[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,23,13,30,22,25,11,8,0,226,2,-6,0,65,75,91,45,130,106,121,124,116,101,104,100,145,116,129,124,104,134,132,67,67,90,110,78,90,81,82,60,75,66,117,103,115,31,100,36,103,109,133,114,327,334,333,321,337,319,304,321,397,387,704,707,676,664,695,686,669,657]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. e5 Nc6 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 7. Qa4 Ng4 (7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bd2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 Qg4 13. Bxf6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bxf6 {½-½ (49) Kramnik,V (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 8. exd6 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 9. h3 Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rb8 $146 (11... Nd5 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Kd8 12. Ng5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Nc7 Nxc7 15. dxc7+ {1-0 (15) Percze,R (2025)-Tremayne,D (1896) IECG email 2001}) 12. Nc7+ $14 Kd8 {Hoping for ...Qc5.} 13. Nxa6 bxa6 (13... Ra8 $14) 14. Qxc6 $16 exd6 {[#]} 15. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Bd7 16. Qxa6 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Ne4 17. Be1 Qe3 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Bc3 Qd5+ 21. Qd3 (21. Kc1 $16) 21... Qxd3+ $14 22. cxd3 Bc6 23. Re1 Kd7 24. Re2 Rhc8 25. Kd2 Bd5 26. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 ({Black should try} 26... Bf6 $14) 27. a5 $16 (27. Bxg7 Ba5+ 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Bb6+ 30. Nd4 Rg8 $19) 27... Ra8 28. b4 (28. Rf2 $16) 28... Rab8 (28... Bxf3 $1 $14 29. gxf3 Bg5+ 30. Kc2 Bf6) 29. Ra3 (29. Rf2 $16) 29... Rb7 (29... Bf6 $1 $14) 30. Re1 Rbc7 31. Rb1 ({Avoid the trap} 31. Bxg7 $2 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Rxg2 $19) 31... Bf6 $2 (31... Bxf3 $16 {might work better.} 32. gxf3 Bg5+ 33. Kc2 Bf6) 32. Bxf6 $18 {[#] And now Bc3 would win.} Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Rxg2 34. Ne1 Rg3+ 35. Kd4 Ba8 36. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rc5 $2 (36... gxf6 37. b6 Rb8) 37. b6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd5+ 38. Kc3 gxf6 39. a6 Rc5+ 40. Kd2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,81,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,-8,35,8,8,0,40,40,40,40,127,126,125,123,151,161,130,68,107,110,166,151,287,281,291,274,273,256,259,254,402,403,379,361,530,498,685,608,29986,29987,29991,29992,29995,3306]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 a6 14. f3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Be8 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} b5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} b4 17. Nce2 a5 18. Ng3 {[#]} Rdc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qb7 19. Rg1 Kh8 {½-½ (19) Jovanovic,Z (2525)-Kovacevic,A (2561) Banja Vrucica 2009}) 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. gxh5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 a4 22. h6 {With the idea hxg7.} g6 23. Qf4 {Threatening mate with Qf6.} ({But not} 23. Qxb4 e5 $17) 23... Qe7 24. e5 dxe5 (24... d5 $14) 25. Qxe5 $16 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Qf8 26. Qf6 Ra5 27. f4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rd5 28. Nf3 {And now Rxd5 would win.} Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} 29. Qd4 Rd5 (29... f6 $16) 30. Qe3 $1 $18 Rcd8 (30... Rb5 $16) 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Nd2 $1 f5 33. Nc4 ({And not} 33. Qxe6+ Bf7 $11) 33... Qe7 34. Kc1 b3 (34... Bb5 $142) 35. axb3 axb3 36. Qxb3 Qc7 (36... Qa7 {was worth a try.} 37. Kb1 Bf7) 37. Re5 Rd4 38. Rxe6 Qxf4+ {[#]} 39. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re6e8] White mates.} Kf8 40. Qa3+ Rb4 41. Rb6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 33%.} (41. Qa7 $142 Bd7 42. Qc5+ Kg8 {[#]} 43. Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Kh8 45. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,47,43,2,41,19,20,18,35,23,18,16,66,52,55,57,69,6,27,-15,1,-14,-14,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 b5 (3... d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. bxc4 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Ba3 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb4 13. O-O-O {½-½ (57) Short,N (2698)-Duda,J (2706) Heraklio 2017}) 4. c5 d6 5. cxd6 exd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. Nbd2 $146 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} ({Predecessor:} 6. a4 b4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e4 g5 10. h3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 {1-0 (37) Jumabayev,R (2548)-Mikhalchenko,P (2328) Tomsk 2013}) 6... g6 7. a4 b4 8. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. e5 Nd5 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Re1 ({Better is} 13. Bg5 $14 f6 14. exf6 (14. Nxd6 $2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qxd6 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3) 13... dxe5 $11 14. Nfxe5 Qc7 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nxe5 (16... Bxc4 $5 17. Bxc4 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Red8 $11) 17. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rad8 {And now ...f6 would win.} 19. Qc4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd4 25. Qxc6 Qxb2 26. g3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,18,23,-6,6,0,-2,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-4,-8,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-22,-21,-21,-28,0,-52,-18,-12,-26,-26,-31,-46,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Qd1 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bd6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Qb3 {Threatens to win with c5.} Rb8 10. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf3 Rbd8 {½-½ (44) Kosic,D (2536)-Pajkovic,V (2421) Cetinje 2012}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 Bc7 13. O-O Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Bd2 e5 17. Rab1 Re8 18. b4 exd4 19. exd4 axb4 20. Rxb4 b6 21. cxb6 Bd6 22. Rb3 {[#] Black must now prevent a5.} Nxb6 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Bg5 Nd7 26. Qf5 ({White should try} 26. Ne4 $11) 26... Qc8 27. Bf1 Ndb6 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb1 h6 30. a5 Nxa5 31. Bxh6 $1 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,43,56,35,13,13,11,13,17]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Re1 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qxd4 {D34: Damengambit (Tarrasch-Verteidigung, Hauptvariante)} Nxd5 {LiveBook: 31 Partien} 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Re7 22. f3 {Vorgänger:} Be6 $146 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Red1 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Rd4 Rd8 {1-0 (59) Hracek,Z (2510)-Orsag,M (2390) Prague 1993} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,2,7,-5,-2,-5,1,-18,1,-6,0,0,14,-20,-26,-25,-3,-16,-35,-62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-16,-17,-20,-116,-116,-116,-116,-135,-142,-132,-120,-233,-233,-206,-219,-230,-225,-279,-268,-262,-140,-170,-129,-130,-77,-79,-80,-102,-115,-395,-416,-421,-404,-6270,-5461,-5277,-5361,-1433,-1311,-1264,-1166]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 6... Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Ng5 {The position is equal.} Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Nc4 Nf8 {½-½ (81) Sjugirov,S (2654)-Abasov,N (2575) Minsk 2017}) 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. Be3 g6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 h6 15. c5 Bxc5 {[#]} 16. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb4+ (16... Bxe3 $15 17. Nxd8 (17. Nxh8 Bd2+ 18. Kf1 Qh7 $15) 17... Bb6) (16... Qxf7 17. Bxc5) 17. c3 $11 Qxf7 18. cxb4 Ne6 19. Qc4 g5 20. a4 Rhf8 21. O-O Nd4 22. Qc5 (22. Rac1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... b6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb6c5][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Qh2 {[#]} Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a1]} 25. Rac1 Nxb4 26. h4 (26. e5 $17) 26... Rxe4 $19 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Rg8 29. Qh3+ Kb7 30. f4 Nd5 (30... Qd5 $19 31. Kh2 Qd4) 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. a5 Re2 ({Better is} 32... bxa5 33. Ra1 Re3) 33. a6+ Kb8 34. Rf2 Re3 35. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Qf1 $17) 35... Rh8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5.} 36. f5 {[#]} Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh5h1][%mdl 512]} 37. Rd2 (37. Qh4 $142 Qxh4 38. Bxh4 Rxh4 39. f6) 37... Qh2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Re1+ 40. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,6,21,22,16,16,30,22,22,20,34,18,13,0,-9,-4,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-39,-52,-23,-108,-8,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-64,-61,-62,-41,-129,-100,-97,-88,-225,-135,-266,-269,-427,-400,-527,-522,-706,-689,-687,-678]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 {White has an edge.} dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Re1 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. Nce5 Be6 {1-0 (45) Alekseev,E (2683)-Godena,M (2526) Eilat 2012}) 13. d5 b5 14. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c6] Nc6 is the strong threat.} Qf6 15. Nc6 Nb8 16. e5 (16. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qg6 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. Bf4 $11) 16... Qg6 17. Na5 Bg4 18. Bf4 {[#]} (18. Re3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... Qf5 (18... c4 $1 $17 19. a3 Nd7) 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. Nh4 Bxd1 21. Nxf5 Bc2 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Nc6 c4 24. a4 Bc5 25. d6 cxd6 26. exd6 b4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bd4.} 28. Red1 (28. Rac1 $11) 28... Bxe3 29. fxe3 Nc5 30. a5 (30. Nd5 $1 $15) 30... Rxe7 31. dxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rac1 (32. e4 $17) 32... Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Nb3.} 33. Be1 {[#]} (33. Ra1 $17) 33... Rb8 $1 $19 34. Rxc4 (34. Bg3 $142 Rb5 35. Ra1) 34... Bxc4 35. Rc1 Nd3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRc1] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Bh4+ {[#]} g5 $1 37. Bxg5+ f6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,18,17,6,14,8,9,5,11,11,5,5,10,0,16,22,20,4,29,29,46,34,41,43,33,23,37,31,30,37,29,26,33,24,36,20,42,42,45,19,37,39,48,49,62,47,79,65,60,39,45,12,13,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 g4 12. Nd2 Bxg3 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. hxg3 {½-½ (77) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Ke2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Bxd6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. c5 Bxf4 10. exf4 c6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bh3 Qg5 15. Bg2 f6 16. f4 Qg6 17. b4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Rxf4 19. Rbf1 Nxc5 {0-1 (19) Fratini,M (1863)-Rondelli,R (1756) Arco 2014}) 9... cxd6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 N7b6 13. Qb5 Qe7 14. Rhc1 Rfc8 15. Nd2 Rc7 16. a4 a6 17. Qb3 a5 18. Qb5 Qd7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Nc4 {And now e4 would win.} f5 22. f3 Ra6 23. Na3 Ne7 24. Rc3 Rc6 25. Rbc1 Kf8 26. Nb5 Ke8 27. e4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rd8 29. Kd3 Rxc3+ 30. Rxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc6 31. d5 Nb4+ 32. Kd4 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} e5+ $1 {The position is equal.} 33. Ke3 {aiming for Rc7.} Na6 34. b3 Kd7 35. Na3 {With the idea Nc4.} Ke7 36. h4 g6 37. Nc4 Rc8 $1 38. Rc1 b6 39. h5 Nc5 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Rh1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rh7+.