[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,5,5,2,24,27,26,8,36,27,43,8,9,16,9,21,25,17,12,0,0,0,28,28,29,18,28,30,30,30,36,36,33,33,29,28,45,20,29,27,49,16,60,47,145,144,189,180,192,187,334,375,377,339,474,460,606,333,801,796,787,772,4686,2489,2434,4686,2410,2314,29981,29983]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. d4 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Be7 14. c6 Bc8 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf3 a5 18. a4 {1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2785)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 6... Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nb5 {White has an edge.} O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Be7 9. Be5 Na6 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. Bb5 Nb8 12. Nf5 {0-1 (57) Hovhannisyan,R (2641)-Harutyunian,T (2462) Yerevan 2016}) 9. Nxd6 Qxd6 10. Nd4 {aiming for Nb5.} c5 11. Nf5 Qe6 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne4 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 g6 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. f3 Nc5 21. Kd2 Kf8 22. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 23. h5 (23. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ne6 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. h5 $11) 23... a5 24. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 25. f4 Rc5 26. g5 Ba6 (26... Rc7 $14) 27. Bg4 Bc8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh8 {And now Bxe6 would win.} Nf8 {[#]} (29... Ra6 $142 30. Bxe6 Bxe6) 30. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6]} gxf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Nxf5+ Ke6 33. Rf1 Rac8 $2 {[#]} (33... d4) 34. Nd4+ Ke7 35. Rf6 Rc1 36. Nf5+ Kd7 37. Rxf7+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke5 39. Nd4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,14,20,3,11,0,12,22,15,16,26,10,24,24,26,26,24,21,20,21,26,11,17,20,9,26,28,29,35,22,22,22,20,16,29,34,44,31,60,57,66,64,103,103,108,107,107,107,106,110,110,109,133,134,126,133,133,116,171,170,176,169,229,235,222,220,297,297,297,287,289,289,408,390,477,463,800,784,823,795,660,1042,800,710,12535,5214,8731,5297,7228,5708,4794,5531,29978,29979,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} (6. d4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. e4 bxc4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rfe1 {½-½ (47) Van Wely,L (2675)-Sokolov,I (2625) Amsterdam 2017}) 6... O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 $146 14. b3 d6 15. Rc1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 19. h4 Qc5 20. Bh3 Rb8 21. Qd2 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qe3 e5 26. Bg2 Rd3 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 {Threatens to win with Rb5.} Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2 30. Ra5 Re8 31. Rxa7 {Hoping for Rcc7.} Ree2 32. Rf1 Rb2 33. Ra4 h5 (33... Re5 $16 {was called for.} 34. b4 Kg7) 34. b4 $18 Re5 35. a3 Rf5 {[#]} (35... Rd5 $142 36. Ra7 Kg7) 36. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 {[#]} 37. Re8 $1 f6 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Re3 g5 40. Rf3 Rxf3 (40... Kg6 $142 41. Rxf5 Kxf5) 41. Kxf3 {KR-KR} Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Rxa3 (42... Kg6 $142 43. hxg5 fxg5) 43. Rb1 Ra6 44. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rb6 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Ke4 f5+ 47. Kd5 (47. Kd4 $142 f4 48. Kc5) 47... f4 48. Kc5 Rb8 49. b6 Kf5 50. hxg5 fxg3 51. fxg3 {White mates.} Kg4 52. Rb3 Rg8 53. b7 Rxg5+ 54. Kb6 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,66,35,30,19,10,18,19,1,35,37,30,11,20,9,6,-3,33,32,30,33,38,40,24,0,0,6,0,-2,-8,-243,-239,-239,-239,-253,-218,-381,-400,-491,-302,-657,-653,-820,-818,-797,-710,-783,-835,-818,-807,-772,-752,-740,-691]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 Qa6 9. b3 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} b5 10. Bg5 (10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Ne1 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 bxc3 14. Bg2 d5 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. e3 Rfe8 18. Nd3 e6 19. Rac1 {½-½ (49) Nielsen,P (2693)-Grischuk,A (2752) Beijing 2011}) 10... bxc4 11. e4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. bxc4 Qxc4 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Re1 Qb4 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qa5 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 {1-0 (59) Carlsen,M (2548)-Lie,K (2495) Gausdal 2005}) 11... h6 12. Be3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nbd7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. f4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. f5 Rd8 18. Kh2 Rd3 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxc4 {Strongly threatening Na4.} b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Nxe5 Rxg3 $1 {aiming for ...Nh5.} 22. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (22. Nxf7 $11 Qa7 23. Kxg3 Nh5+ 24. Kh2 Qxf7 25. Ne2 Be5+ 26. Kh1 Bxa1 27. Qxa1) 22... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kxg2 Nxe4 24. fxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4 $2 ({Reject} 25. Rf7 Bxh3+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kxh3 $2 Ng5+ 27. Kh2 Nxf7 $19) 26... Ng5) (25. Nxg6 {might work better.} c5 26. Ngf4) 25... c5 26. Rad1 ({Not} 26. Qxe4 $2 Bb7 $19) 26... Bb7 27. Kh2 $2 (27. Rd7 Nf6+ 28. Rxb7 Qxb7+ 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3) 27... Qxa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Rd7 {Rxg7+! would kill now.} Qxe2+ 29. Kg1 Bd5 30. Nxg6 Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 31. Nf8+ Kh8 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 32. Ng6+ Kg8 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 33. Ne7+ {[#]} Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 42%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,0,18,22,21,40,39,35,26,30,30,19,8,19,23,15,19,10,22,10,40,41,35,37,33,0,7,0,0,0,0,-37,-29,-43,-34,-31,-26,-35,-31,-59,-58,-54,-46,-54,-37,-96,-96,-91,-96,-115,-77,-82,-78,-77,-80,-107,-100,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-175,-186,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-41,0,-41,0,-41,0,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bh5 (6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nf6 8. c4 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {0-1 (43) Van Wely,L (2663)-Naroditsky,D (2620) London 2014}) 7. Bb5 a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... f6 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g4 Bf7 {½-½ (26) Collier,D (2245)-Pugh,D Bristol 1999}) 8. Bxc6+ {White is slightly better.} bxc6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Nb3 f6 11. Qd3 Rb6 12. Nfd2 Bg6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf2!} 13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e6 (14... a5 $5) 15. O-O Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Na5 c5 $1 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Be7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Nb3 O-O 21. Bg3 Qc8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Qe2 e5 24. Rfd1 c5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. e4 (27. c4 $15) 27... Bxe4 $17 28. c4 Rc6 29. Kh2 Bg6 {And now ...d4 would win.} 30. cxd5 Qxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Qxa6 Rd1 $1 33. f4 {[#]} (33. a4 $17) 33... exf4 $1 $19 ({Worse is} 33... R1xd5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. a4 $11) 34. Bxf4 {With the idea d6.} R1xd5 ({Much less strong is} 34... R8xd5 35. Qc8+ Rd8 36. Qc7 $17) 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} h6 36. a5 {[#]} Rf5 $2 (36... Kh7 $1 $19 37. Be3 Re8) 37. Qb6 Re8 (37... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 38. Bd2 Re5 $11) 38. Bg3 Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Re2.} 39. a6 Re2 {...Rd5 is the strong threat.} 40. a7 Ra2 41. h4 Rfa5 42. Bf2 $1 R5a4 43. Qe3 h5 44. Qc5 Ra5 45. Qd4 Rb5 46. Qc3 {The position is equal.} Rb1 47. Qc6 Rba1 48. Bd4 Rxa7 {aiming for ...R7a6.} 49. Bxa7 Rxa7 50. Qc5 Ra4 51. g3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,109,68,45,46,52,51,50,56,55,50,70,93,100,149,136,178,171,169,195,182,161,204,203,234,243,237,241,224,239,222,233,220,216,247,241,229,219,258,253,254,256,219,231,235,221,301,295,358,335,335,313,333,318,394,336,810,808,773,780,836,841,762,471,563,557,518,510,453,415,542,544,648,628,632,643,670,659,685,673,872,792,875,790,1118,1104,1022,1001,1203,1208,1164,1156,1991,1875,1668,1643,6409,29974,5654,6133]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 Qc7 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 8. Be3 b6 (8... Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. b3 Bf8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bf3 {0-1 (55) Timofeev,A (2539)-Zubritskiy,A (2422) St Petersburg 2015}) 9. Rc1 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} exd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. b4 O-O 15. bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf5) 15... bxc5 {[#]} 16. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 512]} dxe5 ({Don't blunder} 16... Nxd5 $2 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 $18) 17. Nf5 Rfd8 {[%cal Rb7d5] [#]} 18. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7][%mdl 512]} Rxd6 (18... Bxd6 19. Bxb7) 19. Rxc5 Qd7 20. Nxd6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxd6 22. Ra5 Qc7 23. Qf3 e4 24. Qf5 h5 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rd1 Be7 27. h3 Re8 28. Ra4 h4 29. g4 ({But not} 29. gxh4 $6 Qc6 $18) 29... Qc6 30. Qa5 Ra8 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. Rac4 Bd8 33. Qa4 Qe7 $2 (33... Qxa4 34. Rxa4 Nd5) 34. Qc6 $18 Rb8 35. g5 Nd7 36. Rxe4 Ne5 37. Qc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 ({Weaker is} 38. Bxc5 Bxg5 39. Ba7 Ra8 $18) 38... f6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Rxh4 Be7 41. Ra5 Ng6 42. Rg4 Kf7 43. Rxa6 Ne5 44. Rh4 Kg6 45. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rb1 46. a5 Nd3 47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rb6 Ra1 49. a6 Ne1+ 50. Kg3 Nd3 {[#]} 51. a7 $1 Bd8 (51... Rxa7 52. Rb5+) 52. Rb5+ Ke6 53. Re4+ Kf7 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Rd7 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,165,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,47,38,41,47,41,21,25,16,22,6,10,0,0,0,25,-9,0,0,0,-4,0,0,42,18,25,11,19,10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-34,-44,0,0,31,32,35,33,31,18,25,20,20,20,59,83,132,126,155,84,200,191,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,327,0,327,327,508,508,494,477,29958,29959,29957,29959,29953,29960,29960,29962,29946,29964,29952,11522,10520,8418,29972,29973,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Bc5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. c3 a5 $1 {The position is equal.} 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Rfd1 c6 16. a4 b6 17. Nc4 {0-1 (42) Van Wely,L (2632)-Ganguly,S (2652) Berlin 2015}) 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14. Nh4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 bxc5 16. Be3 c4 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Nf5 Rab8 $1 20. Ne3 Rxb2 21. Ba3 Rbb8 (21... Rb7 {seems wilder.} 22. f3 Na7 23. Bf1 Nb5 24. Bb2 Nd6) 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd5 Red8 25. Re1 f6 26. Bf1 (26. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Rb6 27. Rd5 $11) 26... Be6 27. Bxc4 Re8 28. f5 Bf7 29. Red1 Na7 30. Rxa5 Bxc4 31. Rxa7 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Bb4 h5 34. a4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 37. Kd1 Ra2 38. a5 c6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Bf8 {Strongly threatening Ra7.} Kg8 41. Bc5+ Kh7 42. Ra7 {Bf8 is the strong threat.} Kg8 $1 43. h3 Bf1 44. Ke1 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Bb5 46. g4 (46. Ra8+ $142 Kh7 47. Bf8) 46... h4 (46... hxg4 $16 {was necessary.} 47. hxg4 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Rc2) 47. Kf3 $18 Rc1 (47... Rf1+ {keeps fighting.} 48. Bf2 Rc1) 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxc3+ 50. Be3 Ra3 51. a7 c5 52. Rb8 Bc6 53. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} fxg5 54. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c6]} Bb7 55. f6 (55. Rxc5 Rxa7 56. Rxe5 Ra3 $18) 55... Rxa7 56. f7 (56. Rxc5 Ra6 $11) 56... Bxe4+ 57. Kxe4 Rxf7 58. Rxc5 {KRB-KR} Rf1 {Now ...Rh1 and Black clings on.} 59. Bxg5 Kg6 {[#]} 60. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1f1]} (60. Rxe5 Rh1 $16) (60. Bxh4 Rf4+ 61. Kxe5 Rxh4 $11) 60... Rf2 {[#]} 61. Rg1 $1 ({Worse is} 61. Bxh4 Rf4+ 62. Kxe5 Rxh4 $11) 61... Kf7 62. Rg4 ({Not} 62. Kxe5 Rh2 $16) 62... Rh2 63. Rxh4 Kg6 64. Be3 ({Weaker is} 64. Kxe5 Kxg5 65. Rg4+ Kh5 $11) 64... Kf6 65. Rh8 Rh1 66. h4 Re1 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Rh8 Kf6 $1 69. Rh5 g6 (69... Rh1 {was called for.} 70. Rf5+ Ke6 71. Rxe5+ Kf7 72. Rf5+ Ke6) 70. Rh8 Kf7 71. Ra8 Rh1 (71... Re2 $18 72. Ra7+ Kf6 73. Ra6+ Kf7) 72. Ra7+ Ke6 73. Ra6+ Kf7 74. Bg5 Re1+ 75. Kd5 Rd1+ 76. Kxe5 Re1+ 77. Kd5 Rd1+ 78. Kc5 Kg7 79. Rd6 {White mates.} Re1 80. Rd7+ Kf8 81. Kd6 Re2 82. Bf6 Ra2 83. Ke6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,55,92,60,77,72,69,62,77,46,49,54,57,53,49,34,61,36,99,14,77,70,144,158,222,234,369,364,371,356,654,672,749,720,1063,1027]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. f3 Nc6 (9... d6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Rac8 14. Qf2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Bd8 16. b4 Bc7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Nb3 h6 19. a4 {0-1 (40) Baghdasaryan,V (2490)-Hayrapetyan,H (2498) Yerevan 2017}) 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. Qd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} d6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 O-O 15. Rc2 Rac8 {0-1 (91) Gara,T (2370)-Granda Zuniga,J (2667) Douglas 2015}) 14... O-O 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. b4 Qb8 18. Nb3 Nge5 19. Bxb6 f5 ({Black should try} 19... Nxb6 $14 20. Qxb6 Bg5) 20. exf5 (20. Ba7 $16 Qa8 21. Na5) 20... Bxf3 (20... Rxf5 $11 21. Be3 Nxc4) 21. Ba7 $16 Qa8 ({Black should play} 21... Bxd1 $14 22. Bxb8 Bxb3) 22. gxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bg2.} Nxf3+ (22... Rxf5 $16 23. Bg2 Rxf3) 23. Kh1 $18 Nde5 (23... Nh4+ $142 24. Bg2 Nxg2 25. Qxg2 Qxa7) 24. Bg2 Rxf5 25. Bd4 Nxc4 $2 {[#]} (25... Qb8 26. Qe2 Rcf8) 26. Qe2 {White is clearly winning.} e5 27. Rf1 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 29%.} ({Less strong is} 28. Bxa8 Nxe2 29. Bd5+ (29. Rxf5 Nxc1 30. Bd5+ Kh8 $16) 29... Kh8 $16) 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,154,15,55,20,24,24,21,17,31,26,25,21,20,25,12,14,32,9,36,3,0,0,7,0,8,0,0,0,-2,-20,26,5,61,60,37,31,29,22,22,23,24,24,27,27,25,12,12,13,18,13,24,15,52,33,29,30,116,93,108,81,101,94,84,67,71,62,62,86,84,62,63,30,30,30,62,30,46,0,25,20,31,8,8,-8,-8,-69,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O {C30: King's Gambit Declined} (6. d3 c6 7. a3 O-O 8. Ba2 exf4 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bxf4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qe1 Nc7 13. Qg3 Ne6 14. Bh6 Kh8 {1-0 (22) Morozevich,A (2683)-Kuznecov,M (2378) Moscow 2016}) 6... c6 7. d3 O-O 8. Kh1 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 exf4 12. Nfd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ned4) 12... Qc7 (12... f3 $5 13. gxf3 (13. Nxf3 Nc5 $11) (13. Rxf3 Ne5 $11) 13... Qc7 $11) 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Qe2 dxe4 (20... Bd6 $11) 21. dxe4 $14 Qd4 22. Rad1 Qxb2 ({Don't go for} 22... Qxe4 $2 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rde1 $18) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc4 Rf8 25. Bc7 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c4]} 26. Qxc3 bxc3 27. Bxa5 Nxe4 28. Rf4 Nd2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g5.} 29. Bxc3 Nxb3 30. cxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 31. g3 c5 32. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rb8 (32... f6 $11) 33. Ra4 Rxb3 34. Be5 {[#] aiming for a6.} Rb7 35. a6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ra7 36. Kg2 f5 $1 37. Bb8 Ra8 38. a7 Kf7 39. Ra6 Bf6 $1 40. Rc6 Bd4 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Kf4 g6 43. g4 fxg4 (43... c4 $5) 44. Ke4 {And now Kd5 would win.} Bg1 45. Kd5 c4 46. Rc7+ Kf6 $1 47. Kxc4 ({White should play} 47. Rxh7 $11 c3 48. Ke4 (48. Rc7 c2 $15)) 47... h5 (47... Bxh2 $15 48. Rc8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd7) 48. Kd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is fighting back} h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 49. Ke4 h3 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rh7 g3 53. Bxg3 {Black must now prevent Bb8.} Rxa7 54. Rxh3 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 (55... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 56. Rh8 g4+ 57. Ke2 Kg6 $11) 56. Rh8 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Bd4 58. Rf8+ Bf6 59. Rc8 Rc3 60. Ra8 Rc2+ 61. Kf3 Rc3+ 62. Kg2 Rc5 63. Bf2 Rc2 64. Ra5+ Ke4 65. Ra4+ Kf5 66. Kf3 Rc3+ 67. Be3 Bg5 68. Ra5+ Kf6 69. Rxg5 {Hoping for Ra5.} Rxe3+ $1 70. Kxe3 {White threatens Kf4 and mate.} Kxg5 {KP-KP} 71. Kf3 Kh4 72. Kg2 Kg4 73. h3+ Kf4 74. Kf2 Kg5 75. Kg3 Kh5 76. h4 g5 77. hxg5 Kxg5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,74,5,0,26,-13,4,13,12,0,0,0,6,0,49,27,16,31,213,213,216,223,215,233,418,414,491,435,427,427,408,349,337,346,384,373,429,446,440,443,784,726,900,882,668,884,1201,1186,1031,766,1744,1669,1453,1362,29982,29983,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Rb8 11. Qf3 {LiveBook: 41 Games} Be7 12. Rd1 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 c5 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Na4 Re6 15. c4 d4 16. Bf5 Ra6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 {½-½ (76) Atabayev,M (2464)-Filippov,A (2644) Osh 2013}) 12... Be6 13. b3 c5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ne2 Rb6 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} d4 {[#] ...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 17. a5 Bd5 18. Qg3 $1 Nh5 $2 (18... Rc6 $14 19. Qh4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Be4) 19. Qg4 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 20. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 21. axb6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} axb6 $2 (21... Nf6 22. Qg5 axb6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6) 22. Bxd6 Re8 23. Bg3 f5 24. Qxf5 ({Don't play} 24. Qh5 Nf6 $18) 24... Rxe2 25. Ra7 {[%cal Ba1a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c8][%mdl 32]} Qg5 26. Qd3 Re6 27. b4 Nf6 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rc7 Ne4 (29... Rc6 $142) 30. c4 Nxf2 31. Rc8+ (31. Kxf2 Re3 $15) 31... Kf7 32. Rf1 ({Stronger than} 32. Kxf2 Re3 $11) 32... Be4 33. Rxf2+ Kg6 34. Qa3 d3 35. Bf4 Qh4 36. Rxc5 Bf5 37. Bd2 Bxh3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,46,22,14,4,36,37,27,0,0,0,-1,-4,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. a4 Nc6 14. Ne5 Rc8 {[#]} 15. Rfd1 $146 (15. a5 $5) ({Predecessor:} 15. a5 b5 16. Qb2 {0-1 (30) Svidler,P (2762)-Kramnik,V (2801) Sochi 2016}) 15... Qe7 {The position is equal.} 16. Rac1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 $11 {KQR-KQR} Rd8 20. Rd6 Rxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qc8+ Qf8 23. Qb7 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58,48,264,248,256,267,412,418,536,555,535,555,554,560,604,540,702,690]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Be3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. a3 Nd3 17. Be3 Kc7 18. f4 a5 19. e5 Rd8 20. Bxc6 Kxc6 {½-½ (28) So,W (2773)-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} 14. a3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qd3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Rc8 17. Red1 Qe8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bf2 Bc5 20. a4 Qe7 21. Nb5 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 a6 23. Na7 Rc5 24. b3 Ba8 25. bxc4 Qxa7 26. a5 Rfc8 {½-½ (26) Ftacnik,L (2475)-Van der Wiel,J (2465) Valetta 1980}) 17. Qh5 Ng6 ({Better is} 17... Bf6 $11) 18. Red1 $14 Qc2 $2 (18... Qc4 $14) 19. Qb5 $1 $18 Rac8 {intending ...Bc6.} 20. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c2]} Bc6 {[#]} (20... Rxc3 $142 21. Rxc2 Rxc2) 21. Qc4 $1 ({Weaker is} 21. Rxc2 Bxb5 22. Rd2 Bc6 $14) (21. Qxc6 Qxd2 22. Qxc8 Qxb2 $17) 21... b5 {[#] aiming for ...Qxd2.} 22. Qa2 $1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 22. Rxc2 bxc4 23. f4 (23. Bxa7 Ne5 $16) 23... a6 $16) (22. Qxc6 Qxd2 23. Qxc8 Qxb2 $14) 22... Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne5 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Rd1 a5 26. a4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,59,17,10,13,13,53,52,50,32,29,32,33,26,83,64,57,61,88,87,88,87,343,345,333,347,430,414,1193,369,954,969,29989,29990,29992,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 c6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 {1-0 (59) Naiditsch,A (2712)-Ponomariov,R (2699) Danzhou 2017}) 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Bxb3 14. cxb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe6 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 16. f5 Qe5 17. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4) 17... c5 18. f6 {And now fxg7 would win.} g6 $1 19. Bh4 {Black must now prevent Qh6.} Kh8 (19... Qh5 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Bg3 d5) 20. Qh6 $16 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Rg8 21. Bg5 Qe6 {[#]} 22. Rf3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nf8 23. Raf1 Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Qg4 $16) 24. Qh4 $18 h5 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 24... Qxb2 $2 25. Bh6 $18) 25. g4 $1 Qe6 ({Of course not} 25... Qxb2 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5+ Nh7 28. Rg3 (28. Rh3 $2 Rxg5+ 29. Qxg5 Rg8 $19)) 26. gxh5 gxh5 (26... Nh7 $142) 27. Qxh5+ Nh7 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Rf4 Qc8 30. Bh6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,34,62,45,59,56,61,49,56,47,52,36,58,69,107,102,103,110,209,203,210,208,206,202,324,316,302,274,314,241,244,256,235,172,169,156,170,155,174,174,196,198,278,293,392,324,334,336,337,288,335,323,314,293,495,490,521,525,500,475,616,605,537,530,377,380,785,760,995,977,1068,1068,1031,1024,888,695,4718,4714,12174,10050,6187,5281,29965,29961,29965,29966,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29985,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nb6 13. a4 a5 {½-½ (31) Roiz,M (2657)-Oleksienko,M (2546) Israel 2010}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 $146 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 Nf6 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qf3 Bg4 {1-0 (52) Mueller Dehn,C (2181)-Mueller,M (2264) Dresden 2013}) 10... Qh4 11. g3 Qf6 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bh3 {[#]} 13. Rf2 $1 g5 (13... Qd8 $16) 14. f4 $18 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qg7 15. fxg5 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qg6 (16... O-O {is a better defense.} 17. e5 Be7) 17. e5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qg8 19. h3 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Ne2 Nb6 22. Bb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} O-O-O 23. Ng3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rd7 25. Qe2 Qd8 {[#]} (25... h6 $142) 26. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ba3 27. h5 Bb2 28. Raf1 ({Don't take} 28. hxg6 Bxa1 29. gxf7 Bb2) 28... Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Bxc3 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rxf7 Rxd4 $2 (31... Kb8 32. Rxd7 Qxd7) 32. Ne4 Bb4 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. exd6 Rxd6 35. Bxe6+ Kb8 36. Qe5 Re8 37. Qf4 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Qb6+ $2 (37... Ka8) 38. Kg2 Qd4 39. Rf8 Rxf8 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kc7 42. Rf7+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Ke5 44. Rxd4 Kxd4 {KB-KP} 45. Bf7 c5 46. Bxg6 {White mates.