[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,34,42,61,51,56,55,49,0,40,33,29,14,13,0,4,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,27,30,28,36,51,20,29,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,47,37,42,33,55,45,70,17,20,0,0,-56,-56,-58,-58,-60,-60,-61]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {LiveBook: 137 Games} Bd6 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (12... O-O 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Be8 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qe2 c5 22. Bf4 {0-1 (48) Tiglon,B (2385)-Kuybokarov,T (2472) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 Rb8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Bd7 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 Qc7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qh4 Kh7 21. Ne4 {1-0 (21) Hackman,P (2015)-Clancy,M (1958) Bournemouth 2016}) 15. Qc1 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qh6 {[#] aiming for Ne4.} f5 $1 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 {White should prevent ...Be7.} 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rad1 Be7 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 25. Nc1 Rb4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. a3 Rg4 28. Nb3 Rc8 29. Nd2 c4 30. Nf3 Rb8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 32. Rxe5 Qb6 33. Re2 h6 34. h3 (34. b4 $14) 34... Rg7 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. c3 (36. Rd4 $11) 36... Rxg3+ $1 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 37. Qxg3 Rg8 38. Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rd4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,18,14,-4,-6,3,8,6,26,41,81,58,64,57,58,40,35,0,0,8,7,15,32,11,54,28,49,49,118,66,73,0,79,0,74,71,118,88,141,48,50,56,77,78,64,81,89,0,61,67,66,63,73,-25,44,51,57,54,65,6,6,0,68,75,133,133,146,141,194,148,148,148,160,123,130,130,125,122,125,127,136,135,113,118,193,20,31,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne1 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (8... Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 a5 12. Bd4 Na6 13. Nd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (57) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. Qxc6 Nb6 12. Qb5 Rc8 13. e4 Bd7 14. Qa6 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. f4 {1-0 (33) Dvirnyy,D (2534)-Pulvett Marin,D (2438) Seville 2018}) 9... dxc4 10. e4 Bc8 11. Nc2 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Ne3 Nfd7 14. e5 Nb6 15. f4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Bg2 Nb4 18. Nxa4 Nd3 19. d5 Bb7 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 20. Nc3 Qc7 21. Kh2 Qc5 (21... f6 $14) 22. Ne4 (22. Bd2 $16) 22... Qb5 23. Nc3 Qc5 24. Ne4 Qb5 $1 25. Bd2 Nxb2 26. Qb1 N6a4 (26... Nxd5 $142 27. Nxd5 Bxd5) 27. Rxa4 (27. Nc3 $16 Nxc3 28. Bxc3) 27... Qxa4 $14 28. Qxb2 Bxd5 $1 29. Qd4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 ({Reject} 30. Bxe4 Rfd8 $15) 30... Rfd8 31. Nd5 (31. Nxc4 $16 Bf8 32. Rc1) 31... Qd7 (31... e6 $11 32. Ne7+ Kh8) 32. Bc3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e6 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 33. Nb4 Rdc8 34. Qf3 (34. Nc6 $16 Rb6 35. Na5) 34... a5 ({Black should try} 34... Bf8 $11 35. Nc6 Rb3) 35. Nc6 Rb3 36. Nxa5 Ra3 37. Rc1 (37. Rd1 $14 Qc7 38. Nc6) 37... Bf8 $11 38. Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxb7 (38... Rc7 $11 39. Qb2 Qd3) 39. Nxb7 $14 Rc7 (39... Ra2 $142) 40. Nd6 Ra2 41. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ra6 (41... Rd7 $16) 42. Ne8 Rc8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. h5 Bc5 45. Bf1 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ba3 47. Rd1 Rc2 {[#]} 48. Ne4 $1 gxh5 49. Rd7 Bc5 {[#]} (49... h6 $16 50. Bg2 h4) 50. g4 $2 ({White should play} 50. Bg2 $1 $18) 50... Be3 51. gxh5 {Hoping for Kg4.} Rxc3 {The position is equal.} 52. Nxc3 {Strongly threatening h6+!} Bxf4 53. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} c3 {aiming for ...c2.} 54. Bd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Rxf7+!} c2 {[#]} ({But not} 54... Bxe5 55. Ng5 $16) 55. Bxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc2 56. Nd6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Hoang, Canh Huan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,57,12,53,57,42,60,85,89,91,91,90,103,89,98,108,105,137,133,131,131,112,113,169,156,338,280,460,468,484,468,902,907,1261,1233,29981,29975,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Qb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6} 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Kb1 b5 14. f3 Bb7 15. Ne3 Be7 16. h4 Qc7 17. Be2 Qc5 18. Rd3 Ne5 19. Rc3 {1-0 (60) Galkin,A (2608)-Kozul,Z (2609) Kemer 2007}) 13... Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 14. exd5 e5 15. h4 Be7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. g4 Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2] [#]} 18. Bd3 Bd8 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. c3 Bb6 21. Bc1 Rc7 (21... Kd8 $16) 22. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 $2 (22... Kd8 $16 23. g5 h5) 23. g5 $18 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5h6][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 $2 (23... Nh5 {keeps fighting.} 24. gxh6 gxh6) 24. Bb3 Ne7 25. gxh6 g6 (25... gxh6 $142 26. Rxd6 Rc6) 26. Rxd6 Qc5 {[#]} 27. Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf2 (27... Nxd5 28. Qxe5+) 28. Qxe5 Rh7 29. Ba4+ {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,123,5,1,-5,0,4,8,8,15,10,31,-33,0,0,4,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-18,-35,-13,-16,-15,-14,-6,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-6,0,0,22,18,73,72,60,65,74,49,72,71,72,68,102,102,94,97,93,57,102,102,162,81,81,81,366,391,383,346,374,366,373,369,863,850,869,860,817,83,166,0,731,597,669,575,399,588,550,285,6637,5093,29960,5097,29976,29978,29979,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ {E98: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1} Bxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6g5,Bg5e3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Bg4 Nf5 15. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bd7 16. Bc3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a5 17. Rc1 b6 18. Rc2 Rf7 19. b3 Qf8 20. Re4 Qg7 {½-½ (44) Ehlvest,J (2606)-Smirin,I (2662) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 17. f3 Bg5 18. Qb3 (18. Nf2 $14) 18... b6 19. Nf2 Be3 20. Re2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Kf1 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Rf8 25. Re4 Rf7 (25... Qg7 {feels hotter.} 26. Qe3 a5 27. Re1 Rf5 28. h3 Raf8) 26. Qb5 (26. Kg1 {is interesting.} a5 27. Qe3 Raf8 28. b3 Kg7 29. Re1) 26... a5 (26... Qf5 {with more complications.} 27. Rae1 Raf8 28. h3 h5 29. Kg1 Qg5) 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. Kd3 Rdf7 30. Rae1 Kg7 31. Kc2 Rf4 32. Kb3 R4f7 (32... R8f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Ka4 $1 $16 g5 34. Kb5 Kg6 35. b3 h6 36. a3 Rg7 37. Kc6 Rff7 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 h5 40. h3 Kf5 41. Ra1 g4 (41... Rf8 $16) 42. hxg4+ $18 hxg4 43. Ra7 gxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Kf6 $16) 44. gxf3 Rh7 45. b5 Re7 46. Ra8 Ref7 47. Rc8 Rfg7 $2 (47... Kf6 48. Rg4 Kf5) 48. Rf8+ $1 Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Rxf7 {KR-KR} 50. Rg4 $2 (50. Re3 $18 Kf4 51. Ra3) 50... Rh7 {[#]} (50... Re7 $16) 51. Re4 $2 (51. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 51... Rf7 $1 {intending ...Rg7.} 52. Re3 Kf4 {[#]} 53. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a7]} Kg3 54. Ra7 Kxf3 55. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} dxc5 $2 {[#]} (55... Rf8 56. Rxc7 (56. Kxc7 dxc5 57. Ra1 Kf2 $16) 56... dxc5) 56. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Rf6 57. Kxc7 e4 58. d7 {White mates.} Rf8 59. Ra1 Kf2 60. d8=Q Rxd8 61. Kxd8 c4 62. Ra4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vo, Thanh Ninh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,37,38,37,38,28,44,46,51,46,53,30,22,8,23,-7,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,23,14,20,0,16,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,33,37,84,82,82,0,76,61,82,64,90,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29990,-29990,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29994,-29995,-29995,-748]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 d6 {LiveBook: 57 Games} 12. a3 {B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} (12. Be2 Nc5 13. f3 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 a5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfc8 20. Rc4 {1-0 (40) Andreikin,D (2700)-Popov,I (2609) Tyumen 2012}) 12... b6 13. Be2 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Rc2 Bc6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rac8 19. b3 Nc5 20. b4 {0-1 (29) Vermeulen,E (1722)-Sorokin,M (2087) ICCF email 2015}) 14. f3 {White is slightly better.} g5 15. O-O h5 16. Bd1 Bc6 17. Rf2 Be5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 h4 20. b4 Rc8 21. Bb3 Kf8 22. Rcc2 Bf4 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. h3 Rg8 25. Nc3 Ng5 26. Kf2 Rg6 27. Nd5 e5 28. c5 dxc5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd6 31. Ra5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Ne6 32. Rxa7 Bb5 33. a4 Ba6 34. Rc2 (34. Rd1 $16) 34... Rb8 (34... Nc5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Ba2 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 36. Rd2 {aiming for Nf6.} Rc6 {White must now prevent ...Rc1.} 37. Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Much worse is} 37. Rxd3 $6 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 Rxa2 $11) (37. Kg1 $16 Bc4 38. Nf6) 37... Rc1 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rc1f1] Black mates.} 38. Nd7+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rc1f1]} 39. Re2 Bxe2 40. Kxe2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rxa2 42. Nxe5 Nc5+ 43. Kd4 Rd2+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 59%.