[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,36,22,11,21,0,13,3,1,0,-6,-2,11,0,0,0,24,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Ba6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Na4 Bb5 17. Nc3 Ba6 18. Na4 Bb5 {Predecessor:} 19. Re1 $146 Rc8 20. Nc5 a5 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. e4 a4 23. Bb4 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 {½-½ (63) Haug,J (2303)-Gupta,A (2627) chess.com INT 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,3,8,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,-41,-45,-85,-83,-77,-78,-94,-83,-93,-84,-111,-101,-97,-98,-109,-107,-101,-101,-114,-108,-118,-111,-116,-112,-116,-123,-114,-123,-131,-129,-122,-132,-155,-156,-178,-178,-194,-185,-200,-206,-325,-220,-308,-185,-352,-298,-338,-350,-354,-355,-352,-329,-373,-369,-508,-509,-732,-730,-917,-917,-900,-900,-833,-824,-667,-542,-534,-531,-511,-1075,-1071,-1060,-523,0,-291,-291,-563,-793,-703,-765,-1104,-1047,-1008,-916,-1551,-1578,-29953,-29940,-2896,-1640,-1461,-1403]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rd1 {aiming for dxe5. A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (8. e3 Be6 9. Rd1 Na6 10. b3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. e4 Re8 14. Nge2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxb4 {½-½ (31) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Radjabov,T (2726) Baku 2014}) 8... Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 Be6 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 {0-1 (63) Belzo,K (2077)-Berend,F (2371) Andorra la Vella 2017}) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rd2 Qb4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} ({Much weaker is} 17... Qxc4 $6 18. Bxg6 Nf6 19. Bb1 $11) 18. Bc2 Qxc4 19. Bb3 Qe4 20. Bc2 Nh7 21. Bxe4 Nxg5 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Ne6 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. Rd7 Nd4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. e3 Ne6 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {KB-KN} 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf3 Kd6 31. g4 Ne6 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Nc7 34. Bb3 Ke7 35. Bc4 (35. e4 $142) 35... Kf6 36. e4 Ne8 37. h4 $2 (37. b4) 37... Nd6 $19 38. Bd3 a5 39. b3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 40. Ke3 c5 41. Be2 Ke7 42. Bf3 f6 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Kc3 b4+ 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Bd1 Kb5 47. Bc2 Kb6 48. Bd1 Ka6 {Played: a5-a4} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,32,6,13,9,8,17,17,10,23,14,10,9,31,20,29,0,0,0,35,0,16,25,6,22,67,65,79,0,0,0,0,-32,-47,-43,0,-58,-74,-70,-64,-377,-376,-418,-414,-397,-371,-397,-391,-554,-531,-666,-674,-579,-642,-2069,-2068,-1372,-1268,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. d5 {With the idea dxc6.} e4 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} (10... cxd5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nd4 e3 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nc2 Ndf6 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Be4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 {0-1 (60) Carlsen,M (2837)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc2 d5 14. Ne3 Ne5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Qd2 {1-0 (46) Wang,H (2717)-Movsesian,S (2653) Huaian 2016}) 13... Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nc2 Nf8 16. Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Qe5 17. Qd4 Qa5 {[#] aiming for ...Ng4.} 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Bb2 Qh5 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. h4 a6 22. Na4 Ne6 23. Bxf6 (23. Nb6 $16) 23... Bxf6 $11 24. Nc3 Nd4 $1 25. Nc2 Nxc2 26. Qxc2 d5 27. e3 ({White should play} 27. cxd5 $11 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 cxd5 29. f3) 27... Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Bxc3 would win. White is under strong pressure.} 28. Rd2 Re6 29. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. b4 $1 $15) 29... g5 $1 $19 30. Re1 Bxe2 31. Rexe2 gxh4 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Qc7 (33. Re1 $142 hxg3 34. fxg3) 33... Rdd6 34. Re1 hxg3 35. fxg3 Be5 36. Bf1 Rh6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 38. Rg2 Rdf6 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,207,13,18,16,33,8,13,-12,29,10,21,8,0,8,0,0,-15,-6,-6,-6,38,32,38,-28,0,-58,-61,-70,-83,-64,-70,-98,-98,-106,-93,-99,-100,-106,-66,-61,-33,-40,0,0,0,0,18,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-30,-27,-23,-237,-237,-266,-264,-270,-272,-287,-287,-287,-282,-288,-285,-285,-285,-262,-183,-186,-187,-181,-187,-182,-176,-285,-285,-1310,-1310,-1372,-1339,-1334,-1331,-1303,-1052,-1303,-1266,-1300,-1259,-778,-441,-693,-670,-538,-523,-435,-411,-1312,-1286,-1347,-1335,-1338,-1348,-1347,-1332,-1318,-1300,-1304,-1307,-1291,-1174,-1133,-1131,-1131,-1125,-1318,-1272,-1280,-1265,-1206,-1223,-1209,-968,-1220,-1195,-1154,-1118,-648,-435,-400,-300,-442,-315,-315,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,-203,0,0,0,0,0,-183,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 10. h3 Ng8 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg6 14. Bd5 Nf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (58) Vokhidov,S (2480)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Be3 Nge7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Nh4 (17. c4 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Re3 ({White should try} 18. Nf3 $11) 18... g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Nf3 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qe1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Ra8 {[%cal Ba7a8,Ba8f8,Bf8f4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qe3 Rf8 25. Kg2 Rf4 26. Rh1 d4 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. Rg1 Nf5 {And now ...Nh4+ would win.} 29. Bd5 Nce7 30. Be4 Nh4+ 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Ne4 Qh5 34. cxd4 exd4 35. Ng5 $2 (35. Qc2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... Rf5 $1 $19 36. Ne4 {[#]} Nd5 $1 37. Ke1 Nf4 {aiming for ...Qf3.} 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Ke2 Nxb2 41. Rb1 Nxa4 42. Rxb7 Nc5 43. Nxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 44. Kd3 Kg7 45. Kxd4 Rc2 46. Ra7 (46. Ke3 $142) 46... Rxf2 47. Rxc7+ $2 (47. Rxa6 Rf1 48. Ra5) 47... Kg6 48. Ke5 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Rf6 50. Rc8 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Rg6 52. Rh8 h6 53. Kf3 Re6 54. Kg3 (54. Rg8+ $142 Rg6 55. Rc8) 54... Re3+ 55. Kf2 Ra3 56. Rc8 Ra5 57. Rc6 (57. Kg3 $142 Ra3+ 58. Kf2) 57... Rf5+ 58. Kg3 a5 59. Ra6 h5 60. Ra8 Kf6 61. Re8 Kf7 62. Re4 Rb5 63. Kf3 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Kf6 65. Rc4 Rb5 66. Re4 Re5 67. Rd4 Ke6 68. Kf3 Rd5 69. Rc4 Kd6 70. Ke4 Rg5 {( -> ...Rg4+)} 71. Rc8 Rg4+ 72. Kf3 Ra4 73. Rh8 h4 74. Rh5 (74. Rh6+ $142 Ke5 75. Rh5+ Kf6 76. Rh8) 74... Ra3+ 75. Kg2 {[#]} h3+ $1 76. Kh2 (76. Rxh3 Rxh3) 76... Kc6 77. Rf5 a4 78. Rf4 Kd5 79. Kh1 Ra2 80. Rb4 Kc5 81. Rf4 Kb5 82. Rf5+ Kc4 83. Rf4+ Kd3 84. Rb4 Ke3 85. Rc4 Ke2 86. Re4+ Kf3 87. Rc4 Ke3 88. Rb4 a3 89. Rb3+ Kd2 90. Rf3 {intending Rf2+.} Ke2 91. Rc3 Kd1 92. Rf3 Kc2 93. Rf2+ Kb3 94. Rf3+ Kc4 95. Rf4+ Kd5 96. Rf3 Ke4 97. Rb3 Ra1+ 98. Kh2 a2 $2 ({Black should play} 98... Kd5 $19 {...Kd4 is the strong threat.} 99. Rd3+ Kc4) 99. Ra3 $11 Kd4 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} 100. Ra8 Kd3 $2 (100... Kc3 $11) 101. Ra7 $19 {[#]} Rc1 $2 (101... Kc3 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kd2.} 102. Rc7+ Kb2 103. Rb7+ Kc3) 102. Rxa2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc2+ 103. Rxc2 Kxc2 104. Kxh3 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,72,37,31,39,33,20,29,33,22,29,29,36,8,12,-8,0,-60,-56,-94,-88,-82,-89,-96,-70,-78,-75,-83,-74,-93,-92,-95,-75,-166,-172,-183,-203,-186,-27,-27,-16,-24,-14,-25,-29,-192,-85,-172,-72,-120,-114,-123,-121,-524,-253,-524,-421,-479,-450,-12840,-12840]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Bg4 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (8... Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Ne1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. e3 Nf5 15. Bxc6 Rxb2 16. Nd3 {0-1 (39) Jumabayev,R (2633)-Chigaev,M (2640) Riga 2019}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 {White has an edge.} 11. Be3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 f5 14. e4 Kh8 15. h4 Ng8 16. h5 {½-½ (27) Bekker Jensen,D (2200)-Hoi,C (2389) Helsingor 2018}) 13... f5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 (15. Bxf4 $11 Rb8 16. a4) 15... g5 $15 16. Bd4 gxf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Ne5 19. Rxf4 N7g6 20. Rf2 Qg5 21. Kh2 Rf6 22. Rg1 Raf8 23. Bf3 (23. Kh1 $17) 23... Qh6 $1 $19 24. Nd1 Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 25. Ne3 f4 $2 ({Much less strong is} 25... Nf4 26. Bg2 $17) (25... c5 $19 26. dxc6 bxc6) 26. Ng4 $11 Nxg4+ 27. Bxg4 Ne5 28. Rfg2 Rg6 29. Be6 $2 {[#]} (29. b3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 29... b6 (29... c5 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 30. Qd2 Nxc4) 30. b4 (30. Bg4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 30... Rff6 (30... f3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 31. exf3 Rxf3) 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Bg4 Qh4 {Hoping for ...f3!} 33. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Be6 $17 {is a better chance.}) 33... bxc5 (33... f3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. e3 (34. exf3 Nxf3+) 34... Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxa2) 34. bxc5 $2 {[#]} (34. Qc3) 34... f3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...fxe2.Black is clearly winning.} 35. cxd6 (35. exf3 Nxf3+) 35... cxd6 {...fxe2 is the strong threat.} ({Worse is} 35... f2 36. Rf1 $11) 36. Qe3 (36. e3 $142 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxa2 38. Be6) 36... f2 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,34,12,16,0,0,0,0,-37,-37,-42,-43,-42,-37,-40,-45,-37,-35,-41,-8,-30,-11,-18,19,14,41,18,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-123,-118,-128,-87,-205,-208,-207,-197,-422,-437,-428,-434,-434,-405,-569,-561,-939,-887,-1308,-938,-852,-870,-930,-849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 Nh5 {E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8 Re1} 11. Be3 (11. g3 Re8 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd7 18. Be3 {0-1 (64) Gharibyan,M (2269)-Shevchenko,K (2569) Kirishi 2018}) 11... Qh4 $1 12. Bf2 Qg5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bf1 Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be5 14. g3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc5 Nxg3+ 21. Kg1 Be6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bg2 f4 24. Rxe5 {1-0 (24) Severina,M (2016)-Mamedov,E (1875) Kostroma 2010}) 14. Be3 {[#]} Ncd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. g3 (15. Bxd3 Qxg2#) 15... Nxe1 16. Qxe1 {aiming for Rd1.} Bxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening h4.} Ne6 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Qf2 c6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. f4 Ng7 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Nxf5 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 25. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e7]} Qf8 $1 26. Bf6 {And now g4 would win.} Re8 27. Bd3 {[#]} (27. Rxe8 $11 Qxe8 28. g4) 27... Rxe1+ $1 $17 28. Qxe1 {next g4 is good for White.} Be6 29. Ne4 (29. g4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qh6 30. gxf5 Qxf6 31. fxe6) 29... d5 $19 30. cxd5 cxd5 ({Inferior is} 30... Bxd5 31. Bc3 $11) 31. Qd2 $2 (31. Nf2 {was necessary.}) 31... dxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. Qg5+ Ng7 33. Bxe4 Rc8 34. Qh6 (34. b4 {might work better.} Bh3 35. Kf2) 34... Bf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bxf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh6h7]} Qc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Nxf5 38. Qg5+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Black "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,34,31,26,22,19,29,29,31,31,34,34,39,16,36,10,25,17,81,86,136,75,65,83,94,62,91,91,85,88,107,92,99,76,84,74,88,89,74,41,87,41,103,108,136,127,127,145,132,121,182,176,287,295,327,293,345,351,452,289,477,331,357,308,309,295,479,470,964,966,936,933,1116,1072]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. g3 (10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 a6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (38) Ding,L (2811)-Shankland,S (2705) chess.com INT 2019}) 10... Bh5 11. Be2 {White has an edge.} g5 12. Ng2 h6 13. Rc1 Qb6 {[#]} 14. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 Rg8 16. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (58) Nanu,C (2520)-Dreev,A (2694) Belfort 2012}) 14... Nbd7 ({Don't play} 14... Qxb2 $6 15. h4 $16 (15. Rb1 Qa3 $16)) 15. c5 Qc7 ({Not} 15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 $18) 16. b4 Rg8 (16... Bg6 $11) 17. e4 $16 a5 {[#]} 18. a3 (18. b5 $142 $1) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Bg6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 20. exd5 exd5 21. O-O Kf8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Bf2 Nf8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Ra1 Ne6 27. Ra2 Bd8 28. b5 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Bc7 (28... Bxd3 $14 29. Qxd3 g4) 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qa4 Qd7 {[#]} (32... Nd8 $16) 33. Na2 $1 $18 Rc8 (33... Nd8 {keeps fighting.} 34. Nb4 Kh8) 34. Nb4 Nd8 35. g4 Rf8 36. Bg3 Ne8 37. Re3 (37. Be5+ Kh7 $18) 37... Rf7 $2 (37... Kg8 38. h4 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Bxg3 40. Rxd8 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxd8 41. Nxc6 (41. Qxc6 Nf6 $16) 41... Qf6 42. Ne7+ Kh7) 38. Ne1 Re7 {[#]} 39. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe3 (39... cxd5 40. Qxd7) 40. Nxe3 {aiming for d5!} Nf7 $2 {[#]} (40... Qe6 {might work better.}) 41. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Nf6 (41... Qe7 $142 42. Qa3 Kg8) (41... cxd5 42. Qxd7) 42. d6 Qe6 43. Qd4 Bb8 {[#]} 44. Re7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:07:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 15. Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:13:39]} 16. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 17. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 18. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:12:41]} 20. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:10:19]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 24. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 25. c7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 26. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 27. bxc3 {[%emt 0:10:40]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 29. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 30. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 32. c4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 33. c5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:12:08]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 37. Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Na6 {[%emt 0:12:25]} 38. c6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 40. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 42. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 43. Ke4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 44. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 45. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 47. f4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 48. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 49. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 51. g4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nd6+ {[%emt 0:04:21]} 52. Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 53. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 54. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 55. h3 {[%emt 0:18:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 56. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 57. g5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 58. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 59. h5 {[%emt 0:16:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 60. Bc4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 61. h6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 62. gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 63. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 64. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 65. h7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 66. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,147,14,9,12,13,12,18,6,16,16,17,26,18,22,18,18,25,25,23,20,39,22,27,28,22,20,30,10,10,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-28,-20,-24,-20,-20,-27,-27,-20,-27,-27,-27,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-64,-62,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-49,-66,-33,-33,-33,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-58,-59,-59,-59,-58,-58,-58,-51,-33,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 (4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bc4 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Bd5 Rae8 16. Qc4 {½-½ (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nf6 7. d4 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. c3 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. Kf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h4 h5 {½-½ (43) Motylev,A (2659)-Rakhmanov,A (2627) Yaroslavl 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. g4 Ne7 17. g5 Nd7 18. Rae1 c5 19. Re2 b5 20. Rhe1 Kf8 $1 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 Nxd3+ 23. Nxd3 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Nf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 27. Bc3 Nh4 28. Ne1 Ke7 29. Kg3 Nf5+ 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ng2 h6 32. d5+ Kd7 ({Not} 32... Kxd5 $2 33. Ne3+ Ke6 34. Nxf5 $18) 33. gxh6 Nxh6 34. Ne3 Ng8 35. f4 Ne7 36. Bf6 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17 {KB-KB} 38. a3 Ke6 39. Bd8 Bc6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Be7 {Black is slightly better.} a5 42. Bd8 a4 43. Be7 Ke6 44. Bd8 Bd5 45. Kd4 Bc4 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Kf3 Bb3 48. Ke3 Kg4 49. h4 d5 50. Bg5 Kf5 51. Bh6 Bc4 52. Bg7 Kg4 53. Bf6 $1 Ba2 54. Bg5 Bb1 55. Bf6 Kf5 56. Bg7 Ke6 57. Bd4 Bc2 58. Bc3 Kf5 59. Bd4 Bb3 60. Bc3 Kg4 61. Bf6 {[#]} d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. Bxd4 (62. Kxd4 Kxf4) 62... Kxh4 63. Bf6+ Kg4 64. Be7 Kf5 65. Kf3 Bd1+ 66. Kg3 Ke6 67. Bd8 Kd5 68. Bf6 Ke4 69. Be7 Kd3 70. Kh4 Kc4 71. Kg5 Bc2 72. Bf6 Kd5 73. Bc3 Ke6 74. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,60,43,44,38,38,30,56,62,46,53,77,35,27,37,54,41,46,45,57,56,60,53,78,81,94,52,114,112,103,116,114,97,105,104,106,32,25,23,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,-104,-111,-437,-456,-434,-455,-394,0,0,0,-841,-834,-1291,-1284,-1039,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5089,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 b6 {White has an edge.} (10... Ng4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. Nce2 Nbd7 14. O-O b5 15. axb5 Nb6 16. f4 {½-½ (42) Neverov,V (2566)-Miroshnichenko,E (2628) Dubai 2005}) 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. f4 Ne8 15. Be3 Nc7 {1-0 (30) Norris,A-Dominguez,J Mexico City 1980}) 13. Be3 c4 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. f4 Rb7 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 $1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 b4 (20... Rb6 $14 21. Bxb6 Nxb6) 21. Nce4 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa5 25. Nxf6+ ({But not} 25. Nxc3 $6 Rb2 $14) (25. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qxd5 26. Rxc3) 25... Nxf6 $14 26. Bc5 Re8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Ne4 Bd8 $1 {Hoping for ...f5.} 30. Nd6 {[#]} (30. Kh2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qa2 31. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30... Bh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f2][%mdl 512]} 31. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Qe3 $17 {nothing else works.} Rd8 32. Kh2) (31. Qxh4 Qxc5+) 31... Bxg3 $1 $19 32. Qe3 {[#]} (32. Qxg3 Qxc5+) 32... Rd8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Bf4.} 33. Ne4 Bf4 $2 (33... Bh4 $19 34. Qh6 f5 35. Qxh4 fxe4) 34. Rxf4 $11 exf4 35. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Nf6+ $11 Kg7 36. Qd4) 35... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} ({Not} 35... Qa1+ 36. Kf2 $11) 36. Nf6+ Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Qa1+.} 37. Nh7 Qa1+ $2 (37... Re8 $19 38. Kg2 Qd8 39. Qxc3 Qh4) 38. Kf2 $11 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nh7 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Kg8 41. Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Nf6+ $11 Kf7 42. Nh7) 41... Rg7 $2 (41... Rxd5 $19 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 42. Bd4 Rxd4 43. Qxg6+ Kh8 44. Qf6+ Kxh7 45. Bxf5+ Bxf5 46. Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg6 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg6 50. Qe6+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+) 42. Qxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Kxh7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 44. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:05:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:53]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:19:23]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:08:22]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:27:15]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:19:37]} 15. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 16. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 19. Bd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 20. Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 21. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 24. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 26. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 29. g3 h5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 32. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 33. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. b4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 35. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 36. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 37. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 40. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 42. Kf3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:01:45]} 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kf3 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} a4 {[%emt 0:09:05]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:12:39]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:28:44]} 14. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Qb1 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:17:01]} 19. Qc1 {[%emt 0:13:09]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 20. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:08:05]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 22. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 24. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 28. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 29. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 30. a3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 32. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 33. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 38. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nbxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Qd2 Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. f5 {[%emt 0:16:28]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:16:42]} 42. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 43. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 45. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 46. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:05:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:13:57]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:16:41]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:15:44]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 15. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 17. Ned4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 18. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:09:28]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:10:55]} 21. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 22. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 23. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:08:12]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 25. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:13:31]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 28. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 31. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 34. Bh7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 9. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 13. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:15:43]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:14:22]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:11]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:10:58]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:32:53]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 17. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 18. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:09:30]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 21. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:08:50]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 23. b4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 25. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 26. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 9. Nge2 {[%emt 0:10:09]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 10. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:21:53]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 13. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:20:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:32]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} b6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 15. Nac3 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:22:04]} 16. Kb1 {[%emt 0:08:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 17. Bb5 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 18. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 22. Nfxd5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 26. h5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} c3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 27. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 29. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 30. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} c2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxa3+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 37. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Black "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:26:04]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 7. Nd2 {[%emt 0:08:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:11:51]} 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:07:21]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:39:30]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 14. Bc1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 18. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:10:39]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 22. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. d6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 29. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 31. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 38. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. b4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 42. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 43. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 45. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 13. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:13:31]} h6 {[%emt 0:18:15]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:12:43]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:12:29]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:21:28]} 24. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 26. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 28. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:18:53]} 29. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 30. Qxb7+ {[%emt 0:04:31]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:02:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qg3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 35. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 36. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 37. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 38. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. Nxd4 d5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 7. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 9. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:14:03]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:10:18]} 10. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 11. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:50]} e5 {[%emt 0:16:50]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:11:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:08:47]} 16. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 17. O-O Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:10:24]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 19. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:13:27]} 20. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 21. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 23. Qa5 {[%emt 0:13:03]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 24. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 27. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 29. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 31. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. b3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 34. h3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 36. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 37. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 38. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. b4 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 42. e5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 43. b5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 44. axb5 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 45. b6 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Bxb6+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 48. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 49. Kc6 {[%emt 0:12:38]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 50. Kd7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 51. Kd6 {[%emt 0:06:51]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 52. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 53. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 54. Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Ke4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:07]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:12:25]} 10. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 11. c5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 12. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Na5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 14. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 8. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Bb5 {[%emt 0:08:36]} Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:50]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 16. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:20:43]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Na5 {[%emt 0:13:54]} 18. Kc2 {[%emt 0:07:50]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Bxc4 20. Bc5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:30]} 23. Rdxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 26. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 29. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 30. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Re7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,28,17,30,25,27,14,45,45,50,33,33,22,24,25,39,27,52,37,76,58,70,61,72,69,76,56,42,57,122,110,104,97,248,248,244,249,324,320,358,225,214,85,118,28,30,32,43,32,51,67,75,69,33,0,0,-6,67,74,174,166,837,811,904,891,812,796,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 (2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 {½-½ (11) Stevic,H (2587)-Kozul,Z (2611) Pozega 2018}) 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Rac1 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. b3 Bf8 16. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh6 Ba3 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Qf4 Qc7 {½-½ (55) Novak,J (2269)-Sherwood,R (2163) LSS email 2013}) 16... Qb7 17. e4 Rac8 18. Bh6 Be7 19. h4 Qb4 20. Qf4 Be2 21. Rd2 Bb5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. h5 Qa5 24. Rdd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Nf6 (24... Bb4 $14 25. Qf3 f5) 25. hxg6 $16 hxg6 26. e5 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (26... Nh7 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Bf3 $1 $18 Qd8 {[#]} 28. Kg2 $1 f5 29. g4 Nf8 {intending ...g5.} 30. Qh2 Bh4 31. Be3 (31. Na4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 31... Rc7 32. Be2 (32. gxf5 $16 {Strongly threatening f6.} gxf5 33. Rg1 (33. Kh1 Rh7 $15)) 32... Bxe2 $11 33. Nxe2 Rh7 34. Qf4 g5 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. Rh1 Ng6 37. Bd2 Rf8 {Black wants to play ...fxg4.} 38. Qd3 Rhf7 (38... Rh6 $11 39. gxf5 Rxf5) 39. Ng3 $14 {[%cal Be2g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 (39... Ne7 $16 {might work better.}) 40. Nh5+ $18 Kh6 $2 (40... Kg8 41. Kg1 Qb7) 41. f4 fxg4 42. Nf6 Rxf6 43. fxg5+ (43. exf6 gxf4 44. Rcg1 Kg5 $11) 43... Kh5 44. gxf6 Qh7 45. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13. Kb1 Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:06:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:21]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 16. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:11:01]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:21:14]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:05]} f5 {[%emt 0:23:24]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:18:45]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:11:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ngxe5 {[%emt 0:12:59]} 21. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:11:05]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 31. Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 34. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. a3 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 39. cxb5+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 43. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 44. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:16:48]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:46]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Nc6 10. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:56]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:12:08]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:20:23]} 14. Qe3 {[%emt 0:11:14]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:08:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 17. Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qxe1 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 19. Raxe1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:17:04]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 22. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 25. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. c5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 27. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 28. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ree6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:08:50]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:13]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:11:31]} 17. axb6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 19. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:19:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:19:29]} 21. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 22. Qf5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 25. Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 29. Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 30. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 33. e6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:09:51]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 36. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 38. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:23]} 39. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g4 {[%emt 0:09:37]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 42. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,88,12,21,7,25,30,38,18,27,10,3,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,34,36,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,37,72,66,67,58,62,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bc1 Re8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 c6 14. e3 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Nf8 (14... Bd6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. a3 a6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Nf8 21. a4 a5 {1-0 (62) Pantsulaia,L (2605)-Stopa,J (2488) Kolkata 2013}) 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Rc8 17. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Nf3 {½-½ (20) Atalik,S (2420)-Farago,I (2495) Budapest 1991}) 17... Rc7 18. a3 Bf8 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Bg2 f6 21. Nd3 N6g5 {[%cal Be6g5,Bg5f7,Bf7h6,Bh6f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 22. Nef4 a5 23. f3 Nd6 24. h4 Ngf7 25. e4 Rce7 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 26. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf5 27. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3f5]} N7h6 28. Kh2 g6 29. Qd2 Bg7 30. Qf2 fxe5 31. dxe5 {[#] g4 is the strong threat.} d4 $1 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 32. Bxf5 ({White should try} 32. g4 $1 $14 Ne3 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3) 32... Nxf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ne3 {[#]} 34. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rc3 c5 40. Kg3 Ba6 41. Ng2 Rd5 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 44. Rxc4 Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,126,17,26,24,21,18,20,20,33,33,43,36,40,40,56,50,57,87,124,62,162,41,102,93,101,29,56,50,49,59,131,117,108,122,129,121,127,91,129,123,165,162,175,157,152,169,163,147,110,92,125,64,59,68,83,60,91,46,75,56,48,18,146,148,129,49,83,72,60,0,0,-68,-83,-258,-250,-344,-349,-560,-336,-464,-437,-545,-521,-538,-538,-533,-521,-1572,-1647,-1604,-1512,-1734,-1678,-1291,-1410,-2869,-2460,-29983,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 $1 16. Nd3 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} (16. Nb5 b6 17. Nd3 Rf7 18. Rc3 h5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Nf2 Bd8 22. Qb3 Nb8 23. Bd2 a6 24. Na3 {0-1 (51) So,W (2778)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 16... Rf7 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 {The position is equal.} Bf8 19. Nxa7 h5 20. Nb5 Rg7 21. Kh1 Nh4 22. Rg1 g4 23. fxg4 $1 {[#]} Bxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... hxg4) 24. Rc4 ({White should play} 24. h3 $16 f3 25. gxf3 (25. hxg4 fxe2 26. Qe1 Rxg4 $11) 25... Bxh3 26. Kh2) 24... Kh8 (24... Be7 $14) 25. Ne1 (25. Nd4 $1 $18 {aiming for Bxg4.} exd4 26. Bxd4) 25... Qf6 (25... Be7 $1 $14) 26. Nf3 $16 Ng6 27. Qd3 (27. Qb1 $16) 27... c6 28. Nc3 c5 29. bxc5 dxc5 ({Black should try} 29... Nxc5 $14 30. Qd2 Qd8) 30. Nb5 b6 31. Ra1 Nb4 32. Qc3 Bd7 33. Ra3 Ra5 34. Qa1 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rga7 36. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 37. Qd1 Rxb5 38. Rc3 Ra5 39. Nd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h4 40. Nc4 (40. Kg1 $16) 40... Ra2 $14 {next ...b5 is good for Black.} 41. Na3 Qg5 42. Bg1 $1 Be7 43. Bg4 Kg7 44. h3 Nf8 45. Nb5 Bd8 (45... Qg6 $11) 46. Nd6 $16 Nd7 47. Nf5+ (47. Rc1 $16) 47... Kf8 48. Qf1 Nf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Bf3 (49. Qc4 $14) 49... Nfxd5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 50. exd5 (50. Rc1 $11) 50... Qxf5 $15 51. d6 $2 {[#]} (51. Rc4 $17) 51... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4f3]} 52. Bg4 {[#]} Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5c3]} 53. Rc1 $2 (53. Qc4) 53... Qxd6 54. Rd1 Nd3 55. Bf5 Qe5 56. Bxe4 Qxe4 57. Rxd3 Bf6 58. Rf3 Ra1 59. Qf2 Qe1 60. Kh2 Qxf2 61. Bxf2 Ke7 62. Rb3 Rf1 63. Rf3 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,18,18,11,33,28,40,15,19,6,15,0,18,-75,19,10,10,14,25,20,24,22,13,12,12,-7,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,15,176,172,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 e6 4. c4 (4. Bg2 Ngf6 5. O-O b5 6. Qd3 Rb8 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. e4 Nxe5 10. Qd4 Bd6 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc3 exd5 13. Nxd5 {½-½ (52) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Oparin,G (2602) Moscow 2017}) 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} a6 7. a5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Na3 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 {0-1 (63) Quintin Navarro,A (2355)-Gimenez Martinez,A (2184) Aragon 2016}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qa4 Nc6 11. Nd2 (11. Bf4 $11) 11... Qe7 ({Reject} 11... Bxa5 12. Bxc6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $11) (11... e5 $17 12. e3 exd4 13. exd4 Nf6) 12. Bxc6 $11 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Bb7 14. Qxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nc4 Nb3 18. Bf4 Rbc8 (18... Rbd8 {seems wilder.} 19. Rad1 Nxa5 20. Nd6 Rd7 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 f6) 19. Nd6 Nxa1 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxa1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRB} (22... Rc5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. Rb1 $18 Bc8 $2 (23... g5 $18) 24. Rc1 {The position is equal.} (24. Kf1 {with more complications.} f6 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Rb8 Kf7 27. Ke1) 24... Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd7 26. Bd2 Bc8 27. Bc1 Bd7 28. Bd2 Bc8 29. Bc1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,6,14,25,34,37,24,25,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42,10,20,17,35,0,350,368,391,373,376,357,398,406,538,535,545,545,534,526,497,493]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3 e4 $146 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Bh6 13. e3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Rd6 Ke7 16. Rd2 {½-½ (28) Esipenko,A (2584)-Kovalev,V (2687) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Nd4 e3 {White has an edge.} 11. f3 Nc6 (11... c5 $5 12. Nb5 $8 Nc6 $14) 12. c3 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 a5 15. f4 Ba6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. a3 Qf6 19. Ra2 Nxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Nxf4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 20. gxf4 Bh6) 20. Qxc3 $18 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc2 Bd4 23. Rd1 Rd6 {If Black can now play ...c5 this consolidates a bit.} 24. Rxc6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Bf6 26. Kf1 Bc8 27. Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,-22,-2,-10,10,10,26,14,17,11,41,0,0,0,0,-22,-8,-58,-52,-62,-47,-66,0,-4,13,9,9,0,0,-14,-10,-12,-10,-12,-20,-165,-163,-163,-163,-165,-165,-165,-165,-160,-153,-193,-180,-460,-462,-441,-458,-458,-440,-450,-449,-580,-439,-822,-799,-772,-750]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Bd7 9. Bg5 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd8 13. Qxc4 a4 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 Ra7 {1-0 (30) Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} gxf6 11. Qc2 b5 12. d5 Ne7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Rd4 e5 16. Rdd1 Qc8 17. Nh4 Bxc3 ({Better is} 17... Bg4 $15) 18. Qxc3 $11 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qe3 Rf7 21. Qc5 Qf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 22. Qa7 Rb6 23. Bd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxc7.} Be6 24. Qxb6 (24. Bxe6 $11 Rxe6 25. a4) 24... cxb6 $19 25. Bxe6 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Qe7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 27. Rd2 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rfd1 {Hoping for Rd7.} Ke6 29. Rd8 {intending Rc8.} Qc5 30. Re8+ $2 (30. R8d2) 30... Kf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Red8 {[#]} c3 $1 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Rc1 b5 34. Kf1 Qc4 {Played: Qc5-a3} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,88,9,2,19,8,0,0,11,15,22,16,3,13,2,8,29,0,29,0,98,10,27,9,11,15,23,0,0,-14,-2,-14,2,-31,-20,-72,-65,-75,-60,-91,-54,-59,-45,-41,-32,-75,-76,-57,-33,-48,-48,-38,-53,-106,-90,-185,-191,-194,-181,-232,-231,-212,-230,-218,-214,-518,-515,-432,-190,-2928,-2351,-5381,-5206,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. f4 Nbd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d3 b5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Kh1 {½-½ (30) Ding,L (2809)-Giri,A (2797) Shenzhen 2019}) 10. Nd3 e5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Na3 {aiming for Nb5.} a6 $1 13. Nc2 Re8 14. Kh1 Qd8 15. Nf2 Nf8 (15... h5 $11) 16. b4 (16. fxe5 $16 Bxe5 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Nd3) 16... exf4 $11 17. exf4 Be6 18. d3 Qd7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. a4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a5 (23. axb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bd5 24. Ba3) 23... Bd5 $17 24. Rfe1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Re8 28. Qd2 h5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 {next Qe5 is good for White.} Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 31. Qc1 Qa4 32. Na1 (32. Ne1 $15 Qxa5 33. Qxc5 Qxe1+ 34. Kg2) 32... N8d7 33. Qd1 (33. Kf1 $17) 33... Qxa5 $19 34. Nb3 Qb4 35. Nxc5 (35. Bc1 $142) 35... Nxc5 ({Resist} 35... Qxb2 36. Nxd7 Nxd7 37. Qxh5 $17) 36. Qa1 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 37. Qd1 Nd5 38. Ne4 $2 (38. Qe2 {was the crucial defense.