[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,109,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,47,29,43,41,33,31,48,31,36,7,7,15,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,-114,-109,-117,-14,-54,-12,-10,0,-14,0,0,23,0,23,23,23,25,28,33,36,36,36,6,12,21,139,131,365,365,365,358,369,308,679,666,916,858,817,777,1384,1345,1341,1201,1110,1076,6093,5409,10062,6235,5206,4654,29976,29971,2707,1751]} 1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 h6 9. g3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Be4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 Qc8 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bd5 15. Ne1 Qb7 16. Rac1 a5 {1-0 (67) Howell,D (2676)-Meier,G (2650) Riadh 2017}) 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Qd5 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. Be3 g5 14. Bf1 Bg7 15. Rac1 {[#] Nd2 is the strong threat.} Qd7 16. b4 Ne7 17. Ne5 (17. a4 $5) 17... Bxe5 $1 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Qb2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qa4 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. f3 Bb7 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. Be3 Nf5 26. Bd2 Nd4 27. h4 Qb3 28. Bc3 (28. Qc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc3 29. Bxc3) 28... Qxb2 $17 29. Bxb2 {[#]} gxh4 (29... Nxf3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bg2 (30. exf3 Rd2+) 30... Nd2) 30. e4 (30. Bxd4 $5 Rxd4 31. gxh4 $15) 30... hxg3+ (30... Nf5 $5 31. exf5 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxb2 $15) 31. Kxg3 a5 32. Kf4 Nb3 33. Rc3 a4 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Bb5 Re1+ $1 36. Kf2 Rh1 {Hoping for ...Rh2+.} 37. Bxa4 Rh2+ 38. Kg3 Rxb2 39. Bxb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd2 40. Ba4 Ba6 (40... Kd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Be8 $16 Rd3 $2 (41... Bf1 $16) 42. Rxd3 $18 Bxd3 43. Bxf7 {KB-KB} Kd7 44. a4 c5 $2 (44... Ba6 45. f4 Bd3) 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Bh5 Ba6 48. Ke3 Bc8 49. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Bd7 50. a5 Bb5 51. f5 Ba6 52. Be2 c4 53. f6+ Kf8 54. Kd4 c3 55. Bd1 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turner, Matthew J"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,12,7,7,7,0,0,5,4,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,25,12,33,33,40,44,42,39,35,56,62,17,81,81,69,81,93,99,109,49,43,47,44,45,68,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,8,11]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qa4 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6) 14. Rac1 b6 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a3 Qe6 18. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} cxb4 (18... Ne5 {with more complications.} 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rab8) 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxa7 d4 22. Bxd4 {aiming for Qb7.} Qxe2 23. Rf1 Bc5 {[#]} (23... Bf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 25. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qb5 26. Bh3 Nc6 {[#]} 27. Qxc5 ({Better is} 27. Qa3 $1 $16 Rd8 28. dxc5 (28. Qxc5 Nxd4 29. Qxb5 Nxb5 $11)) 27... Qxc5 $14 28. dxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc7 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Rd7 ({White should play} 30. Bg2 $1 $14) 30... Rxd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Bxd7 Nd4 32. f4 Ke7 33. Bh3 Nb3 34. c6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,33,28,28,38,32,10,16,0,0,0,7,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,20,18,41,34,57,50,50,56,60,56,66,50,50,50,67,8,104,102,109,109,121,123,118,39,39,38,50,41,60,33,74,65,72,24,23,26,49,48,85,75,261,265,262,166,297,297,297,275,266,171,161,99,99,94,139,131,120,63,63,63,63,63,75,83,29972,29971,29983,29984,29982,29983,29992,29993]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Rd1 b6 9. Bf4 (9. e3 Bb7 10. b3 Nb4 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Rosmalen 2014}) 9... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. e3 Nce7 13. Rac1 c6 14. b4 h6 15. h4 {½-½ (35) Maletin,P (2587)-Khairullin,I (2649) Sochi 2015}) 10... Nf5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 11. e3 Nb4 12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Nd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc3 c5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22. Qc2 a4 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 23. bxa4 ({Better is} 23. Nd2 $1 $14) 23... Qb4 (23... Be4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Qc4 Bd5) 24. Ne1 $16 Bxg2 25. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b4] [#]} ({Resist} 25. Nxg2 Rxa4 26. Rc8 Qa5 $11) 25... Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxc4 Bd5 27. Rxd5 (27. Qf4 $16) 27... exd5 $14 28. Qxd5 Rxa4 29. Nf3 h6 30. Nh4 {Black must now prevent Nxg6.} Kh7 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. g4 Rb8 33. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb2 34. a3 Rc7 35. h4 Rcc2 $2 (35... Rbc2 $16) 36. Qxf7 $18 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ {[#]} (37... Rfe2 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Kh3 $1 Rge2 {[#]} 39. Qe6 $1 Ra2 40. Qb3 Rf2 {[%cal Rf2f3]} 41. Kg3 (41. Qf7 $18) 41... Rg2+ $16 42. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Rab2 43. Qe6 Rb8 44. h5 (44. Qd7 $16) 44... Rf8+ $14 45. Ke4 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rg3 47. Nd4 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rg5 $16) 48. Kf4 {White mates.} Rxe3 49. Kxe3 Rxa3+ 50. Ke4 Ra4 51. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Cooper, John G"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,27,21]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 {A43: Schmid Benoni} 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. Bc4 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Bf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nf3 bxc4 17. Bxc7 {½-½ (44) Wang,Y (2716)-Malakhov,V (2732) Ningbo 2010}) {Predecessor:} 10... a6 $146 11. a5 Rb8 12. Na4 e6 13. c4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. b3 Qb8 17. Bc2 exd5 18. exd5 {1-0 (41) Stohl,I (2540)-Danner,G (2340) Hungary 1998} *

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Bisby, Daniel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,104,20,28,0,22,9,20,12,18,4,12,0,22,4,29,-26,-31,-36,-51,-41,-31,-112,-89,-87,10,0,0,0,0,-31,-28,-10,-25,-114,-115,-135,-117,-167,-147,-201,-103,-180,-124,-115,-126,-168,-153,-233,-209,-608,-316,-314,134,125,356,365,695,-337,-339,-332,-318,-322,-283,-352,-353,-334,-334,-310,-294,-399,-387,-498,-312,-367,-375,-742,-748,-748,-748,-715,-706,-623,-706,-29966,-29968,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 9. Rc1 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 d5 11. c5 {½-½ (11) Georgiev,K (2395)-Ninov,D (2291) Primorsko 2016}) 9... O-O 10. b3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. d5 {The position is equal.} Nd4 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Kf1 Bc8 16. Nf3 a6 17. Nbxd4 {0-1 (48) Prata,J (1965)-Martins,P (2023) Lisbon 2014}) 12... Nd7 13. Nge2 Nc5 14. O-O Qa5 15. Rcd1 (15. Bb1 $142) 15... Nxd3 $11 16. Qxd3 {[%cal Re2d4]} Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qxa2 18. c5 (18. Rfe1 $15) 18... dxc5 19. Bxc5 e4 ({Better is} 19... Bf5 $17 20. Qe3 Rfc8) 20. Qe3 Re8 21. Rd2 Qa6 22. Ng3 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 {[#]} (24. Rxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} f5 25. d6) 24... f5 $1 $17 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h4 (27. Rd1 $17) 27... Qd6 (27... Rc1+ $19 28. Kh2 Qd6) 28. h5 (28. Nf1 $17) 28... b6 (28... Rc1+ $19 29. Rd1 Qb6) 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Ne2 Kf7 31. g3 (31. Rd1 $17) 31... Qf6 $19 32. Qb4 $2 (32. b4) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kg2 {White wants to play Qd6.} Qe1 $2 (33... Rh8 $2 34. Ng1 $19) ({Black should try} 33... Rc5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 34. g4 Qe5) 34. Qd6 $16 Rd8 $2 (34... Bb5 $16) 35. Ra2 $18 {Hoping for Qc7.} a5 $2 {[#]} (35... Qd1 36. Rxa7 Qxe2 37. Qe6+ (37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Qxd7+ Kg8 $11) 37... Kf8 38. Qf6+ Ke8) 36. Nf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Ke8 37. Qxb6) 36... Qf1+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kxf1 {White wants to mate with Kg2.} Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rc2 g5 40. Ne6 Rxd5 41. Nxg5+ Kf6 42. Nh7+ Ke5 43. Rc8 Bd3 44. Nf8 Rb5 45. Rc3 $2 {[#]} (45. Ng6+ Kd4 46. Ne7) 45... a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. bxa4 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kc1 Rxf2 49. Nd7+ Kd4 {Black mates.} 50. Rc6 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 51. Nxb6 Rf1+ 52. Kb2 e2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-8,-8,-19,0,-22,0,0,-7,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-14,-33,-33,-59,-54,-57,-50,-47,-60,-60,0,-46,-43,-43,-46,-49,-8,-10,14,0,9,12,19,26,26,26,37,36,347,-15,-11,-10,-12,-39,-39,-43,-43,-87,-87,-154,-161,-282,-282,-275,-276,-274,-253,-223,-89,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-89,-90,-89,-89,-106,-109,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-145,-164,-85,-445,-367,-297,-283,-306,-297,-438,-432,-1055,-896,-872,-413,-645,-437,-780,-462,-462,-460,-4606,-2231,-29979,-29972,-29970,-29973,-29964,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29982,-29983,-29976,-29959]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nf6 3. f4 (3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. c3 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. O-O Qd3 10. Re1 O-O-O {1-0 (37) Pancevski,F (2476)-Yogesh,G (2101) Arlington 2014}) 3... d5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nd2 c5 6. g3 $146 {C00: Französische Verteidigung (Seltene Züge)} ({Vorgänger:} 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Nb3 Nbc6 8. Be3 d4 9. Bf2 Nd5 10. g3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bg2 {1-0 (39) Igriashvili,Z (2360)-Mitbreit,D (2250) Moscow 1998}) 6... Nc6 7. Ndf3 h5 8. c3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nh6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Nh3 Nf5 11. Nhg5 b4 12. Bh3 g6 13. O-O a5 14. Be3 d4 15. cxd4 Ncxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Ra7 19. Rf2 h4 20. Rc1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rc7 22. Rh2 Bb7 (22... c4 $15 23. d4 (23. dxc4 $2 Bb7 $17) (23. Rxc4 $2 Bb7 $19) 23... Bb7) 23. Qe3 {[#]} (23. Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Bd5 24. Qb5+ Bc6 25. Qc4 $11) 23... c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. d4 (24. Rxc4 Rxc4) 24... Rh5 25. Ne4 {zielt auf Sf6+ ab.} Bxe4 26. Qxe4 c3 27. Bf1 f5 (27... Bc5 {keeps more tension.} 28. dxc5 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Qd2+ 30. Bg2 Qxc1 31. Qa8+ Ke7) 28. exf6 $1 Qxf6 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Bb5+ Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Kf7 $1 $14) 32. d5 $2 (32. Rxc3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ra7 (32... Rxc3 33. Qb7+) 33. Re3) 32... Qf5 $11 33. Qxf5 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 34. Bc6 Bg7 $1 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke2 Re7+ 37. Kd3 (37. Kf3 $142) 37... Re4 $17 38. Rh1 (38. Rc2 $142) 38... Rd4+ $19 39. Kc2 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 Rb2+ 41. Kc4 c2 ({Auf keinen Fall} 41... Rxa2 42. Re1 $17) (41... Rb4+ $19 42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43. Kc2 h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. gxh4 Rxf4) 42. Rc1 $17 Rxa2 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Kxc2 Rxg3 {Droht stark ...h4.} 45. Rh1 Rg4 46. Rxh5 Rxf4 47. Rg5 Be5 48. Kd3 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 {[#]} f4 $1 50. Rg8 Re4+ 51. Kf2 Re3 (51... Rb4 $19 {Weiss muss nun ...Tb2+ beachten.} 52. Re8 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Rb3+ 54. Kg4 Rg3+ 55. Kh5 Bc3 56. Re6+ Kc5) 52. Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rg6+ $17 Kc7 53. Re6) 52... Ra3 53. Rf8 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 54. Ra8 Bd4+ 55. Ke1 (55. Kf1 {war die einzige Verteidigung.} Rf3+ 56. Ke1) 55... Re3+ $19 56. Kf1 (56. Kd2 $142 a3 57. Ra6) 56... a3 57. Ra4 Be5 (57... Bc5 $142 {Und ...Tb3 würde nun gewinnen.} 58. Ra6 f3 59. Be8+ Ke5) 58. Ra6 (58. Be8 $142) 58... Rc3 59. Ke1 (59. Ba8+ $142 Ke7 60. Ra7+ Kd8 61. Ra6) 59... f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 60. Kd2 {Jetzt La8+ und Weiss darf weiter klammern.} f2 {( -> ...Txc6)} 61. Be8+ (61. Bb5+ $142 Kxd5 62. Bf1) 61... Kxd5 (61... Kc5 $142 62. Ke2 Rc2+ 63. Kf1 a2) 62. Ke2 Rc2+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 63. Kf1 Bd4 64. Kg2 Rc1 65. Bb5 Rg1+ 66. Kh3 Bc5 67. Bc6+ Ke5 {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,72,-8,5,-177,-181,-162,-182,-127,-118,-118,-119,-121,-115,-88,-121,-121,-117,-114,-113,-114,-114,-198,-204,-200,-187,-185,-185,-208,16,-54,-54,-364,-360,-358,-358,-358,-347,-354,-355,-354,-324,-350,-343,-368,-357,-397,-380,-460,-450]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O {C45: Scotch Game} 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 14. f4 $2 (14. Rd4 $11 {and White is okay.}) (14. Qc2 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Bd3 g6 19. f4 {1-0 (71) Yu,Y (2724)-Bruzon Batista,L (2691) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 14... d5 $19 15. cxd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nf3 dxc4 17. Qc2 cxb3 18. axb3 Ba3 19. Bd3 Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 {1-0 (38) Zuriel,M (2229)-Sarquis,M (2096) Vicente Lopez 2003}) 15... cxd5 ({Of course not} 15... Nxd5 $6 16. Qf3 $15) 16. Ng3 (16. Nc3 $19) 16... Rb8 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ba3 {[#] Hoping for ...Na4!} 20. Nf5 Qb4 21. Bxa3 Qxf4+ ({Much worse is} 21... Qxa3+ $6 22. Qb2 $11) 22. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Bb2.} Qxe5 {And now ...Qa1+ would win.} 23. Bc5 (23. Bb2 $17 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bd4) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa2+ 25. Ke1 Qxb3 26. Kf2 Re4 $2 (26... Na4 $19 27. Rd3 Nc3) 27. Qd3 (27. Rhe1 $11) 27... Qb2+ $1 $15 28. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 28. Kg1 $15) 28... Qxc2+ $19 29. Nxc2 Rc4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRc5]} 30. Bxb6 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne3.} Rxc2+ ({Inferior is} 30... axb6 31. Ne3 $14) 31. Kf3 cxb6 32. Rxd5 Rc7 33. Rb1 g6 34. g4 Kg7 35. h4 Rbc8 36. Re1 Rc3+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet V"]
