[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,100,33,35,31,82,30,35,29,79,74,94,86,95,93,104,85,83,90,129,127,125,125,127,123,129,127,138,136,140,135,139,133,143,142,180,166,155,153,159,142,143,129,155,84,79,73,116,116,111,111,114,108,178,180,176,173,199,194,220,216,219,212,249,247,280,284,327,310,329,325,305,289,447,456,358,425,423,422,408,371,706,686,585,564,4618,2681,1737,1367,919]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd6 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} c6 ({Black should play} 8... Qxe2 $14 9. Nxe2 (9. Bxe2 Be6 $14) 9... Bg4) 9. b3 $146 (9. Re1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Re1 {½-½ (10) Magem Badals,J (2513)-Shirov,A (2706) Liepaja 2001}) 9... Qxe2 10. Nxe2 Be7 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Ba3 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc3.} Nf8 13. Ned4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bxd6. White is really pushing.} Ne6 14. Bxd6 (14. Re2 {with more complications.} a5 15. Rae1 a4 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bc5) 14... Bxd6 15. Bf5 O-O 16. Nxe6 (16. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Re3 (17. Nxe6 Re8 $11) 17... Rf4 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Bc5 19. Rae1 h6 20. c3 a5 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22. d4 Bf8 23. Ke2 c5 24. Rb6 Rd7 25. Rb5 Rc7 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Rd1 Be7 28. Kd3 (28. Rbxd5 $6 Rxc3 29. h3 Bf6 $16) (28. Rd3 $142) 28... Rac8 $16 29. Rc1 ({Reject} 29. Rxa5 Rxc3+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Nd2 Bc5 $11) 29... Ba3 30. Rc2 Bb4 {[%cal Rc7c3]} 31. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 31. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 32. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 33. Ke4 Rc2 $14) 31... Bxc3 32. Rxd5 Bf6 (32... Ba1 $16 33. Rxc7 Rxc7) 33. Rxc7 $18 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 34. Ne5 $1 ({Don't do} 34. Rxa5 $6 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Rxb3 $14) 34... b6 35. Nc4 Be7 36. a4 Bc5 37. f4 Kf7 38. g4 Ke6 39. Ke4 Ke7 40. Kf5 Rc6 41. Ne5 Rf6+ 42. Ke4 Bd6 (42... Re6 {was called for.} 43. Rd7+ Kf8) 43. f5 Bxe5 44. Rxe5+ {KR-KR} Kd7 45. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5,Bg5f6][%mdl 32]} Rc6 46. g5 hxg5 $2 (46... h5 47. g6 Rc1) 47. hxg5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc1 48. f6 gxf6 49. gxf6 Rf1 50. Rf5 Re1+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,143,0,17,5,17,4,0,8,25,25,32,20,24,0,0,-12,0,-45,0,-19,-7,-19,-29,-11,0,0,-5,-27,10,-10,-6,-31,65,35,35,39,94,85,95,83,152,147,152,152,216,155,241,248,223,133,113,137,153,145,163,164,172,151,187,147,191,156,204,129,136,129,164,164,164,164,165,165,243,152,137,133,183,120,142,129,120,64,117,96,87,100,126,48,58,63,59,0,54,65,65,37,110,110,145,145,162,164,185,103,627,617,1371,1358,1430,1385,2844,2471,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Nc4 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} h6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 16. Red1 (16. Nfd2 {is more complex.} Nd7 17. Ba4 Ne7 18. Nb3 Qb7 19. f3) 16... Ne7 {[#]} 17. Ncd2 $146 (17. Nh4 {seems wilder.} Nc6 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Qf3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qg3) ({Predecessor:} 17. Nfd2 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 {½-½ (21) Anand,V (2766)-Shirov,A (2736) Monte Carlo 2004}) 17... Bxb3 18. Nxb3 c5 19. Nfd2 Qe6 20. Nc4 Nc6 21. Nbd2 Rb5 22. Nf3 g6 23. c3 Rdb8 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. Re1 Kh7 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Rea1 f5 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Qf1 f4 30. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} bxc3 (30... exd4 $15 31. cxd4 cxd4) 31. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 32. bxc3 Nd8 ({Black should try} 32... Na7 $14) 33. Na3 $16 R5b7 34. Qxa6 Ra7 (34... Qd7 $142 35. Qc4 Ra7) 35. Qd3 Qe8 36. Qc2 Rb2 (36... Ra6 $16 37. Nc4 Rba8) 37. Qd1 Ra2 (37... Rbb7 $16 {is a better defense.} 38. c4 Ra6) 38. c4 $18 Ra6 39. Nb5 (39. Bc3 $18) 39... Rxa4 $16 40. Qxa4 Nb7 41. Qc2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc7.} Qd8 42. Ra1 Bf8 43. Bc3 Be7 44. Nd2 g5 45. Kf1 Qd7 46. f3 h5 47. Ke2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2d3,Bd3c2][%mdl 32]} g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Qd1 Kg6 50. Kd3 Nd8 (50... g3 $142 51. Qh1 Nd8) 51. Qb1 Nf7 52. Na3 Ng5 53. Qb5 (53. Qb8 $18) 53... Qc8 54. Kc2 Bd8 55. Nab1 (55. Kd1 $16) 55... Be7 (55... Bc7 $14) 56. Ra3 Bd8 57. Ra2 Be7 58. Rb2 (58. Na3 $16) 58... Bd8 $1 $14 59. Kd3 Bc7 60. Kc2 Bd8 $1 61. Kc1 Bc7 62. Ra2 Bd8 (62... Ra7 $14) 63. Na3 $16 Be7 64. Nc2 gxf3 65. gxf3 Ra8 {If only Black now had time for ...Rb8....} 66. a6 (66. Ne1 $18) 66... Qh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Ra7 $16) 67. Qb7 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nxf3 68. Qxa8 Nxd2 69. Bxd2 Qd3 70. a7 Nxe4 71. Qg8+ Kh6 72. Qg2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,139,20,18,16,17,8,19,13,10,22,22,8,8,12,0,21,24,22,0,1,3,8,12,0,0,7,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,8,10,0,22,14,22,10,20,8,8,0,0,0,39,37,106,105,106,106,102,90,104,110,138,134,132,116,145,114,179,107,156,153,173,158,116,148,145,154,149,118,277,268,264,226,277,277,450,450,664,718,752,753,745,737,745,745,744,744,737,732,706,705,745,744,711,676,690,671,627,597,1648,1769,4627,4627,4134,1698,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 8. Nxc4 Nb6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nfd5 13. Ne3 $146 (13. b3 {feels hotter.} Rd8 14. Bb2 Be7 15. a4 Nb4 16. Ne3) ({Predecessor:} 13. b3) 13... Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 f6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Kf2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Rd3 Ke7 22. Ne4 {Hoping for Rc7+.} Ne8 23. Ra3 a6 24. Rb3 b6 25. Rc6 b5 26. Rd3 Bb7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rb6 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc7 30. Bd3 h6 31. b3 Ra8 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 a5 34. Bc4 Rd8 35. Rc6 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 36. Rc5 Kd6 37. Rxa5 e5 (37... Rb8 $14) 38. Ra7 $16 Kc6 {[#] aiming for ...Kb6.} 39. a5 $1 e4 40. Bb3 Rb8 41. Bf7 Kd6 42. Bg6 Rb4 43. h4 Ra4 44. g4 Rb4 {[#]} (44... Kd7 $16) 45. h5 (45. Bf5 $1 $18) 45... Ra4 46. Bf5 Rb4 47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Bxe4 {a6 is the strong threat.} Rxe2 49. Kf3 Ra2 50. Bd3 Ra4 $2 (50... Ra3 $16) 51. a6 $18 Ra3 52. Bc4 Ra4 53. Be2 Ra5 $2 (53... Ra2 54. Rb7 Ra3) 54. Rb7 f5 (54... Ra3 $142 55. Kg3 Nxa6 56. Rb6+ (56. Rxg7 Nc5 $16) 56... Kc5 57. Rxa6 Rxe3+ 58. Bf3 Re7) 55. gxf5 Rxf5+ 56. Kg3 Rg5+ 57. Kf2 Ra5 58. a7 Ra2 59. Ke1 Ra1+ 60. Kd2 Ra2+ 61. Kd3 Ne6 62. Kc3 Nc7 63. Bc4 Ra3+ 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Be2 Na8 66. Bf3 Rf5 67. Rb8 Nc7 68. Rd8+ Ke7 69. Rc8 Rb5+ 70. Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. d3 a5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 d5 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Be2 Rad8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd1 f5 18. Ke2 f6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Rg1 Red8 21. Bc2 f4 22. g3 fxg3 23. fxg3 f5 24. Rcf1 Rf7 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Nh4 Be6 27. h3 Kf8 28. Nf3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. e4 Bxh3 31. Rd1 Bxg1 32. Rxg1 h5 33. Kf2 Bg4 34. d4 Rd8 35. d5 Ne7 36. Ng5 c6 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Bc3 b6 39. Bd4 Nxd5 40. exd5 Rxd5 41. Bc3 Rc5 42. Rc1 Rxc3 43. Bg6+ Kxg6 44. Rxc3 Bd7 45. Rd3 Be6 46. Rd6 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Bxb3 48. Rxb6 a4 49. Rh6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:18:40]} 10. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:02]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 11. e3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:11:41]} 12. Qa4 {[%emt 0:13:56]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:07:36]} 13. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:06:37]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 16. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 18. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:21:53]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Rc7 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:04:53]} 20. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 21. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bd1+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} 22. Kd2 {[%emt 0:07:19]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rab2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Raa2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 35. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,5,31,0,10,8,18,8,20,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-122,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-10,-41,-29,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,-20,-37,-18,-27,-19,-38,-18,-12,0,0,0,-17,-8,-8,-7,-1,0,0,156,147,131,147,199,191,187,183,200,192,153,131,1262,1249,29961,29957,29991,29991,29993,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,571]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {D83: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0} 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} 9. h3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nfd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Nbd7 13. b4 Ne6 14. O-O Nxf4 15. exf4 {0-1 (66) Gelfand,B (2759)-Grischuk,A (2795) Moscow 2014}) 10. b4 bxc5 11. bxc5 Nfd7 12. Nge2 e5 13. Bh2 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Bb1 Qa5 $1 16. e4 (16. a3 $11 Qxa3 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ra1) 16... exd4 ({Black should play} 16... Ba6 $17 {Hoping for ...exd4.