[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,13,20,31,9,29,29,28,22,26,14,26,16,32,35,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-10,-5,-6,0,0,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 (9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O Qb7 12. a3 c5 13. Nb5 Rac8 14. b4 Nd5 15. bxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (57) Ding,L (2805)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Bxc4 {White has an edge.} 10. Qxc4 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 14. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. h3 {1-0 (42) Girya,O (2505)-Ovod,E (2379) Sochi 2017}) 14... Rc8 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Nb5 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc7.} Na6 17. a3 Bf8 18. Nd2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 {The position is equal.} Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,54,0,0,0,0,0,8,15,20,25,15,11,9,9,9,9,9,11,11,11,11,10,8,10,12,8,12,11,12,9,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxc7. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Nba6 15. Re1 Bc8 16. Nd6 Be6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc4.} Nc5 21. h4 h6 $1 22. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White is pushing.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Bf6 23. Qf3 Ne6 24. Re4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Nxf7 Qc7 27. Nxe5 {½-½ (27) Ragger,M (2666)-Gajewski,G (2653) Haguenau 2013}) 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Rxb2 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfd8 26. Rbd2 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,69,30,1,14,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,-9,-9,-14,0,0,0,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,79,75,66,343,343,1095,690,672,644,29986,29987,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 (16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. Nd2 b5 20. Qe5 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 {½-½ (52) Mamedyarov,S (2774)-Ding,L (2805) Zagreb 2019}) 16... exd5 {The position is equal.} 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Rxe8+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. h3 h6 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc5 21. d6 Bxf3 22. d7 {½-½ (32) Serrano Salvador,E (2305)-Pulpan,J (2418) Ostrava 2019}) 18... Rxe8 19. Ba4 Rd8 {Black wants to play ...Nc5.} 20. Bc6 Nc5 21. Nd4 Ba6 22. Qe3 Bc4 23. h3 Bxa2 24. Nb5 a5 (24... a6 $11 25. Nc7 Qd6) 25. Nc7 $17 Qh6 ({Black should play} 25... h6 $1 $17) 26. Qe2 $11 Qf4 27. Ne8 Bb3 28. Re1 $40 {[%cal Bd1e1,Be1e3,Be3f3,Bf3f6][%mdl 160] Qe7 is the strong threat. White mounts an attack.} h6 ({Inferior is} 28... Bxd5 29. Bxd5 h6 30. Qb2 $16) ({Black should try} 28... h5 $11) 29. Qb2 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rb2g7][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 30. Re3 $1 {Strongly threatening g3.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't go for} 30... Bxd5 $2 31. Bxd5+ Rxd5 32. Qa2 $18) (30... a4 $14) 31. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3f4]} Qg5 $2 {[#]} (31... Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxe8 33. Bxe8 Kxe8 34. Qe2+ Kf7) 32. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qxh4 {[#]} 33. Nxf6 $1 {Intending Ne8+ and mate.} gxf6 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Nfe5 Be6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Rab8 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. Ba3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd5 18. Bc5 Qa4 19. Rd1 Rb5 20. Rd3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Ra3 Qc7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Bf1 a5 25. Bf2 c5 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Nd5 28. e4 Nb4 29. g4 Bxg4 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rxc5 Qd7 32. a3 Bh3 33. Be2 Qd2 34. Qe1 Qxf4 35. Rc3 Nc2 36. Qb1 Rd2 37. Qc1 Qxe4 38. Bf3 Nd4 39. Bxe4 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Nxc1 41. Bg1 Ne2 42. Rxh3 Rd1 43. Rg3 Nxg3+ 44. hxg3 Ra1 45. Kg2 Rxa3 46. Bc5 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 e6 48. Ke3 a4 49. Bb1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,27,36,27,41,33,36,34,41,37,41,43,42,27,43,39,37,30,35,41,41,30,41,27,111,112,102,122,140,66,66,68,108,110,110,125,119,103,152,144,139,153,164,146,161,155,169,147,144,141,158,155,236,231,556,550,510,418,444,463,460,408,456,446,443,408,454,444,417,372,361,0,347,308,366,313,365,349,514,500,617,578,786,700,12847,12847,12849,1514,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12839,12839,12835,12837,12836,12836,12836,12837,12837,12840,12840,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12846,12850,12849]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O h6 (5... Be7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. d4 Bf4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg2 exd4 19. Nfxd4 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2840)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6. Re1 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Nbd7 7. c3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 12. exd5 {1-0 (25) Krneta,S (1715)-Alefs,W (1646) Wesel Undeloh 2005}) 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. b4 c5 16. Ba3 Bxe4 (16... cxb4 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Bxb4 Nc5) 17. Rxe4 $16 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe1 (19. Qb7 $16) 19... e4 $14 20. bxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 21. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (21... Bxd4 22. cxd4) 22. a5 Kh7 23. Rb1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Na4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bb4 Rac8 {[#]} 26. g3 $1 Qf7 {[#]} 27. Ne3 $1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Bb5 Nc5 30. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rdd8 (30... Rcd8 $16) 31. Bc4 $18 Qb7 $2 (31... Ne6 {is tougher.} 32. Qb3 Rxc4) 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Bg8+ Rxg8 {[#]} 34. Qxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 35. Rxb7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rg7 36. Rb6 Rf7 37. Rc6 g5 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Nc3 Re7 40. Nd5 Rf7 $1 41. Rxc5 f4 42. Nc3 e3 43. fxe3 fxg3 (43... fxe3 $142 44. Re5 Kg6 45. Rxe3 Rc7) 44. h3 {White is clearly winning.} Rf2 45. Ne4 Rh2 46. Nxg3 Rxh3 47. Kg2 g4 48. e4 (48. Rh5 $142 Rxh5 49. Nxh5+ Kg6 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Kg3) 48... Kg6 49. e5 h5 50. Rc6+ Kg5 51. Rf6 Kh4 52. Ne4 {White threatens Rf1 and mate.} Re3 53. Rf4 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. e6 Ra5 56. Nd6 Kg3 57. Re4 Ra1+ 58. Re1 Ra2 59. Ne4+ Kh2 60. Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:12:28]} 12. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 14. Bh3 {[%emt 0:19:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 16. a4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 17. axb5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Qa3 {[%emt 0:13:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 19. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:22:08]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 20. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,21,0,18,0,-7,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Nf3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. f4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. f5 Bxd4+ 16. cxd4 c5 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qa3 Nc4 {1-0 (36) Radjabov,T (2758)-Xiong,J (2707) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 9... Qa5 10. O-O Qxc3 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bc5 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Qd8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qe7 19. e5 Rad8 20. Rd1 Rf8 {½-½ (20) Tsiganova,M (2260)-Richtrova,E (2370) Germany 1994}) *

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 8. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:08:34]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 14. Qc1 {[%emt 0:12:18]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:13:46]} 15. Bb3 {[%emt 0:19:59]} f6 {[%emt 0:16:58]} 16. Bh4 {[%emt 0:11:22]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 17. d5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} *