[Black "Toma, Katarzyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,25,22,6,12,13,33,31]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 a6 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 196 Games} Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Re1 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Rc8 $146 14. b3 c5 15. Ne2 h6 16. Bb2 {1-0 (36) Leko,P (2720)-Georgiev,V (2553) Porto Carras 2011} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,16,4,34,33,31,33,31,11,15,19,12,8,9,4,61,65,77,75,66,52,75,40,96,25,25,25,24,0,23,8,8,0,10,0,23,22,27,25,51,21,45,22,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,123,97,361,242,364,332,414,412,645,631,658,623]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Na3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (10. Qe3 Re8 11. Na3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nc2 Kf8 18. Nb4 Re7 {1-0 (60) Yilmaz,M (2633)-Kiriakov,P (2543) Beirut 2017}) 10... Ne4 11. Qe3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Qf4 Qf6 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Nc2 Nd6 14. Ne5 Nf5 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. f4 Bc8 {½-½ (47) Slavin,A (2426)-Arkell,K (2439) Newport Pagnell 2010}) 11... Re8 12. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nd6 13. Qc3 (13. Qb3 {NOTEXT} Nf5 14. Nf3 h5 15. e3 g5 16. h3) 13... f6 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. c5 Nf7 16. e4 b5 (16... dxe4 $11 17. Bxe4 e5) 17. Re1 {Hoping for exd5.} Qd8 18. Nc2 a5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Re3 Ng5 {[#]} (20... dxe4 $14 21. Bxe4 (21. Rxe4 e5 $14) 21... e5) 21. exd5 (21. e5 $1 $16) 21... exd5 $11 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 (23. Nxe3 {NOTEXT} Re8 24. h4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Ng2) 23... Re8 (23... Bh3 {NOTEXT} 24. Qe1 Qd7 25. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Kf7) 24. Qe1 Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Qd8 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bf1 g6 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Qe2 Nh6 30. Qf3 Qb8 31. h5 Nf7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Ng2 Ng5 34. Qd1 Qc8 35. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nh3+ (35... Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Kg2 Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Ng5 $16) 37. Qe2 Bf7 (37... Ng5 {was called for.} 38. Qe7+ Bf7 39. Bxg6 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qe6) 38. f4 $18 ({Not} 38. Qe7 Nf4+ 39. gxf4 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qxh4 $15) 38... a4 39. Kh2 Qe6 (39... Qd7 $142 40. Qf1 Nxf4) 40. Qxe6 Bxe6 41. Kg2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suarez Real, Alberto"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,71,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne2 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} (16... Be5 17. b3 Be6 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Nf5 h5 20. Rbd1 c5 21. Ne3 {½-½ (54) Le Roux,J (2551)-Fressinet,L (2715) Belfort 2012}) 17. b3 Be6 18. Ng3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} c4 19. Bf5 Bxg3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. hxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 $146 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Kf1 Rb6 24. Ke2 Rd8 25. Rxb6 axb6 {KR-KR} 26. Rb1 c3 27. Rd1 Ra8 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. Rc7 Rxa2 30. Rxc3 Kf5 31. Kd2 Ra5 32. Rb3 Rd5+ 33. Ke3 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Rd5+ 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kd3 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,125,22,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-2,14,0,48,43,63,45,71,66,74,39,39,46,46,39,39,39,43,47,49,20,36,11,4,0,8,29,25,37,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-43,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-127,-122,-134,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} (7... c5 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ke7 11. Nf3 Rd8+ 12. Ke3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nxc5 14. Rxd8 Kxd8 15. h4 {½-½ (27) Saric,I (2632)-Ganguly,S (2658) Linares 2017}) 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 c6 10. f4 f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kb1) 15... Rhg8 16. Qf2 Rg7 17. Kb1 Rdg8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rh8 20. Rd2 Rgg8 21. Red1 Rd8 $1 22. Qe2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qh5 Qg8 26. Na2 Kc7 27. Nb4 a5 28. Na2 Qg6 29. Qe2 h5 30. Nc3 h4 $1 31. Qf3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qg4 33. Qd3 Qg8 34. Qc4 Qxg3 35. Nb5+ $1 Kd7 36. Qd4+ $1 Ke8 37. Qxb6 Qxg2 38. Nc7+ Kf8 39. Qxb7 Qf1+ 40. Ka2 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 $1 Qxf4 {White should prevent ...Bg5.} 42. Qxc6 {Black must now prevent Qe8+.} Kg7 43. Qd7 {Nxe6+! is the strong threat.} Qh4 44. c4 (44. Ne8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kg6 45. Nd6) 44... f4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 45. Ne8+ {[#]} Kg6 (45... Kf8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...f3.} 46. Nd6 Bxd6 47. Qxd6+ Kg7) 46. Qd3+ $11 Kg5 47. Nd6 f5 {And now ...Qf2 would win.} 48. exf6 Kxf6 49. Ne4+ Ke5 50. Nd2 Kf6 51. Ka2 Qe1 52. Qc3+ e5 (52... Qe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 53. Qc2 (53. Qh3 Kg7 $11) 53... Kg7) 53. b4 (53. Qxa5 $16 {aiming for Qd5.} Qh1 54. Qa6+ Kf7 55. Qc8) 53... axb4 {The position is equal.} 54. axb4 Qe3 55. Kb3 Qxc3+ 56. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf5 57. c5 e4 {Hoping for ...e3.} 58. Nc4 Bf6+ 59. Kd2 Bd4 60. c6 Ke6 61. c7 Kd7 {[#]} 62. c8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc8 63. Nd6+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eggleston, David J"]
[Black "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,0,-12,-27,0,0,0,0,12,4,6,4,14,14,16,16,16,8,34,27,58,64,55,60,68,50,60,70,100,100,100,97,110,0,111,81,81,79,90,22,23,25,25,10,23,5,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qd1 b6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. h4 h5 11. Nf3 Ba6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Bd3 (12. Bxa6 {NOTEXT} Qxa6 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Bf6 Rf8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qd3) 12... Bxd3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nd7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 {½-½ (24) Kim,A (2449)-Lysyj,I (2506) Pardubice 2005}) 13. cxd3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Ne7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc6 18. Rb7 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Ncxb8 20. Kd2 O-O 21. Be7 Rc8 22. Rb1 Nb6 23. a4 Nc6 24. Bxc5 Nxa4 25. Bd6 Nb6 26. Ra1 Nd7 27. Rb1 Nb6 $1 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. cxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc6 30. Ra1 (30. Rb5 $16) 30... Nc8 $11 31. Bc5 Rc7 32. f3 Kg7 33. Ra6 Kh6 34. g4 g5 {The position is equal.} 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. gxh5 Kxh5 37. Ra1 Ne7 38. Bxe7 (38. Bxa7 {NOTEXT} Rb7 39. Bc5 Nf5 40. Rg1 Nh4 41. Rg3) 38... Rxe7 {KR-KR} 39. Ke3 Rb7 40. f4 Kg6 41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Ra1 Kg6 43. Rg1+ Kh7 44. Ra1 Kg6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Griffiths, Ryan Rhys"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,124,21,17,-19,-15,-24,0,0,20,-9,-9,-16,-9,-16,-11,-18,-12,-9,-12,-12,7,0,0,-14,31,9,12,10,9,6,12,8,37,37,43,22,35,2,10,0,4,-2,0,0,-6,-46,-45,-56,-49,-55,-49,-74,-66,-81,-55,-77,-27,-115,-97,-147,-88,-423,-193,-268,-263,-273,-272,-251,-240,-216,-60,-60,-77,-70,-37,-44,-35,-46,-40,-52,0,-93,-61,-156,-61,-69,0,0,0,-12,-23,-163,-170,-166,-162,-168,-164,-158,0,-50,-35,-5693,-5601,-29987,-29988,-29986,-29987,-29987,-12839,-12838,-12839,-1121,-203]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a5 (6... Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Be2 a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 cxd5 {½-½ (38) Gelfand,B (2697)-Gupta,A (2610) Caleta 2018}) 7. b5 a4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 8. a3 {The position is equal.} c6 9. bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. c4 cxb5 10. cxb5 Bg4 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O {1-0 (93) Foisor,S (2258)-Padmini,R (2437) Rome 2015}) 9... bxc6 10. c4 Qa5 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Rfb8 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Qc2 e6 17. Rfc1 Rb7 18. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} Bf8 (18... Ne4 $5) 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. c5 $1 Nxd2 $1 21. Qxd2 Rb3 22. Nb4 Qc8 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 e5 25. f3 Bh6 26. Re1 (26. Qd3 {feels hotter.} Bg7 27. e4 exd4 28. Bxd4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1) 26... Qc7 27. Kh1 Bg7 28. Qc2 exd4 29. exd4 Nf8 30. Rb1 Ne6 31. Qd2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 32. g3 Bf6 33. Kg2 h4 34. Nc2 Kg7 35. f4 (35. Ne3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Qd7 36. Ne3 Rh8 (36... Nc7 $142 $1 37. g4 Re8) 37. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rf1 $17) 37... Nc7 (37... hxg3 $142 38. Ng4 gxh2+ 39. Kh1 Nc7 40. Nxf6 Qf5) 38. Rb7 (38. Qg2 $142) 38... Qc8 $19 ({Don't play} 38... hxg3 39. hxg3 Qc8 40. Rb4 $17) 39. Rb4 hxg3 40. hxg3 Qe6 ({Less strong is} 40... Qh3 41. Qg2 $17) 41. Qd3 Nb5 $2 (41... Qh3 $19 42. Nf1 Ne6) 42. f5 $15 Qd7 43. Bd2 Re8 44. Ng4 gxf5 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 46. Rxa4 Re4 ({Black should play} 46... Qe6 $15) 47. Bf4 (47. Qf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 47... Kg6 $17 48. Rb4 {next a4 is good for White.} Re1+ (48... Qe8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 49. Bd2 Qh8) 49. Kf2 $15 Ra1 ({Better is} 49... Qe6 $15 50. a4 Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 50. a4 $11 Qe7 51. Bd2 Na3 52. Rb8 (52. Rb7 $11 Qe4 53. Qe3 (53. Qxe4 fxe4 54. Bc3 Rc1 $15) 53... Qxe3+ 54. Bxe3) 52... Nc4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ra2.} 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg4 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 55. Rh4+ Kg7 $2 (55... Kg8 $17 56. Qc2 Kf8) 56. Bh6+ Kg6 57. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57. Qe2 $15 Qxe2+ 58. Kxe2) 57... Qe1 $1 {[%cal Re1g1] ( -> ...Qg1+)} 58. Rh2 Ra2+ 59. Kh3 Rxh2+ 60. Kxh2 Kxh6 (60... Qf2+ $142 61. Kh3 Kxh6 62. a5 Ne3 63. Qxe3+ Qxe3 64. Kg2 Qe2+ 65. Kh1 Kg5 66. Kg1 Kg4 67. a6 Kxg3 68. Kh1 Qh2#) 61. Qxf5 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor, Martin R"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,36,43,25,35,23,39,33,31,31,37,42,75,55,50,58,49,43,64,59,60,66,59,39,58,60,95,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-112,-53,-56,-19,-8,23,7,7,10,17,11,0,-28,0,-20,-17,-28,6,-48,-54,-48,-47,-61,-45,-290,-256,-265,-236,-369,-75,-76,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bb4 7. Bf4 Nge7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. a3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. e3 h6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Be2 Nxe5 11. Qxb4 N5g6 12. Bg3 Nf5 {½-½ (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2704)-Rakhmanov,A (2650) Moscow 2016}) 8... Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O f6 13. Ne1 b6 14. Nd3 Bf7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Nb1 Ra7 18. Nd2 g5 19. Qc3 Kg7 20. Nb4 (20. Nf1 $16) 20... Nxb4 $11 21. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be8 22. Nb3 Nc6 23. b5 Nb4 {Strongly threatening ...Na2.} 24. Ra1 {[%cal Rb5a6]} a5 25. Nd2 c6 26. e4 (26. bxc6 $11 Rc8 27. Rdc1) 26... cxb5 (26... Re7 $17 27. Bg4 Qf4) 27. e5 $15 Qe7 28. Nf3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 29. Rdc1 Bd7 30. Qd2 h6 31. g3 Rf8 32. Ra3 f4 33. Ne1 Qf7 {next ...fxg3 is good for Black.} 34. f3 Qe6 {[#]} 35. Qxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb4 36. Rxa7 {aiming for Bxb5.} Rf7 37. Rcc7 {Threatens to win with Bxb5!} Be8 38. Bxb5 $2 (38. Rxf7+ $15 Bxf7 39. gxf4) 38... Rxc7 $19 ({Wrong is} 38... Bxb5 $2 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. gxf4 $18) 39. Rxc7+ Kf8 40. Bd3 (40. Bxe8 $142 Qxe8 41. gxf4) 40... b5 $2 (40... fxg3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 41. hxg3 h5) 41. gxf4 $17 {[#]} Qb6 ({Black should play} 41... Bg6 $1 $17) 42. Rc5 $11 gxf4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 57%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jackson, James P"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,136,33,43,42,33,35,32,40,36,77,53,64,58,93,95,83,68,78,37,34,14,13,16,18,14,10,8,29,-5,-1,0,-4,-11,18,6,20,28,45,47,89,25,14,13,11,16,12,13,35,0,0,0,27,23,62,65,55,35,130,108,181,179,208,220,219,214,231,229,229,223,264,236,241,229,229,229,237,222,204,213,208,213,222,222,209,205,212,214,304,289,362,373,347,360,537,536,526,405,528,528,518,520,520,519,497,479,529,527,508,478,477,470,546,533,634,627,564,489,652,652,794,763,5065,5030,4690,660,29974]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} Nb6 7. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} O-O {B03: Aljechin-Verteidigung (Vierbauernvariante)} 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Na5 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} (9... dxe5 10. fxe5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nbc4 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Be4 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Na3 Bf6 19. Nb5 Bf5 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Rad1 a6 22. Nd4 {½-½ (22) Georgiev,K (2510)-Janev,E (2465) Tsarevo 2001}) 10. Bc2 c5 {[#]} 11. dxc5 $1 dxc5 12. Qe1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Na3 Nac4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 {1-0 (54) Nyland,T (2047)-Kjetzae,J (2112) Budapest 2005}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. Kf2 Rfd8 17. Na3 (17. Rxd8+ {is more complex.