[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,134,-22,-14,13,8,15,0,20,25,25,25,25,23,26,24,13,14,20,11,29,11,8,14,25,13,42,31,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-4,-55,-54,-49,-50,-36,-49,-70,-71,-63,-65,-80,-77,-68,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-76,-54,-81,-80,-79,-61,-59,-73,-70,-75,-74,-69,-72,-86,-77,-84,-86,-75,-79,-69,-74,-91,-93,-32,-35,-28,-52,-22,-20,-28,-122,-129,-112,-122,-170,-167,-151,-122,-120,-72,-122,-13,-13,-18,-67,-7,-7,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 {LiveBook: 21 Games. E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Bd7 (8... Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 b6 11. e4 Ndb4 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Be3 Na5 14. a3 Nd3 15. b4 Nb3 {½-½ (72) Grandelius,N (2644)-Mareco,S (2650) Linares 2017}) 9. Bg5 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Qb5 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nf5 12. Rfd1 Nd6 {0-1 (36) Mann,D (1612)-De Leeuw,D (1729) IECC email 1998}) 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 12. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32]} Na5 15. Qb4 b6 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. c4 Rd8 18. Nc3 Be8 19. e3 Qf6 20. Nb5 c6 21. Nc3 ({Much weaker is} 21. Nxa7 Rb7 $17) 21... c5 22. dxc5 Qe7 23. Ne4 Nb7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rb1 (25. a3 $11) 25... Bc6 $15 26. a4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxc5 28. Bf3 Qc7 29. Kg2 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Kg1 Qe5 (31... Rd3 $15) 32. a5 $11 Rd6 33. Qb5 Kg7 34. Qb2 Kf6 35. Qxe5+ Kxe5 36. axb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Ra1 (37. Rxb6 $11 {remains equal.} axb6 38. Kf1) 37... a6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Rb8 40. h5 f5 41. Bf3 gxh5 42. Bxh5 Rb2 43. Bf3 Kd6 44. Kg2 Kc7 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Kg2 Rd2 47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Bg2 Rb4 (48... Kb6 $17 49. Rd1 Rc2) 49. Kf4 $15 Kd6 50. e4 Rxc4 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 51. f3 fxe4 {aiming for ...e5+.} 52. fxe4 {[#]} (52. Bf1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rc2 53. fxe4) 52... Ra4 $1 $17 53. Rd1+ Ke7 54. Rd2 {[#]} a5 $1 55. Rc2 Nd3+ 56. Ke3 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Ra3+.} 57. Bf1 Ng4+ (57... Ra3+ $17 58. Kd4 Kd6) 58. Kf4 $11 Nf6 59. Rc4 Ra1 ({Better is} 59... Rxc4 $15 60. Bxc4 Nd7) 60. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 61. Rc6 Ra3 62. Bc4 e5+ 63. Kf5 Rf3+ 64. Kg5 Rg3+ 65. Kf5 Rf3+ 66. Kg5 Rg3+ 67. Kf5 Rf3+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Na4 (15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Ba1 Qc7 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. Bd5 {1-0 (45) Van Wely,L (2695)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) chess.com INT 2017}) 15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qd1 Kh8 19. a4 Nb4 20. Nc4 f6 21. Bc3 {1-0 (39) Roesemann,R (2295)-Hentze,M (2137) Germany 2015}) 18... Be6 19. Qb5 Bd7 {[#] And now ...Nd4 would win.} 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 22. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,113,14,16,16,19,7,16,7,21,43,54,37,42,17,26,16,11,-16,-3,-27,-22,-2,-8,0,0,0,8,0,13,0,11,0,22,7,38,44,119,119,365,346,363,363,352,358,329,277,448,347,385,372,440,433,529,529,520,466,474,461,508,508,638,528,585,487,526,522,506,472,546,521,636,625,723,715,686,652,734,678,666,642,541,524,588,583,816,815,1205,1206,1451,1233,5057,1544,4133,4133]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} a5 11. b5 c6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. bxc6 {The position is equal.} Nxc6 13. Bb2 a4 {[#]} 14. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb1 b5 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc3 Rfc8 {0-1 (40) Riazantsev,A (2651)-Gelfand,B (2719) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Qb1 Qb3 20. Rd7 Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d7]} 21. Rxe7 Kf8 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Qc1 {And now e6+ would win.} Bd5 25. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Kg8 26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Qe3 Be6 28. Bg2 Rad8 (28... Bd5 $14) 29. Rb4 $16 Rxd4 $2 {[#]} (29... Qa6 $16) 30. Rxc4 $18 ({Not} 30. Qxd4 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Bh3 $16) 30... Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Bxc4 32. Qxe4 b5 33. f4 Ra1 $2 (33... h6 34. Kf2 Rd2) 34. Qe3 Be6 35. Qc3 Rb1 {[#] aiming for ...Bh3.} 36. Qc6 {[%cal Rc6e8] White is clearly winning.} Re7 {White must now prevent ...Bh3.} 37. Kf2 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bg2 Kf7 40. Qd6 Rb5 41. Qa6 Rb4 42. Qa5 Rd4 43. Ke3 Rdd7 {intending ...Ra7.} 44. Qxa4 Ra7 45. Qb4 g6 46. Bc6 Ra6 47. Qd6 Rd7 48. Qc5 ({And not} 48. Bxd7 Rxd6 49. exd6 Bxd7 $11) 48... Rd8 {next ...Rc8 is good for Black.} 49. Bb5 Rc8 50. Qb4 Ra7 51. Bd3 Rac7 52. Kf3 Bd5+ 53. e4 Ba8 54. Qd6 Rc3 55. Kg4 Bc6 56. e6+ (56. Qf6+ $142 Ke8 57. e6 Rxd3 58. Qf7+ Kd8 59. e7+ Kc7 60. e8=Q+ Bd7+ 61. Qee6) 56... Ke8 57. Qd4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,15,24,26,37,19,31,37,39,21,23,22,43,0,15,0,47,39,53,42,40,35,39,43,59,10,11,12,5,11,11,16,38,17,10,8,17,14,16,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-10,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-87,-87,-87,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6. Bxf3 e6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nd2 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bf3 {½-½ (30) Banusz,T (2611)-Jobava,B (2687) Linares 2017}) 6... e6 7. f4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. d4 {White has an edge.} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Qb6 {0-1 (56) Kamer,K (2164)-Sakir,R (2021) Antalya 2017}) 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 20. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d7][%mdl 512]} Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Qd6 Qc8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qe7 {[#] Rxd8+ is the strong threat.} Re8 25. Qd7 Rd8 26. Qxc8 Raxc8 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. c4 c5 $1 31. Kf1 (31. Bc3 $11 b6 32. Re1) 31... Bf8 $1 $15 32. d7 Ke7 $1 33. Ke2 f5 34. g4 Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {KB-KB} 36. g5 Bd6 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. fxe5 b6 ({Black should try} 38... f4 $17) 39. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Ke7 40. h4 Kf7 41. Kf4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,13,5,25,61,53,68,59,48,42,83,68,43,31,45,45,47,47,43,57,123,119,86,54,57,58,64,27,27,23,29,25,129,119,117,110,141,118,285,268,415,401,408,408,393,404,692,702,668,690,656,641,608,546,558,558,920,841,980,962]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} dxc4 7. b3 Qa5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (7... b4 8. Nd1 c3 9. a3 e6 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Ba3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2744)-Tomashevsky,E (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8. Nd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd2 b4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Na4 exd4 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Bxb4 {1-0 (41) Smirnov,P (2595)-Volkov,S (2624) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Be2 Nxe5 11. O-O Be7 12. bxc4 Be6 13. Nd5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...0-0.} 15. Bb2 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} f6 16. f4 {[#]} Nc4 $1 17. Nxc4 $16 bxc4 18. Kh1 Qa4 19. Qd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bb4 20. Bc3 a5 21. e5 O-O 22. e6 Rc8 (22... Bc8 $11) 23. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb3 {[#]} 25. Qd4 $1 c3 $2 {[#]} (25... Nc6 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qe4 (26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. e7 Kh8 $16) 26... Be8) 26. Rfb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b3]} a4 (26... Qa4 $142 27. exd7 Qxd7) 27. Rxb3 (27. exd7 Nxd7 28. Rxb3 axb3 $18) 27... axb3 28. exd7 Nxd7 29. Bg4 b2 (29... Rxa3 $142 30. Rg1 (30. Rxa3 c2 $16) 30... c2) 30. Rg1 {White is clearly winning.} Rcb8 31. Bf5 Rxa3 32. Bb1 Rc8 33. Qb4 Ra1 34. Qb7 Rca8 35. d6 ({But not} 35. Qxd7 $2 Rxb1 36. Qb7 (36. Rxb1 $2 c2 $19) (36. Qe6+ $2 Kh8 $19) 36... Rba1 $17) 35... g6 36. Qb3+ {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 45%.} ({Worse is} 36. Qxd7 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 (37. Qe6+ Kg7 $17) 37... c2 $17) 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,19,22,31,58,66,56,63,28,50,21,36,18,22,41,43,31,20,27,33,14,45,30,72,66,59,64,81,82,117,116,106,107,105,104,104,94,95,103,94,97,100,100,97,109,142,97,135,87,101,95,89,44,87,95,87,91,96,87,89,30,25,6,12,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,116,116,127,121,115,0,141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,255,255,255,247,240,226,211,192,298,291,298,298,283,276,276,276,276,276,268,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne4 (8... O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 a5 {0-1 (33) Ding,L (2777)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Ba5 11. Bd1 Nd7 12. O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (50) Vocaturo,D (2600)-Deac,B (2543) Bastia 2016}) 10... Bg6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 {[%cal Re5g6]} Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nbd7 14. O-O a5 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. Rab1 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Qa7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. bxa5 Bd8 21. Rfc1 $1 Nf6 22. Be5 $1 Nd7 23. Bd6 Nf6 24. Qf5 Qa6 25. a4 Bc7 26. Be5 Ne8 27. h4 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Rb6 Qa7 30. Qe7 Nd6 31. Nb5 Qxa5 32. Nxd6 Qxb6 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qe6 Rf8 35. Nf7+ {[#]} Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxf7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 37. g4 (37. f4 $16) 37... Qb2 $11 38. Rf1 Qe2 39. Qf5 Re8 40. Rb1 Kg8 $1 41. g5 Rf8 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Rf1 hxg5 (43... Qf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44. hxg5 $16 {[%cal Bh4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Qf3 45. g6 $1 Rf5 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 46. Qe8+ Rf8 47. Qe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} ({White must play} 47. Qd7 $1 $16) 47... Qg4+ $11 48. Qg3 Qxg3+ 49. fxg3 {[%cal Rf1f8]} Rxf1+ $1 50. Kxf1 {aiming for a5. KP-KP} Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... b6 $1 $11) 51. a5 $1 $18 {Hoping for Ke1.} Kf8 52. Ke2 Ke7 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Kc3 {And now Kb4 would win.} c5 {[#]} (54... Kc7 $142 55. Kb3 Kb8) 55. dxc5+ $1 Kxc5 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kd4 Kxa5 58. Kxd5 {Black must now prevent e4. K3P-KPP} b5 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 59. e4 {Threatens to win with e5.} Kb6 60. g4 $2 (60. e5 $18 b4 61. Kd6) 60... b4 $11 {...b3 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} 61. Kc4 Ka5 62. g5 b3 63. Kxb3 {White wants to mate with Kc4. KP-KP} Kb5 64. Kc3 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kd6 66. Kd4 Ke6 67. e5 Ke7 68. Kd5 Kd7 69. e6+ Ke7 70. Ke5 Kd8 71. Kd6 (71. e7+ $5 Kxe7 72. Kd5 $11) 71... Ke8 72. e7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 67%, Black = 81%.} (72. Kc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,6,14,13,16,10,10,6,7,2,0,21,-11,5,-6,-10,-10,-15,-25,0,-20,-19,-21,4,-56,-66,-89,-84,-109,-113,-106,-111,-111,-102,-134,-71,-75,-66,-152,-139,-348,-357,-390,-390,-383,-383,-383,-370,-537,-507]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} Qc8 (7... Rb8 8. d3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxf6 exf6 {0-1 (79) Kuzubov,Y (2637)-Anton Guijarro,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 8. Kh2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 9. d3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. e4 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {0-1 (37) Medvedyk,V (2049)-Sidorika,V (2061) Chernivtsi 2017}) 14... e6 15. Nc3 e5 16. Ng1 Nd4 17. Nge2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 (19. Bxf4 $11 Nxe2 20. Qxe2) 19... b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb1 Nh5 22. Nd2 f5 23. c5 dxc5 24. e5 g5 (24... Bb5 $142 25. Rxc5 Bxd3) 25. Rxc5 $17 {[#]} Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7c5]} 26. Qc2 (26. Rd5 $15) 26... Rbc8 27. Qc4+ $2 (27. Rxc8 $17 Rxc8 28. Nc4) 27... Be6 $19 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bd5 Rxc5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bc4 (31. Kg2 {is a better defense.} Rc2 32. Rd1) 31... Nxf4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,14,7,17,10,10,6,6,0,0,0,0,-10,-20,-7,-5,-11,-11,-36,-35,-25,-24,-28,-45,-119,-66,-61,-59,-70,-66,-72,-72,-62,-31,-78,-74,-147,-132,-184,-191,-203,-194,-197,-136,-144,-97,-162,-129,-128,-119,-125,-112,-131,-134,-181,-141,-191,-189,-216,-192,-199,-189,-206,-184,-265,-267,-390,-383]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} h6 7. Bd3 (7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qb3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a5 O-O {½-½ (102) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017}) 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 25 Games. Threatening Nxd5.} O-O 11. Rfd1 Ba5 12. Rab1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 13. b4 Bc7 {[#]} 14. e4 $146 Nb6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. Re1 g5 20. Ne2 f6 21. Bc3 (21. exf6 $15 Rxf6 22. Bc3) 21... fxe5 (21... Qf7 $17 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. exf6 Nxf6) 22. Nxe5 $15 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. f4 Qg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 27. Nd4 (27. Rbd1 $142) 27... Nd2 $17 28. f5 (28. Rb2 $17 Ne4 29. Qh3) 28... exf5 $19 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f4.} 29. Rbd1 Ne4 30. Qe5 Qf7 ({Better is} 30... Rf7 $19 31. Nc2 Qb6+ 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Nf6) 31. Nc2 $17 {[#]} d4 $1 32. Rxd4 (32. Qxd4 $17 Rae8 33. a3) (32. Nxd4 Rae8) 32... Rae8 (32... Qxa2 33. Rd7 $17) 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 f4 35. a3 Kg7 36. Nd4 Kg6 37. Nf3 {next Ne5+ is good for White.