} c4 47. Kf3 b5 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Bf5 Kd6 50. g6 Ke7 51. Kg5 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,8,35,18,20,46,31,31,39,16,16,16,6,16,6,0,33,40,24,32,106,28,28,28,28,35,33,43,34,41,29,44,35,40,72,74,92,98,109,114,150,153,150,131,148,133,243,141,146,145,197,182,185,186,189,190,179,186,243,187,248,228,237,242,236,224,191,167,296,281,285,267,221,167,167,159,706,660,747,604,883,889,808,602,826,800,749,720,545,534,750,691,481,775,727,390,1016,693,5189,2006,6199,5057,29961,29957,29964,6414,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 (9... a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Be7 13. g3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 {½-½ (34) So,W (2822)-Caruana,F (2817) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. Rc1 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. e4 N5b6 15. a4 a5 16. g3 Bb4 {0-1 (36) Chibukhchian,A (2446)-Petrosian,T (2639) Yerevan 2014}) 13... Nd7 14. Ne2 N5f6 15. Bg2 e5 16. O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Qe5 (19... Qb6 $14 20. Qxb6 Nxb6) 20. Qxb7 ({Better is} 20. Rfe1 $16) 20... Rb8 $11 ({Much weaker is} 20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 $16) 21. Qxc6 {aiming for Qc3.} Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 O-O ({Don't go for} 22... Qxd4 $2 23. Rfe1+ Ne4 24. Rxe4+ Qxe4 25. Qxe4+ $18) 23. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne5 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd3 26. Ra5 Rfc8 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Rd8 {[#]} 29. Kg1 $1 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Nxb2 30. Rc5 ({Don't play} 30. Rxa6 $6 Nd1 $14) 30... Rxc5 31. Nxc5 Rd2 32. Bxa6 Nd5 (32... Rc2 $16 {is a better defense.} 33. a4 Kf8) 33. Nb3 (33. Ne4 $18 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nxd1 35. a4) 33... Rc2 $16 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ (34... Rc7 $16 {was called for.} 35. Rxc7 Nxc7) 35. Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf8 36. Nd3 Nd1 37. Bc4 N1c3 38. h4 Ne3 (38... Ke7 $142 39. Bb3 Kd6) 39. Bb3 $18 Nf5 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Ne5 Nxb3 42. axb3 {KN-KN} Nd5 43. f4 Ne7 (43... Ke8 $142 44. Nc4 Kd7) 44. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} f6 45. Nc4 Kf7 46. b5 Ke6 47. b6 Kd5 $2 (47... Kd7 $16 48. b7 Kc7) 48. b7 Nc6 49. Ne3+ Ke4 50. Ke2 Nd4+ 51. Kf1 Nc6 52. Kf2 Nb8 53. Ke2 Nc6 54. Nc4 Kd5 55. Kd3 Nb4+ 56. Ke3 Nc6 57. Nd2 Nb8 $2 {[#]} (57... Kd6 58. Nb3 Kc7) 58. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 {[#] If Black can now play ...g6 this consolidates a bit.} 59. h5 $1 Ke5 60. Nf3+ Kd6 61. Kf4 Nc6 62. Nd4 {White wants to mate with Nxc6.} Kd5 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,113,14,47,47,58,34,42,31,37,35,29,28,70,78,120,58,132,136,161,157,191,187,189,193,195,179,183,166,195,167,165,166,160,120,181,183,181,115,188,161,186,185,227,231,233,218,269,275,341,309,472,304,311,329,294,314,352,371,334,382,402,397,329,256,745,745,695,642,802,757,963,877,1147,1137,1102,778,1022,1008,1002,990,972,947,1639,1310,1370,1011,1212,1042,29983,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Qd2 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bf1 Nbd7 17. h3 Na6 18. Bg2 Ndc5 19. a3 Bd7 20. Kh2 Nc7 {1-0 (74) Van Oosterom,J (2779)-Soberano,J (2607) ICCF email 2006}) 13... a4 14. Rab1 (14. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]}) 14... axb3 15. axb3 {White is slightly better.} Nfd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Qe7 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (38) Soreghy,J (1896)-Pott,B (1841) LSS email 2010}) 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nde2 {Black must now prevent Bxc5.} Ne6 18. h3 f5 19. Qxd6 (19. f4 $16) 19... Qa5 (19... Qxd6 $14 20. Rxd6 Nd7) 20. Qd2 $16 Qb4 21. f4 {aiming for exf5.} Nf7 22. e5 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Bf8 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. Bd2 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4 28. Qc3 Qb6 (28... Qxc3 $16 29. Ndxc3 Ra3) 29. b4 $18 Ra2 30. Qd3 (30. Nc1 $18 Ra4 31. Ne2) 30... Qa7 (30... Qd8 $16 31. Qxd8+ Nexd8) 31. c5 Nc7 32. Nd4 {[%cal Be2d4,Bd4c2,Bc2e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} Ne6 33. Nc2 Qa4 34. Nb2 {[%cal Bd1b2,Bb2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} Qa7 35. Nc4 Qa4 36. Ne1 Qb5 (36... Qa6 $142 37. Nb6 Qxd3 38. Nxd3 Rd2) 37. Nb6 Qxd3 38. Nxd3 Rd2 39. Nb2 ({Don't play} 39. Nxc8 $6 Rxd3 40. b5 Nfd8 $16) 39... Bd7 40. N2c4 Rd4 41. Nd6 Nxd6 42. exd6 ({Weaker is} 42. Nxd7 Ne8 $14) 42... Be8 43. Ra1 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} h5 $2 (43... Rxb4 44. d7 Bxd7) 44. Ra8 Kf7 45. Rb8 h4 46. Rxb7+ Kf6 47. gxh4 Rd2 48. d7 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Bf7 49. Nc4 Rc2 50. Nd6 Nd8 {[#]} 51. Nxf7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} (51... Nxf7 52. Rb6) 52. b5 $1 Ke7 {[#]} 53. bxc6 $1 Nxc6 54. Rc7 Nd4 55. c6 Nf3+ 56. Kg3 Ne1 57. Bf1 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,114,0,-2,7,6,4,-1,2,-20,-22,-4,1,-33,-27,-27,10,8,18,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-13,-27,0,0,-6,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-14,-31,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-101,-61,-56,-33,-68,-36,-57,-33,-58,-55,-63,-58,-76,-78,-100,-28,-40,-32,-60,-66,-194,-175,-160,-94,-95,-77,-98,-81,-125,-96,-91,-96,-468,-482,-484,-483,-962,-952,-925,-909,-1058,-992,-4702,-1258]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 10. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 11. Ne2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd2 Rab8 {0-1 (23) Goswami,V (2156)-Karthikeyan,M (2579) Biel 2017}) 11... e5 12. c3 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Qg3 Nxd5 16. a4 N7b6 17. Nf4 b4 18. Re1 bxc3 19. bxc3 e3 20. fxe3 (20. Bxe3 $5 Nxc3 21. a5 $15) 20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Rec1 Bh6 25. a5 Nd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rc7 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qe6 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 30. Kf2 Bg5 31. Rc7 a6 32. Rb7 Kg7 33. Rb6 Qc8 $1 34. Qe2 Re6 35. Qd3 Bd8 36. Rb1 (36. Rxe6 $15 Qxe6 37. Ke2) 36... Bh4+ 37. Kg1 Bg5 38. Qb3 Qd7 39. Rc1 Rf6 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Rf1 Re6 42. Rf3 h5 43. Qf1 f5 (43... Re7 $17) 44. Qb1 Bd8 45. Rf1 Bc7 46. Rc1 (46. Qb4 $15) 46... Re7 $19 47. Qb3 {[#] intending Kf1.} Rf7 (47... Qh2+ $142 $1 48. Kf1 f4 49. Rxc7 Rxc7 50. exf4 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Rd7) 48. Kf1 $17 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3][%mdl 512]} 49. exf4 Rxf4+ 50. Ke2 Rf7 ({Much worse is} 50... Rxd4 $6 51. Be3 $11 (51. Qe3 $2 Re4 $19)) 51. Rc5 Qe6+ 52. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Qe3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Qf5 53. Rc1) 52... Qe4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Kc3 Qxg2 54. Qxd5 (54. Qc2 $142 Qxh3+ 55. Kb2) 54... Rf3+ 55. Kc2 Bf4 56. Qb7+ Kh6 $1 57. Rxh5+ gxh5 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,28,2,23,12,20,13,51,39,100,96,89,44,42,42,48,49,47,49,74,70,76,72,83,93,141,126,127,117,111,116,153,164,152,157,168,170,174,165,179,177,175,172,180,175,188,172,231,166,462,360,570,342,316,331,322,342,376,352,445,456,817,778,1837,1494,4574,3208,2600,2544,2372,2058]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} O-O 8. Bg2 Nxc5 9. O-O {The position is equal.} dxc4 10. Ne5 Qxd1 $146 ({Black should play} 10... Nd5 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Qb6 11. Qd4 Ncd7 12. Qxc4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 {½-½ (31) Krasenkow,M (2655)-Bruzon Batista,L (2677) Merida 2005}) 11. Rfxd1 $16 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nfxd7 {[#]} 13. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rad8 (13... Nxb7 14. Rxd7) 14. Bc6 g5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Bb5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rb8 18. Bd4 Bd6 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} gxf4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. Bxc4 a6 22. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nxf4 {[#]} 23. Be3 $1 Be5 24. Bxc5 Bxc3 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Rd6 Be5 27. Rc6 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd1 29. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 (29... Rh1 $142 30. Kf3 Rxh2) 30. a5 $18 Kg6 $2 (30... Rh1 31. Kf3 Rxh2) 31. Bd3+ Kh5 (31... Nxd3+ {was worth a try.} 32. exd3 Rc1) 32. Be3 Nd5 33. a6 {And now a7 would win.} ({Less strong is} 33. Bxh7 Rh1 $16) 33... Bxh2 {Strongly threatening ...Bg1+.} 34. Kg2 ({Not} 34. a7 Nxe3 35. Bg6+ (35. Bxh7 $2 Ng4+ 36. Kf3 Ra1 $19) 35... hxg6 $11) 34... Bb8 35. Rc5 Ra1 {If Black can now play ...f5 this consolidates a bit.} 36. Bd4 {White is clearly winning.} Ra3 (36... Ra2 $142 37. Rb5 Bd6) 37. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} Ba7 38. exd5 Rxb3 39. Be2+ Kg6 40. d6 Rb4 41. Rc4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,123,23,23,21,22,11,0,12,13,14,13,26,41,72,72,81,72,72,72,80,73,71,69,72,67,114,114,122,114,115,104,117,125,98,56,56,8,8,22,59,55,54,59,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,2,26,8,10,10,10,10,10,10,19,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 a5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. Bh3 Bf7 16. Rc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 17. Bg2 Rb8 {[#]} 18. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Nc5 {1-0 (43) Jobava,B (2616)-Cheparinov,I (2555) Antalya 2004}) 18... Qd6 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Bc5 22. Re1 a4 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Bb3 25. Bc6 Re7 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Rc1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc5!} Be6 28. Ke1 Bg4 29. f3 Be6 30. e4 dxe3 31. d4 Bd6 32. Ke2 Bb3 33. Rc3 h5 34. f4 h4 35. Bf3 $1 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rc7 {next ...Rxc3 is good for Black.} 37. Bc6 (37. Rc6 $1 $14) 37... Re7 38. Rxe3 g5 39. Bc1 gxf4 40. gxf4 f5 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Bf3 Be7 44. Kc3 Bh4 45. Be2 (45. d5+ $5 Bxd5 46. Bd1 $16) 45... Kd5 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Bd3 Bxa3 48. Bxf5 Be7 49. Bc8 Ke4 50. Bh3 Bf7 51. Bg2+ Kf5 52. Be3 {White wants to play d5.} (52. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd2e3]}) 52... a3 53. d5 Be8 54. Bf1 Ke4 55. Bxb6 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc7.} Kxd5 56. Bg2+ Ke6 {The position is equal.} 57. Bc6 Bxc6 58. bxc6 Bd6 59. Kb3 (59. f5+ $5 Kxf5 60. c7 (60. Kb3 Ke5 $11) 60... Bxc7 61. Bxc7 $11) 59... Bxf4 60. Kxa3 Kd5 61. c7 Bxc7 62. Bxc7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,-15,-8,-31,-18,-58,-52,-68,-44,-61,-48,-98,-100,-122,-72,-133,-122,-113,-110,-116,-109,-193,-162,-162,-160,-164,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-100,-110,-110,-110,-110]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Qd3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} (6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bb6 13. f5 Ne7 14. Na4 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 {½-½ (39) Nakamura,H (2793)-Caruana,F (2787) Saint Louis 2015}) 6... d5 7. e5 Qd8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. O-O-O {The position is equal.} c5 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qg3 O-O 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. f4 Nc6 12. f5 Bxc3 13. f6 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 {1-0 (41) Gohil,H (2375)-Seel,C (2491) Germany 2005}) 9... c4 10. Qe3 Qa5 11. Nge2 b5 (11... Bxc3 $5 12. Nxc3 Nc6 $15) 12. f5 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Qxa2 {White must now prevent ...a5.} 14. g4 (14. Nf4 $142) 14... Nc6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} ({Weaker is} 14... exf5 15. Bg2 $16) 15. Kd2 Na5 ({Inferior is} 15... exf5 16. Bg2 $16) 16. Nc1 Qb2 17. f6 (17. Bg2 $17) 17... g6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Nb3+ ({Better is} 19... Rb8 $19 20. Rdg1 Bc6) 20. Nxb3 {Black is better.} cxb3 21. Qd3 Qxc2+ 22. Qxc2 bxc2 23. Ra1 a5 24. Kxc2 Kd8 25. Rhb1 Kc7 26. Bf1 Rhb8 27. Bd3 Bc6 28. h5 g5 29. Rb2 Ra7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,142,28,12,-28,-33,-42,-39,-38,-27,-36,-23,-19,-14,-31,-32,-103,-100,-115,-114,-112,-100,-115,-87,-85,-92,-113,-100,-98,-94,-135,-87,-173,-71,-85,-71,-71,-66,-87,-95,-96,-66,-62,-58,-89,-72,-337,-330,-324,-292,-507,-490,-565,-550,-550,-579,-688,-688,-614,-683,-650,-629,-743,-635,-797,-535,-1158,-690,-2414,-1236,-12844,-12840,-12845,-12840,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12845,-12846,-12849,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12847,-12848,-12847,-12850,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12846,-12850,-12846,-12850,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12851,-29981,-12851,-29982,-12851,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29989,-29983,-29988,-29982,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ne4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qe6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 b5 14. b3 c3 15. Rxc3 Bb7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Rc7 Rb8 18. exd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (54) Li,C (2755)-Topalov,V (2754) Stavanger 2016}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxc4 Qc5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nd5 (19. Nc4 $15 Qb5 20. b3) 19... cxd5 $17 20. exd5 Bg5 {White must now prevent ...Bd7.} 21. dxe6 Bxc1 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxc1 Rxf7 24. Bd5 Rf6 25. Rc3 Raf8 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 26. Bf3 Qd4 27. Kg2 (27. a3 $17 {might work better.}) 27... b6 (27... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5g4] is more deadly.} 28. h3 h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Re3 Rd6 29. Re7 a5 30. h4 Rdf6 31. Re3 Qd8 32. Qb5 Rd6 33. Rb3 Qf6 34. Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. a3 $17) 34... Rd2 $1 $19 35. Qg4 Rxb2 36. Re3 $2 (36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Qc4) 36... Rxa2 37. Re6 Qf7 38. Re4 {[#]} h5 $1 39. Qxh5+ Qxh5 40. Bxh5 Raxf2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 41. Kh3 b5 42. Bg4 g6 43. Re5 b4 44. Rxa5 Rb8 45. h5 b3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 46. hxg6 Kg7 47. Kh4 Kxg6 48. Bh5+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Ra1 Rh2+ 51. Kg5 b2 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 52. Re1+ Kd4 53. Bg6 Rg8 54. g4 Rg2 55. Re4+ Kc3 56. Re3+ Kb4 57. Re6 Ka5 58. Re5+ Ka4 59. Re4+ Ka3 60. Re6 Rg1 ({Not} 60... b1=Q 61. Ra6+ Kb4 62. Rb6+ Kc5 63. Rxb1 $17) 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Kg3 {[#]} Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Rxg6 b1=Q 64. Ra6+ Kb4 65. Rb6+ Kc5 66. Rxb1 {Black mates.} Rxb1 {KR-KP} 67. Kf4 Kd6 68. Kf5 Ke7 69. Kg6 Kf8 70. g5 Rb6+ 71. Kh7 Kf7 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,113,46,44,40,35,39,30,57,-15,84,44,66,58,68,18,18,18,16,11,18,20,15,-2,0,0,0,-9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,8,8,13,6,101,114,143,133,133,105,165,74,84,75,102,120,92,59,59,58,64,29,21,15,83,89,90,86,239,230,230,220,160,93,779,779,1364,1362,1908,1881,2681,2302,29985,29986,29986,29987,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e3 Qc7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rac1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Nd2 {½-½ (30) Vitiugov,N (2735)-Bachmann,A (2629) Caleta 2015}) 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 d6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. f3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. f4 Qa8 18. Bh4 Rfe8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (41) Gregor,J (2205)-Dolezal,R (2290) Czechia 1999}) 15... Ne5 16. b4 (16. Qd2 $14) 16... d5 (16... Rfc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. exd5 $1 $16 Nxf3+ $1 18. Bxf3 Qxf4 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 {Hoping for d6!} exd5 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. cxd5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Rd6 25. Kf2 g6 (25... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7c3]} 26. Rd3 h6 $11) 26. Rd4 Rc7 27. R1d3 h5 28. h3 Bc8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 g5 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Nd1 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. Rdd3 Ne8 35. Nf2 Bb7 (35... Rg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Ne4 $1 {[%csl LRd6,LRg5]} Rd8 37. Nxg5 Nd6 38. Rd4 Re8 (38... Kg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 39. Rxe8+ (39. Nh7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kg7 40. Rxe8 Nxe8 41. Ng5) 39... Kxe8 40. Rd3 Kd7 41. Kf4 Rh2 42. Ne4 Nxe4 $1 43. Bxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Ke5 would win. KRB-KRB} Kd6 44. Kg5 {Black must now prevent Rf3.} Ke5 45. Bf3 {Threatens to win with d6.} Bc8 (45... Rh3 $11) 46. Re3+ $16 Kd6 {[#]} 47. Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8c8]} Rf2 $2 {[#]} (47... Rc2 $16) 48. Kf4 $1 $18 ({Don't take} 48. Rxc8 $6 Rxf3 49. Rc6+ Kxd5 $16) 48... Rc2 49. Be4 Rc4 50. g5 (50. Rg8 $142) 50... Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Bh3 $16) 51. Rh8 a5 52. Rh6+ Kc7 53. Ke5 axb4 54. axb4 Bc8 55. d6+ {White mates.} Kb8 56. Rh8 Ka7 57. Bd5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,104,-4,-7,-17,-25,-31,-45,-54,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,197,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-50,-63,0,-107,-105,-116,-110,-233,-229,-223,-212,-200,0,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-128,-12831,-222,-12834,-12835,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12836,-915,-12835,-12834,-12834,-12833,-6287,-1557]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} a4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. a3 c5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Nf1 b5 12. h4 b4 13. N1h2 bxa3 {LiveBook: 43 Games. C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (13... Bb7 14. Bf4 Re8 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ra6 17. h5 Qa8 18. h6 g6 19. d4 Rb6 20. Ng4 Rb3 21. Qd2 {0-1 (46) Tabatabaei,M (2509)-Van Wely,L (2675) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 14. Rxa3 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Bf4 c4 {Black is slightly better.} 16. dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ra1 cxd3 17. cxd3 Nc5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nb3 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. Ng4 {0-1 (43) Bobone Carvalho,D-Bergmann,M (2410) ICCF email 2001}) 16... Nb6 (16... Bxa3 $15 17. bxa3 Nb6) 17. cxd5 (17. Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f6]}) 17... Nxd5 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Bxd5 Bxa3 20. Be4 hxg5 $2 (20... Bxb2 $11 21. Nh7 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxf8 Ra5) 21. hxg5 $2 (21. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 22. Qxg5) 21... g6 22. bxa3 Bb7 23. Ng4 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qf3 (24. Qd6 $11 Rac8 25. Bd2 Bxe4 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxe4) 24... Bxe4 $15 25. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening Qh1.} Qxc2 {[#]} (25... Kg7 $1 $15 26. Bd2 Nf5) 26. Nh6+ (26. Rc4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Qb3 (26... Qxc4 27. Qh1) 27. Rc3) 26... Kg7 $1 $17 27. Be3 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Nf5 $1 28. g4 (28. Rb4 $17) 28... Nh4 $19 29. Qf4 Rab8 30. Kh2 {[#]} Rb1 $2 (30... Qd1 $1 $19 31. Bc5 {[#]} Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 34. Kg3 Nxg5 35. Rxa4 Kxh6) 31. Rb4 (31. Qf6+ $1 $11 Kh7 32. Rf4) 31... Rxb4 $17 32. axb4 {aiming for Bc5.} Qc6 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc6g2]} 33. Kg3 {[#]} Qf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxf3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 a3 36. Ke2 a2 37. Bd4 Rb8 38. f3 Rxb4 39. Ba1 Kf8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Kd2 Rb1 41. Bd4 Ke7 42. Kc2 Rf1 43. f4 Kf8 ({Don't do} 43... Rxf4 44. Bc5+ Kd7 45. Kb2 $15) 44. Bb2 Kg7 45. Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kc3 $17) 45... Rxf4 $2 (45... Rf2+ 46. Kb3 Rf3 47. Kxa2 Rxc3) 46. Kb2 $2 (46. Ba1 Rb4 47. Bb2) 46... Rc4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Bd2 {[#]} Rc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxc2 a1=Q 49. Kd3 Kf8 (49... Qd1 $142 50. Kc3 Qf3+ 51. Kb2 Qe2) 50. Ke4 Qb1+ 51. Kf4 Qf1+ 52. Ke3 Qc4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,77,62,38,93,95,101,94,91,97,90,86,89,82,114,83,147,83,83,73,125,102,122,110,133,91,93,90,318,328,329,301,284,234,716,692,1059,1058,1052,1043,2500,2477,2255,2141,3299,2491,29983,29980,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. d5 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (13. g4 g6 14. Ng3 Na5 15. Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 {1-0 (58) Tazbir,M (2544)-Mista,A (2584) Germany 2013}) 13... Na5 14. Bc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc4 (14... Nb6 $14) 15. a4 $16 {White is better.} bxa4 16. Bxa4 Ncb6 17. Bc2 a5 18. b3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. c4 c6 20. Bd2 cxd5 21. cxd5 {1-0 (41) Almagro Llamas,P (2479)-Mascaro March,P (2367) Villava 2009}) 18... g6 19. Ne3 Ra7 20. Bd2 Qa8 (20... Qe7 $142) 21. Ra2 (21. Ng4 $142) 21... c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 22. c4 Bd8 (22... Bg7 $142) 23. Bc3 cxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Qd2 {[%cal Ra2a5]} a4 26. bxa4 Nbxa4 $2 (26... Ba6 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Rea1 $18 Ra6 28. Bb4 Be7 29. Nc4 f5 $2 (29... Rc8 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxa6 Bxa6) 30. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6,Bg6h7][%mdl 32]} e4 31. fxg6 Bf6 {[#]} 32. Qh6 $1 Bxd5 33. gxh7+ Kf7 34. Bxa4 Nxa4 {[#]} 35. Rxa4 $1 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 {White mates.} Qxa4 37. Nxd6+ Ke6 38. Nxe8 Qxe8 39. Bc3 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,97,83,59,109,97,112,109,114,103,100,112,97,102,105,91,137,147,143,106,159,103,113,127,167,179,168,186,178,59,60,55,50,64,40,-19,-29,-22,0,0,10,0,59,-31,-18,-27,-23,-22,-5,-36,-53,-139,-154,-271,-264,-234,-265,-361,-377,-375,-350,-283,-360,-540,-564,-602,-531,-1102,-1093,-1024,-989,-1037,-1012]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne5 Bf5 (5... e6 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. e4 Nf6 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O {½-½ (10) Dizdarevic,E (2481)-Ilincic,Z (2468) Stara Pazova 2011}) 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} e6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qa4 {White is better.} O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc4 11. Qxc4 Rb8 12. a3 a6 13. O-O {1-0 (25) Kierzek,M (2082)-Schriewer,T (1796) Dortmund 2003}) 11. cxd5 Rb6 12. Qa4 exd5 13. O-O Rb4 14. Qxa7 Qd7 15. a4 Rbb8 {[#]} (15... Rfb8 $142) 16. Nxd5 (16. Bf4 $142 $1) 16... Nxd5 $16 17. e4 Bg6 18. exd5 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bd3 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Re3 (20. Bf4 $18) 20... Ra8 $1 $14 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 21. Qb7 Bb5 $1 22. Bh3 f5 $1 23. axb5 ({Better is} 23. b3 $14) 23... Rxa1 $11 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rf1 g6 26. b6 Kf7 (26... Qb5 $11) 27. Bf4 (27. Be3 $14 Ra2 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. dxc6) 27... Rxf1+ $15 28. Bxf1 Bxf4 29. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Re7 30. Bc4 {d6+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 31. Qc6 (31. bxc7 $1 $15 Qxc7 32. Qb4) 31... cxb6 $17 32. Bb5 (32. Kg2 $17) 32... Re1+ $19 33. Kg2 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Qe4+.} 34. d6 {[#]} Qe4+ $1 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KB} 36. d5 {aiming for d7.} Kf6 37. Kg3 (37. Kf3 $142 Rb4 38. Bc6) 37... Rb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Bc6 Rxb2 39. h4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 40. h5 b4 41. Be8 Rd2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,77,86,137,141,141,141,141,133,140,146,140,140,170,152,180,178,179,180,189,156,181,183,187,202,181,194,221,232,244,243,390,389,438,443,435,439,434,425,482,473,479,461,525,512,658,641,580,563,1510,1358,1474,1131,1465,1406,1656,1597,1656,1643,29959,29966,5632,5627]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 {[#]} 10. Qa4 $1 Qe8 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (10... Nb8 $142) (10... Nb8 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Qb3 c6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc8 18. Re1 Bf6 {1-0 (40) Wang,Y (2734)-Khamrakulov,D (2509) Ha Long City 2009}) 11. Nxd7 $16 Qxd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 {White is clearly better.} 13. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 15. Bf3 Bf6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Bd6 {1-0 (26) Golubovic,B (2403)-Anicic,V (2212) Budva 2009}) 13... Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd8 15. Be3 c6 16. Nb4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Bf4 a5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Rfc1 Bxd4 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Nc5 24. Bd6 Nxd3 (24... Rd8 $142 25. Nxc5 bxc5) 25. Bxf8 $18 ({Less strong is} 25. exd3 Re8 $16) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Kxf8 27. exd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Bd4 28. Rd6 Bc5 29. Rd7 Ke8 30. Rb7 h5 31. Kf3 g5 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. Kxg4 f6 34. Kf5 Bd4 35. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} Kd8 36. h3 Kc8 37. Rf7 b5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Kd8 40. Rxf6 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. c5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 11. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:12:06]} 14. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 16. exf6 {[%emt 0:21:37]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 17. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:11:55]} 18. Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 19. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:12:02]} 21. Qf5 {[%emt 0:16:37]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 23. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 24. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:09:17]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Re6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 26. Bf5 {[%emt 0:09:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 27. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 32. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 33. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 34. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxe3+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} 35. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 42. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:11:19]} 45. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 46. Qb1+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 48. Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 49. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 50. Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 8,108,19,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,61,27,57,57,29,16,20,0,15,0,14,-6,25,38,61,29,65,58,62,67,65,84,77,0,0,1,12,23,20,-30,-7,-16,20,0,7,33,32767,32767,41,41,69,32767,32767,97,135,124,142,122,32767,117,135,133,116,75,85,94,116,118,129,112,145,109,129,136,168,32767,156,32767,32767,162,215,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,544,488,577,546,32767,32767,32767,551,32767,709,609,542]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02] E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 11. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (11... Bc8 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. a3 Qb6 15. h3 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bc3 Ba6 18. Re1 {½-½ (58) Sasikiran,K (2682)-Ding,L (2755) Hyderabad 2015}) 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:54] LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} (14... c4 $5) 15. a4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Qb7 $146 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:12:10]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 20. Ba1 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (20. e5 $16 Ng4 {[#]} 21. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Bd5 (23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rbe1 Ne5 $14)) 20... Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 21. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 22. Bxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Nc1 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (24... e5 $15) 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} (25... d3 $5 26. Qxd3 Rb4 $14) 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 27. Nfxd4 {[%emt 0:11:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} (27... Bb5 $5) 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:20] [#]} 30. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (30. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. dxc6) 30... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. Rc4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 36. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 37. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. h4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (40... Bf5 $16 41. Rb3 Qd4 42. Qxd4 Bxd4) 41. Rb3 {[%emt 0:13:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (41... Rc4 $142) 42. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} 43. Qe2 $1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:12:13]} (43... Qxe2 $16 44. Rxe2 (44. Bxe2 Bc2 $16) 44... Bd4) 44. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 45. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 46. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Qe3 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. b5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 49. Rb2 {[%emt 0:13:35]} d4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 50. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. b6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 52. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} e3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 53. b7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Be5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 54. b8=Q $18 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Bxb8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 55. Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:09:17]} 56. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e1=N+ {[%emt 0:03:28]} 60. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,117,45,54,10,11,14,19,14,29,23,30,24,26,26,35,32,38,41,50,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63,52,59,52,192,218,261,397,438,436,404,0,0,0,262,287,482,408,712,0,0,0,706,669,954,946,942,933,933,935,921,896,1665,1717,5114,5114,5114,5114,5085,4763,29974,29975,29975,29975,29976,29976,29984,29985,29985,29986,29987,29988,29991,29992]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. f3 a6 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 13. Bxd4 Be6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (13... Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 e6 16. Nc3 Nf4 17. Bf1 Qg5 18. g3 e5 19. Qxd6 Be6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 {1-0 (50) Cruz,C (2546)-Rathnakaran,K (2387) New Delhi 2015}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 15. exd5 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bf5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Bd7) 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rac1 a5 19. a3 b6 20. h4 axb4 21. axb4 Ra8 22. h5 gxh5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 f6 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Qxh5 Rg8 27. Rd4 Rg5 28. Qh3 Rag8 29. Rc2 Qa7 30. Kh2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qa1 31. Re4 R5g7 32. Rce2 (32. Qh4 {is more complex.} Qf1 33. Ree2 Rg5 34. Ra2 R5g6 35. Qf4) 32... Qa7 (32... Qc1 $11) 33. Qh4 Qd7 34. Re6 Qe8 {[#]} (34... Qc7 $14) 35. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exf6 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Re2 {[#]} 38. Qf8+ $2 (38. Kg1 $1 $18) 38... Rg8 $11 39. Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qxd6 $11 Rexg2+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kh3 Rg1 $11) 40... Rg1+ 41. Kh2) 39... Rg7 $18 {[#]} 40. Kg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1f1]} ({And not} 40. Qxd6 Rexg2+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kh3 Rg1 $11) 41... Rg1+ 42. Kh2 R1g2+ 43. Kh3 Rg1 $11) 40... Rexg2+ $2 (40... h5 {keeps fighting.} 41. Kf1 Rexg2 42. Qxd6 Kh7 43. Qxb6 Rc2) 41. Kf1 Rc2 (41... R2g6 $142 42. Qd8+ Rg8 43. Qxb6 Rf8) 42. Qf8+ $2 (42. Qxd6 $18 Rf7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe4) 42... Rg8 $11 43. Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 43. Qxd6 Ra8 $18) (43. Qf5 $11 Rxc4 44. Qf6+ Rg7 45. Qxd6) 43... Rg7 $18 44. Qxd6 Rf7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe4 Ra2 48. d6 Kf8 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8] White mates.} Rg7+ 54. Kf4 Rc2 55. Ke3 Rgg2 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. d7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rge2+ 58. Kf4 Rc4+ 59. Kg3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 39,83,50,83,-112,-96,-112,9,16,32,31,42,-15,16,-8,0,-78,-63,-62,-60,-62,-52,-136,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,429,433,29979,29978,29980,29981,29980,29979,29978,29979,29977,0,29977,12841]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. a3 Bd8 17. Kh1 Bc7 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} 18. Bf4 Ne5 (18... d5 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 b5 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {½-½ (40) Yu,Y (2738)-Karthikeyan,M (2578) Moscow 2017}) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 21. Nxb5 $146 (21. a4 $16 {and life is bright.}) ({Predecessor:} 21. a4 Bc6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe1 Red8 24. Qf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {½-½ (116) Firouzja,A (2456)-Kozul,Z (2613) Doha 2016}) 21... axb5 $17 22. Bxb5 Red8 (22... Bxe4 $1 $17 23. Bxe8 Bd5) 23. Qe2 $11 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 (25. Rxd8+ $14 Bxd8 26. a4) 25... Nh5 26. g3 f5 27. a4 (27. Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... fxe4 $17 28. fxe4 {Strongly threatening c6.} Nf6 29. c6 Bc8 30. Nc5 {[#]} ({White should try} 30. Qc4 $15) 30... Ne8 ({Black should play} 30... Bb6 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd4.} 31. Nb3 Bc7) 31. Nd7 $11 Qa8 32. Qg4 Nd6 33. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 34. Qh4 $1 $40 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh4h7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} h6 35. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h6] Nxh6! is the strong threat.} Nxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 35... Nxe4 $2 36. Nxh6 Nf2+ 37. Kg2 $18) (35... Rf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 36. Nxe5 Kg8) 36. Nxh6 $1 $18 {Nf5+ would kill now.} gxh6 (36... Rf8 $18 37. Nf7+ (37. axb5 gxh6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 $11) (37. Nf5+ Kg8 $18) 37... Kg8) 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Rf1 Qxc6 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 {[#]} 42. Rf7 $1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,9,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-50,-52,-46,-45,-64,0,-138,-86,-219,-206,-261,-266,-338,-348,-370,-347,-604,-601,-589,-573,-587,-590,-590,-590,-589,-581,-696,-696]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. dxc5 {Hoping for Qxf6.} Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc5 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O-O Be6 14. e3 {[#]} (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. Ne5 $11) 14... Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ke7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5 c3 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 {1-0 (49) Grischuk,A (2754)-Carlsen,M (2857) chess.com INT 2016}) 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Rd2 Nf6 (16... Kc7 $15) 17. Rhd1 (17. c4 $11) 17... Kc7 (17... Ne4 $142 18. Rc2 Kc7) 18. Ne5 (18. c4 $17) 18... Ne4 $19 19. Rc2 {[#]} c4 $1 20. Nc6 {[#]} Rd6 $1 21. Nb4 Nc5 22. Rcd2 $2 (22. e4 Nxe4 23. a4) 22... Nb3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Kc2 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Bf5+ 24. Kb2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb8 26. a4 a6 27. Nxd5+ Kd8 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,44,12,22,2,16,4,47,30,31,13,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. O-O h6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Rfd1 Be4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 dxc4 14. Qa3 {½-½ (55) Ganguly,S (2640)-Yu,Y (2750) Fufeng 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nce1 Be4 10. Nd3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Bf4 a5 12. a4 b6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {½-½ (41) Lagunow,R (2348)-Socko,M (2480) Warsaw 2017}) 11. Qb3 a6 12. Nde5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qxb7 c5 15. Rd1 Bc2 16. Rd2 Ba4 17. c4 Rb8 18. Qxa6 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qa6 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Ra8 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,9,1,6,0,10,0,14,14,14,0,12,0,52,49,66,68,83,81,63,68,120,39,125,120,118,110,168,162,154,167,187,190,341,342,470,499,484,477,471,475,467,464,583,577,526,440,752,745,983,330,947,959,947,934,917,889]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qe2 Bb7 7. c3 c5 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 11. Rad1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxe5 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Bd6 14. f4 f5 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 h6 {0-1 (52) Glienke,M-Ostermeyer,P (2410) Bad Neuenahr 1982}) 12... Nxd2 {The position is equal.} 13. Rxd2 Qc7 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 15. Qg4 Rfd8 (15... h5 $11 16. Qg3 Kg7) 16. h4 $14 h5 17. Qg3 {Threatens to win with Bxg6!} Kg7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Re8 (19... Rf8 $14) 20. g4 (20. Qf6+ $1 $16 Kg8 21. g4) 20... hxg4 (20... Rh8 $14) 21. Qf6+ $1 $16 Kg8 22. f3 g3 {[#]} (22... Qe7 $16) 23. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5h6][%mdl 512]} Qe7 {[#]} (23... gxh5 24. Rg2) 24. Qf4 $1 g5 ({But not} 24... c4 $6 25. Bc2 $14) 25. Qxg3 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (25... d4 {is a better defense.} 26. exd4 (26. cxd4 cxd4 27. exd4 Kh8 $16) 26... cxd4) 26. f4 $1 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rg8+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 {White wants to mate with Qh6+.} Rg8+ 30. Kh3 {[%cal Rf4h6]} Qg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Rxf7 Rxh5+ {KRB-KRB} (32... Rg7 $142) 33. Kg4 Rxe5 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Kf4 {White is clearly winning.} Ba6 36. Kxe5 {Threatening mate with Bg6.} Bxd3 37. Rxa7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-12,-14,-40,0,0,0,3,15,0,10,-22,0,0,0,6,6,3,20,0,3,-57,-52,-83,-75,-82,-69,-83,-30,-44,-17,-37,-8,-22,0,-35,-30,-43,-16,-29,-24,-27,-15,-23,-19,-47,-52,-97,-57,-60,-25,-41,0,-42,0,-44,0,0,212,204,203,195,197,157,157,68,120,84,323,322,2662,1951,29981,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Bxf6 (4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. a4 a6 {1-0 (27) Andreikin,D (2736)-Khismatullin,D (2617) Sochi 2016}) 4... exf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Be6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Ne2 {The position is equal.} f5 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 a5 10. O-O Bg7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O {1-0 (46) Reiss,T (2397)-Juhasz,J (2285) Budapest 2005}) 9... Bd6 10. b3 Nf6 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 h5 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. a4 (15. h4 $11) 15... h4 $15 16. Rb1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Kg7 18. Nd3 Ng4 (18... Ne4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 19. Qc2 Qg5) 19. Nf3 $11 Qe7 20. Re1 Rh8 21. b5 Rh6 22. Nde5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxc5 24. Qb3 Re8 25. Qb2 {[#] Strongly threatening Rec1.} Kg8 26. Rec1 Qe7 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 27. Qd4 Bb6 28. Qc3 Qd8 29. Ra1 Ba5 (29... cxb5 30. a5 $16) 30. Qd4 Bb6 (30... cxb5 31. Qxa7 Qb6 32. Qxb6 $14) 31. Qd2 Ba5 32. Qd4 g5 33. Qxa7 Bb6 $2 (33... cxb5 $6 34. Qxb7 f4 35. exf4 $16 (35. axb5 g4 $14)) (33... f4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. gxf4 (34. exf4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Rg6 $11) (34. Qxb7 fxe3 35. fxe3 g4 $17) 34... gxf4 35. exf4 (35. Qxb7 fxe3 36. fxe3 cxb5 $15) 35... Rg6) 34. Qxb7 $18 Bc8 35. Qa8 f4 36. a5 (36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Qxc6 fxe3 $11) 36... g4 37. axb6 ({White should play} 37. Rxc6 $16 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 gxf3 39. Bxf3 (39. axb6 fxg2 40. exf4 Bd7 $18) (39. Qxb6 Qxb6 40. axb6 fxg2 $14) 39... Bxa5 {[#]} 40. Rxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (40. Bxd5 Be6 $17) (40. exf4 Re6 $16) 40... fxg3 41. Ra2 (41. Bxd5 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 Bg4+ 44. Kd3 Rd8 $18) (41. fxg3 Bb7 $11)) 37... gxf3 $14 38. b7 fxg2 $2 (38... Bxb7 $16 39. Qxd8 (39. Qxb7 fxg3 40. Bxf3 gxf2+ 41. Kf1 Qg5 $11) 39... Rxd8 40. Bxf3 fxg3) 39. bxc8=Q (39. b8=Q $2 {leads to mate.} f3 40. bxc6 Rh1#) 39... f3 $2 (39... Qxc8 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41. gxf4 c5) 40. Qg4+ $18 Kh8 41. Qxf3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,56,28,29,17,16,15,32,31,45,44,59,-18,5,-24,-24,-10,-9,-17,0,-18,-22,-31,-32,-30,0,-58,-42,-89,-89,-123,-121,-233,-192,-655,-643,-2290,-2352,-5777,-2065,-29987,-29988,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29983,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} exd5 8. cxd5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} (8... Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 {½-½ (36) Radjabov,T (2726)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Shamkir 2016}) 9. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd5 10. e4 Ndc7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rd1 b4 14. Ne2 O-O {1-0 (34) Huzman,A (2602)-Gershon,A (2497) Israel 2008}) 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bg5 (11. O-O $14) 11... Be7 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. e4 O-O 15. h4 Rc8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bc1 Re8 18. Qb3 {[#]} ({White should try} 18. e5 $11) 18... c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qa2 (19. Qxc4 Bxe4) 19... Bc5 20. Ne5 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 21. Nxc6 (21. Nxc4 $17 {was the only defense.} Qxg3 22. b4 Qxc3 23. bxc5) 21... Ng4 ({Less strong is} 21... Qxc6 22. Be3 $15) 22. Ne7+ $2 {[#]} (22. e5 dxc6 23. Ne4) 22... Rxe7 $19 23. Nd5 Qxg3 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Be3 Bxe3 {Black mates.} 26. Rxe3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf2g2]} 28. Rg1 Qxh4+ {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,11,17,0,6,0,0,0,233,220,225,219,199,177,166,188,1016,1082,1009,1009,939,864,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 $1 c4 13. Bc2 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 {[#]} Qd7 $146 16. Ne5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 17. Qg4 $1 Rad8 18. Qh3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h7]} f5 19. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Rbd1.} Bc8 20. g4 (20. Ng6 $5 hxg6 21. Rxe7 $11) 20... Bf6 21. Rbd1 Qc5 {Hoping for ...Rxd1.} 22. Nd7 Bxd7 23. Bd6 Qc6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 (24... Rxf8 $2 25. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 26. Bxf5 $18) 25. Qxh7 {aiming for g5.} Nb7 $1 ({Don't go for} 25... fxg4 $2 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rxd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 {With the idea ...Be6.} (27... Kg8 $2 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qxf5 $18) 28. Re3 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} ({And not} 28... fxg4 {[#]} 29. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 30. Bg6 $18) 29. Qxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with Ba4! Black needs to defend precisely.} Bg7 30. Qh5 Nd6 ({But not} 30... fxg4 $6 31. Bg6 $16) 31. Qg5 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $2 (32... Bxe8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 33. Qf4 Nf7) 33. Bxf5 $18 Bxf5 34. Qxf5+ Qf6 {Black wants to play ...Qxf5.} 35. Qe4 b5 36. Re1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re4e8]} Nd6 $2 (36... Nc7 37. h4 Qd6) 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Re6 Qxc3 40. Qxd6+ Kg8 41. Qd5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 80%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,81,25,18,33,25,27,25,27,29,30,35,55,6,14,3,20,24,63,76,75,26,26,37,48,-25,-25,-15,78,58,56,65,52,42,39,44,60,39,52,52,52,44,60,51,25,30,114,113,239,243,250,247,268,214,416,283,400,283,283,283,276,272,5543,5543,5543,5531,938,938]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 a6 8. b4 e5 9. d3 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Bf5 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (9... h6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. e4 Nh5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. Be3 c6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (36) Pantsulaia,L (2587)-Erdogdu,M (2458) Konya 2010}) 10. e4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. h3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Qb3 b6 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ba3 Qc8 17. bxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (44) Luch,M (2426)-Von Meijenfeldt,B (2123) Leiden 2012}) 11. h3 Bxf3 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bg2 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Ne2 Ra2 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qb3 Qa8 20. c5 ({Better is} 20. Rf2 $14 Ra7 21. g4) 20... dxc5 $11 21. b5 c4 (21... Ra4 $11) 22. Qxc4 $16 Rc8 23. e5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5e6][%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for e6. White is pushing.} Ra4 24. Rb4 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Bf8 26. Qb1 cxb5 27. Qxb5 Nc5 $1 28. Bd5 Qa6 29. Qxa6 bxa6 30. Bc4 Rb8 (30... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Rb6 (31... Nb3 $16) 32. f5 $18 gxf5 33. gxf5 ({Less strong is} 33. Rxf5 Ne6 $14) 33... Kg7 34. Kh2 {[#] Rg1+ is the strong threat.