} Rxd8 18. Qxc4 Naxc4 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Nc4 21. Bc1) 17... Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Kc2 Nd5 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Re1 b5 24. Ne5 Rb7 25. b3 {c4 ist eine echte Drohung.} a6 26. c4 (26. Kb1 $16) 26... Nb4+ $11 27. Kb1 bxc4 28. Naxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Kf7 30. Bxb4 (30. Ne5+ {looks sharper.} Ke8 31. g3 Nd5 32. Kc2 Rb8 33. Nc4) 30... cxb4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Rd5 Ke6 33. Ra5 h5 34. Ne3 Rb6 (34... Rd8 $1 $14) 35. Kc2 ({Viel schwächer ist} 35. Nxf5 $6 Rb5 $14) 35... Rc6+ {[#]} (35... Rb5 $16 36. Rxa6+ Kf7) 36. Kd3 $1 $18 h4 37. Nxf5 Rc1 38. Ne3 Rh1 39. Rxa6+ Kf7 40. h3 Rg1 41. Ke4 Bb2 42. Kf3 Bd4 {Falls Schwarz jetzt zu ...Lxe3 käme, bestünde noch etwas Hoffnung.} 43. Nf5 Bf6 44. Rc6 Rf1+ 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Rc2 Kg6 48. Ne3 Bd4 49. Kf3 e6 (49... Bxe3 $142 50. Kxe3 Kf5 51. Rc5+ Kf6) 50. Nc4 Kf5 {beabsichtigt ...Tf1+.} 51. Nd6+ Kf6 52. Kg4 Rf1 (52... Re1 $142 53. Kxh4 e5) 53. Ne4+ Ke7 54. Ng5 Bf2 55. Re2 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Bg3 56. Rxe6+ Kd7 57. Re4 Rf2 58. Rxb4 Rxg2 {Und ...Le1+ würde nun gewinnen.} 59. Ra4 Be1+ 60. Kf5 Bg3 61. Nf3 Rc2 62. Kg4 Rc8 63. Ra7+ Kc6 64. Rg7 Rh8 65. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Ra8 66. f6 Rxa2 67. f7 Bd6 68. Rg8 (68. Rg6 $142 Ra8 69. Rg8) 68... Kd5 {Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ansell, Simon T"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,46,57,0,49,22,17,22,36,32,43,10,46,21,23,18,12,0,0,0,0,0,66,65,73,80,66,66,75,24,105,91,123,123,123,123,123,116,97,116,163,165,173,153,165,144,185,95,187,197,286,290,286,262,293,291,321,336,356,370,362,355,339,331,419,245]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Qc7 10. dxe5 {C41: Philidor Defence} (10. Be3 $14) (10. Be3 Nb6 11. Ba2 Nfd7 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. d5 Be7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 cxd5 {1-0 (80) Howell,D (2644)-Maghsoodloo,P (2584) Doha 2016}) 10... Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qc1 Nh5 14. Nf3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. e5 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Qxf4 {1-0 (28) Suarez Pousa,D (2377)-Fernandez de Armas,L (2089) Mondariz 2006}) 11. Ba2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng6 15. Ne2 Bh4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd4 Rae8 18. Bc3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 f5 (19... Ne5 $11 20. Qf4 Qd8) 20. exf5 $14 Qf7 21. Raa1 $1 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. g3 ({White should try} 23. Ng3 $16 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxg3 25. fxg3) 23... Bd8 (23... Bf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rfe5 {[#]} 25. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe1+ (25... Rxf5 26. Rxe8+) 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc7 {[#]} 28. Bc3 $1 Ne5 29. f4 Nc4 30. Bxg7 Kf7 31. Bc3 Ke6 32. g4 (32. Nd4+ $18 Kd5 33. Kf1) 32... Kd5 (32... d5 $16 {was called for.}) 33. Ng7 $18 Ke4 (33... b5 {was necessary.}) 34. f5 d5 35. f6 Ne5 36. Kg2 d4 {[#]} 37. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd4 38. Ne6+ Kd5 39. Nxc7+ Kd6 40. Ne8+ Kd7 {[#]} 41. f7 $1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Rogers, Jonathan W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,36,107,105,77,182,156,232,227,228,241,235,231,226,232,231,234,368,371,378,383,575,584,1500]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nc5 8. cxd4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} Ne6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nc3 (9. Bb3 Na5 10. d5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nc5 12. b4 Na6 13. b5 Nc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Qe2 f5 {1-0 (33) Vysochin,S (2599)-Simantsev,M (2371) Kiev 2004}) 9... O-O (9... d6 $16) 10. Be4 $18 {White is clearly better.} f5 (10... Ng5 $16 {was necessary.}) 11. exf6 $1 Bxf6 {[%cal Rc6d4] [#]} 12. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Nc5 13. dxc6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe4 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Qxb7 Nxc3 {1-0 (25) Ladanyi,Z (2151)-Csernyiczky,L (2224) Hungary 2004}) 15. Qd5+ Kh8 (15... Rf7 $142) 16. Ba3 d6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...bxc6.} 17. Bxc5 $1 Rf5 (17... Bf5 {was called for.} 18. Nd2 dxc5) 18. Qd3 Qd8 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weaving, Richard"]
[Black "Lauterbach, Ingrid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,137,12,58,3,11,0,13,0,22,-2,24,12,20,4,2,0,19,-4,36,35,40,56,52,19,69,41,81,42,64,54,92,99,101,102,102,78,85,82,92,50,83,93,89,69,91,61,68,48,224,232,351,341,350,262,270,264,262,247,254,231,234,218,235,225,279,284,286,286,286,281,272,265,265,265,265,265,265,264,263,262,262,262,260,236,261,268,277,268,272,259,270,236,376,318,588,588,554,493,29982,29983,29987,29985,29985,29983,29981,4134,29989,29986,29987,29979,29979,29978,29976,29975,29986,29987,29987,29988,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 c4 {LiveBook: 202 Games} 7. a4 {C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} ({White should try} 7. b3 $14) (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 cxb3 9. cxb3 Nc6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bf3 Kh8 {½-½ (28) Wei,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 O-O 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nf5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Na5 14. Bd3 Nxb3 15. Rxb3 {0-1 (46) Lawson,D-Buchanan,W (2220) Troon 1986}) 14. a5 Nd6 15. Ne5 $1 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} 16. Ra1 Nab5 17. Bf3 Nc3 18. Qd2 Nce4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qb4 Qf6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nc5 {[%cal Bb3c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Ned7.} Rd8 23. Re2 Nb5 24. Rae1 h5 25. Na4 Be6 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. c3 Bf5 28. Re3 Qd6 {next ...Qxb4 is good for Black.} 29. Qb3 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (29... Qa3 $14 30. Qxa3 Nxa3) 30. Nxd5 $18 Rxd5 (30... Be6 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Qxd5 Be6 32. Qe4 Nxc3 33. Qc2 Nb5 34. Qxc7 Nxc7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Re2 Nb5 37. Red2 Nc3 38. Rc1 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 41. Rc7 Nb3 42. Rxb7 Nxa5 43. Rb6 Nb3 44. Rxa6 Nd4 45. Nd3 g6 46. Nf4 Bf5 47. Ne2 Ne6 48. Ke3 Nf8 49. Nd4 Bd7 50. h4 Kg7 51. Kf4 Nh7 (51... Ne6+ $142 52. Nxe6+ Bxe6) 52. Ra7 Nf6 $2 (52... Nf8 {might work better.} 53. g4 hxg4 54. fxg4 Ne6+ 55. Kg3 Nxd4 56. Rxd7 Ne6) 53. Ke5 Bc8 54. Rc7 Ba6 (54... Bd7 $18 55. Kd6 Be8) 55. Ne6+ Kh6 56. Kxf6 fxe6 57. Kxe6 {KR-KB} Bf1 58. g3 (58. Kf7 $142 Bb5 59. Kg8 g5 60. hxg5+ Kg6 61. Rg7+ Kf5 62. g6 Kg5 63. Kh7) 58... g5 59. hxg5+ {White mates.} Kxg5 60. Rc5+ Kg6 61. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bh3+ 62. Ke5 h4 63. gxh4 Bg4 {[#]} 64. f5+ $1 Kh5 (64... Bxf5 65. Rc6+) 65. f6 Kg6 66. Rc7 Bd1 67. Rg7+ Kh6 68. Rg5 Bb3 69. Kd6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorrington, Chris J"]
[Black "Harvey, Marcus R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,68,27,27,24,25,16,17,37,37,40,25,43,30,39,11,9,8,7,7,26,28,28,29,26,13,32,33,55,33,39,44,32,38,63,60,75,56,75,0,0,0,19,0,-10,-152,-159,-274,-279,-424,-393,-619,-627,-609,-610,-610,-595,-731,-721,-1149,-1135]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. e3 b6 8. b3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 c5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Qd1 {1-0 (33) Lopez Martinez,J (2589)-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2307) Linares 2017}) 10... a5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qf6 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Rc2 c6 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Qe2 f6 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. Nd3 g5 22. Ba3 Kg7 23. Re1 c5 24. dxc5 ({White should try} 24. f3 $16) 24... bxc5 $11 25. f3 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rec1 {[%cal Rd3c5]} c4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4d3][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 27. Nf2 {[#]} (27. bxc4 $11 {remains equal.} dxc4 28. Nb2) 27... Nf5 $1 $17 28. Rc3 {[#]} (28. f4 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4e2][%mdl 512]} 29. Qb2 (29. Qf1 $142 Nxb3 30. Re1) (29. exd4 Qxe2) 29... Nxb3 30. Rxb3 (30. Rf1 $142) 30... cxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qxb3 Qb6 33. Qd3 Ne5 34. Qe2 Qb3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Black "Sreeves, Clement"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,86,62,51,58,46,64,43,62,61,64,70,71,66,87,50,94,36,61,36,66,28,77,53,101,103,97,59,63,35,64,65,111,98,127,86,86,0,0,-218,0,-696,-693,-691,-687,-645,-610,-621,-613,-602,-583,-558,-566,-550,-535,-643,-616,-1121,-761,-1069,-639,-591,0,-955,-720]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 exd4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (9... c6 10. Rad1 a6 11. Rfe1 exd4 12. Nxd4 h6 13. Bf1 Ng4 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. h3 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. hxg4 {½-½ (35) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Adhiban,B (2682) Sharjah 2017}) 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rfe1 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Rad1 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a4 14. Qd2 Nfd7 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Nc2 {½-½ (30) Saric,A (2549)-Popovic,D (2528) Mali Losinj 2017}) 14. Bf1 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Bb6 Rdc8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Kh1 Bf8 20. Bg3 (20. f4 $16) 20... g5 21. Na4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Rd8 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Qxa5 Bg7 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Be2 h5 26. h3 Nf4 27. b4 Bh6 {Threatening ...g4.} 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qc3 Bg7 30. c5 (30. Qc1 $16) 30... Qh4 $11 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 31. cxd6 $2 (31. Qc1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... Ng4 $2 (31... Nd7 $19 32. Qc2 Nxb6) 32. Qxg7+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qc5 $11 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kg1 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1 Bc3 $11)) 32... Kxg7 $19 33. fxg4 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nc4 (34. Rxd6 Qxe1+) 34... Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qf2 36. Bf3 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Qxa2 38. Nd6 Qb3 39. e5 Qc3 40. Rd4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 {aiming for Nf5+.} Qe1+ (42... Kf8 $142 43. Rd1 Qe3) 43. Kh2 Qxe5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rees, Ioan"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,34,33,43,31,47,48,27,36,36,46,26,44,43,0,0,-28,-23,-15,-14,-15,-9,-22,-14,-19,0,-35,-27,-67,-62,-92,-83,-349,-359,-341,-350,-357,-341,-353,-347]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Na5 9. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} (9. Nfd2 a6 10. a4 e6 11. Na3 exd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Ra2 b5 14. O-O bxa4 15. bxa4 Rb8 {1-0 (52) Jobava,B (2705)-Brunello,S (2555) Heraklio 2017}) 9... Rb8 10. Qe1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 a6 11. a4 e5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. e4 f5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. Re1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {1-0 (42) Espinoza,E (2290)-Di Berardino,D (2312) Rio de Janeiro 2003}) 10... b5 11. cxb5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxb5 {[%cal Bb8b5,Bb5a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} 16. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d8,Bd8b7][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe3 $1 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. Nc4 {And now Bxb7 would win.} Ra6 $1 23. Nb5 Qd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 24. Qxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Bxb7 $17 Qxb7 25. a4) 24... Bxg2 $1 $19 (24... Rxa2 25. Nc3 $11) 25. Kxg2 {[#]} Nb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7c5]} ({Less strong is} 25... Rxa2 26. Nc3 $17) 26. Qb4 {[#]} Qc6+ $1 ({Weaker is} 26... Rxa2 27. Nc3 $17) 27. Kg1 Nd5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 98%.} ({Inferior is} 27... Rxa2 28. Nc3 $11) 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berry, Neil"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,25,14,21,20,17,7,14,22,42,38,35,35,35,37,39,27,36,31,37,32,40,39,61,60,91,76,315,307,305,304,299,280,287,251,239,206,305,310,300,293,672,660,618,598]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 (5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 {0-1 (68) Li,C (2732)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 5... Nfd7 6. cxd5 {D71: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto)} Nb6 7. Qb3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e6 10. Nge2 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Rd1 Bd7 {½-½ (25) Maiorov,N (2596)-Libiszewski,F (2510) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) 12... a5 13. b3 Qe7 14. a4 Nb4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. Na2 {[%cal Ra2b4]} N8a6 18. Nf4 {[%cal Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Nd3 b6 21. Bf1 Bb7 22. Ne5 Qg5 $2 {[#]} (22... Rdc8 $16 {war nötig.}) 23. Bxb4 $18 axb4 24. Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 25. Nxb4 Bd6 26. f4 Qf5 27. Nxa6 Bxe5 (27... Rxa6 $142 28. Rc6 h5) 28. fxe5 ({Nicht} 28. dxe5 Rxa6 29. Rc6 Kg7 $16) 28... Rxa6 29. Rc7 Qe4 $2 {[#]} (29... Qh5 30. Rf1 Rf8) 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qf2 {Precision: Weiß = 76%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacQueen, Calum"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,34,35,17,34,22,15,27,97,83,81,74,63,76,280,290,271,264,378,365,431,424,420,422,421,421,410,326,331,285,293,294,292,256,247,251,241,247,225,236,218,137,276,252,252,246,300,291,689,732,787,779,769,794,872,867,887,854,854,840,894,884]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. Strongly threatening ...e4.