} Nf6 38. Rd6 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Re8 40. Nd3 Kf5 41. b5 (41. Kf1 $142) 41... a5 $19 ({Much less strong is} 41... axb5 42. Rb6 $19) 42. b6 (42. h3 {was called for.}) 42... Re7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,26,39,42,42,42,40,41,42,10,88,-25,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bf8 13. g4 Bd7 14. h4 Rab8 15. Nce2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (34) Adhiban,B (2670)-Korobov,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Rd8 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White has an edge.} 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 14. h5 h6 15. g4 Be8 {[#]} (15... d4 $11 16. Nb5 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 d3) 16. Qe3 $146 (16. g5 $16 d4 17. Nb5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 (18. b4 Qa4 $15)) ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {½-½ (48) Eliseev,U (2530)-Volkov,S (2599) Kaliningrad 2015}) 16... d4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 17. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 $1 {[#] ...Rxd4 is the strong threat.} 19. Rxd8 $1 Nb3+ $1 20. Kb1 {Strongly threatening Qxb6.} Qxe3 21. Rxa8 Qe1+ 22. Ka2 Nc1+ 23. Ka1 Nb3+ $1 24. Ka2 Nc1+ 25. Ka1 Nb3+ $1 26. Ka2 Nc1+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,84,41,0,50,35,24,34,29,37,37,32,31,43,54,48,44,38,50,45,37,13,127,73,68,72,71,62,103,86,108,97,110,117,116,108,118,127,136,135,137,135,205,209,196,193,204,142,137,87,77,68,84,93,93,81,83,81,76,15,23,9,10,6,8,6,6,4,2,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. cxd5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Be2 h6 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qb3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a5 O-O {½-½ (102) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017}) 6... cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Qb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Bc8 (8... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O e6 11. g4 Bg6) 9. Bd2 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 {1-0 (41) Necevski,A (2277)-Radovanovic,D (1876) Nis 2013}) 11... Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qb6 Qe8 16. Bb4 Rb8 17. Qa5 Bc7 (17... Bf5 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Bxf5 Rb5 19. Qxa6 Rxb4) 18. Qxc7 (18. Qc5 $142) 18... Rxb4 $16 19. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} d4 20. e4 Nxe4 21. O-O {[#] Strongly threatening Rce1.} Nf6 22. Rfe1 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc6 Bd7 25. Rxa6 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd5 (27... Ra8 $16) 28. a5 $18 Nb4 29. Bb5 {a6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 30. a6 d3 31. a3 d2 32. Rd1 Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2c3] [#] Hoping for ...Nc3.} 33. a7 Nc3 34. Rxd2 $1 Ra8 35. Bc4 {And now Rd7 would win.} Rxa7 36. g3 (36. Rb2 $16) 36... Nb1 $11 37. Rd8+ Ke7 {The position is equal.} 38. Rg8 Nxa3 39. Bd3 g6 40. Rb8 Rc7 41. Rb3 Nc2 42. Bxc2 Rxc2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,80,0,4,16,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,16,-47,-14,-20,-26,-22,-21,-9,-9,-58,-61,-72,-74,-76,-80,-80,-82,-65,-33,-24,-19,-50,-56,-53,-18,-18,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,4,8,0,12,0,10,0,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Nc6 (12... h6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (47) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Yu,Y (2750) China 2017}) 13. Nf1 {LiveBook: 17 Games} b4 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc7 18. Ba3 Nb4 19. Bb3 Ng4 20. Rc1 {1-0 (37) Ivkov,B (2520)-Prameshuber,A Moscow 1956}) 18. Ba3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nb4 20. Ndf5 Bf8 21. Bb1 (21. Bxb4 $11 Rxb4 22. Qd2 (22. Nxd6 Re6 $11)) 21... Bc6 ({Much worse is} 21... Nxe4 $6 22. Qg4 $16) 22. Qd4 a5 23. Bb2 Bxe4 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Ng4 (25. Bxe4 {keeps more tension.} Rxe4 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 d5 28. Red1) 25... Nbd5 {[#] ...Bxb1 is the strong threat.} 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Rf4 30. Bc3 $1 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rd4 33. Re7 {The position is equal.} Rb2 34. Ra3 $1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rd5 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rb3 Rc8 38. Rf3 Rf8 39. Rb3 Rc8 40. Rf3 Rf8 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,13,16,20,23,10,0,12,0,64,0,47,56,55,39,43,47,58,56,53,-33,-36,-18,-35,-40,-52,-52,-66,-143,-129,-354,-352,-327,-351,-416,-400,-386,-411,-443,-438,-439,-436,-445,-435,-546,-543,-586,-579]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Ba7 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. Rfd1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Nf5 15. c5 Rfe8 {½-½ (61) Bareev,E (2667)-Stocek,J (2591) Rijeka 2010}) 13. Rac1 Nh7 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. c5 Qf5 (15... Re7 $11) 16. Ne1 (16. Nh4 $14 Qh5 17. f3) 16... Ng5 17. f3 Bh3 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. f5 (21. d4 $14) 21... dxc5 $15 22. bxc5 {[#]} Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qd2 (23. Qxc5 Qxe2) 23... Bd6 24. Rc4 {[#] aiming for Rh4.} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. dxe4 {[#]} (25. Qc2 $1 $15) (25. Rxe4 Rxe4) 25... Ng5 $1 $40 {[%cal Bh3g5,Bg5f3,Bf3d2][%mdl 160] Threatens to win with ...Nf3. Black attacks with force.} 26. Ngf4 $2 (26. Qc2 $17) 26... Nf3 $19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh5h2]} 27. Nxh5 Nxd2 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Nd4 Nd6 33. g4 Rxe3 34. Rxc7 Rb8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,118,3,16,0,20,11,8,11,24,18,19,-2,52,54,48,48,30,0,34,18,62,14,29,34,28,27,71,0,0,0,0,-27,-9,-10,0,-1,-2,-43,-42,-50,-30,-41,-50,-42,0,0,368,35,445,353,354,352,412,420,394,398,364,250,252,273,262,269,245,243,242,205,350,344,250,141,164,176,157,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h4 Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Qe7 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2771)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 8... dxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. a4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Ba5 Qe8 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxb7 Nxe2+ {1-0 (52) Beikert,G (2415)-Zeller,F (2290) Bad Wildbad 1993}) 10. Nbd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd4 Na6 ({Better is} 13... Nc6 $11) 14. Qb3 $14 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a5 Rab8 17. e4 b5 18. Qxb5 Ndc7 19. Qa4 Bxe4 20. Nce5 Nb5 21. Bxc5 (21. Be3 $16 Bd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nc6) 21... Nxc5 $11 22. Qb4 Nc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 23. Qe1 Rxb2 24. Rac1 {Black must now prevent Qc3.} Nd5 25. Rc4 f5 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ne4 28. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b2]} Ra2 29. Kg1 Qd7 30. Nc5 Qc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qf7 $11 31. Ndxe6 Nxf2 32. Rxd5 Nh3+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. Qe5 f4 $11) 33... Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2) 31. Ndxe6 $2 (31. Nxe4 $18 Qxc4 32. Nd6) 31... Nxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qc6 $1 $14 32. Nxe4 (32. Nxf8 Ng5 $17) 32... Qxe6 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxd5 Ra1) 32. Rd2 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Kxh3 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Rf6 36. Rd4 Rh6+ 37. Rh4 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQN} 39. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Nf6 40. Rd6 Qe5 (40... Qc4 {was called for.} 41. Qd3 Qc7 42. Qb3+ Kh8) 41. Qa2+ ({Weaker is} 41. Rd8+ Kf7 $16) 41... Kf8 42. Rd8+ (42. Rc6 $18) 42... Ke7 $16 43. Ra8 Qe3 44. Rb8 $2 (44. Qc2 $16) 44... Ng4 $11 {[#] ( -> ...Qh6+). The position is equal.} 45. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Rb7+.} Qe4+ $1 46. Kg1 $1 {aiming for Qa3+.} Qd4+ 47. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Ng4+ 50. Kg2 Ne3+ 51. Kf2 Nc2 52. Rb7+ Kd6 {...Qe1+ is the strong threat.} 53. Rb1 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 {Hoping for Qb3.} Qd4+ 55. Kh1 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kh1 Qf3+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kh1 Qf3+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,28,25,0,0,0,0,-14,-19,-19,-16,-12,-7,-12,-7,-7,-4,-5,-5,-9,-7,-4,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qa6 15. Na4 Qxa5 16. Nd2 Qb5 17. Nc4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd6 {1-0 (80) Klekowski,M (2418)-Ypma,P (2223) Groningen 2014}) 11... c5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a4 b4 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Ng5 fxg5 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qg2 Qxd4 {0-1 (32) Bodicker,R (2080)-Timmermans,I (2223) Vlissingen 2009}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Be4 (15... Rac8 {is interesting.} 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. b3 Be4) 16. Qc3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (21... Rxc1 {seems wilder.} 22. Rxc1 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. h4 a6) 22. Qxd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Kg7 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,0,0,0,0,-6,12,8,8,10,5,-28,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,4,4,6,4,2,2,10,7,47,9,8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,1,17,90,82,214,214,214,214,214,214,215,203,271,281,285,266,264,261,526,525,485,471,471,502,1233,1013,1500,1466,5106,5110,4718,4134]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. e3 $146 {E11: Bogo-Indian} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Ned2 Bf6 14. Re1 Re8 15. c5 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 {1-0 (40) Wahlund,M (2127)-Kucuksari,K (2337) Vaxjo 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. a3 {The position is equal.} b6 12. b4 a5 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Ba6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qb8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qa4 Bb5 20. Qb3 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Qe5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Ba6 $1 25. Rb1 Be2 26. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qh5 (26... Qd5 $11 27. Nd6 Be5) 27. Be4 $16 Qg4 {[#]} (27... Bxc4 $16 28. Qxc4 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Qa4) 28. Nd6 $1 $18 Rxd6 29. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qe2 32. Rf1 Bg5 {[#]} 33. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1e2]} Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe5 $2 (34... Qa7 {is a better defense.} 35. Qc2 Qa8) 35. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Bd8 36. Qf3 f5 37. Qxc6 Qf6 (37... Kf8 $142 38. b5 Qe3) 38. b5 Kg7 39. Rf2 g5 40. hxg5 Qxg5 41. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,8,3,23,7,11,12,19,0,0,12,8,0,0,0,-8,-4,-16,-8,-8,-28,-3,-3,-2,-12,-12,-10,-18,-20,-2,-14,0,-21,-3,-25,-23,-20,0,-23,0,-18]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. h3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bh5 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... cxd5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (50) Malakhov,V (2712)-Laznicka,V (2672) Chartres 2017}) 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games. Black must now prevent Nf5.} Bg6 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b4 $146 b5 15. a4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. axb5 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} (18. bxc6 {looks sharper.} Qxc6 19. Nb1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bb2) 18... cxb5 19. Bd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxb4.} Ne4 20. Qb3 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Nb6 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Nb3 O-O 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Ra2 Na3 28. Ra1 Nc4 29. Ra2 Na3 30. Ra1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,165,4,21,16,20,21,20,16,20,13,14,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-8,-29,-27,-37,-9,-31,0,0,0,-11,40,7,5,0,7,7,10,4,4,0,11,0,10,1,6,0,0,-11,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,2,0,8,9,10,12,11,4,16,16,22,29,29,14,31,5,5,6,14,14,14,14,16,0,16,16,16,16,17,17,35,35,35,35,93,93,77,77,106,39,117,106,106,99,99,99,99,99,116,110,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,177,180,180,177,156,177,138,276,276,276,276,243,236,276,276,276,268,268,266,268,268,268,262,261,254,247,239,223,210,373,346,472,463,1000,950,880,848]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 10. d4 e4 ({But not} 10... Nxd5 $6 11. Qb3 $16) 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. a3 Ba5 $1 14. Nd2 Nf6 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc4) 15... Bb6 16. e3 c6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Qc2 d5 20. Nb3 Bc7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. a5 Be2 23. Rfb1 Ne4 (23... Bb5 $11) 24. Nc5 (24. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 25. Nc5 $16) 24... Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Ba6 26. Bf1 {White wants to play Bxa6.} Bd6 27. Qb6 {Threatening Bxa6.} Bc7 28. Qc5 Bd6 29. Qb6 {next Bxa6 is good for White.} (29. Qc2 {feels hotter.} Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Qd7 31. Kg2 Reb8 32. Ra2) 29... Bc7 30. Qb3 (30. Qb2 {looks sharper.} Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qd7 32. Rfc1 Bd6 33. Rc3) 30... Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Ra7 32. Qd3 Qa8 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 g6 36. Rb3 Qg4 37. Rab1 Bxa5 38. Bxa5 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Ra2 40. R1b2 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 43. Kh3 Re6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf8 46. Kf4 Ke7 47. Ra2 Ke8 48. Rb2 Ke7 49. Rc2 Kd6 50. Kg5 Ke7 51. Rc5 Kf8 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rf5 Rg6+ (53... Ke7 $14) 54. Kxh5 $16 Ke7 55. Rf4 Rg2 56. Kh4 ({White should try} 56. Rxe4+ $16 Kd7 57. Rf4) 56... Ke6 ({Better is} 56... f6 $14) 57. Rxe4+ Kd6 58. Rf4 Ke6 59. Kh3 Rg5 60. Re4+ Kd6 61. Rg4 Rd5 {[#]} (61... Rb5 $16 62. Rg8 Rb2) 62. Rg8 $1 $18 Kd7 63. Ra8 Rg5 64. Ra7+ Ke8 65. Rc7 Rg6 66. Rb7 Kf8 67. Kh2 Ke8 68. Ra7 Kf8 {[#]} (68... Rg4 $16 69. Rb7 Rg6) 69. Ra1 $1 Ke7 70. Rg1 {Black must now prevent Rxg6.