} Rb7 $2 (34... h6 35. Rg1+ Kh7) 35. Rg1+ Kh8 36. Bf4 h6 37. e6 fxe6 38. Be5+ Bg7 $2 (38... Kh7 39. fxe6 Re7) 39. Rxg7 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg7 40. fxe6 Kh7 41. Bxg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,96,8,18,-14,-10,-47,-16,-35,-31,-40,13,-13,-13,-5,-8,-17,-30,-27,-16,-25,-27,-23,-21,-44,-40,-41,0,-9,-11,-26,-13,-27,-8,0,0,0,0,-34,0,-64,-93,-120,-118,-138,-107,-154,-154,-154,-156,-184,-191,-291,-149,-468,-437,-427,-362,-357,-342,-354,-347,-437,-427,-424,-385,-506,-480,-480,-356,-445,-388,-762,-729,-988,-884,-923,-864,-1208,-1208]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nc2 Bxc3+ {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd3 Qe5 (9... Nc6 10. Be2 Qe5 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. f4 Qf5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O {½-½ (27) Baghdasaryan,V (2472)-Zubov,A (2614) Batumi 2016}) 10. f3 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4] LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. cxd5 (11. Qd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nc6 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 $11) 11... exd5 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 {1-0 (67) Danilovic,A (2364)-Jankovic,A (2313) Litohoto 1999}) 12... O-O {[%cal Rd5e4]} 13. exd5 Nxd5 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 14. Qd4 Qe6 (14... Nc6 $15 15. Qxe5 Nxe5) 15. Ne3 (15. c4 {is more complex.} Nf6 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. O-O Qxe2 18. Re1) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc6 17. O-O Re8 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Ba3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. Rad1 h6 22. Bf1 Qg6 23. Qd5 Nc6 24. Bc5 Red8 25. Qc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Bf2 Re5 {[%cal Be8e5,Be5a5,Ba5a2][%mdl 32]} 28. Bg3 Ra5 (28... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Rc5 $15) 29. Bc7 (29. Qe2 $11) 29... Be6 $15 30. Qh4 Rxa2 31. Bg3 Qg5 32. Qe4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qxc3 34. Bd3 g6 35. Bf4 (35. Be1 $142 Qb2 36. Rd2) 35... Qb3 (35... Ra1 $19 36. Qe2 a5 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Qf1 Qd4) 36. Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Qe1 $17) 36... Ra4 $19 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Bxe3 Bc4 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Bxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 41. Bg5 Kg7 42. h4 b4 43. g4 Nd4 44. Kg2 b3 45. Be3 $2 {[#]} (45. Be7 Rc2+ 46. Kh3) 45... b2 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rb1 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Nb5 48. g5 Kh7 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,184,12,18,0,12,5,15,0,15,25,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-9,-10,-14,-11,-7,-22,0,-52,0,-104,-75,-128,-134,-120,-110,-134,-89,-129,-27,-36,-22,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 O-O 12. Bc2 Nxd2 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} 13. Qxd2 Bg4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Rfe1 {[#]} Bf8 $146 (16... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd8 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. h4 {0-1 (47) Kokarev,D (2638)-Short,N (2664) Kolkata 2015}) 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a4 Rad8 (18... Kg8 {feels hotter.} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bf5) 19. axb5 axb5 20. h3 (20. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h7]} Rxe5 21. Rxe5 (21. Nxh7+ Kg7 $11) 21... Nxe5 22. Qd4 $14 (22. Nxh7+ Kg7 $11)) 20... Bxf3 $1 21. Qxf3 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf6 {And now Qh8+ would win.} Qd6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxh7 Qf6 $1 26. Qh6 $1 g5 27. Qh5 Rh8 28. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Ra6!} (28. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Kd6 29. Bb3 $14) 28... c6 29. Qe3 Kf8 30. Rf1 (30. Ra8+ {looks sharper.} Kg7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. b3 Kg7 33. Kf1) 30... Qf4 31. Qxf4 gxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Re1 f6 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Ra7 f5 36. Ra6 Kf6 37. Ke2 {[#]} (37. f3 $11) 37... Kg5 ({Black should play} 37... f3+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 38. gxf3 Kg5) 38. Kf1 (38. f3 $11) 38... f3 $17 39. Ra7 (39. Bd1 $142) 39... fxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Kf4 41. Rg7 c5 42. Rg3 {[#]} d4 ({Black should try} 42... c4 $1 $17 {aiming for ...b4!} 43. b3 Ra8 44. bxc4 bxc4) 43. cxd4 $1 $11 cxd4 44. Rb3 Rg8+ ({Better is} 44... Rc8 $1 $15 45. Bd1 Rc1) 45. Kf1 $1 {The position is equal.} Nf3 {Strongly threatening ...Nd2+.} 46. Rxb5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rb5f5]} Rg1+ 47. Ke2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rb5f5]} Re1+ 48. Kd3 Rh1 49. Kc4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rb5f5]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 50. Bxd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rb5f5]} Ne5+ 51. Kc3 {Threatens to win with Rb4+.} Nxd3 52. Kxd3 Rxh3+ {KR-KR} 53. Ke2 Rh1 54. Rb4+ Ke5 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1 57. Rb5+ Kf6 58. Rc5 Rb1 59. Rc2 (59. b3 $5) 59... Kg5 60. Ke3 {Kd3 is the strong threat.} (60. b4 $5) 60... Kg4 61. Rc4+ Kg5 62. Rb4 Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rd1 64. Rb8 Rb1 65. Rb6 Re1 66. Rb7 Rb1 67. Rb8 Re1 68. Kg3 Rg1+ 69. Kf3 {White threatens Rg8+ and mate.} Re1 70. Rg8+ Kf6 71. b4 Rb1 72. Rb8 (72. b5 $5) 72... Kg5 73. Ke3 Rb3+ 74. Kd4 Kf4 75. Kc5 (75. f3 $5) 75... Rb2 76. b5 Rxf2 77. b6 Rc2+ 78. Kd6 Rd2+ 79. Kc6 Rc2+ 80. Kb7 Kf3 81. Rc8 (81. Rf8 $5 {[%cal Rf8f5]} f4 82. Ka6 $11) 81... Rb2 82. Rc5 f4 83. Kc6 Kg2 84. Rg5+ Kh3 85. b7 f3 86. Rf5 Kg2 87. Rg5+ Kh3 88. Rf5 (88. Ra5 {with more complications.} f2 89. Rf5 Kg2 90. Rg5+ Kf3 91. Rf5+) 88... Kg2 89. Kc7 Rxb7+ 90. Kxb7 f2 91. Ka8 (91. Rxf2+ $5 Kxf2 $11) 91... f1=Q 92. Rxf1 Kxf1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,9,11,10,0,35,31,54,39,60,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,6,-5,0,-40,-33,-35,-35,-48,-23,-30,-20,-39,-33,-41,-34,-29,-34,-34,-27,-101,-90,-75,-93,-385,-106,-87,-87,-553,-539,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e5 {The position is equal.} 12. Rfd1 exd4 (12... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]}) 13. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Rab1 Re8 15. Qb4 a6 16. c5 a5 17. Qc3 {1-0 (40) Khismatullin,D (2626)-Nyudleev,D (2328) Moscow 2016}) 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. Rd2 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Rc1 Re8 18. e4 Ra5 19. f4 {[#] Threatens to win with c5.} Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...c5.} 20. Qc2 Nc5 {...Nb3 is the strong threat.} 21. Kh1 $1 Nb3 22. Nxb3 axb3 23. Qb1 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qe3 25. Rcd1 Bg4 26. Rd3 Qc5 27. Rb1 Ra4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4c4,Bc4c2][%mdl 32]} 28. Rxb3 (28. h3 $11 Be6 29. Rxb3) 28... Rxc4 $17 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 29. Rxb7 Rc2 30. Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't blunder} 30. Rb8 $2 Rxb2 31. R8xb2 Qxa3 $19) (30. Qb3 $17 Rf8 31. Rb8 (31. Rf1 $2 Be2 $19)) 30... Qxa3 $2 (30... Qc3 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 31. Rf1 Be2) 31. Qa7 Qc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 32. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. R7b3 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Qd2 33. Qg1) 32... Be2 $19 33. Rb8 Bxf1 {Black mates.} 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Bxf1 c5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,169,41,43,32,40,39,66,58,61,61,72,66,81,73,77,37,45,37,18,10,32,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,38,19,41,27,80,79,102,93,141,132,130,98,111,102,121,114,139,85,87,76,79,77,63,0,0,0,0,-2,52,0,7,-104,86,99,91,123,339,58,67,63,79,63,64,72,239,227,417,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,162,162,162,162,162,162,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,266,150,259,150,245,0,150,0,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,139,150,150,157,0,12846,12847,12847,12847,12847,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 (5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Rac1 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Qd7 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 {1-0 (43) Kovalenko,I (2680)-Popov,I (2650) Minsk 2015}) 5... Bg7 6. e4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} e5 9. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Nh5 {1-0 (22) Kazhgaleyev,M (2574)-Suleymenov,A (2157) Pavlodar 2015}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 Nh5 11. Re1 h6 12. g3 a6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Nc5 15. Bf1 Rxa5 16. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32]} (16. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]}) 16... Nf6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Ra3 Rfa8 {[%cal Rc5a4]} 19. Rea1 c6 20. f3 R5a7 21. Ng2 Ne8 (21... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Ne3 $16 Nc7 23. Qb1 cxd5 24. cxd5 Ba6 25. Nc4 (25. Qxb6 Bxf1 26. Nxf1 (26. Rxf1 $2 Rb7 $19) 26... Rb7 $17) 25... Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rb7 27. Be3 Ra5 28. Nb5 ({Better is} 28. R1a2) 28... Kh7 29. Qb4 h5 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. Bxc5 (31. Bf2 $14) 31... Na6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra6b4]} 32. Qxa5 bxa5 33. Bxd6 f6 (33... Nb4 $11) 34. Rd3 h4 35. g4 (35. Rc3 $11) 35... Rxb5 $2 (35... f5 $17 {and life is bright.} 36. h3 Nb4 37. Bxb4 axb4) 36. axb5 $16 Qxd6 37. bxa6 Qb4 $2 (37... Qc5 $16 {was called for.} 38. a7 Qxa7) 38. Bb3 $2 (38. a7 $18 Qxc4 39. a8=Q Qxd3 40. Qa7+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ (41. Rxa5 {gets mated.} Qe2+ 42. Kg1 h3 43. Qb8+ Bf8 44. Qxf8+ Kxf8 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. g5+ fxg5 48. Rh7+ Kxh7 49. Kh1 Qg2#) 41... Kh7 42. Qa7+ Kh8 43. Qf2 (43. Rxa5 $2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Be3+ 45. Qxe3 Qxe3+ $19)) 38... Qb6 $14 39. d6 Qxa6 40. Rad1 Bf8 $1 41. Kh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Kh6 $2 (41... Qb6 $16) 42. Kxh4 {And now d7 would win.} a4 $2 (42... Qb6 {keeps fighting.}) 43. Bxa4 (43. Ba2 $142) 43... Qxa4 $18 44. d7 Be7 45. d8=Q Bxd8 46. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Qc2 {[%cal Rc2h2]} 47. Kg3 {Threatening mate with R1d7.} g5 48. R8d2 Qc3 49. Rf2 Qe3 50. h3 Kg6 51. Rh1 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qe3 53. h4 gxh4 54. Rxh4 Qd3 55. Rh5 Qe3 56. Rf5 Qd4 57. Ra2 {aiming for Ra6.} Qc4 (57... Qe3 $16 58. Rh5 Qb3) 58. Rd2 (58. Ra1 $1 $18) 58... Qb4 {[#]} (58... Qc5 $16 {was worth a try.} 59. Rh5 Qc3) 59. Rc2 (59. Rd1 $1 $18) 59... Qa4 (59... Qe1 $16 60. Rh5 Qb1) 60. Rf2 Qd4 $1 61. Rh5 Qe3 $1 62. Rh3 Qd4 63. Rh1 Qe3 64. Ra2 Qb3 65. Ra8 Qc2+ 66. Kg3 Qd2 {[#]} 67. Rf1 $1 Qf4+ 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Rf2 Qd3 70. Rh8 Qe3 71. Rh1 Qd3 72. Re1 Kg5 73. Kg3 Qc3 74. Rd1 Qe3 75. Rg2 Qc3 76. Rh2 Kg6 77. Rdh1 Qe3 78. Rc2 Qd3 79. Rb2 Qc3 80. Rb7 Qe3 {intending ...Qf4+.} 81. Rd7 Qc5 82. g5 $2 (82. Rd3 $16) 82... fxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82... f5 $11) 83. Rhd1 {Intending R1d6+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Kh5 84. Rg7 {[%cal Rd1h1]} Kh6 85. Rg8 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,24,33,19,7,11,17,0,22,30,22,33,29,0,10,13,116,116,116,112,119,103,118,118,119,119,119,119,121,120,119,113,114,110,113,89,92,86,227,218,261,249,315,308,312,292,360,375,356,366,350,316,330,324,385,392,996,999,926,789,885,873,1072,1058,1000,1027,880,704,1006,952,29973,29974,29972,29975,29971,29976,29975,29974,29970,11360]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 Nbd7 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (6... Qc7 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Ne2 Nxe2 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Bd2 b6 13. Qe2 e6 14. Bc3 Nd7 {1-0 (22) Mamedov,R (2688)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 7. Nc4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. Qf3 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 9. Bxc4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd4 10. d3 e6 11. h3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Rfd1 {1-0 (54) Cannon,R (2104)-Viljanen,J (1917) Copenhagen 2007}) 10. d3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a5 Qe5+ 14. Qe3 Ng4 (14... Qxe3+ $11 15. fxe3 Bd7) 15. Qxe5 $16 Nxe5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Bb3 Ke7 18. Ba4 b5 19. axb6 $1 Bb7 20. Bxd7 $1 Bxe4 {[#]} 21. Bxe6 $1 Bxg2 22. Rg1 {Strongly threatening Bc4.} Kxe6 23. Rxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g6 24. Rg4 Rhb8 25. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} Rxb6 (25... Kd6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. bxc5 $18 Rb5 27. Re4+ Kd7 28. d4 a5 29. Kd2 a4 30. Re3 Kc6 31. Rf3 f5 32. Re3 f4 33. Rea3 Rb4 34. Kd3 Kd5 $2 (34... f3 35. R3a2 Kb5) 35. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Rb2 36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 {[#] Ra6 would kill now.} Rxf2 {KR-KR} 38. c4+ Kc6 39. Ra6+ Kb7 40. Rb6+ Kc7 41. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} f3 42. d6+ {White mates.} Kd7 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. d7 Rf1 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kf2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,128,127,118,131,133,175,170,165,160,159,164,184,169,391,383,419,268,271,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,33,33,33,33,18,18,33,33,43,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,39,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,40,40,40,0,33,0,40,33,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,0,40,40,47,47,53,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb7 (14... Qc6 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxa7 Nd7 18. Nd1 Rc2 19. Rb1 Nc5 {1-0 (32) Harikrishna,P (2733)-Hambleton,A (2446) Edmonton 2015}) 15. Rb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qa6 16. b3 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa2 {[#]} 19. Qd3 $1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... h6) 20. Be3 Rb8 $2 (20... a4 21. bxa4 Qxa4) 21. c5 $18 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} a4 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 22. c6 {Black must now prevent c7.} Be5 {[%cal Ra4b3] [#]} 23. Bf4 $2 (23. b4 $1 $18) 23... Bxf4 $11 24. gxf4 {Hoping for c7.} axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. c7 Rc8 26. Rxb3 Rxc7 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxc7 Qxb3 {KQ-KQ} 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qxe7 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 f5 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Qf2 Qa4 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Qe1 Qa3 39. Qd2 Kh6 40. Kg2 Qe7 41. e3 Qb7 42. Qc2 Qb8 43. Kg3 Qb6 44. Qd3 Qa5 45. Kf2 Qa2+ 46. Qe2 Qa7 47. Qd2 Qc5 48. Kg2 Qc6 49. Kg3 Qc4 50. Kg2 Qc6 51. Kg3 Qc4 52. Qe1 Qd3 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Kg2 Qc2+ 55. Kg3 Qd3 56. Qf2 Kh6 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Qb2+ Kh6 59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Qc2 Qd6 61. Kg3 Qa3 62. Qd2 Qb3 63. Kh4 Qe6 64. Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Qe1) 64... Qf6+ $1 65. Qxf6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,82,18,27,29,27,27,33,28,47,28,27,6,45,47,41,46,50,10,18,0,0,-56,-60,-145,-141,-341,-328,-320,-302,-316,-312,-396,-387,-384,-380,-425,-425,-622,-666,-599,-548,-800,-786,-685,-656,-1126,-1456,-1330,-1382,-1122,-1056,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bd7 (14... Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 Re8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Qxd8 Rexd8 {½-½ (38) Giri,A (2785)-Vallejo Pons,F (2710) Moscow 2017}) 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb2 Ne4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. N2f3 Qf6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rac1 f5 20. f4 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qf6) 21. Nf3 Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Qd4 Qd6 24. Ne5 b4 25. Qd3 Rc3 26. Qd4 (26. Rxc3 $1 $11 bxc3 27. Rc1) 26... Ra8 $15 27. a4 (27. Rxc3 $15 bxc3 28. a4) 27... Rxb3 $17 28. Rc7 $2 (28. Nd3 $17) 28... Nc3 $19 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne2+.} ({Not} 28... Qxc7 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qxb3 $11) 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 b6 ({Less strong is} 30... Nxa4 31. Rxd5 Nc3 32. Rd7 $17) 31. Rc7 Nxa4 32. Nc6 Rc3 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Rb7 (34. Nxd5 $142 Rxc7 35. Nxc7) 34... b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] [#] White must now prevent ...b2.} 35. Nxd5 Rc5 36. Nc7 Rc8 37. Ra7 Ra5 (37... R8xc7 $2 38. Rxa4 Rc2 39. Ra8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Rxc8 41. Rb1 $17) 38. Rxa5 bxa5 39. Nb5 b2 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 40. Na3 Rc1 41. Nb1 Nc3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,26,32,27,51,50,42,50,50,40,81,81,71,75,98,101,102,86,82,83,363,361,381,380,384,378,368,364,373,394,416,347,505,501,490,410,468,437,423,458,477,473,516,468,473,441,472,465,459,432,459,381,510,502,5410,5439,12828,2167,5275,5275,5146,5050,1390,1343]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb3 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] C45: Scotch Game} (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qg5 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. N1d2 c5 14. c4 Kc7 15. Bd5 Raf8 16. Rxf8 Rxf8 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 {1-0 (37) Shahinyan,D (2431)-Torosyan,N (2386) Yerevan 2016}) 10. Nxc5 bxc5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Bb3 Bxe4 {White has an edge.} 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} N5g6 14. Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rf2 d6 15. Ba4+ Kf8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Re1 {½-½ (51) Sartori,D (1919)-Paesschesoone,S (1824) ICCF email 2012}) 14... h6 15. Bxc5 {Hoping for Rae1.} O-O 16. Rae1 {Black must now prevent f5.} Nxf4 17. Qg4 (17. Bxe7 Nxh5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 17... Neg6 18. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't go for} 18. Qxd7 $2 Qg5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Qc6 $16 20. Qf5 Nh4) 20. Qf3 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 20. Rfxf4 hxg4 21. Rxf6 gxf6 $16) 20... d6 21. Be3 d5 22. Rxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 c6 24. Qxh5 Rae8 25. Be3 Qd6 (25... Qe5 $142 26. Qxe5 Rxe5) 26. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 27. Qh3 Re5 28. Bd1 Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Qxh3.} 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bd4 Re1 {( -> ...Rxf1+)} 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Bf3 Rf7 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Bc5 a5 36. Qb8 {White is clearly winning.} f4 (36... Re7 $142 37. Qa7+ Kc8 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39. Qa7+ Kc8 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Qa7+) 37. Bb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb8d8]} Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb8d8]} Qf5 39. Qc7+ Ke6 40. Qxc6+ Ke7 41. Bc5+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,101,29,22,7,22,-1,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-10,-7,-3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-53,-50,-23,-10,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,0,39,34,25,30,22,-34,-23,-43,-16,-13,-7,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,18,14,13,11,14,21,55,12,12,18,10,17,14,0,3,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} 13. d5 Nb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Qd3 Nbd7 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. b4 Qc8 16. Bg5 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (41) Swiercz,D (2655)-Leko,P (2705) Civitanova Marche 2016}) 15... Qc8 16. Raa1 Ng4 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nb6 19. b3 Qg4 20. Ne2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. h3 Qg6 24. Ng3 Rf4 25. Qc6 Qe8 26. Rfe1 (26. Qb7 {seems wilder.} Qd7 27. Rfe1 Rff8 28. Ne4 a5 29. c4) 26... Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rcf8 28. Ne2 R4f5 29. Nc3 h5 30. Re4 Rf4 31. Re2 g5 32. Ne1 Kf7 33. Nd3 Rd4 34. Nb4 ({Better is} 34. Ree1 $11) 34... Rxd1+ $15 35. Nxd1 Ra8 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Rd2 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rd1 a5 40. Nxb5 Bd8 $1 41. Na2 a4 42. Nac3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 43. Re1 axb3 44. cxb3 Kf5 45. a4 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3] The position is equal.} 46. Ne4 Nd5 47. Ng3+ Kf6 48. Nh5+ Kf5 49. Ng3+ Kf6 50. Nh5+ Kf5 51. Ng3+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,38,14,14,12,12,31,31,43,-66,31,32,45,-29,-21,-24,19,14,14,-216,-196,-512,-512,-533,-512,-514,-535,-523,-492,-962,-960]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 b6 6. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bc1 d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Nbd7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (30) Tregubov,P (2608)-Dgebuadze,A (2529) Le Port Marly 2013}) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. g4 $146 (9. e4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Rad1 Ne8 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (37) Schmidt,G (2016)-Hollenstein,W (1944) Eger 2005}) 9... d6 (9... Nxg4 $15 10. h3 Nf6) 10. Rg1 $14 Nbd7 11. Rg3 ({White should play} 11. e4 $14) 11... g6 $11 12. h4 c5 13. h5 cxd4 14. hxg6 $2 {[#]} (14. exd4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bh6) 14... dxc3 $19 15. gxf7+ $2 (15. gxh7+ {was the crucial defense.} Nxh7 16. Bxc3) 15... Rxf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 16. Bxc3 Nc5 ({Less strong is} 16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd4 $15) 17. g5 Nfe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. g6 (19. Kf1 $142 e5 20. Nd2) 19... hxg6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,121,-12,-12,-14,-11,-44,-16,-23,-19,-28,-1,-6,0,-54,-34,-27,-27,-29,-19,-13,-27,-33,-17,-47,-35,-53,-45,-43,-43,-40,-52,-46,-12,-25,-7,-25,-20,-26,-31,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,33,39,33,50,40,72,18,10,14,107,125,218,206,196,195,288,268,282,320,310,262,449,406,441,444,441,425,445,466,470,470,465,460,447,446,525,557,496,472,5493,2880,12831,8113,29989,29990]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 Bb4 5. a3 (5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nbd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rb5 Rc8 20. h3 Qd6 21. Ra1 Rc6 {½-½ (21) Stocek,J (2556)-Rozentalis,E (2567) Germany 2017}) 5... Bxc3+ $1 6. bxc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} f5 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Ne2 d6 10. O-O Qe8 11. d5 $146 (11. Rb1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 {1-0 (40) Gandolfi,F-Ruiz,R (2165) Toronto 1998}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf5 Bc4 14. Bd3 Qf7 15. Nd4 Nbd7 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 d5 19. a4 Ne5 20. Nd2 Nd3 21. c4 Rfe8 22. Ra3 Nb4 {And now ...Nc2 would win.} 23. Rb3 Nc2 24. Nb1 c5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Rc2e3]} 26. e4 Ndb4 27. Na3 Nd4 28. Rb2 Rad8 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Rd2 Nbc6 (30... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 31. Be3 Nbc6 $11) 31. Rfd1 Ne5 32. Kh1 h6 33. Bf4 Nec6 34. Be3 Red8 35. h3 Kf7 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Ned4 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 41. g4 Kd7 42. e5 (42. Bxd4 $1 $16 Nxd4 43. Ke3) 42... Ke6 $11 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (43... cxd4 $11 44. Nb2 h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 44. Ke3 $16 g5 (44... Kd5 $16 {was necessary.} 45. Kd3 Re7) 45. f5+ $18 Kd5 46. Kd3 a6 (46... Re7 {keeps fighting.