} 10. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} (10. O-O e4 11. Ne1 Bc5 12. d3 h5 13. Nc3 h4 14. dxe4 hxg3 15. hxg3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Rxh3 17. Kg2 Qc8 18. Nd3 Rh5 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Qxh1 {1-0 (20) Dubov,D (2648)-Goganov,A (2627) St Petersburg 2016}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Bd2 Qa5 $146 (12... Nxd2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Qxd2 e4) ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. Nxd5 Ba5 14. O-O Rxb2 {½-½ (31) Vo,T (2299)-Nguyen,D (2102) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 13. dxe5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb2 15. O-O Bg4 $2 {[#]} (15... O-O $16 {is a better defense.}) 16. Be1 $1 $18 Qc5 17. Nd4 Nxe5 (17... Bd7 $142 18. Qc1 Rb8) 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. fxg4 O-O 21. Nf5 Nxg4 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Ne3 24. Rf3 Re8 25. Bh3 Rd2 26. Rb1 g6 27. Rb3 Nc4 28. Rfd3 Rxa2 29. Bg2 Re5 (29... Ra1+ $16 30. Kf2 Ne5) 30. Rb5 Ne3 31. Rb1 a5 32. Bf3 a4 $2 {[#]} (32... h5 33. h3 Kg7) 33. Nc6 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 34. Nb4 Rb6 35. Rxe3 ({Less strong is} 35. Nxa2 Rxb1+ 36. Kf2 Nd1+ 37. Kg2 d4 $18) 35... Rd2 36. Ra3 Rd4 37. Rxa4 Kg7 38. Rb2 h5 39. Nd3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Webb, Laurence E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be1 Ne7 15. Nd4 Kd7 16. f4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. c4 Ke6 19. g4 g6 20. cxd5+ Kxd5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3 Rac8 23. Rh3 h5 24. Rc1 Rcg8+ 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Bd2 Rg4 27. Kf3 Nd4+ 28. Kf2 Rhg8 29. Rg3 Nb3 30. Rd1 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxf4+ 32. Ke3 Rgg4 33. Rc2 Ra4 34. Rxg4 fxg4 35. Rf2 Rxa3 36. Rxf7 Ra2 37. h4 gxh3 38. Rh7 h2 39. Rxh5 a5 40. d4 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Kxd4 42. Rxh2 Ra1 43. Re2 Rf1+ 44. Kg5 b5 45. e6 Rf8 46. e7 Re8 47. Kf6 a4 48. Kf7 Rxe7+ 49. Rxe7 a3 50. Ra7 b4 51. Ke6 Kc4 52. Ke5 b3 53. Ra4+ Kc3 54. Rxa3 Kc2 55. Rxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Visa Jordana, Joel"]
[Black "Nelson, Jonathan P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-9,10,14,8,-10,4,0,10,0,0,0,16,11,33,39,35,16,17,14,46,30,91,0,7,0,0,0,5,-16,-13,-15,-12,-25,0,-2,11,8,2,0,0,-7,10,8,12,12,16,-12,-15,-36,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-10,-43,-37,-37,-37,-100,-47,-50,-56,-157,-143,-230,-100,-277,0,-238,0,-243,0,-208,0,-265]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bg5 (4. d5 Bf5 5. h3 h5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Nc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 Nxg5 11. Qxf5 Be7 12. Bd2 h4 {0-1 (40) Riazantsev,A (2650)-Rakhmanov,A (2653) Riadh 2017}) 4... Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. dxe5 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} dxe5 7. Qxd8 $146 (7. Qc2 {seems wilder.} h6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Bh4 Bb4 10. Nge2) ({Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. O-O Re8 {1-0 (42) Kayser,I-Swainston,K (2135) Denmark 1995}) 7... Bxd8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxd8 Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Nge4 Bg6 15. Rd2 f5 (15... Nb6 $11) 16. Ng3 ({White should play} 16. Rad1 $16) 16... Nc5 $11 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Rd1 Ne6 21. h4 f4 22. Nf1 Bc2 23. Rd2 Bf5 24. Bh5+ g6 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bd1 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bc2 Ne5 29. b3 Bg6 30. Nc3 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Nh2 Bh5 33. Nf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 35. Kg2 {[#]} (35. Rd1 $15) 35... Kg6 (35... Nc5 $1 $17) 36. Ne4 Kf5 37. Nc3 ({Better is} 37. Rd1 $15) 37... c6 $17 38. Na4 {[#]} (38. Rd1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 38... Ke5 (38... fxe3 $1 $19 39. fxe3 g4 40. fxg4+ Ke4) 39. Kg1 $2 (39. Nb2 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Kf5 40. Kg2 $1 Ke5 41. Kg1 $1 Kf5 42. Kg2 $1 Ke5 43. Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 41%, Black = 37%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duncan, Chris R"]
[Black "Jones, Steven A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,92,41,47,-20,-17,-68,-29,-8,-9,-25,-18,-26,-31,-35,-28,-38,-31,-33,-6,-61,-56,-63,-77,-104,-94,-85,-81,-94,-8,-6,-8,-14,-7,-19,59,60,118,131,114,0,0,-50,-54,-63,-48,-30,-39,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,151,79,853,841,12834,12835,12834,12834,6531,5277,1215,0,12840,12840,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 83 Games. E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (12... Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 20. c5 {½-½ (59) Gelfand,B (2738)-Giri,A (2730) London 2012}) 13. Be3 (13. c5 $14) 13... Nf4 $11 14. g3 (14. Rc1 $11) 14... h6 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bd4 Nf5 18. exf5 Qxg5+ 19. Rg2 Qxf5 20. Ne4 {½-½ (36) Gyimesi,Z (2596)-Uhlmann,W (2440) Austria 2002}) 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bd4 {Bxg7 is the strong threat.} hxg5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kh7 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Ng8 21. Bf1 (21. Nb5 $11) 21... Bd7 $15 22. Qd4 Re8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Kf2 Qf8 25. Re1 Qxb4 (25... Nf6 $17 26. c5 Qg7) 26. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Rb1 {[%cal Bb7b1,Bb1e1,Be1e6][%mdl 32]} Ba6 (28... a6 $11) 29. Re1 $1 $14 {[%cal Re1e7][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qa3 ({Black should play} 29... Qg7 $14 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 30. Re6 $16 Rf8 31. Be2 ({White should try} 31. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6d7] Threatens to win with d7.} Qb2+ 32. Kg1 cxd6 33. Rxd6) 31... Rf7 $1 $11 32. Qe5 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 {And now Ne2 would win.} Qc5+ 34. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Qxc4 35. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c4]} Qd3 (35... Qb4 $1 $15 36. Rxc7 Qb2+ 37. Kf1 Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Rxc7 39. Qxc7+ Kh6) 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Qxc7+ Kh6 {aiming for ...Qd2+.} 38. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5h8]} Qd2+ 39. Ne2 {[%cal Re5h8] [#]} Kh5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 39... Nf6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 40. d6 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Qe8.} Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Nh6 $16) 41. Kf1 $1 $18 Qe3 42. Qxf6 {[%cal Rf6h8]} Qxf3+ 43. Ke1 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qd5+ 45. Kc1 $2 ({White has to play} 45. Qd4 $18 Qa5+ 46. Nc3) 45... Qc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qh1+ $11 46. Kd2 Qd5+ 47. Qd4 Qxa2+ 48. Ke1 Qg8) 46. Qc3 Qxe2 47. Qh3# {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, Chris N"]
[Black "McKay, Roderick M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,60,52,42,57,0,0,0,0,0,14,-12,-13,-4,0,0,0,-3,0,-47,-50,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,294,289,286,279,370,124,193,108,108,108,116,121,160,158,247,234,254,254,254,254,248,250,350,283,491,484,478,439,875,847,29968,1103,29969,29969,29996,29997,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Qc8 9. e4 Bh3 10. Bxh3 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (10. Nd3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e5 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 cxd5 14. exd5 Qc4 15. Re1 h6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. a5 e4 18. Nf4 {1-0 (41) Van Wely,L (2679)-Wang,H (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 10... Qxh3 11. f4 $146 ({Better is} 11. f3 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 Bh6 12. Nd3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nbd7 14. Qd2 e5 15. d5 c5 16. Rce1 a6 17. a4 Rab8 {½-½ (27) Brynell,S (2484)-Hillarp Persson,T (2528) Orebro 2013}) 11... c5 (11... Ng4 $5 12. Nf3 $8 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 $15) 12. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 13. Nf3 dxc5 14. e5 (14. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h3]} Qc8 15. e5 $11) 14... Ng4 15. Ne4 {White wants to play Neg5.} Nd4 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf3+.} 16. Neg5 Nxf3+ $1 17. Nxf3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. e6 f5 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxb2 22. Rad1 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rxd1 $11 23. Rxd1 Qh5) 23. Rxd8 $1 $18 Rxd8 24. Qxc5 Kf8 25. Qf2 $2 (25. Qc7 $18 Ke8 26. Qxb7 (26. fxg5 Qg4 $18)) 25... Bf6 (25... Bg7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Nxg5 (26. fxg5 $18 Bc3 27. Qxa7) 26... Qh5 $16 27. Nf3 b6 28. Qe2 Rd4 {[#]} 29. Re1 $1 Re4 {[#]} (29... Rd6 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Kf2 Qe8) 30. Qd3 $1 $18 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Bd4 34. Kh3 Bc5 $2 (34... Kg7 35. Rd1 Bf6) 35. Qd5 Qe4 36. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} Kg8 (36... Bd4 $142 37. Qxe4 fxe4) 37. Re1 Qc2 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qe8 Qd3 40. Qf7+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburn, Jonathan L B"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 e5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Nf3 a6 14. Qb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rb8 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Qa5 Rbc8 19. b4 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Qb8 21. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Findlay, David John"]
[Black "Robertson, J Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,41,36,15,23,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-12,-11,8,0,-40,-40,-36,-33,-53,-45,-53,-41,-79,-75,-78,-21,-26,-19,-26,-31,-50,-44,-125,-112,-91,-168,-164,-157,-156,-135,-145,-162,-144,-159,-296,-279,-264,-195,-179,114,-650,-50,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. b3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg2 d5 {½-½ (52) Cuartas,J (2458)-Paragua,M (2617) Turin 2006}) 12... Rc8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Be2 d5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Nh2 Bg6 17. Ng4 Nh5 (17... Nxg4 $17 18. Bxg4 Rfd8) 18. Nf3 $11 Qb8 19. exd5 exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bf1 Bd6 $1 21. Nh4 {[#]} ({Better is} 21. Qd2 $15) 21... d4 $1 $17 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. g3 f5 {White must now prevent ...dxc3.} 24. Nh2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 25. g4 f3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. gxh5 (27. Bg2 $17 dxc3 28. Bxc3 (28. Bxf3 $2 Nd4 $19)) 27... Rcf8 (27... gxh5 28. Qe2 $14) 28. Re2 Qd8 {Hoping for ...Qh4.} (28... gxh5 29. Bg2 $15) 29. Bg2 {Strongly threatening cxd4.} Qh4 $2 (29... gxh5 30. cxd4 Nb4 31. Qc3 $11) (29... Qg5 $19 {aiming for ...Rxh3.} 30. h6 Rxh3 31. hxg7 (31. Kf1 Qxh6 32. Re4 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Qh5+ 34. f3 Rh2 $19) 31... Kxg7) 30. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 30. hxg6 $2 Rxh3 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 $19) (30. Bxf3 $16 Rxf3 31. Re8+ (31. hxg6 $2 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Qxg6 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Qe2) 30... Ne5 $2 ({Black should play} 30... Rxh3 $19 {( -> ...Rh1+!)} 31. Bd5+ Kh8) 31. cxd4 $1 $15 cxd4 (31... Nxd3 $15 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Qxd3 (33. hxg6 $2 Rxh3 34. Re8+ Bf8 $19) 33... Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4) 32. Re4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4h4] The position is equal.} Qxh5 33. Qe2 $1 Rxf2 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Bxd4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spencer, Carl J"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,68,0,15,-44,-45,-38,-43,-43,-31,-50,-44,-77,-65,-68,-31,-35,-34,-29,-5,-21,-12,-31,-26,-31,-31,-32,-16,-52,-22,-60,-69,-55,-16,-14,0,-21,-12,-66,-14,-91,-61,-83,-6,-7,-15,-45,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Rfd1 $146 (12. b3 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. b3 Rfc8 13. a4 Nc6 14. Nce2 d5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qc3 17. e5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 {0-1 (34) Mnatsakanian,E (2101)-Pashikian,A (2604) Yerevan 2015}) 12... Nc4 $15 13. Qc1 $1 {Black is slightly better.} Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rac8 15. Rac1 a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nce2 Nd7 18. c4 Qa5 19. b3 Qb6 20. Rb1 Rfe8 21. Nc2 Qa5 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Rd3 Qa5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 (26... b5 $5) 27. Rbd1 Rcd8 28. Kf1 e6 29. R5d3 {[#]} (29. R5d2 $11) 29... d5 ({Black should try} 29... b5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 30. axb5 axb5) 30. Qd2 (30. exd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} exd5 31. Rxd5) 30... Qxh2 {Threatens to win with ...Bf6.} 31. cxd5 Qh1+ (31... exd5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bf6.} 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Bf6) 32. Kf2 $11 Qh4+ 33. Kf1 {Threatening dxe6.} Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya"]