} Rh6+ 71. Kg2 Kd6 72. Rc1 Rh5 73. Kf3 Rf5+ 74. Ke2 Ra5 75. Rc2 Rb5 76. Kf3 Ra5 77. Kf4 Rb5 78. f3 Ra5 79. Rh2 f6 $2 (79... Ke7 80. Rh6 f6) 80. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ke6 81. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 {[#]} (81... Kd7 $142 82. Rc3 Ra4) 82. e5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd7 (82... fxe5+ 83. dxe5+) 83. Kf5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,-5,15,-27,-33,-31,-21,-32,-24,-22,-23,-19,-27,-34,-22,-25,-24,-55,-52,-58,-29,-30,0,0,30,-2,-15,-50,-39,-83,-83,-100,-85,-614,-596,-657,-645,-1388,-1237,-29977,-1900,-29985,-29986,-29990,-29991,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4+ {D96: Grünfeld: Russian System (5 Qb3): sidelines} (7. Qb5+ Nc6 8. Qxb7 Bd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. a3 O-O 12. e3 e5 13. Be2 exd4 14. exd4 Ne4 {½-½ (37) Lenic,L (2641)-Gupta,A (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Bd7 8. Qb3 c5 9. d5 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. e4 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c4 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 Qa5 13. Bd2 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxd5 16. exf6 exf6 {0-1 (70) Santos,A (2288)-Greenfeld,A (2535) Oeiras 2015}) 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Qa3 Bf5 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 19. O-O {Threatening g4.} Ne5 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. g4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...exd5.} 24. gxf5 {[#]} exd5 $1 25. Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Qa4 $17 dxc4 26. Nxc4) 25... c4 $1 $19 26. Qa4 Rb2 27. Nf3 Ree2 28. Qc6 Qe7 29. Qa8+ Bb8 {Black mates.} 30. Qxd5 Bxf4 31. Rfe1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 {[#]} Rh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 21%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,9,26,40,-47,52,56,59,56,87,79,106,92,133,98,139,79,91,83,81,89,100,104,108,102,79,72,108,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-79,-85,-80,-85,-84,-77,-80,-83,-132,-133,-187,-183,-177,-175,-178,-185,-179,-179,-160,-151,-374,-394,-420,-348]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b5 7. b3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} b4 8. Na4 $146 (8. Nd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nd1 c3 9. a3 e6 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Ba3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2744)-Tomashevsky,E (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8... cxb3 (8... c3 $15) 9. axb3 $14 e6 $1 10. Bd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Rfc1 ({White should play} 14. Rac1) 14... Ng5 $16 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc4 a5 19. Rac1 Rb8 20. Nc5 ({White should try} 20. Qe2 $16) 20... Nxc5 $1 $11 21. dxc5 {Threatens to win with c6.} Bc6 22. e5 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 23. Be4 (23. Rg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Qxd2 $17 24. Bxd2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 26. Be3 Rd3 27. c6 Rxb3 28. c7 (28. Rd4 $17 {was worth a try.} Rc8 29. c7) 28... Rc8 $19 29. Rd4 {[#] Threatening Rd7.} Kf8 $1 30. Rd7 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc5.} Ke8 $1 $36 {[%cal Re8d7][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 31. Rcd1 {[#] Bc5! is the strong threat.} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. fxe3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 33. Kf2 $2 (33. R7d6 $17 Bxd6 34. exd6) 33... a3 34. Kf3 f6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,35,18,12,12,25,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-6,-7,0,0,0,-20,3,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} dxe5 8. Nxe5 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. d3 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 11. Qf3 Bc6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Ne4 Qd5 {0-1 (32) Toufighi,H (2347)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2584) Dubai 2006}) 13... O-O 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,7,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98,0,0,0,33,0,3,2,2,0,3,3,4,8,27,26,25,20,35,40,120,110,110,41,47,35,33,29,164,163,160,148,236,229,235,235,235,234,233,231,239,220,238,236,226,226,243,236,219,172,153,187,177,176,150,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Qe1 {0-1 (40) Vorobiov,E (2543)-Sasikiran,K (2670) Cappelle-la-Grande 2006}) 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d5][%mdl 512]} 14. Qxb7 c6 {White must now prevent ...Ra7.} 15. Ned4 (15. Rxa6 $2 Rb8 $19) 15... O-O 16. b4 f5 (16... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. c3 (17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Qxa6 Bxd4 $17) (17. g3 $1 $16) 17... Bxd4 $1 $14 18. cxd4 (18. Nxd4 Qh4 $17) 18... Qe7 $1 19. Ke2 (19. Bd2 $5) 19... Qxb4 (19... Rfb8 $5 20. Qc7 $8 Qxb4 $16) 20. Rd1 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 {Hoping for Qa3.} g4 24. Nd2 (24. Bxh6 $2 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qb4+ 26. Bd2 Qxd4 $19) 24... Nxd2 25. Kxd2 {Qb6 is the strong threat.} Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 Qc4+ ({Better is} 26... Qe4+ $14 27. Rd3 Qc4+ 28. Kd2 (28. Rc3 Qe4+ 29. Rd3 f4 $11) 28... Qf4+ 29. Kd1 Qf1+ 30. Kc2 Qxg2+ 31. Bd2 Qe4) 27. Kb1 $16 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 (28. Ka1 $16) 28... Qc2 $14 29. Re1 f4 30. Qa3 Qc4+ (30... Qxg2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 31. Qd3 Qd5+ 32. Qxd5+ cxd5) 31. Kb1 $1 $18 b4 32. Qa4 f3 (32... h5 $16 33. Qc2 Qe6) 33. gxf3 gxf3 {[#]} 34. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g6] White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Qe6 35. Be3 ({Don't play} 35. Rg1+ $6 Kf7) 35... b3 36. Qd3 Rf5 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Bd4 Ke8 39. Rf1 c5 40. Bxc5 Rxe5 41. Bf2 Re2 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf2!} 42. Bg3 f2 43. Rc1 {aiming for Rc8+.} d6 {[#] intending ...Re3.} 44. Bh4 ({But not} 44. Bxd6 $2 Re1 $19) (44. Qb5+ $1 $16 Kf8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qb7+ (46. Bxd6 $2 Re1 $19) 46... Kg6 47. Qf3) 44... Rd2 45. Qh7 {Intending Rc8+! and mate.} Rc2 {The position is equal.} 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 {( -> ...Rxc1+)} 49. Qh7+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,0,0,41,19,64,66,63,33,30,30,32,40,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 22 Games. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} b5 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O f5 15. f4 Bg7 16. Bc4 fxe4 {½-½ (31) Grachev,B (2654)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. Rc1 $146 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3a3,Ba3a6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Na5 13. O-O Nc4 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Bb3 Qxc3 16. dxc5 Bb7 {0-1 (41) Calderin,R (2280)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2400) Cuba 1988}) 10... Ba6 11. Be2 {White is slightly better.} b4 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O bxc3 14. Rxc3 Qd7 15. Ra3 cxd4 $1 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Rxa6 {[#] Hoping for e5.} e5 18. Ra3 exd4 19. Rd3 Qe6 20. Qe2 ({Wrong is} 20. Nxd4 $2 Qc4 $19) 20... Re8 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2 25. Ra4 a5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rxa5 Rcc2 28. Rf1 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,23,31,23,12,11,0,18,9,25,9,15,-29,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-25,-37,-35,-27,-18,-4,-17,0,-42,-45,-39,-20,-32,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-25,-39,-45,-43,-41,-44,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,10,23,27,133,129,168,163,225,203,197,199,225,224,225,233,600,620,570,608,572,554,29982,29983,29982,29983,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bg6 $1 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 b5 15. a4 b4 (15... Rb7 $142) 16. Na2 Rb7 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nc1 (18. Bxb4 $2 Bxb4 19. Nxb4 Qa5 $19) 18... Nd6 19. Qa2 a5 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Nb3 Rc7 22. Rhc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qb6 24. Ka1 Qa7 25. Nc1 Rb8 26. Kb1 Bf6 27. Rc6 Rb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Qc2 Nc4 31. Ka2 Bd8 32. g3 e5 33. dxe5 Ndxe5 34. f4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Nxd2 35. Qxd2 Nc4 36. Qxd5 Nxe3 37. Qd3 Nf5 38. Nb3 Nd6 39. Qd5 Bf6 {[#]} (39... Nc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Bd3 $1 $16 Qb6 {Hoping for ...Qf2.} 41. Bxg6 $1 ({Not} 41. Qxa5 $2 Qf2 $19) ({And not} 41. Nxa5 b3+ 42. Qxb3 Qxa5 $17) 41... Kf8 (41... Bd8 $142 42. Nc5 Qc7) 42. Bc2 Nb7 {[#]} 43. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g6 44. g5 Bg7 45. Qd7 Nd8 $2 {[#]} (45... Kg8 46. f5 gxf5 47. Qc8+ (47. Qxf5 Qc6 $18) 47... Nd8 48. Bxf5 (48. Qxf5 Ne6 $18) 48... Be5) 46. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (46... Qxc5 47. Qxd8#) 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. f5 Qd6 {If Black can now play ...Qd5+ this consolidates a bit.} 49. fxg6+ {White mates.} fxg6 50. Bb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Re8g8]} Bf8 51. Nd7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,93,-58,-58,-53,-70,-51,-77,-65,-85,-51,-71,-71,-99,-105,-106,-72,-116,-110,-105,-121,-112,-109,-116,-119,-117,-13,-8,-12,-29,-25,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. c5 Bg7 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 (11... g5 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Rb8 16. b3 Rb4 17. Ne1 {½-½ (36) Rakhmanov,A (2641)-Alekseev,E (2636) St Petersburg 2016}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 Rb8 15. b3 f5 16. Rfd1 Qh4 17. Ne2 Rfe8 $146 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. f3 Re3 21. Rab1 a5 22. Rb2 Rb7 23. Nc1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qf2 (24. bxa4 Rxb2) 24... a3 (24... Rbe7 $17 25. bxa4 Qa5 26. Rb8+ Bf8) 25. Re2 $11 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qa8 27. Qe3 Rb4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 28. Ne2 h5 29. h4 Rb8 30. g3 Re8 31. Qc3 Re7 (31... Qb8 {is interesting.} 32. f4 Qb7 33. Kf2 Qe7 34. Qd3 Qb7) 32. Rd3 Qe8 33. Qd2 f4 34. Nxf4 Bh6 $1 35. Kf2 Bxf4 36. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} Re6 {[#] ...De7 ist eine echte Drohung.} 37. Re3 Qe7 38. Rxe6 Qxh4+ 39. Kg2 fxe6 {KD-KD} 40. b4 Kf7 41. Qe3 Qf6 42. Qe5 Qf5 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,91,25,32,0,27,24,76,53,67,45,50,39,28,34,37,22,32,18,51,37,63,58,64,59,68,41,83,82,64,69,88,93,116,114,114,120,134,128,125,137,126,130,170,161,153,148,254,253,286,262,289,247,289,283,291,275,274,283,322,311,350,334,334,275,398,393,435,426,558,530,526,518,443,417]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. f4 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 26 Games} 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 {White has an edge.} Ng6 $146 (12... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ne3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. O-O Re8 17. Kh1 Qc5 {½-½ (39) Naiditsch,A (2574)-Rublevsky,S (2686) Dortmund 2004}) 13. g3 O-O 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Ne3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. b3 Qc5 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Qd3 $1 Rd8 21. Rhf1 Nc6 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. g4 Na5 24. f5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 a5 {[#]} 26. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} (26. Nxd6 $6 Rad7 $11) 26... Qxd4 27. Rxd4 h5 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ba6 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. fxe6 ({Don't do} 31. Rxg4 $6 exf5 32. Nxf5 (32. exf5 Rd7 $16) 32... f6 $14) 31... fxe6 32. Rxg4 e5 (32... Rd7 $16) 33. Rg6 $18 Be2 34. Re6 Ra6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Nf5 g6 37. Re7+ ({Worse is} 37. Rxe5 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Ra8 $11) 37... Kg8 38. Ne3 ({Inferior is} 38. Rxe5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Kg7 $11) 38... Rf6 39. Rxe5 Rf2 40. Rxa5 Rxh2 41. Ra7 Bf3 (41... Kf8 $142 42. e5 Rh5) 42. Nd5 g5 43. Nf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 44. a5 Rh6 45. e5 g4 {[#] White must now prevent ...g3.} 46. Rc7 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,70,0,2,0,16,16,18,19,26,17,28,43,37,42,65,8,66,36,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-7,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11. h3 Be6 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. Rc1 g6 16. Nb3 Nfd7 17. h4 f5 18. Ne2 Nc4 {½-½ (36) Andreikin,D (2705)-Lupulescu,C (2620) Antalya 2017}) 11... g6 12. Bd3 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. h4 Nbd7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. h5 Nxh5 18. g4 Ng7 {1-0 (53) Semov,D (2355)-Dimitrov,D (2291) ICCF email 2009}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ka1 Qe7 17. h4 h6 18. g3 Qf6 19. Rhf1 (19. h5 $14) 19... g5 (19... h5 $11) 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. f4 (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... gxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 22. gxf4 O-O-O 23. f5 Bd7 24. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb8 25. a5 Na8 26. Na4 Nc7 27. Qb3 Bc8 28. Rc3 Rhe8 29. Nc5 Rxe3 30. Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rxc3 ({Not} 30... Qxd4 $2 31. Nxb7 Nxa6 32. Nxd8+ Kc7 33. Rxe3 $18) 31. bxc3 Nxa6 32. Nxa6+ Ka8 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Na6+ $1 Ka8 35. Nc7+ Kb8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,90,15,14,11,11,17,10,10,10,11,12,13,10,10,13,7,9,9,9,7,17,1,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 (16. Rac1 a5 17. a4 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (31) Aronian,L (2801)-Giri,A (2762) Heraklio 2017}) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 24. Nd4 f6 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. Ke3 Ke8 27. h4 Ne5 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. f4 Ng4 30. f5 e5 31. Nb5 Kc6 32. Na7+ Kb7 33. Nb5 Kc6 34. Nc3 Nf7 35. Kf3 h5 36. Ba3 Nd6 37. e4 Nb5 38. Nxb5 Kxb5 {KB-KN} 39. Bf8 Kc4 40. Bxg7 b5 41. Bf8 Kd3 42. Be7 Nh2+ 43. Kg2 Ng4 44. Kf3 Kd2 45. Bb4+ Kd3 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-2,-4,-2,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Nc6 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bxd4 b6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rc2 b5 15. Ne3 Rxc2 16. Nxc2 Qa5 17. Qa1 Qd2 18. Qd1 Qa5 19. Qa1 Qd2 20. Qd1 Qa5 {½-½ (20) Aronian,L (2785)-Giri,A (2771) London 2016}) 12... Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxd5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rab8 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Na5 Rc7 19. b4 Rc2 20. Nxb7 Rc7 21. Nc5 {1-0 (21) Giertz,N (2342)-Fargere,J (2020) Basel 2007}) 14. Rfd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd3 {And now Rad1 would win.} b5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Kf1 a5 22. Ke1 a4 23. Rc5 axb3 24. axb3 Bxb3 25. Rxb5 Be6 26. Rb7 Kf6 27. h4 h5 28. f3 Rd7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,6,18,8,10,-16,0,-27,-18,-45,-46,-40,-39,-61,-61,-85,-91,-113,-86,-106,-84,-84,-84,-84,-68,-104,-108,-134,-133,-129,-125,-119,-118,-145,-139,-129,-114,-158,-118,-154,-141,-148,-81,-133,-133,-141,-100,-241,-225,-220,-204,-279,-262,-351,-332,-337,-304,-325,-275,-380,-350,-354,-368,-406,-441,-427,-434,-594,-566]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 {C29: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 f4} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Qg3 (8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb5 14. Nc3 {0-1 (26) Fedorovsky,M (2478)-Vallejo Pons,F (2714) Germany 2017}) 8... Qb6 {The position is equal.} 9. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Nf3 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Ng5 {0-1 (33) Tofte,S (2192)-Nilsen,J (2371) Norway 2015}) 9... Be6 10. Nf3 (10. Bxc6+ $5 Qxc6 11. d3 $11) 10... O-O-O {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 11. Rb2 h6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. d3 Be7 15. Rb3 g5 16. Qf2 Rd7 17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Rfb1 Qxa5 21. Rb5 Qd8 22. Be3 {[%cal Re3c5]} Rdc7 23. Nd2 b6 24. Nf1 Rb7 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Nh5 Qc6 27. R5b2 {[#]} Qc7 (27... d4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] ...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Ba3) 28. d4 (28. Qe2 $142) 28... cxd4 $17 29. Bxd4 Bc5 30. Nf6 {[#]} (30. Ng3 $17) 30... Bxd4 $1 $19 31. cxd4 Qc3 32. h3 {Now Ra2 and White clings on.} Rc4 33. Kh1 Qxd4 34. Qe2 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Qe1 Be6 37. Rb4 Rbc7 38. Ne8 Rxb4 39. Rxb4 Qc3 40. Qh4 Qa1+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,48,27,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,-40,-64,-196,-195,-203,0,-60,-62,-92,-26,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} Ng4 12. c6 Nxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nde5 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. O-O Nxc6 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Bc3 e5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. b4 Be6 20. Nxf6+ {½-½ (20) Lugovoi,A (2540)-L'Ami,E (2486) Gausdal 2004}) 13. cxd7 {The position is equal.} Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Qxd7 {[#] ...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 15. Kxg2 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Be6 17. Qc2 (17. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h3]} Qh4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nd1 $11 (19. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17)) 17... Rac8 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for ...b4. Black has compensation.} 18. Ng5 (18. Qd2 $15) 18... Qh4 $19 19. Qd2 Rc5 $2 (19... Bh6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd8.} 20. f4 Rfd8) 20. f4 ({White should try} 20. Nxe6 $11 fxe6 21. f3 (21. Qe3 Rg5+ 22. Kf1 Bxc3 $15)) 20... b4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 21. Nd5 ({Don't blunder} 21. Nxe6 $2 bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Qe3 $2 cxb2 23. Rf1 Rc3 $19) 22... fxe6 $19) 21... Rc2 (21... Bxd5 $1 $17 22. exd5 Rfc8) 22. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Qd3 $11) 22... Bd4+ {Black mates.} 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 {[#]} Qh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,64,20,20,19,18,17,18,18,27,24,26,4,4,4,6,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 {E55: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 {LiveBook: 27 Partien} 17. Qc4 Qb7 {[#] Droht ...Se5 und aus.} 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 {[#]} Nc5 $146 21. Ba3 Rxf3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 {[%cal Ra7a8] [#] KT-KT} Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg8 {Precision: Weiß = 76%, Schwarz = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 40,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-22,-21,-33,-41,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-15,-15,-18,-30,-187,-200,-207,-167,-208,-192,-196,-195,-210,-193,-195,-144,-212,-201,-218,-218,-229,0,-184,0,-228,-230,-1191,-1187,-853,-827,-29959,-29959,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 e6 9. f3 Bb4 10. e4 Bxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd2 Qxd4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Qd5+ 16. Kc3 O-O 17. Qe3 {D17: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} b5 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bf3 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} Rac8 $1 22. Rxa7 b4+ 23. Kc2 Qb5 {[#]} 24. Kb1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 24. Rd1 b3+ {½-½ (58) Gelfand,B (2665)-Huebner,R (2615) Munich 1992}) 24... g6 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c3 26. h5 cxb2 27. Kxb2 {hxg6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rc3 28. Qd4 {Droht stark hxg6.} Rd3 29. Be2 Qxh5 30. Qxd3 Qxh1 31. Bf3 Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht unter Druck.} 32. Qd4 $2 (32. Rd7 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.}) 32... e5 $19 33. Re7 Rc8 (33... exd4 34. Rxe1 Kg7 35. Kb3 $16) 34. Bd1 Qg3 {( -> ...Da3+)} ({Schlechter ist} 34... exd4 35. Rxe1 Rc3 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 $14) 35. Qxb4 Qxg2+ 36. Ka3 Ra8+ 37. Ba4 Qf2 (37... h5 $19 38. Qc3 Qe4 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Bxe8 h4) 38. Rb7 {[#]} (38. Rc7 $17) 38... Kg7 $1 39. Qe4 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Ka3 $1 Qc5+ 42. Kb2 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {Und ...Dc3+ würde nun gewinnen.} 43. Rb5 $2 (43. Qd3) 43... Qc3+ 44. Ka2 Rc4 45. Qa8 Qd4 46. Kb3 Rc1 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,47,40,33,34,39,39,34,32,24,30,56,26,54,50,53,0,0,1,35,2,21,7,46,43,48,44,47,40,43,39,37,51,47,45,49,29,50,55,29,0,35,0,43,31,51,35,78,66,68,64,98,69,139,106,109,110,149,149,202,195,213,197,227,194,264,280,278,272,275,269,227,279,278,278,825,806,940,953,917,893,1069,1066,1058,1057,1002,984,2620,2004,5493,5141]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 8. Rc1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. cxb6 Nxb6 {½-½ (88) Li,C (2722)-Malakhov,V (2712) Chartres 2017}) 12. Na4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. e4 (14. Bf4 $14) 14... dxe4 $11 15. Qxe4 Nf6 (15... e5 $5) 16. Qh4 Be6 17. a3 Bb3 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Nc4 Nb5 21. Be3 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd5 23. Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Re8 24. Rc2 Qc7 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Qe4 Raa8 29. Rc4 e6 30. h4 Bh8 31. Qc2 b6 32. Re2 ({Of course not} 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Qxa4 bxc5 $11) 32... Na7 (32... bxc5 $14 33. dxc5 Qe7) 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34. Rb4 Bf6 35. Bf4 Qd8 {[#]} (35... Qb7 $16) 36. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bxg5 37. hxg5 Rb8 38. Qc5 Re7 (38... Rb7 $142 39. Ne5 Nd7 40. Nxd7 (40. Nxc6 Nxc5 41. Nxd8 Rxb4 $14) 40... Rxd7 41. Rxa4 Qe7) 39. Ne5 Reb7 40. Bxc6 ({Not} 40. Nxc6 Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Nd7 $16) 40... Rc8 {intending ...Nd7.} 41. Bxb7 Rxc5 42. dxc5 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Nd7 $2 (43... Nd5) 44. Bf3 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc5 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Ng4 {Nf6 would kill now.} Nd7 47. Rb7 Nc8 {[#]} 48. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd2 (48... fxe6 49. Bxd1) 49. Re2 Qd6 50. Re8 Ncb6 51. Nh6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,9,6,8,51,59,52,57,52,23,79,76,85,56,75,57,63,59,61,52,54,52,67,47,49,40,61,50,57,34,58,10,47,50,39,39,86,83,87,82,128,130,135,102,155,97,90,100,110,60,71,60,69,63,77,39,38,39,64,23,56,40,47,48,48,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-16,-16,-16,-241,-241,-312,-310,-1172,-33,-82,-23,-95,0,0,0,-95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 {0-1 (27) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 (9... Qxb3 $11 10. axb3 Bc2) 10. Bf4 $16 Qc8 11. e4 Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Rd5e4]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Bg2 Nh5 {1-0 (32) Laznicka,V (2676)-Perunovic,M (2602) Tromsoe 2014}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rc1 a6 16. Qc2 Nb8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Kf2 O-O 20. Be2 Qd8 21. Rhd1 g5 22. Be3 f5 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Nb4 26. Re1 Re8 (26... Qe7 $142 27. h3 Kf7) 27. Bd1 (27. b6 $142) 27... Rc8 28. Bb3 Rc7 29. Rcd1 g6 30. Re2 e5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Kg7 34. Qd2 {c6 is the strong threat.} Rd7 35. Qc1 Qc7 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Be1 d4 (37... Qe5 $11) 38. Bxb4 (38. c6 $14) 38... axb4 $11 39. Qc4 d3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Qxd3 Qxc5 42. a5 Kh6 43. Bc2 Qc7 44. a6 bxa6 45. bxa6 Qa5 46. Kg2 Qa1 47. Qd6 {aiming for a7.} Qc3 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. a7 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qa1 {[%cal Ra1f1]} 51. Kg2 $2 (51. Qf8+ $11 Bg7 52. Qxf5 Qxa7 53. Qe6+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ Kg8 55. Qxb4) 51... Kg6 $19 52. Qd7 {And now Qe8+ would win.} Qa2+ 53. Kg1 $2 (53. Kf1 Qa6+ 54. Kf2) 53... Qb1+ $2 (53... b3 $19 {( -> ...b2)} 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qxf5 Qxa7+ 57. Kh1 Qa1+ 58. Kg2 Qe5) 54. Kf2 $1 $15 Qc2+ (54... Qb2+ $17 55. Kf1 Qa1+ 56. Ke2 Qa2+ 57. Kd3 Qb3+ 58. Ke2 Qc2+ 59. Ke3 Qc3+ 60. Ke2 Qc4+ 61. Kd2 Bc3+ 62. Kd1 b3 63. Qe8+ Kh6 64. Qf8+ Bg7 65. Qxf5 (65. Qd6+ $2 Kh7 $19) 65... Qf1+ 66. Kd2 Qf2+ 67. Kd1 Qxa7 68. Qe6+ Kh7 69. Qxb3 Qg1+ 70. Ke2 Qxh2+ 71. Ke3 Qg1+ 72. Ke2 Qd4) 55. Kg1 {[#]} (55. Ke3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qc4+ 57. Ke1 Bc3+ 58. Kd1) 55... Qc5+ (55... Qa2 $1 $17 56. h4 (56. Qe8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 56... b3) 56. Kg2 $11 Qc2+ (56... Qf8 $2 57. g4 $18) ({Better is} 56... Qe3 $11 57. a8=Q Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+) 57. Kg1 $1 $17 {[#]} (57. Kh3 {is a self mate.} Qe2 58. Qe8+ Qxe8 59. g4 Qe2 60. gxf5+ Kxf5 61. a8=Q Qf1+ 62. Kg3 Be5+ 63. f4 Bxf4#) 57... Qc1+ (57... Qb1+ $2 58. Kf2 $19) (57... Qa2 $1 $17 58. g4 (58. Qe8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 58... Kh6) 58. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Qb2+ 59. Kf1 $1 (59. Kh3 {gets mated.} Qe2 60. Qe8+ Qxe8 61. g4 Qe2 62. gxf5+ Kxf5 63. a8=Q Qf1+ 64. Kg3 Be5+ 65. f4 Bxf4#) 59... Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc2+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,20,33,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,10,10,9,10,61,36,51,42,63,67,58,20,39,41,57,28,33,34,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Ne4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bg7 $1 12. Bc4 Na6 13. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 Nb8 15. O-O Qd5 16. Nf2 Bb7 ({Black should play} 16... Be6 $11) 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. e4 Qc6 19. Qa3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rab8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Qxa6 Rb4 24. Bd2 Ra4 {The position is equal.} 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qd3 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,15,51,51,73,53,50,51,52,48,68,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,34,0,0,11,14,0,14,0,0,-11,18,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rb5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Qc7 (11... cxd4 12. Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. e5 Rfd8 18. Rh4 Bxa2 19. hxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (26) Ponomariov,R (2706)-Shirov,A (2735) Karlovy Vary 2007}) 12. d5 $146 (12. Rxc5 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]} b6 13. Rg5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rxc5 b6 13. Rd5 e5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Na5 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Rxe5 Bxa2 18. Nd2 Rac8 {0-1 (52) Miguel de Frutos,V (2050)-Santamaria Perez,T (2275) ICCF email 2006}) 12... Ne5 13. Rxc5 {White is slightly better.} Nxf3+ $1 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. Bd4 (15. h4 $14) 15... b6 $11 16. Rb5 Ba6 17. Rb3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Rd2 Qa6+ 24. Ke1 {Black must now prevent Qe5+.} Kg8 25. Qe3 Rc5 26. Qd3 b5 27. d6 exd6 {The position is equal.} 28. Qxd6 Qc8 29. Qd7 Qb8 30. Qd6 Qc8 31. Qd7 Qb8 32. Qd6 Qc8 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,83,10,18,12,36,20,32,22,28,0,35,25,38,39,58,42,51,30,64,34,50,50,51,23,26,14,29,29,29,28,28,35,35,35,35,25,29,22,35,35,42,38,52,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,43,0,12,1,10,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qf6 19. Bb3 Nf4 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Bxf4 exf4 {½-½ (43) Jakovenko,D (2731)-Bu,X (2723) Sochi 2016}) 13... Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} c5 16. Ng3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. d5 c4 18. Be3 Reb8 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. b4 cxb3 21. Bxb3 {1-0 (44) Stevic,H (2601)-Kuljasevic,D (2574) Sibenik 2012}) 17... Qb7 18. d5 Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22. a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxf5.} 33. Nxe7+ (33. Rxb7 {is interesting.} Qxb7 34. Ne3 Qb3 35. Qd3 Qb7 36. h4) 33... Qxe7 34. Rxb7 Qxb7 35. Nd2 Qc7 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 Bd8 38. f4 exf4 {The position is equal.