} (43... Nb3+ $142 44. Kd5 Rd2+ 45. Nd3 Rc5+ 46. Kd6 Rxd3+ 47. Ke7 Re5#) 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,69,34,22,30,28,21,29,33,0,0,-10,-12,-11,41,44,52,57,52,65,48,54,54,7,45,45,54,53,141,146,157,174,537,534,535,505,579,458,683,683,721,721,713,703,954,621,29988,1378,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bh4 h6 {[#]} 15. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. c4 Rfe8 {0-1 (60) Sargissian,G (2677)-Smirnov,A (2527) chess.com INT 2018}) 15... Rfe8 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. f4 Qh5 ({Black should try} 17... Qa4 $11) 18. Nf3 $14 c5 19. Qb5 Be7 20. Qxd7 Bxh4 21. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f5 22. d5 Rad8 23. Qxa7 exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 {[#]} (24... Rxd5 $14 25. Qxb6 Kh7) 25. c4 $1 $16 ({But not} 25. Qxb6 $6 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxd5 $14) 25... Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qg4 $2 (26... Rxe5 {is more resistant.} 27. Qxb6 Rc8) 27. e6 $18 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qd4+ 28. Kh1 b5 29. Rcc1 bxc4 {[#]} (29... Qf6 $142 30. Qxc5 bxc4 31. Qxc4 (31. Rxc4 Qe5 $16) 31... Qe5) 30. Qf7+ $1 Kh8 31. e7 Rb8 32. Rcd1 Qe4 33. d6 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re4g2]} 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Rg1 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,56,37,58,44,22,25,18,12,0,6,0,11,-10,-19,-14,-12,-3,0,-20,-5,-11,-7,-17,-7,-2,10,3,19,-20,0,0,7,7,9,5,18,-29,0,0,35,35,35,37,25,40,49,47,46,40,61,60,74,41,39,4,8,11,41,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Qd5 7. Ng3 e5 (7... Nf6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Qa5 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bb2 Rd8 {1-0 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Holt,C (2555) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Nf3 exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 Qc5 $1 10. Qxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd4 b3 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Bxc4 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {1-0 (39) Gonzalez Velez,F (2315)-Gual Pascual,A (2420) Salamanca 1998}) 10... Ba6 11. Be3 (11. Qe5+ {seems wilder.} Qxe5 12. Nxe5 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Be3) 11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Ndf5 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Nd1 Bb4 {[#] ( -> ...c2+)} 18. Nxc3 Bb7 19. Bc4 Nd7 20. O-O Nb6 21. Bb3 O-O 22. e5 (22. Na2 $5 {[%cal Ra2b4]} Bd2 23. Rc2 $11) 22... Ba6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Nce4 {With the idea Nd6.} Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 c5 26. f4 Kf8 (26... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 27. Bc2 Bb7 $15) 27. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxa5 28. Ra1 Bc4 29. Rxa5 Bxb3 30. Nxc5 Bd5 31. Nf5 g6 32. Nd6 Bc6 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. g4 f6 35. Kg3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Nd7 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 {The position is equal.} 38. Nc8+ Ke8 (38... Kf7 {is more complex.} 39. Nxa7 Nxe5 40. Nxc6 Nxc6 41. Kf4 h6) 39. Nxa7 Nxe5 40. Kf4 Nd7 41. Nxc6 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxd7.} Nxc5 42. Kg5 h5 43. gxh5 (43. Kxg6 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 44. Kf5 $16) 43... gxh5 44. Kxh5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santiago, Yago De Moura"]
[Black "Alfred, Nathan S W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-2,62,77,78,76,69,92,152,64,69,61,60,65,123,121,120,132,124,125,133,100,146,136,154,164,234,214,208,206,241,239,592,171,177,174,182,172,220,220,220,220,207,197,209,212,204,202,345,346,346,345,487,454,613,607,718,711,671,645,463,443]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} (5... h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 {½-½ (34) Aronian,L (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) Caleta 2018}) 6. h5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (6. dxc5 {NOTEXT} Qa5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Qxc5 9. O-O-O) 6... Nxh5 7. Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5 {The position is equal.} cxd4 $146 ({Black should try} 8... Be6 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Be6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 {0-1 (24) Miatto,M (1761)-Zenari,M (2019) Arco 2017}) 9. Nxd5 $14 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} e5 10. Bh6 Qxd5 11. Bxg7 Qa5+ (11... Rg8 $142 12. Qxh7 f5 13. Bxe5 (13. Bb5+ Nc6 $11) 13... Nc6) 12. Kd1 ({White should play} 12. c3 $1 $16 dxc3 13. b4) 12... dxe3 13. fxe3 Rg8 14. Qxh7 {[#]} Bg4+ (14... Rxg7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Qxg7 Qc5) 15. Nf3 $16 Bxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rxg7 17. Qxg7 {Strongly threatening Bc4.} Nd7 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Ke2 $1 e4 20. Bxe4 Qh5 (20... Ne5 {is a better defense.