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,9,18,20,2,5,17,11,8,12,21,10,12,17,15,6,8,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,22,20,22,23,30,18,22,0,20,28]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxd5 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd5.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. Bxc3 a6 12. g3 Nb6 13. Bg2 {½-½ (30) Parligras,M (2645)-Kuzubov,Y (2660) Sovata 2018}) 10... Qa4 {...Qxc2 is the strong threat.} 11. Qxc3 {And now e3 would win.} Bc5 12. e3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb5.} Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. f3 Bc6 19. Kf2 h6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Rac1 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Ke7 23. Rc5 Rhd8 24. Rhc1 Rd7 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rad8 27. Rc7 f5 28. g3 Kd6 29. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,49,22,22,16,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,26,132,32,144,140,137,144,130,126,206,206,272,270,432,461,854,815,851,827,652,645,29993,29994,29994,29990,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O $1 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 7. h4 (7. O-O $11) 7... Na5 8. f4 $1 {Black must now prevent Bxf7+.} Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 9. dxc4 d6 10. f5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. Nd5 Ng4 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g4 {1-0 (30) Dubov,D (2660)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016}) 11. Qf3 Bd7 (11... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. Nh3 ({Better is} 12. g4 $1 $16) 12... b5 (12... Nh7 $1 $14) 13. g4 $1 $16 b4 ({Don't play} 13... bxc4 $6 14. g5 $14) 14. Nd1 Bc6 15. Nhf2 {[#]} Nxe4 (15... d5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Nxe4 $18 Bxh4+ 17. Ndf2 Bxf2+ (17... d5 {keeps fighting.}) 18. Kxf2 d5 {[#]} (18... f6 $142 19. Nxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxf6 20. Qxc6 Rab8) 19. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe4 (19... gxh6 20. Nxc5) 20. Qh3 {Strongly threatening Be3.} f6 21. Be3 {Hoping for Qh7+.} Qe7 22. Qh7+ {White mates.} Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 {[#]} 24. Rh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be8 {[#]} 25. Rah1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 6. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} *

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,13,22,13,8,12,14,16,19,14,13,17,0,25,15,22,4,34,35,16,0,69,58,73,69,71,71,163,150,142,71,63,87,176,120,135,117,181,198,185,186,268,256,334,311,330,150,169,0,288,230,275,261,339,333,873,854,698,193,562,354,830,822,771,769,722,647,631,579,5161,5065,4714,4714]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Bc6 12. Qe3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Rd1 {½-½ (30) Yu,Y (2749)-Duda,J (2697) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Bb4 (14... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 15. Bd2 Qd8 $11) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qg3 Kf8 (16... g6 $11) 17. Be3 $14 h5 18. h3 a6 19. Nd6 Qc7 (19... h4 $16 20. Qg4 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qd8) 20. Rac1 $18 Qd7 21. Bc5 (21. Rfd1 $142) 21... Bxc5 $16 22. Rxc5 h4 (22... b6 $16 23. Rc4 g6) 23. Qf3 (23. Qg4 $18 Rd8 24. a5) 23... g6 24. Rfc1 Kg7 (24... Rd8 $16) 25. Qg4 $18 {[#] Rxd5! is the strong threat.} Rad8 26. a5 Rh5 (26... f5 $142 27. Qd4 Qe7) 27. Qd4 {And now Rxd5 would win.} Qe7 {[#] and if ...Qg5 works, Black does fine.} 28. f4 $1 Kg8 29. Rc8 (29. b4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 29... Kg7 $16 30. R8c5 (30. Rxd8 $142 Qxd8 31. Nxb7) 30... Kg8 $1 $18 31. Kh2 Rh8 32. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kh7 33. b5 Rxd6 $2 (33... Rd7 34. b6 Rf8) 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Qe5 $2 (35. Rc8 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc8h8]} Rd8 36. b6) 35... Rd8 $2 (35... Qxe5 36. fxe5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Ra8) 36. b6 {Black must now prevent Qxd6.} Nxf4 $2 (36... Qf8 37. Qg5 Qe8) 37. Qxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd6 {KRR-KRN} 38. Rc7 Kg7 39. R1c2 Nh5 40. Rf2 Ng3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} 41. Rfxf7+ Kh6 42. Rfd7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} *

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,-11,0,-6,0,9,0,0,19,14,16,-15,16,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-12,-11,0,-17,-13,-20,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 {The position is equal.} 6. b3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. c4 c6 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Kh1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 {0-1 (34) Van der Lende,I (2347)-Bok,B (2592) Netherlands 2016}) 6... c5 7. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Nxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {0-1 (45) Szabo,Z (1910)-Antal,A (1870) Paks 1999}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e3 Be7 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. Qb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. c3 Bf5 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,122,10,-3,29,30,39,41,44,43,56,45,59,43,38,39,35,40,60,41,65,38,55,35,29,35,37,21,19,11,22,0,31,7,34,-11,44,19,22,23,18,27,28,8,68,62,82,68,72,74,85,70,85,0,139,142,119,-83,-91,-68,-73,-66,-65,-205,-188,-210,-204,-184,-179,-270,-253,-260,-257,-296,-183,-412,-375,-362,-198,-210,-222,-212,0,-419,-401,-383,-380,-418,-411,-472,-445,-754,-752,-859,-727,-639,-707,-671,-662,-6506,-6498,-6498,-6404,-5077,-2033,-29968,-5185,-29978,-29979,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 dxc4 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (7... c6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 exd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 Nb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nge4 {½-½ (30) Babula,V (2549)-Hracek,Z (2585) Ostrava 2019}) 8. Bxc4 e5 9. d5 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 10. e4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Ba2 {½-½ (48) Andersson,T (2395)-Svenn,G (2317) Sweden 2017}) 11. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32]} 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Ba2 Nb6 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qf3 Nc8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qe2 Nh7 21. Rc2 Bg5 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Bb3 g6 (23... Bf4 $11) 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Ba4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b5 26. Bb3 f5 27. Nf1 f4 ({Black should try} 27... Nf6 $11) 28. Qd3 Qh4 29. Nh2 Ng5 30. f3 Kh8 31. Kh1 h5 32. Ne2 (32. Nd1 $16) 32... Bxh3 (32... Red8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. gxh3 $16 Nxh3 {White must now prevent ...Nf2+.} 34. Ng1 $2 (34. Qd2 $16) 34... Nf2+ $17 35. Rxf2 Qxf2 36. Rc2 Qe1 {Played: Qf2-h4} 0-1

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:28]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 11. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:19:19]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 15. b5 a5 {[%emt 0:18:44]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:17:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 20. bxc6 {[%emt 0:06:03]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rdb8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 22. Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 23. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 24. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 25. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 26. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 28. Nfxd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:06:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 31. Nb5 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 32. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 34. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 35. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 42. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 44. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. Rh8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. Rxh6+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Nxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:03:20]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 51. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 53. Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Ra5+ {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. g5+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:03:38]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,32,10,19,17,34,24,31,14,37,47,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Nd7 $146 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 {½-½ (10) Riff,J (2487)-Cornette,M (2496) Mulhouse 2008}) 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} e5 12. Nc3 b5 13. Qd2 exd4 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,20,18,13,0,8,-4,7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kg7 20. g3 Kf6 21. Bd3 {½-½ (30) Movsesian,S (2654)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 10... c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rfe8 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 17. Ng3 $146 Re5 {½-½ (70) Abdusattorov,N (2546)-Bindrich,F (2606) St Petersburg 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,113,29,13,26,25,27,31,37,46,14,31,31,0,0,0,44,37,34,25,39,43,43,37,38,37,42,34,43,32,32,27,27,27,37,46,51,34,169,166,145,22,34,31,356,355,293,321,264,204,621,591,597,614,614,604,598,591,505,0,0,0,0,0,85,144,85,8,8,8,8,8,737,685,1856,1552,29974,29973,29975,29976,29979,29979,29978,29979,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qxd6 Bb7 (15... Qe7 16. Bc5 Qf7 17. Ke3 g5 18. Be2 g4 19. Rac1 h5 20. Rc3 Qg7 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. Kd2 Re8 23. Re1 Qh6 24. Kc2 a5 25. Re5 Nh7 26. Rf5+ Kg8 27. Qe5 {1-0 (27) Vidit,S (2718)-Krasenkow,M (2671) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Rg1 c5 18. g4 ({Avoid the trap} 18. Bxc5 $2 Ne4 $19) 18... Qc7 (18... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d6]} 19. Qe5 O-O $14) 19. g5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ng8 21. Bh3 Ne7 22. Rgd1 {½-½ (22) Ivanov,B (2427)-Gromotka,H (2492) ICCF email 2011}) 20. Qe5 d6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 $1 22. g6 Re8 23. gxh7 Rxe6 24. h8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 25. Qxg7 {Bh3 is the strong threat.} Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Rc7.} 26. Rg6 Rc7 27. Rgxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Decoy} Nxd6 28. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 {And now ...Rxe3+! would win.} 29. Rxd6 Qb4 (29... Rc6 $14 30. Rxc6+ Bxc6) 30. Bh3+ $18 Kb8 {( -> ...Rxe3+!)} 31. Be6 (31. Rd8+ $16 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Bc8 33. b3) 31... Bc8 $1 $11 32. b3 Qa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qb7 $1 $14 33. Bd5 Qb4) 33. f5 $18 Qxa2+ 34. Rd2 Qb1 {White should prevent ...Qe4.} 35. Rd8 Qc2+ $2 {[#]} (35... Rxd8 36. Qxd8 Qe4) 36. Kf3 $1 Rxd8 37. Qxd8 {White wants to mate with Bxc8.} Qxb3 38. f6 Rc6 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 40. Qd5 $2 ({White should play} 40. Qd6+ $18 Ka8 41. Qd5+ Qb7 42. Kg4) 40... Re8 $1 $11 41. Qd6+ {[#]} Kc8 $1 42. Qxc5+ Kd8 (42... Kd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Qd4+ $16 ({Of course not} 43. Qxa7 $6 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Bf4 Rg8+ 46. Kf3 Qd1+ 47. Ke4 Re8+ 48. Kf5 Qb1+ 49. Kg5 Rg8+ 50. Kh4 Qe1+ 51. Kh5 Rh8+ 52. Kg5 Qh4+ 53. Kf5 Qh5+ 54. Ke4 Qe2+ 55. Kf5 Rh5+ 56. Bg5 Qd3+ 57. Kg4 Qh3+ 58. Kf4 Qxh2+ 59. Kf5 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kg4 Qe2+ 61. Kf5 Qd3+ 62. Kg4 Qh3+ 63. Kf4 Qf1+ 64. Kg4 Qh3+ 65. Kf4 Qh2+ 66. Kg4 Qe2+ 67. Kf5 Qd3+ 68. Kg4 Qh3+ $11) 43... Kc8 44. h4 (44. Kf4 $16 Qb7 45. Qd5 Qc7+ 46. Kf3) 44... Qb7+ $1 $11 45. Qd5 Qxd5+ $1 46. cxd5 {KR-KB} Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Kd7 $11) 47. Bd4 $18 Kd7 48. Kf4 Ke8 49. Ke5 {White mates.} Kf7 {[#]} 50. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Re8+ 51. Kd5 Rd8 52. h5 a5 53. h6 a4 54. h7 a3 55. Kc6 Rc8+ 56. Kb7 Rh8 57. d7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,41,47,39,29,26,43,34,75,60,58,46,63,72,93,74,80,93,199,215,231,232,234,230,233,232,220,238,231,206,275,207,215,201,225,201,216,174,221,223,214,201,149,145,184,176,179,175,185,180,212,175,328,331,339,333,574,530,669,658,643,600,29989,29966,4798,2497,29972,29970,29958,11205,3137,748,704,688,651,447,679,669,677,662,619,614,969,806,1316,1279,881,588,2193,2167,29976,29976,29980,29981,29987,29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 Nge7 (5... a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. e5 Bc7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxe5 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2797)-Rapport,R (2726) Shenzhen 2019}) 6. d4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 9. Nf3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Qc5+ {0-1 (65) Meszaros,L (2119)-Jirasek,P (2306) Hradec Kralove 2014}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. g3 b5 13. Bg5 {aiming for Nxe5.} f6 (13... h6 $16) 14. Nxe5 $18 Bxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxa8 Bxb2 19. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3f3,Bf3f7][%mdl 32]} Ba3 20. Qd5 d6 21. Rd3 Bc5 22. Rf3 {[%cal Rf3f8]} Re8 23. Bd3 g6 24. Rf7 Qd8 {[#] Black wants to play ...Be6.} 25. Qc6 $1 Be6 26. Rc7 Bxa2 27. Kg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rf8 28. f4 (28. Qxa6 Qxc7 29. Qxa2 b4 $11) 28... Bg8 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qxa6 Qb2+ $2 (30... g5 {was worth a try.} 31. R7xc5 (31. Qxb5 gxf4 32. gxf4 Be3 $16) 31... dxc5 32. Qxf6+ (32. Qxb5 gxf4 33. Qxc5 fxg3 $11) 32... Rxf6) 31. Rc2 Qd4 32. Qxb5 Qg1+ $2 (32... Qe3 33. R7xc5 dxc5 34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Rd8) 33. Kh3 Be6+ 34. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} gxf5 35. exf5 Rf6 36. Qe8+ (36. fxe6 {gets mated.} Rh6+ 37. Kg4 Qd4+ 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Rf2+ 40. Kd1 Rf1+ 41. Kd2 Qe3+ 42. Kc3 Qe5+ 43. Kb3 Rb1+ 44. Ka4 Qa1+ 45. Ra2 Qxa2#) 36... Bg8 37. Qh5 {Qg5 would kill now.} Qd4 38. Re2 d5 {[#]} 39. Re8 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rc7h7]} Bf8 40. Rxf8 (40. Qe2 $142 h5 41. Rcc8 Qg4+ 42. Qxg4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4) 40... Rxf8 {[#]} 41. Qh6 $1 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Kg4 Rh6 44. h3 Rb6 45. Kf4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3 Rb6 47. g4 h6 48. Rd7 Rf6 49. h4 Rb6 50. g5 {White mates.} hxg5 51. hxg5 Rb8 52. g6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:19]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} e6 {[%emt 0:16:23]} 10. Bc4 {[%emt 0:10:24]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 12. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 20. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,129,57,70,60,56,64,59,72,59,68,66,78,68,65,62,87,60,66,64,64,52,64,64,64,51,52,56,64,64,73,79,79,79,79,79,79,60,61,60,68,60,60,60,60,60,64,67,136,136,136,135,143,143,172,173,182,182,182,189,173,173,178,189,191,183,205,205,185,174,230,239,225,218,441,452,462,452,525,502,528,518,556,461,648,637,6414,5844,2332,1373,12836,12835,12836,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12845,12846,12845,12846,12846,12847]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 Nf6 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Rb1 b6 15. b3 {1-0 (52) Vidarte Morales,A (2423)-Moranda,W (2579) Warsaw 2009}) 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. g4 Ng8 14. Rg1 a6 15. b3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Rg3 Qd8 19. Rb1 b5 20. Rg1 bxc4 21. bxc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxb8.} Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Qc7 23. Qb2 Nb7 24. Ng3 Rb8 25. Ke2 Nd8 26. Qa3 Qc8 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 Qb7 29. Bc2 f6 (29... Bc8 $14) 30. Ba4 $16 Bc8 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. axb3 ({Don't play} 32. Bxb3 $6 Nf7 $14) 32... Nb7 33. Bc6 Ne7 34. Bxb7 Bxb7 35. Ba5 Bf8 36. Bc7 Ng8 37. h4 Bc8 {[#]} 38. Nh2 $1 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. f4 exf4 (40... Bd7 {keeps fighting.} 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. f5+ Kh6) 41. Nxh5 $18 Nh6 42. Nxf4 Nf7 $2 (42... Be7 43. Nf1 Bg4+ 44. Kd3 Kg8) 43. Ne6 {White is clearly winning.} Be7 44. Ng4 Kg6 {Black hopes to continue with ...f5.} 45. Ne3 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Nh6 46. Kf3 f5 47. h5+ Kf6 (47... Kxh5 $142 48. Nxf5 Nxf5) 48. exf5 Nxf5 49. Nxf5 Kxf5 50. Bd8 Bxe6 51. Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bf7 52. h6 Bh5+ 53. Ke3 Kg6 54. Kd2 Kxh6 55. Bxd6 Kg6 56. Bxc5 Kf5 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Bd4+ Kd6 59. Bb6 Bd1 60. b4 Bb3 61. Kd4 Ba4 62. Ba5 Be8 63. c5+ {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 64. Ke5 Ke7 65. c6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,176,15,11,15,0,0,2,-5,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-7,0,-6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,22,17,20,16,0,21,-5,0,-12,-12,-9,-19,-11,-12,-12,-6,-57,-64,-75,-68,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-96,-75,-75,-62,-75,-75,-75,-30,-75,-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,-43,-8,-8,-8,-43,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 c5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rad1 {0-1 (29) Schebler,G (2480)-Gustafsson,J (2572) Hoeckendorf 2004}) 11. c3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Qd3 N5b6 15. Ne3 {[%cal Bc4e3,Be3g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} Ne5 16. Qe4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qc7 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Be3 Qc6 (19... Rfd8 {keeps more tension.