} Nxb3 42. Rh7+ Kf6 43. Nxd6 Rc3+ 44. Kf2 Nc5 45. Kg2 Re3 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Kf2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,0,0,0,19,19,8,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,25,7,32,25,20,33,53,47,56,11,18,13,9,19,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5197,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 8. h3 a5 9. O-O Be6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9... Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Qb8 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rf1 {0-1 (64) Onischuk,V (2637)-Kravtsiv,M (2672) Riadh 2017}) 10. Bc2 b5 11. Re1 Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Nf1 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qf6 16. Be3 {1-0 (38) Broday,G (2081)-Fonseca,B (1744) Sao Jose dos Pinhais 2012}) 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 Qa7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 bxa4 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. Bxa4 Rfb8 18. b3 Ne7 19. d4 Ng6 20. Qc2 c6 21. Qb2 Qc7 22. c4 c5 23. dxe5 (23. d5 {keeps more tension.} Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc2 Nb6 26. Ree1) 23... dxe5 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Ne7 {[%cal Bg6e7,Be7c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 27. Nc3 Nc6 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qd2 Nd4 30. Nxf6+ (30. Qa2 {with more complications.} Nc6 31. Re1 Rb7 32. Qc2 Rab8 33. Ra3) 30... Qxf6 31. Rxa5 Qf4 32. Qa2 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Qa3 Nd4 36. Qxc5 Qxe4 37. Nxd4 exd4 $11 {KQ-KQ} 38. f3 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 g5 {Hoping for ...Qf4+.} 40. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Qd5 $11) 40... d3 $2 ({Black should play} 40... Qf4+ $1 $19 41. Qxf4 gxf4) 41. c5 d2 42. c6 Qc3 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 16,81,14,14,10,14,37,31,65,65,63,76,59,52,65,69,61,72,57,71,103,95,97,98,48,51,122,125,119,118,128,123,134,128,126,131,115,115,150,124,134,92,133,75,178,160,136,122,134,85,69,62,73,66,356,372,372,371,366,340,683,682,687,675,804,791,1370,1231]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. a3 {A48: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} Bg7 7. b4 Qb6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. c4 a5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h3 Bf5 {1-0 (34) Vaibhav,S (2558)-Gagare,S (2472) New Delhi 2017}) 12. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} dxc5 13. Nc4 Qa7 14. b5 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} Nd8 $1 15. b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss drückt.} Qa6 16. Rb1 Be6 17. Nfd2 a4 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc2 Rc8 (20... Nf6 $1 $14) 21. Ne4 $1 $16 {Und weiter mit Scd6 wäre nett.} Qa8 22. Rb5 {[%cal Bb1b5,Bb5a5,Ba5d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 23. Nxc5 Bd5 24. Ra5 ({Keinesfalls} 24. Nxa4 Ne6 $14) 24... Qb8 {[#]} 25. Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd7 26. Rxd5 Nc5 27. Rfd1 Nde6 28. Bg4 Rfd8 29. Bxe6 (29. Qc3+ $142 Kg8 30. Qb4) 29... fxe6 (29... Nxe6 $16 30. Rxd8 (30. Qxa4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc6 $11) 30... Rxd8) 30. R5d4 $18 Rxd4 31. exd4 Nd7 {zielt auf ...Sxb6! ab.} 32. Qxa4 Nf6 33. g3 Rc6 34. Rb1 Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Lieber} 34... Qc8 $14 35. Ne3 Rd6) 35. Qxc6 $1 bxc6 {[#]} 36. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 37. b7 Ne4 $2 ({Falsch wäre} 37... Ng4 $2 38. Nxg4 Qxg4 39. b8=Q $18) (37... Qxe5 38. b8=Q Qd5) 38. b8=Q {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qe2 {[#] beabsichtigt ...Sf2+.} 40. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2e2]} Nf2+ 41. Kg2 {Precision: Weiß = 90%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,137,18,47,12,58,56,67,54,85,82,60,47,72,30,63,54,79,60,104,94,149,108,108,129,124,126,130,119,246,220,226,238,290,291,287,289,316,363,335,327,360,354,535,482,494,483,628,303,310,308,298,287,307,302,306,304,288,291,381,362,401,350,393,319,317,327,316,298,401,298,342,341,336,328,336,328,343,329,370,326,314,323,357,382,382,381,375,372,364,373,365,287,283,0,284,258,413,382,375,290,391,381,378,376,379,342,503,500,591,570,700,680,749,812,809,806,803,780,741,723,863,806,5534,5383,5047,4099,4627,2234]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. O-O-O Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nc8 14. Ne4 Nd6 15. Nbc5 O-O 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (58) Eljanov,P (2755)-Jobava,B (2713) Malmo 2017}) 7... Bg7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nc6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rh4 Rg8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (36) Kostenko,P (2465)-Andriasian,Z (2609) Pavlodar 2014}) 10. h4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Be6 13. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Threatens to win with Nxc6. White fights for an advantage.} Nd7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Nce5 ({Black should try} 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe5) 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 18. Nb3 Qc7 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 19. Bd4 Rxd4 (19... Bxd4 $16 20. Nxd4 Bg4) 20. Nxd4 $18 {f5 is the strong threat.} Bg4 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Nb3 Qc8 23. Rde1 e6 24. Ne3 Bf3 25. Rhf1 ({Weaker is} 25. Qxd6 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 h6 $18) 25... Bxe4 26. Qxd6 h6 (26... Qc6 {was necessary.} 27. Qb4 Rg8) 27. Nd2 Bc6 28. f5 Be5 29. Nec4 (29. Qd3 $142) 29... Bxd6 30. Nxd6+ Ke7 31. Nxc8+ Rxc8 32. fxe6 (32. gxh6 $6 gxf5 33. Rxf5 Rh8 $18) 32... fxe6 33. gxh6 Rh8 34. Nf3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 36. Rf4 Nf6 37. a4 Rh5 38. Rg1 Nd5 39. Rfg4 Kd6 40. Rd1 b5 41. axb5 ({Don't play} 41. Rxg6 Rxh4 42. axb5 axb5 $18) 41... axb5 42. Rh1 ({Resist} 42. Rxg6 Rxh4 43. Re1 Nf4 $18) 42... Rh6 43. c3 e5 44. Rg5 Ne7 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Rg4 Nd5 47. Kd3 Nf6 48. Rg5 Nh7 49. Rgg1 Nf6 50. Ra1 Nd5 51. Ke4 Nf6+ 52. Kd3 Nd5 $1 53. Ra8 Rh7 $2 {[#]} (53... Rh5 54. Re8+ Kf5) 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Rg8 Ne7 56. Rb8 Kc6 57. Ke4 Rh5 58. Ra8 Kc5 (58... Nd5 {keeps fighting.} 59. Rf8 g5) 59. Ra6 {White is clearly winning.} Kc4 60. Re6 Rh7 61. Kxe5 Rh5+ 62. Kf6 Nd5+ 63. Kxg6 Nf4+ 64. Kf7 Kb3 65. Rf6 Ng2 66. Rf2 Nxh4 67. Rfh2 Rc5 68. Rxh4 Kxb2 69. R4h2+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,129,0,0,-4,20,10,30,33,27,14,33,39,47,46,47,45,35,20,20,0,45,35,50,51,55,46,66,58,56,43,89,63,51,36,32,17,17,17,17,17,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,32,56,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. b4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 {½-½ (36) Artemiev,V (2691)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 10... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 {½-½ (13) Shankland,S (2662)-Melkumyan,H (2633) Sitges 2017}) 11. Qf3 Ba6 12. Bg5 {White has an edge.} Bxd3 13. cxd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra6 15. Rab1 h6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Bd4 Qa3 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Nd7 21. Rb5 c6 22. Rb7 c5 23. Be3 $1 Nf8 24. Rfb1 Ne6 25. Rd7 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc2 29. a4 Rf6 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. h4 h5 32. g3 g6 33. f4 Rb6 34. Rf2 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. f5 gxf5 $1 38. Rd5 f4 39. Rg5+ Kf8 40. Rxf4 Raxa4 (40... Rxf4 $11 41. gxf4 Rxa4) 41. Rxb4 ({Much worse is} 41. Rxh5 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Rxf4 $11) (41. d4 $16) 41... axb4 $11 {KR-KR} 42. Kf3 (42. Rxh5 $14 Ra2+ 43. Kh3) 42... Ra6 43. Rxh5 Rb6 {The position is equal.} 44. Rc5 b3 45. Rc1 Ke7 (45... b2 $5 46. Rb1 $8 Ke7 $16) 46. Rb1 b2 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Kc5 Rb8 50. d4 Rc8+ 51. Kd6 Rd8+ 52. Kc5 Rc8+ 53. Kd6 Rd8+ 54. Ke7 Rxd4 55. Rxb2 {Strongly threatening Rb5+.} Kg6 56. Rb5 {Threatens to win with Rg5+.} Rg4 57. Rb3 f5 58. Rf3 Re4+ 59. Kf8 Ra4 60. Rd3 Rg4 61. Rd7 Kh6 62. Rd6+ Kh7 63. Rd3 f4 64. gxf4 Rxf4+ 65. Ke7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 14,82,27,0,10,4,-5,-12,9,-2,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,4,9,9,35,7,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,8,8,9,9,9,9,11,12,12,10,9,9,9,2,92,10,10,10,58,9,53,4,24,0,19,0,33,4,8,0,31,30,30,10,10,10,29]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 c5 (10... h6 {NOTEXT} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Qc7) (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Nfe5 b5 16. Ne3 c5 17. a4 Qb8 18. axb5 cxd4 19. N3c4 Rc5 {0-1 (35) Markus,R (2652)-Matlakov,M (2691) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb7 {1-0 (30) Kreisl,R (2448)-McGowan,D (2156) Novi Sad 2016}) 13... dxe4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Qc7 16. Ngxe4 Rad8 17. Rac1 Rd4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 g6 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Kg2 Qe5 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Qd3 Re6 26. Rc2 Rf6 27. Re2 Qd6 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qa6 30. h5 g5 {[#]} (30... Re6 $11 31. Qc2 f5) 31. Qd5 (31. Qa8 $1 $16) 31... h6 $11 32. Qa8 {Hoping for Re8.} Rd6 33. Qb7 Qd3 (33... g4 $5 34. Bd5 $8 Qxb7 35. Bxb7 f5 $11) 34. Qe4 Qc3 35. Qc2 Qa5 36. Qe4 Rf6 37. Qd3 Qd8 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Qa8 {[#] Threatens to win with Re8.} Re6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Qe4 Qxe4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 20,66,38,22,43,16,17,17,17,17,20,18,17,13,19,6,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,9,2,20,0,43,41,43,33,50,34,65,66,65,61,69,50,69,61,69,61,69,58,87,67,67]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} a5 $146 {D27: Angenommenes Damengambit (Hauptvariante 7.e4, 7.a4)} ({Vorgänger:} 11... Bb7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Ba3+ Ke8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nce5 Nbd7 18. Bb2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {0-1 (71) Zaiatz,E (2364)-Belenkaya,D (2289) Sochi 2016}) 12. Ndc4 Ba6 13. b3 Nfd7 {[#] Und weiter mit ...Sxe5 wäre nett.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Nfd2 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} Bd5 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ba3 (23... Bxf3 {is more complex.} 24. gxf3 Ba3 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Ke7) 24. Nxd5+ exd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} 28. h4 Kf6 29. g3 g6 30. Kg2 h6 31. Kf3 Ba3 32. Kg4 g5 33. Kh5 Bf8 {Precision: Weiß = 66%, Schwarz = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,11,0,13,0,0,0,0,3,9,23,6,-7,0,0,1,0,10,10,0,-3,45,0,31,41,131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Qe7 12. a3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. Ba2 Rad8 18. Qe2 e5 19. Rad1 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nbd7 21. e4 Bd6 22. Rf5 g6 {[#]} (22... Nc5 $14) 23. Bf4 (23. Rf3 $1 $16) 23... Bxf4 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxf4 Ne5 {Hoping for ...Nh5.} 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Kg7 27. Rdf1 Rf8 28. Qe3 b6 29. Rf6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qc3 Qe7 32. b4 f6 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h5 35. a5 h4 36. a6 g5 37. b5 Kf8 38. Qc2 Qd6 39. Qe2 Kg7 40. Qc2 Kf8 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. Qc2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 4,4,16]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 {Predecessor:} 3. d4 $146 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017} *