} 21. Rd1 Qa6+ 22. Bd3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qd6) 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Qg5 Qh2+ 23. Rg2 $1 Nxe4 $2 {[#]} (23... Qd6 24. Bf5+ Kc7) 24. Qg4+ $2 ({Stronger than} 24. Rxh2 Nxg5 25. Rh5 Rg8 $17) (24. fxe4 Qh1 $16) (24. Qxd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd8 25. Rxh2) 24... f5 $18 25. Rxh2 ({And not} 25. Qxf5+ Kb8 $11) 25... fxg4 26. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8 27. Rg2 Rg8 {[#]} 28. Kf2 $1 Kd7 {[#]} 29. Kg3 $1 Ke6 30. Rh2 Ke5 31. Rh7 Kxe4 (31... Rb8 $142 32. Kxg4 Kxe4 33. Re7+ Kd5 34. e4+ Kc6) 32. Re7+ ({Don't play} 32. Rxb7 Rc8) 32... Kd5 33. Rxb7 a5 (33... Ra8 {was worth a try.} 34. Kxg4 Rc8) 34. Rb5+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke4 35. Rxa5 Kxe3 36. Ra4 Rc8 37. c3 Rb8 38. Rb4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,76,10,32,17,19,18,30,20,20,19,17,7,6,10,12,4,4,0,0,0,11,0,10,11,10,10,10,7,14,0,6,0,5,8,8,8,1,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 16. Kf1 {[#]} Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nc6 17. Ke1 Bf8 18. a3 Na5 19. Nd2 Bc2 {½-½ (19) Volkov,S (2554)-Leko,P (2743) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 17. h3 Ke8 18. Bb5+ Bd7 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Ne4 b6 22. Ke2 Rc6 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Rb1 Rc8 25. g4 Na5 26. Kd3 e5 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Bg3 h6 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be1 {[#] Bxa5 is the strong threat.} Nb7 31. a4 Bf8 32. Bd2 Be7 33. Rb2 Rf8 34. Ke2 h5 35. Rb5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nc5 37. Nxc5+ Bxc5 38. Bb4 Bxb4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,17,29,0,0,-26,-27,-31,-21,-86,-82,-138,-138,-126,-43,-34,-32,-25,-20,-66,-12,-15,-15,-9,-23,-17,-17,-35,-22,-112,-133,-385,-381,-363,-387,-384,-377,-610,-241,-241,-229,-237,-237,-233,-236,-224,-229,-280,-269,-272,-257,-266,-273,-256,-266,-275,-277,-274,-268,-266,-256,-264,-272,-329,-318,-306,-326,-339,-329,-397,-391,-379,-383,-322,-329,-327,-312,-402,-386,-423,-410,-713,-713,-713,-713,-691,-684,-1030,-1002,-915,-832]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 7. bxc3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Qe7 14. Bd3 exd4 15. cxd4 {½-½ (38) Le,Q (2737)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Qe7 9. Nf3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... O-O-O 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 {0-1 (29) Thilakarathne,G (2213)-Shyam,N (2440) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 12. Bg5 Qe6 $1 13. Nd2 (13. Bb5 $11) 13... Bc5 $17 {Hoping for ...Qg4.} 14. Be2 ({White should try} 14. f3) 14... Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 15. Bh4 O-O (15... Qxg2 $17 16. O-O-O Qh3) 16. O-O $15 Nf6 17. Bg3 Rad8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} ({Don't blunder} 17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bd3 $18) ({Much weaker is} 17... Bxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Bf3 $16) 18. Bf3 {[#]} Nh5 ({Better is} 18... Rxd2 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qxd2 Nxe4) 19. Bxh5 $1 $11 Qxh5 20. Nc4 Rde8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Rfe1 Qf7 22. Ne3 Qg6 23. Nc4 (23. f3 $11) 23... h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...h4!} 24. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Nb2 $17) 24... h4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxh4 Rf4 26. Bg3 Bxe4 27. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (27. Qa4 Bxf2 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxf2) 27... Bxg2+ $2 (27... Bxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nd2 (28. Bxf2 Qxg2#) 28... Bc6) 28. Kxg2 Rxf2+ $1 29. Qxf2 Bxf2 30. Nxe5 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 31. Nxg6 Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. c4 Bb4 33. Kf3 Bd6 34. h4 Kh7 35. Rg1 Bc5 36. Rg2 Re3+ 37. Kf4 Rc3 38. Kf5 Rxc4 39. Nf4 Rc1 40. h5 Rf1 41. Ke4 Bd6 42. Nh3 Rf6 43. Ng5+ Kh6 44. Nh3 Re6+ 45. Kf3 Re7 46. Rg5 Rf7+ 47. Kg4 Rf6 48. Kh4 Re6 49. Kg4 (49. Rg4 $142) 49... Re4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Kf5 Re3 51. Rg6+ Kxh5 {aiming for ...Re5+.} 52. Rg5+ Kh4 53. Rxg7 Kxh3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,184,0,8,-25,-6,-8,1,-5,6,1,16,16,19,20,57,60,45,0,4,6,7,-18,-16,-11,-17,-16,-14,-50,-78,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-90,-94,-78,-113,-67,-67,-22,-16,-11,-17,-13,-108,-105,-105,-99,-100,-100,-98,-93,-98,-106,-106,-102,-191,-178,-189,-170,-214,-223,-232,-234,-233,-215,-189,-177,-180,-149,-163,-153,-158,0,-118,0,-127,-159,-153,-160,-125,-142,-114,-116,-102,-145,-109,-106,-114,-102,-117,0,-116,-46,-136,-121,-223,-213,-228,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-23,-21,-596,-596,-1459,-1219,-5369,-4797,-2156,-1911,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 17 Games} 7. Na3 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. h3 Nd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Na4 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 {1-0 (50) Aronian,L (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) Caleta 2018}) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Bxa6 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxa6 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bf5 13. Qc2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 {½-½ (31) Kloster,D (1769)-Schemmann,B (1853) Germany 2017}) 8... Qb6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb4 13. c3 Nc6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 e6 17. Rfc1 Bf8 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 18. Nc2 Ne8 19. Ne1 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rxb7 Bxa3 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 27. Bf4 $1 Ra8 {And now ...a4 would win.