} 47. e6 Re8) 47. Nxb6+ Kxe5 {[#]} 48. Nd7+ $1 Kd6 49. Kc4 Kc6 $2 (49... Kxd7 50. Kxc5 Kc7 51. Kxd4 (51. Rxd4 Re3 $18) 51... Rd8+ 52. Kc3 Rc8) 50. Nxc5 Nf3 51. Rf2 Ne5+ 52. Kd4 Nf7 {White should prevent ...Rd8+.} 53. Rc2 Rd8+ 54. Ke4 Rd1 55. Nb3+ Kb7 56. Nd4 Rh1 57. Kd5 Rxh3 58. Ke6 Nd8+ (58... Nh8 $142 59. Rb2+ Kc7) 59. Ke7 Rd3 60. Rc4 h5 61. Kxd8 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,142,30,57,12,52,36,33,27,32,-22,-25,-29,-25,-67,-40,-37,-30,-32,-40,-103,-100,-96,-42,-37,-39,-30,-46,-108,-107,-107,-108,-107,10,10,11,0,0,0,0,-36,-37,-31,-22,-94,-82,-380,-387,-533,-315,-368,-274,-275,-275,-266,-263,-340,-342,-351,-347,-310,-304,-358,-326,-312,-316,-350,-339,-381,-381,-466,-446,-433,-380,-453,-393,-402,-318,-307,-264,-281,-279,-274,-264,-305,-306,-348,-340,-425,-426,-448,-252,-236,-249,-466,-452,-551,-516,-1105,-1025,-1220,-1172,-5002,-4761,-9185,-7216,-6319,-5723,-29971,-12094,-29978,-29979,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5 Re8 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7} 13. Ra3 (13. Kh1 Ne5 14. a5 g5 15. Ra3 Ng6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Ne3 Nde5 18. Na4 Nf4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 {0-1 (47) Ponomariov,R (2739)-Polgar,J (2680) Moscow 2009}) 13... Rb8 14. a5 Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6 $146 (16. f4 $14 Neg4 17. h3) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. f4 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Ned7 18. Bf3 c4 19. Qc2 Rbc8 20. Ra4 c3 21. bxc3 {½-½ (56) Bukic,E (2480)-Velimirovic,D (2480) Borovo 1981}) 16... Bb5 $11 17. Re1 Nfd7 18. f4 Nxb6 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. exd6 $1 Qxd6 21. Nf3 {[#]} (21. Nc4 $15 Qe7 22. Bf3) 21... c4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bd2 {[#]} (22. Bxc4 Qc5+) 22... Qc5+ (22... Ne5 $1 $17 23. Nd4 Qc5) 23. Kh1 $1 $15 Nf6 24. b4 Qf8 25. Bxc4 (25. Bf1 $1 $15) 25... Rbc8 $17 26. Rc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxb5.} Nxe4 $1 27. Bxb5 Nf2+ (27... Bxc3 $17 28. Bxe8 Nxd2) 28. Kg1 $11 Rxe1+ $1 29. Bxe1 (29. Kxf2 $5 {[%cal Rc3c8]} Bxc3 30. Bxc3 $11) 29... Bxc3 30. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c8] [#]} ({Much weaker is} 30. Bxc3 axb5 31. Kxf2 Qg7 $19) 30... Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kf1 ({But not} 31. Bxh3 Bd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rxc2 $17) 31... Rc7 $1 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 32. Bxh3 Qxb4 $1 33. d6 (33. Bg3 $11 Qb5+ 34. Qe2) 33... Qxd6 $17 34. Bf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Bxc3 $17 Qc5 35. Bf5) 34... Bxa5 $19 35. Qb1 Qc6 {Threatens to win with ...Qc4+.} 36. Be3 Qc2 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Nd4 Rb2 39. Bf4 Bb6 40. Nf3 a5 41. Be5 Rc2 42. Ke1 Bc7 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe5.} 43. Kd1 Rc6 44. Bb2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 45. Nd4 Rc5 46. Ke2 Bxh2 47. Kd3 Bc7 48. Bd7 b4 49. Ba4 h5 50. Nf3 Bd8 51. Bb3 Rc7 52. Be5 Rd7+ 53. Ke4 Kh7 54. Bd4 f6 55. Ba4 Rd6 56. Bc5 Ra6 (56... f5+ $142 57. Ke5 Rd3) 57. Kd5 f5 58. Nd4 $2 (58. Bd4) 58... Bb6 59. Bb5 {[#]} Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Bxa6 (60. Kxc5 $142 Ra8 61. Bc6) 60... Bxd4 $1 61. Kxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} Kh6 62. Kc4 Kg5 63. Bb7 Kf4 64. Bd5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 65. Kb5 Kg3 66. Kxa5 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 67. Bxb3 Kxg2 68. Kb4 f4 69. Kc3 g4 70. Kd2 Kf2 71. Be6 g3 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,63,16,26,20,20,20,35,36,29,32,53,57,73,87,128,129,186,164,179,175,277,177,372,216,232,221,233,209,308,307,464,470,557,551,541,534,752,634,1365,1350,1224,1224,5614,5614]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Na6 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qa3 Nb4 15. dxc5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 17. Nd4 Nxc5 18. e3 Qf6 {1-0 (41) Hansen,T (2492)-Ynojosa Aponte,F (2405) Sitges 2013}) 11... Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. e3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Rac8 18. Rfc1 a6 {0-1 (60) Born,M (1957)-Mueller,R (2208) Emmendingen 2012}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rac8 {[%cal Rc8c5]} 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a5 18. Nc4 bxc5 (18... axb4 $16 19. Nxb6 Rc7) 19. b5 $18 ({Resist} 19. bxa5 Ba6 $16) 19... Qc7 20. Rfd1 Rd3 (20... Rxd1+ $142 21. Rxd1 Bd5) 21. Bf1 ({Less strong is} 21. Rxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Bxg2 $16) 21... Nd5 $2 {[#]} (21... Rxd1 {might work better.} 22. Rxd1 Bd5) 22. a3 (22. Bxd3 $142 Nb4 23. b6) 22... Rc3 23. Qb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 {b6 is the strong threat.} a4 (24... Ra8 $142 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Kf8 27. Rxc5 Ke7) 25. b6 Qb8 (25... Qe7 {was worth a try.} 26. Na5 Nf6) 26. Na5 {White is clearly winning.} Qa8 27. Qb5 h5 28. Rxc5 Rd8 29. Bc4 Nc3 {[#]} 30. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 31. Qc4+ Rd5 32. Nxb7 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,69,47,77,40,87,72,82,75,60,50,62,60,54,44,100,28,100,33,106,91,110,72,62,67,610,598,565,545,539,514,1177,1143,1781,1573,29988,490,465,0,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. f3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nh5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (11... a6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bf2 Bf8 16. a3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 c4 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Rb1 d5 21. e5 {½-½ (54) Edouard,R (2641)-Moussard,J (2506) Drancy 2016}) 12. Rf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. b4 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nf4 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Bf1 Ba4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22. g3 Ne6 23. f4 Qf6 24. Bg2 Rd8 {½-½ (24) Rezan,S (2439)-Sutkovic,D (2322) Zadar 2014}) 12... f5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 {White is better.} 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qa4 (17... Qf7 $14) 18. Rd1 (18. Bd3 $16) 18... Qxa2 {[#]} (18... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. b3 (19. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxe2 $17) 19... Qd4) 19. Qc2 ({White should try} 19. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Nf6 20. Bd3 (20. gxf5 Qb3 $16)) 19... Kh8 (19... Qxb2 $14 20. Qxb2 Bxb2) 20. f4 Nf6 {next ...Ne4 is good for Black.} 21. Bxf6 ({Weaker is} 21. Qxc7 Ne4 $15) 21... Bxf6 22. Qxf5 Bxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rf8 $14) 23. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rf5h7] [#]} Re7 24. Re2 Rg7 25. Rde1 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Bd4+ (25... Qa4 $142 26. Rxb2 Qd4+ 27. Rf2 Kg8) 26. Kf1 {Re8+ would kill now.} Qa4 27. Re7 Kg8 28. Qh5 (28. g3 $142 Rb8 29. Rxg7+ Bxg7 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Bg6) 28... Kf8 29. Qf5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (29. Rxg7 $18 Bxg7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. g3) 29... Kg8 30. g3 {White mates.} Bc3 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Bg6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,102,39,38,44,81,87,87,89,85,94,92,15,7,8,18,-13,-13,-21,-22,-14,-13,-190,-199,-216,-196,-187,-108,-201,-164,-179,-162,-243,-238,-241,-236,-220,-220,-333,-271,-283,-312,-363,-328,-531,-526,-656,-656,-642,-599,-583,-581,-548,-543,-1065,-688,-910,-896,-1100,-1089,-1096,-1092,-1043,-941,-2243,-2247,-2384,-2041,-1965,-1854,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29974,-29978,-29978,-29977,-29977,-29977]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. b3 c6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Qc2 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} Nfd7 (14... Nh7 15. Rad1 Ng5 16. Kh2 Qb6 17. Bxd6 Bxh3 18. f4 Rad8 19. e5 Bg4 20. fxg5 Bxd1 21. Qxd1 hxg5 {0-1 (53) L'Ami,E (2611)-Markus,R (2662) Baku 2016}) 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Be3 {White is better.} Qb6 {[#]} 17. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf2 a4 19. bxa4 Qa5 20. Re2 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 Qxa4 {1-0 (45) Kurajica,B (2548)-Arapovic,V (2411) Sarajevo 2006}) 17... a4 18. b4 (18. Nxa4 $16 Nxa4 19. Nf5) 18... Nxc4 $11 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bf1 {Bxc4 is the strong threat.} Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qc5 23. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (23. Rxa4 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxa4 24. Nxa4 Qxc2 25. Nxc2) 23... a3 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 24. Rec1 Qg5 25. Kh2 Be5 (25... Bd7 $19 26. Qf2 b5) 26. Qf2 (26. Nce2 $17) 26... h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...h4. Black is in control.} 27. Kg2 Qe7 28. Kh1 (28. Bd3 $142) 28... Bd7 29. Rab1 b5 30. Na2 Rec8 31. Bd3 (31. Kg1 {might work better.}) 31... Qe8 32. Kg2 Rab8 33. Qe2 Kg7 34. Rb3 $2 (34. Qc2 {was called for.}) 34... c5 35. Nxb5 Qe6 36. Bc4 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxg3+ 38. Qg2 {and the idea Qxg3 leaves White hopeful.} Qh4 39. Bf1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 40. Rcb1 c4 41. Rb4 dxe4 42. Nxa3 Rxb4 43. Nxb4 Bg4 44. Nbc2 Bf3 45. Qh3 Qg5+ 46. Kf2 h4 47. Be2 Bg3+ {Black mates.} 48. Kf1 Bxe2+ 49. Kxe2 Rd8 50. Nd4 Qh5+ 51. Kf1 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 33%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,18,10,-4,0,0,33,33,9,0,0,-30,-29,-33,-18,-49,-53,-129,-130,-139,-129,-138,-152,-353,-114,-140,-129,-133,-120,-158,-84,-238,-235,-205,-208,-202,-58,-298,-261,-328,-162,-156,-164,-151,-129,-299,-286,-442,-465,-782,-771,-1099,-1068,-1062,-1043,-1329,-1290,-1254,-1220]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 (5... Nge7 6. c5 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nf3 h6 10. Rb1 b6 11. Ba3 Be6 12. c4 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 {½-½ (81) Cordova,E (2651)-Stripunsky,A (2536) Philadelphia 2017}) 6. d3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Nf3 h6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Nh4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. O-O Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Nf1 b6 {½-½ (35) Siikaluoma,A (2533)-Rydholm,L (2524) ICCF email 2012}) 9... Bg4 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 exf4 $1 14. gxf4 Rae8 15. Qf2 {[#]} Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. dxc4 ({Better is} 16. Qe3 $15) 16... Nxe4 $17 17. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 18. Kf1 Rfe8 ({Resist} 18... Rxc4 19. Qg3 $15) 19. Bd2 $2 {[#]} (19. Qf3 $17) 19... Qe6 $2 ({Weaker is} 19... Rxc4 20. Kg2 $15) (19... Re2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2f2][%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 20. Qg3 (20. Qxe2 Rxe2) 20... Rxd2) 20. Rh2 Qxc4+ 21. Kg1 Qxa2 22. Qf1 a5 (22... Na5 $142 {Hoping for ...Qd5.} 23. Rg2 Nc4) 23. Nf5 $2 {[#]} (23. Rg2 $17) 23... Re2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2h2][%mdl 512]} 24. Rxe2 (24. Qxe2 Rxe2) 24... Rxe2 25. Be3 {[#]} Rg2+ ({Black should play} 25... Rc2 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qe6.} 26. Re1 Qe6) 26. Kh1 $2 (26. Qxg2 $15 Qxb1+ 27. Kh2 Qxf5 28. Qxc6) 26... Rg6 {Strongly threatening ...Qd5+.} 27. Rb5 Kh7 (27... a4 $142 {...Qc2 is the strong threat.} 28. Nh4 Re6) 28. Nh4 Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. f5 $2 (30. Nf5 $17) 30... Re5 31. c4 (31. Nf3 {was worth a try.} Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3 34. Qa4) 31... Nb4 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qc3 (32. Qd2 $142 Qxc4 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Ng2) 32... Re4 33. Ng2 Rxc4 34. Qe1 Qa4 35. Bxh6 Qxb5 36. Qg3 Qe5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,46,37,68,67,64,54,80,82,90,73,66,70,65,68,76,63,52,50,93,77,89,83,143,137,130,117,114,126,139,142,139,131,143,146,138,80,121,116,109,82,96,53,68,2,177,77,63,60,123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. c4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Ne4 9. Rc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Bd7 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 {1-0 (26) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Libiszewski,F (2515) Al Ain 2015}) 10. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. h4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 13. Nb5 (13. Bf3 {with more complications.} Qc5 14. h5 Ne5 15. Bd5 e6 16. Bg2) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nf6 15. Qd2 Qe5 16. f4 Qc5 17. h5 Ng4 {aiming for ...Qf2+.} 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. hxg6 hxg6 (19... fxg6 $142 20. Qd5+ (20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Rd8 $14) 20... Kg7) 20. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rh1h8]} f6 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 a5 23. a3 Kg7 24. Rh4 Rh8 {[#]} 25. Rxh8 $1 Kxh8 26. Qd4 (26. Be4 $142) 26... Bf5 27. Bxb7 Rd8 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bf3 Rh8 30. Qd4 (30. e4 $14 Bc8 31. Kf1) 30... e5 $2 {[#]} (30... Rd8 $11 31. Qc3 (31. Ne6+ Qxe6 32. Qxd8 Qe3 $11) 31... Rh8) 31. Qc3 (31. fxe5 $1 $18 {is more deadly.} fxe5 32. Qd5) 31... exf4 32. gxf4 Qb8 (32... Qd6 $14) 33. Nd3 ({White should play} 33. Qxa5 $16 Qxf4 34. Nd3) 33... Rc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Qxa5 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1 {Threatens to win with Qb4.} Qxf4 {[%cal Rf4c1]} 36. Qa7+ Kh6 {[%cal Rf4c1]} 37. Qc5 Ne3 {Hoping for ...Nc2+.} 38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qc5 {White wants to play Nd3.} Nc2+ 40. Kd1 {Strongly threatening Nd3.} Ne3+ 41. Ke1 {With the idea Nd3.} Kh4 {And now ...Nc2+ would win.} 42. Nd3 Bxd3 $1 43. Kd2 {[#]} Bxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kxe2 Nf5 45. Qf2+ Kg5 {...Nd4+ is the strong threat.} 46. Kd3 Qd6+ 47. Kc4 Qe6+ 48. Kc3 Qe5+ 49. Kd3 Qd6+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,19,116,106,110,106,98,106,100,108,103,82,72,70,94,79,81,93,85,58,63,69,70,60,82,85,111,105,133,100,96,101,246,249,250,242,238,213,249,245,245,237,240,248,294,283,266,248,372,291,429,378,477,487,495,477,597,585,756,751,1002,927,2456,2259,1703,1338,1766,1893,2155,1110,1633,1772,2554,2232,2181,2267,12834,12834,12833,9485,12833,12831,12833,12587]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. e3 Nxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Be5 b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. g3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b3 {½-½ (21) Vaganian,R (2560)-Short,N (2683) Hersonissos 2017}) 7... exd5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (7... Nxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 8. Nxd5 exd5) 8. e4 $1 $16 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nd2 Ba5 12. Be5 Bb7 13. Nc4 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (56) Homa,S (2366)-Ghatti,S (2255) Chicago 2015}) 9. exd5 {Threatens to win with d6.White is better.} Bxc5 {Hoping for ...Ng4.} 10. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 11. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 12. Bg5 Qd6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 13. Rc1 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Rfe8 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 14. Qd3 Bb6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. h3 Bc8 19. d6 {Black must now prevent d7.} Bf5 20. Qd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} ({Of course not} 20. Qxa6 $6 Qxd6 21. Qa4 Rc8 $11) 20... Be6 21. Qc6 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Rd8 22. Rd1 Qg6 (22... h6 $16) 23. Nd5 $18 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qc2 25. Rd2 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qc5 {[#]} 27. Qe4 $1 g6 28. b4 Qc8 29. g3 a5 30. b5 Qc5 (30... Qf5 $142 31. Qxf5 gxf5) 31. Qc6 Qf5 (31... a4 $142 32. d7 Qe7) 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. d7 {White is clearly winning.} Qf6 34. h4 h6 35. Qd5 Kf8 36. Ne5 h5 37. Nc6 Kg7 38. Nxd8 Bxd8 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Kf6 41. a4 Ke5 42. Rd1 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ke6 46. Kg3 Ke7 {[#]} 47. h5 $1 gxh5 48. Kh4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,16,23,2,2,0,23,21,25,14,20,27,35,18,76,76,77,76,76,76,77,77,78,69,74,74,72,75,80,68,102,58,83,70,63,9,8,9,16,6,10,10,10,9,21,21,40,15,13,8,14,8,8,8,16,15,16,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-6,-6,-18,0,-311,-314,-308,-293,-329,-351,-208,-336,-358,-347,-341,-328,-423,-429,-418,-397,-1456,-1756,-1712,-1681,-1547,-1489,-1600,-1566,-1640,-1649,-1900,-1866,-5489,-2166,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12848,-12850,-29983,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Bb4 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 {1-0 (41) Radjabov,T (2724)-Eljanov,P (2739) Geneve 2017}) 7... O-O {LiveBook: 100 Games} 8. Re1 c5 9. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... bxc5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8 {0-1 (38) Gaitan,J (2181)-Saldano Dayer,H (2427) Banfield 2011}) 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. b4 Be7 13. Bc3 {aiming for Qd4.} Bf6 (13... d5 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6 15. b5 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qd4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] [#]} 18. Qxf6 $1 Nxf6 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4 21. a4 a6 22. a5 axb5 23. a6 ({Reject} 23. Nxb5 $6 bxa5 24. Nc7 Ra7 $11) 23... Nc3 24. a7 (24. Nc6 $1 $14) 24... Rfc8 $11 25. Ra6 {And now Rea1 would win.} g6 26. Rc1 (26. Rea1 $5 {[%cal Ra6b6]} Rc7 27. h4 $16) 26... b4 27. Rxb6 {Ra1 is the strong threat.} Rxa7 28. Rxb4 Rac7 29. e3 Ne4 30. Rxc7 (30. Ra1 {is more complex.} Rc1 31. Ra2 h5 32. Rb7 R8c7 33. Rb8+) 30... Rxc7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ra7 33. Rb2 Kg7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Rb6+ f6 (36... Kg5 $5 37. f4+ $8 Kxg4 38. Nxh6+ Kh4 39. Nf5+ Kg4 40. Nh6+ Kh4 41. Nf5+ Kg4 42. Nh6+ $11) 37. f3 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 $1 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Kg5 40. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Ng7 $11 {and White is okay.}) 40... Nf2+ $19 41. Kg3 {[%cal Rb8g8]} Nxg4 42. Nd4 {Black should prevent Rg8+.} Nxe3 43. Rg8+ Kh5 44. Kf3 Nc4 45. Ne6 {[#] White threatens Nf4+ and mate.} Ne5+ $1 46. Ke3 {White hopes to continue with Nf4+.} Kh4 47. Nd4 Ng4+ 48. Kf4 $2 (48. Kd3) 48... h5 49. Nf3+ Kh3 50. Rh8 Ra4+ 51. Kf5 Kg3 52. Nd2 h4 53. Ke6 Ra1 54. Kf5 h3 55. Rg8 h2 56. Rxg4+ Kf2 57. Rh4 h1=Q 58. Rxh1 Rxh1 59. Kxf6 Ke3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,239,17,-10,-18,-20,-14,-32,-34,-35,-12,-18,-12,-21,-14,-5,14,16,21,18,14,11,10,16,15,20,20,11,92,89,92,78,153,113,292,300,288,276,250,61,93,84,88,105,195,190,177,197,188,66,285,253,288,94,104,61,72,85,110,110,109,108,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-186,-185,-179,-140,-150,-127,-140,0,-154,-112,-112,-112,-115,-118,-118,-110,-210,-210,-629,-611,-1032,-904,-725,-694,-688,-681,-623,-547,-1124,-1116,-1097,-1094,-1175,-983,-2150,-1027,-998,-975,-848,-781,-12826,-12829,-12830,-12831,-12831,-12823,-2112,-1854,-12837,-302,-12833,-12833,-12832,-11886,-1979,-1529,-12828,-12831,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12835,-6203,-1393,-1096,-1021,-12833,-12835,-12833,-12834,-12834,-12830,-12843,-12840,-12841,-12835,-2102,-1743,-12838,-12839,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12840,-12842,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12839,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12847,-12850,-12850,-12850]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5 {LiveBook: 21 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O (8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. g3 Qc7 13. e4 Rae8 14. Rfe1 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 {½-½ (34) Granda Zuniga,J (2648)-Melkumyan,H (2653) Germany 2017}) 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Qxh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] The position is equal.} g6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 f6 13. Bg3 e5 $1 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. O-O Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf6) 16. b4 e4 17. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} Be6 18. Nb3 Bf6 19. Nc5 Ne5 20. Bb3 Rfe8 (20... Bf7 $11) 21. Rad1 $16 Bg4 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 (22... Kg7 $142 23. Qd2 (23. Qxe4 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxe4 $14) 23... Rad8) 23. Qxe4 {Hoping for Bxe5.} Nf3+ $2 (23... Bxd1 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Rxd1 Rad8) 24. gxf3 $18 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. Bxb7 Bxf3 26. Bxe4 (26. Bxa8 Bxd1 27. Nxe4 Bf3 $11) 26... Bxd1 $11) 25... Bh3 26. Rfe1 $2 (26. Bxb7 Rd8 $11) ({White should try} 26. Rd6 $18 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 (27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Bxb7 Ra7 $16)) 26... Rd8 $1 $14 27. Bd5 h5 {next ...h4 is good for Black.} (27... Bxc3 $2 28. Na4 $18) 28. Ne4 ({Inferior is} 28. Bxb7 Bxc3 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 28... Kh7 (28... Be7 $16) 29. Bf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e3] Black must now prevent Be3.} Rd7 30. Bg5 Bd8 31. f4 (31. Be3 $18 Qc7 32. Nc5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5) 31... Bg4 $2 (31... Qc7 $1 $14) 32. Rd4 Bf5 33. h4 $2 (33. Nc5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rg7 34. Bxd8 Qxd8 35. Nxb7 (35. Bxb7 Qh4 $16)) 33... Qc7 34. Red1 Kg7 35. c4 Bxg5 36. fxg5 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 ({Stronger than} 37. Bxe4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Qf4 $15) 37... Re7 38. Rde1 (38. Red4 $1 $16) 38... Rxe4 $11 39. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} b6 40. Kg2 Qd6 41. b5 Qa3 42. Re2 Kf8 43. Re6 (43. Be4 $5 {[%cal Re4g6]} Qe7 44. f3 $11) 43... Qd3 $1 44. a4 Qd1 45. Bf3 (45. a5 $5) 45... Qxa4 46. Rf6+ (46. Bd5 $5 {[%cal Re6g6]}) 46... Kg7 47. Rc6 (47. Be4 $5 {[%cal Rf6g6]}) 47... Qa2 48. Kg3 (48. Be4 $5 {[%cal Rc6g6]}) 48... Qa1 49. Re6 Qg1+ (49... Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c4]}) 50. Bg2 Qd1 {Strongly threatening ...Qg4+.} 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Re4 Kg7 53. Rf4 Qd3+ 54. Bf3 Qc3 55. Kg2 Qd2 56. Re4 Qd6 57. Be2 Qd2 58. Re3 Qd4 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. f4 Qd2 61. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (61. Re7+ $11 Kf8 62. Re6) 61... Qc1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 62. Bf1 Kf8 63. Rd3 Ke7 64. Re3+ Kf8 ({Better is} 64... Kd6 $17 65. Rf3 Kc5) 65. Rg3 $2 (65. Rd3 $1 $11) 65... Qc2+ 66. Be2 Qe4 67. Bd3 Qh1 68. Bxg6 Qxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Qh2+.} 69. Kg2 (69. Be4 $17) 69... Kg7 70. f5 $2 {[#]} (70. Be4) 70... Qe4+ $1 71. Kh2 Qxc4 72. Kh3 Qf1+ 73. Kh4 Qf4+ 74. Kh3 Qe4 {[%cal Re4h1]} 75. Ra3 Qg4+ 76. Kh2 Qh4+ 77. Rh3 Qf4+ 78. Kg2 Qxg5+ (78... h4 $142 79. Ra3 Qxg5+ 80. Kh3 Qf4) 79. Rg3 Qd2+ 80. Kh3 Kf6 81. Bxh5 Kxf5 82. Bg4+ Ke5 83. Rf3 Qc2 84. Kg3 Qg6 85. Rf2 Qb1 $2 (85... a5 86. bxa6 Qd3+ 87. Kh4 Qxa6 88. Rf5+ Ke4) 86. Rf3 $2 (86. Be2) 86... Qg1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 87. Kh4 Qh2+ 88. Kg5 Qd2+ 89. Kh4 Ke4 90. Rf5 Qh6+ 91. Kg3 Qd6+ 92. Kh4 Qg6 (92... a5 $142 93. bxa6 Qa3) 93. Rf1 Qh6+ 94. Kg3 Qg5 95. Re1+ Kd4 96. Rd1+ Kc5 97. Rd7 Qe5+ 98. Kf3 Qa1 99. Ke4 Kxb5 100. Be2+ Kc6 101. Rd4 b5 102. Bf3 Kb6 103. Be2 a6 104. Rd6+ Kc5 105. Rd5+ Kc6 106. Rd1 Qa4+ 107. Kd3 Qb3+ 108. Kd2 Qb2+ 109. Ke3 Kc5 110. Rd7 Qe5+ 111. Kd2 Kb4 112. Rd3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 113. Rd7 a4 114. Bd3 Qc3+ 115. Ke3 Qc5+ 116. Kd2 Kb3 117. Bh7 Qg5+ 118. Kd3 b4 119. Be4 Qb5+ 120. Kd4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,24,25,20,0,1,0,8,14,17,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,6,0,35,35,28,27,31,32,40,35,77,64,80,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,-5,0,-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 {½-½ (43) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Nd7 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qg3 O-O 10. Nd2 f6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Na5 Qc8 {½-½ (81) Bartel,M (2637)-Negi,P (2670) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9... Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Kb8 12. Qg3 f6 13. f4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 exf4 15. Qxf4 Ne5 16. Nf3 Rhe8 17. Rhf1 c5 (17... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 18. Kb1 b6 $11) 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. g4 Kc8 21. Rf5 c4 22. Rxe5 ({Don't play} 22. dxc4 $6 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rxe4 $11) 22... fxe5 $16 {KR-KR} 23. Rf1 (23. dxc4 $16 Rd4 24. Rf1) 23... cxd3 $11 24. Rf7 Rd7 25. Rf8+ Rd8 26. Rf7 Rd7 27. Rf8+ Rd8 28. Rf5 dxc2 29. Kxc2 Rd6 30. Rf8+ (30. Rxe5 $11 Rc6+ 31. Kd2) 30... Rd8 ({Better is} 30... Kd7 $1 $15) 31. Rf7 {The position is equal.} Rd7 32. Rf8+ $1 Rd8 33. Rf5 Rd6 ({Black should try} 33... Rh8 $11) 34. Rf8+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,242,55,37,59,59,61,56,67,64,55,66,53,53,96,57,76,47,62,48,69,32,36,28,25,53,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,124,-36,-41,-44,-50,-166,-163,-158,-53,-57,-48,-53,-52,-56,-47,-43,-43,-104,-69,-83,-85,-90,-61,-63,-62,-66,-57,-102,-111,-176,-164,-160,-150,-172,-35,-38,-36,-41,-41,-44,-34,-40,-29,-50,-45,-46,-45,-79,-78,-252,-234,-235,-242,-238,-206,-201,-193,-1145,-1137,-1095,-1095,-1016,-808,-714,-587,-552,-488,-411,-229,-197,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-109,0,-111,0,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,0,-111,-111,-111,-109,-109,0,-111,-111,-111,-111,-111,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-111,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-109,-35,-35,-37,-64,-58,-58,-37,-51,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-23,-23,-22,0,-23,0,-37,0,-51,0,-23,0,-51,0,-37,0,-58,0,-48,-48,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-48,-48,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,-20,-23,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Ne8 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (9... Bd7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2 Rb8 15. b3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Qd2 {½-½ (29) Konovalov,N (2501)-Pustovoitova,D (2407) Moscow 2017}) 10. Be3 Nc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne5 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Nde2 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qa5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. h3 {½-½ (41) Kozganbayev,E (2284)-Gagare,S (2223) Chennai 2011}) 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be3 a5 18. Rb1 b6 19. f4 Ned3 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Qe2 e5 22. Ndb5 exf4 23. gxf4 Qe7 24. Nd5 (24. Rbd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d3]} Nb4 25. Rfe1 $11) 24... Bxd5 $1 25. cxd5 Rae8 {White should prevent ...f5.} 26. Rbd1 Nb4 27. e5 dxe5 28. f5 Nxb3 (28... Qf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. f6 $2 (29. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Qh4 30. Bxb6) 29... Bxf6 $15 {...Qd8 is the strong threat.} 30. Bxb6 {[#] Threatens to win with Qf3.} Nd4 $1 31. Qf2 (31. Nxd4 $15 exd4 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Bxd4) 31... Bh4 $19 32. Qb2 Nbc2 (32... Nxb5 $17 33. axb5 Rb8) 33. d6 Qd7 {aiming for ...Ne3.} 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4 Bd8 37. Qc4 ({White should try} 37. Rd3 $15) 37... Re3 38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Qd5 Bb6 40. Kh2 Qd7 41. Qb5 Qd8 42. Rf3 Re6 43. d7 (43. Rfd3 $17) 43... Qc7+ 44. Kh1 Ba7 45. Bf1 {[#]} Bb8 (45... Rd8 $1 $19 46. Qd5 Bb8) 46. Qb2 $15 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. Bb5 Bc7 49. Qg2 Kg7 50. Qb2+ f6 51. Qe2 Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 52. Kg1 Rf7 53. Rd3 $2 (53. Qd3 $17 Qg5+ 54. Kf1) 53... Bb6+ $19 54. Kh2 {[#]} Qc5 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rc5g1]} 55. Qe3 Qxe3 56. Rxe3 Rxd7 $1 57. Bxd7 $2 (57. Re2 Rd4 58. Re7+ Kh6 59. Kg2) 57... Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 58. Kg3 f5 59. Bb5 Kf6 60. Bc6 Bd2 61. Bb5 Be1+ 62. Kf3 Ke7 (62... Bb4 $142 63. Ke3 Bc5+ 64. Kd2 Kg5) 63. Kg2 h5 (63... g5 $19 64. Be2 Bb4) 64. Be2 Kf6 65. Bb5 Kf7 66. Be2 Kg7 67. Bb5 Kf7 (67... Bb4 $17 68. Kf2 Kf7 69. Bc4+ Kf6) 68. Bc4+ (68. Be2 $1 $11) 68... Ke7 69. Be2 $1 Bb4 70. Bd3 Bd6 71. Be2 Kf6 72. Bb5 Kf7 73. Bc4+ Ke7 74. Be2 $1 Bc7 75. Bd3 Kd6 76. Bb5 Ke7 {Hoping for ...g5.} 77. Bd3 $1 Bb8 78. Be2 Kf8 79. Bd3 Kg7 80. Bb5 Kh6 81. Be8 Kg5 82. Bd7 Kf6 83. Be8 h4 84. Kf3 g5 85. Bd7 Ke5 86. Bc8 Bc7 87. Bd7 Bd8 88. Bc8 g4+ (88... Be7 $17 89. Bd7 Bd6) 89. hxg4 $15 f4 90. Ba6 Bg5 91. Bf1 Kd4 92. Bb5 Kc3 93. Ke4 Kd2 94. Kf3 Ke1 95. Bc4 Bh6 96. Bb5 Bg5 97. Bc4 Kd2 98. Bb5 Kc3 99. Ke4 Kb4 ({Better is} 99... h3 $15 100. Kf3 Kd2) 100. Kf3 (100. Kf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g5]} f3 101. Bf1 $17) 100... Kc5 101. Bf1 (101. Ke4 $11) 101... Kd4 (101... Kd5 $15) 102. Bg2 Ke5 103. Bf1 Bd8 (103... Kd5 $15) 104. Bg2 Bc7 105. Bf1 Kf6 106. Bh3 Bd6 107. Bf1 Ke5 108. Bh3 Kd4 109. Bf1 Kd5 110. Bg2 Kc5 111. Bf1 Kb4 112. Bb5 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 113. g5 h2 {Black is better.} 114. Kg2 {[#]} f3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 115. Kh1 (115. Kxf3 h1=Q+) 115... Be5 116. g6 Kc3 117. Bc6 f2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 118. Bb5 Kd2 {Strongly threatening ...Ke1.} 119. g7 Bxg7 {( -> ...Ke1)} 120. Kxh2 Ke1 121. Kg2 Bf6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,42,3,4,7,34,29,33,34,54,55,58,31,36,26,95,80,87,94,104,106,247,138,219,94,104,93,106,95,225,170,179,172,288,161,163,166,166,171,209,199,209,207,199,205,203,206,207,173,252,247,245,197,253,220,376,318,622,593,1005,1009,988,987,945,974,953,916,876,866]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} Nfd7 10. f4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (10. Re1 Be7 11. e5 d5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e6 O-O 16. exd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (44) Anand,V (2803)-Volokitin,A (2639) Berlin 2015}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 {The position is equal.} Be7 12. e5 d5 13. Nce2 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. c3 Qc7 15. h4 Rac8 16. g5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (44) Kubis,F (1996)-Raasch,W ICCF email 2013}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} exf5 (16... O-O $11) 17. gxf5 Bg5 18. Qc1 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 {Hoping for f6.} Ne4 (19... Qc7 $16) 20. e6 (20. f6 $1 $18 Qb6 21. fxg7) 20... Qg5 (20... Qb6 $16) 21. Qxg5 (21. Rf4 $18 {is more deadly.} Qf6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Ke7 25. Ne6) 21... Nxg5 $16 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. c3 f6 (23... Rf8 $16) 24. Nb3 {Strongly threatening h4.} g6 25. fxg6 Ke7 {[#]} (25... hxg6 $142 26. Rxf6 Ke7 27. Rxg6 Rcg8 28. Rxg8 Rxg8) 26. g7 (26. h4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Nxe6 27. Rde1) 26... Rhg8 $18 27. Nd4 {Black must now prevent h4.} Rc7 28. Kh2 Rxg7 29. Nf5+ Kxe6 30. Nxg7+ Rxg7 31. h4 Ne4 {[#]} 32. Bh3+ $1 Kd6 33. Rg1 Rc7 (33... Re7 {is a better defense.} 34. Rg8 a5 35. Rd8+ Kc5) 34. Rg8 b4 35. cxb4 Rc4 (35... Rc2+ {was worth a try.} 36. Rg2 Rc7) 36. a3 d4 $2 (36... Rc2+ {keeps fighting.} 37. Kg1 Rxb2) 37. Bg2 Nf2 $2 (37... f5 38. Kg1 Ke5 39. Re8+ Kf6) 38. Rd8+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke5 39. Re1+ Be4 40. Bxe4 Nxe4 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. R8xe4 Rc2+ 43. R4e2 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,58,18,40,12,47,43,66,80,69,51,44,39,59,44,62,43,89,16,23,-14,-29,-34,-45,-31,-16,-81,-97,-154,0,0,0,-752,-688,-735,-716,-741,-701,-688,-614,-750,-741,-715,-691,-831,-826]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O-O d6 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 9. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qg3 Bd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Kb1 h5 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. f4 h4 14. Qe1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 b5 16. h3 Be7 17. Rc1 {½-½ (17) Zhigalko,S (2654)-Harikrishna,P (2740) Kocaeli 2015}) 9... Be7 (9... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 10. Qg3 b5 $11) 10. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 13. Qh6 Re8 $1 14. f4 Bf8 15. Qh4 Bg7 16. Bh3 (16. Qf2 $16) 16... Nb6 $11 17. Nxc6 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} Bxc3 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nf5 (20. fxe5 $11 {remains equal.} dxe5 21. Nb3) 20... gxf5 $17 21. exf5 {[#]} (21. Bxf5 $142 Bxf5 22. exf5) 21... Nc4 $2 ({Better is} 21... exf4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Re2.} 22. Qxf4 Re2) 22. g6 $11 fxg6 23. Rxg6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. fxg6 $11 h6 24. f5) 23... hxg6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rg1 Re7 {White must now prevent ...Rg7.} 25. Rxg6+ Rg7 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qd8+ Kf7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 28. Qc7+ {[#]} Bd7 $1 29. Bf1 (29. Qxd7+ Kf8) 29... Ke7 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,22,30,31,31,39,43,35,82,29,21,10,49,37,37,8,30,17,39,25,60,70,195,202,214,209,210,160,158,156,140,105,121,68,72,68,68,68,68,65,125,74,89,84,148,119,160,131,236,156,181,168,179,119,131,115,113,101,130,56,97,84,95,27,85,28,36,0,0,-114,-78,-52,-68,-105,-159,-166,-194,-274,-254,-233,-253,-387,-371,-472,-468,-401,-262,-275,-250,0,169,-208,-219,-864,-838,-809,0,0,1010,0,0,0,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 a6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 9. a4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} a5 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bh2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nb8 14. e4 Na6 15. Rfe1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nd7 {½-½ (32) Villamayor,B (2474)-Iswana,A (2180) Bali 2000}) 12. Bh2 (12. e4 $16) 12... Nc7 $11 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rab1 Bb7 15. b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Ra5 17. Rfb1 Qa8 18. c5 Nxc5 (18... Rc8 $14) 19. dxc5 $18 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nd5 21. Qb3 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxc5 23. Qxb6 Bc8 24. Qb4 (24. e4 $16) 24... Ba6 $14 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 (26. Kxf1 Ra5 $15) 26... Qa7 27. e4 Qa5 (27... Rb8 $14 28. Qd2 Qxa4) 28. Qb7 (28. Qb3 $142) 28... e5 $16 29. Bg3 Qa8 (29... Qxa4 $142 30. Qe7 Qxe4) 30. Qb2 {Qd2 is the strong threat.} Rd8 31. Rd1 Kh7 (31... Qxa4 $16 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxd6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qd1 36. Qxd1 (36. Bxe5 Qxd6 37. Bxd6 c5 $16) 36... Rxd1) 32. Qb4 {And now Rxd6! would win.} Qa7 33. Kh2 f6 34. Rb1 (34. Nd2 $18) 34... Rd7 35. Nh4 Ra5 36. Qc4 Rf7 37. Qe6 (37. f3 $16) 37... Qd7 38. Qb3 d5 39. Rc1 (39. f3 $16) 39... Ra7 (39... dxe4 $11 40. Rxc6 Ra7) 40. exd5 ({White should try} 40. f4 $16) 40... cxd5 $11 41. Qb1 e4 42. f4 (42. a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42... Rb7 43. Qc2 f5 44. Bf2 g5 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Qe2 (46. Qd1 {was worth a try.} Qd6+ 47. Kg1 gxh4 48. Bd4) 46... Qd6+ $1 $19 (46... gxh4 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. Bd4 $14) 47. Kg1 ({But not} 47. Bg3 $2 f4 $19) 47... gxh4 48. Bd4 (48. a5 {is the only way for White.}) 48... Qh6 49. Qf1 Rb4 50. Be5 {intending Rc8.} Qe3+ 51. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} f4 ({Don't blunder} 51... Rxa4 $2 52. Rc7 $18) 52. Rc8 {[#]} Kg6 $2 {[#]} (52... Rg7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 53. Rc3 (53. Bxg7 Kxg7) 53... Qb6) 53. Rg8+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1g4] is the narrow road to win. Qg4+ would kill now.} Qg3+ 54. Kh1) 53... Kf5 54. Bh8 $2 (54. Bd6 Rb2 55. Qd1) 54... f3 55. Rg4 Rc4 $2 ({Black should play} 55... Rc7 $19 {( -> ...Rc1)} 56. Qa6 Qb6 57. Qxb6 Rxb6 58. gxf3 exf3) 56. Qa1 $1 $40 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Ra1e5][%mdl 128] [#] White attacks.} d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rc3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Bxc3 (57. Qxc3 Qxc3) 57... f2) 57. Qb1 $2 ({Only move:} 57. Qb2 $18 {Intending Qb5+ and mate.} Ke6 58. Qb5) 57... d3 58. Qb8 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rb8e5]} fxg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Qc5 $11 59. Rf4+ Ke6) 59. Qe5# {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,110,-17,-35,-1,-27,-14,-20,-20,-50,-13,-13,-12,-45,-9,-13,-16,-15,-17,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,62,-118,-135,-172,-170,-163,-160,-144,-158,-166,-137,-144,-149,-154,-82,-120,-73,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,6,0,6,2,2,0,0,-4,0,0,-6,-11,-4,-9,0,-79,-44,-30,-14,-64,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-117,-219,-226,-992,-989,-981,-956,-943,-930,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. h4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Re8 13. Bf4 a5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. a3 a4 19. Bh2 Qd5 20. Rac1 Rec8 21. Nb1 {0-1 (68) Leitao,R (2649)-Shirov,A (2709) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ng4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Re8 13. Nd2 a5 14. f3 a4 15. g4 a3 16. b3 Nf8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be5 Nd7 {0-1 (35) Tahirov,F (2452)-Miton,K (2604) Warsaw 2008}) 13. Rdf1 {The position is equal.} h5 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nf4 {And now Nxg6! would win.} Kg7 17. Rh3 Nf8 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ng5 a4 20. Rf3 Nf6 21. a3 Ra5 22. Qc2 Rb5 23. Ka2 Ra8 24. Re1 Ra6 (24... N8d7 $11) 25. e4 $2 (25. Nd3 $1 $14) 25... dxe4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rab6.} 26. Nxe4 Rab6 27. Nd3 Nxe4 28. Rfe3 Qe6+ 29. Kb1 Qb3 ({Resist} 29... f5 30. f3 $17) 30. Rxe4 Qxa3 $1 31. Re7 Rf5 (31... Rb3 $142 32. Kc1 Qd6) 32. f3 Qb3 33. Nc5 Qb4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 34. Nxa4 Rbb5 35. Nc3 Ra5 36. R1e4 Qc4 (36... Rf6 {looks sharper.} 37. Qe2 Qb3 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Nxd1 Ne6) 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 b5 39. Rb7 Ra8 40. d5 cxd5 41. Rxb5 Rf4 42. Nxd5 Rxh4 {White should prevent ...Ne6.} 43. Rb7 Rd8 44. Nc3 Rd6 45. b4 (45. Ree7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rf4 46. Ne4) 45... Ne6 46. Ne4 Rd1+ 47. Ka2 Nd4 (47... Rh2 $1 $15 48. Rf2 h4) 48. Rf2 $1 $11 Rhh1 49. Nc3 Rd3 50. Kb2 {[#]} (50. Rc7 $1 $11) 50... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3g2][%mdl 32]} 51. b5 {[#]} (51. Rd7 $17 {was worth a try.}) 51... Rh2 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 52. Re7 $2 (52. Ne4 Rb3+ 53. Ka2 Rxb5 54. Rxb5 Nxb5 55. Rd2) 52... h3 53. Re1 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Rxf3 (54. gxf3 Rxf2+) 54... Nxf3 55. b6 hxg2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,34,22,39,20,58,24,24,28,27,11,35,37,37,27,27,35,32,38,64,76,68,69,52,22,25,30,47,37,82,29,29,6,36,28,16,18,103,106,112,103,106,108,114,84,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} (6... c5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nd4 g6 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Huaian 2016}) 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bb2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bd6 10. a4 bxa4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... b4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nfe5 f5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Bd3 {1-0 (39) Logothetis,S (2158)-Trivizas,M (2078) Glyfada 1999}) 11. bxa4 O-O 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nfe5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd2 19. Bc4 Qb4 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Bd3 Qb3 22. Be2 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Qxa4 23. Qg3 ({Better is} 23. Qg5 $16 h6 24. Qg3) 23... Kh8 $1 $11 24. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd7 (24... e5 $5) 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. Be5 Red8 (26... Be4 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Bd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 28. Rxb7 {Bf3 is the strong threat.} Ne4 {[#]} 29. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5e4]} Nc3 {And now ...f6 would win.} 30. Bh5 Nxd1 {[#]} 31. Rxf7 (31. h3 $1 $16) 31... Qxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Bxf7 Rc1 {[%cal Rd1e3]} 33. h3 $1 ({Don't go for} 33. f3 $2 Nb2+ 34. Kf2 Nd3+ 35. Kg3 Nxe5 $19) 33... Nxe3+ $1 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,162,31,31,29,23,30,30,42,28,34,32,30,22,34,12,19,24,30,22,14,16,31,21,34,37,39,37,38,20,24,16,20,-2,37,28,38,37,26,35,39,34,39,20,28,21,34,16,22,10,25,14,32,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,0,-31,-33,-22,-2,-16,0,-33,0,0,0,0,4,2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12845,-12839,-12841,-12841,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12851,-29977,-12851,-29978,-12851,-29975,-12851,-29974,-12851,-29942,-12851,-29964,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29982,-12851,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe5 Bg4 15. Bc7 O-O 16. a3 Bxf3 17. axb4 Bxd1 {0-1 (17) So,W (2810)-Duda,J (2707) Leon 2017}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 a6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Bb7 {0-1 (37) Voegeli,M-Dal Pra,R Basel 2001}) 10... exd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Qe7 13. N2f3 a6 14. Qc2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 ({Don't play} 15. exd4 Ne4 $17) 15... Ne4 16. Qb2 f6 17. b4 Be6 18. Rfc1 Bf7 19. Ne1 Bb8 20. Nd3 Re8 21. b5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Be5 23. Bf1 (23. Bc5 {looks sharper.} Nxc5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc5 d4 26. Bb5) 23... Nd6 ({Much worse is} 23... Rxa3 $6 24. Bc5 $16) 24. Qb4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Nf5 26. Qb2 Ra4 27. Nb4 Rea8 28. Rd1 R4a5 29. Nc2 Nd6 30. Rab1 R8a7 31. Qd4 h5 32. Qb4 Bg6 33. Rb2 (33. Rbc1 {with more complications.} Bf7 34. Nd4 Qd7 35. Bd3 Ra4 36. Qb6) 33... Qe5 34. Qd4 (34. Be2 {seems wilder.} Ra4 35. Qb3 R4a5 36. Ra2 Be8 37. Bf3) 34... Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc5 36. Bd3 Bf7 37. h3 Nc4 38. Rb3 Rca5 (38... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 39. Nb4 g6 $11) 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Rb6 R5a6 41. Rb5 Ra5 42. Rb6 Rd5 (42... Rc5 {is more complex.} 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. f3 c3 45. e4 Bc4) 43. Rxd5 Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. f3 Kf7 45. Rb5 Bc6 46. Rc5 Ba4 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. Rxc4 Bxc2 $1 49. Rxc2 Rxa3 {KR-KR} 50. Rb2 Ra7 51. Kf2 h4 52. f4 Kd5 53. Kf3 Kc6 54. Kg4 b5 55. Kxh4 Re7 56. Re2 Kd5 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 57. Kh5 b4 {And now ...b3 would win.} 58. Kg6 Kc4 {Threatens to win with ...Kd3.} 59. h4 Kd3 60. Rf2 b3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rb7.} ({Resist} 60... Kxe3 61. Rf3+ Kd2 62. g4 $15) 61. h5 Rb7 {White must now prevent ...b2.} (61... f5 $5) 62. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. g3 $11) 62... Kxe3 63. Rf1 b2 64. g5 b1=Q+ 65. Rxb1 Rxb1 66. f5 fxg5 {( -> ...g4)} 67. Kxg7 $19 {KR-KPP} g4 68. f6 g3 69. f7 g2 70. f8=Q g1=Q+ 71. Kh8 Qd1 72. Qe7+ Kf4 73. Qf6+ Kg4 74. h6 Rb8+ 75. Kh7 Qd3+ 76. Qg6+ {Black mates.} Qxg6+ 77. Kxg6 Rb6+ 78. Kg7 Kg5 79. h7 Rb7+ 80. Kg8 Kg6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} 81. h8=N+ Kf6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,68,-32,-32,-31,-34,-56,-35,-30,-30,-42,-36,-31,26,-16,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-294,-281,-278,-268,-316,-174,-462,-469,-435,-427,-599,-599,-723,-718,-718,-528,-528,-506,-464,-446,-537,-413,-516,-413,-413,-406,-1587,-1395]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 e5 {LiveBook: 34 Games} 11. Qe2 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11. Re1 Qc7 12. Na3 Bg4 13. Nc2 a5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. a3 Rad8 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxb4 Bc5 {0-1 (56) Saric,I (2637)-Zelcic,R (2557) Stari Mikanovci 2011}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3,Bd3b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Ne1 Bf8 14. Nc2 a5 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Silva,A (2194)-Caselas Cabanas,J (2376) Vila Nova de Gaia 2004}) 12... Re8 13. Nc2 {Black is slightly better.} a5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ba3 f5 (15... Bf5 $15 16. Bxc5 Bxc5) 16. Bxc6 (16. Bd5+ {with more complications.} Kh8 17. Rfe1 e4 18. dxe4 d3 19. Qe3) 16... bxc6 17. Qxe5 Nxd3 (17... Ne4 $5 18. dxe4 Bxa3 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb2 21. Nxf5 (21. Nxc6 $2 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bb7 $19) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxf5 23. exf5 a4 $11) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qxd4 Rd7 20. Qc3 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Rd3. Black is more active.} 21. Nb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Nf3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rd3 22. Qb2) 21... Rd3 $19 22. Qb2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g3][%mdl 512] ...fxg3 is the strong threat.} 23. Ne1 (23. gxf4 Bh3) 23... Rd1 (23... Bh3 $142 24. Nxd3 Nxd3) 24. a3 $2 (24. Nc3 Rd2 25. Qc1) 24... Nd3 25. Qe2 Nc1 26. Qc2 (26. Qf3 $142 Bh3 27. gxf4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1) 26... Bh3 27. Ng2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 f3 29. Qxc1 Qd3+ ({And not} 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 $11) 30. Kg1 fxg2 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Qxd2 34. b5 (34. Qxd2 $142 Rxd2 35. Rb1) 34... Qe2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,100,0,0,-27,0,-25,-22,-30,-31,-31,-27,-38,-29,-29,-15,-40,-15,-16,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-87,-99,-90,-65,-77,-84,-80,-89,-143,-84,-79,-114,-99,-109,-177,-135,-258,-250,-260,-259,-263,-282,-274,-274,-562,-565,-556,-556,-567,-510,-772,-749,-723,-732,-964,-966,-915,-896,-904,-905,-1067,-1038,-897,-1098,-1138,-1071,-1753,-1605,-1615,-1619,-1502,-1425,-1243,-1194]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. Qc2 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. a4 Bc5 {Black has an edge.} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Rad8 16. h3 Nb8 17. b4 {½-½ (64) Petrosian,T (2625)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015}) 12... Qe7 13. Nf1 Ng4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qc5 18. Qb5 b6 19. Bf1 f6 20. Qxc5 bxc5 21. Ne1 Rab8 22. Nd3 c4 23. Nc5 Bf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 24. Rb1 {[#]} (24. Re2 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Kf8 $1 $17 25. f4 Rd6 26. Ree1 Ke7 27. Red1 Rb6 28. Bh3 (28. Be2 $142) 28... Nd8 (28... Rxb2 $142 29. Rdc1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 exf4 31. gxf4 Nd8) 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Bg4 h5 31. Bf5 (31. Be2 $17) 31... Be8 32. Bc8 (32. Rdc1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 32... Rb8 33. Bh3 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxb2 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke2 $2 (36. Na6 {keeps fighting.