} 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. Qa1 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Nf6 42. e5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,29,9,18,16,29,18,29,13,25,36,12,13,14,17,56,62,73,52,79,37,90,88,110,102,156,166,164,95,170,167,327,300,347,353,535,522,512,347,399,391,350,332,573,565,687,697]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2 (8. a4 e6 9. a5 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb6 Ra8 13. dxc5 Qxb6 14. cxb6 {0-1 (65) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 8... e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nxd4 {½-½ (56) Gupta,A (2626)-Danin,A (2543) Zalakaros 2017}) 11... Bxc5 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Na4.} b5 15. a3 Nc6 (15... bxc4 $14 16. axb4 Bxb4) 16. Ba2 $16 O-O {[#]} 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 (17... Ne8 $142) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bb1 (19. Qc2 $18 Qb6 20. Bb1 (20. Bxd5 Nd4 $14)) 19... Qb6 {[#]} (19... Nd4 $16 20. Nxd4 Bxd4) 20. Qc2 $1 $40 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc2h7][%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} ({Don't do} 20. Qd3 $6 g6 $14) 20... f5 $2 (20... g6) 21. exf6 $1 g6 22. Ba2 Bf5 (22... Nd4 {keeps fighting.} 23. Bxd5+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6) 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Bh6 Bd3 $2 (26... Qxf6 27. Bxf8 Bxf8) 27. Qe5 {White wants to mate with f7+.} Bd6 28. Bg7+ {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,131,0,0,2,0,6,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-18,-16,-14,-62,-54,-52,-27,-94,-36,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,24,0,35,29,26,19,58,56,59,10,10,10,10,10,10,18,18,18,18,18,114,155,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. bxc4 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (11... Rc8 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Nf1 Nb4 15. Bb1 Ne4 16. a3 Na6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Ng5 19. e4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 {1-0 (40) Harika,D (2507)-Kosteniuk,A (2527) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Bb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qf4 16. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. g3 Qg4 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 {½-½ (41) De Francesco,K (2279)-Schnur,G (2111) Bad Woerishofen 2000}) 16... Bd6 17. Ng3 Bb8 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. a4 Nh5 22. Re1 (22. Qb2 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Qh4 ({Black should try} 22... Qc7 $17 23. Qa2 Rc8) 23. Be4 $15 Bxg3 (23... Ba6 {seems wilder.} 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Bb2 Rc8 26. d5 Nf4) 24. hxg3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nf6 27. Re3 Rc8 28. Bb2 Rc6 29. f3 Rec8 30. Rec3 Ne8 31. g4 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 g5 34. Kd3 Rd8 35. Rb3 Nd6 36. Rbc3 Nb7 37. Ke3 Rdc8 38. Ba3 Na5 {[%cal Rc6c4]} 39. Kd3 Nb7 40. Bb4 R6c7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Bxc5 a6 43. Bb4 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 (44. Bxc3 {looks sharper.} Rc6 45. Rb1 Nd6 46. Rb8 Ke7 47. Ba5) 44... Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Ke8 46. Kc4 Kd7 47. d5 e5 $1 48. Bf8 g6 49. Bb4 f5 {[#]} (49... Kd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50. Bf8 $1 $16 Nd6+ 51. Kc5 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. a5 {With the idea Bh6.} g4 $1 54. fxg4 fxg4 55. Kb6 Nc7 56. d6 Ne6 57. Be7 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 58. Kxa6 {[#] Kb6 is the strong threat.} Kc6 $1 59. Ka7 {Strongly threatening Kb8.} e3 60. a6 Nc5 (60... e2 $5 61. Bh4 $8 Nc5 $11) 61. Bh4 e2 62. Be1 Nd7 (62... Kxd6 $5 63. Kb6 $8 Nd7+ 64. Kb5 Kc7 65. Bg3+ Kc8 $16) 63. Ka8 Nb6+ ({Of course not} 63... Kxd6 $6 64. Kb7 $16) (63... Kxd6 $5 64. Kb7 $8 Nc5+ 65. Kb6 Nd7+ 66. Kb5 Kc7 $18) 64. Kb8 Nd7+ 65. Kc8 {Black must now prevent Bg3.} Nb6+ 66. Kb8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,18,7,26,0,31,39,62,8,2,16,56,59,52,61,61,64,68,52,69,52,67,79,54,12,11,3,79,-30,28,0,0,0,62,58,62,58,60,10,28,0,0,3,23,-6,0,-21,0,0,0,0,19,23,13,25,25,25,78,85,62,7,27,18,20,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bc3 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. e5 Rad8 {0-1 (72) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. a3 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (32) Meier,G (2651)-Ju,W (2574) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Bc1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Nh4 (13. Qd3 $14) 13... Nb6 $11 14. Qb3 e5 15. Ng6 Qc7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 Qh5 19. f3 Be6 20. Qb4 Nfd7 21. g4 Qh4 $1 22. Qd4 Rad8 (22... Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Bf4 ({Better is} 23. b3 $16) 23... Nf8 ({Black should play} 23... Bc4 24. Rfe1 Ne5) 24. Qe3 Nc4 25. Qc1 Ng6 (25... Qf6 $11) 26. Bg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qf6 27. b3 Nce5 28. Qe3 {White wants to play h3.} Nh4 29. Bxh4 Qxh4 30. Qxa7 h5 31. gxh5 Nd3 32. Ne2 ({Wrong is} 32. Qxb7 $2 Nf4 $19) 32... Rd7 33. Qe3 Red8 34. Rd2 Nf4 35. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxd7 37. f4 {[#] Black must now prevent f5.} Bh3 (37... Bg4 $11 38. Qe3 Bxh5) 38. Bxh3 $16 Qxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 39. e5 (39. Qf3 $14 Qxf3 40. Rxf3) 39... Rd3 40. h6 Re3 {The position is equal.} 41. Qf2 {With the idea hxg7.} g6 42. Qg2 {aiming for Qxh3.} Qxh6 43. Qg4 Qf8 44. Qg5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd1.} Qc5 45. Qd8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 46. Qf6+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,55,16,20,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-6,-4,-20,18,9,86,49,141,133,133,131,219,121,147,134,112,111,386,263,452,452,445,447,645,615,748,750,720,704,711,684]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 {E27: Nimzoindisch (Sämisch-Variante)} (6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Na5 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. e4 Qb6 19. Kh1 a5 20. Nf5 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bg5 {0-1 (41) Li,C (2744)-Zhou,J (2597) Huocheng County 2017}) 7. Nh3 {[%cal Bg1h3,Bh3g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} f5 8. e4 fxe4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. Ng5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. Bg5 e5 12. Nf2 exf3 13. Bxf3 Qe8 14. Qd3 {0-1 (34) Bocharov,D (2602)-Rozum,I (2560) Voronezh 2016}) 11... exf3 12. Bxf3 h6 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qe8 15. Qd2 Rb8 (15... Nxe4 $11 16. Bxe4 Nf6) 16. Rae1 Qg6 (16... Nxe4 $14 17. Bxe4 Qe7) 17. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz muss aufpassen.} e5 18. Nxf6+ (18. cxd6 $6 exf4 19. dxc7 Ra8 $11) 18... Rxf6 {[#]} (18... Nxf6 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 19. dxe5 dxe5) 19. Bg3 (19. dxe5 $6 dxe5 20. Be4 Qe8 $16) ({Lieber} 19. Be4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4g6]} Qe8 20. Bc2) 19... Kh8 20. Bh4 ({Keinesfalls} 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. c4 (21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bg4 $11) 21... a6 $16) 20... Rf8 21. Qe2 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Qe8 $16) 22. Bh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh7 $2 (22... Nxh5 23. Rxf8+ Kh7) 23. dxe5 $18 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bd7 (24... Bg4 $142 25. Rxf6 (25. Bxf6 Bxh5 26. Be7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bg6 $16) 25... Rxf6 26. Bxg4 Rf7) 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rf1 {Precision: Weiß = 78%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,10,9,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-10,0,0,0,-11,18,-17,6,0,9,2,13,14,10,5,14,11,71,73,65,31,42,25,62,77,89,80,83,29,34,0,0,0,39,41,84,92,94,49,59,28,42,16,29,25,20,8,13,4,3,17,33,8,11,0,19,0,18,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 {A18: Englische Eröffnung} 8. Bd3 (8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qd6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ {1-0 (32) Adhiban,B (2671)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 8... Ne5 9. Be4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qe5+ {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 11. Kf1 Qa5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... c5 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 Rb8 14. h4 Bd6 15. h5 {½-½ (47) Iordachescu,V (2614)-Pourramezanali,A (2458) Al Ain 2013}) 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. d4 Be7 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 Bc6 17. Re1 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 b6 19. Kg2 Bd6 20. Bd2 c6 21. Re4 Rfd8 22. Rae1 h6 23. R1e2 Qf5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Qd1 c5 26. Re1 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rbc8 28. Qe2 a5 (28... Qf5 $11) 29. Rg4 $16 Qh7 30. Bc1 Rd7 31. Bb2 Re8 {[#] Und weiter mit ...f5 wäre nett.} 32. h5 Qf5 33. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Weiss.} e5 34. Re4 (34. Bd4 $16) 34... Rde7 $11 35. g4 Qd7 36. Qf3 f6 37. Qf5 Bb4 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. Rc1 Rf8 40. f3 Bd6 41. Rb1 f5 42. gxf5 Rxf5 43. Bc3 Bc7 $1 44. Rh1 Rdf7 45. Rh3 Bd6 46. Bd2 Bc5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 47. Bc3 Bd6 48. Bd2 Bc5 49. Bc3 {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,31,27,21,36,36,36,19,40,27,58,62,74,71,69,55,68,59,60,49,99,41,27,-25,-23,-62,-18,-81,-91,-86,-96,-60,-81,-150,-177,-174,-168,-168,-164,-190,-126,-120,-113,-195,-198,-190,-183,-336,-332,-458,-439,-437,-339,-518,-397,-389,-397,-380,-372,-349,-349,-350,-349,-529,-550,-536,-536,-572,-457,-375,-366,-785,-758,-744,-725]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e6 ({Don't play} 13. Qxd5 $6 e6 $11) 13... fxe6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. h4 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h5 16. gxh5 {1-0 (34) Ding,L (2766)-Movsesian,S (2653) Huaian 2016}) 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qd4 ({White should try} 17. O-O $16) 17... h5 $1 $14 18. gxh5 (18. g5 $142) 18... Bxh5 $11 19. e4 Qf4 {With the idea ...Ne5.} 20. Bxh5+ (20. Qe3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qxe3 21. fxe3) 20... Rxh5 $17 21. Ne2 Qf3 22. Ng3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Rc3 {[#]} ({White should play} 23. Qe3 dxe4 24. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 25. Kf1) 23... Qg4 $1 24. Qd1 {And now Qxg4 would win.} ({Wrong is} 24. Nxh5 $2 dxe4 25. Rg3 Qxh5 $19) 24... Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxh4 26. exd5 exd5 (26... Rxd5 $19 27. Qe2 Qh7) 27. Re3 Ng4 28. Rf3 (28. Re6 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 28... Nf6 $19 29. Qc2 Qg4 30. Re3 $2 {[#]} (30. Qe2 {is a better defense.}) 30... d4 31. Qc6+ Kf7 32. Rd3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 33. Qxa6 (33. a3 $142) 33... e4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Bb4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. Qxb5 (38. Qb7+ $142 Ke6 39. Qc6+ Bd6 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Nxd4) 38... Bc5 39. Qe2 Qd3 40. a4 Qxe2 41. Nxe2 Ke6 42. a5 $2 (42. Nc3) 42... Nd5 43. Kg3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,0,-17,74,75,70,81,89,79,93,90,142,142,125,137,149,147,154,152,143,151,130,132,175,119,138,51,200,200,200,216,224,200,200,200,219,216,323,323,305,272,341,340,351,267,472,418,586,582,565,560,504,457,405,67,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,49,80,67,74,67,70,67,70,70,73,50,44,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. d5 b5 8. d6 Bb7 9. e5 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 8 Games} Qd7 $146 (11... a6 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. axb5 fxg5 14. Bxc4 Kf8 15. O-O Bf6 16. Re1 Bb7 {1-0 (30) Nisipeanu,L (2677)-Lupulescu,C (2591) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 12. dxe7 $16 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 {[%csl Ge7,Gg5][%cal Rd1d8]} Nd7 14. axb5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} h6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 15. Be3 $1 Bc2 (15... Bxf3 $142 16. gxf3 Bxe5) 16. Rc1 Ba4 17. Bxc4 Rb8 18. Ra1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxa7 Kxe7 21. O-O Ke6 {[#]} 22. Bd4 (22. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nxe5 23. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3) 22... Rhb8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 23. Rxd7 (23. Bc3 $16) 23... Kxd7 {[#]} (23... cxd4 $14 24. Rd6+ (24. Rxd4 Bxe5 25. Re1 Kf6 $14) 24... Ke7) 24. e6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 (24... Kxe6 25. Re1+) 25. Bxg7 f6 26. Bxh6 Rxb2 27. Be3 Rc8 28. Re1 c4 (28... Rb4 $142 29. g3 Ra4) 29. Nh4 c3 30. Bc1 Ke8 31. Nxg6 Rd8 32. Kf1 Rb4 $2 {[#]} (32... Rb1 33. Ke2 c2) 33. Ne7 $1 Rb5 (33... Kxe7 $142 34. Ba3 Rdd4) 34. Ng8 c2 35. Nxf6+ Ke7 36. Nd7 {White threatens Ba3+ and mate.} Ra8 37. h4 $2 (37. f4 $18) 37... Ra1 $1 $14 38. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Re2d3]} ({Don't blunder} 38. Bg5+ $2 Rxg5 39. Rxa1 Rb5 $19) 38... Kxe6 39. Nf8+ Kf7 40. Kd3 Rd5+ $1 41. Kxc2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Rxf2 43. Ne6 {Strongly threatening g4.} (43. Be3 {feels hotter.} Rxg2 44. Rf1+ Kg8 45. Ne6 Re5 46. Rf8+) 43... Rxg2 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Rh1 {Threatens to win with h5+.} Rc5+ 46. Kd3 {Hoping for Be3.} Rg3+ 47. Be3 {And now Ne4 would win.} Ra5 48. h5+ Kf5 49. Ne4 Ra3+ 50. Nc3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,93,0,6,6,0,13,13,15,14,21,22,21,18,21,18,20,21,21,19,18,18,19,11,21,19,18,0,17,19,21,22,22,6,10,0,11,10,11,11,17,17,21,6,8,6,6,6,6,13,14,0,0,0,14,9,9,9,9,9,12,0,2,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. d3 Nbd7 8. e4 {LiveBook: 37 Games} Bd6 (8... Bc5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 {½-½ (71) Ding,L (2781)-Yu,Y (2753) Danzhou 2017}) 9. Nc3 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfd1 {1-0 (60) Lindinger,M-Gustafsson,J Germany 1993}) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. a4 h6 15. Rd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qd3.} Rfd8 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qc4 h5 21. Rd1 {Rxd8+ is the strong threat.} Ba7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Be2 Ng4 28. Qd3 Qe6 29. Qc4 Qf6 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 30. Bf3 Nh2 31. Bd1 {Black must now prevent f3.} Ng4 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 32. Bf3 {[#]} Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bd1 {Hoping for f3.