[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,18,0,16,12,14,15,21,9,15,18,52,37,50,32,23,7,24,14,14,0,0,-12,7,8,0,0,-7,-16,22,18,34,10,20,20,11,0,18,17,17,16,14,13,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7... e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nf6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rab1 O-O 15. h3 Qc7 16. Nd2 {½-½ (43) Anand,V (2786)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017}) 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qb4 Bc6 10. Qb3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 {½-½ (13) Spasov,V (2565)-Ashwin,J (2472) Albena 2013}) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qe6 14. c4 Be7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qe3 Rc7 18. b3 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rac1 Rf8 {The position is equal.} 23. Rc2 Ba8 24. Rdc1 Rfc8 25. Qb6 {[%cal Rc2c7]} Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Qb7 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb7g2] [#]} 28. Qd8+ Kh7 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb7g2]} 29. Ne3 d5 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 30. Ng4 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c1]} (30... d4 $5 31. f3 $8 Qc6 $11) 31. h3 d4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rc6g2]} 32. f3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Bxf3 (36... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 37. Nf2 Bc6 $11) 37. gxf3 Qg3+ ({Much worse is} 37... Qxf3 $6 38. Nf2 $16) 38. Kf1 {And now Qd5 would win.} Qxh3+ ({Don't play} 38... Qxf3+ $6 39. Nf2 $16) 39. Ke2 {Qd5 is the strong threat.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3] [#]} 40. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Neyman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,21,24,15,19,35,28,24,32,32,27,18,11,0,40,40,42,48,48,38,30,35,59,47,67,87,72,83,64,66,62,57,65,62,65,79,98,97,103,16,70,56,62,73,79,62,83,58,86,86,83,84,153,147,138,188,243,217,312,289,263,250,311,292,392,368,346,327,463,394,909,905,847,843]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Be3 {Black should prevent Nd5. B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 {White has an edge.} Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. a3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Qd3 Na5 {1-0 (40) Vovk,A (2625)-Libiszewski,F (2531) Amantea 2014}) 15. Nxd5 Nxe4 16. c4 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qe6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 18. Qc2 {Black must now prevent cxb5.} Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bd3 b4 23. a4 b3 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd5 26. Be4 ({White should try} 26. g3 $16) 26... Nb4 (26... Nb6 $1 $11 27. a5 Na4) 27. Rd1 g6 28. g4 Rd6 29. Kf1 d3 30. f3 Rd4 31. a5 Kg7 32. Kf2 h6 (32... h5 $142) 33. Ke3 $16 Rd6 34. Kd2 Kf6 (34... Rd4 {keeps fighting.} 35. Rdc1 Nc2) 35. Ra1 Nc2 (35... Ke7 $142 36. Rc7+ Ke6) 36. Ra4 $18 Nb4 37. Rc3 Na6 38. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Bxd3 Nc5 40. Rc4 Nd7 (40... Nxd3 $142 41. Kxd3 Ke5) 41. Rc7 Ke7 $2 (41... Ke6 42. a6 Rd8) 42. a6 Kd6 {[#]} 43. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 78%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,48,47,47,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,47,53,61,40,83,65,83,89,150,167,163,158,182,104,225,231,259,221,233,192,179,164,153,56,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nh5 (3... c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nh7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf2 f5 14. Be2 g5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h4 b5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxb5 Rb8 {0-1 (33) Najer,E (2682)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Sochi 2017}) 4. Nh3 e5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Bg5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Qxe5 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 10. Qd2 d6 11. g5 Nh5 {[#]} 12. Nd5 $146 {[%cal Rd5c7]} O-O 13. f4 Qe4 (13... Qd4 $142) 14. Nf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qxc4 15. e3 (15. Nxc7 Rb8 $16) 15... Qa4 16. Be2 ({Don't do} 16. Nxc7 $6 Rb8 $16) ({White should try} 16. b3 $18 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nxc7) 16... Ng7 (16... Be6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. h4 ({Much less strong is} 17. Nxc7 $6 Rb8 $16) 17... Ne8 18. b3 Qa3 19. h5 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Be6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bc4 (21. Bf3 $16) 21... Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Rf7 $14) 22. Qxd5+ {White mates.} Kh8 {[#]} 23. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 24. Qh1+ Kg7 25. Qh6# {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,13,12,25,38,38,33,35,35,0,13,12,64,54,171,165,179,152,147,139,158,117,154,172,207,193,208,206,233,203,194,128,132,129,128,127,142,124,116,115,118,122,111,111,108,104,105,105,98,104,105,101,108,62,70,38,76,11,17,8,18,13,84,93,99,102,94,165,115,113,122,99,95,78,1064,1096,1062,774,1987,1929,1907,1927,1668,1682,2331,2253,2300,2200]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 {1-0 (26) Ivanchuk,V (2728)-Kuzubov,Y (2635) Izmir 2016}) 6... Nh5 7. Ne2 Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Nbc3 Bg6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a5 {1-0 (58) Stastny,R (2039)-Markovic,I (2216) Brno 2005}) 8. Bf2 {White is slightly better.} f5 9. Nec3 Bh6 10. Nd2 fxe4 (10... c6 $11) 11. Ndxe4 $14 Nf4 ({Black should play} 11... Nf6 $14) 12. h4 $1 $18 Nd7 13. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Ng6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. g4 Bf4 17. Ne2 c6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. dxc6 (20. O-O-O $18) 20... Bxg4 $16 21. fxg4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe7 23. O-O ({Don't do} 23. cxb7 $6 Qxb7 24. O-O-O Rxe4 $14) 23... Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. b3 $1 Rxb7 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Rd5 Nd7 31. Rf5 Ne5 32. Rxf4 a5 $1 33. Bd4 (33. Bg3 $16) 33... a4 $1 $11 34. Bxe5 dxe5 {KR-KR} 35. Rf3 axb3 (35... Rd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. axb3 $16 e4 {[#]} 37. Rc3 $1 Ke5 38. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Kd4 39. c6 Rc7 40. Rc1 {Strongly threatening b4.} Kd3 41. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] aiming for b5.} Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... e3 $16) 42. Rc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} e3 {[#]} 43. Rd5+ $1 Kc3 44. b5 Kc4 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Kf1 Kxb5 47. c7 Kc6 48. Rxg7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Schneider, Jana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,170,31,29,11,39,6,7,0,16,9,18,6,28,21,24,18,35,35,41,27,44,20,47,39,84,75,64,61,112,102,111,100,100,84,104,89,112,88,124,116,128,139,118,138,169,84,66,101,61,48,37,14,16,-15,-15,-35,-25,-27,-12,-70,0,0,0,-91,-94,-132,-137,-140,-135,-245,-224,-223,-73,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-75,-264,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Bc5 (3... Bb4 4. Qc2 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. e4 Be6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Nc5 10. Be2 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O {½-½ (20) Neiksans,A (2599)-Jakovenko,D (2718) Minsk 2017}) 4. Nge2 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nxd4 7. exd4 Ba7 8. Qg4 Qf6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qe4+ {1-0 (57) Melcon Diez,E (1635)-Barria Arbunic,M (1470) Madrid 2012}) 7. Nb3 Ba7 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Bc3 N7g6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nh5 f6 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne7 (18... Bd7 $14) 19. Nf4 $16 {Threatens to win with Nde6.} Re8 20. Bh5 g6 21. Be2 $1 Nf5 22. Nb3 Qe7 23. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ng7 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Kh1 $1 c6 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bxg4 (27. f5 $1 $18) 27... Bxg4 28. Nxf6 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6f6]} 30. e5 Qe7 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 31. Qg4 dxe5 32. fxe5 Nf5 33. Qh3 Rd8 34. Ng4 (34. Ba5 $11 b6 35. Bb4) 34... Qd7 ({Black should try} 34... h5 $15 35. Nf6 Ne3) 35. Nf6 $11 Qe7 {next ...Ne3 is good for Black.} 36. Nd2 {[#]} (36. Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... Bd4 $1 $17 37. Nf3 {And now Nxh7! would win.} Bxc3 38. bxc3 Rd3 39. Re1 (39. Nh5 $17 Rxe5 40. Nf4 Rxf3 41. Qxf3) 39... Rxf3 40. Qxf3 {[#]} Rxf6 ({Weaker is} 40... Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Ne4 $11) (40... Qxf6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. g4 (41. exf6 Rxe1+) 41... Qh4) 41. g4 Re6 (41... Rf8 $15 42. gxf5 Rxf5) 42. gxf5 $11 Rxe5 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 44. fxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 45. Qh3+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kf6 47. Qxb7 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qxc4 49. Qb2 Qg4+ 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Qb3 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. c4 Qf4+ 55. Kg2 c5 56. Qd3 Qg4+ 57. Kf2 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qe5 59. Qd2+ Kf5 60. Qf2+ Ke6 61. Qc2 Qg5+ 62. Kf3 Qh5+ 63. Kg3 Ke5 64. Qd2 {White wants to play Qd5+.} Ke4 65. Qc2+ Kd4 66. h3 Qe5+ 67. Kg4 Qe6+ 68. Kg5 $2 (68. Kg3 $17 {only move.}) 68... Qe7+ $2 ({Less strong is} 68... Qxc4 69. Qf2+ Kd3 70. Qf3+ Kc2 71. h4 $15) ({Better is} 68... Qxh3 $19 69. Qb2+ Qc3) 69. Kg4 {The position is equal.} Qh7 70. Qd2+ Kxc4 71. Qe2+ Kd4 72. Qd2+ Kc4 {...Qh5+ is the strong threat.} (72... Ke5 $5 {[%cal Rh7h5]}) 73. Qe2+ Kb4 74. Qd2+ Kb5 75. Qd3+ c4 76. Qd5+ Kb4 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5+!} 77. Qd2+ Kc5 78. Qa5+ Kd4 79. Qd2+ Ke4 {aiming for ...Qh5+.} 80. Qe1+ Kd3 {White must now prevent ...Qh5+.} 81. Qd1+ Kc3 (81... Ke4 $5 {[%cal Rh7h5]} 82. Qe1+ Kd4 83. Qd2+ Ke4 84. Qe1+ $11) 82. Qc1+ Kb4 83. Qd2+ Ka4 {Hoping for ...Qh5+.} 84. Qd1+ Ka3 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 85. Qc1+ Kb4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,133,21,0,19,29,47,24,27,2,1,14,37,33,41,36,56,29,29,31,2,24,93,0,13,10,9,0,38,-14,0,0,0,0,5,0,48,42,71,76,68,75,76,73,76,85,137,129,158,137,364,170,307,287,558,550,510,488,694,731,1135,827,769,578,583,558,510,353,269,81,420,415,396,400,515,504,495,476,417,235,195,186,29970,7,29971,29972,29967,29968,5302,466,450,450,384,375,363,266,251,251,477,260,412,412,400,400,529,512,1410,1372,3041,1673,4627,2236,2000,200]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 12. a3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (12. Ne3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Ndb4 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Qe4 Bd7 17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. Bc3 {1-0 (31) Le Roux,J (2550)-Naumkin,I (2452) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 12... Qf6 13. Qc2 a5 {White has an edge.} 14. e4 Nde7 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qg6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Nc5 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxe5 {½-½ (97) Prudnikova,S (2420)-Zhukova,N (2395) Belgrade 1998}) 15... e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nc5 Nb4 18. Qc3 Bc8 19. Rfd1 Nec6 $1 20. Nd7 Bxd7 $1 21. Rxd7 Rac8 (21... Nd4 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Bxd4 exd4) 22. h4 (22. Bh3 $16) 22... Nd4 23. Rxd4 ({Much weaker is} 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qb3 (24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc2 $17) 24... d3 $17) 23... exd4 24. Bxd4 Qh6 25. Rf1 (25. Bh3 $14 Rcd8 26. Ne3 Rxd4 27. Qxd4) 25... Nc6 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. f4 Rcd8 28. e5 Qh5 29. Bd6 Bb8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rf8 32. Rf3 {[%cal Bf1f3,Bf3d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} Qg4 33. Rd3 Nb4 ({Black should try} 33... Rbd8) 34. Rd2 $16 Qe6 35. Kh2 ({Weaker is} 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Nxb7 Qb6+ 37. Qc5 (37. Nc5 Na6 $17) 37... Qxb7 $15) 35... b6 $2 (35... Nc6 $16 {is a better defense.} 36. Qe3 Qe7) 36. b3 (36. f5 $142 Qd7 37. Be4) 36... Kh8 (36... Qe7 $142 37. Bf1 Rbd8) 37. Bf1 $18 f6 $2 (37... Nd5 38. Qf3 Nc7) 38. Bc4 Qe7 39. e6 h6 (39... g6 $142 40. Nf7+ Kg7) 40. Qf3 Kh7 41. Qe4+ g6 42. f5 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kg1 Kg7 45. Qg4 $2 (45. Nc8 $18 Rfxc8 46. Rd7) 45... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Rbd8 $16) 46. Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h8]} Qc5+ 47. Qd4 Qxd4+ 48. Rxd4 Rhe8 49. Rd7 Kf8 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...Re7....} 50. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 51. f6 Rec8 $2 (51... Nc6 $18) 52. e7+ Ke8 {[#]} 53. Be6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6f7]} Rc1+ 54. Kg2 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6f7]} Rc2+ 55. Kf3 (55. Kf1 $142 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6f7]} Rc1+ 56. Kf2 Rc2+ 57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Rxd5) 55... g4+ 56. Kxg4 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6f7]} Rf2 57. Kg5 {Black must now prevent Bg4.} Nc6 58. Rc7 Ne5 59. g4 Rf3 $2 (59... Rf1 60. Rc3 Re1) 60. Rc1 (60. Rc2 $142 Re3 61. Kf4) 60... Rh3 (60... Re3 {might work better.}) 61. Kf5 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Nd3 62. Rf1 b5 63. Kg6 {White is clearly winning.} Nc5 (63... Rg3 $142 64. axb5 Ne5+ 65. Kg7 Rxg4+ 66. Bxg4 Nxg4 67. f7+ Kxe7 68. f8=Q+ Rxf8 69. Rxf8 Kd7) 64. Bd5 Rc8 65. axb5 Rg3 66. g5 (66. Bc6+ $142 Nd7 67. Rh1 Rxg4+ 68. Kf5) 66... Nd7 67. Bf7# 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Black "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,-23,-30,-21,-25,-23,-27,-28,-35,-39,50,40,63,75,100,78,102,73,139,48,70,56,89,80,87,48,91,95,101,81,114,43,132,136,264,82,84,72,81,86,88,85,58,58,108,97,131,107,126,126,187,91,88,74,76,-30,70,58,61,62,74,69,119,114,127,116,154,145,151,81,123,123,122,110,116,72,204,164,732,845,826,877,875,7,889,889,887,891,875,875,852,847,844,839,765,841,828,833,777,771,757,739,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29988,29988,29985]} 1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 e6 (2... Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qd2 b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. d5 Qe7 11. Na3 a5 12. Nc2 axb4 13. Nxb4 {½-½ (13) Drogovoz,I (2193)-Lavretzkij,R (2264) Puschino 2017}) 3. e4 Qh4 4. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. exf5 Qxb4 5. Qh5+ Kd8 6. Qg5+ Ne7 7. Bxg7 {½-½ (7) Roggensack Hanspach,P-Dowd,R corr 1989}) 4... fxe4 5. g3 Qh6 6. Nxe4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Bxb4 7. Qg4 Bf8 $1 8. Bg2 {Black has an edge.} Nc6 9. f4 d6 (9... b6 $15) 10. Qe2 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be7 11. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bf6 12. d4 $1 Nge7 13. O-O Qg6 (13... Qh5 $142) 14. Rad1 ({White should play} 14. c4 $16) 14... O-O 15. Rfe1 h6 16. c4 d5 17. Nc5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qf7 19. Bh3 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Nf5 20. Ne4 (20. Nxe6 $16 Na5 21. Qd5 (21. Qxc7 Bxe6 22. Qxa5 Nxd4 $16) 21... Bxe6 22. Qxe6 (22. Rxe6 Ne3 $11) 22... Qxe6 23. Rxe6) 20... Rd8 (20... Be7 $14) 21. Nxf6+ $16 Qxf6 (21... gxf6 $16 22. Bxf5 exf5) 22. Ne5 $2 (22. d5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qxb2 23. Bxf5) 22... Nce7 23. Qxc7 Nd5 24. Qc1 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Re5 Rc7 27. Qb1 $1 g6 28. Qe4 Rc6 29. Re1 {[%cal Re5e6]} Kf7 (29... Rd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Qf3 (30. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nd6 31. Qf3 Nxf4 32. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 33. Rf5 gxf5 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. gxf5) 30... Rd8 31. Bf1 {[%cal Bh3f1,Bf1c4,Bc4b3][%mdl 32]} Rb6 32. Qa3 ({White should try} 32. Qf2 $16) 32... Rdd6 (32... Qe7 $1 $11 33. Bg2 Qxa3 34. Bxa3 Ra6) 33. Ba1 $14 a6 34. Bc4 Rbc6 35. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rb6 36. Qf3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nfe7 37. Bb3 Kg7 {[#]} 38. Bb2 $1 Nc6 39. Qf2 (39. Qe4 $142) 39... Ncb4 {Threatening ...Nd3.} 40. Qd2 a5 41. h4 h5 42. Rg5 Kf7 (42... a4 $16 {was called for.} 43. Bxa4 Nd3 44. Qxd3 Rxb2) 43. Qe2 Nc6 $2 {[#]} (43... Kg7 44. Rc1 Kh6) 44. f5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 45. Bxd5+ Rxd5 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Re6 Rd8 48. Rxg6+ ({And not} 48. Rxf6 Rxe8 49. Rfxg6+ (49. Rgxg6+ Kh7 $11) 49... Kh7 $11) 48... Kh7 49. Rgxf6 {[%cal Rf6f7]} ({Worse is} 49. Rexf6 Rxe8 50. Rh6+ Kg8 $11) 49... Rxe8 50. Rxe8 {aiming for Rd6.} Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 51. Rd6 Kg7 52. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32] White wants to mate with Rd7+.} Nd4 53. Re7+ Kf8 54. Rc7 {[%cal Rd6d8]} Ke8 55. Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Ne2+ 56. Kf2 {[%cal Rh6h8] White mates.} Kd8 57. d6 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Nd4+ 58. Ke3 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Nc2+ 59. Kf4 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Rb4+ 60. Kg5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,73,46,54,52,54,64,51,59,27,20,14,22,12,27,17,25,33,30,31,36,29,38,32,32,28,24,24,19,19,26,22,28,17,36,4,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-31,-35,406,360,446,425]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2][%mdl 32]} d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 {LiveBook: 80 Games} Qd7 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} (13... Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b3 h6 16. h3 Qa7 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc2 Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd7 {1-0 (54) Carlsen,M (2862)-Hou,Y (2673) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe3 Qe8 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rd2 Rc7 18. Rcd1 Qe7 19. h3 h6 20. Na4 Rcc8 21. Nb6 {1-0 (71) Mokry,K (2520)-Schmittdiel,E (2450) Germany 1994}) 15... Rac8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Ne3 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent d6.} Ne4 27. Qb4 Nd6 28. Qb2 (28. Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d7]} Qd8 29. g3 $14) 28... f6 29. g3 Qa4 30. Bg4 Nef5 31. Nxf5 Qxg4 32. Ne3 Qf3 33. Re1 Ne4 34. Qe2 Ng5 {[#] ( -> ...Nh3+)} 35. h4 Nh3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Ra1 $15 36. Kh2 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Ne4) 36. Kh2 $18 Qxf2+ 37. Kxh3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Black "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,55,27,49,26,53,40,68,65,67,69,80,72,141,94,172,117,174,153,157,156,150,144,210,226,431,455,450,447,439,433,738,698,29977,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} (11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. g4 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe3 b4 18. g5 Nc5 {1-0 (32) Leko,P (2693)-Kozul,Z (2613) Tallinn 2016}) 11... h5 12. h4 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 14. Rhe1 Qb7 15. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} e5 16. Ng3 g6 $1 17. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 Ng4 18. f5 f6 19. Be3 g5 20. hxg5 h4 {½-½ (20) Calistri,T (2342)-Romieux,S (2294) Juvisy sur Orge 2013}) 17... O-O (17... a5 $142) 18. Ne3 $16 Rfe8 (18... Nh7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. Qf2 ({Better is} 19. g4 $18) 19... Rad8 (19... Kg7 $16) 20. g4 $18 hxg4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. fxg4 Bg7 (22... Be7 $16) 23. h5 Bxe4 $2 (23... Qe7 {was called for.} 24. Rh1 Qf6) 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 {[#]} 25. Nd5 $1 Qxg4 {[#]} 26. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg5 (26... Qf5 $142 27. Qxf5 gxf5) (26... Bxh6 27. Nf6+) 27. hxg7 {aiming for Rf1.} Kxg7 28. Rg1 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,21,54,25,27,15,8,0,8,0,10,11,14,-20,-12,-15,0,-26,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-25,5,-3,-4,-16,-14,-25,-13,-14,-15,-16,-12,-9,-12,-44,-47,-42,-41,-45,-45,-105,-95,-112,-97,-100,0,-106,0,-96,-111,-96,-106,-95,-95,-126,-127,-216,-219,-256,-214,-238,-166,-192,-195,-187,-190,-201,-190,-187,-187,-187,-178,-185,-155,-342,-252,-251,-259,-247,-249,-250,-245,-255,-243,-240,-211,-518,-497,-558,-543,-709,-657,-776,-757,-750,-756,-696,-611,-6283,-5938,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 (5... Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 h6 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017}) 6. d3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bc3 Qc7 {½-½ (34) Mestek,I (2077)-Demjen,A (1991) Shrivenham 2016}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nd5 {White should prevent ...f5.} 14. Bd6 Bg6 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Nd2 (19. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} N5f6 20. Qc3 $11) 19... N5f6 20. Ne4 (20. Be4 $5) 20... Rd8 21. Qa4 a5 22. Qa3 Re6 23. Nf3 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Nf6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. b3 Qc5 28. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qxc3 29. Qxa5 (29. bxa5 $15 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4) 29... Bxe4 $17 30. Re3 Qa1+ 31. Re1 Qc3 32. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3c3]} Qa1+ 33. Re1 {[#]} Qb2 $1 34. Qa8+ Re8 35. Qxb7 Qxa2 36. b5 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Bxf3. Black has strong initiative.} 37. Re3 (37. Rxe4 $17 Nxe4 38. Qxc6) 37... Qxb5 $19 38. Qa7 Qd5 39. Qc7 Qe6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 40. Qa7 Qd6 41. Qa1 Bxf3 42. Bxf3 e4 43. Bg2 c5 44. Qc1 Qd4 45. Rc3 Ra8 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2.} 46. Qe1 $2 (46. Qc2 $17) 46... g6 47. Bf1 Kg7 48. Rc4 Ra1 49. Rxd4 Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 50. Rc4 Nd7 51. Kg2 f5 52. Ra4 $2 (52. Rc2) 52... Ne5 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Bb5 Rb1 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. Be8 Nf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rb1g1]} 59. Bf7+ Kd4 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rb1g1]} 60. h4 g5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,136,-6,-30,12,16,17,12,3,-22,-8,-18,-14,-8,-19,-39,-41,-34,-25,-50,-50,-48,-47,-49,-62,-58,-45,-56,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-14,-29,-14,-28,-32,-32,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-88,-14,-4,0,-189,-181,-187,-172,-172,-187,-167,-188,-195,-193,-208,-209,-203,-197,-291,-264,-232,-99,-102,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-267,-262,-261,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4e5] C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (9... Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Nf1 b4 13. h5 h6 14. Bf4 Rfc8 15. Qd2 a5 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Ng4 Bf8 19. c3 Rc7 20. Qc2 {½-½ (54) Edouard,R (2628)-Schroeder,J (2521) Novi Sad 2016}) 10. Qe2 Nh6 {[%cal Bg4h6,Bh6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 Nf5 12. c3 Rd8 13. Bf4 b5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. g5 {0-1 (35) Baldursson,R (1890)-Nielsen,H (2064) Faroe Islands 2013}) 11... Nf5 12. g4 Nfd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. a3 Bd7 16. b3 Rac8 17. Ra2 $1 f6 18. Bf4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd6 20. h4 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rf4 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rf8 26. f4 Kd6 27. Re2 Re8 28. Bf3 h6 29. Ra1 Rec8 30. Ra2 $1 a5 31. a4 b6 32. Rb2 Kc5 33. Ra2 Kb4 34. Kf2 (34. g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Kc3 (34... Rf8 $1 $17 35. Kg3 Bc8) 35. Kg3 $11 Rf8 36. f5 $2 (36. g5 $11) 36... Re8 $19 37. Kf4 exf5 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re7 $1 40. Bxd5 Re1 41. Be4 Bf7 42. Ke5 g6 43. Kd6 (43. Kf6 {is a better defense.} gxf5 44. Bxf5) 43... gxf5 44. Bxf5 Rc1 (44... Re2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 45. Ra1 Rxc2) 45. Kc7 $17 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. cxb3 $11 Kxb3+ 47. Kxb6 Kxa2 $17 {KR-KB} 48. Be6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Bd7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 48... Ka3 49. Kxa5 {[#]} Rc5+ $2 (49... Rc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d3]} 50. Kb5 Rxd3) 50. Kb6 $11 {The position is equal.} Kb4 51. Bd7 Rh5 52. Bc6 Rf5 (52... Rxh4 $5 53. a5 $8 Rh3 $11) 53. Be8 Re5 (53... Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3d3]} 54. a5 Rxd3 $11) 54. Bd7 Rh5 (54... Re3 $5) 55. Bc6 Re5 (55... Rxh4 $5 56. a5 $8 Rh3 $11) 56. Bd7 Ra5 57. Bb5 Ra8 58. Bc6 Rb8+ 59. Kc7 Rf8 {Threatens to win with ...Ka5.} 60. Kb6 $1 Kc3 61. Be4 Re8 {...Rxe4! is the strong threat.} 62. a5 Rxe4 63. dxe4 {K3P-KPP} d3 {Hoping for ...d2.} 64. a6 {And now a7 would win.} d2 65. a7 d1=Q {( -> ...Qd4+)} 66. a8=Q {Strongly threatening Qa3+.} Qd6+ 67. Qc6+ Qxc6+ 68. Kxc6 {Kd5 would kill now.} Kd4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,208,13,9,11,29,21,6,8,0,0,-23,24,-5,-7,-17,-14,-19,-24,-76,-70,-60,-69,-89,-21,-77,-79,-80,-78,-100,-87,-112,-110,-108,-94,-116,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-91,-98,-95,-98,-98,-99,-96,-98,-90,-95,-94,-98,-98,-96,-87,-99,-98,-102,-66,-93,-93,-116,-95,-124,-106,-138,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-127,-123,-133,-123,-123,-123,-124,-119,-119,-119,-119,-119,-139,-139,-167,-165,-166,-155,-221,-231,-316,-227,-242,-135,-145,-118,-118,-116,-116,-116,-129,-141,-130,-89,-104,-104,-97,-114,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-209,-209,-206,-199,0,-200,0,0,0,-195,-190,-75,-75,-75,-75,-5182,-4627,-4618,-2604,-1239,-1226,-984,-551,-266,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-337,-350,-1072,0,0,0,-641,-905,-859,-752,-536,0,0,0,0,0,-1427,-1276,-5583,-4718,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qxc4 Nb6 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} 9. Qb3 (9. Qc5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nd5 12. Qxb7 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd6 14. Qb3 Qxf4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Qa3 {½-½ (32) Van Wely,L (2647)-Giri,A (2791) Amsterdam 2015}) 9... Be6 10. Qc2 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nc3 Ne4 (12... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 13. Qa3 Re8 $15) 13. Na4 $146 (13. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Be6 14. Qc2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 c6 14. Rd1 Nd6 15. Ne1 Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 {½-½ (26) Kunte,A (2515)-Sethuraman,S (2651) Thiruvarur 2015}) 13... Nxa4 ({Of course not} 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxb6 $14) 14. Qxa4 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. Be3 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 16. b3 (16. Rac1 $11) 16... Be4 $17 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. Qc4 Qb6 (18... Bd5 $17 19. Qc2 a4) 19. Bc1 (19. Nh4 $11 Bxg2 20. Kxg2) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxd4 21. Bg2 Qb4 22. e3 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rfd8 25. Bd2 Bc3 26. Bc1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bb4 28. Rfd1 Kf8 29. Kg1 e6 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Rac8 32. Be4 Rc7 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Bc2 Re7 36. g4 f5 37. h3 Kc7 38. f4 Kb6 39. Bd3 Kc5 40. Rb1 Bc3 41. Kf3 Rd7 42. Ke2 Bf6 43. a4 Bc3 44. Rb3 Ba1 45. Rb1 Bf6 46. Rb3 h5 47. g5 Bg7 48. h4 Rf7 49. Kf3 e5 50. fxe5 Bxe5 51. Rb1 Rd7 52. Rb3 (52. Ke2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 52... b6 $19 53. Kf2 Rd8 54. Kf3 Rd6 $1 55. Kf2 Re6 56. Kf3 Bd6 57. Kf2 Bh2 58. Kg2 Rxe3 59. Kxh2 Kd4 60. Rxb6 Kxd3 61. Rxc6 $17 {KR-KR} Re4 62. Kh3 (62. Rxg6 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxh4+ 63. Kg2) 62... f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} ({And not} 62... Rxc4 63. Rxg6 Rxa4 64. Rh6 $11) 63. Rxg6 f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 64. Rb6 Rg4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 65. Rb3+ Ke2 66. Rb2+ Ke3 67. Rb3+ Kf4 68. Rb2 Rg1 $1 69. c5 Rh1+ $1 70. Rh2 Rg1 $2 (70... Rc1 $1 $19 71. Ra2 Rxc5) 71. Rb2 Rh1+ $2 (71... Rc1 $11) 72. Rh2 Rc1 $1 73. Rb2 (73. Ra2 $19) 73... Rxc5 $17 74. Rb8 {and if Rf8+ works, White does fine.} Rc1 {[%cal Rc1h1]} 75. Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Rb2 $17) 75... Ke3 $19 76. Re8+ Kf2 {[%cal Rc1h1]} 77. Kh2 Rc4 {[%cal Rc4h4]} 78. Kh3 Rxa4 79. Rc8 Rg4 $2 (79... Ra1 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 80. Kh2 Ke3 81. Re8+ Kf4) 80. Rc2+ $11 Ke3 (80... Ke1 $5 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 81. Ra2 f2 82. Ra1+ Ke2 83. Ra2+ Kf3 84. Ra3+ Ke4 85. Ra4+ Ke3 86. Ra3+ Ke2 87. Ra2+ Ke3 88. Ra3+ Kd4 $17) 81. Rc3+ Ke2 82. Rc2+ Ke1 (82... Kd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1c2]} 83. Rf2 a4 84. Rxf3 Kc2 85. Rf2+ Kb1 $17) 83. Rc1+ Kd2 84. Ra1 a4 (84... f2 $5 {[%cal Rg4g1]} 85. Ra2+ Ke1 86. Ra1+ Ke2 87. Ra2+ Kf3 88. Ra3+ Ke4 89. Ra4+ Kd3 90. Ra3+ Ke4 91. Ra4+ Kf3 92. Ra3+ Ke2 93. Ra2+ Kf3 94. Ra3+ $19) 85. Ra2+ Ke1 {Threatens to win with ...f2.} 86. Ra1+ Kd2 {Hoping for ...Ke3.} 87. Ra2+ Kc1 88. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (88. Ra3 $11) 88... a3 $19 89. Rf1+ Kc2 $2 (89... Kd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2e2] And now ...Ke2 would win.} 90. Rxf3 Ra4 91. Rf2+ Kc3 92. Rf3+ Kb4 93. Rf4+ Kb3 94. Rf3+ Kb4 95. Rf4+ Kb3 96. Rf3+ Kb4) 90. Rf2+ $11 Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (90... Kb1 $11 91. Rf1+ Kc2 92. Rf2+ Kb1 93. Rf1+ Kb2 94. Rf2+ Kc1 95. Rf1+ Kc2) 91. Rf1+ $19 {[#]} Kd2 $1 92. Rxf3 Ra4 {( -> ...a2)} 93. Rf2+ {[#]} Kd3 $2 ({Black should try} 93... Kc3 $1 $19 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 94. Rf3+ Kb4 95. Rf4+ Kb3 96. Rf3+ Kb4 97. Rf4+ Kb3 98. Rf3+ Kb4) 94. Ra2 $1 $11 Kc3 (94... Kc4 $5 95. g6 $8 Kb3 $11) 95. g6 {Black must now prevent g7.} Kb3 96. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96. g7 $11 Ra8 97. Rf2) 96... Rg4 $19 97. Rf6 a2 98. Ra6 Kb2 {Black mates.} 99. Rb6+ Ka3 100. Ra6+ Ra4 101. g7 a1=Q 102. Rxa4+ Kxa4 103. g8=Q Qh1+ 104. Kg3 Qg1+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-17,-8,-17,-8,-26,-27,-30,-17,-41,-31,-49,-39,-53,-14,-49,-43,-57,-54,-54,-59,-51,-46,-43,-60,-595,-562,-588,-568,-776,-783,-767,-766,-752,-749,-637,-247,-245,-229,-207,-41,-43,-31,-39,-28,-25,-16,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,602,-34,-25,-45,-155,-324,-298,-407,-308,-417,-396,-820,-1073,-1081,-1055,-990,-989,-823,-655,-5381,-5381,-1370,-1305]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 (4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 Qg5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h3 {1-0 (68) Van Geet,D (2617)-Kujala,A (2637) ICCF email 2010}) 4... Nxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bxc7 Qd5 12. Bg3 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc7 Ra7 {½-½ (16) Karlsson,L (2441)-Brynell,S (2445) Tylosand 2016}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qb1 Re8 12. Qxb7 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd8d2]} 15. Qd4 Qb8 $1 16. Nb5 Rc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] ...Rd8 is the strong threat. Black is up to no good.} 17. Na3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 17. Bd3 $15 exd3 18. Qxd3) 17... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 512]} 18. Qxc5 {[#]} Rxd2 $3 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qb2)} 19. Kxd2 Qb2+ 20. Nc2 Rd8+ 21. Qd4 Rxd4+ 22. exd4 e3+ $2 (22... Bf5 23. f3 exf3) 23. Kxe3 {And now Bd3 would win.} Bf5 ({But not} 23... Qxc2 24. Bd3 $17) 24. Bd3 Ng4+ $2 (24... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d3]} 25. Nb4 g6) 25. Kd2 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Nxf2+ 27. Kd2 Ne4+ 28. Kd1 $1 f5 {aiming for ...Qc3.} 29. a4 Qc3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc3d2]} 30. Kc1 Nf2 31. Rd1 Nxd1 32. Kxd1 Qxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with ...Qf1+. KQ-KRN} 33. a5 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Qxg2+ 35. Kc1 Qg1+ (35... f4 $5 36. gxf4 Qf1+ 37. Kb2 Qb5+ 38. Kc3 Qc6+ 39. Kd2 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qg6+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Qg6+ 43. Kd2 Qg2+ $11) 36. Kb2 Qxg3 37. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Qb8+ (37... Qf3 {with more complications.} 38. a7 Qb7+ 39. Kc3 Qc6+ 40. Kb4 Qb7+) 38. Kc3 Qa7 39. Nb4 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Qc7+ $11 40. Kd3 Qa7) 40. Ra5 $2 (40. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6a7]} Qa8 41. d5) 40... f4 $15 41. Rf5+ Kg6 42. Nc6 $2 {[#]} (42. Ra5 $17) 42... Qa8 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 42... Qxa6 43. Ne7+ Kh6 44. Ng8+ Kg6 45. Ne7+ Kh6 46. Ng8+ Kg6 47. Ne7+ $11) 43. Ne7+ Kh6 44. Ra5 g6 45. d5 $2 (45. Nd5 Qe8 46. Kd2) 45... f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...f2.Black is clearly winning.} 46. Nc6 f2 47. Ra1 Qh8+ 48. Nd4 Qc8+ 49. Kd2 Qc4 50. Rh1+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,99,56,33,46,28,12,1,1,0,3,-16,0,0,0,-5,10,-25,0,-20,-25,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,22,33,28,52,72,67,50,44,50,76,0,0,0,43,9,139,129,248,227,458,454,448,442,500,479,536,523,514,451,473,441,448,447,493,490,551,533,518,514,627,505,758,306,275,303,290,301,383,248,429,429,416,411,1025,745,2683,2478,29995,76,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bd3 Qd7 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} 7. a4 (7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Ne2 h6 11. a4 O-O-O 12. c3 Nf5 13. b4 g5 14. Nd2 {1-0 (43) Ivekovic,Z (2266)-Martinovic,S (2427) Bosnjaci 2009}) 7... Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a5 8. Nb5 Ne7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ng5 c6 12. f4 cxb5 13. f5 exf5 14. Bxf5 Qc6 15. Nxf7 bxa4 16. Rf2 Nd7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nxh8 {1-0 (18) Racz,Z (2252)-Monus,Z (2146) Nyiregyhaza 2004}) 8. Bb5 a6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. a5 h5 11. Qf3 Ne7 12. Nge2 Nf5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qd3 Qc4 15. O-O Bd7 (15... Qxd3 $15 16. cxd3 Bd7) 16. Qxc4 $11 dxc4 17. axb6 cxb6 18. d5 O-O 19. Nf4 (19. d6 $5 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Bd8 20. Ne4 $14) 19... h4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. d6 Bf8 22. Nfe2 f6 23. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bc6 24. g4 ({Better is} 24. Be1 $16) 24... hxg3 $1 25. hxg3 {[%cal Bh2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rd7 (25... g5 $5) 26. Kf2 (26. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Nh4 27. Nd4 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29. Rf1 Bxg4 30. Be3 $14) 26... Rf7 (26... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. g4 $16 Nh6 (27... Nh4 $16) 28. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4c6]} fxe5 $2 (28... Bb7 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Nxc6 Bxd6 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. g5 Nf5 32. g6 Rd7 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Rd4 35. Re1 Ne7 36. Bc3 Rd5 37. Rg1 a5 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Rad1 b5 {[#]} (39... Rad8 $142 40. Nd6 Nb4) 40. Rxd5 (40. Nf6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 41. exf6) 40... exd5 41. Nd6 b4 42. Bd2 a4 43. Nf7 Kf8 $2 (43... Ra6 {was necessary.} 44. e6 Kf8) 44. Bg5 Ke8 45. Rd1 a3 (45... Ne7 $142 46. Nd6+ Kd7 47. Nxc4 Ra7 48. Nb6+ Kc6 49. Nxa4 Nxg6) 46. bxa3 bxa3 47. e6 {White threatens Nd6+ and mate.} a2 48. Nd6+ Kf8 {[#]} 49. Rh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Nd4+ 50. Kf2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,166,13,5,-4,11,-9,15,10,33,4,8,0,30,16,31,0,24,39,35,27,39,33,30,22,11,15,98,0,64,17,17,17,15,7,17,12,12,16,28,2,29,7,20,0,10,8,0,0,0,-11,-8,-68,-15,-8,0,0,8,-16,0,0,21,12,12,0,0,0,0,-44,-47,-47,-31,-64,-63,-52,-59,-89,-72,-95,-65,-117,-133,-134,-123,-137,-124,-160,-152,-203,-206,-168,-88,-101,-80,-83,-82,-78,-73,-82,-89,-74,-48,-56,-77,-77,-77,-74,-77,-79,-83,-90,-83,-77,-45,-56,0,0,0,-83,-74,-741,-8,-8,-8,-25,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-465,-345,-4622,-4622,-2421,-4622,-4618,-1183,-2335,-1447,-4134,-951,-1104,-1104,-771,-584,-976,-600,-29959,-12663,-29983,-12818,-29983,-29985,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nge7 7. Bd3 Bxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe2 h6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 {½-½ (53) Grachev,B (2668)-Najer,E (2646) Moscow 2014}) 8. hxg3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 9. b3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. g4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 $1 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. Rh5 (16. g5 $5) 16... Qe6 17. Nf3 f6 {[#]} (17... Nxg4 $11 18. Rxd5 Qe7) 18. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (18... fxg5 19. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 20. Nf3 $16 (20. Qxd5 g6 $11)) (18... Nxf3+ $1 $11 19. Bxf3 fxg5) 19. Rh1 fxg5 {[#]} 20. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (20... hxg5 21. Rxh8+) 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rh3 Kf7 24. Bd3 Rce8 25. Qg4 Qe6 26. Qh4 Kg7 27. Rg3 g5 28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Qh5 Ke7 30. Rh1 ({Better is} 30. Rf3 $11) 30... Kd8 (30... Ref8 $1 $15 31. Qe2 b5) 31. Qg6 $11 Qxg6 32. Bxg6 Ref8 33. f3 Ke7 34. Rgh3 Kf6 35. Bc2 ({Don't blunder} 35. Rxh6 $2 Rxh6 36. Rxh6 Kg7 $19) 35... Kg7 36. R3h2 Rf6 37. Re1 h5 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Rd6+ 40. Kc2 Re6 $1 41. Rhh1 {Black should prevent Bxc6.} Bxe4+ 42. fxe4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} h4 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Kc4 (44. g3 $15) 44... Rhe8 $17 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Kc2 b5 47. Rhf1 Ra6 48. Ra1 (48. a4 $17) 48... Re8 $19 49. Rfe1 b4 (49... Rae6 $19 50. a4 b4 51. cxb4 cxb4) 50. Re3 Rf8 {aiming for ...Rf2+.} 51. Re2 Rf4 52. Kd3 Rd6+ 53. Kc4 bxc3 54. Kxc3 Rd4 55. e5 Rde4 56. Rae1 Rxe2 $1 57. Rxe2 $17 {KR-KR} Kf7 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Re5 Rg4 60. Re2 a5 61. a4 Rg3+ (61... Kd8 $15) 62. Kc4 $11 g4 63. Kb5 (63. Kxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxb3 64. Kd5) 63... Rxb3+ $17 64. Kxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Kxc5 $17 g3 65. Kd5) 64... Rb8 $2 ({Black should play} 64... g3 $19 65. Re4 Rb4) 65. Re4 $11 {[#]} Rb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. Re5 $1 (66. Rxb4 cxb4) 66... Rb2 (66... Rb1 {with more complications.} 67. Rxc5 Kxe6 68. Ka6 g3 69. Rc2 Ke5) 67. Rh5 Kxe6 68. Rxh4 g3 ({But not} 68... Rxg2 69. Kb5 $17) 69. Rg4 $1 Rb3 ({Resist} 69... Rxg2 70. Kb5 $15) (69... Kd5 $5 {[%cal Rb2g2]}) 70. Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (70. Ka6 $11) 70... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 71. Rc5 $2 {[#]} (71. Ka6) 71... c3 $1 72. Ka6 Kd6 73. Rc8 Kd5 (73... Ke5 $142 74. Rg8 c2) 74. a5 Kd4 75. Ka7 Rb2 (75... Kd3 $142 76. a6 Rb2) 76. a6 Rxg2 77. Rd8+ Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 78. Re8+ Kd6 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 79. Rc8 Rc2 80. Rg8 g2 81. Ka8 Ra2 {Black mates.} 82. a7 c2 83. Rd8+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bussard, Christian"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,104,76,45,40,36,34,20,11,9,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,15,0,0,-61,-65,-78,-49,-99,-37,-85,-40,-50,0,-25,-19,-36,45,-116,12,9,22,9,17,10,19,25,18,13,28,0,0,0,10,0,21,0,12,25,20,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,6,0,22,22,20,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,787,781,723,734,564,606,589]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. b4 Qb8 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nc3 Ba8 20. Qf2 Ne5 21. Na4 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bxb6 dxc4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxc4 {½-½ (34) Bok,B (2598)-Artemiev,V (2653) Doha 2016}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxc6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Qf2 Rd8 15. Rac1 b6 16. e5 Nc5 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. Be4 Qc7 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 {½-½ (38) Salazar,A (2031)-Orozco Lopez,L (2111) Buga 2009}) 13. Rac1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Kh1 (16. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2d6]} Ne5 17. b3 $11) 16... Ne5 17. b3 Rad8 18. Qf2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qh3 (20. exf5 $11 gxf5 21. Ne2) 20... f4 $15 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Rg1 Bc8 ({Black should play} 22... g5 $17) 23. g4 fxg3 24. Rxg3 {Threatening f4.} d5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bh6 d4 ({Better is} 26... Bh4 $15) 27. Ne2 $2 {[#]} ({Don't play} 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. f4 Bh4 $11) (27. f4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} dxc3 28. Bxf8 (28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) 28... Qxf8 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rf1) 27... d3 ({Black should try} 27... Rg8 $1 $17 {aiming for ...d3.} 28. Bd2 Bh4) 28. Bxf8 $11 Rxf8 29. Ng1 Bh4 30. Rd1 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 Nc6 32. Bxd3 e5 33. Bf1 Nd4 34. Bg2 Bb7 35. Nh3 Qf6 36. Ng1 Rd8 37. Qe1 Rf8 38. Qg3 (38. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c5]}) 38... Kg7 39. Rd2 Bc6 40. Rd1 h5 41. Qe1 g5 42. Qa5 g4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. Qxc5 {[#] Rf1 is the strong threat.} Nf3 $1 45. Rd6 Qf4 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf4h2]} 46. Bxf3 gxf3 47. Qxc6 f2 48. Rg6+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rf7)} 49. Rg2 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... fxg1=Q+ $11 50. Rxg1 Qf3+ 51. Rg2 Qd1+ 52. Rg1 Qf3+ 53. Rg2 Qd1+ 54. Rg1 Qf3+) 50. Qd7+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 51. Qh3+ Qh6 52. Qg3 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg3g8]} Qf6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 38%, Black = 44%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,80,4,0,37,0,30,30,31,27,12,11,17,16,37,8,54,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,-19,-19,-19,-8,-19,-19,-25,-8,-19,-8,-28,-28,-27,-35,-105,-105,-331,-279,-334,-312,-354,-272,-411,-405,-411,-402,-346,-178]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Re8 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 c6 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. b3 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Bb7 $146 (14... Be5 $5 {[%cal Re5c3]} 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Be5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (57) Kryvoruchko,Y (2706)-Pashikian,A (2612) Yerevan 2014}) 15. Qf5 (15. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne2 $11) 15... Re5 (15... Bc8 {seems wilder.} 16. Qf3) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ne2 Rbe8 19. Ng3 Bb4 20. c4 (20. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Re3 21. Nf5 $11) 20... Bc3 21. Rc1 (21. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} R5e7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nf5 $11) 21... d4 22. Rc2 (22. b4 $5) 22... c5 23. f3 Be1 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Bh4 26. g4 Bg5 27. Rf5 Rxf5 28. gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 29. Kg2 (29. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bh6 30. Rg2 $11) 29... Ke7 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. Rb2 (31. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Be3 32. Rg2 $11) 31... Kd6 32. Rb1 (32. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bh6 33. Rg2 $11) 32... Ke5 33. h4 Be3 34. Be2 (34. Rb2 $15) 34... a5 $17 35. a4 $2 {[#]} (35. Bd3 $17 {might work better.}) 35... Rg8 $19 36. Rd1 Bf4 37. Rd3 Rg1 38. h5 (38. Kf2 $142 Rh1 39. Bf3) 38... Rg5 39. h6 Rg8 40. Rd1 Rg3+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 54%.} ({Don't play} 40... Bxh6 41. Rh1) 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Black "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:13]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:11:10]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:10:41]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 15. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:11:47]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:19:38]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:14:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 19. Nb3 {[%emt 0:13:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 20. Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 21. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:11:33]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Rce8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 26. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 28. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:15:01]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 30. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 32. Qc4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 33. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 40. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:50:06]} 41. a5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} h5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,112,12,-5,21,15,64,47,69,53,72,49,91,80,91,98,108,95,183,192,174,180,198,190,171,106,108,108,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-89,-129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,39,8,25,24,26,26,47,54,46,46,56,30,66,24,30,33,39,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Nc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 14. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bb2 e5 17. Ne3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfd8 19. Nd5 {0-1 (66) Huang,Q (2399)-Kosintseva,T (2513) Batumi 2012}) 14... Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Na5 Qd7 (20... Qb8 $16) 21. Rd1 $18 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Bxc8 23. Rac1 Rd8 24. Bf1 (24. Rd5 $18) 24... Rxd1 $16 25. Rxd1 Nc7 26. Nxb7 (26. Rc1 $16 Bd8 27. f3) 26... Bxb7 $11 27. Rd7 Bd8 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Bxa7 (29. Rf7 $11 {keeps the balance.} h6 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31. Bg8+ Kg6 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Bg8+ Kg6 34. Bf7+ Kh7 35. Bg8+) 29... Bxe4 $17 {Hoping for ...Bc6.} 30. b5 {[#]} h5 (30... Rc8 $1 $17 {...Na8 is the strong threat.} 31. b6 {[#]} Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. b6 $11 Ne8 32. Bf7 Bc6 33. Bxe8 Bxb6 $1 34. Bxb6 Rxe8 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg8 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 h4 40. gxh4 Kd5 41. Be7 f5 42. h5 Ke6 43. Bf8 Kf7 44. h6 gxh6 45. Bxh6 Kg6 46. Bf8 f4 47. Bd6 Kf5 48. Kc4 e4 49. Kb4 (49. Kc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bd7 50. Kd4 $14) 49... e3 {The position is equal.} 50. fxe3 fxe3 51. Bc5 Kf4 52. Kb3 Kf3 53. a4 e2 54. Bb4 Kg4 55. Be1 {With the idea h4.} Kh3 56. Bg3 Bxa4+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 52%.