} 17. Re1 Bh6 18. exd5 cxd5) 17. Nxd4 $11 Ba6 ({Of course not} 17... Qxc5 $6 18. Nxd5 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 $16) 18. Nb3 Qa3 19. Re1 Bh6 20. exd5 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 (21. dxc6 {looks sharper.} Nxc6 22. Qxc1 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Nf6 24. Ne4) 21... Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. c6 Nb6 25. Nd4 Bc4 26. f4 Rfe8 27. f5 Kg7 28. Kf2 Rac8 29. g4 Na4 30. g5 Nc5 31. h4 f6 32. Bf4 Kf7 33. Kf3 Na6 $2 (33... a6 $11) 34. fxg6+ $16 hxg6 35. h5 $1 gxh5 {[#]} (35... Rg8 $16) 36. g6+ $1 $18 Kg8 {Threatening ...Nb4.} 37. Bf5 Ra8 38. Bd6 Rad8 {[#]} 39. Bd7 $1 Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Kg7 $16) 40. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} dxc4 41. Kxe4 {White mates.} h4 42. Nf5 h3 43. Be6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 44. Bf8 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf8g7]} Nc5+ 45. Bxc5 h2 46. g7+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,52,0,0,-41,-41,-50,-50,-52,-49,-40,-22,-32,-32,-34,-22,-34,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-30,-27,-30,-30,-30,-12,-30,-25,-30,-19,-19,-15,-25,-5,-12,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. cxd5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Be2 h5 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. h3 Nf6 {1-0 (40) Gelfand,B (2725)-Fedoseev,V (2667) Moscow 2016}) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 9. Rg1 Nc6 10. Bd2 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Rc1 Kb8 {1-0 (33) Alber,H (2310)-De Visser,L (2204) Germany 2015}) 11. f4 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Na4 Rfc8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bb5 Qd8 19. Kf2 Nf5 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Nh5 {[#] aiming for ...Qh4+.} 22. Qd1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Qf1 Qh5 25. Be2 h6 26. Kg1 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,20,16,22,27,28,25,28,29,29,16,16,18,16,16,29,21,40,33,97,102,92,86,94,89,129,131,123,123,309,302,287,304,309,312,312,297,300,296,431,433,370,343,569,531,740,727,910,902,1233,1225,1356,1666,1834,1958,1250,3658,2646,2530,4132,3808,2690,2331]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. a4 d6 8. Bg3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bg4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. c3 Nh7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. a5 a6 14. Re1 {½-½ (22) Tomashevsky,E (2711)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 a5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. Bb5 Na7 16. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxb5 (16... Bf6 $14) 17. Qxb5 $16 c6 18. Qxa5 d5 {[#] ...Ra8 is the strong threat.} 19. Qa7 $1 dxe4 20. a5 exf3 21. Qxb6 (21. Rxe5 Bd6 $17) 21... fxg2 $2 (21... f6 $16 {was called for.}) 22. Qxd8 $18 (22. Bxe5 Rc8 $16) (22. Rxe5 f5 $16) 22... Bxd8 23. Bxe5 ({Weaker is} 23. Rxe5 f5 $14) ({Less strong is} 23. Kxg2 f6 $14) 23... Ra8 {[#]} 24. Bd6 $1 (24. Kxg2 Re8 $14) 24... Bg5 25. Bxf8 Bxd2 26. Re5 Bf3 (26... Kxf8 $142 27. Rxh5 Bg5) 27. Bc5 Bg5 28. b4 Rd8 $2 (28... Bd5 29. Rae1 Kh7) 29. Be7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxe7 30. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd5 31. Rae1 Rh5 32. R1e3 Rxh3 {[#]} 33. Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf3 34. Rxb7 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 35. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra3 36. a7 Kh7 37. d5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} cxd5 38. b5 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,22,13,8,21,20,27,27,26,50,32,45,35,76,79,120,113,107,110,100,106,110,104,98,108,132,144,151,137,158,112,118,130,112,89,89,87,85,82,229,210,209,183,246,246,246,246,310,310,568,568,568,518,723,673,670,463,766,764,845,720,860,692,1915,1684,2225,1753,3724,3256,3085,2217,1739,1654]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} dxc4 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} Be7 10. e4 b5 11. d5 cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxb7 Qc7 17. Bxa8 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Rxa8 {1-0 (36) Mikhalevski,V (2571)-Pruess,D (2404) Bellevue 2006}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Bb7 15. Rxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nc5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Qxc4 Rxb7 20. Rxc5 Qe7 21. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rd7 22. Rc1 h6 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 25. Qc5 Qe4 26. b5 f5 27. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f4 (27... Rd4 $16) 28. Qc2 $18 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 {KR-KR} Rd4 (29... fxg3 {was necessary.} 30. hxg3 (30. fxg3 Kg6 $16) 30... Kg6) 30. a5 Rb4 31. Rc5 $1 f3 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 32. h4 Rb1+ $2 (32... Kg6 {is a better defense.} 33. a6 h5) 33. Kh2 {White is clearly winning.} Rb2 34. g4 Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Ra2 {[#]} 36. a6 $1 f2 (36... Rb2 $142 37. Kxf3 Kg6) 37. Kg2 Ra4 38. Kxf2 Rxg4 39. h5 Re4 40. Rc8 Rb4 {[#]} 41. Rb8 $1 Ra4 42. Ke3 Ra1 43. Rb7 Rb1 44. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 31%.} ({Weaker is} 44. Rxa7 Rxb5 45. Kd3 Rxh5 $11) 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,22,19,21,15,0,2,12,39,44,26,0,0,0,-7,-27,17,17,37,33,39,36,31,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 e5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} 9. Bg5 (9. Nxd5 e4 10. Nd2 Qxd5 11. e3 f5 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 {0-1 (91) Duda,J (2737)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... f6 10. Bd2 Nxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bxc3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd1 c5 16. e3 {1-0 (75) Lindstrom,B (2429)-Pettersson,T (2146) ICCF email 2007}) 15... Bxd4 16. e3 Bg7 17. Rac1 c6 (17... a5 {is interesting.} 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Re8 20. Nd4 a4) 18. dxc6 Qxd2 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 {The position is equal.} 22. Rc2 Rab8 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bf1 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,93,0,20,14,12,-7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,10,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,3,3,0,0,10,14,16,16,16,3,3,3,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,4,0]} 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 Re8 11. a4 h6 12. axb5 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Na3 b4 15. Nc4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bf8 16. d5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 {[#]} 18. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Qc2 Rc8 {½-½ (19) Brkic,A (2588)-Stevic,H (2597) Zadar 2015}) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Qc2 c6 21. c4 Qc7 22. Be3 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 {[#] Nd2 is the strong threat.} Nxe4 28. Bc1 Nf6 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 29. Rb3 Bxd5 30. Rb8 Bxf3 31. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} g5 32. h4 Nh7 33. Ba3 {Strongly threatening Bxd6.} Kg7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rd8 d5 36. Bxf8+ Nxf8 37. Rxd5 {KR-KN} f6 38. Kf1 Ne6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Ke2 Kf5 41. Ke3 Nf4 42. Rd6 Ne6 43. Ra6 Nf4 44. Ra8 Ne6 45. Ra7 Nd4 46. Rf7 Ne6 47. Ra7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-27,-48,-39,-52,-45,-53,-32,-39,-37,-33,-35,-41,-47,-91,-95,-40,-20,-24,-31,-22,-23,-33,-27,-22,-18,-12,-11,-16,-9,-12,-9,-9,0,-24,0,-2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Be3 cxd4 (7... Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nb5 {0-1 (54) Kramnik,V (2808)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} e5 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd5 14. Qxd5 Bxc3+ {1-0 (60) Pruijssers,R (2496)-Pijpers,A (2445) Leiden 2017}) 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. O-O Bxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Rd5 Rfe8 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rdxe5 (21. Qf3 $17) 21... Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxc2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Rc5 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 25. Kf1 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 $1 Re8+ 27. Kd1 $1 Be2+ 28. Ke1 $1 Bb5+ 29. Kd1 Be2+ 30. Ke1 $1 Bd3+ 31. Kd1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,170,32,7,19,11,10,17,18,10,10,12,16,12,8,14,50,44,74,40,47,52,120,108,112,106,118,100,121,126,118,118,118,116,118,118,123,118,125,120,128,126,117,108,102,108,107,113,121,112,120,117,126,110,163,155,181,144,154,29,40,31,20,33,65,83,71,67,74,78,72,74,73,75,75,75,83,11,83,83,83,83,343,339,550,550,510,145,145,145,480,145,145,145,150,145,128,103,103,104,263,263,263,263,263,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,263,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,38,49,49,0,85,131,173,208,208,248,265,265,272,288,295]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Nh4 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Nf8 $146 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Qxf2 g5 16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 {½-½ (35) Gonda,L (2507)-Jakab,A (2359) Budapest 2017}) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 12. Bxf5 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O-O h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bh3 $1 Bb4 17. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qh4 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Rhf1 Kh8 (19... Bxc3 $14 20. Qxc3 Ng6) 20. Ne2 $16 Ba5 21. f4 f5 22. Ng1 Bb6 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Qe7 25. g4 Qh4 {next ...fxg4 is good for Black.} 26. gxf5 Ne7 27. Qd3 Qh5 28. Ne2 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Rf7 32. f5 Raf8 33. Rf3 Kh7 34. Kc2 a5 35. Kd3 c5 (35... Bd8 $16 {was called for.}) 36. dxc5 Bxc5 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Rfd3 (38. e6 $16 Rd6 39. Nh5) 38... d4 $11 39. Kf3 Re7 40. Kf4 Rfe8 41. e6 Bd6+ 42. Kg4 g6 43. Rxd4 Bxg3 44. hxg3 gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 Rxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 46. Rd7+ R8e7 47. R1d6 ({White should try} 47. R1d5 $1 $16) 47... b5 (47... Re5+ $11 48. Kf4 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Re3+ 50. Kg4 R3e4+ 51. Kh3 b5) 48. Rd5 b4 49. b3 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Re1 $16) 50. bxa4 $18 Re2 $2 (50... Kg7 51. Rxe7+ Rxe7) 51. Rxe7+ Rxe7 {KR-KR} 52. Rb5 $2 (52. a5 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rf7+ 53. Ke4) 52... Rf7+ $16 53. Ke4 Re7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rg7 $16 54. Kf4 Rf7+ 55. Ke3 Rg7) 54. Kf3 $2 (54. Kd4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 54... Rf7+ 55. Kg2 Rc7 56. Rxb4 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kf4 Rxa2 $2 (58... Rc5 $16 59. Rd4 Kg6) 59. Kg5 $18 Ra3 60. Kh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} ({Don't do} 60. Kxh5 $6 Rxg3 61. Re4 Ra3 $16) 60... Kg6 {[#]} 61. Rc4 $2 ({Only move:} 61. Rb6+ $1 $18 Kf7 62. Ra6 (62. Kxh5 Rxg3 63. Ra6 Rg1 $11)) 61... Ra1 $11 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 62. Kh3 Ra2 63. Rc6+ Kg5 64. Ra6 Ra1 65. Ra5+ Kg6 66. Ra8 Ra2 67. a5 Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67... Kg5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 68. a6 Kf6) 68. a6 $2 (68. g4 $1 $18) 68... Kg6 69. g4 {And now gxh5+ would win.} Ra3+ $1 70. Kh4 {aiming for a7.} Ra4 $1 71. a7 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} Kg7 72. Kxh5 Ra5+ 73. Kh4 Ra4 74. Kg5 Ra5+ 75. Kf4 Ra4+ 76. Ke5 Ra1 77. Kd6 Rd1+ 78. Kc5 Rc1+ 79. Kb6 Rb1+ 80. Kc5 Rc1+ $1 81. Kb4 Rb1+ 82. Kc3 Ra1 83. Kb3 Ra6 84. g5 Ra1 85. Kc3 Ra6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 63%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,110,20,0,0,0,-10,-2,5,0,9,7,25,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-16,9,0,15,0,29,27,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,35,47,51,70,41,41,36,68,28,41,17,24,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,11,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bb7 (14... Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Ka1 Rb4 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 15. f3 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Bd4 e5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc3 Be6 19. Rd2 Rfc8 {1-0 (57) Berkes,F (2678)-Turayev,S (2156) Batumi 2018}) 16. Rd2 a5 17. Rhd1 Nd5 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qc2 Ra6 21. Qc3 Re6 22. e3 f6 23. g4 Bc6 24. h4 Qb4 25. Rg1 Re7 26. Qc2 Ba4 27. Qf5 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 28. Qc2 Ba4 29. Qc3 Qxc3+ (29... Bc6 {with more complications.}) 30. Bxc3 Bc6 31. Bd4 Rce8 32. Re2 a4 33. a3 Rb8 34. h5 (34. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]}) 34... Rb3 35. Rd1 h6 36. Bc3 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 37. Rd4 Rb8 38. Kd2 Rbe8 39. Rf4 Bd7 40. Bd4 Kg8 41. Ke1 Re5 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. Re1 f5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 44. gxf5 Bxf5 45. Rh4 {next f4 is good for White.} Rf8 46. Reh1 Be6 47. f4 Rff5 48. Ke1 Rg2 49. R4h2 Rg4 50. Kd2 Rf7 51. Ke2 Rf5 52. Bb6 Rf7 53. Kf3 Rg5 54. Ke2 Rg4 55. Bd4 Rf5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,102,0,5,0,14,0,0,0,9,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-18,-7,-18,-9,-33,0,0,29,-44,-67,-157,-60,-45,-23,-120,-121,-146,-146,-146,-146,-125,-118,-147,-144,-200,-166,-130,-144,-320,-328,-297,-307,-352,0,-125,0,-352,-359,-359,-352,-1066,-1047,-1056,-1364,-1283,-1275,-1270,-1250,-1200,-1200,-1112,-1096,-1007,-1064,-1064,-1064,-1064,-954,-29984,-29983,-29983,-1097,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. O-O f6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. a3 Be7 15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 {1-0 (28) Jobava,B (2702)-Karjakin,S (2786) Loo 2013}) 12... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5g7][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Nb3 a5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 17. g4 Ng7 18. f4 $1 Bd6 19. Qg2 Qh4 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxb7 Bxe5 22. fxe5 {Be2 is the strong threat.} Qxg4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 23. Qg2 Qh4 24. Rxf8+ (24. Qg3 $11 Qxg3+ 25. hxg3) 24... Rxf8 $15 25. Rf1 (25. Qg3 $1 $15 Qh6 26. Be4 (26. Nxa5 $2 Nh5 $19)) 25... Rxf1+ ({Better is} 25... Bxb3 $1 $17 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. axb3 Qxd4+ 28. Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nf5 29. Qxd4 (29. Bxf5 $2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 gxf5 $19) 29... Nxd4) 26. Bxf1 Bxb3 27. Qa8+ (27. axb3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Qf2) 27... Kf7 $17 28. axb3 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 29. Kh1 Qxe5 30. Bc4+ Kf6 31. Qd8+ Kf5 32. Kg2 (32. Qd7+ $17 {is a better defense.} Kg5 33. Qd2+ Kh4 34. Qd8+ Kh5 35. Qd1+ Kh6 36. Qd2+ Qg5 37. Qf2) 32... Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Qc3+ (33... Qxh2 $6 34. Bd3+ Ke6 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qxg7 $11) 34. Bd3+ $2 (34. Kf2 $17 {was called for.}) 34... Ke5 $19 (34... Ke6 35. Kg4 $19) 35. Ke2 Qb2+ (35... Qxb3 36. Qxc7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Ke5 38. Qc7+ (38. Qxa5+ Qd5 $17) 38... Kf6 39. Qd8+ Ke5 40. Qc7+ $11 (40. Qxa5+ Qd5 $17)) 36. Kf3 Qc3 $2 (36... Qxb3 $19 37. Qxc7+ Kd4 38. Qd8+ Qd5+ 39. Qxd5+ Kxd5) 37. Ke2 $17 Qb2+ $2 ({Reject} 37... Qxb3 $6 38. Qxc7+ Kf6 39. Qd8+ Ke5 40. Qc7+ (40. Qxa5+ Qd5 $17) 40... Kf6 41. Qd8+ Ke5 42. Qc7+ $11 (42. Qxa5+ Qd5 $17)) (37... Qc1 $17 38. Qe7+ Ne6) 38. Kf3 $19 Qxb3 39. Qxc7+ Kd4 40. Qxg7+ $2 (40. Qd8+ Qd5+ 41. Qxd5+ Kxd5 42. Ke2) 40... Kxd3 41. Qxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd5+ 42. Kf2 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kf2 a4 47. Qg8 Qf4+ 48. Kg2 Ke3 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 49. Kh3 Qf3+ 50. Kh4 Qg2 (50... g5+ $2 51. Qxg5+ Qf4+ 52. Kh3 $17) (50... Qf2+ $142 51. Kg5 Qf4+ 52. Kxg6 Qg4+ 53. Kf7 Qxg8+ 54. Kxg8 a3 55. h4 Kf4 56. Kf7 a2 57. Ke7 a1=Q 58. Kd6 Qf6+ 59. Kc5 Qxh4 60. Kd5 Qd8+ 61. Kc4 Ke4 62. Kb4 Kd4 63. Kb3 Kd3 64. Ka4 Qb6 65. Ka3 Kc3 66. Ka4 Qb4#) 51. h3 Qf2+ {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,66,-23,-8,-52,-56,-39,-43,-69,-62,-93,-84,-94,-83,-74,-53,-75,-43,-34,-43,-33,-38,-33,-37,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 a6 6. e3 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2 c5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d5 Qg6 11. Qf3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Be5 17. O-O {½-½ (17) Bruzon Batista,L (2653)-Liang,A (2572) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... b5 7. a4 c6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. b3 {½-½ (26) Guerrero,A (2154)-Granara Barreto,S (2257) Villa Martelli 2008}) 10... Be7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 O-O 13. Rfd1 b4 14. a5 $1 Ra7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Na4 Qxa5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd7.} 17. Nc5 $1 Qc7 {And now ...Bxc5 would win.} 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qc4 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfa8 21. Ne5 a4 22. Bf3 Ra5 23. Qc2 Nd5 24. Ra3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 25. Rda1 c5 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 cxd4 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa4 Nb6 30. Qxd4 Bxf3 31. Qxb6 Bd5 32. Qb8+ Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,51,0,0,0,-18,-14,-50,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,10,0,2,2,3,11,23,11,0,19,0,16,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Nbd2 Qa6 9. c4 Nd7 (9... Ne7 10. b3 Nf5 11. a4 Nd7 12. O-O Be7 {0-1 (46) Andriasian,Z (2591)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. O-O Nh6 11. Qc3 Nf5 12. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 13. g3 $146 O-O 14. a4 Rac8 15. c5 b6 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 16. b4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rfe8 (19... Nxd4 $5 20. Nxd4 e5 $14) 20. Nb3 Qc4 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Ra3 Bd8 23. Nc1 Bf6 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 24. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Bd8 25. Nc1 Bf6 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 26. Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,127,22,17,11,22,29,-47,20,19,11,0,14,0,2,-11,-2,-21,-9,-2,0,-16,-25,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-9,-6,-7,-4,-13,-6,-4,-8,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,117,0,117,117,117,122,177,153,153,111,141,162,121,163,331,228,229,0,292,276,333,330,309,272,254,254,543,528,722,719,714,682,5600,4806,29960,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29969,12840,12834,12841,12836,12838,6782,12797,6079,6121,4722,4602,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29978]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Bf5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6... Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 e6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rc1 {½-½ (44) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Yu,Y (2765) Batumi 2018}) 7. f3 e6 8. g4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxb1 {The position is equal.} 9. Rxb1 Nbd7 10. Nd3 $146 (10. Nxd7 $11 Nxd7 11. Bd2) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Rc1 O-O-O 14. f4 {½-½ (26) Kaan,J (2240)-Marez,S (2384) ICCF email 2016}) 10... Be7 (10... dxc4 $15 11. Qxc4 h5) 11. Bd2 $11 O-O 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Rxc4 Nd5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. a4 c5 16. e4 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Ne7 $1 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxa4 21. Bb5 Ra1+ 22. Rc1 Ra2 23. Kc2 Bf6 24. Rb1 {aiming for g5.} Nc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb8 28. h4 Ra5 29. Rhc1 h5 30. g5 g6 31. Kd3 Rb6 32. b4 Ra8 33. Kd4 Kg7 34. Rc4 Ra3 (34... Raa6 $11) 35. Rc3 ({Only move:} 35. Kc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Rba6 36. Kd6) 35... Ra2 (35... Ra4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Kc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Rb8 {[#]} 37. Kd6 $1 Rd2+ (37... Ra4 $16 {was necessary.}) 38. Kc7 $18 Rdd8 39. Rxc6 {Strongly threatening b5.} Kf8 {[#] ( -> ...Ke7)} 40. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b8]} Rdc8+ 41. Kd7 {Rxb8 is the strong threat.} Ra8 $2 (41... Rd8+ {might work better.} 42. Kc6 Rbc8+ 43. Kb7 Rb8+ 44. Ka6 Ra8+ 45. Kb5 Ra3) 42. Kd6 Ra3 43. Kd7 Raa8 $1 {and the idea ...Rd8+ leaves Black hopeful.} 44. Rb7 Rd8+ 45. Kc6 Ra3 46. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rc3+ 47. Kb6 Rd6+ $2 (47... Ke8 48. Rf1 Rd4) 48. Ka5 Ra3+ 49. Kb4 Rxf3 50. b6 Rd4+ 51. Kb5 Rxe4 52. Rc7 Re5+ 53. Rc5 Rxc5+ 54. Kxc5 {KR-KR} Rc3+ 55. Kd4 (55. Kb5 $142 Rc8 56. b7 Rb8 57. Kb6 Ke7 58. Kc7 Re8 59. b8=Q Rxb8 60. Rxb8) 55... Rc8 56. b7 Rb8 57. Ke5 Ke7 58. Rb2 (58. Rb3 $142 Kd7 59. Kf6) 58... Kd7 59. Kf6 Ke8 60. Rb1 e5 61. Kxe5 {White mates.} Ke7 62. Rb2 Kd7 63. Kf6 Ke8 64. Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,4,-7,-11,-9,-7,-9,-9,-9,-3,-8,0,-8,-4,-22,0,0,0,-104,-95,-112,-106,-102,-102,-103,-86,-199,-12,-26,0,0,86,77,165,52,97,97,113,-9,-25,-30,-27,-46,-38,-43,-37,-41,-51,-101,-96,-470,-443,-491]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc2 Nh5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 11. Rfe1 Nf4 12. Bf1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 $146 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7d2][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nc4 f5 15. Ne3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bc4 {1-0 (30) Wang,R (2477)-Guseinov,G (2571) Moscow 2004}) 13. Bh4 Bh6 14. Nc4 Bg4 15. Nfd2 Rd7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe5 20. Bh4 (20. Bxf4 $11 Qxf4 21. Red1) 20... Rd2 $17 21. Qc1 Qxe4 {...Nh3+! is the strong threat.} 22. Bg3 g5 $1 23. b3 Qg6 24. Qa3 {[#]} (24. Rd1 $17 Rxd1 25. Nxd1) 24... b6 $2 ({Black should try} 24... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 25. Qxc5 h4 26. Bxf4 gxf4) 25. Qa4 $11 Bd7 26. Rad1 Nd4 (26... Rxd1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Rxd1 e5) 27. Qxa7 $16 Nde2+ (27... Rxd1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 28. Rxd1 Nfe2+ 29. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 30. Kh1 Nxc3) 28. Kh1 (28. Rxe2 $18 Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Rxe2 30. Qc7 (30. Rxd7 Re1+ 31. Nf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Qxc3+ 35. Ke4 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Qc3+ 37. Ke4 Qc2+ 38. Ke3 Qc3+ $11)) 28... Bc6 {And now ...Nxg2! would win.} 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qb8+ (30. Qxe7 $16 {Black must now prevent Qe5.} h6 31. a4) 30... Kg7 $11 31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Qe5+ Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34. Qb8+ (34. Qxe7+ $2 Qxe7 35. Nxe7 {[#]} Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxg2 Nd3 $19) 34... Be8 35. Nxe7 Ne6 36. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Nc8 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rd8 37. Qb7) 36... Rxd5 $19 37. Kg1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,102,-15,-20,0,0,24,19,26,22,47,29,37,36,43,34,50,29,41,34,33,39,80,78,66,18,26,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-37,-41,-40,-40,-40,-43,-41,-41,-39,-41,-39,-39,-38,-46,-38,-43,-33,-41,-28,-28,-22,-22,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Bh5 7. e4 c6 8. Qe1 (8. exd5 exd5 9. Qe1+ Ne7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. g4 Re8 12. gxh5 Nc8 13. Qd1 Qxh4 14. Qg4 {0-1 (31) Grischuk,A (2750)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Ne7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qb6 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. Qxe4 {½-½ (91) Petrosian,T (2625)-Sargissian,G (2702) Yerevan 2016}) 11. Qxe4 Bg6 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nc4 Be7 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 16. d4 Qc7 17. a5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 c5 19. c3 b6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Be7 23. Na3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bf3 Bf8 27. Qd1 Qb8 28. Qe2 Bh7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Qb5 {Black should prevent Nc4.} Qxe5 31. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Nd6 32. Nxe5 Nxb5 33. Nd7 Bc2 {...Bg7 is the strong threat.} 34. Be2 Nc7 35. Nxb6 Bxb3 36. Nd7 c4 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 38. Ba3+ Kg7 39. Bf3 Ne8 40. Bc6 Nf6 41. Kf3 g4+ 42. hxg4 Bd1+ 43. Ke3 Nxg4+ 44. Kd2 Bb3 45. Bc5 Kg6 46. Bf3 Ne5 47. Ke3 f5 48. Be2 {The position is equal.} h5 49. f4 Ng4+ 50. Bxg4 fxg4 51. Be7 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,29,28,18,29,40,22,35,46,60,59,83,73,42,48,90,48,34,31,22,42,115,116,133,139,133,134,137,141,124,125,149,149,131,139,141,134,120,133,135,61,62,60,61,50,57,70,63,37,43,31,107,108,133,126,172,172,171,126,363,334,362,350,353,328,370,369,315,335,1809,1800,1627,1618,1261,1274,1613,1501,1480,1174,1875,1424]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Nd2 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} b5 (8... Be6 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bf3 g6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Rd1 Rc6 15. b3 Qc8 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Korobov,A (2652) Riadh 2017}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} a5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bc6 Ba6 16. Bxa8 Bxc4 {1-0 (30) Tsaknakis,Z (2166)-Giannoulakis,L (2310) Chania 2018}) 14... g6 15. Qe2 h5 16. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} O-O 17. O-O $36 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc7 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. f5 Nf6 $1 20. Bh6 Rfc8 (20... Nxd5 $14 21. Bxf8 Bxf8) 21. Rad1 $16 {Black must now prevent fxg6.} Bxd5 {[#]} 22. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 23. Qd3 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRg6]} (23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g4 Kh7 $17) 23... Kh7 {...Nf6 is the strong threat.} 24. Qxd5 Kxh6 25. Qxf7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf7g6]} Rg8 26. fxg6 Rg7 27. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5a8]} Rf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 28. Ne3 {Threatens to win with Rxf8.} Rxg6 ({Avoid the trap} 28... Qc5 $2 29. Rxf8 Bxf8 30. Qe4) 29. Rxf8 Bxf8 30. Bd3 (30. Qf3 $16 Kg7 31. Qxh5) 30... Rf6 $14 31. Nf5+ Rxf5 $1 32. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 $1 33. Qxf5 {Strongly threatening Qh7+.} Qf7 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Kg1 Bg7 ({Black should try} 35... Be7 $14 36. Qh6+ Kg8) 36. Bg6 $16 Qf4 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 {[#]} 38. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qd4+ 39. Kg2 d5 $2 (39... Qd2+ $16 40. Kf1 Qd5) 40. Qf5 $18 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Qd2+ 41. Kh3 {Intending Qf7+ and mate.} Qh6+ {[#]} 42. Kg4 $1 Kh8 43. Bf7 d4 44. Bd5 {Qf7 would kill now.} Qd6 $2 (44... Bf8 45. h4 (45. Qxe5+ Qg7+ 46. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 45... Be7) 45. Qf7 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rf7g8] White is clearly winning.} Qf8 46. Qxf8+ Bxf8 47. Be4 Kg7 48. Kh5 b3 49. cxb3 Bb4 50. g4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,100,17,19,23,50,36,35,33,40,20,25,0,0,0,2,0,7,0,17,25,31,0,30,23,23,26,29,29,29,42,89,86,83,94,126,131,166,176,145,143,180,32,26,30,26,37,47,-11,20,21,21,25,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 (6... d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (43) Sethuraman,S (2673)-Giri,A (2780) Douglas 2018}) 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bc4 g6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. h3 Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rf8) 14. a5 Kg7 15. Bh2 Bf4 16. Re1 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Nf4 18. Ng1 Be6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Qb3 Rb8 (20... Bxc4 {is interesting.} 21. Nxc4 Qd7 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Kg2 d5) 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Ngf3 Nf6 23. d4 Re8 24. Kg2 b5 {[#]} 25. axb6 $1 Rxb6 26. Qa4 d5 {[#]} 27. exd5 $1 e4 28. dxc6 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Rxb2 29. Qa3 Qb8 30. Kg1 (30. c4 $18) 30... exf3 $14 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Nxf3 Nd6 33. Qa5 ({White should play} 33. Ne5 $14) 33... Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 $1 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 36. Qxc7 Ne4 $1 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Nd2 Nxd2 39. Qe3 {Threatens to win with c7.} Nc4 40. Qe8 Qf5 41. c7 Nd6 42. Qc6 Nc8 43. Qxa6 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qe2 Nd6 46. c4 Qd7 47. Qe5 (47. c5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ne8 48. c6 Qxc6 49. Qe7 Nxc7 50. Qxf7+ Kh8 51. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh8 53. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 54. Qf7+) 47... Nxc4 (47... Qxc7 $17 48. c5 Nb5) 48. Qc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd6 49. Qxd6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxd6 50. c8=Q Qxd4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,105,49,32,47,28,44,46,54,13,39,30,39,35,54,52,78,64,76,66,63,64,87,27,36,36,30,43,36,39,38,30,54,40,40,37,59,59,53,50,44,33,57,49,54,38,70,48,91,79,94,50,121,67,67,54,72,73,116,57,99,61,59,73,56,68,82,63,163,165,180,187,301,298,302,251,421,413,416,418,504,492,486,480,490,475,1184,1158,1136,1110,946,1010,1336,1310,12833,6602,29962,5239]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Bf4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C45: Scotch Game} (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Ba4 c5 {0-1 (29) So,W (2810)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... d6 7. Be2 Bf6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nge7 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Nd2 Bh4 13. f4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nf8 15. Bd3 Nd7 {½-½ (15) Veresagin,J (2360)-Yandemirov,V (2510) Volgograd 1994}) 9... O-O 10. Bg3 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bh4 15. Bxh4 Qxh4 16. Nab5 (16. Bc4 $16) 16... Qd8 $11 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nc3 c6 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Qd3 b6 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. a4 a6 26. h3 Bb7 27. Bc2 Nd7 28. Nf5 Ndf8 29. Qg3 Nd7 30. Qf2 Nf6 ({Black should play} 30... Ne7 $14) 31. Ng3 (31. a5 $16) 31... Bc8 32. b3 Bd7 33. Rd1 b5 34. axb5 (34. c5 $1 $16) 34... axb5 35. cxb5 (35. c5 {looks sharper.} Qa5 36. Nce2 dxc5 37. Qxc5 Nf8 38. b4) 35... cxb5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Bc6 38. Rd4 Ra8 ({Black should try} 38... Bb7 $14) 39. Bb1 $18 Ne7 {[#]} 40. Nh5 $1 Qb6 (40... Kh8 $142 41. f5 Nc8) 41. f5 Qc5 {[#]} 42. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra1 $2 {[#]} ({Of course not} 42... dxe5 {[#]} 43. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (42... Qxe5 {was called for.} 43. Rg4 Kh8) (42... Qxe5 43. Rg4) 43. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Kxg7 44. exd6 {aiming for Rg4+.} ({Less strong is} 44. f6+ Kh8 $16) 44... Kf8 {Hoping for ...Nxf5!} 45. dxe7+ Qxe7 46. Qf4 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} f6 47. Rd6 Qb7 (47... Ra6 $142) 48. Rxf6+ Kg8 49. Qg3+ Kh8 50. Re6 Rc8 {[#]} 51. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 (51... Qxc6 52. Qe5+) 52. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 53. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,0,0,9,-4,-6,-8,-4,-7,-2,-12,0,2,0,0,9,13,18,18,7,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,6,-2,0,-22,18,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Ne5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Qxc6 {LiveBook: 16 Games. The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. Qxc8 Rfxc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {1-0 (55) Santos Latasa,J (2542)-Anand,V (2783) Leon 2017}) 13. Qc2 b5 14. Nc3 Rc8 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 15. a3 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nc4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. a4 Bg5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Bd3 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Qb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bb1 Rc4 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Qd2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 g6 32. Bd3 Nc4 33. Qe2 Qb4 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 Qb3 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qb7+.} 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 {...Qb7+ is the strong threat.} 40. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,117,13,18,18,29,29,29,32,32,25,31,43,51,31,31,30,31,32,25,8,14,5,16,0,22,0,29,23,20,0,26,0,12,0,39,0,7,9,33,31,45,41,39,36,74,47,43,0,47,0,0,1,7,5,230,30,18,25,31,35,23,32,47,39,72,74,68,68,72,87,83,79,87,102,101,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,8,8,8,18,24,8,8,8,29,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Be7 9. Rd1 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rfb8 14. a3 h6 15. h3 a6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. bxa5 Ne8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nxc4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 {0-1 (49) Xu,Y (2545)-Jakovenko,D (2732) China 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qb3 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Rd8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 {½-½ (28) Sargsyan,S (2463)-Esipenko,A (2609) Konya 2018}) 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bc7 Rc8 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Bc6 16. Ne5 Kf8 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Nc3 Ke7 19. Rad1 g5 20. b3 Ra7 21. R6d3 Nbd7 22. f4 h6 23. Rd6 Nb8 24. R6d3 Nbd7 25. Rd6 Nb8 26. R6d3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rg8 27. Kf1 gxf4 28. gxf4 Rg4 29. e3 Rg8 30. R1d2 Rc8 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. Na4 Nfd7 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. f5 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Nb6 Rg8 $2 (36... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 37. Nxd7 $2 ({White has to play} 37. fxe6 $18 fxe6 38. Bg4) 37... Nxd7 $11 38. Bc6 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Nf6 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Bxb5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc4.} Nd5 41. Rc6 Nxe3+ 42. Ke2 Nd5 {...Nc3+ is the strong threat.} 43. a4 $1 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rh1 46. Kf3 ({Reject} 46. Rxc5 $6 Rxh2+ 47. Ke1 Rh1+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ $11) 46... Ra8 {[#]} 47. Bc4 ({White should play} 47. Re2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2e6]} Rf1+ 48. Kg2) 47... Rf8+ $1 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. Bxd5 ({Much weaker is} 49. Rxc5 Ne3+ 50. Kh3 Rf3+ 51. Kh4 Rg1 $17) 49... exd5 50. Rxc5 {next Rb5 is good for White.} Rxb3 51. Rcxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg8+ 52. Kf2 Rf8+ 53. Ke1 Rf4 54. a5 Ra3 55. Re2+ Kf6 {The position is equal.} 56. Rd6+ Kf5 57. Rxh6 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Ra2+ 59. Ke1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,53,10,8,6,11,8,14,11,20,0,0,0,16,0,0,-10,-17,-38,-30,-63,-9,-37,0,-41,0,-39,0,-50]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} (12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. h3 Nb6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Qf4 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. Rd4 Qc7 {1-0 (43) Radjabov,T (2751)-Sargissian,G (2691) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nb6 13. b3 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Qd3 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...e4!} 16. Qe4 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rb8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qxe6 {½-½ (39) Peralta,F (2569)-Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2346) Montcada 2017}) 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. Qe2 Kg7 21. Rd3 Rac8 22. Rcd1 Qb4 23. Qe3 Qc5 (23... Qa5 $1 $15) 24. Qd2 Qb4 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. Qd2 Qb4 27. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,129,22,19,18,25,11,15,7,8,0,4,-1,4,-20,-24,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-25,-25,-25,-34,37,-39,-32,-44,-39,-41,-33,-31,-31,-47,-46,-44,-7,-16,-7,-26,-22,-22,-19,-28,-20,-131,-129,-129,-94,-74,-86,-152,-93,-112,-87,-332,-338,-382,-333,-369,-356,-333,-77,-66,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-8,-191,-8,-8,-8,-64,-76,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4 Qh4 9. Ngh5 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} (9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. g3 Qe7 12. c3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Ngf6 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Nef4 Kb8 {½-½ (31) Kasimdzhanov,R (2700)-Palo,D (2562) Tromsoe 2014}) 9... Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Qxh5 11. Nxh5 g6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Bh6 $146 {aiming for Bg7.} ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bg5 Kg7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 {½-½ (55) Sanduleac,V (2393)-Vedmediuc,S (2406) Kishinev 2015}) 13... Nbd7 14. c3 Bf8 15. Bd2 h5 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. f4 Ne4 18. Bc1 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. b4 b5 21. a4 a6 22. g3 Nb6 23. a5 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rhg8 (24... Nf6 $15) 25. O-O (25. Ng1 $14) 25... g5 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf5+ Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Rde8 29. Nc1 f6 30. Nd3 Re2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 $1 32. Kxf2 Bf8 33. h3 Bd6 34. Re1 Kd7 35. Kf3 (35. Kf1 $11) 35... g4+ $1 $17 36. hxg4 hxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rh8 {White must now prevent ...Rh2+.} 38. Bf4 (38. Kg2 $142) 38... Nxf4 (38... Nxc3 $142 39. Bxd6 Kxd6) 39. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh2+ 40. Ke3 $2 {[#]} (40. Kg1 $17 {only move.} Rh3 41. Nc5+ Bxc5 42. dxc5) 40... Ke6 $1 $19 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (43... Rh3+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 44. Kd2 g3) 44. dxe5 {KR-KR} Rh3+ (44... Kc4 $1 $15) 45. Kd2 $11 Ke6 46. Re3 $1 g3 47. Re1 $1 g2 {( -> ...Rh1)} 48. Rg1 Rg3 49. Ke2 c5 50. bxc5 Rxc3 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 51. Kd2 $2 {[#]} (51. c6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 51... Rg3 $2 ({Worse is} 51... Rxc5 52. Rxg2 Rc4 53. Rg6+ Kd5 54. Rxa6 $11) (51... Ra3 $1 $19 52. c6 Rxa5) 52. c6 Ke7 53. Ke2 (53. Kc2 $11) 53... Kd8 $15 {And now ...Kc7 would win.} 54. e6 Rg6 55. Kd3 {The position is equal.} Rxe6 56. Rxg2 Rd6+ 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Rg5 Rxc6+ 59. Kd4 Rc4+ 60. Kd5 Rxf4 61. Rg7+ Kd8 62. Ra7 Ra4 63. Rxa6 f4 64. Kc5 Ke7 65. Kxb5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,135,32,30,17,31,4,29,11,7,0,-7,0,0,-10,-4,-25,27,25,66,32,52,47,53,59,52,46,44,49,50,37,36,20,29,25,31,0,0,0,31,29,58,25,25,16,66,66,89,78,84,75,75,75,75,75,110,65,68,63,82,49,47,41,62,47,47,37,96,86,87,96,200,200,196,200,195,200,200,200,195,195,219,202,202,202,311,312,269,295,281,195,192,192,184,184,325,263,407,407,627,614,600,591,1218,1010,1475,1344,5225,5120,5120,5114,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. b3 e5 {The position is equal.} 10. Ba3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 12. Ne4 (12. e4 {looks sharper.} c6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bd6 Nc5 15. Qe3) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc8 {[#]} 14. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Qc2 {1-0 (79) Akobian,V (2645)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 15. Qc4 e4 (15... Qe6 $142) 16. Ng5 $11 Qf5 17. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 18. Nh3 Nd5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Rac1 Be5 21. c6 b6 $1 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Rd2 Nc3 24. Rdc2 $1 Nd5 25. Rd2 Nc3 $1 26. Rdc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nd5 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kf1 (28. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rc1d1]} Nc3 29. Rcc2 $11) 28... a5 29. Ng1 a4 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Bb2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxa4 34. Ne2 Rc4 35. Nd4 Re5 36. Rdd2 Ne8 37. Rdc2 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 39. h3 Kf6 40. Kg2 Rc5 ({Black should play} 40... Rd5 $14) 41. Rxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 {KN-KN} 42. Nb3 Ke5 (42... c4 $16) 43. Nxc5 $18 Kd5 44. Nb7 {Nxd6 is the strong threat.} Nf7 45. Na5 Ne5 46. Kf1 Nf3 47. a4 Nd2+ 48. Ke1 Nf3+ 49. Kd1 Ne5 (49... Kc5 $142 50. h4 Kb4) 50. Ke2 Nf3 51. Nb3 Ng1+ 52. Ke1 Kxc6 53. Nd4+ Kb6 54. h4 ({Don't play} 54. Nxf5 $6 Nxh3 55. Nd4 Ng5 $16) 54... Ka5 (54... Nf3+ {was worth a try.} 55. Ke2 Ka5) 55. Nxf5 Kxa4 {[#]} (55... Nf3+ {is a better defense.} 56. Ke2 Kxa4) 56. f4 $1 exf3 (56... Nf3+ $142 57. Ke2 Kb4) 57. Kf2 Ne2 58. Kxf3 Nc3 59. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} c5 60. g5 Nb5 61. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} c4 62. g6 hxg6 63. hxg6 {White mates.} c3 {[#]} 64. Ng3 $1 c2 65. Ne2 Ka3 66. g7 Nc3 67. Nc1 Na2 68. Nxa2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,15,0,9,0,69,64,81,51,52,47,47,40,63,52,70,54,68,55,106,85,131,127,128,125,131,122,119,118,147,126,139,134,158,-521,156,150,153,150,238,225,208,199,186,189,224,202,187,189,208,210,197,203,186,191,252,166,159,137,137,137,142,144,137,21,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nxc4 Be6 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 9. Nfe5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd5 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Bd2 {½-½ (35) Nakamura,H (2777)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Qc8 $1 10. dxc5 Nc6 $146 (10... Nfd7 $1 $11 11. Nxd7 Nxd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Na5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 {½-½ (20) Banusz,T (2612)-Gledura,B (2621) Budapest 2018}) 11. Nxc6 $14 bxc6 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nd3 a5 14. a3 Qa6 15. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Qa4 Rb5 ({Black should try} 17... Bf5 $14) 18. Rac1 $16 Qb7 19. Bxa5 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxb2 21. e4 Nf6 22. Qd4 Rb3 23. Bb4 Qc8 24. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3c3][%mdl 32]} Kh7 25. Rc3 $2 {[#]} (25. a4 $16 {stays on course.}) 25... h5 $2 (25... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8d4][%mdl 512]} 26. Rxb3 (26. Qxd8 $2 {perishes.} Qxd8 27. Bf3 Qb8 $19) 26... Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxb3) 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Rd3 Qe6 (27... Bc2 $16) 28. e5 $18 Ng4 29. h3 Nh6 30. g4 Bc4 31. Rc3 Bb5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 32. Rg3 Kg7 33. Bd2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh8 35. a4 Ba6 (35... Be2 {might work better.} 36. Qe4 Bd1 37. Qxc6 Qxc6 38. Bxc6 Rc8) 36. Qe4 Qa2 37. Bc3 e6 38. Rh3 Bc4 39. Qf4 {Hoping for Bd2.} Qxa4 {[#] Black wants to play ...Qd1+.} 40. Bf1 ({Better is} 40. Bf3 $1 $16 Ng8 41. Rxh8 Kxh8 42. Qxf7) 40... Bb5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Bxb5 Qxg4+ 43. Kh2 ({Don't do} 43. Rg3 $6 Qd1+ 44. Bf1 Nf5 $16) 43... Qe4 44. Kg1 Qg4+ $1 45. Kh2 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Qe4 {...Ng4+ is the strong threat.} 46. Kg1 Qg4+ $1 47. Kh2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,72,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-41,-55,-70,-103,-117,-123,-116,-101,-64,-56,-41,-43,-41,-106,-13,-11,-16,-95,-72,-112,0,-58,-9,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,-80,-70,-669,-667,-643,-636,-29983,-29984,-29984,-1218,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qe6 13. Rc1 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... 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}) 14. bxc3 Qxa2 15. Nb3 O-O 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 {[#]} Rd8 $1 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Rfd1 Bb6 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qe3 (22. Qxc4 $1 $15 Bxc4 23. Rab1) 22... Rd7 (22... Qc5 $17 23. Nxe6 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 fxe6) 23. Bf1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Qc5 24. f4 (24. Nxe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe3+ 27. Kg2 fxe6 28. Rd7) 24... Rad8 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 25. Kh1 Ba5 ({Black should play} 25... Bg4 $17 26. Rdc1 Qf8) 26. Rac1 ({White should try} 26. Rdc1 $11) 26... Qa3 27. Qe2 (27. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 $11) 27... Bxc3 (27... Bb3 $5 28. Re1 Rxd4 $15 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Rd2 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxc1.} 31. Rb1 (31. Qh5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 31... Qa4 $36 {[%cal Rd2d1][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} ({Inferior is} 31... Rxe2 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Bf5+ g6 34. Rxb7+ Qe7 35. Rxe7#) 32. Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rxd2 $15 Rxd2 33. Bb3 Qxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxe2 35. Rxc3) 32... R8d3 $19 ({Not} 32... Rxe2 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Bf5+ g6 35. Rxb7#) 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Rd1 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Ba5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,41,26,17,31,27,25,16,44,43,44,25,29,34,17,18,15,21,25,8,26,0,10,21]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4 c5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Nc6 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} (10... Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxc5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bd3 b6 15. c3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nd4 Ra7 18. O-O O-O {½-½ (81) Guseinov,G (2636)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Porto Carras 2011}) 11. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 {White has an edge.} 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 f5 16. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qe2 Be8 17. b4 Qe7 18. b5 Na5 {0-1 (41) Kaiev,L-Chistiakov,A Kiev (Ukraine) 1938}) 16... Rxf6 17. c4 Qd6 18. Bc2 Be8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:55:31]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 11. Qd3 {[%emt 0:09:18]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 13. Nc1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 16. Rab1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 19. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:07:46]} 21. Red1 {[%emt 0:06:08]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 22. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 27. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 29. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. R1d5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 32. h5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 35. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 36. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 38. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 39. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 40. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. f4 {[%emt 0:09:56]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 42. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:20:51]} 43. g4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. g5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 46. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 48. Bg7+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,-5,-5,-5,3,-22,-8,-55,-56,-55,-45,-67,-75,-64,-70,-39,-62,-97,-106,-135,-128,-175,-150,-175,-157,-166,-160,-475,-465,-528,-551,-555,-547,-579,-466,-507,-393,-385,-387,-377,-371,-370,-369,-484,-487,-479,-487,-546,-566,-549,-494,-558,-557,-567,-569,-526,-465]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 7. a3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (7. O-O Bc5 8. d3 a6 9. h3 h6 10. Kh2 b5 11. Nd5 bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Be3 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 {0-1 (44) Matlakov,M (2694)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 7... Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. b4 Bb6 9. Na4 {The position is equal.} Nd4 $146 {With the idea ...Bg4.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. d3 Nd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (54) Tahbaz,A (2408)-Asgarizadeh,A (2432) Hamedan 2017}) 10. Nxb6 (10. h3 {is interesting.} Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bd4 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 a5 14. O-O) 10... Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 11. f3 $1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxa8 {Threatens to win with 0-0.} Bxh1 14. d3 Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Kf2 Bg4 17. Bg5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 18. h3 Bxh3 {And now ...f5 would win.} 19. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} f6 20. Bh4 $2 (20. Be3 $17 f5 21. Nd5) 20... Qb6+ $19 21. c5 {[#]} Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. d4 (22. bxc5 Qxc5+) 22... Ne6 23. g4 g5 24. Nd5 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 ({Not} 25... exd4 26. Kg3 $19) 26. Kg3 Bxg4 ({Less strong is} 26... gxh4+ 27. Kxh3 Nf3 28. Rc1 $19) 27. Kxg4 gxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Rc1 f5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Kg5 {Now Nf6+ and White clings on.} Kg7 31. Rg1 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 32. Kg4 h2 33. Rh1 {[#]} h5+ $1 34. Kh3 {[#]} (34. Kxh5 Ng3+) 34... Ne3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,34,-22,-22,-14,-15,15,7,16,-2,25,-22,-5,-22,-17,-71,-68,-71,-57,-70,-59]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games} (9. g3 Nb4 10. c4 Ba6 11. Bf4 d5 12. a3 Bxc4 13. Qd1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nc5 16. b4 {1-0 (32) Tomczak,J (2614)-Kramnik,V (2779) Batumi 2018}) 9... a5 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nb6 14. b3 d6 15. Bd3 dxe5 16. O-O {1-0 (29) Sychev,K (2534)-Khanin,S (2510) Sochi 2018}) 10... Nf4 {The position is equal.} 11. Qe3 Ng6 12. Nf3 Bb4+ 13. Kd1 {[#] Threatens to win with a3.} d6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. h5 (15. Qxe6+ $11 Bxe6 16. Kc2) 15... Ne5 $17 16. Nd4 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 17. h6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,24,11,8,26,38,29,26,43,21,14,0,72,72,87,75,72,70,92,68,85,78,87,83,81,77,120,113,156,101,99,99,99,98,98,106,112,56,56,56,56,56,64,56,56,56,56,56,56,53,56,37,56,53,53,0,34,34,60,60,60,60,69,60,60,54,54,57]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 {1-0 (45) Rublevsky,S (2683)-Timofeev,A (2549) Sochi 2017}) 7. Re1 e6 8. d3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. White has an edge.} 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 $146 (12. b3 {with more complications.} Re8 13. Bb2 f6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Ng3) 12... Bc7 13. Ng3 (13. Bd2 {looks sharper.} Re8 14. Bc3 e5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nfd2) 13... Bxg3 (13... Bg6 $11) 14. fxg3 $16 {[%cal Bf2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Re8 15. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bg6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Qf2 e5 18. b3 e4 19. dxe4 c4 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Nd2 c3 22. Nb1 (22. Nc4 $142) 22... Nf6 23. Nxc3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. c4 Rae8 26. Bc5 (26. g5 $16) 26... Rxe1+ $1 $14 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 {[%cal Re1e8] [#]} h6 $1 29. Qf2 Bb1 $1 30. a4 {Hoping for Qe3.} Qb7 $1 31. Qb2 Bg6 32. b4 a6 33. Qd4 Qc8 34. Qd6 Qe8 35. Bf2 ({White should play} 35. Qe7 $14 Qxe7 36. Bxe7) 35... Bc2 36. a5 {White is slightly better.} Qe4 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qxb5 Bd3 41. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,126,34,38,39,44,49,49,37,41,8,77,70,95,97,98,69,116,100,124,78,204,35,56,0,79,-116,-126,-99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-146,-127,-120,-140,-136,-128,-119,-50,-242,-197,-186,-185,-177,-146,-143,-14,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c4 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} c5 14. Qc2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (14... Bb7 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rbd8 17. Kh1 Nb8 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Bh5 Nd4 {0-1 (66) Danin,A (2543)-Rublevsky,S (2678) Olginka 2011}) 15. b3 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 16. Rad1 Rbd8 17. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Bc6 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Rd3 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. Bf2 h6 {1-0 (50) Keuter,K (2429)-Romanov,R (2438) ICCF email 2015}) 17... Nb8 18. Qg2 Bc6 (18... Nc6 $11) 19. Nc3 $16 Rfe8 20. g5 Bf8 21. Bc1 Ba8 22. f5 Nc6 23. Qh3 Nd4 {[#]} (23... Ne5 $16) 24. Bg2 $2 (24. g6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 (24... fxg6 25. fxg6) 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bg4) 24... g6 25. Rf4 (25. Rd2 $14) 25... Qa5 (25... exf5 $11 26. exf5 Qa5) 26. Kh1 $2 (26. Bd2 $1 $16 Qc7 27. f6) 26... exf5 $17 27. Bd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5.} Qa3 (27... Bg7 $1 $17 28. Rh4 fxe4 29. Rxh7 Qc7) 28. exf5 $11 Bxg2+ ({Avoid the trap} 28... gxf5 $2 29. Bxa8 Bg7 30. Bd5 $18) 29. Qxg2 Nxf5 ({Don't blunder} 29... gxf5 $2 30. Nd5 $18) 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 32. gxf6 {Hoping for Bc1.} Re5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 33. Rdf1 Nd4 34. Bc3 $1 {Strongly threatening Rxd4.} Rde8 35. Rxd4 (35. Rg1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... cxd4 $17 36. Qd2 {[#] White threatens Qh6 and mate.} R8e6 $1 ({And not} 36... dxc3 37. Qh6 Qxa2 38. Qg7#) 37. Bxd4 Rh5 38. c5 Re8 (38... a5 $17 39. c6 Qb4 40. Qxb4 axb4) 39. c6 $2 ({White must play} 39. Re1 $1 $15 Rf8 40. c6) 39... Qa5 40. Qxa5 Rxa5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 41. a4 Rd5 42. Bb6 Rd3 ({Better is} 42... Rc8 $17 43. Rc1 Kf8) 43. b4 $11 Rc3 44. c7 $1 {The position is equal.} h5 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Rb3 47. Rc1 Rc8 48. Rc6 Rxb5 49. Rxd6 {And now Rd8+ would win.} Kh7 {aiming for ...Rxb6!} 50. Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c8]} Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Rxb6 55. Rxc8 Rxf6+ {KR-KR} 56. Ke4 Rc6 57. Kd5 Rc1 58. Kd6 Rd1+ $1 59. Ke7 Re1+ 60. Kxf7 {Intending Rh8+! and mate.} Rf1+ 61. Ke6 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Ke4 Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,53,-5,-9,-21,79,77,73,75,79,0,0,0,60,60,79,49,95,95,131,123,203,160,204,204,669,722,722,539,534,531,522,506,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Bb3 (12. Kh1 Kh8 13. b4 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 f5 16. exf5 {0-1 (52) Kovalenko,I (2646)-Amin,B (2686) Batumi 2018}) 12... g4 $146 {[#]} (12... h5 $11 13. h4 g4) ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 Ne7 {½-½ (59) Kuipers,S (2484)-Vrolijk,L (2419) Leiden 2018}) 13. Nh4 $1 $16 Qg5 14. Kh1 Nf6 {[#]} 15. f4 ({Better is} 15. Nf5 $1 $16) 15... exf4 $11 16. Rxf4 {Threatens to win with Qf1.} Nh5 (16... Be3 $11 17. Rf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Bf4) 17. Rf1 $14 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Ne7 19. d4 c5 20. Nc4 $36 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4,Be4f6,Bf6h5][%mdl 2080] White is really pushing.} d5 (20... Ng6 $16) 21. Nd6 $18 {Strongly threatening exd5.} cxd4 22. exd5 ({Don't take} 22. cxd4 $6 Qe3 $16) 22... Ng6 $2 (22... f5 23. Nxc8 Nxc8) 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Qd3 Kg7 25. Nf6 Qe3 26. Nh5+ Kh7 {[#]} (26... Kg8 $18 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kg7) 27. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 89%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,7,14,6,22,19,31,31,34,31,34,35,44,51,41,38,36,40,45,0,4,-16,-19,-21,0,0,0,-6,5,-1,0,-7,-8,-25,41,31,32,-53,0,-110,-110,-110,-110,-133,-162,-160,-94,-99,-110,-99,-100,-116,-106,-100,-93,-179,-184,-196,-207,-218,-227,-233,-214,-215,0,0,0,-208,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 c5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 6. b3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bb5 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 (10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 {½-½ (14) Felgaer,R (2579)-Peralta,F (2593) Buenos Aires 2012}) 10... O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f4 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b5) 14. Rae1 f6 15. Ng4 Bf7 16. d3 Qc7 17. f5 {Threatens to win with c4.} e5 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Rf3 Rd8 20. Qf2 b5 21. c4 Nf4 (21... bxc4 $11 22. dxc4 Nf4) 22. Qg3 $14 {Nexf6+! is the strong threat.