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,-7,0,0,7,-28,-47,-47,-47,-48,-34,-27,-29,-52,-35,-35,-48,-72,-35,-53,-53,-53,-53,-62,-53,-53,-53,-60,-44,-44,-43,-49,-43,-47,0,-43,-32,-57,0,-42,0,-47,0,-32,0,-32,-32,-106,0,-68,0,-83,-83,-83,-30,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-6,0,0,-35,0,0,0,-23,-11,-26,-26,-26,-24,-27,-8,-26,-26,-26,-22,-41,0,-61,-61,-61,-61,-57,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 (4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017}) 4... e6 5. Bg2 Nb4 {[#] LiveBook: 14 Games. aiming for ...Nc2+.} 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a1]} 7. Nh4 (7. cxd5 {looks sharper.} Nxa1 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bd2) 7... Nxa1 8. Nxf5 {Black is slightly better.} exf5 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 {0-1 (36) Maletin,P (2543)-Kobalia,M (2647) Tomsk 2006}) 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 O-O 14. Qd3 {[#]} Nb3 $1 15. axb3 g6 16. Rc1 h5 17. h4 $1 Rfd8 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Bf3 Kg7 20. Kg2 Rh8 21. Nc5 Rhd8 22. Rc4 Qf6 23. Rc1 Qe7 ({Black should try} 23... Bxc5 $15 24. Rxc5 Qd6) 24. Qc2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rhd8 26. Nd3 Rh8 27. Qc3 Rhe8 28. Nf4 (28. Qc2 $15) 28... Rh8 (28... Bxf4 $1 $17 29. gxf4 a6) 29. Nh3 (29. Nd3 $11) 29... Rhe8 (29... Rhc8 $15) 30. Ng5 (30. Nf4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Rec8 31. Rc1 c6 (31... Qd7 $17) 32. dxc6 bxc6 (32... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 33. c7 fxg5 34. cxb8=Q Rxc3 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxc3 gxh4 37. gxh4 f4 $17) 33. Bxc6 Rb6 34. d5+ Qf6 (34... Be5 {is interesting.} 35. Ne6+ Kf6 36. Nd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4+ Qe5) 35. Nf3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Rcb8 37. Ba4 Rd8 38. Bc6 Rdb8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 39. Ba4 Rd8 40. Rd3 Bb8 41. Rd2 Kf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 42. Kf1 Be5 43. Ke2 Rc8 44. Ne1 Ke7 45. Nd3 Bd6 46. Kd1 Rd8 47. Kc2 (47. Rc2 $11) 47... Bb4 $15 48. Re2 $1 Rxd5 49. e4 Rxd3 (49... Rd4 $15 50. exf5+ Kf6 51. fxg6 fxg6) 50. exf5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf6 51. Kxd3 Kxf5 52. Re3 Kf6 53. Be8 Kg7 54. Rf3 Rf6 55. Rxf6 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,36,0,0,0,0,-8,12,4,12,0,10,13,10,10,22,6,17,-41,-41]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... O-O 7. Re1 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 c6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rf1 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Re1 {½-½ (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2837) London 2017}) 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Rd1 {1-0 (45) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 13... c6 14. Ba4 Ng6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Ng3 Qa6 {White should prevent ...Qxe2.} 17. Qc2 Bc7 18. dxe5 (18. Qb1 $11) 18... dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,12,11,15]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {LiveBook: 30 Games. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} {Predecessor:} 7. Re1 $146 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ba7 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 {1-0 (52) Jakovenko,D (2714)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2017} *

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,58,-45,-93,-35,-26,-31,-45,-33,-51,-43,-39,-36,-35,-40,-248,-175,-180,-177,-248,-227,-310,-209,-310,-282,-533,-521,-1003,-993,-989,-970,-29986,-1227,-1129,-1130,-1029,-964,-952,-952,-918,-898,-1397,-1362,-29952,-6790,-6790,-833,-838,-838,-837,-829]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Ne7 {C36: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 d5} (6... Nb4 $17 {Hoping for ...Bf5.} 7. d4 Bf5) 7. d4 (7. Nc3 Ng6 8. h4 Be7 9. h5 Nh4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. d4 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Nxe3 fxe3 14. d5 {½-½ (33) Rapport,R (2671)-Adams,M (2740) Biel 2015}) 7... Ng6 8. Nc3 Be7 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Nd5 Bh4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. h4 Ne7 11. Nxf4 Nf5 12. g4 Ng3 13. Rg1 Nxe2 14. Qxe2+ {1-0 (42) Tiller,B (2390)-Ferguson,M (2387) Davos 2004}) 10. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 11. Kf1 $1 Na6 {And now ...c6 would win.} 12. b4 $2 (12. Qe1 $15) 12... O-O 13. b5 c6 14. bxa6 (14. Qe1 $142 Qxe1+ 15. Kxe1) 14... cxd5 $19 15. cxd5 bxa6 16. Bf3 (16. Qe1 $142) 16... Re8 17. Ba3 $2 (17. Bd2 {was necessary.}) 17... Bd7 18. d6 Rab8 19. Qd2 Re3 20. Bc5 Bb5+ (20... Rbe8 $142 21. Be2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Bb5+ 24. Kd2 Qf2+ 25. Kc3 Ne5 26. dxe5 Qxc5+ 27. Kb3 Qc4+ 28. Kb2 Qd4+ 29. Kb3 Bc4+ 30. Kc2 Bd3+ 31. Kd2 Bb5+ 32. Kc1 Ba4 33. h4 Qf2 34. h5 Qc2#) 21. Kg1 Rbe8 {( -> ...Re1+)} 22. Bb4 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Rc1 f3 26. gxf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kg2 {Black is clearly winning.} Qxb4 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. d7 {[#]} Bxf3+ $1 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,9,-59]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 {Predecessor:} Nxd5 $146 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. h4 Be7 9. h5 Nh4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. d4 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Nxe3 fxe3 14. d5 {½-½ (33) Rapport,R (2671)-Adams,M (2740) Biel 2015} *

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,12,0,-4]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 {LiveBook: 591 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} {Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 $146 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bf3 Ng5 17. Bd1 {½-½ (36) Stupak,K (2573)-Gelfand,B (2729) Tbilisi 2017} *

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,93,12,11,17,19,13,20,24,24,18,24,20,29,11,31,31,35,-12,0,0,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,34,37,38,40,0,141,125,192,46,133,133,177,171,138,83,88,85,97,66,81,29,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Nbd2 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. Be2 Qd8 11. b3 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. a4 a6 $1 13. O-O (13. axb5 axb5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Bd1 Nd7 16. Ba4 Rc8 17. O-O Be7 {1-0 (53) Jumabayev,R (2604)-Vaganian,R (2548) Tsaghkadzor 2017}) 13... Be7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Qb2 $1 O-O 18. Ra1 Qc8 19. Bd1 $146 Nh5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 $1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qc7 23. Ra6 Rc8 24. Qb5 Bg6 {[#]} 25. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be8 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} (25... dxe4 26. Nh4) 26. Qb2 Rb8 27. Qa2 Bf8 28. Nh4 Bf7 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nf5 Rb5 (30... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Ne3 f5) 31. Bf3 Rb6 (31... Rb7 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Ra8 (32. Rxb6 $18 Qxb6 33. Qa8) 32... Ne7 (32... Qd7 $14 33. Ne3 (33. Qa3 Rb8 $11) 33... Ne7) 33. Ra7 $16 Qd8 34. Nxe7+ $1 Bxe7 35. Ra8 ({White should try} 35. Nf1 $1) 35... Rb8 {[#]} 36. Rxb8 $1 Qxb8 37. Nf1 Qb3 {[#]} 38. Qa5 (38. Qa1 $1 $16) 38... Qa3 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra3a5]} 39. Qb5 Qxc3 {The position is equal.} 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Kf8 42. Ne3 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qxf2 44. Qe6 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Qe2 45. g4 c3 46. d5 {Hoping for d6.} c2 47. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,0,17,12,13,4,35,56,45,29,47,38,66,0,27,22,23,12,38,31,30,17,10,15,40,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,26,0,0,0,0,2,9,5,20,0,-8,-11,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 {LiveBook: 64 Games} 6. Ne2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} a5 7. a3 O-O 8. Ng3 $1 {White is slightly better.} Bc5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 11. d3 (11. Be2 $1 $14) 11... d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be2 Bf8 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nde4 Qe6 19. Qc4 (19. h3 {is more complex.} Nf6 20. Ne2 Rd7 21. Rac1 Red8 22. N2c3) 19... Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rac1 Qe6 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 Ne7 25. Qxa5 Nd5 26. Re1 {[#] And now Rxe8 would win.} c6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Re1 Bd6 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ {The position is equal.} 30. Qxe1 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qf5 32. b4 Qc2 33. Qc1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,11,2,0,-5]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 {LiveBook: 64 Games} 6. Ne2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} {Predecessor:} a5 $146 7. a3 Bc5 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017} *

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,-12,-12,-8,-13,-2,-4,0,-12,0,0,0,-10,-11,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. b4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 {½-½ (36) Artemiev,V (2691)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 10... c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfe8) 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. g4 h6 19. b3 Kf8 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 24. Rd1 Re5 25. Na4 Re2 26. Nxc5 Rxc2 27. Nxa6 Rxa2 28. Nb4 Rb2 29. Rd3 Ke7 30. Nxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxb3 32. Ra5 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,126,0,8,0,12,0,23,28,18,-2,29,0,0,4,9,0,0,10,0,-45,-37,-65,-61,-64,-69,-109,-99,-106,-95,-100,-60,-139,-41,-114,-107,-118,-99,-89,-110,-127,-116,-128,-135,-136,-125,-110,-83,-138,-138,-138,-137,-144,-133,-140,-135,-127,-118,-112,-120,-119,-116,-127,-122,-131,-121,-235,-235,-232,-227,-221,-195,-229,-223,-654,-609,-606,-1111,-1211,-1038,-1191,-1134,-870,-658,-641,-580,-1547,-1355,-5704,-5876,-4914,-2748,-4863,-2955,-2590,-2590,-11272,-9695,-7034,-6511,-4018,-5952,-5595,-5587,-4633,-3118,-5542,-4528,-6107,-5102,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29979,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bh5 8. h3 g5 (8... Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2855)-So,W (2770) Leuven 2016}) 9. Nf3 {White has an edge.} h6 10. Bd3 Rg8 {[%cal Bh8g8,Bg8g6,Bg6g3][%mdl 32]} 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (52) Andersen,M (2410)-Sandipan,C (2641) Caleta 2011}) 13... Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. Bxg6 Rxg6 15. Qc2 dxc4 16. O-O g4 17. h4 g3 18. fxg3 Rxg3 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Rg4 21. Ne2 (21. Ra4 $15) 21... Qc7 ({Black should try} 21... Bd6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ke7.} 22. Ba5 Qb5) 22. Rf4 ({White should play} 22. Nf4 $15) 22... Rxf4 $17 23. Nxf4 Nf6 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bd2 O-O-O 26. b4 Kb8 27. Rf1 {Black should prevent Nxe6!} Be7 28. Be1 Rg8 29. Qe2 (29. Qd3 $142) 29... Ng4 $1 30. Qf3 e5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Bg3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Nxe3 34. Rf3 {Black must now prevent Ng6+.} Nf5 35. Ng6+ Bd6 36. Bxd6+ Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Ne5 Re8 38. Nxf7 (38. Nxc6+ $17 Kb7 39. Nd4) 38... Nxf7 $19 39. Rxf7 $17 {KR-KR} Re4 40. h5 Rh4 $1 41. Rf5 Rxb4 {And now ...a5 would win.} 42. Rf6 $2 (42. Rf8+ Kb7 43. Rf7+ Kb8 44. Rf8+ Kb7 45. Rf7+ Kb8 46. Rf8+) 42... a5 $1 $19 43. Rxh6 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 44. Rh8+ Kb7 45. Rh7+ Ka6 46. Rh8 Kb5 {Hoping for ...a3.} 47. h6 a3 {aiming for ...a2.} 48. h7 Rh4 49. g3 {[#]} a2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Ra8 Rxh7 51. Rxa2 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 52. Rb2+ Kc6 53. g4 Rg7 54. Rg2 Rg5 55. Kf2 c4 56. Ke3 {[#]} Kc5 $1 57. Kf4 Rg8 58. g5 c3 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. Ke2 Rd8 {Black mates.