[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,14,-7,-9,-7,0,-13,-13,-12,-10,-1,2,0,0,-41,-37,-53,-43,-46,-46,-46,-45,-45,-50,-50,-47,-54,-43,-50,-52,-46,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-46,-46,-46,-34,-13,-18,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1513,-1804,-1752,-1804,-1557,-1522,-5270,-5422,-4798,-4911,-2233,-2230,-5202,-1245,-29990,-29991,-29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bc4 (5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. Qc3 Qxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Bxc5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Be3 {1-0 (55) Smerdon,D (2527)-Zeller,F (2397) Germany 2017}) 5... Nbd7 6. Bb3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Nf6 9. Qd3 Bd6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O {1-0 (71) Mouhamad,J (2113)-Cayla,J (1991) Montlucon 2011}) 7. a4 e6 8. d4 {The position is equal.} c5 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nc3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Ke3 f5 23. Rac1 g5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Nb1 f4+ 26. Ke2 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nd2 (27. fxg4 Rg8) 27... gxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rd5 29. Rc4 Rf5 30. b4 Bd5 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rxh7 axb4 33. h4 Kc5 34. Kd3 $1 b3 35. h5 Kb4 36. h6 {[#] aiming for Rc7.} Rh5 37. Rh8 e5 38. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. a5 $11) 38... Bc4+ $19 39. Kd2 Rh2+ 40. Kc1 Rc2+ 41. Kd1 Rxb2 {( -> ...Rg2)} 42. Rb8 Rh2 43. Rxb7+ Ka3 44. h7 b2 (44... Be2+ $142 45. Ke1 Bxf3 46. Rxb3+ Kxb3 47. Nd2+ Kxa4 48. Nxf3 Rxh7) 45. Nd2 Rh1+ 46. Kc2 Rc1# {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,12,10,33,32,21,6,21,21,31,10,18,21,16,25,19,19,32,29,15,23,37,38,37,47,54,43,136,130,158,140,159,185,222,222,222,222,222,222,218,218,288,254,416,394,416,295,609,543,574,551,726,705,740,738,6131,5006,29965,12831,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Na6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (8... Bb7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. e4 {½-½ (45) Yu,Y (2751)-Sargissian,G (2672) Riadh 2017}) 9. a3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 {[%cal Rd5e4] The position is equal.} 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Rc8 {aiming for ...b5.} 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Rac1 b5 18. Ne3 $146 {Qxc7 is the strong threat.} Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Rfd8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd1+.} 20. Ncd4 Nxd4 (20... Bxf3 $14 21. Nxf3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ng4) 21. Nxd4 $16 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 {Hoping for Nc6.} Rxc1 23. Rxc1 a6 {[#]} 24. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Bf8 25. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rc6 Ra8 {[#]} 27. Rb6 $1 ({Don't do} 27. Rxf6 a5) 27... Bg7 28. g4 h5 $2 (28... h6 29. h4 Kh7) 29. gxh5 Kh7 30. Kf3 Kg8 $2 (30... Bf8 31. Rxf6 Kg8) 31. Kg4 Bf8 32. f4 a5 33. Rxb5 axb4 34. axb4 Ra2 35. Rb8 Rxh2 36. h6 Rh1 37. Ne7+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Delorme, Alban"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,59,28,13,16,27,22,26,31,26,12,71,70,51,70,118,119,114,94,91,91,109,106,107,110,110,109,109,116,102,102,114,110,96,58,54,53,53,53,55,15]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxc4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Qa4 {0-1 (46) Studer,N (2493)-Bacrot,E (2715) Biel 2017}) 14... bxc5 15. Rfd1 Nb6 (15... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. a4 $16 Qxe2 ({Don't go for} 16... Bxe2 $2 17. Re1 $18) 17. Qxc5 Rac8 {[#]} 18. Qa5 $1 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} Rc2 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 {Bf1 is the strong threat.} Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 {[#]} 22. Qc3 $1 ({But not} 22. Bxd5 $2 Qh5 $19) 22... Rb8 23. Re1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd5 {Hoping for Re7. KRB-KRB} Kf8 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Rf3 Bg6 {White is slightly better.} 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Bxb3 Ke7 30. f4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Markidis, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,45,17,22,20,25,22,35,18,25,10,22,0,0,-47,-12,-17,0,-36,-3,-8,-10,0,0,-5,-6,-14,-13,-9,-25,0,-3,-17,-7,-69]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Ba7 10. h3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 11. d4 Nc6 $146 {[%cal Re5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Re8 {0-1 (35) Bacrot,E (2718)-Bu,X (2725) Liaocheng 2018}) 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. Nc4 Bd7 15. b4 Nh7 16. Ne3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. g3 Qf6 19. h4 Qg6 20. h5 Qf6 21. Bg2 Qd8 22. Ra2 a5 23. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 60%.} (23. Nf5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Frendzas, Panayotis"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,-4,7,-11,-1,-9,0,-14,2,-20,-27,-21,-18,-23,-25,-18,-14,-18,-12,-23,-12,-22,-13,-22,-14,-29,-17,-31,-21,-24,-20,-16,-23,-18,-18,-14,-14,-17,-14,-70,-59,-70,-74,-91,-86,-101,-96,-85,-108,-95,-100,-142,-105,-89,-95,-156,-159,-242,-242,-228,-220,-225,-220,-300,-279,-310,-283,-639,-641,-614,-570,-549,-522]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 c5 (5... O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. c3 c5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd7 {1-0 (55) Duda,J (2738)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Qc7 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nb3 Bd7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 15. Bd3 Rc7 16. Kd2 Rac8 17. Ne5 Be8 {½-½ (17) Marzaduri,R (2104)-Favaloro,A (2209) Gioiosa Marea 2018}) 9... Bxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qa4 h6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Qa3 b6 16. c4 Bc6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. b4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 b5 {White must now prevent ...Rxd1.} 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 cxb4 24. Rb1 (24. Nc6 $11 Rxd1 25. Rxd1) 24... Rd2 $15 25. Rxb4 a6 26. Ra1 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 27. a4 Nd5 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. exd4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b4 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. Nb3 Rxf3 32. Nc5 ({Better is} 32. Kg2 Rc3 33. Nc5) 32... a5 33. Kg2 {[#]} (33. Nb3 $17) 33... Ra3 $1 $19 34. Re1 Nc3 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Nxa4 37. Rxa5 {[#]} Nc3 $1 38. Rxa3 $2 (38. Nb7) 38... bxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kf3 a2 40. Nb3 Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Sredojevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,135,40,40,33,29,33,50,49,44,44,46,50,49,44,58,62,49,49,57,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,41,58,427,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,29,46,0,13,9,7,3,108,124,127,135,156,45,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,84,43,193,77,135,120,113,-162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,35,34,95,0,0,0,154,86,86,86,86,86,202,0,137,127,118,134,134,125,162,168,183,28,39,18,225,0,29972,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29975,29966]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qd2 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Rc8 11. Rd1 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bh3 Bd7 15. Bg2 Bc6 16. Bh3 Rb8 17. b4 b6 {1-0 (37) Xu,X (2543)-Karthikeyan,M (2578) Tarvisio 2017}) 12. Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bc6 13. Nc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6 15. Qb2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e4 Kg8 18. f4 (18. Rac1 $14) 18... b5 $11 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rac1 Rc5 21. Nd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Nb6 $14) 23. Nb4 $2 (23. Rc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc8d8][%mdl 512]} exd5 (23... Qxc8 24. Ne7#) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. exd5) 23... Qa8 24. Qd4 Nc5 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Kg1 Na6 28. Nd3 Qc6 29. h4 Qc7 30. h5 e5 31. Qe3 Nc5 (31... Qc3 $11) 32. Nb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4d5]} exf4 33. gxf4 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Qd7 34. Nd5 ({White should play} 34. f5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Qe8 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. fxg6) 34... Qg4+ $14 35. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} (35. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Nd7 36. hxg6 $14) 35... Nd7 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qc3 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Re8 38. Qd4 f6 39. Ke1 Kf7 40. Kd2 Rc8 41. Qe3 Rc5 (41... Qh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 42. Rh2 $16 {b4 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (42... b4 $1 $14) 43. Qf2 (43. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rc8 44. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 43... b4 (43... Qe6 $142) 44. Ne3 Qe6 {[#]} 45. Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Nf5+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] is forced if you want to stay better.} gxf5 46. Qg2+ Kf8 47. Rh7) 45... Nf8 $2 (45... Rh5 $19 46. Qg3 Rxh2+ 47. Qxh2 Nc5) 46. f5 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qe5 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. fxg6+ Ke8 $1 49. Nc4 Qg5+ 50. Kc2 {White wants to mate with g7.} Qxg6 (50... Qe5 $5) 51. Kb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ke7 ({Better is} 51... Qg3 $14) 52. Nxd6 (52. Qh4 $1 $16) 52... Qg1 $11 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rg1c1]} 53. Nf5+ {[#]} Ke8 $2 {[#]} (53... Rxf5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 54. exf5 Qd4+ 55. Kb1 Qd1+ 56. Kb2 Qd4+ 57. Kc2 Qc3+ 58. Kb1 Qe1+ 59. Kc2 Qc3+ 60. Kb1 Qe1+ 61. Kc2 Qc3+) 54. Qh5+ (54. Qh6 $142 $1) 54... Ng6 $16 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rg1c1]} 55. Rc2 Rxc2+ 56. Kxc2 Kd7 {[#]} (56... Qg2+ $16 {was necessary.} 57. Kd1 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Kf8) 57. Qh7+ $2 (57. Qd1+ $1 $18 Qxd1+ 58. Kxd1) 57... Ke6 (57... Kc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 58. Qg8+ Ke5 59. Qd5+ Kf4 60. Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxe4 61. Nd6+ Kf3 62. Qd5+ $2 ({White should try} 62. Qxb4 $18 {Hoping for Qe4+.} Qf2+ 63. Qd2) 62... Kg3 $11 63. Ne4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh4 $2 (63... Kf4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 64. Nd2 $2 (64. Qd2 $18 {aiming for Qh6+.} Kg4 65. Nxf6+ Kf5 66. Nd5) 64... Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (64... Qa1 $11) 65. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. White mates.} fxe5 66. Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg3 67. Nxg1 Kf2 68. Nh3+ {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kesidis, Odyseas"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,42,31,36,54,45,41,-28,25,29,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-6,-14,-4,0,29,36,35,57,47]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O g6 (4... a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5 Be7 11. c4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Qb7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfb1 a5 18. b3 Ra6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Rba1 {½-½ (20) Wang,H (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Bb7 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e5 10. a4 Ngf6 11. Nbd2 $146 (11. dxe5 $14 dxe5 12. axb5) ({Predecessor:} 11. Na3 O-O 12. Rb1 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 {1-0 (37) Melia,S (2404)-Doluhanova,E (2352) Riadh 2017}) 11... O-O (11... exd4 $142 12. cxd4 O-O) 12. d5 $11 c4 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. h3 Rfb8 16. Bg5 Bc8 17. Qd2 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nb3 20. Qe2 {[#] Hoping for Bc6.} Nxd7 21. Ra2 a5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Black "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,126,13,13,3,0,2,10,45,48,46,48,46,2,10,0,57,48,87,86,88,68,92,71,72,72,72,79,79,27,35,28,31,18,24,0,0,0,0,0,27,28,48,18,24,-13,0,-13,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,15,21,25,31,0,470,465,539,535,531,523,306,479,455,440,519,508,595,564,564,446,567,454,512,484,697,611,570,475,459,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (10... b5 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Re2 Qb7 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {½-½ (28) Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2018}) 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 {Black should prevent Nxe5!} Qc8 13. Bg5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Bd8 $11) 17. Rxd5 $14 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nd2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nc4 {1-0 (44) Salazar,A (2154)-Mateus,M (2162) Antioquia 2016}) 18. c3 Be7 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nd2 Rc5 21. b4 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 ({Much weaker is} 22. exd5 g6 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Nb3 (23. Nc4 $16 Qc7 24. Na5) 23... Qc6 $1 $11 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Kf1 g6 26. Ke2 f5 27. f3 Kf7 28. Ra5 b5 29. Ra1 Bd8 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Rd5 Bb6 32. Nd2 Rc8 33. Kd3 Rf8 34. c4 fxe4+ 35. fxe4 bxc4+ 36. Nxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bc7 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Rf2 39. Ne3 Kd7 40. b4 Kc6 41. Rd5 Bb6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. b5+ Kb7 44. b6 Bxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Bb8 $11) 45. Rb5 $18 Rxg2 46. Rxb6+ {KRN-KR} Kc7 47. Rxd6 Rxh2 48. Rd5 Rh3+ 49. Ke2 g5 50. Nxe5 h5 51. Rd7+ Kb6 52. Nf7 g4 53. Ng5 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 h4 (54... Rh1 $142 55. Kf4 Kc5) 55. e5 Rh1 56. Rd2 h3 {[#]} 57. Re2 $2 (57. Ne4 $1 $18) 57... g3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 58. Nf3 {And now Kf4 would win.} h2 59. e6 {Hoping for e7.} Rf1 60. Nxh2 gxh2 61. Rxh2 {e7 is the strong threat.} Re1+ 62. Re2 Rxe2+ 63. Kxe2 {e7 would kill now.} Kc7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Semenova, Elena"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,7,22,11,19,22,28,21,23,12,22,-28,0,-8,-5,-13,-13,-8,0,-39,-35,-86,-6,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,31,0,2,4,13,2,54,44,31,27,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (7. Ne4 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Rd1 a6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 {1-0 (52) Kovalev,V (2664)-Gupta,A (2588) Douglas 2018}) 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bxb4 {White has an edge.} Nxb4 10. c3 Nd5 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bc4 b6 12. Nc2 Nf4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. O-O Bb7 {½-½ (22) Stojanovic,D (2508)-Sipos,I (2474) Stari Banovci 2013}) 11... Re8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. c4 ({Better is} 16. Qc2 $15) 16... e4 ({Black should try} 16... Nf6 $17) 17. Qxd5 $11 Qxd5 18. cxd5 {[#] And now Nfd4 would win.} exf3 19. Nc3 fxg2 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rac1 Re7 24. d6 Red7 25. Rc7 f6 26. Rd3 (26. Re1 {is more complex.} Kf8 27. Re7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxd6 29. Rxb7 a5 30. a4) 26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 {KR-KR} a6 29. Kf3 h5 30. Ke3 Kh7 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re6+ 32. Kf3 Re1 (32... Re5 $11) 33. Rb6 $14 Rb1 $1 34. a5 Kg6 35. h4 Kf5 {The position is equal.