} 20. Bd4 Nc4 21. Rad1 b6 22. Qe2 Na5) 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rad1 c5 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rfc8 24. b3 f6 25. Nc4 e5 26. Be3 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rb7 28. f4 (28. Re2 $11) 28... exf4 $1 $15 29. Bxf4 {[#]} Rc6 $1 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra6 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. Bb8 Rxa2 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 (34... Re2 {is interesting.} 35. Ra5 Re4 36. Ra4 g5 37. Kf2 f5) 35. Bxa7 {KB-KB} Bd6 36. Kg2 f5 37. h3 Ke7 38. Bb6 g5 ({Black should play} 38... h5 $17) 39. g4 $1 $11 f4 40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Ke4 Kc8 42. Kd3 Be7 43. Kd2 Kb7 44. Ba5 Kc6 45. Kd3 Bf6 46. Kd2 h6 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Bb6 Be5 49. Bd8 Ke6 50. Bb6 Bd6 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Bd8+ Kf7 (52... Be7 $5 {[%cal Re7d8]} 53. Bb6 Ke6 $15) 53. Ba5 Be7 54. Bb6 {The position is equal.} Kg6 55. Kd3 h5 56. Ke4 h4 57. Kd3 Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Bc7 Kd7 60. Be5 Kc6 61. Kd3 Kb6 62. Kc2 Ka5 63. Bc7+ Ka4 64. Be5 Ka3 65. Bc7 Ka2 66. Be5 Ka1 67. Kc1 $1 Ka2 68. Kc2 f3 69. Kd3 Kb3 (69... f2 $5 70. Ke2 $8 Kb3 $11) 70. Ke3 Kxc4 71. Kxf3 Kd3 72. Kf2 c4 73. Bd4 Bd6 74. Be3 Be7 75. Bd4 Bd8 76. Kf3 Ba5 77. Bf6 Bxc3 78. Bxg5 Be5 79. Bxh4 {aiming for g5.} c3 80. Bg5 c2 81. Bc1 {And now g5 would win.} Bc3 82. g5 {g6 is the strong threat.} Bd2 83. g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent g7. White has counterplay} Bxc1 84. g7 Bb2 85. g8=Q {Hoping for Qb3+.} c1=Q {( -> ...Qf1+)} 86. Qg6+ Kc3 87. Qc6+ Kb3 88. Qxc1 Bxc1 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,151,0,8,0,6,0,0,0,0,-12,-3,-12,-21,-18,-29,-25,-25,-21,-21,-22,-14,-47,-45,-36,-41,-31,-33,-34,-34,-110,-96,-108,-98,-108,-85,-100,-89,-159,-154,-160,-159,-239,-245,-375,-293,-595,-526,-877,-821,-987,-427,-448,-406,-396,-395,-352,-275,-250,-207,-237,-74,-74,-74,-75,-75,-75,0,-74,-74,-75,-74,-72,-75,-72,-72,-72,-72,-71,-72,-72,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-32,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-67,-140,-70,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-203,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-203,-203,-521,-365,-4614,-4584,-4022,-3917,-2611,-2087,-2101,-1676,-12796,-4937,-4918,-1220,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 (5... d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Ng3 c6 9. Bd2 b6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. h3 Ra7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 {½-½ (57) Yu,Y (2736)-Grischuk,A (2766) Riga 2019}) 6. a3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 {The position is equal.} d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 Qe7 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g3 f6 13. Bg2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (38) Garcia Palermo,C (2429)-El Debs,F (2530) Caioba 2019}) 12... Bb6 $1 13. Na4 f6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bb2 b5 16. Ng3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nb6 18. Bd3 Qh4 19. O-O-O (19. Rf1 $15 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qxh2 21. Kf2) 19... Bg4 20. Rdf1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 21. Kb1 Nc4 22. Bc1 Nc7 23. Qc3 (23. h3 $142 Rxf1 24. Rxf1) 23... g6 $1 $17 24. Bc2 Rxf1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 25. Rxf1 (25. Nxf1 $17 {was called for.} Qf2 26. Ne3) 25... Qxh2 $19 26. Qe1 (26. Qd3 {is a better defense.} Qxg2 27. Rf4) 26... Ne6 27. Rf6 $2 (27. Rf2) 27... Qxg2 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 (29... Ng7 $142 30. Rxg4 Nxa3+ 31. Bxa3 Rxa3) 30. Rxg4 Rxa3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rg2a2]} 31. Qe2 Rb3+ ({Less strong is} 31... Rxg3 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 $15) 32. Ka2 Qxe2+ ({Not} 32... Rxg3 33. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2 $15) 33. Nxe2 Rxb4 34. Rh4 Kg7 $2 (34... Na5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 35. Bd2 Ra4+ 36. Kb1 b6) 35. Ng3 $17 Ra4+ 36. Kb1 Na3+ 37. Kb2 Nc4+ 38. Kb1 $1 c5 39. Nf5+ Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 40. Rh6 {Hoping for Rf6+.} Nxd4 41. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. e6+ Kg7 $1 {aiming for ...Rb4+.} 43. e7 Ra8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 44. Rh5 Re8 {And now ...Ne3 would win.} (44... Kf6 {with more complications.} 45. Rxd5 Kxe7 46. Rxb5 Ke6 47. Rxb7 Kd5) 45. Rxd5 Rxe7 46. Rxd4 Kf6 47. Rd5 Re5 48. Rd7 Na5 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. Rh7 Nc4 51. Bc3 Re3 52. Kc2 b6 53. Rh6+ {[#]} (53. Kb3 $15) 53... Kd5 ({Better is} 53... Kd7 $1 $17 54. Kb3 Kc7) 54. Rh5+ (54. Bb4 $1 $15) 54... Kc6 55. Rh6+ {[#]} Kb7 $1 56. Rh8 Rg3 57. Bb4 (57. Kb3 $17) 57... Ne3+ 58. Kb2 Nd5 59. Rh7+ Ka6 60. Rh4 Rf3 61. Rd4 Ne3 62. Rh4 Nc4+ 63. Kc2 Rf7 64. Kb3 Na5+ 65. Kb2 Rf2+ 66. Kc3 Rf6 67. Kb2 Rc6 68. Be1 (68. Ka3 $17) 68... Rc4 $19 69. Rh5 $2 (69. Rxc4 {was the crucial defense.} bxc4 70. Kc3) 69... Re4 70. Bc3 $2 (70. Bxa5 bxa5 71. Rh6+ Kb7 72. Kb3) 70... b4 71. Bf6 Re2+ 72. Kc1 Nc4 73. Rh3 Kb5 74. Bg7 Ka4 75. Rh4 Kb3 (75... b5 $142 76. Kd1 Rg2) 76. Bf8 Re1# {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,45,13,11,8,4,3,33,3,15,11,31,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,24,-6,-6,-17,-19,-26,-24,-28,-7,-66,0,0,0,-29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 8. Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qxd7 Bxd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. O-O {½-½ (86) Vidit,S (2703)-Maghsoodloo,P (2656) Biel 2019}) 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Bb5 (12. Qa3 {with more complications.} O-O 13. Rd1 e6 14. Rb1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Be3) 12... Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Bg5 e6 16. d5 c4 17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Bh6 Rac8 20. dxe6 (20. Bxg7 $11 Kxg7 21. Rfd1) 20... Qxe6 (20... Qxd2 $15 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxd2 Nc5) 21. Bxg7 $11 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,46,6,30,11,16,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,2,-6,-8,-10,-14,-4,-16,-13,-6,-14,-20,-32,-38,-37,21,23,12,22,26,26,25]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O ({Predecessor:} 5... Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rd1 e5 8. c3 {½-½ (70) Gonzalez Perez,A (2466)-Movsziszian,K (2503) Sabadell 2013}) 6. O-O Bg4 7. Rd1 {B06: Modern Defence} Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. h3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 14. Bc2 $146 (14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. d5 {½-½ (41) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 14... Nac4 15. Bc1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxb2 17. Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qc7 18. Nc3 N2c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} 19. Rd1 $1 Qxc5 {White must now prevent ...Rac8.} 20. Rb1 Rac8 ({Black should play} 20... Ne5 $15 21. Qe3 Rac8) 21. Na4 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Nxa4 22. Bxa4 Qa5 23. Bb3 b5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 6. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 13. dxc6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 14. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 18. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 19. e6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 20. Na4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:05:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 22. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:12:51]} 24. R1d3 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 25. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 26. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 27. fxg5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 28. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 31. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 32. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. b4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 35. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Kc3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Re2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 37. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 38. b5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 39. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:05:02]} 40. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 42. Kd5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 43. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 44. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 45. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 46. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 47. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 48. b6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 49. b7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} 50. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Rb3 {[%emt 0:06:11]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 52. Ka6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 53. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 54. Na6 {[%emt 0:07:41]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 55. Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 56. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 58. Rb5 {[%emt 0:07:10]} f3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 59. Kb6 {[%emt 0:11:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 60. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} f2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 61. Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 62. Nc6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Nxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. b8=Q {[%emt 0:00:24]} f1=Q {[%emt 0:00:07]} 65. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 67. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 68. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Ka8 {[%emt 0:14:44]} Qa3+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} 70. Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 71. Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ka8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qa3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 73. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qxa7+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} 74. Kxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 75. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:08:14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 76. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 77. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 78. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 79. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 80. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 81. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 82. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 83. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 84. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 85. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,35,17,17,17,18,10,12,16,9,9,9,10,17,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nc4 Na6 18. e3 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Nb4 $146 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Qe2 Rad8 {½-½ (41) Vidit,S (2703)-Abdusattorov,N (2598) Biel 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,207,5,0,0,-11,-8,-19,-10,-41,-26,-31,-12,-12,-16,-16,-20,-30,-18,-72,-72,-44,-49,-72,-59,-120,-104,-377,-377,-352,-325,-570,-569,-1004,-998,-971,-969,-784,-296,-253,-124,-158,-137,-160,-139,-134,-118,-124,-75,-166,0,-445,-150,-423,-433,-374,-388,-617,-611,-618,-611,-601,-587,-1562,0,-560,0,-1248,-722,-722,-719,-714,-704,-694,-679,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29965,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29969,-29966,-29967,-10162,-6331,-1757,-472,-483,-488,-481,-458,-473,-458,-454,-447,-451,-450,-416,-416,-408,-406,-392,-400,-1234,-993,-911,-497,-1194,-1064,-1374,-206,-213,-228,-231,-143,-191,-184,-181,0,-205,-205,-206,-206,0,0,-206,-206,-206,-206,-214,-214,-206,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 d6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Nxe7+ $146 (12. Nc2 {keeps more tension.} Rab8 13. b4 b5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Na3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rb1 Bh3 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. b4 b6 16. e3 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Rad8 20. Ra4 {0-1 (63) Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2474)-Moiseenko,A (2653) Mallorca 2004}) 12... Nxe7 13. b4 Bh3 14. bxc5 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 dxc5 16. Rb1 f5 17. Qb3 (17. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... b6 $17 18. a4 Nc6 19. Bc3 f4 20. f3 ({Better is} 20. a5 $15) 20... Qh3 21. a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Qb5 $17 fxg3 22. hxg3) 21... fxg3 $19 22. hxg3 Qxg3 ({Not} 22... Nxa5 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Kf2 $17) 23. Qa4 $2 (23. Qd1 e4 24. Bxg7 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. exf3 Kxg7 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1) 23... Bh6 24. Be1 Be3+ $1 25. Bf2 Nd4 26. Rb2 Nf5 $2 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Qc6 Rae8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} (27... bxa5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 28. Rb7 Rae8) 28. Qe4 $17 Bxf2+ $1 29. Rxf2 Qg5 30. e3 bxa5 31. Rb7 Qh6 32. Rfb2 (32. Ra2 $17) 32... Ng3 $2 (32... Nd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6e4]} 33. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nf7 34. Rxa7 Rd8) 33. Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qd5+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kh8 34. Rf7) 33... Qh1+ $19 34. Kf2 e4 $1 35. f4 Nf5 36. dxe4 (36. Rd2 $142 Rd8 37. Rd1) 36... Nd6 $1 37. Rb1 Nxe4+ 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kg3 {[#]} Ne4+ (39... Rxe3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kf2 (40. Nxe3 Ne4#) 40... Nxb1 41. Rxb1 Qxb1 42. Nxe3 Qe4) 40. Kf3 Nd2+ (40... Qh2 $142 41. Qh4 Nd2+ 42. Kf2 Qxh4+ 43. Nxh4 Nxb1 44. Rxb1 Re4) 41. Kg3 $1 Nxb1 42. Qd7 Qh6 43. Qd5+ Kh8 44. Qxc5 {[#]} g5 $1 45. Rxb1 (45. Qxg5 Rg8) 45... gxf4+ 46. Nxf4 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 47. exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kh4 Qxb1 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Re7 $1 53. Qd8+ Kf7 $1 54. Qd5+ Re6 55. Qd7+ Kf6 $1 56. Qd8+ Kf5 (56... Re7 $142 57. Qd6+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ Kg7 59. Qd4+ Kf7 60. Qd5+) 57. Qd5+ Kxf4 (57... Kf6 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. Qd7+ Re7 60. Qd5+ Ke8 61. Qa8+ Kd7 62. Qd5+ Kc8 63. Qc6+ Kb8 64. Qd6+ Rc7 65. Qd8+ Kb7 66. Qd5+ Ka6 67. c5) 58. Qg5+ Ke4 59. Qd5+ Ke3 60. Qg5+ Kd4 ({Don't take} 60... Kf2 61. Qg3+ Ke2 62. Qg2+ Ke3 63. Qg5+ Kd4 64. Qd5+ Ke3 65. Qg5+ $19) 61. Qd5+ {[#]} Kc3 $1 ({Don't do} 61... Ke3 62. Qg5+ Kd4 63. Qd5+ Ke3 $19) 62. Qxe6 {KQ-KQ} Qh1+ 63. Kg5 Qg1+ 64. Kh4 Qd4+ 65. Kh3 (65. Kg5 $142) 65... Qxc4 66. Qe1+ Kb2 67. Qf2+ (67. Qd2+ $142 Qc2 68. Qf4) 67... Kb3 68. Qxa7 Qd3+ $2 (68... a4 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 69. Qb6+ Kc2) 69. Kh4 Qe4+ 70. Kh5 a4 71. Qf7+ Kc3 72. Qc7+ Kb3 $2 ({Black should try} 72... Kd3 $19 {...Qh1+ is the strong threat.} 73. Qg3+ Ke2 74. Qh2+ Ke3 75. Qg1+ Kd2) 73. Qg3+ $2 (73. Qf7+ $1 $11 Kb4 74. Qf4) 73... Kc4 74. Qc7+ Kb5 {And now ...Qd5+ would win.} 75. Qb8+ Kc4 76. Qc7+ {[#]} Kd3 $1 {Hoping for ...Qg6+.} 77. Qd6+ Ke3 78. Qa3+ Kf2 79. Qc5+ Qe3 $2 (79... Ke2 $19 80. Qb5+ Ke1) 80. Qf5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 81. Kh4 a3 (81... h6 $5 82. Qc5+ $8 Qe3 83. Qf5+ Kg1 84. Qg4+ Kf2 85. Qf5+ Kg2 86. Qg4+ Kh2 87. Qe2+ Qxe2 $11) 82. Qc2+ $1 Kg1 83. Qc1+ $1 Kg2 84. Qg5+ Kf2 (84... Kf1 $5 85. Qc1+ $8 Ke2 86. Qc2+ Ke3 87. Qc3+ Kf2 88. Qd2+ Kg1 89. Qc1+ Kf2 90. Qd2+ Qe2 91. Qf4+ Qf3 92. Qd2+ $11) 85. Qd2+ Kg1 (85... Qe2 $5 86. Qf4+ $8 Qf3 87. Qd2+ Qe2 88. Qf4+ Qf3 89. Qd2+ $11) 86. Qc1+ Kf2 (86... Kg2 $5 87. Qg5+ $8 Kf2 88. Qd2+ Kf1 89. Qc1+ Kf2 90. Qd2+ $11) 87. Qd2+ Kg1 (87... Qe2 $5 88. Qf4+ $8 Kg2 89. Qg3+ Kf1 90. Qxa3 Qe4+ 91. Kg5 Qe5+ 92. Kh6 Qh2+ 93. Kg5 h6+ 94. Kg6 h5 $11) 88. Qc1+ Kg2 89. Qg5+ Kf2 (89... Kh1 $5 90. Qc1+ $8 Kh2 91. Qd2+ Kh1 92. Qc1+ Kh2 93. Qd2+ Kh1 94. Qc1+ $11) 90. Qd2+ Kf1 (90... Qe2 $5 91. Qf4+ $8 Qf3 92. Qd2+ $11) 91. Qc1+ Ke2 92. Qc2+ Ke3 93. Qc3+ $1 Kf2 (93... Ke2 $5 94. Qc2+ $8 Ke1 95. Qc1+ Ke2 96. Qc2+ $11) 94. Qd2+ Qe2 (94... Kf1 $5 95. Qc1+ $8 Ke2 96. Qc2+ Ke3 97. Qc3+ Kf2 98. Qd2+ $11) 95. Qf4+ Qf3 96. Qd2+ Kg1 (96... Qe2 $5 97. Qf4+ $8 Qf3 98. Qd2+ $11) 97. Qc1+ Kg2 98. Qg5+ Kh2 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rf3h3]} (98... Kf1 $5 99. Qc1+ $8 Kg2 $11) 99. Qd2+ $1 Kh1 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 100. Qc1+ $1 Kh2 (100... Kg2 $5 101. Qg5+ $8 $11) 101. Qd2+ $1 Qg2 (101... Kh1 $5 102. Qc1+ $8 Kh2 103. Qd2+ $11) 102. Qd6+ Kg1 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 103. Qxa3 Qe4+ 104. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,150,14,12,0,3,5,0,0,0,0,8,3,13,3,0,15,7,0,8,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-17,0,-7,0,-21,-18,-20,0,0,-11,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,143,127,133,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Nf1 {½-½ (34) Santamaria Perez,T (2364)-Zhaparov,R (2337) ICCF email 2014}) 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 13. exd5 $146 (13. Qe2 b5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. d4 e4 {1-0 (89) So,W (2763)-Harikrishna,P (2734) Riga 2019}) 13... Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Qh5 Rad8 {[#] With the idea ...Nf4.} 17. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h5]} (17... exd4 18. Bxh6) 18. Bxf4 $1 exf4 19. Nf1 Rd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Nd2 Nc8 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 c5 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 25. d5 Nb6 26. c4 Bb8 27. Nhf3 Nd7 28. Kf1 g5 29. Ne1 f5 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Rc1 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Nf3 Bd6 35. Ne1 Re4 36. Re2 Ke7 37. Nd3 Kd7 38. Ke1 b6 39. f3 Re3 40. Kd2 $1 Rxe2+ 41. Kxe2 {KB-KN} Ke7 42. Kd2 b5 43. b4 bxc4 44. Nxc5 Be5 45. Nxa6 Kd6 46. Kc2 Kxd5 47. b3 Bd6 48. b5 cxb3+ (48... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Kxb3 $16 h5 {[#]} 50. Ka4 (50. b6 $1 $16) 50... g4 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Ka5 {Threatening Kb6.} Kd4 $1 52. Kb6 Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 53. Kc6 Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2g2]} 54. Kxd6 Kxg2 55. hxg4 fxg4 {KN-K3P} 56. Nc5 gxf3 {aiming for ...f2.} 57. Nd3 {Strongly threatening b6.} f2 {[#]} 58. Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kxf2 {KPP-KP} 59. b6 {Threatens to win with b7.} f3 {...Kg1 is the strong threat.} 60. b7 Kg2 61. b8=Q {Qb7! would kill now.} f2 62. Qb7+ Kg1 63. Qg7+ Kh2 64. Qe5+ Kg2 65. Qg5+ Kh2 66. Qf4+ Kg2 67. Qe4+ Kg1 68. Qe3 ({Less strong is} 68. Qg6+ Kh2 $18) 68... Kg2 $1 69. Qe2 Kg1 70. Qe3 {Intending Qg3+ and mate.} Kg2 $1 71. Qg5+ Kh2 72. Qxh5+ Kg2 73. Qg4+ Kh2 74. Qf3 Kg1 75. Qg3+ Kh1 $1 76. Qxf2 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,116,41,40,39,48,16,9,7,7,24,20,7,95,22,49,42,36,33,43,39,43,35,50,25,47,33,83,62,105,111,103,52,39,22,20,8,17,-48,-46,-37,-36,-53,-51,-68,0,-197,-58,-212,-40,-94,-94,-94,-99,-105,-48,-52,0,-50,-29,-68,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-44,-47,-47,-47,-21,-47,-20,-48,-27,-28,-16,-26,-10,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. h3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Ne2 a6 10. Qc2 Nf7 11. h3 b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 {½-½ (68) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Piorun,K (2612) Batumi 2018}) 7... Bd6 8. g4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd5 10. g5 Nf7 11. h4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nd6 13. Ne2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 {1-0 (38) Sidorov,A (2416)-Alekseev,A (2274) Togliatti 2007}) 10. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Nf7 11. h4 g6 (11... Bc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Kf1 (12. Bd2 $16) 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. Nf4 a5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. a3 Qe7 18. Bb1 Ne6 19. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bxf4 20. exf4 c5 21. dxc5 (21. Be3 $16) 21... bxc5 $14 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nh4 Nf8 $1 24. b4 (24. b3 $11) 24... axb4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Be3 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 27. Nf3 {[#]} Ne6 (27... b3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxb3 Ra3) 28. Rh4 $2 {[#]} (28. Bxf5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bb5+ 29. Bd3 Bxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qf6 Qxf6 34. gxf6) 28... Bb5+ (28... d4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxd4 (29. Bxd4 Bb5+) 29... Red8 30. Nxf5 Bb5+ 31. Ke1 gxf5 32. Qxd6 Nxd6) 29. Bd3 $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 29. Kg2 $1 $15) 29... Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} 30. Kg2 ({Better is} 30. Ne5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) (30. Bxc4 dxc4) 30... Bxd3 $17 31. Qxd3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e3][%mdl 512]} 32. Bd2 {[#]} (32. Bxd4 Nxf4+) 32... Qd5 (32... Reb8 $1 $17 33. Rb1 Ra3) 33. Bxb4 $15 Rab8 (33... Reb8 $15 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Ra4) 34. Rc4 (34. Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qb7 35. Rb1 $17) 34... Rb7 35. Bd2 Reb8 {And now ...Rb3 would win.} (35... Nd6 {seems wilder.} 36. Rb4 Reb8 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Qa6 Rb3) 36. Rxd4 Nxd4 37. Qxd4 Qxd4 38. Nxd4 Rd8 39. Nf3 Rd3 40. Be3 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe3.} 41. Bd4 Rbb3 42. Be3 Rd1 43. Rh2 Rbd3 44. Bc5 Rd7 45. Rh3 R1d5 46. Be3 Nh8 47. Ne5 Rh7 48. Rg3 {The position is equal.} Rd1 49. Bc5 Rhh1 50. Be7 Rhg1+ 51. Kh2 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Nf7 {aiming for ...Nxe5.} 53. Nxg6 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Rhg1+.} 54. Ne5 Nxe5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rd1g1]} 55. Bf6+ Kg6 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rd1g1]} 56. Bxe5 Rb1 57. Re3 Rbg1+ 58. Kf3 Rh3+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 exd3 11. exd3 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. c5 a5 14. Rfc1 a4 15. f4 Ra5 16. N4f3 Na6 17. d4 a3 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19. Nb1 Ra5 20. Nbd2 Ra4 21. a3 Ne4 22. Nb3 Bf5 23. Nh4 Be6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Re3 Nc7 28. Rae1 Rxa3 29. Nd2 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Nb5 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxd4 33. Nd6 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nb4 37. Nxb7 Kf6 38. Nd6 Na6 39. Ne4+ Ke5 40. f6 gxf6 41. Ke3 Bg4 42. Nf2 Be6 43. Nf3+ Kd5 44. Ne4 f5 45. Nf6+ Kxc5 46. Nxh7 Nb4 47. Nhg5 Nd5+ 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Nh3 Nf6 50. Nf4 c5 51. h4 Ne4 52. Ne2 Ke7 53. Nd2 Nd6 54. Nf4 Kf6 55. Ke3 c4 56. Ne2 Nb5 57. Nb1 Ke5 58. Nbc3 Nxc3 59. Nxc3 f4+ 60. gxf4+ Kf5 61. h5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kg7 63. Ng3 Kh6 64. Kd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. g4 Qb6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 20. e5 g6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. h4 Rc5 24. Be4 d5 25. Bd3 Rfc8 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. h5 gxh5 28. Qh2 h4 29. f5 exf5 30. Qf4 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. b3 Rbc5 33. Re2 h3 34. Rd3 d4 35. Rh2 Rc3 36. Rdxh3 Rxh3 37. Rxh3 Re8 38. Rh1 Re5 39. a4 bxa3 40. Ka2 a4 41. bxa4 Qe6+ 42. Kxa3 Qd6+ 43. Ka2 d3 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Qh4 Qe6+ 46. Kb2 Qb6+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+ 48. Kb2 Qb6+ 49. Ka2 Qe6+ 50. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,22,15,57,56,53,53,61,31,46,35,84,30,37,10,12,15,32,48,33,27,31,27,67,22,23,29,114,62,159,154,159,158,162,164,167,153,186,167,341,278,359,357,365,364,354,351,371,376,448,450,671,670,29966,29967,29965,29966,1343,537]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 c4 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (12... b4 13. Bd2 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rab1 h6 20. Qa2 {1-0 (64) Anand,V (2773)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2530) Kolkata 2018}) 13. Bd2 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc6 14. Ng3 cxd3 15. cxd3 bxa4 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qc1 Bd7 20. Qg5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 {0-1 (43) Aveskulov,V (2539)-Krnan,T (2432) Ottawa 2007}) 14. Ne3 Rfe8 {White is slightly better.} 15. b4 cxb3 16. cxb3 h6 17. Rc1 ({White should play} 17. Nh4 $16) 17... Nc6 $11 18. Nd5 Qd8 $1 19. b4 Rc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb3 Rf8 22. Ne3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Nf5 Kh7 (24... Bd8 $11) 25. d4 ({Better is} 25. Bb1 $16) 25... Nxd4 (25... Nxe4 $1 $14 26. Rxe4 Qxf5) 26. N3xd4 $16 exd4 27. Rxc7 (27. Nxd4 $6 Bxe4 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 $11) 27... Qxc7 28. Bb1 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Qh3. White attacks with force.