... dxc4 16. dxc4 d3 17. Qg4 Bxg2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 17... Kh8) 18. Bh6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Bf6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qg6 21. Kxg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening h5. White is out for blood.} h6 {[#]} 22. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5] Ne5 is the strong threat.} (22. c5 $6 Nd5 $14) 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 Nd7 24. Rc3 Rcd8 (24... Qf5 $142 25. Qxf5 exf5) 25. Nh4 Qh7 26. g6 ({Not} 26. Rcxd3 Ne5 $15) 26... Qh6 27. gxf7+ ({Inferior is} 27. Rcxd3 Ne5 $15) 27... Kxf7 {Threatening ...Nf6.} 28. Nf3 ({And not} 28. Rcxd3 Ne5 $15) 28... Nf6 $2 (28... Ke7) 29. Ne5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {[#]} 30. Qg6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Teskos, Georgios"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,0,0,-16,-15,-19,-18,-41,-35,-70,-47,-44,-33,-45,-40,-136,-118,-117,-124,-125,-95,-130,-68,-72,-70,-83,-68,-114,-81,-95,-50,-64,-81,-164,-164,-162,-154,-289,-287,-303,-287,-299,-298,-293,-290,-299,-292,-294,-283,-294,-305,-338,-359,-336,-319,-436,-421,-447,-461,-438,-435,-574,-490,-587,-562,-642,-627,-620,-577,-821,-771,-1060,-1051,-1057,-1026,-1145,-1175,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 f5 8. Qf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3 {[#] The position is equal.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f4 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. g3 Bg4 15. Qxb7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 {1-0 (41) Katkov,V (2084)-Volodin,K (1946) Voronezh 2013}) 11. h4 h5 12. Nge2 Kg7 13. Nf4 Rb8 14. O-O-O (14. Rc1 $15) 14... Bd7 $17 15. Qg3 Ng4 16. Nce2 Qe8 17. Rd3 Bb5 (17... b5 $17 18. Bd5 b4) 18. Bxb5 $15 Qxb5 19. Rhd1 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Qa6 21. Kb1 Kf8 22. Ncd5 Qa5 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 23. f3 {[#]} (23. Qf3 $17) 23... Qxd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 24. fxg4 (24. Nxd5 Bxg3) 24... fxg4 ({But not} 24... hxg4 25. h5 $17) 25. Qf2 (25. Qxg4 $17 Qxa2+ 26. Kxa2 hxg4 27. Rc1) 25... Qf5 26. g3 Re4 27. Ka1 Rbe8 28. Qd2 Kg8 29. Rb3 Bxf4 30. exf4 Qd5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd4!} 31. Rd3 R8e6 32. a3 Re2 33. Qc1 c6 34. f5 Qxf5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Qc2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. R8d7 Rg2 40. Rxb7 Rxg3 41. Rxa7 Rge3 42. Rdd7 Rf3 43. Rd2 g3 44. Rg2 Re4 45. b4 Re1+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karagiannis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Xenakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,33,12,60,55,58,35,68,43,54,67,60,58,64,63,79,66,83,75,97,110,144,156,193,166,285,289,925,906,1256,1060]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Be7 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} (7... Bb4 {seems wilder.} 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd3 12. Bxe5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Rg8) 8. Be3 (8. Be2 {is more complex.} Qd8 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 e5 11. Be3) 8... Qd8 {[#]} 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. f4 d6 14. g4 b6 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qe1 Nc7 17. Qg3 Rd8 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. f5 {0-1 (21) Matzat,A-Pfaff,T Darmstadt 1997}) 9... d6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. a3 Nd7 15. Qh3 Nf6 16. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} e5 {[#]} 17. f5 $1 Ne8 18. Nd5 f6 (18... Qd8 $142 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7) 19. c5 $18 {Black must now prevent Bc4!} dxc5 $2 {[#]} (19... Rf7 20. cxb6 Ba6) 20. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Nxf6+.} Kh8 21. Rf3 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Koutsompinas, Georgios"]
