[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,16,6,4,9,41,0,0,0,40,15,37,17,28,11,35,28,18,16,18,10,24,10,23,22,7,0,0,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O Bd7 11. Re1 Qc8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 12. Kh2 Re5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nd4 Re5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 16. Bd4 Rh5 {[%cal Rd7h3]} 17. h4 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Ne5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Qd2 c5 $1 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 21. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. f5 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nd5 g5 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Bf3 Rh6 28. hxg5 Rg6 29. Rad1 {0-1 (70) Shevelev,A (2309)-Mindlin,A (2442) Batumi 2018}) 21... Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 $1 Bxd4+ {The position is equal.} 23. Kg2 $1 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Qb7 $1 25. c3 Rxd5 $1 26. exd5 Qxd5+ 27. Kg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} Qf5+ $1 28. Kf3 Qd5+ 29. Kg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3] Kh3 is the strong threat.} Qf5+ $1 30. Kf3 {Hoping for g4.} Qd5+ 31. Kg4 $1 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,19,19,18,17,6,11,12,26,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,16,29,15,22,20,22,22,18,27,39,31,29,34,23,32,31,28,12,19,10,16,16,23,8,8,8,16,5,25,3,6,-34,-34,-34,-34,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {8.a3 is more advanced technology. Played by Quang Liem Le in September 2020.} Bd7 9. Bd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rb8 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ba2 b3 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb3 Bg5 20. Qf3 Re7 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 {1-0 (52) Lagno,K (2546)-Abdumalik,Z (2478) chess24.com INT 2020}) 16. Ba2 c5 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Bd5 Rab8 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Rab1 Be6 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 {Strongly threatening Qb6.} Qb3 27. Qxb3 Nxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd1 Kd7 31. Nd2 (31. g4 {seems wilder.} Na5 32. Kc2 Ke6 33. d4 Nc4 34. d5+) 31... Na5 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. dxc4 $15 {KB-KB} Ke6 34. g4 Bg5 35. Bxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 $11 {KP-KP} 36. a5 Kf6 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ke3 g6 39. f3 f6 40. Kd3 Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,143,7,7,16,6,13,0,10,15,0,0,34,25,28,28,34,38,42,28,36,29,33,28,36,29,29,39,31,23,23,23,29,25,26,9,9,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,23,23,57,23,58,31,58,58,58,58,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,54,65,47,54,54,46,25,65,65,65,58,65,65,65,31,65,31,31,31,31,31,30,31,31,31,31,31,26,18,118,41,41,18,18,18,18,18,24,18,24,18,18,18,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,25,18,25,0,25,25,25,31]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Be2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} 10. Bxd4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxf3 d5 13. Rd1 dxc4 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 15. Rxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 17. Rc1 cxb3 18. axb3 ({Not} 18. Rxc3 $2 Rac8 $19) 18... Bb4 19. h4 {[%mdl 1024] [#] White has compensation.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. h5 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 Bd6+ 23. g3 Kg7 24. h6+ Kxh6 25. Qxf7 g5 26. Kh3 Rc5 27. Kg4 a5 28. f4 {1-0 (28) Slobodjan,R (2509)-Espig,L (2302) Germany 2013}) 20. Qc6 Bc5 21. h5 Ra7 22. g3 Rad7 23. Kg2 Rd6 24. Qe4 Re6 25. Qg4 Rd2 26. Kg1 h6 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rdd6 31. Qc7 Kf8 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Qh8+.} Kg8 34. Rc4 Rg5 35. Qb2 $1 Rd6 36. Re4 Rdd5 37. Qe2 Rg6 38. Rf4 Rdd6 39. Qb5 {[#] White threatens Qe8+! and mate.} Kg7 40. Qe8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf4f7]} (40. Qc4 {seems wilder.} Rgf6 41. Rg4+ Rg6 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Rf4) 40... Rdf6 41. Rc4 Rg5 42. Qd7 Rff5 43. Qa4 Rd5 44. Qa1+ Kg8 45. Qc3 Rg6 46. Ra4 Rgg5 47. Ra2 Rd6 48. Re2 Rgd5 49. Qc4 Rd2 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Rxd2 Rxd2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 52. Qe4 Kg8 53. g4 Bd6 (53... Kg7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 54. Qa8+ (54. Qc6 $16) 54... Kg7 55. Qa6 Bc5 {[#] aiming for ...Bxe3.} 56. Qc4 {And now Qc3+ would win.} Rd6 57. Kg3 Rf6 58. Qd5 Kg8 59. Qe4 Kg7 60. Qd3 Rd6 61. Qc3+ Kg8 62. Kf3 Rf6+ 63. Ke2 Re6 64. Qc4 Kg7 65. Qd5 Kg8 66. Qh5 Kg7 67. Qf5 Kg8 68. Qd5 Kg7 69. Kf3 Kg8 70. Kg3 Bd6+ 71. Kg2 Bc5 72. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,16,23,0,0,0,7,0,6,7,10,16,19,18,10,12,21,10,39,0,45,40,50,27,33,13,19,9,19,0,0,0,0,-13,-11,-8,-13,-7,-3,-7,0,-14,0,-8,-8,-8,-10,-9,-5,-23,-24,-24,-23,-37,-30,-36,-16,-70,-70,-70,-70,-45,-43,-43,-10,-187,-176,-244,-244,-132,-132,-375,-368,-395,-397,-391,-387,-362,-362,-434,-411,-427,-390,-441,-433,-420,-388,-939,-781,-743,-724]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Bxf6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} (6. cxd5 {with more complications.} exd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nxf6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 {[#]} 10. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. h3 c5 13. a4 cxd4 14. cxd5 Qxe5 15. cxd4 Qxd5 16. f3 {0-1 (35) Feige,D (1739)-Roethel,D (1630) Mecklenburg VP 2000}) 10... Qxd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Qa5 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Qc2 h6 15. a4 {Bb5 is the strong threat.} Nd7 16. Nc4 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 17. f4 Qe7 18. a5 b5 19. Nd2 a6 20. c4 bxc4 $1 21. Be4 Bd5 22. Nxc4 c5 23. Bxd5 $1 exd5 24. Nb6 cxd4 25. exd4 Qd6 26. Qd3 Nxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Rxa6 Qc7 29. f5 Rfe8 30. Raa1 Qf4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Rf1 Qg5 (32... Qh4 {keeps more tension.} 33. g3 Qe4 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Rf4 Qb1+) 33. Qb5 (33. f6 $11) 33... Qe3+ $15 34. Kh1 Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 35. h3 Rc8 36. f6 g5 37. Rd1 $2 (37. Qd7 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rc2 38. Rf3) 37... Rc2 $19 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4g2]} 38. Qf1 {[#]} (38. Rg1 $142) 38... Re2 $1 39. Ra1 ({Better is} 39. Qf3 $19) 39... Kh7 $17 40. Qg1 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (40. Kh2 $17) 40... Re3 $19 {( -> ...Rxh3+)} 41. Kh2 Qxd4 42. Qb1+ Qe4 43. Qxe4+ Rxe4 {KR-KR} ({Less strong is} 43... dxe4 44. Ra8 $19) 44. Ra6 h5 45. Rd6 Rd4 46. Kg3 h4+ 47. Kf3 Rd2 48. g3 $2 (48. g4) 48... Rd3+ 49. Kg4 hxg3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,84,49,10,17,10,3,-16,11,-19,0,0,6,0,29,15,2,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-31,-64,-67,-62,-48,-74,-66,-62,-54,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 {7.Rb1 is a critical line.} Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 b6 {[#]} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 Bxa3 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. e5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxf6 {1-0 (43) Christensen,T (2221)-Krogh,P (2018) Denmark 2003}) 10... Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 14. Ke2 Rc8 15. Rhc1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxd6 Qc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Be5 Nxe4 21. f3 Nd6 22. a4 Rd7 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. Bg3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc2.} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rc2 (25. dxe5 Rxd3) 25... Rxd4 26. Qc3 $1 Qe6 27. Bf2 {[#] And now Qb3 would win.} Nd6 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rc4.} 28. Qc6 Rc4 29. Qa8+ Rc8 (29... Ne8 $15 30. Rxc4 Qxc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Ke1 Qc3+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Ke1 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+) 30. Rxc8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Nxc8 31. Kf1 Qd7 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Qe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne7 34. h5 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Qd3 Qxa4 38. Bxd4 exd4 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qc8+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,16,20,5,10,3,13,-4,12,8,6,-7,-8,-11,-15,-43,0,0,35,35,35,35,35,40,27,35,35,38,53,42,43,43,45,20,33,0,0,0,22,0,22,15,56,56,59,66,73,66,92,70,77,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 {C45: Scotch Game.} (7. Nc3 {looks sharper.} Bd4 8. Bc4 Rb8 9. Bb3 d6 10. Ne2) 7... d6 8. Bd3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 f5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. O-O-O {½-½ (14) Berg,E (2594)-Inarkiev,E (2667) Rijeka 2010}) 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rg1 g6 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne5 (14... Bxd4 {is interesting.} 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Be3 Ne5 17. h4 a5) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 ({Reject} 17. fxe5 Bd4 $15) 17... Nxd3 18. cxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb8 19. b3 Rb5 20. h4 Rh5 21. Rg4 Kd7 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. d4 Rbb5 24. Kd3 Rh6 25. e5 Ra5 26. Rc2 Rh5 27. Rh2 c5 28. Rg5 $1 Rh6 29. exd6 cxd6 30. e4 Rb5 31. d5 (31. dxc5 $16 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. e5) 31... a5 $11 32. h5 exd5 33. Rxd5 gxh5 34. e5 Rb4 {The position is equal.} 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Rxd6+ Rxd6 37. exd6 Kxd6 38. Rxh5 a4 39. Rxh7 axb3 40. axb3 Rxb3+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,157,60,54,54,40,47,38,59,50,52,-13,-12,-4,64,18,26,18,28,-8,25,-21,-19,-55,-58,-62,-64,-53,-56,-295,-133,-124,-126,-287,-289,-281,-274,-272,-273,-274,-281,-282,-293,-344,-339,-333,-271,-285,-295,-293,-250,-256,-251,-221,-233,-238,-187,-186,-186,-178,-180,-183,-183,-170,-128,-131,-129,-130,-125,-133,-115,-120,-114,-109,-93,-112,-109,-108,-110,-110,-77,-151,-147,-128,-108,-181,-92,-341,-335,-328,-322,-362,-175,-181,-184,-508,-189,-179,0,-269,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1910,-3607,-2968,-2247,-12516,-9439,-8361,-7872,-2613,0,-194,-194,-194,-194,-1751,-37,-2917,-8,-8,0,-5089,-1693,-1237,-466,-12516,-12190,-29969,-29967,-29971,-29975,-29975,-29973,-29974,-29976,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 c6 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4.} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qc2 {[#]} Qe8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. a4 a5 10. g4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. d6 Qxd6 {½-½ (61) Dimakiling,O (2447)-Nguyen,T (2265) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 9. d5 Bd8 10. O-O-O (10. Be2 $14) 10... cxd5 $11 11. exd5 Bb6 (11... Ba5 $11) 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Qc8 16. g4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. cxb5 {[#]} (17. Nxb5 Bxb5) 17... Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Kb1 $1 (18. Nxa2 Nxd3+) 18... Ra7 19. b4 $2 (19. Nc4 $15) 19... Nxd3 (19... Qa8 $1 $19 {is more deadly. ( -> ...Ra1+)} 20. Nc4 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Nxh7 21. Nc4 Bxb5 $19) 20... Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. bxc5 Bxc4) 20. Qxd3 $17 Ra3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 21. Kb2 $2 {[#]} (21. Rc1 $17) 21... Bxb5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qc2 {[#]} (22. Nxb5 Rxd3) 22... Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kxa3 {Black must now prevent Nde4.} (23. Nxd5 Ra2+) 23... Nxc3 24. Ra1 Qa8+ 25. Kb2 Na4+ 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 ({Not} 26... Qxa4 27. Qxa4 Bxa4 28. Nc4 $17) 27. Qd3 Bc6 28. b5 Bd7 29. Qxd6 Bxb5 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Qb4 Bc6 32. Nb3 Bd5 33. Qa5 Qxa5 34. Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 35. Re3 b6 36. Nb3 Be6 37. Kc2 g5 38. Nd2 h6 39. Re4 Rc8+ 40. Kd3 Ra8 41. Rb4 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Ra6 $1 43. f4 gxf4 44. Kf3 Bd7 45. Nc4 (45. Rb3 $142) 45... b5 $17 46. Ne5 Be8 47. Kxf4 (47. Nd3 $17) 47... Ke7 ({Black should try} 47... Ra4 $19 48. Nd3 Ke7) 48. h4 $2 (48. Ke3 $17 {was necessary.}) 48... Ra4 $19 49. Nd3 Bd7 50. g5 hxg5+ (50... Be6 $142 51. Ke4 (51. gxh6 $2 Kf6 $17) 51... hxg5 52. hxg5 Bc4) 51. Kxg5 f6+ $1 52. Kg6 $2 (52. Kf4 {was the crucial defense.}) 52... Be8+ $2 (52... Bc6 53. Kf5 Bd5) 53. Kf5 Bd7+ (53... Bc6 $142 $1 54. Rf4 Bd7+ 55. Kg6 Rxf4 56. Nxf4 Bc6) 54. Kg6 Rxb4 $2 ({Better is} 54... Bc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 55. Kf5 Bd5) 55. Nxb4 {KB-KN} Ke6 56. Kg7 $1 Be8 {And now ...f5 would win.} 57. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Na6 $11) 57... Kf5 58. Kf8 Bh5 59. Ke7 Be2 60. Nc1 Bg4 61. Nd3 Be2 $2 (61... Ke4 62. Nc5+ Kd4 63. Nb3+ Ke5) 62. Nc1 $1 Bd1 {aiming for ...Ke5.} 63. Nd3 Bh5 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 64. Nb4 $2 {[#]} (64. Kd6) 64... Bf3 $2 (64... Ke5 $1 $19 65. Nc6+ Kd5 66. Nb4+ Kc4) 65. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Kd6 $15) 65... Be4 $2 (65... Ke4 $19 66. Nc5+ Kd5) 66. Nc5 $11 Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... b4 $11 67. h5 Bc2) 67. Nd3 $1 $19 Ke4 68. Nc5+ Kd4 69. Nb3+ {[#]} (69. Kd6 $142 Bg4 70. Ne6+ Ke4 71. Nc5+ Kd4 72. Ne6+ Ke4 73. Nc5+ Kd4) 69... Ke5 $1 70. Nc5 f5 {Black mates.} 71. Nd7+ Kd4 72. Kd6 f4 73. Nc5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 74. Ne6+ Ke3 75. Ke5 Be4 76. Nc5 Bc2 77. Na6 b3 78. Nc7 b2 79. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,194,43,48,42,38,51,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-4,5,-1,-8,-20,-13,-27,-23,-27,0,0,-1,-26,-12,-19,0,-73,-77,-73,-55,-79,-74,-73,-70,-97,-101,-99,-106,-91,-106,-91,-105,-154,-135,-154,-119,-135,-72,-93,-72,-78,-65,-83,-54,-59,-54,-58,-52,-58,0,-56,-54,-52,-50,-54,-54,-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,-8,-8,-8,-28,-28,-12827,-12828,-12831,-12822,-12831,-12831,-12831,-12831,-12834,-12827,-12828,-12828,-12829,-12829,-12828,-12828,-1927,-1636,-12839,-12839,-12838,-12838,-12842,-12842,-12839,-12840,-12843,-12843,-12845,-12843,-12851,-27999,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-27998,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27978,-27999,-27975,-27998,-27999,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27979,-27996,-27999,-27999,-27993,-27997,-27999,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27978,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27979,-27999,-27983,-27983,-27984,-27984,-27985,-27984,-27986,-27986,-27990,-27990,-27991,-27991,-27992,-27992,-27993,-27993,-27994,-27994,-27995,-27995,-27996,-27996,-27997,-27995,-27996,-27996,-27997,-27997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} 9. c3 Qd5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 10. Bf4 $146 (10. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Bc4 Qe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Be8 15. b4 Bd6 16. Rhe1 {1-0 (28) Belic,J (2280)-Heinatz,G (2235) Dresden 1993}) 10... Bd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 11. Be5 Nd7 12. b4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 16. Bc2 Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 17. Qxb5 Bxb5 18. Nd4 Bc4 (18... Be8 {feels hotter.} 19. a4 Rd5 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Re1 Rdd8) 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 h5 21. f4 g5 22. Rf1 (22. Rxd8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxd8 23. Rf1) 22... Rd3 $1 $17 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxf7 Rxc3 25. Kf1 Rc4 26. a3 b6 27. Rd1 Rf4+ 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. g3 Bxe5 30. Re1 Bb2 31. a4 Rd8 32. Re3 Rd5 ({Black should play} 32... Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1) 33. b5 Kd7 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. h3 Ke7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rg5 38. Re4 Rd5 ({Better is} 38... Kd7 $15) 39. Nd2 {[#]} (39. Re3 $1 $11) 39... a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. bxa6 Ra5 41. Nf3 Rxa6 42. g5 Bg7 (42... Bb2 $15) 43. Nd4 $11 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Ra5 45. Rg4 Kf7 46. g6+ Kg7 47. Re4 $1 Kf6 {With the idea ...Rg5.} ({Much less strong is} 47... Kxg6 48. Rxe6+ Kf7 49. Re4 $15) 48. Rc4 $1 Re5+ 49. Kf3 c5 50. Rg4 {g7 is the strong threat.} Kg7 {Black wants to play ...Rd5.} 51. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (51. Rg3 $11) 51... Rd5 $19 52. Ke4 Rd6 53. Rg3 c4 $1 54. Rc3 Rc6 55. Kd4 Kxg6 56. Rg3+ Kf5 57. Kc3 e5 58. Rf3+ Ke4 59. Rf1 {[#]} Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5a5]} 60. Rb1 {[#]} Ra5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 61. Re1+ Kf3 62. Kb4 e4 63. Rf1+ Kg2 64. Rf6 e3 65. Rxb6 Re5 66. Kxc4 Re4+ 67. Kd3 {[#]} e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Rg6+ Kf3 69. Rf6+ Kg4 70. Kxe4 e1=Q+ {KQ-KR. Black mates.} 71. Kd5 Qa5+ 72. Ke6 Kg5 73. Rf8 Qb6+ 74. Kd7 Qb7+ 75. Ke6 Qc6+ 76. Ke7 Kg6 77. a5 Qc5+ 78. Ke8 Qc7 79. a6 Kg7 80. Rf1 Qc8+ 81. Ke7 Qc5+ 82. Kd8 Qd6+ 83. Ke8 Qe6+ 84. Kd8 Qxa6 85. Rc1 Qa5+ 86. Kc8 Kf7 87. Rc6 Ke7 88. Kb7 Kd7 89. Rb6 Qd5+ 90. Kb8 Qe4 91. Rb5 Kc6 92. Rb7 Qe8+ 93. Ka7 Qd8 {( -> ...Qd5)} 94. Rh7 Qa5+ 95. Kb8 Qb4+ 96. Ka7 Qa3+ 97. Kb8 Qb3+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,7,9,9,3,14,14,9,21,19,0,0,-20,0,-48,12,7,0,-8,-23,0,11,-25,-25,-141,0,9,143,150,149,8,180,16,23,0,867,856,1089,1081,1363,1360,29984,29985,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. Bc2 {Strongly threatening a3.} Ne6 12. Bd2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Qd2 d4 17. Nef4 dxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. Nxh5 Nxh5 {0-1 (46) Hanif,M-Kayser,P (2195) ICCF email 2013}) 13. h3 Bh5 (13... Bxf3 $1 $15 14. gxf3 d4) 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Kg2 Kh8 17. Rc1 f5 18. Ne5 ({Not} 18. Qxd5 $2 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (18. Ng3 $11) 18... Qh4 (18... fxg4 $17 19. hxg4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg5) 19. Bxe4 $11 fxe4 (19... fxg4 $11 20. Bxd5 (20. Bxg6 $2 Qxh3+ 21. Kg1 Ng5 $19) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Be4+ 22. Kg1 Bf3 23. Bxf3 gxf3) 20. Qxd5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng5 {[#]} 21. Qxd6 (21. Ng1 $1 $16 Bxe5 22. Bxe5) 21... Qxh3+ $11 22. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Qe7!} Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d6]} 23. Qc7 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rg8 $11) 24. Nf4 $1 $18 Qh4 25. Kg2 Rxe5 26. Qc8+ ({Weaker is} 26. Bxe5 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 26... Be8 27. Bxe5 {White mates.} Re6 {[#]} 28. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 {[#]} (28... Rxg6 29. Qxe8#) 29. Rh1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,19,11,29,10,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-24,-31,-29,-17,-4,13,0,-14,-34,-54,-58,-50,-44,-51,-52,-45,-26,-14,-18,-14,-31,14,-37,-37,-45,-52,-69,-72,-194,-179,-257,-252,-472,-215,-429,-291,-667,-677,-627]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 Na5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 13. Qc2 c6 14. e4 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfe1 Bb5 16. Ba1 Bxa4 17. bxa4 {[#]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qb6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. e5 d5 20. Nb3 e6 21. f4 Rfc8 22. Qf2 Nc4 23. Bf1 Ra8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxa4 {½-½ (45) Paehtz,T (2366)-Koepke,C (2290) Germany 2018}) 18. Nd2 Bh6 19. f4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Bg7 21. Kh1 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Ra8 23. g4 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Be2 Rdc8 26. Bd3 Qd8 27. Qf2 Nc4 28. f5 Qg5 29. Rg1 (29. f6 $11 Bf8 30. Be2) 29... Rxa4 $15 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Qd8 {Hoping for ...Nxe5!} ({But not} 31... gxf5 $2 32. gxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 $18 (33. Qg2 Qg6 $16)) (31... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 32. Rc2 Qd8 $15) 32. Qf3 {This move loses the game for White.} (32. Rc2 $17) 32... Rxa2 $19 33. f6 (33. Rcc1 $142) 33... Bf8 34. Rxc6 $2 {[#]} (34. Rg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2) 34... Ra3 (34... Rxc6 $142 35. Qxc6 {[#]} Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Rb1 $2 (35. Rxc8 {keeps fighting.} Qxc8 36. Bb2) 35... Nb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 36. Rxc8 $2 (36. Qg2) 36... Qxc8 37. Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-18,-8,-12,-11,-13,-14,-13,-16,-16,-14,-16,0,-23,0,4,29,11,27,33,28,-5,77,78,123,117,158,125,219,218,218,210,203,200,221,214,261,204,208,152,141,135,145,135,893,890,877,874,874,866,806,808,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} fxe6 {is now debated instead of 6...Qd6.} 7. h4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e5 10. dxe5 e6 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Be3 Na6 {1-0 (38) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Jobava,B (2603) chess.com INT 2020}) 8. h5 {The position is equal.} Bf7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 e5 14. fxe5 {Strongly threatening e6.} e6 15. Nd2 Bc5 (15... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Nb3 $16 Ne7 17. Bd2 a5 18. O-O-O a4 (18... Bf2 $16) 19. Nxc5 $18 Qxc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qf2 a3 {...axb2+ is the strong threat.} 22. b3 $1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Qf4 O-O 26. Bd3 $1 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] A mistake that costs the game.} (26... Bg6 $16 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. Bxb4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 (29. cxd3 c5 $14) 29... Rf7) 27. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 {[#]} 28. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7] hxg7+ would kill now.} Ng8 29. hxg7+ Kxg7 {[#]} 30. Qh2 $1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h7]} Rfb8 31. Bh6+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,27,18,29,20,27,-38,86,46,89,82,84,79,87,68,55,48,124,135,141,145,149,139,152,138,121,117,180,35,55,29,79,84,86,83,73,70,78,78,100,106,103,72,70,49,42,29,37,14,16,16,13,21,8,0,17,17,17,8,31,31,45,8,31,31,31,31,31,31,45,31,31,31,31,16,16,16,31,16,31,0,31,31,45,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,45,31,31,31,31,0,31,0,45,31,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Na6 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7.} 11. Nd2 {11.Bf4 is the modern continuation.} Nc7 12. Nc4 ({White should try} 12. a4 $11) 12... Rb8 (12... b5 $15 13. Nxd6 Qxd6) 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bd2 b6 {[#]} 16. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e4 Ba6 17. b3 Bg7 18. Rc1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 a6 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. Bf1 Bd4 22. Rb3 {0-1 (28) Ivanov,B (1889)-Panaiotov,J (2219) Sunny Beach 2008}) 16... Ba6 17. Qb3 Ra8 (17... Qd7 $14) 18. e4 $16 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qd7 20. e5 Qxb5 {[#]} 21. Qa2 $1 Qd7 22. exd6 Bxd6 (22... Nb5 $16) 23. Rad1 (23. Rxe8+ $18 Rxe8 24. Qxa7) 23... Nb5 $14 24. Qa4 Red8 25. Ra1 Rab8 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Nxb7 30. Bg5 f6 31. Bh6 {[#] And now g4 would win.} Nd6 32. g4 Ng7 33. Re7 Ngf5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Re6 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Nxh6 36. Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf5 37. Rxf6 Rb8 38. Be4 Rxb2 39. Bxf5 {Black must now prevent Be6+.} gxf5 {KR-KR} 40. Rc6 Kg7 41. Rxc5 Rd2 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rd7 Kg5 44. Rxh7 Rxd5 45. Kg2 Rd4 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47. Rg3 Rc4 48. Ra3 Kg5 49. Rg3+ Kf6 50. h3 Rb4 51. Ra3 Kg5 52. Kg3 Rc4 53. Ra8 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Rc4 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Re8 Kg5 57. Kf3 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 Rc4 59. Rg8+ Kf6 60. Rh8 Kg5 61. Kf3 Rc3+ {The position is equal.} 62. Ke2 Rc2+ 63. Ke3 Rc3+ 64. Kd2 Ra3 65. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,19,18,0,9,7,8,3,4,10,2,0,0,-6,17,1,9,8,2,0,0,3,13,0,0,0,-5,-20,-53,-56,0,-99,-106,-114,-69,-80,-64,-204,-172,-229,-224,-206,-180,-203,-168,-147,-145,-325,-20,-52,-43,-418,-419,-711,-662,-905,-880,-1016,-1000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32] C45: Scotch Game.} (7. Nc3 {is interesting.} Bd4 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. Qg3 Qg6 10. Ne2) 7... d6 8. Bd3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Rg1 fxe4 15. fxe4 O-O 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Rg2 Rae8 18. Nd4 Bc8 {½-½ (34) Radjabov,T (2742)-Eljanov,P (2681) Kemer 2007}) 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nd4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rd2 c5 17. Nb5 d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Rhd1 (19. Re1 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]}) 19... Rh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nc7 Nd5 (20... Rxh2 $15 21. Re1 Nd5 22. Nxe6 fxe6) 21. Nxe6 (21. Nxd5 $11 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd5 Rxh2 24. Rd6) 21... fxe6 $17 22. Re1 Nf4 (22... Rxh2 $6 23. Rxe6 Nf4 24. Rxb6 $11) 23. Bc4 Rxh2 24. b3 ({White should try} 24. Bxe6+ $15 Nxe6 25. Rxe6) 24... h5 $19 25. Rd6 h4 ({Much less strong is} 25... Rxf2 26. Rxb6 h4 27. Rh1) 26. Rxb6 Rxf2 27. Rb5 h3 {aiming for ...h2.} ({Less strong is} 27... Rxf3 28. Rxa5 Rc8 29. Ra7 $11) 28. Rxa5 h2 ({Much worse is} 28... Rxf3 $6 29. Rxc5 h2 30. Rh1 $11) 29. Rh1 $2 {[#]} (29. Kb2 $17 {was the only chance.}) 29... Nh5 $2 (29... Rf5 $1 $19 {And now ...Rg5 would win.} 30. Ra8+ Kh7) 30. Rxc5 $11 Ng3 31. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 31. Bxe6+ $15 Kh7 32. Rxh2+ Rxh2 33. Bd5) 31... Rg2 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rg1.} 32. Bxe6+ (32. Re5 $142 Rg1 33. Rxe6) 32... Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rg1.Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rc4 g5 34. Rc7+ Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,1,11,-11,-5,-25,-20,-22,-20,-27,-22,-31,-31,-25,-14,-7,-15,-24,-19,-50,-16,-22,-8,-12,0,-38,-34,-45,-20,-17,-18,-14,-12,-24,-17,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,16,18,0,9,0,20,13,13,4,4,-13,-18,-53,-45,-43,-14,-14,0,-18,0,-15,0,-16,0,-14,0,-21,0,-33,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} e6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nfd2 c5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Nc3 b5 15. b4 {0-1 (41) Cirjan,D (1966)-Bokros,A (2489) Corund 2016}) 9... c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 Qb6 (11... Qc8 {feels hotter.} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. g4 Bh7 14. e3 Rd8) 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bc7 Ra6 15. e3 Rc8 16. Bh2 h5 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Ndf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 22. Bxe5 c4 23. Bg3 b5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 24. a3 $1 Rda8 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. Ng4 Rd7 27. Ne5 Rd8 28. Ng4 Rd7 29. h4 f6 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 b4 32. a4 Bf5 33. Ree1 Kf7 34. Bf1 Rc6 35. Bg2 Ra6 36. Bf1 Rc6 37. Bg2 Ra6 38. Bf1 Rc6 39. Bg2 Ra6 40. Bf1 Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,42,42,33,37,28,31,60,67,77,70,79,79,101,95,120,117,115,114,168,157,185,179,270,269,269,265,325,321,403,403,405,386,498,467,472,476]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 $1 {8.a4 scores better than 8.Qxc4.} Nc6 9. Qxc4 a5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Rd1 b6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ne5 $1 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rc8 {[#] aiming for ...c6!} 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. Bxc6 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. e4 Bxd2 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bb4 20. Rac1 {½-½ (44) Paehtz,E (2482)-Sowray,P (2308) England 2015}) 14... Nfd5 {[#]} 15. Qb3 $1 Qe8 16. e4 Nf6 17. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} c5 {[#]} (17... c6 $16 18. Na7 Rc7) 18. d5 $1 $18 exd5 19. exd5 Bd8 (19... Bxb5 {was necessary.} 20. axb5 a4 21. Qxa4 Nfxd5 22. Bxb4 Nxb4) 20. Re1 Bxb5 21. axb5 {Threatens to win with Bh3.} Qxb5 {With the idea ...a4.} 22. Bf1 Qe8 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Nc6 Ne4 {If Black can now play ...f5 this consolidates a bit.} 26. Bf5 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,128,15,14,18,23,18,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-16,-73,-66,-75,-67,-67,-32,-35,-41,-47,-44,-27,-31,-74,-59,-66,-71,-78,-79,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-79,-161,-156,-130,-108,-93,-97,-89,-91,-217,-224,-206,-217,-187,-126,-214,-223,-222,-213,-325,-298,-308,-295,-323,-312,-362,-357,-512,-508,-430,-430,-1554,-1367,-1404,-1415,-1367,-1367,-1168,-1239,-1083,-1020,-929,-631,-29949,-12824,-29970,-29971,-29970,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nb6 {D75: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...c5.} 10. Ndb5 {Qxd8 is the strong threat.} Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 12. e4 {[#]} Qxd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Bc7 Qc8 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b3 a6 17. Bxb6 axb5 18. Rf2 Ra6 {½-½ (31) Romizin,N (2388)-Zolochevsky,V (2051) ICCF email 2007}) 13. Raxd1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc7 Rad8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Kf7 $1 18. Bc1 (18. Kh1 $11) 18... Bxc3 $17 19. bxc3 Na4 20. c4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc3 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 24. Be3 Nc6 25. a3 Nb1 26. Bc1 Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Bf1 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Nbd2 29. Be2 Nb3 {aiming for ...Nfd4.} 30. Be3 (30. Kxf3 $17 {is a better defense.} Nxc1 31. e5) 30... Nfd4 $19 31. Bd1 e5 32. Bxb3 Nxb3 33. Bxa7 $17 {KB-KN} Nd2 34. Be3 (34. Bc5 $17) 34... Nxc4 $19 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kd6 (36... Kd7 $1 $19 37. Kg4 e6) 37. Ke2 (37. Kg4 $17) 37... Kc5 38. Kd3 Kb5 39. h3 (39. Bg5 $142 Nxa3 40. Bxe7) 39... Nb6 40. Bg5 e6 41. Be7 Nd7 42. g4 Ka4 43. h4 (43. Kc2 {keeps fighting.} b5 44. Bd6) 43... h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Bb4 (45. Kc3 $142 b6 46. Bd6) 45... Kb3 46. Bd6 b5 47. Ke2 Nb6 48. Bxe5 Nc4 49. Bg7 Nxa3 50. Ke3 Nc4+ 51. Kf4 b4 52. Bf8 Kc3 {Black mates.} 53. Bxb4+ Kxb4 {KN-KPP} 54. Kg5 Kc5 55. Kxh5 Kd4 56. Kg5 {[#]} Ke5 $1 57. h5 Nd6 58. Kg6 Nxe4 {KN-KP} 59. h6 Nf6 60. Kg5 Nh7+ 61. Kg6 {[#]} Nf8+ $1 62. Kg5 Ke4 63. Kf6 e5 64. Kg7 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,39,77,70,85,75,97,66,84,93,87,62,59,50,68,61,58,72,96,84,121,110,114,109,147,145,135,142,150,150,146,140,133,146,160,148,159,131,134,141,156,143,197,189,184,185,199,184,176,181,177,147,152,0,126,125,404,394,687,678,653,664,643,643,825,511,484,468,442,448,387,385,476,439,438,369,523,546,558,501,1133,457,425,424,708,413,816,800,1215,1208]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Na6 6. a3 {[#] D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... g6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nb8 11. Bc4 e6 12. Bd3 Nd7 {1-0 (57) Hodzic,N (2266)-Petrovic,M (2083) Sarajevo 2017}) 7. Nf3 Nc7 8. Bd3 {White is better.} Bg4 9. Ne5 e6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bd6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. Be1 a6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Rae1 Rc8 17. f5 Nc7 18. e4 O-O 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[#]} 21. e5 $1 {Black must now prevent f6.} f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. e6 Nb6 23. Qb3 Nb5 24. a4 (24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Na2 Nc4 $14) 24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 ({Of course not} 25. Qxc3 $6 Nxa4 26. Qd2 Rfd8 $11) 25... Nc4 (25... Na8 $16 26. g4 b5) 26. Bxc4 $18 dxc4 27. Qxc4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qb7 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Qb1 $2 ({Better is} 31. Qa3 $16) 31... a5 (31... Rxc3 $1 $11 32. Qe4 (32. Rxc3 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kh1 Qxc3 $11) 32... Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rfc8) 32. Rd1 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (32... Rfd8 $16 33. g4 Rc7) 33. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qb3 $2 (33... Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Rc4) 34. Rb1 Qa2 35. Re2 Qc4 36. d5 Qxc3 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. Qe3 Qd4 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Ra5 g6 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Ra2 Kg7 (42... Rd1+ {is a better defense.} 43. Kf2 Rd8 44. R2xa4 (44. R5xa4 R1xd5 45. Rg4 g5 $16) 44... Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Kf8) 43. R2xa4 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 f5 (44... Rc8 $142 45. Ke2 Rcc1) 45. Ra2 (45. Ke2 $142 Rb1 46. d6) 45... Kf6 46. Re2 Rb8 (46... Re8 $142 47. Ke3 Rd8) 47. h3 g5 (47... Re8 $142 48. Kf3 g5) 48. e7 Kf7 {[#]} 49. d6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,159,10,0,35,0,40,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,34,34,32,15,32,10,33,10,26,-15,0,-6,-6,-27,-18,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-3,-3,-25,-3,-12,-11,-20,-20,-263,-271,-268,-4,-3,0,-200,-200,-216,-223,-206,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-120,-125,-120,-125,-125,-125,-120,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-126,-126,-126,-126,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-125,-126,-126,-126,-126,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-77,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 10...a6. A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7.} 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. h3 Nh5 13. hxg4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {[#] Hoping for g5.} Qxh4 15. e3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rb1 h6 19. Qd3 Rab8 20. a4 Qh4 21. Bf3 Qh3 {0-1 (57) Feller,S (2573)-Donchenko,A (2581) Germany 2017}) 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Qb3 a6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. a5 Rab8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Qd1 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Ra4 b5 26. axb6 $1 Rxb6 27. Bxa6 Rxb2 28. Bd3 Reb8 29. Bf5 Qe7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Be5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rec4 Qf6 34. R4c2 R2b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 35. Kf1 Rh8 {White must now prevent ...Rh1+.} 36. Ke2 $2 (36. Qf3 $11) 36... Rh2 $19 37. Rb1 {[#]} Qh6 $2 (37... Ra4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bg3.} 38. Rcc1 Ra2+ 39. Rc2 Bg3 40. Rxa2 Rxf2+ 41. Kd3 Rxa2) 38. Rxb4 $11 cxb4 39. Kd3 $2 (39. Rc7 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bg3 40. Qd4+ Qf6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kf3) 39... b3 $19 40. Re2 b2 41. Qb3 Rh1 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Qxb2+ Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 45. f4 Ra1 46. Ke4 Ra3 47. Bd7 Rc3 48. Bf5 Rb3 49. Bh7 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Bf5 f6 52. Be6 Kf8 53. Bf5 Ke7 54. Be6 Kd8 55. Bf5 Kc7 56. Be6 Kb6 57. Bd7 Kc5 58. Be6 Rc4 59. Bf7 Kb4 60. Bg6 Kc3 61. Bf7 Kd2 62. Be6 Rb4 63. Bf7 Rb3 64. fxg5 fxg5 65. Ke4 Rxe3+ 66. Kf5 Re5+ (66... Rf3+ $17 67. Ke6 Ke3) 67. Kf6 $11 {The position is equal.} Ke3 {aiming for ...Kf4.} 68. Be6 Ke4 (68... Kf4 $5 69. Ke7 $8 Re4 70. Kxd6 Re5 $11) 69. Ke7 Rxd5 70. Bxd5+ Kxd5 {KPP-KP} 71. Kf6 Ke4 72. Kxg5 {KP-KP} d5 73. Kh6 d4 (73... Ke3 $5) 74. g5 d3 {( -> ...d2)} 75. g6 d2 76. g7 d1=R (76... d1=Q $5 77. g8=Q $8 Kf4 $11) 77. g8=Q {Qg4+ would kill now.} Rh1+ 78. Kg7 {Intending Qa8+ and mate.} Rg1+ 79. Kf8 Rxg8+ 80. Kxg8 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,93,17,8,16,18,-3,0,7,11,11,47,46,54,38,80,86,118,112,103,120,141,124,118,123,119,117,139,93,91,87,107,46,52,46,45,37,37,41,36,43,42,25,42,43,77,81,78,62,69,28,37,14,16,16,27,0,8,8,6,-5,91,89,98,97,151,133,153,135,243,238,232,236,222,225]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rc1 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Ne5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[#]} 14. d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 e5 15. Bg3 Bxc5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 Rac8 {½-½ (19) Garces,J (1861)-Perez Lujan,M (1867) Medellin 2018}) 14... e5 15. Bg3 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 16. Bf3 {And now d6 would win.} Qd6 17. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Qf5 Bd6 20. Bh4 ({Much worse is} 20. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 g6 $11) 20... Bc8 {[#]} 21. Qc2 $1 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 c4 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Bh4 26. Qc7 (26. g3 $16 f5 27. gxh4 fxe4 28. Bxe4) 26... Qxc7 $14 27. Rxc7 f5 28. Nc5 {Black must now prevent d6.} e4 29. Be2 Rd6 30. g3 Bf6 31. Rc1 Rxd5 {[#]} 32. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (32... fxe4 33. Rxc8) 33. Nc5 Bc8 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. Bf1 Rfd8 36. b4 Bb2 37. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Nb3. White is pushing.} Be5 38. Nb3 R2d6 39. Na5 Be6 40. Rbc1 Bf6 (40... R8d7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Nb7 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Re8 ({Better is} 42... Rb8) 43. Rxa6 {White is clearly better.} Bd5 44. Nd6 ({Resist} 44. Bxb5 $6 Bxb7 45. Rxf6 Rc8 $14) 44... Re6 (44... Rd8 $16 45. Bxb5 Bf3) 45. Bxb5 $18 Be7 46. Nxf5 {Hoping for Rxe6.} Bxb4 47. Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Stukan, Martin"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,21,15,15,20,15,10,8,17,10,17,8,16,10,20,15,34,31,29,21,6,14,12,9,18,0,22,0,11,10,11,3,11,0,0,-16,-24,-31,-16,-23,-13,-131,-131,-171,-176,-178,-174,-343,-329,-332,-256,-248,-268,-543,-543,-526,-542,-497,-533,-532,-525,-517,-518,-497,-470,-751,-641,-6375,-5518,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} f6 9. Nh4 Nb6 {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na5 Bb4 11. Nb3 a5 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 Na4 14. Rb1 Be6 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {½-½ (35) Vitiugov,N (2751)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2683) Germany 2019}) 10... Be7 11. Nd2 Rf7 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Na4 16. b3 Nc3 17. Be3 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Bxf5.} 18. Bd4 Nb4 {And now ...Bxf5 would win.} 19. Ne3 c5 20. Bc3 Be6 21. Rf2 (21. Qh4 {with more complications.} Nc6 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Rf2 b6 24. Nd2) 21... Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. Qxe8 (22. Qe2 {is interesting.} Nc6 23. Raf1 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Nf5) 22... Rxe8 23. Nf3 Bf7 24. Kf1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. a4 {[#]} (25. e5 $11) 25... Nxd3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. cxd3 Rxd3 27. Bd2 {[#]} b4 $1 ({Stronger than} 27... Rxe4 28. axb5 Rexe3 29. Bxe3 $11) 28. Ke2 $2 (28. e5 {is a better defense.}) 28... Rxb3 $19 29. e5 fxe5 30. Raf1 Bd6 31. Nxe5 $2 (31. Bc1 c4 32. Nd2 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Bc5+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 34. Ke2) 31... Be6 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 31... Rxe5 32. Rxf7 c4 33. Rd7 $17) 32. Nc6 Bg4+ 33. Rf3 Bf4 {White must now prevent ...Bxe3.} 34. h3 Bxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxe3 36. Bxe3 c4 37. Kd2 (37. a5 $142) 37... Rd3+ 38. Ke2 b3 39. g3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,87,19,16,22,0,14,0,0,0,0,3,27,36,31,7,33,27,32,32,81,69,217,25,23,29,33,10,19,29,13,26,143,143,211,199,225,55,139,141,103,147,302,296,317,324,321,325,312,316,316,314,281,250,329,329,329,329,329,327,410,402,654,645,798,798,793,752,793,792,989,975,29972,29974,29968,709,29973,29971]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8.a4.} Na5 9. b3 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4] The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 {[#]} Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Rad1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. f4 Ne7 {1-0 (44) Sarana,A (2664)-Xu,X (2583) Moscow 2019}) 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Rac1 {Hoping for b4!} h6 16. Ba1 (16. Bxg7 Rg8 $15) 16... Qb6 {[#]} (16... b4 $14) 17. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb4 $11 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Qb1 $1 ({Not} 19. Bxg7 $2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rg8 $19) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 {[#]} (21... Rf8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Qh7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Rxg7 (22... Rf8 $16 23. Bxh6 (23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Rd4 c3 $16) 23... c3) 23. Qxg7 $18 {aiming for Rxc4!} Bf8 24. Qg8 $2 (24. Qg3 $1 $18) 24... Qc7 {[#]} (24... Qc5 $1 $14) 25. Rd4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd4c4][%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} c3 {[#]} 26. Rxb4 $1 Bxf3 $2 (26... Bd5 $16 {was called for.}) 27. gxf3 $18 O-O-O 28. Rd4 {And now Rxd8+ would win.} Bd6 29. Qg4 {Black must now prevent Rc4.} Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 {Strongly threatening Rc4.} Rxd4 31. Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Be5 32. Qb4 Bf6 33. Qf8+ Kb7 34. Qxh6 Be7 {Black wants to play ...Ba3.} 35. Qg7 f6 36. Qf7 Qd7 (36... Ka7 $142 37. Qxe6 Bb4 38. Qxf6 Qc4+ 39. Kg2 Qg8+ 40. Kf1 Qc4+ 41. Kg1 Qg8+ 42. Kh2 Qh7+ 43. Kg3 Qg8+ 44. Kh3 Qh7+ 45. Kg3 Qg8+ 46. Kh3 Qh7+ 47. Kg3) 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. Qxe6 Ka7 39. Qb3 Bd6 40. Qxc3 Qg7+ 41. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Qd4+.} Be5 42. Qc5+ Ka8 43. Qc6+ (43. Qc8+ $142 Ka7 44. Rd1 Bh2 45. Rd7+ Qxd7 46. Qxd7+ Kb6 47. Qe6+ Kb7 48. f4) 43... Ka7 44. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,-10,-8,-33,-27,-20,-13,-25,-29,-26,-13,-15,-33,-28,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,-36,0,0,-3,-74,-66,-220,-235,-221,-221,-224,-222,-222,-217,-278,-278,-276,-265,-256,-222,-518,-513,-504,-508,-478,-466,-456,-428,-527,-478,-29974,-29972,-29987,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. Nd2 {C45: Scotch Game.} a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 {The position is equal.} Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ke2 d6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with exd6.} dxe5 {[#]} 20. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Be4 O-O 21. g4 Qc5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Kg2 Qe6 25. Qf3 f5 26. gxf5 gxf5 {0-1 (132) Vuckovic,B (2563)-Ivanisevic,I (2595) Zlatibor 2007}) 20... g6 21. g4 Ke7 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. h4 (23. Bb2 $11) 23... Nd7 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd7c5][%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nc5. White is under pressure.} 24. h5 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (24. Bb2 $15) 24... Nc5 $19 25. hxg6 Nxd3 26. gxh7 {Qxd3! is the strong threat.} Ne1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Qf5 Qxa1 29. Qg5+ f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 30. Qg7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 31. g5 $2 {[#]} (31. Qg8+ {was the only chance.} Rxg8 32. hxg8=Q+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ Kc8 34. Qxf6) 31... e4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf2!} 32. Qg8+ {[#]} Rxg8 $1 33. hxg8=Q+ Kf5 34. Qh7+ Kxg5 35. Qg7+ Kf4 36. Qxc7+ (36. Qg3+ $19 Kf5 37. Qh3+ Ke5 38. Qg3+ Ke6 39. Qxc7) 36... Qe5 {Black mates.} 37. Qxc6 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Kf3 39. Qd6 Bxf2 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg5g2]} 40. Qd1+ Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,151,15,13,29,37,31,-5,13,13,17,2,12,-4,0,-8,0,0,6,0,0,3,14,0,0,-8,-3,0,21,19,18,24,84,83,117,114,154,85,84,85,86,89,90,64,93,83,87,87,87,87,79,74,90,17,51,24,33,22,24,22,24,14,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1960,7,0,10,10,25,25,186,150,328,280,243,146,401,410,895,568,493,450,439,379,270,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Bg5 {aiming for Rfd1.} Be7 {The position is equal.} 15. Rad1 Qc7 {[#]} 16. Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. a5 Qb4 21. Rd3 {1-0 (90) De Carvalho,J (2199)-Limp,E (2377) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 16... O-O 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Be5 Rfc8 20. Ne4 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 21. Qg4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf8 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 22. Qf3 Rc1 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb5 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 b6 {[#]} (26... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Qb7 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb7c8][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Re8 28. Rd7 Qf5 29. Qc6 ({Not} 29. Qxa7 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) (29. e4 $142 Qg6 30. Qc6) 29... Bc5 30. e3 a5 31. a3 e5 32. Qd5 Re6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} e4+ 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. g4 (37. b4 $16 Bd6 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. a4) 37... Be7 38. Rd5 (38. Bd4 {feels hotter.} Bf6 39. h3 Rc6 40. Kd2 b5 41. Rb7) 38... Bf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 $14 {KR-KR} 40. Rb5 Rc6 41. h4 g6 42. Kf1 Ke6 43. Kg2 f6 44. Kg3 g5 $1 45. h5 Kd6 46. f3 exf3 47. Kxf3 Ke6 48. e4 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Kd4 Rd6+ 51. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51. Kc4 $11) 51... Rc6 $2 ({Black should try} 51... a4 $1 $19 52. Kc4 Rxd5 53. exd5+ Ke5) 52. e5 fxe5+ 53. Rxe5+ Kd6 {next ...Rc4+! is good for Black.} 54. Re8 Kd7 $2 (54... a4 $11) 55. Rh8 Ke7 $2 (55... a4 $16 {is a better defense.} 56. Rh7+ Kc8) 56. Rh7+ $18 Kf8 57. Kd5 Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Rc5+ $16 58. Kd6 Rc4) 58. Rxh6 Rxb2 (58... Rg2 $142 59. Rxb6 Rxg4) 59. Ke5 Kg7 60. Rc6 Rb5+ 61. Ke6 Rb3 62. Rc7+ $2 (62. Kf5 $18) 62... Kh6 $11 63. Kf7 {Intending Kg8 and mate.} Kh7 $1 64. Kf6+ Kh6 65. Kf7 {Kg8 would kill now.} Kh7 $1 66. Kf6+ Kh6 67. Rc6 {Hoping for Kf5+.} (67. Rb7 {is interesting.} Rxa3 68. Rxb6 Rf3+ 69. Ke5+ Kh7 70. Ra6) 67... Rf3+ $1 68. Ke5+ Kh7 69. Rg6 Rxa3 70. Kf6 Rb3 71. Rg7+ Kh6 $1 {( -> ...Rf3+)} 72. Rg6+ Kh7 73. Kxg5 {And now Rc6 would win.} a4 74. Rd6 {Threatens to win with Rd7+.} Rb5+ 75. Kf6 {White threatens g5 and mate.} a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75... Rc5 $11) 76. g5 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,48,45,48,31,30,24,32,31,83,55,67,61,58,28,81,81,108,18,85,77,105,64,70,67,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-6,29,27,27,15,14,-820,-731]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nd4 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. Be2 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3.} Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. d4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nf6 $146 (8... cxd4 $14 9. exd4 Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nh6 9. Qe4 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Rad1 Rb8 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Qh4 Bg7 {0-1 (58) Krausse,A (1829)-Young,S (2165) ICCF email 2009}) 9. Qg3 Qb6 10. d5 O-O 11. Rd1 Rd8 (11... Ne8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. e4 $16 e6 13. Rb1 (13. Qh4 $16 Ne8 14. Rd3) 13... Re8 (13... exd5 $11 14. cxd5 Re8) 14. Bg5 e5 15. h4 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f4 ({Better is} 17. a3 $16) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Rd4 21. Bxd6 Qd8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg4.} 22. Bxc5 Rxh4 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Bf2 $11 Rg4 25. Qe3) 24... Bd4+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,106,20,14,21,12,14,6,0,-10,28,-71,8,0,-9,-45,-34,-64,0,0,0,-7,0,-1,-8,-8,10,10,10,10,21,21,21,25,25,10,25,10,10,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,0,32,25,25,0,25,25,29,25,25,25,26,5,24,3,3,0,3,0,26,0,13,0,31,20,33,18,53,53,60,53,61,53,53,0,61,0,53,0,61,0,54]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {The main line 7...bxc6 scores better than 7...Bxc6.} 8. Bd3 Bd6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} 9. Qe2 e5 {[#]} 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c4 Ne7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. h4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (26) Xiong,J (2709)-Huzman,A (2562) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... d4 11. f4 Qe7 12. f5 (12. fxe5 $11 Bxe5 13. Nf3) 12... f6 (12... Nf6 $17) 13. O-O Nh6 14. Nf3 Nf7 15. Bd2 Bb4 (15... a5 $15) 16. Bxb4 $11 Qxb4 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 c5 19. b5 a5 20. Nd2 O-O-O 21. a4 Rdf8 22. Rf3 Nd6 23. Rg3 Rfg8 24. Nb3 Be8 25. Qd2 Nb7 $1 26. Rf1 {[%cal Ba1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Kd8 27. Rh3 Ke7 28. Rff3 Bf7 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rg3 Kf8 31. Qe1 Ke7 32. Rgg4 Kf8 33. Rg3 Ke7 34. Rf3 Kf8 35. Qd2 Ke7 36. Rf2 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Kd1 Ke7 (39... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 40. fxg6 Rxg6 $11) 40. Kc1 Kf8 41. Qe1 Ke7 42. Rh3 Kf8 43. Kb1 Ke7 44. Qd2 Kf8 45. g4 Ke7 46. Rg3 Rh7 47. h4 Rgh8 48. Rfg2 Kf8 49. Kc2 Ke7 50. Kb1 Kf8 $1 51. Kc2 Ke7 52. Kb1 Kf8 $1 53. Kc2 Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,75,26,22,28,27,6,14,20,27,20,25,16,16,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,6,7,2,3,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 11. O-O h6 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 {[#]} 14. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Be6 15. b3 Kf7 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rhe8 20. Nh5 {1-0 (70) Le,Q (2697)-Stopa,J (2469) Las Vegas 2015}) 14... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 15. Bd3 Kf6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Be6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rhc8 21. Rfd1 Be5 22. f4 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Ba3 $1 24. Rxb7 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra1.} Rxc4 25. Ra1 Be7 {With the idea ...a5.} 26. Ra6+ Kf7 27. Ra5 Re4 28. Kf2 Kg6 29. Raxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf6 31. Ra2 h5 32. Kf3 Rb4 33. Ra3 Re4 34. Rb3 Rc4 35. Rd3 Ra4 36. Rb3 Rc4 37. Rd3 Ra4 38. Rb3 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,-15,0,-18,-13,-12,-15,-10,24,14,39,17,30,33,89,58,97,100,93,93,225,217,227,222,228,227,218,214,208,179,378,373,407,436,420,413,364,353,338,349,337,332]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {D04: Colle System.} Qc7 9. Re1 Rd8 10. Qe2 {The position is equal.} b6 11. e4 $1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 {[#]} 13. Neg5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Strongly threatening Bc4. White has good play. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be4 f6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qf3 {0-1 (46) MacMillen,A (1833)-Grobler,D (2015) ICCF email 2005}) 13... Bd5 (13... Qd6 $14) 14. Ne5 cxd4 {[#]} 15. Nexf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 {[#]} (15... Bxf7 16. Nxf7) 16. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 {[#]} (16... Bxh6 $16 {was called for.} 17. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6) 17. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bxh6 18. cxd5 {Black must now prevent Ne6.} Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Qd6 {With the idea ...e5.} 21. Qxd4+ e5 $2 (21... N5f6 22. Qxd6 exd6) 22. Qh4 Nc5 23. Rad1 {And now Bc4 would win.} Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Qb4 25. Rxe5 {Threatens to win with Rd4.} Qxh4 26. Bxh4 Nf4 27. Rd7 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,69,44,36,24,29,20,29,-14,21,0,6,20,27,0,0,-28,0,0,0,-56,-56,-49,-57,-91,-91,-131,-135,-130,-127,-177,-186,-186,-189,-174,-183,-391,-362,-374,-168,-175,-168,-138,-135,-125,-137,-185,-191,-179,-175,-153,93,97,203,198,802,794,29976,29976,29976,29969]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2.