} 28. Rb6 Ne7 29. Rb3 (29. Bd1 $1 $11) 29... a4 30. Ra3 Nc8 $1 31. Bd1 Nb6 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. Ra2 (35. Bxd6+ $17 {was necessary.} Kxd6 36. Ra2) 35... Nb5 $1 $19 36. f3 a3 37. Bg3 Nc4 38. Be1 Nb2+ 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Bb4 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Nc3+.} 41. Bb3 Rb8 42. Kd2 Nd6 43. Kc3 Nb5+ 44. Kd2 $1 Nd6 45. Kc3 $1 Rc8+ 46. Bc5 Nb5+ $1 47. Kd2 {[#]} Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. dxc5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame With the idea Ra1. KRB-KNN} Kc6 49. Ra1 Kxc5 50. Rc1+ Kb4 51. Ba2 Na4 52. Rb1+ Nb2 {aiming for ...Nc3.} 53. Rc1 $1 Nc4+ (53... h5 $17) 54. Kd3 (54. Bxc4 $1 $15 dxc4 55. Rb1+ Ka4 56. Ra1) 54... Nbd6 $1 55. e4 (55. Rc3 $17) 55... Nb2+ $19 56. Kc2 {[#]} dxe4 $2 (56... d4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Ndc4.} 57. Kd2 e5) 57. fxe4 $11 Nxe4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 58. Rf1 Nd6 59. Rf4+ Kc5 60. Rf3 Kb4 61. Rf4+ Kc5 (61... Nbc4 {NOTEXT} 62. Bxc4 g5 63. Rf3 Nxc4 64. Rxf7 Ne3+) 62. Rf3 Nbc4 63. Bxc4 Kxc4 64. Rxa3 {KR-KN} Kd4 65. Kd1 h5 66. Ke2 Ke5 67. Kf3 h4 68. Ra5+ Kf6 69. Kg4 Nf5 70. Kf4 g5+ 71. Kg4 Kg6 72. Re5 Nh6+ 73. Kf3 Ng8 74. g3 hxg3 75. Kxg3 Ne7 76. Re1 Nf5+ 77. Kg4 Nd4 78. Kg3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 79. Ra1 Kh5 80. Ra6 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 81. Ra5 e4 82. Kg2 Nf3 83. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (83. Ra6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 83... f4 $1 $19 84. Ra6 Nd4 85. Ra4 e3+ 86. Kf1 Nf5 87. Kg2 Nh4+ {Black mates.} 88. Kf1 f3 89. Re4 Ng2 90. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 91. Kf2 Nd5 92. Kxf3 Kh4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bui, Vinh"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,110,-10,-14,-11,-14,2,-18,0,-12,-2,-20,0,0,9,0,21,10,16,-5,0,-55,-49,-66,-33,-32,-32,-116,-101,-139,-134,-145,-141,-150,-151,-137,-139,-145,-151,-138,-133,-137,-137,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-194,-137,-183,-108,-136,-137,-136,-139,-138,0,0,0,-143,-143,-908,-814,-871,-826,-29971,-540,-560,-540,-538,-517,-770,-616,-6197,-5958,-5106,-2210,-5879,-1235,-1058,-1059,-1014,-1025,-901,-481,-385,0,-18,-25,-362,-87,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} f5 7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne1) 12... Nf6 (12... c6 {keeps more tension.} 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6) 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd7 15. b4 h5 16. a3 a6 17. c5 Ne4 18. Nd2 ({White should play} 18. Nxe4 $11 fxe4 19. Nd2) 18... Nxc3 $1 $15 19. Qxc3 dxc5 (19... f4 $5) 20. bxc5 f4 21. c6 (21. cxb6 $15 cxb6 22. Nf3) 21... Qd6 $17 22. Nf3 fxe3 23. fxe3 Qd5 24. Ne5 Re7 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 $11) 25. Rd2 Rae8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 26. Rdf2 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 30. Qc4+ R8e6 31. Qxa6 Rxc6 32. Qc8 (32. Qd3 $17 {was worth a try.} Rce6 33. Kf2) 32... Re7 (32... Ke7 $19 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35. Ke4 Rf8) 33. Qh8 Rce6 (33... Rxe3 $19 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh8+ Kf5 36. Qc8+ Ree6) 34. Kf2 Rxe3 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kf7 (36... Kg5 $1 $17 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 37. h3 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Re1+ 39. Kh2 R1e4) 37. Qh7+ $1 $11 Kf6 (37... Kf8 $11 38. Qxg6 Re2+ 39. Kf3 R2e5) 38. Qh8+ $1 $17 Kg5 $1 39. h4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. h3 $17) 39... Kxh4 $19 40. Qf6+ g5 41. Qf5 Rxa3 (41... Re2+ $142 42. Kg1 R7e3 43. a4 Rg3 44. Qd5 Rgxg2+ 45. Kh1 Rg4 46. Qf3 Rge4 47. Qf6 Kg3 48. Qc3+ R2e3 49. Qxc7+ Re5 50. Qxb6 Re1+ 51. Qg1+ Rxg1+ 52. Kxg1 Re1#) 42. Kg1 Rg3 43. Qd5 {Hoping for Qd4+.} Rge3 44. Qf5 R7e4 45. Kh2 {White threatens g3+! and mate.} Rf4 46. Qd7 Rg3 47. Qe8 Rfg4 48. Kh1 c5 ({Worse is} 48... Rxg2 49. Qxh5+ Kg3 50. Qh3+ Kf4 51. Qe3+ Kf5 52. Qe6+ Kxe6 $11) 49. Qd8 b5 ({Inferior is} 49... Rxg2 50. Qxg5+ Kh3 51. Qh4+ Kxh4 $11) 50. Qd5 b4 {...c4 is the strong threat.} (50... Rxg2 51. Qxg5+ Kxg5 $11) 51. Qxc5 {[#]} b3 $2 ({Weaker is} 51... Rxg2 52. Qxg5+ Kxg5 $11) ({Black should try} 51... Re4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 52. Qf2 Kg4) 52. Qf2 Rf4 53. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qe2 $11 {and White is okay.} Rd4 54. Qf2) 53... Rc4 $2 (53... Re3 $19 {is more deadly. ( -> ...Kg3)} 54. Kh2 g4 55. Qd2 g3+ 56. Kg1 Rfe4 57. Kf1 {[#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 59. Kxe1 b2 60. Kd2 b1=Q 61. Kc3 Qe4 62. Kb3 Qxg2 63. Kb4 Qe4+ 64. Kb3 g2 65. Kb2 g1=Q 66. Ka3 Qc1+ 67. Kb3 Qec4#) 54. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Qf2 $17 Rcg4 55. Qe2) 54... Rc1+ 55. Kh2 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 22%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,0,0,23,7,11,0,4,0,0,-7,0,-11,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,3,20,6,10,0,14,13,19,0,0,-11,-20,-13,-14,-34,0,-150,-142,-141,-129,-135,-14,-14,-14,-17,-16,-16,-16,-16,-17,-17,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,-16,-7,-25,0,0,0,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 a4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 12. Rfe1 Be4 13. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 e5 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Bxd4 {½-½ (28) Tkachiev,V (2657)-Hracek,Z (2613) Evry 2008}) 13... Re8 14. Bh3 Bb7 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Rad1 Ndf6 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 e5 19. Nb1 exd4 20. Rxd4 Re4 21. Qd2 Qe8 22. Nc3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. e4 Ra5 25. f4 Rc5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qd8 29. Qe3 h5 30. Bf5 g6 31. Bc2 (31. Bxg6 $11 Ng4 32. Qd3) 31... Ng4 $17 32. Qd3 Qe7 {[#] ( -> ...Qe1+)} 33. Ne2 Qe3+ ({Black should play} 33... h4 $17 {White must now prevent ...hxg3.} 34. Qd2 Ne3) 34. Qxe3 $11 Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 35. Nd4 Bd7 {And now ...c5 would win.} 36. Bd3 Nd1 37. b4 axb3 38. Nxb3 Nb2 39. Be2 Be6 40. Nd2 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke3 Na4 43. Ne4 Bf5 44. Bd1 Bd7 45. Bxa4 Bxa4 $14 {KB-KN. The position is equal.} 46. c5 Bc6 47. cxb6 cxb6 48. Nd2 Ke6 49. Nc4 b5 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Ke4 f6 52. Nd3 Bc6+ 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Kc5 Be8 55. Nf2 g5 56. fxg5 fxg5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,-64,-69,-66,-17,-19,-17,-15,0,-10,-2,-3,0,14,8,-12,-10,0,0,0,0,-27,29,-76,-58,-64,-47,-382,-384,-373,-354,-685,-712,-708,-713,-718,-710,-709,-699,-675,-658,-717,-456,-456,-456,-456,-450,-465,-458,-456,-441,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} b4 7. Na4 Bxe4 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Bg5 Nc6 (10... Bxc2 $6 11. Ne5 $16) (10... d5 {seems wilder.} 11. c4 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7) 11. Qe3 $1 {And now Bxf6 would win.} d5 12. c4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Be7 $146 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 17. Bxd5 $1 exd5 18. Nxd5 O-O 19. f4 Nc6 (19... Ng6 $142 $1) 20. Qc3 {[#]} (20. Rfe1 $11 {remains equal.} Qb8 21. Rc1 (21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qxe7 Qxb2 $14)) 20... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4d5][%mdl 512]} 21. Nc7 $1 ({Don't blunder} 21. Nxb4 $2 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 (22. Rd4 $2 Rfd8 $19) 22... Bxb4 $19) 21... Qb8 {...Qb6+ is the strong threat.} 22. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Nxa8 $15 Qxa8 23. Rd7) 22... Qb6+ $19 23. Kg2 {[#]} Rad8 $1 24. Kh3 $2 (24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. a3) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Rc1 Nd4 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Rc4 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qxd4 Qc8+ 32. Kg2 Qc2+ 33. Kh3 Qe2 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 34. Qc3 (34. Qd5 $19) 34... Qf1+ {Black mates.} 35. Kg4 {[#]} h5+ $1 36. Kf5 (36. Kxh5 Qh3#) 36... Qb1+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abhishek, Kelkar"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,89,0,0,31,20,13,6,14,1,6,0,0,0,0,-22,-26,-21,-22,-50,-44,-163,-158,-163,-124,-156,-107,-143,-104,-113,-106,-148,-130,-131,-15,-15,-15,-15,-1,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-41,0,0,0,0,0,-72]} 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 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. d5 (13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 Qe7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rfc8 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Qb4 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 {½-½ (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 13... Nc5 14. Rfe1 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. Rad1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qf6 17. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 {½-½ (29) Coenen,M (2393)-Admiraal,M (2448) Novi Sad 2016}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Nc6 {[#] Strongly threatening d6.} Ne4 20. Qd4 Nc3 21. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 22. d6 (22. Rxe8+ {seems wilder.} Rxe8 23. Ra1 Nxd5 24. Nxa7 Nc3 25. a3) 22... Nxd1 23. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for d7. KRR-KRN} Re6 24. f4 {next f5 is good for White.} f5 $1 25. Nxa7 {[#]} (25. a4 $15) 25... Rd8 $1 $19 26. Nb5 Re2 27. a3 Rc2 28. h3 Kf8 29. Kh2 Rc5 30. a4 Rc4 31. Rd5 Rxf4 ({Better is} 31... Rxa4 $17 32. Rxf5 Rc4) 32. Nd4 $11 Rd7 {aiming for ...Re4.} 33. Nc6 $1 Rxa4 {...Ra8 is the strong threat.} 34. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d7]} Rd8 35. Nc6 Rd7 {White must now prevent ...Ra8.} 36. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d7]} Raa7 37. Nxd7+ Rxd7 {KR-KR} 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Rh5 f6 42. Rh6 b5 43. Rh5 {The position is equal.} Rb7 44. d7 Rxd7 45. Ke4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 61%.} (45. Rxb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rd4+ 46. Kf3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,17,27,1,26,0,32,0,9,-14,0,-8,0,-9,32,0,0,-24,-11,-12,-21,-22,-22,-24,-36,-33,-21,-27,0,0,-24,-21,-16,-22,-26,-28,0,0,10,2,42,33,36,0,37,7,15,0,17,4,212,233,336,298,325,337,245,303,317,160,319,329,320,316,322,334,401,402,615,621,936,889,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 (3... d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 {½-½ (34) Aronian,L (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) Caleta 2018}) 4. e4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Qd2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Qxc5 7. Nf3 d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. a3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Ne1 Bb7 11. Nd3 {½-½ (77) Wagner,D (2583)-Lei,T (2495) Moscow 2016}) 8... Nbd7 9. h3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nc5 17. Qf1 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qb7 {White must now prevent ...e6.} 19. Bg5 Re8 20. g4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. c3 Bg7 23. Qe2 Red8 24. Qe3 b5 25. g5 Na4 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Qg4 f6 29. b4 Na4 $1 30. Re3 Kh8 31. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} f5 $2 (31... Nxc3 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 32. Nxc3 (32. Rxc3 $2 f5 $19) 32... f5 33. exf5 Rxc3) 32. exf5 $18 gxf5 (32... Qd7 {is a better defense.} 33. Qg3 (33. Nxe7 Rxc3 34. Qf4 Rxe3 $14) (33. Rxe7 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 $16) 33... Nxc3) 33. Qh5 e5 34. g6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 {Black wants to play ...f4.} 35. Ng5 $1 f4 36. Rf3 (36. Red3 $18) 36... Qd7 $2 ({Not} 36... Nb6 $2 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Rxd6) (36... Nb2 $16 {might work better.}) 37. Nf7+ Rxf7 38. gxf7 Rf8 39. Nf6 {[%cal Bd5f6,Bf6e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 40. Ne4 d5 (40... Qxf7 $142 41. Qxf7 Rxf7 42. Nxd6 Rf8) 41. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qc6 {[#] Black hopes to continue with ...Nb6.} 42. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Rfd3.} Qxd5 {[#]} 43. Qg6 $1 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Jue"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,96,-12,-4,-77,-12,-27,-25,-21,0,0,0,-16,0,-37,0,-14,-33,-96,0,-29,-49,-45,-50,-54,-31,-68,-58,-100,-96,-91,-94,-60,-53,-100,-79,-418,-422,-326,-408,-402,-403,-504,-415,-476,-460,-443,-410,-477,-478,-882,-870,-854,-831,-664,-694,-646,-706,-696,-670,-1266,-1236,-1548,-1531,-1297,-1242,-1229,-1111,-1029,-1030,-961,-1871,-5702,-5401,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bd2 c5 {B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} (11... b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ba6 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Kb1 e4 19. Nh4 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 {0-1 (48) Ortiz Suarez,I (2609)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Tromsoe 2013}) 12. Qe2 a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. d5 {[#]} (13. Bc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... e5 $146 ({Black should play} 13... Nf6 $1 $17) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. c4 Bd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bc3 exd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 c4 19. Bc2 {½-½ (46) Sofronie,I (2473)-Cosma,I (2472) Targoviste 2001}) 14. Nh4 Nf6 15. c4 O-O {...e4 is the strong threat.} 16. Bf5 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 e4 19. Bxc8 {[#] Black must now prevent Bh3.} Be5 20. Rb1 (20. Rd1 $1 $15 Qxc8 21. Rb1) 20... Raxc8 (20... Qxc8 $17 21. g3 Qh3) 21. Nf5 Rb8 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Rb8 24. Qd1 Qd7 ({Of course not} 24... Bxh2 $6 25. g3 $14) 25. g4 h5 26. h3 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 $1 28. Be3 Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 29. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. O-O $17 {is a better chance.}) 29... Nd7 $19 30. O-O Qxb3 31. Qe2 Qb2 32. Qd1 {If only White now had time for Qa4....} Rb3 {aiming for ...Rxe3!} 33. Re1 Qc3 34. Qe2 Qd3 35. Qxd3 exd3 ({Not} 35... Rxd3 36. Rb1 $17) 36. f4 (36. Bd2 $142 Rb2 37. Be3) 36... Bc3 37. Rd1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 38. Rxd3 a4 {Threatens to win with ...a3.