[Black "Steil-Antoni, Fiona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,36,24,29,29,29,29,31,22,36,21,23,-63,-66,-102,-61,-108,-58,-45,-36,-27,-15,-31,-31,-33,-34,-54,-28,-56,-18,-33,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-32,-24,-96,-80,-133,-116,-136,-116,-335,-341,-285,-309,-445,-431,-416,-398,-977,-352,-347,-299,-291,-254,-403,-388,-420,-405,-344,-425,-474,-188,-165,0,0,0,-203,-114,-237]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Ne4 {A92: Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall (with ...Be7): Early deviations} 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. Nd2 Nd6 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 h5 11. b4 h4 12. b5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qb3 {0-1 (37) Riazantsev,A (2651)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 8... Nd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. e4 $146 (13. Bf4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Be8 {1-0 (34) Tadese,E (1952)-Chipanga,C (2060) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... dxc4 $15 14. Qe2 b5 15. Be3 Bg5 16. e5 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rfc1 Ra6 21. Rc5 Rc8 22. Be4 g6 23. h4 Rf8 24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Rcc1 a4 26. Ra3 Qe7 27. b4 (27. Rc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Rf7 28. Qb2 (28. Rf1 $142) 28... Ra8 $17 29. Kg2 Raf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Rf2+! Black is in control.} 30. Bf3 $2 (30. Rf3 $17 {was called for.}) 30... g5 $19 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Rc2 (32. Rc5 $142) 32... h5 33. Qc1 Qg6 34. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (34. Re3 h4 35. Be4) 34... h4 $2 (34... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Qxc2+ 37. Kg1 Be8) 35. Bh5 Qe4+ 36. Kh3 Rg7 37. g4 (37. Re2 $142 Qd5 38. Rg2) 37... Rf4 38. Qd3 {If White can now play Qxe4 this consolidates a bit.} Qxd4 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Rb2 {[#]} Rg5 $2 (40... c5 $1 41. bxc5 b4) 41. Rf3 Rxh5 $2 ({Black should play} 41... Rxe5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rg5.} 42. Rbf2 Rg5 43. Rf8+ Kh7) 42. gxh5 $11 Be8 $1 43. h6 $2 {[#]} (43. Rg2+ $11 Kh7 44. Rf6 Bxh5 45. Rxe6) 43... Bg6 $1 $19 44. Rg2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Roy, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. f3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Be6 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Nd2 Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O-O 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. b4 Ng6 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Nb3 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Qxf4 {½-½ (32) Sedy,P (2175)-Boukal,P (2257) Czechia 2010}) 11... Kb8 12. a4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bf5 14. Nb3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rde8 16. Kf2 g5 ({Günstiger ist} 16... Qd6 $14 17. g3 b6) 17. Ne2 f5 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. a5 f4 20. Ra2 Qg6 (20... Ng6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 21. Qb5 Nd8 22. Rha1 Qc6 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Nc1 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Ng6 26. Nb3 Re3 27. Qf1 $17 (27. Qf5 $11) 27... Rxc3 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Rd2 Qe5 30. Re1 Re3 31. Red1 Re8 32. a6 Qf6 33. axb7 Ne5 34. Qb5 c6 35. Qa6 Qe7 36. Nxc6+ Nxc6 37. Qxc6 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Horton, Andrew P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,155,19,24,21,18,16,35,16,28,29,25,29,18,20,58,25,32,19,20,28,62,50,131,130,103,124,121,104,116,110,112,38,56,30,41,37,46,81,172,156,192,166,178,60,63,28,35,23,32,31,32,-37,-29,-36,-45,-136,-114,-204,-189,-162,41,41,39,0,39,0,0,-277,-8,-8,-8,-8,37,37,67,67,68,70,69,68,87,45,90,90,94,87,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,128,109,122,109,114,114,114,110,100,83,109,99,142,141,165,120,134,120,137,120,140,124,124,116,118,0,124,124,171,205,349,342,328,253,233,243,29967,1101,620,491,360,227,355,360,883,873,851,850,791,791,722,697,637,414]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 b4 5. Nc4 a5 {LiveBook: 16 Partien} 6. d3 {A05: Übergänge in verschiedene Eröffnungen} e6 7. e4 d6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7... Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h4 d6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Bxe7 Ndxe7 {½-½ (41) Alekseev,E (2665)-Korobov,A (2694) Sochi 2015}) 8. O-O {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. axb4 axb4 11. Na5 Ba6 12. Bd2 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. exd6 Bxd6 (15... Qxd6 $14 16. Ne5 Bf6) 16. Ng5 $1 $16 Bc8 17. Qe4 $1 $40 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 128] Weiss hat starken Angriff.} g6 18. Nc4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Be7 20. h4 (20. Qh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} h5 21. g4) 20... Nc6 $14 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 21. h5 Nd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} Nf6 (23... Bxg5 $16 24. Bxg5 f6) 24. c3 $18 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf5 26. Qh1 ({Lieber} 26. Qh2 $18) 26... Kg7 $1 $14 27. Bf4 (27. Ba8 $5 {[%cal Rd2f4]}) 27... Qd8 $1 {Droht ...Th8.} 28. Ne5 Rh8 29. Bh3 Nd6 $1 30. Ra7 (30. Nc6 $14 Qe8 31. Ra7 (31. Nxe7 Bb7 $11)) 30... Nd5 $15 31. Nc6 Qb6 32. Be5+ (32. Rxe7 $15 Nxe7 33. Nxe7) 32... Bf6 $17 33. Qf3 (33. Bxd6 $17 Bxg5 34. c4 (34. Qf3 $2 Bf6 $19)) 33... Bb7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 34. Bxd6 {Droht stark Le5.} Qxc6 $2 ({Besser ist} 34... Bxg5 $19 35. Bxc5 (35. Ne5 $2 Bf6 $19) 35... Qxc6 36. Bd4+ Nf6 37. Qxc6 Bxc6) 35. Be5 $14 Bxe5 36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 (37. Nf3 {is interesting.} Nf4 38. Bg2 Nh3+ 39. Bxh3 Qxf3 40. Rxb7 Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Rd8 42. Bxe6 Rxd3 43. c4) 37... Kxg5 {[#]} 38. Bg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Re7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] und Weiss steht sicher.} Nxe7 39. Qxe7+ Kh6 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6) 38... Qe8 $2 (38... Qa6 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra6a1]} 39. Bf1 Qa1) 39. Bxd5 $11 {zielt auf f4+ ab.} Qxf7 40. Rxf7 {Droht f4+ und aus.} Bxc3 41. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Kh6 42. Bd5 Rh7 43. Rf4 Rd7 44. Be4 Rd6 45. Kg2 {Und weiter mit Tf7 wäre nett.} Rf6 46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Rg4 Kh6 48. f4 Bd4 49. Rg5 Rd6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Rg4 Kh6 52. Rh4+ Kg7 53. Rh1 Rb6 54. Bd5 Rd6 55. Bc4 Bf6 56. Rb1 Rd7 57. Rb6 Be7 58. Re6 Bf6 59. Kg4 Be7 60. Rc6 Bd6 61. Rc8 Bf8 62. Kf3 Be7 63. Rg8+ Kh7 64. Rc8 Kg7 65. Ke4 Bf8 66. Ke5 Ra7 (66... Be7 $142 67. Rc6 Bd8 68. Rxc5 Re7+ 69. Be6 Rc7) 67. g4 $18 Be7 68. Rg8+ Kh7 69. g5 {Schwarz muss nun f5 beachten.} Rc7 $2 (69... Ra1 $18 70. Rc8 Kg7) 70. Bd5 (70. f5 $142 gxf5 71. g6+ Kh6 72. Kxf5 Bd6 73. Rh8+ Kg7 74. Rh7+ Kf8 75. Kf6 Be7+ 76. Ke5) 70... Rd7 71. Ra8 Kg7 72. Ra6 Bd8 (72... Bf8 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 73. Be6 Re7) 73. Be4 Bc7+ $2 (73... Re7+ 74. Kd5 Rd7+ 75. Kc4 Kf8 76. Rxg6 (76. Bxg6 Rd4+ 77. Kxc5 Rxf4 $18) 76... Rf7) 74. Ke6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rf7 75. Ra7 Kf8 76. Bxg6 Re7+ 77. Kf5 Kg7 78. Bh5 {Precision: Weiß = 63%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,125,-3,0,13,8,15,13,14,8,6,10,13,6,4,4,10,18,15,20,42,26,17,16,18,22,27,9,17,12,16,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,81,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,83,83,83,83,83,90,83,102,92,121,92,92,92,92,85,92,92,121,121,121,121,121,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,28,28,28,104,28,5193,2215,1177,10564,12844,12844,12849,12849,12850,12850]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 c5 (10... O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Qc2 c5 14. b3 Nd5 {½-½ (32) Edouard,R (2621)-Peralta,F (2556) Sitges 2017}) 11. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b4 12. Nb1 O-O 13. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a5 e5 {0-1 (56) Muhtarov,L (2180)-Milovanovic,R (2435) Djakovo 1994}) 13... Ne8 14. Nc4 Nd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rc8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. Nxb6 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Qxb6 24. Rc4 e5 25. Rac1 g6 26. e3 Rc7 27. Qc2 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Rcd7 28. Rxc5 Rxd3 29. Rxe5 Qf6 30. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 (30... Kg7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rxd8 Qxd8) 31. Qxd3 $16 Qxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Rb1 Qa3 33. Qxa6 b3 34. Qb5 Ra8 35. Rxb3 Qxa4 36. Qd5 Re8 37. Rb7 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qf6 39. g4 h6 40. Rb4 Qe6 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. h4 Rc8 43. Rd4 Rc5 44. Qb7 Qc6+ 45. Qxc6 Rxc6 $16 {KR-KR} 46. Rd5 Rc4 47. f4 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc1 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rxh5 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Ra1 52. Rd5 Ra3 53. Re5 Kf6 54. Re8 (54. Rh5 {feels hotter.} Kg6 55. Rh1 Ra8 56. Kf3 Kg7 57. Rc1) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. Kg3 (56. Rc8 $16) 56... Kg7 $1 $11 57. Kh4 Ra1 58. e4 (58. Re5 $1 $16) 58... Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... f6 $11) 59. e5 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Re3 {[#]} 60. f5 $1 Kh7 61. e6 fxe6 62. Re7+ Kg8 63. Rxe6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Walton, Alan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,41,44,63,33,45,45,50,48,58,58,59,58,86,37,44,24,12,18,15,25,95,113,135,125,136,102,169,185,267,171,395,389,29987,1184,29988,29989,29993,29994]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 {D02: Damenbauernspiele} Bd6 8. Bg3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. Nbd2 f5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nc6 {½-½ (50) Hillarp Persson,T (2511)-Grunberg,M (2389) Stockholm 2017}) 9. Nbd2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} (9. b3 {is more complex.} cxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2) 9... h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. e4 Qc6 14. e5 {0-1 (40) Williams,R (1704)-Livermore,R (1565) Cardiff 2017}) 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. b3 {[%cal Rb3c4]} cxb3 14. Qxb3 Ne7 15. Qa3 Nb6 16. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter Druck.} O-O 17. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e8][%mdl 32]} f5 (17... Ng6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 18. exf6 $16 gxf6 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. c4 Qf4 (20... dxc4 $16 {war einen Versuch wert.} 21. Nxc4 Nd5) 21. Rfe1 $18 Rf7 (21... Bd7 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 22. h3 Rf7) 22. cxd5 exd5 $2 (22... Nxd5 {war nötig.} 23. Re4 Qb8) 23. Bg6 {[#] Und weiter mit Te8+ wäre nett.} ({Nicht} 23. Re8+ Kg7 $18) 23... Rc7 $2 (23... Bg4 $18 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Bh5 Nd7 {[#]} 26. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,64,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-110,-118,-241,-251,-274,-241,-253,-274,-269,-264,-229,-248,-240,-210,-223,-209,-210,-169,-183,-167,-347,-371,-335,-371,-360,-359,-352,-352,-342,-339,-342,-330]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 {C06: Französische Verteidigung (Tarrasch-Variante)} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {LiveBook: 16 Partien} f6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... a5 13. f4 O-O 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Be3 f6 16. Rf3 a4 17. Nd4 Bxc5 18. fxg5 Qxg3 19. Rxg3 {0-1 (45) Drozdowski,K (2478)-Vocaturo,D (2604) Minsk 2017}) 13. f4 gxf4 $1 14. Bxf4 e5 15. Bh6 {Droht Lg7 und aus.} Rg8 16. Qxh7 Be6 17. Bg7 (17. Be3 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 17... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Und weiter mit ...Txg7! wäre nett. Schwarz hat starke Kompensation.} 18. Kh1 (18. Rf2 $17 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} Bd8 19. Qh5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bh6) 18... Bd8 $19 19. Qg6+ Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7g6]} 20. Qg3 {[#]} Be7 $1 21. Na5 b6 ({Schwächer ist} 21... Bxc5 22. Rxf6 O-O-O 23. Nb3 $15) 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Nb3 Ra4 {Droht stark ...Tg4.} 24. h3 {[#]} Re4 $1 25. a4 {beabsichtigt a5.} d4 ({Bloß nicht} 25... Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Nd4) 26. cxd4 Qd5 27. a5 $2 (27. Nd2 Rxd4 28. Nf3) 27... Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxb3 29. dxe5 fxe5 (29... Rxg7 $2 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 $19) 30. axb6 Rxg7 31. b7 Bd6 32. Ra8+ Ke7 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Rendle, Thomas E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,126,67,47,58,61,66,50,49,20,18,33,48,36,71,70,162,150,147,144,211,219,226,220,230,68,428,437,424,284,246,190,349,293,302,313,302,291,512,542,537,521,462,0,0,-99,-77,-87,-84,-92,-9,-137,-130,-165,-116,-180,-140,-131,-133,-141,-123,-252,-215,-223,-182,-179,-145,-154,-129,-575,-589,-778,-642,-617,-603,-799,-774,-1093,-998,-996,-991,-843,-881,-1699,-1596,-897,-704,-2500,-2445,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29986,-29986,-29986,-29985]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5 (5... Bd7 6. Ne2 Nf5 7. Ng3 Nh4 8. c3 g6 9. Bf4 f6 10. Nxh4 fxe5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe5 Qh4 13. Ne2 {½-½ (32) Karjakin,S (2753)-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 6. h4 {LiveBook: 9 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Bb4 7. g4 Nfe7 8. h5 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. a3 Bxc3+ $1 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. g5 Qd7 ({Black should try} 12... Bb7 $14) 13. gxh6 $18 gxh6 14. Nh2 $146 Bb7 {[#]} (14... Qc6 $16) 15. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh6 16. Ng4 Ng8 17. Qd2 $2 (17. Nxh6 $18 Nxh6 18. Qd2) 17... Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Rh8 $14) 18. Nxh6 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 {Qf6 is the strong threat.} O-O-O $2 (20... Nc6) 21. Qf4 Nc6 22. Rad1 Nxd4+ 23. Kf1 c5 $2 (23... Nxc2 {was worth a try.} 24. Qxf7 Ne1) 24. h6 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4d3,Bd3c2][%mdl 32]} 25. h7 cxd3 26. h8=Q $2 (26. cxd3 $18 Ba6 27. Kg2 Bxd3 28. Rc1) 26... dxc2 $11 27. Qxd8+ (27. Rc1 $1 $11 Qc4+ 28. Kg2) 27... Kxd8 $17 28. Rc1 Qd3+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 29. Kg2 Qg6+ (29... Nf5 $1 $17 30. Rh8+ Kc7) 30. Qg3 (30. Kf1 $11 Nb3 31. Rh8+ Kc7 32. Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc2 33. Qxf7+ Kc6 34. Qe8+ Kc5 35. Qc8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kd4 37. Rxc2) 30... Qe4+ 31. f3 Qe2+ 32. Qf2 (32. Kh3 $17 {was called for.} Qe3 33. Qh4+ Kc8 34. Qh8+ Kc7 35. Qf6) 32... Qxe5 {White must now prevent ...Qg5+.} 33. Qh4+ Kd7 34. Rhe1 Qg7+ 35. Qg4 (35. Kf2 $17) 35... Qxg4+ 36. fxg4 f6 37. Kf2 {intending Rh1.} Kd6 38. Rh1 {[#]} Ba6 $1 39. Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Ke3 $17 Ke5 40. Rh5+ f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. a4) 39... Bd3 $19 40. Rhh1 {Strongly threatening Ke3.} Be4 41. Rh3 b5 42. Rc3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 43. Ke3 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Rc8 Ke5 46. Rc7 b3 {( -> ...b2)} 47. Rb7 Bf3 48. Kd3 Ne2 49. Kd2 Nxc1 {Black mates.} 50. Kxc1 Bxg4 51. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Bf5 52. Kd2 Be4 53. Rb8 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 54. Rf8 f4 55. Rf7 Bf5 56. Rc7 f3 57. Ke3 Be4 58. Rc5 Kf5 59. Rc8 e5 60. Rf8+ Ke6 61. Kd2 Bf5 62. Rc8 d4 63. Re8+ Kf6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,58,51,39,41,-7,-8,-24,-11,-67,-18,-44,-32,-67,-70,-69,-44,-38,0,0,32,14,34,0,0,0,-7,-17,-28,-46,-44,-43,-28,-35,-27,-30,-1,-25,-33,-30,-36,-39,0,-20,104,112,88,61,87,72,58,70,70,65,924,0,0,0,564,122,112,102,12838,12838]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bg5 d4 16. h4 Be6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2752)-Van Wely,L (2657) Amstelveen 2017}) 7... Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rxd4 $146 (11. Bxd4 {seems wilder.} Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. a3 Qa5 14. f4) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Rg1 b4 14. Na4 Bb7 {1-0 (24) Najer,E (2606)-Ionov,S (2538) St Petersburg 2004}) 11... Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 12. h4 ({Don't play} 12. Qxg4 e5 $15) (12. Bd2 {is more complex.} b5 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qd1) 12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. a3 (14. Qd2 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Kb1 Rc5 18. Rg3 Rfc8 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 22. exd5 Bf8 23. h5 g6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rf4 Rce8 26. Ka2 Bg7 27. Rgf3 R8e7 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. c4 Qb7 31. Qb4 Rf5 (31... Rxg5 $11 {remains equal.} 32. cxb5 axb5) 32. Rxf5 $16 gxf5 33. Bd3 f4 34. Qxd6 bxc4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rb7b2] [#]} 35. Qd8+ Bf8 36. Bxc4 {aiming for d6.} f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qe7 $14 37. Qxe7 Bxe7) 37. Qf6 {Strongly threatening d6.} Bg7 38. Qd8+ Bf8 39. g6 $2 {[#]} (39. d6 $18 {is the precise move to win. d7 would kill now.} Qe4 40. Qc8 (40. Bxa6 Qd5+ 41. b3 Qd2+ 42. Kb1 Qd1+ 43. Kb2 Qd2+ 44. Kb1 Qd1+ 45. Kb2 Qd2+ 46. Kb1 $11)) 39... Kg7 40. d6 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qe4 $16 41. Qc8 (41. Bxf7 f2 $16) 41... Bxd6) 41. Qc7 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adair, James R"]
[Black "Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,61,88,89,95,90,87,86,125,127,185,195,182,187,297,261,549,534,541,511,702,677,617,680,676,647,1035,1039,1022,1010,2716,2046]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Qh4 16. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 17. dxe5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bd7 18. Be3 Be8 19. Rc1 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Rac8 20. Bb1 b6 {1-0 (97) Socko,B (2615)-Olsson,A (2416) Gothenburg 2005}) 20. Bc5 Ng6 (20... Bf7 $16 {might work better.}) 21. f5 $18 Ngxe5 22. fxe6 b6 (22... Qg5 {was called for.} 23. Rf1 Bg6) 23. Bf8 Qg5 $2 {[#]} (23... g6 24. e7 Rd6) 24. Nf5 {White is clearly winning.} Bh5 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxh5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. e7 Re8 29. Ba4 Rac8 30. Nd6 Nd3 31. Rxc6 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Bentley, John L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,39,-16,11,-49,-5,-22,20,35,161,152,335,316,364,353,358,348,532,537,541,437,436,443,849,856,860,854]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. f3 c5 8. e3 {D01: Veresov Opening} Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. g4 ({White should try} 9. Bb5 $11) (9. O-O-O Be6 10. g4 Rc8 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nf4 c4 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. b3 cxb3 16. cxb3 {1-0 (41) Fridman,D (2616)-Miton,K (2603) Poznan 2014}) 9... Qa5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O d4 13. exd4 cxd4 {1-0 (32) Hebden,M (2467)-Murray,D (2181) Bunratty 2016}) 10. Bb5 {The position is equal.} e5 (10... h5 {NOTEXT} 11. gxh5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Bf5) 11. dxe5 Nxg4 {[#]} ({Better is} 11... Nd7 $14 12. Qxd5 Ndxe5) 12. Bxc6 $1 $18 ({Inferior is} 12. fxg4 d4 $15) 12... d4 $2 (12... bxc6 $16 13. fxg4 Bxg4) 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 bxc6 15. fxg4 Rd8 (15... c5 $142 16. Qf4 Qb4) 16. Qf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 17. Nge2 Rxb2 18. O-O Be6 (18... Qc5+ $142 19. Rf2 Qe7) 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Nf4 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,124,51,59,59,63,64,78,77,90,47,67,63,80,58,62,20,12,16,10,15,14,7,4,10,4,0,4,0,-4,0,0,-9,-6,-11,-6,-8,-2,-9,0,0,13,-10,-6,-10,-8,-11,-8,-14,-10,-17,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-25,-12,-23,-23,-89,-84,-91,-91,-165,-162,-151,-148,-311,-291,-285,-262,-495,-492,-1309,-1162,-1525,-1500,-1610,-1605,-1466,-1338,-1451,-1310,-7203,-9763,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 c6 9. h3 Nb6 {C41: Philidor Defence} (9... Re8 10. Ba2 Bf8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ng5 Re7 13. f4 b6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (16) Wang,H (2709)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 10. Bf1 Nfd7 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qf3 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bf8 15. Rad1 Qg5 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Bf4 {½-½ (53) Zufic,M (2375)-Biti,O (2352) Rabac 2004}) 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Re3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 (19. Nde2 {feels hotter.} g6 20. f4 Bg7 21. e5 Bf5 22. Nd4) 19... Bxc3 $1 20. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 21. Rxc3 Rxe4 22. Rxc5 Re7 23. Re5 Kf8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Kf1 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Be6 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Ke1 Bd5 29. Be2 {c4 is the strong threat.} Ke7 30. Nd4 Be4 31. Bf3 Bg6 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Ne2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke5 35. c3 f6 36. Nd4 c5 (36... Bf7 $11) 37. Ne2 ({Better is} 37. Nb5 $1 $14) 37... c4 38. b4 Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 39. Bxe4 Kxe4 40. bxa5 Nxa4 {KN-KN} 41. f3+ Ke5 42. Nd4 Nc5 43. Ke3 g6 44. Nb5 Ne6 45. g3 Kd5 46. Na7 (46. Na3 $11 {remains equal.}) 46... Kc5 $17 47. Nc8 Nc7 $1 48. h4 (48. g4 $17) 48... Nd5+ $19 49. Kd2 f5 $1 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 32]} 50. g4 $2 {[#]} (50. f4 $17) 50... fxg4 $1 51. fxg4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 52. hxg5 $2 (52. h5) 52... hxg5 53. Kc2 (53. Kc1 $142 Nxc3 54. Ne7) 53... Ne3+ 54. Kd2 Nxg4 55. Ne7 Nf6 56. Nf5 Ne4+ 57. Ke3 Nxc3 58. Ng7 Kd5 59. Ne8 Ke5 {Black mates.} 60. Ng7 Nd5+ 61. Kd2 Nf6 62. Kc3 g4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,54,41,59,0,5,-23,-31,-45,-43,-87,-60,-95,-95,-100,-53,-108,-112,-111,-79,-86,-87,-100,-100,-90,-102,-112,-31,-297,-315,-510,-478,-501,-478]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 11. a4 Bg7 12. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Rxa8 (13. e5 $14 Rxa1 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qxc6+ Qd7 16. Be4) 13... Qxa8 $11 {[#]} 14. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Nd7 16. Re1 O-O {0-1 (39) Sutovsky,E (2700)-Radjabov,T (2744) Ningbo 2011}) 14... Nd7 15. d3 O-O 16. Be3 Qa1 17. Qc1 b4 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Bd1 (19. Nd2 $15 Nxb3 20. Qxa1 Nxa1 21. Rxa1) 19... Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 20. Be2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nb6 22. c4 Na4 23. Nd2 Qa2 24. Bf1 Nc3 (24... Nc6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 25. Nf3 Nc3) 25. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. e5 $1 $15 Bxe5 26. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Rb2 $1 $19 26. Qa1 $2 (26. e5 {is the only way for White.} Bxe5+ 27. f4) 26... Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Qxd2 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Purton, Ben J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 {LiveBook: 389 Partien} O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bh6 Bxd5 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5 c5 15. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 f6 16. h4 a5 17. Kh2 Qc7 18. Bh3 Ng8 19. Be6 Nh6 20. f5 {0-1 (47) Brice,R (2075)-Cazelais,M (2201) Ottawa 2005}) 15... Qxc6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Qf4 f6 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rc2 Nc6 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. h3 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Rf7 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. f4 Nc6 26. a3 a5 27. b3 Nb8 28. Qc4 Qb6 29. b4 Na6 30. bxa5 Qb2 $16 (30... Qxa5 $14 31. Qxd4 Qxa3) 31. Rc2 Qb1+ 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wu, Christopher"]
[Black "George E O'Toole"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Rb8 8. Nbd2 c5 9. c4 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 *

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wu, Christopher"]
[Black "O`Toole, George E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Rb8 8. Nbd2 c5 9. c4 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Qb1 Qb6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nf1 e5 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Nb4 Ng4 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bh6 22. Re2 f5 23. exf5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxf5 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Ba3 e4 27. Bxc5 Rxd5 28. Be3 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 d5 31. Qd4 b4 32. Re2 Qc6 33. h4 Rb5 34. Kh2 Qc3 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qxb5 Qd4 39. Kg2 h5 40. Qa6+ Kf5 41. Qc8+ Ke5 42. Qh8+ Kd5 43. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogers, Jonathan W"]
[Black "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. O-O Nd5 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eckersley-Waites, Tom"]
[Black "Crocker, Philip J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,140,0,9,7,14,13,0,13,5,29,20,59,-6,0,-10,-4,-18,-4,-43,-6,-32,-15,-53,-45,-81,-82,-82,-69,-76,-89,-109,-62,-53,-52,-194,-142,-317,-173,-165,-154,-501,-499,-561,-538,-745,-191,-211,-181,-221,-238,-273,-265,-352,-352,-503,-508,-458,-320,-314,-148,-129,-91,-95,-76,-135,-144,-160,-134,-156,-119,-111,-102,-102,-75,-109,-109,-113,-102,-114,-102,-114,-102,-124,-108,-119,-102,-107,-102,-119,-29,-78,-69,-72,-8,-37,-37,-37,-37,-8,-8,-8,-8,-56,-77,-117,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Qf3 e6 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} 7. Qg3 Nd4 8. Nf3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. Black must now prevent Nxd4.} Nf5 9. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe5 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. d4 a5 14. c3 {½-½ (65) Kotan,L (2365)-Grosar,A (2470) Leipzig 2002}) 9... Nd5 10. d3 Nf6 11. Qh3 Be7 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. g5 $1 $14 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3) 13... Qxd4 $11 14. g5 Nd5 15. Ne2 Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. d4 O-O 17. c3 c5 18. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h7]} g6 19. Qg2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6 22. h4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. h5 ({White should play} 24. O-O $1 $15) 24... Bc4 (24... Rad8 $19 25. hxg6 fxg6) 25. Qe4 $2 (25. b3 $17 Bb4 26. bxc4 (26. cxb4 $2 Rae8+ 27. Be4 Qd4 $19) 26... Bxc3+ 27. Kf1) 25... Rac8 (25... Bc5 $142 26. Qxc4 Qc6) 26. hxg6 $19 (26. Qxf4 $2 Rfe8 $19) 26... fxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Bxf4 Qxb2 {[#]} 28. Be5 $3 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Bd3 $2 ({Don't blunder} 27. Qxe7 $2 Rce8 $19) (27. Bb3 $17 {nothing else works.} Qc6 28. Qxc6 (28. Bxc4+ Qxc4 29. Qxc4+ Rxc4 $17) 28... Rxc6 29. Bd2) 27... Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe6+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ $2 (29... Qd5 30. Rh3 Bxg5) 30. Kxe2 Bxg5 31. Kf3 Rcd8 32. c4 Rd3+ 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. a4 (34. Kf1 $142) 34... Be7 35. Re1 f3+ 36. Kh3 Kf7 ({Weaker is} 36... Rh5+ 37. Kg4 $17) (36... Bc5 $19 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 h5) 37. Be3 $17 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. Re4 (39. Rad1 $142 Rb3 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Ree7) 39... Rb3 40. Rf4+ Kg7 41. Rd1 {intending Rd7+.} Rc7 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. a5 Ra4 ({Inferior is} 43... Rbxc4 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Rd7+ Kf6 46. Rxb7 $14) (43... Rcxc4 44. Rd7+ Kh6 45. Rxc4 $11) 44. b3 Rxa5 45. Rxf3 Ra6 46. Kg3 Rf6 47. Rfd3 Rcf7 48. Ra2 a6 49. Rc2 g5 50. c5 h5 51. Kg2 g4 ({Black should try} 51... h4 $17 52. f3 Kg6) 52. Rd4 Kg6 53. b4 Rf4 (53... Kg5 $17 54. Rd5+ Kh4) 54. Rxf4 Rxf4 $11 {KR-KR} 55. c6 bxc6 56. Rxc6+ Rf6 57. Rc4 Kg5 58. Rc5+ Rf5 59. Rc6 Rb5 ({Better is} 59... a5 $17 60. bxa5 Rxa5) 60. Rxa6 {The position is equal.} Rxb4 61. Ra5+ Kh4 {...Rf4 is the strong threat.} 62. Rc5 Rb3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra3.} 63. Ra5 $1 Rf3 {Hoping for ...Rf6.} 64. Rb5 Rf7 {And now ...Rf6 would win.