} a6 8. Qd2 e6 {[#]} 9. Be2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Be7 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. g5 Ng8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 a5 17. h5 Bd7 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. c3 f6 {½-½ (20) Shlakich,A (2182)-Manina,K (1995) St Petersburg 2007}) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Rb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rh3 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. b4 (15. Qe3 $11) 15... Qxf2 $15 16. Kb1 Qa7 ({But not} 16... Qxg2 $6 17. Bxb5 Qxh3 18. Bxc6+ Kd8 19. Qd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Bh5 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Re3 {Threatens to win with Rde1.} Bf5 21. Rde1 Rb7 22. Qf2 {[#]} Be4 $1 {[%mdl 576] And now ...Rc7 would win. Pin} 23. R1e2 $2 (23. g4) (23. Rxe4 Qxf2) 23... f5 $19 {White must now prevent ...axb4.} 24. g4 Qd4 (24... axb4 $142 25. gxf5 Rg8) 25. gxf5 Qd1+ (25... axb4 26. Rxe4 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 $16) 26. Ka2 Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kb1 Qd1+ ({Stronger than} 27... Bxf5 28. Bf3 $16) 28. Ka2 Bd5+ 29. Kb2 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. c3 Qf6 $2 (30... Qc4 $17 {and life is bright.} 31. f6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qa2+ 32. Kc1 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qb2+ 34. Kd3 Bc4+ 35. Kd4 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxe2 37. Bxe2 axb4 38. cxb4 Rg8 39. fxe7 Rxe7 40. Bxb5+ Kd8) 31. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bxf3 (31... axb4 $16 {is a better defense.} 32. axb4 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Ra7) 32. Qxf3 $18 d5 $2 (32... Ra7) 33. Qxd5 Ra7 34. Qxb5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,0,0,4,0,-7,-10,-1,8,2,12,13,9,7,9,17,17,21,10,12,21,16,58,24,25,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-44,-64,-47,-37,-166,-182,-162,-22,-11,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-18,-2,-97,-71,-114,-44,-26,-6,-7,-8,-56,-35,-33,-39,-65,-31,-59,-18,-57,-45,-154,-19,-172,-194,-179,-179,-329,-323,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Qc4 13. Qd4 Qa6 {[#]} 14. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qe5 Ne6 17. Qc3 f6 18. Nfd4 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Qa5 Nxd4 21. exd4 {½-½ (26) Boehme,S (2287)-Buzek,J (2402) LSS email 2013}) 14... Bf5 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd4 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. c4 Be6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. e4 Ne6 22. Qe3 Bxb3 $1 23. axb3 Rd8 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. Rc4 a5 26. Qc3 f6 27. g3 Rab8 28. Nd2 Qb7 29. Rxa5 Qd7 30. Ra2 Ng5 31. h4 Nf7 $1 {With the idea ...Ne5.} 32. Rb4 Rxb4 33. Qxb4 Ne5 34. Qb6 (34. f4 $15 Nd3 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Kh2) 34... Qd3 $19 35. b4 {[#]} Kf7 ({Better is} 35... Rd7 $1 $19 36. Qb8+ (36. Ra8+ Kg7 $17) 36... Kg7) 36. b5 $1 $11 cxb5 37. c6 $1 Rd6 38. Qb8 {Hoping for Ra8.} Nxc6 39. Qh8 Qe2 40. Qxh7+ Ke6 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Nf1 Qxe4 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} 43. Ra1 (43. Ra8 $2 Rd1 $19) (43. Qa8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... f5 44. Ne3 Kc7 ({Black should play} 44... f4 $17 45. gxf4 (45. Ra8 $2 Rd2 $19) 45... Rd2) 45. Rc1 $15 f4 46. gxf4 Qxf4 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 47. Qa8 {Black must now prevent Nd5+!} (47. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Re3d5]} Qxh4 48. Nd5+ (48. Rxb5 Rd2 $15) 48... Kb7 49. Rxb5+ Ka7 50. Qc8 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Kg2 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kh2 (53. Kf1 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kh2 Qh5+ 56. Kg3 Qg5+ 57. Kh2 Qh5+ 58. Kg3 Qg5+ 59. Kh2 $11) 53... Qh5+ 54. Kg3 Qg5+ 55. Kh2 Qh5+ 56. Kg1 Qg5+ 57. Kh2 $11 (57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kh2 $11)) 47... Qd4 48. Qa5+ Qb6 49. Qa2 {Nd5+ is the strong threat.} Kb8 50. Ra1 Qd4 51. Rb1 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 52. Qa6 {[#]} (52. Rc1 $15) 52... Qxh4 (52... Qc5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Rd4.} 53. Qf1 (53. Ra1 $2 Rd4 $19) 53... Nd4) 53. Qb6+ $2 (53. Qb5+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kc7 54. Rc1) 53... Kc8 $19 54. Rc1 Qe4 55. Rc4 {[#]} (55. Qa6+ {might work better.} Kd7 56. Rc4) 55... Rd1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Kh2 $2 (56. Nxd1 $19 Qxc4 57. Ne3) 56... Qh1+ {Black mates.} 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 e5# {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,122,49,67,66,79,74,77,54,52,58,60,56,91,88,102,106,147,118,132,126,128,129,125,101,95,50,135,133,119,134,163,150,191,57,64,17,14,18,21,23,13,16,20,20,18,16,25,14,94,92,93,100,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-225,-17,-306,-98,-83,0,-113,-93,-100,0,0,0,-12,-12,-18,-18,-17,-18,-58,-45,-65,-65,-65,-65,-62,-62,-65,-65,-67,-61,-61,-61,-69,-69,-69,-60,-71,-71,-71,-66,-69,-69,-71,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-4578,-4578]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. O-O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} O-O 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bh6 {White is better.} e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nge2 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 b5 13. h4 h5 14. Qg5 Rh8 15. Nf5+ Kf8 16. Ne3 b4 {0-1 (47) Azevedo,E (1923)-Soares,A (2200) Recife 2011}) 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. g4 Be6 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Kg8 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Qd2 c6 17. g5 Ne8 (17... Nh5 $14) 18. h5 $16 b5 19. f4 b4 20. Na4 d5 21. Qd4 (21. hxg6 $18 fxg6 22. f5 gxf5 23. g6 hxg6 24. Rdg1 (24. Qh6 Qg7 $11)) 21... Nc7 $1 $14 22. Nc5 dxe4 23. Qe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Qxd5 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d5]} 28. Qb3 Kf8 (28... Kh8 $1 $11) 29. Bg4 $16 Nc5 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. f5 (31. Be2 $16) 31... gxf5 $11 {[#]} 32. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. Bh5 $2 {[#]} (35. Rh7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qd6 36. Qg7+ Kg5 37. Qh6+ Kxg4 38. Qh3+ Kf4 39. Qh2+ Kg4 40. Qh3+ Kf4 41. Qh2+ Kg4 42. Qh3+) 35... Ke5 $2 (35... Nd3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 36. cxd3 Qc5+ 37. Kb1 Qg1+ 38. Kc2 Qh2+ 39. Kb1 Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Kb1 Qg1+) 36. Qxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Bxg6 $11 Ne6 37. Qh2+ Kd4 38. Kb1) 36... Rd8 $2 (36... Ne6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Qh4!} 37. Re8 Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 37. Rh7 $17 Qd6 (37... Qf6 $17 38. Rf7 Qxg6 39. Bxg6 f4 40. Rf5+ Kd4 41. Rxf4 Rh8) 38. Qg3+ (38. Qg7+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qf6 39. Qc7+ Kd4 40. Kb1) 38... Kd5 39. Qg5 Ne6 (39... Kc6 $17 40. b3 Ne6 41. Qxf5 Qd2+ 42. Kb2 Qxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 43. Kxc2 Nd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kd1 Nxf5+ 45. Ke1 e3 46. Rxa7 Nd4) 40. Qxf5+ $11 Qe5 41. Qxe5+ Kxe5 42. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf4 43. Re7+ Kd4 44. Bd1 Rg8 45. c3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} bxc3 46. bxc3+ Kxc3 47. Rc7+ $1 Kd4 48. Rd7+ Ke3 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 49. Bc2 Ne2+ 50. Kb2 Rb8+ 51. Ka1 Nd4 {[%cal Rd4c2]} 52. Bb1 Nb5 53. a4 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rb8b1][%mdl 512]} 54. Bc2 Kf2 55. Rf7+ Ke2 {aiming for ...e3.} 56. Rc7 {[#]} Nd5 ({Black should try} 56... Kd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2c2]} 57. Rxc3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxc3 58. Bxe4 Rb4) 57. Rc5 Nf6 58. Rf5 Kd2 59. Bb1 Rb6 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 60. a5 Rc6 {And now ...e3 would win.} 61. Rxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Rf2+ $11 Ke3 62. Ra2) 61... Rxf6 {[%mdl 32768] What a fight! Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 70%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:13:02]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:17:21]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 14. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:03:53]} 18. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 19. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:03:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 23. Bf3 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Ba6 24. e5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:09:28]} 25. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 27. exf6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 29. Bh5+ {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 31. Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 33. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 34. Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Bc5+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. fxe5+ {[%emt 0:07:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 42. g5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:06:36]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 44. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 46. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. Nd8+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 8. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 9. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 11. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 13. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 14. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 16. a4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 17. Re3 {[%emt 0:09:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 19. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 21. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:28]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:10:23]} 23. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 24. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 26. a5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 28. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 31. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 37. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 38. fxe5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 39. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 40. Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 42. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 47. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 9. Kb1 {[%emt 0:08:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} b4 {[%emt 0:10:47]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:10:39]} e5 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:11:38]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:14:53]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:08:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 16. g5 {[%emt 0:12:58]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:43]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 20. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:07:43]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 21. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 22. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 23. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 25. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 27. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 29. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 30. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 33. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 34. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 35. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 36. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 39. Bc1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 42. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:05:13]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 43. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 44. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,84,32,-3,20,3,20,6,9,7,15,12,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-19,-33,-28,-56,-40,-82,-43,-10,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-33,0,-18,0,-31,-30,-78,-72,-83,-80,-92,-22,-20,-21,-36,-33,-28,-37,-37,-21,-30,0,0,0,-477,-477,-458,-444,-444,-439,-407,-396,-1093,-5189,-804,-540,-526,-518]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} f5 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfe1 Rae8 $1 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 {[#]} Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Ne4 20. f3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc5+ 22. Qe3 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Qxe5 24. fxe4 Qxe4 {0-1 (63) Mezentsev,I (2354)-Grachev,B (2612) chess.com INT 2020}) 18. Qb2 $1 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 20. Bf1 (20. b4 $11) 20... Ne4 ({Black should try} 20... Ng4 $1 $15 21. h3 Bb4) 21. g3 $11 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Bxe5.} 22. Bg2 $1 Ba3 23. Qa1 Rd6 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Bb2 Bc5 26. Rxd6 (26. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c5]}) 26... Bxd6 ({Much weaker is} 26... Qxd6 $6 27. Rd1 $16) 27. f3 Ba8 28. Qd1 f4 29. g4 Rd8 (29... Bb4 $17 30. Re2 Bb7) 30. Qe2 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 h5 {Strongly threatening ...Qg5.} 32. Bc3 Qh4 {White must now prevent ...hxg4.} 33. gxh5 Qxh5 34. Rd1 Bd6 35. b4 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Kf1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... Bxe5 $1 $19 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Bxe5 Qg5 {And now ...Qg4! would win.} 39. Qd3 Bb7 (39... Qxe5 $2 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qxa8 $19) 40. Bc7 $2 (40. Bxg7 Qxg7 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Qxf4) 40... Qg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Qd8+ Kh7 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 42. Qd3+ Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,21,8,24,24,15,1,16,27,28,32,16,21,55,62,62,18,19,13,0,22,14,22,29,19,53,0,25,0,33,24,69,25,0,0,27,5,20,16,25,11,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,14,8,15,10,27,25,129,117,118,123,110,71,51,58,304,288,297,257,494,227,744,685,724,710,2026,1906]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 7. Be3 e6 8. a4 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. a5 O-O {[#]} 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. c3 Ne5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 {1-0 (30) Schouten,M (1718)-Bartolo,F (1504) Mamaia 2017}) 10... Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 Nd7 $1 15. Be3 $1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. O-O Kh8 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Ra4 Ne7 {White should prevent ...Nf5.} 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Bd7 $1 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qh4 {[#] And now Rxf6! would win.} Ne4 27. Raa1 Ng6 28. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qf5 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Qf2 Qe5 33. Qd4 h5 (33... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Nxd5 $16 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 35. c4 Qg5 36. Qd2 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Nh3+.} 37. g3 N6xd5 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} ({Better is} 37... Qg4 $1 $14) 38. Bg2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} ({Not} 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Qc2 Rxd1 $11) 38... Re8 {...Re2 is the strong threat.} 39. cxd5 ({Less strong is} 39. Bxd5 Qg4 $16) 39... Ne2+ $2 (39... Qg4) 40. Kh1 (40. Kf2 $142 Qf5+ 41. Bf3) 40... Qg4 $2 (40... Qxd2 41. Rxd2 Nd4) 41. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} h4 42. gxh4 Qa4 43. d6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,105,0,-20,-24,-47,-44,-44,-44,-45,-46,-50,-29,-37,-36,-40,-35,-39,-44,-47,-32,-52,-27,-27,-41,-34,-40,-27,-12,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,44,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,50,50,51,51,51,51,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,75,83]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] is recently more successful than 7...Nc7.} 8. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} 9. Nxd5 Qd8 $1 10. e4 Bd6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. d3 O-O 12. Be3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. a3 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rc3 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 {½-½ (27) Vastrukhin,O (2413)-Roiz,M (2605) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. Rc1 b6 14. a3 a4 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 19. Rc6 f5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Rxb6 Rae8 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Rc6 Qb8 24. Qc4 Rf6 25. Qxd4 Re2 26. Rf2 Re1+ 27. Rf1 Re2 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Qe8 30. Qf2 ({Not} 30. Qxa4 $2 {[#]} Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxc5 Qxa4 $19) 30... Re2 31. Rc8 Qxc8 32. Qxe2 Qb8 33. Qf2 Rg6 34. Kh1 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4f4]} 35. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Qe6+.} g6 36. Bh3 Rh4 37. Bxf5 Rxf4 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Rxf4 Bxf4 40. Qe7+ Kh6 {...Bg5 is the strong threat.} 41. Be6 Bg5 42. Qb4 Qxb4 (42... Qe5 {keeps more tension.} 43. Qf8+ Kh5 44. Qf2 Bc1 45. Kg2 Qxb2 46. Qxb2 Bxb2 47. Bd7 Bxa3 48. Bxa4 Kg4) 43. axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bf6 44. Bd7 Bxb2 {( -> ...a3)} 45. Bxa4 Ba3 46. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 47. b6 Kg5 48. Kg2 Kf4 49. h3 Ke3 50. b7 g5 51. Bd7 h6 52. Bf5 Kf4 53. Be6 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,24,29,42,35,34,55,58,103,48,81,44,54,53,66,43,72,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,-13,-8,-18,-48,-34,-71,-19,-101,-95,-108,-125,-123,-55,-47,0,-135,-137,-143,-134,-135,-133,-140,-140,-132,-138,-132,-116,-187,-181,-170,-178,-171,-171,-275,-314]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} h6 11. f3 (11. f4 $16) 11... Rc8 12. h4 Ne5 {[#]} 13. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rh2 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Nxg4 15. Nd5 Nxh2 16. Bb6 Nxf3 17. Qg2 Ne5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Be2 {½-½ (31) Caglar,S (2062)-Dimitrijevic,A (2175) Tekirdag 2019}) 13... b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. g5 b4 15. Nb1 ({White should play} 15. Nd5 $1 $16 Nxd5 16. gxh6 (16. exd5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qa5 $11) 16... Bxh6 17. Bxh6) 15... hxg5 $11 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Nh5 18. Rg1 (18. Qxb4 Ng3 $17) 18... a5 19. b3 Nc6 20. Bc4 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qb8 (21... Qb7 $17 22. a4 (22. Qxd6 Ne5 $17) 22... bxa3 23. N1xa3 Ne5) 22. f4 {[#]} (22. a4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 22... a4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Be2 (23. bxa4 Na5) 23... axb3 24. axb3 Ba1 ({Black should try} 24... Qa8 $17 25. Bxh5 Qa2) 25. f5 $15 {And now fxg6 would win.} gxf5 26. Bxh5 (26. g6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} fxg6 27. Rxg6) 26... Qxb5 $17 27. g6 fxg6 28. Bxg6+ Kd8 {...f4! is the strong threat.} 29. Qd5 {[#]} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Bc8b8,Bb8b5,Bb5c5][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 29... Nd4 $2 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 $18) 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. exf5 Bf6 32. Bg5 (32. Nd2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 32... Nd4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} ({Don't play} 32... Bxf5 33. Bxf6 exf6 34. Bxf5 $17) 33. Rg2 Bxg5+ 34. Rxg5 Rc5 35. Rg2 (35. Rg4 $142 Rxc2+ 36. Kd1 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. Rxb4) 35... Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 81%.} ({Resist} 35... Bxf5 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. Kb2 $17) 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,6,2,2,12,18,15,32,0,43,1,7,2,6,6,17,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,9,-13,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,13,19,6,40,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-278,-264,-264,-260,-248,-269,-261,-255,-264,-252,-283,-300,-298,-301,-289,-299,-4762,-3016,-2207,-1792]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. cxd4 e6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} 9. e4 Bb4+ {was the old line (9...Nc6).} 10. Bd2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne2 Qb6 (11... a5 {feels hotter.} 12. a4 O-O 13. Ng3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 d6) 12. Bxb4 (12. Nc3 {seems wilder.} d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Na4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Kf2) 12... Nxb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qd2 {aiming for Na4.} a5 15. Bb5 d6 16. O-O Bd7 17. a4 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bc6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Qf2 d5 21. e5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Ne8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 {½-½ (24) Holec,M-Hauser,J (2317) ICCF email 2011}) 18. Rfc1 Bc6 19. Kh1 h6 20. h3 Qd8 21. Kh2 Ne8 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Nd1 Nh5 24. g3 b6 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Rab8 28. Nf1 Nd7 29. Qd2 d5 30. e5 $1 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Ne3 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 33. Ng4 Qf5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. f4 Qf6 37. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Nb5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... d4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Na2 (38. Qxd4 Qxd4) 38... Bxa4 39. Nxb4 Bxd1 40. Rxd1 {And now Nd3 would win.} axb4 41. Qxb4 Re8 42. Bb5 Re4 43. Qc4+ Kh8 44. Qd5 {[#]} Qe7 $1 45. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (45. Ra1 Qe6 46. Qxe6 Rxe6 47. Ra3) 45... Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 46. Kh1 (46. Bxe2 Qxe2+) 46... Re1+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,14,34,36,49,43,38,45,84,94,91,100,93,80,89,85,72,72,91,93,91,100,99,101,100,93,74,64,110,97,158,154,159,156,155,168,152,161,279,285,435,433,445,459,446,418,454,435]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} Bf6 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 {[#] White is slightly better.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 {1-0 (33) Lauronen,T (2025)-Tuovinen,J (1977) Finland 2019}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 b6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. dxc5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Qd2 bxc5 17. O-O {aiming for a3.} Be4 18. Be2 (18. a3 {seems wilder.} Rhb8 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Qc1 Rxb3 21. Nd2) 18... Rac8 19. Rc1 Qb6 {[#]} (19... Rhd8 $142) 20. a3 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra3b4][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nc6 21. Ng5 Rhd8 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc2 f5 (23... Kf8 {might work better.} 24. Qxe4 g6) 24. Qxc5+ $18 Kf6 {[#]} (24... Qxc5 $142 25. Rxc5 Nb8 26. Rxf5 Nd7) 25. Qxb6 $1 axb6 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Rc3 Ke5 28. Bb5 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,203,-1,0,-31,-14,-16,-18,-59,14,8,44,40,40,32,27,28,28,33,41,25,25,25,25,25,31,27,29,25,28,29,29,29,38,38,38,38,41,39,52,52,52,52,66,52,66,66,73,73,73,73,73,58,76,58,58,35,76,74,73,73,73,66,66,66,66,66,81,81,86,86,86,0,86,72,86,86,86,78,78,73,79,79,81,81,86,86,86,86,86,32,32,32,79,79,79,79,86,86,86,86,100,86,91,91,109,109,108,109,108,108,129,93,93,93,94,94,94,93,95,85,79,79,94,94,178,177,341,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-10,-10,-10,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ba3 Na5 14. h3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4.} Bxa4 {[#]} 15. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nh2 a6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bc1 Bb5 18. Bxh6 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 gxh6 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Qf3 Ng8 {0-1 (29) Cabrilo,G (2466)-Drasko,M (2509) Vrnjacka Banja 1999}) 15... bxc5 16. Nh2 Ng6 (16... Rfb8 $15) 17. Qg4 Nc4 (17... Be8 {seems wilder.} 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe6+ Bf7 20. Qg4 Nc4) 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxc5 Bxc2 22. e6 Rc7 23. e7 Re8 24. Bxa7 Rexe7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd4 Rb7 27. Ra8+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Rb1+.} 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Bxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc7 31. Ra3 Bf5 32. Kh2 Bd3 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. h4 Kh7 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Ra5 Bc4 37. Rc5 Bb3 38. Be5 Bc4 39. Bf4 Re7 40. Rc8 Rd7 41. Be5 Bd3 42. Re8 Bb5 43. Rf8 Re7 44. Bd4 Be8 45. f3 Bf7 46. Rd8 Be6 47. Kf4 Bg8 48. Kg3 Be6 $1 49. Kf2 Bf7 50. Rb8 Bg8 51. Rf8 Be6 52. Be5 Bg8 53. Bd6 Rd7 {[#]} 54. Bc5 $1 Rc7 55. Bd4 Re7 56. Rb8 Be6 57. Bc5 (57. Ra8 $16) 57... Rc7 58. Rb5 Bd7 59. Ra5 Rb7 60. Bd4 Be6 61. Ke3 Bf7 62. Be5 Rb2 63. g3 Rb7 64. Kd4 Rd7 65. Ra8 Bg8 66. Kc5 Re7 67. f4 Bf7 68. Kc6 Bg8 69. Kd6 Rf7 70. Bd4 Rb7 71. Rd8 Bf7 72. Rc8 Bg8 73. Rf8 Rf7 74. Rb8 Rf5 {[#]} (74... Kh8 $16 75. Rc8 Rb7) 75. Be5 $1 $18 Bf7 $2 (75... Rf7 76. Kxd5 Rf8+ 77. Kd4 Rxb8 78. Bxb8 g5 79. fxg5 Kg6) 76. Ra8 $2 (76. Rb7 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 76... Bg8 $16 77. Rxg8 ({Better is} 77. Bd4 $16) 77... Kxg8 $11 {The position is equal.} 78. Kxd5 $16 {KR-KB} Rf8 79. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Kf7 80. c5 Ra8 81. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Ke7 82. Bd6+ ({Wrong is} 82. Bxg7 $2 Ra5+ 83. Ke4 Kd6 $19) 82... Kd8 83. Ke6 Ra6 84. c7+ Kc8 85. Ke7 Rb6 86. Be5 Rb3 87. f5 Re3 88. Ke6 gxf5 89. Kxf5 g6+ 90. Kf6 Kd7 91. Bf4 Re6+ 92. Kf7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Rb6 93. Be5 Rb5 94. Bf4 Rb6 95. Be5 Rb5 96. Bf6 Kxc7 97. Kxg6 Kd7 98. Bg5 Rb3 99. Kxh5 Rxg3 100. Kg6 Rh3 101. h5 Rxh5 102. Kxh5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 13. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 15. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:11:55]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:14:21]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 19. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Na6 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 22. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 23. e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 24. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 26. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 27. Nd8 {[%emt 0:07:16]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:08:32]} Na6 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 32. Qd4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 33. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 37. Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. b5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 40. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 42. Qc4 {[%emt 0:19:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 44. Rd7 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 45. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 46. Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. d8=Q {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:24:59]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:22:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:05:17]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 12. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 14. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,84,27,18,37,34,37,33,38,36,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,9,10,106,58,75,62,70,51,58,37,43,45,37,25,27,0,67,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-201,-216,-193,-198,-173,-163,-186,-188,-293,-86,-2980,-2968,-2591,-2509,-2356,-1702,-1970,-1855,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-6536,-6095]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2 Bd7 9. Bd3 Nb4 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bxf5 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} exf5 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nh3 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 Be6 19. Nf4 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. Re7 Qa6 {0-1 (44) Haba,P (2531)-Borovikov,V (2570) Pardubice 2002}) 17. f4 O-O-O (17... g4 $11 18. Nf2 Qxb2) 18. Qd2 g4 19. Nf2 Kb8 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. b3 h5 22. Nd1 h4 23. Ne3 Be6 24. b4 g3 (24... f6 $11) 25. h3 ({White should play} 25. a4 $1 $14) 25... Qa6 26. Rc5 b6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. a4 b5 29. Qd3 $2 (29. a5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 29... Qc6 $1 $19 30. Kf1 ({Reject} 30. axb5 Qc3) 30... bxa4 31. Ke2 a6 $1 32. Ra2 Qb7 $1 33. Rc2 {[#]} (33. Qd2 $142) 33... Qxb4 $2 (33... Rc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 34. Rb2 (34. Nxc4 $2 {loses.} dxc4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 35. Qf3 Bd5 $19) (34. Rxc4 dxc4) 34... a5) 34. Qxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (34. Rxc8+ $17 Bxc8 35. Nc2) 34... Rxc2+ $1 35. Nxc2 Qc4+ 36. Qxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 37. Kd2 Bd5 38. Ne3 a3 39. Kc2 a2 40. Kb2 {[#]} c3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Ka1 {[#]} (41. Kxc3 a1=Q+) 41... Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Kxa2 (42. Nxg2 c2) 42... Bxh3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,20,70,55,57,52,47,47,42,7,15,14,4,14,0,-8,-8,-2,0,-24,-11,-50,-50,-45,-14,-14,-14,-23,0,0,0,-4,-20,-25,-42,-45,0,-14,-29,-86,-77,-85,-79,-179,0,-164,-156,-201,-188,-386,-380,-505,-500,-579,-536,-552,-528]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Bg5 {A43: Schmid Benoni.} Nbd7 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rfe1 {White is slightly better.} a6 {[#]} 11. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 b5 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Be2 b4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd1 Nxe4 17. Qe3 {0-1 (61) Van Muenster,K-Buck,L Niedersachsen 1995}) 11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb4 14. Qc1 Ne5 15. Bd1 Qd4 16. Rb1 e6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 17. Qe3 (17. Qg5 {looks sharper.} Kg7 18. Be2 h6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh3) 17... Nc4 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. dxe6 fxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Qg3 $1 c4 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Kh1 $1 b5 24. f4 Nf7 {Black wants to play ...b4.} 25. Bf3 b4 26. Ne2 (26. Na4 $11 Qb5 27. b3) 26... e5 $17 {White must now prevent ...exf4.} 27. c3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32] And now ...exf4 would win.} 28. Rbc1 {[#]} (28. f5 $17 {was called for.} g5 29. Rbc1) 28... Rc8 $2 (28... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4][%mdl 512]} 29. exd5 Nd6) 29. Qe1 $2 {[#]} (29. f5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} g5 30. Ng1) 29... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4][%mdl 512]} 30. fxe5 (30. exd5 e4) 30... Nxe5 31. Nd4 $2 (31. Nf4 {keeps fighting.} dxe4 32. Bxe4) 31... Rce8 ({Not} 31... Nd3 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Ne6 $17) 32. cxb4 axb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Qh4 {and the idea exd5 leaves White hopeful.} Nxf3 34. gxf3 dxe4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:18]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:20]} 9. exd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 11. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:09:55]} Qxe7 12. O-O Nxe5 {[%emt 0:14:06]} 13. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:07:05]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:13:17]} 17. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:13:54]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rce7 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 26. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 27. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 31. Qd4 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 32. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 33. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 34. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 35. Qf2 {[%emt 0:06:17]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 36. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 37. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 38. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 40. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 45. Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 46. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:04:54]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 48. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 49. f5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 50. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. g4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 54. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 55. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 58. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 60. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 61. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 64. Kh4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 65. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Rb7 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 67. Kh4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 68. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. d6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:14:19]} 10. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:17]} 12. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:12:02]} 13. Bxc4+ {[%emt 0:04:16]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:11:34]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 15. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:08:58]} 17. dxe7 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:11:02]} 19. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:04:32]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 21. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 22. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 23. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 24. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 25. b6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. b7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} a3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 29. Rf2 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 30. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:10:24]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Ba2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 32. Re7 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 33. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 34. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:02:35]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 35. Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kd3 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 42. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:15:53]} 43. g4 {[%emt 0:15:16]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 44. Rf2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 45. Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 46. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 47. e4 {[%emt 0:13:13]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 48. e5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 49. Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 50. Rh1 {[%emt 0:07:19]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 51. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 54. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 55. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h1=Q {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Black "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Na6 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:24]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 14. h5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:39]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:23:51]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nba4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 19. Nd1 {[%emt 0:05:17]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 22. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:09:15]} 23. O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Na6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 26. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 27. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 30. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 34. Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 36. Ng3 {[%emt 0:14:07]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 37. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 43. a3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 44. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 45. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 46. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:11:02]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 47. Qd1 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 48. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 49. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 51. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 53. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Black "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:14:05]} 13. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 15. Nbd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 16. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:08:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 18. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} f6 {[%emt 0:16:24]} 19. Rc2 {[%emt 0:16:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 20. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:07:12]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 22. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 23. Qc1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 25. bxa4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 26. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} c4 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Qa1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 32. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 33. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 34. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. Qxb3 Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 39. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Stukan, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:13:41]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 9. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Kh1 {[%emt 0:08:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:14:31]} 12. Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:39]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:22:42]} exf3 {[%emt 0:15:24]} 15. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 16. Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:13:42]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 19. Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 20. Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nde3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 30. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 32. c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} e4 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 35. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 39. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. a4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Bg8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 47. Bh7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 49. Kg4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 50. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 51. h4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:16:09]} 52. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e3 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Na3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 55. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kxa4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 56. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 57. Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. c4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Kd5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 60. c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:06:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:07:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:08:22]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:17:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:04]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:03]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:20:01]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 18. g3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 20. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 23. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} hxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Qf1 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 26. Rce1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. R3e2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 30. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 31. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 32. Rf1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 33. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 38. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 39. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 40. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kh2 {[%emt 0:13:43]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 42. Qf2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 43. Qxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:03:24]} 49. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 50. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 52. h4+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:06:42]} 55. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 56. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 58. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 60. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qe5 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,82,29,39,51,40,60,17,25,24,27,24,16,27,27,19,25,16,16,16,16,16,22,14,14,14,20,23,18,27,21,17,15,14,33,12,31,33,21,18,37,42,43,39,116,108,163,160,163,68,68,68,69,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,83,87,95,79,95,68,68,38,68,68,68,68,97]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxd5 {next Qb5+ is good for White.} O-O 14. Qxb7 Qxe5 15. Qc6 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qxc3 17. Be3 Bd4 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rab1 {[#]} Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... a6 20. Rb7 Be5 21. g3 Rfd8 22. f4 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxc7 Ra4 25. Rb1 Rxa2 26. Rbb7 Rd8 27. Kf2 g6 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. Ra7 h5 30. Kf3 a5 31. f5 gxf5 {½-½ (30) Xu,Y (2526)-Lin,Y (2396) Xingtai 2019}) 20. Rb7 Rfb8 21. Rfb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bb6 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. c4 {Black must now prevent c5.} c6 24. g3 f6 25. a4 Bc7 26. Rd1 Bb6 {[#]} (26... a5 $1 $14) 27. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Rd8 {[#]} (27... Bc7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Rb1 $1 $18 Ba5 29. Bf4 (29. Rb7 $18) 29... Bc3 $14 30. Rb7 a5 31. Rc7 Be5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd4 34. Ra6 Rxa4 35. Ra7 {c6 is the strong threat.} Rc4 36. Rxa5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 e4 38. g4 g5 {White is slightly better.} 39. Ra4 Rxc5 40. Rxe4 Kf7 41. Kg3 Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 9. Qd3 {[%emt 0:11:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 10. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:07]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:10:05]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:19:41]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 17. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 20. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 21. exd6 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 23. Rfd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 25. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 26. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. Rda7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 34. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 39. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 42. Rb5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 43. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 46. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 47. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 48. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 50. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:06:00]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 53. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 55. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 56. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 57. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. f3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,7,18,18,19,28,14,11,25,32,30,18,30,29,22,26,33,31,35,25,35,25,25,18,20,17,13,6,8,3,4,3,6,7,16,8,2,3,3,5,17,10,10,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,17,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. b3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bd3 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. f4 c5 13. O-O {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. Nc6 Qa6 16. cxd5 b5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne7+ Kf7 19. Ng6 Rd8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxd3 22. Ne5+ {1-0 (22) Manigk,S (2214)-Gasik,A (2160) Pardubice 2015}) 14. exd4 b6 15. cxd5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ndc4.} Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Qe7 $1 18. Nd6 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb7 $1 21. Qg3 {Threatening Rf6.} f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe5 Bd5 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rc8 a5 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 {KB-KN} 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. g4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. a4 (32. Nc4 $14) 32... Bd5 {The position is equal.} 33. Nc4 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd8 $1 35. Nxb6 Bxb3 36. Nc4 Bxa4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 37. Nxa5 Bd1 38. h3 h5 39. gxh5 Bxh5 40. Nb7+ Ke7 41. Ke3 e5 42. dxe5 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,11,37,37,28,37,65,0,0,0,81,81,90,74,95,78,93,35,104,107,99,108,126,107,110,93,123,91,94,81,174,160,173,180,178,105,126,124,206,206,189,176,205,196,170,73,154,150,138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 scores better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 (14... Nxe5 {is interesting.} 15. Nxe4 fxe6 16. f3 fxg3 17. Nxg3 Qh6) 15. exd7 Bxd7 {aiming for ...Ba4.} 16. bxc3 fxg3 {[#]} 17. fxg3 $146 (17. Bxh7+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (17... Qxh7 18. Qxh7+) 18. fxg3) ({Predecessor:} 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rb1 {½-½ (23) Vitiugov,N (2747)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 17... Rac8 $1 $11 18. Bxh7+ Kg7 (18... Kh8 $1 $11 19. Qf2 Bxc3) 19. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6d7]} fxe6 20. Rxf8 Bxf8 21. Be4 $1 Bc5 22. Kh1 (22. Kg2 $1 $16) 22... e5 (22... Bxd4 $1 $14 23. Qd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qe5 24. cxd4 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 25. Qxe4 Bc6) 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. c4 $1 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} (24. Bxb7 Bf5 $15) 24... Rh8 25. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bc7 26. Re1 Bg4 27. Qf2 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rh8 (28... Qh6 $16 29. Qxh6+ Kxh6) 29. h4 $18 b6 30. Nd2 Rf8 31. Kg2 (31. c6 $18) 31... bxc5 $16 32. Bf3 ({But not} 32. Qxc5 $6 Bb6 $11) 32... Rd8 (32... Bxf3+ $16 33. Nxf3 Qf5) 33. Bxg4 $18 Qxg4 34. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Rf1.} Rd4 {[#]} 35. Ng5 $1 {Strongly threatening Rf1.} Qd7 ({Don't go for} 35... Qf5 $2 36. Rf1 $18) 36. Qf3 (36. Nf3 $18 {has better winning chances.} Ra4 37. Qg5+ (37. Qxc5 $2 Rxa2+ 38. Qf2 Rxf2+ $19) 37... Kh8 38. Re2) 36... Rd2+ (36... Bd8 $142) 37. Kh1 $16 {Hoping for Rf1.} Bd8 {[#]} 38. Qh5 ({White should play} 38. Rf1 $1 $16 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Qd5 39. Ne4) 38... Bxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 $1 41. Qg6+ Kh8 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 42. Qh6+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,113,21,27,16,12,23,22,17,-4,25,7,9,7,2,4,12,12,6,11,9,9,0,0,20,10,21,20,21,11,19,15,6,0,-5,-16,-2,-20,-16,-17,-6,-13,-12,-20,-9,-19,-10,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,41,120,110,754,237,222,216,226,204,234,234,235,220,208,119,139,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 d6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 (10... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 11. Be3 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 Bd6 $11) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 Be7 $11) 12... g6 $11) 11. O-O {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. b4 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. b5 Rf4 {0-1 (51) Talu,M (2288)-David,A (2424) Mamaia 2019}) 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. f3 a5 15. b3 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Re8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Rac1 Ng6 21. g3 Nf8 22. Qc3 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bd3 Qh6 25. Rf2 Re5 26. Rcf1 Rae8 27. Qd2 Qh5 28. Be2 R5e7 29. Bd3 Qc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Qd4 32. Rc1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512]} 33. exf5 Re3 34. Bf1 Qe5 35. c5 Bxf3 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Rc4 {[%cal Bc1c4,Bc4f4,Bf4f6,Bf6d6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 38. Rcf4 Re1 39. f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for f7+. White fights for an advantage.} gxf6 (39... Rf8 $1 $14) 40. Rxf6 $16 ({Of course not} 40. Rg4+ $6 Kh8 $11) 40... Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Kh8 $16) 41. Qxd6 $2 (41. R2f5 Qe7 42. Qa2+ Kh8 43. Rf7) 41... Qxd6 $18 42. Rxd6 Re1 43. Rxb6 Bd5 44. Rd6 R8e5 45. Rd7 Rb1 46. Rf4 (46. Rc2 $18 {Rc8+ would kill now.} Bf7 47. Kg2) 46... Bc6 $16 47. Rc7 ({Better is} 47. Rg4+ $16 Kf8 48. Rf4+ (48. Rxh7 Rf5 $11) 48... Kg8 49. Rd2) 47... Bb5 $14 48. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Bxb5.} Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Bxf1+ 50. Rxf1 {And now Rd1 would win.} Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 51. Rd1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Rh5+ 52. Kg2 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rb2+ 53. Kg1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rb8 54. Rdd7 Rh6 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rf6+ 57. Kg4 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,16,32,29,35,28,22,31,11,0,14,8,20,9,49,41,85,66,121,102,110,110,110,118,111,118,119,112,116,116,116,108,111,117,116,114,116,108,120,112,119,114,120,116,112,114,112,114,117,104,99,101,176,175,152,108,108,107,107,107,107,107,107,107,107,67,67,67,67,67,67,70,70,74,1053,1038,1038,824,1352,1201,1085,1031,29970,29971,29972,29973,29972,29973,29972,29974,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29980,29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 7. Bc4 Bh5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. Qe1 Bd6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bg6 {[#]} 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 O-O-O 13. Nc4 Rde8 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf2 Bxe4 19. Bxf7 {½-½ (30) Zeier,K (2195)-Ruefenacht,M (2360) Baden 2018}) 12... b5 13. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb8 ({Black should play} 13... O-O $14) 14. axb5 $16 cxb5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 O-O {[#]} 17. Rc1 $1 Bb4 18. Ncxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxe1 19. Rxc7 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 ({But not} 20. Nxe1 $6 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Nxe4 $11) 20... Ba5 21. Rxa7 Bb6 22. Ra4 Bxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 ({Reject} 24. Bxe4 $6 fxe5 25. Kh1 Bxd4 $11) 24... Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Rfd8 26. Rf4 Rxd4 27. Raxd4 Rd8 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 28. Kf1 Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. b4 Bg1 (30... h5 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. Re4 Bf6) 31. Kxg1 $18 Rxd3 {KR-KR} 32. Rg5 Rb3 33. b5 Rb2 34. Rh5 Kg7 35. g4 Kg6 36. h3 h6 37. Kf1 Rh2 $1 38. Ke1 {And now Kd1 would win.} f5 $1 39. Rxf5 {aiming for Rh5.} Rxh3 40. Kd2 {Kc2 is the strong threat.} Rg3 $1 41. Rf8 $1 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (41... Rg2+ $16 42. Kd3 Rg3+ 43. Kc4 Rxg4+ 44. Kc5 Kh5) 42. Rf4 Rb3 43. Rf5 Kg6 44. Rc5 Rb4 45. Kc3 Rxg4 46. b6 {White mates.} Rg1 47. Kc4 Rb1 48. Rb5 Rc1+ {[#]} 49. Kd5 $1 Rc8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Kc6 h5 52. Kc7 Rh8 53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Kxb8 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 75%.} ({And not} 54. Rxb8 Kf5 $11) 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,33,29,30,40,21,0,57,56,30,38,33,28,40,16,24,29,82,74,76,66,52,87,87,87,68,79,64,66,50,59,60,57,68,84,71,63,139,135,129,129,137,133,131,127,131,120,146,98,146,131,131,109,274,272,281,266,373,361,12825,12825,4710,4312,12836,12837,12837,12835,12833,12833,1989,1258]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng5 h6 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nb4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 12. Nxb4 cxb4 {[#]} 13. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bg3 a5 16. Nh4 Nxe4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. dxe4 Bxh4 19. Bxh4 Qxh4 20. Qd5 Re8 21. Rf1+ Ke7 22. Rf7+ Kd8 23. Qxd6+ {1-0 (23) Kovalev,V (2554)-Sveshnikov,E (2502) Liepaja 2014}) 13... Bxb3 (13... Qb6+ $11 14. Kh1 d5) 14. axb3 $14 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Nh4.} d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rae1 Rc6 (18... Rfe8 $11) 19. Be3 $16 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf4 Qxc2 22. Nd4 Qxd3 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Rg3 Qh5 25. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} bxc6 26. Qd4 {And now e6 would win.} Qf5 27. e6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} ({Much weaker is} 27. Qxb4 $6 Nxe5 28. Qd4 Re8 $11) 27... Qf6 28. exf7+ (28. Qxb4 fxe6 29. h3 (29. Rf3 Qxb2 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 $11) 29... Rf7 $11) 28... Qxf7 ({Black should try} 28... Rxf7 $14 29. Qxa7 Kh7) 29. Rf3 ({Don't play} 29. Qxa7 $6 Qf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Kf7 $14) 29... Re8 30. Qxb4 Nf6 31. h3 Qg6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 33. Qf4 Ne4 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Rf1 a5 36. Rc1 Qe6 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (36... c5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 37. Ra1 $18 Nc5 38. Rxa5 Nd3 (38... Ne4 {is a better defense.} 39. b4 Nd6) 39. Qg3 Nxb2 $2 (39... Ne5 40. b4 Qe8) 40. Ra8+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 41. Qc3 Qf6 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Qe2 Kf8 45. Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,0,14,-2,16,17,12,7,17,28,25,23,29,28,20,28,24,22,35,0,23,7,27,13,44,37,44,49,38,23,37,14,11,0,25,0,27,0,31,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Bb4 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} b6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa3 {[#] The position is equal.} Qxa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne1 Rfe8 15. Nc2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rac8 19. Nc3 h6 20. dxc5 {½-½ (22) Williams,T (2442)-Meiners,E (2381) ICCF email 2018}) 12. Nxa3 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Ne5 Kf8 15. f4 Ke7 16. Bf3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb5 a5 19. Rc2 Nfe4 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rac1 Nf6 22. Nc4 Rab8 23. Na7 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7a7]} 24. Nb5 Rcc8 25. Na7 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7a7]} 26. Nb5 Rcc8 27. Na7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,46,34,28,28,20,0,9,-58,-63,-73,-68,-67,-72,-75,-58,-97,-100,-120,-92,-94,-83,-478,-321,-749,-793,-1233,-1227,-1521,-1491,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 {6...h6 is setting a new trend.} 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} d4 9. Qa4 Ng6 10. b4 (10. Rd1 $11 d3 11. Be3) 10... a5 $15 11. b5 Ncxe5 {[#] And now ...d3 would win.} 12. c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rfe1 d3 15. Bd1 Nd7 16. c6 bxc6 17. bxc6 Nc5 18. Qb5 {1-0 (34) Mancuso,A (2258)-Rolle,H (2210) LSS email 2008}) 12... bxc6 13. bxc6 d3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd1 Bd6 16. c5 {[#]} Bc7 $1 17. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. Nd2 $17 {is tougher.}) 17... Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bxg4 $2 {[#]} (18. Bf4 Rb8 19. a3 Nxh2 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Re1) 18... Qh4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc7,LRg4,LRh2][%cal Rh4h2][%mdl 512]} 19. h3 h5 20. Bd1 Be4 21. Bg4 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Black mates.} 22. Kxh2 hxg4 23. c7+ Kf8 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,93,33,32,76,38,45,39,35,49,89,106,135,143,141,132,147,122,127,141,125,132,148,122,170,170,176,138,147,146,133,144,145,131,162,154,156,108,149,142,156,142,155,156,169,155,162,33,144,168,399,118,117,115,356,481,470,459,488,488,471,466,427,406,610,587,4594,4447,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29977,29976,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29976,29972]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Nc6 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack.} 9. Nxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} bxc6 10. Qf3 h5 {White is slightly better.} 11. gxh5 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxh5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. Qg2 Nf4 15. Qg5 e5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf4 exf4 {½-½ (61) Hou,Y (2609)-Ushenina,A (2500) Taizhou 2013}) 12. h6 g6 13. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Be7 14. Rg1 Be6 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Qe6 18. O-O-O Nh5 19. Kb1 Nf4 20. Qd2 Nh3 21. Rg3 Nxg5 22. hxg5 O-O 23. Ne2 Kh7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 f5 26. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Qxe4 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Nxc6 Rae8 29. c4 Rf5 30. Rd5 (30. Nxe7 $18 Rxe7 31. Kc2 (31. Rxd6 e3 $11)) 30... Rf1+ ({Better is} 30... Bd8 $1 $14) 31. Kc2 $16 Bxg5 $2 (31... Rf2+ {was called for.} 32. Kc3 Rf3+ 33. Rxf3 exf3 34. Nxe7 f2) 32. Rgxg5 $2 (32. Rdxg5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} e3 33. Rxg6 Rf2+ 34. Kd3) 32... e3 {[#] aiming for ...e2.} 33. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2] Hoping for Ne2.} Rf2+ $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (33... e2 $16 34. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Rf2+ 37. Kc3 Rf3+ 38. Kd4 Rf2) 34. Kc3 $18 e2 {[#]} 35. Nxe2 $1 Rexe2 36. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRR-KRR} Rc2+ 37. Kb4 Rxb2+ 38. Kc5 Rb7 (38... Rxa2 $142 39. Rgxg6 Rf5+ 40. Kb4 Rb2+ 41. Kc3 Rb7 42. Rxa6 Rf3+ 43. Kd4 Rf4+ 44. Kd5 Rbf7) 39. Rdxg6 Rxa2 40. Kc6 Rab2 41. Rg7+ {White mates.} Rxg7 42. hxg7 {KR-KR} Kg8 43. Kd6 Rd2+ 44. Rd5 Rg2 45. c5 Rg6+ 46. Kc7 Rxg7+ 47. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,98,30,25,24,37,46,35,48,22,27,12,27,20,37,-7,-13,-19,-14,-68,-61,-54,-53,-41,-42,-114,-101,-108,-91,-100,-117,-108,-51,-35,-29,-30,-9,-9,-11,-20,-10,-10,-14,-8,-8,-12,-10,-8,-8,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-20,-22,-10,-13,-83,-9,-10,-9,-9,-9,-45,-45,-51,0,0,0,-50,-59,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 7. d5 Ne5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} 8. f4 Neg4 9. Bd2 Nh6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nf3 c6 {[#]} 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. b3 {1-0 (62) Sokolov,I (2623)-Van Foreest,J (2615) Hoogeveen 2016}) 11... e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Re8 14. O-O ({But not} 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. O-O Nxe4 $17) 14... Bg4 15. Bxg4 (15. Rf2 $11) 15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for Be2.} Nhxg4 17. Qe2 h6 18. Nxf7 (18. a5 $1 $15 Qc7 19. h3) 18... Kxf7 $17 19. h3 Qd4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} ({Of course not} 19... Qxb2 $6 20. hxg4 Qb6 21. e5 $11) 20. hxg4 {Rae1 is the strong threat.} Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 (21... Rxe4 $17 22. Qf3 Qxc4) 22. Qf3 $15 Qxc4 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rac1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} ({Don't play} 24. Qxf5+ Kg8 $17) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5+ cxd5 26. Rxf5+ Ke6 27. Re1+ $1 Be5 {Strongly threatening ...Rg8.} 28. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Kd7 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rexe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kd6 32. Rh5 Kc5 33. Kg1 Rg8 34. Rxh6 Rxg4 35. b3 (35. Rh7 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rg3 (35... b6 $17) 36. Rh3 Rg7 37. Kf2 d4 38. Rd3 Kd5 39. Kf3 Rf7+ ({Black should play} 39... a5 $15) 40. Ke2 Rg7 41. Kf3 a5 42. g4 {[#]} Re7 ({Better is} 42... Rh7 $1 $17) 43. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Ke4 44. Rg3 Rf7+ 45. Ke2 Rh7 46. g5 d3+ 47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Kc1 Kd4 {And now ...Kc3 would win.} 49. g6 {Black must now prevent g7.} Rh1+ {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,22,10,28,25,33,11,42,37,29,23,62,41,66,50,51,55,77,75,70,69,74,55,35,31,29,22,33,0,19,13,20,24,19,26,18,3,38,39,110,109,127,127,121,100,83,79,73,64,79,75,73,75,90,2,16,13,210,8,8,8,16,1,2,5,3,3,8,8,5,5,8,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 7. Be2 Ne7 8. a4 a5 9. O-O g5 10. Ne1 Rg8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Nd3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. Rc1 f6 14. Re1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Ngxe5 16. dxe5 c5 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bg4 Be7 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxd5 Rg6 22. Nxa5 {1-0 (22) Yandarbiev,R (2314)-Krupicka,J (2059) Prague 2018}) 12. Be3 Bh7 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8 16. Bd2 Nh4 17. Rc1 Be4 18. Ne1 Be7 19. Be3 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Nb1 Nfg6 22. Nc3 Nf4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 (23... Qxd5 {seems wilder.} 24. Bc4 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Kd7) 24. Bd3 g4 ({Black should try} 24... Nf5 $14 25. Nc2 Qd7) 25. Bxh6 Nf5 26. Bxf5 $1 exf5 27. Qe2 f4 28. Nd3 {e6 is the strong threat.} f3 29. Qe4 {Hoping for e6.} Rg6 30. Be3 fxg2 31. Kxg2 Bg5 32. Bxg5 ({Better is} 32. Kh1 $16) 32... Qxg5 $11 33. Rg1 Re6 $2 {[#]} (33... Ke7 $11) 34. f4 $2 (34. Qxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 35. Rxc8+ Kd7 36. Rgc1) 34... Qh5 {The position is equal.} 35. f5 Rh6 {[#]} ({Reject} 35... Qh3+ $6 36. Kh1 $16) 36. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Qxd5!} Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} ({Much worse is} 36... Qxh4 $6 37. Rh1 $16) 37. Qxf5 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxf5 39. Rxg4 {And now d5 would win.} Rd8 40. Rc4 Rxh4 41. Rxh4 Nxh4 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,17,23,15,17,14,17,10,10,10,2,7,7,19,68,50,57,74,61,57,103,97,86,80,93,89,110,47,110,79,107,99,125,109,119,106,125,120,129,107,139,18,48,56,157,120,203,201,433,431,448,450,430,448,531,542,545,512,610,601,787,541]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Nf6 7. Ba3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Be7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bxc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Bg4 $1 11. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has good play.} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Qd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Qb4 {1-0 (35) Bergez,L (2426)-Vuilleumier,A (2109) Geneve 2001}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Na4 Rfd8 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. b4 (18. Nb5 $16 Qf4 19. Qf3) 18... Nc6 (18... b6 $1 $14) 19. a3 Qf4 20. Qf3 Qh4 21. c3 h6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qd4 {And now f3 would win.} Qg5 {[#]} 25. Ra2 (25. h4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qf5 (25... Qxh4 26. f3) 26. b5) 25... Re6 26. Rae2 Bh5 (26... Rce8 $14) 27. Re3 $1 $16 Rf6 {[#]} (27... f5 $16 {might work better.}) 28. c4 $1 $18 Nxf2 $2 (28... Rxf2 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 dxe4) 29. cxd5 {White is clearly winning.} Rf4 {[#]} 30. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5g5] Threatens to win with Qxg5.} Rf5 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. d6 Qd4 33. Kh2 Bg6 34. Nc3 h5 35. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,20,-6,0,-36,-35,-23,-27,-29,-7,-15,0,0,0,-65,-14,-21,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-118,16,0,210,216,541,534,1195,5573,2985,2597,5506,5497,1993,2014,29984,29985,29985,29986,29978,1048,5581,2543]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 8. e4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} a4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} 9. Qc2 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ {Black has an edge.} 11. Kd1 Qd8 12. c5 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 {[#]} 14. Bd3 $146 (14. Qxa4 $11 b5 15. Qc2 (15. cxb6 Bb7 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxa4 b5 15. cxb6 Bb7 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. Ke2 Ba8 20. Qc2 Bxb6 {1-0 (36) Shulman,Y (2632)-Shabalov,A (2569) Ledyard 2009}) 14... e5 (14... Bc7 $1 $15) 15. dxe5 Bg4 16. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nd7 18. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qh4 19. Qc4 (19. Qc1 $1 $11) 19... b6 (19... Kh8 $17 20. Ng3 Rad8) 20. Kc2 {And now Rag1 would win.} (20. Qxa4 $2 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxf2 $19) 20... Nxc5 $2 {[#]} (20... Kh8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 21. Qd4 (21. Qxa4 $2 Qxf4 22. Rad1 Nxe5 $19) 21... Nxc5) 21. Rag1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg1g4] Hoping for Rg4.} ({Not} 21. Nxc5 Qxf2+ 22. Kb1 bxc5 $15) 21... Rad8 $2 {[#]} (21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rfd8) 22. Rg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h4]} Qe7 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. Rxg7 Rg8 25. Rxf7 Rxg1 26. Rxe7 {Intending Qf7 and mate.} Nb3 {[#]} 27. Rh7+ $3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 28. Qf7+ Rg7 29. Nd6+ Kh8 {[#]} 30. Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,58,6,-15,-5,-23,-17,-16,48,39,70,70,35,-52,-69,-164,25,28,26,31,31,31,31,31,28,21,27,-93,-112,-179,-175,-171,-176,-206,-224,-244,-236,-227,-219,-350,-339,-474,-380]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 a4 {C45: Scotch Game.} 11. Bg2 Qe6 12. O-O Bb4 (12... Be7 $11) 13. Ne4 $14 Qxc4 14. Qg4 Kf8 {[#]} 15. Bh6 $146 (15. Qh5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 d5 16. Qd1 Ba6 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qf4 {1-0 (27) Lantini,M (2190)-Di Fonzo,V (2230) Bratto 1997}) 15... gxh6 $15 16. Qh4 ({White should play} 16. Qf4 $15) 16... Ba6 $2 (16... Qe6 $1 $19 17. Nf6 Bd2) 17. Qxh6+ $11 Ke8 18. Rac1 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6h6]} ({But not} 18... Qxa2 $2 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Rfd1 $18) 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Rfd1 Kc8 $1 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 20... Qxe5 $6 21. Nxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 22. Qxc6 $16) 21. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Qxe5 {White must now prevent ...Kb8.} 22. Nxd7 (22. Rxc6 $1 $11 Bb5 23. Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb6 24. Nxd7) 22... Nxd7 $17 23. Rxd7 (23. Bxd7+ $17 {keeps fighting.} Kb8 24. Bxc6) 23... Kb8 $19 {And now ...Bd6 would win.} 24. Qxc6 {[#] aiming for Rd5.} Bd6 $1 25. Bg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rc6a8]} Ra7 {Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 26. Qxa4 Qe6 27. Bc6 Bb7 28. Qd4 (28. Qb3 $142) 28... Rf8 29. Bb5 Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,200,26,61,29,18,36,30,9,22,28,22,25,37,27,38,52,49,39,31,42,43,43,34,34,83,85,65,47,37,30,32,34,64,60,73,0,73,74,74,73,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,83,74,74,74,83,83,85,87,102,80,91,74,73,73,74,69,80,70,74,72,74,74,156,168,165,77,80,80,80,83,80,65,80,80,90,90,125,125,125,62,192,192,199,137,143,148,162,135,145,145,217,145,145,145,145,145,133,45,45,45,145,145,461,184,198,184,286,271,266,145,145,145,291,184,184,184,184,184,279,233,381,381,357,367,374,372,366,362,388,354,354,322,367,367,361,360,342,222,345,345,336,328,315,288,310,264,250,185,351,231,329,186,171,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 {White has an edge.} Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Ne1 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rxa6 Qd5 17. Qc2 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 b4 19. Nd2 e5 {[#]} 20. Qf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc6 Rd8 22. Nf3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Ra1 g6 25. Nd4 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 {1-0 (84) Lei,T (2497)-Kosteniuk,A (2517) China 2019}) 20... Nd7 $1 21. Nc4 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qg5 Rb5 24. dxe5 (24. Nxe5 $1 $16 Nxe5 25. Qxe5) 24... Nxe5 (24... Nc5 $11 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ (27. Qxh5+ Kg7 $11) 27... Kg8) 25. Nxe5 $16 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Rc6 Rd8 28. Rxc7 Rd3 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rb2 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rb6 32. h3 Rd1 33. Rc4 Rd3 34. Kf3 Rd1 35. Rd4 Rc1 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 g5 38. Ke4 Kg6 39. Kd3 Rd1+ 40. Rd2 Rc1 41. Ke4 {aiming for Rd6+.} Rcc6 (41... Rg1 $142) 42. Rc4 $1 Rf6 43. f4 (43. Kd3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 43... gxf4 44. exf4 {f5+ is the strong threat.} Rfe6+ 45. Kf3 Re1 46. Rd3 Rb1 47. Rcd4 Kg7 48. g5 Rb5 49. Ke4 Rb8 50. Rd7 Re8+ (50... Rc8 $1 $14) 51. Kf5 $18 {Hoping for g6.} Rc8 52. Rb7 (52. Re7 $1 $18) 52... Rc5+ $16 53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Kd4 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8+.} 55. Rxb4 f5 (55... Rc7 $16 56. Rb6 Rd7+ 57. Kc3 Rc7+ 58. Kd2 Rf1) 56. gxf6+ Kxf6 57. Rc4 Rb8 58. Kc3 Kf5 59. Rd5+ (59. Rc5+ $16 Kg4 60. Kd2) 59... Ke6 $14 60. Rcd4 {Black must now prevent b4.} Rc1+ (60... Rb1 $1 $14) 61. Kb2 $1 $16 Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rf1 $16 {is more resistant.}) 62. Rd6+ $2 (62. Rd8 Rxd8 63. Rxd8) 62... Kf5 63. b4 Re3 (63... Rf1 $142 64. R6d5+ Kg4 65. Rg5+ Kf3) 64. R6d5+ $18 Kf6 65. Rc5 (65. b5 $18) 65... Re2+ $16 66. Kc3 Re1 (66... Re3+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 67. Kc2 Re2+ 68. Kd3 Rb2) 67. Rdd5 Rc1+ 68. Kd2 Rf1 69. Rf5+ Ke6 (69... Kg6 $142) 70. b5 $18 Rf3 (70... Rb1 $142 71. Kc2 Rb4) 71. Rce5+ Kd6 72. Re3 Rf2+ 73. Kc3 Rc8+ 74. Kd4 Rc1 75. Rd5+ Kc7 76. Ke5 Rcf1 77. Re4 Kb6 78. Rc4 Ka5 79. Kf5 Rf3 (79... Rh1 $142 80. Kf6 Rh6+ 81. Kg5 Rfh2) 80. Re5 R3f2 81. Rd4 Rf3 82. Kg5 Rg3+ {[#]} 83. Kf6 $1 Rg4 84. Kf5 Rg2 $2 (84... Rg8) 85. Red5 Rg8 (85... Rgf2 {was called for.} 86. Kg5 Rg1+ 87. Kf6 Rg8) 86. Ke6 (86. Rd8 $142 Rg7 87. Kf6) 86... Rf8 {[#]} 87. Rf5 $2 ({Only move:} 87. b6+ $1 $18 Kxb6 88. Rf5 Re1+ 89. Re5) 87... Re1+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 88. Re5 Re8+ $1 89. Kf5 Rf8+ $1 90. Kg4 Rg1+ 91. Kf3 Rf1+ 92. Ke3 Re1+ 93. Kd3 Rd1+ 94. Ke3 Re1+ 95. Kd2 Rxf4 $1 96. Rxe1 (96. Rxf4 {is interesting.} Rxe5 97. b6 Kxb6 98. Kc3 Rh5 99. Rb4+) 96... Rxd4+ 97. Kc3 Rh4 98. Re5 Kb6 99. Rg5 Rf4 100. Rh5 Rg4 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,33,19,9,47,23,12,23,32,0,0,-7,21,23,18,28,66,62,62,57]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} 10. Bb5 {was the old line (10.Bd3).} Bd7 11. Be3 {[#]} O-O $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Be2 Nb3 15. Rd1 a5 16. Rd3 a4 17. Rc3 Ke7 {½-½ (17) Schmied,A (2085)-Pettersen,J Copenhagen 2005}) 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O Qc7 14. b4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. Qb3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 57%.} *

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,53,51,51,49,43,55,51,42,35,35,39,25,18,31,33,34,23,19,0,25,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-20,0,7,2,-15,16,10,43,0,0,6,2,-8,-6,-43,-53,-64,-32,-38,-40,-32,-13,-14,-20,-20,-18,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. c3 {B06: Modern Defence.} b6 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Nc6 {[#]} 15. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd5 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qa4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Qd1 Bh6 21. Rc3 Bxd5 22. exd5 {1-0 (33) Martirosyan,H (2617)-Sanduleac,V (2432) chess.com INT 2020}) 15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bd5 Ba6 19. Re3 Qe7 20. Ne2 {[%cal Bg3e2,Be2c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Rc7 {[%cal Bc8c7,Bc7c4,Bc4d4][%mdl 32]} 21. Nc3 Ne6 22. Bxe5 (22. Bxe6 $5 Qxe6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qa4 $11) 22... dxe5 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nd5 Rc4 25. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c7,Bc7b7][%mdl 32]} Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 26. Qb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc6!} Bb7 27. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. g3 a5 31. a4 (31. a3 $11) 31... f5 (31... b5 $1 $15 32. b3 b4) 32. Rb7 $11 Rc8 33. Rxb6 e4 34. Re2 Kg7 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 {The position is equal.} Kf6 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,199,20,4,0,10,6,0,28,0,37,23,27,39,63,17,35,25,18,25,43,42,48,45,45,39,51,41,40,36,76,76,68,0,38,31,62,51,51,56,79,86,95,80,78,72,72,59,59,62,64,64,82,66,89,89,91,91,88,87,91,62,91,91,98,98,111,86,86,86,86,86,85,79,72,66,116,138,135,135,159,162,159,163,183,132,132,132,183,107,107,107,108,108,107,107,105,97,97,97,97,90,90,90,119,80,82,81,125,125,125,125,164,163,168,167,162,161,166,147,155,161,150,147,135,136,139,128,135,132,170,163,170,128,150,150,163,163,163,162,163,163,158,146,162,151,158,155,155,162,174,163,228,228,228,228,228,223,219,195,202,195,189,164,266,174,209,185,194,195,317,317,317,310,359,294,5177,4849,5177,4927,1575,1567,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29979,29985,29986,29986,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O {And now Nxd5 would win.} O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Qc2 Nb6 {[#]} 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. Ng5 f5 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Qxc4 Qe7 15. Bf4 b5 16. Qb3 {0-1 (73) Schandorff,L (2492)-Drozdovskij,Y (2608) Borup 2010}) 10... f6 11. Ng4 Bd6 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Bf4 Ra7 19. a3 Bd7 20. Nc5 {Threatens to win with e4.} Bc8 21. Ne4 (21. Rac1 $14) 21... Qf5 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Be3 Ra6 24. f3 Kf7 25. Rd2 Bd7 26. g4 Qg6 27. Nc5 (27. Bf4 {looks sharper.} Ra7 28. e3 Rb8 29. Qc3 a4 30. Rg2) 27... Qxc2 28. Rdxc2 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb8 30. R1c2 a4 31. Bc1 Ke7 32. h4 Be8 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. e4 Bf7 35. Ke2 Rb3 36. Bd2 Rb5 37. Bb4 Rab6 38. Ke3 (38. R5c3 {is more complex.} h5 39. Ke3 Be8 40. g5 fxg5 41. Rg2) 38... Rxc5 39. Rxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb5 40. Rc2 h5 41. g5 fxg5 42. Rg2 $1 e5 43. dxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 44. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Re8 45. Rxg5 ({Don't play} 45. hxg5 $6 g6 $16) 45... g6 46. Kf4 Rb8 47. Ra5 (47. Ke5 $18) 47... Bb3 48. Kg5 Rf8 (48... Bd1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 49. Kxg6 Bxf3) 49. Kxg6 (49. Bf6 $18) 49... Rxf3 50. Kxh5 Rf4 51. Kg5 Rxe4 52. h5 Bc2 53. Rf5 Re2 54. Rf7+ Kd6 55. Rf6+ Kd5 56. Rf4 Rg2+ 57. Kh6 c5 58. Rf7 c6 59. Rg7 Re2 60. Rg5+ Kc4 61. Kg7 Re7+ 62. Kf8 Re6 63. Kf7 Rd6 64. Ke7 Rd5 65. Re5 Rd1 66. h6 Rh1 67. Re6 Kb5 68. Kf8 Rf1+ 69. Rf6 Rg1 70. Rf2 Bb1 71. Kf7 Ba2+ 72. Kf6 {Black must now prevent h7.} Bb1 {intending ...Rg6+.} 73. Rh2 {Hoping for h7.} Bh7 74. Rh4 Rg3 75. Ke6 Re3+ 76. Be5 Re2 77. Rh2 Re1 78. Rh5 Kb6 79. Kf6 Rg1 80. Rg5 Rh1 (80... Rd1 {might work better.} 81. Kf7 Rh1) 81. Kg7 $18 Bb1 82. Bd6 c4 83. Bc5+ Ka6 84. Bb4 Kb6 85. Ba5+ Kb7 86. Bc3 Rd1 (86... Kc7 $142 87. Ra5 Bc2) 87. Bf6 Rd7+ 88. Kg8 {aiming for Rg7.} Rd6 89. Rg7+ Ka6 {[#]} (89... Kb6 {was necessary.}) 90. Rf7 $1 c3 91. bxc3 Ba2 {...Rxf6 is the strong threat.} 92. Kg7 {Strongly threatening h7.} Bxf7 $2 (92... Bb1 93. h7 Bxh7 94. Kxh7 Kb5) 93. h7 Bb3 94. h8=Q {Intending Qc8+ and mate.} Rd7+ 95. Kh6 Kb5 96. Qb8+ {White mates.} Kc4 97. Qf4+ Kc5 {[#]} 98. Be7+ $1 Kb6 (98... Rxe7 99. Qd4+) 99. Qb8+ Ka6 100. Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,42,24,27,31,12,8,15,8,0,18,15,24,13,34,-13,-7,-9,22,0,0,0,0,0,30,-34,-35,-62,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-34]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. d4 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 9. gxf3 e6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bf1 g5 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. Kh1 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({But not} 13... exd5 $6 14. exd5 Be7 15. Nc4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Rg1 h6 17. a4 Be7 18. a5 Kf8 19. Bf1 Nh5 {½-½ (59) Zelbel,P (2456)-Kokje,J (2282) Groningen 2017}) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 ({White should try} 17. Rb1 $11) 17... O-O-O $15 18. Bd2 Rg6 (18... Rd7 $15) 19. Qb6 $11 Rd7 20. Qa7 Kd8 21. Qb8+ Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 79%.} *

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,7,25,0,-4,-2,26,15,20,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,61,64,57,60,52,78,36,43,36,39,41,104,104,99,81,101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,5,162,162,162,117,812,752,1933,1761,1870,1900,1752,1522,1328,784,12839,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 {9...Nb6 is the modern continuation.} 10. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qa3 {White has an edge.} Bg4 13. Rd1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. a4 {[#]} Bxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rac8 18. a5 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Qe3 Qh4 22. f4 Nh5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 {½-½ (47) Moiseenko,A (2689)-Lorparizangeneh,S (2454) Doha 2015}) 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. a5 Nd7 20. e5 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. f4 Qd8 (23... Kg7 $11) 24. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} exd5 25. Qxd5 {aiming for e6.} Qe7 $1 26. Qd6 Nf8 $1 27. Bf3 Ne6 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rb1 Nc5 ({Black should play} 29... g5 $14) 30. Rb5 $16 Rc7 31. Bd5 Kf8 32. Kf2 (32. Kg2 $16) 32... Nd3+ $1 $11 33. Kf3 Rc5 34. Rxc5 ({Don't play} 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rxa7 Nb4 $17) 34... Nxc5 {KB-KN} 35. Bc4 Ke7 36. e4 Ne6 37. f5 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 Nc6 $2 (38... Nc2+ $1 $11 39. Kf4 gxf5) 39. f6+ $18 Kf8 {[#]} 40. e6 $1 fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Nxa5 $16 41. Bd5 Nc6) 41. Bxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxa5 42. e5 Nc6 43. Ke4 a5 44. Bb3 b5 45. e6 a4 46. Bd5 Ne7 47. fxe7+ Kxe7 {[#]} 48. Ke5 $1 b4 49. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,0,44,35,49,41,34,54,52,35,43,47,51,41,57,62,59,56,58,58,54,50,77,67,102,99,147,133,140,113,119,154,187,186,189,104,82,94,109,108,133,135,137,136,140,140,146,126,139,113,103,83,84,72,73,62,70,70,50,35,56,18,18,14,13,-4,23,22,50,40,81,70,115,115,115,98,98,98,113,40,210,202,173,85,91,64,160,67,177,185,347,329,428,371,380,401,390,364,387,375,448,438]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 g6 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Rd1 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. Bh3 b4 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. h5 bxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. hxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (37) Munoz Monroy,C (2066)-Chirivi Castiblanco,J (2164) Bagre 2018}) 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} a6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Nc2 h6 15. h4 Qd8 16. Ne3 cxd4 17. cxd4 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rc2 ({White should try} 22. Bh3 $18) 22... Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qf7 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qb4 b5 28. Qc5 Bb7 29. Qa7 h5 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. Bh3 Bc8 32. Qb6 Ne4 33. Nc2 Qf7 34. Bf1 (34. Bg2 {with more complications.} Bh6 35. Ne1 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Qxf4 37. Qa7+) 34... Bh6 35. Qc7 (35. Qb8 {is interesting.} Qb7 36. Ne1 Qxb8 37. Bxb8 g5 38. hxg5 Bxg5 39. Nd3) 35... Qxc7 36. Bxc7 Bc1 37. b3 Bd2 38. Bd3 Bh6 39. f3 Nf6 40. Kf2 Bf8 41. Ne1 Bg7 42. Be5 Nd7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 44. Nc2 ({Better is} 44. Bc2 $16) 44... e5 $2 {[#]} (44... Nb8 $14) 45. Ke3 $1 $18 Kf6 46. dxe5+ (46. Nb4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 46... Nxe5 $16 47. Be2 Ke7 (47... Nc6 $1 $14) 48. Nd4 (48. Nb4 $16) 48... Bd7 (48... Kf6 $14) 49. Kf4 $18 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (49... Nf7 50. g4 Kd6) 50. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5] Hoping for g5+.} hxg4 51. fxg4 {g5+ is the strong threat.} Nf7 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Bd3 Bh3 54. Nc6 Bg2 55. Ne7 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,-7,8,0,8,6,15,10,15,14,21,18,24,-212,-202,-183,-150,-152,-99,-166,-121,-141,-137,-153,-119,-152,-39,-179,698,696,693,688,672,712,672,670,1111,1081,1229,1092,29975,12357,5414,5414,29983,6370]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} c5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Qe7 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Be3 c4 16. Bf1 Ne4 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Qc1 Re6 {0-1 (72) Haring,F (2298)-Kriebel,T (2516) Slovakia 2020}) 15. Bxh7+ $2 (15. Be2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 15... Kxh7 $19 16. Rd4 Rh8 17. Rf4 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Kg8 (17... Qf8 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxf6 Kg8) 18. Re1 (18. Rxf6 $17 gxf6 19. Bxf6) 18... Qd6 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qxf6 {White wants to play Re3.} Rh7 21. Re3 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} Rg7 ({Black should play} 21... Qb6 $17 {And now ...Rg7 would win.} 22. Bf4 Kf8) 22. Rg3 (22. Bf4 $1 $15 Qd8 23. Rxe6) 22... Qf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Qb6 $19 23. Qh6 f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxf6 Rxg3) 23. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 576] Skewer} Rxg3 24. fxg3 (24. Bxf8 $2 {perishes.} Rg6 $17) 24... Qxh6 25. Qxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Rb8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 a4 28. a3 Rc8 {[#]} 29. g4 $1 d4 (29... Bxg4 30. Qg5+) 30. cxd4 c3 {[#]} 31. d5 $1 {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Black "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,-10,34,18,34,25,52,19,25,14,12,-18,-6,-11,-15,-30,-24,-26,-25,-19,0,-14,36,29,34,0,31,43,37,24,16,17,23,25,28,25,42,50,54,50,58,16,17,0,0,0,49,52,52,46,54,50,218,216,1502,1458]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} Bb7 7. e4 e6 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nb3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... bxa4 16. Nc5 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Be2 a5 19. Rxa4 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qa7 21. Qc4 Ra8 {½-½ (44) Stefanova,A (2531)-Ziaziulkina,N (2330) Albena 2013}) 16. Nc5 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nd7 (17... Ba8 {is interesting.} 18. e5 Nd7 19. axb5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qb8) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qe2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rb8 22. e5 Be7 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Rc6 Qd8 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 {[#] Black must now prevent e6.} Nc5 27. Ba2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Nd4 {aiming for Qh5.} b4 30. Qf3 Qg6 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 30... b3 $14 31. Nxb3 (31. Bxb3 Nxb3 32. Nxb3 Qb4 $15) 31... Ne6) 31. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Bf8 $2 (31... Bd8 32. h4 b3) 32. Nh4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Stukan, Martin"]
[Black "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,123,43,33,37,42,52,50,54,51,43,21,61,-34,-18,-19,-19,-22,0,-43,-40,-52,0,0,0,15,48,27,35,17,68,62,135,137,189,66,77,75,67,64,62,56,57,60,73,53,63,62,102,22,87,81,98,39,64,17,12,0,0,0,56,54,53,50,183,30,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 9. Be3 $1 {9.Be3 scores better than 9.0-0.} Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] [#]} 13. b3 $146 (13. g5 $14 Nh5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5) ({Predecessor:} 13. g5 b4 14. Nce2 Nh5 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Bxh5 Nc4 17. Qd3 gxh5 18. Bc1 Bb5 19. Qf3 {½-½ (29) Stoyanov,Z (2466)-Yamaliev,V (2470) ICCF email 2014}) 13... Qc7 14. g5 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 15. Nce2 Nh5 16. Bf3 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Nf4 ({Black should play} 17... Qa5 $1 $15) 18. Bxf4 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with Be3.} Bxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Bd2.} exf4 21. h4 Qb6 (21... Rfe8 $11) 22. Qd4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd4b6]} Qa5 (22... Qc6 $14) 23. Rd2 $16 ({Worse is} 23. Qxd6 Rxc2 24. a4 Rc3 $17) 23... Be6 (23... Rc3 $16) 24. h5 (24. Qxd6 $18 Rfd8 25. Qxf4) 24... Qxg5 $14 25. hxg6 ({But not} 25. Qxd6 a5 $11) 25... fxg6 26. Qxb4 a5 27. Qxd6 Bf7 $1 28. Rhd1 Rfe8 29. Qd4 h5 30. Be2 h4 31. Bf1 (31. Ba6 $16 Rc7 32. Rh1) 31... f3 (31... Be6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Bh3 Rc5 33. Rd3 (33. Bg4 $16) 33... Rce5 $1 34. Rxf3 Rxe4 35. Qd7 R4e7 36. Qd2 Qh5 (36... Qxd2 $11 37. Rxd2 Kg7) 37. Rf4 Re2 38. Qd4 g5 {[#]} (38... R2e4 $14 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd8) 39. Bg4 $2 (39. Rf5 $1 $18 R2e4 40. Qd2 Qxd1+ 41. Qxd1) 39... Qg6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 40. Bxe2 {The position is equal.} Rxe2 41. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8d8]} 42. Rf6 Rxd8 43. Rxg6+ Bxg6 44. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Kg7 45. Rd1 {Hoping for Rh1.} Be4 $1 46. Re1 Bf3 47. c3 h3 48. b4 h2 49. Kc2 axb4 50. cxb4 h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Bxh1 {KB-K3P} 52. Kd3 Kf6 53. a4 Ke5 54. Ke3 Bd5 55. b5 Bc4 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kf3 Be6 59. a5 Bd7 60. a6 {aiming for a7.} Bxb5 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. f4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,21,8,16,21,7,7,13,4,18,0,12,0,15,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 {The position is equal.} 6. Bxc6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qe5+ Qe7 10. Qa5 Qd8 11. Qe5+ {Not much happened in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,21,20,19,33,0,6,-11,0,-37,-10,-10,-8,-8,-4,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-6,-18,-18,-18,-22,-18,-21,-20,-18,-22,-22,-22,-11,-22,-23,-24,-27,-23,-26,-17,-25,-39,-26,-28,-12,-27,-8,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Rb8 13. Bb2 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Rfc1 Kd7 15. Bc6+ Kd8 16. e4 f6 17. Kg2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. f4 Kd7 {½-½ (38) Kovalyov,A (2617)-Nakamura,H (2789) Baku 2016}) 14. f4 Bd7 15. d5 Rfe8 16. Bd4 b6 17. Bh3 Rbd8 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. e3 Ba3 21. Rfb1 Rc6 22. Rb3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Rb2 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Rd3 27. Re1 Kd6 28. Ree2 b5 29. Red2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2+ {KR-KR} Rd5 31. Rc2 Rd3 32. Ke4 Ra3 33. g4 a5 34. h4 {The position is equal.} b4 35. h5 a4 36. Kd4 h6 37. g5 b3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. Rc8 Rb4+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,29,29,35,16,6,12,14,18,24,12,31,-25,-13,-19,0,-23,40,50,52,41,61,4,15,0,-14,-16,-14,-24,7,0,0,-25,-17,-17,-18,-30,0,0,0,0,58,86,57,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-31,-13,-41,-43,-45,-46,-530,-22,-17,0,-4,-1,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 {E80: King's Indian: Sämisch: Lines without early ...0-0.} 7. Nge2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.Bg5.} exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 {[#]} 11. f4 $146 ({Better is} 11. Nf1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. a4 Ne5 15. O-O Bh3 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Bd2 {1-0 (77) Ding,L (2812)-Grischuk,A (2771) Shamkir 2019}) 11... O-O $11 12. Bf3 a6 13. a4 Qh4 (13... Re8 $11) 14. O-O $14 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ndf6 16. Qe1 (16. Qd3 $14) 16... Ng4 $11 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Be3 f5 19. Qf2 Bxc3 (19... Qe7 {seems wilder.} 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 h4 22. Nge2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qxe4 24. Qf2 h3) 20. bxc3 {Strongly threatening e5.} fxe4 $1 21. Rab1 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Bd7 24. Rb6 Qe7 25. h3 Rfb8 (25... Nf6 $11) 26. Rxb8+ (26. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Qe3 $11) 26... Rxb8 27. Re1 (27. f5 $14 Rf8 28. Bh6) 27... Nf6 28. c4 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 29. Nf1 Nh5 30. Qc2 Ng3+ 31. Nxg3 hxg3 32. Bc1 Qf6 33. Qd2 Qd4 34. f5 $1 Qf2 35. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 35. Qa5 $1 $15) 35... Qxd2 $2 (35... Bxf5 $19 {Hoping for ...Rb1.} 36. Rd1 Rf8 37. Qxf2 gxf2) 36. Bxd2 {The position is equal.} Bxf5 $19 {KRB-KRB} 37. Bf4 Rb3 38. Re1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Bxg3 {[#]} (39. Rxe3 Rb1+) 39... e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bxd6 (40. Rxe2 Rxg3) 40... Bd3 41. Bxc5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,96,16,7,8,25,0,0,0,0,-64,0,2,35,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-24,-16,-59,-76,-58,-49,-58,-62,-64,-58,-68,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-8,-14,-45,-11,-12,-25,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bf4 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} O-O {[#]} 9. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Nf6 14. g5 Ne4 15. gxh6 {1-0 (50) Rakhmanov,A (2652)-Kiriakov,P (2520) Dubai 2018}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 ({Reject} 10... Nxg4 $6 11. Rg1 $16) 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 $11) 11... b4 ({And not} 11... Nxg4 12. Rg1 $16) (11... c5 $15 12. d5 exd5) 12. Na4 $1 $11 Nd5 13. h4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 {next g5! is good for White.} Rd8 17. g5 Qd7 $1 ({But not} 17... hxg5 $6 18. hxg5 Bxg5 {[#]} 19. Qh5 $3 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. gxh6 {aiming for Qg4!} Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Rg1 g6 {...Ba6 is the strong threat.} 21. h5 Ba6 (21... Re4+ $15 22. Kd2 Rxe5 23. hxg6 Bg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kc2 fxg6) 22. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5a6]} Bxc5 $1 23. Rxc5 Rad8 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4]} 24. f3 Rd2 25. Rc2 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 {Hoping for Rxd1.} Rxg1 27. Kxg1 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} gxh5 28. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} Bb7 29. Rc7 Bd5 {And now ...Bxb3 would win.} 30. Bc2 Bxf3 31. Kf2 Bg4 32. h7+ Kg7 $1 33. Kg3 Bf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 {KR-KR} 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. Rxa7 Rd4+ 37. Kg3 Kxh7 38. e6 Re4 39. exf7 Kg7 40. a3 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 bxa3 42. bxa3 f4 {White should prevent ...f3.} 43. Ra5 Kxf7 44. Rxh5 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 45. Kh2 Ke6 46. a4 Rg8 47. Rb5 f3 48. Rb3 f2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,-7,0,-15,-16,-16,-4,-17,0,-15,-11,-6,-12,-18,-15,-18,0,-6,-10,-24,8,0,0,0,0,0,15,4,25,1,4,0,0,-2,-1,-64,0,-5,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4.} Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 {[#]} 14. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 b6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qe3 {½-½ (20) Harman,K (1645)-Kuuse,K (1802) ICCF email 2015}) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rac1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5!} Qb7 18. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 19. Ne3 Be8 20. Rcd1 Bc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. h3 Bb7 24. Qe3 d5 25. Rc1 dxe4 26. dxe4 h6 27. Qe2 (27. Kh2 $11) 27... Rxc1 ({Black should try} 27... Qb4 $1 $15) 28. Rxc1 $11 {The position is equal.} Bg5 29. Rd1 Qb4 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Nf2 f6 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Rd1 Qb4 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. Rd1 Qb4 37. Rc1 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,53,14,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,6,2,5,4,5,5,6,4,4,4,11,0,6,0,15,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 {The position is equal.} b6 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb5 Ba6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxb5.} 16. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. Ne2 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 N7c5 21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. g3 Nxe4 {0-1 (45) Weller,J (2176)-Richardson,J (2320) England 2013}) 16... Ne5 17. Ne2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc4e2]} 19. Nf4 {[#] And now Rc1 would win.} Bb5 {[%cal Ra8a4]} 20. Kf2 Rxa4 21. Qb2 Nc6 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qc4 24. Rc1 Qa4 25. Ra1 Qc4 26. Rc1 Qa4 27. Ra1 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,0,20,17,25,34,30,35,35,35,35,26,31,40,43,36,29,36,42,44,30,40,26,20,39,30,41,52,74,66,75,68,70,39,27,35,55,0,7,2,12,15,25,18,10,0,15,15,14,10,17,5,11,9,35,38,39,37,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,69,69,48,69,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,25,25,25]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne5.} Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 ({Much weaker is} 13... cxd4 14. c5 $16) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 {[%cal Bb6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nf3 {[#]} Bg5 $146 {White should prevent ...Bxd2+.} ({Predecessor:} 19... h5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Rfe1 Kg8 23. Re4 a6 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Bf6 {1-0 (45) Oparin,G (2542)-Mokshanov,A (2428) Loo 2014}) 20. O-O Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Nf4 {With the idea ...Ne2+.} 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Nf3 a6 24. b5 axb5 $1 25. Qxb5 {Threatens to win with Rb1.} Kg8 26. Rb4 ({White should try} 26. g3 $14 Nd5 27. Rfc1) 26... Nd3 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Nxc5 29. Rc7 Rd5 30. Rb1 Kh7 31. Rxf7 Ra8 32. h3 Rxa2 33. Re1 Ra6 34. Ne5 Rad6 35. Re3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rg3.} Rd8 36. Rc7 Nd7 37. Nxd7 R8xd7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} h5 40. Re5 g6 41. g3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Ra7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kf6 45. f4 Ra3 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Re3 Ra1 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Rc3 Ra7 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Ke4 Re7+ 53. Kd5 Rf7 54. Rc4 Rf5+ 55. Ke6 Kg8 56. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,117,5,0,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,11,10,18,21,39,21,22,22,22,18,22,29,28,20,20,20,20,30,34,36,36,36,37,35,35,37,30,11,12,22,57,35,54,60,45,11,15,0,0,0,9,16,20,13,20,25,195,196,239,52,221,218,212,212,439,439,442,433,2570,2172,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12837,12835,12835,12835,12835,12836,12836,12836,12836,12834,12838,12839,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,27998,27999,27999,27997,27998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. c4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nc6 10. Nc3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Nb5 O-O-O {½-½ (12) Ardeleanu,A (2338)-Tancik,K (2274) Subotica 2012}) 11. d4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 12. Bxe7 {Black must now prevent Bh4.} Nxc3 13. bxc3 {And now Bg5 would win.} Kxe7 14. Nd2 Rhe8 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. h4 f5 18. g3 Kf6 19. Kd2 c6 20. h5 g5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh7 Rh8 23. Rah1 Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Rd8 25. f4 Rd7 26. Rh8 b6 27. d5 Bf7 28. Ra8 Rc7 29. Bf3 cxd5 30. cxd5 b5 31. Be2 Nc4+ 32. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. a4 (33. Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d6]}) 33... Rb7 34. a5 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 Rb1+ 36. Kc2 Rb5 37. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening a6.} Bxd5 38. Kd2 Ke6 $2 {[#]} (38... Be4 $11) 39. Nc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc2d4] Threatens to win with Nd4+.} Rb1 40. a6 $2 (40. Nd4+ $18 Kf6 41. Rd7) 40... Be4 $2 (40... Rb2 $14 41. Kc1 Ra2) 41. Nd4+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Rb6 $2 (42... Rg1 43. Rxd6+ Kf7) 43. a7 Bg2 44. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Bxc6 (44... Ra6 $142 45. Rxd6+ Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kf6) 45. Rxd6+ Ke7 {[#]} 46. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] KR-KR} Rb2+ (46... Rxc6 47. a8=Q) 47. Ke3 Ra2 48. Rxg6 {White threatens Rg8 and mate.} Kf7 49. Rh6 Kg7 50. Rc6 Rxa7 51. Rxc4 Re7+ 52. Kd3 Re1 53. Rc5 Rg1 54. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 55. Kd4 Rf3 56. c4 Kg6 57. Re5 (57. Rb5 $18 Rxf4+ 58. Kd5) 57... Rxf4+ 58. Kd5 Kf6 59. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,15,30,22,36,18,25,0,0,-11,0,0,3,3,3,3,4,5,10,7,63,67,51,51,60,68,89,90,88,96,96,89,90,56,66,58,91,79,160,172,258,254,397,404,401,385,382,382,521,560,561,548,452,435,463,430,553,525,590,587,561,546,539,536]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Na4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bd6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Nb5 {White has an edge.} Bb8 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nac3 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qh4 17. f4 a6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ba7 21. Rc7 Bxd4 22. exd4 {0-1 (42) Sanchez Guirado,F (2411)-Jimenez Villena,F (2275) Ciudad Real 2004}) 15... Rd8 16. Rc1 Bh3 17. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. f3 Nxd4 (20... Ng5 $11) 21. Qxd4 $14 Qxd4 22. exd4 Nd6 23. g4 {aiming for Kf2.} h5 24. Nc3 (24. gxh5 Nf5 $11) 24... hxg4 25. fxg4 f5 26. Nxd5 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 fxg4 28. Ne7+ Kh7 {[#]} 29. Rc7 $1 Nf7 ({Better is} 29... Rf8) 30. d5 Nh6 (30... b5 {was called for.} 31. Nc6 Rf8) 31. Rxb7 $18 Re8 (31... Ng8 $142 32. Nxg8 Kxg8) 32. d6 Nf5 33. Re5 ({Less strong is} 33. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Rd1 $14) 33... Nxe7 34. Rexe7 ({Not} 34. dxe7 a6 $18) 34... Rxe7 35. dxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR. White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 35. Rxe7 Rd8 $16) 35... a5 36. Kg2 Kg6 {[#]} 37. Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (37... Rxa7 38. e8=Q+) 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kxg4 Rc8 40. Rxa5 Kxe7 41. a4 Rc3 42. Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,145,9,31,15,10,5,20,17,17,24,4,8,18,13,16,9,21,19,28,19,25,19,19,12,17,15,15,15,13,7,7,17,63,52,78,78,75,75,75,67,65,63,100,65,71,71,79,29,49,5,5,8,20,10,10,10,28,0,39,3,4,4,4,8,157,160,134,84,263,265,316,242,255,220,877,846,927,919,761,564,928,836,1125,1257,1081,416,1216,1085,1245,1194,1127,942,1339,1703,1617,1452,29973,29974,29970,893,791,750,750,670,419,340,220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+).} Bb7 9. Qxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Ke7 15. Rac1 Rhd8 16. b5 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {0-1 (46) Percivaldi,M (2391)-Dudin,G (2388) Budapest 2020}) 11... Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O-O 16. Rac1+ Kb8 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Nc6+ Kb7 19. Rc2 Re8 20. Rfc1 e5 21. a4 a6 $1 22. Rc4 e4 23. e3 Rd7 24. b5 a5 25. h3 h5 26. Kf1 Nh7 27. Nd4 Ng5 28. h4 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 $11 {KR-KR} Rd6+ 33. Ke2 Rg6 $1 34. Rc3 Kb8 35. Rc4 Kb7 $1 36. Rd4 {aiming for Rd7+.} Kc7 37. Rd5 Rf6 38. f3 Rg6 (38... exf3+ $1 $11 39. Kxf3 g6) 39. Rxf5 $16 Rxg3 40. fxe4 Rg2+ $2 (40... Rg4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 41. Kf3 $18 Ra2 42. Rxh5 Rxa4 43. Rg5 Ra1 $2 (43... Kd6 44. Rxg7 Rb4) 44. e5 Kd7 45. Rxg7+ Ke6 46. Kf4 Rh1 47. Rg6+ Kd5 48. Rd6+ Kc5 49. Kg5 (49. Rd3 $142 Kxb5 50. e6 Rxh4+ 51. Kg5) 49... a4 (49... Rh3 $142 50. Rd3 Kc4) 50. Rd3 Rg1+ 51. Kf5 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Rh1 53. e6 Rxh4+ {[#]} 54. Kf5 $1 Rh7 55. Kg6 Rh4 56. Rd4 (56. e7 $142 Re4 57. Kf7 Kxb5 58. e8=Q+ Rxe8 59. Kxe8 Kc4 60. Rd1 b5 61. e4) 56... Rh3 {[#]} 57. Re4 $1 Rg3+ 58. Kf5 Rf3+ {[#]} 59. Kg4 $1 Rf8 60. e7 $2 (60. Rxa4 $18 Kd6 61. Ra6 Kxe6 62. Rxb6+ Kd5 63. Rg6 (63. Rc6 Rg8+ 64. Kf5 Re8 $16)) 60... Re8 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Kf5 a3 62. Ke6 Kxb5 63. Rf4 a2 64. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1a1]} Ka4 65. Kd7 Rb8 {And now ...b5 would win.} 66. e8=Q Rxe8 67. Kxe8 {KR-KPP} b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 68. Rf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7a7] Threatens to win with Ra7+.} Kb3 69. Ra7 Kb2 70. e4 b4 71. e5 b3 72. e6 a1=Q 73. Rxa1 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,19,11,17,9,16,14,14,14,14,17,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,9,9,10,10,13,12,42,42,43,42,60,60,75,69,73,72,57,57,67,56,57,57,57,57,152,151,143,150,154,151,144,139,278,264,277,0,229,223,289,285,282,244,291,251,315,320,370,422,801,809,776,755]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} 11. Nfd2 Be6 12. Ne4 b6 {[#] The position is equal.} 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rad8 15. a4 Nde7 16. Bf1 Kh8 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Nxc5 {1-0 (97) Roshka,Y (2214)-Sivuk,V (2520) Lvov 2017}) 13... Qd7 14. fxe5 Bg4 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd5+ $1 Qxd5 17. Qxg4 Nd4 {[#] ...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 {aiming for exf6.} Nxc2 20. Rb1 fxe5 21. Be3 (21. Bg5 {feels hotter.} Nb4 22. Be7 Rf3 23. Bxc5 Nxd3 24. Be3) 21... Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Rad8 23. Rd1 Rf7 24. Ng4 Rd5 25. b3 h5 26. Nf2 Rd6 27. Kg2 Ra6 28. Re2 Rd6 29. Ne4 Rd5 30. Rc2 Bf8 31. Rf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Be7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Kf3 c4 ({Black should play} 33... Ke6 $14) 34. bxc4 $16 Ra5 35. Rd2 Ke6 36. Rb2 Ra3 37. Ke3 a5 (37... Ra6 $16 38. h3 Rb6 39. Rxb6+ axb6) 38. Rc2 $18 Ra4 39. Rb2 Ra3 $1 40. h3 Bb4 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Nf6+ Kc6 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Nc3 Bb8 45. Ke4 Kc5 (45... Bd6 $142 46. Nb5 Ra4) 46. Nb5 Ra4 47. a3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 8. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:13:37]} 9. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 10. d3 {[%emt 0:12:52]} e3 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 11. fxe3 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Rf1 {[%emt 0:22:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:41]} 13. Kh1 {[%emt 0:11:33]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:15:08]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:11:26]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:08:58]} 20. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 23. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nac5 {[%emt 0:09:02]} 24. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 25. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 28. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,22,26,29,22,30,27,29,22,17,14,21,16,31,31,53,45,47,19,38,7,47,41,60,54,61,21,47,33,39,26,25,10,18,32,22,29,16,0,16,10,21,0,36,35,45,0,74,75,75,67,297,252,442,415,353,398,401,402,955,955,898,916,908,912,845,788,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 dxc4 {White has an edge.} 9. bxc4 O-O 10. O-O {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Qe3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 Ngf6 16. Rfc1 a6 {1-0 (43) Wojtaszek,R (2739)-Tomczak,J (2628) Katowice 2019}) 11. Qc3 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Bh3 Na5 15. e4 Rbd8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. d5 ({Of course not} 17. dxe5 Nc5 $11) 17... f6 18. Nh4 Kh8 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Bf5 Ndc5 21. Qf3 g5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Ng2 Bxc4 24. h4 Rg8 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Rbd1 Bxa2 27. Ne3 Bb3 28. Rb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf8 {[#]} (28... Ba4 $11) 29. Kg2 $1 $16 Rf7 30. Rh1 a5 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (30... Ba4 $1 $14) 31. Rh6 $1 $18 a4 $2 (31... Ba4 {was worth a try.}) 32. Rbh1 {aiming for Bxh7.} Rgg7 33. Bg6 Rxg6 34. Rxg6 Qf8 {[#]} (34... f5 $142 35. exf5 (35. Nxf5 Qf8 $18) 35... Nd7) 35. Rxh7+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxh7 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 {Intending Nf5+ and mate.} ({Stronger than} 38. Nf5+ Kxf8 39. Nxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 38... Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kf6 40. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,14,0,25,18,22,26,47,47,57,50,68,57,73,65,60,61,90,70,68,75,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-9,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 13. Kh2 h5 14. a5 {[#]} Nh7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 c5 17. Nde2 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd2 20. Bxc8 Nfxe4 {1-0 (67) Prudnikova,S (2426)-Cedikova,K (2181) Istanbul 2003}) 15. f4 Nf8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Re2 Qb8 20. Rae1 Qa7 21. Qc4 Ne6 22. e5 (22. Nd5 $16) 22... Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.The position is equal.} 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rd2 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 $1 Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Nd5 Kf8 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 29. e6 {[#] aiming for e7+.} ({Much weaker is} 29. Nxc7 Rc8 $17) 29... Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rd7 Re7 34. Rd8+ Re8 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,25,48,54,64,39,51,12,20,17,11,23,30,23,33,-38,-29,-28,-32,-26,-29,-19,-2,0,0,0,37,51,85,62,35,38,41,45,107,87,156,164,230,217,295,291,268,258,442,436,425,295,284,225,1096,999,1186,1159,2621,2583,29955,29957,5916,1906,29986,29987,29987,29979,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29978,29974,29974,12794,5755,29994,29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. d5 {was the old line (11.h3). E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} Ne7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} g5 14. Nd2 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. c5 f5 {[#]} 17. Bh4 $146 (17. cxd6 $14 cxd6 18. Bh4) ({Predecessor:} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. exf5 Nexf5 19. Nde4 a6 20. Re1 Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Qb6+ 23. Kf1 {½-½ (43) Mertanen,J (2280)-Paakkonen,T (2290) Finland 2011}) 17... f4 $1 $15 18. Bg5 f3 19. gxf3 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...gxf3.} 20. fxg4 {[#] Black must now prevent cxd6.} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 21. Bxh6 (21. Bxe7 Nxg4 22. f3 (22. Bxg4 $2 Bxg4 23. f3 Bxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. Kf2 Bxd1+ $19) (22. Bg5 $2 Qxg5 23. f3 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kf2 Nxd1+ $19) 22... Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Nxd1+ 24. Raxd1 Rf7 $11) 21... Bxh6 22. Nc4 $1 {Strongly threatening f3.} Bf4 {( -> ...Qh6)} 23. Kg2 $1 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} (23. cxd6 $2 {leads to mate.} Qh6 24. Kg2 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 Bh6#) 23... Qf6 24. Rh1 Be3 25. Qg1 (25. fxe3 $2 {is a self mate.} Qf2+ 26. Kh3 Rf6 27. cxd6 Rh6#) 25... Bxc5 26. Ne3 {And now Nf5 would win.} Qg7 {White now steadily converts the win.} (26... Rf7 $1 $14) 27. Rh2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bd7 (27... Rf6 $142) 28. Kh1 Bxe3 (28... Kf7 $142) 29. fxe3 $18 Rf7 30. g5 Raf8 31. Qg3 c6 $2 (31... b5 {was worth a try.} 32. Nxb5 (32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rf1+ 34. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 $16) 32... Qg6) 32. dxc6 bxc6 33. Bc4 d5 34. exd5 cxd5 $2 (34... Nf5 35. Qg1 Nd6) 35. Nxd5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Bc6 36. Qg2 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nxd5 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Qxd5 Qg6 39. e4 (39. Rf1 $142 a5 40. Rh6 Qxg5 {[#]} 41. Rg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg1+ 42. Kxg1) 39... Rc8 40. Rf1 Rcf8 41. Rf6 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Qg7 42. Rhh6 Qxg5 43. Rfg6+ Qxg6 44. Rxg6+ Kh7 45. Qe6 Rf1+ 46. Kh2 R1f2+ 47. Rg2 {[%cal Re6h3]} R2f6 48. Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,125,25,49,24,20,16,22,0,20,14,25,20,31,18,32,0,0,-56,-32,-27,-19,-31,-8,-28,-18,-54,-27,-28,-26,-85,-46,-67,-39,-61,-60,-81,-64,-54,-52,-50,0,0,0,-50,-54,-50,-37,-69,-70,-125,-120,-236,0,0,0,-215,-68,-70,-14,0,-4,-10,0,0,0,-27,-24,-31,-20,-20,-20,-93,-79,-190,-194,-198,-196,-183,-181,-322,-290,-357,-343,-324,-23,-23,-23,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. Qc2 Bf8 14. Na4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32] [#]} 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne1 Bb7 16. Nd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Nc3 Nf8 19. f4 Nh5 {½-½ (20) Velikov,P (2475)-Mednis,E (2445) Graz 1987}) 15... Ba6 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. f4 (17. Rd3 $11) 17... b5 18. Nb2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bg7 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 23. bxc4 (23. Qxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ne5 24. Qc2 (24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11)) 23... Ne5 24. c5 Qa5 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nf3 Nh5 27. Kh2 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Qb3 Qc7 31. Qb4 Rg5 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 32. e5 Qxe5 {[%cal Rg5g3]} 33. Qb7 (33. Qb3 $15 Qc7 34. Qe3) 33... Rf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5f3]} 34. Ra3 {[#]} (34. Qxc6 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxf3 35. Qxf3) 34... Rg5 $2 ({But not} 34... Qxc5 35. Qxa7 Kg7 36. Qxc5 $17) ({Better is} 34... Rf2 $1 $19 35. Qxc6 Kg7) 35. Rf3 $11 Rf5 $2 (35... Qe8 $11) 36. Ra3 $1 $19 {[#]} Qxc5 (36... Rf2 $1 $19 37. Qxc6 Kg7) 37. Qxa7 $15 Qxa7 (37... Kg7 $15) 38. Rxa7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf2 39. a4 f5 40. Kg1 Rc2 41. Rc7 Nxg3 42. Rxc6 Rd2 43. a5 {White wants to play a6.} Ne2+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kf2 $1 $11 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nxc6 46. Kxd2 Nxa5 47. Kc3) 44... Nf4 $17 45. Rc8+ {[#]} (45. a6 $17 Ra2 46. Bf3) 45... Kg7 $1 $19 46. Bb7 Ra2 ({Weaker is} 46... Nxh3 47. Rc3 $15) 47. a6 Nxh3 48. Rc4 (48. Rc7+ {might work better.} Kh6 49. Bc8) 48... Kf6 49. Bc8 Ke5 50. Rc7 Nf4 $2 (50... h5 $19 {And now ...Ra1+ would win.} 51. Re7+ Kf4) 51. Rxh7 $11 Nd5 52. Rg7 $1 f4 {Strongly threatening ...Kf6.} 53. Rxg6 {The position is equal.} Ne3+ (53... f3 $5 54. Rg5+ $8 Kd4 55. Rxd5+ Kxd5 56. Bb7+ Ke5 57. Bxf3 Rxa6 $11) 54. Kg1 $1 f3 55. Re6+ Kf4 56. Rf6+ Kg3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 57. Rg6+ Kh4 (57... Kf4 $5 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 58. Rf6+ Kg3 59. Rg6+ Kh4 60. Rh6+ Kg5 $11) 58. Rh6+ $1 Kg3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} (58... Kg5 $5 59. Rh2 $8 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 Ng4+ 61. Bxg4 Kxg4 $11) 59. Rg6+ Kh4 (59... Kf4 $5 60. Rf6+ $8 Kg3 61. Rg6+ $11) 60. Rh6+ $1 Kg5 {( -> ...f2+)} 61. Rh2 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kxf3 {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,29,11,39,33,31,22,42,24,52,41,43,45,58,50,50,38,41,33,41,40,27,32,27,27,35,38,87,83,113,115,218,0,0,0,0,-43,-19,-20,-6,-6,-3,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-10,-20,-46,-38,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line.} 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bxe7 {[#]} Qxe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxe7 10. f4 c5 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Nce2 b4 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. Nf3 Nc6 {½-½ (33) Buecker,J (2559)-Baranowski,T (2426) ICCF email 2012}) 10. f4 Nb6 11. h5 Bd7 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. b3 Kb8 14. Kb2 Rc8 15. Ne1 f6 16. Be2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rhf8 18. a3 Na7 19. Nd3 Nb5 {[#]} 20. Nc5 $1 Rf2 {[#]} (20... Na7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. Nxd7+ $2 (21. Nxb5 $1 $18 Bxb5 22. Qb4) 21... Nxd7 $11 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Rh2 c5 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 24. Qe1 Rf4 25. Bxb5 cxd4 {aiming for ...Re4.} 26. g3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Re4 27. Re2 Nc5 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Nc3 30. Rd2 Qg5 31. Rh2 $1 Rf8 (31... Ne4 $5) 32. Rh4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 33. Rxd4 Qxh5 34. Rf4 g5 35. Rf6 Qg4 36. Qg1 Nd1+ 37. Kc1 Nc3 {And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 38. Kb2 Nd1+ 39. Kc1 Nc3 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 40. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-20,-20,-17,-16,-81,-40,-134,-132,-156,-139,-145,-131,-150,-139,-157,-169,-179,-110,-187,-90,-89,-70,-84,-73,-72,-77,-58,-44,-139,-57,-66,-59,-77,-76,-71,-56,-47,-71,-62,-65,-50,-62,-40,-7,-11,-8,-19,-16,-14,-12,-42,-46,-125,-106,-134,-87,-100,-85,-98,-83,-330,-319,-413,-295,-263,-207,-331,-271,-302,-8,-1968,-1949,-2023,-1181,-1808,-1278,-1178,-1158,-4627,-4627,-29962,-5129,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29960]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 {C09: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6.} Nf6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Qe2+ {The position is equal.} Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 {[#]} 12. O-O-O $146 (12. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Qd2 a5 14. c3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Nbd4 Bg6 17. Rad1 Re7 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 {½-½ (27) Schroll,G (2414)-Neubauer,M (2417) Hartberg 2003}) 12... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Nbd4 (13. Qe3 $15 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3) 13... Bg4 $17 ({But not} 13... Nxd4 $6 14. Nxd4 a4 15. a3 $11) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 a4 17. a3 d4 {...Rfb8 is the strong threat.} 18. Qd2 Rfb8 ({Better is} 18... Nd5 $19 {aiming for ...Rab8.} 19. Bc4 Rab8) 19. c4 (19. c3 $17) 19... dxc3 (19... Nd7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. f4 Ra7) 20. Qxc3 Nd5 21. Qc2 Ra5 {White must now prevent ...Rc5!} 22. Bc4 ({Don't blunder} 22. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 $19) 22... g6 23. Rd2 Rc5 24. Rhd1 (24. Qe4 $15) 24... Qc7 (24... Qa5 $17 {And now ...Nb6 would win.} 25. Rg1 Qc7) 25. Qe4 Nb6 26. Rc2 {Threatens to win with Bxf7+!} Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe5 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Re5b2]} 29. Qd4 Qe2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 30. f4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qe5 (31. Qxc5 Qxb2#) 31... Qc4+ 32. Kb1 Qb3 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Qxc5 Qxh3 35. Ka1 (35. f5 $5) 35... h5 36. Qa5 ({White should try} 36. f5 $1 $15) 36... Rc8 37. Re1 Qd7 38. f5 Qxf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5 {KR-KR} 40. Re5 $2 (40. Rh1 $17) 40... Kg7 $19 41. Rxf5 Kg6 42. Rf4 Ra8 43. b3 (43. Ka2 $142) 43... axb3 44. Kb2 {[#]} f5 $2 (44... Rb8 $1 $19 {White should prevent ...f6.} 45. Rf3 h4) 45. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kxb3 $11 Kg5 46. Rf3) 45... Kg5 46. Rc1 h4 47. Rh1 Rh8 48. a4 h3 49. a5 h2 50. a6 Kg4 51. a7 Kh3 52. Ra1 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,127,25,10,10,20,22,13,19,23,28,4,22,21,21,21,20,22,32,23,37,12,19,1,8,6,6,6,4,6,2,-20,-13,-38,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,22,15,21,37,31,28,31,442,445,411,416,438,360,608,612,549,529,518,494,489,495,479,455,520,511,576,480,472,452,585,472,566,659,628,649,645,607,598,572,830,825,1003,888,863,741,775,763,12834,6498,5601,2501,29983,29984,29983,29976,29986,29975,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29986,29987,29988,29987,29986,29984,29991,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7.Bb3. Played by Levon Aronian in September 2020.} Ba7 8. b4 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 11. Re1 Be6 12. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nh5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nf1 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. N1h2 Ng6 18. Be3 Nh4 19. Qa2 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qd7 {½-½ (72) Saduakassova,D (2440)-Abdusattorova,B (2204) Tashkent 2017}) 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Re3 Raa8 18. h4 Rf8 (18... Re7 {is interesting.} 19. N1h2 Qg6 20. g3 Nh5 21. Rae1 Nf6) 19. N1h2 Rf7 (19... Nh5 {seems wilder.} 20. g3 Qg6 21. Qa2 Qf7 22. Re2 Nf6) 20. g3 Qg6 21. Kh1 Nh5 $1 22. Ng1 Raf8 23. Rf3 a5 24. b5 Nb8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 27. Ngf3 Ndf6 28. Re3 Ng4 29. Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Nh2 Qh3 31. Kg1 Nf6 $1 32. Qe2 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (32... Kh7 $14) 33. g4 $1 $18 Qxh4 {With the idea ...h5.} 34. Kg2 h5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 35. Rh3 hxg4 $2 (35... Nxg4 36. Rxh4 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Nxf2) 36. Rxh4 gxh4 37. Qe3 Rg7 {Black hopes to continue with ...g3.} 38. Qh6 h3+ 39. Kh1 Kf7 40. Nf1 b6 41. Ng3 Rh7 42. Qg5 Rg7 43. Qc1 Kg6 44. Qd1 Kg5 45. Qd2+ Kg6 46. d4 Rf7 47. Kg1 Nh7 48. Qd1 Rf3 49. dxe5 Ng5 50. exd6 cxd6 51. Qc2 Kf6 {[#]} 52. e5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kxe5 (52... dxe5 53. c4) 53. Qg6 h2+ 54. Kg2 (54. Kh1 $142 Rxc3 55. Qg7+ Kd5 56. Qxc3) 54... Rxg3+ 55. fxg3 {White mates.} ({Weaker is} 55. Kxg3 h1=Q $16) 55... Ne4 56. Kxh2 Kd5 {[#]} 57. c4+ $1 Ke5 (57... Kxc4 58. Qxe4+) 58. Qxg4 d5 59. cxd5 exd5 60. Qf4+ Kd4 61. g4 Kc3 62. Qe3+ Kc4 63. Qxb6 d4 64. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,45,47,61,45,78,74,72,70,82,52,61,56,53,0,0,0,68,65,101,87,101,0,110,90,127,117,117,117,125,108,120,88,587,575,567,543,635,474,633,635,608,587,649,624,766,804,844,817,964,928,921,912]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3.} 11. Re1 Ne5 {outshines the older 11...a6.} 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 {White is better.} 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Qd2 g5 {[#]} 16. b4 $146 (16. Nb5 $14 Nf4 17. Bf1 (17. Nxd6 Nxg2 18. Nxc8 Nxe1 $15)) ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf1 Nf4 17. Nb5 Qh6 18. h4 Qxh4 19. Nxd6 g4 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Qf6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 {0-1 (32) Sakaev,K (2596)-Ivanisevic,I (2593) Moscow 2019}) 16... Nf4 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Nxg2!} 17. Bf1 $1 (17. bxc5 $2 Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. f3 Nxe1 $19) 17... Bxh3 (17... cxb4 $11 18. Nb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxh3 19. gxh3 (19. Nxd6 Nxg2 20. Bxg2 Bxg2 $11) 19... Nxh3+ 20. Bxh3 Qxh3) 18. gxh3 $14 cxb4 {[#]} 19. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re2f4]} Rxe4 20. Ng3 (20. Bxf4 $1 $16 gxf4 21. Bg2) 20... Re5 (20... Bc3 $1 $11 21. Nxe4 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Kg7) 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Bxa7 Nxh3+ 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Rxe5 ({Much weaker is} 24. Qxb4 $6 f5 $11) 24... Rxe5 25. Bb8 ({But not} 25. Qxb4 h5 $11) 25... Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (25... Bf8 $16) 26. Bxd6 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Re8 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Qxb4 h5 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Kg3 Ra8 33. a3 Kg6 34. Kxg4 Ra4+ 35. Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Black "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,158,-42,-17,-31,-12,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,35,31,31,35,33,34,29,37,17,33,16,30,28,32,31,36,14,17,13,16,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,14,14,24,-52,-49,-143,-24,-21,-21,-114,-110,-114,-120,-108,-108,-114,-98,-105,-82,-234,-249,-279,-284,-313,-321,-279,-195,-260,-264,-364,-358,-406,-397,-422,-440,-433,-305,-322,-314,-327,-312,-427,-425,-397,-359,-382,-355,-367,-276,-718,-699,-715,-686,-680,-671,-660,-676,-672,-642,-709,-672,-733,-733,-1541,-1699,-1495,-1385,-1138,-695,-664,-662,-613,-613,-1342,-80,-1214,-1112,-792,-576,-506,-496,-739,-723,-1737,-1672,-29970,0,-591,0,-1630,-29963,-29957,-12685,-29974,-29975,-29972,-12847,-2755,0,-29963,-8442,-2344,-622,-29978,-29979,-29977,-29976,-29981,-29982,-29989,-12839,-29987,-29988]} 1. f4 e5 2. d3 exf4 3. Bxf4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qd2 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Rae1 Nc7 {½-½ (19) Hort,V (2555)-Bronstein,D (2440) Amsterdam 1994}) 6. Nc3 {A02: Bird's Opening.} Bc5 (6... Nh5 {is interesting.} 7. d4 Bb4 8. e3 Nxf4 9. exf4 O-O) 7. e4 dxe4 (7... d4 {keeps more tension.} 8. Ne2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. g4 b5) 8. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bd6 (10... Bg4 {feels hotter.} 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxc7 Nb4 13. Bd3 O-O) 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nc4 Ke7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bc4 Rac8 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Rd4 Nxd5 18. exd5 {aiming for Re4.} Bd7 19. Re1 {Black must now prevent Nc4+.} Kf8 20. Kd2 Re8 21. c3 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Re4 (25. Kc2 $11) 25... f5 $15 26. Re6 ({Better is} 26. Rd4 $15) 26... Bf7 (26... Bb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 27. Nxd6 Bd7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 27. Rxd6 $11 Rb5 28. Rd8+ (28. g3 $11) 28... Ke7 $17 {White is now going downhill.} 29. Ra8 Bxd5 30. Rxa7+ Kf6 $1 31. Ne3 {next c4 is good for White.} Bxg2 $1 ({Inferior is} 31... Rxb2+ 32. Kc1 $16) 32. Ra6+ Kg5 $1 33. h4+ $2 (33. Kc1 $17 {was called for.} Be4 34. Rxa4) 33... Kh5 $19 34. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 35. Kc1 Rf2 36. Ra7 Kh6 ({Not} 36... Kxh4 37. Rxg7 Be4 38. Rxh7+ Kg3 39. Re7 $15) 37. Rf7 (37. c4 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Kg6 38. Rf8 Be4 39. Kd1 Rh2 40. c4 Rxh4 41. c5 Kg5 42. c6 Bxc6 43. Rxf5+ Kg6 44. Ra5 Be4 45. Ke2 Rf4 46. Nd1 Bf5 47. Ne3 Kg5 48. Ng2 $2 (48. Ra7 Kh6 49. Nd5 Re4+ 50. Kf3) 48... Re4+ 49. Kf3 g6 50. Ne3 Rf4+ 51. Kg3 h5 52. Rc5 h4+ 53. Kg2 Kh6 54. Kh2 Be4 55. Ra5 g5 56. Re5 Kg6 57. Re8 Kf7 58. Re5 Kf6 59. Re8 Kg6 60. Re6+ Kg7 $2 (60... Kh5 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...Bf3 would win.} 61. Re8 Bc6) 61. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Re7+ $17 Kf6 62. Re8) 61... Kh6 $1 62. Re6+ Bg6 63. Rd6 Kg7 64. Rd5 (64. Kg1 $142 Ra4 65. Rd7+ Kh6 66. Rd5) 64... Re4 65. Ng2 Kh6 66. Rd8 Kg7 (66... Re2 $142 67. Rd6 Kh5 68. Kg1 h3 69. Ne3 Rxe3 70. Kf2 h2 71. Kxe3 h1=Q 72. Kd4 g4 73. Kc5 g3 74. Rd8 Kg5 75. Rd7 g2 76. Rd5+ Bf5 77. Rd7 g1=Q+ 78. Kb5 Bxd7+ 79. Kc4 Qc1+ 80. Kd4 Qd2+ 81. Ke5 Qf4#) 67. Rd5 $1 Kh6 $2 ({Black should play} 67... Kf6 $19 68. Rd6+ Kg7 69. Rd5) 68. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Rd8 $11 Re2 69. Rd4) 68... Bf7 69. Rd3 Bc4 70. Rd1 Kh5 71. Kh2 Be6 (71... Re2 $142 72. Rd6 Be6 73. Rd3 Bc8 74. Re3 Rb2 75. Re7 h3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 76. Rh7+ Kg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Rxh3 Bxh3 78. Kxh3 Re2 79. Kh2 Kf5 80. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 81. Kxg2 Kg4 82. Kh2 Kf3 83. Kh3 g4+ 84. Kh2 Kf2 85. Kh1 Kg3 86. Kg1 Kh3 87. Kf2 g3+ 88. Kf1 Kh2 89. Ke2 g2 90. Kd3 g1=Q 91. Kc4 Kg3 92. Kd5 Qb6 93. Kc4 Qc6+ 94. Kb3 Kf4 95. Ka3 Ke4 96. Kb3 Kd3 97. Kb2 Qb6+ 98. Ka3 Kc3 99. Ka4 Qb4#) 72. Rd3 Bc4 (72... g4 $19 73. Ne3 g3+ 74. Kg1 Ra4) 73. Rd1 $1 Be2 (73... Re2 $142 74. Rd6 Be6 75. Rd3 Bc8 76. Re3 {[#]} Rb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Kg1 h3 78. Rc3 Bf5 79. Ne1 h2+ 80. Kh1 Be4+ 81. Ng2 Rxg2 82. Rh3+ Kg6 83. Rh6+ Kg7 84. Rh7+ Bxh7 85. Kxg2 g4 86. Kxh2 Kf6 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Kg2 Kf4 89. Kg1 g3 90. Kf1 Bd3+ 91. Kg2 Kg4 92. Kh1 Kf3 93. Kg1 g2 94. Kh2 Kf2 95. Kh3 g1=Q 96. Kh4 Qg6 97. Kh3 Qh5#) 74. Ra1 Bf3 (74... Bg4 $142 75. Ra3 Re2) 75. Ne1 Re2+ 76. Kg1 Be4 77. Kf1 Rd2 78. Ra4 Bd5 (78... h3 $142 79. Ra3 g4 80. Ra5+ Kh4 81. Ra6 Kg3 82. Ra3+ Bf3 83. Nxf3 gxf3 84. Ke1 Re2+ 85. Kf1 Rf2+ 86. Ke1 h2 87. Rxf3+ Kxf3 88. Kd1 h1=Q#) 79. Ra5 h3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Black "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,57,-24,6,0,0,-39,-25,-35,-27,-60,-31,-45,-27,-12,44,0,58,75,112,25,35,29,28,38,56,0,169,160,161,166,231,234,229,228,6295,5975,1867,1450,29989,29990,5477,1377]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Be2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Rad1 {Black has an edge.} Nxg3 13. fxg3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. e5 {[#]} O-O-O $146 (15... O-O $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... O-O 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxb5 Rac8 20. Nd2 a6 21. Nc4 Qc7 {½-½ (35) Bellatalla,E (2338)-Brindza,I (2287) ICCF corr 1998}) 16. Ne4 {aiming for Nd6+.} f5 (16... Bf8 $1 $11) 17. exf6 $14 Nxf6 18. Nc5 (18. Nxf6 $16 {Threatens to win with Qg6.} Bxf6 19. Qg6) 18... Rhe8 $1 $11 19. Qg6 Re7 20. Ne5 Rxd4 $1 {[#]} 21. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 $2 (21... Rxd1 $11 22. Rxd1 Kb8) 22. Bg4 $1 $18 Rxg4 23. Nxg4 c5 (23... Kb8 {is a better defense.}) 24. Qxg7 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 25. Rd2 $40 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Nxg4 $2 (25... Ne8 26. Qf7 a6 27. Nxh6 Kb8) 26. Rf8+ Re8 27. Qe7 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Kb8 28. Rxe8+ Bc8 {[#]} 29. Rxc8+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Stukan, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,153,20,32,31,19,16,29,23,24,31,32,41,48,0,-4,-3,20,15,14,21,20,16,22,23,12,0,1,8,0,-30,-22,-53,-22,-72,-74,-102,-96,-99,-91,-91,-87,-91,-28,-28,-34,-33,-39,-27,-16,-22,-23,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,4,3,4,4,5,4,5,5,8,8,8,5,11,0,5,5,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,25,25,24,24,23,24,23,23,16,25,25,25,25,25,24,24,0,25,25,25,24,25,25,25,24,25,25,25,24,25,24,24,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,13,13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O {White has an edge.} Nb6 13. Kb1 $1 {13.Kb1 is better than 13.Qa5.} Nbxd5 14. Bg5 {Qxd5! is the strong threat.} Be7 15. Bd3 (15. Bc4 $14) 15... Qc7 $11 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Rhe8 20. Rc1 Kb8 21. Re2 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Rc8 22. Rce1 d5 23. Qxc7+ Rxc7 24. Nd2 Ng8 25. cxd5 Rd8 26. Bc4 Bb4 27. Bb3 Nf6 {½-½ (41) Drygalov,A (2494)-Kokarev,D (2609) Yaroslavl 2019}) 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. c5 Bf8 24. Rec2 Re3 25. Rd1 Rde8 26. a4 Re1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Ka2 Nd7 29. c6 Ne5 (29... bxc6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Kb6.} 30. Bxa6 c5) 30. cxb7+ Kxb7 31. Be2 Nc6 {[#] aiming for ...Nb4+.} 32. Bxa6+ $1 Kb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4+.} 33. a5+ $1 Nxa5 34. Nxa5 Kxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Bb7 d4 36. Rd2 Bh6 37. Rxd4 Re2 38. f4 Bg7 39. Rd7 Kb4 40. Kb1 Rxb2+ 41. Kc1 Rf2 42. Rxf7 Bd4 43. Kd1 h4 44. h3 Be3 45. Bf3 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 Rd4 47. f5 gxf5 48. Rxf5 Bf4 49. Bb7 Bd6 50. Ke2 Rf4 51. Rh5 Bc5 52. Bf3 Kc4 53. Rg5 Be7 54. Ra5 Bb4 55. Ra8 Kd4 56. Rd8+ Ke5 57. Kd3 Bd6 58. Rh8 Ra4 59. Rh5+ Kf6 60. Rh6+ Ke7 61. Bc6 Rb4 62. Bd5 Bg3 63. Bc4 Rb2 64. Bd5 Rb4 65. Re6+ Kf8 66. Re2 Rf4 67. Ra2 Ke7 68. Be4 Bf2 69. Ra6 Rf6 70. Ra5 Rf4 71. Rh5 Kf6 72. Ke2 Rxe4+ {The position is equal.} 73. Kxf2 Ra4 74. Rd5 Ra2+ 75. Kf3 Ra3+ 76. Kf4 Rg3 77. Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Ba2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:17:12]} exd4 {[%emt 0:07:10]} 11. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 15. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 17. Re2 {[%emt 0:21:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:20:11]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 19. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Red2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 22. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. exf5 gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Bg3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 26. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 27. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 30. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} R6e7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 33. c4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:10:05]} 34. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 36. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 37. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 38. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 39. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 42. Rbd5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 43. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:06:07]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Nc4 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Rxd2+ {[%emt 0:05:54]} 45. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 47. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 48. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 49. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Rb4 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 52. h4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 54. Rxb6+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 56. a5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 57. a6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 58. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Black "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,15,0,-3,0,7,10,-1,-1,1,-4,-4,2,-12,2,-15,-13,-14,-14,-41,0,0,-10,-33,30,-37,-3,-36,-14,-516,-458]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} a5 9. b5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 10. Nf3 h5 11. Qf4 Nh6 {[#]} 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nc3 b6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. bxc6 Qc7 17. a4 Nf5 18. Ba3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Qxc6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 {½-½ (20) Colin,S (2437)-Ruefenacht,M (2510) ICCF email 2016}) 12... a4 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bc8 (16... g5 $15 17. Qd2 Rg8) 17. h4 ({Don't blunder} 17. Nxa4 $2 g5 $19) (17. Nd4 $11) 17... Nf5 18. g3 Ra5 19. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19. Ne2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 19... g5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,107,9,14,26,24,35,18,60,65,66,65,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-22,-89,-81,-83,-93,-93,0,0,0,-84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 8. Bd3 Be6 9. Qe2 Ne5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 10. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 11. O-O-O {Hoping for Bb5+.} c6 {[#]} 12. g4 $146 (12. Rhe1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 h5 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. f4 Rh6 18. fxe5 {½-½ (41) Cornette,M (2600)-Kveinys,A (2493) Brest 2018}) 12... Bxa2 $11 13. c4 Qa5 14. Qe1 Qa4 {And now ...f6 would win.} 15. Qc3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 16. Qxg7 O-O-O $1 17. Bxe4 Bxc4 {[%cal Ra4a1]} 18. Bf5+ Kb8 $1 {[%cal Ra4a1]} 19. b3 {[#]} (19. Qe5+ $11 Ka8 20. c3) 19... Qa2 $1 $17 {( -> ...Ba3+)} 20. Rd7 {Threatens to win with Qe5+.} Ba3+ 21. Kd2 Bb4+ 22. Kc1 Ba3+ 23. Kd2 $1 {[#]} Rxd7+ (23... Bxb3 $1 $17 24. Bxa7+ Kxa7) 24. Bxd7 $11 {The position is equal.} Bb4+ 25. Kc1 Rd8 26. Qe5+ Ka8 27. bxc4 Ba3+ 28. Kd2 {Ke2 is the strong threat.} Rxd7+ 29. Ke2 $1 {White wants to mate with Qe8+.} Qxc4+ 30. Kf3 {Intending Qe8+ and mate.} Be7 31. Bxa7 $1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Re5b8]} Bd6 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b5 34. Be3 Kb7 35. Rd1 Kc7 36. h4 Be7 37. Ra1 Bxh4 38. Rh1 Be7 39. Rxh7 Bd6 40. Rh5 Re7 41. Rf5 b4 42. Ra5 Kd7 43. Bg5 Re1 44. Rf5 Ke8 45. Be3 Rb1 46. Ke4 b3 47. cxb3 Rxb3 48. Rf6 Rb4+ 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Bg5 c5 51. Rg6+ Kd7 52. Rf6 Ke7 53. Rg6+ Kd7 54. Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,1,22,17,19,-14,65,46,89,86,101,98,79,72,91,105,99,94,94,66,72,67,81,72,64,33,93,105,104,95,110,106,107,85,127,112,118,102,118,112,118,111,138,133,131,126,173,147,155,163,138,155,197,208,279,206,341,318,483,478,438,465,594,591,584,581,566,563,559,559,1029,949,1739,1712,1320,1305,5014,2520]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Nxe4 {[#]} 7. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d3 Nd6 8. a4 Ne7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxf6+ Kf7 12. Nh5 Nd5 13. b4 {1-0 (33) Nichols,S (2245)-Husemann,A (2084) LSS email 2011}) 7... Ne7 (7... d6 $11) 8. Qa4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxe7.White is slightly better.} c6 9. Nxe7 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe7 12. Bxc3 exd4+ 13. Be2 dxc3 14. O-O O-O ({Not} 14... Qxe2 $2 15. Rfe1 $18) 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Qb4 {And now Bxh7+! would win.} Rd8 17. Rfc1 a5 (17... b6 $14) 18. Qxc3 $16 {White stays focused until the end.} Qxc3 19. Rxc3 a4 20. a3 g6 21. Bc2 Ra7 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Rd6 Re6 24. Rd4 b5 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Nd6 Ba6 29. f4 Rb8 {intending ...b4.} 30. Rd4 f6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. g4 Rg7 (32... Rb6 $142 33. Bd3 Re6) 33. h4 $18 Re7 (33... Ke7 {was called for.} 34. f5 Rf8 35. fxg6 hxg6) 34. f5 {White is clearly winning.} b4 35. axb4 a3 36. Rxa3 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxc2 38. Rxa6 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 Rh3 40. Ne4 Ke7 {[#]} 41. Ra7 $1 Rd8 42. Nc5 Rxh4 43. Nxd7 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,99,14,21,14,14,25,23,21,108,25,31,17,12,-14,0,0,8,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,1,0,0,0,73,70,62,46,46,47,55,52,105,79,128,131,124,116,121,114,242,241,219,230,554,498,444,432,431,418,581,405,404,263,255,137,167,189,172,172,195,194,189,193,189,196,181,35,214,109,229,0,0,0]} 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. d5 e6 12. Bg5 {The main line 12.Bg5 scores better than 12.c4. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. h4 {White has an edge.} Ne7 (14... Qa4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. c4 (15. d6 $16 Qa4 16. h5) 15... Qxd2+ $11 {[#]} 16. Kxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd2 b6 17. Be2 h6 18. O-O f5 19. f3 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Kh7 21. Nb3 fxe4 22. fxe4 {1-0 (77) Vitenberg,N (2305)-Shahade,G (2476) chess.com INT 2020}) 16... b6 17. h5 g5 18. h6 Bf8 19. Bd3 (19. Ke1 {keeps more tension.} exd5 20. cxd5 Ng6 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. f3) 19... b5 (19... exd5 {is interesting.} 20. cxd5 Ng6 21. Ke1 Bd7 22. Nd2 Re8) 20. Bxc5 (20. d6 $5 {[%cal Rd6e7]} bxc4 21. Bxc4 $11 (21. dxe7 $2 Rxd3+ 22. Ke1 Bxe7 $19) (21. Bxc5 Nf5 $11) (21. Rxc4 Rxd6 22. Rc3 Ba6 $11)) 20... bxc4 21. Bxc4 {Hoping for Nd4.} Nxd5 $1 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e5 g4 24. Nd4 {aiming for e6.} fxe5 25. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 (25... Bxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 26. Rxc5 Rf8) 26. Rh5 $16 a5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Kh8 29. Ke3 Bf5 ({Black should try} 29... Ba6 $14) 30. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Be4 31. f3 gxf3 32. gxf3 Bg6 33. f4 a4 (33... Rab8 $16 34. Rxd5 a4) 34. f5 $18 Bf7 35. a3 Bg8 $2 {[#]} (35... Ra6 {is a better chance.} 36. Ne6 Rfa8) 36. Kf4 $1 Rab8 37. Rce1 Rbc8 38. Kg5 Bf7 39. Re7 Bg8 40. R1e3 Rb8 41. Ra7 (41. Ne6 $18 Bxe6 42. fxe6 (42. R7xe6 Rb1 $16)) 41... Rb1 42. Rxa4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rh1 44. Ra6 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Re8+ 46. Ne6 Rxh6 {[#]} 47. Kxd5 ({Better is} 47. a4 $1 $18) 47... Rh1 $2 (47... Rh5 $1 $14) 48. Ke5 (48. a4 $18) 48... Rb8 (48... Rh5 $16 49. Kf6 Rh6+ 50. Ke5 Rh5) 49. Ra7 $2 (49. a4 $18) 49... Rb5+ $11 50. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,14,18,15,29,13,22,21,23,15,20,18,10,15,19,14,17,-3,0,0,13,0,0,0,29,18,16,19,24,29,29,23,23,27,19,15,25,0,38,0,34,2,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,126,115,154,0,0,0,0,3,6,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,171,0,534,528,2415,2354,1990,1749,1900,1828]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 $1 {11.b4 is better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 {[#]} 14. c4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ne3 Ngf4 18. Kh2 Ra8 19. g3 Ng6 20. d4 {0-1 (41) Eljanov,P (2672)-Abdusattorov,N (2627) chess.com INT 2020}) 14... Nh5 15. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Rf6 {White must now prevent ...Rxf3!} 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Re2 Rf6 22. Nf5 Ba7 23. Rc2 Kh7 24. c5 Qd7 25. a5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rd8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7c7,Bc7c1][%mdl 32]} 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rbc1 g6 28. Rc7 Qb5 29. Qb3 Rd7 $1 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 {aiming for Rc8.} Re6 (31... Rxc7 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Rxc7 Kg7) 32. Rc8 $16 Ree7 33. Rf8 $2 ({White should play} 33. Qc3 $16) 33... Kg7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 34. Rcc8 {Qd1 is the strong threat.} Rc7 35. Rg8+ Kf6 36. Rcd8 {Strongly threatening Qd1.} Red7 37. Rde8 {Threatens to win with Qd1.} Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rdc7 {And now ...R7c3 would win.} 39. Rd8 Rd7 $2 {[#]} (39... Qc6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. Rdf8 $2 ({White has to play} 40. Rgf8 $1 $18 Rcc7 41. Rb8) 40... Rdc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qc6 $1 $11) 41. Qa2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra2f2] Qf2+ would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Qxd3 42. Qf2+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Re7 {[#]} 44. Rg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,19,25,25,17,16,10,10,11,12,25,19,14,14,30,30,30,30,30,30,34,30,43,33,60,48,58,56,54,53,51,64,52,47,56,50,56,50,55,63,91,88,89,91,127,105,122,121,168,169,229,229,215,209,287,178,251,217,286,162,155,150,181,0,284,271,543,523,629,615,2142,2126,1852,1496,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bg2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Nxc5 7. Nh3 d6 8. Nf4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd5 Nf6 14. Qxb7 Ng4 15. Rab1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e6 {1-0 (43) Vidit,S (2670)-Antipov,M (2586) Dubai 2017}) 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Nfe4 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Ne6 15. Nfd5 Nd4 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qe3 Rxc4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nxf5 (19. Bxb7 $2 Nc2 $19) 19... Nxf5 20. Qd3 Rxb4 21. e3 Ne7 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Rdc1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb5 26. Qd1 Kg7 27. Rc7 Qa5 28. Bb3 ({Much weaker is} 28. Rxb7 $6 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Qxa2 $11) ({Don't take} 28. Bxb7 Rb2 $14) 28... Rb5 29. Qxd6 {Qe6 is the strong threat.} Rf5 (29... Be5 $2 30. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Rc8+ Qd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. Rxh7 $18) (29... Rb6 {was called for.} 30. Qd7 Be5) 30. Rxb7 $18 {Strongly threatening Bxf7!} Be5 31. Qd3 a6 32. Rd1 h5 (32... Rf6 $142 33. Qc2 Rb8) 33. Qc4 Rf6 34. Re7 (34. f4 $142) 34... Bd6 {[#]} 35. Ra7 $1 ({Not} 35. Rd7 Qf5 $11) 35... Bb8 36. Rb7 (36. Rad7 $142) 36... Be5 $1 37. Kg2 Bb8 $2 (37... Qc3 {was necessary.} 38. Qxc3 Bxc3) 38. Rdd7 {[%cal Rd7f7]} Qf5 39. f4 {Black must now prevent e4.} h4 40. e4 h3+ 41. Kf2 Qa5 42. Rxf7+ {White mates.} R6xf7 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. Rxf8 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,20,11,41,43,33,41,45,20,16,4,4,8,40,38,25,32,42,42,52,50,50,30,59,37,36,36,31,33,96,94,79,95,78,56,68,38,31,33,66,71,62,49,69,67,89,81,110,108,175,174,118,0,97,0,143,133,172,14,14,16,12,12,14,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 8. cxd5 {The main line 8.cxd5 scores better than 8.dxc5.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nf3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc3 d4 {[#]} 13. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Be6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Qxb2 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 {0-1 (30) Krstulovic,A (2346)-Malakhatko,V (2542) Zadar 2017}) 13... Qb5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 (14... Qxa4 $6 15. b3 $16) 15. exd3 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Be2 20. Rd2 Bb5 (20... d3 $14) 21. Nc5 (21. Rcxc2 Bxa4 22. Rc4 Bb5 $11) 21... d3 22. Nxd3 Rad8 {next ...Nd4 is good for Black.} 23. Rdxc2 {Black must now prevent Nde5.} Bxd3 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb8 26. Ne5 Bb5 27. Rc7 Rbe8 28. f4 Rd8 29. Rb7 Rd6 30. Bf3 $1 Ba6 (30... Nd7 $16) 31. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7a6]} Bb5 32. Rb7 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} 33. Ra7 Bb5 {[#]} 34. Rcc7 $1 Rd2 35. g4 $2 ({Don't play} 35. Rxf7 $6 Rxf7 36. Nxf7 (36. Rxf7 Nd7 $11) 36... Rxb2 $14) (35. Nxf7 $18 {Hoping for Ne5.} Ne8 36. Rcb7) 35... Be2 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Nxf7 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Ne8 $1 {[%cal Re8c7]} ({Not} 37... Nxg4 $2 {[#]} 38. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 39. Rxg7 $18) 38. Rcb7 {Strongly threatening f5.} Re4 $1 39. Ne5 Rexf4 40. Kg2 Re4 41. Re7 h6 42. h3 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kg3 Re3+ $1 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,153,0,22,14,30,22,33,26,39,37,38,36,36,36,36,36,35,31,39,43,56,38,47,49,41,38,147,153,160,149,157,142,150,158,213,179,194,157,191,209,229,139,139,146,137,135,143,98,130,130,154,121,112,116,127,122,146,159,154,155,297,126,202,216,265,162,174,99,105,99,117,67,76,25,80,68,95,71,121,108,128,28,222,206,221,233,333,320,297,244,345,339,348,342,456,430,400,396,389,389,510,491,469,435,435,435,579,435,435,425,416,416,409,346,453,453,558,435,505,400,428,428,439,356,678,649,539,558,938,889,2331,2653,1665,894,29969,29970,29970,29971,29977,29978,29979,29980,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. e4 {Threatens to win with e5.White is slightly better.} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bxc4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Bd5 c6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. f3 h6 17. Be3 b6 18. Ne2 Kf7 19. g4 Rad8 {0-1 (60) Pogonina,N (2492)-Khademalsharieh,S (2435) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 14. Bf4 Bxf4+ 15. gxf4 {Black must now prevent f5.} Be6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Nh5 (17... g6 $1 $14) 18. Rg1 $16 Bd7 19. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bc6 20. Be2 Nf6 21. e5 ({Much worse is} 21. Rxg7 $6 Kf8 $11) 21... Nd7 (21... Ne4 $16) 22. e6 fxe6 23. fxe6 Nf6 24. Rxg7 Rh7 25. Rxh7 Nxh7 26. f4 Ke7 27. f5 Nf6 28. Bb5 Bf3 29. Rf2 Bg4 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Kd2 b5 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 32. Rf4 a6 33. b4 Bh3 34. a3 Rg8 (34... Bg2 $16 35. Ke3 c5) 35. Be4 (35. Rh4 $18 {is more deadly.} Bg2 36. Rxh6) 35... Kd6 (35... Nxe4+ $16 36. Nxe4 Rf8) 36. Rh4 $18 Bg2 37. Bd3 h5 38. Rf4 ({White should play} 38. Ne2 $1 $18) 38... Bc6 39. Rf2 Rg4 40. Ne2 Ke5 41. h3 (41. Nc1 $16) 41... Rh4 (41... Rg2 $11 42. Ke1 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 h4) 42. Ng1 Kd6 43. Re2 Rf4 44. Re3 $1 Rf2+ 45. Ne2 (45. Ke1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1f2]} Rg2 46. Ne2) 45... h4 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (45... Nd5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 46. Ke1 $1 {[%cal Re1f2]} Rg2 47. Nf4 Ra2 {[#]} (47... Rg5 $142 48. Kf2 Be8) 48. Be2 $1 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Be4 {[#]} (49... Ra2+ $142 50. Kc1 Ra1+ 51. Kb2 Re1) 50. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Ra2+ 51. Ke1 Bxf5 52. Nxf6 Bxe6 53. Ne4+ Kc6 {[#]} 54. Nc5 $1 Bc8 55. Bf3+ Kd6 56. Bg4 Bxg4 57. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rg2 58. g5 Kd5 59. Ne6 {And now Nf4+ would win.} Kd6 60. Kf1 Rg4 {intending ...h3.} 61. Nc5 Kd5 62. Nxa6 c6 63. Rc3 Kd4 64. Rh3 Ke5 65. Nb8 Kd6 66. Kf2 Rc4 $2 (66... Rxg5 67. Rxh4 c5) 67. Rd3+ Ke6 68. g6 c5 69. g7 Kf7 70. Rd7+ Kg8 71. Na6 cxb4 72. Nxb4 {White mates.} Rf4+ 73. Kg2 h3+ 74. Kxh3 Rf3+ 75. Kg4 Rxa3 76. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Ra6 77. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,126,6,9,9,13,13,20,12,15,0,0,-16,9,-26,-2,-33,-14,-58,10,-38,-25,-47,-23,-37,-27,-31,-27,-30,-22,-23,-14,-23,-12,-38,-38,-43,-42,-30,-30,-42,-26,-26,-26,-22,-15,-13,-18,-30,-11,-49,-11,-25,-23,-25,-19,-47,-43,-48,-37,-63,-63,-63,-63,-79,-60,-83,-54,-89,0,-79,-79,-83,-83,-88,-86,-126,-126,-128,-134,-154,-146,-170,-183,-162,-162,-162,-162,-187,-175,-200,-212,-246,-253,-271,-268,-304,-261,-6145,-6282,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29977,-29976,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6c7][%mdl 32]} 13. Rfd1 Ne6 {[#]} 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bd6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Na4 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rac1 d4 20. Nc4 {0-1 (46) Hoghmrtsyan,A (2317)-Davtyan,A (2440) Yerevan 2019}) 14... Bf8 (14... Nxf4 $15 15. gxf4 Bb4) 15. Qb2 a5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Be3 Nc7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. e3 Nxf4 22. exf4 (22. gxf4 {with more complications.} b5 23. b4 g5 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. bxa5 Kh8 26. f4) 22... b5 23. Nf1 g6 24. Ne3 Bg7 {And now ...c5! would win.} 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qe7 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. h4 Qd6 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Kh2 Bf8 (31... Bxd4 $2 32. Nc2 $18) 32. Nc2 Bc8 33. Ra1 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. Qa3 Bg7 35. Bf1 Bf6 (35... Bxd4 $2 36. Rd1 $18) 36. Be2 Kg7 (36... Bxd4 $2 37. Rd1 $18) 37. Kg1 Qd7 (37... Bxd4 $2 38. Rd1 $18) 38. Rd1 Qf7 39. Rb1 Qd7 40. Rd1 $1 Bf7 {White is on the road to losing.} 41. Ra1 Qd6 (41... Bxd4 $2 42. Rd1 $18) 42. Rd1 Qe6 43. Ra1 Qb3 44. Qc1 Qc3 45. Kf1 Rd6 46. h5 Bb3 47. Ne3 Qxc1+ $1 ({Stronger than} 47... Bxd4 48. Qxc3 Bxc3 49. Ra3 $16) ({Inferior is} 47... Qxb4 48. Ra7+ Bf7 49. d5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Don't do} 47... Qxd4 48. Ra6 $11) 48. Rxc1 Bxd4 49. hxg6 hxg6 50. g4 Kf6 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Bh5 Be6 53. Rd1 Ke7 54. Bg6 $2 {[#]} (54. Rb1) 54... Bxe3 $1 $19 55. Rxd6 Kxd6 {Black mates.} 56. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kd5 57. Be8 Kc4 58. Bxc6 Kxb4 59. Ke2 Kc4 60. Kd2 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 61. Bb7 b3 62. Ba6+ Kb4 63. Kc1 Ka3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,28,41,47,47,9,12,0,0,8,6,0,8,8,12,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,36,17,26,22,22,20,18,18,18,2,6,16,21,0,25,14,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-3,-6,0,0,0,-10,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B06: Modern Defence.} e5 7. Bb5 (7. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne7 8. Bg5 $11) 7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 exd4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. h3 Bxf3 $1 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Be3 {[%cal Rd4c5] [#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. dxc5 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rad1 Ra4 20. Rxd6 Nf8 21. Nd4 Rxa2 {½-½ (45) Mastrovasilis,D (2614)-Nevednichy,V (2548) Skopje 2013}) 16. Rab1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qe7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rfe1 Qe6 20. b3 c4 $1 21. e5 Rb4 22. Re3 Reb8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Nd4 (24. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qe7 25. Nf3 $11) 24... Qb6 {The position is equal.} 25. bxc4 Qc5 26. Nb3 Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxa5 Rc5 29. Nb3 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Kf1 Bd6 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. Nd2 Ra8 36. Nc4 f6 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. Re2 Kc6 39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Nb2 Kb5 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Kc3 Bb4+ 43. Kb3 Bd6 44. Nc4 Kc6+ 45. Kc2 Bc5 46. f3 g5 47. Re4 Ra8 48. Kb3 Rb8+ 49. Kc2 Ra8 50. Kb3 Rb8+ {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,45,49,58,63,67,76,18,53,0,8,-9,-15,-27,-29,-97,-94,-96,-97,-97,-97,-97,-94,-104,-93,-105,-103,-100,-90,-98,-93,-89,-90,-97,-99,-98,-101,-98,-91,-106,-105,-86,-86,-99,-105,-126,-126,-145,-99,-114,-105,-129,-127,-166,-143,-142,-148,-240,-254,-271,-254,-275,-274,-278,-283,-287,-274,-245,-243,-249,-244,-457,-248,-541,-536,-530,-541,-527,-521,-515,-525,-499,-508,-931,-864,-12836,-12836]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 {B06: Modern Defence.} e6 7. Be3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32] [#]} 8. d5 $146 (8. O-O $16) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Rad1 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. f4 {½-½ (39) Barp,A (2377)-Sadhwani,R (2545) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Ngf6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nd4 Qe7 11. Ncb5 Nc5 12. b4 (12. f3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12... Na6 $1 $17 13. f3 O-O $1 14. O-O Nxb4 15. Nxc7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Qxc7 16. Nxe6 Qe7 17. Nxg7 Nxe4 18. Re1 {[#]} Nc5 $1 ({Much worse is} 18... Kxg7 $6 19. fxe4 Kg8 20. Rb1 $11) 19. Qd2 Nc6 ({Weaker is} 19... Qxg7 20. Bh6 $16) 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Bf1 {[#]} Qd7 $1 22. Rad1 ({Don't blunder} 22. Qd5 $2 Ne5 $19) 22... Rxg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rf8 26. h3 Rf7 27. Re8 Ne7 28. Kh2 h5 29. Bd3 Ba6 30. Be2 h4 31. f4 Nf5 32. Rdd8 Ng3 33. Rd4 (33. Rg8+ $17 Kf6 34. Bg4) 33... Bb7 $19 34. Bg4 Bc6 35. Rc8 Be4 36. Rdd8 Rxf4 {White must now prevent ...Rf2!} 37. Rh8 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 {White wants to play Rcg8+.} Ne3 39. Rcg8+ Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Rf1+.} 40. Rxh4 $2 (40. Rf8+ {was the only defense.} Ke5 41. Rxf4 Kxf4 42. Rxh4) 40... Bxg2 (40... Rf1+ $142 41. Kh2 Bxg2 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Rxf1 Bxf1) 41. Rh7 $2 (41. Rf8+ Kg5 42. Rxf4 Kxf4 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Bf1+ 45. Kd2 Nxc4+ 46. Kc3) 41... Rf1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kh2 Nxg4+ 43. Kxg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kh2 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Rf8+.} Rxa2 46. Rhg7 (46. Rf8+ $142 Kg5 47. Re7 Nxc4 48. Re1) 46... Rg2 47. Rxa7 Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,150,17,6,31,27,22,21,51,52,72,68,42,33,43,26,46,49,43,39,56,32,58,0,6,0,28,28,28,38,78,38,100,106,105,20,37,18,39,-130,-126,-124,-126,-120,-131,-177,-169,-170,-155,-179,-152,-149,-144,-133,-20,-17,0,-125,-74,-483,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-149,-140,-140,-185,-127,-454,-429,-347,-29,-94,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,-74,-72,-79,-79,-87,-72,-75,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-72,-50,-87,-87,-87,-50,-50,-50,-72,0,0,0,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-79,-79,-79,-72,-86,0,-87,-79,-87,-87,-87,-87,-91,-87,-87,0,-94,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. a3 a5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 12. Ba2 b5 13. Rd1 {[#]} Bb7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. e4 exd4 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (33) Denderski,P (2247)-Litwin,J (2176) Polanica Zdroj 2004}) 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 g6 $1 16. Bh6 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 20. Nf3 Bxe4 21. Qe2 (21. Qd2 $1 $14) 21... Bxf3 $11 22. Qxf3 Qe5 (22... Be5 {looks sharper.} 23. Qe2 Bh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Be5) 23. g3 Qxb2 24. Nd2 Be5 25. Nc4 Qc3 (25... Qxa1 $14 26. Rxa1 Bxa1) 26. Nxe5 $16 Qxe5 27. Bb3 (27. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e5]} Qb2 28. Bb3) 27... Ne4 $11 28. Ra7 Ndf6 29. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (29. Qe3 $14) 29... c4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxc4 Qc5 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRc4][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Bxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} 34. Rb7 {intending Qe2.} Nd6 35. Qe2+ Nfe4 36. Qa2+ Nc4 (36... Ke5 $1 $17 37. Qb2+ (37. Re7+ $2 Kd4 $17) 37... Ke6 38. Qa2+ Kf5) 37. Qe2 $11 Ncd6 (37... Qd4 $11) 38. Qa2+ $1 $17 Kf5 (38... Ke5 $142 39. Qb2+ (39. Re7+ $2 Kd4 $19) 39... Ke6 40. Qa2+) 39. Rxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rb8 $17 {is tougher.}) 39... Qc6 $2 (39... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3a2][%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 40. Qe2 (40. Qxb3 Qxf2+) 40... Qxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxf2+ Nxf2) 40. f3 Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Double Attack. Black is really pushing.} 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Qb2+ Qc3 43. Qxc3+ bxc3 44. Rc7 Nb5 45. Rc6+ Ke5 {And now ...Nxf3! would win.} 46. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rc5+ $17 {was the crucial defense.} Kd4 47. Rxb5 Nxh3 48. Rb4+ Kd3 49. Kxh3) 46... Kd5 $19 47. Rc8 {[#]} ({And not} 47. Rb6 Nd4 $19) 47... Ne6 $2 ({Black should play} 47... Nf7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf7d6]} 48. h5 Nfd6 49. Rxc3 Nxc3 50. hxg6 Ne8) 48. h5 $11 {[#]} gxh5 (48... Nbc7 $1 $17 49. hxg6 c2) 49. gxh5 Nbc7 {aiming for ...c2.} 50. h6 c2 {[#]} 51. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} 52. h7 c1=Q 53. h8=Q Ne6 54. Qa8+ Kd6 (54... Ke5 {is interesting.} 55. Qh8+ Kd6 56. Qb8+ Kd7 57. Qb5+ Ke7) 55. Qb8+ Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} 56. Qe5 Qd2+ 57. Kg3 Qd3 58. Qe4 Qd1 59. Qb4+ Kf7 60. Qb7+ Kg6 61. Qe4+ Kf6 62. Qh4+ Kg6 63. Qe4+ Kf6 64. Qh4+ Kf7 65. Qh5+ Ke7 66. Qh4+ Kd7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 67. Qg4 Qe1+ 68. Kh3 Qd2 69. Kg3 Qe1+ 70. Kh3 $1 Qf2 71. Qg3 Qf1+ 72. Kh2 Qe2+ 73. Qg2 Qe3 74. Qg4 Qd2+ 75. Kg3 $1 Qe1+ {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 65%.} (75... Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,20,20,43,9,18,31,39,41,49,48,48,42,58,54,53,41,50,31,92,61,52,55,69,18,22,35,38,38,89,41,198,190,175,195,199,102,219,196,755,764,651,729,755,741,718,732,689,665]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 ({Much worse is} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 $15) 6... c6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 7. d3 (7. Be2 {looks sharper.} Be7 8. d4 Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 9. d4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. O-O {[#]} Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Nd2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. a4 Nd6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 {½-½ (33) Reshko,A-Bonch Osmolovsky,M Kiev 1957}) 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. h4 h6 (14... Qd7 $14) 15. h5 O-O 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. Bd2 (17. f4 $14) 17... c5 $11 18. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for f5. White is pushing.} f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 (19... Bxf6 $14 20. f5 cxd4) 20. f5 {Ng4 is the strong threat.} c4 $2 ({Better is} 20... Rbf8 $1 $14) 21. Qg3 $18 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Bd6 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 ({White should try} 23. Qxf4 $18 {Black must now prevent Ng4.} Ra6 24. Ng4) 23... Qd6 ({Don't go for} 23... Rxf5 $2 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Rf1 $18) (23... Rbf8 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Ng4 Rf7 $2 (24... Ne8 25. Re1 (25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rf3 Qxg3 $16) 25... Rd8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 25. f6 {White threatens Nxh6+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Kh7 26. Ne5 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} ({Not} 26. Nxh6 $2 Rxf6 27. Rbf1 (27. Nf5 $2 Rxf5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 28. Rg4 Qxg3 $19) 27... Rxf4 $19) 26... Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 28. Nd7 $1 {[%csl LRb8,LRc7,LRf6][%mdl 576] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Qf5 {[#]} 29. Qg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,14,14,14,15,13,12,2,34,35,33,29,47,33,55,38,41,39,46,46,45,33,57,24,91,35,58,48,50,56,47,36,89,64,111,56,289,287,297,298,296,300,291,272,275,281,276,246,217,217,1432,1366,1579,494,484,475,483,461,447,300,355,364,628,612,29991,29953,6395,5313]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nge2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O {[#]} Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Be5 Nfd7 14. Bg3 Bh4 15. Bh2 Nf8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. f3 Qe7 18. Nf4 c5 {1-0 (45) Pedersen,N (2403)-Perena,C (2134) Olongapo City 2015}) 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. f3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Qf2 Rad8 17. Bb1 Bc8 18. a3 Re7 (18... Qc7 $11) 19. Qd2 (19. Nfe2 $16) 19... Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Qg3 (22... Qc7 $14) 23. Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qg5 24. Qc2 ({White should play} 24. Qf2 $16 {Black must now prevent Rg3.} h5 25. e5) 24... Red7 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (24... Nd7 $14) 25. e5 $18 Ne8 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. Qf2 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Qh5 28. Bc2 {aiming for g4.} g5 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. g4 ({Weaker is} 30. Nxd7 Bxf3 31. Rd3 (31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxd7 $11) (31. gxf3 Rxd7 32. Qg3 Nc7 $11) 31... Bd5 $16) 30... Qh4 31. Nxd7 Bxf3 $2 (31... Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rxd7) 32. Qxf3 Rxd7 {[#]} 33. Bb3 (33. e6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 34. Rf1) 33... Re7 34. Rf1 Kh8 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Qf5 Kf8 $2 (37... Rc7 38. Rf1 hxg4) 38. Rf1 {Qh7 would kill now.} Ng7 39. Qc8+ Ne8 {[#]} 40. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,18,12,16,23,24,26,18,17,14,0,8,7,18,7,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 $1 {10...Re8 is better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {White has an edge.} 13. c3 {The position is equal.} d5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Re1 Ng7 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qd2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe7 25. Nd3 {[#]} Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 25... Ne6 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. g3 f6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. Qd2 Qd6 33. Qe3 Qd7 {½-½ (33) Bruzon Batista,L (2644)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 26. Kf1 Nd6 27. Qe2 Kf8 28. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8] [#]} f6 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 30. Ke2 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 g5 33. f3 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. a4 a5 36. Kd2 b6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kd2 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,51,48,33,25,35,52,53,41,29,38,37,49,0,12,0,0,-51,-6,-20,0,-78,-82,-85,-78,-85,-83,-107,-123,-122,-98,-97,-88,-88,-88,-127,-143,-127,-124,-169,-134,-180,-143,-210,-218,-208,-197,-199,-175,-304,-343,-349,-346,-285,-216,-462,-454,-482,-413,-406,-408,-698,-685,-29977,-29978,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5 9. e3 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5.} Bb4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 {White is slightly better.} b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Ne7 {[#]} 14. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Nf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rc8 18. e4 Ne7 19. Qd2 Qa4 20. Qf4 {½-½ (47) Michaelsen,N (2285)-Reddmann,H (2295) Hamburg 1990}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Qc5 16. Bd3 (16. a4 $11) 16... e5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. f4 (18. Rfb1 $11) 18... Nh5 $17 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 19. f5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nf8 {[%cal Bg6f8,Bf8h7,Bh7f6][%mdl 32]} 21. c5 Nh7 22. Qf2 O-O 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Rfb8 25. Qc5 d6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. c4 Ra3 28. c5 d5 29. exd5 (29. Qc1 $17 {might work better.} Ra7 30. c6 dxe4 31. cxb7 exd3 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nc5) 29... Bxd5 $19 30. Bc2 Rba8 31. Qc3 Qb7 (31... Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Nc1 $17) 32. Qxe5 (32. Rf2 $142) 32... Bxg2 (32... Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Qc3 $19) 33. Rfe1 Bd5 ({Don't take} 33... Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Qc3 $19) 34. Qc3 R3a4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} ({Much less strong is} 34... Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Nd4 $19) 35. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (35. Nd2 {is a better defense.} Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Re3) 35... Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bf1 Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Rxa2 38. Nd2 {[#]} (38. Nd4 $142 Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Nb5) 38... Rc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qe3 (39. Qxc2 Qxg3+) 39... Ng4 40. Qd4 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,239,64,27,63,54,70,76,102,97,96,87,95,80,87,85,84,62,56,54,47,45,101,20,101,98,110,93,115,55,169,179,177,162,182,191,183,185,279,243,254,206,247,250,278,284,252,206,228,211,210,214,207,209,196,166,156,137,164,157,153,160,189,154,170,157,136,123,176,0,125,0,0,0,107,0,117,116,168,173,173,173,174,176,239,225,334,415,407,391,406,399,360,340,340,339,292,0,340,340,334,334,334,327,319,319,340,239,227,226,201,189,319,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27996,27996,27997,27997,27998,27998,27999,27999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 c5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4.} 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na6 {[#] White is better.} 11. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nc7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5 Nd7 16. f4 b6 17. axb6 Rxb6 {1-0 (41) Kazhgaleyev,M (2561)-Sattarov,B (2340) Tashkent 2015}) 11... Nc7 12. h5 Re8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. b3 e6 15. dxe6 Ne5 16. Be2 {f4 is the strong threat.} Nxe6 17. Qd2 Nf7 (17... Nc6 $14) 18. Bg4 (18. f4 $16) 18... Nd4 (18... Bxc3 $11 19. Rxc3 (19. Qxc3 Nd4 $11) 19... Neg5) 19. f4 $16 a6 20. Bf3 b5 21. cxb5 (21. Nd5 $16) 21... axb5 (21... Nxf3+ $14 22. gxf3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 axb5) 22. Bxd4 $1 $18 Bxd4 23. Nxb5 Bg7 24. a4 Kh8 25. g3 Qb6 (25... g5 $142 26. Kf2 Rf8) 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rc4 Ra6 28. O-O Qd8 29. Rc2 Qe7 30. Bg4 Rb6 31. Re2 Nh6 32. Bh3 Nf7 33. Qe6 Qb7 34. Rd1 g5 35. Qd5 Qe7 {intending ...gxf4.} 36. Rf1 $1 gxf4 37. gxf4 Qh4 38. Rh2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Nh6 40. Nxd6 Rxf4 41. e5 $2 (41. Rg1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg1g3]} Qf3+ 42. Bg2 Qxb3 43. Qg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (43. Qxc5 $2 Ng4 $19) 43... Rxd6 44. Qxf4) 41... Rxf1+ $11 (41... Ng4 $5 42. Qa8+ $8 Bf8 43. Qxf8+ Rxf8 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Nf5+ Kxf8 46. Nxg3 Nxh2 47. Kxh2 Rxb3 $11) 42. Bxf1 Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f1]} 43. Bd3 Rb4 (43... Qc1+ $11 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+) 44. Bc4 ({Better is} 44. Qa8+ $16 Bf8 45. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxf7 46. Rxh6) 44... Rb8 (44... Rxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 45. Qxc4 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Rxh6 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg2 Qg4+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+) 45. Qd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bxe5 (45... Qf3+ $16 46. Qg2 Qd1+ 47. Qf1 Qxf1+ 48. Bxf1 Ng4) 46. Qxf4 $18 Bxf4 47. Rh4 Bxd6 48. Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc7 (48... Rd8 {was necessary.} 49. a5 Kg7) 49. Ra6 $1 Bd8 (49... Be5 {was worth a try.} 50. a5 Rc8) 50. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. a6 Ke5 53. Rd7 Bb6 54. Rd5+ (54. Rxh7 Kd6 $18) 54... Kf4 55. Rd7 $2 (55. Rd6 $18 {Threatens to win with Rxb6!} Ba7 56. Rd7) 55... Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Ke5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 56. Rb7 ({Not} 56. Rxh7 Ra7 $16) 56... Ba7 57. Bd5 {aiming for Rf7+.} ({Resist} 57. Rxh7 $6 Ke5 $18) 57... Ke5 58. Bg2 Bb8 59. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kd6 60. Re8 ({Stronger than} 60. Bxa8 Kxe7 61. Bd5 Kd6 $11) 60... Rxa6 61. Rxb8 {KRB-KR} Ra1+ 62. Kh2 Rb1 (62... Rc1 $142 63. Be4 Rc3) 63. Rb7 $2 (63. Rb6+ $18 Ke5 64. Bb7) 63... Rc1 $1 $11 64. Rb5 Ke5 65. Rb8 c4 66. b4 Rb1 67. b5 c3 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 68. Rc8 Kd4 69. Rd8+ Kc5 70. Rc8+ Kd4 71. Rd8+ Kc5 72. Kg3 Rxb5 73. Be4 Kb4 74. Kf3 Rc5 75. Bc2 Re5 76. Rb8+ Rb5 77. Ra8 Ra5 78. Rb8+ Rb5 79. Rc8 Rc5 80. Re8 Rd5 81. Ke3 Rb5 82. Kd4 Rb6 83. Rd8 h5 84. Kd3 Rf6 (84... Kc5 {keeps more tension.} 85. Rc8+ Kb5 86. Re8 Rd6+ 87. Ke3 Kb4) 85. Rb8+ Kc5 86. Kxc3 Rh6 87. Be4 Ra6 88. Rc8+ Kd6 89. Rh8 {Black must now prevent Rh6+.} Ra5 90. Rh6+ Ke7 91. Kd4 Rg5 92. Ke3 Kf7 93. Kf4 Ra5 (93... Rg4+ {keeps more tension.}) 94. Bf5 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (94... Ke7 $11) 95. Rxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95. Rg6+ $11 Kf7 96. Rg5) 95... Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95... Ra4+ $11 96. Kg5 Ra6) 96. Be4 Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96... Rf1+ $11 97. Ke5 Re1) 97. Ke5 Ra5+ 98. Bd5 Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98... Kg6 $11) 99. Rg5+ Kh6 100. Kf6 Rb6+ 101. Kf5 Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (101... Ra6 $11) 102. Rg6+ Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (102... Kh7 $11) 103. Rd6 Rb8 $1 104. Be6 (104. Bf3+ {is more complex.}) 104... Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (104... Rb7 $11) 105. Ke5 Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (105... Kg5 $11) 106. Bf5 Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (106... Re1+ $11 107. Kf6 Kh4) 107. Rd8 (107. Kf6 {with more complications.}) 107... Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (107... Re1+ $11 108. Kf6 Kh4) 108. Rh8+ Kg3 109. Rh3+ Kg2 110. Ra3 Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (110... Re1+ $11 111. Be4+ Kf2) 111. Be4+ Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (111... Kg1 $11) 112. Kf4 Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (112... Rc4 $11) 113. Bd3 Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (113... Rd1 $11) 114. Ra2+ Ke1 115. Be4 Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (115... Rc8 $11) 116. Ke3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (116... Rc8 $11) 117. Rc2+ $1 {White mates.} Kd1 118. Rc5 Re7 119. Rh5 {[%cal Rh5h1]} Kc1 {[#]} 120. Rb5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,136,11,11,11,12,18,18,10,18,9,35,36,41,39,45,48,41,37,38,37,31,35,31,0,0,9,28,7,16,0,95,99,103,102,85,39,119,60,63,15,11,10,100,46,101,39,43,43,44,53,35,25,58,14,17,13,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-9,-10,-8,-10,-12,-6,-9,-12,-38,-11,-83,-6,-41,-53,-50,-52,-38,-52,-35,-34,-48,0,0,0,0,0,-97,-103,-106,-105,-105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-116,0,-268,-254,-271,-279,-397,-402,-309,-307,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 8. Qe1 Be7 {8...Nf6 is the modern continuation.} 9. h3 {[#] The position is equal.} Bh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Be5 f6 13. Bh2 g5 14. Nd2 f4 15. Qd1 h5 {0-1 (27) Wiewiora,E (2346)-Andreikin,D (2726) chess.com INT 2020}) 10. Nf4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Ng5 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 {Black must now prevent f4.} Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 19. g4 Raf8 20. Kg2 Nd7 (20... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. e4 $16 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd8 23. c4 Kd6 (23... f6 $14 24. Nf3 f5) 24. c5+ (24. Bxb7 $16 f6 25. Ne4+ Kc7 26. Ba6) 24... Kc7 $14 25. b4 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 26. Nf3 g5 (26... f5 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Bc2 Nf6) 27. b5 ({White should try} 27. Rae1 $16) 27... e5 (27... f5 $14) 28. c6 (28. Bf5 $16) 28... bxc6 29. bxc6 Nb6 $1 30. dxe5 Ne6 $1 31. Kg3 Nf4 32. Rh1 Na4 33. Rae1 Nc3 $1 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bf5 Re8 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Rxh4 Nfe2+ 39. Kf2 Nd1+ 40. Ke1 Nec3+ 41. Kf1 Kxc6 42. Rh7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bd7+. White is not keeping still} Ne3+ 43. Kg1 $1 {Hoping for Bd7+.} Nxf5 44. gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 {With the idea ...Re3.} 45. Rf7 Ne4 46. a4 Rg8+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kf1 $11) 47... Kc5 (47... Rd8 $17) 48. Rb7 Nd6 49. Ra7 Kb4 50. Nd4 Kxa4 51. Nc6 Nc4 52. Rf7 Rh8+ 53. Kg3 Rh6 54. Rg7 Rh5 55. Kg4 (55. Rg4 $1 $11) 55... Rh8 $1 $17 56. Rg6 Rf8 57. Kf4 Ka3 (57... Nb6 $17 {And now ...Kb5 would win.} 58. Ke4 Kb5 59. Nd4+ Kc4) 58. Ke4 $11 a4 59. Rg3+ Kb2 {Strongly threatening ...Re8+.} 60. Kd5 Nd2 61. Ke6 (61. Rg2 $11) 61... a3 ({Better is} 61... Re8+ $17 62. Kf7 Rc8) 62. Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Rg2 $11) 62... Re8+ 63. Kf7 Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4b4]} ({Stronger than} 63... a2 64. Nxa2 Rd8 65. Nc3 $11) 64. Rg2 {[#]} (64. Nd3+ $142 Kc2 65. Nc1) 64... Rd4 $1 $19 ({Inferior is} 64... Rxb4 65. Rxd2+ Kc3 66. Ra2 $11) 65. Kxf6 {[#]} Kb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4]} ({And not} 65... Rxb4 66. Rxd2+ Kb1 67. Kg6 $11) 66. Ke5 $2 (66. Ke6 Kxb4 67. f6) 66... Nf3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 67. Ke6 Rxb4 68. f6 a2 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,35,31,40,41,36,27,27,32,33,41,41,41,49,44,63,4,1,0,0,-31,0,-38,-13,-49,-35,-50,-37,-50,-46,-50,-48,-50,-41,-56,-52,-49,-51,-61,-60,-55,-34,-52,-36,-406,-399,-386,-379,-364,-196,-214,0,0,10,9,9,5,9,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence.} 7. Qxf3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O {White has an edge.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 {Black wants to play ...Nxd4.} 11. O-O a6 {[#]} 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 Ne7 13. Qd1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Be1 Ng6 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. Re2 Ne4 18. f3 {1-0 (39) Oll,L (2615)-Boey,J (2305) Antwerp 1994}) 12... Ne7 13. Ne2 (13. a3 $14 Bxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Bxc3 c6 $14)) 13... Bd6 $11 14. Nf4 Ng6 15. g3 ({Wrong is} 15. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. g3 c6 $19) 15... c6 16. Qg2 Ne4 17. Be1 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qb6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Kh2 Re3 21. Bf2 Re7 22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Rc2 Nh5 24. Rg1 g6 25. Qf1 f5 26. Kh1 Qa5 27. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. a3 $15) 27... fxg4 $19 28. fxg4 Nxf4 {Strongly threatening ...Re3!} 29. Bg3 Rf8 (29... g5 $142 {And now ...Re3 would win.} 30. Rc3 Qxa2 31. Bxf4 Bxf4) 30. Rf2 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Ref7 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 30... g5 $19 {aiming for ...Qb4.} 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5) 31. Bf5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] The position is equal.} gxf5 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Rxf4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qd8 (33... Qxa2 34. gxf5+ Kh8 35. Qg2 $18) 34. gxf5+ Kh8 35. Qg2 Rg8 36. Rg4 Rxg4 37. Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf8 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. f6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxb7+ Kg6 43. Qxa6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,16,7,5,-19,-22,-18,-10,-27,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-46,-40,-206,-55,-62,-62,-113,0,5,6,30,31,-37,-35,-41,-42,-48,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-18,-18,-18,-20,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 8...Nxe4. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Qd8 11. Qg3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 {½-½ (14) Gholami,A (2434)-Stefanov,E (2455) Innsbruck 2017}) 12. Rhd1 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. c4 h5 15. Kf1 h4 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rd2 O-O-O 19. Bxa7 $2 {[#]} (19. b4 $15) 19... Bf4 $2 (19... c5 $1 $19 {And now ...Qa5 would win.} 20. Rad1 Qa5) 20. Rdd1 g5 21. a4 (21. c5 $15 Rd4 22. Bb6) 21... Qa5 (21... b6 $17 {Hoping for ...c5.} 22. a5 Qxa7 23. Qxc6+ Qc7 24. Qxb6 Qxb6 25. axb6 Nd7 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8) 22. Be3 $11 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. Rab1 (24. Be2 $14) 24... Qe5 25. b4 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b6 29. a5 Kb7 30. axb6 Kxb6 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Ra5 f6 33. c5+ Kb7 $1 34. Ra6 Rd2 35. Rb6+ Kc7 36. Ra6 f5 37. b5 {The position is equal.} Rc2 38. b6+ Kb8 39. Ra7 Rxc5 40. Ba6 {[#] Rg7 would kill now.} Ra5 41. Rb7+ Kc8 (41... Ka8 $5 42. Ra7+ $8 Kb8 $11) 42. Ra7+ Kb8 43. Rb7+ Kc8 (43... Ka8 $5 44. Ra7+ $8 Kb8 $11) 44. Ra7+ Kb8 45. Rb7+ Kc8 (45... Ka8 $5 46. Ra7+ $8 Kb8 $11) 46. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,189,-14,-7,-12,-11,0,-14,-17,-11,-15,59,65,60,35,71,38,67,41,43,39,49,38,43,31,52,56,67,67,52,54,53,56,110,65,77,65,63,81,64,57,58,50,61,9,9,9,9,9,16,12,29,29,29,13,56,56,60,56,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,57,70,78,78,35,35,35,35,35,78,65,65,65,65,30,30,29,65,30,30,30,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,30,30,30,65,0,29,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,21,65,65,65,0,0,0,30,0,29,29,29,0,30,29,30,30,30,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,8,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,0,30,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. a3 c6 6. Nc3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Kh1 Bd7 {0-1 (22) Venturas,B (717)-Vontina,M (725) LSS email 2012}) 9. Nf3 b4 (9... Bb7 $11) 10. axb4 $14 Nxb4 11. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. c4 c5 18. cxd5 cxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 dxe3 (20... Be7 $14) 21. Nxf6+ $16 ({Of course not} 21. fxe3 $6 Bg5 $11) ({Much worse is} 21. Nxe3 $6 Rad8 $11) 21... gxf6 22. fxe3 Qe5 $1 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nc7 26. Nb6 (26. dxe6 $14 fxe6 27. Nb6) 26... Nxd5 $11 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a4 29. Rf5 Rab8 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. Kf2 Rfb8 32. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 R8b7 34. Rxd5 R2b6 35. Rf4 Kg7 36. h4 h6 37. Rdf5 Re7 38. Rg4+ Kh7 39. Re4 Rxe4 40. Kxe4 $14 {KR-KR} Rb4+ 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. g4 Rb1 43. h5+ Kg7 44. Rf4 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. Kf2 Rb1 47. Ra4 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb1 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Re1 51. Re4 $1 Re2 52. Kf5 Rf2+ 53. Rf4 Rb2 54. Rf3 (54. Rd4 $14) 54... Rb6 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Kg3 (56. Ke4 $5 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Re6+ 57. Kd5 $16) 56... Re6 57. Kf2 Rb6 $1 58. Rf5 Rb2+ 59. Kg3 Rb1 ({Better is} 59... Rb3 $11) 60. Rf2 Rb4 61. Ra2 Rb1 62. e4 ({White should play} 62. Ra6 $14) 62... Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rb1 64. Rf2 Ra1 65. Kf4 Re1 66. Kf5 Rg1 67. Rf3 Rg2 68. Rf1 Re2 69. Rg1 Rf2+ 70. Ke5 Kh7 71. Kd6 Re2 72. Ke5 Rf2 73. Rg3 Rf1 74. Rg2 Rf3 75. Kd4 Rh3 76. e5 Rh1 77. Rg3 Kg7 78. Ke4 Re1+ 79. Re3 Rf1 80. Rf3 Re1+ 81. Kf5 Rg1 82. Kf4 Re1 83. Kf5 Rg1 84. Rf2 Re1 85. g5 hxg5 {The position is equal.} 86. h6+ Kxh6 87. Kf6 {[%cal Rf2h2] [#]} Re4 88. Kxf7 {White wants to mate with Rh2+.} Rf4+ 89. Rxf4 gxf4 $11 {KP-KP} 90. e6 f3 {[#] ( -> ...f2)} 91. e7 f2 92. e8=Q {Threatening mate with Qe3+.} f1=Q+ 93. Ke7 Qe2+ 94. Kd8 Qxe8+ 95. Kxe8 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,56,45,41,47,59,41,56,18,39,0,31,41,71,37,48,39,60,41,37,29,20,26,17,24,93,94,83,12,18,12,21,0,0,0,0,0,111,124,204,208,211,186,172,178,243,154,302,185,382,354,360,357,393,373,457,277,376,368,345,206,293,177,179,153,310,314,488,475,457,318,684,680,651,633,685,672,1511,661,667,574,554,0,687,681,685,647,676,667,1610,1507,7009,4338,29986,29987,29987,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 11. a4 O-O 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32] [#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. h3 Nb4 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Kh1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 {½-½ (31) Andersen,I (2142)-Aagaard,J (2498) Denmark 2016}) 13. a5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nb4 15. Na4 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rbd8 (19... Bc6 $11) 20. Rac1 $16 Qb8 21. Qc3 (21. g4 $16) 21... e5 $11 22. Nd2 Bb5 23. Qb3 d5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 25. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe6 (25... Qg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. e5 Nd7) 26. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%csl LRb5,LRe6][%mdl 64] Double Attack. White now steadily converts the win.} Qe5 (26... Qd6 $16) 27. Nxb5 $18 axb5 {[#]} 28. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e5]} Qe6 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 29. Nxd5 (29. Qxb5 $6 Bf8 $14) 29... b4 (29... Nxd5 $142 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 Bb4) 30. Bb6 Rc8 (30... Rxd5 $16 31. Rxf6 (31. Rxd5 Bd6 $16) 31... Bxf6 32. Qxd5 (32. exd5 Qe5 $16) 32... Bxb2) 31. Rcf1 Qd7 $2 (31... Nxd5 32. Qxd5 (32. exd5 Qg6 $16) 32... Qxd5 33. Rxd5 (33. exd5 f6 $14) 33... Bf6) 32. Nxe7+ (32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rd5 Qe7 $18) 32... Rxe7 33. Qxb4 Re6 34. Bd4 Rc2 35. R5f2 ({Less strong is} 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. R1f4 Qe7 $18) 35... Rcc6 36. e5 Nd5 37. Qb5 (37. Qa3 $142 Re7 38. b4) 37... Re7 (37... Nc7 $142 38. Qb4 (38. Qxb7 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. a6 Rc2 $16) 38... Na6) 38. Qa4 h6 39. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 $2 (39... Nc3 $16 40. Bxc3 Rxc3 41. Qxd7 Rxd7) 40. b5 Rcc7 (40... Rc8 {might work better.} 41. a6 Ra8) 41. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent a7.} Rc8 42. Qa2 Rd7 $2 (42... Ra8 43. Bc5 Rd7 44. axb7 Rb8) 43. a7 Ra8 {[#] If Black can now play ...b6 this consolidates a bit.} 44. b6 $1 Qc6 (44... Nxb6 45. Qxe6) 45. Qc4 {aiming for Qxc6.} Qg6 {[#]} 46. Qb5 (46. Rxf7 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 (46... Rxf7 47. Qxd5) 47. Rxf7 Kxf7 48. Bc5) 46... Qe6 47. Rc1 Rdd8 48. Rcf1 Rd7 $1 49. Kh1 Rc8 50. Qa4 Ra8 51. Bc5 Nc3 52. Qg4 Qc6 {[#]} 53. e6 $1 {[%cal Rf2f7]} h5 (53... Qxe6 54. Qxe6) 54. exf7+ Rxf7 55. Qc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,152,29,-7,18,18,47,-24,18,17,18,12,65,59,66,69,79,71,108,83,99,95,119,70,75,58,79,61,58,58,58,56,61,58,71,63,70,72,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,82,82,103,112,117,89,89,89,108,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,42,43,33,0,0,-88,-95,-90,-88,-87,-46,-90,-109,-104,-104,-108,-109,-97,-102,-108,-110,-102,-99,-93,-48,-52,-8,-8,-8,-23,-23,-23,-35,-1046,-1031,-878,-701,-1325,-1202,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 {8.Rc1 might become the main line. Played by Santosh Gujrathi Vidit in August 2020.} Qa5 {8...cxd4 is vanishing.} 9. Rb1 Nd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rb5 Qa3 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Qa5 {½-½ (16) Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Tukmakov,V (2580) Moscow 1983}) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 ({White should try} 11. Rb5 $14 Qc7 12. h5 (12. dxc5 a6 $17)) 11... e5 {[%cal Re5d4] Black has an edge.} 12. d5 f5 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 13. f3 f4 (13... fxe4 $11 14. fxe4 Nf6) 14. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} h6 15. Ne2 Qd8 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kh7 17. Qa2 Rf7 18. a5 Bf8 19. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 20. Kd2 Ne8 21. Nc3 Nc7 22. Ke2 Na6 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Qb2 Qf6 25. Bc2 ({Not} 25. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 25... Nb4 26. Ba4 Bc8 27. Na2 Nxa2 28. Rxa2 Bd6 29. Qb5 Rc7 30. Qb1 Rb8 31. Rb2 Rg7 32. Rb3 Qd8 33. Qe1 g5 34. hxg5 Rxg5 35. Rh2 Rg6 36. Qc3 Qg8 37. Rb1 ({But not} 37. Kf1 $6 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Bh3 $11) (37. Qa1 $16) 37... Rxg2 $11 38. Rxg2 Qxg2 39. Rg1 Qh3 40. Be8 Bf5 (40... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 41. Rg6 (41. cxb5 Bd7 $17) (41. Bxb5 Qh2 $11) 41... bxc4 42. Rxd6 Bg4 43. Bg6+ Kg8 $11) 41. exf5 Rxe8 42. Rg6 Bf8 $1 43. Qd3 (43. Re6 $11 {remains equal.} Rxe6 44. fxe6) 43... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 44. fxe4 Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Rg1 Rxe4+ 46. Kd2 {aiming for Re1.} f3 {White must now prevent ...Re2+.} 47. Re1 {[#]} Re2+ $1 48. Rxe2 Qxd3+ 49. Kxd3 fxe2 50. Kxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg6 51. Bg3 Kf5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Bb8 h4 54. Bc7 Bg7 55. Bb8 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 56. Bd6 Bc3 57. Bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (57. Bc7 $15) 57... Bxa5 $19 58. Bd4 Bd8 59. c5 a5 60. c6 bxc6 {Black mates.} 61. dxc6 a4 62. Bc5 Bc7 63. Ba3 h3 64. Kf2 Ke4 65. Kg1 Kd5 66. Kh1 Kxc6 67. Bb2 Bd6 68. Bc1 Kd5 69. Kg1 Kc4 70. Kh1 Kb3 71. Kg1 Kc2 72. Bg5 a3 73. Bf6 a2 74. Kh1 Bb4 75. Ba1 Bc3 76. Kh2 Bxa1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Stukan, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,-14,-16,-23,-12,-14,-53,-30,-50,-45,-70,-47,-41,-35,-45,-8,-8,-12,-7,0,0,8,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-26,-35,-62,-59,-67,11,17,41,0,12,9,16,0,0,-154,6,-227,-140,-653,-650,-5804,-5785,-5677,-5310,-5276,-4781,-1294,-343]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 {D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6.} 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 {Black is slightly better.} 14. h3 b4 15. Nb1 Ne5 16. Bf4 O-O {[#]} 17. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Bc2 a5 19. N1d2 Rfc8 20. Bg3 Nfd7 21. Nd4 Ba6 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Qf3 {0-1 (45) Vujanovic,A (2243)-Koch,C (2223) IECG email 2001}) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd3 Qb6 20. N1d2 Rfd8 21. axb4 Qxb4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. f3 Nh5 23. Rc1 Nf4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc4 (25. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3f4]} e5 26. Qc5 Qxc5+ 27. Rxc5 $11) 25... Qe7 {Hoping for ...Qg5!} 26. Kh2 Qg5 $40 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 27. g3 {aiming for h4.} Nh5 ({Black should try} 27... Nd3 $15 28. Qc7 Nxc1) 28. Nf1 $11 {Qc7 is the strong threat.} g6 29. Qe2 Rb8 {With the idea ...Bxe4!} 30. Rc3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 31. Rc5 Qe7 32. Qb5 $2 ({Much weaker is} 32. Rxa5 Bxe4 33. Nbd2 (33. fxe4 Rxb3 34. Rb5 Rxb5 $15) 33... Bb7 $15) (32. Rc3 $11) 32... Qf6 $2 (32... Qd6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bxe4!} 33. Rc3 Ba6 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 33. Qe2 $2 (33. Rc3 $11) 33... a4 34. Nc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now White is beyond hope.} (34. Nbd2 $17) 34... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra6e2][%mdl 576] Deflection. Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qxa6 {Strongly threatening Rc8+.} Rxb2+ 36. Ne2 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] ( -> ...Qf2+). Double Attack} 37. Qc8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rc2 Qf2+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:54] D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} h6 {[%emt 0:13:30]} 10. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} Qb6 $146 {[%emt 0:00:24]} ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. Qc2 e6 13. Bd6 c4 14. Be2 Rf7 15. b3 g4 16. Ne1 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 {1-0 (38) Plachetka,J (2440)-Schmidt,W (2475) Trnava 1985}) 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 13. b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (13... Na5 $11) 14. e4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 15. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:06:49]} ({Not} 15. exd5 $2 d3 $17) 15... Ne6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 16. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 17. exd5 Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:13:17]} 19. Rbxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 21. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 22. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bf5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 24. Ba5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 25. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:14:08]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 28. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:29:12]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kf1 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Be5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 33. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 34. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 36. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Black "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 9. Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 10. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:11:42]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Qh6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 12. cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:58] Double Attack} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:11:36]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:15:10]} 15. Be3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:14:04]} 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. h5 {[%emt 0:08:57]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 18. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 19. g4 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 22. g5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Rdg8 {[%emt 0:10:57]} 24. gxh6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Kd2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 28. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 31. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 32. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 36. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 37. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 38. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ne2 {[%emt 0:11:40]} c3 {[%emt 0:16:22]} 42. Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. Nxf5+ {[%emt 0:06:26]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:09:00]} 45. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 47. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 48. f4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 49. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 52. e6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 53. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 54. Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 55. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 56. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 58. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 59. f5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,13,8,17,16,16,15,11,11,15,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-26,-8,-23,-22,-44,-38,-95,-107,-113,0,0,0,-18,-9,-11,-3,-15,-10,-19,-9,-8,-8,-63,-14,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-134,-145,-172,-170,-522,-516,-508,-515,-681,-489,-1687,-1659,-1660,-1642,-29994,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf1 Ng6 16. Nc2 {next Bxb6 is good for White.} Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ra5 {[#]} 18. Qd4 $146 (18. Nd4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 18. Qd2 Rae5 19. Rae1 Bc6 20. Nd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bb5 c6 23. Bxa4 Qg5 24. f3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Rxe3 26. Nxg5 Rxe1+ {0-1 (46) Bruedigam,M (2409)-Kollars,D (2534) Karlsruhe 2018}) 18... Rae5 $17 19. Rae1 Bc6 (19... h5 $1 $17 20. c4 Nf4) 20. Nb4 $11 Bd7 {Hoping for ...c5.} 21. Qa7 b5 22. Qb7 c5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 24. Qxc6 c4 25. Rd1 R8e6 26. Qb7 (26. b3 $11) 26... Qe8 27. Rd4 (27. b3 $5) 27... Nf4 ({Better is} 27... Re7 $15 28. Qb6 d5) 28. Nf5 d5 29. exd5 $1 ({Don't blunder} 29. Rf3 $2 Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. exf5 Re1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... N4xd5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Nd6 {[#]} (31. g4 $1 $11) 31... Qe6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6d6]} 32. Nxb5 Re1 {White must now prevent ...Qe2!} 33. Nc7 $2 {[#]} (33. Rd2 {was the crucial defense.} Kh7 34. Nc7) 33... Nxc7 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 33... Qe2 34. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 35. Kh2 $11) 34. Qxc7 Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qc8+ Ne8 36. Qxc4 (36. Kh2 $142 Qxf2 37. Qa8 Qxf1 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4) 36... Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Qxf2 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 38. Qxa4 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Qe3+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-89/B=-14. Weighted=-104/-11} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,20,38,42,36,28,40,40,35,0,30,0,6,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-12,-19,-16,-16,-21,-16,-39,0,-47,-47,-47,-45,-81,-41,-75,-74,-79,-39,-51,-38,-60,-1,-10,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,9,0,11,8,13,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,6,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nd7 7. g3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 {White is slightly better.} b5 9. Ncd2 {[%cal Bc4d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b4 Nc6 12. a3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxh1 14. f3 c5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. bxc5 {0-1 (33) Rapport,J (2379)-Khademalsharieh,S (2491) Budva 2019}) 10... Rc8 $36 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5d5][%mdl 2080] Black fights for an advantage.} 11. Nb3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. dxc5 (12. Nxc5 Nxc5) 12... Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rxc5 16. Bg2 Rd5+ 17. Kc2 Rf5 18. Rad1 Be4+ 19. Kd2 O-O {White must now prevent ...Rd8+.} 20. Rhg1 Rc5 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 21. Ne1 Rd8+ 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. exd3 Rc7 24. Rge1 Nf5 (24... Rcd7 $15) 25. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Rcd7 26. Bf1 g5 27. Re5 Kg7 28. Rec5 Kf6 29. Rc8 Ne7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rc7 Rd6 32. Be2 Nc6 33. Bh5 Ne5 34. Be2 Nc6 35. Bh5 Ne5 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Bh5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-9/B=-9. Weighted=-11/-9} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,17,15,28,40,16,16,6,4,4,10,6,15,-20,-22,-21,15,0,8,-60,-59,-79,-79,-73,-79,-81,-77,-76,-78,-77,-77,-77,-78,-79,-77,-87,-91,-86,-83,-82,-79,-91,-75,-75,-65,-97,-89,-89,-89,-89,-90,-98,-90,-99,-94,-147,-145,-147,-137,-151,-150,-151,-151,-151,-144,-146,-144,-138,-144,-153,-146,-187,-170,-355,-339,-287,-260,-368,-368,-368,-368,-576,-576,-576,-576,-4790,-5185,-5832,-5377,-6183,-5852,-1916,-1518]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Black must now prevent Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} cxd4 $1 {9...cxd4 scores better than 9...0-0.} 10. e5 (10. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qe7 11. Qxd4 $14) 10... Qd8 11. Ne4 {The position is equal.} O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rc1 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rd3 Bg7 20. b4 Qb6 {0-1 (64) Assaubayeva,B (2372)-Macovei,A (2425) Bucharest 2019}) 15. Ng3 Bc6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. Nxc6 (17. Qg4 $11) 17... Nxc6 $15 18. Bb5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc7 a6 {Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 21. Be2 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. b4 Na4 25. Bf3 Bxb4 26. Bxb7 {[#]} Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7b7]} 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Be4+ g6 29. Bc6 Nc3 30. a4 Kg7 31. Kf1 a5 32. Ne2 Nd5 33. Bxd5 exd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd8 Rc7 35. Nf4 ({White should play} 35. Rxd5 Rc2 36. Nf4) 35... Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nd3 Bc3 39. Rxd5 Rxa4 40. Rc5 Bf6 41. Rc7 Ra3 42. Ke2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 43. f4 Ra1 44. Ne5 $2 (44. Nc5) 44... Bxe5 45. fxe5 $19 {intending e6. KR-KR} Kf8 46. Ra7 (46. Rc2 {might work better.}) 46... a3 47. Kf2 a2 48. h3 (48. Kg3 $142) 48... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Kg3 {[#]} h5 $1 50. h4 gxh4+ 51. Kh2 Ke8 52. Ra3 Kd7 53. Ra6 Ke7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=15/B=-22. Weighted=-22/-21} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,6,15,22,35,20,50,-4,52,30,41,26,17,27,25,28,16,16,20,13,31,18,27,18,23,0,1,0,0,-28,-19,-21,-27,-27,-31,-42,-31,-36,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-52,-66,-67,-106,-95,-283,-283,-764,-219,-282,-162]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. e3 a5 {[#]} 6. Nbd2 $146 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Be2 h6 7. h3 e6 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne5 {½-½ (10) Bonke,H (1803)-Strehlow,H (2004) Berlin 2015}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Qb3 (8. Qc2 $14) 8... b5 (8... e5 $11 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7) 9. a4 {Black must now prevent h3.} e5 10. dxe5 {And now h3 would win.} Nc5 11. Qc2 Nfe4 {Hoping for ...Nxd2.} 12. Nhf3 Nxd2 $1 13. Nxd2 Nxa4 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nb3 Bg7 16. e4 {With the idea Nd4.} O-O 17. O-O Be6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Be2 Ne6 22. Bg3 $1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 24. Rfd1 Rae8 25. f4 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 26. c4 fxe5 27. fxe5 bxc4 28. Bxc4 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Qb6 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Bf2 Bxe5 31. Rh4 Qb5 32. b3 $2 (32. Qc5 $17 {might work better.} Qxc5 33. Bxc5) 32... Rc8 $19 33. Qa2 $2 {[#]} (33. Qd2) 33... Rc3 $2 (33... Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rf1 (34. Rxd3 Rc1+) 34... Rc2) 34. b4 {[#]} Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Av CentiPawn Loss W=-35/B=-29. Weighted=-40/-26} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,144,53,50,35,49,49,58,44,61,41,30,22,38,26,41,41,31,34,33,35,43,35,30,34,49,22,39,41,59,40,47,24,44,31,29,32,64,62,67,22,61,62,68,39,60,38,30,-17,-20,-12,4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-5,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-14,-29,-29,-29,-29,-46,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-8]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Bf5 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. Qc1 Be7 11. Re1 O-O {[#]} 12. Bc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Bg3 {0-1 (57) Wang,Y (2340)-Zhao,Z (2223) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 12... Bd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c7]} 13. a3 Qe7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. b3 Qd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Be5 Bc7 20. Nd1 Qd8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. c4 Nbd7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Nb2 Nf8 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. b4 a5 28. Qb3 axb4 29. axb4 Qc7 30. c5 b5 31. cxb6 Qxb6 32. Nc4 Qb5 33. Ne5 Nd5 34. Rc1 Rac8 $1 35. Rc4 Nd7 36. Rec1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nxe5 37. dxe5 Ne7 38. Rc5 Qe2 39. Bf3 Qd2 40. Qc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} ({Don't go for} 40. Bxc6 $2 Rxc6 41. Qe3 Qd7 $19) 40... Rb8 41. Qxd2 Rxd2 42. R1c4 Rb2 43. Bxc6 R2xb4 44. Be4 g5 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 46. f3 Rb2 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Ra7 g6 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7 Nc8 51. Rc7 Nb6 52. Rb7 Nc4 53. Rxb2 Nxb2 {KB-KN} 54. Kg2 Nc4 55. h4 gxh4 {[#] aiming for ...g5.} 56. g5 $1 Nxe5 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 57. Kh3 Kf8 (57... Nd7 {is more complex.} 58. f4 f5 59. Bc6 Nc5 60. Bb5 Ne4) 58. Kxh4 {The position is equal.} Ke7 59. Kg3 Kd6 60. Bc2 Kd5 61. f4 Nc4 62. Kf3 Kd4 63. Ba4 Nd2+ 64. Ke2 $1 Ne4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc3+.} 65. Kf3 Nd6 66. Bc6 Kc5 67. Ba4 Kd5 68. Bd7 e5 69. fxe5 Kxe5 70. Kg4 Ne4 71. Ba4 Nc5 72. Bb5 f5+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-4. Weighted=-5/-5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,29,31,43,39,58,13,35,14,38,31,43,22,36,24,32,69,93,99,96,95,203,137,154,167,161,175,158,167,606,599,675,685,656,664,726,646,637,627,595,526,520,526,524,484,516,515,614,602,625,606,856,859,858,847,843,819,737,628,748,746,849,836,847,606,1002,706,6436,6419,29973,29974,29961,29946,29990,6428]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 {is recently more successful than 8...b5. B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} 9. g3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nf6 10. Ne3 g6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bg2 {[#]} Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nd4 16. c3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 {0-1 (39) Postler,R (2213)-Gropp,A (2183) Germany 2015}) 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rbe8 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Qa3 Qa7 (17... Qc7 $16) 18. e5 Nh5 {[#]} 19. Ned5 $1 b5 {[#]} 20. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3a7]} b4 21. Qa4 bxc3 $2 (21... Qd7) 22. Bxa7 $18 cxb2 23. Qxc6 bxa1=Q 24. Rxa1 Bxf4 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. Nc7 Bxc7 28. Qxc7 Bc4 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qd6 Rcd8 31. Qb6 Nf4 32. Qb4 Ne2 33. Re1 Bxa2 34. Bf2 Rc8 35. Bf3 Bc4 36. Qd2 Rcd8 37. Qg5 ({Not} 37. Rxe2 Bxe2 38. Qf4 Bxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rd2 $11) 37... Rc8 38. h4 Bb5 39. Bd5 {Black must now prevent Qf6.} Nc3 {intending ...Rxe1+.} 40. Rxe8+ Bxe8 41. Bb7 Rc4 42. Qd8 {White mates.} Kf8 {[#]} 43. Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (43... Rxc5 44. Qd6+) 44. Bd4+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-56/B=-80. Weighted=-38/-97} (44. Be7 $142 g5 45. hxg5 Bc6+ 46. Bxc6 Rxc6 47. Qf8+ Kg6 48. Qh6+ Kf5 49. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,90,-5,13,0,11,-26,-32,-38,-41,-27,0,-8,-4,0,0,4,0,0,12,-22,-6,-14,-7,-30,-17,-12,0,-20,-12,-20,-9,-13,-14,-13,-14,-19,-9,-10,-18,-16,-8,-76,-81,-111,-107,-159,-170,-155,-156,-154,-155,-242,-244,-231,-191,-311,-330,-412,-367,-349,-343,-608,-142,-152,-139,-152,-133,-911,-849,-758,-736]} 1. d4 {Metz Alekhine/Primel,D} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. e3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} b4 13. Qc4 Na5 14. Qe2 $1 {Black is slightly better.} c5 15. Rc1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c4 16. Be1 Nd5 17. Qd1 Rb8 18. Nbd2 c3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 bxc3 22. Bxc3 {0-1 (32) Piasetski,L (2289)-Sanikidze,T (2549) Metz 2012 EXT 2013 [Metz Alekhine/Primel,D]}) 16. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Be1 $1 Qd6 18. Nbd2 Bd3 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Be4 22. a3 {[%cal Ra3b4]} bxa3 23. bxa3 Rb8 24. Qc3 Rdc8 25. Qe5 Qe7 26. Nh4 Bd6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qa5 Qb7 29. Bf1 Qb2 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Bb4 (31. Qxa6 $11 {remains equal.} Ra8 32. Qc4) 31... Ng4 $17 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb2f2] [#]} 32. Be1 Bxh4 33. gxh4 (33. Rd4 $142 Bf3 34. gxh4) 33... Qb8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb8h2]} 34. f4 Nxe3 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Bxa6 (36. Qe5 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxe5 37. fxe5) 36... Bxa6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 37. Qxa6 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Rc1.} 38. f5 (38. Bd2 $142) 38... Rc1 39. Qa5 h6 {Threatens to win with ...Qe5!} 40. fxe6 fxe6 {...Qe5! is the strong threat.} 41. Re4 $2 (41. Rxd5 exd5 42. Qxd5+ Kh8 43. Qe4) 41... Qe8 $2 (41... Rc2 $19 42. Bg3 Qb3) 42. Qd2 $17 Qg6+ 43. Qg2 Qf5 44. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Qb2 $17) 44... Nf4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Qf3 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Av CentiPawn Loss W=-43/B=-22. Weighted=-85/-30} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,43,0,0,-4,11,3,8,4,9,4,18,5,8,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,253,215,427,430,526,524,504,495]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} a5 7. a3 {Strongly threatening Nxc6.} Nxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 $1 9. dxc3 a4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 {[#]} 12. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White wants to play g5. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O d6 13. Bf4 h6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Qd2 b6 18. Be3 {½-½ (59) Kermer,W (2365)-Hoeppenstein,M (2370) GER email 2018}) 12... d5 13. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ng4 14. h3 Nxf2 $1 15. Kxf2 e3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Kxe3 Qxg5+ 18. Kf2 {Threatens to win with h4.} Qh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Bf5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 19. Bd3 Qf4+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh2 Qf4+ 22. Kg2 Qg5+ 23. Kh2 Qf4+ 24. Kg2) 19. Kg2 $18 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Ra6 $2 {[#]} (19... Qg5+ 20. Bg4 f5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 20. Rh2 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Rh6 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 21. Kh1 Bxh3 {( -> ...Bg2+!)} 22. Bf1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-36. Weighted=-5/-41} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,38,48,36,29,31,40,41,43,25,37,0,0,0,35,52,22,43,38,36,51,37,32,33,41,-46,-46,-46,-49,-54,-68,-54,-69,-58,-12,-32,-17,-15,-15,-17,-4,-15,-17,-29,-35,-32,0,-33,-33,-38,-35,-30,-30,-38,-34,-38,-38,-38,-37,-35,-39,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} Nh6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qd7 {[#]} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Kh1 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 f5 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. b4 h6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be3 g5 15. b5 {1-0 (36) Onyekwere,C (2149)-Taylor,T (2328) Connecticut 2007}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na5 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Kh2 $1 {[#] Hoping for b4.} Be7 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 Na5 17. Nd4 ({White should play} 17. exf6 $14 Bxf6 18. Ne4 (18. Ba3 Rfc8 $14)) 17... fxe5 $15 18. fxe5 Rxf1 19. Nxf1 Nf7 $1 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Re1 Rf8 (21... Nh8 {seems wilder.} 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. Bg3 Bd8 24. Ne3 Rc8) 22. Nd2 Nxd2 (22... Rc8 {with more complications.} 23. Qg3 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Rc4 25. a5 Bd8) 23. Qxd2 Nh8 24. Bg3 Ng6 25. a5 Bc5 26. Qe2 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Qc7 28. a6 bxa6 29. bxa6 Qc4 30. Qxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} c3 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Be1 c2 34. Kg3 Ne7 {White must now prevent ...Nf5+.} 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Nb8 37. Bb4 Nxa6 {[#]} 38. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc7 ({Much worse is} 38... Nxc5 $6 39. Rxc2 Kf7 40. dxc5 $16 (40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. dxc5 Ke7 $19)) 39. Rxc2 Nd5+ 40. Kd3 a5 41. Rb2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-4. Weighted=-5/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-2,2,-2,-8,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,27,-28,-23,-25,-27,-22,-24,-37,-16,-20,-18,-75,-58,-61,0,-78,-71,-63,-69,-72,-68,-76,-15,-45,0,-69,-54,-57,-46,-86,-104,-261,-168,-159,-157,-157,-31,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,12,12,12,8,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-155,-157,-351,-24,-373,-360,-286,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-16,0]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. c3 e6 9. f4 Ne7 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 13. Be3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. g4 Bh6 15. Ne5 b6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 {1-0 (39) Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Gunina,V (2496) Moscow 2018}) 14. Nd4 a6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Rfe1 Nb7 (17... Na4 {keeps more tension.} 18. a3 Nb6 19. h4 Nc4 20. Bh3 Nf5) 18. Ra1 (18. g4 $142) 18... Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rad1 Nd6 21. g4 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Qc4 23. b3 (23. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Qc7 $17 24. Bd2 Qa5 (24... Bf6 $15) 25. Ra1 {[#]} (25. c4 $1 $11 Qxa2 26. cxd5) 25... b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. cxb4 Qa3 27. Re1 Qxa2 28. Qd1 Red8 (28... Qb2 $17) 29. Be3 Bc3 30. Re2 (30. Rxc3 $1 $11 Rxc3 31. Qd4 Rxe3 32. Qxe3) 30... Qa3 $1 $15 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Bh6 $2 (33. Qd4 $17 {was the only chance.} Rdc8 34. Qf4) 33... Rdc8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1!} ({Weaker is} 33... Qxb3 34. Qd4 $15) (33... Rxb3 34. Qd2 $14) 34. Kh2 Qxb4 35. Qd2 {[#] White threatens Qg5+ and mate.} f4 (35... Kh8 $1 $17 36. Qg5 Ne8 37. gxf5 f6) 36. Bxf4 Rxb3 ({Black should try} 36... Ne8 $15 37. Be5 a5 38. Bxc3 Qxc3 39. Qxc3 Rxc3 40. Bxd5 Nd6) 37. Qxb4 $11 Rxb4 38. Bxd6 Rbc4 39. Re5 {Intending Rg5+ and mate.} h6 40. Bf1 Rc1 {aiming for ...R8c6.} 41. Kg2 $1 a5 42. Rh5 f6 $1 43. Rxh6 Kg7 44. g5 R1c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d6]} 45. Bf4 fxg5 46. Bxg5 e5 47. Rh4 Rg6 48. Rg4 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...a3.} 49. Bd3 $2 (49. h4 $1 $11 Ra8 50. Bd3) (49. Rxa4 Rxg5+) 49... e4 $17 50. Bb1 $2 (50. h4 $17) 50... a3 $2 (50... Rb8 $19 51. Ba2 Rb2 52. Bxd5 Rb5) 51. Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. h4 $11) 51... Rxg4+ $19 52. hxg4 {[#]} Rc1 $2 ({Black should play} 52... Rc3 $1 $19 {And now ...Kg6 would win.} 53. g5 Kg6) 53. Ba2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc2 54. Bxd5 a2 {[#]} 55. Bxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa2 56. Bc5 Kg6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-23/B=-22. Weighted=-32/-41} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,139,15,6,11,0,12,29,16,8,12,12,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,22,25,22,25,46,35,47,30,26,0,11,0,4,8,7,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-33,-29,-62,-28,-52,-46,-38,-47,-56,-39,-58,35,51,67,49,86,83,84,86,87,87,87,87,87,90,87,123,131,87,136,135,122,118,145,126,242,220,243,233,214,201,233,207,266,268,584,562,789,745,998,968,1819,1818,1577,1554,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29971,29971,0,29972,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29972,29976,29976,29977,29976,29978,29979,29974,29965]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 {White has an edge.