} Ne3 39. Nd1) 38... Ne3 39. Qe2 Nc5 (39... Qa4 $142 {...Qa2 is the strong threat.} 40. Nd2 Nxd2 41. Qxd2 Qa2) 40. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (40. Qd2 Qxd2 41. Nxd2) 40... Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. h3 (41. Qxd3 Qe1+) 41... Qxb2 42. Qf3 Qc1+ {Black mates.} 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kg2 Ne1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,105,5,16,15,20,27,20,20,23,18,17,20,21,21,28,23,32,28,24,14,30,33,38,34,47,29,53,54,66,33,40,29,37,37,36,7,11,0,24,18,29,24,32,18,41,27,37,34,45,42,58,54,58,66,67,43,73,73,92,91,104,100,174,177,170,157,187,113,102,81,164,164,571,561,5081,3722,5151,5421,4733,5061,4134,3350,1494,1518,1481,1464,1375,776,4670,2580,29974,29975,29971,12620,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. h3 {1-0 (47) Alekseev,E (2710)-Lovkov,R (2461) St Petersburg 2013}) 7. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. c5 Qa5 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Bd4 Rfc8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ (23. f4 {is more complex.} f6 24. Qf2 b5 25. a3 Bb3 26. Rd2) 23... Qe5 24. a3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. Rcd1 Ke7 27. R1d2 f6 28. f4 b5 29. Kf2 Rb6 30. g4 a5 31. Ke3 Rcb8 32. f5 Bf7 33. h4 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Ne2 Rc8 36. g5 fxg5 (36... Rcc6 $16) 37. hxg5 $18 gxf5 38. exf5 Rc5 39. Kf4 (39. Ng3 $18) 39... b3 $16 40. f6+ Kd7 (40... Ke8 $16) 41. Re4 $18 {[#] aiming for Re7+.} Be6 $2 (41... Kc8 42. Rd1 Bg6) 42. Nd4 Rb4 43. Rxe6 Rxd4+ 44. Rxd4 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 45. Re4+ Kf7 46. Re7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rb7 {[#] Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Kg8 49. Rxb3 Rc4+ 50. Kf5 Rc5+ 51. Ke6 Re5+ 52. Kxd6 Rxg5 53. Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,17,43,12,36,19,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-71,-69,-70,-62,-72,-70,-70,-68,-68,-79,0,0,0,-33,-41,-49,-26,-27,-25,-28,-29,-38,-24,-88,-88,-89,-99,-121,-82,-104,-121,-108,-99,-581,-574,-567,-564]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qxb2 9. Nb5 {aiming for Nc7+.} (9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 {0-1 (52) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Inarkiev,E (2682) Izhevsk 2019}) 9... c4 10. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Kd7 11. Nxa8 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Bxc2 12. Qc1 Ba3 13. Rb1 $146 (13. Ne1 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Bf5 14. Qd1) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Rfb1 Bxb1 {0-1 (43) Leveille,F (2281)-Turcotte,J (2012) Montreal 2016}) 13... Bxb1 $17 14. Qxb2 Bxb2 15. Rxb1 c3 16. Bc1 Nge7 17. Bxb2 cxb2 18. Rxb2 Kc8 ({Black should try} 18... Rb8 $17) 19. Ng5 $11 Nd8 20. f4 h6 21. Nf3 Kb8 22. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d7]} axb6 23. Rxb6 Ndc6 24. Bd3 Kc7 25. Rb2 (25. Rb3 $1 $11) 25... Ra8 $17 26. Kf2 Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 27. Ke2 Nc8 28. Bb5 N8a7 29. Bd3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. f5 $17) 30... Nxb5 $19 31. Rxb5 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,9,23,15,16,4,9,7,18,12,8,5,40,50,37,45,39,35,50,0,0,0,0,0,133,100,259,269,268,256,261,254,229,253,260,263,264,255,181,120,122,138,158,7,10,0,12,5,82,-244,-233,-236,-219,-243,-237,-236,-212,-290,-289,-756,-752,-672,-646,-752,-508,-489,-433,-4938,-1206,-5860,-1727,-29977,-29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 {E40: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (4 e3): Unusual Black 4th moves} (6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b4 c6 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. a4 Qa8 15. Bc3 {0-1 (49) Korobov,A (2698)-Dubov,D (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} b6 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c6 10. O-O a5 11. b5 c5 12. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. Qf3 Qd7 {½-½ (38) Nava Baro,E (2113)-Krovel Velle,T (1919) IECG email 2000}) 12... Bb7 13. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bd6 14. Kh1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Nbd7 15. Bb2 {[%cal Rf4d5]} cxd4 16. exd4 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Ne4 (16... Re8 $11) 17. Ncxd5 $16 Nd2 $2 {[#]} (17... Ng5 $16 18. Qg4 Re8) 18. Qh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh3h7][%mdl 512]} g6 {[#]} 19. Qxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection, Decoy} Qxd7 20. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 21. Nxd7 {Hoping for d5+.} Nxf1 22. d5+ (22. Rxf1 Bxf4 23. d5+ (23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Kg1 Rc8 $11) (23. Nxb6 Rad8 $14) 23... f6 $16) (22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Nxg6+ (23. Rxf1 Bxf4 24. Kg1 Rc8 $11) 23... hxg6 $16) (22. Nxb6 Rad8 $16) 22... Kh6 23. Ne2 (23. Rxf1 Bxf4 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 $16) 23... Nxh2 24. f3 (24. Nxf8 Ng4 $14) (24. Nf6 $18) 24... Rfe8 {and if ...Rad8 works, Black does fine.} 25. Nxb6 Rad8 26. Bf6 $2 (26. Bd4 $1 $16) 26... Bc7 $11 {aiming for ...Rd6.} 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Nc4 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rxd5 (28... Bxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. b6 Bb8) 29. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. b6 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} Bb8 30. Rd1 (30. Be4 Rh5 $14)) 29... Rh5 $19 {[%cal Rh2f3]} ({Weaker is} 29... Rxb5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd1 $11) 30. Kg1 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 31. b6 {[#]} Nxf3+ $1 32. gxf3 Bh2+ ({And not} 32... Bxf3 33. bxc7 Rc5 34. Nd6 $11) 33. Kg2 Bd3 $1 {[%csl LRc4,LRe2]} 34. Rh1 $2 (34. Ne3 Bxe2 35. Re1) 34... Bb8 ({Not} 34... Bxc4 35. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 $16) 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Nxa5 {And now Nd4 would win.} Bxe2 37. Nc6 Bf4 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 38. a4 (38. b7 $142 Bb5 39. b8=Q Bxb8 40. Nxb8) 38... Ba6 39. a5 Bd6 40. f4 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,104,52,34,56,49,50,52,45,45,45,45,49,52,58,49,56,43,48,48,66,36,76,95,90,43,56,57,66,69,58,68,106,103,102,111,95,112,112,105,104,84,93,64,123,-27,93,92,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,71,182,0,0,0,171,157,471,515,547,540,533,510,466,60,33,-1679,-1654,-1666,992,-1598,-1563,-1454,-1369,-29987,-29978,-29978,-29977,-6227,-6203,-29994,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. O-O Nd7 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 11. a3 f6 (11... Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 {½-½ (38) Nakamura,H (2786)-Grigoriants,S (2576) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Be3 f5 {White is slightly better.} 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rf6 16. c5 Rh6 17. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. g4 fxg3 18. Bxg3 {0-1 (32) Guggenberger,G (1979)-Lang,T (2330) Lambsheim 2017}) 17... dxc5 (17... axb4 $2 18. axb4 Qh5 19. Nf1 $18) 18. b5 Nab8 19. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} cxd6 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Nd5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd8 22. Qb3 {Threatens to win with Nxe5!} Kg7 23. Rad1 b6 24. Rd2 Bb7 25. Nc3 Ra7 26. Red1 Qc7 27. Rd3 Be7 28. Na4 $1 Bc8 29. R1d2 Rb7 30. Nc3 Nf6 (30... Bf8 $1 $14) 31. Nxd6 (31. Rxd6 $1 $16 Bxd6 32. Nxd6) 31... Bxd6 (31... c4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Qxc4 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxc4 34. Bxc4 Rc7 35. Bxb6 Rxc4 36. Bxa5 g4) 32. Rxd6 $16 Qe7 33. Qd1 (33. Bc4 $16) 33... Be6 $11 34. Na4 Nbd7 35. Qc2 Qf7 {White must now prevent ...Bb3.} 36. Qc3 Ne8 ({Black should try} 36... g4 $1 $11) 37. Rc6 $14 {Rxd7! is the strong threat.} Nef6 (37... Rf6 $16) 38. Bf1 $2 (38. h3 $1 $18) 38... g4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4g3] aiming for ...g3!} (38... Qh5 $6 39. h3 $16) 39. Rdd6 g3 $2 (39... Qh5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 40. h3 gxh3 41. Rxe6 hxg2 42. Bxg2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Rg6 44. Re7+ Kh6) 40. Rxe6 $18 ({Not} 40. Bxg3 fxg3 41. hxg3 Bb3 $17) 40... Rxh2 $2 ({Of course not} 40... gxf2+ $6 41. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 42. fxe4 $11) (40... Nxe4 $16 {is tougher.} 41. fxe4 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxe6) 41. Bxg3 (41. Be1 $2 {is a self mate.} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Kxh1 Qh5+ 43. Kg1 Qh2#) 41... fxg3 42. Bc4 $1 Nxe4 43. Qe3 Ndf6 44. Rxe5 $2 ({White has to play} 44. fxe4 $18 Qh5 45. Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng4 46. Kf1) 44... Qxc4 $14 {[#]} 45. fxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Rg5+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 (45... Nxg5 46. Qxg5+) 46. fxe4) 45... Rh1+ $3 $19 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} 46. Kxh1 Qf1+ 47. Qg1 {[#]} Qf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 48. Qe1 Qxe5 49. Nc3 Rf7 50. Kg1 Qd4+ 51. Kh1 Ng4 {( -> ...Qd8)} 52. Nd1 {[#]} Qd2 {Played: Qd4xd1} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,24,18,16,11,33,8,24,26,28,11,42,0,25,33,56,-33,115,83,175,179,210,201,199,178,226,247,218,227,228,135,218,210,256,247,251,250,296,314,322,317,300,311,304,314,311,304,458,458,532,531,519,458,458,461,437,410,419,416,389,358]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Bg5 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Kh2 Re6 16. Bd2 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2825)-Tomashevsky,E (2738) Moscow 2012}) 15. Kh1 h6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. b4 ({White should try} 17. a5 $14) 17... Na6 (17... Ncxe4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 18. g4 c5) 18. c3 $16 Nd7 (18... Qe7 $16) 19. a5 $18 ({And not} 19. Bxa7 b6 $11) 19... Qb8 20. g4 Bg6 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Qc8 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. e5 (24. g5 $18) 24... Nc7 (24... Nf6 $16 25. Qb1 Nd5) 25. Bg3 Nb5 26. Qe4 Re6 27. Qf3 {[#] aiming for Qf7+.} Kh7 28. Rad1 Be7 29. Qf7 Nf8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. exd6 Rxd6 (32... Bxd6 $142 33. Bxd6 Qxd6) 33. Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf7g7]} Bf6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxb7 Bxc3 36. Qxc6 Qxb4 {[#]} 37. Qe8 {Played: Rf1xf8} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,23,40,25,31,33,74,12,25,7,9,-16,-14,-18,8,3,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-10,23,31,63,25,40,43,51,39,60,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nbd7 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Rac1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Rab8 15. Bf1 c5 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. e4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bc3 Nc5 {1-0 (44) Dubov,D (2666)-Moskalenko,A (2531) Sochi 2017}) 12... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. Bh3 d5 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. bxc4 b5 17. Qf4 Bg6 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. c5 Qc7 20. Qh4 Qd8 {0-1 (56) Petrosian,T (2558)-Zelcic,R (2514) Kusadasi 2006}) 13. Bh3 Qe7 14. Qe1 ({Better is} 14. Nh4 $16) 14... Bf5 15. Bg2 Be4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. e4 Rae8 19. d5 Nh7 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rce1 Rf7 23. f3 Nhf6 24. Qd3 Rff8 25. f4 e4 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxe4 Qb2+ 28. Re2 Qxa3 29. Rfe1 a4 {The position is equal.} 30. Re3 {[#] Strongly threatening Ng5.} Qxb3 31. Qxb3 axb3 32. Rxb3 Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,6,10,10,18,-19,0,-21,-12,-22,-19,-14,-13,-10,-8,-13,-20,-62,-29,-35,-14,-25,-15,-20,-9,-25,0,0,0,-69,-64,-71,-28,-30,-32,-44,-16,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. dxc5 (5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qb6 7. Nbxd4 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Qa4 Rb8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2724)-Heberla,B (2570) Zgierz 2018}) 5... Qxc5 6. Bg2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 7. Qd4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qh5 8. Qe5 Qxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nd3 Nc6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 {½-½ (26) Schwarz,M (2390)-Horvath,C (2535) Budapest 1994}) 8. Qf4 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. e4 O-O 12. Rd1 a6 13. h3 b5 (13... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 14. Qe3 Be6 $15) 14. Qe3 e5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Qb6 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne3 (19. Nxd6 $11 Rd8 20. Be3) 19... Nxe4 $15 20. Ne1 Nf6 21. Rxd6 e4 22. Bd2 Ne8 23. Nd5 {[#] Hoping for Rxe6.The position is equal.} Nxd6 24. Nxc7 Bc4 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Ne8 $1 {[%cal Re8d6]} Rd4 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc2 Rd2 30. Bxe4 Ne5 {[#] White must now prevent ...f5.} 31. Ne3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Black "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,117,43,41,22,27,28,32,34,54,75,60,9,14,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,35,35,38,37,101,101,108,106,157,144,163,151,143,147,145,138,136,141,123,112,134,120,127,122,98,55,53,62,51,50,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,0,0,0,8,8,8,16,11,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ne5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 16. Bg5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Bb2 h6 20. Bxf6 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 {1-0 (31) Gurevich,D (2545)-Read,R USA 1994}) 16... Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxe4 (18. Nb5 $14 Qe5 19. Bf4) 18... Bxe4 $11 19. Qxe4 h6 20. Bf4 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 21. Bxc7 Nxe4 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} e5 (24... Rcd8 $14) 25. Bd5+ $16 Kh8 26. a3 h5 (26... Rc7 $142) 27. Ra2 Rf6 28. Kg2 g5 29. b4 Bd4 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Rg6+ 32. Kh3 Rc7 33. Re2 Ra7 34. Rd3 exf4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Be6 (36. Rxd4 {leads to mate.} Rxa3+ 37. Rd3 Rxd3+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. Bf3 Rg4 40. c5 Rxf3#) 36... Rg5 $1 37. Rd8 Be3 38. R8d7+ (38. R8d5 $14) 38... Rxd7 $11 39. Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg6 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. Bc6 Rg1 42. Kh4 Ra1 (42... Rf1 $11) 43. Rd3 ({White should try} 43. Kxh5 $14 Rxa3 44. Rg6+ Kf7 45. Bd5+ Ke7 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Re5) 43... Kf6 {The position is equal.} 44. Kxh5 Ra2 {[%cal Ra2h2] [#]} 45. h4 Rc2 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Bd5 f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 49. Rf7+ Ke5 {[#] White must now prevent ...f2.} 50. Bxf3 {And now Kg6 would win.} Rxc4 51. Kg6 Rxh4 52. Rxf5+ Kd4 53. Rd5+ Kc4 54. Rd7 {aiming for Be2+.} Rd4 55. Rc7+ Kb3 56. b5 Bf2 57. Ra7 Be1 58. Ra6 Ba5 59. Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Black "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,9,14,10,25,29,32,37,42,45,84,79,86,74,78,83,93,80,94,31,21,-6,-22,0,74,53,23,-18,104,111,137,118,172,169,136,127,129,113,157,116,98,31,22,0,-1,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,419,418,358,268,268,173,268,268,268,268,268,268,260,260,729,172,181,183,181,177,5073,5057,870,70,229,221,1287,170,595,360,29978,29979,29978,29968,29967,6111,6095,6095,29969,29972,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Na3 c5 $1 9. Re1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd2 Bh6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rf1 Nh5 16. Qe2 b4 {1-0 (34) Markos,J (2572)-Mazur,S (2446) Austria 2016}) 10. Ng5 a6 11. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 12. f3 h6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. fxg4 e4 16. Bd2 b5 17. b3 (17. cxb5 $16 axb5 18. Nxb5) 17... Nb7 $1 $14 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 (19... Nxd5 $11 20. a4 (20. Rxe4 Qb6 $11) (20. Bxe4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf6 $17) 20... Bxa1 21. Qxa1 c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. bxc4 (22. Bxe4 Nf6 $15) 22... Nf6) 20. a4 Nxg4 21. Bh3 h5 (21... Qxd5 22. Bf4 $16) (21... Bxa1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Bxg4 Qxd5) 22. Bc3 $16 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Nd6 (23... Qf5 $16 {might work better.} 24. Nxe4 Nd6) 24. Nxe4 $18 Qf5 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Qe2 Raf8 27. Nxd6 exd6 28. Rad1 (28. Ra2 $16) 28... Re7 $14 29. Qg2 Qd3 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxb3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. a5 c4 33. a6 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Qxa6 {aiming for ...Qc8.} 35. Qf6 Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rg7 $11) 36. Qxg6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 37. Qh6+ ({Stronger than} 37. Qxg4 c3 $11) 37... Kg8 38. Qg5+ Rg7 (38... Kh7 $142) 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Re1 {Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Qb5 {[#]} 41. Qh4+ $1 (41. Qxd6 Rd7 $11) 41... Kg8 42. Qh5 {Hoping for Re8+.} Kf8 $2 (42... Rf7 43. Qg6+ (43. Qxg4+ Kh7 $16) 43... Kf8) 43. Qf5+ $2 (43. Ra1 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Qd7 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45. h4 gxh3 46. Kh2) 43... Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ ({And not} 45. Qxd6 Rd7 $11) 45... Kg8 $2 (45... Kh8 46. Qf5 Kg8) 46. Rb1 Qd7 47. Qxc4 $2 (47. Rb8+ $18 Kf7 48. Rh8) 47... Rf7 $2 (47... Qf5 $14 48. Rf1 Rc7) 48. Rb4 Rg7 $2 (48... Kh7 49. Qxg4 Qxg4 50. Rxg4 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Rd1) 49. Qe4 $2 (49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kh6 51. h4 gxh3 52. Rh8+ Rh7 53. Re8) 49... Qa7 $2 (49... Qc8 {is more resistant.}) 50. Ra4 Qd7 $2 (50... Qb8 $18 51. Rc4 Qf8 52. Qe6+ Kh7) 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. Qf4+ Kg6 53. Ra6 Kh7 54. Rxd6 Qc8 55. Rc6 Qb7 56. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,13,27,27,20,19,20,31,26,-25,16,8,10,0,8,0,36,20,34,19,19,28,25,13,31,0,33,-10,-12,-29,-22,-48,-15,-21,-20,-22,-25,-20,-16,-23,-21,-24,-13,-12,0,-4,0,-7,-7,-10,-10,-10,-10,-43,-38,-27,-44,-42,-46,-38,-38,-29,-50,-58,-50,-94,-95,-94,-94,-94,-94,-125,-122,-143,-136,-127,-97,-101,-88,-97,-68,-68,-52,-97,-79,-91,-91,-79,-80,-80,-79,-80,-84,-203,-205,-697,-1072,-1069,-1062,-997,-818,-961,-866,-610,-499,-1129,-1129,-1066,-465,-29962,-29962,-29964,-459,-29964,-29966,-29964,-29966,-29966,-29966,-29965,-29962,-29951,-29950,-29974,-29975,-29989,-29988,-29988,-29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} a6 7. Ba4 h6 8. a3 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 $142) (9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 d6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 {½-½ (30) Nepomniachtchi,I (2776)-Tomashevsky,E (2718) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Bf8 11. Ng3 d6 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 {½-½ (36) Salgado Lopez,I (2630)-Pavasovic,D (2578) Spoleto 2011}) 12... g6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. c3 d5 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Be3 Na5 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 {looks sharper.} dxe4 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd8 24. Ne2) 19... Ree8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 20. Bf4 Nxe4 (20... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 21. Be3 Nxe4 $15) 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qc2 c5 25. Nf3 Qd5 26. Rd1 Qc4 27. Be3 Qa4 28. Qb1 Qb3 29. Nd2 Qd5 30. b4 Nc4 31. Nb3 Nxa3 32. Rxd5 Nxb1 33. bxc5 Nxc3 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Ra7 $1 Nd5 36. Bd4 Nb4 37. Bc3 Nd3 38. Rxa6 Nxc5 39. Nxc5 Rxc5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Bf6 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 {KR-KR} 42. Rb6 h5 43. g3 Kf8 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Kg2 h4 {Played: Rc5-g5} 0-1