} 65. Ra5 Rg7 66. Rb5 Rg5 (66... Rg6 $5) 67. Rb8 Rf5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf3.} 68. Rg8 Ra5 {aiming for ...Rf5.} 69. Rg7 Rg5 70. Ra7 Rf5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carleton, John J"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,46,0,13,-27,0,-20,36,-75,-97,-77,-89,-93,-64,-118,-131,-190,-190,-190,-186,-198,-185,-377,-365,-366,-343,-446,-435,-730,-689]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. O-O Na6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. E77: King's Indian: Four Pawns Attack: 6 Be2 incl 6...c5 7 d5 e6 8 Nf3, but not Benoni} (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Bd2 a6 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Ne2 Qf7 {0-1 (27) Inkiov,V (2448)-Giannoulakis,L (2335) Thessaloniki 2017}) 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 Ne4 (12... Bd7 $11) 13. Nxe4 $146 (13. gxf5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bxc3 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 (15. bxc3 $2 Nxc3 16. Qb3 Nxe2+ 17. Kg2 Qf6 $19) 15... Bd4+ 16. Kg2) ({Predecessor:} 13. gxf5 Bxc3 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Re1 Ng3 17. Kh2 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Nh5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Rc1 Re2+ {0-1 (24) Pham,P-Trommsdorf,F Paris 1990}) 13... Bxe4 $17 14. a3 Qe7 15. Bd3 Nc7 {...b5! is the strong threat.} 16. a4 (16. Ra2 $1 $15) 16... Na6 {[%cal Bc7a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 17. Ra3 (17. Rf2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 17... Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Re3 Qxc4 {Strongly threatening ...Rxe3.} 20. Rfe1 $2 {[#]} (20. b3 {keeps fighting.} Qc2 21. Qxc2 Nxc2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf2) 20... Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Nxd5 22. Rd3 Nxf4 23. Rxd6 {[#]} (23. Bxf4 $142 Qxf4 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25. Kg2) 23... Qxc1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 12%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Congiu, Mathilde"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,152,12,15,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-9,-21,-30,-33,0,0,25,25,34,29,28,-42,-41,-18,-14,-49,-49,-52,-54,-49,-53,-46,-52,-44,-44,-42,-25,-20,-25,-24,-20,-28,-28,-27,-33,-27,-29,-29,-27,-32,-25,-25,-25,-40,-36,-40,-40,-39,-40,-40,-40,-40,-31,-37,-11,-10,-11,-10,-10,-19,-8,-10,-9,-11,-10,-16,-11,-16,-10,-20,-10,-60,-21,-60,-66,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-1523,0,-1522,-1468,-1602,-1602,-1602,-1285,-1216,-1160,-1025,-988,-881,-407,-385,-378,-378,-251,-9627,-4185,-10543,-10521,-10560,-10444,-2769,-2769,-29964,-29965,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. d4 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 Nd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 a5 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 gxf5 19. a3 {1-0 (52) Rublevsky,S (2678)-Areshchenko,A (2687) Olginka 2011}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne5 12. Kh2 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Nce2 Qc7 15. a3 a5 16. axb4 axb4 {½-½ (65) Vuksanovic,Z (2178)-Lazic,M (2003) Vrnjacka Banja 2013}) 12. a4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Kh2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Ne5 16. Qd1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Bg5 (19. Nb4 $11) 19... Nxd5 $15 20. exd5 Qc5 21. c3 b4 22. Be3 {[#] Hoping for Nc6.} Nc4 23. Ne6 Nxe3 24. Nxc5 Nxd1 25. Nxd7 Rb7 26. Rfxd1 Rxd7 (26... bxc3 {with more complications.} 27. bxc3 Rxd7 28. Rac1 Ra7 29. Rc2 Rea8) 27. cxb4 Rb7 28. Ra4 Reb8 29. b3 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rd3 Bd4 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Bf1 e5 34. dxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Bg2 d5 36. Kf1 g5 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Bf3 Ke7 39. Bg2 Kd6 40. f4 h6 41. Bf3 Kc5 42. Bg4 Rb6 43. Bf3 gxf4 44. gxf4 Bf6 45. f5 d4 46. fxe6 Rxe6+ 47. Kd1 Ra6 48. Bg4 Bg5 49. Ke2 (49. b4+ $5 Kc4 50. Be2 Ra1+ 51. Kc2 $15) 49... Be3 50. Kf3 Kd5 51. Rxe3 $15 {KRB-KR} (51. h4 $15) 51... Rf6+ $17 (51... dxe3 $2 52. Kxe3 Rb6 53. Bd1) 52. Ke2 dxe3 53. Kxe3 {KR-KB} Rb6 54. Bd1 Ke5 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Kg3 Re4 57. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Bc2 $17 Re2 58. Bd1) 57... Rb4 $2 (57... h5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Re1.} 58. Be2 h4) 58. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. Kg3 $11 Kf5 59. Kf3) 58... Rh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 59. Bg4 h5 60. Bd7 Rb4 61. Ba4 Kf6 62. Kf2 Kg5 63. Kg3 Re4 64. Kf3 Rf4+ 65. Kg3 Rb4 66. Kf2 $2 (66. Bc6) 66... Kh4 67. Bd7 Rxb3 68. Be6 Rc3 69. Bd7 Kg5 70. Be6 Kf4 {Black mates.} 71. Bd7 Rc2+ 72. Ke1 Rc7 73. Bb5 Kg3 74. Be2 Rc5 75. Bf1 Rc1+ 76. Ke2 h4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitchell, Martin"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 h5 10. Bd3 {E13: Damenindisch (5.Lg5)} Nxg3 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 g4 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. O-O Qe7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O-O {1-0 (38) Moiseenko,A (2657)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 11. fxg3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. hxg3 g4 12. Ne5 Qf6 13. Be4 c6 14. Qa4 Be7 15. f4 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Qg5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Nd3 {1-0 (18) Hasyn,T (1782)-Matisz,G (1600) FICGS email 2011}) 11... g4 12. Ne5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O Qg5 16. e4 O-O-O 17. Qc1 Qg7 18. Qf4 Rdf8 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rab1 cxd4 $2 {[#]} (20... c4 $16 {war nötig.}) 21. e5 $18 d6 22. exd6 Kd7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Rxc7 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. d5 e5 28. Qf5+ Ke7 29. Qxh5 Rd6 30. Re1 f6 31. Qf5 Qh6 32. Qxg4 Rdd7 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. d6 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivell, Nicholas W"]
[Black "Wheeler, Darren P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 e5 9. d5 {E26: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 e3} (9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxe5 Naxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qe4 b5 18. Qd3 {½-½ (101) Flores,D (2579)-Jobava,B (2702) Doha 2016}) 9... Ne7 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 f5 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bd2 Ng7 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Re2 Ng8 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. h3 {0-1 (49) Lasinskas,P (2212)-Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2385) Torredembarra 2014}) 10... Nh5 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 O-O 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. Raf2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Re8 16. e4 Rf8 17. Be3 f6 18. Qb1 b6 19. h3 Kf7 20. Qd1 Ke8 21. Kh2 $11 (21. Qh5 $16) 21... Kd8 22. Be2 Kc7 23. Qb3 Bd7 24. Qc2 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard J D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,13,14,14,17,8,8,22,11,20,8,19,20,12,-11,22,31,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,71,164,166,154,158,177,0,0,0,172,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ (5... Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nc3 Qb6 {½-½ (15) Rahman,Z (2523)-Ivanchuk,V (2744) Tromsoe 2014}) 6. Nbd2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxd2+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bd3 d6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. g3 {1-0 (41) Straka,V (2323)-Cifka,S (2411) Czechia 2013}) 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Qg6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxe5 ({Better is} 16. Nxe5 $14 Qxg2 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6) 16... Ba6 $11 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. Qc3 Rab8 19. Rd7 Qe6 (19... Re4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 c5) 20. Rhd1 $16 Qa2 (20... Be2 $16) 21. Nd4 $1 $18 (21. Rxa7 Rb3 $15) 21... Re4 {[#] ...c5! is the strong threat.} 22. Qc2 $1 (22. Nxc6 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Nxh6 Rb1#) 22... g6 23. Qb1 (23. Rxa7 c5 $11) ({Inferior is} 23. Nxc6 Rc4 $11) 23... Qc4+ 24. Qc2 Qa2 $1 {White should prevent ...c5!} 25. Qb1 $2 ({Of course not} 25. Rxa7 $6 c5 $11) ({And not} 25. Nxc6 Rc4 $11) (25. Rc7 $18) 25... Qc4+ $11 26. Qc2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asenov, Pavel"]
[Black "Coleman, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. g4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 c5 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Qe7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne8 16. Rc1 b4 17. Nd1 g5 18. Ne3 f6 19. Ngf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qd7 21. Be2 Ra7 22. Bd1 Rc7 23. f4 exf4 24. Bf3 Ng7 25. Nxg7 Qxg7 26. Qxg7+ Rxg7 27. Kf2 h6 28. b3 Re7 29. Rhg1 Rfe8 30. Ra1 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horton, Jamie A"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,25,11,18,17,27,28,25,22,20,33,32,-14,0,-9,-4,-8,0,-12,-6,-12,0,-13,-15,-14,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-21,-31,15,-36,-19,-106,-106,-105,-104,-128,-128,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-131,-54,-32,-35,-46,0,0,16,10,8,0,8,8,50,57,67,22,58,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Be2 Bf5 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. O-O dxc4 {White has an edge.} 11. Bxc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Nb4 13. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh2 a5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a3 {½-½ (44) Vayser,V (2569)-Rhodes,J (2452) ICCF email 2010}) 13... Rfc8 (13... c5 {is interesting.} 14. Be5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rfd8) 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 a5 17. Nf3 a4 18. Ba2 Ra5 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Rac1 Rb5 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Be5 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 23. Re2 $1 c5 (23... Nd6 {feels hotter.} 24. h3 g5 25. Bh2 c5 26. Rc3 Kf8) 24. Bxg7 ({White should try} 24. Nh4 $11) 24... Kxg7 $15 25. dxc5 (25. Ne5 $11) 25... Rbxc5 $17 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. h3 Rc1+ $1 28. Kh2 {[#]} Bd7 $1 29. Bd5 {[#]} Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e2]} 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 Nxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Bf3 Bc6 33. Kg3 Ne4+ 34. Kf4 Nd6 (34... g5+ $17 35. Ke5 f6+ 36. Ke6 Kf8) 35. Bxc6 $15 bxc6 {KN-KN} 36. Nd3 Kf6 {White must now prevent ...e5+!} 37. Nc5 g5+ 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Nxa4 Kd5 40. b3 h5 41. Nc3+ Ke5 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 (43. Kxg4 $14 f6 44. a4) 43... f6 $11 44. a4 Ne8 45. Ke2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klingher, Dominic"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 h5 11. f4 h4 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nh5 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. Be5 d6 16. Bc3 Qc6 17. Rf3 Qd7 18. Qe1 d5 19. Nd4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ng3+ 21. Rxg3 hxg3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bg6+ Kd8 24. Qxg3 Kc7 25. b4 Bd6 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Kg1 Rad8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qa7+ Qb7 31. Qe3 Kb8 32. Bd4 Bxg2 33. Bb6 Rxh3 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stewart, Ashley"]
[Black "Lund, D Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. f4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (8. O-O Na6 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Nc7 11. e4 fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. f5 Bf7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Bc5+ {0-1 (37) Chatalbashev,B (2542)-Rombaldoni,D (2471) Innsbruck 2017}) 8... Qe8 9. O-O Bd8 10. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d4 Qh5 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. Nd1 {½-½ (50) Vigus,J (2285)-Williams,S (2421) Witley 1999}) 10... a5 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rae1 Bb6 14. d4 e4 15. Ba3 Bc7 16. d5 Nb4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. Nd4 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Na4 Bd6 23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rc1 Qe8 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Bb5 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qa7 (31... Qc7 $14 32. Qxc7 Bxc7) 32. Qc8+ ({Much weaker is} 32. Nxf5 $6 Bc5 $11) 32... Bf8 33. Qxf5 Bc5 34. Qc8+ Kf7 {Don't play} 35. Qe6+ $6 Kf8 $16 36. Qe5 (36. Nf5 $16) 36... Kf7 {[#]} 37. Be8+ $16 (37. Bc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d5] is the precise move to win.} Bxd4 38. Bxd5+ (38. exd4 Qa5 $16) (38. Qxd4 Qxd4 39. exd4 Ke6 $16) 38... Kf8 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Bc6+ Kf7 41. Qxd4 (41. exd4 Qxa2 42. Bd5+ Kg6 $16) 41... Qxd4 42. exd4) 37... Nxe8 $2 (37... Kf8 $16 38. Bc6 Bxd4 39. exd4 e3) 38. Qxd5+ Ke7 39. Nc6+ Kf8 40. Nd4 Nf6 41. Qe5 Kf7 42. Ne6 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russell, Christopher"]