} 36. Rxa6 {Threatening Rb6.} Rxb2 37. Rb6 Ra2 38. Rb5+ Kg6 39. Kg3 Ra3+ 40. f3 Ra4 41. Rc5 Kh6 42. Rf5 Ra3 43. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,-11,-4,-10,25,27,38,17,19,0,31,18,15,0,0,0,6,6,11,17,39,23,18,18,122,71,79,81,106,92,113,-270,-262,-252,-251,-249,-261,-237,-207,-210,-210,-189,-147,-147,-135,-132,-128,-129,-127,-139,-125,-141,-133,-134,-134,-169,-167,-156,-152,-164,0,-190,-190,-189,-172,-189,-181,-175,-175,-206,-199,-300,-293,-291,-284,-266,-215,-294,-296,-358,-358,-351,-349,-335,-306,-29978,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 {D01: Veresov Opening} c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Qxc5 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 {1-0 (70) Dimakiling,O (2401)-Andersen,M (2601) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rd3 Kb8 15. Rhd1 e5 16. f4 Qe6 (16... e4 $11 17. R3d2 Rd6) 17. fxe5 ({Better is} 17. Qg5 $1) 17... Qxe5 $16 18. Rd4 g5 19. a3 Rhg8 {[#] ...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 20. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Qh3 $1 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 20... Qe6 $1 $19 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 ({Stronger than} 21... Nxd5 22. Qxh7 f5 23. c4 $16) 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxh7 Rc8 24. Rd4 Nb6 25. h4 gxh4 26. Qxh4 Qf5 27. Qf4+ Qxf4 28. Rxf4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rc7 29. b3 Kc8 30. Kb2 Kd8 31. c4 Ke7 32. a4 Rc5 33. Re4+ Kd7 34. Rd4+ Ke7 $2 (34... Ke6 $19 35. Kc3 Rf5) 35. Kc3 $2 (35. Re4+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kf6 36. Kc3) 35... Rf5 $19 36. f4 f6 37. Rd1 Rh5 38. Rg1 {and if Rg7+ works, White does fine.} Nd7 39. Rg7+ Kd6 40. Rg8 (40. b4 {is a better defense.}) 40... a5 41. b4 axb4+ 42. Kxb4 Rh1 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Nc5 45. Rd8+ Kc7 46. Ra8 b6 47. Rf8 $2 (47. Re8 $19) 47... Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Alvin, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,19,63,69,74,67,99,84,126,123,121,134,126,127,116,120,139,134,143,125,117,94,92,73,98,84,120,110,115,95,140,128,192,189,188,177,201,170,287,127,147,157,174,164,222,222,399,214,415,433,433,422,445,433,423,439,424,414]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. d5 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (7. O-O O-O 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 f5 10. c5 Nf7 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. a4 Kh8 13. e4 Ng8 14. a5 Nf6 {½-½ (52) Stocek,J (2574)-Tratar,M (2439) Trieste 2018}) 7... Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne7 8. e4 O-O 9. h4 f6 10. h5 g5 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Nf1 Qc8 14. f3 Nf7 {1-0 (48) Amanov,Z (2364)-Gupta,A (2273) Los Angeles 2011}) 8. e4 O-O 9. h4 {White is better.} f6 10. h5 {And now hxg6 would win.} g5 11. Nd2 f5 {[#]} 12. exf5 $1 Nxf5 {[#]} 13. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh6 14. Nde4 Nf7 15. g4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h6 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nh8 18. Bd2 Rf7 19. O-O-O Nf8 20. Rh5 Nhg6 21. Rdh1 Nf4 (21... Rf4 $16) 22. Bxf4 $1 $18 Rxf4 23. f3 Bd7 24. Ng3 Be8 (24... Qe7 {is a better defense.} 25. R5h3 Rd4) 25. R5h2 (25. Rxh6 $18 {is the precise move to win. aiming for R6h2.} a6 26. R6h2) 25... Bg6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 a6 (27... Rxf5 $142 28. gxf5 Qf6) 28. Ne4 c6 $2 (28... Rxe4 29. Qxe4 a5) 29. Qd3 (29. Rxh6 $142 Bxh6 30. Rxh6 cxd5 31. Nxd6 (31. Rxd6 Rxe4 32. Rxd8 Rxe2 $16) 31... Rxc4+ 32. Nxc4) 29... c5 $2 (29... Qb6 {was necessary.} 30. dxc6 (30. Nxd6 Rd8 $16) 30... Qxc6) 30. Qf1 Rxe4 {White is clearly winning.} 31. fxe4 Qf6 32. Be6+ Nxe6 33. Qxf6 (33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Qd3 Rf8 $11) 33... Bxf6 34. Rxh6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} ({Weaker is} 34. dxe6 Bg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Samaridis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,48,14,18,16,9,-4,-5,-22,-13,-40,-36,-52,-52,-56,-51,-115,-108,-114,-126,-308,-304,-455,-455,-1187,-1185,-1363,-1118,-1088,-1488,-1500,-1492,-1471,-1471,-1425,-1082]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Qc8 14. Qc6 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Ke2 Qa6+ {1-0 (32) Korobov,A (2685)-Pikula,D (2469) Biograd 2018}) 11... Bb7 12. Bxf6 (12. e3 {looks sharper.} c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. O-O-O) 12... Qxf6 13. Qxc7 Bxf3 $1 14. exf3 Qxd4 15. Rd1 (15. Qc2 $15) 15... Qxb2 $17 16. Bd3 {[#] Hoping for 0-0.} Qxa3 17. Qb7 $2 (17. O-O $17 Na6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Ra1) 17... Qc3+ $19 18. Ke2 (18. Kf1 $142 Nc6 19. g3) 18... Nc6 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Rc1 (19. Qa6 $142 Rfd8 20. Qa1 Nd4+ 21. Kf1 Qxa1 22. Rxa1) 19... Nd4+ 20. Ke3 Nf5+ 21. Ke2 Qb2+ 22. Kd1 Rad8 23. Qe4 Rd4 {[#] ( -> ...Rfd8)} 24. Qe2 Qb3+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Tsilias, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,0,0,-1,-29,-17,-16,4,8,20,18,32,30,37,18,30,16,40,27,37,29,54,23,64,35,84,85,108,75,120,116,99,114,117,118,118,98,101,107,184,127,199,144,868,864,852,827]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Qe2 (7. h3 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Ba6 10. c4 d5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ba3 14. Rc3 {1-0 (39) Baron,T (2532)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2587) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... O-O 8. c3 d6 {The position is equal.} 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Bb7 {0-1 (35) Pichouron,E (1855)-Burille,M (2069) Avoine 2016}) 12... a6 13. a3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Bg3 Bf8 17. Ne4 Na5 {[#]} 18. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 19. Rc7 {Black must now prevent b4.} Bxf3 20. gxf3 {Strongly threatening b4.} b5 21. b4 Qd8 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Rxf7 Rc8 (24... d5 $16 {was necessary.}) 25. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} (25. Qg6 $18) 25... Qb6 (25... d5 $16 {might work better.} 26. Qg6 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6) 26. Bh4 ({Better is} 26. Qg6 $18 d5 27. Rc1) 26... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... d5 $16 27. Bg3 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7) 27. Qg6 $18 {White threatens Bf6! and mate.} d5 {[#]} 28. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sotiropoulos, Anastasios-Theohar"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,78,7,20,1,0,0,1,-11,-17,-11,-11,-11,-2,-5,9,-6,-10,-13,0,0,22,-20,-20,-19,-8,-43,-39,-35,-24,-57,-28,-31,-14,-22,-20,-42,-5,-43,-13,-6,0,-14,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-8,-15,-12,-31,-20,-14,-46,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-250,-252,-238,-211,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Nf6 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2843)-So,W (2778) Stavanger 2018}) 7... Qb6 8. c5 Qa6 9. Bf4 {The position is equal.} b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. e4 Rfc8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Bb5 {0-1 (44) Persson,M (2314)-Rublevsky,S (2689) Novi Sad 2016}) 12... Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 O-O 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bd2 N7f6 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. a3 Rac8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Qf3 Bb8 25. h4 b5 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Qc7 28. Qh3 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Ba7 32. Qg3 (32. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3f4]} Qh4 33. d5 $15) 32... Qf6 33. d5 exd5 34. Bxd5 Bd4 35. Bb3 Re8 {With the idea ...Re2.} 36. Rd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf3.} Re5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5g5][%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} ({Much weaker is} 36... Re1+ $6 37. Kg2 $16) 37. Rf3 $2 (37. Kf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rf5 38. Rd2) 37... Rg5 $19 38. Bxf7+ Kf8 ({And not} 38... Qxf7 39. Qxg5 Qxf3 40. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 41. Qxd4 $16) 39. Bd5 $2 {[#]} (39. Rxf6 $19 Rxg3+ 40. Kh2 Bxf6 41. Kxg3 Kxf7 42. b3) 39... Rxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Pin. Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Black "Katsiampas, Efthymios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

{[%evp 8,67,25,22,49,42,18,32767,32767,32767,12,0,16,19,83,72,73,71,77,69,32767,32767,117,32767,32767,112,32767,32767,32767,112,32767,32767,158,32767,32767,133,182,111,139,145,122,126,32767,32767,195,202,164,193,354,411,350,404,32767,32767,458,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,435,439]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} c5 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 56 Games} (9. h4 g6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Re1 a5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rc1 Nb6 {1-0 (39) Ding,L (2804)-Saric,I (2689) Batumi 2018}) 9... g6 10. O-O (10. b4 $5) 10... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Re8 15. e6 Bf6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 {½-½ (54) Cmilyte,V (2497)-Lomineishvili,M (2351) Belgrade 2013}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Re1 $1 Qb6 14. Bh6 Nc5 ({Black should play} 14... Re8 $14) 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. h3 h5 (19... a5 $14) 20. Rad1 a6 21. Bc2 Ba7 (21... Ke7 $16 {was called for.} 22. Rd2 Be6) 22. Ng5 Nd8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rc1 Bb6 25. Nh7+ Kg7 26. Nf6 Nc6 27. Bxd5 Nxe5 $2 {[#]} (27... d3) 28. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 29. Rxe5 {Double Attack} Kf6 30. Rxh5 Kg6 31. g4 Rd8 32. Be4+ Kf6 33. Bd3 Ke7 34. Rh6 $18 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Tsekmes, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Stergiou, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} cxd4 (6... c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. N2f3 Nc6 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Re1 Qd6 {0-1 (44) Safarova,A (1599)-Asllani,M (2131) Kallithea 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Be6 (12... Bxf5 $11 13. Bxf5 Qd6) 13. c3 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qd6 15. Qf3 Bc7 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bc2 (17. Qh4 $14 Nh5 18. Bg4) 17... Rfe8 18. Nc5 Ne5 19. Nxb7 Qb6 20. Nc5 Nfg4 (20... Neg4 $11 21. Qh4 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf2 25. Qxg4 Bc7) 21. b4 f5 $2 {[#]} (21... a5 $1 $11 22. a3 Bd6) 22. Ba4 (22. Bb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Nc4 23. g3) 22... Nf7 23. Bxe8 Nxg5 24. Qd3 Qd6 25. g3 $1 Ne5 $2 (25... Ne4 $16 {might work better.}) 26. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. f4 $18 Qd6 29. Nb7 Qxc6 30. Nxd8 Qb6+ 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Qxd5+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Qd6 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ Kf6 36. Nd4 Nxc3 37. Qc6 Ne4 38. Rc1 Bb6 39. Nb5 Qxc6 40. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Black "Koronas, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

{[%evp 8,44,49,20,47,35,32767,32767,82,35,32767,32767,32767,32767,42,32767,32767,32767,2,-31,-18,-70,-71,-73,10,14,27,0,37,32767,32767,70,40,60,100,95,104,113,1003]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. f3 {B06: Modern Defence} (7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bc4 e6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O h6 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 Ne7 13. Nd3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 {1-0 (84) Straka,Z (2547)-Burghoff,A (2609) ICCF email 2012}) 7... c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nd5 Qb8 10. Ng3 Ra7 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 Ne7 {0-1 (57) Medvegyne Balogh,E-Lengyel,L (2200) Heves 1999}) 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nd5 e6 12. Bg5 Ngf6 13. Nb4 Nc5 14. h4 h6 15. Be3 e5 (15... Nh5 $15) 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 a5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd7 21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. Qf2 Kc7 $18 (22... Qc7 $16) 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Alexa, Cosmin"]
[Black "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

{[%evp 9,120,0,-2,7,32767,32767,-14,32767,-2,-9,-12,-4,-12,32767,-23,-6,-5,32767,32767,32767,-147,32767,32767,32767,-354,32767,32767,-369,-363,32767,-359,32767,-425,-434,32767,32767,-328,32767,-329,-320,-226,-234,-224,-227,-227,-227,-228,-306,32767,-320,32767,-309,-308,-312,-341,-328,-364,32767,32767,32767,32767,-396,32767,-394,-433,-401,-408,-418,-465,-550,-414,-346,-369,-368,-441,-395,-450,-423,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. f4 Bd7 9. a3 Ne7 10. Ngf3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Rc8 {1-0 (58) Duda,J (2717)-Dziuba,M (2584) Katowice 2017}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxe5 10. Ngf3 Bc7 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {½-½ (33) Annaberdiev,M (2501)-Erigaisi,A (2499) Budapest 2018}) 11... O-O 12. O-O $1 Bg4 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Be2 Qh5 16. h3 Bf5 17. Qa4 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Qxe2 19. Qd1 Qb5 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Nf3 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bg4 25. Ne5 Bxd1 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. b4 Nd5 29. bxc5 Nxc3 30. Rd3 Nd5 ({Don't do} 30... Nxa2 31. Rd7 $19) 31. Rb3 Ke7 32. Kf1 h5 33. a4 g5 34. a5 Bxa5 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Bb4 37. Ra6 Kd7 38. Ra7+ Nc7 39. f4 Bxc5 40. Ra5 Nb5 41. fxg5 Be7 42. Ra8 Bxg5 43. g3 h4 44. gxh4 Bxh4 45. Rf8 Ke7 46. Rc8 Kd6 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Kf3 c5 49. Rb8 Nd6 50. Ke3 Bg5+ 51. Kd3 c4+ 52. Kc2 Be3 53. Rf8 f5 54. Kc3 f4 55. Kc2 Ke4 56. Rf6 Nf5 57. Re6+ Kd5 58. Rf6 Ke5 59. Rf8 f3 60. Re8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gavriilidis, Orestis"]
[Black "Triantafilidis, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. d5 Bb7 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd5 {C41: Philidor Defence} (11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Nd2 Qb7 15. b4 Qc8 16. Nf1 a5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Ne3 Qc5 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 {1-0 (69) Potkin,V (2647)-Bologan,V (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 13. c3 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qb3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rad8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (50) Varvaglione,A (2048)-Miracola,M (2149) Porto San Giorgio 2013}) 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nd4 Rxd5 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Be3 a6 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rd1 Rd3 26. Nc1 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qc2 Nh5 29. Qe2 Nf4 30. Qe3 g5 31. g3 Nd3 32. Ne2 Nxb2 33. Qxe4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa4 35. Qb7 Nd3 36. Qd5 Qd1 37. Qe4 a5 38. Nc1 Nxc1 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qxc5+ Ke8 44. Qe5+ Kd7 45. Qxa5 Qd6 46. Qa7+ Kc6 (46... Qc7 $17 47. Qd4+ Kc8) 47. Qxf7 Nd3 48. Qe8+ Kc5 49. Qe4 Kb5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Qxh4 Qd5+ 52. Kh2 Nxf2 53. c4+ Qxc4 54. Qxc4+ Kxc4 55. Kg2 Nd3 56. Kf3 h5 57. Ke4 Nf2+ 58. Kf4 Nh1 59. Kf3 {[#]} Nxg3 $11 60. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Stergiou, Georgios"]
[Black "Stefan, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