} (33. Kxh2 Qxf3) 33... Ng4 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. c4 Qd7 37. Bc3 f6 38. b3 Bd8 39. f3 gxf3+ {The position is equal.} 40. Qxf3 b5 41. Qe3 b4 42. Be1 Be7 43. Bf2 Qd1 44. Qa7 Kf7 45. Bc5 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,110,11,14,14,16,13,17,11,19,15,15,18,16,12,11,14,25,17,20,20,25,17,16,21,22,0,3,0,0,0,9,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-30,-151,-134,-179,-184,-149,-83,-89,-84,-406,-388,-233,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Nc5 Nc6 14. Qa4 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxe5 {½-½ (60) Kamsky,G (2678)-Shimanov,A (2646) St Petersburg 2017}) 8... Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 $146 Rc8 18. Ra3 a5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Rb1 Rc6 21. Rab3 Ng6 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 24. Kf1 Nxe5 25. Ke2 f4 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. Rxa5 Kd6 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Ra8 g5 31. Rd8+ Kc5 32. Re8 Re6 33. a4 Nc6+ 34. Rxe6 fxe6 {KB-KN} 35. c3 e5 36. h4 (36. g3 $11) 36... gxh4 $17 37. Kf3 {[#] intending Kg4.} h5 $1 38. Bd3 {[#]} Na5 ({Black should play} 38... Ne7 $1 39. a5 Nc6) 39. Bg6 Kc4 40. Bxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Bf7 $17) 40... Kxc3 $19 41. Kg4 Kb4 $2 (41... Kd2 $19 42. Kf5 Nc6) 42. Kxh4 $11 {The position is equal.} Kxa4 43. Bf3 d4 {...Nc4 is the strong threat.} 44. Kg4 Kb4 45. Kf5 Nc4 46. Be2 Kc5 47. Ke4 Nb2 48. Kxe5 {aiming for Ke4.} d3 49. Bf3 d2 50. Kxf4 d1=Q 51. Bxd1 Nxd1 52. f3 Kd5 53. Kg5 Ke6 54. f4 Ne3 55. g4 Kf7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,-15,0,-5,6,-16,-8,-15,6,4,8,7,13,14,14,5,0,16,1,0,8,2,2,4,5,16,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bf4 c6 {The position is equal.} 8. Qc1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Re8 9. c4 (9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 Nhf6 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 Ng4 {½-½ (64) Horvath,J (2527)-Wang,H (2713) Pattaya 2015}) 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. Qc2 {0-1 (35) Davies,N (2515)-Kuijf,M (2450) Germany 1999}) 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nfd5 14. Bh6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc4 16. Re1 e5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bh3 20. e4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc7 22. c4 exd4 23. Qxd4+ Qe5 24. Rad1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 {KR-KR} c5 28. Rd7 Rxe4 29. Rxb7 Rxc4 30. Rxa7 Rc2 31. a4 c4 32. a5 c3 33. Rc7 Ra2 34. Rxc3 Rxa5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,27,23,14,26,19,23,21,14,7,22,25,22,22,63,23,20,24,27,21,28,25,22,15,15,20,18,25,24,14,21,19,19,19,17,22,18,17,37,37,25,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 {White has an edge.} Na6 14. d5 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. e5 h6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. O-O g5 18. Rfd1 f4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba5 Rg8 {½-½ (63) Radjabov,T (2784)-Caruana,F (2770) Moscow 2012}) 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 $1 ({Much worse is} 17. Bxa7 Nxa2 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 $15) 17... Bxc8 18. Bc4 b6 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. g4 f5 22. Ng5 fxe4 23. Ne6 Ra8 ({Reject} 23... Rxd5 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Rxg5 26. Bxg5 $16) 24. Rc4 Be5 25. Ra4 Nc7 26. Rxe4 Nxe6 27. dxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 28. Ra4 Bc5 $1 29. Bxc5 bxc5 $14 {KR-KR} 30. g5 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxa7 c4 {[#] ...c3 is the strong threat.} 32. Rd7 Rc6 33. Kf1 Rxe6 34. Rc7 Ra6 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,37,3,6,25,-1,31,0,24,0,19,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rf7 16. Bh5 {[#]} Rf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... g6 17. Bf3 Bf8 18. Qc2 a6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 {½-½ (53) Grischuk,A (2771)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720) Moscow 2010}) 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,66,10,14,18,19,19,19,19,19,19,18,18,18,18,20,22,30,0,0,12,9,12,16,0,5,12,19,-2,-2,-2,-2,-8,-8,-5,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 {White wants to play f3.} Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. f3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. g4 Ba4 {The position is equal.} 19. g5 Ke7 20. Rg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1g4,Bg4h4][%mdl 32]} Rhd8 21. Rg4 Nd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rh4 Rc2 24. Rxh7 Nd2 25. Bxd2 $1 Rdxd2 26. Rxg7 Rf2 (26... Rxh2 $5 27. g6 $8 Kf6 28. Rxf7+ Kxg6 29. Rxb7 a6 30. Bxa6 Rh1+ 31. Bf1 Rch2 $11) 27. Bd3 Rcd2 28. b3 Be8 29. Rh7 {[#] Black must now prevent g6.} Ra2 $1 30. Ra1 {Threatens to win with Rxa2.} Rab2 $1 31. Rb1 {Rxb2 is the strong threat.} Ra2 $1 32. Ra1 Rab2 $1 33. Rb1 {[#] And now Rxb2 would win.} Ra2 $1 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,54,11,6,37,40,22,40,43,6,4,0,29,26,20,24,20,28,44,67,51,39,73,70,78,70,74,-146,-138,-210,-197,-290,-290,-352,-294,-467,-452,-469,-497,-553,-449,-639,-553]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b5 7. b3 cxb3 (7... b4 8. Nd1 c3 9. a3 e6 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Ba3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2744)-Tomashevsky,E (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8. axb3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Bxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Bg2 a5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (55) Fridman,D (2642)-Schneider,I (2481) Germany 2016}) 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 {aiming for Nd5.} e6 ({Resist} 10... cxb5 11. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd7 12. d5 $11) 11. Bc4 Qxd4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Rg1 {Kf1 is the strong threat.} O-O 14. Kf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qd8 $1 15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32] And now Rxd7! would win.} Kh8 17. Nd4 Qc8 {[#]} 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Ra7 $1 {[#]} 20. Qc4 $2 (20. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6] is forced if you want to stay better.} Qe8 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bf5) 20... a5 $17 21. Bf5 (21. Qd4 $17 Qb8 22. Bxd7 Qb5+ 23. Qc4 Qxc4+ 24. bxc4) 21... Qe8 $19 22. f4 (22. Qxc6 $142 Nc5 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. e5) 22... Nc5 23. f3 Qf7 24. Qe2 (24. Qxf7 $142 Raxf7 25. Rg2) 24... Qxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Bd4 Re7 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Be5 (27. Bxe6 $142 Qxe6 28. Qc2) 27... Nd7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,201,0,0,-9,-10,-11,0,0,0,2,4,4,4,0,10,10,10,14,17,9,9,9,9,5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-11,-42,-41,-40,-39,-35,-34,-34,-33,-59,-51,-53,-52,-53,-31,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-26,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-15,0,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-70,-70,-70,-83,-70,-70,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 {D75: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...c5} Bh3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Qxd8 (13. Bxa8 {seems wilder.} Qxa8 14. f3 Qc8 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Qb3) 13... Raxd8 14. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 {[#]} 17. Rb3 $146 Rc8 18. Be3 Be5 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f5 21. Be3 a6 22. Rb6 Rd6 23. Rb7 Kf7 24. Ra7 Rc6 25. a4 Bc7 26. h4 h5 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. Bf4 Ba5 29. Bg5 Bb4 30. a5 Bxa5 31. Rxe7+ Kd5 32. e4+ fxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Bc3 34. g4 a5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rf4 Ra6 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 37. Rf5+ Kc4 38. Bc1 $1 Rf6 39. Ke4 $1 Re6+ 40. Kf4 Re1 41. Ba3 $1 Bb4 {...Ra1 is the strong threat.} 42. Rxh5 Bxa3 (42... Re6 {looks sharper.} 43. Kg4 Rg6+ 44. Kf5 Rg7 45. Bc1 a4) 43. Rxa5 {KRB-KR} Bc5 44. h5 Bxf2 45. Kf5 Rh1 46. Kg6 Be3 47. Ra3 Rg1+ 48. Kf7 Bh6 49. Ra5 Kd4 50. Rf5 Rg7+ 51. Kf6 Ke4 52. Re5+ Kf4 53. Ra5 Rg8 54. Kf7 Rb8 (54... Rg7+ {with more complications.} 55. Kf6) 55. Ra4+ Kf5 56. Ra5+ Kg4 57. Ke6 Bf4 58. Rc5 Rb6+ 59. Kd5 Kxh5 60. Rc6 Rb1 61. Ke4 Kg5 62. Re6 Rd1 63. Rc6 Re1+ 64. Kd4 Kf5 65. Rc5+ Be5+ 66. Kd3 Rh1 67. Rc8 Rh3+ 68. Ke2 (68. Kc4 $1 $11) 68... Ke4 $17 69. Re8 Rh2+ 70. Ke1 Kd4 71. Kf1 Ra2 72. Re7 Bf4 73. Re2 Ra3 74. Re8 Be3 75. Ke2 Ra2+ (75... Bg1 $15) 76. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf2+ 77. Kg4 Rf4+ 78. Kh5 Rf6 79. Kg4 Kd3 80. Ra8 Rf4+ 81. Kh5 Ke4 82. Ra4+ Bd4 83. Kg5 Kf3 {[#] aiming for ...Bf6+.} 84. Ra3+ Be3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra4+.} 85. Kg6 $1 Rb4 86. Kf5 Rb5+ 87. Ke6 Ke4 88. Ra1 Rb6+ 89. Kd7 Bf4 90. Re1+ Kd5 91. Rd1+ Kc5 92. Rd3 Be5 93. Rd1 Bd4 94. Rc1+ Kd5 95. Rd1 $1 Rb7+ 96. Kd8 Ke5 97. Kc8 Rh7 98. Rd2 Bc5 99. Rd7 Rh1 100. Rd2 Bb4 101. Rd3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,138,7,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,11,13,9,9,7,12,0,24,0,44,37,38,48,52,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,17,13,16,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-26,-20,-15,-28,-30,-35,-71,-50,-63,-66,-85,-67,-72,-72,-83,-66,-66,-62,-66,-53,-66,-62,-63,-62,-65,-75,-75,-90,-91,-49,-199,-172,-206,-217,-345,-347,-366,-358,-506,-464,-506,-388,-653,-653,-652,-646,-633,-593,-753,-873,-1416,-1368,-5185,-1211,-6264,-1186,-29975,-29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Bd3 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. h4 Nb8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rc2 {½-½ (61) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 h6 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Ne4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 {½-½ (41) Goganov,A (2569)-Socko,B (2654) Yerevan 2014}) 15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Re8 21. Qc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Be2 e5 25. Rc8 Rf8 (25... Qf8 $5 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 $14) 26. d5 Nc5 27. Rc6 Qb8 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Bg4 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Kf8 31. Bd1 Ke7 32. Bb3 Ne6 $1 33. Qa6 Qc7 34. Bd5 Nc5 35. Qe2 Kd8 36. Qd1 {Bxf7+ is the strong threat.} Qd6 37. Qh5 Qf6 38. Bxf7 Nxe4 39. Qd1+ Qd6 40. Qc2 Nf6 41. Qa4 a5 42. Bc4 Kc7 43. Qc2 Qxc6 {White must now prevent ...b5!} 44. a4 Qc5 45. Qe2 Kd6 46. Bb5 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 $1 e4 48. g3 Qc3 49. Qd1+ Nd5 50. Qg4 Qf3 51. Qd7+ Kc5 52. Qc6+ Kd4 53. Qc2 Ke5 54. Qb2+ Qc3 55. Qe2 Qd4 56. Kg2 (56. Qh5+ $15 Kd6 57. Qf5) 56... Kd6 57. Qg4 Kc5 $1 58. Qc8+ (58. Qe6 $142) 58... Kb4 $19 59. Qc2 {[#]} e3 $1 60. Qb1+ {[#]} (60. Bc6 $142 exf2 61. Qb1+ Kc5 62. Bxd5 Kxd5 63. Qb5+ Kd6 64. Qe8) 60... Ka3 $1 61. fxe3 Qd2+ 62. Kf3 $2 (62. Kh1 Nc3 63. Qa1+ Kb3 64. Be8) 62... Qxe3+ 63. Kg2 Nc3 64. Qa1+ Kb3 65. Qf1 Qd2+ 66. Kf3 Qd5+ 67. Ke3 Qg5+ (67... Nxb5 $142 68. Qf4 Nc3) 68. Kd4 Qf6+ (68... Nxb5+ $142 69. axb5 Qf6+ 70. Qxf6 gxf6) 69. Qxf6 Nxb5+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,74,-25,-23,-25,-23,-17,-5,-20,-17,-22,-24,-19,-15,0,-13,0,0,0,-90,-75,-76,-64,-77,-3,-84,-82,-64,-68,-69,-91,-188,-48,-159,-167,-156,-157,-152,-154,-172,-166,-155,-164,-368,-369,-397,-384,-439,-439,-439,-431,-428,-425,-425,-431,-429,-412,-752,-751]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 fxe4 {A21: Englische Eröffnung} (6... c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 cxb5 {½-½ (56) Grischuk,A (2792)-Bartel,M (2641) Dubai 2014}) 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} a6 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Na6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Qe8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Rae8 15. Qd2 {0-1 (64) Cekro,E (2404)-Zude,E (2408) Germany 2017}) 15. Ra2 Nb4 16. Rd2 Qh5 {...Sg4+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 17. f3 Qf7 18. f4 (18. g4 $11) 18... Qh5 $17 19. Bg1 Bg4 20. Qe1 h6 ({Günstiger ist} 20... Qh6 $17) 21. Nc1 {[#]} (21. Bf2 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 21... g5 $1 22. Be3 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxh3 g4 24. fxe5 (24. Kh1 $17 {war nötig.}) 24... Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Nh5 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rh2 Qxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Nxg3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz greift entschieden an.} 29. Rxh6 {[#]} Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e3]} ({Auf keinen Fall} 29... dxe5 30. Rg6+ Kh7 31. Rxg4 $15) 30. Bd4 $2 (30. exd6 Rxe3 31. dxe7) 30... Nc2 $19 31. N1e2 dxe5 ({Schwächer ist} 31... Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Rxc3 33. exd6 $19) 32. Bxe5 {Droht Th8+ und aus.} Bc5+ 33. Kh2 Nxe2 34. Nxe2 Rf2+ 35. Kg3 Rxe2 36. Kxg4 Kf7 37. Bf4 (37. Kf3 $142 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rxb3 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rg7+ Kh6 41. Kf5) 37... Rxe4 {Precision: Weiß = 52%, Schwarz = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,108,31,31,27,19,30,53,43,62,64,75,68,148,147,209,204,219,208,216,215,192,96,127,94,85,100,89,61,58,0,0,0,78,53,61,55,53,45,33,22,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} e6 7. a5 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qa4+ Nfd7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rd1 {1-0 (38) Postny,E (2620)-Nabaty,T (2649) Tiberias 2016}) 10... c5 11. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nfd7 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qg4 g6 (14... g5 $14) 15. N2b3 $16 Bd5 (15... h5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. Nxc5 Qxd4 18. Nxb7 Qxc4) 16. Bxd5 $18 Qxd5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 18. Nf3 $1 h5 19. Qf4 ({White should play} 19. Qh4 $18) 19... Nd7 20. Be3 Be7 21. Rad1 Qb5 22. Rd4 O-O 23. Red1 (23. Bd2 $14) 23... Rfd8 $11 24. h3 Nf8 (24... Rac8 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 26. Qxg5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxa5 28. Qf6 {[#] Intending Bh6 and mate.} Nh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7f6] The position is equal.