[Black "Chatzieleftheriou, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,20,22,24,21,7,8,8,16,16,20,29,38,8,14,13,26,26,37,30,43,22,18,0,0,-259,-255,-249,-258,-284,-285,-291,-283,-286,-266,-308,-295,-618,-476,-430,-417,-644,-663]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Qa4 h6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qh4 Nf6 18. Qf4 Nh5 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Nd4 Qb4 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. a3 {½-½ (22) Pavlovic,M (2457)-Miladinovic,I (2604) Mataruska Banja 2008}) 11... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Nc4 17. Nde2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. Nce2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 17... Na5 $19 18. Qc2 b4 19. Qd3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 Rfd8 ({Don't play} 22... Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Qd4 $19) 23. Qf5 $2 {[#]} (23. e4) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rd1 (25. e4 $142) 25... g6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,54,25,52,23,27,27,25,26,26,-36,-64,-98,-17,-29,0,-38,-36,-45,-38,-94]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Nc6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 9. c3 Nf6 10. Be3 e5 {White has an edge.} 11. f5 g6 {[#]} 12. fxg6 $146 (12. c4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 gxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bg5 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nd2 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. b3 Bf6 22. Qxe4 Rg4 23. Bf4 Kf8 {½-½ (23) Stojcevski,Z (2355)-Smirin,I (2657) Plovdiv 2010}) 12... hxg6 $15 13. h3 {[#]} Be6 ({Black should try} 13... g5 $1 $17 14. Qe1 (14. Bxg5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nh5 $17) 14... g4) 14. N1d2 $11 Rc8 15. Rf3 Nb8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Raf1 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 71%.} (17. Rf2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,19,22,34,32,32,33,23,35,29,27,31,34,-59,-27,-157,-170,-145,-131,-155,-139,-140,-110,-127,-142,-139,-145,-155,-160,-149,-148,-158,-160,-162,-152,-146,-153,-143,-146,-385,-344,-668,-683,-691,-678]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 h5 10. Bg5 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4.} Qb6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. Bh4 {White is slightly better. The main line 12.Bh4 scores better than 12.Be3.} a6 13. a4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Ne3 Qb4 17. O-O Bd7 18. Kh1 b5 19. f4 Qd4 {1-0 (48) Korobov,A (2685)-Amin,B (2673) chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Be2 Qb4 15. f4 ({White should play} 15. Nf1 $14) 15... Nd7 $15 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3d2][%mdl 32]} 16. O-O (16. h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Qd4+ $17 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Nf2 Bd7 20. a5 Bh6 21. b4 Nb3 22. Ra3 Nd2 23. Rd1 Bxf4 24. Rd3 g5 25. Nxh5 Be3 ({Not} 25... gxh4 26. Nxf4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 $11 (27. Rxd4 Nc3 $15)) ({Weaker is} 25... Nxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Nxf4 Nc3 $15) 26... Rxe4 27. Nxf4 $11) 26. R3xd2 {[#] Hoping for Bg3.} gxh4 27. Rxd4 f5 {And now ...fxe4 would win.} 28. Bf3 $2 (28. R4d3 $17 Rxe4 29. Kf1) 28... Bb5 29. R4d2 $2 (29. h3 Rac8 30. exf5) 29... fxe4 $19 30. Bg4 Bxd2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Xilogiannis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,54,-2,-3,0,5,-7,25,11,18,0,37,31,19,27,37,22,54,12,20,12,27,-66,-63,-96,-89,-66,-37,-77,-68,-66,-76,-79,-90,-139,-123,-123,-120,-562,-528,-540,-520,-891,-865,-750,-730]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Bg7 8. c3 e6 9. Bd3 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. O-O {[#]} f5 $146 {White should prevent ...f4.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. a4 b6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Re1 Qd7 {½-½ (66) Aalderink,G (2115)-Daurelle,H (2212) LSS email 2010}) 11. exf5 exf5 {next ...f4 is good for Black.