{[%evp 8,104,18,37,16,32767,32767,18,14,32767,0,32767,0,0,32767,32767,6,-43,-20,-68,-68,-81,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-24,-26,-40,-30,32767,32767,-31,-20,-23,-22,-49,32767,-47,16,0,44,32767,32767,32767,32767,24,32767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,156,32767,32767,242,245,32767,0,-11,32767,32767,-6,-42,32767,32767,32767,32767,-108,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-1111,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. c3 Be7 16. Bf3 e4 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 {1-0 (51) Salem,A (2660)-Goganov,A (2612) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... Qc7 8. Qxd4 Nc6 $1 9. Qd1 Bd6 10. Qe2 a6 11. c3 Nge7 12. Nbd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Ne4 Nce5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Be3 Rxh2 19. O-O-O Rxh1 20. Rxh1 O-O-O 21. Nb3 Ne5 {½-½ (21) Nolsoe,E (2178)-Rodgaard,J (2362) Oyrabakki 2000}) 12... b5 13. Bb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Nf3 O-O 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O Kh8 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bc2 f5 22. Qh3 Bd6 23. h5 Qc6 24. f3 Bb8 (24... f4 $15 25. Kh1 e5) 25. Be3 b4 26. Rac1 bxc3 27. Bb3 e5 28. Rxc3 Qf6 29. Bc5 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Rd1 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 e4 33. f4 Qf2 34. Qe3 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rd8 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Re7 $11) 36. Rdc1 Rd3 37. Rxd3 exd3 38. Qxd3 Qxf4 39. Rf1 Qg5 40. Rf2 Re8 41. Qd1 (41. Bd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5b7]} Re1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qxb2+ 45. Kd1 Bxd5 46. Qxd5 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 $15) 41... h6 42. Bf7 Rc8 43. Rc2 Rd8 44. Qe1 Be4 45. Re2 Rc8 46. Qf2 Qg4 47. Rd2 f4 48. Re2 f3 49. Rxe4 Qxe4 50. Bg6 Rc1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Qf4 53. g3 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tsekmes, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,22,29,9,27,32,16,28,33,0,6,3,8,0,0,-9,0,-26,-12,-12,-17,-8,-11,-47,-47,-48,-47,-77,-68,-75,-60,-68,-46,-70,-58,-72,-63,-98,-90,-123,-114,-157,-121,-750,-476,-745,-418,-972]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (9. Re1 Bc5 10. Qh5 Bd4 11. Ne2 g6 12. Qh3 Bg7 13. c3 Nf6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Bh6 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (36) Guseinov,G (2664)-Popov,I (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Qb8 10. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 11. Nd5 {The position is equal.} Bd6 12. h3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rad1 O-O {½-½ (48) Socko,B (2556)-Ionescu,C (2446) Budapest 2000}) 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Bxa6 O-O 15. Be3 Bxe4 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. c4 bxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bd4 Bd6 21. Qb2 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Bf4 23. Rd1 h5 24. Re1 e5 25. Be3 Bg3 ({Much worse is} 25... Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Bxf4 $11) 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ ({Worse is} 26... Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $14) 27. Kxf2 e4 {...exf3 is the strong threat.} 28. fxe4 Bxe4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qh2.} 29. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Kg1 $17) 29... Qb6+ 30. Kg3 (30. Re3 $142 Rxc4 31. Ra2 Rc2+ 32. Qxc2 Bxc2 33. Rxc2) 30... Rxc4 31. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 56%.} (31. Re2 $142 Qc7+ 32. Kf2 Qc5+ 33. Kg3 Qd6+ 34. Kf2) 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,22,27,27,43,50,79,68,87,69,108,20,93,87,91,35,48,33,18,38,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-277,-262,-341,-236,-279,-277,-318,-273,-365,-379,-326,-275,-270,-31,-31,803,-204,-220,-373,2400,2481,2341,2162,2143,1988,1981,1787,1723,1644,1441,1254]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} a6 (5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 h6 11. exd5 exd4 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Nbxd5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. b3 Re5 21. Qc3 Ng4 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe5 {½-½ (23) Onischuk,A (2685)-Duda,J (2697) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 6. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Nce5 {White is better.} c5 9. O-O c4 10. Bb1 $146 (10. Ng5 $16 Ra7 11. Be2) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Ng5 Qb6 12. Ngxf7 Rg8 13. a4 {0-1 (41) Radice,L (1972)-Vuelban,V (2353) Liscate 2011}) 10... Bd6 (10... Nbd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. a4 Bb7 12. b3 (12. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Rf8 13. e4) 12... c3 $14 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Qd3 (15. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 16. e4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 15... Qa5 16. Ng5 Bxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Nfd7 $1 18. f4 {And now f5 would win.} b4 19. Nxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. f5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qxe5 20. fxe6 Qxg5 21. e4 Qc5+ 22. Be3) 19... Kxf7 $19 20. f5 Qd5 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g2]} (20... Qxe5 21. fxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qc4+ Ke7 23. Qxb4+ Kd8 24. Rf5 $19) 21. fxe6+ Kxe6 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g2]} 22. Qf5+ Ke7 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd5g2]} 23. e4 Qc5+ (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Bf4 $18) 24. Kh1 {aiming for Bg5+.} Kd8 ({Not} 24... Qxe5 $2 25. Bg5+ Kd6 26. Bf4 $18) 25. Qg5+ Qe7 $2 (25... Kc8 $19 26. e6 Qxg5 27. exd7+ Nxd7 28. Bxg5 Re8) 26. e6 $1 $15 Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qxg5 $15 27. Bxg5+ Ke8 28. exd7+ Nxd7) 27. Qe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Rd1+ $18 {was the only winning move.} Nbd7 28. exd7 Qxg5 29. Bxg5+ Kc7 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Bxd8+ Kc8 32. Be7 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Kg1) 27... Kc8 $1 $19 ({And not} 27... Nc6 28. Qd5+ Ke8 29. Bg5 $11) 28. Rf7 $2 (28. Bg5 Qc7 29. Qf5) 28... Rf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Nc6 $19 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Rxe7 Rxd5 31. exd5 Nxe7) 29. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re5b8] White is clearly winning.} (29. Rxe7 $2 {leads to mate.} Rf1#) 29... Nc6 30. Rxf8+ Kb7 31. Rf7 {[%mdl 64] White threatens Qxc5 and mate. Double Attack} Nxe5 32. Rxe7+ Kb6 33. Bxe5 Nxb3 34. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,118,17,24,12,61,60,61,19,29,8,35,0,0,0,4,0,5,-14,-9,-34,-28,-23,-39,-61,-64,-68,-67,-75,-64,-76,-66,-68,-44,-92,-59,-72,-8,-34,-61,-29,62,54,412,418,380,238,179,165,135,-2,0,-150,-132,-129,-136,-266,-253,-550,-548,-548,-547,-547,-533,-430,-54,-715,-572,-687,-671,-5716,-1704,-1297,-1264,-29954,-29960,-29956,-29961,-29956,-29958,-29947,-29950,-29939,-10168,-6732,-9727,-6301,-6068,-5914,-5620,-29971,-29971,-29974,-6605,-29978,-29972,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. c4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} Nfd7 (7... a4 8. b4 e5 9. Bb2 e4 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nc2 Qc8 12. Nc3 Bh3 13. a3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h5 {½-½ (37) Dreev,A (2670)-Andreikin,D (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} e5 10. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Re8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Re8 {0-1 (41) Cosma,E (2313)-Bulmaga,I (2388) Calimanesti Caciulata 2017}) 10... f5 11. Qd2 e4 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Re8 14. Rd1 d5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Nc2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rf2 Qg5 20. Rdf1 Bf5 21. Bc1 h5 22. Na3 Bh6 23. Qe2 Kg7 (23... Nxe3 $2 24. Nc4 $18) (23... c6 $17) 24. Qb5 Rad8 $1 25. Nc4 Rh8 (25... h4 $11 26. gxh4 Qxh4) 26. Ne5 $14 (26. Qxa5 h4 $15) 26... h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qe7 $14) 27. g4 $1 $18 Bxg4 28. Nf7 (28. Rf7+ Kg8 $18) 28... Qh5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rf7+ (30. Qxa5 $6 Bf5 $11) (30. Bxe4 $16 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 (31. Qxa5 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 h3 $11) 31... Nxe3 32. Qxh5 (32. Qxb7 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 Bh3 $11) 32... Bxh5 33. Re1) 30... Kg8 {...Be2 is the strong threat.} 31. h3 (31. Qxa5 h3 $17) (31. Qxb7 Bf5) ({White should play} 31. Kh1 $1 $11) 31... Bf5 $17 ({Much weaker is} 31... Bxe3+ 32. Bxe3 Be2 33. Qc5 $11 (33. Qxa5 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Nxe3 $11)) 32. R7xf5 gxf5 33. Qxb7 (33. Kh1 $17) 33... Bxe3+ $19 34. Bxe3 $2 (34. Kh1 Bxc1 35. Rxc1) 34... Nxe3 35. Qxc7 Qg5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rg5g2]} 36. Rf2 Rxd4 {And now ...Qg3 would win.} 37. Kh2 Rd3 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (37... Qd8 $19 38. Qe5 Qd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6) 38. Qb8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Bxe4 $15 Qg3+ 39. Qxg3+ hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 fxe4 41. Kf4) 38... Kh7 39. Qc7+ Kh6 40. Re2 Nd5 (40... f4 $142 41. Qc6+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Rxe3 fxe3) 41. Qc6+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 42. Qd7+ Ne7 43. Qc7 Qg3+ 44. Qxg3 hxg3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. Kg1 Rd1+ 46. Bf1 Nd5 47. Kg2 Nf4+ 48. Kxg3 Nxe2+ 49. Bxe2 {KR-KB} Rd2 50. Bh5 Kh6 51. Bf7 Rxa2 (51... Kg5 $142 52. h4+ Kf6 53. Be8 Rxa2 54. Bd7 e3 55. Kf3 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Bb5 Rf2+ 57. Kg4 Ke5 58. h5 e2 59. Bxe2 Rxe2 60. h6 Rh2 61. Kf3 Rxh6 62. Ke2 Rh3 63. Ke1 f3 64. Kf2 Kf4 65. b4 axb4 66. Ke1 Rh2 67. Kf1 b3 68. Ke1 b2 69. Kf1 b1=Q#) 52. h4 Kg7 {Black mates.} 53. Bc4 Kf6 54. Bb5 Ra3 55. Ba4 {[#]} Rxa4 $1 56. bxa4 Kg6 57. Kf4 Kh5 58. Kg3 e3 59. Kf3 f4 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stefan, Victor"]
[Black "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 148 Games} Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 Na6 (10... f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g3 Na6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (42) Korobov,A (2678)-Kovalev,V (2650) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. h3 Nf6 12. g4 Nc5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Ncxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. a4 {1-0 (54) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2478)-Alonso Garcia,R (2346) Llucmajor 2017}) 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 d5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxd8 $1 Raxd8 22. Nd2 f5 23. O-O-O e3 $15 24. Nc4 f4 25. Nxa5 Rd4 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Kb1 e4 28. Rxd4 exf3 29. Rxf4 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Bd5 31. c4 g5 32. Rd4 f2 33. cxd5 e2 34. Rdd1 exd1=Q+ 35. Rxd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Triantos, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,54,28,33,22,30,31,60,32,87,88,187,187,192,177,198,137,144,125,178,106,367,106,112,85,81,45,43,29,16,29,18,6,86,43,36,20,98,79,72,74,88,74,77,41,74,78,170,151,227,226,293,315,470,461,422,437,431,421,560,550,666,645,9134,6211,6079,5433,9134,9134,9134,7124,5065,4500,29978,29979,29974,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29985,29984,29984,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29994,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nf5 Qa5 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qd3 Rg8 ({Black should play} 11... d5 $14 12. exd5 cxd5) 12. O-O $16 O-O-O $146 (12... Rb8 $16) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Rg5 14. h4 Rg4 15. Rfe1 Kd7 {½-½ (15) Stets,D (2479)-Zubarev,A (2597) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2012}) 13. b4 $18 Qb6 14. a4 d5 15. a5 (15. exd5 $18 e6 16. dxe6 (16. a5 Qb7 $16) 16... Bxe6 17. Qf3) 15... Qb7 $16 16. Na4 Qb5 (16... dxe4 $16 {was called for.} 17. Qxe4 Be6) 17. Nb6+ (17. Qh3 $18) 17... Kb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Kc7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 18. Qh3 $2 (18. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4b5] and the rest is easy.} dxc4 19. Nxc4) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Qe2 20. Rae1 ({And not} 20. Qxh7 Qg4 $17) 20... Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3] And now ...Qxh3 would win.} 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. f4 $1 e6 23. fxe6 {Hoping for e7.} fxe6 (23... Bxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. exf7 Rg7) 24. Rxe6 Bxb4 25. Rxf6 Rf8 (25... Bxa5 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Na4 Kc7) 26. Nd7 Rxf6 27. Nxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Rg7 29. f5 Rf7 30. Nh5 Be3 (30... Kc7 $16) 31. g4 $1 $18 d4 (31... Kc7 $16 {was worth a try.} 32. Kg2 Bd2) 32. Kg2 c5 33. Rb1+ Kc6 (33... Kc7 {is a better defense.} 34. Rb6 c4) 34. Rb6+ Kd5 35. Nf6+ Kc4 36. Ne4 Rd7 37. Rxa6 d3 38. cxd3+ Kxd3 39. Rd6+ Rxd6 40. Nxd6 c4 {[#]} 41. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc4 {KB-KP} 42. f6 Kb5 43. h4 Kxa5 {KB-K3P} 44. g5 {White mates.} Kb5 45. f7 Bc5 {[#]} 46. h5 $1 Kc6 47. g6 hxg6 {[#] KB-KPP} 48. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7]} ({Avoid the trap} 48. hxg6 $2 Bf8 $19) 48... Kd7 49. h7 Ke7 50. h8=Q Kxf7 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qh4+ Kg7 53. Kf3 Bf8 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Qf4+ Ke7 56. Kd5 Bg7 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Yordanov, Nikolay Plamenov"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 7. Re1 Qc7 (7... O-O 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bd2 {½-½ (27) Fressinet,L (2696)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) Clichy 2011}) 8. Nbd2 e5 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. Qc2 {0-1 (51) Doric,N (2369)-Loncar,R (2385) Kastav 2004}) 9... O-O 10. d5 Ne8 11. Nc4 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. h3 Kh8 15. Bg5 Nfh5 16. Bh6 f5 17. Ng5 f4 18. Ng4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f3 20. g3 c4 21. Re3 h6 22. Nxh6 cxd3 23. Rxf3 Bd7 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. Ng4 $14 Rae8 26. Qe3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Qc8 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxh3 30. Qxd6 Qg4 31. Kh2 Qh5 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. Be3 Bd7+ 34. Qh4 Qf3 35. Bxa7 Nh5 36. Re1 Nf6 37. Be3 g5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qh4 Rg8 40. Kg1 Rg7 41. Qh1 Bg4 42. Qg2 Rh7 43. Bg5 Nxe4 44. Bh4 Nd2 45. Kh2 Rxh4+ 46. gxh4 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Black "Patrikos, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Ne2 (8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 {1-0 (41) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Pichot,A (2552) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... e6 9. g4 Qd5 10. Bg2 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na6 12. c3 Bd6 13. O-O Nc7 14. c4 {1-0 (51) Haast,A (2365)-Milovic,A (2202) Reykjavik 2015}) 12. g5 Nd5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. b4 e5 19. Bg4 g6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Kc2 e4 22. c5 Bc7 23. d5 $16 cxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne5 25. Rhd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 e3 27. f4 Nf3 28. Rxf5 Re7 29. h5 Kd7 30. Rf6 Ke8 31. Kd3 Nh4 32. b5 Ng2 33. Bd4 Ne1+ 34. Kc4 Nf3 35. Bc3 Re4+ 36. Kd3 Re7 37. Rh6 Nh4 38. Rxh7 Ng2 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. h6 Bxf4 41. h7 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Gavrish, Leonid"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O $1 Bf8 9. f3 c5 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 g6 12. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Qf2 Bg7 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. b3 {1-0 (46) Adly,A (2460)-Kurajica,B (2548) Turin 2006}) 12... b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Bg7 15. Bb1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Na5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b3 Nc6 20. e4 dxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe7 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Rxe7 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Rd1 Ng5 $11 29. Ng1 Ne6 30. Ne2 Kg7 31. Rd2 Bh4+ 32. Ng3 Ng5 33. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Bxa7 Bg5 37. Rd7 Bc8 38. Bd4+ Kg8 39. Ra7 Rd8 40. Ra8 Rxd4 41. Rxc8+ Kg7 42. Ne4 Bh6 43. Bc2 f5 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Nf6 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Bg7 47. Nxh7+ Kg8 48. Ng5 Bd4 49. b4 Rxh2 50. Bb3+ Kh8 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Ne6+ Nxe6 53. Bxe6 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Rxf3 55. Bd5 Re3+ 56. Kf1 f4 57. a4 Ra3 58. a5 f3 59. Rc7+ Kh6 60. Rc1 g5 61. b5 Rxa5 62. Bxf3 Rxb5 63. Rc6+ Kg7 64. Kg2 Bf6 65. Kg3 Rb3 66. Kg4 Rb4+ 67. Kg3 Kg6 68. Bd1 Kf5 69. Bc2+ Ke5 70. Bd1 Be7 71. Rg6 Bf6 72. Rg8 Rc4 73. Bf3 Kf5 74. Be2 Rc3+ 75. Kg2 Kf4 76. Rf8 Rc6 77. Ra8 Rc2 78. Re8 Bd4 79. Rf8+ Ke4 80. Re8+ Kf5 81. Rf8+ Bf6 82. Kf1 Rc6 83. Kg2 Kf4 84. Ra8 Rc2 85. Re8 g4 86. Kf1 Bd4 87. Bxg4 Kxg4 88. Re2 Rc1+ 89. Re1 Rc3 90. Ke2 Kf4 91. Kd2 Ra3 92. Re8 Be5 93. Kc2 Ke4 94. Re7 Rc3+ 95. Kd2 Rb3 96. Kc2 Rb2+ 97. Kc1 Rh2 98. Kb1 Rb2+ 99. Kc1 Ra2 100. Kb1 Rg2 101. Re8 Kd4 102. Re7 Kd5 103. Re8 Bc3 104. Rc8 Kd4 105. Rc7 Kd3 106. Rd7+ Bd4 107. Rc7 Rg6 108. Rd7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Delorme, Alban"]