} 61. g6 c2 ({Weaker is} 61... Rd2+ 62. Kf3 $17) 62. Rg1 Kc3 63. g7 Kb2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,0,0,0,-10,-23,-33,-8,-16,17,23,24,12,48,29,107,92,122,108,108,98,150,155,304,256,219,124,137,115,131,135,116,78,262,240,207,166,177,159,215,185,247,273,227,214,285,286,432,420,551,481,484,480,618,620,574,434,424,422,416,247,426,427,399,378,754,733,866,834,5458,4812,2508,3816,5093,3451,2615,2518,1534,2299,29973,29969]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (6... e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. a3 c5 16. b5 Nc7 17. Rd1 a6 18. Rd8+ {0-1 (44) Wang,Y (2690)-Saric,I (2669) Riadh 2017}) 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. g4 Nc5 10. Be3 Nba6 11. g5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c6 12. Nd2 f5 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nf3 cxd5 15. Qxd5+ Be6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Bh6 Rf7 {0-1 (39) Koshelev,V (1909)-Dikarev,O (2123) Voronezh 2013}) 13... cxd5 14. cxd5 f4 15. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 16. f3 a4 17. Bb5 h6 (17... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Nc4 $16 (18. Nxa4 $6 Nxa4 19. gxh6 Bxh6 $11) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Kd2 Qf6 (20... Qd8 $142) 21. Qg1 a3 (21... Kf7 $16 22. Nb6 Ra5) 22. b4 $18 (22. bxa3 g5 $16) 22... Nd7 23. Bxd7 (23. Qh2 $6 Kf7 $16) (23. Rc1 $18) 23... Bxd7 $16 24. Nb6 (24. Qh2 $6 Rab8 $11) 24... Rad8 25. Nxd7 (25. Qh2 $6 Kf7 $14) 25... Rxd7 26. Nb5 $36 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 2080] Keeping Black busy.} Rff7 $2 (26... Qd8 $16 {might work better.}) 27. Rc1 $18 (27. Nxa3 $6 Rf8 $16) 27... Bf8 28. Qg4 ({Resist} 28. Nxa3 $6 Rh7 $16) 28... Rh7 29. Nxa3 Rxh1 (29... Rdg7 $16 30. Nb5 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Qf7) 30. Rxh1 Rh7 (30... Rg7 $142 31. Rh6 Qf7) 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Nc4 Qd8 33. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 (33... Qa8 {was worth a try.} 34. Qd7+ Bg7) 34. a5 Bh4 35. Kc3 Bf2 36. Kb3 b5 37. Na3 ({Less strong is} 37. axb6 Bxb6 38. Qh3+ (38. Qe6 Bc7 $18) 38... Kg7 $18) 37... Qc7 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Qf1 Qa7 40. Nc2 (40. Nxb5 $142 Qe3+ 41. Ka4 Qxf3 42. Nxd6) 40... g5 $2 (40... Bg1 41. Qxb5 Qf2) 41. Qxb5 g4 42. fxg4 f3 $2 (42... Qe7 43. g5 Kg6) 43. Qf1 $1 Kg6 44. Qh3 Qf7 {[#]} 45. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 {[#]} 46. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 47. Kc3 Kg6 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. Ne3 Kf4 {[#]} 50. g5 $1 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,70,56,62,27,37,37,31,32,35,21,61,33,67,60,62,61,63,64,78,70,135,129,158,163,145,147,133,138,158,105,122,114,143,119,119,106,108,120,181,89,85,20,89,98,68,74,110,79,345,348,383,387,474,450,844,835,900,896,870,852,844,731,685,700,727,722]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Na4 (8. Nh4 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 10. O-O c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Kh1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 {½-½ (30) Ter Sahakyan,S (2598)-Andreikin,D (2723) Minsk 2017}) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Nd7 10. b4 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} Qc7 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e6 13. O-O $146 O-O 14. Rb1 Rae8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Nb2 Qc8 18. a4 c5 19. b5 cxd4 ({Besser ist} 19... Qd8 $14) 20. cxd4 $16 Qc2 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Rfe8 24. Kf2 (24. Ra1 $142) 24... Nf7 25. Nb4 g5 26. g3 ({Bitte nicht} 26. fxg5 $6 fxe5 27. Nc6 Ra8 $11) 26... g4 27. Ne1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Nh6 {[#]} (28... Bh6 $16 29. Bxh6 Nxh6) 29. Nc6 (29. Rxc8 $1 $18 {und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.} Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rf8+ 31. Kg2) 29... Nf5 30. Nd3 (30. Ng2 $16) 30... Nb8 (30... Ra8 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 31. Nxa7 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Nb2 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Re7 $16) 34. Nc6 $1 $18 ({Nicht} 34. Nxc4 Ra8 $16) 34... Ra8 35. Rc1 Nb8 {Falls Schwarz jetzt zu ...Sxc6 käme, bestünde noch etwas Hoffnung.} 36. Nxc4 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Nxc6 (36... Rxa4 $142 37. Nxb8 Nxd4) 37. bxc6 Nxd4 38. Nxb6 Rf8+ 39. Bf4 Bxe5 40. c7 Bxc7 41. Rxc7 e5 42. Nd7 {Precision: Weiß = 67%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,123,39,18,19,9,18,17,13,21,13,20,29,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,20,16,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-9,-9,-6,-6,-6,-13,-12,-12,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-120,-121,-192,-156,-226,-226,-259,-218,-191,-202,-358,-358,-559,-559,-553,-525,-480,-455,-529,-217,-224,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-216,-216,-209,-28,-28,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-28,-28,-28,-28,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bd2 Bd7 9. Rc1 Rb8 10. d5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} Na5 11. b3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 {1-0 (29) Vakhidov,J (2585)-Fitzsimons,D (2388) Southend 2016}) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Qb4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Qb6 Rc8 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qc8 23. e4 f5 24. h4 Kf7 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bf1 Be4 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Be2 {aiming for g4.} (28. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bf6 29. Kh2 $11) 28... Bf6 29. Bf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for g4. White is not keeping still} Bb1 30. a4 Qe4 31. Bg4 {Be6+ is the strong threat.} Qxe3 32. Bxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Ba2 33. Be6+ Ke8 34. Bc8 Bxc4 35. Bxb7 Kf7 36. f3 e6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Bc8+ Ke7 39. Bb6 Bc3 40. Kf2 {[#]} (40. a5 $15) 40... a5 $1 $17 41. Ke3 {[#]} (41. Bb7 $17) 41... Bb3 $1 $19 42. f4 (42. Bd4 $17 Be1 43. g4) 42... Bxa4 43. f5 Be1 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. g4 $2 (45. Ke2 {was worth a try.} Bxg3 46. Bxa5) 45... Bd1 ({Weaker is} 45... Bxh4 46. Bxa5 Bg5+ 47. Kd4 $17) 46. h5 (46. Bd4 $142) 46... gxh5 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Kd3 Bg6+ 49. Kc4 Bb4 (49... a4 $142 {White must now prevent ...Bf7+.} 50. Bd4 Bf7+ 51. Kb5 a3) 50. Bb7 Bh5 51. Kb5 Be8+ 52. Kc4 Ke6 53. Bd5+ Kf5 54. Bb7 Bd2 $2 (54... Bh5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Be2+.} 55. Kb5 Be8+ 56. Kc4 Kf6) 55. Kd5 $1 $11 Bf7+ 56. Kxd6 a4 57. Bc5 Bh6 {And now ...Bf8+ would win.} 58. Ke7 Bb3 59. Bc6 Bc1 60. Kd7 a3 {[#]} 61. Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa3 62. Kc7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,94,0,0,2,-1,14,-8,2,-11,0,-10,-4,-10,26,9,8,7,16,14,14,12,8,-24,-18,-42,-29,-81,-76,-94,-98,-104,-93,-135,-126,-132,-118,-157,-154,-188,-158,-222,-217,-205,-209,-227,-197,-235,-225,-232,-227,-221,-192,-315,-318,-315,-321,-285,-236,-317,-262,-334,-342,-386,-386,-385,-377,-460,-459,-437,-440,-414,-366,-616,-616,-880,-638,-614,-593,-29968,-6360,-29963,-5747,-2473,-2135]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 (4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017}) 4... e6 5. Bg2 Nb4 6. Na3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} h6 7. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} c6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nc2 10. Nh4 Qd7 11. Nxf5 Nxa1 12. Qxb7 Qxb7 13. Nfd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6+ {1-0 (22) Loginov,V (2505)-Varga,Z (2450) Budapest 1993}) 9. Bd2 a5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. c5 b6 13. Bxb4 (13. cxb6 {is more complex.} a4 14. Qd1 Qb7 15. e4 Bh7 16. Qg4) 13... axb4 14. Qxb4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Be7 16. e4 Bh7 17. exd5 exd5 {And now ...0-0 would win.} 18. Qc3 Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 3072] Black has compensation. Black has the initiative.} 19. Qd2 (19. Rfe1+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf8 20. Qb3) 19... Qb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 20. Rae1+ Kf8 21. Re2 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 22. f4 g4 $1 23. f5 Kg7 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rfe1 Qb8 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf4.} 26. Qf2 (26. Qd2 $17 {might work better.}) 26... Qb4 $1 $19 {...Bd4 is the strong threat.} 27. Kh1 Rhb8 28. Nc2 Qxb2 29. a3 {If White can now play Nb4 this consolidates a bit.} Qc3 30. Nb4 Rc8 ({Don't play} 30... Rxa3 31. Nxc6 Rb5 32. Ne7 $17) 31. Re3 Qb2 32. Qf1 (32. Qxb2 $142 Bxb2 33. Rb3) 32... Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Qxa3 34. Nd3 Qa6 35. Rd1 Re8 36. Qf2 Qa4 37. Rf1 Qd4 38. Qc2 Bg5 39. Qb1 Re2 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41. Rxf4 Qb2 42. Qg1 $2 (42. Qxb2+ Rxb2 43. h3) 42... Qe5 43. Bf1 Re4 44. f6+ Kh6 45. Rf2 Re3 (45... Re1 $142 46. h3 gxh3 47. Kh2 Bd3 48. Kxh3 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Qg2 Be4 50. Rf3 Bxf3 51. Qxf3 Rxf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Qg4 Qxg3+ 53. Qxg3 hxg3 54. Kg2 Rxf6 55. Kh3 d4 56. Kg2 d3 57. Kh3 d2 58. Kg2 d1=Q 59. Kh3 Qh1+ 60. Kg4 g2 61. Kg3 g1=Q#) 46. Bg2 Bd3 (46... Be4 $142 47. Rf1 Bd3 48. Rd1 Kg6 49. Rc1 Re2 50. Qd1 Bf5 51. Qf1 Kxf6 52. Qf4 Qxf4 53. gxf4 Be4 54. Bxe4 dxe4 55. Ra1 Kf5 56. Kg1 e3 57. Rd1 f6 58. Rc1 Kxf4 59. Ra1 f5 60. Kh1 Ke5 61. Rc1 f4 62. h3 gxh3 63. Rg1 f3 64. Rg5+ Kd4 65. Rg8 f2 66. Rf8 Re1+ 67. Kh2 f1=Q 68. Rxf1 Rxf1 69. Kxh3 e2 70. Kh4 Rg1 71. Kxh5 e1=Q 72. Kh6 Qh4#) 47. Qc1 Kg6 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,54,-30,-11,-33,-20,-31,-22,-12,0,-67,-57,-128,-108,-127,-119,-129,-87,-137,-118,-122,-140,-125,-138,-113,-116,-89,-44,-247,-252,-592,-592,-592,-592,-592,-591,-579,-576,-576,-569,-566,-560,-1140,-1119,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 (5. e3 Nf6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rfe8 {0-1 (38) Holt,C (2533)-Azarov,S (2619) Chicago 2015}) 5... Nc6 6. e4 {D21: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 sidelines} Na5 $1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. d5 exd5 10. e5 d4 11. exf6 dxc3 12. Qc2 Qxf6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bg5 {1-0 (25) Nazaryev,S (2276)-Adamson,G (2075) St Petersburg 2010}) 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. Nd2 $1 $11) 10... c6 11. Rad1 ({Better is} 11. Bg5 $15) 11... b5 $17 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nb3 16. Bf3 Bb7 ({Stronger than} 16... Nxd4 {[#]} 17. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g5 18. Nxc6 $11) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({But not} 17... gxf6 $6 18. Nd7 $11) 18. Nd7 Nxd4 {Hoping for ...Qd8.} 19. Qc1 $2 (19. Qd2 $1 $15 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3) 19... Qd8 $19 20. e5 $2 (20. Nxf8 {was the crucial defense.} Qxf8 21. Bg4) 20... Bg5 (20... Qxd7 $2 21. exf6 c5 22. fxg7 $19) 21. Rxd4 {Qc2 is the strong threat.} Bxc1 22. Rxc1 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4,Bd4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 23. Nf6+ (23. Nxc5 Qxd4) 23... Qxf6 $1 24. exf6 {Black must now prevent Rg4.} cxd4 25. Bxb7 dxc3 26. fxg7 Rfb8 27. Bxa8 cxb2 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 85%.