} Qa5 23. a3 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. Bc3 $14 Qxa2 24. Bd2) 23... bxc4 (23... Nxd3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bc3 (24. b4 cxb4 25. Ngxf6+ Bxf6 $15) (24. Rxd3 Rxd3) 24... b4 25. Rxd3 bxc3 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Ba5) 24. dxc4 {[#]} (24. bxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bc6 25. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Bc3 Qc7 $11) 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 (27. Nxd3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Bf6 $11) 27... Rxd3 28. Nxd3 Qxa3 29. Nef2) 24... Rd1 $3 $17 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Ne2+)} 25. Rfe3 {[#]} (25. Rxd1 Ne2+) 25... Qxe1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 26. Qxe1 (26. Rxe1 Ne2+) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} ({Black should play} 27... Bd7 28. Nef2 Bxf5) 28. Rb1 Bc6 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. Bc1 h5 31. Ne3 Nf4 32. g3 {[#]} (32. Rb2 $17 {was called for.}) 32... Rd3 $1 $19 33. gxf4 {aiming for Ncd5.} Rxc3 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Bd2 Rd3 36. Bc1 Rc3 37. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Rd3 38. Bc1 $1 Rc3 $2 (38... Be4 $19 39. Rb2 Bg5) 39. Bd2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,19,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 {LiveBook: 109 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} {Predecessor:} Bh5 $146 11. Rc1 {½-½ (11) Braun,A (2581)-Malakhov,V (2666) Biograd 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,36,32,18,31,35,26,39,47,19,32,33,48,44,72,80,55,55,60,74,75,47,50,44,39]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 13. Be3 dxe4 14. Nb5 Qf6 15. Nc7 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 {½-½ (72) Lenderman,A (2618)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 6. Be3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Qf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qe7 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 {½-½ (33) Wagenknecht,U (2215)-Essing,A (2179) Germany 2012}) 9... Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bg5 Rab8 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Qf8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Be3 a5 18. f4 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} f5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,11,16,0,4,0,5,0,38,13,27,0,22,-30,-20,-17,6,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-29,-38,-15,-19,15,0,0,-8,-15,-19,0,0,0,-13,-15,-38,-19,-12,-20,-125,-141,-143,-54,-66,-75,-72,-70,-114,-127,-125,-127,-219,-224,-193,-216,-408,-396,-742,-730,-626,-227,-1067,-1001,-5569,-5527,-5515,-5506]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe1 c6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. a5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {1-0 (54) Vaganian,R (2642)-Rublevsky,S (2686) Mainz 2004}) 10... c6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nc4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rfd1 Bc5 15. Be1 b6 16. Kh1 (16. Bc3 $142) 16... h6 17. Kg1 Re6 18. Ncd2 Rae8 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Re1 Nh7 23. Bd2 Rf6 24. Be3 Be7 25. Rad1 Nf8 26. Rd3 Ne6 27. Red1 Nc5 28. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 29. Qd2 Qe7 30. Rf1 Bg6 31. Nh4 Bh7 32. b3 {[#]} (32. Qe2 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... g5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg5h4][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 33. Rd7 Qf8 (33... Qe6 $17 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. exf5 Qxf5) 34. Nf5 $1 $15 Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 36. Qe2 Rxf5 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Qd2 {[#]} (38. h4 $17 Rd5 39. Rxd5 cxd5 40. c4) 38... Qg7 $1 $19 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Qd7 $2 (40. f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Rxf4 42. Qxf4) 40... Qe5 41. Rc8 $2 (41. Kh1) 41... Bxf2 42. Kh1 Bxg3 $2 (42... e3 {aiming for ...e2.} 43. Qd8 Rg6) 43. Qd8 $2 (43. Rf8 Kg6 44. Rxf7 Rxf1+ 45. Rxf1) 43... Kg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Rc7 Rxf1+ 45. Bxf1 Qxc7 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,64,37,25,26,19,-2,28,16,19,5,32,-19,17,26,31,27,31,18,6,3,6,0,8,8,13,-131,-131,-503,-492,-451,-468,-754,-754,-739,-735,-716,-702,-997,-979,-29984,-29971,-29968,-29969]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 11 Games. And now ...Qxd4! would win. E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} 13. Kg2 (13. Be3 c5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rae8 17. Kg2 Re7 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. a4 {0-1 (38) Howell,D (2676)-McShane,L (2640) London 2017}) 13... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Be3 c5 15. Ndb5 Rd8 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 a6 19. Nc3 Qxb2 20. Na4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Rab1 d3 24. f4 d2 25. Red1 Ned7 26. Nxd7 {½-½ (26) Gonda,L (2528)-Hebden,M (2426) Telford 2018}) 14. b3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 15. a4 Re8 16. Be3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 17. f3 (17. Rc1 $14) 17... h4 {Strongly threatening ...hxg3.} 18. g4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. exd5 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 cxd5 {Threatens to win with ...d4!} 24. Bg2 {[#]} (24. Bd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Bxg4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 25. hxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Ne2 $17 Bxf3 26. Nxg3 Bxd1 27. Rcxd1 hxg3 28. Bg1) (25. fxg4 Rxe3) 25... h3 $19 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg3g2]} 26. Bf1 {[#] Hoping for Rc2.} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bd2 ({Don't play} 27. g5 Nh5 $19) (27. Bf2 $142 Qxf2 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4) (27. Qxd4 Qxf3+) 27... dxc3 28. Bxc3 {[#]} Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. fxg4 Bxc3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qd5 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxe2 Be5 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,71,0,13,13,25,20,50,40,44,41,48,46,62,46,57,50,71,67,54,12,1,0,37,20,20,6,13,5,6,5,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 (6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2750)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. c3 {1-0 (45) Kuhne,D (2323)-Tanti,J (1615) LSS email 2011}) 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Ree3 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Re3 Bc8 25. N4b3 Qa6 26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Qb1 f5 28. exf5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxf5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. N4f3 Bf5 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2750)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017}) 18... Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. bxc4 {White is slightly better.} bxc4 21. Rec3 fxe4 22. Rxc4 Nxd5 ({Predecessor:} 22... exf3 23. Rxb4 fxg2 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Qc2 Re1+ 26. Kxg2 Rxc1 {1-0 (45) Kuhne,D (2323)-Tanti,J (1615) LSS email 2011}) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 26. Rxc3 (26. Qb3+ {is more complex.} d5 27. Bd3 Qe7 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Qc2) 26... Bxe4 27. Qd4 Bb7 28. Qc4+ d5 {The position is equal.} 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Bb2 Rxc3 31. Bxc3 Qc7 32. Bb4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,104,0,0,34,32,51,28,41,27,43,41,31,35,37,22,55,69,64,-20,-26,-69,-69,-69,-69,-67,-64,-56,-60,-56,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 g4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} 10. Ne5 h5 (10... Bb7 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Be2 a6 16. O-O Ng4 17. e5 {½-½ (30) Anton Guijarro,D (2627)-Vallejo Pons,F (2713) Linares 2016}) 11. Be2 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nxg3 (13... Bg7 {keeps more tension.} 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. Rxc4 a5) 14. fxg3 Bg7 $1 15. Nxf7 Qxd4+ 16. Kh2 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 {[#]} O-O $146 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 21. Rxf8+ (21. Rfe1 $1 $14) 21... Kxf8 $11 22. Rd6 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 25. Rxc6 Bxb2 26. Nc5 $1 Rxa2 (26... Bc3 $15 27. Re6+ Kd8) 27. Re6+ $1 $11 Kf7 28. Re2 $1 Bd4 $1 29. Rxa2 Bxc5 {KR-KB} 30. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Bd6 31. Kg1 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kd5 {[#] Hoping for ...b3.} 33. Ke3 Bxg3 34. Rc8 Bxh4 35. Kd3 Be7 36. Rh8 h4 37. Rh5+ Kc6 38. Rh6+ Kd7 39. Rh5 g3 40. Ke2 Kc6 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Ke2 Kc6 43. Kd3 Bd8 44. Rh8 Kd7 45. Rh5 Bf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b3.} 46. Rxb5 h3 47. Rxb4 h2 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rh7 Kf5 {Black has an edge.} 50. Rh3 Kf4 51. Ke2 Bg5 52. Kd3 Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ARM-ch 2019"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,34,0,0,0,0,-14,-5,-2,-8,-11,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {½-½ (31) Andriasian,Z (2603)-Petrosian,T (2627) Dubai 2014}) 3... 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 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne2 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} Rc7 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne7 15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Nxc1 Qc7 18. Ne2 Nc8 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd7 21. Kf1 Kf8 {½-½ (31) Andriasian,Z (2603)-Petrosian,T (2627) Dubai 2014}) 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rc2 Na5 17. Rac1 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