} 12. a5 Rfc8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Ra5 Bd8 17. h3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Ra4 Rab8 20. Qa1 Qb7 {½-½ (40) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2611)-Cheparinov,I (2670) Douglas 2019}) 15. Nf1 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Bc1 Qb7 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. h3 Nc4 20. b3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Rc7 22. Na4 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. c4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Rb8 27. Ba3 Nd7 28. Kf1 (28. Rd3 {is interesting.} f6 29. f3 h5 30. g3 g5 31. h4) 28... f6 29. Ke2 Bxa3 30. Rxa3 Nf8 31. Rd3 Ne6 32. g3 Kf7 33. Kd2 Nd4 34. f4 h5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Re3 Kf6 (36... Kg8 $15) 37. Nc3 $14 {Strongly threatening Nd5+.} Kf5 38. Ne2 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Nb5+.} 39. Nxd4+ Rxd4+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Kc3 Rc6 41. Ra1 Rcd6 42. c5 Rc6 43. b4 Ke6 44. Rae1 Rd5 {Black wants to play ...a5.} 45. Kc4 $1 Rd4+ {[#]} 46. Kb3 $1 Rd5 {[#]} 47. Ka4 $1 Rc8 48. Re4 Kf5 (48... Re8 $16) 49. g4+ $18 hxg4 50. Rxg4 Rd4 51. Ka5 ({Not} 51. Rxg7 Rxc5 52. Rf1+ Ke6 $14) 51... Rc6 52. Rxg7 Rd3 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 53. Ka4 Rxh3 $2 (53... Rd4 {is tougher.} 54. Rf1+ Rf4) 54. Re7 Rhh6 55. R7xe5+ Kf4 56. Re8 Kf3 57. Rf8+ Kg2 58. Re7 Rhg6 59. Rff7 Rh6 60. Rh7 Rhf6 61. Rhg7+ Kh3 62. Rh7+ Kg2 $1 63. Reg7+ {White mates.} Kf3 64. Rf7 Ke4 65. Rxf6 Rxf6 66. Rd7 Ke5 67. Ka5 Rh6 68. Ra7 Kd5 69. Rxa6 Rh1 70. Kb5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-7/B=-66. Weighted=-7/-61} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,141,16,42,43,41,35,26,14,25,12,59,66,50,43,31,38,31,47,48,48,53,54,59,43,35,31,56,40,50,37,60,57,58,59,51,60,52,59,58,54,95,81,89,102,85,42,47,79,52,64,125,115,241,244,238,177,173,166,170,167,196,135,133,116,129,165,133,125,91,75,66,43,46,41,40,31,37,43,40,30,43,16,16,20,44,27,91,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,8,175,175,167,167,158,145,998,707,565,439,29970,29972,29972,29973,6103,5374,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} b6 8. Qc2 Ba6 9. b3 {White has an edge.} c5 {[#]} 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. a3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 Be7 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. e4 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (70) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Kamsky,G (2724) Kemer 2007 CBM 121 [Krasenkow,M]}) 10... Ba5 (10... Bxd2 $5 11. Bxd2 Nbd7 $11) 11. Bb2 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qb2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ne8 22. b5 Nb8 23. Bb4 Qc7 24. Qd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf6 26. g4 h6 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qe5 Qb7+ 29. f3 Nbd7 30. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} a5 (30... Nf8 $14) 31. Bd6 Ne8 (31... Nf8 $16 32. Nc4 N8d7) 32. Bg3 $1 $18 Nf8 33. a4 Rc5 34. Rd3 Nf6 35. Bd6 e5 36. Bxe5 ({Better is} 36. Qb2 $18 e4 37. Bxf8 (37. Bxc5 exd3 38. Bxf8 dxe2 $11) 37... Kxf8 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rh8) 36... Ne6 $16 37. Qd6 {aiming for Kf2.} Ne4 38. Qb8+ ({Don't go for} 38. fxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 39. Kh2 Rxe5 $17) 38... Qxb8 39. Bxb8 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Bd6 Rc8 41. Be5 Nxa4 42. Ra3 f6 $1 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. Rxa4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc5 $1 45. Re4 Ng7 $1 46. Rf4 Rxb5 47. Rxf6 a4 {Black wants to play ...a3.} 48. Nc4 Rc5 (48... Rb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Nxb6 (49. Rf4 $16) 49... a3 $11 {Hoping for ...a2.} 50. Rf8+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf8 51. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 52. Nxc5 {KN-KN} a2 53. Nb3 Kd6 54. Kf2 Kd5 55. Ke1 Kc4 56. Na1 Kc3 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Kb2 $2 (58... Nf5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 59. Kd2 $18 Kxa1 {KN-K3P} 60. Kc1 $1 Ne6 61. g6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ng7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Nd4 $16) 62. e4 Ne6 63. e5 Ng7 (63... Nd4 $18 64. g7 Nb3+ 65. Kc2 Nd4+ 66. Kd3 Kb2) 64. f4 $1 Ne6 65. f5 Nc5 {[#]} 66. g7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Nb3+ 67. Kc2 {White mates.} Nd4+ {[#]} 68. Kd3 $1 Kb2 69. g8=Q a1=Q 70. Qg2+ ({Worse is} 70. Kxd4 Kc2+ 71. Ke4 Qe1+ 72. Kf3 (72. Kd5 Qa5+ 73. Ke4 Qe1+ 74. Kf3 Qf1+ 75. Ke4 Qe1+ $11) 72... Qf1+ 73. Ke4 Qe1+ 74. Kd5 Qa5+ 75. Kd4 Qa1+ 76. Ke4 Qe1+ $11) 70... Ne2 71. Qb7+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-23/B=328. Weighted=-30/267} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,14,15,15,15,14,22,15,12,10,10,4,12,5,0,-3,-3,-6,-4,-6,-8,-32,-4,-4,-6,-8,0,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-6,0,-8,0,-6,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. h3 e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 {[#] Be4 is the strong threat.} Rxb2 {[#]} 18. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qa4 Qxf5 19. Qxa7 Rb5 {½-½ (19) Seger,R (2350)-Troyke,C (2375) Germany 1994}) 18... Qxf5 19. Qxc6 Rxa2 20. Rd7 a5 21. Ra7 h5 22. Qc4 Ra1 23. Rxa1 {The position is equal.} Bxa1 24. Qc5 Qb1+ 25. Kh2 Qb8+ 26. g3 h4 {Threatens to win with ...hxg3+.} 27. Bf4 Qd8 {[#] And now ...Bd4 would win.} 28. Qxa5 Bd4 (28... Qd4 {is more complex.} 29. Be3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Qd6+ 31. Kg2 Qc6+) 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Ra2 hxg3+ 31. Bxg3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Re2 Rd5 34. Re4 Rd4 35. Re8 Rd8 36. Re4 Rd4 37. Re8 Rd8 38. Re4 Rd4 39. Re8 Rd8 40. Re4 Rd4 {An uneventful encounter. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-2. Weighted=-3/-2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,144,13,18,10,19,11,11,12,29,19,29,26,17,0,8,9,38,14,11,11,12,0,0,0,0,-25,8,0,0,-12,-12,-23,20,0,8,11,14,7,10,0,0,3,9,16,12,0,14,0,0,0,2,8,54,54,93,91,76,76,81,78,95,88,94,93,82,95,90,70,234,80,94,54,82,80,87,90,228,225,191,68,68,8,14,19,24,0,0,0,95,18,133,126,104,118,429,408,606,582,1194,1177,1159,1114,2947,1894,5081,5069,1288,0,0,0,29983,29984,29983,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Bxb5 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ncxe5 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 {½-½ (16) Tauber,H (2526)-Ruefenacht,M (2488) GER email 2015}) 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc3 Ba4 16. bxa5 Rc8 17. Nb1 Qd7 18. Ra2 {[%cal Ba1a2,Ba2b2,Bb2b4][%mdl 32]} Rc7 19. Bb4 Rfc8 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 20. Nd4 Rc4 21. Qd2 Qa7 22. c3 Bd8 23. Rb2 Bc7 24. f4 Bxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxa5 26. Rb4 Ne7 27. Re3 Qc5 28. Qd3 Nc6 29. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 30. Nd2 Rxb4 31. axb4 Qb6 32. Nf3 $1 Bc2 33. Qd2 Be4 34. Nd4 g6 35. Qb2 Qa6 36. h3 Ra8 37. b5 Qa4 38. Re1 Qc4 $2 (38... Bd3 $14) 39. Re2 $2 (39. Ra1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rb8 40. b6) 39... h5 40. h4 Qd3 41. Kf2 Qd1 {Threatening ...Ra1.} 42. b6 {Black must now prevent b7.} Qh1 (42... Bd3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 43. Kg3 $18 Bd3 44. Re3 (44. Rf2 $18 {b7 is the strong threat.} Qe1 45. b7) 44... Qd1 $1 $14 45. Nf3 ({Better is} 45. Kh2 $14 Rb8 46. Nc6) 45... Be4 $1 $11 46. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qd3 47. Ra1 Rxa1 $1 48. Qxa1 {White threatens b7 and mate.} (48. b7 $2 Rf1 $19) 48... d4 {[#]} (48... Bxf3 $11 49. gxf3 Qb5) 49. cxd4 (49. c4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 49... Bxf3 (49... Qb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 50. gxf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Intending b7 and mate. KQ-KQ} Qb5 51. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6] And now dxe6 would win.} (51. Qa8+ $6 Kg7 $11) 51... exd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qxb6 $16 {is a better chance.} 52. d6 Kf8) 52. Qd4 $1 $18 ({Not} 52. Qa8+ Kg7 $16) 52... Qb1 (52... Kh7 $142 53. f5 gxf5) 53. f5 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e2]} Qxe5 56. b7 Kh7 57. fxg6+ fxg6 58. Qa7 $2 (58. Qa2 $18 {Threatens to win with Kf1.} d4 59. Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 58... Qe2+ $11 59. Kg3 Qe5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59... Qe1+ $11 60. Kh2 Qe2+ 61. Kh1 Qf1+ 62. Kh2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qe2+) 60. Kf2 $1 ({Weaker is} 60. Kh3 Qe6+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kg3 Qe1+ 63. Qf2 Qb4 $11) 60... Qb2+ 61. Ke3 $2 (61. Kg1 {mates} Qc1+ 62. Kg2 Qc2+ 63. Kg3 Qc7+ 64. Kh3 Kg7 65. b8=Q Qxa7 66. Qxa7+ Kf6 67. Qc7) 61... Qc3+ {The position is equal.} 62. Ke2 Qc2+ 63. Ke3 Qc3+ 64. Kf4 Qf6+ 65. Kg3 Qe5+ 66. f4 Qc3+ 67. Kg2 Qb2+ 68. Kf3 Qb3+ 69. Ke2 Qc2+ 70. Kf3 Qb3+ 71. Ke2 $1 Qc2+ 72. Ke3 Qc3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-56/B=-16. Weighted=-41/-29} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,98,23,23,34,22,23,29,35,26,33,23,33,3,30,21,20,0,11,0,0,-6,0,0,37,29,43,39,61,0,0,25,52,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-20,-35,-37,0,-27,-47,-70,-33,-102,-96,-110,-112,-95,-100,-117,-132,-173,-167,-246,-225,-221,-241,-226,-195,-201,-8,-12,-16,-28,-27,-492,-492,-456,-484,-460,-445,-790,-793,-782,-777,-758,-654,-686,-683,-636,-583]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. d4 Nf5 9. Nf3 d5 {White has an edge.} 10. c3 Bd6 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nh4 {[#]} 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. g3 Qg4 14. Be2 Qg6 15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bd3 {½-½ (43) Timofeev,A (2580)-Iljiushenok,I (2539) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 12... Ng6 13. a5 Nce7 14. a6 b6 $1 15. Na3 c6 16. Nc2 h6 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Qh5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bd3 c4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qd1 Be6 24. Nd4 Nf5 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Ra4 cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qd7 29. Rb4 Rc5 30. Bf4 Qc6 31. Rd1 ({Better is} 31. Bd2 $15) 31... g5 $17 32. Qb1 Ne7 {[%cal Bf5e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 33. Bd2 Ng6 34. Be3 Rxc3 35. Bd4 Rc4 36. Rxc4 (36. Qb2 $142) 36... dxc4 $19 37. Bc3 {[#]} Nf4 $1 $40 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rc6g2][%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} ({Avoid the trap} 37... Nxe5 $2 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qe4 $18) 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $2 (39... Kf7 $19 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rc6g2]} 40. f3 Kxe8) 40. Qe4 $11 Qf7 {aiming for ...Qd5.} 41. Qa8+ Kh7 {And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 42. Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (42. Qe4+ $11 Qg6 43. Qxc4) 42... Qf5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.Black is clearly winning.} 43. Qf3 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 {[#]} Qd3 $1 45. Qb7 (45. Qxd3+ $142 cxd3 46. Bd2) 45... Qxc3 46. Qxa7 Qxe5 47. Qb7 Ne6+ 48. g3 {Now a7 and White clings on.} b5 49. a7 Nc7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-27/B=-14. Weighted=-37/-12} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:21:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 11. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 13. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:04:24]} b4 {[%emt 0:16:34]} 14. Nd1 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:09:12]} 15. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 17. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 19. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Qg6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 22. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 23. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:11:10]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 24. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 26. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rhg6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 33. g5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 35. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:02:24]} 36. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 37. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rh2 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 39. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,11,13,12,17,17,16,18,14,19,37,13,66,60,45,42,34,31,35,39,35,35,35,17,23,16,29,4,4,4,7,4,18,0,4,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-17,-20,-19,-19,-21,-23,-22,-16,-15,0,-9,0,-19,0,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Re1 {[#] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nd7 $146 {[%cal Rd7e5]} ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Rc1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Qxb2 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 {½-½ (26) Williamson,H (2529)-Bokar,J (2545) ICCF email 2017}) 11. Nxd5 Ncxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. Ne3 Nxe5 14. Bf1 Nc6 (14... Qf6 $11) 15. c3 e5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bg5 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bc1 Bh6 21. g3 Kg7 22. Kg2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rd2 25. Re2 Rad8 26. Rce1 f5 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Re2 Rd1 29. f3 Kf6 30. Kf2 Nd8 31. Rc2 Ne6 32. Be2 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 33. Bc4 Rd1 34. Be2 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rd1 36. Be2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-3. Weighted=-6/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,95,0,0,12,9,-5,-8,6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-1,16,12,10,0,3,19,24,23,26,0,0,0,32,5,16,22,30,30,30,20,27,-30,-15,-33,-10,-39,-33,-67,-65,-93,-21,-58,-17,-18,0,0,0,-71,-71,-47,-42,-37,-43,-52,-6,-102,0,-24,-34,-45,-33,-29,-20,-29,0,-27,0,-149,-150,-142,0,-48,0,-103,0,-34]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Qc8 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. d3 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rxd4 {[#]} 16. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 Rd7 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Qf3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 20. dxe4 Rad8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Bc3 {½-½ (53) Marin,M (2572)-Westerberg,J (2491) Baku 2016}) 16... Qd7 17. Rf3 {And now Nb5 would win.} Rd8 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 18. Rd1 $1 Qb7 19. Kg1 g6 20. Rdf1 Qd7 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 21. Rd1 Qb7 22. Re1 R4d7 23. Nd1 Ne8 24. Nf2 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Bxb2.} 25. Be5 Bg7 26. g4 (26. Re3 $142) 26... f5 $11 27. Re3 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Ng7 29. Qe3 Rd4 30. Qg3 Qf7 ({Better is} 30... Rf8 $17 31. gxf5 Nxf5) 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Re7 Re8 33. Qh4 Rd7 34. Rxe8+ (34. Rxf7 $11 {remains equal.} Rxe1+ 35. Kg2 Kxf7 36. Ng4 fxg4 37. Qxe1) 34... Nxe8 $17 35. Nh3 Nf6 36. Ng5 Qf8 37. Re3 Qd6 38. Qe1 (38. Kg2 $11) 38... Kg7 (38... h6 $17 39. Re6 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 hxg5 41. Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxf6 42. Qe8+ Qf8 43. Qxd7 gxf4 44. Qe6+ Kh7) 39. Qc3 Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 40. Re5 h6 41. Nf3 Rf7 42. h3 Kh7 43. Kf2 Rg7 44. Ke3 {[#]} (44. Qd2 $1 $11) 44... Nd7 $1 {aiming for ...g5.} 45. Re8 {[#]} Nf6 (45... g5 $1 $17 {...Qg6 is the strong threat.} 46. fxg5 Qg6) 46. Re5 $15 Nd7 (46... a6 $15 47. Qc1 g5 48. fxg5 hxg5) 47. Re8 $1 $17 Nf6 ({Black should try} 47... g5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qg6.} 48. fxg5 Qg6) 48. Re5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-19/B=-16. Weighted=-24/-17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 8. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:15:35]} 16. axb3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:08:57]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 18. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 19. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 22. Nc1 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 24. Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 25. Qd1 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 27. Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 28. c5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Qf1 {[%emt 0:05:25]} g5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 31. e4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 34. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 38. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 39. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 40. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,10,0,0,0,10,13,25,10,7,0,15,16,18,3,22,22,19,13,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,7,0,5,0,458,464,416,406,277,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,9,0,8,0,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 b6 {[#]} 10. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Nf1 Rfd8 14. f3 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Ng3 Qd6 17. f4 Rc7 {½-½ (17) Kueluer,C-Sutton,R Skopje 1972}) 10... e6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Ba6 13. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qxa2 18. Nd6 {Black must now prevent Qc3.} Qa5 19. h3 Rd8 20. b3 Ne8 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Nxc5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nc7 27. Ne4 {[#] And now Nf6+ would win.} Nd5 28. Qe5 Qxb3 29. Rxa7 {next Ng5 is good for White.} Qb8 30. Qa1 h6 31. h4 Qb3 32. h5 Nxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... gxh5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 33. Kh2 (33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qb8+ 36. f4 Qxa7 $11) 33... Qb6) 33. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 34. Nd7+ Kg8 35. hxg6 $2 ({White has to play} 35. Ra8 $18 Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Kh7 37. hxg6+ fxg6 38. Qa7) 35... Qd1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Qxd1 Nxd1 37. Nc5 Rf8 38. Nd7 Rd8 39. Nc5 Rf8 40. Nd7 Rd8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-9/B=-13. Weighted=-10/-40} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,40,17,0,28,33,37,20,19,31,39,33,47,32,47,30,30,33,31,30,33,23,16,-22,52,58,33,-39,3,4,59,57,99,97,121,95,106,114,197,202,301,302,303,286,293,291,290,271,645,435]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} b5 8. Ne5 Nb4 ({Much weaker is} 8... Nxd4 $6 9. Qd2 $16) 9. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Ba3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxa3 14. Nxa3 O-O 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. e4 Ne7 17. e5 Nfd5 18. Nc2 Rd8 19. Ra3 Bc6 20. Rfa1 Nb6 21. Qe2 {½-½ (21) Hasselmeyer,A (2494)-Nyvlt,Z (2444) ICCF email 2010}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nc5 Rfb8 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. e4 N5f6 (17... Nxc5 $11 18. dxc5 Qf6 19. exd5 Qxa1) 18. Nxb7 $14 Rxb7 19. d5 (19. Qa5 $14) 19... e5 20. Qa5 Nc5 (20... Ne8 $11) 21. Nd2 Rb6 22. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nb7 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 a5 {[#]} (24... Ne8 $16 25. Rc3 g5) 25. f4 $1 $18 Re8 (25... Ne8 $142 26. Rcc1 a4 27. fxe5 f6) 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Rc6 Rxc6 28. dxc6 Nd6 29. Rxa5 Rc5 $2 {[#]} (29... Nfe8 30. Ra8 f6) 30. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-19/B=-36. Weighted=-14/-43} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Stukan, Martin"]
[Black "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,101,16,9,7,9,15,9,0,6,12,0,0,-17,-14,-32,17,13,10,10,14,0,20,8,25,25,38,41,41,30,43,25,26,25,25,25,28,10,9,11,16,13,17,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,222,176,1210,1008,3518,2983,2918,2522,29945,29950,29955,29953,29954,29941,29948,10393,29962,29958,29942,9281,29968,29956,29980,29981,29956,29945]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation.} 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc4 f6 {[#]} 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Ba3 c5 14. b4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Qe3 {½-½ (67) Butkiewicz,L (2429)-Mesaros,F (2318) Zalakaros 2016}) 12... c5 13. Qd2 Nb8 14. Nh4 Nc6 (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nc6 $11) 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qxf4 O-O-O 18. Nf5 (18. Qf2 {seems wilder.} Kb8 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Rae1) 18... Qxf4 (18... Bxf5 {keeps more tension.} 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. Qg4 Rhg8 21. Rf5 Nd4) 19. Rxf4 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 b6 21. Raf1 Rhe8 22. Bc3 a5 23. g4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. g5 fxg5 26. Rxg5 Re7 27. Rf2 Rd6 28. Kg2 Kd7 29. h4 g6 30. h5 Ke8 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Rxg6 hxg6 {KR-KR} 33. Rf6 Re5 34. Rxg6 Rc5 35. Kf3 Rxc2 36. e5 Rc3 37. Ke4 Kd7 $1 38. Rg7+ Ke6 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (38... Kc6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 39. Kxd4 $18 Rxb3 $2 (39... Rc1 40. Rg6+ Kd7) 40. Rxc7 b5 41. axb5 Rxb5 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Ra6 Kc7 44. e6 Rh5 45. Ke4 Rh4+ 46. Ke5 Rh5+ 47. Kf6 Rh6+ {[#]} 48. Kg7 $1 Rh4 49. Ra7+ {White mates.} Kd8 50. Kf6 Rh6+ 51. Ke5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-79/B=-123. Weighted=-53/-82} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,59,60,77,58,117,113,116,110,106,122,109,97,100,104,134,139,187,181,156,162,236,230,270,273,285,272,492,518,734,732,731,730,886,785,789,781,772,650,817,579,880,859,915,890,1663,501,478,477,460,453,418,411]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Rb8 9. O-O b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 10. Nb5 a6 ({Black should try} 10... Ba6 $14 11. Qb3 Nd5) 11. Na7 $16 Bb7 {White is better.} 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 b5 {[#]} 14. Na5 $1 Rb6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bb4.} 15. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. a3 b4 18. Rd1 bxa3 19. bxa3 Rb5 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. e4 {½-½ (46) Walter,S (2376)-Dinger,F (2360) Germany 2015}) 15... Qc8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Bb2 exd4 (18... e4 $142 19. Rac1 Nf8 20. Bxe4 Nxe4) 19. Bxd4 $18 Nb8 20. Rfd1 Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd4.} 21. Rac1 ({And not} 21. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 cxb6 $11) 21... Ng4 $2 (21... g6 {might work better.} 22. Rd3 Ng4 23. Bxb6 Rxd3) 22. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 cxb6 24. Bd5 Qf6 25. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bf8 26. Qxg4 bxa5 27. Rc1 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Rc8 h5 30. Qf5 Qd7 31. Bxf7+ (31. Qxh5 $142 Qe7 32. Rxb8) 31... Qxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxb8 Bxb4 34. Rb6 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-61/B=-86. Weighted=-99/-93} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,36,60,30,26,38,60,64,53,49,118,99,78,97,124,130,123,97,100,82,79,77,82,76,181,181,183,163,254,262,286,135,124,82,145,122,213,187,308,45,77,36,28,27,51,39,15,24,713,713,704,686,690,670,614,534,2420,849]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. g3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Re8 9. Bg2 c6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 10. d6 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 11. O-O Re6 (11... c5 $14) 12. Ng5 Rxd6 13. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has strong initiative.} Re6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe8 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Be5 19. Rd1 d5 {½-½ (50) Orsag,M (2355)-Sott,P (2135) Klatovy 2000}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rad1 d5 18. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Na6 (18... Qf7 $16 {might work better.}) 19. exd5 $18 Nc5 20. Qc2 cxd5 (20... exd5 {was worth a try.} 21. b4 Ne6) 21. b4 Nd7 {[#]} 22. Qb3 (22. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} exd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5) 23. Qc7) 22... Kh8 23. f4 {f5! is the strong threat.} Rc8 (23... Ba6 $142) 24. Nb5 a6 (24... a5 $16) 25. Nd4 Rc4 (25... Be7 $142 26. Kh1 Nf8) 26. Ne2 $2 (26. Qe3 $18) 26... a5 $1 $14 27. f5 {Black must now prevent bxa5.} (27. bxa5 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Bc6 28. Rc1 $14 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} (28. axb6 Ba4 $15)) 27... axb4 28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (30... Rxf4 $11 31. Rxf4 bxa3) 31. Bxd5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rc3 32. Qb1 {White wants to mate with Ng6+.} Bxd5+ 33. Rxd5 Rf3 34. axb4 Bf2 {If only Black now had time for ...Rxf4....} 35. Qf5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-62/B=-82. Weighted=-66/-81} (35. h3 $142 Qxg3 36. Rxd7) 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.14"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,19,0,0,-17,-17,-20,-14,-10,-8,-19,-4,-25,-16,-29,-5,0,37,33,31,38,36,33,35,33,34,35,31,29,29,32,32,23,82,83,59,32,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Nd5 {is cutting edge theory.} 9. c3 Nb6 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} 10. Bb3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 d6 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 {[#]} 15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. a5 Nc8 20. f4 h5 21. f5 Bh7 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. f6 g5 25. Rac1 Na7 26. Ne7 {1-0 (26) Robak,Z (2295)-Polkowski,P (2125) Augustow 1997}) 15... dxe5 16. Rad1 Bd6 (16... exf4 {is more complex.} 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nb4) 17. Nxe5 Re8 {aiming for ...Qc8.} 18. Nxc6 Rxe2 19. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxd8 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. f4 {f5 is the strong threat.} Bd3 23. Re7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nc4 $1 24. Rxb7 h5 (24... Kf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Rc7 d5 26. Kf2 h4 27. Rc5 {The position is equal.} d4 28. Bxc4 dxc3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Ra3 Rh2 33. Ke4 g6 34. g5 Kg7 35. f5 gxf5+ 36. Kxf5 {Black should prevent Kg4.} Rg2 $1 37. Ra4 Rg3 38. Rxh4 Ra3 39. Rh6 Rxa2 40. h4 Rf2+ 41. Ke5 a5 42. h5 Re2+ 43. Kf5 $1 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 Re2+ 45. Kf5 $1 Rf2+ 46. Ke5 Re2+ 47. Kf5 $1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-2/B=-2. Weighted=-3/-3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,27,19,22,26,23,24,29,19,20,6,3,0,6,0,4,0,5,0,0,1,5,6,13,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 $1 {10...Re8 is better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {White has an edge.} 13. Bf4 d5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Ng7 25. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} ({Don't go for} 25. Nh6+ $2 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 {[#]} 26. Rxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Ke7 {[#]} 31. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 31. h4) 31... Ke6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Ke3 {An uneventful encounter. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-1/B=0. Weighted=-1/-1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,131,15,23,11,25,-4,2,-32,-25,-29,-29,-49,-5,-6,2,0,0,0,10,10,10,14,37,29,39,35,51,43,42,28,27,10,15,9,17,13,23,20,25,25,25,16,27,24,31,9,47,27,49,25,26,31,30,26,36,12,15,15,15,12,33,27,25,31,46,41,43,23,45,0,74,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,17,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {6...Nd7 is the modern continuation.} 7. h3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Nd7 8. Nf1 f6 {[#]} 9. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g4 Qe7 10. Ng3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Kb8 12. a3 Bb6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. O-O-O Ng6 15. Nh5 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 {½-½ (67) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9... Qe7 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Rad8 (11... Qf7 {with more complications.} 12. Be3 Bd6 13. b3 a5 14. Qc2 a4) 12. Nf5 (12. Qc2 {is interesting.} Bd6 13. Be3 c5 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1) 12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Qf7 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. d4 Rde8 18. Rfe1 e4 19. Rxe4 Qxf5 20. Rae1 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Nc4 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. g3 Nd6 24. Re7 {Black must now prevent Qb3+.} Rf7 25. Re1 (25. Re3 {seems wilder.} Qd5 26. b3 g5 27. Ng2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Re8+) 25... Qd5 26. b3 Rf8 27. Re7 Rf7 (27... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e7]} 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $11) 28. Re3 g6 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Qe2 Nf5 31. Nxf5+ Qxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Re8 c5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 34. c4 a5 35. Kg1 b6 36. h4 Qf5 37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Qe4 Qd6 39. Qe2 f5 {[#]} (39... Qd7 $11) 40. Kh3 (40. Re6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6d6]} Qc5 41. h5) 40... h5 {The position is equal.} 41. f4 (41. Re6 {is more complex.} Qd4 42. Kg2 f4 43. Qc2 Rf5 44. Re7+) 41... Rf6 42. Re5 Rf7 43. Qe1 Kh7 44. Kg2 Qd4 45. Rd5 Qb2+ 46. Rd2 Qc3 47. Qe2 a4 48. Rd3 Qb4 49. Qb2 axb3 50. axb3 Qe1 51. Rd8 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} Qe4+ 52. Kf2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd8h8]} Rg7 53. Qc3 Qh1 54. Qe3 Qh2+ 55. Ke1 Qg2 56. Kd1 {next Qe8 is good for White.} c5 {aiming for ...Ra7.} 57. Qc3 Qf1+ 58. Kc2 Qg2+ 59. Kb1 Qg1+ 60. Kb2 Qg2+ 61. Rd2 Qg1 {Hoping for ...Ra7.} 62. Rd8 Qg2+ 63. Kc1 Qg1+ 64. Kb2 Qg2+ 65. Kc1 Qg1+ 66. Kb2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-7/B=-6. Weighted=-8/-6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,18,15,14,23,16,5,14,18,14,7,6,11,0,6,10,16,0,0,-12,0,0,-10,-16,-11,0,0,-11,-10,-12,-10,-16,-13,-18,-17,-13,-17,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,27,32,27,60,35,39,19,92,18,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-2,-4,-12,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Bb4 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb5.} Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd3 12. Bxe5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Nxe4 14. Rfe1 f6 15. Rxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc7.} fxe5 16. Rxe5 b6 17. Nd4 {[#]} Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ba6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Rd4 {½-½ (20) Mareco,S (2581)-Alekseev,E (2698) Zuerich 2013}) 18. f4 g6 19. Nb5 Bb7 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. Kf2 Raf8 22. g3 h6 23. Ke3 Rf6 24. c5 Rb8 25. h4 Rff8 26. Rd4 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Bd5 28. c4 Bc6 29. Nb5 Rb7 30. Rd3 Rfb8 (30... Rf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5c5]} 31. Rxc6 dxc6 $11) 31. Nd4 Bh1 32. Rb3 a6 33. g4 Rg8 34. Ne2 Bc6 (34... Rbb8 $11) 35. Ra5 ({White should play} 35. Rxb7 $16 {Threatens to win with Rxc6.} Bxb7 36. Nc1) 35... Ra8 36. f5 (36. Nc1 $14) 36... exf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. gxf5 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Nd4 Rxb3 41. axb3 Bb7 42. b4 Re8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=-5. Weighted=-6/-7} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,84,0,0,-10,0,-35,-28,-17,0,-17,-19,-23,-29,-37,-33,-39,-25,-97,-72,-95,-89,-86,-73,-131,-152,-255,-248,-210,-206,-199,-195,-209,-205,-257,-251,-264,-221,-344,-337,-360,-344,-353,-341,-443,-408,-423,-395,-383,-395,-414,-385,-438,-433,-456,-448,-442,-437,-479,-452,-452,-463]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 15. g4 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd7.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Ne7 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Red1 Kb7 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. c4 Be7 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Nd5 Bg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 {½-½ (46) Parligras,M (2574)-Lanzani,M (2362) Collado Villalba 2010}) 15... Ne7 16. Kh2 {Black has an edge.} Nc6 17. Nd5 c4 18. bxc4 Nb4 19. Nd4 Bxa4 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Rfb1 (21. Rfd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Kb7 22. Ba3 g5 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Re1 (24. Bxb4 $142 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3) 24... Nc6 $17 25. c3 (25. Nxc6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bxc6 26. Kg3) 25... Nxe5 $19 26. c5 Rhe8 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Ne3 {intending Nef5.} Nd3 29. Reb1 Rac8 30. Ndf5 Be5 31. Nd5 (31. Nd6+ {is a better defense.} Bxd6 32. Bxd6) 31... Nf4+ 32. Nxf4 {[#] Nd5 is the strong threat.} Bxf5 ({Not} 32... gxf4 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. Bxd6 $17) 33. gxf5 {aiming for Nd5.} Bxf4 34. Re1 Re5 35. Rad1 Rxf5 36. Rd3 Rf6 37. Re4 Rfc6 38. Bb2 Rc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Re7+ R8c7 40. Re8 h5 41. Kf3 f6 42. h4 gxh4 {Black took control after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-25/B=-9. Weighted=-24/-9} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,133,14,23,21,24,18,19,10,21,14,16,15,31,-16,-21,-35,-24,-26,-22,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,15,19,19,20,20,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,60,57,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,70,81,81,81,74,74,74,74,60,60,60,60,60,67,60,70,60,60,60,60,57,60,50,51,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,35,35,100,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 O-O {[#]} 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Qc1 Qc8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bf1 Qe6 15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Bg3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (24) Karpatchev,A (2433)-Panagiotakos,N (2102) Heraklion 2018}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 d4 13. b5 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd1 15. Rexd1 ({Much worse is} 15. Raxd1 Nb4 $15) 15... Nb4 16. Be4 Rad8 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. a4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd5 21. Rd2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe5 23. Rad1 h5 24. h3 Rf5 25. Rd8 Rf4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Rb8 Rxa4 (28... Bd5 $11) 29. Rxb7+ $14 Bd7 30. Bxg7 Ra5 31. Bc3 Rxb5 32. Rxa7 Rd5 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Ra6+ Rd6 35. Ra8 Rd3 36. Bb4 Rd5 37. Rh8 Bb5 38. Rh6+ Kd7 39. Ba3 Bd3 40. Bc1 Bg6 41. Rh8 Rc5 42. Be3 Rc8 43. Rh6 Rc4 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Bf4 Rc4 46. Be5 Ke6 47. Bg7 Rc8 48. Kf4 Rg8 49. Bd4 Ra8 50. f3 Ra4 51. Ke3 Ra2 52. g3 Kd5 {[#] ...Ra3+ is the strong threat.} 53. Bg7 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 Ra4+ 55. Kg5 Ra3 56. g4 Rxf3 57. gxh5 Be4 (57... Bd3 $14) 58. h4 ({Better is} 58. Ra6 $16) 58... Rf5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Kg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh8.} Rf1 60. Bf6 Ke6 61. Bd4+ f6 62. Rh8 Kf7 63. h6 Bf5+ 64. Kg3 Be4 65. h7 {Hoping for Rf8+!} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h8]} 66. Rf8 Bxh7 67. Rxf6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-4. Weighted=-6/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,8,3,30,27,26,30,35,35,32,24,30,31,28,16,31,-47,-49,-69,-37,-34,-15,-55,-54,-147,-147,-163,-110,-176,-171,-188,-150,-165,-167,-320,-136,-156,-148,-174,-166,-155,-106,-108,-108,-108,-111,-103,-106,-99,-102,-85,-50,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. g3 (8. Be3 Be7 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. f4 Rc8 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. b3 Nb7 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Qd2 Nb7 19. Rxa6 O-O 20. Rb6 {1-0 (28) Ponkratov,P (2632)-Sakaev,K (2596) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8... Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 10. Bg2 b6 11. Nd5 {11.Bg5 is not played anymore.} Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. O-O h4 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 ({Better is} 14. g4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bb7 15. Qd1 Nc5 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Be3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Rad1 {0-1 (48) Karthikeyan,M (2578)-Shyam,N (2422) Patna 2017}) 14... hxg3 $15 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 15. Qb3 Bf6 (15... Qc7 {with more complications.} 16. Qxg3 Qxc2 17. Nc3 Kf8 18. Nd5 Bh4) 16. Qxg3 Bb7 17. f5 Rc8 18. Rd1 ({White should play} 18. Nc3 $15) 18... Rxc2 $17 19. Qd3 Rc6 (19... Qc8 $19 20. Ra3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4) 20. Ng3 (20. Be3 $17) 20... a5 $19 21. Qf3 Ba6 22. Nh5 Rc2 {...Be2 is the strong threat.} 23. Bd2 $2 {[#]} (23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Qd1) 23... Qc7 (23... Nc5 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...Bg5.} 24. Ra3 Ke7) 24. Rac1 $17 Ke7 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27. Be3 Qc6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxg2+!} ({Much weaker is} 27... Rxc1 $6 28. Rxc1 Qb8 29. Rxc8 $11) (27... Bb7 {looks sharper.} 28. Bxb6 Qc4 29. Qxc2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Re1 Rxb2 32. Bxa5 Nh5) 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Bxb6 Bb7 31. Bxa5 Rxb2 32. Rc1 Bxe4 33. Rc7+ {The position is equal.} Ke8 (33... Kf8 $5 34. Rc8+ $8 Ke7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ $11) 34. Rc8+ Kd7 (34... Ke7 $5 35. Rc7+ $8 Kf8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ $11) 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Rc8+ Kd7 (36... Ke7 $5 37. Rc7+ $8 Kf8 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ $11) 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kd7 (38... Ke7 $5 39. Rc7+ $8 Kf8 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ $11) 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Rc8+ Kd7 (40... Ke7 $5 41. Rc7+ $8 Kf8 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ $11) 41. Rc7+ {Black had all chances to win. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-15/B=-15. Weighted=-22/-14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,14,28,22,17,17,11,6,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,3,5,3,7,6,8,0,6,5,0,2,0,0,5,5,7,7,4,10,9,6,14,8,9,0,7,0,1,0,9,6,14,0,27,23,31,26,31,31,54,27,30,30,30,27,30,10,27,14,56,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} O-O 7. a3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.e3. Played by Magnus Carlsen in June 2020.} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. O-O Nd8 {½-½ (64) Shankland,S (2691)-Pichot,A (2630) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. dxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd1.} Rd8 12. e3 Bf5 13. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bg4 14. f3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 16. f4 $1 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4][%mdl 512]} 17. fxg5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Rd1 Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Re4 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 26. Ke3 Rd5 27. h4 Kg7 28. Kf4 Rf5+ 29. Ke4 Rc5 30. Re2 a5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Kf4 Rd5 33. Rd2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. g4 Rc5 36. Nf3 Be6 37. g5+ Ke7 38. Re2 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 c5 40. h5 Rf8 41. Re1 b6 {The position is equal.} 42. Ne5 Rf5 43. Rg1 Rf2 44. h6 Bf5+ 45. Ke3 Rxb2 46. g6 hxg6 47. Nf3 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 {Black must now prevent h7.} Rd3 49. h7 Rd8 {...Kf6 is the strong threat.} 50. Nh4 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Bc2.} 51. Nxf5 gxf5 52. Kxf5 {aiming for Rd1! KR-KR} Rd5+ 53. Ke4 Rd4+ 54. Ke5 Rh4 55. Rb1 Rh5+ 56. Ke4 Rxh7 {And now ...Rh6 would win.} 57. Rxb6 Rh3 58. Kd5 Rxa3 59. Kxc5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-3/B=-3. Weighted=-4/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,0,5,-7,0,0,7,0,11,0,12,11,7,0,0,0,19,17,15,0,10,8,20,12,8,8,8,8,14,7,17,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-13,-19,-18,-17,-16,0,-9,-14,-41,-20,-44,-39,-43,0,-8,-9,-17,-17,-20,-20,-67,0,0,0,-69,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Rb8 11. a3 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Be3 c4 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Bxa7 Nxc3 16. Qe1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rb7 {½-½ (92) Tukhaev,A (2527)-Ragger,M (2687) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. b3 c5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rfe1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qa5 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qxb4 Qc7 22. Rb1 h6 23. Ne2 {[%cal Bg3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. Qb7 Qc5 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Qd4 Ne4 30. Ng4 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Bf1 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nc5 34. Bf1 Kf8 35. Rb4 Ke7 36. Ne5 Bf5 37. Nd3 Nd7 38. g4 Be4 39. Rb7 {[#] And now Ne5 would win.} Kd6 40. Rxa7 Rxc2 41. Ra6+ Kc7 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. Ra6+ Kc7 ({Black should try} 43... Rc6 $15 44. Rxc6+ Kxc6) 44. Ra7+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-10/B=-5. Weighted=-11/-5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,48,55,60,56,59,27,30,30,29,34,27,44,43,0,54,28,81,104,88,102,74,66,68,26,114,127,153,156,177,171,203,197,330,317,312,282,355,368,427,406,411,395,395,0,373,359,381,370,349,0,334,302,601,185,332,322,554,368,377,348,825,316,352,364,393,254,386,390,808,768]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 {Hoping for hxg6.} gxh5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} 8. Nh3 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. Qc2 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Kf2 {1-0 (27) Martinez Alcantara,J (2469)-Garnier,R (2178) Antofagasta 2016}) 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. Rxh5 Nf6 13. Rh3 Kh8 ({Black should try} 13... f4 $11 14. Rh4 Ng4) 14. Bg5 Rg8 (14... Rf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Bxf6+ $1 $16 exf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. e3 Qe7 18. f4 a6 {Black is on the road to losing.} (18... Qe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Qb1 Rae8) 19. Bd3 b5 20. Kf2 $1 bxc4 21. Bxf5 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Rab8 (22... Rae8 {was necessary.} 23. e4 Rg7) 23. Rah1 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Rg7 {[#]} 24. Kf3 $1 Re8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re7e3]} 25. e4 Rb8 26. Rh6 Rf7 27. Qe6 Qf8 28. Qf5 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Qe7 $1 29. g3 a5 30. Qe6 Qf8 31. Qf5 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Qe7 32. a4 Rg8 $2 (32... Re8 33. R1h5 Rb8) 33. Rb1 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} (33. Qe6) 33... Rff8 (33... Rfg7 $142 34. Rh3 (34. Qxf6 $2 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Rxb1 $19) 34... Qf7) 34. g4 $18 Rg7 $2 (34... Rf7 35. Qe6 Re8) 35. Rb5 Qd8 36. Rb2 Rgf7 $2 (36... Rc7 37. Rbh2 Rff7) 37. Rb1 $2 (37. Rbh2 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Qd7 {[#]} 38. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh7 39. Qxd7 Rxh2 40. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 37... Rg7 38. Rh2 Qe7 39. Rb5 Qd8 (39... Rfg8 $142 40. Rh4 (40. Rxa5 Rxg4 41. Ra8 Rxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Rxa8 $11) 40... Qd8) 40. Rhb2 Rfg8 $2 {[#]} (40... Rgf7 41. Rb7 Qe8) 41. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Av CentiPawn Loss W=-46/B=-87. Weighted=-58/-96} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,22,13,10,0,9,19,27,25,24,23,35,-7,0,0,41,29,73,56,75,70,71,78,63,66,73,69,71,70,78,68,72,60,64,43,85,40,90,89,118,122,137,109,97,11,88,0,6,6,27,27,25,25,44,37,100,78,82,82,82,0,337,335,349,275,354,329,286,0,277,284,291,269,291,289,279,251,109,148,692,1564,5093,4984,1046,1443,29968,9925,29964,29964,29963,1927,29965,29965,29970,29972,29971,29972,29972,29971,29963,29965]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O e6 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Ba5 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb8 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Be2 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. h3 Bd5 {½-½ (54) L'Ami,A (2393)-Kenney,J (2104) Reykjavik 2015}) 15. Rab1 Nf6 16. Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rfc8 17. e5 Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Ba6 $1 Nc6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd2 Nxd4 23. Kg2 Bxe5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Rfc1 Rc6 26. Rb7 a6 27. Be3 e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. a4 ({White should play} 29. Rcb1 $1 $16) 29... Ne6 (29... Nf5 $11) 30. Rc4 (30. Rcb1 $16) 30... Kg7 31. Rd7 Kf6 32. f4 Bd6 33. Kf3 Nf8 34. Rb7 Ke6 ({Black should try} 34... Ne6 $14) 35. Re4+ Kd5 36. Rxf7 Ne6 37. Rd7 (37. Rxh7 $16 {Hoping for Rf7.} Rb6 38. Rh6) 37... Nd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rb6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Bxd4 $1 $18 cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 39. Re5+ $1 Kc4 40. Re6 Kd5 41. Re5+ Kc4 42. Ke4 $1 Bxe5 43. fxe5 {KR-KR} Kc5 44. Rxh7 ({Not} 44. Rxd4 a5 $16) 44... Rc8 45. Rd7 {Threatens to win with e6.} Rh8 {[#]} 46. Rc7+ $1 Kb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (46... Kb6 $16 47. Rc1 Rxh2) 47. Kxd4 Kxa4 48. Rc2 Rd8+ {[#]} 49. Ke4 $1 Rd1 50. e6 (50. Re2 $142 Kb5 51. e6 Kc6 52. Kf4 Rd8 53. Kg5 Rd5+ 54. Kf6 Rd6 55. Kg5 Rd5+ 56. Kh6 Rh5+ 57. Kxg6) 50... Re1+ 51. Kd5 Kb3 52. Rd2 (52. Rf2 $142 g5 53. Rf5 Re2 54. Re5 Rd2+ 55. Kc5 Rc2+ 56. Kb6 Rxh2 57. e7 Rh6+ 58. Ka5) 52... a5 53. Kd6 {White mates.} a4 54. e7 a3 55. Kd7 Kc3 56. Rf2 Rd1+ 57. Ke6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-27/B=-33. Weighted=-12/32} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,45,62,47,67,49,60,43,33,35,46,45,39,33,44,34,39,55,40,35,36,41,99,93,108,53,49,50,52,59,32,35,76,72,94,7,7,6,6,6,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} g6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 {[#] White is slightly better.} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxb3 9. axb3 Qe6+ 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qf5 14. g4 Qd7 {1-0 (24) Dominguez Perez,L (2752)-Andreikin,D (2759) Hengshui 2019}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {Hoping for Bxe6.} Bxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 e6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 (15... Qb4 $14) 16. Ne4 $16 Qb4 {[#]} 17. Nfd2 ({Better is} 17. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d7]} Nxe5 18. dxe5) 17... f5 $14 18. c3 Qb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e2]} 19. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxe2 20. Rxe2 g5 21. Bg3 $1 c5 22. Rxe6 (22. Bh2 $16) 22... Nxg3 {The position is equal.} 23. fxg3 {aiming for Re7.} cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 25. Kh2 Nc5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 26. Rxh6 {Rg6+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 27. Rh5 Kg6 28. Rxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg5 29. Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 {White must now prevent ...Be5.} 30. Nxd4 Rad8 31. N4xf5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d6]} 32. Nxe4+ Kxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 33. Re1 Kg6 34. Nc5 Rfe8 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra4 Rd2 37. h4 Rxb2 38. Rb4 Rc2 39. Nxb7 Ree2 40. Kh3 (40. Rg4+ {is more complex.} Kh6 41. Rg5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Rcd2 43. Ra5) 40... Rxg2 41. Nd6 Rh2+ 42. Kg4 Rc6 43. Ne4 Re6 44. Ng5 Rd6 45. Nf3 Rh1 46. Rb8 a5 47. Rb5 Ra6 48. h5+ Kf6 49. Ng5 a4 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 50. Ne4+ Kg7 {And now ...a3 would win.} 51. Nc5 a3 52. Nxa6 {KRN-KR} a2 53. Ra5 a1=Q 54. Rxa1 Rxa1 55. Nc5 Kh6 56. Ne6 Ra5 57. Nf4 Rb5 58. Kh4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-3. Weighted=-4/-3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,80,25,13,20,0,0,-4,0,6,25,0,4,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,5,8,11,10,10,0,0,6,16,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6.} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 {is the new trend.} Nd5 12. Bg3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxd5 (14. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Nb6 15. Be2 a5 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1) 14... exd5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bb5 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd8 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Qb3 a6 19. Bf1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rcc1 Rfe8 {½-½ (44) Ribli,Z (2577)-Kuljasevic,D (2501) Sibenik 2008}) 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Re2 (18. h3 {seems wilder.} Bg5 19. Rc5 Be7 20. Rc2 Bb4 21. Re3) 18... a6 19. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 20. h3 a5 21. Be5 Bf8 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. h4 Re8 24. h5 h6 25. Rcc2 Re6 26. Bf4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qb4 28. b3 c5 29. Bd2 c4 30. bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. d5 Bb4 33. Bxb4 $1 axb4 {KR-KR} 34. Re4 Rxa4 35. Rxc4 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Rxb4 Rxd5 38. g4 f5 39. f3 fxg4 40. fxg4 Kh7 {Not much happened in this game. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-2/B=-2. Weighted=-2/-2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,26,22,16,18,12,0,0,15,14,4,3,10]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {The position is equal.} Be7 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6.} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 {The modern move.} Nd5 12. Bg3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 {[#] Not much happened in this game.} {Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 $146 Bc6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. Qa4 {0-1 (61) Bocharov,D (2614)-Rublevsky,S (2680) Sochi 2007} *