[Black "Gavriil, Odysseas-Panagiotis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {LiveBook: 303 Games} 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. O-O {B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} e6 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. g3 Rad8 15. Kg2 Rd7 16. h4 a6 17. a4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. Re2 a5 {½-½ (34) Leko,P (2723)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing 2014}) 10... Bd6 11. b4 $146 (11. Bd3 $14 Bxd3 12. Qxd3) ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 h6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. g4 Bxe5 14. gxf5 Bxh2+ 15. Kg2 Bd6 16. Rh1 Rae8 17. Bg5 Nh7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rxh6 {½-½ (81) Shanava,K (2545)-Paichadze,L (2559) Lagodekhi 2016}) 11... O-O 12. a3 Rfe8 13. h3 h6 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Bf1 Nf4 16. c4 Qd8 17. Bb2 Qf6 18. d5 Qg6 19. Nh4 Bc2 20. Qc3 Qg5 21. g3 Bf5 $18 (21... Ba4 $142 22. Nf3 Qg6) 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qf3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nh5 26. c5 Bf8 27. h4 Qg4 28. Bg2 Rc8 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Re4 Nf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxg4+ Kh7 33. Rd4 Rc7 34. Rd8 Kg7 35. Bh3 a5 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 axb4 38. axb4 Kg6 39. Bxc6 Kf5 40. f4 Be7 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Bf8 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. b5 Kd8 45. Kd5 Kc7 46. b6+ Kc8 47. Be8 Kb7 48. Bxf7 Ka6 49. Kc6 Be7 50. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Triantafilidis, Mihail"]
[Black "Markidis, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 (10. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. a4 Na5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Bxe4 15. Ba2 (15. Bc2 $11 Bc6 16. Bd3) 15... Nac6 16. Nc3 $15 Bf5 17. Re1 h6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bb3 Rb8 20. g4 Bd7 21. d5 Re8 22. Bd4 c5 23. dxc6 Nbxc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ne4 d5 26. Bxd5 Bxg4 27. Bxc6 Qxd1 28. Raxd1 Bxf3 29. Bxe8 Bxd1 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Black "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. a3 a5 6. g3 Nf6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. Ne1 Nc5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Black "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,-33,-33,-33,-7,-14,-9,-33,0,-21,12,7,49,37,56,33,56,16,31,27,55,51,58,27,35,27,64,62,72,64,82,84,82,52,159,147,158,174,145,95,110,47,43,45,64,-22,154,151,191,186,238,277,298,295,459,452,549,283,245,222,213,42,42,43,211,227,824,812,865,883,856,877,652,865,866,843,839,250,815,819,779,799,753,777,872,759,657,425,353,46,41,39,40,43,47,1,2,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Ne7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 b6 (4... c5 5. g3 Nbc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e5 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Na3 O-O 13. h4 Nf5 14. Bf4 h6 15. Nb5 Qd7 {1-0 (45) Huschenbeth,N (2575)-Yang,D (2493) Rockville 2017}) 5. e5 c5 6. g3 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bb7 7. Bg2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbc6 8. O-O h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. c3 O-O-O {1-0 (40) Holzwarth,P (1962)-Ast,B (1989) Walldorf 2017}) 8. h4 g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. c3 Nd7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Kf1 Bc6 14. Kg1 Qb7 15. d4 b5 16. b4 cxd4 17. cxd4 (17. Nfxd4 Qc7 $15) 17... Nc8 18. Nfe1 Ncb6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Rf1 a5 21. Bc1 Bf8 {[#]} ({Better is} 21... h5 $14) 22. h5 $1 $16 g5 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 axb4 25. Ndxb4 (25. Ncxb4 $16 Bxb4 26. Nxb4) 25... Qb6 $14 26. Qf2 Bb7 27. f5 (27. Kh2 $1 $14) 27... O-O-O $2 (27... Ndxe5 $1 $11 28. Rh4 (28. dxe5 $2 Bc5 $19) 28... Be7) 28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Bh3 Ndxe5 (29... exf5 $142 30. Bxf5 Kb8) 30. dxe5 $18 Bc5 {[#]} 31. Qe2 $1 Nxe5 (31... exf5 $142 32. Bxf5+ Kb8) 32. fxe6 (32. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 $19) 32... Kb8 33. Bf4 f6 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Nxe5 $2 (35. Nce1 $18) 35... fxe5 $14 36. Bxe5 {Rhg1 is the strong threat.} d4 $2 (36... Qc7 $1 $14 37. Rf5 d4) 37. e7 Rde8 $2 (37... Rge8 38. Rf7 (38. exd8=R+ $2 Qxd8 39. Rf8 Rxf8 $19) (38. exd8=B $2 Rxe5 39. Kg1 Qxd8 $19) (38. Nxd4 Rxe7 39. Ne6 Qc7 $11) 38... d3 39. exd8=Q+ (39. exd8=R+ Qxd8 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $16) 39... Qxd8 40. Rxb7+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxb7 41. Qf3+ (41. Qe4+ Kc7 $15) 41... Kc7) 38. Rf6 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxe5+ 39. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. Re1 d3 42. Nd4 d2 43. Nxb5+ Kb8 44. Rd1 Rxe7 45. Rxd2 Re1 46. Rg6 Rh1+ 47. Kg3 Rf8 48. Bg2 Rxh5 49. Rb6 $2 ({White should try} 49. a4 $18 Bxg2 50. Kxg2) 49... Rg8+ $14 50. Kf4 Rh4+ 51. Ke5 Rg5+ 52. Kf6 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Rf4+ {The position is equal.} 53. Ke7 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Rg7+ 54. Ke6 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Rg6+ 55. Ke5 {[%cal Rd2d8][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxb6 56. Rd8+ Bc8 57. Kxf4 Rxb5 58. Bh3 Rc5 59. Rxc8+ Rxc8 60. Bxc8 Kxc8 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Kesidis, Odyseas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,26,35,59,44,57,27,41,40,20,11,42,39,46,50,47,47,60,70,121,120,122,112,102,83,72,81,68,50,49,49,53,18,14,11,37,-5,40,46,44,39,32,35,35,17,24,12,22,29,20,14,40,41,50,45,51,34,40,31,28,30,231,191,217,31,89,89,91,89,74,74,67,75,443,425,891,860,875,782,1660,1467,2326,2251,2144,2100,1932,1849,1688,1656,5493,5393,1747,1652]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bd6 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} 8. Nc3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nc5 Rab8 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (73) Swapnil,S (2532)-Short,N (2698) Douglas 2017}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Rab8 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rbc8 15. a3 {1-0 (44) Meins,G (2460)-Hunt,H (2360) Groningen 1997}) 12... Rfd8 13. Rac1 e5 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. d5 {Black must now prevent Nh4.} Ne7 (15... b5 $14 16. Qc2 Nb4) 16. Nh4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qh7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qc7 Nf5 19. Be4 {Strongly threatening g4.} g5 20. Ng2 {And now Ne3 would win.} Qg7 {Black wants to play ...Nd4.} 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. f3 e4 23. Ne3 Bd7 (23... Bg6 {keeps more tension.} 24. Rd2 exf3 25. exf3 Qf6 26. Kg2 h5) 24. Qc3 (24. fxe4 {with more complications.} Qe5 25. Rc3 Bh3 26. Qc4 Re8 27. Rd4) 24... Qxc3 (24... exf3 {is interesting.} 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. exf3 Rbc8 27. Kf2 b5) 25. Rxc3 exf3 26. exf3 Rbc8 27. Rdc1 Kf8 28. Kf2 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 31. g4 Ke7 32. Kg3 b6 33. f4 Kf6 34. a3 Ke7 35. h4 f6 36. h5 b5 $2 (36... Bd7 $11) 37. Kf3 $18 a5 38. Ke4 $2 ({White has to play} 38. b3 $1 $18) 38... a4 (38... gxf4 $14 39. Kxf4 a4) 39. f5 $16 Kd7 40. Nc2 Kc7 41. Nb4 Bd7 42. Kd4 Kb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bc8 $16 {is tougher.}) 43. Nd3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kc7 {[#]} (43... b4 $142 44. axb4 (44. Nxb4 Bb5 $16) 44... Kb5) 44. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e4]} Kd8 45. Ne4 $1 {[%csl LRd6,LRf6]} Ke7 46. Kc3 Bc8 {[#]} 47. Kb4 $1 Bb7 48. Nc3 Kd7 49. Kxb5 Kc7 50. Ka5 Kd7 51. Kb6 Kc8 52. Ka7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,12,0,23,29,11,22,33,21,36,20,27,5,0,20,43,4,18,0,0,-6,-2,-7,15,8,22,30,21,46,58,58,75,73,76,76,79,76,86,77,80,77,79,75,100,97,100,103,102,104,163,154,166,149,116,119,138,140,132,124,268,291,271,163,452,443,422,414,1201,1197,1166,1165,1075,829,804,730,29994,29995]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Nc6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. b3 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bd5 13. Bb2 N8d7 14. Nd3 a5 15. a4 Re8 16. Rc1 {½-½ (26) Cordova,E (2637)-Mamedov,R (2678) Atlantic City 2016}) 7. Nc3 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qxd5 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Nxe5 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. a3 c6 14. Na4 b6 15. c4 Nxc4 16. Bc7 {1-0 (16) Repina,V-Korchagina,V Serpukhov 2001}) 10... Nd7 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rab1 Re8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Ne5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h3 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qb6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Bf4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 axb6 25. g4 Be6 26. c4 Ra8 27. a4 f5 28. g5 Kf7 29. Bc7 b5 (29... Bg7 $16) 30. axb5 $18 cxb5 31. cxb5 Bxb3 32. Rb1 Bc4 33. b6 Ba6 34. e3 e6 {[#]} (34... Bc3 $16) 35. Rb4 $1 Ke8 36. Ra4 Bg7 $2 (36... Kd7 {might work better.} 37. Bf1 Kc6) 37. Bf1 Kd7 {[#]} 38. Bb5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc8 (38... Bxb5 $142 39. Rxa8 Bc6) 39. Be8 Bh8 40. f4 Bg7 41. Kf2 Bh8 42. Ra2 {White threatens Rd2 and mate.} Bg7 43. Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,0,27,30,33,33,28,20,25,29,22,25,31,19,29,33,29,34,27,4,76,83,191,178,291,104,81,70,80,80,205,198,316,318,317,314,379,375,372,371,350,354,1439,1397,5098,4878,2207,2160,1859,1758,1264,1033]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 $1 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 $146 Nf4 14. Nc3 (14. Bf1 {feels hotter.} dxc4 15. Nbd2 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Nc4) 14... Nxd3 (14... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Bf1 (15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. c5 Qg5 $11) 15... Nxc4) 15. Qxd3 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 (15... d4 $16 {was called for.}) 16. Qxc4 $18 Nd4 (16... Kh8 $142 17. Na4 e5) 17. Nxd4 $2 (17. Rad1 $18 {[%cal Rf3d4] and the rest is easy.} Nxf3+ 18. gxf3) 17... Qxd4 $16 18. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Ne4. White has the initiative.} Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qf5 (19... Qh4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Ne4 Bc7 (20... Bd7 {was necessary.} 21. Qg3+ Qg6) 21. Rac1 $18 Be5 22. Rc5 b6 {[#]} 23. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} fxe5 24. Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg6 {Strongly threatening ...Bb7.} 25. Qxe5 Kf7 $2 (25... Bb7 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Bd5) 26. Nf6 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 27. Rf1 {Threatening mate with Nd5+.} Ba6 28. b5 {White threatens Ne4+ and mate.} Qd3 29. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 30. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Stefan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,73,-2,14,12,22,16,22,14,15,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-10,6,-14,0,0,0,-5,14,13,11,-18,14,13,43,37,38,36,55,48,177,74,158,66,56,8,82,40,66,81,158,157,147,139,118,118,158,137,197,155,402,410,441,442,1627,1658,1625,1613,1467,1435]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 {The position is equal.} (9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. g3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. h4 h6 {1-0 (44) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... g6 10. Be2 Ng7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Bf2 f6 13. Nd3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Nf3 Qc7 {1-0 (32) Sandipan,C (2573)-Kobalia,M (2628) Moscow 2017}) 14. Nf3 Na5 15. g4 Ng7 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nc6 18. h3 Bd7 19. O-O Rae8 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qb8 22. Rab1 h6 {[#]} (22... b6 $14) 23. Be3 (23. Nde5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and White stays clearly on top.} fxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. fxe5) 24. fxe5 (24. dxe5 Bc7 $11)) 23... g5 (23... Rd8 $142) 24. fxg5 (24. h4 $16) 24... hxg5 $14 25. Nf2 {Hoping for Ne4.} Ne7 (25... Bb4 $1 $11 26. Qd3 (26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Bc6 $11) 26... Ba5) 26. Bd3 Bc6 {[#] ( -> ...Bh2+!)} 27. Be4 Bxe4 (27... Qc7 $142) 28. Nxe4 $16 Ng6 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxb7 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Rfc8 (31... Ra8 $16 32. Rxa8 Rxa8) 32. c5 Qd5 $2 (32... Qg3+ $16 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ne8) 33. Qc2 $18 ({Not} 33. Nxg5 fxg5 34. Rff7 (34. Bxg5 Ra8 $11) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf2 $2 Rf8 $19) 35... Ne8 $14) 33... f5 34. Bxg5 {White is clearly winning.} e5 (34... Ra8 $142) 35. Bh6 Rb7 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. gxf5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Triantos, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,25,42,43,45,29,35,21,25,14,25,10,39,0,7,12,8,0,9,-10,0,-20,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-38,-28,-92,-90,-82,-95,-109,-92,-111,-83,-71,-80,-85,-78,-73,-24,-27,0,0,0,-26,-23,-54,-18,-23,-25,-16,-21,-23,-23,-100,51,0,0,-100,-92,-225,-225,-454,-454,-454,-454,-454,-454,-681,-674,-576,-576,-1149,-772,-29963,-29959,-29964,-12447,-29970,-29971,-29975,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 (14. Bg5 {looks sharper.} Qc7 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Be5) 14... Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 {[#]} Bf5 $146 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nc6 19. Bg5 ({Reject} 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxe5 $17) 19... Rd3 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ (21. exf6 {seems wilder.