} 29. Qf4 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Bc5 g5 33. Qe4 b3 {Hoping for ...Qc2.} 34. Bxf8 Nxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 35. Rd8 {aiming for Qe3.} Qxf2 36. Qb4 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 gxf4 {KR-KN} 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rxb3 h4 40. Kg1 {Black should prevent Kf2.} Ng6 41. Rb4 Kh6 42. Ra4 Kg5 43. Kf2 Nxe5 44. Rxa6 Ng6 45. Kf3 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 46. Rb6 Kf5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Ra8 e4+ 49. Kf2 Ne5 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Ng6 52. Re8 Kf5 53. Rg8 Ne5 54. Rh8 Kg5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,16,20,27,21,17,35,35,36,48,68,42,54,49,46,47,43,45,59,58,72,50,73,63,61,50,43,32,47,43,84,47,49,18,29,17,47]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 {[%cal Bc4d3,Bd3e4,Be4c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 10. c3 c5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. Bc2 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 e6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 b6 20. Qa4 Rfd8 {½-½ (20) Rabiega,R (2501)-Fridman,D (2652) Germany 2011}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. h3 e5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rd1 a5 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Qe3 f6 19. Qc5 Qf7 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Qb5 {1-0 (39) Garnelis,J (2228)-Tristan,L (2412) Puerto Madryn 2009}) 13. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 14. Qe4 Qc8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 Nxb3 21. axb3 e5 22. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({And not} 22. Bxe5 Re8 $17) 22... b6 23. f4 Qe6 {[#] Hoping for ...exf4.} 24. Qc4 Qg6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27. Rf1 Bxf4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,140,28,16,7,23,6,5,-13,-12,-8,0,-4,25,22,29,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,-7,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-70,-62,-60,-50,-80,-78,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,-8,-8,-14,0,-7,-10,-6,-9,-40,-25,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,0,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12850,-12850,-12850,-29974,-12851,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} a5 ({But not} 10... Ng4 $6 11. h3 $16) 11. e3 a4 12. Nd4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Nd5 a3 16. Rb1 Bxc5 17. Bh6 Rd8 {½-½ (61) Aronian,L (2797)-Bacrot,E (2718) Beijing 2014}) 12... Qxc5 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 e5 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc5 Qa7 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. b4 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. e4 Qa4 23. Rfc1 Be6 24. h4 h5 25. Qc3 (25. Qxa4 $11 Rxa4 26. Be3) 25... c5 $15 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Qd4 (28... c4 $15) 29. Qxc5 $11 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. Bf3 Qxc5 (31... Rb8 {is more complex.} 32. Rc2 Qd3 33. Qc3 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rb3) 32. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 33. Bd1 Re7 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. f4 f6 36. Rc6 fxg5 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Kf8 39. Rh6 Rc7 40. Be4 Rc4 41. Bg2 e4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 42. Rf6+ $1 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 {aiming for ...Rc1+.} 44. Rxg5 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 e3 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 $1 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rf2 52. Bxh5+ Kf6 53. Rg4 Rc2 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 54. Rd4 Bc4 55. Rd1 Kg5 56. Bf3 Rf2 57. Bg2 {[#]} (57. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 57... e2 $1 $17 58. Re1 Rxf5 {White must now prevent ...Kg4.} 59. Bh3 Rf3 60. Bg2 Rf8 {And now ...Kg4 would win.} 61. Bh3 Bd3 62. Ra1 Bc4 ({Black should play} 62... Rf6 $17 63. Ra5+ Kh6) 63. Ra5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Re1 $11) 63... Kf6 $19 64. Ra1 Ke5 65. g4 Kd4 66. g5 Kc3 67. Kh2 Kd2 68. Kg3 e1=Q+ 69. Rxe1 Kxe1 70. Bg4 Bd3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,277,29,20,45,50,33,37,49,41,47,43,45,46,64,63,59,55,79,49,48,32,57,50,76,76,87,84,81,81,81,0,154,158,145,43,41,35,50,35,46,0,0,0,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,20,33,14,18,97,159,143,69,382,43,437,437,520,520,520,520,530,543,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,0,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,0,591,0,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,591,0,591,0,591,591,591,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,472,434,472,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,8,434,59,434,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} 14. g4 (14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Bf6 19. Ng3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Red1 Nc4 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 g6 {½-½ (27) Nguyen,N (2634)-Tomashevsky,E (2758) Baku 2015}) 14... Bg6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nh2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf6 18. Rb1 Re8 19. f4 {Threatens to win with f5.} h6 $1 20. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Nhf3 c4 21. f5 {½-½ (53) Mammadzada,G (2368)-Szczepkowska,K (2414) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 20... Bh4 21. Bxh4 Qxh4 22. Kg2 Qd8 23. b3 Bh7 24. Ndf3 b4 25. Qd2 c4 26. f5 ({Much worse is} 26. Qxb4 cxb3 27. Bxb3 Nxb3 $15) 26... cxb3 27. axb3 Qb6 28. Nd4 Rc3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Nf6 {[#]} 31. Qd2 (31. Qf2 $1 $16) 31... Nxe4 $2 ({Black should try} 31... Nb7 $1 $11) 32. Bxe4 $16 Rxe4 {[#]} 33. Nhf3 (33. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e4]} Rxe1 34. Qxe1) 33... Nb7 $1 $14 34. Re1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc5 35. Nc6 a5 36. Nfd4 {aiming for h4.} (36. Re3 $5 {[%cal Rd2e2]}) 36... Kh8 $1 37. Kf3 {[%cal Bg2f3,Bf3e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Qa6 38. Rxe4 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qxh3+ 40. Nf3 Nxe4 41. Kxe4 {And now Qf4 would win.} Qxg4+ 42. Qf4 Bxf5+ $1 43. Ke3 Qxf4+ $1 44. Kxf4 Bc2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 45. Nfd4 g5+ 46. Ke3 a4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 48. Nxb4 Kg7 (48... Bd7 $11) 49. Nf5+ $16 Kg6 50. Nxd6 Bb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... h5 $14) 51. Ke4 $2 (51. Ne4 $18) 51... f5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 51... h5 $14) 52. Nxf5 $18 Bxd5+ 53. Nxd5 h5 54. Nde3 Kf7 55. Ke5 g4 56. Nh4 Ke7 57. Nef5+ Kd7 58. Kd5 Kc7 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. Nd4 Ke7 61. Kd5 Kf6 62. Ne6 Ke7 63. Nf4 Kd7 64. Nfg6 Kc7 65. Ne5 Kb7 66. Nc6 Kc7 67. Ne5 Kb7 68. Kd6 Kb6 69. Nc6 Kb5 70. Kd5 Kb6 71. Nd4 Kc7 72. Ke6 Kb6 73. Kd6 Kb7 74. Nb5 Kb6 75. Nc3 Kb7 76. Nd5 Ka6 77. Kc5 Ka5 78. Nb6 Ka6 79. Nc4 Kb7 80. Kd6 Kc8 81. Ne5 Kb7 82. Nd7 Ka6 83. Kc5 Kb7 84. Ne5 Kc7 85. Nc6 Kd7 86. Kd5 Kc7 87. Ne5 Kb7 88. Kc4 Kc7 89. Kc5 Kb7 90. Nc4 Kc7 91. Nb6 Kd8 92. Nd5 Kd7 93. Nf4 Kc7 94. Ne6+ Kd7 95. Kd5 Ke7 $1 96. Nf4 $2 (96. Ke5 $18 Kd7 97. Nf4) 96... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96... Kd7 $1 $11) 97. Nfg2 Kf7 98. Nf5 h4 99. Nfxh4 g3 100. Nf5 Kf6 101. Nd4 Ke7 102. Kc6 Kd8 103. Nf5 Kc8 104. Ne7+ Kb8 105. Nd5 Ka7 106. Nc7 Kb8 107. Kb6 Kc8 108. Na6 Kd7 109. Kc5 Ke6 110. Kc6 Ke5 111. Nc5 Kd4 112. Ne6+ $2 (112. Kd6 $18 Kc4 113. Ne6) 112... Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (112... Ke4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 113. Nef4 $2 (113. Kd6 $18 Kd3 114. Nef4+ Kd4 115. Ke6) 113... Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (113... Kd4 $1 $14) 114. Kb6 $2 (114. Ne2 $18 Kc4 115. Kd6) 114... Kc4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 115. Ne3+ Kd4 116. Nfg2 Ke5 117. Kc6 Ke6 118. Nd5 Ke5 119. Ndf4 Ke4 120. Kb5 Kd4 121. Kc6 Ke4 122. Kb5 Kd4 123. Kb4 Ke4 124. Kc4 Ke5 125. Kc5 Ke4 126. Kd6 Kd4 127. Ne6+ Ke4 128. Ng5+ Kf5 129. Nh3 Ke4 130. Kc5 Kf3 131. Nhf4 Ke4 132. Kd6 Kd4 133. Ne6+ Ke4 134. Ng5+ Kf5 135. Nf3 $1 Ke4 136. Ne5 Kd4 137. Nf3+ Ke4 138. Ne5 Kd4 139. Nf3+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,27,23,45,48,44,31,65,46,43,25,44,37,53,33,43,27,108,108,141,139,278,272,254,162,181,179,743,664,652,611,591,529,528,533,660,423,827,799,714,650,819,690,821,816,758,785,725,327,5406,5397,5289,5089,2192,1943,1572,440,1551,1447,1374,1361,1305,1316]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} b5 8. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O bxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ba3 cxd4 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. e4 Qd7 16. Ba3 {½-½ (16) Tukmakov,V (2581)-Delchev,A (2548) Pula 1999}) 9. Bxf5 {White is slightly better.} gxf5 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxc4 13. bxc4 e6 14. Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Re8 15. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} c5 {[#]} (15... Bxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 16. dxe5 Nd7) 16. cxd5 $1 $16 cxd4 17. Nxe4 d3 (17... fxe4 $16 {was called for.} 18. dxe6 (18. Qxe4 $2 exd5 19. Qxd4 Rxe5 $19) 18... Rxe6 19. exd4 (19. Qxe4 Nc6 $11) 19... Nd7) 18. Nxd3 $18 ({Worse is} 18. Qxd3 fxe4 19. Qd1 (19. Qxe4 exd5 20. Qf3 Rxe5 $17) 19... Bxe5 $17) 18... fxe4 19. Nf4 {And now dxe6! would win.} Bxa1 20. dxe6 ({But not} 20. Rxa1 $6 e5 $16) 20... Bf6 $2 (20... fxe6 21. Rxa1 (21. Qxe4 Ra7 $16) 21... Ra7 22. Qxe4 e5) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Kg7 23. Qb7+ Qd7 24. Qxa8 Qxa4 25. Qb7+ Kg8 (25... Qd7 $142 26. Qb1 Kh8) 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Bd6 Nd7 28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne6 Bb2 31. Qb7 (31. Ng5 $142 {Intending Qf7 and mate.} h6 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Qh5) 31... Be5 $2 (31... Qa2 32. Rxb2 Qxe6) 32. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rb7h7] [#] White is clearly winning.} Bg7 33. Qd5 {Nf7+ would kill now.} h6 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 {Now ...Qc6 and Black clings on.} 36. Qg6 Qd7 37. Nd6 {White wants to mate with Rb7.} Rf8 38. Rb7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,13,16,15,8,52,48,47,52,56,48,61,62,51,67,72,41,56,12,10,11,11,11,11,10,16,8,12,-81,-56,-69,-39,-83,-85,-297,-285,-558,-543,-685,-693,-654,-351,-350,-348,-667,-537,-523,-522]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Damengambit (Abtauschvariante)} 8. Bb5+ (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bd7 9. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} O-O {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. O-O Nc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. e5 Bc6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 {0-1 (71) Drnovsek,G (2421)-Lenic,L (2646) Slovenia 2017}) 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rb2 Bc6 16. a3 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 17. d5 (17. axb4 fxe4 18. Ne5 Rxf4 $15) (17. exf5 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nd5 18. Bd2 $14) 17... fxe4 18. dxc6 Nxc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3,Bd3f2][%mdl 32]} 19. Rd2 Qe8 20. Ng5 Rxf4 21. Nxe6 Rf6 22. Bh5 (22. Ng5 $11) 22... g6 $17 23. Bg4 Ne5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss muss nun ...Tc3 beachten. Schwarz hat Initiative.} 24. Bh3 Rc3 ({Bitte nicht} 24... Bxa3 $6 25. Nc7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. Rd5 $2 {[#]} (25. Ng5 $17 e3 26. Ne4 exd2 27. Nxc3) 25... Nd3 $1 $19 {Droht ...Dc6 und aus.} 26. Rd4 $2 (26. Ng5 Rc1 27. Qb3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 29. Kg1) 26... Qc6 27. Qe2 Rc2 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxf2 (29... Rcxf2 $2 30. Rb1 $19) 30. Nd4 $2 (30. Re3) 30... Nxe4 31. Rxf6 Bc5 {Precision: Weiß = 28%, Schwarz = 85%.} ({Nicht} 31... Bxf6 32. Be6+ Kf8 33. Nxc2 $17) 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,18,21,41,33,31,11,20,14,25,25,45,20,22,20,20,16,16,16,25,27,47,43,97,97,92,97,90,96,120,117,135,137,133,132,137,0,100,0,121,122,177,107,166,181,178,178,208,203,429,443,464,449,909,868,764,748,12822,1955,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 10. Ba4 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} Rb8 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. d4 Rbd8 14. Re1 Na5 15. Qc1 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. Rb2 Bg4 {1-0 (40) Naiditsch,A (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Bc6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bb5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxc7 Rec8 21. Qa7 Bxd3 22. Rbd1 Bb5 ({Black should try} 22... Ra8 $14 23. Qd7 Rd8) 23. a4 $16 Ra8 {[#]} 24. Qb6 $1 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc6 Rb8 28. Qc7 Ra8 29. Qc6 Rb8 30. Qc7 Ra8 {[#]} 31. Re3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qg6 (31... Be6 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Nd2 (32. Nh4 $18 Qe6 33. Nf5) 32... Qe6 (32... Be6 $16) 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rd3 Bb7 35. Qc7 Qc8 $2 (35... Bc8 36. Nc4 (36. Qxd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Be6 $16) (36. Rxd6 Ra7 $18) 36... Qd7 37. Qxd7 (37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Be6 $18) 37... Bxd7 38. Rxd6 Be6) 36. Qxf7 $18 Qc6 37. Nc4 ({But not} 37. Rg3 Rg8 $18) 37... Qxe4 (37... Rg8 $142 38. Rxd6 Qxe4) 38. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg8 39. Nxd6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Ne8.} Be4 41. Ne8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,89,26,26,9,10,7,12,0,0,0,9,0,21,17,26,33,38,0,18,11,23,15,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,2,8,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 15. b5 axb5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 16. axb5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 19. Ra1 {[#]} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Ra5 20. Nd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 {½-½ (58) Dreev,A (2670)-Beliavsky,A (2650) Reggio Emilia 1995}) 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra6 Qc7 22. Rfa1 Qb7 23. Qe2 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qb2 25. Nd1 Qc2 26. Qa2 Qxa2 27. Rxa2 Ne4 28. Rc2 Ra8 {[#] And now ...Ra1 would win.The position is equal.