} ({Weaker is} 27... Rxa8 28. bxc3 Ra2 29. Kf1 $17) 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,7,5,13,18,20,3,8,16,3,0,11,0,4,0,-8,-8,0,-2,0,-11,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-1,16,24,18,0,0,-11,-4,-31,0,-11,0,0,0,0,80,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 {A11: Reti-Eröffnung} cxd5 (7... exd5 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2 Nf8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. f3 Bh5 17. e4 Bg6 {½-½ (41) Van Wely,L (2674)-Oparin,G (2626) Monzon 2016}) 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Ne5 $146 {Weiss will d4 spielen.} ({Vorgänger:} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rc2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rc6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. d4 Ncd7 17. e3 Qa5 18. Bd1 Nb6 19. b3 Kf8 {½-½ (19) Hausrath,D (2413)-Barsov,A (2539) Antwerp 1999}) 10... Bh5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Ncd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qf4 Rfd8 16. Qd4 b6 17. h3 Rc5 18. f4 Qc8 19. a3 Bg6 20. b4 Rc7 21. Na2 h5 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht aktiver.} Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Rc7 26. Ke1 Ne8 {Und weiter mit ...Sd6 wäre nett.} 27. Kd2 Nd6 {Droht ...Sf5 und aus.} 28. g4 $1 Kf8 {[#]} (28... h4 $11) 29. Bf3 (29. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6][%mdl 512]} Bh7 (29... exf5 30. gxh5) 30. f6) 29... hxg4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (29... h4 {with more complications.} 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxd5 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 fxg4 33. Bxg4 Bf5) 30. hxg4 Ne4+ 31. Ke1 (31. dxe4 {is interesting.} dxe4 32. Nb5 e3+ 33. Kd1 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Qxb5 35. Qd6+) 31... Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 f6 34. Qd4 Ke7 35. Kd2 Bf7 36. g5 Qd6 37. e3 e5 38. gxf6+ gxf6 39. fxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxe5+ {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,160,0,1,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-6,-2,0,-25,-19,-36,-51,-57,-21,-44,-18,-70,-61,-58,-45,-90,-78,-86,-88,-86,-88,-87,-81,-87,-87,-83,-83,-107,-86,-115,-83,-80,-78,-80,-81,-81,-81,-81,-80,-80,-83,-77,-67,-66,-73,-73,-72,-75,-76,-102,-77,-106,-91,-99,-57,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-74,-74,-70,-66,-98,-68,-84,-79,-91,-77,-77,-74,-90,0,-80,-74,-83,-82,-86,-81,-119,-122,-122,-120,-120,-106,-130,-106,-106,-91,-105,-97,-257,-174,-160,-174,-174,-160,-160,-87,-458,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-933,-1209,-1144,-1105,-895,-784,-298,-284,-29973,-239,-29967,-1643,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29977,-29979,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 19 Games. D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (7... Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d5 Nc5 11. dxc6 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Nxc1 13. Qd2 Nd3 14. Ne1 bxc6 15. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 16. Nxd3 Rd8 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Nc3 Bxd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 {½-½ (20) Rotstein,A (2495)-Stany,G (2489) Forni di Sopra 2017}) 8. Qb5+ Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 c6 15. f4 {½-½ (56) Kowalczyk,R (2204)-Pultorak,J (2306) Frydek Mistek 2016}) 9. Ne5 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qc2 Bxg2 ({Wrong is} 13... Bxd4 $2 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Rd1 $18) 14. Kxg2 Qxd4 15. Na3 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Rd2 (19. Rb1 $11) 19... Bd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 20. e3 Bf6 21. Rb1 Nb4 22. Qe4 Nxa2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bd2 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Qc6 Kg7 27. Ra1 Rd3 28. Qe4 Qb3 ({Don't play} 28... Bxb2 $6 29. Rb1 $11) 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. Na5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Nc4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kf3 (33. Rxa5 Rxa5) 33... Rb5 34. Ra2 Rb4 35. b3 Rxb3 36. Rxa5 Rb7 37. Rc5 Bc3 38. h4 h5 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Kf6 41. h5 gxh5+ 42. Rxh5 Ke6 43. Kf3 Bb4 44. Re5+ Kd7 45. Rf5 f6 46. Ke4 Kc6 47. Kd3 Ra7 48. f4 Ra8 49. Rh5 Bc5 50. Kc3 Kb5 51. Nd2 Kc6 52. Nc4 Ra1 53. Rh2 Re1 54. Kd3 Bb4 55. Rb2 Kc5 56. Rc2 Kb5 57. Ke4 Ka4 58. Kd3 Rd1+ 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Nd2 Rh1 61. Ne4 $2 (61. Ra2+ $17 {was necessary.} Kb5 62. Nf3) 61... Rh2+ $19 62. Kd3 Rxc2 63. Kxc2 $17 {KB-KN} Kb5 64. Ng3 c5 (64... Kc4 $142 65. Nf5 e5 66. fxe5 fxe5) 65. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Nf5 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 65... c4 $2 (65... Kc4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Kd4.} 66. e5 fxe5 67. fxe5 e6) 66. Nf5 Kc6 67. Ne3 Kc5 {Threatens to win with ...Kd4.} 68. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (68. Nf5 $17) 68... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 544]} 69. Nxe7 (69. exf5 Kxd5) 69... fxe4 70. Nf5 Be1 71. Kd1 Bf2 72. Ng7 $2 (72. Kd2 $19) 72... Kd5 $2 (72... c3 {mates} 73. Nh5 Kc4 74. Nf6 Kd3 75. Nd5 c2+ 76. Kc1 Bc5 77. Kb2 Kd2 78. Kb3 c1=Q 79. Ka4 Qc4+ 80. Ka5 Kc2 81. Ne3+ Bxe3 82. f5 Kb3 83. f6 Qa4#) 73. Nh5 $2 (73. Nf5 $19) 73... Bh4 (73... e3 $142 74. f5 Ke4 75. f6 Kf3 76. Nf4 Kxf4 77. f7 e2+ 78. Kxe2 Bc5 79. Kd2 Ke5 80. Kc3 Kd5 81. Kc2 Kd4 82. Kd2 c3+ 83. Ke2 Bf8 84. Ke1 Kd3 85. Kf2 c2 86. Kf3 c1=Q 87. Kg3 Qg5+ 88. Kf3 Bd6 89. Kf2 Qg3+ 90. Kf1 Bc5 91. f8=Q Qg1#) 74. f5 Ke5 {Black mates.} 75. f6 Bxf6 76. Ng3 Kd4 77. Ke2 Bg5 78. Nf5+ Ke5 79. Ng3 Bf4 80. Nh5 c3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,17,23,24,27,39,35,25,29,3,9,7,35,18,18,23,21,19,20,16,16,16,16,20,29,27,19,13]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 f5 7. O-O e4 8. Nd2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. A21: Englische Eröffnung} 11. d5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. b5 b6 12. a4 a5 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Bf1 {1-0 (79) Ergeshov,T (2343)-Krivonos,N (2162) Irkutsk 2017}) 11... Nd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 13. f4 exf3 $1 14. Nxf3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2+ Kg8 19. Nf2 g5 20. e4 Ng6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ng4 Bxg4 $1 23. Bxg4 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,108,-2,21,3,8,0,29,24,39,27,4,15,16,23,23,19,13,18,22,-13,31,31,26,27,37,49,42,22,25,16,36,36,32,22,37,24,34,23,20,20,20,20,20,19,19,27,28,21,22,24,29,22,33,24,34,33,32,25,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qd1 Ba5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Rc1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. cxd5 exd4 14. exd4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd5 16. c4 Ne4 {½-½ (26) Vucicevic,M (2313)-Zajic,M (2212) Vrnjacka Banja 2012}) 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 g6 15. a3 Bc7 16. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 e4 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. b5 Nc4 21. Be1 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 22. g3 {Threatens to win with Nxd5!} Nxa3 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Qb7 (24. Na4 {with more complications.} Rb8 25. Qa2 Bb6 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. Ba5) 24... Rb8 25. Qxa6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Bd6 27. Na4 Bb4 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. Nc5 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Nc2 31. Rc1 Nb4 32. Rc7 Nxa6 33. Nxa6 Rb6 34. Ra7 Ree6 $1 35. Nc5 Rec6 36. Rca1 h5 37. Re7 {Raa7 is the strong threat.} Ng8 38. Re5 Rd6 $1 39. Ra7 Nh6 $1 40. Kg2 Nf5 $1 {The position is equal.} 41. Ra2 Rb1 42. Re8 Rdb6 43. Re5 R6b2 44. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 45. Kf1 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Rb1+ 48. Kd2 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rb2 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxe3+.} 53. Kg1 Rb1+ 54. Kh2 Rb2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,8,23,0,12,9,13,4,20,0,0,0,20,34,27,16,25,27,22,20,29,41,41,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-11,-37,-12,-19,-19,-30,-8,-22,-22,-13,0,-5,0,-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]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {½-½ (16) Anand,V (2782)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Bg5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. a4 f6 15. Nd3 {½-½ (29) Hovhannisyan,R (2595)-Bosiocic,M (2597) Tsaghkadzor 2017}) 11... f6 12. Bf4 Nce7 13. Bd2 c6 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. c4 Kh8 (15... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 16. Nc3 Bc7 17. Rc1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd6 19. Bb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. Bf4 (21. Na4 {NOTEXT} b6 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bf4 a5 24. g4) 21... Nb5 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Ng3 Bf7 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. Rc2 Qd7 27. Rce2 Rd8 28. Re4 Ned5 29. Qc2 Re8 30. Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc2h7] [#] The position is equal.} Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc2h7]} h6 32. Nf3 Ne7 33. Re4 Nb5 34. Nh4 Kg8 $1 35. Nhf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5 Nd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 38. Qc4 {[#] Re8+ is the strong threat.} Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 39. Re8+ Rf8 40. Qxd5+ cxd5 {KR-KR} 41. Re7 Rf7 42. Re8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. g4 g5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,6,10,0,3,-20,-8,-9,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,5,7,22,-13,-8,-18,-15,-14,-20,-29,-7,-6,-10,-6,-18,-14,0,0,-12,-46,-42,-47,-43,-47,-45,-52,-51,-67,0,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-106,-105,-99,-50,-110,-110,-114,-114,-185,-181,-190,-138,-169,-177,-172,-166,-164,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-78,-78,-82,-31,-31]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb4 {LiveBook: 38 Games} 8. Rc1 (8. Be2 Bd7 9. Ndb5 e5 10. Bg5 a6 11. a3 axb5 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 dxc4 14. O-O O-O 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Nc7 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. Nc7 Qe7 {½-½ (19) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 8... O-O 9. cxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Ne4 11. Rd3 Qf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 {0-1 (22) Bohanesova,V-Jasso,S (1684) Ostrava 2011}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bg3 e5 16. Ke2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. f3 Nb6 19. c4 Na4 20. c5 Rab8 21. Rc2 Rb2 22. Rxb2 Nxb2 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Rc1 Bxa2 25. Be1 Na4 26. Bd2 Rb2 27. Bc8 {Threatening Bd7.} Bb3 (27... Kf7 $15) 28. Kd3 (28. e4 $11) 28... Kf7 $17 29. Bd7 Bd5 {And now ...Rb5 would win.} 30. e4 Ke7 31. exd5 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. d6 f5 (32... Rb5 {feels hotter.} 33. Be3 a5 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Bf2 f5) 33. g3 (33. Rc4 $15 Ra2 34. Rc1) 33... Rb5 34. Be3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 35. Ke2 (35. Kd2 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... Nb2 $19 36. Rc3 Rb4 (36... h5 $19 37. Kd2 Rb4) 37. Bc1 a4 38. Bxb2 Rxb2+ {KR-KR} 39. Kd3 Rb7 (39... g5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 40. Kc4 Rd2) 40. Ra3 Ra7 41. f4 Ke6 {Hoping for ...exf4.} 42. Kc4 e4 43. Kd4 h6 44. h4 Kf6 45. Kc4 h5 (45... Kf7 $17 46. Kb4 Ra8) 46. Kd4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,0,0,-5,16,17,23,21,22,24,38,28,50,42,61,62,90,77,102,83,106,95,139,97,118,100,105,106,109,106,103,74,138,135,131,124,129,133,195,196,256,243,321,318,372,379,403,366,363,392,427,376,583,569,579,570,567,473,576,603,641,641,641,641,641,641,906,891,810,709,975,697]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qa4+ {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2801)-Anand,V (2788) Moscow 2009}) 9... c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Qxc4 Bc6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5 {½-½ (48) Kuzubov,Y (2634)-Bokros,A (2487) Austria 2009}) 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. g3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O Re8 14. e3 Qg6 15. a4 a5 16. Rfb1 e4 17. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 18. Qc5 Nd5 19. Qa3 b6 {[#]} 20. Nc4 $1 Rb8 21. Qd6 Ba6 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Nd6 Re7 (23... Bd3 $142) 24. c4 $16 (24. Nxe4 Bd3 $11) (24. Bxe4 Nxc3 25. Bxg6 (25. Bxc6 Re6 $17) 25... Nxb1 $15) 24... Nb4 25. Rc1 c5 26. d5 (26. Bxe4 Re6 $17) 26... Nd3 (26... g5 $16 {might work better.} 27. Nxe4 g4) 27. Rc3 $18 Ne5 {[#]} (27... Rd8 $142) 28. Rb1 $1 ({But not} 28. Nxe4 $6 Nxc4 29. d6 Re5 $16) 28... Nd7 29. Bxe4 Rf8 30. Bg2 g5 31. Bh3 Rf6 32. Bxd7 Rxd6 33. Bc6 Bb7 (33... Re4 $142 34. Rxb6 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 (35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. e4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 $14) 35... Bxc4 36. Rb8+ Kf7) 34. Bxb7 {White is clearly winning.} Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Re7 36. Re1 Re5 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Re8 39. e5 Rf6 40. Re4 ({Not} 40. exf6 Rxe1+ 41. Kf2 Re4 $16) 40... g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Rg3 Rf5 43. h4 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,64,33,19,23,15,22,14,31,18,16,21,19,17,37,18,15,-19,-16,-61,-38,-78,-37,-77,-85,-91,-106,-89,-53,-55,-7,-13,-18,-45,0,-150,-126,-141,-137,-190,-184,-153,-147,-578,-591,-579,-552,-619,-500,-483,-483,-490,-472]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. O-O-O Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nc8 14. Ne4 Nd6 15. Nbc5 O-O 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (58) Eljanov,P (2755)-Jobava,B (2713) Malmo 2017}) 7... h6 8. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc6 9. Be3 {White has an edge.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg7 10. f3 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Na4 Rb4 {0-1 (28) Hybl,V (2327)-Ilyes,P ICCF email 2000}) 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Rg1 Be7 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Nxa5 ({Much worse is} 14. Bxh6 Nc4 $17) 14... Qxa5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 b5 17. a3 Rc4 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 18. Rd1 Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 19. Qe3 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. b3 Nd7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. Bg4 (24. Qg5+ $11 Ke8 25. Be2) 24... Rd4 25. Qg5+ Nf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qb4.} 26. Rg3 (26. Bxe6 $17 {was worth a try.} Kxe6 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qe3) 26... Bxg4 $19 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rd3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rh5 29. Rxd4 Rxg5 30. hxg5 exd4 31. gxf6+ Kxf6 32. Nd5+ Ke5 33. Nb4) 28... Ke6 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rd3 Rh5 30. Qd2 Nxe4 31. Rxd4 Nxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxh4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,111,71,72,66,65,62,41,60,68,100,73,81,75,89,81,118,92,104,97,102,104,145,87,83,35,75,0,18,0,0,0,13,7,20,-16,-22,-18,-17,-52,-37,-94,-103,-100,28,22,22,33,22,36,183,182,197,204,182,193,189,206,187,197,177,110,274,236,252,227,260,239,320,322,307,312,294,271,340,339,337,325,335,331,387,296,462,440,682,650,12833,9607,2694,1674,2064,1904,29987,29988,29988,29988,29994,29995]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 f6 9. Be3 fxe5 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 10. dxe5 Rf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Qe2 g5 12. fxg5 Nf5 13. Bf2 e6 14. h4 Nd7 15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. g4 Nd6 17. Bd4 {½-½ (42) Vishnu,P (2449)-Iordachescu,V (2634) Al Ain 2014}) 11. Qe2 Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 e6 14. Qe1 Nf5 {[%cal Bh6f5,Bf5h4,Bh4g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} 15. Bd2 {And now g4 would win.} Qd8 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nd4 g5 19. fxg5 ({White should play} 19. c4) 19... Ng6 $16 20. h4 O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b8,Bb8a8][%mdl 32]} 21. Rh3 (21. Ba5 $16) 21... Ngxe5 $11 22. Be2 c5 23. Nb3 Kb8 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Qg1 Ka8 26. c3 c4 27. Nc1 Nc5 28. Bd4 (28. Rf1 $15) 28... Ne4 $17 29. Re3 Rf4 (29... Ng6 $1 $17 30. Rxe4 dxe4) 30. Bxe5 $1 $11 Bxe5 31. Bf3 Qc5 {White must now prevent ...Rxf3!} 32. Bxe4 dxe4 (32... Rxe4 $14 33. Rxe4 Qxg1 34. Rxg1 dxe4) 33. Ne2 $18 Rxg4 34. Qxg4 Qxe3 35. Qxe6 Rb8 36. Qxc4 ({Worse is} 36. Qxe5 Qxe2 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 38. Kb1 Qe2 $11) 36... Qf3 {[#]} 37. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e5]} Bh2 {[#]} 38. a4 (38. Rd4 $1 $18) 38... e3 $2 (38... Qg4 $16 {might work better.}) 39. Qd3 Qf1+ 40. Ka2 Qf7 41. c4 Qf3 42. Nd4 Qf2 43. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} a6 44. Ne2 ({Less strong is} 44. Qxh7 e2 $16) 44... Qf3 45. h6 Qg4 46. b4 Rc8 47. Kb3 Bb8 48. b5 axb5 (48... Rc7 $142 49. g6 hxg6) 49. axb5 Ba7 (49... Bc7 $142 50. Rd7 Kb8) 50. Rd8 {g6! is the strong threat.} Bb8 {intending ...Rxd8.} 51. Rxc8 Qxc8 52. Qxh7 Qg4 53. Qc2 {Intending Qa2+ and mate.} Qxg5 54. Qa2+ {White mates.} Ba7 55. b6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ra2a7]} Qb5+ 56. cxb5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,-10,0,0,0,-12,-8,-20,-22,-39,-39,-40,-44,-48,0,-53,-52,-52,-41,-57,-62,-44,-59,-67,-56,-59,-46,-56,-18,-18,-32,-83,-82,-88,-93,-110,-21,-33,-37,-24,-18,-17,-42,-42,-35,-107,-110,-139,-147,-377,-404,-375,-398,-384,-373,-353,-218,-206,0,-353,-362,-469,-469,-475,-456,-609,-612,-604,-599,-593,-589,-566,-563]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 d6 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} (6... h6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. O-O Ne7 9. d4 a6 10. dxc5 axb5 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxb5 Ng6 13. Re1 b6 14. Nc4 {0-1 (28) Hou,Y (2676)-Kramnik,V (2783) Dortmund 2015}) 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 9. Rd1 Bd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Ng4 10. d4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Qxf2 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 e4 {1-0 (48) Varavin,V (2433)-Pisakov,I (2338) Vladimir 2002}) 10. Bc2 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Nh2 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Ndf1 Nh7 15. d4 ({Besser ist} 15. Nf3 $11) 15... exd4 $15 16. cxd4 Ng5 17. Ng3 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe4 d5) 18... d5 19. Qf3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nh4 21. Qd3 Bb5 22. Qc2 Bxd4 {Und weiter mit ...Txe4! wäre nett.} 23. a4 {[#]} (23. Be3 $15 c5 24. a4) 23... Bc6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. g3 {[#]} Ng6 (25... Nf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5g3][%mdl 512] ...Sxg3 ist eine echte Drohung.} 26. Ra3 (26. Qxf5 Bxf2+) 26... Qd5) 26. Be3 $11 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht unter Druck.} 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Nf3 Qd5 29. Nxd4 Ne5 {Und ...c5 würde nun gewinnen.} 30. Qb3 {[#]} (30. b4 $1 $15) 30... Qe4 $1 $17 31. f3 Qg6 32. Kg2 $2 (32. f4 $17 {war einen Versuch wert.} Rab8 33. Qc3) 32... c5 $19 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 33. Ne2 c4 34. Qc3 Nd3 35. Ng1 Nf4+ 36. Kf2 {[#]} Nd3+ (36... Qb6+ $142 $1 37. Qd4 Qxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Nd3+ 39. Kf1 Rab8) 37. Kg2 Re3 {zielt auf ...Sf4+ ab.} 38. Qxc4 Nxb2 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 39. Qd5 Nxd1 40. Qxa8+ Kh7 41. Qc8 Rc3 {( -> ...Dc2+)} 42. Qe8 Rc2+ 43. Ne2 Qd3 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,95,27,31,20,21,5,22,-12,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-15,-25,-15,-16,-16,-37,-43,-43,-39,-48,-51,-46,-33,-35,-33,-31,-37,-24,-21,-27,-21,-16,-14,-12,0,-23,-18,-21,-8,-10,-10,-10,-10,-12,-12,-16,-12,-19,-19,-20,-19,-19,-23,-37,-38,-38,-27,-35,-32,-26,-23,-23,-23,-33,-22,-22,-22,-23,-23,-23]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 exd5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. O-O {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} Nxd4 11. Bxh7+ Nxh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 b6 16. Nc6 Qa3 17. Qe5 Rfe8 {½-½ (39) Gulko,B (2589)-Disconzi da Silva,R (2367) Buenos Aires 2005}) 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Ng5 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Re3 Ne4 19. Nf3 $1 Bg6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Rae1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd6 23. Nd2 Rb6 24. Bc1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. g4 Rb1 27. Re1 f6 28. Kg2 Bf7 29. a3 Rb3 30. Re3 $1 Rb1 31. Re1 Bd5 32. Kg3 g5 33. h4 gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Kf7 35. Kg3 Bc6 36. c4 Ra1 37. Kf4 Ra2 38. Be3 Rxa3 39. Kf5 Bd7+ 40. Kxe4 Bxg4 41. Rb1 b6 42. c5 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Bf3+ 44. Kd6 bxc5 45. Kxc5 Ra6 46. Kb4 Ra2 47. Bd4 a5+ 48. Kc3 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,114,25,13,44,21,18,19,23,37,36,39,38,56,46,48,18,27,38,50,27,32,22,21,20,24,25,20,26,25,21,60,53,40,35,58,33,45,27,33,10,8,12,29,0,12,12,12,13,20,18,18,16,21,8,8,8,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,28,28,28,21,28,21,28,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,0,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Nd5 Be7 7. a3 d6 8. Be2 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. d3 h6 13. Nf3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (39) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 6... Re8 7. O-O e4 8. Ne1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. c5 Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd8 13. Bb2 Bf5 {1-0 (36) Voetter,H (2381)-Koehl,R (2189) GER email 2016}) 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Bc4 Qd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. Be2 b6 19. Nc2 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qxd2 22. Nd4 Qxa2 23. Qc1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rb2.} Bd7 24. Ra1 Qd5 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qxa7 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 28. Qxa8 (28. Qb6 {looks sharper.} Rb8 29. Qd6 Rb2 30. h3 Qb8 31. Qd5) 28... Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 Kf6 32. Rb1 Bxf5 33. Rb6+ Be6 $1 34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Bg4 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Ra5 37. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 38. Rb4 h5 39. Rxe4 hxg4 40. Rxg4 Ra2 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. Rb4 Rc3 43. Kf4 Rc5 44. e4 Rh5 45. f3 e5+ {The position is equal.} 46. Ke3 Rh1 47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. Kd3 Rf1 49. Ke3 Ra1 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. Rb2 Kf6 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Rg2 Ra1 55. Kg4 Rb1 56. Rg3 Rh1 57. Rh3 Rg1+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,115,10,12,9,21,14,11,5,20,0,0,0,15,0,13,28,41,0,0,0,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,-13,-10,-14,-13,-15,-12,-55,-47,-75,-65,-57,-70,-69,-104,-81,-80,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Ng5 Rfd8 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be8 16. Be1 Rxd1 17. Bxd1 Ne5 {½-½ (38) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Giri,A (2762) Antalya 2017}) 10... O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nb3 Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Bd2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15. f3 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Rc8 {1-0 (47) Sargsyan,S (2436)-Gaboyan,S (2166) Yerevan 2017}) 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Be1 Be8 15. Be2 Rxd1 16. Bxd1 Rc8 17. Bf3 g5 18. g4 Ne5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bg2 Nd3 21. Rd1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Nxg4 23. Ne4 h6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Rc1 {Hoping for Rc7+.