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:07:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:59]} 12. a5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 13. dxc6 {[%emt 0:11:59]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:19:06]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:10:50]} 15. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:11:14]} 16. Ncxe4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 17. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 18. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:16:44]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 19. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 21. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 23. f5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 26. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 28. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b3 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 29. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 30. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 31. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 34. c6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} 36. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:11:35]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 43. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 44. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 46. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,136,18,22,16,14,18,23,0,7,0,12,0,0,0,8,0,37,6,10,6,22,22,20,-9,-10,-7,-16,-12,0,-22,-5,-5,-4,-5,-18,-15,-10,-2,0,-18,-14,-32,-22,-41,-41,-44,-45,-55,-54,-68,-47,-58,-60,-59,-47,-105,-105,-98,-81,-113,0,-77,-47,-73,-62,-83,-90,-134,-139,-132,-32,-32,-6,-20,-24,-57,-18,-105,-77,-135,-124,-127,-129,-179,-179,-118,-118,-118,-118,-239,-217,-683,-670,-688,-693,-674,-665,-617,-631,-543,-460,-659,-661,-646,-566,-625,-566,-910,-937,-2292,-1876,-29963,-29959,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29977,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29974,-29972]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 8...h6. Played by Anish Giri in August 2020.} 9. O-O h6 10. a4 {White has an edge.} Nf6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Rc4 14. Be3 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Ra3 O-O 16. Rb3 Rb4 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. f3 Bd7 {0-1 (34) Jahedi,M (2168)-Sanikidze,T (2515) Hamedan 2019}) 15. f3 O-O 16. Bf2 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...d5.} 17. Ne3 Rb4 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Qd2 Bd8 20. Qe2 Rd4 21. Ned5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf5 24. Ne4 Ba5 25. c4 Qd8 26. b3 Bg6 27. g4 Bb4 28. Be3 f5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Qg2 Kh8 31. Kh1 Qf8 32. Rf1 Rf7 {...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 33. Kg1 Bd7 34. Qe2 (34. Bb6 $15) 34... Bh3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh3f1]} 35. Rf2 Qd8 36. Bd2 Ba3 ({Black should try} 36... Bxd2 $17 37. Qxd2 Rf4) 37. Qe3 (37. a5 $11) 37... Bf5 (37... Bb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2d4]} 38. Qd3 Bd4 $15) 38. b4 Bb2 {White must now prevent ...Bd4.} 39. Bc3 Bxc3 40. Nxc3 a5 $1 41. bxa5 Qxa5 ({Black should play} 41... Rc7 $17 42. f4 e4) 42. f4 $15 Re7 (42... e4 $5) 43. c5 Qd8 44. cxd6 Qxd6 45. fxe5 (45. h3 $11 {remains equal.}) 45... Rxe5 $17 46. Qf3 (46. Qg3 $142) 46... Kh7 {And now ...Qc5 would win.} 47. Re2 Qg6+ 48. Qg3 {[#]} Qxg3+ $1 49. hxg3 Rxe2 50. Nxe2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 51. Kf2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (51. Nd4 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 51... Kf6 $1 52. Ke3 $2 (52. Nc3) 52... Ke5 53. Nc3 b6 54. d6 Kxd6 55. Kd4 {intending Nd5.} Be6 56. Nb5+ Kc6 57. Ke5 (57. Na7+ $142 Kd7 58. Kc3) 57... Bd7 58. Kd4 h5 59. Na3 Be6 60. Ke5 Bb3 61. Kf5 Bxa4 62. Kg6 Bd1 {Black mates.} 63. Kxg7 Kc5 64. Kf6 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 65. Ke5 b4 66. Nb1 Kc4 67. Nd2+ Kd3 68. Ne4 b3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-62/B=-18. Weighted=-49/-14} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,48,43,41,70,33,72,45,50,45,47,3,14,12,92,102,83,59,56,24,35,-10,-8,-26,0,-28,-31,-37,-23,-52,-55,-85,-41,-35,-33,-27,-22,-31,59,64,48,64,109,118,120,130,125,90,122,115,116,0,0,0,121,114,138,39,54,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} Qc8 {Black wants to play ...Bxf3.} 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 {White is better.} Nce7 9. c5 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxg4 {1-0 (11) Strauss,D (2395)-Hanken,J (2225) Los Angeles 1991}) 10. Nd2 Bh3 11. Qa4+ Kf8 (11... Bd7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Qa3 Nf5) 12. Bxh3 $16 Qxh3 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb4 (14. Qa3 {looks sharper.} Nfxd5 15. Qxd6 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Bc5) 14... Qd7 15. Qb3 Nf5 16. Nc4 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Bh6 18. Nc4 Kg7 19. h3 Rhc8 20. e3 Rc5 21. Nd2 Rac8 22. a4 b6 23. Rd1 Qf5 (23... Ne8 $15) 24. g4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qd7 $1 25. Rg1 $1 Kh8 26. g5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Qxh3 28. Ke2 h6 29. Rg3 Qh5+ {[#]} 30. Ke1 (30. Kf1 $1 $16) 30... Qh1+ $11 31. Ke2 (31. Nf1 $11) 31... Qh5+ $16 {[#]} 32. Kf1 $1 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 ({White should play} 33. Nde4 $16 Nxc3 34. Nxc3) 33... Rxd5 $14 34. Kg2 (34. Ke1 $14 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qh5+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qh5+ 38. Nf3 Rxd1 39. Qxd1) 34... e4 35. Rh1 Qf5 36. Nb1 ({Not} 36. Qb4 $2 Rc2 $19) 36... Kg7 {next ...Rd3 is good for Black.} 37. Rd1 Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b3] The position is equal.} 38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Nc3 {Strongly threatening e4.} d5 $1 40. Qd1 Rc4 41. Qf3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-13/B=-16. Weighted=-11/-18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,138,0,6,8,10,10,12,9,11,8,6,8,0,0,20,12,18,9,13,0,39,36,36,36,36,35,44,34,35,37,55,36,56,27,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,87,87,87,89,112,124,116,106,-8,0,0,0,11,47,12,52,40,69,5,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,122,123,115,137,115,124,166,279,245,188,187,207,224,241,175,316,311,325,161,173,110,417,421,362,351,345,153,153,111,179,166,179,0,0,0,181,70,75,76,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} e4 7. dxc6 exf3 8. Qxf3 dxc6 {[#]} 9. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bc4 Qe7+ 10. Qe3 Bc5 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Rxe8+ Kxe8 15. c3 {½-½ (49) Yankelevich,L (2383)-Kvetny,M (2367) Willingen 2015}) 9... Bd6 10. d4 Be6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Kb8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qf7 17. Re3 Rde8 18. b3 g5 19. Qg3 h5 20. Rae1 a5 21. Qf3 Bc8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxf6 Qe1+ 25. Bf1 g4 26. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qxc3 27. Qe5 b6 (27... Qa1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Qxh5 $16 Qxd4 29. Qg6 Qa1 {White must now prevent ...Ba6.} 30. Qd3 ({Don't blunder} 30. Qxc6 $2 Ba6 $19) 30... Qe5 31. Qe2 Qd4 32. h5 (32. g3 $16) 32... g3 33. Qf3 Bg4 34. Qf8+ Kb7 35. h6 gxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Qe4 37. g3 ({Better is} 37. Qd2 $14) 37... Qg6 (37... Be6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Qf4 $1 Be6 39. Qe3 $1 {Hoping for h7!} Bf5 40. Bg2 Qd6 41. Kh2 Bh7 42. Qf4 Qg6 43. g4 Qc2 44. g5 b5 (44... Qe2 {was called for.} 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kg4 Qe6+ 47. Kf3 Qe1) 45. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5b5] Strongly threatening Qxb5+.} Kb6 46. Qe3+ Kb7 47. Kg3 b4 48. Bf3 Bg6 (48... Bd3 $142 49. Qe5 Qc3) 49. Qe6 Kb6 50. Qe5 (50. Qe2 $142 Qc1 51. Qe5) 50... Qc1 51. Kf2 (51. Qd4+ $18 Kb7 52. Kg4) 51... Qc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qd2+ $16 {is tougher.} 52. Kg3 Bb1) 52. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c2] Threatens to win with Qxc2.} Qf5 53. Qc4 Qd7 54. Qf4 (54. Kg3 $18) 54... Kb7 $16 55. Qe3 Qf5 (55... Qd6 $16 56. Kg2 Bf5) 56. Qc1 Be8 {[#]} 57. Kg2 $2 (57. Kg3 $1 $18) 57... Bd7 $11 58. Kf2 $2 (58. Qe3 $11 Qh3+ 59. Kg1 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Kf2 Qh4+ 62. Kf1 Qh3+ 63. Kf2 Qh4+ 64. Kf1 Qh3+) 58... Be8 $1 $18 {[#]} 59. Qc4 (59. Kg3 $1 $18) 59... Qxg5 $14 60. h7 Qe5 {next ...Qh2+ is good for Black.} 61. Qg8 (61. Qh4 $16 Qb2+ 62. Be2) 61... Qd4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf4 Qd4+ 64. Be4 Qf2+ 65. Kg5 Qe3+ 66. Kf6 Qd4+ 67. Kg5 Qe3+ 68. Kf6 Qd4+ 69. Kg5 Qe3+ {Black defended with fortune. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-16/B=-20. Weighted=-17/-30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Stukan, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,15,13,8,20,2,33,40,32,29,47,32,30,36,36,-4,20,20,37,28,29,12,41,12,23,20,18,23,23,23,23,14,16,14,46,-9,0,-6,0,-27,31,60,74,73,68,60,66,10,33,39,31,30,90,53,38,31,33,30,27,25,25,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} g6 10. Bc4 Nbd7 (10... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 (12. exd5 h5 $11) 12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 $11) 11. Bh6 {White is slightly better.} Re8 12. Nd5 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Rad1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Rad8 {1-0 (36) Palladino,M (1968)-Almarza Mato,C (2073) ICCF email 2013}) 13. Be3 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. c3 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bc6 18. Ra2 Qb8 19. Bc4 a5 20. Qd3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qd3 Qb3 24. Rfa1 d5 25. f3 (25. Rxa5 $14 dxe4 26. Qd2 Rxa5 27. Rxa5) 25... h5 26. Bg5 Nh7 27. h4 Bf6 (27... Nxg5 $11 28. hxg5 d4) 28. exd5 $14 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Nxg5 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Kh1 (31. Kh2 $14) 31... Qb6 32. b4 {[%cal Ra2a5]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 33. bxa5 Qa6 (33... Qd8 $11) 34. Qxa6 (34. Nf2 {is more complex.} Qf6 35. a6 Bc5 36. a7 e4 37. Qc4) 34... Rxa6 35. Nf2 Rc8 36. Nd3 Rxc3 37. Nxe5 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 38. Re2 Rc5 {The position is equal.} 39. Nxg6 Raxa5 40. Ne7+ Bxe7 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Rxe7 {And now d6 would win.} Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 43. Kh2 f4 44. Kh3 Rf5 45. Kh4 Kh8 46. Ra7 Kg8 47. Kh3 Kf8 48. Rb7 Kg8 49. Kh4 Kh8 50. Kh3 Kg8 51. Kh2 Kf8 52. Kg1 Kg8 53. Kf2 Re5 54. Ra7 Rg5 55. Ra4 Rf5 $1 56. Ke2 Rg5 57. Kf2 Rf5 $1 58. Ra7 Re5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=-7. Weighted=-7/-9} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,45,26,29,18,55,0,0,-16,1,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-25,-86,-86,-85,-79,-80,-76,-73,-57,-152,-142,-148,0,-225,-225,-222,-187,-247,-186,-193,-194,-199,-177,-224,-175,-416,-405,-414,-372,-365,-245,-276,-264,-660,-663,-837,-648,-822,-815,-1196,-1176,-1855,-1798,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29986]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 {6...a6 is the hot move. Played by Peter Svidler in May 2020.} 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. h3 e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Rfe1 (10. d5 $14) 10... Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bf1 b5 12. a3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Bc8 17. Be2 a5 18. Bf3 Re6 {0-1 (68) Abramova,Y (2011)-Chekhov,S (2273) Voronezh 2008}) 13. d5 a6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Bh6 Be7 17. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxa4 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Ba2 Red8 20. Ng5 Be8 $1 21. Qd3 (21. Qc1 $11) 21... Bf8 $17 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Re3 Kg7 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Ng5 ({Better is} 25. Qd2 $15) 25... d5 $1 26. exd5 Nbxd5 (26... Bxd5 $17 27. Bxd5 Nbxd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5) 27. Ree1 $2 (27. Nxf7 $1 $11 Kxf7 28. Rde1) 27... Nb4 $19 28. Qc4 Nxa2 ({Weaker is} 28... Nxc2 29. Nxf7 Nxe1 30. Rxd8 $11 (30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 $11)) 29. Nxa2 (29. Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 30. Nxa2) 29... Qb7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nc3 {and if Nxf7 works, White does fine.} Rc8 ({Less strong is} 31... Bxg2 {[#]} 32. Qxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 33. Nxf7 $15) 32. Rxe5 h6 ({Resist} 32... Bxg2 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Nxf7 $17) 33. h4 $2 (33. Nxf7 {was necessary.} Qxf7 34. Qxa6) 33... hxg5 34. hxg5 Nh7 35. Rc5 Bd7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxc5.} 37. Nd5 $2 (37. Ne4 Rb8 38. Rd5) 37... Rxc5 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Qxc5 {intending Nf5+.} Qxb2 40. Qd6 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] ...a2 is the strong threat.} 41. Kh2 a2 42. c3 Qxf2 {Black mates.} 43. Nf5+ Kg8 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kf8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-96/B=-20. Weighted=-161/-19} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,96,35,23,44,45,45,30,43,49,31,20,25,22,54,31,38,39,39,35,24,23,61,58,70,59,105,80,83,106,214,204,204,212,281,274,289,287,369,358,300,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-160,-170,-170,-154,-175,-177,-176,-176,-163,-119,-118,-149,-666,-691,-685,-681,-596,-497,-488,-481,-468,-468,-416,-445,-428,-425,-713,-696,-657,-646]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 Nf7 11. h3 d6 12. Be3 Bd7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qd2 {[#]} Kh8 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Rec1 Rfc8 16. Nd1 Qa6 17. b4 f5 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. d5 Qb7 21. dxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (43) Bucher,G (2119)-Kalaiyalahan,A (2149) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bf4 Rb7 $1 20. b5 Bf5 21. Rb4 g5 22. Bh2 Nd6 23. Qa2 (23. Nxd5 Ne4 $17) 23... e6 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Nb3 e5 (25... Nc4 $16) 26. dxe5 $18 (26. Nc5 $6 Rb8 $16) 26... fxe5 {...d4 is the strong threat.} 27. Nc5 ({Weaker is} 27. Nxd5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Nxb5 $11) 27... d4 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nc5 31. f3 $2 (31. Re2 $18) 31... Nxe4 $11 32. fxe4 d3 33. Qd2 g4 {Strongly threatening ...gxh3.} (33... Qa5 $5 34. Bg3 $8 Rb8 $11) 34. Rb3 $2 (34. Bg3 $11) 34... Qd4+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh1 Ra8 $40 {[%mdl 128] ( -> ...Ra1+). Black has strong attack.} ({Worse is} 35... Qxe4 36. Qxd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 $11) 36. Rb1 gxh3 $1 ({And not} 36... Qxe4 37. hxg4 Rd8 38. b6 $11) 37. gxh3 Qxe4+ 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ $1 39. Kxg2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} Ra2+ $1 40. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (40. Kg3 $17 d2 41. Kf3) 40... Rxh2 {KRB-KR} 41. b6 {[#] Hoping for b7.} Bf8 $1 42. Ke4 Bd6 43. Kxd3 Kg7 44. Ke4 {If only White now had time for Rd1....} Rxh3 45. Rd1 Rh4+ 46. Kd5 {Black is clearly winning.} Bb8 47. Rc1 (47. Kc5 $142 e4 48. Rg1+ Kf7 49. Kd4) 47... Rd4+ 48. Kc6 Rd8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-12. Weighted=-38/-14} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,0,10,8,11,12,24,35,6,9,8,14,13,39,12,18,15,34,26,25,33,33,16,43,37,41,33,54,42,31,32,45,13,20,0,0,0,15,11,24,9,53,8,8,8,8,-14,0,11,140,-1,7,-79,-76,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O {[#]} 11. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. c3 c5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Nf4 {½-½ (113) Babits,A (2270)-Meszaros,T (2346) Balatonlelle 2004}) 11... c6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Rfe1 c5 19. c3 Rab8 20. b3 a5 21. Re3 a4 22. Bc2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. Rae1 Ra2 25. Bb1 Rb2 26. Nf4 Bd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black has counterplay} 27. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Kg7 (27... Bxd5 28. Rxe8+) 28. Rd1 Ra8 {...Bxd5 is the strong threat.} 29. Be4 {Hoping for Nxf6!} f5 (29... Ra6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Bf3 ({White has to play} 30. Nc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7e6]} fxe4 31. Nxa8) 30... Raa2 31. Nb4 (31. c4 $11) 31... cxb4 $17 32. Rxd6 bxc3 (32... f4 $17 33. Red3 Bf5) 33. Rxc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf2 34. Kh2 Rfb2 35. Rb6 Ra3 36. Kg3 Raxb3 37. Rcxb3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Bxb3 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. h4 $1 Be6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-12/B=-12. Weighted=-17/-13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,158,9,33,29,20,1,38,0,0,0,6,0,-4,2,55,32,40,27,42,-7,-15,-14,60,64,143,156,157,100,77,47,41,34,14,15,14,17,14,10,70,69,88,13,16,6,13,8,3,0,11,7,0,0,0,0,10,12,9,12,12,12,23,26,54,52,89,79,77,72,106,106,152,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,16,16,15,15,15,194,194,263,0,219,15,15,0,15,5,253,253,253,4,260,253,325,357,370,372,379,379,379,379,379,379,379,386,386,123,450,450,458,450,450,390,412,325,340,0,0,0,355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3 .} h6 11. Qe2 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. c4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f4 Nc6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4 Rc5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1 {1-0 (23) Chekhover,V-Levenfish,G Leningrad 1934}) 12. e4 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Nc6 (15... a5 $11) 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. d5 exd5 19. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3g3][%mdl 32]} Qb6 (19... Bg4 $11) 20. Ne5 $14 (20. Rxd5 Be6 $15) 20... Be8 ({Better is} 20... Qb7 $14) 21. exd5 $16 Bd6 22. Bf5 (22. Nc6 $142 $1 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Bxf4 24. Qe4 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qc7+ 26. Kg1) 22... Rd8 23. Rd3 Nc4 $1 24. Rg3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re5g7]} g6 27. Rd1 Rd6 (27... Qd6 $11 28. Qe3 h5) 28. h4 $14 Qd8 29. Rd4 (29. h5 $16) 29... Qf6 $11 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Bg4 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rd6 $1 32. Ra3 Bd7 (32... f5 {with more complications.} 33. Be2 a6 34. Rc3 Bf7 35. Bf3 Kg7) 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. h5 Kg7 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rg4 g5 38. Re4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc4 (39... Rxd5 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Raxa7 $16) 40. Ree6 Ra4 41. Rxa4 ({Much worse is} 41. Rxh6 $6 Rxa2 42. Rhg6+ (42. Rxa2 Kxh6 43. Ra5 Rxd5 $11) (42. Rag6+ Kf8 $11) 42... Kh7 $11) 41... bxa4 $16 {KR-KR} 42. d6 Rb7 43. Re4 $1 Rd7 44. Rd4 ({Only move:} 44. Rxa4 $16 Kf6 45. Ra6) 44... Kf6 $11 45. Kg3 Ke5 46. Rxa4 Rxd6 47. Rxa7 h5 48. Ra5+ Kf6 $1 49. Ra3 Rd2 50. Ra8 Rd3+ 51. Kh2 Rd2 52. a4 Ra2 53. a5 Kg7 $1 54. f3 {next Kg3 is good for White.} h4 $2 (54... Ra4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 55. a6 Kh7 (55... Rd2 {was called for.} 56. a7 Ra2) 56. Kg1 $2 (56. Kh3 $1 $18) 56... Kg7 $2 (56... Ra1+ $1 $11 57. Kh2 Ra2) 57. a7 $2 ({White must play} 57. Ra7+ $1 $18 Kg6 58. Ra8) 57... Kh7 58. Kf1 {And now Ke1 would win.} Kg7 59. Ke1 {Strongly threatening Kd1.} Kh7 60. Kd1 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 61. Kc1 $1 {Black must now prevent Kb1.} g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Ra4 $1 $11 62. Kb2 Ra5) 62. fxg4 $18 {g5 is the strong threat.} Ra6 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Kc3 Ra1 65. Kd4 Ra2 66. Ke5 Ra1 67. Kf5 Ra5+ 68. Kf4 Ra1 69. Kg5 $2 (69. g5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 69... Ra5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Ra6 $16 70. Kxh4 Ra4) 70. Kxh4 Ra1 71. g5 Ra2 72. g6 Ra1 73. g4 Ra4 {[#]} 74. Kh5 $2 (74. Kh3 $1 $18) 74... Ra5+ $11 75. Kh4 Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75... Ra4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 76. Kg5 Ra5+ 77. Kf4 Ra4+ 78. Ke3 Ra1) 76. Rb8 $2 (76. Kg5 $18) 76... Rxa7 {The position is equal.} 77. Rb6 Ra5 78. Rc6 Rb5 79. g5 Rb1 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-32. Weighted=-45/-50} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,47,32,1,26,22,45,21,25,13,16,19,20,22,27,46,60,50,67,75,495,491,491,198,182,179,186,-75,-51,-59,280,288,555,555,555,555,555,553,535,526]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nf6 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation).} (6... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $11) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {[#]} e6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 g6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bc5 Qc7 14. Rfe1 e6 {0-1 (40) Demchenko,A (2641)-Martirosyan,H (2622) chess.com INT 2020}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} b5 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Nf5 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (14... exf5 $16 {is a better chance.} 15. Qxe7 Be6) 15. Nxg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} e5 (15... Kxg7 16. Be5) 16. Bxe5 (16. Qxe5 $142 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Kxg7 20. Rd6) 16... Bg4 17. Qd2 Nbd7 {[#]} 18. Qf4 $2 ({Resist} 18. Ne6 $6 Nxe5 19. Qg5+ Ng6 $14) (18. Rde1 $1 $18 {aiming for Qh6.} Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rxc5) 18... Nxe5 $17 19. Qxe5 {And now Rd3 would win.} Kxg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bxd1 $15 20. Nf5 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kh1 Rae8) 20. Nd5 $18 Qe6 $2 (20... Qc6) 21. Qg5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 {...Ne4 is the strong threat.} 22. Nxf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Rd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-66. Weighted=-28/-90} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Black "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,-6,0,0,6,18,8,14,38,40,30,36,24,0,0,0,0,-9,14,0,22,0,0,-52,-47,-56,-56,-75,-59,-90,-89,-91,-73,-89,-59,-236,-68,-108,-56,-71,-66,-63,-35,-35,-24,-47,-32,-66,-92,-164,-165,-330,-327,-357,-210,-207,-227,-322,-361,-364,-279,-491,-483,-497,-494,-462,-382,-584,-584,-581,-573,-581,-559,-625,-624,-644,-550,-1243,-1268,-1221,-1207,-1046,-831,-816,-816,-816,-816,-816,-810]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bb3 {[#] C34: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3: 3...Nf6 and 3...d6.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne1 f3 12. gxf3 c5 {½-½ (32) Pieleck,R (1627)-Klebe,D (1496) Remote email 2013}) 7. exd5 cxd5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Qf3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nxb3 13. axb3 Be6 14. h3 a6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 (16. Rae1 $11) 16... Ne4 $15 17. Bh2 f6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Ng3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Bf5 21. Qd1 Qd7 22. Nf4 $2 ({White should try} 22. c3 $15) 22... Ng5 $2 ({Better is} 22... Bxf4 $1 $19 23. Bxf4 g5) 23. c3 Nxf3+ (23... Re3 $17 24. Ra5 Be4) 24. Qxf3 Be4 25. Qf2 Qb5 26. b4 $1 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 27. Nh5 Bf8 28. Bf4 a5 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 29. Qg3 (29. bxa5 $17 {might work better.} bxa5 30. Qd2) 29... Bg6 $19 30. Qh4 $2 (30. Qg4) 30... axb4 31. Ra7 bxc3 (31... Qe2 $142 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qxf6 Be7 34. Qxb6 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rxc3) 32. bxc3 Qe2 ({Worse is} 32... Rxc3 33. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 34. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Qxf6 $16) 33. Nxf6+ (33. Rf3 $142) 33... gxf6 34. Qxf6 Qe6 35. Be5 $2 (35. Qg5) 35... Qxf6 36. Rxf6 Rxc3 37. Rb7 Rc2 38. Rf2 (38. Rfxb6 $142 Rxe5 {[#]} 39. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 40. dxe5) 38... Rxf2 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kxf2 Bd3 40. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 41. g5 b4 42. h4 Bc2 43. Ke3 b3 44. Kd2 Rc8 45. h5 Rc4 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 46. Rb8 Kf7 {aiming for ...Bb4+.} 47. g6+ hxg6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-43/B=-22. Weighted=-51/-24} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Black "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,17,22,15,20,20,15,-21,-3,-22,0,-9,-4,-28,-8,-29,-24,-47,-44,-46,-45,-38,0,8,18,15,15,17,20,21,21,0,8,15,41,26,29,30,50,66,84,34,110,62,133,146,152,114,164,147,175,181,220,213,252,237,308,252,303,218,256,262,333,337,338,337,314,164,108,128,626,610,608,598,701,764,814,830,1397,1394,2224,1956,5712,1095,1090,946,940,672,885,869,725,580,479,222,214,290,237,0,0,0,204,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. d3 O-O $1 {9...0-0 is better than 9...h6.} 10. Nbd2 h6 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Re8 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bh7 17. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b5]} axb4 18. axb4 {Black must now prevent b5.} Rxa1 19. Rxa1 e4 20. b5 Ne5 {[#]} 21. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. b6 Bb8 22. dxe4 d3 23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. Ra8 Bxg2 25. Nxe5 Bh3 26. Qxd3 Qe7 27. Nef3 Qxc5 {0-1 (39) Lerch,P (2314)-Horvath,J (2532) Germany 2015}) 21... Bxe5 22. f4 Bb8 23. f5 {[%cal Rd3e4]} e3 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Bf3 h5 (25... Nd7 $1 $14) 26. Ra4 Nd7 (26... e2 $14) 27. c6 Ne5 28. Be4 (28. Bxh5 bxc6 29. bxc6 Qd6 $11) 28... bxc6 29. bxc6 Bc7 30. Rxd4 Qg5 31. Rb4 Ng4 32. Rb7 Qd8 33. Bc3 Nf2 34. Bf3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. Be4 $1 (36. Bxh5 Bxf5 37. Rxc7 (37. Nxf5 {is a self mate.} Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kf1 e2+ 39. Kf2 Nh3+ 40. Ke1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kd2 e1=Q#) 37... Qxc7 $19) 36... Qd6 37. Bb4 Qd8 38. Nf3 (38. Qc4 $142) 38... Nxf3 $18 39. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Ke2.} Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... e2 $16) 40. Rxc7 Bxf5 41. Kxe3 ({And not} 41. Kg2 Rxe4 42. dxe4 Bg4 $11) 41... h4 42. Qf2 hxg3 43. hxg3 g6 {[#]} 44. g4 $1 Qe5 (44... Bxg4 45. Qxf6) 45. Qf4 Qb2 46. Bd2 Qb6+ 47. Ke2 Bxg4+ 48. Qxg4 {Threatening mate with Rc8.} Qxc7 {[#]} 49. Qd7 $1 Qh2+ 50. Kd1 Qh5+ 51. Kc2 (51. Ke1 $142 Qh4+ 52. Ke2) 51... Qc5+ {[#]} 52. Bc3 $1 Qf2+ 53. Bd2 Qc5+ 54. Bc3 Qf2+ {[#]} 55. Bd2 $2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-51/B=-79. Weighted=-68/-84} ({White should try} 55. Kd1 $1 $18 Rb8 56. d4 Qf1+ 57. Kd2 Qf4+ 58. Kd3 Qf1+ 59. Ke3 Qc1+ 60. Bd2 Qg1+ 61. Ke2 Qh2+ 62. Kd1 Qh5+ 63. Kc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,57,31,40,47,48,53,111,2,-6,0,24,29,35,-22,0,0,39,27,79,71,222,219,222,222,215,164,330,340,427,450,453,475,482,452,479,478,465,458,490,486,600,592,786,767,773,688,1195,1179,29983,10004,6713,2939]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6.} 10. g4 Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O {[#]} (11... Na6 $14) 12. Bf4 $146 (12. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4h5]} h5 13. gxh5 Bxh5 14. Qd4) ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 h6 13. g5 Qe7 14. gxh6 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. h5 Bh7 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. f4 bxc4 {0-1 (40) Novikov,I (2588)-Gonzalez,R (2428) San Diego 2004}) 12... Qe7 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qc2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b5 15. Ne3 (15. axb5 $14 cxb5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Kf2) 15... Nxe5 16. Be2 $1 Nbd7 (16... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 17. O-O-O Na6 $11) 17. axb5 Nc5 (17... Qf6 $11 18. Ng2 cxb5) 18. O-O $16 {aiming for bxc6.} Ned3 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (18... Ne6 $16 19. Bxe5 Qc5) 19. Bg3 $1 $18 Bxc3 20. bxc3 cxb5 21. Rfd1 {[%cal Re2d3]} Ne5 $2 (21... Qf6 {was worth a try.} 22. Bxd3 Nxd3) 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Bxe5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Bxc2 26. Bxb5 a5 27. Bc7 a4 28. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} f6 29. Bb6 Nd3 30. d6 Ne5 31. d7 Nf7 32. c5 Rb8 33. Bc4 Bb3 34. Bxf7+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-93/B=34. Weighted=-109/-21} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,12,31,27,26,19,24,20,22,22,29,36,35,0,29,24,27,0,0,0,0,0,28,26,25,25,25,22,22,22,22,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,13,14,21,21,19,19,18,16,25,9,19,0,0,0,0,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-8,-8,-8,-71,-71,-87,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Nge7 8. d3 Bg4 9. b4 {9.Qd2 is a critical line. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} a6 10. Rb1 O-O {[#]} 11. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 Qc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. a4 Qd7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 {0-1 (36) Skovgaard,P (2235)-Hansen,C (2625) Copenhagen 2006}) 11... Qd7 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Nd8 14. Qb3 Ra5 15. Ba3 b6 16. Kd2 Ra7 17. Ra1 Nb7 18. Bb4 Nc5 (18... Rfa8 {looks sharper.} 19. Ra6 c5 20. Qa4 cxb4 21. Rxa7 bxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 d5) 19. Bxc5 $1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 {Threatens to win with Bb4.} dxc5 21. Ra8 Rxa8 22. Bxa8 Be6 23. Qa4 Qd8 24. Bb7 f5 25. Qa8 Qxa8 26. Bxa8 Kf8 27. Ng1 Bf6 28. Nf3 Kg7 29. Ng5 Bg8 30. Bb7 Kh6 31. f4 Kg7 32. Nf3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 33. Ne5 exd3 34. Kxd3 (34. Bd5 $11) 34... Bxe5 $1 $17 35. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBN-KBN} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bd5 (36. hxg5 Ng6) 36... gxh4 (36... Ng6 $17 37. e6 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ne5+ 39. Kc2 Kf6) 37. gxh4 Ng6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. e6 (38. Bxg8 $11 {remains equal.} Nxe5+ 39. Ke2 Kxg8 40. Nd5) 38... Kf6 $17 ({Of course not} 38... Nxh4 $6 39. e7 $16) 39. e7 Nxe7 ({Better is} 39... Ne5+ $17 40. Kc2 Bf7) 40. Bxg8 $11 Nxg8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-9/B=-8. Weighted=-7/-8} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,37,22,22,35,32,26,33,18,28,0,0,6,16,0,0,0,41,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} Be6 $1 12. O-O-O {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3.} Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Ke8 {[#]} 17. Nf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ba4 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Kf8 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Nf6 Ke7 22. Nd7 Rhd8 23. Nxe5 Bg7 24. f4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 {0-1 (47) Smeets,J (2585)-Keymer,V (2527) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 17... Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,16,20,22,13,-8,0,0,0,8,8,-7,-10,-7,-6,-21,-19,-26,-24,-18,-18,-18,-15,-14,-19,-23,-19,-11,0,-12,-12,-14,-3,-22,-15,-15,-18,-24,-29,-33,0,-7,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Qd3 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} a6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Nbd2 $1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 c5 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (38) Blatny,P (2476)-Czebe,A (2414) Budapest 1999}) 9. Bg2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. e5 Nd7 {...Ndxe5! is the strong threat.} 13. O-O Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6.} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 {aiming for Ne4.} Qxd2 18. Qxe7 Rac8 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qd4 21. Rac1 Qb2 22. Ra1 Rfe8 23. Qd6 Re6 24. Qd5 Re2 25. Rab1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back. The position is equal.} Qf6 26. a3 h5 27. Rbe1 Rc2 28. Re4 Qc6 29. Rfe1 (29. Rd1 {is interesting.} Rc3 30. Rf4 Qxd5+ 31. cxd5 Rxa3 32. Rf6) 29... Qxd5 30. cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf8 31. Ra4 Rd8 32. Rxa6 Rxd5 33. Re3 Kg7 34. h4 c4 35. Rc6 Rf5 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Rxa3 39. Rxc4 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 {An uneventful encounter. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-3/B=-2. Weighted=-2/-2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,7,8,8,14,7,41,44,44,42,35,35,51,50,77,74,75,77,130,90,94,72,95,69,79,92,120,125,117,118,163,164,265,294,277,199,261,187,176,170,184,175,289,297,294,274,296,267,277,223,267,273,450,340,504,315,684,678,639,642,642,611,1078,464,602,594]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bxc6+ $1 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 {[#]} 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. h3 Qf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qe4 Nxg3 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. fxg3 {1-0 (57) Noa,J-Schallopp,E Frankfurt 1887}) 13... Nf4 (13... O-O $142) 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Bf2 a5 17. g3 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bg1 gxf4 20. gxf4 h5 (20... Bb4 {was worth a try.}) 21. h3 $18 Nh6 22. Qd3 Rg8 (22... f6 $142 23. a3 Rg8) 23. Nde2 Bxg1 24. Rhxg1 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 ({Resist} 25. Nxg1 Qh4 $16) 25... Qf6 (25... Qh4 $142 26. f5 O-O-O 27. Qa6+ Kb8) 26. Rg5 h4 27. e5 Qe6 28. Rh5 Ng8 29. Rxh4 dxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 $2 {[#]} (30... Qf5 31. Qxf5 Bxf5) 31. Rh5 Be6 (31... Qb4 $142 32. a3 Qb6) 32. Nf4 Qc5 $2 (32... Qd7 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Rh7+ Ne7) 33. Rg5 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Qf5+ Ke7 {[#] ( -> ...Qe3+)} 37. Qf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Av CentiPawn Loss W=-35/B=-59. Weighted=-47/-74} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,29,32,13,19,22,21,-16,-4,-13,26,-44,-7,-20,-22,-34,-25,-27,17,19,19,0,6,-5,5,0,10,0,6,6,23,15,24,21,29,-2,0,0,0,-16,-3,-23,-21,-23,-23,-22,-18,-25,-21,-31,-10,-22,-23,-29,-14,-20,0,-5,-11,-25,0,-16,-18,-14,-20,-17,4,-22,-25,-22,-25,-25,-28,-19,-16,-25,-22,-53,-39,-107,-66,-85,-53,-63,0,0,0,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} g5 {[#]} 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Nh2 Qe8 13. c3 Nf4 {½-½ (38) Alekseev,E (2623)-Asadli,V (2513) Budva 2019}) 7... Bg7 8. Ba2 Bg4 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Ne2 (10. h3 $11 Be6 11. Re1) 10... Nh5 (10... Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 Qh3 $11) 11. Ne1 Nf4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe2+ (13... fxe6 {with more complications.} 14. Bf2 h5 15. c3 h4 16. Nc2 O-O-O) 14. Qxe2 Qxe6 15. c4 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nc2 O-O 18. Bf2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Qd1 d5 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Re4 Rad8 23. Ne1 Rd7 24. Be3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 25. Qa4 a6 26. Rf2 Nf5 27. Bd2 c6 28. Qd1 Nd6 29. Ree2 c5 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Qb1 b5 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Rd2 Nf5 34. Rde2 Nd6 35. Rd2 Rb8 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 36. Nc2 Nf5 37. Rde2 Re7 ({Avoid the trap} 37... Qxd3 $2 38. Rd2 $18) 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. Rxe3 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 40. axb4 cxb4 41. Be1 Rc7 {White should prevent ...Rbc8.} 42. Re4 Rbc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 43. Qd1 Rc1 44. Qe2 (44. Qa4 $15) 44... b3 $17 45. h4 R8c2 46. Qe3 Rxf2 (46... Qc5 $1 $15 47. Qxc5 Rxc5) 47. Qxc1 Rc2 48. Qa1 (48. Qe3 $11 {remains equal.}) 48... Qxd3 (48... gxh4 $17 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 49. Bxh4 Qxd3) 49. hxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} hxg5 50. Qa4 Re2 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qh5+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-11/B=-11. Weighted=-12/-13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,27,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 {[#]} Bg3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf4+) 14. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,100,29,0,0,0,0,18,2,0,0,-7,0,-29,-28,-25,-29,-44,-11,-58,-73,-53,-59,-95,-75,-133,-102,-124,-131,-159,-166,-157,-156,-158,-152,-166,-163,-370,-416,-687,-701,-756,-407,-411,-419,-360,-397,-391,-370,-435,-384,-551,-504,-993,-917,-847,-846,-838,-839,-792,-778,-1191,-1168,-1270,-604,-799,-504,-1439,-1276,-11141,-10225,-6001,-6001,-3555,-2671,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29971]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Nb6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 14. Qa5 Rc8 15. c3 Bd8 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. g3 g6 19. f4 exf4 {[#]} 20. gxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qxf4 Kg7 21. Bg2 Re8 22. Rhe1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rc7 24. Bf3 Qf2 25. Re2 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 {½-½ (51) Pellegrinon,F (2187)-Pereira,E (2278) ICCF email 2017}) 20... Rc7 21. h4 Ng4 22. Re1 Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Be2 Qf2 24. Nc1 (24. Nd4 $142) 24... Qg2 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bd3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 {[#] aiming for Re8+.} Bxh4 ({Not} 27... Qxd5 $2 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxh8 $18) 28. Re8+ Kg7 {And now ...b5 would win.} 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Bxf5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qf4) 30... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5c1] Threatens to win with ...Bxc1.} 31. Qd4+ (31. Bc2 $142 Nf6 32. Bd1) 31... Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Qf1!} 32. Bc2 Qf1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf1c1]} 33. Qd1 Qxd1 34. Bxd1 Bxc1 35. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg7 36. b4 Kf6 37. a4 (37. c4 $142 Ke5 38. Kd2) 37... Ke5 38. a5 (38. c4 $142 f5 39. Bf3) 38... Nf6 39. Bf3 h4 40. Kd2 Nxd5 41. Ke1 b5 42. axb6 Nxb6 43. Bb7 Nd5 44. Bxa6 Nxc3 {Hoping for ...h3.} 45. b5 (45. Bf1 $142 Ne4 46. b5) 45... Kd5 46. b6 Kc6 47. b7 Kc7 48. Kf2 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 h3 50. Bb5 Kxb7 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=48/B=-91. Weighted=-15/-86} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,18,17,14,14,18,18,15,12,16,12,57,57,67,70,91,72,96,112,112,113,121,121,122,121,166,158,173,141,150,143,150,139,147,145,181,188,189,211,237,242,240,203,311,163,343,245,694,681,695,685,649,652,614,558,1180,1124,2739,2522,2119,2081,2243,1717]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. d5 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Bd2 Ne8 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nd2 {1-0 (48) Predke,A (2684)-Sanal,V (2581) Ruma 2020}) 10. Nb1 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb6 {White should prevent ...Nxe4!} 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Na4 Qa7 19. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} c4 20. bxc4 Bf8 21. Rab1 Qd4 22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Rbd1 Qa7 24. Rf1 h5 25. Kh1 Bd6 26. Rd3 Kg7 {[#]} 27. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb8 (27... exf4 28. e5) 28. f5 Qa7 {[#]} (28... Rf8 {might work better.} 29. Qe1 Bb4) 29. Qe1 ({Don't do} 29. fxg6 $6 fxg6 30. h3 Rf8 $18) (29. g4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with fxg6.} g5 (29... Nxg4 30. h3) 30. h4 (30. gxh5 Rh8 $18)) 29... Be7 $2 (29... g5 30. Qc1 Kh6) 30. Qg3 {Black must now prevent fxg6.} h4 $2 (30... Qb8 31. c5 (31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Nb6 Nxe4 $18) 31... Rxc5) 31. Qxe5 $18 {fxg6 is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Bd6 32. Qb2 {aiming for fxg6.} Qb8 33. fxg6 Be5 34. Qf2 Rh8 35. Rf3 Nxe4 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Qe3 h3 38. g4 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-40/B=-77. Weighted=-39/-108} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,32,11,2,-4,0,-60,-55,-65,-51,-29,-62,-291,-299,-489,-469,-460,-442,-489,-478]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 {7...c5 is more advanced technology.} 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. Bf4 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Be6 10. Re1 {[#]} (10. Bc2 $11) 10... Nxf2 $146 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc5 11. cxd5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (31) Petrzik,J (1800)-Ptacek,J (1800) ICCF email 2005}) 11. Kxf2 {Threatens to win with cxd5.Black is slightly better.} Qh4+ $1 12. Bg3 Qd4+ 13. Re3 $2 {[#] This costs White the game.} (13. Kf1 $15 f6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3) 13... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5f4] Strongly threatening ...f4!} ({Inferior is} 13... dxc4 14. Be2 $11) ({Weaker is} 13... Qxb2+ 14. Nd2 $11) 14. cxd5 $2 (14. Bc2 f4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Na3) 14... f4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin. Black is clearly winning.} 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,50,0,15,20,20,20,26,17,33,26,29,30,35,18,22,18,18,18,19,23,27,37,29,0,19,0,0,-34,-30,-650,-638]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. e4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 {White has an edge.} Nf6 15. Qh4 {[#]} h6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf8 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bd3 h6 18. Bc2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nd7 Qc6 22. Nxf6+ {1-0 (49) Machlik,M (1976)-Lobersli,H (1857) Fagernes 2014}) 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Bf3 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bf8 22. a4 Red8 23. Be5 Qe7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Qf3 $11) 25... Qg5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-51/B=-4. Weighted=-60/-4} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,136,16,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,16,16,16,24,24,10,16,14,29,13,20,36,51,41,44,60,59,70,61,69,72,64,77,80,82,81,83,87,87,83,90,90,90,88,88,85,88,88,85,91,41,41,45,83,83,86,66,68,68,65,64,64,64,72,66,41,52,70,70,71,64,63,31,52,48,47,9,28,0,8,4,36,8,10,10,47,31,61,54,50,17,8,8,16,21,22,20,62,8,8,8,60,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,27]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 {Recently 7.a4 got a lot of attention.} Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 $1 bxc4 $1 13. e6 fxe6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb6.} 14. bxc4 Nd7 {White must now prevent ...Rf8!} 15. cxd5 cxd5 {And now ...Qb6 would win.} 16. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rb8 17. Bxe4 {[#] Intending Qh5+ and mate.} Rxb4 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qd1 a5 21. O-O Kg7 22. a3 {[#]} Rb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Rb8 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Bb5 Nf8 26. Rc5 g5 27. Qg4 h6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 {0-1 (60) So,W (2640)-Malakhov,V (2706) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 23. Qc1 Rb3 24. Qc2 a4 25. Rab1 Qc8 26. Rxb3 Qxc2 27. Bxc2 axb3 28. Bxb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 29. Bc2 Ra8 30. Ra1 e5 31. Kf1 d4 32. Ke2 Rd8 {With the idea ...d3+.} 33. exd4 exd4 {Threatening ...d3+.} 34. Kd2 Ra8 35. a4 Kf6 36. Ra3 Ra5 37. h4 Ke5 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rh3 Kf6 40. Rf3+ Ke6 41. Rf4 Nxa4 42. Rxd4 Nc5 43. Rh4 h6 44. Rc4 Kf6 45. g3 Ne6 46. Rc6 Ke7 47. Ke3 Re5+ 48. Be4 Ra5 49. Rb6 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Nc5 51. Bc2 (51. Bh7 {is more complex.} Nd7 52. Rb7 Kd6 53. Rb4 Ne5 54. Rf4) 51... Ra6 52. Rb5 Kd6 53. Bg6 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 h4 56. gxh4 Ne6 {...Nd4+ is the strong threat.} 57. Rb6+ (57. Rb4 $14) 57... Ke5 $11 58. Bb1 Nf4+ (58... Ra4 $11) 59. Kd2 ({White should play} 59. Kf3 $14) 59... Nd5 {The position is equal.} 60. Rb8 Ra4 61. h5 Rd4+ 62. Ke1 Rh4 63. Bg6 Nf4 64. Rb6 Rh1+ 65. Kd2 Nxg6 66. hxg6 Rg1 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. g7 Ke5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-5. Weighted=-4/-5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,9,11,15,0,7,0,9,8,45,37,45,30,33,34,34,25,29,29,34,29,26,26,37,33,32,32,35,45,29,26,44,25,23,20,70,33,35,33,40,15,22,21,32,19,19,20,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. d5 Rb8 11. Re1 Ne8 12. e4 Ne5 13. Qd2 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Bg3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 b4 18. Nd1 Be5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c4 b3 21. Ra3 Rb4 22. Ne3 Nd6 {½-½ (22) Leyva,H (2409)-Gonzalez Acosta,B (2428) Valencia 2000}) 14. Bxf3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bh6 b4 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxh6.} 17. Nd1 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rd8 23. Ra7 h5 24. Be2 Kg8 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} 27. Ne3 Nf6 28. f3 d5 29. exd5 (29. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} d4 30. exf6 dxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxf6 32. Rc7 $14 (32. Qxc5 Rd2 $11)) 29... Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxe6 Rxd2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Ree7 Rc2 33. Rac7 Rxc3 34. Re5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 c4 36. Rec5 Kg7 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Re8 39. h4 Re7 40. Kg3 Ra7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-5. Weighted=-5/-6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,11,7,0,35,27,32,19,7,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,12,-20,-14,-32,-25,-53,-60,-106,-13,-30,-48,-157,-166,-175,-166,-190,-163,-183,-28,-259,-245,-253,-252,-293,-287,-278,-278,-272,-250,-267,-273,-562,-539,-580,-444,-414,-358,-557,-558,-795,-804,-801,-801,-774,-764,-773,-768,-831,-762,-1023,-943]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4.} Bc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 {White is slightly better.} Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qe4 O-O {[#]} 17. Ra3 $146 ({Much worse is} 17. Qxa8 Nbc6 $17) (17. Ng5 {with more complications.} Ng6 18. f4 Nc6 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Ne4) ({Predecessor:} 17. Ng5 Ng6 18. f4 Qc6 19. Qxc4 h6 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. a5 Rab8 22. Qa4 Qxa4 {½-½ (20) Karasalo,J (2457)-Neuer,T (2427) ICCF email 2007}) 17... Qc6 18. Qg4 Nd7 19. Re1 Rab8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4h4][%mdl 32]} 20. h4 c3 (20... Rb4 $17 21. a5 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Rxc3 $11 Rb4 22. Qh5 (22. Qxb4 $1 $15 cxb4 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Re4) 22... Nf5 $17 ({Resist} 22... Qxa4 23. Ra3 $17) 23. a5 h6 24. Nh2 Rxh4 25. Qe2 Rb8 $2 (25... Ra4 $19 26. Rd3 Rd8) 26. g4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (26. f4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 26... Nd4 $19 27. Qd3 {Hoping for Qxd4!} Qd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 28. Qg3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Decoy} 29. Rxe2 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd2.} Rxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxh2 Qxe2 32. Be3 $2 (32. Qf3 {might work better.} Qxf3 33. Rxf3) 32... Rb4 33. Kh3 Rb1 34. Qg2 {intending f4.} Nxe5 35. Bxc5 (35. f3 $142 Qe1 36. Bd2) 35... Ng6 {...Nf4+ is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} 36. Be3 f5 37. Rb3 fxg4+ 38. Kh2 Rf1 39. Rb8+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Nh4.} 40. Rb7 a6 41. Rd7 {[#]} Qb5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-51/B=-23. Weighted=-56/-23} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,6,16,-11,10,5,3,4,10,16,18,0,18,28,32,0,25,0,0,-30,-12,-41,-27,-18,-9,-15,0,-20,-11,-11,-11,-11,-13,-16,-13,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,622,621,621,613,586,595,580,556,662,658,646,639,625,610,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 {[#] A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a5 7. d5 Ne7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. Nd2 {0-1 (40) Stahr,R (2138)-Baumert,C (2126) Germany 2013}) 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. f3 Nh5 {Threatens to win with ...Qh4+.} 11. g3 f5 12. Bd2 f4 13. Kf2 Qf6 14. Rg1 ({Wrong is} 14. g4 $2 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Re1 Rae8 $19) 14... Bg4 15. Bg2 $1 fxg3+ 16. hxg3 Qg6 17. Rae1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5g5]} h6 20. f4 Nf6 21. Bxb7 Rad8 {And now ...Rd3 would win.} 22. Bd5+ $1 Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 23. cxd5 {aiming for Rge1.} Ne4+ 24. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re4e2]} 25. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qxd5 26. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rc3g7]} Rf6 27. Qe3 Re6 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Bc3 Bg4 30. Kg1 Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... a6 $11) 31. Qe8+ $18 Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 {[#]} 33. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg6g7][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qf7 34. Qxg4 Qe7 35. Qc8+ Kh7 {If only Black now had time for ...Qe3+....} 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qe5 Qf8 38. Qe6 {White mates.} Kh7 39. f5 c4 40. Kh2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-54. Weighted=-6/-77} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,49,41,47,47,47,45,75,49,43,72,131,121,125,139,124,126,159,165,148,121,168,175,183,193,177,175,245,104,102,87,108,73,191,185,200,200,200,198,191,194,196,194,242,237,372,130,102,108,94,96,101,96,97,92,254,292,218,223,220,211,185,170,282,278,237,240,462,402,12850,856,839,822,241,754,690,679,688,672,597,639,542,525,2197,2166,1978,1577,6203,906,906,906,29974,29975,546]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 12. c5 Bd7 13. f4 Nc4 {White is slightly better.} 14. b3 dxc5 15. Nf3 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Black should try} 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Ba3 Bb5 19. Qc2 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxa1 Rd8 {½-½ (43) Stefanov,V (2222)-Golubenko,A (2234) ICCF email 2017}) 16. e5 $1 $16 Ng4 17. Ne4 Qc8 18. Nxc5 Bc6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Bb2 Nd5 22. Re1 $1 b6 23. Ne4 Qb7 (23... a5 $142 24. g4 Nxf4) 24. Nd4 (24. Nfg5 $1 $18) 24... Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rad8 26. Rad1 Qa8 (26... Qc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. g4 $18 Rd7 28. f5 $1 Qd8 {[#]} 29. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7][%mdl 512]} Bxd4 (29... fxe6 30. f6) 30. exf7+ ({Don't do} 30. Qxd4 $6 fxe6 31. fxg6 hxg6 $16) 30... Rxf7 31. Rxd4 ({Much less strong is} 31. Qxd4 $6 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 $16) 31... gxf5 32. gxf5 h6 (32... Qd7 $142) 33. Nc3 $2 (33. Red1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 33... Rxe1+ $16 34. Qxe1 Qe7 35. Qg3+ Rg7 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5+ Kh8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (37... Kf8 $16 38. Rg4 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Rxg4 40. hxg4 Qxd5) 38. Rg4 $18 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Rxg4 40. hxg4 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} ({Worse is} 40. Qxg4 Qxd5 41. Kg3 Qd3+ 42. Kh4 Qd6 $11) 40... Qxd5 41. Qxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd2+ (41... Qd4 $142) 42. Kh3 Qe3+ {[#]} 43. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e3]} Qc5 $2 (43... Qd4 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7) 44. Qe1 Qc6 (44... Kg7 $142 45. Qe6 Qc1 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qxb6 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Qf2 Qc3+ 50. Qf3 Qe1+ 51. Qf2 Qc3+ 52. Kg2 Qc6+ 53. Qf3 Qd6) 45. Qe6 (45. Qe5+ $142 Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kh8 47. Kg3) 45... Qf3+ 46. Kh4 Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kf4 Qd4+ 49. Qe4 Qd8 50. Qe5+ Kh7 51. Ke4 Qd2 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kh7 54. Qg6+ (54. Qf7+ $142 Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. f6 Qc2+ 58. Kd5) 54... Kh8 55. Qxb6 Qe2+ 56. Kd5 Qf3+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-53/B=545. Weighted=-79/451} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,0,0,-4,16,13,22,9,35,15,17,20,12,15,46,39,103,85,108,89,101,104,201,119,130,120,177,166,186,175,210,183,191,110,156,120,133,132,179,179,189,198,366,359,481,466,471,470,460,453,460,418,506,552,558,520,537,528,570,568,565,537,156,429,266,297,384,418,1545,1439,1464,52,1396,1297,1045,599,599,599,599,542,534,499,476,383,12845,4133,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29953,5624]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} b6 10. h6 gxh6 11. Bxh6 {The position is equal.} Ba6 {[#]} 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qxa3 16. Kg1 Nf5 17. Bf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 {1-0 (40) Gopal,G (2575)-L'Ami,A (2393) Jakarta 2015}) 12... Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qxa3 (15... a6 $14) 16. Ra1 $16 Qb2 17. Rxa7 Nc6 18. Ra1 $1 Na5 (18... Ne7 $16) 19. Rc1 (19. Bg7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg7h8]} Rg8 20. Rxh7) 19... Qb5 20. f3 cxd4 (20... Rg8 $16) 21. cxd4 $18 Rc3 22. Kf2 Ra3 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qf4 (24. Ra1 $18 Rxa1 25. Rxa1) 24... Qc4 25. Bg5 Nf8 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rg6 28. Qd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nd7 $2 (28... Rg8 29. Qc1 Qc7) 29. Bh4 Kf8 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Nh5 Rg6 32. Kg3 Ke8 33. Qe3 Kf8 34. Qa3+ Kg8 35. Qe7 {Qe8+ would kill now.} Qc8 36. Nf4 Nc6 37. Nxg6 hxg6 38. Qd6 Nxd4 39. Bf6 $2 (39. c4 $16 Ne2+ 40. Kh2) 39... Nxf6 40. exf6 Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQN} 41. Qa3 $1 Nd2 (41... Ng5 $142 42. Qa8 Qxa8 43. Rxa8+ Kh7) 42. Qa8 Qxa8 43. Rxa8+ {KR-KN} Kh7 {[#]} 44. g5 $1 e5 45. Rf8 Ne4+ 46. Kg4 Nd6 47. Kf3 b5 48. Ke2 b4 49. Kd3 d4 $2 (49... Nf5 50. Rxf7+ Kg8) 50. Rd8 (50. Rb8 $142 Nf5 51. Rxb4) 50... e4+ 51. Kxd4 {White mates.} Nb5+ 52. Kxe4 Nc7 {[#]} 53. Rd7 $1 Ne6 54. Rxf7+ Kg8 55. Re7 Nxg5+ 56. Kd5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-62/B=-89. Weighted=-47/-97} (56. Kf4 $142 Nf7 57. Re8+ Kh7 58. Rf8 Nd6 59. Ke5 Nf5 60. Rb8 Nh6 61. Ke6) 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:11:11]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. Nd1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 17. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:11:00]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:21:05]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 20. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 21. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 22. e5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} f6 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 24. e6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Nf2 {[%emt 0:09:41]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 26. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 27. Qxb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:13:49]} 29. Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 30. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 31. e7 {[%emt 0:14:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 32. Re6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 33. d6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 34. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 35. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 36. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} d3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 38. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 39. Nxh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 40. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qf7 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 42. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 43. Rf2 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 45. Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 10. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:26]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:05:49]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nfe8 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 14. Kh1 {[%emt 0:15:15]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:10:57]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 16. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 17. Rg1 {[%emt 0:13:08]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:10:09]} 18. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 19. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 20. Ne1 {[%emt 0:07:38]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 22. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nh3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 23. f5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nxg1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 24. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 25. Qd1 {[%emt 0:08:31]} Nh3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 27. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:04:57]} fxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 29. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Bg1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 31. Be3 Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 33. Nc2 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 34. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 36. Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 37. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 38. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rh5 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Pogosyan, Stefan"]