} (56... e1=R $5 57. Bxe1 Bxa4+ 58. Kxa4 Kxh2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Black "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,28,18,16,13,15,6,0,-7,46,-12,-11,-62,-54,-66,-69,-90,-91,-108,-114,-139,-125,-125,-132,-152,-176,-169,-37,-183,-159,-173,-161,-274,-205,-313,-28,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-6,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 {aiming for ...Nxe4. A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} (9... b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Ne2 Qe8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Nf4 {½-½ (51) Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Grischuk,A (2785) Elancourt 2013}) 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 (12... h6 $11 13. Be3 Ne5) 13. Rc1 $146 (13. Ng3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 Rb8 14. a5 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. f4 {1-0 (35) Santiago,Y (2447)-Cavalcanti,F (2226) Joao Pessoa 2017}) 13... c4 $11 14. Bb1 (14. Bc2 $11) 14... Nc5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. Ng3 Nfd7 16. Nce2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 cxb3 19. Nd4 b2 20. Rc2 Ne5 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 21. Rxb2 Na4 ({Better is} 21... Bd7 $19 22. Ra2 b4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8) 22. Nxb5 {[#]} (22. Rc2 $1 $15 Qb6 23. Nb3) 22... Qb8 $1 $19 23. Rb4 {[#]} Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 24. f4 (24. Rxa4 {was called for.} Rxa4 25. Qxa4) 24... Nc3 ({Weaker is} 24... Bxb5 25. fxe5 Qa7+ 26. Rf2 $17) 25. Qb3 (25. Qc1 $142 Bxb5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bf4 Qa7+ 28. Kh2 Bxf1 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qxc3) 25... Nxb5 $2 (25... Bxb5 $19 26. fxe5 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Bxf1 28. Qxc3 Bxe5) 26. fxe5 $11 Ra3 {The position is equal.} (26... Bxe5 $5 {[%cal Ra8a3]} 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Ra3 29. Qxa3 Nxa3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11) 27. Qxa3 Nxa3 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. e6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} fxe6 30. Ba2 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 {Rf3 is the strong threat.} e5 32. Rf3 Nb5 (32... Bc5 {looks sharper.} 33. Bb3 Rf8 34. Kh2 Rf7 35. Bd1 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Kg7) 33. Bc4 (33. Ne2 {is more complex.} Bc5 34. Bh6 Ra8 35. Bb3 Na3 36. Nc1) 33... Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 Bc5 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Kg3 Nc7 38. Nc3 Bd4 39. Ne2 Bc5 40. Nc3 Bb4 41. Ne2 Ba4 42. Kf3 Bc2 43. Nc1 Bd1+ 44. Be2 Bc2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,72,39,117,104,122,85,135,102,128,130,127,109,147,76,107,86,108,61,72,54,69,50,116,82,247,260,327,328,307,311,297,284,420,438,947,901,1465,1464,1406,1377,1224,1133,1850,1827,1754,1701]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7. Nd5 {B06: Modern Defence} Be6 8. Be3 Qc8 9. Bd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is better.} f6 (9... Nf6 $14) 10. Nf3 $16 Nc6 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Ne6 Bh6 {1-0 (27) Tarjan,J (2447)-Thybo,T (1886) Helsingor 2016}) 11... Bf7 12. Be2 h5 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. Kb1 Kf8 15. Nd4 (15. Nh4 $142) 15... Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nh6 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. f5 Ne5 (19... Nxd4 $14 20. Qxd4 Rh5) 20. h3 g5 $2 (20... gxh3 $16 21. Rxh3 Rxh3 22. gxh3 Ke8) 21. hxg4 $18 ({Weaker is} 21. Nxg4 Kg7 $16) 21... Kg7 {[#]} 22. Rxh8 $1 Qxh8 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. fxe6 Nc6 (24... Rc8 $142 25. Nf5+ Kf8) 25. Nf5+ Kg6 (25... Kf8 $142 26. Qc1 Qg8) 26. Qd3 Rd8 {[#]} 27. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Qd5 Nxg4 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. e7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Bussard, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,131,51,55,51,48,50,60,53,48,45,54,68,48,49,51,54,34,37,31,38,35,40,28,21,25,27,41,31,20,27,24,27,17,52,52,57,53,61,41,41,33,33,17,31,23,33,0,27,18,22,20,23,0,9,5,21,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,8,29,15,16,15,12,16,20,18,15,8,18,4,52,52,52,3,3,3,3,3,24,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,58,18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 {C41: Philidor Defence} 8. Bg2 Nxe5 (8... O-O 9. h3 Nxe5 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (41) Khairullin,I (2658)-Grischuk,A (2779) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. Nxe7+ (12. Bf4 {keeps more tension.} Bb4+ 13. Nxb4 Re8 14. Be3 Nxb4 15. Rd1) 12... Qxe7 13. Qxe7 Nxe7 {[#]} 14. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Re8 15. O-O {½-½ (30) Jones,G (2550)-Sriram,J (2453) Canberra 2009}) 14... c6 15. b3 Re8 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Bc3 f6 21. f4 Kf7 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Bf3 Re7 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Rg1 Be6 26. Re1 Ne7 27. h4 g6 28. g4 b6 29. Re3 c5 30. h5 Rd6 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Be2 Nc6 33. Rh3 Kg7 34. Rg3 Kf7 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. Rg1 Nd4 38. Bd1 Bc8 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Re1 {aiming for Re7+.} Kf7 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. g5 Bb7 43. Rh3 f5 44. b4 Be4 45. Bb2 Kg8 46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Ke1 Ra6 48. Ra3 Rxa3 49. Bxa3 Nc2+ (49... Ne6 {with more complications.} 50. Bc1 Kf7 51. Be3 Bb1 52. Bb3 Ke7) 50. Bxc2 $1 Bxc2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 51. Kd2 Bb1 52. Bxc5 Bxa2 53. Kc3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 54. Kd4 Kf7 55. Kd5 Bb3 56. Ba3 a4 57. Bb4 Ba2 58. Kc5 Ke6 59. Kb5 Kd7 60. c5 Bd5 61. Kxa4 Kc6 62. Ba3 Bf3 63. Kb4 Bh5 64. Kc4 Be2+ 65. Kd4 Bd1 66. Ke5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,40,44,34,38,30,40,32,37,19,25,32,20,18,40,47,47,43,39,34,47,51,54,26,25,6,24,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,0,-5,0,-16,0,-42,-47,-46,-49,-44,0,-20,0,-39,0,-27,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. Rc1 Nxc5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (8... Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Ne4 11. Bd2 Ndxc5 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne6 15. g3 b6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Nb3 {½-½ (17) Bukavshin,I (2522)-Korobov,A (2702) Moscow 2013}) 9. Qd4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nce4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. e3 Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Kd2 {1-0 (46) Kirwald,F (2328)-Ganz,H (2275) Remote email 2014}) 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ke2 Rhc8 18. Nd4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 21. f3 h5 22. Kd3 Kd6 23. Ne2 Kc5 24. Kd2 a5 25. Bc2 b4 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Bd3 g6 28. Be2 Ne8 29. b3 Nc7 30. Bd3 Ne6 31. Ne2 Kd6 32. h3 Nc5 33. Nd4 Ne6 34. Nc2 Nc5 35. Be2 h4 36. Nd4 Ne6 37. Nc2 Nc5 38. Nd4 Ne6 39. Nc2 $1 Nc5 40. Nd4 Ne6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,105,33,33,33,37,30,28,28,31,26,30,8,21,23,31,35,45,37,49,56,119,22,55,38,32,25,21,21,21,22,22,20,26,20,36,0,0,8,16,0,0,0,69,53,42,50,46,0,8,0,30,12,154,0,0,2,119,105,105,101,103,120,234,250,243,177,333,315,392,240,437,489,450,485,467,450,426,417,497,485,687,694,754,736,1016,950,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} c5 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Qe2 Qd7 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2840)-Pavasovic,D (2548) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Nc6 10. Na3 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. Nc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1-0 (61) Van Foreest,J (2584)-Batchimeg,T (2394) Reykjavik 2017}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Ne3 g6 15. Nd2 Bg7 16. Bd5 Ne7 17. a5 Kh7 18. Nec4 Nxd5 19. exd5 f5 ({Black should try} 19... Qc7 $14) 20. Rb1 (20. f4 $1 $16) 20... Qc7 21. Nb6 (21. f4 $5) 21... Bd7 22. Nxd7 (22. f4 $5) 22... Qxd7 23. Nc4 Qf7 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. h3 Rbe8 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Nb6 g5 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Qg6 (30... h5 $11) 31. Reb1 Rf7 32. Qe2 h5 33. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4f5][%mdl 32]} (33. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b7]}) 33... e4 34. fxe4 Bxc3 35. exf5 Qh6 {[#]} (35... Rxf5 $11 {remains equal.} 36. Re4 (36. Qe7+ Qg7 $11) 36... Kg8) 36. R4b3 $2 ({White should play} 36. Re4 $1 $16) 36... Bd4+ $11 37. Kh1 {And now Rb4 would win.} Kg7 (37... g4 $1 $11) 38. Nc4 {[%cal Bb6c4,Bc4d2,Bd2e4][%mdl 32]} Rdd7 39. Nd2 g4 40. Ne4 Qe3 {[#]} (40... Rc7 $16) 41. Qxe3 $1 $18 Bxe3 42. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bf4 $2 (42... Bd4) 43. Rf1 Be3 44. d4 Bh6 $2 (44... Bxd4 45. Ng5 Kf6 46. Nxf7 Rxf7) 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Rg3 Kf8 47. Rxg4 Be3 {( -> ...Rh7+)} 48. g3 Rh7+ 49. Kg2 Rc7 (49... Rh6 $142 50. Rd1 Rc7) 50. Kf3 Bxd4 51. Ng5 Rc3+ 52. Ke4 Rhc7 53. Ne6+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,25,36,11,25,18,33,29,32,29,39,0,25,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-2,0,-22,-19,-7,0,0,0,-23,0,11,18,24,9,14,18,19,101,33,85,81,288,265,325,362,902,224,550,554,519,312,959,954,29984,1008,29985,943]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 {C41: Philidor Defence} Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. g4 Rfe8 15. g5 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 {0-1 (33) Blomqvist,E (2525)-Pohjala,H (2408) Sweden 2015}) 12... c5 13. Qe3 {Bxd6! is the strong threat.} b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Rde1 Re8 17. Qg3 Bb5 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Be4 Bf8 20. h5 Qd7 21. Bc1 f5 22. Bf3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rh1 a5 25. Qf4 Qf7 26. g4 Re5 27. Rd1 Bd7 {[#] White must now prevent ...fxg4.} 28. g5 Re8 29. g6 Qf6 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re5 (31... a4 $11) 32. b3 (32. Qg3 $16) 32... Qe7 (32... Re8 $1 $14) 33. Qd2 $16 c4 $2 {[#]} (33... Qh4 $16 {was necessary.}) 34. bxc4 $18 Qh4 35. Bb2 Re7 $2 (35... Re8 36. Rh1 Qe7) 36. Bd4 $2 (36. Rh1 Qxc4 37. Qg5) 36... f4 $2 (36... Rf7 {is tougher.} 37. h6 g6) 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. h6 Rf7 $2 (38... Qxh6 39. Rh1 Qxh1+ 40. Bxh1 Re1+ 41. Kb2 a4) 39. Be4 f3 40. Bh7+ Kh8 41. hxg7+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 37%.} (41. Qg6 $142 Qe7 42. Qh5 Rf6 43. hxg7+ Bxg7 44. Bf5+ Kg8 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Bxd7) 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,119,18,18,22,18,52,33,97,86,111,113,129,114,189,113,116,128,121,109,100,60,104,89,96,96,96,88,96,96,96,89,96,96,96,88,90,89,89,97,93,96,108,60,58,61,71,80,118,102,103,102,102,100,103,103,101,75,265,265,291,287,519,502,499,502,488,463,468,459,396,446,492,305,335,318,365,366,344,335,355,337,355,362,362,360,366,363,364,363,363,363,359,323,421,405,464,464,439,402,477,498,503,475,654,622,722,697,736,732,843,827]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O d4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ne5 Qxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Bxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxd4 {1-0 (41) Bacrot,E (2720)-Gundavaa,B (2501) Dubai 2014}) 6... Qc7 7. Be2 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Rd7e5]} ({Predecessor:} 7... g6 8. Bf3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Na4 b6 11. c4 Rd8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Rc1 O-O {½-½ (24) Chernyshov,K (2534)-Simantsev,M (2526) Olomouc 2012}) 8. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} Qxc6 (8... bxc6 $14 9. c4 e5) 9. Bf3 $16 Qd6 10. O-O e5 11. d3 f6 (11... exf4 $16 12. exf4 d4 13. Re1+ Be7) 12. Nc3 (12. Qe2 $18) 12... Nb6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with a5.} Be6 15. Ba3 Qc6 16. Bg4 O-O-O 17. a5 Nd7 18. e4 d4 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[#]} 21. Nb6+ $1 Kb8 22. Qf3 Bd6 23. Nc4 Rhf8 24. Qf5 Qe7 25. Qg5 Nd7 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bc7 29. Bc1 {Hoping for Bg5.} Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Bg5 Qf7 32. Qh4 Nd7 33. Be7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} h6 $2 (33... h5 $16) 34. Bd6 $18 {Threatening mate with Qd8+.} Kc8 35. Qxh6 Qg8 $2 (35... Qf6) 36. Bxc7 Kxc7 37. Qg5 Qe6 38. g3 Kc6 39. Kg2 Kb5 40. h4 Kb4 41. Qc1 {White wants to mate with Qa3+.} Kb5 42. Qd1 Nf6 43. Qa1 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Ra1a4]} Kc6 44. Qc1 Kb5 45. Qg5 Ng4 46. Qd8 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Kb4 {intending ...Qf7.} 47. Qb6+ Qxb6 48. axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kb5 49. Kf3 Nh2+ 50. Ke2 Ng4 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. Kc1 Kb5 53. Kb2 Kc6 54. Ka2 Kb5 55. Ka3 {White is clearly winning.} a5 56. Kb2 Ka6 {If Black can now play ...Kb5 this consolidates a bit.} 57. Ka2 Kb5 58. Ka3 Ne3 59. Nxe5 Nxc2+ 60. Kb2 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,31,23,63,62,74,69,71,71,72,75,200,202,200,213,277,274,271,252,316,286,309,254,256,256,251,226,233,188,174,141,244,249,251,247,260,270,278,285,272,266,270,242,573,562]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qh4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (11... h5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. f4 Nd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qxb2 {1-0 (39) Chernyshov,K (2503)-Atabayev,S (2359) Budapest 2016}) 12. Qd2 c6 13. f4 Ng4 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Ne4 Bxb2 $146 (15... Rfe8 $16 16. Bxg7 (16. Nxd6 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rxe3 $14) 16... Rxe4) ({Predecessor:} 15... d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. g3 Qh3 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Qe5 Rf7 24. Nxg4+ Kg8 25. Nf2 {1-0 (26) Flohr,S-Buskenstrom,S Stockholm 1962}) 16. Qxb2 $18 f5 17. Nxd6 Qe7 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. fxe5 Rad8 20. h3 Bh5 21. Rf2 Rd7 22. Raf1 Rfd8 23. e4 Re7 24. exf5 {[#] Hoping for g4.} Rxe5 25. c5 {g4 is the strong threat.} g5 (25... gxf5 $16 26. Rxf5 (26. Nxb7 Rd7 $16) 26... Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Bg6) 26. Nxb7 Rd4 27. f6 Bf7 28. Rf5 Rdd5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rf2 h5 31. b4 Kh7 $2 {[#]} (31... a6 32. Nd6 Kf8) 32. Nd8 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,58,-50,-49,-53,-35,-39,-57,-48,-26,-46,-25,-56,-59,-49,-33,-85,-88,-68,-84,-103,-103,-135,-126,-137,-139,-145,-143,-145,-139,-145,-136,-256,-267,-308,-308,-295,-289,-608,-567]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. Qc1 b6 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 10. Bh6 d4 (10... Bb7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc3+ Kg8 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. e3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. a3 Rd7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Ng5 f6 {½-½ (58) Dubov,D (2624)-Korobov,A (2720) Tromsoe 2013}) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Black is slightly better.} 12. Nb1 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. a3 a5 15. Ne1 Bg4 16. Ndf3 {0-1 (42) Gamayev,O (2238)-Drori,S (2318) Tiberias 2016}) 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. gxf4 Rb8 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. Nc2 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nxe5 (18. fxe5 $15 Rfe8 19. b4) 18... Nxe5 $17 19. fxe5 Rbe8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 20. f4 f6 21. Rf1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf2 Rfe8 24. Be4 Nd6 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Rd1 (26. Re1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... Rf8 27. Re1 Rg5+ 28. Kh1 Nf5 29. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (29. Na3) 29... Ne3 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,76,7,28,-4,6,-16,4,-16,-9,-20,-16,-26,-23,-21,-20,-22,-24,-22,-22,-22,-14,-36,-14,-19,-8,-35,-29,-44,-41,-80,-27,-63,-65,-66,-77,-67,-86,-71,-70,-84,-53,-155,-149,-170,-175,-194,-167,-238,-252,-338,-350,-380,-373,-374,-415,-429,-430,-531,-531,-524,-523,-649,-650,-806,-769,-999,-989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 14 Games. B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 h6 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxb2 14. e5 Rb8 {1-0 (39) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Artemiev,V (2655) Moscow 2017}) 7. Be3 b5 8. a3 e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. f3 O-O 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Bf2 {0-1 (24) Oliveira,E-Mokgacha,K Gaborone 2011}) 11... O-O 12. f4 Rc8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Bg1 Rfe8 15. Rae1 e5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ng6 20. Rd1 Nh4 ({Better is} 20... d5 $17 {Hoping for ...d4.} 21. fxe5 Nxe5) 21. Qe2 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rf2 Qc6 25. Kg1 Kg8 26. Nd2 (26. c4 $15) 26... Bxc2 $17 {[#] Strongly threatening ...exf4.} 27. Rc1 Bg6 ({Wrong is} 27... Qxc3 $2 28. Nf1 $18) 28. Nf1 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Bh4.} 29. Qd2 (29. c4 {was necessary.}) 29... h6 $19 30. a4 bxa4 31. c4 Bd8 32. c5 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 exf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Nd5 dxc5 {[%cal Bd6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 35. Nxf4 Be4 36. Rc4 Bf6 37. Re2 Bd4+ 38. Rxd4 cxd4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Black "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,169,0,0,0,-1,0,0,1,0,0,-2,6,-18,134,134,124,149,127,145,204,179,235,227,221,228,222,141,287,184,169,174,189,145,165,141,390,366,360,298,393,389,435,462,450,447,466,458,480,474,420,94,86,105,82,59,154,145,857,76,77,75,78,81,79,59,59,46,50,46,52,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,53,53,53,53,53,49,58,60,60,53,53,53,61,61,66,53,60,45,66,44,45,0,52,45,62,0,69,43,65,52,52,52,52,52,70,52,52,45,50,31,25,13,13,14,13,14,25,25,38,30,49,8,9,9,9,9,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bc4 {A43: Schmid Benoni} (7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bf4 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. b3 Nb5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Bf1 {1-0 (80) Aleksandrov,A (2615)-Guseinov,G (2646) Minsk 2015}) 7... b5 8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} a6 10. Na3 $1 Nd7 11. Re1 Nef6 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. c4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 {0-1 (49) Virolainen,V (2155)-Karlsson,L (2434) Sweden 2014}) 14. Bd2 Nfxd5 $2 (14... a4 $11 15. Bc2 Ba6) 15. cxd5 $16 a4 16. Bc2 ({Worse is} 16. Bg5 f6 $17) 16... Bxb2 17. Nb5 Bxa1 (17... Ba6 $16) 18. Qxa1 $18 f6 (18... Nxd5 $142 19. Bh6 f6) 19. Bh6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rf7 {[#]} 20. Qb1 $1 Kh8 21. Nc3 Bb7 (21... Ra7 $16 {was called for.} 22. Qc1 a3) 22. Be4 Rb8 {intending ...Nxd5.} 23. Qd3 Qe8 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Qg3 e5 $2 (25... Rb8 $16 26. Rb1 Ba6) 26. dxe6 Qxe6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d5.} 27. Re3 Bxe4 28. Ndxe4 (28. Ncxe4 Rc7 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Nxd6 Re7 30. Nce4 Nd5 31. Rd3 Qc6 32. Qf3 {Hoping for Rxd5!} f5 33. Ng3 $2 (33. Qd1 $18) 33... Nb4 $16 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Be3 Nb4 (35... Nd4 $14) 36. Rd2 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kg8 $16 37. Ne2 (37. Bxc5 Rb8 $16) 37... Rd8) 37. a3 $2 (37. Nf7+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg8 38. Nxe5) 37... Rd5 38. axb4 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 cxb4 40. Bxb4 {And now Ba3 would win.} a3 41. Bxa3 (41. Nf1 {looks sharper.} a2 42. Bc3+ Kg8 43. f4 Ra4 44. Nd2) 41... Rxa3 42. f3 Ra2 43. Kf1 Kg7 44. Ne2 Kf6 45. g3 Ke6 46. Nb5 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Kd5 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. h4 Rh1 50. Nbd4 Ra1 51. Nf4 Ra3+ 52. Nd3+ Kf6 53. f4 Rc3 54. Nf3 (54. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Ra3 55. Nc2 $16) 54... Rc4 55. Nfe5 Ra4 56. Nd7+ Ke7 57. N7c5 (57. Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a4]} Re4+ 58. Kd2 $14) 57... Rc4 (57... Ra3 $11) 58. Nb3 Rc3 59. Nd4 (59. Na1 $14) 59... Ra3 ({Black should play} 59... Kf6 $11) 60. Nf3 Ra4 61. Ng5 h6 62. Nf3 Re4+ 63. Kf2 Kf6 64. Nde5 Ra4 65. Nd7+ Kg7 66. Nfe5 Ra2+ 67. Kf3 Ra3+ 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kh3 Rc2 70. Nf3 Rf2 71. Nde5 Ra2 72. h5 g5 $1 {The position is equal.} 73. fxg5 hxg5 74. Nxg5 Kh6 75. Kh4 Ra4+ 76. g4 fxg4 77. Nef7+ Kg7 78. h6+ Kg6 79. h7 Ra8 80. Kg3 Ra3+ 81. Kxg4 Ra4+ 82. Kf3 Rh4 83. h8=R Rxh8 84. Nxh8+ Kxg5 85. Ke4 $1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:16:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:10:37]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:20:29]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:34:33]} 9. Qc4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 10. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:35]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 11. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nc2+ {[%emt 0:02:45]} 13. Kd1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:15]} 15. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:07:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 16. Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:18]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 19. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 20. Be7 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 21. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Qc3 {[%emt 0:10:21]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 24. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 27. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Na3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 31. Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nb4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. b4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:52:06]} 41. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,51,47,47,44,44,34,45,28,69,49,56,24,137,0,0,6,0,-14,75,31,340,327,394,404,406,407,395,392,691,736,714,650,686,583,553,545,536,553,551,530,498,510,554,552,518,538,513,528,514,499,520,481,471,445,893,836,6203,6361,5406,1159,960,815,927,926,826,771,1159,1153,1128,1056,1614,1408,5913,5724,6144,5603,5595,5595]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 b6 (5... d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. c4 Bd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 {1-0 (41) Giri,A (2782)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016}) 6. Bg2 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Bb7 7. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qc7 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. c4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. h3 Rac8 16. g4 g6 17. Nde2 Qb8 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nd5 exd5 21. exd5 {1-0 (52) Quesada Perez,Y (2630)-Oussedik,E (2155) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} h4 9. Nc3 (9. Nf5 $5) 9... hxg3 10. hxg3 Be7 11. Qg4 {Threatens to win with e5.} Kf8 12. Be3 (12. e5 $5 {[%cal Rg2b7]} Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qe4 $14) 12... d6 {[#]} (12... Nc6 $11) 13. Rad1 (13. e5 $1 $16 Qc8 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qe4) 13... Nd7 $11 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 15. Qe2 Rxc3 (15... Rc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. bxc3 $16 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qa8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 16... Ngf6 $14) 17. e5 $1 $18 d5 18. f5 Nxe5 19. fxe6 f6 20. Nf5 Nc4 $2 (20... Qc8 21. Bd4 Qxe6) 21. Qg4 {White is clearly winning.} g5 22. Bd4 Nh6 23. Nxh6 Rxh6 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. Rh1 Qf8 26. Rh5 Bc6 27. Rdh1 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h8]} Qg7 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. Bd3 Ne4+ 31. Kg2 b5 32. g4 Bd6 33. Rh3 Kf8 (33... a5 $142 34. Rh1 Be7) 34. Qh7 Be8 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Qh8+ (36. Qf5 $142 Be7 37. Rh7) 36... Qxh8 37. Rxh8+ Ke7 {[#]} 38. Bxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 39. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} a5 40. Kf2 Bc5+ 41. Ke2 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. Rc8 Bd6 44. Ke3 Kxe6 45. Kxe4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neyman, Igor"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:04:12]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:51]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:12:04]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:11:47]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:15:13]} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 10. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 12. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:19]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:07:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:09:55]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 18. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:07:54]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 19. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Rhb1 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 22. Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:08:34]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 24. Ke1 {[%emt 0:03:47]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 25. Be4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 26. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 28. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} fxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 37. c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h5+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 38. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 39. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:50:30]} 41. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:50:46]} Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,0,0,-13,3,0,7,11,14,22,17,20,44,37,35,40,43,8,12,-11,0,0,14,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,-49,-5,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,84,0,0,0,0,0,39,31,61,37,117,117,640,632,836,820,1395,1220,2035,2013,1954,1897,1804,1788,1747,1595]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 h6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 Be5 17. c3 Kh8 18. Re3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 {½-½ (44) Sjugirov,S (2673)-Goganov,A (2632) Moscow 2017}) 13. h3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Nb3 (14. Nf5 $5) 14... Bd6 {[#] The position is equal.} 15. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd3 O-O 16. c4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Nc3 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 {½-½ (46) Sebag,M (2501)-Kaczmarczyk,D (2358) Caleta 2014}) 15... b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Na5 Bd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Be7 20. Rac1 (20. Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Qf4 21. Bd2 $14) 20... Qb7 21. Rc3 O-O ({Reject} 21... Bxg2 $6 22. Rb3 $16) 22. Rb3 Qa7 23. Rc1 Rab8 (23... Bc5 {seems wilder.} 24. Rbc3 Rad8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 a5) 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. b3 Bc5 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Ne3 Bb7 28. Bc4 a5 29. Bc7 {[#]} (29. Be5 $11) 29... Rd7 ({Black should play} 29... Rd4 $1 $17) 30. Be5 $11 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. a4 Qa8 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Rd3 Be4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qe1 Qc5 (36... Nd5 $1 $11) 37. Qd2 (37. Bb5 $16) 37... Nd5 38. Ng4 Bf5 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nf3 Kf7 41. Qd4 (41. Nd4 {feels hotter.} Bh7 42. Nb5 Qb4 43. Qd1 Qc5 44. Qe2) 41... Qxd4 ({Black should try} 41... Qc6 $14) 42. Nxd4 $16 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxd5.} Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bb1 $16) 43. Nxf5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc4 44. bxc4 exf5 {KP-KP} 45. Kf1 Ke6 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. Kc3 h5 49. f3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schneider, Jana"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,22,31,0,2,1,16,0,7,-14,-10,-9,5,4,11,0,22,14,29,0,34,0,43,-3,0,8,2,0,0,0,-22,-35,-37,-42,-23,-50,0,0,0,0,0,-115,-116,-111,-96,-83,-67,-89,-97,-161,-103,-150,-160,-230,-131,-215,-192,-410,-402,-418,-436,-422,-394,-421,-155,-736,-590,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-12838]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Na3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} O-O 8. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rab1 b5 12. Qe2 {½-½ (12) Zvjaginsev,V (2660)-Jakovenko,D (2718) Moscow 2011}) 8... b5 9. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qe2 e5 13. c3 Qe7 14. Nc2 a5 15. f3 f5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Bf2 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 18. a4 Ne6 19. axb5 Nf4 20. Qf1 cxb5 21. Ne3 a4 22. Kh2 Bh6 23. Ra2 c4 24. dxc4 {Black must now prevent exf5.} fxe4 25. cxb5 Nd3 26. Ng4 (26. Bg1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Bf4+ $17 27. Kh1 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 28. Raa1 h5 29. Nh2 Nxb2 30. Re1 (30. Rdb1 $17 Nd3 31. Bg1) 30... Bxh2 $19 31. Kxh2 exf3 32. gxf3 {[#]} (32. Reb1 $17 Nc4 33. Rb4) 32... Rxf3 (32... Raf8 $1 $19 33. Qg2 Rxf3) 33. Qg2 {[#]} (33. Re3 $17 Raf8 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Qg2 Rxc3 36. Bg3) 33... Raf8 $1 34. Bg3 $2 (34. Re2 Nd3 35. Bh4) 34... Nd3 {Hoping for ...Rf2.} 35. Rf1 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 36. Rxf3 exf3 ({Inferior is} 36... Rxf3 37. Rxa4 h4 38. Bxh4 $11) 37. Qf1 Qe2+ $2 (37... Qb3 $19 38. b6 Qxb6) 38. Kg1 $2 (38. Qxe2 $17 fxe2 39. Rxa4 Rf2+ 40. Bxf2 Nxf2 41. b6) 38... Qe3+ 39. Kh1 f2 {( -> ...Rf3)} 40. Kh2 Rf3 41. Bc7 Nf4 {Black mates.} 42. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 43. Kh1 Rg3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 47%.} (43... Qh4 $142 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Rxc3 46. Rd1 Rg3 47. b6 a3 48. b7 Rg1+ 49. Qxg1 fxg1=Q+ 50. Rxg1 a2 51. Rxg6+ Kh7 52. Ra6 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qxa6 54. b8=Q Qe2+ 55. Kg3 a1=Q 56. Qb7+ Qg7+ 57. Qxg7+ Kxg7 58. h4 Kf6 59. Kh3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kf5 61. Kh1 Ke4 62. Kh2 Kf3 63. Kh1 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Black "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:02:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 11. Qe1 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 12. e4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 14. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 15. Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Ncd7 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 16. Ne3 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:13:55]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Na6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 19. Rf3 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 21. Raf1 {[%emt 0:08:28]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 22. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 23. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:12:08]} 24. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 25. Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} exf5 {[%emt 0:11:44]} 27. g5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 28. e6 {[%emt 0:04:52]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 29. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. Qxh6+ Kf7 31. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. g6 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 34. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 35. Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:02:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. h3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 38. Re7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nf2+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qe5+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Black "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,160,2,-5,19,0,114,123,129,123,119,115,122,129,123,82,85,65,100,85,93,94,123,79,75,67,118,114,197,194,172,108,108,104,122,118,116,116,123,114,122,118,118,116,120,108,120,108,108,108,123,120,123,123,123,123,133,133,133,108,118,108,108,0,100,98,98,98,99,99,106,79,79,79,91,85,91,64,85,59,99,79,92,61,78,78,79,71,81,0,0,0,93,61,70,0,5,13,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2 c6 9. Nc3 Bd7 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nb3 Nc4 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. h3 a6 19. Rfc1 Qb8 20. e3 b5 21. Bf1 {½-½ (35) Esen,B (2567)-Annaberdiev,M (2417) Kocaeli 2015}) 10. b4 Nxd5 (10... Nxc4 $1 $11 11. Nxc4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxa1) 11. cxd5 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb2.} Bxc3 {White is better.} 12. Rb1 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxd2 Nc4 14. Qd4 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Ba6 {½-½ (30) Baumgartner,H-Sikora Lerch,J Havirov 1968}) 13... Nc4 14. Bh6 {Hoping for dxc6.} Qb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rfd1 e6 20. a4 a5 (20... Rc8 $14) 21. Qc3 axb4 (21... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. Rxb4 $18 Qa7 23. Rdb1 (23. a5 $18) 23... c5 $16 24. Rb5 Qxa4 25. Rxc5 Qa2 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Ra5 Ne4 28. Rxa2 Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 29. Rc2 Ne4 30. Rec1 Kg7 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 {KR-KN} h6 33. f3 Nf6 34. Kf2 g5 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Kd4 Kf6 38. Rc8 Ng6 39. Rc7 ({Better is} 39. Rd8 $16) 39... h5 (39... Ne5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Kc5 h4 41. Kd4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Ne7 43. Ke3 (43. g4 {seems wilder.} Ng6 44. Rc2 Nf4 45. Ra2 e5+ 46. Ke3) 43... Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Ne7 45. Rb7 Ng6 46. Kg2 Ne7 47. Rb4 Ke5 48. Rg4 Kf6 49. Kh3 Ng6 50. Ra4 Ne5 51. Ra8 Nc4 52. Kg4 ({White should try} 52. Kg2 $16) 52... Ne3+ $11 53. Kh3 Nf5 (53... Nc4 $11) 54. Ra4 Ne3 55. g4 ({White should play} 55. Ra3 $14 Nc2 56. Ra2) 55... Ke5 $1 56. Kg3 f5 57. gxf5 exf5 {The position is equal.} 58. f4+ gxf4+ 59. Rxf4 d4 60. Rh4 Nf1+ 61. Kf2 Nd2 62. Ke1 Ne4 63. Kd1 Nc3+ 64. Kd2 Ne4+ 65. Kd3 Nf2+ 66. Kc4 Ng4 67. Rh8 {[#] Re8+ is the strong threat.} Ke4 68. Re8+ Ne5+ $1 69. Kc5 {aiming for Kd6.} (69. Kb3 {is interesting.} Kd5 70. Kc2 f4 71. Rd8+ Ke4 72. Kd2) 69... d3 70. exd3+ Kxd3 71. Rxe5 {KR-KP} f4 72. Rf5 Ke3 73. Kd5 f3 74. Re5+ Kd3 75. Re1 f2 76. Ra1 Ke2 77. Ke4 f1=Q 78. Ra2+ Ke1 79. Ra1+ Ke2 80. Rxf1 Kxf1 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,112,35,23,48,29,33,34,35,22,12,-12,33,6,22,27,36,32,30,33,28,14,24,24,24,24,27,22,20,-22,-25,-92,-90,-93,-100,-100,-100,-102,-102,-102,-103,-118,-110,-174,-181,-211,-177,-258,-265,-232,-212,-260,-263,-245,-209,-215,-198,-201,-162,-157,-168,-153,-110,-167,-112,-231,-208,-253,-256,-293,-233,-235,-263,-335,-266,-315,-321,-319,-298,-308,-289,-297,-295,-304,-230,-375,-380,-375,-363,-389,-381,-390,-380,-539,-548,-578,-536,-627,-617,-852,-725,-6648,-6670]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 d6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (7... Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 f5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 {½-½ (74) Karjakin,S (2779)-Bologan,V (2732) Astana 2012}) 8. a4 Nf6 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a5 Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 {1-0 (55) Morawietz,D (2425)-Savchenko,V (2430) Germany 2011}) 9... O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. N1d2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb6 Qc7 15. Ra4 Ne5 16. Rd4 Be6 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. c3 (20. Bf3 {looks sharper.} Ne4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Re1) 20... Ne4 21. Nxd5 (21. Rd3 $1 $11) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} Nxc3 $1 24. bxc3 Qxe2 25. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. Qg5 (27. Qc5 $17) 27... Rxd4 $19 28. g3 Qe4 {aiming for ...Rd5.} 29. Qg4 (29. Qf6 $142) 29... Rd8 30. Qh4 Rd5 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 31. Rc1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} (31... Rxa5 32. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 $11) 32. Qf6 Rf5 33. Qd6 h4 34. Bh6 {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Kh7 35. Qf8 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf8g7]} Qd4 36. Be3 Qh8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 37. Qd6 {[#]} (37. Qxh8+ $17 {keeps fighting.} Kxh8 38. Rb1) 37... Qe8 ({Inferior is} 37... Nxa5 38. g4 $11) ({Much worse is} 37... Rxa5 $6 38. Qc7 $11) ({Black should play} 37... h3 $1 $19 38. Qd1 Qf6) 38. gxh4 (38. Rc4 $17) 38... Rxa5 ({Don't do} 38... Nxa5 39. Rc7 $17) 39. Qf4 Rd5 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qf4 Qd7 42. Qf6 Nd4 43. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Nf5 44. Bg5 Rd1+ 45. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 Qd4 48. Kf1 (48. Qxd4 {was necessary.} Nxd4 49. Bf6) 48... Qxf6 49. Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kh7 50. Ke2 Kh6 51. Kd3 Kh5 52. Kc4 (52. Ke4 {was called for.} Nxh4 53. Kf4) 52... Nxh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Kc5 Nf3 54. h3 Ng5 55. Kb6 Nxh3 56. Bd4 Kg4 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:15:27]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:12:58]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Ne1 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 12. exf5 {[%emt 0:14:38]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 14. Nb5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:09:03]} 15. fxe5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 16. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 17. Ng5 {[%emt 0:15:09]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Bc3 {[%emt 0:11:39]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 21. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 22. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:21]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Re3 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 26. Rb3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 30. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:16:16]} 31. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 32. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 37. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 38. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 40. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:50:09]} 41. g4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. h4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Kd4+} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,138,37,34,85,76,79,75,87,94,117,-39,-20,-101,0,-11,-15,0,-11,-41,-45,-97,-89,-144,-163,-156,-156,-167,-79,-163,-131,-136,-113,-108,-88,-112,-106,-224,-162,-852,-641,-688,-688,-665,-674,-490,-62,-41,0,0,0,-204,-233,-453,-172,-264,-18,-10,-18,-12,-10,-66,-66,-66,-66,-226,-263,-261,-248,-267,-235,-293,-295,-295,-285,-294,-242,-291,-285,-247,-224,-250,-250,-274,-272,-295,-293,-395,-383,-425,-381,-372,-371,-380,-380,-373,-365,-371,-345,-331,-304,-323,0,-317,-300,-265,-170,-179,-179,-29964,-29968,-29964,-29970,-6128,-5971,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. h3 Na5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. Bc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g5 $146 (9... c5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 Nc4 12. a4 Nb6 13. b3 O-O 14. Nbd2 bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Re1 {0-1 (35) Annageldyev,O (2458)-Kuzmin,G (2518) Alushta 2004}) 10. d4 g4 {White is better.} 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 $2 (13. exd6 $16 Bxd6 14. Bg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1) 13... dxe5 $15 14. Bg3 (14. Be3 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... Nc4 (14... h5 $1 $17 15. Qd3 Nc4) 15. b3 Nd6 16. Qd3 Bf6 $1 17. Nbd2 (17. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2g4]} Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 $11) 17... h5 18. Nh2 (18. Rfe1 $15) 18... Be6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...h4 is the strong threat. Black is really pushing.} 19. f3 ({Better is} 19. Nhf3) 19... Rg8 20. Be1 Bg5 $1 21. Kh1 Qe7 (21... Bf4 $19 {is more deadly.} 22. Qe2 Qg5) 22. Bf2 (22. Qe2 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Rfd1 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g3][%mdl 32]} 24. Ndf1 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 25. Ne3 Nb7 26. Qf1 (26. Nd5 $17 {was called for.} Nxd5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Qh7 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1) 26... Nh5 27. Nhg4 $2 (27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe1) 27... Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Kg1 Rh8 $2 (30... Qh4 $19 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh4h2]} 31. Qe1 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bh3) 31. Qe1 $1 $15 {[%cal Re1g3]} Qg5 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (33. Nf1 $1 $11) 33... Bc8 $1 $19 34. Nf1 $2 ({Don't go for} 34. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 35. Qd2 (35. exf5 $2 Qh4 $19) 35... Qxd2 $19) (34. c4) 34... Rg8 $2 (34... Qh6 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh6h1]} 35. Rxd8+ (35. Qxg3 $2 Qb6+ 36. Rd4 exd4 $19) 35... Kxd8 36. Qd2+ Qxd2 37. Nxd2 Rh6) 35. Qd2 (35. Rd5 {is a better defense.}) 35... Ne6 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Qh4 $19 36. Qd5 Ne6 37. Qxe5 f6) 36. Qxg5 $11 Rxg5 37. Ne3 Nf4 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 38. Nd5 (38. Bd3 $11) 38... c6 $15 39. Nxf4 exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Rd6 $2 {[#]} (40. b4 $15) 40... Rc5 $1 $19 41. Rd3 b4 42. c4 Ke7 43. Kf1 Ra5 44. Bb1 Rh5 45. Kg1 Rh8 46. Bc2 Be6 47. Rd2 Rh5 48. Bd3 a5 49. Be2 Rh8 50. Bf1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Be2 (51. bxa4 Ra8) 51... axb3 52. axb3 Ra8 53. Kf1 Ra1+ 54. Bd1 Kf6 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Kf1 c5 57. Ke2 Rc1 58. Rd3 Ra1 59. Rd2 Ra6 60. Kf1 f6 61. Ke2 Ra7 {aiming for ...Rh7.} 62. Kf1 $2 (62. Ke1 $19) 62... Rd7 63. Rxd7 Bxd7 {KB-KB} 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. Be2 Kc3 {Black mates.} 66. Bd1 Be6 67. Ke2 Bf7 68. Ke1 {[#]} Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. bxc4 b3 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,97,17,18,18,26,17,29,23,17,22,18,18,26,21,112,102,89,104,158,162,160,156,141,49,49,50,133,76,87,82,92,85,82,0,12,0,0,0,0,-129,-110,-129,-142,-135,55,56,75,73,62,68,70,75,79,52,133,112,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Qh4 9. Qf3 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2 {White has an edge.} g5 12. d3 (12. Rh1 Ne7 13. d3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. Nc4 Qh7 16. Kf1 Qg8 {½-½ (63) Guseinov,G (2623)-Kriebel,T (2484) Konya 2016}) 12... Bd6 13. Rh1 Ne7 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Nc4 Qg8 16. a4 Qe6 {½-½ (47) Slingerland,F (2390)-Arnaudov,P (2439) Haarlem 2011}) 14... Qh6 {[#]} (14... Qh7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. h4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Ng6 (15... gxh4 16. Bxh6) 16. h5 Bf4 (16... Qh7 $142) 17. Nc3 $1 Ne5 18. Qh3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 $16 {And now Rae1 would win.} O-O-O 20. f3) 19... O-O-O 20. Ne2 g6 (20... Qh7 $14) 21. Nd4 (21. b3 $142) 21... c5 22. Ne6 Rde8 23. Nxc5 {Black must now prevent hxg6.} b6 24. Nb3 ({White should play} 24. d4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4e5]} bxc5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rad1) 24... f5 25. hxg6 Qg7 26. Qg3 fxe4 27. d4 (27. Rxh8 $1 $11 Rxh8 28. Nd4 (28. dxe4 Nxg6 29. Nd4 c5 $11) 28... Nxg6 29. Rf1 (29. dxe4 c5 $11)) 27... Nf3 $1 $17 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rh1 {[#]} Nh4+ $2 (29... Rxh1 $1 $17 30. Kxh1 Qxg6) 30. Kf2 $14 {[%cal Bg2f2,Bf2e2,Be2d1][%mdl 32]} Rf8+ 31. Ke2 Qxg6 32. Nd2 $1 Qc6 33. Kd1 Nf3 34. Rh7 {Strongly threatening Nxe4!} Nxd2 (34... b5 $1 $14) 35. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf3 {[#]} 36. Qg1 (36. Qh2 $1 $16) 36... Qf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Ke2 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 38. Kd2 $1 Qf6 39. Rh2 Kb7 40. a3 Qe6 41. Rh7 Qf6 $1 42. Rh2 (42. Qh1 {looks sharper.} a5 43. Rh2 Qe6 44. Rg2 c5 45. Re2) 42... Qe6 43. Qg2 Qf7 44. Qe2 b5 45. Qg2 Qf6 46. Ke2 Qc6 47. Kd2 Qf6 48. Qe2 Qe6 49. Qg2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,-6,18,7,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-19,0,0,0,21,-9,3,-20,-4,-43,-9,-4,35,25,58,-52,-52,-52,-49,-56,-38,-53,-21,-24,-4,-37,-41,-31,-4,-105,-3,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,37,102,4,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} h6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qa6 11. Qf3 {½-½ (44) Eljanov,P (2765)-Radjabov,T (2726) Shamkir 2016}) 7... Nbd7 8. g4 b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. Be5 a5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Bh2 Bb7 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Be5 Kf8 15. Bd3 Nfd7 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qh2 b4 (17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Qxh4+ 19. Kd2 Qe7 $17) 18. Ne2 c5 (18... e5 $5) 19. h5 {aiming for hxg6.} Qb8 20. dxc5 (20. Ng3 $14) 20... Qxh2 $15 21. Rxh2 Nxc5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Nbd7 25. Nd4 (25. e6 $5 {[%cal Re6d7]} Ne5 26. Nd4 $11) 25... Nxe5 26. Be2 Ba6 27. Rg2 (27. Bxa6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxa6 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rxa6 Nxa6 30. Nf4) 27... Rhe8 ({Black should try} 27... Bxe2 $17 28. Rxe2 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Rhb8) 28. Bxa6 {[#] Bb5 is the strong threat.} Rxa6 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rxa6 Nxa6 31. Nf4 Nc7 32. b3 Nf7 (32... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 33. Nd3 Nxd3+ 34. cxd3 Rxe3+ 35. Kd2 Rh3 $11) 33. Ke2 Ng5 (33... Ne5 $14) 34. Nd3 (34. Rg1 $16) 34... Nce6 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Nc6 d4 $1 36. Ncxb4 Nc7 37. Rg3 Ne4 38. Rf3 Ng5 39. Rg3 Ne4 40. Rf3 Ng5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,147,30,28,27,25,30,18,12,5,31,25,31,29,27,32,31,25,27,25,28,7,22,0,5,0,22,19,15,12,24,0,31,0,7,4,36,36,36,56,74,63,102,108,133,72,89,36,70,59,94,86,88,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,59,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,80,62,58,58,58,58,57,57,107,109,122,57,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,338,459,593,577,1030,0,0,0,2387,2233,8358,5173,4363,0,10919,10951,11399,11424,4133,2523,9231,0,29968,29966,29955,29952,29955,29962,29960,29964,29978,29978,29975,29976]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Ne4 {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} (12... a6 13. h3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qd8 {½-½ (16) Roussel Roozmon,T (2249)-Yudasin,L (2558) Montreal 2004}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nb5 Rfc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd6 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qd2 a6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 {½-½ (67) Quinones,G-Vera,K (2095) Lima 1997}) 15. a3 Ndf6 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rc1 Ne8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. f3 N4d6 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 23. f4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. h4 f6 27. g5 Qf7 28. Rf2 Kh7 29. Rg2 g6 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} gxh5 32. Qxh5 Bc6 33. Qg4 ({White should try} 33. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qxe5 34. fxe5 (34. dxe5 Rd8 $14)) 33... Qf7 34. Kh2 (34. Qh4 $16) 34... Rf8 35. Ne2 Bb5 36. Ng3 $1 Rg8 37. Qh5 ({Better is} 37. Qh4 $16) 37... Qxh5+ $14 38. Nxh5 {White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 40. Ng3 Bc6 41. Kh3 Bd5 42. Kh4 Bc6 43. Ne2 Kg7 44. Nc3 Kg6 45. Nd1 Ba4 46. Nf2 $1 Bc6 47. Ng4 {Ne5+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 48. Ne5 Ba4 49. Nc4 Bb5 50. Nd6 Bc6 51. Kh5 (51. f5 $1 $16) 51... b5 $1 52. b3 a6 53. b4 Kf6 54. Nc8 $1 Kg7 $1 55. Nd6 Kf6 56. Kxh6 Ke7 57. Nc8+ Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Kd8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 58. Na7 Bd5) 58. Na7 $18 Bd5 59. Kg6 Kc7 60. f5 $1 exf5 61. Kxf5 {Black must now prevent Ke5.} Kb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Kb8 $11) 62. Ke5 Bb3 63. Nxb5 axb5 64. Kxe4 {KB-KP} Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Kc7 $11) 65. Ke5 Kd7 66. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Bd1 67. Kd4 Bf3 68. Kc5 $2 (68. e4 $18 {Threatens to win with e5.} Kc7 69. Ke5) 68... Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Bg2 $11) 69. e4 {White mates.} Bd3 70. e5 Be4 {[#]} 71. d6 $1 Bd3 {[#]} 72. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 73. Kc6 Bf5 74. Kc7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,141,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,1,-19,-9,-16,-9,-9,-9,-21,-12,-20,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-1,0,-4,-1,-22,-1,-16,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,-32,0,-7,0,-30,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-75,-75,-140,-27,-41,-42,-53,-21,-23,-14,-49,-64,-77,-22,-564,-237,-219,-228,-235,-241,-230,-254,-241,-248,-314,-312,-524,-477,-666,-651,-656,-651,-584,-577,-1215,-1181,-989,-906,-1300,-944,-952,-801,-3622,-3002,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12851]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Ba5 10. Qc2 {aiming for b4.} Bf5 11. Qc1 {Black must now prevent b4.The position is equal.} (11. Qxf5 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 Nd7 $17) 11... Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb3 12. e3 Nd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 {0-1 (65) Kozul,Z (2576)-Sulava,N (2565) Marija Bistrica 2011}) 12. b4 Bb6 13. e3 O-O 14. Be2 (14. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Be6 15. Bd3 $11) 14... c6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qb2 Bc7 17. Rfc1 Bg4 {White should prevent ...Bxf3.} 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nb6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. a4 a6 23. a5 Qf6 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Qf3 Qg6 27. Ne2 Ne4 (27... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 28. Kh3 Nd6 $11) 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rae8 30. Ra2 h5 31. Re2 Nd6 32. Rce1 Nf5 33. Kf1 Kh7 (33... h4 $5) 34. h3 Kg8 35. h4 Kh7 36. Qf3 Kh8 37. Qf4 Kg8 38. Qf3 Kh7 39. Qf4 Rd8 40. Rd2 Rde8 41. Rde2 f6 42. Qf3 Nd6 43. Kg2 Nf5 44. Kf1 Kg8 45. Qf4 (45. Rd1 $11) 45... Qh7 $1 $17 46. Kg1 (46. Kg2 $142) 46... Rf8 (46... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Qxg5+ Rg7) 47. e4 $11 Nxd4 48. Rd2 {[#]} g5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black has the initiative.} 49. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4] [#]} ({Avoid the trap} 49. hxg5 $2 fxg5 50. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 49... Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Qb3 (50. Qc3 {seems wilder.} Nd6 51. Rde2 Nxe4 52. Nxe4 dxe4 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Qc4+) (50. exf5 Rxe3) 50... Nd6 {Strongly threatening ...gxh4.} ({Much weaker is} 50... gxh4 $6 51. Rf1 $14) 51. hxg5 Nxe4 ({Black should try} 51... h4 $17 52. Rde2 Qh5 53. gxh4 fxg5) 52. gxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rde2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxc5 53. bxc5) 52... Nxd2 (52... Nxc5 $142 53. fxe7 Nxb3 54. exf8=N Kxf8) 53. fxe7 $19 Nxb3 54. Nd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7f8]} Re8 55. Nf6+ {[#]} Kf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 56. Nxh7 {intending Ng5+.} Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 57. Ng5+ Kf6 58. Rxe7 $2 (58. Rb1 Nxa5 59. Ne4+ Rxe4 60. bxa5) 58... Kxe7 {KN-KN. Black is clearly winning.} 59. Nh3 c5 60. bxc5 Nxa5 61. Nf4 d4 62. Nxh5 Nb3 63. Nf4 Nxc5 64. Kf1 a5 65. Ke2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 66. Nd3 Kd6 67. g4 Nxd3 68. Kxd3 {[#]} Kd5 $1 69. g5 b4 70. g6 Ke6 71. Kxd4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,0,15,-25,0,-14,24,0,41,36,62,70,63,41,68,61,62,67,71,69,89,108,89,81,92,89,101,101,99,100,131,97,115,104,165,168,245,233,234,224,225,223,227,220,237,237,244,212,218,213,238,200,175,135,161,154,150,0,0,6,7,18,138,151,154,170,354,312,342,350,331,277,256,123,164,161,169,175,158,175,166,173,158,170,150,113,112,96,105,91,95,108,100,63,187,194,283,261,349,341,428,424,609,379,373,355,351,331,453,463,535,410,431,398,1911,1868,1533,1398,5237,5197,29985,29986,29989,29990,29992,29993,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 (4... Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (74) Navara,D (2734)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Berlin 2015}) 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 {½-½ (78) Bortnyk,O (2581)-Meskovs,N (2489) Tallinn 2016}) 7. g4 h6 8. a3 {White has an edge.} Qe7 (8... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 9. Bg3 h5 $11) 9. Bg2 Nf8 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} N6d7 11. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} (11. e4 {keeps more tension.} c6 12. Bg3 f6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qe2) 11... Ng6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. h5 Ngf8 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. f4 N8h7 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Qg2 Bc6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nb4 Be8 20. Rdg1 a5 21. Nd3 Nf8 (21... Bc6 $16 22. Kb1 Rdg8) 22. g5 $18 N6d7 (22... Ng8 $142 23. gxh6 Nxh6 24. Qxg7 Rh7) 23. Bxd5 Nb6 24. Ba2 Kb8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. e4 Rc8 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Rh3 Na4 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 29. Nf2 Qb6 30. Nxa4 Bxa4 31. c4 Nd7 32. e5 d5 33. c5 (33. Rhg3 $16) 33... Nxc5 $1 $11 34. dxc5 Rxc5+ 35. Rc3 Rxc3+ (35... Rhc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Rgg3 d4 37. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 38. Kb1 Rc2 39. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Qd8) 36. bxc3 $16 Rc8 37. Rg3 d4 $2 (37... Bb3 {was worth a try.} 38. Kb2 Bxa2+ 39. Kxa2 Qb5) 38. c4 Bc6 39. Qb2 Qc5 40. Nd3 Qe7 41. Kd1 (41. Qxd4 $18 {is more deadly.} Qxa3+ 42. Kb1) 41... Qh4 42. Qf2 $1 Be4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd3.} 43. Kd2 Qxh5 44. Bb3 (44. Qxd4 Bxd3 45. Qd6+ (45. Kxd3 Qh2 $17) 45... Ka7 $17) 44... Qh4 45. Bd1 Qd8 {[#]} 46. Nb2 $1 f6 47. exf6 Qxf6 48. Ke1 Rf8 49. Nd3 Bxd3 50. Rxd3 e5 51. f5 Qc6 (51... Qxf5 $14 52. Qxf5 Rxf5) 52. Qf3 $18 Qxc4 (52... Qf6 $142 53. Qd5 (53. Rb3 Qh4+ 54. Kd2 e4 $16) 53... Qh4+ 54. Kd2 Qe7) 53. Qe4 Qc7 54. Rb3 Ka7 55. Bf3 {[%cal Rb3b7]} b6 (55... Qc1+ $142 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Be2 Qf4+ 58. Qxf4 exf4) 56. Kf2 Qc8 {[#]} 57. Rb2 $1 d3 ({But not} 57... Rxf5 58. Rc2 $18) 58. Qe3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re3b6]} ({Not} 58. Qxe5 Rxf5 59. Qe7+ Ka6 $16) ({Less strong is} 58. Qxd3 Qxf5 59. Qe3 Qe6 $18) 58... Qd8 59. Be4 Rg8 60. Kf1 Rg4 61. Qxd3 Qc7 $2 (61... Qxd3+ 62. Bxd3 Rd4) 62. Rc2 Rf4+ 63. Kg1 Qg7+ 64. Rg2 Qc7 65. Rg8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg8a8] White mates.} Qc5+ 66. Kh1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg8a8]} Rh4+ 67. Kg2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg8a8]} Rh2+ 68. Kxh2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg8a8]} Qf2+ 69. Kh3 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,50,38,47,41,43,42,53,29,22,17,29,19,16,-8,-9,-10,0,-76,-37,-68,-13,-28,0,0,20,19,19,-37,-42,-40,-45,-33,-28,-18,-10,-121,-3,-21,-10,-11,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,0,0,127,129,895,858,1342,1320,1068,1031,12839,12839,29991,29992,29998,29999,29999,0,12837,0,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 (8... c6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bh2 a5 14. Rab1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (61) Tregubov,P (2586)-Alekseev,E (2636) Sochi 2016}) 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} c4 10. Bb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nb1 {0-1 (54) Kraus,T (2255)-Kanovsky,D (2445) Kouty nad Desnou 2012}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Qc2 g6 14. f3 Nb6 15. e4 Na4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Be5 (17. Bg5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nh5 18. Bh6) 17... Re6 {[%cal Be8e6,Be6b6,Bb6b2][%mdl 32]} 18. exd5 Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 $15 19. Nxc4 Qxc3) 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qa5 21. Bg3 Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxe4!} 22. Re1 ({Better is} 22. Rf1 $11) 22... Rb6 $15 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 Rb2 25. Be1 Re8 26. Rc2 (26. Bc2 $11) 26... Rb6 (26... Rxe4 $17 27. Kf1 Rf4+ 28. Kg1 Rb6) 27. Rf2 f6 28. Bc2 Kg7 29. Bd2 Nb2 $1 30. Raf1 Ba4 31. Bxa4 Nxa4 32. e5 {[%cal Rf2f6]} Rb2 33. g4 Kg8 34. exf6 {[#] f7+ would kill now.} Kf7 35. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rxa2 36. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nb6 (36... b6 $11) 37. d6 $16 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rc2 $16) 38. Re1 $18 {[#] Intending Re7+ and mate.} Rxd2 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rd7 41. g5 {Threatening mate with Rde2.} a5 42. Rde2 Rxd6 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. R8e7+ (44. R2e7# $142) 44... Kf8 $1 45. Re8+ (45. Rxb7 $18 Nd5 46. Rxh7) 45... Kf7 46. R2e7# {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Black "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,191,88,71,70,67,69,70,70,54,81,82,80,84,78,68,71,74,83,64,73,50,47,0,72,30,38,33,35,36,40,29,47,18,16,19,19,18,33,34,25,8,8,8,10,8,9,10,9,10,9,8,8,8,12,0,8,8,8,8,7,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Nb3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} Rd8 (10... b5 11. Bf4 Qa7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb5 axb5 15. axb5 Nd4 16. Qxd4 Nd5 17. Rxa7 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Bxb2 19. Bxd5 {1-0 (19) Stanec,N (2474)-Stummer,A (2325) Vienna 2015}) 11. Bf4 d6 12. cxd6 {White is slightly better.} exd6 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nh5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qa5 {½-½ (17) Neumeier,K (2286)-Sandhu,M (2280) Austria 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Rcd8 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rfd1 d5 20. Qb6 Qb4 (20... Ng4 $11) 21. Bc7 {[#] Hoping for Qxb4.} Rc8 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Bd6 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. e4 (25. a3 {with more complications.} Nc6 26. Na4 Ne5 27. Nc5 Rc6 28. Nxb7 Rb6 29. Nc5) 25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rc7 (29. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a2]} Nb4 30. Bxb7 $11) 29... Re7 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 {KB-KN} Nb4 32. Be4 Ke7 33. f4 Kd6 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Ke3 Kc4 36. h4 Kb3 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bxh7 Kxb2 39. Bg8 Nd5+ 40. Kd4 Nc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...a5.} 41. Ke5 a5 {aiming for ...a4.} 42. Kd6 Nb5+ 43. Kxe6 Nd4+ 44. Ke5 Nb3 45. f5 a4 $1 46. f6 a3 47. f7 a2 48. f8=Q a1=Q 49. Qb4 Kc2+ 50. Kf5 Nd4+ 51. Ke4 Qh1+ 52. Kxd4 Qg1+ 53. Kc4 {Intending Qc3+ and mate.} Qxg3 54. Bh7+ Kd1 55. Be4 Qe3 56. Qd6+ Ke1 57. Bd3 Kf2 58. Qh2+ Kf3 59. Qxh5+ Kg3 60. Qg6+ Kf2 61. Qf6+ Kg3 62. Bf5 Qd2 63. Be4 Qf4 64. Qg7+ Qg4 65. Qc3+ Kh4 66. Qe5 Qe2+ 67. Kc5 Qe3+ 68. Kc6 Qh6+ 69. Kd5 Qd2+ 70. Ke6 Qh6+ 71. Kd7 Qd2+ 72. Ke8 {White wants to play Bf3.} Qe3 73. Kf7 Qf2+ 74. Bf5 Kg5 (74... Qa7+ {is more complex.} 75. Kf6 Qb6+ 76. Ke7 Qb7+ 77. Kd8 Qb6+) 75. Qe7+ (75. Ke6 {looks sharper.} Qb6+ 76. Ke7 Qb4+ 77. Kf7 Qf4 78. Qf6+) 75... Kf4 76. Qe4+ Kg3 77. Kg6 Qf4 78. Qe2 Qd6+ 79. Kh5 Qc5 80. Qe4 Kf2 81. Kg4 Qe3 82. Qb4 Qg3+ 83. Kh5 Qe5 84. Kg5 Qe3+ 85. Kh5 Qe5 86. Kg6 Ke3 87. Qb3+ Kf2 88. Qc2+ Qe2 89. Qc1 Qe3 90. Qb1 Qg3+ 91. Kh5 Qf3+ 92. Bg4 Qf7+ 93. Kg5 Qg7+ 94. Kf4 {Qc2+ would kill now.} Qf6+ 95. Qf5 Qxf5+ 96. Bxf5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,-18,-15,-8,-14,-33,-36,-73,-31,-41,-26,-41,-12,-21,0,-56,-57,-67,-61,-89,-36,-89,-89,-91,-85,-97,-116,-118,-93,-82,-86,-91,-82,-79,-72,-106,-43,-54,-22,-21,-12,-16,-20,-48,-47,-91,-61,-91,-86,-162,-159,-162,-149,-162,-142,-146,-154,-146,-145,-150,-151,-173,-185,-177,-183,-208,-199,-229,-248,-225,-186,-186,-193,-354,-308,-322,-326,-290,-276,-339,-334,-372,-313,-313,-313,-309,-297,-422,-412,-414,-354,-323,-345,-587,-580,-651,-647]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 e5 {LiveBook: 71 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Re8 {Black is slightly better.} 13. Nf5 Bf8 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rae1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. Nf3 {0-1 (39) Movsziszian,K (2525)-Kindermann,S (2560) Germany 1994}) 14... Qc7 15. Qf3 Nc5 16. Qg3 dxe4 (16... Bxf5 $5 17. gxf5 Nh5 $15) 17. d4 (17. Nxe4 $11 Nfxe4 18. dxe4) 17... Qd7 $15 18. dxe5 Nxg4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19... Bxf5 $17 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. hxg4 Bxg4) 20. Bxe4 (20. Rxe4 $15 Nxe5 21. Nxg7 Bxg7 22. Bxe5) 20... Bxf5 $17 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Rd3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Red1 Re6 26. Qf3 Qg6+ 27. Qg3 Qxg3+ ({Black should try} 27... Qh5 $17 28. Kf1 Rh6) 28. Rxg3 $15 g6 29. f4 Bc5+ 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. b4 Bb6 32. Rgd3 Ke8 33. c4 Rd8 34. c5 (34. Rxd8+ $17 {might work better.} Bxd8 35. Rh1) 34... Rxd3 $19 35. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc7 36. Rh3 {[#]} h5 $1 37. Kf3 Re7 38. Bd4 Rd7 39. Ke4 Ke7 40. a4 Ke6 41. Rf3 Bd8 42. b5 h4 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Rb3 f5+ 45. exf6 Bxf6 46. Be3 $2 (46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Rb8) 46... Rh7 47. Rd3 Be7 48. Bg1 Rh5 49. Rc3 h3 {And now ...h2 would win.} 50. Bh2 Rxc5 51. Rxh3 Rc4+ 52. Kd3 Rxa4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ra3+.} 53. Rh7 (53. Re3+ {keeps fighting.} Kf6 54. Re1) 53... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 54. Kc2 Bf6 55. Kd3 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 $2 (56. Kc2) 56... a4 {Threatens to win with ...Rd7.} 57. Rc7 Rc4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Black "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,54,91,65,83,56,66,59,82,96,89,50,92,39,101,100,115,124,126,135,133,128,124,122,117,124,116,117,122,131,118,122,128,127,141,110,173,184,180,98,98,98,98,98,99,98,98,124,103,102,91,65,142,0,0,0,64,64,61,66,67,64,113,50,50,52,144,143,137,0,105,0,129,47,56,56,49,22,80,23,20,22,16,24,16,16,37,51,38,11,41,42,49,55,51,34,36,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. f3 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (6. Bg5 Nd7 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bd5 Qc8 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Rad1 e6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxe6 Be7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (44) Novikov,M (2503)-Sukharev,A (2267) Donskoj 2010}) 6... Nf6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4 $146 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. g4 e5 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nb5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Nfd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bb5+ {1-0 (17) Kunisch,N (1215)-Da Silva Guenther,T (1018) Frankfurt 2014}) 8... Rc8 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bh3 g6 11. Qd2 (11. Bg4 $1 $16) 11... a6 ({Better is} 11... h6 $14) 12. Nd5 $16 e6 {[#]} 13. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 14. Nxe6 {[%cal Bd4e6,Be6d8,Bd8b7][%mdl 32]} Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5f3,Bf3d2][%mdl 32]} 15. Nxd8 Nxf3+ 16. Kd1 Nxd2 17. Nxb7 {Hoping for Bd4.} Nc4 18. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't blunder} 18. Bxb6 $2 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rb8 $19) 18... Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. b3 Rb8 21. bxc4 Rxb7 22. Rf1 Rf8 (22... Ne6 $16) 23. Rxf8+ $18 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Rb1 (24. Kd2 $18) 24... Ne6 $16 25. h4 ({But not} 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Nxb6 Nxg5 $14) 25... Nc5 26. Nf6 Ke7 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Nxh7 Ne5 30. Nf8+ Ke7 (30... Kf7 $1 $14) 31. Rf1 (31. Nxg6+ $1 $16 Nxg6 32. h5) 31... Rb8 $11 32. Nh7 {aiming for Nf6.} Nxc4+ ({Black should try} 32... Rh8 $11 33. Nf6 Rxh4) 33. Kd4 $14 Ne5 34. Nf6 b5 35. Nd5+ Kd7 {[#]} 36. Rf6 (36. Ke3 $1 $16) 36... Rh8 37. Rf4 Nc6+ (37... a5 $14) 38. Ke3 $16 {Rf7+ is the strong threat.} Ne5 39. Kd4 Nc6+ $1 40. Ke3 Ne5 41. Nb4 (41. Kf2 $16) 41... Rc8 42. Kd2 a5 43. Nd3 {Strongly threatening Nxe5+.} (43. Nd5 {looks sharper.} Rh8 44. Ke2 b4 45. Ke3 Kc6 46. Kd4) 43... Nc4+ (43... Ke7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44. Kc1 (44. Ke2 $16) 44... Rh8 $11 45. c3 Ke7 46. Kd1 Ne5 47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Ne1 Ne5 49. Nc2 Rc8 50. Ne3 Rh8 51. Nd5+ Kd7 52. Kf1 Kc6 53. Ke2 Kc5 54. Kd1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Black "Schneider, Jana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,75,20,23,59,58,58,64,60,64,65,65,111,111,140,123,127,136,143,142,135,133,139,129,200,194,238,218,231,217,233,224,233,227,218,212,242,235,235,226,237,239,313,302,415,362,519,495,991,985,965,929,1222,1202,1771,1656]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Nd5 (11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Rc1 c6 16. b4 Nb7 17. d4 Bf6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 {1-0 (60) Sethuraman,S (2629)-Akopian,V (2675) Sharjah 2017}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxf3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Qd2 Rab8 14. c4 Bg4 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ne1 Bd8 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. Ba2 {½-½ (37) Shyam,S (2492)-Kessler,L (2364) Barcelona 2015}) 13. Qxf3 Rad8 14. c3 Bf6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. g3 Rfe8 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nf8 19. h5 Qe7 20. a4 Ne6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bd5 Ng5 (22... Bg5 $16 23. Bc6 Rf8 24. Bxb5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 (25. Qxe3 f5 $16) 25... Ra8) 23. Qg4 $18 Rf8 24. Ra5 h6 25. Rfa1 Qe8 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. Ba7 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rd8 30. Bc6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bxb5 d5 33. Bc5 Rf7 (33... dxe4 $142 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. dxe4 Nxe4) 34. Ra8 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 (34... Rff8 $142 35. Bxf8 Kxf8) 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Ra8 Be7 37. Be8 Bxc5 38. Bxf7 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,-19,20,14,16,16,22,-12,-15,-25,-14,-29,0,-11,-16,-18,0,-21,-23,-77,-43,-60,-83,-109,-113,-96,-110,-90,-107,-171,-179,-174,-182,-172,-167,-272,-259,-256,-247,-317,-193,-308,-308,-289,-295,-355,-303,-306,-189,-190,-166,-173,-160,-166,-133,-145,-134,-602,-600,-593,-554,-1812,-1613,-1317,-1249]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} a5 8. a4 (8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bb5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 e5 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Nxe5 {1-0 (45) Zhigalko,S (2652)-Shirov,A (2673) Baku 2016}) 8... Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Nb5 f6 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. exf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (50) Akshayraj,K (2459)-Das,S (2312) Kolkata 2012}) 14... fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qe8 (16... Bf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 17. Qe2 (17. Qh5 g6 $15) 17... d4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 $15) 17. O-O Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 18. Qe2 e5 19. Be3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxc5.} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Bd2 (20. Qc4+ $11 Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Bd2) (20. cxd4 Bxb5) 20... Rd8 21. Qc4+ $1 Kh8 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Qc3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Be3 (25. Qh3 $17 e4 26. Bc3) 25... Rc4 $19 26. Bd3 Nxd3 ({Don't do} 26... Rxc3 27. Bxb5 Rb3 28. Bxc5 $17) 27. Qxd3 Rb4 28. Qa3 (28. Qd6 {was necessary.} Rg8 29. Qe6) 28... e4 29. Rab1 {White wants to play Bd2.} Rd8 {White must now prevent ...Ra4.} 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 h6 32. h3 Bxb2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qa2 {[#] Threatens to win with Qg8+.} Qc4 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Bxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 37. Ra8 Kg6 38. Kf1 a3 39. Bd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Be3 $17) 39... Rc1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Bc3 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 42. Ra6+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,130,6,-16,-10,-20,0,-35,-25,-33,-24,-30,-29,-35,15,-24,-6,-6,-10,-23,5,-40,-45,-31,-46,-27,-43,-16,-21,-53,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-6,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-17,0,-9,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-22,-8,-14,-12,-76,-72,-79,-72,-91,-74,-74,-76,-115,-38,-151,-156,-151,-142,-142,-123,-157,-147,-157,-150,-157,0,-9,-9,-9,-10,-15,-18,-33,-41,-47,8,0,0,-760,-750,-757,-758,-731,-731,-29987,-710,-689,-696,-658,-660,-543,-519,-918,-910,-695,-677,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 Ne7 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (8... a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bf1 a4 12. g3 Be6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Be6 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Qc2 {0-1 (29) Zhang,Z (2645)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 9. Re1 Ng6 10. a3 c6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bf1 Re8 12. g3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. h4 Rad8 16. Qc2 {0-1 (27) Bukacek,E (2181)-Teuber,A (2176) Austria 2015}) 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. Qb3 h6 17. c4 {[%cal Re4d5]} d4 18. c5 Bf8 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Bc1 Ra6 (21... b5 $15 22. cxb6 Nxb6) 22. Bd2 $11 Rea8 23. Rec1 Ra2 24. Rb2 Bxc4 25. dxc4 R2a3 26. Ne1 Nf6 27. Bg2 Qb8 28. Nd3 Qa7 29. Kf1 Be7 (29... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 30. Qb1 Ra2 $11) 30. Ke2 Nd7 31. h4 Ngf8 32. Bh3 Qa4 33. Qxa4 R8xa4 34. f3 h5 35. Be1 f6 36. Rcb1 Kf7 37. f4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Bf5 (39. fxg5 $11 {remains equal.} Bxg5 40. b5) 39... exf4 $17 40. gxf4 gxf4 {And now ...f3+! would win.} 41. Rb3 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Bg5 ({Better is} 43... Bf6 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5+.} 44. b5 Ne5+ 45. Nxe5+ Bxe5 46. bxc6 bxc6 47. Rb7+ Kg8) 44. b5 (44. e5 $1 $15) 44... Kf6 $1 45. Bf2 Ne5+ 46. Nxe5 Kxe5 47. bxc6 bxc6 48. Rb8 {Hoping for Re8+.} Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra2 $2 (49... f3+ $17 50. Kh3 Ra1) 50. Rxf8 {Black must now prevent Bg6.} (50. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Rb8e8]} Ra3+ 51. Kg2 f3+ 52. Kh3 $17) 50... Bh4 $1 51. Re8+ Kf6 52. Re6+ Kg7 53. Rg6+ Kf8 54. Rxc6 Bxf2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Black should try} 54... f3+ $15 55. Kh2 Bxf2) 55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Rc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. e5 $11) 56... Kf6 $19 {aiming for ...Bg3+.} 57. Rc6+ {[#]} Kg5 $1 {( -> ...Bg3+)} 58. Kf3 Bg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra2f2]} 59. Rg6+ Kh4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra2f2]} 60. e5 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 {Threatens to win with c6.} f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32] ...f2 is the strong threat.} 62. Rf6 {[#]} f2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 63. Bd7 (63. Bh7 $142 Ra7 64. Bg8) 63... Re3+ ({Not} 63... Ra1 64. c6 $11) 64. Kxd4 Re1 65. e6 Be5+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,103,4,16,-2,30,30,33,21,29,21,22,5,11,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,10,1,0,-11,-6,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-4,-6,-7,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 (9... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 10. Bd3 Bb7 $11) 10. Re1 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (10. h3 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rfe1 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a4 Qf5 19. Ne5 Re8 20. a5 Nd7 21. Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qc4 c5 25. Nf3 Qc2 26. dxc5 {½-½ (26) Wang,Y (2723)-Lu,S (2616) Shenzhen 2016}) 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne4 {White is slightly better.} (12. b3 {is more complex.} g6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. exd4 a6 15. Qd2) 12... Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. b3 exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 a6 17. Rad1 {0-1 (52) Kantor,J (2041)-Csema,T (2039) Hungary 2008}) 13. Bxe4 g6 {The position is equal.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. h3 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Red1 {[#] Rxd8 is the strong threat.} Rd5 (21... Qc7 {looks sharper.} 22. b3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. a4 a6) 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Rd1 a6 25. a4 h5 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 Rc8 28. Qd3 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Ra1 Qb4 32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Qd7 (33. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3b3]} Qb4 34. e4 $11) 33... Qb8 34. Qd4 Qb4 35. Qd7 Qc5 36. Rc3 h4 (36... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8a1]} 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 $11) 37. Qg4 g5 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Qe4+ Kf6 41. f4 Kg7 42. Kf3 (42. fxg5 {seems wilder.} Qxg5 43. Ke1 Kf8 44. Rxc4 Qa5+ 45. Kd1) 42... gxf4 43. Qd4+ Qxd4 44. exd4 {KR-KR} Kf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kf5.} 45. Ke4 $1 Ke6 {aiming for ...f5+.} 46. d5+ $1 Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...f5+!} 47. Kd4 $1 Rc5 48. Rxc4 Rxd5+ 49. Ke4 $1 Rg5 50. Rc2 Rg3 51. Kxf4 Ke6 52. Ke4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,48,32,43,12,28,11,10,11,22,13,29,23,22,-34,68,27,67,87,76,75,75,72,92,20,22,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} O-O 8. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 9. h3 {White is slightly better.} (9. c3 Bf5 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qf3 Nb6 13. Nd2 {½-½ (61) Kislinsky,A (2455)-Kovalenko,I (2449) Alushta 2009}) 9... Na6 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bf5 13. c3 Nc7 14. Be3 a5 {1-0 (45) Oberst,T (2280)-Birk,S (2310) Germany 1999}) 10... Nac7 11. Qf2 f6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Ne4 a5 14. a3 ({White should play} 14. a4 $11) 14... Nb6 (14... a4 $15 15. Ba2 Nb6) 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bxe6+ Nxe6 {[#]} 17. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 512]} gxf5 18. Ng3 f4 19. Nh5 ({Better is} 19. Nf5 $16) 19... Nd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Nxg7 (20. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e6]} Qc8 21. b3 $14) 20... Kxg7 21. Ne1 f5 22. Nd3 Qg5 23. Bxf4 Nexf4 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 {KRR-KRR} Rae8 27. Raf1 Re2 28. R1f2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Re2 30. R1f2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,161,32,34,29,24,25,17,17,16,15,10,9,-9,28,21,13,14,12,-9,81,75,167,167,167,173,165,145,197,207,263,238,239,236,229,223,239,227,220,158,170,178,201,140,218,170,157,143,172,173,190,204,290,172,385,242,241,235,260,262,250,241,250,243,249,223,286,280,392,370,494,473,449,274,269,247,267,266,243,230,237,204,247,231,256,247,249,241,256,256,256,256,256,199,255,249,248,266,282,267,280,264,307,262,371,261,271,235,269,264,240,230,312,224,287,212,319,319,322,322,370,370,323,312,297,280,313,283,288,302,297,296,317,316,315,228,316,298,301,200,220,200,205,195,454,454,532,502,492,408,529,525,854,829]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 c6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e4 c5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. f4 Rad8 13. f5 Bd7 14. g4 {½-½ (52) Rambaldi,F (2547)-Lyell,M (2285) Douglas 2015}) 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Bf3 c5 12. Qe3 {[#] aiming for e5.} b4 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 13. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 14. Rd1 {And now e5 would win.} Qb6 (14... Re8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Ng3 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Ne8 (15... Rfe8 $16 {was called for.}) 16. Nf5 $18 Qc7 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} f6 (18... Bc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 19. Be2 Rf7 20. Bc4 Bf8 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. c4 a5 23. Qg3 {[#] Hoping for Nh6+.} g6 24. f4 a4 25. Nh4 a3 26. Bc1 {f5 is the strong threat.} Rd7 (26... Ng7 $16 27. e5 f5) 27. Qd3 Re7 28. Nf3 Bg7 29. h3 Qe6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 30. f5 Qc8 (30... Qf7 $142 31. Bf4 Bf8) 31. Bf4 (31. fxg6 $142 hxg6 32. Nh4) 31... Qa8 $2 (31... Bf8 32. h4 Rg7) 32. Nd2 g5 33. Bg3 h5 34. Qf3 h4 35. Bh2 Bf8 36. Re3 Rd7 37. Rde1 Nc7 38. Qg4 Qd8 39. Nf3 Rg7 40. Rd3 Ne8 41. Kh1 Qb6 42. Bg1 Bc6 43. Bf2 Qb7 44. Rde3 Qe7 45. Bg1 Qb7 46. R1e2 Qe7 47. Bh2 Qb7 48. Ne1 Bd7 49. Nd3 Qc8 50. Qf3 Bc6 51. Re1 Qb7 (51... Be7 $142 52. Nf2 Bd8) 52. R3e2 Rh7 53. Nf2 Qf7 54. Rd1 Qb7 55. Ng4 Rf7 56. Kg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1f1,Bf1e1,Be1d2,Bd2c2][%mdl 32]} Qa8 (56... Re7 $142 57. Nf2 (57. Bxd6 Rd7 $16) 57... Rh7) 57. Kf1 Qb7 58. Ke1 Qa8 59. Kd2 Re7 {[%cal Re7e4]} 60. Rde1 Rf7 61. Kc2 Qb7 62. Kd3 Qd7 (62... Rh7 $142 63. Kc2 Rg7) 63. g3 hxg3 64. Bxg3 ({Weaker is} 64. Qxg3 Rh7 $18) 64... Rh7 65. Rh1 Bg7 66. Kc2 Bf8 67. Qd3 Rh5 68. Kd2 Qh7 69. Reh2 Qe7 70. Nf2 Qg7 71. Qf3 Rh7 72. Ke2 Kf7 73. Kf1 Ke7 74. Kg2 Kd7 75. Rd1 Kc7 76. Rhh1 Qd7 $2 (76... Qf7 {is a better defense.} 77. Ng4 Qe7) 77. Nd3 Ng7 78. Nxc5 Qc8 79. Rd5 Kb6 80. Nd3 Bxd5 81. cxd5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,24,24,24,39,22,74,83,89,84,102,103,104,118,110,107,95,87,126,105,101,99,112,106,125,113,166,61,109,73,72,81,139,143,153,143,140,154,139,116,119,84,90,73,96,0,0,0,81,48,97,93,234,178,587,579,12836,12837,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ba7 9. Re1 Kh8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. h3 Ng8 11. Nf1 f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 (13... Bg6 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. d5 {1-0 (41) Sikula,V (2528)-Vajda,L (2582) Slovakia 2009}) 14. d4 exd4 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 ({Don't play} 19. Rxe5 $6 Bxf2+ 20. Kh2 Qb8 $11) 19... Re8 20. Rc1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qb8 22. Qd3 c6 23. d6 Qa7 (23... a5 $16) 24. Qc3 (24. Qe2 $18) 24... e4 25. Qe1 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Qd4 26. Rd1 Qxb2 (26... Qe5 $142) 27. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 {Strongly threatening Qe7.} Re8 {[#]} 30. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b7]} b5 31. Qa5 Rf8 32. Qb6 ({Much weaker is} 32. Qxa6 $6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bxh3 $11) 32... Qf6 33. Bc2 (33. Qa7 $16 Qf5 34. Rf1 (34. g4 Qf3 $11)) 33... c5 $11 34. Rf1 Qg5 (34... Be6 $11) 35. Qxa6 {Qb7 is the strong threat.} c4 36. Qb7 Bxh3 (36... Qd8 $16) 37. d7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rd8 $2 (37... Bg4 38. Qe4 Kg8) 38. Re1 $18 {[#] White wants to mate with Re8+.White is clearly winning.} Be6 39. Rxe6 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Qc1+ 40. Kh2 {Re8+ would kill now.} Qf4+ 41. g3 Qxf2+ 42. Qg2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Black "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,20,13,22,0,0,0,2,4,0,-11,-10,-11,-11,-12,-23,-35,-32,-26,-31,-35,-18,-12,-10,-25,-19,-26,-27,-26,-9,-39,-20,-57,-14,-69,-45,-67,-52,-55,-42,-45,-38,-45,-43,-44,-36,-52,-18,-20,-20,-31,-15,-61,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. d3 Nc6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9... Nbd7 10. e4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rfe8 12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 cxd4 17. Nb5 Bc5 {½-½ (38) Hamidi,A (2187)-Gholami Orimi,M (2256) Shiraz 2017}) 10. e4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} e5 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 Bc8 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Rae1 f5 14. exf5 Rb8 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1-0 (53) Sakr,N (2121)-Jabbour,G Beirut 2007}) 11... Nd7 12. Nh3 Nd4 13. f4 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Nxf4 b4 19. Raf1 Be5 20. Bh3 Nf6 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Re8 24. Ref2 Qe7 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Qd2 ({White should try} 26. Qxe5 $11 Rxe5 27. a3) 26... Qe3 27. Qd1 Re5 28. Rf4 Rae8 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. R4f2 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 a5 32. Bf5 R8e7 33. d4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Ne8 35. Rdd2 Rc7 ({Black should play} 35... g6 $15 36. Bd3 f5) 36. Rfe2 {The position is equal.} (36. a3 {keeps more tension.} Nf6 37. axb4 axb4 38. Ra2 g6 39. Bc2) 36... Rxe2+ 37. Rxe2 $11 {[%cal Re2e8][%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Kf3 Re7 (39... g6 {with more complications.} 40. Bd3 Nd7 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Bc2 Re7+) 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 {KB-KN} 41. Ke3 g6 42. Bh3 Nd7 43. Bxd7 Kxd7 {KP-KP} 44. g4 {Strongly threatening g5.} f6 45. Kf4 Kc7 46. Ke4 Kb7 47. Kd4 Kb6 48. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kc7 49. h4 Kb6 50. Ke4 Kb7 51. Kf4 Kb6 52. h5 Kb7 53. Ke4 Kc7 54. Kd3 Kb7 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Kd4 Kb6 57. h6 Kc7 58. Ke4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,11,24,16,47,50,49,2,50,12,56,6,44,20,12,8,11,7,41,39,64,67,59,55,83,89,99,58,56,58,45,45,71,71,78,71,71,67,71,70,71,71,79,71,81,72,83,76,78,67,76,73,72,54,75,56,81,83,129,0,110,51,96,54,90,54,70,84,129,91,90,54,91,59,187,77,81,75,148,58,116,116,120,110,205,178,172,170,152,112,146,-112,0,0,73,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c5 8. Nc3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8. c3 b6 9. Bh2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rab8 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Ra1 h6 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Ncd2 Qc6 {0-1 (49) Kayumov,S (2505)-Mamedov,R (2688) Doha 2016}) 8... b6 9. d5 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Ng5 Qc8 {1-0 (31) Lanier,J-Ong,A LSS email 2007}) 10. a4 {White is slightly better.} a6 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Bg3 {Black must now prevent f4.} f5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Bh4 Bf6 (15... Nc7 {is interesting.} 16. e4 b5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 g5) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 b5 20. axb5 (20. a5 {looks sharper.} Rb8 21. c3 Re8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qd7 24. g5) 20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Bc4 Qb7 24. Nf2 Re8 25. b3 Qc8 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Kh2 Nh6 28. g4 Kg7 29. Kg3 Nf7 30. Qd2 Kg8 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Qe1 Kf8 33. Qe2 Qb6 34. h4 Nh6 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qe2 Kf8 $1 37. Qd3 (37. Qe1 $16) 37... Kg7 38. Re4 Qb7 39. Qe2 Kf8 40. Qd2 Kg7 41. Re1 Qc8 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 42. Qe2 Qb7 43. Ra1 {[%cal Be1a1,Ba1a5,Ba5a7][%mdl 32]} Kf8 (43... Ng8 $14) 44. Qd2 (44. h5 $18) 44... Kg7 $16 45. Qe1 Kf8 (45... Bb5 $142) 46. Qc1 (46. h5 $1 $16) 46... Kg8 (46... Ra8 $14) 47. Qh1 Kg7 48. Ra5 Rb8 (48... Qc7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 49. Qa1+ Kg8) 49. Qa1+ Kg8 50. Ra7 Qc8 51. Ba6 Qd8 52. Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Bd3 $16) 52... Nxg4 (52... Bxg4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...Be2 is the strong threat.} 53. Nxg4 Nxg4) 53. Bc6 $11 ({But not} 53. Nxg4 Bxg4 54. Kxg4 Rxb7 $17) 53... Nf6 (53... Nxf2 $11 54. Rxd7 Ne4+ 55. Kf3 Nd2+ 56. Ke3 Qf8) 54. Bxd7 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bussard, Christian"]
[Black "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,146,0,-2,0,-20,-14,-53,-48,-55,-47,-54,-48,-56,-46,-56,0,-12,-32,-57,-60,-76,-78,-76,-76,-70,-74,-69,-75,-82,-69,-76,-62,-94,-87,-106,-114,-98,-58,-65,-43,-45,-48,-47,-40,-53,-32,-34,-16,-18,0,0,0,-53,0,0,14,0,58,15,129,0,0,0,0,-34,-17,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,0,-53,0,0,0,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,29,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-18,-27,-20,-36,-8,-57,-57,-57,-20,-57,-27,-50,-50,-50,-57,-72,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,0,-9,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 h6 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qb6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 Rg8 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 {1-0 (58) Matviishen,V (2364)-Baghdasaryan,V (2372) Yerevan 2015}) 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc1 Be6 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd4 15. b3 Qxe4 16. f3 {0-1 (30) Krca,M (2025)-Vavruska,A (2111) Czechia 2010}) 10... Bg4 11. Qc1 g5 12. Bg3 Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4a1]} 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Nh5 $1 14. Nc4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bc5 (15... f6 $15) 16. Ne3 (16. b4 $5 Bb6 17. a4 $11) 16... Be6 17. Rd1 Qc3 $1 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rd8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Rh1 f6 23. Ke1 Bf7 24. Rf2 h5 25. Rhf1 Rd6 26. Rh1 c5 27. g4 $1 Rdd8 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 Bxh5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. g3 Bg6 31. Rh2 a6 32. a4 a5 (32... b5 $5) 33. Ke2 b6 34. Ke1 (34. Rh1 $11) 34... Rf8 ({Black should play} 34... Kf7 $1 $15) 35. Kd2 $11 Kf7 (35... c4 $5 36. Bxc4 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Bxe4 $11) 36. Kc3 Kg7 (36... Rd8 $11) 37. Kc4 $1 $14 {Hoping for Kb5.} Rd8 (37... Rb8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Kc3 (38. Kb5 $16) 38... Rd6 39. Rh1 Be8 40. Rh2 Bc6 41. Rh3 Rd8 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Kd2 Rf8 44. Kc3 Rd8 45. Kc4 Bd7 46. Kc3 Be8 (46... Rh8 $1 $15 47. Rxh8 Kxh8) 47. Kc4 (47. Rd2 $11) 47... Bf7+ (47... Kg6 $1 $15) 48. Kc3 Be6 49. Rh1 (49. Rd2 $11) 49... Bg4 (49... Rh8 $1 $15 50. Rxh8 Kxh8) 50. Rh2 $11 Bf3 51. Rf2 Bg4 52. Rh2 Kg6 53. Kc4 Be6+ 54. Kc3 Rc8 55. Rh1 Bd7 56. Ba6 Ra8 57. Bd3 ({Better is} 57. Bc4 $11) 57... Bc6 $15 58. Rh2 Kg7 59. Rh3 c4 60. Bxc4 Bxe4 61. Rh2 Rd8 62. Rd2 (62. Bd3 {is more complex.} Bxd3 63. cxd3 Rc8+ 64. Kd2 f5 65. Rh1) 62... Rxd2 63. Kxd2 {KB-KB} Kf8 64. c3 Ke7 65. Bb5 Kd6 66. b4 Kd5 67. Ba6 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb7+.} Bg6 ({Black should try} 67... Kc6 $17) 68. e4+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 69. Bd3 Be8 70. Bc2 Bc6 71. Ke3 Ke7 72. Bb3 Kd6 73. Bc2 Ke7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Black "Neyman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,166,0,1,-11,-7,-30,0,-10,0,-15,0,-13,0,-7,-1,-20,-36,-51,-53,-61,-44,-60,-48,-112,-57,-60,-26,-17,5,-9,-12,-23,-12,-9,14,18,26,0,39,34,89,83,70,65,254,241,269,208,210,200,201,213,380,368,383,371,348,131,129,0,200,225,246,247,355,209,177,0,359,359,422,433,451,489,492,497,481,288,280,106,108,116,109,59,56,54,56,54,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,96,161,96,162,121,96,96,97,97,793,862,875,705,831,467,831,467,467,467,832,467,243,453,544,119,1468,979,954,962,944,951,950,908,948,873,948,785,785,467,467,467,467,467,467,467,467,467,467,467,467]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 Re8 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 8. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 57 Games} 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qc2 g6 14. f3 h5 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Be2 {½-½ (47) So,W (2770)-Karjakin,S (2773) Bilbao 2016}) 9... c6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. f3 Bd6 13. Nd3 Nf8 14. Qe1 Qc7 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. Bd2 {1-0 (40) Byrne,D-Averbakh,Y New York 1954}) 10... a5 11. O-O Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Rac1 Nc7 14. Bd3 g6 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Nce2 Ng7 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Bc3 h5 19. f3 (19. Nf1 $15) 19... h4 (19... Rxe3 $1 $17 20. Rxe3 Bxf4) 20. Nf1 $15 Qc7 21. Qf2 g5 22. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Re6 24. Qg2 Nh7 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qg4 Nf8 27. Rc2 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2g2,Bg2g5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 (27... a4 $14) 28. Rg2 $16 Qf6 29. Ree2 Be7 $2 ({Better is} 29... b5 $1 $14) 30. Ref2 $18 Bd6 31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Be7 33. Rg1 f5 $2 (33... Bf8 {is a better defense.} 34. Rfg2 Rf6) 34. Rfg2 Kh7 {[#]} 35. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (35... dxe4 36. fxe4) 36. exd5 $2 (36. Ne3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nh5 37. e5 (37. exf5 Rxe3 38. fxg6+ Kg7 $16)) 36... cxd5 $16 37. Bxa5 (37. Bd2 $16 {And now Ne3 would win.} Nh5 38. Ne3 (38. Bxa5 Ngf4 $17)) 37... Rf7 $2 (37... Nh5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 38. Bd2 $18 Bd6 39. Ne3 Ne7 (39... Bf4 $142) 40. Rg4 (40. Bb1 $142) 40... Ng6 41. R4g2 $2 (41. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Re3f5]} Bf4 42. Nxf5 Bxg5 43. Rxg5 Nxf5 44. Bxf5) 41... Ne7 $1 42. Bb1 Bb8 43. Ba2 Rd6 44. Bb4 Rd7 45. Bxe7 Rfxe7 {[#]} 46. Nxd5 (46. Nxf5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 (46... Nxf5 47. Bb1) 47. Nxh4) 46... Re6 47. Nf4 $2 (47. Rg5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 47... Bxf4 $16 {[#]} 48. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 49. Rxg7+ (49. Bxe6 {keeps more tension.} Rxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Kg6 51. b3 Kf6 52. Bc8) 49... Kxg7 50. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bc1 51. b3 Bxa3 52. Bxf5 Kf6 53. Be4 b6 54. Kg2 Bb2 55. d5 Bc1 56. Kf2 Bf4 57. Ke2 $1 Ke5 58. Kd3 Bxh2 59. Kc4 Kd6 (59... Bg1 $16 60. Kb5 Kd6) 60. Kb5 (60. Bf5 $18) 60... Kc7 (60... Bg1 $16 {was worth a try.} 61. f4 Kc7) 61. Bg6 Bg1 62. f4 Bd4 63. Kc4 Bb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Be3 $16) 64. Kd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3e3]} Kd6 65. Ke4 $1 Bc3 66. Bh5 Bd2 (66... Bg7 $142 67. Bf3 Bb2) 67. Bf3 Bc1 68. Kf5 Bd2 (68... Ke7 $142 69. Kg4 Be3 70. Kxh4 Bxf4) 69. Kg5 Ke7 70. Kxh4 $2 (70. Kg4) 70... Bxf4 {[#]} 71. Kg4 $2 (71. Kh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Kf6 72. Kg4) 71... Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Bd2 $16 72. h4 Kf6) 72. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 73. h5 Bf8 {[#]} 74. Kf4 $1 Bd6+ 75. Ke4 Bf8 76. Bg4 Ba3 77. Be2 Bf8 78. Kd4 Bg7 79. Kc4 Ke5 80. Bf3 {Kb5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 81. Kb5 Kc7 82. d6+ Kxd6 83. Kxb6 Ke6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 40%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,15,19,20,22,6,13,-9,0,-12,25,0,45,45,50,43,62,52,59,56,59,52,50,54,60,55,39,43,49,50,47,25,297,297,294,291,1153,1135,820,999,872,837,677,657]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Bb5+ {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} (9. Ndb5 a6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 Be6 12. f3 Bc5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Bg5 Ke7 15. Ne3 Nb4 16. Rc1 h6 {½-½ (27) Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Svidler,P (2740) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 9... Bd7 10. Nf5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor (2):} 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Be3 g6 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nc6 16. Bg5+ Kc8 {1-0 (62) Moore,H-Morin,G Seattle 1986}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 g6 (12... Nxe4 $5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 $11) 13. Ne3 Bb4 (13... Nxe4 $5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nexd5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 $11) 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Ncd5 would win. White fights for an advantage.} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 {Qd6 is the strong threat.} O-O 17. Rxb7 Qc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Re7 {aiming for f4.} Nd7 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Nb6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 24. Bc7 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd8,LRf6][%cal Rc7d8]} Re8 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 Nd5 $2 (25... Kg7 26. Rxf6 Kxf6) 26. Rxe8+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 27. d7 Nxc7 28. dxe8=Q+ Nxe8 29. Rc1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,19,21,23,13,33,22,34,31,31,41,46,0,0,-17,-14,-25,-11,-4,-21,-21,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} (6. Nf3 Nf6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Qd8 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. a4 {½-½ (46) Ponkratov,P (2603)-Bocharov,D (2602) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 6... dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. N1d2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 f5 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Bc4 Ke7 12. Rd6 e5 13. Re6+ Kd8 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 {½-½ (38) Veinger,I (2395)-Beim,V (2480) Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991}) 8... Nf6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O Ke8 14. Rhe1 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 15. fxe4 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 16. Bc3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Rd8 18. Bd4 h5 19. h4 Be7 20. Bf3 f6 21. c3 g6 22. b4 e5 23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bd8 25. Bc5 Rh7 26. Bb3 Rc7 27. Bd5 Be7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Kc2 Rc7 30. Ra1 Rc6 $1 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. b3 f5 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 {KR-KR} 34. c4 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rxc4+ 37. Kxe5 Rxb4 38. Rxa6 Rb5+ 39. Kf4 (39. Ke4 $5 {[%cal Ra6g6]}) 39... Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,43,39,34,35,42,31,42,35,31,34,36,15,26,31,27,22,35,38,64,16,21,18,25,20,40,25,25,28,56,39,35,16,43,20,25,10,12,7,16,0,14,0,22,0,0,7,17,16,44,39,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 O-O 9. O-O b6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9... h6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Qc2 e4 17. Rde1 {1-0 (69) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Neiksans,A (2624) Germany 2017}) 10. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} dxe4 11. Ng5 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ngxe4 Be7 13. Qc2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. Rad1 h6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bc3 {½-½ (130) Foo,W (2009)-Houska,J (2406) North Shields 2012}) 15. dxc5 (15. d5 $5) 15... f5 16. Nc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bf4 {[%cal Bd2f4,Bf4e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} Qc6+ 20. f3 Rad8 21. Nb5 a5 22. Be5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ (24. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Qb7 25. a3 $14) 24... Bxd8 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Qe3 {[#] Black must now prevent Na7.} Kf7 28. Bc3 h6 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. Nb5 Qc6 31. Bd4 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qe5 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Ne8 34. Kf2 a4 35. Ke3 {The position is equal.} (35. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Qd6 36. f4 $14) 35... axb3 36. axb3 Qc5+ 37. Qxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 38. Kd3 e5 39. Kc3 Ke6 40. b4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4 g5 42. Nc3 h5 43. c5 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. c6 Kd6 46. Kb5 f4 47. gxf4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,28,28,32,23,24,22,25,21,30,26,26,25,31,29,31,25,29,23,22,15,35,14,20,23,33,14,22,10,31,22,17,4,27,27,37,10,29,0,12,0,44,13,54,0,0,0,0,0,20,16,10,8,13,0,18,21,41,41,41,43,36,36,35,25,22,-46,-27,-49,-50,-56,-65,-47,-21,-62,-8,-37,-29,-41,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-15,-6]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 56 Games} Be7 (11... Bd6 12. a4 Qe7 13. a5 a6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qf3 h6 {1-0 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2803)-Agrest,E (2593) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. a4 a5 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd6 15. Qf3 Nd5 {½-½ (59) Rambaldi,F (2542)-Vidal,L (2193) Chartres 2017}) 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Qg4 Bf6 21. Bd2 (21. Bh6 $5) 21... g6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Bc1 Rc7 24. g3 Rd7 (24... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 25. Qe4 h4 $14) 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Bb3 Qb6 27. Bc2 Qd8 28. Qe4 h5 29. Bb1 Rh8 30. Rd3 Nb6 31. Bc2 Nc8 (31... c5 $5) 32. g4 ({Better is} 32. Rf3 $14) 32... Nb6 $11 33. Rg3 {[#] aiming for gxh5.} hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg8 {[%cal Bg7g8,Bg8f8,Bf8e7,Be7d7,Bd7c8][%mdl 32]} 35. Rf1 Nd5 36. f4 Kf8 37. Qf3 Qb8 38. Rh3 Ke7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. Rh1 Qg8 41. Qg3 Rd8 42. Bd2 Kd7 43. c4 (43. g5 $11 Bg7 44. Rh3) 43... Nb4 $15 44. Bxb4 axb4 45. d5 Kc8 46. Be4 exd5 (46... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 47. dxc6 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 bxc6 $11) 47. cxd5 Bxb2 (47... c5 $15 48. b3 Be7) 48. Qf2 Bc3 49. Qc5 ({Don't go for} 49. dxc6 $2 Rd2 $19) 49... f5 50. Bf3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White has counterplay} fxg4 51. Bxg4+ Kb8 52. dxc6 {[#] Intending c7+ and mate.} Qd5+ 53. Qxd5 Rxd5 54. cxb7 Rd2+ 55. Kg3 Kxb7 56. Be6 Rd6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,95,45,47,37,38,46,35,33,10,38,31,67,53,68,48,83,45,82,64,120,113,120,104,122,129,191,176,243,235,267,165,163,110,128,127,596,547,723,679,728,691,700,679,650,450,445,420,427,420,416,407,367,383,338,0,0,0,249,257,385,318,355,285,280,280,297,284,592,564,669,659,703,700,684,652,640,617,568,518,458,130,144,144,141,137,252,245]} 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. e3 Be7 (5... g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 {½-½ (79) Troff,K (2533)-Javakhadze,Z (2417) Dallas 2015}) 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} Nb8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 {1-0 (25) Watai,M-Mesh Al,A Singapore 1979}) 8. b4 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. b5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. h3 c5 (14... e5 $14) 15. dxc5 $16 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bd6 (17... b6 $16) 18. Bb3 $18 Rb8 (18... Re8 {might work better.} 19. e4 Bc5) 19. e4 Ne8 20. Qd2 {Qxh6+ is the strong threat.} e5 21. b6 (21. Qxa5 $18 Ndf6 22. Qe1) 21... Ndf6 $16 22. Qxa5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Nxe4 $16 23. Bxe5 Be6) 23. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 24. Bxe5 Qg6 25. Bxb8 Bxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 26. Nh4 Qf6 27. Qxh5 Qxa1+ 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Be5 Qxe5+ 30. Qxe5 Ng4+ 31. Kxh3 Nxe5 32. Nc5 $2 ({White should try} 32. Nf5 $18) 32... Rc8 $11 33. Na4 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} g5 $2 (33... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 34. Nf5 $18 Rc1 (34... Rd8 $142) 35. f3 h5 36. Bd5 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kf2 Nd3+ $2 (38... Ra1 {is a better chance.} 39. Nd6 (39. Bxb7 Rxa3 40. Nc5 Rc3 $16) 39... Kg7 40. Nxb7 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rg1) 39. Ke3 Nf4 40. Bxb7 Ra1 41. Bc6 Rxa3+ 42. Kd4 Ne6+ 43. Ke5 Nd8 44. Nd4 Ra2 45. b7 $2 (45. Kd6 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rd2 46. Bd5 Rxd4 47. Kc7) 45... Nxb7 $16 46. Bxb7 {aiming for Nc5.} Rxa4 {[#]} 47. Bc8 $1 f6+ (47... Ra2 $16 {is a better defense.}) 48. Kxf6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,81,24,30,18,23,16,17,22,20,28,34,32,31,0,0,0,9,19,39,22,64,68,71,63,63,63,63,63,70,62,63,63,63,62,70,70,75,63,62,56,56,56,56,27,27,27,56,56,56,56,56,36,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} 13. a3 Bf6 14. Rc1 ({But not} 14. Qh5 g6 $15) (14. Nf3 Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 {½-½ (76) Giri,A (2771)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 14... g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bb1 d4 20. Nc5 dxe3 21. Bxe3 g6 22. b4 Bd5 23. b5 Ne5 24. a4 Bg7 {½-½ (24) Marquez Abreu,C (2348)-Skovgaard,T (2366) ICCF email 2006}) 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. b6 (21. h3 {feels hotter.} Rac8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qc2) 21... Be5 22. Rxc4 Bxf4 23. Nxe6 dxc4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc2 Bd6 26. Bxc4 Bc5 27. Rb1 Bb4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Kg7 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qb3 f6 32. Qd3 Qd6 33. Qe4 Qxb6 34. Bd5 f5 35. Qe5+ {White is slightly better.} Qf6 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Qxb7 Qxb7 39. Bxb7 Kf6 40. f4 h6 41. Kf2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,124,40,38,43,-43,77,70,68,27,27,28,23,25,93,49,81,77,88,75,90,81,82,86,75,75,72,79,91,85,68,42,51,52,47,0,80,77,98,102,185,181,162,104,104,104,104,99,104,104,225,63,61,45,46,45,87,87,87,85,87,33,33,33,87,87,87,0,62,62,62,62,88,88,98,98,98,98,104,104,104,88,88,58,58,0,58,58,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12845,12844,12850,12843,12844,12844,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849,12849,12850]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bh5 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} (8... a6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (38) Savchenko,S (2521)-Miladinovic,I (2561) Algiers 2015}) 9. a3 (9. O-O $14) 9... Ba5 (9... Bxc3+ $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 10. bxc3 Bg6) 10. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bb6 11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc4 Nh5 15. Ne2 Qf6 16. Kg2 {½-½ (39) Farkas,G (2306)-Plat,V (2452) Frydek Mistek 2013}) 10... O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. b4 {Hoping for Bxc6.} (11. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 12. Ne5 $14) 11... Bb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Qd6 (13... Ng4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Nxc6 Qd6) 14. Qc4 a5 15. Nxc6 {Threatens to win with e5.} axb4 16. e5 Qd7 17. exf6 bxc3 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxc3 f6 20. O-O Ra4 21. Rfc1 Bg6 22. Qb3 Rfa8 23. Nb4 Be4 24. Rc3 Qd6 (24... e5 $1 $11 25. dxe5 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 (26. Rxa3 $2 {loses.} Rxa3 27. exf6+ Kxf6 $19) 26... Qg4) 25. Qb2 Ba5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 26. Rac1 c6 (26... Kh8 $16) 27. Qe2 $18 Kh8 28. Bg5 (28. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4e4]} Bf5 29. Qh4) 28... fxg5 $16 29. Qxe4 Bxb4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Rxc6 Rxd4 (31... Qxd4 $16 32. Qxe6 Rf8) 32. Qf3 $2 ({Resist} 32. Rxd6 $6 Rxe4 33. f3 Re5 $16) (32. Qe1 $1 $18 Qd7 33. Rxe6) 32... Qf4 $14 33. Qxf4 (33. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rc6c8]} e5 34. Rc8+ Rd8 35. Rc7 $16) 33... Rxf4 34. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 35. Rce1 Rac8 36. Re7 Rc1 37. Kf1 (37. h4 $16) 37... Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 {KR-KR} Rc2 (38... Rc1+ $1 $14 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 h6) 39. h3 $16 h6 40. g3 (40. Kf1 $16) 40... Kg8 (40... Rc1+ $1 $11 41. Ke2 Rh1) 41. Kf1 $14 Ra2 42. Kg2 Ra4 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Re4 Rb2 45. h4 gxh4 46. Rxh4 Kg7 47. Rf4 h5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kh3 ({Better is} 49. Rc4 $14) 49... Kg5 ({Black should play} 49... Ra2 $11) 50. Rf8 {And now f4+ would win.} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Kg6 $14) 51. f4+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 52. Rb8 Ra1 53. Rb6+ $1 Kg7 {[#]} 54. Kh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Rh1+ 55. Kg5 h4 56. g4 h3 57. Rh6 h2 58. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Kg8 59. f6 {White wants to mate with Kg6.} Kf7 60. Rh7+ Ke6 61. Re7+ Kd6 {[#]} 62. Re2 $1 Kd5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,27,83,66,84,68,65,47,58,37,39,39,40,48,41,43,44,37,57,29,44,41,42,10,11,13,18,-6,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,11,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,16,0,14,-4,24,0,25,-17,29,0,40,32,35,18,24,-19,0,0,8,-10,-8,-17,-10,-9,-8,-40,-38,-47,-17,-15,-16,-55,-55,-61,-61,-62,-55,-62,-62,-102,-47,-47,-25,-102,-102]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 40 Games} (7... Qxd4 $11 8. Be3 Qd8) (7... Qxd4 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qf5 {0-1 (20) Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Karpov,A (2619) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 8. Bf4 {White is better.} Qd8 9. Be2 $146 {Threatens to win with d5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O-O e6 10. Be5 Nbd7 11. g4 Bb4 12. g5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 {0-1 (42) Papp,T (2276)-Krsnik Cohar,I (2106) Pula 2014}) 9... e6 10. Qg3 Nbd7 11. Bc7 Qc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfe1 ({Don't go for} 13. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 $19) 13... O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bf3 Bf8 16. Rd3 Nb6 17. Be5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Qd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc4 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Bc7 24. Qe2 Rad8 25. Red1 Qe7 (25... g6 {with more complications.} 26. g3 a5 27. Bf3 Qe7 28. c3 Rd7) 26. g3 Rd7 27. Bf3 Red8 28. Kg2 Bb6 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 29. c3 a5 30. Qc2 Rd6 31. Qb1 R8d7 32. Qc2 Qd8 33. Be2 Qg5 34. Bf3 Qg6 35. Qe2 Qf6 36. Qe4 g6 37. Qe3 Qg7 (37... c5 $5) 38. Be2 Qf6 39. Qf3 Qd8 40. R1d2 Rd5 41. Qe4 Ba7 42. Rf3 b5 43. a3 b4 (43... e5 $5) 44. cxb4 axb4 45. a4 Bxd4 46. Bc4 R5d6 47. Rfd3 c5 48. f4 Kg7 49. h4 {[#]} h6 (49... h5 $1 $17 50. Rd1 Qb6) 50. Ra2 $15 Ra7 51. Qf3 {[#]} (51. h5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 51... h5 $1 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Black "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,16,21,13,13,10,8,0,0,0,-7,-12,-8,-19,-17,-14,-14,-28,-25,-25,-24,-20,-27,-41,-8,-36,-9,-68,-16,-16,-13,-10,-4,-4,0,0,-4,-1,0,-9,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,-31,-27,-52,-48,-79,-79,-74,-79,-83,-79,-93,-78,-112,-68,-114,-35,-172,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... Bd6 7. Nd2 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Nf6 11. a3 Na6 12. c3 Rc8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 {½-½ (61) Michalik,P (2570)-Biolek,R (2432) Czechia 2015}) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (79) Hillenkamp,M-Aarsen,T livechess.nl INT 2008}) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nb5 c6 13. c3 Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. Qf5 Qe7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Qf3 Bc7 17. c4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Ne2 (19. Qe2 $11) 19... Ne4 ({Black should try} 19... Qe5 $15) 20. cxd5 $11 Ng5 21. Qg4 {Black must now prevent h4.} Rxd5 22. Nf4 Rd6 (22... Bxf4 $5 23. exf4 Rfd8 $11) 23. h4 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. g3 Re8 (25... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 26. Qe2 Rd8 $11) 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Rab1 Rd8 28. Bc4 Red6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. h5 b5 31. Bb3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. a4 c4 34. Bd1 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bf3 Kg7 37. Qc8 Rd8 38. Qc6 {[#]} Qb4 ({Better is} 38... Rd2 $1 $17 39. Re1 Rxb2) 39. Qb7 {[#]} ({White should play} 39. Qe4 $15 Bxb2 40. g4) 39... Qc5 $2 ({Worse is} 39... Bxb2 40. Bd5 $11) (39... c3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 40. Be4 cxb2) 40. b4 cxb3 41. Rxb3 Rb8 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,46,53,50,48,53,40,52,26,47,22,6,6,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-27,-30,-113,-102,-165,-177,-173,-145,-184,-173,-221,-214,-205,-182,-611,-583,-775,-758,-917,-918]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {A43: Schmid Benoni} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} (8. c4 Re8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 {1-0 (35) Le Roux,J (2538)-Sulava,N (2468) Chartres 2017}) 8... Na6 9. Re1 (9. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 10. Qd3 $11) 9... Nc7 10. Bc4 Re8 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 b6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 {½-½ (57) Fetcu,M (2176)-Colombo,F (2107) ICCF email 2005}) 11... a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 $1 b6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Ng5 {[#]} (15. b4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 16. axb5 (16. Ba2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 16... axb5 $19 17. Ba2 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 18. Qf3 Bb7 {[%cal Rc7d5]} 19. Rad1 Ncxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxe7 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 21. Rxd5 $2 Bxg5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $19) (21. Qg3) 21... Qxe7 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Rxd5 {If White can now play Qh5 this consolidates a bit.} h6 23. Bxd6 Bxd5 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neyman, Igor"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,179,41,45,39,34,60,60,70,67,78,74,86,77,77,91,83,31,39,21,19,20,22,12,9,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,45,53,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,81,72,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,38,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-143,-143,-143,-144,-127,-127,-127,-129,-109,-94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-150,-77,-77,-17,-17,-17,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-92,-92,-92,-103,-92,-103,-92,-103,-92,-92,-89,-92,-92,-103,-103,-103,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,-17,0,0,0,-17,0,-17,0,-17,-12,-17,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Bd7 (5... Nge7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 b6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nf5 {½-½ (51) Gelfand,B (2741)-Bartel,M (2622) Berlin 2015}) 6. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} a5 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. O-O Bc6 {½-½ (16) Murzin,L (2206)-Eperjesi,L (2252) Budapest 2005}) 10... a4 11. O-O Na5 12. Bb4 Re8 13. Ne5 ({Better is} 13. c5 $16) 13... dxc4 $14 14. Bxc4 (14. Nxc4 {keeps more tension.} Nb3 15. Rad1 Bb5 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Bc3) 14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Ra6 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Rfc1 {[%cal Bf1c1,Bc1c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Nd5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Rc5 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 (21. axb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Rb6 22. Rac1 $11) 21... Bxf3 (21... Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b4]} 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 c6 $11) 22. gxf3 b6 23. Rc6 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} 24. Rxc7 Qxf3 25. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Qg4+ 26. Kf1 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Raa8 27. Qc6 (27. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2g4]} Qh3+ 28. Kg1 $11) 27... h5 28. Rc1 Kh7 (28... Rad8 $1 $11) 29. Qg2 $1 $16 Ra5 30. h3 (30. Qxg4 $14 hxg4 31. R1c4) 30... Qxg2+ $11 31. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} e5 32. R1c4 exd4 33. Rxd4 Rg5+ 34. Kf3 b5 35. Rd6 Kh6 36. Rdd7 Ree5 {Hoping for ...Ref5+.} 37. Rd4 Rg1 38. Rc2 Reg5 39. b3 (39. h4 $11 {remains equal.} Rf5+ 40. Ke4 Re5+ 41. Kf3) 39... axb3 $17 40. Rb2 Rh1 $1 41. h4 Rh3+ $1 42. Ke2 Rf5 $1 43. Rxb3 Rh2 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. exf4 Rxh4 {KR-KR} 46. Ke3 {[#]} (46. f5 $142) 46... Rh3+ $1 47. f3 {[#]} Rh2 (47... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 48. fxg5+ fxg5 49. Rxb5 g4) 48. Rxb5 $11 Ra2 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 49. Rb8 (49. Ra5 $11) 49... Rxa3+ $17 50. Kf2 Ra5 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Rb7 Ra4 53. Rb5 Kh6 54. Rb6 Ra1 55. Rc6 Re1 56. Ra6 Kg6 57. Ra5 Rb1 58. Rc5 Rb4 59. Ra5 Kh6 60. Ra6 h4+ (60... Rb7 $17 61. Ra3 Rb5) 61. Kxh4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf4+ 62. Kg3 g5 63. Rb6 Kg6 64. Ra6 Rd4 65. Rb6 Rd5 66. Ra6 Kf5 67. Rb6 Ke5 68. Ra6 (68. f4+ $5 gxf4+ 69. Kf2 $15) 68... Rd7 69. Ra5+ Ke6 70. Ra6+ Kf7 71. Ra5 Rd6 72. Rb5 Kg6 73. Ra5 f5 74. Ra8 Rd3 {aiming for ...g4.} 75. Kg2 Kf6 76. Re8 Rd2+ 77. Kg1 Ra2 78. Kf1 Ra6 79. Kf2 Kg6 80. Kg3 Kh5 81. Rh8+ Rh6 82. Rg8 Rb6 83. Rh8+ Kg6 84. Rg8+ Kf6 85. Rf8+ Ke5 86. Rg8 g4 87. fxg4 f4+ 88. Kf2 Rb2+ 89. Kf3 Rb3+ 90. Kf2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Jana"]
[Black "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,6,6,6,11,14,-39,-7,-37,-45,-82,-62,-48,-54,-93,-89,-96,-96,-113,0,0,0,-23,31,37,66,-14,0,0,0,0,53,45,31,32,183,8,83,90,84,91,158,133,197,205,199,188,248,122,124,0,0,-44,0,0,0,0,20,17,25,0,0,0,22,0,93,79,39,44,145,141,152,110,5273,5265,5257,5197,29979,29980,29979,29980,29978,29979,29977,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 {B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6: Unusual White 7th moves} bxc6 10. e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. Qf3 is the strong threat.} Qa5 (10... dxe5 11. Qf3 e4 12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bf6 {0-1 (50) Zawadzka,J (2434)-Kovalevskaya,E (2450) Chakvi 2015}) 11. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} gxf6 12. O-O $146 (12. exf6 $11 Rb8 13. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 12. exd6 Qe5+ 13. Qe2 Bxd6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Qxe5 Bxe5 16. Rd3 Ke7 {½-½ (48) Szczepkowska,K (2293)-Czarnota,D (2214) Krakow 2008}) 12... Qxe5 13. Re1 (13. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3c6]} d5 14. Rae1 $15) 13... Qf5 14. Qd4 Be7 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Rad1 d5 18. Ng3 Kd7 (18... h5 $17) 19. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb4 20. Qc2 Rac8 (20... Rab8 $11) 21. a3 $14 Qb6 {[#]} 22. Qa4 (22. Nf5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Kc7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rd3 {Strongly threatening Rc1+.} Bc5 (24... Kd8 $11) 25. Qf4+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e5 26. Qd2 Bd4 $2 ({Better is} 26... d4 $14) 27. b4 $2 (27. Nf5 $18) 27... Kd7 (27... Kb7 $11) 28. Nf5 $16 {[%cal Rf5d4]} Rc4 29. Ne3 Bxe3 ({Black should play} 29... Rhc8) 30. Rxd5+ ({Not} 30. fxe3 d4 $15) 30... Ke6 (30... Kc8 $16 31. fxe3 (31. Rxe3 Rd8 $16) 31... Rd8) 31. fxe3 $18 {And now Rd1 would win.} Rhc8 {[#] aiming for ...Rc2.} 32. Rd1 $1 Rd4 (32... Ke7 $142 33. Rd6 R4c6 34. Rd7+ Kf8) 33. exd4 (33. Rxd4 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatening mate with Rd6+.} exd4 34. exd4) 33... Kxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Qf2 ({White should try} 34. Kh1 $16 e4 35. Qe2) 34... Ke6 $1 $11 35. Kh1 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d4]} (35... Qxd4 {is more complex.} 36. Qe2 Qc4 37. Qd2 Qc6 38. h3 a6) 36. Qa2+ Ke7 37. d5 Rd6 38. Qc4 Kd7 39. Qg4+ Ke7 40. Qc4 Kd7 41. Qd3 h6 (41... Ke7 $11) 42. Qh3+ Ke7 43. Qxh6 Qb5 (43... a5 $14) 44. Qc1 a6 ({Don't play} 44... Rxd5 $6 45. Rxd5 Qxd5 46. Qc5+ Ke6 47. Qxa7 $11) 45. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qe2 $16) 46. Rxd5 $18 Qxd5 $16 {KQ-KQ} 47. Qc5+ Ke6 {[#]} 48. Qxd5+ $1 {White mates.} Kxd5 49. h5 e4 50. h6 e3 51. Kg1 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,-29,-12,-18,-14,-27,10,8,9,7,51,64,60,66,139,139,131,134,134,132,119,119,121,0,14,0,115,-3,-3,-4,0,0,-3,-289,-287,-362,-370,-354,-343,-343,-350,-351,-336,-351,-288,-337,-339,-357,-348,-357,-267,-519,-534,-484,-450,-452,-453,-895,-895]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. d3 (3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nc4 e4 8. d4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 {1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 3... d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} O-O 7. Nbd2 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qe7 8. O-O h6 9. a3 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Nc4 b6 13. Qc1 Ba6 14. Nxd6 Rxd6 15. Re1 Re8 16. b4 Qe6 {1-0 (66) Saglione,E (2546)-Cordoba,H (2457) ICCF email 2010}) 8. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Qxf6 9. dxe4 dxe4 (9... Re8 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 10. exd5 Nb4 $11) 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. c3 $1 Bxc3+ (11... Qe7 $1 $14) 12. Kf1 $16 Bxa1 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qb1 Re8 15. h4 Bg4 16. e3 (16. Ng1 $16) 16... Rad8 $11 17. b4 a5 (17... Bc3 $11) 18. b5 (18. bxa5 $16 Bc3 19. Qc2 Bxa5 20. Kg1) 18... Ne5 19. Nd4 c5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21. Bh3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 21... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 512]} 22. Qxc5 {[#] aiming for Bd5.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c5]} 23. Qa3 {[#]} Be7 $1 {[%cal Re7a3]} 24. Qxa5 {Bb7 is the strong threat.} Rc1+ 25. Qe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Bb4+ 27. Kf1 Bc5 28. Nb3 Bb6 29. Be4 Be6 {Hoping for ...f5.} 30. h5 $2 (30. Nd4) 30... f5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Bc2 Bc4+ 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Rh3 (33. Bxf5 $142 Nf3+ 34. Kf1) 33... Ra8 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bussard, Christian"]
[Black "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,60,58,51,60,53,73,24,27,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,20,60,60,56,0,0,-8,0,0,17,17,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,63,63,63,63,63,62,62,62,62,62,62,55,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 exd5 (4... h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nf3 e5 8. a4 d6 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 {½-½ (38) Kanep,M (2485)-Piorun,K (2657) Tallinn 2016}) 5. exd5 d6 6. Qe2+ $146 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. a5 Rb8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Ncxd5 15. Bg3 Bb7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Nxd6 Bc6 18. Nf5 {½-½ (75) Pixton,A (2462)-Sakalauskas,V (2437) playchess.com INT 2004}) 6... Qe7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 8. Qxe7+ {White is better.} Bxe7 9. Bd3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 10. f4 Nb6 11. c4 Na4 12. b3 f5 $1 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. Rc1 Nc3 15. Rc2 b5 16. Ne2 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 b4 18. Re1 (18. Nf1 $14) 18... O-O 19. Kf3 (19. a3 $5) 19... a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Ng3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bh4 22. Ree2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Rb2 Bxg3 25. Kxg3 Kg7 (25... Bd7 $11) 26. Re7 $14 Kf6 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Bb1 Be8 30. Ke1 Rda8 31. Kd1 R8a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Re2 Bd7 34. Re3 Ra1 35. Kc1 Ra8 36. Rh3 (36. g3 $14) 36... Rg8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. g3 Kg7 38. Rh5 Re8 39. Kd2 h6 40. Bc2 Re7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Black "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,6,2,0,0,-3,5,4,0,-24,-16,-38,-45,-40,-36,-68,-62,-82,-58,-85,-81,-76,-40,-51,-40,-40,-41,-49,-51,-49,-46,-54,-32,-41,-31,-84,-83,-76,-55,-58,-41,-43,-23,-57,-37,-63,-52,-55,-45,-62,7,4,16,0,23,10,5,14,14,15,23,-35,-41,-31,-10,-102,20,-12,-15,-14,-15,-74,-82,-294,-278,-283,-280,-1062,-1051,-1047,-1022,-1747,-1018,-1028,-979,-2041,-1981,-1510,0,-6291,-1557,-1602,-1552,-5289,-5293,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29983,-29984,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 (5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. Bd6 {1-0 (49) Grandelius,N (2643)-Bologan,V (2640) Doha 2016}) 5... e6 6. Nge2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bd6 7. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ng3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Na6 14. Rad1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Rfd8 17. a3 Kf8 18. g4 b6 19. f3 Nc7 {½-½ (19) Rozsa,P (2233)-Gjuran,D (2328) Hungary 2009}) 7... O-O 8. f3 {The position is equal.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Bd6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. e4 ({White should play} 22. a4 $15) 22... Rcd7 $17 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. c3 Nc4 25. f4 b5 26. Rf1 Nd6 27. Rce1 Nf5 28. Nf3 a5 29. g4 Ne7 {[#]} (29... Nd6 $1 $15) 30. f5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} R8d6 (30... exf5 31. Qxe7) 31. a4 Qc6 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Kg1 Qb7 34. Rf2 Rdb6 {[%cal Rb5b2]} 35. b4 (35. Qd1 $11 Rd5 36. Qa4) 35... axb4 $15 36. c4 Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White should prevent ...Qc7. Black has good play.} 37. Qd3 {[#]} (37. Qd1 $1 $11 Qc8 38. Ne5) 37... Rc8 (37... Qc7 $1 $17 {...Rd6 is the strong threat.} 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 fxe6) 38. fxe6 (38. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} h6 39. c5 $14) 38... Rxe6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Ng5 (40. Qd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ra8 41. Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Nd2) 40... Ng6 $17 41. Rf7 $2 (41. c5 $17) 41... Qb6+ $19 42. Kf1 {Hoping for Qd7.} Qc6 {And now ...Qh1+ would win.} 43. c5 $2 (43. Qd7 Qxc4+ 44. Kf2) 43... Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxh2+ 45. Kd1 Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qh2+ $2 ({Better is} 48... Ra8 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2+.} 49. Qb3 Qh2+ 50. Kd3 Rd8+ 51. Ke3 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Qxg5) 49. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kd1 $11) 49... Ne5 (49... Ra8 $142 50. Rd7 Ra1+ 51. Qd1 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Nf4+ 53. Ke3 Rxd1 54. Rxd1 Qxd1) 50. Qa6 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Ra8 52. Ra7 Rf8+ {Black mates.} 53. Nf7 Qf3+ 54. Ke1 Qe3+ 55. Kd1 Nxf7 56. Qc6 Qb3+ 57. Ke2 Ne5 58. Qb7 Qd3+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,45,22,25,22,28,33,33,34,44,40,22,29,37,27,4,6,4,26,11,68,17,19,0,54,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41: Philidor Defence} Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. h3 (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rad1 c6 12. h3 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 c5 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Rapport,R (2671) Biel 2015}) 9... c6 10. Nde2 Nbd7 11. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 12. Ng3 a5 13. a4 Qc7 14. g5 $146 Nfd7 15. b3 g6 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bc8 ({Black should play} 19... f6 $11) 20. Rf1 ({Better is} 20. Nge2 $14) 20... Ba6 $11 21. Rfe1 Bc8 22. Rf1 (22. Nge2 $14) 22... Ba6 23. Rfe1 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,49,18,53,43,55,59,65,42,76,79,79,67,60,58,57,34,47,0,41,21,77,71,88,72,72,72,74,58,138,110,226,117,104,0,222,0,106,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Kh8 8. Nbd2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Ng8 (8... Nh5 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Nxe4 Nf4 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 {1-0 (40) Gelfand,B (2729)-Navara,D (2719) Prague 2006}) 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. e5 f4 13. Re1 Nh6 14. e6 d5 15. Nf3 c6 {½-½ (39) Asadli,V (2406)-Dervishi,E (2564) Baku 2016}) 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Bf4 d4 (16... Kg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. cxd4 $16 cxd4 18. Ba4 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rc1 Qd6 (20... Bb6 $14) 21. Qc2 Nd7 (21... Bb6 $16) 22. Qe4 (22. Qb3 $18) 22... Nf6 23. Qc2 (23. Bf4 $16 Nxe4 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Rxc5) 23... Nd7 $1 $18 24. Qe4 (24. Qb3 $18) 24... Nf6 $16 25. Qc2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 27%.} ({White should try} 25. Qd3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,21,17,37,31,33,-15,-22,-20,-15,-4,-9,-12,41,36,20,29,36,23,65,63,83,87,74,24,27,7,12,0,8,-30,-21,-32,-34,-70,-72,-316,-301,-295,-262,-840,-485,-637,-627,-615,-624,-1458,-1446,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rab8 14. Rad1 Rfc8 {½-½ (33) Anastasian,A (2588)-Sargissian,G (2514) Yerevan 2001}) 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qe2 e6 ({Black should try} 12... g6 $11) 13. Re1 Kf7 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Nd4 16. Qd3 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 17. Ne2 e5 18. f4 {[%cal Re2d4]} Bf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nc3 e4 21. Qb1 Re8 {[%cal Bh8e8,Be8e6,Be6g6][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd5 Qc6 23. Bc3 Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 24. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (24. Re3 $17) 24... Qh6 $19 25. Nf1 Re6 26. Qb2 $2 (26. Kh1) 26... Rae8 27. Re3 Rg6 28. Kh1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 29. Rxe4 {intending d3.} f3 30. g3 Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} 31. d3 Ne2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,106,37,38,77,60,60,62,60,35,40,19,10,-26,-12,-25,-15,-22,-31,-21,-26,-66,-72,-84,-78,-77,-81,-106,-36,-71,0,-83,-32,-35,-32,-26,-21,-41,-33,-41,-34,-45,-34,-64,-61,-78,-63,-108,-66,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-158,-144,-171,-149,-218,-155,-218,-218,-218,-218,-174,-175,-258,-226,-258,-258,-270,-270,-433,-433,-433,-419,-598,-603,-542,-432,-1040,-1021,-1568,-1560,-1235,-1180,-29963,-29964,-1000,-6339,-6187,-4902]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} (9... Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 12. Nh4 h6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. O-O g5 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. e4 Qg6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bb2 {1-0 (56) Jojua,D (2575)-Pantsulaia,L (2607) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 N8d7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rb1 O-O 13. e4 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Rd1 (15. Bd2 $5) 15... Rfb8 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne5 {...Bd3 is the strong threat.} 18. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} Qb4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 19. Nc1 Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 20. Nd3 {[#]} Qa5 $1 21. Rbc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rdc1 Rb7 {0-1 (76) Klein,B (2137)-Muschik,B (2226) Saerbeck 2008}) 21... Bh6 (21... Bc8 $17 22. a4 {[#]} Nxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nxb2 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxb2) 22. Ra1 Bg7 {Threatens to win with ...Nxb2!} 23. Rac1 Ne5 ({Better is} 23... Nxb2 $17 24. Nxb2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxb2) 24. Nxe5 $15 Bxe5 25. Rd2 Rb4 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rab8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 28. b3 $1 c4 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 29. Nd1 cxb3 30. axb3 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Ne3 (31. Qxe4 Qxd2) 31... Reb4 32. Rb1 {[#]} (32. Rd3 $15) 32... Rxb3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qxb3 Qxd2 35. Qb7 Bf6 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 (37. Qc8+ $17 Kg7 38. Qc2) 37... Qe2 38. Qc8+ (38. Qb6 $17) 38... Kg7 $19 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bd4 41. Kf3 (41. f3 {was necessary.}) 41... Bc5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. f4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 44. Kf3 $2 (44. dxe6 fxe6 45. Kf3) 44... exd5 45. Nb2 Ke6 46. Nd3 (46. g4 {only move.}) 46... f5 47. Ke2 Kd7 48. Ke1 (48. Ne1 $142 Kc6 49. Nf3) 48... Kc6 49. Kf1 Kb5 50. Ke2 Kc4 51. Nb2+ Kc3 52. Nd3 Bg1 53. Ne1 d4 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,29,33,30,10,29,0,0,0,0,-4,10,0,19,0,21,0,-7,-8,-6,-4,-15,-4,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,-2,-13,-14,-27,-21,-31,-31,-71,-59,-88,-79,-81,-82,-69,-76,-152,-137,-157,-159,-543,-531,-541,-532]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne4.} Rd7 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 12. Rad1 (12. h3 c6 13. Rac1 Ne8 14. b4 Rd4 15. b5 Rxc4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd5 Rxc1 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. Rxc1 Bf6 20. Nxc8 Bxg5 21. Rxc6 Rb8 22. e3 Bd8 23. Bf1 a5 24. a4 Bc7 25. Na7 Ke7 26. Rxc7+ {1-0 (26) Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Vocaturo,D (2576) Ortisei 2016}) 12... c6 13. Rxd7 Bxd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Rd1 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Be6 15. b3 Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Bc1 Bf8 17. Bb2 Be7 18. e3 Ne8 19. Ne2 {0-1 (49) Fobian,E (1544)-Stellwagen,R (1831) Hamburg 2002}) 16. Be3 h6 17. Kf1 Ke7 18. Ke1 Bf8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5+ Ke8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Kc3 a5 25. a3 g5 26. Rd2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 27. Rd1 h4 28. Be4 f5 29. Bg2 Rh8 30. Rh1 Kf6 31. e3 Rd8 32. Bf3 e4 33. Bd1 ({White should try} 33. Be2) 33... Rd3+ $17 34. Kc2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 35. b4 $2 (35. bxa4 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rxa3 36. Kd2) 35... Bxc4 $19 36. Be2 Bb3+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,139,16,16,14,20,12,28,-7,21,21,20,27,28,17,34,27,22,25,29,30,38,38,38,38,35,38,38,41,67,90,127,93,93,19,5,0,64,39,41,47,46,35,43,31,91,43,77,9,72,20,42,0,0,0,0,-192,-186,-176,-169,-245,-216,-222,-220,-252,-256,-545,-527,-493,-484,-516,-539,-666,-660,-658,-648,-640,-610,-683,-682,-648,-648,-587,-579,-573,-553,-564,-467,-431,-417,-503,-410,-543,-542,-495,-406,-574,-492,-470,-451,-447,-456,-6591,-29959,-29954,-29962,-29965,-29964,-29952,0,0,-413,-29951,-12252,-7153,0,-7153,-30,-6993,-5081,-29988,-29989,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bh6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (11. Nh2 Nc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 c4 15. Ng4 cxd3 16. cxd3 Qe7 17. e5 Ba6 18. Ne4 Rad8 {1-0 (31) Chigaev,M (2526)-Savchenko,B (2612) Minsk 2015}) 11... f6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. f4 Nh5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Qd4+ 17. Rf2 Bxf5 18. g4 Nf4 19. gxf5 Nxh3+ {1-0 (44) Spanton,T (2164)-Wosch,A (2251) LSS email 2008}) 13... a5 14. b3 Ra7 15. Ne2 Raf7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Rdf7 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Ng4 {Nh6+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 22. Nh6 Rd7 23. Rf2 Qe7 24. Raf1 Qg7 25. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Rdf7 26. Qh6 ({White should play} 26. Ne3 $16) 26... Nd4 $11 27. c3 Ne6 (27... Nxb3 $11 28. Qh4 f5) 28. Qh4 {And now Nh6 would win.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 29. Qg3 Nf4 30. d4 cxd4 31. cxd4 Re7 (31... f5 $14 32. Ne5 Rf6) 32. Rxf4 gxf4 33. Qxf4 (33. Rxf4 $16 Rd7 34. Qf2) 33... Qg6 {[#]} (33... Rg8 $11) 34. e5 ({Better is} 34. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5g6][%mdl 512]} Qh5 (34... fxe5 35. Qxf8+) 35. Nxc6) 34... f5 $1 35. Nh6 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 36. Nxf5 (36. Rf3 {seems wilder.} c5 37. Nxf5 Ref7 38. g4 cxd4 39. Qxd4 Rd7 40. Qe3) 36... c5 (36... Ref7 $5 37. g4 $8 Qxb3 $11) 37. g4 $2 (37. Rf3 $11) 37... cxd4 $19 38. Qxd4 Qxe5 39. Qxe5+ (39. Qxb6 $142 Rd7 40. Rf2) 39... Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 40. Kg2 b5 41. Kf3 Rc5 42. Kf4 $2 (42. Rb1 {keeps fighting.}) 42... bxa4 43. bxa4 Rc4+ 44. Kg5 Rxa4 45. Rd1 Rb4 46. Rd7 Rg8+ 47. Kh5 Rbb8 48. Nh6 Rg7 49. Nf7+ Kg8 50. Nh6+ Kf8 51. Rd4 Ke8 52. Nf5 Rd7 {aiming for ...Rxd4.} 53. Re4+ Kd8 54. g5 Kc7 55. h4 Rb4 56. Re5 Kb6 57. Kh6 (57. Ne3 $142 Rbd4 58. Re6+ Kb7 59. Nc2) 57... Rb5 58. Re6+ Kc7 59. Ne3 a4 60. h5 (60. Re4 $142 Rb6+ 61. Kh5) 60... Rb6 61. Rxb6 Kxb6 {KR-KN} 62. g6 hxg6 63. hxg6 {[#]} Kc5 $2 (63... Rd3 $1 {mates} 64. Nc4+ Kb5 65. Ne5 Rd8 66. g7 a3 67. Ng6 Rg8 68. Kh7 {[#]} Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. Kxg7 a2 70. Kf7 a1=Q 71. Ke6 Kc5 72. Ne5 Qe1 73. Kf5 Kd5 74. Ng4 Qf1+ 75. Kg5 Ke6 76. Nh2 Qh3 77. Kf4 Qxh2+ 78. Ke3 Kd5 79. Kd3 Qg3+ 80. Kd2 Kd4 81. Kc2 Kc4 82. Kc1 Qf2 83. Kb1 Kc3 84. Kc1 Qg1#) 64. g7 $11 {[#]} Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 8704]} 65. Kxg7 {KN-KP} a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 66. Nc2 a2 67. Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67. Na1 $11) 67... Kc4 $19 68. Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Kg6 $11 Kc3 69. Ne3) 68... Kc3 69. Na1 Kb2 70. Kd4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,20,27,29,27,13,24,22,28,33,13,0,20,17,18,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-12,-12,-12,-9,-19,-5,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-8,-12,-17,18,14,16,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,0,-52,-42,-53,-39,-50,-16,-16,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-4,0,-8,-8,-19,-12,-20,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g5 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Qb3 Rb8 {1-0 (41) Topalov,V (2760)-Caruana,F (2823) Saint Louis 2016}) 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 exd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bc7 18. Bb4 Bd6 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. b4 Ne5 25. Be4 Rfd8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f4 Nc4 28. Rac1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxd8+.} Na3 29. h4 Nb5 30. Bg2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc3 32. Rd2 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 Ra8 35. Rd7 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kf2 $11 Nxf4 37. Be4) 36... Nxf4 $15 37. Be4 Re8 38. Bf3 Re3 39. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Rb3 {[#] And now ...Nd3+ would win.} 40. Rxb7 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nxc5 42. Rb8+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Nd7.} 43. Bxc6 Na6 44. Rb7 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rxb4 47. Ra7 Nc5 48. Bd5 Rxg4 {Strongly threatening ...Kh6.} 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 50. Rxf6 Rxh4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,58,105,46,114,61,87,81,99,64,74,76,85,73,73,73,85,75,75,75,92,50,143,89,112,111,158,159,189,210,204,160,195,146,145,114,131,114,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. Bg5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (6. d5 $16) 6... Qd7 (6... Be7 $14 7. Be3 Nf6) (6... Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. c3 O-O 11. Rad1 Kg7 12. Rfe1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (42) Kollars,D (2436)-Kamsky,G (2665) Gibraltar 2016}) 7. Nc3 $146 ({Better is} 7. c4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. Qe3 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. h4 {1-0 (36) Davison,C-Stephens,I (1877) England 2013}) 7... a6 8. Re1 {White is better.} h6 9. Bh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} Bg7 10. e5 d5 11. b4 Nc6 12. a3 Nce7 13. Ne2 g5 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. h4 Qe7 (15... Nge7 $14) 16. h5 (16. Bxf5 $142 exf5 17. Qd3) 16... O-O-O 17. c3 Qe8 18. Bh2 g4 19. Nd2 Nge7 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Qe2 Qa4 22. Rec1 Kb8 23. Bc2 Qc6 24. a4 ({White should play} 24. Nf1 $16) 24... g3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg3h2] The position is equal.} 25. Bxg3 Nxg3 26. fxg3 {[#] And now Bh7 would win.} Qxc3 27. Nf3 {Threatens to win with Bh7.} Nc6 28. Bh7 Qxb4 29. Rcb1 Qc3 30. Rc1 Qb4 31. Rcb1 Qc3 32. Rc1 Qb4 33. Rcb1 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,-38,-45,19,11,36,31,17,16,19,21,13,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-12,-84,0,-20,0,0,0,0,2,-5,-4,-20,0,0,0,-13,-16,-17,-18,-145,-147,-156,-148,-165,-158,-151,-151,-166,-158,-207,-204,-207,-199,-168,-152,-174,-135,-135,-134,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-245,-225,-244,-220,-327,-330]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb2 d4 {A00: Irregular Openings} (8... Re8 $15) (8... Re8 9. d3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 d4 11. e4 Be6 12. Qc1 Rac8 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Nf1 b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (34) Teichmann,E (2312)-Karthikeyan,M (2513) Barbera del Valles 2016}) 9. c3 $11 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. d3 Rac8 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. e4 Be6 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 {0-1 (43) Lorenc,T (2099)-Jarrah,K (2066) Czechia 2012}) 11... b6 $1 12. a3 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Ba5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rc8 {...Bc2 is the strong threat.} 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qb3 Ne4 {Hoping for ...Nd2.} 18. Qb2 Qg6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd1 {[#]} (20. Rc1 $11) 20... h5 (20... Nxf2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kxf2 Be4) 21. f3 $1 h4 (21... Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]}) 22. Ba6 ({Don't capture} 22. fxe4 $2 Bxe4 23. Bd3 (23. Bf1 $2 Rc2 $19) 23... Bxd3 $19) 22... Rc7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White must now prevent ...Ng5. Black mounts an attack.} 23. Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5c7]} Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bd3 (25. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Qf5 26. Bd4 $11 (26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Bxa4 $11)) 25... Qc6 26. Bxe4 Qxa4 27. h3 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Be1 29. Qd4 (29. Bf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Qxd4 $17 30. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Bf2 31. f4 f6 32. Bg6 Kf8 33. Be4 Ke7 34. Kh1 Kd6 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Bg6 Bb5 37. Kh1 Kc7 38. Be4 Bf1 39. Bf3 Bd3 40. g4 hxg3 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. h4 Bc2 43. h5 Ke6 44. Bc6 Bd1 45. Bf3 {[#]} Bb3 $1 46. Bc6 Kf7 47. Bf3 Bc2 48. Bd5+ Kf8 49. h6 (49. Bf3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 49... gxh6 $19 50. Bxf6 Bxe3 51. Be5 (51. Kxg3 $142 Bc1 52. a4) 51... Bf2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Bussard, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,12,8,-13,-12,-15,10,1,40,34,36,27,44,40,63,32,26,25,29,35,317,0,18,0,0,-33,39,-7,-4,0,152,147,150,154,171,150,151,145,166,160,178,183,185,170,177,170,171,157,183,118,242,239,280,286,599,557,604,600,599,596,598,589,645,661,825,817,2189,2149,2087,2020,1975,1843]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Qh5 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} (7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Re8 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. c4 Rad8 14. Qc1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qa3 {1-0 (51) Hou,Y (2667)-Hammer,J (2701) Fagernes 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 g6 9. Qh6 {And now Ng5 would win.The position is equal.} Qf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 exd4 12. Bg5 Qg7 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Be6 {1-0 (31) Steffens,O (2251)-Schott,G (2196) Werther 2009}) 11... Re8 12. d3 Bf8 13. Qe3 (13. Qg5 {looks sharper.} Qe6 14. Qh4 f6 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Qc4) 13... Rb8 14. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c5,Bc5a6,Ba6b8,Bb8c6][%mdl 32]} h6 15. Ne4 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... Qd8 $14) 16. Rb3 $2 ({Only move:} 16. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3e7][%mdl 512]} Qxa3 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nxe8 Qxc3 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxe5+ f6 21. Qxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nxf6) 16... Bg7 17. Ba3 Qd8 $1 18. Nc5 {aiming for Bxc6.} (18. Nd6 $5 cxd6 19. Bxc6 $11) 18... Na5 ({Black should play} 18... e4 $1 $15) 19. Na6 Nxb3 (19... e4 $5 20. Nxb8 Nxb3 21. axb3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Bf5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 20. Nxb8 Bf5 $2 (20... Nd4 $11 21. cxd4 exd4) 21. Nc6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc6d8][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Much worse is} 21. cxb3 $6 Qxb8 22. Rd1 Rd8 $11) ({Don't blunder} 21. Qxa7 $2 Nd2 $19) 21... bxc6 22. axb3 Qa8 23. Bc5 a6 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Ra4 Bd7 26. Qe4 Qb5 27. Qc4 Be6 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Ra7 ({Worse is} 29. Bxc6 bxa4 30. Bxe8 axb3 $11) 29... Bd5 30. Rxc7 ({Better is} 30. c4 $18 Bxg2 31. Kxg2) 30... Bxg2 (30... e4 $16) 31. Kxg2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re6 32. c4 bxc4 $2 (32... e4 {is more resistant.} 33. dxe4 bxc4) 33. dxc4 {[%cal Bd3c4,Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} e4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. b4 Bc3 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Ba5 38. c4 Bb6 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. b6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,0,4,-4,0,0,0,0,4,0,19,0,9,8,18,19,22,22,33,22,22,22,33,23,23,31,23,18,23,12,12,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. Qc1 d6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. b3 a4 14. Bf1 Rfb8 15. Nd2 Bg6 {½-½ (37) Bacrot,E (2711)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Baden-Baden 2015}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rac1 c5 (16... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 17. Qc2 exd4 $11) 17. Ne1 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rac8 22. Rcd1 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Re8 23. R4d2 Ne4 24. Rc2 (24. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 25. Ng2 $11) 24... Rc5 25. Rdc1 Rec8 26. e3 Kf8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Nc2 Kd6 31. f3 Ba6 32. Bxa6 Nxa6 {KN-KN} 33. Nd4 g6 34. Kf1 {The position is equal.} Nc5 35. a3 Ne6 36. Ke2 Nxd4+ 37. exd4 Ke6 38. g4 f5 39. h4 fxg4 40. fxg4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Black "Neyman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,0,12,-6,0,-16,-14,-29,-2,-60,-31,-44,0,-12,0,0,-7,0,0,-18,0,0,0,10,25,0,0,-14,17,-44,-24,-26,-20,-38,-1,-28,-18,-9,-17,-20,-3,-12,0,-11,0,0,0,-5,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,20,22,22,21,14,16,18,17,17,18,7,8,5,5]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Qc2 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (9. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $11) (9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Nh7 {0-1 (55) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017}) 9... a5 10. a3 Re8 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. b4 Na6 16. c5 Bb8 {½-½ (74) Hickl,J (2552)-Gyimesi,Z (2531) Germany 2000}) 11... h6 12. Bc3 (12. e4 $11) 12... Bh5 13. Qb2 Qb8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 e5 17. c5 Bc7 18. e3 Bg6 19. Bf1 b6 (19... Bxd3 $5 20. Bxd3 e4 $11) 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Qa4 Bd6 22. Be1 ({White should try} 22. d4 $11) 22... c5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qd1 Nb3 (24... Bh5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 25. Nbd2 Qb8 $15) 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 27. Nxd2 Qb2 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qc2 Qb2 30. Qc6 Qb6 31. Qa4 Qd8 32. Nb3 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. Na5 $1 Nf6 35. Nc6 Rb3 36. d4 exd4 (36... e4 {is more complex.} 37. Bh3 Bh5 38. Ne5 Be2 39. Rc2 Bb5) 37. Nxd4 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. f3 Nd7 40. Bb5 Ne5 41. Bc3 Kf8 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 g6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,55,8,11,15,63,26,47,53,91,65,69,56,44,61,53,56,62,52,50,64,67,22,23,0,24,-99,-36,-45,-27,-25,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,326,295,692,687,675,668]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Bb7 (9... O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Bf3 c5 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. Bg5 Bxf5 20. exf5 {½-½ (40) Navara,D (2751)-So,W (2778) Prague 2015}) 10. O-O (10. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} e5 11. a3 $11) 10... Rc8 11. e4 $146 {[#] Hoping for e5.White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 b4 12. Na4 Qe7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 cxd4 15. exd6 Rxc2 16. dxe7 Rxe2 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (49) Adhiban,B (2486)-Le,Q (2624) Kolkata 2009}) 11... e5 12. Rd1 {And now dxe5 would win.} Qc7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 gxf6 17. g3 b4 18. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d7][%mdl 32]} c5 19. Bg4 Rce8 20. Qd2 (20. Re1 $11) 20... Rxe4 $17 21. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Rd4 22. Qe3 Be5 {[#] aiming for ...Rfd8.} 23. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 (23... Qxc5 24. Bxb7) 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Nd7.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qb6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 26. Nd7 $18 ({Stronger than} 26. Qxb4 Bh1 $14) 26... Bh1 $2 (26... Rc8 27. Nxf6+ Kh8) 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rc6g2]} 28. Nd5+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,14,12,2,18,-2,0,0,31,2,31,34,164,112,100,115,108,108,148,44,35,46,48,0,55,45,38,0,0,-20,0,-4,41,33,59,57,54,50,49,22,20,33,28,16,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,14,35,185,205,154,0,0,0,17,10,122,94,162,140,632,632,632,632,622,613]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qe4 Qe7 {1-0 (38) Wang,H (2717)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) 8... Nf6 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. b4 Bc7 15. Ne4 Ke7 {½-½ (51) Lenderman,A (2598)-Gaponenko,I (2381) Doha 2014}) 10. Rxc3 {The position is equal.} Ne4 11. Qg4 Nxc3 12. Qxg7 Kd7 (12... Rf8 $14) 13. bxc3 ({Don't take} 13. Qxf7+ Qe7 $16) (13. dxc5 $18 Nc6 14. Qxc3) 13... Qf8 $16 14. Qf6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rg8 15. Nf3 ({But not} 15. dxc5 $6 Nc6 $11) 15... Qg7 16. Ne5+ (16. Qh4 $16) 16... Ke8 $14 17. Qf3 {Bh6! is the strong threat.} Nd7 18. Nd3 (18. Bf4 {with more complications.} Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qe4) 18... Qg4 (18... Rb8 $11) 19. Qxg4 Rxg4 20. h3 Rg8 21. g4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. Nc5 Bd7 24. f3 Bc6 25. Kf2 Nd7 26. d5 exd5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bb5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 (29. Bd3 {seems wilder.} Ne5 30. Bxh7 Rg7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rg6 33. h4) 29... bxc6 30. Re1 Nxc5 31. Bxc5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kd8 32. Re7 Rf8 33. g5 Kc8 34. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 ({Black should play} 34... Rb8 $14) 35. Rxf7 $18 Rd7 36. Rf4 $2 ({Better is} 36. Be7 $16) 36... Rb8 $11 37. Rf6 Rb2+ (37... Rb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c5]} 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 $15) 38. Kg3 Kb7 {[#]} (38... Rb5 $11 39. Rxc6+ Kb7) 39. h5 $1 $16 Rb5 {[#]} (39... Rc2 $16 40. Bf8 c5) 40. Rf5 $1 $18 Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Ka6 $16) 41. Rxd5 {White is clearly winning.} cxd5 42. Bd4 Kc6 43. h6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-2,0,0,0,-6,-8,-41,-27,-18,-37,-18,34,7,9,7,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,-7,-6,-6,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-19,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29973]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 (11... h6 12. a3 O-O 13. O-O Ra7 14. Rae1 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 {1-0 (30) Harikrishna,P (2768)-Bluebaum,M (2641) Novi Sad 2016}) 12. O-O h6 13. a3 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nfxd4 Nc6 22. Nxb5 Ba6 23. Nbd4 {½-½ (23) Goh,W (2457)-Nguyen,V (2353) Tagaytay City 2017}) 16... a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 O-O 19. d4 f6 (19... Ne7 $11) 20. Qd3 {With the idea exf6.} fxe5 {The position is equal.} 21. fxe5 Ba6 22. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32]} Bc8 {[%cal Ba6c8,Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8h5][%mdl 32]} 23. Nc1 Bd7 24. Qc3 $1 Be8 25. Nb3 $1 Ra3 26. Qc1 Ra7 27. Qc3 Ra3 28. Qc1 Ra7 29. Qc3 Bh5 30. Rc1 (30. Nc5 {keeps more tension.} Bxf3 31. Rbf1 Raf7 32. gxf3 Ra8 33. Kh1) 30... Ra3 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 {[#] Nc5 is the strong threat.} Rxb3 33. Rxe6 Rxb4 34. Rb6 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Rxd4 36. Rxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd1+ 37. Kg2 d4 38. Rd5 d3 39. e6 Re8 40. Rd6 Kf8 41. Rf1 Rd2+ 42. Rf2 Rd1 (42... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Rd2f2]} 43. Rxd2 Kxd6 $11) 43. Rf1 Rxf1 44. Kxf1 Ke7 45. Rxd3 Kxe6 46. Kf2 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 79%, Black = 73%. . An unexpected result.} (46... Ra8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,8,68,56,79,95,148,185,172,168,179,174,227,193,222,201,285,205,272,127,174,137,175,156,526,517,520,520,487,493,880,857,1064,1040,1600,1602]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd7 {B37: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7, sidelines} 10. Qd2 Nc5 (10... a5 11. O-O Nc5 12. f3 a4 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Na3 h5 17. Bf1 {1-0 (40) Carlsen,M (2837)-Le,Q (2693) Astana 2012}) 11. f3 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (11... Qa5 $11) 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O a4 15. b4 Bxc2 16. bxc5 Bf5 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 {1-0 (74) Tari,A (2520)-Hansen,C (2621) Oslo 2015}) 12... f5 13. h5 Rf7 (13... Qe8 $142) 14. O-O-O $16 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Qf8 15. hxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 16. exf5 $1 gxf5 (16... Bxf5 $142 17. g4 Be6) 17. Rh4 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 (18... Ng6 $142) 19. Bd4 {aiming for Rdh1.} e5 20. Bg1 (20. fxe5 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Bh6 {[#]} 21. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh6 22. Qxh6 Nxh6 23. exd6) 20... Ra6 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Ned5 Be6 $2 (22... Nfe4 $16 {is a better chance.} 23. Nxe4 Nxe4) 23. Bxc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} dxc5 24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Bh5 Rd7 (25... Bh6 $142) 26. Bg6 Bxe5 27. Rdh1 Qg7 28. Rxh7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,-12,-35,-4,-3,-2,-4,-7,-2,5,4,33,34,38,38,65,65,69,71,78,77,65,69,56,69,68,29,96,94,84,42,72,31,28,43,29,13,20,0,168,168,153,154,261,214,260,248,250,127,289,306,1133,1113,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 10. a4 b4 11. exd5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a5 Qb5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. a6 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 {1-0 (43) Giri,A (2784)-Nakamura,H (2793) London 2015}) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} d4 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Be6 18. Nxc5 Bd5 19. Ne5 {[#] And now Bxd5 would win.} Rac8 20. Nb3 Rfd8 {With the idea ...Nxe5.} 21. Rac1 Kf8 (21... Nxe5 $11 22. fxe5 Bxb3) 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Kg2 Nd8 24. f5 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. f4 Nd7 27. Re4 Rcd6 $2 (27... Nc5 $1 $11 28. Re2 (28. Nxd4 Rc8 $15) (28. Rxd4 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Rxd4 $15) 28... Nxb3) 28. Rce1 $18 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re4e8] [#]} Kg8 29. Kf3 Nc5 (29... a6 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. h3 Kh7) 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. R1e5 Nxa4 32. Ke4 ({White should try} 32. R8e7 $18) 32... Nb6 $2 (32... Rd8 $16) 33. Rf8 f6 $2 (33... Rd8) 34. Ree8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} a5 35. Rh8# {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,40,39,45,60,35,36,12,22,-10,0,-37,-53,-64,-32,-32,0,-8,-15,-32,14,0,0,0,0,-44,-51,-51,-7,0,62,6,88,21,15,22,635,566,770,748,742,458,423,301,301,300,291,257,274,264,268,268,413,408,402,397,469,461]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 a6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. Qe2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Bf8 15. h3 Rac8 16. g4 {[#] And now g5 would win.White is slightly better.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... g6 17. f4 Qb8 18. Qf2 e5 19. Nde2 d5 20. fxe5 Bc5 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22. Na4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Ne2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 exf3 27. Ng3 Rcd8 28. Bc3 Rd3 {0-1 (28) Radjabov,T (2788)-Carlsen,M (2837) Astana 2012}) 17. Qe3 (17. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nfd7 18. Red1 $14) 17... Ng6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Nac3 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Ng3 Bd6 {...Bf4 is the strong threat.} 23. Rcd1 Bf4 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Qf1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Be5 26. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2c4,Bc4e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 27. Nxb2 Rc2 {[#]} (27... b5 $11) 28. Nc4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening g5.} Nf4 {[#]} (28... b5 $1 $11 29. g5 bxc4 30. gxf6 cxb3 31. axb3 Qxf6) (28... dxc4 29. Rxd8) 29. e5 ({Better is} 29. g5 $1 $16) 29... Nxg2 $11 30. Qxg2 Bc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... dxc4 $11 31. Qxb7 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Qxd2) 31. exf6 $18 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxf6 33. Ne5 g6 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Nxf3 Rxa2 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Nge2 ({Don't take} 38. Rxd7 $6 Rxd4 39. Nf1 a5 $16) 38... Be6 (38... Bb5 $142 39. Nxb5 axb5) 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Nf4 d4 41. Rxe6 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,36,50,15,47,37,37,33,58,38,49,35,45,34,27,29,35,43,66,73,73,66,76,78,78,76,95,83,104,105,115,110,116,109,128,101,148,137,135,122,121,120,118,116,123,130,136,136,150,154,168,156,154,39,53,39,47,37,37,35,22,22,81,0,0,0,0,-27,2,-4,-3,-70,-32,-31,-23,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-8,-8,-12,-12,-25,-23]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Nf3 e6 (5... g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 N7f6 10. c4 Nc7 11. h3 Be6 {1-0 (32) Delgado Ramirez,N (2609)-Matsuura,E (2486) Florianopolis 2016}) 6. O-O {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Be7 7. Re1 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bf1 {White is slightly better.} c5 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 {1-0 (42) Erdogdu,M (2373)-Filipovic,B (2420) Sibenik 2006}) 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4 13. Rc1 (13. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]} Qa5 14. Qc2 $14) 13... e5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bf4 19. Rcc2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Qxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rac8 22. g3 Bh6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Nb2 Kf8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Na4 {aiming for Nb6.} Rc6 29. c5 Rd5 30. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} g5 31. Nb6 Rd4 {[#]} 32. f5 $1 g4 33. h3 (33. b4 $16) 33... gxh3+ $14 34. Kxh3 Bg5 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Na4 Be7 37. Rf2 h5 {[#]} (37... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Rc3 (38. Rf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4d4]} Rxf4 39. gxf4) 38... Kg7 $11 39. a3 a5 40. Kf3 (40. Re2 $5 {[%cal Re2e7]} Rc7 41. Rec2 $11) 40... Kf6 {And now ...b5 would win.} (40... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 41. cxb6 Rxc3+ 42. Nxc3 Rd3+ 43. Ke4 Rxc3 44. f6+ Bxf6 $15) 41. Rh2 Kg5 42. Ke3 (42. Rh4 $11 Rxh4 43. gxh4+ Kxh4 44. b4) 42... Rg4 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. Re3 Bd4 45. Re8 Rxg3 46. Rg8+ Kf4 47. Rxg3 Kxg3 48. Rxh5 Bxc5 49. f6 Bxa3 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} 50. Rg5+ Kf4 51. Rxa5 Rxf6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,62,-16,-21,-24,-29,-20,-31,-74,-54,-151,-151,-153,-135,-169,-173,-173,-172,-168,-175,-172,-185,-244,-250,-227,-223,-213,-197,-352,-348,-397,-393,-373,-411,-392,-390,-546,-377,-437,-443,-522,-557,-627,-612,-711,-706,-904,-903,-874,-873,-5406,-5397]} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. a3 Bg7 9. b4 Qd8 10. Bc4 a5 11. b5 c5 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Ba2 O-O 14. O-O f5 {½-½ (14) Bauer,C (2624)-Naiditsch,A (2698) Zuerich 2015}) 6... Qa5 7. a3 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Don't go for} 7... Bxa3 $2 8. Nb1 $18) 8. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 {½-½ (25) Bernadskiy,V (2553)-Enchev,I (2447) Albena 2015}) 8... cxb4 9. axb4 Qxb4 10. Ra4 Qb6 11. Re4+ (11. e3 $15) 11... Be6 $17 12. e3 {[#]} f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Ra4 Bg7 {...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 15. Nge2 O-O 16. O-O a6 17. Bxc6 (17. Qa1 $142) 17... Qxc6 $19 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Rh4 $2 {[#]} (20. Ne2) 20... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Re1 a5 22. Ne2 b4 23. Nd4 Qb7 24. Qa4 Qe7 25. g3 Bd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Rf4 Qd7 27. Qa1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rb1 b3 29. f3 a3 30. Nxb3 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Qxd2 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Black "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,63,59,46,58,56,57,51,54,55,60,56,29,264,264,364,364,361,347,341,361,354,357,393,387,408,369,458,378,856,434,636,635,593,547,724,649,729,722,812,795,795,788]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 11. Qxa8 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O $1 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games. aiming for ...Bb7.White is slightly better.} 13. Rd1 Qc7 $1 14. Qf3 $1 Bb7 15. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. b4 {1-0 (54) Christiansen,L (2485)-Lkhagva,J (2330) Luzern 1982}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 {And now Be3 would win.} f5 17. Bf4 (17. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Bxe4 18. Qe2 $14) 17... e5 $2 (17... Qb6 $1 $11) 18. Bxe5 $18 Qf7 19. Rd7 Qxd7 20. Nxc5 Bxf3 21. Nxd7 Rd8 {[#]} 22. Nb8 $1 Re8 23. Re1 Re6 24. Nd7 g5 25. Bc3 Ra6 $2 (25... Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 g4) 26. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Bd5 (26... Bh5 $142 27. a3 Rd6 28. Nxc4 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd1) 27. Rd1 Be6 28. a3 h5 29. f3 Kh7 30. Kf2 Rb6 31. Nd7 Rc6 32. Nf8+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,20,26,15,17,14,25,8,15,17,29,7,7,6,10,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,35,101,97,108,105,117,121,129,128,109,117,153,147,150,90,104,102,122,127,139,124,138,137,143,144,148,148,147,130,131,129,132,124,124,124,124,124,137,145,152,120,103,117,115,115,104,105,114,114,123,52,152,144,135,79,79,55,141,145,155,110,117,97,98,100,131,59]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bf5 7. Ngf3 a6 (7... e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 Nd5 {0-1 (46) Meier,G (2630)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} e6 9. Nh4 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bd3 {½-½ (32) Bojkovic,N (2384)-Arabidze,M (2292) Rijeka 2010}) 10. Bxh5 (10. Bg3 {keeps more tension.} Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be4 12. f3 Bd6 13. Nf1) 10... Qxh4 11. Bg3 Qd8 12. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Re1 b5 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Qb6 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 17. Nb3 Ra7 (17... Rfc8 $14) 18. Bf1 $1 $16 Rfa8 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 19. Qe2 $1 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Nxa1 Qa6 {[#]} 23. Nb3 $1 ({Wrong is} 23. Qxb5 $2 Qxa1 24. Qa6 Qxa6 $19) 23... Na7 24. Qb2 (24. Nc5 $142 Qa1 25. Bb8) 24... f6 25. h3 Bg6 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Qa2 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qb7 29. Qa5 Be8 30. Qb6 Qd7 31. Be2 Nc8 32. Qb8 Ne7 33. Bg4 {White threatens Bxe6+! and mate.} Kf7 34. Bh5+ g6 35. Be2 Qc8 36. Qb6 Qd7 37. Bg4 Qc6 38. Qb8 Qc8 39. Qa7 Qd7 40. Qa5 Nc8 41. Bc7 Ne7 42. Be2 ({Better is} 42. Bf4 $16) 42... Qc6 ({Black should play} 42... b4 $14) 43. Qa7 Qd7 44. Bf1 (44. Qb6 $142) 44... Nc6 45. Qb6 Ne7 (45... b4 $1 $14) 46. g4 g5 47. f4 h6 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Bg3 Ng6 {[#]} 50. Qb8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 51%.} (50. Bd3 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,7,-35,28,27,47,53,58,56,45,16,52,27,29,0,0,0,94,99,128,109,120,50,100,128,130,131,137,92,126,0,0,0,0,-34,-38,-35,-35,-82,-24,-95,-84,-78,-5,-13,-7,-38,-39,-41,0,-8,0,0,10,6,8,8,26,26,31,9,16,0,41,0,247,253,551,544,491,488]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 (8. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ba6 9. Qe4 $15) 8... a5 {C45: Scotch Game} (8... g6 $15) (8... g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Na4 a5 20. Nc5 Re7 21. Rd1 {½-½ (46) Tomczak,J (2595)-Stern,R (2539) Germany 2015}) 9. Bg2 $11 Ba6 10. c4 Qb4+ $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O a4 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Na3 {1-0 (39) Oblitas Guerrero,C (2420)-Sarwat,W (2350) Yerevan 1996}) 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. a3 Qb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. Ne4 {aiming for Nf6+!} Ng6 (15... Bxc4 $11 16. Nxc5 Qxc5) 16. e6 $1 $16 Be7 17. exd7 Bxc4 18. Re1 (18. Be3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3b6]} Qxb2 19. Rfe1) 18... Bd5 19. Rb1 Rfd8 {[#]} 20. Bh3 $1 Nf8 21. Be3 Qb3 {[#]} 22. Nc5 (22. Bc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5e7]} Bxc5 23. Nxc5) 22... Bxc5 $11 23. Bxc5 Ne6 24. Be3 Rxd7 25. Qe5 Rb8 26. f4 a4 ({Black should play} 26... h6 $17) 27. f5 (27. Qc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... f6 $17 28. Qc3 Nf8 (28... Ng5 $17 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Qxb3 Bxb3) 29. Qxb3 $11 Bxb3 30. Rbc1 Bd5 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. Bc3 c5 33. Bg4 Bb3 34. Bh5+ g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 35. Bg4 {Black must now prevent fxg6+.} Rd5 36. Rf1 {Strongly threatening fxg6+.} Rb6 37. Ba5 Rb5 38. Bxc7 c4 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 39. Rce1 Rd7 $2 (39... gxf5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 40. Bf3 Rd2) 40. fxg6+ $18 hxg6 $2 (40... Kxg6 {was called for.} 41. Bxd7 Nxd7) 41. Bxd7 Nxd7 42. Bd6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Black "Schneider, Jana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,76,20,27,23,18,23,11,0,0,0,-40,0,-4,0,-77,0,0,20,27,26,-9,70,70,86,-11,220,191,218,-185,-176,-189,-89,-97,-77,-117,-62,-73,-12,-193,-189,-194,-187,-197,-195,-253,-249,-297,-224,-356,-183,-888,-886,-935,-927,-1535,-1533,-1531,-1518,-1990,-1956,-2626,-1466]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 (11. h4 Qc7 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g3 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. h5 {1-0 (55) Harikrishna,P (2762)-Shirov,A (2679) Austria 2016}) 11... b6 {The position is equal.} 12. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 13. h5 f5 14. h6 g6 15. Be2 $146 (15. Kb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. a3 {0-1 (29) Odeeva,K (2194)-Tiemann,C (2250) ICCF email 2013}) 15... Bd7 (15... Ne4 $17 16. Qg1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5) 16. Kb1 $11 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. Nh4 {[#]} Na5 ({Black should play} 18... d4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 b5) 19. g4 $1 $14 fxg4 20. f5 ({White should try} 20. Qg3 $16) 20... gxf5 $2 {[#]} (20... exf5 $11 21. Nxd5 Qxe5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Nxg6 Qf6) 21. Bxg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg4 22. Qf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Rcg1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Rf8 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Qg3 Bxh4 25. Qxh4) 22... Kh8 $19 23. Qf7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg8 (23... Qxe5 $19 {is more deadly.} 24. Qxe7 Nc6) 24. Qxe7 $17 {[#] White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Qd8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd8e7][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} (24... Qxe5 $2 25. Rhf1 $19) 25. Qf7 Qf8 (25... Nc4 $17 26. Bd4 Qf8 27. Qxf8 Rbxf8 28. Nxd5 Bc6) 26. Rcf1 {Black must now prevent Ng6+.} Nc4 ({Better is} 26... Bc6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf7.} 27. Bd4 Nc4 28. Qxf8 Rbxf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8) 27. Bc1 $2 (27. Ng6+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} hxg6 28. Bg5 Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Nd2+ 30. Bxd2) 27... Qxf7 $19 ({Wrong is} 27... Nxe5 $2 28. Qh5 $18) 28. Rxf7 Nxe5 29. Rf6 Rbf8 30. Bg5 (30. Rf4 $142) 30... Bc6 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 31. Rhf1 Ned7 32. b4 (32. Rxf8 {was the only defense.} Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Bd8) 32... Nb7 (32... Nxf6 $2 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxf6 $17) (32... Rxg5 $2 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rxf8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. bxc5 $19) (32... Re8 $142 33. Ng6+ hxg6) 33. Be3 $2 (33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Nd1) 33... Rxf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Bd4 Rgf8 {Hoping for ...e5.} 35. a4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. b5 exd4 38. bxc6 Rxc6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Black "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,-3,11,8,26,14,10,21,33,19,47,19,18,0,33,0,0,0,2,0,0,-4,-4,-21,-21,-25,-23,-37,0,-31,-18,-94,-95,-95,-96,-104,-91,-98,-97,-102,-98,-98,-99,-82,-77,-95,-95,-105,-105,-113,-112,-225,-225,-354,-341,-440,-330,-539,-542]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. Nc2 Be7 9. O-O {C02: French: Advance Variation} (9. g3 O-O 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. h5 Nh8 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Ng4 Bxd4 16. h6 g6 {0-1 (29) Simonovic,A (2357)-Nikolic,P (2618) Kraljevo 2015}) 9... a6 10. Re1 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bf1 f6 13. g3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Ncxe5 15. dxe5 {1-0 (58) Ivic,M (2303)-Sunara,T (2003) Solin 2007}) 11. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rb1 Na5 14. Ne3 Bb5 15. g3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb5 17. Qxb5+ axb5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Rec1 Kd7 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc6 (21... Rxc1+ {with more complications.} 22. Bxc1 Ra8 23. Ra1 Bd8 24. Kf1 Ne7) 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. b4 (23. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Ra8 $17 24. Rb2 f6 25. Kf1 Ra3 26. Be3 Bd8 27. Ke2 Bc7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Ne1 e5 30. Nc2 Ra8 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. f3 Nf5 33. Bf2 {[#]} (33. a3 $17) 33... Nd6 $1 $19 34. dxe5 (34. Kc3 {was called for.}) 34... Nc4+ ({Much less strong is} 34... fxe5 35. Kc1 $19) 35. Kc3 Nxb2 {[#]} 36. Kxb2 $2 (36. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 37. Kxb2) 36... fxe5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,15,20,3,7,4,12,4,9,0,-11,-2,-3,-10,-17,-11,-4,-9,-14,-25,-7,-16,-15,-16,-25,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,18,16,9,14,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,12,9,6,4,4,7,6,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. b5 {½-½ (31) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a4 Nc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ra3 Be7 12. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 13. Rc3 {0-1 (28) Naiditsch,A (2685)-Ganguly,S (2631) Linares 2015}) 11... a6 12. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 13. Qd4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bc5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe4 {The position is equal.} 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 Rac8 22. a5 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Rc1 Ke7 27. c4 Nc5 28. Rc3 Ne4 29. Rc2 (29. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 29... e5 30. Ke2 Rc6 31. f3 Nd6 32. b3 Nf5 33. Bf2 Ke6 34. Ra2 Rd6 35. Ra4 Kd7 36. Ra2 Nd4+ 37. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 f5 40. g4 g6 $1 41. gxf5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,46,29,47,35,84,46,62,54,87,91,135,136,136,131,218,197,225,215,274,262,290,252,214,205,327,198,189,193,193,194,252,241,251,256,292,285,285,279,289,288,285,287,284,277,305,300,298,298,287,298,346,291]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nxc4 O-O {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} 7. O-O c6 8. d3 (8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nb6 10. Qc1 Nxc4 11. bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 {0-1 (56) Aronian,L (2785)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha 2016}) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a5 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. Bd2 {1-0 (48) Kerschbaumer,J (2110)-Janisch,R (2095) Austria 2014}) 10... Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. Rb1 a4 13. bxa4 $1 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nfd7 15. d4 Ne4 (15... Rxa4 $16 16. Qc2 Bxd4) 16. Qc2 $18 Nd6 17. e4 Nb6 {[#]} 18. Rb4 $1 Rc8 19. Bh3 Nd7 20. Be3 {Hoping for e5.} b5 (20... e6 $142 21. e5 c5) 21. Nd2 e6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qb3 Nb6 (23... Ra8 {keeps fighting.} 24. e5 Nc4) 24. e5 Ndc4 25. Rxb5 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nxe3 26. fxe3 ({Not} 26. Qxe3 Nd5 $14) 26... Nd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 {KRB-KRN} 30. Ra1 Rc2 {[#]} 31. Nf1 $1 f6 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. a4 Rc4 34. Ra2 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,125,32,33,57,60,62,52,73,66,79,75,68,62,66,64,73,60,77,71,65,58,75,69,67,70,63,73,61,12,30,0,0,0,16,20,45,41,33,33,92,10,162,27,27,27,27,27,44,32,56,8,14,14,72,72,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (10... b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. a6 Be4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bc2 {1-0 (30) Korobov,A (2692)-Volokitin,A (2649) Rivne 2016}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e6 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Qa2 Qb7 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 {0-1 (40) Ksieski,Z (2365)-Hawelko,M (2455) Naleczow 1989}) 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Qb3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 g5 20. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3c7]} Nxg3 21. hxg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 e6 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} 25. Rbd1 {aiming for d6.} Rfd8 26. Bc4 Qxc4 27. Qxb7 Rc7 (27... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. dxc6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc8 $14) 28. Qb1 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Rcd7 29. Qb6 Qc8 30. Qb5 Qa8 (30... Qb7 $14 31. Qxb7 Rxb7) 31. d6 ({White should try} 31. Re8+ $1 $16 Rxe8 32. Qxd7) 31... Qb8 $2 {[#]} (31... Bf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 32. Qxb8 (32. Re8+ $1 $18 Rxe8 33. Qxd7) 32... Rxb8 $11 33. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 34. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb6 35. Red5 Kg7 36. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke6 {[#]} (37... g4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38. f5+ $1 $16 Kf6 39. Kf3 ({Better is} 39. g4 $16) 39... h5 $11 40. Ke4 Ra6 41. R1d3 Rb6 42. Kf3 (42. g4 $5 hxg4 43. Ke3 $11) 42... Ra6 43. g4 h4 44. Ke4 Rb6 45. R3d4 Ra6 46. Ke3 Rb6 47. Kd3 Rc6 48. Kd2 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Kf2 Ra6 53. Kg1 Rb6 54. Kh2 (54. g3 $5) 54... Ra6 55. Rd3 Rb6 56. g3 hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Ra6 58. Kf3 Rb6 59. Ke4 Ra6 (59... Rc6 $11) 60. Rh3 (60. R5d4 $16) 60... Ra4+ {The position is equal.} 61. Rd4 Rxd4+ 62. Kxd4 Rxd6+ 63. Ke4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,9,20,24,18,12,39,26,29,23,22,16,34,20,27,0,24,29,27,19,25,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,173,48,50,68,80,75,291,131,223,231,240,233,224,168,197,144,161,58,47,0,0,0,0,-18,-41,-30,30,0,0,-17,-16,-20,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 (4. Ne5 Be6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 g6 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. Naxc4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. d4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 {½-½ (73) Nepomniachtchi,I (2749)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Sharjah 2017}) 4... Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Bg2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nf6 7. O-O dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. d4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nb6 {½-½ (55) Ortiz Suarez,I (2578)-Bachmann,A (2642) Philadelphia 2016}) 8. Qc3 {White is slightly better.} b5 9. a4 {axb5 is the strong threat.} Nd5 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 b4 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. d3 N7f6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 Rc8 ({Of course not} 17... Qxe5 $6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. d4 $16 (19. Qxb4+ Kd8 $11)) 18. exf6 Qe5 19. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qxf6 20. Rac1 Nd5 21. Rfe1 {Strongly threatening Bxd5.} (21. Bxd5 $5 exd5 22. Rfe1+ Kd7 23. d4 $11) 21... Kd7 $2 (21... Bh6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 22. Bxd5 Bxd2 23. Bxe6 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Bxf7+ Kd8) 22. Ne4 (22. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Bg7 23. Ne5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxb4) 22... Qd8 $14 23. d4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (23. a5 $5) 23... a5 {[#]} 24. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Qe7 $2 (24... Ke8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Rc5 (25. Nc5+ $18 Kd8 26. Qe2) 25... f5 (25... Bg7 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Nd2 $18 Qf6 27. Rxa5 Bd6 28. Nb3 Rc7 29. Qd3 (29. Ra6 $18) 29... h5 $16 {[#]} 30. Rc5 (30. h4 $1 $18) 30... h4 $1 $14 31. Rc2 {Threatens to win with Rce2.} hxg3 32. fxg3 f4 $1 33. Nc5+ (33. Bxd5 $5 exd5 34. Rf2 $11) 33... Bxc5 $1 34. dxc5 Rcc8 (34... fxg3 $142 35. hxg3 Kc8) 35. Rf2 {Hoping for Bxd5.} Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d3] The position is equal.} 36. Qxc3 (36. Qe2 {is interesting.} fxg3 37. Qxe6+ Kc7 38. hxg3 Qxg3 39. Rf7+) 36... bxc3 37. gxf4 Rhf8 38. Rc1 (38. f5 $5) 38... Ra8 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Rxc3 Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. c6+ Kc7 42. Re3 Rf6 43. f5 exf5 44. Re5 Kxc6 (44... Rd6 {seems wilder.} 45. Rfxf5 d4 46. Rd5 Rxd5 47. Rxd5 Kxc6 48. Rd8 Ra1+) 45. Rexf5 Rxf5 (45... Rg6+ {with more complications.} 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Kc5 48. h4 Re6+) 46. Rxf5 {KR-KR} Re4 47. Kf2 Kc5 48. Kf3 Kc4 49. Rf8 Re6 50. h4 d4 51. Rc8+ Kb3 52. Rd8 Kc3 53. h5 d3 54. Kf4 d2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,88,24,0,15,0,3,8,14,10,8,13,13,10,8,0,13,5,-3,-13,0,-77,-75,-75,-51,-51,-47,-52,-57,-81,-85,-102,-100,-106,-108,-113,-88,-121,-121,-137,-122,-124,-123,-201,-186,-339,-210,-221,-229,-217,-239,-232,-221,-266,-266,-258,-145,-141,-150,-292,-291,-262,-203,-202,-101,-231,-223,-356,-336,-327,-327,-349,-339,-678,-553,-562,-527,-473,-436]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 Bg4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (7... O-O 8. h3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 bxc4 15. dxc4 {0-1 (36) Sjugirov,S (2669)-Svidler,P (2729) Sochi 2015}) 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Qe2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Bd1 {½-½ (35) Martinez Romero,M (2427)-Sevian,S (2601) Medellin 2017}) 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. a4 bxc4 16. dxc4 (16. Bxc4 $11 a5 17. f4) 16... Rb8 $17 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Bc2 a5 19. b3 Re8 20. f4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rf3 Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...f5! Black is really pushing.} 25. Qd1 Re7 26. Qc2 Qc3 27. Kf1 (27. Rc1 $17) 27... Rbe8 {...f5! is the strong threat.} 28. g4 $2 (28. Rd1) 28... Kh8 29. g5 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Kg2 Bg7 32. h4 Bh6 33. Rbf1 Bxf4 (33... Rb8 $19 {And now ...Rf7 would win.} 34. Rd1 {[#]} Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34. Qxc3 dxc3 35. Nb1 (35. Rxf4 $17 cxd2 36. Bc2) 35... Be5 $19 36. Bc2 Ne6 37. Nxc3 g5 (37... Nd4 $19 38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kg7) 38. Ne2 (38. hxg5 $17 Nd4 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Bd1) 38... gxh4 39. Rf7 (39. Kh1 $142) 39... Rg8+ 40. Kh1 Rxf7 41. Rxf7 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 42. Ng1 $2 (42. Rf2) 42... Nd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Bd3 h2 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rh2g1] [#]} 44. Nh3 Nxb3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,127,12,0,35,26,37,29,46,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-7,0,0,23,20,18,11,17,15,26,35,30,27,44,26,19,31,54,1,1,1,1,5,6,-23,-23,-51,4,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,0,43,43,43,43,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c6 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (7... e5 8. Na3 Re8 9. Bg5 e4 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. f3 Bf5 13. f4 Qd7 14. e3 h5 15. Qb3 {0-1 (52) Svirjov,I (2477)-Gasanov,E (2443) Alushta 2006}) 8. a5 Qc7 9. Nbd2 e5 {White has an edge.} 10. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nb6 axb6 13. axb6 Qb8 {0-1 (13) Demeter,P (2090)-Nemec,A (2170) Presov 1978}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Be3 Bd5 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Bxf6. White is pushing.} Bxg2 18. Qh4 Bd5 {And now ...Bb3 would win.} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Be6 21. b4 h5 22. c4 c5 23. bxc5 ({Better is} 23. Rxd8+ $14 Rxd8 24. bxc5) 23... Rxd1+ $11 24. Rxd1 {Black should prevent a6.} Qxc5 25. Nd5 Qxc4 26. Ne7+ (26. Qxe5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bxd5 27. Rxd5 $11) 26... Kh7 27. Qxe5 b6 ({Black should try} 27... Qc2 $15 28. Qd4 Qxe2) 28. axb6 axb6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc1+ (30... Re8 $5 31. Qxe8 Qxd5 $11) 31. Kg2 Qc6 32. e4 Re8 33. Qd4 b5 34. h4 Qc4 35. Qxc4 bxc4 {KR-KR} 36. Kf3 Rc8 37. Rd2 Kh6 38. Ke3 c3 39. Rc2 g5 40. Kd4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rd8+ 42. Kxc3 (42. Ke5 $5 {[%cal Rc2c3]}) 42... Rg8 43. Kd4 Rg4 44. Ke5 Rxh4 45. Kf5 Rh2 46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. f4 h4 48. Rc1 h3 49. Rc3 Rh1 50. e5 h2 51. Rh3 Kg8 (51... f6 {keeps more tension.} 52. e6 Rb1 53. Rxh2 Rb5+ 54. Kg4 Kg6) 52. Rg3+ Kf8 53. Rg2 Ke8 54. Ra2 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 55. Rd2+ Ke8 56. Rb2 Kd7 57. Rc2 Kd8 58. Ra2 Kd7 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Ra8+ Kd7 61. Rh8 Ke7 62. Rh7 Ke8 63. Rh4 Kd7 64. Rh3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:07] LiveBook: 11584 Games} Bg6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:30:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 15. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:17:21]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:14:21]} a6 {[%emt 0:12:46] [#]} 17. Bf4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:38]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:04]} (17... Nd5 $16 {was necessary.} 18. Bg3 Bd6) 18. Qg3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:22:31]} 19. Qxg7 $18 {[%emt 0:14:11]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:21:30]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} f6 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 21. Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 22. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:12:51]} 23. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 24. d7+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 25. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Rd4 {[%emt 0:06:51]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 28. Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 29. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 30. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 33. hxg6 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Black "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:13]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:12]} (8. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra2a3]}) 8... Bxf3 {[%emt 0:06:24] E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Nd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. f4 exf4 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qe2 f5 17. h3 {1-0 (58) Duda,J (2658)-Bachmann,A (2593) Berlin 2015}) 9. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Qe7 $146 {[%emt 0:01:35]} ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 $11 11. exd4 d5 12. Rd1 dxc4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxc6 Qd5 15. Qa4 Bd6 16. h3 {0-1 (28) Guth,W (1958)-Sobolevsky,L (2271) Frankfurt 2010}) 11. a3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. e4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:15:55]} ({But not} 12... Nxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Qd6 14. Nb3 $18) 13. e5 {[%emt 0:19:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:25]} 14. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} ({But not} 14. b4 $6 cxb4 15. Qh3 (15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Be4 a5 $11) 15... f5 $14) 14... f5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 17. d6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 18. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:10:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 23. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 26. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 27. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 31. b4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 33. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 35. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 38. Qd2+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 39. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 40. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Na6 {[%emt 1:00:07]} 41. Rc4 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:06]} g3 $18 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. hxg3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Qh6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Rh8 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Black "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:23]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:27]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:09:35] A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nh4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne8 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bf6 15. f5 Qc6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Nc7 18. d3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 {½-½ (36) Caruana,F (2802)-Anand,V (2791) Shamkir 2015}) 10... Rc8 $146 {[%emt 0:06:41]} ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Qc7 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Rc2 Nf8 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. e4 Ng6 {1-0 (37) Lomakina,G (2092)-Cherednichenko,V (1959) Voronezh 2008}) 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 13. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:14:57]} (13. Rc1 $14) 13... dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:12:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 16. fxe4 {[%emt 0:06:15]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 18. Nc4 {[%emt 0:10:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 20. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:09:17]} 21. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 22. Rf4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Bd6 $14 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 23. Rcf1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 24. Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 25. Rg5 {[%emt 0:08:49]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 26. Rgf5 {[%emt 0:05:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 27. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 30. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 32. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 33. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 34. Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 37. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. d5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:50:27]} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,31,25,16,22,8,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-16,-10,-18,-17,-25,-22,-5,0,-36,19,0,0,-54,-36,-29,0,-30,-35,-17,-20,-122,-62,-56,-66,-62,-68,-107,-97,-97,-104,-146,-119,-181,-156,-156,-68,-89,0,0,0,-2,-4,-4,0,-4,0,-4,0,-40,0,-8,-14,-25,0,-83,-85,-108,-122,-1155,-1069,-1338,-1160,-995,-1262,-1310,-1822,-1916,-1890,-1668,-1714,-2356,-2205,-2320,-2261,-2509,-2490,-3984,-4571,-2067,-2876,-3561,-3362,-3266,-2982,-5614,-4264,-3809,-3930,-3525,-3354,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb6f2]} 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Nxg3 (8... Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Re1 {1-0 (71) Short,N (2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 9. hxg3 cxd4 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxh7 {Strongly threatening Nf6+!} Bd7 {[#]} 12. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 13. Rxh8 O-O-O $146 14. Kf1 fxe5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rh7 f5 (16... e4 $15 17. Be2 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7) 17. Be2 {Threatens to win with Bh5.} Bc5 18. Bh5 (18. c4 $11) 18... Rg8 $15 19. Bd2 d3 20. Be1 (20. Bf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g8]} Rg4 21. Bh5 dxc2 22. Qxc2 $14) 20... Nb4 21. cxd3 Nxd3 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 22. b4 ({Not} 22. Qxd3 $2 Bb5 $19) (22. Qb3 $11) 22... Bxb4 ({Black should play} 22... Bd4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Kd8.} 23. a4 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Qd6) 23. Qc2+ ({But not} 23. Qxd3 $2 Bb5 $19) 23... Qc5 24. Qxc5+ ({Don't go for} 24. Qxd3 $2 Bb5 $19) 24... Bxc5 25. Rb1 b6 26. Be2 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4d3][%mdl 32]} 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Bb4 (28. a4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 28... Kc7 29. Ke1 Kc6 (29... Rg4 $1 $17 30. Rh4 Re4+ 31. Rxe4 dxe4) 30. Rb3 Bxb4+ ({Black should try} 30... Rg4 $17 31. Bxc5 bxc5) 31. Rxb4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 32. Kd2 e4 33. Rb1 Kd6 34. Rc1 a5 35. Ke3 Rg6 36. Rch1 Ba4 (36... Bb5 {is more complex.} 37. a3 Kc5 38. Rc7+ Rc6 39. Rc1+ Bc4) 37. R1h6 (37. Rf7 {looks sharper.} d4+ 38. Kd2 Bd7 39. a3 Ke6 40. Rfh7) 37... Rxh6 38. Rxh6+ $11 {KR-KB} Kc5 39. Rf6 {[#]} (39. Kd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Bd7 $1 $17 40. Kd2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 41. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rf7 $17 Kc6 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Rf7) 41... a4 $19 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 42. Ra7 Bc6 43. Rh7 b4 44. Ra7 a3 45. Rc7 Kb6 46. Rh7 Bb5 47. Rh8 Bc4 48. Rb8+ Kc5 49. Rc8+ Kd4 50. Rb8 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. axb3 a2 52. Ra8 Bxb3 53. Ra7 Kc4 54. Rc7+ Kb4 55. Rc1 Bc2 56. Ra1 Kb3 57. f3 d4 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neyman, Igor"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,43,50,50,53,46,54,50,52,54,52,49,61,56,52,50,72,52,56,52,58,55,80,27,24,42,44,12,37,22,75,36,91,35,69,8,56,-8,-16,-66,-57,-177,-167,-187,-168,-175,-177,-159,-127,-169,-168,-200,-197,-184,-187,-146,0,-188,-212,-191,-212,-236,-236,-258,-202,-224,-204,-862,-845,-845,-220,-220,-220,-220,-220,-220,-216,-207,-197,-225,-211,-618,-618,-614,-614,-602,-602,-520,-596,-556,-575,-539,-494,-452,-414,-414,-402,-697,-714,-704,-695,-643,-606,-616,-633,-29975,-29975,-29975,-29976,-6299,-278]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} d6 (6... f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Nf3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rfe1 Kb8 13. Rad1 {½-½ (41) Lysyj,I (2663)-Alekseev,E (2626) Kolomna 2016}) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ngf6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 O-O 11. b4 g6 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Ba4 {1-0 (50) El Debs,F (2512)-Gauche,C (2206) Itajai 2014}) 9. Bc2 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Re8 12. d5 h6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Qe7 15. Ba4 Rec8 16. Bc6 (16. Ng3 $16) 16... Bxc6 $11 17. dxc6 Nf8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nec3 N6h7 (19... Nxd5 $11 20. cxd5 (20. exd5 Qh4 $11) 20... Qh4) 20. Nb5 Ne6 ({Black should try} 20... Nf6 $14) 21. Rfd1 (21. Rad1 $1 $16) 21... Nhf8 22. Qe3 (22. Rab1 $1 $14) 22... Ng6 23. Nbxc7 (23. c5 $14) 23... Rxc7 24. b5 Rb8 $1 25. Nxb6 {[#]} (25. Nxc7 $15 Qxc7 26. h3) 25... Rxc6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. bxc6 Rxb6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxb6 Ngf4 29. Rb1 {Qb8+ is the strong threat.} Qd2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd2g2][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 30. Qb2 Qe3+ 31. Qf2 Qd3 32. Qb2 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 $1 ({Don't capture} 33. Kh1 $2 Nd3 $19) 33... Qxa3 34. Kh1 a4 35. g3 {[#]} Ng6 $1 36. c5 Qd3 37. Rb7 Qd8 38. Qb2 $2 (38. Kg2) 38... Qd1+ 39. Kg2 {[#]} a3 $2 (39... Nef4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. gxf4 Nxf4+ 41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Kg2 Qe1) 40. Qf2 Qa4 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 41. Qa2 Qxc6 42. Rb8+ Kh7 {aiming for ...Ngf4+!} 43. Qxa3 Nxc5 44. Qa2 Ne6 45. Rb2 $2 (45. h4) 45... Ngf4+ 46. gxf4 Nxf4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kf2 Qg2+ 49. Ke3 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc2 Qd3+ 52. Kc1 Qc3+ 53. Kd1 (53. Kb1 $142 Qe1+ 54. Kc2 Qe2+ 55. Kc3 Qxf3+ 56. Kc4) 53... Qxf3+ 54. Kd2 Qd3+ 55. Kc1 Qe3+ 56. Kd1 Nd3 57. Rb8 Qg1+ 58. Kc2 Qxh2+ 59. Kb1 Qg1+ $2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 66%.} (59... Qh1+ 60. Kc2 Qg2+ 61. Kxd3 Qxa2) 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,70,39,35,37,23,32,12,12,16,18,0,34,33,34,36,36,-58,-62,-65,-68,-68,-48,-83,-45,-109,-75,-69,-83,-72,0,-5,0,-87,-83,-62,-64,-120,-80,-105,-99,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 a5 8. Qd2 Na6 {E80: King's Indian: Sämisch: Lines without early ...0-0} (8... O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndc5 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. b3 Re8 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Nde2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nde2 {½-½ (20) Dydyshko,V (2562)-Kalegin,E (2510) Minsk 2008}) 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Ndc5 12. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Ra3 f5 16. N1a2 {0-1 (39) Bruelhart,K-Nikolin,Z (2270) Novi Sad 1990}) 12... Bf6 13. Nd3 h6 14. Nxc5 ({Wrong is} 14. Bxh6 $2 g5 $19) 14... Nxc5 15. dxc6 (15. g3 $14) 15... bxc6 $15 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Bxd8 (17... Kxd8 {looks sharper.} 18. Nd1 Kc7 19. Kd2 Be6 20. Kc2 h5) 18. Rb3 Bg5 19. Kf2 ({Better is} 19. h4 $15 Be7 20. Nd1) 19... h5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Be2 Be6 (21... Kd7 $17) 22. Rd1 $1 $11 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ (23. Rb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Kxd8 $17 24. Nd1 Kc7 25. Ne3 (25. Rd3 $15) 25... Rd8 26. Rd3 Rd4 27. b3 {[#]} Bxe3+ (27... f5 $1 $17 28. Nc2 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 f4) 28. Kxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} f5 29. g3 Kd6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rg1 Kf6 32. Bd1 Rd8 33. Be2 Rd4 34. Bd1 Rd8 35. Be2 Rd4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schneider, Jana"]