} Bb6 29. Bf1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 30. Be2 a4 31. Nd2 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. fxe3 Rxb2 33. Rd1 Rxa2 34. Kf2 a3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 35. Ke1 {[#]} Rc2 ({Black should try} 35... h5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...h4 would win.} 36. Bxh5 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Nc5) 36. Ra1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc3 37. Kf2 f5 38. Ra2 $1 f4 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Nb1 Rxh3 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 41. Rxa3 Rh2+ (41... Rxa3 {looks sharper.} 42. Nxa3 Nf7 43. Nc4 Ng5 44. Nd2 h5) 42. Ke1 Rh1+ 43. Bf1 Nc4 44. Rh3 Rxh3 45. Bxh3 e5 46. Nc3 Nd6 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Ne4+ Nxe4 50. Kxe4 Kh4 51. Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KPP} Kg3 52. Bf1 h5 53. Kf5 f3 54. Ke4 Kf2 55. Kf4 Kxf1 56. Kxf3 h4 57. Kg4 Kg2 {( -> ...h3)} 58. Kxh4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,9,31,23,31,31,45,54,38,29,50,0,0,7,26,0,24,28,31,25,53,51,50,47,44,44,147,143,237,242,610,610,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,5589,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Nd4 (9... d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Nf5 Nd8 15. Re1 Re8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {0-1 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 10. Ba2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 d6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. f4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Rae8 15. Kh1 Bd8 16. Qf3 c5 {1-0 (49) Liang,A (2478)-Banawa,J (2363) Saint Louis 2016}) 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Bc4 {Strongly threatening axb4.} Bf6 21. Rf5 Qd4 22. Raf1 Qxb2 23. a4 Qd4 ({Black should play} 23... Kh8 $1 $14) 24. Qg4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kh8 (24... Qd7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Qh3 $1 $18 Qd7 $2 (25... Kg8 26. g4 Qd8) 26. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32] Intending Rh5 and mate.} Be7 {[#]} 27. Rh5 $1 h6 {[#]} 28. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. g5 Qg4 31. g6 $1 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,134,14,10,10,7,8,0,5,4,9,12,6,0,0,-7,0,-31,-27,-78,-89,-77,-79,-86,-87,-75,-52,-58,-56,-57,-29,-43,-45,-40,-34,-25,-31,-34,-13,-29,-33,-36,-26,-33,-36,-79,-72,-74,-77,-127,-129,-138,-136,-138,-133,-175,-175,-180,-183,-183,-187,-187,-187,-183,-180,-179,-140,-193,-195,-214,-212,-208,-179,-192,-211,-200,-192,-339,-329,-441,-412,-707,-701,-637,-678,-836,-783,-880,-768,-1237,-1119,-4160,-651,-4167,-1135,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4167,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4160,-4153,-4153,-4153,-4153,-4153,-12817,-12816,-12799,-12815,-11624,-4153,-29992,-4153]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. a4 h6 11. Qb3 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 12. exd5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd5 13. Nf1 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Ne3 Be4 16. f3 Bh7 17. f4 {0-1 (46) Savchenko,Y (2109)-Shalimov,V (2452) Alushta 2003}) 13. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Nef5 Bf8 {And now ...g5 would win.} ({Of course not} 16... Bxf5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxf5 $14) 17. Bf4 (17. Ne3 $11) 17... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Qc2 {Threatening Nf3.} gxh4 20. Nxh4 Bg7 21. Nf5 Nf8 22. Re3 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Ne6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Qd8 27. Bd3 Qb6 28. Qf2 c5 29. dxc5 Nxc5 30. Bf5 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 31. Qg2 Nce4 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 32. Rf1 Qxa4 33. Rf4 {[%cal Rf5e4]} Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qd5 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Qf3 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Qe5 40. Qd3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 41. Rf2 (41. b5 $17) 41... Qe4+ $1 $19 42. Qxe4 fxe4 ({Worse is} 42... Nxe4 43. Rxf5 Bf8 44. Rb5 $11) 43. Rd2 {[#]} Bf8 $1 44. Rd5 Kf7 45. g4 Ke6 46. Rh5 (46. Rc5 {is the only way for White.}) 46... Nc4 47. Kf2 Ne5 48. h3 (48. Ke3 $142 Nxg4+ 49. Kf4) 48... Bxb4 49. Rxh6+ Kd5 50. g5 Bd2 51. Rh7 Bxg5 52. Rxb7 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Ke5 (53... Kd4 $142 54. Rg7 Bf6) 54. Rh7 Kf5 (54... e3 $142 55. Rh8 Ke4) 55. h4 {[#]} Bf6 $1 56. Rf7 Kg6 57. Rd7 Bxh4 58. Ke2 Ne5 59. Ra7 Kf5 60. Ra8 Be7 61. Ra5 Kf4 62. Rd5 Bg5 63. Rd1 Nf3 64. Kf2 e3+ 65. Kf1 Ke4 66. Ra1 Nd4 (66... Bf6 $142 67. Ra6 Be5) 67. Ra4 Ke5 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 74%.} (67... e2+ $142 68. Kf2 Bh4+ 69. Kg2 e1=Q 70. Ra3 Kf4 71. Rd3 Ne2 72. Rd4+ Nxd4 73. Kh2 Kf3 74. Kh3 Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,5,12,-48,-48,-64,-62,-64,-68,-72,-23,-81,-76,-63,-59,-81,0,-42,-15,-58,-66,-56,-57,-35,-31,-31,-31,-36,-36,-54,-54,-54,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. D39: Damengambit (Ragosin-Verteidigung)} 8. Bc1 $146 (8. Bh4 $11) ({Vorgänger:} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2801)-Anand,V (2788) Moscow 2009}) 8... O-O $15 9. e3 b5 {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O (12. Rb1 $11) 12... a6 $17 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qb1 Qc8 (14... Qc7 $17) 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bc5 Nd7 19. Qb4 $1 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qe7 21. Bf3 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Red8 (22... Rad8 $15) 23. Kf1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Kf8 24. axb5 $1 axb5 25. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 26. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b7]} Bc8 27. Rd6 Bb7 28. Rd7 Bc8 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 {KT-KT} Ke8 32. Rb6 Kd7 33. Rxb5 Kc6 34. Rb6+ Kxc5 35. Rb7 Ra3 36. Rxf7 Rxc3 37. Rxg7 Rc2 38. g4 c3 39. Rc7+ Kb4 {[#] zielt auf ...Tb2 ab.} 40. h4 Ra2 {Droht ...Kb3.} 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 {Mit der Idee g6.} Kb3 43. g6 c2 {[#] Und weiter mit ...Ta1+ wäre nett.} 44. g7 Ra8 45. Ke2 Kb2 46. Rb7+ Kc3 {Und ...Tc8 würde nun gewinnen.} 47. Rc7+ Kb2 48. Rb7+ {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,30,45,34,29,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-6,-26,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-3,-3,-4,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 31 Partien} 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. b3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5 {½-½ (37) Bruzon Batista,L (2643)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... Qe7 14. a4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Na3 Bxa3 21. Bxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Nc6 22. f3 Re8 23. Kf2 f6 24. Rb1 Kf7 25. Bc1 Nd8 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Ke2 g5 28. Kd3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 29. c4 c6 30. c5 Rh8 31. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ke7 32. b5 {[#] zielt auf bxc6 ab.} Kd7 $1 33. Bd2 h4 34. g4 Re8 35. Be3 Nf4+ 36. Kd2 $1 Ng2 37. Bf2 Nf4 {[#] Und ...Te2+ würde nun gewinnen.} 38. Be3 Ng2 39. Bf2 Nf4 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,24,4,24,-8,-15,-10,-20,-20,-10,-18,0,-22,82,82,86,82,68,0,12,18,10,-43,-24,-8,-10,-9,-12,-16,33,-38,377,375,372,341,12817,389,481,475,366,0,0,-150,0,-8,-11,-12,-17,-78,-87,-138,-160,-158,-161,-145,-151,-332,-329,-359,-349,-346,-374,-352,-354,-461,-383,-392,-398,-514,-402,-386,-375,-447,-416,-416,-409,-646,-641]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Rb1 Qc3 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] [#]} g6 $146 (14... e6 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 14... e6 15. Re1 Nc5 16. f5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Bc6+ Qxc6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Qg4 Nd7 23. e5 {1-0 (21) Wei,Y (2725)-Xu,Y (2540) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 15. f5 $16 Ne5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Kh1 (17. Nxe5 $14 Bxe5 18. Kh1) 17... O-O $11 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 ({Better is} 19. Qg4 $11) 19... e6 $1 $15 {[%cal Re6d5]} 20. f6 exd5 21. fxg7 Re8 $1 22. exd5 f5 23. Bh6 (23. Rfd1 $14) 23... Qxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Bd7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 24. Rb6 $1 $18 Bd7 25. Rf6 $1 {And now Qa3 would win.} Qxa2 $2 (25... Qb2 26. Qg3 f4) 26. h3 $2 (26. Qc3 {Intending Qc5 and mate.} Qe2 27. Re1) 26... Qb2 {With the idea ...e4.} 27. Qe3 {White wants to mate with Qc5.} e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 28. Rb6 $2 (28. Qg5 $1 $18) 28... Qe5 $11 29. d6 (29. Rd1 $11) 29... Bc6 (29... Qd5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Bc6.} 30. Qg1 Rab8) 30. Rd1 Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Rad8.} 31. d7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Red8 32. Qc5 (32. Rb2 $11) 32... e3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3e2]} 33. Rd6 (33. Qf8+ $142 Rxf8 34. gxf8=R+ Rxf8 35. Bxf8) 33... Qe4 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re4g2]} 34. Rbxc6 {White threatens Rf6! and mate.} e2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} (34... bxc6 35. Rf6 $11) 35. Bd2 {Hoping for Re6.} bxc6 36. Be1 $2 (36. Kh2 $17) 36... Qe7 $19 (36... Kxg7 37. Qc3+ Kf7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Re6 $17) 37. Qc4+ Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7c4]} 38. Qxc6 {[#] intending Rf6.} Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7d7]} ({And not} 38... Kxg7 39. Bc3+ Kg8 40. Kh2 $11) (38... Qxg7 {[#]} 39. Qxa8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa8 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Kg1 $16) 39. Rf6 Qxd7 40. Qc3 Qxg7 {...Rf7 is the strong threat.} 41. Qc4+ Rf7 42. Rxa6 Qd4 43. Qxe2 Qe4 44. Qxe4 fxe4 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. Bc3 (46. Bh4 $142 Re8 47. Ra2) 46... Re8 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,130,32,21,27,0,15,21,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-39,-68,-47,-58,-65,-62,-59,-137,-143,-150,-136,-131,-137,-150,-130,-144,-141,-150,-135,-123,-162,-47,-66,-202,-230,-204,-191,-252,-244,-194,-131,-739,-737,-730,-745,-715,-744,-714,-654,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29968,-29968,-29953,-2197,-29956,-12824,-5361,-10581,-6529,-6529,-6183,-6004,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29977,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 {C83: Spanische Partie (Offene Verteidigung/Hauptvariante)} Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} (19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 d4 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 {½-½ (31) Adams,M (2761)-Giri,A (2769) Shenzhen 2017}) 19... g6 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. b4 c4 24. Rd1 $146 Rd8 25. Bb6 (25. g4 $11 fxg4 26. f4) 25... Bg5 $15 26. Qe1 Ra8 {[%cal Bd8a8,Ba8a2,Ba2b2][%mdl 32]} 27. h4 Qc6 28. Bf2 Bh6 29. h5 ({Lieber} 29. Bb1 $15) 29... Ra2 $17 30. Bb1 Rb2 31. Be3 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qb7 33. Kf1 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7h4] zielt auf ...Dh4 ab.