} Nf7 37. Bf5) 36... Rh1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 36... Kxc5 37. Kxd1 Bxa4+ 38. Kc1 $11) 37. Rd2+ Kxc5 38. Rxd8 Rxh2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Kf3 (39. Kf1 $142 Bxa4 40. Bg2) 39... Bxa4 ({Less strong is} 39... Rxh3 40. Kg2 $17) 40. Rd5+ Kb6 41. Be6 Bb3 42. Bd7 c6 43. Rxe5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 44. Re8 Kc7 45. Bf5 a3 46. Re7+ Kb6 {White must now prevent ...a2.} 47. Bc8 a2 48. Rb7+ Kc5 49. Ra7 Rh1 50. Ra5+ Kb6 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,-10,0,12,-20,54,-64,-64,-85,-89,-77,-76,-77,-77,-66,-67,-80,-79,-55,-58,-75,0,-73,-77,-336,-159,-145,-165,-405,-245,-245,-150,-145,-154,-155,-164,-226,-295,-289,-281,-714,-714]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Nxe5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8... h5 9. Nd4 hxg4 10. Bb5 Nge7 11. Qxg4 Qc7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qg3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxc5 16. O-O-O Bxd4 17. Rxd4 {0-1 (38) Salem,A (2564)-Khismatullin,D (2674) Sharjah 2014}) 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 12. Ba4 $146 (12. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 13. O-O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 Be4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nd3 {½-½ (38) Pranavananda,V (1971)-Kunal,M (2288) New Delhi 2012}) 12... Ne4 (12... Qc7 $11) 13. O-O-O (13. Bxc6+ $14 bxc6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3) 13... Nxc3 $15 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bg5+ Be4 17. Bb3 Bxc5 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. Qxe4 Qxc3 {Hoping for ...Ba3+.} 20. Rd3 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qb2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bb4+ is the strong threat. Black is really pushing.} 22. Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Be3 $17 Bxe3+ 23. fxe3) 22... Nd4 (22... Nb4 $19 {is more deadly.} 23. Rb3 Qxa2) 23. Rh3 $17 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 $1 {And now ...Rae8 would win.} 24. a3 $2 (24. Rc1) 24... Rac8 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Bf6 {[#] Threatening mate with Qxg6+!} Nb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxb3 (27. Bxb3 Qxf6) 27... Qxf6 28. Rf3 (28. c4 $142) 28... Qg5+ $19 29. Kd1 Rfd8 30. c4 $2 {[#]} (30. Rd3 Bxf2 31. Qf3) 30... Rxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,-13,-1,-37,27,18,27,21,35,32,22,15,26,25,45,57,81,87,112,88,83,106,96,82,99,7,75,84,208,202,183,198,215,179,741,744,737,708,706,695,736,738,614,368,1612,1466,2138,138,1265,1243,1239,1142,795,779,748,306]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games. A08: King's Indian Attack} 9. Qe2 (9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nd4 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {1-0 (54) Svidler,P (2746)-Jakovenko,D (2724) Riga 2013}) 9... Ne8 $146 (9... Nd4 $15 10. Nxd4 cxd4) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qb5 Qc7 12. Qc4 Qb6 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. c4 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Bb5 {½-½ (25) Velez Betancourt,N (2410)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2495) Cuba 1982}) 10. Nc4 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. c3 Be6 12. Ne3 Rd8 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qb8 14. Nf5 f6 15. h5 Nd6 16. N3h4 $1 Rf7 17. Qg4 {Hoping for Nh6+.} Nxf5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Bh3 {Black must now prevent c4.} e4 {[#]} 20. Bf4 (20. Ng6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Ne5 (20... Bd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Bxe5 $1 $16 Qxe5 {[#]} (21... fxe5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 22. Rfd1 e3) 22. Rfe1 $1 $18 Bf8 23. Bg2 Re8 {[#]} 24. Ng6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg6e5][%mdl 2560] Keeping Black busy.} hxg6 $2 (24... Qc7) 25. hxg6 Rd7 26. Qh5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} Bd6 27. Rad1 c4 28. f4 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (29... Qd6 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Rxd6 Rxd6) 30. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qh7+ and mate.} Rxd5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 33. Rxe4+ Re5 34. Qxg7+ Kd8 35. Qxc7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,192,0,0,11,-21,37,-5,-5,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,33,27,25,15,31,31,26,50,22,17,0,33,4,51,44,49,47,43,37,70,29,34,8,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. h3 {E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6} h6 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Bc7 13. Rd1 b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxc7 Bxc4 17. Qc2 Qxc7 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (43) Potkin,V (2642)-Quesada Perez,Y (2625) Havana 2012}) 12. Rd1 Qe7 ({Better is} 12... b5 $11 13. Ba2 c4) 13. d5 Rd8 14. Qc2 exd5 (14... Bxc3 $5 15. dxc6 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Ba5 $11) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bd2 Bc7 19. e4 Rab8 {[#] And now ...Bb3 would win.} 20. Bc3 Rxd1+ (20... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re6b3]}) 21. Qxd1 a5 22. Qe1 a4 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. Re1 Bb3 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Nd2 Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Nxb3 axb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Kf1 c4 31. e5 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Kf3 (33. Rc1 $14) 33... Ba5 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 {KR-KR} 35. Rc1 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 (36. bxa3 b2 $19) 36... Ra2 37. Rxc6 Rxb2 38. Rb6 Kh7 39. g3 g6 40. Rb7 Kg8 $1 41. Rb5 Kf8 42. Rb7 Kg8 43. Rb8+ (43. e6 $5 fxe6 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. Kxg5 $11) 43... Kg7 44. Rb6 Kh7 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxe6 Rc2 47. Rb6 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 Rc2 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50. Ke4 Rc2 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Kg2 Rd3 54. Rc7 Rd1 {[#] Hoping for ...b2.} 55. Rb7 Rd3 56. Kf1 Rc3 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kg2 Rd3 60. Rb6 Kg7 61. Kf1 Rc3 62. Ke2 Kh6 63. Rb4 Kg7 64. Kd2 Rf3 65. Ke1 (65. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Re2f3]} Rc3 66. Kd1 $11) 65... Rc3 66. Ke2 Kh6 67. Rb5 Rc2+ 68. Ke3 Rc3+ 69. Ke4 (69. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Rc2+ 70. Ke3 $11) 69... Rc2 70. Kf3 Rc3+ 71. Kg4 Rc4+ 72. f4 gxf4 73. gxf4 Rc3 74. Rb7 Rd3 75. h4 Rc3 76. Rb5 Kg7 77. Rb6 Rd3 78. h5 gxh5+ 79. Kxh5 Rg3 80. Kh4 Rg1 (80... Re3 {looks sharper.} 81. Kg5 Kf7 82. f5 Rg3+ 83. Kf4 Rg1) 81. Rxb3 Kf6 82. Rg3 Rxg3 83. Kxg3 {KP-K} Kf5 84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Ke4 Ke6 86. f5+ Kf6 87. Kf4 Kf7 88. Kg5 Kg7 89. f6+ Kf7 90. Kf5 Kf8 91. Kf4 Kf7 92. Ke5 Kf8 93. Kf4 Kf7 94. Kf5 Kf8 95. Kg6 {f7 would kill now.} Kg8 96. f7+ Kf8 97. Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 79%, Black = 80%.} (97. Kg5 Kxf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,60,24,23,31,13,13,0,0,-21,-30,-41,-51,-52,-35,-70,-32,-36,-26,-41,-37,-33,-29,-75,-83,-80,-81,-90,-56,-58,-50,-56,-63,-48,-70,-68,-50,-50,-55,-46,-47,-146,-137,-142,-138,-133,-136,-141,0,0,28,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 b6 5. Bf3 d5 6. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} c6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. h3 Ne4 11. g4 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (44) Lempert,I (2495)-Malaniuk,V (2595) Alushta 1994}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. b3 Qc7 14. O-O b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 a5 $1 18. Qb2 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Nd4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qe5 24. Bc6 Qd6 25. Qb3 (25. Rc4 $15) 25... Rc8 $17 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 26. Nxf5 Qf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 27. Nd4 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 28. Qc4 {[#]} Kh8 ({Black should try} 28... a4 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kh8.} 29. Qb5 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. axb3 axb3 31. Qxb3 Bxc6 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Bd7 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 29. Qa6 $1 $11 e5 30. Rc2 (30. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Rc6d7]} Bxc6 31. Nxc6 $11) 30... Qd8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} *

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,43,13,8,90,90,83,96,84,85,160,163,222,218,229,192,248,250,333,318,591,580,575,575,708,691,687,595,627,626,612,608]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qa6 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Nc3 {0-1 (54) Adly,A (2599)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ne4 $146 (8... dxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 9. Nd2 Nb6) ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (94) Zimina,O (2395)-Osmak,I (2348) Riga 2017}) 9. cxd5 $16 {White is better.} exd5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 f5 ({Black should play} 11... Be7) 12. Qb3 Qf6 (12... Nb6 {was worth a try.} 13. Qe6+ Be7) 13. Qxb7 $18 Rb8 14. Qc7 Be7 (14... g5 {is a better defense.} 15. d5 c5 16. Qxa7 Bd6) 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Rfd1 ({Much less strong is} 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Rab1 Rc2 $18) 16... g5 $2 {[#]} (16... Kf7 {might work better.} 17. d5 (17. Qxa7 Ra8 $18) 17... cxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb6) 17. d5 {White is clearly winning.} cxd5 18. Nxd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 19. Qc4 {White threatens Nc7+ and mate.} O-O 20. Bxb8 Nxb8 {[#]} 21. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 (21... Bxe7 22. Qxe6+) 22. Nxf5 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,49,26,41,20,43,32,33,25,29,31,75,18,41,34,43,15,32,-4,-2,-29,-22,-15,0,-3,0,-9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 {LiveBook: 92 Games} 8. Qb3 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} Nge7 9. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 f5 13. e4 h6 14. exf5 exd4 15. Rfe1 Qc5 {1-0 (26) Pushkov,N (2513)-Jorgensen,J (2262) Dresden 2008}) 9... Be6 10. Ba3 {White is slightly better.} Bxb3 11. Bxd6 Be6 12. Ba3 ({White should play} 12. Bxc7 $16 Nd5 13. Bxe5) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 O-O-O 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. O-O-O f5 16. Kb2 Rhe8 17. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Bf7 18. g3 $1 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 19. Bh3 g4 20. Bg2 Na5 21. Ka1 Nc4 22. Rxc4 Nxe3 $1 23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Rc1+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 52%.} *

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,57,21,17,-26,0,0,4,-5,-4,-18,-14,-36,-6,-2,0,-5,0,-2,16,16,33,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nf5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Re1 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 g6 15. d4 Ncd7 16. b3 c5 17. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (48) Inarkiev,E (2732)-Duda,J (2678) Germany 2017}) 13... Bxa2 (13... Bxf5 $5 14. exf5 Qc8 $11) 14. Rxa2 Re8 15. b4 Ne6 16. a4 Bf8 17. c3 c6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Re1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 (20... Bxh6 $5 21. Bxh6 c5 $11) 21. g3 Qb7 22. axb5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. d4 Qc7 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 Ng8 27. Nxg8 $1 Kxg8 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rd1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,44,13,16,29,22,13,26,13,14,77,-45,-54,-57,-52,-55,-14,-17,-25,-31,-46,-76,-24,-212,-189,-197,-181,-189,-191,-154,-154,-200,-192,-798,-792]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4 6. Ne1 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} h5 7. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4h2,Bh2f1][%mdl 32]} 8. Bxc6+ $146 {White has an edge.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Bg2 h4 9. d3 hxg3 10. hxg3 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Rxh3 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nf3 {½-½ (81) Zubov,A (2627)-Harutyunian,T (2462) Yerevan 2016}) 8... bxc6 9. Nf3 h4 10. d3 Bd6 (10... hxg3 $11 11. fxg3 Ng4) 11. Nxh4 (11. Bg5 $1 $16) 11... Rxh4 $15 12. gxh4 {Hoping for Nd2.} Ng4 $1 13. Bg5 Qd7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 14. h3 f6 15. e4 Nh2 16. Qh5+ Kf8 $1 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7g8][%mdl 32]} 17. Qh8+ $2 (17. Nd2 $1 $11) 17... Kf7 $19 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 18. Nd2 ({Much weaker is} 18. Qh5+ Kg8 $17) 18... Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Qxh3 $40 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh3h2][%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} ({Weaker is} 19... fxg5 20. e5 $11) 20. Qh5+ Kg8 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh3h2]} 21. Qe8+ {[#]} Bf8 $1 22. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Bg7 25. Qg5) 22... Qg4+ $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,47,27,43,9,24,32,20,35,30,0,0,-22,-1,-41,-26,-20,-8,-39,-37,-44,-30,-48,-45,-54,-80,-65,-16,-79,-59,-100,-94,-85,-114,-103]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} c5 8. dxc5 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} Qa5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Nd2 dxc4 (9... Ne4 $5) 10. Bxc4 {White has an edge.} Qxc5 11. Rc1 {Hoping for Nb5.} Nc6 12. Nb5 Qf5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Qh5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Nc7 Qxa2 {1-0 (26) Svetushkin,D (2569)-Martin Rodriguez,E (2142) Roquetas de Mar 2016}) 13. Nb3 a6 14. Nc7 (14. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qd7 15. Nc3 $11) 14... Ra7 $1 {aiming for ...e5.} 15. Nc5 {[#] And now g4 would win.} Nd7 16. Bd3 Qf6 17. Nd5 Qxb2 {...Nxc5 is the strong threat.} 18. Rc2 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2d2,Bd2d5][%mdl 32]} Qa3 19. Nxd7 $1 Bxd7 20. O-O Be6 21. Be2 (21. Be4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Raa8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxd5.} 22. Rd2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxa2 24. Bf3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 72%.} *

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,41,40,45,46,40,55,41,40,32,43,38,33,38,38,38,66,0,27,24,54,-342,-328,-391,-392,-366,-374,-366,-383,-391,-394,-377,-383,-412,-421,-465,-477,-818,-541,-574,-574,-573,-571,-561,-556,-537,-537,-609,-460,-647,-622,-2651,-2371,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29996,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 {LiveBook: 126 Games} 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d8,Bd8e6][%mdl 32] [#]} 14. Rae1 $146 Nd8 15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nh4 g6 18. Qd3 ({Better is} 18. Rhf1 $14) 18... O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b7,Bb7b8][%mdl 32]} 19. a4 Kb7 {aiming for ...Qxh4!} 20. a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Nf3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 20... Qxh4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 21. a6+ (21. gxh4 Nf4+) 21... Kb8 22. Qb5 {[#]} c6 $1 23. Qxc6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc6b7]} Qe7 24. Qa4 Qd7 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Rc6 27. f4 Rhc8 {Hoping for ...Nxf4+.} 28. Rb3 (28. Rhc1 $142) 28... Qc7 29. Rf1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qd6+ Rc7 32. Qxd5 Qxd4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Qg4 (34. Qxc3 $142 Rxc3 35. h4) 34... h5 35. Qh3 Qd2+ 36. Kh1 Rc2 {Black mates.} 37. g4 Nxf4 38. Qf3 Qxh2# {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,189,31,22,20,22,24,35,27,54,36,49,34,35,37,52,58,41,22,22,-20,-13,-16,-16,-30,-23,-34,-9,-19,-18,-13,0,-65,-65,-55,-20,-57,54,20,93,94,105,37,37,39,39,39,60,60,86,69,81,47,47,51,85,84,106,0,64,49,57,38,50,53,123,122,108,110,125,97,118,82,130,131,170,173,187,184,159,156,246,240,348,93,94,92,95,97,93,27,18,25,45,8,8,8,23,19,22,25,20,8,15,14,28,29,972,947,1242,1750,1120,1764,4176,2068,6026,6115,6289,5654,5376,4556,3759,2442,1988,0,1750,1750,1743,1743,1258,1096,1087,1080,1743,1743,1732,1725,1683,1378,1233,1051,4266,3546,1609,1481,1160,993,6613,29951,12620,12851,29953,29956,11998,11193,29973,29968,29969,29968,29963,29968,29967,29968,29973,29977,29959,29965,29983,29984,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. e3 Nxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Be5 b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. g3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b3 {½-½ (21) Vaganian,R (2560)-Short,N (2683) Hersonissos 2017}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 Nxc5 10. Be5 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qd7 14. Nd4 a6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (52) Ftacnik,L (2582)-Boensch,U (2545) Austria 2004}) 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc8 19. Qc3 {White wants to play Bxg7.} (19. Bc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Qd7 20. Be5 $16) 19... g6 20. Qc2 Qd5 $1 {[%csl LRa2,LRe5]} 21. Bf4 Bd7 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. Nc3 Qc4 24. h3 Be6 25. Be5 b5 {And now ...b4 would win.} 26. Bd4 (26. b3 $11 Qb4 27. Rd1) 26... Qd3 $1 $15 27. a3 a5 {White must now prevent ...Qxc2.} 28. Qb1 b4 (28... f5 $15) 29. axb4 (29. Nd5 $5 Bd8 30. Qa1 $14) 29... axb4 {[#]} (29... Bxb4 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Nd5 Qxb1 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rxb1 Ke7) 30. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e7][%mdl 512]} Bd8 {Strongly threatening ...Qxb1.} (30... Bxd5 31. Rxc8+) 31. Nxb4 (31. Qa1 $1 $16 {Rxc8 is the strong threat.} Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1) 31... Qxb1 $14 32. Rxb1 Be7 33. Bc3 Bb3 34. Ra1 f6 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Ra3 Bc4 37. Ra1 Bb3 38. Ra6 Rd8 39. Ra1 Rc8 40. h4 f5 41. Ra7 (41. h5 $5) 41... Kf7 42. Na6 Kf8 ({Better is} 42... Ke8 $14) 43. Bb4 $1 $16 Bxb4 44. Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf7 45. Rb7 $1 h6 46. Kh2 Rc1 47. Rb6 Kg7 48. Nc6 Rc2 49. Ne5 Be8 50. Rb8 Ba4 (50... Bc6 $16 {was worth a try.} 51. Nxc6 Rxc6) 51. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Kf6 {[#]} (51... Rb2 $142 52. Rb6 Be8) 52. f4 $2 ({Not} 52. bxa4 Kxe5 53. Kg3 g5 $16) (52. Ng4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} fxg4 53. bxa4) 52... exf3 $16 53. Nxf3 Bc6 54. Rc8 g5 55. hxg5+ (55. b4 $16) 55... hxg5 $11 56. b4 g4 57. Ne1 (57. b5 $5 {[%cal Rc8c6]} gxf3 58. Rxc6+ Rxc6 59. bxc6 $16) 57... Rc4 58. Nd3 g3+ 59. Kxg3 {Hoping for Kf2.} Rg4+ 60. Kf2 Rxg2+ 61. Ke1 Be4 62. Nf2 Rg1+ 63. Kd2 Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Rg2 $11 64. Ke2 Ke6) 64. Nxe4+ $18 fxe4 {KR-KR} 65. Rc4 Ke5 66. Kc2 Re1 67. Rc3 Kd5 68. b5 Ra1 69. Kb3 Kd6 70. Kb4 Rb1+ 71. Ka5 Ra1+ 72. Kb4 Rb1+ 73. Kc4 Rd1 74. Rb3 Kc7 75. Ra3 Kb7 {[#]} 76. Kb4 $1 Rc1 {[#]} 77. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c1]} Re1 78. Kc5 Re2 79. Rb3 Rd2 80. Rb4 Rc2+ 81. Rc4 Rh2 82. Rxe4 Rh5+ 83. Kc4 Rh1 84. Re7+ Kb6 85. Re6+ Kb7 86. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Rd1 87. Kc5 Kc7 88. Re7+ {White mates.} Kb8 89. Kc6 Rc1+ 90. Kb6 Kc8 91. e5 Re1 92. e6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Kd8 93. Rd7+ Kc8 94. Rc7+ Kb8 95. Re7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,20,0,46]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 e5 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (40) Hou,Y (2666)-Navara,D (2737) Biel 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,138,15,0,0,0,9,0,0,6,10,0,0,0,31,0,20,-63,-53,-113,-123,-102,-102,-123,-138,-132,-118,-111,-113,-108,-87,-165,-156,-214,-213,-284,-184,-258,-225,-266,-201,-190,-37,-37,-14,-41,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-84,-93,-60,-231,-44,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,449,-250,-250,-250,-250,-250,-243,-243,-243,-243,-193,-193,-193,-193,-131,-206,-206,-206,-206,-277,-277,-277,-277,-277,-277,-339,-333,-342,-342,-342,-342,-497,-342,-791,-791,-766,-762,-5057,-1432,-5057,-5057,-5057,-5057,-5065,-5065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qd1 Bb7 11. Re1 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} e6 12. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c5 13. Bb2 {[#] The position is equal.} cxd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nc3 Na6 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ne5 {0-1 (26) Askerov,M (2299)-Ponkratov,P (2589) St Petersburg 2016}) 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qc3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Na3 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qc1 {[#]} (19. Bh3 $11) 19... Nd4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxd4 (20. Qe3 $1 $15 Qxe3 21. fxe3) (20. Bxd4 Rxc1) 20... Rxc1 $17 21. Rxc1 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Bxd4 would win. Keeping White busy.} 22. Nab5 a6 23. Rc7 Qf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxb7 e3 26. f3 (26. f4 $17 axb5 27. Rd7) 26... axb5 $19 27. Rd1 (27. Rd7 $17) 27... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 28. Kg2 h4 29. Rd3 (29. Rd7 $142) 29... Re8 30. Bc3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qg5 $2 (31... Qd6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 32. Nxb5 Qc6) 32. Rxb6 $15 Be5 33. Be1 Kg7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} (33... Bxd4 $5 34. Rxd4 Rc8 $15) 34. Rb7 $1 Qh5 {( -> ...Rh8)} (34... Bxd4 $5 35. Rxd4 Rc8 $11) 35. Bc3 $1 Qg5 (35... Rh8 $5 36. Ne6+ $8 Kf6 37. Bxe5+ Qxe5 $11) 36. f4 Qg4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd4.} 37. Rxe3 Qc8 38. Rxf7+ (38. Rb6 $11 {remains equal.} Bxd4 39. Bxd4+ Kh6 40. Rxe8 Qxe8 41. Kf2) 38... Kxf7 $17 39. fxe5 Kg8 40. Bb4 $2 (40. Kf2 $15) 40... Qa8+ $2 ({Better is} 40... Qg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4d4]} 41. Bc3 b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 41. Kf2 Qxa2 42. Bc5 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. e6 (43. Bxb4 Qa7) 43... Qa5 44. Re5 Rc8 (44... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 45. Nf3 Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Rxe6 Qxc5+ 47. Re3 Kg7 $15) 45. e7 Kf7 {Black wants to play ...Qc7.} 46. Ne6 Qa1 47. Re3 Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Qh8 $11) 48. Ng5+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Nc7 $1 $18 {was the only winning move. Rf3+ is the strong threat.} g5 49. e8=Q+ Rxe8 50. Nxe8) 48... Ke8 $19 49. Nf3 {Hoping for Rd3.} Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Ra1f1]} 50. Rd3 Qf1+ 51. Ke3 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Qc1+ 52. Kd4 Rh5 53. Bxb4 {[#]} Rb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 54. Bd6 Rb6 ({Black should try} 54... Qc6 $19 55. Ke3 Rd5) 55. Bc5 (55. Ke4 $17) 55... Qb2+ 56. Kc4 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Qc2+ 57. Rc3 Qxe2+ 58. Kd4 Re6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re2e4]} 59. Rd3 {and the idea Kc3 leaves White hopeful.} Qb2+ 60. Kd5 Qc2 61. Kxe6 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd3d8]} Qxd3 62. Nd4 Qxg3 63. b4 (63. Kd5 {was called for.