} ({Don't do} 28. Nxd4 $6 Bxe4 29. Nxb5 Qb6 $11) 28... g6 29. Nxh6 {Threatens to win with e5.} ({But not} 29. Nxd4 $6 Ng4 $16) 29... Bd8 30. Qh3 {And now Rc1 would win.} Bc8 $2 (30... Kg7 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kg8 32. Rc1 Bxf5 33. exf5 Qd7 34. Qf3 ({Weaker is} 34. fxg6 Qxh3 35. gxh3 Kg7 $18) 34... d5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Ne4.} 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Bh6 Re8 (36... Qg4 $142 37. Qxg4 Nxg4) 37. Bxg6 $18 Re7 38. Qxf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6f8]} Re1+ 39. Rxe1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6f8]} Bxf6 40. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. h4 h6 11. Nc3 g5 12. Be3 Nd6 13. b3 f5 14. Bc1 gxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. gxh4 Kh7 17. f3 Qxh4 18. Ba3 Qxd4+ 19. Rf2 c5 20. cxd5 e5 21. e4 Qe3 22. Raf1 Qf4 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. f4 Rg8 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bf4 Qf6 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. exf5 Rg5 29. f6+ Bf5 30. Qe2 Qxf6 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Rxf5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Ng3 34. Rf7+ Kh8 35. Rf8+ Rg8 0-1

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 b4 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 Qb6 19. Nb2 Ba6 20. g4 Qc6 21. Qf2 Bb5 22. Ra7 Nd7 23. f5 f6 24. h4 Rbc8 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. g5 Qd8 29. Qg3 Nc5 30. Bh3 b3 31. cxb3 Nxb3 32. Kh2 Nc5 33. Rf2 Qe7 34. Rg2 Rh8 35. Kg1 Qd8 36. Qf3 Rf8 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Bf5 Qa5 39. gxf6+ Rxf6 40. Qh5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2 42. Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,51,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-9,18,25,23,29,32,11,10,8,6,11,10,8,11,0,17,18,17,13,16,15,13,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,8,6]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Bc4 Ndb4 9. O-O {aiming for Qe2. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Na3 Be6 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Rc8 13. b3 e6 14. Rd1 Ndc6 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {½-½ (30) Lin,C (2508)-Vidit,S (2717) China 2019}) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 11. Nc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} e6 (11... Bxf3 {looks sharper.} 12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Bb3 a6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6) 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g5 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Ne4 Be7 {1-0 (62) Levitan,R (1933)-Dylag,E (2095) Riga 2018}) 12... Nc2 13. Rb1 Bb4 14. Bf4 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 15. Bxf3 N2d4 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Be3 Rd8 19. f4 b6 20. Kf1 Nb4 21. Nc3 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,71,27,29,16,27,37,37,35,40,34,25,10,33,54,36,90,85,83,83,81,80,70,77,106,101,108,86,116,106,166,144,178,183,191,189,202,205,512,512,441,465,498,649,906,893,775,734,1210,944,12841,12839]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Bb7 {C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} (12... b4 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Nf1 b3 15. Bd3 exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Be2 c3 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. d5 {0-1 (37) Quesada Perez,Y (2627)-Caruana,F (2811) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. d5 Qc7 14. b4 Nc4 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. exf5 bxa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Kh8 18. Be3 cxb4 19. cxb4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 {1-0 (41) Nguyen,T (2539)-Kozak,A (2440) Budapest 2018}) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 (18... Nxc5 $14 19. c4 Bc8) 19. Rxa4 Bxd5 {[#]} 20. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Be3.} Bb7 ({Wrong is} 20... Bxc4 $2 21. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 22. Nc3 $18) 21. Nc3 Qc8 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rb8 25. Be4 a5 {[#]} (25... Kh8 $16) 26. Rxa5 $1 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 27. Nxf6+ $1 Rxf6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Ra7 Rxf5 $2 (29... Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qxf5) 30. Qg4 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rg4g7] White is clearly winning.} g6 31. Qe4 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 ({Less strong is} 32. cxd5 Rb7 $16) 32... Bb6 33. Bxb6 Rxb6 {[#]} 34. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 (34... Qxc5 35. Qa8+) 35. g4 Rg5 36. f4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,8,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-409]} 1. d4 $146 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 {The position is equal.} 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. Bc1 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qh3 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ $2 {[%mdl 40960] An unexpected result.} (19... Qh4+ $11 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 ({Predecessor:} 22. Kg1) 22... Qg3+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,25,21,21,21,18,15,21,18,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 (12... Qe8 13. Qxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bf4 d5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6+ Nxd6 {½-½ (25) Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13. Nd2 {[#]} {Predecessor:} d5 $146 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Bf4 Nd6 16. Qe3 c6 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 {½-½ (31) Zhou,W (2591)-Wen,Y (2585) China 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,109,114,108,75,73,104,108,58,62,40,113,8,44,12,14,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,62,20,93,50,86,54,77,0,0,0,0,-80,-25,-41,-34,-79,-78,-78,-54,-64,-58,-48,9,-4,-10,-11,-13,-4,-5,-39,-41,-65,-57,-126,-135,-127,-122,-117,26,22,21,18,85,98,258,265,256,256,247,261,260,249,244,255,239,212,227,218,217,214,477,252,480,251,255,198,465,456,469,464,733,727,719,714,29985,29986,29982,29982]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Ne2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. c5 bxc5 {½-½ (8) Stern,R (2483)-Khenkin,I (2620) Bonn 2011}) 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nbc3 {White is better.} O-O 10. f3 exf5 (10... Ne7 $14) 11. Nb5 (11. Bxf5 $16 {With the idea c5!} Nh5 12. Qd3) 11... Nh5 $11 12. Nxd6 (12. c5 $5 Be7 13. b4 $11) 12... cxd6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Nxh5 $1 (15. Nxf5 $2 Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Bxf5 Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Kg1 Nxf5 $19) 15... Qxh5 16. Be2 Rae8 (16... Qh4 $11) 17. Qd4 Re7 (17... Ba6 $11 18. b3 b5) 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. Re1 f4 20. a4 (20. Bxf4 Nxf3 21. Qf2 Re4 $11) ({White should play} 20. Qxf4 $16 b5 21. cxb5) 20... Qh4 21. Qf2 Qf6 22. Bc3 (22. b3 $11) 22... Qf5 (22... Ba6 $1 $17 23. Qd4 Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxf6 Nd2+ 25. Bxd2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 gxf6) 23. Qd4 Ba6 24. Rc1 Qg6 $1 25. Qxf4 Rf7 26. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g6] Black must now prevent Qxg6.} Ng4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 27. Re1 Ne3+ (27... Rfe7 $15 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. fxg4 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin}) 28. Kf2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qc2 29. Kg1 {Black should prevent Bf1.} Rfe7 {And now ...Nf5! would win.} 30. Bf1 $1 Nf5 31. Rxe7 (31. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2c2]} Rxe1 32. Qxc2 Rxf1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 33. Kxf1 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kf2 Nxc2 35. Rc1 $11) 31... Rxe7 32. Qf2 Qxa4 33. g4 ({White should try} 33. b4 $1 $15) 33... Ne3 $17 34. Qh4 {[#]} Qd1 $1 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rd1f1][%mdl 576] Double Attack} 35. Kf2 {[#]} Qc2+ (35... Rf7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qh3 (36. Bg2 $2 Qc2+ 37. Kxe3 Qxg2 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 36... Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Bxc4) 36. Kg3 $11 Kf7 $1 37. Qh5+ Kf8 (37... Qg6 $11) 38. Qg5 $16 Bxc4 $2 {[#]} (38... Qd1 $16 39. Bxg7+ Rxg7 40. Qxe3 Bxc4) 39. Bxg7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 40. Qd8+ $1 ({And not} 40. Qxe3 Bxd5 41. Qd4 Qc5 $11) 40... Kf7 41. Qxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 42. Qc8+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Nf5+.} 43. Qe6+ $1 Kf8 44. Qxe3 Bxd5 {[#]} 45. Qf4+ $1 Kg8 46. Qxd6 Qb3 $2 (46... Qc7 {was worth a try.} 47. Qxc7 Rxc7) 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ (48. Be2 $142 Be6 49. Rc1 Rxg4+ 50. Kf2) 48... Kf8 {[#]} 49. Qc8+ $1 ({But not} 49. Qd8+ Kf7 $18) 49... Kf7 $2 (49... Ke7 {keeps fighting.} 50. Bg2 Qe3) 50. Be2 {Hoping for Rc1.} Be6 51. Qc7+ Kf6 (51... Kf8 $142 52. Qd8+ Kf7) 52. Qf4+ Ke7 53. Re1 {Bc4! is the strong threat.} Bxg4 54. Bc4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Be6+ {[#]} 55. Kh4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,0,1,0,14,20,26,20,5,7,13,0,33,34,35,27,35,28,42,25,87,77,77,79,103,95,114,95,102,114,146,143,125,127,162,154,141,144,159,96,85,54,89,110,91,70,229,242,244,255,264,241,253,166,249,106,264,177,213,218,216,218,210,218,218,218,218,218,253,203,210,202,1501,1479,1155,1104,887,877]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 6. Nce2 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nd2 {0-1 (67) Polak,T (2533)-Demidov,M (2556) Trnava 2019}) 6... Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng3 {1-0 (23) Russell,A (2274)-Hague,B (2322) Wellington 2013}) 7. Ng3 $1 Ba6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} e6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Rc1 c3 (10... Nfd7 {looks sharper.} 11. h4 b3+ 12. Bd2 Qxa4 13. Ra1 Qb5) 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 ({Reject} 11... cxb2 $6 12. Bb7 $18) 12. bxc3 bxc3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 c2 (14... Ba3 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Rc2 Nd7) 15. Qxc2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 $1 c5 17. dxc5 Nc6 18. g3 O-O-O 19. Kg2 Rd3 20. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2f6]} e5 21. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxa4 24. Qe3 (24. Nd2 $142 $1) 24... Rd8 $16 25. Re1 {And now Qh6 would win.} Nb4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 26. Rc1 Nc6 27. Nh4 Qd4 $2 ({Better is} 27... Nd4 $14) 28. Qf3 $1 $18 Qd3 {[#]} 29. Qf5+ $1 ({Less strong is} 29. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 30. Kh3 Qd5 $14) 29... Rd7 30. Qxh7 Kc7 31. Qf5 a5 (31... Nd4 $142 32. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 f5) 32. Qxf6 (32. Nf3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 32... a4 $2 (32... Qxe4+ $16 {was called for.} 33. Nf3 Qg6) 33. Qf3 a3 34. Ra1 Qxf3+ 35. Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} ({Worse is} 35. Kxf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rb3 $11) 35... Rd3 36. h4 Kd7 37. h5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Ke7 38. h6 {Strongly threatening h7.} Kf6 {Black hopes to continue with ...Kg6.} 39. h7 Kg7 {[#]} 40. Ng5 $1 {Black must now prevent Rh1.} Nd8 $2 {[#]} (40... Kh8 41. Nxf7+ Kxh7) 41. c6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. White is clearly winning.} Nxc6 42. Rh1 Rd8 {[#]} 43. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,30,0,3,2,23,21,15,16,18,12,30,23,25,18,31,35,29,32,28,26,38,35,33]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...b5.} 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Bb7 {1-0 (51) Navara,D (2738)-Grandelius,N (2682) Caleta 2019}) 10... Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 e6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Rab8 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,28,-22,-10,-29,-24,-33,-26,-37,-38,-37,-41,-40,-40,-41,-42,-98,-111,-187,-187,-179,-184]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. a3 b6 (4... bxa3 5. d4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Nfd2 b5 10. Nb3 b4 11. cxb4 a2 12. Nc3 Bxb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nb5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {0-1 (68) Fernandez,D (2461)-Korneev,O (2560) Telford 2018}) 5. d4 Nf6 6. e5 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nd5 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. Bd2 {Black has an edge.} Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qxd2 d6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qf4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 {0-1 (65) Pape,J (2245)-Novkovic,M (2400) Germany 1997}) 9... O-O 10. Ne4 a5 11. c4 Nb4 12. Ra3 ({White should play} 12. Nd6 $15) 12... Bb7 13. d5 (13. Nd6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bxf3 14. Rxf3) 13... exd5 $19 14. Nd6 {[#]} Ba6 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,37,20,16,22,20,20,13,9,9,7,10,8,11,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nc3 (15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nb3 Na6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. e3 Nb4 {½-½ (34) Rapport,R (2735)-Wang,H (2737) Danzhou 2019}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e3 Na6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qe2 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Qb6 $146 20. Ne4 Be7 {½-½ (30) Wojtkiewicz,A (2536)-Shulman,Y (2551) Stillwater 2005} 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,67,17,2,7,12,19,10,33,9,19,20,42,6,16,8,0,0,25,29,32,25,89,103,192,181,167,127,133,104,165,-76,415,396,387,396,364,395,508,522,528,513,766,733,764,745,737,746,730,709,1078,1075,954,890,887,783,1455,1433]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 Bd7 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (7... Rb8 8. h3 Nd7 9. O-O b5 10. e5 Nd4 11. exd6 exd6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. f5 {½-½ (58) Jobava,B (2706)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Loo 2014}) 8. h3 h5 9. Be3 Qc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. O-O Qc8 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. c3 a6 13. Na3 b5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 {1-0 (38) Lombardo,M (2098)-Schiappoli,D (1775) Napoli 2016}) 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Nd1 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf2 e5 15. c3 b4 16. O-O h4 (16... bxc3 $11 17. bxc3 Rb5) 17. g4 $16 exf4 (17... O-O $16) 18. Bxf4 $18 Ne5 19. d4 Nc4 20. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent b3. White is in control.} bxc3 {[#]} (20... O-O $16) 21. e5 $2 ({White must play} 21. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nd2 22. Bxd6 Nxg4 23. hxg4 cxd4 24. e5) 21... cxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... dxe5 $17 {stays on course.} 22. dxe5 {[#]} Nxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nxc3 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 O-O) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rb1 {Played: Nf2-e4} 1-0

[Event "88th UKR-ch 2019"]
[Site "Lutsk"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Shtembuliak, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,16,-66,-68,-66,-72,-75,-78,-121,-119,-128,-131,-125,-152,-145,-132,-108,-28,-159,-16,-32,-41,-28,-51,-66,-95,-180,0,-571,-562,-538,-542,-531,-481,-643,-600,-515,-481,-1288,-530,-1115,-991,-1166,-1070,-29989,-5681,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29988,-29992,-29988]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O (9. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 10. O-O-O) 9... c4 $15 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. f5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. fxe6 fxe6 {Black is better.} 12. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qg5 Nb6 {½-½ (15) Sabuk,P (2369)-Eingorn,V (2518) Odessa 2018}) 12... Nb6 $1 13. Ne2 b4 14. Qe1 O-O 15. h4 Rb8 $1 16. b3 Bd7 ({Black should try} 16... a5 $17) 17. Nf4 (17. Qg3 $1 $11) 17... Na7 (17... Na4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4c3] aiming for ...Nc3+.} 18. bxa4 Qa5) 18. Ng5 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Nb5 20. Rh3 h6 21. Bd2 (21. Ka1 $17) 21... hxg5 $2 (21... Na4 $19 {...Nac3+ is the strong threat.} 22. bxa4 (22. Bxb4 $2 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Nbc3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. Qxc3 Nxc3+ 25. Rxc3 hxg5 $19) 22... Na3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 23. Kc1 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxa4) 22. Bxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. hxg5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxg5 23. Bxb4) 22... g4 $19 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rg3 {If White can now play Ka1 this consolidates a bit.} Be8 25. Be2 Qa3 {Played: Be8-g6} 0-1