} Re8 22. Rae1 Rdd8 23. b3 h6 24. Nc3) 21... Kg7 22. Rad1 (22. b3 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kxf6 25. Nxf7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} c4 26. Nh6 Rd8 27. Ng4+ Ke6 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ Kf6 30. Ng4+ Kf7 $1 31. Ne5+ Kf8 32. b3 cxb3 33. axb3 a5 34. Rc1 a4 35. bxa4 $1 bxa4 36. Rc7 {[#]} (36. Nc4 $11) 36... Rd1+ (36... a3 $1 $17 37. Rc2 Ra8) 37. Kh2 $11 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...a2.} 38. Rxb7 {KRN-KR} (38. Nd7+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ke8 39. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kd8 40. Rxb7) 38... a2 $17 39. Nd7+ {[#]} (39. Rf7+ $17 Ke8 40. Ra7) 39... Rxd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] KR-KR} 40. Rb8+ $2 {[#]} (40. Rxd7 {was the only defense.} a1=Q 41. Rxh7) 40... Ke7 $1 41. Ra8 Rd2 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kf3 (43. Rd8+ $142 Kc5 44. Rxd2) 43... Kc5 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. g4 Kb4 46. Kf4 Rxf2+ 47. Kg5 Rh2 48. h4 Kb3 {Black mates.} 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kb2 51. Rb8+ Kc1 52. Rc8+ Kb1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Alvin, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,109,17,4,16,4,9,2,33,0,2,-12,-7,-7,-10,-20,-27,-25,-20,-26,7,0,13,13,18,13,17,13,24,24,24,21,18,20,21,21,16,20,25,25,28,10,17,8,20,7,8,7,7,0,0,0,14,14,18,8,9,21,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,23,695,579,549,531,277,104,29961,495,4702,1830,29977,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd2 a6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 7. c5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} (7. Qc2 b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 c5 12. d5 Be7 13. O-O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Ng4 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 {½-½ (85) Rapport,R (2686)-Svane,R (2595) Germany 2017}) 7... Qe7 8. Be2 g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. O-O h5 10. Rc1 e4 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 g6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 {1-0 (36) Diogo,V (2300)-Neves,P (2218) Porto 2013}) 9. O-O e5 10. b4 Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Rd8 (16... Qh4 $5 17. g3 $8 Qf6 $11) 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. h3 Qe6 21. Rd4 Rd7 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Bg4 f5 24. Be2 Kf7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qf6 27. Qa5 Ke7 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qa1 Be6 30. Qa4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bd5 32. g3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Qa7+ (35. Rxd5 $5 Rxd5 36. Qxc6 $14) 35... Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a7]} 36. Qb8 {[#] And now Qe5+ would win.} h4 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Bc4 hxg3 39. Bxd5+ Rxd5 40. Rxd5 gxf2+ 41. Kxf2 {Threatening mate with Rd7+.} Qh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... cxd5 $11 42. Qxd5+ Ke8) 42. Ke2 $18 {White threatens Rd7+ and mate.} Qg4+ 43. Kd2 {White wants to mate with Rd7+.} cxd5 44. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Ke8 $16) 45. c6 (45. Qd6+ $142 Kf7 46. c6 Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qg7+ 48. Kc4 Qa1 49. c7 Qa4+ 50. Kc3 Qa5+ 51. Kb3 Qb5+ 52. Qb4 Qd3+ 53. Qc3 Qb5+ 54. Kc2 Qe2+ 55. Kc1 Qf1+ 56. Kb2 Qe2+ 57. Qc2 Qxe3 58. Qc4+ Kg6 59. c8=Q Qd2+ 60. Kb3 Qd1+ 61. Kb2 Qd2+ 62. Kb3 Qd1+ 63. Kb2 Qd2+) 45... Qg2+ (45... Qg3 $142 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6) 46. Kc3 Qf1 47. Qd6+ {White mates.} Kf7 48. c7 Qc1+ 49. Kb4 Qb2+ 50. Ka5 Qc3+ 51. Ka6 Qc4+ 52. Kb7 Qb5+ 53. Qb6 Qd5+ 54. Ka7 Qd7 55. Kb8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Markidis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Papageorgiou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,45,15,18,18,41,38,48,45,59,39,41,11,27,0,22,10,22,0,43,19,82,77,141,150,136,12,12,-47,-44,-48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} a6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nb3 d4 16. Ne2 d3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxd3 {1-0 (53) Illescas Cordoba,M (2608)-Suarez Garcia,C (2321) Linares 2013}) 13... Rc8 14. h3 h6 15. Ne2 Qd7 16. g4 Be6 17. Ned4 Rfd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 (18... fxe6 $11 19. Re1 Ne4) 19. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e6]} Ne4 (19... Qd7 $142) 20. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5] Hoping for cxd5.} Bf6 {[#]} 21. Bxf6 ({Only move:} 21. cxd5 $1 $16 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 {[#]} 24. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin}) 21... Qxf6 $11 22. Qd3 ({White should try} 22. Qe2 $11) 22... Ne5 $1 $15 {[%cal Re5d3]} 23. Nxe5 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Black "Malataras, Gerasimos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,25,-7,2,-26,-22,-51,-37,-60,-43,-28,0,0,0,-8,0,0,10,0,0,20,2,0,0,0,29,31,23,34,18,21,23,10,105,105,143,139,141,139,141,141,141,142,136,119,117,105,154,157,157,152,206,194,191,184,193,202,197,188,393,380,377,366,353,356,475,456,29991,29992]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 11. Na4 (11. Re1 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. e4 Qd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a3 Nd4 17. Bb1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 {½-½ (63) Li,C (2732)-Xiang,Z (2411) China 2018}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 {Black is slightly better.} 13. bxc4 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 {1-0 (30) Mason,W-James,H Nelson 1912}) 14. Ne5 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. c5 Nf5 18. cxb6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 axb6 20. Bc3 Bf6 {And now ...Bxe5 would win.} 21. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxe5 (21... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. dxe6 Bxe5 23. Qxf5 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 fxe6 $11) 22. Bxe5 {Black must now prevent d6.} Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nxb6 Nc4 25. Bc7 Nd4 {[#]} (25... Nxb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Bxb6 f6) 26. Kf1 $1 $16 Nxb6 27. Bxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne6 {[#]} 28. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 29. a5 Kf8 30. Rd1 d4 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. Kc4 Kc6 34. Rc1 d3 (34... h6 $16 {was necessary.} 35. h3 (35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Kxd4+ Kb7 $16) 35... g6 36. Bxd4 Kb7 37. Rb1+ Ka6) 35. Kxd3+ $18 Kb5 36. g3 Re8 37. Rb1+ Ka6 38. Kc4 Rb8 $2 (38... Nf8 {was called for.} 39. Rd1 Re4+ 40. Kb3 Re7) 39. Rd1 Rc8+ 40. Kb4 Nf8 41. Rd6 Kb7 42. Kb5 Rc1 (42... Re8 $18 43. f4 h5) 43. a6+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,18,0,33,37,37,34,51,0,1,0,0,12,14,0,0,-20,11,0,23,17,25,11,31,36,29,31,32,0,0,16,34,16,77,66,63,50,53,53,111,108,99,102,118,118,166,52,51,36,264,270,303,246,387,258,318,196,179,189,191,165,370,343,360,260,345,343,346,347,380,253,222,235,242,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,885,808,12789,12788,7223,6213,2291,2219,12789,12789,12789,12789,11314,7223,7223,7223,6924,6883,5065]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (10... a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. h3 Bb4 15. Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (50) Anand,V (2782)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bf2 b5 14. Ne2 b4 $1 15. Nc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qxa7 {0-1 (39) Koutoukidis,P (2375)-Spyropoulos,N (2367) Anogia 2018}) 15... Qc7 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} f5 19. g4 a4 20. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} a3 21. Rhg1 Nc5 $1 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rg3 Rf7 24. gxf5 exf5 25. b3 Bd7 (25... Be6 $11) 26. Rh3 $16 g6 27. Qf3 Nc6 28. Qe3 d4 (28... Qxe3 $14 29. Rxe3 Rg7) 29. Qg1 Be6 30. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Rxg6+!} Rg7 31. h4 $1 Rbb7 32. Ba6 (32. Kc1 $18) 32... Rbc7 $14 33. Rd2 Nb8 $2 ({Black should play} 33... Kh8 $1 $14) 34. Nxd4 $18 Bd5 35. Bb5 Rb7 (35... Nd7 {was necessary.} 36. Be2 Nb6) 36. Bf1 Rbd7 37. Nxf5 Qxg1 38. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} Kf8 39. Rxg1 Bxb3 $2 (39... Be6 {was worth a try.} 40. Kc1 Nc6) 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 41. Bb5 ({Don't do} 41. cxb3 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Ra1 $18) 41... Rd5 42. Bd3 ({Less strong is} 42. cxb3 Rxb5 43. h5 Rb6 $16) 42... Ba4 {[#]} 43. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd7 (43... gxh5 44. Rg8+) 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Rxg6 Nc5 {[#]} 46. Rd6 $2 (46. Rg8+ $1 $18 Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Ne3) 46... Rxd6 $11 47. exd6 Nxd3 48. cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Ng4. KB-KN} Ke8 49. f5 Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Bb5 $11) 50. Nf7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf7e5] White is clearly winning.} Bb5 51. Kc1 Ba4 52. d4 b3 53. Kb1 b2 54. Ne5+ Kxd6 55. Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 56. Nxa3 Bd7 57. Kxb2 Bxf5 58. Kc3 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,35,32,40,40,40,35,39,40,54,40,52,41,51,14,17,20,23,14,18,-35,8,0,26,0,1,-8,-11,-54,-49,-82,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,37,0,0,0,37,53,31,20,166,29,52,77,164,160,122,23,16,10,29,34,38,40,60,57,104,54,82,80,83,83,91]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (6... g5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. g3 c6 14. f3 {1-0 (33) Svidler,P (2737)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Re1 Bg7 8. c3 O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. d5 {1-0 (41) Sermek,D (2545)-Gorin,L (2388) Pardubice 1999}) 12... Bh3 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. b4 Ne7 15. Qb3 (15. d4 $11) 15... Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rae8 19. h4 Nf6 20. Nec2 Nc6 (20... Neg8 $17) 21. Nxc6 $11 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ra3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Kg2 Ne5 27. Nd4 Nc4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Ra2 Re1 (29... Bxd4 $1 $11 30. cxd4 h5) 30. Bf4 (30. Rc2 $18) 30... Bxd4 $1 31. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 (31... h5 $16 {was necessary.}) 32. Rc2 d5 33. Kh3 (33. h5 $16) 33... h5 34. Bxc7 Rb1 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Bd8 Rxb4 37. Re7+ Kf8 {Black wants to play ...Rb8.} 38. Ra7 Rb1 39. Bg5 ({Of course not} 39. Rxa6 $6 Ne3 $11) 39... Nxa5 40. Rxa6 Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,41,41,35,54,42,33,46,33,39,37,34,43,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} (6... c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. a4 {½-½ (48) Caruana,F (2807)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 e5 {White is slightly better.} 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 $1 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Qh4 $146 {[%cal Rh4e4]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. f3 f5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (53) Valsecchi,A (2428)-De Santis,A (2282) Padova 2013}) 13. g4 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e4]} 14. Bg2 Bf5 $1 15. O-O Bxe4 16. Bxg7 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. f4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,8,6,20,13,35,35,21,20,25,29,22,16,29,2,20,21,34,41,45,32,56,60,74,71,91,67,85,87,87,81,81,79,78,73,97,98,80,61,162,174,163,156,166,162,166,170,169,167,158,171,300,297,270,239,225,225,191,20,61,67,149,126,1138,1106,1070,1056,5636,5636,2002,1867]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (26) Wang,H (2730)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Be7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 10. a4 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd1 Nf6 15. Nc3 Rc8 $146 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Bg5 g6 19. h4 Ne8 20. Bh6 Ng7 21. Bh3 Ra8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Kh7 24. Be3 Ne6 25. Rd3 b5 ({Better is} 25... Nc5 $14) 26. Bxe6 $18 fxe6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rda3 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 {aiming for Ra7.} Rb8 30. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} b4 31. Ra6 Bxh4 (31... hxg4 {is a better defense.} 32. Qxg4 Bf8 33. Qxe6 Rb7) 32. gxh5 g5 33. Qg4 Qe7 34. Qd1 Rd8 35. Qd3 $2 (35. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7e7]} Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35... Rd7 36. Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Kh6 (36... Qf7 $14) 37. Ra8 {Strongly threatening Rh8+.} Kxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rd8 $16 38. Ra7 Qe8) 38. Rh8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 {[#]} 39. Qe2 $1 Qf7 40. Qh5+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Black "Vardakas, Grigorios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,0,22,-10,-4,-11,9,3,6,17,12,0,1,-20,-5,0,17,17,40,0,45,35,31,20,22,20,45,32,45,45,54,0,78,72,63,65,135,131,128,150,218,225,264,251,715,724,788,783,29982,29983,29991,29992,29994,29995]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 (5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3 Re8 9. Nh4 e5 10. f5 Qb6 11. e4 c4+ 12. Kh1 cxd3 13. exd5 Ne7 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Qb5 Nexd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (101) Movsziszian,K (2485)-Forcen Esteban,D (2536) Benasque 2017}) 6. e3 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} e6 7. h3 Bxf3 (7... Bh5 {feels hotter.} 8. O-O h6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O) 8. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. O-O O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h5 10. Nd2 Rh6 11. c3 Qc7 12. e4 Rg6 13. a4 {1-0 (33) Ramirez Rodriguez,A-Molina,R (2005) Bogota 2011}) 10. g4 Rc8 11. c3 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. f5 (14. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qc7 15. Na3 $11) 14... Nd7 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Rd1 {[#] Bxg5 is the strong threat.} Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. Nd2 b5 19. g5 c4 20. Nf1 ({White should try} 20. a4 $14) 20... Rfd8 (20... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rd5 $16 f6 22. h4 Ndb8 (22... Qf8 $14) 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Qd2 Rxd5 (24... Kh8 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. Ng3 Rg8) 25. exd5 $18 ({Not} 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 $16) 25... Nd8 26. Ng3 Nb7 $2 {[#]} (26... Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Nd7) 27. d6 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 Nc5 29. gxf6 {White mates.} gxf6 30. Qh6 Qa7 31. Nh5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Betsakos, Konstantinos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,86,17,-4,-14,-15,0,0,0,-28,-20,-30,-34,-31,-18,-26,-25,-31,-20,-18,-14,-25,-4,-29,-18,-44,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,30,28,20,31,12,12,18,-59,-52,-111,0,2,0,-18,-19,-387,-36,-46,-39,-37,-27,-41,-43,-33,-37,-74,-79,-119,-124,-134,-153,-461,-452,-410,-318,-567,-559,-687,-143,-1026,-1020,-900,-900,-5152,-38,-4794,-4782]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ba1 a6 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Bg4 17. hxg6 fxg6 {½-½ (47) Amin,B (2609)-Smirin,I (2676) Ningbo 2011}) 7. a3 Nf6 8. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 {1-0 (33) Campos Gambuti,L (2270)-Salgado Allaria,C Buenos Aires 1987}) 8... a6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Rc1 b5 17. Nb3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. c4 $1 Qb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 c4 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Na5 c3 24. g4 ({But not} 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 e4 $17) (24. Kh1 $11) 24... e4 $1 $15 25. gxf5 ({Better is} 25. Kh1 $15) 25... Rxf5 (25... Nxf5 $17 26. Nc6 e3 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rce8) 26. Bxe4 $11 Rf4 27. Qe2 Rcf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxf2!} 28. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Kg2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 28... Qd4 $2 (28... Rxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxf2 (29. Qxf2 Bd4) 29... Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Bd4) 29. Bg2 $15 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 30. Nc6 Qf6 31. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Qg5.} 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Bh3 Nh4 {Hoping for ...Nf3+.} 34. Kh1 Nf3 35. Bg2 Nd2 36. a4 $2 (36. Rg1 $17) 36... Nxf1 $19 37. Bxf1 Bh4 38. Bxa6 $2 (38. Rxc3 Rxf2 39. Bxa6) 38... Bxf2 39. Rxc3 {[#]} Rg8 $2 (39... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rg4g1]} 40. h3 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Rfg8) 40. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. h3 $17) 40... Rfg4 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 41. h3 Rg3 {[%cal Rg3h3]} 42. Bf1 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Be3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Dorfanis, Ilarion"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,28,22,19,66,60,70,57,52,59,54,52,54,54,75,58,59]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. d4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} exd4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxe5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bxc5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qc7+ 16. Kg1 Qxc5 17. Qxb7 {½-½ (55) Shariyazdanov,A (2572)-Khismatullin,D (2674) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 $146 {[#] ...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Rc3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd8 18. a4 b6 19. Rc2 Ne6 20. Rc6 Qd7 {½-½ (20) Amin,A (2277)-Ismail,Y (2078) Cairo 2011}) 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Rab1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Triantafilidis, Mihail"]
[Black "Delorme, Alban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,36,38,-29,11,-48,2,0,0,0,2,-65,-49,-62,-47,-97,-91,-87,-79,-116,-114,-306,-306,-308,-288,-372,-375,-362,-370,-411,-407,-408,-397,-375,-333,-386,-385,-379,-378,-376,-371,-384,-381,-490,-480,-586,-568,-1095,-1032,-1037,-1006]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} (8... Qe3+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 a6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bf3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Nd7 15. Bg3 hxg5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rdd1 Nce5 {½-½ (52) Bogdanovich,S (2588)-Zubarev,A (2552) Mukachevo 2016}) 9. Qd3 $146 (9. Qf3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Bd3 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Bc6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bd4 18. Nb3 {0-1 (47) Strohhaeker,R (2444)-Mandel,A (2403) Germany 2010}) 9... O-O 10. Be2 (10. Qf3 $11) 10... h6 {Black is slightly better.} (10... a5 {with more complications.} 11. a3 a4 12. Nd2 Qxb2 13. O-O Qb6+) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O a5 13. a4 (13. Na4 $11 Qb4 14. Nc3) 13... Rd8 $15 14. Kb1 Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 15. Qc4 Bxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Qa3 17. Nd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 18. Rxd4 $2 {[#]} (18. Qxd4 $17 {is a better defense.} e5 19. fxe5) 18... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4]} 19. Rd5 Be6 (19... exf4 20. Qb3 $15) 20. f5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rac8 22. Bc4 Rd7 23. Bb3 Rxc3 24. Qb5 Rc6 25. Qxa5 Qc5 26. Qxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Bd6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRR-KRB} ({Weaker is} 26... Rxc5 27. Kb2 $19) 27. Bd5 Rb6+ 28. Ka2 Rb4 29. Ka3 {If only White now had time for c3....} b5 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. c3 Rxa4+ 31. Kb3 c4+ 32. Kc2 Ra2+ {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Salahidou, Reveka"]
[Black "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:10:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:10:02]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:08:56]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} 11. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:24]} exf4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 12. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Qc1 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:12:16]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:12:51]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:08:33]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 17. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 18. Rb3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 19. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Nce3 {[%emt 0:16:56]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Nfe3+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Nce3+ {[%emt 0:03:55]} 26. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Rb2 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 28. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 29. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ndxc3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Bukhteeva, Viktoria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,29,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ $146 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+ 14. Kg1 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,24,0,6,9,13,0,7,14,0,17,21,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 {Predecessor:} 13. dxc5 $146 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd4 {1-0 (88) Carlsen,M (2842)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,67,11,-25,7,0,0,-22,-7,-22,-11,-17,-19,-24,-16,-41,-3,-4,-2,-6,-14,-11,-17,-35,-34,-35,-27,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,16,8,23,12,22,13,25,38,54,0,24,0,50,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. a3 Rb8 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 8. e4 (8. Rb1 b6 9. b4 d6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c4 {1-0 (55) Zhao,J (2604)-Kokarev,D (2615) Riadh 2017}) 8... d6 9. h3 b5 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 a5 12. c3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 {1-0 (29) Lie,E (2462)-Fossan,E (2347) Stavanger 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. Be3 a5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. c3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. d4 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. f4 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Bf3 Na5 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxa6 Bxa6 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Kf2 h5 28. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bc8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rc2 31. Be4 Rc7 32. Bf3 Rc2 33. Be4 Rc7 $1 34. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,55,42,32,40,41,37,45,50,30,36,8,20,6,9,6,10,10,10,6,20,12,31,16,40,25,38,23,35,22,101,95,181,186,224,181,404,401,534,537,505,226,226,229]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Bd7 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. Ne4 Qc8 15. Nc5 Bh3 16. e3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {0-1 (38) Kreisl,R (2404)-Smirin,I (2602) Riga 2018}) 12... Be6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qc1 Bh3 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qg4 19. f3 Qc8 20. Qg5 {Threatens to win with g4.} h6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 (21... Bxf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Qxf6 Qe6) 22. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g5 (22... Bxf6 $16 23. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8) 23. Qh5 $18 Bf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg6.} 24. Qxf7 Rd8 $2 (24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6) 25. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rf7g7]} Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxd7 (27. Be7 $142 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg8 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Qf6 (29. Qf8+ Kh7 $16) 29... Qxe7 30. Qxf5) 27... Bxd7 28. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Betsakos, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,153,48,50,52,56,52,56,33,53,58,71,55,86,103,94,87,94,91,97,80,99,62,124,116,165,136,145,114,219,237,237,186,184,193,163,158,163,199,183,190,194,202,260,252,242,254,296,275,315,0,329,280,227,30,85,100,105,11,172,150,320,300,230,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,133,76,171,164,171,163,235,225,233,201,456,139,143,139,138,133,201,133,288,92,140,0,283,276,265,260,253,133,322,320,354,344,822,930,995,806,944,916,29971,29972,29972,29967,29962,5602,6552,5505,3226,0,2898,614,2379,2292,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29982,29981,29982,29984,29985,29986,29987]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. d5 Na6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 g5 14. Bg3 Nc5 {1-0 (35) Korobov,A (2692)-Lu,S (2627) Doha 2016}) 4... d6 5. Qd2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nf6 6. O-O-O Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 d5 11. Ne5 e6 {0-1 (41) Kalinin,O (2034)-Loos,S (2025) Bayern 2017}) 6. Bh4 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Bd7 9. e4 g5 10. Bg3 f4 11. Bf2 e6 12. h4 Qe7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} Nh5 (15... a6 $14) 16. d5 $16 Nd8 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nd5 Qg7 (18... Qd8 $16) 19. Qb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4b7]} b6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Kf8 23. Bc4 {Nxb6 is the strong threat.} Re8 24. Be1 {Hoping for Bc3.} Qf7 25. Bc3 Be5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qa4 Ng3 28. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d6]} Rd8 29. b3 $2 ({White has to play} 29. Nxb6 $1 $18 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 axb6 31. Bxe6) 29... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qd7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 30. Qxd7 Rxd7) 30. Rd2 Bxd5 31. exd5 $2 (31. Rxd5 $18 Qe7 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qb7+ Kh6 34. Qxa7) 31... Qf6 (31... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Kb1 (33. d6 $16 Nf5 34. d7 (34. Qxa7 e4 $16)) 33... e4 $2 (33... Rd6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 34. d6 (34. Qxa7 e3 $19) 34... exf3 $2 (34... e3 $16 35. Rd5 e2 36. Bxe2 (36. Re5 $2 Rxd6 37. c3 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 e1=Q $19) 36... Nxe2) 35. gxf3 {White wants to mate with Rh2.} Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d6]} 36. Rh2 (36. d7 $18 {aiming for Rd5.} Nd4 37. a4 (37. Qxa7 Nxf3 38. Rd1 Ne5 $14)) 36... Nxd6 $16 {[#]} 37. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh8 38. Qxd8+ Ne8 39. Qxg5 Qf6 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qxa7 Nc7 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qg8 ({White should try} 44. a4) 44... Qe5 (44... b5 $16) 45. Qh7+ $18 Kc8 46. a4 Qd4 (46... Qd6 $142 47. Bd3 Nd5) 47. Qd3 Qg1+ 48. Kb2 Qg5 $2 {[#]} (48... Qg7+ 49. Ka2 Qf6) 49. Qe4 $2 (49. Qd6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 49... Qf6+ $16 50. Ka2 Qd6 51. Qd3 Qf6 (51... Ne8 $16 52. Ba6+ Kd8) 52. Bg8 Kb8 $2 (52... Ne8 $16 {might work better.} 53. Qa6+ Kd7 54. Qb7+ Nc7) 53. Qc4 $2 (53. Bh7 $18) 53... Qd6 54. Qd3 (54. Qe2 $16) 54... Qf6 $1 $18 55. Bh7 Qe7 56. Be4 Kc8 57. Qc4 (57. Bg6 $18) 57... Qf6 $2 {[#]} (57... Qd6 $16 58. Qg8+ Kd7 59. Bf5+ Ke7 60. Qg7+ Kd8 61. Qg5+ Ke8 62. Qg8+ Ke7 63. Qh7+ Kf8 64. Qh8+ Ke7 65. Qg7+ Kd8 66. Qg5+ Ke8) 58. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6][%mdl 512]} bxa5 59. Qxc5 a4 $2 (59... Kd7 60. Bf5+ Kd8) 60. bxa4 Qf7+ 61. Kb2 Qg7+ 62. c3 Qg2+ 63. Kb3 Qg8+ 64. Ka3 Qg7 65. a5 (65. Bf5+ $142 Kb7 66. a5 Qf6 67. Kb3 Qa6 68. Be4+ Kc8 69. Bc6 Kb8 70. c4) 65... Qh6 66. Bc6 Qf6 67. Be4 Qh6 $1 68. Qc6 Qg5 69. Ka4 Kd8 70. a6 {White mates.} Qe5 71. a7 Ke7 72. Kb4 Kf7 73. a8=Q Nxa8 74. Qxa8 Qd6+ 75. Kc4 Kg7 76. Qb7+ Kf8 77. Qb4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Delorme, Alban"]
[Black "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

{[%evp 13,74,-18,-16,32767,32767,32767,-54,32767,32767,32767,-36,32767,32767,32767,32767,-42,-41,32767,-47,-61,8,23,0,22,32767,32767,32767,32767,146,32767,32767,188,204,154,153,157,32767,137,155,167,241,191,245,263,219,254,256,264,291,334,288,289,339,392,375,337,379,437,573,552,636,833,1056]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07] D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rd1 Na6 13. f3 Be6 14. Bf2 Rd7 15. a3 Rad8 16. e3 c5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxc4 {½-½ (72) Dzagnidze,N (2535)-Sasikiran,K (2700) Caleta 2012}) 9... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:16:06]} 11. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na6 {[%emt 0:09:32]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 13. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxf6 $146 {[%emt 0:02:23]} ({Predecessor:} 13... exf6 14. Rd6 Re8 15. Bf2 Be6 16. Rad1 f5 {0-1 (37) Kopasz,R (2295)-Berebora,F (2428) Hungary 2016}) 14. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be6 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 15. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:24]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:43]} ({Black should play} 16... Rae8 $15) 17. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:50]} 19. Rd6 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 21. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:02:31]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 22. Nd6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 23. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} ({Don't play} 23. Bxd5 $6 Nxd7) 23... Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 24. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 26. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} (26... g5 {is a better defense.} 27. Nc3 gxf4) 27. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} 28. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 30. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 31. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. a4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 33. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 34. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 38. e4+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 39. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:27] Kxe4+ Kxe4} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Semenova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,19,-6,-10,-17,16,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,12,11,12,5,139,143,130,133,134,130,117,41,81,31,272,287,1056,130,3470,3083,29988,29989,29990,29990,29990,29991,29996,29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 a5 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (10... Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Neg5 Qf4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ {0-1 (33) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Qg4 Qc6 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. Nd6 Rd7 18. Rd2 {½-½ (52) Teplyi,I (2420)-Stojanovski,S (2248) Allerod 2018}) 13... dxe4 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Bc3 Rac8 17. Qg4 g6 18. h4 h5 19. Qf4 Bf8 (19... Kg7 $11) 20. g4 $1 $16 hxg4 {[#]} 21. h5 $1 g5 ({Reject} 21... gxh5 $6 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qxh5+ Bh6 24. Kg2 $14) 22. Qxg4 Kh7 23. h6 ({White should try} 23. f4 $16 exf3 24. e4) 23... Bxh6 24. Kg2 {Hoping for Rh1.} Rh8 $2 (24... Rg8 $14) 25. Rh1 $18 Rcg8 $2 {[#]} (25... Qe7 26. Rad1 Kg8) 26. Rad1 $2 (26. Bxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win. And now Qf5+ would win.} Rg6 (26... fxe6 27. Rxh6+) 27. Bf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Rg6 $16) 27. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qf5 would kill now.} Rd8 (27... fxe6 28. Qxe6) 28. Bd7 {White mates.} Bc6 29. e6+ f6 30. Qf5 Rhf8 {[#]} 31. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Dorfanis, Ilarion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,0,12,9,30,24,35,34,44,31,41,49,66,64,54,54,77,73,56,83,77,44,86,54,53,45,69,-29,0,-27,0,-18,0,-15,-14,-26,-19,-33,-8,-19,0,-11,21,-62,-26,-133,-133,-127,-125,-121,0,0,0,0,0,-77,53,52,54,5,4,-135,-133,-135,161,114,150,152,148,134,218,222,460,447,621,620,29985,29986,29985,29986,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Nd2 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nc6 9. Nc4 Nd4 10. Bd3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. O-O Be7 {1-0 (41) Donchenko,A (2604)-Limanovska,E (2071) Stockholm 2018}) 10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. c3 Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c8,Bc8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nc4 Bg5 18. a4 Na7 19. a5 {Hoping for Bxg5.} Nc8 20. Ne3 (20. f4 $14 exf4 21. Qf3 (21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 b5 $14)) 20... Ne7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 {[%cal Ba1a3,Ba3b3,Bb3b6][%mdl 32]} Ng6 24. Bb1 Qc7 25. Rb3 Nf4 26. Qe1 Ng6 27. Rb6 Rb8 28. b3 (28. b4 $11) 28... Ne7 $1 $15 29. b4 (29. Ba3 $11 Rf6 30. g3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3) 29... Nc8 $17 {aiming for ...f4.} 30. c5 Nxb6 31. axb6 Qc8 (31... Qd8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 32. Nc4 Bb5 33. Nxd6 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 g6) 32. Nc4 $1 $11 {Bxg5 is the strong threat.} dxc5 33. Nd6 $1 Qd8 34. bxc5 (34. Bxg5 $11 Qxg5 35. bxc5) 34... Bb5 (34... Be7 $17 {And now ...Bxd6 would win.} 35. Qxe5 Rf6) 35. Nxb5 $14 Bxc1 36. Nd6 Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} 37. Qb4 (37. Kh1 $11) 37... Bd4+ $17 38. Kh1 Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... g6 $17 {keeps the pressure on. White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 39. Qc4 Qf6 40. Nxb7 Rxb7) 39. Bxf5 g6 40. Be6+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kg7 41. Rd1 Qf4 (41... a5 $16 42. Qxa5 Ra8) 42. Ne4 $18 Qe3 $2 (42... Rbe8 43. Nd6 Rb8) 43. c6 {White threatens Qe7+ and mate.} Rbe8 44. c7 Rxf3 45. c8=Q {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece. White mates.} Rxc8 46. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (46. Bxc8 Qxe4 47. Be6 {[#]} (47. Bxb7 $2 Rf2 $19) 47... Qf4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 46... Kh8 47. Nf6 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 33%.} ({Not} 47. Bxc8 Qxe4 48. Qe8+ (48. Qxb7 {is a self mate.} Qd3 49. Qg7+ Kxg7 50. h4 Qxd1+ 51. Kh2 Qg1#) (48. Bxb7 $2 Qe2 $19) 48... Kg7 $11) 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Black "Kesidis, Odyseas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,99,38,38,50,48,29,13,22,24,52,0,0,0,0,0,42,0,0,-88,0,0,0,0,-12,-13,0,-113,-36,-36,-53,-149,-150,-152,-154,-149,-137,-126,-119,-103,-100,-89,-109,-96,-44,-46,-9,-9,-9,-9,-14,-22,88,0,49,43,217,124,514,509,650,635,633,625,595,556,735,808,1468,1640,1759,1656,2068,1398,29969,29971,29972,5129,5129,5122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Rf6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 13. d5 Rh6 $1 14. Rad1 c5 {The position is equal.} 15. g3 Qe7 (15... exd5 16. cxd5 Qe7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. a4 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Ne1 {½-½ (51) Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Moiseenko,A (2657) Doha 2016}) 16. Ne1 (16. Nh4 $1 $14) 16... Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ng5 17. Ng2 Rf8 18. h4 Ne4 19. Bf3 exd5 20. cxd5 {½-½ (51) Londyn,R (2340)-Dolezal,R (2361) Czechia 2015}) 17. b5 Rf8 18. Ng2 Ng5 19. f4 Ne4 20. g4 (20. Nh4 $11) 20... Rh3 ({Black should try} 20... exd5 $17 {And now ...fxg4 would win.} 21. cxd5 fxg4 22. Bxg4 Ndf6 23. Be6+ Kh8) 21. Rf3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Rxf3 22. Bxf3 exd5 23. cxd5 Ndf6 24. Nh4 (24. Bxf6 $11 {remains equal.} Nxf6 25. Qxf5) 24... fxg4 (24... Nxg4 $17 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxg4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5) 25. Nf5 $15 Qe8 {[#]} 26. Bxe4 (26. Nxg7 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Qg6 (26... Kxg7 27. Bxe4) 27. Bg2) 26... Qxe4 $17 ({Much worse is} 26... Nxe4 27. Nxg7 Qg6 28. f5 $11) 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Nxg7 c4 29. Ne6 c3 30. Nxf8 {Black must now prevent Bxc3.} cxb2 31. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Nd7.} Kxf8 32. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} Ke7 (32... h5 $17) 33. Rb4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb4e4]} Bxd5 {...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 34. Ra4 $1 Nc3 35. Rxa7+ Ke6 36. a4 Bc4 (36... h5 $11) 37. Kf2 (37. Rc7 $16 Kd5 38. a5 Nxb5 39. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 40. Ra4) 37... h5 38. Kg3 Kd5 $2 (38... Nd5 $1 $14) 39. a5 (39. Kh4 $18) 39... bxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Nxb5 $16 {is tougher.} 40. axb6 Kc6) 40. b6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Kc6 41. Rc7+ Kxb6 42. Rxc4 {KR-KN} Nd5 43. e4 Nf6 44. e5 dxe5 45. fxe5 Nd5 46. e6 Kb5 47. Re4 Nf6 48. Rf4 Ne8 49. Rf8 Nd6 50. e7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,46,65,30,46,27,24,20,33,22,46,36,46,0,13,24,49,45,42,39,87,79,70,68,78,75,98,84,82,95,93,16,67,80,50,81,60,75,73,52,126,100,133,71,72,77,76,68,90,34,38,70,80,12,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O {White has an edge.} Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... Na6 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. f3 {1-0 (36) Grischuk,A (2766)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2018}) 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Na3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. f4 Neg4 15. Nc4 h5 {½-½ (31) Matsuura,E (2462)-Umetsubo,C (2408) Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso 2017}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. e4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Ncxb5 Qb6 19. Be3 Ra5 20. Qe2 Ra4 21. Qc2 (21. Nc3 $16 Rb4 22. Bc1) 21... Rb4 (21... Ra5 $11) 22. Nxd6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} Qxd6 23. Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb8 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Kh1 g5 ({Black should try} 25... h5 $14) 26. Rad1 Bf8 27. Qd2 (27. Qc1 $142) 27... Qxd2 $16 28. Rxd2 Rb8 29. Rc2 g4 30. Nc4 (30. Nb1 $16) 30... Nxc4 $14 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rc6 ({Better is} 32. f4 $16) 32... Kg7 33. Kg1 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 34. f4 Nf6 35. Rc4 {Threatens to win with d6!} Rb4 36. Rxb4 Bxb4 37. e5 Nxd5 38. g3 h5 39. Rd1 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 Ne3 41. Rc1 Bd4 42. Rc6 Nf5 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf2 Nf5+ 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kf2 Nf5+ 47. Kg2 Ne3+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Triantos, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,-19,-19,-19,55,-13,19,0,10,4,7,0,12,-9,0,-2,0,-9,-11,-9,0,-32,-23,-24,-19,-110,-91,-139,-140,-130,-127,-173,-171,-180,-171,-190,-177,-183,-178,-153,-168,-165,-161,-206,-168,-183,-129,-220,-225,-366,-197,-204,-172,-172,-132,-220,-218,-227,-229,-252,-229,-258,-83,-266,-250,-239,-230,-225,-227,-539,-531,-514,-495,-2144,-2127,-29965,-5129,-5122,-5122,-5114,-5081]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {B06: Modern Defence} Nc6 $146 (6... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. h4 c4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 h5 10. Nh3 Bf5 11. Nf4 e6 {0-1 (44) Lobanov,S (2526)-Gareyev,T (2569) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. f4 (7. h4 $14) 7... Bf5 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. O-O e6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qc6 13. g4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qxc3 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Rxb3 Qc6 17. Qc1 (17. Rf2 $11) 17... Qxc1 $17 18. Bxc1 b5 19. Ba3 Kd7 20. f5 gxf5 {aiming for ...Bxa3.} 21. gxf5 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg4 24. fxe6+ fxe6 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26. Rc3+ Kb6 27. Re7 Rg6 ({Resist} 27... Rxd4 28. Rexc7 Re8 29. R7c6+ Ka5 30. Kg2 $17) (27... Rc8 $19 28. Rxe6+ c6) 28. Rexc7 (28. Rcxc7 $17 {was necessary.} Rf8 29. Rb7+ Ka5 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7) 28... Rag8 $1 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g1]} 29. R3c6+ Ka5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g1]} 30. Rc1 Rg4 31. Rxh7 Rxd4 32. Rh3 (32. Rh6 $17) 32... Rg5 33. Re3 Rf4 $1 34. Rg1 d4 35. Re2 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 {KR-KR} Kb4 $1 37. Rf2 Rg4+ 38. Rg2 {[#]} Rh4 $1 ({Weaker is} 38... Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Ka3 40. h4 $17) 39. Rg6 $2 {[#]} (39. Rc2) 39... Kc3 $1 40. Rxe6 Kxd3 41. Rxa6 (41. Kf2 $142 Rxh2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rd6) 41... Ke2 42. Kg2 d3 43. Rd6 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Re4 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Delorme, Alban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,37,11,33,34,37,27,34,25,33,8,21,6,9,7,88,24,23,-16,-8,-28,0,-27,-15,-62,-46,-55,96,102,102,89,127,112,349,347,348,351,323,337,325,315,397,380,400,401,366,296,294,301,280,260,336,275,341,285,310,293,529,493,468,529,493,503,526,490,497,383,311,0,497,495,551,550,539,529,521,499,489,463,1820,1786,1425,1218,1128,1053]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Qb6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (10... Bh6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Nc2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rcd8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (64) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) Beijing 2013}) 11. d3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O {White has an edge.} 13. f4 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Nf3 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Bg2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rab8 {0-1 (40) Cabarkapa,N (2372)-Todorovic,G (2464) Palic 2014}) 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. Nf3 c4 (16... b4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. d4 ({White should try} 17. dxc4 $16 Rb8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3) 17... d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Be3 f5 20. Kh2 b4 21. gxf5 bxc3 22. fxg6 hxg6 $2 (22... cxb2 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 23. gxh7+ Kh8) 23. bxc3 $16 e6 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. Nd2 Nxd2 $2 (25... Bxf4+ $16 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rxe4 (28. Bxc4 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qxc4 $15) 28... Qf7 29. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kh1 Kg7) 26. Qxg6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} (26. Bxd2 Qf7 $14) (26. Qxd2 Ne7 $14) 26... Qg7 27. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 28. Bxd2 Ne7 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nf5.} 29. Re2 ({Much less strong is} 29. Qg4 Qh7 $18) 29... Bxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rg2 Qh7 32. Be2 Rdf8 33. Bg4 ({Worse is} 33. Qxa6 Nf5 $11) 33... Qh4 34. Rag1 Rg8 35. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} ({And not} 35. Qxa6 Rfxg4 36. Rxg4 Rxg4 $11) 35... a5 36. a4 Rg7 37. Qd7 Rf2 $2 (37... Rg8 38. Rg3 Rf2+ 39. Kh1 Rgf8) 38. Qe8+ Kh7 {[#] aiming for ...Rxg4.} 39. Qh5+ Qxh5 40. Bxh5 Rgxg2+ 41. Rxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf1 42. Rg1 Rf2+ 43. Rg2 (43. Kh1 $142) 43... Rf1 $1 44. Bg4 {White is clearly winning.} Rc1 45. Rg3 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Kh6 47. Bd7 Ng6 48. e6 {And now Rxg6+! would win.} Nf4 (48... Re2 $142 49. Rf3 Kg5) 49. e7 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 {Rg6+! is the strong threat.} Nxd4+ 51. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Betsakos, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:04:37]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 8. exd4 {[%emt 0:08:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:12:45]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:38]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. bxa4 {[%emt 0:07:05]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 15. Ndxc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:20:22]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:12:39]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:22:28]} 19. N5g4 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 20. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 22. Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:10:15]} 24. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:06:45]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 27. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 28. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 29. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 30. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rb5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 32. Bc1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Bh6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Tsaknakis, Zisis"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,115,29,39,0,8,0,8,0,18,-30,-28,-48,-52,-42,-39,-54,-55,-57,-63,-53,-56,-52,-47,-64,-65,-54,-22,-24,-23,-28,-26,-54,-42,-54,-61,-54,-48,-51,-15,-15,-15,-14,0,-22,12,-86,-85,-70,-62,-89,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,18,16,22,20,31,31,32,25,24,27,30,28,27,0,0,0,104,99,93,28,28,0,81,0,29,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. d4 Nc4 12. b3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Bb2 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Ba3 Raa8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Rb2 Bf8 24. Reb1 Rab8 25. Rb3 g6 26. Qa2 {½-½ (26) Wedberg,T (2562)-Ahlander,B (2533) Sweden 2007}) 14... Bf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. c4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nbd7 16. d5 {The position is equal.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... g6 17. Nh2 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng4 b4 20. a3 a5 21. Nf1 Nc5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {½-½ (46) Graf,C (2165)-Pollinger,M (2115) Bayern 1995}) 17. a4 Qc7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Nb1 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Bc6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Qc4 Rb8 26. Ng5 h6 27. b4 $1 hxg5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rb1 Qc8 30. Bb3 Rb7 31. Ba2 Rxb1+ 32. Nxb1 Qe8 33. Nd2 Bb5 34. Qb3 Ba4 35. Qc4 Bd7 {[#]} 36. Qc3 {[#]} (36. Bxe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] keeps the balance.