}) 63... Qf4 64. b5 $2 (64. Kd5) 64... Qe4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 65. Kd6 Qxe7+ 66. Kc6 Qd7+ 67. Kb6 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 68. Nc6 g4 69. Na7 g3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,96,-18,-32,-13,-27,0,0,10,-7,-11,-37,-16,-2,-3,-33,-44,-57,0,0,3,8,14,14,33,0,15,10,16,17,35,22,48,39,48,40,31,31,46,43,20,5,62,69,68,25,75,73,84,81,109,108,114,110,201,201,192,180,161,172,155,94,138,121,133,52,95,68,64,35,30,24,52,0,0,-5,0,-6,0,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. O-O Bb6 {C52: Evans Gambit Accepted: 5 c3 Ba5} 9. Nbd2 (9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. Na3 Nge7 12. d5 b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. dxc6 Qg4 16. Qc2 {0-1 (48) Li,C (2751)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) 9... Na5 10. Qb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} exd4 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc6 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. a4 a5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 {0-1 (38) Bellahcene,B (2466)-Erdos,V (2628) Biel 2017}) 11. cxd4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 {aiming for a4.} Qa4 13. Nxb6 (13. Nb2 {seems wilder.} Qa3 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Bg4 16. Nc4) 13... axb6 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Qc2 c6 17. Qb3 O-O (17... d5 $15) 18. Qxb6 $11 d5 19. e5 Qg4 20. Bg5 Ng6 21. h3 Qe4 {White must now prevent ...Bxh3!} 22. Rc3 h6 23. Bd2 Ra6 24. Qb3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. a4 Ra7 27. Qb6 Ra6 28. Qb4 b6 29. Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} c5 ({Black should try} 29... Be6 $1 $11) 30. Qxd5 $14 Be6 31. Qb7 Bc8 32. Qc7 cxd4 33. Rd3 Be6 34. Rxd4 Qf5 35. Rad1 Bb3 {[#]} (35... Kh7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd8f8]} Ra8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Nd4 Qh5 39. Ra1 (39. Re1 $142 Bxa4 40. Qxb6) 39... Bd5 40. Qd6 Ba8 41. Ra3 ({White should play} 41. Re1 $16) 41... Re8 42. Re3 Qg5 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rg5g2]} 43. Rg3 Qxe5 44. Qxb6 {Hoping for Re3.} Rb8 45. Qa7 ({Better is} 45. Re3 $14 Qf4 46. Ne2 Rxb6 47. Nxf4) 45... Rd8 46. Nb5 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Kxg2 $11 Qe4+ 49. Rf3 Qg6+ 50. Rg3 Qc6+ 51. Rf3 (51. f3 $2 Qc2+ 52. Qf2 Rd2 $19) 51... Qg6+ 52. Rg3 Qe4+ 53. Rf3 Qg6+) 48... Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,21,26,45,15,17,-18,43,0,13,2,121,111,146,122,350,347,343,336,400,416,395,404,395,395,401,398,393,395,393,387,732,731,669,389,1158,1110,1218,1182,2887,2100]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. d4 Na6 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 10. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 (10... Nb4 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rad1 h5 14. f4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (31) Barcenilla,R (2503)-Izoria,Z (2619) Mesa 2009}) 11. Be3 Nb4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... e5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. b3 Re8 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. f4 Nb4 16. fxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (41) Koshy,V (2415)-Deshmukh,A (2270) Kolkata 1994}) 12. f4 d5 (12... Nb6 $11) 13. exd5 Nb6 14. b3 $1 {White wants to play dxc6.} Bf5 (14... cxd5 $11 15. c5 Nd7) 15. dxc6 $16 {[%cal Bd5c6,Bc6b7][%mdl 32]} Bc2 16. Qc1 Bxb3 $2 (16... bxc6 $16 17. Qb2 Qd6) 17. cxb7 $18 Rb8 18. c5 N6d5 {[#]} 19. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b3]} Bc4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxb4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kf2 axb4 24. c6 b3 $2 {[#]} (24... Rxb7 25. cxb7 Qxb7) 25. Qc5 Qe6 26. f5 gxf5 $2 (26... Qe4 27. c7 Qxb7) 27. Bf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rbd8 28. c7 Rxd4 29. c8=Q {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kalashian, David"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,41,64,27,35,35,67,75,85,75,87,96,91,80,94,71,59,18,7,0,9,0,0,-22,14,0,0,-250,-269,-254,-260,-265,-260,-338,-353,-802,-799,-800,-769,-748,-716,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29990,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 c6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 9. a4 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. a4 bxc4 15. a5 Be6 16. Bb6 Qe7 {1-0 (36) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Chigaev,M (2496) St Petersburg 2015}) 9... e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 {[#]} 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng1 Ndf6 13. a5 Qe7 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. g3 h6 16. Nge2 Rac8 {1-0 (36) Sulava,N (2285)-Delaney,J (2205) Groningen 1981}) 12... Bf6 13. Nd2 Ng7 14. Nc4 Be7 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1 {And now Bh6 would win.} f4 18. Bc1 Bh4 {White must now prevent ...Bxf2+!} 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. b3 $2 {[#]} (21. Qe2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 21... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 {Hoping for Qf3.} Nxe4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Bg8g7,Bg7h8,Bh8h7][%mdl 32]} 25. Ra7+ $2 (25. Kf1 Kh8 26. Qf3) 25... Kh8 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qd3 {[#]} Qa5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bd2 (28. Nxa5 Rxc1+) 28... Qa1+ {Black mates.} 29. Ke2 f3+ 30. Ke3 Bxf2+ 31. Kxe4 {[#]} Qe1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qe3 {[#]} (32. Bxe1 Rf4#) 32... Rxc4+ $1 33. bxc4 Rf4+ 34. Kd3 Qf1+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,87,50,29,65,36,30,25,37,6,48,22,50,43,41,37,48,49,60,69,63,59,60,62,72,74,77,61,64,64,62,77,59,68,125,68,70,0,0,0,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,63,43,554,525,1017,934,29980,29981,29980,29981,29981,29982,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. d5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (11. Qc2 Nf7 12. Rad1 c6 13. Be3 Re8 14. b4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. h3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Nf8 19. Rd2 {½-½ (44) Can,E (2586)-Markus,R (2672) Kocaeli 2017}) 11... Nf7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nd3 {White has an edge.} Nf6 14. f3 c5 15. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. Rb1 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. bxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (60) Vincenzi,M (2109)-Heinig,W (2309) Porto Mannu 2017}) 15... a5 16. Nf2 f4 17. a3 h5 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Na4 Ra6 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. Qc3 g5 23. Rb5 Nf6 24. Rxa5 g4 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Qa5 Qc8 (26... Qxa5 $14 27. Bxa5 g3) 27. Rb1 (27. Nc3 $16) 27... Ng5 $14 {[%cal Bf7g5,Bg5e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rb6 (28. Nb6 $14 Qb7 29. Bd3 (29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Nxg4 Nfxe4 $11)) 28... gxf3 $11 29. Qxa6 Qe8 (29... fxe2 $11 30. Qxc8 Rxc8) 30. Bxf3 (30. Rxd6 fxe2 31. Nc3 (31. Nxc5 Qg6 $11) 31... Qg6 $19) ({Better is} 30. gxf3 $16 Nfxe4 31. Nxe4 (31. fxe4 Qg6 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Be1 (32. fxe4 Qg6+ 33. Kf2 f3 $14)) 30... Qg6 31. Kf1 (31. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Ra6d6]} Nfxe4 32. Nxe4 (32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11) 32... Nxe4 33. Be1 $14) 31... Nfxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Be1 {[%cal Bd2e1,Be1g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Qb5.} Ng3+ 34. Kg1 ({Weaker is} 34. hxg3 Qd3+ 35. Kg1 e4 $18) 34... Qd3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rd3f1]} 35. hxg3 e4 36. Rxd6 fxg3 (36... Qb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1e1]} 37. Qa5 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 exf3 $19) 37. Bxg3 exf3 (37... Qe3+ $11 38. Bf2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. g3 Rxf3 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Qxc5 Qc2) 38. Rg6 $14 (38. Nxc5 {leads to mate.} Qe2 39. Bf2 fxg2 40. Rf6 Rxf6 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qg8+ Kxg8 43. Ne4 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Rxf2 45. Nf6+ Bxf6 46. Kh3 g1=Q#) 38... Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should try} 38... f2+ $1 $14 39. Bxf2 Rxf2 40. Nxc5 (40. Kxf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 Qd1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 40... Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Qe6+ Qf7) 39. Qe6 $1 $18 fxg2 40. Kxg2 h4 {[#]} 41. Rxg7+ $1 {White mates.} Kxg7 42. Be5+ Kg8 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,131,30,28,40,27,35,39,34,34,44,0,0,0,58,60,68,61,64,59,90,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,55,67,54,55,34,87,57,59,57,70,24,29,33,18,20,26,24,31,41,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1502,1232,12840,12840,12841,0,0,0,0,0,12838,12839,12845,12846,12847,12846,12846,0,12844,0,0,0,12844,0,12846,12846,12846,12847,12850,12847,12850,0,12850,0,12850,29974,12851,29972,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} a6 {E75: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation: 6...c5 7 d5 e6} (10... Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. h3 Ne4 13. g4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bxh6 fxg4 18. hxg4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nxg4 21. Bxg4 {1-0 (39) Vovk,Y (2624)-Ezat,M (2476) Abu Dhabi 2015}) 11. h3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxb5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O Nc7 16. Qd3 Ra6 17. Rad1 Qa8 18. Bc1 {1-0 (49) Laux,T (2350)-Bruch,I (2295) Germany 1994}) 14. Qb3 (14. O-O {feels hotter.} Bxc3 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Qxe4 Na6 17. Bd2) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 (15... Qa5 $11 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3) 16. Rc1 $1 $14 Bf5 17. Nd2 Na6 18. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1b1,Bb1b8][%mdl 32]} Nc7 19. Bc6 Rfb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b3]} 20. Qc4 Ra3 21. g4 Bc8 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ba6 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Qf4 (25. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qf5 26. Qg4 $16) 25... Qe7 (25... Qxf4 $14 26. Bxf4 Rxa2) 26. Ne4 Rxa2 27. g5 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Ra1+ 28. Kh2 {aiming for Nf6+.} Be5 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 30. gxf6 Bxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Bc4 32. Rb7 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 33. Rxc7 gxf4 34. Rxf7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg6 35. Re7 (35. Rf8 $5 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Rd1 36. Be8+ Kf5 37. Bh5 $16) 35... Rd1 36. f7 Kg7 37. Re4 (37. Re6 {with more complications.} Bxd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rf6 Kf8 40. Rxf4 Rd3 41. c4) 37... Bxd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxf4 {KR-KR} Kf8 40. Kg3 Re5 41. Rf6 d5 42. Rxh6 Kxf7 43. Rc6 c4 44. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 45. Kg4 {h5 is the strong threat.} Re2 46. f4 {Hoping for h5.} Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rg2+ $11 47. Kf5 Rg3) 47. h5 $18 Rxc3 48. h6 {[#] White wants to mate with h7.} Kf7 49. Kf5 $2 ({Only move:} 49. Rc7+ $18 Kg8 50. f5) 49... Rh3 $11 50. Ke5 Rh5+ 51. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Rc7+.} Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... d4 $11) 52. Ke6 $18 Kh7 53. f6 Rxh6 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. Kf5 Rh5+ $1 57. Ke6 {f7 would kill now.} Rh6 58. Rc7+ Kg8 $1 59. Rc5 Kh7 60. Rc8 d4 61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. Rc8+ Kh7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 $1 64. Rxc4 d3 65. Rd4 Rh3 66. f7+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 70%.} ({Not} 66. Rd8+ Kh7 $14) 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,125,7,6,3,9,7,16,10,33,25,23,11,19,6,9,0,8,7,33,17,19,20,63,47,28,0,8,-12,124,95,97,99,62,0,177,32,38,48,117,117,135,122,175,108,115,108,131,131,137,136,128,138,130,138,129,126,154,140,162,20,20,21,20,22,22,27,27,29,29,29,30,0,12,0,9,0,26,22,36,28,55,16,16,16,50,16,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-2,-2,0,-2,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Rd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. h4 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. g4 Qf4 16. Rh3 {0-1 (80) Lysyj,I (2691)-Karjakin,S (2757) Jurmala 2015}) 11... Nd7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O a5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bf5 Nf6 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Qb3 g6 18. Bh3 Ba6 19. Rxc6 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qe7 21. Nxb6 Rab8 {White should prevent ...Qd8.} 22. Qc3 Qb7 23. Nc8 (23. Rxd6 Ne4 $19) 23... Be7 (23... Rd8 $1 $11 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne4 26. Rxg6+ (26. Qxa5 Nxd6 27. b4 Ra8 $17) 26... fxg6) 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Of course not} 25. Qxa5 Rfxc8 26. Bxc8 Qxb2 $11) 25... Qb5+ 26. Kg1 (26. Ke1 $14 Bh4 27. g3) 26... Bxa3 $2 (26... Bg5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 27. Nd7 Rb7) 27. f3 (27. bxa3 $18 Qb1+ 28. Qc1) 27... Qxb2 $14 28. Qxb2 ({But not} 28. fxe4 $2 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2 $19) 28... Bxb2 (28... Rxb2 $14 29. fxe4 dxe4) 29. fxe4 $16 {aiming for Ne7+.} a4 30. Ra6 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} dxe4 {[#]} (30... Bc1 $16) 31. Ne7+ ({Don't do} 31. Rxa4 $6 Rfxc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 $14) ({White should try} 31. Nb6 $1 $18) 31... Kg7 32. Rxa4 Bc1 33. Nc4 Ra8 34. Bd7 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Ra8 36. Bc6 Ra1 {[%cal Rc1e3]} 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 Rc2 {[#]} 39. Bd5 (39. Bb5 $1 $18) 39... f5 $11 40. Nc6 Rc3 41. Ke2 Rc2+ $1 42. Kd1 Rc3 43. Nd2 Ba3 44. Ke2 Bd6 45. h3 Rc1 46. g4 (46. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 47. Bxe4 $11) 46... Rh1 47. gxf5 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 gxf5 49. Be6 Rxh3 50. Bxf5 (50. Nc4 {feels hotter.} Kf6 51. Bc8 Bc7 52. d5 Rh1+ 53. Kd2) 50... Rxe3 51. Nxe4 Bc7 52. Nb4 (52. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e3]} Rf3 53. Be6 $16) 52... h5 {The position is equal.} 53. Nd5 Rf3 54. Be6 {Ke2 is the strong threat.} (54. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Re2f3]} Rxf5 55. Nxc7 $11) 54... Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Rxd4 56. Ke3 Be5 57. Kf3 (57. Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7f5]} Rxe4+ 58. Kxe4 $11) 57... Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rd4 59. Ke3 h4 {And now ...h3! would win.} 60. Ne7 {Hoping for Nf5+.} Rxe4+ 61. Kxe4 Kf6 62. Bh3 Kxe7 63. Kxe5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,42,0,14,14,14,12,12,0,0,0,30,37,58,58,56,0,0,-4,6,0,4,-96,-102,-184,-196,-888,-899,-1008,-777,-1285,-1267,-2637,-2402]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. Be2 Bd7 17. h4 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2807)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Nc6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (6... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 7. Nf3 Be7 $11) 7. Bg5 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 8. Be2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 Qb6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f3 Kb8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Na4 Re8 {1-0 (53) Nielsen,P (2654)-Carstensen,J (2352) Berlin 2015}) 8... Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nb3 b5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qe1 (13. Kb1 $14) 13... Rc8 $11 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qc7 $1 16. Qg3 {[#]} (16. g4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Nb4 $1 $17 17. Nd4 {[#]} (17. Kb1 $17 Nxe4 18. Qxg7 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Nd4) 17... Qa5 $1 $19 18. Nd5 $2 (18. Bf3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nxa2+ 20. Kd2 Nxc3 21. Ke3) 18... Nxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Qxg7 Nxd5 20. Nxe6 Bf6 21. Rxd5 Qxa2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,21,0,14,0,20,20,20,15,25,25,25,23,30,14,0,7,5,11,9,0,14,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-10,-18,-37,-31,-59,-54,-131,-121,-103,-97,-83,-95,-89,0,-58,0,-87,-11,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,25,484,475,680,671,627,589,29982,29983,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} (6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 Be6 8. e5 Nd5 9. h5 Nd7 10. h6 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bd2 b5 {0-1 (37) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qb4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc6 11. Qb3 a6 12. Rc1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O Bb7 {1-0 (50) Dzikowski,M (2086)-Burnett,A (2162) Liberec 2017}) 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Qb4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 {Hoping for Qc5.} Nc6 17. Qc5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bh3 e6 22. Qd4 Rc8 {With the idea ...Rc4.} 23. b3 Qa5 24. O-O Rc6 25. Kh2 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 26. Na4 Rfc8 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. f4 ({White should try} 28. Rd1 $15) 28... Rc2 $17 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qd1 Qc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...d4!} 31. Qd4 Qb5 32. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1c2]} Qc6 33. Qd4 Nf5 (33... a5 $17 {Threatening ...Ne8.} 34. a3 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Ne8) 34. Bxf5 $1 $11 gxf5 35. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Ba1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3g3,Bg3g5][%mdl 32]} a5 (35... Rxa2 $5 {[%cal Rc6c2]} 36. Rf3 Qc1 $11) 36. Rf3 $1 {White wants to play e4!} Ba6 ({Don't go for} 36... Rxa2 $2 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Qa7 $18) 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Rg5 Qb5 39. Nb6 {aiming for Nc4!} Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Qc6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} a4 (40... Qc6 $142 41. Rxh5 Qc7) (40... dxc4 41. Qd6+) 41. Qa7 {Nd6 would kill now.} dxc4 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Ra8d8]} Rd3 44. bxc4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,137,47,28,16,26,22,-39,-43,-46,-35,-47,-54,-39,-29,-68,-29,-43,-39,-35,-34,-54,-45,-35,-19,-20,0,-44,-40,-77,-81,-50,0,0,0,0,225,228,218,223,322,322,310,322,299,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,254,240,230,0,258,241,260,244,252,250,250,238,222,167,229,224,321,318,473,456,434,386,428,304,404,368,349,258,260,282,253,173,110,125,116,114,427,411,386,113,108,97,94,81,179,83,206,210,221,30,221,212,205,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Bd3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} cxd4 (6... h5 7. Ndf3 Bd7 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb1 Bb5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 g5 13. Nc3 Ba6 {1-0 (46) Blomqvist,E (2546)-Eljanov,P (2755) Malmo 2017}) 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Ndf3 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7b5,Bb5d3][%mdl 32]} 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Bb1 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Bb5 11. a3 Qa6 12. Nc3 (12. Nf4 $11) 12... Nd3+ $15 13. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 14. Qa4+ Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rc8 $146 16. Nc3 h5 17. Be3 Nh6 18. Kd2 Ba6 19. Bg5 Bxg5+ (19... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 $11) 20. Nxg5 Nf5 21. Nf3 Rh6 22. g3 g5 23. h3 Rc4 $1 24. Ne2 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Rxh6 gxf3 $2 (26... Nxh6 $11 27. Nh4 Rc8) 27. Rh8+ $18 Ke7 28. b3 Rc6 (28... fxe2 {keeps fighting.} 29. bxc4 Nxd4) 29. g4 fxe2 30. gxf5 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 31. Rg1 f4 32. Rh4 Rb6 33. b4 ({Inferior is} 33. Rxf4 Rxb3 34. Rc1 Rxa3 $11) 33... Bc4 34. Rxf4 {Threatens to win with Rg7.} Rh6 35. f3 Rh2 36. Ke1 Rh3 37. Kd2 Rh2 $1 38. Re1 Rf2 39. Rf5 Ke6 40. Rf6+ Ke7 41. a4 Rf1 42. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rf2 (42... b6 $142 43. Rf5 Ke6) 43. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} Rh2 (43... Rf1 {was worth a try.} 44. Kd2 b6) 44. b6 a5 (44... axb6 $142 45. Rxb6 Ba6) 45. Rd6 Rh4 46. Rg1 Rh2 47. Rf6 Rg2 48. Rb1 Rh2 49. Rf4 Rh6 50. Kd2 Rh2 51. Re1 Rh6 {[#]} 52. Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h6]} Rh4 53. f4 Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rh3 $16 {is more resistant.} 54. Rd6 Rf3) 54. Rd6 Rh4 {[#]} 55. Rxe2 $2 (55. Ke3 $1 $18) 55... Rxf4 $16 56. Re3 Rxd4+ 57. Kc3 Rd1 (57... Rg4 $16) 58. Rf3 (58. Rh3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 58... Ra1 (58... Rc1+ $16 {might work better.} 59. Kd4 Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rc1) 59. Rdf6 $18 Rxa4 60. R3f4 $2 (60. Rxf7+ $18 Ke6 61. R3f5) 60... Rb4 $2 (60... Ra3+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 61. Kd4 Rd3+ 62. Kc5 Rc3) 61. Rxf7+ Ke6 62. Kd4 $2 ({Much less strong is} 62. Rxb7 $6 Kxe5 63. Rh4 Rb3+ 64. Kd2 a4 $16) (62. R4f5 $18) 62... Ba6+ $11 {The position is equal.} 63. Kc5 {Black must now prevent R7f6+.} Rb5+ 64. Kd4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf7][%cal Rf4f6]} Rb4+ 65. Kc5 {Strongly threatening R7f6+.} Rb5+ 66. Kd4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf7][%cal Rf4f6]} Rb4+ 67. Kc5 {aiming for R7f6+.} Rb5+ 68. Kd4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf7][%cal Rf4f6]} Rb4+ 69. Kc5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 48%.} (69. Ke3 $5 {[%cal Rf7f6]} Rb3+ 70. Kd4 Rd3+ 71. Kc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 19,51,75,139,63,32767,75,124,32767,32767,32767,141,130,32767,154,262,287,312,353,375,313,620,664,834,885,846,920,887,572,550,592,551,620,584,591]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:00:20] B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} b5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (8... Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf3 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Qc4 Rc8 {1-0 (29) Plat,V (2503)-Plischki,S (2384) Olomouc 2016}) 9. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 10. Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} g6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:54] [#]} ({Predecessor:} 10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rd7 15. Rd1 h5 16. Qxb4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 {1-0 (29) Hoang,T (2267)-Laciner,K (2179) Budapest 2005}) 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} (11. Nxh6 $1 $16 Bxh6 12. Bxh6) 11... b4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 14. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (14... Ne7 $142) 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 16. h5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} (16... g5 $16 {was necessary.}) 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 18. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({Not} 19. Nxe2 Rc8 $16) 19... Be7 $2 {[%emt 0:07:48]} (19... Rc8 20. Qxb4 Nc4) 20. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bd8 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 22. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 23. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 24. Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc8 $18 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. c3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 27. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 28. Rag1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 29. Bc5+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 30. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Nb7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "78th Armenian Chess Ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,0,3]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 1678 Games} {Predecessor:} O-O $146 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Qd1 h6 {½-½ (14) Jobava,B (2714)-Saric,I (2621) Helsingor 2017} 1/2-1/2