[Black "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:13:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 10. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:12:50]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 16. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 17. Qa6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 18. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 19. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Rd3 {[%emt 0:14:30]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 23. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 26. e3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 28. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4 35. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 4. h3 Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 5. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} e6 6. g3 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 13. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:09:42]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 16. b5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} c3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 18. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 19. Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:12:56]} 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 22. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 23. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} exd3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 24. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 25. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Re2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 28. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nd6 31. Rd1 Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 32. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:10:09]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 34. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 40. a5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:14:13]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Bc1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:12:46]} 17. Ngf5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 18. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Nxg7+ {[%emt 0:06:22]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 20. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:11:15]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 23. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kxc1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:46]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 26. Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 27. Re5 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 28. Re7 {[%emt 0:14:19]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 30. Re5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 32. c4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 33. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 35. f5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 39. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 40. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qf4 {[%emt 0:20:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:12:32]} 42. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:03:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 43. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 4. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} exd4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 8. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:41]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 14. Bh1 {[%emt 0:12:14]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:24]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 18. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 19. Bg2 {[%emt 0:22:36]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:15:10]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 21. Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 22. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 25. c3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 26. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 27. c4 {[%emt 0:05:53]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 30. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 31. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 33. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 34. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} b3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 35. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 38. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 39. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 40. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 42. e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 43. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:02:08]} 45. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} 46. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 47. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Bxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:04:55]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:24:55]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 17. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:27:31]} 18. Rad1+ {[%emt 0:05:32]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 19. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 20. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 23. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 8. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a6 {[%emt 0:28:40]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 10. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 12. Be5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 13. Bg3 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 14. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 17. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:09:27]} a4 {[%emt 0:09:08]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 23. a3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rae7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 25. Nf1 {[%emt 0:06:14]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 28. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Be4 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 29. Bxe4 dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:15:45]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33. Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 34. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Reh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 38. Qg2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} exf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 42. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Ne4 {[%emt 0:10:41]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 45. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 46. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} a3 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 47. R5h3 {[%emt 0:03:52]} a2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 48. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 49. d5 {[%emt 0:05:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 50. gxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 53. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 54. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 55. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rbb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Rfxa2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 57. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. d6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} g3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 59. Ra8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 60. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:04:45]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 61. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 63. Rg4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 64. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} h2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 65. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 66. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 67. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 68. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 69. d7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 70. Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 6. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:44]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 11. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 12. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Qg5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 14. Qg3 {[%emt 0:07:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 16. O-O-O Nxf3 17. gxf3 {[%emt 0:13:32]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 18. Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:05:15]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 21. Bc7 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 23. Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 26. d6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 27. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:18:37]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 30. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. e5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:19]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Re3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 35. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Rxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 42. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,34,32,18,23,31,44,0,11,0,36,0,25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 14. Qc2 Bf5 {[#]} 15. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qc3 Qd5 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Na3 Qb7 20. Nc2 Qa6 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Qc5 Rd6 23. Bf2 h6 24. Nd4 {1-0 (39) Meier,G (2628)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 15... Be6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qc4 Be6 {White got outplayed after the opening} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,0,19]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {[#]} 6. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Ba6 16. Rhe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 {½-½ (25) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 {9.Be2 is setting a new trend.} Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,14,58,22,19,25,24,25,51,50,54,49,58,46,51,46,75,42,41,24,34,26,36,14,33,25,16,21,19,26,25,27,23,12,21,21,18,17,33,24,25,8,15,11,14,15,14,0,0,0,8,8,14,0,10,0,0,0,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 8. Bb5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} (8. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ne5 9. Bd4 $11) 8... O-O {[%cal Rc6d4]} 9. Nge2 Na5 10. b3 {White has an edge.} e5 {[#]} 11. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. O-O c5 17. Nb5 {0-1 (35) Bick,J (2225)-Strunk,A (2133) ICC INT 2008}) 11... a6 12. Bd3 Bxe5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Bb1 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kf2 f6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Bc5 Rdd8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. h3 Bf7 24. Nd1 a5 25. Nb2 Rc8 26. Nc3 Nb8 27. Bd3 N8d7 {The position is equal.} 28. Be2 c6 29. h4 Nc5 30. Nd3 (30. Rd1 {is interesting.} h5 31. g3 Ra8 32. Rd2 Be6 33. Kf2) 30... Nxd3 31. Bxd3 Ra8 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Rc1 Nb6 34. Rb1 Nd7 35. Rc1 Nb6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=-5. Weighted=-7/-6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,82,-2,-14,-15,-13,0,-15,-5,-15,0,0,0,-15,-11,-14,-14,-21,-14,-14,-21,-19,-19,-19,-13,-16,-16,-15,0,-53,-29,-42,-41,-52,0,0,0,0,54,54,131,111,139,165,506,513,901,245,209,-259,-243,-252,-245,-737,-718,-710,-692]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 16. f3 f6 17. Bh6 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 18. h4 {[#]} Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Na4 19. Rfc1 Re7 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Rab1 b5 22. e4 a6 23. Rb4 Bc6 24. Re1 dxe4 25. fxe4 {0-1 (67) Piccoli,F (2236)-Dillenburg,A (2303) ICCF email 2015}) 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. Qc2 Re6 21. Bf4 Rae8 22. Rfe1 Na4 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Nf1 Qe7 25. Ra1 g5 26. Bg3 b5 27. Bf2 Qf7 28. Rad1 (28. Ng3 $11) 28... Qg6 29. Qc1 g4 {White must now prevent ...gxf3.} 30. Ng3 gxf3 ({Black should try} 30... Nb6 $15) 31. gxf3 $11 Kh8 32. Kh2 Rg8 (32... Qh6 $11) 33. Rg1 $14 Ree8 {[#]} (33... Nb6 $14) 34. e4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qf7 {[%cal Rd5e4]} (34... dxe4 35. Nxe4) 35. Nf5 Qe6 $2 (35... dxe4 36. fxe4 Bd7 37. Nh6 $16) (35... Bd7) 36. Qh6 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rg7!} dxe4 (36... Qf7 $142 37. h5 Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5 39. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxh5+ 40. Kg2 Qg6 41. Qxg6 hxg6) 37. Ng7 $2 (37. d5 Qe5+ 38. f4 Qxf5 39. Bd4) 37... Qd6+ 38. Bg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rg3 $1 $18 {was the only winning move. Rdg1 is the strong threat.} Rb8 39. Rdg1) 38... Qf8 $19 39. Nf5 Nxc3 40. Be5 $2 (40. Rde1) 40... Qxh6 41. Nxh6 Rg6 $1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-69/B=-38. Weighted=-75/-29} ({And not} 41... Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rf8 {[#]} 43. Bxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Back Rank} Rxf6 44. Rg8#) ({Worse is} 41... Rgf8 42. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg8 43. Bxf6+ Rg7 44. Rg1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,0,17,17,12,15,32,12,24,19,17,12,15,13,12,9,7,10,39,41,26,30,41,28,34,22,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,113,112,113,113,191,168,168,97,97,89,179,188,179,176,172,172,172,172,165,166,158,130,268,268,304,309,340,323]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qxf6 7. e4 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} Qd8 {[#]} 8. c3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. e5 Be7 9. c3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. N2f3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O {1-0 (79) Carlsen,M (2863)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 8... c5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Bb6 15. Rhd1 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Kf1 f6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Re1+ Kf7 21. Re7+ Kxg6 22. Rxb7 Rgb8 23. Rd7 Rd8 24. Re7 a5 25. Rae1 a4 26. Nc1 Bc5 27. Rc7 Rac8 28. Rb7 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nd3 Bf8 31. Re6 c5 32. Ra6 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 33. Nf4+ Kf5 34. Ne6 a3 (34... Ke4 $11 35. Rxa4 Rxb2) 35. b4 cxb3 36. axb3 Rc8 (36... a2 $16 {might work better.}) 37. Nxf8 Rxf8 38. Rxa3 $18 {KR-KR} (38. Ke2 $18) 38... Rc8 $16 39. b4 Ke4 (39... d4 $16) 40. Ke2 $18 d4 41. f3+ Kd5 42. Kd3 {And now c4+! would win.} dxc3 43. Rxc3 Rb8 44. Rb3 Rb5 45. Kc3 h5 (45... Rb7 $16 {was called for.} 46. Rb2 Kc6) 46. Ra3 {White has a decisive advantage.} Kc6 47. Ra6+ Kb7 48. Ra5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-5/B=-12. Weighted=-5/-14} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,130,39,25,52,49,54,40,55,44,49,39,53,38,47,60,81,88,90,79,76,64,98,88,89,66,72,62,105,104,124,124,125,124,130,70,127,104,132,99,94,93,85,86,83,70,84,78,97,78,60,55,55,55,56,29,69,40,62,55,38,39,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 g6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. d5 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 e5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nb1 Rf8 18. Nc3 Ne8 19. Nb5 Qd7 {0-1 (68) Esipenko,A (2642)-Can,E (2600) Moscow 2019}) 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. c4 e5 16. Bc3 Bc8 17. Qb2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 18. Nd2 Bd7 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ba4 (19... exf4 20. e5) 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 (22. Nf3 $16) 22... Re8 (22... Rxf1+ $14 23. Bxf1 Ne8) 23. Be2 Re7 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. h3 Ne8 26. Bd3 Qb8 27. Ra1 Ba4 28. Ng5 Bf6 29. h4 h6 30. Nf3 Bg7 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nh4 {Hoping for Nf5.} Nd6 34. Be2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be8 $1 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. Qd3 Rf7 {The position is equal.} 37. Nf5 Nxf5 38. exf5 {aiming for f6+.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 39. Qe3 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Bxc3 40. Qxc3 Qg5 41. Qe5 Re7 42. Qf4 {Threatening f6.} Qxf4 43. Rxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black should prevent f6. KRB-KRB} Re5 44. d6 {And now f6 would win.} Kg8 45. Bxh5 Bd7 46. Bg6 e3 {...e2 is the strong threat.} 47. Kf1 Kg7 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Ke2 Re6 50. Bh5 Rxd6 51. Kxe3 Re6+ 52. Kd3 Rd6+ 53. Kc3 Be6 54. f7 {Strongly threatening Rf6.} Rd7 {[%cal Re6f7]} 55. Rf6 Bxf7 56. Bxf7 Rxf7 57. Rxh6 {KR-KR} Rg7 58. a4 Rg3+ 59. Kb2 Rxg2+ 60. Kb3 Rg3+ 61. Kb2 Rg4 62. Kb3 Rg1 63. Kb2 Rg5 {[#]} 64. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 65. Ra6 Ke7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-7/B=-6. Weighted=-7/-6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,-4,-18,0,0,0,0,14,0,7,0,-4,-1,22,7,10,15,20,-17,-18,-16,-20,-24,-36,-32,0,-5,0,-41,-43,-43,-42,-70,-14,-26,61,9,22,-32,-16,-85,-75,-81,-67,-66,-64,-70,-80,-190]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Ndb4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 10. Qb1 a5 11. Rd1 {[#]} Kh8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd7 12. a3 Na6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 h6 17. Qb5 Rfd8 {1-0 (37) Smejkal,J (2560)-Nikolic,P (2490) Vrsac 1983}) 12. Nb5 f5 13. Bc3 Qd7 14. e4 Rad8 15. a3 Na6 16. d4 {Threatens to win with d5.} Bb3 17. Rd2 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Qe3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Qg3 Bf6 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Ne3 Bf4 24. Qh4 Rf6 (24... Ne7 $15) 25. Rdd1 ({Of course not} 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc2 e3 $19) (25. Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Rf8 26. Rdd1 $11) 25... Qe6 (25... Ne7 $1 $11) 26. Be1 (26. Nxd5 $14 Qxd5 27. Be1) 26... Ne7 $11 27. Qg4 (27. Nxd5 $11 Nxd5 28. Nc3 (28. Bxa5 g5 $15)) 27... Qf7 $15 {Hoping for ...Bxh2+!} 28. Nc3 {[#]} (28. Bxa5 $2 Rf8 $17) (28. Nxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxd5 29. g3 (29. Bxa5 Rf8 $17)) 28... Bxh2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Kxh2 {[#]} Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g4]} 30. Qh4 {Black must now prevent Bh5.} Rh6 31. Qxh6 $1 gxh6 32. Rdc1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-19/B=-12. Weighted=-21/-13} (32. Ncxd5 $17 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Rac1) 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,108,0,-18,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,21,21,22,3,9,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-33,-44,-45,-46,-106,-116,-104,-101,-92,-58,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,134,53,63,0,0,-106,-106,-98,-98,-278,-258,-251,-337,-342,-338,-322,-245,-230,-236,-4678,-2403,-5158,-5110,-5088,-5081,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 f6 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 Nb6 {Black has an edge.} (10... fxe5 {with more complications.} 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Re3 O-O-O 13. Ra3 Bb7) 11. exf6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bb2 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Kf1 Nd5 {[#]} 18. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be5 d6 19. Bb2 Kd7 20. Rf3 Be7 21. Nc3 Raf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. g3 Bf6 24. Na4 {½-½ (33) Shcherbin,M (2222)-Lavrov,M (2364) Pardubice 2008}) 18... O-O-O 19. Rf3 a5 20. Nc3 Bg7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rd1 c6 24. Rd4 Kc7 25. g4 Re8 26. Rff4 Re5 27. Kg2 c5 28. Rd2 d4 29. Kg3 ({Better is} 29. g5 $15) 29... Kc6 $17 30. g5 Kd5 31. Kg4 h6 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 32. Rf5 Rxf5 33. Kxf5 hxg5 34. hxg5 $15 {KR-KR} Rf7+ 35. Kg4 Ke4 $1 {Hoping for ...d3.} 36. g6 Rf8 37. Re2+ Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 38. Re5 {And now f4 would win.} d6 (38... Rxf2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 39. Rg5 (39. Rxc5 Ke4 $11) 39... Rf8) 39. Rf5 (39. Rh5 $1 $16) 39... Rd8 $1 $14 {next ...d5 is good for Black.} 40. f4 ({White should play} 40. Kg5 $1 $14 Rg8 41. Rd5) 40... Ke4 $11 41. Rf7 (41. Rh5 $1 $11 d3 42. f5) 41... d3 $17 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Re1 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (43. Kf3 $17 {was the only defense.} Kc3 44. Re3) 43... d5 $1 $19 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 44. f5 c4 45. bxc4 dxc4 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 46. f6 c3 47. f7 d2 48. Rd1 {[#] aiming for g7.} Ke4 $1 49. g7 c2 50. Rxd2 c1=Q {( -> ...Qg1+)} 51. Rxd8 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 52. Kh5 Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kh6 Qf6+ 54. Kh7 Qh4+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-56/B=-28. Weighted=-41/-38} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,0,0,0,0,6,14,2,10,11,5,16,15,10,22,27,25,0,0,0,0,-16,-15,-7,0,0,0,-73,-63,-38,-49,-79,-80,-75,-73,-86,-77,-85,-85,-84,-85,-85,-78,-68,-74,-81,-72,-76,-77,-72,-75,-83,-28,-29,-31,-20,-17,-19,-21,-149,-128,-146,-168,-149,-118,-113,-111,-111,-111,-115,-105,-106,-104,-169,-172,-238,-234,-228,-95,-95,-95,-95,-98,-106,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-65,-65,-65,-72,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 {[#]} 9. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Be3 Rc4 15. Qg3 {0-1 (54) Moeckel,J (1661)-Neuburger,I GER email 2014}) 9... Nb4 10. h4 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 h5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 Be7 {[%cal Re7h4]} 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qb6 16. Rab1 O-O-O 17. Rfc1 Kb8 18. Nxd5 {[#]} (18. Nh4 $11) 18... Qb5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5d5][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. Nb4 a5 {aiming for ...h4.} 20. Nc2 Qxd3 21. Ncd4 Be8 22. Rd1 {[#]} Qe4 $1 23. Re1 Qg4 24. Rbd1 Rd5 25. Kh2 Ba4 26. b3 Bd7 27. Nc2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bc6 29. Ne3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Kc7 ({Better is} 30... h4+ $17 31. Kg4 b5) 31. Nc4 $11 h4+ 32. Kh3 Nf4+ 33. Kg4 Nxg2 34. Ncd2 (34. Nd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... h3 35. Kg3 Rd8 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 36. Rc1 Kb8 37. Rc3 {[#]} Ne1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kxh3 (38. Nxe1 Rxd2) 38... Rd3 39. Rxd3 Nxd3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 40. Kg3 Bd5 41. g6 (41. Nd4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 41... fxg6 $19 42. Kg4 (42. Nd4 {is a better defense.}) 42... Nxf2+ 43. Kg5 Ne4+ (43... Ka7 $19 {is more deadly.} 44. Kxg6 Ne4 45. Kxg7 Nxd2 46. Nxd2 Kb6 47. Nc4+ Ka6) 44. Nxe4 $17 Bxe4 {KB-KN} 45. Nd4 Bf5 $1 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 Kc7 48. Kf4 Kd7 49. Kg5 Bd3 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Kg5 Kd7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-8/B=-8. Weighted=-9/-8} ({Black should play} 51... Bb1 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Gaifullin, Artur"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 14. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:24]} 15. e6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 16. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. Bc2 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 18. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 20. f5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 21. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 22. Qe1 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 23. Qh4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 24. Be4 {[%emt 0:24:49]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 26. Qh5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 27. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:57]} 29. Qf7 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:03:30]} 30. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:02:32]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 33. Bh6 {[%emt 0:10:51]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 34. Ng7 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 35. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 37. dxe5 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 43. Bg5+ {[%emt 0:11:57]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 44. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 45. Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Zabotin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,16,24,20,14,20,8,28,22,43,23,37,11,14,26,24,0,0,5,10,3,10,10,11,9,0,5,86,0,48,46,60,20,51,22,10,5,5,5,9,9,37,7,6,6,6,7,8,8,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 {[#]} Qa6 $146 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 Nb6 15. e4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. e5 Na4 19. Rfc1 b5 20. Nf1 a5 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Rab1 {1-0 (37) Matlakov,M (2710)-Alekseev,E (2623) Budva 2019}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {[#] Rae1 is the strong threat.} Nf8 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Qb5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. Qd3 Qb4 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Ne3 b6 (24... Qb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Nc4 (25. Rxa7 $16 Qb4 26. Rb1) 25... Qc7 26. Ne5 Ng6 27. Nxd7 (27. f4 {looks sharper.} Re7 28. g3 Nxe5 29. fxe5 g6 30. Qe3) 27... Qxd7 28. Bf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. g3 Qd8 32. b4 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. d5 Qd6 35. Qb5 Qd8 (35... a4 {seems wilder.} 36. Qxa4 Qxd5 37. Be4 Qe5 38. h4 Nf8) 36. Bxg6 (36. Bc2 $14) 36... hxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Qc6 a4 38. d6 Kf8 $1 39. Qxa4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qc6.} Qxd6 40. Qa8+ Ke7 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-11/B=-10. Weighted=-15/-13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Kardashevskiy, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,21,19,11,20,27,13,9,11,13,6,8,7,10,17,26,18,31,0,10,-6,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-83,-93,-183,-133,-137,-130,-170,-157,-169,-134,-192,-133,-153,-152,-152,-169,-148,-131,-220,-210,-210,-209,-208,-207,-225,-221,-208,-200,-452,-483,-460,-478,-477,-457,-477,-477,-478,-448,-845,-845,-6407,-6012,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. O-O Nb6 9. Ne5 Nfd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg3 c5 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. Qd3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (35) Sumets,A (2622)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2414) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 13. Bb3 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf6 15. Be5 Bd7 16. Qh5 Bc6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 20. Rg3 {White threatens Qxh6 and mate.} Bxe5 $1 21. Qxe5 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re5g7]} g6 22. Re1 {Strongly threatening d5!} Qd6 23. Qf6 (23. Bxe6 $11 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 26. Rexe6) 23... Qxd4 $17 24. Re5 {[#]} (24. Rxe6 $17 Qxf6 25. Rxf6) 24... Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Nd7 would win.} 25. Qf4 {[#]} (25. Nxe4 $2 {leads to mate.} Qd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxd1 Rxd1#) 25... Bd3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 26. Rg4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Kg7 28. Rb4 (28. Ra5 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Rd6 ({Better is} 28... Ba6 $19 29. Ne4 Nd7) 29. Ra5 a6 30. Rc5 Nd7 31. Rc7 b6 32. Ne4 (32. Bc4 $17) 32... Bxe4 $1 $19 33. Rxe4 Nc5 34. Re1 Rfd8 35. Bc4 Rd2 36. b4 Nd3 37. Rb1 $2 (37. Bxd3 R8xd3 38. Rc6) 37... Rc2 38. Bxd3 Rxc7 39. Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd2 40. a4 Ra2 41. a5 bxa5 42. b5 (42. bxa5 $142 Rxa5 43. Be2) 42... Rac2 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 43. b6 Rc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Bf1 Rxb1 45. bxc7 Rc1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-85/B=-15. Weighted=-87/-12} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Samusenko, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,64,72,67,62,60,64,47,54,51,53,48,57,58,67,49,50,48,46,52,50,54,95,97,94,93,98,88,110,99,102,107,104,95,112,81,78,75,68,67,72,53,65,50,93,74,91,47,79,72,91,89,90,96,100,110,106,95,452,457,734,791,1262,1260,1216,1221,1174,1081,5202,4366,29955,12237,29959,12833,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} a6 7. Be2 Nb6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 e6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bf4 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Qa5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Bb4 18. Qxb4 Qxg5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qa5 {1-0 (20) Sorokin,M (2156)-Mate,H (2128) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. c5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 {[#]} 18. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. c6 bxc6 21. Rfe1 Rab8 22. Bc1 Nd5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf6 25. Re4 Rd6 26. a3 Rb5 27. Rde1 Rc5 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. g3 Rf6 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Re2 Nxe3+ 32. R4xe3 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] A mistake that costs the game.} (33... Rh6 $16 {is tougher.}) 34. Rf3 $1 $18 Ke6 (34... Rxf3 $142 35. Kxf3 Ke7) 35. Rxf6+ gxf6 {KP-KP} 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. b3 Ke5 38. f3 h5 39. Kc4 Kd6 40. g4 h4 41. f4 Kc6 42. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] White mates.} Kd6 43. a5 Kc6 44. g5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kd6 46. g6 Ke6 47. Kxc5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-74/B=-127. Weighted=-51/-96} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,15,15,15,10,20,20,24,22,24,8,108,59,104,93,78,62,73,66,78,58,82,69,84,80,90,79,83,71,160,145,141,131,122,91,91,91,91,91,92,92,91,91,95,89,129,92,94,81,171,177,225,215,405,405,386,229,387,387,374,326,594,538,563,438,425,405]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. e5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nfd7 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] 8...a6 is the fancy move.} 9. dxc5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Bxc5 {[#]} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 O-O 16. Bd2 {½-½ (43) Guevara Pijoan,J (2295)-Dunlop,G (2407) ICCF email 2014}) 10... f6 (10... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qc7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Ne7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rae1 a6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. Nh4 Qc4 (19... Rf7 $142) 20. Qg3+ $1 $16 Kh8 21. c3 $1 {aiming for f5!} Nc6 22. Nf3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rae8 24. Rf3 Rf7 25. Rfe3 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Qc5 26. Qh4 Qd6 27. Qh6 Bc8 28. h3 Bd7 29. Kh1 Bc8 {[#]} (29... b5 $16) 30. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5d6]} Qc7 {[#]} 31. Nh4 $1 Rg8 $2 {[#]} (31... Rg7 32. Qxf6 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8) 32. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 512]} e5 {intending ...Rgg7.} (32... exf5 33. Ng6+) 33. Ng6+ Rxg6 34. fxg6 Rg7 35. gxh7 Qe7 $2 (35... Qf7 {was worth a try.}) 36. Rf3 {White is clearly winning.} f5 37. Qe3 e4 38. Rg3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-16/B=-33. Weighted=-14/-39} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,160,31,26,35,19,53,40,57,18,22,29,13,21,26,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-11,9,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-14,-54,-58,-54,-25,-21,-18,-21,-13,-21,-5,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-14,-39,-39,-23,-4,-63,-70,-78,-78,-78,-92,-160,-96,-93,-89,-119,-93,-91,-78,-79,-37,-70,-42,-592,-602,-546,-320,-401,-395,-1639,-2902,-1269,-274,-2101,-588,-584,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O a6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 11. Bd3 Be7 12. exd6 Bxd6 {[#] White is slightly better.} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. Rc1 Bc6 16. Ne4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 {½-½ (81) Browning,A (2052)-Grund,S (2050) Osnabrueck 2018}) 13... Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Be4 (16. Re1 {is more complex.} Nbd5 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bh7+) 16... Bc6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Na4 Ne7 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. b3 a5 23. Rc4 Rb5 24. Nc5 Qd5 25. Rfc1 Nf5 26. Na4 {And now Nc3 would win.} Nh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rd5g2]} 27. f3 Rb4 28. Qf4 Ng6 29. Qe3 Rd8 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Ne2 Ne7 32. Qe5 Rb5 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. f4 h5 36. h3 h4 37. Kh2 Qb8 38. Qf3 Rf5 39. Kh1 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 40. Rc5 Nxf4 41. Rxf5 Nxe2 42. Qxe2 exf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 43. Qf2 f4 44. Rxc6 Re8 45. Rc1 Re3 46. Qxh4 f3 47. Rf1 fxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Qa8+ 49. Kg1 Qd5 50. Qg4 (50. Rc1 $1 $11 Qd7 51. Rc5) 50... g6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qg4 f5 53. Qh4 ({White should try} 53. Qf4 Re4 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qc5 Qxd4+ 56. Qxd4 Rxd4 57. Rf3) 53... Re4 (53... Re2 $142 $1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rd5g2]} 54. Rf2 Re4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack}) 54. Qf2 $17 Rxd4 55. Qe3 Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 56. Qc3+ Kh6 57. Re1 Rd4 58. Qe3+ $1 f4 59. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 59. Qe7 $15) 59... g5 $1 $19 60. Qb2 f3 61. Qc3 Kh5 $1 62. Rf1 $2 (62. Re3 Rd1+ 63. Kf2 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 64. Kf1) 62... g4 63. Qc2 Re4 $2 (63... gxh3 64. Qh7+ Kg4 65. Qg7+ Kh4 66. Qh7+ Kg3) 64. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (64. Kh1 f2 65. Kh2) 64... Qe5 (64... f2+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 65. Kf1 (65. Qxf2 Qxd1+) 65... Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 66. Kxf2 Rxd1 67. Qh7+ Kg5 68. Qg7+ Kf5 69. hxg4+ Kf4 70. Qc7+ Kxg4 71. Qg3+ Kf5 72. Qh3+ Kg6 73. Qg3+ Kf6 74. Qf3+ Qf5 75. Qxf5+ Kxf5 76. Kf3 Rd3+ 77. Kf2 Kf4 78. Ke2 Ke4 79. Kf2 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 80. Kg3 Rxa2 81. Kg4 Rg2+ 82. Kh3 Rg7 83. b4 axb4 84. Kh4 b3 85. Kh5 b2 86. Kh6 Rg2 87. Kh7 b1=Q 88. Kh8 Qh1#) 65. hxg4+ {[#]} Kxg4 $2 (65... Kh4 $1 $19 66. Qf2+ Qg3+ 67. Kf1 Re2 68. Qxe2 fxe2+ 69. Kxe2 Qxg4+ 70. Ke1 Qe4+ 71. Kd2 Qg2+ 72. Kc3 Qxa2) 66. Kf1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qe6 {aiming for ...Kh5.} 67. Qd3 Re2 (67... Kg3 $5 68. Qd6+ $8 Qxd6 69. Rxd6 a4 $11) 68. Qd4+ Kg3 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 69. Qg7+ Qg4 70. Qxg4+ Kxg4 {KR-KR} 71. a4 Kf4 72. Rd5 Re5 73. Rb5 Ke4 74. Kf2 Rxb5 75. axb5 Kd5 76. Kxf3 {KPP-KP} Kc5 77. Ke3 Kxb5 78. Kd2 Kb4 79. Kc2 a4 80. bxa4 Kxa4 {Whites escaped into a draw. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-19/B=-27. Weighted=-52/-24} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Klimentov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,25,26,8,14,21,27,11,26,13,18,19,55,43,51,47,45,0,0,0,0,-33,-38,-51,140,0,0,0,0,-29,-12,-4,-12,-24,0,-2,-9,-18,-4,-108,-110,-317,-319,-294,-306,-370,-359,-394,-383,-395,-368,-365,-366,-526,-527,-601,-600,-600,-600,-596,-589,-691,-449,-413,-437]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 {7.Qf3 gains popularity. B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} Be7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. g4 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. O-O-O b5 $1 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Bb7 14. g6 fxg6 15. hxg6 Nxg6 {[#]} 16. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qg2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 e5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 h6 22. Ne2 {1-0 (37) Muzychuk,M (2490)-Girya,O (2406) Gaziantep 2012}) 16... Qe5 17. Rdg1 Nd6 $2 {[#]} (17... Rc8 $15) 18. Bf1 ({White has to play} 18. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 (18... dxe6 19. Bd4) 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Rxg5) 18... Rac8 $11 19. Rg4 b4 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 22. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 23. Nb2 Rfc8 {White should prevent ...Bf6.} 24. Kb1 $1 {Nd3 is the strong threat.} Bf6 {And now ...Rxc2! would win.} 25. Nd3 (25. Qxb4 $11 {remains equal.} Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. c4) 25... Qd6 $17 26. Qxb4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (26. Ne1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... Qxb4 $19 27. Nxb4 Rc3 28. Bf2 Ne5 $1 {[%csl LRf3,LRg4]} 29. Rg3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 30. Nb5 Rxf3 (30... axb4 $2 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32. Bd4 $19) 31. Rxf3 Nxf3 32. Nd6 (32. Nd3 {is the only way for White.} Nd2+ 33. Kc1 Nxe4 34. Rd1) 32... axb4 33. Nxb7 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kc1 Nxe4 35. Be3 Ra8 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. Bxc5 Rxa2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-34/B=-17. Weighted=-28/-20} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,16,18,14,15,19,0,13,16,34,36,38,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-10,-18,-6,-14,-5,-82,-69,-99,-106,-104,-102,-102,-105,-103,-89,-90,-75,-75,-75,-75,-82,-122,-121,-142,-130,-133,-90,-133,-77,-202,-185,-201,-197,-200,-201,-211,-213,-205,-205,-205,-210,-257,-231,-266,-232,-235,-219,-222,-184,-183,-184,-185,-177,-174,0,-156,0,-181,-174,-274,-259,-330,-330,-330,-330,-330,-330,-291,-323,-335,-323,-29972,-29973,-1210,-464,-464,-464,-464,-464,-464,-464,-483,-457,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {8.Nf3 scores better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Ndc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Nb5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ba6 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. a4 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. Be7 Rc8 25. Qd4 Nb3 26. Qd7 Qc3 {1-0 (42) Prystenski,A (2230)-Mayer,F (2133) ICCF email 2013}) 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bh4 Bc6 24. Be1 Qa4 25. Nd6 Rb8 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Bc3 b5 28. Qd4 $1 b4 29. Bb2 Qc2 30. Rc1 Qe2 31. Qf2 Qd3 32. Qd4 Qg6 33. Qe3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 34. c5 (34. Nb5 $11) 34... a4 35. Nc4 a3 36. Bd4 Nb8 $1 37. Na5 Rc8 38. Kf2 Bd5 39. Qd2 Qg5 40. Be3 Qxe5 41. Qxb4 Qxh2 42. Qg4 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 e5 {White must now prevent ...f4+.} 45. Kh2 f4 ({Black should play} 45... Bxa2 46. Ra1 Bd5 47. Rxa3 Kf7) 46. Bf2 (46. Bd2 $17 {only move.}) 46... Bxa2 $19 47. Ra1 Bd5 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 48. Rxa3 {[#]} Kf7 $1 49. Nb3 Nc6 50. Nd2 Rb8 51. Rd3 Ke6 52. Ne4 Rb2 53. Kg1 Rb1+ 54. Kh2 {Hoping for Nc3.} Rc1 55. Nd6 Rc2 56. Kg1 Nb4 57. Rd1 Bc6 58. Nc8 Bd5 59. Nd6 Bc6 60. Nc8 $1 Nd5 61. Nb6 (61. Na7 {was necessary.} Bd7 62. Re1) 61... g5 62. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 63. Re1 Rc4 64. Rb1 e4 65. fxe4 Bxe4 ({Not} 65... Rxe4 66. Rc1 $17) 66. Rb6+ Kf5 67. Rxh6 $2 (67. Rb5 $19) 67... Rc1+ 68. Kh2 Rc2 (68... Rf1 $142 69. Bg3 fxg3+ 70. Kxg3 Rc1) 69. Kg1 g4 {( -> ...g3)} 70. Rh5+ Kf6 {aiming for ...g3.} 71. Bh4+ Ke6 {...g3 is the strong threat.} 72. Rh6+ Ke5 73. Rh5+ {[#]} (73. g3 $19 f3 74. Rd6 f2+ 75. Kf1) 73... Kd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 74. Bf2+ Kd3 75. Rg5 g3 76. Be1 Rxg2+ 77. Kf1 Ke3 78. Re5 Rh2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=367/B=-15. Weighted=128/-9} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:11:36]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:09:15]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 18. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 20. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 21. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxd8 25. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 31. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:09:08]} 32. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 34. b4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 35. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 36. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 39. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 42. Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 43. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. g4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 45. f5 {[%emt 0:05:42]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 46. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 47. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Tugarin, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,54,18,4,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-26,-23,0,0,-4,-26,-23,-20,-12,-274,-230,-233,-232,-270,-22,-27,-29,-30,-30,-24,-30,-30,-34,-37,-25,-39,-5,-74,0,-31,0,-76,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. Qf3 O-O 8. h3 c6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nge2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {[#]} 11. Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 g6 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe7 {1-0 (27) Baenziger,F (2327)-Spornberger,A (2288) Austria 2016}) 11... Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. h4 Nf8 14. h5 Bc8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16. Bxc8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxc8 17. Nce2) 16... Bxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qxf5 {[#] intending Qg5+.} Qd7 $2 ({Wrong is} 18... Ne6 $2 19. Rxe6 Nxh5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rxc6 $18) (18... Kh8 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Ne6.} 19. Ne2 Ne6) 19. Qg5+ $11 Ng6 $1 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 Bd6 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Kg7 24. Re5 Ng4 (24... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 25. Qf3 Re6 $11) 25. Rg5 (25. Re2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Nf6 26. Re5 Ng4 27. Rg5 Nf6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-27/B=-20. Weighted=-47/-37} (27... Nh6 $17 28. Re5 Rh8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Rodin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,-7,37,-5,2,0,0,0,38,-27,-19,-11,-19,-36,0,0,0,-16,-18,-24,0,-102,-104,-67,-79,-145,-127,-152,-152,-160,-150,-156,-147,-146,-89,-172,-102,-114,-121,-115,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,726,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qf3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} b5 11. Rae1 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 {[#]} 13. Qh3 $146 ({Better is} 13. g4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Kh1 O-O 14. g4 Nc5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Qh5 Qb8 17. Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 {1-0 (61) Abrahamyan,T (2358)-Bykhovsky,A (2496) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Nc5 $11 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. Bf2 O-O 15. Nf3 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 g6 {Hoping for ...Nf2+.} 19. Bxe4 (19. Nd1 $11) 19... dxe4 $17 20. Nd2 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 21. Ndxe4 (21. Re2 $142) 21... Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxc2 23. b4 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e4]} 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 25. exf6 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} Qf5 ({Black should try} 25... h5 26. Qg3 Rd5) 26. Qh4 (26. Qxf5 $17 exf5 27. Rc1) 26... Rd2 (26... Rd3 $19 27. Ra1 h5) 27. Qh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Qxf6 {And now ...Rcc2 would win.} 28. f5 {Black must now prevent fxg6.} Rcc2 (28... Rd6 $17 {aiming for ...Rh4.} 29. fxe6 Rxe6) 29. fxe6 $11 Rf2 30. exf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Kg1 Ra2 {( -> ...Qf2+!)} 33. Qe3 Qd5 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2]} 34. Qe8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd5g2][%mdl 512]} 35. Qe7+ {[#]} Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kg8 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qe8+ Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qe7+ Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qe8+) 36. Qe3+ $2 ({White has to play} 36. Qh4+ $18 Qh5 37. Qf4+ Qg5 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf3+ Kh6 {[#]} 40. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Qg5 {The position is equal.} 37. Qh3+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rg5g2]} 39. Qh3+ Qh5 {...Qxh3 is the strong threat.} 40. Qe3+ Qg5 41. Qh3+ {White used his chance. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-35/B=-35. Weighted=-63/-33} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,-5,-4,0,0,-18,0,-15,5,1,41,35,33,27,81,76,77,77,89,96,162,41,93,16,57,63,62,62,62,62,62,62,67,62,58,58,58,58,63,61,61,60,66,31,39,28,28,28,62,34,34,32,33,33,30,30,30,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,-33,-25,-28,-22,-34,-35]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. c3 e6 $1 {6...e6 is better than 6...Qb6.} 7. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Qc8 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} h6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... exd5 $11 13. Rac1 Bb6) 13. Bg3 $16 {[#] aiming for e4.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bh7 14. Rac1 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rd8 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Qe7 {1-0 (44) Hnydiuk,A (2411)-Kobo,O (2449) chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Rac1 Be7 15. Ne5 Rd8 {[#]} (15... Nd7 $16) 16. Ndf3 (16. Ba6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd2 (16... bxa6 17. Nxc6) 17. Bxb7) 16... Ne4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 16... Be4 $14) 17. Qa4 (17. Ba6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra6b7][%mdl 512]} Nc5 {[#]} (17... bxa6 18. Nxc6) 18. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 19. Bxb7) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 {[%cal Re5c6]} Qb8 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. b4 Rd2 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Bf3 g6 27. a4 Kg7 28. b5 h5 29. Qc6 Qd8 30. Rc1 h4 31. gxh4 f4 $1 32. Qc7 fxe3 33. fxe3 Bxh4 34. Qxd8 Bxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Rc8 Bb6 36. Re8 f5 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. e4 Rxa4 39. e5 Kf7 40. Bc6 Bc5 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Kd2 Ke5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-11/B=-10. Weighted=-16/-8} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,27,39,22,50,42,67,66,62,0,63,0,85,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 {7...c6 has lost popularity.} 8. a3 Re8 {is the legacy move (8...h6).} 9. Bd3 Nf8 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2.} 10. O-O {[#]} N6d7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng6 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 Qc7 15. e5 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Ne4 b6 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Bb1 Ng6 20. h4 Red8 {0-1 (51) Comellas Blanchart,J (2122)-Luna Cortes,L (2154) Cornella de Llobregat 2013}) 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Bg5 N6d7 $1 13. Bf4 Nf6 $1 14. Bg5 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening.} ({Better is} 14. c5 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Higher League 2020"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Black "Saidov, Bilukhadzh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,36,18,25,14,13,-7,-2,0,0,-12,9,-20,14,4,13,19,45,0,0,0,64,0,0,0,45]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 {7...a5 is the recent fashion. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in October 2020.} 8. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 10. Nc3 $146 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Rxc6 Qxc6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Bh3 {0-1 (61) Zimina,O (2390)-Afonasieva,A (2302) Moscow 2019}) 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 a5 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Nbd4 Bb7 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nbd4 Bb7 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Nbd4 Bb7 {A rather calm draw. Av CentiPawn Loss W=3/B=-28. Weighted=3/-31} 1/2-1/2