} 34. Qc1 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h1][%mdl 512]} 35. Qxb2 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxd1 37. h6 (37. Qa2 $1 $15) 37... d4 $19 38. cxd4 Kf7 {Weiss muss nun ...Sf4 beachten.} (38... Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Nxd4 40. Ke3 $15) (38... Nxd4 39. Qa2 $15) 39. Qa1 Qd2+ (39... Qxd4+ 40. Qxd4 Nxd4 41. Ke3 $17) (39... Nxd4 40. Qa7+ Ke6 41. Qb6+ Kd7 42. Qb7+ Kd8 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke6 45. Qb6+ Kd7 46. Qb7+ $11) 40. Kf1 Qxd4 (40... Nxd4 41. Qa7+ Ke6 42. Qb6+ Kxe5 43. Qb8+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qb6+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ Ke8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qd8+ Ke6 51. Qe8+ Kd6 52. Qd8+ Kc6 53. Qc8+ Kb6 54. Qb8+ Kc6 55. Qc8+ Kb6 56. Qd8+ Kc6 57. Qc8+ $11) 41. Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qxd4 $17 Nxd4 42. Kf2) 41... Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ $1 ({Lieber nicht} 42... Qxb1 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qa8+ Kf7 45. Qb7+ Kg8 46. Qb8+ Nf8 47. Qc7 $11) 43. Kf1 {[#]} Qc1+ $1 44. Kf2 {[#]} Qb2+ $1 (44... Qxb1 45. Qb7+ Ke8 46. Qc6+ Kf8 47. Qxe6 $16) 45. Kg3 {Droht Db7+ und aus.} Qxe5+ 46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Qxb1 48. Qb7+ Kf6 49. Qxh7 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qh4+ 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53. Kg1 Qf8 (53... Kg5 $142 54. Qa7 Kxh6 55. Qe3+ Kg7 56. Qa7+ Kf6 57. Qa1+ Qd4+ 58. Qxd4+ Nxd4 59. Kf2 c3 60. Ke1 Kg5 61. Kd1 Kf4 62. Kc1 Ke3 63. f4 Kd3 64. Kb1 Kd2 65. Ka1 c2 66. Kb2 c1=Q+ 67. Ka2 Qc2+ 68. Ka3 Qb3#) 54. Qa7 Qxh6 55. Qa1+ Kf7 56. Qa7+ Kg8 57. Qb8+ Qf8 58. Qxb5 Qc8 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 59. Qa4 c3 60. Qc2 Qc4 61. g4 Qxb4 62. gxf5 Qc5+ 63. Kh2 Qe5+ 64. f4 Qxf4+ 65. Kh1 Qf3+ {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,27,-21,-12,-24]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. b3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (11. a4 Qc7 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf5 a5 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Ng3 Nfd7 {1-0 (59) Svidler,P (2759)-Bok,B (2613) Biel 2016}) 11... a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Bb2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nh4 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Nf8 $146 15. Nc4 N6d7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Ba7 {1-0 (84) Stefanova,A (2545)-Koneru,H (2614) Moscow 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,31,35,20,20,20,22,22,19,25,26,26,32,9,12,12,25,8,4,0,0,0,21,21,21,21,33,20,41,36,36,36,29,28,33,20,26,27,36,46,83,6,6,6,6,6,18,7,6,6,6,6,11,8,13]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. c5 {looks sharper.} h6 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 Ba5 11. a4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxb4 {½-½ (29) Radjabov,T (2738)-Mamedov,R (2657) Berlin 2015}) 12. h3 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. a5 Re8 15. e4 dxe4 (15... e5 {is more complex.} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 exd4 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qxd4 Rc8) 16. Nxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rab1 Kg7 22. Be1 Kg6 23. Kf1 h5 24. b5 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd5 (25. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Rb6) 25... Rxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 26. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. f3 c4 29. Rb6 Rd8 30. Rxa6 {Hoping for Rc6.} Rxd5 31. Rc6 {[#] Threatens to win with g4+.} c3 $1 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,99,22,28,37,10,50,48,54,54,52,46,70,53,67,-44,-8,-92,-97,-160,-151,-153,-152,-155,-144,-148,-137,-154,-154,-245,-299,-262,-245,-245,-245,-245,-250,-364,-350,-357,-349,-351,-342,-417,-433,-520,-520,-502,-497,-510,-511,-502,-487,-562,-523,-610,-507,-485,-475,-664,-664,-653,-635,-592,-485,-700,-701,-693,-691,-664,-656,-589,-592,-850,-807,-788,-775,-1338,-1384,-1022,-1182,-1055,-1012,-5357,-5358,-5418]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (9. Rd1 b6 10. d5 a5 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. b3 e4 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Nf1 h5 15. Nb5 h4 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {1-0 (68) Michalik,P (2557)-Kovalev,V (2639) Katowice 2017}) 9... Qe7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Nf8 12. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 h5 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 c6 15. Bd3 d5 16. c5 Ne4 {1-0 (34) Bulatovic,M-Markun,B (2286) Kranj 2004}) 12... h5 13. a5 Bf5 14. a6 b6 15. d5 ({Better is} 15. b5 $14) 15... N6h7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 16. Rd1 (16. Bb2 $11) 16... Ng5 $17 17. Bf1 (17. Bb2 $142) 17... Nfh7 {[%cal Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bb2 {[#]} Nxh3+ $1 19. gxh3 {[#]} Qg5+ $1 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Ncxe4 {And now Bxg7 would win.} Ng5 22. Nf6+ (22. f3 $17 {was the only chance.} Rxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf3 (24. Qb3 $2 Qg3 $19) 24... Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Bxc2 26. Nxh4 Nxd1 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ng2) 22... Bxf6 $1 $19 23. Qxf5 Bxb2 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 (26. fxg5 $142 Bc3 27. b5) 26... Ne4 27. Nf3 Nxf2+ 28. Kg2 Ne4 29. Nd4 Nd2 30. Nc6 {Black is clearly winning.} Re4 31. f5 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxc4 33. fxg6 fxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Re7 Rf7 36. Re2 Rff4 37. b5 Rfe4 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Nxa7 Rec4 40. Nc6 (40. Rf2 $142) 40... Rc2+ 41. Rxc2 Rxc2+ {KR-KN} 42. Kg3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. Na5 Rb2+ ({Not} 44... bxa5 $2 45. a7 $18) 45. Kf3 Rxb5 ({Don't blunder} 45... bxa5 $2 46. a7 $18) 46. Nc4 Rxd5 47. a7 Rf5+ 48. Ke4 Rf8 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Kd4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,49,24,29,62,21,25,25,26,18,25,26,29,16,17,12,25,19,10,23,42,21,16,18,20,25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 {D35: Damengambit (Abtauschvariante)} 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 {[#] LiveBook: 14 Partien} Ne7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 {½-½ (54) Giri,A (2701)-Nakamura,H (2770) Dortmund 2011}) 15. Rb1 g6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Bf5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 {[#] Sc5 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qxd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nf5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Qa7 25. Rb2 {Precision: Weiß = 78%, Schwarz = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,29,27,27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {[#] LiveBook: 1295 Games} {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} Nb6 $146 16. a5 Nbd7 17. b3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. d5 Rc8 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bg5 h6 23. Be3 {½-½ (64) Saric,I (2662)-Cheparinov,I (2695) Mali Losinj 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,39,18,15,25,27,28,17,10,14,29,33,33,19,33,8,23,23,8,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 {[#] ...Bd5 is the strong threat. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4 {[#]} 14. Qxc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 c5 18. e3 {½-½ (51) Aronian,L (2805)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683) Riadh 2017}) 14... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 15. Qxb7 Na5 16. Qe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxd4.} Rab8 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Be5 19. Ne4 {aiming for Nc5.} Nb3 20. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 {0-1 (68) Li,C (2732)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 9... Bf5 10. Ne1 {LiveBook: 42 Games} {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} dxc4 $146 11. Qxc4 Na6 12. e4 Be6 13. Qa4 Qb4 14. Nc2 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rd7 16. Be3 Rad8 {½-½ (55) Dreev,A (2652)-Kamsky,G (2676) Bastia 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,9,8,14,14,9,23,5,0,-9,6,-3,8,-20,-20,-47,-33,-37,-14,-20,-11,-37,-14,-35,-27,-18,0,-9,-8,-13,-13,-108,-31,-34,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-12,94,103,101,91,101,100,244,169,233,112,112]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} O-O 7. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Nd7 {1-0 (42) Fridman,D (2604)-Degraeve,J (2551) Germany 2007}) 7... Qc7 8. O-O {White has an edge.} d5 9. Ne5 Rd8 10. f4 b6 11. g4 Nc6 {White should prevent ...Nxe5.} 12. h3 Bb7 13. b3 e6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. a4 a5 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Qf2 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 19. h4 Nd6 20. Kh1 (20. Qg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Qa8 (20... f6 $17 21. dxc5 bxc5) 21. h5 f6 22. Nef3 {[%cal Be5f3,Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 cxd4 25. exd4 Nd5 (25... gxh5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. gxh5 f5) 26. Nxe4 $16 f5 {[#]} 27. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Nxc3 28. hxg6 h6 (28... Bxd4 $16 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nxd8 Bxf2 32. Bxb7 Qb8 33. Bxc8 (33. Rxe6 Rxd8 34. Bxc3+ Bd4 $14) (33. Nxe6+ Kh8 $11) 33... Qa8+ 34. Bb7 Qxd8 35. Bxc3+ Kxh7) 29. Nxe6 $18 Ne4 30. Rxe4 (30. Qh4 $18 {is the precise move to win. Threatening mate with Qe7.} Rc2 31. Nxd8 (31. Qxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nxd8 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Ne2+ 36. Kf5 Bd5 $17) 31... Ng3+ 32. Qxg3 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Qxd8 34. Rab1) 30... Bxe4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ARM-ch Highest League 2018"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2018.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,62,0,0,0,0,-54,-36,-66,-42,-60,-8,-8,-4,-6,-13,-5,0,-12,-13,-12,-22,-23,-7,-82,-40,-193,-181,-1108,-1118,-29977,-6519,-2642,-2579]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Kg1 Rae8 16. Qf1 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7} 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nb3 ({Better is} 18. b3 $11) (18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Nb3 Qc2 21. Ra3 Ne5 22. Nbd4 Qg6 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. h3 c5 {½-½ (24) Macovei,A (2352)-Morozov,N (2437) Anogia 2017}) 18... Qc2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] Black is slightly better. Black has compensation.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18... Ne5 19. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qc2 21. Bd2 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxd2 23. Rf1 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 {0-1 (52) Muller,A (2115)-Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2240) France 1998}) 19. h3 h6 20. Kh1 Kh8 (20... a5 $15) 21. Qg1 $11 Rf6 22. Bd2 Qxb2 23. Re1 Ref8 24. Nbd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxa2 26. Re7 Qc4 27. Be3 (27. Qe5 $1 $11) 27... a5 28. Qe5 $2 (28. Ne5 $15 Qxd4 29. Bxd4) 28... Rg6 $1 $19 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 29. Bg1 $2 {[#]} (29. Ng1 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Rxc7) 29... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rxc7 {[#]} (30. gxf3 Qf1) 30... Rxh3+ (30... Qf1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. gxf3 Qxh3+ 34. Bh2 Qf1+ 35. Bg1 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg2 Qxc7 38. c4 dxc4 39. Be3 a4 40. Bc1 b4 41. Bd2 a3 42. Be3 c3 43. Kf3 a2 44. Bf4 Qc6+ 45. Kg3 a1=Q 46. Bc1 Qxc1 47. Kf2 b3 48. Kg3 Qg1+ 49. Kh4 Qch1#) 31. gxh3 Qf1 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