[Black "Manley, Jon P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Re1 h6 11. d4 Qf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. Nxe5 Rfe8 15. f4 b6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qf2 Qc8 18. Nd3 Qa6 19. Nb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc4 21. Bf1 b5 22. a4 Qd6 23. axb5 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qxd5 25. Rd4 Qa2 26. Rd2 Qb1 27. Rde2 Qxb5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxa7 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Willis, Rupert"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,-23,-26,-42,-52,-78,-77,-94,-112,-112,-115,-107,-83,-89,-82,-97,-99,-96,-93,-164,-80,-72,-48,-30,-51,-100,-104,-281,-270,-286,-270,-328,-353,-447,-457,-460,-446,-442,-443,-636,-633,-685,-678,-678,-668]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 a6 5. a4 (5. O-O Nc6 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 e5 8. Rb1 Nge7 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rxb7 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {0-1 (41) Aronian,L (2785)-Grandelius,N (2643) Doha 2016}) 5... Nc6 6. Na3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...e4.} 7. Nxc4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 8. Nfe5 {[#]Black is better.} Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qd5 9. f4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 f6 11. Nd3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 exd3 {0-1 (27) Frumkin,E (2029)-Parry,M (2292) New York 2007}) 9. Nxe5 Qd4 10. f4 Bb4 {White must now prevent ...f6.} 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Qc4 ({Wrong is} 12. Nc6 $2 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 $19) 12... Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Ne3 {[#]} (14. b3 $17) 14... O-O-O (14... Bb3 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 15. Nf5 O-O-O) 15. Nc2 $17 Be7 {...Bb3 is the strong threat.} (15... a5 {with more complications.} 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. b3 Rd6 18. Bb2 Rhd8) 16. b4 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 17. Rb1 h4 18. O-O $2 (18. Rg1 $17) 18... hxg3 $19 19. hxg3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g3,Bg3e2][%mdl 32]} 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. f5 Nxe2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Kf2 Nxc1 23. Rfxc1 Rxd2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Ke1 $142 Rxg2 25. Nxg2 Bxf5 26. Kf2) 24... Ba2 25. Rd1 Bxb1 26. Rxd2 Bd3+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Snape, Ian L"]
[Black "House, Glenn L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (10... Ng4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. b3 Re8 16. Bf4 d5 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Be3 dxc4 {1-0 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Korotylev,A (2600) Moscow 2007}) 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfe1 Na6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nac5 19. Bf2 a4 20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Nc5 22. a5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Qxa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxd6 {½-½ (51) Baules,J (2311)-Lorenzana,W (2185) Panama City 2013}) 16... Ned7 17. Bf2 Na6 18. Rfe1 Ndc5 19. a3 Qf8 20. g4 $16 Bd7 21. Nce2 Qe7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nde2 Bc8 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qh4 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Qd2 a4 29. b4 Qh4 30. Qf2 Nb3 31. f5 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 c5 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. e5 Qd4 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Bd5 Nc5 39. Rxd4 Kf8 40. Rd1 Re8 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Latham, David"]
[Black "Bellin, Jana M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd2 {A33: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} (10. Nd4 Bd7 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. e4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. f3 b6 {0-1 (32) Fontaine,R (2545)-Mastrovasilis,A (2547) playchess.com INT 2006}) 10... O-O 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Rd8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b6 16. e3 Bb7 17. f4 f5 {1-0 (37) Danchevski,O (2395)-Kollari,S Skopje 2013}) 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Qd8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 d5 18. e4 Be6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qd3 Qa5 21. a3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ne4 $11 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. b4 f5 28. Bb2 Kf7 29. f3 exf3 30. Bxf3 Bg5 31. Kf2 g6 32. Bc6 Bc4 33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa4 Be7 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. Be8 Kd6 37. Ke3 Bg5+ 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bc6 Kd6 40. Bf3 Bd5 41. Be2 Bb7 42. Bd4 f4 43. Bc5+ Ke5 44. Ba7 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Kd6 46. b5 Bf6 47. Be3 Bc3 48. Bf3 Kc7 49. Bxb7 Kxb7 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ke4 Be1 52. Kf3 h4 53. gxh4 Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murphy, Hugh W"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,112,0,10,8,10,0,28,25,22,14,16,16,11,15,14,2,10,3,7,4,11,8,4,6,17,10,23,0,0,0,0,0,17,2,20,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,6,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-79,-80,-74,-84,0,0,0,-169,-162,-163,-138,-373,-343,-342,-321,-1152,-1309,-2270,-2246,-29964,-29966,-5601,-6211,-29974,-29976,-29972,-29972,-29985,-29977,-29984,-29984,-29982,-29982,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} dxe5 11. Qc2 (11. Na3 c6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. exd5 Qxh4 17. Nxe5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Qc4 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (19) Macieja,B (2608)-Ponomariov,R (2673) Ohrid 2001}) 11... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe8 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nc4 Kg7 16. a4 Qe7 17. Bf1 Bg4 {0-1 (41) Libiszewski,F (2480)-Chadaev,N (2535) Moscow 2008}) 12. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Qe8 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. a4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. f3 Rfe8 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Kf8 24. Kg2 c6 25. b3 Qe7 26. Rxd8 (26. Nc4 {is more complex.} Kg7 27. Qe2 Rf8 28. Qb2 Nd7 29. b4) 26... Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 30. b4 Ke7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. g4 Nf6 33. g5 Ne8 34. Ke2 Nd6 35. c4 (35. Nd1 $11) 35... f6 $17 36. gxf6 Kxf6 37. Kf2 g5 (37... Ke7 $17) 38. Kg3 $11 Nb7 39. Nf5 $2 (39. Kh3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 39... c5 40. b5 Na5 41. Nd6 $2 (41. hxg5+ $17 {keeps fighting.} Kxg5 42. Nd6) 41... gxh4+ $19 42. Kxh4 Ke6 43. Nc8 $2 (43. Nf5 Nxc4 44. Ng7+ Kf7 45. Nf5) 43... Nxc4 44. Nxa7 {[#]} Na5 $1 45. f4 exf4 46. Nc8 Ke5 47. Nxb6 Kxe4 {Black mates.} 48. Nd7 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 49. b6 Kd4 50. Nf8 c3 51. Ne6+ Ke3 52. Nc5 f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 53. Nb3 Nb7 54. Kg3 {[#]} h4+ $1 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 544]} 55. Kh3 (55. Kxh4 f2) 55... f2 56. Kg2 {[#]} h3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sucikova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Linford, Charles M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 11. Rfd1 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. e4 Rac8 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Nd2 Qb8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ne3 h5 18. Re1 Bc6 19. b4 b5 20. a3 Qb7 21. Ncd5 Qa8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {1-0 (72) Moradiabadi,E (2551)-Hambleton,A (2480) Montreal 2013}) 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Qh4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Qg4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bf8 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. Qh3 h6 {[#]} 23. Rxd8 $1 Qc6 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxd8 26. Nxd8 Bd5 27. Bd4 Bc5 (27... b5 $142 28. f3 Be7) 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. e4 Bxe4 30. Ne6 c4 31. bxc4 Bb1 32. a3 Ba2 33. f4 Bxc4 34. Nd4 Bd3 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Bc4 37. Nc6 Bb5 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Ke4 (39. Ng4+ $18 Kg7 40. Ke4) 39... h5 40. Kd5 Kf5 41. Kd6 h4 $11 42. gxh4 Kxf4 43. Nxg6+ Kg4 44. Kc5 Kh5 45. Nf4+ Kxh4 46. Nd5 Kh3 47. Nc7 Ba4 48. Kb4 Bd1 49. Nxa6 Kxh2 50. Nc5 Kg3 51. Nb3 Kf4 52. a4 Ke5 53. a5 Bxb3 54. Kxb3 Kd6 55. a6 Kc7 56. a7 Kb7 57. Kc4 Ka8 58. Kd5 Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ahluwalia, Amardip"]
[Black "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 d5 12. Nf1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Be6 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 g6 18. Rad1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bhatia, Kanwal K"]
[Black "Matta, Francesca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd1 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 d6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be6 13. f4 Rac8 14. Na3 a6 15. f5 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bb3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxd5 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Qc5 25. Ne3 Be7 26. Ng4 f6 27. Nf2 Qc6 28. Ne4 b4 29. h3 bxc3 30. Nxc3 Bb4 31. Ne4 Qa4 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Nc5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxc5 36. Qxa4 Bg1+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Rd4+ 39. Qxd4 Bxd4 40. Rb1 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. b4 g6 45. g4 Bb2 46. Rb1 Bd4 47. a4 Bb6 48. Rc1 Bd8 49. Rc8 Be7 50. Ra8 gxf5+ 51. gxf5 Kc7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxa6 Bxb4 54. Rxf6 Bc3 55. Rf7 h6 56. Rh7 Ke8 57. Rxh6 Ke7 58. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ahluwalia, Balvinder"]
[Black "Ackley, Peter J E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bg5 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Re1 Ndf6 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Ne4 15. g4 O-O 16. c3 d5 17. Qb3 c6 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balvinder Ahluwalia"]
[Black "Ackley, Peter J E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bg5 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Re1 Ndf6 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Ne4 15. g4 O-O 16. c3 d5 17. Qb3 c6 0-1

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,111,0,2,28,31,42,-13,0,-6,-3,0,0,-7,-8,-21,-9,-37,-40,-37,-38,-29,-7,-43,-12,-7,-7,-7,-7,-13,-12,-10,-3,-12,-8,-27,28,25,24,25,27,31,21,24,33,0,35,41,34,50,27,28,28,28,33,26,27,20,61,25,137,137,316,307,190,187,281,259,331,88,95,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 (10... h6 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Re1 a4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2740)-Kovalenko,I (2639) Katowice 2017}) 11. e5 Bc7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 14. Re1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 {½-½ (44) Baranyuk,A (2251)-Jeute,V (2259) ICCF email 2014}) 15. Qc2 (15. Bxg6 $14 hxg6 16. Qd3) 15... Bc6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 h6 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Re2 Rab8 21. b3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd3 23. Be1 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Re3 (24. Qxf4 Qxe2) 24... Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd3 26. Bc3 Rd5 27. Kf1 Rb5 28. Rb1 a5 29. h4 c4 (29... Nb4 $142) 30. Rxc4 $11 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Kg8 34. a4 Rbc5 (34... Rb8 {is more complex.} 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. g3 g6 37. Rc4 Kg7) 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Bd4 Rd5 37. Be3 Kf8 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. h5 f5 (41... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Rd4 $16 Nc6 $2 (42... g5 $16) 43. Rxd5+ $18 Kxd5 {KB-KN} 44. Kd3 Ne5+ (44... e5 $142 45. Kc3 f4) 45. Kc3 Ng4 46. a5 $2 (46. Kb4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 46... e5 47. Kb4 (47. a6 $16 Kc6 48. Bc5) 47... Kc6 $1 $11 48. Kc4 Nf6 $1 49. a6 f4 50. Bc5 Nxh5 51. Bd6 e4 52. Kd4 {a7 is the strong threat.} f3 {[#]} (52... e3 $1 $11 53. fxe3 fxe3 54. Kxe3 Kb6) 53. g3 $1 $16 {Hoping for Be5.White is better.} Nf6 {[#]} 54. Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ng4 55. Kxe4 Nxf2+ ({But not} 55... Nxe5 $2 56. Kxe5 Kb6 57. Kf4 $18) 56. Kxf3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2017-18"]
[Site "Northampton"]
[Date "2018.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,104,0,0,0,2,8,-11,-12,-24,7,-37,-25,-35,-24,-31,-29,-17,-27,-28,-22,-38,-24,-23,-7,-6,0,-10,0,0,0,-36,-35,-50,-36,-45,-22,-66,-54,-75,-79,-81,-80,-81,-79,-79,-91,-225,-212,-243,-231,-226,-258,-237,-233,-224,-237,-273,-285,-1539,-1571,-1241,-1485,-1210,-737,-1512,-1427,-1512,-878,-584,-173,-2647,-1205,-5197,-5072,-5065,-3596,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} f6 13. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 e5 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Qxh7 Be6 17. Bg7 {0-1 (32) Libiszewski,F (2540)-Sadler,M (2687) England 2018}) 13... a5 14. Be3 a4 15. Nc1 O-O (15... d4 $5 16. Bxd4 e5 $11) 16. b4 (16. cxd5 {keeps more tension.} Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Ne2 d4 19. Bxd4 Rd8 20. Rfc1) 16... axb3 17. Nxb3 Ra4 (17... d4 {is more complex.} 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. h4 Rd8 20. Qg4 e5) 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd4 Ra3 22. Rb4 Rd7 23. h4 Rc7 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Rb6 Ra4 27. Bb2 Rc6 28. Rb5 Re6 29. Nd4 Re4 30. c6 bxc6 31. Nxc6 Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 32. Rb6 Bxc6 $1 33. Rxc6 Re2 34. Rb6 {[#]} (34. Bh8 $17 {was forced.}) 34... Bc5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b6]} 35. Rb7+ Ke6 {aiming for ...Rf4.} 36. Rc1 Rc4 (36... Bxf2+ 37. Kf1 $17) (36... Rxa2 37. Rxc5 Raxb2 38. Rc6+ Ke5 39. Re7+ Kd4 40. Rf7 $17) 37. Rxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rb5 Kd6 ({Weaker is} 38... Rxf2 39. Rxc5 Rxb2 40. Rxc4 $15) ({Resist} 38... Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 $17) 39. Bg7 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf8+.} Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} ({Not} 39... Bxf2+ 40. Kf1 $17) 40. Rb2 $2 (40. a4) 40... Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Rxb2 42. Bxb2 {KB-KB} Bg3 43. a4 g4 44. Ke2 h5 45. Ke3 Kd5 $2 (45... h4 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 46. Bc3 Kc5) 46. Bc3 $2 (46. a5) 46... Be5 47. Be1 c3 48. Kd3 g3 49. Bxg3 Bxg3 {Black mates.} 50. Kxc3 Ke4 51. Kd2 Bf2 52. Ke2 Bc5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