} Be6 (36... Qxe5 37. Qxf7+) 37. Qc2) 36... Qa8 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra8a2]} 37. Bb1 Be6 38. Nf3 Qa4 ({Black should try} 38... Nxe4 $17 39. Qxe5 Bd5) 39. Bc2 $11 Qb4 40. Nxg5 Bc4 41. Nf3 Nd7 42. Qxb4 cxb4 43. Nxe5 Nxe5 44. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} b3 45. Bb1 $1 Be2 {With the idea ...Ba3.} 46. Bb2 $1 Bc5 47. e5 Kf8 48. Be4 Bc4 $1 49. g4 g5 50. Kg2 Bb4 51. Kg3 Bd2 52. h4 gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Ke7 (53... Bf4 $1 $11) 54. Kg3 $16 Be1 55. Kg2 (55. Kf3 $16) 55... Bd2 $11 56. Kg3 (56. Bf5 $11) 56... Be1 $1 $16 57. Kg2 (57. Kf3 $16) 57... Bd2 $1 $11 58. Kg3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Nikolaou, Spiridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,33,30,7,16,0,52,45,36,33,37,45,41,36,140,137,135,71,90,87,99,90,118,97,149,157,142,147,160,126,158,152,163,138,593,418,511,331,410,362,356,162,166,149,160,154,144,135,137,133,143,132,134,57,63,46,70,46,59,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,19,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 (9... h6 $11) 10. Qd2 $14 {White is slightly better.} b5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. f4 exf4 $146 (13... Be7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Be7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne4 {1-0 (29) Zidu,J (2602)-Jensen,E (2491) ICCF email 2014}) 14. Bxf4 $16 Ne5 {[#]} 15. Qg2 ({Better is} 15. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Bxd5 16. exd5) 15... Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Bg5 (18... Bf6 $142) 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 20. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Be7 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Qc5 $16 {is tougher.} 24. Bg2 Bf8) 24. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf8 {[%cal Re5c6]} (24... Nxc6 25. dxc6) 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Qe4 ({Not} 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Qg1 Qc7 $18) 26... Bg7 27. Nxd8 (27. Rf1 $142) 27... Qxd8 $18 28. a4 Qxg5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bf1 Bf6 31. Bxb5+ Kf8 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Qf4 (33. Qe2 $16) 33... Qxf4 $14 34. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Ra4 is the strong threat. KRB-KBN} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 35. Rf1 g4 36. Be2 (36. Kc1 $14) 36... Bg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. c4 Be3 38. Kc2 g3 {And now ...g2 would win.} 39. Bf3 $1 f5 40. Bh1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,143,31,23,24,25,20,14,8,7,14,20,35,10,18,12,10,-4,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,90,24,24,26,35,31,20,12,33,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,24,24,22,24,0,17,17,24,24,31,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Nf6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. c3 Be7 16. Bf3 e4 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 {1-0 (51) Salem,A (2660)-Goganov,A (2612) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be2 Ne7 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4) 16... f6 17. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. Kf2 Nc6 (22... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Ne6 ({Better is} 23. Rd1 $16) 23... g6 24. Rd1 Ne7 $1 25. Rd3 Kd7 26. Nc5+ Kc7 27. e4 Kc6 28. Nb3 dxe4 29. fxe4 Re8 30. a4 Kc7 31. Nc5 Nc6 32. Rd7+ Kb6 33. Nxb7 Rxe4 34. a5+ Nxa5 35. Nxa5 Kxa5 36. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Rb4 37. b3 Rb6 38. Rc7 Kb5 39. Ke3 Re6+ 40. Kd3 Rd6+ 41. Ke4 Kb6 42. Rg7 Rd2 43. Rxg6 Rxc2 44. Rxf6+ Kb5 45. h3 Re2+ 46. Kd4 Rd2+ 47. Kc3 Rh2 48. Rf5+ Kb6 49. Rh5 a5 50. Rh8 Rh1 51. h4 Kc6 52. h5 Rh3+ {The position is equal.} 53. Kb2 Rh2+ 54. Ka3 Rh4 55. h6 Kb7 56. Kb2 Rh3 57. Kc2 Ka7 58. Rh7+ (58. b4 $5 axb4 59. Rh7+ Kb6 60. Rh8 $11) 58... Kb6 59. Kb2 Ka6 60. Rh8 Kb7 61. Kc2 Ka7 62. h7 {[#] Threatens to win with Kd2.} Kb7 63. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Ke2.} Ka7 64. Ke2 Kb7 65. Kf2 Ka7 66. Kg2 Rh6 67. Kf3 Rh1 68. Ke4 {[#] And now Ke5 would win.} Kb7 69. Kd5 {Hoping for Ke5.} Rh5+ 70. Kd6 Rh6+ 71. Ke7 {Strongly threatening Kf7.} Rh1 72. Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Black "Bukhteeva, Viktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,-10,24,20,15,8,35,30,23,37,15,-7,0,-10,-12,-7,-10,-14,-12,-25,-19,-18,-12,-30,-30,-31,-20,-22,-19,-39,-44,-54,-46,-85,-66,-33,-35,-55,-37,-63,0,0,0,0,-1,-25,77,87,99,114,177,162,137,82,80,84,52,72,135,140,141,106,243,235,276,151,231,149,277,224,224,224,224,224,887,870]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 7. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32] A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (7. c3 c5 8. Qe1 Nc6 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Nc2 Bb7 12. c4 Nc7 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 b5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Qf2 a5 {½-½ (41) Swiercz,D (2501)-Grachev,B (2667) Lublin 2010}) 7... c5 8. Nc4 Nc6 9. e4 {White is slightly better.} dxe3 10. Bxe3 Nd4 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 {0-1 (69) Lacasta Palacio,J (2195)-Pascual Genoves,M (2193) Spain 2004}) 11... Be6 12. Nce5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd5 14. Qf2 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. c3 Nd5 18. Bf2 e6 19. Qf3 b5 20. a3 Ne7 21. Qe3 Rd5 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Nf5 24. Qc3 Rd6 25. b4 Nd4 (25... cxb4 $15 26. axb4 Rfd8) 26. bxc5 $11 Qxc5 27. Re4 $36 {[%cal Rf2d4][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rfd8 28. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qxb4 (28... Qc8 $1 $11 29. c5 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6) 29. axb4 $16 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Nf3+ (30... R6d7 $16) 31. Kg2 $18 Rd3 {aiming for ...Nd2.} 32. Ra1 ({White should try} 32. Rc1 $1) 32... Nd2 $16 33. Rf4 g5 34. Rg4 Nf3 ({Black should play} 34... Rc3) 35. c5 $1 (35. Bxa7 $6 h5 $11) 35... Rc3 36. Ra2 $1 ({But not} 36. Rxa7 $6 Rd2 $11) 36... Rdd3 (36... Kf8 $16) 37. Re4 $18 ({Worse is} 37. Rxa7 Rc2 $11) 37... h5 {[#]} 38. Rae2 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxa7 Rc2 $11) (38. b5 $1 $18) 38... Rd5 (38... Kf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. b5 Nd2 (39... Kf8 $16 {might work better.} 40. Rb2 Nxe5) 40. Rb4 Nc4 {[#]} 41. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a7]} axb6 42. cxb6 {b7 is the strong threat.} Rxe5 $2 {[#]} (42... Na5 43. b7 Nxb7) 43. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Rahmanidis, Petros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,18,34,18,50,48,52,51,47,48,68,72,70,60,62,63,92,94,92,89,79,84,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53,31,69,64,72,67,456,422,403,402,362,161,451,414,744,376,1077,1059,1745,1745,1732,1679]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Bf4 Nfd7 7. e3 e5 8. Bh2 Nc6 9. Be2 f5 10. O-O {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} e4 (10... Kh8 11. a3 e4 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. b4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. b5 Bg8 18. a4 Rc8 {1-0 (31) Matlakov,M (2689)-Huzman,A (2580) Berlin 2015}) 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rb1 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 13. b4 g5 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b5 Ne7 15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 Nexd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (51) Cherepov,A (2266)-Silich,Y (2058) Vilnius 2018}) 14... Ne7 15. d5 Ng6 16. c5 a6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 f4 19. bxa6 (19. Ndxe4 Bf5 $14) 19... bxa6 20. Ncxe4 (20. exf4 $16 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Ndxe4 Bf5 $17) 21... gxf4 22. Ncxe4 (22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 $16)) 20... Nxe4 $11 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. f3 fxe3 23. Qc6 Nf4 ({Black should play} 23... Be5 $11) 24. Bxf4 $1 $14 gxf4 25. Nxd6 Bxb1 26. Nxe8 Bxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Qxe8 $14 27. Rxb1 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Be5) 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Qxa6 (29. d6 $142) 29... Bxd5 $2 (29... Rb2 {was necessary.} 30. d6 (30. Qa7+ Kg8 $16) 30... Bb3) 30. Qa7+ $18 Kg6 (30... Kh6 $142 31. Qa4 Qg5 32. Rxd5 Rb1+ 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Qg3) 31. Qd4 Bxf3 $2 {[#]} (31... Qd6 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb4 35. Bd3+ Kf6) 32. Qxf4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 32. gxf3 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Rb2 $18) 32... Bxe2 33. Rd6+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,154,33,36,57,59,53,38,47,28,38,23,68,49,60,63,81,74,113,103,131,139,142,152,153,130,127,120,131,127,115,45,37,37,22,35,75,-100,-108,-98,-98,-104,-96,-107,-112,-106,-117,-147,-148,-148,-146,-168,-170,-221,-174,-187,-187,-194,-169,-229,-228,-228,-228,-160,-160,-228,-228,-262,-227,-321,-273,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-435,-398,-341,-241,-244,-194,-207,-132,-95,-95,-95,-95,-29960,-29964,-29966,-29964,-29948,-29954,-29966,-29956,-5315,-389,-29971,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29968,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29972,-4622,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29989,-4134]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O f6 {C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} (9... a5 10. a4 Be7 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Na3 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bd3 {1-0 (25) Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Richter,M (2505) Germany 2016}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {White is slightly better.} 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. c4 Qd6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Nbd2 {0-1 (28) Nikolenko,O (2536)-Castaneda,G (2477) Tula 2006}) 12... Bd6 13. b5 Ne7 14. c4 O-O 15. Bb2 Ng6 16. g3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. Re1 e5 19. cxd5 Bg4 20. Qb3 Nd7 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Ne4 Bc5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 23. Nxc5 ({Better is} 23. Rac1 $16) 23... Nxc5 $14 24. Qe3 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 25. Qxc5 Bxd5 {White must now prevent ...Rac8.} 26. Rac1 $2 {[#]} (26. Rad1 $16 {stays on course.} Bxa2 27. Qe3) 26... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Nh3+)} 27. Bf1 (27. gxf4 Qg6+) 27... Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c5]} 28. Bxd3 Qf3 $40 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rf3h1][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 29. Be4 Bxe4 {[#]} 30. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe4 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rac8 33. Re1 Kg8 34. Bd4 (34. Re2 $142) 34... Rfe8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Bxa7 $19 {KR-KB} Ra8 37. Be3 (37. b6 $142) 37... Rxa2 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. b6 (40. Ke4 $17) 40... Ra4 41. g4 Kd5 42. h3 (42. Bf4 $142) 42... Rb4 43. Kg3 $2 (43. Ke2) 43... Ke4 44. h4 Rb3 45. h5 g5 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Kh4 {[#]} Rb5 $1 48. Kg3 g5 49. Kg2 Rd5 50. Bc1 Rc5 51. Bd2 Kd3 52. Be3 Re5 53. Kf3 Rb5 54. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Bc1 $17) 54... Ke2 $1 55. Kg2 Rd5 56. Bc1 Rc5 57. Be3 Rb5 58. Bc1 Re5 $2 (58... Rxb6 59. Bxg5 Rg6) 59. f4 $2 (59. f3 $19 Rb5 60. Kg3) 59... Rc5 60. Ba3 Rc4 61. fxg5 Rxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Kh3 Rxg5 63. Bd6 Rg6 64. Bc7 Kd3 65. Kh4 Kc4 66. Kh5 Rg2 67. Bf4 Kb5 68. Be3 Kc6 69. Kh4 Rb2 70. Kg3 Rxb6 71. Bxb6 Kxb6 {KP-K. Black mates.} 72. Kf3 Kc5 73. Ke2 Kc4 74. Kd2 Kb3 75. Kc1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 76. Kb1 b4 77. Ka1 Kc2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gavrish, Leonid"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,6,34,11,30,11,20,22,34,28,25,23,23,23,20,22,26,37,25,22,31,40,34,45,41,23,39,10,37,26,91,100,99,30,27,9,54,56,80,47,65,0,64,60,63,0,18,16,74,-7,-6,-12,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (11. a3 Be7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rd1 Bf6 14. Be4 Qd8 15. Bh6 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Qe7 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Ne4 Nd4 {0-1 (56) Tregubov,P (2585)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016}) 11... Ne7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 {½-½ (27) Kregelin,J (2168)-Skorna,U (2042) GER email 2009}) 16... f5 17. Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd6 21. Bc4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh8 24. Qe2 Qe7 (24... h6 $11) 25. Qe5 $16 Qf6 26. Re3 (26. Qc7 $16) 26... Qxe5 $11 27. Rxe5 (27. fxe5 {looks sharper.} b6 28. Red3 Rb8 29. Rd6 g5 30. Rd8) 27... Re8 28. Bb5 Rf8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 ({Better is} 30. Rc5 $14) 30... Kg7 ({Black should try} 30... b6 $11) 31. Rc5 $14 a6 32. Bd7 (32. Be2 $14) 32... Rd8 33. Rc7 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc8+.} Kf6 (33... Rxd7 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Rdxd7+ Bxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kf6) 34. Rd6 ({White should play} 34. Ba4 $16 Rxd1 35. Bxd1) 34... Bxd7 {The position is equal.} 35. Rdxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 $11 {KR-KR} b5 37. Rxh7 Rc8 38. Kd2 Rc4 39. g3 e5 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. Re7+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Vardaris Open 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Salahidou, Reveka"]
[Black "Tsekmes, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,78,-24,-30,-61,-61,-58,-62,-59,-68,-69,-60,-63,-59,-77,-104,-109,-102,-132,-28,-133,-27,-28,-36,-39,-42,-116,-134,-213,-213,-580,-570,-654,-452,-435,-428,-523,-506,-477,-492,-521,-475,-558,-498,-529,-519,-554,-530,-589,-592,-662,-643,-697,-692,-682,-657,-29983,-29983,-29980,-6045,-29981,-29960,-6532,-4718]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 a5 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. c4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Re8 15. f4 d6 16. Rh3 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2787)-Robson,R (2660) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... a4 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 $1 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a1]} 15. Bd4 Bb4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Qc2 {[#]} d6 (17... d5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...c5.} 18. exd6 Bg4) 18. exd6 (18. Bd3 $11) 18... Bf5 ({Reject} 18... Bxd6 $6 19. Bd3 $11) (18... Bg4 $17 19. f3 Bf5) 19. Bd3 $11 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 cxd6 21. Kd1 (21. O-O $15 Bxd2 22. Ra1) 21... d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 22. Qe3 (22. h5 $17 {was called for.} h6 23. Qg3) 22... dxc4 $19 23. Nxc4 $2 (23. bxc4 {was the crucial defense.} Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qa4+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26. Kf3 Nxc4 27. Qf4) 23... Nxc4 24. bxc4 {If only White now had time for Qe5....} Qa4+ 25. Ke2 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Be5 (26. Bxc5 Re8) 26... Qc2+ 27. Kf3 Re8 28. Ra1 f6 29. Kg3 fxe5 30. Ra7 Qc3 31. Qxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 32. f3 h6 33. Rc7 Bd4 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 34. Kg4 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4+ 36. Kh5 Kh7 37. Rf7 Bf6 (37... Bc3 $142 38. g3 Rxc4 39. Rd7 Rd4 40. Rxd4 cxd4 41. Kg4 d3 42. Kf3 Bd4 43. g4 Bb6 44. Ke4 d2 45. Kd5 d1=Q+ 46. Kc4 Qxg4+ 47. Kb5 Be3 48. Kc6 Qc4+ 49. Kb7 Qd5+ 50. Kc7 h5 51. Kc8 Bb6 52. Kb8 Qd7 53. Ka8 Qc8#) 38. g3 Rxc4 39. g4 Re4 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