} 12. h3 Ndf6 13. Bh2 Kh8 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Nfd2 Ndf4 16. Bxf4 ({White should try} 16. Bc2 $11) 16... Nxf4 $15 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Ne3 Qf6 19. Kh2 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. hxg4 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 fxg4 {Strongly threatening ...Rae8.} 22. Ne4 Rae8 {And now ...d5 would win.} 23. Qd2 Bc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 24. Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} (24. d5 $17 {nothing else works.} Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Ng3 (26. Qxd5 $2 Re5 $19)) 24... Rxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Black is clearly winning.} 25. Qxe3 Bxg2 26. Be4 {[#]} (26. Qxf4 $142 Rxf4 27. Kxg2) 26... Bf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Nh3+)} 27. Bxf3 Nh3+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Georgiou, Kostantinos"]
[Black "Gazis, Efstathios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,22,9,18,0,6,0,0,-11,-3,-16,-9,-10,0,0,41,-9,5,3,8,0,11,-32,0,-22,0,0,0,-20,-45,-69,0,0,0,0,19,23,23,27,57,0,159,156,153,163,152,0,0,0,147,143,122,92,835,844,747,746,659,558,29990,29991,29991,29992,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Re1 Re8 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. c4 d5 {The position is equal.} 13. Ng3 Rc8 {[#]} 14. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nf8 18. Nh5 Qa8 19. Rc3 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 {1-0 (32) El Gindy,E (2498)-Medvegy,Z (2498) Cairo 2003}) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb4 16. Re3 Rc7 17. Nh5 {Black must now prevent d5.} g6 (17... Nxe5 {with more complications.} 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. Rg3 Qd2) 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Be2 Qa8 21. Bf3 Bh6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rf3 Ne4 {And now ...Nd2 would win.} 24. Rd3 Rec8 (24... Bg7 $15) 25. Rad1 $11 Bg7 26. f3 Nd6 {[%cal Rd6c4]} 27. d5 exd5 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 27... Nxc4 $2 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. dxe6 $18) 28. Rxd5 Ne8 29. Rd8 (29. Nd7 $14 Bxb2 30. Qxb2) 29... Rxd8 $2 ({Black should try} 29... Re7 $11 30. R8d7 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7) 30. Rxd8 $16 Rc8 31. Rd7 Rc7 32. Rd8 $2 ({Only move:} 32. c5 $1 $16 {Threatening mate with Qxf7+.} Rxd7 33. c6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd1+ 34. Qxd1) 32... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8d8]} 33. Rd7 ({Better is} 33. Qd1 $11) 33... Rc7 $16 {[#]} 34. c5 $1 {White wants to mate with Qxf7+.} Rxd7 35. c6 $40 {[%mdl 192] [#] Double Attack. White goes for the king.} Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (35... Rd1+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxd1 Qe7) 36. cxd7 $18 Nd6 {[#]} 37. Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qa8+ would kill now.} Bf6 38. Nc6 Bh4 {[#]} 39. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5h8][%mdl 512] White mates.} f6 40. Qe6+ Nf7 41. d8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Chatzieleftheriou, Andreas"]
[Black "Karagiannis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,29,31,38,28,43,37,40,38,35,37,37,31,68,60,63,56,61,46,64,51,41,29,29,23,31,0,23,8,14,10,25,26,18,14,39,19,39,39,35,38,35,39,40,32,32,21,26,26,51,10,45,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,71,71,71,71,71,71,108,108,108,108,1169,1015,2079,1600,1564,108,108,137,371,108,108,108,29972,29977,29977,29978,29979,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29984,29985]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} 8. a3 Bf5 {[#]} 9. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nh4 Be6 10. d3 a4 11. b4 dxc4 12. dxc4 c5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nd2 {0-1 (41) Voigt,R (2335)-Vavra,P (2380) Germany 2003}) 9... h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Qc2 Bh7 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Ndxc4 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. e4 Ne5 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. d4 Nf7 22. f3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 24. Rd1 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} h5 28. Bb3 Nd8 $1 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. h4 Bg6 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 $11 {KB-KN} 35. Ne3 Kd7 (35... gxh4 $11 36. gxh4 Kd7) 36. hxg5 $16 fxg5 {[#]} 37. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Ke6 38. Na5 h4 {aiming for ...h3.} 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Nxb7 Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... hxg3+ $16 41. Kxg3 Ke7) 41. Nd6 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Bh5 {[#]} 43. Nc4 $2 (43. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g7] is the precise move to win. Hoping for Ng7.} Kc8 44. Ng7) 43... Ke6 44. Ne3 Kf6 $2 (44... Bf7 $16 {is a better defense.} 45. Nc4 Kf6) 45. Ng4+ $2 (45. Kf2 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 45... Ke6 46. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Ke3.} Bxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Be8 $16 47. Ne3 Kf6) 47. fxg4 {KP-KP. White mates.} Kd7 48. Ke3 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kb7 50. Kc4 Ka6 {[#]} 51. b5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5+ 52. Kb4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ladopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,53,43,3,49,19,68,38,61,24,22,0,0,7,0,0,-2,-8,53,53,48,47,57,62,86,85,86,74,103,91,113,110,91,79,80,80,191,201,249,225,225,217,216,216,207,163,149,139,139,137,137,98,184,173,316,300,392,400,458,454,456,449,447,444]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bb2 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7.} Rb8 11. Rc1 Ne6 {[#]} 12. Nc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. e3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Nd5 Nh5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Qd4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 {½-½ (43) Ticha,H-Vacovska,V Czechia 1993}) 12... Bd7 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nd5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} 15. Bxe4 {aiming for Bxg7.} Bxb2 16. Rb1 (16. Rce1 {is interesting.} Bg7 17. Bg2 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Rc1) 16... Bg7 17. Bg2 Bxd5 (17... Re8 $11) 18. cxd5 $14 Nc5 19. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nd7 20. Rfc1 Ne5 21. Nd4 a6 22. e3 Qe7 23. Rb3 b5 24. Qc2 Rb7 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Bf1 Raa7 (26... Qe8 $16) 27. f4 $18 Ng4 28. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRe7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe8 29. h3 Nf6 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. Qc6 {Hoping for Qxe8+.} Qe4 32. Rb3 Qxd5 33. Bg2 Qe6 34. Rd1 Qc4 {[#]} (34... Nd7 $16 35. e4 Nf8) 35. g4 $1 Qe2 (35... h6 {might work better.} 36. g5 hxg5) 36. Rbd3 {Strongly threatening g5.} Qxa2 37. g5 Qc4 38. gxf6 {Qe8+ would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Qxc6 39. Bxc6 Bxf6 40. Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Georgiou, Kostantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,143,34,27,43,24,23,9,16,0,16,0,11,5,12,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,15,55,25,39,51,68,10,111,0,0,-58,70,72,254,243,258,121,285,195,191,89,78,85,93,15,7,13,29,15,36,0,0,0,3,0,14,12,43,18,77,81,74,74,175,139,264,64,349,101,105,88,112,107,118,104,224,229,700,700,700,700,695,695,680,694,684,644,667,659,12839,12835,12840,12840,12841,12840,12843,12844,12850,12843,12846,12845,12847,12845,12848,12848,12851,12851,12851,27999,12851,12851,12851,29982,12851,27999,12851,29990,12851,27999,12851,27999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nde2 Ng6 15. f4 Nf6 {[#]} 16. Ng3 $146 (16. h3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Rg1 d5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxg4 