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kalogeris, Ioannis"]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,11,17,0,17,8,4,0,0,-22,-11,-8,0,-12,0,-11,3,-52,-53,-68,-44,-47,-18,-22,-22,-16,-9,-66,-69,-53,-25,-141,-41,-66,-32,-97,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,0,0,6,-120,0,0,351,352,339]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 {½-½ (43) Vitiugov,N (2732)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Ng2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Qd2 g6 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Rd1 b5 {1-0 (88) Bartel,M (2612)-Moranda,W (2597) Katowice 2019}) 9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Ne3 Nbd7 12. Ncd5 b5 13. a4 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 14. a5 (14. Nxf6+ $11 Bxf6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd3 (17. Qxd6 Qa1 $11)) 14... Nbxd5 $15 15. exd5 Bd7 16. c3 Ne8 17. Nc2 f5 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Be2 {[#]} (19. Bd3 $11) 19... f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Bd3 (20. gxf4 Nh5) 20... Qc8 21. Kd2 {[#]} (21. gxf4 $11 Qc5 22. Qd2) 21... Qc5 ({Black should try} 21... Bf5 $1 $17 22. Kc2 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4) 22. Kc2 Kh8 23. gxf4 (23. Qg1 $15) 23... exf4 (23... Nxd5 $17 24. Nxd5 Qxd5) 24. Re1 Ng8 25. Re4 Bg5 $1 26. h4 Qf2+ 27. Re2 Qxh4 28. Qg1 {aiming for Rh2.} Bh6 $1 29. Qb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh1 30. Qxd6 Bh3 31. Nc6 (31. Nxa6 $11 {remains equal.} Rf6 32. Re6 Qxf3 33. Nc5 Bxe6 34. dxe6) 31... Bf1 (31... Qxf3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bf5.} 32. Ne5 Qh5) 32. Bd2 $11 {Strongly threatening Rxf1.} Qh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qxf3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 33. Nd4 (33. Ne5 Qh3 $11) 33... Qh3 34. Rxf1 Qxf1) 33. Rxf1 $1 $18 Qxf1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 46%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Koutoukidis, Panagiotis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-1,-7,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,-3,-10,-5,0,-6,9,9,9,7,8,8,6,6,12,6,16,12,35,10,43,43,27,27,51,28,28,35,70,4,8,0,0,0,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Rc8 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 (14... a6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Ne5 Be7 17. Bg3 b4 18. Na4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 {½-½ (33) Korobov,A (2692)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 15. Bb1 Re8 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bb4 19. Red1 f5 $146 {[#] White must now prevent ...f4.} ({Predecessor:} 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ba3 {½-½ (72) Tinture,L (2452)-Joppich,U (2472) ICCF email 2016}) 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 21. f3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Bc5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 24. Bf2 Bd6 25. Bc2 Bxe5 ({Much worse is} 25... Qxa2 $6 26. Bb3 $16) 26. dxe5 {[#] aiming for Qe2.} Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 (27... Bd5 {keeps more tension.} 28. Be3 g5 29. f4 Ng6 30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Rd7) 28. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} g5 29. a4 Ng6 30. Bd4 Bc6 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h5 33. Kf2 g4 34. b5 Bb7 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Kg3 Ne7 37. h3 gxh3 38. gxh3 Kg6 39. Bd1 ({White should play} 39. a5 $14) 39... Be4 {The position is equal.} 40. Bb3 Bd5 41. Bd1 Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mitsis, Georgios"]
[Black "Malikentzos, Sotirios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-27,-5,-11,4,5,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,0,0,0,9,16,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-17]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} (11. Rd1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Bf4 Bxc5 17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa6 19. Rc2 Bd6 20. Nd7 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Nxf6+ {½-½ (22) Yu,Y (2736)-Grischuk,A (2766) Riga 2019}) 11... Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. dxc5 {½-½ (12) Adamski,J (2322)-Jarmula,L (2149) Warsaw 2012}) 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nfe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nc6 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Re8 (20... Rd7 $1 $11) 21. Nxe7+ (21. Rac1 $16) 21... Rxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} 22. Rf4 a5 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Kf2 e5 25. Rfc4 Rd2 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rc5 f6 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Rb5 b3 31. a5 Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,15,25,3,5,4,12,-20,0,0,12,0,15,10,41,-312,-49,-43,-33,-43,-35,-40,-38,-47,-49,-50,-50,-50,-47,-53,-53,-98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc2 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (13. Nb3 Na4 14. Bd2 Nxb2 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Rab1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Qb2 b6 {1-0 (50) Yu,Y (2750)-Ganguly,S (2665) Ashkhabad 2017}) 13... Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd4 15. Rad1 {[#]} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe4 16. Rxd4 Ng5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Be3 Bc6 19. h4 Ne6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {½-½ (56) Gabuzyan,H (2517)-Ganguly,S (2626) Moscow 2013}) 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxb7 {[#] Hoping for Rxe8+.} Rb8 18. Bd5 $1 g5 19. Qg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Be3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 19... Rxe1+ $2 ({Better is} 19... Kh8 $19 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Bxg5 fxg6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8) 20. Rxe1 $15 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Bc1 c6 23. Bg2 Bxb2 24. Re7 {Bxb2 is the strong threat.} Be6 25. Bxb2 Rxb2 26. Rxa7 Bxc4 {KRB-KRB} 27. Ra5 Rxa2 (27... Bb5 $17 {aiming for ...c4.} 28. Ra8+ Kg7) 28. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Ra1+ 29. Kh2 {[#]} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "69th GRE-ch 2019"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Kanakaris, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,25,27,21,16,21,21,27,27,36,0,0,0,0,4,0,-11,0,0,170,168,193,219,235,235,273,231,216,204,212,210,214,209,223,221,287,279,450,519,511,556,537,528,548,557,548,524,522,522,545,556,550,550,722,718,793,785]} 1. d4 ({Predecessor:} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O {1-0 (28) Shchekachev,A (2522)-Muller,E (2166) Metz 2019}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 $146 (5. Nf3 O-O {1-0 (82) Yuffa,D (2577)-McShane,L (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 5... O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc1 f4 14. g3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 15. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has good play.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3d2][%mdl 512]} 16. fxe3 fxg3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4!} 17. Ng6 Bf5 $2 (17... Re8 $11) 18. Nxf8 $18 Qxf8 {[#]} 19. O-O $1 Bxh3 20. Rf3 Bg4 21. Rxg3 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4e6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 23. Rg2 {aiming for Nf4.} Nd7 24. Bc3 Ng5 25. Nf4 {Ne6 is the strong threat.} Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ne5 $2 (26... Nc5 27. Rf1 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 27. Rf1 {White is clearly winning.} Qf7 28. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qg6 29. e4 Re8 30. Rf5 {[%cal Re6g5]} Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxa5 Qxc4 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. exd5 Nd3 35. Rc2 Nc5 36. b4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