[Black "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,200,44,43,31,55,52,60,38,55,15,35,29,47,22,43,0,7,7,7,0,10,0,17,0,10,-58,-16,-235,-262,-218,-255,-490,-132,-139,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-53,-64,-66,-53,-24,-87,-41,-66,-38,-75,-75,-75,0,-15,0,-6,0,-16,3,8,81,69,108,107,102,112,111,100,100,67,100,85,127,90,116,66,67,49,92,93,102,45,110,45,52,70,90,27,49,44,52,45,58,58,75,50,52,27,64,60,67,64,84,91,90,89,90,43,58,54,56,49,97,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (8. Na3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 fxe5 15. Rd1 e4 {0-1 (36) Moiseenko,V (2528)-Khismatullin,D (2617) Sochi 2016}) 8... gxf5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. O-O Kh8 14. Rfe1 Rg8 15. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (41) Gempe,T (2270)-Schaack,H (2275) Germany 2006}) 15... Ne4 16. Nf3 e6 17. Re2 Rac8 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nf3 $1 Qg7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 22. Ne1 Qh6 $1 23. Kg1 Rg6 24. Re3 (24. f3 $11) 24... Rcg8 25. Qf1 $2 (25. Rh3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qg7 26. g3) 25... f4 $19 26. Rd3 Qh5 27. Rad1 $2 {[#]} (27. Kh1) 27... Rh6 $2 (27... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 28. Qxg2 (28. Nxg2 $2 {loses.} f3 $19) 28... Qe2) 28. h3 $17 f3 (28... Rhg6 $17 {...Rxg2+! is the strong threat.} 29. Kh1 a6) 29. Rxf3 $11 Ng5 30. Rdd3 $1 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rhg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 32. Qd3 Qg5 33. Re3 Qf4 (33... f5 $11) 34. Qd1 (34. Rxe6 $16 Qc1 35. g3) 34... Qf5 35. Qe2 e5 36. dxe5 fxe5 37. Kh1 (37. Rxe5 $11 Qxh3 38. f3) 37... e4 $15 38. Qd2 R8g7 39. Kg1 h6 40. Qd4 (40. g3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... b6 41. Qd2 Kh7 42. Kh2 Rf7 43. Re2 Rfg7 (43... h5 $17) 44. g3 Qe5 {[%cal Rg6g3] ( -> ...Rxg3!)} 45. Qe3 Rf6 {[#]} 46. Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg5 (46... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 47. Nf4 Rgf7 $11) (46... exd3 47. Qxe5) 47. Nf4 Rgf7 {[#]} (47... Qe5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48. c4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 49. Qxe4+ Qf5 50. Qxc4 Qc5 51. Qe4+ Qf5 52. Qe8 Qd7 53. Qe3 Qf5 54. b3 Qc5 55. Qe8 Qd4 56. Kg2 Qc5 57. Qe4+ Qf5 58. Qe3 ({Better is} 58. Qb4 $16) 58... Qc5 (58... Rd6 $14) 59. Qxc5 (59. Qd3+ $16 Qf5 60. Qc4) 59... bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 60. Ne6 Rf5 61. Rc2 (61. g4 $16 Rd5 62. f4) 61... Re5 62. Nxc5 Rc7 63. b4 a5 64. a3 $1 ({But not} 64. bxa5 $2 Rexc5 65. Rd2 Rxa5 $19) 64... Rd5 65. Re2 Rc6 66. Re4 Kg6 67. g4 Rd2 68. Kg3 Ra2 69. Re3 axb4 70. axb4 Rb6 71. Nd3 Kf6 72. Re4 Rd6 73. Nc5 Rdd2 74. f4 (74. Re6+ $16 Kg7 75. f3) 74... Ra3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 75. Kh4 Rh2 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rh2h3]} 76. Re6+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rh2h3]} (76... Kf7 $5 77. g5 $8 Raxh3+ 78. Kg4 hxg5 $11) 77. g5 Rhxh3+ 78. Kg4 hxg5 79. Kxg5 Rag3+ 80. Kf5 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Rh5+.} 81. Ne4 Rh5+ 82. Ng5+ Kg7 (82... Rgxg5+ $5 83. fxg5 Rxg5+ 84. Kxg5 Kxe6 $11) 83. b5 Rb3 84. Re7+ Kf8 85. Rb7 {aiming for Kg6.} Rh6 $1 86. Nh7+ Ke8 87. Nf6+ Kd8 88. b6 {Hoping for Rb8+.} Rh1 89. Rd7+ Kc8 90. Rc7+ Kd8 91. Rc6 Rb5+ 92. Ke6 Re1+ 93. Kf7 Rf1 94. Rd6+ Kc8 95. Nd5 Rxd5 96. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 97. Ke7 Kb7 98. Rb5 Rh4 99. Kd6 Rh6+ 100. Kc5 Rc6+ {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,34,10,10,15,24,6,37,0,17,-258,-237,-248,-243,-237,-234,-599,-605,-610,-572,-668,-668]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7. Nc3 Rc8 8. O-O e5 9. Qb4 b5 10. a4 a5 11. Qb3 b4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (40) Shirov,A (2664)-Artemiev,V (2682) Sochi 2017}) 7... Qc7 8. Nc3 e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Rc8 10. Rhe1 Qc5 11. Qd2 {Black should prevent Bf4.} b5 $1 12. Nd5 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12. e5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} d5 13. Ne4) ({Predecessor:} 12. e5 d5 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. c3 Qa5 {1-0 (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2483)-L'Ami,E (2531) Moscow 2005}) 12... exd5 $19 13. exd5+ Be7 14. Qe2 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 15. Rd3 $2 (15. Bf4) 15... fxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 16. Nxg5 Bf5 17. Rd2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Black "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

{[%evp 18,51,54,35,43,43,58,37,47,58,70,81,32767,32767,32767,55,59,70,64,47,32767,43,70,64,75,58,68,32767,58,46,78,32767,32767,32767,32767,0]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:01:32] A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nd2 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. e4 O-O-O 13. Re1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {½-½ (45) Nakamura,H (2775)-Carlsen,M (2835) Moscow 2012}) 7... b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne5 $146 {[%emt 0:14:41]} ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nge7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 {½-½ (24) Jatoba de Oliveira Reis,P (2380)-Barbosa,E (2461) Natal 2016}) 10. d4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:04:06]} 11. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:08:45]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:27]} 17. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:06:39]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 23. R1d2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 24. Qe3 {[%emt 0:07:47]} (24. Kf2 $16) 24... Rbc8 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 26. Qe3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} d5 {[%emt 0:12:54] A45: Trompowsky Attack} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:02] LiveBook: 73 Games} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:35]} (5... c5 $5) 6. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. Be2 $146 {[%emt 0:06:31]} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Na4 {1-0 (31) Matlakov,M (2691)-Rakhmanov,A (2662) Sochi 2016}) 7... O-O {[%emt 0:05:50]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 10. Kf1 {[%emt 0:10:55]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:18:33]} 11. Be5 {[%emt 0:28:19]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 12. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:09:40]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Nef6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Nxe4 $17 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 20. Rb1 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:54]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 22. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 24. Kg1 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 25. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 26. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 29. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 31. c3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. Re8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 33. Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 35. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a1=Q {[%emt 0:00:25]} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bussard, Christian"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 6. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:43]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:11:41]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:07:51]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:59]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 14. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:24]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} (16... Bg4 $14) 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18] [#]} 19. Bd3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:13:48]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:16:13]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 26. Rxe8 $11 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 32. h5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. Rh1 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 34. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Re1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 39. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 40. Rg5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} h4 {[%emt 0:50:15]} 41. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:53:24]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Black "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:04:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Re8 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:10:57]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:07:21]} c6 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 11. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (11. e4 $11) 11... e4 {[%emt 0:22:43]} 12. Ne1 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qa5 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:09:28]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:36:21]} exf3 15. exf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:16:46]} 16. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:11:36]} Qxe5 $17 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 17. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:03:42]} 18. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ng4 19. fxg4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:14:48]} 20. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 24. b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd2 25. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 26. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} f5 31. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 32. c5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 33. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g5 35. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} g4+ {[%emt 0:01:52]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf6 37. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:02:54]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 39. a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:51:05]} 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:50:22]} Bg5+ 42. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 43. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf3 46. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf3 48. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Black "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re8 {[%emt 0:14:58]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:07] LiveBook: 19 Games} d4 {[%emt 0:15:15] C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (10... b5 $15) (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 b5 12. h4 Bb7 13. N1h2 b4 14. Ng4 a5 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. h5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Kh8 18. h6 g6 {1-0 (37) Mozharov,M (2530)-Bagheri,M (2298) Urmia 2016}) 11. h4 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:02:25]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. N1h2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng5 e5 15. Ne4 Rf8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (39) Litvinov,M (2024)-Gaifullin,A (1925) Ufa 2015}) 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:14:56]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 13. N1h2 {[%emt 0:10:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} c4 {[%emt 0:07:56]} ({Better is} 14... Bb7 $11) 15. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 17. Qh5 {[%emt 0:12:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 18. Ng4 {[%emt 0:11:30]} Ng6 $15 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 19. Be4 {[%emt 0:19:56]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 20. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 21. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} dxc2 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:12:38]} Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 23. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 24. Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 28. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 11. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:28] D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} 13. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} (13... Nxd4 14. e3 Nf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 exf3 17. Bxf3 Rb8 18. Kg2 b6 19. Rd2 g6 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Rd6 Re8 22. g4 Be6 23. Kg3 Rbc8 24. Bb7 Rc7 25. Ba6 Ree7 26. Bc4 {½-½ (26) Gourlay,I (2385)-Eggleston,D (2413) Crawley 2016}) 14. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Re8 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:15:56]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:14:55]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 17. Qd2 $146 {[%emt 0:05:22]} ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Bf5 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 Be4 20. Qd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h6 22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxb4 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Qe4 26. e3 g6 {½-½ (26) Schmuecker,M (2213)-Esser,N (2159) Oberhausen 2013}) 17... b6 {[%emt 0:29:02]} 18. Qf4 {[%emt 0:14:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 19. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 21. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 22. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Bh5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 25. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qe5 $17 {[%emt 0:01:39]} ({Better is} 25... Qd4 $19 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Rd8) 26. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:46]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:16:43]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 28. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 29. Nf5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:04:53]} 30. exf3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. h5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 33. Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 35. Qd5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 36. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 37. Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 40. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:51:19]} 41. Qh8# {[%emt 0:50:20]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,70,22,12,12,31,13,33,28,20,12,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-12,-23,-26,-24,-20,-22,-24,-25,0,0,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxc4 Bb7 11. Nc3 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. c6 Nxc6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 {1-0 (80) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Oparin,G (2621) Novi Sad 2016}) 10... Nb4 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. a3 N4a6 14. Qxc4 (14. d5 $5) 14... Nc6 15. Nb3 Nxd4 16. Nfxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ {The position is equal.} Qxd8 23. Qd2 (23. f3 {is interesting.} h5 24. Bf1 h4 25. Bc4 Bc6 26. Qc3) 23... Qxd2 (23... Qe7 {looks sharper.} 24. f3 h5 25. Bf1 h4 26. Qc3 hxg3 27. hxg3 f6) 24. Nxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f6 25. Bf1 Kf8 26. f3 Ne8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 {KB-KB} Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. b4 Bc8 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Bc4 Bc8 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,16,8,20,20,17,6,7,6,29,0,27,26,66,73,69,60,89,57,292,251,304,284,289,283,754,667,666,640,667,632,994,995,988,967]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d5 7. f5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White wants to play fxe6. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (7. exd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 Qd7 11. f5 h6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. a3 Rhe8 {0-1 (55) Andriasian,Z (2631)-Zhigalko,S (2664) Martuni 2013}) 7... d4 8. fxe6 fxe6 ({Don't take} 8... dxc3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Nf3 $15) 9. Nce2 {next Nf4 is good for White.The position is equal.} e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. a4 b4 13. Bh3 Bc8 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 {½-½ (33) Pirs,M (2559)-Boccia,M (2465) ICCF email 2010}) 12. c3 Qd6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. a4 (14. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Nf6 15. Qb3 $14) 14... Qe6 15. Kh1 h6 $2 {[#]} (15... b4 $14) 16. Nxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 {[#]} (16... Nxe5 17. Nxd4) 17. Nf4 $1 Rh7 18. Nd5 Bd6 $2 (18... g5 19. Rf5 Qd6) 19. axb5 {White is clearly winning.} axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qb3 Nce7 22. Bf4 Bxd5 23. exd5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,66,72,71,57,51,53,98,82,96,97,97,70,90,94,108,108,111,93,116,102,163,180,173,172,176,141,154,137,145,147,139,70,72,81,72,72,96,82,77,83,257,274,252,179,387,383,554,551,560,551,791,771]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. O-O Bxf4 {White is slightly better.} 10. exf4 Nd7 11. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rad1 Kh8 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Ncxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf5 17. Qxc6 Qxf4 18. Qxa8 Qxg5 {½-½ (78) Slipak,S (2440)-Mahia,G (2393) Buenos Aires 2010}) 11... h6 12. b4 a6 13. c5 g5 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. Rce1 Qg7 16. Ne5 gxf4 (16... g4 $16) 17. Nxf4 $18 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bd7 19. f3 Qxe5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd4+ {[#]} 22. Qf2 (22. Kh1 $1 $16 {Threatening mate with Bh7+.} dxe4 23. Rxe4) 22... Qxf2+ $14 23. Rxf2 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} dxe4 24. Rxe4 a5 25. Rd2 ({But not} 25. Nxe6 $2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Re8 $19) 25... Rf7 26. Ng6 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne5.} axb4 $2 (26... Be8 $16) 27. Ne5 $18 (27. Rxb4 Be8 $16) 27... b3 28. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} ({Less strong is} 28. Nxf7 bxa2 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 $14) 28... Be8 $2 (28... b2 29. Rxb2 Rg7 30. Rxb7 Be8) 29. Nxf7 Bxf7 (29... Kxf7 {was necessary.} 30. Rb4 Kf6 31. Rf2+ (31. Rxb7 Rxa4 32. Rf2+ Ke5 $18) 31... Ke5) 30. Rb4 {White is clearly winning.} e5 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Rdxb7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,107,29,29,20,45,50,47,44,45,37,59,58,48,48,52,35,41,45,50,43,43,30,44,48,49,25,28,-31,32,0,25,21,32,24,26,24,26,31,27,26,22,22,16,21,59,56,60,38,60,27,34,30,50,57,64,61,88,96,140,129,99,77,75,82,129,112,145,127,146,126,162,134,330,321,318,329,361,361,368,349,321,295,393,378,442,436,433,371,477,388,477,477,475,474]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32] D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qc4 e6 {1-0 (47) Navara,D (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Prague 2017}) 9... h6 10. f3 e6 11. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bh7 $1 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Qb3 Nfd7 14. Nd3 Qe7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f5) 17. Na2 {[%cal Ra2b4]} Bd6 18. Rac1 (18. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d6]} Bc7 19. Nc3 $11) 18... Bc7 19. Nc3 f6 20. f4 e5 21. d5 (21. dxe5 $11 fxe5 22. f5) 21... Bg8 (21... exf4 $15 22. Nxf4 (22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qb4 $15) 22... Bxe4) 22. Bg4 {Hoping for Bxd7.} (22. f5 {is more complex.} Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Qd8 24. g3 Bf7 25. Bf2) 22... f5 (22... exf4 {with more complications.} 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qb4 25. Qc2 Ne5) 23. Bxf5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 exf4 26. Nxf4 ({Not} 26. Rxc7 $2 Qxe3+ 27. Rf2 Ne5 $19) 26... Bxf4 27. Rxf4 {aiming for Bd4.} Bxd5 $1 28. Qa3 Qxa3 29. bxa3 Ne5 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Nxf7 32. Bd4 Ng5 33. Rf1 Ne6 34. Bb6 Ra6 35. Be3 Rc6 36. Rd1 Nc7 37. Bf4 Bg8 38. Rd7 Ne6 39. Be3 Rc3 {[#]} 40. Kf2 $1 Rc8 41. g4 Rc7 42. Rd5 Rc4 43. Rd6 Rxa4 $2 {[#]} (43... Ng5 $16 {was necessary.}) 44. Bxe6 $18 Bxe6 45. Rxe6 Rxg4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 46. Rb6 Rh4 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Kf3 Ra4 49. Bc1 Rc4 50. Bb2 Rc2 51. Kg3 Rc7 52. Rxh6+ Kg8 53. Rb6 Kf7 54. Rb5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,36,39,51,27,23,33,63,31,28,26,98,81,102,82,133,108,132,108,134,134,156,145,158,167,172,154,138,102,117,95,110,83,106,100,109,109,158,170,219,231,212,208,301,226,374,366,362,367,460,459,542,533,759,723,658,687,1139,1135,1118,1101,12840,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 54 Games} b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Qb1 a5 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qb4 {1-0 (33) Ponomariov,R (2739)-Naiditsch,A (2689) Moscow 2009}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 d6 {White is slightly better.} 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 b5 (12... a6 $11) 13. Nxb5 $16 Bxd5 14. Rd3 Bc6 ({Black should try} 14... Bc4 15. Rxd6 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 (16. Nd2 Bxb5 17. Bxa8 Qb4 $11) 16... Ne4) 15. Nxd6 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Nbd7 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qa1 Qb4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. N5d4 Be4 22. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32] [#] And now Nc6 would win.} Ne5 23. b3 h5 24. Ra2 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Ra8 26. Ra4 Qb6 {[#]} 27. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc6 (27... axb4 28. Rxa8) 28. bxa5 Nxa5 (28... Qa6 $142 29. Nxc6 Qxc6) 29. Nf4 h4 (29... Reb8 $142 30. e3 Ra7) 30. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Bd1b1,Bb1b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qd8 31. Rbb4 (31. gxh4 Qd7 $18) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 {Now ...Ne5 and Black clings on.} 33. Nh5 ({Not} 33. Nf5 Qf6 $18) 33... Qg5 34. Rb5 Ne5 35. Nf4 Red8 36. Raxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxd4 38. Ra8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxe5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,36,36,23,39,13,8,7,47,0,24,10,12,10,0,-14,-19,-12,-13,-21,-23,-31,-27,-33,-19,-34,-51,-44,41,43,37,47,115,131,121,129,162,168,158,78,397,374,377,359,337,193,818,812,734,576,29972,29972]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Rb1 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} (9. f3 c5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Bc2 {1-0 (58) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Nguyen,N (2634) Berlin 2015}) 9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 {The position is equal.} Be6 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (46) Michalik,P (2508)-Rapport,R (2621) Kozloduy 2012}) 12... Nd7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf4 (15. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 15... cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Qe2 d3 21. Bxd3 Nxa4 (21... Bd4 $15) 22. Rxa4 $14 Qxa4 23. Bxd6 Rf7 ({Better is} 23... Rfd8 $14 24. e5 Rac8) 24. e5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bf8 25. c5 $1 Rf4 {[#]} 26. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rd4 {[#]} 27. Bc2 (27. Qe3 $142 $1) 27... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qc4 $16 {is more resistant.} 28. Qxc4 Rxc4) 28. Qf3 $18 Bxd6 29. Qxa8+ Bf8 30. Qxa6 (30. c6 $142 Qc3 31. Bb3 Qxb3 32. c7) 30... Kf7 $2 (30... Qc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4) 31. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qc3 {[#]} 32. Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb4 {[#]} (32... Qxb3 33. Qa7+) 33. c7 $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,8,8,5,14,2,14,-6,-7,-9,0,2,0,-20,0,0,0,-13,0,-4,0,-19,-20,-71,35,19,37,0,0,0,24,-14,-20,-13,49,23,40,46,47,37,50,41,67,41,41,41,55,54,77,81,106,107,95,86,110,72,239,247,302,317,387,373,622,612,1364,4790,29991,29992,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29995,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Be2 d6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} (8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (38) Korotylev,A (2609)-Timofeev,A (2650) Novokuznetsk 2008}) 9. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qa4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Rfd1 {½-½ (118) Smirnov,V (2379)-Brown,A (2245) Melbourne 2013}) 9... Nc6 (9... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 10. Qd1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 {next ...Nxd4 is good for Black.} 14. Qa3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 d5 16. Bd3 e6 17. Re2 (17. Qb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... f5 (17... a5 $17) 18. Rae1 $14 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21. Qb4 (21. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]}) 21... Bf8 22. Qf4 Qd8 (22... Be7 $11) 23. c4 Bc6 24. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Qg5 25. Nd4 Re8 26. Rc2 Bb4 27. Rec1 Ba5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Nb5 Ra8 30. Nd6 Rff8 31. Qxg5+ hxg5 {[#]} 32. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 {[#]} 33. Rc5 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRd5][%cal Rc5a5]} Bxa2 $2 ({But not} 33... Bd2 $2 34. Rd1 $18) (33... Bb6 $16 {might work better.} 34. Rxd5 f4) 34. Rxa5 $18 Be6 35. Rc7 ({Weaker is} 35. Nxb7 Rfc8 $16) 35... Rfd8 36. Re7 Bc8 $2 (36... Bd7 37. Nxb7 Kf8) 37. Rc5 Bd7 38. Rc7 Be8 39. Rg7+ {White mates.} Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rcg7+ Kf8 42. e6 {[%csl Gg7,Gh7][%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rxd6 43. e7# {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Black "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,0,-11,32,-14,-38,0,0,0,67,65,85,16,20,15,223,218,229,227,332,304,401,397,387,381,468,439,422,438,435,417,641,640,959,945,1148,1172,1156,1150,1150,1127]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bb4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11... Bc5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nfd2 Nb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. f4 Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. a3 b6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (54) Robson,R (2668)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 12. Re2 e5 13. a3 Bf8 {The position is equal.} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Ne1 Qc7 16. f3 Nd7 17. b4 a6 18. Ne4 h6 19. g4 {1-0 (39) Benvenuti,G-Siviero,G Italy 1987}) 14... Qd6 (14... Qc7 $11) 15. Nbd2 Bg4 16. Ne4 (16. Qc2 $16) 16... Nxe4 $11 17. Rxe4 f5 $2 {[#]} (17... Bf5 $1 $11) 18. Rxg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg4 19. Ng5 Nd8 (19... g6 {was worth a try.} 20. Bd5+ (20. Qxg4 h5 $16) 20... Kg7) 20. Qxg4 h6 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Re1 Be7 23. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 {[#]} 24. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc6 (24... exd4 25. Rxe8+) 25. Nf5 Qc7 (25... Qf8 $142 26. Be4 Red8) 26. Qg6 {White is clearly winning.} Ne7 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6h7]} Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Bd5+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Black "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,114,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,72,67,54,49,44,31,43,30,92,59,60,49,57,47,50,22,57,57,56,54,60,60,60,60,61,60,61,60,60,45,74,32,29,0,0,0,0,-39,-39,-109,-109,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-108,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-127,-127,-127,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135,-135]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4d7][%mdl 32] E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Qe8 13. Qc2 Qc6 14. Rd4 Qc5 (14... f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rd1 b5 17. Be3 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. Rac1 Bd5 {0-1 (51) Vojinovic,G (2448)-Jianu,V (2545) Skopje 2011}) 15. Rd7 $1 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. aiming for Be3.} Rad8 16. Be3 Qxe5 17. Bf4 $1 ({Much weaker is} 17. Rxe7 Qd6 $17) 17... Qxf4 18. Rxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. gxf4 Rxd7 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Qxa7 Bc6 21. Bf1 Ra8 {0-1 (21) Brandao,R (2057)-Gardim,L (1520) Altinopolis 2012}) 18... Qe5 {[#]} 19. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 20. Rd1 a5 21. Qd2 Bd6 22. Qd4 Qf5 (22... Qxd4 $11 23. Rxd4 g5) 23. b3 h5 24. h4 Kg8 25. Qe3 {Threatens to win with Rxd6!} Qe5 26. Bh3 Kh7 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} Kg6 29. e3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. Bf1 e5 32. Be2 g6 33. Kf1 f4 34. Kg1 (34. c5 $5 Bxc5 35. Rd7 $11) 34... Bc8 35. Rd2 Be6 36. Bf1 Bg4 37. Bg2 Bc5 $1 38. gxf4 (38. Kf1 $1 $15) 38... exf4 $17 39. exf4 e3 40. Rd5 e2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 41. Re5 Bd4 42. Re4 c5 43. a4 Kf5 44. Bh1 Bc3 45. f3 Bxf3 46. Bxf3 e1=Q+ 47. Rxe1 Bxe1 {KB-KB} 48. Bd1 Kxf4 49. Bc2 g5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Be4 Kf4 {Black is clearly better.} 52. Bc6 Ke3 53. Kg2 Kd3 54. Kh1 Kc3 55. Bb5 Kxb3 56. Kg2 Kc3 57. Kh1 Kb2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,48,28,20,20,32,34,45,39,25,39,35,26,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-27,-29,-16,0,3,112,112,127,120,118,33,82,-252,-254,-376,-342,-758,-746]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 {C41: Philidor Defence} Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. g4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Re8 16. g5 c6 17. Rdd1 Qa5 18. Kb1 {1-0 (32) David,A (2561)-Welling,G (2319) Bratto 2016}) 11... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. g4 c5 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rf4d6]} b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd3 (16. h4 $5) 16... Bb5 17. Be4 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. Kb1 Bf6 (18... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Bxd6 $16 Rfd8 20. Bf4 c4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 21. b3 (21. d6 $16 c3 22. Qd5) 21... Rac8 {[#]} 22. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't take} 22. a4 $2 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Qxa4 $19) (22. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} c3 23. Qc1 Bxg5 24. Qxg5) 22... Bc3 $19 23. Qf2 (23. Qe3 $142 Qa3 24. Qc1) 23... Bd7 24. h4 $2 (24. Bd2 Be5 25. Rhe1) 24... Rc5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,24,27,14,14,14,16,11,22,21,30,3,14,14,19,10,21,19,24,12,23,8,8,7,10,10,13,8,20,8,18,18,25,27,23,22,25,25,39,14,40,41,40,35,41,9,15,14,21,20,18,15,22,0,14,14,22,0,7,0,21,0,14,0,23,0,10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Ng5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h4 h6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rhg8 15. c4 Rde8 16. g3 Bd8 17. b3 Bf5 18. Rhe1 g5 {½-½ (18) Kryvoruchko,Y (2714)-Li,C (2722) Chartres 2017}) 9... Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 a6 12. b3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Rhe8 15. Rhe1 Re7 16. Kb2 {0-1 (53) Gvanceladze,A (2017)-Semenova,E (2048) Herceg Novi 2008}) 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bf7 18. Kf2 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Be2 Qe7 22. Ke1 Kf8 23. Kd1 Bg6 24. Kc1 Bf7 25. Kb2 Bg6 26. g4 h6 27. h4 Bh7 28. Be3 Ke8 29. a4 Kf8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Bf5 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Bf2 Qh7 34. Be3 Ke8 35. Bd1 Qe7 36. Be2 Qh7 37. Bd1 Qe7 38. Be2 Qh7 39. Bd1 Qe7 40. Be2 Qh7 41. Bd1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,139,0,0,-11,1,-13,-12,-10,-10,-52,-45,-48,-47,-58,-48,-49,-40,-54,-39,-58,-14,-70,-8,-7,-11,-16,-13,-16,234,237,269,156,152,107,97,111,295,291,294,290,514,574,589,585,537,427,399,384,403,373,375,354,372,358,364,372,355,367,280,372,372,359,351,351,310,287,287,287,280,273,272,272,592,587,557,477,607,607,597,545,545,535,652,644,644,583,575,258,1622,1516,1324,1218,1125,1143,919,711,7295,7052,29963,29943,29968,336,329,0,29970,29971,29970,29971,29969,29965,29962,29956,12793,12418,6079,5189,29968,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29975,29976,29977,29978,29977,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. a3 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (7. c3 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. a4 d5 10. Na3 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nde7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nc4 Qxd3 15. Nfd2 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 {1-0 (40) Amin,B (2635)-Moiseenko,A (2707) Dubai 2014}) 7... d5 8. Nc3 (8. b4 $5) 8... d4 9. Nd5 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (50) Kozel,R (2356)-Sharapov,E (2497) Alushta 2011}) 10... dxc3 $1 11. bxc3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nd4 Qd6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qxd3 16. Be3 (16. Bxc6 $11 Qa6 17. Be3) 16... Ba6 (16... Be6 $15) 17. Bxc6 $11 Rac8 18. Bxc5 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Bb5 $2 (19... Rc8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8) 20. Qb7 $18 Re8 21. Rfd1 ({Resist} 21. Bxa7 $6 Qc4 $16) (21. a4 $18 Ba6 22. Qxa7) 21... Qc4 $16 22. Rab1 ({But not} 22. Qxa7 $6 Bc6 $14) 22... a6 23. Qd5 Qa4 $2 (23... Qg4 $16) 24. Rb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4a4]} Qc2 25. c4 Ba4 $2 (25... Bc6 26. Qd3 (26. Qxc6 Qxd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd8 $16) 26... Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Be4) 26. Rd2 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Bc2 28. Rb7 Be4+ 29. Qxe4 {White threatens Qd5 and mate.} Qxd2 30. Qf3 f5 31. Qc6 Qd8 32. Bd6 {Threatens to win with Qd5+.} Qc8 33. Qd5+ ({Less strong is} 33. Qxa6 Qe6 $18) 33... Qe6 {[#]} 34. Qxe6+ $1 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. c5 e4 36. c6 Rxd6 {KRB-KR} 37. c7 Rc6 {White must now prevent ...Bf8.} 38. Rb8+ Bf8 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Rxc8 {KR-KB} Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kh6 $2 (41... Kg8 {is tougher.} 42. a4 a5) 42. a4 a5 43. Rf7 Bc5 44. Kf1 Bd4 45. Ke2 Bc5 46. f3 exf3+ 47. Kxf3 Bb4 48. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Bc3 49. g4 fxg4+ $2 (49... Bb4 50. gxf5 Kg5) 50. hxg4 Bb4 51. Rd7 Ba3 52. Rd5 Bb4 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Kg5 Ba3 56. Rd8+ $2 (56. Kf6 {mates} Bb2+ 57. Ke6 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Rd5 Bc3 60. Rxh5 Bb4 61. Rd5) 56... Kg7 57. Rd7+ $2 (57. Kf4 $18) 57... Kg8 58. Kf6 Bb2+ 59. Ke6 Bc3 60. Rc7 Bd4 61. Rc4 Bb6 62. Rc8+ Kg7 63. Ra8 h5 64. g5 {White mates.} h4 {[#]} 65. Rb8 $1 Bd4 66. Rb7+ Kg8 67. Rd7 Bb2 68. Rd2 Bc1 69. Rd8+ Kg7 70. Rd7+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Schneider, Jana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,44,17,26,0,0,0,13,9,9,18,15,8,22,31,13,14,170,168,161,27,35,-33,-34,-33,-33,-33,-25,-23,98,-42,-29,-23,84,107,137,92,360,358,324,329,239,78,144,92,210,210,220,195,293,217,315,220,182,0,262,0,141,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 h6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 13. h3 Bc5 {[#]} 14. Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c3 O-O 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. c4 {½-½ (33) Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2550)-Nisipeanu,L (2689) Tromsoe 2014}) 14... O-O {The position is equal.} 15. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 16. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Be7 17. Bd3 $1 Kh8 18. Bxh6 Rg8 $1 19. Bd2 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} Rg7 $2 (19... Kg7 $11) 20. Bc3 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd8 21. Qf4 (21. Be4 $18) 21... Qd5 $11 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rd5g2]} 22. g4 ({Don't play} 22. Qh6+ Kg8 $15) (22. Be4 $14 Qg5 23. Qc7 Nxe4 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxe4) 22... Qg5 $15 23. Qg3 Kg8 24. Re5 Qh6 {aiming for ...Nd5.} 25. g5 Qh5 (25... Qh8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Be2 (26. gxf6 $16 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg3g7]} Rxg3+ 27. fxg3 Qxh3 28. Rg5+ Kf8 29. fxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bb4+ Kd8 31. Rf1) 26... Qh7 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 27. Bd3 Qh5 (27... Qh8 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Ree1 Bd7) 28. gxf6 $40 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Bc5+ $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Kg2 Qh6 31. Rxc5 b6) 30. Rg5+ $18 Kf8 31. fxe7+ Kxe7 32. h4 $2 (32. Re1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qc6 33. Bb4+ Ke8 34. Re4 Qb6+ 35. Kf1) 32... Qe3+ $16 33. Kg2 b6 (33... Bd7 $16) 34. Rf1 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Bb4+.} Bb7+ 35. Kh3 $1 a5 (35... Re8 {was necessary.} 36. Re5 Qh6) 36. Bf6+ Kd6 (36... Kd7 $142 37. Rg7 Rf8) 37. Be5+ Ke7 38. Bf6+ (38. Bc3 $142 $1) 38... Kd6 $1 {[#]} 39. Be5+ (39. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5e3]} Qd2 40. Re2) 39... Ke7 $16 {[#]} 40. Bf6+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 44%.} (40. Bc3 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,3,10,9,12,0,0,-3,-5,-16,-12,-16,-10,-20,-17,-23,-16,-32,-32,-39,-22,-31,-28,-29,-18,-35,-28,-36,-30,-54,-26,-47,-43,-51,-47,-47,-31,-45,-48,-80,-79,-79,-73,-106,-80,-182,-122,-231,-181,-170,-181,-238,-229,-229,-208,-213,-174,-256,-260,-260,-139,-148,-147,-166,-84,-100,-29,-47,-8,-97,-80,-100,-97,-101,0,0,-9,-16,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nc4 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} O-O 9. Ne3 (9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 f6 11. Rg1 Nb8 12. g4 Nc6 13. Nh4 g6 14. O-O-O Rf7 15. Rdf1 Bf8 {0-1 (38) Hess,R (2571)-Postny,E (2606) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Nc5 10. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. b3 Ne6 12. g3 c5 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Nhg2 Rd8 {½-½ (37) Chmel,K (2119)-Zemlicka,V (1997) Prague 2015}) 11. Re1 Bf8 12. h3 f6 13. Nf1 b5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Qd2 c5 16. c3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Red1 Qf7 19. Ng3 g6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Nh4 Kh8 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. Re1 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nf1 Rec8 29. Ra3 (29. Rec1 $17) 29... Qc7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 30. Re3 (30. Rc1 $17) 30... Bf8 ({Don't play} 30... Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qa2+ Kf8 33. Rf3 $17) 31. Rg3 Rd8 (31... Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Qxc3 33. Qa2+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kh8 35. Qf7 $14) 32. Nd2 (32. Rb3 $142) 32... Rc6 33. Rb3 Bc8 34. c4 b4 35. Nf5 (35. Rxb4 {was necessary.} Bxb4 36. Qxb4) 35... a5 36. Ne3 a4 (36... Ra6 $19 {And now ...a4 would win.} 37. Qc1 a4) 37. Rxb4 $17 Bxb4 ({Inferior is} 37... Rxd3 38. Rxa4 Qd6 39. Nd5 $16) 38. Qxb4 {[#] With the idea Nd5.} Qb7 ({Black should try} 38... Ra6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Qa5.} 39. Nd5 {[#]} Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. cxd5 a3) 39. Qxa4 Ra6 (39... Rxd3 $17 40. Qc2 Qd7) 40. Qc2 $11 Be6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. Kh2 (41. Nd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... Qa7 $17 42. Nd5 Ra2 43. Qc3 Kg7 (43... Qxf2 $17 44. Nf3 Rf8) 44. Rf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra3 45. Qc1 Ra1 46. Qc3 Ra3 47. Qc1 Ra1 48. Qc3 Ra3 49. Qc1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Black "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,-1,7,-1,-6,-22,-15,-16,-16,-9,13,17,21,26,28,23,28,27,24,0,31,25,37,29,26,0,0,14,40,27,27,25,33,26,38,43,64,39,65,57,103,37,30,38,37,7,13,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-76,-4,-20,0,-64,0,-47,0,0,0,-43,-34,-45,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-60,-79,-63,-87,-140,-126,-151,-81,-64,-73,-181,-177,-136,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bc4 (4. Bb2 d6 5. Bb5 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Qe3 Bg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Qg3 {½-½ (59) Dourerassou,J (2484)-Saric,I (2628) Bastia 2013}) 4... g6 5. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. d3 Bg7 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. a4 Ne6 11. Nf3 Nf4 {½-½ (31) Bontempi,P (2376)-Delfino,L (2221) Campobasso 2013}) 5... h6 6. Nc3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} Nf6 7. Nd5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Ng1 h5 10. d3 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Qd2 Rh8 13. Ne2 a6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Rdf1 Qg7 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bd5 b4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd1 $1 f5 21. f3 f4 22. g3 Rdf8 23. Rfg1 fxg3 24. Rxg3 Rf4 25. Qg2 (25. Ne3 $16) 25... Be8 $14 26. Ne3 Bf7 27. Qh3+ Kc7 28. Rhg1 {aiming for Rxg6!} Rg8 29. Rg5 Qf8 30. R1g3 Rf6 31. Qg2 a5 32. Nc4 {[#]} (32. Nd5+ $11 Bxd5 33. exd5) 32... Qa8 (32... a4 $1 $17) 33. Qf2 (33. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 34. Rxe5 $11) 33... Qa7 (33... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]}) 34. Nb2 ({White should play} 34. Nxe5 $11 dxe5 35. Rxe5) 34... Kc6 (34... Rf8 $15) 35. Rg1 (35. d4 $5 cxd4 36. Nd3 $15) 35... Be6 36. R1g3 Qf7 37. Nc4 (37. d4 $5 cxd4 38. Nd3 $15) 37... Bxc4 38. dxc4 Rf8 {[%cal Rf6f3]} (38... a4 $5) 39. Qd2 Qe6 (39... a4 $5) 40. Qd3 Kc7 41. Kc1 Qf7 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 42. Qd2 (42. Qd5 $1 $11) 42... a4 $1 $15 43. bxa4 Qxc4 44. Rxg6 ({White should try} 44. Kb2) 44... Qxa2 $17 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 45. Rg7+ R8f7 (45... Kb6 $142 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 46. Kd1 Qxa4) 46. Rxf7+ Rxf7 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 47. Qd5 {[#]} (47. Kd1 $17) 47... Qxd5 $1 $19 48. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kb6 (48... Rf6 $17 49. Rg5 Kb6) 49. Rg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rd7 50. Rg8 $1 c4 51. Rc8 c3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra7.} 52. Kb1 $1 Rg7 {With the idea ...Rg2.} (52... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Rb6a5]}) 53. Ka2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b3] Kb3 is the strong threat.} Rg1 54. Kb3 Rb1+ 55. Kc4 Rb2 56. Kd3 Ka5 57. Rc6 Kxa4 {And now ...Rb1 would win.} 58. Rxd6 Kb5 59. Rd8 Rb1 60. Rc8 Rd1+ 61. Ke4 Rd2 62. Rb8+ Kc5 (62... Ka4 $5 {[%cal Rd2c2]} 63. Ra8+ Kb5 64. Rb8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+ Kd6 66. Rc6+ Kd7 $11) 63. Rc8+ Kb5 64. Rb8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,104,48,28,63,32,53,27,60,-32,-22,-37,-37,-40,-29,-35,-34,-42,-37,-36,-37,-46,-43,-34,-52,-59,-46,-52,-64,-96,-33,-67,-63,-56,-61,-133,-131,-114,-110,-91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-288,-288,-288,-288,-284,-281,-12839,0,0,0,-288,-288,-905,-439,-4935,-1476,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12843,-29982,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12845,-29989,-29990,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12850,-12850,-29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 {LiveBook: 37 Games} (10. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 11. Kb1 $11) 10... Rc8 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 11. Be2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb7 18. Red1 Rc5 19. Bf3 Rfc8 20. R4d2 Kf8 21. Ne2 Rc4 22. Nd4 Bd8 23. c3 Ke7 24. Be2 R4c7 {½-½ (24) Jedynak,R (2519)-Dziuba,M (2511) Montpellier 2006}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {White has an edge.