} 29. Kf1 Ra6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Rc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 {KB-KN} Kf8 39. Kb3 Ke7 40. Ne1 Kd6 41. Nd3 Kc7 42. Ka4 Kb6 43. h3 Be7 44. Ne5 f6 45. Nd3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,119,13,9,2,19,23,20,54,54,58,46,47,53,124,131,118,106,121,88,86,52,39,38,46,34,50,15,20,13,5,10,13,10,15,20,17,12,22,0,0,0,0,-267,-294,-281,-283,-288,-285,-272,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,59,64,83,95,58,29,29,37,166,139,191,189,330,385,374,286,504,281,273,258,379,214,1722,1463,4133,4723,29972,29968,29965,29964,29974,29974,29978,29979,29987,29988,29988,29989,29994,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Ne5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (11. b3 Be7 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Be1 Nd7 17. a3 Nxe5 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 {1-0 (43) Bosiocic,M (2619)-Yilmaz,M (2633) Heraklio 2017}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ng4 13. a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd4 h5 14. h3 Bc5 15. Qf4 Nh6 16. Nc3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 {0-1 (38) Nemeth,D (2275)-Pokorna,R (2343) Austria 2014}) 13... bxa4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Nxe5 16. Nxa4 f6 17. Nc3 Qb6 (17... Qc7 $1 $14) 18. Bxe5 $16 fxe5 19. e3 g6 20. Qg4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Be7 21. Rfd1 {Hoping for Rxd7!} Rc7 $1 22. Rd2 O-O 23. Rad1 Be8 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 Rf5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Be4 Rg5 28. Qf3 Rh5 29. Kg2 a5 30. g4 Rh8 31. Qg3 Qc5 {...Bh4 is the strong threat.} 32. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rh1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 32... exd5 $19 33. Rxd5 Qb6 $1 34. g5 Rh5 ({Weaker is} 34... Qxb2 35. R5d2 $11) 35. Qxe5+ Kh7 $2 (35... Kg8 $19 36. Qf4 Rc5 37. Rxc5 Qxc5) 36. f4 c3 37. bxc3 Qb2+ 38. R5d2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Qxc3 39. Qe6 {Black should prevent Rd7!} Qg7 {White must now prevent ...Bf7.} 40. Bf3 $1 Rh4 (40... a4 $11) 41. Kg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg3h4] [#]} Rh5 $1 42. Bxh5 gxh5 43. Qf5+ Bg6 44. Qxa5 Rc3 (44... Qc3 $14 45. Qxc3 Rxc3) 45. Kf2 $18 {aiming for Rd7.} Rc5 {[#]} (45... Ra3 $16 46. Qd5 Ra7) 46. Qa7 $1 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Rc6 (46... Rf5 {was worth a try.}) 47. Rd7 Re6 48. Qa2 Re4 $2 (48... Rb6) 49. R1d5 Qf7 {[#]} 50. Qd2 $1 Kg8 (50... Re6 $142 51. Ra5 Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kh7) 51. Ra5 (51. Rb5 $142) 51... Qe6 $2 (51... Bb4 52. Ra8+ Re8) 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Raa7 Qb3 54. Rdb7 {White mates.} Qc4 55. Rc7 Qb3 56. Rab7 Qa3 57. Qd5+ Kg7 {[#]} 58. Rxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 (58... Qxe7 59. Qxe4) 59. Qe5+ $1 Kf8 60. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,212,11,0,2,-20,0,-25,0,-21,15,0,35,37,32,10,11,12,18,8,10,0,16,-15,-15,-15,-15,-26,-9,-10,0,-13,-13,-13,-7,-19,30,24,31,35,35,0,0,-5,-15,-15,41,15,70,-9,41,0,0,-20,-25,-29,-29,-88,-89,-104,-87,-97,-39,-131,-87,-122,-69,-117,-49,-182,-169,-211,-215,-215,-196,-199,-194,-209,-22,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,350,385,342,335,417,0,-10,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-69,-52,-75,-8,-8,-8,-76,0,-7,-20,-75,-70,-76,-76,-76,0,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-53,-52,-45,-80,-45,-76,-45,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. c4 a4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nb1 Rd8 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rxd4 14. Qxc7 Nd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (51) Harikrishna,P (2755)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Shamkir 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Re8 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (66) Pezerovic,E (2447)-Iordachescu,V (2607) Bad Wiessee 2009}) 8... Re8 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. c3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nf6 13. f4 e6 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Ne7 16. g4 Qd6 17. f3 Rec8 18. Re1 c5 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Ne8 22. Ne5 Nb4 23. Rac1 f6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 f5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. b3 Bf8 28. Bf2 Qb4 ({Black should play} 28... Ng7 $11) 29. Qe3 Qd6 (29... Ng7 $11) 30. Qd2 (30. Bh4 $14) 30... h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Qe3 Ne4 34. Bxe4 (34. h4 $11) 34... dxe4 $17 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Qb4 (36... Rc8 $17 37. Rc1 Qc6) 37. c5 (37. d5 $15 Qxc4 38. dxe6+ Qxe6 39. Qxb6 Qxb6 40. Bxb6) 37... bxc5 38. dxc5 Rc8 (38... Qxa4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Qe2) (38... Be7 $17 39. Rc1 Qxa4 40. gxf5 exf5) 39. Rc1 Qxa4 ({Better is} 39... Be7 $1 $17 40. Qd4 Qa3) 40. Qc3 (40. gxf5 $1 $15 exf5 41. Qd2) 40... Qc6 $19 41. Be3 a4 42. Rb1 Be7 (42... Bxc5 43. Bxc5 e3+ 44. Kg3 $11) 43. g5 Qa6 44. Kf2 {intending Qe5.} a3 $2 (44... Qd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3c3]} 45. Qxd3 exd3) 45. Qe5 $1 $11 Rd8 {Hoping for ...a2.} 46. Rb6 $1 Qc8 $1 ({Don't blunder} 46... Qc4 $2 47. Rb7 $18) 47. c6 {aiming for Rb7.} Rd5 48. Qa1 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} a2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qd8 $1 $11 49. Rb7 Rd2+ 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. Rxb2 axb2 52. Qxb2 Qd3) 49. Rb7 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} e5 50. Qxa2 Qxc6 51. Qa7 $2 (51. Rb6 $18 Qd7 52. fxe5) 51... Qd6 52. Rb6 (52. Kg2 $1 $11) 52... Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Qxa3 Bxa3 55. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb2 56. Re6 Kf7 ({But not} 56... Bxe5 $2 57. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd3 58. Re6 $18) 57. Rf6+ $1 Ke7 $1 58. Rxg6 Bxe5 59. Ra6 Rb5 60. g6 Rb2+ (60... f4 $17 61. Bxf4 Bxf4) 61. Kf1 $11 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 {[#]} (62. Kf2 $11) 62... Rb2+ (62... f4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rb2+.} 63. Bxf4 (63. Bc5+ Kd7 $17) 63... Bxf4) 63. Kf1 f4 {[#]} 64. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf4 {KRB-KR} 65. Ra4 Rb1+ 66. Ke2 Rb2+ 67. Kf1 Kf6 68. Rxe4 Bh6 69. Rg4 Rh2 70. Rg3 Ra2 71. Rg4 Bg7 72. Rg2 Ra1+ 73. Ke2 Rh1 74. Kd3 Rxh3+ 75. Ke4 Bh6 76. g7 Bxg7 77. Ra2 Rh1 78. Ra6+ Kg5 79. Ra2 Re1+ 80. Kd3 Be5 81. Re2 {[#]} Rd1+ $1 82. Rd2 Ra1 83. Ke4 Re1+ 84. Kd3 Kf5 85. Ra2 Rd1+ 86. Ke2 Rh1 87. Ra8 Ke4 88. Re8 Rh2+ 89. Ke1 Ra2 90. Re7 Kf4 91. Kd1 Bd4 92. Re2 Ra1+ 93. Kc2 Be3 {...Kf3 is the strong threat.} 94. Kd3 Rd1+ 95. Kc4 Ke4 96. Rh2 Rc1+ 97. Kb5 Bd4 98. Rh4+ Kd5 99. Rh5+ Be5 100. Rg5 Rb1+ 101. Ka5 Kd6 102. Ka4 Rb8 103. Rh5 Kd5 104. Ka5 Re8 105. Kb5 Rh8 ({Black should try} 105... Re7 $17) 106. Rxh8 Bxh8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,16,8,8,15,-5,-18,-47,-30,-28,-25,-78,-75,-247,-242,-248,-247,-254,-241,-249,-241,-293,-282,-304,-279,-300,-276,-342,-288,-439,-429,-680,-677,-705,-654,-692,-684,-749,-778,-772,-752,-712,-757,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O {0-1 (51) Tabatabaei,M (2566)-Maghsoodloo,P (2560) Teheran 2017}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Be2 a6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bf4 {½-½ (14) Asgeirsson,H (2118)-Thorsteinsson,T (2277) Reykjavik 2005}) 10... Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e3,Be3c3][%mdl 32]} 11. Be2 $1 Bg4 12. Qd2 $1 Nh5 13. Be3 (13. O-O-O $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 13... Bd6 $17 14. O-O-O $2 {[#]} (14. g3 $17 {was worth a try.} Nf6 15. Bf4) 14... Rxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bxg4 {[#]} (15. Qxe3 Bf4) 15... Rxc3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Qxc3 {Threatens to win with Nf3.} ({But not} 16. bxc3 Bf4 $19) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1 {And now Bh3 would win.} Qxg4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. g3 a6 20. Rhe1 Nhf6 21. Nd2 b5 22. a4 (22. Qc2 {was the only defense.}) 22... bxa4 23. Qa5 (23. Ka2 $142) 23... Rb8 24. Ka2 Be5 {Hoping for ...Qd4.} 25. Rb1 Qd4 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 26. Qc3 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 27. cxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qc4 Qxd2 29. Red1 Rxb2+ {Black mates.} 30. Ka3 Qb4+ 31. Qxb4 cxb4+ 32. Kxa4 Nc5+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,16,34,3,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-4,-10,-10,-14,-17,-11,0,0,0,0,32,-30,11,1,12,12,44,35,44,0,0,0,8,0,41,0,27,13,108,131,146,0,0,0,0,0,50,54,151,144,143,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 12. Nd4 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (12. Qc2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. e3 Qe7 15. Ne2 Nfe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. b4 Nce4 19. Rc1 Bf7 {½-½ (94) Postny,E (2569)-Cheparinov,I (2695) Mali Losinj 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc5 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. f4 Rfe8 {½-½ (59) Cruz,W (2254)-Pacheco,H (2089) Sao Paulo 2015}) 13... f4 14. Rad1 fxg3 15. hxg3 Rae8 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc1 c5 21. b5 g5 22. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3e4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 23. Rde1 ({Better is} 23. Rfe1 $14) 23... g4 24. Nb1 Be6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rde8 29. Nc3 Qf7 30. Qc2 Kh8 31. Qd3 (31. b6 $5) 31... Be5 (31... Bd4 $11 {remains equal.} 32. e3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3+ Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Rxf6) 32. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qh5 33. f4 (33. Nxd6 $16 Rf6 34. Qd2) 33... gxf3 $1 $11 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. exf3 Qg6 36. Kg2 h5 {[#]} (36... Rf8 $14) 37. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bxf4 38. Nxd6 (38. Nxc5 $1 $16 Rg8 39. Qxg6 (39. Nxb7 Qxg3+ 40. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 41. Kf2 Kg7 $14) 39... Rxg6 40. Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Ne4 (41. Nxb7 Rxg3+ 42. Kf1 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Re3+ 44. Kd1 Rc3 $14)) 38... Qxd3 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxd3 Bxd6 $1 40. Rxd6 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Re2+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,0,0,-6,3,5,5,4,6,0,22,26,17,0,0,-2,3,0,2,-17,-17,-15,-17,-43,-44,-31,-29,-53,-42,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,14,8,4,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-65,-31,0,0,0,-31,-24,-36,-27,-27,-29,-70,-64,-76,-72,-148,-144,-158,-147,-151,-69,-140,-80,-135,-57,-152,-116,-186,-70,-1383,-1384,-1070,-1073,-1640,-1466]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} (6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Rb1 e5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 e4 11. Bc2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 {½-½ (54) Andreikin,D (2736)-Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (38) Doric,N (2408)-Levar,N (2249) Kostrena 2002}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg3 exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nd4 Nfe4 16. N2f3 Bf6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 b5 {And now ...b4! would win.} 20. a3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nb6 22. Nbd4 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Nf4 Rcd8 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Nd4 (26. Rd3 {keeps more tension.} Nd6 27. Nf4 Ne4 28. Qd1 Bc5 29. Nxd5 Qc8 30. b4) 26... g6 27. Nf4 {aiming for Nxg6!} Bf6 28. Rfe1 Re4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nd2 (30. Rf1 $11 Ree8 31. Rfe1) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 b4 (31... d4 {feels hotter.} 32. cxd4 Bxd4 33. Nxc4 bxc4 34. Rd1 Qb6) 32. axb4 axb4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kh2 {[#]} (38. Nh3 $142) 38... h4 $1 $17 39. Qf3 hxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qd6 (40... Rd8 $17 41. Qe2 Rh8+ 42. Nh3 Qb8 43. Rxc4 Bxb2) 41. Rf2 (41. b3 $15) 41... Qe5 (41... Qd8 $142 42. Re2 Rd2 43. Rxd2 Qxd2) 42. Re2 (42. b3 $142) 42... Qf5 (42... Qb5 $17 43. Rf2 Qf5) 43. Rf2 ({White should try} 43. Re8 $15) 43... Be5 44. Qe3 (44. Re2 $17) 44... Qe4 (44... Re4 $19 45. Qf3 Re1) 45. Nh5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Qxe4 $15 Rxe4 46. Rc2) 45... gxh5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Ke8 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch Superfinal Men 2017"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,35,0,75,31,124,96,160,145,162,147,145,145,218,203,278,206,206,206,212,200,180,162,262,182,338,267,433,460]} 1. c4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nce7 (5... exf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ (7. Bxg2 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 7... Qxd7 8. Qxd7+ (8. Bxg2 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 c6 $11) 8... Bxd7 9. Bxg2 O-O-O) (5... exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8. Bxg2 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 c6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Kc2 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. f4 Ke7 16. h4 Rhd8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 a5 19. Rd4 Rf8 20. a3 Ra8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 {½-½ (22) Le,Q (2718)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2551) Tashkent 2016}) 6. Nd4 {[#] d6! is the strong threat. A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} d6 (6... c5 $1 $14) 7. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Ng6 $146 (7... Nf6 $142) ({Predecessor:} 7... exf3 8. exf3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Bc2 Kf7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bb3 {1-0 (26) Schian,T (2215)-Von Herman,U (2345) Berlin 1995}) 8. fxe4 {White is clearly better.} f4 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 {[#]} (10... Be7 $16 11. Bh3 Bxh3) 11. Bh3 $1 $18 Ng4 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 N4e5 14. Bf5 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 (15... Be7 $142 16. Qb3 O-O) 16. Qb3 Ne7 $2 (16... Be7 {was worth a try.} 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Bxe5 Nxe5) 17. O-O-O b6 $2 (17... O-O-O 18. Bxa7 (18. Bxh7 Qa5 $18) 18... b5) 18. Bf4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