} 39. Kg2 Bb2 40. Rxb3 axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 41. Kf3 Bd4 42. Bc1 b2 43. Bxb2 Bxb2 44. Ke4 Bc1 45. d6 Nb6 46. h4 Bd2 47. f5 Be1 48. fxg6 fxg6 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zou, Chen"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,44,26,30,34,35,23,20,23,16,22,16,10,52]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. exd5 f5 15. gxf6 Rxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nc6 Nf4 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Bb3 {½-½ (31) Hracek,Z (2613)-Dziuba,M (2584) Czech Republic 2017}) 16. Na5 Qe8 17. Nc6 Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[#]} 20. Qxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 {[%cal Re8e1]} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bh3 $146 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abelgas, Roel"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, P.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,98,-9,-30,-15,-28,-17,-20,0,-30,-35,-25,-26,-78,-71,-101,-97,-117,-79,-77,-76,-134,-128,-301,-309,-270,-308,-288,-313,-315,-314,-278,-300,-286,-275,-262,-250,-276,-257,-258,-139,-139,-134,-141,-133,-384,-432,-402,-430,-379,-427,-392,-424,-415,-418,-420,-419,-419,-413,-401,-378,-441,-441,-544,-545,-782,-760,-816,-809,-852,-835]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. e4 Re8 {A64: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7 10 Nd2 a6 11 a4 Re8} 15. h3 (15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. b3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb2 b4 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nb2 {½-½ (42) Javakhishvili,L (2486)-Matlakov,M (2695) Caleta 2015}) 15... Rb8 16. a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 {White must now prevent ...b4.Black has an edge.} 17. axb6 $1 Qxb6 18. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ra2 Qb3 {½-½ (18) Johansson,P (1935)-Niebuhr,G (1931) Radebeul 2016}) 18... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Bf4 Re7 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Bg5 (21. Ra2 $11) 21... Ra7 22. Be3 Bd7 23. Qc2 {With the idea b4!} Nc4 (23... Qxb2 $6 24. Rab1 $11) 24. Bf4 Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} ({Not} 24... Qxb2 $2 25. Rab1 $18) 25. Qxb3 (25. Rdc1 $142) 25... Rxb3 $17 26. Na4 $2 (26. e5 $17) 26... Rb4 $19 ({Inferior is} 26... Nxb2 27. Nxb2 Bxb2 28. Ra2 $15) 27. Nc3 Nxb2 ({Don't take} 27... Rxb2 28. Bf1 $17) 28. Rdc1 Nd3 29. Bxd6 {If only White now had time for Rc2....} Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Bf8 31. Bf4 a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 32. d6 Be6 33. e5 a4 34. Be3 Rc4 ({Better is} 34... Ra5 $19 35. Rd1 Rb8) 35. Bf1 $17 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxc3 a3 37. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rxc5 $17 a2 38. Bd4) 37... a2 $19 38. Ra1 Rb7 39. Bd3 Bg7 40. f4 {[#]} f6 $1 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 41. Be4 Rb8 42. g4 {f5 is the strong threat.} fxe5 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Bb3 45. Bxc5 Bf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Kh1 Rd8 47. Rg1+ Kf7 48. Bf3 Bxd6 49. Be3 Rg8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "8th HDBank Cup 2018"]
[Site "Hanoi"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Huu Thai"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,104,0,0,0,0,27,-22,-31,-13,-17,-29,-14,-18,-9,-13,0,-33,-6,-6,0,0,8,0,1,4,14,12,12,13,12,13,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-12,-33,-33,-21,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Nxe3 10. Nxd8 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 Kxd8 12. Bxh7+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ke7 13. Be4 Rh4 14. Bf3 $146 (14. Rd4 {seems wilder.} Ba5 15. Ra4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 e5 17. f3) ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. Ra4 b5 {1-0 (53) Sequera Paolini,J (2427)-Trujillo Villega,P (2223) San Felipe 2008}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ra4 16. Ra1 e5 17. Bd5 Be6 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. O-O Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 20. Rfc1 Kd6 21. a3 Kc5 22. f3 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Be4 {Threatening Rcb1.} f5 24. Bd3 e4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Bf1 Bd5 27. h4 e3 28. Re1 Re4 {[#] aiming for ...e2.} 29. Be2 Rf4 {Strongly threatening ...Rf2.} 30. Rad1 Rxc2 31. Rd3 Rf2 32. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 {[#] Threatens to win with Re5.} Rh2 34. Kg1 Rh1+ ({Resist} 34... Rxh4 35. Rg3 $17) 35. Kf2 {White wants to play Rxh1.} Rxh4 36. Kg3 Ra4 37. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bc6 38. c4 Ra2 39. Rdd3 Rb2 40. Re5+ Kb6 41. Rc3 Rd2 42. Bg4 Rd4 43. Be2 Re4 44. Rb3+ Kc7 45. Rxe4 Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 46. Kf4 Bc2 47. Rc3 Bb1 48. Rb3 Ba2 49. Rg3 Kb6 50. Rxg7 Rxa3 51. Ke4 Rh3 52. c5+ Kxc5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