} 13. e5 (13. Nxc6 $14 Bxc6 14. Bf3) 13... dxe5 $15 14. Ndxb5 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d7]} Qxf4 15. Qxf4 exf4 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 $1 17. Rxd6 Nb8 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Rxa6 Bc6 20. Rf1 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4f3][%mdl 32]} 21. Rf2 O-O 22. Ra5 f6 23. a4 Rfd8 (23... e5 $1 $17) 24. Rc5 e5 25. Re2 g4 26. b4 (26. a5 $15) 26... f3 $17 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Rd2 {[#]} Re8 (28... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4e3]} 29. Rxc6 e3 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxf6 (31. Re6 $2 f2 $19) 31... f2) 29. b5 $11 Ba8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Nd1 $1 f5 {Hoping for ...f4.} 32. a5 e4 33. Rd4 f4 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 34. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. a6 $11 {and White is okay.}) 34... e3+ $19 35. Nxe3 fxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Rxc2 {Strongly threatening ...Re2+. KRB-KR} 37. Rd2 $2 (37. a6 Re2+ 38. Kd3) 37... Rc3+ $2 ({Black should try} 37... Rxd2 $19 38. Kxd2 Kf7) 38. Kf2 $1 $11 Be4 {...Rb3 is the strong threat.} 39. b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rb2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 39... Rb3 $1 $19 40. Rd4 $2 (40. Kg3 Rb4 41. a6 Rxb6 42. a7) 40... Bc6 (40... Rb2+ $142 41. Kf1 Bc6) 41. Rd6 (41. Kg3 $142 Rb2 42. Rd1) 41... Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kd3 Be4+ 44. Kc4 Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rd8 Ke7 (46... f2 $142 47. Rf8 Bf5 48. Re8+ Kd7 49. Rxe2 f1=Q 50. Kc5 Qxe2 51. b7 Qxh2 52. Kd5 Qg2+ 53. Kc5 Qh2 54. Kc4 Qc7+ 55. Kb4 Qxb7+ 56. Kc3 Qf3+ 57. Kd2 Qd3+ 58. Ke1 Qe3+ 59. Kd1 Bd3 60. a6 Qe2+ 61. Kc1 Qc2#) 47. Rd1 f2 48. Rf1 Bg2 49. a6 Bxf1 50. b7 Rb2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Kc3 Bxa6 52. Kxb2 Bxb7 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Neyman, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,110,4,11,11,11,11,11,11,13,12,11,-2,6,11,14,16,17,14,35,-6,1,-48,29,20,25,11,11,0,0,-31,-34,-30,0,0,0,-12,-6,-95,-101,-87,-75,-129,-97,-132,-137,-127,-93,-163,-162,-199,-154,-226,-225,-295,-262,-259,-207,-216,-217,-208,-195,-201,-182,-193,-119,-244,-241,-261,-212,-345,-335,-670,-586,-751,-701,-1521,-1525,-1492,-1458,-1342,-1294,-1892,-1959,-5712,-6015,-5987,-6011,-2286,-2018,-1946,-1638,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nh6 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. b3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. d3 a6 8. Rb1 Nf5 9. a3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. a4 Ba6 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 f5 15. Nh2 e6 16. Be3 f4 17. Bd2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (60) Braun,A (2529)-Petrosian,T (2616) Plovdiv 2008}) 7... a6 8. Bb2 Nf5 9. d3 d6 10. Qd2 Rb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nd5 f6 12. e3 e6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nd5 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nfe7 15. Ne1 {½-½ (31) Hoensch,M (2312)-Kurz,E (2362) Pfullendorf 2003}) 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2a3][%mdl 32]} Nfe7 17. Nc2 f5 18. f4 Bf7 19. Na3 Re8 (19... Bxd5 $5 20. cxd5 Nb4 $11) 20. Rfe1 Nb4 (20... Nxd5 $15 21. cxd5 Nb4) 21. Nxb4 $11 cxb4 22. Nc2 a5 23. e4 Qb6+ 24. Qf2 (24. Qe3 {keeps more tension.} fxe4 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxe4 d5 27. c5) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 exf4 26. Bxg7 {[#] aiming for Bf6.} fxg3+ 27. hxg3 {Hoping for Bf6.} Kxg7 28. cxb5 (28. Nd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Rxb5 $17 29. Nd4 Re5 30. Bh3 (30. Rc1 $142) 30... Kf6 31. Nf3 Rc5 32. Rd2 h6 33. Rde2 (33. d4 $17 Rc6 34. e5+ dxe5 35. Nxe5) 33... Nc6 $19 34. Bg2 Ne5 35. Rd2 (35. Nxe5 $17 Rcxe5 36. Bf3) 35... Rc3 36. Bf1 Ng4+ 37. Kg2 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 38. exf5 Rxe1 ({Much less strong is} 38... gxf5 39. Be2 $17) ({But not} 38... Kxf5 39. Nd4+ Kf6 40. Be2) 39. Nxe1 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nxf5 41. Nf3 Be6 ({Black should try} 41... h5 $19 42. Bh3 Nd6) 42. Be2 (42. Bh3 $17) 42... h5 43. Bf1 Rc1 44. Bg2 (44. Bh3 $142) 44... g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 45. d4 $2 (45. Nh2) 45... Rc3 46. Re2 {and the idea Nxg5 leaves White hopeful.} g4 47. Ng5 Kxg5 48. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc2+ 49. Kg1 Nxg3 50. Re5+ Kf4 51. Bxd5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32] [#] ( -> ...h3)} 52. Re8 h3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h2]} 53. Rf8+ Ke3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h2]} 54. Rh8 Ne2+ 55. Kh1 g3 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Black "Bussard, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,12,36,12,29,32,58,41,159,90,98,80,88,86,79,69,78,42,108,77,70,83,96,70,84,45,59,33,99,90,418,385,379,78,49,-266,-271,-264,-254,-296,-225,-964,-933,-848,-685,-613,-654,-644,-637,-879,-879,-592,-508,-718,-713,-678,-638,-622,-419,-927,-927,-676,-599,-29988,-193,-191,-180,-180,14,14,29992,0,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} (9. e4 $5) (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Na4 Ng4 14. h3 Rxf3 15. Qxf3 Nh2 16. Qe2 Nxf1 17. Kxf1 {1-0 (53) Zhu,C (2461)-Tan,Z (2460) Wuxi 2014}) 9... a6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Be5 Ne4 {0-1 (33) Reed,J (2020)-Pirotais,J (1991) Pornic 2008}) 11... Nxe4 {[#]} ({Better is} 11... dxe4 $14 12. Nd2 axb5) 12. Nxe4 (12. Nxd5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (12... exd5 13. Qxd5+) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3) 12... dxe4 $16 13. Ng5 $1 Bb7 14. Bc4 axb5 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Be3 (16. Nf7+ {feels hotter.} Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Nc6 18. Bd5 Rd8 19. Qh5) 16... Na6 ({Black should try} 16... Nc6 $1 $14) 17. Nf7+ ({Don't play} 17. Qh5 $6 g6 $11) 17... Rxf7 18. Bxf7 {[%cal Be6f7,Bf7h5,Bh5e2][%mdl 32]} Rf8 19. Bh5 Nb4 20. Be2 Bc6 21. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Rfd1.} c4 (21... Nd3 $14) 22. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5] aiming for axb5.} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Qe5 $16 {is more resistant.} 23. g3 Nd3) 23. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Qe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 24. g3 Be7 25. Qxd8+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Bf4 $1 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} Rxd2 26. Bxe5 Rxe2 27. axb5) 25... Bxd8 $19 26. Bxd8 bxa4 (26... Qxb2 27. axb5 Bd5 28. Bg4 $17) 27. Rac1 Qxb2 28. Rxc4 $2 (28. Bxc4 h6 29. Bb6) 28... Qxe2 29. Rxb4 e3 {( -> ...Qf3)} 30. Rf4 {[%cal Rf4f8]} h6 31. Bb6 exf2+ 32. Bxf2 a3 33. Re1 Qh5 34. h4 a2 {And now ...Qd5 would win.} 35. Bd4 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 36. Rfe4 Kh7 37. Kf2 (37. Ba1 $142) 37... Qf5+ 38. Rf4 Qh3 39. Rf7 Qh2+ $2 (39... Qg2+ {mates} 40. Ke3 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qxd4+ 42. Ke2 Bb5+ 43. Kf3 Qc3+ 44. Re3 Qc6+ 45. Kg4 a1=Q 46. h5 Qd1+ 47. Ref3 Qc4+ 48. R7f4 Bd7+ 49. Kh4 Qh1#) 40. Ke3 Qxg3+ 41. Kd2 {[#]} Qg2+ $2 (41... Qh2+ $1 $19 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Rxg7+ Kh5) 42. Kc1 $11 Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bd5 $11 43. Rxg7+ Qxg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7) 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rd7+ $1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Black "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,36,56,-99,-100,-101,-80,-95,-94,-89,-99,-104,-90,-103,-81,-121,-99,-112,-87,-102,-102,-105,-103,-129,-115,-197,-197,-201,-118,-153,-168,-183,-177,-185,-161,-173,-175,-224,-198,-466,-510,-504,-279,-283,-283,-282,-280,-260,-262,-657,-345,-336,-291,-29989,-420,-29994,-29988]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. Qe2 $2 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (9. e5 $14 {stays ahead.} Nd5 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3) (9. Bd2 Qd8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. e5 Nd5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 gxf5 {½-½ (32) Sturua,Z (2600)-Hickl,J (2540) Berlin 1998}) 9... c4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 10. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with 0-0-0.} Nxe4 $1 11. O-O {Black is better.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rab1 Nc6 14. Rb3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qf6 15. Bd5 Be6 16. c4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 {0-1 (35) Travi,I-Pinto,A Brazil CXEB 1980}) 15. f5 Bxf5 16. Rxb7 Bg4 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Rc5 {[#]} Qd6 $1 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 19. Rd5 Qb8 20. Qd2 (20. h3 $17 e6 21. Rd2 Bxf3 22. Qxf3) 20... Bxf3 $19 21. gxf3 Ne5 (21... e6 $19 22. Rb5 Qc7) 22. Bb3 e6 23. Ra5 Rd8 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Ra4 Qe5 26. c3 Rd3 27. Bxa7 $2 (27. Rc4) 27... Nxa7 ({Much less strong is} 27... Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nxa7 29. Qxa7 $19) 28. Rxa7 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Bxc3 31. Qa6 Re3 32. Rd1 $2 (32. Qc4) 32... Qf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Qb7 $2 (34. f4 $19) 34... Re2 (34... Qf4 $142 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Qb5 Re1 37. Kg2 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rxe1 Qxh2+ 39. Kf1 Bd4 40. Qb2 Qxb2 41. Re2 Qc1+ 42. Re1 Qd2 43. Re2 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qxe2+ 45. Kg3 Qf2+ 46. Kg4 Qh2 47. f4 f5+ 48. Kg5 h6#) 35. Qc6 (35. Bd1 $19 Rxa2 36. Qe4) 35... Be5 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Black "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,80,10,6,32,40,42,47,57,29,34,31,59,50,50,38,50,62,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-71,-41,-7,-16,-16,-27,-18,-19,-19,-27,-12,-15,0,0,54,0,0,0,15,12,90,78,83,0,0,-1,0,-8,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 b6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (8... a6 9. a3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Nd1 f6 12. c3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 Bd6 {½-½ (46) Jakovenko,D (2718)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Rad1 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Ba6 $146 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5 g6 21. Re1 (21. g4 $1 $14) 21... Rf7 $11 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nc6 Rc8 24. Nd8 Re7 25. Ne6+ Kg8 {[#] ...Nc7 is the strong threat.} 26. Rd2 (26. Kf1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 26... Rce8 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 27. Rde2 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e6]} 28. Nf4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne4 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Nd3 h5 32. Nf2 Kf6 33. Nxe4+ fxe4 {KR-KR} ({Black should play} 33... Rxe4 $11 34. Rxe4 fxe4) 34. Kf2 ({White should try} 34. Rd2 $14) 34... Ke5 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Rd2 Rc4 (36... h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. a3 b5 38. Rf2 ({Better is} 38. c3 $16) 38... a5 {The position is equal.} 39. Rd2 b4 40. axb4 axb4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,19,22,41,44,66,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,54,56,54,65,54,55,53,87,86,81,82,82,82,81,76,75,75,97,75,91,76,77,77,93,88,84,72,72,72,87,62,71,54,59,46,130,136,238,235,300,304,290,279,343,333,469,466,29998,29999]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. Na3 c5 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxc5 Na6 10. c6 bxc6 11. Nxc4 Rb8 12. O-O Qxd2 13. Nfxd2 c5 14. a3 Bb7 15. e4 {1-0 (67) Ganguly,S (2631)-Li,B (2308) Qinhuangdao 2011}) 9... cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. Nfe5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. f3 Nd5 20. Ne5 Ne7 21. Kf2 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Rc3 Rc8 24. e4 Rb8 25. b3 Kf7 26. Ke3 g5 27. Rc4 Ke6 28. Ra4 Nc8 29. h4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kd6 31. Rc4 Nb6 32. Rc2 Rg8 33. Rd2 Kc7 {[#]} (33... c5 $14) 34. Nc5 $1 $16 h5 (34... Re8 $16 35. Rg2 Re7) 35. Ne6+ $18 Kb7 36. Rd6 Rg2 37. a4 Nc8 38. Rd7+ Ka6 (38... Kb6 {is a better defense.} 39. Ng7 Rg6 40. Nxh5 Rh6) 39. b4 {[#] Threatening mate with Nc5+.} Rb2 (39... c5 $18 40. bxc5 Rg8 41. Nc7+ Ka5) 40. Nc5+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Neyman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,119,3,10,23,20,39,35,50,27,28,18,23,32,25,4,29,9,26,0,6,0,13,-4,0,-14,0,-16,22,23,11,13,19,29,28,0,24,24,26,24,44,6,18,8,15,15,6,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 177 Games} Nh5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (9... Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. e4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Bxe4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {½-½ (58) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Bosiocic,M (2607) Austria 2017}) 10. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qb7 Rxc4 16. Rfd1 Bb4 17. Rac1 {0-1 (70) Mikaelyan,A (2448)-Quparadze,G (2445) Poti 2016}) 10... f6 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 {White is slightly better.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 g6 15. Qe2 Ng7 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ne1 (17. d5 $5 exd5 18. Nc3 $11) 17... Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 18. Nc2 Nf5 19. h4 Bf8 20. a4 Bg7 21. h5 Re7 22. Nc3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. a5 Red7 27. axb6 axb6 28. d5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Qe5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. b3 Rd6 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. Nf4 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Qc4+.} Bd6 36. Kf1 Ne7 37. Qc4+ Ke8 38. Nd3 (38. Ne3 {with more complications.} b5 39. Qd3 Kf7 40. Nfd5 Qa1+ 41. Kg2) 38... Qd5 39. Ne3 Qxc4 40. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd7 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kd2 g5 43. Kc3 f5 44. Nc2 Bc5 45. Nd4+ Bxd4+ 46. Kxd4 {KN-KN} Nc6+ 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Ne1 Ne5 49. Kb4 Kc6 50. f3 Kc7 51. Kb5 Nc6 52. Nc2 Na7+ 53. Ka6 Nc6 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 Nb8+ 56. Kb5 Nc6 57. c5 bxc5 58. Kxc5 Ne7 59. Nd4 Kd7 60. Nxf5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,10,23,16,14,2,24,0,13,18,29,28,22,-26,0,8,9,-18,1,0,4,0,17,6,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-15,-10,-31,-32,-33,-15,-14,-7,-16,0,-22,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,12,6,12,12,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 Re8 (5... d5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Re8 10. Ndf3 h6 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Rc1 c5 13. Qa4 Na6 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. h4 Qe6 17. b3 Qb6 {0-1 (85) Bindrich,F (2594)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659) Berlin 2015}) 6. a3 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} Bf8 7. e4 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne2 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Kh1 cxd4 {½-½ (14) Tjiam,D (2386)-Saiboulatov,D (2371) Belgium 2015}) 8. b3 {White has an edge.} e5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c6 11. b4 cxd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bc3 Ra8 16. Bb4 Na4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd7 19. O-O Nc5 20. Qb1 Bd7 21. Rc1 g6 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Bb4 {The position is equal.} Rec8 25. Ra2 Qd8 26. Bf1 (26. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 27. Nc4 $15) 26... Bh6 27. Re1 Ba4 28. Rb2 Na6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Qd3 Ra7 {[%cal Ba6a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c4][%mdl 32]} 31. Nb1 {[%cal Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5a7][%mdl 32]} Rac7 (31... Bc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1b2]} 32. Ra2 Rac7 $15) 32. Nc3 Be8 33. Nb5 Rc4 34. Na7 Rd4 35. Qa6 $1 Rcc4 36. Qb7 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rc2 Qd7 39. Qb8 {[#] Rc8 is the strong threat.} (39. Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rc2c7]} Bf8 40. Rc7 $11) 39... Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. axb4 Qa4 41. Rc8 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qxd5+ 43. f3 Qd2+ ({Not} 43... Qa2+ $2 44. Kh3 $18) 44. Kh3 Bf8 {Hoping for ...Bd7+.} 45. Rxe8 Qh6+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 55%.} (47. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Re8f8]} Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kh1 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,2,-3,14,0,12,0,36,26,40,10,27,29,16,31,30,29,23,7,8,7,35,35,29,29,32,35,35,45,34,31,46,35,68,23,16,17,38,10,7,10,18,0,57,-14,62,38,23,95,56,56,71,73,72,80,84,10,10,10,10,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2 Qc7 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (6... Nc6 7. Ngf3 e5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng5 d6 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be6 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Bd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 (55) Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Repka,C (2473) Austria 2017}) 7. Nh3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. O-O Be7 9. Nf4 d6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. e4 {1-0 (12) Epishin,V (2575)-Pogorelov,R (2408) Navalmoral 2012}) 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qa4+ Nd7 (15... Kf8 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb8 {[#] And now ...a6 would win.} 18. Bh3 O-O $1 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 19. Bxd7 Bxd5 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 a6 22. Rfc1 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 23. Qb3 a5 24. Ne4 axb4 25. axb4 Qb7 26. Qf3 Ra7 ({Black should try} 26... Ra1 $1 $11) 27. Qf5 (27. Nc5 $14 Qa8 28. Kg2) 27... f6 (27... Ra1 $11) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. R1xc5 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxb5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra8 33. Rbc5 (33. Rc2 $16) 33... Ra4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. b5 {With the idea Rc7.} Rb4 $1 35. b6 Rb7 36. h4 R4xb6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Kg2 Rb4 39. Ra5 Kh7 40. Kf3 h5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Miller, Eduard"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,36,13,23,10,18,0,0,0,21,0,0,-39,-36,-29,-25,-50,34,56,126,133,122,90,87,97,211,211,212,208,223,219,270,270,265,262,287,295,287,282,263,267,276,281,294,302,273,252,437,437,433,433,639,635,656,638,600,546]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 16 Games} exd4 {C75: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 without ...g6} (10... Kh8 11. Bc2 Bf6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. h3 Rae8 14. a3 a5 15. d5 Nd8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (36) Hansen,E (2616)-Vavulin,M (2604) Jurmala 2017}) 11. cxd4 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Nd3 15. Rf1 a4 16. Ba2 Bb5 17. Qc2 Ndf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf1 19. Bxc7 Bd3 {½-½ (19) Manik,M (2370)-Czebe,A (2476) Slovakia 2012}) 12. Nf1 d5 {The position is equal.} 13. e5 Nd3 14. Re2 {[#] aiming for Bxd7.} Ndf4 15. Rd2 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 {And now Bxd7 would win.} Bg4 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nh4+.} 17. Qc1 Qc8 (17... f6 $15) 18. Ng1 $14 Nh4+ (18... f6 $1 $14) 19. Kh1 $16 Bb4 20. f4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bh3 (21... f6 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Nxh3 $18 Qxh3 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 c6 27. f5 a5 28. Kg2 Ra6 29. Rd1 Rb6 30. Rd2 Rb4 31. Bd1 Rc4 32. Rd3 f6 $2 {[#]} (32... Rb4 33. b3 Rb6) 33. e6 {White is clearly winning.} g6 34. Bd2 c5 (34... Kg7 $142 35. Bb3 (35. Bxa5 Ra8 $18) 35... gxf5 36. Bxc4 (36. Bxa5 Rc1 $18) 36... dxc4) 35. Bb3 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Ba4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 38%.} *

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,17,23,-63,-67,-72,-35,-41,44,-64,-66,-62,28,24,29,31,31,29,79,20,24,23,13,10,10,8,78,38,96,91,95,68,70,70,91,59,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49,53,60,54,64,63,102,101,95,104,110,113,104,102,105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} d5 8. Nxd4 Bd6 $1 {LiveBook: 64 Games} 9. g3 (9. Nxc6 $11 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1) (9. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Qh4 11. Rxe4+ dxe4 12. Qd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxd8+ Kxd8 14. Kxh2 Be6 15. Be3 f5 16. Nc3 Ke7 17. Bb3 Kf7 18. g4 {½-½ (31) Efimenko,Z (2689)-Drenchev,P (2496) Golden Sands 2012}) 9... O-O $15 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 11. Qd4 bxc6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 $15) 11. Bxc6 Nxf2 (11... Bc5 $15 12. Bxa8 Qf6) 12. Qxd5 (12. Kxf2 $14 Qf6+ 13. Kg2 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qxc6 15. Nd2) 12... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Rb8 14. Nc3 h6 {1-0 (38) Bretsnajdr,V (2310)-Pribyl,J (2035) Czechia 2007}) 13. Qd4 Nh3+ (13... Ng4 $1 $15 14. Kg2 (14. Rxe6 $2 Bc5 $19) 14... Qc8) 14. Kg2 $1 $11 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc3 ({Wrong is} 16. Qh4 $2 Rae8 $19) 16... h6 {[#]} 17. Ne4 ({Of course not} 17. Qh4 $6 Rae8 $11) (17. Nd5 $1 $16 c5 18. Qd3) 17... Ng5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qf5 20. Ne4 Rae8 (20... Be5 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Qc5 Rab8) 21. Re2 Re5 (21... Qb5 $14 22. c4 Qb7) 22. Rae1 $16 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Bb4 24. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Bf8 25. a3 Qe6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f5.} 26. c4 Qc6 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 27. Kf1 Rf5+ 28. Kg1 {And now Nf6+! would win.} Bc5+ $1 29. Kg2 Rfe5 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4c5][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bf8 33. Kg1 Rfe5 34. Ng3 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Nxe2 a5 37. c5 Qe6 38. Nc3 ({White should play} 38. Kf2 $16) 38... axb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. axb4 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 {Hoping for Qd5+.} Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 42. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Qd5+.} Qxb4 43. Qd5+ Kh8 44. Ne4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Be7 47. h3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 {aiming for Qh5+.} Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qe1+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,-14,-15,-27,-20,-26,-22,-25,-29,-66,-52,-57,-27,-27,-27,-20,-18,-38,-45,-48,-55,-45,4,11,31,14,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,80,59,66,69,71,75,66,157,135,157,84,89,109,143,139,192,192,182,186,139,159,154,122,213,216,200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. a3 {D04: Colle System} Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (55) Mikhalchenko,P (2324)-Iskusnyh,S (2499) Kemerovo 2008}) 10... Nxe5 (10... Bxe2 {with more complications.} 11. Qxe2 Qb6 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nd6) 11. dxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Ne4 13. b4 a5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Kh1 $1 {Black should prevent f3.} f6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nd2 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf6 (18... axb4 {looks sharper.} 19. axb4 Bf6 20. Qe2 Nf7 21. Rfe1 Qc6) 19. Qe2 a4 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. c4 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 (22. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Qc7 23. Rxb2 $11) 22... Qd4 23. Rc2 e5 24. Rd1 Qf4 25. Qd3 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Rcd8 27. Qe2 Rd4 (27... Qf5 $11) 28. Rxd4 $16 exd4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Nf7 31. Ne4 Rd8 ({Better is} 31... Ne5 $14) 32. Qxb7 d3 33. Qb6 (33. h3 $142) 33... h6 34. h3 Kg8 35. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (35... Qe5 $16 {might work better.} 36. Qc5 Qb2) 36. Qd4 $18 Ne5 37. Qd5+ $1 (37. Qxa4 Nxf3 38. gxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Kh8 $11) 37... Kh8 {[#]} 38. Nf2 $1 {Black must now prevent b6.} Rc1 39. b6 d2 {[#]} 40. b7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Nc6 41. Kg1 $2 (41. Qd3 $18) 41... Qe3 $11 {And now ...Rxd1+ would win.The position is equal.} 42. Kh2 $1 Qxf2 43. Qxd2 Qxd2 44. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Rd6. KRN-KR} Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} 45. Rd6 Rxb7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc7.} 46. Rxc6 {Ra6 is the strong threat. KR-KR} Rb3 47. Ra6 Rxa3 48. h4 h5 49. Ra5 g6 $1 50. Ra7 Kg8 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Kh3 Ra3 53. Kg3 Ra2 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,-6,-105,36,32,58,50,63,57,73,66,62,67,82,75,80,60,79,89,104,110,96,89,134,136,143,154,142,127,130,86,96,71,66,70,80,66,114,108,137,138,233,127,120,104,109,103,134,120,114,97,361,367,417,203,449,458,416,168,439,440,604,616]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be6 7. e4 Be7 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (7... g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 a5 10. Bg2 a4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O a3 13. Bc1 Nh5 14. Qd1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Be3 {1-0 (44) Melkumyan,H (2646)-Sanal,V (2465) Gjakova 2016}) 8. b3 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} (8. f3 $11 {remains equal.}) 8... a5 (8... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 9. Nxe4 d5) 9. Bg2 $14 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...axb3.White is slightly better.} 10. Rb1 (10. bxa4 Bxc4) 10... axb3 11. axb3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nge2 Nb4 13. O-O c6 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. Bb2 {½-½ (31) Florea,D (2305)-Kiefhaber,V (2267) Germany 2009}) 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Na7 $1 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. Rd1 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a6,Ba6c7,Bc7b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c8][%mdl 32]} 18. Be3 Na6 19. Qc4 c5 20. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 21. b4 Ne5 22. Qd5 Rd8 23. h3 Nc7 24. Qb3 Nb5 25. Bc1 Rc8 26. Rd5 Na7 27. b5 Rc5 (27... Re8 $16 {was worth a try.} 28. Be3 Nc8) 28. Be3 ({White should try} 28. Rxc5 $18 dxc5 29. f4) 28... Rxd5 $16 29. Qxd5 Nc8 30. Qb3 Nd7 31. Nf4 Nc5 32. Qc2 Bd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Nb6 $16) 33. e5 $1 $18 dxe5 34. Qxc5 (34. Bxc5 $142 exf4 35. Qe4) 34... Bb6 $2 (34... Be7 {is a better defense.} 35. Qd5 exf4) 35. Qd5 exf4 36. Bxf4 (36. Qd7 $142 {[%cal Rd7e8]} g5 37. Bd4 (37. Qxb7 Qxb7 38. Bxb7 Ra7 $14) (37. Bd5 Qc7 $18) 37... Bxd4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxg5+ Kh8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qxd4+ Kg6 42. g4) 36... Qa7 $2 (36... Ne7) 37. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 38. Kf1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmidt-Schaeffer, Sebastian"]
[Black "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,121,52,31,47,9,47,46,52,34,113,114,114,112,106,92,113,112,113,108,107,120,102,104,97,67,77,29,107,104,138,125,187,124,143,131,218,175,285,246,468,400,696,745,708,726,636,334,285,106,101,101,91,38,45,20,31,20,25,14,13,-8,0,-161,-162,-168,-169,-172,-161,-159,-166,-178,-170,-173,-168,-173,-172,-170,-159,-172,-162,-229,-222,-234,-196,-218,-210,-198,-127,-182,-172,-222,-96,-100,-86,-90,-29,-31,-33,-17,-3,-7,10,29,5,0,143,83,144,0,-1,-3,-8,0]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 {LiveBook: 26 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} d5 (6... Bc5 7. Bd3 Nh6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. g3 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. e5 Bb7 {1-0 (35) Onischuk,A (2684)-Shkuro,I (2546) Alushta 2009}) 7. e5 Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nh6 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. g3 c5 13. O-O-O a6 {0-1 (33) Moran,S (2132)-Quinn,R (2080) Bunratty 2016}) 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Bc5 9. Bd3 Nh4 (9... Nh6 $14) 10. Ng5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Qh5+.} g6 11. Qg4 Nf5 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. g4 Nfh6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Kb1 Ba4 (18... Nf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Rhf1 c5 {Black wants to play ...c4.} 20. c4 Bc7 (20... Rc8 $16 21. Be1 Bc6) 21. Be3 ({White should play} 21. Nxc5 $18 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 dxc4 23. Bb4) 21... d4 22. Bd2 Bd7 (22... Rc8 $16 23. Rde1 Bd8) 23. Be4 $18 a6 (23... Bb6 $142 24. Ba5 Rf8 25. Bxb6 axb6) 24. Be1 Rf8 $2 (24... Bc8 {keeps fighting.} 25. Bh4 Re8) 25. Bh4 b6 (25... Bb6 $142 26. Bxb7 Bc8) 26. Bg2 Ka7 27. Ne4 ({Weaker is} 27. Qf3 Rb8 $16) 27... Qe8 28. Bg5 Nf7 29. Bf6 $2 (29. Nbxc5 $18 bxc5 30. Nxc5) 29... Nxf6 $16 30. Nxf6 Qc8 31. Nd2 (31. g5 $16) 31... g5 $14 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 32. Qf3 ({Reject} 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qf3 Qc8 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Rde1 Qb8 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Qc6 Re7 36. Nb3 $2 (36. Nf3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 36... gxf4 $1 $19 37. Nxc5 Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c6]} ({Worse is} 37... Nxe5 38. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 39. Nxa6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 38. Nxa6 Nxc6 39. Nxb8 Nxb8 40. Rf3 {Threatening Ra3+.} Kb7 $1 41. Rxf4+ Kc8 $1 42. Rxd4 Rf8 43. Re2 Rd7 44. Rde4 Nc6 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1+.} 45. g5 (45. R4e3 $142 Nxe5 46. b3) 45... Rd3 {...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 46. Kc1 Bd8 47. h4 Rg3 48. c5 b5 (48... bxc5 $19 49. Rc4 Nd4 50. Rxc5+ Kb8) 49. a4 {[#]} (49. Kb1 $17) 49... b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 50. Kd2 {and the idea R4e3 leaves White hopeful.} b3 (50... Kc7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 51. a5 Nxa5 52. Rxb4 Be7) 51. R4e3 $17 Ba5+ 52. Kd3 {[#]} Rg4 (52... Rxe3+ $1 $17 53. Kxe3 Kc7) 53. Re4 $11 Rd8+ 54. Kc4 $1 Rg3 {Strongly threatening ...Kd7.} 55. R4e3 $1 $132 {[%cal Re3g3][%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Nd4 56. Rxg3 {And now Re4 would win.} Nxe2 57. Rxb3 Rd4+ (57... Rd2 $11) 58. Kb5 $16 Bc7 (58... Be1 $142) 59. Re3 (59. Bf3 $16 Nc1 60. Rb4 Rxb4+ 61. Kxb4) 59... Rd2 $11 {aiming for ...Nd4+.} 60. Be4 Rxb2+ 61. Kc4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 56%, Black = 47%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17] LiveBook: 962 Games} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:38] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 {0-1 (52) Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 9. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 12. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh8 $146 {[%emt 0:10:05]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Kg6 13. Bh4 Rg8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Bd5 {0-1 (36) Hendrickson,N (2200)-Patel,A (2309) Saint Louis 2015}) 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:09:59]} (13... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 14. b5 Nb8 $11) 14. h4 {[%emt 0:11:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 15. Bb3 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:16:57]} (15... Nf8 $15) 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:18:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 18. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:16:02]} ({Much worse is} 18. Nxa5 Bxa5 19. bxa5 Qg6 $17) 18... cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:17:37]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 21. fxe5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:36] [#]} 22. Rf5 $1 {[%emt 0:13:54]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 23. Raf1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} axb4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 24. cxb4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. axb5 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 26. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 28. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 29. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 30. e5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. e6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 32. h5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 33. g5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 34. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,25,5,51,30,34,10,43,37,35,32,20,26,45,47,39,31,40,41,46,30,30,42,50,39,68,45,85,70,114,115,108,108,162,118,168,169,160,170,142,162,164,156,142,101,119,118,115,116,111,103,127,60,63,62,64,54,85,85,85,85,94,95,96,75,123,123,116,109,177,166,186,189,221,195,250,237,398,398,390,375,3901,1934,1259,1247]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. Nfh5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} (8. h4 Bxf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Ngf6 13. a4 Nd5 14. Bd6 N7f6 15. Be5 a5 16. c3 {1-0 (51) Piorun,K (2665)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2658) Germany 2017}) 8... Bf8 9. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O Nxh5 12. Nxh5 Bxh5 13. Bxh5 g6 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. c3 Bg7 {0-1 (57) Pajeken,J (1730)-Suvorov,L (1777) Verden 2014}) 9... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 10. Bc4 {White is slightly better.} Ngf6 (10... Qh4 {seems wilder.} 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. Nge2 Bf5) 11. O-O Nxh5 12. Nxh5 Nf6 13. Nf4 Nd5 14. Re1 {Nxd5 is the strong threat.} Be7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Bf6 18. g3 Re8 19. h4 Rc8 20. Kg2 Rc7 21. Bd2 Rd7 22. Re2 b5 23. Rh1 e5 (23... a5 $16 24. h5 Bg5) 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. h5 g5 27. Qf5 Bf6 28. Bc2 Kf8 {[#] And now ...Ne7 would win.} 29. Qg4 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Rd2 32. Bb3 {Strongly threatening h6.} Qd6 {Threatening ...Qxf4.} 33. Qxd6+ ({White should play} 33. Qf3 $16) 33... Rxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Rb1 c5 35. Kf1 b4 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. Rc2 a5 39. Kg2 Ra7 40. Ba4 Bd4 41. f4 Ke7 (41... g6 $16) 42. Rd2 $18 Bb6 43. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rc7 44. Kf3 Bc5 (44... Rc1 $142 45. Rd7+ Kf8) 45. g5 Ke6 $2 (45... Bb6 46. Re2+ Kd6) 46. Bb3+ Ke7 47. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent h6.} Rc6 $2 {[#]} (47... Rc8 48. Kg4 Bd6 49. f6+ gxf6 50. gxf6+ Kd7) 48. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 49. f6+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Black "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,155,42,28,19,55,51,54,54,64,50,68,51,66,65,66,64,73,68,113,83,111,57,83,103,138,68,63,25,52,12,12,16,28,28,21,0,23,19,31,20,29,12,30,6,35,25,24,18,18,19,28,24,33,4,6,10,25,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,5,5,5,17,0,17,0,5,4,4,4,4,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Ne7 8. f4 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd6 f5 12. Rad1 fxe4 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Bxd8 Nxd6 15. Be7 Nb5 16. Bxf8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kxf8 {½-½ (55) Berg,E (2553)-Grandelius,N (2623) Sunne 2015}) 8... d5 9. e5 f6 10. exf6 {White is slightly better.} Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. N2f3 Nbc6 13. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rae1 Bd7 {0-1 (63) Jedinger,A (2104)-Quintero Ortega,C (2203) Austria 2015}) 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rae1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 ({White should try} 17. Bh6 $16 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qb6 {[#]} 19. Be3 (19. Kh1 $1 $16) 19... Qd6 $14 20. Ref1 {[%cal Be1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3e3][%mdl 32]} Bg7 21. Nb3 {aiming for Bc5.} Rxf3 22. Rxf3 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} Re8 23. Bc5 Qc7 24. Bf1 Be6 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Re3 Re7 28. Nd4 Bf7 29. Nxc6 Rxe3 $1 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Qxe3 Qxc6 32. Qd4 Qe6 33. b3 Qe1 34. a4 Qa1 35. Qe5 a5 {The position is equal.} 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qc7 b6 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qd4 Qb2 42. b4 axb4 43. Qxb4 Qa1 44. Kf2 Be8 45. Qxb6 {And now a5 would win.} Qxa4 46. Qe3 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. g3 Qg4 49. Be2 Qf5 50. g4 Qf6 51. g5 Qe6 (51... Qf5 {is interesting.} 52. Bd3 Qg4+ 53. Qg3 Qc8 54. Qe5 Qg4+) 52. Kf2 {Qxe6 is the strong threat.} Qf5+ 53. Ke1 Kf8 54. Kd2 Kg8 (54... d4 $5 55. cxd4 Qa5+ 56. Kc2 Qa4+ 57. Kd2 Qa5+ 58. Kd1 Qa1+ 59. Kc2 Qa4+ 60. Kc1 Qa1+ 61. Kd2 Qa5+ $11) 55. h3 Qb1 56. h4 Qa2+ 57. Ke1 Qa4 58. Qg3 Qe4 59. Kf2 d4 60. Bd3 Qd5 61. c4 {[#] Qb8+ would kill now.} Qa5 62. Qb8+ Kg7 63. Qf4 Qc3 64. Qe5+ Kg8 65. Qe2 Qc1 66. Kg2 Qf4 67. Qe1 h6 68. gxh6 Kh7 69. Qg3 Qd2+ 70. Kg1 Qc1+ 71. Bf1 Kxh6 (71... Bxc4 $5 72. Qc7+ $8 Kxh6 73. Qxc4 Qxc4 74. Bxc4 Kh5 $11) 72. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} Qe3+ 73. Qxe3+ dxe3 74. Kg2 Bxc4 75. Bxc4 g5 76. hxg5+ Kxg5 77. Kf3 e2 78. Bxe2 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,129,45,42,19,41,22,28,33,39,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,18,4,1,13,62,47,49,22,23,29,28,8,18,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,32,24,32,33,39,33,43,22,53,55,55,46,73,27,37,9,9,6,10,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-58,-64,-29,-29,0,-23,0,-59,-16,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. f3 Bf5 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bc5 {1-0 (45) Dervishi,E (2545)-Glek,I (2538) Fuegen 2006}) 6... e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bb3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Bb6 14. Rad1 {1-0 (50) Laczo,G (2230)-Vajda,L Hungary 1999}) 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. c4 N5f6 14. Bc2 b5 15. c5 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5 {[#] White threatens Nxf6+ and mate.} Ned7 18. O-O-O g6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qf4 Be5 21. Qf3 Qf6 ({Much worse is} 21... Nxc5 $6 22. Bb4 $16) 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bg5 {[#] Black must now prevent f4.} (23. Rhe1 $5 {[%cal Re1e5]} Rfe8 24. Ba5 $14) 23... Kg7 24. Rhe1 Rfe8 25. g3 a5 26. Kb1 a4 27. Re2 {aiming for Rde1.} Bc7 28. Rde1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Be4 Rd7 32. Kc2 Bd8 33. Bf3 (33. b4 {is interesting.} axb3+ 34. axb3 Bf6 35. b4 h6 36. g4) 33... Re7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 35. Bc3+ f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Bg4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 38. Bf3 Ke6 39. Bg7 Ba5 40. Bg2 Bb4 41. Bd4 Nd5 42. a3 Ba5 43. Bf3 Bd8 44. Bd1 h5 45. h4 Bc7 46. Bf3 Ba5 47. Bg2 Be1 48. Kc2 Ne7 49. Kd1 Ba5 50. f4 Nd5 51. Ke2 Bd8 52. Kd3 Ba5 {Strongly threatening ...Be1.} 53. Bf2 (53. Ke2 {looks sharper.}) 53... Bd8 54. Bf3 ({White should play} 54. Bd4 $11) 54... Be7 55. Bd4 Bf8 (55... Kd7 $1 $15) 56. Bd1 $11 {The position is equal.} Be7 57. b3 axb3 58. Bxb3 Bd8 59. a4 bxa4 $1 60. Bxa4 Ba5 61. Bf2 Kd7 62. Bb3 Ke6 63. Kd4 Bc3+ 64. Kc4 Ba5 65. Kd4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schneider, Jana"]
[Black "Telljohan, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,44,52,47,60,51,43,47,41,0,0,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,11,16,29,15,7,23,19,24,12,47,63,66,68,76,73,68,68,118,0,0,0,101,99,168,158,239,205,297,287,290,270,328,328,325,337,319,331,349,238,265,256,517,492,492,493,490,483,471,469,489,482,445,437,437,327]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. c3 Qa5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd2 e6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qf5 {1-0 (70) David,A (2602)-Todorov,T (2507) Orsay 2009}) 8... Ne8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. h3 Nc7 10. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} a5 $146 {[#] Hoping for ...a4.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Bc2 Nc4 {0-1 (57) Lida,F (2325)-Tempone,M (2440) Buenos Aires 1990}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bh6 Be6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Nh2 h5 (18... a4 $5 19. Ba2 $8 Rh8 $11) 19. c3 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Qd8 23. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nd6 24. Qd1 Re4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kh2 g5 28. Ng2 Be6 29. Ng1 ({White has to play} 29. h4 $16) 29... Bc4 $11 30. Ne2 (30. f4 $11) 30... Be6 $16 31. h4 Bg4 (31... Bh3 $16) 32. Qd2 $18 Kg6 {[#]} (32... Nc4 $16 33. Qc2 Bf3) 33. Ng1 $1 {[%cal Be2g1,Bg1f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 (33... Bf3 {is a better defense.} 34. Ne3 g4) 34. f3 exf3 35. Nxf3 ({Much less strong is} 35. Rxe8 Ncxe8 36. Nxf3 Bxf3 $18) 35... Rxe1 36. Ngxe1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} ({Don't play} 36. Nfxe1 Ne6 $18) 36... gxh4 37. Nxh4+ Kg7 38. Neg2 Nd5 39. Ne3 Ne4 40. Qd3 Qe6 $2 (40... Nxe3 41. Qxe3 Qe6) 41. Nef5+ {White is clearly winning.} Bxf5 42. Nxf5+ ({Less strong is} 42. Rxf5 Nd6 $18) 42... Kf8 43. Qe2 Ne7 44. Qxh5 Ng5 45. Qh6+ Kf7 46. Qg7+ Ke8 {aiming for ...Qe2+.} 47. Qxe7+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Black "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,86,71,150,47,56,54,45,54,92,95,91,58,41,17,33,16,14,17,15,8,79,32,117,116,112,98,98,98,98,92,101,11,11,0,0,0,22,6,10,10,10,10,14,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Bb5 f6 11. Qe2 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} (11. c4 Qc7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhg8 16. a5 e5 17. a6 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bh3 19. axb7+ {0-1 (40) Nunn,J (2617)-Wang,H (2610) Amsterdam 2006}) 11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxb5 14. c4 Qb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (14... Qd8 $142 15. cxb5 cxd4) 15. cxb5 ({White should play} 15. axb5 $16 cxd4 16. Bg5 (16. Qxg7 Rg8 $14)) 15... O-O $14 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 18. O-O Nf5 {Hoping for ...Rae8.} 19. Rae1 $146 h6 20. Qg6 Rf6 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxe8+ Kh7 23. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd6 (23... Qc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Qe3 (24. Qe2 {feels hotter.} Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Rd1 Re6 27. g3) 24... Ne4 (24... Qc4 $1 $14) 25. Qxc5 $16 Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Be3 Nxa4 {[#]} 27. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Re6 28. Ra1 a6 29. f4 ({White should try} 29. bxa6 $16 Rxa6 30. Re1) 29... axb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Rb1 Rc6 31. Rb3 b6 (31... b4 $5) 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. g4 Kf7 34. Ke2 b4 35. cxb4 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Rxh2 37. Bf2 (37. Rb1 {looks sharper.} Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. Be5 d4 40. Ra1) 37... Rh3+ 38. Bg3 Rh1 39. f5 Rc1 40. Be5 b5 41. Rd3 Nb6 42. Ra3 {Strongly threatening Ra7+.} Na4 43. Rd3 Nb6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Black "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-16,-26,-50,0,0,0,-36,-31,-57,0,-80,-76,-84,-14,-21,-17,-18,-24,-4,-8,-33,-25,-27,-30,-40,0,-25,6,-33,12,4,11,-26,-16,-47,-9,-34,26,-54,21,21,20,21,22,21,22,23,23,22,23,14,25,9,20,7,22,2,10,0,0,0,12]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Na6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 11. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (64) Safarli,E (2657)-Balogh,C (2659) Baku 2015}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Qc4 Ng4 16. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2g4]} Nf6 17. Qc4 Bh5 18. Rf1 Ng4 (18... Nfd7 $15 19. b4 Ne6) 19. b4 (19. Qe2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Ne6 $17 20. Qb3 {[#]} Nd4 (20... a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 21. h3 Ne5) 21. Nxd4 $11 Qxd4 22. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3c3][%mdl 32]} Ne5 $1 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Rfc1 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 Nc4 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. Nb1 (27. e5 $5 Bxe5 28. f4 Bxc3 29. Rbxc3 $11) 27... Red8 28. f3 ({Much weaker is} 28. Rxc4 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Be2 $15) 28... Bd4+ 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rbc3 Nd6 31. a3 f6 32. Kf2 {[#] Ke3 is the strong threat.} Bf7 ({Black should play} 32... a5 $15) 33. Ke3 (33. Bf1 $11) 33... Nb5 (33... Nc4+ $1 $15 34. Kf2 (34. Kxd4 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rd8+ 35. Kc5 Ne5 $19) 34... Nb2) 34. Bf1 {And now Bxb5 would win.} Nxc3 35. Kxd4 Nxb1 36. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Rc1 Rd6 40. Rc3 h6 {The position is equal.} 41. h4 Rd8 42. f4 Ra8 43. Kd4 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Ra8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Black "Bussard, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,161,54,40,46,34,68,59,68,73,72,57,66,70,70,6,63,58,52,22,43,52,82,0,37,45,294,291,330,314,339,330,530,242,283,234,237,233,220,215,260,222,229,0,234,233,229,0,239,241,313,235,245,211,236,135,135,116,83,71,66,57,94,77,63,55,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,75,75,79,132,120,159,60,111,124,120,123,100,50,39,24,115,59,187,172,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,324,320,320,312,284,284,215,151,1608,1864,29987,29988,29990,29989,29989,29987,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. e4 Qc7 11. Bb2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} g6 {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} (11... b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Qe3 f6 19. Nd2 {½-½ (31) Roy Chowdhury,S (2457)-Suvrajit,S (2378) Kuala Lumpur 2010}) 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. h3 exd4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nh5 14. Kh2 a6 15. d5 c5 16. Ne1 Qd8 17. Bf3 Ndf6 18. Nd3 {1-0 (72) Bruzzi,S-Palda,K Biel 1960}) 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qd2 (17. Nb3 $14) 17... Rad8 (17... Nxd4 $11 18. Qxd4 Qc8) 18. Nb3 $14 Bc8 19. Kh2 Nf8 20. b5 Be6 21. Qd3 (21. bxc6 $16 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} bxc6 22. Ba3) 21... h5 22. bxc6 h4 $2 (22... bxc6 $14 23. Ba3 N6d7) 23. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c7]} ({Not} 23. gxh4 Bxc4 24. Qc2 bxc6 $11) 23... hxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qe7 25. c7 ({Don't take} 25. Nxd6 $6 Ng4+ 26. hxg4 Bxb2 $18) 25... Ra8 $2 (25... Rd7 26. Ba3 a6) 26. Nxd6 (26. e5 $142 dxe5 27. Bxe5) 26... Qxc7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. e5 N6d7 29. Qe4 Rb8 30. Rc1 Bh6 31. Rcd1 Bg7 $1 32. Bf1 Re8 33. Bg2 Rb8 $1 34. Qe3 a6 35. Bd5 Re8 36. Qf4 Nb6 37. Qf3 (37. Rc1 $18) 37... Nxc4 $16 38. Ba1 Nxe5 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxe6 Rxe6 41. Re3 Nh7 42. Rde1 Kg7 43. Qg2 (43. Qd1 $16) 43... Nf6 $11 44. Nd2 {And now Nf3 would win.} (44. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qe7 45. Rc2 $11) 44... Nh5 45. Nf1 b5 46. R1e2 a5 47. Rc2 Qb8 48. Kh1 (48. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6e6]}) 48... b4 49. Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} a4 50. Rce2 {[%cal Re3e5]} Nf6 51. Qa5 {[%cal Re3e5]} Nd7 (51... Qb7+ $11 52. Kh2 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rxe4 Bc7) 52. Qxa4 $14 Qb7+ 53. Kh2 $1 Rf6 (53... Rc6 $142) 54. Qd1 Qc7 55. Rg2 ({White should play} 55. Nd2 $16) 55... Rf5 (55... Rc6 $1 $14) 56. Rf3 $16 Rh5 57. Rc2 Qb7 58. Qd3 Nf6 59. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Ne3.} Ne4 {[#]} (59... Bc3 $1 $11) 60. g4 (60. h4 $1 $16) 60... Rh8 {[#]} (60... Rh6 $14) 61. Re2 $1 $18 Ng5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxh3.} 62. Rxe5 Nxf3 63. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 64. Kxf3 {Hoping for Kg3.} Rxh3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 65. Ng3 Rh8 66. Re2 Ra8 67. g5 Ra3+ 68. Kf4 b3 69. axb3 Rxb3 70. Re8 f5 (70... Rb1 {keeps fighting.} 71. Re7 Rb4+ 72. Ne4 Ra4) 71. Re7+ Kf8 72. Rc7 Rb4+ 73. Ke5 Rb5+ 74. Kd6 Rb3 $2 (74... Rb2 $16 75. Rc3 Ra2 76. Rc8+ Kf7 77. Rc7+ Kf8) 75. Ne2 Kg8 76. Nf4 {White mates.} Rg3 77. Ne6 f4 78. Ke5 f3 79. Kf6 f2 80. Rc8+ Kh7 81. Nf8+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Black "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,50,85,70,412,406,392,8,19,37,49,23,210,128,296,-8,-18,-73,0,0,0,-739,-735]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qb8 15. h4 {B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} (15. b3 Rcc8 16. h4 Qc7 17. Ncb5 Qb8 18. h5 a6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Nde2 b5 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 e6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. g5 Nxh5 25. Nf4 f5 26. Nxh5 {1-0 (26) Zhao,J (2616)-Lu,S (2607) Shijiazhuang 2015}) 15... Rfc8 16. h5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 16... Rxc3 $1 $14 17. bxc3 Qc7) 17. fxg4 $18 {White is winning.} Rxc3 18. bxc3 $2 (18. hxg6 $18 hxg6 19. bxc3) 18... Nxe4 $11 19. Qh2 {[#] And now hxg6 would win.} Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 {Strongly threatening hxg6!} Nxd1 $2 (20... g5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 21. Kxd1 Be5 $146 {[#]} (21... g5 $16 {was worth a try.}) ({Predecessor:} 21... g5 22. h6 Bf6 {1-0 (44) Svidinsky,D (2086)-Guzenko,A (2155) St Petersburg 2009}) 22. Qf2 $2 (22. Qh4 $1 $18 {aiming for hxg6.} Kf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rf1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4) 22... Qc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Nf3 (23. Nb3 $11) 23... Qc3 ({Black should play} 23... Qc4 $17 24. hxg6 hxg6) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. hxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Rh2 $11) 25... Qd5+ {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 23%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Black "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,131,72,73,66,129,139,130,106,154,135,140,105,130,113,198,61,61,60,70,68,84,74,85,58,108,71,72,39,34,45,104,110,129,120,121,126,127,134,152,145,168,164,169,168,199,200,236,229,215,228,193,161,396,403,400,397,379,312,324,315,514,375,370,318,276,215,189,203,181,113,108,102,111,118,156,154,178,156,158,148,152,106,129,90,137,157,198,158,205,208,206,225,241,143,210,181,863,793,851,783,510,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 d4 11. e3 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5} e5 (11... dxe3 $14 12. Bxe3 O-O) 12. Nf3 $16 O-O 13. Nxe5 {White is better.} dxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc3 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Nfe4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qd3 {1-0 (26) Krysa,L (2474)-Cubas,J (2467) Asuncion 2015}) 14. Bxe3 Nd5 15. Rd1 Nec3 16. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Qf6 (16... Re8 $16) 17. Rxc3 (17. Bd4 $18 Na4 18. Qb3) 17... Qxe5 $14 18. Rb3 Qe4 19. Qb1 Qxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Re8 21. Bb5 Re7 22. Rb3 Be6 {And now ...Nc7 would win.} 23. Rd3 Nc7 24. Ba4 $1 h6 (24... a5 $14) 25. Bb3 $16 Bf5 26. Rd2 a5 27. O-O axb4 28. axb4 Ra3 29. Bc4 Ra4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Bd2 $1 Na6 32. Bb5 Ra2 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Bd3+ $1 f5 35. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ra3 $2 (35... Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Nxb4) 36. b5 $18 Nc7 37. c6 Ra8 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. Bb4 Re8 $2 (39... Rc7 40. Ra1 bxc6) 40. cxb7 Nb6 41. Be6 Rb8 42. Kg2 Rxb7 43. f3 Bh5 44. Bxf5+ (44. Rd1 $18) 44... Bg6 $16 45. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 46. Rb1 $1 Kf5 47. Bc5 Nd5 48. Bd4 Ke6 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. Ke2 Nf4+ 51. Kd2 Kd5 52. Be3 Ne6 53. Kd3 g5 54. b6 Nd8 55. Rb5+ Kd6 56. h4 (56. Kc4 $18) 56... gxh4 (56... Nf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 57. hxg5 hxg5) 57. Rh5 $18 ({Don't play} 57. Bxh6 $6 Kc6 $16) 57... Nf7 $2 (57... Rh7 58. Rxh4 Kc6) 58. Bf4+ Kd7 {[#]} 59. Bc7 $1 Ng5 60. Rxh4 $2 ({White must play} 60. Rxh6 $18 Nxf3 61. Rd6+ Ke8 62. Ke4 Ng5+ 63. Kd5) 60... Nxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Rxh6 Ng5 $1 62. Rd6+ (62. Bh2 $5 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Nf7 63. Rg6 $16) 62... Ke7 63. Rd8 Ne6 64. Rb8 Rxb8 65. Bxb8 Kd7 66. Kc4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Black "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,0,17,0,25,0,10,0,0,0,73,72,71,69,103,18,50,0,0,0,37,0,0,-139,-130,-448,-440,-727,-720,-742,-729,-1672,-1591,-1276,-634,-10514,-6442,-29986,-29987,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bd7 13. O-O {C02: French: Advance Variation} Bh6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32] Hoping for Na4.The position is equal.} Kb8 16. Kh1 (16. Qf2 Ne7 17. Rae1 Ka8 {0-1 (72) Acs,P (2602)-Robson,R (2562) Paks 2010}) 16... Rc8 {[#]} (16... Ne7 $11) 17. Na4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. e4 Qg7 20. e5 f5 {0-1 (49) Popov,K-Rudakov,A (1950) Kislovodsk 2010}) 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Rfc1 (19. e4 $16) 19... Rc7 20. Rc3 (20. b5 {seems wilder.} Ne7 21. a4 e5 22. a5 e4 23. b6) 20... e5 21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Bf5 (22. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bxe3 23. Rxc6 (23. Qxe3 exd4 24. Rxc6 dxe3 $11) (23. Nf5 Nxd4 24. Qxe3 Nxf5 $17) 23... Qxc6 24. Qxe3 $11) 22... Rc7 {aiming for ...e4.} 23. Qc2 {[#]} (23. Qe1 $11) 23... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4f3]} 24. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Nh4 $17 {is more resistant.}) 24... exf3 $19 25. b5 {[#]} (25. Qd2 $142 fxg2+ 26. Qxg2) 25... Nxd4 $1 26. exd4 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 fxg2+ (28... Qf4 $142 29. Kg1 f2+ 30. Kf1 Re8) 29. Kxg2 {KQR-KQB} Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Qf4 {[%cal Rf4f1]} 31. Bh3 Qe4+ {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,0,22,30,26,22,29,21,21,22,24,19,32,21,33,25,25,-4,18,18,6,-12,26,23,42,40,155,147,122,148,116,150,145,137,154,133,116,20,36,41,30,30,42,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-16,-17,-35,-26,-44,-14,-73,-73,-107,-115,-123,-135,-116,-123,-142,-154,-147,-146,-266,-263,-266,-245,-254,-252,-312,-303,-301,-296,-276,-247,-235,-246]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. Nb5 Rc8 {½-½ (32) Aronian,L (2793)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 6. Bg2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c5 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. b4 f5 11. Qc2 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 c6 {½-½ (48) Ponfilenok,V (2396)-Predke,A (2491) Togliatti 2014}) 12. e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} c6 13. Rab1 g5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Be1 Bg7 16. b5 g4 17. Nh4 e5 (17... Nxc3 $14 18. Bxc3 Bf6) 18. bxc6 $16 bxc6 {[#]} 19. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Rf6 22. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} ({Much weaker is} 22. Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 $11) 22... Qxc5 23. dxc6 (23. Qd3 $1 $16 Qd6 24. dxc6 Qxd3 25. Rxd3) 23... Qxc2 $11 24. Bxc2 Nb6 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 24... Rxc6 $2 25. Be4 $18) 25. Rd8+ Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8d8]} 26. Bb3+ Kh8 $1 27. Rbd1 Bf5 28. c7 Bf6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bb4 Rc8 31. Bd6 Bd7 32. Rc1 (32. h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... Kg7 $17 33. Rc5 Re8 $1 34. Ra5 {[#]} Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6]} 35. Bc5 Be7 36. a4 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Kf6 38. a5 {[#]} (38. e4 $17 {was called for.}) 38... e4 $1 $19 39. Rd5 Re7 40. Bc2 Bf5 ({Not} 40... Bc6 41. Rc5 $17) 41. Rc5 Re5 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. a6 Re6 44. Rc5 Kf6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,27,11,27,21,20,19,26,10,19,14,9,0,0,3,17,15,14,7,17,12,11,15,23,9,16,6,17,20,19,18,28,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-14,-6,0,0,-20,0,-13,0,-8,0,-32,0,0,0,-22]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (6... Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. c4 O-O 15. Be3 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b4 Rc7 20. c5 Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rcd1 {½-½ (26) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. a4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Qe7 14. fxe5 {½-½ (30) Mista,A (2593)-Bartel,M (2640) Poland 2016}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. g3 (18. Bc2 {is interesting.} Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. g3 a5 21. Rd2) 18... a5 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Qe5 (21. Nb5 {is more complex.} Bxb5 22. axb5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 h6 24. Kg2) 21... Qxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. Ra3 Rfd8 (23... h5 $5) 24. Kf1 Be8 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Nb5 Rdd8 (26... Bxb5+ $5 27. axb5 g6 $11) 27. Raa1 Kf8 (27... Bxb5+ $5 28. axb5 Rd2 $11) 28. Nd4 Rd6 29. Nb5 Rdd8 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Nb5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,-55,-14,-10,8,-18,-15,-12,-10,-15,18,24,17,12,38,32,16,25,48,6,34,4,7,7,2,0,31,28,36,18,21,21,21,22,33,27,35,26,48,64,55,45,52,49,46,31,45,50,47,47,33,40,77,77,79,70,76,77,68,0,68,69,68,77,69,0,0,0,76,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 4. e4 Bg7 5. e5 Nd5 (5... Nh5 {seems wilder.} 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Nbd2 O-O) 6. Nc3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nxc3 7. Bxc3 (7. dxc3 {is more complex.} Nc6 8. Qd5 Qa5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. b4) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} d5 9. exd6 $1 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qxd6 11. Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nc6 {1-0 (51) Maksimovic,B (2388)-Velimirovic,D (2563) Belgrade 1999}) 11... Qe6 (11... Re8 {looks sharper.} 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Qh6 Nf6 14. Ng5 e5) 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Rb8 (14... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 15. Bf3 Rb8 $11) 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bf3 b6 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Rhe1 e6 19. Kb2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rfd8 21. Ne5 Rbc8 22. a4 Kf8 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Ra1 Rd2 26. Rxa5 Rxf2 27. Rxa7 {Black must now prevent b4.} Nd5 28. Nd7+ Ke8 29. Nxc5 Ne3 30. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rxc2+ 31. Kb3 Rxg2 32. b5 {[#] Strongly threatening b6.} Rg5 33. Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with b6. White has strong compensation.} Nd5 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. c4 Rg3+ 36. Ka2 $1 Rg2+ 37. Kb3 (37. Ka3 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rg3+ 38. Ka2 Rg2+ 39. Ka3 Rg3+ 40. Ka2 $11) 37... Rg3+ 38. Ka2 Rg2+ $1 {[#]} 39. Kb3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 72%.} (39. Ka3 $1 $16 Rg3+ 40. Ka2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,126,-10,-21,-8,-8,-11,-8,74,-20,-17,-14,-6,0,-8,-8,0,-18,31,20,25,49,38,53,65,68,62,64,86,27,118,50,50,26,43,0,60,50,81,80,227,218,221,223,219,215,368,104,386,187,1058,1031,1248,261,298,204,178,85,98,93,93,93,97,90,140,133,109,122,218,212,209,71,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Qa5 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} (11... b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ba2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 {1-0 (68) Andersson,T (2408)-Ahlander,B (2425) Fredericia 2017}) 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 b6 $146 (13... h6 $11 14. Bf4 Bc5) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Rd6 18. h3 h6 19. Ra3 {1-0 (28) Horowitz,I-Steiner,H Havana 1952}) 14. Bf4 (14. Qe2 $16 Qf5 15. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 14... Bb7 $11 15. Qe2 Qf5 16. Bc7 Rdc8 17. Bxb6 {Black must now prevent d5.} Nb4 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Ne5 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc2 22. Qf3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rac8 24. Bc5 ({Better is} 24. Qb7 $16) 24... h6 (24... Bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. dxc5 a5) 25. Bxb4 ({White should play} 25. Qb7 $16 R8xc5 26. dxc5) 25... Bxb4 $14 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. b4 Qh5 (27... R8c4 $11) 28. h3 R8c4 29. Rab1 Bc7 (29... Re2 $16 {was necessary.} 30. Qa8+ Kh7) 30. b5 $1 $18 axb5 31. axb5 Bb6 32. Ne5 Rc7 $2 {[#]} (32... f5 33. Qa8+ Rc8) 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Nd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.}) 33... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Qf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Qxf5 exf5) 34. Nc6 (34. Nd7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Re2 $2 (34... Qe2 35. Qg6 Ra2 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Qe8+ Kh7) 35. Qd3 Rb2 36. Rdb1 $2 (36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ Ke7 38. Re1 Qxb5 39. Qe4) 36... Qe2 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Re1 (38. Ra8+ $18 Kf7 39. Rb8) 38... Rb2 $16 39. Rab1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd7 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 h5 43. f4 h4 (43... Rd5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 44. Kd3 $18 Kg6 {[#]} 45. Ke4 (45. Ra1 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 45... Kf7 $16 46. Rb4 (46. f5 $16) 46... Rd5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Kd3 {aiming for Kc4.} Rf5 $1 48. Kc4 Rxf4 49. Ra4 e5 $1 50. Ra6 Bxd4 $1 51. Nxd4 Rxd4+ {KR-KR} 52. Kc5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rd2 53. Ra7+ Ke6 {Hoping for ...Rc2+.} 54. Rxg7 Rc2+ 55. Kb4 e4 56. Rg8 f5 57. b6 Kd7 (57... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g8]} 58. Rb8 (58. Kb3 Rc1 $11) 58... e3 $11) 58. Kb3 Rc5 59. Rg7+ Kc6 60. b7 Rb5+ 61. Kc4 {Strongly threatening Rg6+.} Rxb7 62. Rg6+ Kd7 63. Rf6 Rb2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,56,-19,-30,-12,-50,0,-66,-23,-36,-22,-66,-48,-75,-85,-100,-53,-81,-89,-100,-110,-96,-105,-88,-64,-86,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-50,-280,-303,-673,-649,-877,-890,-1143,-135]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. f3 c5 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (10. Nb5 Bf8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bc3 Qf4 {½-½ (89) Gelfand,B (2736)-Carlsen,M (2714) Moscow 2007}) 10... b6 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nb5 Bf8 14. Nf4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. g3 Bd6 17. Ne2 Re7 18. Rf2 Rae8 19. Rc1 {½-½ (47) Cvitan,O (2410)-Sunye Neto,J (2480) Zuerich 1983}) 11... Ba6 12. Bb1 ({Better is} 12. Bxa6 $11 Nxa6 13. Nb5) 12... Nbd7 13. Rf2 Nf8 14. g4 Ne6 15. Kg2 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 16. Qa4 Bc4 (16... Bb7 {is interesting.} 17. Kh1 a6 18. Rg2 b5 19. Qd1 Nd7) 17. b3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe2 $1 19. Nxe2 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Qb8 $1 21. h4 b5 (21... Bh2 $17 22. Bf5 g6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6) 22. Qa5 $1 $11 Bf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Kf1 Ne6 {...Qg3 is the strong threat.} 25. Bg5 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 25. Kg2 $15) 25... Qg3 $1 $19 ({Not} 25... Nxd4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. f4 $15) 26. Qd2 $2 (26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe1) 26... Qh3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Kg1 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxf6 (28. Qxd4 Re1+) 28... Nxf3+ $2 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 62%.} (28... gxf6 $19 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qd3+ Kg7) 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoefelsauer, Thomas"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,40,52,50,48,51,36,33,35,53,53,29,50,54,39,25,59,52,64,60,48,51,68,37,40,39,35,31,104,92,150,105,97,17,52,32,28,5,5,5,5,0,10,-133,72,72,72,63,72,72,60,58,72,72,72,64,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,87,50,50,50,50,37,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 (7... Qxd4 8. Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Na3 b5 10. Bc3 Qc5 11. Bd4 Qb4+ 12. Bc3 Qc5 13. Bd4 Qb4+ 14. Bc3 Qc5 {½-½ (14) Grischuk,A (2795)-Kramnik,V (2760) Moscow 2014}) 8. e3 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 b4 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nxc4 Nbd7 {½-½ (46) Buhmann,R (2606)-Harikrishna,P (2672) Germany 2011}) 9... Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Bd3 20. Rf2 h5 21. Re1 h4 (21... a5 $14) 22. Qf4 $1 $16 a5 (22... h3 $142) 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. g4 (24. gxh4 $16 Qh5 25. Rd2) 24... Kh7 25. g5 Bxg5 26. Re5 (26. Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5d5]} Rd8 27. Bxa5 $14) 26... Bxf4 27. Rxd5 Be3 28. Rxb5 h3+ 29. Kg3 (29. Kg1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 29... Ra6 $2 {[#]} (29... f5 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Ra6.} 30. Rd2 Ra6 31. Rxd3 (31. Rxa5 {is a self mate.} Rg6+ 32. Kh4 Bf4 33. Ra6 Rxa6 34. Kxh3 Bf1+ 35. Kh4 Rh6#) 31... cxd3 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Bxa5 Kg6 34. Kxh3 d2 35. Bxd2 Bxd2) 30. Rh5+ $1 Kg8 {[#] ( -> ...Rg6+)} 31. f4 $1 Rg6+ 32. Rg5 $1 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxg5 34. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a4 35. Kg3 Bf1 36. d5 Kf8 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Bb4+ Kd7 39. Bf8 Bg2 40. Ke5 f6+ 41. Kd4 fxg5 {White is slightly better.} 42. Bxg7 Bf3 43. Kxc4 Bd1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Black "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,40,55,50,52,48,52,39,54,53,58,22,23,19,95,103,91,90,90,95,106,103,142,166,166,162,136,136,149,8,0,-8,-11,-2,-6,-18,-17,-30,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-17,-17,-25,-23,-22,-22,-8,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,63]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} (8... Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. e4 b6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. d5 a6 15. Qb1 Qb8 16. a4 h6 17. b4 Be7 18. Nd2 Bd8 19. Bf1 Nf8 20. dxc6 Rxc6 {1-0 (39) Istratescu,A (2639)-Hickl,J (2588) Switzerland 2015}) 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. e3 g6 13. c5 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxc5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nd6 {0-1 (35) Paval,G (2229)-Stoicescu,H (1909) Sarata Monteoru 2012}) 14. dxe5 Ng4 (14... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Nxe5 Rxe5) 15. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 17. e4 $1 Bxc5 18. exd5 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Bxe4 21. Qxc5 Qd7 {[%cal Rc6d5] [#]} 22. dxc6 ({Worse is} 22. Qc3 Nd4 $17) ({White must play} 22. d6 $1 $16) 22... Qxc6 $11 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 a4 25. g4 Rec8 26. Rac1 axb3 27. axb3 h6 28. Bf6 g5 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Ra1 (30. Rd8+ {is interesting.} Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Nd2 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Bb6) 30... Kh7 31. Bxf3 Bxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Kh2 Kg6 33. Bd4 {The position is equal.} h5 34. Kg3 Bd5 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 36. Ra5 Rd8 37. f4 Kg6 38. b4 f6 {Hoping for ...Be4.} 39. Be3 Kf5 40. fxg5 Ke5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} (40... fxg5 $11 41. Bc1 b6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fuchs, Florian"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,29,-2,10,14,22,27,50,46,82,60,74,52,40,56,65,58,68,52,77,60,69,80,87,54,56,33,31,29,57,43,76,56,57,58,53,53,70,66,74,4,8,11,154,154,496,216,195,0,472,0,164,0,460,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. f4 Nc6 (8... g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Be3 {0-1 (40) Gharamian,T (2626)-Rodshtein,M (2698) Chartres 2017}) 9. f5 Bc8 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. O-O-O Nxd5 15. Qe4 {1-0 (30) Rasmussen,A (2524)-Hillarp Persson,T (2555) Denmark 2015}) 10. Bg5 b5 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O-O b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Ba4 Kh8 18. h4 Ne7 19. g4 {aiming for Ne3.} Nxd5 20. exd5 Be7 21. Nd2 g6 22. Ne4 {Strongly threatening f6.} gxf5 $1 23. gxf5 (23. Qxf5 Bc8 $11) 23... f6 $1 24. Ng5 {Hoping for Qh5.} fxg5 25. hxg5 {[%cal Bh4g5,Bg5f6][%mdl 32]} Rf7 $1 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 25... Bxg5 $2 26. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 27. Qh5 $18) 26. f6 ({Better is} 26. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Rg7 27. Rh2) 26... Bxf6 $1 $11 27. Rdf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qg8 ({Much worse is} 27... e4 $6 28. Qh5 $16) (27... Ba6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Qh5 Qc7) 28. gxf6 $16 {And now c4 would win.} Qg5 $2 (28... Qg6 $16 {is tougher.}) 29. Rhg1 (29. c4 $142) 29... Qh6 $18 30. Rh1 $2 (30. Bc6) 30... Qg5 $1 31. Rhg1 $2 (31. c4) 31... Qh6 $1 32. Rh1 $2 (32. Bc6) 32... Qg5 $1 33. Rhg1 $2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 54%.} (33. c4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miller, Eduard"]
[Black "Schneider, Jana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. g3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 11. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:10:12]} 13. Ne3 {[%emt 0:09:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 14. Nef5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 16. Qc1 {[%emt 0:18:59]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 17. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 18. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:13:10]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:19:42]} 21. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 22. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 24. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 25. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 27. Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 28. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 30. Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 32. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 33. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neyman, Igor"]
[Black "Jahncke, Giso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,39,43,50,42,44,45,50,42,47,58,59,67,60,71,60,65,63,43,47,49,43,0,0,0,0,-17,-46,-35,-45,-68,-11,-49,-58,-62,-54,-62,-34,-71,-69,-72,-58,-81,-68,-79,-60,-79,-79,-69,-72,-79,-63,-62,-60,-72,-43,-64,-40,-39,-5,-31,-33,-40,-40,-56,-57,-68,-53,-52,-53,-64,-54,-55,-57,-58,-60,-61,-62,-60,-57,-66,-68,-63,6,6,6,6,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 12. Qc2 Nfd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. a4 a5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rd2 {1-0 (50) Matlakov,M (2714)-Kovalev,V (2629) Minsk 2017}) 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. Nde2 Qa8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ndc3 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Red8 22. Rb1 Nd7 (22... h5 $15) 23. Nb5 Bc6 24. a4 a6 25. Nbc3 $1 g5 26. Rd2 Ne5 27. Rbd1 h6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rd2 Bb7 (29... Ng6 {seems wilder.} 30. Qd1 Re8 31. Bf3 Bf6 32. Rd6 Be7) 30. Qd1 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Nc6 32. Qd3 Nd4 (32... Bd4 $5) 33. Nxd4 Qd8 34. Nd1 Bxd4 35. Kf1 Qa8 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. Nc2 Be5 38. Ne3 Bc6 39. Ng4 Bd4 40. Ne3 Qb7 41. Nc2 Be5 42. Ne3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. cxb5 Bxb5 45. Nc4 Bd4 46. Bf3 Qa6 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. Bc2 e5 ({Black should try} 48... Qa1+ $15 49. Bb1 h5) 49. Nd6 $11 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qf3.} Bd7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Black "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,66,36,20,0,48,54,57,62,67,73,78,60,79,79,79,84,73,87,89,47,56,57,53,54,89,-656,-622,-627,-187,-883,-881,-858,-858,-849,-812,-5633,-5127,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 Nc5 {E87: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5 7 d5} 12. Bc2 b5 13. b4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White is slightly better.} 14. cxb5 {[#]} (14. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. cxb5 $14) 14... fxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxa2 16. Nec3 Ra8 17. Kb2 Ndf6 18. Na7 fxe4 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. g4 Nf4 21. g5 N6xd5 22. Nxd5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Nce7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 e4+ {0-1 (25) Timman,J (2620)-Kasparov,G (2780) Linares 1992}) 15. Nxe4 axb5 16. N2c3 Nb6 17. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 18. Kb2 Bd7 19. a3 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Ra7 22. Ra1 Qh4 23. Qe2 (23. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3b6]}) 23... Bh6 24. Kb3 Qf4 25. Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Rhe1 $16) 25... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3]} ({Stronger than} 25... Qd4 26. Nxb5 (26. Qe4 Rc7 $16) 26... Bxb5 27. Bxb5 $16) 26. Nxe4 Bg7 $2 (26... Rc8 27. Ra2 Qe5 28. Bxb5 Bg7) 27. Ra2 $2 (27. Rhc1) 27... Rc8 {And now ...Qe5 would win.} 28. Rc2 Rca8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ra7a3]} 29. Ra2 Qe5 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Qxb5 {[#]} Rxa3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 32. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 33. Kxa3 Qb2+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,157,50,46,57,39,52,26,48,29,50,58,67,58,100,93,94,84,109,106,91,98,92,65,76,41,49,39,126,122,132,128,237,210,252,257,241,257,231,245,238,243,224,79,150,92,96,87,77,44,36,25,18,18,32,32,28,15,0,0,0,0,17,0,18,12,25,0,0,0,0,36,37,0,70,74,189,-5,-25,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-98,-95,-215,-246,-230,-230,-189,-32,-51,0,-321,-292,-291,-195,-167,172,110,318,296,413,386,325,406,313,0,140,14,17,24,104,115,124,110,1687,11960,12834,2019,12839,12840,12844,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12845,12846,12849,12847,12848,12848]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 a6 9. Qc2 Qc7 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4} (9... b5 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nf5 c5 17. Bf4 Re6 {½-½ (40) Grischuk,A (2779)-Bologan,V (2672) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 {White has an edge.} 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nh4 Rac8 17. d5 Nb6 {0-1 (42) Sipos,I (2452)-Petakov,U (2352) Vrbas 2011}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Rad1 a5 15. b3 Nc5 16. f4 Bd7 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Nf3 Bc8 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. a3 f5 21. Nd4 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ne6 (21... fxe4 $14 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 $11) 23... Nf6) 22. exf5 $16 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Rxd4 $6 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Bg7 $14) 23... Bxf5 (23... Rxe1 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. Rxe1 Bg7) 24. Qf2 $18 Qd7 25. g4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. Bh3 Qxf4+ 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Bb6 (29. Ne4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 29... Ra8 (29... Rxe1 $142 30. Rxe1 Ra8) 30. Bd7 (30. Ne4 $142 $1 {[%cal Re4f6] Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Re7 31. Bf1) 30... Rxe1 $16 31. Rxe1 Bg7 32. Ne2 Nd3 33. Rf1 a4 34. b4 Ne5 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Nd4 Re8 37. Kg2 h5 38. Kh1 Kh7 39. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bh6 40. c5 d5 41. Bh3 Nc4 42. b5 Re4 (42... Nxb6 $6 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. cxb6 $16) 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Bd8 Ne3 (44... Be3 $11 45. Nxc6 Bxc5) 45. Rd3 $14 g5 (45... Bf8 $16) 46. Bf5+ $2 (46. Nxc6 g4 $17) (46. Bd7 $1 $18) 46... Nxf5 $11 47. Nxf5 Bf8 48. Nd6 Re1+ 49. Kg2 g4 50. Kf2 (50. Rd4 $11) 50... Rc1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 51. Bb6 (51. Re3 $17 {might work better.}) 51... Bg7 $19 52. Nf5 Bf6 53. Nd4 h4 $2 (53... Rc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3d3]} 54. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 55. Re3 g3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Kf3 Bxe3 57. Kxe3 d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Kf3 d3) 54. Nxc6 $15 h3 ({Black should play} 54... Kg6 $1 $15) 55. Rxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kg3 $11 Kg6 56. Rd2 (56. Rxd5 Rg1+ 57. Kh2 Rg2+ 58. Kh1 g3 $11) 56... Rg1+ 57. Kh2) 55... Bh4+ $19 56. Ke3 Kh6 {Threatens to win with ...h2.} 57. Bc7 Bg5+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... g3 $19 {and life is good for Black.} 58. Bf4+ Kg7) 58. Ke4 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Re1+ $2 (58... Kh5 $16) 59. Kf5 Kh5 {intending ...Rf1+.} 60. Nd4 Rf1+ 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kf5 (62. Kd3 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kg6 63. c6) 62... Rf1+ $1 $16 {[#]} 63. Ke6 $1 {Bd8 is the strong threat.} Rf6+ 64. Kd7 {And now Ke8 would win.} Rf7+ (64... Kg6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 65. Rd6 h2 66. Rxf6+ Bxf6 67. Bxh2 Bxd4) 65. Kc6 {Hoping for Ne6.} Rxc7+ 66. Kxc7 h2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... g3 $16) 67. Ne2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kh4 68. Rd1 g3 69. Rh1 Kh3 {[#]} 70. Nxg3 $1 Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 71. c6 Kg2 72. Rd1 ({Weaker is} 72. Rxh2+ Kxh2 73. Kb6 Bd8+ 74. c7 (74. Kb7 Kg3 $11) 74... Bxc7+ 75. Kxc7 Kg3 $11) 72... Be3 {[#]} 73. Kb7 $1 Bg1 74. c7 h1=Q 75. c8=Q Kf2+ 76. Qc6 Qh7+ 77. Ka6 Qg7 78. Qb6+ Ke2 79. Rxg1 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Middelhoff, Cornelius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,-23,0,-18,0,-17,0,0,17,18,18,16,15,15,12,15,25,27,24,22,24,25,51,43,73,61,115,115,142,142,142,145,130,151,137,113,188,200,193,184,221,166,191,167,166,163,176,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,47,54,36,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,121,112,125,125,156,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 (4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 Qg5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h3 {1-0 (68) Van Geet,D (2617)-Kujala,A (2637) ICCF email 2010}) 4... Nxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bxc7 Qd5 12. Bg3 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc7 Ra7 {½-½ (16) Karlsson,L (2441)-Brynell,S (2445) Tylosand 2016}) 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Be2 Qd7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Nd4 {aiming for Bb5.} Bg6 15. b4 d5 16. a4 a5 17. Rb1 b6 ({Black should play} 17... h6 $14) 18. bxa5 $16 Rxa5 19. Rxb6 Qxa4 {[#]} 20. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e7][%mdl 512]} Qxc6 (20... Rxc6 21. Rb8+) 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h5 (22... d4 $16) 23. g5 $18 Nd7 24. h4 Ne5 25. Kh2 ({Don't do} 25. Bxh5 $6 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 g6) 25... Ra2 26. Qb1 ({Don't play} 26. Bxh5 $6 Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxd2 $14) 26... Rxd2 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qxe5 (28. Ra1 $18 {Ra8 would kill now.} Rxe2 29. Ra8) 28... Rxe2 $16 29. Qxd5 Rcc2 30. Kg1 Red2 31. Qe5 Rb2 32. Qg3 Rdc2 33. Ra1 Ra2 (33... Rb5 $14) 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 35. Qe5 Ra6 36. Kg2 Re6 37. Qd5 Ra6 38. Kg3 Re6 39. Kf4 Re8 40. Qd7 Re6 41. Qd5 $2 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 46%.} (41. Qd4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Heimrath, Reiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,24,50,14,16,22,25,9,16,15,44,31,46,0,-6,-13,13,-22,-31,-55,-55,-68,-58,-57,-33,-47,-34,-47,-25,-35,0,-7,-6,-191,-176,-187,-179,-167,-178,-158,-24,-51,-68,-156,-125,-305,-311]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 8. d5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (8. g4 Bd7 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Bg3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 Bg4 13. O-O e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {0-1 (91) Syed Anwar,S (2321)-Swapnil,S (2429) Chennai 2010}) 8... e5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 9. Bg5 ({Much weaker is} 9. dxc6 exf4 10. cxb7 Rb8 $15) 9... Ne7 10. g4 {White has an edge.} Bd7 11. e4 Ne8 12. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 c6 13. Qb3 f6 14. Be3 Qc8 15. O-O-O c5 {1-0 (41) Gentes,K (2298)-Ferguson,J (2177) Vancouver 2001}) 12... f6 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Be2 c6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. O-O-O b5 17. dxc6 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc6 19. Qb4 Be6 20. Kb1 Nc7 21. Rd2 g5 22. Bg3 d5 23. exd5 $2 (23. Rgd1 $11) 23... Ncxd5 $19 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qa4 Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Nc3+. Black has strong initiative.} 26. Qb5 {[#]} Rb8 (26... Qxb5 $1 $17 27. Bxb5 Rb6) 27. Qxb6 Rbxb6 28. Ka1 ({Only move:} 28. Rc1 $1 $15) 28... Bf8 29. Rgd1 $2 (29. Bd3 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Bb4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tonndorf, Matthias"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,35,31,4,13,-68,0,-17,20,-77,0,0,10,21,13,-90,-107,-187,-172,-302,-304,-404,-390,-502,-492,-555,-529,-574,-572,-558,-566,-733,-735,-719,-723]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 {LiveBook: 68 Games} 14. Bh6 {B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7} (14. Bh4 a5 15. Bb5 Nb4 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qb3 O-O 19. f5 Nxc2 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Rhf1 d5 22. fxe6 Na3+ 23. Ka1 Nc2+ 24. Kb1 Na3+ 25. Ka1 Nc2+ 26. Kb1 {½-½ (26) Paravyan,D (2511)-Eliseev,U (2602) Loo 2016}) 14... d5 15. a3 (15. Nd4 $11 Qc8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qd3) 15... Rg8 ({Better is} 15... Rc8 $15 16. Qd3 (16. Bxa6 $2 Nb4 $19) 16... Na5) 16. f5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qa5 $146 {...Qxc3 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Rb8 17. Bxa6 Qb6 18. Be2 Bc5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. b4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (39) Gu,X (2336)-Ju,W (2300) Beirut 2004}) 17. Qd3 {[#]} (17. fxe6 $11 fxe6 18. Qd3) 17... e5 (17... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5d3]} 18. Nxe5 fxe5) 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxf5 20. Nd2 {[#]} (20. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Nd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 21. c3 (21. Rxd4 $17 {was worth a try.} exd4 22. g3) 21... Be6 $19 {aiming for ...Nf5.} 22. Ra5 (22. Rxd4 {was the only defense.} exd4 23. cxd4) 22... Nf5 23. Bxa6 {Hoping for Bb5+.} Kd8 24. Bf4 exf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rf1 Rxg2 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Bb7 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 28. Bxa8 (28. Kxd2 Rb8) 28... Rc2+ 29. Kd1 Bd6 {Precision: White = 14%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bussard, Christian"]
[Black "Dobierzin, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,143,9,34,-23,-24,-21,-18,-41,-41,-47,-32,-32,-16,-99,-112,-100,-50,-145,-75,-83,-90,-87,-76,-69,-91,-133,-68,-70,-68,-89,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,4,63,8,0,-29,-25,-41,-14,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-56,144,127,225,219,403,395,411,230,277,235,414,393,539,548,539,546,538,517,580,662,895,886,883,869,726,745,681,644,1384,1152,1307,1285,2527,2062,2174,2221,2670,3520,12840,12839,12841,12841,12843,12841,12843,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12845]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 c6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Nd2 $146 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (12. h3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bb2 a5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Rac1 h5 16. Bf3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Bh6 18. Rb1 c5 19. Nc3 Nd4 {0-1 (44) Stajner,S (2272)-Kozul,Z (2601) Ljubljana 2012}) 12... Nc5 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 h6 (16... Na4 $5 17. Nxa4 Bxa3 $15) 17. Qf3 (17. Nf3 $11) 17... Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 18. Nh3 Ne6 19. Bc1 (19. Bxf8+ $15 Rxf8 20. Qe3) 19... Be7 ({Black should play} 19... Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 20. Qe3 (20. Bxh6+ $2 Kxh6 21. Rxd4 exd4 $19) 20... Kg8) 20. Ne2 Rad8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 21. Bb2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 23. Ng3 {[#]} Nd4 (23... Qa5 $1 $17 24. Rxd8 Bxd8) 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nf4 Qa5 (25... Bd6 $17 26. Nge2 c5) 26. Qe2 $1 $11 Bd6 27. Nd3 {Black must now prevent e5.} Bxg3 $1 28. hxg3 Re8 (28... Qg5 $11) 29. f3 (29. e5 $16 Nd7 30. f4) 29... Qc7 (29... Qg5 $11) 30. Qf2 (30. e5 $14 Nd7 31. f4) 30... c5 31. g4 (31. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 32. f4 $11) 31... Nd7 32. Qd2 b6 (32... g5 {is interesting.} 33. Kf2 Qh2 34. Rg1 Re6 35. Rb1 Ra6) 33. Qf4 Qxf4 (33... Ne5 {feels hotter.} 34. Qg3 a6 35. Nf4 b5 36. Nd5 Qc6) 34. Nxf4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne5 35. Kf2 Nc6 (35... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 36. Nd5 Kg6 $11) 36. Rd2 Ne5 37. Re2 Re7 (37... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 38. Nd5 Rh8 $15) 38. Ke1 (38. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Re6 39. Rd2 $11) 38... Rd7 (38... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 39. Nd5 Re8 $11) 39. Rd2 Nc6 40. Kd1 Ne5 41. Kc2 Re7 42. Kb2 Rd7 43. Ka3 {[#]} ({Better is} 43. Rd1 $11) 43... b5 $2 (43... f5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512] keeps the upper hand.} 44. exf5 gxf5) 44. cxb5 $16 c4 (44... Kf6 $16) 45. Nd5 $18 c3 $2 (45... d3) 46. Rxd4 Rd8 {intending ...Rc8.} 47. f4 (47. Rd1 $142) 47... Nxg4 48. Rc4 c2 $2 (48... Rd7 49. Rc5 (49. Nxc3 Ne3 $14) (49. Rxc3 Nf2 $16) 49... h5) 49. Rxc2 f5 50. Rc7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 51. Nc3 fxe4 52. Nxe4 Re8 53. Nd6 Re7 54. Rxe7 Kxe7 {KN-KN} 55. Nc8+ Kd7 56. Nxa7 Ne3 57. g3 Nf5 58. Nc6 Nxg3 59. Ne5+ Kc7 60. Nxg6 Nf5 61. Kb4 h5 62. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h4 {[#]} 63. Nxh4 $1 Nxh4 {KN-KP} 64. Kc5 Nf5 65. Kd5 Kd7 66. a5 Kc7 67. b4 Ne7+ 68. Ke6 Ng6 69. f5 Nf4+ 70. Kf7 Nd5 71. f6 Kd7 72. Kg7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schmitt, Philipp"]
[Black "Prenzler, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,49,45,49,-75,28,24,13,7,71,47,45,42,48,52,77,-5,31,0,0,0,800,790]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4] LiveBook: 50 Games. White is slightly better.} 16. Qh5 (16. O-O $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 16... g6 (16... h6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 17. Qe2 Nc4) 17. Qe2 $11 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 18. Nd1 {[#]} f5 $146 (18... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. Kf1 b4 22. g4 ({Not} 22. Nxc4 $2 dxc4 23. Kg1 (23. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4 24. Qd2 Qc5 $19) 23... Bb5 $19) (22. Kg1 $16) 22... fxg4 (22... Ne3+ $5 23. Nxe3 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc3 $15) 23. Nb3 (23. Qxg4 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Ne3+ 24. Nxe3 dxe3 25. Nb3 $11) 23... Qb6 24. Qxg4 Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Bb5 $11 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+) 25. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heinert, Eugen"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,146,20,26,23,20,19,6,9,-54,0,0,10,0,38,39,42,46,54,-51,18,20,9,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-14,-14,-14,-14,-7,-8,-12,-18,-12,-3,-15,0,0,0,-8,-8,-57,-21,-57,-63,-50,-42,-53,-52,-52,-51,-51,-53,-65,-55,-54,-18,-190,56,78,72,72,107,109,137,124,132,118,132,0,116,0,137,132,145,131,156,164,147,143,215,214,243,243,237,237,235,215,213,246,239,189,162,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-29970,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29991]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bc5 9. Qc2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bf5 11. Bg2 Qg6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Qxb7 {½-½ (41) Navara,D (2730)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Reykjavik 2015}) 9. Bg2 Bxc3 $1 10. bxc3 O-O 11. f3 (11. h4 $11) 11... exf3 (11... Bh3 $15) 12. Bxf3 $11 Qg6 13. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qh5 16. Nf5 (16. d4 $1 $14 Neg4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. e4) 16... Re8 (16... Qxe2 $15 17. Rb1 Re8) 17. d4 Nc4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 18. e4 {Qd3 is the strong threat.} (18. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 19. Rxf6 Rxe2 20. Rxh6 Qxh2+ 21. Rxh2 Rxc2 22. Bf4 $15) 18... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 19. Bf3 $1 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qh3 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Bxg2 Nge3 23. Bxe3 $1 Nxe3 24. Rf2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re3 26. Rf3 Re2+ 27. Rf2 Rae8 28. Raf1 (28. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b7]}) 28... Kf8 29. g4 h6 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ {KR-KR} 31. Rf2 Re1 (31... Re3 $5 {[%cal Re3c3]} 32. Rf3 Re4 $11) 32. Rf1 Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3c3]} 33. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e3]} Re4 34. h3 Ke7 $1 35. f6+ gxf6 36. Kf2 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Re3 $2 (37. gxh5 $11 {and White is okay.} Rh4 38. Kg3 Rxh5 39. Rf2) 37... Re6 $2 ({Black should try} 37... Rxe3 $19 38. Kxe3 hxg4 39. hxg4 a5) 38. gxh5 $14 Kf8 39. Rg3 $1 f5 40. Rg5 Rh6 41. Rxf5 Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kh7 43. Rf5 Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kh7 $1 45. Re5 Rf6+ 46. Ke2 b5 47. a4 bxa4 48. Ra5 Kh6 (48... Rh6 $16 {was worth a try.} 49. Rxa4 Rxh5) 49. Rxa4 $18 Kxh5 50. Rxa7 Re6+ 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ra6 Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Re6+ 54. Kd3 Kg5 {[#]} 55. Ra8 $2 ({White should play} 55. Rb6 $1 $18) 55... f5 56. Rg8+ Kf4 57. h4 Kf3 58. h5 f4 $1 59. Rg6 (59. Rh8 $5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Re3+ 60. Kd2 $16) 59... Re3+ 60. Kd2 Re2+ 61. Kd3 Re3+ 62. Kc4 Ke2 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 63. Rxc6 {Hoping for h6.} f3 64. Rf6 f2 65. Rxf2+ $1 Kxf2 $11 {KR-K3P} 66. d5 Kf3 67. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67. Kd4 $11) 67... Re6 $2 (67... Ke4 $1 {mates} 68. h6 Rf3 69. Kc5 Rf8 70. Kc6 Ke5 71. c4 Ke6 72. d7 Ke7 73. Kc7 Rd8 74. c5 Rxd7+ 75. Kb6 Rd3 76. Kc7 Rh3 77. Kb6 Kd7 78. c6+ Kd6 79. Kb5 Rxh6 80. c7 Kxc7 81. Kc5 Rd6 82. Kb5 Rd5+ 83. Kb4 Kb6 84. Kc4 Rd8 85. Kb3 Kb5 86. Kc3 Rd5 87. Kb2 Kc4 88. Kc2 Kb4 89. Kb2 Rc5 90. Ka1 Ka3 91. Kb1 Kb3 92. Ka1 Rc1#) 68. Kd5 {The position is equal.} ({Not} 68. d7 $2 Rd6 $19) 68... Rh6 69. d7 Rxh5+ 70. Kd6 Rh6+ 71. Kc7 Rh8 72. c4 Ke4 73. d8=Q Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 54%, Black = 59%. . An unexpected result.} (73... Rxd8 $11 74. Kxd8 Ke5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th GER-ch Men 2017"]
[Site "Apolda"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goepfert, Jakob"]
[Black "Rehberg, Raphael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,108,0,0,10,0,27,19,23,27,58,0,23,18,103,103,105,101,231,229,237,231,224,224,226,189,203,200,196,100,98,89,130,4,4,4,10,0,21,19,0,-45,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,-20,0,-62,-64,-727,-31,-1089,-443,-1084,-1084,-1026,-928,-29962,-29962,-29963,-29968,-29968,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29957,-5289,-29965,-29959,-3741,-2334,-29974,-29973,-29973,0,-1562,0,-1329,-391,-1124,-376,-29984,-29985,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Bb6 12. Nbd4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Ne4 (12... Re8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Rb8 {0-1 (35) Mueller,R (2330)-Ovsejevitsch,S (2585) Germany 2016}) 13. Be3 {The position is equal.} Bg4 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd2 Qf6 {1-0 (27) Wessman,R (2440)-Schneider,L (2420) Borlange 1995}) 14... Rc8 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qb1 (16. Rxc5 $14 Bxc5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ng5) 16... Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 (17... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. h3 $16 (18. Ng5 $6 g6 $11) (18. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 $11) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bh5 (19... Rxc1 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Qxc1 (20. Rxc1 Be6 $16) 20... Be6) 20. Rxc8 $18 ({Less strong is} 20. Bxd5 Bg6 $16) 20... Rxc8 21. Nf5 ({Not} 21. Bxd5 Bg6 $16) 21... Qf6 22. Rxd5 Bg6 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Rb5 Nc4 {Strongly threatening ...Nd6.} 25. e4 (25. Bxb7 $18 Re8 26. Be4) 25... Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Qb6 27. b4 ({White should try} 27. Qd1 $16) 27... g6 $11 28. Rf4 Nxa3 29. Qa2 Nc4 {[#]} (29... Rc1+ {looks sharper.} 30. Kh2 Nc4 31. e5 Qxb4 32. e6 b5) 30. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb4 (30... Nxe5 31. Qd5) 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qb2 (34... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 35. Kg2 Qb7+ 36. Kg1 Qd7 $15) 35. Qf4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...a3.} 36. Kg2 (36. Qe3 $11) 36... a3 37. Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qa4 $15) 37... Qd4 $2 (37... Qb7+ $19 38. Kh2 Qd5) 38. Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Qc6 $15) 38... Qd5+ $19 39. Kh2 a2 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qa6 h5 42. h4 Qb3 43. Kg2 Qb2 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qb7+)} 46. Qe7 {[#]} Qb3 $1 ({Worse is} 46... a1=Q 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 47. Qa7 Qc4 48. Qa3 Kg7 49. Qa8 Qb3 (49... Qe2 $142 50. Qa7 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Qb1 52. e6 a1=Q 53. Qxf7+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Qg7 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5 Qxf7 58. exf7 Qb8+ 59. Kg2 gxh5 60. Kg1 Qf4 61. Kf1 g3 62. f8=Q Qxf8 63. f4 Qxf4+ 64. Ke2 g2 65. Kd3 g1=Q 66. Kc2 Qc4+ 67. Kd2 Qgc1#) 50. Qa6 Qd5+ 51. Kh2 $1 Kf8 $2 (51... Kh7 52. Qa4 Kg7) 52. Qa7 $2 (52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qc3) 52... Ke8 $2 (52... Qb3 53. Qc5+ Kg7) 53. f4 $2 (53. Qa4+ $19 Kf8 54. Qa3+ Kg8 55. Qa4) 53... Qd2+ 54. Kh3 Qd7+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 39%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