Rxh2 {½-½ (100) Pikula,D (2523)-Damljanovic,B (2583) Topola 2004}) 16... Rh4 17. f5 Ne5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Qg5 Rdh8 21. Qxg7 R4h6 (21... Qd8 $5 22. Qg5 $8 Ne8 $11) 22. Qg5 Qc5 23. Qf4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. a3 Kc7 25. h4 (25. Na2 $14) 25... a5 (25... Nfg4 $1 $11) 26. Rh3 ({White should play} 26. Na2 $16) 26... b4 $11 27. Nf1 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. Na2 $11) 27... Bc6 ({Black should try} 27... Nfg4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxg4 Rxh4 29. axb4 axb4) 28. Nd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd2b3] Nb3 is the strong threat.} Nfd7 $2 ({Much weaker is} 28... bxc3 29. Nb3 $11) (28... Ned7 $16) 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. Qd2 (30. axb4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} axb4 31. Na2) 30... d5 $2 (30... Nf7 $16) 31. exd5 bxc3 32. Qxc3 (32. Rxc3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} exd5 33. Nd4 (33. Qxd5 Kb8 $11)) 32... exd5 $16 33. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} a4 34. Na5 (34. Nc1 $16) 34... Qg1+ $1 $11 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qe1 Rb8 37. Kc1 Re6 38. Nxc6 Rxc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rc5c2]} 39. Rc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb6 40. Rxc6+ Qxc6 41. Qg3 {With the idea Bg4.} Qh6+ (41... Qe4 $11 42. Qc3+ Kb6 43. Qd4+ Qxd4 44. Rxd4 Ra8) 42. Kb1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with Bg4. White has strong compensation.} Qf6 43. Rd4 Nb6 (43... Kc8 $16 {might work better.}) 44. Bb5 Rd8 {[#]} (44... Kb7 $16 {was worth a try.} 45. h5 Rc8) 45. Re4 $2 ({Less strong is} 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. h5 Ned7 $16) (45. Qc3+ $1 $18 Nc6 46. Rd3) 45... Rd1+ 46. Ka2 Rd5 47. Bxa4 Nxa4 48. Rxa4 Qe6 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 49. Qb3 {Black must now prevent Ra7+.} Nc6 {[#]} (49... Rd6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 50. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qf7 $2 (50... Qf5 51. h6 Rd7) (50... Rxh5 51. Qxe6) 51. h6 Rd7 52. Qxf7 Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 53. Rh4 Rh7 54. b4 Ne7 55. c4 Nf5 56. Rh5 Nxh6 57. a4 Kd6 58. c5+ Ke7 59. b5 Kf6 60. c6 Kg6 61. Rc5 Nf5 62. c7 Nd6 {[#]} 63. Rc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf5 64. Rxd6 Rxc7 {KR-KR} 65. b6 Rc4 66. Kb3 Rc1 67. Kb4 Ke5 68. Rd3 (68. b7 $18 Rb1+ 69. Kc5 Rxb7 70. a5) 68... Ke4 69. Rb3 Kd5 70. b7 Kc6 71. b8=Q {White threatens Qc8+ and mate.} Rc4+ 72. Kxc4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,33,42]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 {9...a6 gains popularity.} 10. Nxd4 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Nc5 $146 {E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8 Re1.} 11. f3 c6 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nc2 Be5 16. Bd4 Qf6 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Bc3 Ndc5 19. Qxd6 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 {1-0 (64) Heimann,A (2590)-Popovic,D (2518) Dresden 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Chatzieleftheriou, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,13,11,2,-4,-18,-4,-25,11,-53,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,7,6,11,52,60,50,59,68,61,95,112,114,99,104,102,110,68,70,63,81,81,93,91,96,94,95,96,97,94,100,93,118,116,116,114,119,115,114,116,110,111,137,137,137,100,137,137,162,137,137,109,138,138,138,138,196,196,196,196,151,148,232,214,464,430,546,546,1132,1057,793,546,1440,1320,1658,1338,1676,1310,1230,1116,1608,1137,29973,29973,6428,5956]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} c6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. Nh4 {[#]} (9. exd5 $11 cxd5 10. a4) 9... dxe4 $146 (9... d4 $15 10. Ne2 Nb6) ({Predecessor:} 9... d4 10. Ne2 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne7 14. g4 Ned5 15. Ng3 Nf4 {1-0 (61) Romero Barreto,J (2113)-Gonzalez Vergara,A Merida 2012}) 10. Nxe4 $11 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bf8 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Qf3 a5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. h4 Be6 16. h5 b6 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. h6 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. hxg7+ $1 Qxg7 23. Kg2 Qg6 24. Be6 (24. Qf3 {feels hotter.} b5 25. Bd3 a4 26. Rh1 Ra7 27. Rh4) 24... Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Rad8 {White should prevent ...Rd2.} 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Bd7 Rf8 28. Bxc6 f5 29. exf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rd2 h5 32. Bf3 Kh6 33. c3 Kg5 34. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} h4 35. gxh4+ Kxh4 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bf8 38. Rd5 Bg7 39. Be4 Rf6 40. Rd7 Bf8 41. Kf1 Kg5 42. Ke2 Rd6 43. Rf7 Rf6 (43... Bh6 $16 44. f3 Rf6) 44. Rb7 $1 $18 Rd6 {[#]} 45. f3 $1 Kf6 46. c4 Be7 {[#]} (46... Bh6 $16 47. c5 bxc5) 47. Bd5 $1 b5 $2 (47... Bd8 {is a better defense.} 48. Kd1 Kf5) 48. Rxb5 Ra6 49. c5 Ra1 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Be4+ Kf4 52. Rg6 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg6g4]} Bg5 53. Kd3 Rc1 54. Rg7 Rd1+ 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kb5 Bf6 57. Rf7 Kg5 58. c6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Reizniece-Ozola, Dana"]
[Black "Ladopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,108,7,12,-4,0,-12,29,30,22,28,25,29,34,39,30,36,83,73,139,80,85,95,110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-22,-31,-24,-27,-30,-25,-25,-25,0,-145,-130,-133,-69,-132,-149,-137,-145,-141,-110,-104,-105,-109,-80,-105,-108,-131,-101,-460,-69,-633,-341,-333,-339,-325,-298,-299,-292,-466,-451,-711,-584,-676,-672,-672,-655,-616,-654,-630,-637,-612,-611,-616,-571,-981,-968,-791,-794,-29980,-29981,-29987,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29989,-907]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Qe7 9. g4 Ba3 10. Bxa3 {White has an edge.} Qxa3 11. g5 Nh5 12. Be2 g6 13. Nh2 Ng7 14. Ng4 {[#]} Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rd8 15. h4 Kf8 16. d4 b6 17. h5 Nxh5 18. f4 Ba6 19. Kf2 c5 20. Rad1 cxd4 21. Rxd4 dxc4 {1-0 (46) Kozul,Z (2590)-Zaja,I (2440) Kastel Stari 1997}) 15. h4 f6 ({Black should play} 15... Qe7) 16. h5 (16. Bd3 $142) 16... fxg5 $16 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. e4 (18. Bd3 $16) 18... d4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qd3 dxc3 21. Qh3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h7]} cxd2+ 22. Kd1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h7]} Kf7 23. Qh7+ $1 Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qxg5+ Kc7 26. Qf4+ Kb6 27. c5+ (27. Ne5 $11 Nc5 28. Qxd2) 27... Qxc5 $17 28. Ne3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc4+.} a5 ({Better is} 28... a6 $1 $17 29. Nc4+ Ka7 30. Nxd2 Nb6) 29. Kxd2 (29. Nc4+ $15 Ka7 30. Nxd2) 29... Nf6 {And now ...Ne4+ would win.} 30. Nc4+ Ka7 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 31. Qe3 Ne4+ 32. Kc2 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rg8 34. Rag1 Be6 35. Nxa5 Kb6 36. Rxg8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. b4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 36... Rxg8 $2 ({Weaker is} 36... Bxg8 37. b4 $17) (36... Rxa5 $19 37. Bc4 Rxa2+ 38. Kb1 Nc3+ 39. Kc1 Bxg8 40. Bxg8 Ra1+ 41. Kc2 Rxh1 42. Kxc3 Rh8) 37. Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Nc4+ $15 Bxc4 38. Bxc4 Rg2+ 39. Kc1) 37... Kxa5 38. Rxe6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg2 39. Re5+ Kb4 40. Kd3 {[#]} Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e2]} 41. Bd1 (41. Re7 $142 Nxe2 42. Rxb7+ Ka3 43. Ra7+ Kb2 44. Ra6 Nc1+ 45. Kd4) 41... Rxa2 42. Bc2 (42. e4 $142 Nxe4 43. Bh5) 42... b5 (42... Ne4 $2 43. Rxf5 Nc5+ 44. Kd2 $19) 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 44. Kd3 Nc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kd2 Nxb3+ 46. Kd1 Na5 47. Bxf5 Nc4 48. Re6 c5 49. e4 Ne3+ 50. Ke1 c4 51. Rb6 c3 {Black mates.} 52. Bd7 Nc2+ 53. Ke2 Na3+ 54. Kd3 Rd2+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karagiannis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Karamichos, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,9,14,18,8,11,37,29,26,31,22,22,95,63,87,66,93,58,51,46,65,43,58,62,110,81,126,139,286,275,586,575,29967,29971,29966,29968,6341,6195,29996,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {C21: Danish Gambit.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 {[#]} 8. Nf3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd4 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxd5 15. Bxa7 {0-1 (37) Fernandez,D (2230)-Paciencia,E (2424) Singapore 2009}) 8... Bd6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd3 Nh5 (15... Re8 $11) 16. Qe4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 f5 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 {aiming for Qc3+.} Be5 {[#] Loses the game.} (23... Rxe1 $16 24. Rxe1 Qf7) 24. Rad1 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rxe5!} Bxb2 $2 (24... Qf7 {is tougher.} 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Nxf5+ Kf6) 25. Qc2 Rxe1 26. Qxb2+ Kf7 27. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 28. Rxe1 Qxd5 29. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf6g7]} Qd4 30. Rg7+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "43rd Ikaros Open 2020"]
[Site "Aghios Kirykos"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Iasman, Inna"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,11,20,19,30,35,50,12,15,16,22,17,17,14,24,6,28,0,0,0,0,-10,15,12,9,9,8,0,15,18,33,33,33,32,112,90,153,141,162,157,163,118,110,50,60,39,43,29,28,32,25,37,37,37,38,28,32,32,22,21,17,0,0,0,25,6,32,20,28,0,48,52,77,63,59,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,110,0,291,295,467,0,0,-243,-243,-243,-243,-243,-243,-243,-243,-809,-597,-1697,-1581]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Nc3 {[#] White is slightly better.} (8. O-O {is more complex.} d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 c6 11. a3) 8... Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 O-O 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {1-0 (46) Li,H (2028)-Roch,F (1861) London 2018}) 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qc1 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Bh3 h6 16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bc6 (18... Nc5 {keeps more tension.} 19. b4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Bc6 21. Nb3 Ba4) 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. exf3 Nc5 21. b3 c6 ({Better is} 21... e4 $14) 22. Bf5 Qc7 (22... e4 $142) 23. Rc2 $16 Nh7 24. Rcd2 Nf8 25. Re1 f6 26. Bb2 (26. Bxa5 $16 Rxa5 27. b4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Nce6 27. Be4 Kh8 28. Red1 Rac8 29. Bf5 c5 30. Kg2 Re7 31. h4 Rce8 32. Qe4 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Qg4 Re1 35. Be4 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Re5 37. Bd3 h5 38. Qf4 $1 Qe7 39. Qd2 Qe8 40. a3 Kg8 41. Be4 f5 42. Bd3 ({White should try} 42. Bd5+ $14 Kh7 43. Qg5) 42... g6 $11 43. Rb1 Qc6 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Nd7 46. Qf4 Kg7 47. Kf1 Kf6 (47... Re6 $15) 48. Kg2 ({White should play} 48. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4c6]} Qd6 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Rb7) 48... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kg7 $11) 49. bxc5 $18 bxc5 {[#]} (49... Nxc5 $142 50. Bxf5 (50. Qxd4+ Kf7 $16) 50... Kg7) 50. Qg5+ $2 ({White must play} 50. Bxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (50... gxf5 51. Qh6+) 51. Be4 (51. Bxd7 Qxd7 52. Rb6 Re6 $16)) 50... Kf7 $1 $11 51. Bxf5 $2 (51. Qh6 $11 {and White is okay.} Nf6 52. Qg5) 51... gxf5 $19 52. Qxf5+ {[#]} Nf6 $1 ({And not} 52... Kg7 53. Qxh5 Qg6 54. Qd5 $11) 53. Rb5 Rc8 54. Ra5 {intending Ra7+.} Rc7 55. Kh3 $2 (55. Qd3) 55... Qe6 56. g4 Qxf5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

